The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-01-06

~ NN0Ni NlAfl TIT 0AAN AODAAN a.
has is one scarf pin.
NJ. Loew, president of the crimina
chamber Of the French court Of cas-
sation. spent two hours OF the minis
try Of the interior, on the Goth. taking
the testimony Of NJ. Dupuy. the pre-
nicr. on the Dreyfus case.
Hon. Justin :. Morrill,. senior Unite,
States senator from Vermont. died al
his Washington residence at /: 20 a. IN.
of the 2sth. of pneumonia, in his
eighiy-ninth year. The venerabl,
statesman had been sick but one week
a cablcgram has been received al
the navy department from Rear-Ad.
miral Dewey asking FOR the immediate
dispatch Of officers and men for serv.
ice ON tie three Spanish vessels which
are to be reftted and added to hi.
fleet.
The evacuation commissioners at
Havana have issued an address 10 the
people Of Cuba asking courteous treat
ment for the Spaniards who are leav-
inb the island. in consideration of sim
liar treatment accorded to the Ameri-
cans.
Commodore Philips now at the head
of the subcommittee OF the interna-
tional committee of the Young Mems
Christian association. which is plan
ming TO build a home for jack tars near
the Brooklyn navy yard to cost $780,
600.
Ambassador Romero. of Mexico, was
operated upon for appendicitis on the
.>th. DR.. Tabor Johnson. who super
vised the operation, said the patient
was doing as well ascould be expected.
lie was still, however. in a very critical
condition.
Specinl dispatches from Paris say
that IN view Of the daily preparations
for 2 coup d'etat. the revolutionary So
cialists have organized a vigilance COM
mittcc in each district. charged with
the detection Of the anti-republican
movement.
Bishop William T.. McLarcn. of the
diocese Of Chicago. will accept the mis-
sion TO Porto Rico to investigate the
field there for promotion of the Epis-
copal church interests. as delegated
20 him by the Episcopal conference in
Washington.
The expectation is that the presi-
dent will offer Judge Day the first
vacancy on the supreme bench. and
~ an appointment as circuit Judge
may precede. Judicial honors are
more in line with Judge Days ambi-
ton than any political preferment.
Now that broomcorn has rome TO
500 a ton in Illinois. there is trouble
Tor the buyers. Many of the farmers
who sold at 500 and n have not vet
delivered refuse to maui their brush
To market unless present prices are
paid. Rcpleyin suits are threatened.
The conference based upon the dis
armament proposal Of Emperor Nicho-
las has been fixed for 81 PETERSBURG
about the beginning Of Nav next.
prior 10 which the Russian govern
mcnt will submit officially 10 the now
ers q definite plan Of disarmament.
Ambassador Romero. OF Mexico. 4
seriously III with appendicitis at his
residence ia Washington. a consulta-
tion Of physicians was held. on the
2sth. but il was decided TO await de-
,elopments before determining whcth-
er or not an operation was necessary.
The cost Of the Spanish war. inclnd-
ing ga%rrisons in the dependencies dur
ing the remainder Of the present fiscal
year. viii probably fan within ne
limit Of S250.o00. 900. This was about
the amount estimated by careful OBJ
servers az the time Of tho signing Of
the peace protocol in August.
An expedition consisting Of a signal
detachment. Battery q of the Sixth ar
hllery. the Eighteenth regulars and
the fifty-first Iowa. under command
of Gen. Miller, started from Manila
for lloilo. on the 2G,h. on board The
transports Pennsylvania. Arizona and
Newport. The expedition was con
voyed by the cruiser Baltimore.
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II y said in official circles that in
Gications point TO the conclusion Of an
agreement between the American and
Canadian joint high commissioners
that. while satisfactory 10 both the
United States and 10 Canada. viii not
inelude what either side hoped 10 OBJ
lain a the beginning. The arrange
ment v expected TO be ratified within
n week after the assembling OF the
joint commission on January 8.
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