The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-05-05


JASPER. INDIANA
on the 25th Luther Y. Mckinney. al
New Hampshire, was nominated by thu
president 10 he minister TO Colombia.
THE Ohio legislature. on the 25th
passed the bill taxing telegraph. tcle
phone and express companies. After
bitter fight the street railways wev
omitted.
OWING TO the illness Of Lord James
Hammer. one of the British members OF
the Behring sea tribunal OF arbitration
the tribunal, on the a5th, adjourned for
one week.
THE National Editorial association
comprising delegates from every state
editorial association in the Union, will
hold its annual convention in Chicago
May 10 TO 20.
THE Daniel barnes. from Philadel-
phia. out 1856 days on voyage 10 san
Francisco. and which should have ar
rived months ago. had not been heard
of up to the 9th.
THE fiftieth anniversary Of the intro
duction of the order Of Odd Fellows
into the United States was celebrated
in New York. on the 26th. by parade
and an Grafton by William q. Forester.
o. the a5th an extensive ticket swim
die. in which scalpers in Chicago, st
Paul. Minneapolis Omaha. Kansas
city. ST. Louis, Denver and New Or
leans are implicated, was unearthed At
Chicago.
TrrRr is big stir in mining circles
in Guiana iuato. Mexico. over the discoy-
cry of extensive and rich deposits Of
tin south OF that city. The find was
made by Frank Gordon, an American
prospector-
TIE Pacific Coast council and Trades
and Labor federation. which represent
membership of 10000. sent a protest
10 President Cleveland. on the 24th.
against the appointment OF Q. ". Ed
wards as public printer.
AHiGHLY interesting and important
International exhibition will be held in
BRUSSELS during the coming summer
the object being to display the com
mercial. industrial and scientific devel-
opment of The public press from early
to modern times.
THE president. on the Goth. appointed
Henry L. Dimmock of New York. Don
NJ. Dickinson. 'of Michigan: J. W. Doan.
pf Illinois: Fitzhugh Lee. of Virginia.
and Joseph W. Paddock, of Nebraska,
10 be- government directors of the Union
Pacific Railway Co.
THE suspension Of the London char
tered bank of Australia. with paidrp
capital of 81 .000, 0e0 and a reserve fund
of e320. 600. was announced on the 25th.
In addition to the London Office it has
many branches in Victoria, New South
Wales. and Queensland.
THE Danish steamer CORN. bringing
the Russian exhibit for the Worlds
fair in 2.33s cases, arrived at Balti-
way Of Shields, England. She left
Libau March 81. The captain of the
steamer stated that the value of his
cargo was 81 100000.
THE very latest and best authenti-
Gated information ohtainable from the
tornado-devastated section of Oklahoma
territory. up TO the 2Tth, was TO the ef-
feet that over one hundred human
lives had been lost. twenty-five persons
fatally injured. and 100 Others hurt
more Of less seriously.
AT meeting, on the cath, Of the
Boston Clearing House association.
which includes all the national banks
in that city. il was voted that each
should give half its reserve gold to the
government in exchange for legal ten
der notes. This sum. il was expected,
would amount to $1,000. 900 or s6, 600 600.
e
THE various exercises attending the
arrival Of the American and foreign
naval fleets at the port OF New York,
was ushered in. on the 18th. by the un-
yelling in Battery park Of the statue of
John Ericsson. the American inventor
of Swedish birth whose genius revolu-
tionzed marine architecture and mod
ern naval warfare.
AcTfNG SECRETARY IIAMLIS of the
treasury department said. on the 21th:
.sThe financial situation continues sat
isfactory. The treasury has received
and accepted several offers Of gold.
The offers were not large, but came
from several different points, showing
general disposition to help build UP
the treasury gold"
OK the Goth Sunday opening OF the
Worlds fair came up in the meeting o.
the national commission. A resolution
looking TO that end was introduced by
Commissioner King. of Iowa. and aftei
much debate was referred 10 the judi
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