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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-09-25

HAc Old Commercial Advertiser Hui1GlnG
end A. Adjoining structnre In New
York CITY uurned with : Loss of About
oSoo.ooo- fortsnatsly An the Inmatsl
% the nulnslinGs xsesps-
NEW YoRx. Sept ss.--Fire was dis.
covered on the second floor Of the old
Commercial Advertiser building on the
southwest corner OF Fulton and Nassau
strcets At 9:t5 =. ~. and In fifteen min
utes the flames had gained such head
way that they were beyond control.
-Four alarms were sent out. but the
streams from the engines were weak. the
pressure OF water being so poor that the
flames rapidly spread 70 the adjoining
buildings. aud for time even threat
ened the buildings on the opposite side
Of the street The people employed in
the Advertiser building. OF which there
were several hundred. all made their
escape by means Of the FIRE escapes on
the front Of the building. and 80 far as
reported no one Is said TO have been in
jured. The building. which was old.
and which 10 said to have been con-
dcmned BY the fire department some
years ago. proved an easy prey TO the
flames. and a. the hremen were una
bic 70 gain any greater pressure Of wa
ter tho conflagration spread with the
rapidity of q forest fire.
About 10 o'clock. the flames having
srrcrd to the adjoining building on
Nassau street. two moro alarms were
sent out, but the narrowness Of the
street and the intense heat Of the flames
prevented the fircmen from getting near
enough with the hose to do any good
execution. and the men had to content
themselves with saving the adjoining
property.
by 1880 the whole building was .
mass Of ruins, and the fire was COM
plctely under control.
The following are the names Of the
occupants of the building which was
No 81 Nassau street:
First Fioor-Ira Perego 4 Co., cloth
ing department.
Second Floor-Douglas Taylor. print
ins office
Third Floor Douglas Taylor. COM
posing room
Fourth Floor-Douglas Taylor. stor-
agc-room.
In the Commercial Advertiser build
ing: Edwards. tailor; II. Thorn, cleo
trician. and Charles Usner, optician.
The losses have not yet been estimated.
The building was owned BY Charles
r. Beach. Of bridgeport, Conn. and
was valued at s4oO. 900. Ira Perego 4
Co. the gentlemen's furnishing goods
dealers, had 80. 900 worth of goods, and
they have lost everything. They are in
sured for 100000 So far as can be
learned only two persons were injured
ct the fire. They are William Wilson. .
tailor. who injured his arm while drop
ping from fire escape. and Samuel
Roeberg, an engineer. whose arms were
burned.
The Gre department places the loss
q e400.000. A number of girls and
other employees who made their exit by
tho fire escape had narrow escapes from
loss Of life or limb.
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free raw nlaterial from south America.
: specially favored market there. and
a artincially exclusive market u
home. they can ask no more. But our
agricultural! interests cannot (as csti'
mated by ex-NiniSter Foster. who II an
ardent champion Of reciprocity In.
crease their South American exports
more than eighteen million dollars
annually. even Il we secure reciprocity
with AL the Standardization coun.
tries Az this amount Is only about
three per cent Of our average annual
agricultural exports Il cannot Be Of
any great benefit 70 the farmer
Doubtless eastern manufacturers can
trust Mr.. Blaine. hut when he ad.
vances reciprocity ~ = measure for the
special relief of our agricultural inter
csts, the farmers Of the west may well
inquire into his trustworthiness as .
guardian Of their interests We i'm
agine his record would receive some ~
tention- -Indianapolis Sentinel.
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VERA AVA.

