The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-05-05
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

less seriously injured.
Ar meeting Of the Theatrical Pro-
tective union In New York on the cath.
arrangements We're completed for ma
tional convention 10 meet in that city
in July. Delegates will be present from
all parts Of the country.
THE naval rendezvous at Hampton
Roads is thing of the past. II will
go into history as one Of the most bril-
liant marine pageants Of modern times.
Ir is reported that Winnipeg Man,
is in the midst Of smallpox epidemic.
The Welland canal is opened for the
season.
ONE workman was instantly killed
and four fatally and three seriously in
jured on the cath. by the collapse of a
building in course Of construction in
Cincinnati.
joseph ROUSE. student at the uni
versity of the Northwest. and Carrie
Rouse. his sweetheart. were lodged in
Jail at Sioux City. la. ON the 24th. on a
charge of larceny. Carrie worked as
nurse-girl for family living in fash
ionable boarding house and admits
stealing great many articles. which
she gave TO Joseph. Property Of con
sidera BILE value was found in Joseph's
possession.
IL the New York court of over and
resentenced John l.. Osmond. who was
convicted of killing his wife's para
mour. John {. Burchell. To be killed by
electricity during the week beginning
june IL Judge Ingram also sentenced
Mathew Johnson. the colored man who
was convicted Of having killed Engi-
neer Emil kukelhorn on December .
last. 70 death by electricity during the
week beginning June Il.
The smallest immigrant for age that
ever passed the immigration officials
was on Ellis island on the cath. He
was Fritz Christen. % years old. ma
tive of switzerland. cigar-maker.
with $780, going 10 stony Creek. Q. He
is feet 6 inches high, with a head as
large as medium-sized man.
DIR. c. l.. IIussEY. of Pittsburgh,
proba bly, the wealthiest citizen Of west
ern Pennsylvania. died on the 2jth. lie
was the pioneer in the copper business Of
the United States. having large utter
ests in the Lake Superior regions. and
was the principal stakeholder in the
Chronicle Telegraph Publishing Go.
MAYOR PINGREE of Detroit. Mich.
has unearthed big job in connection
with the proposed purchase by the city
Of an electric lighting plant. 1t is said
that twenty-one councilmen have been
bribed by the company now doing the
lighting to defeat the proposed new
system.
RICHARD NERByKE and Isaac Monroe,
stillnen at the Solar refinery in Lima,
o., were horribly burned. on the 25th,
by still blowing off. The vapor took
fire, enveloping and fatally burning
the two stillmen. Monroc's eyes We're
burned out.
THE bronze monument Of Christopher
Columbus. erected by the Worlds Cor
lumbar Exposition Co. on the lake
front at the foot Of Congress street, Chi
cago. was unveiled. on the 25th, with
appro pirate ceremonies.
MosT REV. HUGH CONWAY. ID. d..
Roman Catholic bishop of Killalla. Ire
land. died on the 25th. lie was conse-
Grated February is, 1872.
one Of the most violent tornadoes
that ever visited this country dcvas-
tated strip eight miles long and
half mile wide. near Moore, Okla. on
the 25th Thirty-three lives are known
t. have been lost. and a large number
- i,,f, N
crty in the track of the storm was de-
stroyed
ALL the streets near the United
States legation house in Valparaiso are
being closely watched by CHILEAN police
and detectives. The authorities believe
that Blundlott Holly and others are
still being sheltered by United States
Minister Fgan.
The new comptroller Of the currency.
James :, Eckels. of Illinois. on the 18th.
qualified and entered upon the dis
charge Of the duties of his o,iice. His
bond of $4,000 had been approved by
Secretary Carlisle some days previous.
Mr.. PowDERLY charges that Judge
Kicks. of Toledo, O., rides free on a
pass oNtT the Lake ffliOIt fOd'. anu :
that this is sufficient for his impeach-
ment and removal from the bench.
The supreme court Of Indiana. on the
Goth. passed upon the appealed Iron
Hall case. and the decision handed
down afiirms the action of Judge Tay.
lor in appointing receiver.
JOSEPH MARKHAM, member of the
Minnesota legislature, indicted for brib-
cry. was arraigned in the criminal
court at Minneapolis. on the Goth. and
pleaded not guilty. The case was set
for trial on June IL.
THE ottawa (Ont.) banks handling
United States silver certificates have
decided To accept them hereafter only
at discount Of per cent.
THE German emperor had narrow
escape. on the Goth. from serious acct
dent. lie was being driven in a ear
rage to the railway station at Frascati
about Is miles from Rome. The car
riage was overturned at curve in In,
road and the horses fell. The groom,
who was sitting behind. was thrown of
and the carriage was damaged. Tn,
emperor was not injured.
A PROMINENT farmer living on Cali
fornia Creek. in Jones county. Tex. re
Al A. H. q.