The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-06-14
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

dents of the Kansas Wesleyan uni,er-
sity, who are a unit in defense of DR..
Frank ID. Tubbs, professor of natural
science, dismissed because of alleged
heresy. issued n manifesto, on the 9TH,
d%cnouncing The board Of trustees for
''duplici'y and unfairness.' The in
coming Junior and senior classes seem
determined TO carry out their threat
TO leave the university if the trustees
do not accede to their demands.
President Harper of the University
of Chicago announced, on the 9th,
that the university had begun 10 es-
tablish affiliated preparatory schools
in different parts of Europe To give
opportunity TO the children o. col
lege age whose parents are travelling
abroad during the year TO have the
benefits OF foreign residence without
obstructing the progress of the stud
les.
Most elaborate arrangements have
been made for the twentieth inter
national convention of the Society Of
Christian Endeavor in Cincinnati, on
July 6 TO 10. AS many were unable
TO attend the convention in London
last year, a larger attendance than
usual is expected. especially since
these conventions hereafter will be
held only once in two years.
Oliver Crosier and Emil Bergdorf
were drowned in Summit lake. near
-.- Al H. 0A1 Thnt smith
Michael Shay. were crossing the lake
in a boat. when Pergdorf began to
rock il and the frail craft upset. Shay
crawled on top of the overturned
boat and made a desperate but fruit
less effort to save his companions.
United States Senator Beyeridge,
according TO the 81. Petersburg
correspondent of the London Daily
Mail, will not find much difficulty in
securing from the Russian govern
ment a concession for a steamship
line from the United States TO Nladi-
vostock or Port Arthur.
The Chinese in Pekin express great
satisfaction at the announcement OF
the intention of the court TO return
TO Pekin in September. All the for.
eign troops, with the exception of the
legation guards are expected to have
Withdrawn by the middle Of that
month.
Maj. W. II. Daily surgeon general on
the staff Of Lieut.-den. Miles in Porto
Rico. committed suicide in Pitts
burgh. Pa, on tho 9th. by shooting
himself in the right temple.
II is understood in Washington that
former President Kruger of the
Trans,aal will not visit the United
fall. vt time there was a pros
rect that Mr.. Kruger might make
such 4 visit, but those having some
knowledge Of his intentions say the
visit will not be made, at least for
the present.
n. II. Carskadon, a prominent attor-
ney of Kansas City, Mo-, dropped dead
Of heart disease on the 10th. He was
born at kiser. W. Va, in 1850. At the
time of his death he was acting as at
Nv " III hA7
ease against Frank Sicgel. former
president Of the defunct Siegel san
ders Lie stock Co..
Judge Baker, in the district court
NJ Omaha Neb., IN the 10th, decided
hat the statute known as the female
labor law OF Nebraska. prohibiting
owners Of manufacturing and me-
chanical concerns, stores and shops
from working female employees moro
than 60 hours a week, is constitutions
al.
The United States gunboat Concord
left y okohama. on the 10th, for Una
laska, where she is "a assist in en-
forcing the liquor laws in that section
and otherwise take up the duties for
merly performed by the gunboat
Wheeling, which recently was put out
of commission
DR.. August NJ. tnger and +. Way
land Brown, on trial ia Chicago for
conspiracy 10 defraud insurance COM
panies through the death Of Miss
Marie Dcfenbach, were found guilty,
on the leth, and sentenced to the
pcnitentiary under the indeterminatc
| act.
although the war drags its slow
length along" says Consul-Gencral
Stove, at Cape Town, in a report TO
the state department, business has
been fairly good la the British colon
les. and the imports from the United
| States have not fallen of in value"
King Edward appears 10 have de-
cidcd to secure worthy pictorial Illus
trations Of the incidents Of his reign.
He has commissioned Seymour Lucas
10 paint j picture OF the royal rccep-
tion az the Moorish embassy.
The state ia The case Of Lulu Prince
kennedy. on trial az Kansas City. Mo-,
for numbering her husband. rested,
on the 10Th, and court adjourned Tor
the day.