The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-01-18
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Sen Wen Pao. helr-apparent TO the
Chinese throne. was given 40 bamboo
strokes for not paying due respect 70
the emperor. The empress dowager
acqusced in the punishment.
\ royal commission under the pres
idency of Lord Kelvin has been ap
pointed in England to investigate the
recent wide spread outbreak of ar
esnical Deer poisoning.
Senator Farris introduced a bill in
the Missouri senate. on the 10th. an
propriating 100000 for Missourl's ex-
hibit at the Pan-American exposition.
TO be held At Buffalo. y. Y.
Rear-Admiral Thomas r. Phelps. of
Washington. d. C.. died at the New
York city hospital. on the 10th. Of
pneumonia.
Grip Is the bane of the nation at
this time. the epidemic embracing
every state in the union. Strangely
enough. this disease is creating great
er havoc than smallpox. which is vast
~ more dreaded BY the average citi-
zen. Competent authorities estimate
that fully 2.ooo.OlO Americans are af-
ficted with grip at the present mo-
ment and 100000 with smallpox.
a dispatch from Puerto Real. near
cadiz- Spain. where Admiral Cervera
is lying i'll. says ais condition has
grown worse and that his recovery is
almost hopeless
Secretary of War Root is exasper-
afed over the defeat of the army can.
teen. In discussing il he said: 1T Is a
very unfortunate affair. IL is like
~ that the soldiers will now get had
whisky instead of good whisky
The death Of Representative Clarke
of New Hampshire. makes the four
teenth vacancy in the house of repre-
sentatives OF the Fifty-sixth congress
occasioned by death.
kidnapping in the Empire state will
be punishable by Imprisonment for
not less than 25 years if the measure
introduced in the legislature by Sem
afor plunkett. OF New York city.
shoald become law.
The Cuban constitutional conver-
ton. in secret session. on the 10th. de-
cided. by q practically unanimous
vote. 70 insert in the draft of the
constitution clause providing for
universal suffrage in the future re-
public. Only one vote. il Is under
stood, was cast against the proposal.
Express Messenger j. T.. Woods. OF
the Wells-Fargo Express Co. at
Shreveport. La has disappeared with
funds and yaluables of the express
the exact amount of which
can not be learned. 1t is said to be
$1,000. Nothing has been heard of his
The children of the murdered mil
licnaire, Amos j. Smell. the victim Of
Willie Tascott. are fighting over the
estate left by Mrs. Henrietta Smell.
the widow. The contestant is Mrs.
Mary Smell Stone. wife OF A. y. Stone.
She was left out Of consideration by
Mrs. Smell. although declaring that
she ID the first born of the Smell chill
dren. /,
Miss Jennie Greek. the Mill Grove
(Ind) heroine. who tagged the train.
in 1879, on which were many noted |
will leave i'm few days
for Paris in response to invitations
from members of the Legion OF Hon
Dr. 20 visit across the sea.
According to tho report Of r. q.
DUN a Co.. failures for the week end
ID on the 18th. Were 32s in the United
states. against ga last year. and 81
n Canada against IS last year.
~ Princeton. Ind. J. ID. Keith was.
IN the iIth. convicted of numbering
Sors kicfer and sentenced to death.