The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-05-18
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

A GREAT sensation was caused in san
Francisco. on the eth. by the attempt
Of Jake Rudolph. the henchman and
business manager OF Blind Boss Buck
ley. TO kill business Manager Joseph
H. Eliot Of the Chronicle Eliot was
hit in the groin by a bullet, but the
presence OF several silver dollars in his
pocket saved his life.
MIcHAEI. GAHAN. formerly Of Gales
burg. Ill. who married Jennie Carry.
attempted. on the eth. TO shoot her
and her three sons and Charles Bevens,
of ogden. with whom She Is living AT
Tacoma. Wash. because she deserted
him and secured a divorce ut Los An
geles ten years ago taking his money
and leaving him pennies.
The boiler at Sprays tile factory, 4
miles south of Frankfort. Ind. ex-
ploded. on the eth. killing the proprie-
tor. Willis Spray. and fatally injuring
James Durben. Other employees were
severely injured. and the factory was
completely wrecked.
The counsel of ministers ut Alexan-
dria, Egypt, has granted $3.50 900 with
which to erect "A solid building at Cairo
to replace the Ghizeh museum.
SENATOR MCPHERSON introduced in
the senate, on the 18th. bill for the re-
lief of RearAdmiral stanton and the
officers and enlisted men Of the
wrecked kearsarge. II provides re-
Enumeration for their personal losses in
the wreck.
OK the eth c. A. Chamberlin. known
as the 'Plunger." was sentenced to the
penitentiary for two years and was
fned $50 by Judge Phillips in the fed
eral court at Kansas City, Mo. on the
charge of perjury in the pension case
of Lacey Ray. colored, now in the pen.
itentiary
THERE was not coke plant lin the
Connellsvlle Pa coke region in full
operation on the sth The only works
making an attemp. 20 run were the
Valley. Southwest Nos 3 and 4. More
wood. Hill Farm and Eainey. and they
were doing very little
WM kESxEDY. on the eth. mad,
good his pledge to Gov Matthews of In
diana. who. ten days before, issued
him a parole that he might attend Tn,
]
The convict returned to the Jefferson
willie prison and re-entered upon hi
life sentence. Kennedy will in al
proba bility be pardoned soon.
Carr. a. j. HurcniSsoN died at Tope
ka. kas.. on the s,h. aged 90 years. III
was born May ;. 1925. in Gallpolis. q
He was soldier ia the Mexican wa
from l.sj 10 is4S, and lost an arm il
battle. lie was afterward engages
for thirty years as a steamboat captain
on the Mississippi river.
Coz. JosErH MOORE died at his HON
in Indianapolis. on the evening Of til
eth. from rheumatism Of the heart. ii
was in charge 81 the force that bull
The pontoon bridges during Sherman
march to the sea.
WILLIAM ID. LoHMAN. the defaultin
cashier of the brooklyn ~. w. excis
department. was sentenced. on the 18th
to seven years and fonr months in
prisonment IN Sing Sing.
: Nix. AND Mrs. ions CnASLER (Ameli
Eiyesl. Of Richmond. Va. are maxim
preparations to start. about June l. Il
an extended trio through the llol
Land.
THE Garfield buggy works at Colun
bus, o.. were burned on the sth. Loo
on building and contents, sig, 900
fully covered by insurance.
TIE first grand lodge Of the auxil
ary degree OF honor of the Ancicr
Order Of United Workmen Of Indian
was instituted in Tcrre Ilaute Ind
, on the sth. The degree j. compose
OF mothers, wives. sisters. and daugl
/ ters OF members Of the order
REPRESENT ATIvE JONI y. O'NErrr~
!, Missouri was arrested in Washington
early on the nornincof the sth, for a
! assault upon DIR. James H. stone. I'll
Z congressman put up cash collateral 4
his appearance in the police court. III
I, ing the name 81 browne. He failed
!. show mp in court and his deposit WI
declared forfeited.