The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-04-29
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

y Senate-The general deficiency ap-
+ preparation bill was passed by the SEN
ate on the ed leaving bur one OF ap-
. preparation bills Enacted upon by that
? body 4 large number of amendments
We're adopted. among them one limit
ing the Chinese exclusion legislation
tO = rcaiiirmation OF the exclusion law
3 II 1902 and other existing exclusion
laws About POO private bills were
passed during the day At % p N.
The senate adjourned Hogse-Two
u the heavy weight" speakers OF The
house OF representatives held sway in
that body incidentally the bill for a
commission 10 investigate the question
OF ship subsidy was passed Repre-
sentative Hepburn la first aroused
and held republican enthusiasm al
high pitch After an hour and a half
he yielded the floor. which was taken
possession OF by Bourke Cochran N
~. who brought from mis- democratic
/ colleagues thunderous applause and
cheers. Mr.. Cochran spoke for TWO
hours House adjourned al $3.50 NJ
John Bolts. n former citizen OF Chilli
cothe Mo. who was distinguished as
having been the youngest federal sol
der in the civil war Is dead at Los
Angeles. Cal Twenty years ago To-
ledo paper offered a gold medal fer the
youngest federal soldier in the civil
war and IL was awarded TO Bolts He
enlisted in the Fortieth Missouri regi-
ment at The age OF 12. and. being
large for his age. was allowed 10 enroll
as a solder
A power Of attorney. by which Mrs.
Theresa Oelrichs empowers her sister.
Mrs W X Vanderbilt Jr.. 10 act Tor
her in this city in all matters pertain
ing 10 the settlement OF the estate OF /
their late brother. Charles L. Fair. has !
been placed on record in San Francisco. (
A severe tornado struck Mcpherson, 4
Kas., on the 2ith demolishing six resi- I
Genees and causing more or less other 4
damage 10 property Three persons 4
were injured. one seriously Much I
damage was done in the country.
An east-boupd freight train on he
Atchison. Topeka a Santa Re railway
was ditched az Floyd No. near Kan
sas CITY. Mo. on the 24th Two mem
bers OF the crew were fatally hurt
-Four tramps were ground 10 pieces
while asleep on the Chicago & North
western railroad tracks near ST Paul,
MINI. on the 24th
Miss Alice Roosevelt Is suffering
from slight attack OF German
measles
Senate-Whether the president shan
order the construction OF the battle
ship provided for in the naval appro-
priation bill or wait until the war ir
The Tar east demonstrates the compare
tive utility Of the biz sea fighter and
the torpedo boat or submarine craft
was question raised IN The senate. On
the 10Th. By Mr. Hale tMel on the /
adoption Of the conference report. The
military academy bill the last II the I
general appropriation measures. was
under consideration al the hour when
memorial services for the late Repre-
sentative Thompson Gala were begun
..- House-lfouse passed large num- T.
Der u bills. including Alaska delegate
OIL The bill 70 authorize the construc-
ton Of lighthouse and fog signal sta
ton al Diamond Shoal y G.. ccca-
STONED a long debate but finally passed
without division An objection 10 T
request BY Mr. Grcsvenor for leave ID F..
print brought a mild protest from him. 2
which aroused Mr. Gaines lTennl who {
charged that Mr. Grosvenor had urint- 5
ID everything in the record about o
President Roosevelt witch the p-esi J
dent did not do At $40 p. m the d
house adjourned T
An appeal was taken on tho 25ih by
Mrs Grace Imogene Bennett and the
other residuars legatees under the viii
Df PhilO 5. Bennett from the decision y
n Judge Cleavcland. Of the probate
court. BY which the application FOR The
removal Of William Bryan a. execu-
.or and trustee was dismissed. The
natter now goes 10 the superior court. r
William Moon. Edgar G. Bailey and y
William Forsha were arraigned In the I
'riminsi court az Kansas City. Mo. on =
he 25th. charged with murder in the =
irst degree. for having killed Albert =
ferguson. a rOE-union hack driver. Y
Turing the recent strike. pleaded not y
utility. and their cases we're SET for
iexi June
John Trueiove and child were Killed !.
nd Mrs Truelove was fatally hurt in a !.
torn. on the 18th. that destroy,I their ),
Iome az ChOteau T Near Choteau n,
young man was blown a quarter of a -
iile and killed His name Is unknown. !,
iis father was blown long distance.
az escaped serious injury
Maj. zeph r Hill. commander 81 the
roops in the coal fields at Trinidad. 20
oil. lifted the press censorship on the 81.
9TH. which was begun after Gov. Pea ia
ody declared las Animas county 10 oe We
state Of insurrection ard re- ~
2llion."