The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-03-15

TnE city Of Port-of-Spain. Trinidad
. suffered from u $1,000. 900 conflagra
tion, ON the 9TH, and but for the as
sistance rendered by sailors landed
from American and British ships ia
she harbor. the whole place would
doubtless have succumbed TO the
flames
orls K. JOHNSON. the Wisconsin lum-
herman and capitalist. died in Racine.
on the 9th. aged so years. leaving an
estate estimated a. high rs sl0, 900.
ooV lie was partner If the late SEN
ator Stock bridge, of Michigan: Gen.
Russell A. Alger and ex-senator Saw.
yer, OF Wisconsin. He owned millions
OF dollars worth Of property in the
california redwood country.
HERR SsnMIELE. the German GOV
ernor OF New Guinea. committed sui
eide at batavia, Jamaica. on the 9Th,
oy shooting with revolver He was
on ms way 10 his home in Germany.
IAE German reichstag. on the 9th.
by vote OF id7 TO 81. rejected the bill
to restrict Jewish emigration.
NoRvAL \. HAWKINS. ex-cashier Of
the Detroit (Mch.) branch of the
Standard Oil Co. was found guilty bv
n jury. on the 9Th. of having enbez-
zlcd s.. 200 of the company's funds.
The defendant admitted taking the
money. but claimed that ne had in
vested $4,000 in the hope of increasing
ms earning capacity and squaring his
accounts. II was claimed that he was
not criminal, but failing debtor.
AN fr1rlariul alt.e
abolishing the knout in the infection |
OF punishment in Russia. Hitherto
the pcasantry have been completely at
the mercy of the local Judges. The is
suance OF this edict is due TO the fact
that statistics Were submitted TO the
ear. which showed that within the
last ten years 5000 persons convicted
OF petty thefts have died from the ef.
fleets Of the llnout
ON the 9th the French government
received information by cable from
Zanzibar that the French had seized
he Island of Nossivey, living south.
west of Madagascar.
oN the eth Public Printer Benedict
dismissed 100 employees OF the govern
nent printing Office. the majority Of
hem being comp0sitors. The reiuov.
~ were caused by the adjournment
y congress, which made scarcity of
YORK Other dismis>als will follow as
he work Of the bureau decreases
GEORGE l.. >HouP was reelected
nlted states senator from Idaho. on
he eth. on the first ballot. lie re. ,
eived the entire Mormon vote. There
Ias great rejoicing in Boise CITY after
ne election, senator Shoup being ex- :
redingly popular in Idaho !
Is the British house OF commons. on
&c 9TH. Mr.. Henry Gardner. president a
the board Of agriculture. promised :
'at the government would make in. a
mrs into the alleged packin Of dis.
ised meat ia Chicago for export 70 '
highland.
lie boiler in kenncy's sawmill, To- !,
TED miles east OF Hillsdale. Mich. u
'ploded, on the eth. demolishinr the ri
III and instantly killing Al kinney. =
e proprietor. =
Ar South London. on the 7th. an nm 4,
nployed plasterer named TAYLOR. b
wing become respondent from long .,
leness, murdered his wife and five q
ildren and then killed himself.
AssEMBLyMAS BLAKE's bill abolish tn
z capital punishment in New York ~ ~
IS lost on final passage. on the -th. On
a vote of ayes %, nays Gs. b,
4 BOILER at the Il. f. Goodrich com an
ny's mill at Akron, o.. exploded. on pr
. 9TH, killing John Vance and Sc ~
rely ounding John Somerville. liz
~ the eth the directors Of the Amer me
n Sugar Refining Co. declare. quar- on
~ dividend of ; per cent "a