Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 28 September 1897 — Page 6

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VARY 8IKHMEBIN(i THE CLEVEREST WITNESS DEFENSE DAS HAU.

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Chicago, September 25.—The stronges

witness for the defense who has yet ap­

peared in the Luetgert trial was on the

stand today. The witness was Mary Siem

inering, the domestic in the Luetgert housebold, for love of whom it is charged by the

state that the prisoner murdered hie wife.

There ,was no mistaking the feeling of the

girl toward Luetgert. She was there to do

him all the good in her power, and she stood

by him stoutly. She had made statements

before the grand jury and to the state's at­

torney before the trial began, and when her

assertions on the stand today differed from

the statements she is said to have made at

the time, she had not the slightest hesita­

tion in repudiating anything that she might

have said when not under oath. The state's attorney subjected her to a rigid cross-ex-amination, and although he succeeded at times in confusing her she was game and full of nerve to the last. She contradicted herself several times, but was quick to catch herself, and the last statement that she made in any part of her testimony was al ways in favor of the prisoner.

She denied in the most positive manner that she ihad been a disturbing element between Luetgert and his wife, and said that neither by night or by day, alone or in company, had she ever visited Luetgert in his factory or elsewhere in an improper manner. She insisted that the prisoner had always been good to his wife, and that in her opinion the latter was out of her mind, and kad been so for some time prior to her disgppearance. Her cross-examination was was not concluded today, and will be taken up again on Monday.

State Attorney Deneen, Assistant State's •Attorney Williard M. McEwen and Inspector M. J. Schaack had a consultation this morning, during which the matter of calling Fred Haines, an ex-newspaper writer, to the witness stand in the Luetgert trial •was discussed. Haines is under conviction for forgery. Last August he was sentenced to the penitentiary by Judge Neely. Afterward, through the influence of friends, the sentence was vacated, and the case taken under advisement. Haines has acted as a sort of confidential secretary for Luetgert in the jail, and has written a number of letters for him.

It is said that Haines asserts that he wrote letters to A. W. C. Grot.tey, of New York, for Luetgert, in which Grottey was urged to come to Chicago and testify that he saw Mrs. Luetgert in New York a week after her disappearance.

Unexpectedly no reference was made by the court this morifing to the matter he yesterday took under advisement. This was whether or not the defense will be allowed to produce witnesses to show that Mrs. Luetgert threatened to leave her home six months prior to the date of her disappearance. A rule on this point is expected Monday.

MISS SIEMlMiERING TESTIFIES. The first witness called this morning was Mary Siemmering, Luetgert's servant girl, Tor love of whom it is alleged he killed his wife*. There was a general craning of necks md many of the people in the crowded court room arose to get a better glimpse »f the young woman as she ascended to the witness stands Her face was flushed as she held up her right hand to be sworn by the county clerk. She was evidently under suppressed excitement. She was neatly attired in a brown costume, and irore a small chip hat of the same order.

Attorney Phalen (conducted the direct examination. Under his guidance the witness related what she said was "the whole truth," about her experience with the Luetgert family. She had lived with the Luetgerts for seven or eight years as a domestic. During all that time she said Luetgert had treated his wife kindly, and there "was none of the quarreling or bickering the prosecution charged. Coming down to May 1 the date of Mrs. Luetgert's disappearance, the witness said that on the afternoon of that day Mrs. Luetgert said to her: "Mary, I am going to leave. My husband's money is all gone, and I am going, too."

At 7 o'olook Saturday evening, May 1, the •witness said that Mrs. Luetgert took from a closet a cloak, and looking at it, remarked, with considerable impatience, that moths had eaten the cloth. The witness said she went to her room and to bed shortly after 8 o'clock that night. The following morning Mrs. Luetgert was missing, and the little bfffli of one of the children wag broken open and the small sum of money it had contained was gone. The witness said that Mrs. Luetgert had acted queerly for some time prior to May 1, and had often whipped her children.

