The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-05-17
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

csc minister 90 France. on the 9Th. in
formed NJ. HanotauN. minister Of foreign
affairs, tina Japan, in Difference TO tn,
wishes of the protesting powers, had
renowned her claim 10 permanent pos
session OF the Lao Tung peninsula, in.
cluding Port Arthur.
RIRNAcEs ). ; and IL Of the Calume,
and liccia shelters at South Lake Lin,
den, Mich, were closed down ON the
9th.
LII was announced in Havana. on the
9th. that Campos had received a tele-
gram from Madrid authorizing him tc
promise the Cutans a home-rule gov.
eminent. similar To that Of Canada.
commencing October /. il they will lay
down their arms, and il was stated
that, should this prove true, the Gu.
bans would accept the offer.
a rEAArL wind, rain and electric
storm swept over the west part of
bartholomew county. Ind. on The 9Th.
causing great damage To farm prop
erty and timber.
LORD DOUGLAS OF HAwIck. eldest
Surviving son % the marquis Of Queens
berry, and Rev. stewart DeHedlam.
we'll known a a staunch supporter of
stage dancing. appeared in the Bow
Street police court. London. on the
Eth. and became sureties for Oscar
Wilde.
On the eth the committee appointed
10 select a course and date for the race
bet ween the BOAT crews Of Columbia,
Cornell and the University Of Pennsyl-
- al. 1A.fl.l =. L-ll -. -
Hudson river at Poughkeepsie. y. V.
on June 81. The course Will he a
triangular one.
The Paris newspaper La Lanterne.
in an article on the result Of the pro-
tests against Japanese occupation OF
Chinese mainland territory. says:
Russia has duped France unless She
returns the service in Egypt which we
rendered to her in Pe-Chi-Li"
III is claimed by the London police
that an ex-soldier named Granger, a
native of Cork, now doing a ten-year
term Of penal servitude for stabbing "A
woman in the Whitechapel district Of
London. is the real Jack the Ripper
MICHIGAN CENTRAL freight cars were
broken open. on the night Of the 9th.
between Niles and Jackson. Mich. and
plundered OF their contents. No esti-
mate is given of the loss, which is be-
lieved to be heavy.
On the 7th notices were posted in the
Berkshire Mass. cotton mills that on
and after the Goth instant, the opera
tives would receive an increase in
wages.
II an explosion Of dynamite at the
Albright colliery. near ~Llewellyn.
Pa. on the Eth. one man was killed
and several others injured. perhaps ia
tally.
OK the 9Th four freight conductors
and eight brakemen on the Nickel
Plate railroad, who had been long in
the service, were discharged for vio-
~latirr - a general order TO the effect
that all %trainmen, engineers and fire.
men seen entering or leaving a saloon.
either while on or off duty, would be
immediately discharged Forty other
employees were ordered to report for
examination on similar charges.
TIE stage coach running between
Cali~toga and Clear Lake. Cal. was
held up and robbed. on the eth. by two
masked men who secured about 81. ZOO
cash and looted Well-Fargo's treasure
box.
FIFTEEN workmen employed in the
Gheenscement quarries at Cementvilie.
Ind, we're re ported. on the sth. in a
critical condition from asphyxiation,
as a result of the influx Of gas and
foul air. generated by blasting into
the quarry where they were working.
The quarry is fully 300 yards deep.
stretching underground. backwards.
from the edge Of a pond.
A A from Shanghai, on the
nth. said that the Chinese emperor
had sent an autograph letter 10 the
"A and another to President Faure.
asking Russia and France to assist
China in bearing her war expenses,
and promising special commercial ad-
vantages in return.
IL L. BURROWS. Mayor Strong's conf
dental secretary. on the sth. delivered
to Clerk Kenyon, OF the senate. the
mayors approval Of the Lexow New
York city bipartisan police commission
bill. together with a memorandum stat
ing bis reasons for approving it.
EDWARD H. CLARK. a tool dresser. was
caught in the rope of a hosting der
rick near Finilay. o., On the sth. and
his body was carried to the butt wheel
and literally cut into four pieces
Ex-Gov. JAMES A. WESTON, of New
Hampshire. died at Manchester. in
that state. on the sth.
CHARLES JOHNSON. a post Office rob
Der. wanted in the Indian territory.
escaped from United States deputy
ma rshals between Olean and Sala-
manca. y. ", on the sth. He was
captured in Brooklyn and was being
taken west in an Erie train. He was
handcuffed to a seat and was seeming
~ IN safe custody.
The question Of intercollegiate foot
ball was brought up again, on the sth,
in the meeting Of the Harvard faculty.
No official statement was given out.
but IL was learned from authentic
sources that a motion prohibiting the
Students from taking part in intercol-
leg ate football contests failed to pass