The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-08-04

an alleged indiscretion, Miss Lutte Les
lie. Of Seymour. killed herself with
arsenic.
INDIANAPOLIS il making rapid head
way in her PREPARATIONS for the nation
al q. A. X encampment. which meets
in September Yet they lack the abiii-
" of seeing far enough into the future
10 be able To approximate the number
Of police and detectives required for
duty in such a throng However. the
board Of public safety is alive to the
Importance of the situation. and il en-
ieavoring 10 stir the committees to
proper sense Of tie necessary police
| protection.
Two hundred editors from Indiana
were in attendance mt the Worlds
tair the other day There are four
press organizations in Indiana: The
Republican Editorial association, the
emocratc Editorial association. and
he Northern and Southern Indiana
| Editorial associations. The four un,t,d
in "A general outing at the Worlds fair.
some years ago these organizations
were unite as one, and at u meeting
,cl at the Mecca hotel. the plan OF
lr--an:zin- a state association was dis
crs>ed. Very little was effected in
u direction lecausc Of the opposition
manifesto. by the party organizations
throrch fear that a state club would
'isorganizc the others Having become
thoroughly acquainted with each other,
he editors, with their wives and chill
iren. left the hotel shortly after IL
o'clock for the Van Buren, street pier.
: hey embarked on the steamer Chris
on ser Columbus at o'clock. A gen.
rial reception was held at the Indiana
state building. where an address of
welcome WAS delivered by Il. +. Ravens.
executive commissioner of the state,
and responses were made by the presi-
dent of the association and others
The annual parade of the Indiana
militia occurred at Terre Haute. the
other night, when two thousand or
more of the militiamen who are in
camp near Terre Haute marched in re-
view before Gov. Matthews There
were about fifty companies in line.
composed of four regiments of infantry
and one of artillery, and the marching
Of the men was excellent
The attempt Of Herman Kepplar at
indianapolis the other night to play
ghost nearly cost him his life. KEEP
plar arrayed himself in "a sheet, and
sailed forth to terrify some fishermen
who were angling for catfish in White
river. One of the anglers blazed away
with a pistol. and the ghost dropped
his sheet with yell of pain and ran
away Soon after kepplar showed mp
at the city hospital. where an examina-
ton showed his wound to be trifiing.
CHARLES W. DEPAuw. of New Al
bany. has assigned. The Union Trust
Co. Of indianapolis, was made as
signee.
AL Fow's barn. at Mitchell, was
burned. together with valuable horse.
Loss. 81, 900 Fire bugs did the work.
and they will be run down by blood
hounds
/ AT Elliott Mrs. Irwin Lang awoke &c
r find her young son dead by her side.
ANOTHER attempt has been made e
burn the female refornatory at Indian
apolis.
A WOMAN burglar has been operating
extensively in Valparaiso.
The state geologist of Indiana says
100. 900 feet of natural gas are wastco
daily in that state.
Two persons were killed. two injured
/. and two are missing as a result OF thu
explosion of Schaefer & Schaefer
powder magazine at Huntington. Hugh
Harvey and Homer Householder wer'
in that neighborhood with rifle, and
as matter of pastime, they sho
, through the window of the powder
: house The explosion which followcs
? was terrific. Six hundred pounds O
! powder and fifty pounds of dynamic
exploded Harvey and Householde
Q were blown clear across Little rive
! and their bodies terribly muti'ated
Q Their heads were blown off and thei
bodies we're unacceptable. but wcr
r identified by few pieces of clothing
g The magazine was total wreck. not
: brick being left to mark the place
r Houses were riddled by flying brio
!. and windows broke all over the city
Q Andrew Ierzog and John Cooley wer
: injured by flying bricks.
UNKSowxs attempted to assassinat
Rufus Rice. a wealthy citizen of Hell
r ron. as he was sitting in his hous
Y reading The shot killed a dog back {
l. its ma ster.
n .JoHS McCARTY. a farmer. aged
l. years, fell from fence near Upton III
q other evening and was killed. II
came there when the country was il
: habitcd by Indians. and was the fir
II white settler in the county.
d WEALTHY WASHINGTON SAIIsBUR
A. was found dead on the street in Brazi
m MoILIE MORGAN took morphine ;
"a Brazil. but got over it. Lover Il
10 cause.
Ex-SrATE SENATOR $. DAY died Il
d other evening at his home in New A
20 bany. after suffering four years with
u cancer on his face During his la
- few months he suffered greatly. his e
q tire lower jaw having been eaten ava
"a Mr. Day was 81 years old and had 8
ways resided at New Albany. He W
TX superintendent of the Monon syste
I've from 1868 to 1874. retiring when Il
d. road changed hands.