Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 22 June 1897 — Page 7

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ECOENE DEBS UNFOL.DS THE CO-OPE--ggKATIVE COMMOXWBATH'8 HOPES.

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"B« Defends ttie Plans of HI* "Social tJemoeracy of America'''to Sew York Correspondent.

STRIKES ABANDONED FOR BALLOTS

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Ulr. HeBt Writei a Characteristic Latter to John 1 Rockefeller Asking For Contribution. ir

Jgmet Crealman, the well-known Newt"paper correspondent, It In Chicago 8tinlying the Ueb'i co-operative commonwealth plana. Mr. Debs has discussed the plans with him. Mr. Creelman sends to the New York Journal the following reports of their cnversatlon:

Not long after daybreak this morning sat with Mr. Debs and talked with him about his great plan for organizing the unemployed masses of Amcrioa into a co-operative commonwealth and, after getting political cofi'trol of,one state in the Union, gradually extending the socialist system until the whol« nation is reorganized on a co-operative basis. 1 calked with Mr. Deba for five hours. "The American Railway Union has gotie out of existence," he said, "and its members al-e now.to be known by the collective name the Social Democracy of America. I have already assurances from at least 10,000 persons that they will" join us in establishing the new commonwealth in one of the thinly populated and fertile states. "The governor of Washington state has written and invited us 10 go to that state, where there is a beautiful rich valley something like 150 miles long awaiting us. The governor is in hearty sympathy with us, and assures us that we shall have general support and encouragement in that community. "Of course, we have not yet decided upon the territory we intend to settle in. Govern'or Waite, of Colorado, is now in Texas examining lands for us there. "The Social Demboracy is now an assured fact, for there are not less than 1,500,000 men out of employment in this country, and not less than 5,000,000 men, women and children wholly or partly idle. Thousands of letters of congratulation are pouring in on us. The work is overwhelming—stupendous* I have not been in bed for more than eight hours since Monday.".

AS CREELMEN SEES DEBS. Mr. Debs' countenance shone with enthusiasm. He is a tall, slender man. His head is high and somewhat bald. His eyes are blue and the eyelids red-rimmed. His ears are email and stand out from the head. He has a strong, well curved nose. His mouth is small and the lips are big and flat. His under teeth are small and sharp. The chin is long and square. There is a mole (between the eyebrows and another one on the nose. Altogether a gentle, sweet face, reminding one strongly of the late Eugene Field or Bill Nye. His voice is soft and clear. He has long hands, with delicate, bony Angers, spatulate at the ends. And when he talks he uses his hands continually in slow, curving gestures. But he has an odd trick of seldom bending his fingers. 'He was dressed in a well cut suit of gray with, a turndown collar and gray necktie, a flat gold stud glinting on the bosom of hia shirt. He wore low tttu shoes. "The trouble about your scheme of co-op-erative socialism, Mr. Debs," I said, "is that you propose to destroy the competitive principle for which Thomas Jefferson contended and to put all men and women on a common level. When you attempt to level men and women you level downwards, not upwards." "Thomas Jefferson lived in another time," he said. "There was a chance for individual competition in his day, but the invention of labor saving machinery and the organisation/ of trusts have filled the country with hundreds of thousands of idle and homeless men. "Labor strikes are useless. I have had experience enough to know that. Tbey are simply force against force and the trust and corporations are able to 'beat the men in the end. The condition of the people is intolerable. Unless something is. done at once to restore the social economic and industrial balance there will be widespread disorder and armed resistances. "The Social Democracy of America is trying to find a peaceful solution. AVe are not making war on millionaires. We are simply trying to build up the people."

