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S5iK5S5SSwa3ig3s5fiSi iOJikHj:W;-..J The Chief C. B. HALE, Publlshor RED CLOUD, - NEBR STORY OF IHE WEEK NEWS OF THE WORLD BOILED DOWN FOR DU8Y READERS. NEWS FROM HOME ANDABROAD Doings of the Busy World Which May be Read In a Few Moments. Na- tlonal and World-wide Events of Importance. Foreign. The Lincoln celebration In England began at Rochdnlo, Lancashire A Kluirp earthquake hIiocIc was ex perienced In the district of Rodoz, France. It Is currently reported that tho Peruvian government Is trying to sell lo Ilrazll the cruisers Alinlranto Grau and Coronel Uolognesl. The bill providing for the aboli tion of tho death penalty In HuhhIii. which canio up for discussion Wed nesday has been Indefinitely tabled. Orders have been given for tho os tnbllBhment at Anioy of a branch of the American marine hospital. Sur geon A. D. Foster will bo In charge. A judgment in favor of tho Do minion Iron and Steel company In Its unit aunlnst tho Dominion Coal corn pay for breach of contract In the mat ter of delivery of coal lias been de livered bv the privy council or Great Ilrltaln, according to a cablegram re ceived in Halifax. About 35,000,003 Ih involved in the suit. Prince Ito, the Japanese resident Keneral In Korea, left Chemulpo for homo on board tho cruiser Adzmiut. The prlnco has been seriously 111 and Is returning to .lapan to recuperate. An unknown woman threw herself from tho top of tho Arc do Trlompho in Paris in tho full sight of hundreds of persons who wore crossing the Plnco do L'Ktoilo. She was killed in Ktantly. Denmark Wednesday held a great . national feast in celebration of tho ( two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of tho final repulse or the Swedish ns- snult upon Copenhagen under King Charles Gustavus. Premier von llloneth has recon structed tho Austrian cabinet with tho idea or restoring tranquility to tho empire. Tho new ministry is formed of representatives of tho nntion not directly engager-, in party struggle. A Chicago firm has been awarded n contract to supply tho British army with corned beef for a period or three years. Tho first delivery between fiOO.OOO nnd 1,000,000 pounds, will bo made nevt .Inly. Tho meat will bo packed under tho supervision or Brit Ish army officers. A double execution was carried out publicly In AIM In tho presence of an Immense but orderly gathering or people. There was considerable op position to the execution, and during the nluht a crowd or workmen pa raded tho streets singing revolution wry songs and crying "Down with tho executioners." Domestic. Senator Mare Anthony's bill submit ting tho question or Asiatic immig-i-tlon to si voto oi (he people was de feated In tho California senate bv n vote of 22 to 12. Martin Oberman. who, while insane, perhaps fatally utabbed one and seri ously in lured two follow passengers on the Great Western train near Her wick. Iowa, committed suicide In the Dcs Moines county Jail. The Glrard Ttust company of Phil ndelphlu filed m the United Statei district court a bill to foreclose on tho properly of tho Chicago Southern Vallwny company In default of In terest In 55.500.000 bonds Issued in 1900. Charged with murder in tho first degree, five nun. farmers of Scot! county, were placed on trial In Wa! dron. Ark. Defendants are accused of membership In a n,0b which three months ago called out John Halley and lynched him. Investigations or tho alleged plot to 1 please. Remington Meicer from tho Tombs prison, which caused the ar rest of Joseph A. Shay, formerly or counsel for Thornton J. Ilains. in 1 . Annls murder tnal, was begun by t.'io elty authorities. Count Koklchl Mldsuno, consul gen eral or Japan at New York, was warm ly applauded when ho denounced as unrepresentative or the sentiment cf either the United States or Japan all tho war talk and jingoistic expres aions recently heard. Dr. L. A. Horthy, tho matrimonial flgent accused or using tho malls to defraud, pleaded guilty und was sen tenced to eighteen months i- the Leavenworth penitentiary. Carlisle school has been definitely displaced on tho Harvard football schedulo by Urwn university. President Hoosevelt expressed him self ns much plcnsed with the action of tho California legislature In kill ing