The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-03-23
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

fit Of the people of Puerto Rico beng
Under consideration. Mr.. Jones (dcm.,
ArkD offered as a substitute a bill %
return the duties To those who had
paid them and providing for absolute
free trade between the United States
and Puerto Rico. The bill had nns
been disposed of when the Quay case
was called up. Mr.. Wellington rep,
Md presented an elaborate argument
against the seating of Mr.. Quay, and
the remainder of the session was con-
sumed in a running discussion of the
constitutional questions involved.
in the house the District of Columbia
appropriation bill. carrying sd,60s.?7s,
was passed. and also a bill granting
the abandoned Fort Hays military res
eryation to the state Of Kansas tof
experimental station and normal
school purposes.
The delegation ofCrcek Indians which
had been in Washington for some time
comforting with the Dawes commits
sion. signed n new agreement. on the
18th, which will be transmitted 10 the
senate. They protested against a no
vision eliminating the tribal courts be-
ing inserted in the agreement, aul
hope 10 prevail upon the congressional
committees To permit these courts 20
remain.
Representative Ray. of New York,
chairman Of the house committee on
Judiciary and at the head of a special
subcommittee on trusts. introduced a
joint resolution. on the 18th. propo--
ing an amendment 10 the constitution
giving congress the power TO regulate
and repress monopolies and combit.-
tons and to create and dissolve COG
porations and dispose of their propcf-
ty.
The Railway Age. OF the 10th. says:
Although more miles of new rail-
load were built in the United stat
.ast year than in any year since 1890
there is every indication that the pres
ent year will witness even greater ac-
tivity. H. the aggregate there are
nearly 59.Oo0 miles OF road projected
With a view 10 the preservation 81
the trees and shrubbery in the Island
If Puerto Rico. Gov.-Gen. Davis has
issued an order prohibiting the feliirg
or cutting of any trees. %shrubbery ear
any living wood within the public do
main on the island.
Senator Proctor. of Vermont. on tie
18th. introduced a Dill providing for
the prevention OF the authorization OF
food.
In the senate. on the 18th. the
Puerto Rican relief appropriation bill,
CARRYING S2.0oj.OOO. to be expended ~
the president 'on public education,
public works and other governmental
and public purposes" was passed. IN
order was made TO take up the case
Of former Senate Quay on April 3.
and discuss il until disposed of....in
the house. il being the first private
bill day under the new rules. six Uills
OF no general interest were passed.
No other business Of importance was
transacted.
The state department has been noti-
fled that the Persian government is
about to send a minister to Washing
ton For ten years this post has been
vacant. the incumbent having left in
duigcvn. owing 10 the mcrcilcss ridi-
Guile heapcd on him by the American
parag aphcr on account of his queer
namc--liadji Hassan COOL Khan. with
a half dozen additional syllables.
IL IS learned that the purpose of The
government 10 acquire the Island Of
81. thomas. ID. ". l.. for a rcasonaDl,
consideration from Denmark. has not
been abandoned. Notwithstanding the
statements attributed to the Danish
minister indicating a decision not to
part with the island.
The Berlin papers discuss the pro-
cecdings in the British parliament
with reference to the PROCLAMATION OF
the English church in Dresden hv Borr
sympathixcrs. expressing their regret
and attiibuting the act to street row.
dies, but denying Great Britain's right
% complain.
The S~irathcona Horse regiment ami
100 recruits TO fill vacancies in the first
Canadian contingent in South Africa, |
embarked at Halifax. y. <. on III,
transport Monterey. en- the 10th. The
troops were given a grandcr send-off
than that extended TO previous bodies.
Secretary Long issued. on the 10th.
the order constituting a general boar.l
TO insure efficient preparation OF The
feet Is case Of war and for the naval
dcicnse Of the coast The order dss-
ignaics the admiral OF the navy as
chief Of the bureau Of navigation.
The miners employed az the works
of Coulter a Huff. in the vicinity ~
Grcrnsburg. Pa. will be given an adj
vance Of ten per cent. on April 4.
There will he about five thousand af-
icctcd. The advance was unsolicited. |
Lord Roberts reports that the
wounded British officers and men he
found in Blocmfontein had been well
ear..I fnr y