The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-09

Jrsr az dusk. on the evening ~ the
3Oth. the town Of Chandler. Okla. was
struck by a cyclone which destroyed
everything ia it, path. hut one build
ing. a hotel. being left intact. The
first report said that a dozen or more
persons had been killed. and $50 badly
injured. while "A later dispatch sal
many Others we're missing n thought
Ia be dead under the ruins. Only day
light could reveal the true state of
things.
L. y. BypD. OF Sparta. Tenn. killed
his wife. on Tire 3oth. and then COM
mittcd suicide. lie left a letter saying
he committed the crime because his
wife did not love him.
THERE was an accident. on the Slst,
on the Ilcosac Tunnel x Wilmington
road. a quarter of a mile below Reads
boro. Mass. The cars rolled over on
their sides and lodged ON the brink of
n bank - feet high. Several passcn-
gers were morc or less injured. but no
fatalities occurred. Spreading rails
caused the accident.
TIN boom in Argentine securities is
continuing on the London stock cN-
change. the activity being due To the
decision of the Argentine government
To resume payment of full interest
upon the debt and cancel the obliga-
tion of the year in advance of the time
agreed upon.
LATER news'from the cyclone-swept
town OF Chandler. Okla. greatly in
creascs the number of the dead. with
the added horror that many of these
met their fate in the Ham that de-
stroyed the ruins OF t-.-ir homes or
places Of business.
The Dingley tariff bin passed the
house on the sisi .05 yeas. III nays;
present and not voting. 81. Five demo-
crats-Erou,,ard. Dewey and Meyer. of
Louisiana, and kleberg and ~layden.
of Texas. voted for the bill amid APP
plau>c.
Ten business houses Mt Albany. Ind,
were destroyed hy fire IN the slst.
Loss. $4,000: insurance. about $40. 600.
While mas0nS were tearing down
the New Hartford house at Winstead.
Conn. the oldest landmark in that part
of the state. on the 3lSt. they UNI
earthed a bottle 81 wine which was
placed there when the hotel was built.
l35 years ago.
The Red cross society has made an
international appeal for aid for the in
habitants Of Crete. The armed insur-
gents are able % obtain provisions by
going 10 The coast for supplies. but the
people living inland are destitute.
The state department declared. on
the 3lst. that Consul-Generai Lee had
not been granted q leave Of absence 70
take effect on the 18th. as published. or
on any other date. Gen. Lee had not
asked for leave.
STEPHEN !. FIELD. associate justice
Of the United states supreme court.
has decided TO retire from the bench in
July.
JACOB y. SAMPSON. the assistant pros
ecutinc attorney u Lcnawee county.
Mich. who was indicted for connivinr
at the escape of Anton y. Christensen.
arrested in New York city on a charge
OF cmbezzlcincnt. was arraigncd be-
fore Justice Mcmahon. in general se--
sions. on the lst. and released on $500
bail.
Moan EARF. on the lst. celebrated
his one hundred and tw~enty-fifth birth
day anniversary in the Piscataway
-. j. p%oorhouse.
1T is said that Hetty Green is about
TO begin foreclosures OF mortgages
upon about 81, 600, 900 worth Of Chicago
property.
TIE nomination of Benjamin But
terworth. of ohio. as commissioner of
patents. was sent to the senate by the
president on the 1st.