Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 224, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 August 1901 — Page 3

TIIE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, AUGUST 12. 1901.

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AUGUST FURNITUR SÄLE To-tlay bargains in furniture, the like of which has never been heard of in Indianapolis. If you have a furniture need, now is the time to fill it. Prices about Yz and less than usual. Fourth Floor. Pettis Dry Goods Co. PURE COFFEE If with jou coffee drinking is a habit, then you should have another that of using pure coffee. Ita better for the health and more satisfying to taste and smell. WE HAVE NO MIND BUT THE PURE HIND. Liks our teas, use atiy test you like. Take our Java and Mocha mixture (at 40 cents) and a really poor cook could hardly spoil it. It's the proper blend. Ask your neighbor if she ever had better Java and Mocha. Yes, indeed, we have others all equally good all pure. The N. A. MOORE CO. O KOC12KvS 162 and 164 North Illinois Street. PHONES 92. NEWS OF THE THEATERS TIM SKHMIH IS MAK10 A MjAY to Tin: ;.LLi:uit:s. Pnrk Theater Offen .Nevr Snnttonl Dratmw To.)iiy-Cnrrut Stove A flu lr. Otis Sknner has been treated -with ereat consideration by the public and the newspapers. For a lonR term of years he has been looked on as a pleasing actor of lomantlc play. Ilia little excursions Into Fhakspeare, after he left the ranks of the leading men and became a star, have been rncouraifed. lie Is Rraeeful ami pleaslnff. rood humored and rich voiced. Ilia audiences, when ho tised to play at the Grand, end later when he played at English's, in hli city, have been large and appreciative. The- theatrical syndicate has not seen fit Jo permit Mr. Skinner to ntr New Terk fcften. but for several seasons Charles I'rohman let Mr. Skinner have certain comedies imported from England after John Prew had finished with them. In this way Mr. Skinner has been seen In "Rosemary" and "The Liars," and has done very well with them. Ills manager, Joseph Buckley, said In this city once that he and Mr. Skinner would like to have first chance St one of tho new English comedies, but Ir. Frohman, having a great deal more Influence and money, willed otherwise. Last eeason Mr. Skinner entered New York and presented his dramatization of Robert Louis Stevenson's "Prince Otto." Last spring: he was engaged by the Llebler company for a Joint starring- tour with lannor Robson and Mrs. Le Moyne In "In a Balcony." The fact that this venture was recognized as an excellent piece of enterprise It having seemed probable that "Brownlnj? would not go" and was successful beyond all expectation, seemed to have raised Mr. Skinner's appreciation of himself to an unwarranted degree. x x x Mr. Skinner is now in northern Wisconsin taking his vacation on the trout streams. He soon will go to Chicago to begin re hearsals of the Boker-Barrett version of "Francenca da Rimini." It so happens that & young Englishman named Stephen Phillips has written a play in blank verse dealing with the same old theme and entitled "Paolo and Francesca." This work has been hailed by the best critics of England nd America, including William Dean Ilowellf. who ranks Phillips above Edmond Rostand, as one of the finest pieces of foetlc drama written in the last half of he century. George Alexander has the acting rights of Mr. Phillips's play both in England and the United States. He will produce It in London this autumn. It eeems needless to say that Mr. Alexander Is one of tho foremost actor managers In the world. Without first explaining that he could get the acting rights to "Paolo and Francesca." which explanation U absolutely necessary. Mr. Skinner has announced that he does not think much of Mr. Phillips and his play. "Phillips's play," says Mr. Skinner, "is beautiful poetry, but poor drama. The young author palpably understands nothing of stagecraft." The cock-sure Mr. Sklnr.er apparently doe.s rot know that Mr. Phillips was a successful actor before he found that the public demanded so much of his poetry that he had to leave the etage. XXX "Phillips's work is full of poetic sweetness, but poetic sweetness cannot compensate for the lack of dramatic strength. An American audience will not sit in a theater three hours to listen to a lot of rhetoric." continues Mr. Skinner. As this statement has been printed gravely In many newspapers, and in one of large circulation in this city, as If it were of final authorltv. it is probable that a great number of persons that see Mr. Phillips and Mr. Skinner in their true proportion are smiling malignantly when they think of the actor's pronouncement, rnfortunately. the fact that large audiences have applauded the artihial climaxs of such Hays as "Janice Meredith." "When Knighthood was in Flower." "Richard Carvel." and some of Mr. Skinnor's melodramas reveals that a reat part of the public will accept, as manv re ws papers have accepted, what Mr. Skinner savs as the truth. whn his statement should "showlip in Its real light the effort of an actor to make the public believe that his goods is the best of the market. It reminds one of a bargain counter advertisement. Second Week it t the Park. "An Innocent Sinner." a melodrama new to this city. ill be offered at the Park Theater this afternoon and to-night. Mixed with Its sensational scenes are sonss a?id bits of comedy. This pl.iv will hold the taye until Thursday, when "Causht In the Web." a "detective" m lodrarna. acted by a new company, will com ti stay the re.-t of the week. It was .- e n at the P:rk last seaKon. A "Net. Piny ly Martha Morton. A new' pl.y by AI if ilia .Morton h. not been seen for four years, but tili reason Herbert Kelt and I'.tl'n' i-'h. union will pr - em a new pro !,; t of thl il;c- wri ;la , work Tin name of the new piece i "rr Ijrd ard Master." Tho heroine U an

American girl that marries an English nobleman. Ten years tigo the New York Herald aave Miss Morton first prize In a play contest. Her play was "The Men hart." arid it was produced by the A M. Palmer stork company at the old Madloii-5juare Thealer. William II. 'rane nse.l "A Fool of Fortune" and "His Wife's Father." by Mis Morton, and one of Sol Smith Rus.seir mo't uccres?ful plays. ".V Ha'-heior s Romance," also was written by her. The press agent of the Kelcey-Phannon company make this hilly announcement: The play calls for characters of social breeding, and two voung society men of Boston. Cerald Fairbanks and William L'lllott. have been engaged to Interpret these roles, when they will make their premiere stage appearance. Mr. KrndnPn Latest Helmke. Just when the London papers were congratulating George Alexander for having obtained Mrs. Kendal to play Lucrezla In "Paola and Francesca." she announced that because of an objectionable line it; the play she could not ttik the part. Mr. Alexander has engaged another actress. Mrs. Kendal loves such characters as that in The Hitler Miss Blossom." in which she last was seen here. Her new exhibition of her somewhat strained pose as guardian of the virtue of the drama is now creating amusement in London. Ada Hehan had no objection to the part of Lti'-rezia. but her American engagements prevented her accepting it. and If this actress is not shocked the many readers of Mr. Phillips's play In this city have, no reason to fear, after Mrs. Kendal's statement, that they do not know a "bad line" when they see it.

