HOW, WHEN, WHY
A SECOND ADUEnTi
ly inform us that the Ieugth of Ills
reign will bo a thousand years. It wll)
constitute the great Seventh Day ot
1 'earth's history six thousand years un
dor the Curse. Hint the seventh thou
sand In recovery from the Curse. St
Paul adds that after Jesus shall have
accomplished the work assigned ti
Iliiu in connection with rebellion
uian. He will deliver i:p the Kingdom
to Cod, and Himself he subject to tin'
Fat!iei--I Corinthians xv, UJ-'-'S.
To sone it may appear that a tlam
, ' sand years is too short a time to fully
! uplift humanity those living at tin
MovVorld-Burniro oatsn to Ea Bound i time of t he So mul I iiii nur and all th.v
Sin, Sickness and Death to Co On- ' are in their graves. Some thin!; that ii
will he even too
Beaver Divines m Bp Tra-k,'
Says Paster
quered Man to Ba Delivered Tha
Power Vested In Messiah His King
dom Near How It Will Appear.
, v.
IPASIOR RUSSELL)
1 leaver, Dec. 1.
This city is stirred'.
Seventeen pastors
of all denominations
have been discuss
ing The Second Ad
vent for a month.
Xow comes Pastor
Uussell telling us
all that "The earth
abidelh forever" -that
it will nevei
be destroyed by lit
eral tire. According
to hliu the trreat
event of Christ's Coming will bring
blessing such as we all desire, lie
seems to have the Bible and logic ou
his side too!
Pus-tor Russell declared that false
concepts of the Second Coming of
Chrhrt have done great injury. Theview
set forth in all orthodox creeds is that
Christ will come agulu iu the flesh.
The resurrection w ill take place within
twenty-four hours. The saintly will rlso
in the air to meet the Lord. Then Are
will come down from heaven and con
sume the whole earth. A few rremil-lenulalists-claim
that Christ will reign
In fleshly glory for a thousand years to
bless the living of mankind. The ma
Jority of Christians disown all this as
ridiculous nonsense becnuse they be
lieve little or nothing, either of the
creeds or of the Bible. A minority dls
own it because they perceive its incon
sistency with the Bible." "Count me
in with this minority!" said Tastor
Russell.
More than three hundred Bible texts
refer to Messiah's glorious Second Ad
vent. Our inquiry shall be first. Why
does the Master come again? Did lie
not properly establish His Church?
lias this Gospel Age been a failure?
Will He come to rectify matters and to
start His Church afresh in the work
of world-conversion and blessing?
Not at all. His work has carried out
exactly as intended. Not a suggestion
of Scripture implies that the Church is
to convert the world during this Age.
On the contrary, her mission has been
to act as God's mouthpiece in calling
out a class to be joint-heirs with the
Redeemer. Troperly enough Jesus
said. "I pray not for the world, but
for those whom Thou hast given Me."
He loved the world. He died for the
world. In due time, by Ills Messianic
Kingdom, ne will bless "all the fami
lies f the earth." But the time for
blessing the world Is not yet. First,
a special class is invited to become
separate from the world, to become
sanctified or set apart to God and His
service, following In the footsteps of
Jcsos. These, like their Master, must
demonstrate their love for God, their
loyalty to Him and to the brethren,
even unto death. Their reward Is to be
sharers with their Master In His Heav
enly Throne of Glory, which for a
thousand years will rule, bless and up
lift humanity.
The followers of Jesus have another
work. In addition to witnessing to the
world and wiling out faithful saints
to walk the narrow way. That other
work is to "build one another up In
the most holy faith." F.ach Individual
of the sanctified Utile Flock Is not
only to "do good unto all men, and
especially to the household of faith."
but particularly to make his own "call
ing and election sure" by personal lore,
zeul mv.l loyalty.
Tbo Kingdom Now In Embryo.
Our Lord's many parables refer to
His Church as a Kingdom class, a
Royal Priesthood. This does not signi
fy 'that He Intended them to occupy
places of honor and distinction now.
