The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-03-16
LATE NEWS ITEMS.


government pill was begun. the prin-
cipal speakers being Mr.. Foraker (rep..
o. and Mr. Pettus (dem-, Ala.). the
FORMER. being in charge of the bill.
vigorously defending its provisions. and
the latter opposing the measure in
carrfully-Prepared address. In the
house. .raSton \. Robbins. a democrat,
frum the FOURTH Alabama district. was
uEseateJ. and his place given To Will
lam = AlGrich. a republican. who thus
scored his third successful contest on
the ground of fraud IN the election Il
new rule was reported. setting apart
ths second and fourth Fridays in each
month for pension legislation. but
was withdrawn upon promise of Mr..
Richardson. leader Of the minority, that
al.1tsstcTing would not b. INDUCED in.
Pleas Of mot guilty To the charge
NJ using the mails 70 carry on bucket
shopping business Were entered before
Judge kohlsaat in the United States
district court in Chicago. on the sth
/ BY -NIhcrt - and Chas. L. McLain,
Henry o. Parker. James Niccll and
Calvin Whyiand. all prominent menu
b~rs cf the board os trade who were
rcveHtly indicted 5y the federal grand
jury
The Theat4r Francais. or Coincide
Francois. situated on the Place du
Theater-Francais. Paris. near the
IaIIas Royal. and occupying the high
ct rank am7ng the thtaters Of France,
Wa destroy Ell ~ lire ON the sth. Mile.
lienrInr- an actress was asPhyxiated.
The building. which was erected In
U.s. was att interesting landmark. The
damage l. estimated at half a million.
Letters Of admin s-raticn were Is
sued ~ Washington. on the >th. 10
Mrs Mary g. LAYTON in the matter
OF tn estate of her deceased husband.
Maj Cen. Henry W. Iawton. Those
entitled TO rhr estate. it Is explained.
are the widow and four children OF the
deceased general.
The dowager empress OF China re-
ceiterI the wives Of the foreign minis
ttrs in audience ON the >th. Both the
lemperpr and the new heir apparent to
the throne were present. The cere-
monies were similar TO those Of last
year
After considerable discussion the
conference of anialga mated woodwork
crs decided. on the >th. not to admit
uphul-tereFs. varnf-hers and gilders 10
membership in the woodworksrs'
union
In the senate. on the 9th. the feature
OF che open session was speech by
Mr. Lindsay (Ky.1. on the Puerto
kican government and tariff measure.
lie claimed that under the treaty %
Paris which provided for the civil
governments and political status Of the
native Inhabitants Of the islands a..
quirrd BY the United States from
Spain. congrss - had authority 70 deal
with Puerto Rico and the Philippines
as il saw fir-giving free trade 70 one
and lrvying a tariff on the product,
II the other Discussion Of the Mason
Iiosr sympathy resolution was dis
cu~sed behind closed doors In the
Louise. IL being the first day pension
session under the new rule. o. bills
were favorabiy acted upon in commit
tee of the whole and subsequently,
passed
The board Of directors of the Kan
sas penitentiary. after conference
with Gov. STANLEY. on the 9TH. decided
thar the price Of the product Of the
binding Irvine plant Of the state prison
at Lansing. direct TO the consumer.
will be ten cents a pound. or as near
that figure A. the cast Of production
will permit.
Twenty large freight engines have
been ordered by the Uu-on Pacif rail-
road from the Baldwin locomotive |
works. for delivery at the shops in May |
and June The weight o. each is. en-
giHe in working order. 10000 pounds; |
tender. i05.O0l pounds: total weight |
IN working order, 2-5.OOo pounds.
The political movement against the
government of Santo Domingo NAV be
considered ended. Cen. PeTpin. the /
former governor Of santiago de los \
Cahallos. and three Of his followers are
being pursued by the TROOPS Of the
government and IL is expected the,
will soon h. taken prisoners
Alexander Carter. 80 years old. in a
temporary tit 81 insanity. on the 9th.
shot and killed his brother Charles. n
university student, aged % Years. at
the home Of their parents Ia North
Berkeley. Cal. EIe then placed he
muxxie ~ the pistol in his mouth and
blevV his head off,
~ reported by X. ~. Dun q co. IN.
failures for the week ended on the
yfh- were 205 in the United states,
against ne Last year. and 30 in Canada.
against % last year.
The house committee on public
lands on the 9th. favorabIy reported
the series Of bills relative to land laws
N Alaska- previously introduced by
Mr.. Lacey. Of Iowa y