The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-11-20

TnE treasury gold reserve, at tho
close OF business on the nth, had IN.
creased To Si22. oe6, 4se. The net gain
at New York for the day was so75, 0oo,
and the Withdrawals We're 81, 100.
WINDOW glass advanced 10 per cent
within three days, prior TO the 18th,
and an additional advance of 10 To Is
per cent. is expected soon.
On the 18th Gov. Mitchell OF Florida
issued call for n southern states har-
Dor defense convention to assemble at
Tampa. Fla. January 20, 1897.
TnE Spanish war Office is preparing
TO send 10000 more troops to Cuba
TUE seventy-eighth annual meeting
of the general missionary committee
of the Methodist Episcopal church con-
vened in Detroit, Mich, on the 18th.
There was full attendance.
ARTHUR PORTER, of Yukon, Okla,
formerly residing Mt Wichita. kas.,
was kicked in the head by "A mule, on
the 18th, while he was driving in Lin
coin county, Okla, and was instantly
killed.
FOURTEEN buildings in the business
portion of Traverse City, Mich, were
destroyed by ire, on the 18th, entail
ing loss of $4,000; partially insured.
Ed Newberry, porter in the Front
Street hotel, was burned to death.
SOME ore brought down from the
coast north of Vancouver, B. c., and
assayed for gold or silver has been
pronounced by the assayer at Van
couver to be cassiteria, or tin ore.
A SPECIAL dispatch from Bombay
says that in IL districts of the Deccan
and Concan / ,e50,ooo people are be-
lieved to be on the verge of starvation.
ALBERT ). MERRIAM, wealthy lum.
herman, walked into the Commercial
club at Minneapolis, MinD., on the
18th, entered small card room, and
shot himself through the head with
revolver. Death was instantaneous.
UNDER charges of political treach.
cry, six members of the Cook county
lllD democratic central committee
were, on the 18th, expelled Nearly &C
members of the committee voted for
dismissal.
WALTER NJ. CASTLE, of San Francisco
expected to sail from England for the
United States on the l4th, accompanied
by NJ RS. Castle. ON board the American
line steamship ST. Louis.
The Penn Steel Casting Co.. of Ches-
ter. Pa. has cast the ram for the bat
tle-ship Kearsarge, now being built at
Newport News, Va. This is believed
to be the largest casting of the kind
turned ont in this country. weighing,
when ready for shipment. about 20, GOO
pounds.
The Chicago English High and Man.
ual Training school at los West Mon
roe street, one of the largest public in
stitutions in that city, was partially
destroyed by fire on the l2th. Supt
Robinson estimated the damage at
500, 600 All of the machinery used in
the institution, valued at S35. 900, was
1 complete loss. The blaze, it is sup
posed originated from the furnace in
he foundry.
Police OFFICER PURvIs,of Brooklyn.
vhile attempting to board a Grand
street trolley car, on the l2th, slipped
md fell under the wheels, receiving
N juries which caused his death a few
hours later. This brings the list OF
trolley victims in that city UP to l67.
The treasury gold reserve at the
close of business on the 18th stood at
sl23, l0l, $50, net gain for the day of
sa52, 600. The withdra walls for the day
At New York were ST., 400.
KING OSCAR of Sweden may be called
nto the Venezuelan arbitration, but
,nly in case of disagreement of the
'our arbitrator appointed in the first
instance. when he will nominal the
fifth.