The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-06-21

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| yania- IL 10 be appointed Consul - Brus-
| sells. as reward Tor faithful service In a
| like position az Bordeaux for several
1 years. The office Is worth about 5000 q
| year.
| Tux statue 81 Bruno was unvailcd AZ
| Rome. on the 9th. with imposing cere-
monies. There was procession OF 5000
! persons.
4 TnE annual convention OF the Yard
| masters Mutual Benefit Association %
| the United States and Canada met, on
| the 18th. at Columbus. q.
| PRESIDENT HARRISON has been reno we'd
| from the chancelorship Of the National
! University by the regents OF that insfitu-
| ton because he refused 10 sign the
| diplomas Of the graduating class 81 tue
| law school.
REV. McGrIRr. pastor OF the Methods I
| Episcopal Church at Johnstown, Pa,
stated. on the 10th. that out Of his congre :
CATION. having a membership 81 1906, only
thirty FIVE had been accounted for. He
did not claim that all Of the balance ~ his
! flock were swept away, but II Is known
that many OF them were.
Tux June report OF the Agricultural
Department shows slight increase ~ the
winter wheat area seeded. The ccAli-
tion. al the date of the report remained
high and averaged 80 for the country.
SUPERINTENDENT BELL Of the Railway
Mail Service, on the 10th, issued a gen
eral order urging greater cooperation 70
secure efficiency. He refers 70 the al
legged fact that clerks have agreed not 70
check upon each other. anl says that this
practice must cease. He promises pro-
motion according 10 efficiency.
AZAxziBAR dispatch estimates that 400
natives were killed in the recent fight at
Saadani.
An unknown guest at the Van Dyke
Hotel. in New York City, was found dead
on his knees in his room on the morning
of the 10th. He had turned out the gas
with suicidal intent
REV. kOLAsIxsKI. the communicated
Polish priest Of Detroit Mich. dedicated
the new church erected for him by his
eight thousand adherents on the 9th.
THE great National Dunkard meeting
was held at Harrisonburg, Va. ON the
ash, attracting thousands OF visitors.
The Sultan of Zanzibar has presented
the German Admiral with the grand
cross OF the Order OF the Brilliant Star.
The town Of Zbaraz, In Austrian Gallo
ia, was almost entirely destroyed ~ fire
on the 10th. Many lives were lost.
AT Vile Nouvelle. France. on the 10th.
rejected sutton murdered a farmers
daughter. father. mother and a man-serv-
ant.
The President, on the 10th. received
forty-eight Chinese pupils % the Mount
Vernon Place Methodist Church Of Balti-
more. Nd.
THE Uuited States steamer Ossinpee.
now AT ST. Nicholas. Mole. Hayti. has beer
ordered 70 proceed 20 Port-au- Prince TO
observe the state Of affairs there and re-
port 10 the Government.
The Behring Sea question, says an Of
tawa (Ont.) dispatch. promises 10 prove
more difficult OF solution than any OF the
other International disputes at present
existing between her Britannia Majesty
and the United States.
By the explosion Of boiler in tine Ma
honing Valley Iron Works at Ycungs-
town. o.. on the evening Of the 10th.
James Robinson was instantly killed aud
John Mcpherson aud VIM. Edwards seri-
ously scalded by escaping steam.
TUE debris OF the raft on the eastern
side Of the bridge at Johnstown. Pa. was
fred about midnight Of the 10th. This
means that a large number Of bodies must
be burned 10 ashes with II. No authority
is given for the measure.
The United States steamer Bear. Cap
tain Healy. sailed on the 10th for Point
Barrow. Alaska, with supplies aud ma
ferials for the relief station 70 be erected
there.
The Iron King mine. one OF the best
shippers on the Gogebic range, has been
closed down, owing to trouble between
stockholders. All Of the Bessemer Con-
solidated Company's mines have also
been closed down.
RIGHT Hon. ARTHUR WELLESLEY PEEL
Speaker 81 the British House OF Com
mons, welcomed the visiting American
engineers at bennington on the 10th. In
his address he said that the English peo-
pie admired the great feats performed by
American engineers.
JAKE GEER and John Durnberger. river
boatmen. quarreled over a woman in a
store across the river from Wellsville.
o., on the 10th. Both drew revolvers and
both were killed.
THE medical fraternity OF San Fran
cisco have most wonderful case on
hand. 1t is that ~ man living for nine
teen days with his neck broken; not only
living. but conscious most Of the time
and cheerful.
Two BODIES, man and woman. sup
posed 10 be victims % the Johnstown
food, Were found In the river at Ander-
sons Ferry. six miles below Cincinnati,
on the 10th. They were badly decom-
posed. and there was nothing by which
they could be identified.
STATE SENATOR SAMUEL r. FIELDS. aged
sixty. living near Dalton, Ga. threatened,
Oh the 18th. to whip his adopted son, Den.
mis- Taylor. aged twenty. The boy had
been ina an asylum, and Is supposed 20 be
~ unsound mind. Dennis procured a
gun and shot Fields, killing him Instantly.
He made no attempt to escape. and was
arrested.
OxE Of the canal banks At Holyoke,
Mass. gave way, on the night % the llth'
undermining the foundations Of the Cabot
Mills, which collapsed, causing loss OF
| $4,000.
| THE Collender insulating factory. Al
| Harrison. N. j., was struck by lightning
on the llth The building then took fire.
and was damaged TO the extent Of $40 900.
The firm failed about month before,
since which time the works had been
| idle.
THE anti-Jesuit convention met II
Toronto. Ont. on the 1th, with 600 dele