The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-06
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.


, kenrick's golden jubilee In ST. Louis
in December next in accordance wit
q circular issued by James 4. Coffey
secretary Of the executive committee
: Catholic children attending the publ
schools will be excluded from particl
patton in the ceremonies Some Of III
priests who have no parochial school
are quite indignant in consequence.
THE total exports Of coffee from San
tos. Brazil. for the eight months OF $50
amounted to Loss. 9sl bags Of whicl
4si. 2ss we're sent 70 the United State
and 1908, l3s 10 Europe. This is larg'
increase over 1890. during the same
period Of which the exports to til,
United States amounted to 2l3, los bags
and 10 Europe S3l. 1856 bags
Mrs. ELIZA HARrLE. Storage pas
senger. was held by customs Inspector
In New York, on the 25th. on charg.
ofattempting to smuggle jewelry. guam
titles Of which she had concealed abou
her person and that Of her infant. She
had with her $1,000 in cash. She hat
run away from her husband in Ger
many. 1t is said.
A SPECIAL train, consisting Of . sleep
er and baggage car with the "Still
run over the kansas City & St Joe
road from ST. Louis to Pacific junction.
on the 2sth, distance of Ill miles, in
lis minutes. including four stops Of two
minutes each. The run was made in
order to secure desired westward con-
| nection.
| Hon. JAMES @. BLAINE. secretary Of
state, returned to Washington on the
cath. and will soon be seen ut his desk
in the state department again.
WN. MATsoS, who stole q gold brick
last August from the Wells Fargo Ex-
press Co, at Mohawk. Plum county.
CAL. was captured in New Castle, Pa,
on the Goth
THE navy department has received q
dispatch announcing the arrival of the
Monocacy and Alert at Shanghai on
the 18th and the Charleston at Woosung
on the 2ith.
A COUPLE of burglars attem pied TO
force an entrance into the house OF
Charles Brandt, at Preston. la. on the
25th. A l5-year-old son of the owner
shot at and is 70 believed TO have fa-
tally wounded one man. as blood was
plentiful about the house and on the
grounds. The wounded man must
have been carried off by his comrade,
as searching parties failed TO uncarth
him.
SECRETARY BLAINE was at his desk
at the state department on the Goth.
During the forenoon he saw no callers.
but occupied his time in acquainting
himself with the status Of the numsr-
GUS matters before the department
TRENTON, n. j., has precocous boy
OF . years. He has the manners OF q
young man of 20 and the mustache OF
an older man. lie is strong as trained
athlete and is the terror Of the neigh
borhood in which he lives. Efforts are
being made to have him restrained.
Two burglars blowcd the safe Of
the Omaha Street Railway Co. on the
night of the Goth. and secured $1,000.
while pals held up the superinte ndent
and two workmen with drawn revolv-
erS
RALPH CUSSIScHAM. son Of a prom
inent Fostoria (O.) business man. tried
to kill himself. on the 18th. by era wiling
in the red-hot furnace Of the spoke fac
tory Of which his father is part owner
The engineer pulled him ont, but not
until his body and head had been al
most roasted lie will die. Poor health
was the cause OF the act.
WALT WHITMAN. the Good Gray
Poet" is helpless paralytic, il is said
He has wasted to a mere shadow. and
his body is bent with age and disease.
The doctors say he may live for long
time. but Is likely TO be taken away at
any time, as the paralysis from which
he suffers is slowly approaching the
heart
THE United States court Of claims
met in Washington, on the 26th. for the
October term. after an adjournment
taken on June s. Chief Justice Rich
ardson and Justices Mott and Weldon
We're on the bench. Justice Davis had
not yet arrived from Europe.
BARCELONA anarchists are preparing
for grand celebration Of the ami
versary of the execution Of the Chicago
anarchists concerned in the Haymarket
riots.
WILLIAM l.. MuNsox. travelling pas
senger agent Of the Kentucky Central
branch Of the Louisville & Nashville
railroad. is short in his accounts 70 the
Fulton Building association Of Cincin-
natl about $4,000. The exposure was
made by his own father. George Mum
son, general passenger agent Of the
road. When he discovered his sons
misdoings Mr.. Munson and another son,
TO save the family name, decided to ex-
pose w. l..
IxQUIRY at the American consulate
nj Matamcra. Mexico, results in infor-
nation that neither OF the alleged revo-
lutionists executed recently by the or
der Of Gen. Lorenzo Garcia, command
ing at Comargomier, was an American
citizen, as has been reported.
SoUTH AUSTRALIA declines to take
part officially In the Worlds fair in
Chicago unless the American duties on
wool are abolished.
Mn FREDERICK SMITH. son of the
late first lord Of the treasury. was
elected from the Strand. on the 27th,
70 his fathers seat In the British par
lament by a vote OF 4,952 TO 1910 for