MACAULAY'S PROPHECY CITED. "You remember Lord Macaulay's prophecy about the American government. Mr. Debs?" 1 s^id. "He declared in his letter to Mr. Randall that the time would come in America when demagogues would inflame the people by argument that it is a shame that one man should drink champagne and ride in a carriage while another man's children cry for bread. Lord Maeaulay foretold a desperate struggle of the poor against the rich and prophesied that our republic would be overthrown." The tall leader rose to his feet. His face was grave. "I remember it," he said, slowly. "The time Lord Maeaulay was thinking about has almost arrived. Thoughtful men, patriotic men, men who love men better than money, must recognize now our present system is a complete failure. We are piling up vast anil, hitherto undreamed of wealth and power in the hands of a few private individuals and we are starving millions of men who are able and eager to work. 'The Social Democracy,, of America' proposes to lead the unempolyed away from the unequal, squalid and crimp inciting surroundings of the cities and to, establish them in a commonwealth wher,e. no man will be rich enough to oppress his fellows and no man or woman or child neecd go hungry, houseless or naked. ••We propose to give up labor strikes and use only the 'ballot. We propose to extend, our colonies in the state we go to until we tret control of its government. Then we will, idopt a new constitution, organizing the people into a co-operative commonwealth. Air ready we have many promises of help. We expect to get at least ?23,000 a month. Within two or three months we shall send an advance guard of pioneers into our new territory to prepare the "way. Our idea is to work systematically and not to place a confused, multitude"suddenly in'an undeveloped courts try"We shall serai' picked me& to prepare the soil for'cultivation. Cfcfpemers and build-* rs will be sent "to provide tMm. not with sheds or rotigh" 3arracks\ but with decent, comfortable housfes." When we ha\ce provid-', comfortable and attractive homes otir, jolonists will move out to them. "We shall build factories, creameries and Hour mills. All these things will be done unler the supervision of experts. By next summer we will have a great community weljl, »stablished. "The unit of political organization will be a local branch of 500 men. We fix a, limit on the number in order to prevent the growth of enough power in any one place lo create trouble. 7 •These branches will elect" a state organization be known as the State Union. The rational organisation will be called the cental body, consisting of on® member elected by each of the state unions. The central body

will elect,a. board of directors and the functions of the chairman of that board will be simply to preside. The central body will enact the laws and the board of directors will rqe them."

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"I Agree with you, Mr. Debs," I said, "that the trusts are becoming too powerful. Bug

Miv Havemeyer and Mr. Rockefeller, and Mr. Carnegie are men of power and genius. How are you goin£ to dispose of them What are you going to do with the wealth they have gathered? What are you going to dd with a man like Cornelius Vanderbilt?" "Their- wealth will be gradually absorbed into the cortimon ownership of products," he replied. "We offer them a glorious field Cor their, energy and genius. "A man like

Rockefeller could organ-

ice and direct the oil industries of the counJ try for the benefit of the people. He would live, comfortably, and, I believe, hapjjjly*and would not have to lie awake at night^ racked wilh the responsibilities of too great wealth. "Mr. Havemeyer could preside over the sugar making industries and see that thejl were managed prudently. "Mr. Carnegie would be a great power in the building up of a co-operative commonwealth. "We have no word of abuse for rich men, A man who has many millions is the unhappy slave of his money. "Our co-operative commonwealth will relieve the millionaire as well as the involuntary tramp. "The wealth of the country and the machinery for turning it into useful forms must/ be owned by the people in common. "But," I said, "you surely would not favor1 .fhe abolition of labor saving machinery?" "No," answered Mr. Debs. "We want to encourage the sciences. With labor saving machinery producing enough for the wants of the people and a elleht surplus to pro vide for unfavorable seasons, peopl® would not have to work so long." "Yet," I remarked, "you certainly know that all men will seek in such a commonwealth to work in the professions and lighten who wants to be a newspaper editor to run an elevator in a factory?" "That will all be solved very easily in oui» commonwealth," answered Mr. Debs. "If a man works in the mines, he will work only three or four hours a day. If a man prefers to be a clerk, he will work seven or eight hours a day. "A man who has no ability for newspaper work will not try that occupation very long, because he will not succeed."* "Still," I insisted, "I don't see how you can make people satisfied under such a system. How about luxuries?" "With all the people working for each other there would'be luxuries enough in every home," said Mr. Debs. "How would you gratify, without injustice, the innocent love of a refined woman for fashionable gowns and ornaments? Youj see, the causes of dissatisfaction would be endless." "In our tommohwealth all women will wear fashionable gowns If they choose, to. The making of clothing will be. organized( on the "highest iliane." "And what will you do" with those whp^are lazy and will not work in your commonwealth?" "Those Who cannot work will be taken care of by the community. Those^ who can work and will not work will hot be allowed to eat until they do work."

DEJBS WRITES ROCKEFELLER.

Asks Help for His Co-operative Common-' wealth to Mass Chicago's Suffering.

