The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-14
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ADMIRAL MEADE (retired), Y. $. ~,
who had been ill at Washington city
for three weeks. died at DIR. Johnson's
private sanitarium, on the 4th, of grip
aggravated by appendicitis.
A COLLISION occurred off Girdless
lighthouse. on the coast of Scotland.
on the 4th. between the British steam
ers Coldynee and Gringoe. The Colby
nee sank and III of her crew were
drowned.
A MAN named Lawrence. confidential
servant of Mrs. Arthur II. Blair. of
Chicago, has disappeared, and with him
diamonds to the value of $1,000 and
g. 800 in money. He was sent TO make
a deposit in Mrs. Blair's safe-deposit-
box. but took the contents instead and
skipped.
GIN. SMOLENsKI say that Prince
Constantine ordered the Greek retreat
from Matt and that the order was a
blunder. Prince Constantine says that
he did not order "A retreat, but that as
commander-in-chicf he assumes the re-
sponsihility for it.
FIVE anarchists. convicted of p%artici-
patton in the bomb outrage of June Z
last. at the feast of Corpus Christi, were
shot TO death at Barcelona, Spain. on
the 4th. They died shouting: Long
live anarchy"
THE senate. on the 4th, passed the
bill to provide for free homes on the
public lands for actual and bona tide
settlers. known as the free homestead
bill;' yeas. ~; nays, IL. +.
JAMES III. ALDRicn, the defaulting ex-
cashier and paymaster of the Kansas
CITY. Fort Scott x Memphis railway
and its branches, appeared in the Grim
inal court at Kansas City. Mo, on the
9Th. pleaded guilty to the charge of
enlightenment, and vas sentenced to
two years in the ~penitentiary.
THE beautiful residence at Winwah
Park. near New Rochelle. y. y, of
President Green of the Columbia Navi-
CATION Co.. was burned, on the 9Th,
causing a loss of $1,000 900, including
many valuable pictures.
For the first time in ten years there
are open saloons in Topeka, kas.. and
as a result something of a rebellion
has been started against the present
state administration.
The statement of the condition OF
the treasury, issued on the 9Th, showed;
Available cash balance. $3.50, los, 500:
gold reserve, S14s, Az, 412.
JOHN T.. KUNzE, The Little German
of Cronin trial fame, was convicted in
Judge Payne's court in Chicago, on the
5th, of operating a confidence game.
The jury fixed his punishment at i'm
prisonment in the penitentiary. He
will be given an indeterminate sem
tence.
WHILE moving n pile of rubbish or
George Haugburn's farm. near Cando.
n. d., on the 9th. the dead body of
VIM. Bryan was discovered. The top
of his head was crushed. indicating
murder. Mr.. Bryan claimed to be a
second cousin of VIM. j. Bryan, and
was undoubtedly murdered for his
money.
A SPECIAL dispatch from Athens as
serts hat the losses of the Greeks in
the fighting at Velestino and Pharsa-
los. on the 5th, were certainly 1000
killed and wounded. while the Turks
lost fully 5000 killed and wounded.
On the 9th the liquidating trustees OF
the Standard Oil trusts declared a
quarterly dividend of 80 cents and an
extra dividend of : per cent. payable
June Is.
ELEVEN men were drowned. on the
9th. through an inflow of water into
the Kelloe colliery, at Durham, En-.
gland.
THE Turks occupied Pharsalos on
the 9th.