The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-22
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

HE imports OF specie at the port OF
New York. for the week ended on the
9th. were 2,525. $50, of which q, 1850, sos
twas gold and si69,273 silver. The i'm.
ports exclusive of specie were s5.C79.-
605 of which sl.g4s.174 were dry goods
and 81, 13l, +31 general merchandise.
IT was reported. on the 18th. that
800 families were living in destitute
circumstances at Ashton, Col. the
greatest silver mining camp in the
world Glenwood Springs and all the
towns to the west as far as Grand
Junction were being canvassed for aid
with good success.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND. it is said. alb
solutely refuses to consent to any con-
SESSIONS in the silver fight. and will not
promise to agree to any recognition of
silver. even should the repeal bill be
passed.
Mr.. ELLIS MILLS. the new Hawaiian
consul, took the oath of Office. on the
18th. his nomination having been con-
frmed by the senate
The receiver of the Akron (O) saw
ings bank has been discharged. The
bank is reported in better condition
than ever before.
The Spokane (Wash.) exposition
building. an immense frame structure.
erected in 1890 At cont of eiOO. 900. was
destroyed by FIRE on the night. OF the
10th. No insurance. Tramps had for
some time been sleeping in the build
ing, and it is supposed that they care
lessly set il on fire. I'
The four robbers who recently held
up a Frisco tfain at Mound Valley.
kas., robbed the passengers and killed
Express Messenger Chapman, were ar
rested, on the lltb, and placed in Jail
at Arkansas City, Kas- They all con-
fessed their guilt, one admitting that
he shot and killed Chapman
EMPEROR WILLIAM is greatly elated
by the cordiality of his reception in
Alsace-L Lorraine
The Tucker bill for the repeal Of the
federal election laws was reported to
the house on the 18th.
MoREAU ;. CRosAY, ex-state senator
and ex-lieutenant governor of Michi-
gan, died at Grand Rapids, Mich, on
the iath, aged "a.
TRAIN robbers stopped the Atlantic
express train on the Lake Shore road
at Kessler. Ind. about midnight of the
18th. shot the engineer. James Knapp.
wounding him severely: broke into the
express car. blew open the United |
states Express Co. S safe and took its |
contents. consisting of four packages.
valued at nearly $4,000. The passcn-
gers were not molested.
The paid admissions to the Worlds |
fair. on the 18th, were 1863, 5S4
WI. ABRAHAM. member Of parlia- '
ment for the IIohdda Valley division of |
Wales, who. by the
way, Is the son of a working collier
and copper smelter. estimates that the
loss To the worSmcn Of South Wales in
Of the recent strike is the
sum of 81 800. 600 per week
WAN. *. GREGG. of Duluth, Mimi. \
who after obtaining insurance TO the
amount OF $1,000 on his life in various
companies, was believed u have been
drowned. was arrested in PHILADELPHIA.
on the 18th. together With an accom-
plice named John Il. Clark. also of
Duluth. charged with fraud.
For the first time in many years the
number of people leaving the port Of
New York. for points ip Europe exceeds
that 81 those arriving from abroad.
Since the first week ia August the
steamship companies carrying Itafian
emigranfs have been overrun with APP
plications for passage 10 their native
land.
THE Kansas Editorial association
left Topeka, on the 18th, for ten davis
visit AT the Worlds fair. There vera
about 200 editors in the party with
their wiz IS and families. making Ia all
about 300 persons. They were accom-
panied by t.'e Second regiment band Of