The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-03-23
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
TKx-YEAR-cLp Alfred Baker. son Of
George ii. Baker. lodge janitor.
stood on the street car track At Terre
Haute. Ind. on the evening % the
iiih. looking up At toy balloon. when
an electric car struck him. He lived
an hour.
The Indian tropp,hip Nalabar sailed
from Portsmouth. England. on the
iO,h. with 1920 soldiers on board. for
BOMBAY.
Rr. Hon ARTHUR WELLESLEY PEEL
speaker Of the British house ~ COM
mons. was unable 10 appear at the re-
assembling Of parliament. on the 18th.
owing - illness which confined him
10 his bed His condition was not seri-
ous-
The Antwerp con~ignees OK the
British steamship Apollo. Capt sykes
which sailed from New York February
II. for Antwerp. are convinced that
TIE vessel ms been lost
AT the expiration of the fortv-eight-
hours notice given by the Brazilian
government active operations against
the rebels at Eio were begun at noon
OF the 18th Their fire was not re-
turned BY the insurgent ships, and
" en- the government feet entered the
harbor they found forts villegaignon
and Cobras abandoned by their garri-
sons The terms Of Gpitulation Of
fcred hv Admiral da Cana were re-
- ~ a.
was demanded by President Peixoto.
The London Ti,le> after making
allowance for the difficulties which
Lord R0~ebery had 70 encounter. says
'-;he general feeling j. that his debut
a. premier was distinctly disappoint-
ing
" the trial Of suits instituted bv
Chancellor von Caprivi and Finance
Minister Dr Miguel against the writ
ers Placl and >chweinhagen and Book
seller Ewald begun in Berlin on the
18th for having issued pamphlet en-
titled ''rharisees and Hypocrites. the
defense >-t up was that the charges
are true
FORMAL notice was served. on the
18th. by President ~truckman Of the
board ~ Cook county commissioners
city hall. The next move on the part
Of the county will be an ejectment
suit which the city will defend.
THE new an.idote for laudanum
poisoning was successfully admins
tered in the homeopathic hospital at
Pittsburgh. Pa on the 18th. to man
who had swallowed i've ounces Of the
deadly drug with suicidal intent. and
upon whom All the ordinary means Of
resuscitaiion had been used without
avail
AFTER the shore batteries at Rio had
fired upon the in~urgent ships for
thirty minutes. on the 18th. the latter
surrendered Internationally. Admiral
Da Cana having previously gone
aboard the a Frenchman-of-war
a SrMEER ~ participants in the late
revolt at Costa Rico have taken steam
er from Port Limon for New Orleans.
Twenty-three Of the prisoners taken
were shot
RICHARD PrRyEAR. who murdered
Christian Ehiers. near Tannersville
Pa. escaped from jail al stroudsburl
on the 18th. He was pursued by citi
zenS. captured and hanged 10 a tree.
The conflict ~ authority between
GOV Waite 81 Colorado. and the boar,
of FIRE and police of Denver. supporte,
by the sheriff ~ Arapahoc county. al
minated. on the 18th. in the governor
calling out several companies Of mi
iitia 20 take forcible possession o
the city hall. in which the sheriff
with over 100 special depntic.
ana the city police were intrenched
Both sides were oUslurate. and blood
she'd would have followed had not Gen
Mc1o pk with United States troop
from Fort Logan, appeared on tn
scene a. a peacemalSer
o. the 18th United states Ambassa
dor Bayartl had an Interview Of nearl,
an hours duration with the earl .
Kimberly. British secretary ~ stat,
for foreign affairs. IL Is undcrStoos
tie interview had reference 70 the re-
cent interference on the part ~ Capt
A. o. Cuxon-Iiowe of the British WA
ship Cleopatra in the matter Of tn,
seizure Of the Mosquito reservation ii
Central America by the Nicaraguans