tho antl-Jana noso bill. In point or public interest tho homu coming of the great battleship fleet promises to exceed tho notable do partur of the same vessels. Charles Menzomcr, former discount clerk and assistant teller or tho do funct Enterprise National bank or Pittsburg, who was sentenced to servo five years in tho penitentiary In connection with tho bank failure, but whoso sentence was reduced to two years by President Hoosevelt, was released from prison Wedncsdny. John Helker, nllnB John Holchci', ndmltted nt Untie, Mont., that ho was Martin LeskoiisKi, wanted nt Mntich- chunk, Pa., for the murder of his mis tress nnd her bnby, four years ago, but lm strenuously denied that ho committed tho deed. An null-lobby bill pnssed tho Mich igan senate. John Hedmond denied reports of lighting by tho clergy at the Irish national convention. A through electric enr servlco wan Inaugurated Monday between Indian apolis nnd Ft. Wayne by tho Indiana Union traction lines. Tho route of tho service is by way of M uncle nnd Hlufrtou. Wlllluni H. liopklnson, n factory employe dr Bridgeport, Conn., Is dead and Mrs. Robert Unwln. with whom ho had been living, Is fntally wounded as tho result of n street quarrel bo twecn tho pair. A falling boom on tho Hamburg American lino Btcamcr Grnr Walderso" Saturday struck and killed Gustnv Mil ler and injured two others, both prob ably fntally. The men wero handling a boom derrick when tho cable gavo way and tho boom fell upon them. Two thousnnd thoroughbred dogs were exhibited in tho Westminister kennel club's annual show in Madi son Squnre Garden. P. G. Nicholas, convicted of tho mur der or Kd. Smith, a lirtcon-year-old boy while shooting at his rnthor, was hanged nt Marlon, Ark., Tucsijny. Nicholas sang n song on tho gallows and offered prayer for his enemies. Newspaper editors and publishers of Now Jersey gathered nt the Hotol Sterling in Trerton Mondny for their mid-winter conference. Tho principal mnttor up ror discussion was a bill to bo Introduced in tho legislature for tho purpose of increasing tho com pensation allowed tho newspapers for tho publication of legal notices. .. Washington. The conference report on tho bill amending tho nnturnlizatliyu laws was disagreed to and the bill was laid upon tho table In tho houso fol lowing a lively debate. Tho sonato committee on commerce ordered n favorablo report on a bill appropriating $500,000 for tho con struction of a new innrlno hospltat nt San Francisco. "A badgo of honor from tho United States to her defenders," is tho title or the bronzo buttons provided for in i bill introduced by Ropresentutlv-3 Colo of Ohio for presentation to tho surviving soldiers of tho Mexicun, civil and Spanish wars whoso nnmoa are now on the pension roles. Thnt an ad valorem duty on wools would bo Imprncticablo and would re sult In many abimes which would de prlvo tho government or considerable revenue, was tho most important claim mndo before tho house ways and means committee at tho supplemental hearing on tho wool schedule. Kobert W. Bri.ckoim, United Stntes attorney of tho Ninth circuit of Ha wii, is to send in his resignation to Attorney General Uonaparte. This ac tion is tno outcome of charges filed against Mr. Brockons and carefully Investigated by tho department of Justice. Breckons lived at Cheyenne. Wyo. An effort to gain tho consent of the house commlttco on territories to have tho Hetch Hetchy valley res ervoir bill cnllo up beforo tho houso on Mondny next met with falluro al tho committee meeting. Unless a spo clul rule Is brought providing ror tho consideration of tho bill Its support ers probubly will be unnblo to get it up on Monday. The United States government dis avows all responsibility ror recent re marks made by Representative Ralnoy of Illinois in tho house, criticising President Obaldla or Panama. This Is indicated in n letter sent by Secre tary Bacon to C C. Arosemonu, minis tor from Pannma in reply to n protest by tho latter in behalf of his govern ment. Tho union jack of tho battleship Maine, wlildi was sunk In the harbor of Havana, was received at tho navv department Tuesday from Captain J. C. Fremont, commanding tho . s. S. Mississippi, now at Guantannnio, Cu ba. It will probably bo added to tho collection or