Walkerton Independent, Volume 34, Number 26, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 11 December 1908 — Page 3

STATE HAPPENINGS RECORDED IN BRIEF NEWS ITEMS FROM ALL OVER INDIANA. CASH FOR PLAGUE HOME Appropriation for Tuberculosis Hospital—Commission to Seek Early Action by Legislature—s3oo,000 Needed. Indianapolis. — The commission which has in charge the building of a •fate tuberculosis hospital will try to tpbtain an early appropriation for this work. It is probable that an appropriation bill for this purpose will be introduced early in the next session of the legislature. It will carry an emergency clause, and if it is passed the work of building the hospital will be begun at once. “If we can get an early appropriation," said Isaac Strouse of Rockville, a member of the commission, "we can have -The hospital finished and ready for 150 patients by January, 1910. Os course, all of the work could not be completed by that time, but we could Tave itTeady'fd^patieuts.” If an appropriation rs made the commission believes it should be granted early and not. subjected to the delay which the general appropriations bill always encounters. An appropriation of $300,000 will be requested. The commission has presented its plans to the legislative visitation committee. Mr. Strouse declares that the work which is now being done by the Red Cross society in distributing red cross labels to be used at Christmas time will in his belief aid in creating sentiment in favor of an appropriation for the hospital. The proceeds from the sale of the red cross labels are to be used in fighting tuberculosis. Mr. Mr. Strouse believes this move on the part of the Red Cross society will spread all over the state and will set the people generally to thinking about this question of fighting tuberculosis. Avert a Lynching. Seymour.—Prompt action by the authorities of Seymour Thursday averted the possibility of mob law in ♦he case of a negro who is accused of having assaulted Mrs. Harold Dannettell near her home, two miles south of Seymour. The negro when captured was first taken to Seymour but was hurried to Brownstown when a mob formed at the jail. A crowd also gathered in Brownstown and the authorities ordered the negro removed to Indiana reformatory at Jeffersonville for safe keeping. Mrs. Dannettell was in a serious condition. Grand Jury Indicts Five. Terre Haute.—Following the return of five indictments the grand jury began its annual inspection of county institutions. The men indicted were Charles Pulliam, petit larceny; Mike Magnus, assault and battery with Intent to commit murder in the first degree; Henry W. January, grand larceny; John Buddele, arson; Ed Starks, assault and battery with inten to murder. Man Falls Dead with Tree. Anderson. — While sawing wood at his farm in Stony Creek township, W. G. Ellis, 44 years old, fell dead as the tree was falling. With a companion he was felling a tree with a crosscut saw, and as the tree began to topple Ellis arose from a stooping posture and exclaimed: “There it goes” and fell upon the ground with the tree. Death was due to heart failure. Fugitive Returns Papers. ■Wabash.—Claude E. Stitt, fugitive deputy postmaster, Thursday sent a package containing the postoffice bank book, an uncashed check for S2OO and many papers to Postmaster Parmenter. They came from the west on the Wabash railroad and tend to renew belief that Stitt is in St. Louis or Chicago. Man Makes Crude Forgeries. Kokomo. —An unknown forger has been passing some very crude penmanship upon merchants in the city, but his identity has not been ascertained. The latest work was two checks passed on the Sun Billiard parlor and at the Steven Shore place in the sums of S2O and $lO, respectively. Hangs Himself to Rafter. Richmond. — Because of despondency, Eli Hoover, a farmer living near White Branch, northwest o£_RichttttMrdr committed suicide by hanging himself from a rafter in the barn. Hoover was found by his wife. Allows No Public Dances. South Bend. —Saturday night public dances will not be permitted in South Bend this winter. Chief of Police McWeeny has ordered 1 all public dance halls closed. Princeton Teacher Missing. Princeton. —Arthur Burchfield, principal of Franklin school in this city, was missing nearly a week. He attended a teachers’ association meeting in Evansville and was last seen there. Examine U. M. W. of A. Books. Terre Haute. —The auditors for the Eleventh district, U. M. W of A., were in Terre Haute making the annual examination of the accounts of Charles Fox, secretary and treasurer of the district. Charges Exorbitant Fees. South Bend. — Dr. Stanley A. Clarke, coroner of St. Joseph county, has been charged by City Health Officer Dr. D. W. McNamara with violating the law by collecting exorbitant tees and in attending cases where a coroner is not required. Two Weeks’ Bride Is Widow. Connersville. — Joseph Aull, who recently submitted to an operation for appendicitis, died. Two weeks ago he was married to Miss Alice Strauck.

