The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-08-28
Tur elegant stone mansion OF Fred.

THE elegant stone mansion or Freu
erick Faulkner. at Lowell, Mass, wal
burned. ON the 18th, while the family
were away at the beach. The con
tents of the house are q total wreck
and the loss will exceed $4,000. Tn,
fire was undou btedly the work OF al
incendiary
FIRE at Lancaster. Ky, on the 18th
destroyed all the buildings on the cas-
side of the public square, includinp
the post Office. Loss. $40, 900. two
thirds of which is covered by insur
ance.
A DISPATCH from Athens, on the
\ 10th, said that insurgents in Macedo
mia had burned two villages in the
kosoni district and massacred eighty
persons.
AMONG the passengers on the steamer
st. Paul. which sailed from New York
on the 10th, for Europe, were senator
elect Joseph u. Foraker and postmas
ter-General Wilson.
The democratic state convention as
semblcd in Pueblo, Col. on the 10th
There was large attendance. George
Thomas, who had been looked upon as
the probable candidate for governor,
created a sensation by sending d
formal letter to the chairman posi-
lively declining to accept any nomina-
ton from the convention.
MAJ Mckinney denied himself to
all callers. on the 10th, and devoted
the hours to the work of reading the
proof of that part of his letter of ac.
ceptance which had been put into type.
Almost one-half the letter had been
revised.
On the 10th deputy state bank com.
missioner posted a notice on the closed
doors of the Argentine (kas.) bank,
announcing that he had taken posses
sion and that application for receiver
would be made.
A TERRIFIC boiler explosion took
place in Roclland park, Rochester, ~
Ion the 18th. where new sewer was
being constructed. Contractor VIM.
Fuller was blown 100 feet and prob.
ably fatally injured. John Holiday
and John A. Metzrer were terribly
hurt. and 20 others were slightly in.
jured.
a FRAUD order was, on the Goth. is.
sued by the post office depar tment
against the Creditors Beneficial assoc
ciati on of Rockford. Ill.
THE treasury gold reserve declined.
on the Goth, to slo3, 932, I'll. The days
Withdrawals were sl20. 700 and for the
month they aggregated 81, $50, 900
PROF. NJ. A. GREEN. NJ. A.. professor
of geology of the University of oxford
died in London on the 10th.
a HEAD-oN collision occurred on the
goth, on the Detroit, Lansing 4 North
ern railroad, near Fowlerville. Mich
between two passenger trains. Both
engines were ditched and one fireman
was seriously injured. Several cars
were derailed The accident was
caused by the west-bound train fail
ing to make siding 20 let the east
bound train pass.
FIRE of an unknown origin, on the
night of the 10Th, destroyed the resi-.
dence of John Felbach in Watertown,
:. ID. Mr.. Felbach and two daugh.
tiers, Tillie, aged 10, and Hattie, aged
Is. were burned to death. The mother
and another daughter escaped.
The Tonhicken Powder Co.'s mills
at Derringer, Pa, exploded. on the
Goth, killing T.. j. Whitebroad and in.
juring Peter Shell, Oliver Ross and
John kisbach. The mills were com.
pletely wrecked, and the country sur.
rounding was alarmed by the shock.
The funeral of Sir John Millais
president Of the Royal academy, who
died in London on August 10, took
place in st. Pauls cathedral on the
Goth.