The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-13
LATE NEWS ITEMS
In the senate. on the 7th. the state


i,oo.i bill again occupied most OF the
lay. Mr.. Kean continuing but not
concluding his speech on the subject
The claim Of the opponents OF me oii
that IL does not contain sufnciene
safeguard against polygamy gave rise
70 a general debate \ large NUMBER
~ hills IL which there was no oppo-
sition were passed during the day
The house. by unanimous VOTE
passed the antitrust bill The senate
amendments TO the army appropria-
ton bin were concurred in and the
bill was sent TO the conference
News ut terrible less of lie and
destruction of property in the south
sea islandS by tidal wave, on January
r3. reached san Fra1clsco. on the SIN.
The los, Of life is cssimated at 1000,
eight white people hring among the
drowned The surviving natives were
left destitute of food. shelter or
clothin-. the storm having swept ev-
erything away.
a very distinct shock of earthquake
was felt in ST. Louis about o;2O
! o'clock on the night of the sth- ~
the sane hour the shock was felt IN
many places in the states OF ILLINOIS,
. Missouri and Kentucky but no serious
damage was reported from any point
Mrs. Lafayette Taylor. of Center
= vile. sullivan county. y u. con-
: .essed. on the sth. 10 the murder OF
> her husband on January u.s. and also
! that she and her I4-year-old daughter
: had cut the body in small pieces and
burned it. 10 escape detection
a \ campaign against crime in KEN
{ lucky was inaugurated by the Louis
I vile Ministerial association. on the
Z sth- Special services were held IN
i most of the churches in the city and
: II many points throughout the state
!. The former crown princess OF sax
r ony let Geneva. on the sth. and went
M 70 swiss sanitarium for quietude
q and medical attention. being much de-
:, pressed by the refusal TO allow her TO
Z visit her sick child.
= Henry :. Monroe, one of the city's
4 oldest letters and veteran member
of the Chicago bar. died of pneu-
. monia. on the sth. aged u years He
= was en- intimate friend of stephen A.
re Douglas
= The Columbia theater, at Frank
N fort. Ind. was burned, on the sth,
- presumably the work of an ineendi-
:. sry-
ne DIR. Paul Eaedicke, well known as Z
:. journalist both in America and Ger
ne many. eiec IN New York. on the .th-
- In The senate. on the 9TH. NJ. Car
Il mack spoke on the Rawlins resoiu
IF
De for reports from certain courts mar
tiaI. lie charged that murders IN tn
Philippines by American soldiers ha'
become 30 common that they coui'
st mot bear investigation. and criticised
IL. the conduct Of both the president an
IL secretary OF war Mr.. kean continue
his speech on the statehood BILL an
ms several senators INDUCED in debat
lie on the question of the interference 2
the Mormon church in politics vi
een FIkin~ spoke ia favor of statehoo
the for New Mexico. The house sper
IN almost the entire day on two Distri'
not If Columbia appropriation bills OF
IN to authorize the government TO a.
lug vance S5.OnO.0OO 10 the district ar
the other the conference report
ing the union station bill. The form'
- ws< defeated and the latter sent bas
TO conference.
lsh No progress was made az the Go
ference. On the 9th. between the ~
caro Building Managers associati'
and the striking employees, and &c
ans eraI strike i'm all the large office hui
'me ings in the city is looked for
4 charter was issued by the seer
are tarv Of state Of Missouri, on the y
han ,-..u -a;t-o,d ~ sxte
per- n,-e.,, u e.t.u,,o,x Mo a
thence 10 -. Louis. 20 be eompiet
in time for the Worlds fair.
In a fight with Filipino in>urgen
on the -th. Inspector Harris and q
man Of the constabulary were XII
and ten other Americans wound
while the insurgents left u dead q
!, - three wounded on the field
The health authorities IT San FRI
- cisco issued a statement, on the .
declaring that there was not a q
80. az bubonic plague in that city,
"" denouncing as false all reports 70
~ contrary.
Tony GriIlo and his wife. keep
home - noaru,nE no'a -, \, i,
ieafh nite uhuTI 'n''i
q by done TOT w ".
even rive hunureu ia''''" $3.50,
- dered destitute by fire which
stroyed so homes and many pu
buildings in the town ~ krutz.
.,. tria. on the sth.
'. There were four deaths from
' plague az Mazatlan. on the 9TH,
49, "a cases in the laxaretto.
- Mrs. Jane Odell. an aunt OF
Odell Of New York. died at Newb
n. r.. on the 9th