The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-08-30

THE NEWS IN BRIEF.


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the defunct State Bank Of New Bruins
wick. \. j.. which they received b.
mail from Frank l.. Perry. william
Hogan and T.. W. Smith. of San Fran
cisco. now under arrest in that city
Burke confessed.
The moldcrs in the McDonal,
pump factory at Dubuque. Ia, struck
on the 22d, for tcn-per-cent. ad
vance in wages. Nicc-PresidenI
keough Of the International Mold
ers' union had a conference with the
company. and the latter refused 70
men as members of il.
John W. Decamp. who was terribly
burned while searching in his blazing
home. in eSattle. Wash. for a servant
whom he supposed to be imprisoned
in her loom. died, on the 22d, Of his
injuries. Decamp was well-known
co, mission man of Seattle, formerly
in the same business in 81. Paul.
MINI.
Hon. d. II. Mortly, famous as The
writer OF the Ohio constitution of
1s5e. died at McConnelsville, o., on the
ed. There remains now but one MEM
Der of the convention living.
The secretary of the treasury. on
the 22d, purchased short-term bonds
as follows: $1,000 threes. at los.i9
Sl.4O0 tours, at ll3.2l05; $500 fives, at
al l0S.100..
r. I. Ross, music teacher, and his
wife. aged and penniless, were asphy>-
lated by gas. on the 2ad, in their room
in San Francisco.
Chief Justice Sir George Burton, Of
the court of appeals. of Toronto. Ont,
died in that city, on the 22d, aged -
years.
Franklin NJ. Flynn. formerly 4
wealthy stock dealer. was found dead
in bed at the Mitchell hotel. Jackson
Vile, Ill. on the evening of the ED.
Flynn weighed s25 pounds.
Potatoes are becoming more and
more a luxury in Chicago. Peaches
are now cheaper than homegrown
potatoes among the commission men.
The price of the tuoers reached 81
q bushel on the ED.
Sir Thomas Lipton's new challenger
for the Americas cup, Shamrock H..
had her first trial spin in New York
lower bay on the ED. Expert yachts
men say the action of the craft as
srues an interesting contest for the
trophy.
Memphis, Tenn. is becoming the
center Of the peariing trade for three
states. and daily men who have en-
gagged in the business are bringing in
gems which sell for good prices. The
rivers of Arkansas and Mississippi arc
the most prolific of the gems.
George Klauer, a jointist. was
found guilty. on - counts. OF viola
ton of the prohibitory liquor law,
before Justice Disney, at Topeka,
Kas.. on the ed. and was fined an ag-
gregate of $500, or 1850 days in
Jail.
The war against woman conducting
post offices in Kentucky has brought
to light the fact that J. c. Montgom-
cry. storekeeper in Bourbon coun-
ty. is trying TO supplaut Miss Matte
Boyd, a cripple, who lost both feet in
q railroad accident, and who gets $40
. month for her services.
State Health Officer W. L. Blunt. at
Austin, Tex, was notified, on the 22d.
that one death and two eases of yell
low fever have occurred at Tampico,
Mexico, on the Mexican steamer Yu-
catan, from Vera Cruz.
Exiles Of Madeira and their de-
scendants met in bloomington. H.,
on the ed. to celebrate the fifty-sec-
ond anniversary of the arrival in this
country Of that band of 300 driven
from Portuga's province because OF
religious persecution.
by the construction of the missing
link by the Rocky Mountain Tele-
phone Co. and the Northwestern com
pany between Billings. Mont, and the
present North Dakota terminus.
circuit will be completed from the
Atlantic to the Pacific, the longest in
the world.
Baron Fava, the italian ambassa-
dor at Washington. will inaueGrate
an investigation of the killing Of Jo-
seph Gingotti. an Italian railroad la
borer, 10y one Of a mob, near Ash
down, 90 miles north of Tcxarkana,
Ark.
Because two union beef butchers
employed by the Cudahy packing
house, at Armordale. kas., were dis
charged, on the Esd, 1875 butchers
struck, causing that department TO
be shut down. The strikers allege
that the men were discharged with
out cause. The company superintend-
ent says it was following out plan
70 reduce the force in oil depart
ments.
President Johnson, Of the American
league, on the ed, expelled Shortstop
Shugart. Of Chicago, for assaultinr
Umpire Haskell, at Washington. Mr..
johnson said: Each player OF the
American league who in the future
slugs an umpire on tho ball field will
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