The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-08-30
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.


him by the English government II,
was born IN i>a and entered The arm,
- an ensign IN ,.SA
: Co~vIcr No BOT ia the Connect icu'
state prison died on the 18th Will.
dying Chaplain Moses was present ans
the convict ga>p~d the Lords FRA sci
after him Tell me who you are
said the chaplain. bending over ia,
cot No. came the reply. with IA,
expiring breath: II have wife an,
four children Let my shame die wiki
me
CoNsIDERaBIE interest was aroused II
London. on the 18th. by the issue Of ar
emergency letter from the war Office
signed by the principal medical officer
81 the home department. asking il. in
case OF war. the cities would allow the
use 81 the iufirmari~> for the mobiliza.
tion Of the army corps for home de-
Tense
JoHS CANNON died. on the night 81
the 18th. NJ his home in Selma. Ind
al tine advanced age Of - years He
had lived in the county over fifty year.
In j understood that the govern
nent i behind not less than 600. coo on
work along the Mississippi and the
Missouri river commission money j.
also DELAYED more than usual
AT political meeting IN Naples. on
the night u the 18th. the throng of
people that crowded the stairway lead
ing To the meeting hall was so great
that the balusters gave way. and many
people were pushed from the stairs
and sell 20 the floor. Three persons
Were killed outright. and fully thirty
more were injured
OK the 18th Judge Padgham. Of
Grand Haven. Mich. sentenced George
Cheesbro. the murderer Of his grand
mother. Mrs Levi Pierce. 10 Jackson
prison for the term of his natural life
by an explosion. on the 10th. at the
artillery barracks at Toola. the CAPT
tai Of the government Of that name in
Russia 500 persons are said To have
been killed. including many officers
A child OF John Dill. OF Huntington
county. Ind. was very sick for several
days On the 18th il seemingly died.
was laid out and all arrangements
made for the funeral Before the
time fixed upon arrived the child
showed signs Of life. and its body was
well rubbed and wrapped up in warm
fannels- Il soon began 10 breathe
and. on the 18th. was declared 10 be in
fair way - get well
The Bank of Tacoma. Wash. form
erly the Tacoma Trust and Savings
Co. made an assignment 20 lis credi-
tors on the 10Th. The statement
showed cash on hand. si4 Total LA
city funds
The French expedition tina. i
marching on Antananarivo. the capi-
tai Of Madagascar. had reached Me-
vatanana on the 18th. The natives
had secured a number of Maxim guns
which had arrived a Antananarivo.
The steamer Conc0rdia ran down the
motor boat Hickman. on the 18th.
near Faikenthal.G Germany on the Elbe
river. and seventeen persons were
drowned. of eight members Of fami-
ly named Laski. who were on board.
only Frau Laski was saved
By the death Of Daniel Polk. at Den
yer Col. on the 10th. a conspicuous
figure was removed from the social and
business life Of that city lie was
born in shelby county. Nv. in l.I6.
lie was one Of the Polk family which
settled in Maryland two &C nturies ago.
and afterward scattered over Ken
lucky and other southern states
The oldest Iowan yet discovered by
the census bureau j. Mrs Lucy Alex
ander. colored. living at ke0kuk. whose
age : reported al IIs years She i
native Of Virginia. and lives with her
son. Thomas himself - years old
JAME~ Ccc~EY. who was born in
December. l-e1 in County Wexford.
Ireland. and who CAM "a this country
about thirty years ago. died at Can
ton. Pa. on the 10Th Until within a
week ~ his death he was able TO a.
sist in farm work
Ex-As~ocIATK JrsrIcE WILLIAM
STRONG. ~ the United States supreme
court. died At Lake Ninnewaska.
y. y. on the 18th. aged ~ years He
was retired December !. i.-0 De-
ceased had long been sufferer from a
catarrhal affection but the immediate
cause Of his death was a stroke Of
paralysis
THE p. m Chicago & West Michi-
gan passenger train. east-bound from
Chicago. was held up by four hirhwar-
men just south of New Richmond.
Mich. on the evening Of the .oth
But little booty was secured A nag
man was shot in the right groin while
signaling and seriously injured
IHovss NJ GRADY. former cashier
Of the First national bank al Marietta.
Pa. was found guilty in the United
States district court. az Philadelphia.
on the GOTH " ein h@zzling the funds
q the institution and making false
entries ID the tanks books lie was
sentenced - seven years in the last
ern peni'entiary and to pay a fine 81
500 anac0s.s
FURNACE III ~ the Edgar Thorn
son steel works lcarnegie's plant az
Eessener near I,radduck. Pa. ex-
plOdrd. on the Goth. killing six men
and badly burning eight Others. not
one % those employed about the fur
mace escaping injury.
ForR carpenters who were trying
20 save a Northern Pacific bridge near
Cenr u'Alen~. Wash. on the 10Th.
were cut OF by the flames and com
PEELED 10 jump l2s feet to the bottom
If the chaSEn. where they were dashed
TO pieces
ADvicK- from Honolulu PER steamer