t vjciici ai ncui
THE STATE IN BRIEF.
Judge H. s. Baker, formerly of Om
aha, has been elected president of the
Commercial club of Albuquerque. N.
t. This action was taken at the re
rnt annual meeting of the club,
which Is one of the strongest organi
sations In the southwest, with 200
members and a $lo00 club building.
Hex. the 4-year-old son of K1 Green,
was killed at Hartington by being run
over by a lumber wagon. The hired
man had the team hitched to the wag
on Kfanding by the house wIkii Hex
-climbed onto the wheel, the team
started ami the wheel passed over
Mm Just above the heart. 1 ! gasped
twice and died.
The laiicaxtcr county assessment
lias ju.it been finished and the assess
ment rolls closed for the year. The
total valuation of property listed is
$U.i3.u77.'ji, an increase of $300.
1MJ3.43. This sum was rattened by
ItU.OOD added to the Lincoln Gas com
Jiany's valuation by the county board
of equalization.
Mrs. I). S. Guild and her son George
have returned to their home in I'latts
jnouth from West Point, N. Y., where
the latter graduated from the United
istates military academy. George will
remain at home until the latter part
of September, when he will go to San
Krancisco. Cay., and report for duty In
the Philippines.
Details of a tragedy which happen
ed near bunax, Custer county, have
rtachi Broken How, wherein Delia,
the 3-year-oM daughter of .Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Hrandt. was shot and
instantly killed by Jacob, the ll- car
ol. 1 son of D. C. Heynmas. The shoot
ing was accidental, the children being
allowed to play with firearms.
John Hill, who for several years
has been In the employ of the F. E. &
M. V. railroad at Fremont, died in
the hospital at Omaha and was buried
at Clay Center by the Brotherhood oi
Hallway Trainmen, a rarge delegation
of whom came in from Fremont. The
citiens of the town, his former home,
joined with the trainmen in the serv
ices, and turned out in large num
bers. Chief Deputy Game and Fish Com
missioner George I Carter assumed
the duties of his office July 1st. He
i-.as finished the .appointment of 20
special deputies throughout the state,
who will see to tne enforcement of the
.game and fish laws. These men serve
without fixed compensation, save for
the fees for arrests made. Crmmis
!ons are being sent to thera by the
secretary of the commission.
The B. & M. crop reports says there
has been rains all along the lines and
in the eastern section, where the rains
were heaviest, the soil Is In fine con
dition, while rt is not quite so fooa
further west. There was plenty of rain
along the Alliance and Sheridan
branches and the range is in good
condition. Corn is doing well and the
farmers have not been deterred from
cultivating it because of the rains.
The June treasury statement just is
sued by Treasurer Mortensen shows
that the state has on hand in the vari
ous funds 523-I.SS2.W, of which $233.
475.15 is on deposit in several banks
of the state. A substantial increase
lias been made in the general fund
since the last statement, which show
ed but a balance of $1.93. Nearly all
of the agricultural college endowment
fund, amounting to over $22,000, has
been invested during the past month in
state warrants.
The chief of rrlico of Omaha has
decreed that street preaching will not
be allowed. This order does not in
terfere with Salvation army work.
Lemuel Goldsberry. Jr.. was drown
ed in the Nemaha river at Auburn. He
and another lad by the name of Hays
were out for a swim. They had be
gan to slide Into shallow water. The
bank was steep and slippery and Just
beyond the shallow water the river
was twenty feet deep. Goldsberry
slid into the deep water, and not be
ing much of a swimmer, failed to
rise.
The work of tearing down and re
moving the false work under the new
massive steel Burlington railroad
"bridge at Flattsmouth, which spans
the Missouri river, has been accom
plished. The false work alone, it is
said, represented 300 carloads of tim
ber. The work of removing the old
bridge and putting in its place a new
one strong enough to carry twice the
burden of the former one was accom
plished without the stopping of a sin
gle regular train on the road.
