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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-18
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

In the senate. on the 18th. considera-
was resumed, which, after amendment
in some particulars. was passed. The
most important amendment to the bill
was that offered by Mr.. Pettigrew
6. d., restoring the free homestead
law 80 far as it relates TO Indian lands
ceded TO the United States. and for
which settlers have been obliged to
pay the purchase price to the Indians.
The bill carries an appropriation aggre-
eating nearly Ss.oOo.0O0. The senate
adjourned until the l4th. The house
was not in session.
TIE weekly statement of the assoc
ciatcd banks of New York city. issued
on the 18th. showed the following
changes: Surplus reserve. decrease
81 .3ii.575: loans. increase. S5.9s6.6OO:
specie. increase. ss79. 500: legal tenders,
decrease. 5000. 200; deposits. increase,
81. $4,000; circulation, decrease, Sis7,-
zoo.
Ar special session of the United
States court AT Pittsburgh. Pa. on the
18th, Judge Burlington decided that
Chris Won der Abe. the baseball mag
nate, must remain in charge of Detect
i've Bendel. who abducted him from
st. Louis. Won der Abe said he would
take an appeal.
REV. JAMES II. w. HARRIS fully
ordained minister of the Protestant
Episcopal church, is going on the vau-
deville stage. Mr.. Harris is - years
old, and up to short time ago was
pastor of the Church of the Holy Re-
deemcr in Oakland. Cal.
JUICE JEREMIAH RYAN. one of the
most prominent Irish-American citi-
zcns of st. Louis. died, on the 18th,
aged IS years. Judge Ryan had never
been seriously i'll in his life until last
December, when Brights disease de-
veloped.
The senate committee on appropria-
tions completed consideration Of the
Notifications appropriation bill on the
nth. The committee recommended in
crcases which doubled the figures of the
bill as il passed the house.
REv. WM. G. CATrET.. ID. d., LII. D.,
for 20 years president of Lafayette col
legc. died nj his home in Philadelphia
on the 18th. DIR. Cattcl was one of the
most distinguished Presby terrain di.
vines in the country.
The decree accepting Senior Dupuy
de Lome's resignation as minister Of
Spain to the United States was signed
In Madrid, on the lith and gazcttcd
on the 18th.
OK the nth the associated banks OF
New YORK. city held S3e,43T $50 in cx-
cess Of the 25-per-cent, rule
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-18
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

