The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-09-20
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


Antonio Maggie, the anarchist, was
taken from Silver City. y. NJ, 10 Albu-
qucrque on the l2th. lie was cross-ex-
amined and sweated. hut refused TO
divulge anything upon the subject of
the presidents assassination, although
witnesses were presented To prove
he had repeatedly predicted that the
president would be assassinated be-
fore October |. He was bound over
for court on the charge Of conspiracy
to murder.
Prince Chun. through the Chinese
minister in Berlin, King Chang, begged
permission of the mother of the late
Baron Won ketteler 10 express per-
sonally his coincidence with her on
the death Of her son NJ Pekin. Frau
Ven Ketteler. however, refused TO re-
ceive the prince.
Among the jewelry stolen from the
marquis of Anglesy, while at a Lon
don theater. recently, was & great
gold chain set with cats-cye stones,
diamonds. sapphires and yellow
stones. and valued at 10000
A dispatch from Tangier says the
Austrian. British. French. German and
Russian representatives have sent a
note To the sultan of Morocco sup
porting Spain's demand for the re-
lease of the Christian captives held by
the Moorish tribes, compensation for
their capture and the punishment Of
the tribes.
Johann Most. the anarchist. was ar
rested in New York. on the loth, and
locked up at police headquarters. The
arrest was made by Central Office
Detective Ferneison. Herr Most was
AT his headquarters in Gold street,
when the arrest was made.
Ii was stated at the navy depart
ment. on the 18th. that an appIica-
ton had been made and granted for
q two weeks extension of Admiral
SIMPSONS sick leave.
The hopes of those in attendance
upon the president of his speedy re-
covery were rudely shattered, early
on the morning of the 18th. when
stomach disorder, accompanied by
manifest, and the gravest apprehen-
sions were felt. At 5 a N. he was in
a condition of semi-stupor.
DIR. Isaac Sayliu, of Buffalo. friend
of Emma Goldman, who left Buffalo
on the night of the attempted assas-
sination of the president, was arrest
ed in Chicago on the 18th. He an
swers the description of the man who
Immediately preceded Czolgosz in the
line shaking hands with the president.
The Schley court of inquiry which
assembled at the Washington navy
yard. on the 18th, was adjourned, sub
ject to further call, pending the selec-
ton of another member of the court
to replace Rear-Admiral Howison,
who was disqualified on the challenge
of Rear-Admiral Schley. the challenge
being sustained.
Secretary of the Treasury Gage, on
the 18th. bought $..50s,0 900 in bonds.
mostly tours of various issues. Ten
ders aggregating sis6,9c0 were re ject-
ed. The government profted. within
the merest fraction. ratio of inter
est equal TO that relinquished by the
investor.
The national encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic assem-
BLEED in business session 1T the Euclid
avenue opera house. Cleveland. O.. on
the 18th. Commander-in-chi Ras-
sieur, in his annual address, arraigncd
the administration of the pension bu-
reau and demanded more literal
enforcement of the pension laws.
One thousand pounds of powder ex-
pioded in the Schultz Powder CO.
sforehouse, at Oakland, n. j.. on the
18th. Five men were blown TO atoms
and two were fatally and scores seri-
ously injured.
Tender of a portion of Forest park
as n site of the St. Louis Worlds fair
was formally accepted on the 18th,
and the taking possession of the site
by the exposition company will be
followed at once by the erection of
q barrier around the property thus
acquired.
Shamrock ii. was caught in a squat
that came out of the west at a a.
mile an hour clip. off the bell buoy at
Sandy Hook, on the Ioth. with IL, 900
. square feet of sail set. She behaved
spiendidly, and the fine seamanship
Of her crew saved her from what
seemed at first imminent disaster.
A mob took from jail at Wickliffe,
KY. on the morning Of the 18th. and
hanged. Frank Howard, sam Feed.
Ernest Harrison, negroes who muir
dered Wash Thomas, an inoffensivc
old darby. on the night of the 9TH.
They are said to have confessed.
The dreaded boil worm is at work
in Texas and Indian territory. Where
n yield of from one-half to three
fourths Of bale to the acre was ex-
pected farmers will get only about
one-fourth Of a bale. The boil worm
eats the bark and leaves the stalk and
then cuts on the boil at the stem.
When il became known in Indianarl
oils. on the 18th, that President Me-