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TUB NORFOLK WK15KLY NEWS - JOURNAL , FRIDAY. JUNK 24 , 1910. .000 PEOPLE'S PULPIT. . . The Law of Retribution Sermon by CI-IAHLLS T. Sowing and Reaping Visit RUSSELL , ing Sins of Parents Upon Their Pastor Brooklyn Children Justice of the Divine labenr.clc. Arrangement Grace So Much More Abounds Else Were Your Childicn Unholy. I'lilluil ( > lililii. | I'll. . Juno 12-Pnstor ItiiHscIl of The Brooklyn Tabernacle liroaohod hero twice today to In rue anil attentive audiences. We report his discourse rniin tlio text , " 1 , tin ; Lord thy Cod am a jealous Cod , visit Ing the Iniquities of tliu father * upon tliu chil dren unto the third and fourth Kent-ra tion of them that Imte me ; anil show ing mercy unto thousands of them that love mo and keep my coiiiniunilmentH" ( Deuteronomy v , 0 , 10) ) . A report of the discourse follows : No one of experience can question the fact that our text Is corrohorated by all our experiences In life. How ever nnjiiHt some may claim It to be that ( he children should Inherit the weaknesses resulting from parental dissipations and violations of the Dl- vine law , the fact remains that however - over atheism may question the exist ence of a God or Inlldcllty doubt the Inspiration of his Word , no one can question the two facts of this text , (1) ( ) , that sin and Its penalty can be Inherit ed and (2) ( ) the fact that God Is merci ful to such as renounce sin and turn to him and .seek to walk according to his direction. However these bless ings upon evil doers and their children and these blessings upon well doers and their posterity may be termed natural laws and laws of heredity , It does not alter the fact , because the Al mighty Is the ono who made these lawn of heredity. Under the delusion handed down to us from the "dark ages" that God had condemned to eternal torment all the children of Adam because of his sin we are all Inclined properly enough to feel rebellious against any such matter and to assert that from the standpoint of human reasoning It would be entirely unjust to torture the posterity of Adam eternally for his transgression "original sin. " But ns we get the eyes of our understand ing opened to see what Is the real penalty for sin. that It Is death , ex tinction , and that our perfect parents , fully Informed respecting the divine will , were culpable , worthy of death , nnd when wo learn further that what ever Is enjoyed by Adam's posterity In the way of life , however disad vantageous the conditions , Is so much of divine leniency and mercy ajid comes so much short of being the full penalty , death , extinction then we begin to see that life under nny conditions and disadvantages Is . still a boon , better than extinction. In Wrath Have Mercy , Lord. "Recognizing " the wrath of God as manifested In the death penalty ( not in an eternity of torture ) we can see that the Scriptures everywhere declare - clare that the wrath of God Is resting upon our race ; that every member of it Is subject to this very penalty which came upon father Adam and has been entailed upon all of his posterity. The Almighty Creator did not wait for us to cry out for his pity and compassion , but from the very be ginning , foreknowing our fall Into sin. lie bad the plan arranged for our re demption and ultimate recovery from this condition of wrath , curse , death. "We are informed that our Lord Jesus was the I.amb of God slain from the foundation of the world In the Divine purpose and arrangement though only now being made manifest to the Chutvh and shortly to the world. Thus viewed there has been no Injustice practised against our race In permit ting the children to share with their father Adam In his penalty. Uather they had esteemed It and do esteem It better than the sentence Itself , and furthermore In the Lord's providences the world's present experiences In the fall and later on In the recovery from the fall In the hands of the great Re- dcemer during the Millennial Ago , Is to prove a lesson , a schooling. In the exceeding sin fulness of sin. which the race as a whole wilt never forget and out of which many ( now the Church , later on Hie world ) will draw lessons of wNdoin and grace. Looking still more deeply Into the Divine IMan as it Is revealed In the "Lord's Word for those who are his ( Psalm xxv. M ) . we Hnd a particular reason why It was not only advisable but necessary that this law of heredity should operate In our race , oven though It brought in Its train a terrible list of experiences to our race. The reason for this Is based upon one element of the Divine character Justice the very clement which at one time wo sup posed was violated by this law of heredity. As our eyes open to the teaching of the Scriptures we perceive that If God had not permitted his law of heredity to operate , but had per mitted each Individual of the race to c'omo forth to perfection and to stand an