The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-10-27
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

THE freight steamer Dean Richmond
was lost on Lake Erie, in the awful
storm Of the l4th. and every member
of her crew. numbering eighteen souls.
persisted. The vessel carried no pas
sengers.
THE president has authorized the
announcement that he will not go to
Trenton, y. j.. nor will lac leave Wash
ington for any purpose until the i'm
portant public questions which con-
gress was called in extra session to ad-
just are in better shape than at pres
emit.
THE cruiser Columbia returned to
the Cramps ship yard at Philadelphia.
on the 18th. after successful unof-
fetal trial trip, during which it main
tanned a speed of 81 5-10 knots per
hour. n half knot in excess of the gov
ernment's requirements.
WHILE searching for bodies from the
wrecked propeller Dean Richmond, on
the 10th. near Dunlsirk, n. ", their
boat capsized. and George Thurber,
Frank Cahoon and George Mann were
drowned.
The Norwegian bark Martin Luther,
from Sidney for st. Johns with bal
last. went ashore off Wash Halls, near
Head harbor, y. r.. on the 10th. Two
Of her crew were drowned. and the re-
maing twelve had narrow escapes.
The steamer Wockken. of Cleveland
foundered in ten fathoms Of water gust
above Long Point, on the northern
! ~ n al ~ -,
on the night of the 14th. carrying
down with her all but three of her
crew. which consisted of sixteen in all
Ex-PREsIDENr HARRISON honorcd the
Worlds Columbian commission by his
presence and congratulatory speech
at its meeting on the l4th.
The bonded warehouse in Lancaster,
Pa. of Jacob +. Shaffer was totally
destroyed by fire, on the night of the
18th, with all its contents. consisting
Of over 1900 barrels Of whisky The
building was set on FIRE. Loss. $50, 900;
insurance. s5s.000.
A vEsTIBuLED passenger train on the
Wabash road, from Chicago for 81.
Louis, left the track just south Of
Nameoki, Ill. about o'clock on the
evening of the 10Th. and ran down an
embankment, where the wrecked cars
caught fire. About fifty persons were
injured. many Of them. il was feared,
fatally. but none were killed outright.
A relic. train from st. Louis was early
at the scene. and the wounded were
soon in the hands Of skillful physi-
clans and surgeons.
THE McCreary bill for the postpone
ment Of the operations of the Geary
Chinese restriction and exclusion act
for six months passed the horse on the
10th.
The boiler Of the Russian tug Annie,
employed on Lake Doga, the largest
lake in Europe, exploded, on the 18th,
with frightful results. The boat was
blown entirely to pieces, and every
man on board was either killed by the
explosion or drowned.
GRAND DUE NICHOLAS, the czaro.
WITT OF Russia, was formally betrothed
on the 18TH, to Princess Victoria, sec.
ond daughter Of the prince Of Wales
Both OF the contracting parties are in
their twenty-sixth year.
THE Brazilian rebel steamer Trano
recently made an attempt to make the
run out of the bay Of Rio. Fort Santa
Cruz fired on the steamer and did such
good execution that the vessel wa,
, sunk in a surprisingly short time Man,
, persons on board Of the Urano were
, killed outright by the fire from the fort
| and large number were wounded
, Nearly all Of the wounded were
: drowned when the steamer went Town
! THERE are now confined in the In
1 diana pcnitentiary eleven whitecap
/ pers. with assurance that more vii
follow within fc y weckA