The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-06-05

An Campbell. small place about ST.
miles southwest Of San Jose. Cal. !, oi
the night Of the ad;h. Col X. H. Nc
Giincy and wife. their daughter. Mrs
James Durham; James Wells, a son o
Mrs. Mc1lincy; hired woman, Minni
>hesler. ana hired man. James Bris
coe. were killed by James Durham.
son-in-law of Col. NcGlincy. who mad,
his escape
JVDDK Corr. II Washington, on tn,
.sth. sentenced Irving Ford. colored, I.
be hanged at the district jail on Jun,
loncxt for the murder Of Elsie krcglo
On the esth. the sherman statu,
commission selected the design sub
miited by Carl Rohlsmith. of Chicago
and awarded him the contract for
completing the statue.
InE seventh national co invention OF
the prohibition party met in Pitts
/ bargh. Pa, ON the a.th.
4 soS was born 10 Count William
bismarck. younges. son OF Prince Bis.
marck, and his wife on the Goth.
Prince Bismarck has sour grand.
daughters. but the child Just born i.
lis first grandson.
CARL BAILEY HURsr. United State.
consul at Prague. informed the state
department. on the a6th. that an inter.
national pharmaceutical exhibition
will be held in Prague from August
- 70 September Is next. and that the
attic dance IF persons in the United
states interested is des're
Circus that was exhibiting ir
South II. Louis. on the a.th. was
struck BY the cyclone and destroyed.
Canvas, wagons. animals. everything
vanished. a few Of the performers
found refuge in the vicinity, but the
show itself was annihilated
HARRY EIrrENHoUSE. IL years old,
committed suicide at Barberton. y. j.,
on the ssth. His parents wanted him
to go 10 school. The boy refused TO
go and hanged himself in the barn
A NEW edict issued by Cap. ten.
Weyier suspends for one year all ju-
dicial proceedings against planters
with regard to their property, and
their creditors will not now be able TO
secure payment of interest or be
permitted To she in the Cuban courts
or TO institute foreclosure proceedings
upon any mortgage they may hold.
A. many Cuban plantations are mort
gagged II American creditors, Secre-
tary Of State Olney Is expected TO en-
ter very forcible protest with the
Madrid government against the exc
cution OF the decree
WHILE Madison square garden. New
,rt- .rt
the sslh. with soldiers and other per-
sons interested in the Cuban Ameri-
Fan fair. a volley Of stones thrown
against the side OF the building shat
rered four windows. The attack was
made when the crowd was greatest by
Tour well-dres>ed Spaniards, who fed
ana made their escape in trolley car
when the Cuban guard, i'm uniform
Ind armed with machctes. rushed out 4
20 capturc them.
LAsAYEITE PARK. the pride OF al \
& Lonisans and gem Of rustic /
beauty. was reduced by the great \
stcrm % the 18th 70 the condition of 1
! tangled jungle. Not tree or build !
ny was left within the entire incios-
are. while the beautiful residence
surrounding il was /
-qually a mark for the furies ot the
lppcr deep
~ -. Joseph. No. on the 2sth. the
emperature dropped 20 degrees in an
our About five o'clock low clouds
ppearcd from the north and east. and
he temperature fell fast. Bv evening
eoplc were shivering. There was no
Considerable wind ac-
ompanied the appearance of the
torn.