The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-07-27
A rownrn explosion occurred on

A POWDER explosion occurred on
board British government vessel en-
gagged in blowing up an old wreck IN
the >olent. ON the 10Th, killing four
men and injuring several Others. three
OF whom died soon after
ONE HUNDRED AND NINrry-siN fresh
eases Of cholera were reported in 81
Petersburg. ON the 18th. and seventy
nine deaths were recorded.
In was officially announced, on the
18th. that in consequence of the prcva-
lcncc of the cholera. the mobilizing Of
the reserves and the customary au-
tumn military maneuyers in the viclni-
" OF ~. Petersburg will not take place
this year.
WnMoRr. small town in Jcssamine
county. XIV. was very badly damaged
hy tornado. on the 10Th. which tray
eled with great velocity. About y.
IN. an oval-shaped cloud was noticed
approaching the town and a it reached
the edge of the village il suddenly
>wooped down and began To wreck
and break into kindling wood every
house in its path.
A riIREsHING boiler blew up on the
farm of John Case. near Hudson. o.. on
the 10Th. John Crousley, owner of the
threshing apparatus. was instantly
killed. barney Morgan. "A farm hand.
and another man were fatally injured.
The barn caught fire and, with the
thrcshing machine and all the other
contents. was destroyed The total loss
will amount to 5000.
While the senate committee on ter
ritories has virtually decided 70 report
bills for he admission of the territories
of Arizona and New Mexico. the pre-
vailing opinion about the senate is that
the bills will not be considered during
the present session of congress. unless
the session should be prolonged beyond
present expectations.
LETTERS from Rio Grande do sui.
Brazil confirm the reports OF the bru-
tai slaughter of prisoners by both the
rebels and the loyal troops. NJ. Buette,
a French engineer. who was captured
by rcixoto's men. was first employed in
raising the sunlSen war-ship Aquida-
ban. He was then made TO dig his own
grave after which he was shot 10y his
captor~.
MEs MADALEN PoIK-BUTIL. whose
engagement 10 Charles Cramp, head of
the great Philadelphia ship-huilding
firm. was recently announced has been
given permission by Judge llagncr- of
the equity court in Washington. to re
sumo her maiden name of Polk. She
was divorced from Augustus G. Buell.
in May, 1898.
TnE bottom of converter at the
Homestead steel works Of Carnegie *
\ Co.. at Homestead. Pa. blew out. on
the 10Th. scattering 1890 pounds of
molten metal in every direction. Four
workmen who were in the pit were ter
Z ribly burned. two of them fatally.
! ImE thousands of friends and adj
mirers of VIM. !. Seaman. the once
popular Irish comedian. will regret 70
learn that he is confined in strait
Jacket at Bloomingdale tN. 81 asylum
for the insane. He has become a total
wreck. and. according to his nearest
friends. his time on earth is very short.
a STATEMENT was cabled. on the 10th
that the Russian petroleum merchants
have failed at the last moment to come
10 an agreement with the Standard Oil
Co. and the Russian Oil Go. will fight
the Standard. They will try to builc
a pipe line through Persia.
THE information was made public in
St Louis. on the 10Th. that Joseph ID
Ginnochio. aged 81. a native Of st
Louis. had been arrested near Genoa
Italy. and forced by the Italian anthor
tiles to enter the military service. under
the charge that he was deserter.