The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02
LATE NEWS ITEMS
In the senate. on the Goth. after Z

NESS. Mt. tdTlndck itRh.l pCCupitu
the remainder of the session in com
pleting his speech on the Philippine
government bill. begun on the 25th.
in which he continued his extremely
caustic criticism of the administra-
tion's policy, with gloomy forebodings
of the end 10 which il would lead. 49,.
The house. after an hour devoted TO
the passage Of bills by unanimous
consent. suspended public business
and devoted the remainder of the ses-
sion TO eulogies OF the late Repre-
sentative Stokes. of South Carolina.
and the late Representative Crump.
of Michigan.
Capt. l.. W. V. kenDon. Of the Sixth
| infantry. reported from the Island Of
Negroes. on the eth. the surrender Of
the ladrone leader. Eufo. with 15s Off
GERS and men of his command. to-
gether with l. guns, 40 bolos. seven
spears and a few rcvolvers and dag
gers. Capt. kennon says this sur
render means the opening up of the
whole of the southern coast of the
Island Of Negros.
Ninety men belonging to the first
and third squadrons Of the Second
cavalry. I. $. A., in charge Of Lieu
tenants Beancy and Pope. formerly
stationed at Cienfuegos and Matan-
zas. Cuba, arrived at New York. on
the 2tth. on board the steamer Albis,
and proceeded 10 Fort Ethan Allan,
VI. after landing. There were also
on board $50 horses belonging TO the
Second cavalry
viii Price and Bernard Suffer were
killed by an explosion of dynamite
At lssaquah. Wash. on the eth. There
left TO hold az inquest upon. The
cause Of the explosion is not known
4 freight wreck occurred on the
Lake shore 4 Michigan Southern road
at Grand Rapids and Indiana crossing.
near Kalamazoo. Mich. on the 9th.
Twenty cars were piled up ard IL cars
| were buried. The loss is heavy.
\ dispatch from Rome saws: 1T is
believed in vatican circles that Arch
bishop corrigan is to be created a
cardinal at the May consistory. 10.
rether with Archbishop Begun. of
Quebec"
The transport Grant arrived at San
Francisco, on the 9Th. from Manila
with i-6l0 passengers. including the
Twelfth United States infantry and
four companies of casuals.
In The senate. on the 2sth. house
amendment To the oleomargarine bill
were agreed 70. Mr. Simmons (N. c.
spoke in opposition 10 the Philippine
government bill. The conference re-
port on the Chinese exclusion iii
was adopted. and consideration Of The
sundry civil appropriation bill was
begun. but not concluded in the
house the general debate on the agri-
cultural appropriation bill was con
tinued and concluded. after which
slow progress was made, only Is of
the ~ pages " the bill being disposed
Of. The sensation of the day was a
speech by Representative Sibley (Pa.i
in denunciation If Gen. Jacob III.
Smith for orders alleged to have leen
issued by him in the samar cam.
paign.
Warren u. Dunton. aged 6s years.
first lieutenant u. :. A., and brevet
major. retired. detailed as professor
Of military science and tactics at
kemper military school AZ Boonville,
Mo. died in that city on the 2sth.
His home was at Dorset. VT. where
his remains were take! for interment.
Mai Dunton enlisted in 1861 as first
sergeant in Company T.. Fifth volun-
teer infantry. and was made brevet
major on account Of meritorious
service at the battle Of Fredericks-
burg.
The surrender Of the insurgents 81
the island IF Samar, headed by Gen.
Cuevarra, who succeeded Gen. Luc-
ban in that island. was officially an
nonnced. on the 2sth, though seine
southern ports were yet TO b, heard
from. IL is believed. however. in Ma
Mia. that the insurrection in Samar
| is ended.
City Marshal r. y. Maxwell. Of Lex
ington. Okla. in battle with George
| and Jack Goodin. brothers. near that
city. shot both men with a double
barrcled shotgun, killing George in
stantly. a coroncr's jury. on the
2sth. held Maxwell guiltless.
! The Dominion government has I'M
der consideration a reduction ~ the
royalty on Yukon gold from fv. per
cent. 10 either three per cent. or TWO
and half per cent. j. will b. col
lccted in future by an cvp,.', tax. and
there will he no exemption.
Judge Dunno released. on the 2stb.
on bonds Of 5000 each. five Of the
seven men indicted in Chicago in
connection with the charges Of nj.
legged jury bribing in the Union Trac-
zion Co transfer cases