The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-11-17

SIX men and nine women were killed
by the explosion OF "A bomb thrown by
anarchists in the Liceo theater, in lar
celona. Spain. on the night of the eth.
A number Of others Were injured by
splinters Of wood, pieces of glass and
fragments of iron.
Mrs. L. :. GRANT. accompanied by
her son Ulysses :. Grant, arrived NJ
san Francisco. on the sth, from Santa
Barbara. She will remain there a
week. and return Ia Santa barbara for
a two years residence.
COMMANDER W. IA. WHITING, late OF
the United >tates'steamer Alliance, ar
rived at SAN Francisco, on the sth.
from Guatemala. en- route To Honolulu.
where he will bc married 10 Miss All
Fong.
ON the sth Emperor Francis Joseph
formally accepted the civic marriage
law. which has caused much clerical
and other opposition in Hungary. to
which country the bill applies.
SIGNoR FRANCISCO GENrrA, Italian
minister for public works. was stricken
with apoplexy on the sth. IL was ex-
pected that the stroke would prove
fatal.
MEETING of liberal Presbyterians.
called Ia consider affairs in what they
believe 10 be a crisis in the church's
history. began in Cleveland. o.. on the
sth.
THE county high school building at
Ehingham. the first of the kind in Kan
sas. was destroyed by fire on the night
OF the eth. Loss, $50. 600; no insurance.
The United States cruiser Olympia.
under command of Capt. Goodall. put
to sea from san Francisco, on the sth.
for her contractors trial trip.
JOSHUA JTNr. of Terre Haute. has
been appointed by the president To be
collector OF internal revenue for the
seventh district in Indiana.
A STEAMER in the harbor at kiel
rammed the steam pinnace belonging
to the imperial yacht Hohenzoilcrn, on
tie sth. cutting it in halves and send
ing it to the bottom. The crew Were
rescued.
The steamer Burlington. with two
barges. bound up, light, sprung leak
when 10 miles off Sand Beach, Mich,
on the sth. She was picked up imme-
diately by the steam barge Tempest,
which started to tow her into sand
Beach. but She sank just as she got in
side the piers. She was built in 1857.
THE house of J. Long. at S~tanchficld.
Mimi. caught fire from a prairie fire.
on the 9th, and was consumed. One
child about three weeks old was
burned TO death. The mother was
burned so badly that she is not ex-
pected to live. Another child was
burned quite severely.
THE Quebec Legislature opened. on
the 9th. with the customary ccre-
monies. In his speech from the throne
Lieut.-Gov. Chaplain made kindly allu-
son to the term of service and the de-
parture of the ear, of Derby. Flatter-
ing mention was also made of Lord
Aberdeen.
EMPEROR WILLIAM has ordered that
zen military officers who were impli-
Gated in the Hanover gambling case
be cashiered.
Mr.. FRANCIS PABKMAS, the eminent
historian. died at his home in jamaica
Plain. Boston. on the 9th, of peritoni-
It's.
Hos. II. +. T~AscHERAr, judge Of the
Dominion supreme court. died sudden
ly in Quebec on the 9th.
THE Panhandle glass works at Wells
burg. w. Va. resumed operations on
the 9th. employing 200 men, after sew
eral months idleness.
FRANK |. DARLING. of Michigan. and
John q. Townsend, of Illinois. have
been appointed special examiners in
the pension Office.