Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1895 — WOMEN’S NEW BIBLE. [ARTICLE]

WOMEN’S NEW BIBLE.

RUMOR DISTURBS THE THEOLOGICAL WORLD. Many States Suffer from the Cold Wave—Nebraska Farmers Now Able to Help Themselves—Gen. Harrison toßetirelromt-heLaw. The New Woman's Sensation. The theological world is thoroughly stirred by the announcement that Elisabeth Cady Stanton and nearly a score of colaborers, in the persons of distinguished women, will undertake a revision of those portions of the scriptures dealing directly or indirectly with the relative positions of man and woman, and will publish the results of their labors itTa"hew Bible; whichis to be-known-as “The Woman's Bible.” Mrs. Stanton has declared that the greatest obstacle which has retarded the advance of woman’s cause is the inferior position accorded her in the scrip- _ tures as now translated, and that she can Attain the full measureLPfJmr-self-respect, and equality with man in which God created her only when the Bible is correctly retranslated. This work, she holds, should be done by women, as man has, in every translation, declined to do her justice. Damage by-Frost. The cold snap of Monday night was one of the most general ever experienced at this time of year, extending as it does from Nebraska to the Atlantic coast. The aggregate damage to crops and fruit will be enormous. The grape-growing section of New York State was one of the heaviest sufferers, the injury to that interest alone being estimated by one of the .largest growers at $2,000,000. Snow fell in Wisconsin at several points, which report killing frosts and much damage. Michigan practically was under snow, nearly every dispatch received reporting a more or less severe fall. Crops and"fruit Were considerably damaged in many place;?. The peach belt may not have been so hard hit. Indiana got a touch of the snowstorm, several places reporting light flurries. From lowa comes a story of damage to fruit about Boone which amounts to total destruction. Potatoes and grapes were destroyed in Greene, Calhoun, Carroll and Guthrie Counties. - Many other places send similar reports. In Ohio, throughout the central portion, vegetables were killed, and fruits met a like fate in the northern part of the State. Damage io wheat and corn is not believed to have been great. Corn, fruit and garden vegetation sustained considerable damage in Minnesota, but the main crops were not affected except in a few instances. Garden stuff and fruit in the northern tier of counties in Missouri were nipped, but the damage in other parts of the State was inconsiderable." Nebraska Requires No More Aid. Gov. Holcomb Friday authorized the following statement: I have been advised by the State relief committee that the wants of the people in the drought stricken portions of Nebraska have been supplied to such an extent that further contributions from sources outside of the State are unnecessary, and there remains in the handset the treasurer of the commission sufficient funds to care for any isolated cases which may arise. In making this announcement 'I desire to acknowledge on the part of the people our gratitude for the evidences of kindly interest which have come from almost every State in the Union in the form of generous donations to relieve the distress of our unfortunate drought sufferers, and to the railroads and express companies which have transported these contributions in many instances free of charge. Like Hie White Brethren. Friday was the time sot for the execution of Johnson Jacob, a full-blooded Choctaw, at Caddo, I. T., Tor the murder of his wife last fall. Since his conviction he has been permitted to go whore he pleased, and he adopted the white man's tricks and left for parts unknown.