Notice has just been received in the
office of the board of Irrigation that
the government has withdrawn a large
tract of land in the extreme western
part of the state under the provisions
made by the reclamation act of the
last congress.
Chief Deputy Oil Inspector Church
las received a telegram from the
Standard Oil company, announcing the
shipment to Omaha of four cars of
oil from the refineries of the com
pany at Noedesha, Kan. This is the
first Kansas oil shipped into Nebraska.
Warrants were issued for the ar
rest of Edward Snodgrass and Ira
Ketchnm of Springfield. It is alleged
they took Miss Emma Glassmann for
a buggy ride, and stopping at a vacant
house, chloroformed her and commit
ted a criminal assault. Miss Glass
mann Is the daughter of Henry Glass
mann. and is. highly respectable. Her
condition is reported as very serious.
The eleventh annual tournament of
Nebraska State Volunteer Firemen's
association will be held In Norfolk,
July 21. 22 and 23
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FORFEITING SCHOOL LEASES.
Interest Delinquent on About One
Hundred Thousand Acres.
LINCOLN Two thonsand notices
of forfeiture of school land leases
have been sent out by Land Coromis
sioner Follmer. Nearly 100,000 acres
of land will be affected and tho de
faulted Interest will run up into the
thousands. The exact amount is not
attainable now, and will not be known
until the balancing of the books takes
place. It U estimated that It will not
fall below $2.,noo. This represents
six months default, and under the law
the lessees have ninety days in which
to pay up. If they do not do so they
can only get the lease renewed by
paying up and In addition a lease fee
of 5o cents for each forty acres.
The usual practice heretofore has
been to wait until actual delinquency
occurs before starting In on the prep
aration of the notices. Deputy Eaton
has changed this and had the notices
prepared in advance so that the state
will lose no interest. Mr. Follmer has
been pushing collections vigorously.
In the old days delinquents were giv
en all the time they desired, and in
the end a good many fo them duped
the state. In one case, when Mr. Foll
mer took hold, the delinquency cove-red
a ieriod of thirteen years. His
practice las been to forfeit all leases
just as soon as the law will permit,
where the holders do not comply with
the terms of their agreement.
NORFOLK MAN KILLS HIMSELF.
Goes to Room in Hotel at Wayne and
Suicides.
WAYNE A man registered at the
Boyd hotel by the name of George
E. Weiseman, Norfolk, Neb. He ask
ed for a room and was at once show n
to one. Shortly afterward a report
was heard, but nothing was thought
of it. as the reiorts of firecrackers
are heard frequently. At 6:15 the
clerk went to his room and called
Weiseman, but received no response.
On pushing the door open he discover
ed the man lying on the bed with a
revolver in his hand. Coroner Wil
liams was summoned and it was found
that the man had been dead some
tiine and that death rnujt have been
instantaneous, as there was no evi
dence of a struggle and his hand
grasped the revolver by hfs side as he
lay on the btd.
York Wants a New Depot.
YORK York business men .are agi
tating the building of the Burlington
depot. From time to time they
thought they received some encour
agement from the Burlington officials.
If there is any city in Nebraska need
ing a depot it is Y'ork. The present
frame structure Is one of the oldest
depots in the state and Is not large
enough to accommodate the business
and the public.
Affirms the Sentence.
The supreme court at it3 recent sit
ting affirmed the conviction of Fred
Reno, found guilty in Sheridan coun
ty on a charge of having sent threaten
ing letters through the mails. Reno
had left the country, and the action
of the court was kept secret until he
could be located. The man was found
in Montana and the documents were
therefore given to the public.
Members of Embalming Board.
The state board of health met and
appointed as member of the embalm
ing board, to serve three years, E.
Ratenour of Weeping Water. The
other members of the board are Wil
liam Hill of Hebron and Brewer ol
South Omaha. The appointment is
made every, j-ears from a list of three
names recommended by the State Em
balmers' association.
