The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-12-10
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

ed, on the Goth, for trying to publish
clandestinely an editorial of AL Cor
reo.' Of Madrid. the publication or cir
culation of which had been prohibited
The navy department has sen I orders
to the United States ship Alert. now
at San Francisco. TO proceed to Brito
Nicaragua. This place is at the
western terminus of the proposed
Nicaragua canal, and the vessel will be
kept there in readiness. TO cooperate
with the canal commission.
The British steamship Kensington,
Capt Fraggett arrived at Philadel.
phia, on the 2sth, from London after a
tempestuous voyage that lasted all the
way to the Delaware capes. Her decks
were broken, bridge smashed, stanch-
ions bent and twisted and her entire
deck cargo Of 80 drums of naphtha and
large quantity Of phosphorus washed
overheard.
On the 2sth the associated banks Of
New York city held S22, 500, OPS In ex-
cess Of the requirement Of the 25-per-
cent rule.
ARCHBISHOP KEANE, former rector of
the Catholic university at Washington ,
was received by the pope on the 29th.
His holiness congratulated the bishop
upon the abnegation with which. in a
letter to the pope, he renowned his
claim to be included in the list of can
didates for appointment to the arch
bishopric of New Orleans.
As A result OF the confession made by
Oliver Provost, alias Gauthier, now
confined in Jail at PEN broke. Ont,
Mrs. Gauthier was arrested. on the
Goth. charged with having poisoned
and then cremated Rene Debin and
Fred Carriere at Port Arthur, Ont, in
February last.
OLE HALvERsoN. who was shot at
Inkster, n. d.. by Miss Mary Luxton,
died on the Goth. He was conscious
until death. and begged that Miss
Luxton might not be prosecuted. as he
alone was to blame.
A TERRIBLE railway wreck occurred
ut Warsaw. Russia, on the 30th. While
a passenger train was stationary at the
terminus a heavy freight train crashed
into it, owing to the error of a points
man. Eleven persons were killed out
right and % others were seriously in
jured.
THREE men. who represented them
selves A. detectives, entered the home
of Mrs. Mary Eppinstein, 4444 Wabash
avenue, Chicago, on the Goth, and after
beating Mrs. Eppinstein with revolv-
ers and locking her in q room. made
away with her diamonds, valued in all
at 81. 900.
Ex-COSGREssMAN EPHRAIM NJ. Woo
MA. died in Lebanon. Pa, on the Goth,
OF Brights disease, at the age of 5a. A
widow and one son survive him.
ASSIGNEE ARNOLD has gone through
the books of the defunct Bank Of En-
glish, Ind, and its branches, and
finds sufficient funds to pay the claims
in full and leave asurplus Of S25. 600.
The Bristol City line steamer Exeter
City. which arrived at New York. on
the sOth. from Bristol and Swansea,
fell in with the British schooner Elite,
Capt. Hargrave. dismasted and in a
condition. rescued the crew OF
five men and brought them safely to
port.
ORE dock No. l. of the Chicago &
Northwestern railway. at Escanaba,
Mich, one Of the largest in the world,
was burned. on the 30th, together with
the steamer Nahant, which was lying
alongside. Two lives were lost.
OFFICIAL reports from Havana have
IL that only four insignificant skir-
mishes have taken place recently be-
tween Spanish troops and insurgents
FRANK A. KEITH and Maggie God
frey committed suicide together in
Lowell, Mass. on the 30th, by inhsl-
ing gas. They were penniless.
On the 3Oth Secretary Alger stated
that he had finally decided To approve
the sentence of the court-martial ia the
Lowering case.
The imperial German budget for
Is9s-99 balances with an expenditure
OF |, s37, i39.9 19 marks. 1t includes an
increased expense for the Office OF the
imperial chancellor, bringing his sal
airy up to the amount which he re-
ceived as stadthalter of the reichland
1t includes, also, a large increase for
the army and navy.
On the LIST the secretary of the navy
finally accepted the Battleship Iowa aud
the torpedo boat Foote.
The l.. J. Lobdell bicycle rim fac
tory, at Marietta, o., was burned To
the ground on the LIST. Some depart
ments were running, and the men i'm
mediately turned on the factory stream,
but without avail. Large quantities
of benzine and paint were saved ut
great risk TO the firemen.
THE rumor that John q. Carlisle. ex-
secretary OF the treasury, intends
to settle in New York. City. has been
strengthened by the report that the
house at No. 4 Washington square,
has been rented. furnished, to Mr..
Carlisle for the winter.
THE West Vancouver Coal CO., In
which ii. c. Holiday and ether san
Francisco capitalists are interested, is
q bout to develop its coal mines az the
north end OF Vancouver island and en-
tablish a coaling station for Alaskan
steamers.