The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-06-23

w. u ELLIOTT. serving term IN the
Ohio state prison for the murder OF
Editor Al Osborne. was seriously in
iured. on the 18th. 10y W. W. Varney,
Cincinnati thief. throwing a quantity
OF vitriol in his face. which vii prob
ably cause the loss Of one eye and per-
haps Of both
ARKANSAS and Indiana dedicated
their state buildings at the Worlds
fair on the 18TH
Tnr Cunard line steamer Scrvia.
Capt. Dutton, arrived at Queenstown.
on the l4th. reports that on the eth.
She ran down and sunk the ship A. L.
NcCullom. Capt. O'Hricn, from Lon
don. April -. for New York. The
Servia stood by and rescued twenty
four Of those on board of the sailing
vessel. One man was drowned.
CoNvIcr FRANK ADAMS escaped from
Sing Sing N.Y. prison on the l4th. lie
was serving term of two years and
six months. and would have been dis
charged on the 18th. lie will forfeit
six months communication il caught.
The Dexter 20. wagon works were
destroyed, on the night of the 18th.
by fire supposed to have been OF in
cendary origin. Loss. $4,000: insur-
ance. so. 900. The plant had been on
fire three times during the month.
EASTERN advices announce another
terrible earthquake and volcanic erup-
ton in the Interior of Japan. MANS
lives were lost and much damage was
done The exact particulars are not
yet known.
THE annual convention Of the Christ
ian Endeayor society of Ohio will be
held in Cincinnati on the Goth. eth.
2sth and 10th.
Mr. CORNELIUS VANDERBILT. of New
York. accompanied by his family. left
London. on the i4th for Paris. by way
of the Dover route.
OK the 18th Col Ainsworth addressed
Il letter to Coroner Patterson. conduct
ing the, inquiry rinto the cause of
the collapse of the old Ford thea
ter in Washington. complaining that
the jury were prejudicedagain>t him
10y the testimony of disaffected
clerks and the riotous proceedings
of the previous Illegal inquiry. and
urging his right to be present 10y coun-
sci and 10 cross-examine the witnesses.
Coroner Patterson refused the request.
| RELIABLE reports from Wichita.
Kas.. state that field after field Of
wheat. prematurely ripened by the
ravages of the chinch bug. will yield
less than three bushels to the acre.
| Where the wheat is cut the bugs have
gone to the corn. and promise to play
havoc with that crop.
A CABLE from Managua. Nicaragua.
states that United States Minister
Baker and Senior Castillo. the Mica
raguan minister of war. deny the re-
port that the marines have been landed
from the cruiser Atlanta at Grcytown
To protect the interests of citizens Of
the United States.
SHERIFF Il. A. DENNIS. OF Culbertson.
Neb. in attendance at the Interstate
sheritfs' convention. was found dead in
his bed at Council Bluffs, Ia, on the
18th. asphyxiated 10y gas
HELENA Mont officials are looking
for Loren H. Olds. ex-state senator and
one Of the bcst-lxnown mining men in
the state. who is wanted on charge
of SwindiinE.
The latest advices from Mecca. where
cholera is raging. show that there had
been $50 deaths from the disease dur
ing five DAYS.
TIM supreme court If Indiana has de-
cided that women may bc admitted tc
practice at the bar in that state.
W. Il. PRESCOTT was. for the third
time. elected president of the Interna-
tional Typographical union AT Chicago
on the 18TH