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


Mn. THOMPSON. chairman e ne
Firth OF Forth bridge Company. and
Sir John Gowlcr. have been created
haronctS and NeSsrs. Baker and Arrot,
respectively engineer and contractor Of
the bridge ha ~ been knighted.
TnE proprietors Of the Pittsburgh
tpa., Times. the youngest and most
widely circulated newspaper In the
smoky City, have purchased q lot for
the erection Of q $500, 900 building.
Tux works OF the Para Rubber Com
pany ~ South birmingham. Mass.
which were shut down December - last
were started up in the calendar and mix
ing departments. on the ,th. giving en-
ployment 70 $50 operatives
Rr. Rev. Joux STANLEY, Roman Cath
olic Bishop Of North Dakota. Is having
. car built in which TO make his episco-
pal v~isitations-
Riorixc took place at Setubai. Portu-
gal. on the Sd The military were
called out 70 dispense the rioters and re-
store order. and firing into the crowd.
killed two and injured twenty.
TmE Irish Land bill TO be introduced
by tho British Government contains
clauses TO assis. emigration and TO abol
ish the land courts and land commits
sion.
Anil authorizing the Canadian Pa
cifc Railway Company TO issue further
bonds to the extent Of 5000. 900 70 aid
in the purchase Of ocean steamships
l ~. 49, ~..ls~w l., ~ nnu,fuinu
Parliament on the 3D.
Tux majority Of the House COMMITTEES
on Territories completed their report
on the bill for the admission OF Idaho.
on the 5th. The report is favorable
and will soon be presented IN the
House.
TmE Chinese Govern ment Is massing
troops on the frontier Of siberia, and
the Russian authorities are apprehen-
sive that . Chinese attack upon the
Russian forces on the border Is medi-
tated at an early date.
A CONFLICT in which several lives
were lost is reported to have occurred
on the lower AMOR between irregular
Russian troops and Chinese golddiggers
who resisted an attempt to drive them
from the placers which they have
worked for the last generation
THE Utah Legislature. on the 5th.
killed the Australian BALLOT bill.
SECRETARY WIxpoN announced. on the
5th. that the Treasury Department had
resumed the purchase Of four per cent
bonds ~ 123 or less.
Or the sum put up by Mr.. Parnell 70
defray the expenses Of the action
brought BY him in the Scottish court
against the Times, and subsequently
abandoned. E536 have been returned 70
him.
NEW YoRK's Worlds Fair committee
has decided to continue in active organ
ization until Congress-, including the
Senate. has acted finally.
ABOUT q dozen leading naturai-gas
companies operating in the northern
part Of Indiana have combined their in
tercsts and formed an immense trust,
with an aggregate capital Of 81. 500. 900.
THE Halifax IN. 81 Chamber Of Com
merce. on the 5th. adopted = protest
against the proposed increase in tho
duty on -four; also . resolution urging
the removal Of the duty On American
corn
AcATHoLIc bank will be established
in Paris very shortly. The institution
has the sanction Of the Pope and will
have . capital Of 1000. 900 francs
SEVEN employees Of q shoe factory in
weissenfels, Saxony. lost their lives on
the 5th. in . fire that destroyed the
building.
A MONTHLY line OF steamers between
Portland, Orc. and Asiatic ports will be
started in June by the Union Pacific
Railroad