The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-04-13

vent the double TAXATION OF CS4Id4l
distilled spirits.
BY a vote OF 202 10 90, the house
passed the national quarantine bill,
which places the control Of all quaran-
tine stations. grounds and anchorages
under The secretary Of the treasury
and carries an appropriation Of s5O0,ooO
10 carry the law INTO effect.
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
Apostles Matthias F. Cowley and
John Taylor of the Mormon church
have been dropped from the quorum
of the church They are p~olygamists,
and dropped out OF sight when wanted
as witnesses in the Smoot case.
A socialist meeting in San Francis
CO, held in sympathy with Meyer.
Haywood and Pettibone. OF the West
ern Federation Of Miners, under ar
rest in Idaho in otion with the
S~teunenberg murder. ended In a riot,
IN which several heads were cracked
The Zionist church in London has
confirmed the deposition OF John AL
eNander Dowie.
Bishop BENJAMIN Wistar Norris,
OF the Protestant Episcopal church for
the diocese of Oregon. died az Port
land. Ore. He was born at Wells
borough. Pa. in 1919.
The body OF Christopher Sven. a
farmer. who disappeared from Sioux
Fans, 5. D.. the latter part OF Febru-
AIRY, has been found in the river there.
a,d il is supposed he walked into the
river while intoxicated.
Asmall tornado struck Fayette. Mo,
u%nroo1ng several houses and moving
Others from their foundations.
l.. ". HOch. of Worcester. Mass, a
travelling man. committed suicide in
a Kansas City MOI hotel
William j. Bryan expects to return
home In September. coming from In
dia by way OF Egypt, the Holy land,
Constantinople. St. Petersburg and
other European capitals.
Former Representative William Sey-
mour. of Michigan. died at his home
In Washington from heart trouble.
Thomas Jackson. aged 80 years. a
confederate veteran. and one OF Ken
tlcky's distinguished sons, died at his
home in Mt. Sterling. III.
Mrs. Roosevelt and the children
have returned to Washington from
their trip to Cuba.
Robert z. Proctor. private secretary
of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, has
been arrested charged with embezzie-
inert OF 1925 handed 10 him by John
Z. Bestgen. OF Quincy. Mass, as a
campaign contribution, on promise of
aid in securing a consulship. and OF
which contribution. II is alleged. no
accounting a made.
The conference on Moroccan re
forms at Algeciras. Spain. dissolved.
after nearly three months OF labor.
after the formal signing of the pro-
tocol AT a p~lenary and final sitting.
There was a general exchange Of fe-
licitations.
Amid scenes OF surprising grandeur
and detonations resembling the 6is-
charges Of great parks OF heaviest ar
tilery. Mount Vesuyius is relentlessly
carrying destruction to the towns
around its base. ~Boscotrecase. a town
of 10. 1000. is completely obliterated
Tore An~nunziata, 10000, was almost
surrounded with lava at last accounts,
and the lava was rapidly approaching
San Sebastiano and Tore del Greco.
A panic has been created in Rus
sian government circles by the sur
prising strength developed by the
constitutional democrats in the cleo
tions. which. it is said. may have i'm
mediate and dramatic consequences.
All the plumber stolen by Thomas
J. Wainwright from Dr. Joseph Pc
nault. OF Minneapolis. with the excep-
tion OF about 800 worth, has been re-
covered.
In a cyclonic storm that swept over
St. Clair county H., a large number
of buildings were unroofed or other.
wise damaged and at least ten persons
injured. some OF them quite seriously.
The secretary of the navy has ac-
cepted the resignation OF MidshipmRn
John c. Campbell, fourth class. at the
naval academy. on account Of defec-
tive eyeslght. He halls from Mis-
souri,.
Mrs. John A. Dowie. at a meeting Of
the overseers Of Zion, related her hus-
bands alleged efforts I convert her
TO the Idea Of plural marriage. IL was
TO further his plans for polygamy, she
declared, that he developed the Para
disc Plantation" project to he carried
out In Mexico.
Ex-United States Senator John II.
Henderson, who has been critically III
in the Pennsylvania sanitarium. Phil
delphia. Is recuperating.
Capt. Curtis w. Benton. First Kan
sas infantry in the civil war. died at
his home in Leayenworth. aged 80
years.