The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-01-18

ROBERT HENRY. the negro who tried
to wreck the train on which Senator
Hill was returning 70 Washington from
the south in December last. was arrest
ed nj Jacksonville. Fla. on the sth.
The attempt AZ train wreclSing was
made near Florence. =. c.
The Carlisle substitute CURRENCY bill
was given a decidedly knockout blow
In the house. on the 9th. when that
body refused - adop: rule Ia bring
the mea sure to a vote. There was a
majority OF five against the rule.
Born houses OF the California legis-
lature assembled in Joint session. on
the 10th. and canvassed the state re-
turns. James H. Budd was declared
governor amid great enthusiasm.
NJ. CHAi-f.rMEI. LAcorR was. on the
10th. reelected president of the French
senate
The house committee on public build
ing> and Z rounds, on the 10th. ordered
favorably reporteda bill appropriating
s2da.0o0 for the purchase OF site for q
governm, mt printing Office at Wash
ington. u. {.
Gov. tPnAM's message was delivered
and read in both houses of the Wis
con>in legislature IN the 10th. Ii con
tains about 1000 words. and is con>id-
cred an able and business-lilse docu-
ment.
\ CONCURRENT resolution was intro
duced in the Kansas house OF repre-
sentatives. on the 10th. giving To the
impoverished settlers Of western Kan
sas all of the surplus coal at the state
mines at Lansing.
The South Dakota house and senate
on the 10th. suspended the rules and
passed "A joint resolution Offering s. OOt
for the arrest and delivery of the de-
faulting treasurer. W. W. Taylor. lie
is about ; feet inches in height.
weighs 200 pounds, has brown hair.
small mustache. blue or gray eyes and
fiorid complexion. lie was last heard
of in New York.
THREE oil men were instantly killed
on the Prisscr farm. three miles ives;
of Wapakoneta. O.. ON the 10th. Frank
Logan. John Pettigrcw aud w. j. Me-
Nallv endeavored to thaw out 10
quarts Of frozen nitro-glycerine with
hot water. IL exploded. tearing them
all into fragments. together with
team Of horses.
THE post Office department. on the
10th. received official notification that
Cape Colony. regarded rs the most i'm
portant acquisition in Africa for the
Universal Postal union. owing to it,
position as the entrance for all African
mails, had joined the union on Janu-
lrv !.
4 MoDrs yrvENDI between the Tnitec
states and Cuba has been agreed upor
II Madrid. pending only the settlement
II the question Of the date upon which /
I shall become operative. By the terms
If the agreement Cuba comedies tn.
ecoEd column tariff in return for the 1
treatment.
REPORTS from the immigration au-
horities at New York show the whole
lumber Of immigrants arrived during
December was IL. LOG. OF this number
IL We're debarred entrance as paupers
nd So as contract laborers, 10 were adj
nitted on bond
THE town of Turtle Creek. 10 miles
asst of Pittsburgh. Pa. was badly I
'utted by fire or the night Of the 10th.
The town post office. valued at SIT. 900.
vas torn down by the citizens to pre-
ent further spread Of the flames. The
amage will reach sl00.p0o.
A DISPATCH from Shanghai. on the
9th. said that severe fighting had
aiken place near Jehol. Mongolia. i2C
niles northeast of Pekin. hundreds
4 wounded Chinese Were reported to
,e arriving at Tien-Tsin daily.