The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-04-05

THk Commercial bank Of CincInna,
inade an assignment. on the e-th. To w
H. campbell, it, cashier. payment or
rs paper having been suspended b,
the clearinghouse. IL was the oldesl
oanking institution in that city, an,
It's failure is said To be due 10 long
continued misnanagement
AT the meeting Of the Grand ARMY
OF the Republic. department OF Mich,
igan, at Mount Clemens. ON the s7th. a
collection amounting TO 500 was taken
uP 20 assist destitute veterans in
drought->tricken Nebraska.
A DISPATCH from Madrid on the
9th. stated that the Spanish govern.
ment had decided To send MARITIME
de campos with ., zoo additional troops
TO reinforce the army in Cuba.
The Japanese loan of 3. 900. 600 ven &c
Corea has fallen through. owing TO the
refusal Of Japan To grant Corea's ~.
quest that the loan be kept standing
for fifteen years.
MRS. FRANK ASSIs persisted in her
burning home, four miles north q.
fenton. Mich. early on the morning
OF the eth. She was i'll and could No,
save herself. although two young chill
dren escaped uninjured Neighbors
rived IN time To see her raise up in bed
as the flames enveloped her, but rescue
was impossible.
Az American named Wendell Read
was shot three times and fatally in
Jured in the Northern railway station
IN Paris. on the .7th. by an English
man named O'Brien- Both men were
bookmalSers. aud the shooting was tn.
result OF a quarrel over money mat
ter>-
n AUGUSTINE. Fla. was visited by |
most destructive confiarration. on |
the 18th. the flames spreading, with
sreat rapidity because Of the made
luAte water supply. Forty-six resi-
iece> and stores and many other build
nE> went down before the all-devour-
ug element. while about 100 families
mi many guests OF hotels were rem
erred homeless The aggregate los
: estimated at 500. 600 All the
annette trees along the sea wall from
Pc fort To Baya lane were killed
ne United States troops stationed
here worked manfully 10 extinruish
ne flames and to save property.
HE mayor of Columbus, Ind. on the
'th. ordered court of inquiry. and ,
ad al the ministers of that city served
lth notices 70 appear and tell under |
atm what they know about violations
law This was done in retaliation :
Y charges uttered from the pulpit by
PIN 4. Quinn. the reformed gambler .
nplicating the mayor and other city !
hcials.
FiFTY-sEx buildings were consumed =
ID thirty-four families rendered home I
> and desolate by flames which lev. /,
ed almost the entire business portion b
the town Of Canaseraga. y. y. on
e 2-th. The total loss Is placed a, !.
5000, with insurance between $50. :,
and 100000 =
SECRETARY CARLISLE left Washing. !,
a. on the ssth. for Covington. Ky, &c
IN attendance at the bedside of his -
other. George, who was critically !,
Mr.. Carlisle's absence. i was said. :.
ght De indefinitely prolonged. n
TIE proposed loan OF 1900. 600 ven
japan TO Corea was finally ar !.
aged. on the asth, the latter govern -
mt agreeing to Japans terms that -
! loan shall be repaid in five years. y :.
The body OF Michael salmon. 20 g
lrs old. who had been missing from
home in ClJeland. o.. since Christ -
:, was found. on the esth. com. IA
tely encased. excepting one foot. in I,
uge cake of ice floating in the lake g
II the shore. which at times had h'
n driven many miles out into the -
e and back again bv reverse winds.