The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-03-22
WEEKLY COURIER.
G. DOANE. Publisher.

G. DOANE. Publisher.
The will OF the late Prof John |
Stuart Blackie leaves $4,000 for
modern Greek library in Edinburgh
A CREDIT of 81. goo, 900. 10 be used In
suppressing the instruction in Cuba,
was cabled from Madrid TO Capt Gen.
in Havana. on the 18th
A DISPATCH from Lima. on the 18th
said that the insurgents had defeated
The Peruvian troops in battle near
Cabanis, killing 800 government sol
dicrs-
SECRETARY LAMONT. on the l2th, APP
pointed Cornelius Cadle, Don Carlos
Buell. and Robert L. Looney commits
sioners to establish a national mill
tary park on the battlefield OF sniion,
Tenn.
ceived in Madrid. on the 18th. failed 20
confirm the official statement that the
rebellion had been crushed, but de-
clared that the insurgents were gam
ing strength daily.
THE steamship Olivette. arrived at
Tampa. Fla. on the lith. from Ia
vana. bearing intelligence OF the
formation of a provisional government
in Cuba with Gen. Marti as president
and Gomez as general-n-chief.
Ir was reported from Washington,
on the l4th. that Secretary uresham
had determined to give the spanish
government the alternative OF apollo
giving or fighting for the insult TO our
Dag in firing upon the steamer ALL
auca.
THE body Of Victor Hugo was. on
the 18th. deposited in a sarcophagus
especially constructed for IL In the
pantheon at Paris. The only members
of the family present were two OF
Hueo's grandchildren. Leopold hugo
and Paul Merice.
THE women of Alliance, o., held
larpelv-attended meeting. on the 9th,
and nominated an indepe ndent ticket
for public school board. There was
great enthusiasm. At a caucus OF the
populist party. the same evening the
womens ticket was indorsed unan-
imously.
THE will of Mr.. s. NJ. Burroughs,
who died at Monte Carlo on February
q beoueaths $4,000 10 Henry George,
the tax reformer Mr.. Burroughs was
born in Medina. n. ", and was senior
mariner in the firm Of Burroughs &
Welcome. wholesale pharmaceut'sts'
in London.
ONE HUNDRED employees of the Cleve
land to) ship Building Co went out
on strike on the 9Th. The company
proposed to pay the old hands SD
and new men 60. IS per day. The strike
was for a $3.50 per day rate. Ih'
strikers were employed in the boiler
making department
OWING to the refusal of the owner
of the great manufactures at Pantii
and Aubervilliers to accede TO the de
mands of their employees for increased
wages, etc, the labor union TO which
the men belong. on the 18th. ordere'
the employees of all the match facto
ries in France to cease work.
Two RIOTS. in which white men wer
the aggressors. and negroes. as rule
the victims, occurred in New Orlean
on the l2th. Six men were killed an
eight seriously and many slightly II
iured. Among the dangerousl
wounded was Purser James A. Balm. {
the English steamship Engineer.
BECAUSE the operatives had ignore
preyious decisions Of arbitrators. I'll
boot-manufacturing employers OF ii
gland have refused 10 consider ne
overtures for arbitration. and the nj
tionai federation has notified the o.
eratives to stop work on the l6tl
The order affects 100000 employees
PRor E. STONE WIGGiSs. of Ottaw
Ont. speaking Of the late lunar eclips
said: The moon passed squarely ov'
the earth's shadow. and it was OF
dark brown color and distinctly Wis
BILE during the eclipse. IL 1T had
atmosphere 20 distribute the sol
RAYS, and as there is no light in spac
il would have been as black as ink.
CAPT. CRossNAS Of the Americ'
mail steamer Alliance. which arrived
Quarantine, y. ". on the 18TH fro
Colon. reported that, on the sth. VIII
his vessel was of the east coast OF I
island Of Cuba, she was fired npon b,
brigantine-rigged man-of-war hyi
the Spanish flag, and chased for
miles, when she distanced her p'
suer.
THE National Afro-American Tyl
graphical association was organized
Chicago at a meeting of colored pri
.ers and journalists Of both sexes fr'
the north and south on the I4th. II
the first colored printers union in
world, and will include in its meml
ship printers. bookbinders. stereot
ers, reporters apprentices and