The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-08-21
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


and several yachtmen had extremely
narrow escapes.
The fatalities resulting from the ex-
cessive heat in all parts Of the coun-
try call 10 mind the record OF July.
1870.
HARVEY ALLENDER shot and killed
Miss Wally Fielner and V. Cro>sett n
san Jose. Cal. On the 9Th. and then at
tempted To killed himself. bnt failed
The shooting occurred in a crowded
street. and created intense excitement
NARROWING tales are told Of suffer
ing experienced by colony Of LOuisi-
ana negroes in Guatemala who were in
duced 10 go there last May 10 work on
railroads. Four of their number have
been killed. and those still alive are in
condition worse than slavery
The ST Louis telephone service.
which i TO go into effect as soon a.
the present plant has been recon
structel viii. il Is said. be the finest
in the world.
FIVE persons Were drowned in the
Delaware river near Bridesburg. a
suburb of Philadelphia. on the 10th.
bv the overturning OF rowboat dur
ing a gale. There were no other oe-
cupants of the boat
SPAIN is. il i said. contemplating
conscription 10 raise more soldiers for
Cuba
A TERRIBLY destructive wind and
electrical storm swept over Saginaw.
Mich. on the 10th. doing great dam
age. estimated at $4,000
DIVINE HEALER ScHRADER was
stoned and run out Of Fort Worth.
Tex. as soon as he was found to be an
impostor.
SAN i. PLATr. a real estate man of
Kansas City. No. met business rever-
ses and committed suicide on the 10th.
Az Italian man-of-war has captured
off the coast Of Erythrea the Dutch
steamer Doelwyk. laden with 3i.0c0
rifles. which are supposed 10 be OF
Belgian manufacture. and which were
destined for Abyssinia.
THK government report on the cotton
on the 10th. cutting pros
poets more than ten per cent. caused
a rise in speculative prices
CHOLERA again shows an increase in
Egypt. and anxiety Is felt on account
of the absence OF reports from the camp
of the Egyptian forces on the Nile II
is feared that serious condition pre-
walls there.
WINFIELD ScoTT. the Santa Re rail
road official who had been missing for
several weeks. appeared at his home in
Chicago or the 18th. lie was in
dazed condition and unable 10 tell
where he had been except 10 say that
he had been overcome by the heat
while in Turkish bath house
GEORGE WALTERS. well-known cit
izen of Columbus. O.. was thrown from
his suiky. on the llth. by his horse
running away. Ills foot caught and
he was dragged FIVE blocks and IA
tally injured.
;. r. PoND. train dispatcher. and T.
{. Friesner. operator for the Toledo 4
Ohio Railway Co.. who are held re-
sponsible for the terrible collision at
Columbus. O.. on the night 81 the 10th.
have been placed under arrest. charged
with manslaughtcr.
A HAsTiIx-coNvESEp British cabinet
meeting was held at the foreign Office
in Downing street. London. on the 18th.
in which the situation in Crete was
under discussion for two hours
The private bank Of North & Tsy-
Tor. eos West Madison street. Chi
cago. was closed al ten o'clock on the
morning Of The nth.
THE Murray Hill Bank Of New York
was closed. on the 18th. by inspectors
pending an investigation Of It's books
FIRE at Anamosa la penitentiary
started in the cellar az the prison din
ing room. on the 18th. and in short
time was beyond control. aud the en-
tire entire building was destroyed. in
Guiding large library Of 1900 vol
umes The loss viii lie $4,000
QUEEN VICTORIA has issued a mes
sage TO the nations thanking them for
their expressions Of loyalty and afsee.
ton as the period approaches when The
length ~ her reign will have exceeded
that Of any other English monarch.
A coNFLAcRATIoN at Norfolk. Va,
on the 18th. destroyed the Atlantic sars
mills. the old Dominion guiana factory
and the Merritt wrecking warchonss
and the docks. causing loss % S.O0.
600. Twenty-Five firemen were pros
trated by the intense heat
AT Mount Etna. Ind. over a,Or
pounds u black bass were taken from
the Snlamonie river with buckets o.
the 18th. The river runs through III,
oil belt. and daring the frcshet u,
water ~as covered with oil. which
drove the fish 10 the shore
NATE EAaSsHAw. u years old. son 81
mell-to-do farmer. residing fv@ mile.
south 81 olathc. kas.. committed sui
eide. on the 18th. by shooting himscli
with a revolver. The lad had been I
slave 70 cigarettes.
At least three persons. and possibly
others. were burned 20 death il a fir,
that destroyed six-s.ury brick buiid
ing at No. 40s Greenwich street. New
York city. on the nth. Several per
sons were injured by the smoke ard
heat and BY jumping.