Indianapolis Journal, Volume 52, Number 297, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 October 1902 — Page 10

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1902.

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IMPORTED WHITE VESTINGS These ere of mercerized fabric, beautifully white and brilliant, just the thing for your daintiest shirt waist, $1.3 and f 1.50 a yard. Fancy German Vesting, in a number of choice effects, 69c a yard. L.SiyPES &co. fnshs flrrotftl Distributors of Tr floods Rings To Fit, the Purse Variety In everything but quality. Our sto ' is replete with rich and beautlfi:l inveltlea. and we're offering thorn at prices that are equally attractive. Not: l.lv fine assortments of rings, pins and ' Jewrlry of all kinds. J'r.i'iue and artistic d-ins and elegant workman-shir-Rxccptlonal values. Every article fully' warranted. IY d a CTav av, ..IMPORTER OF DIAMONDS.. Zooms 2, 3, 4, 18 N. Meridian St. INDIANAPOLIS. THE BURIAL OF SOLDIERS NOT (TO BE INTERRED ALONGSIDE THE PA I' PER DEAD. The liidu' Advocate of the Indiana Department. G. A. R.. Renders i an Opinion. ' I The?j;idRo advocate of the Indiana Department, G. A. R.. ye?t i nt to R. M Siiock. adjutant general of the department, an opinion that Is of much interest to tht old soldiers of Indiana. The opinion was rjlven on request f the Jesse Coppock Post. j. A. R.. of Walkerton, Ind. The communication of the post officers stated that ' r. Is.iiah PoffenbarK r. a member of the p''st, died without means for his burial. The allowed by law for the burial of old soldiers was sufficient to purchase a lot and pay f r the burial in the Lincoln township ceme!', ry. The trustees assumed title to the kt and later buried paupers in the same Jot where the soldier was buried. The officer! of the post asked an opinion as to whetrr the trustee had a right to do such a thifg. The Judge advocate says in his plnhi thaj the post was right and the townmip trustee wrong:. He cited the act of 19") providing for the burial of soldiers not oh a common footing with paupers. The I'vw says that old soldiers should tx burier in any cemetery other than those used (Xclusively for the pauper dead at ar expense not to exceed J."' He says it was the cfear Intent of the law that a soldier and rs widow houii be entirely remove from -he class of paupers whom overseers Of poir were required to make provision for. 'h opinion further says: "It eras highly improper and in violation Of th-; statutes in question for the township trustee to inter in such lot any one other -than a soldier or a soldier's widow. The stldler or his widow is not to be treatad as .one of whom It can be said: " Jtattle his bones over the stones; !Ds only a pauper whom nobody owns.' but a one to whom the Nation and every offlrtHj department of it. from the township trusty up. Is expected to and does and ahoult honor, and is not to be placed In the aame cateajory or class with others whom misfortune has cast upon the public." I CAUSE OF THE STRIKE. Drop: Foraina; Company Claims it Rt l pon a Miarepreaentatlnn. An fflcer of the Drop Forging Company niaue the following statement In resjard fo a suit that was brought against the Machinists' I'nion: In an article in Thursday's Journal referring to a suit brought against members of the Machinists' Union by thj Prop Forging Company It was said that vhe company refused to accept the cale presented by the Machinist' Cnion and Ias held out during the strike, and till ilef uses to employ men at the wages prcsetih.-.! i the This statement mite Phe company in a wrong light The facts Reading to the strike are as follows A mpf-hinHt named Smith rged for reasons satisfactory to the manager of the company, and Smith reported his disha7,L,. tno ,kSnK debate of his union. This Meiegate at the office of the company and demanded that Smith be reinstated at once. This was refuse rri ine nrn in n nd ld that he had causrf he was a unloi true, lind no such the nfn in ?h f.ictorv were then . n...i nm i" en discharaed hedon man. This Is not tatement was mn.ie "Inother words, a strike was called by the yalkina delegate or the Machinists' Union and has been carried on since May whn I rests solely upon a misr presentation. In the shop machinists have alway been Lnd are yet paid more than the union acalelNine hours constitute a day s work Sand o one has ever been discharged for belonging to the union." SH4ADE-TREE PRESERVATION. f Attorney Geaeral Taylor Called I pon for an Opinion. J Attorney General Taylor yesterday renderedian opinion at th. request of the cltiaen pf Crbana. Wabash county, showing that k would be unlawful for the trustees of tr German Lutheran Church of Crbana jto cut down a number of maple trees aXirroiindln the church. It was reported Oast 'he, trustees contemplated th d-ntruc-tlou rif the shade trees that have surlmincfed thr church for thirty vears. Residents of the town objected and asked the attor-- general if thtre is a law to prevent ft he trustees carrying out their pur-p-I Thrlattorney general cited the act whereby ittis unlawful to destroy shade trees In ueilncprporatel towns, and as the church Is : poratlon Its officers can be proseuted if they violate the law. 1 1 ail be airfieJ that the dtlaens secure an Injunction against the trustees to prevent them from idestro vuiK the sh.tde tr.es ewj asanas at $iS and up at Wulehner!

