The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-08-02
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

/ in large numbers in the vicinity of the
city. and that on order had been is
sued by the government calling upon
the citizens 10 concentrate in order TO
repel attacks and 10 protect property.
Panama is guarded from the sea by
a runboat.
The SIS naiiers and packers in the
p -four mills OF Minneapolis have pre-
sented 10 their employers a demand
for s2-.5 per day for packers and s1.25
for nailers- - cents more than they
are now receiving They also de-
maTded a contract for five years. The
| employers agreed TO raise the wages,
but refused TO enter into any con-
tract
heo Tux. Sac Indian has given no
tice At the land office at FL Reno of
his intention 10 file on the quarter
section OF land adjoining the town site
of Lawton which will be- the principal
town in the new country OF the Kiowa
| and Comanche reservation. This j.
probab bly, the most valuable tract in
the entire region OF land TO be opened.
Peter Tiiibury. an iron worker,
called ut tie home Of Kate Phinney.
on the 2sth. and threw the contents of
a small bottle of carbolic acid into the
face of Mrs. Mary rorry,a guest. burn
ing cut the w0nan's eyes and in Turing
her neck. arms and breast frightfully.
The man had pleaded with the woman
for years TO marry him.
'-isuda-Pest papers are filed says
q dispatch TO the London Daily Ex-
press from the Hungarian capital,
with accounts cf a project said TO he
promoted b. American financiers, for
the creation OF another. but more
luxurious Mozte Carlo on Magarethen
island opposite The upper end of the
city in the DANUBE
The NewS-1rihune. naphtha
launch used to deliver Detroit (Mich.)
newspapers 70 residents OF the Lake
St Clair iats. capsized about two
miles north of the lightship. on the
2-th. during a sudden squall- Miss
Maud Randall. Of Detroit. one of the
four passengers. was drowned.
On the 2sth Baron Mount-Stephen
announced git ssio. 900 to the Pres
byterisn church OF Scotland. the in
come TO 60 10 The ministers in his ma
tive district Of Aberdeenshire and
Ba1f, shire
Et Rev. Brock Foss Westcott. bishop
OF Durham. died in London on the
Seth- lie Was horn i. I>25.
The North Gina Daily News an.
49,
cradescence ~ tine outbreaks by the
Boxers in the Province Of Shan Tung.
in consequence Of the success of the
allied villagers in Chi Ii province
against the troops az Ii Hung Chang.
Civil Service Commissioner Roden-
burgh returned 10 Washington. ON the
2sth. from an official trip 10 Hawaii.
taken by himself and Chief Examiner
>eryen of the commission. Mr.. Rod
enhurg says an excellent civil service
system is in operation in Hawaii.
An imperial German decree. issued
on the 29th. announced that an Ant
arctic scientific expedition. under the
leadership % Dr. Drygalski. viii leave
Mel in August 10 establish observa-
sion stations at Kergulen island and
at the farthest sttainable south.
The whalehacl barge Sycamore.
loaded with iron ore. was sunk in
collision with the Northern line
freight steamer Northern Queen. near
Point Iroquois. Mich. on the Goth. OF
the crew Of eight men. two were
drowned and enc missing.
Commissioner OF Internal Revenue
ferkes has ruled that in case Of es-
tates coming within the legacy tax
law. the assessment OF the govern
ment tax mast be made on the value |
OF the estate on the day of the testa-
tors death.
The first battle in the British naval |
maneuvers took place. on the Goth. |
when the cruiser Squadrons Of the on |
posing fleets were engaged of the |
sicily islands with the theoretical re-
salt that the Defending fleet was an
Initiated
Wendell ". Michler. Of Ohio. has
been appointed stenocrapher to Secre-
fary Root. 4, succced Frederick ID.
Squires. resigned. Mr.. Nichler had
been dischar-ing the duties Of the !.
place under detail for some months.
Only two petty officers in the navy
have taken advantage Of the provision
IN the present naval appropriation act
which permits siA petty officers each
year to apply for appointment as en-
signs in the nav.
forest FIRE in the Province OF
Jemtland. SWEDEN. has assumed e.
gantic proportions. Three thousand
troops have been ordered TO assist the
men who are combating the flames
The American steam yacht Nahama.
having or board Mrs. Robert Goelet.
The duchess OF Luynes. and a party Of
friends arrived nj Christiania, Nor