A DISPATCH from Madrid. on the sth,
said: The Spanish government has de-
cided TO send the Spanish cruiser Almi-
rante Oquendo TO Havana and thence
to New York"
Porch climbers entered the home of
w. W. Norton. in 1t. Louis. on the 9TH,
while the family were at supper, and
stole diamonds and jewelry to the
value of $1,000. the property of Mrs
James q. West, society woman of
New York. and an aunt of Mr.. Norton.
On the 9th Senior Enrique Dupuy de
LONE cabled his resignation to Madrid
as minister plcnipotcntiary and envoy
extraordinary to the United States.
de Lomc's action was in anticipation of
his recall. which he knew to be inevi-
table after the publication of his criti-
cism of President Mckinley and his
blunder in writing state secrets.
TmE department of state has received
the report of oonsul General Lee upon
the killing OF Ncstor Aranguren in
Cuba. If the report could be made pub
lie it might bring crisis in hurry.
PRESIDENT DOLE of Hawaii and party
I
where the president and his wife spent
the day at the home OF MIR. Charles
Cate. Mrs Dole's brother. The two had
not met for many years.
TnE fourth session of the fourteenth
parliament of Queen Victoria and the
Y twenty-sixth of the United Kingdom,
4 was opened. by commission. on the sth,
at p. m, with the customary cere-
monies.
GEo. LORD. the oldest mason in the
United States, and probably in the
world. and also the oldest odd fellow
i'm America. died at San Bernardino,
Cal. on the 9th. the victim of para.
lytic stroke lie was born in New
York city. June q. 1900. and first went
to California in 1919.
The Kansas State Editors associa.
tion. which met in annual convention in
Kansas City, kas. on the 9th. unani.
mously adopted a resolution favoring a
great fair and exposition to be held in
that city in 1903 to commemorate the
centennial anniversary of the Louisiana
purchase.
pRoF. EDWARD j. JAMES. of the Uni
versity of Chicago, has been nominated
by the bureau of education at Wash
ington to represent the United States
government as delegate To the lntcrna-
tional Congress of Commercial lnstruc
tion, at Antwerp, to be held April 10
1888.
IT was denied in Vienna. on the 9Th
that there was any question at present
of restricting the importation Of Ameri
can fruits into Austria.
FIVE persons are known to have per
ished and large number were injure,
in fire which, ON the night of tn,
9th. destroyed the plant of the Chau
lauqua Ice Co.. at Twelfth and Fix,
streets. Pittsburgh, Pa, and severa
nearby buildings.
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AN EXPLAIN ALTON.
rhe German Ambassadors Explains That
Menace to American Horses.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE follow.
ing statement was made to the secre-
tary of state by the German ambas
sador:
Certain declarations of the royal
Prussian minister of agriculture have
evidently been distorted. The minister
answered to an inquiry made to
him in the Prussian diet that we
had to wait IL any evidence might
be furnished of veterinary dangers
from the importation of American
horses. Only then, in case such dangers
should have been proved. would there
be reason to take energetic measures
or impose quarantine as far as we
are entitled to do
This explanation was called forth by
the cablcd statement that the Prussian
minister of agriculture had said that
American horses infected with in
fiuenza were being imported. and it
might become necessary to forbid the
further importation of horsesas a pre-.
cautionary measure.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-18
EuSN Isis1ltnr.

Columbus, Ind, Feb. 9.-Dore Og
den, a local genius, has invented fish
catching apparatus which promises TO
excel all previous inventions in that
line. A very fine wire extends from
battery near the fisherman through the
fishing line to the hook. The fish are
elcctrocuted the second they touch the
instrument. In a test in White river
several hundred pounds of fish were
caught in a few hours.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-18

Evansville. Ind, Feb. 9.-Economy
doesn't always pay. 1t not only looks
better to wear linen collar rather
than one of celluloid, but il is safer.
During a performance in the Peoples
theater some one threw lighted
match, which struck Ernest Winkley
in the back of the neck and set fire to
n celluloid collar which he was wear
ing, the blaze flashing up and crcling
about his head. Winkley was severely
.corched before he could snatch the
collar off.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-18
To License noxIng.

indianapolis. Ind. Feb. 9.-The city
council has passed an ordinance TO liz
cense sparring and boxing matches
and il is now in the hands Of Mayor
Taggart for his signature. The ordi-
nance provides for the issuance Of IL
cense, and the police superintendent
is to be notified of every license is
sued and the time of the proposed
match. The ordinance limits contests
IN fen rounds
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-18

OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED.
Onicial News of the Assassination of Pres-
ident Barrios of Guatemala.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE official
confirmation of the assassination Of
President Barrios came to the state de-
partmcnt in the following telegram
from Minister Hunter, at Guatemala
City. dated Wednesday:
president Barrios was shot and in
stantly killed last night at eight
o'clock while walking with two mill
tary officers near the palace. The as
sassin. while attempting to escape, was
Immediately killed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-18

SEVERAL years age W. 4. ID. Stokes,
of New York. came into possession of
all the private papers of VIM. NJ. Tweed.
According To his story. more than Sill,
100000 was paid out by the "I'oss"
for brides and buying up individuals
that other people To this day know
nothing about. The evidences of these
payments are still in existence. with
the Endorsements Of the parties directly
concerned.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-18

In the United States senate, on the
sth. senator Mason. of Illinois, as the
sequence Of a long preamble, offered a
resolution rcciting that the president
Of the United states be, and he is
hereby requested, to notify spain and
the insurgents of Cuba that the war
,so-calledl must at once cease. and be
discontinued, and that the United
States Of America hereby declare and
will maintain peace on the island Of
Cuba"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-18

LADY HENRY SOMERSET las written a
letter to Lord George Hamilton, Brit
ish secretary Of state for India, to the
effect that the letter which she wrote
him early in 1897, in connection with
the repeal of the Indian cantonment
act. was widely misunderstood, and she
therefore desired to withdraw her in
dorsement of any form or principle Of
state regulation OF vice.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-18
GEN. WILLIAM BOOTH.
The Commander Of the Salvation Army
Calls Upon President Mckinley.

