The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-07-08

While Mrs. lnholsen, her two chin.
dren and another child were attempt
ing To cross the Willard avenue cross
ing. Chicago in a buggy, on the 2sth,
a milk train On the Chicago. Buriing
ton 4 Quincy road struck the buggy
and completely demolished IT, killed
two children. badly injured their moth
er and fatally wounded the remaining
child.
RECTOR AHLwARDT. the notorious jew
batter Of the German reichstag. who
was reelected in two constituencies.
has again been convicted of libeling
Prussian officials and sentenced To three
months Imprisonment lie is now serv.
ing out the sentence imposed on him
for libeling Herr lyon Lowe, the jew
gunmaker. and German officials.
The Sycamore hotel at Lake George,
n. ", was destroyed by fire on the
morning OF the nth The flames were
first discovered at about 1880 o'clock.
and within three hours the building
was almost total ruin. Estimated loss,
5000. 600. No one was injured.
THE Richmond Qnd.) artificial gas
plant. valued at 500. 900, was damaged
by fire. on the 27th. to the extent OF
$4,000. Small boys firing cannon
made of gaspipe caused the destruc-
ton.
THE jury in the ease of Miss Julia
Force. on trial at Atlanta. Ga. for the
murder of her two sisters in February
last. returned verdict. on the eth. of
not guilty. by reason of insanity. Miss
Force will bc taken To the state asylum
for the insane at Milledgeville.
THREE men attempted to hold up
train on the San Antonio & Arkansas
Pass road. near breckenridge. Tex, on
the 2sth. and in the fight which oc-
Cured Fireman +. W. Martin was in
stantly killed. One of the robbers was
captured and posse went in pursuit
of the other two.
The passenger steamer Gothic. built
for the White Star Steamship Co. was
essfully launched at Belfast. Ire
land. on the asth. She will saili the
Atlantic service Of the company in the
autumn. but will ultimately be placed
In the New Zealand traffic.
WALTER DARLING. aged 81. and Miss
Abb Wesley. aged 10. were drowned in
y, on the asth. by the capsizing Of
boat in which they were sailing.
The Mollie Gibson mine at Aspen,
Col. the largest silver produce in the
state. closed down. on the 2sth- ana
will not resume operations until the
outlook for silver is improved.
CoPIors rains in several parts Of the
German empire have improved the
prospects of the crops. notably potatoes
The rains have come too late. however.
to save the hay.
THIRTEEN men were injured at the
Worlds fair. on the asth. one Of them
seriously. by the falling of portion of
the gallery in which they were assem-
bled.
IT is announced that Henry Willard
intends to withdraw from all the com
panies with which he has been identi-
fed and retire from active business
life.
Ii has been decided TO observe July
6. the wedding day of the duke of York
and Princess May of Teck. as a holiday
in the cotton market in Liverpool
CHARLES BEEyTMES and two miners
were killed by cave-in at the Home
stake mine at Whiteside, 5 d., on the
2sth.
COMEDIAN DE WoLF HOPPER and Miss
Edna Wallace. of New York. were mar
ried at Newark, y. j.. on the 2sth-
JuDeE PRATT. Of the Brooklyn su
preme court. on the 2sth. confirmed the
report of Referee L. A. Fuller. award
ing to Edward 5. Stokes Judgment for
1904. I54. "a against Cassius ii. Reed