Marshall County Independent, Volume 5, Number 44, Plymouth, Marshall County, 13 October 1899 — Page 3

TALMA HE'S SERMON.

DEWEY THE SUBJECT FOR LAST SUNDAY. I rmn T-t, .t.sro-. Cliaprrr 3, Wr 4, "'Uhi: "llthohl AN the S:il;is" A I:rti-w f Our '.iml llT-i auri M of Oll.fr N.li.. i. II this exclamation was appropriate about e-ighte.n l.uad:ed and seventyt.vo yo.i!.i ago. v.i.en it .vas written o:ccrnir.g the crude fishing smacks irl sailed Lake Galilee, how nuu-h more appn pr iiiie in an ate which has :.'iur.cli fiom the diy docks for purposes of peace tlie Oceanic of the White Srsr line, the Lucania of the Canard lint. th- Kaiser Wilhelm der Presse of lire North Herman Lloyd line, the Ai;gt:.iia Vktoiia of the Harn-burg-Anieriran line; anil in an age which for parp.se.s of war has launched the crf".-3lci;:p like the Idaho, the Shenandoah, the Otsipoe. end our ironclads like the Karamazoo, the Roanoke and the Luudcrbtig. nod tho.-e which havf already keen buried in the deep, like the Monitor, the Ho;uatonic i nd the Vtd:awken. the tc-m pests ever ince sounding a volley over tneir watery s; pnlchres; and the Oregon. End the lüookiyn, and the Texas, and the- Olympia, the Iowa, the Massaclmv:tis, the Indiana, the New Vcrk, tn? Marietta of the last war, and the roarrtd veterans of war shipping:, like the Constitution, or in? Alliance, or the Ccnsi-lhs.:Iua that have swung into the naval yards to fpend their las! la3, their decks now all silent of the fret thai trod them, their rigging all .i'.ent cf the hands that e'ung to them. their portholes silent of the brazen throats that once thundered ort of them. If ia the first century, when sar vessels were deperdent on the cars that paddled at the side of them lei propulsion, my text was suggestive, with how much nioie emphasis und meaning and overwhelnvng remirdscenee we tan cry out. as we see the Kearsarg? lay arross the hows of the Alabama and sink It, teaching foreign nations they had Letter keep their hands ot our American fight, or a3 Me sec the ram Albemarle of the Confederates running out and in the Itoanoke. and up and down the ccat. throwing everything into confusion as r.o other cralt ever did. pursued by the MiF-mi. the Ores, the Sooth field, the Ficsaffis. the liattabesett. the Whitehead, the Commodore llul!. the Loui Itna. the r.iinne.sora ano other armed vc?ee!s. all tring in vain to catch her, until Capt. Gushing. 21 years cf age. ?.::d bis men hhnv her up. himself ?nd only one othr.r escaping: and as I se? the flagship Hartford, and the Kichir.opd, and the Monongah'.da, with o-l. cr Tv.n'.Kars. sweep past the batteries of Port Ha.i.-on. and the Mississippi tlow.s for vr free to all northern and southern craft, and under the lire of Dtwry and i is men the Spanish f -h'ps at Manila burn or sink, and the f f et rushing out of SaiUi.igo harbor are detr.oli-died by our guns, and the t.-r. e Orvera .surrend'-:.. I cry out with a p:: trior hr en,t:on thr.t I cannot suppress if i would, and would not if I r.ou'd. "Jit hold also the ships." Full justice has bsen done to the rr.-n who at different times fought on the land, but r:ut enough has been said of those who on ship's deck dared and Miff er-.ru all things. Lord Cod of the livers and the sea. help me in this K-'fmon! So. ye acmiral. commander?, captains, pilots, gunners, boatswains, sailmakers. surgeons, stokers, m?smates and seamen of alt names, to use your own parlar.ee, v.e might as well Ret under way and etand out U: rea. Let all 1 xt:d lubbers go ash re. Full speed row! Four bcl's! Never since the sen 'icht of Lepanto. where COO royal pulleys, manned by r.P.COO warriors, at sunri?e. S-pr. tk 3571. met 2"0 royal 3iJ?y manned ty :2;.."j0 men. aad in th" foor hours of baltle S,0.)-') ff I on one side, and 2.VK0 en the ether: yea. never since the day when at Artium, thirty-one years before Christ. Augustus with thip; raUerc i the ships of Marc Antony, and gained universal dominion thf prize: yea. since the day when at Salamis t'ie l.ZO'j galleys of the I'erMans, rnanr.'d by :;(fCO men, were rru-M-d by (Wrecks with less than a ib'r.i cf that forte; yen. never since the time of Noah, the fist ship aptain, has the world Keen sin h a rnirucr.'ous crraticn as that cf the American i.i.vy in Tl.ere were about -CO avaiiable r:a-n-.en in all the naval stations and rer.'ivir. shins, nud here and there an r' 1 vessel. Vet orders were given to bVx-kcde C.f.fe mil". 