The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-06-30
LATE NEWS ITEMS.


Manila. on the 22d, on the transport
Iealandia. The transport also carried
an immense amount of provisions and
supplies for the army in the Philip
pines.
1t was announced ut Cairo. Egypt,
on he ed. that the khaliia had been
defeated. with heavy loss by the ma
ti,es friendly to the British. 1t was
added that he had fed 70 the woods
With few followers and that his cap
ture was imminent.
The remains Of the late Gen. A. v.
kautz arrived in Washington. on the
I'D. from Seattle. Wash. and were in
tered in Arlington with appropriate
military honors. Gen. kautz was u
brother OF ADMIRAL kautz and died in
1895.
In consequence of the outbreak of
yellow fever the garrison of United
States troops at Santiago de Cuba has
been removed from the old Spanish
barracks TO comfortable camp in the
liIis. ON the road 20 N Moro.
The German reichsiar. on the ED.
passed 10 the third reading TIE Span
ISL islands hill The members then
gave three cheers for Emperor viii
lam. and the session was declared adj
JouIncd until November 10.
The first consignment OF United
States mail from tile Yukon for two
months reached seattle. Wash. on the
2ist- on the steamer City of Topeka.
There were IL sacks. containing about
$4,000 letters.
Prof. y T. Bully. prominent musi-
can and choir leader al Toledo. O.,
was sentenced 10 three years In the
pcnitenliary. on the 22d. for riding
the mails while a clerk in the Toledo
post office
The secretary Of state. on the ed,
received a dispatch from Hon Bart
lett Trip. United states commissioner
az samoa. saying that peace had been
restored ia the islands.
The town marshal Of Avoca. Wis,
was fatally shot. on the night Of the
22d. by tramp whom he attempted
20 arrest. The officer IN turn killed
the tramp.
Gen. Otis has notified the war de-
partment that the hospital ship Relief
Ia left Manila for san Francisco with
$50 sick aboard.
TWO fishing smacRs wore capsized
OF Ercst. France. on the I'D. and II
pc.soas were drowned.
The second big lot of returning
klondikers since navigation opened
reached Seattle. Wash. on the 23rd. on
the steamer humboldt. There were
about $50 Of them and some Of them
brought considerable dust. Others
We're reported TO have drafts for large
amounts while some came home with
out riches.
The funeral Of Lieut.. Philip Van
Horne Lansdale. who was killed ut "a
moa by the natives during the battle
between the combined forces Of the
Americans and British and the follow
ers of Mataafa. took place.on the 2jd.
from ST. Luke's Episcopal church, San
Francisco.
The new French cabinet minister's
took possession Of their offices
on the 23rd. The perfect of police. ~.
Blanc. had long interview with The
premier, NJ. Waldeck-Rousseau during
the day, and, il was asserted, handed
the latter his resignation.
The tension is extreme at Cape
Town, South Africa. business is AT
standstill. and the general feeling is
that England must promptly bring
matters to an iusse. The Orange gov
eminent is urging the Transvaal 20
make further concessions.
The officials of the London foreign
Office, on the 23rd. sent the United
States Ambassador. Joseph II. Choatc.
formal memorandum cmbodying The
temporary agreement reached on the
Alaskan boundary question.
The supreme council of the United
Commercial Travellers began its ,lev-
enth annual session in Columbus. q.
on the 23rd. Supreme Counsellor
Charles W. Rice of 1t. Paul. presided. !
The grand lodge Of the Benevolent
and Protective Order OF Ell<s COM
pleted the work before IL in ST. Louis, /
ON the 23rd. and adjourned 10 meet in I
Atlantic City. y. y. July il. 1900.
Capt. J. -. Coghlan. commander Of I
the cruiser Raleigh in the battle Of \
Manila bay, was a visitor on the st. \
Louis exchange, on the 22d, and was
given ronsing reception.
On the cath. Il. q. Dun & Go. re-
ported: Failures for the week have
been IFS in the United States, against
2S5 last year. and u in Canada. against
II last year
Admiral Schley is 70 bc the guest ~
the city Of Chester. Pa. on July =. and
has consented 10 make an address to
the citizens on that date.
Emperor William has conferred the
rank Of count upon the minister OF i,r-
eign affairs, Baron Won Buelow.