People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1897 — Page 6

THE GREAT VENEZUELAN ARBITRATION VICTORY.

The four men who will arbitrate the Venezuelan question are all eminent (Jurists. Chief Justice Fuller and Justice Brewer of the United States Supreme court will represent the American side of the controversy, and Great Brltain’B interests will be looked after by Lord Farrer Herschell and Sir Richard Henn Collins, both members of the Supreme court of Judicature in England. Lord Herschell is one of the Judges of the court of appeal, a branch of the Supreme court of Judicature, and la the first lord of his name. He is Just 60 years old, and is the son of a clergyman. Herschell passed through University College in London and the University of Bonn, and was called to the bar in 1860. In 1872 he became a lueen’s counsel and a bencher of Lincoln’s Inn. He was appointed recorder of Carlisle in 1873, and he was elected to parliament by the liberals to represent Durham City. In 1880 Mr. Gladstone made him solicitor general, and he was knighted in the same year. In 1886 he was raised to the peerage, and at the same time became lord high Chancellor. He was again made chancellor by Gladstone in 1892, and held the position until 1895, when he resigned to accept his present position on the supreme bench. He is an able Judge, highly cultured, and Just the man to arbitrate an international question. He has the degree of doctor of laws from Harvard and many other degrees from various universities. The other arbiter selected by England, Sir Richard Henn Collins, is a member of the queen’s bench division of the supreme court and is also a member of the railway and canal commission, Which is likewise a department of England's high court. Sir Richard was made a Judge and a knight but recently, yet he has been one of the big guns of the law courts in Fleet street for many years. He is 55 years old, and was educated at Trinity college, Dublin, and Downing college, Cambridge, where he was graduated with high honors in the classics and the sciences. He began Jaw practice in 1867, and was created queen’s counsel in 1883. In both branches of the English law, Junior and queen’s council, he enjoyed a large practice. He has long been known as a sound and careful lawyer, and since his elevation to the bench, in 1891, he has proved himself a most cap,l.- ;

Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller. Justice David J. Brewer. Right Hon. Lord Herschell. Sir Richard Henn Collins. MEMBERS OF THE ARBITRATION TRIBUNAL.

able and discriminating Judge. Like bis associate on the arbitration board, Sir Richard won his way from the bottom round of the ladder, and owes his present lofty position to pure merit, unmixed of political influence. No less interesting, though more familiar, are the stories of the rise of the two jurists who will represent America on the arbitration board. Chief Justice Fuller is as high up as he ean get in the American judiciary. From the position of a humble lawyer In Augusta, Me., he rose steadily in his profession, and continued to rise after his removal to Chicago in 1856. He was one of the profoundest jurists in the United States when President Cleveland made him chief Justice in 1888. Harvard, Northwestern and Bowdoin have honored him with their degrees. Justice Brewer was appointed to the supreme bench in 1889 by President Harrison. For many years he had been a supreme judge of Kansas, and hie,,decisions were noted for their fairness and wisdom. In 1884 he became a federal judge, and was advanced to the supreme court of the United States. The court will proceed to business at an early date. What if it should decide that England’s contention in Venezuela must be satisfied? The Monroe doctrine would thereby be indirectly placed at naught, and the new difference that would arise, would go before the general arbitration treaty—if the United States senate ratifies the Paunce-fote-Olney agreement. It is likely, however, that there will be no ratification. With no other treaty or alliance In the way, the Venezuelan dispute can be settled in a manner satisfactory to the defenders of the Monroe doctrine. It will be remembered that at first England refused to submit the dispute to arbitration. She would have maintained her position had it not been for President Cleveland’s special and warlike message to congress. The mes-

sage soon brought England to time. Had it not been for our threat to fight England would have gobbled up tin disputed territory long ago. If in future, disputes in which other great questions are involved, a threat to fight it out on our part should be choked oft by the existence of a permanent board of arbitration, our dignity as the leading nation would be subjected to many severe jolts.

FEUD MAY DRAW BLOOD.

Deadly Affair In Oklahoma —Whole Country Stirred Up. Guthrie, O. T., Telegram: W. E. Lurton, E. Lurten and Charles Moore were surrounded near Stroud, sixty miles east of here, by George Graham, his three sons and four other men Thursday and taken bodily into the Creek county. A feud of long standing has existed. between the men, and the abduction was doubtless made with the intention of murdering the Lurtens and Moore in revenge for depredations committed against the captors. The citizens of Chandler, in the Sac and Fox agency, have organized a posse and gone in pursuit. Full particulars from Lincoln county show that the outlaws who terrorized the Sac and Fox agency did depredations at the town of Stroud, fifteen miles northeast of Chandler, a few hours before. The reports brought in by deputy marshals to the effect that Gen. Thomas, agent at the Sac and Fox agency, was shot, and that three men had been killed, were incorrect. On Monday the Griffiths gang, composed of six members, gathered at the town of Stroud and terrorized the citizens. They ordered everybody Inside the house and school closed and locked, declaring that a bloody battle would shortly take place. For two days Stroud was In a state of siege and few people ventured out. Wednesday, while Deputy Jim Furber, Henry Lurten, Everett Lurten and Charles Moore were entering Stroud they were ambushed by the Griffiths gang, eight in number. Twenty shots were fired, but no one was killed. Four of the Griffiths rode hurriedly away to Sac and Fox, where they caused the excitement already mentioned. The four remaining outlaws then captured the two Lurtens. Furber

