Marshall County Independent, Volume 7, Number 13, Plymouth, Marshall County, 8 March 1901 — Page 3

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SUEJECT - THE GOSPEL. AND THE NEWSPAPERS. from the T-it: "The C hll.lreu of Thii World Ar. In Th-lr ;-ura t Iod. WUer Tlian the Children f Light" I.uk AVI, Verf S The Church and Press. Copyright, l'-l. by Louis Klopsch.) Washington. March 3. In tins discourse Dr. Talmage calls for a warm friendship between those who preach the gospel and those who make newspapers, the- spoken word and the printed word to go side by side; text. Luke xvi.. S. "The children of this world are in tluir generation wiser than the hildren of light." Sacred stupidity and solemn incompetency and sanctified laziness are here rebuked by Christ. He says worldlings are wider awake for opportunities than are Christians. Men of the world grab occasions, while Christian people let the most valuable occasions drift by unimproved. That is the meaning of our Lord when he says. "The children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of liht.' Tin I'laln Truth. A marked illustration of the trr.t'.i of that maxim is in the .slowness of the Christian religion to take possession of the sTiiiLir printing press. The oppor tunity 1-. open and has been fur some Time open, but the ecclesiastical courts and the churches and th" ministers of l elision atv for the most part allowing I he golden opportunity to pass unimproved. "Hi at the opportunity is open I declare from the fact that all the secular newspapeis are clad of any religious facts or statistics that you prc-s-nt then!. Anv animated and stirring article relating to religious themes j they would gladly print. They thank j ou for any information in regard tj ; h-:r( hes. If a wrong has been done j any Christian church or Christian institution you could go into any newspaper ollbe of the land and have the ral truth stated. Indication services, j ministerial ordinattons and pastoral i inr;iTI:!H..r. , corners on; l iving of .1 ' church, anniversary of a charitable o !

cietv. will have reasonable spa.-e in any j and the pulpit by making our religious secular journal if it hav- previous no- J utterances more interesting and spirtice given If I had some great injus- ! ited. and then the press will rprnhif lice don- m. there is not an editorial hem. On the way to church some ::J or a reportorial room in the Cnite t j years ago a journalist said a thing that

States into which 1 could not go ,nd i set mys-!t" set right, and that is true any '.veil-known Christian man. Why. th"n.does not our glorious Christianity embrace these magnificent opportunities. 1 luve before nie a subject of rirst and last importance: Howshall we st ure the secular prfss as a mighty reinforcement to religion and ; the pul::t . IndiiTiritic.At 1 1 till! v. ' t The first thing toward This result is : cessation "f indiscriminate hostility j gainst r." wspaperdom. You might as : well deno-in- e the legal profession !- ; cause of the shvsters. or the medical profession ar.se of the quacks, or merchandise because of the swindling ; bargain makers, as to slambang news- j papers because there are recreant edi- i columns. G'.tenberg, the inventor of j the art of printing, was about to de- i siroy his types and extinguish the art j because it was suggested to him that , p-.-inting might be suborned into the ; service of the devil, but afterward ' e bethought himself that the right i. e of the art might more than overcom the evil use of it. and so he spared the type and the intelligence of all following ages. But there are many today in the depressed mood of Gutenberg, with uplifted hammer, wanting to pound to pieces the type, who have not reached his netter mood, in which he saw the art of printing to be the rising sun of th world's illumination. rf. instead of fighting newspapers, we spend the same length of time and the same vehemence in marshaling their help in reiigious directions we would be as much wisr as the man who gets consent of tiw railroad Superintendent to fasten a e:ir to the end of a rail uaiu. .-liio.-. .'t-nri ara-e l.uin ;je

runs his wheelbarrow up the track to ; giiif fr of long express trains of inlueet and drive back the Chicago lim- j Harm e, and we will run them into a itd express. The silliest thing that a j depot of light or tumble them olT the man ever does is to fight a newspaper, j embankments.

