The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-04-12
NEWS IN BRIEF
Complied from Various Sources.


navy with the stipulation that ne
should remain only until March
last. has consented TO continue as
acting secretary until November next
IL was officially decided. on the 4th'
70 begin the season at Yellowstone
national park on June 10. five days
earlier than il has ever heretofore
been opened. The season will last un-
til September Is.
Daniel Lamont. private secretary 10
former President Cleveland during
his first incumbency. was q cailer al
the White House on the 4th.
Tom l.. johnson was. on the 4th,
sworn in as mayor Of Cleveland, w.
and at once assumed the duties OF ms
Office.
Prof. f. w. Hutfurt of the college
of law at Cornell university. has de-
clined the position of dean OF the law
department in Iowa State university,
which was recently offered him.
President Mckinley had hearty
,aurh over the report that he had eN-
tended an invitation to Aguinaldo 70
visit the United States. Aguinaido
NAV visit the United States some time
in the future. but at his own expense
and when he has ceased 10 be pris-
oner of war.
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee was reported i'll
at the home of Gen. IA. {. Merriam
in Denver, Col. on the 4th, having
contracted cold while on trip
around the Georgetown loop in the
mountains. He had planned TO 90 to
Colorado Springs on his way to Cali
fornia.
The new Americas cup defender
building at the Herreshor works,
Bristol. X. l.. will he named the Con-
stituticn. This announcement was
made by Mr.. w. Butler Duncan, Jr-,
the manager of the yacht.
Mrs. Annie w. Clarke, of Columbus,
O.. pres ident of the Ohio Woman :
Christian Temperance union. has adj
dressed formal note to the women
Of the Ohio society Of California, pro-
testing against the serving of wine AZ
the BANQUET which the society is tc
give in honor of the presidential par
ty ut the launching of the battleshiI
Ohio.
Lieut.. Frederick Boyer, of the Thir'
ty-ninth volunteer infantry. chief com
nissary for the second district of the
department of southern Luzon, is un
der arrest at Calamha. Province O
Laguna, where he has been charged
with misappropriating so cases of ba
con and with other irregularities.
Mayor Peddo Grinan. of Santiago
Cuba, having been exonerated from
the charge of malfeasance in Office
that were made against him. has beer
reinstated. His staff, which had beef
put out of Office by Acting MayorGiro
was also reinstated.
The president, on the 4th. signe,
the commissions Of Lloyd Wheaton a
major general and Of Jacob ii. Smitl
and Frederick Funston as Brigade
generals of the United States army
the commissions of Generals Wheato
and Smith bearing date Of March 81
and that of Funston April J.
A batch of more than 200 letter
from st. Louis, Chicago and othe
western points. addressed exclusivel
to persons or firms in New York city
was found, on the 4th, on Ocea
Grove On. j. beach. Checks an
drafts to the amount of 5000 wer
, found in the letters. None of the le'
T, tiers was dated later than March 30.
The Columbian Paper Co, starte
its mammoth pulp plant in Bristo
Tenn, on the 4th. This is perhaT
the largest plant of the kind in th
south, and has just been completed 9
!. q cost of $4,000.
!, One of the questions TO be settle
at the annual reunion of the Unite
Confederate Veterans association. ;
!, Memphis. Tenn. May IS to 80, incl
! sive, will be that Of the admission I
the sons of the veterans to full mel
bership in the association.
Col. Robert Wallace, who served |
a captain in the United States arm
in the Mexican war and was made &C
! onel of a western regiment in Il
! Union army in the civil war. died
:, the residence of his sister. Mrs. Ale
i ander Elliott. in Jersey City, n. j.,
!. the 5th. aged 50 years.
N Samuel I. Gordon, Of Omaha. Ne
n suspended as police judge pending
Il impeachment trial by the city cou
III Gil, on the 5th, attempted TO take
Is seat as usual at the morning sessis
to and, with his son, was finally remov
forcibly by the police.
Howard Cole, Of Indianapolis, In
. ! who Is Russell b. Harrison's attorn
ee said, on the 9Th, that the report II
in. Mr.. Harrison would contest his
ng Tiers will was entirely unbound
i'll Mr.. Harrison, ne said. il entirely .
OF isfed.
In The statement Of the treasury
nc ances in the general fund, exclus
On, Of the $4,000 gold reserve in the
'ry vision Of redemption, issued on
nc 5th, showed: Available cash balau
~ si5s,i7t.3H; gold reserve, lS7.:
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