The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-12-27
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Representative Wood. of California.
on the 18th introduced a bill in the
house To establish department of
mines and mining.
Owing To the recent abnormal De-
cember weather and insufficient trans
portation facilities. both Chicago and
ST. Louis were brought face to face
with shortage of fuel which threat
ened to have serious consequences.
Ordinary soft coal was selling in 81.
Louis. on the Goth. as high as so
cents a bushel.
A dispatch TO the London Tele-
official news ;elegraphed from Con-
stantinople is correct. Miss Stone will
be liberated before the end of the
year. but there seems to be no doubt
that Nine. Tsilka is dead.
William II. Pcthick. an American.
who had been private secretary and
diplomatic adviser to Ii Hung Chang
for 30 years, died in Pekin. China. on
the Goth. Mr.. Pethick inspired most
Of Ii Hung Changes progressive
schemes.
Lieut.-Gen. Nelson A. Miles has been
called upon by Secretary Root To
make statement concerning the au-
thenticitv Of the interview, published
in Cincinnati rejecting upon the
Schley court Of inquiry in the navy.
The State bank and eight other
business buildings were burned. on
the goth. ut Francis. /. t.. the total
loss being estimated at $4,000. Fire
also destroyed much business prop
erty at Stennet. 1. T.
As the result Of terrific boiler ex-
plosion in the Black Diamond steel
works at Pittsburg, Pa. on the Goth.
three men were killed. one is missing
and dozen were injured The mill
and the James Mcneil boiler works.
adjoining. were demolished.
The Mckinley Memorial association
has fixed upon the sum Of $500. 900 TO
be raised. and has apportioned .hc
amount among the states Of the
Union according TO population ana
location.
Levi Gaddis. aged %. Of Mansyille.
Taylor county. NY. and Mrs. Nancy
Gaddis. aed 30. his stepmother. were
married. in Charleston. ILL.,, on the
goth. by Judge H. =. Harrah. Mrs
Gaddis has two children by her for
mcr husband.
The American residents Of Mon
trcal Can. have subscribed a fund OF
$4,000 for the foundation Of fellow
ship on political economy at McGiil
universitv.t be known as the Will
lam Mckinley fellowship.
a new patriotic order knowz IS the
American Louisiana was organized in
Denver. Col. on the night Of the goth.
The prime object Of the order is to
assist in the proper commemoration
IT the great events in this history OF
the Louisiana purchase region.
Cherokee Indians are reported
starving in the hills near Tahlequah,
in the Going Snake district, as a re-
suit 81 the loss Of their crops and
the blizzard. They are members OF
the Netoowah tribe.
John II. Campbell. president Of ia.
Chamber of Commerce association of
Kansas City, kas.. a prominent G. A.
X. man, ex-postmaster Of Fort Scott.
kas.. and for II years connected with
the 81. Joseph (Mo.) Herald. was
found read in bed, on the Goth. aged
GO years.
Lillian Nickers. Of Los Angeles, Cal.
a student AT Bryn Mawr college. near
Philadelphia, was burned TO death in
her room nj the college on the Goth.
Her clothing accidentally caught fire.
ana the young woman was fatally |
burned before assistance reached her.
This was her third Year at college.
The statement of the treasury bal |
ances in the general fund, exclusive
81 the $ijo.0c0.O00 gold reserve in the
division Of redemption. issued on the
goth. showed: Available cash balance.
Sl12.'o695i; gold. sii5,4so.1us.
Lord Francis Hope was seriously
injured, on the Goth. while out shoot
ing. by the accidental discha rye OF
his gun The charge shattered his
ankle. but the surgeons think his foot
may be saved