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STATE ASSOC IATION C OMPLETES ITS AXSIAL PROGRAMME. Jobs n. Coekrum InlU. of "The Banks and ihr Traut. " Arunlna; for Ihrlr ProtfctloD. MR. PATON ON PAPER CURRENCY IXDIAXA SHOn.D PASS TNT FORM NEGOTIABLE PAPER LAW. Delegates Alao Hear Many Other Speakers Convention FJnds with Smoker at German House. The final session of the Indiana Bankers Association yesterday was full of good things. The session opened with an address on "The Ranks and the Trusts" by Jchn B. Cockrum. general attorney for the Lake Krle & Western Railroad. Mr. Cockrum spoke as the friend of trusts properly regulated by legislation. Mr. Cockrum spoke of the early individual system of capitalization and the gradual demand for Industries for th. manufacture of such articles of wear as shoes, woolens and the like, and the great combinations of capital that have resulted from the process of evolution. Continuing, he said: "The so-called trusts are nothing but the great commercial, industrial and other corporations of the country now controlling many branches of business. The old industrial trusts were formed by combining several Institutions into one organization and operating the whole by means of a trustee, who las U Cid the trust certificates. Many -of the owners of the several branches of the particular Industry combined Into the one to be operated by the trustee. "The present manner of combining independent corporations is that a new organization is created which takes over and controls subsidiary organizations. All of the stock and property of the constituent companies is taken over by the new company and it issues fts own shares of stock as an evidence of the interest of the shareholder in the combination. "The Tans by which one corporation may take over the property of another corporation are defined and must be defined by the law of the community where the organization is perfected. "In the development of our country It has proven true that the combination of I ital in the form of partnerships, stock companies and corporations has been necessary to do the business, instead or" having it left to individuals alone to carry on all the commercial affairs of the people; and it has developed at this period in the country's history, with the increasing population and the changing conditions cf the people, that other and larger corporations and combinations must be formed in order to carry forward the general commercial and industrial affairs of the land. It has also been demonstrated that the most practical way to form the large organizations necessary to our advanced conditions Is to combine the small plants located in different parts of the country together with such increased facilities as may be necessary to do the business. If larger corporations are formed by which the business of all the smaller companies is provided for and the money necessary to supply the plant of the new organization is furnished; if the business of the subsidiary or constituent companies is carried forward, all of the labor formerly engaged by them is kept employed and the output which they are prepared to make is still provided, together 'with such additional output as may be necessary to supply the increased demand, how can it be insisted that such organizations can be hurtful unless the privileges accorded to them are abused? ME.iMXG OF THE COMBINATIONS. "The number and size of any such business organizations cannot terrify the ordinary American citizen. They are but the means to carry on the larger business interests of our people made necessary by the country's development. The American people are not satisfied with small things. We boast of our advancement In the world's progress. We have achieved more as a nation in all things in the short time of our national existence than any other nation in all the world. We do large things without terror. We do them in a large way. We boast of our great institutions. We are proud of our great advancement in all lines of business throughout the country. And the pride that we feel in this great success, prosperity and progress is the wonder of the people of all other countries. "We are Justified In feeling proud of the conditions that surround us. In order to do the business of this great country in the large way that we as Americans do things it has become necessary for the organization of the larger combinations and institutions which are erroneously denominated trusts. "Honesty and fair dealing are as requisite in handling a large business as in handling a small one. What harm can come from the conducting of a business with a $100.000,000 capital if conducted properly any more than In conducting a business of $1.000 or fl.000,000 capital? It requires more brains, more muscle and affords employment for more men. "In providing a law for the creation of corporations to carry on the business of the great commercial and Industrial pursuits of the people opportunity for scrutinizing all the acts of such a company, and in the manner in which the business is to be carried forward, should be afforded to the public authorities, and it should be made their duty to investigate fully Into such company's affairs. "None will deny the fact that it is harmful to have combinations formed and stock issued which may be placed in the hands of unsuspecting people at far greater value than represented by the property owned by the corporation. None will admit that a corporation should be formed and its business conducted so that no one may know anything about it when thousands of people are likely to be injured in the Investments they may make of the stock of the corporation. OF HELP AND BENEFIT. "But certainly all must agree that when such combination of capital is made as will