The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-08-23
ICURREN TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.


press car WAS niONu open, INC Saie
wrecked and the mail sacks ritied. All
the passengers. also, were robbed OF
their money. Within few hours af-
ter the hold-up, three of the robbers
had been landed in Jail and much Of
the plumber recovered.
The trial. in Sofia. of NJ. Saratofr,
formerly president of the Macedonian
revolutionary committee. and other
prominent members of the commit
tee. charged with being connected
with the murder of an alleged Turk
| ish spy and with the assassina tion Of
Prof. Michaelean. Of Bucharest, end
ed. on the 18th, i'm the acquittal OF the
accused. The result was received with
popular rejoicing.
Five men were burned to death,
four were downed. three and possibly
four were suflocated and several in
| iured, as the result of fire which
destroyed the temporary waterworks
crib. two miles of the Cleveland (O)
harbor. early on the morning of the
| 18th.
The second annual reunion of the
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Philippines. held at Salt Lake City.
Utah. ended. on the 18th. with a short
business meeting. Next years re-
union will be held at Council Bluffs.
Ia. where. il is hoped. the society
Will be united with the Philippine Isl
ands Veterans association.
Under proceedings in voluntary
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Trust Go. was. on the 18th. appointed
temporary receiver for the George H..
Phillips Grain Co. Bond in the sum
Of 100000 was given.
Among the passengers who arrived
at New York, on the 18th. per steam
err Lain. from Bremen and Sou hamp-
ton. were Gen. Fred. ID. Grant, his
wife and son Ulysses $. Grant.
\ severe tropical storm swept over
the gulf coast, on the 18th, accompa-
MED by what amounted 10 n tidal
wave. Thousands of persons were cut
off from the mainland in Louisiana.
Alabama and other coast states. and
1t is feared there was some loss of life.
The New York Tribune. of the 10th,
asserts chat news has is,en received
in this country involving Venezuela.
Nicaragua and Ecuador in the at
tempt of Gen. Rafael Uribe-Uribe. the
Colombian rebel leader. TO overthrow
the government of Colombia
Mrs. Carrie Nation. while taking n
pleasure "trip on the ST. Lawrence. out
WATERFOWL, \. v. on the 18th. began
crusade against cigar smokers. She
undertook TO snatch q cigar from the
mouth of Eugene Foley, travelling
nina, who promptly slapped her face
and the crusade came TO an end. Fo-
ley afterwards apologized.
Mrs. Eliza StotIar. of Peoria coun-
~. H.. mother of William Stotlar. OF
near Carthage, claims to be the Oldest
woman in America. She celebrated
her one hundredth and eighteenth
birthday anniversary August :, 1901
She was born in Pennsylvania.
In a match race at Brighton Beach
on the 18th, for purse of $4,000
offered by the New York Trotting as.
lion Cresceus defeated John j. Sean
nell's The Abbot, taking The first heat
in 2:03s, and distancing his compete
tor in the second heat. Fully 10000
persons witnessed the event.
Shamrock III. was put in dry dock
at New York, on the 18th, TO have hcr
huh cleaned. Experts who saw her
say the cup challenger resembles the
Columbia very much. so far as her
underbody and fin are concerned
That Shamrock RI. is a dangerous op
ponent is conceded by all.
At Goreville, a little town on thu
Chicago d. Eastern Illinois railroad
near Metropolis, H.. no rain has fall
en- since last April. and all the wells
and springs in the neighborhood have
dried up. Water is selling at 81 pei
barrel
The postmaster-gcneral received 9
cablegram ..um Havana, on the 18th
stating hat the trial Of +. J.. Thomp
son, formerly postmaster at Havana
charged with embezzling money or
der funds. had been concluded an,
Thompson convicted. He was sen
fenced to pay n fine of $500 or scrv,
six months in prison.
The ministers Of the various power.
at Pekin unexpectedly signed the pro
tocol on the 18th. Copies we're later
sent to the Chinese plenipotentiaries
to receive their signatures.
The bill for the construction Of .
Pacific cable from British Columbis
to Australia, by the imperial govern
ment and the Ans,ralasian colonies
was passed by the British house OF
lords. ON its final reading, on the 18th
State Building and Loan I-~pectol
Mauck OF Ohio, on the 10th, swore ou'
! n warrant for the arrest OF j. A
Blodt. Late secretary of the Guaran
tee Savings and Loan association
at Cleveland. upon the charge Of en-
bezzling funds ofthe institution. Blodt
recently resigned his position Will
; the bank as the result of an investi
CATION by state officials
On the 10Th detectives arrested
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