The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-12-17
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


A WAsHISGToN dispatch says that
quiet Investigations have been IN
progress which point strongly to the
fact that thousan DIS of dead pensioners
are carried on the rolls. Annually sew
eral millions of dollars are paid out by
the government on behalf of pension
ers long since in their graves Fraud
is rampant in certain divisions of the
bureau, in spite of the precautions
adopted.
By an explosion of fire damp in the
Clear Spring coal mine at Pittston, Pa.
on the 9th. ten men were entombed,
but seven of these. after hours of eff
fort, were extricated from their peril
Gus position. The remaining three
were reported as doomed, if not al
ready dead.
CHARLES DENNELER, gardener liv-
ing on the outskirts of Kansas City.
Mo-. shot his wife. on the 9th, as she
sat at the breakfast table surrounded
by her children and then shot himself.
Both were fatally wounded. Denneler
was drunk. lie had threatened to kill
his life on several occasions.
SECRETARY ALGER on the 9th, made
public the reprimand administered to
Capt. Lowering by sentence OF court
martial. in which he was almost as Sc
we're upon the court which rendered
the inadequate verdict, AS upon the Of
| ficer who committed the unsoldierlil<e
and brutal assault upon a helpless su b
ordinate.
On the 9th United States Treasurer
Roberts received a telegram stating
that the reorganization committee had
deposited SIS. 500. 900 in New York to
the credit of the United States on ac-
count of the purchase of the Union Pa
| cifc railroad.
The comptroller OF the currency, on
the 9th. declared dividends in favor OF
the creditors of insolvent national
banks as follows: Five per cent: The
Grand Forks national bank, of Grand
Forks, n. d.. and 20 per cent: The
Citizens national bank, of San Angelo
Tex.
IT is deemed significant in Berlin
that 40 volunteers, including a mum
Der of members of the aristocracy, like
Count Won kessler and the prince o
Thurn aud Taxis, are to accompany
the expedition to Kiao-Chau bay. with
Prince Henry of Prussia as its com
mander.
WALTER CRooT, Of Newcastle. En-
gland. who was defeated for the ban
weight championship of the worl'
at the National Sporting club in Lon
don. on the 9th, by Jimmy Barry, o
Chicago, died, on the nth. Of injurie
: received during the contest
KING HuMBERr. on the 9TH, intruste
TO the Marquis Iii Rudini tie task O
constructing a new cabinet. and tn
marquis asked for time 10 reflect
THE minister of finance. DIR. Lukac,
. in the lower house of the Hungarian
diet. on the 9th. submitted the budget
showing surplus of %. I'll forins owe
the expenditures. which amounted I
,, 4sg. 2iO.5 forms.
An explosion in the mixing room {
the American Glyccrine Co.'S factory
east OF Bradley, o., on the 18th. CON
:. pletely destroyed the building an
blew Daniel Laran. Of Findlay, to frat
ments. Laran was 40 years old an
leaves FAMILY.
The employers in the English cotto
trade have abandoned their deman
for five per cent. reduction in wages
many firms being disinclincd to 81
force it. The operatives are thus VII
torious in the struggle.
!. On the sth the supreme court Of Ca
4 ifornia dispelled the last hope Of W.
!. +. Durrant, the murderer Of Blanch
r Lamont and Minnie Williams, by Iii
+ posing in a summary manner Of Ia
a two appeals adversely to the cor
: demned.
The comptroller OF the currency, 0
! the sth, authorized the Franklin ns
. tional bank Of Franklin, o., TO begi
business. Capital $50. 900.