The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-04-19
NEWS In BRIEF
COMPLIED from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

governments al once.
Secretary Long received a call, on
the 10th. from Signor Marconi. the
Italian inventor whose name is identi-
fed with wireless tclegraphy. The cali
of a social character. and not
with any purpose of presenting a
business proposition in connection
with the system.
lie Steele. the leading Dreyfusite or
gan in Paris, and the most persistent
champion of Great Britain in the
Transvaal. on the 10th. announced It's
failure and sale at auction
Yuan Shih-kai. governor OF the
Province OF Shan Tung. in China, has
issued an edict. in which he COM
mends the efforts of Christian mis-
sionaries in,his province, invites them
TO return and promises ample military
prot, elton.
W. l.. Carrow, q travelling repre-
tentative of a New York firm of chem
lists. who committed suicide at Indian
apolis. Ind, on the 9th, left a note IN
which he said: II 60 10 seek the here
after. Tell Carrie Nation that rum
and cigarettes are a damnation. -
In the United States court at De-
troit, Mich. on the nth. application
was made for q receiver for the Mich
igan Savings and Loan Association oi
Detroit. Examiner Lord refused e
make any Statement; of the company's
assets and liabilities. as his examina'
ton had not been finished.
The United States armored cruises
New York, with Eear-Admiral Rods
ers en- board. arrived at Port Said, OF
the 18th. on the way TO Manila.
The Winnebago Indians, in Wiscon
sin, on the 18th. elected striking
Tree" John Littlesoldier) as success
sor 10 Chief John Thunder, deceased.
The decision of the japanese min
! lister of finance. Viscount Natanabe
10 postpone the railroad. TELEGRAPH
and telephone undertakings, although
the budget provided Expenditures 70
this purpose. has created much publ
dissatisfaction in Japan.
The congress of French miner
opened in Lens on the 18th. Unles
the French government agrees Z
bring in an eight-hour day bill. tn
delegates will probably vote for
general strike.
The Ohpir. with the duke and duel
ess of Cornwall and York on boart
arrived at Colombo, Ceylon. or tb
nth. On the way to Australia.
The STEINER Iceland reached ,
Johns. n. r.. on the 18th, with 20,Ot
seals.
A Manila dispatch says that Agu
naldo lives in dread. fearing n
vengeance of the friends of Ge'
Luna, whom he (Aguinaldo) cause
to be assassinated. Col. Nellia an
Or. Barcelona. members of Aguina
dos staff, have been liberated.
The remains of Abraham Lincol
which have been resting in a temp
rarv vault during the reconstructie
of the Lincoln monument. at Sprin
field. ILL.,. will be removed to the ne
monument in a few days. The 7
moval will be private. and the exa
: date will not be made known.
Somebody is responsible for
: blunder in the design OF the equestri'
statue of Gen. John A. Logan, recer
" unveiled i'm Washington with y
/, pressive ceremonies. One OF the ia
:, lets on the base is said TO be fiagrai
{ ly inaccurate historically.
The movement toward erecting
, monument &c the memory Of u
!, Harrison in indianapolis has been
viysd by Senator Fairbanks, who "
!. head the subscription list with a C
tribution of $1,000, eGn. John w. L
: ter will contribute a like amount.
yandals did serious damage TO
Thomas A. Hendricks monument.
q. Indianapolis. on the night Of the 10
a One Of the large granite ornamei
ia weighing aoout one hundred pom
n. was brolIen from the base, . bro
l.. shield was carried away and
|. scales which the figure of JUS
I'd held in her hand we're stolen.
IT, hobert ~. McWa1c, United Str
r.. consul at Canton, China. reports I
10000 deaths from the plague have
Cured there during h past
In weeks, and that there are Is case
IN. smallpox on board the United ST
is monitor Monterey. Only one d.
ia has resulted.
Over four hundred gamblers J
left Hot Springs, Ark, the last
'si- DAYS on account Of the anti-gamh
Ies. law passed by the Legislature.
ing city police force has spared no q
In carrying out the law. and &
80 gambling den has been watched
and night.
~, The department Of agriculture
received a dispatch from a promi
packing company Of Chicago anne
/, ing that they have been advised
the British government will exc
81. all beef except home-bred from
British army contracts after Jun'
49,, An oil discovery has been mat
.an. the vicinity of Deming. N. NJ, v
a. promises TO equal that Of Bcaur
49,. Tex. There Is much enthusiasm
ifasted oxor the discovery.