The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-10-28
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

ter 10 >fAIii- anu siN
First United States volunteer cavalry
OF which organization the candidate
was the commander when the war
closed.
The thoroughbred stallion Meddler
was sold 10 W. c. Whitney, in New
York. on the nth. for $4,000
A collision occurred on the Great
Central railroad near Barthney. Eng
land. on the 18th. Six persons were
killed and - injured.
The British ship Blenwell. Capt.
johnson. from New York, September
10. for London. was destroyed by a
sudden fire of Margate. England, on
The 18th. Nine of her crew. the cap
tan and his wife and children, per-
ished.
The treasury department has made
a final award OF the new war loan.
Subscribers for the sum of $4,000 will
receive a percentage Of that sum-
amounting TO $500; subscribers for
S4+sO or less viii be awarded the full
amount OF their subscriptions
Advices from Madrid point TO effer-
veScenc,. inmilitary circles there. Mem
hers Of the military club openly and
severely criiicise the government for
concluding what they term "humili-
ating peace and some OF them even
suggest the establishment Of mill
tary dictatorship under the present
dynasty
During a reception AZ the First reg
iment armory at Chicago. on the nth.
a number Of young women and one or
TWO not so young. tried 10 kiss Presi-
dent Mckinley. but although there
were several narrow escapes. none OF
the ambitions ones succeeded y num-
Der Of men and women kissed the
presidents hand. however.
Habeas corpus proceedings insti-
tuted in behalf OF Mrs. Cordelia Bot
kin with the hope OF preventing her
removal TO Delaware. We're argued at
length in the superior court az san
Francisco on the 18th. Decision was
reserved
Porto Rico has been taken into the
American Union. Gen. Brooke has
rlenary powers and will have sole
charge OF the government Of the island
unta some other arrangements are
made. 1t is possible that when the
4 president returns 10 Washington. he
NAV designate a military governor OF
the island TO act in that capacity un-
| iii congress can provide for terri
torial civil government
| reports from japanese sources are
/ in circulation TO the effect that sir
Claude Macdonald. British minister al
| Pekin. has informed the Chinese gov.
eminent that sovereignty appertains
solely 10 the emperor. who has been
forciblv abducted and ceposed. and
that he must be restored 10 his posi-
ton.
President Mckinley. arrayed in cap
and gown. was presented with di-
ploma and formally invested with the
degree of Doctor Of Laws al the INT
versifv of Chicago. on the 18th. in the
presence Of a brilliant assem- blage OF
faculty. students and invited guests.
Havana. Clala. was visited by q
cloudbursi. on the night Of the 18th
that set aaoat all the streets in The
lower portion Of the city. Cathedral
square was under three feet of water
and the streets in the neighhorhooc
were so deep that horses and pedes
TRANS were frequently carried OF
their feet.
Judge Day has made it very plair
to the Spanish commissioners that M
compromise is possible regarding tn
main Cuban debt. The United State
may. and probably viii. take in con
sideration the local debts Of Cuba 70
which there is any substantial PROF
ertv 10 show. such as public docks
waicrworks and buildings. but
more.
Brighten. Guy v. Henry Unite
/ States volunteers. who now commah'
the western portions Of the island
4 Porto Rico. by order Of Matte
4 Brooke. will be made a brigadier ge
: erai in the regular army. 10 MI y
+ vacancy created by the retirement
: Brighten. Coppinger-
y II is whispered around Americ'
= headquarters at Havana that 'e
Il PARADE and Admiral Manterola I
the spanish commission recently
mitted in private conversation TN
= dissatisfaction with the result OF Z
Ie war. and expressed the hope III
he something would occur before
n final evacuation of the island to WI
Il rant n renewal Of hostilities-
I'd The physician attached to
is French legation in PekiS visited
nd emperor of China. on the 18th. for
he purpose of making q medical eaami
iu ton
n. y. Schwartz arrived at Walk
Mimi. on the 18th, direct from Wa
I, ington. as an agent OF the interior
- ,artmcnt to make a thorough inve
cation Of the dead-and-down tim
question. Commissioner Hermann
the general land Office. is in carr
~ about seeking the cause of the trou
~ over this question. with view to
~, isfying the Indians.
Adviccs received from Trini'
- province Of Santa Clara. Cuba. say
great damage has been caused by
recent storm. Many houses v
the swept away. eight people were XII
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