The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-11-26
CURRENT TOPICS.
TIE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


18th, with a very large number Of pco-
Pile ut the public reception in the East
room of the White House. At the close
of the reception Gen. Longstreet
presented Alexander Montgomery, of
Georgia, venerable colored man tOl
years old.
Hon JonN VI. LASGs ToN, of Virginia.
ex-congressnan. ex-minister 10 llaytl.
preacher. lawyer and politician, and
one of the most prominent colored men
in the country. who was born slave
in 1879. died in Washington, on the
18th, aged IS.
PRESIDENT PIERoLA of Peru, who had
been suffering from fever, was able TO
leave his bed, on the 18TH, and was
much improved.
The official vote in Ohio for governor
at the state election is thus recorded:
Bushnell (rep.). 429,si6; Chapman
(dem.), 4Ol, 7i5; Holiday (pop), 7,55s;
Coxey peoples parity. 6.25i; Dexter
mat. DEM, 1861: Watkins socialist
labor. 4.2i2; Lewis Negro protective),
476: liberty, 5, l01. Bushnelfs plural-
ity, IS, lol.
ACCORDING to Secre tary Wilson's an
nual report, the United States govern
ment soon will be in the business OF
distributing poppy seeds TO encourage
the production of opium in this coun-
try. Last year the imports of the drug
amounted to SIS, 900, 600.
The American colony in Paris has
lost its most famous character in DR.
Thomas w. Evans. who died suddenly
at his residence there on the night OF
the l4th. He never recovered from the
shock caused by the recent death of
his wife.
In the audit of accounts follow ing
Gen. Weyler's departure from Cuba,
the thorough nature of his corrupt adj
ministration has come TO light though
the authorities are strenuously trying
To keep defalcation in various depart
ments secret
\ MILWAUKEE dispatch says that
John Il. ketcham and Minnie VILLAGE
Walkup were married in that city by
Rev MIR. Roberts on September "a last
ketcham is the man who died sudden
ly in Chicago a few days since, re-
puted grass widower-
On the 10th Secre tary Alger issued
an order for the retirement of Lieut.
Col. w. +. Waters. deputy surgeon
general. under the so years service act.
WARRANTS were issued for the ar
rest OF officers of the defunct Peoples
savings bank of Lansing, Mich. on the
10th.
The storehouse Of the c. A. Woolsey
paint and color works in Jersey City
collapsed on the 18th. Twenty-Five
people who had been employed in the
structure had sufficient warning by
the swaying and sagging OF the walls
to enable them to escape. and no one
was hurt The loss To the company
will be about s20. 900.
A DISPATCH from st. Petersburg. on
the 10th, said: "All day long fierce
wind from the sea has driven the wa
tiers of the Neva up the stream and
| flooded the canals, the suburban is
lands and outlying portions OF the city.
! Several bridges have been sweptaway,
and the food continues to rise. threat
ening to assume grave proportions.
SENIOR RAMOS and delegation o.
Mexicans Interested in the manufac
ture Of paper near the city of Mexico
inspected the big paper mills at Glen'
Falls. n. Y. on the 10Th. with view
of introducing improved American ma
chinery in their own mills.
THERE was considerable excitement
in the coffee market in Amsterdam
on the 10th. Average spot Java de
| -. n a IL m t..t
fall. This is ascribed To large recei pit
and heavy crops, especially in Brazil
The final act on the part of this GOV
ernme..t in the ratification of the treat
adopted by the recent Universal Posts
congress was taken. on the 10th, whe
President Mckinley signed the form'
conve n ton or treaty, and Secretary {
, State sherman had the govern mel
seal affixed. The treaty takes effe'
January l, 1899.
The arrest of 2s Crotians in Bolivs
a county. Miss. by an agent of the III
: migration bureau is only the begin min
4 OF active enforcement of the alien col
n tract labor law against the import,
). stave cutters and lumber workers
! southern camps.
d PRESIDENT FETrERLoF of Girard co
n lege. Philadelphia. has issued an edi
against football, and henceeorth III
students Of the institution must ke'
off the gridiron. The ban on footba
was the result Of a boys leg bell
broken in "A practice game.
= Miss JESSIE IRENE PEEr pretty al
with "A fortune Of $50, 900. and Afr
- Herrimen, who was formerly the fal
lily coachman, but latterly manager
- the estate of the brides father. nc
. deceased, were married at Millertow
- n. ". on the 18th.
AN immense deposit Of strontain h
=, been discovered in Put-in-Bay islar
l., Lake Erie, aud 90 tons were recent
i, shipped east. The stratum Of sire
=, tain is many acres in extent aud of
!, finest quality. 1t is largely used in
NJ manu- facture OF fireworks.
m TnE president has delegated ii,
~ John W. Foster to act n a spec
"a plenipotentiary OF the United sta
10 TO conduct negotiations for the sett
OF ment OF all questions pending betwe
this country and the Dominion Cove
ment.