The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-23

THE New York independent publishes
returns from all but Ave OF the presby-
tcries Of the Presbyterian church. show
ing that 1888 have voted for revision 81
the Westminster Con p ssion. 90 against
revision. and q have isciincd 70 vote.
Most Of tho prcsbytcrics not heard from
are foreign.
COMMISSION Frs TO represent pcnnsyl'
vania At the Worlds Fair in Chicago
have been appointed by Governor Bca-
yer. as follows: John W.. Woodside.
Philadelphia; William Mcclellan. Pitts
burgh. AMI John X. Hallock. Erie, with
X. Bruce Ricketts,. OF Wilkesbarrc. IL
ternate. Hon. .Alonzo Shotwell. % fhil-
adelphia, is commissioner az large.
Tmf twclve-year-old IN OF w. 9
Buck. Of Longview, pf, was taken 70
Tuscola. on the 1874. where q maidstone
belonging 10 Erder ID. G Hostcttcr was
applied 10 wound made on his face by
n rabiS dog. The stone adhered 10 tho
weand over an hour. and it is believed
that he is out OF danger. The dog was
killed.
A MOVEMENT has been inaugurated in
New York to secure 1. 600, 900 signatures
TO a memorial to be sent 70 the Gear OF
Russia. asking that he look into and
seek to ameliorate the condition OF the
cxiles in Siberia. The was
started by a suggestion made az the
church OF Rev. Mr.. Me Vicar. Of Phila-
delphia.
JrDGE STEWART. OF Baltimore. Md,
on the 18th. delivered an opinion in the
case OF Stevenson Archer. ex-State
Treasurer. in which he held that
Archer can not be tried for embezzle-
mcnt. The argument was on a demur
rer "a the indictment charging him
with embezzling Si32,ooo from the
State. The State will now have 70 rely
upon the malfcasance case at Annap-
oils.
The reception to Henry NJ. Stanley
in the Guild Hall. London. on the 18th,
was an enth rsiastic affair. "A tense
crowd thronged the approaches 10 the
building, and the appearance OF Mr..
Stanley was the signal fora tremendous
outburst OF cheering. The guests num-
bered 1000. The Lord Mayor present.
ed to the explorer a gold casket con-
tanning an duuIc>s iEtW VIC ~oAP,"
tion of London.
OK the l4th United States Senator
Edward Oliver Walcott. Of Denver, Col,
was married to Mrs. Frances Metcalf
Bass. at Buffalo. n. y. The wedding
was an elaborate affair.
TmE first arrest was made in San
Francisco. on the 18th, under the new
city ordinance requiring the removal OF
all Chinese to q district on the outskirts
OF the city.
THE Massachusetts, Senate, on the
l4th. by a vote OF 10 10 Is, passed an
amendment to the Constitution abolish
ing the poll-tax as a prerequisite to vot-
ing.
MISS JOSEPHINE CRowFEATHER a full
blooded Sioux maiden, OF South Dakota,
has become q Benedictine nun. Her
father is a Sioux chief.
Ex-SEcRErARY WHITNEY and Mrs.
Whitney sailed for Europe. on tho
morning Of the 14th, on the White Star
steamer Majestic.
The Oklahoma Territorial nomina-
tions were taken up in the Senate, on the
14th, and confirmed.
CoUST voS MoLrKE, speaking in the
Reichstag. on the 18th, in supporter the
Military bill, said that II Is imperative
for Germany TO maintain . strong mill
tary establishment, as q strong govern
alone would be able TO main
tain peace.
MORE than eight inches Of snow fell
in North Dakota on the night Of the
18th. and the farmers, who had feared
the entire loss OF their wheat crops
from drought, are iubilant