The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-11-08
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

!. society generally designated rs tn
Chinese Free Masons. was formed
There were TO delegates in attendance
E The states included in the district ar
| Ohio. Illinois. Minnesota and Missouri
4 Ir was officially announced. en- tn,
esth, that Princess Maud OF Wales
: Youngest daughter OF the prince o
Wales. is betrothed 10 Prince Charlie
Of Denmark. The princess was borr
November 20, 1853. and the prince wa
born August 3 lss9 Prince Charles /.
the second son Of prinoe Frederick. tL,
: heir apparent to the throne OF Den
: mark.
UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER LOREN
70 >EMrIE. ~ New York city. on the
asth. forwarded TO Secretary Olncy
the memorandum in the case Of Ivan
Noltechov EibitclSi. Russian. re-
Gently arrested in that city for forgery
and theft RibitclSi is the FIRST sub
lect of the ear 10 be arrested under
the terms OF the treaty of extradition
between Russian and the United
States.
TEXAS was again disgraced. on the
asth. by the slow roasting at "A stake,
in the public square at Tyler. in Smith
county. of negro charged with a
revolving crime eliminating in the
murder Of his victim Fully 1000 per-
sons witnessed the burning. and the
husband Of the brute's victim applied
the match.
In i reported that ex-Queen Liliro-
kalani OF Hawaii has bought two es-
tates in Italy. near the Austrian from
tier, where SIZE is expected to arrive in
the autumn Of 1890. after long stay
in London.
SIR MACKENZIE BowEIr, premier OF
Canada. and Sir Charles Upper. min
ister Of justice, who are in Washing
ton TO attend the Behring sea confer
ence, We're presented 10 Secretary
Olney On the 18th. They were accom-
panied By Sir Julian Pauncefote and
the staff OF the British embassy.
TWO PERSONS, the engineers Of the
colliding trains. We're killed. two
fatally and several severely injured
in collision ut -. Louis. on the night
Of the e9th. bct-een two passenger
trains on the Missouri Pacific railroad. !
Both trains were badly wrecked.
HERR LUGEg, leader of the anti
Semites. was elected mayor Of Vienna.
on the goth. by % votes to a. in the
municipal assembly.
DURING the absence of samuel Rob l
inson. homesteader, living some |
miles from Tower. Mimi. recently, |
Carel Leisure. also a homesteader. and |
n former friend Of the family. went 10 |
the formers cabin and at the muzzle OF |
rifle compelled Robinson's wife and |
two daughters to accompany him to |
his cabin. where he held them prison
ers- Robinson appealed to the COUNT |
authorities for assistance in recovering I
his family.
"A DISPATCH received from Seoul. on !
the roth. says that the japanese Off |
Gals have announced their intention |
Of evacuating Corca at the time OF the |
evacuation o.the Liao-Tung peninsula. |
PASSENGER train from Paris 10 I
Toulouse came into collision between .
Lexos and La Guepie, in the depart
mcnt OF Tarn ct Garonnc. France, on |
the aeth. with train from Toulouse
for the north. Two passengers were 1
hntet anu ei-lt injured
The house Of Francis Neil, OF Os- |
born. Ont. was harmed to the ground |
on the 2qth. Mrs Neil persisted in the |
flames and Mr. Neil was badly burned |
The couple had been married only "A /
few months.
GFoEGE.W. BoGGs. city treasurer Of |
Tacoma. Wash. from 1890 to April. |
1894. Is charged with the cmbezze- |
ment Of siO9. 900.
The safe of us. Leach's general |
store at Vanlue. %, was blown open !
and robbed of 81, 100 on the morning o. !
the Goth.
REPORTS on the progress OF the civil |
war records show the completion of
the first volume % the first series. |
covering the campaign OF the war in
Virginia and the Carolinas. and in the
transmississippi region. The remain
ing volumes OF this series will I've In !
type before the close OF the current |
calendar year.
AN explosion. supposed TO have been |
caused by escaping gas. wrecked a
house. reducing il TO atoms, on New |
Church Court. Strand. London. on the 1
evening OF the goth. Six persons were
killed and many injured by the col |
lapse OF the house. The building con
sisted 81 three floors and its tenant, |
were mostly Covent Garden market /
porters.
InE Lagonda hotel az Springfield. |
o.. caught fire early on the morning
Of the 3oth. The guests escaped. The
Western Union Telegraph Co. cloth
ing store. the hotel and drug store
were burned out The loss Is abou;
500. 900.
Dir ORLANDO 4. BRADFORD. n New
York city dentist. recently COW icted OF
having in his possession plates for coun-
terfeiting 500 bills. was. on the s0th
sentenced TO six years in the Kings
county penitentiary