The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-05-17

Peru will send delegate 20 the crhirI-
ence az American States, which meets ~
on the attn Of October next
1T il asserted that Mr.. Alexander. the
noted philanthropist and collector ~
Il the donor OF the building
for the new portrait gallery Ia London %
which Lord Salisbury referred IA ms
speech AZ the recent Royal Academy am
ner. The cost ~ the gallery when COM
pleted will be 100000.
Tng French Exposition was opened, on
the 9th, by President Carnot Large
crowds were present. and the scene was
a very brilliant one.
The fefes in celebration Of the opening
OF the Paris Exposition were carried ont
according 10 programme on the nisnt ..
the 9th. The Eifel tower. the central
dome Of the Exhibition building and the
gardens surrounding the buildings were
splendidly illuminated. and IN all parts 81
the city were 10 be seen evidences o. the
enthusiasm with which the people regard
the great fair and their sympathy wlth
the institutions whose application 20 the
Government OF France the Ixposiiol
Archbishop WALSH has written let
ter urging the application - all Ireland
OF the pltu VI Nrttit iir "a t->AN'f'NNt - 49,
Vandeleur estate. The Times opposes
the suggestion.
THE case OF Howard, the alleged chief
OF the electric sugar frauds. was Gale q
in New York City on the 9th. Howard
was confronted with an indictment charg-
ing him with grand larceny. He de-
INJURED 10 the indictment. The demurrer
was overruled, and the prisoner was
Il -. ri
THE Lord Mayor OF London. accompa-
MED by the sheriffs, took his departure
for Paris. on the 9th. 70 attend the Expo
sition. He abandoned the idea u travel
ing in state.
The American Peace Society held its
annual meeting in Boston. on the 9th.
President Z. $. Tobey in the chair. Mr..
Tobey was reelected president for the
ensuing year. with Rev. X. Ii. Howard a.
corresponding secretary. Delegates We're
appointed 10 attend the Paris Peace Con-
gress. A new departure was made by
the admission Of ladies as members Of
the society.
MATTHEW GRIrFrTH. Of Cass City. Mich,
on the 9TH identified one OF the victims Of
the recent wreck on the Grand Trunk
railway as his cousin. George conlen.
DURING d fight at a Hungarian christen-
ing near Houtzdale. Pa. on the 9th. one
man. Joseph Teeser. was killed. and sew
eral others were severely injured. Seven
persons were lodged in jail.
MUNICIPAL elections were held, on the
9th, in all the cities and towns 81 North
Carolina. and the Democrats carried the
day easily.
a FREIGHT train on the Chesapeake &
Ohio road. which was transferring the
famous Libby prison from Richmond 4
Chicago. was wrecked seven miles eas|
OF Maysville. KY, on the 9th. The re-
mains OF the old prison were profuseiy
scattered about. and people fiocked 20 the
| scene all dag to secure old bricks and
| lumber as memenfOes. No one was hurt
! JuDGE BARRETT of the Supreme Court
| OF New York CITY. on the 9Th. appointed
Grover Cleveland referee in the suit Of
Kounbee Brothers against John b. Ken
nedy.
1 THE Berlin vossiche Zei'ung states tha
| tile American samoan Commissioner.
urre the neutrality OF the Powers IN th'
government Of The Samoan Islands. ans
the right for the United States 10 estab
lish a coaling station at Pago-Pago.
PRESIDENT CARSor. on the sth. receives
N. Elffel, the protector OF the tower a
the Paris Exposition grounds TIN
workmen who constructed the tower were
also present.
THE entire business portion ~ Beave
Dam, o.. VAS destroyed by fire at an { ar ].
hour on the morning OF the sth- loss
$4,000.
The report that President Harrison i
troubled with Bright's disease has called
forth from DR.. Henry Jameson. for man!
years the family physician, most EN-
phatic denial
JAMEs KExrzLER was instantly kille'
and seven other laborers seriously ir
jured by an accidental discharge ~ dyna
mite in tunnel, near Ashland, Pa, Of
the eth.
SEVERAL persons were arrested al III
opening Of the French Exposition. on th
9Th. for shouting .vive La Boulanger-"
THK United States cruiser Charlcsto
started on her trial trip from San Fran
CISCO on tue Eth, under command Of Cap
tain Charles Goodal. Jr.. Of the Pacif
Coast Steamship Company.
The Gypsy Queen. Of Liverpool. 2
route 10 Philadelphia. was burned an
abandoned at sea on the 10th Of Apri
The fate Of the passengers and crew la
nut Urtll ithfAtA-
The Hamburg American lines ne
steamer Augusta Victoria returned
Hamburg from her trial trip on the ~
, She made twenty knots an hour.
. THE National Liberal Club 81 Londo
+ at it, annual meeting, on the Eth. electe
/ Mr.. Parnell life member by large m
jority.
PRrxcE BISMARCK received the delegat
10 the samoan conference. on the sth- a.
conversed with them for three-quarte
7 Of an hour.
SEVERAL Russian naval and artille
officers have been arrested in Southe
Russia and conveyed 10 st. Petersbt
for trial upon charges Of implication
/ Nihilist conspiracies.
: REnxccA BOWIE aged sixty. Cathari
2 and Ellen Bovine. aged six and four.
! Catharine and Mary Dunn. ayei mir
q teen and ten, were incinerated. on
4 morning Of the 9Th, in the destruction
she old Bovine mansion at West Chest
NY. Mr.. Watson Bovine was sever
2 burned while saving his wife and inf
y daughter, who. being wrapped IN blank
= escaped uninjured.
Y, JAcoB A. BRowS's sale stables
y Cutchegia. l.. T.. were burned. on the
70 and four valuable horses persisted. L
d estimated Mt S7.00a.
THE conference committees Of the
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