The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-12-23
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


Mrs. CaliNto Garcia, the wife of tn,
: Cuban general who died.on the nth, il
Washington. was unable 10 attend hci
Z husbands funeral on the 18th Hell
daughter. Mercedes. who is quite i'll al
. Townsville, Ga was not so well. and
Mrs. Garcia decided 10 remain with
her.
James shaw. the only surviving
member OF the state legislature OF
1917. when Detroit was the capital OF
Michigan. died at Niles. Mich. on the
10Th. aged So
The pope has decided that the Span
ish policy OF the yactican shall be anti
Carlist and not neutral.
The text OF the peace treaty viii be
published in Madrid in a red book be-
fore the opening of the cortes.
While Capt.-Gen. Castellanos was in
his bedroom in Havana. on the 18th.
the roof fell in and wounded him on
both shoulders. the breast and face.
His orderly was also wounded in the
face.
Carl Mcbride and his wife, who had
been married but few weeks. were
INSTANTLY killed by the express train at
Raccoon station. Pa, on the Pan Han
die road on the 18th.
The clergy Of Ecuador are again
actively conspiring 10 re-establish the
religious duties laws which obtained
under colonial conditions
The North German Lloyd steamer
Stuttgart has been chartered TO re-
patriate Spanish troops from Cuba.
Col. VIM. J. Bryan has resigned his
commission in the army.
The steamer John Howard. large
and fine stern wheeler freight and
passenger carrier, was burned at Co
lumbia. La. She was in command OF
| Capt. J. w. Carlson. The boat had
about 1000 bales of cotton on board.
She belonged to the Ouachita line. and
ran between New Orleans and Qua
chita river points.
4 Manila dispatch says il is asserted
that for physical reasons Admiral
Dewey should be ordered home. He is
not exactly a sick man. but to those
who have seen him frequently during
his work here since MAY last il is evil
dent that the long strain is beginning
TO tell on him
Domingo Mendez Capote has been
selected TO he presidency ~ The Gu
ban commission az Washington 10 sue
coed the late Gen. Calxto Garcia lie
is a lawyer. and was recently elected
president OF the Bar Association of
Havana. During the revolution he was
vice-president Of the Cuban Republic.
News comes that 5000 Cuban IN
surgents in the province Of Puerto
Principe have given over their arms 10
Gen. Carpenter Of their own accord.
and have disbanded. subject 10 the cali
Of their country. and retired 10 their
homes TO seek employment
4 prisoner in the county iail NJ
Spokane. Wash, awaiting trial on 4
charge OF burglary. and who is also
accused Of having shot cx-Adermnn
Davidson while in the act Of highway
robbery committed in that city
month ago. has been positively identi-
fed as being Otto Matthias. wanted AZ
Siaunton. ILL.,. for the murder Of m. w.
Wall. wealthy citizen Of that place,
or Angus, 16 last
DR. VIM. +. Burdick, OF HART ford.
Conn. has been selected TO succeed w.
u. Brownell. as Instructor in The law
school Of the Kansas state university.
The British steamer hinge How,
Capt. Cross. from Portland. Ore. No
vember IL, for Yokohama and Hong
Kong. hts arrived at the former port
with two boats gone. bulwarks
smashed and cargo damaged.
Judge l.. T.. Waite. chief Justice Of
the Oregon supreme court from 1859
TO 1859, died in Portland. on the 18th.
aged S..
Mrs. II. j. Bright. wife Of Col Bright,
sergeant-at-arms Of the senate. died in
Washington city on the 18th.
\ syndicate has been formed in To-
ronto. Ont. to build a yacht which viii.
next year. be the Canada cup defender.
George III. Duggan. Of Montreal has
promised TO design the boat.
The annual convention Of the Amer.
lean Humane association began its
sessions in Washington city on the
18th.
Certain Of the American volunteers
who are now NJ Manila. and WHO have
resolved TO settle in the Philippines,
lave organized the Philippine Dcvel-
opment association. for the purpose
OF promoting various enterprises rs
soon as the men are discharged from
military service.
IL now seems certain that Fred
Wood, the prisoner held AT Spokane.
Wash. on double charge Of burglary
and highway robbery. and Otto Mat
tias. the alleged murderer OF III. w.
Wall. Of Staunton, III. are one and the
same person. lie has pleaded guilty to
burglary to avoid exfradition.