The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-02-19

,lorer was entertained ut dinner. on
he 9th. at the Savage club OF Lon
Ion. and elected an honorary nc
member OF that organization.
TUE Paris Soliel says: England docs
not heed the vain protests OF france,
.-nowinc that they will not be followed
tv results. Let Us. therefore, utiiiIe
he territories which France alreauS
possesses.
rvvt--A1 of The iron and steel
business was reported from il11s,
burrh. Pa. ON the stu prices 81 s1eel
billets having advanced about g cents
within a weea Pig iron prices were
also advancing.
1rsr before the adjournment OF the
lorse on the sth, the speaker "P,
tinted Nessrs. Grosvenor rep, VI
"a Richardson dem, Tenn.) teliers
on the part of the house TO canvass
the electoral vote.
Tur dynamite cruiser Nesuvlus lel'
,ba League Island navy yard, on the
OF 30 ioin the North Atlantic squad
ran Size was to have departed one
dav earlier, but was obtained oy the
Ice In the Delaware river.
IxroRuArIoS was Received in Lon
aon. ON the 10th, that the British
Nicer expedition had captured the
,o@n of Bida, the capital OF the
Foulah tribe. One officer was Aiiiea
in the assault upon the town
Tur extensive st. Cloud sugar plan
,a.ion near Kissimmee, Fla, has been
purchased by a syndicate OF Ouoans'
The capacity of the sugar mill WIZ DC
douhiea at once, aud 1000 acres oil
cane viii be planted next fan.
SECRETARY LAMONT has recommend.
ed TO congress an Appropriation OF
G. ooa for the care and maintenance oil
no buildinr in Washington city IN
which Abraham Lincoln died ana Tor
the appointment of a CUSTODIAN
Tur Nicaragua co nal bill was with
drawn from the senate, on the lu1h'
nv MIR. Morgan dem, Ala VINO mas
had il in charge, with notice that ne
yxould introduce it at the extra ses-
sion of congress and press 1t then 10 y
final vote.
TIE Cuban committee OF ltaly helu
q meeting in Rome, on the lOth' anu
voted their approval OF the acton OF
,le Neyy York committee in rejecting
the reforms offered to Cuba by the de-
cree recently signed by the queen re-
gent of Spain.
C.pr PuII.o y. McGIFFiN. former
nfiicer in the Chinese navy, who was
in command OF the battleship Chen
Yuen at the battle of the halu river
committed suicide, on the i}th' Ia tn'
post Graduate hospital in New YORK
ritv. by shooting himself through TN
head. lie was "a years old
THE steamer Pelican, chartered o
the Northern Pacific Railroad Co., al
rived at Victoria, Il. C., on the OH
from Yokohama. a case of lepros
was found among the crew lie WI
he detained in quarantine until III
outward voyage Of the Pelican whe
he will be returned TO China.
TuE weekly statement OF the Ne
York city associated banks ior y
week ended on the 9th shows the 10
loving changes: Reserve, deereas
"a. O6s. 200, loans, increase, Se,'f'''O
.pecie. decrease, sl25, 100; legal tender
decrease. So, o75, 800; deposits, increas
s.. $50. 600; circulation, decrease, sl,s2
uUO.
TuE state department learned,
the nth, that Correspondent Sco'
must be tried at Sancti Spirlt'
where he was arrested The u
will be before civil tribunal, anu
ease AN appeal is taken IL VIII pro-
bly be heard at Havana This I'M
nation is understood to be satlsi
tory to the officials.
A DISPATCH from Athens, on the
said: Desperate fighting has cccufi
between the Christians and Mona
,nedans in the island OF crete 4
Mussulmans have set tire to the city
Canea, and the place is now burni
The city is in state OF anarchy,
a Christian is safe nowhere III
400 persons have been killed.
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A DISPATCH from Havana. on the
said 1t is an open secret IN tue Am
can consulate that the consnl-gen'
is conducting some unsatisfactory
respondence with Washington
thinks the state department As
backing him up in hIs efforts to
Justice for American citizens arre'
and thrown into Spanish prisons
BUTLER, or Weller, as he is vario
known, who is under arrest IN
Francisco, charged with many
ders in Australia, was taken be
Commissioner Hancock. on the
for preliminary hearing on the a.
cation for extradition. II was
pected the hearing would consume
rral days.
THE immigration bill as amende
the conference committee and pa
A., ,ha house az representatives. Ol