Names a New Member.
E. Ratnour of Weeping Water has
been named as a member of the board
of secretaries of the state board of
health, which has charge of the issu--ce
of certificates to embalmers of
the dead. The appointment was made
from three names suggested by the
state association.
Considers Oil Prospect Good.
JXUISVILLE John Joseph of Wa
hoo. Neb., was In town, and after
looking over the prospects states that
indications for oil are excellent.
Big Land Sale Near Sidney.
SIDNEY One of the largest land
sales that has taken place in some
time occurred here. Zadock H. Clark
and Henry F. Hanllton of South Oma
ha sold to Henry Armstrong of Gild
den. Ia.. 4.640 acres of land twelve
miles north of the city. This land
will be highly improved and stocked
with the finest grades of cattle an
horses obtainable in Iowa. Several
other large sales are now on tap and
many farmers are buying.
New Man to Settle Normal.
Upon the identity of the new ap
pointee to the state board of educa
tion depends the location of the new
normal school. Three of the present
members are counted as certain foi
Ord or Broken Bow, with the former
as the favorite, and if the new man is
corralled by these interests the fight
will be over. The Union Pacific poli
ticians are trying their hand at get
ting the school located on their line
of road, but the Brliajton Is inactive.
TARIFF QUESTION CONSIDERED.
Lord Rosebery Asks for Plans of the
Cabinet.
LONDON Lord Hosebery. In the
house of 'ords. renewed the debate
over the preferential tariff proposl
lion, making a further request for in
formation regarding the cabinet'?
plans. In the course of a long speech
he ridiculed Colonial Secretary Cham
berlain's program and said he did not
believe the government Intended to
prosecute any further into the matter.
The Luke of Devonshire, lord pres
ident of the council, said it was im
possible now to give the exact scope
of the inquiry. He could say that
the position of the government at
present was somewhat different from
that of Mr. Chamberlain; but they
did not conflict. The whole cabinet
had agreed that the time was ripe
for an investigation of the possibili
ties of a closer fiscal union with the
colonies.
YEAR'S RECORD AT THE MINT.
Great increase in Production Without
Increase in Expense.
PHILADELPHIA The fiscal year
of the United States mint here just
ended was a record breaker in the
number of coins, medals and dies
struck and the increase in the produc
tion was accomplished without any
material increase in expenses. .Accord-
1 ing to the report made by Superin
tendent Landis to the treasury de
partment at Washington, the coinage
was $19,573.76t pieces greater than
the previous year, an increase in med
als of 7,032 pieces and an increase in
dies of 309. About $200,000,000 worth
of coined bullion was counted and
weighed, as follows:
Goil coin, $56,000,000; gold bullion,
$46,000,000; silver dollars, $92,ot0.o00;
silver buillion. $23,000,000. Besides
this there was a large amount of sub
sidiary silver nickel and bronze.
A BIG POSTAL DEFICIENCY.
Deficit for Past Year Double that of
Previous Year.
WASHINGTON, D. C Captain
Castle, auditor of the treasury for the
postoffice department, made the offi
cial estimate that the postal deficiency
for the fiscal year just closed will be
$4,617,203. The deficit for the previ
ous fiscal year was $2,961,170. This
big increase is attributed to the en
forced increase in expenditure for ru
ral free delivery service duiing the
past year.
The receipts of the postal service
Tor the year were $134,268,609 and the
expenditures $138,885,812. The defi
ciency in the free delivery service is
not yet definitely known beyond the
estimate made weeks ago by the post
master general that it would be $227,
000 by the close of the fiscal year.
The deficiency, however, may prove
considerably larger than that figure.
INHERITANCE TAX LAW VOID.
Minnesota Supreme Court Decides it
Unconstitutional.
ST. PAUL, Minn. The supreme
court handed down a decision Satur
day in which the inheritance tax law
was declared unconstitutional.