The Mysterious Woman FINDS : Friend
In Detective Grammar. Of Cincinnati. who
VIII SIN the Matter 70 the bottom.
CINCINNATI. Sept. l7.-.This woman
Vera Ava Is no more Diss Debar than
! am II she Is insane then am. I
am pretty sure I'm not unbalanced.
She IS one Of the smartest women
ever knew, =" said Detective Grammar at
the Emory hotel yesterday morning.
! propose TO get at the bottom Of
this matter before drop it Ny
theory-well, have one-and when /
get ready TO give it to the public some
people will be startled good many. in
fact. have no motive against the
Catholics. nor in favor of Methodists
nor Presbyterians, nor any other sect.
! am doing II for my own satisfaction. I"
There is q deep-laid scheme. III tell
this much. such as in all my thirty
three years of experience rs detective
never met.
DO you know Llewellyn. her alleged
Chicago agent"
mo. But II he is not q myth he
shall be found. have never yet pre-
vailed on Miss Ava to take of her wig.
The story Of the kidnapping never
varies. ! took stenographcr and sew
eral Others last night to her room and
cross-questioned her in every way pos
sible, and under three hours steady
fire Of questioning she never contra
dicted herself BY hairs breadth"
Miss Ava has handsome rooms at tho
Emery, and has been supplied with .
neat. dark dress. but clings to her wig
a. usual.
II will have justice 1t last" she
sighed. thanks to this good gentleman.
! have suffered enough to appreciate
my friends"
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1.-THE GREATEST STATESMAN"
Witness Of the Owner Of the Republics
Party for the Presidency.

Eltness Of the Owner Of the Republloan
Party for the Prssidsncy.
Col w. w. Dudley Is out in an inter
view advocating Mr.. Blaine for the re-
publican nomination for the presidency.
In response TO . question whether the
exposure Of Blaine's meandering bust.
ness transactions made in 1884 would
be repeated in lso2, the colonel is re-
ported TO have made the following
startling statement:
Oh, no, All that was brought up against
Blaine then hss been oondoned He hes given
the country On idea ~ secretary Of state Of his
diplomacy. ability. patriotism and statesman
ship. He II much the largest American Intel
lectually. to-day. He would make splendid
president. He would look we'll after the inter
that protection stood between the country and
his best interests. he would not hesitste 70 q
tack Il.
We have no doubt that the gentleman
from Maine would attack protection or
anything else that stood between the
country and his best interesta" His
position on the tariR question or any
other question IL like Maj McKinley's
views on silver-subject 70 sympathetic
influences. Col. Dudley can safely
challenge the wide, wide world to cite
an instance where Mr.. Blaine ever did
anything that he did not believe was
for his best interests" But where did
the great boodler get the idea that Mr..
Blaine's Irregularities had been con-
doned? Possibly he misapprehended
| the meaning Of the word and thinks m
offensc is condoned IL the offender is
not sent to jail Or maybe he and
Judge Woods have agreed that Blaine
| u a much abused man. or possibly he
| has concluded that as neither he nor
Blaine can get Justice in Indiana they
ought to make sort Of reciprocity
| treaty Of condoncment and forgive each
| other.
| That Mr.. Blaine Is . brilliant man
NO one will deny. but that he Il =
sound man, . reliable man. or trust
worthy man, may be questioned Bill
Nye characterized him rs "a statesm an
like man with tendency toward
grand larceny" Il may be- noted that
In the midst of his arducus public
duties Mr.. Blaine has succeeded IN nc
cumulating large fortune. notwith-
standing his wcll-known extravagance
In living. This Of itself might be over
looked, but when taken In connection
with the fact that he has always been
hand-in glove with the capitalists who
have been enriched By the republican
Regulation Of the country q becomes
quit suspicious. Il Is especially note
worthy at the present time. Mr..
Biaine's scheme Of reciprocity with
South America Il, as we have repeated.
v shown, . project 70 give The manu-
fscturers Of the country I'll the sdvan-
tages Of free trAfis. but leave the farm.
err under al the Disadvantages Of pro.
ssssion q our manufacturer ars given
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I. His wonderful nature. Lesson l.. His
prc-cxistcnce Lesson H.. tho Lamb Of God
Lesson ILL.,. the worl;crof Miracles Lesson w.,
the Messenger from Heaven Lesson ". TX.
the Water Of Life. Lesson VI. Divine powcs
Lesson VII. VIII. the Dread of Life. Lesson
xI.. the Light Of the World Lesson XII. the
Good Shepherd.
= His wonderful birth. The song o. the
angels In Luke; the visit Of the wise men. 10
Matthew. Note the date and place OF his birth
3 His wonderful works. The miracles He
worked, Lessons Ill. VI. VII. H The pur.
pose Of the miracles.
4 His wonderful teachings IN all the les
soma The most important truths He taught.
Noto the length Of Cnrist's ministry; the date
o. IT, beginning. and Of its ending; the dis.
tricts and cities where most Of His time was
passed
a His wonderful power. Manifested In uis
miracles and His influence over men, The
source OF His power In His Divine nature.
The value 10 US Of 80 mighty Saviour.
His wonderful love. How shown IN each
lesson Of the quarter. In words and Ia deces
HIS wonderful character. How shown. IN
which lessons
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Tclegraphy without wires = said 70
have been accomplished in England.
Mr.. Prccce, the head electrician Of the
postal system. succeeded in establish
ing communication across tho Solen 70
the Isle Of Wight and tclcRraphcd also
across the River Severn without wires,
merely using earth plates at sufficient
distance apart II Is now proposed 70
make practical use Of this system in
communicating with lightshipA
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-09-25

