Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 March 1896 — Page 5

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 189G.

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MRS. STAFFORD WINS

TXITnD STATES StrnEMD COURT DGCIDCS IX IIKIl FAVOlt. Important Cme In Which Ilrr Has baad'i Entnt and the Future of a InlvernHy Wan at Stake. OVER 15,000,000 IXVOLYED OPIXIOX OP TUB COURT D EX.1 VK RED DV JUSTICn IIAItkAX. Individual Stockholders Not Liable for the Government Debt of 'the 4 Central Pnclflo nnilvrny. WASHINGTON, llarch 2. The UnitM States Supreme Court to-day. uocMdl the Stanford case In favor of 3Irs. Stanford. The title of this case I tha United States vs. Jane L. Stanford, executrix of Leland Stanford, deceased. It involved the individual liability of stockholders in the Central Faclflo Railroad Company for the debt due to the United States on the bonds issued in aid of the Central raci&c under the California Constitution. Mr. Stanford held 141.3S7 shares of the Central Pacific stock and it was claimed in instituting its suit that the government was entitled to collect $13,237,C0O from the Stanford estate. This contention was resisted by Mrs. Stanford on the ground that the Califoila Constitution was not self-executing and also on the plea that it was the Intention of Congress in granting aid to the Central Pacific company to put it on a footing different from that on which the government- Id ed roads were placed. The case was brought originally In the Circuit Court for the California district, where the decision was favorable to Mrs. Stanford, and was then appealed to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Court, where the decision was also against the government. The government appealed to the United States Supreme Court and soon after the case was docketed moved to have It advanced for hearing, this motion being granted, and the argument was made during January, eminent counsel appiartnfir on both sides. The suit has attracted great attention from its initiation because of the effect the decision will have on the other Central Pacific stockholders und also because the fortunes of the Stanford University rested largely by the decision. Justice Harlan delivered the opinion, of the Supreme Court. He held that individual stockholders were not liable for the government debt of the Ceutral Pacific 1 La II road Company. He said the congressional acts of 1G2. 1S'A and lSi". regarding th Pacific railroad muat all be regarded as one law, as the object was the construction of one continuous line. Congress employing the different railroad companies only as Instruments. Security was given in the government mortgage on the property of the railroad companies. It Was, he said, not too much to say that if, Ira the buildin? of the Northern Pacific, for instance, the itockhoMers had been made liable the pur--pvse of Congress to secure a national highway would have been materially retarded ani it was plain that no obligation was meant to be put on one company that was not put on the other. Any other construction would be inconsistent. The decision of the court below was therefore affirmed. A CONTINUOUS LINE. The opinion proceeded entirely on the theory that the Pacific railroads were intended toconstitute a continuous line and that the government was protected by its mortgage on the road. It is admitted in the opinion that the security was impaired by the act of 1SC1, subordinating the government lieq to the first mortgage, '.'but. Justice Harlan aajis, "if the act of 1SG2, fairly Interpreted, excluded -the idea that stockholders of the companies receiving subsidy bonds were to he personally liable to the United States for the principle and Interest accruing on those bond?, the legislation of 1S4. however unwise, did not have the effect of Imposing such liability." The fact that none of the Pacific railroad acts contains a clause imposing personal liability is commented on as important. It was competent for Congress to provide for such liability, vbut as it did not do o. It cannot ba claimed, nor Is it claimed, that the stockholders of that corporation Incurred by their subscriptions of stocks any liability to the United States or to any other creditor of the Union Pacific Railroad Company for the debts of that corporation. .They were bound, of course, to make good the amount of their subscriptions, but that being done, their personal responsibilities to creditors of the corporate body ceased. Congress, by Its legislation, encouraged and invited the investment cf private capital in the construction of a highway which, at that time, was deemed If vital importance to the whole country." t sing the Union Pacific as an illustraticn. the opinion continues: "As the stockholder of the corporation is not liable, beyond the amount of his unpaid subscription, for its debts, unless tuch liability is Imposed by statute, and as the acts of Congress in question are silent on that subject, every subscriber to the stock of the Union Pacific Railroad Company must be deemed to have become such on the condition implied by law that he should not be per-Knal-ly liable for the debts of the corporation. It Is not too much to say that if the acts of 1SC2 and 1SC4 had made the stockholders of the corporations therein named personally liable, in proportion to their stock, for the repayment of the principle and interest of the bonds issued and delivered to tuch corporation, the accomplishing of the objects Congress had In view would have been seriously retarded, if not wholly defeated. It is said, however, that these principles have no application to stockholders of California, corporations that came Into existence under, constitutional and statutory provisions making a stockholder of a : ailroad corporation liable, in proportion to his stock, for Its debts and obligations. This position cannot be sustained, except on th theory, that Congress intends to take a larger security in respect of that part of tho Pacific road which the California company undertook to construct and maintain, than 'it took in respect of the Union I'acifio railroad, m-t it caunot be Inferred from the legislatira In Coneress that It intended, for the protection of the Interests of th United States, to impose a heavier liability on the stockholder of the California company than was imposed on tho stockholders of the Union Pacific RailToad Comrany. Why should it have so intended? Why shculd it be supposed that Congress would purposely make if more difficult to construct one part of the proposed national highway than another? The supreme end Fought to be attained was by means of private capital and governmental aid. to secure the construction of the whoie line for the benefit, primarily, cf the United States and for the use of all the people. If. instead of making use of the Central Pacific Railroad Company, of California. Congress had Itself created a corporation with cuthority to construct a road from San Francisco through the territories the United States to meet the Union Pacific Railroad Company, no one would suggest th?.t the stockholders of Awarded Highest Honors World's Fair, mJDEX; ?mwm rcixrcL. 1 MAUc. A pure Crape Cream cf Tarter Powder. Free from Amrr.onui, Alum cr sny ether adulterant, 40 YEARS THE STAKDARD.

