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

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

EMPEROR WILLIAM, while walking on
the deck of his yacht at Odde, Norway.
on the 18th, as one of the masts was be-
ing lowered was struck a violent blow
on the left eye with rope, causing an
The injury was not serious.
The order of President Cleveland.
issued last February, reducing the
number of pension agencies in the
United States from Is TO 0 is to be re-
voled by President Mckinley
WILLIAM DUFFY. a linotype OPERATOR
employed in the composing-room of the
Philadelphia Enquirer. set in six days
the enormous amount of 469 800 ems of
nonpariel type. His average an hour
was 9,la2 ems. He worked off the hook,
ordinary run Of daily copy.
JOSEPH MORRISON. a farm laborer. has
been arrested at Bridgeton. n. j.. on
the charge of attempting To kill Mrs.
Abbie Meyers aged 20. for whom he
worked. Morrison says that he was
hired TO kill Mrs. Meyers by her rela-
tives.
For more than a month farmers of
Oklahoma have been harvesting nearly
day and night, Sunday included. Wheat
is about all in stack and hundreds of
threshers are running. The wheat
yield for the territory will be far
greater than first expected.
CAPT. Gel, of the Italian Bersagiieri.
a minute may be fired without remov-
ing the weapon from the shoulder.
Tests of the new arm are being made
by the Italian government
Mrs. Z. j. IsBELL was instantly
killed, on the l2th, by falling down an
elevator shaft in the dry goods store Of
Scruggs Vandervoort q Barney in St.
Louis.
By reason Of the breaking of the con-
Meeting rod attached To the governor.
the acton hy-wheel of a pair of Corliss
compound engines of the Tacoma
tWash.) Railway Co, went to pieces, on
the l2th, completely wrecking the
plant and building and causing dam
age to the extent of $50. 900.
A TERRIBLE railway disaster occurred
at Gjentofte, Denmark, about midnight
of the l2th. The express from Bclsin-
goer ran into passenger train stand
ing at the station. wrecked eight car
riages, killed 40 persons and injured
6T others, most of them of the artisan
class.
The big steel bridge uniting Supe-
rior, Wis, and Duluth, Mimi. was
opened for traffic on the 18th, with ap-
propriate ceremonies
OAKLAND. Cal. on the 18th, royallv
entertained 1900 delegates who atten
ded the International Christian En-
deavor convention just closed in San
Francisco.
FAILING to get a formal invitation,
the king Of Siam. who is touring the
world. refuses to visit America.
Ar Springfield. Mass. on the 18th.
between ll:20 a. IN. and 2:sO p. IN. As4.
inches of rain fell.
Ar Danvillc, Ill. on the 18th, about
900 foreign coal mine strikers attacked
= cageful of colored miners as they
reached the top of the shaft with
knives and slaves. but were bested and
driven To the woods. Later the strik-
ers attacked a train on the Chicago Il
Eastern Illinois carrying miners to the
city. The miners inside the coaches
opened fire, and about 80 shots were
exchanged. 1t is reported that one
miner was allied.
The Minnesota board of pardons on
the 18th, decided unanimously not to
recommend the pardon of the Younger
brothers from the saltwater peniten-
tiary, where they are serving life
sentence for the Mortified bank rob
berry and attendant murder of Cashier
Haywood.
PETITION has been forwarded from
the Americans resident in Siam asking
the reappointment of Hon. John Ia
rett. the present consul-general.
The police department Of Kansas
City. kas-, are now working women
prisoners ut the James-street Jail ut
breaking stone, the same as the male
| prisoners
The senate committee on foreign
affairs reported resolution. on the
18th. empowering the president to take
such sufficient action as will secure the
immediate release OF American citizens
now held as prisoners in Cuba, and for
the restoration Of the American
4 schooner Competitor TO her owner.