The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-07


THE Kentucky legislature, after .
struggle that lasted through two SEES
sions. during which IL ballots were
taken. mt "A cost of 500. 600 TO the state,
ON the 18th. chose w. j. Deboe gold
rep.) as United States senator 10 sue
coed senator Black burn (sil.. dem.l
after which the joint sessions adjourned
sine die.
ACCORDING To returns received by the
mint. director the gold yield OF
California last year was SIT, Isl 500,
which is an increase over 1895 OF ST.
si7,2i5. The WELD Of silver was S4s2,-
43d. "A decreased production for the year
of SITS So.
.THE latest notice received from the
press department of the Stockholm ex-
position states that the international
regatta arranged for July by the Swed-
ish Yacht club. ia honor of King Os-
ears jubilee. is assuming great proper
tionS.
The Turkish authorities have con-
demned to death the murderers of The
agent who was distributing the British
and American relief funds at Diarbekir,
Asiatic Turkey.
SHERIFF MCDONALD, of Omaha, Neb..
went to Lincoln. on the .sth. 10 arrest
j. 5. BARLEY, eN-statc treasu rcr.
on a charge of embezzling SOL, 600.
ORDERS we're issued at Toulon, on
the 2sth. for further detachments of
French infantry To be ready to leave
for Crete at a moments notice.
SMALL tornado passed just west Of
Solomon, kas., at 10 n. IN. of the 2sth.
Telegraph poles were blown down and
wires badly wrecked.
For the first time since the Hood
reached its height the river at Cairo
went below the danger line on the
2sth.
LIEUT.. GEORGE A.. CALHOUN, L. ;. n.
died suddenly in New York. on the
2sth. of apoplexy. aged 40 years.
THE delegates to the postal congress
are beginning To arrive from all quar-
tiers of the globe.
DETAILS of a terrible slaughter of
Spanish soldiers by Cuban dynamiters,
show that a Spanish column Of 1900
men was utterly put to rout by Gen.
Calixto Garcia on the 10th. and instead
of ten soldiers killed. as the official re-
port declared. 200 were blown up by
the bombs and $50 were slain by the
insurgents during the confusion and
excitement of the panic-stricken Span
ish column.
UNITED STATES MARSHAL HALL at
Santa Re, n. NJ. received word. on the
10Th, that Black Jack had been killed in
Arizona, Is miles west of Clifton. by a
posse of deputy marshals. 1t was at
first thought the man killed was Sid
Moore, but the body was later identi-
fed as that Of Black Jack. Big re.
wards offered for the arrest OF Black
Jack will be paid to the posse.
w. j. Dunn. a prominent contractor
of Pittsburgh, Pa. who was charged
with forging assignments of city esti-
on contracts. entered a plea Of
non contende on one Indictment. on
the Goth, and was rcmanded to Jail for
sentence. There were II other indict.
involving about $50, 900, still
pending against him.
A SPECIAL dispatch to the Berlin
Nord Deutsch Zeitung from Athens. on
the 2oth. said that King George had
signed "A decree withdrawing the ex-
of all Turkish consuls in
SENATOR ALLEN. of Ne braska, intro.
duced in the senate, on the 10Th. a pro
posed amendment to the tariff bill for
the abrogation Of the Hawaiian reel.
procity treaty on July !, 1895.
TIE statement of the condition OF
the treasury. issued on the Goth. showed,
Available cash balance, 1929, sos. 6ls;
gold reserve. Sl54, $40. 273.