WAsHINGToN. Feb. 1l.-Gen. William
Booth, commander in chief of the SAL
walton army. and his son-in-law. Com
mander Frederick ID. Booth-TuclSer. of
the American army, arrived here yes
terday and yesterday afternoon called
on President Mckinley at the White
House. They were accompanied by
Mr.. Il. H. Mcfarland, correspondent of
the Boston Herald and member of the
local entertainment committee, who
made the introductions.
The president received his callers
very cordially and in the course of the
interview which lasted about - min
utes. he expressed to Gen. Booth his
great admiration for him. and for the
good work of the army, especially in
the United States.
DThe General in the morning opened
the senate with prayer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-18

Warsaw, Ind. Feb. 0.--It is stated on
authority that Eagle Lake. Ind. the
home of the Winona assembly, is TO be
made the division headquarters of the
Pennsylvania railway. The Pennsyl-
vania company owns large tracts OF
land near the place. upon which are al
ready extensive switching yards.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-18
AN AGREEABLE SURPRISE.


WASHINGTON, Feb. l2.-Thc preside''
md the members of the cabinet wero
,agrceably surprised at the appearance
of Secretary Alger at the regular me's,
ing Of the cabinet yesterday. rms =
the first time in eight weeks that no
has been able to attend. The sccrc-
tary looked worn from his long illness
and did not remain long at the mee'.
ing. but the great progress he h's
made towards complete recovery W.
noticeable.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-18

Indianapolis, IND, Feb. BY unan
imous vote the republican state COM
m.ttee elected Charles 5. Herney. Of
Henry county, as chairman. Mr.. Hern-
ley announces as his platform that the
campaign in Indiana must be made
on the sound money issue and that
Gen. Harrison will be invited TO return
10 the councils of the state party and
be asked to sound the keynote of thu
coming campaipn
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-18
A NEW MOTIVE SUGGESTED.
why the Witnesses Against sheriff War

why the witnesses Against sheriff Mar
tin and Ills Deputies are So Jealous.
WrLKEsBARRE. Pa. Feb 12.-N hen
court opened yesterday for the triai
of Sheriff Martin and his deputies VINO
are charged with the killing of the
strikers at Lattimer, the defense intro
duced new feature in the cross-eNam-
nation by endea,oring to show tha'
the evidence of the witnesses was IN
fluenccd by the hope of securing dam
ages from the government in the even'
Of conviction.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-18

Whiting, Ind. Feb. "a man sup
posed to be /. X. Van Sicklcn, of this
place. is at a hospital in Chicago suffer
ing from paralytic stroke. He was
found in railway station in semi
conscious condition and unable to give
Ineligible replies TO questions He is
about IS years old and well dressed
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-18

Bloomington. Ind. Feb. o.-The SEN
ate of Monmouth college at Monmouth,
ILL.,, has elected Rev. Samuel Il. Lyons
of this place, as president Of the col
lege. Mr.. Lyons is Monmouth gradu-
ate Of the class of ~ and is now pastor
of the United Presbyterian church
here. He is As years of age.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-18

on the 10th Chairman Burk of the
Ohio senatorial investigating commit
tee issued subpenas calling Senator
Hanna. Mai. Dick, Maj. +. q. Kath-
bone, Harry NJ. Daugherty and ,. ID.
Hollenbeck before the committee.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-18