for you may have the floor for utterance perhaps for one day in the week, while the newspaper has the tloo. every day in the we'c. Napoleon, though a mighty man, had many weaknesses, and one of the weakest things he ever cfod was to threaten that if the Knglish newspapers did not stop their adverse criticism of himself he would. with 4')').0di bayonets, cross the chani.el for their chastisement. Don't fight newspapers. Attack provokes attack. Detter wait until the excitement blowsover and then go in and get justice. l r get it you will if you have patience and common sense and equipoise of disposition. It ought to be a mighty sedative that ihere is an enormous amount of common sense in the world, and you will eventually be taken for what you ate really worth, and you cannot be puffe! up, and you cannot be. written down, and if you are the enemy of good society, that fact will come out. aaJ if you are the friend of good society, that fact will be established. Rft-enrnrremmt of Religion. Again, if you would secure the secu- !.: press as a mightier reinforcement tf religion and the pulpit, extend widest, and highest Christian courtesies o the representatives of journalism. Give t!im easy chairs and plenty of room when they come to report occasions. For the most part they are gentlemen of education and refinement, graduate.-; of colleges, with families to Hiipport by their literary craft, many of them weary with the push of a business that is precarious and fluctuating, each one of them the avnue of information to thousands of readprs. tiKir impression of th' servi'-es to be the impression adopted by multitudes. They are connecting links between a ,ernion, or a song, or a prayer, and this great population that tran.p up and down the streets day by day and year by year with their sorrows uncomforted and their sins unpardoned. Oh, the hundreds of thousands of people in ojr cities who never attend churches! Our cities are not so much preached to by ministers of religion as by reporters. Put all journalists into our prayers and sermons. Of all the hundred thousand sermons preached today there

will not be three preached to journalists and probably not one. Of all the prayers offered for classes of men innumerable the prayers offered for the most potential class will be so few and rare that they will be thought a preacher's idiosyncrasy. There are many journalists in our church memberships, but this world will never b? brought to Hod until some revival of religion sweeps over the land and tak?s into the kingdom of God all editors. reporters, compositors, pressmen and newsboys. And if you have not faith enough to pray for that and toil for that you had better get out of our ranks and join the other sid for you are the unbelievers who make the wheels of the lord's chariot drag heavily. The great final battle between truth and error, the Armageddon. I think, will not be fought with swords and shells and guns, but with pensquill pens, steel pens, gold pens, fountain pens, and before that the pens must be converted. The most divinely honored weapon of the past has been the pen. and the most divinely honored weapon of the future will be the pen:

prophet's pen and evangelist's pen and apostle's pen. followed by editor's pen and author's pen and reporter's pen. God i-ave the pen! The wings of the Apocalyptic angel will ba the printe 1 page. Th printing press wiii roll ahead cf Christ's chariot to clear the way. tlwl xuil the l'rintln; fret. All tlunsrs are possible with God. and j my faith is up until nothing in the way ! of religious victory would surprise ni". j All the newspaper printing presses of ! the earth are going to be the Lord's, and telegraph and telephone and type will vet announce nations born in .1 I day. The first book ever printed was the Ilible. by Faust and his son-in-law. Sehoeffer. in llt'.a. and that consecration of type to the Holy Scriptures was a prophecy of the great mission of ; . .. i i- 4: c m printing lor the evangelization of all the nations. The father of the American printing press was a clergyman. Rev. Jesse Glover and that was a prophecy of the religious use that t ho gospel ministry in this country were to make of the types. Again, we shall reo the secular press as a mightier reinforcement of religion has Kept me ever since thinking. Are you going to give us any points today?" "What do you moan? 1 asked. He said. "I mean by that anything that will be striking enough to be veniemI bered. Then 1 said to mysflf. "Wim j right have we in the pulpits and Sun- ! day schools to take the time of the peoj pie if we have nothing to say that is ! memorable!" David did not have any i dilliculty in remembering Nathan's thrust. "Thou art the man." nor Felix in remembering Paul's point blank utterance on righteousness, temperance and judgment to come, nor the Knglislt king any difficulty in remembering what the court pieach'r m'u when, during the sermon against sin. the preacher threw his handkerchief into the king's pew to indicate whom he ant. Th ." " iv-. Now. as you all have something to do with the newspaper press, either in issuing a paper or in reading it. either as producers or patrorc-. either as sellers or purchasers of the printed sheet. I propose on the Lord's day a treaty to be signed between the church and the printing press, a treaty to be ratified by millions of good people If we rightly fashion it. a treaty promising that we will help each other in our work of trying to illumine and felicitate the world, we by voice, you by pen. we by speaking only that which is worth printing, you by printing only that ; wh.ch is lit to speak ou help s. j and we will help von. Mde bv side be i ' .'