The Master Himself was neither a
King nor a Priest on earth. Ills is
the Mclchlsedec priesthood of the Mes
sianic Age. Then He will also be the
Great King over all the earth, as well
as the Great Prophet or Teacher and
the Great Judge or Ruler. Well did
He declare to lllate, "My Kingdom is
not of this. Age." (John xvlll. JUS). As
Ills saintly followers are to share in
Ills Kingdom, they also must wait for
Its establishment. While waiting they
are to pray. "Thy Kingdom eome: Thy
will be done ou earth, as It Is done In
Heaven."
Of this Royal Priesthood tfio Apostle
declares, "The world knowoth us not."
We are priests and kings only front the
Divine standpoint, which nor.e are able
to recognize except the ''brethren."
Only In embryo are God's saints spok
en of as the Kingdom class. They are
on probation. Jesus says that th"
overcomers will he granted to sit with
Him In His Throne as actual members
of the Royal Priesthood, to reign with
Him a thousand years. Revelation 111.
21; xx. C.
"He Must Raign Until" .
St. Paul, after telling about the
resurrection of the dead, explains that
the resurrection of the Church to
glory, honor and Immortality will tie
first on the program. Subsequently nil
will bo resurrected, "every man In his
own order," and Christ will reign
until He shall have put down all In
subordination. Other Scriptures clear-
hort to bring Hk i t a
whifb' earth to the promised Edeuh
perfection. We are to remember, how
ever, that while Messiah will probably
use human instrumentality In connec
tion with His work, nevertheless the
iu volitions and developments of the
past century give us a glimpse of the
wonderful intelligence which may be
granted to humanity in proportion as
the Curse is rolled away and Divine
blessing Jills the earth. The majority
oi our race have never mm any years
of life experiences, good or bad. But t ho
promise is that cadi shall have twice
that length of time to learn the Truth.
under the blazing light of that New
Dispensation a hundred years, In
which to fully decide his eternity,
either' for life everlasting or deatli
everlasting.-lsaiah, Ixv, ".0.
From the Bible viewpoint the Day ol
Christ is ample for the great work to
which it has been consecrated by the
All-Wise Creator from before the foun
dation of the world. Nor should we for
get that all power In Heaven nnd in
earth Is vested In the One who then
shall take the Throne. Neither should
we forget that the Church has for eight
een'centurles been under special prep
aration and instruction in the School
of Christ, preparing them for their
work as a Royal Priesthood. They will
be able to sympathize with the groan
ing creation and be merciful, even in
the administration of stripes necessary
to many for their assistance along the
Highway of Holiness, then opened up.
Messiah's Kingdom Invisible.
Some of the noblest minds have been
repelled from faith in the Second Ad
vent by the thought that an earthly
Kingdom with Christ and the saints in
regal state is unreasonable. They were
quite right iu thinking that earthly
court and state would be beneath the
dignity of Messiah and His Bride. The
Scriptures declare that Jesus left His
glory, humbled Himself to become a
man, in order that Ho might be the
great Sin-Offering for our race. P.ut
the Redeemer prayed to be glorified
with the glory that He had with the
Father before the world was. Yes; and
He promised His Church. His Bride, a
share in His Heavenly glory. Did He
lead us to expect a Heavenly glory.
Heavenly inheritance and glorious
change from earthly to Heavenly con
dition, and will He then, instead, give
us earthly glury nnd merely perfection
in the flesh?
Oh. no, no! We have all sadly over
looked certain features of God's Word.
Jesus did not remain poor, did not re
main flesh, did not remain human. Iu
His resurrection not only was He re
ceived by the Father up where He was
before; but lie was glorified "far above
angels, principalities and powers,"
made a "partaker of the Divine ua
ture." The promise to His Church is
to share His glory. The Apostle dis
tinctly tells that In the resurrection the
faithful will be "changed" (I Corinthi
ans xv, 51, 52) and made like the glo
rified Redeemer, and also of the Divine,
nature. (II Peter i, 4.) The Apostle
explains the necessity for this change.
saying. "Flesh and blood cannot Inherit
the Kingdom of God."-I Cor. xv. Mi.
