The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-12-09

and bring them TO this country.
Gov.-elcct Stanley of Kansas ant
Charles G.. Cohn, president of TIT
Wichita Commercial club, have takel
action to push the exhibit of maiz'
and its cooked products at the Pari
exposition.
The Spanish government has re
ceived an important dispatch from Tn
Philippines. in which il is stated tina
Aguinaldo. the insurgent leader de
mands 81 100000 for the release of TIL
imprisoned friars.
The Campania Transatlantic has
chartered the steamers Hapsburg
Fulda and Vera, belonging to III,
North German Lloyd Steamship Co.
and will use them for the repatriation
of the Spanish troops i'm Cuba in De
ccmber.
While boring for oil on Summer
land beach at Santa barbara. Cal, or
the Goth, n marvellous Tow OF natural
gas was struck, throwing sand and
rocks number OF feet into the air. II
is pronounced the biggest strike ever
made in the west.
Spain mas accepted the United
States offer OF 10000. 900. and at a
joint session Of the peace commissions,
in Paris on the 2sth, consented with
out condition TO relinquish Cuba, and
10 ccde Porto Rico, Guam and the
Philippine islands.
The war department in view Of the
assurances that peace treaty viii be
signed. is arranging TO muster out
more troops. II is probable that from
$4,000 to 10000 volunteers will be mus
tered our as soon as selections of reg
iments can be made.
Col Charles F. Dick. secretary of
The National republican committee
and congreSsman-ele from the Nine
teenth Ohio district. arrived in Cleve-
land. on the asth. and held confer
ence with Senator Hanna concerning
preliminary plans for the national
campaign of 1900.
The navy department published, on
the 2sth. through the Office of the
naval intelligence. the Views of Adj
miral Cervera Regarding the Spanish
Navy in the Late War" in which that
officer foretells with almost prophetic
accuracy the fate which actually over
took the navy of Spain.
The bank of Hornellsville. y. V. of
which eN-State Forestry Commission
or +. G. Ia Dcock is president, failed to
open its doors for business. on the
2sth, and posted notice to the effect
that the bank had gone into voluntary
liquidation with the approval of State
Bank superintendent kilburne.
A new scholarshiphas just been con-
ferred upon the scientific school of
Harvard university by the gift of slo.-
900 from j. s. jenkins, graduate of
the class Of ~, and mining cngi-
neer in the gold district of South
Africa. The interest on this sum is to
be given to a student of engineering.
Twenty-seven vessels were driven
ashore and totally wrecked in the
ncighborhood of Provincetown. Mass.
during the late great storm. From the
majority Of these the crews were
saved. although several lives were lost.
Four or five 90 the wrecks were coast
ers and the rest were fishing schoon-
ers.
The magnitude of the disaster 10
shipping on the coast of New England
during the late storm grows with the
new reports which succeeding days
bring Not less than 200 vessels are
said 90 have been lost. and. notwith-
standing. the noble efforts Of the life
saving crews, many human beings
persisted.
The Cubans. Gen. Masso says. enter
tain profound admiration and graft
tude for the Americans. but nev.rthe-
less they will oppose annexation or a
protectorate. They are confidently
expecting .he United States to speed
fly recognize their ability TO manage
their own affairs, on wbieh basis unl y,
Gen. Masso concluded, is permanent
peace possible.
Advices from Bilbao, Spain, refer 10
the rigorous anti-Carlist precautions
taken in that district. The converts,
IL appears. are particularly watched.
Portraits of Don Carlos and Don
Jaime. his son. have been widely dis
tributcd. a small band OF Carlists
have appeared near Alcata. in the
province 81 Casiellon de In Puana, and
Is being pursued by grndarmes.
Mr. Frederick Stearns, o Detroit
millionaire, has presented to the Uni
vcrSiiy Of Michigan. at Ann IIarbor
his unique collection of musical in.
struments, numbering nearly l0OC
pieces. Mr.. Stearns has been collect
Eng for 10 years, and has spent upor
his treasures something over $4,000
The present value OF the collection
however. is manv times that sum.