The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-05-25

JASPER. INDIANA
LOUIS CLOVIS BOX APARrE. grand
nephew of the first Napoleon. died IN
London on the 18th.
THE London Telegraph mentions
Ambassador Bayard a worthy sue
ce>~or Of Everett and Lowell and the
long list ~ celebrities the United
states has sent t. England as minis
tcr>
Nh WILSON, chairman OF the ways
and means committee. resumed ms
seat in the house on the 18th. lie was
greeted with applause He was look
ing well and had apparently regained
his health.
FoRry-sIx ears of coal consigned by
the Nheerle Coal Co, OF Sandnsky.
O.. TO various points on the baltimore
4 Ohio railroad were seized. on the
18th. by the railroad company for use
on the road.
THE senate committee on territories.
on the 10th. ordered favorab report
ed. with amendments. the bill (which
had already passed the house provid-
inr for the admission of Utah into the
Union rs state
AMERICAN Railway union men in st.
Paul. Mimi. say they will handle no
Pullman ears during the continuance
Of the strike al Pullman. Ill. and that
none Of their men viii run trains draw
ing Pullman cars
A rKRElBfF electric storm swept over
the vicinity OF HarriSviile, Mich. on
the night az the 10th. The precipita-
tion amounted almost 70 eloudburst.
At least six inches ~ rain fell between
10 p. m. and a IN.
~rwFrr. T.. JEWELL died in liaverhill.
Mass. on the 18th. in hi eighty-fifth
year He was noted aboltionist and
was one OF the first To follow the lead
OF William Lloyd Garrison. He retired
from business eight years ago.
NISxESorA and western Wisconsin
were visited. on the 18th. by storms OF
unprecedented severity. Floods from
waterspouts occurred in places. and in
addition to damage amounting TO $780,
600 many human lives Were lost
ESTIMATES made on the lith show
the loss on the brooklyn tabernacle TO
b.. $500. 900. insured for slao.ooo; on
the Hotel Regent. 500. 900. insurance.
$500. 600: on adjacent residences. s22.-
500. on Summarized Method - church
$1,000.
From reports received by the Chi
caro Milwaukee Il st Paul Railroad
Co. up 10 the 18th. il j. estimated that
the loss occasioned bv the late storm
in the country from Chippewa Falls 70
-. Paul. Mimi, will easily amount to
s. 0OO 900.
Is consequence Of the frequent quar-
reis and occasional rioting OF the
French and Belgian workmen en-
ploved in the brick works at lvrey-
Sur->eine. the employers have decided
to dismiss the Belgians. and hereafter
will employ no foreigners
Ir was officially announced. on the
18th, that the president OF Brazil had
suspended diplomatic relations with
Portugal. given passports to Count Pa
ratay and the personnel Of the Por-
turnese legation at Rio. and ordered
the brazilian legation at Lisbon TO
withdraw.
REPRESENTATIVE SPRINGER. OF ILL.,
nois, has prepared long speech which
he purposes delivering when the bill
TO repeal the 10 per cent state bank
tax is called up in the house. II will
be an exhaustive argument in OPPOSE
ton to state banks of circulation and
in favor Of national currency
THE Episcopal arch bishops and bish-
Sr,S OF England have issued circular
letter protesting against the proposed
diSesta blishment of the church in
Wales. which they declare, would en-
danger the unity Of the church of En-
gland. The bishops particularly de
nounce the olsen dowment proposals.
SENATOR HrSros. Of Virginia. anc
senator Kyle. Of South Dakota tths
latter through his clerk, on the 1911
admitted the truth of the published
statement that they had been ap
pro..chcd and offered money for theii
votes against the tariff bill. although
both gentlemen declined to name tn,
man who made the offer.
THE naval photographic Office is ar
ranging to establish a branch at Cleve
land. o.. for the benefit Of mariners OF
the great lakes. where compasses an'
barometers will I've gratuitously com
pared with standards. aud a time-ball
visible from all parts OF the harbor
will be dropped at noon daily for tn
correction Of chronometers-
RATTLE was recently fought be
tween the Tauregs and the Tibboos
% northwest Africa. in which the Tau
regs. who were the aggressors. wer
victorious. Seventy Of the Tibboo
were killed The Tauregs afterward