The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-03-10
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

cations bill and the bill providing a
code OF criminal laws for Alaska were
4 passed. as were also large number
OF minor bills, the calendar being en-
+ tirely cleaned of private pension bill :
and bills correcting military and naval
records. The conference reports on
the census and naval personnel bills
were agreed 10. .,.ln the house a halt
million dollars each was appropriated.
under suspension Of the rules. for the
Pan-American exposition ~ Buffalo.
~ u. and the Ohio centennial al To-
ledo. Senate bill carrying Sl.Oo0.opn
for the new building for the depart
ment Of justice was passed. Several
minor bills were PASSED. and number
OF conference reports were adopted.
Tie United States hospital ship Re-
lief sailed. on the I'd. from New York
for Manila She will carry 10 Gen. OTIS
for the relief Of the sick and wounded
at Manila. a full cargo Of medical sup
plies and delicacies AZ well as 200 med
ica corpsmen and number Of acting
assistant surgeons and hospital stc-
wards
Cecil Rhodes. the incarnation Of the
most advanced BritiShidcl of imperial
ISM predicts most confidently that
within century the nited State>.
viii have advanced the work began in
the evacuation Of Cuba until il con-
irols all of the American hemisphere.
except Canada.
The directors Of the Amoskeag cor
poration at Manchester ~ IT,, voted.
on the "a. TO restore the wages OF 1897.
after April 3. The increase amounts
TO over ten per cent. he company
employees more than 10000 hands.
The Gillian war office and the Mir
tary authorities have definitely decid-
ed to reduce the army by 5000 men.
The government. il is rumored. con-
templates a sale of several crnsicrs 10
the United States and Ecuador.
The gunboat Vixen. which figured
bravcly. for vesSel'of her light cali
Der. AT the outset OF the Cuban cam
pagn. has been ordered 70 be- inmcli-
ately fitted out al the Norfolk nav.
yard Tor sailing tor Manila.
Admiral Dewey is again pressing or
the navy department the urgent need
Of vessels Of light draft ~ a means Of
communicating among the numerous
small islands Of the Philippine group.
The state department has received
word that the ciyili,n members Of the
Philippines commission arrived 1T
Hong Kong or the ID. They started
Immediately for Manila.
In ~ senate, on the al. amid scenes
of confusion. seemingly inseparahis.
from the closing session Of the tern.
the army appropriation bill. carrying
over $4,000. 900. and the general de-
ficiency bill. aprropriating about $40
co0.OO0. were passed. The conference
report on the Alaska criminal code
was agreed TO. The Toledo exposition
BILL appropriating 100000, was passed.
....In the house the confusion attend
ing the closing session was SO great
that il was with the greatest difficulty
that the speaker could make himsel
heard. Consideration of conference re-
into the night
Ii was officially announced in Lor-
don, on the Sd. that. AZ he treaty %
ls62 gives France equal rights with
great Britain in Oman. the latter ha :
Withdrawn her objections 10 France
placing coal sheds en- the shore similar
to those of Great Britain. provided
that France does not attempt to obtain
territorial rights in Oman.
Congratulatory messages were sent
by the president. through the war and
navy departments. respectively. on til
I'd TO Dewey and Otis, AZ Manila. the
one on his appointment O nd confirm
ton aS admiral of the navy and the
other as major general by brcvet IN
the regular army.
Admiral Monteio. who was in com
nand OF the Spanish squadron lc-
stroyed by admiral Dewey. in the bat.
Il, of Manila bay. and the command, 7
Of the Cavite arsenal, were. on the 81
ircarcerated in the military prison a,
Madrid pending trial for their conduct
| at Manila
| The assistant secretary Of war. on
the Sd, abolished the cnpitation tax
| OF one dollar A head on passengers :.
which had been in force at Gnrau
ports of entry under the american DC
| cupation OF the island.
Articles incorporating the United
States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry Co..
authorized capital. s3O.0O0OoO. wee
| filed with the secretary Of state. III
Trenton. y. j.. on the 3D.
The crew of the wrecked steamer
Morayia were landed at Halifax. \. =.
on the ID. OF the crew az 40 second
Officer Brinton was The only one lost.
| There has been another advance IN
tin plate Of ten per cent. ,'cr box. mals-
ing the price S3.70. q net advance Of -
cents since the trust was formed
Adyices from New YORK. on the ID
stated that Iiudyard kiprng continued