The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-08-14
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

ably fatally crushed about the c hest
CORRESPONDENTS of the oklahoma
Farmer for the week ending Monday
August 3, from the cotton belt Of Ok la
homa and Indian territory, report the
cotton crop badly injured by the ex
ccssivc hot and dry weather. Cotton
on the upland Is drying up.
. A MOVEMENT to unite the farmers OF
the south in fight against the cotton
tie trust in retaliation for the 100 pei
cent increase in the price of ties has
been set ON foot by Hon. T. X. Nesbitt
Georgia state commissioner of agricul.
ture
GOV. WILLIAM j. STONE of Missouri
is TO deliver the notification speech To
William j. Bryan in Madison Square
garnen. New York city. This honor
usually devolyes upon the permane nj
chairman Of the convention.
REV. JONI = MCELwEE. for 80
years a minister in the Indiana Meth
odist difference, died at kokono.
Ind, on the Sd, of Bright's disease,
aged 8. years.
As A result of the competition for
gun forging. Commodore Sampson.
chief of ordnance, has recommended
the acceptance of the Midvale Steel
Co. 5 bid for the six-inch guns at S24o.-
900. and for the four. five and eight
inch to the Bethlehem Co at Sl3O. 600
1t is found that the average price per
pound for these forgings is below 20
cents, while the last forgings made
under contract cost fcom = to % cents.
JONI III. CALENDER. of Nashville,
Tenn, one of the most distinguished
physicians of the south, died on the
night of the Sd. aged 6s years. lie
was for many years superintendent OF
the state asylum for the insane, and
figured prominently in the Guiteau
case.
FIVE cases Of yellow fever have been
reported 70 the authorities of Vera
Cruz Mexico. The most serious Of the
cases is that of Mrs. James Brody.
wife OF the engineer Of the harbor
works Of the port.
! INEz, the beautiful wife of Agra
monte, the noted Cuban leader, met
death on the field of battle, fighting
for Cuba's liberty. Sonora Agramonte
was an octoroon Of great beauty.
For the first time in the history of
Illinois two women were, on the I'd,
accepted as jurors in Chicago court of
justice. The women thus honored were
Mrs. L. ID. Mitchell and Mrs. w. I. SAT
ford.
A DISASTROUS freight wreck and ex-
plosion occurred on the Philadelphia
4 Reading railroad at Weldys siding.
seven miles west of Shamolxin. Pa on
the 4th Engineer Michael Smok and
Conductor Alex Smith were killed and
Fireman Dreish back seriously scalded.
a DISPATCH from Meath, Glamorgan-
shire. Wales, on the 4th. stated that
an explosion Of fire damp occurred in
the Bryancoach coliery there. Forty
miners were imprisoned, but whether
they were alive or dead was not known.
THE municipal authorities of Edin-
burgh, on the ith. gave dinner to 100
men of the United states war ship
Minneapolis.
PRoF X. ). TARR, of Cornell univer-
Sly, who started with Lieut.. Pearv on
an arctic geological expedition in the
steamer Hope has written to Ills fam
lily in Gloucester Mass, that they are
stuck in the foe ice off the Greenland
coast
a DISPATCH from Nladivostock an
nounces that Corea has conceded to "A
syndicate Of Americans the right to
construct a railroad from Seoul, the
capital, to Chemulpo. the main port
and harbor; also the right to work the
minerals along the line Of this road
IL refusing TO grant naturalization
papers to two young Italians. Judge
Cole. of the District of Columbia su-
premc court, on the 8th, held that no
one who is in ignorance of the consti-
tuition Of the United States is com
pctent or entitled to become admitted
to citizenship.
An epidemic Of diphthcria Is raging
in the town of Russell, in Russell coun-
~, kas., and the state board OF health
ordered IA strict quarantine established.
The residence Of Lucy Parsons. IF
anarchist fame. was destroyed by fire
on the 5th Mrs. Parsons had large
library, the collection of her husband,
and there were also in her possession
many relics Of Parsons prison and 9TH
err experiences. Mrs. Parsons lived IN
Avoudale, a suburb of Chicago, and
the house was remote from fire pro-
lection. The loss Is about s., 300
On the 9Th Commissioners of In
ternal Revenue Miller. with the ap
proval of the secretary Of the treasury
issued "a series of regulations for the
enforcement of the provisions of tn,
act defining cheese, and also imposing
n tax upon and regulating the manu-
facture, sale, importation and cxporta-
tion Of filled cheese"
Mr. RoBERT FRAZER, the old-tim,
comedian, scenic artist and author
who was recently stricken by paraly
sis died at the New York hospital
New York city. on the 9Th.
MATHEW IzMIRLIAN. the Armenian
patriarch, resigned, on the 5th, AID
the sultan accepted his resignation.