The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-06-19

IT was decided at French cabinet
on the 9th, 70 ask parliament
Tor grant 10 enable France 10 take
part in the Chicago Worlds fair.
on the 9th the jury in the celebrated
baccarat case in London found verdict
against the plaintiff, the effect OF which
Is that Sir William Gordon-Cumming
must be cashiered from the army and
expelled from the clubs
THERE has beenpublishedi in England
and on the continent lengthy circu lar
note signed by the Chilian provisional
iunta or government. representing the
insurgent party Of Chilli. appealing 70
the powers TO recognize the insurgents
as belligcrents-
AK order was issued from the navy
on the 10th. ordering Rear
Admiral ID. Il. Harmony to hoist his
dag ON the Lancaster, on the Esd IN
slant and proceed 70 the Asiatic station
and relieve Rcar-Admiral Belknap OF
the command Of that station
Tur report received from Simla 70
the effect that among those killed IN
the last engagement between the Brit
ish. under Lieut.. Grant, and the Mani
puris at Fort Thabct was the usurping
IA iah is erroneous The person meant
was the com mander-in-chief OF the
Nj anipuris in the field
HENRY STRONG. Of Greene. Chenangc
county. n. ". who arrived in New
York city on the 9th. declared that two
weeks before he met Robert Ray Ham
ilton face to face in the Yellowstone
region. He says he is willing to go or
the witness sta..' ara testify that hs
saw him alive and well
BY decision Of United states Cir
cut Judge Phillips. of Kansas City
Nd. death from sunstroke does not en-
titlc the beneficiary under an acciden
insurance policy 70 recover. on IN
ground that sunstroke is not an accl
dent. but disease Of the brain arising
from natural and known causes
The fishing schooner Alice arrived a
Proyincetown. Mass. on the 9th. iron
a twenty-months cruise in Africa
waters for NJ ackerel. The Alice IS III
pioneer vessel in this fishing and IN
cruise was successful. She brings abou
fifty barrels Of mack srel and had prev
ously sent home nearly 1000 barrels
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state that much excitement has bee
aroused in Monrovia. the capital OF L
IBERIA. bv the news that the Frenc
have seized part Of the Liberian coas
near Cape Palmas. An appeal wi
probably be made TO the United State
against this action on the part OF tn
French
Full. returns from the Irish censv
show that the total population Is 4.zoo
l02. 4 decrease Of 1850 The religion
classification shows 354e, 54s koms
Catholics decrease Of al .14o; 600, 8
Protestant Episcopalians, . decrease
sa744: Presby tersns. 446,6s7. decrea'
24,047; Methodists 55.2s5, IN increa'
Of 6.Se6.
THE census Office. on the 18th. ga
out the tobacco statistics Of Mort
Carolina. The total number Of plante
in the state during the census year wi
e7.250: the total area devoted to Tobacco
e7.o77: the total product s6.s75. 2
pounds. and the value Of the crop to Il
producers, estimated on the basis
actual sales. Ss5.ls5. s33.
THE annual banquet Of the membe
OF the san Francisco chamber Of col
merce was bcld at the Palace hotel
the night Of the 10th. The guest Of I
evening was ex-senator Warner Mile
of New York. president Of the Nical
guam Canal Construction Co. who
livercd a speech in which he review
the history Of the enterprise.
SIR JoHN ALEXANDER MACDo~ Al.
&C. H., ID. G. L. III. d.. premier
Canada. died al his home at Ear
Cliffe. on the night Of the 9th, aged
years. lie had been half century
public life, filing many Offices Of tru
with honor TO himself and benefit 70
adopted country. His death is regard
in England as national calamity
DR. GRiFFIrH J. THOMPSON. a RI
dent physician AZ Mercy hospital,
Pittsburgh. Pa. died. on the 9th. fr
blood poisoning On the previous q
he assisted NJ surgical operation. a
the poison entered his system throug
boil on his wrist lie was only 80 We
old and took first honors in his class
the jefferson Medical college in Ph
delphia.
THE president, on the 10th, made
following appointments of judges
the court Of private land claims:
seph X. Reed. Of Iowa. chief just
Wilbur r. stone. ~ Colorado: Hel
c. Sluss, Of Kansas; Thos. G. Fuller.
North Carolina, and William NJ. NJ
raw, of Tennessee. associate iusti'
and Matthc \. q. Reynolds. Of Misso'
attorney for the court
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SECRETARY Foster returned
Washington from New York on the
He stated that his conference I'm
York with the bankers developed
fact that the bankers would take
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