The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-05-24

JASPER, INDIANA.
AZ is understood that France is ne
gotiating with Ecuador, says the sgd
ney correspondent of the Londor
Daily Mail, for the purchase OF one o:
the Galapagos islands.
Gov. Ia Toilette of Wisconsin. on
the 18th, vetoed the Collins compul'
sorry vaccination bill. The governor
does not believe that an emergency
exists which demands such "A law.
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The prospectus OF the Russian loan
was issued on the 18th. The price oil
issue is 9sis one-tenth payable on nT'
plication. cne-nfth on allotment, and
The balance October . and December
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The statement of the treasury bal
ances in the general fund, exclusive OF
vision of redemption, issued on the
18th, showed: Available cash balance
$l5s,147.73l. gold, S96,5s1, 500.
London morning papers, of the nth
referred editorially in terms of deep
est sympathy TO the illness OF Mrs
Mckinley. recalling the sympathy dis
played by both the president and hi
wife when Queen Victoria died.
The board of directors Of the BENZ
Harrison Monument association met
in indianapolis, Ind, on the nth.
Senator Fairbanks presided. Evans
Woollen was chosen secretary 10 ill
the pace made vacant by the resigna'
ton of T.. i. Tibbott.
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The total Of contributions received
BY the Jacksonville (Fla.) relief asso-
citation, up TO the 18th, was $4,000
Chairman Parrott of the commissary
department.. stated that the number
of people being fed daily by the relief
association was above 5000.
Grin Hickok, the well-known driver
who arrive ed in Cleveland, o., from
California, on the nth, states that
Just before leaving California lie
timed Dolly Dillon a mile in 2:l0la
the fastest mile ever trotted in May.
The trial was over the Pleasantown
(Cai.) track.
Inquiry in official and diplomatic
circles indicates the practical certain
~ that France will grant a subsidy to
the proposed direct steamship line be-
tween France and Canada. This sub
sidy will be similar TO the one voted
by the Canadian parliament. The
idea is warmly welcomed in Paris.
Ouartermaster-General Ludington
has arranged for the removal of the
remains Of the confederate dead ia
the Soldiers Home cemetery and in
the Arlington cemetery to another
section of the last-named cemetery,
which has been set aside by the Sec
rotary Of war for their ~reinterment.
One OF the largest tobacco deals
ever made in the west has just been
carried through by the sale TO a
Philadelphia firm $4,000 cases of last
years crop of Wisconsin tobacco.
About three hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars cash changed hands. The
shipment will amount to 260 carloads.
Sidney S. Lowenthal. of Cornell uni
versity. won the Central League ora
torical contest at Bloomington. Ind 4,
on the night Of the nth. His subject
was Judaism; Its Mission in the
Twentieth Century" III. ii. Horner, of
Ohio Wesleyan university, was second.
and Alvah Johnson Rucker, of Indiana
university. third.
After a day Of terrible anxiety. dur
ing which it was stated from San
Francisco that Mrs. Mckinley had en-
tered the Valley Of the Shadow OF
Death. and that almost all hope of re-
cover had been abandoned, the night
bulletins. on the 10th. brought the
welcome news of a slight but distinct
improvement in her condition.
The Porto Rico exhibit for the Pan
American exposition, at Buffalo, ",
T., seized by the customs officials, was
released, on the 14th, with the excep-
tion of that portion which is 10 he
shipped east for sale. This. accord.
ing to one of the Porto Rican com.
missioners, consists of goods for
which there is not space enough IN
the Porto Rican section.
The monthly statement Of imports
and exports Of the United States. H.
tued on the 18th. by the bureau a.
statistics. showed that during April
1901, the imports of merchandise
amounted to s76,75o,es2. of which s36.
Scl. s2s was free of duty. The whole
amount is $1,000, DOC in excess Of i'm.
ports Of April, 1900. The exports oi
domestic merchandise during April
aggregated sl20, 7so. $3.50. an increase al
81, 100000.
A strong movement is on foot IN
Oklahoma 10 have the general Ian.