The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-12-08
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

fOrtificaiiOnS at sandy HOOK WHICH 't' .
soon TO be put TO a practical test To
determine their adaptability for gen-
.ral use along the coasts OF the .nited
States
TWELVE THOUSAND persc.ns were
killed in kuchan, northeast Persia, by
recent earthquakes. Ten thousand
bodies have been recovered from the
ruins Fifty thousand cattle were
killed.
THE closing down Of the iron mines
in the upper peninsula OF Michigan has
thrown thousands OF men out of en-
Observation-Disclosures range all the way
from 10. 900 TO l5,000-and caused great
restitution. Gov Rich invited the
mayors of all the principal cities in
Michigan and leading men from the
upper peninsula Ia meet in Detroit and
take some action toward relieving the
distress.
ALARGF mass meeting was held at
the opera house in Terre llaute, Ind,
on the night of the Goth. for the purpose
af raising funds to relieye the great
distress prevailing among the uncm-
ployed. Senator Voorhees, and ex-Sec-
rotary of the Navy Thompson addressed
the meeting. senator Voorhees, prophc-
sled that within ninety days the great
er part Of the present industrial de-
preston would bc over.
MARY TOWER. aged 100 years and
4 months. died. on the 25th. at Lor-
rainc, suburb of Elizabeth. \. j.
When her one hundredth birthday an
niyersary was cele brated She was in
good health.
The banks of New York held s70,-
s35. I76 in excess OF the requirements of
the a5-per-cent. rule on the 25th.
WILLIAM W. MARMoN was found dead
in his bed at his home in Bloomington,
H.. on the morning of the 26th. 1t is
belieyed he died from apoplexy early
in the night. He was 81 years old, and
had been engaged in the wholesale
drug business at bloomington for more
than forty years
THE tariff bill Of 1898, prepared by
the democratic majority of the ways
and means committee. was submitted
to the minority. on the 2Tth. for their
information and consideration. The
republicans. under the rules. have ten
days in which to prepare their report.
at which time the majority report will
be finished. and the bill will then be
presented 10 the house.
A HEAVY shock of earthquake was
felt. on the 27th. at Montreal and many
other places in Canada.
HERBERT SKILEs, colored. of Louis
Vile. Ky, is i'll of varioloid, which he
and his physician say he contracted in
laundry where Pullman Car Co. lin
men was washed.
The United states supreme court, in
an opinion read by Chief Justice
Fuller on the eth. dismissed the APP
peal of James Lennon from the judg-
ment of the circuit court of the United
States for the northern district of Ohio.
This is the case growing out of the IA
nous strike last spring on the Toledo
4 Ann Arbor railroad. in which Len
non. "A Lake shore engineer. was fined
$50 for contempt of court in refusing
to haul his train because it contained
some Ann Arbor ears.
INDICTMENTS charging perjury. fraud
ulent insolvency and misdeameanor in
receiving deposits after the institution
was known to be insolvent. were found.
on the 27th, against the officers and di-
rectors of the Madison square (New
York; bank. Joseph +. Blaut, the
president. was indicted on two counts
for perjury.
TUX trial Of Ed Markley. the bogus
foot-racer. at Fairfield. Ia. resulted in
"A verdict of guilty, and he was SEN
fenced to the Fort Madison peniten-
tiary for three years. This case was
one that attracted much attention on
account OF the prominence of parties
connected with il.
PRESDERGAsT. the murderer Of Mayor
Carter Harrison Of Chicago, was locked
up at kinsley. Kas., for six weeks last
February, as "A dangerous lunatic.
THE American bark Helen w. Ohm
reached san Francisco. on the 26th.
from Apia. Samoa, bringing news that
the schooner Fleur-de-Lis foundered
during the gale off Butaritari. The
crew escaped in small boats
1T was learned, on the 2sth. that Mrs.
Balfour and her daughter had sailed
from London for Buenos ayres to join
her husband. Jabez Spencer Balfour, late
member of parliament. who is fugi-
tive from English justice. lie became
mixed up in the fraudulent transac-
tions of several building societies, and
when the crash came fled to the Ar
gentine republic, where he is living in
style about % miles from Buenos
Ayres.
CAPT. MARSHALL PERRY WILD. known
to almost every actor IF note in Amer
lea. died at Portland. Me. on the 2sth,
very suddenly, aged 90 years. lie was
the intimate friend and advertising
agent Of Artcmus Ward. He was also
the manager for Charles Dickens when
he made his tour Of this country read
ing from his own work.
THE general assembly OF the Knights
Of Labor at Philadelphia adjourned.
on the 2sth. after passing a vote Of
thanks to ex-Gencral Master Workman
Powderly for services rendered to the
order during the past seventeen years
and Of kindly wishes for his future, 10
meet in New Orleans next year.
| 1T is rumored that starving miners NJ
Ironwood, Mich. are eating dogs Gov.