Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 160, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 June 1901 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, .TUNE 9, 1S01.

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Week of Krrci!oi I niuicnrnlod l-'rl-lny MKlit The I'roKrmnnir. Special to tlie Indi;naiIi3 Jourr.al. HAXOVHFt. Ind.. June Commencement ik at Hanover College was opened la.t r.isht with the exerelseM of the senior preparatory class. There were eight sjuakrrs. cho ri frm elass ptanding. D. Clark Hill and J. O. Ioyl. heir. honor men. Tho speakers, with thir J-uhjeets. were a follows: J. O. I).vle. '"The Coming King;" Omer C Üovtr, 'The American I tiutilic ;" Mabel 12. Cilj in. 'Mi.wntt. n History;" Willi im P. Gordon. "Lincoln anl the Civil War;" Verne i;o-y;trd. "Jer.nne d'Are;" James Leonard. "The Duties of American Citlz. rs;" llerhert Palmer, "The Unco Problem;" I. Clark Hill. "The Destiny of a Common Man." C. Herbert Palmer, of Chicago, received the prize a beautiful et c:' Sh:ik:i'oaro's works as the best speaker. A crou d d hout- witnessed the exercises. The rdb'go commencement exerri-es will be held on Wednesday. Juno 2. The graduating class numb.r-v fifteen. Joseph ClifU,n Jirown. having taki n first honors, will cMiver the valcdi; ry. and John le Witt C, ibel will be ah:tatorian. President Fisher will preach tho hat e.il.iurrate sermon to the h-nior class on Sun-lav morning, and the Itov. J. L. Maniuis. "of Lva nsville, will deliver nn a I dress before the V. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. on Sunday evening. Athletic and lie! 5 d .y evt-rcises will le held Tdonday morr.ing: tb.e annual tennis tournament wili b" held in tiie afternoon and Mon.kiy evening class day exercises will be held. On Tuesday morning the delivery cf diploma.-- in the Severn 1 literary societies will take- place, followed by society reunions. The alumni banquet will be held in the gymnasium in the afternoon. Hon. James II. Watson will deliver in address before the literary societies Tuesday evening. Franklin (nUj'RP i:reie. Special to th Indi'anJ;N'li'5 Journal. FRANKLIN. Ind., June s. Although Franklin College 'commencement does not take Place until next week there were several events this week of importance In college circles. Mondiy evening the annual concert by the students of the music department was given. Tuesday evening the ladles of the Alpha (lama Alpha fraternity gave a trolley party to flreenwood and were there entertained by Miss Mabel "Whitenack. Wednesday evening the Phi Delta Theta fraternity gave an elaborate reception for the members of the fraternity, who arc seniors. Last night the annual primary to select a representative to tike iart in the state oratorical contest was held. Arthur Severingham was iirst, V.'ill Kvecson second and Harry Ianeher third. Much interest has been aroused over the class day exercises, which w'Jl be held .Monday- nVc,ht. The seniors have been .rehearsing at the opera house for the performance, and several exciting encounters have taken place in connection with the efforts of the Juniors to discover the nature ot the exercises. The programme next week la as follows: Sunday. June Morning, missionary sermon by Rev. J. V. Potter, A. M.. of Creensburg: afternoon, memorial prayer meeting; evening, baccalaureate sermon by President Stott. Monday Prize reailintj:- in afternoon and exercises of graduating class at night. Tuesday-Field day exercises with Butler; I'c.ard mating: intersociety entertainment. Wednesday Alumni address in the evening by Judfcc Grubbs, of M irtinsville. Thursday Morning, commencement address by Dr. P. D. Hahn, of Springfield. Mass.; afternoon, commencement, followed by alumni dinner; evening, faculty reception. 