The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-01-15

Y HENRY IRVING. while performing II
the Lyccum thcater. London. on Tho
| night ~ the 9th. received Telegram
announcing the attempted suicide o
I his son Lawrence at Belfast. ireland
| where he was playing with the Bcnsor
company. Mr. Irving finished the per
formauce without revealing the con
| tents ~ the Telegram.
! o. the 9th adviccs FROM Womack Hill
I Ala. stated that Neal Sims. brother
I Of Bob. two other men and Laura and
Beatrice Sims. while en- route 10 Leak
Miss. the rendezvous Of the gang. were
met by posse searching for Neal Sims
and the party Offering resistance. all,
including the women, were hanged u
an oak tree.
ACCORDING 10 the vote in the national
house Of representatives. on the 9th. il
knssia wants the contributions Of flour.
etc. made ly charitable American citi-
zcns 10 relieve the wants Of her starv-
ing people. she will have to send ship
for IL
A WAR on Sunday newspapers has
been inaugnrated by the Law and Order
society Of Pittsburgh. Pa. which has
raked up AN eighteenth century statute
to sustain its action.
CHrIiAN naval officials and civilians
generally applaud the action of the adj
ministration i'm instructing Minister
Montt at Washington 10 withdraw the
insulting letter Of ex-Minister of For
eign Affairs Malta in reply to the ref
erences in Secretary Tracy's report
and President Harrison's message as TO
the assault upon seamen Of the cruiser
Baltimore
AFFAIRS at Carnegie, Phipps & Co. .
Homestead steel works. near Pitts
burgh. Pa. threaten 10 become serious
The Amalgamated Association Of Iron
and Steel Workers intend to demand q
large increase over the scales now in
force. The indications are that this
will be refused. and struggle seems
probable.
ONLY s2.99s. 200 four-and-a-half per
cent. bonds are now outstanding. s23.-
$4,000 having been redeemed to date.
and more than SIS. 900. 900 continued ut
. per cent The total issue was $751;
900, 900.
Is the senate. on the eth. Mr.. PETER.
Of Kansas. introduced a bill to lend
500, ooo 900 to the people Of Indiana on
real estate securities To enable them to
pay OF their mortgages
GES. JoHS IRVINE GREGG, distin-
guished soldier OF the war with Mexico
and Of the late war. died at his resi-
dence in Washington city. on the eth.
in his sixty-sixth year.
MRS. MARSHALL o. ROBERTS. one Of
New York city's society leaders. was
married. on the 7th. to Col. Ralph vi
Wan. Of her Britannia majesty's horse
guards
IT is announced that the French min
istry of commerce will send two com
missioners to the United States in order
to study the petroleum question.
The ways and means committee of the
national house Of representatives. held
its first meeting. on the eth. and
el ected r. W. Springer. son Of Chair
man Springer. as clerk.
AT Boiling. Ala. on the eth. boiler
in the saw mill Of the Miller, Caldwell
4 Flowers Lumber Co, exploded. kill
ing Engineer Cooper and three others
and wounding four more The mill is
. total wreck: loss s25.OO0.
1T is officially denied that King Leo
pold offered to act as mediator or that
he has been asked to act as mediator
between France and Bulgaria
DR. PFEIFER. the son-in-law Of Prof.
Koch, who is said to have discovered
the influenza bacillus. says that he be-
lieves that the sputum Of persons suf-
fering from influenza is medium OF
cnufo ~ior.