The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-04-05
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

building three-story- IS by 100 feet
An I'VE Ice houses. $50 by 200. an,
r the storage building. four-storv. 20
oy 80 feet. and packed from ton =.
"a bottom with pork, were burned befor,
the progress Of the flames was checked
IHk state department learned. or
the 18th that restrictions imp.,>ag
upon foreign commercial travellers In
Russia have been SO modified that for.
e rlxn Jews duly registered by CONNER.
e eial Trims. may avail themselves OF the
n privilege Of entering the country W hen
n PROVIDED with proper passports and
complying with the regulations gov.
erning their issue.
J. TWENTY-FIVE thousand people w~rs
i disappointed NJ Cramps PhiIadelphia
; snip yard. on the a5th. bv the refusal
: OF the international Navigation Co. 5
: big steamer 81 Paul 70 move from her
Wooden cradle into the Delaware river.
The launch was postponed.
IAE treasury department Is keeping
asnarp lookout for violators Of the oleo-
margarine law and. on the a5th. four
! dealers in Illinois were fined SIS each
: Tor falling 10 properly mark packages
~ the product.
> HE pa n-sh 'cru i>er,Alfonso MI. A.
rived az Havana. on the 9Ith. havin--
on hoard l.309 government troops.
o. the 18th a London grand iurv
presented true bill against the mar
sui> u Queens berry for libcllinr o.
car Wilde.
HE recently-pubiished views OF ex-
Commissioner Of Internal Revenue
Thomas Harlan 10 the effect that no I
one can - compelled 10 pay the in
come tax unless some amendment 70 n
the new law i made providing for it,
Enforcement are indorSed in opinions
Published IN the Internal Revenue
Record on the e6th. bv ex-Surroyats
Rollins. ex-Cnited states District A.
torn-y Root. ex-Judge Traux and Mr..
Nn- HIldreth Field. all prominent
members ot the New York bar.
IL the United States court in Boston
on the 25th. Maj John McDonough.
who pleaded guilty Of stealing from
Inc mails was sentenced 10 five years
IN state prison Maj. McDonou-h was ,
assistant superintendent Of delivery in,
the Boston Office. where he had served 2
IN various capacities for thirtv-one |
years lie was \ prominent mason !
and enjoyed spO-less war record. q
kIEE- caused by a gas explosion. (,
oroSe out az midnight of the 18th. in :
me palattal building at the corner OF \ q
1r@nd avenue and Fourth street. in
Milwaukee, occupied by Landeauer a /,
Co. and the \ r. Tanner Furniture /
Co. and spread 10 and consumed sew 4
e-al adjoining buildings. causing a to 4
tai los estimated AZ over $1,000. 900. 1
BAEEY MINIS. the former cons5an-
'ial CLERK 81 j. Pierpoar Morgan & Co. b
OF New YORK city. charged with r,
the enbszxlenent Of $4,000 from n
that house- pleaded guilty 10 an in Il
dictnent OF grand larceny before Jus
.ice Fitzgerald on the esth. and was :,
sentenced 10 three years irnpri,on- h
nent-
-lSTry JoE- once a prominent chief n
# the Ottawa Indian tribe. died in
Grand Haven Mich. or the a5th. lie !.
was = years old /.
liz l. reported that John Y. McKane. /.
the old time political boss Of Graves
End township. Kings county. y. ".
ssno = novv IN Sing sing prison. IS in
sane His particular hallucinstion il
that he i 70 be released from prison. al
always on the morrow. u
The secretary Of war. on the 2sth al
issued an order placing Paymaster- 70
General William smith On the retired "
is 81 the army. by operation OF law. el
With the Endorsement that he retires NJ
with = complete record 81 servic. we'll A
performed Col Thaddeus VI stanton ii
'vas appointed by the president 10 FIJI
the vacancy u,
AEEHuE H. CHASE. n retired theatri- III
al manager Of Holyoke- Mass. com IN
nitted suicide on the night Of the asth. III
"a Ms apartments in New York city. III
b. shooting himself in the head He pr
vas well known among the profession. re
having been manager for Edwin Booth an
Ind Others of note II
The DEPARTING nj Of state was mott.
aed- On the 18th. by cabIegram from I'll
saxa- Japan Of the sudden death at ma
iioyo- Of Consul Enoch J. Smithers. M
NJ ~mitherS was appointed from Del ~
aware June I. lsss n,
IvEyrT-THREk prisoners were lodged ~
n the United States Jail in Guthrie. =.
Jkia-. on the 1Sth- They were cap III.
ur~d by deputy marshals in various
'zrtssof the territory. Among them -
we're three n.rrderers, ten counterfeit =
- and SIX horse-thieves- There are -.
Tow heavyweight people in the federal ~
al charged with eounterfeiting. 49,
SIX TALL roughly-dressed mountain ~,
ers held up No south bound passen- "a,
'er train on the Cincinnati Southern !
about a mile above Green 80
wood n.y. a. z:30 o'clock on the morn ~.
NJ OF the 9th There were three de- -.
ectives on the train. and in the fgh, ~
rhich ensuei. two of the train rob -
ers were killed and one wounded. the -
electives coming Of without injury. 80
he three uniniured bandits made their I
scape- 80
Ar 1856 n m Of the 9TH Iron Noun -
am train No. 81 was held up at will ~.
Mo. by two masked rob s,a,l
ers- who ordered the express messen- .;.s
er to open the safes The messen- -
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