The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-10-13

Tnr missing furs. valued at 10000.
stolen from the exhibit of Pavel Green
waldt. of Russia. at the Worlds FAIR
were found by a detective, on the Attn,
nicely rolled upand placed in "A chest
found standing against a wall in Nam
ufactures building. Five employees of
the Russian section were arrested on
suspicion Of completely in the theft
liz her official report To the officers OF
the Red Cross Of the work OF the Sea
Island relief. undertaken by that noble
organization. Miss Clara Barton says
the 80. 900 sufferers, scattered over 1000
square miles Of territory, utterly desti-
tute OF everything to sustain life. with
winter approaching, presents n far
more difficult problem than did the
Johnstown Pa disaster. In the lat
ter case the relief fund amounted to
81. 600. 900: in the present case so AR
but to $50. oo0.
The contract Of Wells. Fargo 4 Co.
with the Southern Express Co, Will
expire i'm little more than "A month.
Half a dozen express companies are
preparing bids for the contract, among
them the Adams Express Co. The
Wells. Fargo Co. have for nearly half
a century had the control OF the bust
ness of the Pacific coast.
The Newshy infantry barracks at
Roslavl, province of Smolensk. Russia,
were burned on the night OF the Attn.
About 400 men ran out in their night
clothes. OF sixty who were driven to
the roof and were Obliged To jump for
their lives. eleven were killed and eight
were injured SO that they will die.
Twenty-threc men and five non-com-
missioncd officers were burned todeath
and many others are missing.
WITHIN a radius Of 10 miles from the
government lighthouse at the mouth
of pascagoula river in Mississippi a
partial list of vessels shows thirteen
schooners. barlSs and brigs and many
snail craft wrecked or seriously dis
.ii,ed, as Il result of the late cyclone.
The steamer Manin went ashore at Shir
island. The government lighthouse al
Pascagoula was greatly damaged. and
is unsafe.
The British steamer City Camp from
st. Johns. \. r.. was of the coast OF
Cork. on the 9Th. waite rlogge Il. having
encountered a terrible storm on sep
TENDER 8. Her cabins Were filled with
water and all on board had been living
on the poop deck Of the vessel ever
since. Tugs were sent to her assist
ance.
WILLIAM c. DAY, superintendent o.
Bradstreet's in 81. Louis, died suddenly
at his residence. on the 9Th. of hear
failure. Mr.. Day was a Virginian 10y
birth and was in his ffty-ninth year
His remains were taken to Lexington
Ky.
An action of much interest to pen
sioners was begun in the District O
Columbia supreme court on the 4th
The plaintiff. Judge Charles II. Long
of Detroit. Mich. a member of the SUI
preme bench of the state. filed a peti
ton for %mandamus to compel the com
missioner of pensions to pay plaintiff :
pension. which he holds was illegal,
suspended.
AS A result of the recent hazing a
Princeton IN. J.) college two ~facult.
meetings were held on the 5th. 81,
~sophomores were suspended tempo
rarily, and more suspensions will prob
ably follow another faculty meeting
The students are indignant that thci
pastimes are to be interfered with.
In Trinity church. Boston, on tn
5th. i'm the presence of the highes
dignitaries of the Protestant Episcopa
church in this country a multitude o
people. among them many distin
guished ~personages. Rev. DIR. Williar
Lawrence was ~consecrated bishop O
Massachusetts,.