The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-09-28
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

! Shanghai that Prince Tuan mas been
or will be promoted To membership
in the grand council. and that the tao
tai of Shanghai will bc appointed
| provincial judge. with the notorious
Boxer. kang vi. as his deputy. The
foreign officials are understood TO be
protesting 10 the Yang Use yiceroys
against these appointments.
Porto Hico's demand on Cuba for
the repayment Of more than two
million five hundred thousand dollars,
advanced 70 Spain To conduct military
operations against Cuba, has been the
source of considerable amusement in
| Havana. Cubans are asking WHY they
should repay funds lent TO the enemy
for the express purpose of suhduing
them.
Zion Elders Ephraim Bassinger. OF
| Button. and Silas Moot. of Lima.
were set upon by mob at Mansfield.
O.. on the 23d. carried TO buggy fac
tory. stripped, and painted with
f, smokestack varnish. tar-lilke sub
stance. which il required persistent
applications of lard and benzinc TO re-
move.
An article in n Los Angeles Gall
paper advocating the annexation OF
MeNico to the United States caused
the Herald of Mexico City TO deny
that Americans i'm that country are
conspiring against the political in
teerity Of Mexico.
The Amalgamated wage schedule at
si.'5 per ton. based on a one-cent card
rate. was signed, on the 23d. by both
committees. Fires were ordered by
wire in the mills everywhere. All that
We're ready started up on the cath.
The Greek colony in New York gave
a hearty welcome TO the officers of
the Greek war ship Navarchos Miauoles.
which arrived there on the cath. The
vessel is the first war ship of that
nation to visit America.
The American colony in Mexico
City and sympathizers had. up 10 the
ed. subscribed over nine thousand
dollars for the Galveston flood suffer
ers and the lists were still open.
An expedition under the auspi, es OF
the German colonial society will leave
Berlin. on November 10. for Togo.
West Africa. TO make experiments in
cotton growing in that region.
\ dispatch from Lourenzo Marquee.
on the asd. said: THE British have
occupied Koomatipoort without oppo-
stion.'
Marshal Arseno Martinez de Cam
pos died. on the 23d. at Zaraus. near
San Sebastian. Spain.
Gov. Sayers OF Texas. on the 24th,
sent out telegraphic and telephone
warnings 10 all points possible on the
Colorado river of the approach of the
worst food. probably. ever expert |
enced in that valley. At Goldwaifhe. |
at dark, the rise had reached s. feet
and the waters were still advancing. |
Other rivers in northern Texas were /
also reported rising rapidly. and un-
told damage if not loss of life were
feared.
The detectives who had been on
duty at the Chinese legation in Wash 1
ington for about two months. re-
turned TO headquarters, on the cath, \
there being no further necessity. in /
the judgment OF Mai. Sylvester. chief
Of police. and Mr.. WI. for their pres
ence at the minister's residence.
\ dispatch from 81. Johns. y. r.. on
the cath. said: More than fifty
French vessels from st. Pierre are
still missing. as the result of the re-
cent gale, and much alarm is felt for
their safety. Many. doubtless, are dis
abled. but il is almost certain that
others have foundered-
Carl Melchers, an American painter,
whose special collection of paintings
is feature Of the Berlin art exhibit
ton this year, has sold almost all his
canvascs. thus rendering his project
ed Chicago exhibition out OF the ques-
ton. Large prices were realized.
Phil A. Julian, coroner Of Silver Bow
county, Mont. and one OF the best
known of the old-time newspaper men
of the country. died suddenly at
Butte. on the oath, Of heart disease.
lie was native of Washington, ID. C.,
and IS years OF age.
The August statement of the collec-
tions Of internal revenue shows that
/
sources amounted to $25.595.s16. an
increase over the month of August
last year Of Si.iT4.-5i.
DIR. Nansen and the duke OF Abruzzi.
according 10 q dispatch from Christi
ania. have agreed TO undertake a Joint
expedition into North Polar regions.
Mr.. :. NJ. llanaucr. United states
vice -consul-genera AT Frankfort. Ger
many. has opened a subscription for
the Galveston sufferers
The torpedo boat O'Bricn was sue
cessfully launched at the Nixon ship
yard. az Elizabethiown. y. j.. on the
cath.
The German anthropological society
covered at Halle. on the gath. for its
annual session, Prof. Rudolphe vir-
chow presiding.