The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-10-23

THE annual report on The third as
sistant acknowledgement for the past
fiscal year shows that the total expen-
ditures for the year were S9o,oso, 40,
and receipts, ss2. 400, EOS, leaving deu-
cheney of Ss,i27, 0ss, or a reduction OF
81, 679, $50 less than the preceding year.
AT two o'clock ON the morning OF the
18TH the directors of the Bank OF Com
merce, one of the leading financial in
ststutions of Buffalo. n. ". announced
that owing to the heavy Withdrawals
the bank was compelled To suspend
business and place their affairs in the
hands Of the banking department for
examination.
Tux bronze tablet which has been
erected at Judges Cave. West kock,
Conn, where the regicides, Whalley
and COTE, were sheltered while they
were fugitives from the wrath OF King
Charles III. of England, was formally
presented to the city of New Haven,
on the l4th. by the Society of Colonial
Wars.
ApyIcEs from juneau, Wis, on the
i4th, stated that the liabilities of W
T. Bumbusch. the banker and financial
agent who disappeared on the 10th,
and for whom n warrant had been Is
sued, would amount to 5000 900.
CAPT. EMIL PonLsoS, Tony Maddy.
Fritz Vogt and George Dushayne, OF
the Blue Island (Chicagol volunteer
fire department, are charged with
starting the disastrous fire OF May IL,
which destroyed the business section
of the town. The object of the men
was to induce the villages to employ "A
paid department.
Ar the Manhattan state hospital on
Wards island, \. y, on the l4th,
Theodore Meyers. the chief baker o..
the institution, was murdered by AL
bert Durant, an inmate. The dead
man was struck on the right side OF
the head with big AK.
OK the night of the l4th Delaware,
Susauehana Il Schuyllxill engine
crashed into crowded trolley ear at
Uazleton (Pa.) junction, killing three
men outright. probably fatally injur-
ing two others and iwounding score
more.
BANK EXAMINER Cook was. on the
18th, placed in charge Of the failed
Rockford lll.) bank. The bank has a
capital of $500. 900; surplus and undi-
vided profits, $4,000, and individual
deposits. $500, 900. The loans and dis
counts were stated at S379,Coo. The
cause OF the failure is said TO be due
to inability to realize on assets.
The marriage OF David Wells, sec.
ond secretary of the United States en-
bassy in London, to Miss Marietta Ord,
daughter of prominent London
physician, was celebrated at st.
Georges, Hanover square, on the 18th.
REV. j. VI. CRAWFORD, Presbyte-
riau clergyman Of Indianapolis. Ind,
aged co. who was visiting friends in
! Los Angeles, CAL, dropped dead from
! heart disease, on the 18th, while max
ing a purchase in a clothing store.
j. ID. KENNEDY, a banker, and one OF
the wealthiest citizens of Manchester
la, committed suicide, on the l4th, 10y
hanging. business reverses are said
to have led to the suicide.
PEARSON & WETzELs big wholesale
uueensware establishment at Indian
opolis, Ind, was destroyed by fire OF
the 18th. The loss will be over So,
600. insured.
Ir is reported that railway trail
on the saar Eiffel line, Berlin, convey
ing large number of recruits, wa
thrown from the tracks, on the 18th
and 50 persons killed and mauy NOR
injured.
THE total registration in Detroit
Mich. this year foots up ss,36s, whic
, is a gain over four years ago of 4,5O'