The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-12-22

PERSONAL AND GENERAL

Tie Statement # The ccndi-ion ofthe
treasury issued on the nth showed:
available cash balance $50, s19-5dI:
geld Trssrse. S2si- s15-5-4-
Ii has been practically decided that
the holiday rrreSs OF congress viii he
from THURSDAY. December p. 70
Wednesday. January B.
senator MarCulnb>r. OF North Da-
krta. introduced ball. On the 1.tl-
V-Ovidir- Tor commission 20 invest
gate trade relations with China and
japan. with 4 view IL extending our
commerce in tho~e countries
Yokc hama afvicc~ state thar the bu-
boni- plaque. which developed At Kol1e.
Japan. not long ago. has been success
fully stamped out.
IL Was announced from Caracas.
venezueIa- OF the 18th. that the Co
sombsan government had occupied
CI.mana. on the Gulf Of CzriacO. and
the revolution was said 70 be crushed.
President Goznp<rs OF The America
Federation Of Labor. who was injured
in a bicycle accident in Washington.
recently. is in q critical condition He
Is suffering intense pain in his lungs
Commander C. T. Perkins has been
detached from the Michigan. and or
dered TO duty IN charge Of the FIf-
tenth Lighthouse district. a. St Louis-
On the night of the nth. before clos
ing the extraordinary session the
Peruvian congress approved the cx-
tradition treaty with the United States
Gen Otis in q dispatch to the war
department on the 18th said that or
gained rebellion no longer existed IA
Luzon- The inSurgenr army il split up
into guerilla bands. and our troops are
actively engaged in hunting them
down
Gen Young reports the rescue Cf
Brutne. of the Nevada regiment. and
Edwards. Of the gunboat Yorktown.
who have been held prisoners by tic
FIlipinox- Gen limo. converting the
American prisoners north. is hotIy gur-
sued Aguinaldo is : fugitive in the
mountains. his bodyguard having been
destroyed
The Filipino junta AT Hong Kong has
issued = statement that y dictatorship
has been formed IN place Of the 50
allied in<urgenr government and that
the Filipino army j. disintegrating n.
10 hands 10 maintain guerilla war
fare. every man swearing 20 continue
the fgEt for his country. indepen-
1eDce-
Col NetcaIfe and 500 men Of the
Second ride brigade SORTED from
Lady smith. on the night Of the 10th.
10 capture Boer howi-zer on a hill
They resched the crest without b-eina
discovered. droxe OF the enemy and
then destroyed the how1-zer with
yuncotton- They had 20 force their
way back at the point OF the bayone,
losing quite heavily
Little mention Is made in the British
var ofle~ dispatches Of horses. hut II
rssp~ct have heel exceedingly heavy
AMon- the cfFscers alone from % 70 u
TER cent OF their mounts have beer
slaot under them the lscer tactics B.,
ing n shoot first - IN officers h0rs.
and then az the rider when dis
mounted
Dispatches from Various cities in II
iiaois. Wisconsin Michigan Iowa ar,
Minnes,sL Indicate that a rcrrif.
storm swept O~rr those states and th'
great lzkes or the 18th and 18th. can~
ing much damage 20 property ans
considerable alarm
Preparations are under way for tn
Incorporation in Delaware. Of the CO
lonisl Sugar Refining Co. with cap
ital Of sIu0 .Dno. 000- Large sugar-mak
ing companies now outside the Amer
can Sugar Refining Co are concerre,
in tbs new Delaware corporation
William : Taylor was inaugsratr'
as governor Of Kentucky at Frank
fort. on the 18th The crowd was mucl
smaller than IN past years. due 10 tn
weather. which from rainy. turned Il
December blizzard The insugura
ceremonies were simple. Gov. Tayi0
said one of his chief aims would be q
secure the repeal Of the Goet~l election
law
Cen Otis cablcd. on the 18th. fha
2.oD additional Spanish prisoners hsl
heen secured in northern LEzon- max
ing 1000 released within . month
Seven hundred were en- route from
vigzn. ana transports will be sent 10
| remainder.