The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-07-19

ment which, under the command o
II Gen. Frederick Funston, won an en-
e, viable record in the opening campaign
q In the Philippines. has been granite,
!. pension of $50 a month for in jurie
received.
Marias. the well-known Cape rebel
+ was hanged at Middleburg, Transvaa
: colony. on the 10th. by order of III,
n military authorities" The execution
0 was witnessed by prominent residents
! of Niddleburg
The PERUVIAN government. instef,
~ resigning in consequence Of III.
agitation growing cut Of the alleged
irregularities Of Carlos de Pierola.
president OF the electoral board. has
decided to bring that official TO trial
n formal charges aud 10 Law the
whole matter before the chamber OF
: deputies
The British admiralty has issued IN
strnctions for i69 vessels OF the navy
10 engage in maneuvers. beginning
the goth. During these mancuvcrs.
two main fleets of the participating
vessels viii contend for the command
of the English channel.
Following out the proclamation Of
President Mckinley opening up to set
tlement ~ the whites the 1S,OO0 fatms
IN the hiowa-Co manche country, the
nrst registration of homseekers was
made az FL Reno and Lawton. Okla,
on the 10Th.
deluge of rain, amounting 10 a
cloudburst, washed away nearly the
entire town of Corbin. Mont. and tie
big Peck concentrator located there
on the night Of the 9TH
About six hundred men employed in
saw and planning mills at Upper Lake.
~ A., went out on strike. on the nth.
demanding a nine-hour dav instead of
H. The trouble was occasioned hv n
factory Inspector insisting that a
dozen boys under eighteen years old
should not be compelled 10 work over |
Ten hours. No attempt has been made
TO start the mills.
Commissioner Of Indian Affairs
Jones. on the 18th. received an en-
velope posimarked Denver. Col. con
tanning $40 in bank notes. with a sim
pie memorandum: Please give this
10 any tribe Of indians. From a friend
Of the Indians" Ii was forwarded Ia
Q representative Of the Indian Indus
trial league for use in It's work.
DIR. Murdoch. the physician who Is
attending Gen Daniel Butterfield at
hts summer home In Gold Springs. \.
=, said, on the 18th. that for ten DAYS
the general had been very weak ana
unable TO leave his bed without as
sistance and that he realized that the
end was drawing near.
On the 18th the secretary OF The
treasury purchased short-term bonds =
as follows: $20.0 600 threes. AT 0o.02G4:
$4,000 fves. at lool3s2, and $1,000
fours, at ii2.S>1s.
Mrs Helen Althoff. widow. and her
two-year-old daughter. were burned
70 death in a fire which DESTROYED
their home at Vallejo. Cal. on the
18th. I
The Will Of the late Pierre Lorllard
was read, on the lith. in law ofic.
N Jersey City. No statement as To its q
was made public. L
Warden Wolfer Of the Minnesota q
prison at Saltwater decided not "a y
make known the time when lie
onnrerS would be released. in order 4
nat no demonstration. friendly or q
hostile might occur on the outside. i
Mrs. jefferson Davis. -idow Of Tie II
ormer president Of the confederacv. j.
$ quite i'll at the Willard hotel Ii il
'ortland, Me-. where She went. re- Il
emily, TO spend the summer.
a Boston dispatch of the 18th said fl
Paddy Breen was under arrert q
here charged with The theft Of gold IN
Fatch from Rev. Michael Burnham. nj
4 -. Louis. which was taken from a
he priests pocket while waiting for a al
rain.
Fire, on the 18th, destroyed the en- ST
IRE crop OF wheat on the farm Of u,
lrs- y. W. Whathen, two miles north u
Henderson. KY. a separator had y
ist completed threshing the crop hi
nd was moving away when a shark ju
rof.; the engine set fire 10 the straw.
conservative men who have careful ~
studied the disastrous effects of the ST
REVEALING drought in Kansas say the w
eople Of the state have suffered a sh
IS in all crops. except wheat. TO the
mount Of nearly $500, 100000 since nj
NY /.
The continued intense heat and ac as
'mpanying drought is assuming tho on
'rm Of a calamity as unharvested
ops Of all kinds are drying m IN tn
g helds and water. in many places. du
becoming exceedingly scarce. an
The Ber'iner Tageblatt. speaking OF 90
c rumored retirement Of Anbassa-
" White says: "Mr. White is the bu
cipient Of such confidence and ven cai
alton from all circles in Berlin that tn
departure would cause the keen pr
t regret
William Butler. one of the most wi
ointment grocers in the east. died in vii
German hospital at Philadelphia. sta
the 18th. from shock following an da.
carlton for appendicitis. Mr.. But
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