insure the production of large quantities of manufactured goods so that the greater demands of the people may be satisfied; when such corporation is carried forward so that Its acts may be known and understood by the people generally who desire to be Informed, and no evil can result from such organization, that the same can in no manner be hurtful to the country, but on the other hand must be of great help and benefit. "The same can be said of all the great insurance corporations, railroad corporations, banks, trust companies and other business institutions wherever located." Mr. Cockrum said all the combinations that had been overcapitalized and had been organized on an insecure basis had gone to the wall. All the others had not diminished the quantity nor the compensation of labor. In conclusion he said: Thus I believe and insist that I have assumed the right position when I say that combinations of capital for the purpose of transacting the industrial and commercial business of the country are not hurtful to the people when conducted upon honest lines, according to fair buslm s Ideas and in a way so that all of the people may understand their methods of operation and dealings. "The banks are a powerful influence in ail1 of the busine. affairs of the countr and the banks will have great and powerful influence over these combinations of capital recognized as trusts. The banks occupy a piece in the business world so that they keep thMr touch upon the pulse of business conditions and know absolutely all general movements and business tendencies. And the banks can and will he powerful in controlling the operations of the trusts. By lending influence to those organizations that are organized upon right lines for the benefit of the general business requirements of the community and by discouraging those that are organised upon unfair lines and to the detriment of the people, the banks will have become a powerful agency for the regulation of these ombinatlons in tije interests of the people, and will thereby secure to the whole people a wholesome condition of

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i trad rrnv nr out of these advancing con ditions that will be beneficial to our general prosperity." Mr. Patoas Addresa. The address of Thomas B. Baton, editor of the Banking Law Journal, was regarded as one of the most important ever read before the Indiana association. It dealt with uniform commercial currency, a subject that has been the cause of special legislation in twenty States. In his address Mr. Baton said, '.n part: "I propose to confine my remarks to one 4luestion only, and that Is the question of he enactment bv the oeonle of Indiana of the uniform negotiable instrument laws, for it seems to me that among the most important Questions . deserving the consideration of a body of bankers are those which grow out of the interstate dealings or commerce of the people of this country, and which relate to the commercial instruments whi( h are given in payment and settlement of trade transactions instruments which might not inaptly be termed the commercial paper currency of the country. Questions concerning these instruments, while they primarily concern the bankers and the merchant in their resp the callings, are no less important to the welfare of the entire people. When the Constitution of the United States was adopted and the regulation of the specie and currency of the country devolved upon Congress, the railroads and the steamboat were unknown, interstate commerce was in its infancy, and the negotiable instrument, as a substitute for money, had not attained to any degree of national importance. The bill of exchange, the promissory note and the bank check were looked uon only as subjects for local regulation by the people of each State. As it was in the beginning so it has continued. From the beginning of our government down to the present time negotiable instruments have been regulated locally, and not nationally, except certain rules of the federal courts, which are not binding, as law, upon any particular State. This ini. -pendent State regulation of bills, notes and checks has been by a two-fold method, legislative and judicial; it has been without any special regard to these instruments having any circulation outside of State lines, and without any special regard to the rules of other States. As a result each State has provided a special set of laws upon negotiable paper which differ, to a greater or less extent, from those of other States. "The banker in this State who discounts for his customer a commercial note which has come from Kentucky has learned on more than one occasion that the Kentucky and the Indiana standard of negotiability are not alike, and he has often paid dearly for this knowledge. The banker in New York, or elsewhere, who has purchased from the owner the certificate of deposit of an Indiana bank, payable In current funds, has more than once learned to his surprise that such an instrument is not negotiable in this State, but subject to whatever defense the issuing bank may have against the original payee. And so all along the line, from Maine to Texas and from Klorirla tn thp Papffio a thnncunrl experiences could be cited of money lost uei-nuse inings were not as tney seemed to be. To one who looks deep enough into the records of past transactions there is disclosed a vast cemetery filled with the whitening bones of lost hopes and lost money, that have been embarked on these treacherous carrying vessels of commerce and have failed to reach the haven of redeemabillty. Instead of the commerciaT atmosphere of the nation being clear and cloudless, it is infected with a vast miasma of delusive commercial substances, injurious to the financial health of all who