Nebraska Newspapers

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§■' A SCATHING REPORT.
SECRETARY SMITH ON THE IN
DIAN QUESTION.
the Dawes Commission Denounces the
Present System of Dealing with the
Five Civilized Tribes—Narrow Minded
Oligarchies In Complete Control—Treaty
Rights Long Voided—Congress Should
Act.
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The H»« ClTlIlmd Trlbet.
Washington, Nov. 30.—By far the
taost Important feature of the annual
report of Secretary Smith of the In
terior department, so far as the South
west is concerned, is the report of the
Dawes commission in regard to Its
negotiations with the five civilized
tribes of Indians in the Indian Terri
tory. This presents the correspondence
of the commissioners with the chiefs
of the five tribes and an account of the
methods by which the chiefs came to
unitedly present an opposing front to
any effective negotiations of any sort.
The failure of the commission being
thus detailed the report proceeds: “In
connection with the official interests
here briefly outlined the commission
availed themselves of every opportun
ity of conference with private citizens
of several nations, men of character
and influence among their people. By
visits to the various localities they fa
miliarized themselves with the condi
tions of life and the opinions and prej
udices which prevail in the different
sections and adapted the methods of
their attempt at negotiation to these
conditions But thus far they have
met'with no favorable response among
those holding power and controlling
the political machinery in the govern
ments existing in the Territory. It is
otherwise with those, believed to bo a
large majority, who in the machinery
by which affairs arc administered are
without voice or participation in the
policy or laws by which they are gov
erned. The causes, which thus far
have proved unsurmountable in all the
efforts at a peaceable solution of the
problem by negotiation, can. only be
understood by a thorough knowledge
of the conditions into which these peo
ple have been permitted to fall by the
indifference and non-interference of
the national government.
“The present conditions are not
treaty conditions. There is not only
no treaty obligations on the part of
the United States to maintain or even
to permit the present conditions of af
fairs in the Indian Territory, bnt, on
the contrary, the whole structure and
tenor of the treaties forbid it. If our
government is obliged to maintain the
treaties according to their original in
tent and purpose it is obligated to blot
out at once present conditions. It has
been most clearly shown that a restor
ation of tiie treaty status is not only
an impossibility, bnt, if a possibility,
would be disastrous to this people and
against the wishes of all people and
government alike.. Theory, therefore,
of those who have brought about this
condition of affairs, to be iet alone,
not only finds no shelter in treaty ob
ligations, but is a plea for permission
to further violate those provisions.
“The commission is compelled by
the evidence forced upon them during
their examination into the administra
tion of the so-called governments in
this territory to report that these gov
ernments m all their branches are
wholly corrupt, irresponsible, and un
worthy to be longer trusied with the
care and control of the money and
other property of Indian citizens,
much less their lives, which they
scarcely pretend to protect. There
can be no higher obligation incumbent
on every branch of the general gov
ernment than to exert its utmost con
stitutional authority to s >curc to this
people in-. common with all others
withiD our borders, government in
conformity with constitutional au
thorities. The government cannot ab
dicate or transfer to other shoulders
this duty as to any portion of territory
or people in the land. It cannot es
cape responsibility if the dark record,
which has now been brought to light,
is permitted to continue. Delay can
bring notiiing but increased difficulty
or danger to peace aDd good order in
the Territory. The situation calls for
prompt action.
These considerations lead but to one
conclusion. It Is in the judgment of
the commission, the imperative
duty of Congress to assume at
once political control of the In
dian territory. They have come
with great reluctance to this con
clusion, and have sought by all
methods that might reach the
convictions of those holding power
in the territory to induce them by
negotiation and mutual agreement to
consent to a satisfactory change in
their system of government and ap
propriation of tribal property. These
efforts have failed; and the commis
sion is driven to the alternative of
recommending abandonment of these
people to the spoliation and outrages
. perpetrated in the name of existing
government or' the resumption by
Congress of the power thns abused.
