Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 July 1883 — Page 5

STATE EXCHANGE TABLE. Gambling in Options and Margins Caustically Denounced. Scandalous Gossips and Scandalous Journalism— Democracy Afraid of Their Shadow on the Tariff Question. Gambling; In Grain and in Cards. Man About Town in Lafayette Times. Why should we stop gambling at faro, roulette and on horse races by legislative enactment, and yet recognize gambling in stock futures and produce futures—gambling in property people do not possess, and never expect to possess—as a legal business. When operators like McGeoch in lard, and other men in flour, grain, pork or stocks play a big game they drag thousands to ruin with them. At a faro table, whether the gambler loses his own “pile” or breaks the bank, his losses or his gains are his own business, and no one but himself h injured or benefited by them. What is the difference? Which sort of gambling is*the most pernicious? Public opinion is being rapidly ripened to the point of putting the ban upon such nefarious business. Some State Legislatures have already taken up the matter. Others will follow, and in a few years it will not only be as disreputable to gamble in commercial exchanges and bucket-shops as it is in poker and faro rooms, but the penalty laid by the law will be heavier upon the former than the latter, as it should be, because it is the more pernicious practice. The Scandalous In Gossips and Newspapers. Richmond Independent. There is a line of journalism from which heaven defend us. It is the ferreting out of ecandals and giving them to the world in all their ghastly filthiness. It i9 the disposition which also exists in many people to tarn the worst side out. The world would be better and far happier if It were otherwise. The worst part of such pieces of gossip is that, generally speaking, they are not onehalf true. A gossip repeats what he heard another “they say” story-teller recount, and it is natural to add a little to the tale to make it seem wonderful. The next who repeats it adds a mite, and so it gathers as it goes. The one who first told the tale would not recognize it after it had passed around the circle. If everybody would make it a rule to speak of the absent either kindly or not at all, what heartaches would be saved, what homes kept happy. The newspaper which furnishes low personal gossip is even worse than the individual, because there is a power and dignity in type which carries conviction where words often fail to convince. A Senatorial Misfit, Vincennes News (Dem.) Mr. Voorhees says the civil-service reform just inaugurated “will be a short-lived thing," inferentially adding that he will do his best to cripple its operations by leading the Democrats in Congress to cut off the money required for its support. Mr. Voorhees should have a care. He is not only disclosing his own hollowness and deceit, but he is committing the party that has honored him to a policy that cannot be less than suicidal. Mr. Voorhees has already practically killed himself, but he should have generosity enough in him to stop short of dragging the Democratic party into the grave after him. It is the duty of every honest Democrat to commence now to defeat Mr. Voorhees for the Senate. He has been there quite long enough to make it apparent that he is a woeful misfit. Democracy Afraid of the Tariff. Logausport Journal. The change of tone in the rabid “tariff-for-revenue-only” organs of the Democratic party is marked and significant. There are no more peremptory demands of what the party “must do” next year and “let Pennsylvania go to the devil.” The cause is not far to seek. The fact has been made plain that the majority of the Democracy is in no disposition to indorse free-trade doctrines. Only one platform made this year has that ground, and that was in lowa, where the Democracy can say what it chooses without committing the party at large. Even the Louisville Courier-Journal, that was prancing around and spoiling for a fight with the protection bull, has had cause to conclude that it is better to approach free trade gradually, instead of walking over a precipice. Doubtless it is. The Cobden Club iu America. Lafayette Journal. When the Cobdenites cheered Horace White’s nonsense it was not because ir**e trade would open up to Americans the markets of the world, but because free trade would give Great Britain additional commercial advantages. Englishmen would not have cheered Mr. White's remark if they had not believed the very opposite would be the result. Americans will not be caught by sucli chaff. They have too much intelligence not to discern the real motive that underlies all this apparent sympathy for America. Tlie Real Interest of tlie Liquor Men. Richmond lalladium. Liquor dealers, by their unreasoning and fanatical opposition to and evasion of every measure designed to lessen the evils of their and to require them to bear a fair share