The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-05-11

RETURNS from the congressional elec'
tion IN the Third Ohio district, on the
LIST, for "A successor 10 Houcx, deceased,
show that Paul j. Sorg dem carried
the distric, by 1900 majority over l..
q. Rathbone trep,). In is9. lIouck's
plurality was $500.
MRs. CATHERINE Dlx-BoLLrs. a sister
Of the late GOV. John A. Dix. and
widow of the late John A. Bolles,
Judge advocate general Of the navy,
died i'm Washington on the list Last
January She lost her son. who was Sec
rotary OF Harvard university.
JArAN has appropriated large sum
Of money 10 maintain war ships at
Hawaii.
| BY the new treaty between Japan
and Hawaii Japanese subjects in Ha.
wall are guaranteed the same treat.
ment as that accorded 10 Hawaiian cit
liens, with the single exception of the
privilege of owning real estate.
EVERYTHING is again running
smoothly on the Great Northern rail
way. At every point along the line
there were demonstrations of rejoic-
ing when the news was given out that
everything was settled.
The steamer Faraday arrived at
| Halifax. y. s.. on the I'd. from Ballin-
skellng bay. Ireland. with the end OF
the Nackay-Bennett cable. which She
had successfully laid across the At
lantic.
AT least 200 of the 500 Mexican
troops sent to quell an uprising of the
Yaqu Indians in Lower California
were either killed or wounded by the
Indians in ambush.
The kenwood mill. at Albany. \. V,
owned by Mrs. Sarah Townsend and
operated by lluyck 4 Argersnger in
the manufacture OF felt goods, was
completely DESTROYED by fire. on the
I'd. together with storehouse OF the
| firm and three tenement houses The
mill employed lis hands. and its ont
put was the greatest of any felt mill
| in the United States. Loss. $3.50. COG,
insurance. sSo.o0
| TniRTy-EIGHr of the democratic
members of the senate met in caucus,
on the 81. and with but one dissenting
voice-that Of senator Hill, of New
Yorlx-pass>ed vote of confidence in
| the finance committee. which asked
that no amendments To the tariff bill
except those proposed by the commit
tee be offered. Mr. Hill gave notice
| that he should disregard the rule.
| DR. LEONARD Sr. JONI. who recen tly
visited the Chicago pesthouse where
there We're more than 800 patients lying
| .,,;.lxa, ,,.f,l, S,,allnox calls IL "A la
| zarhouse and disgrace TO Chicago.
In the den of horrors, said the ply
stefan. there is shameful lack of
room and attendance for the sick, and
the whole reeks with filth.
THE French corrts have confirmed
an arrangement 10y which the execu
tors OF Baron de Reinach will pay
| |, 500. 600 francs and DIR. Cornelius
Herr 800. 900 francs TO the liquida.
tors of the Panama Canal Co. TIL,
adoption of this arrangement will put
a stop to the extradition proceedings
against DIR. Herr.
on the I'd the Cedar Rapids ia. jury
in the case Of Grand chief Ramsey
of the order of Railway telegrapher'
charged with unlawful interference
with telegraph wires during genera
strike of the telegraphers some
months ago, found the defendant no
guilty.
REUBEN KoLB, Of Alabama. has Is
sued a card in which he says he will
not be candidate for United State
senator.
THE senate. on the Sd. confirme,
among Others, the nomination o
Thomas +. Benedict, of New York, Il
be public printer.