tho museum at the Wash ington navy yard arter bejlng dis played as part of tho nnvnl ovhihit nt 1 tho Alaska-Yukon-Paclllc exposition I at Seattle, Wash. 1 Railroad companies must show tho I changes in rntes or rules nnd regula I lions proposed by thoni aro just and reasonablo before being able to put such charges in effect, if tho bill which J ias been Introduced by Represenia , tlvo Nuedham of California is enacted Into law. ! HUH unable to agree on amendments I to tho Uuiko bill to require steamers Ito bo equipped with wlrloss telegra phy apparatus, tho houso committee on merchant marine and fisheries I after a lively session Friday postponed 'action on tho bill until next Tuesday Henry M. Hoyt, solicitor general or , tho department or Justlco, who, It has been rumored was to bo appointed under secretary or state, has com pleted arrangements to go to Phila delphia at tho close of tho prosent administration to enter tho prlvato ( piactlce of law. Mr. Hoyt was a class i mate of President-elect Tnft. NEBRASKA III BRIEF NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST FROM VARIOUS SECTION8. MI SUBJECTS TOUCHED UPON 'Religious, Social, Agricultural, Pollt. icat and Other Matters Given Due Consideration. Tho Burlington road Is building n substantial addition lo ItB passenger depot in Aurora. A cow owned by O. C. Rnsmussen of Oakland gave birth to triplets tho other day. August Swnnson n well known York county former, hold last, week 11 corn crop from forty acres which roturnod him $37.00 per ucre, or a total of $1,501.00. rsmi Army rcs's gcncrnti.' united with tho pubic twhoolB In colj'mitlng t'.e Hi coin tin il.eisary C. B. Sherman, formerly at Kear ney, has moved to Boise, Idaho, whore ho will engage In the lumber business. Mr. ami Mrs. M. J. Monettc. former ly or Omaha and now of Los Angeles, Cnl., have made n gift of $5,000 In cash to tho now Y. M. C. A. building of tho former city. For tho abduction of a lC-yearold girl, tho daughter of Aaron Dorman of Shelby, D. Horner was sentenced to ilvo years In tho penitentiary after pleading guilty. Ex-governor Sheldon and family, accompanied by n governess, leCt for H10 govornor's Mississippi plantation, whoro they w 11 mako a stay of sv-o-nl months bf.-foro returning to Ne braska. Herman Taylor, n prominent stock fcedor residing n mllo south of Plain view, perished in tho blizzard which raged there recently. He went out to care for his stock nnd evidently bo camo exhausted. During n light at the Harder iz Victor Peterson and John Smith, Smith pulled a gun and shot nt Peterson, one bullet striking him in tho forehead glancing upward and out ranking n dnngorous wound. Charles E. Benson of tho firm of Benson & Meyer of Omaha, died in tho Union Pacific depot at Kearney. He had Just returned from n trip to tho Callaway branch nttendlng to loan business for the company and went from his hotel to the depot. Paul Blnckenshlp, tho Burlington agent nt Blue Springs, who so mys teriously disappeared sometime ngo and who It wns feared had met with foul play, has been heard from nt Ogden, Utah. His wife at Blue Springs received a telegram from him stating that ho was all right. Marshal Mayfiold found several sacks filled with brass hidden be hind n cobslicd half burled In a clump or bushes in tho north portion ol Louisville. The brass is supposed to have been taken from tho engines of John M. Jnckmnn's mill, which was blown to pieces during tho recent storm, nnd from the railroad cars. Mrs. S. Hulflsh of Harlan county mot with nulto a nnlnfol nccldont. Whllo sewing on tho machine one of her fingers was caught by tho needle, which passed through tho en tire flngor, breaking off in tho bone. A physician was called, whoso er forts to extract tho needlo wero un- Buccessrul, and she was compelled to go to tho hospital nt Elmwood. Jess Lake of Edgar was pretty bad ly shaken up in a runnway. Ho was helping Lincoln Stayner haul lumber when tho team becamo frightened and started to run, and ns is usual on such occasions tho neckyoke camo down nnd Lako was thrown off the load, and 0110 limb was badly hurt, though it is thought no bones wero broken. In tho cases ngalnst Albert Thomp son and Rev. Jerome Emnnuel, pastor of tho Christian church of Aurora, who wero tried In