of the burdens of other tax-payers, are only tightening the coil of public sentiment that is steadilv contemplating the remedy of total prohibition. If they could only realize it, liquor dealers had much better submit to high license and the restrictions that accompany it, than to risk the alternative that threatens the traffic. The Mission of tlie Church. Lafayette Journal. The church must be a leveler, but it must level up ami not down. It must reach down to lift to a higher moral plane all those below it. It need not trouble itself so much about rites as about the means used to gather within its saving folds those who need salvation. When the church foregoes all its side issues and proceeds to the work that the Master has directed it to do, viz.: preach the gospel to all the world, then will it be crowded with all classes of poor humanity. Education Getting Out of tlie Huts. New Albany Ledger. The tendency of the times is undoubtedly toward more practical and less theoretical education t and Mr. Adams has struck a popular chord in urging the matter right in the face of old conservatives who travel along the Greek and Latin road to knowledge because their ancestors traveled in that path. Men are getting out of the ruts; the colleges must get out also or be deserted by the live men of the day. The Onward March of High License. Richmond Palladium. The high-license movement is increasing in force every day. It is extremely popular in Illinois and Ohio, and other States, and is discussed favorubly in this State. The time Is not far distant when taxpayers will demand that a much larger proportion of the public expenses resulting from the liquor traffic shall be paid by liquor sellers than are paid at present. A Warning to Other Nations. Sullivan Union. When a country like England cannot afford to board and clothe its own able-bodied men and women for their labor, it is time for other nations to take warning that a similar calamity does not overtake them. The Country’s Prosperity. Bluffton Chronicle. The history of the world does not show a time of equal prosperit -with that of the last four years, when n'-x.r in every form

has received such ample reward. All manufactured goods are lower than ever before, while farm products are sold at good prices. Money is plenty and good, but then you know croakers will croak, and by a little blarney it is expected that votes will be secured. The people can see through the thin gauxe to the motives that lie underneath. DOUBLE-DECK STREETS. Plans for Complete Streets Under New York’s Presut Network of Ways. New York Morning Journal What would appear a solution of the problem presented in the message of Mayor Edson to the board of aldermen respecting relief for the overcrowded condition of streets, and a systematizing of the network underlying them, is offered by an inventor and engineer named Noah Jacobson. He is a man somewhat advanced in years, and has devoted the half of his life to the study of this subject in London, Paris and New York. The result of his work has just been patented at Washington. Mr. Jacobson reasoned that the only feasible plan wouln be to build a complete underground street, and this was made the most reasonable to his mind by concluding that underground streets would be simply the continuation of basements. He found that on the larger streets the sidewalks are excavated and used for a number of purposes. “In the first place,” said Mr. Jacobson to a Journalier, “during the construction of my system there would be no interruption of the present usages of Broadway below the surface. Again, only one-third of the street would be constructed at a time, begining with the center of the roadway. Besides the regular sidewalks, which would be immediately under the surface sidewalks the roadway would be divided into three distinct roadways. The middle one would be covered by a perforated steel grating, wide enough to build a street railway on, either on the endless wire principle, or to be propelled by steam, electricity or horses. Through this grating the street below would receive light and ventilation, and the central roadway would be devoted to streetcleaning. The grating would receive the sweepings of the two roadways on each side of it, and at intervals there would be trapdoors through which to dump the dirt from adjacent streets. In winter the snow would be shoveled or swept into it. The dirt cars below would simply gather it up or receive the dumps and cart it away. The streets are swept at night, and the large force of dirt carts would have all the dirt curted away at an early hour in the morning. The other two underground roadways would be for purposes of general traffic, and would be laid with tracks, so that railroad cars of merchandise might be brought to the very basement of business houses. By the use of these roadways, all caning of merchandise could be done. All telegraph, telephone and fire-alarm