The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-05-17
LATE NEWS ITEMS

Sudden Illness of Mrs. Mckinley kas
caused an unexpected change in the
itinerary of President Mckinley. He
arrived in San Francisco quietly, on
the 18th. several hours ahead OF the
time scheduled. where the attending
physician ordered a weeks absolute
rest for the invalid. which. he pre-
| dicted. would result in her complete
Incorporation.
The Brussels Independence Beige
publishes affidavits signed by Count
Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy before
the French consul in London. admit
ting the authorship OF the Dreyfus
bordereau and declaring that the
bordereau was written with the con-
n~ivance OF Col. Sandher. eN-chies of
the secret intelligence bureau.
A dispatch from Lima. Peru. on the
18th, said: The comet which was
first seen from South America about
a fortnight ago. and which had been
Invisible from here for three nights.
Ecappcared last night. IL apparently
has two tails, che of which is now
longer than when it was first seem
The International Power Co, of
New York. has closed an order for a
number of locomotives for the Atchi-
son, Topeka & Santa Fe railway. call
ing for the entire capacity of its plant
for the remainder Of this year. These
locomotives will lie built in Proyi-
dence. II. L., and Paterson. y. J..
The sultan. ] learn" says the Con-
stantinople correspondent of the Lon
don Daily Chronicle. connected the
plague scare. in order 70 enforce a
quarantine that would exclude a band
OF anarchists who, he had been in
formed from Austria, were coming TO
assassinate him
The Hamburg marine board de-
clared. on the l2th. hat the Hamburg
schooner Arina, Capt. Mack. had been
lost with her entire crew. The vessel
left Hamburg May .. 1900. for Matuai,
on Henderson island. in Blanche bay,
German New Britain. and has not been
heard Of since.
Tucker Woodson Taylor. aged 46.
was found dead in his room al Green
castle. Ind. on the 18th. Ii is believed
to be a case of suicide. Mr.. Taylor
was for years confidential secretary
Of John Clark Ridpath. the historian.
lie vas also a poet of some reputa-
ton.
NJ. Henri Francois Charles de YER
ninao. yice-president Of the French
senate. died in Paris on the 18th. lie
was born May Is. 1871.
Prof. David Shepard Holman. %
Bangor. Me. known throughout the
scientific world as the inventor of Tie
Holman life slides. SO extensively
used by microscopists. died on the
18th. Or. Holman was a member Of
the -Academy of Natural Science OF
Philadelphia. and had been a member
Of the faculty OF Girard college and
of Franklin institute. lie was born
in fs2e.
Twelve men were indicted by the
New York city grand jury, on the
18th. for keeping gambling houses.
The grand jury took up. for the first
time. the evidence presented by the
committee of fifteen against the men
arrested and bound over through JUS
tice Jcrome's personally-conducted
raids. In every case considered an in
dictment was quickly rendered.
At the monthly meeting of the
Methodist ministers in Worcester.
Mass. on the 18th. n clergyman said
that an eyewitness had told him that
President Mckinley drank a glass Of
champagne on board a batflcship.
Several Of the c%lergymcn present vig-
o%rously denounced the president for
the reputed act.
The representatives OF oxford and
Cambridge universities who will com
pete with the representatives Of the
universities OF Harvard and Yale in
the international games on the Berkc-
ley oval. New York city. September
81. were chosen nj a meeting held nj
the Queens club. London. on the 18th.
Prince Munster Won Dcrneburg. ac-
cording tc the Berliner T%ageblatt. IS
going TO his Dernehurg estate. where
he will complete his memoirs. which
will deal deliberately with the Dreyfus
affair. as he was German ambassador
in Paris during the Dreyfus period.
Supcrirtt rdent Cherry Of the trans
portation department Of the Pam
american exposition at Buffalo. n. A.,
announced. on .hc 18th, that 50 per
cent. of the exhibits were ia place
and that by the 18th 80 per cent.
would be- complete.
at $50 u. m. OF the 12th. a brilliant
meteor wa seen at Lima. Peru. which
suidenl, divided into w parts. one
fiery ed end the other a bright,
BLUSH White. They seemed to fall
into the ocean.
Vic. President Roosevelt has ac-
ccptcd an invitation 10 make an adj
dress AZ Minneapolis. during the Min
nesofa state fair. The address will lie
made September 2.