The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-03-24
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


he only way in which the insurgents
can be- troublesome is by scattering
into The interior and keeping up de-
sultory attacks ON American outposts.
Col. Picquart. in accordance with the
decision of the criminal section OF the
French court of cessation. has been
handed over for trial 10 the civil au-
tLoritics. He has been transferred
ftom the Chcrche Midi prison 10 the
prison OF la Anto.
The government has desired the Red
Gross society 10 take up the hospital
" ork in Cuba. sheltcring the homeless
and caring tor the sick. 4 Red Cross
stan started for Havana on the 18th.
4, join the agents OF the society al
ready there.
The French state railways. operated
under the control OF the French gov
eminent. have placed an order with
the Baldwin locomotive works of Phil
adelphia for ten high-speed locomo-
tives, to he finished in n few months.
Ex-Gov. Fletcher of Missouri. who
was stricken with paralysis in Wash
\ iEgton. about three weeks ago. is in
critical condition. He rallied from the
attack. and for awhile was considered
out Of danger. but suffered relapse.
An oil well producing 100 10 800 bar
relS o day was opened two miles west
OF Marietta. o., on the 18th. The strike
caused much excitement in oil circles,
as the well was the first deep sand pro
ducer opened close To the city.
David J. Baker. eN-iudre of the iii
nois supreme court. dropped dead Of
heart disease in his law Office in Chi
CT 90. ON the 18th
Chief Justice Fuller stated. on the
18th. that the United States supreme
court would take a recess. on the Goth.
for two weeks
Martin J. Carter. Of PENNSYLVANIA.
has been appointed United States con
sui al II. Johns. \. r.
I'm order has been issued by the war
department increasing the age limit
for enlistment from so 20 80 years.
The Youngest age al which a person
can be- enlisted is Is years.
The statement Of The condition OF
the treasury issued on thel4th showed:
Available cash balance. s277.s5l.5s2;
gold reserve. S2+o.9l3.g65.
The machine twist manufacturers
voted. on the 18th. further advance of }
ten per cent. i'm the prices OF their
products.
John Jacob Astor's steam yacht
Nourmahl arrived at Nalesta. Island OF I
Malta. on the f4th
,,v..-s.l..t- II
Rddell postmaster at The Dalies Ore I
+. u. Armour is quite i'll al his-home I
In Chicago. During the last week OF 4
January he yielded 20 an attack Of in \
iucnza. lie vcntured out too soon. I
caught fresh cold sustained a re- /
lapse. and for nearly a month has been
wrestling with the malady that first
laid him low.
Col. Jack Chinn. the horseman. poll I
tician and fighter. who challenged /.
State senator Bronston to mortal COM I
bat In the lobby Of the Phoenix hotel. I
Lexington. Ky. was. on the l4th. in 4
dicted hy the grand jury Of that vity 7
on "A charge Of being a nuisance.
The experts appointed by Gov 4
Roosevelt Of New York to inquire irto I
the sanity OF Mrs Martha Place. nm I
der sentence of death for the murder 4
Of her stepdaughter. Ida Place. in I
Brooklyn. have reported that in their I
opinion the woman was sane when she Z
committed the crime.
The Madrid CORES pondencia says 4
the cabinet has advised the queen re- I
gent to ratify the treaty Of peace with |
the United States without awaiting /
the rcasscmhling Of the cortes.
Cen. Gomez says that he recognizes /
only one power in Cuba that Of the I
United States All that the Cubans \
can do. he declares. is by permission \
OF the American authorities. and I
therefore the military assembly can
only talk.
August A. Becker. the Chicago /
sausagemaker, under arrcst on a A
charge Of numbering his wife. made
second confession on the 18th. lie said I
that he cut his wife to pieces. boiled \
the pieces in large kettle, and burned \
the remains in "A stove.
The Cuban assembly still maintains
its abusive attitude toward the United
States and threatens TO rebel IL the
American government does not intrust
it with the distribution OF the $4,000
900 now coming there. and refuses 10
guarantee a loan Of Sl5.010O0O.
Chicago will not get the general
quartermaster depot. The war depart
ment decides that the depot at SiLouis
answers all purposes for the western
OF public money 70 establish another
country. and tnat IL would be waste
al Chicago.
Through the department OF state an
notice has been given
that the islands from which Spain has
sovereignty are under mill
tary government. and will so remain
awaiting the action of congress- This
IL notice to the world that the United
States government does not cnntem-
plate anything further than military
government for some time TO come.
The navy department opened bids.
on the 18th. for the construction a.
buildings and quarters for the new