The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-01-07

THEODORE BURLocH and Ernestins
Burloch were arrested a. Cliuton, Ia.
on the 2sth, charged with the murder
OF Charles Selhausen, the womans
former husband, in September. The
woman confessed. after arrest, that
she had killed Selhausen, aud impli.
Gated Burloch.
$40. PRUzzArI. Italian minister OF
finance, in "A report To the cham bers,
has recommended the establishment of
a bank in New York city. To be under
the direct supervision Of the Italian
government
HAI.LA and Waldo Crem were AS
phyxiated by coal gas from a stove in
their home at Leipsic. o.. on the 2sth,
during the absence of their mother.
Their bodies were found on the floor
by the mother on her return home.
j. w. HARRIS. North Carolina ne
gro, was arraigned. in New York. ON
the 2sth. on the charge of sending
threatening letters to William X. Van
derbllt, Charles broadway Rouss. John
Wanamaker and other prominent men.
He was committed as vagrant.
srENoGRAPnERs employed by the de-
Tense in the Luetgert case. at Chicago,
have struck. and the defense may have
to depend upon the notes taken by the
states attorneys stenographers If it is
found necessary TO take the case To the
supreme court.
Mrs. MARY ANDERSON and her daugh-
tiers, Edith and Myrtle, aged eight and
five years respectively, were asphyxi-
ated by Illuminating gas in their home
in Chicago.
The widow of Capt. Isaac Bassett,
late assistant doorkeeper o, the United
states senate. died, ON the 2Sth, in
Washing ton.
MAYOR HARRISON of Chicago has is
sued an order prohibiting public box
ing exhibitions in that city. He said
his permission to hold six-round con-
tests had been abused and that fights
were taking place in the city every
night. He said he might rescind the
order after time, but that it would
stand for many months.
By the order of the United States
district court. the remaining assets of
the defunct Maverick national bank of
Boston we're sold at auction, on the
Goth. The securities, which were in
the nature of unpaid notes, executions
and judgments amounting To 5 O95, 500
brought just S42g.
Hon. GEORGE w. PECK. ex-governor
of Wisconsin and author of "Pecsss
Bad Boy has closed contract with
the Southern Lyceun bureau for
limited course of lectures in the south
and middle western states.
The statement OF the condition of
the treasury, on the Goth. showed:
Available cash balance, S245 800, OPS;
gold reserve. si60. 5i2, 995.
The American Folk Lore society
closed its ninth annual convention at
Johns Hopkins university, in Balti-
more. Nd, on the 29th.
The French fleet hoisted the French
flag on the island of Hal Nan on the
goth. The Chinese offered no OPPOSE
ton.
The Russian bark Paul. Capt. Jo-
hannessen. from Hamburg. December |
%, for Savannah. while anchored off |
Altenbrush, about four miles southeast |
OF Cuxhaven, on the 29tii, lost her bow.
spirit, anchor and stem. from collision |
with. the British steamer Lochklom.
mond.
THERE has been fresh outbreak OF |
the plaque in Bombay. especially in
the Mandvie district, where the inhab
itants are seeking safety in fight
There were 81 new cases Of plague and
81 deaths from that disease on the Goth.
The total plague returns from Bombay
up to date are L., PSI cases and IL, $50
deaths