The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-08-12

MEs JANE FI>r. VI Georgetown, Col,
who was on preliminary examination.
charged with poisoning her husband.
on December q last, was discharged by
Justice Woodward. on the ID
In j. reported that Mr.. George y.
Curzon, the parliamentary secretary of
the British foreign Office. has accepted
the Office OK vicerov OF India. in success
sion L. the earl Of Elgin.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY VANDKRIIP i.
now sending 10 subscribers To the war
loan about 5000 bonds a day. and this
number will be increased later on.
The statement OF the condition OF
the treasury. issued on the 81. showed:
Available cash balance. ss54, 1913. iss;
gold reserve. sl>9.6 .O26.
TnE Cherokee legislature met in ex.
ira session at Tahlequah. |. H.. on
the 81. 10 consider means for conform
ing 70 the Curtis bill. and To make mr.
rangement for lighting the Delaware
claim.
IHE California state board of trade
has adopted n resolution asking Presi.
dent Mckinley 10 appoint n citizen OF
the Pacific coast on the peace commits
sion which is Il decide upon the futur,
disposition Of the Philippine islands.
The princess of Wales has gone t.
Copenhagen. leaving her husband with
a broken kneecap IN board his yacht.
at Osborne. Gossip has it hal the
cause ofthe princess trip home To Den
mark is the presence at Cowes of the
coutess of Warwick. the only woman
in England the princess is jealous OF.
Up to latest cou Old Glory was
floating. u~nopposed. in nine Porto Ri.
can cities. and half of the island is now
practically United States territory.
Everywhere the American soldiers are
received with open arms. the Spanish
troops scurrying away in the direction
of San Juan.
- Of SPANS urgent requests il
connection with the evacuation Of Cuba
and Porto Rico was that she be allowed
TO remove all arms aud movable muni-
tions Of war from territory not actual
" occupied by the United states.
IT j. asserted in Washington. that a.
the result OF a cabinet conference on
the night OF the 81. il was determined
to hold Manila city. bay and surround
ing territory permanently. and that
Spain had been 50 notified in response
TO one Of her queries.
by consent Of the war department
Spain has made arrangements to send
$4,000 in specie TO her prisoner SOL
at Santiago. None OF the trans
ports for the removal Of the prisoners
had arrived up 10 the 80.
No coNrIRMATIoS had been received
NJ Key West. Fla. up TO the 9Th. Of the
that Neuvitas. the chief port OF
the province Of Puerto Principe. had
been evacuated by the >paniards after
bombariMent bv American war ships.
JEAN LorI> CHARLES GARNIEE. the
French architect. died in Paris on the
9TH. lie was born in 1925. and de-
and supervised the erection OF
the grand opera house in that city AZ
expense of nearly So 100000 francs.
The telegraph operator at Tilt Cove.
the most northern Office of Newfound-
and. wired. on the 18th. that "A report
lad just reached there OF the loss Of a
Transatlantic line steamer in the
OF Belle Isle, with all hands.
The steamer Hiawatha. which went
in search of bodies from the Bour-
put into Canso. Nova Scotia. on
9Th. having found 80 bodies and
Duried them. She sailed again to con.
lnue the search.
The transport Tacoma. which will.
AXE horses and mules for the artillery
Il Manila. sailed from San Francisco
IN the 4th.