The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-10-19

Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

public schools OF st. Joseph, Mo-. with
The result that $3.50 was raised. School
children of other cities will be asketl
to contribute.
The reply of the state department
TO the French note relative 10 the
basis of Chinese negotiations was
made public on the 18th. 1t agrees in
the main with all the French pro-
posals and suggests early action.
Announcement was made, on the
nth, of the appointment of +. \. Mil
Ter as general passenger agent OF the
Chicago. Milwaukee & ST. Paul. rail
way. vice Geo. II. Heafford, resigned
to engage in other business.
Col. Humphrey, quartermaster in
China. sent n cablegiam, under late OF
the 18th. TO the quartermaster general
announcing the first departure OF
United States troops from China.
Mr.. T~ewksbury, an American mis-
sionary residing at Tung Chow has
presented claims against China on be-
half of converts in 20 villages for com
pensation for property losses.
1t is asserted in Rome that Arch
bishop Martinclli Will be raised to the
cardinalate at the next consistory.
very serious view is taken at Field
Marshal Count Won Waldcrsee's head
quarters. in Tien Tsin, of the revolu-
tionary movement at Canton. A false
alarm, on the eth. caused h Chinese
officials there to protest against any
occupation of Chinese territory. The
Yang Use viceroys, the dispatch adds,
openly. affirm hat they will oppose
any advance of the Germans into
Shang Tung province.
1t is understood hat the final dis
position Of the silver-some S2s5.OO0
in amount-taken by the American
marines at the capture of Tien Tsin,
may he determined by congress. In
the meantime the silver is being treat
ed as n trust fund, OF which the gov
eminent is the custodian, until "A de-
termination is reached as to its right
full disposition.
Patrick Murphy, THE Father OF
Joplin" Mo-, died at his home in that
city on the 10th. He was born in Ire
land in 1s49. During the civil war he
was n government frcighter, and,
later. became interested in Colorado
mining. He was the first settler in
what is now Joplin.
Rear-Admiral Silas Casey, at pres.
ent commandant at League Island
navy yard. has been selected to sue.
coed Rear-Admiral Albert kautz as
commander of the Pacific station
upon the latter's retirement in the
near future.
William Zeigler, n well-known and
wealthy citizen of New York, has an.
nounced that he will purchase two
vessels. fully equip and maj them, and
send them in quest Of the north pole
during the summer of 1901.
Albert II. Green, of the general land
Office, has been selected rs chief OF
the new division of forestry of the
interior department authorized by
the last congress.
A dispatch from Hong Kong. dated
the 12th, says: admiral Ho is pur.
suing the rebels in an easterly direc'
ton from San Chun."
The Modern Brotherhood of Ameri'
ca will hold its next convention al
Sioux Falls. S. d.. in 1901.
Failures for the week ended on the
12th. as reported by II. g. Dun e. Co.
were 233 in the United States, against
164 last year, and 80 in Canada, against
"a last year.
A Shanghai dispatch, dated the 18th
says the Chinese Customs bank has
RENTED 0 10000 taels Il the imperiaI
treasury, and is preparing to send
more.
The Presbyterian synod of Nortt
Dakota elected Andrew Christy
Brown, DID,, of Omaha. synod.caI
missionary for North Dakota.
Sir Alfred Miner, the British high
commissioner at Cape Town, has gone
to Blocmfontein.
William j. Bryan addressed an au'
dience at Ann Arbor, during his tour
of Michigan, on the 18th, and was
compelled to submit to considerable
jollying by the university students
who were out in force, before being
permitted to go on with his speech.
Two desperate convicts at the Ten
nessee penitentiary made n daring
and novel escape from that instiiu
ton. on the evening Of the 18th, by
sliding down telephone wires from
the top Of a three-story building tt
a point outside of the walls by meant
Of improvised trolley cycles. They
were r~ccaptured.
The battleship Wisconsin made
successful trial trip off Santa Bar
bara, Cal, on the 18th. On the west
ern run, over a 32-knot course, ar
average of 1850 WIS made. The Az
erage for four hours was 17.c5, witt
strong tide allowance in favor of thu
ship. In a squirt a speed Of 1876 wat
attained.
Reports from Georgetown, Ky. In
dicate that Henry Youtsey may ncvcl
again appear in court. His physician
fear brain fever, which in the pa
tents present condition, they say
would surely prove fatal.