absorb them. "We have arrived at a period of time when there is a crying need for uniformity throughout the entire country in the standard of negotiable paper. It has come to be an absolute Impossibility for the commercial purchaser in any State to know all the details affecting the negotiability of paper governed by the laws of all the other States, and unless a banker has the wisdom of Solomon and the head for detail of a Cuvier he cannot conduct his business without great risk of loss. Just as the national government protects the taker of a bank note or other form of government currency in Its redecmability at full face value In gold so the respective state governments should afford protection to the taker of a negotiable instrument to the extent that if it conforms to a prescribed standard it shall be redeemable at Its full face value, so that the only risk left to the purchaser will be as to the solvency of the parties who are to pay it. INDIANA SHOCLD ACT. "The people of Indiana should perform their share in this work of protection, and the way for doing this has already been paved. The uniform negotiable Instruments law has come to the front to supply the need. This law provides one standard of negotiability for commercial instruments, a uniform rule as to the methods of its transfer, as to the rights of the holder and as to the liabilities of the parties. This law has already been enacted in eighteen States, oni Territory and la the District of Columbia twenty jurisdictions in all. It has become a law after due investigation and consideration in the New England States of Massachusetts. Rhode Island and Connecticut, in the Middle States of New York. New Jersey and Pennsylvania, in the Southern States of Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina. Florida and Tennessee and in the Western States of Wisconsin, Iowa Colorado, Utah, North Dakota. ashington and Oregon, a total of eighteen btates besides the Territory of Arizona and the District of Columbia. And in addition the legislature of Ohio has recently passed this act and it will become a law in that State on the 1st of January next. The people of Indiana should at once place this law upon their statute book and make the negotiable paper currency of the State conform to the negotiable paper currency of all other States In which the law has been enacted. In so doing they will reap a twofold benefit. "In the first place, they will have the great benefit of knowing what the law of their own State is upon the subject. When the law reposes in the bosoms of the Judges or even when it is scattered in a hundred volumes of reports of decided cases it is not in such a convenient form to be readily known and understood as when it is established in a corflpact body of published rules accessible to all. Not many years ago the bankers in the State of Indiana held the belief that a promissory note pavable with exchange was a negotiable instrument It TO9 JrKarded in commercial circles, and the Indiana courts had not then made anv rule upon the subject. The banks freely took such notes as negotiable Instruments SS !he. YmTJm one of the banks in this State learned to its sorrow as the result of a lawsuit that such a note was not negotiable paper in Indiana, though some States regarded it otherwise, but was open iKitnewdfenBe of fail"re of consideration This shows how difficult it is for a banker to know even the law of his own State berore it is proclaimed and how much better an established set of rules would answer the purpose of business. There are manv 2SK5. lu be ou.nd ,n the Indiana reports which show the losses to bankers and business men from mistaking the laws of their h" Si?1?' and tne 8ame tnin Is true of ether States. EFFECT OF THE LAW. "But in addition to the benefit of a better knowledge of the law of their own State, the people of Indiana will, by the enactment of the negotiable instruments law, also have the immeasurable benefit of knowing that the laws of other States, whose negotiable paper they take, are the samefor the time Is fast approaching when this law. already adopted in nearly one-half the States, trSQ prevail throughout the entire country. When the commercial paper currency of Indiana is made to cona lhe comreal paper currency of rh.KStVefJwhlch h&ve adopted this law, then the hidden but injurious obstructions to the free course of trade between the people of Indiana and of the other States T, .Iem.ov1d and tne ,0es which reV ltl he tMinkers and business men of th. fi ' w attempting to do business despite these obstructions, will no longer occur. There are no politics in the negotiable InKrum"ts law; 11 ha8 found enactment in the Democratic State of North Carolina equally as In the Republican State of Pennf wn.ai ther an" class legislation in it. it is equally to the benefit of all "Now it may be asked in the event the negotiable instruments law Is adopted in Indiana, in what way will it change the existing law of the State, and will it cause any serious injury or inconvenience by a possible uprooting of old customs or laws0 I cannot see that any injury will be caused to local Interests by the adoption of thi law. The old negotiable paper Statut, of Indiana was enacted in the year 1shortly after the State was admitted to th I'nion. At that time bills of exchange were regarded as negotiable according to the customs of merchants, and, the statute provided for two classes of promissory notes. One class of noies which were payable in money, or in property, or for the performance of conditions, were made assignable by indorsement; the assignee might sue the maker in his own name, but he had to allow any setoff which the maker had against the assignor before notice of the assignment: and the assignee might sue the lndorser.

