The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-05-10

THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

s. hcro's rec. ption. or the list. Is the
people or his state as he hrst pat
foot on Iowa soil. at Couneil BUNS
on his return from China
President Errazuriz of Chill is IN III
health and will turn. over the presi-
der tial duties to the prime minister
Senior Anibal Zanaitu.
The Louisiana Purchase Worlds
Fair corporation held its first meet
ing. at ST. Louis. on the I'd. and or
ganized BY the election of the follow
ing officers: President. David IL.
Francis:treasurer. William II. Thomp-
son: permanent secretary. Waiter D..
Stevens. Eight yice-presidents were
chosen. viz: Corwin II. Spencer, ;. NJ.
Kennard. ID. NJ. Houser. {. l.. Wal
bridge. :. ". Cobb. c. ii. Huttig. Aug.
Gehner. Pierre Chouteau.
The police commissioners of Kan
sas City. Mo. having refused the re-
quest Of the special committee of the
Law and Ordinance enforcement
league 10 close the saloons on sunday,
the league called a mass-mccting. on
the I'd. TO take steps toward petition
ing Gov. Dockery to remove those Of
fcials.
Starvation and typhus are increas-
ing among the village population of
B~essarabia. Seventy per cent. of the
farmers of that district have lost all
their horses and have no seed for the
spring sowing.
A dispatch from Pekin, dated the
LIST. said that a bloody battle had oc-
Cured between the Russians and
Chinese near Mnkden. The Russians
lost 60 in killed and wounded. Four
Russian officers were killed, and
among the wounded was Gen. Ter
pitzki.
The population of the district OF
Victoria. Australia, according to the
last census report. is S1.195,114, an in
crease of 5.4e9 in the last ten years.
The structural iron workers of In
d~ianapolis. Ind. 10 the number of 26t
went on strike on the I'd. They de-
mand % cents an hour.
The principal incident of President
McKinley's visit to New Orleans oc'
Cured. on the I'd. in the old Cabildo
the seat of the government Of the
former Spanish and French rulers
which is vet preserved in its origina
integrity by the Louisiana Historical
society.
Natural ras has been found within
the corporate limits of the little towI
Of Enterprise, Miss. and there i
great excitement among its citizens
Preliminary arrangements have al
ready been made to organize a con-
peny to develop the find.
The Louisiana Purchase World
Fair corporation held it's first meet
ing. al st. Louis. on the I'd. and or
ganized by the election of the follow
ing officers: President. David i
Francis: treasurer, William II. ThomT
son: permanent secretary. Walter |
Stevens. Eight yice-presidents wer
chosen. viz: Corwin II. Spencer. $. n
Kennard. ID. NJ. Houser, c. Y. Wa.
bridge. s. w. Cobb. G. ii. Huttig, Aug
Gehner. Pierre Chouteau.
The enormous stock transactions J
New York have proved profitable fc
Uncle Sam. his income from war re-
enue tax amounting to from $4,000 I
$4,000 n day, and one day it reache
, S6c.0 70.
Arthur Orr. OF Chicago. three yeal
ngo. made an investment in Unio
Pacific stock at around 20 cents. u
sold at about 131 during the recei
| rise. Allowing five per cent. interes
: he has cleared over a million on h
: 10000 shares.
George c. Phillips corner in Ms
. corn is a strenuous fact. With
whoop and n dash the price went
So cents. on the I'd. five cents high
Il than the record-brcaking price of II
r. day before, and higher than il HI
/. sold since 1894. when it brought
cents nine months before ii was su
posed TO be delivered.
The brokers on Wall street, Ne
York. got tired making money, an
on the Cd. circulated a petition askil
le that the exchange remain closed fro
10 Friday until Monday. to give &
y brokers and their clerks time
q catch their breath.
n The duke and duchess Of Fife.
+. the Cd. in the name of King Edwar
d formally opened the Glasgow exhil
n. ton. The duchess unlocked the doc
10 Of the art gallery with a golden Ike,
te Mrs. Mary Sankey. the mother
Ira d.. Sankey, of Brooklyn, I
EVANGELIST. died at her home in Ne
n castle, Pa, on the Cd. Mrs. Sank
= was 90 years old and the mother Of
y children, seven sons and four daur
se tiers. Of whom two survive her. 1
Y and Watson.
q The statement OF the treasury b;
!" ances i'm the general fund. exclusi
n Of the $780, 900. 900 gold reserve in 4
= division Of redemption. issued one Il
- Sd. showed: Available cash balan(
sl56,s34,9s6; gold. SO7,374,60o.