'tM of Hie Seliool. TKIiRH IIA UTK. State Normal commencement exercises will begin on Sunday. June will the baccalaureate sermon by Dr. II. A. t Jobin. president of De Pauw University. Final examinations will be held on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday following. Wednesday afternoon the trustees will meet, and at night the senior class will present "The Merchant of Venice." On Thursday the business meeting of the alumni association and the alumni reception will ! hfld. The graduation will be on Friday, with an address by President Thompson, of the University of Ohio. GRKKXt'ASTLK. The commencement exercises of the De Pauw School of Music were held Saturday night in Meharry Hal!, with an excellent presentation of work, which displayed the pupils' ability to tine advantage. The graduates in the voice department were Misses Wilhemina S. Lank, Letitia Pitts and Grace Stucky; in piano, Miss Cleopatra Pitts. PORTLAND. Sixty-seven graduates of the rr.mmon schools of the county received their diplomas at the commencement exercises held Saturday afternoon in the opera houe. An address was delivered to tb class by Jude John M. Smith, of the Jay Circuit Court. Tho class address was by Dr. Robert J. A ley. MONON. Motion township commencement exercises were held on Saturday night. There were eight graduates, as follows: Arthur Gilmore. Lloyd L. Thrasher, Charles H. Murray. Roy Maple, Susie Noland, Fttle Vandervoort, John H. Montz, Roy Tucker. HARTFORD CITY At a meeting of the City Council Friday night A. Grant Lupton, a member of Governor DurbJn's staff, was selected as school trustee. Mr. Lupton is a Republican, while the City Council Is Democratic. tiii: hicks m:paicatoh. Its Test n Success and It Is I'iccted to Itevolut ioiil.e Gold Mining. Erecial to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNK. Ind.. June X. The assay of the tailings in the Hic ks extraction process, on demonstration here, at the Bass foundry, yesterday and to-day, showed only C'i cents to the ton. or less than one-hfth of 1 per cent, of gold, and the tailings were left intact for further reduction, if thought desirable. This statement, miners say. has tremenYAItMER WEATHER TO-DAY. Fair In Xortliern Indiana and Shower In Southern Portion. WASHINGTON, June S. Forecast for Sunday and Monday: For Ohio Showers on Sunday and Monday; w irmcr on Monday; variable winds, 'shifting to fresh easterly. For Indiana and Illinois Warmer, with fair in northern and showers in southern portions, on Sunday; showers Monday; fresh easterly winds. Local Ohsen at Ions on Saturday. Bar. Tlier. R. H. Wind. Weather. Pre. 7 a. m..3.ll ."l 'a N'west. Clear. 0.1) P. m..:0 0t 5-s u S onst. Pt.tidy. T Maximum temperature. t'-J; minimum temperature. 45. Following is a comparative statement of the mean temperature and total precipitation for June s: Tern. Pre. Normal 71 .15 Mean 51 T Departure i; .13 Departure since June 1 ."V .0 Departure since Jan. ...1 10,1 5.55 C. F. R. WAPPKNHANS. Local Forecast Oilicial. Yesterday's Temperatures. Stations. Atlanta. Ga. l'ismarck. N. Buffalo. N. Y Min. Max. 7 p. m. , 02 4 i , J 11 , K2 il U r.i 41 IS Ts 42 To :o 6 ..... -i ' 7) M ...... - , r) 52 5) 4i S 52 54 42 50 64 es 50 D. Calgary. N. W. T. Chicago. Ill Cairo. Ill Cheyenne, Wyo. . Cincinnati. O Concordia. Kan. . Davenport. la. ... !) s Moines. Ia.... Galveston. Tex. .. Helena. Mont Jacksonville. Fla. Kansas City. Mo.. I.lUle Rock. Ark. Marquette. Mich. . Memphis. Tenn. .. Nashville. Tenn .. New Orleans. la.. New York city North Platte. Neb Oklahoma. O. T... Omaha, Neb Pittsburg. Pa Qu'Appelle, X. W. Rapid City. S. D.. Salt Lake City.... St. Louis, Mo St. Paul, Minn 1 ts Ml jl Ts (4 On 44 TO T U) T4 tw 1 70 5 TO 74 so TO M bS 70 - 54 2 TS bpriDfleld. 111. SnrtnsftelJ. Mo VJcksburg. Mies. . AVasfciccton, D. C.

