The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-05-31
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL


dent regrets exceedingly that the long.
active service Of this officer, 50 bril-
liant in its early stages and SO often
marked by honorable incidents. should
at its close be furnished by conduct at
variance with a commendable career.
and inconsistent with the example
which an officer of his high rank
should furnish of submission TO the re-
s~traints Of wholesome discipline and
manifest propriety."
BY "a divided bench, four OF the asso-
ciate justices dissenting. the supreme
court Of the United States, on the Goth.
declared the incomc-tax law. passed
at the last session of congress. To be
unconstitutional. The money already
collected under the law will be imme-
diately refunded.
The Norwegian bark Ccylon was
wrecked on Goodwin sands. on the
southeast coast of England, on the
Goth. -Four of her crew were saved.
but six foated out to sea and probably
persisted.
Mrs. PRUDENCE TEAGrE. for many
years a minister of the Friends church
in Indiana. died at the home of her
daughter, in Wabash, on the 10Th, aged
81. She was born in Ohio. For fifty
years she travelled through central In
diana. conducting services of the
Friends church. in the families and in
the meeting houses.
HARRY GIBSON. who killed Ed King.
a fellow convict, at the northern In
diana prison. IN April IL, was placed
IN trial in the Laporte circuit court,
on the Goth. and the jury returned "A
verdict Of guilty, assessing the penalty
at death by hanging.
AT Louisville. Ky, on the Goth. Mrs.
Mary Shreve-Goodloe-R ansom-Bullirt
was awarded a decree of divorce from
Col. Cuthbert Bullitt, her fourth spouse.
The divorce was granted on condition
that the plaintiff withdraw all charges
against the gallant colonel. and also
that she be compelled TO drop the name
of Bullitt.
NJ. III. SIlFER, a prominent citizen of
Leadville. Col. was murdered. on the
evening OF the Goth. by robbers. Mr..
>lifer was returni ng to his home on
Brooklyn Heights. and. when only "A
few rods from home. three men jumped
out Of the brush and struck him over
the head with rocks.
THE German reichstag, on the Goth.
to -.
The British admiralty received news.
on the goth. of the death, en- route to
Victoria H.. c.. OF Capt. Frederick u.
Trench of the British flagship Royal
Arthur. recently at Corinto, Nicaragua.
where the captain acted as governor of
the port during the occu patton of that
place by the British forces.
CITY {. MAINLY committed suicide at
Milton. Ind. OF the Goth. by sending a
bullet through his head. He had just
been relieved Of his position a. agent
for the Big Four railroad and despon-
dency over this is the reason assigned.
His home was at Laurel. Ind.
PROF. HENRY :. PRITCHARD, teacher
Of astronomy and mathematics at
Washington university, St Louis. has
been honored with the title Of doctor
of philosophy by the university of
Munich. Germany. Prof. Pritchard has
been In Munich a year. and will return
TO 81. Louis next September.
A from Pekin. on the 2lst.
stated that an imperial decree had
been issued recalling from Forhosa
The governor and all of the other Chi
nese officials. civil and military.
OK the night Of the 10Th, in the re-
vival meeting conducted by Evangelist
Chapman and Bill Horn at Ottumwa.
Ia, w. II. Miller was among the first
TO profess conversion. On the Goth he
fell dead on the street from a broken
blood vessel.
REV. +. +. BEEBE, a Baptist minis
ter Of Delaware, o., has retired thirty
Of his wealthy pa%rishioners because
they belong to Knights Of Pythias
lodges and Masonic organizations.
The Mount Vernon Baptist association
has voted him silent" but Mr.. Beebe
refuses to deliver up his ordination
papers.
Ar a meeting in Boston, on the 2lst,
Of the directors of the Tamarack Mi
ming Co. a dividend OF four dollars a
share was declared. payable June %.
to stockholders of record May 81. This
makes a total of dividends declared
and paid to date Of 81. 2-o. 900
ADvIcEs from western Michigan say
that all fruit and vegetables that sur
vived the previous frosts were ruined
by that Of the night Of the Goth.
The Merchants national bank Of
Seattle. Wash, failed on the 2lst
J. Il. koETTING. ex-cashier of the
South Side savings bank OF Milwaukee.
which suspended in 1898 with $780,
600 deposits. and which will not pay
twenty cents on the dollar. changed
his plea Of not guilty, on the 2ist, to
guilty OF receiving deposits in an in
solvent bank, and was sentenced to
five years in states prison.
by an explosion Of nitro-glycerine.
on the alst, the California powder
works at Pinola. Cal, were destroyed
at a loss Of $3.50. 600, and five white
men and nine Cinnamon were killed
and a number injured.
GEN. :. ;. HINKLE, a prominent law
yer OF Washington city. and adjutant
general of Ohio during the war. died
in Washington very suddenly on The
2lst.
AN explosion occurred at the Monon-
gah mine, 80 miles south Of Morgan
town. w. Va. on the 2lst. in which
four persons were killed and several
injured. The remainder Of the 10.