The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-12-08
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

L The first mortgage ~ The South
vsstcrn division Of the Baltimore 4
Clio railroad was filed In the Office OF
Tive recorder Of de,,.- at ~angamoH
county. Illinois. ON the l0th. The mort.
g+ge p to ss-cure SfJ00if0o fhree-and
a--alf PER cent. gold bonds. dated Jan
u--ry D. i-' and was given 10 The
FarwrrS' L1an and Trust Co. 81 Nr,,
uTk- and W. H. II. Miller. OF Indian
spolis, Ind.
Gen. Leonard Wood. commenting
UPON the report thar he might succeed
Gen >tcrslh,r- as encouragement Of
ths army said il was without founGa-
iirn. My relation with the ncdica!
department 81 ne army 50 far as fur
sher duty in the medical corps Il con-
rarnei. said Gen. Wood. rs at an end:
and whatever duty | may perform in
the arnsy in the future will be in the
line
= number OF the most prominent
ministers Of Cleveland. o.. i'm their
4 Thanksgiving sermons. on the a0th.
I upheld the president in his policy to-
ward the Philippine ISLANDERS Amongst
these were Rev H. e. Hayden. Of the
First Presbyterian church. Rabbi
Cries. Of the Wilson Avenue temple.
ana Bishop Leonard Of the Protestant
/ Episcopal diocese ~ ohio.
SIR Thomas Upton. speaking AT the
a. s.uai dinnerofrhe Temple Yacht club
IL Londou-ou the 3orh.enlarged uponthe
E good treatment h. received in .Ameri-
Ga and sail. Il can see no room for
/ ci-.lrrag cement and unless some one
ELSE challenges I shall certainly do -
myself very soon IAN can say Is that
gc had square and fair race and rot ?
fair aui square licking
Owing 10 THE acu-eness 81 the dead
iock in Newfoundland politics. an at
tempt j. being made TO induce Sir
William Whiteway- the former pre-
.nieE. who Recently retired from public
affairs 20 undertake the formation Of
coalition ministry and 10 carry on
The business 81 The country until the
general electiou
Thanksgiving day was celebrated by
the american colony in Rome with the
usual enthusiasm There WIS lavish
display 20 the Stars and Stripes al the
Ell. tssssy- rh- consulate and the resi-
dsrres * Americans throughout tho
CRY king iIumhert received Nmba.-
s.ALvr Draper b private audience.
Es- Hon Daniel Talon. the lord
uiayor ~ Dublin. was az the White
House. sightseeing. on the g0th. and
lsit for New York. en- route for home.
Senators Gallin-er and HanshorougN,
on behalf of the senate committee on
pensions have been engaged in tax
ing testimony under resolution
PASSED by the senate last session iu-
s'rurtin- the committee 10 inquire
into the wisdom of revising the pen
SION laws Secretary Hirchcock and
assistant Secretary Davis. Of the In
terror department and Commissioner
~ Pensions Evans and Assistant Com \
missioner Davenport all favor a gem 4
erai revision ~ the laws by a non Z
partisan commission.
Dr. Franklin T.. Gillespie. Of GIenrS
Valley Ind. was sentenced. on the \
ist- 10 three years at hard labor in the
Columbus co. penitentiary and fined
SOD and costs. for cOunrerfeiting. a
petition signed by zU0 or more Of Or.
GilIespie's neichbors was read. 81 wing
tl-ar his reputation previous to his ar
rest had been good Gillespie also mad.
a pathetic plea for mercy. but the
court would not reIeut.
~ conference of about - promi.
nenr house republicans held al tho
capitol in Washington. on the night
q the lst- IL was decided that the in
eligibility Of Erprr~@ntative-eiect Rob
eriS- Of Utah. ~ occupy a seat ia The
house u Representatives should be in
v.stigated and determined. and tsat
Pending rhe decision he should not -
permitted 20 take oath IF ofice.
Word comes from the Philippines that
The two companies Of Macabat SCOUT
under Capt. BatSon arr doing a. well
thar ii has bren decided 10 orraniz..
a full battalion ~ these natives. TIL I
additional two companies will be yery
useful in the present campaign N
tracking the fleeing remnants OF Agui- :
naidn's diss-rganized army.
1em. C0nur surrendered 500 officers
and men with rifles several American
anc ~ Spanish prisoners and the gar-
r'snn az Ilyambang. Province ~ Men
Va Nizcaya- LuzDn. on the ut. Ia I.ient. ,
Monroe with 50 men OF the Fourth
cayalry.
Capt. Ieary. the naval governor ~
the Island ~ Guam. wants an add. c
fional force ~ marines. the few men :
~ has az command now being an in =
significant FORE compared with the Z
5000 pop alton Of The island.
ny cavc-in ~ an excavation fot a
sewer in Denver. COL on the tst. sever
u iatorerS were buried. The body ~ !,
George Holt2 was taken out an hour },
a'er- !, was not known Low many .
Nerc in the trench