The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-08-07
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Tran Satanic steamer; loss Sl,2oO. 600.
On his way TO the depot, on the
night of the 10th. |. \. Coffee, OF
Cairo. H., president Of the Illinois
state board Of pharmacy. was killed
1 by DIR. Crabtree, also a prominent
druggist OF Cairo Crabtree stabbed
Coffee twice, the tragedy occurring in
front of the murderers store.
IL the Wood county lo.) oil field, on
the .7th, Orlic C. Brown. G. L. Clark
and Samuel Miller were killed by the
explosion of boiler used in pumping
well.
Mrs MAnLoN SANDS, formerly of
! New York died at her residence in
London, on the eth, of fatty degener-
alton OF the heart Mrs Sands bore a
striking likeness to the princess o..
Wales, with whom she was on very
friendly terms.
ALEXANDER BELL, an habitual often
der, in Jail at Columbus, Ind, charged
with DEMONSTRATING. made his escape.
knocking down the guard who opened
the door to his cell To hand him his
dinner
are accommodating in the state depart
ment on account of American citizens
who have suffered in property and per
son from the operations of Spanish
troops in Cuba.
DURING recent skirmishes in the
provinces of Pinar del Rio and Santa
Clara, Cuba, the insurgents left is
killed on the field, among the dead
being an American, and retired with
their wounded.
A DESTRUCTIVE hailstorm struck Clay
county, Mimi, on the eth, passing
northwesterly across sabin and as far
north as Glydon on the west and Stock
wood on the east. In many cases the
destruction was complete.
ONLY SO many Of the strikers at the
Brown Hoist works at Cleveland
o., as could be used after retaining
over three hundred non-union men
were taken back, on the 2sth, but
others were promised employment as
fast as the company could find places
for them
A TERRIFIC hail-storm. on the eth.
destroyed nearly all the corn and uncut
small grain in a strip of territory 20
miles long and three miles wide in
Preston, Grant, Fredonia and Meadow
townships, in the north part of Plym-
outh county la.
WHILE watching game of ball at
Youngstown, o., Oscar Gilchrist was
struck in the eve by foul fly with
such force that the eye was knocked
into pulp and fell out of his head.
WILLIAM HENRY SMITH, late general
manager Of the Associated Press. died
at his home in Lake Forest, Chicago,
on the 27th. He had been sick for sew.
eral days with pneumonia.
JAMES ByERs. agent for the Van.
dalia railroad and Adams Express Co..
at Moran, Ind. committed suicide on
the 27th. Byers was short in his ac-
counts with the express company $500,
and with the railroad company, SIS.
THE correspondent of the United
Press at Honolulu, writing under date
of the 2lst. says that the volcano XII
lauea renewed its activity. during the
night of the 18th. and was worse than
ever.
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and farm property in Nankton county,
5. d., by the recent hail storm is now
estimated to amount to 500. 900.
1T is rumored in Constantinople that
the Turkish government contcmplates
the issue Of paper money.
A DISPATCH from Buluwayo, on the
2sth. said: "A force of imperial troops
is being hrrriedly pushed to the front
from Maolutsie and Mangwe and Fort
Tuli. The situation is becoming more
serious every day"
BEING found guilty in the British
high court of justice. on the 2sth, OF
violation OF the foreign enlistment act
DR.. Jameson was sentenced TO fifteer
months imprisonment without labor
Maj. Sir John Willoughby TO ter
months; Maj X. Wright to sever
months, and Capt Henry +. Coventr,
(son Of the earl Of Coventry, Col. X
Grey and Col. +. III. White to fiv'
months Imprisonment each. The,
were taken at once to Holloway prison
CHARLES COREY and Miss Kate Fill
mann, both of Boston, were drowne'
in the Niagara river, between Gram
Island and the Canadian shore. abov
Niagara falls, on the 2sth. The younl
couple had hired small boat for
row. and in the rough water the boa
became manageable.
THE gold standard democrats of Ker
lucky will hold state convention o
August 20, in Lou isville, to perfect
thorough organization of their force
and select delegates to the nations
convention decided upon at the reccn
conference held in Chicago.
The United States consuls at Yer
Cruz and Acapulco telegraph the SUI
geon general of the United State
marine hospital service the cx.stenc
Of yellow fever at those points.
The fact has become known that tn
. recent food in Colorado entirely d,
!. stroyed the Catskill branch of I'll
Union Pacific, Denver a Gulf road. I
!, miles in length.
PART OF the town OF Ilfracomb
Devonshire, one of the fashionable an
: most attractive seaside resorts in III
y gland. was burned on the 29th.
!. ONE of the three men who partic
a pated in the recent Colorado Spring
.,d Trirpla Craak lCol sta era rnhha -,