tho police court, tho chnrgo being fighting, Thompson wns judged guilty by Judgo Rogers and fined $5 and costs, amounting to about $12 in all; and the minister was acquitted on the ground of self defense. As Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Colson aro planning to leave Oakland In tho nenr future, for their now home at Lodgo Polo. Neb., a coninanv of their relatives, forty-five in number, swoopod down upon them and took possession of their home for an old rnshloned surprise. A goodly lot or eatables had been provided, nnd these wero disposed of with "picnic" relish." II. C. Smith nnd F. M. McElweo or Franklin wero called to tho country, and returning to town camo very nenr freezing. When thoy got within two miles of town their tenm re fused to como farther against the heavy wind. Smith was compelled to lend tho team nil tho way In. He lost ills lint and tho storm was so bad he wns compelled to lead tho tenm walking back winds. Ho had a closo call from freezing to death. After a vigorous debate in which t)'5 question of cost was brought forth ns tho most serious considera tion the bill appropriating $200,000 for the establishment und mainten ance or a building twlno plnut at tho stale penitentiary was recommended by the house committee of the wholo, 'or passage. A fire broko out In tho luercnntllo More or Armstrong and Ward, at Itushvlllo, nnd completely destroyed the Btoro building or H. C. Dale; fur niture store of J. M. Grubb; Htoro bulldlw; or M. P. Musser and that of Donald Brown. GOT THROUGH THE HOUSE Measure Dealing With General Reve nuo Is Pasted. A bill of utmost importance on tho general revenue, that dealing with tho taxation of real estate mortgages, passed tho houso by a voto of C8 to 21. Sovcral bills dealing with the samo general subject were Introduced, but that by Taylor or York was tho one solocted for consideration. This bill, if it passes tho senate and becomes 11 law, will have a tre mendous effect upon the system of collecting revenues of this stntc. It is probably ono of tho most Important nnd far reaching changes ever made or over attempted to bo made In the revenue system or tho state. Tho measure follows: "A mortgage, trust deed, contract, or other obligation by which n debt is secured on real cstnte situated within this stato shall for the pur poses of assessment and taxation be doomed and treated as nn Intorst in tho real ostnto affected thereby except as to railroads and other quasi pub lic corporations. In enso of debts so secured, tho valuo or tho real estate affected by Bitch mortgages, trust, deed, contract or other obligation, Iosb tho valuo of such security, shnll bo nsscssed and taxed to tho owner of such renl cstnte and the value of such security shall bo nssessed and taxed to tho owner or such security, in tho county, city, village or district in which the real estate nlTccted thereby Is situated. "The taxes so levied shall be a Hen on tho real estate and also on the security and may bo paid either by tho owner or tho real estate or tho owner of tho security. If paid by the owner of tho security, the tnx paid upon tho real estato affected thereby shall become a part of the debt so secured. If tho owner of the real es tato shall pay tho tax so levied on such security, it shall constltuto a payment thereon and ns to tho amount of such payment n full dis charge thereof. If any such security or indebtedness shall be paid by such dobtor or debtors after tho assess ment of such security nnd beforo tho tax is lovied on tho snmo the amount of Buch levy may bo likewise retained by Buch debtor or debtors and shall bo computed according to tho tax lovy for tho preceding year." Woman Suffrage. Tho first round on tho woman suf frago bill wob fought out in the house and DUftrnBO won. the bill being placed on tho general file for dis cussion in commlttco of tho wholo after n vigorous effort to secure Its indefinite postponement. Tho autl suffragists wero put completely to rout, preferring to withdraw from tho field rather than stand the test of :i voto. Tho bill undor consideration Is that of Jerry Howard of South Omaha which provides for tho sub mission of a constitutional amend ment making "all persons" instead of all "male persons," with tho usual