The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-05-31
CURRENT TOPICS.
TIE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Frances Ring aged II. employed "a
q button factory az Dubuque. Ia, fell
against a revolving shaft. on the ed.
md. her hal. catching, she was
scalned.
The official rrussian crop report
shows that winter wheat is poor;
spring wheat il fairly good.
The coroner's jury. at Chicago.
which had listened % the evidence il
III, ease OF Mrs. Emma Lucy Judd,
wife OF one o. The officials Of John
Alexander Dowic's Zion. returned I.
verdict. on the esd. holding Dowic.
ii. w Judd. husband OF the woman,
and Mrs. Srrecher and Mrs. Bratsch,
to await the acticn OF the grand jury.
on a charge ot criminal responsibility
for the woman's death.
The mail steamer ReichStag, OF the
Dutch East Africa line. of Hamburg.
Was in collision. on the 22d, with the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. line steamer
Fuerst Bismarck. earBurnhauser. and
returned 10 Hamburg. The Fuersl
Bismarck was not damaged, and sailed
for New York according 10 schedule.
The members @. the Ohio delegation
in congress were the guests Of Ia
cora, Wash, on the Esd. They were
greeted 10y members of the Ohio so-
ciety. including Congressman Cush-
man and other prominent citizens.
Queen Wilhclmina and her husband
will visit Emperor William OF Ger
many. AZ Pottsdam. from May 90 to
June ]. AT the emperor's invitation.
The making oil 4 new mast and gafI
for Shamrock II. was begun, at
Glasgow. on the ESD.
The decision Of the supreme court
Of the United States is that the con-
stitution does not necessarily follow
the flag. The decision. however. is
not unanimous. The opinion. il is UNI
derstood. has been written by Chief
Justice Fuller. and may nc formally
promulgated on the eth.
Ex.-Gov. John Riley Tanner. of llli-
nois. died al his apartments in the
Leland hotel, Springfield, ILL.,. on the
Esd. OF rheumatism Of the heart. aged
81 years. Though he had been i'll for
about a week. his death came unex-
pectcdly.
The five cadets dismissed from the
military academy at West Point have
entered the service of the New York
4 Bcrmudez Asphalt Co.. ostensibly ia
a civil engineering capacity. but will
probably he employed in the organi-
zation and training OF guards for the
company's property in Venezuela.
Prof. Frederick Starr. in a lecture
to his students in anthropology at The
University of Chicago. declared that
Poets. gamblers. ~drunkards. cigar
etts smokers. persons who are tat
tooed and those persons who part
their haiI in the middle are Gegener-
ates.'
William Webb Ferguson and Mr..
Mamie Barnes were jointly indicted
by the grand jury. at Jacksonville,
ILL.,. on the 23d. charged with poison
ing the husband of the latter. DR.. j..
J.. Barnes. The ease will be tried ia
November.
Katie Daughcrty. 16 years old. OF
q 80 if.s a ltt pttiA III WI ~
than a year. saturated her clothing
with gasoline. on the 23d. and then
set them on fire. standing s~toically
in the center of the room while she
roasted to death. She lived two
hours, but never uttered a cry OF
pain.
The tablets in the Hall of Fame. in
New York. will be unveiled on Mem
orial day with impressive ceremonies.
Many men of prominence will partici-
pate. Senator Chaunccy NJ. Depcw
delivering the GRAFTON.
The fate of the steamer Croft.
which sailed from New York for
Le;th. on January 90. 1899. and which
was never heard Of afterwards. is X
planned by the contents Of n bottle
picked up at Granton, England, on the
Esd. The message said that the
Croft was sinking in mid-Atlantic.
Reports of the devastation of wheat
fields over Mcpherson county, Kas..
by the hessian fly continue to come.
Many fields are entirely ruined and in
others the damage done by them has
not reached the limit.
Senator NJ. A. Hanna was mustered
into Memorial Post. G. A. r., of Clevc-
land, o.. on the night of the 23d. He
was received with great enthusiasm
and made n brief speech in reply to
the congratulations upon the new
honors conferred upon him.
The schooner &. II. Hackney. Capt.
VIM. G. Ertel. went ashore in a north
east gale off Port Washington. Mich.
on the cath. The Milwaukee life say.
ing crew was notified, and went to the
wreck with n big wrccking tug. AZ.
ter considerable eNcrtion the six mc.u.
bers OF the crew were rescued. though,
the schooner was an utter wreck.
1t is semi-officially asserted that tho
resolution by the ministers OF the
powers in Pckin not ia reduce the
Chinese indemnity below 10000, 0ou
taelr is final, and also that China az
cepts this, thus rendering approx
mate reimbursement of the expcdi-
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