The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-05-15
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

there as a dcscrter from h United
states army. being a regularly enlisted
private in the service and having LETT
his post without permission 4 mum
Der OF creditors mourn his departure.
II the crowd which surrounded the
prison at Beke>. Hungary. on the 5th.
demanding the release Of their com
radcs who had been arrested for threat
ching demonstrations on May-day. the
women took the lead. They >pat upon
and hurled stones nj the troops. and.
barring their breasts. cried out: Cut
as down with yanr hayonets- We will
not move without our brothers"
1T is positively stated that Associate
Justices Field and Bradley. both OF
whom have passed the age which en-
titles them 10 retire on full pay. will
resign in October when the supreme
court resumes the hearing OF argn
ments. Mr.. Edmunds. Il is believed.
will succeed Justice Bradley. and some
western jurist will be chosen to sue
coed Justice Field.
TmE supreme court OF Nebraska. on
the 5th. rendered a decision that Gov.
Boyd dem was not entitled 70 the Of
flee. on the ground that he was not a
citizen Of the United States. This de-
cision made John VI. Thayer (rcp.l gov
ernor. who immediately took possession
OF the Office. Boyd says he will take
the case 10 the supreme court Of the
United tates.
AnY~ANirE cartridge was exploded
on the doorstep 81 the residence ~ a
prominent capitalist Of Liege. Belgium.
on the 5th. The house was badly dam
aged and much excitement caused in
the neighborhood. The outrage Is at
tributed 70 labor extremists
RI. Hox. AND Mo~T REV. WILLIAM
CoxNon MAGEE. u. d., archbishop ~
| York and prlmate Of England. who had
| for some time been i'll with influenza.
died on the 5th.
The report Of the New Orleans grand
Jury investigating the lynchinE Of the
Italians charged with the assassination
Of Chief OF Police Hcnncssy. was made
public on the sth. II justifes the citi-
zens and presents no indictments.
EX-SENATOR CAMDEN authorizes the
statement that s., 900. 900 has been
raised to spend in railroad building in
West Virginia in the next six months.
JrDGE SCHUYLER. Of Easton. Pa. de-
cided. on the 9Th. that the suspension
OF Bishop bowman by the Chicago con-
ference was regular and that ministe-
rial appointments by the Bowman con-
ference are Illegal.
BARON HRscH denies that he has
bought land in Pennsylvania for use in
the establishing Of a Jewish colony
and adds that the scheme 70 devote
fS. 900. 600 to assist the Jewish emigra
ton is vet in embryo.
1T Is currently reported at Halifax
n. s., that the British war ship Pei
: lean. now in Newfoundland waters
had been fired upon BY the Newfound
land bait catchers in Fortune bay.
II Is stated that the insurgent stea
I mer Tianco Encalada recently blow
1 up in caldera bay BY a government
torpedo with a heavy loss Of life. wa
: anchored at the time with a portion 0
= her machinery undergoing repairs.
A RIOT occurred in Parma. Italy. d
the 5th. owing 10 a rise in the price Q
2 bread.
The Delaware county lInd.l infrm
I airy was burned early on the mornin
! Of the 9Th. and four Of the inmate
2 persisted IN the flames. The forty-on
rescued inmates are being cared for .
e neighboring farm houses and no fats
results from shock and exposure az
anticipated. The buildings were Z,
tensive and the material loss Will prol
ably reach $50. 900
,, TuF Moscow Gazette Is indignant
. the English and American press for il
y noring Russia's connection with III
8 Behring sea matter. and declares thu
q any agreement made without Russia
consent will be worthless The Gazet'
proposes that America and Russia se
y tie the question without reference
Y England
n PRESIDENT WARNER MILLER an
4 Chief Engineer Menocal Of the Me
ragua Construction 10. arrived
\: Tampa. Fla. on the United States gu
boat Petrol from Grevtown. on the OF
and left at once for New York. The
v expressed their satisfaction with u
Il. progress Of the work on the canal.
l. EDlItf- anu mtudNtF- VI Ahtbol
\, newspapers from all parts 81 the Unit
Y states. 20 the number ~ forty. met
n, New York. on the 9Th. 10 unity the !
Il t~crests OF the Catholic journals Of 4
country and 70 establish q central ne'
agency.
- DETECTIVE ON ALLEY. OF New {
IA leans. made a long statement. on I
9Th. IN which he says the prosecute
IA Of the Italian asSassinS was a bal
faced conspiracy and a disgrace TO {
IL ilization.
H. REroRrs from the recent elections
or the second and third-clasS citl
throughout Indiana show general den
cratic gains. with the exception of N
Albany and Jacksonville. where I
to republicans made clean sweeps.
nj A DISASTROUS explosion occurred
no the ~crlo coal pit at Saarbrucl,
an Rhenish Prussia. on the 9Th. Eil
RS persons were killed outright and ses
he others were seriously injured.
as "A MILITARY company i % he form
nd Nv the students 81 the Sheffield sell
to tific school. at New Haven. Conn. VIII
ICE will be instructed by Lieut.. Y. A. 7
tan. n. -. A.. the attal