dous importance and conclusively settles the much-mooted question as to the environment of gold, viz.. as to whether all gold In free from chemical union. This test Is said to have been a perfect demonstration of the free gold theory, and eliminates all further need of heat or chemicals in the extraction of gold. It was freely asserted by mining men present, this morning, that the Hicks process will have startling results in the world's mining affairs and will supplant all other forms of gold extraction the world over. The demonstration which has aronsed so much enthusiasm from all who witnessed it was made, with one thousand pounds of gold ore from the Dahlonega. Georgia mines. It was ground tine, down to 100 mesh, a condition which, under the old process, would have left the-tailings far richer than the amalgam. By far the larger proportion of the gold would have floated off with the water, and in most processes would have been wholly lost. Of the 1.0k) pounds, X pounds were powdered ore assaying $1.0ö0 to the ton and G50 pounds assaying $J0 to the ton. This was watered to the consistency of slim. its technical name, and poured into the rotary cast-iron cylinder. 4o inches in diameter and 10 feet in length, and copper-lined. This cylinder contains a smaller one, rotating on cogs within, by gravitation, and copper covered. There were about C00 pounds of quick silver, in which this smaller cylinder turned, constantly stirring the mass and causing contact of the quicksilver and the gold in the slime as fast as admitted. The cylinders were rotated by steam power, and it is estimated that the gold in the ore traversed twenty-six miles ct quicksilver surface Instead of the twelve to twenty feet of the ordinary plate of stamp mills and other reducers. Stam suction carried off the nonamalgamable solution to a Wiltley table, a well-known mining machine where the concentrates, sulphurets, iron pyrites, silica, some quicksilver and other elements were separated, and all saved the tailings flowing off to a trough. If gold were in chemical union, tins trough would receive a valuable portion of the precious metal in the flour state, because in such union it could not have yielded to its affinity for the quicksilver, and it would become float" gold. This fact has made it unprofitable to work refractory or low-grade ores. Hut the assay of the tailings from this demonstration shows so small a trace of gold that it is scarcel- to be taken note of, and the mining experts here are. consequently, in a state of excitement. They are much more interested in the assay of the tailings than in the values held in the amalgam. It is not the value of ore from the Dahlonega mines they are interested in, but how much was left In the tailings from a process invented on the theory that all gold is free gold, and Is separable without heat or chemicals by a cheap unchemieal process and this, they say, was done by the Hi?ks machine, which Is. itself, not costly. They freely predicted a revolution in mining methods the world over. The Hicks process is owned by a company of capitalists living in Fort "Wayne, Toledo and Columbus, O., Chicago and in California. It is capitalized at $3.Cw0M and stock is now quoted at 50. Many Fort Wayne people have options at 20. John H. Pass has a one-sixth interest, and the Bass foundry will manufacture the extractor. It is already protected by patents in the United States. Canada, Mexico, Australia and the Transvaal. TRAINS COLLIDi: AT JONF.SHOnO.

One Passenger mid nn Engineer MiKlitly Hurt, Kusine Wrecked. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARION. Ind., June S. Passenger trains No. 2ä, south-bound, and No. I'll, northbound, collided on the main track of the Michigan division of the Pig Four at Jonesbr.ro to-night aX 6:10 o'clock. Both engines were wrecked. A. W. Snyder, of Montpelier, state agent of the Oil Well Supply Company, a passenger on No. 25, was painfully but not fatally injured in the back. v The trains carried comparatively few pas sengers, nearly all of whom were bruised more or less, but none particularly injured. No. was under orders to take the switch at Jonesburo to let No. Ü5 pass, but the engineer says the air-brakes refused to work. The engineer of No. 2ä reversed the lever and had his train backing when No. 20, running forty-live miles an hour, struck the retreating train. The crew of No. 20 jumped. The engineer of No. 20 had his back sprained. TrainXo. 