The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-21

PERSONAL AND GENERAL

THINGS have come TO such a pass IN
Athens that the members of the royal
family can not leave the palace with
out being subjected to insult in the
streets Even the queen and Processes.
when they visit the hospitals, are not
exempt
ROBERT H.. MARTIN. formerly treas
urer of the Columbia university of
Washington city, has been arrested on
charges of embezzling funds of the in
stitution.
Mrs MARY L. WILCOX. who was born
in the White House during Jackson's
administration. has resigned her clerk
ship in the treasury department. She
is the widow of Representative Wilcox.
of Mississippi. and is over 50 years of
age.
Mrs KATHARINE CRoSIy, of New
Ross, Ind, celebrated her golden we'd
ding. on the 9TH, by filing suit for di-
vorce from her wealthy husband. Cor
nelius Cronin. whom she married in
England so years ago.
The Mallory line steamer Leona-
which left her pier at New York On the
sth. bound for Galveston. tool fire at
sea, put back and arrived in port on
the night of the 9th. with 10 corpses
on board. of which IL were Storage
passengers and three members of the
crew. all of whom had been burned
TO death while imprisoned below
matches.
The schooner Annie f. Rudolph.
from Camden. y. j.. for Boston. with
iron pipe, was sunk off Nauset, Cape
Cod, on the 9th. by colliding with the
tug Paoli. and Capt. Gardiner and Mate
Smell. both of New Jersey. and a sea
man were drowned. Steward George
Brown and Seaman johnson were
saved. The tug was uninjured.
SENATOR DEBoE's call at the White
House. on the sth. was for the purpose
of urging the president TO appoint DIR.
Hunter, Of Kentucky. to a leading
foreign mission, probably Chill.
BARONESS HIRscH is said to be the
donor of the 93,. 500 francs tSls7 500
anony mously received by the commit
tee of the charity bazaar. the scene of
the recent terrible fire in Paris. This
sum, together with the proceeds of the
first days sale before the fire.. a.. 500
francs $ $500. exactly equals the re-
ceipts ofthe bazaar in 1896. thus enabl-
ing the committee To distribute its
funds to~charitable purposes as before.
The body of Marie Flood was found
in the Ohio river at Cincinnati, on the
10th. and identified. She was a promi-
neEt Sister of Charity and escaped from
Mount Adams convent over a month
ago. She was evidently demented.
III is learned through a private "a
biegram hat Miss Marie de Comeau.
formerly OF Staten Island. n. T.. was
amocg the victims of The late Paris
fire.
has signed the law abolishing capital
punishment FROM and after July ]
next
WHILE Harry Flynn was drowning In
Lake Michigan. on the 9th. in full view
of hundreds of spectators in Lincoln
park, Chicago Albert Mattarl. one o.
the observers, suddenly pitched for
ward on his face.dcad. Ills death was
ascribcd To excitement. caused b,
watching the struggles of the drown
ing boy.
a REQUIEM mass for the repose Of the
souls Of the victims of the recent fire
| at the charity bazaar. was celebrated. Oh
: the 9th. in the cathedral Of Notrc Dame
in Paris.
THE United States senate. on TIN
: 10th. agreed to the resolution directing
, the commerce. committee to inquir,
into the cause Of the recent Mississippi
. river floods and to report next Decem
Der.
CAPT. JosEpH KING. who said he wa
LOG years old. died. ON the 10th. at hi
home in Lansing, n. Y. He claimed
r 70 be Of Indian descent.
THE supreme court of the Un,tc'
States. on the 10th. denied the petition
for n rehcaring in the Trans issous
: association case.
. THE grand jury Of the crimina
branch Of the United States circui
= court in New York city. on the 18th
indicted Capt Edward w Reed OF tn
ship Il. y. Cakes for maliciously. an
I without justifable cause. withholdin,
food from the crew Of his vessel ol
: the voyage from Hong Kong to New
York.
!. An explosion occurred. on the 10th. a
Z the Snaefcll lead mine on the Isle o
. Man Seventeen miners were killed.
THE statement OF the condition q
e the treasury. issued on the 18th
showed: Available cash balance, S229,
O0s -ka. cold rescrvo gfA- asa sc-