James Creelman also telegraphed the New1 York Journal yesterday as follows: "One of the most extraordinary and bewildering results of the organization of the 'Social Democracy of America' on the ruins of the once powerful American Railway Union is the following letter which President Debs today mailed toi Mr. Rockefeller, president of the Standard Oil Co. I know of nothing like it in the whole history of the industrial struggle for* life against constantly increasing difficulties. 'Today I asked Philip D. Armoo/, the head of the beef trust, what he thought of Mr. Debs' plan, and hie sole reply was this: "I have no time to think or talk about it.

this day organized the Social Democracy of

America, an organization designed to rescue' the oppressed and suffering of our land from the grasp of industrial conditions which they did not create and which they ar® powerless to control or modifv.

The purpose of the organization is, briefly stated, to supplant the present cruel, immoral, and destructive system by the co-opera-tive commonwealth, under which millionaires and mendicants, the abnormal products* of an abnormal civilization, will disappear together, and the brotherhood of man will be ushered in to bless and beautify the* world.

In this city alone, in which the university) which bears your name stands monumental) of the triumphs of labor and the fabulous wealth of the country, 8,000 families ere practically homeless and 40,000 honest work-. ingmen are verging on starvation.

If you thing this statemen an exeggeration I beg that you may come here and I will arrange to have them assembled on thi lake front, and there, under the common sky, their only shelters, their emaciated faces' and tattered garments may bear testimony to the haggard truth of man's inhumanity: to man.

The picture is well calculated to appeal to men and angels, and as you are a Chris-' tian gentleman and are widely known fof your benefactions perhaps you might deem it proper, no less than dutiful, to give yourj support to an organization whose high purpose it is not to fool and humiliate these suffering fellow-beings with the paltry crumbs of charity to perpetuate conditions, which make their lives a continuous curse, but to strive for a more exalted humanity, a diviner civilization, such as the Master taught when he said: "On earth peace, good will toward men."

The immediate object will be the relief of the unemployed by colonizing a Western., state, where they may co-operate in the application of their labor to the resources of nature to provide for themselves and their dependent ones and manfully discharge theduties of an emancipated citizenship.

In this movement there are no class distiBcbions. Rich and poor are equally welcome to aid in dethroning gold and exalting humaniiy. Then the strong shall help .the .weak, and the weal sKall love the strong, .and the- brotherhood of man shall transform ,t|)e earth into a veritable paradise.

To. consecrate one's self to such a work is my highest conception of duty to myself and my fellow-man, and trusting that you. may find it consistent with your own sense of .social and patriotic obligation to join} hands with us in our emancipating and ennobling mission I subscribe myself yours very truly^ Eugene V. Debs.

Try tJrain-O! Try Graln-O! Ask your grocer today to show vOU a package of GRAIN-O. the new food driuk that takes the place of coffee. The chfldren may drink it without injury as well as the adult. All who try it. like it. GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown of Mocha of Java, but it is made from pure grains, and the most delicate stomach receives it without distress. One-quarter the price of coffee. l»c and 26c per package. Sold by all grocers.

TERKE HAUTE EXPRESS, TUESDAY MORNING, JUNK '££. U#7.

SPOKE TO STUDENTS

BEY. T. 8VKBNET ADDRESSES THE NOBMAL GRADUATING CLASS.

Several Hundred Other People Are Permltted to Enjoy the Eloquence of the Colambus Divine.

POWERFUL BACCALAUREATE SERMON

SttROXG ARGUMENT FOBTHli REASON OF FAITH IN CHRISTIAN***. flr#' -r t!C I ••There Cannot Be a Dependant

Without An Independent Belnf~ Cannot stand Alone."*

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At 10:30 o'clock Sunday morning Normal Hall was crowded to the doors. The seati in the auditorium proved InsufficienS and chairs were brought ino use hy the dozens. It was the occasion of the baccalaureate service iii honor of the graduating class of the State Normal School and the speaker of the day was the Rev. Z. T. Sweeney of Columbus, Ind., ex-consul general to Constantinople, ex-pastor of the First Christian Church of Columbus and present fish: commissioner for the state of Indiana. Seated beside Mr. Sweeney on the stage were President W. W. Parsons of the Normal and the Rev. Wooster W. Witmer, pastor of the Central Christian Church of this city. Mr. Witmer delivered the invocation at the beginning and pronounced the benediction at the end. President Parsons introduce^ the speaker.

The regular Normal choir furnished the music. It is composed of a large number of? young women and men and they sing very well indeed. Besides rendering two or morti hymns they sang the 'Gloria" from Farmer's mass and the "Alleluia Forth" by Dudley Buck. Miss Virginia Carr of Kokomo, Itid., sang very sweetly "Rock of Ages" (Bischoff). Preceding the sermon Mr. Witmer read a scripture lesson.

