The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-06-21
LATE NEWS ITEMS.


from Pretoria rs follows: Near Well
mansrust. 20 miles south of Middei-
! burg. $50 Victorian mounted rifles
) iron Gen. Beaston's column were sur
; lprised in camp at >teenkoolspruit oy
a superior force OF Beers 1T 1880 p.
m. juno u. The enemy crept up 20
: within short range and poured
: deadly fire into the camp. killing two
officers and 10 men, and wounding
four officers and IS men. of whom IS
were slightly wounded. Only two OF
Ulcers and so men escaped TO Gen.
, Eeaston's camp. The remainder were
taken prisoners and released. Two
pcmpons we're captured by the enc
my"
Colonies Infant and Guivara. repre-
Isenrati,es of Gen Cables. at Manila,
IN the 18th. signed the name of their
principal to an agreement 10 sur
! render. Under the terms of this agree
naent Gen. Cables Is TO assemble his
men at Santa Cruz. Laguna province,
rs quickl, as possible. and there sur
render himself and his command 10
number of his force is uncertain. bu,
there will probably be more than FIVE
hundred
At Roswell. y. NJ. on the 10Th. Ar
thur Kline. well-known stockniah,
shot and killed his wife, Beatrice
lklsne. dangerously wounded Marshal
Maddox and probably fatally wound
Ell the larulady with whom Mrs Kline
was living, who attempted 10 inter
icre, and then committed suicide.
, Kline was crazed by jealousy. his vie
having deserted him.
{ The Mexican government has com
! lpletcd plans for a new post Office
E ecifice in the City of Mexico which
will he built near the School OF
r Mines. IN what is now the center Of
= the city, The building viii be wholly
{ OF steel frame work and fireproof- \
: Chicago firm of architects received
part OF the contract
Gen. William Montgomery Gardner.
! veteran of the Mexican and civil
? wars. died al Memphis. Tenn, on the
10th. aged -. Cen Gardner gradu-
. .red from. the military academy at
West Point in the class of lsi6-
The steamer Lucania. the first Of
The Cunard vessels TO be fitted with
: the Marconi system of wireless tele-
yraphy. made communication with
the shore. on tie 10th, when 20 miles
D cut from Liverpool
{ William Fitzgerald. farmer. 40
wears old. living five miles southwest
! II Oshkosh. Wis. was struck by
I lightning while standing in the door
: of his barn. on the night of the 10th.
. and instantly killed \ COW in the
I barn was lit by the bolt and James
Fitzgerald. father of William. en-
: gagged in milking. was pinned under
r the animal when il fell over. He was
a not seriously injured
: a eablerram received at the state
: department. on the 18th. from United
\ States Minister Ryan. at Petropolis,
: announced that the Brazilian govern
ment had paid the indemnity request
n ed for the destruction by mob of a
8 Baptist chapel in the province of
d Nicrheroy. maintained by the Ameri-
e can Baptist mission
= Ambassador Cambon. Of France. left
Washington. On the l7th- for Chicago.
to receive the degree Of Ii. ID. from
n the University Of Chicago. This j. the
,. second American university 10 give
a. this high degree 10 the French am
. bassador. Harvard having bestowed
r the doctoraie upon him two years
s ago.
Charles Belts. Il years old. who was
a. charged with The murder Of a farmer
x near Winfield. kas-. was put upon the
X stand. on the 18th. for cross-cxami-
b nation. The boy was cool and was
p not mixed in his answers. His recital
e Of all the details of the story had a
&c good effect on the jury.
Asa. eight years old. and Carl. aged
n II. sons 81 Adam Roger. OF Lakrton.
- Ind. were drowned in Eel river on the
l. 10th. They. with several companions.
r. were bathing. when the younger boy
, got beyond his depth. and in attempt
ing 70 rescue him the elder was
& dragged down.
T. n ~ Townsend. agent ia New York
= city for the Hong Kong and Shanghai
= banking corporation. received cable
'e message. on the 18th. saving that
" -51.oe0 Mexican dollars. stolen from
n the company on May q. at Singapore,
had been recovered ia Ceylon
. Miss May iloSsmer. the actress. and
D. George Russ Fiske. actor and singer.
= were married in Chicago on the 18th.
a. Mr. and Mrs. w. w. Fiske. Of salem.
Mass. parents ~ the groom. carae
e west 70 witness the ceremony.
nj \ fishing schooner named the Lady
.. Clare was lost. on the I..,,. by being
r crushed in the ice in the Strait OF
Is'ie Isle. Forsy-scvcn persons o
board were rescued.