The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-09-11
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THE battle ships Ramilics and rrS
falgar. lagships of the British Med
iterranean squadron. and ~ othei
British warships left Malta. ON the LIST
for the Levant.
AN explosion i'm the nitroglycerins
house of the California Powder Co., al
Pinolc, CAL. on the LIST. wrecked the
building and caused the death OF D.
worlsmen. eight Chinese and four white
men.
RI. lIoN. JosErm CHAMBERLAIN.
British secretary of state for the colo
MES, was passenger on the steamer
Teutonic. which arrived at New York,
ON the cd, from Liverpool. His visit
will be brief one, as he intends re.
turning home in about n fortnight.
TnE steamer Laurada. the Cuban fill.
ibuster. which recently landed al
Navassa and transferred her men and
arms to the tug Dauntless, and later
arrived at Port Antonio. Jamaica, has
been grounded. IL is suspected tina,
her nishap was the result of foul play.
A DISPATCH to the London Times
from ST. Petersburg says that the tour
of the ear throughout western Eu-
rope will not be changed on accou nj
of the death of the Russian minister
of foreign affairs, Prince Lobanoff-Ros-
tovsky.
A DISPATCH from Lowell observatory,
Flagstaff, Ariz, to Harvard observa-
tory, on the I'd. announced the re-dis-
covery, by DIR. Lee, of the companion
to Sirius-in position angle 2l9 degrees
and distance SO. This companion was
first seen in 1859.
A SPECIAL dispatch from Rome, or
the 81, said 1t was rumored there that
King Hum bert will announce his alb
dication after the marriage OF the
prince of Naples, the heir apparent, tc
Princess Helene of Montenegro.
The gold Democratic national con
ventinn which met at Indianapolis
on the I'd. held two short sessions and
after effecting permanent organiza'
ton. adjourned until the Sd.
THE turret battleships Navarin anc
Imperator Alexander H.. the torpedo
cruiser Pocadnik and two torpedo boat
destroyers, all belonging to the Rus
sian Cronstadt squadron. have beer
sent TO the Mediterranean.
Mrs. CORNELIUS VANDERBILT, on the
Cd. denied the published report that
her hus bands condition was precari
Gus
IL the democratic state convention
at Concord. \. H., on the I'd, resolu.
ton indorsing the administration of
President Cleveland was rejected over
whelmingly on rising vote. only ..
rising in the affirmative.
The steamer Rosedale. with $50 pas
sengers on board. was struck. in the
East river off Broome street, New
York city. on the 81. by a Twenty.
third-street ferryboat, and sank in
about five minutes. The Rosedale was
on her wav to Bridgeport at the time.
All the passengers, it is said, were
picked up by passing craft
DrRING the exercises at the Audi
forum at st. Paul. Mimi. on the Sd,
Col. Thomas G. Lawler, of Rockford,
ILL.,, the past commander-in-chiefo of the
@. A. r., was presented With a gold
watch and long gold neck chain as a
token of the esteem and love felt for
him by the grand army throughout
the country.
Ex-Gov. FRANCIS, of Missouri, took
the oath of Office rs secretary OF the
interior in Secretary Carlisle's Office
on the 3D., and immediately entered
upon che discharge of his new duties
THE National encampment of the
Grand Army Of the Republic. in session
at st. Paul, Mimi. on the sd. selected
buffalo, n. u, as the place of holding
the next general encanpment. There
was practically no opposition.