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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-09-08
TOO JEALOUS.
" hippieton Was Getting Too Atten.
live to business To Please
the Boss.

Il wish" said the senior partner tn III.
manager OF the executive department. that
you would discharge Whippleton, that new
man we put on a couple OF months ago
Inc manager was surprised He showed
u IN his countenance. lie was about 70 s,v
something, when the head Of the firm
went on: IN
Il have made ii a rule, as you have doubt.
less noticed, never to permit any OF the men
VINO work IN this establishment TO beat
me mere In the morning For % years have
sat here at my desk, and watched the EN-.
pioyes report for duty
ies, the manager said, at has become
a tradition around the place that YOU ars
liw1ys the first one here in the morning
ana the last one 10 leave at night"
Exactly. That's why / want YOU TO di,.
charge Nhippleton."
ne manager was about 10 carry out his
order, but turned after he had taken two
or three steps and asked.
= nave you caught Whippleton sinking,
Does ne get down TO work fate in the morn.
No. the old man responded. "he's max.
ng me get up before daylight in order 10
keep on beating him here. won't have II >
-Chicago Times-IIerald.
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The How win se Fatal.
TREMBLING IN The BALANCE
Secretary Ghnmberlain-s RepIx "a.
the Trans,anrs titcrnn-
dive Proposals.

Pretoria. Transvaal. Aug. 81. The
British diplomatic agent here. Mr..
Ccntneham Greene. has handed 10 the
secretary Of state. f. W. Eeitz. the
rerly Of the I'rit~h secretary Of state
for the colonies. Mr.. Joseph Chamber
lain. 10 the Transsaal's alternative
proposals TO the Joint commission
suggested by Great Britain 10 in-
prire into the effect which the pro-
posed franchise reform measures win
have upon the Ouflrnlcrs.
Mr. Greene afterwards had a lone
audience with the state officials. The
nature of the Dispatch j. not disclosed.
I'M was the subject OF consideration
nN the executive Yesterday afternoon.
II + understood that another confer.
enc may occur az cape Town. Tht
T. suit Is anNicusly awaited.
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LOCAL CIVIL GOVERNMENT.
sen '-""'"" course in Extending
Municipal Rule To the Native
fiiipino> Fun, Explained.

Washington. sept. Item. La,ston's
course IN extending municipal gov.
"rnment in the Philippines j. explained
az detail in Manila newspapers iuSt r..
cri'ed AZ the war department They
state that the general has made 4 tour
81 many towns along the line III M,
division including santa Ana. Panda.
can and san Felipe and has established
ln each complete system Of emil no,.
ernme nr.
The seueral called before him I'M.
principal men cf the towns ana afrer
pointing ont the general purposes md
desires 81 the American -a,ernmenf.
bad these natives dcSiguaf. 4 mayor
Niee-maNor ana hcadmra iol M. sever.
al warts
cen. laMton eNpla ned % the inhab
iinnis THAT the lnifed States rovern.
neni din ncr wish 20 NEEDLE IN an
with the local affairs of the people
and they were told 10 proceed With
tax leties. ~ start schools AND public
inro' CEMENT and to establish such
tiNil office a. They saw ut. The paoDi.
were told THAT the taN mone. Wa- +.
~ expended an home and none 81 il
was % h- contributed n thc general
government
Cen Lawtcn also established the
first CIVIL government. IN Rnlauag.
Senior Guerrero being Installed ~ can.
tain general. Local governments Also
have been puf n force AT racoor.
l'aranar and Ias Pina..
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DoEH>' DEsrRi GIVE POLICY.
The Trnns,nnI Republic snnInduIxe
y" Hope of Foreign Intervcn-
ton from Any Quarter

Berlin. Ang. 3l.-The Neuest Mach.
richten. which reiterates its declare.
tion regarding European neutrality m
the event of hostiities in the Trans.
,aal. says:
The Boers should have fought the
question on the basis OF the Bloen-
fontein sphere Of discussion. The
anti-loer feeling in Great Britain
would pass away II Great Brifair's
demands were granted.
France. without Russia. can nn;
stir finger. and Russia will not
Austria-Hungary declared nenfralif.
IN 1890 and Italy will do nothing
Firmly convinced that the German
gr'crnnent "ill maintain the strictesi
neutrality, we consider il all the NOR
our duty 10 warn the TranS,aal
against "a destructive policy.
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BALANCE ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
The Largest Gold Re.~rxr Eve,
Piled u In the ni~tor, the
Treasury Department.