.,,: these two potent agencies until the judgment day. when we must both be scrutinized for our work, healthful or j ., ' , .-, , ... - ..' that day wnl be the minister of religion and the editor if they wact"d their O I IÜ I lllV. liOl l OI US are Tlie ell Tliat Providence intends Hie profession of reporters to have a mighty shave in the worlds redemption is suggested by the fact that Paul and Christ took u reporter along with them and he reported their addresses and their acts. Luke was a reporter, and he wrote not only the 'nook of Duke, but the Acts of the Apostles, and without that reporter's work we would have known nothing of the pentecoi and nothing of Stephen's martyrdom, j and nothing of Tabitha's resurrection, I a,m """""K "4 me jawing an-i unjaii ing of Paul and Silas, and nothing of the shipwreck at Melita. Strike out the reporter's work from the Bible and you kill a largf; part of the New Testament. It makes me think that in the future of the kingdom of Oed the reporters are to bear a mighty part. About 2 years ago a representative of an important New York newspaper took his seat in my Brooklyn church one Sunday night about five pews from the front of the pulpit. De took out pencil and reporter's pid, resolved to caricature the whole scene. When the music began he began, and with his pencil he derided that and then derided the prayer and then derided the reading of the Scriptures and then began to deride the sermon. But, he says, for seme reason his hand begar to tremble, and he. rallying himself, sharpened his pencil and started again, and broke down again and then put pencil and paper in his pocket and his head down on the front of the pew and began to pray. At the close of the serviie he tame up and asked for the j prayers of others and gave his heart to j God. and. though still engaged in news- ; paper work, he is an evangelist and ; hires a hall at his own expense and j every Sunday afternoon preaches Jesus j Christ to the people. ! WnrJft of taifuiirafctMiiriit. O men of the pencil and pen. amid ycur unappreciated work you need encouragement and you can have it. Printers of all Christendom, editors, reporters, compositors, pressmen, publishers and readers of that which Is printed, resolve that you will not write, et up, edit, issue or read anything

that debases body, mind or soul. In the name of God. by the laying on of the hands of faith and prayer, ordain the printing press for righteousness and liberty and salvation. All of us with some influence that will help in the right direction, let us put our hands to the work, Imploring God to hasten the consummation. In a ship with hundreds of passengers approaching the South American coast the man on the lookout neglected his work, and in a few minutes the ship would have been dashed to ruin on the rocks. But a cricket on board the vessel, that had made no sound all the voyage, set up a shrill call at the smell of land, and. the captain knowing that habit of th insect, the vessel was stopped in time to avoid an awful wreck. And so insignificant means now may do wonders and the scratch of a pen may save the shipwreck of a soul. Are you all ready for the signing of the contract, the league, the solemn treaty proposed between journalism and evangelism? It it be a Christian marriage of the pulpit and the printing press. The ordination of the former on my head, the pen of the latter in my

hand, it is appropriate that I publish the banns of such a marriage. Let them from this day be one of the magnificent work of the world's redemption. LAKE DISAPPEARS. Ngami. a .real I.itUe of South Africa. I.nnffr on tlie VI: p. A great lake has vanished in South Africa. Ngami is ibs name and a map drawn in lähS shows that it was then j one of the most conspicuous features oi tne country, when Livingston, however, visited it on July S. 1S49. he found that its water was slowly disapj pearing and that its banks were bei ing covered with rank vegetation. ToI f 1 ! t C " k !l' W r ! Ihn 1 I - i i.,:. place being occupied bv a spacious mo- , . 7 , , , .. i I ass. which (huck v swanows anv one who is so adventurous as to set foot on it. IJcneath this morals is still some water, but in order to bring it to ! the surface, the ground must be bored j to a considerable depth. Hiver Tauche i formerly flowed into this lake, but now i the tributaries that led to the lake art ! dry. and the river itself is also choked ' up thirty-two kilometers north of : Ngami. During the last ten or twelve ' years the water has disappeared very ! rapidly, and the reason apparently is I because the mouth of the river was i gradually filled with the thousands ot ! small lloats or rafts on which the uaj tives were wont to tak their early j tribute of corn to Denokans. These ra ion -voai" :,Iur oar !,,ul 1 travelers maintain that the river : found itself powerless against an ob- ! stach like this, the result being that . the river and lake have become dry i and that what was once fertile agriculi tural region is now bleak and barren, i Formerly there were several villages I near the lake, but now thes -, too. have I vanished, and only a few cattle kraals i are to be seen. "And it will be itnpas- ' sible to restore the lake," says S. l'arrargf. who visited the place recently, ; "since in its present condition it would i require more water than the river ! could give it. Lake Ngami is gon l forever." i 1 utMt I Tent-llent Cure. Now it is proposed to cure consumption by baking the patient. Kxposed to the blasts of icy wind that blow and whirl from every point of the compass, in the most exposed part of the city of Boston, stand two tents, which are the abiding-place of two Baltimore men. These tents are heated by the German ! army method. A trench is dug around thp j)dfk lent with a bram.h t() the oUl. This is (.overM witU sheot iron with an or(linarv stovePipe for a smoke outlt rmIei. this a flre ,g buiU aml bort, tho place le(.