The decision was made in the case
of Alice A. Russell, executrix of the
estate of Sol Smith Russell, deceased,
formerly a well known actor.
After the estate of her husband had
been settled in the Hennepin county
probate court, Mrs. Russell asked for
a final accounting. The court held
that the estate was subject to the in
heritance tax and urged a claim of
$575 under this law. The Hennepin
county district court held that the law
was unconstitutional. The supreme
court sustained this decision.
Government Sues for $2,000,000.
BUTTE, Mont. The United States
government has instituted suit in the
federal court against the Anaconda
Copper company, the Bitter Root De
velopment company and the Marcus
Daly estate, William Scallon and oth
ers for $2,000,000, being the value of
timber alleged to have been unlaw
fully cut from the public domain in
western Montana. F. A. Mavnard,
special United States attorney, was
sent from Washington to bring this
suit and prosecute similar cases.
Cuban Veterans Ciamorous.
HAVANA The radical wing of the
revolutionary veterans at Havana have
petitioned congress for the immediate
appointment of a congressional com
mittee to pass upon the validity of
the soldiers' claims. They ask that
25 per cent thereof be paid out of the
government's present surplus. Some
of the most radical veterans denounce
the government because these pay
ments have been delayed.
Agree to Pass Aldrich Bill.
WASHINGTON. As a result of nu
merous conferences held here during
the past few weeks it has been agreed,
so those in well-informed circles say.
to pass the Aldrich bill in the form
desired by the president. Representa
tive Cannon, who has been opposed to
the measure, has it is said, been finally
won over, and will lend his support
as speaker of the new house to the
bill. Others who were opposed have
also been won over.
Amendment Unconstitutional.
PORTLAND, Ore. Four judges of
the state circuit court held that the
Initiative and referendum "amendment
to the constitution Is invalid. This
opinion was given on a demurrer to
the complaint of land owners against
the city of Portland m a street as
sessment case. The court holds the
amendment unconstitutional on the
ground of irregularities on the part
of the legislative assembly in dealing
with It
S JOHN WESLEY
2
John Wesley, whose bicentennial
millions of Methodists recently cele
brated, was born ami bred in the
Episcopal or established church of
England, whose ministry he entered
In early life. He never failed to In
clude her name in his prayers and he
died in her full communion. Of Wes
ley the late Dean Farrar of Canter
bury said: "He loved the church
which hated him. He saved the
church of England, although at first
ihe so angrily and contemptuously re
jected him."
Jchn Wesley was born in the rec
tory at Epworth. Eng.. June 17. 1703.
O. S. When John was but 8, the
Juke of Buckingham, lord chamberlain
to Queen Anne, gave him a free schol
arship in the famous school of the
Charterhouse in London.
While at the Charterhouse school,
in May, 1716, an explosion destroyed a
cannon factory at Moorf.elds, from
v.ich the proprietor moved to Wool
wich and established the royal ar
senal. This shattered foundry, twen
ty-three years afterward, Wesley re
stored and converted into the mother
church cf the whole family of Method
ist churches on every continent. Al
though it would seat 1.800 persons,
It often became so crowded that ad
journment was necessary to the open
fields, and in 1778 Wesley completed
and opened, Nov. 1, the Wesley chap
el, on City road, London. This has
been many times renovated, but the
present shell of the brdiding, the gal
leries and rail are all of Wesley's
time, and the place, filled with me
mentoes, is still a Mecca for all lov
ers of Methodist history.
In 1720 Wesley left the Charter
house for Christ Church college, Ox
ford, taking with him a school ex
hibition prize of $200 a year, but he
never lost his veneration and love for
his first school.
Wesley was ordained deacon by
Bishop John Potter of Oxford, Sept.
19, 1725, and priest Sept. 22, 1728.
His first sermon was at South Leigh
in Oxfordshire in 1725.
