The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-10-28
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Ter AT Pckin, NJ. Gerard, announces
that a French missionary and several
Chinese Catholics had been massa-
cred or burned TO death in chapel al
FAX Lung BY "A riotous mob. NJ. Ge-
rard had Immediately demanded rep /
aration from the Chinese government
The city of san Juan remains order
H. and all is quiet elsewhere In Pcr.o
l.ico. Mai.-Gen. Brooke i installed IN
The palace and Brighten. Henry re-
mains a. commander of the district 81
Ponce. Brighten. Grant has been ap-
pointed commander OF the district of
san Juan.
Secretary Long has approved the
findings OF the court which tried and
sentenced Chaplain j. L. Mcintyre OF
the battleship Oregon 10 dismissal
! from the naval service for criticisms
he made OF the conduct of Rear-Ad-
miral Sampson and Capt. II. d. Evans.
Under date OF the 18th Gen. Otis ca
bled the war department: The sit
nation in Luzon somewhat improved.
Influence OF Filipinos Of education and
property not desiring Independent gov
| eminent. but hostile 70 Spain, gaining
ascendaney in revolutionary councils
Senores Rivera. Blanco. Lopez and
| Carbonnel. ministers OF the insular
government in Porto Rico, have ten
dered their resignation To Gen. Brooke,
stating that they would perform their
functions. if desired. until their sue
cessors were appointed.
rf,n ftr1
OF the first commissioners under the
present civil service law. and who was
| for ID wears president of the Univer-
sity Of Illinois. died in Washington. on
the 10th. aged 70 years. He was a ma
tive Of New York.
The big tug l.. p. Smith was sunk
in the entrance 10 the Cleveland CO..
harbor. on the goth. as the result of a
collision with the steamer Olympia
The fireman went down with the tug.
and was drowned. The Olympia was
uninjured.
Henry I. Naphen was nor.inated for
congress by the democrats in the
Tenth Massachusetts district on the
one hundred and sixteenth ballot on
the goth.
Gen. Otis has cabled TO the war de-
partment a review of the situation in
the Philippines. showing that Agw-
naldo-s influence is on the wane-
The first general order issued pv
Cen. Brooke in Porto Rico IS q ulshi'
fed. fair document. and was well re-
ceived by the people !,
While the newspapers in faris-ahu
Judging from the English dispatches
the London journals as welfare iui
OF the most sensational stories apou
, nr.parations on both sides of the chan
, spl for war about the Fashoda busi
. ne.s the fact remains that an arrange
! usent has been reached between IN
: two countries in connection with IN
r matter.
) DR.. WIN. Il. Brooks. director Of th'
!. Smith observatory, at Geneva, - J.
o has secured another observation OF IN
comet discovered 10y Linn. It's posi-
a ton at ) a. m. on the 2lst, was RICH
Z ascension IA hours. 46 minutes. decl
# nation north 50 degrees. - minutes
4. The comet is in Draco and movin
n quite rapidly southeast.
,e Writs Of temporary Injunction WEI
of served on 81 railroad ticket brokers
Chicago on the 2Ist. The petitions NJ
IN on which the injunctions were gran
n. ed set forth alleged fraudulent dea
~ ing Of the brokers in one-fare roun'
d. trip tickets Seven of the trunk III
.ir railroads pctitioned for the inJun
he ton.
at Capt. Baratier. Of Maj. Marchand
he expcdiiion. on his arriva. in Paris, {
NJ the 2lst, with report TO the frcn'
government. said the mission had NJ
he lost an officer or soldier. He add'
he that the health OF all the members
he the party was very good. and that r
na- ,ictualling on the march was easy.
A high official in the state dcpar
er, ment calls attention TO the necessi
sh- of forming a suitable corps of brig
de- young men. well versed in the SPANS
sti- language, TO assist in the execution
Der the colonial policy which has been il
OF posed ON the nation rs result of q
est war.
bic \ dispatch from Manila says. r
sat- insurgcnt general, Pio Pillar. h
agreed 10 evacuate Pace. the last 81
lad. urb of Manila held by the Filipinos.
hat the 25th This completes the Anne
the can conquest Of the city.
fere Truency Officer j. w. Parsons.
He'd kokomo. Ind. has discovered fa
ilS. that Of John Troyer. with 80 ch
and dren Of school age Mr.. Troyer bel
the the father Of 81 and the stepfather
be eight children.
on 4 weaving machine has been
nee vented in France that turns out fir,
100 to i75 yards Of fabric per day a
asst Is so simple that one operator can ms
rour age six machines.
on The presence of smallpox in Da
son is denied by late arrivals from
LIand,La