The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-12-25
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II Senate-After 3 session Of tro and
: % quarter hours. the senate adjourned.
{. ION the 18th. until January 1. The sit
: ting was largely devoted to q speech
by Mr. Pettus. Of Alabama. on the sit
uation in Panama in which the took
the position that the recognizing the
: Republic OF Panama by the United
States had been premature and OF
such character as To render il Of
! doubtful appearance. Senator German
sought. but failed To secure an order
. upon the postmaster general. directing
him 10 send 10 the senate the full rec
ord of the post Office department in
quiry. His resolution To this effect
was defeated for the time by an OBJ
lection from Mr. Quay. House
The house. after being in session an
hour. on the 18th. adjourned for the
holiday recess. resolution was
agreed 10 by which the postmaster
general was requested TO forward TO
the house papers in connection with
the post Office invess CATION Mr. Will
Jams offered a resolution. providing
that the papers come direct to the
house. instead Of To a committee.
which was agreed to without opposi-
ton
The Leeds Republican club Of Phil
adelphia. through its reprcse natives.
SIR. Vance and Mr. CUNNINGHAM. on
the 10th. closed a contract with the
Great Northern hotel. of Chicago. for
20 rooms during the session OF the -e-
publican national convention
r W Msddaugh. for many years
general counsel Of the Grand Trunk
railroad. died at his residence. at
Crosse Pointe Farms. Mich. on the
eotn. after an Illness OF wear. Heart /
failure brought on by iaundice was the !
immediate cause cf de-th.
The three main departments OF the I
Illinois Steel Co. at Joliet. Ill. are
now idle. the converter and billet /
mills having been ordered. on the 10th.
TO close. About 500 were affected.
The duration of the shutdown was not
stated
While crossing the Iron Noun .ain
railway bridge. north of Fredericks-
town. Mo. on the 18th. Thomas J.
Caime. OF Moline. Ill. fell to the
ground. distance Of over 25 feet He
struck on his head and was instantly 1
killed
Gen. John C. Black. on the 18th. &C
cepted the civil service commissioner
ship. ard the president will send IN his
nomination when congress reconvenes,
January T.
Part or the business portion OF Sa-
pulpa. l. T.. was destroyed by FIRE. ON
the 2lst- The principal loss was sus-
tanned by p. o. Hall & Co. general
whose stock was valued
at $4,000. Hall & Co. were Indian
traders among the Greek Indians Is
years ago. and established the FIRST
store in Sapulpa
Louis Dennert was appointed re
cefver of the National Manufacturing
Co. OF Eikhart. Ind. on the 2Ist. The
assets were estimated at si23. 900 and
the liabilities at $175.coa. The re-
was the seventh Elkhart
failure resulting from the Indiana ma
tional bank Of Elkhart
Speaker Cannon. on the 21st. re-
ceived a letter from Representative
George b. Mcclellan. Of New York.
stating that he had forwarded his
resignation as a member of congress
to Gov Odell OF New York. the res
ignafion TO become effective on its re-
cepit by the governor.
The lumber yards and business OF
the George E. White Co. Of Chicago.
were placed in the hands Of a receiver.
on the 2lst. by Judge Kohlsaat. The
liabilities were placed at $3.50. 600.
while II was stated in the petition
that the assets would not exceed 5000
BOO.
Both houses Of the Louisiana legis- I
latnre. on the 2lst. adopted a resolu-
ton requesting the United States sen
ators from that state to vote in favor
Df the ratification of the treaty pro
viding for the building Of the Panama
canal
James NJ. Edge. the bank teller who
about $4,000 of the funds :
Df the First national bank II Pafer.
'on- y. J.. was sentenced, on the 2Ist.
- @N'N ftnAr t>OUIIenY In the
New Jersey penitentiary. =
The last Of the bodies that were re- u
,orted missing were recovered. on the G
ISL from the ruins Of the dormiforv
Y Walden university. Of Nashville
Tenn The total loss Of life by fire a
vas 13
According TO the Spanish newspa- !.
'ers. project r. on foot for the mar. y
iage Of King Alfonso Of Spain TO his !,
ousin. the Princess Maria del Pillar !.
Bavaria She is Is years OF aye.
The secretary OF the treasury. on the
LIST received in an envelope most
'arked Dubuque. Is. a conscience con- N
'ibution OF $50 -
Afier a brief session. on the 2isf the 70
nited States supreme court adjourned IN
ntil January next. ~