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MONDAY, NOVEMB9R 9. 1914. r l attsm o xTrn semi-weekly journal. GUTIERREZ IS NOWPRISONER Fails to Live Up to Dictation of Villa and Is Seized. REPUDIATION DDES HOT COUNT Carranza Telegraphs Mexican Press Bureau That Provisional President Is Now Behind Bars Says Conven tion Was Controled by Reactionaries. Now York, Xcv. i. G- iieral Kulalio (..-.ile-nez. who was fleeted president of Mexien at the rei-em Aernas C?.U--;:it?s ccun er.tion. has been impris oned Ly (Itiieral Francisco Villa, a--oni:njr o a telegram, said to come' Jroin General Yt-uustiano Carranza. and made public here by the Mexican bv.ican of information, t:i? same agen cy that announced Gutierrez had repu diated The acts of the convention elect ins Lira. The tekcram accredited to General Carranza did not say where the n?w p: cskl-nt had been captured or where hi- was lit'liewd to be incarcerated. The reason of he seizure and con f.nrment cf Gutierrez, the message sai I. was that he had refused to be dominated by the demands of tue Villa taction. The teicram fellows: "1 v :.-h to inform you that General Gutierrez. who repudiated the Aeuas Calientes convention and the V'lla liijue. ha; bfen captured by GenerrH Villa and imprisoned. The reason for th- action was because he failed to jive up to the dictations and demands of the Villa people. 1 wish further to inform jou that I consider the actions of the coi:v niion a farce and for that reason alone 1 am forced not to reeotr ni;" its actions. The convention, which was dominated by Villa reac tionaries failed to accomplish the ta!; it set out to do. Instead of v.orkina o it a set of regulations and rules ry wl-ie-h .Mexico inicht attain its nortir.il conditions of peace and progress. thv von? and appointed mother po visiona! presid' nt. liopir? to be able to dominate him. When they realized th;" flutierrez v ould not follow th" die?o:ious of Vilia. they imprisoned him." THREE KILLED IN AUTO UPSET Two Men snd a Woman Meet Death n Sperd Crash at Milwaukee. Milwaukee. Nov. !. I-Joyd T. Hoyd. ci.e ot trie owners of the Milwauko" .touinal. and ("haiies Forsythe. hetd o; a local leather company, were prob ably inst:in:iy killed; Mrs. Alice Mur ray died from a fractured skul! an 1 Miss I'lysiau A. Thomas, superintend ent of an cast side hospital, was slightly injured, the- result of an auto mobile accident on the Kilbourn road s. v, :a' miles south of the city limits o" M '1 wr.ukee Forsythe was driving the car. a hiS .lzh powe-re-c! machine, at the tim" of the accident. The car became unmnn aeal'le at the end of a newly mad s-etiicdi of the road and turned over, throwing out its occupants. Prohibition Hit Blow. T'l.ilrde'.i'hia. Nov. ft. The birwery workers affiliated with th American 1-VderaTion of Labor won a victor? when the contention of the union label trades department of the federation vent on record as beins: opposed to prohibition. It is said the resolution probably will b carried to the con vi.'icn of the federation, which opens bete this week. Slight Quake Fe!t at San Francisco. San Francisco. Nov. f. An almost imp rcen; il.le e arthquake was fell hen.. Open doors in downtown building- swung slightly. The disturbance was felt in the transbay region, ii uding Oakland. Alamera and lierk- y and at Sun .lose, fifty miles down C i the peninsula. No damage was re ported. Two Cowboys Killed. Kl I'a.-o. Tex., Nov. P. Two Amer ican cov. boys, named Bishop find Kekies. and an unidentified negro, win- murdered near Chihuahua City. ;.( c ording to advices received here. It s stated that the Americans were killed bv federal filibusters. Germans Drop Bombs In Warsaw. ivtrograd. Nov. !. The Bourse Gr ze;tes Warsaw correspondent sayn tint twrr.t-oue persons have died ir hospitals there during the last lev days from wounds received from Ger rsi.ui bombs dropped from aerop'anc? British Steamer Afire. dnr-v N. V. S-. Nov. The 'ol 54 1 io ii:g wireless has been receied inoni the Hritish steamer Norfolk, bound from New York for Melbourne: Am a fiie. Steamers Ceram. Koonda and Alabama are standing by." Wisconsin Eoy Bandit Dies. AVausau. Wis.. Nov. t. Elmer S. pale, one of the boy bandits who was t hot "by an offic er at Eldcron while re sit ting arrest for lobbing a barroom in Wausau. died at the county hos.- pital. Warfare Resumed. Nreo. Ariz.. Nor. . Three bodies of Governor Maytorena's Villa troops a,j eel ia their former position, seem Ingiy in faMillnient of the promised renewal of the Naco (Sonora) siege. ROADS TO HELP FIGHTJISEASE Join In Movement to Stain; Out Cattle Scourge. FUMIGATING ALL STOCK CARS. Board of Agriculture Estimates Valut of Corn Crop Daniel Morris cl Kearney Appointed Member of Statt Normal Board. Lincoln, Nov. 9. The live stock sanitary board has made up its mind that something must be done to pre ent the mouth and foot disease among cattle in other states from coming into Nebraska. Funds are low on the appropriation commission, but the strong in the idea that be carried on in some made for the. members are the work must wav. Railways have been notified that al: stock cars coming into the state must be thoroughly cleaned, disinfected and the material in them burned. An or der was promulgated t-ent to headquarters roads and the roads very early and of the different have joined in the movement. Iowa and Wyoming states have beer, quarantined, but as the disease has rot shown itself in this state no such measures have been taken by the board, although they will be prepared to take steps at the first sign of the disease. Board Estimates Crop Value. According to reports received the state board of agriculture. the price of new corn in Nebraska aver ased between 3' and ??, cents last week. This was the price offered the farmer. The price quotations ranged from AT, to 6" cents in the1 various counties of Nebraska. Only about a half dozen quotations at 4.", cents were received and these were from coun ties where the prices quoted seemed to be from farmers interested in buy ing corn. More than 2. out) price quo tations from all parts of the state range d from ."id to ."3 cents. t rout these quotations the average prices in the various counties will be used to get the value of the corn cron. These tabulations will be published by the state board of agriculture, aa provided by the Scott act. Morris Named on State Normal Board. Taniel Morris, cashier of the City National bank of Kearney, was ap pointed a member of the state normr-l board by Governor Mcrehead. The appointment is made to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of J. .1. Toolev of Anselmo about a month ago. AVERY HIGH FOR PRESIDENT Gets Largest Number of Votes, but Withdraws From Race. Omaha. Nov. . Superintend- nt II. X". Graff of the Omaha schools was nominated lor every office in the Ne braska State Teachers' association, ac cording to the canvass of the nomi nating ballots by the executive com in it tee. As many as 2i"' candidate's were voted on for president. Chance'Ior Avery of the state university rece'v Ing the highest number of votes. 430. Next in line for this office came Su perintendent Fred Hunter of Lincoln, Superintendent Earl Cline of Geneva, State Superintendent elec t A. O. Thorn as and Mr. Graff. Five candidates were nominated for each of the following offices: Prr"' dent, vice president, treasurer and members of the executive committee from the Second, Fourth and Sixth districts. Superintendent Graff announced that he would be a candidate for only one office member of the executive committee. Manj- nominees were chosen by lot by the executive committee, having ie ceivtd the same number of votes. Chancellor Avery has announced that he will not be a candidate for president. Neither will Mr. Hunter nor Mr. Graff. Cambridge Bridge Accepted by State. Cambridge, Neb., Nov. 5. The staio aid bridge across the? Republican riv er south of this city was formally turned over to D. D. Price, state ngi neer, by the contractors. The bridge was accepted by the state engineer and in Turn given over to the county commissioners. The bridge is a large five-span cement structure. The st:.fe engineer said that the bridge was one f the finest and best, as well as one of the most beautiful, bridges in the. fctate. The banisters are decorated with ornamental spindles and rails. In addition to the cexst of $22..Vi. rt: citizens of Cambridge raised $1.1. "ft to buy a new right of way in order to open up a road directly south of Main street to the bridge. Big Run of Cattle For South Omaha. Omaha. Nov. 5). With nearly 4','ti cars of cattle reported. South Omriha live stock market began the week with a rush. It is calculated todays rim will go better than 400 cars of cattle, which in the face of the foot and iriouVh scare means much. The earn reported amount to about the usual Monday run. bnt in view of the scire the usual run means the promise of a big week. Among the trains reported In is one with twenty-four carloads of fancy stuff from Calgary. This stuff is usually bilkd to Chicago. More of the Chicago shipments w ill be heard from within the next few days. GRAIN RATES PUT UP Roads Anounnce Advance to East and South of Omaha After Dec. 1. Omaha, Nov. 9. All of the railroad's cf the Western Trunk Line associa tion have quietly laid their plans for a material advance in rates on grain to Chicago, the Atlantic seaboard and gulf ports. Unless protests are fi'ed the rates to Chicago will be advanced 1 cent and to Atlantic and gulf ports 2 cents per 30o pounds. Several days ago all roads of the Western Trunk Line association pe titioned the interstate commerce com mission, asking authority to make the advance, filed their tariffs, proposing to make the new rates effective Dec. 1 However, before taking action look ing to r.n advance in rates, the rail roads sounded the Omaha Grain ev chanee and all similar organizations in Chicago, St. Louis. Kansas City, Minneapolis and other grain shipping centers. They were given assurances that if pi! grain markets were put on a parity there would be no protests from the members of the grain dealers comprising the assoc iations. The ra'l roads gave their pledges and then r-cted. While the advance in the rates will have some bearing on the cost of bioadstutTs to the ultima'e consumer who lives in the east and the south, it will rot be felt by th? Nebraska farmer nor the farmer of Iowa. Minre sotn and elsewhere who resides in Omnha grain trade territory, for there is no intention of advancing the local rrte into Omaha. It will remain the same and the advance will be absorl ed by a raise in prices abroad. In other words, the roads bringing the grain into Omaha will pet their share of the advane-e by taking their share of the proportional of the entire haul. STATE ELECTION IS STILL IN DOUBT Four Republican Candidates B low Governor Are Leading. 