5 of searo-.5t greater than the whole coast of I'urrp. and besides that the Ohio, Tcnr.osee. Cum be: land, Mississippi, anl (i.hr great rivers, covering an extent of I'.CO'J miles, vre o be patroüed. No v.or.dcr the v hole civilized v. arid ?t irto guffaws of laughter at the s-'iaing impossibility. Un the wtrk w?.s done, done almost immediately, to'ie thoroughly, and don? with a f;ed and consummate Bl'i'i thit cüp.-ed all the history of navai ardiiteiture. Wliat brilliant achievements ate suggested by the mere mention of the rames of the rear-admirals! If 11 they did fhould be written, every orip, J suppose that even the world it-elf could not contain the books that thould be written. Dut these namc-s have received the honors due. The i'.ot cf them went to their graves i nder the cannonade of all the forts, : avy yards and men-of-war, the Hags .f all the shipping and capitals at halfmast. I recite to-day the deeds of our naval heroes, many of whom have not yet ;c( rived appropriate recognition. "Iieboid also the ships." Af we wi'.I never know what our national prosperity i3 worth until we realize whit it cost, I recall the unrecited fact that the men ct the navy in all our wnrs ran especial ri3ka. They had not only the human weaponry to contend with, but the tic!e3, the fog. the storm. Not like other ships could they run in'o harbor at the approach of an equinox, or a cyclone or a hurricane, because the harbors were hostile. A miscalculation of a tide might l-rwe them cn a tar, and a fog might overthrow all the plans of the wisest commodore and ad

miral, and accident might leave them not cn the land ready for an ambulance, but at the bottom of the sea. as when in cur civil war the torpedo blew; up the Tecumseh in Mobile bay, and nearly all cn board perished. They were at the mercy of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, which have no mercy. Such tempests as wrecked the Spanish Armada might any d.iy s voop upon the squadron. No hiding behind the earthworks. No digging in of cavalry spurs at the sound of retreat. Mightier thnn all the fortress on all the coasts is the ocean when it bombards a il;;tl!Ia. In the cemeteries for Federal anl Confederate dead are the bodies of moot of those who fell on the land. Hut where those are who went down in the war vessels will not be known until the sea gives up its d?ad. The Jack tars knew that while loving artn misht carry the men who fell on the land and bary them with solemn liturgy and the honors of war, for the bodies of those who dropped from the ratline into the sea, or went down with all en board under the stroke o! a gunboat, there remained the shark and the whale and the endless tos-.ing of the sea which cannot rest. Once a year, in the decoration of the graves, those who fell on the land are remembered; but how about the graves of thos.e who went down at sea? Nothing but the archangel's trumpet shall reach their lowiy bed. A few of them were gathered into naval cemeteries of tl:e land, and we evrry year garland the sod that covers tli- m; but who will put fiowirs on the fallen crew of the explcded Westfield and Sha w sheen, and the sunken Scutufield and the Winfidd Scott? Uullets threatening in front, bomb.? threatening from

above, torpedoes threatening from beneath, the ocean, with its reputation of. C.C(f) years for shipwreck, lying all around, am I not right in saying it required a special courage for the navy in 1Sj. as it required especial courage in 1SJS? It looks picturesque and beautiful to see a war ves.-el going out through the Narrows, sailors In new rig singing "A life on the ocean wave, A home cn the rolling deep!" the colors gracefully dipping to passing ships, the decks immaculately clean, and the guns aW quarantine firing a parting salute. Put the poetry is all gone out of that ship as it comes out cf that engagement. Its decks red with human ldcod. whe-?lhouse gone, the cabins a pile of shattered mirrors and destroyed furniture, steeringwheel broken, smokestack crushed, a hundred-pound Whitworth riu shot having left its mark from port to starboard, the shrouds rent away, ladders splintered and decks plowed up. and smoke-blackened and scalded corpses lying among those who are gasping their last gsp far away from home and klndi cd. whom they love as much as we love wife and pu rents and children. O, men of the American navy returned from Manila and Santiago and Havana, as wvll as tho-e who are survivors of the naval conflicts of lSU'i and LvJ4; men of the western gulf squadron, of the east era gulf squadron, of the south Atlantic squadron, of the north Atlantic squadron, of the Mississippi squadron, of the Pacific fquadron. of the We.