The Van Buren press., 1895-11-09
REuief-us sNo EDUCATIONAL.


a sa1'e HHaiii Bible has Just
seen Publshed by the Nsrtn India
BstIe socies.. ID Will ee sold at thirty.
fEe CENTS a ccpv.
Mgr. Sradler. bishop OF Seraievo.
in Bosnia has been made apostolie
legare for the uniou OF the Oriental
churches In the Balkan peninsalar.
An effort Will he made 10 unite all tina
Siav Catholics in the peninsula and
resist the aggress:ccs es the Russian
Orthosiex church.
-David Ill Wheeler. D. D.. Late pres
iienl of Allegheny college. has BECOME
professor of Sacred Rhetoric In tiarret
Bihlical Institute. Northwestern unis
versity. Evanston, I'LL lie WAS former
ly editor OF the Methodist OF New
York. which was consolidated with the
Christian Advocate.
Col Ssitr. governor of Gen. Boesh 5
Ea.sley farm Col Brig eIibeern- a
surveyor by profession and . Salvation
Arrnv officer hy CHOICE. and Mr.. LAW
ford. an English farmer, are now ex-
amfuing northwest Canada with view
To setting it's su liability. or otherwise,
for the coming ste Of the FIRST Of Gen
Booth's colonies FOR the English sub
merged tenth
A number Of Souug Welsh colo
nists IN Bsreros Ayres who were under
x,sfng the annual military SERVICE. re.
fused To drill on sunday, the only dav
fixed by the authorities. They were
i'm prisoned twice. Then popular feel
ing. it is xaili, called for Il petition te
the authorities. and SO general was the
feeling of sympathy for them that the
whole case has been referred to the
president of the Argentine Republic.
| The work on the Protestant Epts'
copal cathedral of 81. John the Divine
IN New Work city, is continuing Slow
| lv bat satisfacserily Notifications
have been made in the dimensions Of
the cathedral, which are now as fel-
lows Tosal length $50 teets total
width OF TRANSCRIPTS. s9o feets width ei
front. 49,. feet, heignt Of front gable,
ls4 feet; height of front towers. "a,
feet. height of fanking towers, l5'
feet. height of central lantern. a.
feet. height Of dome (intertort s53 feet
width of nave. sa feet; span OF lantern,
s5 feet, length of choir ard II, halsr
tory. l54 feet
The fourteenth convention OF the
Old Catholic church In Germany was
held lately IN Bonn- According TO re-
ports there given. the number Of 0le
Catholic clergy IS now some sixty %
these eight are stationed IN Bavaria
which has an Old Catholic contingent
Of >. 500 In Hesse there are IS eongre.
CATIONS. IN Baden 81; the total number
in Germany is 30 In many PLACES ote
Catholic services are held In Protest
ant churches The Prusssan budge'
rIves this communion annually the
SUM of 5000 marks. and the B1der
guvernmeat gives il $4,000.
| Some one has been at the trouhls
to compile list of those who received
the degree of Pm. d from Americar
colleges la st year for work In politica
and social science, economics or ms
tory. The list shows that forty-ons
students received the degrees from four
teen universities. twelve Of the de
rrees being conferred by Johns Hop
kirs. and four each by Columbia. Cor
nell and Yale. At nine universities
ffty-nine students appointed to fellow
ships and postgraduate scholarships
of whom the University of Chicago sp
pointed twenty-five and Columbia
Harvard. Johns Hopkins and the Uni
versitv Of Wisconsin seven each