The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-03-15

posed Of 100 men each, for service in
south Africa. The recent useful work
Of tho colonial cyclists led to this ac'
ton.
Eight members of the National FIRE.
mont association met the president
ON the 5th. The members of this as
Eociation took part in the conventiol
Of June, 1856, in Philadelphia, which
nominated John c. Fremont for pres
ident.
A dispatch from Pekin, on the 7th,
said: "The ministers committee has
completed its report and the general
principle to be adopted in the case OF
indemnities is based upon laws in
harmony with the Roman and English
systems"
Col. j. G. Stowe. consul 10 Cape
Town, south Africa, who had been
home on leave of absence since No
,ember last, left Kansas City. Mo-.
on the 9th, for New York, whence ne
will sail on the st. Louis, to resume
charge of his Office.
The foreign representatives in
Washington interested in reciprocity
treaties pending in the United States
senate, are in communication witt
their governments as to the course to
be adopted, since the senate has failed
to act upon the instruments.
s
Secretary Hay has been forced To
testify TO his own ability and tidch-
~. On the 9th he signed his own com
mission, as he is required to sign all
the commissions of cabinet officers,
and he thereby declared that he I'M
posed implicit confidence in himself
and in his own fidelity and ability.
DIR. w. II. Swan, secretary of the
Kansas state board of health, issued
a bullitin, on the eth, stating that
there are over one thousand cases of
smallpox Al that state. The worst
infected district is Crawford and
Cherokee counties. In these two
counties there are not less than 500
cases Of the disease.
Senator Barlow's anti-lynching bill
was passed in the Indiana house, on
the 9th, by vote of 81 to 80. Ii nro-
vides that the Office of sheriff shall be
vacated whenever prisoner in his
charge is lynched, and the sheriff
must show to the satisfaction of the
governor that he was not remiss IL
duty before he is restored to Office.
Il. c. Anderson, proprietor of the
Jefferson brass works of Brooklyn,
was arrested. on the eth, on an indict-
ment handed down by the federal
grand jury charging him, on two
counts, with attempting to bride off,
Gals at the Brooklyn navy yard TO
pass bills rendered by him for goods
not delivered. He was held in $500
bonds.
The state department has received
a cablegram through the United
States minister at Port-au-Princc
Hayti, stating that the American col
ony in business there, send greetings
TO William Mckinley, president of the
United States. and wish him the same
success in the coming four years that
has attended him during those which
have just passed.
The new Spanish baseball. court NJ
Havana was opened. on the 4th, Gen.
Wood and number of government
officials attending the ceremony.
Mgr. Sbarretti, bishop Of Havana,
blessed the structure, which is the
largest OF the kind in the world and
cost 100000. The promoters hope
that baseball will replace bull fighting
in the affections of the Cubans.
Official circles in London regard the
announcement Of the armistice in
south Africa with the greatest satis-
faction. They point out that IL must
have been granted on the solicitation
Of the Beers, and take the view that
Gen Kitchener would never have con-
scented TO IL unless he felt practically
sure il would result in an important
advance toward the termination Of all
hostilitics.
In an interview. on the 9th. Senior
Gonzales de Quesada said: II have
not made any statements regarding
an uprising. II any persons are inter.
ested in fomcnting M uprising hey
are not Cubans who are in favor OF in.
dependence, but parties DESTROYS OF
seeing Cuba crushed forever. What
we have to contend against now ia
American opinion There Is 10 pros
pcct Of fighting here"