The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-04-07
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Mont. has been appointed an ininigra-
ton Inspector for service a Ooutts,
Canada. This appointment is made in
accordance with the recommendation
OF the collector Of customs AT Great
Fans. who states that an additional
Inspector is urgently needed 10 pre-
vent The importation into this country
% alien contract laborcrS.
Capt. William \. Andrews. who
crossed the Atlantic to Paris IN ISIS IN
a small boat. the Nautilus. Will. on |
June IL. of this YEAR, start On another
voyage across the Atlantic in "a tiny \
craft constructed OF aluminium and I
crnvas. ana small and light enough /
when collapsed 10 carry under the arm. I
an ship yards on the Delaware river l
are so busy with work AZ present that Z
the owners report that they are not /
prepared 10 take new orders unless
actual work is not to begin for some
months There are now under con-
siruciion NJ the various yards, ~ YES
sells Of many types.
Gov. Stephens OF Missouri called on
the president. on the 3oth. and Noun-
ltarilv offered the entire sixth Missouri
regiment. now at Hayaha. for service
in the Philippines. 10 be rc-enlisted UNI
der The army organization law. The
president promised TO give cons'dera-
tior Ia the offer.
The Missour: house passed a bin. on
the Goth. providing for the levying Of
Ian inspection tax Of one cent per gal
Ia. on All beer manufactured or soldin
the state The money goes into the
revenue fund 10 meet expense ~ me
state government.
The Ninth Illinois and several other
volunteer regiments hnyy expressed a
Willingness 10 remain IN the service
land 20 TO the Philippines if they re
permitted 70 retain the present organ
lization intact with the present officers
lin command.
Malolos, the Filipino capital. was
lcapturcd. after a gallant fight. on ne
lalst. by Gen. MacArthur's army the
rebels falling back 70 san Fernando
before retrcatinc they applied the
torch ana burned the town.
Thc dreadful report from Cairo. H..
that the steamer Kowcra Lee he'd
lfoundered OIL Tyler. Mo-. and about 60
persons lost. was. happily z fnisiak,.
Halter reports fixed the number .usi AZ
three.
The statement OF the condition oftne
treasury issued on the 1oih -haweo:
Available cash balance, Ss.2.Iss 900;
gold reserve, S243, s6G.O49.
The passenger steamer Stella. ply
inc between southampton and the
lChanrei islands. crashed upon The
dreaded Casquet rocks, near the island
os Attorney. on the 30th, in a dense
fog. and foundercd in ten minutes, her
boilers exploding with tremendous
report as she went down. Seventy
seven persons are supposed 10 hay"
persisted.
II was stated al the war department.
on the 2ist. that the provision OF the
: army law allowing the retention in
Z service for six months of the Solun-
;tcrs in the Philippines had been con-
stracd to mean tho officers a. well as
tn, men and that the volunteer organ
/ izstions would be retained just a they
nov exist.
e Om,ials al Washington regard the
O wnr in the Philippines as practically
az an end. The losses Of Aguinaldo
I during the six weeks fighting have
|, been enormous. and his remaining
! forces are scattered and disprited. and
4 /; Is unlikely that anything more than
o skirmishcs are to follow
o Tie BOSTON Commercial Bulletin an
s ncnnced. on the 3lst. that efforts were
making 20 form a trust Of all the lead
3 ing carpet mills in the country. The
r capital stock Of the mills already in
q tcrcstcd was over S5.O0O.CO0. The COM
biuation will he financed from Boston
Z. nrd New York.
r George j.. Glenn. assistant paymaster
+ general. L. s. A.. died at Johns Hop
kins' hospital. in Baltimore Md. on
: III, 3lst. Of pernicious anemia. con-
5 tracted in the cuban and Porto Rican
n campaigns. He was a native OF Cincin-
I, nat
d Policeman VIM. kilroy. Of Nevada
e City Cal. was shot and killed. on the
If 31st, by Ed Moore. whom he was try
ling to arrest. Moore escaped TO the
e hills. aud posse went in pursuit.
r Brig Gen. Henry c. Merriam has
e been assigned TO temporary command
o OF the department Of Missouri in adj
) dition TO his duties as commander OF
q the department Of the Colorado.
/ Postmaster-Gcncra Charles Emory
Smith has accepted an invitation to re-
T. spond to the toast Of "Thc Union" a,
n tho Hamilton club dinner Ia Chicago
Ie on the 10th.
e Col. Thomas VI. Anderson was, or
,f tho 3ist. appointed brigadier general
II in the reglar army 20 succeed Edwin
Y sumner, retired
IS Putnam Bradl,c Strong. reported
by Gen. Otis as wounded, is tie son OF
Mayor Strong, Of New York city.