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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-04-23
Tired Of III. child wife.

Hartford City. Ind, April 15.--Dr.
Nelson Clouser. aged 81 years. Is suing
Rosa. his lT-year-old wife of six
months, for divorce.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-04-23

IT develops that few nights before
Pulaski f. Hyatt, United States con-
-. left Santiago de Cuba, under in
structlons, for Port Antonio, Jamaica,
a mob of spaniards, made demonstra-
ton before the consulate, throwing
tomatoes. eggs and stones at the Stars
and Stripes floating above the building.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-04-23

AT every station along the route be
tween Tampa, Fla. and Washington,
Gen. Lees special train was met by
throngs of the admirers of the consul
general who heaped upon him words
and missives expressive of 'hsrr APP
prevail of his course in havana, and
literally loaded his rar with lowers
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-04-23

A SPANISH cabinet minister. who was
interviewed. on the lith, said: The
true climax is approaching. But Spain
Is calm. She has done everything to
avert war, ana is now confident in her
right and in the justice of her cause.
She is ready to defend her soil and her
honor. When the American govern
ment communicates its decision, Spain
will stand ready to meet all eventuali-
ties
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-04-23

The president desires an immediate
appropriation of s5OO.cOo. lie purposes
loading the Yankee and the Dixie, and
perhaps one or two other ships recent
ly purchased, with supplies and send
ing them to Cuba with cargoes of food,
and escorted with warships. He will
intervene with bread in one hand and
sword in the other. To deliver the
bread the sword may have to be used.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-04-23

A LETTER received in Madrid, on the
14th. from the Philippine islands, said
that all the troops which Were embark
ing for Spain at the time the commu-
nication was mailed had been marched
hurriedly to various towns in the inte-
rior. where the rebellion against Span
ish rule had been renewed
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-04-23

THE village OF Merlizen. on Lake
Thun. in Switzerland, was almost to-
tally destroyed by fire on the 18th.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-04-23
!. poaNE. Publisher.

On the 18th the queen regent signed
the decree conyoking the Spanish
cortes ON the Goth.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-04-23

oS the i2th Gen. Lee stated before
the senate committee his opinion that
the Maine was blown up by Spanish
ngencies
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-04-23

Alexandria. Ind. April 15.--While Mt
tempting TO board = moving train Fred
Russell was instantly killed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-04-23

A passenger and freight train coillded az
1 curve near Edwardsvilie. ILL.,, fireman
and engineer being injured.
The age-herald., 1898-10-30
DELAGOA BAY NOW A s"'@5 %5ss7&rr sS [7=7Es5= TEsl;..- BONE OF CONTENTION.

not only double the wages given by the Portuguese, but gave commissions to their chiefs. He looked after them, sent surgeons to attend their sick and in- jured and would not allow any interfer- ence with their tribal regulations or customs. Above all, he paid them promptly, and they did not have to go to usurers. He refused to deal with any go betweens, and he was well paid for his trouble. The result was aptly expressed by Captain Jameson, who said, If Rhodes would give the word, the Kaffirs would exterminate the Por- tuguese and Dutch in 30 days"
 Many remarkable things have hap pened in the southern part of Africa within the last few years, and most of them showed in what direction are the sympathies of the natives. About six years ago the Portugu ese officials at Delagoa Bay gave Cecil Rhodes consid- erable trouble. They started in by try ing to collect full duties upon goods in- tended for ZambeZia. Rhodes sent a protest, which was pigeonholed in true Portuguese style to grow musty in the archives of the official in charge. One month afterward an army of Kaffirs destroyed a Portuguese settlement and began to make things look squally along the frontier. Portuguese troops were sent after them, and while they were in motion another band of Kaffirs descended on another settlement, conn mitted a number of depredations and drove away all the cattle in the sur rounding country. In each case the marauders went back beyond the boundary into Zambezia, and the Por- tuguese troops had to give up the chase, as they could not go into British terri tory without getting into trouble of a more serious nature.
 The Portuguese officials made a pro- test to MT. Rhodes. He behaved exactly in the same manner with it as the Por- tuguese had done with the protest he had sent them some time before. About
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poor. There is a large supply of fruits, many Of the varieties of which are un- known to Europeans. One of these is the wart. apple, which is not an apple at all, but fruit of the guava class.
 The regular rations for the troops and the common food for the better classes consist of native beef, veal, mutton, poultry, eggs, pork and fish, with rice, four, beans, peas and other imported products. During the last five years a trade has sprung up with Australia in breadstuffs which may develop into an important industry. The Australian government has a number of commits sioners along the east coast of Africa working up the business and locating the best districts to deal with. They travel from one port to another, looking for new markets for their country's food supplies. Delagoa Bay has been recommended as likely eventually to prove a profitable point. There are two railroads running into Delaeoa now, and there will probably be more within the next few years. England has loaned the money with which these roads were constructed and has been looking with longing eyes on the place for a long time, as it's possession would give her a great deal more strength and the Bay would also make very desirable naval station. One of the roads runs to Jo- hannesburg, and the other, as described
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Copyright, 1898.