Venezuela Not Kelllcose.
' London, Nov. '30.—The Times pub
lishes the following dispatch from its
correspondent at Caracas, Venezuela,
under dale of November 1: “It is of
ficially stated that the revolutionary
outbreak is of no importance. No
Dritish ultimatum has yet been re
ceived, and many of the influential
Venezuelans urge kn amicable settle
ment. _ The government is afraid the
tendering of an apology would be
equivalent to recognizing the right of
England to the disputed territory.
Otherwise it is ready to give satisfac
tion. A considerable party favors a
direct settlement of the frontier ques
tion without reference to the United
States."
Senator Kelson Announces His Colleague's
Candidacy for the Presidency.
Chicago, Nor. 30.—‘-Minnesota has
candidate lor President—Cushman
K. Davis—and will push his claims in
the convention just as long- as he has
any possible show of getting the nomi
nation,” said United States Senator
Knnte Nelson last evening. He con
tinued: “But there is no telling what
the convention will do. All the can
didates, McKinley, Reed, Morton and
Allison, are strong men. If we have
to let Senator Davis out of the race
-then I think the Minnesota delegation
-will be eventually divided between
McKinley and Bead. ”
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
Secretary Smith's Report Devote* Mlitb |
Space to the Indian Question.
Washington, Nov. 30.—Secretary
Hoke Smith, of the Interior depart
ment has made his annual report to -
the president. It reviews the varied
work of the department, beginning
with the Indian service, and calls at
tention to' the strict enforcement
which has been given to tlie civil
service reform, both as to the places
covered by the classified service, and
those to which the rules of this service
do not apply. The secretary dwells
upon the necessity of eliminating
politics from the management of In
dian affairs, and of conducting each
reservation upon strictly business
principles, the object being to make
every Indian who remains upon the
reservation self-supporting and ready,
as soon as possible, to assume the
duties of citizenship and be freed
from the paternal care of the govern
ment. The Secretary is of the opinion
that if the resources of each reserva
tion are treated intelligently and the
Indians required to labor in those pur
suits which are adapted to particular
reservations, in a few years practically
all the Indians can be made self-sup
rmptino*.
Allotments should be made long? be
fore reservations are opened. Each
Indian should be settled upon his
homestead and be self-supporting be
fore citizenship is conferred upon him.
When citizenship is conferred, the
Government ought to let him alone
and allow him to take his place, sur
rounding him with no more restraint
and giving him' no more help than 1b
accorded to other citizens. Under the
{(resent system, Indians to whom al
otments have been made and upon
whom citizenship has been conferred
still receive enormous gratuities and
need every dollar they receive.
After reviewing in detail the work
of the land office during the past
twelve months, the secretary takes up
the question of the disposition of the
arid lands, and the preservation of the
forests. He urges that these two ques
tions are closely allied, for the quan
tity of arid lands far exceeds the
present water supply, even if it were
all utilized for irrigation. The in
crease of the water supply must de
pend upon the growth and preserva
tion of the forests. Attention is called
to the failure of the Carey bill to ac
complish the results expected; the
secretary attributes this to the fact
the bill intended that money for the
irrigation should be raised upon the
arid lands given to the States. This
has been impossible on account of the
fact that sufficient control over the
lands was not given to the States to
make them available as security for
the money expended in their reclama
tion. The secretary suggests the
advisability of patenting these lands
to the States after it Is fully deter
mined that - the selections made by
them under the Carey act are arid
lands.
CRAZED ON A TRAIN.
An Aged Woman and Her Grandson Both
* Insane—The Woman Kills Herself.
Madison", Wis., Nov. 30.—As the
north bound train on the Northwest
ern road reached Shopeer last night,
an elderly woman, traveling with her
10-year-old grandson, suddenly be
came violently insane and caused
a panic among the passengers.
The conductor locked the woman
and the boy inside the car.
but when 1 he train arrived at
Evansville, the woman was missing,
she having leaped through a window.
