The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-04-24

TnE executive committee If the Ma
uonal Association 81 Democratic club
convened az Washington. on the 18th,
and called national convention Of the
clubs. - meet AZ -. Louis on >cptem.
brr So
TIM organization 81 nunkard colony
Inns been completed at Anderson. Ind,
taking in 70 families. They have closed
a lease on 1000 acres 81 land in North
Dakota. and will move June 10 their
new hone
WARRANTS were issued. on the 18th.
from the United States district at.
,orneys Office in Philadelphia for the
arrest ~ John ID. Hart. owner ~ the
steamer ID rmuda. and the shsp's Of
hcer> on the charges Of filihustering.
\ Jo>NrH ZIAMEI was elecirocu.ed in
the State prison al Clinton. ~ a.. on
the 18th. He murdered his sweet
heart Theresa kamora. by cutting her
throat at Johnstown on August 30.
1855.
Ar Central City. Col during case
in court. on the 18TH >mauel Coving-
ton. a visitor charged with endeavor-
my 10 intimidate a witness. denied the
assertion hotly. and being threatened
with arrest, pulled gun and killed
x-Mayor Williams and mortally
wounded City Marshal Kehler. Cow
ington while endeavoring 10 escapa.
was shot dead by Henry Leaman.
BURGLARS blew up safe and
wrecked 4 bank building at Diagonal.
Ia. al a. m. Of the 18th. Citizens
were awakened and opened fire. and
the burglars left their tools and tied
without booty. A bottle of unex-
ploded nitro-gi ycerin was still inside
the safe, and the bankers feared 10
open il.
BURGLARS looted the private bank in
Pioneer, O.. on the night OF the 18th.
They succeeded in opening the vault
without the use Of explosives. and
then. after probably taking all that il
contained changed the combination 50
that the vault could not be opened.
Two EXPLOSIONS Of powder in one of
ne buildings OF the Chicago Fireworks
o.. near Crosse Point. Ill. on the
9Th killed three employees and IN jured
number Of Others. The building
vas badly wrecked. and the ruins were
lmost entirely destroyed by fire.
IT j said 10 he impossible 10 estimate
he numbers OF the belligerent Mata- ,
ele> in south Africa. The whole !
ountry Is now in the hands OF the i
eoellious natives. and they are mass.
~ in great force. 4
A JURY in the New York city supreme v
lurt, on the 18TH rendered verdict a
$1,000 for Mrs. Kate Mcmahon. in a
er suit against the New York & L
rooklyn Ferry Co. 10 recover $4,000
n the death Of her hus band. p
CHARLES MORRIS. he confessed muir a
'rer of Mr.. and Mrs. Douthetts. com.
itted suicide in jail at Xenia. o.. on =
e 18th. by cutting his throat. when
Id 70 get ready TO go to Columbus TO "
/, hanged 81
A LANDSLIDE occurred at Trubbach. ri
Vitzerland- on the 10th. a. the re- W
X OF continuous rains. The damage 10
property Is very heavy.
CAPT. JoHS CALHOUN SHrrnrgp a w
teran 81 the Mexican war. Califor. vi
forty-niner. and one Of the most re
ted characters in Montana. died in al
g county poor house az Butte on the
n. We
XIV. GEORGE +. KNAPP. the Ameri- NV
missionary who was recently ex- 50
led from Bills or The Turkish an.
'ritie>. arrived at Aleppo in good FIR
nth on the 10th th'
DISPATCH from Havana to the aSt
drld imparcial. on the 10th. said Oh
: the insurgents had hanged %
lniards in the >agua district. La