Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 26, Number 2, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 6 July 1895 — Page 5

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REV. WILLIAM RKYBURN HIOQINS. Rev. William. Reyburn Higgina, late pastor of the MoflFatt street (now Wash lDgton avenue) Presbyterian church of this city, died at his home, No. 1238 *outh Third street, last night, after a lingering illness, brought on by tumor of the throat. He leaves to mourn him, besides the many citizens who loved •him, his wife and one son, Alvln M., the attorney at law, and three sisters and a brother at Logansport, Indiana.

Mr. Higgins was the eldest son of •Captain A. M. Higgins, one of the early merchants of the upper Wabash valley and was born at Logansport in 1838. Liberally educated at Wabash college, he chose the ministry rather than his father's business, and graduated from jLane Seminary at Cincinnati in 1864 A most happy marriage did be mabe with Miss Mary E. Condon, in Ohio,and the young couple were called to Superior -City, Wisconsin, in 1865. For eight years the young minister preached and labored with his wife among the mixed races of the new northwest. He founded the now leading Presbyterian church of Dulutb. In 1873 he was called to the First church at Marion, Indiana, and in 1883, after a four years' absence in Ohio, he was recalled to the Marlon church Here he achieved great success, and took pleasure only two years ago in de livening the Golden Anniversary sermon for this well loved church. His residence in Terre Haute has been since 1887, and many a home has been gladdened by his faithful service. Unobtrusive and quiet, yet he was a power in the city, and the south end of towYi realizes that a warm-hearted Christian gentleman has passed away. •i His sufferings for three years have been borne with patience and fortitude Not a murmur escaped his lips. And all this time he took the deepest interest In Terre Haute and her people.

As a minister of the gospel he was popular 1vilh hisvfellows, and built on the orthodox pattern. His sermons were eloquent and tilled with original thought. The plain, simple gospel of Christ was his favorite theme.

After brief noon services at the home next Monday the remains will be taken to Logansport on the 1 p. m. Vandalla train. The funeral will be held at the home of his sister, Mrs. Moses R. Frazee, in Logansport, at 10 a. m. next Tuesday, the sermon to be preached bj Dr. Chas Little, of Wabash. In the beautiful cemetery of Mount Hope his remains will lie, but his memory will live in the hearts of thousands who knew his worth.

RICHARD J. SPARKS,

Richard J. Sparks, an old and wellknown resident, died at his residence on south Fourth street, Monday morn ing, after a long illness. Deceased was bora in Kentucky, April 29, 1827, and had been a resident of this city for many years. He was for along time connected with the sheriff's office, where bis familiarity with its duties made bim a valuable man. Since retiring from the sheriff's office he has been in the real estate and brokerage bufinest. His wife and six children survive him—Mrs. C. H. Goldsmith, of this city Frank M. Sparks, of Indianapolis George M. Sparks, of Maryland L. D. Sparks, of McKlnney, Tex. Mrs. E A flollingsworth, of this olty, and Samuel E Sparks, clerk at Pixley's clothing store-

MRS JANB STXWAf^r lOCKRlDOS. Mrs Jane Stewart Loekridge, wife of George A. Loekridge, died at the family residence east of the city last Sunday morning, aged sixty nine years. She was born just east of the oity, and had spent her entire life in this oonnty. She was a woman of the most admirable character, and aside from her family her death will be mourned by a large circle of the most devoted friends to whom •he bad endeared herself by her many act* of devotion and kindness. Her husband and two daughters, Mrs. Levi Hughes and Mrs. Joseph Watson, survive her.

Fine Watch Repairing a Specialty only the best workmen employed, and all work warranted. Prioe^ as cheap as first-class work can be done. At J. M". Bigwood the Jeweler, 6p7 Wabash Avenue* Slto*

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THE FOURTH.

THE MOST GLORIOUS CELEBRATION IN THE CITY'S HISTORY.