Washington. sept u Yesterday 4
treasury statement shows that tn.
amount az ner goia on hand was
Se47.ss0.6Oi This i the largest
amount on hand az one time In the
his;or, Of the department. the nest
largest amount having been s246.9ss.-
uif. on December 81. Is0s. This sifua
fion Is accounted for by the fact thai,
during the last two weeks or more.
The revenues OF the governments. ~
which -rs 50 10 90 per cent are paid
in gold. have largely exceeded the e<-
pendiiurr~.
. ~ Nvw York the custom rcceiD--
witt The exception Of from eight 10 ten
per cent. are leing All paid "a gold
and II other important point, the cx-
cess II gold has been nearly 81 quite
as large
The receipts Yesterday cxccrded fh,
expenditures bs si4cO. 66s. and Tor ~.
month fhe excess amounts 10 nearly
Si.Jnnnnn. Since the first 81 july.
however. "a deficit j. shown 81 s4.0ls.
GjS. The total Receipts Tor the mont..
arc 500. .i73 az which SaD.54s.css
come from customs. s.i.eIs.pa9 from
internal revenue and S5.l9i. $50 from
miscellaneous syurces
The expenditures amount 10 gii.siS.-
coo. ~ which SI4.9si.uOO was charged
20 The war department.. Sg.5p~.n non tn
the navy. Sia.i3o.o0o 70 pensions ani
the remainder to civil and mi scrilar.-
Gus. interest and Inlian accounts. For
August last year the payments to the
war department amounted to s-i0l5.-
qsi.
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A NATIONS Pensioners.
Nearly Million Persons Received
the Bounty of the Government
During TIA. Past Year.
THE REPORT OF COMMISSIONER EVANS.
The tommi ssionr says the Della, In
the Adjudication 81 Claims H.. In
Nearly Every case. the Fault OF
the Claimants or Attorneys Rep
rs.-nting Them

Washington. sept The ANIMAL
report ~ Hon. H. Clay Evans. COM
miss toner ~ pensions shows that dur
ing the YEAR there were added 10 the
pension roll 1920 names. and 4sls5
were dropped. 34.als 81 these hy rra-
son ~ death. There was expended for
PENSIONS Sia>.35,.0ie. The annual
value Of the entire pension roll
amc.nts 10 $751;. 6is.gOl. being S6ls.-
800 more than it ever was. due 10 the
higher average annual value 81 PEN
sions- The roll is made up 81 .5..45i
suiNiv ny soldiers: 23i.415 willows and
dependent relatives. ana 0ls nurses.
The total number OF original applic.i-
tons filed during tn year including
those on account of the war With
SPAIN was 4>.1o5. The number 81
original claims allowed was s..Ds7.
During the wear ln1.Ji9 claims 81 an
Glasses were. rejected. 4 large per.
ceniagc OF these being claim, Tor Ia
crease The report will state that the
nelaN in the adjudication OF claim, Il.
," nearly every ease. the fault 81 the (
claimants or their attorneys.
IA order that the present complex
system of penSioning mas be- ~impii-
led and 10 secure more uniform
'raeiice IN the future the appoins-
nent Of commission for the revision
= the laws. rules and regulations is
recommended.
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- VIEWED ~ carr TOWN.
better Prevails thar There are Good
Prospects of Fence

'aPo Town. Aug. ID. N n sa.d N
Airikander circles herr. that in spi,e
OF the persistent warlikc rumors. Their.
arr good prospects ~ peace. ii is b,-
lieNcd that several sironrlv-worded
communications have been addressed
70 President Kruger 81 The TranS,aal
republic. Irging the desirahiliiv ~
using every effort to obtain a peaceful
solution of The trouble.
Hon VIM. =. Schrcincr. premier 81
,'pc colony, has ielegraphed 10 presi
dent st"yn, Of The Orange Free state
expressing the hope that peace will i.
preserved and declaring his coniidene,
'hht he president Steyn) would d,
his utmost 10 this end
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M'KINLEY'S PROCLAMATION.
Ia n NarionsIy Received by Different
Faction. LA suha->ome Com
mrnt~ :poa a..

