The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-10-20


). WILLIS MENARp. the first colored
man tn run for congress. died in Wash,
ington city. ON the 10th. aged about 81
years
The paid admissions TO the Worlds
fair ON the 18th were SOS. TTs.
A-cESsoRsHir of all photographic mat
ter sent out from Hamburg concerning
the cholera has been declared by the
municipal authorities in orIer To pre-
vent the dissemination OF false and
sensational reports. the director of
kilograms Is empowered to demand
from anybody who sends a dispatch as
20 the epidemic a verifcation Of all the
statements contained in IT,
JULIUS FAIK. q naval cadet at the
Annapolis academy. has resigned and
returned tn his home in New York
city. preferring to enter . business life
70 submitting 10 the degrading haxing
practiced on young cadets at the
academy.
PosTNAsrER-GENERAL BIssErI. has
authorized standing rewards for the
arrest and conviction of mail robbers
committing offenses during the fiscal
year ending June 80. 1894. ranging from
<l.0 900 to e2sO.
LOUISVILLE. a coal-mining town Of
200 inhabitants. and situated twenty
Ave miles north Of Denver. Col. is sink
ing. The town is built over the Welsh
coal mines. and its destruction is being
caused by the sinking of the surface
above the mine.
OK the 18th Edward Blake. Yale 50.
died of consumption at New Haven.
Conn. He was the first invalid in this
country To try koch's lymph for con-
sumption He was a son Of Prof. Henry
l.. Blake. of New Haven.
CART. VALENTINE +. GrRxEY. one of
the four remaining survivors of the ia
nous six Hundred" who made the
charge at Dalaklava. died at the Pres
byterian hospital. New York city. on
the night of the 10th. He was n suffer
er from Bright's disease for years.
lN compliance with Senator Teller's
of inquiry, the secretary Of
the treasury. on the 18th. sent to the
a statement which shows that.
n order To relieve monetary strin-
yency. since july /. 1850, interest tuehe
amount of 500. 161. ss3 has been adj
Tanced from time To time before due
md without deducting interest. except
% the of 50. .63.
A TRAIN on the Transcaucasian rail
Dad in Russia. on which was being
'arried a large sum of money 10 pay
he soldiers of the garrison at Batoum,
vas attacked a. Nigoita on the night
Il the 10th by briganda. who succeeded
= securing the money after a desper-
lie hight with the gendarmes in charge.
n which four of the robbers and three
4 the gendarnes were killed.
The international Cigarmakers'
Inion. in session at Milwaukee. on the
9th. adopted a resolution requesting
he members of the various unions not
o join the national guard Local
were also prohibited from af-
with other unions which are
Iot members Of the international body.
The schooners Corinthian and Al
ion collided off the town of Albion.
al, on the 18th. The captain of the
after vessel was drowned. The Cor
nthian was badly damaged and was
ashore.
The infanta Eulalie of Spain. who
visited the United States. is
visiting incognito in London. Her
usband, Prince Antoine d'Orleans. &C
ompanies her.
PAID admissions to the Worlds fair
n the iath were 2Is.s.s.
GES. KAMEcKE died in Berlin on the
.th.
The British bark Peter Iredale.
laden with wheat. was driven
shore at Astoria. Ore. during a gale
a the l2th-