Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 188, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 July 1899 — Page 2

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-m real going: and growing. We have not t attained: we are not yet full grown. ?re ar new steps to be taken, new art".ncps to be made. You will in earh o- . ty nd local union decide what advance : are most Important for you to take; you can best go and grow; but let me - T'est some methods which I think are of rry wide application; some steps which I :iifc that God and the times demand. First Almost every State, province and Territory a Cords the opportunity of larger numerical growth- There remains yet much .nd to be posjesed. There are schoolhouse Istricts, isolated communities, even single r.imilles remote from others where the simle principles of Christian Endeavor could - applied with vast advantage to the iritual life and growth of all concerned. here are many denominational societies that would come Into our fellowship If only thy understood that we seek no control .ind demand no money or allegiance, but vnly ask their brotherhood that we 'all may L one The trend is distinctly and de- ' idedly toward our interdenominational fellowship In all denominations but one, and information wisely tilstriouted among pastors and churches of the real purpose and method of Christian Endeavor would ftili more largely Increase this tendency. Let them know that without withdrawing from their own denominational organization they ;an be Christian Endeavorers- and enjoy our Ullow?hlp. I recommend most earnestly that all state and local union officers give this matter their careful attention. The ;nited society furnishes literature that will e!p them. Let secretaries of unions give ore effort to this matter than to the gathering of voluminous statistics. It Is more important to use our steam in driving the rheels than in blowing the whistle. "Second See that the younger Endeavorrs go and grow. This ?. a matter of va3t porta nee. Ours must never cease to be 2. young people's society, however many c.'ier people are connected with it. There cuht to be twice as many Junior societies and ten times as many Intermediate socleties as there are. It should be the business of us older Endeavorers to see that every boy and girl between seven and twenty In our church Is reached by Endeavor methods. Some of us (shall I speak bluntly?) are growing too long-winded in the weekly prayer meeting. We are doing too much of the work on the committees because we can do it better than the younger ones. We are not training our successors in the only way they can be trained by setting them at work. I would recommend In every m.-1nir A Jx.la- Ikk 1 1 t

im-iKj a. juiuur cummiuee wnose Business t shall be. In co-operation with the pastor, cot only to keep alive aL'i foster the Junior rtxiety and the intermediate where it is needed, but to promote the participation In service and confession of all the younger people in the older society whose experience and bashfulness prevent them from receiving the full training which can only come from practice. "Third To local unions comes a clearer and more imperative call than ever before to 'go and grow. Plans for some unljformlty, of topics and methods ot worn, w hich have met the unanimous and enthusiastic response of- local union officers, are being perfected, which I believe will unify and establish these unions In an unusual djfpse during the twelve months to come. The local and district unions ?.re Immense factors for good when wisely led. Let me urge upon my brethren and sisters who hold positions cf influence and office in them to remember that these trusts committed to triem are cf special sacredness. To advance vastly the fellowship of Christians, the activity of youth, the devotion and loyalty of , the young people to their own churches, the ; unification of righteous sentiment against rampant wrongs, may these unions be used! "Fourth Two years ago. at San Francisco I suggested that since the Lord was more and mre setting solitary Endeavorers togemer in ramiiies religion In the family should become more and more our serious roncern. How far that thought took rot I have no means of Judging, but that there I need of endeavor along this line I am more than ever convinced. I am told that among Christians family worship is being mere and more neglected, and that manyprofessed disciples never bow the knee in family prayer. My own observation and experience convinces me that this is the fact. Here then is a rewarding and most important field of Christian Endeavor. This may well become a theme of prayer and address and earnest consideration In these days when family life is at the mercy of a Dakota divorce court or a Connecticut marriage statute. Why may not the hour of family worship do as much to purify and sweeten and Irradiate family life as the quiet hour of the morning watch has done to purify and sweeten and irradiate the individual life. Why should we not form emonjt Christian Endeavorers a family worship fraternity, with suggested readings, ana help to make of the simple service a blessing and delight. "Fifth In evangelistic missionary zeal let us 'go and grow.' If the day of the old evangelism is gone by. as many thinkthough I am unwilling to believe this mytlf If this be true, however, how much more important that the new evangelism of the young for the young should be urged and pressed. ' If from conquest from without the church Is not making such gains as heretofore, how much more Important than ever is that growth from within, from the children of the church, should keep whole and strong the ranks of the people of God. The task Is ours, then, to keep alive the evangelistic spirit of soul winning. And with this Is inseparably linked the missionary spirit, that conquering, aggressive, indomitable spirit that cannot rest until all the kingdoms of the world are also the kingdoms of Christ. "I would earnestly recommend as an outcome of the Tenth Legion that we all take up the 'forward movement of our respective denominations, and that as individuals and societies we either adopt and support some missionary or native worker of our cwn, or group ourselves with other societies for this purpose. Nay, why can we not do more than thK and. as Individuals, have it for our ambition to support a missionary or worker through our own denomination at home or abroad? The student volunteer movement needs this supplementary movement to complete It, and to rerofr it effective. - "Young men. make money for God. Fledge yourselves to turn your best ability to the making of money, not for a selfish .and sordid purpose, but that through your money the world may be evangelized. Glorify this meanest of passions with the Godlike light of an unselfish purpose. Tranmute this clay into pure gold. Make your Eurpose very specific and definite, Bring to ear the force of our pledge upon your business. Rout avariciousness with a godly purpose anil say: Trusting in the Lord Jesiw Christ for strength. I will make rroney for Him. I will at the first possible moment support, through my own denominational board, one or more workers for Christ on the home or foreign field.' "What a glorious day for world-wide missions will that be when lOO.OOO young American Christians make that covenant with God!" Ten minutes of meditation and prayer followed the president's! address. With bowed heads and closed eyes the great congregation sang softly old familiar hymns, alternating with prayers led by Rev. Dr. F. W. Tompkins, of Philadelphia. A moment of SHOWERS TO-DAY. Threatening and Cooler "Weather Predicted for To-3Iorrovr. "WASHINGTON. July . Forecast: For Ohio Threatening and warmer on Friday; showers on Saturday; variable winds. For Indiana and Illinois Showers on Friday; threatening and cooler on Saturday; variable winds. Local Observation on Thursday. Bar. Ther. R.1I. Wind. Weather. Pre. Ta.ni. 30 01 63 67 North. Cloudy. T 7 p.m. .9 78 66 North. Pt. cldy. O.OO Maximum temperature. 