The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-05-04

~ ArkxNA Commissioner ~ Indian
Affairs, II candidate for United states
senator from Tennessee. and viii rcsign
his present position In Nay or june. ana
enter actively into tho canvass.
a FAVORABLE report was ordered BY the
House committee ON ways and means. on
the 2tth, on the Breckinriige bill calling
upon the Secretary OF the Treasury for
information concerning the importation
OF foreign labor and is effect upon Amer
lean industries.
A CANVASS OF the delegates % the Re-
publican State convention Of Massachn-
setts In Boston, on the s5th. showed Mr..
Blaine 70 be the first choice for the prcsi-
dency by an overwhelming majority, with
senator Allison ~ second choice.
QUEEN VICTORIA visited the sick room
o. Emperor Frederick and spent short
time with her anlicted son-in-la law. on the
aSth.
THE affairs Of the st. John IN
building Society were reported. ON the
18th. 70 be in chaotic state. and the de-
positors, mostly mechanics and middle
class people, expected to lose about 500. :
90.
WILLIAM bULLER, q car Inspector, OF
Newark, N. j., In At Of jealousy shot his
wife and killed himself on the 25th.
JOHN N. MURPHY, OF Holmesburg, Pa,
who for many years had been the trusted
book-keeper at the Somerville Mills OF
Daniel Bray, was arrested on the 25th,
charged with embezzlement, and in de-
fault Of $4,000 bail was sent to prison.
Hox. SEru l. MrLLIKEx was nominated
for Congress by the Third District Repub-
lican convention OF Maine on the 25th.
Resolutions indorsing Mr.. Blaine for the
presidency were adopted with great en-
thusiasm.
The London Chronicle OF the a6th an
nounced the approaching marriage Of Mr..
Joseph Chamberlain to Miss Endicott,
who met the Birmingham statesman dur
ing his late visit to the United States.
THE machine and pattern shops Of the
Deiamater Iron works, at New York,
were burned on the 25th, cntailing loss
Of 100000.
JOHN l. SULLIVAN was banqueted by
his admirers in Boston on the 18th.
The household effects OF the late en-
Attorney General Brewster. including ex-
pensive china, brio -a-brac and furniture,
were sacrificed at auction on the 18th,
realizing on an average but about one
twentie III Of their value.
An8 AANA<< CvlL slllkt0t on ways ana
means agreed, on the 18th, to limit the
general debate on the Tariff bill to seven
teen days and two evening sessions week
y, with an equal division Of time between
Democratic and Republican speakers.
The delegates to the Chicago conven-
ton chosen by the Massachusetts, Re-
publican State convention at Boston. on
the 18th, while not instructed, are said to
h. nlurna
The brewers lockout It Albany, n. r.,
was ended, on the 18th, by the bosses sign
ing the agreement required by their en-
ployes.
REV. On COURTNEY, late Of Boston, was
consecrated Bishop Of Nova Scotia on the
18th.
On the 18th. Samuel Dew. dissipafed
young man - Jacksonville. O., shot and
instantly killed Assistant City Marshal
Edward H. Davis, who had recently ar
rested him for fast driving. After walk
ing few rods away the murderer put the
pistol to his own head and blew out his
brains.
JUICE PATTERSON, on the 18th, denied
the motion to quash the indictment
against Thomas A. Kerr, Of the Broadway
Surface railroad, on the charge Of bribery
in connection with the Doodle Board Of
Aldermen, OF New York, and ordered the
trial to proceed
JOHN THoRxwALD claims to have dis.
covered rich deposit Of silver ore within
twenty miles Of Bismarck, Oak. He re-
fuses to divulge the location OF the mine,
but exhibits rich specimens in proof Of
his assertions.
GENERAL MANAGER ROSWELL MILLER
Of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
railroad was elected president Of the
road, on the 18th, to succeed the late
Alexander Mitchell.