The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-11-22
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL


own request. been detached from tn,
Commodore +. v. McNair has been or
dercd to that duty.
The young women of the CaL.hridg.
Mass high school have decided 4
organize a football eleven. They vii
get in condition TO play practice
game on Thanksgiving day. That will
be the first open-air practice game
sor; OF dress rehearsal to prepare tn,
team to meet strangers eyes On M
occasion will the general public view
the games
says that at a conference of the ambas-
sndors of the powers. .heid recently. il
was decided to renew in still stronger
language the demands upon the porte
regarding the state Of affairs in the
province Of Anatolia. The powers
will insist upon knowing what meas
ures the porte will take 10 restore
order.
A DISPATCH from Constantinople. on
the nth. said: 1.-The excitement Of the
populace throughout the Asiatic prov
inces Of Turkey is greatly increasing.
and the porte is especially alarmed
over signs Of insurrection in various
parts of Syria"
A FIRE in Is. Chrig & Sons coal yard
on Canal street in Milwaukee, on the
18th. damaged $50. 600 tons of hard and
soft coal and burned down the sheds
and Offices. inflicting a total loss esti-
mated at about $3.50. 600. pretty we'll
insured.
The Iowa iron works at Dubuque.
Ia. has shipped the new machinery for
the torpedo boat Ericsson. and the
trial trip will be held this month on
Long Island sound. il the weather
proves favorable.
An explosion occurred in the Black
well colliery at Alfreton. near Derby.
England. on the 18th. by which seven
men we're killed.
TIE eleventh annual exhibition Of
the National Horse Snow association
was opened in New York city on the
18th.
SEVERE shocks of earthquake oc-
CURED. on the 18th. in the Grecian dis
trict OF Acarna MIA
THE mixing house of the Lake SUI
perior powder mill. located about three
miles from Marquette. Mich. blew up,
on the 18th, killing Andrew Erickson.
married. and injuring John Gilling,
unmarried.
JoHN WUScH. ex-grand master Of tho
l. Q. 0 L. Of Pennsylvania. died at his
residence in Reading. on the 18th. OF
dia beic,. He was about GO years of
age
OK the 18th the Berlin reichsbank
raised its rate of discount from To
per cent
The Cologne Gazette announces that
il has authority for the statement that
the adverse reports concerning the con-
dition Of the czarina are absolutely un-
founded.
THE case Of the United States against
the estate of the late senator Stan
ford. Of California. has been set down
for hearing in the supreme court OF
the United States on the first dag Of
January next
The suit of the city of Detroit.
Mich. to forfeit the charter OF the
Citizens Street Railway Co. Of that
city was decided in the United States
supreme court, on the 18th. against
the city.
Gov RESFRow Of Oklahoma has
granted a requisiton made BY the gov
ernor Of Michigan for the removal to
that state Of Oscar Smalley. wanted
at Allegan n, Mich. on charge of rob
bing a Chicago & Western train near
Fennville. August >. and afterward
shooting and killing an officer who had
arrested him.
THE plant of the York pa Wall
Paper Co. was completely destroyed
by fire on the i2th The plant was
worth s2o0,00o and was insured for
500. 900.
THE Norwegian ship Mindet. Capt
from Mobile. Ala, for
West Ilartlepool. England. was towed
into quarantine in tile Tyne on the 18th.
Eleven of her crew were sick with fe-
YER, two having died.
The duke and duchess of Marlbo-
rough abandoned the carriage for
the wheel at Sayville. l.. L.. on the
18th. Ii was the first opportunity for
vigorous outdoor exercise. and the
young couple made the most of it.
The Southern Surgical and Gyne-
Geological association commenced its
eighth annual meeting in Washington
city. on the 18th, many Of the most
celebrated specialists being present
The Lawrence Beach hotel, a sum
mer resort near Far Rockaway. n. ".
was burned early on the morning Of
l2th. Loss. 100000; covered by insur-
auce
TIE Japanese minister at Washing
ton received telegram. on the 18th.
to the effect that n convention had
been signed at Pekin. providing for
payment of an additional indemnity
by China for the evacuation 81 the
Liao Tung peninsula. The amount is
10. 600. 600 tacis. to be- paid November
lG. 1895.
ADvIcEs from Zcitoun. Asia Minor.
on the ieth. said that the Turkish gar
rison at that place had been compelled
To sure nder to the Armenians.
Ar noon. on the ieth. in st. Thomas
church. New York city. in the pres
cncc OF about 1000 guests. among