AIM TO KEEP UP FEES. Doctors of State Deplore Practice of Cutting Rates. Richmond.—At a meeting of the Wayne County Medical society the question of maintaining fees for professional calls and office visits was discussed and the fact was deplored that some doctors are cutting the rates which have been in vogue for many years. The society, by unanimous vote, adopted a resolution, calling on the state board of medical registration to investigate the charges that have been made against Dr. Arthur Jones of Whitewater, from time to time. Dr. Jones has been accused of violating the liquor laws, and the medical society seeks to have his license taken from him if the charges are true. The jury that heard the case against Dr. Jones disagreed and the case will be retried. Saves Home from Fire. Petersburg. — The residence of Steve Chappell, a grocer of this city, was saved from destruction by fire ny a pet poodle dog. Miss Gertrude Chappell, a daughter, owns a valuable poodle dog and took the animal with her into the parlor to light the lamp. The head of the match flew off and ignited the window curtains. Miss Chappell left the room unconscious of the fire but a few minutes later the poodle dog rushed from the parlor into the kitchen and caught its mistress’ skirt and barking started for the parlor. Hotel Company Loses Suit. Martinsville. — After deliberating three minutes a jury returned a verdict for the defendant in the case of Albert Carter, colored, of Westfield, against the Indiana Hotel Company, operating the Claypool hotel, Indianapolis. The colored man was one of the delegates to the Prohibition convention in the Claypool hotel one year ago. Because he was not permitted to ride in one of the elevators in the hotel he filed suit against the hotel company charging discrimination against him because of color. Bones Found in Tree Trunk. Laporte.—State’s Attorney Smith and Sheriff Smutzer investigated the finding of bones alleged to have been found in a partially burned stump on the farm of Henry Wolford. John Kowenski, formerly employed by Wol- ' ford, disappeared and the people in the neighborhood believe he was murdered and his body placed in the trunk of the tree and cremated. Chosen Agent for Murdocks. Fort Wayne.—Frank H. Cutshall, for the last 15 years identified with the Fort Wayne Gas Company, and during the greater part of that time the secretary t® Henry C. Paul, has been tendered a postion as the personal representative of the Murdock interests in traction affairs at South Bend. Faces Manslaughter Trial. Lebanon. — Jerome Isenhour, son of George Isenhour, residing near Lebanon, has been indicted on a charge of manslaughter at Hampton, la. The charge grows out of the death of his brother-in-law, Charles A. Denger, son of C. H. Denger, also of this county. Husband, 16; Sues Wife, 24. Evansville —Edward Klager, 16 years old, filed a petition in the circuit court, asking his marriage to his wife, 24, he annulled. He alleges his wife inveigled him into the marriage against his will a year ago. He wore his first pair of long trousers at the ceremony, he said. Plan Barn for Village. Richmond. — Richmond architects are making plans for a model cow barn, to cost $6,000, and another set for the remodeling of a dwelling, both for use at the epileptic village at Newcastle. The state is expected to appropriate money for the improvement. Prize Awaits Him Thirty Years. Huntington.—William M. Tillbury, once a resident of this county, but living in Oklahoma, has been found after 30 years by friends, who learned the man has title to valuable lands in Minnesota by reason of his claim as a soldier. Dog Keeps Watch Over Body. Terre Haute.—Her charred body lying on the floor, where she had fallen, the stove door standing open and her little dog whimpering over her body told the fate of Daffen Knowles, eight years old, when the mother returned home. Tosses Children from Burning House. Bedford. —The family of William Myers, two miles west of Leesville, narrowly escaped cremation in a fire that destroyed their home. Mrs. Myers was compelled to drop her three children from a window. Temperance Worker Killed. Elwood. —Charles Mastern, 18 years old, was struck by a freight train and instantly killed. Asks $90,000 of Assembly. Fort Wayne. —An appropriation I of $90,000 for the erection of a general hospital on the main institu- ! tion grounds of the Indiana School i for Feeble-Minded Youths will be asked at the next session of the legislature. Ends Life by Drinking Acid. Bedford. —Emmet Short, 31 years old, a restaurant owner of Salem, committed suicide at the Osburn house by drinking carbolic acid. He had been ill. Emrick Seeks Sweeney’s Job. Fort Wayne.—After numerous con ferences with his friends Dr. A. G, Emrick, a dentist of this city, has announced he will be a candidate for state fish and game commissioner to succeed Zach Sweeney. Wabash Brakeman Killed. Lafayette. — John E. Burroughs i2l years old, of Lafayette, a brakeman on the Wabash railroad, was killed at Westpoint by being crushed between tw T o cars which was coupling.

