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

O> the -f>t the vermont senate
passed the bill Incorporating the Nica-
ragua Canal Co
A CASE of Asiatic leprosy has been
discovered in the western part of Grand
Forks county. \. II
Miss MARY L. STEVENSON, daughter
OF the president. confined TO her
bed at Asheville. y. c.. with pneumo-
mia, was no better on the 2lst. Hope
Of her ultimate recovery had been
about given up.
TilE jury in the Jim Cook case mt
Tehleqnah. |. r.. returned verdict.
on the elst, Of guilty of manslauohter
for killing Sequoyah Houston. and SEN
fenced him to eight years in the Chero-
kee penitentiary.
FRIENDS and connections Of the Bar
ing> have taken over from The Bank of
England the entire amount of the ~
naming Barring assets. All guarantors
are thus released from further respon-
sibility.
SIX students and the dean OF the med
ical faculty OF Cottner university, nj
Lincoln. Neb., were under arrest AT the
police station on the night Of the 2ist,
charged with grave robbery.
JuDGF COOPER. at Memphis. Tenn.
took the bull by the horns in the Mil
lington lynching case. on the 2ist, and
forced Butch McCarver. the obstreper-
Gus witness. To testify. Ex-Attorney-
General Peters created a sensation in
court by denouncng the sheriff for
working in the interests of the lynch
ers and trying To cheat justice.
The grand jury at Leandcr. Wyo.. on
the alst. created sensation by indict-
ing Capt Patrick Henry Ray. of the
Eighth infantry. acting Indian agent.
>ho>hone agency. for branding cattle
belonging TO stockman named Boyd.
JosErH X. EMMETT, the actor. and
Mrs. May Haggins Stevens, known to
the dramatic profession as Emily Lyt-
ton stevens, were married at Grace
cathedral in Davenport. Ia. on the 9lst.
Mrs. Stevens i the leading lady of Mr..
Emmctts company.
CoMMANDEE-IN-C HIEF LAWYER of the
G. a. L. and his acknowledgement, G. G..
Jones. arrived in Washington. on the
2lst. 10 present to the president the
resolution adopted by the national en-
campment at Pittsburgh. protesting
against the discharge of veterans of
the late war from government posi-
tons
A REAPPRoACHMESr is said 10 have
taken place between Russia and En-
gland. which renders il possible that
the straits of the Dardan elles, which
have been closed to Russian and other
men-of-war since the signing of the
treaty of ls4l. which was confirmed by
the Paris treaty of 1850. will shortly be
opened to men-of-war of all nations.
FRANK PAysoS and George Brill. two
American prospectors. have just dis
covered an old Spanish gold mine, sit
mated about sixty miles northeast OF
Sierra Mojada. Mexico, and from sam
plies of the ore, which they have hao
of fabulous richness.
FRANK +. GODFREY. acting assistant
superintendent of the gymnasium of
the Boston " VI. c. A.. fell and broke
his neck on the night of the slst- while
working in the gymnasium. He was
standing on the shoulders of a COM
panion and trying to turn a somersault
in the air from that position. when he
slipped and fell.
THE grand jury of McLennon coup-
", Tex. on the Fist. returned indict
ments against number of the officials
of the Standard Oil Go. ..mong the
number are some of the most promi
nent officers of the company. They are
charged with conspiracy in restraint
of trade and violation of the Texas
antitrust law.