2; minimum temperature, (1. Following is a comparative statement of the temperature and precipitation for July 6: Temp. Pre. Normal 75 OH Mean 72 T Departure fiom normal 4 -0.U Departure since July 1 J 0.7'J Departure since Jan. 1 233 7.19 nua. C. F. R. WAPPENIIAVS, Local Forecast Official. Yesterday' Stations. Atlanta. Ga lUjmarck. N. D Puffalo. N. T Calvary, N W. T Cairo. Ill Tempera tores. Mln. 64 U Ct 40 Max. 76 74 70 7 7 M J2 to 80 M M 6$ 90 fc) so fi 3 7 M 12 M H S M U p.m. 78 74 70 8S S4 62 73 50 64 66 64 72 4 SO 49 70 66 Cheyenne, Wyo . Chicago. Ill Cincinnati, O .... Concordia. Kan . Davenport. Ia ... Des Moines. Ia.. Galveston. Tex .. Helena, Mont ... Jacksonville. Fl 76 M H K M 2 JO 7 M 2 Kansas City, Mo Uttle Rock, Ark 3Jarqutte, Mich 12 66 74 ,-irrnimp, i rnu ............ Nashville, Tenn 72 Nw Orleans. L 74 New York. N. Y 6S Nnrth riatte. Neb 2 Oklahoma. O. T 72 Omaha. Neb M PitUburf. pa .. 70 Qu AppMe, N. W. T S3 Hapil City. 8. D i4 Hail Lake Citr. Utah 62 f t. LouU, Mo 72 I t. Paul. Mtnn t'prtnrf.!. Ill 6 I rrln-fleld. Mo 70 Vt-Jihuix MlM 76 crjtca, D. C St 7 m I 6rt St 7 12 M 7 71

silent prayer followed, closing with congregational recital of the Lord's prayer. . The convention sermon was eloquently preached by Itv, Dr. F. W. tiunsaulus. of Chicago, fiom the text. "And an inscription was written and placed upon the cross, sayinj? in letters of Greek, and Hebrew and Iitln. This is the King of the Jews." St. Mark, xx, 21. Dr. Gunsaulus dwelt on the significance of th? fact that Pontius Pilate considered it neearj at the time of the crucifixion to inscribe the title of Christ in three lancuaKes. "We must exalt day by day and hour by hour," said he "this Christ, this king of kings and lord of lords, who dragged the Greek, pulled the Roman and compelled the Hebrew to write upon Ms cross, whether It was in irony or sober fact, that Jle was Kin of the Jews. The Greek language is the language of intellect;

the tteorew is tne ian?uaKe oi me numaii heart, th Roman is the language of the human will. Superlative intelligence, profound emotion, resistless will a combinal,.n nf ull Ikoca i at nsuurv t Ct ftXiTC !4 With any degress of adequacy the great fact of the atonement, tome ot you in mm numence are Itomans. some are Greeks, but most of you have more of the Hebrew In your natures, more of the human heart and human emotion. It is the hour for the Christian Endeavor Society to take the I . n r 1 1 1 ltc r1 tVia Rnmin thp lan Clin ETP O L the Greek and the language of the Hebrew and write in tne name oi mieneci mr nmo resistless will and the name oi numamiy. Tv, i o i. irtrttr tti icinc of Ivlnirs and A 1113 If UU Minify. - -----(-. 7 ,. J the Lord of Lords.' Man's imperialism and God's Imperialism Is not only as strong as a powder cart, but it Is right thinking and Christian living making for the advance ment of civilization." Dr. dark appointed as members of the committee to whom ahall be referred all matters of business and resolutions Secre tary John W. Eaer, C. B. Holdredge, or Illinois, and Rev. Dr. Dixon, of Gault, Ont. Th afternoon was devoted to denomina tional rallies and to conferences on lines of work auxiliary to Christian Endeavor. A Bible study conference was led by Prof. W. G. Moorhead, D. D., of Xenia, O, A conference of personal workers was conducted by If. B. Gibb. A numerously attended conference for Junior Christian Endeavor Society workers and superintendents was held under the leadership of Miss Kate H. Haus, oi &i. Louis. Mo. More than thirty denomina tional rallies were held In as many churches, addressed by many leaders, ministerial and lay. upon a great variety of topics. 4 EVENING MEETINGS. Address by Rev. J. E. Pounds, of In dianapolis, in Tent IVIlllston. DETROIT. July 6. Ten thousand people crowded Into Tent Wllllston for this evening's exercises. The decorations of Tent Wllllston are similar to those which embel lish Tent Endeavor, and fully as elaborate. President Clark presided over the meeting and P. S. Foster, of Washington, was musical director. The devotional exercises were conducted by Rev. W. E. Strong, of Jackson, Mich., and the ten minutes of "Quiet Meditation and Prayer." by Rev. Clarence E. Eberman, of Lancaster. Pa. The two principal addresses in Tent Wllllston were delivered by Rev. John E. Pounds, of Indianapolis, and Rev. Dr. P. S. Henson, of Chicago, the former on "Dollars and Duty," and the latter on "Satan and Cities." Both were listened to with undivided attention by the great audience and bursts of applavse -were frequent. Dr. Pounds said, in part: "Christian Endeavor Is ceasing to be an experiment, and U becoming more and more an experience a real part of religious life. The glorying may have passed somewhat, but the glory remains. The boasting of the future will not bi so much of the Increase of site as of the decrease of sin. True, Endeavor is changing, changing from boasting to business, from firecrackers to Mauser rifles, from the kitestring to life line, from doll nursing to motherhood. As children, we built fires In the back yard for the smoke that could be produced; but becoming men, we use smokeless powder. Judging success by the execution done. "And such a change such a growth la but the unfolding of the real life and pur-" pose of the society. Christian Endeavor is not intended to be an institution but an inspiration. It has served an end when it has caused service to begin. It does not aim at triumph, but at training. It prefers service In the slums to a seat in the synagogue. The greatest word among Its members today is service, and this is well. The spirit of the pledge, 'to do what He would like to have me do,' is active, us it should be. "There are three nerve centers in the spiritual man: The head, the heart and the pocketbook. The reason congregations start when money is mentioned Is because the last is the most sensitive of the three. And yet, did they but understand it, the philanthropists are the happiest of men. True joy Is in giving, not in getting. The child who runs after the rainbow, expecting to find te end of It resting In a pot of gold, is not more sadly disappointed than the man who runs after a pot of gold expecting to find It resting on the rainbow of joy and peace. "The fault Is not wholly with the pew. either. When darkness covers the preacher, gross darkness will cover the people. Selfseeking should have no place at all In the pulpit. When every man is for himself, the devil will take the foremost, as well as the hindmost. Were the Master on earth again, the man who views his preaching on Sunday as a necessary preliminary to drawing his salary on Monday would be driven out of the pulpit with a whip of small cords. If your congregation can get a certain preacher by ottering him an increase of salary, don't get him. For he who mistakes the jingle of the guinea for a call to preach will mistake the tread of the wolf for the rustle of the dove's wing, and the flock will be destroyed. After all, the worst that can be said of Judas. was that he was mercenary, ror the love of the money was the root of all the evil. The Judas kiss of to-day betrays