excepMon of age, imbecility, In snnity nnd the llko, voters. The ju diciary committeo recommended the bill to tho general file nnd Fries of Howard opened tho attack on the bill by n motion to indefinitely postpone. A dozen speeches wero made on tho bill after which Mr. Fries withdrew his motion. Primary Bill Recommended. The scuato committee on privileges and elections has recommended the Ollls primary bill for passago. with nmendmentB and this probably will bo tho party primary bill. Tho measuro provides tho primary shall bo held tho second Tuesday in Au gust and for tho opon voto and rotat ing ballot, overy voter being confined to his party column, however. Pre cinct committeemen are to be elected at tho primary in tho snme mnnnor ns party candidates, instend or being selected by tho county candidates aa at present. County committees will meet and organize the second Saturday after tho primary. At tho samo tlmo they will elect delegates to tho stato convention. There will bo ono delegato from each county which enst loss than 5,000 for tho party candidate for governor nnd ono for ench 5,000 or major fraction thereof. Tho stato convention will meet In Lincoln on the first Tuesday In September, thus giving the dele gates an opportunity to attend the stnto fair. Miller's Divorce Bill. Senators Miller's divorce bill aimed to prevent emigrant divorces and re quiring two years residence In tho stato beforo a plaintiff mny securo a divorco for a cause of action aris ing outside tho Btate, and one year's resldenco for cause of action arising In tho stato, was recommended for passngo. Peddlers Out of Business. Representative Sink of Hall has a bill to put all mnnnor of peddlers out of business, save truck farmers. His bill, provides that all peddters of medicine, groceries, tinware, imrd waro, rugs, intoxicating liquors nnd nil kinds of merchandise shall pay a monthly license of $100 In tho county In which they peddlo. Pensions for Disabled Firemen. Senator Ransom's bill providing for the pensioning or dlsnblod firemen was recommended ror passage by the senato committee or tho whole. It provides that any flroman perma nently or temporarily Injured In the servlco shall receive a pension or $50 n month. School Tax Levy. Tho bill providing for a school tnx levy or' 40 mills instead or 25 mills, which wns introduced by Senntor Howell, was passed by the senate by u voto of 23 to 3. ONE DEAD IN WRECK. Accident on Missouri Pacific At Union, Neb. One passenger was kited and eight othors Injured, some ol them serious ly, when three conches or Missouri Pa cific passenger train No. 101 left the rails at Union, Nebr.. Sunday. A list of the casualties follow: Killed: Thomas G. Barnum, stockman, Union, skull fractured ngalnst wutei tank; killed Instantly. Injured: Frank Hoavrlh, teamster. South Oni nhn, head hurt and skull fractured ubove eye. Amos McNnmee, rural mall carrier, headquarters ut Omaha, tiead vcut, hand, back and leg Injured. M. E. Thomas, Omaha, head cut and light forearm frnctured. Oscar Huston, Plnttsmouth, back In jured. ('. Massy, Vnutllllii, head cut and bruises. (ills KlllR. South Omnbn. uni-lnns cuts. J. E. Goldsmith, Omaha, head cut nnd arm hurt; slight. C. J. W. Roe, Omaha, knee nnd arm hurt; slight. Ai the Injured porsoitB nnd Thomas Barnum, the dead Btocknian, were In the smoker which ttnnml nn Itu ui,i, The wnter tnnk crushed In Barnum's skull nnd he was dead when found. Amos McNnmee, with whom Barnum was conversing, narrowly escaped a like fate. Although the weather was Intense ly cold, the injured did not suffer greatly, being cared for In the warm conches which did not leavo the track. Seven physicians were hurried to the SceilO nnd cared for the 111 In nut iinnn of whom, It is believed, will die. The wreck Is said to have resulted from spending rails. The engine and baggage car passed over the bad rails In safety, but the three coaches fol lowing left the track. Tho train was the regular Omaha-Knnsas City pas senger, southbound, but carried a light passenger list. Asks Pardon for Younger. Absoluto pardon for Cole Younger, ono or the famous Kansas bandits. Is requested In a letter to Governor Johnson from James A. Reed, former mayor of Kansas City. He says tho former bandit Is now promoting n