ÜUies .jelight- , ,, , .. . ,. . fully warm, despite the howling storm ! outside. The purpose of the tents is to i demonstrate the value of the new theory of baking for the cure of tuber1 tilo.-is. When the interior of the tents . , , . ... , . is completed they will show only chains tables, and the heated trench. In the latter the tubercular patient will be placed. It will be heated to a temperature of over 200 degrees and the patient will be literally baked. It is thought the intense heat will kill the tubercular bacilli which are the consumption germs. The instigator of the idea is a southern physician, whose, name is widely known among medical men as a daring scientist ami original investigator. I rult of f-rieixltliii-. A principal fruit of friendship is the ease and discharge of the tullncFs and swellings of the heart, which passions of all kinds do cause a. id induce. We know diseases of stoppings and sulToeations are the most dangerous in the body; ami it is not much otherwise in the mind. You may take sarsa to open the liver, steel to open the spleen, flower of sulphur for the lungs, eastoreuin for the brain; but no receipt openeth the heart but a true friend, to W'honi you may impart griefs, joys, fears, hope.s, suspicions, counsels, and whatsoever 1 i et la upon the heart to oppress it. in a kind of civil shrift or confession.- -Fi a ncis Bacon. How lie Farn' III Till. The dean of Christ, church, in the .'10s. was known as "Presence, of Mind" Smith. A well-!now.n tradition explained the same. Going down to Niineham with a Tnend in his undergraduate days, he it-turned ahme. "Where is T ?" "Well, we bad an accident. The Itoat leaked, und while we were bailing it T- fell over into the water. He caught hold of the skit? and polled it. down to the watei's ede. Neither of us could swim, and if 1 had not wilh greif prorencft of mind hit him on the heat! with I lie boat hook both would have been drowned." From "Iteminiscencep of Oxford," by the Rev. W. Tuckwf 11. Stute nmclaU lrrrlf-l. Investigation seems to show ilrt South Dakota has paid somewhere, near $11,000 bounty for the scalps of prairie dogs and young coyotes, the state officials being under lh; impression that they were paying for wolf scalps. lCv 'i experienced men find nilbvulty in extinguishing between the scalp o' a young coyote and that of a gray wolf pup.

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Current vy s v t li? Ix ' K ' Queen Victoria and the Tope, "Diet Queen Victoria ever meet Leo XIII?" asks the Ixmdon Chronicle. "There have been statements asserting an old personal friendship between them, and, on the other hand, assertions that they never met at all. The truth lies between the two extremes. When Pope Leo was Monsignor Pecci. and nuncio at Brussels at the court of King Leopold, widower of the Princess Charlotte, he met Queen Victoria and her husband. According to some accounts the queen invited the nuncio to Windsor. That was not the case. But the nuncio came on his own account to London for the month of February, 1S4C, and during his stay he witnessed a great ceremonial in which the queen took part, and was invited to a state reception, but was not specially presented. The passages cf kindness between the pope and queen were exchanged by letters, at a much later date.' the ind Conger Starts for Home. Minister Congo- has just left for this country on sixty days' have of absence. Commissioner Uockhill will have full power to conduct the negotiations now In progress. Conger returns of his own initiative. For some time past he has been anxious to get back to Iowa, but the opportunity has not presented itself until now. Now that the foreign ministers have satisfactorily settled th question of punishments of the offending Chimse officials, and a new subject is to be taken up. it will be easy to pass the negotiations into Mr. Uo khill's hands without sacrificing any points. It was Mr. Conger's own suggestion that Mr. Rockhill be placed in ( barge. Our government has now received assurances from nearly all the powers represented by military forces at Pekin of their entire agreement with the MINISTER COXOrciL Fnited States- government as to ihr inexpediency of resuming offensive military operations in China while Cue peace negotiations are in progress. "Duchess May Come OnJer. A rumor has come to Washington from New York several times of late but I do not know how directly it comes, writes a Washington correspondent. The zephyrs say Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough, intends taking advantage of the mourning seasou in London to visit her home in New York and spend some time in Washington, where her mother will begin a social sovereignty next season. The announcement of the American duchess visit has really not created a stir in Washington or elsewhere, but we should like to see her in this country once again, as she has not visited Am- - a t i : erica since ner eianoraie weuuiug. Washington will gain by the presence of her mother, Mrs. O. II. P. Belmont, who will be a loader in official society and undoubtedly the most notable hostess in congressional circles. Mrs. Belmont has long been acknowledged 'V?