Henrietta ro man" Pinns. Hnrletta Crosman. who divides with Mrs. Fiske the honor of being the only Important anti-syndicate actress, will play "Mistress Nell." a story of Nell Cwynne. after she begins her tour until she reaches Chicago, where she will be seen as Viola In "Twelfth Night." Later she will produce Mrs. Sutherland's "Joan o' the Shoals." Joseph Kilgour will be the leading man of the company. lie was last seen in this citv with Kllta Proctor Otis, in "Sportins Lite." NOTES FROM RAM'S HORN nr.v. Fi.UAit r. nnow.x ot ex. TIHKLY niPFRRKVr. Han Adopted Simple Style of Preaching-, lint Often Looses an Kplsrnm. Th Rev. IJlljah P. Brown, known far and wide as "Ram's Horn Brown" from his former editorial connection with a religious journal of that peculiar title, occupied the pulpit of Central-avenue Methodist Episcopal Church yesterday morning and delivered a sermon on the subject, "Our Dark Days God's Good Days." Mr. Brown took as his text a part of Psalms xxx. 5: "Weeping may endure for a night, but Joy cometh in the morning." The discourse was based on the story in the twenty-fourth charter of Luke, describing the trip of two disciples from Jerusalem to Emmaus on the day of the resurrection, their meeting with Christ, whom they took to be a stranger, and Ills unique, method of "opening their eyes" by expoundin? to them the scriptures beginning with Moses and the prophets. Mr. Brown has to a large extent abandoned his original epigrammatic style of preaching, which brought him both fame and fortune, and now contents himself with ;i plain, straightforward exposition of the Bible. IUre aad there, however, In yesterday mornlnjr's sermon the style characteristic of his early preaching and writing cropped out. Some of these striking sayings were: "We will find out some da3' that some of the greatest names In neaven were scarcely known here and some of the great names down here are scarcely known up there." "It is a splendid thing for Christians to travel in pairs as they go through this world, a splendid thing for them to do, for it Is a hard thing to get to heaven alone and a good thing to have the fellowship of another Christian, especially on dark days, so we can tslk over the difficulties with some one that has been through them." "There seems to be a special promise for pairs. We are told in the Bible that 'one shall chase a thousand and two shall put ten thousand to flight.' and I have an Idea that the power of the. e hurch to-day would be greatly increased if the membership were divided into pairs people that are having fellowship together." "Paul and Silas rang in prison together, but there is not a word on record of them singing anywhere else. Probably they got to talking about God .and his wonderful goodness and their hearts been me so full that they just broke out Into song." "Too many Christians are going along without thinking that there is anybody else, of how they might help somebody else and how they might get help from somebody else." "If these two disciples on the way to Emmaus had not been traveling together that day maybe the Ixrd would not have appeared unto them. The scriptures make it very plain that there is something in the way of spiritual blessing that comes by Christians being together that does not come any other time." GOP AND TIIS SALOONS. "Oh, how It would lelp us if we could only believe it continually that the Lord Is doing according to His i"ork! These mn expected that the kingdom was going to be restored and that Christ was the man that was going to be their king, and that He was going to set up His kingdom again in a more glorious way than it had been In the days of Solomon, and because it had not been realized according to their expectation they were in darkness and sadness, and the sole reason for their sadness on that day was because they were mistaken in their idea and in their plan. God never does anything as we expect Him to do it. He did not take slavery out of this country as we expected Him to. "So there are people to-day who have narrow ideas as to the way in which the saloon is to be taken out. but God will give us as great a surprise on that lino as He did in regard to slavery. He won't take the saloon away as we expect Him to. but He will take it in such a way as that w shall know it is a manifestation of God." "There are certain tMngs that (t l can tell uj in darkness that He can't tell us in the sunlight, certain things that God can tell us down here that He can't tell us in heaven." "Our dark days may be our best da vs. because they may be God's days. Lie days in which God will take us very close to himself ami tell us something He could not tell us in heaven, and that Is one reason why salvation is something the angels want to look Into. I loi't blame tlieni. They want to look into it because they want to know more about God." "If those disciples had not known more about the scriptures on thru dark day than the average church number does today the Lord could not hav si id very much to them." "You can't op u the Riblr anywhere without having an introduction to i'htist. Open the book anywhere and read on. and vou will read to t'hri-t." "There are two ways of knowing the Lord Jesus after the fesh and aftr the spirit. Those disciples knew Him before the resurrection knew Him alter the ile-h. They may have been following Him during all the years of His m!nitr. heard the things He said and seen the things that He did. but they did not know Him as they knew Him afterward. And there i mich . thing as our doing the same thin;;. may know Je-: int liectu.! 1'y. we mav know His history, wr may he .uisrd that He suffered und r Pontius I'jlite. and vet it may be sltnplv a M Imelh'ctusl knowledge of Christ." 'Alter AJiHi) iiot into ttoubtt- God ould do somt thing for him: (Jod coal. I udl him things He couid not possibly, tell him in the Garden of F.n. I verijy b ii.-ve and I sjy it without irreverence that I can Ml an aliud thU hus lied l.i the presence of God tho:ini!U- of vears. I tan t II him thing about jo, i thdt he do- s n;,t know. He 1m nevi r h id :n;!lpox. He don't know what God ti do for a mat: in that tix." Mrni mid Hain l:i rixotm. TCfSoN. An:., Au;. . :. - K.: informs t ntini'c to i - -! t'v. t'TM Arizona lid ii"i'!iHi:. s-, i . i;.. 'I'm- road from miMi,i to G Iii: r.' t .i h-üMy washed out. sici i-iiii tril .s. A 'no-ri an.- r .t!:r-tortn i'd Ti:cs :.. o. -! r I tne is works. ;.! -t- bl..vn down.