The boy remained in the car and it
was found that he, too, was demented
and could give no account of what
had transpired. This morning the
woman's body was found beside the
track three miles south of Janesville.
She had evidently been killed in
stantly.
TRAIN ROBBERS FOILED.
Texas Bandits Hold Up an Express, Bat
Fall to Open tbe Safe.
Fobt Wobtit, Tex., Nov. 30.—Five
miles north of Childress, at
6:30 o’clock last evening, a north
bound train on the Fort Worth
and Denver was held up by two men.
The robbers got nothing, as the mes
senger could not open the through
safe. _
* uiaraiug ' say scrapers.”
Chicago, Nov. 30.—Chicago firemen
yesterday demonstrated at the Masonic
temple their ability to cope with fires
in the upper stories of the tallest
buildings. Engine No. 1 of the fire
department pumped a stream of water
through 500 feet of hose and stand
pipes to the roof of the building, where
there was sufficient force to drench the
roofs of neighboring buildings/ The
water pressure at the building was
340 pounds. On the roof at the same
time the pressure was fifty-four pounds
to the inch.
Fraker’e Health Precarious.
Excei.siobSprings, Mo., Nov. 30.—A
fellow prisoner of Dr. G. W. Fraker
has written to Captain J. L. Farris,
Fraker’s attorney, that the doctor's
health is precarious and that his doc
tors in Richmond report that he is af- ;
dieted with an incurable case of
Bright’s disease. The letter says that
at times Fraker is out of his mind. Ho
has asked that Dr. J. M. Allen of Lib
erty be called to see him. His attor
ney here will see that the request is
attended to.
China Will Balld Her Own Hallway*
London, Nov. 3o.—Special dis
patches from Shanghai say it is re
ported there that no railway conces
sions have been granted to foreigners
in China and that the Chinese govern
ment intends henceforth to keep the
railway building in its own hands.
NEWS BREVITIES.
Two dead bodies were found in the
ruins of the Vokes building at New
York.
Murderer Willis King, a life convict,
escaped from jail at Gatesville, Texas.
Jesse Wimp, a supervisor of Dallas
Township, Illinois, was killed by a
C. B. & Q. train.
A call has been issued for a caucus
of Republican senators, to be held
next Monday.
Rabbi Cries preached a sermon
against Thanksgiving as a Christian
I institution at Cleveland, O.hio.
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TWO TIMES AftD OUT.
CLEVELAND WAVfg NO THIRD
TERM IN* HIS.
All Ramon Sot at Root—The President
Has No Desire For Nor Would Ho
Accept Another Nomination—*A Tonr
of the World at the Close of Hie fm*
ent Term lielng Arranged.
No Third Term In Hie.
.. Nkw York, Nov. 28.—It was an
nounced lust evening by E. C. Bene
dict, the trusted and Intimate friend
of President Cleveland, that the presi
dent will not under nny circumstances
accept the nomination for a th.it d
term. Mr. Benedict has long enjoyed
the confidence of Mr. Cleveland and is
so close in his relations with him that
this statement has a semi-official com
plexion.
Mr. Benedict said: “I am certain
that Mr. Cleveland would decline an
other nomination if it were offered
him. I am positive that he doesn't
want to serve a third term. I am
equally positive that he could
not be persuaded under any circum
stances to accept the nomination if it
should be tendered him. 1 have heard
him say that he intended to make &
tour of the world at the expiration of
his second term; that he wanted to
see more of the world than he had
seen and that he had his traveling
companion already picked out—at
least that he had asked a personal
friend of his to accompany him on the
tour.”
In making this statement for pub
lication, Mr.' Benedict has so far de
parted from his previous reticence
with regard to Mr. Cleveland’s affairs,
that it lias special significance.