wires could be strung on the roof of this underground street. Ail pneumatic tubfcs, gas. water, steam, and other pipes could be laid down there. The underground roadway is designed to be thirteen feet below the surface, thus lying below the sewers. Building of new houses would be {Tarried on from this lower street, instead of as now on the surface; in a word, tlie lower street would relieve almost every feature of surface life as it is to-day. except pedestrianism and the vehicular traffic.” “What would be the revenues to a company operating such a system?” “I have figured out fifteen distinct features of revenue, namely: 1. Street sweeping, 2. Street paving, for the city should pay something for the third part of street pavement supplied by the grating. 3. Street sprinkling, assuming that the company would have their own water for this purpose and sprinkle by the system I have invented in this connection. 4. Water for factories, livery stables, etc.; orivate cabinets, leased, as in Paris and London. G. Manure. 7. Freight handling. 8. Passenger traffic below, which could be easily carried on at a three-cent fare. 9. Transporting of building material, etc. 10. Wires, telegraph, telephone, electric, etc. 11. Pipes, for steam, gas, water, kerosene, etc. 12. Track on the grating. 13. Ice store-houses and ice transportation. 14. Carrying of refuse from buildings along the underground street. 15. Places of storage for building and heating materials, and places of security in cases of great fires, riots, and other calamities. These would all be distinct rights, and of course there are others of a minor sort, and many would develop. In any event, everything would be cheaper to the citizen than now, and there would be a great reduction in city expenses.” Mr. Jucobson was found in the office of his le.'al adviser, Edward M. Fox, at No. 3.5 Broadway, where the drawings of the plans and every feature of the inventor’s system were shown to the reporter. Mr. Fox, who is an expert in the matter of patents. was asked if the underground patents could be interfered with in any way. “I have examined into the patents of Mr. Jacobson,” he said, “and carefully gone through the entire series of patents relating to underground systems, but I find his claims are ‘foundation* ones that is basic’ patents, or in other words, his system not only does not trench upon any other, but is so absolutely unique and simple, and embraces so many features as to almost preclude improvement. The adoption of his system would more than meet the very wise and sensible suggestion made by the mayor to the Board of Aldermen on ridding the city of unsightly telegraph lines, and systematizing the water, steam, gas and other pipes now forming an inextricable network of confusion under the streets, Mr. Jacobson is backed by some very strong capitalists who recognize his merits as an inventor and an engineer. "Would not the cost of such a system be enormous?" was asked. “Undoubtedly. It would run mivav up into the millions before completion; but the advantage accruing from it would very soon more than pay the cost of construction. A construction company is now organizing, and in a very short time we hope to be under headway.” “Would not the holders of charters, such as the Arcade Railway scheme, he likely to fight this system?” "No; we anticipate no such trouble, for the reason that no perfect underground system can be put in operation without infringing on the patents of Mr. .1 icobson.” Tlie Only White Hume Bride, New York Truth. The only lady of the White House who entered it as a bride was Mrs. Tyler. Her maiden name was Gardner, and she first met the President at Washington in toe third year or his term. She was at the time a beautiful young lady, amiable ami accomplished, and became a great favorite in society. President Tyler paid her m.irked attention that winter, and when the family returned to Washington the next season the attachment ripened into an engagement. It was hastened somewhat by the sudden death of her father, who was one of those killed by the explosion of the trim on board the Princeton. The marriage was performed in New York a few months before the President's term expired, and attracted increased attention from the fact that the lady was the first who had ever entered the White House as a bride. New Reading of an Old Proverb. Philadelphia Times. A trade dollar saved is 85 cents earned. Prematura Loss of Hair May be entirely prevented by Tlie uso of Bur nett’s Cocoaine. The superiority of Burnett's Flavoring Ex* tracts consists iu tlieir perfect purity and strength