having first used due diligence to collect the note of the maker and having failed to do so. This class of notes was not negotiable in the commercial sense in place of money. The other class of notes provided for were the negotiable note. Provision was made that notes in writing for the payment of money to order or bearer, made negotiable and payable at any chartered hank in the State, were negotiable as inland bills of exchange, according to the custom of merchants." The last address on the programme was by Granger Farwell. of Chicago, who discussed "Secondary Reserve." By this he meant the bonds, other than government and municipal, held by banks. He said the present unprecedented prosperity and the organization of great consolidations had restricted the abiiitv of banks to loan their funds, particularly short-time loans. This, he said, offered opportunities to invest in public ntility bonds, such as those of water, Kas. electric light and traction corpontions, which are allied to municipal bonds through contracts and franchises. As so many of the first lien bonds of railroads not listed for purchase in the Eastern saving? banks were acceptable investments. Chicago banks, he said, have invested an amount almost equal to their combined capital and surplus In bonds and in New York the banks have invested more. DISTINGUISHED VISITORS. Among the visitors to the session were controller of the currency. Robert J. Tracewell, of Washington, who was in the city for a few hours, and John Ade, father of the humorist, whose fables are a feature of the Sunday Journal. Mr. Tracewell was sought for when the time came for short speeches, but he could not be found. Mr. Ade responded by telling with some drollery, of his founding of the bank of Morocco nearly fifty years ago. when the place was remote from railroads and postal facilities. He continued the development of his own bank from that time as an Index to the development of the business in Indiana. Other speeches were made by W. L. Moyer, president of the National Shoe and Leather Bank of New York. H. A. Smith, vice president of the Western National Bank. New York, and H. C. Chapin. vice president of the National Bank of North America of Chicago. The executive council, after unanimously re-electing Charles L. Farrell. of this city, secretary, approved a resolution urging the Indiana Legislature to make an adequate appropriation for the representation of the State at the world's fair in St. Louis in 1904, and the resolution passed unanimously. R. J. Parvin, of the Mercantile Trust Company, who came here to boom the St. Louis show, expressed thanks for the action. A resolution of condolence over the death of S. A. Morrison was also passed. THE OFFICERS ELECTED. The committee on nominations then reported the following officers for the ensuing year, who were unanimously elected: President R. L. O'Hair, of Greencastle. Vice President W. W. Bonner, of Greensburg. Treasurer C. E. Coffin, of Indianapolis. Members of the Executive Committee F. L. Powell, of Madison; C. C. Church, of Muncle; John Perrin. of Indianapolis; A. F. Ramsey, of Crawfordsville; J. J. Monyhan, of Orleans. Vice Presidents at Large O. N. Frenzel, of Indianapolis, and Henry Reis, of Evansville. Delegates to the National Meeting C. T. Lindsey, of South Bend; P. T. Kelsey. of Indianapolis; Charles L. Farrell. of Indianapolis; D. A. Coulter, of Frankfort; Will Irwin, of Columbus; A. K. Jacobs, of Kcndallville; W. H. Gardner, ot Valparaiso. District vice presidents: First District-William L Rudd, of Rockport. Second District Jerard Reiter, of Vincennes. Third District James N. Andrews, of New Albany. Fourth District-H. C. Johnson, of Seymour. Fifth District Preston Hussey, of Terre Haute. Sixth District E. L. Elliott, of Middletown. Seventh District Gavin L. Payne, of Indianapolis. , Kighth Distrlct-J. W. Goodyear, of Bluffton. Ninth District W. H. Marker, of Tipton. Tenth District Charles Murdock, of Lafayette. 0 Eleventh District-H. B. Shively, of Wabash. I A-elfth District John W. White, of Fort Wayne. Thirteenth District W. S. Huddleston, of Winamac. ENDING OF THE SESSION. An address that was on the programme was that of Henry W. Yates, president of the Nebraska National Bank, of Omaha, on "Branch Banking and Assets Currency." Mr. Yates was prevented from coming by a bereavement in his family. The address was missed, as Mr. Yates is recognized as one of the leading bankers of the West. After the adjournment of yesterday s session the delegates spent the afternoon in visiting the local banking houses and in trolley rides on the interurban roads. Among the visitors yesterday was Vice President Ira D. Ruck, of the Illinois National Bank, Peoria, and Cashier Judson. of the Chicago National Bank, who Is secretary of the Illinois Bankers' Association. Last night he programme was completed by a smoker for the delegates at the German House. The guests were entertained by Harry Porter and Harry Murbarger comedians: C. L. Dletz. who told German dialect stories: the Indianapolis Male Quartet. E. E. Noel, musical artist, and Harper and Harper, from the Empire. Tne entertainment was a fitting ending of the two days spent by the bankers here. During the two sessions over 250 delegates regis tered and over 100 visitors. The Commercial Club's assembly rooms were Inadequate to hold the attendance. BAD NEWS FOR INSTITUTE

