The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-10-12

THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


Chang. China
JuDGE JENKINS famous strike in
1 junction was overrnled. on the ist. h.
the United States circuit court Of ap
peals and the cause was remandcs
with directions 10 strike ont from IN,
restraining order ~ the court III,
: clause which aroused the countr,
: when the order was issued and which
: resulted in the Boatncr invc>tigat n,
committee az congress
JACOB ZAHST. building contractor
who built several Worlds fair build
ings in Chicago and lost money on sim
liar work at the Mid-winter exposi
tion. committed suicide in san Fran
I cisco. on the 2sth, by gas asphyx ia.
tion.
The friends Of Mrs Il. Dewitt Tai
mage were surprised on the list. "a
learn that she had been at her home in
BROOKLYN for more than a fortnight,
having returned from Europe ON the
steamship New YORK on September IA.
Mrs TalInage returned home sooner
than originally Intended because Of
sickness.
Cambria Iron Co. Of Johnstown. Pa.
was fatally burned by an explosion Of
cinder on the 1t. Charles Harrington
was also burned by the same flash. but
will recover
TOY. MCKINLEY Of Ohio spoke in
Suburban hall. II. Louis. on the night
Of the Isl. % A. many thousands ~
eager listeners a he great structure
would hold. and hundreds who
thronged tie open windows. while
thousands more who could neither see
nor hear the speaker. organized an over
flow meeting outdoors The governors
reception amounted 10 an ovation.
Mis-. BETvA \. LOCKWOOD. the wo-
mans rights presidential candidate in
i-.is. who. by q recent decision II the
Virginia court If appeals. j. privileged
To practice law in that state. arrived in
Richmond on the lst. 70 attend 20 some
legal matters and qualify a. an at
torney before the courts OF the city
The monthly treasury statement. IS
sued on the l>t. shows that on >eptem-
Der %. 1888. the public debt. less cash
in the treasury. amounted 10 s-s-.6s5.-
ol-. an increase for the month OF sep
TENDER of s-.O52 FOL
HERR voS kIDERLEN-W ACHrER Prus-
sian minister TO Hamburg. and Herr
Potsdorf editor Of the kladderadatSch.
nave been condemned To four months
imprisonment in fortress for fighting
a duel.
MR>. NEDIrI. the wife Of Hon Joseph
a - Il u.
died at Elnhurst. III, on the ist
REPORTS received by the director Of
the mint show tina. during the month
Of September the coinage Of gold at
the various minis amounted to So
U}3. 69a and ~ silver sos. SO. Of
which S5.a.so0 Were standard silver
dollars.
Oh the 1t y \. Crawford. of Fair
Vile. y. r.. was found in bed with his
head cut of The murder was commit
ted by a young Enrlishman named
Brlnton. who j. insane Brinton split
Crawford's head with an ak while the
latter was sleeping.
= T. Lyon. postmaster at vanarta.
O.. was assaulted and robbed. on the
night Of the lst. by two masked men.
at a lonely point on the road from
Newark 10 Vanatta-
sIxTy-EiGHT persons who were con-
victed al Lucra. Itsiy. Of belonging TO
the Maliavita, a criminal association.
have been sentenced TO terms Of i'm
prisonment varying from five TO ten
years.
Az imperial edict has been issued in
China appointing Gen Sung. formerly
in command at Port Arthur. generals
simo Of the valorous Pe;-Yang army
corps. now in Manehuria. and com
rnander-in-chief Of the Nanchu le-ies.
except those of the Kirin division.
which are commanded by Tartar gen.
eral
THE Farmers national congress.
composed ~ delegates from forty
states, began its annual meeting in
Petersburg. W. Va. on thh end. to
remain in session the remainder ~ the
week. About 600 delegates were pres
ent at the opening session and many
Others arrivedduring the first dav.
THE Japanese are moving north from
Ping Yang. They reported. on the I'd.
but had found large quantity Of
arms and ammunition which had been
abandoned BY the Chinese. many Of
whom had been killed by The Corcans-
TnE wreck Of the Russian ironclad
Rousalka. which was lost in the Baltic
sea last year. has been located south Of
the Isle 81 Wa>tertokan. Finland. in
twenty fathoms of water. Twelve Off
GERS and i6d men went down with her
But little hope is entertained Of rails
ing the vessel.
THOMAS RILEY and Johs Wilson.
members Of an organized gang Of men
who have for months been sys,emati-
cally robbing the Lake Shore freight
ears in the vicinity If South Bend.
Ind. were arrested on the ID. Fifty
suits Of clothing and other stolen
goods were found in their possession.
AsTHK Southern.pacific harrow gauge
train was crossing the Oakland cal. y
estuary. on the night of the "a. car
jumped the track and went into the
water, taking with il about sixteen