The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-01-15

Mayor Harrison has been directed I
notify the exposition authorities {
that effect.
The funeral Of eight victims of tn
Iroquois theater fire was held. on IN
9th, al Hart. Mich. Courts. schools an
business houses were closed. All {
the deceased were related.
The senate committee on militar
affairs. on the lth. authorized Ser
ator Foraker TO report favorabiy tn
nomination OF GOV. TAFT Of the PHILIP
pines 10 be secretary of a
George J.. Fuller. aged CO. n Of tn,
creates drivers OF trotting horses il
the country, and who at one time ha.
charge of the stables of the car o
Russia, died, on the eth. at Nashville
Tenn.
Accused of embezzllng $1,000 from
Smith. Carey & Co, stock yards com
missioner dealers. Manly Clifford. a
cattle raiser of Monroe. Ia, was ar
rested in Iowa, on the 18th, and taken
TO Chicago.
The senate. on the eth, in executive
session. confirmed the following nomi.
nations. John c.. Black, Illinois. civil
service commissioner Lawrence o.
Murray. Illinois, assistant secretary Of
commerce and labor.
In the executive session Of the sen.
ate. on the 9th. the nomination Of Gen
Wood. 10 be maior-general came up II
the regular order. but was passed or
the suggestion Of the absence of sew
eral Of the senator's interested.
Several hundred Japanese trackmer
and miners employed by the Union Pa
cifc railroad and coal companies II
Wyoming are arranging TO obey an or.
der from the mikado TO return TO theii
native land and enter the japanese
army.
Mayor Weaver OF Philadelphia. OF
the 9Th. notified theatrical managers
that hereafter they would be permit.
ted 10 sell only as many tickets as
there are seats in the theater. Nc
standing room admission would be al
lowed.
Gov. L. W. c. Garvin was inaugural.
ed. on the 5th. for his second term as
governor Of Rhode Island. In his in.
augural address he urged an a%ppropria.
ton for the suitable representation OF
Rhode Island at the Louisiana Pur-
chase exposition.
Representative Adams. of Pennsyl.
vania. introduced a bill in congress. on
the 5th. providing for the striking OF
a medal in memory Of Benjamin Frank.
lin TO commemorate the two %hundredth
anniversary OF his birth, which occurs
January II, 1906.
W. j.. Allen, for many years in
charge OF the Offices OF Senator ". A.
Clark's United Verde mine al Jerome,
Ariz.. but who recently resigned, com.
mitted suicide. on the sth. in a fit OF
dependency. by shooting himself
through the head.
Herr Zietsch, editor OF a socialist pa.
IfA at &AdA AOiAtH IFAEs btl many Mdf
sentenced to three months imprison
ment. on the 9Th. for insulting Emperor
William by saying his only function
of state was to receive $40, 600 for each
time he signed a law.
The Inauguration OF John l.. Bates,
OF Boston, for a second term as gov.
ernor OF Massachusetts. took place at
the ~statehouse. in Boston. on the 9TH,
before a joint convention Of both
branches OF the legislature and a large
gathering Of state and city officials.
John A. Benson. who was arrested
in New York city by United States
secret service officers. charged with
defrauding the government out Of thou.
sands Of acres Of land. was released.
on the 9TH. in the United States circuit
court on furnishing $4,000 cash bail.
After celebrating IS minutes. on the
9TH. a jury, in New York city, found {
Congressman Edmund n I
briggs guilty OF accepting money 10
procure a contract between n private
company and the government while
serving as a member OF congress. The I
jury recommended mercy. :
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The funeral OF Gen. James Long
street was held, on the 9Th. at Gaines. :
Vile, Ga, and the rites Of the Catholic 2
church We're conducted over the re. :
mains by Bishop Kelly Of Savannah r
trains brought hundreds OF =
prominent citizens from all parts of the 9
state to pay their tributes TO the dead n
Fire Quilted the northwest wing OF 4
he Iowa state capitol. at Des Moines i.
the 9Th. causing an approximate !.
Of half a million dollars. The !.
chamber of the house of representa-. =
lives was a charred mass of debric. '
and can not be repaired in time for the :.
approaching session Of the legislature. :
Police Commissioner McAdoo. Of :
York city, notified the police in.
spectors, on the Sth. thai he had re. Z,
information that gamblin, !,
houses and poolrooms were bein? !.