The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-07-13
LATE NEWS ITEMS.


were safe on July 4. The foregoing
dispatch to the foreign Office on the
eth, makes it possible TO believe that
the legations could hold out for num-
Der of days vet.
The London Times Lourenzo Marques
correspondent said, under date of the
eth: "A general movement of Boer
settlers into Gazaland. Portuguese ter
ritory. seems to be in contemplation.
| Already large herds have been driven
across the border. The Portuguese
welcome the movement"
Bowser, the Chicago man who pur-
poses to run the whirlpool rapids in
his lifeboat. did not succeed in launch
ing his craft at Niagara Falls,
on the sth. Preparations were made
To put the boat in the water but again
the Canadian police interfered under
the Sunday law.
Exports of gold and silver from the
port of New York to all countries for
the week ended on the 18th, aggre-
gated $,y9. 5s5 silver bars and coin. and
S62,24o gold. The imports of specie
for the same period were Sl5,o5s gold
and S29,s97 silver.
Sixteen hundred men were thrown
out of employment at Lebanon. Pa.
on the sth, by the banking Of five fur
naccs, two of them owned and three
operated on a fiye-year lease by the
Lackawanna Iron and Steel Co., at
Scranton.
\ special from Glen Park. Col, says
that Prof Dickson. Of Washington uni
| 'erSity, ST. Louis. was thrown from his
bicycle. on the sth. while descending a
steep hill. His head struck a bridge,
causing a serious conclusion OF the
brain.
The Chicago Chronicle, on the sth.
said: 1T is now reported that the
Chicago a Alton, the Kansas City and
Southern d Union Pacific system are
80 be amalgamated and placed under
one management.
Three more bodies were found on
the steamer Saale on the sth. This
makes 20 bodies that had thus far peen
taken from the wreck of the vessel
since the fire, and l46 bodies in ali re-
covered.
| 1t was announced. on the sth. that
Gen. Dodds. the hero of the Dahomey
campaign, had been appointed to the
command of the French expedition to
China.
In disratching a division Of arm
ored ships from kiel TO China. on the
| 9th. Emperor William. during a speech
| 10 the men. said: Remember, you will
have 10 fight a cunning foe, provided
with modern weapons. 10 avenge the
German blood which has flowed. But
spare the women and children. ! shall
not rest until China is subdued. and all
the bloody deeds are avenged. You
will fight together with the troops of
various nationalities. See that you
maintain good comradcship with
| them"
\ statement prepared b., the adju-
tant general shows that the total
strength of the United States army in
the Philippines. June 30 last. was 3d.
i26 officers and men. Of that number
3l.s2l are regulars and 3l.605 vol
unteers. distributed among the differ
| ent arms as follows: Infantry. 54.3Gs
officers and men cavalry, 1902 artil-
lcry. 2.29l. and staff corps, 3.2.6.
The electoral college met in the chief
towns and cities all over the republic
| of Mexico. on the 9TH and cast their
votes for president. The returns will
come in slowly from the OUTLYING
states. hut an undoubtcd majority Of
votes were cast for Gen. Diaz insuring
his reelection for the term Of four
years. dating from December next.
\ delegation Of full-blooded Indians
waited on the president ut Canton, o..
on the eth. and were rewarded with
very cordial handshaking. They are
connected with the Pawncc Bill Wild
West show. and Were accompanied by
the man vhosc name the show bears.
The secretary Of the interior. on the
9th. appointed j. u. McIntire. Of
Kapelene. Mont. j. II. Nealy. of
| Evansville. Ind. and q. II. Hoyt. Of
I;catricc. Ncb.. commissioners TO deal
with the Grow. Flathead and other In
dams under the act Of June. 1900.
| Peter Nissen. alias II. NJ. Bowscr,"
Of Chicago. cyadcd the police, on the
9th. and shot the rapids and plunged
over Niagara Falls ia his boat, the
| Fcolkiller. which failed 10 verify its
name. as Nissen survived the awful
plunge.
| Pay Director George G. Cochran, u.
s ~. died. on the 9th. nj his home IN
Philadelphia. aged " years. He would
have been retired IN another year with
the rank uf rear admiral
Tie Japanese government has dccid-
ed 20 immediately dispatch $4,000 men
land 5000 horses 10 China. The Yoko-
hama newspapers indorse this action.