The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-01-27

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Maj G. W. Urie. the first treasurer
OF Ashlandcounty O.. died. on the 18th.
aged 90 years. lie was reputed TO be
the oldest mason in Ohio
Anxiety s felt for the safety Of the
pleasure Yacht Paul Jones. which left
Louisville. XIV. last month for cruise
along the gulf coast. Intelligence was
received of the yacht passing out Of
the Mississippi river. on the 81. since
which nothing has been heard from
her
The comptroller Of the currency. on
the 10Th. approved an application for
authority TO organize the State nation
al bank OF st. Louis: capital. S2.0O0.OOO.
The Castine sailed from San Juan de
Porto Rico, on the 18th. for Gibraltar.
She is going 70 the Philippines to rein
force Dewey's fleet.
Marcus {. Hawley. prominent New
York business man. died at his home
in Newtown. Coma. on the 18th. Of
nervous prostration. aged IS years. He
was president of the Hawley Brothers
Hardware Co.. of New York and san
Francisco. and until recently president
Three commissioners from Glasgow
OF the Shreveport & Houston railroad.
arrived at New York on the American
liner St Louis. on the 18th. 10 lay be-
fore President Mckinley and his cabi-
net particulars regarding the Glas-
Cow exhibition to bc held in 1901.
4 strong earthquake shock az San
lander. Spain. AZ one o'clocl. in the
morning Of the 10th. threw the inhabi-
tants OF the city into panic. A num-
Der Of window. were broken.
Lewis Henry BoutcIl. father Of
Representative Boutel, OF Illinois,
died in Washington. on the 10th, Of
heart trouble after an illness Of about
ten days
Lucky" Baldwin has decided to
erect an cight-story fre-proof building
on the property occupied by the old
Baldwin hotel in san Francisco. which
was burned n few months ago. The
building will cost S3.O0OO0O.
President Rafael Iglesias Of Costa
Rica visited Queen Victoria al Osborn
house. Isle OF Wight. on the nth. The
war ships at Portsmouth dressed ship
and fired salute Of = guns in honor
Of the president.
Atty-Gen. A. a. GODDARD Of Kansas
has prepared decision. holding that
the special session of the Legislature
called by Gov. Lcedy was Illegal. and
all laws passed by il void.
Senior Sapasta, the Spanish premier
in an interview, on the 18th, declared
that he onlJ awaited the United -Aate'
senate's ratification of the peace treat,
to conyoke the cortes.
Thirty-nine months ago Mrs. Rob
crt. Davis. Of Martinsvillc. Ind, lost hci
voice suddenly and completely from
paralysis Of the vocal organs. Recent
ly she was talSca very sick with thu
grip. and i'm the midst of her conva
! lescencc she found that her voice has
returned Go her as strong as ever.
During the year 1898 application
were received for 33.0l5 patents; an'
22,2O7 patents were granted, includ
ing designs. Total receipts were 81.
137.73i. against a total expenditure 0
Sl136,l9s. The war is shown to hav
had a depressing effect on invention
while it lasted.
Three Chicago highwaymen chose
policeman in full uniform for victim
the other day. and held him up at ia
points OF revolvers. They robbed h'r
Of his own weapon after making
vain search for money. and then 81
dercd him to hurry on and notify hi
police station.
John Russell Young, librarian ~ III
congressional library, journalist. dii
: lomat and statesman, died at his res
, dence in Washington, on the lit
after an illness Of several weeks.
The factory Of the Western Car
ridge Cosat East Alton. ILL.,, was d
siroyed by a series Of explosions c
the evening Of the nth. The car
: ridge company II an offshoot OF II
) Equitable Powder Co.. and the diirc
ent plants adjoin each other.