I'NSPCCTOR SCttAAOK'S THREATS. With some show of feeling the witness vaid she was arrested on May 15th and taken to the East Chicago avenua station, where •he was kept two days. She said the officer who arrested her called her a liar when she •aid she did not know where Mrs. Luetgert Was and at the station th» matron took all her clothing from her. While at the station Inspector Schaack and Assistant State's Attorney McEwen questioned her sharply, accusing her of improper relations with Luettert, which she denied. "Inspector Schaack said to me." the witness continued: "The old man,' meaning Luetgert, 'will never see the light of day again, and if you don't tell the trijth, I'll punish you. We'll lynch you and Luetgert together.' He held up his hands and showed aie how it would be done."

The witness, with a show of spirit, denied she ever visited Luetgert in his factory at night, except in the evening occasionally. when others were present. Even then she said she did not go to see him particularly, but just 10 take a walk from the touse. She denied emphatically that she pver went into the factory through a winlow, or that iLuetgert was in the habit of kissing her when she was in his office. She let-la red that Mrs. Feldt was a busybody, and that her story was untrue.

RATTLED ON CROSS-EX AMI NATION. State's Attorney Deneen went at Mary Plemmering on cress-examination in a lively manner. The rapidity of the ataie'e at­

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Throughout a Rigid Examination She Shows Her Oeterminatlou to Protect the Accused Sausage Maker.

CONTRADICTS HERSELF AT TIMES.

WIS MRS. LUETGERT FELT KINDLY -TOWARD HER.

^tate Professes to Be Able to Puncture Big Holes In Mary's Wea* Evidence.

torney's questions seemed to stun the witness. She soon became confused, and made damaging-admissions, despite the appeals of counsel for the defense that she take her time to consider her reply to eacb question.

The young woman was so badly confused that she paid no attention to the admonition of the counsel for the defense not to answer until the latter had opportunity to make objections, and the court had passed upon them. The witness admitted that Luetgert and his wife quarreled occasionally, but she persisted in her denial that she had in any way been guilty of improper conduct with Luetgert. MARY SIEMMERING'S RARE NERVE.

The cross-examination of Mary Siemmering during the afternoon and up to the moment of adjournment did not break her down. She clung to the more imnortant elements of her story, contradicting herself upon points of little material value. State's Attorney Deneen, whose mode of cross-ex-amination is of the electrical order, remarked tonight that Mary Siemmering passed through the ordeal well. "She is a remarkably self-possessed young woman for a person of her station of life," said the stare's attorney. "But we are not through with her yet."

Mary Siemmering reiterated her story on cross-examination to the effect that Luetgert and his wife lived together happily. She declared positively that the stories of frequent domestic broils were exaggerted. She also said she and Mrs. Luetgert were on friendly terms, and Mrs. Luetgert often paid her extra wages because she was pleased with her work. The witness said that 'Mrs. Luetgert told her to say nothing to Luetgert about the extra pay. (Last January, the witness stated, she made up her mind to leave the Luetgert household, but Mrs. iLuetgert objected to her leaving, and she reconsidered her determination and remained. She told of a Christmas present of $5 Mr. Luetgert gave her last Christmas, and said he gave Mrs. Luetgert a watch and chain. The witness was somewhat bitter in her narrative of her alleged experience witii the police. While under arrest, she said, she was insulted and threatened by policemen, who informed her that they knew she and Luetgert had been guilty of wrongdoing, and that to save herself she had better desert "the Dutchman," as they called Luetgert, and testify against him.

The witness declared positively she never was in "Luetgert's sausage factory, either in the basement, office or bedroom, alone with Luetgert, either day or night, as had been testified to. She also denied she wa3 ever in the factory with Mrs. Luetgert, and that Luetgert kissed her In the presence of his wife, and that the latter wept, as was testified to by a witness for the prosecution. In fact, her testimony was a complete denial of all the evidence of the prosecution in any way implicating her in a compromising manner with Luetgert.

AUMOST AT THE GRAVE.

Young Walter Bohannon Dies Soon After Burying His Father.

