The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-12

Rev. MR llERMcK, Of Minneapolis,
Mimi, and Miss Jennie Sander.pn.
sister of Miss Sybll W. Sanderson, the
famous singer. were married IN Paris
on the 3D.
TuE president. on the Sd. approved
the bill providing for an international
monetary conference.
The supreme court of California filed
a decision. on the 81, denying new
trial to Theodore Durrant. murderer of
blanche Lamont and Minnie Williams.
lr is stated. upon the authority of
Havana dispatches Of the Sd. that posi-
tive orders have been issued To the civil
and military authorities throughout
Cuba 10 try with all possible haste and
in the most satisfactory manner avail
able all American citizens who are now
in Jail and to eNpel those found guilty
from the island.
Az examination Of accounts of Navy
pavmaster Corvine, lately stationed at
Newport. Il. l.. i said TO show a short
age of from S. 600 TO $4,000. and as he
cashed check before absconding for
s.. 600. his shortage will amount to at
least si5. 600 and probably more.
AT the Howard n McAllister Poland
China swine sale held at jefferson.
Ia. on the 81. the male Happy Union
was bid in for =. 900, the highest price
ever paid for one hog. Average price
for sale of boars and sows. S225 each.
JonN CoRwIN. the United States navy
pavmaster. who recently left Newport,
K. L.. accused of being an embezzler of
government funds. was arrested in Chi
cago on the Sd. When arrested he con-
fessed To "A shortage of $4,000.
PASSENGERS arriving from Havana on
the Sd reported that the crew of the
Competitor mad been released and that
! the schooner mad been restored to
them. The report is not confirmed.
Four of the annual appropriation bills
! failed to become laws because of the re-
fusal of President Cleveland to sign
| them. Three of these the sundry civ
4 IL. the Indian and the general deficiency
bill. failed to reach him in time for him
to give them close scrutiny. and the
fourth. the agricultural appropriation
bill. failed to secure his approval.
BY the derail1nent OF a rapidly NOV
/ ing wrccl<ing train at Deep Cut. on the
Baltimore a Ohio railroad. three miles
east of GAINESVILLE. o.. on the 18th, three
men were killed and two fatally and
I eight slightly injured. The train, con
sisting of an engine and five cars, rolled
/ down a 40-foot embankment.
A PRESS dispatch from Athens repre-
sents King George as declaring that
Greece j. ready for war with Turkey,
and will yield To no admonition from
the powers. The king is reported tc
have added that the powers might
blockade Greece. but in the interior
they would bc powerless The Greeks.
he said. were fully prepared to fight to
I the death. and the Maccdonians were
eager for revolt.
THE singing of hundreds of canaries.
in gilt cages suspended here. there and
everywhere. was notable and very
pleasing feature of the inaugural ball
In Washington on the night of the 4th.
a DISPATCH from Montevideo. the
capital of Uruguay. says that state
of siege has been proclaimed there and
orders have been issued for the mobil-
ization of the troops of the republic.
The report of the health officers show
that since the outbreak of the bubonic
plague in bombay, up To the 4th, there
had been s.3s3 cases and 5.91s deaths
from the disease.
An explosion. on the 4th. of gas
which leaked from the two six-inch
mains that cross the subway at the cor.
ner of fremont and Boylston streets,
Boston. killed six. injured .wo prob
ably fatally. and less seriously injured
nearly fifty other persons.