The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-10-29

Tuy will Of the late George NJ. Pull
man, after making suitable provision
for his wife. divides his immense for
tune equally between his twin sons
and two daughters The sons portions,
however. are To be held in trust. for
reasons that were best known to their
father.
New YORK bankers are considerably
exercised over the mass OF fraudulent
drafts received from various parts OF
the west. drawn on New York banking
and business houses. regular band
of swindlers appears To be operating
through the western states.
SHERIFF ;. IL. LARD. of Riley county
Kas. was shot and instantly killed at
Lconardville by Ike Warren, joints
or ''bootlegger," upon whom he was
endeayoring To serve warrant war
rem was arrested and narrowly es-
capped lynching.
FIRE. ON the Goth. destroyed the bust
ness portion of Osceola, Ark. river
town about fifty miles north OF Mem
phis. 1T is believed the loss will reach
500, 600.
AMANILA dispatch says that acycione
and tidal wave devastated portion oil
the island of Leyte. one of the Phllip-
pine group Several towns and villages
were destroyed and fully 400 natives
persisted.
THERE were 60 new cases of yellow
fever reported in New Orleans ON the
GOTTA record breaker-and six deaths.
Among the latter was Ira L. Britton,
manager of the General Electric Co.
LEO. ID. WEI. of Chicago, well
known for his improvements in photog-
raphy and for his work in illustrated
magazine articles, has become insane
Brooding over Christian science Is said
to have unhinged his mind.
The new stockholders of the Evans
vile a. Richmond railroad. on the 2lst.
elected John K. Walsh president and
Lynn A. Walter, secretary. Many I'M
provements will be made in the road.
By request of Surgeon-tieneral Wy
man. the University of Pennsy ivania
has allowed DR.. Gui teras TO return TO
Alabama to determine yellow fever
cases in that state.
The Indiana Bankers association, in
session at indianapolis. on the 2lst
adopted resolution approving the
monetary commission. The resolution
regards the appoin t'uent a. wise and
expresses the opinion that 1t Will DC
productive of "A plan OF currency and
banking in support of which the peo-
pie can heartily unite.
| LoCHIEI. GRAHAM. So years old. and
said to an ex-captain of the United
States artillery, and To have been
formerly an aide-de-camp OF Maxi
milan was sentenced, at the West >us
sex Eng.) sessions, on the 2lst, To IL
months imprisonment for defrauding
tradesmen at Iorsham. Sussex.
The Turkish government has granted
permission to the Thessaiian refugees
who fled from Thessaly after the inva
sion of the conquering Turkish troops
under Edhem pasha to return to theil
homes through Phourka pass. Monsek'
pass and two other passes. near Irik
hala and Alymra-
The lower house of the Austria un
gary diet. on the 2ist. passed the bill
prolonging for a year the compact en-
tered into in 1867 between Austria an'
; Hungary. and which was renewed II
. 1s7. and again in 1887. and which wa
: upon the point Of expiring.
DR. NEWTON BATEMAN, for IL year
president of Knox college at Gales
burg. H.. and an educator of ma
tional repute, died of heart disease oil
the 2ist.
on the 21st $50 soldiers. sick, wound
tat m
barked at Havana for Spain.