The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-11-19

THEODORE DuRRASr, the convicted
murderer of Blanche Lamont. was
taken into court at San Francisco. on
the 10th. and was promptly resentenced
by Judge Bahrs to be hanged on the
iath. despite the efforts of his lawyers
To secure further delay.
The officials of the Glasgow (Scot-
land joiners' union have posted notices
i'm all the shons OF that city forbidding
members OF the union to hang doors
which have been made in the United
States. or To use manufactured Joinery
which has been imported from Amer
lea.
ESTIMATES of this years cotton crop.
as tabulated at Memphis. Tenn. show
an average of TO- 0U2 3lt bales The
lowest estimate is 1900. 900 bales; the
highest, 10, $50. 900 bales. j. NJ. Rich
ardson. the largest cotton planter In
the world, makes the high estimate.
AT depth OF $50 feet in the new
workings of the liawkeye, situated on
Plum gulch, two miles from Deadwood,
). d., "A body of free-milling gold ore
has been struck, which shows an as
say of 81, 9s6 in gold per ton.
Cor. HENRY c. Cook, commander OF
the Fifth infantry, United States army,
stationed at Fort Mcpherson. Atlanta,
ia. has issued an order which prohibits
any further playing of match games of
football on that reservation.
The Middlesboro (ky.) machine
works and foundry, one of the largest
plants in the south. were destroyed by
fire on the 10th. The plant employed
$50 men. and was being enlarged. The
loss on the main building will reach
5000, o00
JAMES SIMPSON, engineer, and John
Robinson. fireman, of a freight engine
on the Burlington & Missouri River
railroad in Nebraska. were blown from
their cab by the explosion of the en-
CINE boiler, on the 10th, and both in
stantly killed.
Mrs. MINrA MOORE. a colored woman,
who lived in Lawrence. kas., many
years, died, on the 10th, at the age OF
ll5 years. She was born in kentucky
and was reared slave.
HAVANA letter TO the New York
sun says that $50 900 Cubans have per-
ished from hunger since Septa mber 10.
The heavier mortality is reno' ted from
the reconcentrado districts.
The statement of the condition of
the United States treasury issued on
the 18th showed: Available cash bal
ance, s2O3, 1863, 06S; gold reserve, $780,
O55, $50.
Mrs. GEORGE PARTRIDGE. formerly OF
st. Louis, many years connected with
the great Biddle Market Mission Sun
day-school of that city, died in San
Francisco, on the 18th. aged % years.
THE trial OF Martin Thorn for the
murder of William Guldensuppe, which
was begun at Long Island City, on the
9TH, was suspended, on the 18th. owing
to the dangerous illness of Juror Mag
nus Larsen. The jury was discharged.
on the i2th. and u new trial ordered.
KING OSCAR and n number of private
citizens of Sweden have contributed
sufficient money to insure the dispatch
of Swedish polar expedition in 1898,
which will be led by Prof. Nathorst,
the geologist. The cost of the expedi,
tlOn Is estiIHdtcu 1T sVsooo SIo"ho
DR. darcy. secretary of the British
arbitration alliance, on the 18th. pre-.
sented to Lord Salisbury memori al
with "a, 572 signatures attached in favor
of an Anglo-American arbitration
treaty.
Mrs. w. w. DUDLEY. wife of Gen
Dudley, of Indiana. the former com
missioner of pensions, died in Washing.
ton on the 18th.
OK the 18th, the earl Of Rosslyn wa,
adjudicated bankrupt.