The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-10-14
LATE NEWS ITEMS.


Flora. Ind, was robbed on September
%, has received letter, purporting 10
have been written by one of the rob
bers. ana warning him to cease his ef-
forts TO have them captured or take
the consequences, which, the letter
says. will be repetition of the occur
rences of the night of the robbery,
when Lennon was shot and seriously
wounded.
Secretary Long has decided TO make
no change in the graduate course
of instruction in naval architecture
established last year ut the naval acad-
envy, and Naval Constructor J. ii. Lin.
nard, now on duty al Cramps ship
ward Philadelphia. has been ordered
TO Annapolis TO take charge of the
class during the present term.
The transport Port Victor sailed
from New York for Porto Rico, on the
eth, with large quantity of commits
sary and quartermaster's stores. she
will carry over 100000 rations. Sew
eral army nurses and number of the
members of the signal corps will be
among the passengers.
Admiral Howell has been relieved
from his command of the North At
lantic squadron, and his flagship. the
san Francisco. has been ordered out
OF commission at Norfolk. The com
mand of the squadron devolves upon
Commodore Philip. whose flagship is
the New York.
Bishop Earl Cranston. of the Meth
odist Episcopal church, now on an
episcopal visit TO the mission of that
denomination in eastern Asia. sent
cable message from Pekn, China. on
the Sd. saying "All safe" which indi-
Gates that all the missionaries were
safe.
On the 9th Gov. Cooke of Connecti-
cnt issued extradition pape's calling
for the return TO America of DIR. Nam
cy Guilford who IS now held in Lon
don, as the principal in the killing of
Emnia Gill, the victim of the Yellow
Pond murder in bridgeport.
The Bridgeport Comm grand jury
returned true bill. on the 9th.
against Mrs. Rosannah Drayton. the
rolored servant who is believed to have
been connected with DIR. Nancy Gull
ford in causing the death of Emma
Gill.
Capt. Crowninshield. chief Of the
navigation bureau of the navy depart
ment. authorizes the statement that
no change has been made in the or
dcrs to the Oregon and Iowa to go TO
the Pacific.
The United States surveying party
in command OF Capt. Pratt, which has
been surveying the mouth of the lu-
kon. has returned 10 st. Mchaels.
Capt Pratt says the supposed deep
water channel at the mouth of the u
kon for large ships is "a myth.
Ii is stated that United States Sc
cret service officers, aided by 1hiel
Lees. have discovered that large mum
beers Of counterfeit 500 silver certih
Gates have been produced in san Fran
cisco. The operators are reported Z
be under police surveillance
4 dispatch from Santiago de oup'
| saws: Gen. Garcia left the city, or thu
| 9th. on his mission through Santiago
province, acting as an agent OF th'
American government. to arrange tn
details of the disbandment of the Gu
ban army in the east.
The GOO men of the Indian congress
now assembled in Omaha are much in
terested in the reports of fighting
| AZ n
of the braves at the exposition
grounds are considerably excited owe
the situation.
Prof. W. A. Woodruff and Prof.
L. Clenhorn. of Washington. ID. c
sailed. on the 18th, for Samoa. The
nre heading government expedition
to collect rare plants, shrubs and otl
or specimens in the interior OF the "a
: moan islands.
: Navigation on the Upper luko
I river is closed The last passenger
who came out from Dawson on tn
, steamers Columbian and Canadian. al
: rived at Vancouver. II. G, on the I'll
, some with hard luck stories and "A te'
r with gold.
> Fire in Han Kow. the treaty port ;
: the mouth of one of the tributaries
the lang-tse Kiang. on the 9TH. d
II stroycd 10000 houses, covering an ar,
8 Of about two miles. and did damage
a the extent Of from 100000 to 5000
i 600 tacls.
Mai.-Gcn. Fitzhugh Lee received n
l. order from the war department, q
h the 18th. directing him TO move h
4 command from jacksonville. Fla.
n Savannah. Ga. and get in readiness
Is embark for Havana the last of III
2 month.
4 The war department. has issued II
n 'ong-cxpectcd order for the honorab
discharge from the volunteer scrvi,
J. Of the United States Of three ma io
n generals aud 90 rigadier-gcnerals {
! volunteers.
Hon. Sherman Hoar died at Concord
Al Sal