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THE FAITH CURE. Opening of tlie New-Fangled Sanatarlum for Invalids, Where Faith and Prayer Take tlie Place of Mediciue. Cincinnati Enquirer, Yesterday. Cincinnati, lacking, perhaps, in many respects, yesterday supplied one of tlie omissions by opening a “Faith Rest,” or place where physical infirmities are to be cured solely by the power of prayer, without any medical assistance whatever. The place selected is No. 250 Park avenue, Walnut Hills, a handsome residence, setting well back on that quiet street. It was informally opened yesterday, and its duration will depend entirely upon the volunteer aid of the faithful. The sun heat down fiercely on the dusty road as the Enquirer reporter willingly left it and entered upon the grateful shade of the many cooling trees surrounding the house. The change was exhilarating, and he had a half a mind to send a note back to the office saying he would take his vacation then and there. Ascending the porch, he was met at the hall-door by a lady who in two minutes by his Waterbury watch and chain made him forget that his hands and feet were big, and that he had a scratch down the side of his nose. She was tall, slender ami graceful, and her dress, while exceedingly simple, was neatness and perfection of fit. Her wavy, brown hair, becomingly arranged in total disregard of the present frowzy fashion, was held at the back by a dark comb, having on its cresent top a number of little jet balls. Out of the frame-work of tasteful neckwear, w'avy hair and jet comb looked a face such as an artist would wish to paint—if he could. It was that of a Madonna, with the important difference that intelligence marked every feature. Visitors had not arrived, as it was a trifle early, and the lady, Miss W. J. Lillard, described the present condition of the Rest and its prospects, “It is the result of an abiding faith in Jesus. I prayed for it for two years, asking the Lord to lead me to a suitable place, and here it i9. Isn’t it lovely and restful?” “Yes’m,” said the reporter, looking closely at her for some evidence of humbuggerv. There was none there, however; honest Christianity fairly beamed out of the woman’s face. “No. we’ve no patients yet; we’ve just moved in, you know, and besides, there is a great deal of furniture lacking; but it will come, because, haven’t we HU promise that the prayers of the righteous will be heard?” •Yes’m.” “We don’t trouble ourselves about the rent; that will come, too. Our halls and stairs, as you noticed, have no carpets yet, but we have nice clean matting on the parlor fioor. Oh, I have no tears about anything. The Lord will take care of His own.” Continuing, she said: “Are you the religious editor the Enquirer?” “Ye—well, that is, I ’er. Beg pardon, what did you remark?” “This is Superintendent Blosser;” she replied, and introductions followed. Mr. Blosser was found to be a clergyman, recently arrived from Louisville, where he had been conducting a Faith Rest with great success. In the future, with his family, he will be connected with the Cincinnati institution. Within the ensuing ten minutes several visitors arrived, and the superintendent opened the meeting with a hymn. He then delivered an address to the effect that it was a part of the mission of Jesus on earth to heal the sick at the same time that He was working the salvation of souls. Miracles, which have not necessarily ceased, were for the purpose of establishing divine origin. Physical cures were a portion of the Gospel, and ministers made a mistake by not incorporating it with their religious teaching. In support of his theories the gentleman read from Exodus, fifteenth chapter, twenty-sixth verse, twenty-third chapter, twenty-fifth verse, ninth chapter of Luke, eighth chapter of Matthew, James fifth and fourteenth, and the sixth chapter of Mark. Miss Lillard followed. For years her health had been bad. Two years ago she was restored to health by prayer. Even now when suffering from a headache or cold she successfully sought the same means of cure. It was a necessary condition to physical restoration that belief should be had in the source of relief. Without faith nothing could be accomplished. Then came a singular case. Mrs. J. Q. Elston arose, and said that for six years she hud been unable to walk, owing to contracted muscles of the left leg. Her right arm was also so stiffened as to be useless. June 22, 1882, Miss Lillard prayed with her, and when the latter had left the room Mrs. Elston, who was stretched out on a lounge, cried out in anguish: “Oh. Lord, raise me up. You can do it. You have tlie power.” She did not remember what immediately followed, hut knew that a few minutes afterward she was pacing lip and down the room. The stiffness of the arm had disappeared, and she was now in full control and use of all her limbs. Mrs. El3ton was succeeded by a young girl of about seventeen, who related that by prayer an affection of the eyes called nstigmatism had suddenly left her. The ailment was congenital,and the best oculists had been unable to do anything for her save to reccommend the use of glasses for her unequal vision. She went to the Louisville Faith Rest, and on one occasion, after earnest prayer, she laid aside her glasses and looked tremblingly at a book. As she looked indistinctness faded away and clearly-cut letters and words appeared. Transferring her gaze to the open window, she saw objects at a great distance. She was perfectly cured, and has remained so ever since. Mrs. Miller and Miss Donner, also of Cincinnati, related similar experiences, and after a hymn and benediction the meeting closed. Before leaving the place the following card was handed the reporter: J. W. JILOSSER, MISS J. W. ULLAIID, Supt. Asst. Supt. FAITn RE.