0- Linccdn. Nov. ft. Republican cani dats fur state offices below governor, for the most part, are leading their Democratic opponents in tabulations of elect "icto returns to date. An excep tion, however, exists in the case of candidates whose residence is in Oma ha. Republican candidates whose lec tion is indicated by the returns to date ate: Hall, for railway -commissioner: Beckmann. for land commissioner, and Thomas, for state superintendent, r.rown ( Kep.) and Miller (Dem.l won the contest for university regents. Poarsrn iDem.t leads Hoagland (Rep. t for lieutenant governor by a slight margin. Wait Rep.i has a good lead over Pool, Democratic can didate for secretary of state. PREDICTS PROHIBITION Ex-Governor Patterson of Tennessee Expects to See Country Go Dry. Omaha. Nov. P. National prohi bition in five years was the promise made by former Governor Malcom R. Patterson of Tennessee and Dr. A. C. Bane of California, National Anti-Saloon league speakers, to 2.'('i Oniahans at the Auditorium. This was the first skirmish in a prolonged campaign to be carried on in Nebraska and oilier states agninst the manufacture, sal or consumption of alcoholic drinks in any state in the union. Mr. Patterson, introduced by Chair man John C. Wharton, for an hour held the attention of the audience. Fcgeneracy. accidents. increased death rates, economic waste and cen eral wreck and ruin were advanced as results of the widespread use of strong drinks and as arguments lor national prohibition. FARMERS TO MEET IN OMAHA Agriculturists From Four States Will Gather There Soon. Omaha. Nov. 9. Farmers from Ne braska. Iowa, South Dakota and Colo rado will gather in Omaha the second week in December for the big farm ers' meetings, which will last dunng the week. The Nebraska Farmers' congress, with representatives from Tftft associations, will hold their ses sions at Hotel Rome, while the annua? meeting of the Farmers' Society of Equity and the American Farmers'' federation will be held at Hotel Mil lard. More than one thousand farmers will be in The city during the week. Men of national reputation will speak before the meetings. State's Evidence Involves Stockman. Pierre. S. 1).. Nov. ft. At the pre liminary hearing at Fort Pierre cf Herman Sonnenschein, a prominent stoc kman, chayged w ith c attle rustling, lid Carr, arrested on the same charge, turned state's evidence and testified that Sonnenschein, Jack Borden, an other promine nt rancher, and himself were the parties who made the sh: incnt of sixty head of stolen rattle which were stopped at Mobrldge a few days ago. shipping them from Ltan try. Will Try to Resume Mining Operation Prairie Creek, Ark.. Nov.- ft. Under 'protection of the United States troop?. ; an effort will be made at once to re sume operations at the P.ache-Denmnn company's mine No. 4. This mine was the scene of the battle of July 17 be tween union miners anJ guards and nonunion men employed by the com- I pany. KAISER HOLDS GOUNCILOF WAR German and Austrian Armies Both on Defensive. ALLIES HOLD FIRM IN WEST. Only on One Point In Two Battle Fronts Do Teutons Make Claim of Success Succeed In Taking Strong Position Near Vienne-La-Chateau. WAR SUMMARY Beyond the fact that the allied French, British and Belgian forces are tak ing "the offensive, little has been made public regarding the opera tions in Belgium and northern France. In the eastern field of the war, accord ing to all official reports, the P.us sians have made decided progress againct the Germans and Austriar.s, and Russian cavalry have penetrated German territory. A newspaper dispatch estimates that about 3,000,000 Austrians and Ger man troops are on the line from Cracow, in Galicia, to Thorn, in East Prussia. Earl Kitchener, the British secretary of state for war, has telegraphed congratulations to Grand Duke Nich olas on the success of the Russian arms against the Germans and Aus trians. Earl Kitchener predicted that the joint efforts of the allies would result in the final crushing de feat of the enemy. A cruiser of the Breslau class, former ly owned by Germany and now at tached to the Turkish navy, hat bombarded the seaport cf Poti, on the Black sea. Little damage was done and the fire of the Russians drove off the cruiser. Ijondon, Nov. 9. A dispatch from Rome says: "German advices received here say that Emperor William, much affected by the Russian victories, has held a council of war. which was attended by General von Hindenburg, the Duke