The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-08-09

OF the estate on the day OF the Tesla
tors death.
X. j. Fosburgh. of Pittsfield. Mass
the father of May Fosburgh, who wa
shot. August 20. 1900. on the 3lsi
withdrew all rewards privately OF
fered and substituted one of 1880 TO
the arrest and conviction of III
guilty parties.
The contest between the British wa
Office and the London Daily Mail ter
minated, on the ist, in victory TO
the paper. The war Office bein,
forced, by public pressure, TO call OF
the boycott on official news estah
lshed against the paper.
Acting Fourth Assistant Postmas
ter-General Conrad, on the 30th. di
rected the establishment of the frs
post Office on the Island of Guam.
is located at Guam, the chief point oil
the island. ranks as fourth class, an,
Antanasio Tartano Perez has been ap
pointed postmaster.
The monthly comparative state
ment of the government receipts an,
expenditures shows that the receipt!
for July, 1901, amounted to So 500, $40
and the expenditures So. 307. 500. which
left surplus for the month of $12,
$50. as against a deficit for the month
of July, 1900, of 100000.
The Turkish minister of marine ha.
decided not TO order any more wal
ships or materials from Germany be
cause of the attacks made upon the
sultan in the German newspapers, and
owing TO the circulation of a false re.
port that the Turkish cruiser Izmar
al Kiel, had been hypothecated.
The steamship Deutschland, of the
HambHg-American line, which ar
rived at New York. on the LIST, raised
the western average for hourly runs
TO 23.07 knots. The best previous av-
srage was 23.02 knots, and was made
by the same vessel. Her best DAVIS
run was Col knots, which is also a new
record.
At a great Protestant meeting held
on the Goth, in ST. James hall, Lon.
don, Lord kinnard presiding, reso-
luton was adopted, protesting
against the change in the kings &C.
cession declaration. 1t was also de-
cided TO address q memorial embody.
ing the resolution to the house OF
commons.
Lord Mayor Frank Green received.
on the LIST, through j. :. Morgan q
Co. of London, a contribution OF E5.-
600 TO the Queen Victoria memorial
fund, made ION behalf Of the dele
gates of the New York chamber Of
commerce" who recently visited Lon.
don. The lord mayor returned cor.
dial acknowledgment.
The edict OF the emperor of China
providing for the reorganization OF
the Chinese foreign Office has been
received in Pekin. Its tone and sub
stance satisfy the ministers of the
powers. The edict comedies with the
demands on the subject formulated by
the United States special commission
er, Mr.. Rockhill, as a condition OF
peace.
The stock of gold In the United
States treasury is the largest in the
history Of the government, and il =
accommodating at the rate of $500. 000
20 s5.000.000 a month. The figures. on
tho 3oth. were $500. .2o7. of which
s24s,65s,6es is free gold. but including
the sijO,JJO.oOO gold reserve. Since
July ]. 1900, the stock of gold on
hand has increased about Ss1 ,0O0,O goo.
The quarter-centennial anniversary
Of Colorado's admission into the
Union was formally opened at Colo
RADIO Springs. on the LIST. by the un-
yelling of statue Of Zebulon Mont
gomery Pike, who discovered the
Peak that bears his name. Mayor
John Robinson and Gen. William Pal
mer delivered commemorative adj.
dresses in the presence of 5000 peo-
pie.
interviewed at Omaha, on the I'd,
Secretary Of Agriculture Wilson said,
among other things: Corn is some
what seriously injured in all the
states in the corn bet, how much |
can not pretend to saw. Our monthly
bulletin. issued August 10, will give
the percentage. You people in Nebras-
ka are not going TO starve, il is only
Q question OF how much money you
will be able To put in the bank"
The New York Mail and Express
says the Southern Pacific Railroad Co.
Is about to issue from $4,000. 900 to
si5,oo000o OF new bonds to he used
largely for making the change in mo-
tive power On the Texas and Califor-
MA lines from coal Ia oil; for con.
s,fucting pipes "a transfer oil and f,r
OIL properties which the company has
acquired or il about TO acquire. in or.
oeI 70 guarantee an abunda.t supply
Aor years to come