The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-10-31

President Mitchell OF the United
Mine Workers Of America is busily
engaged in the preparation " n state
ment Of the miners side OF the coal
controversy to be laid before the ar
bitration commission.
In the British house of commons.
on the 22d, the chancellor of the ex-
ehequer announced that the govern
ment did not propose to Introduce the
South African loans bill during the
present session of parliament
President Roosevelt, on the 21st, on
being notified of the action of The
Wilkesbarre convention, Immediately
summoned, by telegraph, the MEM
bers of the arbitration commission 10
meet in Washington on the 24th.
Before midnight Of the Esd total
of 100000 had been subscribed for
Methodist missions at the meeting IN
the Grays' armory at Cleveland, o.
The scenes during the raising of the
money were full of enthusiasm.
Col. John s. Mosby. special agent
Of the interior department, says that
millions Of acres of the public do
main that ought righsfully to be
open to the homestead settler are IL
legally occupied by stock raisers.
President Baer of the Philadelphia
4 Reading says that dealers who have
taken advantage of the strike &c eN-
act exorbitant prices from consumers
of coal will be remembered in appor-
tioning the output for immediate use.
Gov. Stone Of Pennsylvania. on the
e1st. declined to say when the state
troops would be Withdrawn from the
coal strike territory. He said the
generals on the ground would be the
best judges Of when it could he safely
done.
The anthracite miners delegate
convention. at Wilkesbarre, Pa, on
the 21st. decided, without dissenting
voice. to accept the mediation Of the
presidents commission, and H. was or
dered that the men return to work on
the 23d.
The San Francisco Bulletin 1T the
23d said that fire had been burning
in the coal bunlxers of the battleship
Oregon for three days, and had not
vet been ext.nguished. The vessels
departure for Manila was delayed in
consequence.
The Adams Express Co. mas been
Indicted Ivy the federal grand jury. at
Keokuk. Ia, for an alleged violation
Of the internal revenue laws in deliv-
ering c. o. d. packages Of liquors
from consignors in other states and
making collections.
Some Of the coal mine operators In
the anthracite region are requiring
the men who apply for work to sign
contracts binding themselves not tc
interfere with non-union workner
who may be employed. Many refuse
TO sign the contracts.
-Four British gunboats have beer
ordered from Shanghai to ascend thu
Yang-Tse Kiang TO Hankow. becaus'
of the failure OF the Chinese authori
ties to deal with the murderers o
Bruce and Lewis, the English mission
aries who we're killed in Ho-NaI
province
The coal operators in the anthracit
regions are abandoning the wor
trains in and out Of the cities an
the commissary departments In
side the workings, with the result
that the imported men are leaving !
large numbers, leaving the field to tn
old hands.
Charles Fletcher and James MuI
ray, while digging ditch nine mile
northwest Of Paris, ILL.,. unearthed tn
remains of ful-sized mastodor
Seven feet Of the right tusk was IN
tact and was attached 70 the skull
The full set Of upper teeth, also. wer
well preserved.
During his short stay In Honolulu
en- route to Manila. . valisc contain
ing iewelry, money and important pa
pcrs. belonging to Lieut.-Gcn. Mile
was stolen from the room Of Lieut.
Col. Maus, his aide-dc-camp. The Va
lise was subsequently recovered mimi
the money and jewelry.
President Roosevelf's arbitra,Io
commission met in Washington. o
the cath. and organized nth Judr
George Gray as president and Caro-
ID. Wright recorder. a call was mad
at the White House. where the pres
dent gave the commission his II
J otructions and named two assistsn'
90 the recorder