ORDER WHERE CHAOS WAS

Gltr.AT WO UK t( OMPLISHKIl I X si ati: l.i:itlv'S OFFICE. HeiMiriU to the nmber of .1S.OOO Hefile 1 mid Heindeied A Hein rkaMe Legnl Machine. Attoiiu-ys and others whose business leads thni to th- office of the clerk of the Indiana Supreme and Appellate courts have had their attention in the past few weeks drawn to the striking improvements that have been made in the furnishings of that department of the state Kovemnient. A large number of steel tile cases, together with other steel office furniture, all of the latest and most approved pattern and of the best workmanship, have been put in place in the different rooms belonging to Clerk Robert A. Hrown's suite. This is the second lot of steel furniture placed in thcr elerk's oftke since Mr. l.rown took office. Although possibly the attorneys and others who have been visiting the office. with regularity have not realized It, the fact is. nevertheless, that the office of the clerk of the Supreme and Appellate courts has been completely revolutionized in the past few years. For a number of years the records of the highest tribunal in the State were kept on flic in the town of Corydon, and afterwards moved to the old Capitol in Indianapolis. When the old Statehouso gave way to the present structure, while the new building was being eroded, the court records were kept In temporary quarters on Capitol avenue, near Washington street. When the records were finally brought to the new Capitol the file cases provided for them were wholly inadequate to allow of systematic filing. A part of the rcord.s were kept in the basement room under the main apartment of the clerk's suite, and these were inclosed in separate tin cases disposed along undressed hoards. Another part of the records rested In file cases of styles as variegated as the colors of Joseph's coat in a basement room on the west side, opposite the clerk's oltice. In order to gain access to these papers a trip had to be made through the first-floor corridor of the Capitol to a stairway at the north em, and Ioiik hallways in the basement had to be traversed in addition. It was almost a day's journey to and from the records of the office. Hy the time Mr. Prown entered the office all facilities for Illing under the old plan had been practically exhausted. P.ecause of lack of an appropriation for Introducing a modern system of filing, records in pending cases were being kept in wooden tile cases, and these documents, involving the life, liberty and property of citizens of Indiana, were constantly subject to great hazard from lire. ni:-riLi:i) documents. Clerk Hrown at once prepared a bill, which was passed by Ihc legislature, providing for the purchase of ivew steel file cases and furniture for the protection of all current records and indexes, also for setting apart rooms in the basement immediately under the clerk's suite and for the construction of a lire-proof rtalrway connecting the upper rooms with those tene.th. The rearrangement of the old tile cases and the introduction of new ones made necessary the transferring and reindexlng of every reeord and paper in the office. A large number of territorial records are on nie In the clerk's office, and these, together with tho record tiled since the adoption of the Constitution In 1816. have now reached the number of .T8.0OO. The rettllng and re-indextng of these records has been a stupendous task, but It has been performed by Mr. Hrown's office force without extra compensation from the State. A striking feature of the r.ew furniture in the clerk's offW-e is the steel counter, with its granite top and base, which is declared to be one of the best that has ever been constituted for a public office. It has all the mr c.ern conveniences for the quick and systematic handling of office blanks, indexes, dockets and records. The tt)e cases are of I he very latest and best pattern, and thoir workmanship and finish is such that they are expected to be as good a hundred years from now as on the day of their instellation. The arrangement of the records In this oflVc ts now. for the first time in the history of the State or. at least, for the first time since the occupancy of the new Cap-itoi-In accordance with a system that will he permanent so long as the business of the higher courts is crmlucted along the lines in vogue at present. Th shifting ot the office from Vineennes to Corydon. from Corydon to the old Statehouse, from the old Statehous to temporary juarters and thence to the new budding, without providing1 adequate filing r&cnities, lett the records in an unsys.ttmatlc and chnctic condition for many years. There are frequent calls on the part of the courts anil members of the bar rcr old records, and formerly It took from thirty minutes to half a day to find one. Now any record can be found within five minutes, and when brought back can bf replaced cjulto as readily. HANDLING NKW CASKS. Mr. Prown doe.-? not tak" any especial credit for the remarkable transformation that has been wrought In his office. He realizes that pitvious incumbents of the office have been prevented from making improvements by lack of an appropriation. Not only have extensive c hanges been made in the matter of systematically filing old records, but the same course has been pursued In reference to causes pending before tne courts. This part oT the work of the clerk's office i.; in charge of Chief Deputy George H. Hatchelor. Since the new rules of the hizher courts were adopted In Mr. Hitcheio. has rearranged all pending cases according to the dates of their submission, and all such enses have been entere! on a trial docket in euch court, and cases that have been advanced on order of the court have been entered on what is termed an advance docket. The clerk now keeps four dockets for each court in addition to the general issue dockets. The cc.ses are arranged on these dockets in such h manner that they may be che ked -ip so that no case can be nassed or ov'-rlctked. Fnder the present arrangement th clerk keeps seven more dockets than were kept under the ild rules. The rule r iiiring reconls ami papers in cai-es to be kept en file after the time has expired fr l i 1 ! n x briefs does away with the practice which was !) puite general, of attorneys holding records a long time and thus dolaying the lecislon of cases. Ca.es are now taken up and decided in their proper order. There has been a constant and marked i:icre:se in ihe work of the two higher courts within th past few years. In .May. 1S:T. ther w-re J" cases pending in the Supiem Couit and ."to in th' Appellate Curt. In Miiy. lvs. there were pending in the Supreme Court ::;'.l and in the Appellate Court 402 cases. In May. 13:, the Supreme Court h'cd l'i Pentling cas-s ami the Appellate Court 4lo. In May, PW. there were perdins in the Supreme Court .MS cases ind hi the Appellate Court "M'l. In May, laöl. after tho passage d' the low allowing certain cases to be transferred from the Supreme to the Appellate