The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-01-15
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

No MORE revenue cutters are availa-
bic Tor service in connection with the
neutrality and navigation laws. The
Forward. the Mclean and the Winona
are stationed along the Florida coast
from Tampa. on the west to Cape
Florida. on the east. The Boutwell,.
at Jacksonville; the Colfax. at Charles
ton. and the Morrill,. al Niimingt ton,
are also assigned 10 that duty.
PnILiP DUNCAN ELKISs. father Of
United states senator stephen L.
1ikins. died. on the Sd. at the sena-
tors residence. .Halliehurst. at
Elkins. ". Va. Mr.. Elkins was aged
s. years. having been born IN Fauquier
county. Va. July 4. lrO9. lie was
colonel in the confederate army.
THERE were xported from the United
States during the past year bicycles to
the amount Of s3.OO0,OOO- OF this
amount 81. COOK went TO Great Brit
ain; s2sO. 100 to Germany; sl20.OnO to
France. and $4,000 to British North
America. Bicycles to the amount Of
$500 were shipped To Africa, and
war-stricken Cuba purchased 5000
worth.
CLARENCE Cook, city editor of the
Fort Wayne lnd-) Sentinel, was run
down by an electric car on the evening
Of the 81. His right arm was so badly
crushed that it was amputated at the
elbow.
The correspondents of the Madrid
newspapers. the impartial, Heraldo
and correspondence. now in Havana,
have received orders from their respect.
i've Offices to proceed TO the island os
| Porto Rico at the beginning of the
month Of March and there await in
structions.
Hos. J. J. DAVIDSON. of Beaver. Pa.
the well-known republican congress-
man-clect for the Twenty fifth district
died on the night of tine "a at Ph9nix
Ariz-. where he had gone in the hops
of improving his health.
OK the ID the associated banks o.
NewYork city held s3s.2s6.s50 in ex
cess Of the requirements Of the rs
percent rule.
The Berlin Tageblatt asserts tina
France and Russia have agreed to in
tervene at Washington to prevent |
breach between the United States an,
Spain.
OFFICERS on searching the farm o
Joseph RObelier. near Bryan. Okla,
found two large caves filled with wa
J gon loads Of stolen goods, including
. plows, harrows and other tools, chairs
tables. carpets. books, stoves an
scores of other articles. many of whic
! were identified by neig hbors as hay
! ing been stolen from them during III
past three years.
) MINISTER TAYLOR. tits said, informe
) Secretary Olney several days ago tina
. the authorities at Madrid were on tn
point OF relieving Gen. Weyler OF h
y command in Cuba and OF appointin
as his successor Capt zen Rivera.
SIR HENRY 1T. JoHS HALxoRl
c BART. " no was the captain Of the Bri
c ish rifle team which visited the Unite
! States a number of years ago. died
! London, on the 4th, in the sixty-uini
: year of his age.
The Polish church troubles in III
IA City. Mich, have broken out afresh,
n riot having started at St Stanislal
church on the morning OF the 5th.
mob of several hundred angry Pol
4 attacked the parsonage, breakir
Il every window and driving Path
A. Bogacki and his bodyguard into q
J. basement where they were bcsieg.
r Several men were dangerous
- wounded.
h A DISPATCH from Manila, the cal
II tai Of the Philippine islands. on Il
Al 5th. said that the Spanish troops h:
'e defeated and totally routed force
1000 insurgents al OlmansaS