How slow we have been to see that
God never purposed that either Jesus
or His faithful Elect should remain iu
the flesh! A few Bible- statements mis
understood got us into dilliculty. We
read, "Every eye shall see II I in," and
forgot that there are eyes of under
standing, as well as natural eyes. We
forgot that Jesus declares that very
few now see or hear only the saintly,
whose eyes of understanding have been
opened by the anointing of the Holy
Spirit. We forgot that Jesus said also.
"Vet a little while and the world soi'th
Me no more." When once we disoern
that lie has been glorified that Ho
has been given a spirit nature ng lin,
that He no longer has the human na
ture, which He surrendered as a Sin
Sacritlce, then we can see why the
world will see Illm no more, nnd why
the Church must be changed by resur
rection power before she can set Illm.
We misunderstood our Lord's mani
festations after resurrection. Unless
He could establish the faith of His
disciples In Ills resurrection, they could
not receive the Pentecostal blessing.
Therefore He spent with them forty
dajs, watching over them, appearing
in various forms, as a gardener, as a
traveler, etc., all to convince Uicui.
first, that He was no longer dead, but
risen; and second, that He was no
longer a man. but a Spirit Being. He
demonstrated this by doing exactly
what the angels did. As they appeared
In the llesh, ate. talked and vanished,
so did He. Then lie ascended up on
high; not as a human being, "a little
lower than the angels," but as n Divine
Spirit fa? above angels, He received
the homage of ull the Heavenly host.
"I Will Come Again."
One of Jesus' parables truthfully rep
resents Heaven as a far country, to
which Jesus as the young Nobleman
went to lie Invested with Kingly au
thority over the world. It tells how
on His return the faithful ones will be
rewarded with a share In His King
dom. Some of them will be given to
rule over two cities, some over five
cities, etc., nnd will enter Into the Joys
of their Lord. But we are not to un
derstand this necessarily to mean that
Heaven itself is so distant as to b
beyond communication. Rather the
parable shows that the time lietweea
the going and the returning would be
long. The parable also shows no com
muni-ation as iKtweeu the Nobleman
and his .servants in the interim. As a
matter of fact, only ten days elapsed
between our I."i l's ascension and His
shel ling forth of the Holy Spirit al
Pentecost.
Jc.Mts left the world and Ills disci
ples ia the world, not so much iu the
va-. .;i:i-.r si far awav tiait II"
cud, I i" sci them and communicate
ill thi tn. Put more particularly in
tea! He iwul'l ii'it see them
cLuar.n'cate w ith them, lie would
cf.r-el them to -walk by faith and not
!;.- siuh;." to 'Search the Scriptures,"
av.l to live their spiritual Messing
t !mv v 1 1 (lie .V'.liiwship of the Spirit of
the Tr,;. h. I'y His Holy Spirit He
v.-nr.ld be with them, and not by pcr
mc ! cMact or further manifestations.
1:! Sc : 1 Coming would be at the
i :,( i:s:..:i of this Age, to awaken His
sYe. !:sg Mints and change them to the
hc ivctdy sla'e. Thus He would come
.yriin and rccive them unto Himself
it.Nt the sleeping ones, and subseqtient-
tho-;c alive and remaining, who
CHiRLES G. BEKRETT.
Secretary of Senate,
Who May B2 Elected
President Pro Tern.
GREEK DELEGATE
CAUSES DELAY
!v
would experience the resurrection
change i:i the moment of death. Ad
ditionally, in the Harvest with which
this Age ends, lie promised to take
special supervision of the gathering of
His Elect.
This stage of the Redeemer's coming
Is, in the Greek. His I'nrousiu His
prewmv. The world is not to know of
the time of His I'ltmuxiii. On the
contrary, It is described as secret, hid
den from the world "as a thief in the
night." Jesus deserllied His I'arouxia,
saying that at that time the world
would be eating, drinking, planting,
building, and know not of His coming
iu the Harvest of the Age, even as the
world was eating, drinking, planting,
building and marrying in the days of
Noah, "and knew not." The intima
tion is, however, that some of God's
people would be made aware of His
ParniiKia the Wise Virgins, while
others of God's people, the "foolish
virgins," would be "overcharged with
the cares of this life," and know not.