The king Of Belgium has not sue
cccdcd In making his Congo investments
pay very well, SO badly, indeed, that
they have wcll-nigh swallowed up his
own fortune, II not also the vast prop
erty that he holds in trust for his sister.
the cx-Empress Charlotte Of Mexico.
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THE LIMIT PLACED.

Four-and-a-EIali Per Cent. Bonds win Not
b. Continued st Two Per Cent. Amer
September 30.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 17.--Secretary
Foster yesterday morning issued the
following circular limiting the continue
ance Of ~ per cent bonds:
Public notice 10 hereby given to the
holders Of registered and coupon bonds of
the ~ per cent 10 m. net OF July IL. is.a. and
January ~. 1871. that the time within which
such bonds VIII be received for continuance
with interest az per cent. per an.
mum viii expire on the sofh day az sep.
TENDER. 1891. Bonds received az tho
department after that date viii be redeemed
and not continued. Notice ID also given that
coupon VA per cent. bonds will not be re-.
ccivcd for payment nc the Office OF the
United states assistant treasurer nc New
York. after september 80. 1891, and that
thereafter registered and coupon ~ per
cent bonds Will be received for redcmp.
tion only NJ the once Of she secretary Of
she treasury IN the city % washington.
The circulars Of August a. and Sep
TENDER 2, 1891, are hereby modified in
accordance with The foregoing provi-
sions."
Death at tho End of FrIghtSui ran.
WrLKEsDA IRE, Pa. Sept l7.-MorRan
Jones and VIM. Jones. lumber men In
No. 3 collicry o. the M. a II. company
In Plymouth. were instantly killed. AZ
noon yesterday, by a fall Of 1850 feet.
They had been working down the
slope during the morning. after the
works had been shut down for three
weeks The carriage was out Of order.
and an old hosting rope was being
used Attaching sling to this by
means Of = chain they gave the signal
20 hoist When up the shaft $50 feet
the rope parted and they fell, their
bodies being terribly manglcd.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-09-25

CINCINNATI. Sept. 10. I'm the probate
court the woman Vera Ava was ex-
amined for lunacy and discharged BY
Judge Ferris. He held that although
she may be mentally unsound, she Is
not dangerous 70 society. and Is she Is
not resident o. this county could not
Be committed TO an asylum. She was
then permitted 70 20 free.
A Telegram was received by the chief
Of police from George G. solomon, q
brother Of the woman calling herself
Diss 10 Bar. pronounclng Miss Ava a.
none other than his sister. whose con
duct has disgraced the family.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-09-25