-t Inr'Ia squadron, and cf the Potomae fioiiila, hear o'ir thanks! Take the benediction of our churches. Accept the hospitalities of the nation. If we had our way we would get you rot only a pension, but a home and a princely wardrobe and an equipage and a banquet while you live, and after your departure a, catafalque an l a mausoleum of sculptured marble, with a model of the ship in which you won the day. It is considered a gallant thing when, in a r.avs! f:gfct, the flagihip with its blue ens gn goes ain.v.d up a river or into a b;:y. its admiral standing in the shrouds etching and giving orders. Hut I have to teli you, veterans of tli e j Ameri-'r.n navy! if you arc as loy:il I to Chrht as you were to the governJ mert. thrr' is a flagship sailing ahead of you. cf whk-'.i Christ is the admiral, and he watches from the shrouds, and the heavens are thi blue endgn, and be le?ds you toward the harbor, and all the broadsides cf earth and heil nnnot damage you. and ye whos- g li ne -nts were ouce re J with year own blood shall have a robe washed ar.d r.i:'de white in the blood of the Lamb. Then strike eight bells! High noon in luaven! While we v.rc heartily greeting and banqueting the sailor-patriots just now returned, we must not forget the veterans cf the navy now in marine hospitals, or eper.ding their old days in their own or their children's homesteads. Oh. ye veterans! I charge you boar tip under th.- sches and weaknesses that yon still carry from the war times. You are not as stalwart es you would have been but for that i:crvour strain and for that t nilic exr.oiurc. Let every ache and pain, in stead of depressing, remind you of your fidelity. The ranking of the Weehaw I;cn oft Morris Island. U-.'c. 0, lSG't. was u mystery. She was not under fire. The r?a was not rough. But Admiral Dahlgren. from the deck of the flag steamer Philadelphia, saw her gradually sinking, and finally sh? struck the ground, but the flag still floated above the wave In sight of the shipping. It wa3 afterward found that shf sank from weakness through Injuiies in previous service. Her plates had been kncck?d loosj in previous times. So you have In nerve, and muscle, und bone, and dim med eyesight, and difficult bearing, and shortness of breath, many intimations that you are gradually going down. It is the service or many years ac;o that is telling on you. 15c of good cheer. We owe you Ju:t r.s u.uch as though your life blood bad gurgled through the scuppers of the ship in the lied river expedition, or as though you bad gone down with the Melvil! off Hat terns. Only keep your f!ag Hying, as did the illustrious Weehawkcn. Coed cheer, my boys! The memory at man is poor. and all that talk about the country never forgetting those who fought for it is an untruth. It does forget. Witness how the veterans sometimes had to turn the hand organs on the street to get their families a living. Witness how ruthlessly some of them were

turned cut of office that some bloat of a politician might take their place. Witness the fact that there Is not a , man or woman now under forty-five years of age who has any full appre- ;

ciation of the four years' martyrdom of 1SGI to 1SC3. inclusive. Bat while men may forget. Clod never forget3. He remembers the swinging hammock. He remembers the forecastle. He remembers the frozen ropes of that January tempest. He remembers the amputation without sufficient ether. He remembers the horrors of that deafening night when forts from both sides belched on you their fury, and the heavens glowed with ascending and descending missiles of death, and your ship quaked under the recoil of the one ; hundred pounder, while all the gan- j ners, according to command, stood on tiptoe, with mouth wide open, lest the concussion shatter hearing or brain. He remembers it all better than you remember tt, and in some shape reward will be given. God is the best of all paymasters, and for those who do their whole dtuy to him and the world, the pension awarded is an everlasting heaven. n itery rising. Frequent interruptions by peddlers and agents cf all sorts are naturally looked upon by busy men with anything but equanimity. Over the door cf a lawyer's office in Boston hangs a skull and cros-boncs. and underneath I is the simple inscription: "This was a . book agent." It is said that the hint j has been of value to many subsequent j visitors. When a