Revealed In Flaming Fire.
If, then, only the Church may know
of the VarmiMn of Jesus in its time
until thev shall be changed to the
heavenly, Divine nature, how will the
world ever know of Jesus and His
Kingdom? If He really meant it when
lie said, "A little while and the world
seetli Me no more," how can humanity
know about the new. invisible King
dom V
The Bible answers most distinctly.
It tells us of the shining forth or
liijilKiiihi of the Lord's Kingdom. It
tolls of llis oj'okiiliiii.siH manifestation
or revealment. "lie shall be revealed
hi (laming lire." This flaming lire sig
nifies severe judgments, as elsewhere.
These are to be so severe that the
elements of earth's society will melt
with the fervency of the heat in a
terrible time of trouble. Additionally
"the heavens." (he ecclestlastical sys
tems, will be Involved, and pass away
with a great noise or commotion. It is
from this revealing In (laming fire,
Divine censure upon the world, that
the great, the high, the mighty, the
I
r. - 1
?',:, v .
f ' :
: :
.; ; " . )
4
i A s-
Lacks Authority to Sip Proto
col (or Armistice.
MAY EXTEflD FG3 FORTH
RYAN WILL BE
FIRSTWITNESS
Will Take Stand After Govern
ment GlDSSS.
AERONAUT KILLED IN
FALL 02,000 FEET
Richard Frayne Thrown From
Seat tn Parachute.
Jacksonville, ,Fla., Dec. 2. Richard
Fravne. an aeronaut, fell 2,000 feet
here and was Instantly killed. Three
thousand persons witnessed the acci
dent.
The aeronaut was thrown from his
seat in the parachute immediately
after he cut loose from the balloon
His body landed in the driveway of
the Evergreen cemetery, near hero.
Physicians say every hone in his body
v;as broken.
With Jack Crosby, his companion
1'iayne ascended at the Trl-County
fair here. Both men had individual
parachutes attached to the balloon.
Crosby severed his parachute from
the balloon first. A moment later he
paw Frayne's body dash past him
itti'.,s:.es ol' the tragedy say that
Frayne's parachute opened successful
ly and it is believed his fall was due
to his failure to place his hands In
the safety vristlet, the momentary
halting ol' descent upon the opening
of the pnrachnte hurling him from his
seat.
SAVES LIFE OF BURNING MAN
Bulgaria Shows Spirit of Conciliation
and Turkey Has Nothing to Gain
by Continuing Struggle Situation
Mere Peaceful.
London. Dec. 2. The signing of
the protocol of the armistice between
ae Balkan allies and Turkey has been
postponed until tomorrow, as the
luck delegate has not received the
iKccssiiy authority from his government.
It is rumor. d that in addition to tho
llulgaiian troops just lauded at
l.etle.igiiatch, another large force of
(reel; troops Iroin Salonikt is at sea,
and it ii suggested that (1 recce may
delay signing the armistice in order
to allow these troops to arrive at their j
destination, which is supposed to he
the Oulf of Saros, in Oalilpoll.
It Is understood the armistice will
extend for about a fortnight. If neces
sary, ami cover the whole field of op
erations. The dilliculty with respect
to the beleaguered garrisons of Adrl
unople and Scutari la being surmount
ed by permitting them to receive dally
rations during the armistice. The
plenipotentiaries appear to have been
concerned po far solely In arranging
the armistice, but a peaco conference
Id expected to commence Immediately,
probably at Sofia, and as Bulgaria has
already shown greater forbearance
than has been looked for in waiving
her demand for the surrender of Adrl
anople, while at the same time Turkey
cannot hope, to obtain better condl
lions bv continuing tho struggle, a
strong feeling Is entertained that the
last shot In the war will have been
fired when the nrmistlce is signed.
Thera Is little doubt, however, that
the peace negotiations will be difficult
and proiTactcd.