To-day Mr. Benedict said furtber:
“Mr. Cleveland does not make me con
fidant lean not speak for him with
authority, and I don’t like to be placed
in the position of acting as his mouth
piece. It is not a pleasant position
for one to be in by any means. 1 feel
positive that Mr. Cleveland does not
want to serve as President for a third
term. He feels that he has done
enough for his country and no longer
cares for the successes or defeats of
politics. I feel certain—mind I don't,
say I am certain—that he could
not be persuaded to accept a
re-nomination. It has not been
offered yet.' I feel certain, and
there arc little social matters into
which it is not necessary to go, that
Mr. Cleveland is anxious to get out of
politics. He wishes to enjoy the sov
ereignty of the citizen rather than the
servitude of the State. He is count
ing the dayB and hours until he can
return to private life.”
“There are some who say Mr. Cleve
land must accept a renomination,”
was suggested.
“I feel that he will not.”
“Then he will have to make a de
claration to that effect.”
“I think,” was the reply made
slowly, “that he will either refute or
confirm what I have said at an early
day over his own signature.”
DEATH BEFORE DIVORCE.
Peter McGeocb of Lard Corner Fame
Kill* Himself.
Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 25,—Peter
McGeoch, millionaire, known through
out the country as a during specula
tor and keen financier, the man who
ran the great lard corner in 1883 and
tost millions in its collapse, shot him
self this morning at his home on Na
tional avenue, just out side of the city,
and wap found dead in the bath room
of his his house at 11:35 o’clock. He
had placed the muzzle of a revolver in
his mouth and fired. The bullet took
an upward course and penetrated the
brain.
MeGeoeh’s domestic troubles un
doubtedly led him to take his life. It
was announced yesterday that his
wife was about to bring suit for di
vorce on the ground of incompatibili
ty of temper, and it is well known to
their acquaintances that their married
life had not been happy and they had
lived apart for some time.
McGeoch was a man who had ex
perienced many reverses und gone un
daunted through trials that would
have broken down most men, but do
mestic scandal was more than he could
bear and immediate cause of his sui
cide was no doubt the making public
of the fact of the impending divorce.
No man for years was better known
on the Chicago and Milwaukee Boards
of trade than Peter McGeoch. He was
a daring speculator up to the disas
trous lard deal of 1883, when he at
tempted to corner the lard of the
country and was buried under the
load. Daniel Wells, jr., of Milwaukee
was interested in the deal, and a long
and acrimonious law suit followed.
After the failure of the lard comer,
McGeoch dropped out of the specula
tion, and devoted his time to his
street railway lines up to 1889, when
he sold to a Pittsburg syndicate,
headed by Mr. Ryan of New York.
Since then he has devoted himself to
his various interests, which are of
considerable magnitude.
McGeoch was married eight years
ago to Mrs. Libby of Kenwood, a Chi
cago suburb The two had not been
lappy for some time.
Caucus of Henderson Men.
Wasihkoton, Nov. 28.—A caucus of
Western and Southern Republican'
congressmen was held last night at
the Normandia in the interest of Gen
eral Henderson’s candidacy for clerk
of the house. Congressman Cannon
Df Illinois presldud, and Congressmen
Henderson of Iowa and McCall of Ten
nessee v/ere leading spirits. Strong
inroads into the McDowell forces were
reported, especially among the new
longressmen.
O UIRCj IU VlUVUgOl
Washington, Nov. 28. — Chicago's
strikes, according to bulletin No. 1 of
the labor bureau, just issued, have
cost 3S,s4s,t04 in the past seven years,
and this only relates to the loss in
wages. No city in the country shows
as heavy losses or as many men taking
part in them in the length of time cov
ered by the report. The number of
strikes in New York was larger, but
the loss was smaller. There were no
less than 10,060 strikes in Illinois from
the beginning of the year 1867 to July
1, 1894, of which 4,050 succeeded, 4,4ti0
failed, and the remainder were com
promised.
NEWSY TELEGRAMS.'
