The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-11-17

time.
THE municipal authorities of SYRIA
cuse. Scilly. have asked the italian
government TO offer their port 10 Ger
many as a naval station for "A large
German squadron in the Mediterra'
mean.
TIE condition of ex-Secretary Jerry
NJ. Rusk, who had been III for some
DAYS at his home in yiroqua. Wis. had
grown alarming. IN the sth, and his
friends were filed with the greatest
fears.
THE state elections held in many
states. east and west. OF the eth.
proved a surprise to political prophets
Of both parties, being little short Of a
revolution in favor Of the republican
party.
on the sth the longest iron railway
bridge in Germany was opened. Ii
spans the Nistula between Forden. in
Prussian Poland, and Culmsee- 1t Is
l.450 yards long and cost s,ooO,o 900
marks
GEN. JAMES BRIDGE died in Boston
on the 9th. He was born in Dresden.
Me. June /. 1909. He was the leading
spirit in the establishment % Harvard
university in pursuance of requests Of
John Harvard.
on the 9th Emperor William issued
-Tts -A-.t-A@ s~a.r1 .1rrr ~
the army. BY il he forbids games of
hazard Of any kind among the men in
active service. and directs the officers
to reporta and punish severely all trans
gressors of the order.
Nh. r. E. Preston was sworn in. on
the 9th, as director of the United
States mint. lie failed of confirma-
ton by the senate. but the president
commissioned him as director in the
recess, which insures his renomina-
ton to the senate in December.
The Oriental mills of Providence. X.
l.. north of the city. which had been
shut down for about two years. the re-
suit of the failure Of Reed brothers.
started up on the 9th. The mill is a
large one. and will resume in full as
soon as the machinery can be got into
readiness
Ex-PREMrER MERCER, of Canada. in
a letter published in the Montreal
Patriot, declares that his annexation
views exist solely in the minds of the
ultra conservative papers. and asserts
on his word Of honor that he is OPP
posed to the annexation of Canada TO
the United States.
0y the 9th DR.. Wekerle. minister of
finance and president Of the ministerial
council. announced 10 the lower house
Of the Hungarian diet that the civil
marriage bill prepared by the govern
ment. having received the kings APP
prevail, would be presented TO the
house for its consideration within two
weeks.
SEVEN cannon shots were fired upon
the Pacific Mail steamship Costa Eica
bv command of the commissioner Of the
port OF Amapata. Honduras. on the 5th,
because her captain refused TO surren-
der Policarpo Bonilla. a refugee who
recently led the revolution in Hondu-
ras. but was defeated bv Gen. Vasques-
The Costa Rica was dying the Ameri-
can flag.
SEVERE earthquake shocks have oc-
Cured in Mexico recently. and there Is
much excitement among the people
The Colima volcano is in a state of
eruption. and the people living in the
valley at the base OF the mountain
have left their homes in search OF a
place OF safety. The disturbances have
been felt in the states of Oajaca. Pu-
ebla. Guerrero. Moreles and Jalisco.
The fire loss of the United States
and Canada. during October. as csti
mated from the daily files Of the New
York Journal Of Commerce and this
Commercial Bulletin, amounts to ell.
Ois.10O This is over e.. 600. 900 less
than the sum chargeable TO the sam,
month in Isa2. but the years record ;.
far exhibits an enormous increase Owe
the tota. for the first ten months IN
1892.
Four MILLION DOLLARS in COLDER
double eagles. the last of a $40. 900, 00'
shipment. arrived at the PHILADELPHIA:
mint. on the 9Th. from the New Yorl
sub-treasury. The entire amount viii
be recoined into eagles and half eagles
Altogether ss0. 900. 600 in gold will b.
taken from New York under >ecrctar,
Carlisle's order. hut the rcmainin,
ei0,0 600, 900 viii not he transported unit
che first half has been rccoined.
The steamer Cabo Machichaca. ladel
with dynamite. burned at S~antander
Spain, on the 18th. Thousands Of per
sons had assembled on the wharf whcl
the flames reached the cargo. causin
an awful explosion which completed
destroyed that vessel and the Alfons
III. lying alongside, and scatterc
burning debris over half the city
causing its destruction by FIRE. II
officially stated that over 500 person
were killed while hundreds more wer
injured. scores Of them fatally.