The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-25
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

THE Canadian government has re-
fused TO permit the United States troops
to cross the boundary line of British
Columbia. and the efforts of the war
department TO relieve the suffering
miners in Alaska has in consequence
received temporary check.
ALMOST under the nose of Edward
Gaylor. superintendent of Pinkertons,
and many Spanish spies, large Cuban
expedition left Tampa. + a.. on the
night of the l2th, and the next night
sailed from "A point on Peace rive-.
Ir is now known on the highest au-
thority that the real reason for sending
the United States torpedo boat Cushing
to Havana was that the Spanish author
tiles have been tampering with mail
sent to the battleship Maine in Havana
harbor.
JUDGE GEORGE Il. MAcFARLNE, of the
Missouri supreme court. who under
went an operation for appendicitis at
st. Lulze's hospital, st. Louis, on the
18th, and who, it was thought, would
rally from the shock. died at 7:30 a. IN.
on the morning of the 18th.
The garrison of Paris has been rein
forced by troops from Versailles.
THE house committee on merchant
marine and fisheries held a meeting, on
the l4th, going over proposed changes
in the navigation laws to remove trou-
blesome problems arising in Alaskan
commerce.
FROM New York to Buffalo, 425 miles,
in 426 minutes actual running time.
was the record made over the Erie rail-
road. on the 18th, by special news
paper train.
ON the 18th a member of the Spanish
cabinet said. in relation to the DE
LONE letter: The ministers feel more
aggrieved than Pre- ,ident Mckinley
can possibly be. We are honest men
who have been placed in a false posi-
ton by fool.
A PORTION of the Westlield Plate Co. $
factory at Thompsonville, Mass. closed
down on the lith.
LUTHER G.. BILLINGS, pay director in
the United States navy, has been found
guilty by court martial of falsehood
and scandalous conduct. and sentenced
to dismissal from the navy.
THE south wall OF the Union Storag,
Co. building in Pittsburgh. Pa. which
was destroyed in the recent big lire
fell on the 18th. a number of boy
were playing about the ruins. and i
was thought that at least five of then
were caught by the falling wall anC
buried under the debris.
The steamship Oregon, which lief
Astoria. b. G., on the 18th, for Dyes
and skaguay, was lowed back tn
same evening with her coal bunkcrs OF
fire. The fire was said TO bc under con
troll.
A MApnID dispatch. of the 18th. say
that Spain will demand an accounting
from the retiring minister to the I mite
states for that part of his letter whic
casts doubt upon the good faith of tn
ministry in respect to autonomy an
: the projected commercial treaties wit
the United States.
1T was reported, early on the morr
, ing of the 10th. that two or more of tn
! vessels of the North Atlantic squadro
had been directed to proceed at once
Havana. Secretary Long also cable
to the commander of other vessels
the West Indies and at gulf ports. o
= dering them to hold themselves in read
q ness for any emergency.
) The Maine was a battleship of III
!. second class and was regarded as or
r of the best ships in the new navy. 81
I was built at the Brooklyn navy-yar
}. and was 3ls feet long, % feet wide. "a
: mean draught and G,6s2 tons disrlac
A ment. She was commanded bv Con
mander Sigsbce, one Of the most car
full officers in the navy.
e The federal court Of appeals at Ne
N Orleans decided, on the 18th, the cas-
. against the noted 6libuster. Thr,
u Friends, reversing the decision of Il
~ lower court and. therefore, against IL
Is owners of the vessel.
A. DIR. ANDREW SLOAN DRAPER. pres
4. dent OF the University OF Illinois, W;
,e offered the position OF superintendel
Is of public schools of New York. and HI
a, declined IL. preferring to remain at u
head Of the Illinois institution.