The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-07-26

THE NEWS IN BRIEF.


changes: Reserve. increase. sl.aSl.'
GOO: loans, decrease. asia. 700: specie,
decrease. 1921. r0o; legal tenders. in
crease. sos. 800; deposits. decrease,
81. 90S, zoo: circulation. increase, s4s.'
800.
= Nix EDWIN +. TN. assistant secrc
tary IF state. was "A passenger on the
Hamburg-American line steame- Co
lumbia. which arrived at Southampton
on the i4th. lie did not land there,
but proceeded on the Columbia I Ham
burg.
JONI TEN>Fy. Of Yachting and So
cieiy News. fell on the steps OF the
Hotel Thorndyke in Boston. on the
10th. and fractured his skull. lie had
been doing special work a. Newport.
Il. L.. this summer. His home was .,
Oberlin. q.
The ruins of old churches in the
town of Wisely, Sweden. were iliumi.
mated. on the evening Of the 10th.
and a procession paraded the aisle> OF
the old buildings. greatly to the de-
light of Emperor William of Germany.
in whose honor the unusual thing was
done.
Two BoMBs were exploded near the
police barracks at Monopoli. Italy. on
the night of the lst. No one was hurt
and very little damage was done.
OK the 18th a. NJ. Kennedy. of Delavan.
Kas.. died after a fast Of sixty-eight
days. Kennedy was taken III several
months ago, his malady battling the
skill of physicians. Then he became
paralyzed. and from that day until his
death he too no food. sixty eight days
in all Deceased was 80 years of age.
THE Spanish foreign and colonial
ministers have finally agreed 10 tie
immediate payment Of the Mora in
demnity. which was recently demand
ed by the United States through Min
lister Taylor.
Mrs. ELIZABETH RARKIS. wife of
Hugh Rankin. a mill worker at Pitts
burgh, Pa. gave birth. on the l4th. 10
four large ba bies, three boys and a girl.
One of the boys died soon after birth.
but the remaining three were reported
doing well.
Mr. II. TITTswoRTH took his new
yacht. Artist. out from South Haven.
Mich. on the 18th. for her trial trip in
company with the builders. Nessrs
Goats and Stillson. When 1 miles north
of the harbor. about 3p m. a sauaIl
struck and capsized her, and all three
Were drowned.
Dg ROBERT J. CUNNINGHAM, one OF
the best-known Presbyterian divines
in the west. died at his home in Craw-
louisville. Ind, on the 18th. of typhoid
fever. lie was ~ years of age. He was
pastor Of the Center Presbyterian
church. and doctor Of philosophy IL
Wabash college.
PEoF. NoRro. :. T~owSsHTSD. of the
Ohio state university. who had held
the chair Of agriculture in that ins,i-
tuition ever since il vas founded. died
al his home in Columbus. o.. on the
night OF the 18th. lie was born in En-
gland in ISIS, and came TO this coun-
try in ls30
The khedive of Egypt sailed from
Alexandria. on the 18th. for Constan-
tinople.
The Cleveland Cliffs Iron Mining Co.
Of Happening. Mich. on the 18th. raised
the wages Of all its employees from ten
TO twenty-five cents per day. accord
ing 10 former wages paid This i a
voluntary increase. and is given be-
aus warranted by the improved con-
dition Of the ore market.
SHORTLY before / o'clock on the
morning Of the 18th the handsome
steamer Cibola. Of the Niagara River
line. which piled between Lewistown.
MY. and Toronto. Ont. was burned 10
the waters edge. having taken fire at
the dock at Lewistown and drifted "a
a sand bar in the river. the dock and
an adjoining hotel we're burned
THE British ship inchcap. Rock.
Capt Wilson. from San Francisco
March 10, arrived at Queenstown. on
the 18th. with the crew If the brig
Gerda. which was sunk br collision
with the Inchcape Rock off the Irish
coast.
Is the federal court at keokuk. Ia.
on the 18th. Judge woolson sentenced
ex-State senator T.. X. Cassett. the
Pella bank wrecker. TO nine years il
the A namo>a penitentiary.
WN- ALLYESK CECIL third marquis
of Exeter. died in London. on the 18th,
aged - years. Lord Burghley sue
ceeds to the title and estates.
The 1900 employees u the Mahoninc
Valley Iron Co. Of Youngstown. O..
whose wages are not governed By Tn.
Amalgamated association scale. re
ceived notice. on the 18th. that. he
ginning on hat day. their wages woul,
he increased 10 per cent.
The nailers at Ellis 4 Lessig's iroi
and steel plant at Pottstown. Pa. hav'
been notified that on and after Angus
! they will receive an increase Of 70 ST
per cent in wages. On the same dat
the men employed in the plate mil
will be put back TO the scale 81 is9a
which j. a decided advance over pres
entrates.
A rEIEcEAM from Senator Dubois a
Washington. on the 10th. laid that b.
August ! the Ncz Pcrces Indians vii
receive the money from the govern
ment for their lands. This mean
that within about six weeks the rrea
Nez fcrceS reservation. the garden
spot Of Idaho. will he opened for &c,
tiement.
THEtreasury department. on the iGth
resumed the Issue Of gold certificates
suspended during the period when III,
gold reserve was below $780, 900. 900.
THE Collins wool mills in Dracut
Mass. posted notices. on slhc 10th. an