the love of women, as well as the lover of men. "The true preacher chose the ministry on the principle, not that the world owed him a living, but that he owed the world a life. The noblest gift is to put one's self beyond the power of making a gift. The greatest benefactors are those who can say with Peter, 'Silver and gold have I none hut .such as 1 have give I thee.' The most princely givers the world has never seen are the Judsons and the Livingstones, who sometimes begged to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the heathen's tables. Yet. Uvlngstone said he had never made a sacrifice! The Lord owned the man. and he had no money. The same spirit should always characterize the pulpit. The ministry must live before It can lead. The walk Is more heeded than the words. People are guided by the footprints rather than sign boards. Tne sheep will follow the shepherd, whether he leads them In green pastures or not. The heroic spirit of giving must be begotten of the ministry. "The go-as-you-please method taking a collection Is really the lack of a method. A collection In what people would rather give than be bothered, and leads to the time when people would rather be bothered than give at all. When a collection Is taken up for missions enthusiasm for missions is taken down. The missionary offering should be the culmination of the year's work. When the hat Is passed the opportunity for a large gift passes with It. The preacher who merely passes the hat deserves to lose It, for he had no head to wear it on. "Most business men give enough to maintain good standing with their fellow-members, but thus measuring themselves by themselves and comparing themselves among themselves they are neither wise nor liberal. And as the standing with men becomes more assured the giving becomes less so. Liberality naturally diminishes as the social recognition Increases. The trumpet-blowing method sounds well, but Is generally lacking in sense and always In dollars. The giving a part of what Is laid by, the method of cheap and emotional appeal Is always uncertain In its present effect for good and certain In its future effect for evil. The people who have given because of your passionate appeal will afterward feel that they were trapped and will harden themselves against you In the future. "The laying by a part to give, the deep devotional method, is commended by practical wisdom as by scripture precedent. If there were no authority for any method the obligation to have the best one would be sufficient. That Is not deficient In theory which Is efficient in practice. Laying by a part is a pieasani way to give. Having made a decision once for all one Is not always torn between his desire to help ana his desire to Keep: Detween his conscience and his courage, and God loves a cheerful giver. "And then, giving by a regular method tends to give through regular channels a most Important consideration. And giving a tentn leans to larger tnings. it is riot Ideal, maybe, but It Is educational. It teaches us now in tie we hare HYcn, & les

son wo sadly need to learn: and then It Is

educational in that it tends to larger things. Systematic giving becomes constitutional a habit of life. The tenth idea is only the beginning." Ilr. Ileiidon'a Addre. Dr. Henson's address was in part es fol lows: "One of the shrewdest devices of the devil Is to pursuade the world that there isn't any, and in this regard in recent years his Success has been extraordinary. Milton pictures him as 'squat like a toad at the ear of Mother Eve and whispering softly infernal suggestions, and one may Imagine him In like attitude by the side of the comic artists who have made the whole world laugh at their grotesque portraits of him, for he knows right well that in matters of religion what in made ridiculous very shortly becomes contemptible and Is then dismissed as incredible. And well-meaning but ignorant evangelists have been influential in the same direction by the very extravagance of their language In denouncing the devil as If he were the author of all the evil in the universe and as truly omnipresent as the Lord of Hosts; and so we should have two gods in the universe one supernal and the other infernal a doctrine so repugnant alike to reason and to revelation that men in revolt against it are tempted to swing away to the other extreme and deny the existence of any other devil in the universe. "Another thing has powerfully tended to the exorcising of the devil from this mundane sphere, and that is the victorious march of the scientific method. Men hae been penetrating into the very penetralia of nature and uncovering secrets that have Deen hidden from the foundation of the world. Many things that were accounted supernatural have been found to be only the outcome of natural causes, and the philosophers, related and inflated and intoxicated with their marvelous successes, have been tempted to believe that if they were only given time enoutrh they would pluck the heart out of every mystery In the universe. Ane scriptures alon.-. can lift the veil that hides the secrets the spirit world. and in the light of the Scriptures the devil looms colossal. In the book of Job, perhaps the oldest in the Bible, he comes conspicuously to the front. In the book of Genesis, the first book in the Bible, we hear his infernal whisper and have a taste of his satanic subtlety, and all along through the pages of the Old Testament w can see the slimy trail of the old serpent and hear his niss. "And if it be said, as it 13 said bv the higher (modern) critics, that the Old Testament represented dispensation of types and snadows and of myths and allegories, we reply that the New Testament throws upon the devil a still more lurid licht and more vividly reveals the reality of hi3 personal ity. John represents him as "a sinner from the beginning Paul SDeaks of him as 'the god of this world' who 'blinds the minds' of men to the light of the gospel, and who does it most successfully by disguising himself as an angel of light. He warns his brethren not to 'give place' to him for an instant, and urges them to put on the whole armor of God that they might be able to stand up against him. And Peter represents him as a roaring lion going about seeking whom he may devour.' "The fact of the matter simply is that the personality of God is not more e'early taught In the Bible than is the reality of the personality of Satan and if we reject the one we may as well reject the other. xso sound exegesis can banish him from the book and no true philosophy of history can ignore his presence In the world. We may be sure of this, that he has lost none of his ancient subtlety, but has whetted its edge the rather against the hard experience of the centuries. Some things he has learned undoubtedly. One is that persecution is not adapted to accomplish Christianity's extinction, for the blood of the martyrs has ever been the seed of the church. He has discovered that sugarcoated pellets charged with poison do deadlier work than lion's claws and that to counterfeit Christianity is a better way to beat Christianity than to come out Into the open and fight it, and that such infernal delusions as spiritualism, and theosophy, and Christian science will more successfully accomplish his purpose than blatant infidelity and blasphemous atheism. But some things he practiced In the beginning that all his experience and cunning have never been able to improve upon. "Did I say that the worst of all the devil's devices for debauchery Is the saloon? Perhaps in that there Is a measure of exaggeration, for