The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-05-24
CURRENT TOPICS
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

> 'tN. HARRISON left lndianapolis
, int, for New York on the 18th. M
declared the trip had no political SIC
nincance. and before leaving decline,
To talk politics or give any expressio
on the silver question.
!. ThE trial Of Messiah" fnr,l
|, at Rockford. Ill. was, on the 18th
f. postponed until the next term Of court
InL boys dormitory at Slippery Eoel
state normal school at Butler. Pa wa,
entirely destroyed by fire. early on III,
morning Of the 18th. There were is,
boys sleeping in the building. ane
many narrow escapes from death ar,
reported. The students lost all thei,
eHects. Loss on the building and con,
tents, $4,000; insurance. $50. 900.
VIM II. SMITH. aged 40. an ex-con.
tractor on the Chicago & Grand Trunk
railroad, was arrested at the home OF
ms father. near Holly. Mich, on the
lfth' charged with wrecking a Grand
trunk train at Battle Creek during
the American Railway union trou bles
In July last year. in which Fireman
Crow was killed and many passengers
injured.
A BOILER in the Carnegie steel works
at the Homestead Pa 33-inch mill ex.
p.oded' on the l4th. wrecking a portion
OF the building and fatally scaldinp
Theodore McHenry. a visitor. James
Anderson, n machinist. was struck on
the head with a flying brick and badly
cut He is also terribly scalded. and
his recovery is doubtful.
~FUENrEs, the New York nor
correspondent who was arrested In
Santiago de Gu ba, and Richelieu. the
American sailor. who was imprisoned
Tor time on suspicion OF being impli-
Gated IN the Instruction. sailed from
Santiago de Cuba on the Niaia. on the
l4th. for New York.
iuE managers of the Nlorehead
Bros Vesuvius iron works. located az
>harpsourg' Pa. on the 18th. volun-
tarIly advanced the wages of their $50
employees an average of IS per cent.
every employc receiving an increase in
pay.
MENDAL HOWARD. the American re-
Gently arrested in London as a coun
terfeiter. was again arraigned in the
Bow Street police court. on the l4th
when an official of the bank of France
testified to the uses to which enlarged
envelopes are put in forging bank
W the lith the president appointed
r. Connolly. of Pennsylvania.
consul at Osaka and Hioga, Japan.
HE Hungarian house of magnates.
on the 18th, for the third time. re-
by n vote of Ii9.to lis. the seq
of the ecclesiastical bill granting
equal right TO persons who do not pro-
religion.
o. the l4th Herman Whipple. of So
Me, was bunkoed on Of 5000
n a gold-brick trick by "A man calling
himself Dan Dean. and other confed-
Mr. Whipple is - years Old.
SHORTLY after midnight. on the 18th.
IN explosion occurred in the new s24.-
100 school building at oSleepv Eve.
and in an instant the structure
vas in flames from foundation TO tower. ,
n the basement was the village cleo I
ric plant. The total loss is s32. 500: |
insurance, S23. 500. The cause of the t
EXPLOSION is a mystery.
Ex-SEcRETAgy HuGH McCurLocu
vas reported, on the l4th, as very in c
I his country home, Holly Hill Farm.
'rince George's county, Md. He is suf- b
ering from debility, due to old age. Z
nd from kidney trouble. Mr.. McCul- n
och is nearly 80 years of age. b
Gov. EVANS Of South Carolina has
ssred a lengthy address to the citi-
ems OF the state in which he deals
cry harshly with the recent decisions :
n the dispensary and registration +
asses. He refers TO the political his a.
DRY Of the state and argues that the \
tate a undue its business without i
ational Interference !.
CHARLES SIMMONS, aged Is. was de- "
apitated in the Gagnon mine at Butte. I
lont., on the iith. The engineer mis- y
ook a signal and hoisted before Sim !
IONS was in the skip. His head caught :.
the skip and the shaft timber :
was torn almost completely from
he body. OF
The president is said to be deter 4
To punish Admiral Meade for III
Is alleged attack on the a~dministra- III
on. but hesitates to order his trial by y
because Of the difficulties CO
nat might be found in proving that ~
Meade made use OF the re-
attributed to him. 10
HE Spanish government. having no &,
lore soldiers TO press into service. Is "
king convicts from the prisons and "a
n~rolling hem for active military ca
'rvice. This is being done not only
Spain. but also in Cuba. A soldier til
no enlisted with patriotic motives 20
ay have TO fight side by SIDE with an az
'sassin. burglar or common thief. ve
The treasury deficit passed the $50 az
1000 mark on the i4th, the exact
mount OF IA excess Of expenditures Ia
'er the receipt since July /, 1885,. be- OF
x $50, 404, ssT. This IS the second lr
'ar since 1866 that the expenditures co
the government have exceeded its
venues. by
WILLIAM, on the i4th. ac- in
pied the resignation of Ereiherr Won Gle
ar Goltz, the admiral commandcr-in- OF
Iiei OF the German navy. Admiral I
N knors succeeds Admiral Won Der at,
)ltz as commander-in-chief. wi
a CABINET rumor is floating about me
ashington to the effect that Secre- Z
~ amont is TO resign and ex-Con- ch
Outhwaite is To be put at the i'm
ad OF the war department. wa
u La Fama cotton mills, situated !
ar Monterey. Mexico, were DESTROYED me
fire recently. They were m. dia