The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-05-05

Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

several hours, on the -tAh' ~" 80" ~"
dition continued encouraging.
The steamer Murcia, Capt Larsle,
belonging 10 the English-American
shipping Co., limited. of London, which
LETT Huclya, Spain. April ;, bound Tor
Philadelphia. ran ashore while enter
ing the channel at Hamilton, Bermn-
da. on the cath. and foundered. All ON
beard the steamer were saved.
The Welland canal was opened Tor
traffic on the gath
The statement OF the condition OF
the treasury issued on the 24;h showed:
Available cash balance, S2si,lss,os-;
gold reserve. s242, 0Gi, 500.
The Jury in the Windsor hotel fire
inquest in New York city brought in
a verdict. on the cath, that the nre
was caused by accident. The police
still have $4,000 worth of unclaimed
iewelrv and other valuables recovered
from the ruins.
Brighten. John c. Bates, U. ;. v,
who was recalled recently from Cuba.
will go to Manila
Olive Romans. well known as child
actress. ulCu dt H'A h'HAS - 1872
Park. Mass. on the 25th. Her per
Torrance OF little Lord Fauntelroy, IN
the decentralization of Mrs. Burnetts
story. won her great fame. She was
about 20 years of age.
President Iglesas of Costa Rica
called informally on President Mchin-
le, at the White House on the 25th. He
Was received in the Blue room.
The statement of the condition OF
the treasury issued on the 25th showed:
| Available cash balance, S2sS,9' sds';
gold reserve, S2i2, jl2,264.
Postmaster-General Smith left Wash
rrton. on the 25th. for nalena, H.,
where he was booked to deliver an adj
dress at the Grant university cele-
bration on the 27th.
The United States armed transport
Buffalo. having on board returning
soldiers from the Philippines. arrived
at Gibraltar on the 25th. She left Ma
Mia March ,.
MANY homeseekers have already
landed in Durango. COL, en- route to
the Ute reservation, which is TO be
thrown open for settlement on May 4.
The Fellowship cl1b, 8 now interde-
nominational organization of minis
tiers. has been launched in Chicago.
The annual meeting of the National
Association of Chiefs of Police will be
held in Chattanooga. Tenn, May ..
/, has been determined not TO send
Gen. Whsele- TO the Philippines. but
he will be given command ut home
until the new congress meets, wheI
he will resign. Generals Young, Grant
and Bates VIII be sent out for duty
under Gen. Otis.
Army officials have learned tina
since Manila fell the Filipinos have
been obtaining supplies of ammuni
ton from Hong Kong and Singapore
as well as from Europe. a strict nava
patrol of the Island of Luzon has beer
established. and the belief is expressed
that the supply of ammunition vii
row be cut Off
The British authorities at Hons
Kong are not sanguine of peaceful
occupation OF the new British distric
. of kow Loon, opposite Hong Kong
: The natives do not scatter and are r.
, occupying villages in the interior.
force of 10000 Chinese is gathcrin
back OF Tai-Po-Fu.
Z The estate Of J. A. MacAuley, VIII
: died at Atlanta. Ga, some time ag'
! and which has been involved in niue
e interesting and mysterious litigation
4 will go to his daughter, "A resident {
!, bloomington. Ill. 1t approNimat,
!. 10000
a Samuel y. Downey, deputy collecto
Of internal revenue. who was arrcstc
II lancaster, Pa, charged with con
II plicity in the Jacobs kendig- Taylo
Il Breaell counterfeiting case. has col
< fessed his guilt.
II TIE Spanish government has +
= cciyel dispatch from Gen. Rio
re SPANS principal commander in Il
v Philippines, asserting that Malice
IA Otis has requested him not TO wit
draw the Spanish troops from Il
island of Mindanao until the arriv
- Of the American force of occupation.
Gen. MacArthur's division drove I
Filipino rebels out Of Calumpit on 4
morning Of the Goth, after stubbo
resistance. and they were sent ilyil
M TO the hills. Eight Americans We
!, killed and number wounded. {
lumpit is the strategic key Of 7
whole northern enc of Luzon.
w. NJ. Jacobs books show that I
ne Lancaster (pa) cigar maker had
nj frauded the government out OF abe
- Si25. 900 with his bogus reven
u. stamps. that being the difference
=, tween the number Of cigars actua
~ produced al the factory and the nu
M bel that Jacobs reported TO the r
~ enue Office as having been made.
m. 1t has been practically decided q
irnocent dealers who have actua
paid for the cigars bearing the cot
or tcrfeit stamps will be permitted
an retain them on condition that they
ne. stamp them. Cigars not paid for '
n, be sold and the proceeds turned i
no the treasury.
IA Charles Williams, negro. chars
NJ with the murder Of Laura Conifax. ,
~, shot to death in his cell at the Gall
fkosl mil on the 25th by mcmh