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SOO CITY AND CREW LOST LAKE STEAMER GOES DOWN IN NEWFOUNDLAND GALE. No Doubt of Vessel’s Fate Remains— Was Being Taken to the Gulf of Mexico. St. Johns, N. F.—Wreckage which has come ashore at Cape Ray leaves little room for doubt that the sturdy little steamer Soo City, which for 20 years plied as an excursion vessel on the Great Lakes, went down with her crew’ in the midst of the gale that lashed the Newfoundland coast for two days this week. The steamer was in command of J Capt. John G. Dillon of Brooklyn, who was formerly commander of the United States government transport Missouri. A wife and three children awaited his return home. The exact number of the ' crew is in doubt. It is known, however, that no less than 18 men were on board, and it has been reported that the crew was recently increased to 28 men. The Soo City was recently sold by the Indiana Transportation Company to Felix Jackson of Velasco, Tex., and was being taken to New Orleans, where it had been planned to put her in service between that city and Texan ports. She carried no passengers. She was to be first overhauled in New York, and for that purpose had been consigned to Agent T. H. Franklin of New York. The steamer sailed from Michigan City on November 1 and reached Ogdensburg, N. Y„ November 11. Up to that time the steamer was in charge of Capt. F. V. Dority of Milwaukee, but at Ogdensburg the command was turned over to Capt. Dillon. She was last reported at Quebec November 14. A week later, when nothing had been heard, much anxiety was felt, and on Wednesday last the vessel was listed by the Maritime Exchange among the missing. The steamer’s first mate was John Casey of Chicago. Friday a deck cabin and fittings and 16 life preservers came ashore. These all bore the name “Soo City,” or other marks identifying them as belonging to the lake steamer. During the day life buoys, deck boards and other gear unquestionably belonging to the steamer were washed in. Daring Bank Robbery. Pepperell, Mass.—Burglars blew open the safe of the First National bank here Wednesday, took $14,000, and escaped in an automobile. The thoroughness and skill with which the work was performed has convinced the police that the burglars were professionals. Three were in the party, and although they were seen escaping in the auto, all trace of them was soon lost, and the authorities were unable to ascertain in what direction they departed. It is believed, however, that the burglars went in the direction of Groton. Seventeen Perish in Storm. St. Johns, N. F.—Seventeen persons have perished in a storm which has lashed the Newfoundland coast for 48 hours. In all, ten fishing vessels have gone ashore, most of them breaking into fragments on the rocks. The victims of the gale were members of the crews of three of these craft. The fishermen were all residents of Newfoundland fishing villages. Ward Burlingame Is Dead. Topeka, Kan. —Ward Burlingame, for 27 years chief clerk in the dead letter office at Washington, and private secretary to four Kansas governors and three Kansas senators, died at his home here Thursday night of heart failure, aged 72 years. > Demands Apology from Castro. Paris. —If President Castro of Venezuela comes to Bordeaux he will not ! be allowed to set foot on French soil i until after he has offered a formal apology for the fashion in which he has flaunted France. This decision was arrived at by the cabinet at its meeting Saturday. S?y the Shah Must Die. Teheran. —Proclamations of the revolutionary organization have been posted condemning the shah to death for violation of the constitution. Tom Johnson’s Daughter Divorced. Cleveland, O. —Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson Mariani, daughter of Mayor Tom Johnson, was granted a. divorce Friday from Frederico Mariani of New York. Mariani testified that her husband had never supported her from the time she married him. Shoots Wife and Himself. Granville, Mass. — After fatally shooting his wife Friday, John Arten, a lodging house keeper, fired three bullets into his head, inflicting wounds which will probably kill him.

