The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-30
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

THF London Times correspondent at
Constantinople denies that there l. any
effective Turkish var party. lie SAYS
that the sultan. the seraskierat minis
try of war and some of the other min
listers. are strongly opposed to hosuli-
ties with Greece.
ADvTcEs from Natchez and other
points below Nicksburg. N the 18th.
indicated that the supreme test was at
hand. The swift current. which was
rising steadily. was beating against the
lcvees with such force a. 10 cause the
gravest apprehension at many places
The weekly statement of the associ-
ated banks or New York city. issued on
the 18th. showed the following changes:
Reserve. increase. S.sj. 80; loans. in
crease. sl.ss5.G0o: specie. increase. SOD
900: legal tender. increase. Ss.6.00O.
deposits. increase. s.. gl4.6 600; circula-
ton. decrease. Sl34. 900.
WILLIAM III. Brown. a wealthy farmer
of Huntington. Ind. was found guilty
OF suhornation of perjury by a jury in
the Alien county circuit court and sen
fenced to "a years in the penitentlary-
Two UNKNOWN men were blasting on
some staging at Michigamme falls. on
the Michigamme river drive. at Men
o~ninee. Mich. on the 18th. when the
staging broke and the men went head
long over the falls.
PRIMROSE day. the anniversary Of the
death Of Lord Beaconsicld. was OBJ
served in London. on the 18th. with the
usual display 81 his ~favorite flower.
The decoration % the Ecaconsheld
statue surpassed all records
The remains ~ the late Andrew JET
frcys Garvey. who died ia >outhamp-
ton. England. on the 9TH, rived AT
New York. on the 18th. on the steam
ship New York. lie was prominent -
wears ago. during the rciga of William
NJ. Tweed in that city. and il was his
testimony that clinched the evidence
against Tweed. who was charged with
defrauding the city.
AT Marshalltown. Ia. there was
remarkable change in temperature on
the night .. the 18th. the mercury
dropping from 20 To - in a few hours
Ice formed half an inch thick.
The statement Of the condition o.
the treasury. on the 10Th. showed
Available cash balance. 1925 $50 .0cs
gold reserve. l54.G59.54d.
On he 10Th the senate agreed to vota
on the arbitration treaty on May ) at
p IN.
BURGLAR FRANK CoxSoRs and High
wayman Ben Johnson. desperate erin
inals. seriously and perhaps fatal,
wounded Jailer Charles Fay at tn
Wyandotte county Jail in Kansas City
: kas.. on the Goth. while attempting I
escape.
: TIE statement of the condition O
: the treasury. ON the goth. howec
Available cash balance. saei. O59. liz
gold reserve. si54.sii.364-
GOV. ADAMS of Colorado. o. the 20tf
vetoed the bill regulating the mani
turc ard sale of oleomargarine. Tn
veto message was sensational in III
: extreme. as the governor included !
his message a letter from q Dcnvc
lawyer TO an olcomargarinc manufa'
turer in Chicago. going &c show tina
: the bill was passed by means Of Ii
most open aud bare-faced bribery.
THE White Squadron. under con
mand Of Rear-Admiral Bunce. arrive
: nj New York. on the Goth. from For
. ress Monroe, to take part In the Graz
q monument dedication. The squadru
includes the New York. flagship: III
!. battlcships Maine and Texas. the crui
er Raleigh and the coast defense vesse
Amph:trite and Terror.