The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-08-24

Complied from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


Oliver l.. Morton. OF Indiana. lie wa.
buried on the island.
The city council. chamber of com.
merce. cotton exchange and deep wa.
ter commission of Calves on. Tex. on
the 18th. passed resolutions of regret
at the death of Coils L. Huntington
Col. Victor C.. Dubois. First Cali
fornia volunteers. died in San Fran.
cisco. on the 18th, after long i'll
ness from disease contracted during
the Philippine campaign.
The prince and princess OF Wales
left London. on the 18th. for HON.
burg. Immense throngs awaited
their arrival at the Liverpool station
and cheered them along the thorough
fares through which they passed.
They are expected to return Septcm-
Der l.
\ special from Las Vegas, \. NJ. on
| the 18th. said: Ext nited States
Senator John J. Ingalls, rested we'll
last night and he ate fairly well this
morning. His condition is not ma
terially changed from yesterday
The depot battalion of the Eighth
infantry, L. 5. A., started from Fort
Smelling. Mimi. on the 18th. for China,
via San Francisco. under command of
Maj w. l.. Pitcher. There we're 500
men in line.
Fifteen italian detectives, accord
ing 10 the Rome correspondent OF the
London Daily Mail, sailed for New
York. on the 18th. TO shadow the
movements of anarchists M the United
States.
At Lincoln. H.. Thos. Christy was
knocked down by team of mules,
run over by the wagon and instantly
killed, on the 10th. while cndeayoring
10 save Mrs. stephen Tuahan and
child who were in n carriage drawn
by runaways. Christy was farmer.
50 years old, and a prominent poll
tician.
Forest fires are burning east Of
Southfork. Col. in an area from five
to twenty-five miles wide. and de-
stroying valuable timber. mine ma
chinery and buildings. The monetary
damage will run into the millions or
dollars.
A dispatch from London. on the
18th. said: The consensus OF opinion
expressed by the morning papers
tends TO the belief that the legations
al Pekin are now safe with the allies
The pressed glassware factories
throughout the country resumed
work. on the 10th. giving employment
70 over twelve hundred men.
The steamer Monarch. with 1.15c
horses for the British army in South
Africa. cleared from New Orleans.
on the 10th, for Cape Town.
John Pritzlaf, of Milwaukee. one Of
the largest wholesale hardware mer-
chants in the west and well-known
throughout Wisconsin. died on the
10th. of diabetes. aged so wears
The department of state has been
notified by Minister Buck. al Toxic.
that the Japanese government has
given permission TO the United states
government 10 establish a United
States hospital on japanese territory
wherever the United States govern
ment may select a site.
In view Of the advices from China.
received at the national capital up
TO the night of the 10th. one Of TWO
thighs was certain-either the legd-
tionists in Pekin were safe. in the |,
hands of the relief expedition. or they |
We're dead. having been put to death |
as the allies entered the city.
Ii Hung Chang made an abject APP
peal 10 Washington for halt at
Tung-Chow and an armiStice. pend |
ing peaceful negotiation. in order to
save Chinese pride: but the indica-
tons were that the crisis had already |
been reached.
Two thousand children accepted
the invitation of Russell Sage and |
attended a picnic at Upton Lake park.
in Duchess county. \. y. being car
ried there on special train. pro-
vided by Mr.. Sage, on the Pough- |
keepsie & Easton railroad. The chill
dren were happy and so was their |
benefactor.
Revenue officers. led by J. r. Alton, |
after a desperate bush fight in the |
mountains Of Polk county. Tenn.
captured Moonshiners Riley Headon, |
Gus Headon. Henry Norwood. Coot
Owens and Silas Goforth. large |
still was destroyed. Garrett lIeadon,
leader of the outlaws. escaped.
The recent murder of Express Mes |
senger Lane by Rosslyn Terrell. in
Ohio. has called the attention Of the |
Adams Express Co. 10 violations of its
rules by messengers in carrying per-
sons on their cars, and the result is |
becoming apparent in discharges and
Will Hays, young man OF Wichita, |
Eas., writes to friends from Cape |
Nome under date of July 30. stating |
that the gold finds there are mostly |
Matched up in the minds of the trans
portation companies. and that the |
alleged fabulous finds are all q fake. |
He has to pay So per meal for his
grub.
Gen. DeWet. the Boer commander
whom the British have been unsuc-
cessfully trying TO capture for a long
q fraA hau