The Rev. Mr. Sweeney has teen heard a number of times in Terre Hautr end atways with delight. He speaks without manuscript and the flow of his language is superb. The orator's voice is a good one, at times singularly musical, and his face tells a live-* ly story of the emotion behind it. Mr. Sweeney is a statesman, traveler, theolog-an and" writer. His acquaintance with the peoples and the religions of the world is very minute and exact. His book, "Under Ten Flags^Ms a work of the highest merit and "his knowledge of the diplomatic life of Cob-

fl^tantihople

is very thorough.

Mr. Sweeney is an orthodox Christian but. one that flees from the area of disputation. He nas a reason for ttte* faith that is- in him and he staphs ready to defen 1 it at all times* and anywhere1.v,_ His sermon yesterday wa^ for the purpose of showing that thg faith of the Christian is founded in obvious common sense and that it cannot oe overthrown by any form of atheism, agnosticism or infidelity. There were passages in the discourse that were out of the heart of *rue oratory, and there were others with their undercurrent of irresistible humor. It was an address that claimed as its scope the distance lying' between laughter and tears. Mr. Sweeney spoke something after this fa-3h:on: "God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in :thpse last, days spoken unto us by His Son,—Hebrews I,

1-2."

Subject: "The Four Pillars of the Faith." "The God-idea, Christ-idea, Bible-idea and Church-idea are the four pillars of the Christian's faith. "Prophecy, history and miracle have been used in the past to propagate them. Science is beginning, to whisper through iron lips these ideas which are destined in the future, as never in the past, to make the blood of

If you -"'ant to know anything' about s.tu- lour race leap with a new life. These pillars sage business I will be glad to tell you must exist till the nature of things be-no what I can.' I more and the frame work of the universe "Here is Mr. Debs' letter: I shall fall into ruins.

Chicago, June 19. 1897.—Mr. John D. "The God-idea we never can comprehend. Rockefeller, New York City.—Dear Sir:. I I'The part cannol contain the whole, but we take the liberty to inform you that we lif.ve'

may

apprehend it. I believe God is for the

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that something is. If there be some.

thing, something always was or that something that is, came, from nothing. But out of nothing, nothing can come. Therefore, something always was. And that which always was, must be matter or mind. It was mind, for mind can account for matter, but matter cannot account for mind. That mind which always was, we Christians call God. We all have the idea of God. Here all agree. Does the idea inhere in a reality? Here all do not agree. The idea of God came from "external nature," 'internal nature' or it was revealed. These are the only possible sources from which it could have come. If it came according to the Locke school of thought, from external nature, it is an idea in harmony with the nature of things and, therefore, in harmony with the truth. If it be in harmony with truth, it is true. The idea of God evolved from external nature is, therefore, a true idea. But ideas do not stand upon false pedestals but inhere in realities. The idea of God, therefore, inheres in reality. Almighty God, therefore, is a reality in the universe. The same conclusion we are logically forced to form if we should argue according to the Kantian school or German philosophy that some of our thought comes with the plan of the^ soul or from internal nature. Internal nature is but apart of the great nature of things. The idea of God evolved from it, is, therefore, a true idea. It, therefore, inheres in a reality. The only possible source left us from which it could have come is Revelation. And Revelation declares that God is a reality. Either of these possible hypotheses lands the idea of God within the realms of reality. Now the Christian holds that absolute power, thought and the moral quality inhere as attributes in 'his reality. There cannot be an inner with an outer. If, therefore, I prove an inner I have proved an outer. In the same sense, I hold there cannot be a dependent being without an independent being. Man tested by intuition instinct, experience or syllogism—the quadrants in test—circle of all truth, is a dependent being. There is, therefore, an independent being. There cannot be a change without an adequate came. There cannot, therefore, be thought without a thinker. Irf the universe there is plan. Plan involves a thought. There is, therefore, thought"ih fhe universe. This thought must have a thiiiker. There is, therefore, a thinker of the universe. A thinker is a person. God 'is the thinker of the universe. He is.' therefore, a person. Man has a moral sense and is adapted (o it. He believes that in everything there is either a right or wrong. It cannot be both right and wrong. Axlometically. no one thing can be both right and wrong at the same time and in the same place. Consciousness attests man's obligation to the moral sense of

are not only metapnysicany true, out ntstor- ereisess wen- nnu «*.

