The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-05-19
LATE NEWS ITEMS.


progress making in the Development I
OF wireless telegraphy under the au-
spices of the United states signal
corps. the important conclusion being
reached by Gen. Greedy that the wire
less system is not likely 10 supplant
the ordinary method of telegraphic
communication.
The remains Of Gen. RI. {. Egbert.
arrived in Washington. from Manila.
were inferred at Arlington cemetery.
on the 18th. With fun military honorS.
All the available troops in the vicinity
of Washington were ordered out by
the war department. and many distln-
guished army officers were in attend
ance on the funeral exercises.
1t is estimated that quarter OF
million persons viewed the gunboat
Nashville. on the 18th. from the Mis-
souri, and Illinois shores. from the
great Eads' bridge and from skitfs and
other water craft. About $4,000 per-
sons visited and inspected the vessel
Rear-Admiral Sampson. just re
turned from cruise in West Indian
waters, speaks in the highest times OF
the business of Gen. Woods admins
tration OF affairs in Santiago. where
he landed and inspected the roads ana
other improv cmcnts being made.
4 complete denial was given at tn.
treasury and interior departments. on
the 18th. TO the sensational story Of a
dcep-laid counterfeiting scheme that
had been uneartl.ed in the photograph
ic room Of the patent office. The story
was declared to be fake.
Assistant Secretary spaulding has
decided that copyrighted books print
ed in Europe from plates made from
type set in the United States are not
subject to the prohibition of impor,a-
ton in section 8 of the copyright act
OF March 3. 1891.
In a great fire. on the 18th. in the
town of Gura Humora. province of
Bukowina, Austria. 200 buildings. in
GLIDING the principal church. the town
hall and other public Offices and all the
school houses. were destroyed.
The commissioner Of internal reve-
nue. has held that conveyances from a
husband to a third party and from the
third party 10 the wife OF the original
I aranfor. TO operate as a gift 10 the
wife. are each taxable.
/ Ia the 100 hours cycling contest at
Roubaix. France. ended ON the 18th.
I Charles W. Miller. Of Chicago, Won first
urize. lie covered o.2js kilometers.
Representatives of over - minin =
concerns who control the output OF
soft coal in Illinois and Indiana. met
III Chicago. on the 18th. TO consider an
advance In the price OF coal. Higher
rates of transportation md an increase
in the cost Of labor are given as the
reasons which make the contemplated
change necessary.
The Empire Steel and Iron Co. OF
Cincinnati. which has recently secured
a number Of plants in the middle
states. bought the Victoria furnace al
Goshen. Va. on the 18th. and all oi
what are known az the Potts Valley
coal properties. including over 1000
acres of coal land.
The eases of the II Filipinos who
! were 81 e'Nf
on the 18th. will be appealed to Wash
ington. The papers have been sent e
| mmissioner-General of Immigration
povderlv. and he will decide whethei
: the Filipinos are actors or merely con
tract laborers.
Failures throughout the Jnite'
States for the week ended on the 18th
according TO Dun's Commercial Re
view. were i65. against 246 for the cor
responding week last year. For Cana
, da the failures we're 20, against - las
: year.
An equestrian statue of Maj
: John +. Iariranft. former governor o
Pennsylvania, in Capitol pnrk. AT Iiar
risburg. was unveiled. on the 18th
: with impressive ceremonies in tn
presence Of large concourse OF PEG
$ pie.
The Filipino town of lldefcnzo wa
9 captured. ON the 18th. 10y the force o
!, Generals Macarthur and l.awton, tn
only casualties suffered by our troop
= being one man wounded. The town wa
: said To be garrisoncd by 1000 Filipinos
> The London saturday Review claim
4 to have particular Information to til
Z effect that the present peace IN spail
!. will be short-lived. and that Don Car
g los will soon submit his fortunes TO
e final issue.
r Private dispatches received in Lon
e don say that the forces of General
Macarthur and I.awton were rein
: forced. On the 18th, by fresh troop
: from Manila, and fighting had been re
= sumcd.
, Tie statement of hecondtion Of Ia
treasury issued on the 18th showed
+ Available cash balance. $3.50, s21 ,5i2
= gold reserve. 1921. 43..925.
NJ. Henri Bccque. the French dram
attic author, died in Paris on the 18th