The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-06-14
TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.


wheel and he was squeezed TO death
Cyrus c. Hines, of indianapolis.
Ind. who was for many years a prom
inent lawyer in that city and at one
| time Judge of the circuit court, died
at the Deaconess hospital on the 9th.
lie had "A brilliant war record.
The Pabst Brewing Co, of Milwau-
kee. suffered a loss by fire, on the 9th,
10 the extent of between S150,O00 and
5000, 600; fully covered 10y insurance.
| One man vas killed during the prog
| ress of the fire.
Congressman Th.obold Often and
his private secretary. Nathaniel Green,
were run down and both seriously in
iured by an electric car at Milwaukee,
on the 9th, while driving in a buggy.
The Berlin Tageblatt prints special
correspondence from New Guinea
containing n full account of the mas
sacre of the members of the first Ger
man South Sea expedition on the can
nibal islands of st. Matthias. They
were all killed and eaten save one.
Miss Ollie Tyson. a poor orphan liv-
iht ~ NoNshf - 80 -
through attorneys that she is TO re-
ceive over 100000 from the estate
of John Tyson. her uncle. a Scotch
man. who died in Australia. She i
one of Is heirs.
Col. Wilson, with o40 of Kitchener's
scouts. surprised and routed 400 Beers
of Beycr's command. "a miles west Of
W. p.l. III. D.. ~ - l.-y
100 prisoners, and all their wagons
and supplies. including 5000 cattle, in
the hands of the British. The British
loss was three men killed and II
wounded.
Senator NJ. a. Hanna has been ar-
pointed a colonel on the official star
of Gen. Rassieur. commander-in-chief
Of the Grand Army of the Republic.
Senator Hanna "a recently mustered
into Memorial Post in Cleveland, o.
Maj. George Arthur. assistant pay
master of the United States army.
who recently returned from the Phil
ippines, died suddenly at the Weddell
house in Cleveland. O., on the 9th, as
the result of the rupture of a blood
vessel in the lead.
The WAYNE hotel. the leading hotel
in Fort Wayne, Ind. was damaged 10
the extent Of So, 900, by fire on the
night CT the 9th. The guests all cot
out safely.
h American contingent of mil
lionaircs and merchant princes was
entertained al Lord Brassey's resi-
dence. in LONDON. on the night of the
eth. IL was a brilliant affair, with n
large asscmblage OF ministers, mem
bers Of parliament, leading men of
tile London chamber of commerce,
bankers and judges.
News has been received in Wash
ington. through unofficial channels.
that Lieut.. Richard III. Townley. OF
the navy, has been convicted by court
martial. 1t Manila. and sentenced to
dismissal from the service for CON
nection with commissary IRREGULAR
ties.
a terrific tornado struck Clarks-
vile. Tern, on the 9th. Waddell hall,
at the Southwestern Presbyterian
university, was wrecked. causing S.
600 damage, and Peatus' tobacco fac
tory, in New Providence, was wrecked:
damage about SOC, 1000. Considerable
damage of a minor nature was done.
At Toronto. Ont. on the eth, Frank
Rutledge and Fred Lee Rice, convict
ed Of robhing the post Office and a
private bank at Aurora, were sem
fenced TO Fl years in Kingston pcni-
tertiary. Upon being returned to jail.
Eutledge broke from the officers and
plunged headlong from the Jail gal.
lery to the paved floor 30 feet below.
and died Of his injuries soon after.
Andrew Carnegie signed n deed in
Tendon. Oh the eth. transferring Sl0,-
U00, 900 in five-per-cent. United States
Steel Corporation bonds TO trus-
tees for the benefit of the universities
of Scotland. The amount becomes
Immediately available. The next in
stallment OF interest can be used for
the October term.
Mr.. Brodcrick, the British war sec
rotary, replying TO a question in the
house of commons, on the eth, r.
garding the probability of an early
conclusion of peace in South Africa.
reaffirmed that the government would
not consent to d&cuss the future in.
dependence of the conquered states
with the Beers.
the statement Of the treasury bal
e3ces in she general fund, cxclusiv. oi
.he 100000, COZ gold reserve in the al.
vision OF redemption, issued on the
9TH. showed: Available cash balance.
SIZE. oo,4sa; gold, 500, III.
The English censor Of plays has
forbidden the production Of sThc
First Visit an English version Of
the younger Dumas "Unc Nisite do
Noccs."in which the American actress.
Beverly sitgreavcs. was to have
played the leading role.