The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-11-01

Earthquake shocks were felt Mt 81
Thomas. ID. w. J., and throughout th'
island of Porto Rico on the 22d. TIT
shocks were the seyerest feitan man,
years. but no loss Of life or camag'
TO property is reported.
The board of directors of tie Pan
American exposition NJ Buffalo, \. \.
on the 22d. adopted the following
Resolved, That Saturday. November
2. at midnight. ne fixed as the tim'
OF the final closing OF the exposition
Victor O'Brien- . graduate student
OF the University % Chicago and Z
son of +. w. O'Brien. leading law
yer in San Francisco. was placed IL
the detention ho<pila, in Chicago. OF
the 22d, apparently suffering from
acute mania. Young O'Brien Ia said
to have become insane over lore at
fair.
The torpedo boat Thornton. built
by the William r. Trigg Co., of Rich.
moud, Va. made another run, on Tho
22d, to complete her oaScial speed trial
hut the result was unsatisfactory. The
Thornton ran along rv-ry smoothly
but failed to develop tAe necessary
&c knots an hour for tlyo consecutive
hours
DIR. Cameron Mann. PASTOR of Grace
church. Kansas City. on'tae 23d. de-
cided 10 accept the callrto -he bishop
ric of North Dakota. rendered him 10y
the national convention Of the Epic.
copal church. At San Francesca. oeto-
Der Is. Dr. Mann wiz reqsIest that
the ceremony consecn.tiag him &
bishop take place in Kansas City.
Booker y. Washington. while at
tending the Yale bicentennsa lcelebra-
ton at i,ew Haven. Conn, was a
guest of Morris +. Tyler. treasurer OF
the university. at dinner at Mr. Ty-
Ier's residence. Former Postmaster.
=. General Bissell also accepted an in.
vitation to dine with Mr.. TyI<- that
evening and met Mr.. Washington.
Former Gov. Jas. S. Hogg of Texas
and Jas. w. Swayne. are in New York
city to interess capital in the 'foima-
ton of big e combination cf all the
independent o. producers of the
Beasmont fiek who have not rthe
means of handing the oil as iRdsrid.
ual concerns. The capitalization of
those independent companies apprcx.
innate sl0O.000.0eC
The Prussian @hbinet has resolved
to investigate, through the vssriolz
provincial goverHprs regarding the
number Of persoss out of employ
ment, &c causes o. recent industrial
aul measures nooes-
-sary to improve conditions. The gov
eminent pf Baden had taken the lead
IN such investigatiaIs followed by
che Bavarian governksent.
A six-inah plate sf0m the Bethle-
hem iron s-orks, representing group
No of tho armor plate for the new
bsttleship Chic. was tested at the In
dian Head grosing grounds, on the
2f;ll. under che auspices of the navy
bureau Of ordnance. lhe test was
most satisfactory. As e result 4o0
tons of Kruplized armcr will be &C.
cepted by the government.
The comptroller of the currency haa
appointed Elmer Eames, Of Norton.
kas-. and James t. Bradley of Sedan.
kas-. "A bank eu miners for the State
of Kansas. vice Charles S. Josbes, who
recently resigned 10 become president
of the American National Bank OF
Kansas City, Mo. The plan a. divide
the territory covered by Mr.. Jobes
had been in contemplation some time.
In the menagerie Of Frank G. Bos-
took. the wild animal trainer. who
has the concession fos- a wild animal
show at the Pan-Ameeican exposition
and who is an applicant. for the same
at the Louisiana Purchase
exposition. three little Ton cubs were
born several weeks ago. One Of then
IL named David r. Franas, another
Thomas jefferson and the thinc
Louisiana Purchase.
A special dispatch from Zone says !
that the official report on the inquiry
into the ADMINISTERS ton OF Naples and
the southern PROVINCES Of Italy, sets
forth that the Camorra secret society
now permeates all branches of public <
life, and that no buaE ess, political or
is possible without the in
reference of the Casrorra agesfs
The names of many persons well
known in Naples are involved.
The missionaries who are operating
FROM Samakov. Bulgaria, sre at last
IN touch with the brigands who alb
Quoted Miss Ellen ". Stone and her
companion, Nine. X. s. TsiIka, &C.
cording 10 dispatches received in Con.
stantinoPe. on the 24th, though
whether negotiations for the ransom
had actually been opened, was not die
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