The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-05-12
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

of when ou.uub Will bc ueN>pi per iutti+
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND and the mem
hers of his cabinet attended the serv-
ices in the Second Presbyterian church
in Chicago. on the S0th. Re.. Simon j.
Mcpherson officiating.
UNLESS Appearances were deceitful.
on the morning Of the list, dangerous
flood in the Missouri and Mississippi
was brewing. and the situation in
many Of the low-lying sections along
those streams was becoming critical.
The banque, proposed to be given
by the association Of foreign consuls in
London to ex-American Consul-General
New was abandoned at the request of
Mr.. New. because his daughters ill
ness would prevent his attendance.
Is the house of commons, on the ist,
Mr.. Gladstone announced that on ac-
count of the pressure Of other business
the meeting of the house. rs a commit
tee on the Irish home-rule bill. would
be postponed one week.
DR. TANNER. brother Of Charles X. ID.
Tanner. the conspicuous anti-Parnell-
lite NJ. F.. purposely took an overdose
of morphine in London hotel. on the
lst. and died shortly after midnight
JossPH :. HARRIS. Of Philadelphia.
has assumed the dual position of presi-
dent and receiver of the Philadelphia &
Reading Railroad and Coal and Iron
Y Co. To succeed A. a. Mcleod
OK the lst the directors of the Penn
4 sylvania Railroad Co. declared a semi
annual dividend Of "A per cent per
cent. in cash and 20 per cent in stock.
THE executive committee Of the Lon
don Dockers union stated. on the LIST.
that they had decided not to have any
strike.
T 4 DISPATCH from Zanzibar brings
news Of the drowning of 100 slaves by
the ca sizing of an Arab dhow.
The University club Of New York
gave reception. on the night of the
ist. To the officers OF the visiting Amer
lean and foreign men-of-war in the har-
Dor.
+ A JUDGMENT of custer was rendered
I by the supreme court of Kansas. on the
ad. against W. VI. Mitchell and George
7 r. Anthony. railroad commissioners
who refused to surrender their offices.
when removed by the executive coun-
ell. on the ground that they We're
elected for three years
The Central Ohio Insurance Go. has
gone into the hands of receiver. The
4 liabilities are $780, 900 in excess of the
assets.
ATTORNEY GENERAL OLSEy has de
cided that the expenses incident to the
transportation to Chicago of United
States marines and their retention there
during the fair in guarding naval ex-
hibits must be paid ont Of the funds
for the support of the marine corps.
and not out of the Worlds fair appro-
priation.
BARON RICHARD PoEcKE. president of
the extensively circulated tourists
journal in Vienna called the Fremden.
blatt. tortured by the fear that he was
losing his eyesight. committed suicide,
on the I'd. by jumping from the fourth
story window of building. The
baron was 30 years of age, and was
well known
JONI HENDERSON. one of the most ex-
tensively-known young business mer
Of Atlanta. ia. committed suicide a,
his home on the I'd. The news of ths
awful tragedy created a sensation
throughout the city. Henderson hangct
himself with handkerchief TO a door
knob. The only cause for his suicide
was desponde ncy.
SECRETARY HoKE SMITH received
telegram from Indian Inspector Fai
] "A IN A..s $..1 h..i
the Choctaw outlook was altogethe'
peaceful. The Locke forces and the mi
litia were disbanding.
PRESIDENT MASTER of the Column
bian works. on the I'd. submitted TO tn
navy department bills for extra worl
done on the cruiser Detroit which wa
not included in the contract require
ments.
THOUSANDS of immigrants are on tn
ocean bound for America. and the rea
son for the exceptionally large infiu
of future citizens is that the new imn
: grafton law went into effect on the Sd
>teeragc passengers on all steamship
,, leaving all foreign ports on and afte
MAY . will be subjected To new sy,
TEN of questions at Ellis island and wi
come under the control of the ne,
board If inspectors
A PETITION was fled for a writ {
haheas corpus. on the I'd. before Judg
Tuthill. in Chicago. by Mary Jan
Fluskie praying for the release Of Joh
Fluskie. ~ years of age. from til
Alcxian brothers hospital. where. III
petition alleges. he is held against h
will and for the furthering Of I'll
schemes Of one Father Clancy Pro-
erty valued at goo. 900 is said TO be il
volved.
COMPLICATIONS are likely to arise h
tween the governments of Russia an
the United States. owing to the refus;
!, OF the Russian consul-general in Ne
J, York city 10 attach his signature TO
! passport which Secretary Gresham ha
issued 70 an American woman who a
sired to visit Russia, because Of h,
;, Jewish origin.
THE Cincinnati police. on the Cd. a
!, rested the Austrian forger. J. II. Adur
who escaped from the custody of II
!. United States marshal in Chicago. Apr
: 20 He obtained $50. 900 from his gram
fathers bank in Austria by forger
~ Extraditipn paperS have haeu issued