su burban railway scheme and Is handi capped by the fact that his Minne sota parole granted several years ago carries conditions. Reed recites that the bank or North field. Minn., for which crime several of the Younger boys were sent to the penitentiary, grew out or conditions created by the Civil war; that Young er has been a good citizen und claims that he lias observed tho conditions or his pardon. The Younger boys were formerly Identified with Jesse and Frank James. Cole Younger and his brother, Jim, now dend, were released from tho stnte prison on parole In 1901, hut the parole forced them to Ilvo In Min nesota. After Jim committed suicide the state board of pardons allowed Cole to CO on conditions Hint lie nnvnr engage In any public performance to exploit ins past misdeeds. Though ho is held to have broken that promise, the nnrdon is not revoked, nmi the Is no way Minnesota can force him to return. Burkett Wishes Magoon Named. The suggestion thnt President-Elect Tnrt intends to make Jacob McGavock Dickenson or Chicago and Nashville his secretary of war, Is arousing a great deal of opposition to this ap pointment. Dickenson is attorney for the Illi nois Central railroad but It is not this thnt is causing the unfavorable com ment so much as the fact that he is an ex-Confederate. Grand Army posts throughout the country view tho pro posed selection with much displeasure, nnd they are sending Taft vigorous protests. Senator Burkett or Nebraska Is also organizing n strong movement among a number or his western colleagues in fnvor of the appointment as secretary of war or Charles E. Magoon or Ne braska, former governor of the Pan ama canal zone and lately provisional governor of Cuba. Is Prisoner On a Steamer. The valuo of wireless telegraphy ns an adjunct to the operation of tho ma- chlnory of justice was demonstrated Sunday when John Rynian. senman on bonrd the United States ship New Hampshire, was placed under arrest and confined to the ship's brig at the request of District Attorney Wlnslow of West Chester county, flashed to the New Hampshire by wireless whllo that vessel was several miles out to sea on her way to meet tho battleship fleet. Explosion In Tunnel! Two Killed. Slxtv workmen wero caught by tho explosion of a dynamite cartridge Friday In the McAdoo tunnel, which Is being constructed to connect tho two Hudson river tubos. Two men wore instantly killed and a number of othors were Injured. A report rrom tho officials says the tunnel was not Injured. Steel Trust To Build Giant Plant. The United States Steel corpor ation Is to build a city simllnr to Gary, Ind., on tho St. LouIb river, three miles rrom Suporlor, Wiscon sin. The now plant will cost $14, 500,000. Sixteen hundred acres of land has been purchased as a alto. Boilers In Bad Condition. Tho United States gunboat Scor pion will bo out or commission for six weeks owing to the condition or her boilers. On this account the sup ply ship Celtic will remain In Italian waters In order to aid in the dlstrlbu tlon or American timber. Commander Huz, or the Celtic, having visited tho earthquake zono and Inspected tho work which 1b now being done, ex pressed the warmest admiration for tho Italian nrmy und navy, whose per formances are beyond praise. . Stephen the First Christian Martyr Snnit Srknnl tetinn for Feb. 21. 1909 Specially Arranged for This Paper LKSSON TKXT Acts CiS-lS; 7:34-8:3. Mrmory verses S., M. aOLURN TrOXT. Tliey stoned Stephen, railing upon God, anil siiylng: "Lord Jtsiis, receive my spirit." Acts 7:59. TIMK.-Aboitt A. D. 3., 3rt. ltiuiifmy nnd llnrnack plnco It curlier, 32 and S3. Ac cording to Prof. Hlddta tlu're wns an In U'rieKnum of the Itonmu governors nlmnt A. D. 3t when Pllnte was deposed, Which made It cusler for tho Jewish rulers to put Stephen to death eoutrnry to Roman law. PLACH. Jerusalem. The city, the nyn ngOKUo of the Libertines, tile council chamber, nnd nlitslde of St. Stephen's Knto opposite Getliseimwie. Comment and Suggestive Thought. "We now enter' upon a new epoch or continuous development which will lend us without pause to Acts 11:0, I. e., rrom Hebrew disciples nt Jerusa lem fo Greek Christians at Antloch." Racknm. There were two classes of Jews at Jerusalem. "The Grecians" (v. 1), R. V., "Grecian