elsewhere, to Fort Salisbury The lat ter has, great drawback so far as the proposed transcontinental road is concerned. It was not constructed to comply with the regulation gauge, and consequently the trains that will be used on it cannot be sent over the other roads. This, however, will be of little consequence when England gets control and is in fair way to complete her road from Cape Town to Cairo.
 England's statesmen have proved their ability time after time. Here again she has shown it in the person of Cecil Rhodes. The Portuguese in their public work have paid the natives who have been employed on the railroads a minimum wage, when they paid any thing, and very often the work was stopped because the people could not get their money. They were compelled to apply to usurers, who were working with the officials and who would buy up the claims of the natives, charging them enormous rates. The officials who had charge of the road did their best to pocket as much of the spoils as they could. and they did not care who was the loser.
 On the other hand. Cecil Rhodes hired whole armies of Kaf1rs and paid them
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the time the Portuguese protest arrived at Cape Town two more forays on a larger scale took place and struck con- sternation to the Portuguese heart. A courteous letter was sent to Cecil Rhodes by the officials of Delagoa Bay abandoning their former position and allowing the goods to go into Zambezia under the original agreement. Strange as it might seem, the forays stopped as suddenly as they had begun. MT. Rhodes of course denied having any thing to do with the outbreak of the savage freebooters yet many of them had worked on his various enterprises, and it is evident that there was some connection between the two events. There were other things of similar nature which had their origin outside of the camps of the natives, but 1t could never be positively proved who were the instigators.
 The natives, as a rule, are large and powerfully built and make a striking contrast to the Portuguese troops. who are very small. It is indeed a comical sight to see one of the troopers try to stop a couple of husky natives who are doing something against the regula- tons of the place. Sometimes the na- tives will brush the soldier aside and
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SMALL. BUT
 IMPORTANT.