8ak Francisco, Not. 2d.— The so*
vcre storm that lias 'been' ravin#'
through the Fast does not extend
west of the Rookies. •
London, Not. 36.—At the Boling*
broke Club in a twenty-round contest i
for *700 between Jem Smith and Dick
Burge, Smith won in the ninth round.
Sedai.ia, Mo., Not. 2$.—Mrs. Mona
han-Collier’s millinery establishment
closed by assignment, with no pre
ferred creditors. Assets, 93,500; lia
‘ bilitles not estimated'.
Jennings, Kan., Not. 23.—Franeis
Schlatter registered' at the Revere
house in this little city yesterday. He
has kept his room nearly all the time
and Tory few have so far been: able to
see him.
Jefferson Ctrr, Mo., Not. 2S.—John
Bates, a farmer residing near Brasatot
eighteen miles from this city, com
mitted suicide yesterday by shooting
himself through the head w'ith a rifle.
Domestic difficulties was the cause.
Chicago, Nov. 23.—Between 12 and 1
o’clock this morning flro destroyed
Arnold' Bros.’ packing house and meat
market on the Hay market square. The
property damaged was estimated by
one of the proprietors at 9125,00a In
surance, s.a.uuu,
St. Joskph. Mo., Not. 28.—William
Durrall and William King, both well
known men, quarreled over a turkey
raffle in the barroom of the Colorado
house last night and King broke a
billiard one over Durrall’a head, crush
ing his skull. King is in jail.
IxDiAn.AFOX.10, Ind., Nov. 28.—The
directors of the Childs-Drexel home
for union printers decided, after the
evidence before them had been care
fully considered, to send a committee
to Colorado Springs to Investigate the
charges preferred against Superin
tendent Shuman, of the home.
uTRINgfield, Mo., Nov. 38.—A livery
stable on South Campbell street, be
longing to F. 8. Bitter, was entirely
destroyed by fire yesterday. The loss
is between 810,000 and 815,000. A
large number of horses were con
sumed, the highest estimate being
forty. Many overland freighters had
their wagons' loaded ready to go to
Arkansas and lost their all.
Sherman, Texas, Nov. 2A—The body
of John 'Mack, aged 19, was found
hanging from the limb of a tree near
Greenville, in the county adjoining
this. From the surroundings it ap
peared to be clearly a case of suicide.
Mack was guilty of assault upon his
sister, aged 16, and liis father says
ever since the crime came to light he
feared his son would hang himself.
Jackson, Mich.-, Nov. £8.—There was
a desperate riot at the state prison
yesterday morning. Deputy Warden
Northup was struck on the head with
a hammer. It is thought he is fatally
injured. Superintendent Coffer of the
shirt factory, was badly beaten, as
was also Foreman Muller. Enraged
convicts smashed scores of machines.
The convicts, after much difficulty,
were controlled and locked up.
South McAlester, Ind. Ter., Nov.
28.—The Colgate & Krebs miners have
just held a meeting and have appointed
delegates to a territorial mass meeting
of miners for the purpose of compell
ing the mining companies to restore
the old schedule of wages aud the old
rules. It is thought that a general
strike all over 'the Indian territory
will take place in the near future.
Topeka, Kan., Nov. 28.—The Santa
Fe officials hold Conductor J. M. Bobb
and Engineer J. C. Brown of the
freight train which collided with the
east-bound “flyer” at Shumaker, N.
M., responsible for the wreck. The
freight train was behind time and
ought to havo been sidetracked at
Tipton, seven miles east of Shumaker,
the officials say, for the “flyer,” which
had the right of way. As it was, the
freight train got on the passenger
train’s time.
Washington, Nov. 28.—The Kansas
Congressional delegation, as soon as
possible after the Fifty-fourth Con
gress begins, will introduce resolu
tions in both houses looking to an
investigation of the circumstances con
nected with the arrest and imprison
ment of ex-Consul Waller! The mem
bers of the delegation take the position
that the United States is entitled to
the record of the trial as a matter, of
right, and therefore should not ask it
as an act of comity.
