The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-08-04

Compiled from Various Sources
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

it NANtAn- Zee At-tiatltt httt spa ITS. tlt
corres pondcri adds. ARE Indignant. an,
vigorously dcnouncr what they cal
sham American civilization"
News comes from Port Angeles
Wash. that John Armstrong has been
captured. lie Is wanted in Chicago on
a charge of Jury bribins. Armstrong
PISSED under the name Of Wilson. and
claimed 70 IT, looking for place 10
make q large investment Of capital.
lie spent money quite freely.
Llyoc TeviS. one of the wealthiest
ond bcst-known residents of san Fran
cisOos died at private sanitariurn on
the cath. He caught asevere cold. and.
ewing to his advanced age and delicate
health. complications set in which
made recovery impossible
Isabelle Artacho. the rival OF Aguin-
aldo and the leader in the province Of
northern Luzon, who escaped from the
( prison in which Aguinaldo had thrown
him and reached Hong Kong has is
sued a manifesto calling on the people
cf his province 10 l.y down their
arms and support the United States.
Masked burglars entered the home
o. David Miller. living east OF Gallon.
o.. on the 25th. and after tying the
family. demanded the key and combi-
nation 10 Mr.. Miller's safe II was re-
fused. and the burglars piled the mat
tresses and bedclothing on top of their
helpless victims. saturated the mass
with kerosene. and were about TO ligilt
il when the old man weakened and ac-
comlanied them TO the store. where
they made him unlock the safe. They
secured about $1,000 and escaped
The Yale-Harvard athletic team.
with the exception OF Fox. who had
gone 10 the continent. visited Cam
bridge. England. on the 18th. where
they Were cordially welcomed bv the
masters. fellows and undergrad yates
OF the university
Daniel Hane was killed BY lightning
N Napoleon. o.. on the 25th. Eight
others. composing a threshing gang.
were knocked senseless by the same
bolt, which also set fire TO the barn
where they had taken refuge Two /.
will probably die.
who had been playing with The Belle
o. New York company at Adelaide, |
South Australia. died on the 2sth.
The statement Of the conditioned the 1
treasury issued on the 2sth showed:
Aailahle cash balance. S2sl.54l. zg.,
gold reserve. S245.-4O.-p0.
The steamship Majestic. s. ling from
New York for Europe. on the 25th.
took out 10000 ounces Of silver and
10000 Mexican dollars
The TWO hi- hattleships Kearsarge
End Kentucky are now so well along
toward completion that The contrac.
roIs have called for III. eisht-incn
gums, Is they are about ready TO put
on the upper iurrers and mount The
guns therein. II j. thought their first
SPEED trial viii occur in September.
james Davidson. United states con-
su. al Tamsui. in report TO the stat.
department upon the new railway line
O. b. constructed in Formosa. saws
hat he has been informed by the
communication department that the
rails and bridge material will be Oh
=
Al IN. 81 Shanghai. 10 dsn.an VIII.
salisted in the navy in ls,s. and was
'crmerly attached 20 Dewev-s flagship (
olympia. has been eranteda pension Z Z :
80 a month for lung trouble. Hehas the {
distinction Of being the hrst Chimes !
,cIsioner Of this government. |,
Ma.tre Labor spent two hours with :
,reyfus, in the prison AZ Eennes. on Z
he s5th. and informed bis client that I
c. 900 francs. the amount Of his four
ears salary. has been placed in the /
ierk Of courts hands by the govern G
neni. 4
The French ministry. on the eth. 4
'ecided TO severely punish Gen. de a
sccrier. 4 prominen, general Of diyi- o
ion who has INDUCED repeatedly in :
enaThs Incompatible with discipline. a
isn- De Negricr is 10 be disgraced-
According TO Ia Lucia fHayana, =
he first half OF the current fiscal y.-a- a
hows a balance in favor Of the Amer \
Fan administration Of s49ss 500. The ;
irst numh-r Of the paper advocating i
innovation 10 the United States under 1
sA' hNA" ~ - --NAlr[tU NlNfT~dl. mas | Il
Ppeared AT Puerto Principe e
The steamer Bertha arrived az san
'ranciSco. on the 25th. from It. {
iichaei. via nalaska. with % pas-sn- d
ers and about sl.000.OO0 in gold. $780, i
10 Of which was in charge of Purssr o
Neyes. The largest amount BROUGHT q
own by one person was $4,000. q
great many letters are now f-1w- :.
~ into the White House. urging The il
emoval 81 Pension Commission. or
vans before the committee of the a.. o
: X submits its report. II is only oy o
neh action. the writer's say. that she ii
can shield itself for o
Evans doinrs Most az b
lese letters are from the pension at
yrneys. =
Miners who arrived AT Seattle. Wash. 81
n the 2oth. on the steamer Iii a
u Thompson. from IT. Mchaels. re- r
ort strained relations between miners II
nd soldiers az Cape Nome. On July
the soldiers dispersed meeting ~ n
liners who protested against TIE acts "