The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-04-27


IL the British house OF lords, on the
nth. the amendment 10 the Rehring
sea bill submitted by Lord Kimberly
was accepted. and the bill. a. amend
ell. passed it, third and final reading.
MES IEFF GULLET. the wife Of a
prominent farmer II Magoffin county.
XIV. has been arrested and placed in
iaii al >alyr>ville. charged with hay
ing strangled 10 death her ll-year-old
stepSon-
1T Is stated that Mrs Nellie Grant
Sartori>. has finally decided 10 make
Washington her permanent home.
She enjoys an income from the prop
erty left her by her father-in-law OF
$4,000 yearly
CONGRESSMAN ]. Il. BROWN. OF In
diana. who has been suffering for some
months from "A cancerous growth on
the lower lip. Is greatly Frustrated,
and hi> condition j. regarded A. ex-
ceedinEly serious
CENTRAL and southern Kansas and
the Cherokee strip were visited by a
damaging hail-storm. followed by
heavy rains. on the night of the i'th.
doing much damage 70 growing crops
and other property.
THr supreme court OF the state Of
south Carolina has declared the dis
pensarv law unconstitutional Chief
Justice Newer delivered the opinion.
on the 10Th. Justice NcGowan assent
ing. Justice Pope dis>entS-
RYAE-ApMIEAr 4. +. X. BESHAM. re-
tired. arrived at New York, on the
18th. on the Red ID" steamer fhila-
aelphia. from Curacao. West Indies,
where he left the United states steam
ship san Francesca on April :
Errr.rsrxr ArlvE JERRY SINrsoN,
who ha> suffered with kidney trouble
and rheumatism .or weeks past l. not
making much progress toward reeov'
cry. IIi> physician does not. however
think the result will be fatal
OK the 18TH the son Of President
Roderiyuez Of Costa Rica. who was
student in the polytechnic institute al
Carlsruhe. Germany. stabbed a fellow
student named Mather in the breast
with a poniard. inflicting a morta
wound.
THERE j the best authority for tbs
statement that the negotiations be
tween the managers of the transatlan
tie steamship lines looking - the estab
lishnent Of Uniform rate of passage
have been broken of. and will not o'
revived.
TnE state Of siege at Rio de Janeir'
has been extended TO June Il. but II !
believed that. in view OF the surrende
az Admiral de Nlsllo and the insurgen
forces. the Brazilian government WI
shortly be able TO restore the statu
quo ante
The testimony in the Nancy liec
berg murder case. on trial IN Chicago
was all in on the 10th. and the ad
dresses Of counsel To the jury began o
The Goth. In his testimony Lieut. Name
claimed that he shot Capt Hedberg
self-defense-
The principal bankers OF Berli
have formed union to protect the il
terests Of bankers and brokers In
executive committee Of thirty-two
composed Of twelve great bankers. lou
brokers and sixteen representatives,
smaller banks
LorIs MENACE. the American fur
tive enbezzler. who left Hondurs
when I,onilla triumphed. fearing. 1t
alleged. that without Vasquez to pr
tect him. he would be delivered TO II
United states government. IS now
BELIZE. and Is said 20 be on his way
Yucatan.
The Mexican government has T
ceived Information that land comp
MES recently organized in the Unite
States are selling shares OF stock sa
10 represent coffee lands in Nexic
As far as known TO the officials q
companies have no title TO any coff
lands in that country
OFFICIAL notification has been ]
ceived at the agricultural departing
in Washington of a meeting OF
Friends Of Trees TO he held in Pa
next month TO organize for warfa
against deforestation and for the pr
motion Of individual effort iowa
planting and propagating trees
o-
ADMIRAL DE MELTo has surrendered
the Uruguayan authorities with I
100 troops who disembarlSed on I
frontier Of Uruguay. after having be
driven out of the state OF Rio Gran
do Sui by the troops OF Preside
Peixoto The rebellion in Brazil IN
he said 10 have completely collapsed
OFFICIAL 1rure< obtained at I