25 did not arrive.at Indianapolis until after midnight. On it came A. M. Jackson, of the Central Lumber Company, who had his left arm badly sprained by jumping from the train. His injury was painful but not serious. Juhn W. Lyons, railway mail clerk, said the trains came together with terrific force. He was standing in the doorway as they approached Jonesboro waLi 'rr to greet the clerks on Train 26 as they passed. He noticed the speed of the train, and when his train began backing he seized the mail crane and swung off into a ditch. He got up just in time to see the trains come together. Both engines raised up to a half upright position at the contact and then settled back gradually and off the rails. The engineer of Train 20, Frank Pasha, of Anderson, had his back badly sprained, ile stuck to his post, as did his lireman, A. C. Chambers, and was working hard to back his train when the other crew came up to look after them. Kxpress Messenger Constantlne, of No. 2:, was standing in the doorway and had his head badly bruised by the sudden closing of the door. There were a dozen or more of the passengers bruised. CUTS A PltlSOX m:tilce. William AVaKßoner, Involved In n Auinber of Shady Proceedings. Special to the Indianajiolis Journal. HARTFORD CITV. Ind., June S. After being out twenty-eight hours the jury in the case of William Waggoner, of Albany, charged with petit larceny, to-night returned a verdict finding Waggoner guilty, and he will receive an indeterminate sentence of one to three years' imprisonment. Waggoner, it was alleged, stole a set of harness from William Noonin, of this city, and the same was found in the possession of Sheriff Tom Starr, of Delaware county. The case had several unusual features. John Miller, the principal witness against Waggoner, was arrested in Delaware county soon after Waggoner's preliminary hearing, on the same charge, and is now under bond. Waggoner was also rearrested, this week, ami is under bond for burning his livery barn at Muncie. to secure the insurance on the same. Prosecutor John Burns created a sensation in court yesterday by openly accusing the Delaware county sheriff of being in league with Waggoner, who once before was sent to the penitentiary from this county for stealing a horse. During the Spanish-American war "Waggoner was a member of the One-hundred-S and-slxtleth Indiana Volunteers. Colonel George Gunder had him placed in prison in Cuba, and was preparing to return to the United States with the regiment and leave Waggoner behind, when his comrades refused to embark unless he was released. Waggoner Is in jail. FIST FIGHT IX COlItT. Henry V. Johnson and John Bobbins Scran at Xcw Castle. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. NEW CASTLi:. Ind., June S. While engaged in a lawsuit here to-day Henry U. Johnson, ex-congressman of the Sixth district, and John Bobbins, both prominent attorneys of Richmond, engaged in an altercation anJ passed the lie. Other angry words followed, and then blows. The men clinched and fought like prize fighters, but without regard to time or place of striking. Judge Barnard commanded them to cease and lined each ?25 when they failed to heed him. The deputy sheriff was called into st-parate them and court was adjourned unit1 next week. The case at issue waa that of Dobbins vs. the C, R. & M. R. K. for damages, and has been on trial here on a change ot venue for several days pa si. The affair created considerable excitement. Soldier Welcomed Home. i?l ccial to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIF, Ind.. June S. The Eaton Brass Band, of twenty-two pieces, and a committee of one hundred citizens drove ten miles to Muncie this afternoon In carriages decorated In national colors, expecting to meet six returning volunteers from the Philippin islands and escort them home, where a tig reception was tendered in the town hall this evening, but only one of the soldiers came. Robert Brandt. He became separated from the others at Denver. The programme was followed, however, in full. Manufacturers Ilanqueted. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW CASTLE, Ind., June 8. The business men of this place gave a banquet last .night in the K. of P. Hall to a large body of visiting manufacturers and capitalists from

New. York, Cincinnati. Indianapolis and other places. The affair was the most elaborate ever given here. C. S. Hernly was toastmaster. Among the Indianapolis people present were W. C. Cunningham, of the Bates, and Ford Woods, of the Big Four. The party of manufacturers is here for the purpose of looking over the ground with a view to erecting several large manufacturing plants here, and the prospect is very favorable for the accomplishment of the object. The head of the delegation is Thomas M. Handle, of Erie.'Pa.