Havana. SEPT. President McKin,
'ey's census proclamation has been r.,
seived in various ways 10y the Havana
newspapers.
La Lucha publishes nothing. evident
y waiting 70 see what the others viii
say first
Ia Discussion. has only cartoon
-cpr' senting the effects Of the proc
amaiion on the different factions. the
party q independence smiling. and the
party advocating nrotectorate as
mmirg q ~tudiou~ air. while the an
aeNationi~ts are sad.
III Diraio dc Ia Marina CONSIDERS
hat the VARYING oninions are proof Of
Nant Of clcurnes~ IN the proclamation
and iniimaics thar this j. more ~igni-
hcan, for What il does not say than for
mhat j. says.
Commenting on the absence of tho
words Cuba is by right and ought "a
b, free and independent. which were
in The proclamation OF I-9S IN Diariu
remarks
The absence j. accsntuated by the
fact that the American newspapers
call attention 10 the substitution 81
The phrase. efficient system OF govern
ment' for the word .independence.
That phrase is precisely the one used
by senior Canosa~ del Castillo in the
Spanish corte~. IN 1897. when speaking
OF the Cuban problem. The same prom
ise is given 10 Cuba now that was for /
merly given 70 Porto Rico and the \
Philippines. both 81 which are now \
American colonies. The cause * the \
prolonged stay of the occupying troops
and j. due 10 the fact thar there j. no
utar government to take their place
I he declaration T. the most eNplici,
hat has been made by the United
states government since the memora-
be resolution OF congress"
1T Nue,o Pals observes:
We did not doubt the sincerity OF
he United States government when
hc Americans declared that cuba
usht 10 be free. though al the same
lime. re~erNiug their right to Judge
when the CubanS were tit to govern
hemseltes. We are Still of the same
mind. We do not -, what relation ,
he taking of the census bears 10 TIL
Establishment Cuhan Republic. The
rnsus j. certainly the base on which .
: construct Stale. which. being con-
'ruci.d mas show lis own worthless
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PARCELS POST CONVENTION.
act Tren'ies Like that secured
D., Germany.

Washington. sept. 4. The recent
success ~ the German minister. Mr..
Won Mum. in negotiating \ parcels
y ~ convention with this country. is
leading TO inquire from other gov
ernments. II Is understood France
would welcome 2 similar parcels y. II
treaty and that negotiations are likely
To 20 opef',d AZ an early day.
The british government. likewise.
has taken steps looking 70 q treaty un
the same lines ~ GERMANY, and q
cahiegram asking for information On
sc.rrai points was received IL tie
T"st office departm M rsia, from
the British post Ollie,
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The Monetary Problem.


notes; they would simply stand for
gold which had been deposited In the
treasury for safe-keeping. The de-
mar'i which the secretary is now sup
posed 10 be considering is not that
gold certificates shall be issued against
air; wha. Tie banks and the mercantile
community OF the metropolis are now
asking is that they be allowed 10 fax.
gold to the freas-ry, deposit il there.
mainly for convenience and safc-kecp-
ing. and receive warehouse receipts
therefor. Why should persons who
hold such certificates augment" any
supposed or suppositious rush on tbe
treasury when they know the pold
lAeF receipts represent is in a safe
pace, ready 10 be turned over 10 them
at any moment?
we do not NJ all follow the secre.
larry course OF reasoning on this par
tlcular point, and therefore we shall
not comment on the apparent paradox
tAaf certificates which do NOT Increase
the volume OF money by a dollar con
make The currency "rcdnndant;" mar
shail we ask how redundant currency
can produce contraction; neither shall
we presume To ask why tendency OF
government notes TO the treasury for
should disturb secretary
Mo knows that the gold is in hand to
'edecm them.
~ short, we refer the whole matter
the Journal of Commerce for its
onssdsra atlanta Constitution.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-09-08

Another Victim Burned from rrrc q.
fcet-"a- Preparing dor IN
Exhibition.