Thousand* of Stranger* Attracted to the City by the Barbecue and Charity Circa*—The Great 8aoc«M of Both These

Attract ion#. Let It never again be said that Terre Haute laoks the patriotism and public spirit to properly celebrate the glorious natal day of our oountry. The Fourth of July, 1805, will long be remembered by oureltisens as a day that saw the greatest crowd in the beautiful Prairie City that evergathered here. The dual attractions of the Charity Ciroua and the free bar becoe of the Trotting Association at the fair grounds served to draw a crowd here of such a vast siae that the moat oarefal are at a loss to estimate it. The railroads began bringing the vlsltora the day before the attractions were to be offered, and they kept It up until noon of that day. Various estimates are of fered as to the number of visitors drawn to the city by the unusual attractions, and while they disagree, it la admitted by all that there was never suob a orowd in the olty before, even eclipsing the great Cleveland day, in Ootober, 1887. They were all repaid, too, for their coming, for suoh a list of attractions was never before offered to our visitors.

The Charity Clrous, with Its multitude ot attractions, drew thousanda of visit ors. It had been thoroughly advertised and the people came expecting to see something out of the ordinary. And they saw it, too. The parade was undoubtedly one of the most attractive dis plays ever given in the country. It was novel and original in its plan, and it was carried out with a perfection as to de tails that surprised the most ardent advocates of the plan by whloh it was pro posed to raise funds for the mo9t de serving of Terre Haute's publio and charitable institutions. It was unique in its plan, and perfect in its detail, and the display of those business men who were represented did more to advertise the wide-awakeness of Terre Haute's business men than anything that oould have been attempted. Terre Haute business men have heretofore shown their liberality in the arrangement of floats and displays for industrial displays, but never before did they make suoh a complete and satisfactory display. All the animals that naturalists hare ever dreamed of—and some more—were represented in the parade, and their ar nngement in cages and floats was Jartistic and attractive. The business men interested were satisfied with the parade, too, and about the only persons who have found any fault with it were those who failed to realize the immensity of tbe occasion, and therefore failed to have a suitable display. No one seems to have regretted the amount of money spent in the parade, realizing that the advertising obtained therefrom more than repaid them for the expense.

The performance of the Charity Circua surprised the people as much as did the parade. Every act met with an enthu niastlc reception, and every act merited it. No amateur performance ever created as much enthusiasm, and where every act was noticeable, and every performer was a star, there is not room for in dividual mention. Tbe performance moved with a snap that characterizes those of professionals, and there was none of the disagreeable waits that usually mark amateur performances of any kind. It is not known yet just what amount .will be netted for the charities for which the entertainment was given, but it is hoped that it will be enough to compensate for tbe time and trouble that was undergone by those who have labored so hard for tbe sucoess of an entertainment of suoh magnitude. Mr. Harry Felcbt, of Dayton, who furnished the tent, the riders and others o' the performers used in the entertain ment, carried out his part of the contract strictly according to agreement, and tbe men who worked so hard for the success of tbe show are perfectly satisfied with his performance. It in hard to give credit to all who labored to make »e Charity Circus a snocess bo? among th"-e who are entitled to espeoiat mention are Martin N Dial!, cnainnan, and Harry Sohloss, secretary of tbe ex eoutive committee David L. Watson, ohalrman of tbtt parade committee Robert L. Haymau, chairman of tbe amusement committee James M. Dishon, chairman of the advertising com mittee William C. Dorsey, chairman of the refreshment committee Clarence Merritt, ohalrman of the tloket and mnslooommlttees Frank H.Cooper, who while not a member of any committee, labored incessantly for the sucoess of the entertainment, to say nothing of the countless others, business men and others, who worked early and late for tbe success of an entertainment that did so much to advertise Terre Haute's enterprise and energy throughout all the surrounding oountry for many miles. The show was "a big thing on wheels," and while It may not have resulted in turning very much money into tbe treasuries of tbe Institutions it was intended to benefit, ft Advertised Terre Haute more thoroughly than it has been advertised foe many, many years.

