The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-23
REPRESENTATIVE SIMPSON. Of Kan

REPRESENTATIVE SIMPSON, OF Kan
sas. on the isth. introduced In the
house resolution directing the speak
er to appoint committee of five To in
vestigate the Sugar trust
TnE California mine one Of the most
famous OF the lost mines of southwest
California. has been undiscovered after
untold hardships and sutferings, by
two prospectors.
Two LARGE reservoirs in the FishlSill
mountains. which supplied water to
the towns of Matteawan and Fishkill,
burst their walls, at two o'clock ON the
morning Of the lith, and the water that
was released swept through the
Duchess valley, causing the death of
several persons and destruction of
much property.
Ex-CoRoNER JAMES MciIALE. for
years prominent figure in Chicago
and Illinois state politics, died in Chica-
20, on the 18th, of dropsy. lie was 81
years old.
FRANK McLAUGmIN, proprietor of
the Philadelphia Times, died of rheu-
matte govt at his residence in Phila-
delphia on the i4th.
JAMES T.. BERRY, formerly of GLOW
ersville. \. ". who posed As a million
aire and scattered his money lavishly
in the west. gaining a wide reputation
as spendthrift, has returned to GLOW
ersville apparently strapped.
The Athens correspondent of the
London Telegraph claims to know that
the powers are considering n scheme
by which Russia, Austria and Great
Britain will cooperate TO coerce Tur-
key.
TRAFFIC on the Boston & Maine rail
road was temporarily suspended. on
the l4th, by the washing away of
bridges. cave-ins and slides, due to the
series of cloudbursts which swept over
New Hampshire.
AT the session of the Republican Ma
tional League clubs in Detroit, Mich,
on the lith, Leonard j. Crawford. of
Kentucky. was elected president.
Omaha was selected as the place of
meeting in 1895.
The arbitrators of the coal miners
strike were in high glee on the night
of the l4th. and said they were on the
road TO a settlement of the troubles in
the Pittsburgh district. and conse-
quently the settlement of the strike.
The ninth annual session of the
Transmssissippi congress convened at
Salt Lake City, Utah, on the 1ath. The
delegates Were warmly welcomed by
Gov. Wells of Utah and Mayor Glen
denning of Salt Lake City.
-
WORTH, of Illinois, died in Washington,
on the 18th. from an affection of the
lungs, at the age of n years.
JONI ScoTT OLIVER, the California
deputy sheriff who was indicted in
New York recently for abduction. at
tempted suicide in the Tombs prison,
on the 18th. by thrusting lead pencil
hurt This was his second attempt at
suicide since his arrest.
THE Crescent tin-plate mill at Cleve-
land, o., was closed down in every de-
partment on the 18th. The heaters re-
fused.togo TO work, and without them il
was impossible TO operate the mill.
The company decided to shut down
indie finitely.
MARQUETTE, Mich, Father Mar
quette's namesake city, held a great
celebration. on the 18th. in honor of
the unwilling of bronze monument
to the explorer and priest.
CONTROLLER FITCH of New York
made advertisement, on the 18th. for
the sale of gold bonds for the city of
New York amounting to $40. O53 Ol.27
The bonds will bear three per cent
interest.