The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-02-28

- LIN i.AukVff. OF krc ku<@ial
army ~as found, on the 18th. severed,
~ou' 4ded in the dwelling OF brother Of
rs <r, Captain Bczobrazoff. The cause d
lis injuries i being Investigated.
ALnERr l. JonN~oN. inventor Of thu
Johnson switch and other useful rail
way appliances. dropped dead in thu
Equitable building. New York City. on
on the 18th. Of heart disease.
TnE next Sangcrfest will be held a,
Cleveland. O. in 1893
TnE Senate committee on library. on
the 18th, made favorable report on
the bill appropriating sl$.G07 10 pur-
chase the Capron collection Of japanese
works Of art now in the National
\ Museum.
4 SENATOR lSLAiRon the 18th. presented
in the Senate petition signed by 80. 900
citizens praying for the pcnsioning Of
army nurses
| lx the rowing regatta at Port Tampa.
Fla. on the lstn. Gaudaur won the first
race in l4:22. Ham won the second race
in 1920. There was an immense crowd
| present
TnE Earl OF Dunraven and Lord Ram
dolph Churchill. on the 18th. assured a
deputation Of miners that they would
favor state limitation Of the hours Of
labor.
The semi-annual meeting Of the de-
partment OF supcrintendents Of the Ma
tional Educational Association. for the
training Of teachers, opened in New
York City on the 18th.
SixrEE> persons were drowned. on
the 18th. by the sinking Of the steam
ship Coral Queen in a collision with the
Rotterdam steamer Brinio of the river
Tees.
Corxr ANpRAssy, the Hungarian
statesman. died. on the 18th. in the
sixty-seventh year Of his age.
W. Horace ROSE. prominent law
yer, was. on the 18th. elected mayor Of
the city OF Johnstown. Pa. as lately
formed by the consolidation OF eight
contiguous boroughs
Miss AMY c. FOWLER the English
girl who goes 10 devote her life TO work
in the leper settlement at Molokai. left
New York. on the 18th. for san Fran
cisco. en- route for Honolulu.
THE contractors and plasterers OF New
York City and Brooklyn reached an
agreement. on the 10th. whereby four
iollars per day for working day OF
light hours is TO be the rule OF the
rade in both cities after March %.
THE bulgarian Government is in pos
ession Of Information sufficient to JUS
ify the fear that another plot against
he life Of Prince Ferdinand is in exist
nee.
The vote for successor to the late
Judge VIM. d. Kelley. Congressman
rom the Fourth Pennsylvania district.
n the 18th. resulted as follows: Rey- N
urn. Rep. aa,s30; Ayers, Dem, IL. 446:
Pro-. 2ss.
JUDGE ZANE has decided that six
iormon councilmen who received the
ighest number Of votes in their re-
pectiye wards in salt Lake City in the
scent election, are entitled TO certifi-
ates Of election. This would make the
lcoming council stand nine Gentiles ,
nd six Mormons. The Gentiles an
called from the decision.
The annual convention Of cigar man
facturers Of the United States held in
lew York. on the 18th, took action
lvoring National bankruptcy law.
The increased earnings during Janu-
~ Of the entire system Of the Balti-
lore 4 Ohio railroad, east and west OF
1c Ohio river, were el.40s,5l in
'eased expenses, $3.50, 4G3; net increased
Awnings. s92s047
In is thought that 500, 600. 900 will be
equired TO cover the expense involved
} the English Governments new Land
urchasc bill.