The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-08-19
CURRENT TOPICS.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

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TIKI man who assassinatcd the bishol
Of Foligno on a railway train between
Assist and Foiigno. Italy. ON the nigh
|. Of the Eth. has been captured and ha'
confessed his crime. His motive wa
: robbery.
TIE Mexican government has off
cially advised the state department tina
Gen. Cara. the Mexican revolutionis
) and outlaw. IS rcorganizing his forces
in Webb county. Tex. Gen. Schoficl,
) has telsgraphed ten. Wheaton. in com
mand Of the department Of Texas. di
rccting him 70 keep sharp lookout foi
! the outlaws. aud 70 prevent violation
; Of the neutrality laws
THE fugitive train robbers who have
taken refuge among the Fresno lCal.
foothills are trying TO get into the
King river canyon. where their capture
will Be almost impossible Fifty men
are guarding the entrance 10 the can.
yon. bnt il i believed they will b. dis.
pcrsed by mcuntainecrs. who hate the
railroad company and sympathise with
the fugitives
NEs. FRANCIS PErroS. the young
woman with whom il Il believed Fer
dinand Ward is in love. has disap-
pcared from Niddlctown, Conn Ward
j. also gone from his summer place in
Thompson. and il Is declared that the
two have gone together.
NEWS comes from Rio Janeiro. Brazil,
that President piexotto has signed the
law granting amnesty to the rcvolu-
tion;sts A bill allowing the inmigra-
tion Of coolies has been signed BY the
president
OK June lG Frank Vogt. Of Massil-
Ion. @. fell from scaffold. injuring
his spine He partook of no solid food
afterward. and died. on the morning Of
the eth. Of starvation. A week before
he told his friends that he would die
August :. his twcnty-second birthday.
His prediction missed verification only
four hours.
Nh GLADSTONE. in his address to the
commons. on the 9Th, in reply 70 the
queens speech. clearly outlined the
liberal policy Of pushing home rule to
tEe front
SIX Of the houses Of the most prom
inent citizens Of Naytown. Pa. were
entered by tramps. on the night Of the
sth. and considerable property was
stolen.
IL the great parade of Knights Tenn
plar AZ the triennial conclave Of the
grand conmandery az Denver. Col. on
the 9th. no less than $1,000 sir knights
were in line. many of them superbly
mounted. while as many more are said
10 have occupied the stands. buildings
and sidewalks along the line of march
reviewing the column.
The arrest at Atlanta. Ca, Of Lou
Sturgis and J. NJ. Dunford for passing
counterfeit money. led to the further
arrest Of Charles X. and Charles VI.
Chisholm. in whose house lot Of spu-
rious coin was found A large amount
Of the money was hot when captured,
as If il had just been made.
| The interior department has ruled
that the site Of the town of FL Reno,
Okla. was properly entered
1 THREE negro laborers were killed and
two severely wounded by a landslide
on the Central railroad. near White
burg, Ga. on the night Of the sth.
\ FRED LASGHoFF. who has been a
ranchman in Wyoming for ten years.
| ard who is a man Of means. was landed
in the county Jail at Cheyenne. on the
9th. on the charge 81 DEMONSTRATING. 1t
IS claimed that ne has been changing
brands and shipping 70 points in
4 Indiana Ohio. kentucky. Illinois. Ohio,
4 Wisconsin and Michigan.
1 SANrEI. HATE. hitherto respectable
farmer Of C1tawba. O.. has been arrest
ell for shccpstcaling. and has caused a
sensation BIZ confcssing to carrying on
l . scheme Of systematic stealing for the
| past twelve years.
| THE execution Of the eight-hour law
as applied to the construction Of public
4 buildings. has proved 50 embarrassing To
the officials Of the treasury department
that the Encouragement has been
asked for a legal construction Of the
provisions Of the act
4 THE discovery was made. on the 9th.
that Rev. J. q. Tate. Of Nebraska. can
6idate for licutenant-govcrnor on the
republican ticket. Is not citizen. his
second naturalization papers not hav-
ing been taken out. lie was considered
one 81 the strongest ON the ticket. Ills
name will bc taken off.
4 The death sentence Of Col. IT. CLAY
King. condemned 10 die at Memphis.
Tenn. for the murder Of David II.
Poston. was commutcd on the 9th. bv
Gov. buchanan to imprisonment for
| life.
TnE boys parade was the event Of
the second day 81 the Knights Templar
conclave at Denver, Col. on the 10th.
and attracted almost ns large a crowd
as did the event Of the 9th. The pro-
cession was over nile long. and sew
eral Of the divisions were uniformed in
exact imitation Of the full regalia Of
q knight
Tnk August report Of the statistician
OF the department Of agriculture
shows a reduction in the condition Of
cotton during July from 500 to s2.3.
This Is the lowest average since Au-
gust is-6, when the general condition
was one point lower.
RAIN fell NJ Topeka. Kas.. on the
night Of the 9th. accompanied by high
winds, almost developing a tornado
Trees awnings. etc. were blown down.
platc-giass windows were broken. and