The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-21
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

all ovens are on in full. and means the
resumption OF thousands of ovens that
have been idle for wears.
On the eth the Portuguese house of
peers adopted the commercial con
vention with the United States.
Robert Bonner. the millionaire news
I paper publisher and horse .ancier,
died at his home. West Fifty-sixth
street. New York city. on the 9th.
The British government announces
that it Will contribute e45.OO0 tS22-,-
0o0l 10 the Antarctic expedition fund
\ private dispatch was received in
Washington, on the eth. from one If
the marine officers stationed at Ca
wife. stating that all were well there.
As the mail had been interrupted,
this dispatch was welcome 20 a num-
Der OF those having relatives at Ca
yite
The statement Of the condition OF the
treasury issued on the eth showed:
Available cash balance, S2.s,663, 3g2;
gold reserve. S243. COG.
Mr.. samuel Clemens Mark Twain
and family left London Tor Sweden.
on the 18th. where Mr.. Clemens viii
take the swedish cure.
The United States cruiser Newark left
Valparaiso. on the eth. for the Philip
pirr islands. She will call at Callao,
Peru.
There is an outbreak Of scarlet fever
among the cadets at West Point. y. u.
three new cases developed on the 18th.
The convention OF the Young Peo-
Piles Baptist Union Of the United
States and Canada met in Richmond
Va. on the 18th. with an unusuaii,
large attendance.
Elaborate preparations are being
made at -. Johns. y. r., for the re-
ccption OF the British squadron under
Eear-Admiral Sir Frederick George
Bedford.
Much interest is being taken in
Chicago in the project of forming an
organization 10 secure governmental
reservation Of 100000 acres Of forest
land in Minnesota for the purpose of
converting il into "a national park.
The report that the king OF Belgium
would visit Newport this summer is
discrcdited in official quarters in Wash
ington- No such intimation has come
from any OF our officials abroad
The British house OF lords has passed
the second reading OF the bill requir-
ing shopkeepers 70 provide seats for
their assistants. By vote Of - IL IA
vor 10 2, opposed.
The National Educational associa-
tion met in annual convention at Los
Angeles. Cal. on the nth. and was
numerouslv attended.
II has been definitely settled tina,
Miss Julia Dent Grant. daughter Of
Gen and Mrs. Frederick D. Grant. and
Prince Cantacuzene. Of Russia. will be
married at Newport, X. L.. in Septem-
Der
The Chinese consul general NJ Ha-
vana has filed an objection 10 the de-
cision OF Gov.-Gen. Brooke that com
mercial treaties between Spain and
other countries do not apply TO Cuba.
as was formerly the case. and that
future treaty arrangements must be
made with the United States in the
name OF Cuba.
United States senator Smith. OF New
Jersey. said. on the llth "You may
say for me that Secretary of War AZ
ger viii shortly retire from the cahi-
net and that GOV. Roosevelt Of New
York will succeed him as secretary Of
war. That IS my information from a
very high source. l don't think Roose-
welt is candidate for the presidency
this time. but watch him in 1901"
The German salvagers succeeded. on
the 18th. in getting the American liner
Paris clear Of the rock and. at last ac-
counts. we're preparing TO tow her 10
Falmouth. II is hoped TO be possible
TO take her to Southampton for dock
age and rehabilitation.
The steamer Willapa brought news
TO Victoria. Is. G.. OF the discovery of
rich beach diggings at Wreck bay, FIVE
miles from Ucluclet. on the west coast
of Vancouver island. With the crudest
appliances - day is being washed
out. One prospector took pan to the
beach and washed out $3.50.
Gen Joseph Wheeler left Washing
ton. on the 18th, en- route to the Phil
ippinc islands. He went via Chicago,
Omaha. Denver and Salt Lake CITY.
but a. he was scheduled TO reach san
Francisco on the 18th. did not stop
long AT any place on the way. He will
sail for Manila on the GOTH
An order has been issued by the
president extending privileges and pro-
lection OF the American flag 10 the
shipping Of Porto Rico and the Philip
pines. All ships owned by residents of
the islands az the time OF the exchange
Of the ratification Of treaties are i'm
cludcd in the order