The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-12-07
AN EPIToME OF THE MOST I'M
PORTANT EVENTS AT HOME
AND ABROAD.
NORTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH
A Carefully Dlgestad and coneensea
Compilation Of Current News
Items, Domestic and Foreign.
MISCELLANEOUS.


tion bills approXimaung one ONION
dollars. and as little other general
legislation as possible although the
ship subsidy bill may be brought OUT
OF the house committee and passed.
n has passed the senate.
II is estimated that one-thivd the
vast wealth Of the United states was
represented at the funeral Of the late
Samuel Spencer, president OF me
Southern railway. such men as j. T.
Morgan and +. II. Hartman were
among the mourners.
George Holman, Of Ashley Pa had
10 be locked up when twins arrived az
his home Already the father Of ten
children. he declared that II was I'M
possible to support family OF Twelve
on two dollars a day,
George We. a wealthy Chinaman, IS
10 we'd. it is said. Detroit sin OF
excellent family.
The queen OF England celebrated
her sixtysecond birthday anniversary
Greetings from all parts OF the world
were received
Deputy County Clerk Edward Grit
ten. OF Hudson county. New York. has
received from Acting Commissioner
General F. II. Larned, Of the bureau or
immigration, a reply UNFOLDING Grit
tens refusal TO naturalize a japanese
The naturalization OF any other than
free white persons and aliens OF Afri-
can nativity and persons Of African
descent is forbidden
The Missouri state bureau OF labor
and statistics shows that the value
Of manufactured products in St. Louis
In 1905 was s257 .99s,293.
Represen tative Hays. OF California.
arrived In Washington with a resolu-
ton which, ii is said, he intended 70
Introduce. excluding japanese from
the United States BY solicitation OF
the president he has agreed 10 with
hold it for awhile.
The shah Of Persia suffers from kid
uey trouble and ropsy His physician
says he viii keep him alive for per
haps one year.
Influenza is prevalent in London
many notable people being laid vi
with the disease.
Trade in London and Throughout
England is reported better tnan fo
several years
Many towns in the Dakotas an'
Minnesota are suffering from Goa
famine
A cablegram from Paris says tina
Nine. Anna Gould formerly Counties
de- Castellane. is TO marry an Amer
ran millionaire. and that Count Bon
lie engaged to a millionaire Frenc
widow
The annual report OF COMMISSIONS
of Internal Revenue John w. Yerke
for the past fiscal year shows toti
receipts OF s24s 1902. 73s. an excess (
u4.9l4762 over the preceding year.
Lauded as a diplomat who tempere
statecraft with the Golden Rule, II
late John Hay was honored by n
Jewish people OF Philadelphia when
handsome memorial window to Il
dead secretary OF state was unveile
at Keneseth Israel temple.
Sir Thomas Upton. who recent
visited this country and who know
the business situation here FAR bett
than the majority OF Americans.
his return home to England wrote
London newspaper that the Americ'
people are enjoying a period of pre-
perity greater than ever known in
man industry He says that even we
informed English writers have lit
idea OF what is happening in I
United States. All this is due.
says. to our solid industries, "wh
the general confidence Is such n
nobody is afraid to spend lavishly.
So large Is the demand for str
tural iron in this country that
importations are greater than
years, the American mills being
able to meet the exigencies. CIR
buildings are in course OF constr
ton in New York Chicago. St Lo'
San Francisco and other cities viii
together with the demand for birds
will consume the output OF the An
lean mills until the fall OF 1907, ind
the output has been contracted
far ahead. In Glasgow. Scotland.
sight
report Is current In London
the British South African Co, has
fered the Salvation Army 1900
acres OF land In Rhodesia for colon
ton purposes. with the stipulat
however. that in the event OF colo
ing scheme proving a failure the
should revert TO the com pany
The coasting steamer J. II. Jc
was wrecked on Cape Cocker
Georgian bay. Canada, and at leas
lives were lost.
Shelby NJ. Cullom, clerk OF Ari1
supreme court nephew OF Sen
Culom OF Illinois. died at phoe
ARR OF consumption, aged IS.