-iT, 250 Par!- Avenue, Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, Ohio. “Who foririveth all thine iniquities, who liealetta ull iliy diseases.'’—Psalm ciii; 3. Office hours—2 to 5 J*. M. Meetings-Tuesday, 3 p. M ; Friday, 8 p. m ; Sunday, 4 i\ M. The enterprise is certainly a novel one, and the believing and unbelieving can visit the place and draw their own conclusions. AN UNFADING GRIEF. The Parents of Charlie Ross Still Mourning; for tlie Lost Boy. Philadelphia Record. On a porch overlooking a beautiful lawn in front of a quiet-looking residence on Walnut lane, Germantown, yesterday, sal three persons. An elderly-looking gentleman, dressed in a plain business suit;.a nice-look-ing lady of nearly fifty years, clad in black, whose finely-molded features bore traces of an inward sorrow’, and a lithe, supple lad of some sixteen years comprised a trio who have occupied more or less public attention for the past nine years. They w r ere the parents and brother of Charlie ltoss, who nine years ago yesterday was abducted. Tlie grief of Mrs. Ross has not been assuaged by the lapse of all these years, and, like her husband, she suffers untold anguish from tlie feelings of suspense in which they are at nil times kept by tlie fact that they do not know whether the boy is alive or dead. “Were we only assured of Charlie’s death,” said Mr. Ros 9, “it would be a relief, for we are tortured with thoughts of him being reared among thieves and outcasts. If he is alive he is surely living among vagabonds, because those who stole him—Mosher and Douglass—could not have entrusted him to others than footpads and robbers. This is what causes us so much worrinient, for I would rather have him dead than grow to lead a dishonest life. It is indeed a deep

mystery to think that nine years could pass without any trace of the hoy being discovered. His abductors were traced, but never has anything turned up concerning Charlie himself. If he is alive my wife and I feel, somehow or other, that w r e will hear of or come across him some time. Why we entertain such a belief, or how we expect to find him, I cannot tell; but. nevertheless, we feel that, if alive, he will be restored to us some day. “I am constantly in receipt of communications containing what the writers believe to be clew's. I never fail to answer every letter thus addressed me, and anything that has the faintest semblance of a clew I always work up, either personally or by correspondence. Only yesterday I received a letter from the interior of Ohio, containing a description of a boy supposed to be my son. These letters I have carefully filed away. The number of children, supposed to have been kidnaped, that I hear of in a year is simply surprising, and I presume there are many disconsolate fathers and mothers throughout tlie country who, like us, are to-day mourning the disappearance of a loved child.” THE PENSION BUREAU. The Comminsioner Thinks the Department Will Fulfill Its Promises. Washington Special. Commissioner Dudley, in conversation to-day, said that he believed that the promise made to Congress that every pension claim would have been considered by his Department by the close of the fiscal year would bo fulfilled. He had not verified these statements by the records of the departments as yet, but from what he could ascertain he believed there was no new claim pending before the department, the settlement of which was not dependent upon some information to be furnished by theclainiant. There iiad been during the year a considerable increase in number of claims filed over that of last year, as the following figures will show: 1892. 1983. Original invalids 29,004 37,300 Original widows 10,349 12,999 Original navy invalids 472 > Original navy widows 211 J n * >u War of 1812 survivors 85 1 War of 1812 survivors, widows. 