The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-07-05

railway.
IL is the intention Of the Germa
emperor, in the spring, TO send
squadron TO visit the ports Of the n
tions which were represented in Il
naval display at Kiel.
COMMENCEMENT exercises took pla,
at Chillocco Indian schools. in u
Cherokee strip. on the Goth. eigl
graduates. representing six dffereI
Indian tribes, aequitting them>elv,
with credit.
TIE United States consul at Fo'
Chow. China. reports the appearance
of the Hong-Kong plague AZ that place
He says il j. already established as a
epidemic. bnt tina, 20 far Il j. confine
70 the city proper.
THE gold reserve reached siO7.Fi-
SIS on the Goth. The stipulated gol
payments into the treasury by I'll
Belr1cp. Morgan syndicate under tn
agreement Of February last hav
been fully carried out
A DISPATCH from Shanghai. on tn
36th. said the high officials in that cit,
are confidently expecting that wal
will ensue between Russia and Japar
over the administration Of affairs il
Corea within three months
IN The Jnited States land court al
Santa Re. y. NJ, the Peralta claim for
-. 90 900 acres in Arizona was. on the
-. pronounced fraud and rejected.
ames A. Peralta-Reavis. the claim
Int. was Immediately placed under ar
rest
The figures Of the passport bureau of
che state department show that more
people VIII leave the United States for
Europe this summer than ever before.
except during the Paris exposition of
1882 and he exceptionally prosperous
year OF isei-
THy diplomas for the foreign com
missions at the Chicago Worlds fair
have been prepared al last. and the dis
tribution will begin in few days from
the state department. through Assist
ant Secretary Rockhill. There are fifty
e 81 u them
MIS- MARY brown. monogamian
pensioner. died on the 18th. al her
home ; miles from Knoxville. Tenn.
She was the widow ~ Joe Brown. a
soldier a the revolutionary war and /
was born in 1906 Her husband died 4
tftF -one years ago.
Uper BIuDLE. in the quarter-ses-
- court in Philadelphia. ON the \
R5th- sentenced Co. William VI. Rum
E<le. who pleaded guilty 10 assaultinr
Col. A. Loulen SnoWden. ex-minister
r. Greece and Enumania. aud also ex-
minister 10 Spain. 20 three months inn
frisonment in the county prison.
A coURr-afAErIAI. sitting az Prem
y. Austrian Galacia. convicted TWEEN
y-six hus>ars for the murder OF
quartermaster and three non-com-
ssi"ned officers. Ten ~ the convict
E~nen we're selected by lot. sentenced
t. death and shot on the 2ith The
'ther sixteen were sentenced 10 life
lHE current number Of the Railway
Age contains statistics showing that
he total miles Of track laid in the
! nicH states from January "a JULY
!. 1855 We're tii miles on E5 lines.
against 5-5 miles on b lines FOR the !
'afnr period ~ i-D4 In 1s ~ the 40
states and territories no track has thus
iar te~u laid this year
HAIRY T. HAYWARD. ~ Minneapolis.
Mimi the condemned murderer Of \
-atherine Cling, has formally applied T
o the New York Life and Travellers
Accl'ir Insurance Go. for the $4,000
insurance carried by his victim. Ac- I
i"n viii h. taken nv the executors Of
nf estate ~ the murdered woman 10 I
iATe the assignment u the policies to I
hayward set aside. I
Tara government Of Venezuela hav-
~ requested the government IF the :
tel states 70 enaeavor 70 effect a :
enewai of diplomatic relations be- /
" cen aracas and Paris. the Ameri- /
~ government consented to act in ,
~ capacity ~ mediator The French ,
'vernraent has. however. intimated
nat y does not desire any relations n
iith rrespo's government q
:.
Ntrf"Ns officials al Port Townsend.
ash. arrested two Indians from Quill .
4 ute. On The 9th, for smuggling.
lTesugation showed that the Indians .
* i'een buying merchandise in British
&. imoia for the past twenty years :,
nH bringing il into the states in ca
"es and selling il TO farmers. Ii is :
iYHght that many thousand dollars
huties have thus been avoided.
-
ACCORDING TO the census report COW Y
mig The statistics Of churches. which
w just come from the press. the total
-pmmunicants of all denominations
me United States is 20,6l2. SOD. who 6
eiong 70 lb5. Ia organizations or con- {
reRations These congregations have y
sl.a-l editices which have sittings for v
'-S''---'s5 persons The value of all
nhrch property used exclusively for Il
arpcses Of worship is s6-9. $50, 1872
IHE khicnun a tItor p~st--l r. H.