'arnett. HAS. sept = Harry Win
ANS was BILLED YESTERDAY bt IN. cVnla.
son o. ra> tank used ia connection
wAh kaleidoscope. ni, father. n. X.
y innn~. was burned from facr 10 I ~
and will prohahl, die nnd his brother
Don was bruised and burned SLIGHTLY.
liafrN's hody was picked up W fcet
from the explosion. Both legs were
grown oM above The KNEES. and The
body was badly mangl,d Is bits Of
metal. and one eye was blown out.
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WAS STABBED IN THE BREAST.
abe" sonkIey. the Repo-:ca p
"'r OF Jimmy" Hope In the Wan
haitian Bank Robbery. cut.

New York. Aug. 3i Abe Coakl.,.
who = said TO have been partner Of
Jimmy Hope. Of Manhattan ham,
ropbrry fame. was stabbed in The Ief,
breast m front Of the ,ar,cn hotel ~,
lweniy-seven'h street and Third ave.
nue. ms assailant was YIN. Joyce. a
~ tel porter toakles's condition !,
ta'" % DE precarious. Joyce has been
arrested.
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"A general who was conductino \ w,r = !.
distant island wrote to the acricnltnral a..
partment OF his government TO ship him 4
Ton OF asorns. When asked what he in
TENDED TENDED to do with them he replied:
!, There IL no shade in our trenches. ana
the troops suffer from heat. A growth Of
large oaks will add much to the comfort
OF the men in the firing line"
lie would have said more. but his alton.
ton was arrested by burst Of song irons
An, ne sighed, that is a round robin,~
ANA ne walked sadly away.-San Fran
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Ex-senator Dubois says that IL the
republican platform comes out square
ly for the single gold standard. as ow
seems likely. II viii elect Bryan by re-
publican votes; that he knows OF thou.
sands who voted the republican ticket
In 1896 solely because OF the promise
10 bring about a wider use of silver,
who will under no circnms tarcss vote
a gold standard ticket
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London. sept J. The Yachting
NCr.d SAYS,
III the Shamrock j. ~mccr-.ful. tha
building ~ three or four Euglisl, de-
Tenders j. already assured. II III.
Shamrock Is beaten il ~ not likely hat
thcre wiii be much biz boat racing IN
this side next wear.
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anton o.. sept. l.. The president
with Mrs. Mckinley. her sister and
niece drove 10 West Lawn cemetery.
where he visited the graves II his fam
ily. covering them with flower.
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YEARS AMONG THE BOERS.
A British Agent, En- Route Home,
Talks About Affairs in the
Transvaal.
SPENT THREE YEARS IN THE COUNTRY.
beifeNes War tn he Inevitable, Al
though President kruger and
gen. Joubcrt Are Roth ANerse 90
h-Nouns blood In the Cabinet
Desire It,

seattle, Wash. Aug. 81. David L..
Wilson. who claims 20 be an agent OF
the British government and TO have
important papers for the home Office,
hls arrived here en- route To London
from the rransVaal.
Mr.. Wilson SAYS he has no doubt
thar there viii be war.
Three Years In the Transvaai.
II have been three years in the
TransNaal and know the leaders of the
Boer government well. President
Kruger does not want war He is now
an old an iniirm man. Us such he has
not the control of the cabinet that he
had once. The cabinet is composel
of young blood who want independ-
encr and who, | may say. viii never
give up until they have either AT
tanned il or been wiped ont OF exist
ence by the English forces This is
why say there will be war
That Defective Ammunition.
The story sent out that Gen. Jouberi \
has found that the reserve shells in the
Pretoria forts are ineffective is proba-
bll true partial knowledge OF THIS
fact has been known for some time in
British ministerial circles. There viii
be no tr uble in replacing the ammu-
milton. however.
Gen Ioubert. know personally. j.
10 war. lie will lead the Boer
forces when war comes. He is a
fighter. man Of courage. and viii
simply be- sacrifice 10 his ambition.
The Blow VIII Ne Fatal.
When the blow is struck. it will be
fatal one in the Trlnsvaal. The
British have FOR months been massin.
troops and are practically ready al
his time. il necessity demanded i'm
Mediate action"
Mr.. Wilson takes issue with the suc
yes'ion that lion. .Iosepa Chamberlain
Z IN any way responsible for the trou-
,lc.
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4 silver service for the Marietta.

