The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-08
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PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

AT an early hour on the morning of
the 2sth the baltimore 4 Ohio freight
depot at McKeesport. Pa. a large iron
structure. was completely wrecked and
its contents destroyed by fire. Matches
in household goods stored in the build
ing are supposed TO he the cause. The
loss can not be fully estimated, but is
several thousand dollars.
GEORGE +. WITHERBEE. of Port Henry
\. ". and six young companions who
were sailing on Witherbee's yacht. the
Alpha. were capsized in Lake Cham
plain. on the 2sth, and Witherbee and
five of the boys Were drowned
SECRETARY CARLISLE has ordered that
the United States minis at Philadel-
phia and san Francisco be fully
manned and the full capacity of both
mints utilized in the coming of gold
bullion. The treasury department pos
sesses from ss5. 900 900 To $40. 900. 900
worth Of gold bullion. which j. "A part
Of the gold reserve of 800. 600. 900.
SENATOR GALLfNGER. of New lIamp-
shire. on the 2~th. introduced a bill
, providing for the dismissal from the
government service Of all persons not
citizens Of ths United states. and pre-
venting their further employment in
the service.
HAYWARD A. HARVEY, the inventor
Of the Harveyizcd steel armor plate
and roller screw. died on the morning
Of the ssth. at Orange. y. j., from kid
nev trouble lie had been sick for the
past six months.
u. r. BOWER and his son Allen.
private bankers at Waukon. Ia. were
arrested. on the 18th. and taken 10
Lansing. They We're charged with re-
ceiving deposits knowing they were In.
solvent.
KIOTTNG in San Sebastian. Spain. was
renewed. on the night Of the .sth. the
orchestra again refusing To play the
Basque hymn. The troops fired
wounding many civilians. The streets
were patroled by the military all night
Two ACRES Of buildings in the bust
ness center ~ Delavan. Wis. were d..
stroved by fire on the night of th,
gsth Next morning the town was
without hotel. livery stable or post
Office
FRIENDS Of the cholera patients who
were being conveyed to the pest nous,
in l;rahilov. Roumania. on the 2sth
attacked the attendants. The polio,
fired into the mob. wounding many.
MORE than 100 persons at >heles
novOdsz. summer resort in the eau
casus. were poisoned. on the goth, b,
impure xoumisS. The rest of the sum
mcr visitors left in panic.
TnE official vote on the passage 81
the Wilson repeal bill shows Boatnci
dem. La and Capehart dem. W
Va. not voting. This makes the tota
vote: Yeas. $50: nays. l0a.
CHAUTAuQuA. y. ". suffered los.
amounting 10 several Thousand dollar
FROM storm on the night Of the 10Th
THE West Side bank Of st. Paul
Mimi. which suspended August 4, re
suned business on the 3ist
TnE last stage Of the home-rule de
bate IN the British house of common
began on the Soth
THE steamer Alameda arrived at Sal
Francisco from sydney. via Honolulu
on the sist. bringing news from III
, latter place Of "A conspiracy Of royal
lists torestorc the queen by firing til
city. dynamiting the buildings an
then in the panic rushing in and ear
turing the government building. Tn
: plot becoming known. however. to th
authorities. was abandoned or post
poned
TnE epidemic in Grimsby. an En-
glish seaport in Lincolnshire. has bee
: declared officially TO be Asiatic cholera
: after having been called "cholerai
: disease for many days. The last vic
B tim ~ the disease was woman. VIII
: died on the 18th. Several other case
: before hers had ended fatally.
: THE New York republican state CON
mittee at their meeting on the 3lsi
1 decided 10 hold their convention q
syracuse on October 9Th