The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-21
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on the 10th, in the apartments In
which she and her husband, VICTOR
lived. Her apron caught fire at the
kitchen stove. Mr.. Suret and Police
Officer blessing. the latter n boarder
with the family. were severely burned
in TRYING TO extinguish the flames
which enveloped Mrs. Suret. There
Is some doubt of Mrs. Surets recov-
cry.
George Borchgrevink, the antarctic
EXPLORER. arrived in New York. on the
steamer Etruria, on the 10th. In an
interview he told how, in 1899, he and
a party of scientists had reached -
degrees, so minutes, south latitude,
about so miles from the South Pole,
and the most extreme southern point
that any man has ever reached.
Four lives were lost in collision
on the Iowa Central railroad one mile
north of Clifford, la. on the 10th,
light engine. north-bound. crashing
into a passenger train. \ number OF
passengers were slightly injured.
Fire at Carl Junction. Mo-. destroy
ed the opera house block, including
three stocks of general merchandise.
Loss. $4,000. Mark Enos. miner,
was caught by falling walls and IA
tally injured.
4 dispatch from st. Petersburg. ON
| the 10th, said: Count Tolstois tenn
perature is at 100. while his pulse IS
ST. He is very weak, but is bearing
up we'll 1t is still hoped that he may
recover"
The factory of the Hampden Corun-
dun Wheel Co. at Springfield, Mass.
was almost destroyed by fire. on the
18th. causing loss Of about $4,000,
mostly covered by insurance.
| Cornelius Roosevelt. the only sur
wing son of the late ;. Weir Roose-
welt, and cousin to President Roose-
welt, died in New Yorl; city. on the
10th. of heart disease.
About two-thirds Of tie business
portion Of Woodbury., Cannon county.
Tenn. burned. on the night Of the
10th. the loss being estimated al from
$4,000 to $4,000.
The critical illness of the earl Of
Kimberly was announced on the 10th.
There was l6 inches of snow in
North Carolina. on the 10th.
Gen. Weyler. the Spanish minister
of war. will submit 60 the cortes a
proposal TO reduce he Spanish army
by four army corps
In the senate, on the 18th. several
bills Of Importance were taken from
the calendar and passed. among II. IN
one extending the charters OF ma
tional banks. After an extended de-
bate. the bill establishing pcrna-
nent census Office was passed. In
the house. after the adoption. by n
strict party vote. Of a special order
for the consideration Of tie bill -
repeal the war revenue taxes. The
bill itself was. by unanimous con-
sent. put upon its passage ard re-
ceived the entire vote of the house
ayes. 27s; nays, 0.
| Gov. Stanley Of Kansas received a
letter from the mayor of Paterson,
y. j.. on the nth. returning $3.50
which the Kansas Indian Relief com
mission had sent TO the Paterson
fire sufferers. The letter thanked
Gov. Stanley and the commission. but
stated that Paterson was able 10
take care of its destitute without out
side assistance.
With only one negative vote the
| Minnesota senate. on the 18th
| passed the bill appropriating $4,000
, 10 pay the expenses of the legal cor
test against the so-called merger o.
: the Northern Pacific and Great North
J ern railways.
? Unprecedented floods have oc
, Cured in the southwestern portion
: of Cape Colony, resulting in grea
destruction of houses, bridges an'
railroad property. Twenty-Five per
c sons, also, were drowned
n There have been changes in tn
: ministry at Seoul. Corea. as result
a Of the Anglo-Japanese alliance. Nev
l. ministers of war and finance, o
d neutral politics, have been appoint
- ed.
r. Asunion Esquivela obtained a ma
jority Of the votes Of the electoral
D in the election for the presidency o
II Costa Rica held in San Jose on III
n. 18th. The election passed off quietl,
u Mrs. T.. a. Cook. of Shawnee. Okla
ie o restaurant keeper, has authorize
FL the announcement Of the death OF a
" uncle in Luzon, Philippine islands
leaving her an estate Of Si,0o0.0 900.
~ Dew Newman Hall. ID. d.. forme
n chairman Of the Congregational vi
is ion Of London, who had been III "a
some time past. was pronounced. o
IN the 18th. 10 ne sinking.
King Leopold IL confined to hi
Il. apartments with throat trouble an
his doctors have cnjoined strict pr
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