The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-05-03
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.


the beach AT Westerly. L. l.. on the
@lsi, were identified by clothing as
parts of the remains Of Charles torncy
aud ION ~ Capt Tucker. both ~
whom were lost IN the barge wreck OF
Point Judith last winter
THE small catilemcn in oklahoma
are arming their boys with Winche>-
tiers 10 resist the occupation OF the
grazing lands OF the territory bv Dan
Naggoner OF Decatur. Tex. who has
leased all the school lands in three or
four counties from the territorial gov
eminent.
NnlI.E clearing away the ashes Of a
burned hay stack, on the Goth, William
McCord. north Of Anderson. Ind.
found the charred remains Of man.
Ii is thought il was tramp who had
crawled under for nights rest
CHARLESTON. a point few miles from
Chattanooga. Tenn. is very much ex-
cited over the discovery of wha, j. be-
lieved 10 he a paying silver and lead
deposit. Ores of these two metals have
recently been found on several farms
in that vicinity.
A GENERAL order was issued at the
war departing MT on the ed. announc-
ing the retirement Of Maj.-Gen. Alex
ander II. McCook. in which the >erv
ices Of the retiring officer were spoken
OF in terms OF the highest praise.
THE Chinese government has opened
negotiations for an indemnity loan OF
se5.00O. 900 with a syndicate Of British.
German and French bankers.
EN-J NITED STATES SENATOR JAMES
r. WILSON died. after a protracted i'll
ness, at Fairchild. la. on the I'D.
\ DISPATCH from Kobe says ON
April is and IA tifty-eirht transports
left [ jinana for Talien-Wan with SO-
600 Japanese. troops. Ii j. believed
that these troops are destined 10 make
descent upon Taxu and >han-H Hal
kwan directly the time Of the armi>-
tice shall expire. unless the treaty 81
peace shall have been ratified mean
while.
The boiler connected with the range
IN the kitchen Of the Egnew house in
Mount Clemens Mich. exploded. on
the 22d. completely wrecking the
room. Donna Wetzel and Kate Ponsev.
mattresses, We're severely injured. but
other persons in the room escaped in
jury.
FIRE broke ont in the laboratory OF
the patent Office end of the interior
department building in Washington.
on the 22d. caused by the explosion OF
some chemicals. Two persons were i'm
iured. and young lady employe was
carried unconscious from the building
A DYNAMITE explosion occurred in
Waketie Mass. on the 22d. in which
John Glvnn and Charles Rooney lost
an arm each. and their injuries may
result fatally. They were heating
dynamite. holding it on shovel over
a fire. when il exploded
ANOTHER violent earthquake. accom-
panied with thunder. shook Laibach.
Austria. on the ed. Eight or ten
buildings collapsed. and the few fami-
lies who had returned TO their homes
fled back again in terror 10 the fields.
The jury in the federal court al
Council Bluffs, Ia. returned verdict
OF guilty. on the ed. against the Girls
wold bank robbers. ">pooney" Butler,
the noted Pittsburgh craftsman. and J.
w smith. alias Wilson.
HEAD SAWYER FRANK NAvIIIE fell
upon a saw in Walls * Weber's saw
mill at Saginaw. Mich. on the 2ed. and
met horrible death.
PuBLIcATIoS OF Kate Fields Wash
ington. weekly paper established By
Miss Field in 1880. will be suspended
until winter, owing TO ill-health of it,
owner.
Ar o'clock on the morning of the
23d a furniture wagon in which party
Of young amateur actors were return
ing TO Providence. Il. l.. from the town
Of Pontiac. was run into and demol
ished by an elecric car. and five If the
party were injured. one of them. il was
thought. fatally.
Tnr Nicaraguan government was
advised. on the ed. Of the arrival ~
three British war ships at Corinto 10
enforce the British uitimatnm Prcsi-
dent ~eelaya cabled 20 Lord Kimberly.
Rritish secretary Of state for foreign
affairs. asking time Much surprise
was expressed that there was no Amer
lean war vessel al Corinto.
JULIA GROSS. aged ~. whose parents
intended 10 send her 10 the House of
the Good Shepherd. jumped from
fourth-story window Of her home in
New York. en- the Esd. and killed her.
self
PETITIONS for rehearing of the in
come tax cases viii be heard in the
United states supreme court on May ..
when. il is thought. Associate Justice
Jackson will be present and break the
tie.
CATHERINE SCoTr. the oldest woman
| in BROOKLYN. died. on the Esd. at the
advanced age Of 1903 years. She was
born in Ireland and came TO brooklyn
seventy years ago.
/ OSCAR WILDf's valuable collection
Of prints Moorish pottery and bric-a-
brac was sold at auction on the cath.
Y The articles sold included Carlisle's
writing table.
INSTEAD Of a few thousand dollars.
a at first supposed. the defalcation ~
the late Paul schultz. who was land
agent Of the Northern Pacific railroad
at Tacoma. Wash. will amount to
$500. 900. and may be more by $780,
600, according 10 the report Of the ex-
perts who are engaged in examining
! the accounts Of the deceased. This
shortage and disappointment in love
are believed 70 have led 10 his suicide.
Ar the London foreign Office il was
officially stated. on the cath. that the