I am not sure but that after all a venal and licentious press has even a wider reach of malignant power. I say not that every press is venal or licentious far from It, for I gladly and gratefully recognize the fact that in the press liberty, philanthropy and piety have ever found their mightiest helpers. All honor to the editors and publishers whose high ideals of the mission of the press have made them the most potent of our public benefactors. But the fact remains that in a lamentable measure the press has been subsidized by the devil, is run for the revenue only. Is a panderer to the basest elements of human nature and Is dally deluging us with sewage that threatens to breed a moral pestilence. "We must have larger conceptions of Christian life and must crowd out the baser by the Inflow of the better. We must make a business of religion and a religion of business. We must write, 'Holiness to the Lord,' not only on the bells In the steeples, but the bells on the horses, and above all, also, we must pour into all the devil's dens broadsides of sunbeams." In Tent Endeavor. In Tent Endeavor the principal address of the evening was by Rev. Dr. F. A. Noble, of Chicago. His subject was "War Against War." In part, he. said: "The question of arbitration naturally divides Itself Into two subordinate questions. Is arbitration desirable? To this question there can be but one answer. If justice, or anything like an approximation to justice, can be secured by submitting the cases in controversy to the honest judgment of disinterested parties; if aggression can be warded off and the rights of the people to themselves or their Institutions or their territory can be maintained; if freedom and the precious opportunity of freedom can be either held or won by this process, toen the method of arbitration must be conceded by all well-disposed persons to be preferable to their method of war. As It Is better for individuals to settle their difficulties in this quiet way than to resort to blows or rush into court, so it must be better for communities of individuals to fall back on this same simple, natural plan. "In the first place, war is an Immensely expensive method of harmonizing differences and reaching agreements between nations. It Is expensive in money outlay. The thirteen years of war In which Napoleon was engaged cost France alone $1,000,000,000. Add to this what these wars cost England. Italy, Austria, the German states, Russia and other nationalities, which were more cr less involved in these terrific struggles, and the grand total Is well-nigh incomprehensible. Suppression of the Southern rebellion called for an expenditure of not less than $1,000,000,0"J0 by the United States government, while tho Confederacy put out at least J.1,O(X).COO,0tK, or everything that was in reach, into the wicked venture to disrupt tne union ana establish a new system of civil order on the explosive cornerstone of human slavery. "It is expensive in human life. The Crimean war cost 600,000 lives; the Franco-German war was at an expense of 213,000 lives; our civil war called for a sacrifice of bOO.ouo men. Within the fifty years now rounding out to a close more than 2,500,000 soldiers have surrendered their lives to the stern necessity of war. If this number were to be increased by those who have fallen victims to the diseases and accidents which are Incidental to war the list would be something appalling to contemplate. It would be like taking the State of Michigan and adding to It the State of Maine, and then Instantly wiping out every human beingman, woman and child within their borders. "In the second place, war, not alone In Its prosecution, but in the preparation, Imposes enormous burdens upon the state, and in this way serlouslv hinders the material progress and comfort of the people. First of all. immense appropriations are required to keep up standing armies. Consider for a moment what the leading nations of the old world are paying out year by year for the support of their military establishments. According to the latest available statistics, these are about the average figures for each succeeding twelve months: Russia, il7.ViOO.O0O; France, $200.oart)0: Germany, $125,000,000; Austria, $lo0,00,oo0; Great Britain, S3u0,000,ai0. "In the third place, war means a large number of the soldiers of the countries engaged In war hardships and sickness and wounds and lifelong disabilities and deaths, and to the friends of the soldiers consuming anxiety and heartaches and blinding tears and the bitter sorrows which are associated with broken plans and baffled hoies. "With any sense of patriotism In their souls, and with any appreciation of the high courage and magnificent loyalty to duty which leads a man. If he does It voluntarily, to put his life in peril, or to sacrifice his life for a cause, will never cease to t;ow reverently at the grave of a soldier. But each grave, no matter how humble, stands for a death which pierced some heart with agony and wet some face with tears and changed the entire outlook of some life, perhaps of many lives, on things here and tnings beyond. "Here falls in the second question which a study of the subject in hand forces upon us. is arbitration practicable? Unquestionably arbitration is desirable. The consideration just brought forward in support of tola view, and tao many, more whlci

might be advanced, would seem to settle this point beyond all controversy. Few things, indeed, in the-sphere of International relation can be imagined which are so desirable as finding out and applying some method other than a resort to deadly ent ounters on battlefields and high seas by which the privileges of liberty and the ends of righteousness and the objects in general which make for the welfare of humanity can be secured. Is arbitration this method? Can the scheme of settling differences between nations by referring the matters in controversy to disinterested parties for decision be worked? "There are two answers to this question. First. It is fair to presume that in the course of time and the progress of events some method similar in its spirit aaid aim to this method of arbitration would be hit upon to reconcile differences between nations and hold people in the bonds of mutual good will. Considering what the horrors of war always have been, and what they still are and must be so long as war continues; and considering that man is a creature of Intelligence and conscience and under the guidance of divine spirit, might well be expected some more rational and humane way of reaching satisfactory conclusions and disputed points than fighting to the death. There could be no other thought than that the rude and brutal savagery of war would sooner or later give way to a better plan of composing alienations and adjusting conflicting claims. "But there Is an answer much more effective than that which Is afforded by the mere presumption of the case. It is the answer which is found in the fact that arbitration has already been adopted and its principles successfully applied in numerous Instances of controversy. In some of these cases there was not much at stake, though in the past wars bitter and fierce have often been waged under provocation less sharp than these differences would have supplied; but In others of them the Issues Involved were of sufficient importance to attract and hold the attention of the whole civilized world. "It is no part of my thought that arbitration will be Immediately and universally substituted for war as a way of getting on among the nations. Arbitration implies the