The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-10-11


l23,6s6.
The monthly statement of the put
tic debt issued on the LIST, shove
that at the close of business Sci
TENDER 30, 1901, the debt, less cas-
In the treasury, amounted to Sl,03l
S24, 365, decrease for the month o
H,s25,40i.
The receipts of the German i'm
perial post and telegraph department
for the first five months of the pres
emit year aggregated 167, 134,03 marks
or an increase of almost nine million
marks. upon the receipts for the cor
responding period of last year. Thi
Is regarded as remarkable, in view o
the reduction of railroad receipts.
A report, issued on the Sd. by III,
United States geological survey. shows
that the total value of minerals Of
oil kinds produced in this country il
1900 was 1910. los, $50. The total value
of the metallic products was S552,
l1S,627; the non-metallic S516. $780, 52
and estimated value of mineral prod
ucts unspecified, Sl.000,000.
At Lacrosse. Kas., T.. j. Smiley, OF
Topeka, secretary of the Kansas
Grain Dealers association. was. on the
eth. fined $500 and sentenced to three
months in Jail for violation of the
state grain laws. He was charged with
entering into combination with
grain dealers in Rush county 10 pool
and fix prices and prevent competition
among grain buyers.
The American Tin Plate Co. has
adopted policy of Cancellation toward
Its employees who were recently en-
gagged in the steel strike. While the
terms of the settlement of the strike
do not permit the recognition of the
Amalgamated association, not the
slightest discrimination, ii is officially
stated, will be allowed against the
old men when they return to work.
Complying with an invitation to rec.
ommend someone for superintendent
of the live stock division of the St.
Louis Worlds fair, President John W..
Springer of the National Live Stock
association, on the I'd. on behalf Of
his organization, Endorsed Hon. c. T..
Thomas, secretary of the American
Hereford Breeders association, Inde-
pendence, No.. for this important po-
sition.
The department of agriculture has
dnally succeeded in securing the Jor-
dan almond, expectation of which has
been vigorously prohibited by Spain
Tor some years, and this government
now will experiment with ii to de-
termine the best localities for grow
Ing il. This species OF almond is re-
garded by the agricultural authorities
~ the finest in the world.
In the fastest and most superb con-
test ever sailed by single stickers for
the Americas cup. the Columbia van
pushed in piping breeze, over tr-
} angular course, on the Sd, the
challenger, Shamrock III. The wind at
times had force of about eighteen
knots. Shamrock was beaten over the
So-mile course by 2 minutes and SO
seconds, actual time, and 3 miutes, IS
seconds, corrected time.
Twelve hundred men and bows went
on strike at Natalie (Pa.) colliery. on
the 30. to force the Shamokin Coal
20. to evict James Bateman, an ex-
foreman, from company house Mt
Natalie. Bateman gained the enmitv
OF q number of miners several months
ago, and they headed a strike for his
discharge. They succeeded in having
0ateman dismissed, and they now de.
mand that he be drifted from the vii.
lage.
The London Daily Express. on the
9Th, cabled Commodore Morgan and
Sir Thomas Upton. suggesting that
they arrange a race with the Column
bias crew on board the Shamrock.
and the crew of the challenger on
board the defender, with view of as.
pertaining definitely just how much of
she credit for victory belonged to the
skipper and crew and how much to
the designer and builder 9. The Co
lumbia.
The Columbia won the third and |
aecisi-e race from Shamrock H.,
on Sandy Hook, on the 4th. but SO
close was the call that but for the
time allowance of "a scconds aha
would have been compelled 20 doE I
ner colors TO the plucky Englisnman.
sxqe Shamrock ii. made the race a few
eeconds faster than the Columbia. bn,
swing to her 500 and odd feet OF cs, r.
eenvas was handicapped by the ,;me
ellowance which saved the rucc ans |
~ cuD 10 America.
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