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

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o. DOANE. Publishes.
JASPER. INDLANA
r. G. Dun a Co, on the 18th. re-
ported: Failures for the week num-
bered eos in the United STATES
against is9 last year. and - IN IAN
ada, against Al last year"
The anniversary of the surrender
of Gen. Lee at AppomattoN was eeie
brated by the Hamilton club OF 'hi-
caro. on the eth. with al
banquet to which $500 invitations
were issued.
The statement of the treasury pa'
ances in the general fund exclusive
Of the $780, oo. 900 gold reserve IN me
division of redemption. issued On the
10Th. showed: Available cash balance
s152.o3s.6ss: gold. sioo.sla,oS'-
TIL. official report of emigration
from ireland shows that 4',lo' per
sons left that country IN lsoo. in's
is lo.5 per thousand of the estimated
n~opulation. The e%migrants were
equally divided between the sexes-
The Yanptse viceroys and Cover
,ors have forwarded a memorial 10
the throne. suggesting certain reforms
among others. that the royal princes
and students of good family. should
travel and study in foreign countries
Newton Chisnell. an actor, promo
nently connected with Hoyt's attrac-
lions for many years, died at ms
home in Akron. o.. OH the 10th. his
last appearance was as "Brassy uaui
In "A Texas Steer He had been an
invalid for several years.
The transport Arab, which sailed
from San Francisco, March 81. for Ma
Mia. with ZOO horses. returned 10 port
on the 18th. When the Arab was
about twelve hundred miles OF fort
TAYLOR, she was discovered to be Leak
ing. and Capt. Wills put back for re-
pairs
The Minnesota house, on the 9Th
passed Senator Chilton's bill prohibit
ing the marriage of imbeciles' zee
ble-minded. epileptic or insane per
sons. with an amendment striking OUT
the requirement of a physicians GER
tificate before any license TO marry
shall he issued.
Trade prospects are extremely
gloomy at Tien Tsin. Chinese i'm.
porters and wholesale dealers are ap-
: prehensive, owing TO the uncertainty
As 10 the future. The customs col
lections for the March quarter were
81. 900 taels, against 10000 for the
same period of 1900.
The convention of the Westeri
Ophthalmologica. and Otolaryngolog
ical association was called to order, II
Cincinnati. on the 18th, by Nice-fres
ident DIR. X. c. Holmes. of Cincinnati;
DIR. n. J.. cambridge delivered the al
dress Of welcome. 10 which Presiden
n. A. Goldstein responded.
The gross postal receipts for las
month FOR the so larger post office
In the COUNTRY show an increase Q
ia per cent. over the correspondent
month of last year. The most RI
markable increases are CO.'S per cen
ut Indianapolis: AIS per cent. q
Louisville, and 29.6 at Chicago.
The heroic bronze equestrian statu
of Gen. John A. Logan, which rests Q
IN imposing bronze pedestal in low
circle. was unveiled in Washington
on the 9Th. in the presence of the pre-
ident. the cabinet. the widow and re
atives of the gallant soldier, many
his comrades in arms and a vast mt
titude of people.
Frank d. Gardner, of Illinois, Q
expert in the soils division of the q
partment of agriculture, has been a
pointed to take charge of the expei
ment station work in Porto Rico.
Is purposed to push the work vigo
ously along general lines similar
the MOTk cdEIltA oH W - -
ment stations in the several states.
1t is understood in Cape Town tn
although Gen. DE Wet, at his rece
interview with Gen. Botha, refused
surrender, Gen. Botha, regarding n
ss irresponsible, undertakes TO net
tate in behalf Of the entire Bc
forces. The British authorities tn
consider that if Gen. Botha surrend'
De Vets following can be cas-
taken.
At the secret session OF the Iut
constitutional convention. at lava
on the 18th. several delegates one
motions that the convention sho
express its disapproval OF the pi
ciples embodied in the Platt anne
ment. especially the clauses J.,
". and VII. Senior Giberga mo
that the subject be indefinitely p