The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-05-20


In an attempt tn arrest Joseph Ben.
nett, ON the 18th. Chief OF Police Cum
ningham of Indiana, Pa. was shot and
killed Bennett was intoxicated, and
was riding "A bicycle and firing his re-
yolver at every one he met.
THE house of representatives, by q
vote of lsi TO IL. on the 18th, passed q
resolution to submit constitutional
amendment 10 the states providing for
the election OF senator's by popular
vote.
THERE was an engagement off Car
denas, near Matanzas, Cuba. on the
18th. the Wilmington, Winslow and
Hudson taking part. Ensign Bagley, of
the Winslow, and four of the crew were
killed and several Others wounded. The
Hudson took the bodies of the dead &c
Key West. Capt. Bernadow of the
Winslow is among the wounded
The official announcement in Madrid
that Spain is preparing to send a big
fleet OF 10000 troops TO the Philippines
is looked upon with suspicion in Wash
lngton, but il has made the authorities
more anxious than before to reinforce
Admiral Dewey.
SE>oRA MARION. wife OF the chief of
police at Ponae, Porto Rico, has been
cast into prison because she was sus-
pected of sympathy with the insurgents
and the Cubans. Two hundred other
patriots have been arrested. and execu.
tons are of daily occurrence in san
Juan.
o. ii. p. BELMONT and Charles w.
Moore, of New York. who offered the
government swift dynamite gunboat,
saw the pre- sident. on the 18th, 10 an
nounce that the navy department had
declined to accept their offer. The
president was sorry that the offer could
not be accepted, but expressed his
thanks.
The president. on the 18th, nomi-
mated. and the senate promptly con-
firned, Commodore George Dewey as
rear-admiral. The president also
signed the resolutions passed by the
senate and house extending the thanks
OF congress 10 Commodore Dewey, his
officers and men.
MAJ-GEN. WESLEY MERRITT win ac-
Philippines. and will be military gov
ernor OF the islands The appointment
is considered highly honorable one.
and was made on the urgent recon-
mendation of Secretary Alger.
MORE than million bushels of grain
in Armours ID elevator. in Chicago,
was destroyed by fire. on the 18th,
together with the immense structure
containing it. The flames also spr,-d
throughout a portion of the vast lum-
Der district around Twenty-second and
Morgan streets. the whole entailing a
loss estimated at nearly 81 1000
THERE are. it is alleged, only two
Spanish war vessels now left in Asiatic
waters. and one of these is in dry dock
at Hong Kong, while the cruiser Bos-
ton is searching for the other, under
orders to engage and sink it.
On the 18th Mai ten. Wheeler was
ordered from Chattanooga To Tampa.
Fla. to command the cavalry about to
leave for Cuba.
GERMANY has intimated to the
United States il is said in London,
that she expects to have a voice in the
disposition of the Philippine islands.
The British war ship Linnet, which
arrived at Hong Kong, on the 18th,
from Manila, reported the whole coun-
try ir state of anarchy. and Admiral
Dewey powerless to restore order.
The house committee on foreign af.
fairs agreed. on the lsth. to report ia.
vorably the resolution for Hawaiian an
nexation.
The United States steamship Mo
hican, which left Honolulu April 20,
arrived at San Francisco on the I2th.