man has acquired a j national reputation, the unwished-for demands upon his time assume alarming proportions. The persistence of unwelcome guests seems to recognize no obstacle. Mark Twain once told j Kudyard Kipling an amusing story of one of the worst cf his persecutors, and Mr. Kipling has given it to American readers in his recent volume, "From Sea to Sea." "I spend," said Mark Twain, "nine months of every year at Hartford, and people come in and call at all hours. The fifth man, one day, was the only one in tha crowd who bad a card of his owr He sent up the card, 'Pen Koontz. Hannibal, Missouri.' I was raised in Hannibal. Pen was an old schoolmate of mine. Consequently 1 threw the house wide open and rushed, with both hands out, at a bi:r, fat, heavy man, who was not the Pen I had known, nor anything like him. 'Put it is you. Pen, I said; 'you're altered in the last thousand yea:s.' The fat man said: 'Well, I'm not 1.. ontz exactly, but 1 met him down in Missouri and he told me to be sure and call on o ), ünd he gave me his card, and here he acted a little scene for my benefit. lf you can wait a minute till I get out my circulars. I am not Koontz, exactly, but I am traveling with the fülle.-1 line of lightingrods you ever saw.' I shut the door. He was not P:n Koontz, exactly, not my own schoolfellow, but I had shaken him by both hands, in love, and I had teen Len rued by a lig)itninjrod man in my own hoiiie." T! lfoinl.'ir'Ii-r llf.-tle. It would alrrcst seem as though the inventor of the modern shell had got his inspiration from wan hing the bombardier beetle, as Watt got his of tha steam engine by watching a boiling kettle. The bombardier beetle is a strange insect, a prety, blueish green creature, somewhat under half an inch In length. It is often found lurking untie r stcr.es on the banks of a river and when disturbed rus away at a good speed, di-charging its "natural artillery" as it runs. There is a puff of b!u iih white tmol.e, accompanied by a detonation just us though it was firing guns at its pursue: s. The astonishing thing is th::t it keeps on firing up to more th: r: twsnty times, and apparently it lo -. : o by some compressicn e:f the body, for after the beetle is dead tie di-charge of ammunition can be continued by merely squeezing the body. The itcv. Theodore Wood, the British naturalist, who has studied the habits of the bombardier, is of opinion that the miniature ordnance is due to the prc.-ence in the body cf a highly volatile liquid secretion, stored in natural reservoirs, and that when it tomes in c mtact with the air on emission it vaporizes with such rapidity as to cause n detonation. The object would seem to b? purely defensive, for there i?: no mis. lie, only an arid odar, and a pungent lipuid which makes the finder sm:.rt. I'p t' t: M ii)irooin"i Mouth. One of the Dorics of the late Victor Cherl.uHez. the Fr-- n h-Swiss man of letters, illustrates finely the true spirit of the publisher. Buloz. the editor cf the Revue cits Doux Mondes, onco had at bis country home in Savoy a numerous comp. ny of iitorary people, one of whom was CI;?ubuIiez. Cher- ! uliez contributed regularly, every other year, a novel to the columns of the Revue, cm! a story of his was at that ti?iie running in the periodical. The gut st s had been out for a walk, and had amused themselves with gathering mushrooms, which were cooked for id liner. As the company were sitting down, it occurred to one of the party that undoubtedly some of the people who had taken part In gathering the mushrooms knew nothing about them, and that there might ba poisonous funei in the collection. Thia reflection so affected the company that all the people present, with the exception of Cherbulicz, declined to partake of the dish, lie alone attacked it, with gusto. Thereupon Buloz showed sudden and Intense alarm. "Cherbulicz! Cherbuliez! What are you about?" he exclaimed. "Remember that you haven't finish d your story in the Revue!" Greatly to his relief, the mushrooms turned out to be innocuous, and the story was finished. WltHfn tb I'neT Weary Watkins "But wouldn't you like to ree prosperity comin on so strong that every workln' man would have a full dinner pail?" Hungry HigBlns "What's the use? He'd take it in and set it sommers where I couldn't git at It." Indianapolis Journal. Tin Work of Mavr. Women do the mining in Colombia, No man with any self-respect can ba induced to engage in that occupation, because in Spanish times It was tht work of slaves.

