The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-09

Of Kedleston, telegraphed' on 'hs
goth, that heavy, beneficial rams ma
fallen in Bengal and Assam and thar
there had been local showers IN bur
nah and parts of Madras.
The statement of the treasury par
ances in the general fund, exclusive
~ the $50. ooO, 600 gold reserve in the
division of redemption, issued on the
Cd. showed: Available cash balance
sls4,sl2 ,670; gold, s93,9l4,6so.
Mrs Susan Sanders Tevis, widow oi
the late Lloyd Tevis, passed away AZ
her home in San Francisco, on the
goth, after a long and severe illness,
Mrs. Tevis was one Of the wealthies'
and best-known women in Saliorh'a'
The big packing houses have mace
such inroads into the business OF
packing and shipping eggs ana pour
try for consumption in eastern mar.
kets that the business OF the snan
shippers in the west is threatened
with destruction.
Cant. Eugene i. Ware, who VIII DC
appointed United States pension com
missioner. was, on the night OF the
LIST. unanimously elected commander
of the Kansas commandery OF the
Military Order of the Loyal Legion
Of The United States.
BIT. Tillinghast, OF Davenport, la.
On ,ne 30th, made an argument be
fore the senate committee on foreign
relations in support of the bill grant
ing an annuity Of $4,000 TO Miss
Clara Barton, president Of the Red
Cross, for distinguished services rem
dered.
The monthly coinage statement IS
sued by the director Of the mint, on
the lst. showed that during April,
1909. the coinage executed at the
mints Of the United States amounted
20 s7,131,s9s as follows: Gold, sS,4so'-
Ais; silver. s3,3ss,273, and minor
coins, s263,3o9.
A company has been organized at
Vinita. i. r., hacked by the Frisco
Railroad Co., 10 build line, - miles
in length. uniting the main line OF
the Frisco at Vinita, with the FRS
co extension from Blackwell, Okla,
10 Coffeyville. Kas.. joining the latter
at Battlesville, !. I.
Y. G. Dun & Co., of New York. re.
ported on the Cd: Failures in the
United States this week were 225,
ngainst 2l2 last week, sol the preced-
ing week. and 226 the corresponding
week last year; and in Canada II,
against is last week, "A the preceding
week, and "a last year"
The monthly circulation statement
issued by the comptroller Of the cur
rencv. on the 1st. showed that at the
close Of business April 80. 1902, the
total circulation of national bank
notes was $50, 9s7 ,39o. an increase for
the year Of Sc ,223. JAP. and a decrease
Tor the month Of Sis9,00s.
At Rochester. n. ", on the I'd
Judge Sutherland. Of the county
court. on application Of the Roches-
ter Baseball association eastern
league) granted temporary injunc-
ton restraining Joe Bean from play.
ing on the New York baseball team
Bean joined the New Yorks after
signing a contract with the local
club.
Nebraska state officers met, on the
goth. in the Office of Gov. Savage. and
adopted resolutions Of respect to TIE
memory Of ]. Sterling Morton. The
flag on the statehouse was ordered
placed at half-mast, and it was de
cided TO close the capitol. en- the da,
Of the funeral. that the officers
might attend the services at Nebras
ka City in body.
The highest prices ever paid fol
thoroughbred cattle at the South
Omaha (Neb.) stockyards was bid fol
q herd Of Angus-Aberdeens sold Their,
on the 30th. The six-year-old COW
Blackbird was sold to Canton Broth
ers and Stevenson. of Holstein, la.
for 5000, and calf at her sid,
brought $1,000. Forty-four hea,
brought an average Of 1894.
Officials Of the department Of agri
culture, on the 2sth, adopted appro
pirate resolutions on the death o
former Secretary Morton, at Chicago
DIR. O. i. Dyson, of the Chicago head
quarters Of the bureau Of animal in
dustrv; ii. j. Cox, Of the Chicag
weather bureau, and DR.. ID. G. Aver
Of Omaha, were appointed commit
tee to attend the funeral as repre-
sentatiyes of the department.
Mr.. Corea, the Sicaraguan minister
called at the state department, O
the LIST, and informed Secretary Ha
that the reply Of his government I
the secretary's proposal regardn
she Nicaraguan canal had been r,
ceived, and that Ia was no y smpov
cred 10 make definite prescntatio
Of the terms under which his govern