Indianapolis Journal, Volume 52, Number 102, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 April 1902 — Page 7

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURXAL, SATURDAY. APRIL 12. 1902.

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ni:v. jami:s n. lott's i.i:tti:k c.um:s a iiamaki: St FT. Chors Mnde la It Auninat Nellie Jackson Other Car In the Loral Court. ThPt trouble of the Corinthian Baptist Church, colored, have asaln reached the court?. Fornurly certain adjustments were attempted to be inid in the justices' court?, but this time higher authority is sought in the Circuit Court. This litigation Ii a suit for IS.') damage's for alleged slander. N !iie Jackson, w ho seems to liave teen a central figure in the church disturbances, i-- the plaintiff, and the Rev. Jarnos 11. Lött is dofe r.dant. lie is chared with publishing and reading a letter before the congregation that has damaged Mr3. Jackson's reputation. The trouble started over the selection of a new pastor. It Is said that Mrs. Jackson was very industrious with her fists In arguments incident to the controversy, irrespective of sex. She was expelled from the church for her conduct and filed an application for a rehearing. The reply of the lie v. .Mr. Lett to this application Is the alleged harmful paper which la at the bottom, of the suit. It i3 filed as an exhibit to the complaint. The letter of the Rev. Mr. I.ott reads: "In reference to your remark about the charge of 'stirring up strife' that 'it Is too Indefinite to admit of reply' we would say that- you are not required to 'reply.' You are fully aware that when you poured out that shameful tirade of abusive language upon the church, for no other reason than that it was decided to extend an indefinite call to our pa? tor. one of the female members, who.se shoe latches you are not worthy to unloose, arose and called for hT letter because of her audacity and rowdyism, traits that characterize you. itnd which you have displayed as a. leader of church strife here and elsewhere, as rumor has it. in which you have satiated your vicious propensity for fighting both men and women. Your sophistry is easily discoverable in the attempt to exculpate yourself from Charge 2. Continuing, the letter says: "When you fought two women, a daughter and mother, In the New Bethel Church, and then reported to the courts to Justify your unprovoked and disgraceful conduct, receiving the rebuke you so lichly merited by having to ray for It. and knocked the blood out of the mouth of one of the male members of our church and beat and scarred up our last preceding pastor in a mob deliberately planned and executed In the church ef which you were the leader, because he would not permit you. with the aid of your abettors anil coconspirators, to bruise and mangle up his wife and mob him. which case vou also dragged into the courts and lost it. Was that "in proper form? No. not thes 'form.' but the meaning you wished to convey,' the animus you displayed, the vicious intonation of your voice, the voclf erous tone, the palpable falsehood enroiK bed in those w ords and the slanderous intent known by you and apparent to everybody pxejent. coupled with the sacredi:es of the occasion and the absence of any aedquate provocation to this savage outburst of frenzied and demoniac madness that found it? echo in the remote parts of this city to the detriment and disgrace of our church." Kcnrilins Trn inient Merchunti. The Supreme Court yesterday reversed a decision of the lower court in which a clear meaning of the transient merchant haw was shown. The case was that of Charles Carpenter, who was .".rreted in Huntington last summer. Carpenter opened a store in Huntington for the purpose of selling peaches during the weeks they were being gathered. He was arrested on a charge of engaging in business ns a transient merchant without having paid a license. The license would have cost $15. The trial court decided that the law as passed by the last Legislature meant that the penalty could only be Inflicted where the defendant undertook to hold a "bankrupt sale," or "fire ale," or to engage in some other enterprise of a similar nature, and that a person who merely took a storeroom for a short time to operate a legitimate business did not come within the law. The afildavlt against Carpenter was then quashed. The higher court, in giving its decision of the case, held that the law defines a "transient merchant" to include "all persons, individuals, copartners and corporations, both of principals or agents, who engage in any temporary or transient business in this Stite, either in one locality, or in traveling irom on place to another selling goods and mer chandlse, and who, for the purpose of carrying on such business, hire, lease or occupy any building or structure for the exhibition of or sale thereof." Jude Gillett. In giving the decision of the court, ald it was evidently the purpose of th-j act to punish any person of this description who Khali do business without a license. Thought It Was a Joke. Jaraea "Williams, fourteen years old, was fined $10 and costs and sentenced to the county Jail for thirty days by Polle Judge Stubbs yesterday afternoon. "Williams was entenced from Juvenile court for the theft of a bicycle. "When "Williams waa led away to Jail by IMcycleman Simon the latter remarked to him that thirty days was a long tay in Jail for a boy. "Oh, do you t'ink I care for thirty days In de county Jail? Not on your life," said Williams, with a sneer. "It's Just like goin to a picnic. Don't you t'ink for one minute dat I'm worried. Not me." The depraved youngster laughed heartily when the big doora closed behind him. He Lad been there before. Payment of a Judgment. Mandamus proceedings were filed in the Circuit Court yesterday to compel County Clerk Elliott to ray an agreed Judgment for J-'.OOO entered into In tho suit of Kato Murphy against Efroymson Ä: Wolf, in whose store she slipped and fell. In the compromise the firm gave a draft on the Travelers Insurance Company and deposited it with the county clerk. The agreement specified Immediate payment and when Austin F. Denny, one of the attorneys, presented the claim, payment was refused. The clerk is withholding payment vntll the draft Is honored. Hearing was set for thia morning at 9 o'clock. I.ovrer Court Affirmed. The Supreme Court yesterday affirmed the Circuit Court of Marion county in the . case of Theodore Whitcomb, secretary of the. defunct Hurcka Savings and Loan Association, for services. In his original suit he asked for a bill of $51.07 of borrowed money and J 1.411 due him for stock. The receiver f the association filed a plea of Fet-ofT alleging that he had not teen paid all the money of the association and obtained a Judgm nt ailnst Whitcomb for from which judgment Whitcomb appealed. Says Husband Is Wealthy. Wilhelmina Stionorkcr yesterday filed a petition for an allowance of to assist In prosecuting her suit for divorce against her husband, Herman Stic-necker. and for the support of herself and familv. She avers that she is the mother of ten children, r.lr.e of whom are living at home. She says two of them are invalids and that a nn is now threatened with typhoid fever and she Is also tinder a physician s care. She avers that she has no money to take care of herself and family, while her husband la a tardener and worth from $13,1aj to $20,000. Date for Oral ArKument. The suit by tho city of Indianapolis Glinst the Indianapolis Gas Company to compel the defendant to drill additional well. and lay mains to furnish an adequate supply of gas, was set down yesterday by th Supreme Court for oral argument on May II. J. Harry I.aklu ult. J. Harry Iikin yesterday filed suit against his wife. Pearl M. likin. for divorce. He alleges that he is cross and tour toward him and insists on keeping her nvthtr in their home. The latter, he says.