Ö3w5?7 -J 1 v DCCIIFSS OF MARLBOROCGIL one of the cleverest entertainers in New Yoik society, which she conquered not without opposition. She will be a leader in Washington as in NewYork. M.. Hcet Sugar and "Bounties. Last week the statement was made in the house of commons that the British government is considering the suggestion that the Brussels beet sugar conference be reassembled to see if the European nations concerned can reach an agreement on the question of bounties. There have been several conferences, which have been fruitless. Tb government of nearly every country which produces bet sugar has Kaid it was anxious to get rid of the bounty system. Not one of them has been willing to stop the iiaynie.it of bounties unless all the others would agree to do hi. That general agreement it. has been found impossible to ecure thus far. It is not likely that ,i new c onfen nce, if held, will be 111013 effective than tin' last one. y JVatural Inquiry. St. lyiuis; gf ts $.".000.000 for her exposition. Huw are they going to spend that much money in St. Lotiih7--n.il-timore American. A new ordinance in. Seattle, Wash., p. i'ti'.its side entrances to saloons.

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Topics y?. f v .. P Ftnds Traces of "Deluge. Rev. Dr. George Frederick Wright, professor of harmony between science and revelation at Oberlin University, writes from Jerusalem to a friend in New York that he has discovered reliable evidence of the truth of the biblical account of a universal deluge. Professor Wright has been one year abroad, during which he has traveled in Asia for the purpose of discovering whether there are any geological signs of a deluge which might have been of a charactr like that described in Genesis. Professor Wright has spent most of REV. DR. WRIGHT. Iiis sixty-three years of life in trying to prove that the truths of science do not conflict with the statements ol" fact in the sacred scriptures. He began his ministerial career as pastor of a Congregational church in Vermont in sYl. Always an earnest student of geology and zoology, his literary contributions t: these sciences have been voluminous and interesting. His work on the glacial epoch in relation to Ohio. Indiana and Kentucky op.'ned a new era in this line of research. In lStej h was given the chair at Oberlin he now occupies, and he has filled it creditablv. On!y a FivJc-Gallon Dance. "In the early days of the north west, said a Spokane (Wash.) visitor in New York the other clay. "I was in Idaho. At that time we u.-ed to have dances there quite frequently in th various camps. The male members of one camp would go into their jean and make up a pot to defray the ex penses, and when arrange inputs had been inrde invitations would be sent out to the other camps for the members thereof to at tend. The principal cost of these parties was for liquor, and the amount supplied varied in direct ratio with the amouv.t. contributed by the hosts. There would be 10, i) and even more gallons of whisky, as the case might be. 'Cockeye' Leary named these dances for all time when, in answer to a query as to whether or not he would attend a certain shindig soon to be given in a neighboring gulch, h made reply: Naw, you can bet I am t going. It's only a live-gallon dance. Life frcjer-üing Garment. One of the first thoughts of a pas senger on board an ocean liner when he gets out of sight of land is in regard to hiij safety in case of accident, and he wonders it there will be time to get out the life-preservers and place them in position.or if there would In too much confusion and hurry. These thoughts will not rise in the mind of the wearer of ."he garment recent !j designed as illustrated in the ut. This garment is intended for use is a With lnilatabV Pockets. life preserver, and is always it tidy for instant usv, as it is always in plate on the body of the owner, and that, toa without the inconvenience and discom fort that an ordinary preserver wottb occasion. When occasion arises for the use of the life preserving waist al that, is necessary is for the wearer t place the two mouthpieces at the end of the tubes projecting Irom the gar ment in his mouth and by blowing therethrough distend the bulbs locate at the front and rear of the body. Tlu tubes lead directly to a pipe connect ing all four of the pockets, while check valves are provided to prevent the escape, of the air when once forced inside. I'nder ordinary circumstance.they pockets are deflated and the vai-t may lie worn miderntatii the coat, or vest if desired. While the wearer i crossing the deck or going from hi? stateroom to the deck hf has sufficient time to intlate the device, and he is ready to meet an emergency much sooner than the passenger who is compelled to find a life-preserver and put it on. Has Seen Three Centuries. The Dowager Lady ('new. the grandmother of tlio present Lord Carev: was born in 179Ü, and has thus lived during throe centuries. At t he period f her birth H o 1 y head, where she was bor n. was a small fishing- vill.i go, and she is a link w Ith the lidy Carew. t i m o s - so for off to the present generation of Wellington and X ls:u. She Mas .1 beauty at the Court, of Ixniis Philippe as well as in London, and tdio still enjoy. excellent health and spirits. France Honors an American. Professor M. I). Ihrlitz of Philadelphia has hoon made a chevalier of the Legion of Honor of J 'ranee, in recognition vt his services in proposal ins the French language abroad and for? his text books on modern languages.