On his 23d birthday he was elected
a fellow of Lincoln college. His fath
er then' bad but $20 to keep his family
until after the harvest, but he wrote
in high spirits, "what will be my own
fate God knows, but wherever I am
my Jack is a fellow of Lincoln."
Lincoln college, within wiiose walls
Methodism was cradled, wa3 founded
in the fifteenth century by two bish
ops of Lincoln, in order to counteract
heresies dangerous to the church, but
John Wesley, the revolutionist, was
connected with it more than a quar
ter of a century, and its name appears
on the title pages of all his works.
He became Greek lecturer, and from
then to the close of his life was a
hard and wide student, Hebrew,
Greek, Arabic, Latin, logic, ethics,
metaphysics, natural philosophy, po
etry and divinity entering into his
weekly plan of study. In 1727, only 24
years old, he obtained the degree of
master of arts. His financial struggles
were over and by strict economy he
was thenceforth able to help his fath
er and his family.
The name of Methodist was first
bestowed upon Charles Wesley, John's
older brother and his friends, because
of their strict conformity to the meth
od of study prescribed by the uni
versity, but John Wesley became the
father of Methodism, which he gave
a new interpretation in his English
dictionary, '"One who lives accord
ing to the method laid down in the
Bible."
John Wesley returned to Oxford as
a tutor in 1729, and there found '"The
Holy club," which had been started
by his brother Charles two years be
fore. He almost immediately became
its leader, and so continued until 1735.
This movement was spiritual, humani
tarian end scriptural, its first and con
stant work being the study of the Bi
ble. Among its members was George
Whitefield, who, until he was 15 years
old, drew ale for customers at his
father's inn in Gloucester. He was
converted in 1735, in his 21st year,
and at once became a member of the
club.
The Wesleys, to whom Whitefield
had become greatly attached, sailed
for Georgia in October, 1735, and in
their absence Whitefield sst the world
to talking by such preaching as had
never before been heard in England.
He often gave thirty sermons a month,
and the common people, hearing him
gladly, thousands were converted.
The Wesleys heard of him and ap
pealed to him to come to America,
and he passed them on his Western
trip across the ocean as they were re
turning. This was in 1738. On the arrival of
the Wesley brothers in England they
were thrown in contact with certain
Moravians, who kept alive the old
doctrine of justification by faith, and
under the influence of one of them.
Peter Bohler, John became convinced
of his want of that faith "whereby
alone we are saved." This was em
phasized by 2ls experience with a
man under sentence of death, and the
influence of this was such that on
Gigantic Railroad Projected.
M. De Lobel. a distinguished French
promoter, is in New York endeavor
ing to enlist American capital in a
scheme by which it will be possible
to go from that city to Paris by rail in
fourteen days. The Russian govern
ment, he says, has already granted
necessary concessions through Si
beria and Canada is giving the matter
favorable attention. M. De Lobel
claims to have $50,000,000 already
promised, but says four times that
amount will be necessary to launch
this enterprise popularly. Materials
for construction will all be purchased
in the United States. The route is
to be from Irkutsk via Jakoutsk, East
Cape, Behring strait, Prince of Wales
cape to Yukon City. As a ferry across
Behring strait is Impracticable, the
promoter has planned to build a tun
nel thirty-six miles long, to cost $50,
000,000. Parisian Capitalists.
Not more than 2,500 persons In
Paris have a capital of as much as
$200,000, and nearly one-third of those
are foreigners.
AND THE GHEAT WORK HE
ACCOMPLISHED IN HIS PARISH
May 24, 173S, he came to the full be
lief in the new creed, which before
had been as a sealed bok to him.
This revolutionized the whole char
acter and roethed cf hi !nlstry. Of
tho event Rev. Hugh Price Hughes
wrote: "The rubicon was crossed. The
sweeping aside of ecclesiastical tradi
tions, the rejection of the apostoilc
succession, the ordination with his
own hands of presbyters and bishops,
the final organization of a separate
and fully equipped church, were all
logically involved in what took place
that night."
