The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-05-29
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.


TO the scorer. tally one for me-
when he fell over dead.
AMER BEN All. otherwise '.Frcnchv
No. l." who killed old Carrie Brown
in the East River hotel. New York city.
was indicted BY the grand jury. on the
18th. for murder in the first degree.
THE proof-readcrs Of German daily
papers are liable 70 imprisonment for
obnoxious or libelous articles appear
ing in the papers with which they are
connected.
TIE president. On the 18th, committed
70 Imprisonment for life the sentences
Of the three Navassa rioters condemned
by the United states circuit court at
Baltimore. Md. to be hanged.
DAVID LUrrs. aged Is. Of philadcl-
phia. was accidentally shot and killed.
on the nth. by Jas Pitts. Who Is one
year Younger. The boys were warm
friends. and had Just returned home
from Sunday-school.
LISBON adviccs state thatan outbreak
in that city has hccn barely avcrted by
the payment Of arrears 10 the troops Of
the garrison. who had been showing
signs Of discomfort and incipient mu-
tiny. King Charles himself advanced
money for the payment Of the palace
guards and employees out of his own
private purse. and Queen Amelia did
the same for the females OF the royal
household.
The Russian minister of justice has
received an application for an increase
Of pay from Eeinhold. the public execu-
/ ffnnanr t..t. n1nt-.. <L.< ~ 1-&t.a -.
head-chopper are poorly compensated in
comparison with those Of the hangman
in England. while al the same time they
are more disagrccable-
The Dominion minister Of marine
and fisheries says licenses will be con-
tinued to American fishing vessels I'M
der orders in council until the modus
vivendi bill. which passed its third
reading in the house. on the 18th. passes
the senate and receives the governor
generals assent
THE Cambridge Mass Afro-Ameri-
can league was addressed. on the 18th.
by George Lewis Clarke. who claims to
be the original of ''Uncle Tom" lie
says he was sold in Sanford. Va. in
lssf. and taken to Lexington. Ky.
whence he escaped to Massachusetts.
met Mrs. Stowe and furnished her with
the facts hat formed the story of Tn
Gle Toms Cabin.
THE New York court Of general ses-
sions on the 18th. overruled the demur-
rcr Of the New York < New Haven
railroad directors TO the indictments
charging them with keeping stoves in
fInfr e4onrr ,~o
They must stand trial.
JUDGE VAN BRUxr, in the New York
court Of general sessions, On the 10th.
dismissed the indictments for bribery
against BILLY Moloney. Delaney and
keenan,. in connection with the Broad
way railroad franchise. These are the
last Of the Indictments IN connection
| with the scheme.
JUDGE BLoDeErT. OF Chicago. on the
10Th overruled the point that the
amount involved in the case OF Miss
Phoebe Couzins against the Worlds air
lady managers was less than 81. 600.
and therefore not within federal juris-
diction.
The Russian government is consider
ing the question Of suing the Roths-
childs. Bliechrodcr and other ~inanciers
interested in the proposed Russian loan.
for breach Of contract. The suit Will
be instituted in Berlin. if at all.
JACKSONVILLE. Fla. was visited by
another destructive confagration on
the night Of the 18th.
The negotiations between Victoria.
New south Wales and south Australia
for uniform action in submitting the
federation proposals to the people OF
those colonies have fsiled. and each
colony will pursue It's course.
MARITAL law has been proclaimed in
Port-au-Prince, and the Haytien cnpi-
tai Is literally IN 4 state Of seigc. owing
~ agitation caused by supporters Of
Gen. Legitime, the depoSed president
Tnr president authorizes d denial of
the report that he has sold his cottage
AZ Cape May Point on the contrary
he expects To spend q part Of the sum
mcr there.
THE gifts received Ivy the president
and Mrs. Harrison upon the recent
grand tour number 800. Arranged on
tables in the corridor on the second
floor q the white house they make a
great show. 50 many people want 10
see them that there is talk Of allowing
them 10 he rnt on exhibition NJ the Ma
tional museum for Il limited time.
Aztec a desperate resistance and de-
Tense BY citizens and students the Bull
garian gcndarmeS succeeded. on tine
10th. in forcing an entrance to the
palace Of cx-Quccn Natalie and com
peeled her 70 quit the country. Many
persons on both sides were severely in
jured In the encounter.
THr London Times says that the
British government never received a
communication from Mr.. Blaine sug-
gcsting a mode for the protection ~
seals This II stated in contradiction
Of a dispatch Of recent date in which
Mr.. Blairc was represented as having
written such a letter.
THERE ARE 5000 prisoners in Russia
awaiting suitable weather for their
transportation to Siberia. The priS-
oners will be voluntarily accompanied
BY their wives and families numbering
5000 persons.
BEronE the propagation Of the Brit