of Wurfemburg and the Austrian chief of staff. Field Marshal Baron Conrad von Hoetzendorf. to decide on a further plan of campaign." The German and Austrian armies are now on the defensive, both in the east and west. They ave. at least for the present, given up their efforts to break through the allied lines around Ypres in Belgium, where The British and French have taken the of fensive, and. according to the reports from French headquarters, have com menced to advance, and in the east they have fallen back to and over their own frontiers in Uast Prussia, and in Toland have crossed the border, while the Russian cavalry has pen trated Silesia, to the north of Kalisz. and cut the German railway. The Russians also are following up their advantage in Galicia and. it is said, have succeeded in cutting the retreating Austrians off from Cracow, and the German army Is retiring through Teland. In fact, at only one point on the two battle fronts do the Germans claim success. That is to the west of the Argonne region, where the German emperor's forces have suc ceeded in taking from the French an important position near Vienne I a Chateau. Elsewhere the French troops hove made progress and retaken the po sitions which they had lost during the course of the week. This is notably so in the Aisne valley around Soissons. where they have regained the ground which the Germans, by fierce assaults, had taken from them. The Belgians, who are holding the line reaching to the coast, have also made progress and it would thus seem that the Germans are still waiting for additional reinforcements before re newing their attempt to smash through to the French seaports. 57,800 Casualties In Week. Berlin, Nov. 9! The latest German casualty list brought the total num ber of names contained in last week's reports up to about 57.800. Hospital records show that a very large pro portiit of the wounded have returned to duty. The last casualty list records the killing of three German aviators and the wounding of six others by hos tile airmen. Saxon Crown Prince Is Wounded. London, Nov. 9. Owing to a seri ous wound in the leg, received inac tion on the battlefield in France. Crown Prince George of Saxony has arrived at the royal castle at Dresden and will take no further part in the campaign, says a dispatch from .The llague. Masters of Black Sea. Rome, Nov. 9. According to a tele gram from Odessa, the Russians con sider themselves absolute masters of the Black sea. The Turkish fleet, it is declared, has retired behind the P.os phorus and does not seem disposed to come out. Mount Vesuvius Becoming Active. Naples, Nov. 9. After seven years of calm since its eruption in lftftfi. j which was one of the longest pauses ! in its activity in three centuries, Mt. Vesuvius began an eruption in May. 1913. which has been constantly grow ing until It has now reached as acute Btage. . . . SSSi Financial, Ecclesiastical end Social Shakings. Men's Hearts Failing Them For Fear." Apprehending Troubles Impending. Selfishness Blighting Humanity. Messiah's Throne of Purity and Jus tice and Love Earth's Only Hope, Philadelphia. Pa., Nov. 8. Pastor Ruf fHrl preached tcxlay at the Colonliil Thea tre Irom the t;xt. "I saw a Great White Throne, and Ulrn that sat on it. from whos" face the earth and the heav en tied away; and there was found no place for them." e Revelation 20:11.) The Pastor bad h revest for further light on a previous discourse which he ! PASTOR. EUSSELLJJ answered before treating today's test. As it is of peculiar interest we pive it in full. He had applied IK-brews 12. to our day, declaring now in progress the removing of all things PhakaMe, that only things harmonious with Divine standards, which cannot be shaken, may remain. He held thnt the shaking heavens represented C'hurehian ity EcelrFinpticlsm and tho shaking earth represented social, financial and po litical affairs. His questioner wanted to know -what financial Fhakinps ure to be expected. The response ft. Llows: Stocks and Bonds to Be Shaken. Everything falso, bogus, inequitable, will bo shaken. In financial parlance this Is equlvulcr.t to saying that the "-water" will be squeezed out of al! the stocks and bonds. By methods once sanctioned, but now everywhere reprt hendeeJ. Ftocks and bonds have been issued for nimis far be yond the actual value of the properties. These stocks and bonds have coFt their present owners varying sums from noth ing up to par: but their actual vulue i3 what the properties would cust. plus a reasonable percentage of allowance fo right of -way and business "good will." In ordinary times these had a mnrkct value built upon hoje of their future prosperity. Now,, however, the gonerr.l public has Itecome aware of the real situ ation and Is fearful to touch at any prle the!e shares r.nd bonds of over-capitalised companies, and the most sound iitid sol vent of them share the public distrust. N"w. In the opening of the New Hispcn pation. when everything is boirrp "shr.U eti." we f.re to expect that ail such stocks and bonds will be shaken in vaiue until everything like dishonesty and inequity shall