The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-03-31

S6TSOll mas many ADMIRERS In THIS city
and for some time money has been
collected to devote to some memorial
to him. At meeting last night, held
at the Fifth Avenue hotel, the state
ment of Mr. Teeters, president of the
board of regents of the Nebraska state
university, was read which declares
that the constitution of that state COM
pells the university to accept any gift
made to it and expend it according to
the terms of the grant. It was there
fore resolved that the 100000 now in
the hands of the treasurer should be
devoted to the establishment in that
university Of department of agnostic-
ism, and that the chancellor shall on
each commencement day read Mr.. IN
gersoll's lecture on the Mistakes OF
Moses" just before the diplomas are
conferred. The reading of this lecture
at that particular time is made the
distinctive term of the grant 1t is
expected that the department CT
agnOsticism will be in full running
order at the beginning of the next fall
term"
"Gretna, Neb., March %: The read
ers of The Independent will remember
the excitement that was created here
year or SO ago by the organization
Of new religious sect called the Fig
ties. One of the members of that sect
has been travelling in the eastern states
and in England and has returned with
large sum of mOney-how large the
members refuse to tell-but last night
at meeting of the fully initiated it
was resolved to expend the sum in es-
tablishing department in the Ne
braska state university to teach their
peculiar belief. They were moved to
this action by the statement of Mr..
Teeters, the president OF the board of
regents, which was to the effect that
under the constitution of the state the
regents were compelled to receive any
gift, bequest or grant and expend it in
accordance with the terms of the
grant. There was good deal of dis
cussion over the subject and the meet
ing did not break up until near day
light. 1t seems preliminary meeting
was held the night before and mem
Der of the sect was sent to Lincoln to
interview Mr.. Teeters. The report OF
this member was to the effect that Mr..
Teeters had shown him the records
of the action of the board Of regents
and there was no doubt about it. The
meeting last night was to hear the re-
port of this member, after which ac-
ton was taken"
The following cablegram tells it's
own story: t
Il received this morning a cable
gram from the Philosophical Society
of Lincoln stating that recent deci-
sion Of the board of regents of the
state university of Nebraska was to
the effect that the university by the
constitution of that state was COM
PEELED to receive any bequest, gift or
grant offered and bound to expend it
in accordance with the terms of the
grant. wish to say that the theos-
ophists of India will appropriate ST.
100000 to establish at the state uni
versity Of Nebraska a school of the
osophy. ANNE BESANT.
Singapore, India"
Telluride, Colo. March "a: The sill
yer mine owners here took enough
time at their meeting last night. which
was called to drive out every union la
Dor man In the town, 10 appropriate
100000 to establish a chair of pollti.
cal economy at the university of Me-
bFaska for the purpose of teaching the