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such a corporation would have been liable for Its debts, unless Congress expressly imposed liability upon them." WOULD BE CONSISTENT. The opinion goes on to say that to impose an obligation upon the California corporation not Imposed on the Union Pacific would be inconsistent. Justice Harlan was particular to state that the question whether the stockholder of the California company can be made liable for Its debts to the United States arising in some other way than under the Pacific railroad acts or by the acceptance of the United .States bonds in aid of tho construction of its road is .not Involved In this case. "Nor are we," he continues, "to decide whether the adoption of the California corporation as an instrument of the national government In accomplishing a rational object exempted its stockholders from liability uder the Constitution and laws of California to -ordinary creditors." Reference is made in the opinion to the obligation of the tPaclflc railroads to pay the United States bonds at maturity, which obligation, the opinion holds, affords "cogent reasons, apart from the words of the act of Congress why a rule should not be applied to the stockholders of the Central Pacific Railroad Company, which confessedly cannot be applied to stockholders of the Union Pacific 'Railroad Company. Both corporations ! participated In the execution cf the purposes of Congress. Each received franchises and powers from the federal government to be exerted for objects of national concern. Although the Central Pacific Railroad Company, of California, became an artificial being, under the laws of that State,

J its road owes its existence to the national in the exercise of privileges, granted by and because o the aid derived from the United States. A brief argument is then entered upon to show that the Central Pacific accepted the conditions imposed by the government and to show that national aid was necessary to the construction of the line thus placing it a!io In this respect on the sr.me footing as the Union Pacific. The opinion concludes as follows: "The relations between the California corporation and the State were of no concern to the national government at the time the purpose wa3 formed to establish a great highway across the continent for governmental and public use. Congress chose the California corporation) as an Instrumentality to accomplish national needs and the relations between the United States and that corporation ought to be determined by the enactments which established those relations, and if these enactments do not expiessly, nor by Implication, subject the stockholders of such corporation to liability for Its debts, it Is to be presumed that Congress intended to waive its right to Impose any such liability. The views we have expressed render it unnecessary to consider any other question in the case. We are of opinion that the bill filed by the United States was properly dismissed, and that the order of the Circuit Court of Appeals affirming such dismissal was correct. The Judgement is therefore affirmed." INSURANCE TAX CASES. . The decision In the Tennessee Bank and Insurance Company tax cases was delivered by Justice Peckham. There were eight of these casss, involving in varying degrees the construction of the clause In the federal Constitution, which provides that no State shall pass any bill of attainder or expost facto law or any law Impairing the obligations of contracts, the companies affected being such as held charters, either direct or by acquirement from other companies dated nrior to the State laws under which ' the State, county and municipal authorities sought to tax them, at a rate in excess or that provided for in these charters. Some of the cases have been in the courts. State and federal, ever since 1873, and involve considerable sums of money. Two of the cases were against the Memphis National Bank of Commecce and tame to the Supreme Court on wrlt3 of error from the Stato Supreme Court. The decision of that court was reversed, the Supreme Court holding that shareholders could not be taxed. The only other case in which there was a reversal was that of the Union and Planters' Bank, which case was taken Into the federal Circuit Court for the Western district of Tennessee on a motion to enjoin the State authorities from collecting the tax. The court, below granted the injunction. To-day's decision has the effect of dissolving the Injunction. The cases in which the decisions' in the court telow were affirmed are those of the Mercantile Bank. vthe Phoenix Insurance Company, the Memphis City Bank, the Planters' Insurance Company and the Home Insurance and Trust Company. Justice White read the decision In the case of Theodore