Venezuelan Arbitration Commission Renders Its Verdict. CONSIDERED A COMPROMISE. The Decision, While Depriving Venezuela of Much of tlie Kith Land t'l:iiniel. Id Nut ComlUrretl a uu Absolute Victory for I!rit;ilu. The arbitration commission to decide the Anglo-Venezuelan dispute rendered its decision Oct 3, fixing the boundary between what is to be known as Pritish territory and what Venezuelan. The tribunal reserves the rigat of future settlement of other questions between Great Pritain and Rrazil and the latter and the United States of Venezuela. In time of peace the rivers Amakouru and Barima musi be open to navigation on condition that all port and lighthouse dues are paid equally to both governments, and on condition that such duei are the same as those of other countries. Duties are not to be imposed by ?lther government on passing merchandise. The decision is in a measure considered a compromise between the two claims, but slightly in favor of Great Britain. Of the CO.OOi) square mile contended for. Great Pritain secures all of the best high land and timber. The finding was unanimous. BATTLE FLAG 13 RETURNED. In!ki: Keiment Give Itack War Kmlitem in Texan. The tattered battle flag of Terry's Texas rangers was restored to the remnant of the gallant confederate band at Dallas, Texas. Gov. Mount of Indiana presented the flag to Gov. Savers, who, in turn, presented to James Miller, president of the Association of Terry's Rangers. The flag was captured by an Indiana regiment during the civil war. Will Iem.i:i! I'roper Protection. It is said the government of Italy, supported by several continental states, among them Austria-Hungary, Is about to insist that the Washington government m ike some satisfactory arrangement to protect emigrants to the United States against lynchers. KiUH C'-ipturcl from I PHiirpiits. Capt. Poore. with a company cf .he Sixth infantry, attacked the rebels at Labun. Twenty of the enemy were killed and a.OO;) Mauser and LOGO Remington cartridges captured. One American effictr was kil'.cd and one oflkcr and three privates wounded. Itr!ii)ortt Spi'uk- for l.ryan. At a banquet of democrats at Dallas, Texas, Oliver II. P. Belmont of New York, responding to a toast, said: "Speaking for the Xew York democracy, I present to you the sentiment Bryan and Harmony. " Itimior.-d Allbitwe of Klimpe. It is rumored that Russia is making efforts to induce Spain to enter into a continental European alliance agairst Great Britain in the first instance and the United States If necessary. l.afav-! lirMtrc Work Horn. At Lafayette, Lid., the Lafayette Bridge works, one of the largest in the west, was totally destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at $75,C00, with an insurance of but 521,000. I'ipcilit Ion Avalnnt Ihn Khali f. -u Ar expedition against the khalifa Is being formed at Cairo, Egypt. Egyptian forces are concentrating at ():ndurmsn, and British officers are being hurried to the front. foreign Haitka Munt Itcport. Attorney-General Akin of Illinois has decided that foreign banking corporations in the state must make reports and are subject to examination by the state auditor. Krsciii of I irteeu Sailors. Fifteen men belonging to the Warren line steamer Bay State, which was wrecked off the coast of Newfoundland have been rescued. Ieatli of Kx-Si nulor Harlan. Former United States Senator James Harlan died at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, Oct. after an illness of several weeks. Yellow Frver at Tanijlci. Yellow fever has broken out at Tampico, Fla. There had been seven cases there tip to the night of the 2d inst. Wi 1 Semi 2.0 lO Men. The Australian contingent for the expected war in South Africa is fr:od at 2,000 men of all arms of tho service. SciK-IU Not Can.ltUate. Governor Edward Scofitld of Wisconsin announces that he will not be a candidate for a third term. Mr, Koismls li'eit I'reslilent. The Illinois W. C. T. U. convention elected Mrs. Louise S. Rounds of Chicago president. Nett Mcetlmr l'laee Open. The Illinois State Woman's Christian Temperance union adjourned without fixing the place for he holding of the next annual convention. Ii I or Sim liKliimn Filter. The Illinois State Federation of Labor adopted a resolution urging the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 1Ü to 1. fCectmeut Leave for Manila. The Thirty-fifth regiment embarked at Portland, Ore., on the transports Rio de Janeiro and Sikh, for Manila. Smallpox In Orphans Home. There Is an epidemic of smallpox at the orphans' home at Dayton, Ohio. All cases have been quarantined. Transport Warren nt Manila. The transport Warren has arrived at Manila with recruits for the three regiments raised In the Philippines. tier-nans to Ahl Itoers. Twenty German officers are on their way to South Africa to take commissions in the Transvanl army.