Wesley soon organized a corps of
helpers, went forth to proclaim the
gospel of his famous sermon before
the university of Oxford on "By grace
are ye saved through faith" the key
note of all his subsequent ministry.
On New Year's eve, 173S-9, seven of
the Oxford Methodists all ministers
of the church of England and some
sixty others held a "watch-night." serv
ice and "love feast," both of whb?h
were subsequently ingrained into uni
versal Methodist custom. "Watch
night" was first established as a reg
ular custom at Kingswood, Dec. 31,
1740.
The foundation of the first Method
ist "preaching room" In the world was
laid in Bristol May 12. 1739, and was
afterward known as "the old room in
the Horse fair." Wesley was obliged
to raise the funds and became the
owner. In this way nearly all the
chapels built in his early career were
vested for a while. Afterward trusts
were created and by his "deed of dec
laration" all his interests in these
buildings were transferred to his in
corporated "conference."
The Methodist classes and class
meetings were inaugurated in 1742, the
original purpose blending tho raising
of funds by contributions from mem
bers with spiritual consolation, educa
tion and uplift.
Wesley's first organizations, while
they partook largely of the character
of modern churches, were called soci
eties, and he did not then aspire to
any other designation. The first was
formed in London in April, 1739.
Before long, however, the Wesleys
were excluded from the pulpits of the
Anglican church, and by 1740 the
clergy excluded them and their con
verts from the Lord's table. The so
cieties grew in number, and on Feb.
23, 1743, John Wesley sent out the
"general rules' in his own name,
signed later by Charles Wesley also.
In these the society was defined as
"a company of men having the form
and seeking the power of godliness,
united in order to pray together, to
receive the word of exhortation, and to
watch over one another in love, that
they may help each other to work out
their salvation."
There w as but one condition for ad
mission "a desire to flee from the
wrath to come and to be saved from
their sins." But to show fruits it was
expected that all should evidence their
desire "by doing no harm, by avoid
ing evil in every kind, especially that
which was most generally practiced,"
including "such diversions as cannot
be used in the name of the Lord Je
sus." Thus was laid the broad platform of
the spirit and creed on which was to
stand the great Methodist church and
inspire its fervent zeal, its social tem
per, its philanthropies and its spiritual
character.
But Wesley was finally driven, much
against his desire, to make a distinct
separation of his societies from the
church of England. The brothers be
gan to administer the sacrament, and
thus full provision was made for the
societies, although many Methodists
continued to attend the communion of
the Anglican church.
Satire of William S. Gilbert.
It is noticeable that spontaneous
witticisms of William S. Gilbert, the
noted librettist, are considerably less
amiable than those which appear in
his work written for stage production.
Indeed, on occasions he has been
guilty of cruelty, as when he said to
Beerbohm Tree: "Your Hamlet
achieved the triumph of being funny
without being vulgar." Someone wrote
to a London paper hecently that reck
less chauffeurs should be shot a::-J
Mr. Gilbert, commentiug on this iiea,
suggests, in cbaracttrisr'cally sardonic
vein, this objection to euch an arrange
ment: "Y'ou see. when the chauT?ur
has been shot the racing machine,
tearing along without a ruler, would
be a difficult thing to stop."
Weaver Is a Pedestrian.
John Whittier, a Lowell weaver
walks twenty-four miles each day be
tween the factory and his home in
Littleton. Between the daily journeys
on foot JWhittier spentls ten hours be
fore a loom in a Lowell suspender fac
tory He is a small man, about forty
years old.
The Irregularities alarmed tho pre
lates of the day and even tho Rev.
Samuel characterized the action of bis
brother. John Wesley, as "schismatic."
But through It all the mother stood by
John in his new movement and en
Joyed attendance at the Infant Meth
odist church in the Foundry chapel,
when It withdrew from the Fetter laue
society.
