The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-11-23
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

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foreign occupation many Chinese have
died Of smallpox and other infectious
diseases. Fearing that their funerals
would be interfered with, they have
kept most of the collins containing
their dead in the houses and court
yards. These, together with an ac-
cumulation of garbage constitute an
imminent menace to the city's health.
Contracts for over two hundred
thousand tons of steel and iron were
taken during the week ended on the
nth. by Pittsburgh (Pa.) manufacture
ing concerns. They are for every kind
of finished material. and make the
best weeks business that the iron and
steel firms have Gone since early in
the year.
a passenger train on the Wheeling
& Lake Erie railroad ran into an open
switch at GAINESVILLE. O.. on the 18th,
badly wrecl<ing the engine. The engi-
necr. John Somers, Of GAINESVILLE.
jumped. but fell under the wheels and
was killed. Four trainmen were hurt
by jumping.
Miss Edith Booth, % years old. an
actress. formerly attached 10 Mare
Burroughs company, died in a New
York city hospital, on the 18th. from
the effects of injuries received by be-
ing thrown from a carriage one week
earlier.
The tests of the new 1e-inch naval
gun Just made nave resulted in some
remarkable performances, emitting
he gun to rank ahead OF any OF the
i2-inch guns thus far made in this
country o. abroad.
Martin l.. Irons, once leader of
union labor organizations and who
directed the great Missouri Pacific
strike in the eighties. died. On the
18th, at Bruccville. 20 miles south of
Waco. Tex.
railroad tickets sold this year on ac-
count OF Thanksgiving. Christmas and
New Years holidays Will have longer
limits than have heretofore been al
lowed ON this class Of transportation.
Fire broke out in the NallcY hotel
40 phiIlippi. ". Va. on the i,th and
destroyed a large proportion Of the
business area OF the city. The loss
approNimates 100000.
4 French syndicate. with capital
Of 100000 rouhles, viii supply the
capital for Russian railway from
Avichala 20 Sakabo, in the Causasus.
Ir. Lcyds and Nocr Delegates VOL
marans, Fischer and Vessels. reached
Paris on the nth.
a party " IS Turks. wishing 70
leave Russia secretly. sailed at dad
of night from Tschuruksu to cross the
Black sea. a storm arose and the
boat filed. First baggage was thrown
overheard. Then the children and
finally the women were committed to
the gen; but this did not prevent the
vessel from laundering. and all per-
ished, save one lad. who chung TO the
mast and was washed ashore.
In response 20 Bishop Potter's com
municaiion TO Mayor Van NyclS. and
the latter's instructions 10 the district
attorney, the police board. on the
10th. notified the bishop OF its inten-
ton TO prosecute police officers
charged with neglect Of duty and 9TH
er oifcnscs and asked the bishop to bc
represented by counsel. which in it.
self will guarantee the pcnniness of
the prosecution.
Among the callers on the president,
on the 10Th. was Prof. hilbert Bush
nell Hart. head Of the division of his
tory and political science at Harvard
university. lie was introduced by
Secretary Long. and his purpose was
10 present plans Of a committee
which had been organized 10 obtain
and publish facts relative TO the Phil
lippines problem.
Capt. Peter Everett. who served as
cnptain under Gen. John Morgan in
the civil war. and rivalled that con-
fcdcratc in deeds of daring and
bravery, is dying of erysipelas in the
insane asylum at Lexington. Ky. He
has been in the asylum since 1874. He
Us a relative OF Senator-elect Black
burn.
| The population of the state of Penn
sylvania. as officially announced by
the census bureau. is G.302, us. against
Ds-oN,Dlf III lSSN. MS Is an increase
of 1.0ii.io1. or 19.s per cent. The
population in 1850 was i.as2. SCI. an in
crease ~ os5.i23. or o.. per cent.
from 1850 10 1870.
| The population Of Minnesota. Off
cially announced on the 10Th. Is H.
ISL .3oi. against i.3Oi.s2o in 1870. This
is m increase Of 44o.5Gs since 1890. or
34.j per cent. The population in 1850
WAS 7So.733, showing an increase Of
52i.053, or COZ per cent. from l.so to
lSou.
Prof NJ. \. Aldrich. an assistant in
the departing Mt Of economics Of stand
ford university, rendered his res,gna-
tion to President Jordan. on the 10Th.
as the result Of the controversy over
the dismissal OF Prof. Ross, head Of
the economics department.