The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-05-03
NEWS IN BRIEF,
Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

~ 49,
Prof. Won soybol. incumbent OF tn
chair Of international law in the Uni
vcrsity of Munich, died on the cath.
The claims that Japan will make
upon China for indemnities amoln
To t4.7j0,O00.
A slight earthquake was felt il
Rome and in southern Italy on thu
cath.
Count .Ar,id Posse. formerly pre-
mier Of sweden. died IN Stockholm
on the gath. lie was 81 years old.
Mrs. Annie CooNer attempted 70
wreck the Exchange saloon in juno
ton City. kas.. on the 25th. using q
hammer. She was seized before seri-
u damage was done. Mrs. Cooyer
was arrested and taken before the po-
lice judge. charged with malicious de
struction OF personal property. \
large number OF W. c. +. L. members
and prominent prohibition advocates
were in attendance. Trial was post.
roncd.
Sir Ellis Ashmead-Hartlett. NJ. r.,
was summoned 10 appear al a London
police ccurt. on the 25th. for assault
ing "A lawyers clerk who had endeav-
ored to serve him with a bankruptcy
notice for >4s2. 4 fine of ten shillings
was imposed.
United States Minister Conger ar
rived ~ San Francisco. on the 2jth.
from CLins, on the steamer Nippon
Maru.
Mrs. Carrie Nation was placed in
the rotary cell OF the county Jail at
Wichita. kas., on the 2ith. for in
subordination ard fighting with her
fel!ow-prisoner. Mrs. Lucy Wilhert-
The rotary j. the same as a dungeon.
and she will get nothing but bread
and water while ccEfined there.
President Mex nley received the
delegation OF the Cuban constitution
al convention, at the White House. on
the 25tl. and gave them a cordial
greeting. lie made it plain TO them.
however. that he was not able TO
modify the Platt amendment or To
make any promises until the Cuban
convention had accepted the condi-
tons laid down by
Henry Huffman. an animal trainer
with n circus. met a horrible death.
on the 2ath. being killed by big
Charley" n monster elephant. while
the animal was bathing in the river
near Peru. Ind. The animal was sub
sequently killed.
The National Louisiana Purchase
Worlds Fair commission has finished
its work in ST. Louis for the present.
having adjourned. TO meet again in
st. Louis between June / and Is.
Nothing affecting the location of the
fair vas considered.
1t is reported from Manila that the
insurgent general. Cables ordered
eight American prisoners to be shot.
April ri. the same day on which he
condemned TO death Col. Sancio. one
of his staff officers, and Senior de la
Rosa, a wealthy native. who had re-
fused 10 contribute 10 the insurgenf
fund Sa1cio escaped.
d. ID. Thompson, of Chicago. the as
sistant editor. was. on the 18th. elect
ed editor Of the Northwestern Chris
tan Advocate. by the Methodist book
committee. to succeed DIR. Edwards.
deceased.
The hanking house Of Leroy c.
Partridge. Of ovid. y. y. made an as
signment on the 25th. The liabilities
and assets were not made public. The
bank was capitalized at $4,000.
The COMET. first seen al Cape Town.
Cape Colony. on the 25th. is visible on
the eastern horizon. IL is brilliant
and triple-tailed and is rapidly ap-
preaching the sun.
The entire plant of the Lookout
Distilling Co. at Chattanooga. Tenn.
together with 631 barrels of whisky.
was seized by Revenue Collector Null
link. on the 25th, by orders from the
Washington authorities. Duplicating
wholesalers stamps on original pack
nges is the charge.
Oscar" the well-known maitre
d'hote of the Waldorf-Astoria. in New
York city. who has earned the graft
tude of every oma patron by his
assiduous attention to their wants. is
credited with having accumulated a
fortune OF nearly 100000 by ~iudicious
investments in stocks on tips given
him by pleased patrons.
Mark Thomas Hayes was hanged at
Uniontown, Pa, on the 25th. HAYES
crime was committed July 4. 1899. at
the Hill farm. near Dunbar, Pa His
victim was William Lowden.
Miss Helen NJ. Gould gave $4,000,
last January. TO build a Young Mems
Christian association headquarters at
Fort Monroe. under condition that the
name of the giver be kept secret. The
fact has leaked ont however.
Over twenty banks have suspended
payment at Ooawa and in the south
ern and central provinces % Japan.
The Bank of Japan has assisted them,
but further trouble is a~pprehendcd.
. financial panic prevails.
Thomas +. Kstchum, alias "Black
the notorious outlaw who had
the people Of the south
west for the past IS years. was
NJ Clayton. n. NJ. on the 10th.