THE WAR IS TO BE PUSHED. Important Announcement Mado M to the AUinlnUtrst Ion k Policy. President McKinley's policy on the Philippines was officially outlined after A conference held by him with advisers at the conclusion of the Dewey dinner at the white house Oct. 3. It is to push the war to a suceess-

j ful conclusion with all possible vigor, and when peace comes to submit to congress for settlement the question of the future of the islands. BLOW TO TRUSTS IN INDIANA. Judge ltyin Overrule Honmrnri to Suit fT In junction. In the injunction suits brought by the Window-Glass Workers' National association, enjoining Indiana manufacturers from transferring their plants to the combine, Judge Ryan overruled all demurrers set up by the trust, and held that it was within the jurisdiction of the courts to rule on the ease, and that the case was sufficient fcr action. INDICT RIOTERS FOR MURDER. Marion (III.) Grand Jury rind True II 'U Against Tvti'Im Slr kiri. ' The Marion grand jury turned In the first lot of indictments against persons connected with the Cartervilie riot. Twelve men were indicted for murder. These, added to the Lauder station list, make twenty-eight men indicted jury. May Not Transfer Stock. At St. Louis. Mo., Judge Elmer K. Adams decided that stockholders in a national bank, knowing it to be insolvent, could not transfer their stock legally to another for the purpose of evading the double-liability law. Cubans WouM Help Hr tain. Two thousand officers and men o 'he J Cuban insurgent army offered th.iir services to Grem Britain in case jf war in the Transvaal. The war ofdcj thanked the Cubans and declined their offer. Will Aotc SsiO.'MlO.OOO Credit. The coming Priiish parliamentary session will be devoted exclusively to discussing the Transvaal crisis and passing a vote cf credit of f 10,OCO,00!J. lenlcH llfU;t:i 1!:.V Humor. The Lisbon correspondent of the London Standard says he is able to deny the rumor- that negotiations are la progress respecting Delagoa bay. Citv of llaii:iti"ii(! Wins. Judge Hammond decided in favor of Hammond, Ind., the suit of Lafayette to enjoin the erection of a court house for a Superior court at Hammond. Cattle Trut In Formation. A trust ;n Texas tattle is being formed, to comprehend 1L( 0'),0i:0 acres of grazing land, C0.000 head of cattle and capital stock of $2.000.0000. llurcrUtrs a 'I Iiura Ilttik. Johnson Pros. ban1' at Ripply, Iowa, was robbed Ot. 4, and $!00 taken $1,350 in bills, $100 in gold and the ret in silver. '1 no robbers escaped. Hitchcock Chosen flraml Mater. Deputy Grand Master Charles P. Hitchcock of Peoria was. elected grand master of the Illinois grand lod'e of Free and Accepted Masons. French Ch4inh r Itcfusc Crcillt. The French chamber of deputies refused by a vote of 13 to 7 to grant a credit for the expanses of the French embassy to the Vatican. lieh U II;ie Ke-:ipt rel I'orac. Several hundred insurgents have re- ! occupied Porac, which was captured by j Gen. MacArthur Sot. 2S and evacuated by the Americans. Iowa OiTith I'rco Tuition. The State University of Iowa offers free tuition to all who have served a3 soldiers ar.d sailors ia the SpanishAmerican war. Want I void! Laws Anieaiieil. The general council of the Lutheran church decided to petition congress to tnke some action to correct the divorce laws. To Confer with MrKInlev. Col. Chailes Page Pryan, United States minister to Brazil, has arrived home for a conference with the president. Victory for SwI!sh I.i;-r:iN. The elections of members to the second chamber in Sweden and Norway have proved a victory for the liberals. Int mens.- Sum Is Neelel. It is estimated the Indian government must spend 5.500.000 rupees to relieve famine in the central provinces. A miracle to Leave Venezuela. President Andrade cf Venezuela has engaged passage for himself and family on a steamer bound for New York. May Oiiiisli Dreyfus Verilfcf. There is a rumor that Germany will hand over documents which will lead to quashing of the Dreyfus verdict. Would U Wlseoniii Governor. The Kau Claire (Wis.) Te!egram announces that Ira H. Bradford of Augusta is a candidate for the republican nomination for governor. Kn Iroj;rc! Tow in Settlement. There has been no progress mado toward a final agreement upon a madu? vivendi, fixing the Alaskan boundary, even temporarily. Hit; I'linit fr IimIIuiik. The Xew England Sugar Beet company will erect a sugar beet plant, to cost $.300,000. at North Judson, Ind. To Krniov 1'rlnce Hohenlohe. Kmperor William has decided to remove Prince Hohenlohe, the present imperial chancellor. Irish aim l'ltht for Itoers. The Irish corp3 supporting the Boers has started for the Transvaal frontier to meet the British troops. Toronto Clergyman l'Iccted 1'res'drnt The Pan-Presbyterian alliance clccl cd Rev. Principal Cavcn of Toronto, I Canada, president of the alliance.