The question of holding an Euro
pean ambassadorial conference is still
umlecld.'d, but tho international situ
t.tion is much moro peaceful. The
Servian government denies the re
ported preparations for a conflict with
Austria, while the Austrian press la
much less bellicose.
BLACK CAT'S EAR NO GOOD
Woman Dashes Contents of Flour Bin
Over Human Torch.
Stoux Falhi, S. I)., Dec 2. The
poor, ull shall seek to "hide themselves j quick wit of a woman and the use by
In the dens and caves of the earth -in
the social Orders and in alliliation
with strong governments, etc.
Cradually mankind will come to
understand. Gradually their eyes will
open and 4hey will see that It is "the
wrath of the Lamb" that causes the
"time of trouble such as never -was
since there was a nation." The plow
share of trouble will go so deep that
tho world will effectually learn the In
tended lesson. 'I heir eyes opening to
the truth of the situation, they will
learn war no more. They will "beat
their spears into pruning hooks, and
their swords into plowshares." As
their eyes of understanding open still
more widely, they will discern the
beauties and blessings of Messiah's
Kingdom, "the desire of all nations."
ruder Messiah's Kingdom, Israel will
return from the cast-off condition In
which she lias been during the selec
tion of "the very Klect." The lliicleus
of Israel will be tho resurrected An
cient Worthies, mentioned by St. Paul
In Hebrews xl, SS-40. They will be
perfected in the llesh, as the Church
will be perfected In the Divine nature.
Hut the Christ, Head and ltody.
Bridegroom and Bride, must first enter
into the glory of the Kingdom. Then
will be established the earthly King
dom In the hands of the Ancient Wor
thies. The world will see Abraham,
Isaac, Jacob and all the prophets; but
they will not see the King In Ills glory,
nor the Bride, nor "the virgins, her
companions." on the spirit plane. They
will all he as Invisible to humanity as
the Prince of Darkness and his demon
hosts at the present time. The first
work of Messiah's Kingdom will be
the binding of Satan, the spoiling of
whose power Indicates the dell vet mice
of humanity from the bondage of sin.
Ignorance, superstition and death.
One of our great obstacles In the
past has been that we failed to discern
that (Jod has been prosecuting two dis
tinct salvations: first, that of the
t'hiirch, to the spiritual, heavenly. Di
vine nature; and later, through the
Klect Church, salvation must be ex
tended to humanity, the non-elect.
Then will come the privilege and op
portunity of earthly Restitution to
human perfection in the Image and
likeness of !od. as was Adam, In a
world-wide Paradise, Clod's glorious
footstool. The First Advent of the
Savior was necessary for the redemp
tion of our rm e. His Second Advent
Is equally necessary; that He may by
His glorious Kingdom bind Satan, over
throw Sin and release sinners.
her of the contents of a seventy-five-pound
flour bin as a fire extinqtilsher,
saved the life of Joseph Vellow, a resi
dent of McCiffik county, when his
clothing was set on flic by an explo
sion resulting when he poured kero
sene on a lire in the kitchen stove to
make It burn more quickly. With his
clothing ablaze, Vellow rushed into
tae yard of his home, calling for an
slstanre. Mrs. William Armstrong,
living nearby, saw the human torch.
Bragging and carrying the flour bin
from her home ;md to the spot where
Vellow was rolling on the ground in
an unsuccessful effort to put out tho
fire, sh dashed the contents of the
flour bin over Vellow's burning cloth
ing, extinguishing the flames.
Gives Roommate Present of $50,000.
WlUlaton. N. D., Dec. 2. To bo pre
sented with S.10,000 by a roommate
's something that rarely befalls tho
average man, but W. C. Smead, who
makes this territory for a Sioux City
concern, wm the recipient of a present
of that size. For years ho has roomed
with a man named Morgan. Recently
Morgan fell heir to a large amount
and handed Smead $50,000 ns a slight
testimony of his regard.
CONDENSED NEWS
Conjuror Arrested Because f25 Invlsl
bllity Charm Doesn't Work.
