The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-07-04

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c. DoANE. Pubiisher.
JASPER, 1 INDIANA.
The prolonged drought in Texas
was broken, on the 27th, by copioos
rains from Dallas 20 the quiz.
The war department is advised tina.
Rowland Whitney, first lieutenant %
Philippine scouts. died OF cnoiers
June 81. at Batangas. Luxon.
The total cholera deaths 10 the
ed in the Philippines are as foiiows'
Manila. 1907 eases and l.2sl dea'ns'
proyinces.s SASS cases and s.272 deaths
oxford university, on the 24th' con
ferred the honorary degree OF doc
tor Of civil law on Joseph H. ,hoa'e'
the United States ambassador 70
Great Britain.
Mr. and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid took
formal leave Of Lord Landsdowne,
the foreign secretary. on the sotn.
The American special embassy VIII
now dissolve.
Civil government will be estao
lished in the island OF Mindoro II 10
the island of Paragua, and Will be re-
established in Batangas province
Luzon. July 1.
The town Of Mercur. Utah, a gold
mining camp, was destroyed by hre
on the 25th. 1t had IA population OF
2 .s50. The loss viii be between sooo,-
600 and 81, 900, 900.
The record OF the court-martial
p~roceedings in the cases of Maj. Wal
Ter and Brig.-Gen. j. II. Smith was
received by abe war department on
the Goth. 1t will now go 10 the pres
ident.
While . funeral was being held in
n church at Pine Rio. in the province
Of Orense. Spain, on the cath. Tho
building was struck by lightning. and
as a result 25 people were killed ane
IS were injured.
rnseasonably cold weather contin
ued in Iowa up 20 the gath, overcoat'
being rendered necessary. The seri
business of the crop danger VISA FUR
Their augmented by an inch and
Aalf of rainfall within 20 hours.
n---s1--. D.AoAralf attended INT
commencement exercises at haTvar'
ON the 25th. In his address he allud
ed f~eelingly to King Edwards illness
He spoke highly of Governors Tai
and Wood and Secretary Root
At the Sunday-School association
convention at Denver, Col, on III
a7th. Rev. r. Is. Tyler. OF Denver. wa
elected president. The reports OF tn
general secretary and treasure
showed a fourishing condition of tn
association.
A furious storm swept over a por
ton Of Indiana on the 25th- Tw
lives were lost and a large numbe
OF people injured. The property los
is estimated at So. OO0. 900. \ grea
many farm houses and manufactul
ing establishments were destroyed
Crops are ruined, the storm leavin
desolation in its wake.
The Orinoco Steamship and Tra'
ing Co.. an American concern. mac
representations TO the state depar
ment. on the Goth, to the effect tn;
its business was being seriously j
terfered with by a blockade Of u
Orinoco river by the Venezuelan 60
ernment. Is asks that n gunboat
sent TO protect its interests.
The latest bulletin issued from q
bedside of King Edward. at IL p.
Of the 21th, reports his majesty
condition as in every way ~satisfa
tory. 1t said he had a comfortat
day and made substantial impro'
ment. The doctors regarded the da
ger Of peritonitis as almost past. a
believed his maiesty's recovery TO
entirely probable.
T~wentv-three residences were
stroyed by fire In East Dallas. Tie
on the Path. and over one hundr
people were made homeless. Fl
man John Clark was overcome
heat and died. Eight other men a
women were overcome by the h'
and injured. The property loss v
reach fully $4,000, and the insurar
in most cases is very light.
King Edward VII. was strict
down. on the oath. by n disc
known as pesityphlitis. end an ope
tion was performed. 1t appears
have been successfui. as the TO
patient was resting easy az last
ports, though in a critical conditl
The coronation ceremonies were
definitely postponed. and the COS
decorations in London had to be
ken down.
At midnight on the 25th King
wards condition was satisfact'
and he made a decided %improvem
The feeling AT the palace was '
hopeful. While his condition &
hope to the doctors, they still say
DAYS must paga lefora tha dance