The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

The war department has sSstructed
Gen. Chaffee TO delay the departure
Of the proposed expedition into Min
darao unit. after the receipt II fur
iher directions from Washington.
The president desires 70 exhaust all
other means of effecting the capture
Of the Moros who murdered ATaeri-
can soldiers before dispatching an
armed expedition for that purpose.
The transport Crook sailed from
San Francisco for the Philippines. via
Honolulu. on the Goth. with 500 men
If the Second battalion, Eleventh in
fantry. and number Of passengers.
There is a recrudescence of the
plague at Port Elizabeth. Cape Col
onv. Ten cases have been reported.
five of which have proved fatal
4 passenger train from Coules City
10 Spokane on the Central Washing
ton. was wrecked. on the 23d. near
Cheney. Wash. Neil Bowie. of Rear
don. Wash. was killed. and John kel-
loCg. OF EeardGu. and an infant named
Phelps. so badly injured that they
NAV die.
Plans are under way at Seattle.
Wash. for the LAYING of the keel Of
the battleship Nebraska, July 4, with
elaborate ceremonies.
Striking dye helpers Of Paterson.
y. j.. on the ed. stormed the estab-
lishments that We're still running and
by force compelled a complete sus-
pension of business in their trade
They engaged in series of running
fights with the police and plant man
ayers, and in one Of the severest
clashes exchanged volley Of pistol
shots with them Many persons on
either side Were severely injured.
The Seventh-Day Adventist general
conference at Topeka. kas.. on the
ed. discussed ways to advance the
ed with the church. The institutions
are located at Lincoln. Neb.. and
keene. Tex. and in each ii has been
decided TO establish normal depart
ments for the benefit Of the teachers
in the private schools Of the denomi-
nation.
The aunt of Emperor William Of
Germany. the Landgravine Anna II
Hcsse. who was recently converted to
Catholicism. has been STAYING in
Rome recently in strict incognito. so
as not 10 be obliged to call at the
quirinal. She was received by the
pope on the 2jth.
j. B- Forsman. st. Louis resident
and travelling salesman, dropped dead
in the Rock Island hotel in FL Reno.
Okla. where he had taken supper on
the 2ith- He complained Of not feel
ing well. and almost Immediately fell
from his chair dead. lie was 80 years
old. and married.
On the c5th X. q. Dun & Co. of New
York. reported: Failures for the
week numbered 212 in the United
States. against 2is last year. and IS
in Canada. against PC year ago."
Count Zeppelin. the aeronaut. has
been ruined financially by his expert
ments in Berlin with airships. He Is
unable to obtain any further support
in Germany for his projects. and he
II breaking up the old framcworks
Of his airships. lie has sold five tons
Of aluminium.
A dispatch from Uniontown. Pa, on
the 25th. said: Pierce fires are
raging in the mountains Of Henry
Clay and Wharton townships. Owing
TO the dryness and the high winds
that have prevailed for several days.
the citizens are unable 20 check the
flames. Thousands of acres Of timber
and hundreds Of panels Of fence have
been destroyed. and the Ere = NO.
ret under control"