Court, the pending -ases In the former court numbered enly while tr se in the Appellate Court numbered r.47. PKOGKKFS OF A CASK. Mr. Uatc'u !or av an interesting explanation f th- various steps in the pussage of a ase through one of the higher courts. "When a case Is filed in the Suprcin' or Appellate Court.' he said, "the reconl is marked filed as of that date and the case is thereupon enteifd on the issue docket of tli court In whli it is liied: also upon th' clerk's submission docket. From the Submission locket 1 determined the late whn the case is submitted, which is usually thirty days after It is filed. When a case is submitted all subsequent proceedings lat from tho day of submission, the briefs being icquinu to be on tile within a certain time after submission. After the briefs have been filel th case j entered on the trial locket of the court according to tlu date f its submission. :wl is then taken up and lec'ded in its proper order. If it is k criminal case it is entered on th" adv;ine oorket instead of the trial locket. The Supreme Court and each Uvi-oon of the Appellate Court has a trial locket kept by the clerk in which civil cases are entered, and an advance docket in which nr entered all criminal as-s ;tiu! such civil cases as t!u- eurt chooses t hae advanced from th!r regular rder on account of some emergency th-tt makes a speedy lecislon necessary or advis.tble.' Among the other improvements that have been male iti the office ince Mr. Hrown 1- i-iinc clerk ;! new arp ts. rujis .mh; window- Irissii'gs. which combine with the other appointment to maV: the -uite ur.e of the niot comfortable and convenient in the Statehouse. Mr. Hrown Ins compi!.! a list of th iudm and attorneys of th" Stut. which lias ben published and distributed for the' c.m in e jf .,11 who huve business with the higher courts ami with the numerous other tribunals or the State. He aI:-o had

the printed calendara or dockets of the Supreme and Appellate courts rearranged to conform to the modern methods that have been Introduced into the office. A CASE OF 1734. When the new rules of th two higher courts were promulgated last November Clerk Brown had them published, with a complete index, and also provided a complete system of annotations, an Innovation that has been heartily appreciated by lawyers throughout the State. The oldest case on file in the clerk's office bears late of August, 174. Jt consists of an affidavit mado by William Kelley. which Is interesting enough to reproduce here. Kelley says: "This Informant, on his oath. deposth and saith that he hath reason to believe there are now present in the Indian country of the Wabash certain Indian traders namely, Jean Pierre. Lawrent Glvoult and Granger, with others unknown: and that as he. this informant, believes they the said Jean Pierre, Lawrent Glvoult and Granger have In their possession, or the possession of one or moie of them, a quantity of such goods and merchandise as are usually vended to Indians, but without any license for vending th same, contrary to the act of Congresg in that behalf made and provided." This oath was filed in the chambers of G. Turner, at Vineennes. The first case to reawh decision on its merits under the old State. Constitution was that of Mills against Conner, which was an appeal from a finding of arbitrators against Mills for $275. The Supreme Court reversed the case for the reason that it did not appear in the record that Mills had agreed to arbitrate the matter In dispute. The case was appealed from Dearborn county and Is printed in the first volume of Justice Blaokford's reports. A RESTAURANT TRUST

KAYH DANGER MENACES TIIK HELPLESS HOARDERS. Proprietor Trylnsf to Form a Combi, iiutloit to Raise the Price of MmU. A quiet effort is being made by restaurant proprietors In Indianapolis to form a combination for the purpose of raising the price of meals in order to "break even" with the high prioes they have to pay this summer for produce and vegetables. If the organiration Is formed an effort will be made to Include In the "trust" the leading boarding houses in the city. A meeting was held In a prominent downtown restaurant yesterday morning, and several proprietors were present. No definite plan of organization was decided upon, but they were all of opinion that something will hav to be clone in the way oi a mutual benefit association to make their business profitable. They claim they cannot afford to set three meals a day to the hungry multitude at prices made when vegetables and produce were much lower than they are now. After a long discussion it was agreed that another meeting will be held to-morrow night, and before that time the men promoting the organization of the "trust" will make a canvass of the restaurants uml endeavor to interest a majority of the proprietors in the scheme. To make the combination effectiva the boarding house keepers will be asked to Join. It was arrud that there should be an Increase of at leaat 25 per cent. In the price Tit meala. and a few believe In making a still greater advance. The high price of all fruits and vegetables is accountable for the proposed action of the restaurant people, as they claim they cannot make a profit by selling meals at last year's prido and paying on an average of 40 per cent, more for their supplies. A DAY IN YELLOWSTONE TOMt OF A PAI1TV OF EPIVOKTII i.EACii'Kns i)i:schiiii:i). Iter. 1). A. Robertson Snyn isht I! rou slit the Ilenr Out of Their ( nvrrni. Th Rev. D. A. Robertson described a Sunday's Journey In the Yellowstone Park by a party of Kpworth tourists, at the East Park M. E. Church last night. In part he said: "As a cup of water dipped from a lake a single leaf pluckel from a tree or a single feather from the wing of a bird so I bring you a single day of our Journeyings in the wilds of the West, reserving more extended report for some future provided occasion. "It was a party of thirty who. grouped together as a single band, was doing the l ark, of whom I speak. We journeyed by means of carriages and camps furnished us by the Wylie Company. A week had spec! by a week among boiling springs, rushing rivers, lofty mountains and roaring geysers, bounding deer ar:d scampering bears amidst the tangled forests of that wild country that the United rftates government has seized and devoted to a park. The end of such a week found us camped beside a quiet lake. "Sabbath morning came to us with unusual brightness and beauty. Breakfast over we gathere! about a blazing fire in the center of the camp, observe, a fire quite necessary, because of the coolness of the morning. Here we sang, 'Nearer, my God, to Thee.' 