The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-10-05
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

rave out the following statement.
.'rhc amount Of money received by
me up u noon. September 80 'or the
beneti. of the storm sufferers. II So'-,'
4.t2q This sum includes SS,s52.59 thai
remained in my hands of the fund
contributed for the relief OF the
Brnzos river valley sufferers last year
II also includes all drafts and author
izations to draw and which are III
transit and are yet uncollectcd.
The quarterly statement OF the com
missioner of navigation shows that
36s sailing vessels. of $500 gross tons
were built i'm the United States. anu
officially numbered during the quar-
ter ended September 30, 1900 OF the
whole number 100 were built on the
Atlantic and gulf coasts. 2s on the Ia
eifc. - on the great lakes, and SIS on
the western rivers.
The motion for new trial in this
case of James Howard was overrulei
by Judge Cantrill at Frankfort, NY.
on the goth, and Howard was sem
fenced TO be hanged December :. IL
was agreed that the attorneys should
be allowed to file their bill of eNcep
tons 10 the appeal to the court "i
appeals any time before the third
week in October.
Tie Filpinos in the vicinity of Ma
lnila have been more quiet of late. al
though there have been brisk attacks
at Las Pinas and Paranaque. south OF
Manila. ms well as outpost firing AT
linus. Bacoora and Muntin Lupa. The
american officers are satisfied that
the alleged amigos living around the
towns in question participated in
these attacks.
Can't. Samuel T.. Smiley. of the Fiji
teentn infantry. formerly attached to
the staff of Gen. Bates, in the Philip
pines, who proceeded to China TO join
his regiment. but broke down there.
owing to the climate and hard work,
is returning to the United States on
the supply ship Celtic.
: SeNto Lopez. formerly secretary
and confidante of Gen. Aguinaldo. ar
: rived at New York. on the 30th. on the
: Campania. Lopez is said 70 have come
. al the invitation OF Fisk Warren. and
he expects 10 explain to the people the
7 Fi,ipinos' side of their fight with this
. country.
/ At every col,iery in the anthracite
: region notice was posted, on the
/ 2d announcing ten-per-cent. i'm
: crease in wages based on the present
] scale. effective October I. and that the
: opcra.o tors will arbitrate any grievance
their employees may present.
TIE Russian war Office announced
: on the st, that dispatches from
: Khnbarovsk and Kharbin say Gen.
' Tschitchagoff sent Col. Kopeiken. with
I n detachment of Cossacks, railroad
A troops and volunteers to engage q
{ force of Chinese who had occupied the
A railroad at San Chakan. The Russians
3 won two obstinate fights. Forty-thret
dead Chinese were left on the trenches
e after the second engagement.
4 The Austrian steamer Syria Lloyd
0 sailed from Lorenzo Marquee. on thu
e list. having on board 400 Transvaa
:. refugees, part of them being Irish
: Americans. All of their expenses hat
= been paid by the Transyaal govern
ment. Each man had received 9
!, shillings and will be paid ESQ (42.50
4 on landing AT any port which may b
a elected by them.
h Several hundred employees Of tn
d Reading Iron Co.. of Dnnville. Pa. de
y cided. on the LIST. to accept the :
It per cent. reduction in their wages
which went into effect on Septembe
- l6. and against which they strucl
IL The men agreed to resume work n
e soon MS the plant could be placed J
SC operation.
- The population Of Los Angeles, Cal
10 as announced by the census bureau, Is
1900. 102.470; 1890, 50,395. These ifs
III urcs show an increase in populatio
III Of 5o,0s4, or 1895 per cent from 1sa
- TO 1900. The population in 1850 wa
~ Hiss, showing an increase Of 1921
70 or 350.6i per cent. from 1850 TO 1890.
I The Mansfield tO.) Ministerial ASS
- citation. comprising pastors Of warrior
~ Protestant churches Of that city, hel
:" n meeting, on the night of the LIST, 9
the home of Rev. /. G. Batman, paste
" Of the Christian church, and adopte
" resolutions condcmning mob violenc
" against the Dowietes.
=, The imports Of wheat into Livcrpo
- for the week ended on the goth. wei
1890 quarters from Atlantic port
4, There were no receipts from Pacii
-. or other ports. The imports of Anne
lean corn for the week were COL
~. quarters.
H. The Quincy Ull.) Jail holds FIR
A. Truman, cx-alderman; George
,he, Blunt, ex-Sunday- superintcn
IN. ent. and Capt. Henry. ex-postmast,
all charged with embezzlcment fro
hat fratcrnal societies.
in Over nine hundred men Of the TIVE
his ty-fourth and Twenty-ffth infant
per tcoloredl sailed from San Francis
for Manila. on the LIST, on the traI
port Hancock.