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Reports of Proceedings and Bills Introduced. MEASURES IN BOTH HOUSES. Hallway t'ontolldat ion Hill Admittedly Trained to Itemoye Obstacles from the l:ith of J. I'ierpont .Morgan' Scheinet etoed by the Governor, Tuesday. February "6. The bill providing fur the punishment of kidnapers lv life imprisonment w;i9 assed by the house f representatives. The vote for the measure was practically una nimous. The house, by a practically unanimous vote, passed the bill to remove the boar.1 of woman managers of the Woman's Prison and Industrial School for ";rls. Th bili requires the governor to appoint a new board of managers ana m.iKes 11. e members removable at will. This is the result of the investigation by a legislative committee of charges of cruelty made against the management of the institu tion. Wednesday. Febrmry "7. The railway consolidation bill, admit tedly framed to remove obstacles from lh- path t" J. Pi-Tpont Morgan's s!i. 111, s. has vt...-.l bv lovri.or Lbsrbin. It wa t .assed bv the legislature in the tace of 01.. -! harm s t hr'ber. ut ib'-si- .ire not riH-ntiiJii.-.l i" the veto message, th.- governor takn.g the oroa i mound that the measure 1- lnmu- al to the !:--. intv!ts .a" the slate. A similar bill is JK'U ici. ii:;- ia the Him'-'bJ ltt,i-" lature. ThurUHT. IVbruiiry '-J-4-The Calum.-t riser water way bill was viU.-.l in th.- l.oue. the ilia.-: i ag" e'.aUSv? being strh ken ou; by a vote of ' to Among the incidents ot the three hours' discussion was tin- u do! 1 i !, e of a reUTCtl son;.- thirty fe.-t long, purporting to be signed by Whiting people. Mr. lh-llit-, the member from Lake, w ho opposed the bid. livs at Whiting, and gave as tie. reason of his opposition that his pepbWere opposed to it. lit- Was called Upon to look at the petition and say in face of 11 that lll people Oppose. I the m.'as'.ile. but h" lemaitied silent. It was charged o-i the Moor that lit- was intl -aeti.-ed by the rabroaus, and was misrepresenting his p--ople. Th.e advocates -f the bill argued that the canal would be a great advantage to Indiana, and that as tic- state is bot üsked to b'-ar any of th.- expense the bgislatcre would stand in th-- way of progress if it kilb-d it. The only reason given ftJ;- voting against it was that the people Lake co inty did r.ut want it. The bill provided foi a ship canal ü"!n j.ake Michigan to the Ctlmii- t riv. r. The cost was estimated at several millions of dollars, to b.- ass. ssed against property Within a distance of one and one-halt mile.-. Th- cast and west railroad Unci LitUi ly fought it. I'rlty. Man li 1. Th.' legislature pas-ed a primary-election bill for In. liana. It is mandatory .V the counties of whi.l; Indianapolis and Kvansville'ai- the seats ;:hd is optional a i the diction of th.- county tral committees of the two prineiti.il parties in th-- otle-r counties of. tic- stale. Tb- goetnor will sign it. notiis or i.i:(dtrniii. 11 pi eseiiiati i- i::diam pi", pared to intiodtn-.- in th house a bill ex-mpting from taxation real edat up to the .iluof -SI."-1", owned in Indiana by an;.- honorably üschuge.l soldier or sailor in the cixil war. .Mr. Monham sas the bill Inthe unanimous approval und lie e.p i t- it to p the 1 A. K.. Mr. .J'din a I uiiai,imn:s eon sent to withdraw ll.u- bid ..": and t introduce anoth-r bid on the sane- subject, legalizing expenditures ot eVitaia townshipstrustees of Spen or coutdy. His i-iuesl was graniel and Ids new 1 ill wa- passet! under suspension !" nil..