818) “The increase, you notice,” remarked the Commissioner, “is principally in the invalid class.” “Why is there such an increase in new claims, when there ought to be a decrease?” asked the reporter. “One would suppose that the claims would decrease in number.” observed the Commissioner. “but it should be remembered that there is a fee of $lO for every claim, and the attorneys are interested in procuring new' claims. The passage of the law of June 20, 1878,” he continued, “w’hich left the fee a matter entirely between tlie claimant and the attorney, was supposed to do away with all abuses that had been complained of. But such is not the case. The attorney can now collect his fee before the claim is passed. This, perhaps, explains the springing up of these sporadic pension firms. It would be interesting, if you could get the facts, to know what proportion of claims filed by these firms have been allowed. It is quite an instructive commentary on the effect of this law when the fact is known that the number of attorneys before this department lias increased from 4,000 to 10,000 since its passage.” PRESIDENT ARTHUR. A Mail Who Must He Counted In When the Slate I Made Up. Washington Special to Chicago Tribune. Tlie politicians in considering presidential candidates will be wise not to overlook President Arthur. Congressmen who buve recently been here have observed that Arthur is gaining in the confidence of the party, and that his administration is becoming stronger with the people. Senator Platt, ot Connecticut, said that in New England there was a very kindly feeling toward the President. General Hawley, of the same State, who is in the habit of carefully noting the tendency of public feeling, expressed the same opinion. Two of the most prominent Republican representatives from New York have, within a fortnight, expressed like views; so have three Ohio Republicans. The Republicans of lowa, Minnesota and Ohio have formally indorsed the administration. Two months ago a prominent New York representative remarked that he did not believe it possible for the President to gain the confidence of the half-breed faction, and that, while the summit of Arthur’s ambition might be to linve his name supported by the New York delegation, that ambition would never be realized. Within ten days the same representative has said that his views nave changed. A private letter received to-day from an acute political observer in New York says it is the general feeling among Republicans that Arthur is a candidate. There is reason to think that the appointment of General Gresham was made with the purpose of showing the old soldiers that their interests were not forgotten. Tlie personal influence of the President has been strongly exerted in behalf of an harmonious reorganization of the Republican party in New York. Some of the President’s old political associates who might embarr ss him in efforls to secure Republican harmony have been given the cold shoulder. The administration has said that the Mikes, and Jakes, and Barneys of New York city politics must go. A few days ago, when a self-constituted delegation of those gentlemen came here on a political mission, they did not even get a personal interview with the President. > Dressed for the Tricycle. New York F.veiling Post. The girl on a tricycle has already made her appearance at the summer resorts. As observed at Newport, she sat between two wheels, which were connected by a short axle-tree, on a kind of a saddle—astride of it, but not so circumstanced as to make divided garments necessary, as in riding horseback, man-fashion. Her feet reached down to the treadles and her hands were employed in steeting, by means of a device connected with a low front wheel. Her posture was not that of sitting, however, but her figure was suspended nearly perpendicular, and her legs were moved a great deal like those of a horse afflicted with springhalt or a swimmer treading water. Her knees came up high, with an action more productive of good exercise than of grace. And yet she was a “symmetrical and pleasing traveler.” The prescribed costume is soft, thin flannel, with a blouse waist and a skirt reaching just to the gaiter tops. It is obvious that the latter level could not be maintained, in view of the high treading required to work the trcycle without some special modification of the garment. This want lias been supplied by taking an idea from the equestrian habit. “Lengthwise of the skirt in front two gussets are set in points where the knees will protrude into them in rising.” A Very Interesting Willow. New York Letter. The most interesting widow in America is Mrs. Homersly. She is tall, erect, ami singularly impressive in bearing. Her carriage can be no better described than to say it was that of a West Point military man, softened by reproduction in the other sex. That is to say, she was a happy medium between stiff dignity and pliant grace. She had a very pretty if not beautiful face, but it was he* high breeding that distinguished her above others ot equal comeliness* She might have been the aristocratic lady stepped out from a conventional society novel. She is the daughter of Commodore Price, of the United States navy. She is in rearing and c’: racter all that her demeanor promises, and a widow at thirty with $5,000,000. There will be a fight by her husband’s relatives, probably, but with no prospects of depriving her of anv considerable part of her wealth. Doesn’t that make her the most lovable widow iu America?