RAILROAD TROtTB ^£NDED. Pennsylvania Road anh Engineers Reach an Agreeißnt. Washington.—A succesAl issue of the conference between ■representatives of the Brotherhood lo f Locomotive Engineers and of tl ? Pennsylvania railroad lines west if Pittsburg and the board of medial on, consisting of Chairman Knapp । f the interstate commerce commiss m, and Dr. Charles P. Neill, comn issioner of labor, was reached Frida night and an agreement proposed b ’ the board of mediation was acceptec by General Manager G. L. Peck of t le Pennsylvania lines, and by the oard of assessment of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Satisfaction was expressed by both sides to the controversy at the settlement agreed upon and the agreement was exchanged between the parties to the controversy in writing. DR. NORTHROP TO RETIRE. — Head of Minnesota University Quits at End of College Year. — Minneapolis, Minn. — Dr. Cyrus Northrop will retire from the presidency of the University of Minnesota I at the close of the present college year. His formal resignation was presented to the regents Tuesday. When it becomes effective he will have com- ( pleted a full quarter century at the head of the university. "I have definitely made up my mind to retire." said Dr. Northrop Saturday night. “I have intended retire at the end of my twenty-^Yih year of service, and that will cooee with the ! close of this college year." Dr. Northrop is 74 years of age. He I feels that he is entitled to a rest and he has made a decision which is final and unalterable. BANK CASHIER IS SHOT. lowan, Mistaken for Another Man, Wounded in Shoulder. Vinton, la. —George Ramstead, the assistant cashier of the People’s Savings bank at Vinton, was waylaid and shot through the shoulder at an early hour Friday morning by an unknown ; assailant. Ramstead had been to Cedar Rapids and was returning home on the night train. When near his i residence he was stopped by a man | who exclaimed, “I’ve got you now,” and fired one shot. His assailant suddenly discovered he had shot the wrong man and offering an apology, disappeared. Ram- j stead will recover. To Prove Electricity Kills. Trenton, N. J.—County Phyiscian Frank G. Scammell announced Sunday that he would make an effort to resus- i citate the next man electrocuted in j the New Jersey state prison in order , to disprove the claim of a New York , physician, recently put forth, that , electricity does not kill but that elec- ) trocuted criminals die under the sur- I geon’s knife in the autossy or in the j quicklime in which thej are buried. The next man to be efe»*<ocuted is John Mantasanna, who *s dur- ■ ol ing the week of Decemh^ex - ’ Return Without - New York. — The I^pwP^treasure seekers, as they * have come to be known, returned empty-handed Sunday night from Kingston, Jamaica, on the steamer Admiral Dewey. After the first chartered vessel, the old-time racer, Mayflower, was abandoned, the men set out again on their mission, which was to recover the gold sunken in a Spanish galleon off the coast of i Jamaica. Two Drowned in the Potomac. Washington.—Joseph H. Painter, aged 30, a botanist in the National museum, and his companion, Robert Wallace, aged 16, were drowned Sunday while trying to shoot the rapids at Stubblefield falls in the Potomac. Accidentally Kills Himself. Springfield, Mo. —While searching early Sunday morning for a burglar who he believed was lurking in his cellar, Dr. Charles E. Brown, Jr., a prominent physician of Springfield, accidentally killed himself. New Revolution in Salvador. Managua, Nicaragua.—A revolution has begun in Salvador under the leadership of former Vice-President Prudencio Alfaro. The cities of Ahuachapan, Usutulan and Santana have been captured by the revolutionists. Cruiser Yankee Is Floated. Newport, R. I. —The United States cruiser Yankee, which has been aground on Hen and Chickens shoals in Buzzards bay for the last ten weeks, has been floated and has started for New Bedford in tow.