'There is Sunshine in my Soul Today,' 'Blest be the Tie that Pdnds,' and many other such song, followed by earnest prayers, not forgetting the Mear ones at horno." and Imploring God's blessings for the clay. "Then th drivers shout 'all aboard," and we hustle Into the carriages and speed away into the wilderness again, following the course of the Yellowstone river, which furnished constant pleasure to us on our right. The mountain on our left with neautiful cascades with an occasional der springing up, tu plunge the party Jno rapturous shoutings of delight. Xow ami then we come to a boiling spring, we stand amazed. If not dared before this freak of nature, and let our hearts go up to 'the God who formed the deep, and holds the mountains as in the hollow of his hands' who created the waterspouts. And singing by the wayside, we journey on till noonday, when we come to our earny on the side of the Great Canyon perhaps the greatest in the world. "Our teams are put away and. dinner over, we are free to spend the remainder of the day as we will. One suggests we rec'lve our sermons from the rocks to-day. Wandering along the ragged sides of the heights above the roaring waters, we seek other points of vision. Climbing down from crag to Tag, perhaps a thousand feet below the topmast peak we reach what is called Point Lookout. Looking downward beneath us JA) feet we see a towering crag a shaft of rock of perhaps fifty feet upon which the oll eagle has built her nest and hatched her young a place unapproachable by anything. Then we raze from this point down yonder l.'KO feet deeper and there goes that Yellow.-tone river leaping this time over a falls JOS feet high, making a mass of white foam in tho gorge below. "Now we stand appalled at the magnitude sublimity of what we behold. But on we go till we find a half mile further down the canyon ami sit down on Inspiration point. Here the whole vision opens out to us in panoramic- scene ami we gaze and gaze in utter bewilderment of thought and speechless we listen for the footsteps of the Al mighty, who weighs the mountain as in a balanc e. The varied hues f the c liffs about us and below us sent raptures of delight to many of our party. "It was an afternoon of beholding the wonders of God's footsteps, and the lessons were indellibly tlxed In our hearts. The shadows of night gather about us. th bears hid in their dens in the mountain fastness come forth to our camp lor their evening prey the meats we have left. "Then Mtting about a blazing log lire in a circle of fifty or more that hail front miv States, songs break forth m the mountain air. Such singing is seldom heard. It is purely spontaneous and hearty. Christian testimony ami experience then followed for an hour, of a marvelous sort. Queen among us was the venerable and mu h-Ioved .Mrs. Rlshp Joic-e. of Minneapolis. We were uniformly constrained to sav that God's temple was here and we had made a Sabbath day journey with Him. "Such echoes of the great California Hpworth convention are heard North. South. Fast ami West. And one of the best fruits f th- convention Is th- genuln fraternal spirit klnllel between the sections of country as also between the churches. Christianity was given an empha! n th- lacinV coast such as it never had before by the presence of such a ho.-t of Christian young peopl. The hospitality of the coast was unbounded."

PROBLEMS OF THE TIME

TIIOl tillTFI'M.Y AM) l'OIK IUI.V UlClSKI n M. K. INCiAl.l.S. Nit loelon Munt ot He !ndMute I'hi or an Income TaiLtthor question huc! the Truat. In Social Service for August Mr. Melville E. Ingalls, president of the C, C. Kr St. L. Railway Company, discusses some of the problems of the time in a paper entitled "A Glance at the Opening Pages of the Twentieth Century." Through the courtesy of the editor of Social Service, Mr. A. II. Mattox, the Jounal is enabled to present Mr. lngalls's paper in full below: At the opening of this ntw century political events and business conditions are crowding each other so fast that many of us stop and wonder what is to happen next. New developments, new methods, new conditions, new obligations, are upon us. To many the clouds hi the horizon have an angry look and they fear for the future of the Nation. While we may not share their fears, we certainly agree that our safety depends upon the virtue and integrity of our citizens, and it is just as well to look the situation over and make up our own minds as to what should be done to meet the danger, if there is any. In fact, there is nothing better for an individual or a community than to stop and think. We rush along in our mad race, especially in this great country of ours, without much thought or consileratitn. To many people the close of the nineteenth century and the opening of the twentieth is not full ot promise ftr the higher ideals of lite; it seems to them that everything is being sacrificed to the desire of getting rich; that religion, science, truth ami virtue are at a discount, ami the world only thinks f who will win in tho race of piling up millions. It Is certainly time for serious thought. We have come to the parting of the ways; we have crossed the Rubicon. Hitherto we have been a nation in isolation, a law unto ourselves, but fast ships, cable., the intercourse of people, the demands of commtrc circumstances over which we had no control, have forced us from this position ami we stand forth today full-grown and compelled to take our shares of the responsibilities of the world. It may be that this could have been avoided, but 1 have never seen how. It has appeared to me more like fulfilling the unwritten law of the world by which civilization has developed from ast to west. Fr more than 4. lion years Its progress has been steady, and 1 cannot see how we could stay the tide or escape our share of responsibility in carrying out the law of life and fulfilling our destiny, even if we were so disposed. CAPITAT AND LABOR. In any event the crisis is upon us. Our fleets and armies are in the Orient; we are in possession of new lands and countries; we staiid, as it were, sponsor for all the republics ami nations of North and South America. When President Cleveland took his stand in the Venezuelan case and the country supported him we were committed to certain duties and responsibilities in reference to all of our neighbors, and we cannot get away from them. The Spanish war and subsequent negotiations placed on us the burden of controlling and developing other countries. At the same time, when the burden of these obligat liiB is pressing us we find ourselves confronted with a further serious question, which Is continually raised and which mii5t"be eonslder-l the struggle between capital and labor. The organization of the most Immense trusts or corporations ever known has bronsht this to the front. Certainly there are grave Issues to be settled by us as a people and as a nation. Are we prepared to assume all these responsibilities and can we successfully manige them and Ftlll maintain our Republic, still preserve "a government of the people, for the people and by the people?" I am simply suggesting these questions which are being discussed at every lireside and in every home In this country, and which must be considered by every citizen and by all political parties. I ani an optimist and believe- we shall survive all dangers