A REPORT FROM WASHINGTON ABOI T PRICE OF ARSEXAL SITE. It la Said the War Department Will Demand More than $ lrtO.OOO for the Grounds. Last night the Journal received the following dispatch from its Washington correspondent: "The War Department is now awaiting the arrival of the report being prepared by the appraisers appointed to appraise the site of the old arsenal in Indianapolis. The department is not disposed to let the site go at the figure the national technical institute offers, so they have concluded not to do anything in reference to the sale of the site until the report of the appraisers is received. It Is claimed by the department that the appropriate value of the site Is from $250.000 to 1300,000. while the technical institute only offers $150,000. Inasmuch as the new army post is to be constructed with the money obtained by the sale of the old arsenal the War Department is anxious to get as much as possible for it." The Rev. Sol. C. Dickey, when the above dispatch was read to him last night, said: "Well. I cannot feel that the import of this is accurate. I think we will go on with simple faith that what we are trying to do will turn out all right. There has been no report of the appraisers, as I have been assured by one of them tonight." FISHER S CONDITION CRITICAL. A Third Attnck of Hemorrhage Threatens His Life. Frank Fisher, the vaudeville actor who was seized ten days ago with strange hemorrhages of the gums, suffered a third attack yesterday afternoon, and his physician. Dr. Westover, pronounced his condition critical last night. Dr. Westover said his condition was such that he could not hope for ultimate recovery from the strange malady. Every effort is being made to stop the flow of blood, but with only partial success. Cain und Schnfer Reprimanded. John A. Cain, hose company No. 19, and August Schäfer, truck company No. 6, who were tried for unbecoming conduct, were sent back to their work by the Board of Public 8afety yesterday. The two men were reprimanded and cautioned not to repeat the infractions quarreling with citizens on Blaine avenue.

L TRADE EVILS IXTEMPF.RAXCE DISC t SED AT THE FRIENDS' MEETING. Christian Churches Invited to Fori ulate Plane b Which Drunken, nees May Be Decreased. CONFERENCE CALLED FOR 1906 LEGISLATION AGAIXST THE Li Q I OH TRAFFIC IS I'RGED. A Kansas Man Praises Carrie NationWork of Foreign Missionary Boards To-Day's Programme. The Friends at last night's session of the Five Years Meeting being held at the First Friends Church, Alabama and Thirteenth streets, decided to ask the co-operation of all the Christian churches in the country in the riddance of the liquor evil, and to this end adopted a resolution introduced by James Wood, of New York, the chairman of the business committee of the meeting. The resolution preambulated with a lengthy discourse of the evils of the sale of liquor in tne United States and its subsequent results, and ends with the resolution that a call be issued inviting the representatives of all of the Christian churches of the country to a meeting in Washington in 1906. At this meeting the hope is expressed in the resolution that the churches of the country, represented by the foremost exponents of the articles of faith of each, will formulate some plans by which the prevalence of drunkenness may be decreased and the cur of its evil effects growing out of the sale of liquor may be made. Previous to the adoption of the resolution advocating the formation of a national temperance conference the audience listened to the discussions of representatives from each of the yearly meetings present in this Five Years Meeting. The reports of each representative dwelt at length on the drinking habit as indulged in by the American people, and the result It would have on the growth and prosperity of the country's good. In the paper prepared by Rufus M. Jones statistics showing the growth of the saloon business in the United States and the increase In the number of liquor drinkers were shown. In addition to this Mr. Jones enumerated the efforts of temperance people in tne suppression of the liquor evil, and he quoted many decisions of Indiana and other State courts showing that If properly prosecuted the saloons can be driven out of business. He advocted the strenuous effort of the Friends in the canvass of their neighborhoods for remonstrances to the licensing of saloons, and asked that the antagonism to this evil be made one of the objects of this meeting. He argued that the presence of saloons iti the dwelling communities of the United States accounted for the presence of crime and said that this would not be if the Christian believers would but attempt to enforce the closing of the places selling liquor. MR. PRETLOW S REMARKS. Bobert E. Pretlow. of Wilmington, O., talked