Idea that both nations which are involved in controversy are willing to do right and want only justice. Tills level of moral advance has not yet been reached. Men are climbing toward them, but not yet do their feet press these heights. There are cases in which strength is used not to uplift but to grind and crush, and there will continue to be theae cases. As there are cases which arbitration cannot reach, as in instances where wrongs inflicted or the oppressions practiced lie within the boundaries of a sovereign people and the way must be left open to remedy by force evils which have ceased to be endurable, so It is not wise to put too much strain on arbitration or to expect too much from it by attempting al! at once to operate the principles of it through the great world congress. "Practically, our duty settles down to a two-fold but distinct end. It Is, on the one hand, to hold aloft the high ideal of nations dwelling side by side in amity, or locking hands across wide spaces and keeping step to each other's forward movements. And It is, on the other hand, to understand that it is only as the Individual Is set right and filled with thoughts of justice and good will toward all his fellows that any real progress can be made in pursuadlng man and states to dwell together in the spirit of love and unity." OTHER ADDRESSES. "The Mormon Question" was treated by Rev Dr. W. M. Baden, of Salt Lake City, who made a bitter personal attack on Congressman Roberts. Dr. Padden insisted that a majority of the people of Utah believe In polygamous marriage, and that beyond doubt such marriages are still being consummated. He charged Mr. Roberts with being an especially flagrant type of polygamlst, and asserted that his election as a lawmaker had raised an Issue which Christians are bound to meet. He closed with exhortation to ail Endeavorers to join (through their congressmen) in bringing about the deposition of Utah's new congressman. Frederick A. Wallis, of Hopkinsville, Ky., outlined progress of "Our Prison Work" and urged the interest, prayers and active work of Christian Endeavor people in behalf of prisoners. . William Shaw, treasurer of the united society, made a hit in his appeal for "Floating Christian Endeavor." Said he: "The heroic dead of Santiago and the living heroes of Manila bay have called our attention to the heroic stutf of which our heroes are made, but long before this our Christian Endeavor had appreciated the possibility of our sailor boys, and Anolnctte P. Jones brojght Christian Endeavor to the sailors and succeeded in enlisting Jack in the navy of the Lord Jesus Christ. If," said Mr. Shaw, "I were to rehearse the moral victories Jack has won the victories of Santiago and Manila would -be outdone. It takes courage of which you have no conception to be a Christian on board ship. Nine years of loyal service for the sailors has only deepened our sense of the importance of this work and our conviction that there is no agency so effective as the Christian Endeavor Society. Through the home societies the sailors when on land are brought into direct touch with the churches and with noble Christian women, who have such a refining influence upon the sailor. The work is world-wide, organizations existing in Canada, England, Japan, New Zealand, Australia, Sweden, as well as in the United States." Mr. Shaw also spoke of the "Travelers Union," which he asserted had regenerated many a traveling man into being a very different species of individual from the typical "drummer" of former days. ' Among the announcements of the evening was a change in the place of holding the morning "quiet hour," which had outgrown the largest armory in the city, and will to-morrow be transferred to Tent Endeavor. The combined Junior rally will also be held In Tent Endeavor. Besides the main meetings Rev. Charles M. Sheldon, of Topeka, Kan., the noted author of "In His Steps," to-n!ght in the First Presbyterian Church read a Christian Endeavor story written by himself entitled, "For Christ and the Church" (the C. E. motto.) In the Woodward-avenue Baptist Church Rev. Elwood G. Tewksbury, missionary to China, delivered an illustrated lecture entltisd "The Hope of China,"

DlNclnlen of Christ. CINCINNATI, O., July 6. The Disciples of Christ will hold their Jubilee missionary convention in Cincinnati Oct. 13-19, and ten thousand delegates are expected. All parts of the United States and Canada will be represented, as well as the West Indies, Great Britain, Japan, China and India. In fifty years the Disciples of Christ have grown from 200,000 to over a million, and In that period they have given for home missions about $4,000,00') and have planted over 4.000 churches. At the same time they have given $liO0.O00 for foreign missions, their agents being at work In all the great heathen fields of the world. Mary Jones Applies. To Par TMrectnr Merrlam of the Census: I want to take the census down in Jlattagumpus, Maine. I can give xon good credentials And I know the full essentials Of making up a census that vill please and entertain. I'm a spinster and I'm rroud to car I've reached a proir age. It's an age of good discretion That irhaps Is a confession. But it shows I'll take the census so's to liven every page. For I understand my neighbors mighty wellmighty well. X can give you every detail tljat la really fit to tell. I have had a good occasicn to examine every case, t For I've neighbored pretty steady since I've lived here in the place. I can give you lots of Items that you'd get no other way; Not a lot of musty fodder and statistics dry as hay. But pome spicy information that is strictly up to date. And the best of all you'll get It as I get It, fresh and straight. I've a notion of a census that will make the volumes sell. But you've got to pick your people if you want it taken well. For a fool enumerator will go browsing round the towns And heil never think to question any women on their gowns. He mar sit around and gossip for an hour in a place And forget to note the curtains are of Imitation lace. And heil never get the story of how Mary Barker's Ann Has run away to Boston with a wicked married man. And I'll bet he won't discover If he hunts a solid week How it happens Mrs. Atkins and her husband do aot speak. But I've got it. You can have It If you'll pay me well to tell. And gracious. Mr. Merrlam, how your census books will sell. Now I want to take the census down In Mattagumpus. Maine. I am strong on education And I've lets of penetration And Iil guatantee you plenty In a very lively train. It will be the kind of census that will stir the du-ty bones. "Twill go rlnslnjr down the ages, Folks will pore above the pages. And you're welcome, dear director, to the tip. Youn. Mary Jones. ( lewiston (Me.) Journal. Beautiful Complexions by L'slnfc Champlln's Liquid Pearl. ZOc. pink or white. 4 DtUs&tful, maxvlu results; baroUegs,

