The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-11-30

THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENEkkl.

movement will be put under way look
ing to the erection Of new church
edlfice.
FOLLOWING the custom that has pre-
vailed ever since the time Of the death
Of Peter the Great. imperial hcralds
paraded throughout St Petersburg, on
the 18th. aud announced that the flu
neral Of Car Alexander would take
place on the morrow in the cathedral
OF -. Peter and Paul.
FIVE HUNDRED Danes gathered about
gavly-decorated platforms at the Sixth
avenue entrance of Central park. n.
y. on the 18th. and witnessed the I'M
yelling of lfe-size bronze statue Of
Bertel Thorvaldaen, the celebrated
Swedish sculptor.
CHARLES ROBERTSON. captain of the
Washington light artillery, committed
suicide at Nashville. Tenn. on the 18th.
first shooting himself in the breast and
then blowing his brains out with A.
calibcr pistol. He had been on a spree
for several weeks. lie was 40 years old
and single.
The New York police eases came up
again. on the 10th. in the court OF oyer
and terminer. Ex-Sergeants Hugh
Clarke. Charles A. Patterson. j W.
Jordan and Felix Mckenna. and ex-
Wardmen Burns. Lennon. Hook, Nee
han and ~myth pleaded not guilty"
They interposed demurrers, but these
were overruled.
4 CARAVAN. consisting of sixteen
covered wagons. with numerous led
horses. passed through Emporia. kas..
on the 18th. About fifty persons, male
and female. constituted the party, hail
ing from Clay county, and they an
nounccd their intention to locate some
where in the state Of Mississippi.
On the night of the 18th Police Of
ficer j. H. Keller. OF New Orleans.
was murdered by man whom he was
trying to place under arrest. who gave
his name as Bernard Buchhorst. be-
lieved To be fictitious An unsuccess-
full attempt was made to lynch the
murderer.
INDIAN AGENT WISDOM telegraphed
the interior department from Musco-
gee. |. T., on the 18th. that the law
lessness in the Indian territory con-
tinued. and that the local authorities
were unable to cope with the sitna-
ton lie made another urgent request
for troops.
THE Frank.urt-on-der-Ode (Prussia)
the 10TH that NJ. De Giers. Russian
minister of foreign affairs, and Gen.
Van Nooski. minister of war. had ten
dered their designations. but that the
ear had not as yet accepted them.
The tug A. T. Kappella, of Jersey
City. caught fire mystsriously while on
Long Island sound. opposite Caswell's
Point. early on the morning Of the
10th. and was entirely destroyed. Her
crew was supposed to have escaped.
GOV. WAITE of Colorado has decided
to 90 upon the lecture platform. He
will deliver his first lecture at ST.
Louis.
WHILE truck No. in Newark, n. j..
was answering hurry call for fire,
on the Goth. il collided with trolley
car and FIVE firemen were thrown TO
the ground. There were believed to be
fatally injured, and the other two were
seriously hurt.
A JAPANESE transport on its way
across fallen Wan bay with 600 in
fantry and 500 coolies on board. caught
fire and was abandoned. The infantry
and all Of the collies except five. who
were burned 20 death. were saved
No. IL coTLIERY of the Lehigh Coal
and Navigation Co. located between
Lansford and Tamagua. Pa. caught
fire. on the Goth. and the entire mine
will have to be flooded before the flames
can I've extinguished.
PAUL CONRAD. president OF the Lou
isiana lottery and The head of the con
Germ since it moved away from New
Orleans. died in that city on the Goth.
His name was well known throughout
the country.
THE steamship Corsica. which was
sunk in a recent gale at the entrance
to the Iiavre harbor, forming a block
ade which prevented vessels from en-
tering or leaving that port, was raised
on the Goth.
BY the introduction Of electrical APP
planes at the Carnegie steel mill at
Braddock, Pa. one man can now do
the work formerly done by twenty
five.
An English merchant captain named
Mcclure has been made a vice admiral
in the Chinese fleet.
SEVERE fighting is reported to have
taken place at Port Arthur. on the 18th.
the japanese having massed their
troops there.
TnF session Of the Knights Of Labor
convention at New Orleans, on the @lst,
was taken up with favorable report
Of committee allowing lawyers and
barkcepers TO become members Of the
order. The proposition was voted
down. but motion was made 10 re-
consider, and without any definite ac-
ton being taken the assembly took a
recess.
TnE steamer Empress Of China ar
rived at Vancouver, u. c.. on the Goth.
from the orient. Her cargo was the
largest ever brought across. and con
tanned large amount. of silk for Bcs-
ton consignces.
GEN. ANTONIO EZETA. who arrived at
San Francisco from Mexico. on the
Goth. denies the statement that he is
there as an agent 81 Mexico to pur-
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