The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-04-10

LATE NEWS ITEMS
The lower house OF the Illinois leg
islature passed the convict labor bill
on the I'd. 1t prohibits the employ
ment of the convicts on contract and
provides that u board Of prison indus
tries shall see that the products OF
the convicts do not enter into compe-
tition with the products of free la
Dor.
Victor Murdoch, Of Wichita. Kas-.
was nominated by the republican con-
vention of the Seventh Kansas dis
trict, on the Cd. to succeed Chester !.
Long, who resigned the Office on be
ing elected to the Office of United
States senator to succeed William A.
Harris.
kingdom and Jay Gould, aged Is and
II, started from St. Louis. on the I'd,
over the railway lines controlled by
their father, George Gould. for the
purpose of studying railway opera
ton. The father accompanies them
OF their novel trip.
President Roosevelt spoke to 6,0oo
persons at Chicago, on the I'd. in adj
vocacy of the Monroe doctrine. He
advised Americans to speak courte-
ously of other nations and carry a
big stick-meaning the navy-thereby
insuring peace
Senator James Il. Clarke and ,on-
lgressman $. Brun1ige fought on tie
streets of Little Rock. Ark. on the
~ ~ s--.y~ -. nx-.~ IN AaEC-
paper interview given out by the con-
gressman. Neither was seriously in
jured.
Col. Jonathan Il. Miles died sudden
LIZ at his home At Miles Station. Ma
coupin county. Ill, on the I'd, aged -.
lCol. Miles was Mt one times a business
associate of former Gov. Stanard, ct
Missouri.
Ten American fishing vessels which
have been frozen into the ice field
since January II, at Bay Island. n. f..
were reported in a perilous position
on the I'd. Provisions are running
low.
A mob attacked Gov. Reyes OF the
state of Nuevo Leon. Mexico. at Mon
terey, on the I'd, and stoned him. Po-
lice were called. and four men were
killed during the riot.
A severe snowstorm began early on
the Cd in Colorado. Many snow and
landslides occurred in the mountains.
doing much damage to railroad and
mining property.
A fight broke out in a mission hos
pita. in Seattle, Wash. on the I'd, and
three men are at deaths door - .
result.
Republicans elected their state
ticket in Michigan. on the 9th. Tom
L. Johnson (dem.) was reelected
mayor of Cleveland. o.; Samuel NJ.
Jones (Ind.) was chosen mayor for
1.-THE fourth time in Toledo and repub-
l~licans retained control Of Cincinnati
be re-electing freshman a. mayor.
Rev. Heber Newton. on the 9th. re-
Signed as pastor Of the Stanford Me-
morial church at Stanford University.
lCal. The definite eason for the res
ignation are not known. Both DIR.
Newton and Mrs. Stanford refuse tn
discuss the matter.
Mrs. Susan Updyke. charged with
causing the death of Andrew Fas-
nacht. was locked up at Akron. o..
on the 9Th. She admitted killing him.
saying that Fasnach: was playing the
part of a 'peeping Tom" AT her home.
a warrant was issued by the state
department. on the 9th. To the En-
glish authorities for the surrender of
Robert Percy Moffat. charged with
embe<zling $1,000 i'm Hong Kong.
IMofat is in Portland. Ore.
The Buffalo tN. w. Commercial. on
the 9th. made the statement that Ar
thur X. Pencil. who was killed in an
automobile accident on March 10,
was a dcfaulfer to the extent Of from
S150.000 to 5000 900.
Col. Henry VI. Cooper. at one time
La figure in national politics. died. on
the 9Th. az his residence la Chicago.
Cooper was a republican and for sew
eral years United States marshal at
Little Rock. Ark.
According To adyices from Constan-
Itinople. on the 9Th. the Macedonian
Revolutionary committee intends TO
proclaim a general insurrecfion in the
European provinces If Turkey about
April 81.
Three United States commissioners
In Oregon ere removed by order 1T
limited States District Judge Bellin-
ger. on the 9Th. due "a Investigations
Into land matters by special agents.
The Cuban congress reasScmbIed at
Havana. "n the 9Th. and President
Palma. in his message. warned its
inembcrs that fh~r obligations 10 the
limited states could not he e,aded.
James &. Roberts. aged -. died sud.
Idenly with heart disease in -. 10
seph. Mo-. on the 6th. For 20 years
he had been connected with the First
national bank Of buchanan county,
John ID. Nbrecht. the oldest jeweler
in Missouri, died al ST. Joseph on the