premises abroad firms it at borne. sense and adapta therefore, a moral designer of the universe to account for moral adaptation. He must bavft a mind to conceive his designs a free will to choose between this design or that,

and conscience to. take cognizance of the moral Quality In the moral design. The union of mind, free will and conscience makes a person. These are united in the moral designer of^Ahe- universe. He is, therefore, a perso«s» jHere, then, in the light of axiomatic certainty we apprehend God and the essential attributes of his nature. Far above the staijs and beyond we see Him. We see Him above the constellations. The moon and the sun may go down,-forever beneath hills and heitSbcks of western skies. But 'Him we shall forever behold, as Him who was and is to come and constituted ouiJ eternal noon. "I believe He will speak to me. I believe, therefore, in a revelation from God. His nature neccgjsltaiea Him to speak-to man. He, w&'hk^e seen, lias the jiower, thought knd moral

:piAlity.

He harf "the power to

speak to man. He is not.wanting in thought or what to say to man. And He has the motal qfialfty to iMmipl propose if. The nature of -man demands ftlfift 'GOd speak to Him. God made man to desire it. If the revelation has not been made, then human hangs half hinged. And God has failed to keep His word with us. He mocks the cry of man—a cry for light and truth that God made in man. If no revelation has been made God has turned a deaf ear to his child, The perpetration of such a deed is scarcely worthy a monstrous demon. God 'would not do It. He is necessitated by his nature to speak to man. Human nature, as God has made it, demands it. What the divine necessitates and the human demands has been made. A revelation has, therefore, been made to man. "The Bible I hold, is that revelation which has been made to man. Experience has taught that the teachings of Christ can harmonize man with man and God and himself. When a book, with all its cuts, explains a machine and successfully complements the designs of the various parts and runs it, we conclude the mind involved in the machine is the formative and essential mind Involved in the book that explains and runs it. Now, I claim the same common sense should be exercised in regard to the New Testament. The mind involved in the machinery of man is the divine mind. The mind, therefore, that is involved in the New Testament must be the divine mind. The author of the nature of man is the author of the book that complements that nature. The New Testament, therefore, is the crowning glory of that which God has spoken unto man. The Bible is that revej£tipn, for Christ affirms it. He endorsed ^s^entially the Old Testament and He approved the New Testament, or the apostles thaflifrote it. If Christ were divine and He endorsed the Old and New Testament as what has been spoken to man, we should hold th^iji as the revelation of God. But the objector to Christ's divinity grounds his objedtidh on the miraculous conception. But we taaawer that such objection equally holds against everything, for the productive or miraculous laws have obtained in the initial steps of all creation. We should reject all creation as false for the same reason that^ve deny the divinity of Christ. It is time- that Christ had a supernatural origin. Should we reject Him therefor? If so, consistency demands that we reject humanity. Hunfonity had an origin in the earth, or it cami'from a power extraneous to the earth. Humanity could not have come by evolution, for there is no evolution without involution. "There was no involution of human life in the earth. The fiery mist theory precludes the possibility of it the infidel being the judge, humanity could not have come, therefore, by spontaneous generation or evolution. The first pair of human beings was put here, therefore, by a supernatural power or a power above the natural forces. If we reject the divinity of Christ on the ground of the supernatural origin, we should reject the humanity of our world for the same reason. An objection to the divinity of Christ that contradicts facts must be insufficient as an objection. The objection on the grounds of miraculous- oooccption or supernatural origin contradicts the facts, and is, therefore. an insufficient objection. The weightiest. objection that has ever been brought against the divinity of Christ is found in the mythical theory of Strauss. Historical criticism most severely applied, compelled that German doubter to admit that Christ lived in the time and place claimed by his friends, and that he disappeared from the world in the year A. D. 34. He admitted, too, that historical criticism shows churches to have been in existence iu'the year A. D. 60, founded on the divinity of Christ. And these admissions. which- his scholarship compelled him at last to make, have proved to be the colossal shears that have cut in twain his most powerful and most ingeniously woven web of doubts. It is evident that between the years A. D. 34, and A. D. 60. there was not a sufficient lajpse. of time for a human memory to grow into an acceptive divinity or to become an idolized human memory. The scholarship of the Corinthian Church acceptcd Christ as divine. The Corinthian Church could have been organized on Christ as divine bad he b^en only a human being. "The learned members of that church lived as near Christ as we live to ex-President Grant. Wc could npt build a church on the divinity of Grant, pow. Facts, well known, would preclude it.. ,If Christ were only a human being the facts would have precluded the possibility of a similar deception in Corinth. And what is true of Corinth is largely true of all the early^a-nd primitive churches. We can account for these churches, therefore, only on the ground that Jesus Christ arose from the dead and was, therefore, divine. And for the same reason the churches of the second century accepted Christ. And for the same reason, all the other centuries accepted him. "In conclusion, no man is sufficiently strong to stand alone, while none are so weak they cannot live with a living cause."

