The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-02

j. =. BARrLKY. ex-treasurer or Me-
braska. on trial at Omaha charged
with embezzlement. was found guilty
on the 2ad.
REPRESENTATIVE CHARLIE, FRANKLIN
>PRAGuE. Of Boston, violated all prece-
dent. ON the 2.d, and astonishcd the
senators and spectators in the gallery
by appearing in the senate chamber at
tired in regulation bicycle suit.
HARRY WALkER was arrested in
Kingston. \. y. on the aod, on a charge
OF robbing. with man named Laney,
the jeweiry store OF VIM. Mcdonnell,
at Newark. \. j., on May 5, OF goa gold
watches and jewclry valued at SIG, 900.
A >ArxIsH fort ON the outskirts of
santiago. Havana province. was cap
tured by force under Col. Rodriguez.
recently. and burned. This fort was a
plague To the Cubans. as il commanded
roadway that they used considerably.
On the sd senator Morgan. of Ala
bama, IL .ro!uced bill To regulate the
annexation of Hawaii To the United
states. 1t is intended. should the
pending annexation treaty fail of rati-
tication by two-thirds majority in the
senate. To accomplish the same thing
by majority votes in both houses, rs
ordinary legislation.
EDWARD STOKES. the slayer of jim
Fisk. Jay Gould's partner, several
years ago, is said to be i'll of a compli-
cation of diseases without hope of re-
covery. He is at Hot Springs. Va. but
will soon go to Carlsbad. Germany.
AT the business session of the national
ssengerfest in Philadelphia. on the Esd.
Brooklyn was unanimously selected
as the next place of meeting.
THE celebrated race horse, Semper
Lex. died at Plymouth. Ind, on the
night of the ed. of burns received
while en- route from Chicago to New
York. He was valued at $4,000.
+. j. RArcLIFFE. the actor. was ar
rested IN Chicago. on the 2Sd. on a
telegram from New York charging him
with wife-beating. The woman was
said To be in a critical condition as the
result of her husbands abuse.
THE Japanese cruiser Iliyie now
used as Il training ship. arrived at san
Francisco. on the Esd. and will remain
in that port several weeks before sail
ing for Honolulu. The vessel was re-
ceived with the customary salutes.
THE special train schedule of the
Denver x Rio Grande road for the
Christian Endeavor movement from
the east was completed ON the gath.
The result was "A gratifying surprise to
the officers of the road, and gave in
timation of a rush of travel wholly un-
expected earlier in the season.
HERR john MEYER. director of the
Hamburg American steamship line,
died in Hamburg on the cath. lie was
about 90 years of age. He had been
connected with the Hamburg American
line for about 80 years. first As secre-
tary for the president and then as q
director.
ROBERT BAUGH. was fatally. and
Joseph Specr and Western Young.
seriously injured. on the 2ith. by the
giving way of rotten timbers near the
roof or the condemned courthouse in
jackson, Mich. which they were help
ing to tear down.
THE nineteenth annual convention of
the Music Teachers National associa-
ton opened in the auditorium of the
Grand Central palace in New York on
| the 24th.
The American Homeopathic. Opthal-
biological. Ontoleogical and Larvn-
geological society. in session in Buffalo.
y. ", on the cath, elected the follow
ing officers: President, VIM. X. King,
Washington, ID. c.; vice-presdent,
Thomas /. Shower, Baltimore: secre-
| frich New York.