The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-08-03
NEWS In BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources


crs in the Manchurinn district.
Emperor William hiss presented his
Yacht Samoa to the naval academy al
ki.l for the use Of the cadets.
According 10 Seoai reports, on the
2,itl.. the Corcan government had pro-
tested against the presence OF Rus
tian refugees at Win, and after an
audience the Russian representative
acre,d 10 remove them 10 Port Arthur
without DELAY.
The dominion government has been
officially notified OF the action OF the
Japanese in prohibiting any more than
ten emigrants 10 leave for Canada in
one month. or 100 in the year.
Tie postmaster general. on the Goth.
ordered the establishment If rural de-
livery service Mt Jacksonville. H.. Gi-
rard, kas.. and Onaiaska. Wis. on Au-
gust IS.
Tie American pilgrims 10 Rome un-
der the direction Of Father T.. II. Bcr-
ell. of Brooklyn. were received by Pope
Leo on the 26th. The bishops Of Brook
lvn ard Burlington and students Of the
North American college we're present.
The pope appeared 10 be in excellent
health.
Ii is asserted that il the railroad
companies do not grant better rates
than at present contemplated the
l;ryan and Stevenson modification meet
inc al indianapolis. Ind. August :.
Will be called off and other arrange
ments made.
The banner wheat yield in central
Kansas so fa- reported comes from
Glendale township. Saline county. in
the Saline River valley. ". r.. l:ogcs
has Just threshed the wheat from ~
acres, that made the phenomenal yield
OF 81 bushels per acre. The wheat
tested eaia pounds 10 the busheI.
raities broke into the house of j. l..
Bovlin. ~ Weston. Ore. on the night
Of The 2Jth. and tried To kidnap him
and las Wifi. Bowlin is rho man from
Kcnlrcky over whose extradiiion on
Cov. Beck hams reqrisitcn there were
two habtas corpus cases II fendlcton,
Gre.
Mr.. John w Barber. left Creenville
Miss. on the cath. for Grand Lake.
Ark. in splendid health:on thu ajtn
he enjoyed a big barbecue, and the
same night dropped dead. IL. was
nearly 90 years of age.
Judge c. d. Clark. of the United
States district court for the eastern
district of Tennessee. made m order.
on the Goth. which disposes Of the eases
against the six large pire companies
under indictment for violation Of the
antitrust law. They were allowed 70
enter a joint plea of guilty and were
fined 81. 500 and ~. costs of the pros
tciliion.
Ills Glenn. { notorious male i'm
personator and fore,r. We're called ia
the fed, raj court. ~ Parkersburg, w.
Va. or the Goth, and. after an cv-
hailstiye argument. based entirely up
on tccLnicalitics. Judge jackson re-
leased the prisoner on 500 bend.
which was promptly furnished by her
counsel.
Assistant Paymaster Carr. Of the
United States geological bureau, was
on Vermont Central train.
Oh The 10th. and placed in Jail II Bur
lingron. 1t is alleged that he j. SiO.-
ow short. There is said TO b. u
woman in the case.
Tie Sycamore Gll) cannery is meet
ing with heavy loss this year in los
ing large fields of pfase. An insect
called the pea lous. has put in its APP
pcarance here and will destroy all the
crop. The insect is very small and
cred by the offspring of single fe-
male within day.
The Otoe Indians. living on rescr-
walton about 100 miles south of Wichi-
In. kas., have been having a splendid
time since they received an annuity
payment of $50 each. Most Of them are
row without the money. but they
have had plenty Of sport.
Mrs. Mary Crump, who owns a 300
acre farm near Calumet. kas.. and has
six daughters, takes the cake for
thrift Four or five years ago her hus-
IdHu Ultu Inc WAS titn
gagged to pay his funeral expenses. The
debt amounted TO over $500. but she
raid that off within two wears, and
now has 50 900 in bank.
The German foreign of points cut
that the conditions for mediation de-
by President Mckinley. places
the United States IN substantially the
same position a. Germany and France.
A firm OF American contractors is
for 1000 laborers 10 De
gin work on the Central Railroad Of
Cuba on November ].
Joseph Mayer. for many years the
Christus of the Passion play. has been
elected mayor of Oberammcrgau. Up
per Bavaria.
A woman about twenty-five years old
walked into the Presbyterian hospital
in New York city. on the eth. and be-
fore the attendants could prevent it Sc
cured and swallowed four ounces Of
carbolic acid. She died in IS minutes
The woman had a card containing the