The speaker drew a vivid contrast between Generals Lee and Grant. Assuming both to be equally good, great and true—the one chose a dying cause and went down with it, the other a living cause and lives with it. Infidelity is a neglected graveyard, while Christianity is a camp of life and power. His parting admonition to the teachers was "Don't pitch your tent among the dead but among the living."

HAS LITLE TO SAY.

Governor Mount. Will Attend the Reformatory Board Meeting, However.

Governor Mount yesterday declined to sa^ anything concerning the possibility of the members of the reformatory board resigning, further than that he had accepted the invita-' tion to attend the meeting of the board at eJfTersonville and would look over the work in progress there to see whether the extra, mohey asked were Heeded, says the Indianapolis Journal.

Some of the other state officers call attention to the fact Chat the interviews of the •governor contained rid criticism of the board, but ci'iticised some things occurring before! the board took chta'rge. They maintain' that the governor has held tW board and W^rdert

Hert in high esteem and has believed al* pfcrions on a passing train. The along that they would be able ,to ma^tp

his adaptation to the right/ These premises Tippecanoe Memory (Association. The ex- San Francisco. June 20.—Two flurp and are not only metaphysically true, but hlstor- ereisess were held at. the site of the hii^tpria severe shocks of earthquake were felt Imv

ex-Consrtesman

JUBILEE CELEBRATION

SERVICES IN EVERT CHURCH AND CATHlbXAL IN ENGLAND.

St George Chapel, Windsor, Queen Victoria au Members of the Royal Family

ottered

The QneiB, Assisted By Her Indian Attendant, Entered the Churoh mm f|»t it cciock.

London, June 20.—Queen Victoria began the celebration of her jubilee today, as wa« befitting her entire career, before the altar of her faith. Throughout London, tbe United Kingdom and the empire, in every cathedral, church or chapel of the established church of England, was held services similar to those at St. George's Chapel, Windsor, where her majesty paid her devotions and offered solemn thanks to God.

The announcement that the services ab St. George's Chape! would be private and for the members of the royal family prevented the gathering of a large crowd. The' scene was most impressive aod^ftfe31 •"Tifaa very simple. Her majesty sat in the chair of state immediately in front of the commui nion rail and just beside the brass plats whose inscription designates the spot which was the temporary, place of interment of the Prince Consort.

The ladies and gentlemen who are the* grand officers of the queen's household entered first, followed by the military knightaf of Windsor in the full costume of cock hata and scarlet coats.

The duke of Devonshire and Lord Roseberry occupied their stalls as knights of thej garter. The rest of the church was empty, the seats of the royal family being near tbs queen's.

The dean of Windsor, wearing the insignia1, of chaplain of the Order of the Garter, officiated, assisted by the Lord Bishop of Barrjf and several canons.

Punctually at 11 o'clock, amid soft strains) of an organ voluntary, the queen arrived from the cloisters at the entrance. Assisted by her Indian attendant, she walked slowly to the chair of state, the congregation standing. She was dressed all in bl'ick, except for a white tuft in her bonnet. Empress Frederick of Germany, attired in deep! black, took the seat at the right of tho queen, while the duke of Connaught, wearing his Windsor uniform, seated himself at her left. The others grouped closely behind and looked like a simple family of worshippers. Among theme were the duchess of Connaught, Prince Henry of Prussia and Princess Henry, Prince Christian and Prin-,' cess Christian, with their children, Princess Henry of Battenberg, the Grand Duke Sergius and the grand duchess.

Ordinary prayers began with a short •exhortation from First Timothy and the suffrages after the creed contained these sentences: "Priest—O, Lord, save the queen. t: "Answer—Who putteth her trust in Thee. "Priest—Send her help from Thy Holy place. "Answer—And evermore mightily defend her. "Priesk—Let her enemies have no advantage over her, "Answer—Let not the wicked approach to hurt her."

