The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-08-14


INK imperial Yacht lIohenzoliern.
with the German emperor on board.
arrived NJ bergen. Norway, ON the
sth. On her why 20 Germany from
north Cape and other points In Nor
WAY and sweden.
FUNDS are being raised In Nashville.
Tenn. 10 relieve the distress ~ the
free laborcrs around the camp "a krlce'
Vile. who have heen reduced almost 10
starvation hy enforced competition viii
cheap convict labor
A COLLISION occurred. on the .th. on
the New York 4 New Haven rsilroad
al West Haven. Conn. between freight
and passenger train. The passengers
were thrown from their seats into
heap ahont the cars, but no one was
seriously injured.
SOME misrreant removed the spikes
and shifted a rail on the Grand Rapids
4 Indiana railroad near Cooper. me
first station north Of Kalamazoo. Mich.
on the 5th. causing the through express
10 leave the track and plunge down .
so-foot embankment A dozen persons
were seriously and great many Others
slightly injured.
The Nebraska prohibitionists met in
state convention at Lincoln on the
aih.
NArrE dripping from waste pipe
caused the explosion 81 buggy OF
molten metal Al the Schocnberger mill
in Pittsburgh. Pa. on the 5th. Frank
kalish was fatally burned and two I'M
known Polish laborcrs were seriously
injured.
An engine on the West Virginia Cen
trail road carrying. besides the engineer.
seventeen worlmcn and two women.
struck a piece Of timber at point
called Switch Back. on the 9Th. and
turned completely over. One Of the
women was fatally injured. the steam
cooking the flesh Of her face. hands
ana arms in a horrible manner. and all
the other occupants of the engine Were
more or less seriously injured.
Four persons were instantly killed
and great many seriously wounded
in collision near Champlain. \. u.
on the ath. between a Sunday-school
excursion train and a regular passenger
train on the Central Vermont road
The third annual convention Of the
National Association Of Letter Car
ricrs OF the United States met in the
odd Fellows temple, Detroit. Mich. on
the jik.
HosMER easily defeated Ten Eyck in
the.3-mile race at Lake Quinsigamond,
lis. ". on the 18th. Time: io:5als. Ten
Ex~..l< tau S.ennH< habrn6
DURING the absence Of two Of the at
pendants AT the insane criminal ward
Of the New York state hospital at Au-
burn. on the 9th. nine Of the inmates
overpowcrcd the two remaining keep
crs. stabhing one of them five times
| They then locked the keepers in and
escaped. The alarm was not given until
the two attendants returned an hour
later. Then the citizens turned out for
the hunt. and by noon five of the con-
victs had been recaptured
| ELEVEN persons, ten Of them Italian
| laborers. were killed. on the 9th. in a
collision. on the West Shore railroad, 3
miles west Of Port Byron. y. y. be-
tween the ST. Louis express and a
| freight train. Nineteen persons were
injured.
| An organization with the title Of
The Comrades Of the Battlefield. |"
was brought into existence at Detroit,
Mich. on the 9th. Its membership is
| TO be limited TO veterans who we're nm
der the fire Of the enemy not less than
ninety days. or who were wounded
and disabled from further service
within that period. George +. Dalton.
OF st Louis. was elected the first
ma jor-gencral commanding.