ot Kvrn the Police Knew It. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SEYMOUR, Ind., June S.The safe in the office of the Seymour Furniture Company was blown open last night and about $150 in cash, a diamond pin worth $150 and some valuable papers taken. The papers were found to-day in a j'ard in the eastern part of the city, under some Pushes, where they had been thrown by the fleeing burglars after examination. The safe crackers did their work so quietly that no one, not even the four night police, knew what had been done until the store was opened this morning. Suspicion rests on three men that had been in town two or three days on the pretense of seeking "umbrellas to mend." Small Hoy with Dreams of Wealth. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. UNION CITY, Ind., June S. Probably the youngest oil speculator to start for the Texas oil fields was captured here to-day by Marshal Willard, of Greenville, O. HI name is John Maher, and he is eight years eld. His parents live in Greenville and I10 1 an away from home several days agj. making his way to this point on a freight train. lie carried a satchel well stocked with clothing and eatables. He told the officer he was on his way. to the Texas o'l belds to make his fortune. It required force o take him back home, and he fought the cflieer with all his small strength. Torre Haute' Ooodnessi Permanent. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., June S.The liquor interests and the gamblers are beginning to understand that the order of the new police board which became effective last night for the enforcement of the laws were not Intended for temporary effect and only to allay public sentiment, but are the permanent policy of the new board. Nothing is better understood than that there will be no equivocation, and that as soon as there is a suggestion for a more "liberal" enforcement of the law, the heads of the department will be held to account for a more strict enforcement 1 Church Closed IlecnuKe of Suicide. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., June It Is said that the Methodist Church at Sycamore may be abandoned on acount of the tragedy in the pulpit. The doors of the structure have been closed since Miss Aggie Long killed herself at the altar, and to avoid the use of the church the funeral of Miss Long was conducted in the Methodist Church at Greentown. The pastor of tho Sycamore church, the Rev. - C. E. Disbro. and the congregation, dread the reopening of the place, and all regular and special appointments have been canceled. I) i ninKO Annril for n Knockont. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE. Ind.. June 8. A jury in the Circuit Court to-day awarded '0d damages to Charles Uarnhardt, said to be a traveling salesman for an Indianapolis whisky house, on a demand for $1,000 from Fred Huppert, an Albany saloon man. The traveling man a few months ago treated the "house" and then objected to the price, $2.t5. A fight followed and Earnhardt's leg broken in a fall. Indiana A'otes. GREENSBURG The City Council has passed an ordinance fixing the maximum rate hereafter to be charged by natural gas companies at 124 cents per thousand. The rate is now 15 cents. Robert Naegel, a retired merchant, was chosen last night by the City Council as school trustee. 5lr. Naegel has been prominently identified with the 1. O. O. F. and K. of 1. for a number of years. He was chosen as a Republican, but was formerly a Democrat. TERRE HAUTE Mr. and Mrs. John M. Pearce will have a family reunion on Sunday in celebration of their golden wedding, at their residence, on South Fifteenth street. They were born and married in Monmouthshire, England, and came to this country in 1S67. Of ten children, eight are living Mrs. Anna Small. Rockport, Ind., John L. Pearce, Evansville, and the others In Terre Haute. ALEXANDRIA Alexandria's free street fair is taking shape very rapidly. Many of the attractions have arrived and an being assigned positions. Tho Bostoek shows will open on Monday, which Is to be one of the big days of the week. There will be a military parade in which tho Pythian Uniform Rank companies of tho surrounding towns will participate. LEBANON Pharos, the little daughter of A. H. Felker, editor of the Lebanon Daily Reporter, fell into an abandoned weil at the Baptist Church and came near drowning. She fell twelve feet to the water, which was eleven feet deep, but was uninjured ami clung to a pipe until luls Shannon, who was passing, heard her cries and got her out. FRANKFORT The house of Simuel Michael, a Michigan township farmer, burned Friday night, building and contents being destroyed. Mrs. Michael, who was alone in the house, was asleep in an upper room and was awakened by embers from the roof falling on the bed. It was with the utmost ditlLeulty that she made her way downstairs to safety. THORNTOWN Charles Stewart, a young farmer who lived near this place, was so seriously injured, while sawing timber in the woods, that he died Saturday morning. The fly wheel of the engine which supplied his power burst, and a fragment of Hying steel crushed his hips. The men who were working with him were unharmed. UNION CITY All the fraternal secret orders of Union City will join in union memorial services for deceased brethren on Sunday. State organizations of a numLer of the orders will be represented by grand officers. The movement was initiated by the Knights of the Golden Eagle. PORTLAND David Wright, residing at the home of his brother, James M. Wright. one mile from this city, has developed what physicians diagnose as a genuine case of smallpox, the discovery being made to-day. The house has been