The barbecue and entertainment offerered by the Trotting Association at tbe fair grounds on the same day

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proved a glorious suooess ss well—more glorious In faot, in the way of financial returns, for nearly eleven thousand per sons paid their way into the fairgrounds on that day to witness a spectacle that had never before been seen by many of the younger generation. It was a free barbeoue, with all that that signifies There was roast beef and mutton, done to a turn In manner to attract the taste of the moat fastidious, and ft v» rlety of soup that would serve to whet the appetite of an epioure to the feast* that is supposed to follow tbe course 61 soup, It was a spectacle worth going many miles to see, and from the Way the people flocked into the fair grounds they realised that it was

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that they would not be likely to witness again In an ordinary lifetime. Manager Banr, of the Terre Haute, who never makes a mistake in handling an bflair of the ordinary kind, seemed besqual to the occasion when It cametQ handling something extraordinary, and a man or woman who wanted something good to eat and wentaway from the fair grounds on Thursday without being satisfied was certainly hard to please, Tbe at traotions offered In connection with tbe barbeoue were numerous and Interest ing, and included horse rapes, blcyole raoea, eto. The Terre Haute Trotting as soolation baa done muoh to oreate a love for fine horse raoes in this seotion of tbe oonntry, and has given to Terre Haute a reputation that oould not be seoured by the expenditure of hundreds of thousands of dollars In advertising. Every oitizen of this olty will be glad to hear therefore, that the association did nicely with Its Fourth of July entertainment and has a neat balanoe to its credit as the result of one of the oleverest enter tainments ever offered to the people of this vicinity.

The success of the barbecue of the Trotting Association has determined tbe officers of that association to give a barbeoue next year on the Fourth that will eolipse all previous efforts in that direction.#-^

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A Well Known Illinois Woman. Mary E. Holmes, who was recently elected president of the Equal Suffrage association of Illinois,for the tenth time, has been in aotive worjc 4s an educator and reformer for ma&y years. She was for several years a teacher and always took advanced grounds in introducing the latest and newest* math* ods. She taught in Peoria, Ilia and in Berlin and Oshkosh, Wis.

Mrs. Holmes and her husband, Rev. D. E. Holmes, were members of the first faculty of the Oshkosh Normal schooL A failure of Mr. Holmes' health made a change to a business life a necessity, and Mrs. Holmes widened her sphere of usefulness by beginning the reform work that has occupied so much of her time for the last 20 years. Her home was in GahrtiJ Ills., where her husband was engaged in the lumber business until about three years ago, when the family moved to Chicago to obtain better educational advantages for the children. Mrs. Holmes was for sonie years a temperance worker and was su:«s

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perintendent of the franchise department of the Woman's Christian Temperance union of Illinois. She was a member of the "government reform" oommittee of the woman's branch of the world's congress auxiliary, and also represented thp National American Suffrage association at the World's fair as. the committee from Illinois.

Mrs. Holmes is also an aotive member of Plymouth church and has a large Sunday school class of men and women, which meets in the auditorium of the church. She is president of the industrial school connected with the church. But the greater part of her time and strength has been given to the development and elevation of woman. She believes that woman should be enff^fichised that she may represent the hrittie. She has great confidence that mothers would legislate in the interest of family life. She expects women to eventually purify politics and make the world a purer and sweeter place in which to live. To do this she believes woman must have the opportunity to express her convictions of men and measures in the only way possible in a republic—by the ballot box.

Mrs. Holmes has seen the equal suffrage sentiment grow from indifference and scorn to respect andpopularity since she has been president of the state association, and she believes that the present interest is the beginning of the end. —Chicago Post. ,•

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SAM-S PRAYER MEETING.

BY HARRIET CAHYL COX.

II had been a pretty bad wreck, to be sure, and the morning edition of the eastern paperawould tell of the fearful collision that had occurred just as the train entered Lead Valley. ,jBufc now the excitement, in the place of, t!be disaster, had begun to quiet downj for tbe rough miners

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tle settlement were too used to perils of fill kinds to be long stirred by this reck, with its half-dozen lives lost. was all oyer n6w, they reasoned, and they bod helped cheetffully as long as ftbljjy fras needed but now the wrecking crew was at work, and only an occasional straggler sauntered up to look at the derailed cars and pile of debris on either side of the track.

The rest of the settlement were in the office of the one hotel the place afforded and the room was blue with smoke as they sat .about the sputtering fl^e and related anecdotes, or vied with each other in tales of danger and heroism.