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PAIIT OF WABASH COUNTY BUILT OVER SUBTERRANEAN LAKE. Fish lMr Being: Violated In All Fnrti of the State Green Glaus lresers In Session. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, Ind., July 6. Another big sinkhole, which swallows up earth, stones, timber and everything else dumped Into It, Is giving the County Commissioners more trouble. The new hole is along the highway In Pleasant township, four miles from Laketon, and the road supervisors, having been unable to bridge across tho hole, which stands several feet deep In water, have turned the problem over to the commissioners, who were out looking at the spot today. Six miles from the sinkhole, at Bolivar, the Big Four had quicksand," which absorbed its track and into which manythousands of cars of filling were dumped. Six miles north of Bolivar the Wabash County Commissioners had several hundred feet of highway drop out of sight and were compelled to bridge the chasm, and at Disko, four miles west of the present hole, th Chicago & Erie Bailway for three years hauled train loads of gravel and put under part of its track to keep it from falling through but gave up the struggle finally and built three miles of new track around the hole. It Is belreved that all the north part of Wabash county is over a subterranean lake. ' GREEN GLASS PRESSERS. Annual Meeting of the Lengrue Now Being: Held at 3Iarion. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARION, Ind., July 6. The annual convention of the Improved Green Glass Pressers' League of the United States and Canada, the members of the league being more commonly known as the "white liners," is in session in this city. Representatives are present from all parts of the United States and Canada. The local union is composed of the employes of the stamping works of Wilson & McCulloch. The first session was held Wednesday, being called to order by the national president, Frank Lafferty, of Muncie. A committee on credentials, composed of Messrs. Edward Conroy, William Broome, Chris Beck, James Hope and Chris Tralnor, was appointed, and by it the regular committees were named. The chief business before the meeting is the drafting of resolutions under which the men must be employed during the ensuing year and to settle on a scale of wages. Another feature of this year's business is the proposed action in regard to better legislation in the interest of labor and the abolishment of trusts. The national financial secretary and treasurer's report shows In the national treasury $.7.2s1.04. Expenses for the past year were $14,72. The gain in the treasury during the past year was $3,071.47. The officers of the national league are: President, Frank Lafferty, of Munclc; vice president, Charles B. Jones, of Montreal, Can.: financial secretary, Patrick Kelly, of Marion; corresponding secretary, James It. McClain, of Muncie: recording secretary, Thomas Aiken, of Philadelphia; treasurer, John JlcGuigan, of Muncie. - - t "WIXOVA II ALL CLUB. One of the First Renulta of Prof. Da Bridge's Energetic Presence. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WINONA LAKE, Ind., July 6. The assembly and summer school have finally opened and the dally entertainments are attended by large crowds. The number of people on the grounds now far exceeds that of any previous year. To-night at 8 o'clock a reception at the Inn was tendered to the students and faculty of the summer school. The schedule of courses for the summer school was posted this morning and the various departments got down to work. The registration shows 137 students, many of whom are taking two or three courses, making the number of courses entered considerably larger. The thirty-one instructors in the school are all here. The management has secured Prof. F. A. Du Bridge to take charge of athletics for the summer. Prof. Du Bridge for several years had charge of athletics at Lake Foreet University, and for tho past year has been athletic director of the Young Men's Christian Association of Terre Haute. Prof. Du Bridge organized a Winona ball team this afternoon. The Dally Winonlan, a paper published here in the Interest of the assembly, by Charles B. Moore, business manager of the organization, is a neat little sheet and is meeting with success. The Schmlcke Orchestra, of Cincinnati, has been engaged for the summer and arrived the first of the week. Late arrivals at Minnewawan Inn Bernice Beeson. Bessie Beeson, Bentonville; Mrs. James B. Clark. Nellie Clark, Bloomlngton; Mrs. George Halman and daughter, Mrs. Vernon Gould, Mra J. W.. Smith, Mrs. I. P. Gainer, Mrs. O. B. Moore, Rochester; Harriet 13. Cook, Mattle Rogers. Washington; J. C. Stinson, Terre Haute; Susie E. Craven, India L. Martz, Hartford City; B. W. Evermann, Washington, D. C; Ord Avermann, Burlington; O. W. Sharpe and wife, Hartford City; Miss T. Jessen, Miss E. Danach, Kentland. Winona Hotel Henry. Webb Johnson, South Bend; A. II. Bellinger and wife. Fort Wayne; Mrs. Dixon Edgerton and children, Indianapolis: E. T. Yarnell and family. Fort Wayne; Maragret Coulter, Chicago; C. C. Lasby, IndianapolLs; Mrs. Nellie E. Wood, Piqua, O.: Margaret Shuler, Mabel Sanders, Indianapolis; W. N. Fryberger, Goshen. IlTHKlt IIL'GIIKS DYING. Cousin of lies Hughes and Former Sheriff of Ripley County. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. VERSAILLES. Ind.. July 6. Ex-Sheriff Luther Hughes, of Correct, is dying of Brlght's disease, being in an unconscious condition. Several members of the Masonic fraternity are in attendance. Mr. Hughes Is about fifty years old and has, for the past two years, been traveling over the State In the interest of a fertilizing company. He gained considerable prominence while sheriff by the arrest of Tom Foster, of Osgood, who was convicted of being the leader of a gang of horsethleves. Kls case was reversed by the Supreme Court, but before a new trial Foster tied to Canada and Is now a prominent business man there. Hughes is a cousin of Hez Hughes, who was tried at Cross Plains for participating in the quintuple lynching two years ago. VIOLATI.G FISH LAW. Dynnnilte and Seines nelns Used Throughout the State. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, Ind., July 6. Dynamite in large quantities is being used in the Wabash and Eel rivers, in this county. Fishermen nightly explode charges in secluded spots, and many dead fl?h. which they fall to secure, float down the streams. It Is said that within the last week hundreds of pounds of fine bass have either been killed or stunned with the explosive and taken by the law's violators. People along the streams are preparing complaints in several cases. The offenders, it is claimed, are men from the gas belt, who spend their vacation fishing. Mlnchlef Wrought by Seines. CHESTERFIELD. Ind., July 6. It Is estimated that four thousand pounds of fish were taken from White river, within a distance of two miles each way from the Chesterfield ford, on July 4. Both sides were lined with men usine seines, who caught the fish by the bushel. What they could not sell nor use were thrown away to decay. At the rate by which fish are now being dragged from the river, the stream will be depopulated by the 1st of August. There is much complaint over the latitude given the seine by t)ie new fish law. It drives the pole and line fisherman out of the business. !IY AVKSGE HER FATHER. Anna Palmer Haa Fljrbtina Blood In Her Younff Vein. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RUSHVILLE. Ind., July . Abner Leonard and Miss Anna Palmer were married last night by 'Squire Thomas Poe. Leonard, la?t Friday, was acqulttec! of the murder of George Palmer, father of th bride, on a plea of self -def ecus. Tht glxl rcsuUael trus

to him throughout the trial, but. after his acquittal. Leonard seemed anxious to break off his match with the Palmer girl and took to another. She caught him in a grove on the river bank in company with other girls the first of this week, and a fight ensued. She made for Clara Vanslckle, Leonard's new sweetheart, and struck her on the head with a club, laying open the scalp. Miss Palmer then had Leonard arrested on a paternity charge, and the wedding now seems to have settled the whole trouble. COLLISION WITH HOSE CART.

