The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-11-01
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.


tcFott that Hc uAA Joluo0 the Sugl
Trust. he said: AS long as | am aliy
u Is my intention 10 engage In bushes
entirely upon my own account and with
out the Interference or cooperation o
any other individuals. lido not need an
never have needed assistance iron
Others, and l certainly have no use fc
the Sugar Trust"
II A YOUNG man named Roberts, VIII,
was connected with Burke's horse show
quarreled with negro helper ut Green
VILE. Ala. on the 10Th. who poured gaso
line over Roberts clothing, and anothe
literally roasted. and was left In criti
cal condition. Que Of tho negroes wa.
arrested, the other escaped.
Miss WINNIE DAVIS. daughter or JEFF
Davis, left New Orleans, on the 2lst fol
New York. whence she takes a steamer
for Europe as the guest Of Mrs Pulitzer
She has been in bad health Of late. and
the journey. II Is hoped. will restore her.
HoS. w. Q. WHrrTHoRvE Congressman
from the Seventh Tennessee district was
reported. on the 10th, a, lying at the
point Of death at his home IN Columbia,
Tenn.
| YALE defeated Amherst In game OF
foot ball at New Haven. Conn. on the
10th. by the one-sided score Of ~ to 0.
| GOVERNOR GENERAL JANSEN OF the
| Congo Free State reports that eighty
| chiefs have recognized the authority OF
the State aud promised to provide men TO
assist in maintaining order. They also
agree to suppress the practice OF making
| human Sacrifices.
| Ex-CoMMssIoxEa or PEvsIoxs TAN.
SER is out In a long statement in reply to
Secretary Mobiles letter OF July u, on
the subject Of rerating pensions Of PEN
sion-Office ersployes. Mr.. Tanner denies
that he defied Secretary Noble on the
subject OF rerating; and shows that he
but followed the example OF the Sec
Rotary when the latter asked and obtained
large additional allowance for per-
sonai friend from Commissioner Black
before Mr.. Tanners appointment.
The Albany Stove Works, at North
Albany, n. ", were entirely destroyed
by fire on the night or the 10th. Loss
upwards OF $50 900; Insurance.. $1,000.
The express Office at Jackson. Tenn.
was robbed. on the night Of this 18th. by
professionals. who took the keys from
sleeping clerks pocket unlocked the
safe and stole $2.197.
GEORGE PFETFFER was found dead Ia
bed at No. 206 West Thirty fourth street.
New York City. on the morning OF the
Goth, having been sutfocated by gas. His
room mate, Morris A. Redding. was un-
conscious and may die. Pfeiffer was out
OF work. aud ii is thought he left tue Gas
turned on in order to end his life, and
that Redding was unaware OF his action.
WOMEN taxpayers voted at the munic.
ipal election In jamestown. N. ", on
the 10Th.
GOVERNOR FoRAKER's condition was
said. on the 2lst to DO stu matter OF
serious apprehension to his friends, al
though he was reported as convalescing.
The New York Brooklyn worlds cham
pionship game. scheduled for the 2ist. ut
the Polo grounds. was postponed on ac-
count Of wet grounds.
Ok the al $50 veterans Of the Seven.
teenth and Twenty.seventh Connecticut
Volunteer Infantry regiments dedicated
their monuments on the field Of Gettys.
burg.
steamer Earnmoor. which foundered at
- Septemhey4 In cyclone thres' huns,
dred miles Of TURKS Island While bound
from Baltimore to RIO Janeiro. arrived
in Philadelphia on the 2lsL By the
steamer Santiago. from Nassau. They
tell story OF great suffering during
their twenty-two days. cruise In an open
boat without food.
IT Is stated in Paris that new Russian
loan Is TO be offered to the public by the
kothschilds about the middle OF Deem
Der next.
I. FRANKLIN PATrIsoS, principal or
public school at SteubenviIle, o.. has
been offered the vics-cons sui generalship
at Bolivia.
AT the trial OF william H. Bartholo- |
new at Easton, Pa, on the 2lst for the |
murder or Washington billiard. Mrs. Dill |
lard (who was charged with completely |
la the murder) voluntarily related the
story Of the crime, and pleaded guilty Of |
murder in the second degree.
REPRESENTATIVES, Of the Greenback i
party met in New York City, on the 2lst,
and nominated Rev. Thomas X. Boecier,
u Elmira- for Secretary Of State; John
3. Sullivan. OF Wcstc. sster, for Comp.
roller, and Joseph Madison Hall, OF
Hamilton. for State Treasurer. Tie
nomination for State Engineer aud
surveyor was postponed. A platform
ras adopted reciting the familiar tenefs
4 the party.
The Lauder Bank Of Vienna on The 2lst.
fgned for its share OF the loan OF 1900.
% marks TO the Bulgarian Government
ccently negotiated. Banks In Berlin |
axe the balance Of the loan.
The Car and his family have donated
!, 900 roubles for the sufferers by famine
! Montenegro.
The Zanzibar agent Of the London Mis-
lonary Society reports that the natives
ave driven out the Jesuits from Uniam-
'mbe and destroyed their mission sta
ons.
THE Russian press are unit in decry.
e the visit Of Emperor william to Con-
luntinople.
A RuMoR current that Mr.. Henry VIII
lrd was quito Ill was denied by Mr.. VII
lrd's representative at the office of the
'orthern Pacific railroad ia New York
ity, on the 2lst, who said that Mr.. viii
ard had slight cold, but was otherwise
d his usual good health.
THE steamer Scythia, which arri we'd az
liverpool, on the ed from Boston, re-
orted having passed the American ship
cmes J. Lowell, derclict. Nothing was
cen or heard OF the crew.
JAKE MArILE, well.known young man
4 Chattanooga, Tenn, while playing
With bulldog pistol. on the cd. dis
harged Its contents into his face, blowing
no top Of his head of. H. had recently n
un away with aud married d daughter ~