Hanson vs. James E. Boyd et al., in error from the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Minnesota, affirming in all the essential particulars the decision of the court below; The case involved the validity of contracts for the future delivery of grain, which Hanson claimed could not be enforced because they were gambling contracts. The understanding was that final settlement should be made according to the usages and rules ot the Chicago Board of Trade. The court below held that there was nothing illegal or improper in such a proceeding, providing the original contract was lawful, which it had been found to be. To-day's opinion confirms this view. . OTHER DECISIONS. Justice White to-day announced the decision of the court In the El ml r a Savings Bank case. This case was brought to the Supreme Court on writ of error from New York State Court of Appeals by Mr. Charles Davis, receiver of the Elmira National Bank. The question Involved was whether the deposits of a savings bank in a failed national bank could be given? preference over other deposits In accordance with a Stato law. It was decided against the State law giving preference to savings bank deposits and putting then on the same footing a ether deposits. Decision of the court below reversed. . , Chief Justice Fuller handed down the decision cf the court in the Nogales land grant case from southern Arizona. He did not go into the general merits of the case, but affirmed the decision of the Court of Private Land Claims on the ground that the court had no jurisdiction, as the grant had not been located at the time of the Gadsden treaty. Justice Brewer rendered the decision of the court in the case of Samuel Marks vs. The United tatea and Bannock Indians, involving a claim for Indian depredations. Tho decision involved the construction of the part of the statute of 1S91 concerning depredations committed by Indians "in amity" with the United States. The case was appealed from the decision of the Court of Claims, where it was held that the words in amity" mean a state of actum peace and when no hostilities are in progress. The Supreme Court took the dame View, affirming the decision of -the court below. The case is a test one, and the decision Is favorable to the United States. In the case of William M. Fishback and others vs. the Western Union Telegraph Company, Involving the right to tax the Western Union lines in Arkansas, the decision of the Circuit Court for the Eastern district of Arkansas was reversed on the ground that the court did not have jurisdiction. Justice Gray delivered the opinion of the court in the case of Mrs. Amanda W. France vs. John W. Connor and W. R. Brown. The base came to the United States Supreme Court from the Wyoming Supreme Court and involved the question as to whether the right of dower confessed by the Edmunds act upon widows in Utah applied to other Territories. The Wyoming court decided that it did not and Justice Gray's decision confirmed that view. In the Supreme Court to-day the motion for the advancement of the case asrainst the Boll Telephone Company and Emlle Bertlner, involving the Microphone patent, was granted and the hearing eet for the second Monday of the next term. Joy nt Palo Alto. PALO ATTO, Cal., March 2. The news of the decision of the Stanford case caused the wildest enthusiasm among the students at the university. T.iey turned out on the campus in hundreds, cheering wildly, and there was a great demonstration to-night. In an interview Mrr. Stanford said: "Of course, I have never doubted where the right of the United States lay, hut the decision is non the less gratifying because of that. What al ls to my pleasure is the assurance that the people of California those of them, at least, who know the truth of the matter will share my satisfaction. It is only natural that they shouM do so. however, for the decision is in their favor, rather than in mine. It is for them and theirs that the money caved to the estate is to be applied." FEM.EI1 THE CIIERIIV TRtC. Mm. 1! elver Did It ivltlt llrr Little Silver lint diet. Special to the Indlanipolls Journal, WASHINGTON. March 2.-Mr. Robert M.'Kec arrived her? yesterday and will leave for Indianapolis with Mrs. McKee tomorrow. A unique luncheon ws tendered Mrs. McKee a few days ago by ML-s Davis. T.ie luncheon hal been originally ret for Feb. 22. but, owing to the Illness cf the hrtess. had been postponed. Nevertheless, tn features cf tiie lunch?cn. appropriate to Washington's blrthlav. were carried out. A beautiful cherry tree cf candy stood on every one of the luncheon tables, and with