placed under strict quarantine. HORTON The barn owned by Charles Roberts, on his farm hair a mile west of this place, -Ivirned on Friday night, with one horse and a considerable quantity of hay and grain. The loss exceeds $1,000 and is fully insured. AGAINST H ANNA'S COMPANY. Decision In a Strcct-Hiillwny Cane Involving About $3X,MK). CLEVELAND, O., June S. Judge Phillips, of the Common Pleas Court, to-day handed down a decision against the Cleveland City Railway Company, better known as the Little Consolidated Street-railway system, of which Senator Hanna is president, involving indirectly $500.000. The suit was brought by Horace Fuller, who own-d one hundred shares of stock in a. cable company absorbed by the Little Consolidated. According to the consolidation agreement 1S.250 shares of Little Consolidated stock were allotted to the holders cf the cable stock and they were to pay their pro rata share of the floating indebtedness of their company. The new stock in the Little Consolidated was turned over to J. J. Shipherd and Frank De Haas Robison. tc be distributed by them among the stockholders of the cable company. A large part of this stock failed to reach the persons to whom it belonged, because of the defalcation of J. J. Shipherd. who converted it to his own use. The holders of the cable stock who failed to secure their allotment of Little Consolidated stock brought suit against that company to secure their share of the stock cr its value in money. Judge Phillips held that the consolidation agreement as to turning Qf stock over to Shipherd and Boblson was invalid and that the Litt! 3 Consolidated was bound to see that the stock was issued and applied In a faithful d'scharge of the trust and not In fraud of the beneficiaries under the trust. Antl-Cignrctte Law Conntltntionnl. MARSHALL-TOWN. Ia., June 8. Judge Bumham. of the District Court, to-day decided that the Iowa cigarette law is constitutional and that the property of dealers in cigarettes and owners of buildings where they are sold may be attached and sold for fald tax. Similar suits pending in other counties hav been awaiting the decision in Marshall county. The American Tobacco Company, it is said, will appeal.

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During the next Sixty Days we are and will be getting in a large number of rented Pianos from Schools, Students of Music and private parties leaving for summer vaca tion. Nearly all the Pianos are high-grade instruments, and wiil have to be sold by us to make, room for a large Fall stock we have ordered for delivery in August. We are going to make this sale a banner one, and unprecedented low prices will prevail. Piano Buyers should not miss this opportunity as most of these instruments are but slightly used and in fine condition. Remember prices on these pianos will be as low and lower than others ask for medium and lowgrade makes. The public can better appreciate this fact by a comparison. FOR EXAMPLE: In new pianos see our $165.00 Upright Piano which other dealers, without our purchasing facilities, will ask $225".oo for. BAST PAYMENT IEc EDIIEIIEMCDo

Correspondence Solicited A Two-Cent Stamp may Save You $100. NO BUNKER HILL BATTLE CtKIOlS BOOK AVIUTTEX TO DIS1MIOVE THE HISTORIES. Published Hnlf a Century Aro by CIiarleM Hudson Under the Shadow of the Hattle Monument. Boston Globe. Charles Hudson half a century ago addressed to the Christian public certain doubts concerning the battle of Bunker Hill, which were subsequently published in book form by James Munroe & Co., 131 Washington street, Boston, and Lyceum building. Cambridge. Evidently in connection with a religious discussion he wove an argument to show that the patriot farmers never fought in Charlestown, and that the city was never burned by the British. Mr. Hudson's essay, in part, follows: "You may, perhaps, be startled at the idea of rejecting what is so generally believed and is so intimately connected with the history and glory of our country as the battle of Bunker Hill Is supposed to be. But I would ask whether the glory of the country rests upon facts or falsehoods. I have no desire to disturb what may bo called the hallowed associations which cluster around that spot, but a faithful inquirer after truth should take nothing for granted, but should be governed by the weight of evidence, to whatsoever conclusions it may lead him. T am no more bound to believe in that battle because such a belief is general, than I am to believe in any other popular error. If it be a fact that such a battle was ever fought let it be proved; and if it be not a fact, the sooner it is' discarded the better for the honor of our country. "The Romans for ages supposed that the glory of their country required a belief in the ridiculous story of Romulus and Remus being nursed by a wolf; but where is the sober man at the present day who gives any credit to that idle tale? "Now, what evidence have we of the battle of Bunker Hill? You will probably appeal to history. But what court of justice would receive mere hearsay evidence? The historians who have writ'on and the poets who have sung of this famous battle do not pretend that they were eyewitnesses of the scene they describe. There seems to be a kind of sacredness attached to history to which it Is not entitled. "Many of you, as well as myself, have seen the town of Charlestown; and what has been our experience concerning it? Have we seen Bunker's hill, the camp of Mars and the town In flames? Nothing like it. We have seen it repeatedly, and have witnessed no such spectacle. Our experience, our uniform experience, leads us to the conclusion thit no such battle was ever