The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-12-16
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

: VI NtihNoI MoISdu, the NltdIts udu
u canal bill was taken up and made the
) unfinished business, after which the
9 senate adjourned. :. In the house
4 the urgent deficiency bill, TO provide
Z for the support of the military and
j naval establishments was passed. prac-
tically without opposition. \ number
: of amendments were adopted. on the
{ recommendation of the appropriations
! committee. which had received some
7 supplemented estimates after the bill
! was prepared. The amount carried by
: the bill. as passed. is sos. ,95.>92 The
bill 10 render surcties of consuls vice.
consuls and consular agents liable
: for damages in suits at law. was
adopted.
! The situation in Porto Rico prom
ises 10 force on the government. for a
time at least. the experiment of fed
eral ownership of telegraph and tele-
phone lines. The war department now
controls all lines in Porto Rico and in
the evacuated sections of Cuba. The
latter. however, is looked upon as
merely transient.
The committee appointed by GOV.
Adams of Colorado to investigate the
affairs Of the state asylum for the in
sane at Pueblo has made its report.
finding that there has been gross neg
lect on the part of the superintendent
and employees.
Senator Mitchell introduced bill. on
the sth, amending the existing law in
regard to volunteer soldiers homes.
So rs 10 admit volunteers who were
disabled by the war with Spain. About
1000 men are affected BY the proposed
amendment.
Former Chief of Police John Nc
Cullagh of New York. who goes to Ha-
vana TO advise Gen. Greene in regard
TO the establishment of a police force
in the Cuban capital. will recommend
the establishment of the block system.
The selection of the jury in the case
OF Mrs. Botkin. accused. in san Fran
cisco. of the murder of Mrs. John p.
Cunning. of Dover. Del. was CON-
pleted. on the sth. and the taking Of
evidence proceeded at once.
The directors of the ST. Louis &,
San Francisco railroad have declared
a semi-annual dividend of two per
cent. on first preferred stock. PAYABLE
January 6.
NJ. Henri Levadon. the author. ha,
been elected a member of the French
academy
The Nicaraguan canal bill was taken
up in the senate on the sth.
The Madrid impartial publishes A.
other intlammatory article on the sd
ject of the Maine charges. The paper
iniimates that the explosion was the
outcome of an intense desire "upon the
part of certain factions in the United
States TO see the outbreak OF war,
which was unpopular with the jor-
lily of Americans" The inference being
that those people blew up the vessel to
create sentiment against Spain.
Gen. Joubert. the commander of the
Beer expedition sent against Chief
MPfeu, Of the Magatos tribe i'm the
Ionttansborg district. is i'll. and with his
forces in a state of semi-mutiny. is re-
turning TO Pretoria The Beers have
been guilty of wholesale butchcrv of
women. children and unarmed natives.
The Americans hold nearly $4,000
Spanish soldiers as prisoners. captured
az the fall of Manila. These are actual
~ on parole about the city. and the
question is how are they To he re-
turned TO Spain. This must be- settled
by the peace commissioners ina Paris.
The River Neva suddenly rose nine
feet, on the night Of the sth. inundat-
ing the lower quarter of st. Peters
burg, where communication was ear
red on only b. boats The inhab-
tants were panic-strickcn. and there
was great loss Of life and property.
Five powder mills in the lower ward
of the Dupont powder works. near
Wilmington. Del, exploded on the 9th. !
Robert Mclicnry, John Moore. John
Wright and another man named Stew
art We're killed. and several Others were
badly burned.
AZ Santiago de Cuba. on the eth. ,
Juan Castillo. a former Cuban officer.
accompanied by two negro subordi- |
mates. rode into the Spanish club 4
rooms, and with their machetcs
smashed several lamps and did other
damage.
Arrangements have been made for |
the transfer Of the remains Of Gen.
John \. Rawlings Gen. Grants chief
of-staf. from the Congressional Gene l
terry 10 the National cemetery at
near Washington.
The California state board of trade
has sent telegram 10 the state de-
partment protesting against any COM
mercial treaty with Greece by which
the duty on Iante currants may be re-
moved or reduced
All the railroads in the Southwest
ern Passenger association have de-
rided to abolish second-class rates to
all Texas points on and after Janu.
ary 1. l