and Moore, bound them and hurried them away to the Creek country. Two posses of deputies have left Chandler to intercept the Griffiths. A report received says old man Henry Lurten has been lynched and Everett Lurten and Moore shot. At this writing the latter report cannot be confirmed. The whole eastern country is stirred up.

PENSION AGENCIES DROPPED.

Nine Important Offices Will Be Consolidated. Washington, Dispatch: The President has signed, on the recommendation of Secretary of the Interior Francis, an important order reducing the number of pension agencies in the United States from eighteen to nine. The object of the order is to effect a very large saving to the government without inconveniencing the pensioners. The Secretary demonstrates that by this reduction of the pension agencies the cost of distributing pensions can be reduced by at least $150,000 per annum. The change was made possibly by an amendment to the law governing the disbursing of pensions which was approved March 23, 1896. It required that all pensioners should, after that date, be paid by checks remitted by mail.

Newspaper Man Arrested.

Washington, Special: Consul-General Lee has telegraphed the state department from Havana as follows: “Sylvester Scovel, World correspondent, arrested at Tunas, Santa Clara province.” Sylvester Scovel is the only New York newspaper correspondent who has been for any length of time with the Cuban army in the field. He is a son of the Rev. D. R. Scovel, president of Wooster (O.) university. Some months ago, it is alleged, Gen. Weyler offered SIO,OOO reward for the capture of Scovel.

ICE GORGE BREAKS UP

MUCH DAMAGE REPORTED A 1 LOUISVILLE. KY. New Orleans and Memphis Packet* Caught —Both the Allegheny and Mo nongahela Rivers Are Poll of Floating Ice —Coal to Bo Moved. Louisville, Ky., Special: An Ice gorge fifteen feet high and twenty miles long, which has been forming for several days, gave way Sunday afternoon. Several New Orleans and Memphis packets have been caught in the ice and compelled to lie up. If these have not succeeded in flndng refuge in tributaries the loss may be large. A telephone message from the scene states that the Buckeye State ran into Bine river to escape the ice. The water in Blue river quickly rose with the passing of the gorge and quickly receded, leaving the steamer stranded on the shore. Her pilot-house and smokestacks were demolished and it is now thought she will be a total loss. Her value is $40,000. PENNSYLVANIA RIVERS RISING. Good Boating Stage* Now A**nrad in the Alleghany and Monongahela. Pittsburg, Pa., Special: Both the, Alleghany and the Monongahela rivers are full of floating ice and are rising rapidly, but a dangerous flood is not apprehended. A good boating stage of water is assured, however, and between seven and ten million bushels of coal will be shipped to southern points at once. Several tows were made up and started, but had to lay up because of the ice. The Monongahela avove Brownsville and the Alleghany above Kittanning are still frozen over, and as the weather is getting colder they" will probably not break up at this time.

WEYLER’S NARROW ESCAPE.

Dorse Shot Under the Spanish General by a Cuban Sharpshooter. New York, Special: A Key West special to the World says: “As Generai Weyler was marching with his columns Just before entering Santa Clara his horse was shot under him by a Cuban sharpshooter. It is supposed the shot came from a distant hillside. Throughout the march from Rodas the captaingeneral was assailed by missiles of this kind, and several times barely escaped being wounded. He is greatly worried over it, and large scouting parties precede the advance of the Spanish columns to capture the daring marauders. "A Spanish force of 5,000 was am-

bushed Wednesday night near Nazarene, just west of Santa Clara, where Generhl Weyler was then, and narrowly escaped annihilation.”

WANTS NO CABINET PLACE.

Mr. Goff Declines Maj. McKinley’s Offer —Wilson at Canton. Canton, Ohio, Special: The usual Sunday quiet prevailed at the McKinley home. Congressman Wilson had a half-hour's talk with the major before leaving for the east in the afternoon. He had little to say except that his mission was not of national importance. The best information is that Mr. Goff will not be in the cabinet; that he has arrived at this conclusion for personal reasons after two weeks’ consideration, Judge Goff has written a letter to this effect to Maj. McKinley. His withdrawal brings up for reconsideration by the president-elect the whole question of who shall represent the south in the cabinet. It is B&fe to say hiß mind is not made up on this subject, and that he would be greatly relieved if Judge Goff, even at this late day, could be induced to alter his decision, which, it may be stated, is not expressed in absolutely final terms. J. J. McCook of New York is now considered probable for attorney-general.

