The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-05-26
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JASPER INDIANA
The committee Of the Prussian diet,
on the 10th. rejected the canal bill by
a vote Of Il 10 IL.
San .sidro, the rebel capital, was
taken by Gen. Lawton's column, on
the nth. and the insurgents driven
further northward.
A movement is said TO be on foot 70
institute proceedings 20 Gust Mayor
John II. Farley of Cleveland. O.. who,
IL is alleged, spent more than the
legal limit allowed candidates for ex-
penses.
Gen. Joseph Wheeler will deliver
memorial address before the Edward
". Kingsley Post 1l3, &. A. r., on Me-
mortal day. in Boston theater, Boston.
1t will be Gen. Wheeler's first visit 10
that city.
The will of the late Baron Herschell,
former British lord chancellor and
member of the Anglo-American-Cana-
dian commission, who died In wash
ington on March l last, was probated
in London on the 18th. The estate is
valued at cl53,00o.
f. F. Bogart. formerly postmaster at
Wilkesharre. Pa, who was arrested
and suspended from Office three
months ago, charged with tamperlng
with the mails, has been arrested
apain. this time on the charge of en-
bezzling money belonging to the gov
eminent.
In the district court at Omaha, Neb-,
on the 10th. Judgment for $4,000 ana
a decree of foreclosure was rendered
against the estate of the late Anthony
j. Drexel, of Philadelphia. The SUIT
concerns real estate in Omaha The
Omaha Bridge and Terminal Co. was a
party defendant.
Gen. Gomez notified Gov.-Gcn.
Brooke. on the 18th, that he could no
longer act in the matter OF the dis
fribution of the S3,0O0000 to the Cuban
troops. Gen. Brooke Will conduct the
distribution without other aid from
Cubans than the identification of pri-
Yates by the company commanders
"
Admiral Farraguts famous old flag
ship Hartford. which for many years
has been on the Pacific coast. is COM
ing east. She has been selected as a
training ship for laudsmen. who will
be recruited ain. - entirely in the CEN
trail. western and /, { states. The YES
sci has been completely modernized.
Official notice was received, on the
nth. from Lieut. ]. ID. Carter, of Pres
colt. Ariz.. secretary of the Society OF
Rough Riders, TO the effect that the
first annual reunion will be held in Las
Vegas. y. NJ, June "a. Gov. Roosevelt
and staff will be present. Free enter
tainment will be given all Rough Rid
ers.
Women of Boston, headed by Mrs
Julia Ward Howe, issued call. on tn,
18th, for n meeting TO be held in that
city. on the goth. 70 protest against
"the barbarsm of lynching." Beside
Mrs. Howe. the callfor the meeting wal
signed by many women well known II
connection with the reform movement,
of the day.
Director Rathbone. in charge Of th'
postal service in Cuba, Assistant At
torney-General Tyner and Law Clerl
Barrett. Of the post Office department
have drafted a preliminary code o
criminal laws for the postal service il
Cuba. 1t comprises the statutes II
force in the United States with mino
changes to meet local conditions.
.udge Kicks, of the Uateo safe
circuit court. on the i6th, 'e,lded i
favor of the street railways in the lega
lnttle over the low fare ordinanc
yassed by the Cleveland 90 city cour
ell several months ago. he court sus
tanned the railroads in their claim tina
tie ordinances were in contraventio
of the fourteenth constitutional amend
pcnt.
+. A. Vanderbilt, assistant secretar
of the treasury; Charles Allen. assis
ant secretary of the aavy; Perry
Heath. assistant postmaster genera
Brig. Gen. Corbin and Ellis III. Robert
treasurer of the United States, hay
been appointed a national committ'
TO take charge of the funds with while
TO purchase home for Admiral De,
ey in Washington.
At the session of the Mazet invest
eating committee, held in New lol
city, on the 18th, James \. Malone
with whom Mayor Van Wyck admitt'
he had had some business transaction
was put through long series OF que
tions. Mahoncy admitted being boo
maker. but declined 10 answer q
question as to whether he was co
Quoting pool rooms.
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