Chbago, Dec. 2. George A. Pupau
!,ky, a Polish banker-conjuror, recently
released from the house of correction,
I where he was sent by Judge lentils
to serve a s'x months' sentonce for
selling Invisibility ointments and love
charma, waa arrested again. Pupnusky
sold Anton Lokortt. a fellow country
man, a blnck cat's oar to make him in
visible. . Ixikorltz paid $25 for the
charm.
Confident in his Invisibility, likor
Itz then entered a saloon with the
proprietor of which he was not or
fttendly terms. Making sure the charm
was In place, he stopped behind tho
bar and began to help himself to hot
tied goods. The bartender Immedi
ately fell on Idioritz and hustled him
irto the street.
Another purchaser of a black cat's
car is sought by the police to testify
against the conjuror. The man bough) ;
a black cat's car and was run ovei
soon after by an automobile. Thr
man did not make a complaint, lib
friends Fald, because he was Invisible
and could not. blame the chauffeur fo
not seeing him.
AMNESTY FOR INSURGENTS
New Mexican Minister Adopts Concil
iatory Polity.
Mexico City. Dee. 2. Convinced that
numerous bands of rebels in tho states
of DurnngQ, Coahuila and southern
Chihuahua are continuing their opera
tlons merely becnuse they believe sur
render would mean summary execu
tion under the suspension of guaran
tics, Rafael Hernandez, the new minis
ter of the interior, announced that he
would nttempt to gain for them a
promise of amnesty. Cheche Cnmpof
and Benjamin Arguado, officers In!
The Kansas hoard of canvassers Is-iOrozco'H organization, are tho chlel
Charges Against President Based on
Letters Frorr Files Expenditure
Not Published Prosecution Claims
Move Was to Conceal Use of Money.
Indianapolis, Dec. 2 As the first
of the witnei-ses for the defense and
himself, the most prominent defend
ant. Frank M. Ryan, president of the
Internaticnnl Association of Bridge
and Structural Iron Workers, proba
bly will testily at the dynamite con
spiracy trial today after tho close ot
tho government's cuse.
Tho e,overnment announced it would
close Its cr.so with one moro witness.
The defense is to follow with the cus
tomary motions for dismissal or cer
tain of the, defendants on the ground
that the government has not sustained
its charges against them.
The defense's attorneys, headed by
Senator John W. Kern and William
N. Harding, will then begin examin
ing its witnesses. Tho plan Is to have
each defendant' precede the witnesses
called in tfiat particular defendant's
behalf. Altogether 130 new witnesses
have been summoned.
President Ryan has been at the head
of the union for seven years. He waa
president when John J. McNamara, tho
secretary-treasurer, was arrested at
the headquarters in Indianapolis, In,
April. 1911. He with other officials.
Is charged with appropriating the
nnlon's money to carry on a dynamit
ing campaign against nonunion work
in connection with which the McNa
mara brothers are now in prison in
California.
The chargeB of aiding in illegal
transportation of dynamite against
Ryan a-e based on letters taken from
McNamara's flics. Thse letters, the
government asserts, show that Ryan
and the executive board members
stopped publishing the union's ex
penditures so thnt McNamara would
not have to show In detail what ho
did with $1,(100 a month. John T. But
ler of Buffalo, vice president; Mlchnel
J. Young of Boston, Philip A. Cooley
of New Orlonns, Henry W. U'gleltner
of Denver nnd Kugeno A. Clancy of
Fan Francisco, as present or past
Hiemh ns of the executive board, aro
among other defendants scheduled
hoon to testify.
District Attorney Miller announced
hat within a few days he would insist
on an enforcement of the court's rul
ing that fourt"cn defendants must fur
nish new bonds or remain in Jail be
tween sessions of court. Herbert 8.
Hockln, taken In custody eUht days
ago, and F.dward Smythe and James
E. Ray of rcotia, taken In custody
sibottt twi weiks ago, are still impris
oned !) default of new bonds.
sued tho certificate of election as gov
ernor to Georgo, II. Hodges (Dcm.).
