The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-06-07

JASPER. IyplANA.
CURRENT TOPICS,
The NEWS N BRIEF.
THE United states Court, N Claims ha.
adjourned Until October ~ neNi.
Eocrn i. srooSxa. M Wisconsin. has
lcea appointed Consul At Prasus, Aas
tsla.
AnrrAxr-GK~ERAL nRru, having AZ
tanned the age ~ sixty-two, was. vn ths
-stA, retired from n. army.
Northumberland DRrM was placed
rfou tile retired liSt ~ The army oA the
18th. us sixiy-fourih birthday
AenA~n council " Tile I'VE lndinn ma
tau- III Indian Territory i - vs. hela a.
Purcell. 4. r. beginning June \.
ADMIRAL KIMBERLY reports toihe Navy
Department. under Gaie w May ~. thal
ils samoan natives are eisDaalins ana
t-al peace presaiiS.
craftsmanship joins HAMMOND. N:
New York. aitd Az cyown Point. on The
- d. * consumption. III was Colonel ~
th- Fifth N~w YORK Cavalry during tile
war.
The war-shirs Adams anil Iroquois are
'o be dispatched 10 Behring sea ~ mnia-
tnll our rights ~ thu senl-fislerleS n
against thu Cana iiaa pnaeAers and their
armed protectors.
THE London Standards Berlin corre-
sTuadent says il has been decided that
il would Be saperiaons p renew the
treaties between Itaiy, An~trll AID Ger
many tthe triple a%llianee).
TnE executive officers VI ne COMMITTEES
Of Ole Hundred n indianapolis, Iad., ARE
displrasel over the action % the Presi-
dent Ia RENTING iA- hne of sim GOV. "
that city. who j. serving i torn II tie
rsniieatiary for election frauds.
THr President. ~ Tie 18th. attended a
Grand Army Memorial service a. Tile
Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church
iii Washington. The Presidents pew. III
served for him..
COLEMAN PITTS. postmaster at Pomona,
Wcsimoreiand County. Pa. was arrested,
on the 18th. bw Inspector Cpghill FIR
rihing registered letters. The discovery
~ the thirf va accomplished By meAus
q decoy letters.
THE Pope has ordered that on the day
Of the unvailing y the monument u
Giordiano Bruno. who was burned a. a
Ir~.e.. -. ~. 80 - lam ella rrHA1a 80 rIa
papal guards and ~geniarmrs shall keep
within the Vatican
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WILLIAM RoAS RrFFIS. great granI-
son 81 Thomas Jefferson. and well known
throughout the country as 4 successful
siock-raiser and turfman. died. on tie
a-th. at his home iii Chesterfield County.
Pa. aged foriy-four.
MEMBERS 81 the Mississippi River Com
mission aud Representatives Of railroad
and steamboat interests at New Orleans
held a conference. on the 9TH. aud dis
cussed the feasibility Of building a bridge
over the river III front ~ the Crescent
City.
OS the morning 81 the 18th every ore
handler in Marquette. Mlch.. struck for
an increase in pay. Nearly three hum
dred men Went out. 4 biz feet ~ ore
carriers. with a capacity u 1900 tons.
was lied up. The men demanded >l..5
per day.
Is the Bishop inquest in New York. Oh
the a-th. Robertson. the mind leaders,
regular physician. testified that be had
often seen Bishop in caialepsy when he
seemed dead. Witness would not have
performed the autopsy 50 soon as it was
done.
SECRETARY PROCTOR. who returned to
Washington, on the 18th. from a joint
visit 70 his home al Proctor. VT. aud %
West Point. left again for his home. on
The 2.th. on receipt % a telegram stat
ing that his SON was seriously III with the
measles.
REFERRING 10 the Indignation caused in
France By the announce ment that King
Eumbert % Italy would visit StraSburs.
the Kreuz Zeitung tells the French ~
mind their own business. nor dare 10 in
terfere with Germany's doings ia her own
provinces.
CASHIER GEoRcE JKssrP. IL the Sc-an-
ton pa City Bank wa- placed under or
rest. on the 18th. charged with embezzlin-
$4,000. The directors also decide 4 IL
close the bank. placing il in the hands ~
an assignee until it, condition can be as
certailed.
THE twice-postpuneL exclusion rendered
by Secretary Blaine IN honor ~ sir JUL
ian Pauncefote. the new British Minister.
tvok place On the 2.ih. d distinguished
party boarding the United States steamer
Dispatch and sailing down ths Potomac
as far a. Nj. Vernon.
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THE bill restoring the punishment N:
1ogging with the cat-o'-nine-ialis, aud
authorizing H. infection upon Burglars
convicted p. having dangerous weapons
iii their possession. has passed. its third
reading ia the British House * Commons.
aud it, passage ia the House IL Lords il
assured.
THE London Times Berlin correspond
ent reports thar the American Commits
sloners ID the Samoan Conference have
had a tough tghs fpr tie assertion * tina
principles for which thcy contendrd. nnd
that the convention, when concluded. viii
show that their labors nave not been with