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One of the most peculiar cases of a son dying almost at the grave of his father is that of young Walter B. Bohannon, who died at Bowling Green yesterday morning, about 11 o'clock. James H. Bohannon, the well known North Side merchant, died in this city Thursday afternoon, at 4 o'clock. His death was due to heart disease. Soon after midnight Saturday morning his remains were taken to Cowling Green, accompanied by his son Walter, Mrs. Bohannon, Mrs. S. C. Mayor, his daughter and Samuel Q., the elder son.

The burial took place at the Bowling Green cemetery, and after the coffin nad been lowered into the grave the members of the Bohannon family went to the home of a relative. As they were entering the house Walter Bohannon, aged 25 years, became very ill. and in less than two hours he was dead. Grief over his father's sudden demise is thought to have induced heart disease. Walter Bohannon will be buried beside his father this afternoon.

AN A'LL NIGHT CONFERENCE.

Chicago Street Car Men Are Now Considering Advisability of Striking.

Chicago, Sept.' 25.—A meeting of the grip men and conductors of the Chicago City

Railway Company, which controls by far the largest portion of the surface roads on

the South Side of the city convened at 1

o'clock this morning to consider the advisability of striking. The meeting will last until daylight. The grievances of the men are that about twenty men were summarily discharged a few days ago. It is claimed they were discharged by the company because of their activi'.y in organizing a union. The meeting will in all probability result in the appointment of a committee to confer with the officials of the company regarding the reinstatement of the discharged men. In the event of the company refusing to take them (back it is likely that a strike will follow. About 3,000 men -will be affected.

TWO MINERS SUFFOCATED.

They Were Shooting Coal at the Mines at Alum Cave.

There will be two funerals at Alum Cave this afternoon. The two corpse are those of Thomas Anderson and A. J. Clark, who were killed in one of the mines there Friday afternoon. The two men work in different shafts, but Friday afternoon Anderson was shooting coal in his room when Clark came in. In fact Anderson had asked Clark to come over to the mine, which is but a short distance from the shaft in which Clark was working.

Two shots were fired in the room operated by Anderson. Half an hour after hearing the shots the other men in the mine detected the strong smell of gas and smoke, and on going toward the entrance found it came from the room occupied by Anderson. At the door of the roOm the bodies of the two miners were found. They wire dead, and as there were no marks of violence on either body the coroner has returned a verdict to the effect that they were suffocated.

FELL DOWN A SHAFT.

Wealthy Vermillion County Farmer Meets With a Terrible Death. Special to the Express.

Clinton, Indv Sept. 25.—James Garzin, a wealthy farmer residing seven miles west of here, met a horrible death this morning. Located on Mr. Garzin's farm of 400 acres, where he resided with his mother, is a coal mine where there are employed about thirty men. Early in the forenton Mr. Garzin visited the mine, and while standing at the verge of the shaft giving instructions to some of the men, the heavily loaded cage ascended. A car of coal was pushed therefrom and the elevator, relieved of its weight, shot upward. The car plunged into the open shaft and simultaneously Mr. Garzin lost his balance and with the car fell headlong to the bottom of the mine, a distance of 160 feet, meeting instant death. The body was mangled in a terrible manner. Deceased was 45 years old and unmarried

DR. HICKMAN'S VIEWS

THEY bcl NOT COINCIDE WITH THOSE OF A GREAT MANY OTHER PEO

Expressions From Terre Haute Men Blithe Opinions 8et Forth By DsFsoif'i Vice Chancellor.

DEFENSE FOR THE STATE SCHOOLS.

THEY ABE NOT GBtfBBALLX•, REGARDED AS A MENACE. 5 zh

Their Moral and Relletoa* Tone Cpttl# By Ministers and Teachers—Interest. Ing Symposium.

Our state universities have been compelled to listen to a trinity of sirens for these many years, and the deceptive voice has had its effect. One is the infidel Voice, which sings against religious teaching andi claims immunity from church dogma^and church influences.

TERRE HAUTE EXPRESS, TUESDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 23.189T.

