The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-03-28
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LATE NEWS ITEMS.


visit Limon. Costa Rica, in order TO
confer on matters pertaining To the
proposed Nicaragua canal. The ac-
ceptance Of this invitation Is con-
tingent upon the passage by the
United States senate of the Nlca-
ragua canal bill. The date Of the
proposed visit has not yet been de-
cided upon.
Seth q. Axtell. professor of Greek
in Kalamazoo college for the past II
years. died at Kalamazoo, Mich. on
the 23d. from grip. aged 90 years
Prof. ANtell. who was graduate of
Brown university, from which he
held the degree of NJ. A.. was presi-
dent OF Leland university at New
Orleans from ISIS 10 1852. and presi-
dent of Central college at Pella, Ia,
in 1850 and 1890.
During quarrel AT the supper Ia
bic. on the 23d. Liberty kempf.
well-known business man. of Wash
ington. Ind, brutally choked his wife.
The woman managed TO get n revolt
yer and fired five shots at her hus-
band. one bullet penetrating the
brain. He died within a few mo-
ments.
One of the strangest eases in the
medical history of Lacrosse. Wis, ter
minated. on the 23d, in the death OF
Mrs. Frank Wichmann, who had been
in trance for seven days. During
that time she had taken no food or
water. and was apparently dead. Her
case baffied the physicians.
The funeral Of Judge Noah Davis
was held, on the 23d. from the Pres
byterian church in Albion, \. y. The
services were conducted by Rev. +.
w. Lewis. assisted by Rev. i. ;. Dun
ham. of the Episcopal church. The
burial was at Mount Albion.
Or. Sweepson. one of knovxille's
the Esd. aged ~. He was "A Nirginian
and owned the Richmond street car
system during the civil war. His es-
tate is valued at Sl.0O0.000.
The election of Maxine Cork 10 be
an honorary member of the academy
of sciences. has been annulled. Cork
has been summoned TO appear before
tribunal to answer for political Of
lenses.
NJ. Koloman de Tisza. ex-Hungarian
prime minister and leader of the lib
eral party, died az Buda-Pesth on the
Esd. He was born in 1880.
In the senate, on the cath, few
80
passed and then the oleomargarine
bill was taken up. Mr.. Proter, chair
man Of the committee on agriculture,
made the opening statement in sup
port Of the measure. which he said
will protect an honest product
against fraud" The bill places a
tax of ten cents a pound on oleomar-
garine colored in imitation of butter,
and reduces the present tax of two
cents per pound on oleomargarine in
its uncolored state to one-quarter of
one cent per pound. In the house
during the discussion of the Moss
Rhea Standardization case, Mr..
Boreing injected an attack on the
Goebel election law into the discus
sion. but Mr.. Rhea declined To be
drawn into a debate on an issue not
directly involved in the case.
The American exporter should not
rest under the impression that Ger
many or any other country can drive
the United States out of the markets
Of Greece" says United States Con-
sui Mckinley, at Athens, in n report
made public at the state department,
on the cath, and bearing date of Feb
rusry 81. Consul Mckinley says that
| the United States is close behind Ger
many in the Crecian markets and
could outstrip the empire with we'll
| directed efforts.
The secretary Of the treasury, up
J on further consideration Of the
question, has Informed the Danish
minister. through the secretary Of
state, that If sugar is shipped from
the Danish West Indies to the United
States prior to the ratification of the
| treaty ccding the islands TO the Unit
ed States and deposited in bonded
warehouses. it. can p- Withdrawn for
consumption only upon the payment
Of duty.
Judge Palmer, in the district court
at Denver. Col. on the Gath. issued a
permanent injunction restraining the
Denver Retail Clerks union flom en-
forcing a boycott against a retail
merchant in that city by stationing
pickcts in front Of his store and at
tempting by this means to turn away
trade.
Gen. Greedy has invited bids for
supplying system Of wireless tel
egraphy between Nome City and 81.
Michael Alaska, l0l miles, across
Norton sound. Bidders must prove
the capacity of their apparatus by
60-mile tests along the Atlantic