The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-11-15
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.



time 10 prevent panic.
President Zelaya, on the 9th, re-
called By cable Senior Alexandra Ber-
mudez, who was Nicaragua's commas
sioner at the Buffalo exposition, and
is secretary of the Nicaraguan lega-
ton at Washington.
The five-year-old son of Elijah Bar
Der, of lola. Kas, died, on the 7th
from the effects of drinking a hali
pint of whisky obtained by the father
AT a local 'ioint" or illicit saloon.
The boy drained the flask while his
parents were away. and when fouh"
was. IN n stupor, from which the ply
sicians could not rouse him.
Cicely, a short horn COW, recently
of the Queen Victoria herd in England
was sold in Chicago, on the 18th, for
5000 10 J. j. Robbins d Sons. of
Horace. Ind. The animal cost Queen
Victoria $1,000 few years ago.
A seven-ycar child in Liverpool
suffering from the bubonic plague.
who was isolated a fortnight before
died. on the eth. of exhaustion. The
other patients under treatment in llv-
erpool are out of danger.
Grant Householder. hackman, was
arrested at Buffalo, \. -. on the eth.
charged with smuggling Cinnamon
from Canada. Householder had four
Cinnamon in his hack when arrested.
The newspapers OF st. Petersburg
generally welcome the Fren.h naval
demonstration in Turkish waters. as
setback to what the Rossiva terms
"German pretensions in Turkey
Reports from all portions of Okla
homa and Indian territory and por-
tons of Texas state that recent frots
have killed the top cotton.
The proposed extradition treaty be-
tween the United States and Servia
has been submitted to the Skupshtina.
the Servian congress.
After a desperate fight, on the eth,
between a gang of convicts and
guards, on the site of the new federal
prison at Leavenw orth. Kas., during
which one of the convicts was killed
AID some of the guards wounded. q
Of the consicts succeeded in making
their escape.
There is every prospect of bread
war in New York city. Rival corpora
tons. backed by millions of dollars
in capital. are planning TO absorb
the business of hundreds of small
bakeries, and serve the public with
bread produced amid hygienic sur
roundiLgs.
Arguments in the Schley court of
inquiry were concluded, on the eth,
Judge Advocate Ler''y making the
closing speech. The sessions covered
40 days and the record will cover 1000
printed pages, which the court will
now proceed to digest.
A party of 125 Modern Woodmen,
with 90 teams went, on the eth TO the
7 farm of Ben Busha. six miles south
1 of Arcola. H.. brother who has
1 been sick for some time, and husked
4 6s acres of corn for him and hauled
II in.
Charles Thompson. supreme finance
keeper Of the supreme tent Knights
Of Maccabces, by his own confession
I is an embezzler of the funds of the
\ order TO the extent of $4,000. The
7 order is protected from loss by bond
I of 100000.
First Lieutenant Robert T. Craw
ford. of the First infantry. sergeant
and five men. while attempting e
cross the Babylon river in Samar is
land. l.. T.. recently. were drowned.
Mrs Belle Everest. of Atchison. KaS.
has been nominated by Senator JOIN
NJ Thurston. of Nebraska. of the ma
tional Worlds fair commission. as
member of the board of lady man
ayers for the Louisiana Purchase cen
tennial exposition.
Amos Clark celebrated his ninety
fifth birthday anniversary at Cen
tralia, H., on the eth. a feature o
the dinner was n watermelon he al
WAYS has preserved. Mr.. Clarks mos
severe ailmcnt in years was cause
by falling IL feet from an apple tire
while climbing to trim it,.
Miss Kate Grceaway, the well
known artist. whose dainty work ha
been appreciated both in Americ
and Europe, died, in London. on I'll
morning of the sth. She was q mem
Der of the Royal Institute of Painter
in Water Colors.
The statement of the treasury bal
nnces in the general fund, exclusiv
of The $50, 100000 gold reserve Ia tn
division OF redemption. issued on III
sth, showed: Available cash balance.
Sl7J.27l. .07; gold, si1i.4i7,s-0.
Judge Cheltain, OF Chicago. on In
s'h, refused Ia grant a temporary on
der against the international Associa
ton Of Machinists, as prayed for b
Robert Tarrant, machinery manu-
facturcr. The court said that MI
Tarrant would have TO show that tn
piclsets were using force against non
union men before he could enjoin tn
strikers-