The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-06-04
FRANK Mrrrrrn. convicted Of the

| FRANK MUELLER. convicted OF the
murder of his late employers wife and
sentenced To be clectrocuted Column
bus. o., in September. has made "A COM
plcte confession in writing.
one THOUSAND striking New York
tailors resumed work. on the cath, hay
| ing gained the concessions demanded
from the middlemen. Meyer schoen-
field. the leader OF the strikers. said
he did not look for settlement of the
tailors contest earlier than four weeks
hence.
The Society of Architecture Of Bel
| gium has taken the initiative in con
volxing an international congress OF
architects to meet at Brussels August
2s. The United States government is
invited TO send special delegates to rep
resent it in the congress.
THE Ward steamship line has offered
free transportation of all supplies the
government may wish 10 send 10 suffer
ing Americans in Cuba.
FRANK MCCopPIN, postmaster at san
Francisco for the past five years, and
prominent democrat, died, on the
Goth, as the result of surgi cal opera
ton.
Rev. c. 5. WALKrEy. of Springfield.
o., recently appointed United States
army chaplain, received orders, on the
26th, TO report at Fort Harrison. Mont.
The statement of the condition of
the treasury issued on the Goth showed:
Available cash balance. $3.50, 264, 993;
gold reserve. Sl4i OO4. 9s2
CnAs. Il. WILSON. colorei, was
whipped, on the Goth. in Centreville
(Nd.) Jail by the sheriff in fultillment
of the sentence of the circuit court for
Queen Anne county. which condemned
him to 10 days in Jail and Is lashes for
wife beating.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY, on the Goth,
committed to life Imprisonment the
sentence of Dennis Davis. convicted in
the United States court for the west
ern district of Arkansas of murder and
sentenced to hang July -, 1897. The
president found mitigating circum-
stances
THE town of Levanger, Norway on
the Trondhjen Fiord. was almost com
pletely destroyed by fire on the 10Th.
The conflagratior swept away four
fifths of the buildings.
FREDERICK DE LA Tour BooTH-TUck-
ER, commander of the Salvation Army
in the United States. was. on the goth,
convicted of maintaining disorderly
house ut the big army barracks in West
Fourteen street, New York city. Sen
tence was postponed until June S.
Mrs. MARGARET KELLY, of Carroll,
Ia. has just celebrated the one hundred
and seventh anniversary of her birth
She was born in Longford. Ireland. in
1890, and in 1866, shortly after the death
of her husband. came to America. Her
oldest son is more than 81 years of age,
and is living IN Kansas, well and
hearty
THE American members of the COM
mission investigating the death of DIR.
Ruiz in Cuba seem confident that the
findings will be So far satisfactory as
morally to back Consul-General Lees
report upon the case. and at the same
time to justify the claims of the widow
of DIR. Ruiz for damages from Spain.
ADvIcEs from Cuba received at Phila-
dclphia. on the Goth. were to the effect
that Gen. Gomez would temporarily
resign as commander of the insurgent
forces and come to this country as
secretary of war pro tenn" of the Gu
ban republic to confer with President
on the Cuban situation.
GEN. NELSON A. MILES. who left the
United States with the intention of OBJ
serving the Greek-Turkey war. started,
on the Goth, for Athens, with his suite.
The general has abandoned his pro
posed trip to Thessaly.