Some of the stories were old ones, aa knowing glances between the men shbwedt btit the crowd was goodtoatured, and new and old alike were received with approbation, h-*

Ed Labes, the funny man of the place, had just finished telling a new and very taking story* Bd had just reneighboring settlement, and had, doubtless, brought the story with him.

As the shouts of laughter that had greeted him died away,'one of the men shouted: "Swearing Sam's goin' ter sleep. Wake him up, and make him tell us a good one. Come, Sam and they gave him a hearty slap. "I could tell yer a story," he said, slowly, after a moment's hesitation "but yer wouldn't believe it, and I dunno as I. want ter tell it and he replaced his pipe and relapsed into silence. "Oh, come off!" they cried. "Yer don't sneak outer it that way. Guess yer can stan' it if we don't swaller it whole it can't be no worse a than some what's been told ter-night so go ahead, old feller." •^They looked inquiringly at him.

He drew his pi#e out, rubbed its smooth stem against his high boots as iftiri thought then, tucking it into his boot leg, he glanced about tbe dingy room.:.•. n/rlt. ain't exactly like any of yer stories," he began "but the smash-up ter-night made me think of it same's 'twas yesterday. »"Twas fifteen years back, when I was a-losrging up in Michigan, and things was so dull and hard- we was mighty glad when anything interesting came up. So when one er the loggers brought ne^s up from town that Okhere'd been a terrible' smash-up, we was rather glad than otherwise. Course we was sorry for them who had iolks killed, but it didn't matter muoh ter the folks what got killed. "So a whole crowd on us quit camp ftnd went inter town. There was fifteen folks dead, and some pretty bad sbook.up. There was one. woman who hadn't known a thing ever since she landed on 'er head. And she had a littjle girl, so Ben who kept the house toid us, and he was dreadfully upset 'bout that child. 'Cause, yousee, there wa'n't any women folks in town ter look after it. Ben's wife had took a sudden notion ter go east a week befbfre, and she was the only one, except the station agent's wife, who had died

A month ago. 'It does seem kind er tough that there ain't no woman ter kind er mother her,' Ben said, as we set about the stove ar talking same's we be now. 'And she's most cried herself sick, too. Wish the train hadn't seen fitter smash UD here' and he scowled an awful

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ixser,' s6 yer needn't be blaming your ^Aftd lttek,' one of tbe men told him Wut he seerAed a bit troubled all evening and kept a-going tip ter listen close ter her door to see if she'd stopped crying. Birae-by, he came back, considerable relieved. 'She sounds quiet,' he said 'and now I guess we can rest easy.' "So we was having a rousing good time, when all o' a sudden the feller next ter me give an awful start and said kinder low: 'Sam, I See a ghost.' "4 Ghost, nothing,' I replied but I looked wherfe he pointed, and sure enough there was something white a« coming down the dark hallway. "By this time some o' the others saw we was a-lookin' at something, and they looked

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ter realize what it was a little bit of piped up: 'Why don't Stroan come up to heat ma say my prayers?" o»"JtfU h»d been a real live ghost it couldn't have struck us so sudden. 'Better go baek ter bed,' Ben B»iu, trying ter speak soft like. 'Susan's busy now, and can't come so run along.' "But she knew he was a-fooling her, and she was a spunky little thing. "'I will have Susan." she cried, stamping- her HUle bare foot- 'Tell her to come right now and she "looked real proud like. 'Susan ain't here she's gone/ Ben satd, kinder shamed, 'Guess yon can say your prayers ter yerscl' this once, can't yer?" he asked. •Course hot,' she said, her eves big. There wouldn't be anyone to say: "God bless you. darling, and keep yoU "'and that little under lip o* bers began ter tremble. 'M tellyer, boys, there come a lump in my throat so big, if it had been gold J'd 'j*' been a rich man and all of us wak ii-wish ing we were back in camp, *tWas so mighty uncomfortable a-hear-ing that kid asking fer some one ter be» bet tprayeiuiffiudden she came further into the room and looked All rotmd tear us men, and yer never seen s&eh a pretty sight in »il yer life as she caade there. Her big,, blue eyes were filled with team and Wr cheeks were pretty and pink* gpLdeaJtftfe S1SJ& frowalgd*