Omaha, Neb., Nov. 28.—During the
wind Btorm on Sunday night a heavy
Union Pacific freight train was stalled
by the wind in coming down the
steepest hill on the run in Wyoming.
The trains have to come down the
Peru hill with all brakes set, but in
this instance the wind was so severe
that the train, with brakes off and a
full head of steam on, was unable to
run down bill.
Anderson, Ind., Nov. 28.—The wind
blew at a terrific rate last night. The
colored United church, a new build
ing, was completely demolished. The
covered bridge over the Missiannewa
at Jonesboro, was blown down and
the third story of the rubber works
torn down. James Howard was seri
ously injured by the walls of a build
ing falling on him.
Barcelona, Spain, Nov. 2o.—A sen
sation has been caused here by the
action of the Bepublican leaders, who
have decided to call a great mass
meeting for the purpose of condemn
ing the policy of the government in
Cuba. It is proposed to issue a mani
festo demanding autonomy for Cuba
as a sure means of concluding tho
war ou the island.
• Bowling Green, Ohio, Nov. 28.—
The Standard Oil Company reports
over 1,000 derricks blown down in this
field by last night’s storm, and states
that its loss will reach 8160,000. The i
loss to private operators is enormous, j
Wires are down everywhere. The vil- |
lage of Cygnet, in this county, was j
almost blown away. I
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Wichita Masons are talking of build,
ing a 930,000 temple. !
Arthur Arnould, a French author of
note is dead, at the age of 63 years.
The storm off the English coast con
tinues. Many sailors have been :
drowned.
There is talk of having Congress
create a department of gymnastics in
the army. |
Wright Bros., general merchants of
Warrens burg, Mo., have made an as
signment.
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THE CHAIRMANSHIPS.
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SPEAKER REED IS FIXING
THEM UP.
*!• Contest Being Waged with Hnel
KitiMtiMM—Tfaa Head of the Ways
and Means Committee—The Iaflsanee
of Hum Quay and Platt la the Eight
for Jobs.
Boaao Chairmanships.
WAgmgOTcw, Not. 27.—-The contest
far the committee chairmanships in
the house is being waged with much
earnestness. Mr. Reed, who will, aa
speaker, name these, is keeping his
Own counsel in this matter. It is gen
erally accepted that he has already
made up his mind with regard to the
most important chairmanship—that of
the ways and means committee.. Sere
no E. Payne of New York is,- it is
thought, pretty certain to secure this
position, which carries with it the
honor of leading the majority on the
floor. Mr. Payne and Mr. Oalzell of
Pennsylvania are the leading candi
dates tor the place, but Mr. Ualsell is
not on friendly terms with Senator
Quay. Mr. Payne, on the other hand,
la very close to Platt, the Republican
leader of New York, and he la at the
same time the ranking Republican
member on the committee. If Mr.
Reed, therefore, who is accredited
with having an eye to 1800, can please
both Senator Quay and Mr. Platt by
appointing to the ways andjneans
chairmanship and follow the rules of
precedent at the same time, it is
thonght very probable that he will
doit
General Henderson of Idwa, is
thought to be slated for the chairman
ship of the next most important com
mittee, that on appropriations.
EXTRADITION REFUSED
Governor Morrill Deullnee to Give Cp Ab
ductor Chisholm to Missouri.
Topeka, Kan., Nov. 27.—Governor
Morrill to-day refused the requisition
from the Governor of Missouri for Fred
Chisholm, the negro charged with hav
ing abducted a young white girl of
Benton county. Mo. The refusal was
based on the irregularity of the pa
pers, there being nothing to show
that the person before whom the orig
inal complaint was filed was a magis
trate or that the signature attached
was that of the committing officer.
There was some excitement among
the negroes who - had come from Law
rence to prevent Chisholm’s extradi
tion, it being claimed that it waa the
purpose of the people of Benton coun
tv to lvnch him.