Wabash, Ind, Feb. 9.-Leroy Sloane,
the tramp who brutally assaulted the
ten-year-old daughter of John Hare
near here and narrowly escaped lynch
ing at the hands of excited farmers,
has been safely lodged in the Wabash
iail
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-18

The weekly statement of the New
York city associated banks for the
week ended on the 9Th showed the fol-
lowing changes: surplus reserve. de-
crease. S,27 SIS: loans. increase. 1894
100: specie. increase, Sysj, 400: legal ten
ders. increase. Sl,Ol2,6 900; deposits, in
crease. sll, 343, 300; circulation, decrease,
$40. 500.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-18

Ara cabinet meeting, on the sth- "
was decided TO send two companies OF
United states troops at Dyea and skag-
nav. Alaska. Immediately, for the pur-
pose of preserving order and protect
ing life and property.
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Oldest Railway Employc dying.

Terre Haute. Ind. Feb. 9.-William
Fitzgerald, the Oldest employe of the
Chicago & Eastern Illinois road. both in
point Of service and age, is dying. He
is 81 years old and has been with the
company since the first rail was laid.
or late years he has been fiagman at
T. street crossing. He was a familiar fig
ure in the city by reason of his stature.
being six feet six inches tall.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-18

JAMES r. KEESE shipped several race
horses to England on the Atiantic
transport liner Minnewaska, on the
9Th. They were: Cock Robin. Easter
Gift. Match Girl. Blushing Bride, Maid
of Erin and a bay flly, all three-year-
olds
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-18

The president. on the eth, transmit
ted to the house the report of Consul
General Lee relative to the execution
of Col. Ruiz by the insurgent Gen.
Aranguren, which the house had called
for by resolution. IL showed that the
execution was after court-nartial and
in strict compliance with orders from
Gen. Maxine Gomez.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-18

Shelbyville, Ind, Feb. o.-Experts
have pronounced the water supply of
this city to be unfit for use and full Of
disease germs, and thus account for
the epidemic of typhoid fever.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-18

The trial of NJ Emile lola, who is
oeing prosecuted by the French gov
eminent as a result of the letter which
he wrote. last December, to the Aurore,
strongly rejecting upon high officials
connected with the Dreyfus case,
opened in the assize court of the Seine
on the 9Th.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-18

Muncie, Ind, Feb. 0.-Rev. y. ].
Naftzger, Of the NJ. +. church, had
unique audience. Every member of the
police force. headed by the chief. at
tended his church.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-18

A MEMBER of the reorganization com
mittee of the Union Pacific road In New
York city. on the 10th, said that com
pany had made no formal offer for the
Kansas Pacific property, except the
original bid
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-18

CAPT. BESJAMIS X. WAGNER, ex-state
senator and brother-in-law of Congress-
man Hit. died at Tyndall. ;. d., on
the 10th. Capt. Wagner was born in
Ogle county. H., and was member of
the Wagner family of that county,
which was represented in the Union
army by 40 of its young men.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-18

BARON GUsTAvE WEIssENBERG. lieu
tenant in Emperor Williams hussars'
was held up by a woman on the levee
in Chicago. on the eth. and robbed of
$40. The baron's identity was revealed
when he appeared in the police court
70 prosecute the woman.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-18

on the sth senator Allen, of Nebras-
ka. offered as an amendment TO the
diplomatic and consular appropriation
bill the Morgan resolution for recogni-
ton of the belligerency Of Cuba.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-18

Paramount. Ind. Feb. o.--On account
of the measles epidemic the schools
here have been closed indefinitely.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-18

The political rights of employees OF
the post Office department under the
civil service regulations, are dealt with
in an important communication re-
ceived. on the eth, from First Assist
ant Postmaster General Perry ;. Heath,
by Postmaster Charles U. Gordon, OF
Chicago.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-18

CAPT. LEUTZ, in command OF the
Alert. cabled the navy department, on
the sth. that he had landed marines at
San Juan del Sur. Nicaragua, for the
protection of the American consulate
owing to the fact that a revolution had
broken out there.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-18