a little sliver hatchet Mw. McKee opened the luncheon by chopping down the cherry tree. Silver hatchets were then distributed to all the siests as souvenirs. i '- TREASURY STATEMENT. Intereat-Hearlnjr Debt Increased f75.Z."Z,3.0 Lat Month. WASHINGTON, March 2. The monthly statement of the public debt. Issued at the ireausry to-day, shows the public debtj at the close of business on Feb. 29, less "cash in the treasury, to have been $257,067,473, a decrease for the month of $15,978,764. The Interest bearing bond debt, however, has been increased during the month by $73,252,350. This eeeming inconsistency is explained by the fact that the payments on account of bond purchases during the month are about $16,000,000 in excess of the bonds delivered. The increase In the cash last month was $31,115,2.8. The- debt is classified as follows: Interest bearing' debt. $522,613,170; debt on which interest has ceased since maturity, $1,-67,CT0; debt bearing no interest, $375,491,673; total. $1,193,774,479. This amount, however, does not include $538,551,273 in eertincates and treasury notes outstanding, which are offset by an equal amount of cash In the treasury. The comparative statement of the government receipts and expenditures shows the total receipts during February to have been $CG,U39,228, and the expenditures $26,749,936, which leaves the deficit for the month $690,728. Ilo-a Canal Survey Bill.. Special to the Indianapoli3 Journal. WASHINGTON, March 2. Representative Lacey, of Iowa, who Is chairman of the subcommittee of the railways and canals committee, to which was referred Mr. Royse's bill for a survey of the proposed Wabash canal route, said to-day: "I am personally very much impressed with Mr. Royse's statement In favor of the proposition, and while I cannot speak for the committee, or at present even for the subcommittee, still I should be glad to see Mr. Royse's proposition carried out. There is, I know, a very general feeling in the country that the day for canals is passed, but I am one of those who will not condemn every particular suggestion simply because some other canals have outlived their usefulness. Coming to the more immediate point, it is. of course, difficult to say what can be accomplished at the present session in the way of public Improvements." Alabama Election Inquiry. WASHINGTON, March 2.-The Senate committee on privileges and elections, by a strict party vote, decided to-day' to report a mbstitute for the resolution introduced by Senator Allen asking for fan mvestlsation in the election methods in A'abama with especial reference to the election of the legislature which elected Senator Morgan. The resolation as originally introduced provided for investigation as to the election of members of the House, also as to whether Alabama had a Republican form of government. The portion relating to members of tho House was stricken out and that regarding a Republican form of government was changed to cover the political autonomy of the State of Alabama. Senator Chandler will make the majority report and Senator Pugh will submit a minority report. Will Rain a Profitable Business. WASHINGTON, March 2.-Oklahoma divorce lawyers are sending petitions against the Broderick bill to, mako a residence of one year In the Territory a necessary pre llmlnary to a suit for divorce In the courts of the Territory. They insist that the bill' should not pass for the reason that It will be a death blow to a line of business that Is growing and promises to bring In a great revenue. Threat Afralnst the Stntae. WASHINGTON, March 2.-The Pere Marquette statue, which was unveiled quietly yesterday was the center of attraction in Statuary Hall to-day. One man threatened that if he got an opportunity he would place a bomb under the statue and demolish It. The police are guarding the statue. Extraordinary precautions arc being taken to gee thatho harm is done to the statue.

Call for Xntlonal Ilanlc Statement. WASHINGTON, March 2.-The Controller of the Currency to-day issued a call on national banks for a statement of their condition at the close of business, on Friday, Feb. 28. . ELEVATOR BURNED. Loss of About Half n Million Dollars at Minneapolis. MINNEAPOLIS, March 2.