Republicans for McKinley.
New Yoke, Nov. 2 7.—Senator John
M. Thurston, of Nebraska, in an inter
view yesterday, said: “The Repub
licans are for McKinley for the next
presidential candidate, first, last and
all the time.’’
“Do you think that the Republicans
will be able to reorganize the United
States Senate at the comingsession?”
“Yes,” he replied, “L believe we
will be strong enough to assume con
trol. I have been in Washington for
a week and can say that at tne open
ing of the Senate, the Republicans
will start in and reorganize that body.
I believe that all the Populist mem
bers of the Senate will vote with the
Republicans this session, That, at
least, is the understanding among the
leaders now, and I do not think that
anything will turn up to' change the
program.” Governor-elect Bushnell
of Ohio is at the Holland house. In
an interview he expressed the opinion
that Governor McKinley would be the
next Republican nominee for Presi
dent ' __
He Went* HU Child.
Warf.ensbcro, Mo., Nov. 27.—About
two years ago J. H. Jones of Simpson
township married a daughter of Law
rence Manning and deserted her four
months previous to the birth of their
shild. His wife returned to her fath
er’s home, where the child was born.
She died three weeks later. Manning
kept the infant and the father made
several fruitless efforts to obtain pos
session of it Yesterday he applied to
the probate court for a writ of habeas
corpus. When the trial brought out
tiie facts Judge Gibson gave Mrs.
Flowers, a neighbor, the custody of
the infant until a guardian could be
appointed. ,_'
Many Want to Be Healed,
Atchison, Kan., Nov. 27.—The dis
patches about H. H. Wentworth, the
Atchisoa healer, have brought the
poor flagman a notoriety, which in all
his 80 odd years he never dreamed
would be his. Letters are pouring in ]
upon him in such quantities that now
his daily mall ia greater than that of
any man or firm in the city. Yester
day at 10 o’clock there was a record of
235 letters and the heavy mails of the
day had not yet arrived. These letters
come from everywhere, and from peo
ple with every imaginable ailment,
and all asking for the influence of the
wonderful power of the magical
healer. _
.Judges Divided Religiously.
Montreal, Nov. 27.—The case oi
the Canada Review against Archbishop
Faber for $50,000 damages for being
put under the ban of the church, came
up for judgment in the court of review
yesterday. Judges Tait, Taschereau
and Archibald presided. The two
former, both Catholics, were unani
mous in deciding that the bishop had
the right to condemn any paper con
trary to the teachings of the Catholic
church. Judge Archibald, a Protes
tant, dissented and held that the
plaintiff should have $10,000.
tap He Abdicated la Favor at Maher Ba»
cause He Was an Irishman.
Lynn, Mass., Nov. 27.—Retired
Champion J. J. Corbett said in an in*
terview yesterday; “I am disgusted
with the entire business and hence
forth will confine my entire time to
the stage. No matter what the publie
may say, whether it be complimentary
or otherwise, I cannot be indnced to
again enter the arena. I bestowed the
championship upon Peter Maher be
cause he is an Irishman, and because I
prefer he should have and defend the
title rather than place it in the cus
tody of an Australian or Englishman. *
ralmage in Washington.
PI Interested la Wow York Affairs—
Seven Hundred Theaaand Del^n fw
Charities—What He Thinks or Certain
Hooka. •
Everybody knows that the Illustrious
divine, who made the Brooklyn Taber
! nacle famous throughout the world, has>
I recently been called to a pastorate Itg
w asmngion. h:i
church is. the First
Presbyterian ^
church of that city, , <
and while In form* |
er years a very , -14
prominent lnstitu
Uon, It latterly had "T^
Jbeen favored with ?!
hat small audl- ■:
• e aces, composedS
, principally or men
T. DiWtnTiuuei. and: women who re
mained loyal to the old ehitrch even
though' now surrounded largely by
business houses. A marvelous change,
however, has suddenly come ever thin
time-honored landmark, and> to-day the
Find Presbyterian church of Washing
ton, owing to the wondrous eloquence of
its newly installed pastor, is every Sun
day besieged by multitudes, many of
whom stand there frequently ttnosn In
advance of the opening of the service
In hopes of being able to wedge their
way in somehow or other, and to listen
to the matchless eloquence of Ameri
ca's foremost pulpit orator.