Enthusiastic Crowds Cheer the President in Illinois. SHORT SPEECHES DELIVERED. Dedication of the Soldier Mnnnnant at IVori.t the Ch cf Fvent rief Stop Ma lo at M ii'om i, Ciatou and Ilu.linell -Ciülfüburj; VititeiJ. President McKinley and his par'y arrived at Qaincy, I.!., Oct. 6. The chief executive and his cabinet vis te ! the soldiers' home and so'.dlcrs' hospital, and leviewej an imme.ise parade of veterans and civil societies. An immense eonecurs? ;f people, estimated at C5.Ö00, welcomed the distinguished guests. Between Quincy and Peoria three brief stops were made at Macomb, Canton and Pushneü. At each of these towns the chief magistra'e made sh:rt speeches, and he wis invariably we'., earned with boundless enthusiasm and applause. At Peoria, in the afternoon, th? president dedicated the so'dLrs' monument erected by the citizens of Peori t county, before a crowd estimated at 72,(00 peon'e. He delivered a shot address, spe iking exactly twelve minutes. The president spent a few m:nutes at the opening of the exposition at the corn pal ree at nisht. President McKinley arr'ved at Gtlesturg at night, and next day participated in the Lincoln-!) nigl.is debate celebration. In the afternoon the party left for Chicago. NO DELAY CN FINANCIAL BILL. Senate Measure to It introduced on the First Day of the Vision On the first day of the approaching session of congress the senate financial bill will be introduced in the senate. It will not be on the same lines as the house bill, but it will declare without equivocation for the gold standard. T. Improve Caructrie I'lan. The Carneg'e Ste.'d company has begun the construction of improvements at its plant at Duquesne. ra., to cost from $i,oC0,öü0 to $S.O0J.O0O. Transvaal Owi'Ura'es the tlol.l. A dispatch to Loudon from Cape Town says that 000,(.ii)') In gold in transit has bn taken possession of b the Transvaal government. MurHvieff Offers t: Arid! rate. Count Muravleff. Russian minister of foreign affairs, now in Switzerland, hns offered to arbitrate beiween Great Britain and the Transvaal. Honor for Admiral Scli'ey. Rear Admiral Winfiehl Scott SebJry was installed as e onimanif r of tho New York commandery of the .Military Order of the Loyal Legion. .Touherf's lVllcy 1 Defensive. The London Daily Telegraph's correspondent at Pietermaritzburg. South Africa, says Cammaudant-GeneralJou-bert's policy is defensive. e apt. Iln-.ardus IJdridge Killed. Capt. Bogardus L'.dr'de. Fourteenth Infantry, was killed during the fihtiag at Imus. Capt. Eldridae leaves a widow and three children. Sprinsrficld Man Klecled I"re.Idenf. The Illinois State Federation of Labor elected R. K. McLean of Springfield preside nt. The convention will be held next year at Kewance. Not A."ed to Mediate. It is officially denied that the Unitod States government has been askpd to use its good offices to settle the dispute In the Transvaal. New Candidate for Senator. It Is rumored in political ciicbs that Coi. Isaac L. Ellwood of IV Kaih i a full-fledged and positive casidrdat? for senator from Illinois. IoIC Ki-.-it for Ilev.r. Admiral P v.ey has been formally retired from .us command and has hauled down his dag on the Olympia. He will take a long rest. IJecord r escl ITiiil.lirv Vessels built in the United States and officially numbered during the quarter ending Sept. 1S-LS. were 73, 230 gross tons. Mrmpsoti Has lC-s!inicd Cotmnaiid. Pear-Admiral Sampson has resumed command of the north Atlantic squadron Mid gone with it to Hampton roads. Dewey Will Visit CMcac. Admiral Dewey has promised an invitation committee from Chicago that he will visit that city some time in the fall. To Ite-eriforre Watson's Fh-ct. Nine ships have been designated to proceed to Manila as soon as passible to re-enforce the American fleet there. Nehraska CopolNts Acainst I'u-Ooo. The Nebraska state convention of the middle-of-the-road populists adopted strong resolutions against fusion. Chirnco Wants lrnh!Mt Ion Convention. Hllonols prohibitionists are working to secure the national prohibition convention for Chicago. I'll III onlne Coiiiui'pkIoii to Mcf. The Philippine commission will hold Its first meeting at Washington early in November. Trim l.oie for September. The fire loss of the United States and Canada for the month of September amounts to $12,77S,S00. Meet, at St. l,oul. The American board of foreign missions voted to meet in Pilgrim church, St. Louis, next year. I. Iva Slock Suiitarr Hoard. The annual meeting of the Interstate live stock sanitary boards will be held at Chicago Oct. 11. Morgantown, W. VaTJtidge Hervcy has declared unconstitutional the law which prohibits payment of employes in goods or in scrip redeemable ia goods at "ompany stores.