Gold Found In Calcite Rock.

Custer, S. D., Special: Gold has been found in limestone ten miles west of Custer. Assays show the ore to run irom sl6 to $175 to the ton. During the last six weeks about 200 assays have been made from ores of the limestone. In every instance gold was found from a trace to $9 a ton. There are at least 2,000 square miles of limestone exposed in the Black Hills. Gold is found so seldom in alkaline earths that this deposit is a great curiosity to mineralogists. Gold is usual in siliceous or volcanic rocks.

MORE DISCRIMINATION.

The Discovery Made by a Man on the Alert for an Affront. There was that about his attire and his manner which showed that, although of African descent, he was fully alive to the respect due him as a citizen of the United States and an equal voter at the polls, says the Washington Star. The salesman in the men’s furnishing store hastened to learn his wishes and ventured to wish him “good morning” in spite of his (haughty glare. “What can we do for you to-day?” “You can’t do nuffin’ much foh me,” was the reply. “I come yuh- ter do somefin’ foh you.” “We—er —we don’t any help.” “I ain’t lookin’ foh wuhk! I come yuh to give you all s+me money. I wants ter trade an’ es anybody grits de bes’ er de bahgain I dqn’t reckon it’s gwinter be me. Only I don’t want no bowin’ an’ scrapin’ like yoh imagined I wus de prince o’ Wales, an’ at de same time I don’t want no sissiness. All 1 desiahs is ter put money on de counter an’ kyah off de goods, es dey suits me." “What do you wish to purchase?” “Er shirt.” “Ah, yea. lam sure we can give you a satisfactory article. Do you want a white shirt or a colored shirt?” “Whut’s dat?” and his hand reached ominously for his hip pocket. “I merely asked you whether you wanted a white shirt or a colored shirt,” the salesman replied as he edged behind a pile of hat boxes. “I s’pected It in de fus place, an’ now I knows it. I’m in de wrong sto’. Whut’s de good er civil rights? I goes to de theayter an’ dey has white seats an’ colored seats. I goes ter de restaurant an’ dey has white vittles an’ colored vittles. But when I comes yub ter get some cotton foh my back an’ yoh stan’s me up an’ tells me dat yoh has white shirts for white folks an’ colored shirts foh colored folks you’s done got pas’ de limit, an’ dar ain’ nuffin lef’ foh me ter do, ’ceppin’ ter hire a lawyer.”

NEW VIEW OF HALL BEDROOM.

How It Appears in the Eyes of an Old Soldier. “The hall bedroom has always seemed to me rather a spacious and comfortable apartment than otherwise,” said qn old soldier. “This feeling ■is due, I suppose, in some degree, to more or less experience of still smaller quarters. Whoever has slept under a shelter tent, for instance, where he has had to lie on edge to get any shelter at all, will easily realize that the hall bedroom may seem a fine room, indeed. And as compared with even the A tent, seven feet square at the base and rising, wedge-shaped, seven feet to the ridge pole, in which four men commonly slept, and sometimes five, the hall bedroom has greatly the advantage. At the same time it is undoubtedly better to sleep in an A tent than outdoors, though one does get there a very much bigger room. But it is a room that has its drawbacks. It is sure, for one thing, to be damp and uncomfortable in case of rain, and in reality you would prefer a smaller room that was less leaky. No. The hall bedroom does not seem to me to be the worst thing in the world; and when you come to add that by the very nature of things the dweller in it has no guard duty to do, and no picket duty, and no fighting: that in it he lives as it were in a state of perpetual arbitration, why, you can readily see how it would be quite possible for it to appear acceptable in some eyes.”

The Difference.

One British writer spent SI,OOO in advertising his book, and never sold a copy. Another spent SSO in calling attention to a little one-dollar book, and sold 80,000 copies within a year.

MISSING LINKS.

Traveler —Who governs here? South American Inhabitant —Oh! we take turns.—Puck. An opera singer has been arrested in Venezuela because she would not respond to an encore. Eighteen tons of steel disappear daily on the London & Northwestern railway through wear and rust. It is said that people who drink a great deal of water have rheumatism less than the non-water drinker. Four daily papers of Fargo, N. D., have died during the year, the last being the Commonwealth (Populist). It is said that carp are so plentiful in the St. Joseph river, near Niles, Mich., that they can be caught with bare hooks. The prison population of England has fallen off in late years. Out of 113 prisons, fifty-seven have been altogether closed. As early as the time of Alexander 11. of Scotland, a man who let weeds go to seed on a farm were declared to be the king’s enemy. “Have you heard from uncle who went to Africa as a missionary?” “Oh, yes! A frientl sent me the menu.” — Fliegende Blaetter. It costs Great Britain 815,000 a year to maintain the Queen’s pack of deerhounds. The people are petitioning her to give them up. Of 276 members of the Connecticut legislature which will convene next month, one hundred are farmers. The lawyers number only twenty-three. “Would you please help me?” said the poor beggar to the pedestrian. “I have a wife -nd five children at home, and an installment to pay on my bicycle to-morrow!” —Yonkers Statesmen. “On the right,” said a Killarney guide to a party of tourists, “ye'll see a cascade called ‘The Maiden’s Tears’ and on the left a cascade called ‘The Widow’s Tears,’ ’cause it dried up the quickest.”

