The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-03-24
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Notice has been issued TO The :. u,
employees Of the Pcncoyd iron works at
West Munavunk. Pa. a suburb ~ Phil-
adelphia. that an advance and read.
justment Of wages will be- made in IN
departments of the plant on -ie 9Th.
The works are running full time in al
departments. and in some departments
double time j. necessary 10 fiji ordcre.
Among the handsome wrea hs s.ri
10 The Bismarck mausoleum M Fried
richsruhc. on the 10th was silver
wreath from the Independent schuef-
( Pen corps of New York. Pitt ,hurgh
sent an iron Tcutonic and N-w Nor.
and savannah societies seat oak
wrcaths.
Prince Henry OF Prussia has started
from Berlin for Kiao Chau hay China.
where all the war vessels con posing
the Two German squadrons ia FAR cas-
ern waters viii assemble Tor Tho formal
transfer Of the communicating FROM
Admiral Won Diedrichs 10 Prince Her.
~.
Nine head Of Of iiue Alderncy COWS
suffering from tuberculosis v-re shot.
on the 10th. al oliver Randolph dairs
al bethlehem. Pa. 10y order 81 he sta 4
veterinary board. This is the lrst hi
covery Of tuberculosis among cattle 10
the Lehigh valley
In order 10 facilitate the return ~
the volunteers from Cuba. the quarter
masters department has eme1ged thu
transport Florida and two Nerd line
steamers. which will at once - placed
in commission as United states trans
ports.
Among the passenger who arrived 1t
New York on the 10th. on hoard IN
Advance. from Colon. were {. r. Ifar'
United States minister 10 I.'nmhii.
and +. Espanoza Guzman. Coiombian
consul general az New York
An inventory of the personal estate
OF harles Il. Wright. late president II
the Northern Pacific railroad. fled in
Philadelphia. or the 10th. placed Us
value N S3.05O.92i.56.
The transport Grant. which carried
GEN I.awton and his command 20 Ma
Mia. will soon sail for san Francisco.
She Will bring home only sick ard dis
charged men.
Chas. Baum. who formerly conduct
el a department store IN wa h;ngton.
filed a petition IN voluntary bankrupt
cv on the 10Th. Liabilities. sie5.34O;
assets. 5000
ADMIRAL Kautz reported The arrival
AT Apia. on the 18TH. 81 thr ruis II
Philadelphia. lie made no mention of
political affairs.
The Windsor hotel. at the corn,- Of
Forty-sevenih street AMI Fifth ave
niue. New York city. was destroyed 10y
fire on the 18th Eleven persons nc
known TO have persisted in lie aarles
or been killed by jumping from reef
or upper windows. and between 20 ana
40 others were seriously. many OF rhcri
probably fatally. injured. fhere were
many heroic rescues by intrepid fire.
men.
Princess Kaiulani. whom cS-oucen
Liluckalani declared heircss apparent
10 the Hawaiian throne. died al Hcro-
lulu. on the 9th. OF in.lamniatory
rheumatism. She was accorded u stai.
funeral. all classes. natives and for
oiencrs. uniting To do honor 20 her
memory.
The treaty Of peace betwrcn gpain
and the United States was s..,ncd =,
the queen regent Of Spain Oh Tie 18th
Tie Royal clay works. AZ Iidsale. g..
one Of the largestindustrieso its Kind
is 70 resume operations. after an idle
ness Of three wears.
DR. NJ f. strictly. for 81 years sec
Rotary ~ the American Home Mission
airy association. died in -aniiarinm al
Clinton Springs. n. ". on the night OF
the 18th. aged - years. H. WAS Tor :
long time editor OF the American Mis-.
sionary Magazine.
The United States transport Shrr-
man. from New York on Februarr j.
for Manila. with the Third infantry.
infantry on board. arrived at Snca-
pore. south Of the Malays. on the '1ii
There j. more gold IN the posses
sion Of the United States treasury now
than at any time for many years. I lie
total gold held by the treasury three
years ago was 27,000.U00. The prcs-
ent total Is more than s9il. O0O.01D
The Anerican-IIawaiian Steam Nav:. |
cation Co. with headquarters al New |
York. has contracted with The l'n'on
iron works at San Francisco for t,~c !,
OF the largest freight steamers ever |
built in the United States.
a combination ofdccoraied :,lass aud |
metal lamp manufacturers is in rror-
ress of formation AZ Pittsburgh. IA.
and. u Is expected. will DC in active I
operation before the middle of APRIL.
-Four companies Of the Second yoirn-
tcer engineers. now ut Honolulu. have
been ordered to San francisco 10 be
out of service.
The battlcship Iowa has been or
dered to the Union iron works AZ San
francisco To have new tubes put in her
boilers and condensers- u