Society Directory.

r.TASONIG PLYMOUTH KILvVINNINO LODOE, No. ir), p. and A.M.; nueis first and thud Friday evenings of each month. Wm. II. Conger, W. M. John Coibaley, Sec. PLYMOUTH CHAPTER, No. 49 R. A. M.; meets second Fri day evenior of each month. J. C.'jüson, II. P. II. B. Reeve, Sec. PLYMOUTH COMMANDER Y, No. 26, K. T. ; mec's fourth Friday of each month. John C. Gordon, E. C. L. Tanner, Ree. PLYMOUTH CHAPTER, No. 26, O. E. S.; meets first and third Tuesdays of each month. Mra. 13c.-! tha 'McDonald, W. M. Mrs. 'ou Stanssbiirv. Sec. ODD FELLOWS. AMERICUS LODGE, No. 91; meet cery Thursday evenini at their lodire r loms on Michigan street. C. F. Schcarer, N. G. Clias. Rahman, Sec, SILVER STAR LODGE, D?uihtcrs of Rehekah; meets every Friday evening at I. O. O. F. hall. 'Mrs. J. E. Ellis N. G. Mss Emma Zuxhauh, V. G. Miss N. Iierkhold, Sec. IINIGHTS O? PYTHIAS. HYPERION LODGE, No. 117; meets every Monday uigdit in Castle Hall. Win. F. Young, C. C. Cal Switzer, K. of R. and S. HYPERION TEMPLE, Rathbone Sister ; meets tirt and third Fridays of each month. Mrs. Chas. McLaughlin, E. C. FORESTERS. PLYMOUTH COURT, No.i.gj meets the second and lourth Friday evenings of e.-ich mouth in K. of "P. hall.' C. M. Slavttr.C.It. Ed Rev nolo s. Sec. IL O. T. IvI. PLYMOUTH TENT, No. 27; meets every Toevday evening" at K. O. T. M. hall. D. W.Jacohy, Com. Frank Wheeler, Record Keener. W IDEA W A KE HIVE, No. 67, L. O. T. M.; meets every Monday niht at K. O. T. M. hall on Michigan street. Mrs. Cora Hahn, Com. Restle Wilkiriion, Record Kerpcr. HIVE No. 2S, L. O. T. M; meets every Ved:u lay evening in K. O. t. M. lull. Mrs. W. Rurkett, Com. ROYAL ARCANUTvL Meets first and third Wednesday evenings of each month in Simon hall. J. C. JiKon, Regent. B, J. Lauer, Sec. V700DMEN OF THE WORLD. Meets first and third Wednesday evenings of each month in K. of P. hall. J. O. Pomcroy, C. C, E. Retzien, Clerk WOODMEN CIRCLE. PLYMOUTH GROVE, No.6 meets every Friday evening at Woodmen hall. Mrs. Lena Ulrich, Worthy Guardian. Mr. Chas. Hamm ere j. Clerk. MODERN v OCDMEN. Meets second and fourth Thursday! in K. of P. hall. J. A. Shunk, Venerable Consul. C. L. Suitzcr, Clerk. BEN HUR. - Meets every Tuesday. W. II. Gove, Chief. Cnas. Til-Lrus, Scribe. G. A. R. MILES II. TI BRETTS POST, G. A. R., meets ery first and third Tuesday evenings in Simons hall. W. Ktllev, Com. Chailci Wilcox, Adjt. COLUMBIAN LEAGUE. Meets Thursday evening, every other week, 73 P- nit I' sell hall. Wert A. Beldon. Commandcr. Aloazo Stevenson, Provost. MODERN SAMARITANS. Meets second and fourth Wednesday evening in W. O. r. hall S. B. Fanning, Pica. J. A Shunk, Sec. MARSHALL COUNTY PHYSl CLANS ASSOCIATION. Meets first Tuesday in each month Jacob Kazcr, M. D., President Novitas B. Aspinall, M. D., Sec Do You Think It Will Pay? That is the question risked of us so often, referring to advertising. If properly done we know it will py handsumeiy. The experience of those who hare tried it prores that nothing equals it.