The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-01-16
LATE NEWS ITEMS


A committee from the Grand Army
of the Republic visited President
Roosevelt and Pos tmastcrGenera
Payne. on the 9th. in the interest OF
legislation in favor of veterans OF the
civil war in appointments. retentions
or promotions in the public service
over other persons.
The charred body OF Mrs Florine
Henry. wife of Philip s Henry. a
wealthy coffee merchant. was found
in the ruins OF the family residence,
in New York. which was DESTROYED by
fire. on the 18th. \ servant girl
jumped from a fourth-story window
and was killed.
The Filipino people are averse to
Gov Taft leaving the islands. and
great popular demonstration. IN
y hich 5000 men marched. took place
| in Manila, on the nth, with the OBJ
ject Of inducing him to remain.
An engineer on the Knoxville &
Ohio railroad was found dead in his
cab. on the 18th. with his hand grasp
ing the throttle. in which condition
he had been sitting while the train
ran distance of eight miles
4 burglar who had stolen $500
worth OF jewelry at Council Bluffs.
la. on the night of the 10th. emptied
his revolver AT two pursuing police
men and made his escape.
4 William ID. Beckett. a prominent
LAWYER of Omaha. Neb-. was found
frozen 10 death on the roadside. i've
miles from the city. early on the
morning Of the llth-
Eleven Cinnamon were overcome
by coal gas in a room in Providence,
L. l.. on the 18th. one of them being
dead when found and two Others in
critical condition.
The emigration from Germany last
year amounted to 265.ss- persons. an
increase Of 63.5s6 over 1901. the ma
jority If them coming TO the United
States
Very severe weather was expert
enced through the northwest. on the
18th. the thermometer going down to
eight below zero az Bismarck. y. d.
John Il. Henderson. Jr.. Of New
York. formerly Of Missouri, and Miss
Angelica Crosby are 10 be married NJ
Charleston. W. Va. on February y.
Lydia Dwyer. ten years old. sui
cided by poison at ottumwa. Ia. on
the 18th. because her mother would
not let her play with other girls.
A five-foot vein OF plumbago was
discovered in Saline county, Ill, on
the 18th.
In the senate. on the 18th. lively
debate occurred between Messrs- Aid
Irich. Vest and Carrnack over an ef-
fort made by Mr.. Aldrich TO secure
IA postponement Of the Vest resolution
recurring the committee on finance to
report a bill removing the duty on
local. Mr.. Vest expressing the belief
that 10 allow its postponement would
mean its defeat. After large num-
Der Of private pension bills had been
passed. the senate adjourned out of
respect TO the memory of the late
Representative Tongue. Of Oregon
In the house a resolution was adopt
ed to authorize the committee on
merchant marine and fisheries to in
vestigate the coal situation. No 9th
er business was transacted. the house
at once adjourning out Of respect to
the memory of the late Representa-
tive Tongue. Of Oregon.
Secretary of the Navy William H.
Moody was seriously but not danger
ously injured at the naval academy
grounds. Annapolis. Nd. on the 18th,
! by jumping from carriage in which
z he was riding. the horses attached to
G which Were running away at the time.
John Mitchell and other officials of
the mine workers union issued cir
cular. on the 18th. 10 the local unions.
urging the members 10 exert them
= selves in every way TO increase the
output OF coal in order 10 relieve the
siringcncy Of the market.
The coolest weather OF the winter
prevailed in many parts Of the south
on the l2th. but little suffering was
reported. as the supply Of fuel was
; mand-
!, railroad train crashed into q
sleigh at a grade crossing near Stat
!, ford. y. u. on the 18th. killing one OF
]. its five occupants. injuring two fatal
!. ly and TWO severely.
! Ten full-blood Indians were ar
!. rested and placed in Jail at South Nc
AIester, |. r.. on the 18th. on tn,
! charge Of having killed Douglas AL
!. len. "A white hunter
4 The New York tax assessment
!. books. made public on the 18th. show
that Andrew Carnegie leads the list o
!; personal property assessments. will
. $1,000
There we're six deaths from tn,
, plague At Maxatlan. Mexico. on rh
y 18th. and eight on the i2th.
= A landslide al Nan Kin. on the 18th
resulted in the drowning Of 200 China