The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-04-08
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SENIOR QuEsArA. secretary OF the cu-
ban delegation in the United states.
said. on the 29th: 1--WE Will have no
armisticc. not even day. Ii Spain
declares for an armistice. she can do SO.
but as far as the Cubans are concerned,
she had better look out.
A WASHINGTON dispatch of the night
of the 29th said that the president had
sent note TO Spain demanding the in
dependence OF Cuba and insisting upon
an immediate answer.
TmE Madrid Pals, of the 3Oth. said
that orders had been issued To mobil-
~ all the Spanish war ships, and that
a second torpedo squadron was being
prepared for sea at Cadiz.
IlIE act for the relief of the sufferers
by the Maine disaster was approved by
the president on the Both.
EX-pREsiDENr BENJAMIN HARRISON
left indianapolis. Ind, tor New York
on the 3Oth. He went on legal bust
ness. and it was not his intention To
visit Washington.
TBr statement of the condition of the
Available cash balance, SPA, sos, 7i3;
gold ,eserye. Sl73. l5s,ss6.
The members of the New York cot
ton exchange voted, on the both, not to
suspend business on Good Friday.
THE weekly statement of the bank
of France, issued ON the 3is.. showed
the following changes as compared
with the previous account: Notes in
circulation. increased l3i. O75, 900 francs:
treasury accounts current. increased,
2l.925.OO0 francs Gold in hand, de-
creased, 5,425. 900 francs. Bills, in
creased. III. 10000 francs. Silver in
hand. increased. 1900 900 francs.
SPANS reply to the propositions sub
mitted by the United states was re-
ceived by the president on the night of
the 3lst. Spain will not entertain the
demand for the independence of Cuba;
will not agree to cessation of hostll-
tiles, and submits a counter PROPOSE
ticn. The reply is not positive in its
nature, but smacks throughout of "a
desire to secure further delay.
Ir was reported in London, on the
3lst. that Japan had asked the United
States To join Great Britain in support
ing Japan's refusal 10 Withdraw from
Wei-lIai-Wei after the payment OF the
Chinese war indemnity. in view of the
possibility of Russia seizing that port.
BECAUSE Bertha Aspiegle would not
marry him, VIM. llillman. a farmer. OF
Munhall township. near Pittsburgh,
Pa. on the 3lst, shot and killed her
and then cut his throat with razor.
The girl was Is years old. and refused
Hillman on account of her youth.
INSPECTOR OF Police MICHAEL j.
ScHAAcK. OF Chicago. who gained a
worldwide reputation through his
work in the Ilaymarket anarchist case.
was reported. on the Slst, dangerously
! i'll with pneumonia. Slight hopes were
entertained OF his recovery.
MANY applications are being scceived
at the engineers Office Of the war de-
partment from small towns along the
coast for the erection OF some means of
defense to Withstand the assaults ol
foreign ships in the event of war.
STEVE BRoDIE, famous for his jump
from the Brooklyn bridge. died. on tn,
3lst. on train at Adrian. Mich. IL,
had left Chicago suffering from conges
tion of the lungs. hoping to reach his
home in New York.
THE Madrid FL Liberal of the 3ls
said "The moment of the denoumeni
has drawn much nearer. There may
yet be found means to delay matters
but we doubt it"
III HuSG CHANG has been investe,
with full powers to proceed to Por
Arthur to delimitate the territory re
Gently released to Russia by China.