The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-10-04
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


license is required for the practice OF
osteopathy.
The steamer Sierra. which arrived
nj san Francisco. on the 25th. from
Australia, brought over S2,50O,O0O In
gold.
The first of the series of races be-
tween the Shamrock and the Column
bia for the Americas cup, on the
Goth. resulted in mo race" on account
of the failure of the contestants TO
make the 80 miles in the time limit OF
five and one-half hours. The result
OF the days trial. however, was such
as TO discourage the oft-defeated
challengers and inspire hope in Amer
leans of the ability Of the Columbia
again successfully to defend the Gov
eted trophy.
The attorney general has rendered
an opinion TO the interior department
sustaining the authority of the Cher
okee Indian nation TO levy tax Of
20 cents per ton on prairie nay
shipped out of the nation.
Mr.. George Il. Cortelyou, secretary
to the president, left Washington, on
the 2oth. for Canton, o., where he will
settle the estate and adjust personal
affairs of the late President Mckin-
ley.
William II. Ridgley, recently APP
pointed comptroller of the currency,
arrived in Washington on the Goth.
lie will assume charge of his Office
on the LIST.
The signal Office of the war de-
partment now has direct telegraphic
communication with Fort Egbert,
Alaska. The lines were completed on
the cath.
The condition of Kirk Il. Armour.
the packer, who is seriously i'll at his
home in Kansas City. Mo-. was report
ed improved on the Goth.
ASSASSIN Czolgosz, who was sen
fenced. on the Goth. 10 be electrocut-
ed during the week beginning October
IS is reported TO have said. during the
strip to Auburn prison, that he had
made a mistake, and was sorry now
Audt lit NlO ~, as ~ HdA HtiIct nv
body.
John George Nicolay, who was pri-
vate secretary to President Lincoln,
and widely known as the author of
several works on the life of the great
war president, died, on the Goth. at his
residence in Washington, aged 20
years.
The London Daily News publishes
an unconfirmed rumor that Lord
Kitchener has resigned the post of
ommander-in-chief of the British
army in South Africa, owing TO dis
agreements with Mr.. Brodrick, the
war secretary.
Caleb Harvey, an old and wealthy
resident Of La Porte. Ind. died, on
the 26th, as the direct result of griev-
ing over the assassination of Prcsi-
dent Mckinley. The physician who at
tended Mr.. Harvey says that he liter
ally mourned himself TO death.
The remains of Abraham Lincoln
were placed in what is intended shall
be the fnal resting place Of the sa-
cred dust, on the 26th-a bed of iron
and masonry Is feet below the base
of the shaft of the national Lincoln
monument at Springfield, Ill.
Much disappointment was ex-
pressed over the failure of the wind,
on the Goth, which prevented the first
race between Shamrock III. and
Columbia being finished within the
time limit. At the time the race was
called off Shamrock was almost hull
down to the rear of the Columbia.
The period of official mourning for
President Mckinley will end on Octo-
Der IA, and after that date the routine
of life at the national capital, both
political and social. will progress as
usual.
1t has been intmated to the ladies
Of the official set in Washington that
Mrs. Roosevelt will not be ready to
receive calls OF social or formal
nature until after October Is.
Mrs. Roosevelt is trying TO solve
the problem of bestowing "A family 81
eight into seven-room fat--for that
Is all the White House living rooms
amount to-and at the same time
maintain decency Of public appear.
ance and privacy OF family life be-
fitting their station.
announcement is made that the
marriage of Maj.-Gen. III. c. Corbin
adjutant general of the army. and
Miss Edyth Patten will take place in
Washington, at the residence of the
bride, on November 6.
Passenger train No. ,, on the Wa.
bash, a through train from St. Louis
10 Omaha, was wrecked, on The 9th
seven miles southeast of Council
Bluffs, la. The entire train. consisting
of mail and baggage ears, two day
coaches, a chair car and Pullman
sleeper, rolled down an 1s-foot EN-
bankment and turned bottom side up.
Nearly forty persons were injured,
some of them fatally.
II is again asserted in well-informcd
circles at Caracas. that President
Castro will soon declare war on Co.
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