The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-01-26

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


Senior Rafael Salsado. whOwas mayor
OF Santiago al the time of the capitula-
I ton. died. on the 18th. of heart failure.
4 dynamite factory at Avigliano. IA
miles from Turin. eNplodedon the 10th.
! The buildings were reduced 10 ruins
and the whole surrounding district was
shaken. many houses being badly dam
aged. Al least ten persons were killed
and many Others were injured
The king Of Saxony. the king OF
Wurtemberg and the grand duke OF
Baden. have conferred the same rights
. 81 promotion upon their technical high
schools in Dresden. Stuttgart aad
Carlsruhe. a. Prussia has conferred
upon her high schools
y meeting Of several prominent
horse trainers and drivers VAS held M
Cleveland. o.. on the 18th. 10 take ac-
ton against heat betting. \ commit
tes was appointed to draw up resolu-
ti"ns and present them TO the different
trotting associations.
The board of rapid transit commits
sioners of New York. on the 10th.
awarded the contract for building the
underground railway in that city to j.
+. Mcdonald. OF 100 Broadway. one OF
txD bidders. His price was S35.00O.O0O
The Berlin NossiSche Zeiiung. on the
10th. began a series Of articles on The
United states in the Nineteenth Gen.
fury
Earl Manvers (Sydney William Her
bert PierreponD died in London on
the 10th. lie was born March l.. l-25.
The senate. on the 10th. by the de-
cisive vote OF ~ 70 %. tabled senator
Pettigrew's resolution demanding the
correspondence Of the state Depart
ment with the Paris peace commission
ers.
Large sums of money are being sub
scriDed 10 the Canadian patriotic fund
for the South .Afri~an soldiers. IN.
Canadian Pacific Railway Co. has gi
en- $4,000 To the fund. and the Bank
of Commerce and the Bank Of British
North America have sent 5000 each.
The fund started by the Toronto Globe
has reached nearly $4,000.
Gen. Wheeler VIII start on his RI
turn 20 the United states soon. making
q stop Al Guam on his way thither. \
letter mailed December stated that
he had resigned his position in the
army.
AS the outcome Of "A feud that
started while the Fourth Kentucky
was in camp at AniSton. Ala "a fracaS
occurred in lobby OF the capitol hotel
az Frankfort. Ky. on the 10TH in
which Ethelbert Scott. one Of the
principals in the feud. and Luther W.
neTaree. of Shelbyyille. and Charles
Julian. Of Frankfort. bystanders. were.
killed. Capt. II. Golden was fatally
wounded: Harry McEwan. OF Louis
Vile. !. suffering from "A wound from a
stay bullet; o. ID. Redpath. a Chicago
commercial traveller. has a leg broken.
and ex-Congressman ID. &. Colson. the
other principal. is suffering from
wound in the arm.
\ large part OF the business portion
OF Dawson. in the klondike country.
was burned on the night OF fhe 9TH
the loss exceeding 100000. according
TO brief dispatch received at :Skaguav
and brought TO Tacoma, Wash. by the
stci mer farallon. The temperature at
thu time was 40 below zero.
Meager advices Of the 10th indicated
that Gen. Buller's forces were engaged
along the Tugela river. The artillery
fire was said 10 be the heaviest yet
heard in the campaign. Great snxiety
was manifested in London as to the re-
suit.
Miss Helen Gould has cor.t -ibutcd
10000 o. aid in the building Of the
new home for the naval hrancl, RI the
Young Mems Christian association in
brooklyn. a work that is being UNDER |
taken ~ the international committee
of that association.
Kansas City. Mo-, is TO have another |
irter-uIban railroad TO run to Olathe. ,
HAS. u miles distant. on the Santa
Re and Memphis roads. The capital
has aII.ady been subscribed hy kan !
sas Git and Oiathc men. ari the |
Oluthc council has been asked FOR q |
fnncb.se.
TLcSs were ~ persons killed aud 20 /
inJ rec ~ the dynamite explosion az /
~ miles from Turin, Italy,
CT IL. 10th.