The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-06-08

formed the committee representing
the parties 10 the Delagoa Bay railway
arbitration award that the minister o.
finance is ready 10 pay and desires te
know where the money will be re.
ceived.
The monthly statement OF the comp
troller of the currency. issued on III;
LIST. shows that at the close of busi.
ness. May 81, 1900. the total circulation
of national bank notes was S3O0,4s-,
$50. an increase for the month OF So,
2iO.5o5.
Tie sheriff of ST. Louis began. or
the J1st, ;he swearing in of posse
comitatus of $500 men. chosen from
the ranks Of the better citizens. To IS
siSt the police in suppressing lawlcss.
ness and 10 give protection TO street
car employees ana others.
Fire in the five-story department
store Of the ritts-himbell company
adjoining the Park ihcater. Wasting.
ten street. Boston. ON thp light Of the
:jst. did moro than 100000 damage.
The Park and fremont thcaters and
The New England Piano Co. suffered
considerable loss.
A spcciol train started from Ticn
Tsin. on Che alst. f,r Pekin. ~ith con-
tingents Of American, british, French,
Russian and japanese troops TO protect
foreign consuls and residents and their
interests. II was rumor,d that the en-
trance Of tie foreign troops would lie
resisted at The outer ~.,ll.
The seating capacity Of Kansas
City's convention hall, as it VIII be ar
ranged for the democratic national
convention. has been suln tilted to the
national committee and the SERGEANT
nt-arms. IS f. +. Hill. the architect.an.
approved. II makes provision for nc
co.nmodating e2.26c persons.
e
4 new pest has made its appearance
In the wheat fields in portions of Mis-,
souri,. Kansas and Oklahoma liz is the
green plar; louise, or aphis, that usual
~ gathers on the tender shoots and
buds az roses Enicmoloaists do not
apprehend that much damage will be
done. as the growing crop is strong
enough to resist its ravages.
a special dispatch from Shangha.,
dated the 3oth. said: Yesterday III,
Chinese government issued an edict
prohibiting the Boxers organization,
under penalty of death. The edict,
which was signed by the emperor, Ms
couched in equivocal terms and was
promulgated really more as an excuse
for than in condemnation of the move
ment."
The municipal council of Paris me-,
on the 3Oth. for the first time since
the nationalist victory at the late cleo
tions. The rival parties had an open
ing tussle on the question OF the presi-
dency. which was won by the national
lists. whose candidate, NJ. Gribauyal.
was elected by - votes. against total
Of 80 cast for the socialist and radical
nominees.
The president Of Chilli opened the
CHILEAN congress on the LIST. In his adj
dress he said Chill was at peace with
a. the world, and expressed the hope
Of an early settlement of the qncs-
lions pending between Peru and Pc
livia. The president announced a
budget surplus OF sie.000.oO0; said he
financial condition was fourishing.
and that new railroads and public
works would be pushed.
The latest news from the war ~
| South Africa. up 10 the 3lst. was that
Johannesburg had surrendered. Pre-.
toria, the capital Of the Transvaal ic-
public, was peacefully awaiting the
approach OF Lord Roberts troops, the
garrison having been withdrawn from
the forts, and President Kruger WAS
fleeing towards Lourcnzo Marquee. "
was generally believed that the war
was practically ended
abou, two hundred and fifty Am-ri
edhS eulHeItu az tue iltpus ceulcttTys
near Paris, on the J0th, for the cns-
tomary celebration at the grave If
Gen. Lafayette. Speeches were deliy-
cred by Gen. Horace Porter, the Unit
ed States ambassador; Commissioner
General Ferdinand w. Peek and 1.
Lafayette. the nearest descendant Of
the great patriot. a number 81
wreaths from various American So
cieties were laid upon the tomb.
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