and preserve our Republic, but it will be safer for us If we admit the dangers and carefully consider the best methods of meeting them. FOREIGN POSSESSIONS. Politically we are weak. The "solid South" and our great cities are menaces io our stability. The political ascendency of one party by as large a majority as we have had for some years is an element of danger. The safest condition for a republic fs to have two parties, strong and evenly divhled; then neither side will go very far wrong for fear of the opposition. The great danger as to our foreign possessions Is that with no colonial policy we shall drift along until in a fatal hour we will admit these different countries and islands as "Territories." and then it is so eay to make them "States." Then where will your Republic be. when Presidents are elected by votes in Cuba. Porto Ri?o, Hawaii and the Philippines? You may saythat this can never be; that I am assuming an impossibility, but let me assure you that the danger is already with us. Hawaii has been admitted hs a Territory, and if by chance some party in power should conclude that it needed an electoral vote. It is very easy to admit it as a State, and then your presidential election may be decided in Honolulu. Do you dream that the Republic will last under such a condition as that? Our mistake will be if we drift along without providing safeguards against the danger that 1 have alluded to. We should at once provide by constitutional provisions that no State could be admitted to this Union unless it was composed of contiguous and adjoining territory. This would cut out Cuba. Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Philippines. Then we should create a system of colonial government or a protectorate, as you please so that we may hold our trade and commerce in the Caribbean sea, on the Pacific and in the Orient. For the sake of extending our trade we cannot trifle with the life of a republic. LABOR IS STEADILY WINNING. Is there langer in the future from the great business combinations that are now being made from the trusts? You hear it on every street corner. At every gathering men are inquiring ami discussing it. Has the struggle between capital and labor actually commenced and is the conflict irrepressible? My observation in the last twenty-live years has been that labor has steadily won and capital lost in the struggle which always exists more or less. The compensation of labor has constantlv risen the cost of the necessities t)f jjf0 has 'decreased. On the other hand, the earnings of capital have grown less and less each year, and the responsibility and trouble of keeping it employed has increased. The rate of interest in this country is only about one-half what it was twenty-live years ago. A citizen who retired from business then and decided to live on his income is lo-Iay In comparatively poor circumstances. In other words. If he has stood still he has een the interest upon his capital cut In two, while his expenses have at the best stood still. Capital has been able to exist and increase only when it has been actively cmployed, and if it has been active it has had to employ labor In order to exist. Our law of equal distribution of estates and the prevention of entails scatters wealth. About the only large estate in this country to-dav that 1 recall, which will not be separated and divided among heirs, is Carnegie's, and It looks as though he might divide that up himself. It is rarely that Nrge estates last long in a republic. Children left with large wealth soon dissipate it. The saying that it is only thret? generations from the millionaire to the c!erk in shirt sleeves is generally true, ami it is well for society and for the Na ton that it is true. CONTROL OF TRI STS. Has tlie danger to labor in reused by li e organization of the vyt combinations of to-lay? The trut is no new langer. It is an aggregation of capital nnd.-r a new name. It may be a greater one. but it is only a large corporation the outgrowth of business and competition. How to control it is the question. Publicity and taxation. jU agree, is one way of controlling and keeping the trusts within the limits. L t the fell liRht of day be turned on all their actions, all their statements and all thnr accounts, and provide either by a franchise or license tax that they shall pay their fair share of the burdens of the people, our case is somewhat dlfferrnt from that f England .r other cuntris. and therefore precedents do not always apply. In England, for instance, they have practically free trade, ami there is nothing which the trust wants from Parliament. Here we have u. tariff,

and. to a certain extent, it Is usel as a protection for the corporations, and the prat danger to our institutions is that t h se prn:it uoitruir'illnnn if ivmillh tin v n . 1 : Vor

to control hglslatlon and lo thirgs that . smaller bodies could not attempt. After all, this d.u-.K-r must b m-t. a- a' dangers in the Republic must l and m..-t be overcome by the virtue if the people We must, so far as possible. prtevt "i.r small landl'!d-rs. In theJr hands is tlu future f the Republic. If ou will r-al the history of the empires and republp l hat haw perishe! you will tint! th t their failure dates from the time a1pii the hm ! tlritU-d into large holdings arid were cultivated by tenants or slaves. So far. ther -fore, us It can be dne by legislation our small property holders shouhl be en-oui-aged and they should 1 protected: their burden should be made as light as pos-ib'.e. and capital should b made to p.ty Its lair share of the burden of the stal. Lari;ownerships of 'and should be discmrased ami prove ntnl. FAVORS INCOME TAX. Our system of taxation is the c-rudet n the civilized earth, with possibly the exception of Turkey and some of the Oriental countries. The laws of every State arc different, and, by means of thi.-. 1 trge aggregations of capital avoid paying their share of the cost f government. We art jut learning that a franchise tax is the easiest collected of any. and probably .e of the fairiest ways of raising revenue, of course, those who manage corporations wi'.l object, as everybody loes. to paying taxe-, but nevertheless it is right and proper. Those that have the prote-tion of th state should bear their share of its burdens. I have always believed in an income tax. and have thought thet the decision of our Supreme Court against the constitutionality of such a tax was one of the- most unfortunate occurrences of the age. " should have u tax on all incomes, large or small, exempting a moderate amount as most of the States exempt a certain amount of property from execution and levy. This country is so rich that, with u fair system of taxation ami economy in expenditure, the tax rate will be so low that it will not be oppressive, and thus you will encourage and protect your small property holders. The real defense of the Republic, to my mind, is Its home governments your States, your cities, your towns. Do not t-e lel away