The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-04-25

MeeklD COurler.
G. DoAxE. r.sl,.Aer.
aASPER. INDIANA
W. w. Aston has given 100000 20
endow those professorships in the
University College Of London. which
are to-day without endowment.
In a dispatch to the British war
cffice, on the 10th, Lord Kitchener
reported the capture OF 1870 Beers IN
the klerksdorp district since Aprn
IL.
II Il understood that owing 10 TN
Increasing trade between Hamburg
and the United States. the latter ma
decided to raise its consulate at Ham
burg 10 a consulate-general.
II Is understood. says the Brussels
correspondent of the London Daiis
Telegraph, that at the last counch
King Leopold insisted upon the neces-
SIN $500
The London Times. IN its hnancia.
article. on the 18th. confirms the
statement that the new loan Is 10 &c
raised by an issue of consols, ana
saws they will be issued immediately
at 93is.
Assistant Prof. w. 4. Winans. OF the
Cornell university. department. OF
oratorv, has accepted "A position IN
the University Of California, where ne
will establish a department OF puoic
speaking and oratory.
A dispatch from Manila. on the
1s,b. said: Gen. Malvar has uncon'
Jitionally surrendered 10 Brig--uen.
Bell, at Lipa, Batangas province, with
The entire insurgent force OF Inc
provinces of Laguna and Batangas.
The total number Of cases of chol-
era reported in Manila. up 10 the lsth,
was 306 and the total number ol
deaths from the disease in that city
was 235. In the provinces totals OF
CPL cases and 4.2 deaths had been re-
ported.
The intcrdenominatio commit
tee of all the psalm-singing churches
throughout the country met IN Pitts
burg. Pa. on the 18th. TO complete
the revision of the metrical version
Of the psalms. The session viii last
ten days.
Gov. Ferguson Of Oklahoma hon
ored requisition issued by the gov
ernor of Iowa for the return 10 that
.tate Of A. j. Morrison. who Is
charged with the enlightenment OF
$4,000. Morrison is under arrest in
Oklahoma City.
Representative Burleson, Of Texas.
on the 18th, introduced a resolution
calling on the secretary Of war for n
full transcript Of the proceedings be-
fore the rt-martial which recently
tried Maj Waller. in Manila, for exc
cutting Filipino guides
United States Consul McWade. a.
Canton. China. cabled the state de-
partment as follows on the 18th:
"Vhole villages on the banks al
North river IN the vicinity of ShicL-
wanfu are devastated by smallpox
and typhoid. Fafshan is suffering
from cholera and plague
~
Alexander Hogeland. president OF
the National Curfew association. j.
81 he If In a
to cities and towns along all railroads
In the United States. together with
an ordinance requiring city and tovr
officials TO arrest all boy tramps and
restore them 10 their homes.
w. II. Taft. governor general Of the
Philippine islands. was the guest OF
the Worlds fair management in st
Louis, on the 10th. He visited the
Headquarters and the site of the great
fair and expressed n lively Interest
In the subject. He said the Philippine
islands would be tttingly represented
The published announcement al
the presence at Pretoria Of the Or
ange Free State and Transvaal lead
crs and generals who had been a
Klerksdorp considering terms 81
peace. caused decided increase il
the hopefulncss Of the British public
concerning the possibilities Of peace
The house. on the 18th. having frs
voted to remove the differential from
refined sugar during the existence q
the reciprocity agreement. adopted
the Cuban reciprocity bill by the over
welming vote of 247 to %, 124 re
publicans voting with the democrats
and ten democrats voting against thu
measure.
The Santa Fe Railroad Co. is takin.
an active part in the railroad building
now in progress in Oklahoma. Tn
latest move by this company is TO sur
vey line from woodward. Okla
through Gage, Sayro and Mangum. q
Quanah, Tex. a distance of 300 miles