The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-04-15

\ MANAGER CARBON IT the R.chelieu
hotel. Chicago. has been fired" by
Cardinal" II. v. Bemis, the proprietor,
for having hccn engaged. In connection
with professional gamblers In plucl<ing
wealthy guests Of the hotel by means
card-games in which cheating devices
| were used.
! TnE Chinese minister at Washington
j. said 10 have informed senator Sher-
man that II the Chinese exclusion bill
became q law China would sever all
| diplomatic relations with this country.
| MISS BETTE FLEIscuNAxx. aaughtero Of
| the millionaire yeast manufacturer and
distiller. Charles Fleischmann. Of Gin
cinnatti. has broken her engagement
with Count Logothetti because he re-
fused To become an American citizen
! TnE house committee on the Worlds
fair heard arguments. On the 9th. in re-
gard to closing the exposition on sun
| day.
.IoHS HART. known in America rs
Macdonald, . notorious criminal. was
sentenced in London. ON the och. To one
years imprisonment for attempting 10
steal box Of securities from the Lon
don and Westminster bank.
RETURNS from the Rhode Island cleo
tion. on the 9Th. Indicate that the choice
OF governor and state officers will hav,
to be made by the legislature. the re-
publican ticket. while having plural
ity. falling to secure majority over all.
There is practically no doubt that the
Legislature will he republican
4Ev. DIR. PARKHrRsr. Of New York
city. has received a number If threat
cning letters warning him 70 desisi
resorts of the city on pain If personal
violence. In one letter the destruction
Of his residence is threatened.
Ixa fire which destroyed two dwellings
at Fort Madison. la. on the morning OF
the 9th. out Of household of eleven
persons only two escaped cremation.
The unfortunatcs were :. ". Kitchen
and family and three boarders.
The Nebraska Columbian commission
met at Lincoln. on the 9TH. and deposed
A. L. Strong. president ani treasurer,
who had absented himself from meet
ingso Of the commission for three months.
being in Texas Repeated requests T.
make an itemized statement Of receipts
and disbursements were ignored. At
torney-General Hastings was requested
BY the commission to mt once proceed
against Strong and his bondsmen.
CARL AUGvsr SAMPSON. the American
strong man. was found guilty in Lon
don. on the 7th. Of stealing diamonds
valued at $500. the property Of Mrs
Margaret Bernstein. and was sentenced
to one year at hard labor.
COMPLETE returns from all parts Of
Rhode Island show total vote on the
state ticket Of 54.746. an increase Of
about 10. 900 over the largest vote ever
before pclled.
The frec-wool bill passed the house
on the eth. Ayes, 1872: nays 90.
GERMANY has decided to adopt the
Maxim gun.
The New York chamber Of commerce
will tender Hon. Whitelaw Reid han
quet in appreciation Of his services as
United States minister 10 France.
FRED WHITING. an artist, aged ~. was
arrested in Milwaukee. on the eth. for
appearing on the street in girls cloth
ing. His excuse was that he could sell
his pictures easier as girl.
TIE differences between the United
States and Great Britain growing out
Of the Behring sea matter have. it is
with the single exception
Of the question of damages for the seal
for this year, been formally adj
justed. The details are being rapidly
arranged for tho official announcement
which. it is expected. will soon be
forthcoming