The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-02-12

on the let the president reappointed
Martin A. Knapp, of New York, 10 oe
interstate commissioner.
Four men who were cut on from es'
cape by fre in the TamaracS mine. a,
Houehton, Mich. were, on the "a,
abandoned 10 their fate, orders oein 4
issued To seal up the shaft. the attempt
TO pump air in 10 the eutombed miners
having only resulted in increasing the
fury OF the flames
Ar All saints cathedral, Albany, y.
Y. DR.. James Dow Morrison. rector Oh
It Johns church. Ogdensburg, was.
on the Cd. conseerated bishop of the
Episcopal missionary diocese OF Du-
luth.
The state house AT Harrisburg. Pa,
was DESTROYED by tire. on the ga. en-
failing a loss of $1,000. 900; insurance,
$500, 600:
TuE big works OF the Case Thresh-
ing Machine Co, at Racine, WIS, VIII
resume operations on the sth. Ihey
have been closed for STA months. Sew
eral hundred men will be given em-
ployment
A I'M
of Arlington, O.. was destroyed by hre
on the I'd. Six business firms Were
burned out, and one family barely es-
capped with their lives
PRESIDENT HARPER of the University
OF Chicago announced at the chapei
services. on the Cd, that Lady Aoer'
deem, wife Of the COVE rnor-general OF
I Canada. would be the convocation
orator at the university commence
ment exercises in the Auditorium April
/. Lady Aberdeen will have the honor
/ of beng the first woman chosen for
such an occasion in this country.
THE house committee on patents, on
the sd. ordered favora bly, reported the
bill amending the copyright law SO as
10 preyent the fraudulent use of the
word copyright" and to strengthen
the law In this direction, it gives the
courts the remedy OF injunction as
well as penalty in such cases.
The ice gorge in the Ohio river al
Cincinnati broke. on the Sd, as did also
the gorge in Licking river, and the
packet Henry NJ. Stanley and 2
barges we're swept out into the cur
rent of the Ohio The Stanley was
rescued while drifting down the Ohio
WHAT is called Christian theatel
will be opened in Paris for the pur
pose Of producing highly artistic Int
erary and moral plays, which. it is an
nounced, Catholics may attend with
out having their faith insulted-
ADyIcEs received by the authorize
in Constantinople. on the 3D., indicate
that the bubonic plague has made it
appearance at Djivadir, Beloochistan
THE ls-year-old son of Druggis
Dreis. of st. Paul, Mimi, threw
SNOWFALL, on the Sd, at a man in cut
ter. The ball, striking the horse
caused it TO run away, and this re
suited in three other runaways, caus
ing considerable damage. Two of tn
victims called on Mr. Dreis, on th
4th. for payment, when the latter re
tired to his office without word an
sent a bullet through his brain.
THE American Coffee Co. was incor
porated at Trenton, y. j., on the 4tt
. with capital stock of $1,000 Tn
incorporators are Henry o. Havemeyel
John +. Searles. John Z. Parsons al
, Theo. Havemeyer.
! The Fairfield ship-building work
In Glasgow were burned on the <tt
loss $50, 600. and 5000 men were throw
out of employment
Much alarm is felt throughout lndi
owing to the spread of the plague
Cases have been reported as far mort
as Delhi and as far south as Bang
( lore.
q The bank of England reduced j
/. rate of discount, on the 4th, from 3
to 3 per cent.