At the opening of DePauw University re­

cently the Rev. Dr. W. H. Hickman, for­

merly pastor of the M. E. church of this

city, and now vice chancellor of DePauw, spoke at length on the subject, "The Chilrch.

and the State in Higher Education." In

this address "Dr. 'Hickman opposed the idea

of the state furnishing higher education and emphasized the importance of the

church caring for the training of the men

and women of the republic. In the course

of the speech there was a special laudation

of Methodism. The Express has inter­

viewed a number of Terre Haute. thinkers in relation to the various propositions advanced by the vice chancellor and the result will be found below.

Here are some specimen paragraphs from Dr. Hickman's discourse: i, There is no doubt but what the state, or secular system of education in morals, has lowered the moral sentiment and moral respect for law throughout this republic. That is one of the dangers of the hour. ^-4

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Another sings the warning of sectarianism and ecclesiastical interference in secular affairs, a third sings the abolition of paternal government of faculty. Give us, that voice says, the largest liberty, give us paternalism and teach self-control by' the largest liberty.

These, with political pulls and a divided sentiment and faith in faoulty, where rftthodox teacher, liberal teacher and sk^ptio teacher meet the tsudents on common grounds, have made loose government and liberal dTift to dangerous limits.

The discipline exercised in the two Institutions differs greatly. The church school speaks boldly against intemperance and worldly amusements. But the state school is either as silent as the tomb on those questions, or is indifferent, if not antagonistic, to the efforts to suppress the liquor traffic and brealt up certain sinful amusements. The church says, "Touch not, taste not, handle not," find "Cursed is he who puttetto the bottle to his neighbor's lips." The church says, "The saloon must go." But the state provides for unlimited license in dealing with liquor, and taxes the people wfto.make and. sell liquor ijj ^order to share in getting revenue. The state college may deal with cases of drunkenness but it does not and cannot attempt to suppress the fountains that make drunkards.

The principle that the state should provide professional or higher education is unAmerican—it is wrong.The state should, in-« deed, provide free schools to make every child in the republic an intelligent citizen but beyond the provision of the High School, which furnishes an academic education, the state should not go. It is not right for the state to levy a special-tax to support a professional school or to'provide for higher or unversity education.

There are great social, Industrial aitiHpolitical problems confronting this nat^op that must be solved. They are .like the riddle of the Sphinx—not to solve rightly is to te destroyed. These problems cannot bq solved under non-American, non-Christian lendership. ns

One of the unfortunate mistakes ja-tl}esfe troubled times is that the church has not put itself in the leadership of all f^fpftas. We ought to have learned from the bitter experiences of the past not to let^^el&rm movements be led and taught by inflflS'tterd, misled, but brave men. The chusch .«and the university should furnish this ^leadership.

Said Mr. Lyman P. Alden, superintendent of Rose Orphan Home: "I think that many of Dr. Hickman's objections against state schools for the higher education of young men and women are not sound and that he is not consistent with himself. For instance, he says that the state school idea of free education discourages the independent spirit of self-reliance on the part of the student. It fosters the spirit of dependence and abets mendicancy. One of the best phases of a boy's education is secured by his efforts to help himself to pay for what he gets, measure for measure, and get what he can by a struggle. This sounds well and, on general principles, is found to be true. But it is not applicable to the special question the doctor is considering. If true, why should DePauw University need any endowment? It has a large endowment now and the doctor proposes to greatly increase it. Why not make the 500 or 600 young men and women there pay for what the get, and then there would be no need for any endowment? If free instruction at the state schools tends to make mendicants, will not free tuition at denominational schools do the same? Our cadets at West Point and Annapolis not only receive their tuition free but also their board, clothing and pocket money. Can it be truthfully said that this makes mendicants of our army and navy officers and unfits them for the work of their several professions? Grant, Sherman, Sheridan. Meade, Farragut and a host of others is the answer. If free tuition tends to mendicancy in the case of students In the higher state schools, why does it not in all our common free schools on a much larger scale? The majority of the young men studying for the ministry in the Mefhodist as well as other churches, probably receive not only their tuition free but most of their other expenses are defrayed by the churches. Dr. Hickman would hardly think that they were mendicants. "The fact of it is that, if young men and women had to pay for their tuition what it really costs, besides their board away from home, traveling expenses and other incidentals, only the children of very rich people could be educated. Even as it is. it is a great struggle for most young people to attend the colleges of eur land even when the tuition is free. The state, feeling the importance of having some of its most promising young people thoroughly educated, shares part of the burden with^th^m by making the tuition free. "There is no objection to" denominational schools. There are many reasons whv there should be such. Cut every denomination in

