The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-23


O. DOANE r.. Publisher.
JASPER. . INDIANA
THE statement OF the condition of the
treasury on the 18th showed: Availa
BILE cash balance. s2a6, e64. sac; gold re
serve, si5a, 42o, 100.
DANIEL WorsEy VOORHEES,. ex-Uni
ted States senator from the state OF In
diana. died at ) a. m, ON the 10th, a
his home In Washington city.
UNITED STATES Consul LITTLE tele
graphs from Tegucigalpa. the capita
of Honduras. that "A revolution hac
broken out, and that the republic Il
now under martial law.
THE president has decided to recon
mend to congress an appropriation as
indemnity for the killing by n mob ol
lynchers of three Italian citizens al
Hahnville, La. August ) last.
TIVE senate. on the 18th. confirmed
the nomination of James l.. Angel. OF
Michigan. To be minister to Turkey.
also, of George d. Meikiejohn. of Ne
braska, 10 be assistant secretary of war.
The United States weather bureau,
on the nth, gave GU the startling in
formation that 500 square miles of the
state of Arkansas was under water and
that the Mississippi river would con
tinue to rise.
Col. john HAY, United States ambas-
sador 10 the court of ST. James, sailed
from New York for England, on the
14th. on the American line steamship
st. Paul. He was accompanied by his
wife and eldest daughter.
The project of police in Paris threat
ened to close the hall and expel Prin-
cess DE Chimay from France If she car
ried out her intentions of appearing on
the stage in public. She her changed
her plans and left the city.
A from Cape Town says the
Hetdogeblad. the Dutch newspaper,
declares that leading officials of the
Transvaal speak openly of war with
England as inevitable. and aver hat
it will be carried right up to Table Bay.
The st. James London) Gazette, re-
ferring to the trouble in Hawaii re-
garding the landing of Japanese, says
that if a rupture between Japan and
the United States occurs. the latter
may find the Japanese navy a hard GUS
toner To tackle.
Col. j. w. FoRNEY died at his home
in Lebanon, Pa, on the 18th, from
brain trouble. aged 20 years. Soon
after the breaking out of the war Col.
Forney moved to Washington where he
established a reputation as co%rrespon-
dent for many leading newspapers of
the country.
Mrs. ELIZABETH TILroS, the wife of
Henry Ward Beecher's accuser. died, on
the 18th, Mt her home in Brooklyn.
The news of her death was not made
public until the 18TH. Since the ia
nous Beecher trial she had lived in
strict retirement.
SECRETARY ALGER thinks the worst
of the loo dangers have passed in the
Mississippi valley. and that with the
force the war department has in the
field, cooperating, as IL is, with the
local relief committees, there is small
danger that suffering will go un-
checked and unrelicved.
AMONG the passengers on the steamer
Australia. from Honolulu, which ar
rived at San Francisco, on the l4th,
was William A. Kinney. special com
missioner to Washington. His princi-
pal work will be TO look after the reci-
procity treaty, and he will endeavor to
secure a renewal of the same.
THE weekly statement OF the associ-
Ated banks of New York citv. issued
on the 10th. showed the following
changes: Reserve. decrease. 81. 496. 525;
loans. decrease. $40. 100; specie, de-
crease, sll9,9 900; legal tender. decrease,
g.. 204. 100; deposits, decrease, 81, 30o.-
100; circulation. decrease, sll2, G00.
ANNOUNCEMENT is made that The
Patriarchs. the famous social organize
ton launched by Ward McAllister 20
years ago at Delmonico's, New York
city, has dissolved. Lack Of support,
strife for leadership and internal dis
sensions Of a minor character contrib
uted TO the collapse Of the society.
TREASURER SPALDiSe of the board of
trustees Of the University of Illinois.
who was expected to appear before the
meeting of the board. IN the 18th, and
explain the disappearance Of the uni
verify funds intrusted to his keeping.
failed To put in an appearance. +. q.
Keith was elected treasurer in Mr..
Spalding's place.
A from Yokohama. on the
18th, said the government of Japan had
decided to scnd two war ships to Ha-
yyaii. %Stoppiuv meanwhile all auiura-