The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

Mrs. Eli Frcw and her three small
children were killed. on the 25th. b,
tie ca,irg in Of their dug-out IN
Roger Mills county. Okla
Owing 20 the great opposition al
deputies 10 the sale OF the cruisers
rresiden.e Pinto 10 Colombia anc
Presidente Errazuriz 10 Ecuador the
Chilean ministry has presented its
resignation
The house committee on naval al
fairs. on the Esd. amended the provi.
sion Of the naval appropriation bill
so that one Of the new battleships OF
armored cruisers must be built in a
government navy yard
TIE general conference Of the Sew
enth Day Baptists, at Topeka, HAS,
adjourned. on the cath. after adopt
ing plans for the establishment ~
homes for suPerannuated ministers
and making provision for the liqulda-
ton If $4,000 Indebtedness ~ the
general society
Questions in the house Of commons.
on The 25th. on the subject of the
shipping combine. elected informa-
ton showing that the British govern
menr was taking steps 10 cope with
the situation which evidently was
officially considered detrimental 10
Great Britain
State senator T. F. Clark. Of Ciar
linda. Ia. died in Los Angeles. Cal. on
the ed. Senator Clark was promi-
nenr in temperance work in the Unit
ed States. and had much 10 do in the
first crusade in Iowa which drove out
upen saloons through the enactmentuf
the prohibitory law
The published announcement OF
the presence at Pretoria Of the Or
ange Free State and TranSvaal lead
ers and generals who had been at
klerksdorp considering terms Of
peace. caused a decided increase in
the hopefulness of the British public
concerning the possibilities Of peace
Tie tariff committee If the Ger
man reichstag. on the cath. fixed a
uniform duty Of IS marks - pigs
ts4-5Ol per double centner GEO
pounds) On all tsours, pearl barley
semolina. grits and other millers'
products made from grain This is
an increase over the government
proposals
As result Of the intermediate ex
sminations. the following West Point
cadets. members of the fourth class.
were. on the 9th. found deficient and
discharged from the military acade-
my: Eugene p Forrson. Georgia:
David Hughes. Louisiana; Fred C.
MoSer, Iowa: Louis A. Pearross. yir-
r.nia. and T. T. Ridley. Texas
a heavy. soaking rain fell ON the
night Of the @irh. in southern Missou-
ri. southeastern Kansas and parts ~
she territories. and good showers are
reported from other central Kansas
counties in the whea. belt The rain
Will at least give temporary relief TO
the crops. and in some places VIII ef-
fectually break the long drought.
In the Danish landsthing. on the
I'D. Dr. Dountzer ridlculed the fear
of the opposition that the United
States government might refuse u
appropriate 5000. 900 10 purchase che
Danish West India islands. and con-
srorerted the arguments against the
treaty because il did not confer citi-
zership and free trade on the isl
snderS-
Secretary Of State Hav. for the
United States. and Minister Conchs.
for Colombia. on the 23d. signed a
treaty providing for the transfer 70
The United States Of the rights Incl
dent TO the construction Of the pro-
posed Panama canal This treaty Is
similar to the protocol recently
signed. the terms Of which have beer
published
The British parliamentary commit
Tee charged TO consider Charles IT.
- 49, t@AAAR-1 BAA4s 1tA AlF -1As
proved the preamble thereto. sub
Jet 10 the insertion Of a proviso that
in view IF the magnitude. novelty
and peculiar character Of the enter
prise al Of TIE works should be sub
Jet 70 the supervision Of the London
board Of trade.
William 9. Van Horne. an attorne,
Of Salt Lake City. Utah. was, on the
22d- appointed judge Of the court a
first instance at Cairo, Egypt. Tn.
position is life one. The court nf
first instance is an international boIy
maintained by the various martini,
governments and passes upon qucS-
lions arising out of the Suex canal
traffic and kindred matters
D. W. Little. editor Of the NORTH
China Daily News. in an interviews
given az Victoria, r. C.. on the 23d.
said- War between japan and Rus
STA - considered inevitable not only