The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-11

The month II January closed with
nearly 81. 00o. 0eO on the right side Of
the government ledger. TO bc exact,
the receipts for the month exceed the
expenditures by S9>i. das.3
koACH's shipyard at Chester. Pa.
concluded q contract. on the Isl. 10
build for the standard OIL Co the larg-
est tank ship ever constructed IN TINS
country. The ship will be Sdi feet in
length. - feet beam aud 2s feet deep
and will be built Ia carry oil in bulk.
GERMANY. according In special dis
patch from Shanghai. has demanded
that Port Arthur and Ia-L.en-Nan DC
made free ports.
TuE most violent storm known since
1851 swept the shores OF Cape Ann,
Mass. aud vicinity. on the lst. causing
heavy loss Of life. anu about $3.50. O'1
property damage. More than dozen
vessels went ashore near Gloucester. al
least four more are lost. and many 9TH
er, damaged.
LKSTE. A. ErARDsLEE. rear admiral
OF tue United States navy, ia. been re-
tired on account az age. lie was the
second ranking officer IA the navy. and
n the date OF his retirement was sta-
toned in Washington a. president OF
the examining aud retiring boards
QUIET negotiations are said 10 have
been going on in The senate for several
DAYS. looking 10 sens1ticral cosnDl-
nation OF the friends of both Hawaii
and Cuba. with the object in view of
preci pitating crisis ON both ques-
tions-
FIEE which broke out in the fourth
story of the retaining plant of the
United States Rubber Co. at Manga
tuck. Conn. on the night of the lst.
practically destroyed the entire plant
entailing a loss of more than 500. 900,
partly insured
The Carnegie-Oliver Mining Co,
operating four OF the largest iron
mines ON the Gogeoic range. in Wis
consin. and employing l.5JJ men. has
announced an increase OF ten per cent
in the wages OF ali their employees
The British steamer Channel Queen.
plying between Plymouth and the
Channel islands. struck on Neir Rocher.
off the island of Guernsey, on the lst.
keeled over and soon after sank. Nine
teen lives are said 10 have been lost
Lucy TAYLOR the 3J-year-old daugh-
ter of Walter Taylor. clerk in the
treasury department in Washington.
Jumped from a seeond-story window.
ON the night Of the lst. and. failing to
kill herself, ran. almost nude, through
the streets IL was half An hour be-
fore she was found. during which time
her father had hanged himself. lie
was cut down and rrmoved To hos
pital Both are likely 10 recover.
A BLovD-sTAISED coat belonging to
a. ID. storms. who is charged. at Bur
lington. la. with numbering Mrs
Rath burn and her daughter. was found
on the 81. There was much feeling
against storms, but little probability
of trouble.
A. l.. WILDER, 4 prominent railroad
man. and superintendent Of the Mis-
souri, end Kansas Car Service assocla-
ton, lied at Topeka kas-. on the Sd.
from Brigh:'s disease, aged Ga. lie was
for many years car accountant of the
| Santa re.
DETAILS received in Constantinople.
on the 81. from BalilSesr. Asia Minor.
showed that 20 persons were killed and
80 injured By the recent earthquake al
that place AMI in Brusa.
The senate. on the 81. confirmed the
nomination Of Col. VI. l.. Luiington.
assistant quartermaster general. to be
brigadier general.
On the 81. the president nominated
| Walter ). Viele. of Indiana. TO be sur
veyor OF customs at the port of Evans
Il lila Ind