The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-07-22

THr secretary OF war has ordered INC
removal of all the submarine mines
which now protect the harbors oi the
United states against the entry oi nos
tile ships. Ii has been decided 10 cN-
plodc them as the quickest and safest
method.
GES. j. X. BROOKE will be in COM
mand Of the army that will soon in
wade Porto Rico. Gen. Miles will eN-
ercise supervision in a sense similar to
that which he now exercises before
Santiago.
LATEST reports from the Philippines
indicate that Admiral Dewey Is pa
tiently tor otherw ise) awaiting the arr
rival OF GEN Merritt before making
the attempt to occupy Manila.
TnE ashes OF the late Capt. Gridley
arrived in Erie. Pa, on the 18th, ana
were immediately turned over 10 the
family without demonstration. The
/ funeral was held at sunset, and was
largely attended. business houses were
closed during the afternoon, and flags
were hung at half-mast-
FOURTEEN suspicious fever cases
were reported, on the 18th, among em-
ployes OF the quartermaster depart
ment near Santiago. The men mao
been isolated and confidence was ex-
pressed in the ability OF the doctors 20
stamp out the disease.
lr was reported from Washington,
on the 18th, that Gen. Shafter would
begin the bombardment OF santiago
with all the force at his command. at
noon OF the 18th and continue the battle
until the city surrendered uncon-
ditionally.
A SPECIAL dispatch from Madrid says
Capt ten. Blanco has replied to the
Spanish governments reiterated rep
reservations in regard to peace by en-
ergetically protesting against the idea
of peace.
TIE French chambers were adj
iourned on the 18Th.
CAPT. SAWYER. signal officer at Key
West. Fla. reported to the war de
partment. on the 18th. that the ship
San Domingo was wrecked off the
Isle of Pines, Cuba. while trying ia
run the blockade Her nationality is
unknown
A SPECIAL from Man field O., on the
18th. said: Forty-spur prisoners IN
the state reformatory are strung dp ny
their thumbs in dungeons and given
only scant meal day. having gone
on "A strike because their tobacco
supply was cut off.
CnA.rEs e.. FRENCH secretary OF the
Merchants aud Traders Building and
Loan association Of Chicago. was ar
rested in Tampa. Fla, on the 18th
charged with cnbcz1ling $500. 900 from
that institution.
BY the explosion of a boiler in The
Niagara starch works. at Buffalo, y
: ". on the l4th. the building was
wrecked. six persons killed and 20 IN
iurcd. TWO Others are missing. wh'
: are supposed TO have persisted.
Ir was stated in Berlin. on the lith
that nothing. either officially or unof
ficiallv. Was known by the German gov
y eminent OF the cruiser lrene's allege'
u interference with the insurgents a
subic bay.
: MARQUIS Iro. the late Japanese pre-
mier. intends visiting China, where n
= will meet Ii Hung Chang.
: The transport Seneca left Siboney
: Cuba. on the l4th for Fort Monroe
: She had on board 50 sick and wounds
\ soldiers.
Nix. IRVINE STEVEN BULLOCK, VIII
was lieutenant on the confedera'
: cruiser Alabama during the rebellion
died in Liverpool, England on the l4tl
, THE New York state assembly. o
= the llth. passed the 100000 war fun
,s bill unanimously.