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


oil hundred feet. The driilers were
unable to control the flow.
r. G.. Dun g. Co., of New York, re-
Dorted on the 2lst: Failures for the
week numbered 200 in the United
States. against 224 last year, and 81
in Canada, against 30 last year
Representative Hill, of Connecticut,
on the 18th. introduced a bill for the
coinage Of the silver bullion IN the
treasury purchased under the act 81
July IA, 1902. into subsidiary silver
coin.
The Servian cabinet. on he 18TH,
rendered its resignation. owing 70
the adoption by the slluptschina the
national assembly, of civil service
reform measure. against The wishes
of the ministry.
The rules committee of the New
York state assembly. on the l9th, Ia
vorably reported bill appropriaung
100000 for New York states repre-
sentation at the Louisiana Purchase
exposition at ST. Louis.
Senator Proctor. on the 10Th, intro
duced bill continuing in force the
present law for the exclusion OF Chln-
csc until the expiration OF the exist
Eng treaty with China or until a new
treaty shall be negotiated.
The Portuguese troops in East AZ
RIGA captured l62 slave dealers and
killed so others at Pemba Bay. re-
Gently. when the government forces
attacked 10 strongholds of the slave
dealers and liberated 700 slaves.
Five hundred returned emgrants
disappointed with life in the lnitee
States. have just passed through Ber
lin on their way TO their old homes
In the provinces of east and west
Prussia and in Russia and Austria.
The New York stock exchange VII.
be closed on Good Friday and the
following day The board of man
ayers of the New York produce ex'
change also voted TO close the ex-
change on Good Friday, March %.
The annual renort of the Ameri
can Telephone Co., o. Boston. just is
sued. shows total earnings of Sill.
6o6, SIG. against S9.534,449 in 1900; net
revenue $685.. 2s5, against s5,4s6,o5'
IN 1000. Surplus. after dividends, 81.
s4s. a62. against l,401. 456 in 1900.
The Cologne Gazette says that
four-volume autobiography OF Rich.
ard Wagner. beginning in 1864, has
becn privately printed ut Basel and
Bayrerth. Thirteen sets Of the work
have been issued before general pub
location. supposedly for the crit
cisms of judicious friends.
The secretary Of the interior. OF
che 10Th. sent to the senate the draft
of bill providing for the enlarge
ment Of Yellowstone park. In Q
communication accompanying the
bill. the secretary says the extension
of the park boundaries is necessary
TO protect the game in the park.
The political situation in Hayti Is
critical. The authorities continue
making arrests. The prisoners Of i'm
portance are taken on board the
Eaytien war ship Crete-au-Pierot. The
authorities at Port-au-Prince believe
the disturbances will be quelled be-
fore tehy reach the stage of being
considered revolutionary.
The Franco Russian note relative
60 China. which was published. on
the Goth, was handed TO Secretary
Hay by Ambassador Cambon, for
France. and Count Cassini. for Rus
eia. The note is regarded officially
rs simply another pledge on the part
of the sigLato tory powers to maintain
the "open door" in China.
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The agreement between the Domin.
lon government and William Mar
conf for the establishment of wire
less telegraph station at Cape Breton
has been brought To a satisfactory
lssre. Ii IL expected that wireless
communication will be esta blished be-
tween the Dominion and Great Bril-
ain by the beginning of June.
The supreme court Of California,
In decision handed down, on the
10th, declared the trust clause in the
will Of the late Senator James g..
Fair invalid. and the property will at
once be distributed among the chill
dren Of the deceased senator. 1t is
{ estimated that the estate Is worth
more than twenty million dollars.
-
United States Consul-General Per
~ N. De Leon. at Guayaquil, Ecna-
dor, has applied for and been granted
= leave Of absence, and will come "a
N Washington, shortly, to confer with
the state department with regard "a
che recent troubles in Ecuador grow.
N ing out Of claims Of illegal arrest
and Imprisonment Of American cit.
Gems.
A. e.