The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-08-04
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


u employ clerks during an extra ses-
sion Of congress: that any number OF
congressman may employ and pay the
same clerk. II they 50 desire. and that
clerks so employed do not have 10 take
the oath Of Office.
FIRE broke out in the north end OF
the TRANSPORTATION building at the
Worlds fair at 1850 p. m. Of the oath
IL was extinguished before much dam
age was done, but for few minutes
the crowds in the building were almost
panic-s,ricken-
Iva quarrel. ON the 2lth, abolt the
I fee for pulling tooth. Dr. Hirshher
Of Columb bus. o.. shot and instantly
killed Theodore X. Meisse. a grocer.
Arsrsr 20 is the date fixed for the
election OF members of the French
chamber of deputies Second ballots
will be taken September ..
A MUNICH dispatch of the cath said
the condition of the king Of Bavaria
was daily becoming worse His NAL
aides have become SO serious that II is
the general belief that his end is near.
PRor. VINES. the wellsknown meteor
illogical expert of Havana. whose i'll
ness from an affection of the heart was
announced some time ago. died at mid
night of the esd. He was in priestly
orders
A PowDER-HovsE located on the river
bank at the western limits of Hunting
ton. Ind. and containing twenty-five
pounds of dynamite and 600 pounds OF
powder was blown to atoms on the
oath. Two bodies were discovered in
the vicinity horribly mangled. one be-
ing identified as Hugh Harvey. about
20 years of age. The other was Homer
Householder. They had been seen in
the neighborhood with rifle.
SOME fifteen years ago a painting of
the duchess of Devonshire by Gains
borough and valued at high price
was stolen, the canvass having been
cut from the frame The Pail Mall Ga
zette processes to have discovered the
purloiner of the painting in the person
of Adam With. "Brigand Interna-
tional.~ who is well known TO the po-
lice officials in the United States
TERENCE V. PowDERLy has finally de-
cided to give up the Office of general
master workman of the Knights of La.
Dor. He will not be a candidate again
at the next election of the order. which
is u be held soon, nor will he accept II
reelected.
NJ. PAvIE. French minister resident
at Bangkok. Siam. lowered the flag
over his Office on the a4th. and notified
the Siamese government that he wouic
leave the city TO go aboard the French
warship Inconstante on the Goth
SPEAKING of the report of Assistant
Surgeon g. Il. Young. of the Marine
! Hospital service. stationed at Naples
that cholera prevails and is increasing
in that city. Surgeon-General Nymar
saws: The facilities for carrying on
the treasury regulations do not exist a
: Naples. and the bills of health there
fore cannot be granted. and ships can
a not bring immigrants"
!. NINE men are known to have beef
O killed. twenty more or less severely
Z wounded, and others seriously hurt
!. by the destruction Of the Albion dyna
r mite factory in Bon Fleur, near Havre
Z France. on the 25th- There were fou
separate explosions while all hand
were at work.
n DESPITE the excessively warm wealth
# er the parade of the commercial tray
n elers in Chicago. on the 25th- was
$ magnificent success Over 1900 me-
:. were in line. and no less than forty
Ie four states and territories we're repre-
Ie sented.
THE Greek consul at smyrna. Asi
Minor. reported. on the 25th. that fiv
4 cases Of cholera and two deaths frol
!. the disease had occurred there
lie MARSHAL ALEXANDER HAMIII- {
4 Ashtabula. o.. was fatally shot. on tn
III a5th. by two burglars whom he wa
e pursuing.
TO DR. john RAE. an English Arctic e.
W plorer. died in London. on the cath, a
ter prolonged illness.
n In the court-martial sitting at VI
n letta. Malta. Investigating the loss I
- the battle ship Victoria, Capt Alfrs
II. Leigh Winsloc. the prosecutor. on u
as a6th. announced that the case for Il
"a prosecution was closed. and an adjour
Il ment for the day was taken.
"A The steamer Pearl was run into
an unknown steamer off North Roc
County Down. ireland, on the 26t
ne ana sank a snort tltnt dittI. tdII ~
%. down with her seven persons III
a other five on board were saved.
of JonS EDMrSDs. employed At the Ca
ty. boudale Traction Co. plant. at Ma
YER field. Pa. in attempting 10 jump up'
lie a moving electric car at Jerinyn.
he the Goth. was thrown under the whes
.ds and cut to pieces
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
gold bars were purchased in Londc
eu' on the 2Gth. for shipment to Ameris
o. The statement of the Imperial ba
'ne Of Germany. issued on the Goth sho
~ an increase in specie of SEQ, 900 mari
az A TRAIN load of unemployed mine
~ were given free transportation ca
~ ward from Denver. Col. on the Goth
wy A DISPATCH from Rio Grande do :
~ says the revolutionists were beat
near Livramento Two hundred @
ss,- tilhistas raided a ranch near the VI
NO. guayan frontier. stole many horses a
20. impressed poems into the Castilhist
80 army. They also committed SINH
"a. acts on Uruguayan soil.
Tur electrocution Of William q II;