is worse than his wife in her treatment. He avers that when his wife was a little girl she was taken away from her mother by

me uoard or Children a uuaraians. iney have a baby eighteen months old and he asks for the immediate custody of the child, which Mrs. La kin and her mother row have in their keeping. night to Asiaten !ote. The Appellate Court yesterday, in a decision, denied the right of a building and loan association to assign notes and mortgages held by It at the time of the act of 1K97 relating to such assignment. The suit was brought by Andrew C. Bolley against the heirs of John Kline to foreclose a mortgage on a lot in Shelbyville. assigned to him by an association, and also a second mortgage on the same lot. In the Juvenile Court. Andrew Albin, a fifteen-year-old boy, living at 2i South East street, was in Juvenile court ytaterday and charged with throwing slones. Albin was released for lack of convincing evidence. Albin was charged by Mrs. Mary Wright with killing her pet Maltese cat. It was Faid he threw a stone that killed Tabby instantly. Mrs. Wright couldn't prove it and Judge Stubbs set Albin free. Sixty Cases Transferred. The Supreme Court yesterday ordered that sixty cases from the Appellate Court be transferred to its docket under the act of lOol. This is done to equalize the work. TIIK COtUT KFCOUI). SUPERIOR COURT. Room 1 John L. McMaster, Judge. Reseo Smithy vs. the Indiananolls Union Railway et al.; damages. Dismissed and cofeta paid. The Droad Ripple Canning Company vs. Van Camp Canning Company; on contract. Dismissed and costs paid. Joseph Ware vs. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; appeal. On trial by court. Enoch Smith ct al. vs. Casper Jones ct al. : to quiet title. Dismissed and costs paid. Room 2 James M. Leathers. Judge. Thompson K. Bell vs. Republic Chemical and Creosotlng Company; account. On trial by jury. Room 3 Vinson Carter, Judge. Jacob Meyer vs. Indianapolis Street-railway Company; damages. Jury returns verdict for defendant. Judgment against plaintiff for costr. Mecia White vs. Conrad Scheuer et al. ; to set aside fraudulent conveyance. Dismissed by plaintiff. Judgment against plaintiff for costs. Mrs. Kate Murphy vs. (iustavo Efroymson et al.; damage. Finding and judgment against defendants for $2.X and costs. Richard Smithey vs. Indianapolis Union Railway Company et al.; damages. Dismissed and costs paid. Mary Trotsky vs. Rockford Insurance Company of Rockford. 111., et al.; policy. Dismissed and costs paid. Erastus M. Kisenbeisa vs. the Riverside Construction Company ct al. ; account. Jury returns verdict for plaintiff as against the defendant Otto Stange for $125 and find for the defendant Riverside Construction Company. CIRCUIT COURT. Henry Clay Allen. Judge. John W. Mc.Mullen vs Maggie Twyman; from Justice of the peace. Judgment on verdict against defendant for J;":i.50 and costs of justice of the peace court. Judgment against plaintiff for costs of Circuit Court. Martha J. Kersey vs. Charles V. Kersey et al.; to set aside deed., Trial by jury resumed. Additional evidence heard. NEW SUITS FILED. Dynes Lumber and Coal Company vs. "William II. Johnson ct al.; mechanic's lien Superior Court, Room 2. J. Harry Lakin vs. Pearl M. Likin; divorce. Circuit Court. Frank H. Farnham vs. J. Paul Light cc al.; replevin and damages. Circuit Court. Lafe Alexander vs. Maria Finlcy; note. Superior Court. Room 3. Nellie Jackson vs. James H. Lott; damages. Demand. $3.0o0. Circuit Court. llIGHFIl (Ol ItTV ItlXOIll). SUPREME COURT. I!b07. Zimmerman vs. Weigel. Grant S. C. Affirmed. Jordan. C. J. In order to obtain a new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence, under Section 572 Burns, 1901, the applicant must show clearly and uneeiulvocally, both in his pleading and in his proof, that he exercised due diligence in his efforts to procure, at the first trial, the evidence in eiuestion. 19506. Kaufman vs. Preston. Noble C. C. Affirmed. Dowllng. J. 1. Where a defendant is not a Joint Judgment defendant with the appellant, such elefendant need not be made a co-appellant in a vacation appeal. 2. Under an answer of general denial to a complaint to quiet title the defendant may give in evidence every defense to the action which they may have, cither legal or equitable. 