The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-05-10
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

while asleep, three were Iataliy' anu
several severely burned, early on sae
morning of the 9TH, in n tenement
house in South Chicago. \ freight
train Of five ears. which was standing
in frot Of the building, and which the
crew failed TO move, blocked the fire
men. who we're unable to get near the
burning building with their engines
until il was too late TO save the in
mates.
The Gardo house. known as
"Amelia's Mansion built in Salt Lake
City, Utah. by Brigham Young for his
~favorite wife. Amelia Folsom Young
and for years occupied by her. has
passed ont of the hands of the church,
the property being sold in the name
of President Snow. as trustee OF the
church. to Col. +. T.. {. Holmes, OF
that city.
The United States cavalry and ar
tillery left pekin. on the 5th, to
march TO Ton-Ku. Imposing farewell
ceremonies attended their departure.
Sir Alfred Gaselee and the other Brit
ish generals. with their stats, were
present. and the British commander
sent a detachment of Beluchis. who
escorted the Americans outside the
city wall.
The Ohio special. bearing Gov. Nash
and staff and about one hundred citi-
| zens OF Ohio to San Francisco for the
launching of the ba;tlcship Ohio,
| passed through Kansas City, Mo-. soon
after noon on the 5th. Religious serv-
ices were held on board the train at
IL o'clock.
1t is reported in Shanghai that fam
inc will make il impossible for the
Chinese court to remain longer in Sian
In. and that the court is now only
waiting for the astrologers to Tx an
suspicious day for beginning the jour
nev TO Kai Feng Flu, in the Province
of Ho Nan.
After a careful consideration OF the
situation in the Philippines as il ex-
lists to-day. the administration has de-
cided to reduce the army in h archi-
pelago 10 10000.
The Fiussian government has
DOuDnt tie tNil nhiii's va tne num- uis-
trict known as "1hc Minister Achen-
bach and the " Altrop.' for 25.000,000
marks.
The Geneva correspondent of the
London Daily Mail asserts hat Prcsi-
dent Mckinley has informed Mr.. kru-
ger tina, nc can not receive him either
officially or unofticially.
Mariana lgnacio Prado. ex-presi
dent of Peru. died in Paris on the
9th. Mariana Ignacio Prado was borr
in 1926. He participated in Gen. Cas-
tilla's revolution against Echenique's
government in 1854. He marched
against Lima in 1865, and entered tn,
capital. November G. at the head OF 1
: victorious army. On November 70 b,
/. declared himself dictator and wa
. subsequently, elected constitutions
Z. president by the Peruvian congress
: lie was again elected president il
!. 1876.
The late Count 81. Quen de Pierr
court, whose family date back to Will
T lam the Conqueror. bequeathed to tn
city Of Rouen, France, his fortune o
ten million francs on the novel con
dition that the city annually give
marriage gift Of 100000 francs TO
> couple of giants. in order to regcner
ate the human species. The candidate
c are to be medically examined and tn
healthiest couple will be chosen.
~ Milton T.. Arnold. aged Al year.
died at Kansas City, Mo-, on the Gtt
of heart disease. Arnold was the SO
y Of a wealthy cotton broker Twin
= near Atlanta, Ga. lie was graduate
from the University Of Georgia an
later studied law, being admitted I
the bar Oh the same day as ilok
!. Smith, who was his classmate. Flo
several years he had been a curbston
: vender.
The British war office. on the 6tl
officially gave n the total number .
" deaths in the South African war q
;, ia officers and 14,26I men. Four of
GERS and IA men have beer invalide
10 home and subsequently died. Tw
Thousand four hundred and ninet,
!, three non-commissioncd officers an
Il men have left the service unfit fc
duty.
rs With her hull Faily decorated wit
!. flags and her deck well filed wit
u sailors the yacht Constitution wa
ne christcneG, Al Bristol, X. l., on III
" 9Th. by Mrs. W. Butler Duncan, VIII
" broke the traditional bottle of win
II on her P%listening bow Just as 81
h started slowly down the ways into th
70 sea.
The determination of the join
l. smashing colleagues Of Mrs. Natio
e to stay in Jail at Wichita. Kas, vi
10 their trial commences was broken. q
IL the 9th, by Mrs. Julia Evans givin
bond for her appearance. The 9th.
women, except Mrs. Nation. also il
dicatcd their purpose of giving bond