The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-11-29
LATE NEWS ITEMS

the san Juan Dattleuciu. lutiuuihS
San Juan hill. the site of the block
house, and Bloody Bend. The tract
comprises 200 acres and cost $4,000
1t viii be considered a United States
reservation. and the government in
tends 10 lay out beautiful park on
the old battlefield
One of the finest sites in Paris has
become American property. Ii is an
nounced that the Equitable Life In
surance Co. has acquired the plot OF
ground on the corner of the Boule-
ward des Capucine and the Rue de la
Paix, overlooking the Grand opera
house, where they intend To build. in
Producing the latest American meth
DDS of construction.
The launch of the first iron steamer
constructed in Chile occurred at VAL
paraiso, on the cath, and was great
success. The ceremony was attended
by the president, Senior Jerman Ries-
co, the federal authorities and large
assemblage of people. The entire
ship, from keel to truck, was con-
structed in Chile.
AS result of the demonstrations
against the proposed translation of
the gospels into modern Greek. the
Grecian cabinet resigned On the cath.
This action was taken in spite of
King Georges effort TO induce the
cabinet, and NJ. Theotokis. the pre-
mier. TO remain in office.
At Barcelona. Corrunna and Cartha-
gena. Spain. meetings in denunciation
of the proposed government bill deal
ing with the strikes, were held on the
2ith. Violent speeches were made.
the speakers urging the workers tc
prepare for general strike.
At Highland. Kas.. on the cath. J
+. Ward. member of the city coun-
ell. crushed j. l.. Springer's skull with
a club, fatally wounding him. after
Springer had twice shot him. The
quarrel was the result of an old time
family feud.
On the cath Charles Anderson and
Carl Lentz. section men. were killed.
and 5. j. Smith, a section foreman.
was injured in a collision between a
hand car and freight train on the
burlington road near Usage City
Wyo.
turned TO Washington. On NE a..n.
from their outing dowr the Potomac
river
-Four large icebergs were visible
from ST. Johns. \. r.. on the 2jth.
They we're drifting south in the track
of Atlantic shipping Icebergs have
never before been known to pass that
port so late in the sea son Their pres
ence is consequently all the more
dangerous to ocean shIpmasters, who
do not now expect to find icebergs
on the Grand banks.
Canvassers for subscriptions to the
Lewis and Clark Centennial EXPOSE
ton. which it is proposed TO hold in
Portland, Ore, in 1905, started out
on the morning Of the 25th. and it
was understood at night that prac-
tically the entire capital stock of the
corporation. 100000. had been as
sured a. the result of the single days
work.
Another big batch Of publications,
excluded from the second class Of
mail matter, under the new policy
governing that classification, was an
nouneed from Washington on the
25th. Most of them are serials pub
lished in Minneapolis and Philadel-
phia. The list includes several news
papers, almanacs and railroad guides.
The supreme court of Nevada, on
the 25th, handed down a decision sus-
tanning the validity Of the Lockwood
primary law. The law provides for
the election Of delegates to county
conventions at a general primary held
on the same day for all parties.
Arrangements have been completed
for building railroad at Dunder-
landsslal. Norway, early in the spring.
in connection with the works of an
American ore milling syndicate. All
the equipment of the road will go
from America.
whom charges have been preferred,
had a conference with the president
on the 25th. lie was accompanied by
Secretary Hitchcock. No informa-
ton regarding the conference was
given out.
May Agnew. wife of Capt. Agnew,
formerly Of Company M, Twentieth
Kansas. died, on the Gath. at Manila.
She had been married only short
time and formerly was Miss May Sex
ton. OF Minneapolis. Kas.
Mr.. Cortelyou, secretary 10 the pres
ident. returned 10 Washington. on tho
25th. from visit TO Mrs. Mckinley NJ
Canton. u.
Marquis Ito. the japanese states
man. arrived ~ ST. Petersburg on the
s5th.