People all over the country are woo
dering whether Dr. Talmage, in mow
ing to the National Capital, and In ex
changing hla Brooklyn residence for m
house in, Washington, has actually di
vorced himself from all connection with *
the east. Dr. Talmage waa recently In
terviewed on this subject by a reporter
of this paper, and the reverend gentle
man said that as long as his editorial:
chair bad two legs In New York and
two legs in Washington he could never
be considered as having severedall hla
connections with the metropolis.' “The
Christian Herald," he said, “with its
wide circulation, is a tremendous power
tor good,’’ and as long as the Lord gave
him health and strength he would write
for that paper—In fact, he would-be In
his editorial chair at the*BlbIe House
mute frequently now than ever*. Con
tinuing, the genial preacher- said:
“There is no paper In America that
wields a more potential influence for
good than The Christian Herald, with a
circulation of nearly two hundred thou
sand copies weekly. Nothing but-death
shall separate me from It Dr. Kloptcb,
Its proprietor. Is a man of extraordinary
enterprise. This year besides printing
The Christian Herald every week In
beautiful colors, a veritable enchant
ment for the eye, he offers aa a premium
a complete library, consisting of. ten
splendid volumes, full of interest and
full of entertainment with an elegant
bookcase, delivered free of all expense,
together with the paper Itself, fifty-two
times, for the moderate sum of $3.
Hereafter let no home In America be
without a library.
I asked Dr. Talmage whether he conld
recommend the library to people who
contemplated securing it, and he said
unhesitatingly, “I know every book.
They were carefully and thoughtfully
prepared, either specialty' written or:
complied by most eminent literary men,
and there Is not a weakling among
them.”
“How are the people to secure this
great library, and this wonderful paper :
of yours?”
“Simply by sending f 3 to The Chris
tian Herald at 888 to 895 Bible House,
New York City, and by return mall they , j
will be delighted with the result. Ever? “
since my boyhood, I’ve had a passion;
for books; I love them still—couldn’t
live unless surrounded by them. So.
I'm something of a judge of good litera
ture. And In my whole life I have never
seen a better selection in small compass -•
than these ten books which Dr. Klopsch.,
has had prepared for his subscribers.;
It’s a perfect library of Information,
entertainment and amusement, and IS
the climax of the wonderfully enter
prising and far-seeing management:
that has placed The Christian Herald;
ahead of all competitors as a. Christian,
home Journal. Do yon know,” con
tinued Dr. Talmage, “that, this paper
has In less than six years expended,
nearly $700,000 In various beneficences
at home and abroad?”
Just then Miss Talmage came In to>
call her distinguished father to dinner,;
and the Interview ended.
Remember the address, 888 to 89£
Bible House, New York City. -
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GREAT THOUGHTS
Mentally only, man in the superior
animal.
Economy Is halt the battle ot life;,
It la not so htlrd to earn money as to.
spend it well.—Spurgeon.
Every good and commanding move
ment in the annals ot the world is the
triumph of enthusiasm.—Emerson.
To endure la the first thing a child
ought to learn, and that which he will
have most need to know.—Rousseau.
I wonder many times that ever *
child ot God should have a sad heart,
considering, what the Lord ia preparing
for him.—S. Rutherford.
When Christ hrlags his cross, he
brings his presence; and where he is.
none are desolate, and there Is no
room for despair.—Mrs. Browning,
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ited in Egypt
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boiled in sods.
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yesr to maintain.
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ish navy is 10,125 a year.
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