-Elevator A 2, owned by the Minneapolis Terminal Elevator Company, operated by G. W. Vandusen & Co.; was burned to-day. The fire caught in the stair tower in some unknown manner, and quickly spread through the building. There were 1,073,000 bushels of wheat in the building, worth about $300,000. The . spouts were opened and a great quantity ran out on the ground, so that a salvage is probable. Only the west wall of the building is row standing. It will be weeks before the fire in the smoldering heap of wheat goes out. The fire department was successful In the face of heavy odds in protecting the huge twin elevator A 1, which was threatened many times. The Insurance on the grain in thirty-one companies foots up $376,500. The . largest single insurer i3 the Indemnity Exchange, of Kansas City, which wrote $175,000. It is now believed by experts that the wheat salvage will amount to 30 or 40 per. cent., in which case the total loss will amount to about half a million. While the elevator coat $200,000 to build, it was one of the first of the modern large gram elevators built, and could now be duplicated for half that amount. CHOKED WITH ICE. The Hudson River Gorged and Railways Obstructed. POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., March 2. A great Ice gorge has been formed on the New York Central & Hudson River railroad track between Hudson and Albany, and no trains are running on the Hudson river division between, those points. The road is covered with ice, in some places ten feet "high, and the tracks and telegraph poles for a distance of 700 feet have been washed out. A large forcd of laborers is at work clearing away the ice and repairing the damage, but it will probably be three days before trains can be run between'Hudson and Albany. The railroad company is sending most of its through trains to and from the West over the Harlem branch and the Boston & Albany road via Chatham. Tiu Empire State express went up on the Hudson division this morning, taking the Hudson branch of the Boston & Albany to Chatham and thence to Albany. All the ice in, the river is now on the move. The ferries at Kingston, Newburg and Poughkeepsle are running with difficulty. The Flood Snhsldlnt?. ALBANY, N. Y., March 2,-Freezing weather during the night checked the rising of the streams hereabouts and to-day there has been a material subsidence of the flood. The New York Central Is running Its trains on the Hudson river division via the Boston & Albany, from tour to five hours late. The Delaware & Hudson is landing passengers outside of the city and using carriages. A strip of thickly populated badness and residence portion or the city two miles long and from one-half to threequarters of a mile wide, is submerged-from one to twelve feet. Among . the partially submerged buildlnzs are the postofiice, St. John's Church, two schoolhouses, the National express, the Stanwlx Hotel, the electric railway power house and thre small hotels. DnmnRp Ktlmated nt !pri,000. BOSTON, Mass., March 2. Damage by the floods in New England has been very great. That at Dover. N. H.. Is estimated at $200,000, the Cocheco Manufacturing Company's share being $73,000. All five of this co-poration's mills have been compelled to shut down. Tho railways are great sufferers. Obituary. BOSTON. March 2.-Charlcs Carlton Coffin, the well-known author, died suddenly of appoplexy at his heme, in Brooklyn, today. He was seventy-thrc years oil and celebrate! his golden wedding on Feb. 18 last. KANSAS CITY. March 2. -George M. Shfidly, one of the pioneers of Knas City and a very wealthy retired capitalist, died here this morning at an advanced age. A Sample of Fniuona tzodotit Free. You may be pleased to know the popular dentifrice "Sozodont" can now be obtained by mall. frc?. for .trial. Small sample to any address in the 1'nited States, Canada cr Mexico, if you mention this paper. Address the proprietors of Sozodont. Hall e Iiuckcll, wholesale drujjlJis. .New Voi k cltv.

SUNDAY BALL GAMES

SCHEDULE SHOWS INDIANAPOLIS IVILIj ATTEMPT TO PLAY THEM. Some of the Magnates In Session at St. Paul Not Kindly Disposed Toward llooalers. DETROIT AFTER WEIMAR A fSOO CXI TO BE PLAYED FOR AT THE CLOSE OF THE SEASON. Champions Open at Home with Detroit April 22-DecoratIon Day Is Oar Only Holiday Card. ST. PAUIi, Minn., March iThe first session of the annual Western League meeting began here to-day with the magnates all present or represented. Watkins and Manning epent most of the morning in conference on the matter of the schedule. President Golt, it was stated, wanted the season to open In the East,-as heretofore. Manning claimed that as the Western teams had regularly opened o. way from home It was time, they-were getting a. show, and .that the weather here had been shown to be as reliable. If not more so, than that in the cities where the early games have been scheduled. A compromise allowing the Eastern and .Western clubs to play together at the start was then fixed up. Those present this morning" were President Ban Johnson, John Goodnow, of Minneapolis; Charles Comiskey, of St. Paul; Matt Killilea, of. Milwaukee; James Manning, of Kansas City; Manager Ellis, of Grand Rapids; W. II. Watkins, of Indianapolis; Vanderbepk, of Detro?t, 'and Loftus, of Columbus. The directors finished their work at 1 o'clock and adjourned. It was the first meeting of the new board, and there were present besides President Johnson, Messrs.1 Comiskey, Killllea, Vanderbeck