The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-06-25

ACCORDING to q Constantincpie dis
patch of the 18th the porte will form
20 new cavalry regiments in the
! Elasona ard salonika districts, and an
imperial trade raises the army war foot
ing 10 100 900 men. while 100000
Mauser rifles have been purchased.
lr is said in Washington that VIII
liam r. Day will succeed John Sher-
man as secretary of state next Janu-
airy.
JoHN q. BRADY. of Alaska, has been
nominated To be governor OF that dis
trict. and c. w. Tuttle, of Indiana, and
John T.. Crane, of Illinois. have been
appointed commissioners for Alaska
A CONSTABLE Of Cranston. X. L.. who
spied upon lovers was shot by the man,
and is dead.
AN intimate friend.of Grover Cleve-
land says that the ex-president has re-
tired from active life permanently. He
will not resume the practice of law.
WILLIAM X. Vanderbilt has left on
board his yacht. Valiant, for long
cruise. lie will attend the jubilee fes-
tivities. visit st. Petersburg, and then
kO ~ tic
PRESIDENT ANDREW ) DRAPER of the
Illinois state university. ut the Ohio
state university commencement, on
the 10th, gave his address to reporter
who failed to return it in time for de-
livery by the speaker. President
Draper accordingly gave another ad-
dress. and the reporter who got the
copy also got left.
A DELEGATION of Cheyenne Indians
interviewed Gov. Barnes of Oklahoma,
on the 10th. regarding the enforce
ment of the law abolishing polygamy.
which takes effect July l. The gov
ernor informed them they would have
to choose one among their many wives
and abandon the Others.
GEN. REBILLoT, who is rs years of
age. fought duel with swords. on the
10th. with Nj. Camille de ST. Croix. the
author of an article on the part taken
by the general in the coup detat of
December 2. 1851. Gen. Rebillot was
wounded above the eye.
A DISPATCH from Havana, on the
10th. said that Gen. Quantin Bandera
led large force of Spanish soldiers
from their barricade into ambush. and
there fell upon and annihilated them.
DANIEL O'CoNSELL. son of the Irish
liberal Of the same name. died in Lon
don on the 10th.
The degree of LII. ID. was con ferred
upon sx-President Cleveland by Prince
tonuniversity on the 10th.
o. the 2ith there will be solemnized
in bismarck, ; d.. the wedding of a
Sioux Indian maiden and a foreigner
OF wealth and social prestige. The
bride will be Picture Eyes. the daugh-
ter of John Moose an old warrior who
has scalped many a white man. The
prospective groom is Thomas Dulaine
Cronan. an Irishman.
MORE tea is now afioat on the Pacific
ocean than ever before at one time, in
order to enter before the Dingley bill
goes into effect. One thousand tons of
the new crop has been landed in Ia
coma. Wash. and j., 900. 900 pounds are
on the ocean. The Canadian line is
also bringing heavy shipments.
ToLAN ISRAEL GIDEON BARNETT. of
Montreal, Can. claims to be brother
of the late Barney Barnato. the South
African diamond king. He says Bar
nato's real name was Barney Isaac Alri
Barnett.
THE bronze statue of Winged Lib
erty" presented to the battleship Mas
sachusetts by the Bay State, was I'M
veiied. on the nth. by Gov. Wolcott.
ISAAC NORTON cashier of the United
States Internal revenue department in
San Francisco. committed suicide, on
the nth. taking carbolic acid.