The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-16
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an amendment offered by Mr.. Bailey /
(Tex.) providing that no part III the
appropria ton made by the measure
should he. used in defraying the ex-
penses of the special embassy 10 the |
coronation of King Edward VII OF
England had been withdrawn The !
house transacted some minor bust
ness and then laid aside public bu~s-
ness TO pay tribute to the memory OF
the late Representative Rufus n
Polk. Of Pennsylvania. and the late
Senator y. ii. KYLE. of South Dakota.
The state department received a
cablegram. on the 18th. from United
States Consul Ayme. at Guadeloupe.
stating that he would leave for Marti-
nique that night. The state depart
ment cabicd Consul Ayme Saturday
to proceed at once to Martinique and
report upon the situation there. but
il is thought at the department Tat
its instructions have not yet reached
him. and that realizing the need Of
prompt action he has gone to Marti-
nique of his own volition-
There has been so great demand
for copies of the response of Score
tary Root % the Culberson rcsDlnticn
wiz. reference to the conduct cf the
American army in the Philippine that
ii has been found impossible 10 com
PLY with all requests for copies Ut
the instance of Senator Allison the
senate has passed an order for the
printing If 1000 additional copies If
the secretary's communication.
In the bicycle contests held at the
Pare des Princes. Paris. on the 18th.
: Tom Linton. the English cyclist.
( broke the worlds record for distance
! covered in one hour. on bicycle He
: rode IL kilometres and *3s metres IN
the hour. Roll. the fie 1an cyciist.
: was two laps behind 1ron. and Har-
lry Fixes. the American. was third
: Walter J.. MyleS. son of Miles
: Myles. Of Edwaridale. near Wilkes
: barre. Pa. junior pupil Of the nor
NAL school at West Chester. Pa died,
I on the 18th. from injuries received in
e being struck by pitched ball the
4 ball hit Myles behind his left ear and
: fslled him to the ground lie was Is
i years old
Z George Pritchard. an actor. died 81
: Ityphoid pneumonia at st. Joseph's
e hospital in Denver. Col. on the 18th.
/. lie was leading comedian II the Den
: yer thearer stock company when Ia
ken ill. Mr. Pritchard was II years Of
age His mother lives at Griffin Ga.
In the senate. on the 18TH Senator
u Foraker tO.D made set speech oi
e the army in the Philippines. in which
e he defended the army from tn nre
~ in-fhe rear 10 which it had been =
long subjected. declaring that TN
ie american army had shown a hu
e mainly unsurpassed in history
u House amendment TO the bill makir'
\ an appropriation Of 100000 for III
IN relief If the people of the Frencl
West Indies was concurred in- III
"a the house a bill granting 100000. f.
ie the relief Of the sufferers in the grea
calamity in the West Indies wa
a. passed-le6 TO 9-Mr. Underwoo
le The rest Of the day was devoted
ie business Of the District IF Columbia
IN NJ. Severe. the Brazilian aeronau
who aspired TO be the rival Of \
ne San,os-Dumont. met with an acciicr
n while maneu,ering his dirigible ba
- loon. the Pax. in Paris on the 1T
which cost the life Of the aerona,
NJ and "a machinist who had made II
M assent with him. After the baIloe
e3 had reached an altitude ~ ! 800 fee
some arrangement Of the machinsl
TX caused a leakage If gas which ignite
on and the balloon exploding its "cc
I'm pants were dashed TO the earth al
'e, both crushed into shapeless masses
no NJ. II. Clark. T.. ii. Gum and III.
PLAYER. three Of the most promine
al men in the British tobacco trade. g
III rived at New York. on the 18th.
OF the steamship Saxonia- None OF the
OF will commit himself TO any stateme
on on the object Of their visit. but a
mitted that they would leave at on
-" for the south
ns' Anticipating action BY congress 7
nv the relief ~ the survivors ~ Z
dreadful disaster in the Lesser \
titles. the president. on the 18TH "a
orders for the immediate dispatch
United States vessels with army n
- navy stores for the starving survive
If the awful catastrophe.
Carbonate. kas.. a small town
VI, miles south ~ Topeka. was almost !
tirely destroyed by fire. ON the II
Ia Loss. $4,000. All the best wells
- town were pumped dry in an ineffe
- ual effort 10 sul,siue the flames 7
telephone exchange was among I
buildings burned.
- General Superintendent Ressig
Of the Santa Re. denies that tn
80 were any fatalities or injuries G
- nectcd with the wreck Of the G
fornia flyer, on the 18th, At Reve
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