The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-01-03
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

TIN thousand chests Of tea were
among the contents OF the wholesale
tea and spice store OF w. w. Thomas
al FL Walnut street. Cincinnati. which
was destroyed by fire on the ed. X
was the largest establishment OF the
kind IN the country outside of New
York city Loss. 100000; insurance.
s>ncOo.
EDWARD Lang corporal in the
nlte'f states army stationed n, VIII
lets Point. y. ". was soundlv thra>he
by his comrades for utterinr disloval
sentiments while discussing the Eene-
zuelan controversy. Lang Is an En-
glishman bv birth. lie declared tina.
IN case Of war he would not take ma
gun against her ma jesty's government.
REPORT comes from Paris that the
Countess de Castellane nee Gonldt i
expected 10 present her husband with
an heir during the Christmas HOLIDAYS
Inc count and countess are living
quietly IN the French capitnl.
HE North German Lloyd steamship
Spree was towed off Warden ledge
near Totland bay. Isle of Wight. on |
the ed. upon which She was run on I
me 18TH by four tugs. and proceeded I
TO southampton. apparently unin iurcd.
'EoKGE e. OSBORNE. ninth duke Of
Leeds died al his seat. Horn hv castle.
Dedaie. England. on the ed. after a
months illness. He was born in 1sss
SAM EMERY. farmer living near
treston. Ia. committed suicide. on the
I'D by sending a bullet through his
heart lie had been suffering from
cancer.
FRANK FORBES. the actor. proprietor
OF Forbes dramatic company. who
murdered his wife at Grand I.edg.
slich-- III September. changed his plea 1
~ not guilty 70 that Of guilty in the
circuit court AT Charlotte. on the a3d i
and was sentenced to hard labor a, /
Jackson prison for - years.
The London Chronicle Cliberan in q
eader considers that IL the propo-e cd :
nited states commission be connoSed !,
y men ike EdNard J. Phelps. Andrew 4
y mite and George j.. Edmund>. il must
ommand respect. and that some fur !,
her proposal from Lord Salisbury 4
you'd become expedient and neces- Il
AIRY.
JoHS \. sLATrERy. a well-known law
er. having rooms in The smith build-
ny. near tho government building. AZ
incinnati. fell down the eleva tor ~, n
a the a3d. and subsequently died az :
is in juries. !"
HERR AHf.wAgDT has practically I,
Oandoned his mission to Americs,
hnnentlal GermanS- who wcrs. az first n
ncined 70 support Ahlwardt and de-
land a caring for him. have deserted
he Jewhaitcr. and he Is being enter Z,
aimed now by the anarchist ..lem.r- /"
'h"H"E KING. master ~ the ex.
hequer Of Monitor lodge. 40. 81 Z
nights Of Pythias. II. Louis. i miss Y
~ ana along with him has gone gliin- Y.
ierlng about two Thousand dollars OF n
le funds Of the lodge.
lT = currently reported in WASHING
~ that Chief Justice Fuller has been
'iec'ed As president ~ the Venezuelan Y.
immission at cabinet conference. on
e subject ~ selection Of the members h,
the commission.
cAnLEcR,N from Curacao. Dutch
iaics- on the Esd. stated that the r.
'aA~n4p Nansemond. Capt. I.akSv. w
ON Curacao for Maracaibo. was IN M
'llision probably on December IN M
ith The Spanish steamship Mexico. ],
AR the Island Of Aruba. The Nanss.- n.
0nd sank. and j. "A total loss. Cant
aksy and seven persons were drowned. n.
hirty- lives were saved BY the tug IL
ngusta. !"
The brazilian foreign Office j. said ~ II.
I'VE been IN correspondence with Min
ter Mendonca at Washington in rcia- n.
"a To south American con ference. M
which all the Pan-american rcpub- N,
> shall take part The subject for ~
scuss'on will be the Monroe doctrine 1
70 general matters affecting IL raised Il,
the new issue on the vcnczuc.apy
'undary dispute. -