Individual trial such as father Adam was subject to. It would doubtless have meant that at least one-half of the race , possibly more , would have deliberately chosen a course of sin as father Adam chose It. To expect more than one-half to be obedient would bo unreasonable. Hather , from what we see about us In the experiences of life , we would have been Hablo to conclude that only a very small majority , per haps one-tenth , would have been obe dient to God. while the remaining nine- tenths would have been disobedient. Some might nsk , .Would not ven that have been better than the Divine arrangement as wo see It operating now , that the whole race should suf fer for ouo mini's disobedience ? Wu answer , Not Not according to the tes timony or ttie Ncriptnros. The Bible shown us that while this law of retri bution has worked such terrible havoc In Adam and his race for now 0,000 yeaiH-while 20.000,000.000 have been horn In sin and sorrow and pain and after a few yeai-s of trouble have died In sorrow and pain , nevertheless In God's due time all of these shall have more favorable opportunities of know ing of God's true character and of at taining to a full character development In his likeness during the Millennial Age. This means that probably more will gain eternal life and blessing un der the divine arrangement ns we have It than we could reasonably expect would have been saved had the Lord not provided this law of heredity and condemnation of all , but on the con trary had permitted each to be born In perfection and to stand his trial as between loyalty to God with the reward - ward of eternal life or disobedience punished with death. Hut wo shall see that It means much more than this. Condemned In One Redeemed by One. A great economic law Is connected with the divine arrangement : The condemnation of a race In one man's loins because of his transgression made possible the divine arrangement that a Second Man should pay the penalty for the first and redeem both him and all who were In him at the time of his condemnation. This Is at once a demonstration of Divine Wis dom and of Divine Justice. Suppose , for Instance , that the law of heredity had not prevailed , had not been In stituted by our Lord , but that each Individual had como forth perfect nnd had been personally placed on trial and been personally condemned to duath. Would It not have required an Individual savior for each ono con demned under such an arrangement ? Surely It would. Hence , had one-half of the race proven themselves sinners and been personally condemned It would either have been necessary to avoid redemption altogether or to re deem the sinner half of the race , by giving a life for a life a perfect be ing's sacrifice for or Instead of each Imperfect life. Estimating the total number of our race at 20,000,000,000 , Justice would have been obliged to require 10,000.000.000 of perfect be ings to be offered as the ransom price for the 10.000.000.000 of sinners. Under the very best estimate that wo can possibly make , this would have required the death of all the perfect ones of the race as redeemers for all the Imperfect members of the race , and what a havoc that would have Implied with just as many dy ing as under present conditions , name ly , one-half as sinners and the other half as redeemers , ransoms. Hesldcs , we perceive that It would not have been just on the part of the Almighty to compel the righteous ones to suf fer for the unrighteous as their re deemers , hence there would have been no assurance even then that any but a fraction of the sinner race would have been redeemed. On the contrary , how wise , conservative and econom ical was the Divine arrangement that by one man's disobedience under the laws of heredity the many would be born sinners and sharers In his pen alty , death , and that then In due time one Savior , one perfect one. the "man Christ Jesus. " might redeem Adam and. redeeming him. redeem all of his race from the death sentence , the curse , the wrath of God , and as a roMilt of the redemption obtain the right , the authority , the power during his Millennial Kingdom and In asso ciation with his glorified Church of the Gospel Age. to bless all the fam ilies of the earth and to uplift as many as would be willing out of all their Ignorance , weakness and sinful and dying conditions to all that was lost In Adam. Wo have seen that In harmony with , the Divine law It would not have been Just for the Heavenly Father to obligate the righteous to die for sin ners and that hence the redemption of Ihe sinners would have been prob lematical very doubtful. Hut on the contrary the Heavenly Father well knew In advance the loyalty of his First-Begotten , his only Begotten , who Is declared to have been the "begin ning of the creation of God" ( Revcla- tlon III , M ) . He knew not only of Jesus' loyalty but that his experiences with him In glory would every way qualify our Lord