The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-08-23

IT Is said that in the past Tour
months the spanish troops Ia Crha
have lost by disease. drunkenness and
killed in battle fully i5.uo mn
SPANISH reserves drafted for service
I'm Cuba are vigorously protesting
against being sent ont 10 be made tar
get, for rebels and yellow Jacs.
'rnr anonnt collected under tie i'm
come tax lar aggregated in round
numbers SIR. 90, az this amount one
half has been returned 10 those who
paid H. The remainder awaits the
pleasure Of those who have not vet APP
piled for refund. Hanks for this
purpose are furnished either AT the
treasury department or al the Offices
Of deputy collectors of internal rev.
enuc
RoBrRr lIrpsoN, a young and highly
educated man. who had run through
his own and his wife's fortunes, was
hanged at York. England. on the 18TH.
for the murder OF his wife and child
on Iemsly moor. Yorkshire, in June
last. lie decoycd his victims 10 the
moor cut their threats. shot them
with n revolver and buried them on
the moor.
Mrs EnuISE Roach. widow Of John
Roach the ship builder. died at her
summer home. Larchmont Manor. j.
! y. on the 18th Mrs. Roach. whose
maiden name was johnson. was IS
years old.
Born the old and the new police
boards of Omaha wired the supreme
! court, on the 18th. asking for an imme-
date session 10 determine which j. the
legal board. and received IA prompt
answer that the court would meet on
the following day at Lincoln.
A DISPATCH from Tunis. on the l4th.
stated that some barge> laden wit h
iron girders. collided near Goletta
4 with a ferryboat crowded with passen-
gers. Some of the passengers were
I killed and many drowned
CONCESSIONS have been made to an
! American syndicate by the govern
ment of Venezuela with view Ia
settling the boundary question so long
( in dispute between Great Britain and
\ Venezuela.
Ex-SrATE TREASURER TAYLOR. OF
South Dakota, was. on the i4th. SEN
fenced To five years in the penitentiary
at Sioux Falls by Judge Gaffy. for the
embezzlement of state funds.
HY the breaking of the staging upon
which they were standing nine work
men employed in the Germania docs
wards at KEEL fell into the harbor, OF
the l4th. and were drowned.
BARON CHRISTIAN BERNHARD 70,
TArcHNIrz. the celebrated publisher
Of Greek and Latin classics in Leipssc
died on the 18th. aged 20 years
Ex-MAYoR VAN lloRS. Of Denver
Col. fell from window of the Gran'
Central hote. in that city. on the l4th
and was killed
a DISPATCH from Berlin. on the 18th
said: ut j. reported here from katto
witz that detachment OF cossacis
have logged fourteen striking col
liers who were employed in the mine
at Zagors-. Russia. and by this inca n
compelled the strikers TO return 7
work.
AT festival at Riley. Ind. on tn
: night of the 18th. a stand upon whic
the Cory band was playing gave way
. badly iniuring many Of the members
: one Of them fatally.
THE men of the Princess Mari
Christina de Monteda regiment, draft
ed for service in Cuba. embarked a
Cadiz. Spain, on the 18th, for their des
tination
:. :. WALKER. late president OF III
defunct Michigan Mortgage Co. wa
arrested at his home near Travers
CITY. Mich. on the 18th. charged wit
larceny.