John Wesley was summoned before
Edmund Gibson, bishop of Ixmdon, but
after a severe catechizing the latter
faid: "You can read the acts and laws
as well as I. I determine sothing."
Notwithstanding this, the bishop short
ly Issued a pastoral letter, in which he
charged the Methodists with boasting
and enthusiasm, and finally excluded
Charles Wesley from the vicarage at
Islington.
Again, in 1740 the bishop summoned
Wesley before him, but when he had
concluded his examination, ho said:
"If this be all you mean, publish it to
the world." an injunction which Wes
ley gladly obeyed.
But field-preaching again alarmed
the bishop, and in another pastoral he
classed the Methodists with "deists,
papists and other disturbers of the
kingdom of God." Wesley was de
nounced in pamphlets and otherwise
as a restless deceiver, a Jesuit in dis
guise and a dissenter, while his fol
lowers were called young quacks In
divinity, buffoons in religion, movers
in sedition and ringleaders of tho ral
ble. In answer to the clergyman who for
bade his preaching in his parish,
Wesley quoted the Scriptural com
mand and closed with his famous
words: "Whom shall I hear, then, God
or man? I look upon all tho world as
my parish."
Therefore, in 1742. ho spent tho year
in extending his "parish," preaching
ia various places in London. Bristol,
Wales, Newcastle-on-Tyne and other
places, but was refused the opportun-
ity to assist the curate in his father's
eld church at Epworth. As the con
gregation came out, however, he an
nounced that he would preach that
evening from his father's tomb in the
churchyard, the sight of which was so
inspiring that the people pressed him
to stay longer, and for eight days he
occupied the same pulpit, consecrated
by the ashes of the dead rector.
To those services Methodism in Lin
colnshire owes is organized churches,
which in 1901 numbered more than
20,000 members.
In 1745 Wesley added to his other
"irregularities" the calling out of lay
preachers, and when this step was
challenged he declared "Soul-damning
clergymen lay me under more difficul
ties than soul-saving laymen."
He begun, continued and ended his
work not to destroy the English
church, but to vitalize and spiritualize
it. His societies were intended as
auxiliaries to the established church
and ever subordinate to it. His sep
aration from it grew little by little.
At all his conferences he opposed a
schism, until the independence of
America brought him face to face with
. new problem. The Methodists here
were left without an ordained minis
try capable of administering the sacra
ments. They looked to Wesley as
their father and asked what they
should do.
The crisis was reached in 1784.
Years before Wesley had been con
vinced that in the primitive church
bishops and presbyters had the right
to ordain, and he now proceeded to ex
ercise that right, influenced thereto
chiefly by the demands of his Ameri
can followers, but partly by Scripture,
history and reason."
On Sept. 2. 1784. Rev. John Wesley,
Thomas Coke and James Creighton,
"presbyters of the church of England,"
The Fight on Tuberculosis.
Health Board President Lederle of
New York is confident that the city
named will soon be able to deal with
tuberculosis in a manner worthy of Its
importance. He expects that the $500,
000 asked for the purpose will be
forthcoming and that most gratifying
results will be shown. He would es
tablish a sanitarium capable of treat
ing 500 patients outside the city, but
sufficiently near to permit of visits
by friends. His idea is to have some
Iking between the pavilion system and
the cottage system, both of which he
has seen in operation up the state.
School Days Per Capita.
Statistics show that the average
amount of public schooling per capita
in this country is 998 days. That Is,
there would be 998 days for each in
habitant if it were distributed around.
Fifty years ago the average was 420
days and at the beginning of the nine
teenth century it was but 82 days.
The nation gives the schoolchildren
of to-day twelve times as much school
ing as the youngsters received 100
years ago.
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formed a prenbytcry, and ordained
Richard Whatcoat and Thomas Vaacy
as elders and Thomas Coke, LL. V,
"superlr.tendent for the church of
God under our care In America."