have been shaken out. Forty years a?o the world's great bark ers and financiers concluded that it would be to their interest to demonetize silver and have only a gold standard. This finallv accomplished what thry foresaw and intended: it curtailed the world's monetary supply and enabled the bank ers the better to control the entire situa tion throughout the world. I'y an elabo rate banking system (valuable in some respects), it made each gold dollar chase itself and do the work of five dollars or ten dollars. fsipeed by bank checks and drafts. Thus the profits of the larger banks increased amazingly by reason of higher discount and interest charges, making them rich at the public expense. The public, of course, acquiesced in the law demonetizing' silver and making go.d the single standard. T.vt they did it un der misapprehension, becauso they be lieved the bankers' tale-that this was really the best thing for the people, and not merely a measure in the interest of the banker and at the expense of the people. It Is perhaps but fair to say that less than one-half of the bankers under stood the philosophy of the matter; the others were guided by the wealthier and more astute who did fully understaml. Tl.e result has been great profits to the bankers, and great power; for without them, railroad stocks and bonds could not be handled successfully. The bankers took over large issues of railroad rtocks Hnd bonds, by what is known as the un derwriting process. They were caprble nales agents for the bonds at a good round percentage of profit, advancing money on the bonds and holding them lor sale to the public. The Day of Reckoning. Now we see fulfilled the Scripture decla ration, "He taketh the wise in their own craftiness." (Job 5:13.) How so, do you ask? I reply that the great banks have their vaults well filled with these bonds and stocks on which they had hoped to make large profits; but which, on the con trary, they are now unable to sell at any price. These stocks ar.tl bonus reckoned In as part of the banks' assets, show them to be wealthy, with immense sur pluses; but now the "water" is to be taken out of these 6tocks and bonds. It wlil show an immense shrinkage in the re sources of these banks. They v. ill become suddenly mT without actually losing a cent, by r?-on of the market value of their securities falling. This fact in realized by all banks. They realize that if the Day of reckoning has come, and their holdings their securities are to be reckoned at their actual value. It will mean that instead of large re sources and surpluses, some of the rich est banks will become insolvent and be called upon by the government, cither to close their doors or to make good their shortage. And riht there will lie their dif ficulty; for the rich men cf the world have their capital invested similarly, and the reaction will be bound to unfavorably af fect all the great commercial enterprises of the world., As all went well, amar.ing'y well for the bankers and the wealthy by reajn of the demonetization of silver, so whfn the Day of Reckoning sh.ill have fully dawned, things will go especially hard with fhese tame people. And, al though the stoppage and the reconstruo tirm will Involve the whole world, poor and rich alike, nevertheless in many rc pcts the rich will feel tho pressure most The liquidating process had already be gun before the present European war started. The Hartford and New Haven Railroad. The Chicago nnd Rock Island, and others, have been called to account. With these the "water squeezing" proc esses ef the law have been threatening, nnd will undoubtedly accomplish thir thorough "shaking." But meantime, the war. waiting not for the more gradual processes of th.law and the cird;nnry business, has brought the financial world to a crisis. The nations of Europe r are being shaken. The casualties of the wrer B'rcady amount to a million and a half of human beings, and hundreds of mil liors of doTTars. And It is only begun. Financial vp.l.ies there ere greatly im paired, as are also national credits. The thtna wante4 is gold, and as in every ! war. this precious mtal has practicnl'y I disappeared la the nations at war. Tieir ' - ! ' i ' x. ir--? hIPM securities wif: not he salable for i cash, and a jre r.J al atttrmpt will le iaad-. J to s-ill Am rlcan stc stocks, bor.us. etc. I' t'e? America will ! ocIt market for th-n. "in s A'nericrn :t who wiil b'jy e pr;. tiraiiy the tend us v,e have already seen, American bunks und .bank ers are loaded C'.uwn heavily. Wi en we larn the immense amount of thest American shares and bonds held i-.i Kurepetun hands, we need not wondwr that American bankers pale at t lie thought of their being d'.!mpl upon the American market. Reliable tii::.ne:al nutnorities de clare that Kuropf has itbout rive thou sand millions of dollars, invesb-d in Amer ican securities. If but one fifth of tt.ese be sacrificed to realize gold, it will mean on t.valanche a flnnnoial deluge. Amer ican ban'.:.s. already overloaded with thes "sec -riiles." cannot purchase all: hence prices will tumble and wrecks full' v.