The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-09-21

ted al the next session OF congress.
The government has taken preeau
tons 20 prevent shipment OF war ma
terial 10 the Cuban revolu,ionists
During the first week OF Secretary
Shaw's order relating 10 deposits for
gold imports s2l.G75.o0O OF the yellow
metal was engaged in foreign countries
for import
Mrs Mary Bigley, mother OF Mrs.
Cassie L. Chadwick OF Cleyelnad. O.,
aged &C. died at Woodstock. ont. She
had lived in that district nearly al her
life. and was highly respected
Rather than start a monograph go
ing. Carrie Take. aged 20. OF Terre
Haute. Ind. ended her life by taking
carbollc acid.
Probably 10000 people attended the
western yearly meeting OF Friends az
Plainheld Ind Ten separate meet
ings were held
The gin OF Louis Bartel. New
Braunfels. Tex. was destroyed by fire.
the work OF an incendiary.
Commander Colwell OF the cruiser
Denver in the Havana harbor. landed
40 sailors. with two Howi,zers and
two rapid IRE guns. and stationed them
near the palace of President Palma.
Il was stated later that the sailors
had been ordered back 70 the cruiser.
and only a small guard left for duty.
The order 70 return 10 the cruiser
came from Washington. il was said.
Ii was also reported that the gunboat
Marietta landed marines At Cienfuegos
70 protect American interests.
Represen- atiyes OF prominent Cuban
revolutionists visited Commander Col
we'll OF the cruiser Denver. in Havana.
and offered 70 surrender providing the
United States would guarantee them a
fair trial The information was con-
veyed to President Palma. who imme-
diately communicated with Washing
ton
saltwater Bill Gates. an Alaskan
miner who has gained national fame
as a spendthrift. has filed a petition
at Seattle. Wash. 10 be declared a
~~-+-fe- "a 80 NAaNNF eNAs ~ A-EaAH AZ
5000 in cash, wearing apparel worth
500 and watch and chain Court
judgments amounting TO nearly $780,
900 were given as MS liabilities.
State Senator Franklin Pierce NAYS.
ax-Representative Willard L. Jones and
George Sorenson have been conv cted |
10 the Blue mountain land fraud clse
At Portland. Ore.
Speaker Cannon says he Niil not |
his district for reelection.
but will leave his cause with the PEG
pie
Official returns from tha Arkansas /
election give Little. democrat 6lO33 /
over Worthingt- n. repubH- |
,an, for governor. The total vote cast /
4 the state was lac s07
Revolutionists. it is reported. have
destroyed property belonging to /
Americans in the province Of Pinar del /
Rio
IL Is stated that Edward N. Harri- /
nan has acquired control OF the Balti- \
more & Ohio system. the Chesapeake
I Ohio and the Norfolk e. Western \
aiiroads With these acquisitions the 4
Inicn Pacihc-Southern Pac fic will add 4
approximately 5000 miles Of railroad
o its lines and become by far the
most extensive system in the wo. ID,
Is total mileage aggrega.ing 22.2s7
President Roosevelt keeps informed
Of the progress OF the revolutionary
in Cuba. and the response
Jility OF the United States in case the
conditions grow worse, and interven-
ion becomes necessary. IL is known
hat the president will not intervene
lnless 1t appears absolutely necessary,
ret steps have been taken which
would make such Intervention effec.
i've
Senators Dick and Foraker and
President Roosevelt were indorsed bv
he Ohio republican state convention.
The platform declares for a revision
II the tariff as needed
The national council. Order United
Mechanics. has voted 10 change the
name OF the order To that Of the Ma.
ional Order Of Americans The prop
osition will be submitted to the sub.
ordinate council tho last week in Do
,ember for ratification.
Total public school registration in
Greater New York. 546.94I: average
attendance. 465132.
Southern Pacific strike in Louisians
ettled
II r. conceded by prominent re
Dublicans throughout Maine that. de-
spite the declaration OF the party
'latform In favor OF the prohibitory
liquor law. the lessons OF the republi.
AN losses in the recent election Is
hat the people wan, a resubmission
of the constitutional prohibitory
amendment. and that the next legis
AZURE must vote TO resubmit"
Surgeon J. H. White OF the marine
hospital service. ia a statement. SAYS
hat New Orleans need never have
my fear OF another yellow fever cpl
iemic. because. even with the i'm
perfect screening OF cisterns that ha.
Prevailed this summer. there has been
IN almost entire absence o. the
itacounya fuogoufto On tho cftx ara