this and other states is sot able to establish a great university like DePauw. Especially is this true In the new Western states. Again, it takes denominations hundreds of years sometimes to found a great school, whereas the uinversities of Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota—all firstclass in their equipment, have been built up in a very few years. •*. "The objection, the doctor urges, that tie state university takes the funds that should go to our public schools is not a good one. Our common schools have received their greatest encouragement from graduates of colleges. Without the reactionary influences of our higher schools of learning the common schools would rapidly deteriorate. The common schools of Michigan owe their acknowledged excellence, it is almost universally admitted in that state, to the graduates of the Michigan University, who are found by scores in every village and city of that state, as well as in the rural district#."

FROM WABASH.

Dr. Burroughs Wires His Opinion ot the Hickman Address. Special to the Express.

Crawfordsville, Ind., Sept. 25.—I have only had the prviliege of reading the brief report of Dr. Hickman's address given in the Indianapolis papers. It would be impossible to pass an opinion upon it under these circumstances. I await the reading of its full text with much interest. The individual christian conscience must be trusted regarding the question of amusements. A strong moral and religious atmosphere is better than definite rules. I have no disposition to criticise our state institutions as lacking religious morals. As a taxpaylng citizen I believe it is a mistake for the state to duplicate at large cost an education already afforded at no public expense, in institutions provided by private benevolence fully equipped and doing work of the highest order of scholarship. Professional state education is a socialism costly and unnecessary to say the least. G. S. Burroughs.

PRESIDENT SMART,

The Purdue Man on the Subject of Higher Education. Special to the Express.

Lafayette, Ind., Sept. 25.—There are few if any states or territories in the Union that do not maintain higher institutions of learning. This has become a well established American policy, endorsed by congress more than once, and approved by the states and territories. I should regret to see Indiana the first state to reverse its well established policy in this regard. Furthermore it is generally conceded by prominent educators that the improvement of one institution of learning acts as a helpfuli stimulus to every other properly conducted institution in this vicinity. Therefore I rejoice in the betterment of all denominational schools. It seems to me also that a state school well managed will not be in the least degree inimical to the denominational schools. Healthful competition is good for us all. Smart.

PRESIDENT SWAIN.

Mixes Business With His Educational Philosophy.

Special to the Express.

Bloomtagton, Ind., Sept. 25.—Indiana University has opened with increased attendance. The enrollment for the year will probably exceed one thousand. The quality of the students is improved showing greater efficiency in the high schools. There is a larger number of students from other colleges. The equipments of the university are better than ever before. The campus has been enlarged. The heating plant has been refitted. A new athletic field has been provided by the athletic association. Six professors are back from graduate study. Great interest is manifested in all! the phases of university work. At present interest centers in the Bible conference which begins here next Thursday. Both the church and the state should welcome sound learning wherever found. They should both seek to compel improvement In. all inferior schools by making their own the best which the conditiaons will permit. Improved ideals and advanced methods in one will compel improvements in the other. They should bring the claims of higher education to every young man and woman in our state, advise them to inform themselves about every institution in our state as well as those of other states, then recommend' them to go to that institution which they find, after mature deliberation the best for them, for the money and time expended, whether it be church, private or state Institutions. If those connected with church and state institutions do these things the relation between these institutions will be cordial and the field of each will stand out more clearly. Joseph Swain, (President Indiana University.

FATHER FREWIN'S OPINION.

He Regards Dr. Hickman as a Sensationalist.

The Rev. Joseph J. Frewin, pastor of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, does not agree with the Rev. Mr. Hickman in his opinion that the church should run the schools and all reforms. He takes the church to be pureCy a persuasive institution, not a coercive one. If there is any coercion to be done, Father Frewin thinks it is the state's business to do it His conception of the church does not allow of it overriding a person's absolute freedom of will. "Once yOu force an individual to do anything," said Father Frewin, "you have deprived him of his freedom and left# him no longer responsible—no longer a man."

