The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-09-27

THE natives o. Rim. on the Morocco
coast. have attacked spanish vessel and
imprisoned the captain, four sailors and
passenger. ASpanish war-ship has been
sent TO the spot.
IT was said in Washington. on the 10th.
that Tanner was 70 receive the appoint
ment az Recorder OF Deeds for The Dis
trict OF Columbia. which pays $1,000 per
annum in fees.
Bon YOUNGER. the Missouri outlaw,
died 81 consumption. on the 10th. at the
age OF thirty-four years. after an inn
prisonment OF thirteen years In the
Saltwater tMinn.) renitentiary.
Hox. JONI II. Stain, u New York
City. in loRg letter 70 Mayor Grant.
guarantees that the local steamboat in.
terests will subscribe 100000 II the
Worlds Fair Is held within New York
City limits.
THE noted bandit Sylvester Morales.
who for several months has terrorized
Southern California. pleaded guilty
Mt San Diego. on the lath. TO the charge
of robbery. and was sentenced 10 the
Folsom prison for life.
SECRETARY NOBLE has directed that the
region OF country in Colorado containing
the ruins and mounds Of the Cliff
dwellers" be withdrawn from disposal
until an examination can be made TO de-
termine their historical value.
ALFRED Crow and John Tocas were
fatally aud John Murphy and William
Calvin seriously burned By an explosion
Of gas in the Nelson shaft al Shamokin.
Pa, on the 18th. The explosion was
caused BY the carelessness q Tocas.
IT is claimed by The Wholesale oyster
men in New York that oyster planters
have sustained loss OF from >l.0o0. 900
a. - COO. OO9 by reason ot the late storm,
and that some OF them have been forced
out OF business and into bankruptcy.
Mr.. Edison Is arranging scheme in
company with Herr Siemens for lighting
Berlin with his electric lamps. He ex-
presses himself as delighted with the
progress achieved in Germany in respect
to the telephone aud electric illumina-
tion.
The will 81 the late Prof. Elias LOOMS.
OF New Haven. Conn. bequeafhes the
bulk 81 his estate. which Is valued az
$4,000 to 500. 600 70 Yale University. 70
be known as the LOOMS Fund" This
Is the second largest gift ever made 70
Yale.
The latest government report concern
ing the wheat crop OF France shows that
100000 hectares were soHn this year.
against 6. 79S.l 1874 hectares last year. Ii Is
estimated that the yield will be ILL., oo.-
21s hec,olitres. against $40, rs hectoli-
tres ia ISIS.
The portraits Of Generals Grant. Shcr-
man and Sheridan. which were painted
BY direction OF George w. Childs, OF
Philadelphia. for the United States Mill
tary Academy at West Point. \. T.. will
be formally transferred 10 that institu-
ton on October &
OK account Of the heavy fog that hung
over the lower pay none OF the trans At
lantic steamships put 70 sea from New
York City on the 14th- The Etruria- La
Champagne and Furnesia lay overnight
at anchor in Gravesend bay and went 70
sea early next morsing.
The English Home Rule deputation are
having a trium plant progress through
Ireland. On the 18th their members adj
dressed crowds aggregating twenty five
thousand people at Mallow- No refer
ence was made in the speeches to the
supposed Irish University.
A CALL was issued. on the 18th, for a
convention Of the independent colored
citizens Of Virginia Ia be held at Alexan-
dris. October l. The call declares the
condition Of the colorei people in the
State OF Virginia politically. industrially
and socially 70 be very unsatisfactory.
The New York Sun. OF the 18th. gives
details u most elaborate and tiabol-
ical scheme on the part OF Messrs. Ives
and Stayner to plumber the estate Of 6.
nj. Meyer. deceased New York million
aire. which misca-ried on account Of the
weakening OF subordinate conspirator.
The new cruiser Baltimore returned to
Philadelphia, on the 18th. from her trial
trip. in which she made 20 TO knots an
hour for three hours, and developed O 90
horse power. which is 1000 in excess OF
contract requirement. II IS claimed that
this makes her the fastest man ot-war
nfoat.
THE first session OF the second annual
meeting ~ the American Association o.
Olstetricians and Gynecologists was
held in Cincinnati on the 18th. There
was large representation OF doctors
who have made their mark in these de-
partments 81 the profession. All the
large cities were represented
The Iowa Democratic State convention
held at Sioux City. on the 18th. nomi-
mated the following ticket: For Govern
or, Horace Boies. Of Blackbawk County;
for Lieutenant Governor. s. l. Bestow;
FOR Supreme Judge, William Brannan ;lfol
Superintendent Of Public Instruction,
Thomas Irish; for Railway Commissions
err, David Morgan.
THE findings and opinion OF the cour
OF inquiry, which convened at the New
York Navy-Yard % investigate the cir
cumstanccs connected with the running
OF the Boston on rock in Newport Har
Dor on August last was made publ
from the Navy Department on the IstlA
Captain James q. Kane, the commands
Of the vessel. is exoneratel from blame
The latest advices from samoa are tina
Maliefon has been quietly restored 10 th
throne. He and Mntaafa have taken n
d temporary residence on the Manonl
island, where they will remain until th
decisions OF the Berlin conference ar
confirmed. The German Consul az Api