The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-10-18
CURRENT TOPICS.
TIE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


alike. to the widow, Mrs. Annie II
Armour, and the three children. An
drew Watson Armour. Lawrence II
Armour and Mary Augusta Armour
In addition Mrs. Armour is left, with
out reservation, the homestead at Ar
mour and Warwick boulevards.
Ii is announced in Brussels that tn
government of the Congo Free stat
is about TO begin the construction o
LOCO kilometers of railroad in the M
per Congo district.
President Roosevelt viii receive tn
degree of LID. from Yale college
on the ED. The degree was tendere,
him last spring.
The hearing of the cases of tls
Kern Oil Co, and the Gray Eagle q.
Co., against O. w. Clarke. involving
immensely valuable lands in Gals
fornia. was concluded before Assist
ant Attorney-Genera Nandeyenter on
the 9th. Leave was granted for IT.,
filing of additional briefs within *
days.
Gen. II. @. JcfTries. who recently re-
signed a position in the service of the
Colombian government, has obtained
from Gen. Alban the sole right IA
construct a long-needed aqueduct for
the city Of Panama. lie will soon sail
for the United States 10 secure the
necessary capital.
Secretary Cortelyou left Washing
ton. on the 9th. for Canton. o., in
connection with the settlement OF the
estate OF the late President Mckin-
lev. He will remain several days
The Chilean press unanimously
celebrated the success of Chile at
the Pan-Amcrican exposition in Bur
falo. The hope is expressed that
Chile's exhibits there will lead to a
great Development in the commercial
relations between Chile and the Unit
ed States.
President Zelaya has issued decree
providing for the importation of rice.
duty free. into Nicaragua until next
May. This step is taken on account
of the large demand for rice. its
scarcity and the price of the com
modify in Nicaragua.
A report from heilbron, South Afri-
ca. says: Thirteen of Lord Kitchen
er's scouts were captured in a Boer
ambush"
The Forthcoming report Of Super
intendent Metcalfe of the money or
der system Will show that the money
orders sold at post offices through
out the country during the past fiscal
year reached a total of S300,0o0. 900 in
round numbers. This is an increase
of almost forty million dollars over
the previous year.
The committee that has been inves-
rassed Mecklenburg-Strelitz Mort
gage bank of Berlin reports a deficit
of 100000 marks upon a capital of
Il, 900. 900 marks, and that the annual
loss from interest on mortgages will
be 7o4. 600 marks
The gross postal receipts for Sep
TENDER of so OF the largest post Of
fees were s4.225,152, a net Increase of
s323,s22 or So per cent. over last
year. Receipts at Only two Offices de-
creased. viz: Jersey City, n. j.. ST.
ECO, or little over seventeen per
cent, and Grand Rapids. Mich. s265.
or over one per cent. Columbus, o..
showed the largest increase. 30 per
cent, with Los Angeles, almost TWEEN
ty-nine per cent, "A close second.
Acting Secretary Adee presented 10
President Roosevelt, on the 18th. the
Colombian minister and Gen. Rafael
REFS, formerly Colombian minister TO
France, now vice-president of the re-
public. The latter spoke briefly to the
president Of the Importance OF the
Pan-Amcrican congress
In the City of Mexico. in which he
said he thought the United States
would be the guiding spirit.
In compliance with request from
the search by Ottoman
troops for the abductors of Miss
Stone, the missionary. has been
abandoned, IL being feared that the
brigands would kill her should they
be closely pursued. Arrangements
are now being made to pay the ran
som demanded.
Rufus ii. Woodbridge. one of the
railway contractors Of
the United States, died at st. Joseph,
Mo-. on the 18th. after a short ill-
ness, from heart disease. lie was
the builder of a considerable part Of
the Burlington railway lines west of
the Missouri river.
Sentence of death was, on the 18th.
passed upon Commandant Lotter, the |
Cape rebel whose commando. COM
posed almost wholly Of rebels, was
captured by Mai Scobel. south OF re-.
early last month Lord |
Kitchener has confirmed the sentence.
From inside sources in Vienna il "a
earned that the new Austrian tariff |
bill. which ~ now complete. quite
equals the German "a h'ga prvtertnsl
duties