1JM72. Brown vs. Cox. Montgomery C. C. Affirmed. Hadley, J. 1. In an action to quiet title to real estate it is not essential to the complaint that the language of the statute shall be employed. It is enough if the facts pleaded clearly show that the claim asserted by defendant Is adverse to the claim of the plaintiff. 2. An "offer to prove" must be made before the court rules upon an objection to the offered testimony, to raise any question on the court's ruling upon appeal. 3. After the delivery of a sheriff's deed for real estate sold upon foreclosure of a mortgage, possession by the person whose time for redemption has expired, as against the holder of such deed, becomes unlawful by operation of law and he becomes entitled to Immediate possession. 19710. State of Indiana vs. Carpenter. Huntington C. C Reverse?. Oillett. J. 1. The failure of appellee to file a brief is tantamount to a confession of error. 2. Under acts 1901, Page 466. it was the legislative purpose to punish the "doing of any business as such," by a person firm, partnership or corporation falling within the description of Section 6, of said act, without a license. 19tS0. State ex rel. City of Indianapolis vs. Gas Company. Marion S. C. Oral argument Mav 14 1502. 1972. T. H. & I. R. 11. Company vs. State ex rel. Ketcham. Marion 8. C. Petition for leave to file briefs on cross errors granted briefs to be printed on or before May 1, 1902, and filed as of this date. Minutes. 19S11. International Building and Loan Association vs. Augusta M. Watson et al. Adams C. C. Appellant's additional authorities. 19771. Chicago & Southeastern Railway Company vs. Charles Kinney et al. Putnam C. C. Return to certiorari. New Case. 19$.Tn. AVilton L. Hibberd vs. Irene W. Trask et al. Wayne C. C. Record. Assignment of errors. APPELLATE COURT. 379. Boulley vs. Kline. Shelby C. C. Af firmed. Roby, J. The act or 1S97 providing that bonds, notes and mortgages belonging to a building association shall be negotiable only upon an order of the Circuit Court, or the Judge thereof In vacation, applies to contracts entered into between the association and a borrower before the said act became a law. 4252. Whitcomb vs. Springer. Marion S. C. Affirmed. Comstock, C. J. 1. After a cause Is submitted it 1 not error to allow amendments to conform the pleadings with the evidence where there Is no change made in the nature of the cause of action or defense. 2. When equity Jurisdiction is developed it continues throughout the entire controversy although the remedy is one which might be conferred by a court of law. 3. A court may amend Its findings at any time before final Judgment and during the time within which a bill of exceptions may be filed. 2."01. Spurgeon vs. Central Iron. etc.. Co. Clay C. C. Reversed. Wiley. J. Reversed upon the authority of O'Brien vs Appellee, decided by Supreme Court, March 18, 1902. o.v Rabb vs. Johnson. Fountain C. C. Affirmed. Black. J. An agent for the sale of real estate has performed his duty and entitled to his commission when he has brought the owner of the land into communication with a person with whom he agrees upon the terms of a sale, although they are afterwards frustrated b3' the owner of the land. 3749. Pulse vs. Osborn. Decatur C. C. Rehearing granted. Minute. 4.144. James M. Hatfield vs. Joshua W. De Long et al. Huntington C. C. Appel lant s brier. New Case. Mary A. Goelz. executrix, vs. the People's Savings Bank. Vanderburg S. C. Record. Assignment of errors. II EC I' NT LIKiAL OPINIONS. -Carriers Ejection of Drunken Passenger. A railroad company has the right, by its brakeman. to eject a drunken passenger who was boisterous and violent, and. therefore, incurred no liability therefor, no more foree btlnz usod than was necessary. If

the passenger, after being properly ejected, was injured by his own wrongful conduct in running beside the moving train with the intention of getting on again, the company owed him no legal obligation to step the train for the purpose of ascertaining whether he had been injured. 6 Southwestern Rep. (Ky.. Judge Burnam), luül.J Municipal Ordinances Conflicting with State Law. A municipal ordinance prohibiting pool selling on horse races and providing for a punishment a-ainst any saloon keeper permitting pool seillng on his premises is void.

