The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-07-28

THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

J FIRE broke out in the harm ans
chicken incubator Of Adolph Sheppard
in Findlay. o.. on thc night Of the 18th
and the building was consumed. TO
gethcr with 500 chickens The flame
communicated to the dwelling house ri
Sheppard and partially destroyed H.
Mrs Sheppard ran into the house "a
liberate three dogs which were confined
there, and was attacked by one Of them
and terribly bitten.
WHILE John WEIGH and Charles
Marx. aged 10 and 81 respectively were
bathing in the Ohio river at the mouth
Of Eagle Hollow. , miles above Mad
son. Ind. on the 10th. WEIGH was
caught in the undertow and drowned
before assistance could reach him.
THE court-martial appointed to try
Capt. Maurice A. Iourke. staff Com
mander Hawkins-Smith and the sur
viving officers of the battle ship Vic
toria. which was sunk in collision with
the British battle ship Camperdown.
off Trin,li. Syria. on June %. was
opened upon the Hibernia. the flag
ship Of Rear-Admiral Richard +. Tracy.
admiral superintendent of the Malta
dock-yard. of valetta, on the 18th.
EMPEROR WILLIAM. accompanied by
the empress. sailed from KEEL on the
nth, on the imperial yacht Hohenzol-
lern, to visit Bornholm. an island be-
longing to Denmark. in the Baltic sea:
Gothenburg. in Sweden, and other
places in that country. The party will
also meet King Oscar and the members
of the swedish royal family at Stock
holm.
REV. FATHER THOMAS +. WALSH. for
the past twelve years president of Notre
Dame university at South Bend, Ind.
died of chronic Bright's disease on the
nth. Father Walsh was 40 years of
age. and was president and professor
Of classes of Notrc Dame for several
years previous to being elevated to the
presidency of the institution.
Il is stated by good authority in
Rome that the German government has
intimated to the vatican that no official
opposition would be made in the reichs-
tag to the centrist proposals looking to
the adoption Of n law allowing the re-
turn to Germany of members of the
Catholic religious orders
The French vessel Jean Saw. which
recently arrived at the mouth of the
Meinan river, was seized by the Sia-
mese and sunk. presumably for the PR
pose of blocking the channel in fu-
tile attempt to prevent the French
gunboats from ascending :. Bangkok.
TREASURER STARR of he Cherokee
nation was in Chicago. on the 18th.
negotiating for the sale of the govern
men. bonds received by the nation for
the Cherokee strip
Tz1 government Of Siam has con-
sented 10 withdraw the troops in the
Mekong valley. provided France agrees
to also suspend hostilities.
TESTIMONY adduced. on the 18th. be-
fore the court-martial trying Capt
Maurice A. Bourke and the other Off
GERS of the battle ship Victoria, which |
was run into and sunk by the. battle |
ship Camperdown while maneuvering |
off Tripoli, on June 90. was direct and
positive that after the vessel was
struck the lamented Vice-Admiral |
Tryon assumed the entire responsibility |
for the terrible disaster.
LEoS 5. SMITH. the young man who
started in with the avowed intention
Of swindling banks out Of 500, 900 with
the aid of a passport and forged drafts.
and who secured nearly 5000 from
Michigan banks by way of experiment
ing, pleaded guilty at Grand Rapids.
Mich. on the 18th. to the charge of
forgery. Sentence was deferred.
APPARENTLY undismayed by the loss
of their navy. the land forces of the
revolutionists in Rio Grande do Sui.
Brazil, have become more agrees
sive than ever. Generals Saravia,
Tareiz and Salgado have combined
their forces. and are besieging Yagu-
ron city. The town is well defended,
and its capture will he difficult
A FIRE which burned over an area of
] 500 feet square, and destroyed property
valued at $780, 900. occurred in Lon
don on the 18th. The burned district
Is but short distance east of the Bank
Of England. the Royal Exchange and
the Mansion House. the residence of
the lord mayor
JAMES LEE, the well-known horse
trainer. died at Saratoga, n. ". on
the 18th, Of pneumonia.
Ex-Gov. q. NJ STONE, Of Iowa, died
at Oklahoma City, Okla. on the 18th.
A NYAcK tN. W physician reports
the death. after seven hours existence,
Of triplets which must be classed with
the most remarkable ever born. The
triplets weighed in the aggregate If
teen pounds. There were two boys
and girl. The boys were joined by
ligature almost precisely like that which
united the Siamese twins, and were
otherwise perfect
LLOYD AsrINwAI.I.. a prominent New
York club man. and member Of an old
and wealthy family. was arrested. on
the 18th. on a charge Of having forged
the Endorsement Of his brother, William
II. Aspinwall. upon the note for o.. 400.
THE mystery surrounding the disap-
pearance. few weeks ago, Of Ruiz
Manchera. a wealthy ranchman living
near Tres. in the state of Hermosillo.
Mexico. has been cleared up by the
finding of his dead body in the wilds OF
the Sierra Madre mountains. The
body had been partly dcvourcd by
wolves