The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-03-27
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

THE secretary Of the interior has
disbarred from practice before the de-
partment in all its branches Thomas
t. Pike. an attorney of Laurel. Ind.
on the ground that he was irregular
in the execution OF his pension vouch-
ers and received illegal fees.
AT the regular meeting of the SEN
ate committee on foreign relations. on
the 18th. the conference report on the
CUBAN resolutions was discussed at
length. The committee decided to
stand 10y the conference report and to
urge as speedy action in the senate as
possible.
4 On the 18th traffic on the Louis
vile. Evansville & St Louis rail-
road was completely blocked. bv rea-
son of a cave-in at both ends OF tun-
mel No ., - miles east of Princeton.
Ind. The arch was made OF cordwood.
and this caught fire and was burned
ont, allowing the hill 10 slip in
The German transatlantic steamship
companies have agreed to increase
their rates for steerage passage ten per
cent. the advance going into effect on
the 18th
FRANK NEvELs, colored. was found
guilty. at Topeka. kas.. on the 10th. of
murder in the second degree for hav-
ing killed Mrs. Matson. who was found
dead in her house in Topeka with her
head crushed in with an AK over wear
ago.
THE president nominated John ].
Boyce. of California. on the 10th. 10
he commissioner of fish and fisheries.
vice Marshall Mcdonald. deceased.
On the 10th a hastily summoned ca BIZ
net council was held in London. ~
which Gen. Lord Wolseley. command
er-in-chief of the army. was present.
The council sat two hours
TERRIBLE gales occurred on the 10th
on the west coast of England and in
ireland. The force Of the wind and
waves was such that the piers AT Liver
pool were washed over and flooded
Several derelicts and disabled vessels
were towed into the Mersey. The
ship canal was made unnavigable and
the walls of the canal were severely
tried by the wash Of the waves.
DISPATCH from Bona. in the Congo
state. SAYS the British steamer Matadi. |
which sailed from Liverpool. January
y, and Sierra Leon, February :. has |
been destroyed at Bona by an cxplo- |
sion OF j. tons OF gunpowder. Twenty |
i've persons were killed by the explo- |
sion. and the vessel was blown 10 frag- |
mcnts.
EDWIN T. Um. of Michigan. for
mcrly assistant secretary Of state.
sailed from New York for Bremen. on \
the 18th. on the North German Lloyd |
steamship Saalc. TO assume his new
post as ambassador to Germany.
THE Dominion senate. on the nth.
passed bill giving the Canada 4
Michigan Bridge and Tunnel Co.
power to construct bridge with
span of LOO feet across the Detroit
river
Tnr house committee on naval all
fairs decided. on the 18th. To recon-
mend in its appropriation bin an In
crease of the navy by four hattleships
and Il torpedo boats.
In the Italian senate. on the 18th.
motion. supported by the marquis n
Rudini. thanking the British pnrlia-
irent for its sympathy. was passed
amid great cheering.
A DISPATCH from Hong Kong saws
that the plague continues there in !.
spite OF the sweeping sanitary meas
ures which the government has
adopted.
a TRAIN on the Philadelphia. VIII
mington 4 Baltimore railroad. on the
night Of the 18th. made the journey :
from baltimore to Gray's Ferry. y2t !,
miles. in IS minutes
TnE strike of the ship carpenters
and caulkers along the Mononrahcla
river. which had been IN progress two :,
i-onths. causing much injury 10 coal
operators and dock owners. was de- =
cared on, on the 18th and work was !.