The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-12-09
LATE NEWS ITEMS.


! II Leroy S. Chadwick, the husband
OF Cassie l.. Chadwick whose financial
. troubles have been undergoing 4
), threshinG-out process for some time
|, past, come ont with a brief state
: ment from Europe, on the 4th. in
which he defends the character OF Mrs
! Chadwick. and says recent published
) statements rejecting on her name are
entirely false
! The differences between the United
States and Panama. which made nee
essary the visit OF Secretary of W ar
, Taft TO the isthmus. were settled. on
the 4th. by the issuance OF an execu-
tive order signed by Secretary TAFT
for President Roosevelt. and assented
10 in letter by President Amador of
Panama
The infant crown prince OF Italy was
baptized at the quirinal in Rome on
the 4th. The weather was showery.
but this did not prevent a great crowd
from gathering at the palace To wit
ness the passage of the carriages with
their distinguished occupants.
President Beckwith and Cashier
Spear. OF the Citizens national bank
of Oberlin. o., were arrested by a
United States marshal. on the 4th. on
a charge OF violating federal banking
laws in the matter OF loans to Mrs.
, Cassie L. Chadwick
Cracksmen effected entrance 10 the
building Of the Bank OF Plymouth. at
\ Plymouth. Neb, on the 4th. and ex-
ploded two charges of dynamite on the
vault, partly wrecking the door and
damaging the building. No money was
/ secured
The International Cottonseed Co.'S
plant at Selma, Ala. was partly de-
stroyed by fire on the 4th. The seed.
hull and meal warehouse are a total
loss, and between three and four thou
sand bushels of seed were lost.
ST Petersburg, on the 4th. received
an usconfrmed report from Chefoo that
the Japanese aave been unable 10
plant siege guns on 203-Metre hill. be-
cause OF the concentrated fire from the
other forts.
The body Of the late president OF the
Transvaal republic. Paul Kruger, is ly- !
Ing in state in the Hugenot Memorial |
building. at Capetown. South Africa. /
we're it is daily visited by great
crowds.
In fire on the ith. which was re-
markable for its rapidity and awful
havoc. Mrs Rock Parry. OF Pittsbure.
Pa and two Of her children, we're
burned to death.
sENATE-The senate was called
10 order, on the 9Th, by President pro
tenn Frye. Opening prayer was made
by Chaplain Rev. Edward Everett
Hale, ID. ID. A committee was aD-
pointed TO wait on the president and
inform him that congress was ready
10 receive any communication he had
TO send. Resolutions Of respect 10 the
memory of the late Senators Hoar. of
Massachusetts,, and Quay. OF Pennsyl-
Yania, were adopted. and adjournment |
was then taken as a further tribute
10 their memory. $3.50. .HOUSE-Th
house was called to order by Speaker
Cannon exactly at u O'clock. Rev. II. {
\. Couden, the house chaplain, deliv- /
cred the opening prayer The only
business outside Of the usual first day
routine was the adoption OF resolu-
ton extending until January 3. 1905. ,
The time within which the merchant
marine commission may make its re-
port. The house also. adjourned out
81 respect to the late Senators Hoar
and Quay.
James Noble Tyner, OF Indiana. [.
)nce postmastergeneral OF the United
states, and at various times secretary
If the Indiana senate, representative !,
n congress, first and second assistant :.
'ostmastergeneral. and assistant at. !,
for the post Office de- :.
'artment, died OF paralysis at his .
zone in Washington, ID. c., on the -
It'll.
The Wells Fargo express car on the :,
Atchison, Topeka a Santa Fe over :,
and passenger train No. J., west !,
ound, was entered, on the 5th, ~
between Needles end -
)aggett, Cal, and Evan O. Roberts. :.
ne express messenger, shot and fatal :,
y wounded and the way-safe rifled. =,
The second trial OF Nan Patterson. !.
ccused OF the murder OF Caesar" ,Il
Dung, a wealthy bookmaker. in a
alb on West Broadway, New York. xix
lonths ago. commenced on the 5th,
! the criminal branch OF the New =,
ork supreme court. az
The German bank of Buffalo. ". Y, IA
as closed, on the 5th. by state super. n,
ltendent OF banking. kilburn. be- III
luse OF run which began with the en-
oening OF the doors. and continued to
row in volume as the day advanced.
dispatch from Chefoo, on the
h, to the London Daily Telegraph, OF
'ys: Heavy firing continues at Port IA
rtnur. The Japanese are making MI
ost determined and persistent efforts frt
capture the northern forts" sal