The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-01-04

Theo. ID. Poole. United States mar
shall for the northern district of Ne'
York: member of the Fifty-fourf
congress from 1894 to 1896 and civ
war veteran. died of apoplexy at syria
cuse on the 23d.
Gov. Pingree. on the 25th. issued
requsition on the governor of Cub
for Charles Jenper Thompson. who !
wanted in Detroit. Mich. for forgery
This is said to be the first requisitiol
on Cuba ever issued.
Indian Agent Myton. of the initial
and Ouray agency. reported. on tn
36th, to the Indian bureau. that thu
search of western Colorado by tn,
state officials had resulted in failure
70 find q single Indian.
John Riley Chamberlain. IA veteran
Of the civil war and graduate o.
Miami university at Oxford. o., dice
in Cincinnati. on the 23d, aged 70. liz
had been engaged in newspaper work
in Cincinnati for 35 years
At fremont, Ill, on the 2jth, Col
Aquilla j. Davis and wife celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary
Their seven children, who reside in
several states, were present. Col. Davis
was born in Tazewell county. ILL.,, in
1880.
The exchanges 1T the New York
clearinghouse, on the 27th. aggregated
1864. 013, 290, which is record-breaker
The previous high record was on No
vemher 20 last. when the exchanges
were about fourteen million dollars
less.
Mr.. NJ. A. T.. Frye, the superintend-
ent of education of Cuba, has tele-
graphed the war department sweep
ing denial of the published story to
the effect that he had issued circu-
lar or proclamation in Havana advis-
ing the Cubars to proceed to drive
the Americans or. Of the island.
The president has ordered that the
military reservation at Nome. Alaska,
be made a public reservation under
the control of the war department,
and that the military reservation pre-
viOusiy set aside near the east side of
the mouth of the river be known as
the Fort Davis military reservation.
The British secretary of state for
war, Mr.. St. John Broderick. an
nounced, on the 2lst. that. in view of
the prolongation of the war in Souts.
Africa, members of the imperial yeo
many will be paid five sbllings in
stead of one shilling and two pence
per day. Militiamea are promised
priority of return over regulars.
DR.. j. +. TODD, state geologist for
South Dakota. has issued warning
to farmers on the possible exhaustion
of the artesian water supply He
holds that the great basin underlying
most of the state may be exhausted
by wastefulness, and recommends
smaller wells. checking the flow in
winter and when not needed and re-
striction of the number of wells in
stated areas by legislation.
The prince of Oldenburg, president
Of the government temperance COM
msttee. at noon, on the 25th, declared
the peoples palace at St. Petersburg
open to the public. After the inau-
gural ceremonies. the prince and 20
of the higher army officials, including
the commanding generals. along with
high officials. noblemen and ladies'.
dined side by side with peasants and
the families of workingmen.
William II. Price, president Of the
Norwalk Savings bank. and wife
brought suit, at Norwalk, o., on the
Goth, against the Sandusky Railway
Co., on account Of the cancellation Of
life passes that had been issued &c
them by the company. Mr.. Price nsks
for $1,000 damages. anu Mrs. Price for
specific performance of contract, il
being alleged that the passes were 10
sued for valuable considerations.
The various sections into which the
Cusan constitutional convention at
Havana was divided some weeks ago
for the purpose Of preparing and sub
hitting draft constitutions for the
convention are. az a whole. gradually
getting on basis of unitary gov.
eminent, with restricted suffrage.
The convention leaders now hope to
have this work completed by January
IS, 30 that the results may be sub
mitted to The United States congress
Februar- I.
Never in the history of the country
or the world did Christmas mean 90
much for the INDECENT and unfortu-
nate as II lid this year. In most OF
the large and many Of the small cities
and towns of the United States the
example set by the Salvation army Of
making Christmas merry for the
masses was followed By The big.
hearted and charitable, and tens OF