The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-06-08
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

eral deficiency bill. the last of the .p-
preparation bills. was passed, as WAS,
also the emergency river and harJor
bill. The session was concluded With
lculogics of the late Representative
Green. of Nebraska. LIN the house
.he Littleiield antitrust bill to amend
the Sherman act of 1890 10 mai,c 4
more effective in the prosecution OF
trusts. their agents. officers and a.
torneys, was passed, 2s3 TO !. Mr.. Mann
trcp.. lll.) casting the negative voie.
The announcement of the vote Was
cheered TO the echo.
Louis Klopsch. of New York, pub
Usher of the Christian Herald, who al
rived in India. May Il, and started lt
cncc on tour of the famine stric ken
districts. has returned to bombay. AZ
ter travelling through the most sorely
smitten portions of the Bombay pre-
idency, including Gujarat and Baro.-
da. Ills description Of the ravages OF
famine and pestilencc is appalling
! H.. II. Massey. who is on his dciil.-
bed nj Sweet Springs, Mo-. suffering
from cancer of the face, has turned
over 10 his attendant a complete si'.cr
counterfciting outfit and several half
! dollars OF his own manufacture. lie
lsays he has been making spurious cyin
Tor ~ years. passing most of it ;-Nay
from home.
The Berlin Butchers guild has pre-
] scn;cd petition to the bundesrath, in
connection with the meat Inspector
bill, claiming that hogs liyers ani
Z tongues are necessary in the mama
4 faciurc OF sausage; that inspection n
such eases is practicable. and II II
heir Importation should be continued.
The United States transport Ham
cock, from san Francisco. MAY II, .,r-
rived AT Manila. on the 81. with TIE
members Of the Philippine commission.
Gen. Mac\rthur's staf welcomed lie
commissioners on board the IIancocl.
The post office department viii nyt
interfere with The project OF postal
clerks 70 raise money for the purpose
OF securing the passage Of the "classi-
hcation bill" by congress.
The grand steeple chase at Auteul,
rance. last year the scene of turIn-
lent outhurst against President Loubet.
passed of yesterday without a sign of
political disturbances
Sis men and two ladies. French l,lI
Belgian refugees from pao Ting Fu,
arri,ed al Tien Tsin on the I'd. Niae
h.e still missing.
In the senate, on Ne ith. the work
Of the session being practically com
Ilctcd. the session WAS more If a So
cial function than business session.
Nearly four of the ten hours consumed
Was spent in executive session. AZ the
night session many OF The senators APP
feared in full dress. and tie galleries
were thrcnged with raily-attired
crowds Of spectators. No business Of
importance was transacted. ~. In the
house. the conference report on the
sundry civil appropriation bill was
agreed 10 AZ 10 The <j.00OOOO appropri-
alton for the Louisiana Purchase eN-
position anu as u The it,m for the
Mississippi river. with amendments.
Other items in dispute were sent back
10 conference. The disputeo items in
the District Of Columbia appropriation
bill We're agreed to. and the bill went
- the president.
Nearly seven hundred laborers,
members Of the Foundry Laborcrs'
union al Buffalo. y. ". struck. on the
4th. for Sis for an eight-hour day,
an advance of - cents. AZ q re-
suit about twelve hundred moldcrs
and corc-mal<ers employed in the yar-
GUS shops Of the city are idle.
The new Salyadorian minister. Ha-
fael Ialdivar. laid his credentials be-
fore President Mckinley ON the ith.
The presentations were made hy Sec
rotary Hay and the usual felcitous
speeches were exchanged between the
president and the new minister.
mother raid was made on the law
thorne race track. near Chicago on the
4th. and six boohmakers were ar
rested. The police met with no opposi-
ton in making the arrests. The men
were taken before Justice Kendall,
and released on $500 bonds.
Lord Mimic, the goycrnor-general CT
Canada. signed an order in council. on
the 4th. appointing Col. Richard Heden
O'Grady Haley. who is ON retired pay
in the imperial service. - be ma ior
general commanding the Canadian
militia.
The remains Of = VI. II. Clark. for
ncr president OF the Union and Mis-
souri, Pacific railroads. arrived in Oma.
ha. Neb.. on the 4th. and was met by
100 prominent officials Of western
roads and former employees Of Nj.
Clark.
Ia -. Georges chapel. London. on
the 9TH. n the presence of all the mill
tary knights. Maj. G. NJ. Dale. late Of
the Canadian militia, was installed as
a military knight.