The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-03-15


Ex-CouNrY JUDGE j. W. ELLER !
been indicted by the grand jury
Omaha, Neb. He is alleged to be sh,
many thousand dollars. The indi
ment was returned on testimony cha,
ing Eller with withholding money
longing to various estates.
ONE HUNDRED employees Of the Gle,
land (O) Ship Building Co. went O
on strike on the 5th. The compa,
proposed To pay the old hands Sc.
and new men s.. % per day. The stri
was for a $3.50 per day rate. II
strikers were employed in the boils
making department.
The Marquis and Marquise de Ca
tellane, Count Jean de Castellane. Mi
Lloyd and servants arrived in Maya,
rails, \. T., late on the night of II
5th. On the 9Th the party went for
long drive. taking in all the points I
special interest on both the America
and Canadian sides of the river.
The Spanish government has give
assurances that American citizen. Jos
Maria Aguirse. captured with othe
rebels in Cuba, as well as two otbe
americans among the prisoners, vii
be tried by the civil tribunal. AL
revolutionists who are Spanish sub
Jects viii be dealt with according I,
martial law.
MRS. DARLINGTON BooTH. Of the sal
cal.
a ministers license by Probate Judg,
Ferris Of Cincinnati The docunen
gives Mrs. Booth a right 10 officiate a,
weddings. and is one Of the four leral
constructions given in favor of the sal
vatlonists in their efforts to be recor.
nized as religious body.
IL an attempt by two farmers to 70 h
the bank al Adel Ia. on the 9Th. the
cashier and a customer Of the banl,
We're dangerously shot by one of the
robbers. after which they retreated.
They were pursued by posse of prom
inent citizens. and one Of the robbers
was killed and the other and four OF
The posse were wounded.
The Paris Raphael saws that the
United states government, in its rep
RESERVATIONS 20 France concerning san
Domingo, intimatcd that the customs
receipts of that country were coded TO
the United States as a guarantee be-
fore they We're claimed by France
Consequently the claims Of the United
States must take precedence Of those
of France.
THERE were seven cases of diphthe-
RIA reported at the Indiana Institute
Tor predetermined Youth. at Fort
wayne. on the eth. The sufferers
had been isolated. and every effort
made to prevent spread Of the fatal
epidemic 1t was not known how
many of the $50 inmates had been ex-
posed. and there was much alarm
at the institute.
IHE Lawrence county pa grand
jury, on the 9Th. returned two true
bills against ex-Mayor Alexander
Richardson, OF New Castle. In one
bill there were five counts charging
bribery. and the other charged cor.
rupt solicitations. Richardson, il will
be remembered. settled an illegal
liquor case brought before him as
mayor Tor $50. After the matter was
exposed by suit to recover the money
he resigned his office.
o
IHE wedding ceremony that made
Miss Anna Gould the Countess de Cas-.
tellane was celebrated by Archbishop
Corrigan, in the home of her brother.
George Jay Gould, on Fifth avenue.
New York city, on the 4th, in the pres
ence of select number of invited
friends Of the high contracting parties.
The ceremony employed was that OF
the Catholic church with the nuptial
mass omitted. The bridal presents
were almost num- erless and alto
gether priceless.
AT the opening OF the wool sales in
London. on The eth. 1000 bales were
offered. There was a moderate as
sortment, mostly Of merinos. The Mt.
tendance was very large. and the com
petition was remarkably good for an
opening sale, being about equally
--F-~N' "NNNtth UlEeTS
and purchases for the home trade.
Merinos were generally Z per cent.
higher and the better qualities fully a
half penny higher. but the heavy and
wasty woods and cross breeds were. as
rule, unchanged.
AFTER the most desperate lighting
ret recorded during the present war in
he orient the Japanese army under
zen Nodzu captured New Chwany ON
ne 9TH After entering the city their
progress was stubbornly contested
rom street To street, and it was only
'fter thirteen hours fighting that the
'nemy was routed and the city cap
ured. The Chinese lost 1850 killed
md wounded, and great quantities OF
'ihes, ammunition. banners and provi.
hons The Japanese loss was some
*hat above 200 killed and wounded