The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-09-04
'CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

can not bc at all places at once. 1t Is
feared some part of the city will be
destroyed by the oncoming flames in
spite OF them.
In Was stated in London. on the cath,
upon official authority, that DR.. Gal
lagher, the Irish American. would be
released in the course of the next ten
days. and would sail for the United
States without delay.
WM. McDoEL. of Chicago, was APP
pointed. on the cath. by Judge Woods,
OF indianapolis. Ind, receiver of the
entire Monon railroad system. HIS
bond was placed at 500, 900.
The first batch Of reinforccmcnts
for the Spanish forces in Cuba to be
sent from Barcelona sailed for the
island ON the 2fth-
SENATOR BUTLER said, on the gath,
that he had received requests 10 have
Mr.. Watson speak during the cam
paign in two different cities in Me-
braska. Mr.. Bryan's own state. He
looked upon this as a favorable sign.
indicating that the west was chang
ing its opinion about the candidate for
the second place on the ticket.
FRANK BARAKER. 25 years old. of
Pleasant Plain. Ia, was killed by the
accidental discharge of revolver.
CHARLES FREDERICK COOPER PoN-
sOSBY. second baron de Maury, died at
his seat. Iangford house, Lechlade,
Gloucester England, on the cath. lie
was born in 1915.
fnt1aI in, =, second "a =
tempt. undertaken within three weeks,
to lower the bicycle record between
Chicago and New York. He got as far
as Buffalo. on the 2ith. where "A bad
tall injured him SO severely that he
could not proceed
j. +. II. MckIBBEN, auditor of the
Atchison. Topeka Il Santa Fe system.
was killed near Newcastle, Col, on
the 25th. Mr. Mckibben was on a
hunting trip, and while changing sad
dies pack horse fell on him. He
lived long enough to be taken to New
castle. but died shortly after his ar
rival there.
The roller mill and warehouse
owned by Everett, Aughenbaugh &
Co.. at Waseca. Mimi. was burned
early on the morning of the 2jth.
Loss, s7a.O OO; insured for one-half.
The mill will be rebuilt soon. This is
the third fire started in Waseca with
in week, and it is supposed to have
been the work of tramps.
CLOSELY pursued by Chicago police
officer on the cath, with arrest inevi-
table. and after fruitless attempt to
shoot his pursuers. an unknown bur-
glar turned his revolver upon himself
and fell dead in the street.
THE stagecoach between Grande and
Arapahoe, in Day county, Okla, was
held up by four highwaymen. on the
25th, and the four occupants were or
dered to stand and deliver. Mrs. Amy
Childs. of Philadelphia, refused TO dis
mount. and was shot dead.
A DISPATCH from Zanzibar, on the
Goth. said: This evening an ultimatum
was sent to Said kalid informing him
that unless he strikes his flag and
makes a complete surrender by nine
o'clock tomorrow the palace will be
bombarded. All the British residents
OF the town have been requested to 20
on board the war ships lying in the
harbor by eight o'clock in the morn
ing
On the 26th a dry house of the Ohio
Powder Co. 5 mill at Goes station, six
miles from Xenia. o., blew up, killing
two men, Charles Higgins and Frank
Eiche. Both men were married, and
Higgins leaves, besides his wifi. two
children. aged IL and l6 years. A
house on the same spot blew up ten
years ago. killing three men.
THOMAS G. PLATT refused to be n
candidate for the gubernatorial nomi-
nation by the republican state conven-
ton at Saratoga. y. Y. on the Goth,
and Hon. Frank ;. Black. of Troy con.
gresham from the Nineteenth district,
was nominated on the fourth ballot.
Os the 25th a body Of Turks made
an attack upon the Cretans at Male
vyzi. but were repulsed. losing 40 o.
their number killed and 20 wounded
Huron, HUGHEs * Co. the extensive
New York dry goods firm, formerly A
L. Stewart & Co. assigned onthe Goth.
PAUL 4. Brown, trading in Philadel
phia as j. w Brown & Co, wholesal
grocer. made an assignment on tn
Z 26th. The failure was due to th
ltightness OF the money market. Tn
liabilities will exceed 100000; asset
not stated.
| OTIs HALL, n prominent jeweler
\ Rockville. Ind. while in Tcrre iiaut'
on the 26th, on business, took dos
Of antipyrene for relief from a hea'
ache, and died an hour later fro
paralysis OF the heart, caused 10y u
drug.
The body of Bill Doolin was oflicia
ly identified by the government of
cials at Guthrie, Okla. on the PCT
and proof filed for the $500 rewar
The body was embalmed aud taken
Fort smith. Ark. To claim anoth'
81. 200 reward; thence IL was taken
Missouri for n similar purpose.
FIRE consumed the milling plant al
-four house of Everett Aughenbaul
x Co. at Wascca. Mimi, on the oct
Estimated loss. sss. 900; insurance, So
600. The plant will be rebuilt
THE fire at Octonagon, Mich. has lc
scarcely vestige Of. once thrivii
village Of 1000 inhabitants except
hungry, shivering horde Of sufferer