The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-03-02
LATE NEWS ITEMS.


VII" were in attendance upon the orri-
ocr;tic national committee. Mr. PEN
/, - lrep.. Pal RETAINED from CALI
ine up the Quay case. as announced.
ana gave notice that he would DO 50
ON the Esd, which met with some OBJ
jtci,on on the part of the opponents
OF MIR. Quay LIN the house the de-
bate on the Puerto Rican tariff bin
was resumed. and brought out several
notable speeches The debate was
continued AT a night session
The most thrilling aud important
new. received from the scene of hos
tilsties in South Africa. on the ID.
was an account of the battle raging
between Gen. Cronje's troops. partial
Is entrenched in the bed OF the Mod
Ger river. and Lord Roberts forces
unoer Lord Kitchener. Being terribly
pressed by superior numbers by whom
h. was completely surrounded. with
80 guns dropping lyddite. schrapnel
am canister into his lager. which
was in flames. the Free State con-
mander asked for an armi~iicc OF -
hours. Lord Kitchener characteristics
rel,iy was immediate surrender or re-
sumption of the fight" Gen. CronI.'s
answer was that he would resist to the
death The battle was still in prog
reS--
Johns Hopkins university celebrated
its twenty-fomrth anniversary. ON the
22i. by an appropriate exercises in Nc
Coy hall nj Baltimore. Md. The ora
tor of the day was President BENZ.
III. Wheeler of the University OF Cais-
fornia. who dwelt strongly on the Dig
nified side of politics. and made an
urgent plea for stronger men for polit-
zeal Office.
Edwin {. Vance. manager Of lie
Union elevator. died Of gas snffocatiCn
lin Decatur. H.. on the z2d. in an UNI
successful attempt To save the life oe
Irvine {. Edgar. Edgar was discos-
ler,d al the bottom of n big tank in a
helpless condition. Vance went into
the tank TO rescue the man. but was
Immediately suffocaied by gas.
Representative Fitzgerald. OF MaSsa-
clrsetts introduced "a bill. on the I'D.
limiting the charges on sleeping ears
u 20 cents per 100 miles for a lower
berth and . cents per 100 miles for
al. upper berth 4 proviso permits a
fo,si charge of SI2s for q lower and
one dollar for an upper berth
Ex-Congressman Harry Miner. of
New York. formerly well-known the
atrical manager. died on the ed.
Al 81 . T.,
lption involving the seating Of Mr.
Quay as senator from Pennsylvania
was taken up. the vote in favor Of CON
sidcration being "a to >. Mr. Daniels
Ode m. Na.) made a speech vigorously
supporting Mr.. Qnay's right 10 the
seat. Messrs. Vest and Foraker deiiy-
eTcd constitutional arguments cp'
) posed to and ia support Of the Tia
vailan government bill. In the nous,
a.. agreement was reached To taxi 4
vote on the Puerto Rican tariff bill
on III, 2sth at p. m. general debate
on IN. bill to close on the Goth. Tn,
leading speech OF the day was mai,
by Nh. Littlefield (Me-) against this
bill. The debate was continued at :
night session.
T., direction of the president ~
military post at Magnolia Bluff. neal
/ Seattle. Wash. will hereafter be- known
anc designated as Fort I.awton. IN
honor OF the late Maj.-Gen. Lawton. u
:. ", tcolonel and inspector genera
United States army. who was kilics
/. IN action at san Matco. Philippines
] Z -. "a
Victor IIochenstein. of Spencer. IND.
has fled claim for S20c.OO0 agains
the Spanish government for i'll treat
men; received from spanish soldier
in Cuba while he was ia the service o.
the Red Cross society. lie publici,
charged in Havana that the Spanisi
blew up the Maine. was seized and con
fined i'm Moro castle.
The United States consul az Rio q,
: Janciro has informed the state depart
ment under date Of January - last
tina. the pest scare in Brazil i sub
siding. and that the health authorize,
, though, tina; the quarantine rcstric
! tons would probably be- removed a
! All Brazilian ports within a week.
L l - INhW Mfn rNlN Nv - 'NAHt VII
: Festitics. Of Hungary. a relative 81
Count Rudolph de Fcsiifics. who mar
ried Miss Lilly Iiaggin. granddaugh
, ter of =. u. Ilaggin. the copper baron
Was held IN S2.no0 bail. ON the sd. Ia
the Center Street police court. IN New
Work. ON a charge Of swindling.
IcprcScn ,siilc Loud. author ~ al,
I. matter srcGn.d special rule on ;h,
egd giving two days ia March for he
c,I liberation ~ the bill and pronid-
, ling for final vote.
The house committee ON libraries 81
lihs 4sd. made favorable rrpor; ou
Representative Rays bill for statue
IN Washington TO Maj. Gen. George B
'Mc,ielland.