The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-09-14
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


Bay. and Secretary Herbert visites
President Cleveland at Gray Gables
lr was reported from Boston. on tn.
3ist. that Gen. y. H. Banks was dying
at his home In Waltham. Mass and II
was not expected that ne could survivs
the night. For two years his intelleci
had been failing until he was no longer
able 10 recognize the members OF hi,
family.
Ar o'clock on the afternoon OF the
LIST. Letters Carrier A. f. Smith starte,
on his bicycle from the Chicago posi-
Office building on fying trip TO New
York. carrying letter from Post
master lle>ing To Postmaster Dayton
his trip being intended 10 demonstrate
the prac,ica bility of the bicycle in mail
delivery.
SENATOR JoHS SHERMAN left Mans
field. O.. on the LIST, to join Gen. Miles
Chicago and accompany him ON an in
spection tour Of western military posts
The trip will occupy aboutthree weeks
The Hastings division. of Hastings.
Mich. won first prize-si,5oo and "A
jewel for each member-in the knigh =
Of Pythia> prize drill contest at Wash
ington.
The big steamer City Of Cleveland.
crowded with 1000 excursionists from
>andu>ky. O.. To Put-in-Bay. ran at
full speed on North Bass reef. Lake
Erie. during a heavy fog on tile ist-
After several hours delay her passen-
gers were taken off by other vessels.
bu; the efforts Of tugs to rel, asc the
steamer failed.
The resignation of John A. Chap
man. of Illinois. chief Of the ins pection
division. second assistant postmaster
generals Office was accepted on the
LIST.
MAJ. q. L. PRUDEy. assistant private
secretary 10 the president. left Wash
ington. on the 3l>t, for three weeks
vacation in Wayne county. Pa
THE associated banks of New York
city held So. 20. So in excess Of the re-
quirements of the 25-per-cent. rule on
the LIST.
Waltham. Mass. his birthplace. on the
lst. aged IS
SEVEN prisoners escaped from the
county Jail at Marion. Ind. early on
the morning Of the ist. by saving
through ! = inch iron bars.
Two CHILDREN. Herbert Donohue.
years old. and Emily. years. were. on
the Sd. thrown by their mother from
the window Of burning New York
tenement. 40 feet above the sidewalk
They struck on an awning. wen. clear /
= nrd IL y ha n L.
where they Were picked up unhurt.
ARcHDUKE CHARLES, on behalf of
Emperor Francis Joseph. opened the
International Hygicnic congress in
Buda-Pesth on the 81. He afterward
opened the International exhibition
connected with the congress at the
Royal Polytechnic institute.
a DECREE will he issued by Russia.
on the 18th. reducing the tariff on dis
titled petroleum exported by way Of
the Russian frontier from thirty-four
to twenty-four copeks per pood. in or
der to facilitate competition with
American petroleum.
The first celebration Of Labor (
Day as national holiday was befit-
tingly observed in Washington on the
3D. Also. for the first time in their his
tory. all the local labor organizations
united for a common purpose without
squabbles or jealousies and did honor
TO the occasion.
IT was reported in Kingston. ia maica.
on the Sd. that an uprising had taken
place in Port-au-Prince. resulting in
severe fighting in the streets. Several
r. 4. 4. Il. u n. l. n
been arrested and promptly shot. but
the revolt was said TO be still spread
ing.
THE monuments erected at the maui
solemn at Charlottenburg in memory
of Emperor William l. and Empress
Augusta We're consecrated, on the I'd.
in the presence Of Emperor William
and members Of the royai family.
THE cable steamer Mes.ay- Bennett
passed up New York bay close 10 the
Long Island shore. on the ed.laying the
shore end Of the Commercial cable
which was accomplished without the
slightest difficulty.
APARTY of 1900 Beriiners will go to
varzin to visit Prince Bismarck on the
10th. The commander of the Prussian
army corps will not allow a military
band TO accompany them
AN imperial Chinese decree has been
issued rewarding Gen Yeh and 200
other Chinese officers for their victory
over the Japanese troops at Ping Yang
ALDAcE r. WALKER receiver Of the
Atchison. Topeka 4 santa Fe railroad.
arrived at New York on the 3D.. on the
steamer Friesland. from Europe.
The name Of the son of Senator
PETER has been stricken from the SEN
ate pay roll by the sergeant-at-arms.
JANE FiSTEy. of Philadelphia aged
20 years. was shot on the night of the
I'd. three times 10y Matthew Dunlap.
20 years old. her rejected lover.
The lower portion Of the town Of
Wichita. kas., was inundated. early on
the morning Of the sth. by a cloud
burst. The lightning. which was in
cessant, killed little son Of Thomas
Herman, fatally burned s-year-old
daughter and tore the house To pieces.
SEVEN prisoners escaped from Hills
dale county Jail at IIillsdalc. Mich. on
| the night Of the 81. They cut through