The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-30

SHERIFF BURR. OF Los Angeles. tai,
received a telegram from the sheriff 81
Heanepin county. Mimi. on h Goth.
requesting him Ia arrest Mrs. Laura
Austin on = charge Of abducting her
own child. which was awarded 10 the
custody of her eN-husbana oy the su-
perior court AT Minneapolis
TnE sons ~ Confederate Veterans
held a meeting in the Hotel Marlbor-
ough. New York city. ON the goth. and
perfected arrangements for partici-
pating in the Grant parade On the 9th.
II i expected that there Will be about
500 sons in the parade, most of them
mounted.
Tmr Pennsylvania board ~ pardons,
on the 10th. recommended
ton OF the death sentence imposed up
on James T.. GENTRY FOR the murder OF
Actress Maige York to imprisonment
for life COY. Hastings approved the
Recommendation.
MILAN HAAS and William Nylie.
Cincinnati m~urierers. We're electro
cuted al the Ohio pcniientiary nex
the first under the Ohio law. on the
morning Of the 2lst- Both e~lect-ocu-
tions were completely successful not a
hitch occurring.
TmE interior department has granted
permission 10 Chief Joseph. the Nez
Prrccs warrior. To accompany Col
Cody in his Wild West show. Chief
Joseph is the famous Nez Perces chief
captured by Generals Miles and How
ard in ls15. after a pur>ui. OF nearly
8. 900 miles toward the British frontier.
The barkentine City of Papeete.
which arrived at san Francisco. on the
aIsL from Tahiti. brought news con-
irming the report that Queen Namae
Of Raiatea. one Of the Society islands
had been captured by the French and
ser. INTO exile with her husband and
principal chiefs
The president. on the 2ist. sent TO
the senate the nomination Of Charles
III. smith. TO DC surveyor of customs At
the port Of 81 Louis
TnE post Office department has issued
a fraud order against the Financial and
CONNIE rcial Co. Of Chicago
FRANK EVANS. the lightweight pugil-
it. died 81 conclusion Of the brain. on
the asi. caused by a right-hand blow
on the chin delivered by Matt >emichy
in the fourteenth round OF a fight be-
fore the san Jose Gal Athletic club.
>emiehy was arrested for manslaugh-
ter.
NANCY ALLISON McKISLEY. mother
OF the nations president. celebrated her
eighty-eighth birthday anniversary. on
II. ha1 - ~. f.-.. -. aH.wH.n an
She was in excellent health. barring
slight attacks of rheumatism
HoEEEr ". HAwEE. a w~cll-knovn re-
tired broker living at 1875. Dcminr
court. Chicago. committed suicide. on
the 2ad. by shooting himself through
the heart. Dependency over ill-health
j. supposed To have been the cause.
EIgE broke ont in store houses mum
Der one and two ia the Washington
ANY yard. on the I'D. and caused a los
OF $4,000.
FIVE masked men broke into the res
dence Of John Quinlan. At Niles. o., on
the I'D. and. after ~gagging and bind
ing him. ransacked the house and Sc
cured $1,000 in currency. besides lots Of
valuable iewelry.
REPRESENTATIVE HOLMAN Of Indiana.
died at his home in Washington city.
on the I'D. at e:05 p. m. after an i'll
ness Of some weeks Spinal meningitis
vas the cause
TnE general conference Of the super
iniendents OF the Baptist missions OF
the west. met in the Young Mems
Christian association building in
Omaha. Neb.. on the al. Many prom
incnt missionary workers from west
era states and territories We're present.