The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-01-10
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


4 Miss Roosevelt 10 christen his new
Yacht when launched in American wa
tiers.
The new District Of Columbia di-
/ vorce law went into effect on the LIST.
I II provides that infidelity shall be the
] only ground for absolute divorce, ard
/ that, in such eases. only the innocent
party may remarry. Separation may
be granted on other grounds.
A tough negro named Hensley was
I riddled with bullets by crowd Of
miners at Island City. Ind, on the
evening of the LIST. and the feeling is
so general that he deserved death
that probably no arrests will be
made.
An industrial school for the exclu-
/ siye benefit of students from France
is soon to be established at the Uni
versity of Chicago at a cost of ST.
600. 900. made possible by the gener-
osity Of Robert lie Baudy, the wealthy
Paris sugar dealer.
/ Rear-Admiral Endicott, chief of the
bureau Of yards and docks, received
4 a telegram. on the I'd. from Capt
Converse, president of the naval
board in charge of the dock at New
\ Orleans. saying the big collier Sterling
was very successfully docked in a
strong wind and current.
The Geological Society of America
concluded its semi-annual convention
at Rochester. y. y, on the Cd. The So
cietys summer meeting will be held
in PittshurC the later part Of June.
The secetary Of war, on the I'd, re-
ceived a hrief telegram from Tow
Gen. Wood, at Havana. saying the
elections had passed off smoothly, but
giving no details.
The eleventh congress of Russian
naturalists opened in st. Petersburg
on the Cd. Three thousand persons
\ We're in attendance.
Richard II. Leary. United States
navy. who died at Chelsea. Mass. re-
4 Gently, was rear-admiral without
being conscious of the fact. Ii was a
promotion which he had looked for,
and il was said to have been the one
thing which troubied him in his last
moments.
At paoli, Ind, on the 3D.. Miss Eva
Miller compelled DIR. C.. ID. Driscoll. n
dentist and man of family, to read
before crowd of citizens, an insult
ing letter he had written her: to
make public apology, and, finally, to
promise to leave town within 20 days
The steamer Walla Walla. of the
Pacific Coast Steamship Co.'s line,
was sunk, OH the night Of the I'd, of
Y Cape Mendocino, by collision with an
iron bark, supposed to be French
OF the passengers and crew on board
MI but 81 have been accounted for
Nothing is known as to the fate Of
the bark
In every branch Of Great Britain S
army gold lace, swords. belts, con-
spicuous shoulder straps or like
badges of rank are to be abandoned
This is the result Of the lessons
learned in the South African war.
"A. Powell, seven feet seven inches
tall. and known as the "Kentucly
Giant and Miss Matte Kerlin. who
stands four feet five inches, were
married, on the Sd, at Starlight. XIV
Powell is a travelling salesman for n
New York firm.
rich strike Is reported from the
Nisi Prius mine near ORC, at the head
OF California Gulch, in Colorado. II
is perfect Aladdin's cave for rich
ness. The sides are encrusted with
ore and on the floor are tons of /.
which contain values running as hipb
as $500 TO the ton
Major Low of New York city has
discovered that Tammany is planning
to steal some Of the fruits of the
fusion victory by the use of large
sums of money in buying the support
OF some of the fusion members of the
board of aldermen.
Arrangements are being made for
the presidents trip to the Charles
ton Is. c. exposition in February.
The president probably will be ac-
companied by most Of the members
OF the cabinet and some Of the cabi-
net ladies. They will leave Wash
ingtcn probably February 10.
The last report regarding Miss
Stone and Nine. Tsilka is to the e.
feet that the brigands have agreed To
accept $4,000, and want the money
before they deliver over their pris-
oners. Mr.. Dickinson insists that the
women be set free before the money
y paid. and thus the matter stands
The most brilliant and interesting
social function in the national capita;
since Nellie Grant "came out" was
the debut into society, on the night
Of the Sd. Of Miss Alice Roosevelt,
daughter 81 the president. Fully five
hundred guests were present.
While hauling in a seine of Fl.
Hamilton, n. Y, on the I'd, fisher.
man captured and killed full-grown
female fur seal. This is said to be the
hrst fur seal ever caught In those
waters.