-. In view of these matters. Is it any v.on eier that American bntiker fear to see the stock Exchanges epen for busmesr? Had the Exchanges not closed prcmpt.'v when they did, we would have bad the nor. terrible paid" ev r known. Ry the clos nrr of th" ExchHtifres thnt awful panic was temporarily averted. lly their clop'r.g. the owners of the stacks and hon.ls hnve b-en b.ir. lered from realizing u;ki them: thus the feece value of these stocks r.rd bor-.ds has been p-est-rv.-d, and thereby tho tanks nnd bar ke--s have b.-rri p'rmittcd to continue to m tr.t these shnres and bonds at iictit.ous prices which ncbxly would pay for them today. Effect of Silver Demonetization. II ul silver rot b- en e'lt monetized, bank ers would lit .t have had as easy a lir e is they have enjoyed in cornering the fiaui; cial rmrket. ; nd g.:-tti".T kirpe ia:cs of interest and premiums; but neither would the be ii the same distress 31 !'1Q p-s-e nt time, for t'.:e wot id vouM have had iwi'f n? much money with whicli to ' its business. When we c isid : that ti e sol i coin e.f the world is r.-t ,::": r.t for even the pay '1:1 of the i'o-nl of li e debts, ve perceive how the b in king in-ti-tut ens have Irid tie port le. fU'uryf i e!y. by tl; throat, and i:--.v are b:;.-j cbok0 themselves by their own ei- vice. The irteres" upe n the- ti . bts cannot be pai.l in gold beeause there is not et:j;i -h of it to pay ti.e interest. Heme the c.iii" thi-.g remain.;:.;. to be done if to iss ie more l.-.-nds, payable in gold aio. and t.ae int:rc?t pay:-. I 1 in p 1 1. N--w the.t v- I body will boy the b-ids. wh-t is to l.e j el one? Ir.te-rest on foreign he- di-r-S of j American securities." estimated, at only f ul r per cent per annual, means a o: !r c.g') ef two hundred millions of d Unis every year in go'.cl. 1 t ! to pay t..;.t ia-t-rest. New we s -eni to be corning to a dead stop thn'ji;!i ti.is war: and the w! eels of finance '.'inch wo:a;ed so favor ably for the bar.;.-, is hi the past, are turning in t-o opposite direction and lac eiTting them finaii' ia lly. Appiiren'.ly our financial "hoti. of cards" is trembling, find about to fall Various rr 'od; :t ies are b-ing tri d by 1 the government and ti e f. blest fiiifu.obs of the worl 1. We r.-.i-tiit hope th.it the'r si: II won id j;cco::-.5l.-h the end ti.-'v de Fire, and s:: e the present inKtitutioi-s financial fl oni being ".-aa.-.on" to ; .ef e Pet. if v.-o are right in oar undc-sta ndh.L of the Kcript'tres- if the rreat I ay of Settlement las come, in i.ii-h a '.I ti.-e Shakubie th.ngs vo to bo shaken an i noilhriT renn 'n r-r. pt t! at ch. 'i un'v-4 be Kiiak' n. ti.iii v, it :.i; y be r tii..t human effort v. iU fa:!, and that tie- ?r- t est of all crashes of a tinanc; 1! kind that have ever happened will tkc- plactj. It w'.ll bt- noticed that 1 ana saying nothing new that what I have iu . said has been said in pari, nt lea.-t. bv many, nrd published in the newspapers. I tun merely bringing to-.re-ther .'-r: things, and Ki.iwin-: their relationship to tho Tes timony of tne llibie, that we are new in the great day ef "shaking." To some this will be con-iideted a fanatical poss,mi ai, because the vast majority of people have absolutely no exilic enee in the I'.ii-e. Nevertheless, when these thins? shall come to pass in th-n -very near future, some may be beipe' to an understand. ;.k of the true situation to a recognition of the fact that the shaking" upe.n the na tionsfinancial, social, political and re i- giciih-;.- of the 1. ..a.: n. : .-.-::,. rta; t'nder normal co::ti:::a:.s A. meri-an busi ness should be pre I crirrg as never be fore, because her c nanrcial competitors are at war, 1 n j una! le to properly attend to their commer- iil interests. likewise, America:! securities i;!.ou'.d be in demand l cause all securities of foreign coun tries have depreciab d l y the war. 15ut with the gold standard and an insufTicie-i-cy of gold, the busiiit.ss ol the entire work! is stagnated. The world's needs ar.d wants are as great as ever, but it bos !.. t toe gold wherewith 1:0 purchase. The de monetisation cf silver seems to b. re ferred to by the Prophet Kzekiel (:Vj raying-, "They shall cast the:r silver :::'. the street" treat it as a commodity Bad not as money. Tk-a Prophet then tells how gold will become scarce ai.J eventu ally be completely withdrawn by ta.e m-o-rle hi -litis as taou'h it were an uiidca.. thing, eis the Hebrew text implies "Their gold shall be removed." Thus lu-itl.e-r silver nor gold will be available. Railroad magnates, and the banker who bold their securities, perceive, that if it is diilicult to raise money for the 1 meeting of the interest en the bonds, it wiil be more diflicult to issuo new binds to replace maturing enos. no mat ter bow sound rid well managed the rail way may be. Is it any wonder that the trepidation of the financial and political princes of the earth is great, as they look into the future! Their eMll-crmi-ni. .1 fears were prophesied by our Saviour as one of the signs of the present time: Men's hearts failing them for tear and for looking after those thhit-s conunt upon the earth" tho soepial order and be cause of the shaking of tne heavens, tut ecclesiastic: systems. Luks Zl.'