The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-05-19

JASPER. lNDiANA
PRINCE ApoIrHvs of SchaumOerg-
I.ippe died in lluckcnburg on the sth
He was born in 1917. and succeeded 10
the throne in 1900.
THE second week of the Worlds fair
started off with plenty OF sunshine.
work going ahead under high pressure
and large crowds arriving on the
grounds early by rail and by steam
boat.
THE dock warehouses al the Basin du
Kattendy, Antwerp, were destroyed ~
fire on the sth. The warehouses which
were burned contained wool, cotton
and sugar. and the loss amounted 10
100000 fraucs.
ADMIRAL. GOMEZ y. LoNo. who com
manded the Spanish vessels OF war IN
the recent naval review in New York
harbor. hut was prevented by ill-health
from reviewing the land parade, DIED
at Havana. on the 10th.
THE Columbia bank of Chicago sus-
pended on the nth. In report OF the
banks condition made by its officers al
the close of business May 4. the de-
posts were stated 10 be nearly 81 soc.
600. The capital stock of the bank Is
100000.
THROUGH the efforts of the lady man
ayers from Texas. the people Of Calves
ton will send daily load of cape jas
mines for gratuitous distribution IN
various parts of the Columbian EXPOSE
ton. for the purpose of decorating ana
individual use.
F.. A. MCDONALD, Of Toronto, Ont,
who has been in New York for some
weeks. has. il is said. organized a syn
dicate to construct an aqueduct from
Georgian bay to Toronto sixty miles,
10 supply Toronto with domestic water
and motive power.
THE treasury department is gradu-
ally building up its gold reserve, which
was depleted to considerable amount
on April "A. The gold in the treasury,
on the sth. footed up s97, s6i,5O5. The
lowest figure was reached April 70,
when il was s?2 1872 $40.
III is officially stated that the earl of
Aberdeen has been appointed governor
general of Canada. in place of the earl
of Derby. formerly Baron Stanley OF
Preston. who is about TO retire from
the Office of encouragement TO which
he was appointed in ISIS.
Cor. LANoS. who was president Lin
coins private secretary and later his
biographer. who enjoyed the most con-
fidental relations with the martyred
president. and a man of brilliant at
tainments and national reputation. died
in Martinsburgh. w. Va. few min
utes before midnight, on the 18th.
DRorGur has caused such damage 70
the grain crops in Italy that that coun-
try will be compelled to import this year
$500, 900 bushels of grain in excess OF
the ordinary amount imported. As the
duty is five lire on a quintal the re
ceipts on this account will probably
cover the deficit in the Italian budget
HERMAN AND HUGo Bonn. Vienna ex
hibitors at the Worlds fair. who wer,
arrested for disposing of their art-worl
goods to visitors at the fair, were be
fore Commissioner Hoyne, on the sth
and placed under bonds of $1,000 eaci
and cautioned not to repeat the of
Tense. They pleaded ignorance of thu
law.
THE residences Of three prorninen
citizens of Muscatine, Ia. who are en-
gagged in prosecuting saloon cases, wer
blown up by dynamite on the 18th. y
fatalities resulted. One Of the house
DESTROYED was the home Of job
Mahon. editor of the Muscatine Jour
nal. postmaster and an ardent prohib
zionist.
THE Michigan crop report for TN
month of May shows a very discours
rinr condition Of the wheat crop in tina
state. The outlook is even poorer tina
il was a month ago. when il was COZ
sidered below the average. Much {
the acreage sown will be plowed up b'
cause winter killed or otherwise d.
stroycd,
THE bank of Victoria. at Melbourn
limited. has suspended. According
the balance sheet of last December tt
deposits amounted To ET,00O.000. II
bank had several branches, its Londc
Office being at 70 Clements lane. E.
The subscribed capital is fl.200,c0
The liabilities are about double tn;
amount
The revolutionists in Nicaragua ha'
taken possession Of the seaport of "a
Juan del Sur and control most of Il
country between there and Granad
1t is reported that the capital cit
Managua. Is under seige, and that sc
eral engagements between the Cover
ment troops and the insurgents ha
taken place.
THE stockholders Of the recent
failed Chemical national bank Of Ct
cago will make good its impaired ca
;taI nc soon as the exact amount can