The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-11-08
LATE NEWS ITEMS

morning OF the 81, were tortured ny
burglars until they gave up over ST.
600 in certificates of deposit and $40
in money. The burglars set fire to
their victims hair and threatened to
roast them alive. One of Races sons
may not recover. The burglars es-
capped in rigs stolen from Race.
i Members of the New York board of
trade and transportation have issued
a call for a special meeting, Noven-
Der z, 1901, to consider Commercial
reciprocity" The call is addressed to
members of the board who are en-
by VIM. Carroll. of the American
Leather Co., and many other prom
inent concerns.
A dispatch from Constantinopie, on
the Sd. said: Nothing is publicly
known here, beyond what has all eadS
been cabled to the press, regarding
the whereabouts and fate of Miss Ell
len NJ. Stone, the abducted American
missionary, or the progress of the re-
gotiations for her ransom. In the
absence OF news, there il considerable
disquietude."
Ii Hung Chang. who had been Sc
riously i'll. was declared better on the
Sd. His physicians diagnosed the mall
ady as liberation of the stomach, and
the hemorrhages had been severe. As
a rule. he is an intractible patient;
but, having been told that his life de-
pended upon his adhering TO a liquid
diet. he complied with the medical or
ders.
Ernest III. Wands. news editor of
the New York Tribune, has been ap-
pointed Worlds fair commissioned 20
Peru. Ecuador. Colombia and Vene-
zuela. Mr.. Wands has Travelled over
and written book about South
America. He speaks and writes the
Spanish language with ease
The fight between Beers under Gen.
Louis Botha and Col. Benson's col
'umn near Brakenlaagte, eastern
Transvaal. at first reported as a Brit
ish defeat. proves in the end to have
been a Boer rout, in which they lost
three times as many men as did the
British.
sousa's band received memorable
ovation. on the I'd. at the close Of it's
engagement at the Glasgow exhibi-
ton The crowd wanted to carry the
conductor on their shoulders. Mr..
>ousa began tour of the provinces,
on the 4th. at Middlesborough.
The steamer Dolphin arrived at Port
Townsend, Wash. on the 4th. from
Skagway, bringing 100 passengers.
most of whom were from Dawson,
and the last to come up the river
before navigation closed. Passengers
reported that Dawson has practically
gone into winter quarters, and active
preparations have been made for
winter mining.
Adj't-Gen. Corbin, on the 4th. re
ceived a very beautiful gold-lned sill
YER punch bowl and silver stand for
glasses from officers of his old regi
ment, the Twentyfourth infantry, in
which he served over twenty years
ago. before he was transferred TO the
adjutant generals department. This
regiment is now in the Philippines.
King Edward, at a meeting of his
prIvy council, on the 4th. signed the
proclamation giving him his new IT,
tie, as follows: Edward the Seventh.
by the grace of God of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire
land and of the British dominons
beyond the sea king. defender of the
faith. and emperor Of India"
The New York clearinghouse, on
the 4th. reinstated the Seventh ma
tional bank TO fun membership. The
action was taken on n favorable re-
port from clearinghouse commit
tee which investigated the plan for
recognizing the bank.
The late u. s. Holbrook, of Bos-
ton, gave to Yale university a fund.
the income from which shall be di-
vided into prizes of $50 and s25, to b.
awarded for the best two essays by
members of the Yale divinity school.
Fire, on the 4th, practically de-
stroyed the business part Of Clifford.
u miles southwest Of Mayville. n. d.;
loss. $4,000; insurance, 1000. The
fire probably was started by burglars
In their attempt to blow safe.
Fritz Maer, prominent democratic
politician of Manchester. o., was. on
the 4th, shot and killed by Ike Hill,
deputy marshal. Ed Evans, former
deputy marshal, was slightly injured
while acting as peacemakcr
Announcement of an increase rang
ing from $3.50 to $40 per month in the
wages Of telegraph operators on the
Hazieton a Mahanoy division OF the
Lehigh Valley railroad was made at
Hazleton, Pa, on the 4th.
Ii Is known that the Beers got
away with the two guns captured
from Col. Benson's column in the re.
cent engagement near Brakcnlaagte,
aan4x,s=s Y.