by the glr.mor of your wealth and success and the talk of your greatness and neglect your home affairs. "Though vast the token of our future glory. Though tongue of man hath told not such a story. Surprising Plato's dream, Moore phantasy, still we Have no new principles to keep us free; As nature works with changeless grain on grain The truths the fathers taught we need again. Still must we keep In every stroke and votS The law of conscience that the Pilgrims write: Our seal their secret, liberty can be The state Is freedom if the town is free." STATE RIGHTS. The doctrine of State rights is not a popu lar one. but I sincerely believe that we must come back to it if we would preserve our government. Our fathers were wise in their day, And they provided a system of checks In order to preserve the liberties of the people, and they also reserved to the people all rights rot expressly granted. The conflict to determlno whether this country should be all slave or all free nearly destroyed these checks. It made the doctrine of State rights unpopular, ami for u. quarter of a century we have been Irlfting towards a strong government at Washington. Our people rush from State legislatures to Congress,' from State courts to I'nlted States courts. Fnder one pretext or another the right of the State Is broken clown, and the cry is always for a strong government, forgetting that the more you condense and crowd Into Washington the more danxer of corruption and wrong. Change this and keep as much at home as you can, so you cran watch what is done. Then, indeed, shall we transmit to our children this fair heritage that we received from our fathers. It is the last hope of man. and if It fails here then there is no more chance for free government for centuries. The seeds of liberty that were sown on the shores of the stormy North sea and transmitted here by our fathers, planted by them, nourished and cemented by their blood and handed down to us must not be' lost. If we do our duty as citizens they will be preserved to ourselves and our children for this twentieth and succeeding centuries. RUBBER-SOLED CIRCUS. Mckel-Plnte Shorr Han ' Come llnshfully to Town. The Nickel-plate circus has violated all precedent. No press agent visited the newspaper offices with a bunch of exciting stories of marvelous happenings in the circus's family; no advertisements have been put in the newspapers; only a few lithographs were pasted up in the city. The circus slipped into Indianapolis Saturday night, with scarcely any citizen knowing it. The Nickel-plate circus has been in ex-it-tenee eighteen years. It is one of the "good, old-fashioned, one-ring shows" that the earliest romer tells about. The menagerie consists of a trained elephant, severul trainel lions and some performing horses. These, with acrobats and a sideshow, compose the repertory of the Nickelplate circus. Two jrformances. afternoon and night, will be given to-day on the West Washington-street grounds. YACHT BOILER EXPLODES. Two Pemoiis Fntnlly und Several Very Severely Iluriied. M'KL'L'SPORT, Pa., Aug. 11. Two persons were pr.4ably fatally burned and a dozen more ir less severely Injured as the result of an expl iion on a pleasure boat in the Monongahela river, near Peter's creek, this morring. Robert Crlswell and Harry Osborne, both of th!. place, were so badly scalded and burnei all over the body tnat they prooably will die from the- effects of their injuries. Among the other passengers scalded arc. Steve Rroskie, W. N. Campbell, James O Smith. J. K. Henry and Kdward Miller, all of MeKeesport. None of these will die, though all are seriously burned. Of the eighteen passengers aboard the yacht none escaped burns. The yacht Qual! was owned by W. N. Campbell. She hai just started on a pleasure trip up the Monongahela riv-r. when two of the tubes of the lmilcr blew out and In an instant the entire boat was enveloped in a cioml of escaping steam anal f!ames. All the pa? ngers .iumi d into the river and after much trouble were rescued by campers alon;; the bank. WOODS WANTS HELP. AppenU for Aiil to Clenr III Lit ml of the Siiiiiitler. FORT SILL. O. T.. Aug. 11. -J. R. Woods, the prize-winner in the land lottery, who claimed a strip along the Lawlon towusite to the injury of Miss Mattie R.-als. theKansas telephone girl, has app'ale l t -tjovernor Richards, who conducted the opening, to have government troaq.s put a stop to trespassing on his homesteaal. Telegraphic communication i suhl in have passeal between Judge Richards anal Maj. II. L. Scott, commanding olHcer at Fort Sill, but no official rder ha: yet been p.iven. Squatters are now camped on nearly eve ry lot in the p acres of Wootls's hom -steal. They have sunk wells and contracted for the erectiam of frame buildings. Woods professes to be niu once rued. His lawyers leclaie that if his homestead rights arc denlel ery other homttad entry Is worthless and cImos will prevail. EARTHQUAKES RECORDED. eimictt rn pli nt lclerlH MiiMteel Seiernl Seere l)itliirlfiiiea. VICTORIA. Ii. C. Aug. 11. -The 'i.-mo-.traph at the- tue l otolgl al off':, e h -re on Friday recorde! s m- very sev-r sho- l;s of arthtuak v. Hch the sup-'-rinteudent believe u. i urii fl in Ala.-ka. as tlie reconls ;.re similar t th"se nude when the last t art In ilia ken H-aniied up north. The preliminary tremors commenced at l:"' a. in. ami outln.ied until the- j-u-.ulurn in this interval reeMfdlng .-ewral sc illations. At .":1j another ilsturba nae c -online need, which rapidly n-suiretl immense prop ,Hlti s. until at tin- swing a.f the pendulum had completely -ra-.se-d the reeird pper. nnd it maintained this Insa nt inttvement fr some twvnty minutes. At 1 C ; I freh vibrations began, v. hlch lecMinr very pronounced for tidily an hour.

WHY RELIGION LIVES ON

m:v tiu tu oi i 10 tiii: oiui it IMHM;in:M. scniHMi by Ilt-i. .1. 'um in in ft iuith Itelide! lo llnea Uel' erientlfle I)lnlon. Persons that rad in the Journal sterajy morning Maiy Ian's review of Lrnst Haeckd's "Kiddle of the FnKe-rs..." and also heard the Rev. J. Funiming rnith snmon on "1 Am Alpha and Omega" at the Tabernacle "hurch yesterday morning, found a relation between the two discu&sions. W!; n thi w as suggested to Mr. Smith he said: "It is an interesting coincidence. I wrote my sermon before I read Miss Dean's an i le." Mr. Smith's sermon was as follows: "If St. PuuIV argumentative letter to the Romans mav he calleal the C.lbr.lltar of the New Testament, the mystical apocalypse of John may 1' called the Adlrondacks. w ith shallow y abysses and heights brooded with claiu.l and inky lakes. "Jesus appeareel t the olal seer at Patmos and leclar-l. I am Alpha and Omega.' At me He claims Deity. "He Is Alpha. In ther wrds. He had the truth that first woke the race toward Cod. Few loubt this. The Jews wer moved bv the truth that dawned upon them. It met tlu ir needs. The higher revelations were withheld or postiHjned. but the Jivine appeal to righteousness charmed the national cnsci nce. A pulley