Father Frewin thinks the" state should educate such children as do not choose to attend church schools. He does not believe in anybody being compelled to attend a denominational institution. He thinks alt such schools should be maintained by voluntary contributions. This is the Catholic poeition on the subject. As Father Frewin says, it is not his opinion: it is the doctrine of his church. All priests are so taught. "Ordinarily," said the pastor of St. Josephs, "I should not favor the state's providing higher education. I believe in its looking after the education of the child up in a certain point, but beyond that it is my opinion the student should pay for the peculiar privileges he enjoys or have them supplied by private benevolence. However, where the higher education is not provided by individuals, as may be said to be the case to a certain extent here in Indiana, I am persuaded it should be furnished by the state. 1 am certainly a believer in education. The more of it we have the better off we shall be."

It is Father Frewin's Judgment that Mr. Hickman would ultimately favor compelling men to think as he does. "His intentions are doubtless amiable enough," said Father Frewin, "but the logic of his position would lead him to the point of persecuting those who refused to fall within the lines laid down by him. I regard Mr. Hickman as a sensationalist. 1 think he does) not correctly comprehend tbe sphere of the church. He ascribes to it functions that in my opinion do not belong to tt at all. I do noi believe, for example, that It is the church's business to concern itself about

the saloons. I think that such matters are for the consideration of the state."

REMARKS BY MR. WIl/EY.

He emphasizes the Moral Tone of Public Instruction.

Superintendent 'Wiley, of the public schools, has no quarrel with the church schools, nor has he any with the state schools. He does not think there is any force in Dr. Hickman's argument against the state schools on the ground of their attitude toward the moral life of the students. "In the first place," said Mr. Wiley, "the law expressly states that the Bible shall not be excluded from the public schools. Secondly, the law also requires that before a man or woman shall be allowed to teach school he or she must present reliable evidence of good moral character. Thirdly, before one can enter the State Normal to begin to learn bow to teach he must exhibit' similar credentials. This is the law. Teachers coming into the state schools with Bible reading and Bible-loving habits do not have these habits in the least restrained. The men and women of the state schools are very largely the products of the church schools. In the public schools of Terre Haute we have teachers from nearly every church school in the state. It is also a significant fact," continued Mr. Wiley, "that the public school teachers do a vast deal of the Sunday school and church work of the state. As a matter of course these people must bring their religion with them into the school room in the substantial sense that they live there the lives that are the products of their religion."

Speaking further Mr. Wiley said: "We live by incentive. I believe in maintaining the integrity of the public school system as it now exists for the reason that it beckons the student on to the higher education. If we were to cut one year off the High School course it would affect the public schols clear down to the beginning. There would be a certain amount of incentive cut off. If the High School were removed entirely,.I do not believe that we should have more than half as many pupils finish the grades as finish them now. The pupil Is drawn on by the influence cf those higher than he. He looks up to those above him and before whom there is still the possibility of advancement and is inspired by what he sees. That which is true of the High School in its relation to the grades is true of the university in its relation to the High School. By way of illustrating the power of incentive," Mr. Wiley went on, "I know of a certain community in which there was once not a single college graduate. One bty went from that community to the university and his example led as many as fifty boys to do likewise. Let us put out as

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ble—the more the better. They will have a beneficent influence upon society, for they will stimulate all about them to strive in the direction of mental and moral progress."

iREV. DR. TORRANCE ON SCHOOLS. Dr. William Torrance, pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church, does not agree with Dr. Hickman in his opposition to the state furnishing higher education. Dr. Torrance does not regard the instruction imparted at the state schools as necessarily different in a 2-oral or religious point of view from that given by the church schools. "However," said Dr. Torrance, "I do not think that the state institutions should possess peculiar privileges or advantages. In my judgment private institutions of equal standing should receive equal treatment at the hands of the law. I do not favor the Normal School, excellent as it is, having advantages under the law over the church schools of 'Indiana. I do not believe its diploma, even pedagogically considered, should be of greater practical worth than the diploma of Wabash, DePauw, Hanover, or any'of the other colleges whose standing is high, fit is true that the Normal specializes in pedagogy, but it does not give the discipline that the colleges do. What advantage it has over them in one way is offset by the broader training furnished by other institutions."

