The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-09-02
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

Truth. says that "One of the alien
features of the late war was the man
ly, honest, generous and chiyalrou
conduct of the United States govern
ment forces and people from the be
ginning 70 the end of the campaign
IL is only just to express the gene ra
feeling of admiration which the new
chivalry has created throughout Eu
rope"
ONE of the unusual features for tn
thirty-second national encampment
&. A. T.. in Cincinnati. September 5 /,
10, will Toe a war concert to be givcI
on the first three nghtsof the encamp
ment week at Music hall. by thre,
prominent local choral organizations
A COMPANY headed By Henry A. Ev
erett, well-known capitalist o
Cleveland, O., has been organized ant
Incorporated 10 cover Ohio with
cheap-rate long-distance telephon,
system. IL will be known as the Tn
ion Suburban Telephone and Tele
graph Co.
The Norwegian bark Nimbus, Capt,
Nelson. bound for Sundsvall. Sweden.
was sunk off Aldenburgh, England. ON
the 2lst, in collision with an un-
known steamer. No lives were lost.
Dos FREDERICK MADRAzo, the cele.
brated Spanish painter. died in Madrid,
on the 2lst, in his eighty-fourth yea-
AFTER a careful survey of the situa-
tion the president and his ca binet have
decided TO Immediately muster out of
the service all the volunteers except
10000. Every troop of volunteer cav
airy and battery of light artillery still
in this country are TO be included in
this reduction.
The transports City of Pueblo and
Peru, with the fourth Philippine expe.
dition. under command of Mai. ten. 4.
). Otis, arrived in Manila bay on the
2lst. There were no serious cases of
illness on either ship.
The naval parade in New York har-
Dor. on the Goth was notable event.
the great battleships and cruisers of
sampson's fleet being given most en-
thusiastic and noisy welcome.
The Michigan naval reserve. which
has been doing duty on the auxiliary
cruiser Yosemite. arrived home at De
troit on the 2ist. They were welcomed
by one of the biggest crowds ever as
sembled in the city.
The war department officials have
about completed their slate of the reg
iments which will constitute the Cuban
army of occupation. The selection OF
these regiments have been an exceed
ingly difficult task. As far as possible.
each of the is states which have not
been represented at the front will be
given regiment in this army
ALMOST 1900 of the tars that have
made the glory of the American navy
ring around the world were loose 10
New York city on the 2lst. They were
given leave until the 23d. Their mon
ey. in most places where they tried to
spend il, was declared no good.
The New York city board of esti-
mate and apportionment met. on the
ED, and closed the budget for the fis-
cal year of 1898, except for the amount
to be appropriated for the new library
The total sum to be raised by taxation
this year is S7..55l 222 O3. of which a
little more than $4,000. 900 is for the |
boroughs of MaAhattan and Bronx.
and SOL 900. 900 for the boroughs OF |
Brooklyn. Queens and Richmond.
HE Spanish engineers who have |
been working on the Notifications at |
Algeciras, on the west side of the gay |
of Gibraltar, have been ordered to Ma |
drid, and the batteries recently sent |
there have been ordered to Seville.
The statement of the condition of |
the treasury. issued on the eed, showed: !
Available cash balance, s27s, 26i $50;
gold reserve. S2O5. O6g. 372.
HoN. MOODY CrRRIER. former COVER
nor of New Hampshire, died at his res
ldence in Manchester, n. H., on the
23d.
a. G. MENocAL,c civil engineer in the
navy. who was court-martialed some
months ago and sentenced To suspen-
sion from duty on furlodgh pay for
three years, for neglect of duty in con-
nection with the construction of the
Brooklyn dry dock. has been pardoned
by the president. which restores him
20 his former status in the navy. lie
will retire from active service on Sep
rlber |.
ALL the Madrid papers announce the
of the cortes between
he 9th and 10th of September.
A RATE of one and one third fare has
been arranged for the National Irriga-
ION congress, to be held at Cheyenne.
Vyo., September |. and 3, the tickets
o be good for six days, beginning three
lays prior 10 the opening day.
PERFECT order has thus far been
in Manila under American
ontrol The city is quiet. and seems
Ilmost TO have resumed its normal
business and social activity.
The fourth American expedition.
which left San Francisco July Is. in !
ommaud OF Maj Gen. Otis, arrived at .
ianila on the 23d. All or board were ,
veil.
ILLNESS among the American troops !,
I Ponce, Porto Rico, is on the in :
rease. and there are now nearly a
thousand cases Of malaria and dysen- /,
cry, with few of typhoid fever. /,
here is absolutely no recuperating !,
roperty in the climate. and Surgeon
General Greenleaf has urgently recon- !
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