-. The 'aluinct canal people were t h.ayrined when they discovt-rt-d that their bill hal not bee,, printed. Some of them were in'-!in.-. to belb-ve that the railroad lobby was responsible for tie delay, as It is ti th" hitter's advantage to keep it away from the bouse as Ioiü; as possible. There was a ; lly number of country publishers in t!.- meeting called at thSluhhins hotel today for the double purpose of organizing a stat association ami of opposing the passage of the r.urns and the i'onlogtie bids, now pending in the legislat ut -. which an.-ci I. -gal priming. Senator Krooks. who has favored antitli's; legisl iii.-ti during; the session, said he in?eu..l to vote l'cf l!i' Agii-w b;!!. bat that 1-.. Um-w i: would b.- kilh l. Thjudicial y i oinmin.-e. of which he is ihairmah. h.as not .-t con.-"il.'rcl th' "oopt r li!l. but w ill j iob.'.bly mak- a t P"i t on i this v. -. k. It i- ti.'e: stood that Senator Agnew will be asked to cop.se.it to further i. st ponem n i until the comirdttie reports the Cop' r bill, and i:' !'. onscu's. tic-!, all after the .nailing d.iuse of his bill will be s:ri. ken out and the t 'coper l-'i: r ub -t i: uti ti. I'.efore I tame down late. " -ai.l S!:itot ! aitsn.c.n. "i '.:s pc.mp. d into me that Indiana:"''!- woubl cxpet t v '! thing and want lo n' nothing in letuin. Jha 1 did no; bit. I anything of that kind. The Mal ion county ; . p -. n'.a I i and sciiatois art fair and so.uaie. and I ea u net see that tliey are th-ing anv more than ibe m.nd.eis froui other parts of I la- ttu;ii! . The attempt to bring up a let : Hug again -t 1 'e .ia liu po; is ;s mui.,. ! Ieirr Ml a ! lais. t.f Wa; 1: state ..nl with the hii-"e committee on prison t Michigan City. , i h.. lhitn Nrth. say Saturtla. lo that th'" t.mmittee found the institution in exctll. tn , enditit-n. "We went all over the ptisan. ail Mr. 1.K "anl we carefully examined Warden Shi.hlei s books. I think Mr. Shi. It let has a perfect s st.-m ol" bookk.eping. The warden h I'opuhi with his siibor.linate obceis and with the inmates, and I?1 niatJagement f the heMi-lutit-n will untl.d.telly stund the closest examimiiion. representatives who made the tili were M.-ssis.. Pavis. Cully, '"armichat I. .Matthews and Cable. Mrs. l'ais. Mis. Cully ami Mrs. Art man were ;lls ill lh? part. The trip was rot o!bcial Tl;e desk of Secretary lltiffman. of the senate, was broken into ami a large number of pencils, with paper, knives nnd other supplies, werr taken. Kesi.b- this, several immbeis f the sen.-ite ctunplain that th- law books. Mini ether volumes oi value hae disappeared from their desks. Since the passage of the senate bill N. 1'7. known as the .loss railroiid consolidation bill, it h-is been disco ere.l that there was an error in the title, ami that instead d" reatliii". "bill for an act. etc." it simply read "a bill au t hot izing the sale, pntthae or be of railrtt.ids. etc."' "I'lie tlisiry was not ma.ie until the bill HH'hetl the sena'e cor.ooi; t. oil ti til let lled bill. I lie rett.ltis were I neu v r.anget 1. so as to read coire tl. The baton now carried b t'.ertnan li.d.l marshals while Turfonnipg du.'ies of distinction tesembic:; a riding whip. The bachelorhood of Cov. Dioiiicii of Nebraska has caused him no littlo embarrassment, not a day going by without bringing him a written proposal of marriage from some quarter ol the state or country. It is a great comfort to feel that i . ..... the is always somcuodj mat cuvjcj us

A WEEK IN INDIANA.

