The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-07-04

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: Navy Department on the sSd. iron
Consul caresche. AZ Martinique. as FOL
lows; Half Fort a. France burned
Martinique demands aid. Five thou
sand homeless people need lumber. beef
pork. flour and other provisions. Cabl.
quickly what States viii do"
InE English syndicate which one
year ago was heraldcd a. seeking 4
purchase the dime museums OF The
United States has secured control Of the
houses in >ackett 4 LAWYERS circuit 4,
Omaha and Lincoln. Neb.. and ST.
Joseph. Mo. The price paid Is said "a
be- $4,000, Messrs. Sackett & Lawler
retaining onc-iifth interest in the mu.
scums.
HOPKINS & MARKS. members Of the
New York Association OF Cloak-makers.
surrendered. on the cath. TO the terms Of
the locked-out workmcn.
lANMA~rEE DURAN OF the Mexican
Central railway is in Jail in the City OF
Mexico. charged with being slg. OOc
short in his
PARKER HARRIS. Ed Carr, and Hard,
Ballard. colored. and Frank Rrenish.
white. were hanged at Memphis. Tenn,
on the cath.
JoHx LAWRENCE Sullivan va.
called 70 plead 70 an indictment. charg-
ing him with prize-irhting. in court al
furvis, Miss, on the cath. and simpli-
fed matters by pleading guilty and
soliciting the merciful consideration Of
the court lie was accommodated 10
the extent Of a $500 fine. which was i'm
mediately paid.
The appeal in the Kemmler ease
came up for argument in the New York
court Of Appeals at Saratoga. on the
18th, but when counsel for the people
opened his argument the Court stated Il
did not desire 70 hear him and affirmed
the decision Of the courts below. which
was that the warden Of Auburn prison
was the proper person to execute the
death sentence.
TnE United states stcamer Adams ar.
AZ san Francisco on the a3th. from
Honolulu, having lcf, there June ..
h Charleston was still at Honolulu
when the Adams left. but the Nipsic
had goae on a cruise about the islands
n the Pacific until July ,. Affairs are
exported quiet az samoa.
TIE collections Of internal revenue
or the clever months OF the fiscal
ear ending June 80. 1890. were slso..
oof. being $40, 595.os4 greater than
he collections for the corresponding
'eriod Of the last fiscal year.
y Turner's National convention IN
'ew York City. on the cath. adopted a
signifying It's disapproval OF
ny change in the present immigration
vs., and pledging its members not II
Import any Congressional candidate
no I'D not 50 think. The next bunds 4,
irnfest will be held at Milwaukee ir !
''5. and the next convention at WASH '
igton in 1892. I
bf the coliapsing OF a foot-bridge lead. '
2 frotna wharf al Brcst to the steam. a
saint Jean, On the 25th. several hum $
persons were precipitated into the Il
a. many Of whom were drowned.
OVER 1000 acres Of timber, together G
IA the mills and works Of the Puzzle, 0
q Boston mines at Boulder. Col. h
re burned on the night Of the s4th.
loss will be heavy. G
ArBFnT H. KNIGHT. a wealthy and
ghly-respected citizen OF Omaha. r;
70, hanged himself in his barn. on a
z 18th. while temporarily insane.
M congregational Church Of Ash Il
.. Conn, was struck BY lightning. on e
1'th- and destroyed 1t was one Of
Oldest edifces in the State. 1.
lIcHAEL u. HAnTEE was nominated =
Congress on the 153d ballot by the n
'teenth Ohio district Democratic con-
on the 18th. =.