The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-07-20

WEEKLY COURIER.
c. DoANr:. Publ -her-
Tux July cotton reports show
slight Improvement in condition over
the. report fc- june $40 against >>>
TIM cash balance in the treasury AZ
the close ~ business ON the llth wa>
nearly SseoD00Doj. of which nearly
So. Otrsf. wa> gold
Assss~t> PRE~pEgGAST received the
news II judge liailcy'> adverse decision
ON the tlth. with q troubled look upon
hi face. which bclicd hi> claims 70 in
sanitE.
~TrrgrrF RowFK~ arrested twelve
miners. on the nth. on charges grow
ing on, ~ the recent strike nj Cripple
Greek. Col GOV Waite instructed ssen-
Broolss la release them.
TmE republican state convention
which wa~ To- have been held in pr>
Noine>. la. on the iith- was postponed
on account II the strike 10 the 10th. or
until the close Of the strike.
\ HUMOROUS report in favor ~ re-
pealing the statute regarding the
docking ~ members salaries who dc
not attend sessions Of congress was
made by the house judiciary commit
tee on the 18th.
TIM arrnor plate fraud Investigation
having resulted in nothing. the Car
negie company will endeavo- - have
the government return that $4,000
fins. assessed when defects in the plates
were first reported.
TIE io>~ in wages 10 the American
Eaiiwav union men on strike l. placed
az -liO.0lo per day. the total los up 10
th.. 10Th being about ~a.ooo.oo0- The
lo~~ 10 the railroads to the same date j.
estimated ~ b., -5.i6s-0oo.
AT Denver. Col. on the 9Th. Judge
HaIlett sentenced Albert >chnacS. "A
striking Pueblo engineer. TO sixty days
in the county jal for contempt. ac-
cornpanird with a severe lecture
Seventy other eases remained - he
tried.
Tmr Roman Catholic hierarchy of
Austria and Hungary received notice
from Rome. on th.. 9Th. that the physi-
cal condition e the pope was alarming.
ami the ca rrinalS were warned 70 b. in
readiness 10 assemble AT the vatican a I
a moments notice
SEVERE shocks of earthquake were
experienced in Con>tantinople and
vicinity on the 10th. Many houses in
the Turkish capital Were razed. and
within few hours accounts Of fifty
deaths resulting from the disturbance
had been received
ErGKSE V. DxB~. the indicted presi-
dent Of the American Railway union
was called into Judge Grosscup's court
in Chicago. on the nth. and the pri-
waite letters and papers taken from his
office the previous night We're. by or
der 81 the court restored To him
F. GrrIsrAS. a prominent business
man II ArkaGelphia- Ark. died al In
dia napoiis. Ind. on the 10th. while on
his way 20 A~burv Park. n j.. in
search Of health tie was exposed en-
route TO many hariships by reason Of
the railroad strikes. which greatly ag-
gravated his condition
-
THE federal grand jury al Chicago.
resumed its work IF Investigating strife
cases on the 18th. The eases Of the
men who had been arrested al different
times since the strikes began We're
taken up and the testimony Of detect
ives and railroad employees who Wit
messed acts If violence was heard
4 NOR Of monk ngli>h-speaking strik
err al Ladd. III. attacked passenger
train that was guarded by regulars on
the 10th They were ordered 10 de-
si-t. hut paid no attention to the warn
ing. when the soldiers fired a volley
" hich ca used the dealt If two and -
rious injury 10 several Of the rioters
GEN. ~sHoFIEID said. when inter
viewed. on the -th: For the first time
in several years the regular army j. re
cruited up to it, full strength being
only 100 men short Of the 5000 author
ized BY law. The army authorities
all agree that We have better class %
soldiers than we have had for many
years
~PEAKI~., on the 9th, II Freside-'
Cleveland proclamation. ten IIarri
ION said. 1T i the first tirae in ths
history Of the United States govern
ment that president has ordered fed
ersil troops into state without the re-
quest II the governor of such state ans
over his protest IL did not question
his right 10 do 80, however.
On the 9th the president followed 4,
his proclamation 81 the sth. command
ing the peace in Chicago and the stat
of Illinois. hy issuing another Of TIN
Same tenor but more general in IT. p
t,ticatinp covering the states ~ Nurtl