THE ANTI-MONOPOLISTS. The Protectionist* Secure tlie Organization Kearney Excluded. Chicago, July 4. —About two hundred and fifty delegates responded to the call for the conference of anti-monopolists and had a session here to-day, prolonged well into night. Tlie original call outlined as the purpose of the convention the organization of anew political party, and delegates were requested to appear who were in favor of restriction of the power of corporations, the holding of public lands for actual settiers, suppression of gambling in the necessities of life, and the overthrow of all monopolies. The proceedings in the morning and afternoon sessions were marked by disorder and confusion, the committee on credentials experiencing difficulty in determining w’iio were properly accredited delegates. There was also some sharp preliminary sparring on the tariff* qu .non, it being soon shown that the New York delegation favored protection, whily Nebraska and nearly all the Westerd States favored free trade. The election of a New York man for permanent chairman was looked upon as a victory for the protectionists. Another contest was provoked by the admission of Kearney and May bell, of California, as delegates, which resulted in a refusal c. the convention to recognize them as such. The meeting was called to order by Edwin Lee Brofu, of Chicago. It was found that the following States were represented: New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana. Wisconsin, Minnesota, Kansas, Colorado. Dakota, California. Mississippi, Kentucky, District of Columbia. Allen Root, of Nebraska, was chosen teniporv chairman, and C. C. Rost, of Indiana, temporary secretary. Mr. Root, on taking the chair, said that the laboring classes of America wanted, not free trade, but a tariff based upon equity, and not one like that which for thirty years had kept up a mock show of protecting the people while it had been robbing them of $400,000,000 yearly. Committees on resolutions, credentials and permanent organization were appointed, and the committee on credentials reported. When California was reached it was shown that the names of Kearney and Maybell were omitted, and the chairman of the committee explained that their credentials had been signed by a local meeting called by themselves, while five others from California had credentials under a call issued for a contrition. Supplementing this report the secretary of the convention read various letters and telegrams from anti-monopoly leagues in California denouncing Kearney as being in the employ of the railroads, and present at the convention in their interest. Mr. Kearney was given a chance to make an explanation, and reiterated the views already given in these dispatches in a former interview. He declared that cheap freights did not benefit tlie laboring classes, as the roads represented labor. He contended that the roads should be allowed to charge for carrying freight simply in the ratio they paid their laborers. He denounced the antimonopoly bodies of California which had repudiated him, and said they had taken up the antimonopoly cry to screen their real purposes. The convention, by a strong majority vote, adopted the report excluding Kearney and Maybell, after which the former said he would organize a convention of his own. The committee on permanent organization reported in favor of John F. Henry, of Brooklyn, for chairman, and C. C. Post, of Indiana, for secretary, and the report, after considerable discussion, was adopted. Mr. Henry spoke of the work accomplished by the Anti-monopoly League of New York, and expressed the belief that a national organization of a like character would result in bringing monopolies under control of the people of this country. The night session was devoted entirely to speeches by delegates, and as the committee on platform failed to finish its work the convention adjourned until to-morrow morning.

MASSES FOR THE SOUL. Money ltequeatlied for That Purpose Is an Illegal Trust, and of No Force. New York 'limes. In August last Margaret Gilman, eightyfive years of age, placed $2,300 in trust with Henry McArdle, the money to be used in paying the funeral expenses of herself ami her husband, James Gilman, ninety years of age, to erect a monument to their memory, and to pay a Roman Catholic priest for saying masses for the repose of their souls. Shortly after the creation of the trust both died intestate, Mr. Gilman dying after his wife. His nephew, Michael Gilman, became administrator of the property, and brought suit in the Superior Court'to compel the trustee, Henry McArdle, to account for the money plpced with him, on the ground that the trust was invalid. Judge Freedman, before whom the case was tried, decided yesterday in favor of the plaintiff, handing down an elaborate opinion. “Tne controversy,” he says, “.elates to that part of it (the trust) which directs the saying 01 masses. * * * In England this use would be held void, as a superstitious one.” The decisions of the English courts are summarized to show that it has been held that the disposition of property, either real or personal, for such superstitious uses is void upon general principlesof public policy. In