extemporaneously on the temperance question. Mr. Pretlow stated that he is a Prohibitionist and has helped his party to a partial success in Ohio during the bigger part of his years of majority. He said that the prevalence of saloons Is ruinous to the young men of the country, and, therefore, to society. He hoped the day would soon arrive when the Christian people would get together on the temperance question and formulate some measures of resistance that would be effective. He said in part: "We got the Nicholson bill in Indiana and the Piel bill in Ohio. In Arkansas and Kansas and other States we have made progress. The question is yet unsolved But do not think that we should lose hope because we have failed In stamping out the liquor business in the United States Neither should we be content with resolutions of church bodies. If resolutions of churches would abolish saloons all of the saloons would have been driven out of the country years ago." Edwin McGrew, of Oregon, spoke on the liquor question, but said that the topic had been a question for so many years, and he could offer no solution but the reposition of the faith of the Friends in Providence and the prayers of good Christians to the Almighty for a stoppage of the evil Mrs. Emilie Underhlll Burgess, of New York, a member of the Women's Chrlstion Temperance Union, talked for five minutes on temperance. She advised that there should be no compromise with evil. The Friends should adopt resolutions and order some efforts that would accomplish the purpose, was her advice. She said that If nothing could be done to help the men addicted to the use of liquor, the women and children should be cared for and the effort of all good Christians should be to secure from the evil example of intemperance the children of the homes of depraved people who persist in the use of alcoholic stimulants. She advised a trust in God. and said that the workers for temperance who reposed their trust in God would not fail in their endeavors. FOLLOW KANSAS EXAMPLE. ChaiFman Edmund Stanley spoke shortly on the question. Mr. Stanley is from Kansas and is the head of a college in Wichita. He spoke from the standpoint of a State that has ridden its citizens of the saloon evil and he advised other States to follow the example of Kansas with legislation that will make impossible the establishment of saloons within their borders. He said: "Saloons are a public nuisance in Kansas. Whisky Is an outlaw and the saloon keepers Anarthists." In speaking of the work of Carrie Nation, of Kansas. Mr. Stanley said: "If there had been one hundred Carrie Nations in Kansas and in Wichita when Carrie Nation struck that blow to the saloons of Wichita, there would not now be a saloon in that city and neither would there have been a Kansas woman incarcerated in the Wichita Jail." Mr. Stanley said there is no need of the temperance people forming a party of their own. Instead they could properly remain with the old parties, but. by pledging themselves not to vote for any many who favored the liquor business or any man who is known to be connected with the interests of liquor, no one could be accused of bolting. Mary E. Cartland. of North Carolina, and James Wood, of New York, also spoke on the temperance movement among the Quakers and advised the work of the Friends toward the establishment of temperance among the people of the United States. During the afternoon session of the meeting, a finance committee was appointed as follows: David C. Maxfleld, New England Yearly Meeting: Robert J. Murrsy, New YorkMiles White. Jr.. Baltimore: W. Aipheus White. North Carolina: Joseph A. Goddard Indiana; Melton P. Hanson, Western Indiana: Cyrus Beede. Iowa; Thomas Folger. Kansas: John B. Peele, Wilmington; Jesse Edwards. Washington, and Washington Hadley. Washington. FOREIGN MISSIONARY WORK. Mahalah Jay, of Richmond, who first spoke on the "Present Condition of the Foreign Missionary Work of American Friends," dealt with the work done by various yearly meetings of the society. The first of the Friends to enter the foreign missionary fields was Samuel A. Purdue and wife, who went to Mexico in 1871. began their work at Matamoras. which was the establishment of missionary headquarters and reformation of many natives from their tribal beliefs. The mission started there In 1872 is stld In existence. A girl's school at that point started twenty-nine years ago Is still maintained, together with a school Tor boys, which was started there od tn Victoria several years

