The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-03-23
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

The transport Fitzpatrick left New
York. on the 18th. for san Juan de
Puerto Rico. with supplies for the SUI
fering poor Of the island. She Will
bring back a squadron of the Fiffh
cavalry.
Rev. Stephen A. Northrup. ID. D.. OF
Topeka. kas.. says Of Rev. Or. Shell
don's newspaper venture Most de-
cid,lly. the first issue is not "A new
paper, il only gives the public an OPP
%portunity TO appreciate more fully the
value of our representative metropOii-
tan dailies. The editorials are com
monplace. Placing n prayer at the
top of the first column is out Of edi-
torial taste. : : SHAY a kind proyi-
dence deliver US from another"
The United States charge d'afTaires,
Henry White. saw Lord Salisbury at
The foreign office. in London. on tn
evening of the 18th. and received "A
formal reply from the British govern
nlcnt declining the good offices of the
United States in regard to peace in
South Africa.
The last legislative step in the enact
ment Of the financial bill was taken LIZ
the house OF representatives. on. thu
18th, when the conference report on
the measure was adopted by this vote:
Yeas. i6si; nays. 100; present and not
voting. 10. The senate had already
adopted the conference report. so that
IL remains only for President Mckinley
to afhx his signature TO the measure
to make il n law.
Lord Salisbury replied TO tic peace
overtures OF Presidents Kruger and
Steyn: I'm view Of the use To when
the two republics have put the posi-
ton which was given them. and the
calamities their unpTovcked attacks
have inflicted on her majesty domin-
ions. her ma5esty's government can
only answer your honor's telegram by
saving that they are not prepared 10
assent 10 the independence either OF
.he South African Republic or the
Orange Free statc.'
Chief Wilkie. OF the secret service.
has received a new counterfeit S. sill
YER certificate of the series of 1926.
check letter i. plate number 50. The
note is printed from photo-etchsd
plates on two pieces of paper. with
red and blue silk threads between.
Personal explanations were made in
the senate, on the 18th. by Mr.. Allen.
of Nebraska, and Mr.. Butler. of North
Carolina, of their positions on the
financial question. Both announced
their continued belief i'm the free and
unlimited coinage of silver at the
ratio of is TO L.
The house military committee has
ordered favorable reports on the bill
10 establish a national military park
on the site of the battles of Fred
erickshurg. Salem Church, Chancel-
louisville. the Wilderness and Spott-
sylvania Court House. in Virginia. as
well as "a bill to establish a national
military park nj the battlefield Of
Stone River. in Tennessee.
II may not be generally known. btit
IL is a fact. that a very considerable
quantity Of the flags used in England
are made in Cincinnati. royal ensign.
union jacks and all. An order was re-
ceiyed, on the 18th. for 800 gross Of
asserted kinds. including 10000 stand
ard union jacks.
DIR. Samuel Pennington. president Of
the Newark City national bank. and
the oldest living graduate of Prince
ton college. died, on the 18th. at his
home in Newark. n. j., aged "a. lie
was a member of the board OF trustees |
Of Princeton university and n trustee
Of Princeton theological seminary.
On the i4th. at 1916 y. m, the presi-
dent affixed his signature TO the fnan-
ciai bill, thus making i q law Of the
land.