The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-06-30
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


the 18th. by shooting himself through
the head. James was a clerk in the
Office Of the water board. and together
with three other clerks had been EN-.
bezzling money from the funds which
passed through his hands for several
years
A DREDGER. the largest in the world
with capacity for raising $4,000 tons oi
matter daily. was tested in the River
Mersey, England. on the 10th. and in
every way fulfilled the expectations OF
its projectors and builders. 1t is To be
used in rdeepening the water at the
mouth of the Mersey.
SANBoRS, Mimi. "A small numbering
town On the Duluth 4 South shore road,
was entirely wiped out by the forest
fires on the 18th. Two children of a
homesteader living near there were
separated from their parents and per-
ished in the flames.
JoHN THoRSix. n laborer. fell from
the west side of the roof of the Manu-
features building at the Worlds fair TO
the floor. distance Of 100 feet. on the
! 10th. and was sent TO the hospital,
where he died.
Ir was announced. on the 10th. that
the president had changed his plars
and would not accompany Mrs. Cleve-
land 10 Buzzard's Bay. Mass.
Ir is the intention Of the British gov
eminent to abandon the financial
clauses in the Irish home-rule bill and
to substitute in their stead new clauses
empowering the Irish legislature 10
frame its own budget to the amount Of
s5 900 600, which, however. must be
submitted to the imperial parliament
for ratification.
THE will of the late Edwin Thomas
Booth. bequeathing over 100000, less
some minor legacies. to his daughter,
Mrs. Grossman. was filed for probate
in New York on the Goth.
A SLIGHT shock of earthquake was
felt at Charleston, = c.. Wilmington.
n. c.; Augusta. Ca; and other south
eastern cities on the night of the Goth.
On the 10th lightning killed gun
Fort, near Queenstown, Ireland, and a
laborer at Middleton. near Cork.
LIEUT. RoMANoFF, of Russia. who, it
is said. is no less a parsonage than
Duke Alexander n cousin of the car,
is registered at the Richelieu hotel in
Chicago. The duke is travelling incog.,
and it is said wishes to avoid notoriety
Two DEATHS from sunstroke occurred
in London, on the 10Th. and intense
heat throughout the United Kingdom
was reported.
THERE will be monster reunion Of
war veterans. both Union and confed-
crate. at the Worlds fair. October 20 TO
"a. inclusive.
Mrs. CLEVELAND and BABY Ruth left
Washington. on the Goth, for Buzzard's
Bay, Mass.
FIRE set by an incendiary nearly de-
stroyed the gas works at Warsaw, Ind,
on the night Of the 10th. Schuyler
Wolford, the night man. was fatally
burned. and Johnson Affords leg was
dislocated.
PosTMAsTER-GENERAL BrssELL, after
considering competitive proposals, has
awarded to Thomas Kane & Co.. Of Chi
cago. the contract for furnishing dur
ing the next four years, all carriers
distributing cases, routing tables and
stools that may be needed in free de-
livery post offices.
FRANCIS SPIES, merchant and consul
of Honduras. committed suicide at his
residence in New York, on the 2ist, by
shooting himself through the head.
Mr.. Spies was 55 years old.
ALL the telegraph wires leading from
New York city to Sheepshead Bay race
track were cut on the Goth A big
force of linemen were sent out, but the
wires were grounded as fast as the
breaks were repaired. The race-track
owners are determined that the pool
rooms over the country shall not re-
ceivc news from the track.
DANIEL LORD. JR.. Of New York, who
was visiting Mr. and Mrs. II. X. Nc
Cormick, of Chicago. while asleep, on
the night Of the 18th, walked through
fourth-story window, and. falling to
the stone court below. received such
severe injuries that he died in short
time.
The Bunnell building in Duluth.
Mimi, five-story frame structure and
q regular fire-trap, was destroyed by
fire shortly after midnight on the 2ist.
In the building were four stores, two
saloons and two newspaper plants.
The fire started from an unknown
cause. The total loss is about $40. 900.
with total insurance which will not
exceed $l2, 900. Four lives are supposed
To have been lost
One HUNDRED AND FORTY persons
were killed in a panic in the Church of
Romano, at Berisoglebski, Russia, on
the Volga, on the 2ist, caused by thieves
who raised a false alarm of fire in
order to facilitate their operations.
FIRE in the drug house Of G. A. Deitz
a. Co., G6 Gold.strcet. New York, on the
2lst. caused loss estimated at $50, 900.
REPORTS from Mecca, on the 2lst,
show that from June IS to June 20
there were $50 deaths from cholera.
THE conference between the iron and
steel sheet manufacturers Of Pitts
burgh. Pa, and the Amalgamated as
ISOLATION committee. has proved fruit
less. and there is strong probability
Of trouble.
SECRETARY CARLISLE awarded silver
life-saving medals. on the 2lst, 10 Ed