The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-03-29
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

ing ore and four are preparing 10 be-
gin. Sir Alfrcd Miner. governor If
the Transvaal and CTarce River colo
mics. ~~pe,ss 10 stay there three
months
Senator William H. Frye OF Maine.
sailed from New York. on the GOTH On
the steamer Cherokee for san Dnmln-
20. Senator Frye sad tina. he was
inuch in need of rest and was going
on a five weeks vacation.
Tie Colorado house ~ representa-
ti,es. ON The Goth. adop.,,i resolutions
Ga the death of formrr President lIar-
,ison. which characterize him as --one
CT he noblest of our ecGntry's sons"
4 seat or The New York stock ex-
eLanrc was sold. on the 10Th. for So
eco. This ! $500 more than the pre-
vious high price.
Mrs. Lizzie Naramurc. while in a
Mt of insanity, on the oist. killed her
six children ~ her home. a farm
house half mile from Coldbrcok.
Mass and then tried TO take her own
life. The children ranged from ten
years 10 i babe IF ter months.
The Michigan house. on the -ist.
passed the bill authorizing the city
of Detroit TO Issue Sl.0oO.O0c worth o.
bonds for the purpose of buying 2
site and erecting public library
building.
one OF the barns Of the Cincinnati
Traction Co. was destroyed by fire. on
the night OF the -ist. together with
s. street cars Total less. 100000: tul-
~ covered by Insurance.
Mrs. Carrie Nation has signed CON
tract for six lectures 10 be given in
Cincinnati. She will receive 500 each
for the lectures and all her expenses
There have been 3..27 enlistmenI- IT.
the regular army since the enactment
of the army reorganization law.
Telephone communication j. beng
established between Berlin and kron-
berg. directly connecting Emperor
William with his mother. the dcwac.r
empress FredericN-
By a vote of - 10 30 the Minnesota
house, on the 2lst. passed the senate
bill prohibiting the manufacture, sale
or giving away of cigarettes in this
state.
Two persons were killed and two
others seriously injured in a mine ex-
plosion in Mercia. Spain. on the 2ist.
The explosion was followed by land
slide.
The S.. Louis Worlds fair bill
passed the Arizona legislature on the
2lst. and was signed by the governor.
As amended il carries an appropria-
ton of $4,000 to be raised by an is
sue Of 2O-year bonds redeema BILE
after ten years
DIR. III. r. Gray. of Los Angeles. CAL,
has purchased five million acres of
agricultural lands in Mexico and has
obtained n concession from the Mexi-
can government for the establish
ment of number of Mormon colo
MES thereon
Col. Schuyler of the Forty-sixth
regiment has broken up a pirates
rendezvous at Ternate. capturing
eight officers. IS men and $50 irrecon-
ciIables. who control many rifles. An
officer and . men belonging TO the
force of Gen. Trias. surrendered at
San Francisco de MaIabon.
Gen. Fitzhuch Lee is confined 10 his
room. at Omaha. Neb-. with severe
attack of grip. \ dinner which was
10 have been given in his honor at
the Omaha club. on the night of the
ed. and at which he governors OF
several states were TO have been pres
ent. has been postponed till the Both.
The battleship Kentucky. which re-
Gently arrived at Cavite from the
United States. has been assigned by
the navy department 70 be the flag
ship Of Rear Admiral Kempff. in place
of the Newark. which has been or
dered home to be repaired
Gen. Harrison had four life poll
cies OF $4,000 each in force when he
died. The appraisement Of the Har-
rison estate gives its total value AZ
s3s0.0O0- This includes all real e.
tate. bonds. stock in the Union Trust
Co. the Law building at indianapolis
and other securities.
The transfer from military TO civil
government in the Philippines is ex-
pected 10 occur about June 90. ac-
cording TO calculations made a. the
war department upon information r.
ce'ved from the Taft commission and
Gen. Macarthur.
Fire. on the night Of the 2isf. TO.
tally destroyed the large warehouse
Of J. s. Ford. johnson 4 Co. az Six.
seenfh and Wabash avenue. Chicago
The building and everything inside
was ruined. involving an estimated
loss Of s20o.o0O; covered by insurance
John Norris. city marshal OF Poca
hontas. Ark. was shot and instantly
killed by George Shurley. on the 2lst
The trouble came up over block O
logs which Shurley had caught ans
anchored to his house-boa'. refusing
10 restore them 10 their owners
benjamin q. Davis. of the Distric'
of Columbia. squadron sergeant
major in the Ninth cavalry. ranked
| third in n batch of II enlisted met
4 ..-.-mxl r.,