The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-11-13

tn, elected prcslNchb oA NHc bhlAish
Royal Academy as the successor of the
late Sir John Millais, who died in Au-
gust last.
TnE estimated gross earnings Of the
Rock Island road for the month of De-
tober were sl,Gsi, $3.50, a decrease from
the corresponding month of last year
of SOS, $40.
THE Constantnople correspondent
of the United Associated Presses tele-
graphed. on the ith. that Shetik Pasha
had replaced Nebeim Pasha in the
Office OF Turkish minister of police.
THE national election, on the Sd, re-
suited in an overwhelming victory for
the republican ticket, indications
pointing TO a voc for Mckinley and
Hobart of nearly 800 in the electoral
college.
CHAIRMAN HANNA announced. on the
9Th. that Mckinley and Hobarts cleo
tion was assured by over one million
majority of the popular vote, the
largest ever given to any presidential
candidate.
DIR. ALoNzo III. QuINT, member of
the American board of commissioners
for foreign missions, and one of the
visitors at Andover theological semi
nary. died suddenly, on the 4th, OF
heart disease.
News has been received from Sucre,
Bolivia, that the commission of for
eign affairs of the senate has presen-
ted motion in that body for the reco-
milton by Bolivia of the Cuban insur-
gents as belligerents.
A STATEMENT prepared by the comp
trolier of the currency shows that the
amount of national bank notes in cir
culation October l was S234, SOS, 651, an
increase for the month of 81, 345,6-7,
and for the year of SCI .Oa9, APO.
A PROMINENT Cuban representative
in Key West, Fla, says that, without
assuming the role of prophet. il can
positively be announced that the city
Of Havana VIII be besieged by Maxine
Gomez within the next 60 days.
THE coinage executed at the L nited
States minis during the month of Oc-
tober was an follows: Gold, SIS. 727..
800; silver, S2,s44. 900: minor coin, Soc
300; total, ss63s, 400 OF the silver
coined, g., 100000 were standard silver
dollars.
A NUMBER Of corpses have been
washed ashore along the coast of the
province of Huelva, Spain, as the re-
suit of shipwrecks during the recent
gales. A sailing vessel foundered off
Cartagena, and several OF her crew
were drowned.
On the 4th President Cleveland is
sued his proclamation appointing
Thursday, the Twenty-sixth day of
November, as day of national
thanksgiving for dangers averted and
blessings bestowed. and universal
prayer for continuance of guidance
and blessing.
THERE were handled on the Big
Four lines proper in October. 537, 40
passengers, against 544, s62 in October,
1895. There were handled on the Peo-
ria & Eastern in October, 1909 loaded
cars, 1850 fewer than in October,
1895 In October there were handled
on the Big Four system proper, 1872
637 loaded cars, against lGs,096 in DC
tober, 1895.
OK the 18th, Mr.. Bryan, having been
Informed that National Chairman
Jones conceded the election of Mr. Me-
Kinley, Immediately sat down aud
wrote patriotic and complimentary
dispatch to the successful candidate,
gracefully accepting the arbitrament
of pending issues by the people, whose
will is law.
THE sub-treasury at New York re-
fused. on the 5th, to accept deposits of
gold. as the working force was engaged
in counting silver deposits which ac-
cumulated, uncounted, in the weeks
preceding the election. Recent hoard
ers OF gold are showing much anxiety
to get rid of the metal in exchange
for greenbacks.
In the county circuit court at Jack
of Miss Lizzie Hendrix, who sued the
Southern Railway Co. for $4,000 dam
ages for being overpowered and kissed
by a conductor while she was riding
on an accommodation train two years
since, a verdict was rendered for plain
tiff, who was awarded SPAS.
LIVERPOOL commercial and shipping
circles are well satisfied with the re.
suit of the presidential election in
America. The exchange was crowded,
on the 4th. at an early hour, and the
bidding at the opening was very active,
resulting in advances in prices of from
one To six points, Chicago, Milwaukee
g. st. Paul and Louisville a. Nashville
leading in the rise.
REPORTS from all parts of the coun-
try, on the 5th, told of long idle facto-
ries, workshops and foundries, EN-
ploying workmcn to the number OF