The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-09

On the 10Th the president sent To the
senate the nomination of Charlemagne
Tower. OF Pennsylvania. to be envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipoten-
tiary of the United States TO Austria
Hungary.
THE United States weather bureau.
on the 18th. gave out the startling in
formation hal 500 square miles of the
state OF Arkansas was under water and
that the Mississippi river would CON
tinue TO rise.
Hos. WAYNE MAcVEAGH. the rctir-
ing United States ambassador 10 Italy.
with his wife and daughter, will sail
from southampton for New York. on
April 10. on board the American line
steamer New York.
On the 30th Senator Foraker intro
duced ia the United States senate a
modified form of the Patterson pooling
bill. which permits railroads. under GER
tain restrictions. to pool in the matter
Of transportation OF ~freights-
The Ohio state board Of pardons. on
the Goth. unanimously rejected the APP
p~lication for clemency for William
Haas. the Cincinnati murderer OF Mrs.
VIM. Brader. yvho is to be executed on
April :. Haas viii be the first person
10 be c~lectrocuted in Ohio.
A DISPATCH from Constantinople. on
the LIST. declared that a proposal 10 pur-
chase the island of Crete. made 10 Tur-
KEY by Greece. had been declined by
the porte. which would not undertake
separate negotiations so long a. Tur-
key remained in accord with the Eu-
ropean concert.
DIR. JosErH ]. Luz, found guilty in
the United States court at Baltimore.
Md. of conspiracy and sending an
armed military expedition against a
friendly nation. a on the s9th. re-
fused a new trial and sentenced to Il
months in the Baltimore Jail and to
pay a fine of $500.
NATIONAL bank notes outstanding on
March 81. 1891, amounted To s255. EOS
so4. a decrease during the month Of
sl4i. O46. but an increase since March
81. Isg6. Of Sl2.Isl.O The gold coin
age during the month amounted to
SIS. 40. 300. while L, 400. 80 silver dol
lars were struck off.
THE steam yacht IT Rio Rev. carry
ing the II. Louis Republic correspond
ents. sank in 40 feet Of water in front
Of the city Of Memphis. on the 30th. at
"a. IN. The crew. five in number. CON
sisting OF Capt. Saunders. John Fitz-
gerald. 4. Burke. +. A. Burke and Geo.
schultz. had narrow escapes.
NJ. ALBERT AUGUsTE GABRIEL HA.o-
FAUX. French minister Of foreign af-
fairs. and Count Albert de Muir. the
celebrated French politician and phi
losopher and member of the chamber of
deputies for the reimbursement OF
Morlaix, in the department Of Fines
tere, were elected members OF the
French academy on the lst.
A from Havana. ON the
2gth. gave account of a battle near
Cabezedas. in the Rio IIondo district.
in which 100 patriots were defeated.
after "A stubborn resistance. by a supc-
rior force Of Spaniards. who captured
Gen. Rivera. the successor of ten. Ma
Geo. who was severely wounded in
three places. Col. Bacallao and Lieut..
Terry were also captured. the latter
L.. u -
THE young ladies of the different
church societies of Lebanon. Ind. are
preparing TO farm on the Pingree plan
the coming season for the benefit of
the poor. One real estate firm has
come to their assistance by donating
the use OF 80 vacant lots. Some of the
most prominent society girls in Leb-
anon will be found welding the hoe
rs o as the weather will permit.
MINISTER DENNY. at Pekin, informs
the state department that the West
river has been finally opened to for
eign commerce. This great river. on
which Canton is situated. with Hong
Kong at its mouth. is the highway Of
southwestern China. and the largest
goods distributor of that rich district,
giving, as IL does. access to the three
large provinces kwangsi. Yunnan and
Kweichow, with a population Of IS
000. 600.
The department of state is advised
from Constantinoplc that Ncssuf lu-
nan who was charged with the distri
button of relief funds at Saird, Asiati,
Turkey, was recently murdered and
robbed Of $500. On the assumption
that the victim was engaged in dis
tributing American relief funds. Mr.
Terrell, American minister, mad,
prompt request for the recovery Of tn,
stolen money and the arrest and pun
ishment Of the guilty.