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.

LESSON VI2I, FEB. 21—ACTS 6: 8-15; 7: 64-80, Golden Text; “Be Thoa Faithful Unto Death and I Will Give Thee a Crown of Life” —Rev. 2: lO —The First Christtan Martyr.’

and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen. 10. And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake. 11. Then they suborned men, which said. We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God. 12. And they stirred up the people, and the-elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council, 13. And set up false witnesses, which said. This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law: 14. For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us. 15. And all that sat in the council, looking steadfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel. 54. When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth. 55. But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up steadfastly Into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, 56. And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God. 57. Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, 58. And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul. 59. And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. 60. And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep. HINTS TO TEACHERS. Stephen occupies a unique place In the history of the early Church. He flashed across the sky In a brief, brilliant career, throwing even the apostles into shadow. He aroused an opposition which no other of the disciples had excited, and precipitated a question which threatened to rend asunder the Church, but in the result made It world-wide. He delivered one discourse, which, though a fragment, is recorded at greater length than any other in the New Testament except the Sermon on the Mount. He died In the very opening of what promised to be a splendid life, and, meteor-like, left a glorious trail of light. This influence lasts even until the present time, and shall be felt to the end of time. His character. Verses 3, 5. When men of ability, of reputation, and of force were needed for a new emergency, all eyes turned to Stephen, and he was the first chosen for office in “the deaconship.” Here is an intimation of his character. The work was secular, but the man chosen was “full of the Holy Ghost and of faith.” His energy. Verses S-10. Though chosen for a lay office, he at once began to preach, to urge the claims of the Gospel, and to work miracles. The brief hint as to his ministry indicates its irresistible power. His breadth of views. Verses 11-14. We notice that the preaching of Stephen excited opposition, not merely from the rulers, but also from the people, and of the fiercest kind. We study the charges made against him, his answer in chapter 7, and the results following his ministry: and we are convinced that Stephen was the first in the Church to see that the Gospel was for all men, and not for Jews only; that in spirit and breadth he was the true forerunner of St. Paul. This was the fact which called down such hate, opposition, and Intense persecution, and caused his death. His courage. See him as he stands in presence of the council with shining face! (Verse 15 is undoubtedly a personal memory of Paul.) Notice with what calmness, what readiness, what splendid self-pos-session, what infinite tact, what utter boldness, he met his accusers, in the dlscourse of which only the opening was delivered. His heavenly communion. Chapter 7, 54-56. It was given to his dying eyes, as to many of God’s dying saints, to look within the veil and see the King upon His throne. He saw what he had the faith to see. His Christlike spirit. He who sees Christ becomes like Christ. Stephen breathes his Master’s spirit in his dying prayer for his enemies; a prayer that lingered in the mind of one persecutor, and in time led him to follow Stephen’s faith and to carry forward evep more gloriously Stephen’s work.

Old Russian Burial Mounds.

A French archaeologist, Baron de Bay, has been occupied for some months past in the neighborhood of Tomsk, Siberia, in excavating kurgans, the old turtle-back burying mounds found in many parts of Russia. Fifteen of these kurgans have been opened, and a curious and significant discovery made. Those mounds, which date back to before the Russian conquest of Siberia, contain quantities of beads, earrings, knives with artistically finished bone hafts, copper kettles, engraved rings and silver ornaments, bracelets, etc. The oldest of these belong to the thirteenth century. These kurgans, on the other hand, which date only from about three centuries ago (Tomsk was founded in 1604) contain comparatively little of anything, hardly any articles of metal, except a few of-the rudest forms of wire rings and earrings and for the most part arrow-heads, knives, buckles, etc., of bone, showing a much poorer stage of civilization. —London Standard.

FIGS AND THISTLES.

The reformer is a living declaration of war. The most dangerous wrong step is the first one. _ God is on the side of the man who behaves himself. If you know that you love everybody, everybody knows that you love God. God always has a large place for the man who is willing to do little things.

VENTS told of in today’s lesson probably occurred In the year 27 A. D. Place, in and around Jerusalem. The text of the lesson follows: 9. Then there arose -~ertain of the synagogue, which Is called the synagogue of the Libertines,

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