The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-09-27
CURRENT TOPICS.



January last. returned a verdict .
guilty a. midnight Of the isih. making
the penalty death
The London & Edinburgh Steam
ship Cos steamer Iona. plying be
tween Leith and London. caught fire
on the leah. on her trip TO Grave>end
Five women and one child. passengers
and the stewardess were burned u
death. and a number 81 Others were
badly burned and otherwise injured.
The IRE was extlngui>hei by the use
Of the ships tir~ apparatus.
AcYcToSE knocked ten cars from the
Chicago a Northwestern track near
Madison. Wis, on the 18th. seriously
iniuring Conductor Henry Starr and
Brakeman Joseph Felx. OF Evansville.
Wis. al Of whom were in the caboo>e.
The weather At Philadelphia. on the
18TH was remarkably cold The Their
mometer al a. IN registered as de-
grees- In one part OF West Philaiel-
phia Ugh, fall Of snow was reported
in the afternoon
HECTOR bERrBELOT. one of the oldes.
and best-known French-Ca madam Jour
nalisr. died in Montreal. on the 10th.
aged IS years lie was an excellent
the Montreal Canard-
o. the 10Th fas- mail train from
Washington for Atlanta. Ga. ran into
a wagon containing six persons at
Lawyers. Va Five of the occupants
were killed. and i was thought that
the other would die
The bodies OF Peter Nal.trcrn and
Walter Dahl. the two remaining vic
Tins ot the Osceola mine disaster At
Hough-on. Mich. were found. on the
10Th. IN the eighteenth Level south of
No. shaft
SarHTHA well has been opened Al
Grosni. IN the Teek province in the
Caucasus. which throws Jets in every
direction. and discharges i.Ooo. 90
poods-St, 90. 90 English pounds
daily
The treasury gold reserve stood
at the close Of business on the lSsh
az s45--.- 6..- the lowest point reached
since The last bond issue raised the re-
serve above the slo0. 900. 100 marx.
OS the 10Th state Senator and ex-
Audi;or-Generai John A Lennon died
a. his home IN Hoilidaysburg. Pa. of
pneumonia
A NUMBER OF indictments have been
found al Pawnee. Okla. against law
yers and county officials for defraud-
ing the government on pensions
IL ! laid that English capitalists
will import several hundred thousand
head OF Mexican cattle into Texas.
fatten them on cottonSeed meal and
snip them alive 20 England
The supreme court of Nebraska met. \
on the 18th. for the usual September 4
term Among the first decisions 4
handed down was that in the Omaha \
fire and police board muddle The de- \
cision was rendered by Justice Post.
and was unanimous IN favor OF the \
new board
DISPATCH from Stockholm on
the 18th. said the Norwegian bark Clo-
dian Capt A Johannsen had been
of inca. Sweden. and her
entire ere y lost She was owned by
2. A Johannsen. Of Frederikstadt-
A NAN giving his name as Frank
smith broke into Joseph Emmons'
house a. Elwood. Ind. on the night OF
he 10TH and became engaged IN a
desperate conflict with EmnonS A
lick child was frightened 10 death. and
Enmons presented a sicxening sight
when rescued By officers Smith was
placed in jail. feigning insanity. The
.oron=r held him a. the murderer.
A NOTABLE reunion was held al Tndi-
lnapolis- Ind. on the 18th. Il was
nat Of The One Hundred and Twenty
ory as -.Hovey's BabieS- They were
ecruited by Gen. Alvin r. Iiovey.
Ifterward governor Of the state. and
hey got their name from the fact that
he average age was the lowest Of any
egiment that participated in the war.
Df the loo men enlisted zoo a. the
lime ~ enlistment were under % years I
Il age, and many were but ~ years
Id The reg iment made a great tight
ng record
IL con nection with the celebrations
OF the entry Of the :
Italian army into Rome. King Hum
sert issued decree. on the 18th. lib- {
rating all prisoners except four Of :
he leaders 81 the sicilian riots
The rnmor that one Of the steamers
4 the North German Lloyd Steamship
.. had foundered was. on the 18th.
denied by the officers o.
hat company I
THE ceremonies in connection with .
he dedication Of the Chattanooga /
md Chicxamauga National Military
,ark began on the 18th with the
dedication ~ state monuments
The free silver forces Of the United I
states will b. consolidated and head
quarters will he established in Chica-
20. Gen A. j. Warner. president Of
he National Bimetallic league. will
De the president of the consolidated
BODY. and Secretary Edward II Light
81 the American timetable union will
sccupy similar position in the new
body
AT Dubuque. la. on the 18th. cred
tors libelei the revenue cutter William
in the federal court for s.. 500.
This i expected TO precipitate action
o. other creditors 81 the Iowa iron
works Whose experience in the con-
struction ~ the Window and the tor
redo boat Ericsson has been very dis
astroGs
DoDsE. Ncb.. was almost wiped out I.
by fire on the nth Forty business
houses were burned with contents.