The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-05-21

Greece q therefore compelled 70 disArm. q
FIRE broke out In one az the large grain
elevators Il the foot Of Main street, Bufa- {
10. N. ", on the morning Of the 18th. The
whole IRE department was called out. The +,
frs ~as raging iercely with prospect Of
total destruction. L
TnK steamship Acadia, from Jamaica
Cor Baltimore, 10 missing and q supposed
70 be lost. 4
Tnr Comptroller OF the. Currency has ex-
tended the corporate existence OF the
Colorado National Bank OF Denver, COL,
70 May Is. 1904.
RABBI IsApoRR KALIscA died at New
ark, NJ, ON the llth. aged seventy years
He was the author Of numerous works.
THE yorosfi. Of ST. Petersburg. says the
frontier disputes between Russia and
China must end in war between those
| countries. China has massed lo,ooo troops
| At Manchuria. and they are being drilled
| BY German officers.
A BOY named Sanford Woodie, ageo ven
years. while playing on a barge near tne
ice-house Of J. NJ. Kreitz on the upper bay
at Quincy, Ill, on the 18th, fell into the
water ana was drowned before any assist
ance could reach him. His body was re-
covered some time after. The boy lived
near the scene Of the sad accident.
JANIS D. SMITH has been elected Presi-
dent Of the New York Stock Exchange.
THE new German Tariff bill is threaten
ing the industries of the Empire with loss.
PICK. alias VIM. Jones, was arrested
at Toledo. ILL.,, on the 18th, on charge OF
bank swindling.
An advertisement Is published ct Bel
fast. Ireland, asking for tenders Tor %'wo
Snider rides and other arms.
Z. THE New York Legislature has under
taken 10 induce the United States to main
ain the Erie canal.
N. DrLYANSIs, the retiring prime min
ister OF Greece, refused to convon the
Chamber Of Deputies TO take action on 'ne
crisis.
DIR. FRAME PALMER, Of Boston, jumped
on . steamer bound for Portland WIN .
rrandehild in his arms on the llth, and
both were drowned.
!. WHILE William Owens, aged thirty was
applying q match TO q charge OF powder
in Fuhner's quarry at Slatingtcn, Pa. on
the 18th, another charge near by exploded
: blowing Owens one hundred feet in the air
: and instantly killing him. (.
wRKcK on the Pennsylvania railroad
on the 18th killed three men and demoi-
ished twenty five freight cars.
By the shutting down OF Shoenberger's
new Fifteenth street mill at Pittsburgh,
: Pa. on the 18th, go men were thrown out
Of employment. There had been no end Of
! troubles and disputes among the men OF
late. and the firm decided to close down
indefinitely.
GEORGE II. BUTLER, nephew Of General
d BENJAMIN r. Butler, and distinguished ~
b his day as one Of the brightest Journalists
$ In the profession. died on the 18th az fhs
d hospital near Washington Of acute gastri'
d tis. Mr.. Butler was at one period Con
sui General at Cairo, but since his re-
moval from that position has led an errat
ic life.
y THE French Minister at Athens ma
q called on his government for instruction
Z, n regard TO the present anomalous condi
ton Of afairs.
4 NEARLY three hundred delegates TO tn
international Salvation Army congress q
London sailed on the isth from New forl
under the escort Of Commissions Fran
he Smith. ..
as HrRR Mosr. the New York Socialii
IL leader. who was discovered and arreste
1 at the rooms Of adisreputable woman, wa
held to answer tie charge Of Unlawful .
\. sembly and melting to riot and bloodsns
bv Recorder Smythe on the 18th, and w
~ locked up in the Tombs.
- ~x-PREsrpKxr ARrHuR's health - So
to be improving.
LOT LETTER was found on the 18th nail
lne 70 : tree on Cedar Island, Niagara rive
stating that James MacAvoy. OF Detro
~. Mich. had wilfully jumped of the islal
Lao into the river on the 10th. He alleg
family troubles as the reason for his act
- C-ovraxoR FORAKER Of Ohio has pt
chased for the use OF the State forty OF :
and famous Spencer magazine shotgun
kaovn a. the ssriot gun"
FRANCIS 7. HoRD, Attcrney-Gsneral
lai, In llama. has been declared insane.
uid and Attica, Ind. W
Ire .tr,ck Nv 4 cyclone on the 18th, which
lse- .troyed several bridges, buildings, etc.
tisn largo number OF people are supposed
neo have been killed.
Mn. CAME. Liberal. says 1o2 Libe
L.. members OF the British House OF Comm
seph have agreed 20 vote asa'ns,
nur- Rule bill, while thirty four others are
tone decided.
II il rumored that jesse ID. Abraham
scbool- teacher in a private educatio
80 institution in Washington, has been
lected by tho President for the vacant
sition Of chief examiner Of the Civil-ss
ment ice Commission.
indi- Prog. who was arrested at Toledo,
two for bank swindling, escaped from the
ition GERS.
ange THE Anchor Line steamer Furnesia
ed In lided IN the Clyde on the 18th with
Ten Austrian steamer TIA. Both were %
Lary- damaged.
SECRETARY MANNING progresses in
convalescence, and his friends cons
vs. Of his recovery a certainty. He has not
Who decided when he will Lave Washing
irna- He drives out daily when the weather
lroad mits, and Is generally accompanied
Lex. Mrs. Manning. MI.
ncin- THE Pennsylvania railroads. MAXI
IN q small experiment in iron les by a
q &C. about two miles Of them on the main
II the Philadelphia yard. They are 2
verted channel-b bar section and are T
Aris., by the New Jersey Steel and Iron
80 o. many. of Trenton, N. J.
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