After the first collect, a special collect was read, and instead of the usual prayer for the queen and royal family, two special :rayer3 were substituted, containing tho following: "Almighty God, who rules over all the kings of the world and disposes of tbem according to Thy good pleasure, we yield Thee unfeigned thanks, for that Tfou wast pleased to place Thy servant, our sovereigu lady, Queen Victoria, upon the throne of this reahn. Let Thy wisdom be her aid and let Thy arms strengthen her let justice, truth and holiness let peace and love flourish in her days. Direct all her counsels &ud endeavors rto Thy glory, and the welfa.-e of her people, and give us grace to obev her cneerfully. Let her always possess fhe h"arts of her people let her reign long and prosperous and crown her witn immortality in the life to come."

A special prayer for unity was said, and there were special psalms and gospels used instead of those for tho day, the gospel being the sixteenth verse of the twenty-second chapter of St. Matthews: "Render, therefore, unto Caesar the things which aro Caesars."

There was no sermon but special hymu written by the Rt. Rev. Wm. Walshara, archbishop of Wakefield, with music by Sir Arthur Sullivan, was sung at her majesty's request. •Before the benediction, the following special thanksgiving was offered: ,"0, Lord, our Heavenly Father, we give Thee hearty thanks for the many blessings which Thou has bestowed upon us during the sixty years of the happy reign of our gracious queen, Victoria. We thank Thee for progress made in knowledge of Thy marvelous works, for increase of comfort given to human life, for kindlier feeling between rich and poor, for wondrous preaching of the gospel to many nations, and we pray Thee that these and Thy many gifts be continued to us and our queen, to the glory of Thy holy name, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen."

The choir of St. George's chapel rendered the musical portion of the service, Sir Walter Parrot presiding at tbe organ.

At thfe end of the service there was a pause. The queen, with bowed head, continued in silent prayer. Then followed a touching scene which will ever linger in the memory of those who witnessed it. Summoning Empress Frederick, who bowed low at her side, the queen kissed her on both cheeks. The duke of Connaught and the others of the family followed, receiving on bended knee a similar token of affection.

In many cases the recipient was kissed several times. The queen was profoundly moved and tears rolled down her chceks. At last, and evidently with great reluctance^ she beckoned her Indian attendant, and leaning ?n her arm, passed slowly out of the chspel, the entire congregation standing.

nig Gins* Factory nestrored Ity Kir*. Muncie, Ind., June 20.—The window glass

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great institution otat of the reformatory. Rether with the like plants at Ottawa and _. Streater. 111. The factory employed lOQ Rattle «»f people, and the loss to total will be $100,000.

Lafayette, Ind., June 20.—The eighty-sixth The .town has no fire protection, anniversarv of the Battle of Tippecanoe was

celebrated"today wider the auspices of the K»rt.h«*n**« «,

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icallv thev are true. Ir. Kane. Fnnklin, \engagement between the fores under Gen- today, the official time of the first as taken wkhia a week occurred this afiernoon aboti^ and ill the explorers, attest the truth of the eral William Henry Harrison and the In- by the United States weati,-r bureau being? 4 o'clock, when the 12-year-old soiro. \V. and our experience con- dians under the Prophet, half-brother to the 12:14:04. .It was followed almost imme fiate- iUm Frank was drowned in the clav jpl

There is then a moril I famous Chief Tecumseh. Several thousand ly iy a second shock. The vibrations were! pond, at the plant of the Brazil Briek «ad tion of man to it. There is. visitors were present. The graves of ib« from west to east, -."locks were stopp-d. pip* Co. He was bathing with a.par

fallen soldier? and the Indians were marked suspended lamps and decorations ere brokwith floral wreaths. Addresses were made en in some plic". but no real damage ia by General Lev Wallace of Crawfordsvilie reported. The earthquake ^wafc general and

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NO CROWD PRESENT AT SERVICES

HER MAJESTY OCCUPIED A SEAT

THE 'CHAIR Of STATE.

