The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-05-24
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Amend W fasnS, OttoinuH iihh'S
ter of foreign affairs, has called upon
the ambassador and notified them or
Turkeys desire to ~re-establish the
status quo ante in the postal question
and her intention to send "A high
functionary. probably the foreign
minister himself, TO apologize for the
violations of the foreign mai bags.
The British tcamer Para. Capt.
Stranger, which arrived at Kingston,
Jamaica, on the 18th. from Colon, re-
ported the suspension of hostilities on
the part of the Colombian rebels, and
that the Colombian government was
believed to be negotiating TO end the
revolution.
The Oregon Christian Endeavor
union closed its state convention at
| Salem or the 10Th. Francis +. Clark,
| of Boston. president of the National
Union of Christian Endeavor societies..
was present at the convention, and
| delivered several addresses.
All rumors regarding the abdication
of King Alexander of Servia, the -es-
ignation of the cabinet. and the ban
| ishment of Queen Draga. growing Il
of recent sensational experiences OF
| the Servian royal family. are declared
TO be without foundation.
The revolutionary groups of Paris
celebrated, as usual, on the 18th. the
anniversary of the Commune. march
ing in patches to the cemetery of Pcre
| T.. Cl.se. anl 1aynsttsnr xtreafhg nf
| the foot OF the wall where the COM
munists were shot.
The elections to the new chamber
| of deputies were held in Spain on the
10th. At Bilbao there was n quarrel
between a Ininisterialist and n social
list, ard the latter was killed. Anoth-
err person was killed at Cuence, a
suburb of Bilbao.
A cabinet crisis in Peru is reported
to he imminent. 1t is said that the
minister OF finance, Domingo Almen-
ara. has threatened TO resign as he
disagrees with his colleagues on the
details of the salt monopoly.
According TO advices from Seoul.
the Corean government has leased TO
Japan 400 acres of land TO form a set
| Element at Ma San Pho. The laud
in question was formerly anxiously
sought by Russia.
Gen. Chaffee, at midnight of tho
18th, issued his farewell order ending
the American relief expedition in
China.
NJ. Pichon, the French minister, left
Pekin. on the 18th. for home.
Funeral services over the remains
of Mrs. Lyman j. Gage were held. vn
the goth, at the s~ecretary's residence
on Massachusetts venue in Washing
ton. Rev. DIR. y. ID. Hills, of Ply
mouth church. brooklyn, conducted
the services, which were exceedingly
simple. Al ten O'Clock the body was
placed on the Pennsylvania limited
train for transportation to Chicago
for interment in Rose Jill cemetery.
Among the features of the dedica-
tion Of the Pan-American exposition.
at Buffalo, y. y, on the 10th. a
The simultaneous release of several
thousand carrier pigeons. Confused
at first by their own numbers, they
circlcd low in wild flight, and then
gradually scared upward on graceful
wing. High up. where they got their
bearings, they parted and took fight
to every quarter of the compass.
Mrs. Elmer Cuimby. wife of a farm
er living nea 81. Louis. Mich. on tie
night Of ;he 10Th. gave morphine 10
her two children, @ boy aged seven
anG a girl of nine. Both children died
next day. Mrs. Quimby then tool th,.
Family trouble Is said 10 have induced
the woman TO commit the crime. She
is under arrest on the charge of muir
der.
In the presence Of n vast concursc
OF people, with cercmonials both con
ventional and novel, the Pan-Ameri j.
can exposition at buffalo. n. y. was
formally d dedicated on the Goth. The
day was fair, and the Industrious
energetic men who planned the great
enterprise Icjoiccd in fattering sac
cess.
approximately fifty thousand ma
chinists Throughout the country
struck, on the Goth, for a nine-hour
day, q scale Of wages equal TO The
present icn-hour per day scale ani
other demands. a large number Of
employees conceded the demands, and
thus ayertcd threatened trouble.
The sovereign camp Woodmcn Of
the World ut Columbus. o.. on the
goth. decided that in the future IL n
member engage i'm the liquor business
he shall be- expelled. and camps rcsus-
ing 70 take this action shall have
their charters revoked.
Esther Cleveland, the ninc-year-old
daughter OF the former president. IS
suffering from diphthcria az her homa
in Princeton, y. y. The physician in
attendance anticipates no serious de-
yclopmcnt in the case.