The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-08-11

Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

rotary X. " Alger retlrlng.
Policeman Thomas s. O'Brien. O
New York. pleaded guilty to having
stolen "A watch and charm from th'
dead body OF George III. Rhodes. pres
itcnt Of tie StuyNesant Fire lnsuranc,
Co.. and was sentenced. on the LIST, &
sour years and three months in Sing
sing.
DR. A. l.. Lee and Gideon Kratzer N
North Baltimore. O.. EN- route for the
klordike. were drowned ai Cooks In
le-. together with 20 Others. Details
OF the accident have not bccn received
Yellow fever appeared a. Phoebus. q
l.tle town almost joining Hampton,
Va. on the lst. The scourge appeared
among the negroes and six eases ana
two deaths were reported.
COY, Rodgers of Washington grant
eh eNrradition papers. on the ist. in
the case Of Nm. Armstrong. wanted
in Chicago for alleged jury bribing.
II is reported that quantities Of mir
iiury supplies are arriving AZ PETER
mariizbo-g. capital OF Natal, South
Africa. daily.
The directors OF the seventh ma
tional bank Of New York on the ist ac-
7 copied the resignation Of John McAver-
I rev. as president, and placed William
\ ii. kimball. yice-president Of the bank.
I in control of the affairs Of the insti-
tuition.
Hon. Elihu Root took he oath of Of
fee as secretary of war on the LIST. The
ceremony occurred in the large o.
fee of the secretary of war. in the
presence Of retiring Secretary Alger,
Secretaries Gage and Hitchcock, AS
sistant Secretary Meiklejohn. a large
number of army officers in uniform
and other employees and officials.
The fast mail train on the Chicago
& Northwestern railroad jumped the
track at the Kate shelly curve" just
east of the Des MoiueS river bridge.
near Boone. Ia. on the III Drning of the
1T. the whole train going over the
bank Four persons were killed and u
number injured.
When the Tenth Pennsylvania sailed
from san Francisco for the Philip
pres last wear the muster comprised
$50 men. Twenty-four were killed in
battle or died in the Manila hospital.
ard the rest of the sick and wounded
to the number OF 20 are on the hoa-
piia ship Relief. just arrived here.
The sensation-mongers are after Nd
miral Dewey. He is too diplomats 10
grant them such interviews as they
desire. SO they are putting words into
his mouth. The present intent seems
TO be TO create friction with Ger
many.
Following the suspension of the
Vile Marie bank Of Montreal. eau,
owing to defalcation. runs were
made. on the 1st. on several financial
institutions Of the city. and for awhile
panic rcicned. Serious results were
only a,ertod by the good sense of some
of the leading concerns in going 10 the
relief OF their neighbors.
News from the Lower Yaqui river
country in Mexico. on the list. was 10
the effect that rowing bands OF In
dians were killing both Mexcans and
Americans. and that number Of
Americans in the outlying districts
had already been slaughtered
Three new cases of yellow fever in
the soldiers home M Hampton. Va.
and one death" is the official report
received. on the night of the 1t. by
Surgeon General Wyman from DR..
Wasdin. the yellow fever expert on
duty at the institution. Three eases
were also reported at Phoebus. an ont
lying hamlet. and the place has peen
quarantined.
The assassins Of President Heureaux
of Santo Domingo and their friends
are in the mountainous district about
twenty-five miles northward OF Moca.
Senior Don Cordero. late minister of
the interior. has taken the field against
them with 400 men.
The British ambassador to the Unit
ed States. Sir Julian Pauncefotc. who
acted as head Of the British delegation
at the peace conference at The Ingiie.
arrived in London on the I'd. He ,is-
tied the foreign Office and was conrrat-
ulated by tie officials on his elevation
10 the peerage. His title has not vet
been announced.
For the four days ended on the I'd,
four cases of yellow fever were report
ed in Santiago de Cuba. all the vic
Tins being American civilians. One
case occurred in the Cosmopolitan
club. Gen. Wood believes that there
is little danger OF an increase of the
disease.
The Lumber Trade Journal Of New
Orleans has collected and tabulated
the statistics Of lumber exports. show
Ing an aggregate from southern parts
for the year ending June 30. Of ',J3e,-
451,36s feet against total Of .Ooj, .92,-
OO7 feet in 1s9s, and 1888, $40 feet
in 1897.
Two Of the assassins of President |
Heureaux of Santo Domingo were
captured and shot on the Cd.