Announcement was mado by tho
American Teace society of the desig
nation ot Dec. 5 as "Peaco Sunday."
Miss Annette Kellerman, the swim
mer, was married to her manager,
James R. Sullivan, at Banbury, Conn
Rev. Dt. Robert Collyer, a widely
known Unitarian divine, died at his
home in New York, aged eighty nine
Manuel Garza Aldano was arrested
in San Antonio by deputy United
States marshal on a charge of violat
ing tho neutrality laws.
Secretary of War Stlmson and part?,
en route from Panama to Washington,
were tho guests at Key West, Fla , of
the army and navy ofilclalB.
Mrs. Lulu Dogenberg of Iola was
sentenced to ono year at hard labor In
the Kansas penitentiary for violation
of the state prohibitory law.
Fire that threatened for a time to
destroy the entire factory section of
Hoboken, N. J., burned out the big
piano caso factory of John Courtado
and damaged several smaller build
Ings, causing a loss estimated at $200,-
COO.
rebel leaders In those districts anil
several engagements havo been fought
during tho latter part of the week,
tho government as usual announcing
victories.
Twelfth Death From Explosion.
Wnukegan, III. Dec. 2. Tony We
towsky, one of the victims of the dust
"xploslon in the Corn Products Refin
ing company's Wnukegnu plant, died
In a hospital here, making the twelfth
death from the blast. J. Kalowsky,
another victim, Is believed to be near
death.
Railroad Station Robbed by Holdups.
Salt Lake, Dec. 2. Two masked
highwaymen, armed with revolvers,
entered the Bamberger routo station
here, comnelled the ticket agent to
open the safo and robbed It of about
$300. The robbers then hid their vic
tim "good night" nnd escaped.
Cabinet Crisis In Japan.
Tokya, Dec. 2. A rahlnct crisis has
arisen over the refusal of the minis
ter of war, Lieutenant General Uye
hera, to accept a cabinet decision re
jecting tho scheme for Increasing the
military forces In Korea.
STREET BATTLE IS FATAL
Fred Boyer Unable to "Shoot Up" Ex
celsior Springs.
Excelsior Springs, Mo., Dec. 2. In a
battle on tho principal streets here be
tween Fred Boyer. recently dla
charged from the United State8 army,
and two special policemen, Boyer waa
shot and fatally Injured.
The two policemen, Robert King
and James Roberts, attempted to ar
rest Boyer when he appeared on the
street with a shotgun across .his
shoulder and threatened to "shoot up"
the town. Boyer, who Is large and
powerful, knocked Roberts down and
had disarmed the other ofllcer, when
Roberts rhot Boyer through tho stom
ach. Beyer had been arrested before for
disturbing the pence, and a feud exist
ed b' twecn him and tho officers.
indiansTask for money
Choctaws aim Chickasaw . After $17,'
000,000 Held In Trust.
Anlmore. Okl.i., Bcc'. 2. Steps
were taken here by which the Choc
taw ami Chickasaw Indians hope
eventually to Induce tho government
to distribute among members of these
trlbe-i $17,000,0(10 derived from the
rale of their lands In western Okla
homa am which fund tho government
holds
Resolutions were adopted at a meet
ing of 200 lenders of both nations urg
ing the distribution of the money and
urging congress to enact such legisla
tion as will no longer make the tribes
wards of the government. Tho matter
will ho presented to congress as soon
as prnctlrnblo.
Steamer Founders; Entire Crew Safe.
Halifax, Dec. 2 The steamer River
Meander, New York for Naples, has
been nliandoned nt sea and probably
has foundered. Us captain nnd crew
of thirty men were rescued by the
steamer Ikhal. which entered Halifax
harbor. The River Meander left New
York Nov. 20. It Is a British steamer
of tons nnd was formerly named
the Bardlstan. Captain McGregor com
manded the vessel.
Two Fatally Burned.
Anaconda, Mont., Dec. 2. James
Haughey and George Strakal were s
badly burned that they will die when
the contents of a ladle containing four
tons of molten copper was accidental
ly spilled upon them at the Washo
smelter her