The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-08-31

agreed 10 act as arbitrator or the
claims for COMPENSATION for losses
sustained 10y British and German sub
iects aad American citizens in the
samoan riots.
Great Britain has paid 10000 marks
as damages TO the owners OF the Ger
man bark Hans Wagner, which the
British detained in South African wa
tiers during the early days of the
Transvaal war.
The statement OF the treasury bal
ances in the general fund. exclusive of
the Sl50.OOO. 900 gold reserve in the di-
vision OF redemption. issued on the
esd, showed: Available cash balance,
Sls6. 900, $50; gold. S6s,G2l ,4ol.
Mr.. Charles Epson Clark. OF Yale
university. has been awarded a prize
Of 500 marks by the Berlin academy
for preparing an edition Of Marcel
linus Amm;inanus. the Roman his
torian az the fourth century.
The state department. on the ed.
forwarded to the British embassy ex-
tradition papers for Julian II. u.
Arnold. wanted ia England and now
held AT San Francisco. lie is a son
of Sir Edwin Arnold, and is charged
with enlightenment.
Capt George F. Wilde. commanding
the hattleship Oregon, on the ed. no.
tilted the navy department from kure.
Japan that the vessel. which had been
in dock there undergoing temporary
repairs. had been fioated and would
be ready for sea in "A week.
II is Indicative OF the policy of the
United States government that the
Cuban flag was hoisted, on the 25th.
with elaborate ceremony over the PAL
nee in Santiago. where il floated for
the first time since Gen. Shafter or
dered il hauled down in 1s9s.
II is announced in Vienna that NM.
Lasker. Pillsbury. schlechter. Ma
roczy and Janowski will tou' in !.u-
rope and America next month. play
ing in public several games of chess
simultaneously. Pillsbury playing no
less than thirty games at once with
out seeing any ri the boards.
The 1900 Chauf aqua assembly at
Ciarinda, La. closed, on the 2lst. with
a political debate between Congress
men Lands. of Indiana. and Champ
Clark. of Missouri. There was an at
tendance of 5000. During the debate
q terrific wind and rainstorm came
up, and the Chautauqua tabernacle
was almost blown TO pieces.
Edward F.. Balch. assistant cashier
was assaulted and robbed in a Pull
man sleeper on Northwestern train
while travelling from Chicago TO Oma-
ha on the I'D. lie was roughly
handled and brutally beaten about the
head. and did not regain conscious
ness for several hours after the as
sault-
AT Palestine. Tex. on the 21st. For
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kerson. the alleged leader of the mob
that lynched the three Humphreys in
eHnderson county. in May. 1899. and
j. A. Johns. Sam Hall and John Had.
dis. the remaining defendants. plead.
cd guilty to murder in the first de.
gree. and each received a life sentence
in the penitentiary-
The population of the city of 81
Louis. according 10 the official count
4 the returns of the twelfth census
is as follows: ST. Louis city. 5sj,23s
IN 1900. against 4J1 .7.0. in 1890. These
figures show an increase of 1923. 46s. oil
c..33 per cent. from 1890 10 1900. Tn,
population in 1850 was 3J0.J1s. show
ing an increase Of lOl.2j2. or 2s-s9 pei
cent. from 1850 to 1890.
BY royal decree time in Spain i
hereafter 10 be counted from ! 80 2
hours. the order 10 go into effec
January 1. 1901. the day Ia begin a
midnight. and one o'clock will lie des
ignated by a cipher, and the nnmbe
OF minutes by figures. m 0. 3. o, 81
The officers Of telegraph. telephone
railroad, steamship lines and all pub
lie Offices are to observe the nev
method.
On the Goth James NJ. Morrison
state department commander Of Penn
sylvania of the q. A. r.. announce,
that but three of the 30 posts in Phil
ndelpha. with a membership of 1000
would send delegations tn the nation
al encampment in Chicago. Com
mander Morrison stated that this nc
ton was the result of the Invitation
extended TO W. J. Bryan 10 attend IN
encampment. which the members re-
gafded as introducing politics into tn
organization.