The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-10-09
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house 81 Phillips 4 Cunningham. 81
PHILADELPHIA fise large buildings werx
destroyed aud eight f;remen were ii
inrct. none, il j. believed seriously.
EMMETT T. STANLEY. superintendent a
the money-order department u the
post Office u Atlanta Cs-. has been ar
rested charged with embcxzlement.
IL IS believed his shortage Is over 81. 500
DR CASrAE vrsTAR DopsE- profe<
sor q New Testament literature and
exege<iS in the Princeton ~ ~ theo-
logical seminary. died On the 9sth. The
professor had hrcn sick all summer
GRArraS DALTON one Of the men
who robbed the southern Pacific train
AZ ALA and two other prisoners
escaped from the county Jail At visalia.
Cal. on the night u the 2.th
JoHS W. NAcKAY and party arrived
~ the Grand Central depot in New
York. ~ TOSS =. IN. on the 18th. in
their special car. having made the trip
from san Francisco in 4 days y hours
and = minutes three hours less than
the best previous record
HEAVY rains have fallen in Russia
and the ground Is 50 soaked with water
that the potatoes are rotting. The
price Of potatoes has already doubled
and IS still rising
lyAS ALExsrEvIrCH COxT<cHARoFr.
the Russian author. died in 81 Peters
burg on the 18Th lie was born in is12
4 DESPERATE gang Of white robbers
in Jail It Gaisden- Ala. under sentence
for robbery and train wrccking. over
powered Deputy sheriff X ~ Melton.
on the 18TH put a rope about his neck
and were hanging him when a police
man appeared and fired on the prison
er~ They fed hack 20 their cells
Two were wounded The rope was
taken from Nel-on's neck and he was
found 10 be still alive lie will re-
cover
The CHILEAN situation i not regarded
in Washington Is alarming.
WILLIAM GOULD. Jr-. Of Albany. ~
y. who was found guilty Of aiding and
abetting Bcok-keePer Whitney in falSi-
fying the accounts Of the Albany City
national hank. By means Of which he
was enabled 70 ovcrlraw his account
many thousands Of dollars. was sen
fenced on the 10Th. 70 tx years inn
in the Albany county pen
itentiary-
MIS-. THOMAS BoNBEEGER- Of Leba-
non. Pa while endeavoring 70 save her
s-year-old son who had strayed on the
track Of the electric railroad. was
struck by : car and instantly killed
The child was fatally injured
GoLD IN Buenos Ayres was quoted At
srs per cent premium on the 10Th
AcEyTs for the French government
have becn quietly buying up an enor-
nous amount Of grain and meats
mostly in the American markets.
The Hawaiian Gazette denies that
there has been an expression Of desire
ON the part Of the Hawaiian papers for
annexation 70 the United States
The largest oil well struck in the
oil fields was opened. ON
the 19th- In the Nccurdy field. IS miles
west Of Pittsburgh The well started
N n the rate Of 700 barrels an hour
and = estimated 20 be doing 10000 bar
rel< per day An exact measurement
AN not he taken A. more than half the
product = going % waste on account Of
tankage
1T the Colorado state fair in Pueblo
IN :he 18th during the progress ~ the
'-eo trotting race. Just after passing I'M
Ter the wire in the third heat the horse
Tramp - suddenly stopped. staggered
~ against the fence and fell dead He
ra< owned Nv Mr. Leonard. ~ Denver.
who hat recently refused $1,000 for
iim- holding his price at s.s.c00. Tramp
- record was 9--r-
THE settlers in CaliSpel valley. in
nortfern Idaho are alarmed over The
attitude Of the Indians in
hat section MARSHA the chief IL the
Calisrel~- j, j. reported has ordered al
y hite settlers out ~ the country. and
me Indians are running on the SET
Tiers stock and otherwise annoying the
) hiteS
posed suicide 81 William Adams. who
Vas found hanging In his barn near
Columbus Ind has developed that
Adams had re~civcd white cap anony-
nous letters threatening his life The
GRAND iurT will investigate
DR. Jn~rrH JEycEy<- rector Of St
|'anrs Episcopal church in Indianap-
Ills Ind has resigned On request ~
ii~ congregation which objected 60 hi
conviction that the eni Of the world :
near n hand
lioS. THOMAS Ncs;REERy. NJ r.. was
expelled from the Canadian house 81
commons on the 18th w unanimous
rote- Ills ofcn<e was boriiinr-
The Dixon County bank. NJ Pcnca-
Neb,. WAS entered Nv five masked bur
riar~ on the night Of the 18th. the
y atchman lein~ overpowered- Their
efforts 70 break into the vault were in
corrupted by citizen. and the robbers
hurried 10 the railroad where they had
q hand-car in waiting. and amid srsii-
ladc 81 bnllctS escaped One Of the rob
brrs was shot lrut TIE Others carried
him away with them
FEEIcHr train No. s. On the Erie road
co.lited with section 8 Of passenger
train No. ?. near Kent. o.. On the s9th-
Four persons were killed. including
the engineer and fireman Of the pas
renger train. and thirty persons in
jured
A-sswBTlrAS FRANK " DExoKEsr,
Of Rockland county. y. ". who u IN