being in conflict with a State law licensing the selling ef pools on horse races. When the Legislature has licensed any business or occupation it cannot delegate authority to a municipal corporation to create or pass ordinances violative of that law either by repealing or suspending it. Ol Southwest ern Rep. (Texas. Judge Davidson). 1100. Injury to Person Riding on a Pass Liability. One riding on a pass, given without consideration and after assent to conditions that he hould assume all risk of accident and that the railroad company should not be liable, cannot recover of it for injuries from negligence of its servants. The fact that the giving of the pass was a breach of the federal statutes In reference to Interstate traffic is immaterial. 113 Federal Rep. (Maine, Judge Putnam), 50S. Street Railroads Injury to Passenger. A boy of nearly twelve years, without invitation, express or Implied, got upon the step of the front platform of a moving electric street car, meaning to become a passenger on the car. Access to the platform waa barred by a closed door, the place provided for ingress to the car being at the rear platform. He rapped on the door and the motorman looked toward him. but did not open the door or stop the car or lessen its speed. The car struck a wagon and tho boy was thrown off and injured. Held, in an action against the company operating the street railway to recover tlamages for such injury, that the plaintiff could not recover because the company owed him no duty except to abstain from anv willful inJury. 51 Atlantic Rep. (N. J.), 4C3.J Criminal Law Intoxication as Defense. Though drunkenness Is. in general, no excuse for crime, one accused of breaking and entering a dwelling house with intent to steal, who through Intoxication is in such a stupor as to believe in g-ood faith

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Mr. Evans recently tendered his retignation a. commissioner of pensions, with the unJerntandIng that he would be appointed to another position, whkh, the rresMent has saUi, would be in the nature of a promotion. Mr. Evans lncurre 1 the displeasure of many applicants for peneions by enforcing tho laws as he found thtm in the statute IhxAs. Hi sialp was demanded by members of the J. A. H., who believej the laws should be more liberally construed. Mr. Evans's successor was announced yesterday.

that ho is entering another house, where he resides, cannot be convicted of either phase of the offense. 51 Atlantic Rep. (Delaware). f,07. Money Extorted Defenses. One who extorts money from another cannot set up in defense to a suit for the money extorted that he acted as agent and has paid the money over to his principal. 51 Atlantic Rep. (N. J.), 4S7. TUBERCULOSIS SANITARIUM. One for Indiana Recommended by the State Board of Health. The members of the State Board of Health yesterday held their second quarterly meeting of the year. The report of Secretary Hurty was read and discussed and several amendments added. To several points of Dr. Hurty's report the members of the board took exception, but as to the nature of these points nothing could be learned. One of the points discussed at length by the board was that of organizing an advisory hoard to act and work with the State Board of Health. The idea of this board is to have it composed of either laymen or doctors who are interested in hygienic work and who will accept the position voluntarily. It is planned to have two such persons in each congressional district. The members of this board are to meet with the State Board of Health twice a year. The discussion of this plan occupied the greater part of the meeting. Letters from the directors of the American Tuberculosis Congress, which meets in New York in May, were read, asking for Indiana's health reports, ami especially those on tuberculosis: also what Indiana has done, is doing and contemplates doing for the prevention of the white plague. Dr. Hurty says this latter report will b easily made, as little has been done by Indiana for the suppression of the disease. He said further that tuberculosis has been on the increase, as in the year 19oO there were 4,040 deaths from the disease, while last year there were F.o22. The board, before adjourning, recommended that a tuberculosis sanitarium be constructed in this State, as it would eventually save a great deal of money. BUSINESS CONCERNS. i'nnsnal Activity Shown by the Xew Corporations. The Roberts County Oil Company of Tennessee filed articles of incorporation yesterday with the secretary of state. The company, with a capital stock of $10,000. Intends to drill for oil and gas In Tennessee. The offices will be located in Indianapolis. The incorporators are Anson L. Hassler, George E. Reynolds. Charles W. Curson. E. A. Bonham and Henry W. Thale. The Carrollton Telephone Company filed articles. The company has a capital stock of $9V. It will build a telephone line through the counties of Hancock and Shelby. The incorporators are Louis J. Weber, Charles W. Amos. Shadrach W. White, William F. Wilson and Edgar Smith. The Cloverdale Land, Mining and Improvement Company incorporated with a capital stock of $25.000. The directors are W. K. Pritchard. Louis F. Morrison, J. F. O'Brien and C. E. Akers. The Puritan Bed Spring Company of Indianapolis notified the secretary of state yesterday that at a recent meeting of the stockholders the capital stock was increased from $10.000 to $25.000. The Commonwealth OH Company also notified the secretary of state of an increase in Its capital stock from $200,000 to $200,000. Alonso Stranae Punished. Alonzo Strange, a colored man employed as Janitor at the police station, was arrested and fined in Justice Nickerson's court yesterday afternoon for assault and battery on his wife. Strange also struck his three-year-old daughter with a pitcher. Justice NIckerson fined him $10 and costs. The Board of Safety will investigate Strange s case.