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and her littl$ plnE feet peeped out below her white gown," like Mayflowers when they shine through a snowdrift on a warm day. Everything was so black around she looked like a little white flower growing all alone in a clump er black stumps and somehow I wished all o' a sudden that I wa'n't such a rough old chap. Thought it must have been nice ter had a kid-like that real friendly with me when I come home nights. "Seemed as if she must have known what I was thinking about, 'cause jihe came up ter me, real confiding like, and put her little hand onter my knee, and said: 'You'll hear me say my prayers, won't you?' "I tell you that room was awful still, and I didn't dare look round ter see the tellers a-grlnning at the thought of me a-hearing her say her prayers. Hadn't said my own for nigh onter twenty years. "But she stood expectant lik6, and 1 tell yer, boys, I just couldn't say no. I'd 'a' ruther had 'em all a-laughing at me forever than 'a' hurt that poor kid. Strange what fools men are sometimes, ain't it? 'Well,' says 1, 'go ahead I'll listen.' "Then she dropped down onter her knees, and clasped her little hands, and I waited fer her ter begin. 'You must fold your hands, too,' she said, 'and get down on your knees side o' me.' 'Oh, this'll do,' I said. 'I can hoar you just as well this way, &nd I ain't very much used ter praying!' "But she insisted, and so just causc I didn't know what else ter do, I got down on the floor, too. "I can't seem ter remember very much what she said, only I know it ended: 'God bless everybody and then when she said amcu, she didn't get up, but kinder waited. "I looked round ter see what was up. and, if you'll believe me, three of them men were down on their knees, too. and one of 'etri was crying like a baby, 'Yer must say what «he told yer to.' whispered Ben. f|| J||| "Then I kinder recollected what slid had said,' and manajraJ, with his helping, to say 'God bless you, darling, and keep you,'' and as I said it I .asan it, too. "She seemed satisfied then, and £ot up and shook hands with me then when Bill held out his, she shook all roaad, hnd we at off a-smilin* as happy as ctrtlld be. "That's all there is ter it," and Sam glanced defiantly at his audience. "But it's true, every word, and I'm prouder it. too. 'Tain't very often we kind er folks get a chance ter

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Have we said, recently, about our laundry work. Ife It's still the best in the country. Ladies' Waists done in fine style. *. iT

Clerks in the Ladies' Furnishing Stores say "Why your work is better than when the waists are new.". These people are close observers and seldom "talk through their hats."

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of him,"would yer, now?" queried another. One by one they filed out, and the landlord, barring the door behind^ them, stood looking vacantly at the empty chairs. 4 "That was a good yarn," he mused. —N: Y. Independent.

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angels, and yer don't never want ter miss it if yer do." There was a silence for a moment, then Sam got up and pushed back his stool and shuffled from the room. "That was a good yarn of his," said one, as the door closed and the others prepared to take their departijff also. "But yer never would er thought it'

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Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi of New York is an ardent' suffragist and one who ought to win converts to tho cause in great numbers. She makes the strongest arguments in favor of tbe cause... whenever hlie steps upon the lecture platform, and her manner is most convincing. She Raid at the a&nual festival of the Massachusetts Suffrage association the other evening that a moral squint aiflit.od the entire human race, and she gnvo snch proofs as to leave lit tie doubt in the minds of her hearer?,— Boston Traveller. 9

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ever took.,' Sold by E. H. Bitidley Co.. 1 Terre Haute, Cook, Bel) & Black and all druggists. _________________

Oak Hall Pharmacy has an immenae patronage on its So Ice Cream Soda drinks.

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reduce before to voicing It includes Bed Room Rocker*. S'deboarda, etc., and will comc{'iu« until Invoice,

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Tbe Wlno ii a winner F. KRRKRK KK'YCLE CO.

THK FA Ml. Main street, leader of low j-

Morris & Co

Have a large slock

Rubber Ho«•. Screen Doors,, Lawn Mowers,

Hammocks etc.

THE FAIR, 325 Main street, leader of low prices. I offer some rare bargains in Furniture In order to reduce stock before Invoicing and if you want to save some money, oome and see me.

WILLIS WRIGHT, 424 Main street*v

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