go on their way as unconcernedly as though nothing had happened. At oth- CT times they will submit to the little men and go to the lookup without mak- ing any effort to get away. They are, as rule, very docile, but at times, and especially when they fancy they have been wronged. they will show their strength by cleaning out a settlement and driving the troops to places of safety.
 All misshapen, deformed and stunted people among the native tribes are al- lowed great freedom of speech. They speak to any person they meet without restraint and do about as they please. They go from place to place without being molested by the Portuguese troops or civil officials. They have a sort of "carte blanche" so far as their speak ing and wanderings are concerned. Their own people look upon them as be- ing unfortunate, and it is probably for this reason that they are allowed extra freedom.
 With Delagoa Bay and the state of East Africa in possession of England greater facilities will be afforded her to complete her one great project in the dark continent-the railroad from Cape Town to Cairo. There is little to be feared from either the natives or the other powers who hold possessions in the southern part of Africa. England already holds most of the territory and is mistress of the situation, both in the south and along the east coast. The only matter now to be settled is that between England and France in the Su- dan country, where the troops under the command of Sir Herbert Kitchener have won many victories and extermi- mated the dervishes. The French forces have occupied Fashoda, and when this trouble is settled, as it is believed it will be without any serious clash, the way from Cape Town to Cairo will be clear. CLAIMING A. BARTOW. -
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the Portuguese anywhere in the world. In Macoa they blend insensibly with the Chinese. so it is difficult to tell where the Mongolian leaves off and the Por- tuguese begins. At Goa, on the coast of Hindustan, they have mixed with the Tamils of that territory. who are as black as negroes, until there is a perfect changing of Portuguese color ranging from blond to black. On the Amazon they mixed with the Indians in the same manner, and at Delagoa Bay with the various African types which are to be found about Delagoa Bay. which is, by the way. delta of the Zambezi.
 The highest type of native in that section is the Kaffir-Zulu. The second is the Swazi who, while powerful and intelligent, is inferior to the Kaffir proper. There are four or five types below these. They are nonbelligerent and even timid in character. Many of the Portuguese marry the tribeswomen or the half castes in the district, while there Is a large number who live to- gether without the formality Of mar riage ceremony. The result of this con- dition has been the evolution of very mixed breeds. Men as black as negroes claim to be Portuguese The Africans who have the slightest degree of Por- tuguese blood resent as an insult any reference to their color or being called anything but Portuguese.
 The natives are skillful fishermen, and the fish market of Delagoa Bay Is proverbial for the excellence of its food supply. There are many herds of cattle and an abundance of cheap beef and veal, though on account of the heat of the climate and the rankness of the vegetation the beef is lean. tough and poorly favored. Beef may be purchased for cents a pound, while the poorer cuts sell for cents. The vegetables, as h all othsr tropical climates. are very
The age-herald., 1898-10-30

even by the dynamite cartridge. T1he Italian rifle, which is but .256 inch in diameter, proved very efficient in stop ping power at the battle of Adowah. Nevertheless, at short ranges, the very high velocity of the bullet gives rise to a powerful explosive effect.
 Major Michelini one day fired one of these guns into water at an angle of about 45 degrees. A dead fish almost immediately rose to the surface. On ex- animation no wound was discoverable in the body, the death being due entirc- ly to the hydraulic shock arising from. the impact of the bullet with the water. This view was amply confirmed by fur ther experiments, and many fish were killed by the blow of the bullet on the water exactly as if by an explosion of q. dynamite shell. The effects of the ty- draulic shocks seemed to be sufficient to kill all fish within feet to feet inch es of the point of impact.
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glo-Saxons. There are many English and Americans there, and they desire England to have full control. The two Dutch republics are walled in almost completely by Anglo-Saxon peoples and possessions. On the west side is terri tory formerly known as the Khanas country, which separates them from the German colonies and the African west coast On the south is Cape Colony, and on the southeast and east Natal and Swaziland, which were taken by Eng land about five years ago. On the north west and north is Zambezia, also known as Rhodesia, and to the northeast IS Delagoa Bay. These two republics are like Dutch oases in British territory, and in the event of trouble England could cut of all supplies from outside. In the event of war they could not be re-en- forced, and if necessary a tariff could be enacted that would kill all commerce. In either case they would be under the complete control of the British parlia- ment. As it is now their isolation would tend to strengthen the Anglo-Saxon ele- ment within their borders. and in the course of two generations it is safe to say would make them English speaking countries, and that is what England is playing for.
 The government at Delagoa Bay is nominally military and civil combined. but really military only. The officials who govern the place consist mostly of former army officers, the only object in life of many of whom seems to be to steal from the government. Since Por- tugal practically went into bankruptcy they have run things with high hand. They draw their incomes from the cus- toms and are said to play many fantas- tic tricks which enrich them at the ex- pense of the home treasury. Among some of those reported to have been worked at Delagoa Bay are the follow ing: Invoicing . oArge sf American
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New Method of Posching Fish.