SESSION OF THE SENATE

SlIOIlTIflDGl? STUDENTS DISCUSS 131 POHTANT 31 CAS til ES. Argument Over the Disf raiichlsement Bill Nevrs of Interest from Shcrtrldge. Although there was a small attendance at the session of the Shortridge High School Senate yesterday afternoon, one of the most interesting and best meetings of the year was held. The feature of the session was a speech on the disfranchisement bill by Senator McDonald (Laura Potter.) It has beon a long time since the body has heard as good an effort as the lady from Arkansas made at the meeting yesterday. She spoke in favor of the measure which is causing the Senate so much trouble at present, and if the bill is passed it will be largely through the fair senator's arguments. Senator McDonald based his argument on the idea that all persons should be granted suffrage. He .deplored the condition in the South, where the negro is disfranchised. The versatile gentleman from Massachusetts, in another well-dellverd speech, answered the former senator's arguments. Senator Lodge (Edwin Friend) declared that the negro in the South Is not capable of voting and should therefore be disfranchised. However, Senator Per-l-lna (Prniat C'nhn' bind n different view on the question and expressed his ideas in a short and condte argument, wnicn was cut short by the familiar rap of Mr. Biddy with his coal bucket, which called the august young Solons from their visions of setting the country rieht on matters that are causing old and experienced statemen to scratch their heads and think. Before the body got down to business there was some very interesting work done and considerable "rough house." It was learned that Senator McDonald's birthday waa yesterday, and some of the more enthusiastic gentlemen thought It would be proper for the Senate to vote the legislator from Arkansas a resolution of good will and wish him many happy returns of the day. This was done and a well-wishing resolution. In which the hope that the senator would lind a loving wife was a prominent feature, was read while the fair senator blushed and smiled. Another part of the preliminary business was a resolution announcing that as the tall and stately Senator Pritchard (Earl Pritchard had been exposed to that loathsome disease smallpox it would be wise for the body to vote to have him fumigated. Some inquisitive member wanted to know who would be the person to perform the duty, and he was told it would be done by the sergeant-at-arms. Miss Donnan, which announcement brought forth such a round of applause that it was with difficulty that order was at list restored. The resolution, however, was "canned." and the tall and dignified Pritchard was allowed to take the chair without further question. As election night is only two sessions off the senators spent considerable time cfter the meeting in or-uranizing the machine, which, it is reported, will be a sure winner. However, there are several antimachine men who, it is said, will cause trouble, and the election promises to be an interesting one. From SliortridRe Corridors. Trene Goeblc is home from a short trip to El w ood. Webb Adams entertained the Delta Phi Club last night. Superintendent Kendal was a visitor at school yesterday. James Randall has returned to school after a brief illness. The next meeting of the S. S. S. Club will be with Olive Hawkins. Cornelia Searle entertained the Do Do girls at their last meeting. The O. T. Q. Club held Its last meeting with Miss Bernice Wright. Mary Barns recently gave a small company for a few school friends. The F. I". F. Club will hold its next meeting at the home of Irene Goeble. Edith Hull was hostess at a meeting of the M. 1. Club Thursday evening. Edna Mahorney has returned to school after an absence of several weeks. Mr. Lötz, who has been ill. is again in school and in charge of his classes. Miss Case will chaperon a crowd to the oratorical contest at Columbus next month. Frieda Woernor entertained the Sigma Eta Gammas at her home yesterday afternoon. The junior English classes, under Mrs. Carey, are beginning the study of Carlyje's essay on Burns. ' The new senior caps have arrived and are exceedingly attractive. Most of the 1902 boys have them. Ena English and Ethyl NIckerson rendered several enjoyable selections on the piano in Room S Wednesday. The Shortridge "gym" class will likely have an "open" day in the near future, so that visitors may see the work they are doing. The Entre Nous Club was entertained at its last meeting by Mars Harrison. Vera Jacobs was chosen a member at this meeting. John Craig, a graduate of the Shortridge High School, was among the nineteen highest students in scholarship in the University of Michigan. The leading editor of the Friday Echo, the school organ. Is taking a vacation and that edition was "got out" yesterday by Raymond H. Bangs. Dr. J. B. Zubiaur, of National Board of Education, Buenos Ayres. Argentine Republic, was a visitor at the school this week and expressed himself as well pleased with the work. The Do Do Club of junior girls will go to the State contest at Columbus next month

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in a body and will be chaperoned by Mrs. Posey and Mrs. Wocher. They will remain until Sunday. Alfred Darlow entertained the junior "frat" of Indians Wednesday evening. Richard Grirtvth was initiated, after which the pipe of peace was smoked and a general good time had. The latest social club to make Its appearance in the school is the L. O. T. Q. girls, and containing a few members from the M. T. H. S. The first meeting of the club was with Lucy Carvin. Miss Hall, an English teacher In the school, has been compelled to take a rest on account of her health and her classes are under the direction of Mr. J. 11. Castleman, who has been doing "post" work in Indiana University. The Shortridge Girls' Debating Club met in Room 4 Thursday afternoon and discussed the question of decreasing the number of required subjects in the school. Opal Tousey led the affirmative side and Magerie Strick defended the negative argument. The debate was interesting. Thomas Cathro, who was recently appointed second lieutenant in the regular army, is a graduate of the Shortridge High School and was one of the most popular members In his class of TXi. He organized the High School Cadet Company, which nourished under his control, and is well known among Shortridge students. The last meeting of the Oratorical Club was decidedly interesting and all the speakers did well. Another "open" meeting is to be given and Walter Pritchard was selected to be one of the speakers. Those who delivered orations at the last meeting were Mabel Goodnow, Seward Lemon, James Meyers, Ileslep Clark and Walter Pritchard.

