The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-11-01
CURRENT TOPICS.
TIE NEWS II BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL


heard 81 the tug Petrol. ~ o~coAa.
Mich. and her owners had given her
up n lost, Without doubt her crew OF
eight persons were drowned.
JoHN THOMAS. aged - unmarried.
employed in one OF the mines at Harris
horne. |. IT,. met with instant death.
on the 2ist. 10y being crushed in a
wreck Of three loaded pit ears. which
had broken loose from the balance oi
the train and started back down the
slope. His body was horribly mangled.
HENRY REEVES. H. G.. ID. {. l.. the
English historian. died nj Christ
years He was for many years editor
Of the Edinburgh Review.
AsABEL CLARK kENDRicK. ID. d.. L l.
D.. died at his home in Rochester. n.
". on the els;. aged So. For years he
was professor ot Greek and Latin in
the University OF Rochester. He pub
lished several Introductory Greek text
books.
Miss FRANCES T. WILLARD was
chosen president Ok the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance union al the meeting
n Dd4 A4tlNTt. Oh the Ill. ApE tAc >tFtu-
teenth consecutive time
Ex-Gov- OLIVER AMEs. of Massachu-
sets. died al his home in North East
on. on the ed. aged c.
The business portion of Alta Ia.
was nearly wiped out by fire. on the
2sd. at a IN
The ground in Scotland and the
west Of England was covered with
snow. on the 2ad. though the trees
were still in full foliage
>NALLrox has again broken out in
Wheeling. W. Va Twelve new cases
were reported on the 2ad. making
twenty in all up TO that date.
A ST. PETERSBURG dispatch of the
2ad said that Japan had decided 10
evacuate Corea in order 10 avoid COM
plications. and in order to enable the
government TO concentrate its energies
upon the subjugation of Formosa-
EX-SENATOR VAN WICK. of Nebraska.
suffered stroke Of paralysis in Wash
ington on the e1st As this is the sec
ond stroke suffered By the ex-senator
and owing to his advanced age-.9
years-his physicians hold out but lit
tie hope for his recovery.
ACTING OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES JONES
has issued fraud order against the
Kansas Mutual Coupon Investment Co.
Of Kansas City, ka> An order has also
been issued against the British-Amer-
lean Loan syndicate. of Chicago, for
obtaining money through the mails by
false and fraudulent practices
HERR CRAIG. third assistan. post mas-
ter-general. in his annual report for
the past fiscal year shows that postal
revenues from all sources were So
e.3. los, the expenditures being $50
80. L.. an excess over receipts OF So
.O-.Oii
The works Of the Crescent Linseed
Oil Co. on Goose island. Chicago. were
DESTROYED bv fire on the night OF the
ed. Loss. $4,000 fully covered By
insurance. One Of the falling walls OF
the building crushed a small cottage
occupied by Polish family None Of
the inmates were hurt
The steamer City OF 81. Augustine.
Capt. Gaskill. which regularly traded
between New York and jacksonville.
Fla. bringing lumber from the latter
port. was burned at sea. eighteen miles
OF Hatteras. on the a2d- Nothing Is
known o, the fate Of the crew.
Tux queen regent of Spain has con-
ferred on President Diaz Of Mexico the
grand cross or the Order OF Military
Merit. in recognition Of the special
services rendered By him TO Spain
THE husbands OF dozen Of the most
prominent women in Bay Shore. l.. J..
arraved themselves in female forgery.
on the night of the 2ed. and prepared
an oyster supper for their wives in the
Congregational church. for the
chureil'> benefit. The cooking was
not 81 the best. but the affair was a
financial success
II revenge for supposed wrongful
dismissal from the force, an ex-police.
man Of Leipsic fred FIVE shots az Herr
i:rettschneider, the chief Of police. or
the 23t. most Of which struck him. br'
his life was saved by large pocket
book in the breast pocket OF his Goa
which protected his heart
THE town of Bagwell. Tex. was corn
F! pletcly destroyed tv FIRE. on the nigh
OF the eist. only few buildings in tn
outskirts Of the place being left stard
ing. The loss will reach Si00.OOo
The Queens hotel. a frame structrr
at Hamilton. Ont, was burned at mid
night of the 2ad. Anthony Koch. th
proprietor, was smothered while al
tempting TO rescue his three children
The children were subsequently save
by the iremen.
THE supreme court of Arkansas. 0
the ed. overruled Chancellor Leathe,
man of Hot Springs. in the cas-
/. against James j. Corbett. and d
clarcd The prizc-fght law Of the stat
valid in al its parts.
TrT Spanish cabinet has decided
send the torpedo boats Ariete. LA
. con and Azor to Cuba. and also 10 PM
: chase Immediately i.5O, Munscr rile
/ for the use Of the Spanish troops
4 Cuba.
4 A NOVEL. international contest in III
n shape of a revolver shooting match /
: cable between the crack shots Of Fl
3 gland and America is being proiecte,
4 rEgRIBLE explosion in the Gryin
room Of the Fiberloid works locate