The Escape % Fitzsimmons. the Murderer
Of Detective Cukerson. from the Pitss-
burgh Q's.) Jail-EvIdsncs shat ne HAD
Assistsncc from Within and without-A
Doabtful Clsw.
PITTSBURGH. Pa. Sept. 15.-The e.
cape Of the notorious criminal Fitzsim-
mons from the county Jail this morn
Ing h the all-absorbing topic Of inter-
est In the city to-day. The county COM
missioners and the chief Of the depart-
ment Of public safety met in joint con-
ference at 10 o'clock and arranged for
. systematic search for the fugitive.
The county commissioners have author
lied . reward Of $1,000 for his capture.
They have also arranged to employ the
best possible detective talent and hope
10 run down their man within . short
time.
II was asccrtained that few DAYS
ago Fitzsimmons received draft for
$1,000. He had the draft cashed and
handed the money to = friend for safe
keeping. IL II also known that early
this morning after the escape Fitzsim-
mona was supplied with suit OF
clothes BY two lady friends The
women are new under police surveil-
lance.
An examination Of the cell discloscs
. very clever dummy occupying the cot.
The iron bars Of his cell door show that
the saving was not recent; that the
bars had been partly severed. only
enough Of the iron remaining to hold
them in position. They had offered no
resistance when the prisoner was ready
TO step out The saving Of the bars ia
the window at the top Of the Jail. and
how II was possible for any one to
either reach the window or remain
there unobserved long enough to ac-
complish the work. which must have
taken more than an hour. is q mystery
yet unexplained.
A. II O'Clock farmer living out the
Butler plank road several miles from
the city called the police headquarters
by telephone. inquiring II Fitzsimmons
had escaped from jail When informed
that he had the farmer said that he had
seen the murderer passing along the
highway in front Of his house. Detect
ives have gone out to Farmer Frazer's
uouSf. HIS - the ufSt cicW anu not
much confidence i placed In t. The
Indications are almost conclusive that
the fugitive had abls assistance from
the outside.
Saturday Detectives Murphy and
1Ieltxhoover warned the authorities that
Fitxsimmons would try to escape. A
special guard was placed over the priso-
Nor Saturday and Sunday nights. but
last night the precaution was omitted
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-09-25

LESSON TExr.-Prov <:i3-Io.
GOLDEN TExr-Put they also have erre<
through wine, and through stroas drink are out
of the way.--Isa 3S.7.
CENTRAL Tnuru.-Thc way OF strong drink
leads 70 ruin and death; the way OF temper
ance and reiigion leads to blessedncss here ana
for cvernorc.
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HUTCH IS OUT or II.

ChIcago's BoIdest Spectator Closes Isfs
Deals and Withdraws from SpccuIa-
tion-The Old Mans Relatives Compel
Him 10 Take this Course or submit to =
Conservator.
CHICAGO. Jan. %. The Journal says
that u. T.. Hutchinson. the veteran
Board Of Trade man and boldest spccu-
lator the Chicago Board Of Trade has
ever Known. has withdrawn from sp,cu-
lation. 1T is estimated" says the
Journal. that Mr.. Hutchinson has lost
about $4,000. 900 within twenty years
In 1s-0 he was reported 70 have a for
tune Of $4,000. 900. Ten years ago. his
son says. this had dwindled to Sl0. ooo.-
600. and now there Is but 81 900. 900 left
Ii was to save this from following the
rest Of his money that Mr.. Hutchinson's
family insisted upon his retirement
The Journal says that some time ago
Charles l.. Hutchinson. his son and also
president Of the Board OF Trade. had a
talk with his father and told him that
unless he would close up his deals
quietly and give upall speculative busi-
ness the matter would he taken into
the courts and conscrvator applied
for. Mr.. Hutchinson. Sr.. was very
angry for time. but finally consented
to the terms. and at once cvcned up his
trades and closed his books. MIR.
Hutchinson still frcqucnts the trading
hall. but he is not doing any trading. II
Il said
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LATE NEWS ITEMS