SOCIAL EVOLUTION TALK PIIOF. IRA W. IIOWERTH LECTURES AT THE rilOFYLAEDI. An Interesting Discourse on the Gen eral Subject of "Modern Social Problems' Last night at the Propylaeum Prof. Ira "W. Howerth delivered the eleventh lecture of the series on "Modern Social Problems." His specific subject was "Social Evolution." He said: "There are two schools of social philosophy, one holding that all of our social difficulties will be remedied by the gradual and Inevitable advancement of society due to evolution; the oilier, urging the necessity of hastening the solution of our social problems by intelligent concerted action. The one talks much of destiny, and advocates a let-alone policy In social mat ters; .the other talks more of duty, and believes with the late Professor Huxley that 'the organization of society on a purely scientific baEls is not only possible but Is the only political object much worth fighting for.' These two schools have their philosophical representatives in Herbert Spencer and his followers on dhe one side, and the many opponents of the Spencerian philosophy on the other. Their respective political adherents may be found in each of our political parties. "The idea that nature alone will take care of all social difficulties that beset mankind, and that any attempt to order social life in accordance with a preconceived plan can only result in making matters worse, is due to the recognized fact of unconscious evolution in the past. Darwin showed that the production of higher animal forms has resulted from the war of nature, famine and death. To the student of history it is obvious that we owe the existence of the higher nations to similar causes. It is not strange, then, that many social thinkers, seeing what has come abrjut through the operation of natural law, should advocate the policy of letting nature take her course. NATURAL SELECTION. "The theory of natural selection, so valuable in biologs', applies as well to the development of societies as to the production of animal forms. The principles underlying social evolution are the samo as those upon which the theorj- of natural selection Is based; namely, variation, heredity and tho struggle for existence. Tribes and nations differ from each other in custom, language, institutions and laws. Some of these variations, like those of a biological organism, prove to be an advantage in the struggle for existence and are handed down by custom and tradition, which constitute effective social heredity. The struggle for existence is illustrated most clearly by war. War, however, is not the only factor in the elimination of inferior races. Disease, vice and depressing effects of strange manners and customs are equally if not more effective. Perhaps half of the Indians of North America were destroyed by smallpox. Half of the population of the Fiji islands was tarried away by the measles. These diseases were brought about by the conquering race. Wherever the AngloSaxons have come In contact with the socalled inferior" races, the numbers of the latter have rapidly diminished. The Kanakas of the Sandwich. islands have diminished from 400,000 to about 30.0:; the New Zealanders from 129,000 to about 25.000; the Tasmanians have entirely disappeared. What is true of our race is true also of the other higher races. The uncivilized disappear before them almost like mist before the sun. Thus we have what many are disposed to look upon as an unchangeable law, that whenever one race comes in contact with another the tendency is towards the suppression or the elimination of the weaker race. Darwin himself pointed out that one race of human beings acts upon another in about the same way that one species of animals or plants acts upon another species. It is the old law of the survival of the fittest. "This law, however, it should be observed. Is a law of nature and not a law of mind. In the artificial selection practiced in developing domestic animals the natural law is counteracted. It is equally possible to counteract that law so far as It applies to the development of nations. So long as social evolution is merely a natural process it must present the same saddening spectacle of cruelty, wickedness and bloodshed, the same destruction and waste that is manifesten! through all history. Nature is aa prodigal of tribes, nations and races as she is of the germs of biological life. She produces a million ova in order to bring two codfish to maturity. Two hundred million eggs are spawned by the oyster. Some of the lower animal forms lay literally a billion eggs. 'Of fifty seeds she often brings but one to bear,' said Tennyson, speaking of nature. He might have said 10.0O0.ÜOO. In social evolution there is the same waste. How many tribes and nations have been destroyed to produce modern civilization? PREVENTION OF LOSS. "Society to-day, then, has opportunity, by taking its evolution into its own hands and making It conscious, to eliminate the inordinate waste and destruction, to prevent the loss which is likely to take place, of what has already been gained In human history and to determine social destiny. "The idea that the destiny of a nation is independent of the conduct of its people is not worth a moment's consideration. Society should order its own development just as the intelligent individual directs his education. Legislation should be recognized and practiced as the art of social control. Social forces are subject to the same possibilities of regulation as natural forces. Every legislator should, therefore, be skilled in the social sciences. Our educational system should be consciously directed toward the realization of a social as well as an individual end. It is true that the idea that 'the government ought to do something," and governmental interference in matters industrial, religious and social have produced generally more harm than good. But this need not necessarily be the case. Government must become thoroughly representative of the people's interests, and the ideal of governmental action Is scientific action directed towards the solution of all questions regarding social welfare. "The great social question, then, reallv is. whether society is to bei left to drift listlessly along, advancing here, retrogressing there, or where the people, thoroughly enlightened with regard to their own Interests, are to regard society as the legitimate object of art and make it as superior to what it is now as the artificial, products of the field and garden are to those which nature alone produces." ChrKd with Killing His AVIfe. FINDLAY. O.. April 11. John Doyles shot and killed his wife this morning in a Jealous quarrel at McComb. The woman was shot through the right temple with a .SScallbre revolver, with powder marks showing on her flesh. Boyies claims she had the pistol, and in trying to get it away from her it went off. The man is in Jail, charged with murder.

