The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-04-26

NEAANt 70 AMAN SUN " lAAtlls ne ANIlfA
was taken a week ago by the presl
dent. Mr.. Ekstromer was notified Al
once. and started for Washington. He
arrived there Moiday and attempted
TO have the matter reopened and the
displeasure OF the administration
against him Modified From every tn
dication. there seems little chance "
success on his part. The direct cause
OF the action against Mr.. Ekstromer is
the personal d%ispleasure OF the presi-
dent OF the United States. 10 whom he
addressed q letter which the president
considers impairment. uncalled fer
and discourteous.
Az n mass meeting OF PAYNE county
farmer and cattlemen held at Perk-
ms, Okla, addresses were made by
Or. Cooper Curtis Of the huerau OF
animal industry at Washington and
Dr. Leslie ;. Allen. head OF the bureau
work in Oklahoma. The farmers were
given 10 understand that unless oppos-
ition 10 the campaign OF clearing the
county OF Texas fever ceases. Payne
county will be placed below the federal
quarantine line. with all privileges
taken away. An oragniaztion has
been formed TO oppose the work OF In
spection.
The six grand larceny cases against
DR.. @. Y. Salmon. senior partner in
the defunct Salmon & Salmon bank.
were continued by the court on ac-
count Of the defendants physical con
dition. he being too i'll to come into
court.
Interstate commerce commission de-
clares many elevator charges" are
rebates. Railroad companies must not
pay than actual storage charges.
Frank Ingram. Bose Owens. Clarence
Dellmon and Puck Darby OF Pine
Bluffs. Ark. are under arrest charged
with burglary. They are charged
with robbing the wholesale whisky
house OF L. & F. Wertheimer. They
climbed to the roof OF the building and
lowered one OF the party through the
skylight, the police say.
The navy department is informed
that thu gunboat Princeton left Am
apala on Saturday with President
Bonilla Of Honduras aboard. II was
stated that President Bonilla would
be landed AZ Salina Cruz. Mexico. His
departure is in compliance with an
agreement entered into between Presi-
dent Zelaya Of Nicaragua and Presi-
dent Fisutra Of Salvador that the
Honduran president shall quit Central
America.
FOR the first time in the history Of
The American navy there has come in
70 existence "the Pacific fleet" com
three squadrons, one with
head0uarters at San Francisco and
two in Asiatic waters. Admiral ]. II.
Day N to-day cabled the navy depart
ment from Manila that he hoisted his
flag on the armored cruised West
Virginia as commandments Of the
entire Pacific fleet. in organization
The new fleet will correspond to the
Atlantic fleet. under command of Ad-
Evans. !
a colony Of newspaper men is to
be established in the Little Snake
valley. in Routt county. Colorado.
where the state OF Colorado will throw
open for settlement this summer. un-
Ter the Carey act. $4,000 acres OF :
and. :
Corporal Edward L. Knowles. Co. A. ,
18th. regiment, who is charged with 9
Capt. Edgar A. Macklin al ]
Fort Reno Dec. Fl. 1906. will be tried !
~ general court-martial at Fort Sill. /,
Meager advices received at Valpa-
also Indicate that southern Chill is
n the throes Of a volcanic horror al
most as terrifying as the earthquake
Iisaster. last year. q
First Lieut. Louis f.. Buck, artillery .
was dropped from the rolls Of I
he army on account OF desertion. He n
vas serving at Fort Monroe and dis o
.ppeared about three months ago. b
Charged with m~anslaughter for their a
LEGGED carelessness in allowing the
.egro Charley Straus TO be lynched,
Sherifs J. f. Keegan and J. ].
were arrested at Marksville. !,
a. :.
Dr.. Oliver Crook Haugh. OF Dayton. =
convicted OF the murder OF his =
lther. mothers and brother on the },
light Of Nov. l. 1905. was e%lectrocutel !,
! the annex at the Ohio penitentiary
few minutes after midnight Thurs
ay.
Regi II. Post was inaugurated gov
OF Porto Rico in succession to :
eekman Winthrop. who retired TO be. g
Dme assistant secretary Of the treas II
ry at Washington. 81
Harry b.. Hutchison. formerly money tf
rder clerk TT the Peoria p~ostofhce.
)nvicted OF embezzlement. was sen.
need by Judge Otis Humphrey 10
yo years Imprisonment at Leaven. m
orth. al
Members Of the Anglican church at
western Canada are unable to find "
lough rectors TO fill the pulpits. M
Eleven hundred houses are burned
a fire which sweeps the native !
larter Of Manila.
Emperor William shuts down on lux. W
~ in the army in an official note IN
describing a bill of fare for messes OF
which he is present. te