In the senate. on the 23d. the entire
session was taken up with the discus
sion Of The cloture RUE Ncssrs. Cock
rcll and Gray addressing the Senate in
opposition to it. Mr.. Aldrich cndeav-
ored 70 have an hour fixed when debate
should close. but without action the
Senate took recess at 8 p. I'm until eleven
o'clock on the 24th......In the House.
on demand of Mr. breckenridge. the
journal was read N full. and after some
debate was approved. There were
some sharp passages between the
Speaker and Mr.. Cooper. Of Indiana.
growing out Of point Of order by Mr.
Mckinley on a resolution offered by
Mr.. Cooper directing the committee in
vestigating the Pension Bureau to re-
port the resolution to the House. The
resolution was finally reported and re-
ferrcd to the committee on rules The
House then went into committee Of the
whole on the Naval Appropriation bill
The new brazilian Ministry is consti-
tuted as follows: Senior Uchoa. Presi-
dent. without portfolios; senior Cav
alicante. Minister Of the Interior: SEN
hor Chermont. Minister Of Foreign Ar
fairs; senior Araripa, Minister Of FL
nance: senior Frota- Minister OF War;
senior Vidal. Minister Of Marine: Sen
| hor Brasil Minister Of Justice; Senior
| Lucena. Minister Of Public Works
/. The Ministry ~ Public instruction and
the Ministry Of Posts have been abol-
| ishcd.
| TOW LEAvIs. well-known horse.
man. was tried in the United States
Court al indianapolis. Ind. on the ed,
on the charge Of passing counterfeit
money. and was acquitted. The prime
| ipal prosecuting witness was at once
sent 10 Jail for perjury for discrepancy
between his testimony at the trial and
that given before the grand jury.
The review Of the troops al Pine
Ridge. =. D.. on the I'D. pleased the
red men very much. and some Of them
are urging the officers 70 hold another
The liberal issue a provisions has put
the Indians in excellent humor.
DAVID 4. LIrTrER. Of Illinois. tcsti
fed before the silver pool investigation
committee. on the I'D. that he had pur
chased about $4,000 worth Of silver fol
Senator Cameron before the Silver bill
had passed the senate.
THE tow-boat Silas r. Coo caught fir
al Cincinnati. nj a. m. on the 23d
from the explosion Of a stern light, ans
was burned to the waters edge. The
night Waterman, Bush Carney, wal
burned 70 crisp.
1 NEARLY onc-third Of the members o.
the Arkansas State Legislature arc o.
1.-THE sick Inst.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-01-30