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S ' " Till: SlWDAY-SCalOOL LKSSOX. April I.':, l!M2. I'etcr, Kncaa ami Norvnt Acta Ix. The ninth chapter of Acts contains a lovely Photograph of the churth in its ninth year aftt-r Pentecost. This likeness vies with that of Acts ii. 41-47. in beauty, an-1 reveals the fact that, while the glories of Pentecost were receding and rersreution coming on apace, 'yet the chuivh was ever gaining in grace and usefulness. Tho charming lir.eameants of this portrait are puch as these: The church was saintly; Peter came down also to the saints which dwelt at LytldJ; nfty-nx times in the New Testament believers are called saints; the apostolic church was n.ade up of people set apart, who Tell themselves called to Lc saints. Another feature: Not the saints at Lydda only, but all those in Juiea, (Jalilee and Samaria, were eüii:ei. iiiai wtuu .- builder's art. As he lays the foundation, rears the superstructure and make a dwelling for man, so these primitive Christians coming to Christ as a foundation, build a dwelling for the si-Irit of tJod. Apain they walked in the fear of the Lord. Christianity was not to thm an abstract, impersonal system, unloved and unlovable. Back ct all doctrine, precept' and ordinance there was the ineffable i erson. Jesus Christ. In awe of Him. in loving reverence, they lived with tlur question constantly on their lis, "What would He have me do?" Finally, they walked in the comfort of the Holy thost. He was not to them an abstraction, a doctrine, but a divine and blessed presence. They voulJ say tomethlng better; than the creed. Not "I believe in the Holy Ghost," but "I have the Holy Ghost." L you wonder that a church with such characteristics was lrresistlLIy attractive, and that it multiplied? JJut all these Were tubjective traite; our leston brings us to the objective life of the apostolic church. That church Fought not only to be good, but to do pood. It sought to Irradiate the dark places of want and suffering with practical beneficence. Peter healing the palsied Eneai, and Doreaa with her good works and alms-deed coats and garments well represent the church ir. her aggressive mission of mercy and helpfulness. Dorcas was probably unhampered by a domestic establishment of htr own. We have no mention of husband or children. Fhe must have had a competence, for fche needed not to toil for herself. Possibly the had a fortune. tShe felt called of God to this ministry. With a rational abandon she threw her time, talent, fortune, self, into the loving bervice of the unfortunate. Her very mind and heart were permeated with the spiilt of philanthropy. She vVas full of good works and alms-deeds which she did. aha had an embryo deaconess fockly about her. Her eye was thit of a "gazelle" inn her name signifies), not only benignant in pity tor the poor, but alert to detect at once their need, and the means to relieve it. At the very moment she seemed most indispensable to the success of her charitable enterprises it . came to pass in those days the was bick and died. If "death ends all," then euch untimely deaths are im xpacable. Put If there Is a future life, then into it the spirit enters with all the advantate of its discipline and. experience in the pres ent life, and in notier spheres, under conditions more favorable, it continue its beneficent enterprises. And, looking to the- earthward fclde, the premature depaiture cf such a one as Dorcas stimulates iii.uation among the survivors. The gap is recognized, deplored. Effort Is made to nil It. i-'o In the ultimate analysis, though Leaven gains, earth is not really the loser. THE TEACHEP.'S LANTERN, put for Dorcas's untimely death we should never have heard her name. She would have kept right on with her beneficent Industries, no doabt; but she would have been unnamed in the facred annals, and only "Tombed in the true h' arts that knew her well." Maclaren has. a seruion on the "obscure ai-os-tlc-s," founded on the fact that tix out of the twelve apostles are not so much as mentioned after their names are once given in the directory of 'the apostolic colUge, though no doubt they toiie 1 a l.onettly and ui 1 ti.eir Lord command as faithfuily a the others. They are recompensed hy having their names as deep cut upon the foundation of the New Jerusalem aa the six oit-menticr.ed apostles. Edwin Arnold smga a sweet requiem over tha obscure martyrs: "They have no place in storied page. No rrst in myrtle shrine; They aie parsed ana gone with a perished age, ihe) cie i and ma Je no eign; Put wtik that bl.ali find its wagrs yet. And utt.is tt.at tr.tir Gjd did not forget, l-or.e tor t.trlr oe divine Thc.-e were li.eir mourners. nd these shall be 'ihe crown d their Immortality." The aggregated, continuous, consc ier.tioua Industry cf these unheralded toilera i. after all. the 1 In-iiipenaaoie factor in the world'a picKteas and reclanation. Are we cf that number? Let ua aisure our hearts with Schüler' immortal colloquy : -What shall I do to be forever known? Thy duty ever. Thia did full many who fleen unknown. O never, never! Thlnk'ft thou, perchance, that they remain unkr.ow n Whom thou know'ft not? By anel trui.ipa in hean their praise is blown; Divine their lot!" Our leton impinges uj-on the social problem of poverty and the cae of the wage-earner. Lowell makes a somewhat t.nh arraignment of the