.H. Fear Humanity's Bane. The Fpeaker tlier passed to bis outlined its meaning, and said: Sin made moral co wards of ot:r text. From early infancy fear and approhetisiuo. csiiecir.lly in re-p;ct to things future, have been impressed upon us. We real:;., that we are imperfect, that our ejoj i. perfcet, that perfect ion is the on'y stand ard which He could approve, and that some kind of punishment lor sin rn-j ;t b expected. The Adversary, taking advan tage of our forefathers-, misr presented the Almighty, and has used our tears I alienate us from l-.im and to wrest and distort His M :ss3 3 to us in the li-ble St. I'aul assures us that this ia Satan's general proc-.-eJuic; that he puts lhjht 1 ' darkness and darkness for lghf. Thus it comes that our text, v. hi'-ii i.s r--ally one of the most lKiautif-.il and comfort irg In the whole Rible when underst uini, has 10 many become n lash in the hands of their fears. 2 Oirinthiam 41 Our text is one ef lite s;. mbolisms e.f a Hook filled with symbols. Clod's people guid-d by His Holy Spirit, iii due time wiil appreciate these symools. 1'or many of them, that due time is rdready here The Tiirone Is i'essiuh's; it npres-nts His Mediatorial lominion ef eartii for a thousand years. It whiie-ness svmi.ojizes the purity, the just ee. of H:s Kingdom of Righteousness ui der the w hole' heavens. The heavens and earth which Wil. f.ee from the presence ,,f the giyat Immanue! wlil not le the He-ivms t-f G.'1's Throne, j nor the earth widen He has given to th- j children of men. The heavens and eartb j whirh will f . e r.way. and for which no place wi l be found, are. of course, the symbolics! oii'-s j In Klhle syrr.no'n-'y the eurt!: refCTts established eivhirat'on: tie sea. the rest- ; less, e!saati.O'1 tnnfses cf bar. -i d :y : a ad tne mour.iains. naiaan gov ei iimcuis. auiji- doms, whicli consiltute Ui backbone of the mountains, huia-in governments, king oreser.t social lnrt!U:?!on. The svmno'.lc Leavens i-preKfi.t fjh: Itual in' .;--n es Kcelesiasticism, C'herefiiai Its. Ti-us In terpreted, our text d" lures that when M"S-iail assumes e .1 tr-l f the lAo-ld. U. result will be thnt the s a 1 yx' m e-f today, as well 113 j.re ser.t dey eeci .-iiisti-dm will pass out of existent e no piace will be foui.d for them. Satan Now the Prince. Some may ask. Whatever may be sail of the four thousand y.a.-s be 1 re tee coming of Christ, may it not be claimed that He: has been re lining ev er s.: lis ascension to ti.e li-I.t I an 1 of . 1 ? W answer. If the Re -le mt r of n en I. as been resigning as the K.ng of earth for the past nineteen centuries, tie -r.- s.h uM be something In the Ribie to so te.i'-h. On the contrary the Master's own words tci! us that Hatan l ti.e I"r:n- ef tl.ss Ace; that Christ's Kingdom i lu-t f t' is World (Ace); that lie v III c mte r.-iin end receive Hist followers to Himsc:f: that He went into a far country to rece ve ti!l to His Kingdom nnd to return 1 . u.l:- pos session eif it; and that f t lit--, ,r, l Coming He will be the irie.it King of Clorv. John H:K th'. I-"-'; Matthew 21:"; :.":H, SI. When v. e s'm ti.e paces e.f hi-'ory dar ing tho part eighteen eet.tu: ies. we :! cot.v int-ed that M s-iiah has 1. -t been King To t:.I::k of H.ru as su !:. with ti -oinn.i"Oie::t pew-r we ra r.-dit t- iinn. would be to eliafKe 1 Mm vith r-s-.n;h.I- i;y for bioo-ly f-nd atrocious j rs-i ru! i, for wars, famines and pe-'.ib-n -. : . e ly. no r.glit-minded irrt n-i, af.e- mature consideration, can rationally act pt the theory that we have had the plori 'U- Messianic Ke.gti ef Right cusn s 1- r ti.e ties: i:r e.f the wl.t-!e well !, the upl.fting of iiumaniiy. No one c:.n think that the Reign ef ( g'e.at Mediatt'r i.s in the past. We mut agree with our Uxt that 11 is ::. the fu ture; and that. v!.i-n estitbilsla I, its ef fect up-ai ires.::; institution pe i.;i- ;.!. social, liuan-i:.l. rei.ghJUs w i.i he s ie h thtt tl.t-v wi 1 f-ee iw iv; no plac-s wail be fount! for them. 1'rom t!..s stand;. i:nt alone- tin re is hope fur 111- wen Id. T01U.V ve are pvistg et tne e-.imax of civihaiiou. Vet w. behold r..e r c U-tirly than 1 v er l-fo: e that th- dee pi . -i -t a c.e-1 se-!fi.bri-s e-f hum.-iaity is a baht u;"u all our biess'Kni. a I Ti-line -ss is t- be f"unl everywhere. Alt:. e ach a s 11; I.iance it rij: h! t o-.isnes s is in-lsted upon and vi.-iato-s of that stat lar.l are ft - .ul crln.i nal. nevertheless it s-uis imp s-.t.'.e to 'legislate e-qu-ty. Justice. Mt n's keen in tellects find cpporl un a ies f ,.r t-:r.--un. v e n t -mg th- lav. 3 anil commuting t-ft, mur der, etc.. without e.a::-er of pun..--l.ni- r.t. The Great White Throne Judgment. Neither Je liovah G'd nor 1 lis K- p: ee:.t ativc. llcs-1 ah. can in ai.v s'-nse r th : be a party tj lnj.ist.ee i r m suilv. The fact that ir.ju; .:ee Uu- I - '1 pern.it ted, that ineiiulty j s been the rule for ce nturies, is to lie account d for by ti.e fact that eiurmg all this period the world has been un b-r the- re-i-rn if Sn ami Ieath. 