The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-14
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

THE town of Pulaski, Va, was sev-
erely shaken by an earthquake soon
after noon on the Sd. No damage re-
suited, but the people were terribly
frightened.
HEstatemcnt of the associated banks
of New York city for the week ended on
the list showed the following changes:
Reserve. decrease. $40. 275; loans, in
crease, S9s4, 500; specie, increase, $780,
600; legal tender. decrease, s77. 200; de-
posts, increase. 81, 079. 100; circulation,
decrease, S3I0. 100.
The United States consul at Guade-
loupe, West Indies, photographed to h
state department at Washington, un-
der date of April 20, from Point Apitre,
as follows: Severe earthquake; loss
heavy; many injured"
On the LIST the associated banks of
New York city held s4s. OF, 625 in ex-
cess of the requirements of the 25-per-
cent. rule.
MILLER III. SPANGLER. one of the
pioneers Of Cleveland, o., died on the
Cd, at the age of 81.
On the Sd the president sent the fol-
lowing nominations To the senate.
Robert n. Patterson. of Tennessee. to
be consul-general at Calcutta, India,
and Stanton Sickles. Of New York. to
be secretary of legation at Madrid.
MAINE men won lasting laurels by
their heroic and successful efforts at
life-saving during the recent great
food at Guthrie. okla
FOREST fires are starting up again
around Ashland. Wis. A big fire was
raging across the bay. on the Sd. and
another was threatening Brule ON
the Northern Pacific.
The statement of the condition of
the treasury. issued on the Sd, showed.
Available cash balance, S2al, pa. 22l;
gold reserve. S14g, coo. 337.
FIRE broke out at 4 p. m. on the 4th,
IN a crowded charity bazar in Paris, al
which the flower of the old French
aristocracy were present. An indie.
scribable panic ensued. as a result OF
which hundreds of lives were lost, the
bodies of a large portion, including
many titled ladies, prominent church
men and women. being incinerated.
Latest reports put the loss of life a.
$50.
JOSEPH r. DUNLOP. publisher Of tn,
Chicago Dispatch. left Chicago. on The
4th. in custody of Deputy Marshal John
A. Logan, for Joliet. to begin his two
years term in the penitentiary.
EDWIN +. THoRNE, the actor. died il
New York city on the 4th, after a lonl
illness.
A SPECIAL from Webster City. Ia, OF
the Sd, said: 1t is given out that tn
! amount of Cashier II. III. Espes' defal
cation from the Savings bank of Rad
I cliffe is in the neighborhood of sis, 600
Espes has left for parts unknown.
COLLECTOR KILBRETH Of New Yorl
z city received from Secretary Of tn
Treasury Gage, on the 4th, a series O
! regulations aimed to prevent the i'm
! portation Of spurious and adulterate
teas. The new regulations. whic'
must be put into effect at once, provid
: for the expectation or destruction Of al
I teas which do not come up to the stand
: ard fixed by the new regulations.
ACCORDING to official reports RI
. ccivcd at the palace in Havana, on tn
! Sd. "a battles were fought the previou
day, a. follows: In Santiago, 81,
Puerto Principe, two; Santa Clara, ter
Matanzas. six; Havana, two, Pinar q,
Rio. eight. The aggregate losses. 2
officially reported, were: Cubans, !
r killed, % prisoners; Spanish.
wounded.
GEN. HORACE PORTER, United State
O ambassador to France. sailed for h
n post on the 9Th. Previous TO his a,
parture he was presented with n bear
O tiful silver-bound illuminated album b
his friends of the Union League club ,
New York, whose names. after those {
President Mckinley and cabine
adorned the pages