The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-10-01

An earthquake lasting several acc
onds was felt in Venice ~ wv o'clock
on the morning OF the alst. No lam
age was done.
TuE directors of the Chicago h
Rock Island Railroad Co. ON the ed, de-
clared a quarterly dividend of per
cent. This is an increase in the dtvi-
idend rate from . per cent basis To \
per cent. basis.
A DISPATCH from Odessa. on the 22d,
said: There ase sinister reports OF
the appearance OF the Indian plague
in northern Caucasus during the last
five days
A SPECIAL dispatch from Rome, on
the I'D. said tina two villages near
Brindisi had been flooded ana 70 per-
sons drowned.
TnE next annual meeting OF the
American Poultry association Wall De
held in Boston, on January Is. 1925.
\ WAsuINGroS dispatch says that the
Union Pacific reorganization commit
tees proposition for the settlement OF
the ~company's debt to the United
states will be accepted, the govern
ment mortgage will be foreclosed, the
road sold and the company reorganlzed.
The governments clam will be salts
fed by the payment of SIS, 0o0, 600.
BETWEEN November. 1895. and May,
1897. the Spanish government sent to
Cuba Isl. 73s soldiers, 6,26l officers, OF
whom 40 were generals, 2l2,oi2 guns,
800. 400 kil~ogrammes of powder, ?a,oss'-
$40 cartridges. Ii. 7l2 swords. 81 can
mons, II mitralleuses and %, 500 shells.
The Madrid government wants to
know why Weyier and Navarro, who
commands the spanish feet in Cuban
waters, have allowed 50 many hhbus-
tering expeditions 10 land IN Suoa'
The arms and medicines received by
the Cubans lately from the United
States will be of great service. and the
supplies were landed almost under the
nose of Spanish soldiers.
The attempt to assassinate Miss Ida
Orme. in London, reveals the fact that
the girls name is Ida Jones, and that
her home is in Bloomington, Ill,
She is quite talented, ana Is the author
of the song "A Lesson in Kissing,
that recently made the lips of all Lon
dor tingle.
PRESIDENT KRUGER of the South
African Republic j. reported sorely
afflicted with Bright's disease, and
NAV not live a year. Nevertheless the
old Boer is laying his plans for re-elec-
ton.
The attack of the tribesmen on Gen.
Sir Bindon Blood's command in India
was SO fierce hat many bodies were
. found near the British cannon.
The yellow fever scare in the south
is causing "a general cleaning up IN
many towns. The demand for Olsen
r fectants is very great.
, MAILS from Texas to northern and
eastern points. on account OF yellow
, fever quarantine, are now going by
way of 81. Louis. Usually the mail fol
the eastern states goes by way OF New
Orleans and the Atlantic seaboard rail
ways. Mail clerks between st. Loui
and south western points complain o
being greatly overworked, and be
u tween St. Louis and T~exarkana hav
not a moments respite.
The officials of the Union iron work
Il at San Francisco expect TO launcl
e the hui, Of the Japanese cruiser CHI
tose early in January. Work on tn
vessel is being rushed along as rapid
as possible.
= BAISBRIDsE. o.. was visited by a dis
astrous coniiagration. on he 23c
.r which destroyed almost an entir
square. containing most Of the prom
nent business houses Of the tow
- several handsome residences, and tn
Methodist church. Two prominer
l. business men persisted in the flames