In England, where the game and fish laws are much more strictly observed than in this country, the poacher on forbidden waters, who is too anxious to escape discovery to spend the time necessary to catching fish with rod and line, will drop a dynamite cartridge in- to a river hole, and after exploding it will scoop up bagful of fish, which have fioated to the surface from the concussion.
 An Italian officer Major Michelini, who has been Investigating the quali- ties of bullet and rifles, has discovered that fish can be killed more easily than.
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meet urgent liabilities. She enjoys the unique distinction of being the only na- tion whose finances have been so low as to make it necessary for the officers of her navy to pawn their ships in or der to avert starvation.
 Some few years ago while two of the vessels were in the harbor of Yokoha- ma, Japan, the officers sold some of the guns and most of the ammunition to get funds with which to buy food for themselves and their crews Even the furniture was taken from the officers quarters and disposed of. While some of the officers were at the United club at Yokohama they dined from the funds from three bureaus and three dozen hanmocks sold to dealer in second- hand material. Everything on the ves- sells that could be removed was dis posed of and the officers were obliged to leave one of them behind in order to secure enough fuel and supplies to get the other to the home country.
 The navy, however, is but small part of the trouble of Portugal, so far as hei financial condition is concerned, and now that it has become necessary to raise more money by the sale of her African possessions there is no doubt that they will be turned over to Eng land, who has the first "calf' on them. There are several reasons why England will take the territory off her hands. England has claims against Portugal for large amounts of money loaned Then again there is a treaty between the two countries by which Portugal is to cede the Delagoa Bay territory to England when she shall decide to give it up, but there is also an agreement by which Germany must sanction the transfer of the territory. It is now be- lieved that Emperor William would not : hesitate to give England the property and possession of the railroad to Pre- toria, as he places no great reliance in the representations of the Transvaal government in the matter and he has learned that pr. Leyds and the state machine behind him at Pretoria have interposed every possible obstacle to the improvement of transportation fa- cilities. England also has a treaty with Portugal respecting the transit of goods in bond between the British South Af- rican company's possessions and the Transvaal, whereby all articles landed in Delagoa Bay are sent into the Trans vaal in sealed cars, and thence over the new railroad from Delagoa Bay, which runs west by north to the terminus at Fort Salisbury, where there is a june tion with the main line from Cape Town. The road has been surveyed as far north as Ujiji, where Livingstone died. It was to this road that Sir Her. bert Kitchener referred when he tele- Rraphed to Cecil Rhodes after the fall of Omdurman When are you coming up?"
 Delagoa Bay Is hot, swampy and fever ridden Back of it are hills, where the merchants and military and civil off, eers live and where the main barracks are located. It has been Portuguese settlement for nearly 300 years. but lit- tle has been done to develop it.
 Two years ago Cecil Rhodes obtained . concession from Portugal whereby the navigation of the Zambezi river was declared open to English ships. This Aas given him q great advantage, for he oew has direct communication between 0nnbssia and England. By the same
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concession there is constructively de- limitation made which causes the Zam- bezi river to be the boundary of part of Zambezia. That alone is a tremen- dous concession, as it gives the terri tory of Zambezia an opening into the ocean.
 The policy of Cecil Rhodes and the forward" school of England is to ab- sorb both the Orange Free State and the South African Republic into their South African possessions. If left to a popular vote, it would occur today, as in both states most of the male adults are Anglo-Saxons. In the Transvaa al republic it is 2 to in favor of the An
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The Anomalous Position Occupied by Portugal Ln Eastern Afica--England Will Probably Secure Control of Her Posses
 sions There,

flour as Portuguese potatoes, thereby saving about one-half the difference be- tween the duties of the two; assessing cargoes about one-half their real value: passing goods free under the head of civil, military and ecclesiastical sup plies. Thus lot of cheap guns and ann munition intended for the traders in the interior of the country have passed as altar equipments for interior missions. Indeed there are few lodges that have not been worked by the officials in or der to enrich themselves at the ex- pense of all who happen to come their way.
 There is no racial prejudice among
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Very French.

