The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-06-28
TOPICS.
TIE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

The degree of doctor of laws was
| conferred upon Liert.-Gen. Nelson a.
Niles, on the 10th. by Brown uni'er-
siiy.
Al the annual commencement; ci
brown university Al Providence, A. L.
on the 10Th, announcement was mao"
that the desired $2.ocU,O00 endowincnt
had been raised and was increasing
every hour.
The New York state court OF ap-
meals handed down a very important
decision, on the Goth. in the case OF
The People ex rel. A.. klipstein q Co.,
w.. James A. Roberts, state controiier'
that a foreign corporation is taxaoie
on its capital stock under the corpor-
alton tax law of the state IL II trans
acted business in the state, although
The business $ in the nature OF in
terstate traffic. The case will proba-
bly be carried to the United states
supreme court for final determina-
ton.
Lord Pauncefote Of Preston. the
British ambassador to the United
States. took the necessary oath and
his sest in the house of lords. on the
Goth. for the first time during h
present parliament.
The Tennessee state supreme court.
sitting at Jackson, on the goth, de-
cided that n woman can not practice
law in that state.
Washington has been asked for an
appropriation Of $10.0 900 to defray the
expenses of so Filipino teachers who
are 10 study for a year in normal
schools of the United States, these
schools having offered them free tut
ton.
According TO the Berlin Neueste
Nachrichten. The Russian and French
governments are negotiating a fresh
loan of $4,000 900 roubles.
Three pcrS, ns We're killed and Sow
eral injured by ligh;aing during a Sc
we're electric storm which passed over
Indiana on the night of the Goth.
Gen. Robert Nueent died nj his
home in Brooklyn. on the night of
the Goth, as a result of n bullet
wound in the stomach receive at TIE
battle of fredericksburg. Va. Deem
Der Is. 1862. while charging az the
head Of Mrarhefs | ish brigade. Ills
wound has troubled Gen. Nugent ever
since.
Like the constitutions of most of
the South American republics. the
Cuban convention has followed the
constitution Of the United States a. a
model. The adoption of the Platt
amendment makes it sufficient for all
the purposes of this government in its
relations with Cuba.
There is great excitement atHelena.
Mont, over the discovery of a rich
lead of gold which assays $1,000 to the
ton \ landslide exposed the vein.
The transport Thomas. carrying
teachers 10 Manila, will sail July %.
Judge Taft cabled approving the ap-
ointment of Supt. Atkinson. who will
have charge of the schools at Manila,
and ten additional teachers designat-
ed from Yale. Harvard, Cornell. Uni
versity of California and University
of Michigan.
Exports from the United States in
the fiscal year 1901. now about TO end,
will probably reach $ $780, oo. 900. the
highest point ever recorded for a sin
gle year in the history of our export
trade.
The University of Michigan. on the
2oth. conferred the degree of bach
elor of arts upon Gen. Ieeford vii
son. Of Indiana. ex-sclicitor general Of
the treasury department. and that u
master o. arts upon Vaudeville While.
professor Of pedagogy, university of
Missouri.
William F. Case. aged 6e. hanged
himself and cut his throat at Tcrre
Haute, IId., on the goth. His dauch-
ter. at whose home he lived. found his
dead body in the barn. He used The
knife on his throat after stepping of
4 feed trough.
Wheat harvest has begun in Saline
county. III. Portions of the count,
have the heaviest crop for years
Corn crop well in hand and clean OF
weeds. Tie tobacco crop will be light
on account of dry weather.
a. Vi. Leary and j. l.. Davis .n
&c ged in a duel at Waynesboro, Miss.
on the Goth, in which both were Ia
stantly killed. The trouble arose n,
the result Of a family feud. Dayi
opened FIRE on Lcary with a pistol. TIL
fired three times. After Lcary wa
down he fired a shot with a pistol
killing Davis.
The Engineering and Mining Jour
nal. on the 22d. published compict,
estimates of the gold output in hi
United States and in the world a
large last year. The figures. s1ls,fs5
see for the United States. and gus.
e2i,554 for the world at large (com
pairing with Ss9.jls,7i2 and S3ll.5CJ.
ei7 in 1901 do not differ MATERIAL Il,
from the estimates OF several month
ago.
! At the Kiel regatta. on the eist. =
! yachts pnrticipatedin the races. Neitn
/ Ell the lduna, belonging TO tho Ger
man empress, nor any Of the 9th
er noted yachts at the gathering. woi
q first prize.
! w. w. Astor has contributed $500
20 the Queen Victoria jubilee nurse