The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-03-14

0ASA A4>s
TnE President, ON the Sth. approved
the act providing for An assistant secre-
tary Of War.
QUEEN VICTORIA sent Minister Lin
coin q message Of sympathy and condo
lence anon the death Of his son
NAVAL CApEr THOMAS l. JExkrSs
has been dismissed from the Naval
Academy It Annapolis, Md, and iron
the laval service
TIE Treasury Departments monthly
sta Of changes in the circulating
medium for February past shows : ne'
decrease Of sla 276. 96a.
TEN ruousAxD pounds Of petition
hearine 20. 900 signatures. vas present'
q in the New York state Assembly, -
the Sd. in favor Of ballot reform
A PRoGREssisr meeting 1t Koenigs'
berg. Germany. on the Sd. was broker
up BY Socialists and : serious ARRAY re-
suited. Many Of the rioters were a.
rested.
THE Brazilian Government has re
solved - promulgate . new constitution
without awaiting the election. assemb
ling and action Of constituent Parlia'
nen<
Tur Russian Government has pur'
chased the line Of railway extending
from Rommy. the seat Of one OF Russia
i've great annual fairs, 70 Libiau, . sea
port on the Baltic
The first block Of tin produced from
N American tin mine reached Pitts
bureh on the Sd. The block weighed
twenty-five pounds and was taken from
: tin deposit near Hermosa. 5 y.
-
The President. on the 5th. approved
the agreement made by the Commission
With the Chippewa Indians in Mime
sofa and the cession Of some 4oo, 900
acres OF their land 70 the United States
Hox. PErEF BELMONT, Of New York.
has received the decoration Of Com
mander Of the Legion Of Honor. in re-
cognition Of his services TO the French
Republic in connection with the Paris
Exposition
AFrER almost superhuman efforts in
their behalf, the seven entombed miners
n the Stanton shaft At Wilkesbarre.
Pa. were, on the eth. abandoned 70
their fate. and the flooding Of the mine
vas commenced
tx the British House Of Commons, on
The night q the 18th, Henry Labouchere
was suspended BY : vote Of IL % 70 for
refusing o withdraw the statement that
be would not believe Lord Salisbury nor
Attorney-Ceneral Webster.
m. D. b. BATES. Of New York. rep
rssentins ; company Of capitalists who
~ prepared 70 build telegraph lines Il
the Poefsaster-Generals bill becomes :
lsw, appeared before the House commit
-. = - eth, = advocacy Of Tie bill
Two very handsome floral tributes
were { = 70 Senator Allison. o. the
2osh. by the employees Of the Senate in
honor e his reelection One basket
composed Of roses and v~iolets, exquis-
itely arranged. was fully four feet long
TuE great bridge over the Firth Of
Forth Wa formally opened by the Prince
Of Wales and . distinguished company
on the 4th. A vast crowd witnessed the
ceremonies There II great rejoicing
in Edinburgh over the completion Of
the bridge
Ara meeting OF the Toledo CO.. Typo
graphical Union. on the evening Of the 3D.
Il was decided to demand . raise in the
scale Of i've cents per thousand ems on
all work-making the scale thirty-nve
and thirty-eight z for day and nigh,
respectively.
ABRAuAM. only son Of Minister and
Mrs. Lincoln. died in London, on this
5th. after : lingering illness caused BY
blood-poisoning from : malignant cal
buncle. With his death the hope o.
lineal succession Of the martyr Iresi
dent Is cut Of.
TIE managers Of the Florida Sub
Tropical Exposition at Jacksonville Of
fer $1,000 in prizes 70 be competed fol
in : National military drill tournament
April Z "a 10 inclusive. open TO com
panies from any state in the Union
Applications have already been received
from thirteen StatesA
THE Army Appropriation bill. accom-
panied by : report was submitted TO tho