The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-09-16
The grand army parade in cncin.

The grand army parade in cncln.
natl. on the eth. occurred under
brightest OF blue skies, and with ev-
erything in its favor, surpassed all eA-
pectations-"
Lazard Freres. of New York, an
nounced, on the eth, an engagement OF
$3.50, 900 in gold for import.
GOV. Johnston of Alabama removed
the state quarantine against New Or
leans on the 9TH.
The British v~ice-consul, Mr.. Carlo
chino, was killed during the lighting
in Gambia, Crete, on the 9th.
Spanish officials at san Juan. Porto
Rico. are reported 10 be destroying the
small arms stored in the arsenal there.
The rifles are hammered into ineitect-
~iyeness and then thrown into the sea.
SO hot was the pursuit of the kha-
lifa Abdullah by Gen. Kitchener $
camel corps. after the recent battle
that some Of the khalifa's wives were
abandoned 10y the roadside. The derv-
ish losses foot up 1900 killed, 10000
wounded and nearly 1000 prisoners.
The president received a message
from Maj.-Gen. Otis, in command at
Manila, on the eth, stating that Aguin-
aldo had been given "a hours in which
TO retire from the suburbs OF Manila.
should he fail to do SO Gen. OTIS VIII
drive him out.
II is stated at the war department
- - a. lA neal ~ ernFTl2nn
Cuba pending the establishment OF
some permanent form OF government
will be principally regulars. The regi-
ments. however, have not yet been Sc
lected.
Notwithstanding il was recently re-
ported that Lieut.. Hobson had been or
dered TO abandon the attempt TO fioat
the stranded Spanish warship Cristo-
bal Colon at Santiago. the work is still
going on, and with prospects of sue
cess.
six cases of yellow fever have devel-
oped in Col. Sargents Fifth immune
regiment at Santiago dc Cuba.
Joseph Chamberlain admitted, on the
sth, that the treaty with Germany had
been signed. thus making it known to
the world for the first time that such
an alliance had actually been made.
A cable dispatch from Hong Kong.
dated the 9th, announced that a com
mittec of three Filipinos. appointed
by Aguinaldo. had left Hong Kong in
order to confer with President Nc
Kinley upon the future of the Philip
pines.
A dispatch from Washington. on the
sth. said: 1.-THE administration officials
have had no recent cause to feel that "A
condition OF affairs was near
hand with the insurgent forces in
the Philippines"
Col. James A. Sexton. of Chicago,
was elected commander-in-chief of
G.. A. Il. at Cincinnati, on the sth, re-
1914 votes against 2ii for A. ID.
Shaw, of New York. No other names
were presented.
X. Ii. Hawley, present congressman
from the Tenth district, the only re-
publican from Texas, vas renoruinated
by the convention held at Columbus,
the sth.
A dispatch was received in London,
on the sth, from the British minister
at Pexin. Sir Claude Macdonald, con-
frming the report that Lii Hung Chang
had been dismissed at his (the min
%ister's) request.
Col. Lopez, OF the Fifty-first Iowa
regiment, at San Francisco. received a
dispatch from Gov. Shaw of Iowa, on
the sth, telling him not to allow his
TO suffer for anything, and add
ing that the state will foot the bills.
The colonel replied that his re jiment
all rirht.