11 e teign of fcatan, "the iTu.-e of tills wt.rll." nt:J e.f the- dirkntsjt of sel'ishnesj end evil all of w!.. ti hit n.itn" re-prc.-.' ritir; that tr.e w..rl-3 l . -i not t.ee-u ; under the ui-uuiiion of ?.'.esi.-iii. the Rep resentative of .t- I.oah and 3 l:s Ifc.'.teou I nt. ks. atej lt.te J The Ne w- T'Msne. or. t ion v. l.n h M'-'-nI-ih'n Kingdom will i.sh jr in is pn fare 1 111 em text. It wl'l be tie w rid-wide d rn:n.o-i ol purity, !ioi;-iec riyl t oust;-" . J-i i :, truth a cjreat Wlii'e 'j'ni'.-ne. No w-in..t -we read tiiat the symbolical li-.-.v-tii and earth, representing the e, 1 ortier eif thing- social, e-ccleais t :c:i i vvi.l Vini-I: eiwav: Rjt no one tlia.k for a r-raei.t tloif ecc le siasti -al pritic- s:, f'.nap'-ia! I"'nr"i mid poli;i'ail princes' will volui tnrily a"- kn i iwlt V:e that the ho-ir Pais come f r : fl.il S'.rn nil- r to principles e-f Ills Messiah nrd to Pl 1b? v. I 'so? 1. ; r : - I' t-oiiF-ie Jn ttie t-ortrarv. ihes-; priv i t c-t-il ini-m-tw rs of ear rate v.i ; W m'-:t- aid rue-re dravvn toL:'h'-r for mu' ial pet.-e-t'-eti- for the preservation of the speil.il j-i ,vt r. g"S wiii -h have 1- ni" I:.t. th-lr p s sjon. Kv.n now we se-e the prophecy ef the P.econd I'salm fulhlllng. W'u : in the very time when the !.-rl. throurh the Prophet Iavid. cali! the great er of earth to recorni7.e the tria situation of our wonderful day that the li.iv- ef Messiah has arrived, and that lie icini he reooc-Tiize-1 and His principles of riett cou: : css (.be- -1. Rut r.ol Th-- prophecy eb-'hi-e- that we are in the. day waeii the 'pie. the masse.-, will have foolish lmii-.-i!iiitloti. when they will think that by their own strength the y can inaugurate a re-itrn of ric-l.teousness a'.onr; the- Hn.-.s of Social ism, or by anarchy. The ;eopie must learn that their !: 'p Is in ti e Rord fcrnl pet in their own f ail i nn. They must see the force cf the word. !! e..l ir- all they that put thi'r trust in Messiah." On the othe.r har.d. the 11. ni y ).,!.-.-. earthly rulers and t-f ch ciast..-! t !!.- sre taking c-.j'-ael foitether f r the pres erva.tion cf prer-trt li eep:iti- -f th v. oi-M, bv which they a-e pre:.. ing. Tin Lord declares tint In this thev are I : t-.-i-i".;; then.. -el ves iiiii.-i-! Him and H.s tie Iv -apr ijnted King Messiah. For over h cer'ury liiii'iin l'bcrtv hs 1 e-ti m.tkini: progrtss, eb-spi;e eveiy e-i b ivor to re strain it. I-arth s potentates pen eivc tr.e rising tide cf 1 un.an inteil.s-'- ace a: 1 c nu f T equL riaht. Thev p'-Ice-'V. I that uniess soaie tii't:g be doat act this genera! movement. I nd vintages of the i-rivil'-g 1 t" count. - the s;-.-e , I cI-ism-5 v. . : 1 are t.Atng nik the re -.re- pu .::- tils-appear. 1-ven t.ow trey cout S' 1 to-r'thrr Vow to 1: Ktraints which th peojde upon th-n. cr.tl low to rt-itiuusurate . reign trf Kit'ocracy, such m prevail-! e-enrury ac t, but upon a h;I -r i-':c,n contrrilifd by br.gh.te-r wits. 1 el 1 ij ttti-K-r rtstralr t more intelligent mass'-s. "Be Instructed, Ye Judgssl Would that the eultjrcl and i:.Pl-f.i princes c f eart-'i e-ouid takes thv p-op. r view e-f ti.e situation ami re:,'.. 7 tin- f .' lacy of their e iinse.s, the in jins (bib:-.-ef averting the great ciiaiue wtiuli hi upon us by reason i f the tunc e on.e for Messiah to take unto Him. If Ilia great power ein.I icignl e'.iunl to wi-e e-f earth ri-a'lo tl:e s 'u.ai'oi an! fully subn.'t the tr selv.-s to t - livin re 1: lireine nts e.f nlf'!jt lust ice and run, v. hat a, blessing it wi.uid be to tne v--iM' If these prniees would turn th ir at lion from the grasping of pewer H-ei money tti the nl '-:'::. nuiei.t and u ;i : 't ! ". "t the people, thev- IViilI I lt--otlle I..T-.... tors f if fler New I HSpelii.i ii ei , v. 1.1 '1 T-e-uid be u--I.erel ii with re.'.iicing. lie; tho hoi J Informs us tla.t lion w i'i not the ease; ii r. 1 that as n resu.t Aleut nib Kifig-liiin v ill be ushered in ey "a 'i of Trouble flurh as wnt not since tliri was a ii.iti-11."-Ii.m.el 12.1. elod i.s ne re-fpe-cti-r of pers-ins. Iie-u-'". be fore His. Ju Isni-'tit Throne put:ihm.-nt will be met -1 out to small nnd great, wh-ii f-v.nnl to lee- violators of tlie prmei. ple-S Of j.!-t!'e. Wnultl Hint I COU 111 tVl- pre -is this upon many of the 1 .we 1 n:ivt who are crying out against It-jutt-e ia h'gh places, while prailiclnr s:m.'ar hi J .1st ices tlietnselvcs. Ret It lie- re:member eel that the Cireat Vhitt Thre-ne t). a j blessings only t- thtiso w ho lovt 1 ighte-ou-n'-ss and hale iniquity. The Master mid, "My Word nbaM hid-.i you In the I.at Iav." The b M-kt ti-en t- tie upcped Will be the werd eif Jesus, eif 'Hi-i Apostles r-rd of tin- iTor-ne-ts ol e.M Then ai! Shall sec the n:i-!.i- ; of the; hi vin M'ssi?" ef rir-htoousme.-s. rtrei e--i'-h vvl-.o would l ive everiastmi; l.f- rioi t conform his living and bis thirki g t thone stand., r ls ther -in contained At the; end e f Messiah s Reign, those; w hi-se nanus will have b'-en wr-ztt -i up m tifir lie. tf !.'! will ! fou-ul wo-tl-v i f -v . rl avt ing life tt e,-;p nh'i.1-- i.-in 1 nn iiicrcm wnitt I the Second De&tH. mt therein written will be elcHtroycd ia