the States of the United States where there is no established state religion there is no such statute and no such policy. The Judge says: “Ido not hesitate to say that the doctrine of superstitious uses, as enforced by the courts of England, is against the spirit of our institutions and should not be adopted by our courts. It is a fundamental principle of our law that a man may do with his own ns lie pleases, provided he does not violate the law nor devote his property to an immoral use.” The question of policy having been disposed of. in so far as it rests upon religious grounds, the Judge then discusses the validity of the trust created. He decides that the trust is clearly not a charitable one, as it is not a gift for general public use. Neither is it for a pious use as pious uses are known in this country. “The difficulty with the defendant’s case.” he says, “is that the trust sought to be created by Mrs. Gilman is no trust at all known to law or equity, because there is no beneficiary or cestui que trust in existence or capable of coining into existence, under the trust, and that if, for the reason stated, the trust fails, the disposition made of the money cannot stand because it amounted neither to a gift nor to a disposition by last will .testament. Our statutes prescribe how the personal property of a person dying intestate shall be distributed. They disclose a welldefined policy upon that point. They apply to personal porperty and choses in action of everv description not actually and finally disposed of by the intestate in his life-time in some mode recognized by the law. and they permit no other disposition. Consequently, as there wn3 no will or gift, unless a valid trust was created amounting to an actual and final disposition of the money in suit, the law steps in and directs where the money shall go. Now, as essential to the validity of every trust, there must be four things: (1) A subject matter; (2) a person competent to create it; (3) one capable of holding it as a trustee; and (4) one. to whose benefit the trust is held. In the present the first three exist, but the fourth does not. * * * The beneficiaries are both dead and beyond the reach ot human law. Their souls are intended as the beneficiaries, and tne money is

to be expended for the repose of their souls. I But tlie soul of one who has departed this I life is incapable of taking an interest in the j property left behind, nor is it in any sense subject to the jurisdiction of any legal tribI anal. A court of equity protects the rights of the living. It cannot extend its jurisdiction to beings which cannot be apprehended I within the boundaries of the realm. For the i reason stated the trust sought to be created failed for want of a beneficiary. That being , so, and there having been neither a gift nor a testamentary disposition, a resulting trust : arises, by implication of law, under the cir- | cum stances of this case, in favor of the plaiuj tiff, as the legal representative of the liusj band of the donor, against the defendant, j and the defendant must account. Tlie plain* j tiff is entitled to judgment declaring the inI validity of tlie trust, and adjudging the deI fendant liable to account for all money still •in his hands. As to all payments made by I the defendant in good faith he is entitled to j claim protection.” In Harmony with Law anil Sense. Editorial in Times. ! Tlie decision of Judge Freedman in the j Gjlnian case is not only based upon clear and. I well-known principles of law, but is also in I harmony with common sense. Trusts crej ated for the purpose of providing payment for masses to he said for the souls of the dead are held by English courts to bo void because the money is set aside for superstitious uses. That ground could not be taken in this country, where all religions are equal before the law, but a more solid and satisfactory ground has been found in the fundamental law relating to trusts. A trust can? not be valid, Judge Freedman holds, unless the beneficiary is a living person subject to the jurisdiction of a mundane court. The soul of a dead person is not such a beneficiary, and therefore the Gilman trust is void, and the money must be given to the heir. This is an important decision, for it may be used to prevent the expenditure of other large trust funds in behalf of entities that can no longer be affected by worldly gold and silver. To Tourists and Pleasure-Seekers. For cheap tourists’ rates to St. Paul, Minneapolis. Lake .Minnetonka and all points In the Northwest, call on or address R. Couch, Southeastern Passe Hirer Agent for Bt. Louis and 3r. Paul Packet Company, 58 Last Market street, Indianapolis, lie represents tlie route for pleasure and comfort, and don't y du forget it. As an ounce of prevention is better, they say. Than a pound of the best sort of cure, Let us all keep our teeth and our gums from decay. And our mouth and our breath fresh and pure. For a bottle of Hozndoul’s all wo require To speedily realizn all wo desire. No Imperfect spools In Cortieelli Sewing Silk. WELLS’“Ron-h on Corns.” 15c. Ask for It. Complete, permanent cure. Corns, warts, bunions.

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