The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-12-18
LATE NEWS ITEMS

cluSion o. the FDltine business on the
18th the senate resumed discussion OF
the Cuban reciprocity bill. with Mr.
Foster l-ll as the speaker. He OPP
posed the bill or me ground OF its
furious 10 the sugar producing anu
other important Interests OF tie United
States The president sent to the sem
are the following nominations. Assist
ant treasurer. Thomas y Atkins. at
81 Louis. Mo. Envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipoterriary 20 Pan
ANA William l. Buchanan. OF Ne-
York
General Manager Gridley OF the Chi
cago- Peoria < 81 Louis railroad
stated on the 18th. that there was no
truth in the report that the road had
been sold To the Cincinnati. Hamilton
4 Dayton. and declared that no offers
sDurce- He said the Chicago. Peoria
& St Louis would allow other roads
10 use lis tracks TO St Louis for the
Worlds fair business
Adtr-Gen- Scott issued an order. on
tire 18th az Springfield IL. announc-
Y Ing Ire appointment Of John v Clin-
nan as Inspector II rife practice Of
The Fifth Illinois infantry vice Butler.
10 rank As captain The reelection Of
Albert z Butler as first lieutenant
Of Troop c. First cavalry. was con
f-ned
Chicago was selected on he 18th
as the place for ncldin- the next ma
tional republican convention The
vote was a. follows Chicago. 10:
Pittshurg. u st Louis. /. The com
nit-ee fixed June Il. az 10 O'Clock. as
TIE time for the meeting OF the CON
ven-i0n
Ton Clark a member of the Belknap
gang OF counterfeiters which had
teadQ 1arters IN Caicac,s and wanted
ts Rock Island Galssburg. Rockford
and other places in Illinois. was ar
restes, on the 18th. az Cedar Rapids
Ia ~ federal authorities Clark con-
fesSess
John j Berry OF Ramona Kas. sued
Charles Hap-ooc millionaire plow
manufactures. for So. 600 personal
damages and So 0GG settlement dam
ages Berry was HapgoOd's loan and
land agent and was recently charged
with erbezzienenr- but acquitted.
NJ =. Coons. 4 banker OF Cleveland.
o. completed the deal on the 18th
for over en.Cg0 acres Of oil land ia
Montgomery and tn eastern part of
Scaafs-The senate spent the 18th on
the Cuhan bill. most Of the time being
orc-ptef BIZ Mr. Bailey. Of Texas. n
an elaborate argument against the con-
stifnrionality Of the proceeding He
claimed that no treaty changing the
revenue Laws that waS not first author
ized b. legislation originating in the
house rf representatives was valid Mr..
Bailey also opposed the bill a. a mat
ier Of general policy Brief speeches
we're made by Senator'S Teller. Depew
and Lodge At 4-1D O'Clock the sen
are went into executive session. and az
,i.15 adjourned House-The house
Eas IN session for little more than
-four hours. on the 18th. during which
time there vas a general discussion on
varied topics The pension apprOrre-
ton bill was before the house. bur 10
'conciusiou on IL was reached The 18th
mizr canal and the RepubIic II Par
ana the tariff. tobacco interests and
lcue2-i0-s affecting labor were debated
The house. al as. adjourned until the
18th
Viola SANDS Hazard. thought to be
the oldest woman in Rhode Island.
ldied. On the 18th ar her home at Wake
field X H. al the age n 115 years she
vas known a. the only descendant u
the sole survivor ~ the ship Palatine.
which Wa wrecked AT BlocN Island in
the eighteenth century. and which be-
tame celebrated as the phantom ship
in Whistiers poem
r. G Copley. member Of the executive
board of the Western Federation Of
Miners. who was arrested ar Victor.
Col. on the 18th. by the militia. was
released. on the 18th. BY an order OF
Gov Peabody. He was one Of - men
charged with dyramiting the sun &
Moon mining property az Idaho
Springs. Col
School children placed a bolt on the
track where the incoming Rock Island
4 Pacific passenger train from the east
AZ point ten miles east N Colorado
Sprin-S. Goa. or tie 18th. and the loco
motive. ha-gays car and first coach
acre ierailed ThTce frasnmen we're
badly hurt
United Siares minister Beaupre re-
ported ~ ne state department at
Washington. n G.. from B0gosa. on the
18th thar everything was quiet there
ard ne ssW no cccasion ~ postpone his
leave ~ absence. and he would start
e, once fJ- tie United states
TIE chief Justice ~ the supreme
roHrr ~ me United States. On the 18th,
announced a rpcess Of that body s,r
two weeks. from the gfst