The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-12-08

StNoH "uf .NARARA. formerly Brazil.
nan deputy received in Paris, from lilo
dc 'aneir >. on the a6th, n dispatch deny
ing 'hat. Fort l.age at Rio had been
captnr ID.
ON the 2sth King IIumbert charged
Gar .arlclli. president Of the chamber
OF deputies, with the formation OF a
.abinet.
lT was reported nj Buffalo. ~ ". on
the .Ith. that the strike on the Lehigh
Valley railroad would he extended Ia
the Nickel Plate. Erie. Lake Shore and
West Shore roads
Mrs. THOMAS WILKINS whose stage
name is Dollie Emerson, was held up
in front OF her residence in Denver,
Col. on returning from the theater. on
night of the eth. by three masked
men, who took "a diamond necklace
and other jcwelry amounting in value
to g.. 700 Her husband was with her
at the time.
THE people Of Rhode Island, ON the
2sth voted on an amendment 10 the
constitution in favor cf plurality elec-
tions in place of ma ior;ty elections. rs
at present. The c.lange has been de-
manded for years. and the proposed
amendment was introduced into the
last senate and received the support of
all parties, and the people. by an over
whelming ma iority decided in its favor.
DEATH dissolved the firm of II. Ken
nedy 4 Son. architects and builders,
~. Louis, on the 18th Henry Ken
nedv. aged $, the senior member.
died at noon. from old age Herbert
r. Kennedy. aged ~. the junior mem.
Der, passed away at p. m. IA victim Of
pneumonia
AFTER consultation between the
attorneys in the Coughlin case at Chi
cago. on the asth. states Attorney
kearn said that Jurors Gates and VIII
son. who were charged with securing
their places on the jury by fraud,
would be dismissed by consent of the
lawyers for the defense
AT Eau Claire, Wis. negro tramp
c-awled into a car Of lumber bound
for Burlington, Ia, and lay down on
top of the pile. lie fell asleep, and the
lumber being wet swelled up. crushing
him against the roof Of tn, car. When
the Cur uTFlNtu III llS utSlln dtlpn. GA
the esth. the dead body was found.
MEMBERS of the New York cotton ex-
change had their annual guessing
match. on the 18th. on the cotton crop
for the year ending next September
Estimates were submitted by 40 mem
bers. They ranged from $3.50, 600 bales
TO 7.s65.00O bales. The average was
.,2s4. 1908 bales.
FIFTY millions of dollars. in round
numbers. represent the, capital en-
ployed in the lumber industry Of the
Pacific coast, which. it is claimed. will
suffer serious loss if lumber is placed
upon the free list.
On the Goth Henry Disston's Sons,
saw, file and tool makers of Philadel-
phia. announced a reduction of 10 per
cent. in the wages of their employees
Their works are the largest in the
world.
UNITED STATES MINISTER BAKER has
requested the government of san sal
vador to arrest Louis + Menage, the
Minneapolis (Minn.D embezzler
OK an average there are fifty cases OF
cholera and fifteen deaths daily in
Pera, Turkey. The disease is still
more severe in Constantinople.
The great ship canal connecting
Manchester. England, with the sea,
will be opened to rafiic on the 18th.
THE quarantine at Constantinople
against western arrivals has been re-
duced to twcnty-four hours.
THE situation in Madagascar is re-
ported to be serious France mas sent
an inspector to Tamatave to watch
French interests.