The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-10-19

THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

the government building at the World :
fair The South Park commissioners
have given $40 for il.
PASSENGER train No. IS. OF the At.
lanta & West Point road, which left
Atlanta. Ca, at -:a5 a. III. on the eth.
tumbled over the high trestlc over
Osappa creek. IA few miles beyond
West Point. and seven persons were
badly injured
TnR procession held i'm Dublin, on
the eth. in cunmemoration of the death
Of Charles Stewart Parnell, was the
largest on record In the line We're
political societies from all parts of the
country. every county in Ireland being
represented.
lr is reported in Kentucky circles
worthy Of crcdcnce. that Secretary Car
Isle will be candidate for the seat
now occupied by Hon. J. {. ;.
Blackburn in the senate Of the United
States.
SIAs LEWIS. one Of the Wilburton
Choctaw political prisoners. was To
have been shot 10 death at Tu>hka-
homma. l. r.. on the 9th. He had
taken his seat on the death box. and
the guards charged with his exccu-
ton stood with rifles to their shonl-
der> awaiting the order To fire, when a
messenger rode up on foamng stecd
waving reprieve in his hand.
SENATOR HIrL. OF New York. was, on
tn 9Th. formally notified Of his nom
nation a. democratic candidate for
governor Of the Empire state. and
signified his acceptance of the I'M
sought honor.
Hos. CHARLES DENNY. United States
minister at Pekin. has warned the
American residents in the Chinese cap
ital that the city is certain 10 hc at
tackled by the Japanese. and advises
that all ladies and children be sent az
once 20 places ~ safety.
4 MEMBER of the Carnegie company
states authoritatively that the steel
rail pool. which expires by agreement
on December ,. will not be dissolved.
nor will there be reduction in the
prices Of the product.
TnE Michigan limited express on the
800 railroad went through bridge
near Pelican Lake. Wis. at an early
hour on the morning Of the 18th. The
fireman was killed and the engineer
fatally wounded.
THE Hungarian house Of magnates
has rejected the bill recently intro
duced providing for the extension Of
the religious rights of Jews in Hum
gary.
III was reported from Panama. on the
9Th. that Americans had regained con
troll Of the Panama railroad, and that
George J. Gould will bc its new presi-
dent.
THE funeral Of cx-Gov. Curtin Of
Pennsylvania took place at Bcllefonte,
Pa. on the 10th.
On the 9th Chicago celebrated the
anniversary Of the famous fete day at
the Worlds fair. and that. also. Of the
burning ~ the city twentythree years
ago. Two paradcs. grand military
club ball and couple of club ban
quets were the features Of the day.
X y. STEvEs. lawyer. was arrested
in Portland. Ore. on the 9TH in con
nection with the assassination Of
George W. Savers. whose body was re-
coved in the willamette river on the
5th He is charged with murder and
held without bail.
GOV IIuGHEs OF Arizona, in his an
nual report 10 the secretary Of the in
terror. estimates the population Of the
territory at 10000. OF whom some l1.00t
are Mexicans.
\ DisrATcH from Shanghai 70 the
Central News Of london. dated TN,
9th. says the mouth q the River Min
below Foo Chow has been closed. il
fear ~ an attempt on the part of tn,
Japanese war ships 10 steam up I'll,
river.
BRAKEMAN .JoaS CLEwEIr.. Will,
crossing track on the Pittsburgh 4
Lake Erie road at Pittsburgh. Pa. OF
the 9TH. to throw switch, caught hi
foot in frog and was run down 10y al
approaching train and fatally injured
AT a cabinet council in Paris. on tn
9th. the plans for cable from Bres
to New York and another from liayt
\ 70 New York were examined.
Mrs. CoRBIS. wife Of Col ii. c. Coz
bin. Of Ohio. assistant adjutant-g genera
of the army. died at her home in Wasl
ington city on the 9th. She had bee
i'll for several months.
MARY kERsIE, n young Hungaria
girl. who arrived in this country Q
the 4th. was shot three times and il
stantly killed at ELEPHANT, Pa. on Il
9th. by Frank Beck. whom She rcfus,
10 marry.
THF suit Of Mrs. Martha Jones.
Pittsburgh. Pa. TO recover $1,000 fro
the Fidelity Mutual Life ASSOCIATE,
on policy on the life of her husban
was brought to remarkable and a
rupt termination on the 9th. The q
Tense produced in court depositi'
and photograph of the supposedly Diet
/, man. showing that he is now living
, England. Jones disappeared in Decel
Der. 1889.
THE London mint has struck n,
British dollar. which resembles {
, japanese yen in size, weight and fiji
ness. The coin is expected TO circula
largely in Singapore and Japan.
: will be mainly coined by the Bomb
mint. which has agreed To- charge +
: cent. mintagc instead of per cen
4 charged for rupees
/, THr North German Gazette co
5 ments ironically upon the opinion