With the French sense of fitness g. bullfght was got up recently for the benefit of the Bourgogne sufferers at Toulon. Four thousand people crow ded round the bull ring, and after waiting for an hour and half were infor -c;i that the managers of the entertainment had disappeared with the entrance money and that the bullfigbters weiI :. not fight until they were paid. Tie spectators thereupon began to tar down the woodwork of the building and set it on fire. and there was h panic Ir which women and children were .r.sia- pied underfoot.
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KEY TO THE
 TRANSVAAL.

tCopyright, 1S9S.1
 The Portuguese possessions on the east coast of Africa have again come into prominence and the eyes of the na- tions which have holdings in the dark continent are centered on the harbor of Lorenzo Marques, Delagoa Bay. and the railroad which runs through the state of East Africa and close to the border of Zambezia, through which country will pass the railroad England proposes to build from Cape Town to Cairo. It is well known that Portugal is in a bad way financially and that she is desirous of disposing of her holdings in Africa in order to secure funds with which to
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-10-01
DEATH ENDS HER CAREER.
Fanny Davenport, the Noted Actress,
Passes Peacefully Away at
Duxbury, Mass.

Duxbury, Mass, Sept, 27.-Fanny
Davenport (Mrs. Melbourne McDow-
ELY died at her summer home, Mel
bourne hall, at half past ten o'clock
Monday night of enlargement of the
heart.
Miss Davenport had never fully re-
covered from her severe illness early
in the summer, but up to a week ago
it was thought she would in time enjoy
good health again. A few days ago,
however, change was noticed. Since
then she has been gradually sinking
and on Monday it was announced that
death was only question of few
hours. Her three sisters had already
been notified and with her husband,
were at her bedside when she peace
fully passed away. Her brother-n-law,
William Seymour, was notified Sunday
of her condition and is on his way here.
lie will take charge of the funeral ar
rangements, the nature of which will
not be known until he arrives.
Miss Davenport was the daughter of
EDWARD Davenp ort, the famous American
actor, and Fanny Elizabeth Vining DAY.
enport' the equally famous American
uNttS SSoi anu WAS porn IN LONDON ADril 10,
1850 She first assayed Juvenile parts at the
tHoward Athenaem in Boston. Her first
adult part was that of Mrs. Midway in
'Still Waters Run Deep" As a Airline in
the Black Crook" she made her debut az
soubrette, and later Joined Mrs. John
Drew's company at Philadelphia. She re-
manned there but short time, and then
joined Augustine Daly's Fifth Avenue
Iheater company in New York where she
played leading parts for nearly ten years,
from 1869 to 1879. She made her first an
pearance as a star IN "Pique," and later
produced number Of Sshakespearean and
old English comedies. Then she presented
from time to time some of the modern
dramas of Dumas, and in 1888 began a
series OF Sardou's plays which made her
famous. Fedora" was brought out, and in
this and later productions she displayed her
wonderful skill as a stage manager.
Miss Davenport occupied a unique POSI-
tion on the American stage. She was one
of the foremost of the female stars, while
she held high rank as producer of plays,
and in this latter work she achieved great
success. Her Sardou plays were put on
the stage with lavish scenery and cos
tunes, and she was fortunate in finding in
the heroines parts specially adapted to her
style of impersonations
Miss Davenport was twice married. Her
first husband was Edward Pierce, young
stock actor whom she engaged as tho
leading juvenile man in her company in the
season of lS77-7S. Late in the season of
1883 she married her leading man, Mel
bourne Mcdowell, younger than herself,
and an actor of ability.l