The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-07-14
CURRENT TOPICS,
THE NEWS IN rsaIEr.
PERSONAL AM oeMeaA,


20 'ne ma whose lady friends have
'nan'a 10 collecting portable property
~ ~ Peary Arctic expedition started
ir I'M New York. on the LIST. for the
Arctic regions
The secretary of war. on the soth.
issued orders for the abandonment of
the military post at Poplar river
camp. Montana, now garrisoned by
two companies of the twentieth in
fantry. and its transfer to the interior
department for disposition under the
law.
THE fall ia the price Of silver has
produced a financial and commercial
crisis in Peru. business is paralyzed,
and the rate Of exchange is II per cent.
EVERY producing silver nine in the
Leadville Coli district has been closed
down, and il is not probable that any
resumption of work will take place un-
til q final settlement Of the question is
reached and the market for silver be-
comes stable.
CAPT. ANDERSON OF the Viking was
nearly drowned ore mile east Of Clyde,
n. ", on the list. He went in bathing
and got under the boat. and but for the
assistance of students present would
have drowned.
THE statement is published in Paris
that Count Ferdinand de Lcsseps,
whose health has been failing for a
long time has suddenly become worse
Much anxiety is felt regarding his con-
dition.
WILLIAM BAsHoRE, of Shamokin.
Pa. has received word that he has
fallen heir to $500 900 BY the recent
death of John Lick. of observatory
fame. The latter was an uncle of Ba-
I shore.
The opinion is held by number of
congressman that the extraordinary
session called by the president will not
be a lengthy one. and that financial
matters alone will engage its attention.
The sudden drop in the price OF sill
YER has caused the suspension OF opera
tons in practically all the silver mines
in New Mexico.
THE czarowitz visited Queen Victoria
at Windsor castle. on the Cd, accom-
panied by the members Of his suite.
The duke of Veragua and party sailed
from New York, on the 1st, on the
French steamship La Bretagne.
SEVENTEEN persons are reported "a
have died If cholera in Jeddah. on the
LIST, and $50 in Mecca.
AN awful mine explosion occurred IN
Thornhill, Yorkshire. England. on he
4th. One hundred and forty of the I'M
fortunate miners were entombcd. and
it was thought that at least ITO OF
these had persisted either by the explo-
sion or by the choke damp following
it. Rescuing parties found the bottles
Of the dead lying in heaps.
THE accident that befell Mr.. Glad
stone, on the I'd. at Ham house. Peter
sham, the residence in Surrey OF tho
earl Of Dysart, was not at all serious
. The spraining q. his ankle was very
slight. He returned to London, on the
Sd. and showed no signs II The accident
Roy ELsLER, balloonist. aged "a
made an ascension from CORTLAND
beach on Cut OF lake. at Oma ha, Neb
on the Sd. His parachute failed t
, work properly. and he fell into tn,
Missouri river. and vas drowned.
WILLIAM Il. LEosARD, a venera bl'
| merchant and philosophical citizen o.
BROOKLYN. died at his country resi-
dence in Owego. N. Y. on the I'd HI
: is said to have left an estate valued a
81. O00.0O0
| Ok the 4th twenty-six passengers wer
: killed by the explosion Of a boats boile
on the river volga. Russia. Amonl
: the dead was Gen Petrushcwski
II. =, ~,
noon Of the 81. had authorized the Is
e sue Of loan certificates TO the gran
: total Of eel. 800, 900.
e Mrs. GRANT will spend a few week
n at Narragansett Pier. N. j., as tn
: guest Of Mrs jefferson Davis
/ AT Fire Department headquarters i
Ann Arbor. Mich. about midnight Q
the Sd. i cannon burst and seriousl
a injured four firemen who had bee
. celebrating and were loading the car
!. non preparatory TO firing the las
4 charge. The cannon was hot and e,
!. ploded permaturely.
(. The statement Of the Imperial ban
= Of Germany. issued on the 4th, show
a decrease in srccie Of 16. 900. 900 marks
A DISPATCH from Athens. on III
m night Of the Sd. announced that Kin
" George had abdicated the throne I
Re Greece, and that the country had bee
N declared repuo bic. The action crea.c
N intense excitement, but no trouble WI
r. anticipated
n VERY seriors riots occurred in II
latin quarter Of Paris OF the Sd an
4th. in which the students so success
i fully defied the repressive efforts
:, the police that the troops had To
called out. Much damage was dor
7, and several persons on both sides we
= injured. among the latter a police bri
y adler.
- DR. SAMUEL HART. professor Of Tri
ity college at Hartford. Conn. who VI
. elected bishop of the Episcopal dioce
n OF Vermont. has declined the hone
RI feeling it his duty to remain at Il
.e- college.
no EXTERIOR WILLIAM opened the &c
~ man reichstag on the 4th with an a
" dress urging the passage of the amen
ed army bill.
AT Kansas City, kaa. on the 9Th,
mt young man named Baker stabbed a
d'S other nj med CamDbell 81 that he hi