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after the girls' school. This fall a school of higher grades for the study of the Bible will be established and in It will be placed a numbr of the best teachers of scriptural history to be found in the Friends' Church. Ministers have been recorded in the Frl. nds' Church who are graduates of these sch'Xds. The work of the missionaries of the Iowa Yearly Meeting began in the Island of Jamaica in 1SS3 and has grown to thirteen mlsdonaries. with property worth 116.WW. At the last yearly meeting 16,700 was raised for foreign missions in Iowa. The Yearly Meeting of Philadelphia established Its first mission in 1875 in Tokio. Japan. There are now five missions in that place and two at an out station in the Interior of Japan. The property to the value of $15.000 is held in Tokio by this meeting. Kansas established her first foreign mission In Alaska In 1847 The property ownd by this branch of the church Is now valued at $3.500. At Douglass Island In Alaska theie are three missions and in the vicinity of this place work Is prosecuted for the conversion of the Alaskans. The expenditure last year in this work was $1.400. The New England Yearly Meeting has contributed to the work of the missions of the Friends in Alaska and a number of separate meetings have aided in various missions. The subscription of money for foreign missions by the various yearly meetings has been as follows: Baltimore, 12,129; New York, $4,206; North Carolina. $tji6 Wilmington. O.. $1.192; Canada. $1.128. During 1900 $55,000 was spent In Cuba, the report stated. The subject was continued In a paper by Zenas L. Martin, the missionary from Cuba, who spoke of the work done there by the Friends. FOREIGN MISSION BOARD. A paper by Carolina M. Wood on "The Scope and Work of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Five Years Meeting" was read. The board is being organised and will do much to systematise the work in foreign fields of the various yearly meetings. In the opening of her address she discussed a closer union and greater mutual telpfulnes which may be developed through the Foreign Mission Board of the Fl' e Years Meeting. She said: "We have scarcely fou- years' experience in mission work and we may well learn much from the boards of oth'r denominations. There are strong central executives in every church under whose care every detail of the work is organised. 1 regard the work of organizing the Foreign Mission Board of the Five Tears Meeting, which is being effected this week, as opening great possibilities for improvement in mission work." To-day's programme of the meeting Is: 9 . m. Time for devotion. 9. -.TO a. m. 1. Reports of committees on referred business. Discussion. 2. Methods of practical 'work among rural and urban communities: Ell wood O. Ellis, Richmond, Ind., and Alpheus Trueblood! Carthage, Ind. 2:10 p. m. 1. Practical aspect of the present trend of religious thought: Charles E. Terbetts, Pasadena. Cal.. and J. Ellwood Paige, Lynn, Mass. 2. How can an efficient minister be developed? Benjamin F. Trueblood, Boston, and Dr. Seth Mills, Monrovia, Ind. 7:: p. m. Our present duty to the cause of peace and arbitration: Richard H Thomas, Baltimore, and Prof. Cyrus Hodgin, Richmond, Ind. BISHOP GRANT MARRIED, Ceremony Performed by Bishop Arne nt Wilberforce, O. A dispatch from Wilberforce, O., to the Journal last night reads as follows: "Bishop Abraham Grant, of Indianapolis, and Mrs. Mary Louise Armstrong, of Houston, Tex., were married this evening at the residence of Bishop B. W. Arnett The event was very simple In all its arrangements and the attendance was limited to a very few Intimate friends. The ceremony was performed by Bishop Arnett and the couple left this evening for Indianapolis, where they will reside." Bishop Grant resides at 3349 North Pennsylvania street, and arrived home with his brhie last night at 11 o'clock. She was the widow of the late Bishop Armstrong and was formerly matron of Wilberforce University. New Indiana Incorporations. The Hub Manufacturing Company, of Indianapolis, Incorporated yesterday with $24,000 capital. The concern will manufacture hubs, spokes, handles and other wooden articles. The directors are Fred J Bosler, Abram J. Brake and Harlan G Bosler. The Citizens' Telephone Company, Fairmount, Incorporated with $10,000 capital The company will operate telephone lines in Grant, Wabash, Madison. Howard Blackford and Delaware counties The Richmond Handle Company, composed of New Castle men. Incorporated with $10,000 capital. The incorporators and directors are J W. Maxim. George H. Maxim and J. A. Greenstreet, all of New Coptic 4 Henschen la Lucky. Fred Henschen, employed at the Nor-dyke-Marmon works In West Indianapolis, who lives on Union street, is now regarded as the luckiest man In the city. Last May he drew $7.500 In a lottery He did not spend the money for candy and toy ? but invested it In real estate. Last night when the returns from another drawing was reported to the genial Roval Hammer. Henschen found that he had hit f. eLdaPItal prlze and w an additional $5.000 better off. Not only this, but he has held a number of other tickets during the past six months that have won him considerable amounts. John Connors Scalded. John Connors, a boiler washer employed at the Vandalia roundhouse, was seriously burned by steam yesterday morning, a steam valve on one of the engines blew out. Connors was in a direct path and received the gseater volume of the steam He was taken to 8t. Vincent's Hospital' where his injuries were pronounced not BIG FOUR ROIT1C. Excursions Sundur, Oct. 26th. 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