THE steamer Queen left Victoria, Il.
C.. on the 9Th. with over 500 miners for
the Yukon. She was followed. on the
9Th. by the Danube. with over 200 more.
over 100 miners licenses for the Yukon
district were issued on the 5th, and al
most as many ON the 9th, by the col
lector o. customs at Victoria.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-18

GEN. PRosPERo MORALES, formerly sec
rotary of war under Gen. Barrios. ana
later head of the unsuccessful rebellion
against the dictator. has been declared
president of Guetamala.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-18

Auburn. Ind, Feb. o.-Ths town
now owns its electric lighting system,
having purchased the mining company
plant for S6.JOO
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-18

THE original De LONE letter is in the
possession OF the administration. 1t
wns taken 10 Washington, on the
9th, and turned over by representa-
tive of the Cuban junta.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-18

Washington. Ind. Feb. "a flowing
well discharging pure ice-cold water
has been struck here.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-18

Fort Wayne. Ind. Feb. 9.-Thc Old
Fort Manufacturing company Is in the
hands OF q receiver,
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A SPECIAL cablegram from San Jose
dc Guatemala. on the 9th, announced
the assassination of President Barrios.
N was added that calm prevailed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-18
HOG PACKING STATISTICS.
The Western Movement of Hogs According
to the Cincinnati Price Current.

CINCINNATI, Feb. 1.-THE Price Cur
rent says: There is a continued re-
strietcd movement of hogs; western
killings, $4,000, compared with 4s0. 900
the preceding week and $4,000 last
year. From November the total is u
100000. against $4,000 n year ago.
Prominent places compare as follows:
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1898-04-01
THE JEWISH SOUTH.

neither right and proper But there is divine in
junction on the subject which cannot be disobeyed
with impunity, and Ignorance of the law is no
excuse"
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THE
Hntl=Semtttsm ano ITS Causes.
BY JAcoB BILLIKoPF.
[continued From Last Week.

But these merely small performances in
parison with the volume of restrictions bestowed
upon the Jews and their communities by this anti
Semitic government SO let us penetrate now into
Germany and see with how much vaunted pride she
is endeavorng to discriminate against the Jews,
cialy and politically. In fact, there is capital in
Europe where this downtrodden race is boycotted
to such extent by the highest classes of society
in Berlin the Lutheran portion of the nobility mani
testing against them more luminosity than the
Catholics. This is not only the case in Germany,
but in Hungary Also where the aristocracy is OPP
posed to the Jews, but not to such extent. One
can form slight idea of how great the prejudice of
the Hungarian nobility is against the Hebrews that
when " some time ago." quotes a correspondent in
the New York Tribune " the Prince of Wales having
accepted invitation to stay at Kasthey with
Count Jasselo Festeln, sent in advance the list of
the party whom he bringing with him. and
which included the Of a wellknown Hebrew
financial magnate, of whom the Prince very
fond The Count at wrote to the Prince to say
that under circumstances would he consent to re-
ceive the Hebrew nancier beneath his roof and that
than do he would prefer to forego the
honor Of visit from the British her-apparent"
While the hatred that exists towards the Jews in
Germany and Hungary is mostly with the nobility,
in Austria it is the contrary Here may witness
daily demonstrations against the Jew by the lower
casses-the nobility, the contrary, being more
liberal. This may be shown by the fact that such
aristocrats Prince Wndischgratz, Count Badeni
and Count Ia afe have been driven out of office mainly
because they have opposed antJewsh legislation,
while the destnies of Austria confded to
narrow minded man, of pebeian origin, who has
succeeded in reaching the pinnacle of his career by
exhibiting antipathy toward the Hebrew race and
also by obeving the orders Of the Father of Austrian
Ant-Semetsm, Dr. Leuger, whose motto is: Letus
drive out all the Jews of Vienna and wrest from the
Hebrew bankers and capitalists the money which
they have acquired from us BY improper means"
Now let us give attention to Roumania, whose
anti Senetism is almost synonymous with that of
her great rival, Russia There is not country at