Mrs. Goble'a Carriage Overturned and Four People In the Dad Mlxup. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GREENFIELD, Ind.. July 6.-A carriage driven by Mrs. James Goble was run into and completely demolished by the hose wagon making a run to a fire to-night. Mrs. Goble, her two children and her mother, Mrs. John Stokes, from Protection, Kan., were thrown out and Hugh Goble had both bones'of his left leg below the knee broken. No serious damage was done the other occupants. The women are badly shaken up and prostrated with the shock. STORM SAVES THE ROBBERS. nioodhoundu and n Posse Have a Hot Chaae in Vain. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FAIRMOUNT, Ind., July 6. Thieves entered a residence In Gas City Wednesday, about noon, securing about "0 In money. Marshal Griffin gave chase and so hot was he after them that they did not take time to go to the bridge, but swam the river i00 yards above the dam. Griffin plunged in after them. The desperadoes reached the opposite bank considerably in advance and caught an interurban car for this city, but dropped off a half mile north of town. Half an hour later Marshal Griffin arrived here literally soaked from his bath In the Misslssinewa and having two bloodhounds In charge. These were put on the trail and a posse of constables and citizens soon followed. The trail was followed four and a half miles west, where a heavy rainstorm made it Impossible for the dogs to trail farther, and the chase was abandoned. A small army of men was In pursuit. Two Old Pioneers Gone. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., July 6. Dr. A. N. Newton, aged eighty-seven, died this morning of senility at his home in this city. Two daughters, Mrs. Ida Lemon, of this city, and Miss Lilla Newton, of Chicago, survive. The deceased has been a resident of Richmond fcr sixty years and was an old-time dentist. Daniel Huff, aged eighty-three, died this morning at his home in Fountain City. He was one of the most prominent pioneer residents of Wayne county. He was born In North Carolina in 1S16 arid came to Wayne county at the age of three with his parents, John and Mary Huff. He was especially active in the "underground railroad" work, for which Fountain City was one of the stations, and was also prominent In the Friends Society. Among his children is Mrs. Woody, wife of ex-County Commissioner Solomon Woody, of Fountain City. His wife was Jane Nixon, a sister of William Penn Nixon, of the Chicago Inter Ocean. Died Under Slaguetic Healer's Work. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., July 6. Coroner E. K. Watts to-day filed his verdict on the sudden death of Sylvester Patrldge last month. Patridge was being treated by Mrs. Lydla W. Hazlett. who heals by the laying on of hands repeating mumbled expressions, unintelligible to others. She had treated Patrldge for typhoid fever and pneumonia, and on the morning of the day he died claimed the disease had disappeared and that he was suffering from only weakness. The autopsy ordered by the coroner showed that Patrldge died of paralysis of the heart, and the verdict states that had he been given proper medical attention he would In all probability have recovered. The verdict states that Mrs Hazlett Is a woman who has absolutely no knowledge of medicine or anatomy. It is not known what the outcome of the case will be. Jussllnir -with, rnblle Property. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. COLUMBUS. Ind., July 6. The board of managers of the Frances Comfort Orphans' Home petitioned th6 Board of Commissioners a few days ago to transfer the home to a private corporation, the present board to be the officials. The taxpayers at once took up the matter, with politics the dividing line. The Republicans opposed the action while Democrats favored it. The case was strongly contested two days and the commissioners called on County Attorney M. D. Emlg, who is a Democrat, for his advice. He Instructed them that there was no law to warrant such action with public property, and cautioned them not to make tho transfer. This morning the commissioners decided to make the transfer and this afternoon signed the" contract. An Injunction is threatened at once. Overmeyer Has Opposition, Special to the Indianapolis Journal.SEYMOUR, Ind., July 6. Politics are already warming up In tho Fourth district, although the campaign is a year off. The manner in which John .Overmeyer Is going after the nomination for congressman, building up his fences and stringing his wires all over the district, is attracting considerable attention. He has sounded his keynote and announcement through the .North Vernon Sun, his organ, and the same has been taken up by several of the Democratic press of the district. The Columbus Times, edited by J. N. Marsh, is displeased with Overmeyer's candidacy and is publishing all his misdeeds. Temperance People Appeal the Case. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WINDFALL, Ind., July 6.-FrancIs Stage, of this place, has been granted a license for a saloon over a remonstrance signed by a majority of the legal voters of the township. The majority of the signatures were signed by a party having the power of attorney to do so and the commissioners. In this, as in the other cases, held that the voters could not delegate the power to sign the remonstrance by power of attorney, and granted the license. The temperance people have decidca to risk their cause on signatures attached by the attorney and will appeal. They feel confident of a reversal in the Supreme Court, if not before. Morgan Has Had a Wife Two Year. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RUSHVILLE, Ind., July 6.-The announcement was made to-day of. the wedding of Wallace Morgan, deputy prosecutor, and Miss Mary A. McLaughlin, a Richmond township teacher. The couple were secretly married on July 1, 17, at Indianapolis by Rev. Francis Gavlsk. rector of St. John's Church. The license was Issued here, but by courtesy of Deputy Clerk Patton was not recorded until this morning. The news of the wedding caused a surprise, as they are widely known throughout the county. Eight Aired Brothers Llvlnff. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MADISON. Ind., July 6. The eight sons of the late Ellas Stapp are all living, as follows: William, aged eighty-five, in this city; Joseph, aged eighty-three. In Lawrenceburg: Jephtha, aged eighty-one. in Nebraska; Sanford. aged seventy-nine, in Kansas: John, aged seventy-seven. In Illinois; Simeon, aged seventy-five, at Hope, Ind.: David W.. aged seventy, at LVs Moines, la., and Dewitt, aged sixty-seven, at Chattanooga, Tenn. William and Joseph were born In Kentucky, the other six in Madison. Gamblers Get Their Orders. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITT, Ind., July The officers have again ordered all the gambling houses of the city closed. The order was Issued on last Saturday night, and the following day the crap tables, roulette wheels and other devices were boxed and stored away. The officers state that If they are again put in use they will be burned in the street. The saloon men also received notice that the closing hour and Sunday law must be observed. The orders are being strictly observed. Hall Bros. Superintendent Killed. TIFFIN, O., July 6. Robert Hill, hed of the glass workers union and superinb lent of Ball Brothers glass factory at Muncie. Ind.. was killed near here to-day by falling from a wagon and being crushed to death under the wheels. Wanta Damasres) from Moher.lnLan. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BEDFORD. Ind., July 6. Mrs. Amanda J. McFail to-day filed suit for 15,000 against her motber-ln-law, Mrs. Victoria HcFali, tot alltnatlnj tho affection ct her bus

