The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-02-06

TuonAs KIM and Alfred call. both
bosses IN the employ Of Peter Costello,
d contractor. engaged in a quarrel at
Spokane Falls. Wash. ON the 2Tth.
King drew a revolver on Call and the
latter run the tines of a ~pitehfork
through Kings head, killing him In
stantly. Call gave himself mp.
Bruce DnroLA~S. aged twcnty-scven
wears. who claimed Ia be- the nephew
and heir OF Robert Percy Douglass.
fourth Earl OF that name. died ~ the
san Francisco County Hospital. ON the
a,th. as "a result Of dissipation and
pneumonia.
TnE war vessels 81 the CHILEAN revo-
lutionists took mp position in the road
stead Of Porto Qnimbo. on the 10Th, and
commenced bombarding that city. The
insurgents have captured the towns Of
L.imach Alto and Quillota.
A SECOND attempt was made by un-
Known parties. on the 10Th. 20 destroy
the Office Of the Obcrlin (O.) Record by
fire.
Two MEN. supposed 70 be the muir
derers Of Conductor o'>cil. have been
arrested. one near Belle Plains and the
other near Tama. la. not far from the
scene 81 the murder. One Of the men
had a fresh bullet wound in his leg,
presumably from Detective PurcclFs
revolver. who shot at the fleeing tramps
after O'Ncil was killed.
Tnr negotiations now pending for the
purchase by the ~Nanderbilt> Of several
Of the Northern Michigan iron mines
now controlled by the SchleSsinger syn
dicate, will involve. IL contaminated. a
consideration Of several millions OF
dollars.
The contract for the building ~ fifty
five miles Of the Great Northern rail-
way. between B~onner's Ferry, on the
k~ootenai. and kootcnai Falls. Wash.
has been let to Burns 4 Chapman
spokane Falls The contract will in
volve an expenditure of over a million
dollars.
MRs. FIAck. formerly wife 81 James
A. Flack. ex-sheriH Of New York. died
at / a. m. on the 9Th. Of paralysis
The district attorney said le could not
| saw what the effect ~ her death would
bc on the new trial IF Flack and his
son for criminal conspiracy IN the
divorce case.
THE Republicans Of Allegheny City
Pa. burned senator Cameron in etiigy
on the asth. in condemnation Of hi'
vote in Congress shelving the Election
bill
A Bill. 10 provide the state with thu
| Australian system ~ ballot has pa>se'
| the Oregon House Of Representatives.
DIR. SULLIVAN WHITNEY,. the frs
American physician 10 mannfactur,
homeopathic remedies. died al Newton
| Vile. Mass. on the 2>th. aged eighty
three.
The revolutionary forces Of Chill
have occupied the city Of Coqnimh'
otherwise called La serena. the capi
tai Of the province Of Ccquimho. unop
posed nv the governmenttroops thougl
the latter were present in force. lpoI
the appearance Of the insnrrcctionist'
the government soldiers evacuated tn
capital and rctreated toward the in
terror.
In Is said that senator Quay Is abou
70 break his long silence by a speech i
the senate in reply TO the variou
charges Of corruption and criminalit,
which have been 80 freely made agains
him.
OVER one hundred people lost thei
lives in floods following a terrific storn
on the island Of MasSowah. Egypt. q
the 2sth. and the loss Of property wa
enormous.
j. II. BUTLER the night elevator ma
in the Omaha lNeb.l Bee building. wa
found dead in the elevator. on the 29ti
having been crushed in the shaft.