The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-27
LATE NEWS ITEMS

IN the senate. on the 21st, nearly
the entire day was spent in executive
session. While the doors were open
some routine business was disposed
of, consisting of the presentation OF
petitions and reports, the introduce
ton of bills and the passage OF unoo-
iected bills on the calendar. Upon
resuming the executive session th~
Colombian canal treaty was taken up.
Senator Quay had report read. ana
Senator Pettus spoke at some length.
Senator Platt Comm also discussed
the treaty.. The day in the house
! was devoted 10 debate on the Fowler
currency bill. Mr.. Fowler. the author
of the measure, spoke for over Two
hours. The other speakers were
Messrs. Thayer (Mass.). Lowering
(Mass.). Lewis (ua.) and Prince tiii.).
The German government, through
its representative in Washington
Baron Speck Won Sternberg. has made
n request for the immediate pay
ment of the & $1,000 which II was
stipulated should be paid by Nene-
xuela within 80 DAYS. Mr. Bowen has
replied that it will be paid March -.
Gen. san Miguel. with force or
well-armed ladrones. numbering SOY.
is keeping the constabulary in the W.
cinity OF Manila busy. Numerous
skirmishes are reported. Inspector
McIlwaine, AT the head of ten con-
stabulary. was captured, but after
wards escaped.
, Mary Kohland, aged IL years, while
running down the hill above the coke
ovens at Connelsville. Pa. on the
night of the 22d, fell and rolled into
> one Of the ovens. Men broke into the
oven and secured the body. which had
: been burned almost TO a cinder.
Five buildings were burned at Nc
: Lean. Ill. on the night Of the 22d
I causing a loss of $4,000. 1t was
4 feared for a time that the town was
. doomed. The Bloomington fire de
: partment responded 10 call for as
: sistance.
: Three white children and a negr'
!: were drowned in the fats south o
/ Tallahassee. Fla. on the night Of thu
n DIST the team behind which the,
!. were riding losing the road in tn
i darkness and getting into deep water
4 In some places between Evansville
! Ind. and Paducah. Ky. the Ohio river
. was. on the 22d. fully Is miles wide
resembling an inland sea.
Gen. Lloyd Wheaton. wEo was re
r ported as seriously i'll al San Fran
!. cisco. is now said TO be on the roa
e to complete recovery.
It IN the senate, on the 23d, Washing
a. toms farewell address was read D.
Mr, Dubois, of Idaho. The omnipu
N public building bill was passed and IN
j., post Office appropriation bill was con
m sidered without final action. MI
Tillman spoke for nearly two hours
at principally in reply TO Mr.. Spoohe
g. on the Indianola post Office case. /.
re The house passed the general der
H. cheney appropriation bill, the last {
the regular supply bills. Inc ON
ed amendment of Importance was or
ed appropriating 100000 to repla'
q. the stores and storehouses at II
y. Rock Island arsenal recently q
stroyed by fire. The bill TO amer
-. the railroad safety appliance act WI
sent 10 conference and the confere
o were instructed not to insist on I'M
- nortion Of the house amendment 81
ing the interstate commerce comml
sion power to reduce below 90 p
cent. the number of cars equipp
with patent air brakes.
The American banquet in honor
=" Washington's birthday, in London.
the night Of the ed, was an eiab'
eE ate affair. and number of promne
Enp,ishmen were among the CUES
III President Francis of the louisa
on Purchase Exposition Co, the guest
oss honor. made good impression on
English hearers.
ac- PRESIDENT Roosevelt, on the 2
sht vetoed bill placing Francis ,: ia
ow son, late a first lieutenant OF Cni'
the States cavalry. on the retired u
Lieut. Dawson was dismissed fr
Ally the army 81 years ago, and the pre-
deu dent says il would be an injustice
ica- officers with honorable records to
w tire DAWSON.
otn. Rear-Admiral Taylor. who &C
-ain mandcd the battleship Indiana at ,
Ill, tiago, was made the recipient O
J % handsome testimonial sword, the
Of the people of Indiana, at the
ugh diana state capitol, on the 2Sd' Y
nois Durbin made the presentation.
on Associate Justice Shiras, OF
United States supreme court, step
rams down from the bench, on the 23d,
Dom er a large batch of decisions IN g
was which he had participated in hear
, es- had been handed down. and depal
lice the srmc evening for Florida.
President Roosevelt has prom
who IL possible, TO attend the banque
I AZ be given TO the Honorable Artil
,e to Company Of London, at Boston,
ID at October. II j. intended 20 max
the most elaborate banquet ever
- I-pstcl States.