The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-07-20
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


The president issued proclamation,
ON the sth. practically declaring mar
tial Law in Chicago from the hour Of
noon If the 9th.
GOV. MATTHEWS of Indiana. on the
sth. ordered fifteen companies Of mi-
litia TO Hammond. All were northern
Indiana companies except one detach-
ment of light artillery from Indianapo-
lis. The number of soldiers ordered
out viii aggregate 80.
O~ the -th. in the contest for the
queens cup. in the Clyde regatta the
American yacht Nigilant crossed the
finish line one minute ahead Of the
britannia. but lost the race owing 10
the three minutes time allowance to
the British yacht
TIN bodies of Augusl Peters. aged
"a. anil Clara Christopher~on. a servant
girl. were found. on the -th. at Cedar
Bend. Wis. They were lovers and il j.
believed Peters gave the girl poison in
wine and then poisoned himself. No
cause is known. They went out in a
boat together on the night Of the eth
and were not seen again
LIEUT.. THOMAS AETHrR ToMrIS~oS.
of the Washington I'D. O. Fencibles.
winners of the championship cup at the
interstate drill at Little Rock. Ark.
was run over by switch engine at
that place. on the sth. and instantly
killed.
u accordance with Mayor Hopkins
request for more troops. GOV. Altgeld
Of Illinois. on The 9th. ordered out all
remaining troops the Fourth infantry
and part Of the Fifth infantry and
gave them instructions to proceed at
once To Chicago.
4 SANTA FIX locomotive was blown
up. IN the night Of the -th. , miles
bomb secretcd in the coal. The fire.
man had shoveled il unawares into the
fire box. Both engineer and fireman
were injured.
CHIEF-oFPorTcEB BRENNAN and Assist
ant Chief Ripley Of Chicago say they
do not believe one-twentieth 81 thos
composing the mobs We're men who had
left their posts The men who are
causing the worst trouble are roughs
q
chance The men shot at the stock
yards Were well known to the police az
disorderly characters. not striker
among them
AFrrR nine years absence Hon {.
Denby. of Evansville. Ind. United
states minister to China. put foot or
the American soil when the delayed
steamer New York reached her dock
on the sth lie j. on his first vacation
On the 9th Secretary Herbert ordere,
ont the entire naval force at Mare Is
land. Cal. 10 assis, in preventing riot
ing in san Francisco
WORD reached indianapolis. Ind. ~
the gfh. Of the death Of hen. DAME
Nccauley AT Gsnanoquc. Nicaragua
Gen. McCauley was agent Of the cana
company. and died on the 9Th. !'resi
dent Zelleva has directed that he v
buried y it'll military honnrs- cen. Nc
Caul.y was an lne.ana man. and wa!
at one time mayor ~ indianapolis.
THE convicia in the house ~ cor
rect ion al South Boston. Mass. BROKE
ont In open mutiny. on the 9th. and i
became necessary for the officers to uS
their firearms before the men voul,
retire 20 their cells. One man wa
wounded in the face and several wcr,
severely dubbed
THE after-rart ~ the steamer RIOS
was burned AT south Haven. Mich. d
the 10Th. Frank smith. son ~ III,
captain. was pnrncG "a death. lin
ginecr Gonnell. ~ Grand Haven. wa
seriously and probably fatally burned
and VIII LcAuy was yearly eAisru.tl