The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-12-21

showed no diminution OF power or
quality; but he is tired of public life.
and retires TO engage in the raising
of fancy cattle.
Another serious landslide has oc-
CURED in Heloland. Thirty houses
have been engulfed, and a considera-
BILE part of the island has been sab
merged. 1t has been impossible to
eend relief, and the losses have not
yet been determined.
The supreme court OF Ohio. on the
nth. dismissed the p 'oceedings
brought by former Attorney-General
Monett, charging that the Standard
Oil Co. was in contempt OF cour5 for
having failed 20 comply WITH an or
der, issued in 1s92, directing a dissolu-
tor OF the Standard Oil trust.
The Iowa state agricultural conven
tion, at Des Moines. adopted resclu-
tions. on the 18th, fayoring the crea-
ton OF a national park at the head
waters of the Mississippi river, and
the concentration of the control of
government forest reservations under
the department of agriculture.
The vote of New Y ork, as announced
bv the state board of canyassers. on
the 18th. shows the following totals;
For fredericksburg republican,
s21,992; Bryan. democrat, 67s, 1856; Mall
loney, social labor, 1902: Woolley,
prohibition, o., O43; Debs, social demo-
crat, 1850. McKinley's plurality, li3,-
G06
The close Of the exposition, throw
ing thousands out of employment, has
created abnormal criminal conditions
in Paris. Crime is rampant at all
hours. especially in the suburbs. The
officials OF the prefecture of police
calculate that 1900 sufferers from the
exposition have joined the criminal
army.
The report that the remains of L.
500 soldiers were brought home from
the Philippines by the transport Han
cock, is declared TO be without foun-
dalton. The vessel brought only IL
corpses, ten being those of persons
who died en- route. and one which was
transferred TO the Hancock from the
hospital ship Relief at Nagasaki.
Wheat is growing so rank in the Ar
kansas valley wheat belt, embracing
territory that produced over forty
million bushels last year, tina. the
farmers are advertising TO take stock
free for the purpose o. eating 1.
down. The indications at this time
for the crop are IS per cent. more f.
vorable than they Were at the sams
time last year.
The Washington auxiliary to the
National Red Cross association. on
the11th. sent $1,000 to Mr.. John Seely
chairman Of the relief committee al
Galveston. Tex. to bc used in provid
ing shelter for the homeless. Anoth
er thousand viii be sent soon by the
auxiliary, which is receiving contribu
tions from all parts Of the United
States.
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Lake Winnibegoshish, Man., recently
shot n moose. almost entirely white
and considered by the Indians to b,
sacred. When the fact became know
in his tribe, there was great comma
tion, and he was tried by council o
medicine men, and will have TO un
dergo series of punishments of ;
must cruel character, which ma.
cause his death.
The will of the late Senator Cush
man N. Davis, who died November q
was filed for probate at st. Pau
Mimi, on the l2tn, by Mrs. Anna NJ
Davis. the widow The will. which i
very concise, and was made durin
the senator's last illness, leaves all hi
estate to Mrs. Davis. and names tn
ST. Paul Trust Go. as executor. Tn
estate Is valued az $4,000 in persona
and $4,000 in real property.
With imposing ceremonies. ON IN
18th, the national capital celebrate
tho centennial anniversary Of III
founding Of the seat Of the fedora
government in Washington. The Is
parade. review by the prcsidcn
from the east front Of the capitol IN
orations in the hall of the house Q
representatives, with a reception q
The Corcoran art gallery at night.