The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-03-16

Mil ana Globe MI. a Wconsocket. r. l.,
have, without solicitation. advanced tne
wages % their two thousand employees
Eve per cent. owing % cheap cotton ana
good business
Usisn roSksnx was <hot dead through
the window q the De Jannette Hotel -
Logan Courthouse. w. Va. ON the 81,
y HE standing In the paricr la CONVERSE
tion with the wife Of the proprietor. a
constable named Thomas has been arrest
"a on suspicion.
Mn. A. THRILLING PENNINGTON. assistant
United States district attorney Tor Mary
land. died az Baltimore ON the .th.
Tux vacnt Nayfower viii not cross
the Atlantic % participate In the jubilee
racing on the Clyde
TuE safe in the p~ost-ofice ~ Lebanon.
o.. Was blown open BY cracksmen on the
night cf ne Oh. aud LOO worth Of
stamps and . small amount Of money
taken. There Is no c.ev 20 the burg
lars
The Massachusetts, senate passed .
resolution on the 7th providing for bien-
nial State elections
THE eharpest shock Of earthquake fell
i'm California for eighteen years was ex
Pc rienced on the 7ih.
EILvooD BAUN. proprietor and editor
~ the Pottsrown pal Daily Nsrs
dropped dead at his dssk a. ons O'Clock
on the morning Of the 7th.of heart disease
An nknow German, bou thirty
years old, jumped from the platform q
the Hanover Square Elevated railroad
station. New York CITY. 20 the track. on
the It'll, and was crushed 70 death by .
train.
Miss. RACHEL STERN. aged twentv-sis
years daughter Of q wealthy New York
merchant and noted for her activity in
charitable organ zatinn work. hanged
herself At her residences ia that city on
the 7th.
PETER vELKEn, . ~veli-known contractor
Of Pittsburgh. Pa, was shot and instantly
killed on the night Of the sth at the door Of
his home. in Soho. by q stranger Who haS
followed him from the center Of the city
No motive for the murder Is known The
murderer ESCAPED
The passenger brakemsn on the Pitts
burgh. Fort Wayne & Chicago railway
and the Pittsburgh & Erie railway were
granted m advance in wages on the 9Th
OF from thirty-two TO fhirty-fve cents .
trip, equivalent 70 about six doIlars per
month. The advance was entirely unex.
| pected-
AT the burning Of the Office Of the
Springfield (Mass-,) Ereaiag Uaion. six
persons lost their lives in the flames or
BY jumping from ffth-story windows,
and : number Of others were seriously in
iured. Before the victims were made
aware Of their danger. all ord nary
means Of ext had been cut on. Those
Who escaped did 90 by jumping TO the
roof Of an adjoining building, or were
rescued ~ the last momsn: by ladders.
IT is tafed positively that b Domin-
ion Government will 60 on with the SAUL
Ste. Marie canal, and that work will actu-
ally be commenced this year.
IT was stated on the ssh that the new
Chinese treaty would be signed in afev
days by Secretary Bayard and the Chi
nese Minister. Ii i m absolute inhibi.
tion against the importation Of Chinese
contract labor.
The tailysheef trials at Columbus
o.. were brought TO . sudden stop or
he 9Th BY the non-appearancs Of Allen
O. Meyer . witness His disappearance
created excitement bordering on . sensa
ton.
MGR- DUcEr, . prominent Catholic di
vine Of New York City. has been suspend
"a BY Archbishop corrigan N account
his friendship for Dr.. NcGlynn-
The protocols submitted BY the British
and American commissioner It the
fishery conferences a Washington we're
laid before the Canadian House of Com
mons on the 7th- Contrary 70 expecta-
tions. Sir Charles Tupper and M. Cham
beriain. together with the American com
missioners. mad . proposition for
greater freedom OF commercial inter
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discussing the Il .hery question.