The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-12-03
TOPICS.
The NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

Iron Co at Trenton. y. J., on the -ls'.
seeking a place to sleep. lie clmpeu
into an oven. and later the night
,,atehuan started fire in the furnace
with which the oven was connected
The heat awoke Conyery. and ms cries
attracted the Waterman, who release"
him from his dangerous position men
taken out of the oven. Convery IeAl un-
conscious 10 the floor.
TnE state department makes pubic
the fact that since the beginning of the
r-.sent administration. March :, the
releases OF - Americans immured IN
spanish prisons in Cuba have been oo-
/ tanned.
The very noticeable improvement IN
the health of Mrs Mckinley the SUI
iect of frequent comment IN Washing
ton. The gain has been steady ever
since she arrived At the White House
nine months ago.
A GREAT fire. doing damage esu-
mated at s.. 900 OOo. visited Melbourne
Australia. on the 2lst. 1t started IN
the warehouse OF Craig Williamson IN
riizabeth street, in the very heart oil
the city. and burned the entire BLOCKS
bounded by Elizabeth. Flinders anu
swanston streets. and Flinders iane'
with the exception of two buildings
carr r. CHAPMAN. for y wears
monument ship owner of san tranels-
90 died on the 2is,. at his SUBURBAN
r residence near Oakland
A VIGILANCE committee has been
fromed at sloatsburg. y. H.. TO run
: down a gang of train wrecNers ana
7 burglars that have operated ia tha'
a neigh borhood Of late.
TnREE overdue deep water ships ar
: rived at san Francisco on the 2ist-
They were the Italian ship ORIENT -ol
DAYS from Newcastle. England 'he
British snip Cawdor Isl days from
Swansea. aud the ship lieath0ank from
Hong Kong. Ten per cent. of the IN
surance had been paid on the heath-
; bank ana l2is on the other two
THE royal decree for the establish
ment OF autonomy in Cuba was SUB
mitted to a Spanish cabinet couhe'
on the 22d.
MRs. NJ. A. TRGG. aged 81 years, and
: her ten-year-old daughter. Ethel. los'
their lives in fire tina; destroyed theii
i residence in Topeka, Kas.. on the 2lst.
a A son escaped with broken leg jump
!. ing from a second-story window
= DIR GUrrERAs. the yellow fever ex
merit. expresses the opinion that yellow
fever was imported TO this countr.
o. from Havana, which port always ma
IN haen n menace to the health OF tn
as United States.
h The grand jury. con vened in specia
ne session in Taunton. Mass. on the I'D
no found indictments against W. sha
ut and Frank Ford, common councilme
OF Fall River. for soliciting brides !
connection with the awarding oil col
re- tracts for furnishing school.
ne SAN FRANCISCO and Puget SCUM
nd gam lers are preparing to reap Mo-
ne dixie harvest on a scale scarcely le
IL extensive than. the big transportatic
IN eompanies. They will open big hote
ed and gambling resorts from St Miehae
TO Dawson and at Dyea- Weangel al
Juneau.
'A JoHS DENMARK. a farmer, was SIN
q while sitting in his arm chair IN .
dining-room of his home near "
Etten. y. V, on the 2ist. The muzz
Of a double-barreled shotgun W
n.e forced through the glass in windo
:, and at short range the murderer I'D
dark blazed away with both barrels
GEN. ALBERT oRDwAY. OF Washir
r;or ton. died at the Hoffman house. ~
the York. on the 2lst-
ties Angel. PAz. who betrayed the Cut
ing Gen. Castillo to the Spaniards Tor
on 900. was recently captured by the
nan surrents on his way To ClenfueR
ant tried by a drumhead court-martlal
int hanged.
800 TaE United States treasury. on
ord. received from the reorganiza'
- committee Of the Union Pacific 7
way sl3.645.2so in cash on accoun
- he nurchase of the road. and tur
80 over to the committee that amount
ora bonds which had been on deposit
.nd the government in the sinking fun
and the ROAD.
49, carr. LEoxARD A. LOWERING. OF
~ Fourth infantry. stationed at
sheridan, Ill. appeared before a co
martial at that post on the I'D
stand trial on the charge of cone
preiudicial TO good order aud mill
discipline the specific charge b
~. the causing of Private Hammond
dragged over the ground by tue
= ~ from the guard house to the oih'
!. ~. the regimental adju,ant
SENTENCE of six years and
months each, at hard labor. In
eastern pcnitentiary and the cost
the prosecution was imposed by .
,.r;s. Butler. in the Unitvd states DIS
,nosea court at Philadelphia, on the
av,d.. upon John IL. Meixell. ex-cashier
iss;on Willie T.. Hoch. ex-teller OF the
s,an. bethlehem pa national bank.
The OF whom pleaded guilty to ennis
. IN he ment-
. dan HERBERT WIswALI- Boston
,or,s. talist, who fell down stairway
Grand theater at Atlanta Ga, re
liz. died on the gid. An inquest b
women coroners jury found that the fal
hra,.d accidental. The remains were sh
Ter In to Boston.
!. oath Mrs. OREn.Ly. widow OF the
: the John Boyle OReilly. the patriot
- wif. and editor. died at her home in Is
.r.,arv on the 22d. of pneumonia