The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-07-22
.CURREN r TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


ident in regard to Offering thanksgiv-
ing for victories and prayers for the
sick. wounded and bereaved and. Incl
dentally for honorable peace, We're
generally carried out throughout the
country. on the 10th, the president set
ting the example
ADMIRAL. CERvERA. in conversation
with AN American officer, asserted that
the Cristobal Colon did not have her
big guns on board. adding in response
10 IA query. that they were either IN
Italy or the pockets of the chief OF
ordnance
TnF commandment of Santiago was
resumed, on the 18th, the ileet firing
over high ridge which hid the city
from REV Most of the shells fell into
the bay, but one struck a church filled
with ammunition, causing frightful
explosion. At this point, and before
Gen. shafter had begun land attack,
a flag OF truce was seen coming from
the city.
In the French senate. on the nth.
replying to an Interpolation with ref
.rence 10 cases of poi>oning In the
army through eating canned goods. the
minister OF war, NJ. Cavaignac. said
the food parlal1en OF was old, and had
been imported from America
ExsIGx PALMER arrived in Washing
ton. on the 18th. bringing with him "A
series OF reports from ADMIRAL >amp-
son. including the reports OF his sub
ordinate officers. describing the engage
ment resulting in the destruction Of
Cervera's squadron.
THE hospital train bearing the
wounded 10 Fort Mcpherson. near At
lanta. ia. was in a rear-end collision.
six miles south of High Springs Fla,
on the 10th. No one was hurt.
Two EXPLOSIONS. which killed eight
men and wounded about 20 others and
wrecked two buildings. occurred at
the plant OF the LafinRand Powder
works. at pompton. y. j., on the 18th.
Ar Minneapolis. Mimi. on the i2th.
Geo. II. Spry. one of the best-know
| law vers in the northw est, ran in front
OF a street car and was instantly killed.
EX-SENATOR CoNGER. of Michigan.
who had lived ia Washington since hs
left the senate, died at Ocean City, Nd.
on the 18th.
TEx men were killed. on the 18th, by
a cave-in in the Cleveland tO) city WA
terworks tunnel being built under th'
lake A rescue party Of SIX sent int
the tunnel failed TO return.
THE statement of the condition 0
the United States treasury issued oi
the 18th showed: Available cash bal
ance. $3.50, III $50; gold reserve, Sci,
149.4l7
CITY AUDITOR THOMAS G. BELL. o
Kansas City. Mo, aged 80 years. died
on the nth, of typhoid fever. after
two months Illness Before entering
politics in the last city campaign Mr.
Bell was member of the Journa
reportorial staff.
THE officials of the Spanish embass
in Paris communicated to the press
on the 18th, a dispatch from Ma
drid. declaring it came from an al
thoritative source. 1t set forth. !
substance. that although spain wa
only fighting in order to maintai
her right to repel unjust aggression,
l =
She obtains an honorable peace. wha
I ever sacrifice may be necessary TO "a
] tain this end.
Two MEN. both named Michael I'll
win. were killed. on the 18th, and thr'
!, were seriously injured by the givin
: way Of "A mum Der Of piles Of the bride
which is being built between Il
= Charles river and Warren bridges
Boston.
TIE sloop Wary. flying the Britii
flag, was brought to Key West, Fla
i on the l2th. as "A prize of war. =
was captured by the st. Louis abo
!, 10 miles from Santiago de Cuba VIII
bound from Jamaica for Santa Cru
!, with a cargo OF provisions 1t
- thought her English registry is a 81
m tcrfuge.
= THE sensation OF the day at Bright
Beach. on the 18th, was the death
Bromley's Rosebud from heart disea'
" After finishing the second race.
D. which he was the good thing.
in staggered against the gate of the pa
NJ dock and dropped on the track as If
ne had been shot
s. The long-overdue American 81
-. Lake Lemon arrived at Vancouver.
n. C.. from Panama on the 18th. She "
at sea 20 days without sighting a
boat.
Mt The Peruvian congress. on the IL
err approved the protocol between 81
IS and Peru by "A vote OF llj against p.
ed The naval officials regard their ri
to in the operations at Santiago rs at
r. end practically, and are looking arou
On for new worlds to conquer. Their e.
h. are turned to the east and they
rushing preparations for the dispa'
Of Com modorc Watson's eastern squ
IA. ron.
ar On the 18th all the Spanish minist
lit handed their designations To the p
de- mier, Senior Sagasta. who explain
liz the situation 20 the queen regent
to Two BANDS Of Philippine insurgcl
NO at Cebu have been defeated. and tn
on insurgent leaders have been captui
ed and shot.
Ter AT Portsmouth n. H., the first pi
on camp in the United States for
captured spaniards has been nan
he Camp Long. The Spanish prison