and Goodrrow. The work was confined almost entirely to the claim list of the league. Brunskill and Smink, of Detroit's claim list, were signed by Ellis, of Grand Rapids, who claimed that he wanted them for hi3 Newark club. To make the matter clear the following was adopted: Resolved, That Messrs. Brunskill and Smink shall not be permitted to play in the Western League without the consent of the Detroit; club. ;;The purpose of the resolution. is to prevent any evasion of the claim list of the Western League by shifting these . men from Newark to Grand Rapids. ' . Detroit protested against the signing of Weimer, by Indlaiapolis, asserting that he was on the Detroit claim Jist. Manager Watkins, of Indianapolis, explained that he had purchased Weimer from Burlington for $500. As the latter had" not ' the'right to reserve the player, the board requested Indianapolis' to file with the president ah affidavit and a contrac.andJbinQfi)'saIe, showing that It was a bona fide deal between Indianapolis and Burlington. If" they do so, Weimer can go to Indianapolis, but If not the matter will be taken up again later. A. C. Stewart, of Indianapolis, owes Vanderbeck $75 money advanced by Detroit for his transfer from Chicago and the board Instructed Indianapolis to pay the money over to Detroit before May 1. Tne regular league . meeting was called to order after 2 o'clock. - at which - time there were present; President Ban Johnson, of Cincinnati: W. W." Watkins. of Indianapolis; Manag?r Tom, Loftus, of Columbus; Manager Vanderbeck, of Detroit; George Ellis, of Grand RapiJs; James Manning, of Kansas City; ManaservKiUHea and Charles Polachek. of Milwaukee; John Goodnow, of Minneapolis, and Charles Comiskey, of St. Paul. The schedule was presented and after a few minor changes was adopted as follows: Detroit at Home with Kansas City June 2, 3, 4, 5;'July 31; "Aug. 1, 2; Sept. 21, 22, 23. -Milwaukee June 6, 7. 8, 9; July 28, 29. 30; Sept. 17, 19, 2a Minneapolis-May 2C, 27, 28, 29; July 23. 26, 27; Sept. 14, 15, 16. St. Paul May 30, 30, 31; June 1; Aug. 3, 3, 4; Sept. 11, 12, 13. Indianapolis May 1, 2, 3; June 15, 16, 17, 18; Aug. 17, 18, 19. Columbus-A'prll28; 2- 30;'. June 19, 20, 21. 22; Aug. 13, 15,16.'' -V-ii..-'. Grand Rapids May 4, 5,'; July 3, 4, 4, 5; Aug. 20, 22, 23., ..." Kansas City at llorae.with Detroit May 19. 20, 21; July 20, 21, 22, 23: Sept. 4, 5, 6. Milwaukee May 8,-910; July 2, 4, 4, 5; Aug. 23, 26, 27. Minneapolis April 22, 23, 21; June 11, 12, 13, 14; Aug. 10, 11, 12. St. Paul April 23, 25, 27; June IS, 16, 17, 18; Aug. 7, 8, 9. - Indianapolis May 15, 16, 17; July 7, 8, 9, 10; Aug. 28, 29, 30. ' Columbus May 12, 13, II; July 11, 12, 13, 14; August CI; Sept.-1, 2J ' if ; Grand Rapids May 22, '23 24; July 16, 17, 18, 19; Sept. 7, 8, 9. . f Milwaukee . at home with Detroit-May 22, 23, 24; July 15, 16, 18, 19; Sept. 7, 7, 8. Kansas City May 5. 6, 7; June 27, 28, 29, CO; Aug. 13, 15, 16. v Minneapolis April 25, 2C, 27; June. 15, 16, 17. 18; Aug. 7. 8, 9. r , St. Paul April 22, 23, 24; June 11, 12, 13, 14: Aug. 10. 11. 12. Indianapolis May 1213. 14; July 11, 12, 13, 14; Aug. 31; Sept. 1, 2. Columbus May 15, 16, 17; July 7, 8, 9, 10; Aug. 28, 29 30. Grand Rapids May 18, 19, 20; July 20, 2L 22, 23; Sept. 3, 5, 6.' (Minneapolis at 'Home with Detroit May 15, 16, 17; July 7. 8, 9, 10; Aug. 31, Sept. 11, 12. ' Kansas City May 2, 3, 4; June 23, 24, 25, 26; Aug. 17, 18, 19. Milwaukee April 28, 30, May 1; June 19. 20, 21 22; Aug. 20, 22, 23. St. Paul-May 5, 6, ,7: June 27, 23, 29; July 4 (a. m.); Aug. 14. 15, 16. Indianapolis May 19, 20, 21; July L, 16, 18, 19: Sept. 3,, 6. Columbus May. 22, 23, 24; July 20, 21. 22, 23; Seot. 7, 7. 8. Grand Rapids May 12, 13, 14; July 11, 12, 13, 14; Aug. 28, 29, 30. St. Paul at Home with Detrolt-May 12, 13, 14; July 11, 12, 13, 14; Au. 28 29 3U. Kansas" City April 29. 30, May 1; June 19, 20, 21. 22; Aug. 20. 22, 23. Milwaukee May 2, 3, 4; June 23. 24, 25, 26; Aug. 16, 18. 19. Minneapolis May I. 0, 10; June 20, July 1, 4 (p. m.). 5: Aur. 21. 23, 26. Indianaoolls-Oday 22, 23, 24; July 20, 21, 22, 2C; Sept. 7, 7. 8. Columbus May 13. 19, 20; July 13. 16, 18, 19; Sept. 4, 5, 6. Grand Rapids May 13, 16, 17; July 7, 8, 9, 10; Aug. 31, Sept; 1, 2. Indianapolis at Home with Detroit-April 22, 23, 24; June t7. 2S, 29, 30; Aug. 10 11,112. Kansas City May 30. 30, 31; June 1; July 23, 26. 27: Sept. 14. 13, 16. Milwaukee-May 26. 27, 2S, 29; Aug. 3, 4. 5; Sept. 11. 12. 13. Minneapolis June 2, 3, 4, 5; July 31;,Aug. 1, 2; Sept. 17, 19. 20. v St. Paul-June 6, 7, 8, 9; July 2S, 29. 30; Sept. 21. 22. 23. Columbus May 7, 9, 10; June 10, 11, 13, 14; Aug. 24, 23. 26. Grand' Rapids April 23, 26, 27; June 23, 21, 23, 26; Aug. 6, 8. 9. Columbus at Home with Detroit April 23, 26 27; June 23, 21, 23, 26; Aug. 6, 8, 9. . v Kansas City-May 26, 27, 2S, 29;. Aug. 3, 4. 