The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-01-07
CURRENT TOPICS.
TIE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

scrlbed as being very irate at the state
ment that his health is satisfactory.
The Turkish government. replying
to the represen tations Of Greece, ha,
explained that the firing upon TIA,
Greek gunboat Actium, by the Turks a
Prevesa, recently, n the vessel wa,
leaving the gulf OF Ambracia. was due
to n Misunderstanding.
BOMB, made Of gas piping and filled
with powder, was exploded ut the Ger
man theater in Olmutl, Moravia. on
the 27th. Little damage was done, but
the incident caused great excitemeni
among the German residents.
PRoF. ALEXANDER MELVILLE BELL,
the distinguished scientist OF Edin-
burg, Scotland. aud the father OF Ora
ham Bell, the inventor of the tele-
phone, will soon wed Mrs. III. q.
Shelby, of Toronto. Ont.
REV. ANDREW MONTGOMERY, better
known as ~ ncle" Andrew. who is
probably the oldest born slave in the
United States, is on visit TO New
York city in behalf of the aged and
helpless of his race
FORMER Vice-President Levi p. Nor
ton has accepted the presidency of the
newly formed Fifth Avenue New
York; Trust Co.
Ii is officially announced that the
Russians have occupied Kin Chow,
China The result of this announce
ment has been TO create CONSERVATION
in Great Britain and throughout con-
tinental Europe.
On Christmas day Mrs. Mckinley
sent a beautiful basket of flowers to
Letitia Tyler Semple. now an inmate
of the home for old women in Washing
ton. Mrs. Semple is the granddaugh-
ter of President Tyler.
The Cook county (Ill.) grand jury, on
the 9th, voted an indictment against
Charles NJ. Charnley. ex-treasurer of
the Presby terian board Of aid for col
leges and academies. The bill accuses
Charnley of the embezzlement OF &c.,
900 of the funds OF the board
LORD SALISBURY has written to
United States Ambassador Hay in re-
Spouse to Americas latest proposal that
Great Britain ter into an agreement
with the United States, Russia and Ja-
pan TO stop sealing. Great Britain de-
clines to enter into such an agreement.
HENRY BARMoRE founder of the firm
Of Barmore & CO., piano manufacturers
of New York, died in Nyach, n. Y. on
the 2sth. aged as years.
REPORTS received at the navy depart
ment indicate that the British govern
ment is pushing the work of moderniz-
ing the great Notifications at the Rock
of Gibraltar with all speed. and that
not less than 5000 Spanish working
men pass daily over the lines to and
from their work on the Qualifications.
The receivers OF the Superior Con-
solidated Land and Coal Co. OF Mil
waukee petitioned Judge Jenkins, in
the United States court. on the 2sth,
for permission to borrow $500, 0O0 the
funds to be used in carrying on the
business OF the company, making inn
provements. etc.
FRED +. FISsTEB and William Muir.
deputy inspectors at Port Huron, Mich.
were removed from their positions, on
the 2Sth, for viol ations of the civil serv-
ice rules in soliciting campaign contri-
buttons.
The famous mechanical pipe-organ
in the rotunda of the Great Northern
hotel, Chicago. was destroyed by fire
n the night Of the 2sth. causing a dam
age OF sS5, 900. OF this amount SIS, 600
was represented by the organ. and
$50, was due to the destruction of
two Worlds fair paintings on either
side OF the organ.
GEN. PANDo has returned to Santiago
de Cuba with the remnant Of the force
used in the expedition to the Canto
river. 1t is estimated that over 900
soldiers persisted in the three fights
with Garcin, and fully an equal num-
Der have disappeared.
SECRETARY ALGER, who Ind been
confined to his room by a sc we're cold.
was decidedly improved. on the 2sth.
and expected to be al the war depart
ment in few days.
The Orange Free State has ratified
the extradition treaty between that
country and the United States. recent
ly negotiated, and has returned the
document to Washington, where it
awaits the action OF the United States
senate.
THE first annual meeting of the Ne |
gro American academy was held in |
ID. C.. on the Ssth. The |
organization was formed year ago,
and numbers among its members some |
OF the most prominent negro educators |
OF Washington.
JAMES SwINBERGER, OF Yates Center,
kas.. was bitten on the leg by q mad |
dog on the 2sth. A maidstone was APP
piled and it adhered to the bitten flesh |
Tor eleven hours. The young man is |
rapidly recovering
ALEXANDER X. SHEPHERD, formerly |
Of Washington, ID. c.. is IN a serious
at Bato Pilas. In the Sierra
mountains, Mexico, as the re-
suit of stroke OF paralysis. lie is re-
puted TO be worth several millions
EXPRESS. IN East India python, was
found In her quarters, at Boston, on
the 2sth. with u litter Of young. 1t is
impossible to say yet how many chill
1rcn there are. but there are probably
- many rs 100.
JOHN PHILIP SorsA'a nau co,,;c |