LAWMAKERS MEET CONGRESS CONVENES FOR ITS SECOND SESSION. LITTLE DONE FIRST DAY Two New Senators and Nine Representatives Take the Oath—Fairbanks and Cannon in Their Places. Washington.—Monday at 12 o’clock both houses of congress convened for the beginning of the second session of the Sixtieth congress. Vice-President Fairbanks opened the senate and Speaker Cannon presided in the house. Practically no business was transacted in either house Monday. In the senate ex-Gov. Cummins of lowa took oath of office as the successor of Senator Allison of that state, as did Carroll S. Page of Vermont as the successor of Senator Stewart. In the house the seven members who were elected in November to succeed members who have died or resigned in that body also were sworn in. They are: Henry A. Barnhart ,Dem.), who succeeds the late Mr. Brick (Rep.) from the Thirteenth Indiana district; Albert Hs+trpfnaT (Dem.), who succeeds the late Mr. Meyer from the First Louisiana district; Otto G. Foelker (Rep.), successor to Mr. Dunwell (Rep.), in the Third New York district; Frank E. Guernsey (Rep.), successor to Mr. Powers (Rep.), from the Fourth Maine district; Eben M. Masters (Rep.), successor to Mr. Parker (Rep.), from South Dakota, at large; O. C. Wiley (Dem.), successor to his brother, A. A. Wiley (Dem.), from the Second Alabama district, and John P. Swasey (Rep.), successor to Mr. Littlefield, who resigned during the last session from the Second Maine district. The two houses then appointed committees each to notify the other house and the president that the two bodies were organized and prepared to go forward with the business of the session. The senate then adjourned for the day out of respect to the memory of Senator Allison, who died during the recess. The house also terminated its brief session with resolutions commemorative of the lives of Messrs. Parker, South Dakota; Wiley, Alabama; Dunwell, New York, and Powers, Maine, who have died since adjournment last May. COUPLE FOUND DEAD TOGETHER. Tragic Demise of Ohio Bank Cashier and Stenographer. Columbus, O. —The bodies of Victor W. Wentz, aged 33, cashier of the First National bank of Canal Dover, 0., and Miss Alice Holliger, a stenographer of 355 Marshall avenue, this city, and formerly of Uhrichsville, 0., were found in the Bellwood Inn, a rural resort east of this city, soon after noon Sunday. Death, according to Coroner Murphy, was undoubtedly due to asphyxiation caused by an open gas stove. Wentz was a native of Canal Dover, where his family is heavily interested in the bank of which he was cashier. He was a thirty-third degree Scottish Rite Mason. STEAMER CLEMSON LOST. Hope for Vessel and Her Crew of Twenty-Two Is Abandoned. Duluth, Minn. —A. B. Wolvin of Duluth, owner of the steamer N. M. Clemson. has abandoned hope and admits that the vessel is probably at the bottom of Lake Superior with her crew of 22. S. R. Chamberlain of this city Is captain. The Clemson is a week overdue at this port. She was caught in the terrific gale of last week on lower lake Superior. The vessel is 5,000 tons burden and was coal laden. Waterways League Meets. New Orleans.—That an inland waterway extending from the Mississippi river to the Rio Grande will benefit not only Louisiana and Texas, but the i whole Mississippi valley, was the i sentiment of the several hundred dele- ’ gates gathered here Friday at the fourth annual convention of the Inter- : state Waterways league. Lieut. Gov. i O. B. Davidson of Texas said it w r as I estimated that to complete the work ' would cost $4,000,000. Lack of Water Stops Trolley Line. Mahanoy City, Pa. —Because of a i scarcity of water the Schuylkill Traction Company, which operates about 40 miles of trolley line in the Mahanoy and Shenandoah valleys, Friday night drew the fires from under the boilers of its big power plant at | Girardville and suspended operations. Three Suffocated by Fumes. Cincinnati, Dec. 4.