must be lowered to the cialbarrow to lift It. If It fall short a fraction ot an inch its value a a pulley ceases. However high a truth, it cannot Income a motor power unless it is loweretl to our level t R-t hold of tha heart. "Rut is the s un1' Christ the Omega? Will the gospel that awed the world In its dewy, credulous yuth and thrlll1 the Itritona roaming half-claI in swamps be able 1o reach the live modern culture? Ancient Influences h-ometimes beme obsolete: many rr.ir.ds. som sincere, some insincere and specious, aalrnire the power f the Incarnate Cod in F.urojH who at the same tlma feed that that power must wane before tha science of the next centuries. fJOSPL'L AND Tili: P.AOC.AC.C CAR. "Now this springs from the fact that men see no reserve power in Christianity and the ability to hold back truth until It is clue to the world. The gospel is like the baggage car, the baggage man rolls out trunks anl keeps back more trunks, and if you saw your trunk turned out lefore you arrlve! at your destination you would orler It back to the car. "The New Testament, as every scholar knows, .shows a gradual and timely revelation of truth. The whole Piblo does because Ootl knew when to give bread to his children and when t give strong meat. In a large sense the 'brist left to the Holy Spirit the function of bringing forward truths aa the mind of the world grew ripe, for them. There Is more y-t in the. Bible- than ever came out of It. It Is a versatile book because it has this reserve power. "I saw some curbing laid on a suburban road the other lay and It lokl like a ditch r even k wer. It wan se-ral feet below the road level. I asked the foreman about the puzzle and he replied, 'when w lay curbing we do not calculate on the road as it now is, we look ahead to the future conditions of tho street aiul act accordinnly.' "Christianity calculated for the future. It has appeals that are sultahlo to the present situation, it has appeals that now would be premature. Jt baat a. niesMK for I'urope five hundred jears ago, It contalm a dynamic message for America on hundred years henc. Christ Is Omega. If not, we may doubt If ho was Alpha; t all events tho gospel would bo a lOiiutiful illusion. "It is because of this reserve power and the facility with which it accommodates Itself to new contlments and new conditions that the influence of Jesus la immartal. It is practical to be mrc, but every scholar has discovered a singular hlcallsm and Impraetlealness about the-tscimoii ' the Mount. Some forceful ideas in that sermon no more fitted the raw half-savage culture of the first century than the eagle can feel congenial in a backyard. It cravea the awesome cliff line. VISION OF RRLICJ ION'S DEFEAT. "Paradox it sound, but philosophy It Ih, that the New Testament Is loth very practical and very unpractical nnd Utopian. Anl it Is so because it has the grow of growth. It quickens a community of crude heathen anal hires them from their Idols; it also is a drawing power in Edinburgh or even Itoston. "At times eople who glance at the surface of church life mourn the loss of enthusiasm: at times we wonder if the conquests of Fc;icnct will not eclipse the dear old story of the cross; at time we frei that the truth which can thrill low rar may prow lim anal effete In the next few centuries when intelligence will rise and round out to her complete resplendence like the sun; and when we are haunted with this ghutly specter we overlook the fact that always God his exported, as it were, a grand half seen, half grai-d truth from the Rib!e to apply to the new conditions. "It Is a treasury anal there is economy In emptying out its contents: anal we forget further that new conditions often datz'e us because of their new guise. At heart the world is what it was. Trusts. monojHf lies, strikes, anarchy. nigatries in the church.- corruption In iollt1cs these are but the old passions, the ancient greeds cropping out in a new situation. Hence every economic problem Is an ethical one. Hence, too. problems were not given to frighten men. but to stimulate men to wrestle with them and master them. The future certainly wears an anxious and ominous look. At times the horizons are angry with low. toned thunder. Iet us not be afraiJ. however, of the lurid outlook. At least let ua not fear if only the world grows toward the Christ and therefore becomes masterful enough to nurse the storms into peace or the strength that baals to ptilse. "When the Pacific express pulls into Denver th" Rockies loom up as if to daunt it. It ha had the power to draw the weighted cars across the even, easy plains; but loolc at those frowning hills that lie before it! Rut the engine remains calm with the certainty of victory. It knows that tha Rockies began at th Mississippi; that what appeareal monotonous, floorlik prairies waa but an arduous anal toilsome ascent, and It knows that the same force whicn drew the heavy train up that trying slope will b equal to the e ven great r task of f limbirifj mountain sides and skirting unmeltlr. snows. "To match and overthrow the portentous difficulties of the next eenturle w need nothing more than more of Chri.U: anal a ChriJtianlze.l intellect and rommerct is the only key that unla ks the future. Feit of Ilie Auiuttln. Next Thursday Catholics throughout th v.orld will cebbrate the Feast of the Assumption of the Rless.il Virgin Mary. It is ii holMay e.f obligation an ! -will be ob strve! the same as on Sunday. Thri masses will be reaal at St. John' Church, the first a low mass at f o'clock lit th morning, followe-d by a low mass at 7 'c!ack and a h!i.h mass with Mrmon at ! o'clock Vespers and benediction will b held at 7;:m o'clock in the evening. PERSONAL AND SOCIETY. Miss Alice (Quirin h is returned Imme from a vMt in Ohio. Dr. O. S. Rnnne-Is ha. returned frin hla vacation at lupins lake. Mh-hUan. Mrs. S. J. Frazee. of Mast New York street, leaves ta-'.iv for a week's stiiy at Attica. Mr. and Mr. W. ('. Crb'sbv ere ien.1in 5 Augu-t at Atlantic O'o. ipe May an liier I. .i.-ia rn reports. Mr. an. I Mrs. A. W. I'.odecker. of Rekln. III., are it inx Mr. and Mr-. John VY. Minor, a.f :'.-' North .pltol avenue. Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Ste-veii.-on und daughter. Mi.-s !Mi:a Steve-non. i ft to-day for UulTalo anal l ite r will uo to Like Placid for a f w ve k. f j Mi"s lin. Robinsoa i, e.-.iertainlng Mia I I.otta Logdoti. a.f Meridian. Miss., and Mlg l la iv le at r.er riome on .-ortti jp!tl a e-nuc Mrs. W R. W.lls am! d.iugl.ttr. Miss Maud Wells, and Mrs. W. W. Hann. ton n-lil ! Pave to-. lay for Lil!. Ontario. Mr. Well an.! Mr. Hampton will join thin the lpt of ScptemlH-r. They will i-lt Niagara Fallt and the Pan-American LAi-ooition, befor r turning hon.-. notb-r Victim if lite V rrrk, srRlNC.FlFLh. O . Aug. 11. -Mrs. Jeremiah .. Heard. .mmIIht victim f the I lavton. Sprit 11-Id Frl-an.t w re k, of Au'r. 2. died thl afternoon at th City !lospttl. The other twenty-three, who were lajaKl in the wicck are improving.