The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-07-19


the government 10 negotiate with the
United States for treaty Of arbitra-
tion.
The German steamer Nordstrand
loaded 3e5 tons of Alabama coke at
Mobile. on the 10th, for Mexico. This
is the first considerable shipment OF
coke from that port.
THE Manchester Guardian says that
Gen. Lord Roberts who, IL was recent
ly rumored. was To be appointed COM
mander-in-chief of the British army.
has refused 10 accept the appoint
ment.
Ice formed on water tubs in the re-
gion 40 miles north OF Sioux City, La
on the night OF the sth. Corn looked
as If il had been injured. but il was
thought To bc too far along 70 be Sc
riously damaged.
FREDERICK w. HAAS. for many years
editor of the Folka Freund. OF Lancas-
ter. Pa. and prominent in Herman
musical circles throughout that state,
died very suddenly. on the sth. from
heart disease. aged sc wears.
THE lonrshoremen in convention in
Milwaukee,, on the nth. decided TO
make their body international. and
fund was set aside to organize on the
Pacific. Atlantic and gulf coasts The
amendment to exclude saloonkeepers
was lost.
NOTICES were posted in the Atlantic
mills at Providence, r. l., on the 18th,
announcing that an advance in wages
will 20 into effect in the several de-
partments of that concern on the 29th.
The notices did not state the rate of
increase.
THE state department was informed
on the 10th, by Mr.. DENLY, I nited
States minister to China. that PAX
Yonk Hyo. minister of the interior
and the practical dictator OF Corea.
had fled from that country under
charges Of treason.
Mrs. MARY BROWN. a monogamian
pensioner, died. on the 10th, at her
home 8 miles from Knoxville, Tenn.
She waSthe widow of Joe Brown, a
soldier in the revolutionary war, and
was born in ls0i. Her husband died
ffty-one years AFRO.
THE high court at Leipsic. on the
sth. sentenced Metz coal dealer
named Haune and sergeant in the
German army named Schneider. re-
spectivelv, 10 four years and eight
years Imprisonment for betraying mil
itary secrets To the French.
THE Irish national convention, which
met in omagh. County Tyrone. Ireland.
on the sth. was the scene of constant
strife. Owing TO the disputes between
Timothy Healy. John Dillon and ir.
Kenny. no chairman could be appoint
ed and organization of the convention
was not effected.
FRANK NJ PIxLEY, the veteran ed
itor. founder of the san Francisco
Argonaut, land one OF the best-known
men in California, was, on the 7th.. re-
ported to be dying at his home in San
Francisco. Mrs. Pixley was also dan
gerously i'll. Both were suffering from
nervous prostration.
JUICE WooDs. of Chicago, on the
9th. modified the sentence of Eugene
" Debs from one year in jail to sis
months, and those of the other direc-
tors OF the American Railway union
from six months TO three. The sen
fences are now concurrent as the court
originally imposed them.
MAYOR PINGREE's five-year fight 70
three-cent car fares in Detroit, Mich.
was crowned with success, on tn
10th, when the mayor, as motorman
took out the first car on Everett
Packs new line in opposition 10 "
Tom johnson road. Mayor Pingrec
now sure Of fourth term
A NATIONAL. Cuban presidential ele'
tion was held. on the 10th, all overth
United States. and also in Mexico
Jamaica and South America. Their
were over 100 clubs controlling q
many election districts in the Unite
States Early returns indicated til
choice of Palma for president
-
The question Of the ownership {
several hundred thousand acres 4
land in Los Angeles county, Cal. n
Gently decided as belonging to tn
United States. will probably be carrie
to the United States supreme court o
appeal by the Southern Pacific Raj
road Co. for final adjudication.
AT the request Of Tie warden Of III
Clinton N. ~ prison. from which h
is fugitive, the state department, o
the 9th, asked the French authorize
20 hold Tom OBrien, the notoriou
bunco steerer. in the event he be a
quilted on his trial for killing n
partner, Reed Waddell. OF Springfield,
Ill. in Paris, on March 2, last.
GEN. GREEDY, who has been grant.
leave Of absence for two months. wi
attend the International Geographic
conference in London, as the delega
of the National Geographical socie
Of Washington city His presence h
been particularly requested by I
officials in charge, and he will Ia
part in the discussion on the subject
Arctic and AntaSctic explorations