The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-02-26

IT is estimated that the appropria'
lions by the present congress will ag'
gregate 81, 044. 46S, 900.
.
On the 18th the banks of New York
city held S5l. $50. 225 in excess Of the
requirements OF the 35-per cent. rule
THE porte has informed the powers
that Turkey viii attack Greece In
Thessaly in the event of the powers
failing to restrain hostile action on the
part Of Greece in Crete.
o
VANDALs have again been at work
on the Marquette statue in Washing
ton. The latest crank has broken of
several feathers from the caps of the
bronzeIndians which decorate the base.
LEE HARRISON, who claimed TO be a
first cousin to ex-President Harrison,
died in Denison, Tex, on the 18th,
from a dose of morphine. The de-
ceased was IN straitened circum-
stances.
The Madrid El Dia, in an article on
the political situation, asserts In the
most positive terms that ministerial
crisis is impending, and that 1t is pos
sible that Senior Sagasta will return
to the premiership.
AFTER investigating the charges
against Charles +. Anderson, nomi-
mated to be district Judge for North
Dakota, the senate committee on the
iuditiary, on the 18TH. ordered that the
nomination be favorably reported.
A DISPATCH received at Madrid, on
the 18th, from Havana, said IL was re-
ported there that DIR. Zertucha, who
was Gen. Antonio Maceo's physician
and accompanied him at the time the
insurgent leader met his death, had
been assassinated.
ADMIRAL BUNCE's squadron sus-
pended their warliSe work, on the
i4th. and observed Sunday in regula-
ton fashion. Episcopal service was
held on the flagship New York, Catho-
lie service on the Maine and general
services, including other denomina-
lions, were cele brated on the Column
bia.
The weekly statement of the New
York city associated banks for the
week ended on the 18th showed the
following changes: Reserve, decrease,
81, 90l, s25; loans, increase, 81, s45, 100;
specie, increase, so3s. 900; legal tend
ers, decrease, SO, $50, 500; deposits, de-
crease, $3.50, 700; circulation, decrease,
e64, GOO
The first regular session of the an
nual meeting of the American News
paper association was held, on the
18th, at the headquarters of the assoc
citation in the Hoffman house, New
York city One hundred and fifty
publishers, representing newspapers
all over the United States, were pres
emit. Charles W. Knapp, of the st.
Louis Republic, presided.
The act of 1887, forfeiting the land
grant of the Atlantic q Pacific Rail.
way Co., was sustained in all points
by the supreme court OF the United
States, on the 18th, the opinion being
read by Justice Brown. 1t was ex-
haustive, reviewing all the defenses
set up by the company and finding
against it at every point
GEN Bon, who is in command of the
gendarmerie at Canea, on the 10th,
formally notified Col. Vassos, COM
manding the Greek troops at Akrotiri,
of the joint occupation of Crete by the
powers. To this notification the
Greek colonel replied: II am ordered
to occupy the island and must carry
out my orders until receive other in
structions-"
AN expert examination of the books
of DeKalb county, Ind, shows county
and ex-county officials short about
$4,000 OF this sum ex-Jreasurer
Fair is charged with nearly Sl2,UO0;
ex-Auditor Cotliberry S., 400, and ex-
Clerk Moody s., ZOO Others, whose
names have not yet been made public,
are short in their accounts ranging
from $500 to 6, 900.
THE treasury deficiency for seven
and half months of the current fiscal
year. To the 18TH, was S41, al 800. The
available money IN the treasury Tor
current use was stated at S2l6,OOO, 900,
of which STAG, 900, 600, including the
6lo0, 900 gold reserve, was gold;
So, 900, 900 silver certificates; ll,0oO.'
600 United States notes, and S2y,OOc.
600 of miscellaneous funds.
In an article on the situation IL
Crete, the Paris Gaulois says that the
king of Greece, when in Paris in No
vember last, gave the government I.
understand that his further resistance
to the aspirations of the people o
Greece was impossible, aud he was
therefore, compelled to seek closer re
lations with Austria and Great Brit
ain, the disposition of Russia being
unfriendly.
In the British house Of commons, OF
the 18th, MIR. George n. Curzon, par
liamentary secretary TO the foreign OF
fee, announced that the latest new
: received by the government showing
the situation In Crete was that tn
Christians were the aggressors an