bcs'on. sept. l--iios Asa :. Bush.
ne::. q Ohio. accompanied by Ad.t.-
So u. \. ANline Of thai state ans q
delegation Of about 30 citizens a
Marietta. o.. arrived here Yesterday
and to-day they will prcsrnt silver
service 70 the gunhoa, Marietta. which
Is at " Charleston navy ward
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Pittsburgh. Ia. Sept. J. \ mcctin.
of window glass manufacturers ~ ,Ar
counir, y ~ session here for III, pur-
ios Of discussing thr wag. question
nna the ccaeGl situation.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-06-16

tIonal transactions go, will be helpful
in the restoration of Spanish finances
in connection with the S2O,00O,OOO re-
ceived from the United States. The
contraction of the Spanish dominion
to the boundaries OF the mother coun-
try is humilating to the national pride,
but it is a blessing in disguise. Many
Spaniards have bettered their fortunes
in "the colonies" Boundless greed and
rapacity have been the marked char
acteristics of the Spanish officials who
have lorded it over the colonies, but
Spain herself has not been enriched
thereby. The cost of administration
and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. has outrun the
revenues of the colonial possessions as
whole, and the condition of chronic
rebellion arising from the msgovern-
ment of her most important possessions
has forced Spain to maintain large ar
mics in them for years, and to increase
enormously her expenditures on colo
NAL account.
In the long view Spain will be the
richer by denying herself the expensive
luxury of colonial rule. The rehabilita-
ton of the mother country VIII require
all the ability and energy her states
men can command. With the vanishing
of her colonial sovereignty Spain is re-
lieved of crushing expenses and the dis
tracing responsibilities which cannot
be met successfully by the Spanish
temperament. Fortunately the happi-
ness of men In no wise depends upon
the size of the countries they live in.
Otherwise the Chinaman is to be en-
We'd more than the Swiss herdsman.
Men are most eontented where the
weight of government is felt the least.
Let Spain develop her resources. give
up war, liberalize her government and
cherish no longer the illusions which
have reduced her from "world' power
to her present dimensons.-Ph Philadelphia
Ledger.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-06-16
SOLDIERS LETTERS.

Being Materials for the History of a War
of Criminal Aggression.
Ellis G.. Davis, Company A, Goth
Kansas:
"They will never surrender until their
whole race is eXterminated. They are
fighting for a good cause, and the
Americans should be the last of all
nations to transgress upon such rights.
Their independence is dearer to them
than life, as ours was in ears gone by,
and is today. They should have their
independence, and would have had it if
those who make the laws in America had
not been so slow in deciding the Philip
pine question. OF course, we have to
fight now to protect the honor of our
country, but there Is not man who en-
listed to fight these people, and should
the United States annex these islands,
none but the most bloodthirsty will claim
himself a hero. This is not lack of
patriotism, but my honest belief
Burr Ellis, of Frazier Valley, Cali
fornia:
They did not commence fighting
over here (Cavite) for several days after
till nine o'clock one day to surrender,
and that night they all left but few out
to their trenches, and those that they
left burned up the town. and when the
town commenced burning the troops
were ordered in as far as possible and
said, Kill all we could find. | ran of
from the hospital and went ahead with
| the scouts. And you bet | did not cross
the ocean for the fun there was in it, so
the first one | found, he was in house,
down on his knees tanning fire, trying
to burn the house, and | pulled my old
Long Tom to my shoulder and left him
to burn with the fire, which he did.
got his knife, and another jumped out of
| the window and ran, and | brought him
to the ground like a jack. rabbit.
killed seven that know of, and one more
| am almost sure of: shot ten shots al
him running and knocked him down, and
that evening the boys out in front of our
| trenches now found one with his arm
shot off at shoulder and dead as Ii
| had lots of fun that morning. There
were five jumped out of the brush and
cut one of the Iowa band bows, and we
killed every one of them, and | was sem
back to quarters in the hurry. Came
very near getting a court martial, bu
the colonel said he had heard that | haC
done excellent work, and he laughed and
said: There's good stuff in that man,
and told me not to leave any more with
out orders. Well, John, there will al
ways be trouble here with the natives
unless they annihilate all of them as fas
as they come to them"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-06-16
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