—Three men were found dead in an abandoned sheet-iron shaving hopper under the central bridge in this city Thursday. They had been suffocated by the inhalation of charcoal fumes. Arrested After Long Chase. New York. —A chase from Chicago to Italy and back to New York ended Friday in the arrest of Michael Vivo, an Italian jeweler who is charged with the theft of SSOO worth of jewelry and three pounds of gold. Brice’s Son Is Insane. New York.—Stewart M. Brice, a former councilman and son of the late United States Senator Calvin S. Brice jf Ohio, after a hearing before a commission and a sheriff’s jury was declared insane Friday. Kerens’ Campaign Cost Him $59,570. St. Louis. —Richard C. Kerens, former Republican national committeeman for Missouri and a defeated candidate for the Republican senatorial nomination at the November primary, epent $59,570 in the campaign. Fatal Explosion in Mine. Bluefield, W. Va. —Two men, both ' negroes, are dead and three others, Italians, are believed to be fatally injured as the result of a mine explosion early Thursday at the King Coal | mine at Norwood, W, Va.

HAYTIAN LOOTERS ARE SHOT ARMED FORCES SUPPRESS THE PORT AU PRINCE MOB. Twelve Persons Killed and Many Wounded —Gen. Simon Strongly Favored for President. Port ati Prince.—For many hours during the night following the flight of Nord Alexis, riot and pillage prevailed in Port au Prince. The populace, maddened by the spirit of revolt, turned from the skiff that carried their deposed president to the French training ship Duguay Trouin, and gave full vent to their passions. They looted stores and residences and fought among themselves over the booty and were only held in check by an armed force hastily gathered together by Gen. Poidevin, which fired a volley into the mob and drove the rioters from street to street and finally into seclusion. In all, 12 persons were killed and many wounded before order was restored. So serious did the situation become that a committee of public safety, composed of the most prominent military leaders, was organized. Scores of citizens were placed under arms to assist the loyal troops in patrolling the ! city and Thursday comparative tran- I quility reiga-»4^_ The American, Frencffi~'amT"Geniran ■ ministers decided early in the morn- i ing that they could trust to the arrangements made by the committee to maintain order, but they jointly gave notification that if disorders commenced again they would land forces from the warships. Those already here were re-enforced at daybreak by the United States gunboat Eagle and the British cruiser Scylla. The sentiment of the people is strongly in favor of Gen. Simon and he will probably be elected president, if the chamber can be assembled without delay. A delegation composed of seven prominent citizens has gone to meet the revolutionary : leader and acquaint him with the fact < that Nord Alexis has gone aboard the Duguay Trouin. They will invite him to come into the capital at his earliest convenience. Port an Prince. —President Nord Alexis has been deposed and is now safe on board the French training ship Duguay Trouin and Port au Prince is in the hands of the revolutionists, Gen. Antoine Simon, the leader of the insurgents, is marching up the peninsula with an army of 5,000 and a new president, Gen. Legitime, has been proclaimed. BURTON FOR TREASURY HEAD. Ohio Congressman Offered Place in Cabinet by Taft. Cleveland, O. — The Cleveland Plain Dealer says that Representative Theodore Burton of Cleveland has been offered by Presidentelect Taft the portfolio of secretary of the treasury. Mr. Burton has taken the offer under consideration but will make no \ j Congressman Burton. reply to Mr. Taft until after the Ohio senatorial situation has been clarified. It is understood that President-elect Taft’s action in tendering the secretaryship to Mr. Burton is made entirely without respect to the senatorial fight in Ohio in which his brother, Charles P. Taft of Cincinnati, is a prominent factor. Insurance Man a Suicide. St. Paul. Minn. —Timothy R. Palmer, who resigned last Friday as president of the Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance Company, committed suicide by shooting himself through the head while alone in his room at his residence, 923 Grand avenue, Thursday. Melancholia caused by ill health is the only known motive. Valuable Necklace Recovered. New York. —A chance remark to Police Inspector McCafferty led to the recovery Thursday by Garrett E. Lamb of Clinton, la., of a pearl necklace said to be worth $15,000, which was stolen last February. Fleet Passes Singapore. Singapore.—The United States Atlantic battleship fleet, under Admiral Sperry, passed through the harbor here Sunday. The flagship Conecti- . cut. when abreast, saluted the port and the salute was returned. Caught Robbing the Mails. Des Moines, la. —James Page, who has been watchman at the Des Moines post office for 13 years, was arrested on a charge of robbing the mails. Post Office Inspector Caine caught Page opening a letter. Ohio Bar Association Date. Columbus, O. —At a meeting here Thursday of the executive committee I of the Ohio State Bar association, it j was decided to hold the thirtieth annual meeting at Put-in-Bay the second week in July next. Mrs. Dudley Dies of Injuries. New York. —Mrs. Martha S. Dudley of Topeka, Kan., who was knocked down by an automobile while crossing Broadway Wednesday evening, died of her injuries at Roosevelt hospital Thursday night.

'■" hi ii r 11 _f~-n Solomon Dedicates the Temple Sunday School Letson for Dec. 13, 1908 Specially Arranged for This Paper LESSON TEXT.—I Kings S:l-U. MemI ory verses, 10. 11. GOLDEN TEXT.-’T was glad when they sa j<j unto me j et us g(> iat<) th# house of the Lord.’’—Psalm 122:1. THE TEMPLE.—The temple was beStin m the fourth year of Solomon’s reign, B. C. 1012, and completed seven years later. B. C. 1004. according to the Assyrian Canon about 45 years later. The dedication was in Solomon’s twelfth year. CONTEMPORARY HISTORY.— The kingdom was now at its largest extent. , from the Lebanon mountains to the lied sea. from the Mediterranean to the Syrian desert on the east. Tyre flourishing under King Hiram. The Sabaean kingdog of \ emen, the queen of which came ,to see Solomon. Commerce extended to Europe, Africa and India. Comment and Suggestive Thought. The Temple.—The situation was on the eastern hill of Jerusalem, called sometimes Mount Moriah, overlooking the valley of the Kidron and the Mount of Olives. Modern authorities are inclined to think that the temple platform was । a part of Mount Zion; and that Zion . was the name of the eastern hill of I Jerusalem, -rm-y n »t or - iiit "western ~ I hill, as has been the general opinion. The rugged top of Moriah was lev- ' eled with immense labor; its sides, which to the east and south were precipitous, were faced with a wall of stone, built up perpendicular from the bottom of the valley, so as to appear to those who looked down of most terrifying height —a work of prodigious skill and labor, as the imI mense stones were strongly mortised together and wedged into the rock.”