The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-11-20

Gylden was born in IIelsin gfors, lin
land, in ls4l.
The Transvaal government has de
cided to claim fl,0oO,00O indemnit
from the British South Africa Co. I
cover the damage sustained by tn
Jameson raid.
ALL the Erie railway shops alonl
the system are working full time 70
the first time in years, giving empl oy
ment to 2,50O men. The shops a
Meadville, Pa, resumed on the 10th.
CASH wheat, No. red. the standar,
grade. sold in New York, on the 10th
last it sold at "a cents The gain
therefore. in less than three months
was 30 cents bushel.
ARocHEsrER On. Y.) evening paper
on the 18th, pu blished interviews witt
over fifty leading Rochester busin es'
men showing that confidence is re
stored, and that all look forward tC
plenty of work and better times.
PRESIDENT PRUDESrE DE MoRAFs OF
Brazil. wi no has been i'll. though some
what improved. is unable to contin ue
at the head Of public affairs. and has
called Vice-Pre sident Manuel Victornc
Pereira to assume his duties during
his illness.
Mr. K. c. LEHMAN, the English oars
man, was passenger on the steamer
Majestic, which arrived at New York
on the 18th from Liverpool. His mis-.
sion to this country is to fill the posi-
ton of coach to the boat crew of Har.
ward university.
IS the case of Harriet Munroe
against the New York World, the
L nited States supreme court, on the 9th,
a ffirmed the decision of the lower
court aw arding her So, 600 damages for
premature the publication Of her
Worlds fair ode, surreptitiously OBJ
tanned.
The third days session Of the Farm.
ers' National congress at indianapolis,
Ind, on the 18th. had two import mt
features One was an address by Gen.
Harrison, and the other was the adop-
tion of a memorial to congress. Gen.
Harrison was in happy mood and
was greeted en- thusias tically.
e
JAMES FAGIN. who threw lighted
cigar into the face OF Secretary Of the
Treasury Carlisle after the gold de m
ocratic meeting held in Covington
KY, last month, was fined SEQ and
costs on the 18th. This was the meet
ing at which eggs we're thrown at the
secretary while he was speaking,
ROBERT PEcoSeEA. leading mem Der
of the remnant of the cele bra ted Mia mi
Indian tribe, dropped dead at his home
near La Fontaine, Ind, on the 9th.
He was grand son of the ia nous old
Miami chief, MeShin -Go-Me sia, and a
brother of William Pecongea, who, in
is72, was appointed chief by President
Grant lie was 81 years old.
To friend w no had mentioned the
fact that there was talk OF electing
him to the senate Secretary Carlisle
said, on the 11th: II sincerely hope
they won't do it. have been in poll
tics 30 years. and am tired of it. My
sincere desire and intention is to ha We
nothing more to do with politics after
the end of this administration"
The sixteenth annual session If the
Farmers national congress began AZ
the state house, Indianapolis, Ind, on
the 10th. with about 500 delegates in
attendance. Many more who we're i'm
terested in the matters to be discussed
by the congress we're present The
body is non political organization,
and its sessions were open to the pu b.
lie.
REV. ALEXIS BERK, a young Meth.
odist minister, whose people live in
one of Chicago's suburbs, is repor ted
lost in snow-storm in the mountain,
near Troy, Mont lie left home. on
the 5th, to cover his circuit, and wa,
overtaken by the recent big storm
Searching parties we're sent out, bu
with little hope Of finding the los
preacher alive
The Columbian Liberty Bell Is in tn,
hands of the sheriff. The Henry Nc
Shane Manufacturing Co., OF BAL
timore, Md, which cast it. has never
been paid for its work, and the firmi
agent and Deputy Sheriff Goodman
went to Evan ston, ILL.,. on the 9th
loaded the nine tons of priceless reli,
into six-horse tru ok and carried TIL,
bell to Chicago.
The National Civil Service Reform
league will hold its annual meeting il
Philadelphia on December 10 and |
next Among those who are expectc,
to be present are Carl Schurz, Thee
dore Roosevelt, Charles Bonaparte
Hon. Moorefeld Storey, Richard Henri
Dana, William Dudley Foulke, Rich
erd Watson Glider, Everett l.. Wheele
and Lucius Is. Swift
Miss ANNIE How mn dunrhta,- "a