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.ii. ( ,T2 S church. He picturss the Savior as chiding His church for her attitule toward the poor. The church deprecatas, exclaiming: "Behold thine Image, how they stand Poverelrn and sole throughout the land! Then Chrlat sought out an artisan A !ow-btvwed. stunted, hargard man And a motherless girl, wlicee fingers thia Pushed from her, faintly, want and sin. Theae iet He In the midst of them; And as they drew back their garment-hrm. For fear of defilement "Lo! here." aaid He, "The images ye have made of me!" We resent the imputation that the church haa created the conditions under which "Million moil in 8orrow." How inconceivably worse tocial conditions would be were it not for the kindly offices and Influences of that large body which deserves the name of Society of Jeaua. But the church must enter more energetically the domain of practical philanthropy, and wielfl her influence to the uttermost for reform. The hope of the artlean of to-day la In the Carpenter of Nazareth, Ills gospel and His church. - CHRISTIAN EXDCAVOIU r.Ivinfft lim Law-1 1 Cor. Till, 15 In, -7 I Cor. xyI, 1-2. "There is no truly Christian nian." aaya Dr. Merrill E. Gates, "who keeps an unconverted pocketbooK." The pocketbook Is not converted till It gives what it should give, when It should give and as It should give. The amount shoull be generous, the time ahouM te regular and the manner should be Joyous. Those three points constitute the law of giving. William Athmore, that noble m!rs!orury t China, has drawn up the following account: Brother John Fmith in Account with Ills Milter, the Lord of the Whole Earth. Dr. To ten showers of rain on his field at $23 per shower J?:0.ft Two extra showers at & critical r-eriod. $I0 each po no Sixty days of sunchlne at 5 each ;)!o) Per Contra: By given for pastor' salary JIO.'O Home missions Foreign missions q 111 35 That Is a heavy balance against Brother John Smith, but not a tenth as heavy as might easily be figured out, nor as bad a showing as many of us might make, were our books accurately balanced. "Nine-tenths of the Christians." exclaimed Dr. A. J. Gordon, "are paying taxes down here In the world." though "our citizenship 1 in heaven." If we realized the certainty of death and how oon It will come to the I-n,?f s t-llved of us, we shoulJ begin to think far less of bank accounts and fr more cf our treasure In hrafn. We are to give according to what we have, not according to what we have not. Those that had no gjll and eller for the tabernacle could Lrinj gcats' hair. "Thank C,n f r the goats' hairs!" exclaimed Moody, "God wants everyone to do something:, as much as each r.ne is able." Put don't give goats' hair If you have gold and silver. Webb-ivploe tells of a very rich and stingy man In his jiarish who had a sudden paralytic stroke, and. rending for Mm in trepidation, asked him to accept one hundred pound for the poor. "Io you think you are going to buy your poul'a way to glory by a dirty hundred pounds?" asked the r.rr-ache-r. "I'll rot touch your money." The man lived to gala a converted pocketbook. It Is not enough for our giving to be systematic and proportionate. One dime for every hundred dollars income would be systematic and proportionate. No; our giving must be generous also. One-seventh of our time for Col, ard one-tenth of our money" that Is a good rule. "A rating up of Christian consciences generally by this standard." sys Dr. Trumbull, "would add ciphers pretty fast to the right hand of benevolent cor.tritutic ns." That is what cur Christian Endeavor Tenth Legion isan enrollment of those that bate adopted thia reason alle and delightful standard. Yes, delightful, for there I no Jt like the Joy of giving. "Thre is no hjijlmss." declared Drummond. "In having and g-ttir.g. but orjy in giving; half the worli is en the wrong ..- nt In the pursuit e-f happirtese." And if we are In that halt of the wrld it is so ta.-y to get oer Into the other half. AMS It. V. EI.LS. Pnellle Jf'lile I.niiflitic I'lnc-. SAN' FRANCISCO. April ll.-Hn Francisco haa In en chosen as- the- I.i!..M: j1ji ot the Pari tic cabb-. Th: !--vsu:i v i n:a!e to-day by tltore tl. War !. i president of the Comri , r :a p... j;v r.iM . Company, who has t n in tii's tity tlio priht wk lewin s pr-pn-.) sit-. Tb cable will ftart from a tort r. - tr ti - 'if -fnre stition on the noith sib- f ; .'... n (at Park an! will be r.iiri- o. ;r.l. t c. ,;::-. 1 about F'.cn niibs throuh tl,- mi.-, ts to th- Po?tal T !ogra;ii "in; '-my ' . it ex;M-cttd to have the :,ist ii;:!. n th c.ble fiom thl c'ty to Honolulu eo;ailetcJ btfnre Thanksgiving; day. Fined ffr Sliootlut? n Fol Iceman. FRAXKFOUT. Ky.. Ariil 11 -Jan.. A, V!.i!tt. former rr.en.l.-r of t.e "a A--CTnllv. and a le ru.inh. th-- Kir, was to-l.ty convh U'l of inriu i. ..-! .-hoot-Ir.c .it Winu' tte Thom;i.--.:i. a j- .i. man. aiul f'.r.. 1 and onVr i cor:::,.,-1 f, r l ix months in the county Jul. Tin !ifll.-u!ty o(curr-! a year unu. Vi.'. tt l well kr:owa through tlie South. As a mernbt-r of tha IVntu-ky Assembly in Pt' he, with Tiva olncr soli licinoe! als, i r- entei the ra'action of Senator Uiackburn to ttj Unit ad Statte SctiAHi.

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