RECORD OF HAPPENINGS FOM SEVEN DAYS. A Kokoiuo Man' 'Will Directs That N Tear lie Mied ut III Funcril vVurd'n M.ijrer Il:iiuseti Jail to A muuii t of IO.OOU. 'o Inttictmi nt Agülnit ItrllU The grand jury at Ii Porte reported no indictment against Joseph V. Urill of Cleveland, Ohio, for the attempted murder of Kllsworth K. Weir, and the prisoner was released. II' was rearrested, charged with assault and battery with intent to commit a. felony and later gave a $2ä,000 bail bond. It is saiil that tve grand jury stood three to three or the voting of an indictment. Attorneys for the state allege that money played Its part in defeating the return of an in dictment, l.'Jt the accusation Is met with emphatic denial by the defense, who say that Prill courted the fullest grand jury investigation. Prosecutor Hreece says lie will criminally prosecute bribe givc-rs or bribe taker should an investigation disclose that Prill's "wealth had phi ye I any part in, the proceedings grand jury. and decision, of thj Love Lead to Murder. William Mitchell and William Jones met in .McCarlors si loon at Marion, ;;nd aft or a few words were exchanged Mitchell was seen to strike Jones in the breast with a dirk knife. Jone; fell to the Hoor and expired instantly and Mitchell ib-d. A riol call was scat to the police station, and a patrol wagon filled with police was soon al the sec in- !' the murder. Mitchell was seen to cross tie river on a. bridge east of tip- city and disappear into a forest. A po.-sv of joliee .started in pursuit and have scoured tha country in the direction in which ho went, but the murderer escaped. It is said the young men were rivals in a love affair, which caused the tragedy. Tho dirk blade entered the lueast and pentrated the lung and heart. An internal h morrhage caused instaut death. MisKiiiiC I'rt.ktr In 1 rae-J. Israel Messier, a Fort Wayne looker, who was reported missing, was in. Marion this week. 11' went to th home ot his brother. Amos M''.sler. a minister in that city, last Sunday. IP had with him SlL'.öu!. of which $3.CK' was in gold. Monday li' went to a hank ami exchanged the oid for ''uTrency. The br;thers placed the moneyill bfdts fastened abo'i: their loiie.-i and took a train for Fall City. Neb., where Israel owns a tat:!- raivh. From there they will go to California, where he has a fr lit farm. A letter received for.i them stated that the had arrived safely in Fall City. Want No TfM at IbirlaU The will of Robert Cook, probated in Clinton o mty. contain-; unusual provisions. Mr. Cook directs that ni tears or indications of sorrow shall ie shown at his funeral, and that hl body 1' laid in a hox made from boards That may be found on hi farm. He or.b r d a headttone for the grave of his second wife to read a follows: "Here lies Mary Ann Aspaugh. Second Wife of Hubert. Cook. Who Died from an Overdone of Morphine Administered ly an Allopath Phvsician." The children of the de ceased will observe the strange will. the provisions o '.'KC Injur" m Tlffer. Rajah. the man-eating tigr nt thu Indianapolis z-o. which, killed Albert Neilson. an employe, two weeks ago. lias met himatch in a piagga. an animal bred from a donkey and a ; escaped, from th' cag The tiger and afb ciiasing tin' tpiagga into the Luge cag tailed tiie aieaa i:i the f ilter of tht building was kicked in the In ad and rendered uiieoiiscio;:s. The tiger alsi attacked his k rer. C) shot and seriously womub d l.im. li ttler, d the d;il Mll.ooo Vtrtb. The authorities of Viui county ;;r. now learning !:' they cme in on. the aetitin of the mob that hanged (leorge Wartl. "I'lieie was not. h .bituag done to the county jail by ih men who battered in the do. : s. The. county oun. il has appropriated $1.ooo for repairing the damage. A moement lus been started to raise a fund for the widowed mother i" Miss Ida Finkt 1st t in. The mother was dependent upon the daughter for ni;t f her Jinancial suj.poit. I.reiter Hold ltn. 'I lie high court of Indiana Independent Order of Foresters he'd a. two days .session at Tern. Over Ft) delegates from all parts of 1he statu were in st nt . Hili Flu f Hanger Charles Kllis tf ll.irtfoitl 'ity ptesi 1'd. The reports show gains of membership and x client financial condition. Six hundred isitos and gue&t participated in a hampiet. Dcfrnne of I mot lu al Inaand. The statement is published at J -A port that emotirnal insanity will the theory upon which the defense in. the Urill -ase will base its side of tho case. The rumor is again current lh.it the grand jury has failed to return an. indiitment. and while the report cannot be confirmed it is gaining re. Jem s rapidly. The rumor credits but four ot" the grand jury as being favorable to an indict m nt. State's Attorney llrt cce s.n s I he case is uu f jr iadiclment. but tloes not o further. UOle.l let Iii; l our 1 ralu. Chf sier Teini'T. unmarried, aged 2S ea;s. was instantly killed by a RIß Four train at Murtinsvilb. The accident occurred at a Pirk street crossing. Train Kill IV ru (Hio Koenig of Peru, was killed by & Fake Krb- train in that city. ;-nrritl ftat Nrwi. A (hnptcr of the oons of the AnieiJcan l'eolution has b?en formed at Iluutingtoa.