The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-07-17

The grand lodge OF the Beneyolens
ana Protective Organization OF Elks
met IN Cincinnati on the 18th. A final
settlement of old factional differences
was expected To be effected during the
session.
ThE two big sailing ships Santa
Clara and City of Philadelphia, which
sailed from New York in February
last for san Francisco, are believed To
have been lost, with all on board. in
the neghborhood OF the Falkland Is.
lands.
T.. vi. COOPER. general manager OF the
Wells-Fargo Express Co. at Oakland.
Cal, died at his home in that city on
the sth. lie was one of the Oldest .x.
press officers in the country.
MAURICE GRAU. OF the firm of All
hey, Schoeffel X Gran, the well-knovn
operate and theatrical caterers will
succeed Sir Augustus Harris AS man.
ager OF the Covent Garden theater.
London.
lHE New York republican state con.
vention has been called to meet at
Saratoga, August %. to nominate can
didates FOR governor. leutenant-gov- |
ernor and justice of the court of an.
peals.
JAMES MAGE. a well-known ath-
lete, was called to the door of his
home at Detroit, Mich, on the morn.
ing OF the sth, by an unknown man.
ana shot dead as he appeared on the
threshold
''BAN messengers who recently ar
rived at Runaway bay. island of ia
malca, say that the Cuban generals
are preparing to force matters, and
that Havana is practically at their
mercy.
The South Dakota republican state
convention at Aberdeen. adjourned, at
'lN clock on the morning of the 9th.
liter continuous session OF ii hours.
inring which X. ). Gambel and Cole
-rawford We're nominated for con
'ress The entire state ticket was
dominated by reclamation. Twenty {
iouN rails delegates withdrew from =
ne convention, rather than TO sub '
cribe to the gold plank of the plat I
orm. n
On the night of the 9th. while the b
ominations for president were being h
lade by the National Democratic con- b
ention in Chicago no news of the pro- r.
'edings were sent from the Bland
eadquarters in Lebanon. Mo. to the II
ONE Of the candidate for nomination. a.
ld all the members of the family had
tired before ten o'clock. +
HE international telegraph con- 81
'ntion, held at Buda- Pesth. decided
the 9TH, not to compel the use of es
e Official vocabulary for cablegrams t.
code 10 and from countries beyond
irope, known as extra European Ca
siness, in which, of course, is in IA
ided the United States.
A DISPATCH to the Madrid Imnarcia1 1T
I'm havana,o the 9th. said il was ofli- 20
lily stated that Jose Maceo. the rebel
der, and brother of Antonio Maceo. NJ,
second in command of the re bel we
ces, was killed in recent fight in CHI
province of Santiago de Cuba. ice
NE Ancient and Honorable Artil. ter
company of Boston gave a ban. /
Il In London. on the night of the Ell,
I, to most distinguished company. off
luding the prince of Wales and his in
'ther the duke of Connaught
II the Catford track, London. or Pc,
vth' Johnson. the American bicy. Mil
T. made mile, with a flying start. cop
minute A 2-5 seconds, breaking Me
record. la,
lie free silver platform was adopt. A
~ a more than two-thirds ma iority Wa
he National Democratic convention I'm 3
hicago, on the 9th. At the nigh. 500,
ION the nominating speeches for and
ident were delivered. 49,.