The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-07
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

JOSEPH T.. KELLY, charged with the
murder of Cashier Joseph A. S~tic<ncy
of the Great Falls national bank of
Somersworth, n. H., pleaded guilty in
the municipal court Of that city ON the
cath.
FRENCH o~live-oil producers. finding
themselves unable to meet the compe-
tition of the cheaper cotton-seed oils
from America. have begun an agita-
tion to have the tariff increased from
three and one-half cents "a gallon to
seven or eight cents.
JUDGE \. c. MCFARLAND. United
States land commissioners under Presi-
dents Garfield and Arthur. died in To-
peka, kas., on the 26th. aged -.
THEODORE A. HAvEMEYER. vice-pres-
ident of the American Sugar Refinery
Co, died at his home in New York city
on the morning of the 26th.
The passenger steamer City of Grand
Rapids. bound for Chicago. went hard
aground at Mission point. Mich, Oh
the Goth. on a rocky bottom.
The canard concerning alleged ship
ments from Chicago to Europe of horse
meat disguised as salted beef is still cir
culating harmfully in Europe.
A TREMENDOUS stir was created in the
Delaware legislature at Dover. on the
27th, over a charge made by Mrs. w.
III. Acklan, daughter of ex-Judge 4. ID.
Crocker. a millionaire of Cleveland. o..
that a demand had been made on her
by persons directly connected with the
Legislature for 81, 900 tosecure the pass
age of her bill asking for divorce.
A A received at one of the
embassies III London from Athens, on
the 21th. says hat King George of
Greece may at any moment be deposed
or assassinated, and that the mob is
likely TO take possession of the city.
The dispatch adds that the worst is
feared.
FIRE broke out in the Chesapeake &
Ohio Railroad Co.'S pier No. ) at New
port News, Va. at an early hour on
the morning Of the eth. and before
the flames were checked. damage to
the extent of 81. 900. 900 had been done.
MORAN CREINA BLANCn BRUCE. BAR
oNEss ABERDARE. widow of the first
Baron Aberdare. died in London on
the 27th. She was a daughter of the
late Gen. Sir William Francis Patrick
Napier, X. c. Il.
An electric car was thrown from
the track at che corner of East Nor
rison and Eighth streets, Portland,
Ore. on the eth. after which it
plunged into a slough a5 feet below.
Three persons were drowned and Is in
jured.
THE Rio Verde valley. in the state OF
San Luis Potosi. Mexico, was recently
visited by a hail storm. which not only
ruined the growing crops. but caused
great loss of life. Reports have been
received of the killing Of Al persons.
On one hacienda IL farm hands were
killed. Some of the hailstones weighed
over three pounds.
THE Great Pacific group of gold
mines at Pinos Altos, n. M. has been
purchased by the Hearst estate, of San
Francisco, from Bell & Stevens. The
price paid was $3.50. 900, spot cash. Elk
t~ensive improvements will be made.
LOUISE WErsER, a domestic. walking
in the outskirts of Dubuque, Ia, on the
eth, with her mother, attempted tc
stop "A runaway team. Grasping one
horse by the bride, she ran some dis
lance, stumbled and fell in front of the
wheel. The loaded wagon. weighing
three tons, passed over her, and death
was instantaneous.
A REPORT was currentin Paris. on the
eth. that preparations were being
made on King Georges property al
Smidstrup, Denmark. with a view ia
having the castle ready for its owner
In case OF his abdication or deposition.
JAMES CoRsBy and wife, prominent
people OF Mayfeld, Ky, died. on tn,
27th, from the effects Of poisoning. sup
posed to have been gotten through q
can of black berries, eaten for dinner
Both expired in great agony.
A BLIZZARD ragged at Malone. y. ".
on the eth. covering the ground with
six inches of snow. II was one of tn,
hardest storms Of the season.
The first dctachment of the Red Cross
society Of Russia, consisting Of two
doctors and 20 Sisters OF Mercy. with
all that Is necessary for establishing a
hospital with so beds, started for the
seat OF war on the 2sth