— Milman. The platform, according to Josephus, was square, three-quarters of a mile in circuit (Wars, 5:5, 2), in the time of Herod, but he also says that lierod doubled the original inclosure. i “Probably, therefore, the platform constructed by Solomon's engineers was an area of about 12 acres, or a quadrangle of 900 by 600 feet." — i James Sime. "Alone and isolated in its grandeur stood the Temple Mount. Terrace upon terrace its courts rose, till high above the city, within the inclosure of marble cloisters, the temple itself stood out, a mass of snowy marble and of gold, glittering in the sunlight against the half encircling green background of Olivet. . . . Nor has there been in ancient or modern times a sacred building equal to the temple, whether for situation or magnificence.” —Edersheim. The Size and Plan of the Temple.— “The best model of the temple I have ever seen," declares Dr. F. N. Peloubet, “is the one sent from England to Mr. Dwight L. Moody, and placed in his school at Northfield, Mass. It is said to have cost $3,000. A similar one belonged to Mr. Thomas New- : berry, Alexander Villa, Weston-Super-Mare, England.” Counting a cubit as 18 inches, the main building was as follows: Porch, 30 feet broad, 15 feet deep, 180 feet high; holy place, 60 feet long, 30 feet wide, 30 feet high; holy of holies, 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, 30 feet high; chambers, 15 feet wide on the two sides and rear. In front of the porch were two great pillars. The whole was situated according to the points of the compass, the front entrance being toward the east. The Courts. —There were two courts (2 Chron. 33:5). The outer court was surrounded by a wall partly of stone, partly of cedar; on the eastern border was a cloister or colonnade. This court was adorned with trees, and free to all the people. Within this I quadrangle was a small<*r court, the i court of the priests, on the highest ridge of the hill, inclosing the temple, i and the great brazen altar, and brazeu j sea, and the lavers. In the inner court were the great I brazen altar of sacrifice, 15 feet high ! and 30 feet square, in sight of all the i worshipers of the outer court, and the I molten or brazen sea supported by 12 : huge oxen, each 714 feet high. The outer court was for the worI shipers, who were intended to exeri cise the feelings suggested and sym- ■ bolized by the ceremonies going on visibly in the court or unseen in the sanctuary, but well known as to their meaning. V. 10. “The cloud filled the house of the Lord.” The article before cloud denotes that it was the well-known I cloud which betokened the divine l presence. “The cloud was the veil ! that hid (V. 11) “the glory of the । Lord," for that glory was too bright to ■ be seen by mortal eyes. This was the I same as the pillar of cloud and of fire j that guided the people through the i wilderness, which had rested on the tabi ernacle on the day it was dedicated : (Ex. 40:34), "and had apparently been specially displayed at certain junctures in the history of Israel (Num. : 12:5, 10; 16:42; Dent. 31:15). It was I thus the acknowledged symbol of God's ; presence, and as such was a visible 1 sign that he now accepted the temple, ! as he had formerly accepted the tabernacle, as his shrine and dwelling place.” The Dedication Services. 1. Sentences (Vs. 12, 13; 2 Chron. 6:1, 2). 2. King blesses congregation (V. 14; 2 Chron. 6:3), all standing. 3. Address, (Vs. 15-21; 2 Chron. 6: 4-11), standing. 4. Dedicatory prayer (Vs. 23-53; 2 I Chron. 6:14-40), kneeling (V. 54; 2 Chron. 6:13). 5. Psalm 132 (2 Chron. 6:41, 42): । "Arise, O God." Glory filled the house; ! people prostrated themselves (2 Chron. 7; 1-3). i 6. “For his mercy endureth forever," by the congregation (2 Chron. 7:3). 7. Closing address (1 Kings 8:5461), standing.—Prof. Willis J. Beecher. Might Have Been Worse. “Although naturally timid, I have ! been forced to appear before a critical j public for 10, these many years.’ i sighed Mary of the lamb episode. I "Yet.” she continued, “I have at least j one thing to be thankful for. No one ' ever called me Mamye.”