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Girl's Classical School Elxhtcenth Year. Opens Sept 26, 1599. Prepare for ATA COI-LCGES admitting women. EIGHTEEN ln.tmctors. irlal courses. Music. Art. Physical LaKrstorr. GTMNASIt'M. KIN DERGARTKN. DEPARTMENT of HOUSEHOLD SCIENCE to on In Seteraber. IlanJsome accommodations for boardir; pupil. T1IEOIKDRE U SEWALU Founder. Snd for Catalogue, C53 North Pennsylvania tt Indianapolis, ind. MAY WRIGHT SEWALL, Principal. WestcrnAlilitary Academy UPPER ALTON, ILL To the eeekin? a safe, eelect and thorough echool tor boys Uxln lit.tntion, will bo cUd to present toe adactarea which It Las acquired during a twenty years succesf al experience. i M- JACESOX, A. )U Sapk band. She was married to MeFall in isna, one child being born. They have lived to1. l.ur inly eUht months during that time. At the May term of court she was granted a divorce, with alimony. She had also obtained a Judgment for J3 against her husband and his mother previous to this time. Tr, FlRht the Glass Trust. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY, Ind.. July 6.-Another co-cpeiative body of workmen are preparing to build a factory here, the product of which will be tank blocks, flattening stones, pots and. In fact, everything in th clay line ured In a glas3 factory. There Is a big demand for this kind of material and the men propose to build a large jlant to furnish co-operative glass plants, which are being discriminated against by other factories afraid of the trust. Heard from LotiK-Lont Slater. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BRAZIL, Ind., July 6. Forty-seven years ago Mrs. George Hadley and her sister wero left orphans in Warren county, Ohio, when the former was three months old. They were adopted in different families and did not hear of each other until yesterdajv when Mrs. Hadley received a letter from her long-lost Flster, whose home Is in Chattanooga, Tenn. Her name Is Mrs. Barton and she is the general manager of the Lookout Mountain Sanatorium. . Dorglars Raid Three Toirnm Special to the Indianapolis Journal. VINCENNES, Ind., July 6Burglara raided stores and residences at Oaktown. Busseron and Emlson, this county, last night. Bloodhounds tracked the thieves to this city, where the trail was lost. This evening Chief of Police Robertson arrested Bud Bridges on suspicion, and a gold watch stolen at Oaktown was found in the possession of Bridges's friend, from whom it waa recovered to-day. Bridges is now in JaiL Faria'a Former Friend May Ran. Special to the Indianapolis Jos real. TERRE HAUTE, Ind.. July 6.-Mr. Robert Catlln, of this city, announces he will be a candidate for the Republican nomination for Congress next year. He was Congressman Faris's right-hand man In the lSt campaign and. It is now said, with the understanding that- he was to be a candidate In 19U0. Congressman Faris has formally announced that he will be a candldato for nomination himself. Rural Mall Carrier Robbed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. COVINGTON, Ind., July 6. Samuel Boord, the rural mall carrier of this city, was held up and rutbed of (7.50 last evening six miles east ot Covington. Going through a dense woods three men stopped hinv Two held the horse while the other presented a revolver and relieved him of his cash. His watch was also taken, but was returned to him. Work Started on Auburn's Serrrr. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. AUBURN, Ind., July 6. Work was commenced to-day on Auburn's ten-mile sewer system, the work being done by a Toledo contractor, who will give employment to 300 men. The cost to the city Till be about $30,000.. and it Is estimated that It will take six months to complete the work. Wheat Separator Blew I7 p. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BROWNSTOWN, Ind., July 6. While threshing wheat on George Kistlar's farm, one mile north of town, this forenoon, the cylinder of the separator burst, pieces striking Milton Meddle, the feeder. In the head and face, and one piece cut off a toe. He may not recover. FIve-Year-Old Girl Darned to Death. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARTINSVILLE, Ind., July 6.-Mrs. Samuel Bryant, near Brooklyn, this county, went to the spring for water, and while she was gone her five-year-old daughter's clothing caught tire from the stove and the child was burned so badly It died, in great agony. An Old Settler Drops Dead. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PERU, Ind., July 6. Colerran Henton dropped dead from heart failure this afternoon. He was trustee of Peru township and one of the oldest settlers, coming here rtxtytwo years ago, when Indians were all around. He spoke the Miami language. Mra. Poling Dlea of Lockjaw. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DECATUR, Ind., July C About ten dayi ago Mrs. William Tollng, living in the country, stepped on a large needle, which penetrated her foot. The needle waa removed, and the wound healed, but lockjaw developed yesterday and he died in spasms. Indiana Xotes. Rev. C. L. Berry has resigned the pastorate of the Baptist Church at Cambridge City, and will enter the work at some other point. One hundred and eight men are working on the water works and electric light plants, which are in course of construction at Brownstown. Benjamin F. Pointer's residence, near Brooklyn, was destroyed by lire Wednesday. Ijoss, H.SOO: insured in the Home of New York for George Gordon, of Auburn, has sold the Daily and Weekly Auburn Dispatch to Smith and Higley, of Butler. Both are able men and will continue the business. Portland is preparing to give a mammoth street fair on July IS and 19. Attractive programmes have been made for both days. This will le Portland's second annual fair. Rev. Father Coulter, of Inilanapolis. has been appointed assistant priest at St. Mary's Catholic Church. Richmond, succeeding Rev. Father Shea, who lias gone to Henryville, Ind. Mrs. John Evans drowned herself in a cistern at her home at Elizabeth yesterday morning. She was mentally unbalanced and had at one time been an inmate of tho asylum for Insane. The Terre Haute street fair for this year Is now assured. The canvassing committers have been very successful in securing subscriptions to the JlO.fOt) fund which is to le raised to cover all expenses. The week selected Is the one beginning Oct. 9. The Old Hickory Chair Company, of Martinsville, which has shipped chair to every State In the Union and many countries of Europe, changed proprietors yesterday. F. W. Woods sold to E. L. Brown and Ralph S. Barrett, two young business men. Peter and Polly Curtis, one of the most highly respected couples In the west part of Morgan county, have disagreed after llvlrg together forty years and bringing up a family of twelve children. Mrs. Curtis sues for divorce, alleging cruelty. He Ls worth J23.0U0. The Logansport and Wabash Valley Gas Company's property In Wabash county Is valued for taxation by the Wabash County Board of Review at $130,000. an Increase of JpO.twO over last year's valuation. The company objects and will appeal to the State Board for a readjustment. The Treaty Creek Stone and Lime Company of Treaty has disposed of Its property to J. P. Smith, of Fowl-r. Ind.. and rieorge Hubbard, of Martinsville, Ind. The company has been in business over a quarter of a century, dealing in lime, lumber, screen doors and all kinds of builders' materials. The consideration named In the transfer Is stated at ?70.O, and the new owners will take possession at once. John B. Latchem, president of the company, will take the management of the Wabash bridge and iron work?, in which he id a heavy stockholder. Two More Firms Slsrn the Scale. PITTSUURG, Pa.. July 6. Two more important concerns have signed the Amalgamated wage scale. They are the Oil Well Suppiy Company, operating the old Elb iron works, and the Pittsburg Forcrs anl Xroa Company, at Wood's Run, AUrchcn? ,