Jews," Hellenists, those Jews who had settled In Greek ...... ..... ... ,, caking countries, who spoke the U inmoti Greek dlnlect In place of Jy spc: common vernacular Aramaic current In Pales tine, nnd who would be more or less influenced by Greek I bought nnd cus toms, nnd broadened to nccept of the necessnry new development of Christianity. "Against the Hebrews" I v. 1), tho Jews of Palestine, who com posed by far the larger part of the chinch of Jerusalem. Between these two classes there arose u complaint and murmuring be cause the widows of the foreign Jews did not receive their natural share of the support given to the home Jews. And yet they needed It oven more than tho widows who were among acquain tances and friends. Tho Difficulty Settled by tho Or ganization of Laymen for tho Work. The church elected seven men to at tend to this and similar duties, leav ing the apostles free to give their whole tlmo to preaching, prayer, and training the disciples. The qnnlitles required in these offi cers of the church were (1) of good re port, (2) full of tho Holy Spirit. (3) of wise judgment, (1) full of ralth. Character Sketch or Stephen. 1, "A young man or such original gqnlua and special grace that there was noth ing ho might not have attained to hud he been allowed to live. His wonder ful openness of mind; his perfect dom from ull tho prepossessions, ree- judlces, and superstitions of his dayj his courage, his eloquence, his si 3Ro less character; with a certnln sweet-.' nnd at the same time majestic man ner, nil combined to set Stephen In the very front rank both of servlco and of risk. He was already all but the foremost mnn of his day." Alex ander Whyte. Bible Characters. 2. He was a man of power, the power of faith and character ailanio with tho Holy Spirit. 3. Ho was full of grace, and of graces, and tho beauty of holiness. urace and power do not always go t gether. Some thlngB aro beautiful. fit not strong. Some thlncs are stronir and not beautiful. "How seldom Is a Boanerges (son of thunder) at the same time a Barnabas (a son of con solation). But the highest characters combine both. 'They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength . . . and the beauty of the Lord God shall be upon them.' " Pres. Mark Hopkins, Strength and Beauty. 4. Tho source of his power wns that ho was filled with tho Holy Spirit (v. 5). Prof. Bruce said of Phillips Brooks: "The man Is just a great water-main attached to the everlasting reservoir or God's truth and grace and love, and streams of life, as by n hoavenly gravitation, pour through him to refresh weary souls." Prof. A. V. G. Allen's Life or Phillips Brooks. 5. Tho rrult8 or his power were deeds or healing and love, wonderrul mirncles, "signs," which wore God's Indorsement or his teachings. It Is nlniost Impossible to prove that one's teachings nre rrom God, except by deeds that only God can do miracles or transformed ehnracter. or mlrnclen of healing and help. "si ' Stephen s Argument of Defenso no fore tho Sanhedrim. Acts 7:1-53, 1. Stephen's address Is not a direct but n real answer to tho charges against htm. 2. IIIb very use of the Scriptures Is a proof thnt he received thorn nnd did not blaspheme by repudiating them. 3. He defends what the Christians thought of the temple by tho history in the Blblo thoy accepted. 4. Ho showB that tho Jcsub he preached was tho ono foretold by Moses. 5. Ho shows thnt they who pretend ed to uphold the law were themselves breaking tt ns did their fathers, whom tho prophets condemned. Snul standing by and deeply im pressed by tho scene, and not long aft erward changed Into a disciple of Jesus, shows how tho blood of mar tyrs becamo the seed of tho church. A seemingly ordinary man wns con verted, opened his henrt to receive the Holy Spirit, and becamo ono of uie moBt iniluentlul of men. So may bo true of us. Out of troublous times, difficulties, nnd persecutions, as from Jacob's pil low of stones, there may arise a path way to God and heaven, the 'iclenr shining hlllB of Beulah above tho mists or distraction and tho thunder bolts or suffering." Stophen's Chrtstinn life was short, but ho accomplished more than most men had they lived nB long as Mothu- BOlQlt - . J 1 B fs M IIWIIMIH IWWWH'i l,MH 'Wi MHO '"r-