The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-11-02

Compiled from Various Sourcss
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

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The object of his visit is mystery
but it is supposed to be designed q
check the aggressive policy of Chill
toward other South American states
Reliable persons who arrived a
Victoria, b. C., on the cath, from
Ominika, confirm the report that tn
parties working on the Dawson telc
graph line failed to connect, on ac
count Of an error in the survey, ans
that il will be impossible to complet,
the work before next ST. INNER.
The Peruvian senate, in secret ses
si,n. on the ed, approved the extradi
lion treaty with the United States
with a slight amendment, fixing $500
as the minimum limit of the sum al
lowing extradition.
The entire business portion of Min
neiska. Mimi. was burned. on the
oath, including the post Office. The
Farmers elevator and several loaded
cars also were burned. The estimated
damage is $4,000.
OF 10000 bales of cotton in ears, on
wharves and otherwise involved in the
Galveston storm, 10000 have been re-
covered. and all but 600 of these iden-
tilted. This is considered remarkabl
salvage.
Austria-Hungary has given her as
cent to the Anglo-German agreement.
The Berliner TageDlatt publishes a
special dispatch from Buda Pesth, say
ing that the Austrian heir-apparent
Archduke Francis Ferdinand. will
shortly renounce the succession TO the
throne in favor of his brother Otto,
and the latter's son. Archdukc
Charles.
Minister Conger has been authorized
by the government 10 begin negotia-
tons at once with the Chinese en-
voys on the basis of the points in the
German and French notes, upon which
all Of the powers are agreed
The Dubl.n Evening Herald revives
the report. which it asserts is well
founded. THAT the duke of Maribor-
ough will succeed Earl Cadogan as
lord lieutenant of Ireland.
The king of the Belgians, while rid
iEg in an autocar, on the gath, in the
Bots de Boulogne. Paris. was pulled
up by the police for exceeding the
regulation speed.
According 10 declaration. pub
lished on the evening of the 25th. the
anthracite coal miners whose employ
crs have accepted the terms of the
Scranton convention we're instructed
to return to work on the Goth, appoint
committees to confer with the com
panies concerning unsettled rriev-
ances, and to insist upon being paid
semi-monthly, according to the state
law.
A Philadelphia dispatch of the 25th
says that the Reading company mas
cut loose from the anthracite syndi-
cate, declaring that I'VE shall mine
coal hereafter free of restriction las
to output) and give orr miners every
to profit by work every
day they care 10 work"
United tatesCommissioner Sheds.
ut New York, on the 25th, issued
warrant for the arrest Of Cornelius l..
Alvord. Jr., in connection with the
of funds of the FIRST |
national bank of New York
Rear-Admiral w. S. Schley. of the
United States navy. has accepted the
invitation of the knights Temp,ar Of
kentucky to attend the twenty
eighth triennial conclave in Louisville
August 27-30. 1901. He stipulatcs. how
ever that he be not required to ride a
horse.
w. n. Cowdcn. farmer at Quaker
City, O., has filed petition in bank
ruptcy. alleging liabilities. S359,000.
and assets. $1,000. Mr.. Cowden was
one OF the promoters of a railroad
project known as the Cincinnati, |
Wheeling & New YORK railway.
James Armstrong. Thomas Arm
strong and John III. Randall. officials |
of the Metropolitan medical college,
Chicago. charged with using the Unit |
ed States mails to carry on a scheme
to defraud by selling worthless di- |
plomas. have been indicted by the |
grand jury Of Cook county.
As one of the results of the Goebel |
iIidiS III NtnIuCkX. ana /
reflections east upon Attorney +. c. |
of New York. by Mayor r. |
W. Nelson of Newport. KY. and |
resentment of the same.
there is material for duel il both |
parties prove game.
The secretary of the treasury, act
ing on the opinion of the solicitor OF |
the treasury, has held that the wife |
Of a Chinese native born citizen of the |
United States is entitled TO admission
into the United States, regardless OF |
the provisions of Section 1894 Revised |
Statutes.
c. S. Snapp. until recently cashier
and confidential clerk of the big cot
ton firm of Caldwell 4 Smith Of Mem
phis, Tenn, was arrested at Chicago,
On the 2sth, charged with the cmbez-
element ofs32 900 of the firms money.
On the night Of the cath series OF |
explosions, from an unknown cause.
occurred at the Indian Head proving
grounds, involving loss of from $685.
BOO 10 $4,000. The buildings were OF |
|he ordinary 1,mux cha ra :. ~ ,,.>l o.