The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-03-07

the motion, which, however, pre-
N vailed.
Oil is said TO have been struck neal
Garrison Point, Mont, on the North
n ern Pacific, is miles west of Helena
II Floyd Brown, who was prospecting
81 said to have discovered the fluid
n which contains a high percentage OF
n petroleum.
Il The battleship Illinois. which Is to
be the flagship of the European
squadron. has been ordered TO report
\. 1T the New York navy yard. TO make
n ready to convey Read-Admiral Crown
n inshield to his new assignment. lie
II will sail on March %.
ID. II. Scott. wheat expert, who
Y has travelled two weeks over the Kan
n sas wheat belt, reports the plant in
VI better condition than ever before al
"A this season. Scott says he has
n watched Kansas wheat for IS years
N and he never before saw such fine
Y prospect for crop.
N The Corn Products CO., which was
\ recently incorporated at Trenton, y.
N j.. filed an amended certificate, on
N the Goth. increasing its authorized
N capital to Ss000O.000. of which $780,
900. 900 is to be preferred stock. with
\ seven per cent. cumulative dividends
and the remainder common stock.
e
n Quartermaster-G General Ludington
of the army and Godfrey Cabot, of
Boston, n carbon manufactures ant
exported. were before the house com
mittee on coinage on the eth. They
both favored the metric system, and
were of the opinion that the system
bids fair TO be universally adopted.
Gen. Smith. in command of United
N States troops on the island of Sa-
mar, cabled, on the Goth. that Lieut..
y Stfebler's scouts had captured Lux
ban, the notorious leader of the Sa-
mar rebels. and taken him to Laguan
n (capital of small island of that
r name north Of and adjoining Samar).
N The National Council OF Women,
on the cath. adopted a memorial to
congress asking an annuity of $1,000
Tor Miss Clara Barton. for her serv-
Ices for the Red Cross society. and
also decided hereafter to paw the
recording and corresponding secre-
saries Of the council for their serv-
Ices.
The coroner's jury which had been
Investigating the cause of the explo-
sion of the boiler at the Penberthy
Injector Co.'S plant in Detroit. Mich,
IN November &c last. which resulted
IN the loss of 80 lives, brought in
. verdict, of the 2sth. that the boiler
was defective and censured its ma
kers.
n Surgeon-General Sternberg. on the
1ssth, received private letter from
Y Col. l.. NJ. Maus. commissioner Of
public health at Manila. in which he
says that sickness among soldiers in
the Philippines appears to be decreas-
ing. and that there are no longer any
complaints in regard to proper care
'lof patients.
John d. Rhodes, rough rider who
was wounded at San Juan Hill. is I'M
der arrest at Vernon. Tex, charged
with accepting money from Tex
rs cattle men to permit their viola
7 ting the Oklahoma live stock quar-
antine laws by crossing il with cat
\ lie not properly inspected. He is I'M
dersheriff of Comanche county, Okla
\ homa.
O'Donovan Rosa. the celebrated
\ Fenian agitator. was reported. on the
18th. TO be dying at St Francis hos
pital in Colorado of blood poisoning.
At noon an operation was performed,
Taking off the large toe Of the lef,
loot. The only hope for Rosa now
lies in amputating the entire foot,
and the patient is too weak to per-
nit this.
'4 The launching Of the schooner
yvacht Meteor. built at Shooters Is
land for the German emperor, was
he browning feature Of the itinerary
N Tor the 25th. The christening cere-
\ nony was performed by Miss Alice
N Roosevelt. daughter Of the president
N u the United States, in the presence
NJ u the president. the prince. German
Ambassador Won Holleben and IA bril-
n liant assemblnge.
NJ The National Legislative league, in
"A conference in Washington, on the
\; 9Th. adopted resolutions urging leg
Station to secure all nativeborn per-
0ns, without regard to SEX" pro-
ection in American citizenship and
PROTESTING against the elimination Of
citizenship of a woman who marries
foreigner. and advocating trial OF
n women accused Of crime by juries
omposed wholly or in part OF their
s~u sex.