The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-04-19
LATE NEWS ITEMS.


minister, accompanied by Gen. iama-
guchi, the Japanese re-
Gently called upon Prince Ching and
notified him that the return OF LIN
peror Kwang Su to Pekin was urgent
Iy desired. No reply having been re-
ccived to this communication, Ia
Hung Chang was. on the l4th, notined
to the same effect and told that En-
peror Kwane Su must give an imme-
date answer.
The farmers of Saline county. HAS
sas. have completed the preliminary
organization OF their association &c
fight the grain combine 10y building
or leasing their own elevators. and a
charter will be applied for at once.
An effort to form similar ~organiza-
tons throughout the wheat belt OF
| Kansas and Oklahoma Will be made
! with a view TO having representatives
at a state meeting to be held at Salina
on May 16.
The Mexican government has grant
ed a concession 10 Capt. Charles sal
laber. of Chicago, an engineer ana
capitalist. to open "A waterway De-
tween the cities of Tampico and Tux
pan, on the gulf coast. for a distance
of 1875 miles and establish a line OF
fast modern steamboats,
those cities.
Influenced by the protests Of the
Evangelical church council and the
Catholic bishops, Emperor William
has Withdrawn from the Great Hall
of the blind asylum at Wursterhausen
the mosaic paintings representing the
lempress as St. Elizabeth and himself
as the saints husband.
A party of four persons, while
lcrossing the tracks of the Lehigh Val
lev railroad, at South Wilkesbarre,
Pa. at an early hour on the morning
of the 18th. were run down by the
Buffalo express going north. Three
of the party were killed and one IN
jured.
II was reported at Bloemfontein. on
the 14th. that the health OF former
President Stein has broken down. IL
was also said hat he had advised all
Beers on commando to surrender I'M
mediately.
. According to the st. Petersburg cor
respondent of the London Daily Maii
the Corean government has promul-
+. gated a Lave enforcing the penalty oil
} death for opium smoking.
Col. Daniel Butterfield, who - suf'
: fering from an attack of paralysis, in
: New York. was slightly Better on the
14th.
The usual scenes attending the re
opening Of the lrviIg-Terry season y
y London, were witnessed around IN
doors of the Lyceum theater on =.
I 18th. As early as seven o'clock in tn
morning men and women COLLECTED
, armed with camp stools. novels. sane
witches and TASKS. The crowds rapic
\ lv increased until . special polio
force was required to keep h frs
t nighters In line.
The president and members of tn
a cabinet were photographed, on N
18th. in the cabinet room. IL Us u
custom as soon as a change in II
cabinet occurs, TO have a new set {
D. photographs Of the cabinet take
The entry Of Attorney-General knc
into the presidents official FAM
a was the occasion for the new ca bin
n pictures.
e. DR.. Marth. editor of the Londt
i'll The Nation. while discussing the wa
n street boom. on the 18th. said he q
IS agreed with the pessimistic ute
ances Of the German press on the 81
he iect. declaring that he regarded Z
ut boom as the result of solid busins
n. achievements, like increased railro
IS. earnings and railroad consolidate
Is. Advices from Sian Flu to the loo
lze mandarins assert that the court
he preparino to go to Hsian Yang. in I
ice Province OF Hu Pei. The permane
!. officials of the six boards are
tes scribed as having quietly left Pei
IA. for Sian Flu in anticipation of the
oc- lection of a new capital.
SIX By a vote Of IL to =. the Arkan'
OF senate. on the 18th, passed a bill mi
ties ing il unlawful for any person
.th drink any Intoxicating liquors al
beverage unless he shall have first
ave tanned n license AZ a dram drink
lew The license is fixed at five dollars
annum.
The Frank A. vanderlip, ~ex-assist
hrs secretary of the United States tr'
eiy ury, Is in st. Petersburg, investlt
day ing conditions with the hope OF
noting business relations
has United States and Russia.
'ent Several suggestions have been m
inc to the Chinese minister concern
nat the advisab ility of establishing per
Jude nent legation quarters in Washing
the and he has given some considera'
y. to the matter of late.
2 IN Joseph Parish. for - years che
hich the District of Columbia fire dep
ont, mcnt and for So years connected
nan that service, will be retired. on
Town request, on May \. with a pen
of siC0 a month.