fought. "Now, according to Mr. Hume, 4a uniform experience amounts to procf.' We have then the positive proof that Charlestown has never been the scene of blood that. has been represented. If we rely upon our own experience the matter is decided at, once, and decided against the commonly received opinion. "And if we take into the account the experience of others we Fhall come to nearly the same conclusion. Of our acquaintance more than ninety-nine out of one hundred, who have visited the place, will testify that their experience corresponds entirely with ours. INDIVIDUAL TESTIMONY. "There are. it is true, a few Individuals among us who profess to have been eyewitnesses of the scene which Is reported to have occurred on June 17, 1773. But what is our experience in refation to human testimony? We know that most men may easily be deceived, and that there are not wanting those who will willingly deceive others. The few who profess to have seen the bat

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tle will themselves allow that they have visited this famous spot at other times and have not beheld anything like what appearedto their vision on that day. "For the last seventy years there has been a sort of charm in this pretended battle and a kind of glory has seemed to gather around the head of everyone who has succeeded in making the public believe that he was an actor in that scene. This has led many a boastful pretender to assert that he was one of the choice few who stood forth In defense of liberty on that eventful day that he was one of those gallant spirits who 'fought, bled and died on Bunker's awful mount.' "To such excess have the public run upon this subject that many are desirous of retaining the honor in their family of having been on that venerated spot during the battle in the loins of their ancestors; hence we frequently meet In graveyards, among the inscriptions (which are generally more remarkable for their extravagance and want of truth than for their modesty and fidelity) a declaration that the deceased was a 'revolutionary hero' or that he was 'in the battle of Bunker Hill.' "Not that we accuse those of perjury who have made oath that they were in the battle. We know the propensity of some men to believe. They will begin by desiring to have been actors in a certain scene; they will soon fancy that they, were in some way or other connected with it; they will go on adding little by little and repeating the tale so often that at length they will not be able to distinguish between what they saw in early life and what they have often repeated; and hence, by this progressive faith, will really become believers in their own idle tales. This principle may operate upon some of the witnesses of this pretended battle. "There Is also an improbability in the success of this pretended battle. Who can believe that a few undisciplined troops, brought together on a sudden emergency, with poor arms and a very scanty supply of ammunition, could for so long a time withstand the veterans troops of Great Britain, led on by experienced and brave commanders and supported by the battery on (fopp's hill and by three or four ships of war? "There is so much of romance in this page of pretended history that we are even called upon to believe that after the Americans had expended their powder and ball they sustained themselves for a time by throwing stones at the enemy. REACHING A CONCLUSION. "There is also just that confusion in localities which we might naturally expect in fiction. It is called the battle of Bunker's hill, when all the people in that region will tell you that there never was a battle fought upon Bunker's hill. Even those who have been so fearful that the whole account would be disbelieved or forgotten as to attempt to perpetuate the fiction by the ereclion of a monument have virtually confessed that there was no battle on Bunker's hill by placing their monument on Breed's hill. "May we not safely infer that some knowing one, judging rightly the effect that such a battle would have upon the colonies generally, invented this story in order to bring a'd from abroad and to show the people that England was determined to reduce them to vassalage by fire and sword? I do not say that this was the fact; but is there not a strong probability in its favor? May we not fairly infer that it was a Y'ankee trick, got up and played off to answer the purpose mentioned above? "Application was made to the. Legislature of Massachusetts for aid in the erection of the monument, but with all the local interest which was brought to bear upon the subject, the State did little or nothing in furtherance of the subject. "Now, is it not almost certain that the patriotic Legislature of the patriotic State ot Massachusetts wonia nave coniriDUied largely to that magnificent undertaking if they had believed that it was commemorative of an event which had actually taken placed "Would a government which extends Its fostering care to pickerel and herring, to woodcocks and the 'least wing that flits across the sky.' withhold its patronage from an association whoe object was to awaken patriotic emotions and pay a deserved tribute to the memory of those who hazarded all for their country's good? "As further evidence that real doubts existed we may mention the fact that part of the ground on which tho battle was reported to have been fought was actually sold for building lots. "I have shown, on the great principles of Mr. Hume's theory, that the battle of Bunker hill Is not entitled to our belief; that experience, that great touchstone of truth, is decidedly against It; that the

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