5: Sept. 11. 12. 13. Milwaukee May 30. 20, 31; June 1; July 31; Aug. 1. 2: Sept. 14. 15. 1. Minneapolis June 6, 7, 8, 9; July 2$, 23-SO; Sept. 21. 22. 23. St. Paul-June 2, 3, 4, 3; July 23, 2$, 27; Sept. 17, 19. 20. Indianapolis May 4. 5, 6; July 3, 4, 4, C; Aug. 2". 22, 23. Grand Rapld-April 22, 23. 21; June 27. 28. 29. 30; Aug. 10, 11. 12. Grand Rapids at Home with Detroit-May 7, 9, 10; June 10, 11. 13. 11: Aug. 24. 2.1. 26. Kansas City-June 6. 7, 8, 9; July 2S, 29, CO; Sept. 17. 19. 20. Milwaukee June 2, 3, 4, 5; July. 23, 26, 27: Sept. 21, 22, 23. Mlnneapolis-May 30, SO, 31; Jure 1; Aug. 3. 4. 5: Sept. 11. 12. 11 St. Paul May 2;, 27, 23, 23; July 31; Aug. L 2; Sept. H. 15, 15.

Indianapolis April 28, 29, 30; June 19. to. 21, 22: Aug. 13, 13, 16. Columbus May 1, 2, 3; June 13, 16, 17, 18; Aug. 17, 18, 19. Messrs. Killilea, Comiskey and Vanderbeck were appointed tes a committee to confer with the railroads. On motion of Killllea It was decided that when any Sunday game has been prevented by the authorities.such game shall be played off In the other of the two cities whose clubs were to have so played. A recess was then taken until 8 o'clock. The league magnates to-night devoted themselves for several hours to the consideration of proposed amendments to the constitution, but no final action was taken, all being1 left over until to-morrow morning's session. Manager Vanderbeck, of Detroit, presented a letter from Theodore I Quinby, manager of the Detroit Free Press, offering a handsomesllver cup valued at $500 to be contested for after the season's close by the two leading: clubs of the league, much In the way with the Temple cup of the National. League, the players to get the receipts. The contest is to be under rules established by the directors of the leagua The offer was accepted and a vote of thanks tendered to Mr. Quinby and the Free Press. FOR A LIBERAL SCOPE

OTHER DENOMINATIONS TO THE AID OE IltTL,Elt COLLEGE, Talk of the ConKregntIonnllts, New Lights and Disciples Reaching; Common Ground. A movement is starting that may effect some change in the administration of Butler College and bring to it the support of he Congregational and New Light Christian Churches In addition to that of the Disciples branch of the Christian Church, which it. now receives. For a number of years there have been differences between the theological department of Butler and eome of the older ministers of the Disciples church. The young ministers going out from the school to the churches have presented in their preaching views that were not thought to be orthodox by the older churchmen. The college. was held responsible, and beclm to be attacked for not instructing its ministerial students In harmony with the doctrine of the church It was supposed to represent. The young men were earnest and enthusiastic, and hal yreat confidence In their teacher. Prof. Garvin, who has spent eight years in the German universities, and roads and teaches the Bible In the original languages Greek and (Hebrew. On the other hand, mny ' of the older men were those who had come here when their church was struggling for an existence, and got their teaching almost directly from the founders of their organization: They felt that their opinions and views ought to prevail. It became necessary for the stockholders of the college to take a stand, and they reorganized the board of trustees, electing men in sympathy with the Bible school. As a result Prof. Ganin was retained. This movement, however, did not stop the disputes over the points of difference. The young men gained many accessions, and now have quite a well-defined following. But the church, as a whole, does not sustain them, and the college, as a result, has become somewhat estranged from the denomination. BASIS OP PROPOSED UNION. At the last meeting of the national council of the Congregatlonalists a union of all Prctestlant Evangelical churches was proposed upon the following basis: 1. The acceptance of the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, inspired by the Holy Spirit, as containing all things necessary to salvation, and as being the rule and ultimate standard of Christian faith. 2. Disclpleshlp of Jesus Christ, the divine Lord and Savior, and the teacher of the . world. 3. The Church of Christ, which Is His body, whose great mission it is to preach His gospel to the world. 