The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-06-30
SPARKS FROM LIVE WIRES

thief seized a handbag from Mrs.
Mary Scott Lord Harrison. widow OF
Benjamin Harrison. al Venice. Italy.
She screamed and the thief was ar
rested.
jury at Nashville, Tenn. re-
turned a verdict OF not guilty against
Judge Z. G. Goodpasture, charged
with Offering to bride Representative
j. Q. Mcdonald
Mrs. J. w. Pinchot Of Washington.
mother Of Clifford Pinchot, is recover
ing from an operation for append
citis. performed al the home of her
son. Amos. ia New York
Charles Mcdonald a chauffeur,
who came TO Memphis, Tenn. recent
ly from Buffalo. ~ Y, was killed and
four persons sustained minor bruises
as the result OF an automobile acct
dent there.
The committee on labor OF the Con-
necticut general assembly will report
fayorably bill to make II unlawful to
employ any person for seven days a
week. The bill exempts farm laborers
and domestic employees.
Congress will be asked for $4,000
for the proper entertainment by the
United States OF Admiral Togo. the IA
nous japanese naval officer, who will
visit this country Immediately after
the coronation festivities in London.
The Kansas apple crop this year
mill - 81 oil
while the peach crop Will be only ten
per cent. OF the usual one. This Is
the report of Walter Wellhouse, Sec
rotary of the State Horticultural So
ciety.
The strike OF seamen, which has
seriously Inconvenience many OF the
shipping lines. particularly at the
English ports. was ended when the
employees OF the White Star line &C
cepted the terms of the company and
returned to work.
A three day festival of the Turn
verein OF the central states opened at
Kansas City. Mo. with a smoker.
Representatives of societies from
Missouri. Kansas, Illinois. Nebraska.
Iowa and Colorado will take part in
the athletic contests and drills.
Many Of the cotton mills in New
England and the southern states will
be shut down during the first week in
July, according to Information re-
ceived in mill circles at Boston. The
state of the market
and the Independence day holiday are
given as reasons.
Justice Lacombe in the United
States circuit court at New York city
overruled the demurrer interposed by
John Is. Gleason OF the suit against
Harry Thaw 10 recover a balance OF
s60,30O for legal services rendered the
defendant while on trial for the muir
der of Stanford White.
BY a decision OF the probate court
at New Haven. Conn. Yale loses a be-
quest of $50. 900 left by Rev. Amos G..
Beeman for the education OF colored
Students who planned to become Con-
ministers. The estate will
go to a distant relative, Charles Bee
man Hancock OF Chicago
AS a result Ol slflht IlOtS AZ N4tNc-
land. o.. eight persons were severely
injured. scores suffered battered heads
from policemens clubs and thirty ar
rests were made. Abe Monheim. fore
man OF a garment factory. fearlessly
appeared among a crowd OF 200
strikers and their symapthizers. He
was attacked by all who could reach
him.
Application for a writ of habeas
corpus was made by attorneys for
Charles W. Morse before United
States District Judge Newman. at At
lanta. Ga, on the grounds that Morse
was convicted on misdemeanor
charge and cannot be incarcerated
lawfully in a prison erected solely for
felons and that the 15-year sentence