The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-12-09
LATE NEWS ITEMS.


OF Philadelphia, the inventor. WAS adj
mi;ted to probate on the LIST. 1t be-
qucaths the entire estate, which has a
value Of about $4,000. to the widow,
ard also appoints her eNecutriN. No
reference is made in the will to the
mysterious motor. upon which keely
had been working for SO many years
Consul skinner AT Marseiiles re-
ports that DIR. Calmette. OF the Pas
teur institute at Lille France, has dis
covered an anti-vcnomous serum by
means OF which the poisoning from
snake bites can always be checked and
/ death prevented if used within four
hours after being bitten.
! 4 German government official. in an
4 interview on the lst, confirmed the
report that Germany is negotiating
with Spain for the purchase of the
Caroline islands II is understood that
Spain expects TO get lO.O0O,O00 francs
for them, which Germany considers
excessive
Emperor Francis Joseph Of Austria.
ON the occasion Of the fftieth anni-
versary Of his accession 10 the throne,
occurring on the 1st granted full ann
nesty TO all lese majesty prisoners and
RENTED the remainder of the sem
fences Of $40 other prisoners.
VIM. Waldorf Astor has donated
$4,000 towards the fund being raised
in London n the instance OF Gen.
Lord Kitchener. to found the Gordon
memorial college at khartoum. for the
purpose Of educating the inhabitants
% the Soudan.
\ colony of i6 negroes left Okla
homa City. Okla. on the 1st, for liz
IBERIA. 1t j. headed by an intelligent
farmer named Appleberry, who re-
Gently sold his farm on Fork Greek for
$4,000. All have some money.
At Cameron. Wis, child was born
in a poor family named Dunn. The
father. in celebrating the event. be-
came intoxicated. and on returning
home seized the babe and dashed out
its brains.
The Paris Journal Official publishes
degree forbdding the admitrance
/ into France of fruit and plants from
the United States This prohibition
is directed against the San Jose scale.
The dissolution of the United States
of Central America. after a national
existence of less than month. was
announced on the LIST.
The estimates of the total shipments
OF ore from the several ports of Lakes
Superior ard Michigan for the year
ls9s. is 1880, 900 tons.
| IT was reported in Constantinople.
on the ID, that there had been renewed
fighting in lamen, the principal divi-
sion of Ara bia. one of the chief towns
of which is Alden. the British naval
station, on the gulf of that name. The
Turkish troops are said to have suf-
fered a serious defeat between Hodeida
and Sana.
John Il. Tanner. governor of Illinois,
who was indicted for omission of duty
by the Macoupin country grand jury
in connection with the Nirden coal
mine riots. when interviewed. on the
I'd, refused To talk on the subject be-
yond stating his belief that the whole
affair was nothing but a political
scheme.
Mrs. Wm. Mantell, who killed her
husband and attempted suicide in
Alameda Cal. on the night of the I'd,
will recover. She claims TO have been
secretly married 10 Mantell month
ago. She declares that they quar-
relied. and that he had knocked her
down before She shot him.
The French ambassador nj Madrid.
NJ. patcnotrc. on the I'd. handed to the
queen regent Of Spain an insignia of
the grand cross of the Legion of Hon
on. hetowed upon her majesty after
she had decorated VI. Faure. the pres
ident Of France. with the order of the
Golden Fleece.
The sixteenth victim OF the Union
Elevator holocaust at To edo. o., was
found in The ruins. on the Cd. the
body being that Of six-ycar-old Harold
Parks. son IF Supt Parks. who almost
met his death i'm the flames. Four
members OF the family lost their lives
in the fire.
Col. a. ). Hunt. for 20 years night
clerk at ,hc Phoenix hotel in Lcxing
ton. KY. died in Detroit, Mich, on
the "a. He probably knew more peo-
pie than any other man in Kentucky
and was she original Of The Colonel"
in the play "Old Kentucky"
The war department has decided to
adopt at nncc the suggestion Of Gen.
Wood. in command AZ Santiago. that
the removal Of the remains OF Amcri
can soldiers from that section Of Cuba
bc deferred until February NJ the
earliest.
In order 10 relieve the distress in
the West Indies. the British govern
mcnt has decided 10 grant Barbadocs
10000 and st. Vincent f2j.OO0. and
10 lend 10 each the sum Of $4,000.
OniciaI election returns from all
counties in Michigan but two show
Gov. Pingrec's plurality TO be 1881.