The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-11-22
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.


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tinery and the Craig pipe line 70 the
Washington lra.) oil field. The Globe
refinery Is one of the largest in the
country. and being independent has al
ways been big thorn in the side Of
the STANDARD.
HENRY W. CuANEEEif>. Of New York
City. president of the Chamberlin Man
ufacturing Works and prominent bust
ness man and Mason. died suddenly on
the 9th.
&. lIrn~o~ SMITH. pastor Of the Pill
grim Church Of Dorchester. Mass.
whose mysterious disappearance last
spring. subsequent discovery in San
Francisco and return 10 his pastoratc in
the fall formed fruitful theme OF Cos
sip and wonderment. has again disap-
psarci. without giving any intimation
Of his intended departure or leaving any
I clew BY which 10 trace him.
FIVE Of the crew Of the steamer Au-
! gusta Victoria were locked up in the
Hoboken IN. j. Jail. on the 9th. for
| mutiny. They refused to do duty on
deck in rain-storm after passing Sandy
Hook unless they were paid double.
The centennial anniversary OF the
appointment Of Bishop Carroll. the
first Catholic Bishop given 70 Amer
lea. was celebrated with imposing
| grandeur at Baltimore on the 10th.
Y A COLLISION between a freight and
gravel train occurred five miles west Of
/ Altoona. Pa. on the sth. Nine men
were killed and about fifteen injured. a
! number OF them fatally.
| THE lale-Corncll football game. or
| the 9th. resulted in favor Of Yale. 20 to
\ D. Harris. Of Cornell was badly injured.
| and one Yale man was carried of the
| field also seriously hurt.
] THE body Of State Treasurer VIM. II.
/ Hart Of Pennsylvania laid in state in
| the Capitol at Harrisburg. from II a. m
| TO D. m. on the 18th. after which the
| funeral cortcge proceeded to Harris
| burg Cemetery where the interment
| took place with military honors.
| MATTHEW SULLIVAN. lineman en-
| ployed by Brooklyn telephone COM
| pany.while walking on the tracks Of the
{! Union Elevated railroad. on the 9th. was
struck by train and precipitated tothe
street His skull was crushed By the
| fall. resulting in instant death
| ROBERT BONNER has purchased the
great three-year-old Sunol OF senator
Stanford OF California ~ price when
| the latter declares is the greatest ever
i paid for horse in this country.
| Ex-PREsIDEST CLEVELAND assisted in
| LAYING the cornerstone Of the Thomas
jefferson eluos new puiidlng IN boer-
um Place. BROOKLYN on the lStn- me
clubhouse Is TO be the local mead
| quarters OF the Democracy
Two HUNDRED weavers at the Berk-
shire Manufacturing companys mills q
Frankfort "a. struck, on the iltn' pc
cause Of notice q reduction N
wages
The Catholic Congress ~ baltimore
began - sessions on the lltn- Inc
delegates 20 the NUMBER q soout i'<vv
assisted q solemn Pontincai mass IN
the morning celebrated py Arcnpisnop
Corrigan OF New York.
Mr. PORTAL British agent q zanzi-
bar. has received letter from Henry
NJ. Stanley wherein the explorer states
that he hopes 70 reach Zanzibar about
the middle Of January.
| PRESIDENT HAEErSoS. on the lith-
signed and issued the proclamation de-
claring the Territory 81 Washington 70
BE- State OF the Union
THE broadway Railroad Company OF
New York. from which the city now re-
ceiyes about $4,000 per annum In rent
ais. has offered TO guarantee that the
payments on this account shall not b.
less than si5o.ooo per annum II the CIT,
will allow IL TO use the cable system In
stead Of horses as motive power.
The schooner Mary Jane Lee. from
Rockland for New York iime-iadcn- ar
rived AZ Booth Bay Me-, on the 10Th
with her cargo on fire.
SESSION Of the Legislature OF Mon
tana- has been called Tor the I'D 2,
Governor Ioole-
DISPATCHES from south Africa repor
the prevalence OF famine as the result Q
drought throughout the Transvaal- HI
situation AZ Johannesburg y critical
and breadstufs are selling at famine
prices.
The number 81 persons examined 10
the naval service during the past yea
was 10000 and 81 this number 5-9l4- 2
more than one-third, were rejected 70
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