The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-09-14


eign office, on the eth. according Z
the Vienna correspondent of the Lor
don Daily Mail. that Russia ha
agreed TO compromise, leaving
portion of the troops in Pekin am
sending the main body TO Ticn Tsir
which has been the military headquar
ters.
Ex-Secretary John Sherman and hi
daughter, Mrs. j. l. McCallum. viii
leave Mansfield, o., on the nth, fo'
Washington, where they will spens
the winter. Mr.. Shermans propert,
at Mansfield, which includes seyera
ncres in the residence part of the city
has been laid out in lots and will h
sold.
An earthquake occurred at Lituys
Bay. Alaska. on August IL, Will
did much damage. Five of the i'm
mense glaciers which head into Lituya
bay were dislodged by the disturb
ance and sent crashing into the bay
causing the submerson of sinai
island and the drowning of five In
dams.
United States Minister Irving Ii
Dudley. who left Lima. Peru, on the
9Th. for Callao. on his way TO TIL,
Unit ed States. was accompanied &c
the railway station by an aide de
camp of President Romano. several
mem bers of the cabinet, the diplo-
matte corps and number of persona
friends.
Failures In the United States for
the calendar month of August. as
reported by telegraph 10 Bradstreets
number 705. with aggregated liabili-
ties of s6.2J5.092. and assets of So.
g36.04-. In number the failures are
the fewest reported in any month for
IL months past. and the same is true
Of the liabilities.
The state department has received
information that. about a year ago
Mr.. Augustin Perez, "A native %
France. but a citizen of the Unitea
States. died at Puebla. Mexico; that
at the time of his death he owned a
half interest in an onyx mine, and
that he left three children in New Or
leans who should be heirs to the prop
erty.
The suit OF ex-Qreen Liliuokalani
against {. Il. Wilson. her one-time
confidential adviser. for $1,000 dam
ages and to eject him from the prem
Uses in Honolulu claimed by both par
ties TO the suit. has been answered by
Wilson with cross-complaint in
which he claims remuneration for %
years service as adviser TO her majes-
~ mp TO 1898.
The Salina Southwestern and Solo
mon Valley railroads were sold under
the hammer at Salina. kas.. on the
4th. TO Union Pacific interests for
s4O0. 600 each. The former runs from
Salinn to Mcpherson, and the latter
from Solomon to Beloit. Both have
been leased and operated ever since
their construction as a part OF the
Union Pacific system.
The war department received in
formation. on the 4th, that the work
OF la wing a cable from Shanghai to
Che Foo had commenced. IL is be-
lieyed that unless some accident is
encountered, the cable win be COM
pleted and in operation within a
week. This ought 10 make communi-
La, 4.
officials in China much more expedi-
tious.
John d. Rockefeller has made
Spellman seminary, negro college
ct Atlanta. Ga, a present of S1s0,O0O.
The money has been paid into the
treasury OF the American Baptist
Home Mission Society of New York.
which has charge of the college. A
new dormitory. new dining hall. n
residence for the faculty. a hospital
and "A heating and light plant will be
built.
The death of Chief Charger, at his
home near the Cheyenne agency, in
s'outiA 'uhotus WIS vi Inc
4th. Charger was one of the party
which helped to rescue white captivcs
from the hostiles after che New Tim
massacre. The surviving members Of
that party are Swift Bird. Little No
Heart, Four Bear and Whit. Swan.
Three Of them attended Chief Char
gers funeral
John w. Hanley, supposedly insane.
secured entrance TO Archbishop Cor.
rigan's residence in New York city, on
che 5th, and making his way to the
diningroom made havoc among the
prclate's costly table furnishings and
other articles in the room. He was
overpowered and locked M. His
grievance seemed to be that the arch
bishop could afford TO go 10 Rome to
secure red feather, while Hanley's
brcthers grave in Cavalry wss neg.
lec.ed.