The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-07-10
Ry The overturning of a boat In Lake

Ry the overturning OF boat In Lake
Massapcg, near Sharon. Mass, on the
Goth, Choir-master Braclett and four
choir boys of ~. Johns Episcopal
church, Charlestown. Mass, who had
gone there for weeks recreation,
were drowned. Two other boys who
were in the boat were saved.
lr is stated that Gen. jacques Nico-
las Lcger has been appointed minis
ter 70 the United States from llayti to
\ succeed Mr. Clement liietjacns, re-
4 signed. The new minister is expected
to arrive during July
TnE treasury deficit for the fiscal
year ended on the aOth foots up S25.-
100000; for the past three years the
deficit aggregates sl37, 100000.
FIpEL g.. pERRA. member OF the
Cuban junta and chairman Of the Gu
ban Fair committee. called upon gen.
Tomaso Estrada Palma in New York,
on the 30th. and handed him check
for $1,000, the first installment of the
proceeds of the Cuban fair. This is
not all, said Mr.. Perra. AS soon as
we settle up completely, expect I o
give you dnOthtr check.
A DELEGATION of citizens of New
York and Brooklyn called on Gov Nor
ton, on the 30th, and urged executive
clemency in behalf of John Y. Mckane,
the former Gravesend boss A per-
sonal letter from Mckane to the gov
ernor was presented by the delegation.
1t urged that Mckane had fully atoned
fa~ In - I, lot
had been satisfied.
TIE Confederate Veterans reunion
opened at Richmond Va. on the 30th,
with charming weather, clear and cool.
An immense throng of people was pres
ent, and exposition grounds, where the
reunion was held in large auditorium
erected for the purpose. was crowded.
The auditorium was handsomely deco
rated.
lr is considered proba bile, at IIavan.
ma, that Gen. Bradley johnson. who
has been acting as the correspondent
of New York newspaper, will have
to leave Cuba on account of the reports
which he has sent To the United states
regarding Cuban affairs.
The Cheyenne Indians in Montana
have dawned their war paint and are
holding pow-wows, preparatory to /
general uprising. Several troops of /
the Tenth cavalry have been ordered |
from Fort Custer TO the CHEYENNE /
agency at Lame Deer, Custer county,
Mont The Cheyennes have been un-
usually indolent this spring
CHARLES w. CLARK, son of w. A.
lark. the millionaire mine owner.
banker and politician. and Miss Cath.
,rine O. Roberts. of Helena, young
were married at Butte.
Mont, on the Both. The groom's ia
her presented him with check for
100. 600.
By an explosion of ammunition dur
ng IA fire in the arsenal near Fort
ioselle, in the German province of
.orraine, on the night Of the 3Oth, AZ
len were killed and 100 others badly
njured.
BY an explosion of gas in "A man
ole of the Edison Electric Co at Wa.
ash avenue and South Water street.
hicago, on the lst, two men were ia
ally burned and two seriously in.
ured
DISPATCH from Kobe. Japan, dated
une 10, received on the lst, said the
teamer kawanoura Maru had collid-
4 with and sank the Hozui Maru off
hiroshima during storm. and that l7s
YES were lost.
The Red Star packet Rahmanieh
ound from >ualSim for Suez. broke !
er shaft, on the 30th and drifted i.
pom "A reef. where She foundered,
nd 60 persons, mostly Greeks, were
rowned. !