The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-08-12
TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

who were among the largest boot and
shoe dealers in New England. assigned.
on the LIST. to Charles W. LAYERS. presi-
dent OF the National Shoe and Leather
exchange Of that city. Liabilities es-
timated at 100000.
SURGEoS-GENERAL ~>rERNBERG OF the
army has recommended to Secretary
Alger that the troops now at Camp Al
ger. Va. near Washington. be removed.
at an early day. to some other location
more healthful than they now occupy.
The increasing number of typhoid
fever cases. which disease has pre-
vailed there for some time, is the rea-
son assigned by Gen. >ternberg in
making the recommendation.
MARTIN THoRNE was e~iectrocuted il
the prison at Sing Sing. y. y. on the
lst. at ll:l7 a m.. for the murder o..
VIM. Guiden suppe.
liz the Spanish government shall con-
tinue TO accept the United States
terms, it Is understood that VI. Cam
bon. the French ambassador. will re-
ceive authority TO act for Spain in the
matter Of details.
The fora pageant was a striking
feature OF the Transmississippi EXPOSE
ton. on the "a. and was patronized ex-
clusively by the smart people. whose
stylish equipages were covered with
flowers in lavish profusion. Society
bellies, arrayed in appropriate gowns.
occupied the traps and carriages.
CoUST HERBERT BISMARCK refused to
allow anybody 10 visit his fathers
d.a.b abar,I.,. mail - tysff....
had seen the dead statesman.
SECRETARY ALGER and Secretary
Long were in conference with the pres
ident. Oh the lst. over the serious situa-
ton in the Philippines.
CART. EvANs 81 the Iowa. replying 10
criticism Of his tendency TO use strong
language. says: II do not know whether
! shall stand with Capt Philip among
the first chosen IN the hereafter. but |
have this TO say. IN conclusion. that
every drop OF blood in my body on the
afternoon OF the 81 of July was sing
ing thanks and praise to Almighty God
for the victory we had won
The spanish newspapers at Ponce.
Porto Rico. profess loyalty 10 the Amer
leans The most rabid spanish pabli-
cation OF them all. La Dcmocracia. is
sued an address to the puolicannounc-
ing the demise of the paper under its
present name and giving notice that
II would appear under the name of the
Courier, with a section printed in En-
glish.
The war department in contemplate
ing the detail Of an army of 50.O D from
the volunteers for the Cuban occupa
ton after peace shall have been de-
clared- The occupation. from the pres
ent outlook. will begin in the early
fall under command of Gen. Fitzhugh
Lee.
TELEGgAPHIc communication with
Ponce was reopened. on the %. under
censorship at Ponce by the United
states government.
THREE persons killed and l2 injured
IS the record OF a fire that occurred in
the Berwyn hotel. Chicago. on the lst.
The tire started il "a bicycle repair shop
adjoining the hotel. and spread 30 rap
idly that tbs egress Of the people in
the upper stories was cut of.
ROBERT Ellis. while oiling the ma
chinery in the Missouri Electric Light
q Power 60. ; house in 1t. Louis. where
he was employed. on the Cd, allowed
his hand 10 come ia contact with an
electric accumulation and was instantly
killed.
ADJT. GEN. CoEBIN. at the direction
Of the secretary Of war. issued an or
der. on the I'd. granting sick and
wounded soldiers at hospitals. when
able to travel. one months furlough
and transportation TO 90 TO their
homes.
GEORGE TOP, a wealthy resident OF
New York city. committed suicide, on
the ID. by jumping from a tenth-story
window in the Hotel Majestic. Mr..
Tod had been a sufferer from melan-
cholia for some time.
AhoSe the callers on the secretary of
war, on the list. was Col. John Jacob
Aston. who came as the bearer Of dis
patches from Gen. Shafter.
WASHINGTON. Ind, was visited by
heavy storm on the I'd. Much damage
was done to buildings and crops. Miss
Mary Hendricks was instantly killed
at the orphans home by a chimney
falling on her.
SIX petitions have been lodged
against the return of members of the
British Columbia legislative assembly.
five government and one opposition.
The grounds alleged are bribery and
corruption.
STEVENSON ARCHER. former treasurer
of Maryland. died. on the Cd. at the
Baltimore city hospital. wherein he
had been a patient for four years. He
was so years old.
A BRICK and stone business block in
Ind. occupied by a newly
organized social club, was destroyed by
an explosion of dynamite on the Ist.
The battlc,hip Texas was placed in
dry dock at the BROOKLYN navy yardo on
the 81. An examination showed that.
for a slight dent ia her keel. ,
by striking a coral reef of Dry !
Iortugas. She Is 10 very fair condition. ,