When tho term bluhop was after
ward substituted for the superinten
dent by tho Methodist Episcopal
church, ho tenaciously onioned It, al
though lie made no objection to tho
designation Episcopal.
Wesley was In his R2d year when
his act of "separation" was thus con
summated, much to the surprise and
chagrin of Charles. Ho died on
March 2, 1791.
(n four Instances John Wesley be
came a lover before he made the mis
take of marrying, at the age of 4S, otio
who proved unworthy of his affec
tion.. Miss Bi-tty Klrkham, sister of ono
of his early Methodist friends, was hid
first love, and his correspondence with
her was of the most romantic nature,
suited to the chivalrous fashion of tho
day. Afterward he corresponded In
lover stylo with Mrs. Pendarves, who,
however, married a 1'elany. and then
came hi 111 fated affair with Miss Hoj
key, in Georgia, Into which he wan
drawn by his guileless and unsuspi
cious nature.
But the broken courtship which
brought him most pain was with Mrs.
Grace. Murray. She was a Bailor's
widow, a devoted worker la the New
castle orphanage and was a skilful
housekeeper and iiursu for tho Kick
who found refuge In Wesley n north
ern home. She- was of singular mod
esty and piety, a coworker with tho
Wesleys, and readily accepted his of
fer of marriage in 174S.
But John Bennet. one of Wesley's
preachers, also fell In love with her,
and after the opposition of Charles
Wesley to her marriage with his
brother, Bennet married Ler. Wesley
did not meet her again until 17SS, threo
s n '
years before his death, but he remem
bered her with affection and grief all
through his life.
In 1751 he married Mrs. Va zed lie,
widow cjf a Ixmdon m rc-hant. Wesley
insisted that her fortune should bo
settled upon herself and her children,
and that he should not prea-' h or trave l
less than before. As his Itinerant work
included thousands of miles on horse
back and countless sermons, she tired
of accompanying him, while when sho
remained at home the became almost
a monomaniac with Jealousy.
She seized be r husband's papers and
gave his letters to enemies or pub
lished them in the newspapers. She
shut her husband and his brother up
in a room, and railed at them with
violence; often drove long distances to
see who was with her husband; as
saulted him with violent fury, and
even in the presence of others tore his
hair. And yet his letters to her bow
that he possessed the utmost tender
ness of affection.
When Wesley died. In 1791, there
were in England about 79,000 Metho
dist members and 312 ministers In cir
cuits. In America and Canada there
were from 40,000 to 50,000.
At the Oecumenical Methodist con
ference in London in 1901, the follow
ing figures were given to Indicate the
extent of Methodism throughout the
world: Ministers, 48,334; local preach
ers, 104,786; churches, 89,087; mem
bers, 7,659,285; Sunday schools. 81,
228; teachers and officers, 861,232;
scholars, 7,077.079; adherents, 24,
899,421. It is asserted by Methodist authori
ties that it Is the richest denomina
tion in the United Staes in the owner
ship of property; that its conrlbutions
are the largest and that Its work Id
philanthropy and higher education Is
the most extensive.
Thieves In High Society.
A tremendous half-smothered scan
dal is brewing in New York's exclus
ive set over the discovery that social
highwaymen are beginning to appear
on the golf links. The mystery as tc
the Identity of the persons who rifle
clothes in the lockers has become a
diverting pastime. It is a fact that In
half a dozen of the most exclusive
places players have been missing
things of value and suspicion invari
ably attaches to some member of the
club. Not so very long ago a very
prominent young buck in New York
social eircles was actually caught In
the act of stealing money from the
dressing rooms. There was a great
fuss, but family considerations pre
vented an exposure in the press.
Making Magnificent Library.
The largo collection of Bibles and
objects illustrating the Bible donated
by Mr. S. Brainard Pratt to the Con
gregational Library is still being in
creased by his efforts. Tbe library is
steadily becoming enriched by books,
manuscripts and documents of Importance.