The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-05-03

SIX lc>s ~ nitro-gi ycerinr IN The
factory ~ the Ohio and Indiana Tor
pcdp 60. al Lima. o.. exploded. on the
9Th. doing considerable damage In the
neighhol ao,,d No lives were lost
oN the -ith the president made the
following appointments in the army:
Brig -,'en. Wesley Merritt. 10 he ma ior-
general; Col. :. f. bliss. Tweniy-fourth
infantry 10 l'c hrigaaier- general; Col
John J. CopFinger. lwenty-third IA
faniry. 20 H. br.gadiergeucra.
SECRETARY GRESHAM. on the cath. re-
ceivcd dispatch from Mr. liannis
Taylor, nitcA states minister al Mad
rid. assuring him that spain would ac-
cede 10 the demands ~ the United
states in the Al!ianca affair, and that
the commander OF the Condo Nenadito
would I've pur On trial for his oifen>e
for firing ~ an American vessel outside
the zone
FIRE AT >ylvania, o.. on the 2ith.
destroyed seven buildings and al one
time threatened TO sweep the whole
town. Toledo'> fire department went
to the rescue and saved the town from
destruction.
A DISPATCH from Vienna saws that
the Russian government has expelled
Mime. Mocjc~ka. The well known &c
tre>s. from Warsaw, owing Ia a violent
speech she made against Russia in Chi
cage. Nine. Modje>ka has also been
notified that She may not again appear
on the Russian stage.
Mas VIRGINIA MARSHALL BROWN
has been granted divorce from Archi-
bald Dixon brown. at Louisville. Ky.
The defendant j. GOV. John Young
Browns son and secretary. and the
plaintiff j. a member ~ one OF the
most prominent families in the state.
Mrs. ASS II. >TANLEN wife OF Cen.
u. ; STANLEY. governor Of the soldiers
home AT Washington. ID. G.. died al
the Johns Hopkins hospital. Baltimore.
on the Esd. after a long Illness. in the
prrsenceof her husband and daughter.
A RESOLUTION. presented by Mr.. o.
Grady. was adopted hy the New York
house of Representations. on the aiih.
favoring the annexation Of the Domin-
ion Of Canada To the United states and
inviting the Canadian people 10 east IN
their lot with u
BY the burning OF McDonalds tobac-
co factory. IN Herlga. suburb OF
Montreal. the largest OF its kind in
Canada. on the 18th. large number
Of girls employed therein were COM
peeled 10 jump FOR their lives from tine
upper floors. None were killed out
right. but a dozen received fatal
wounds. and many were less severely
injured. Loss. about 10000. no IN
>urance.
WHILE trying 70 escape from pursu-
ing officers al Buck harmon. W. Va.
on the sjth. Everett Miller a green
goods man. jumped into the river and
was drowned. His partner, G. u. Lew
j.. was arrested.
JoHN McCABE. 10 years old. ex-chief
Of the New York fire department. COM
mitted suicide in the Milholland club
rooms. New York city. on The a5th.
by shooting himselfin the right temple
with a revolver.
THE Nicaragua canal board met at
the war department. on the 25th. and
organized No officers were elected.
a. Col. Ludlow. il was understood. viii
act a. chairman and disbur>ing officer
Application Will he made for the at
taching 10 the commission Of naval
surgeon.
The complaint sworn 10 before a
justice Of the peace on. which Lord
~holto Douglass was arrested for in
sanity at bakersfield, Cal. was with
drawn. on the 25th. before the case
was called up in the superior court,
and the Judge at once discharged the
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