The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-09-10

FRED MCCONNELL cashier Of the Ann
bia bank of Ambia, Ind, has ied
the city and about $4,000 of the banks
funds are said TO he missing. The bank
failed to respond To = recent call from
the state auditor for a statement
TIMOTHY TRAISoR. who had been an
outcast from his home for many years,
returned To the parental roof in oak
land. Cal. on the 3Oth. at midnight. His
father refused TO take hi.a in, and he
stabbed the old man so seriously that
he was arrested upon "A charge Of as
sault 10 murder.
A DISPATCH from 1T. Petersburg says
that a German sailor, who stabbed u
Russian ia a public garden during the
visit of Emperor William, VAS tried by
a naval court-martial and shot.
The flibuster Bermuda. with her
machinery still out OF order, remains
at Port Antonio in the custody of the
government of Jamaica, which paid of
the crew and officers and betrayed
their passage to New York.
The sultan is following the events in
India with the closest attention. lie
a. OiAtitA -
different countries TO telegraph full re
ports of anything bearing on the situa-
ton without delay.
CAPT. Mt RPny. who was convicted
and fined $500 some time ago for non
compliance with the customs 'regula-
tons while captain of the flibustering
steamer Laurada, having failed TO pay
his fine. has been sent to prison at
Kingston, Jamaica. for 10 days.
OskAR LAMrPEzE, one of the wealth
lest men who have returned to the
United States from the klondike. is
visiting relatives in Ottumwa. Ia, and
vicinity. He went to Alaska we years
ago and returned with over $780, 900.
lie also left "A claim there which he es-
Inmates is worth 81. 900. 900.
"a sO-ToS fiy-wheel al Burgess steel
and iron works. at Portsmouth, o.,
burst. on the LIST. by "A, sOO-pound ingot
stopping "A roll. The mill was crowded
with workmen. yet. strange to say,
no one was seriously injured, although
the building was riddled. beams %
inches square being cut in two like
straws.
DESTRUCTIVE fires are raging in the
timber in the mountains along the
north fork of piney creek and near the
head of Prairie Dog creek, in Wyoming.
The fire is destroying large areas Of
valuable timber and threatening the
homes of settlers
FRED HORROR. a young -four miller
of Los Angeles, Cal. has fallen heir tc
a fortune of about s., 600. 600. amassed
by his father. Philip Horton, a we'll
known Californian. who died suddenly
in Guayamas. Mexico, recently.
COMPTROLLER or iii CURRENCY
JAMES ii. EcKEIs. arrived at Helena.
Mont, on the lst. from the east. EN-
route for the Yellowstone national
park. where he Will spend ten days.
Ar ella Bend Ariz. on the night Of
the list, tramps robbed the drug store
of John Pratt and stabbed the pro-
prietor to death. There is no clew To
the murderers.
BAR silver made n new low record in
the New York market on the lst. The
quoted price was 5l4 cent an ounce,
one-fourth cent below the previous
low record.
On the list. the president appointed
MIR. Henry Demas As naval officer of
customs for the district of New Or
leans.
The price of white pine lumber is
to be advanced in sympathy with the
enhanced prices of agricultural prod
ucts.
Mr. RICHARD CROKER has consented
TO become the Tammany candidate for
mayor of Greater New York.