The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-06-07
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


boiler exploded. Six Of the crew Were
instantly killed and fourteen wer,
mortally injured.
ABorT two inches Of snow fell
through northern Wisconsin on the
night of the Goth The snow was pre-
coded by rain, which put ont the for
est fires that had been spreading sc.
riously.
Morn cavalry regiments for Cuba
embarked at Cadiz on the 27th. A
battalion of infantry which had been
ordered TO the Philippine islands was.
at the same time. diverted TO Cuba.
J. L. MORGAN * Co. of New York.
closed the subscription lists to the
Terminal Railroad Association of ST.
Louis bonds on the 21th. the issue hav-
ing been largely over-subscribed.
though the books were only open
thirty minutes There are 81, 500. 900
of the bonds. and they bear per cent
interest, payable in gold.
The French steamer Dom Pedro was
wrecked, on the eth. off Cape Corfu
bedo She was bound from Passages
for Garlic. She struck the Ba jes Cor
rubcdo. when her boilers exploded.
sinking her in a few minutes. Part of
her passengers and crew were saved.
but los persons were drowned.
MENDAL HOWARD. an American. who
was arrested and arraigned in the
Bow Street police court, London, on
April 80. on the charge of having in
his possession quantity Of engraved
plates and other matter for forging
notes. was. on the 2sth. committed for
trial without bail
Mrs. HARRY u. SMITH, wife of the
auditorelect Of Marion county. Ind.
slipped and fell as she was entering
her yard on the eth. Both limbs
were broken, one above and one be-
low the knee. and one kneecap was
splintered. She i heavy woman
and was returning after playing lawn
tennis Her tennis shoes were slip
perry and caused the fall.
A DISTINCT earthquake shoci< was
felt at Brattleboro. Vt. about 1l:l5 a.
H. on the 2sth. The vibrations seemed
10 be from west to east. and continued
from ten to twelve seconds, accompa-
MED by heavy. rumbling sound. Res
idents in several parts of the village
rushed from their homes in great
fright. The shock was felt in other
parts Of the county, and was the heav-
lest ever known there.
JACoB HENSON. colored. under SEN
tence of death at Ellicott City, Md.
for the murder of Daniel +. Shea. was
hanged BY lynchers about o'clock on
the morning Of the 2sth. A placard
was left pinned 10 the dead mans
breast on which was written: I'VE
respect our court and judges. Gov.
Brown forced the law-abiding citizens
TO carry out the verdict of the jury.
White Caps"
BURGLARS entered the store u w. NJ.
Brown. United States trader at White
Eagle Indian agency. few miles north
of Perry. Okla, on the night OF the
27th, and stole $4,000 from the safe
Brown is head trader for four or five
tribes Of Indians Clerks were sleep
ing in the store at the time of the
burglary.
GREAT destitution IS reported in a
strip of country embracing a part of
Grant county. Okla. While nearly all
of the territory has had splendid rains.
there is distance extending from I
miles south of Enid. north a distance
of 20 miles. almost to Medford, and
from 8 miles west Of Round Pond east
nearly TO Lamont. a distance OF 10
miles. where there had been no rain
since October until quite recently.
THE trial of Herman Mudgett. alias
II. H. Holmes, alias Howard. at Phila-
delphia. on the charge of conspiring 70
desraud the Fidelity Mutual Life asso-
citation out Of SIC 900 by the imposition
Of a corpse as that Of Benz. f. Pitezel
was brought to an abrupt ending on
the 2-th, when the prisoner pleaded
guilty. Sentence was deferred.
LAFAYETTE PRI>cE. the Cleveland
(Ol wife-fnurderer. was hanged in tho
pcnitrntiary annex at Columbus. 81
the .sth. lie had professed religion
and was calm and unmoved 10 the last
HIS neck was broken by the drop.
oN the night Of shc asth Frank Ryan
for many years "A prominent figure n
the 1T. Louis Merchants exchange, an,
whose operations were on 80 large ;
scale as 10 gain him a national reputa
ton. died in his rooms at the Southern
hotel. Mr.. Ryan had suffered for sev
eral years with diabetes and an en-
largement Of the liver.
ERASMUS fKEDERIcK shot and killc,
his former employer. John II. Lewis
superintendent Of the Benton Manu-
featuring Co, IT. Louis, because TIL
latter insisted on putting Frcdcricl
off with s6.as for sl worth of worl
which had taken two weeks TO accom-
plish.
The Ohio republican state copven
ton, which met nj GAINESVILLE. on tn
2sth. nominated Gen. Asa A. bushnell
for governor.
THE first issue Of the Chicago Chron
iclc. the only democratic ncwspapc
in Chicago, made It's appearance on tn
2sth.
TuE Episcopal con mention for TIA
| diocese ~ Kansas. on The 9sth. eecte
Dean Millspaugh, Of Topeka. bishop I
succeed the ate bishop Thomas