Inherited blood diseases are macfa ttore difficult to cure than those which are acquired. One of the mtfst fcttibfaon hereditary diseases is Scrofula, which the medical profession admit is mosl obstinate and deepseated, and th^i* ,ef« forts to cure it meet with little success. A child afflicted with Scrofula is always puny and sickly, and can never grow into healthy manhood until the( disease.. S||| is eliminaXed. Scrofula leaTs'inl£~con^' sumption nine times out of tew,'Mj"thal ssyj it is important for this, reason that im^ mediate attention be given to all chil. "3? dren who inherit the slightest taint. ,*

Mrs. S. S. Mabry, 3.60 Elm StM -Macca^

Ga., writes: "My boy, Charlie, inherited a scr6fu« lous blood taint, and from infancy waf covered with terrible sores, his sufferings being such that it was impossible^ta dress him for three years. .•

CHARLIE MABRY

His head and body were a mas* of sores, and his nose was swollen td* several times its natural size to add to'' his misery he had catarrh, which made* him almost deaf, and his eyesight also became affected. No treatment was spared that we thought would relieve him, but he grew worse until his condition was indeed pitiable. A dozen blood remedies were given him by the wholesale, but they did not the slightest good.. I had almost despaired of his ever being ured, when by the advice of a friend we ^ave him S.S.S. (Swift's Specific), ands* .-. at first the inflammation seemed .to in-.r-. crease, but as this is the way the remedy gets rid of the poison, by forciug it opl-..: of the system, we were encouraged and continued the medicine. A decided im* provement was the result, and after,he.T* had taken a dozen bottles, no# one who.%knew of his former dreadful condition would have recognized him.. All the

sores on his body have healed, his skin is perfectly clear and smooth, and hfl./ has been restored to perfect health."

walking ties, 'ft was while "bantering*,ea^t^ i,u» other that young Cattell lost his balance

factory at Orestes, eigbteen miles, west of fell. The distance from the briag^ to Muncie, burned tonight. No particulars can water is twenty or more feet.' Belqw j, ht here by4 !spot where Caftell w.aa playing is a pil^ of. 1 be factory rocks, as thetd is a buttmen^ £elow,. ss Co.. to- fell

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Mr. A. T. Morgan, one of the promi-.|»s nent druggists of Macon, and a membet of the board of aldermen of that city, "., says: "I am familiar with the terrible^. condition of little Charlie Mabry, an^,t the cure which S.S.S. effectei in hi^c case was remarkable, and proves it t^ be a wonderful blood remedy."

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POUND IN THE RIVEB

THE WABASH GIVES UP THE BODt's OF JOSEPH PEACOCK, JR.

Found Near tbe Fishing Clnb Csunp—Boy Falls From the Hie Four Bail", road Bridge. .' ...,v

The bodv of Joseph Peacock. Jr., whd w2n""

David Saunders, the watchman at the Old"'* Terre Haute Fishing and Hunting Club's grounds, south of the city, found the "boily" of young Peacock. Saunders was out In his boat Sunday morning about 10 o'clooTt','** when looking out into the channel of theriver he discovered the body of a ftlah floSt-* ing. He rowed to it, and was surprised to""--find it was Joseph Peacock. Ths ldy'3 body*"*^ was terribly swollen, and decomposition had Just set in. The body had evidently adt

tttese Atones idd. Big arm was fapfog.',. ... His companions went out to the pier ^In «kiff and took Cattell to shore. A.'docjp,^.. was summoned, and the boy was taken to Union Hospital.

Tlilril DrowuWie Wltlilu a Wcnti." Special to the Rxprcss.

Brazil, Ind.. June 20.—The third drowning...,.

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drowned in the Wabash river Friday even— log, was recovered Sunday piorning andwill be buried today. Joseph Peacock way •*.* drowned during the storm Friday evening, and his body has lain in the river ever since., ,. All night Friday and during Saturday searching parties dragged the river the hope finding the remains, and yesterday they wertf getting ready to use dynamite, when the information was brought to the city that the, body had been recovered.

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exposed to the sun long, as it was found buf' a few miles south of the city. It was bfoufShl'"^'* to the city and taken to Stees & NlsSett'i morgue. The coroner held an inquest yesterday evening and,pronounced jthe^ajtjti 44*r to drowning.

HAD A NARROW ESCAPE.

Boy Fell Fromvthe Big Four Railroad Bi"i4gi^ Yesterday. .. ..

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Stanheshes Oattell. aged 12 years^ carOQf»near being killed Sunday rnomiag at *be Big Four bridge. As it was h* is laid" up wilh a broken arm, and will be unkftfe 'to" do" work for several weeks. Cattell, wiiji aD^r-^ ty of friends, went to the river yestertijy. to play. The boys were in the habit of Jo^t ering about the Big Four bridge aad ye^tec-.. day they walked out on the structure intending to go to the opposite bank. ."They out about half way and 3at dowd. A traincame along but the boys stepped out Qn.t^i side and were unhurt, They did not ^get^oflC, the bridge, however, "and finallyrthey) b&afl'

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