The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-06-18

DR. ANGEL. who was TO have sailed
for Constantinople on the 18th, tn as
sumo his post Of minister 10 Turkey,
has postponed his departure for week,
in order To finish his work in the Mich
igan university. as lecturer upon inter-
national law
DR. q. V. LIMERICK, of Cincinnati.
was, on the 18th, sentenced to two
years in the penitentiary for attempted
blacknail.
CAROLINE DANsAr and Martha Elsncr,
each Is years old, were held TO the
grand jury in Chicago for stealing two
bicycles. The girls rented the wheels
and erased the numbers.
GrN. NELSON \. MILES. U. ). A., left
Rome on the sth. for London, where
hc will represent the United states
army at Queen Nictoria's jubilee cele-
bration.
The Montrose (Co,.) hotel, IA two
story frame structure, and "A block of
stores were burned on the 9th. Robert
IL. Mead. aged Is years. of Portland,
Col, a guest at the hotel was burned
to death. A dozen other guests were
rescued uniniured.
HoN. j. C. WELrY, OF Canton, has
formally announced that he will be a
candidate for the democratic pomina-
ton for governor OF Ohio at the state
convention. and that he will have the
support of his home county.
The decision of the Baltimore health
officials TO return Miss Mary SAMSON.
the leper, to Allegheny, Pa. will, if
attempted to be carried out, meet with
strong opposition from the health
board of the latter city.
CLAUDE ID. EARRING roN. for seven
years superintendent of the National
academy Of design of New York, was
arrested. on the 9th. on a charge of
having embezzled over 81. 600 OF the
academy's funds.
NATHAN SnURE. whose fireworks
factory at Els Iialstead street, Chicago
was destroyed by an explosion and fire,
on the sth. injuring number of peo-
pie. has made an assignment.
The class of 1897, comprising 104
young women. the largest class in the
history OF the college, graduated from
Nassar on the 9th.
ADvIcEs from simferopol capital of
the Russian province of Taurida. on
the 10th, said that torrential rains had
fallen in that district, inundating
portion of the province. Many per-
sons had been drowned. the rivers
had overflowed and ruined the crops.
and the damage TO the wheat crop was
enormous.
TIE fourth biennial sale of the prince
of Wales hackneys and harness horses
was held. on the 10th, at Princess Stud
farm. at Wolferton. near Sandringham,
Norfolk. England. Nearly all of the
horses sold were bred by the prince of
Wales at the Wolferton farm. under the
supervision of Sir Dighton Probyn.
LARS ANDERSON, until very recently
q member of the United States diplo-
matte corps at Rome, Italy, and Miss
Isabelle Perkins. OF Boston. heiress to
Sl7. 900, 600, were married in Boston on
the 10th.
THE strike at Jones & Laughlins
iron works at Pittsburgh. Pa, was, on
the 10Th, declared off by the strikers
committee. and all the old men that
could went back at once at the reduc-
ton.
CAPT. DERBY. United States engineer
in charge of the levee districts from
Vicksburg to New Orleans, announced,
on the 10th, that the struggle with
the high water of 1897 was over.
JAMES HUGHEs TAYLOR. a veteran
tragedian of wide reputation, died of
dropsy at bennington, Pa, on the
10th, aged 70. lie made his debut in
Portland. Me. in 1850.