The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-04-21
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

elected treasurer OF Indiana. He was
formerly chairman OF the democratic
state central committee
The Twenty-third Kansas regiment
(colored). which returned from san
tiago month ago. was mustered out
az Fort Leayenworth on the 10th. The
general health of the regiment WIS
good.
The queen regent of Spain. on the
10th. Signed a decree granting a credit
for the payment Of the interest and
the redemption OF The Philippine
bonds.
The statement OF the condition OF
the treasury issued on the 10th
showed: Available casn balance, s-s2,-
s74.5le: gold reserve. sais,6so,O27.
Judge ]. j. Power. receiver OF the
Perry tOkla.) land Office. dropped dead
OF heart trouble. on the night OF the
9th. while conversing with friends
Judge Power was appointed from
Pennsylvania.
President Loubet Of France. on the
nth, received President lgiesias OF
Costa Rica in farewell audience. The
latter will sail from CheTbourg for
home on the 18th.
NJ. Lascar Catargi. the distinguished
Roumanian statesman and former pre-
uier. died in bucharest. on the lltn, IN
his seventy-sixth year.
The Roumanian cabinet resigned on
the 18th.
The total number of the enemy
driven from Santa Cruz IS estimatci
a. 1000. They lost $50 killed and
wounded in the attack. Among their
dead is Commandment Pablo Aguirre.
santa Cruz is prosperous and well
built town. II will probably be used
by Gen. Lawton as the base OF hi:
orerations around Laguna De Fay.
A cablegram received at the stats
department from United States Con
SUI wildman. at Hong Kong. contains
a single word. plague" thereby an
$ nouncing the annual appearance Of III
e disease on the Chinese coast.
/ Martial law prevails at Pana, Ill
|. and the will of Col. Culver. who con-
I rrands the troops. is suprehle. Ever.
r mar vcnturing on the street is stoppeN
{ ana searched for arms. No one is al
: lowed to carry weapons but member
OF the militia. and this includes police
men. and deputy sheriffs.
= Ii was decided. on the 18th. by III
e president. to appoint Hon. Bellam
= Storer. AT present United States mir
! lister to Belgium. to be minister Of Ii
United States at Madrid.
l. yice-Prcsident Hobart showed son
+. improvement. on the 18th, sitting Y
for awhile. and appearing very chec
ful. At the same time his condition
: still considered serious. md compile
e quiet is enjoincd.
d At Bridgeport. Conn. on the lit
l. after the jury in the case Of DIR. Ma
l. CIV GuiIford had been discharged
Is reason Of the illness of one of the
r numher. the defendant was allowed
Z enter plea Of guilty OF manslaughte
and was sentenced 20 ten years il
prisc-ment.
: The honeymoon Of William X. Va
derbilt, Jr.. and bride was -udely
terrupted. on the morning OF the II
= by the burning OF idle Hour" th'
y villa at Oakdale. Long Island. II
- loss IL nearly 100000. No one "
:, injured. and the couple returned
New York.
The actual expenditures Of the ~
Mt tai service during the quarter end
an December last amounted TO S25.35
~ - ~.
.u- period were S2f.17i.1 OF 4 deficit
to Ssss 900. This indicates an increase
Iiy nearly sh per cent. in the inco
at over the same period of the prccedi
Int year and only about two per cent.
On, crease Of expenses.
le- The government cabled Gen. Otis.
the 18th. TO hold for an additional
months Of service an volunteer org
* izailons in the Philippines IA r,
~ ments in all. This is 10 bc done.
81 administration hopes. by appealing
- the patriotism CT volunteers. as Il
81 can not be restrained legally Fl
~ coming home IL they so desire.
Capt. Dillon of the United srs
transport Scandia. was arrested
-, San Francisco. on the 18th. on G.
plant of a sailor named Mohn, ,
charged Capt. Dillon with beating
ON the high seas Mohn assaulted G
md, Dillon. knocking him down. On
the covering consciousness Capt. ID
Sa- cracked Mohn's skull with the but
rit- a rifle.
ere The United States cruiser Diet
ives arrived at Cartagena, Colombia, on
sew l2th. and proceeded forthwith to Il
be- fields, Nicaragua, TO look after the
II a fercst of the American merchi
lied there.
be The Filipino junta at Hong X
men regards the proclamation OF the I
the ed States Philippine commission az
cate ing Objectionable, and has issue
ON grandiloquent statement denoun
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