VIEWS OF THE REV. MR. PERCIVAL. The Rev. Charles H. Percival, pastor of the First Congregational Church, was asked of Dr. Hickman's address. He said: "I do not believe we can ever build up our denominational schools or Christian education by attacking the state schools for higher education. These state schools are here, and they will stay. They are as logically a pari of our American school life as the common school, or the High School, or the Normal School. "Our problem as Christian educators is not to lessen the funds of these schools but to summon and strengthen Christian influence about our young men and women who are in the state schools and who will. I think, continue to attend."

WHAT JUDGE &IDiNBY DAVIS THrNKS. Judge Sidney B. Davis is inclined to agree with Dr. Hickman on the proposition that the state should not undertake to equip men with special or professional training. He does not believe the state should make lawyers, doctors or preachers out of men any more than it should undertake to set people up in business. He thinks the Indiana Sstate Normal School's diploma should have peculiar value from a pedagogical standpoint, but he is opposed to the idea of the Indiana University, for example, having any advantage, in the matter of Its diploma or otherwise, over such institutions as Wabash College and DePauw. Judge Davis is far from believing that the education imparted at Indiana University is of a higher order than that of the other schools mentioned. As a matter of fact he states that his experience leads him to believe that the standard is scarcely so high at the Indiana University as it is at some of the other colleges of the state. "Naturally," said Judge Davis, "where an institution is not strictly upon its merits it is not likely to be so careful in all things as one that must stand or fall with its record for efficiency:" Judge Davis favors the spiritual or Christian version of philosophy as opposed to the materialistic. He takes it that when a student has arrived at that point in his meiatal development where he is ready for the study of the philosophies it is better for him and for society if his tutelage be Christian.

It Is Hard Sledding For Low. New York. Sept. 25.—The Brooklyn Republicans held conventions in twenty-one assembly districts today and elected delegates to the city and judiciary conventions. The latest returns from the conventions indicate that Low will not have 50 out of the 132 delegates in the city convention next Tuesday.

Couldn't W»lt Korthe Raise.

Warren, O., Sept. 25.—The 400 employes of the Warren tube works went on strike at noon today. They had just been notified of an advance of 10 per cent in wages to rake effect October 25th. The men wanted the increase to take effect sooner, hence the strike.

'.-Increaseat the C*nnl««lT Factory The strike among the woi^en and girls at the canning factory is off and all hands were at work yesterday as usual. The were granted an increase in wages. They made a demand for 3 cente a pail for prepared tomatoes. A compromise of 2% cents was agreed upon.

"YANKEE INSOLENCE"

GERMANS GROW WROTH OVER TERFERENCE IN SPANISH AFFIRS.

Germaa Press Profess Not to Believe Dm* nlal of Ultimatum Having Been on Spain*

DOES GERMANY IXTEND AIDING SPAIN!

SHE WILL HAVE THAT COUNTRY'! SIORAL SUrPOKT.

Leader of the Sonth German feople't Tarty Denounces the Emperor In f*

Bitter Terms.

(Copyright, 1897, Associated Press.) Berlin, Sept. 25.—The reported America*1,J*"ultimatum to Spain has been received witl-

The Staatzsburger Zeltung claims th&F Spain has been assured of Germany's support in the event of the United States taking hostile steps.

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pronounced displeasure by the entire Ger« man press. The official denial from Wash* ington is generally disbelieved here, and th. denunciation of "jingoism," "Yankee in so* lence." and the ridiculing of the Monroe doctrine have filled the newspapers. The con* servative press, as usual, is the most vlo^i^, lent in denouncing American aspirations.

The correspondent of the Associated Press here has made inquiries at the German for* eign office and in other quarters which show that, while Spain has approached Germany through her Berlin ambassador, repeatedly during the past year in regard to this, she has only been assured of -the moral sympa*,. thy of Germany in her struggle to quell the Cuban insurrection and of the willingness of Germany to co-operate with the other bis powers in re-establishing by peaceable meana a better understanding between Spain and, the United States in case serious difficulties arise. No other assurance has been givea to Spain, nor is it at all ikely that Germany will engage to do more in the future.

