The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-12-20

TIM conference 81 the timetable
leagues of Great Britain. France aud
Germany opened in Paris on the 10th.
VI. lonhet. president ~ the French BIZ
metallic league. presided. The object
~ the conference il 10 draft a resoln-
tion. regarding hime,talli>m. wh:chw IN
he submitted tn the parliaments of the
three countries.
Po~rNA~TER-GFNEhAL SOS. un the
leth. forwarded TO Attorney-1cncrnl
Harmon an official notice ~ the re-
mcval OF Assistant superintendent Hill
- the free-dclivery system. for con-
spiracy.' and practically suggesting
that the facts warranted his dismissal
as commissioner IL investigate the over
time claims Of letter carriers.
AFTER two hours deliberation the
jury. at Lafayette. Ind. on the night
OF the 10Th. in the ease OF John Besscr.
charged with the murder uf his tenant.
Morris Lewis. last August. returned "A
verdict Of acqnit;al. Judge Taylor
therefore discharged the prisoner. The
prisoner proved "A clear ease of >elf-de-
tense.
ADvIcrs from Cape Hatteras. on the
night of the 10Th. stated that President
Cleveland and party were storm-bound
there and could not get mt. A heavy
gale was blowing there at 90 miles an
hour, making sea-going in the light
house tender impossible.
WM. II. MCMILLAN was found guilty
mt Toronto. ont. on the 18th, on the
II, ,r. 80 la. 49,. 49,. .. 81. o.
goodby building in hat city. on Ian
nary q last. the fire resulting in the
destruction Of that and adjoining prop
erty to the total value of about seven
hundred thousand dollars.
The directors of the american Bell
Telephone Co. on the nth. declared "A
regular quarterly dividend of three per
cent. and an extra dividend Of rs per
cent. payable January L. This makes
a total of II per cent. declared this
year.
The suit or Secretary Tryon ~ the
board OF fire commissioners against
Mayor pingr~e OF Detroit. Mich. for
$4,000 damages for false Imprisonment
and malicious prosecution was decided.
the 18th. in the mayors favo-.
Is addition 10 2O.Op troops which
are expected at Havana towards the
end Of this month and the beginning
Of January. the spanish government i
already preparing To dispatch 10000
more troops 70 Cuba.
News from Batavia. Java. on the 18th.
that the Dutch troops on the
island Of Madura had dispersed a band
of $50 rebels. killing - Of them and
capturing the chief.
lr was learned. on the 18th. that the
syndicate. formed in eonnec-
ton with the reorganization OF the
Reading railroad. included nearly all
the capitalists identified with the
anthracite coal railroads. The
amount subscribed was said 10 be ove-
thirty million dollars.
QUEEN VICTORIA. in council at Wind
sor. on the 18th. formally p~rorogued
parliament until the middle of Febru-
airy. when il will meet for the transac-
tion Of government business.
IT was stated. on the 18th. on excel
lent authority that Speaker Reed would
not his committee appoint
until about the 10Th.
JonN M~rLHoLLE>. first Baron Dun
died in London. on the 18th. =.
years of age.
TmE funeral Of George Augustus
Sala. the journalist and author. took
place at Brighton. England. on the
18th.
THE venerable Robert William
archdcacon OF Bath. died al
residence in Wells. England. on the
18th. He a Sc years Of age.