The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-01-24

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JASPER. INDIANA
Gov. Smith 81 Maryland has issued
) proclamation calling on the peoPae
Of that state to observe January -
= Mckinley Memorial day.
Delegate Griffith (rrp.i introduced.
on the 18th. IN he Maryland house
Of delegates. bill To appropriate So
200 TO purchase and crest. in the state
house. a life-size bust OF Eear-Amiral
W. s. Schley
The British foreign Off r issued
the correspondence on the isthmian
eanal treaty in the form of pariia-
mentary paper on the 18TH. This cor
respondence added nothing ~ inter
est 10 the known facts.
United States Minister Wilson at
Santiago. Chill. cabled the secretary
Of state. on the 18th. that the govern
ment of Chill had -.dopted the extra
dition treaty Submitted by the gov
srnment of the United States
Owing 10 grave doctrinal diner
ences. Gen. Booths son-in-law and
daughter. MIR and Mrs Booth-Ciib-
horn and Percy Clibborn. have re-
signed from the Salvation army and
toined the church If John Alexander
Dowie.
Capt. Joseph II. Eaton. at present
captain Of the Boston navy yard has
been selected TO command the bat
tleship Oregon. which is now hthnr
out on the Pacific coast The ship
will be permanently attached to the
Pacific station.
III CHRISTOPHER Zug. a pioneer IRON
manufacturer of western Pennsyi-
vania. died at his home in Pittsburg.
Pa. on the leth. Of general debility.
Incident TO old age. Mr. Lug was -
wears old. He was a director IN nu-
merous financial and philanthropic
Institutions
The populati n - Canada was 81
ncially announced by the census de-
oartment on al l5th l. = snoNNn
by the census Of 1901 TO be 5.o5g.ts' >
an increase Of Stj..ej for the oec"G y
The representation IN the h"fSe 81
comm, ms will be reduced fr"m ~ :"
:i0 members.
Secretary Hay and Lord Pauncefote
The British ambassador. on the 18TH.
signed a protocol extending for one
year the time allowed British col
onies to adhere 10 the treaty entered
into between the United States and
Great Britain defining the rights of
their subjects.
The Cherokee. Choctaw and Chicka-
saw nations have. by their councils.
passed resolutions asking congress
10 do away with tribal government
and asking that territorial govern
.ment be instituted instead They say
4 THAT two governments can not well
|.exist at the same time.
Breakdowns Of government ern
ployes have been frequent in the
Philippines. lately. including some
members Of the commission. They
are feeling the effects ~ overwork-
A meeting of the commission will he
held to consider the matter. and a
Saturday half-holiday will he in
augurated.
The jury in the case of George
Klein. accused Of the murder Of his
y mother-in-law. Mrs. Caroline Klein j.
Baltimore. Md. on the 10th, acquit
ted the prisoner on the ground Of in
\ sanity. Klein knocked the woman
\ down and kicked her 10 death because
she threatened to have him arrested
for abusive language.
\ One ~ the latest official acts o.
Gov. Shaw Of Iowa was the paroling
Z Of 4. l.. Wood. Of WinterSet. who
N had been confined in the penitentiary
\ at Fort Madison for perjury. Wood
\ served in the legislature. was q
N PROMINENT tuitpr. anu Na~ lN0thi4r
Ter at the TING Of his conviction Hi
n term was half served out.
Luther r. Marsh. the well-knowr
N spiritualist. preached two sermons
\ ct Christ Jniversalist church il
\ Middletown. y. A.. on the 18th. OF
n "Jesus. the Christ" He affirmed hi
N belief in the divinity of Christ. ant
h declared that modern spiritualisn
n had its birth in Christ's announce
ment Of His identity to many aftel
n che resurrection.
N The London grand jury. on the 18th
N found a true bill against DIR. krause
N che former governor Of Johannes
Il burg. Transyaal. on the charge Of in
N citing Cornelius Broecksman. the 81
N public prosecutor ~ lohannesbur
IN (who was executed September ,
M 1ast) 10 murder John Douglas Poster
IN English lawyer. who was attache