The speech of Herr Haussanan. leader of the South German People's party at Mannheim early during the week has caused intense excitement in political circles. Herr Haussmann reviewed the actions of the reichstag and the governmsnt during the last two years end was particularly outspoken in condemning Etoperor William's,' utterances and views of politics. Satiriz--ing the emperor's divine right of speech, recently delivered at Coblentz. Herr Haussmann said: '. "We are not afraid of a coup d'etat. German citizens know their strength. Nobody' (*n withstand the will of the nation, neither man,

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to crush that will. German spirit is noi' controlled by cannons but by thoughts and, it won't be squelched under the pickel-:' haube. Things cannot continue much long-"* eras at present. For the good of Germany1 there must needs come a change for the better."

Owing to the effects of the Dingley tariff law 5,000 textile workers have been locked out at Loebau and in its vicinity. (Fearful rainstorms have recently prevailed in the greater part of Germany, with cold and snow in the mountains. In many disticts the potatoes and bay are rottini? In the fields and the fruit is dropping from the trees.

MAYOR NOT AFRAII1

YELLOW FEVER HAS NO TERROR FOR MAYOR ROSS.

He Received a Letter Yesterday From tb*1 Very Heart of the Fever District of Mississippi.

Ordinarily Mayor Ross is a man of iro* nerve. He has faced drunks by the hundred and has handled assault and battery cases galore. When the mayor picked un his mail yesterday morning, however, he almost fell over backward in his chair, and sa great was his surprise that he was on tha point of ringing lor the police.

In the mayor's mail was a letter from Biloxi, Miss. The city's executive looked hard at the envelope for a few seconds and then threw it on the floor. He stood over it for a time, and the peculiar punctures ia the envelope caused him to take it up again. He placed the envelope to his nostrils, and the peculiar odor caused him to at once realize that the letter had been fumigated. The missive was from the very heart of iba yellow fever district of Mississippi, and read as follows: To the Public:

Whereas, The yeV.ovr Vwer is prevailing in this city and. Whereas, All th factories and other industries have been closed down, thus throwing- all the laboring people out of employment and,

TVhereas, Nearly all of the sick are of that class and unalbJe 0 purchase medicines and other things necessary in such an emergency, therefore we appeal to a generous public for subscriptions to be used In the purchaw* of medicines and -thoswi things necessary for the sick, who are' unablo to care for themselves. Those out cf employment, but who are well, will b« cared for at -the oamps of detention and otherwise, and this appeal Is made alone for the sick in our midst. All subscription* sent to the mayor and any member of council will be thankfully received and properly applied.

H. T. Howard, Mayol

THOUSAND'S WILL BE HERE.

Terre Haute Will Be Overrun With Strang- ~f' era Next Tuesday. v'',

Buffalo Bill's show yesterday drew crow.'t, *, from every little city surrounding Terra Haute. The city was alive with stranges. A careful canvass of these people discloses the fact that, with favorable weather, next Tuesday is going to see Terre Haute overcrowded with strangers. The race meeting has been advertised as no former meeting has ever been and the fast that Star Pointer and Joe Patcfoen start against th« world's record on Tuesday has been the drawing card. Then the rates offered by the railroads have attracted the attention of the out-of-town people.

From present indications there will b» thousands here who will not vtait the great track. They will come to Terre H3Ute to buy goodc from the merchants. Winter is fast approaching and with blankeis, comforttf, heavy clothing, etc., to buy peoplfl living in the little towns surrounding Terr# ^(i| Haute see iu the low railroad rate* an .-Dportunity to come here and do their fall trading. Thtf merchant* of Terre Haute*while their store* will be kept open on Pointer-Patchen Day, will endeavor to allow as many of thetr clerks as pcasible to see the kings of pacers go their fast miles. Friday will its all probability be the day tor general closing oi otorea by Ue merchant*.