The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-09-04

ancc 'nemhcs-. VINO. unacr rnc plea %
economy. declared that the :r,yr-hou>es
were good enough for people Who could
not support themselves. there Is much
Indignation throus hont the state
4 U>trEp STATES MARSHA; caiMEs Of
Oklahoma has received special instruc-
1 tons from Washington 10 send large
posse Of deputies into the. Cherokee
strip. with orders To arrest all persons
attempting 70 make settlements or burn
4 the grass
I GOV. PACE OF Vermont having moth
l 6ed Secretary Proctor OF his intention
| 10 appoint him United States senator,
vice Edmnnds. resigned. speculation Is
| rife a. "a Mr.. Proctor's successor IN the
cabinet Ex-Goy. Cheney Of New Hamp-
shire. is mentioned among the possible
| ties
The belief is growing that Musgrave.
the fugitive from justice who was al
legged TO have been cremated In a burned
cabin near Tcrrc IIautc. Ind. put up y
| job TO deceive the authorities Color Is
given To the belief since il is ascertained
that he carried $40. 900 life insurance.
The British merchant ships which
were put TO Inconvenience and some
what damaged during the fighting in
Pisagua. Chilli. have prepared their
claims for damages for presentation to
the Gillian government The vessels
claim TO have been made depots Of ref
nge for thousands Of noncombatants
during period in some instances Of
six weeks.
LETTER from Cape Town says the
Germans i'm Damaraland are thoroughly
sick Of their attempt 10 settle that part
of Africa. and King Harmamo says
they must go home The king has just
awakened 10 the idea that the Germans
got the best Of the treaty, which he
signed when drunk. giving them his
country for few trinkets-
DIR. L. e. DRAPER the noted his
torian. died in Madison. Wis. on the
Goth. He occupied position quite
unique in American scholarship. and
was regarded as an oracle on western
topics among historical specialists the
country over
The Lumber showers union Of Buff
falo. n. ". held a meeting. on the
2.th. and came 10 an agreement with
the stevedores- Only union men are
to be employed at stated rate Of
wages. This settles the lumber SHOW
ers' strike.
The total French conscription for
the present year calls for 1s3.567 re-
cruits. OF this number $50. s37 men
will be assigned to the land forces.
while the remaining ALSO men will be
detailed 10 the naval service.
Mr. FREDERICK w. VASDERRrLr in
tends TO contest the right Of the gov
eminent to impose an import duty ON
his new foreign-built yacht Conqueror.
If the duty is finally collected he will !
have to pay about 5000.
SOUTHWESTERN AUSTRIA and north |
ernItaly were swept by terrible thun- |,
derstorm. on the Goth. causing much |
damage to property and the loss Of
many lives.
A MUNICH dispatch emphatically de-
MES that Prince bismarck shows any
signs of bad health II is said that he /
was never more vigorous.
The Lead trust has been reorganizcd
in New York without opposition. The
capital stock will be reduced two
thirds.
MRS. ii. NJ. HoTcHKIss. of New Ha.
ven. Conn, has presented Ss7s.ooo to
the Yale preparatory school which she
In addition to this gift.
Mrs. Iiotchkiss has given the school i
acres Of land. Seventy
1--WE thousand dollars Of the cash gift \
will be expended upon a building, and
the remainder will be used as an en-.
iowment fund for professorships, etc.