The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-01-03
TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.


AukAtQ 1AAAto hAAah -fnthh t'hNs
lett, OF the kiowa and Comanche
tribes, is sending out notices TO all
persons who have staked mining
claims in Indian allotments hat they
must vacate at once, or they will be
elected 10y soldiers from Fort sill.
The action is based on the opinion of
Acknowledgement Knox. approved by
Secretary Hitchcock, and sent 70 the
agent under recent date, prohibiting
settlers from filing on Indian allot-
ments.
Word reached Mexico City, on the
25th, from Merida. lucatan, that a
great fire had been raging at Pro-
gresso. starting in the warehouses OF
Eschanove Brothers, and spreading
10 the warehouse Of Gabriel Esca-
lante and the consignment of the
Merida railway. Some ten thousand
bales Of h%enequin was exposed 10 the
flames, and it vas believed much OF
it was destroyed. The loss is csti-
mated at 81 900, 900.
Il. NJ. James. uncle of Frank and
Jesse James, and one of the leading
crockery merchants of the west, died
at Kansas City. Mo-. on the 25th. lie
went To Kansas City in 1884, and
since then has been identified With
various business institutions of that
city. lie has been an active worker
in the Baptist church and a generous
contributor to William Jewell col
lege At Liberty, Mo.
The Salvation Army gave a Christ
mas dinner to 5000 people in Clevc
land. O.. on the 25th. Two thousanl
were served in Central Armory anc
baskets OF provisions Were sent tie
remaining 5000. At the Armory Col.
Myron A.. Herrick made a brief speech
on the work Of the Salvation Army.
The poor OF many other cities were
in like manner made TO enjoy Christ
mas day.
Acting on an order received from
the secretary of the interior. govern
ment officials have stopped all build
ing and Improvement operations at
Nc .Alestcr. /. r., until "A schedule OF
values of all property has been pre-
pared by the town site committee.
\ former survey schedule was found
to be false and the secretary Of tile
interior then took a hand.
The teamcr sun, employed in the
Memphis and Fulton trade, brrned
to the waters edge at Memphis.
Tenn. at an early hour on the morn
ing Of the 25th, and four lives were
lost.
Jacques Francois Henry Fonquicr,
the French publicist and former
member Of the chamber Of deputies,
died on the goth. lie was BORN Sep
tember J.. 1855.
Civil Service Commissioners Proctor
is quoted az saying, in substance, that
Edgar ;. Maclay has been removed
from the public service, and he knows
the reason why. therefore he has no
ground for appeal to the civil service
commission for redress.
Another big oil well was struck in
Knox county. Ky. on the 25th. Gas
came first and took fire from a forge,
burning the derrick and machinery.
After two hours oil began 10 gush.
spouting a sheet Of flame 100 feet
high.
The exactions on tourists arriving
at the port Of New York Will. il Is
said. be made more stringent. and
tourists arriving in this country viii
he called upon. in future. to pay full
duty on all extra wearing apparel
as well as on everything else not on
the free list.
According TO the report of the
Philippine commission the revenues
Of the islands will soon be sufficient
10 support the army, provide suif.-
cicnt police and pay all other de-
mands which would naturally arise iu
the insular administration.
Emperor William. while walking in
the e~nvirons of Potslam. Christmas
I'VE. tossed several three and four
mark pieces TO p~oor-looking persons
whom he passed. The emperor
Christmas bounty is never limited, but
this year he doubled his usual sub
scriptions to charitable funds.
According TO an estimate compiled
by the Railroad Gazette for 1901. the
mileage built in the United States
during the year ending December 81
approximates 4.5is. The figure last
year was 4.s04. and in 1899 1869.
On December 81 the first volume Of
TIE complete census report on pop
ulation viii be issued. This is Il
months after the beginning Of the
G, nsEs. and the work has been done
in three years less time than was
required for the eleventh census.
Mrs. Mckinley spent Christmas day
alone at her home in Canton, o. She
was urged TO join the Barber family
in their Christmas dinner at the OLD
Saxton homestead. but declined 10 Dc
so. She received flowers and loving
remembrances from all over tho
country.
Eighty members Of Company r
Eighteenth infantry. were poisoned
while eating breakfast, Christmas
morning. at Fort Russell. Wyo., and
for a time fully half of them wer,