The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-12-16

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

The war Investigating board con.
tinued its hearings in Boston. on the
3Oth. No new developments occurred
Representative ningley called a
meeting OF the ways md means com
mittee for the 9th fol the purpose of
distributing TO varcu as committees
the subjects treated in the president
message.
On the 9Th about $3.50 a. m, hur-
r'cane, lasting five minutes, passed
over Cape May. \. J. The wind We
locity in its path was 70 milesan hour.
The weather station on the edge re-
corded 90 miles. The Damage was to
trees and outhouses only. no damage
to vessels having been reported.
The statement Of the condition of
the treasury issued on tb~ 5th showed:
Available cash balance. 1923. 235 ,924;
gold reserve, S24l.43O. 900
The directors OF the Metropolitan
Street Railway Co, of New York, have
increased the quarterly dividend from
the regular rate of III per cent. to IL.
per cent.
The Mexican government has de-
termined 10 advance the Mexican mis-
sion at Washington TO the rank of an
embassy.
Maj.-Gen. Joseph Wheeler caused tc
be introduced in the hous., on the 5th.
joint resolution extending the thanks
of congress to Miss Helen could for
her unselfish devotion to the soldiers
of fha cnuptrx- ard ord. r,... 80. =
suitable gold medal be struck and pre-
scented to her as testimonial of her
countrymen's appreciation.
After listening for some time to the
bubbles of the Spanish peace COM
missioners at the joint session, on the
5th, Judge Day, president of the
American commission. eptomized the
American position by. saying; "A
peace treaty can contain anything
which the victors put into IT,"
According to Trustworthy news from
Madrid, Spain is seethiny with scdi-
ton born Of bankruptcy and ruin. One
of the best-informed men IN the king
dom asserts that the chances of revo-
luton are increasing by leaps and
bounds.
New York city and vicinity was
swept by another fierce storm on the
morning of the 9Th, the wind reach
ing a maximum velocity Of rs miles an
hour Telegraph and telephone serv-
ice suffered severely, and yome build
ings were blown down.
Mrs. Mary Bradford. the matron;
Mrs. Sallie Nandervecr. music teacher,
and 81 young ladies, inmates of the
Cleveland female orphans home at
Versailles. Ky. were mrde quite i'll
from chemical poisoning thought TO
have been contained in pumpkin pies.
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee was advised by
the war department, on the 5th. to
have the entire Seventh army cor,,s
prepared for early departure to Cuba.
and the necessary orders we're at once
prepared for the movement of the I
troops.
All of Jay Gould's children have
reached their majority, as Frank ].
Gould. the youngest of the six Gould !
children. attained his twenty-frst |
year on the 5th, and The absolute con-
troll and possession of $10.000,Ooo. |
Frank works daily in the Missouri Pa |
cific Office from 10 n. m. to p. IN.
On the 5th. Frankfort. md. had n /
most disastrous fire. Newton WAL !
lace was killed and Dan Bradley fatal
ly injured. The Commercial block, |
containing six business houses and |
the opera house, were destroyed: loss I
fully 500 600.
-Four men were killed and several
severely injured at Fort Independence,
on Castle island, in Boston harbor. on /
the 9th, by the explosion Of mine
which had been removed from the
channel by diver.
Another body, supposed to be that
of Judge Carter. the eastern racing !.
Judge, has been recovered from the
ruins Of the Baldwin hotel Il, San
Francisco.