The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-09-24
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.


lie CUBAN lnnlA OF NcN inhA mas
had coined / 900. 600 haJdsomely-de-
signed liver souvenir dollars for which
the demand is SO great from all sec
tions of the country the junta Is unable
To supply it, Cornelius Vanderbilt aud
John Jacob Aston. OF New York. took
500. 900 OF these dollars at face value.
The London Chronicle of the 18th
saws: I'VE are enabled TO state that
there is no ground for the suggestion
that the Bank of England contemplates
holding one-ifth of its reserve in sill
YER
The important town of Consolation
del sur. in Pinar del Rio province, was
attacked recently by Cuban insurgents
and the whole garrison. composed OF
200 volunteers from Havana, slain by
the revolutionists-
A LETTER from juneau. Alaska un-
der date OF September q. tells of the
lynching of William q. Martin, OF Mis-
souri,, for stealing food at Lake Ben
nett. The tragedy occurred on Sep
tember <.
The steamer Humboldt arrived. on the
10Th. AT DfAllAts OtAA 49, ~'A+N%A
aels, bringing i4passengers and about
SIS. 900 in gold. The Humboit also
brought the news that the side-wheel
steamer Eliza Anderson. from Seattle.
which was reported lost, was safe at
Dutch Iarbor.
sPLESErIc fever has broken out
among the cattle in the vicinity of Me
nj ri ~ IN head
have died from it. A peculiarly of the
disease is that it attacks only year
lings. Cattle men are much worried
over the malady.
JosEPH koPPEL. of ST. Louis, looked
down the elevator shaft in the YER
steeg-Grant Shoe Co.'S store when the
elevator descended. scalping him and
fracturing his skull. inhicting proba-
bly, fatal injuries.
News has been received at Seattle.
from Alaska. that the steamer Eliza
Anderson, bound north with gold hunt
ers and supplies, has been lost with all
on board.
A HURRICANE. terrific in its velocity.
struck Port Arthur. Tex. at an early
hour on the evening of the l2th. Six
persons are known to have been killed.
while many others were injured.
were blown down and great
was wrought. Several other
towns on the gulf coast were nearly
wiped ont.
THE villages OF Los Melones. Mejia
and san Pedro, west of Las Tunas.
-.
trocha. have been taken with little re-
sistance from their small forts by the
insurgent vanguard of Gen. Calixt to
Garcia
The British war Office has notified
the ameer of Afghanistan's Londcr
commercial agent that no war material
or machinery for the manufacture there
of will be allowed to cross the frontier
of Afghanistan during the present
crisis.
HoS. HASSIs TAYLOR the retiring
American IN mister. presented his letter
of recall TO the queen regent of Spain.
at San Sebastian. on the 18th. and in
doing SO made a short complimentary
speech. Half an hour later the queen
FtCclNcu btu- OicWaft L. Noouioih'
the new minister.
SURGEON WAsDIS. who has been al
ocean Springs, Miss. for some time,
was taken III on the 18TH This infor'
nation came from Surgeon Murray,
who did not state the nature OF the i'll
ness, but it is supposed TO be yellow
fever.
SURGEON GUITERAs. the yellow fevel
expert reported. on the 18th. To Sur
geon-General Wyman from Mobile
Ala: Have found one case of yellow
fever at the city hospital. Norwegian
who has not been out of city; probabi.
fatal termination. One suspicious case
/ apprehend serious outbreak"
Col GurAv PABsT. son of tn
Milwaukee millionaire brewer, wa
married at Nentnor. Isle OF Wight o
the l4th. to Miss IIilda Lcmp daugi
ter of the millionaire brewer. w. .
Lcmp. of s. Louis
Rev. JAMES e. X. MCCLURE was, O
the l4th, elected president of LAX
Forest university at Chicago.
THREE masked bandits stood te
Omaha (Neb.) citizens up in line at a
early hour on the morning OF the lSt
and relieved each of from $40 To $40
The victims were members OF a soci'
party who had taken possession of
beer garden for a little entertainment
A WOMAN, demented and almost mud
was found in the woods near Metro
Park, Cook county. Ill. on the LIT
by some farmers. The woman was
n terrible condition from exposure nj
privation. having been living in Il
woods for at least a month. Her d
scription is said to tally in many I
spects with that of the missing MI
Luetgcrt
Col. ). HARVEY. of Colorado Sprins
Col, took from Cripple Creek, on I
isth. a piece of ore weighing over
pounds. which was literally alive wi
free gold. and which carried values .
, gregating fully sloc, 900 to the ton
/ On the i4th the president appoint
1 Daniel Il. Haincr. Of Pcnnsylvan
= United States district attorney for t
4 western district Of Pennsylvania n
: Hainer was formerly member OF q
Q gress.
ADvIcEs from St. Michaels say tina
gang of burglars attempted to era
e the big safe of the North Amcric
" TranSportatiou a Trading On nj N