The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-31
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.


Tux strike Of the railway employc
OF Paris. has collapsed
w. 4. MCNAMARA. Of Corning. \. v.
= taking out letters 81 administration
on the estates OF eleven ~ the victims q
the railroad disaster at Ravenna. o.. 81
June ,. preparatory 10 bringing suit,
against the New York. Lake Erie 4
Western Railway Go. TO recover $40.
ooo' the amount Of statutory damage.
Tor which the company is liable. in eacl
ease. The railroad company is settlin.
promptly the claims Of the injured.
i X. G. DUNCAN. Of Washington. d. c.
who was recently acquitted. on the
ground Of insanity. Of attempting 10
murder his wife at Bettwys-y-Coed
North Wales. in May last. has been re-
moved to Broadmoor asylum lie is in
excellent health. and denies that he Is
insane.
MRS. FANNIE ELIZABETH DAVENPORT.
widow Of the actor t. l.. Davenport.
and mother o. the well-known Fannie
davenport, died at her cottage near
Canton. Pa. on the 2lst. after a pro
tracted illness.
| 4. /. MCMAHON. of Wichita. Kas..
saw the president on the Goth, in be-
half OF Edward Belden. whose sentence
Of death had been committed to life inn
prisonment lie will ask for further
clemency.
The scarcity OF currency has caused
extreme tension in Libson monetary
circles.
The shah Of Persia is seriously i'll.
The tramp steamship Endvmion.
which sailed from Barrow. England. on
June p, and was recently reported dis
abs-d, reached her dock in New York.
on the 2lst
Rich deposits of petroleum have been
discovered in Zante. Ionian Isles.
WV. II. PoPE. the defaulting Louis-
vile tKy.) bank cashier. has been ar
rested in the City Of Mexico. and is held
BY the police awaiting the action of the
Kentucky authorities
a MONUMENT to "Stonewall'' Jackson
was unveiled at Lexington. Va. on the
2ist. in the presence of an immense con-
course Of people. in the main made M
OF ex-confederate veterans and MEM
bers OF the q. A. T. Gen. Wade Ham,
ton presided. and Gen. Jubal A. Early
was the orator Of the day The veil
was drawn by Julia jackson Christian.
granddaughter of the departed soldier.
The Kansas supreme court has cited
Judge Mckay. the alliance judge Of the |
judicial circuit to ap-
pear and how cause why he should not |
be punished for contempt Judge Ne
Kay has attempted to be Law unto
in defiance Of the supreme
courts mandates
On the 2lst CASTOR Robert. the IL
year-old son Of = wealthy merchant.
while playing on wharf at Tongue
fointe. Montreal, Can. fell into the
water Agnes Laigne. family domes-
tic. plunged into the river and attempt-
ed to rescue the lad, but both were
drowned
Mrs. FRANK HANCOCK. Of Tioga conn
", Pa, confessed on her deathbed 70
the murder Of her husband and four
children in 1889. She also named two
accomplices. whose names are for the
present suppressed At the time OF the
tragedy il was supposed the father had
killed the children and himself owing TO
his wife's unfaithfulness-
BROWN HAL. the PAGER. driven by Ed
1eers, was sent a half mile at Cleve-
land. d. on the 2lst. in the UMPIRE
cedented time Of 1:021<. and Geers saws
ne Is ready to wager large sum that
Hal can cover the distance in an even
minute.
PRINCE ALEXANDER Of Battenberr
otherwise known as Count IIartenau.
: recovering from his recent serious
illness
THE prince Of Wales opened the new
aw courts at birmingham on the .lst.
There was some hooting at the prince
BY the less respectable portion of the
,n-lookers. and there would probably
rave been more but for the presence
II the princess
r. W. QrIcK. said TO be a wealthy
'oung Englishman from London. Il
Missing in Chicago, nd II Is feared !
hat he has been fouly dealt with. He ..
vas said 70 be travelling in America for 1
pleasure. and was plcntifnlly supplied
With cash
HE German steamer Neko. bound 7
rom Hamburg for Port stanley. col. \
ded with the British steamer stain. =
line IN the English channel north Of u
he island Of Ishant on the ed. and a
'as so badly damaged that she sank. ~
As result Of disclosures made bv =
ne experts who investigated cx-Trcas-
rer Bardsley's accounts. the arrest y
nd prosecution Of prominent Pennsyl- ~
ania state officers j. likely 70 follow. y
LORD MAYOR SAyon- Of London has Ia
cen created baron. in recognition ~ II
'urtesies extended 10 the emperor ~ X
ermsny during his recent visit 10 the
etropolis. ps
The physicians in attendance mon %
ev- Charles II. Spurgcon. reported. on hs
g 22d. that he showed signs Of i'm. ~
ovcment IN
Hiss MAINE daughter Of the seere m
~ Of state. arrived at New York on
e steamship Teutonic, from Europe Gu
! tke I'D ~
Mas EAToS, the presidents sister. On
rlvcd At Cape May Point on the I'D. de
W. =. ELLIOTT. on trial for murder NJ eii,
o. created a sensation. an III
I'D, by calling Prosecutor IIuIinY
liar. when IA his argument he re- n,
RED 10 charges against Z female vi
ember % Ellictfx family. Elliotts On