The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-11-12
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


throughout the north of England TO
inform the employers that the pro
posed reduction in wages would not
be accepted.
Boys celebrating Halloween in Fort
Branch. Ind. started fire which de-
stroyed Odd Fellows hall. the Fort
Branch Times office. six business
houses and several dwellings. includ-
ing the chief business buildings of the
town. Total loss, $50, 600.
The private bank Of K. 6. Baxter az
Burlington. ont, was broken into. on
the lst, and the vault and safe wrecked
by dynamite About $1,000 was taken.
SHAREHOLDERS in the defunct Union
national bank Of Denver. Col. re-
ceived notice. on the lst. from Comp
troller Eckeis. 10 the effect that. in or
der 10 pay the debts of the bank. il j.
necessary to enforce the Individual
liability Of the stockholders a. pre-
scribed by the revised statutes lie
therefore demands Of the stockholders
Of the bank S5o1.Ooo. payable before
November -, Al the rate Of 500 for
each share.
SEVEN hundred reinforcements ar
rived in Havana on the st from
spain.
The Chickasaw legislature. in ses-
sion at Tishomingo. 1. r.. on the ist.
ratified the agreement entered into
between the Dawes commission and
the Choctaw and Chic1as2w tribes 81
Indians for the allotment of their
lands and dissolution OF their tribal
government The Indian solons stood
l. for and 10 against ratification Of
the treaty. the full-blood element op-
posing the measure
SPECIAL AGESr ZEvELY OF the in
terror department. whose sensational
discovery Of $4,000 worth of fraudu-
lieut. Greek Indian warrants was re-
Gently announced, reached Washing
ton. on the lst. and made a verbal re-
port of his investigation TO Acting Sec
rotary OF the Interior Ryan.
A STATEMENT. issued on the list, 10y
the bureau Of statistics showed that the
number Of immigrants arrived in the
United States during the first three
months of the present fiscal year was
~. 296. which is decrease of nearly
IL, 500. as compared with the same
period last year.
The monthly statement of the comp
troller of the currency shows the total
circulation of national bank notes. on
October 80. 10 have been $3.50. Ois,osS5.
OSE man was fatally injured and five
persons were severely bruised by n col
lision on the Panhandle road at Harris
dale. Ind. on the LIST.
\ POSITIVE and final refusal was
given by the 500 road, on the 81. to
the request that it become party to
the agreement to Withdraw commits
sions on north Pacific coast bust ness.
Before the 500 will agree to this prop
osition the other roads will have 10
concede it the difference il has beer
demanding for two years on east-and'
west bound business Its competitors
are equally determined that II shall
never be allowed these differences
CYcIIsr J. A. BRIEGEL left Chicago
on the "a, bound for klondike. VIA h
Paso. Tex, Los Angeles and Frisco,
Cal. and Seattle. Wash. large
crowd congregated 10 watch the man
start on his long journey. His wheel.
with outfit. weighed 80 pounds.
L. NJ. SHAW trep.l was elected gov
ernor Of Iowa. together with the res
Of the state ticket by decreased ma
jority.
DURING the progress of n fire at Bor
nots dyeing and securing establish
ment in Philadelphia. on the I'd.
large can Of benzine exploded Ihir
teen firemen were 30 seriously burne'
that they had 10 be taken to ho>pi
tai. IL was feared that some OF then
might lose their eyesight
CASHIER SIIFvERBEgs. of the Cope
hagen branch OF the Mutual Life III
surance Co. Of New York. no was al
rested on September -, charged wit
embezzling $4,000 crowns. and wit
classifying his accounts, was. ON Ia
I'd. sentenced to two years penal ser'
itude.
An English syndicate has purchase
OF Frank Phiscator. of Benton lIarbo
Mich. his gold mines in the klondik'
paying 81. 600. 0Oo for three ciaims-N'
al on Bear creek and two rich claiu
/, on I'll Dorado. The syndicate pays SO
!. 600 down and the balance Of Syso,o'
: at the end of one year.
REPORT was current in London. q
the Cd, that Cecil Rhodes. the Sou,
; African magnate. was dead. lie hs
: been i'll for some time. TIE repor
. however. was not fully confirmed
0 RETURNS of the general election
, Newfoundland, received from all b'
two Legislative districts. show that tn
opposition party headed by Sir Jam,
n Winter. carried 81 seats. the govern
. mentc andidatcs holding only Is
/. J. IIoeE TYLER ldcm.D was elect,
y governor Of Virginia. as was also u
e rest OF the ticket by from $4,000 10 O.
y 900 majority.
: Col JomN ROUSE MEsoTr CHARD.
a c.. the hero Of the famous defense
a Rorkc's Drift. South Africa ia Jaui
a AIRY. 1879, died at A aunton, England. ,
the IsL