The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-09-27

Osnkosn. Wis. was visited by a lie
s;ructive confagration an the 18th
Property. including millions az feet ol
lumber. was destroyed 10 the amount
Of ssso.OO0. Only after the city ire
department was reinforced BY engines
and men FROM Neenah. Mena>ha. APP
ple,on and Fond dn Lac. We're the
HANGS checked aud the fire rxtiu
guished
JAKE GATpAUR the oarsman. said,
on the 18th. that owing No other en-.
gagements he can not accept Harding
challenge TO race in England. but he
will row the Englis man in Texas, one
week after the regatta at Austin. for
s.. 800 side. and will allow him $500
expenses from England.
TME national encampment Of Sons
OF Veterans IT Knoxville. Tenn. came
to an end ON the 18th. On that day
the encampmcnt elected officers and
NJ night n display Of fireworks was
provided near Fort Saunders
OK the 18th Chicago customhousc in
spectors arrested Raphael Cordina. a
Mexican youth aged II. in whose pos
session 1900 worth of Struggled dia-
monds were found.
ForR persons were injured. one prob
ably fatally. by collision between a
trolley car and an ice wagon in Fort
Scott. Has. on the 18th
FIRE in Indianapolis. Ind. on the
18th. destroyed property variously es-
timated at from 500. 900 To 5000. 900.
RUSSIAN agents have gone to Pckin
10 negotiate for the essa blishment of
a Russo Chinese bank in that city.
In was reported. on the 18th. that a
second Chinese loan. guaranteed by
Russia and France. will be concluded
in November. France undertaking to
find the money. German tinanciers re-
fuse TO take any part Of the loan.
SECRETARY LAMoSI's bashfnlness
held him absent from the Chickamauga
rostrum. with his maiden speech vet
unie.ivered- In spite of the wide adj
verti>ement given To the prospective
speech By the press. as the time drew
near the secretary pleaded pressing
family matters and hurried away 20
Maine
PRELIMINARY to the formal dedica-
ton Of the Chickamauga National
park. the various states that were in
readiness dedicated their monuments.
on tile 18th. and turned them over to
the spark commission The various
ceremonies were OF a very interesting
character.
Ross C. VAN BoAkEIES. receiving
teller o. the Merchants Loan and
Trust Co Of Chicago, was reported
on the 10Th. a. was also
about SIS, 900 81 the money belonging
to the institution Mr. Van Box kelen
i supposed - be in Mexico.
The steamer Turkesfau reached
Cardiff. Wales. on the 10Th. in dam
aged condition. a result of her coll
ision with The steamer Edam. having
Dn board some q the passengers and
rev ~ the latter vessel. picked up
after the accident
A BUILDING in course OF construction
n klosterstra>se. Cohen. in Branden-
burg. collapsed. on the 18th. burying
sixteen worinen IN the ruins Nine
u them were killed. and the Others Sc
Terely injured
III was estimated that 30. 200 visitors
% Chattanooga Tenn. helped to swell I
he attendance upon the exercises at
he opening 81 the national military
ark on the field of chickamauga. on
he 18th
A DISPATCH from Rio Janeiro. on the |
9th. said the Brazilian government i
sd decided that IL England established \
cable station on the island Of Trini- 4
ad- the British minister at Rio Ja-
GIRO would receive his passportS