The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-07-18
LATE NEWS ITEMS

MS Tf-lZnllAO4 AS RAtA@~
Britain to King Edward. on the llth'
hut il was not made public until the
18th. IL was accepted. and the king
appointed Mr.. A. j. Balfour, first lord
oil the treasury. TO succeed him Inc
reason for Lord Salishury's withdraw
a is generally considered to have
been a desire ON his part for a quiet
life. neceSsitated by advancing years
In resigning. he Is said to have ex-
pressed n desire that no new title or
honor should be conferred upon him
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson,,
who was in Council Bluffs. Ia on the
18th, expressed the opinion that the
crops in the Mississippi valley were
never in better condition lie SAID
there had been too much rain IN
some places. but that the sunshine
sure 10 follow for the rest OF July
would work a wonderful change
The report that the crown prince
of Siam would travel in this country
in n STYLE of oriental pomp and splen-
dor is denied. and il is o said the
visit viii be made in a simple and
transformations manner. n residence
of eight years in London has thor
ourhly imbued him with western no.
tions Of civilization
President Roosevelt and Secretary
Root spent Sunday. the 18th, AT oys-
ter Bay discussing public questions
more particularly those relating to
the Philippine friars- Ii Is understood
thai the United States viii take
strong grounds in support Of the con-
,ention that the friars must leave the
islands
REPORTS received at the Illinois
Headquarters of the United Mine
Workers. TO the 18th. indicate that
the delegates from that state 20 the
indianapolis convention will vote
against ordering a general strike OF
the soft coal men,
The United States training ship
Mohican. about whose safety consid-
cradle anxiety has been felt. arrived
NJ Dutch Harbor. June IS. out of fuel
and short Of food supplies She re
plsaished and sailed for Honolulu
June 30.
Gen. Thomas j. Morgan, VINO was
!, commissioner Of Indian affairs under
President Harrison. died at MS home
st Yonkers. Y. Y, on the 18th
. Archbishop Patrick A.. Feehan- OF
the Roman Catholic archdiocese o,
Chicago. died in that city IN the 18th
! Maj-Ger- Lloyd Wheaton closed his
: active military career on the 18TH
: having reached the statutory retir
ing y Of 81 years. The vacanc,
r caused by his retirement has beer
filed by the appointment OF Brig
Gen. John G.. Bates, now commanding
the department Of the Missouri. a
4 Denver.
Z. -Four masked men held up n tran
on the Denver g. Rio Grande railroad
: near Chester. Col. IN the lifh- Inc
: blew open two safes in the baggag
{ ar. but the express company says m
2 money was lost ~ it. The mail ca
!, was not mol=sted. but the passenger
e were robbed Of their money and Jew
elry-
Mr.. A. Y. Balfour was formally II
stalled as the new premier OF Ores
Britain on the 18th Sir Micha'
Hicks-Beach resigned as chanceliS
Of the exchequer. Other resignation
are likely TO follow, but the PERSONA
Of the new ministry has not yet bee
announced
The freight handlers strike at q
, caro Is still on. and a settlemel
"a seems as remote as When the stri'
:. began. On the 18th the commissi'
men met and decided 10 drive the
own wagon to the depo's, and 4
!. that urpos asked for police prots
ton
~ The contract for building the
M Louis. Kansas City 4 Colorado ra
~ road from Versailles 10 Warrer
"A burg. No. was let on the 18th. IL
TO said that the road will be complet
i've from st. Louis TO Kansas City
July. 1908.
III Near Mason. a.. 20 miles from G
ire ~cinnati. on the 1sth. James Conov
d. who had but recently been relcas
300 from the Dayton insane asylum. xii
arr his wife and dangerously wound
on his son. using an AK for the bloc
deed.
the The Rock Island road viii. alb
the August 1, move headquarters of
OF passenger department from Tope
de Kas-. TO Kansas City. Mo. The ira
nee department will also be moved
'oi- Kansas City.
has Theodore Lacaf. Of Nevada. y
was nominated for congress by
hip republicans a the Fifteenth Misso
ON district az Carthage. Mo-. on the IA
she A reunion ns Spanish war ve'cr'
ard will he held NJ Detroit. Mich. Srpt'
bsr 22-25- President Roosevelt
make an address.