4. Uberty of conscience in the interpretation of the Scriptures and in the administration of the church. At the meeting was Dr. Weston, chairman of the committee from the quadriennhl council of the New Light ranch of the Christian denomination, to formulate a basis of church union. Dr. Weston concurred in the Congregational resolutions and said he thinks a union of the New Lights and Congregatlonalists on that basis could be brought about. The Disciple, or Campbellite. branch of the Christian Church has proposed to unite all Protestant Evangelical churches on (1) the primitive creed, (2) the primitive r-. dinances, and (3) the primitive life. The difference in the Disciples' Church has arisen over the interpretation of the three points named. The Butler men hold that liberty of conscience should be accorded each person in reading and Interpreting the Bible; that the test of church fellowship should be the acceptance of Jesus Christ as the divine Savior of man and the Bible as the Inspired work of God. The other faction holds to the same, but, in addition, are inclined to add that to attain Jto a. full acceptance of Christ and the Bible xne must be baptised by Immersion. Then there are disagreements as to the order of faith, repentance and baptism, the direction and action of the Holy iSpirit, and the forgiveness of sin. The school men say that on all these questions people should be allowed freedom of their own interpretation and belief. They also agree with the other points In the Congregational resolutions, and are hoping that some coalition may be formed to make Butler an interdenominational school, supported by the liberal wing of the Disciple, the Congregatlonalists and the New Lights. No direct propositions have yet been made, but the matter is being talked of by prominent men in the denominations concerned. . Dr. Edward D. Curtiss, of the Home Missions' Congregational Church, was seen, and said: "All the impulses and life of the Congregational people tend strongly toward education and the taking hold of schools and colleges. We have no school near here except the one at Rldgeville, and it is merely an academy, hardly counted in making up the list of Congregational schools. If the opportunity should come to us of Joining in the control of Butler College, although I can say nothing officially, it would probably be favorably considered." PROF. GARVIN'S VIEWS. Prof. Garvin, who Is at the head of the Bible school in Butler, said: "I am In favor of the union of Christian people In their work, and think churches should seek for things on which they can unite and carry cn In common. It seems to me that hospitals, orphans homes, asylums and colleges could be managed by .united efforts of different denominations." If the union should be formed It would require no radical change in the present college management. At present the board is not made up wholly of members of the Disciples Church, and the charter of the institution does not prescribe that any peculiar viewson religious questions shall be taught. Under objects and purposes it says: "to teach and inculcate the Christian faith and Christian morality as taught in the sacred Scriptures, discarding as uninspired and without authority all writings, formulas and creeds and articles of faith subsequent thereto." The men of the Bible school claim that, Gt present, the work done in it is in harmony with the letter and spirit of the charter. They study the Bible with a view to discovering truth rather than to the proving of any peculiar sectarian beliefs. Prof. Garvin, they hold, allows to each student the right-of independent thought and belief. Also that. he is a '.road-iniiided, liberal man, and a Christian in the highest sense cf tne word. There has been some trouble in the Irvington pisciples Church, and the originators of the, scheme for union are anxiously awaiting its settlement. Rev. Mr. Comfort, pastor of the church, has taken a rather liberal stand on some of the points of dispute, and a petition for his release was gotten out. If he is sustained by the church board and the cnureh is willing to unite on the points, set forth In the Xngregat!onalists council, the Bible school men feel they can carry their plan into effect. This would put in Irvington a church to which any young people of the college could belong, regardless of their individual views on theological questions. The action would stand as a guarantee of good faith, it is claimed, on the part of the Butler men in their desire for a liberal, nonsectarian institution. If the action of the church Is favorable some dellnlte propositions will probably be made in a short time, although the work could, not be speedily consummated at once. There can be no change in the college directors for a year or more, and the matter would have to be presented to the authorities of the Congregational and New Light churches. Th.'re will be a convention of the New Llgfd Church in Ohio in the near future, and a delegate from Butler has been asked to attend for the purpose of consid-

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