rians Completed far : Gigantic strike %
One Hundred and Futy Thousand Nt-
ners. with the Entire forec 81 the fsd-
Grafton ~ Labor nelnind Them. for N
Eight Hour Day on May Next
rirIsnURon. Pa. Jan. 23.-Thc
miners Of the United States have just
completed plans for the greatest indus
trial battle ever inauguratedin America.
The conflict between the miners and
the mine q" ncrs will take place on the
first Of May. The entire National or
ganization Of miners. comprising 5000
men, will be directly involved in de-
mand for the cight-honr day. Accord
ing 70 the figures which are being
given. II Will bc a battle Of millions Of
dollars against labor organizations. also
backed by millionso Of money. At the con-
vcntion Of the American Federation OF
Labor held in Detroit some weeks ago,
II was decided 10 back the miners for
eight hours next May. The uttcrances
Of the officers Of the United Mine
Workers on the subject leaves no doubt
that the miners will make the fight
An immense strike fund is being
made ready for the miners. and when
the latter 60 out they will have at their
back for immediate use nearly $1,000
600. This fund will be swelled from
time TO time at the rate Of $4,000 y
week.
W. J. Dillon. secretary OF the Amer
can Glass-workers Union. United States
organizer for the American Federation
Of Labor. to-day gave the following in
terview on the coming fight:
I'm the aggregate we figure on about
$50. 900 miners in the United States.
Almost sevcntv-fivc thousand Of these
are active miners Of the United Nine
workers. The remainder are members
Of the organization when il comes 70 a
struggle. These are the men who will
strike for eight hours next May. unless
something Unforeseen should occur.
The Federation numbers about 600. 900
men. and 500 600 men can be counted
upon For six weeks before May l.strilSe
contributions will be levied on
the members at the rate of ten
cents week. TINS will make
100000 for the six weeks. The
formal ratification Of the matter will
take place at next months convention
of the United Mine-workcrs 10 be held
in Columbus. o. The latter organiza-
ton has a strike fund Of its own amount
ing to several hundred thousand dol
lars. Besides this. il viii raise a spc-
cial fund before the fight. 80 that ST.
10000 will be ready by May 1. on
which 70 conduct the contemplated con-
dict-"
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PAESEIL will visit America in the
early spring
FULLY 20. 200 tons Of bonded lava su-
gar. the property of Claus Spreckles.
lies in the warehouses on Mission Rock
in san Francisco bay. II will DC held
there till April /. when. under the pro-
visions of the Mckinley bill. il will be
admitted into the country duty free.
THE river Tagus is frozen over and
the river Ebro in the vicinity 81 Sara
go~sa. spain j. covered with nineteen
inches Of ice. the first ice since lS29.
GOVERNOR PArTIsox Of Pennsvl-
vania was inaugurated at Harrisburg.
on the 10Th.
wolf chased a child in the very heart ~
the village. and was only driven away
when number Of people rushed 70 the
rescue. Packs Of wolves are roaming
through the more populors districts "a
| Andalusia and are almost as familiar as
dogs. though seldom attacking human
! beings.
| THF body Of King Kalakaua was EN-
balmed in san Francisco. on the 2lst.
the United states flagship Charleston.
where its arrival will be the first init
nation his people will receive II his
| demise.
| THE issue Of beef at Pine Ridge
| Agency. on the .1st. was the largest
ever known on that reservation. In
stead Of beef for every thirty three
I Indians. one was issued to every TWEEN
4 ty-two.
| SEVEN Dutch fishermen crossed tho
| Znyder Dec on the ice. on the .lst. q
| feat which is without precedent since
1 l-4D.
4 FIFTY Thousand persons are estimated
70 have been deprived Of employment
| in France by the severe cold weather
and il j. estimated that the loss To tho
country because Of the stoppage 81
wages and trade and the biighting o.
crops will reach fifty million francs.
| THE first public experiment made II
ST. Louis with the celebrated Kocl
lymph occurred. on the 2ist. at the Mis-
souri, Pacific Hospital. William A. Wal
tiers. chief clerk Of the Iron Mountain
railway freight department, a tubcr
culoSis patient. was the subject and DIR
Max G. Starkloff The operator. Tn
operation was witnessed by . numbc
Of local physicians, and the develop
ments in the case will be watched witt
interest.
The following United States Sena
tors were formally elected on the elss
Missouri. George q. Vest. Dem; New
York, David Il. Hill. Dem: Indiana
Daniel VII. Voorhees,. Dem: Connect
cut. Orvillc r. Plat. Rep; New lamp
shire. Jacob II. Gallingcr, Rep; Penn
sylvania. J. Donald Cameron. Rep
Oregon, John II. Mitchell. Rep; Wash
ington. Watson G. Squire, Rep; Colo
RADIO. II. NJ Teller, Rep; Arkansas
James X. Jones, Dem.
II ACCORDING to the Western Tobacco
Journal the production Of manufac'
ured tobacco in 1890 in the thrice