for the tests and the sacrifices necessary for the redemption of the race with his own precious blood. The Scriptures assure us furthermore that the Father set before him some certain Joys , certain blessings , certain promises. In connection with this work of man's redemption : as we read , "Whofor , the Joy set before him en dured the cross , despising the shame , and Is now set down on the right hand of the majesty on high" ( Hebrews xll , 2) ) . Retributive Joys and Rewards. Vfo are to remember , too. that tb Scriptures distinctly teach that the condition of the affairs of our world- sin , retributive punishment , the re demptlon through Jesus , the- call of the Church and their sufferings with their Redeemer and tliu promises of future blessing and glory both for the Church and for the world are sub jects In which the angels of God are Interested. As the Apostle Peter says. "Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently. . . . Searching what or what manner of uinu tne Spirit of Christ wtncn wiw m thum did signify , when It testified be forehand the HUfferlngs of Christ , and the glory that should follow. . . . Which things the angels desire to look Into" (1 ( Peter , I , 10-12K They won dered when all the sufferings of Jesus and 'he Church would be completed and when the glory time would come and recovery from sin and death con ditions : when God's purpose would thus ripen and bear fruit In the recov- pry of those who fell from his favor In Adam's disobedience but were re deemed by the precious blood. The great lesson of what constitutes disobedience , and how serious a sin It Is , and what It would lead to If allowed to take Its course , was Illustrated In man's experiences ; and all the hosts of angels looked on with amazement , no doubt. God's Justice was fully dem onstrated In the Inlllctlon of the death penalty and the permission of Its In roads upon the mental , moral and physical perfection of his creatures , bringing many of the race down al most to brutality. God's Love was manifested In the gift of his Son. In the arrangement of his plan by which for the Joy set before him , Jesus might become Adam's Redeemer , and the Bridegroom of the Elect Church and ultimately the great King of Glory who , during the Millennial Age , Is to restore , revive and bless and test Adam and all his race. Christ and the Church Crucially Tested We cannot wonder If nil the holy an gels looked on In amazement as they beheld the Only Begotten Son of God leave the "glory which he had before the world was" and humble himself to take human nature to be born a man that he might redeem Adam and his race. It must have seemed wonderful to them not only that the Heavenly Father would arrange such a plan but wonderful also that the glorious "Only Begotten. " "First-Born. " should be the one to whom the proposition would bo made to show his faith and love for the Father , to do his will to the ex tent of such a sacrifice , not only of glory , but , eventually , of life. They had yet to see a further operation of the divine law of retribution operating In Jesus for his blessing and honor. So Intent were they In looking at the humiliation of the Only Begotten , and then nt his death , that apparently they did not so carefully note the fact that the Heavenly Father , 'iad set before him great joys , great blessings , great exaltation , when he should finish his work. Already the Only Begotten was next to the Father In glory and dignity , honor and power ; what more of dlvlno honor could be bestowed upon even the First-Born of every creature ? The Only Begotten himself appears not to have thought particularly of the promised glory : The joy set be fore him , however , seems to have been that he would do the Father's will and thus demonstrate his abso lute loyalty even unto death. While , no doubt. It was a Joy to the Lord to be the Father's Agent In the rescue of Adam and his race from sin and death , nevertheless we believe that his chief Joy In connection with the matter was that thus he might demon strate to the Father his absolute love by his submission and obedience. Our Lord's own words were , "Father , glorify ihou me with the glory which I had with thee before the world was" ( John xvll. 5) ) . lie knew of the Father's proposed exaltation of. I him as a reward , but he did not men-1 I tion this ; lie would merely ask of the Father that when he had accom- | pllshed the Divine purpose ho might have back the same honor and posi tion and dlvlno favor which he had ; I laid aside when he humbled himself I ' to become Adam's redemption price , the world's Savior. Such modesty and loyalty arc difficult for us to comprehend because of our fallen. Imperfect conditions. But the Apostle explains to us. speaking under the j.ower of inspira tion , that because of uur Lord's obedi ence In leaving the glory and becom ing a man and dyii-g for our sins , therefore "God hath highly exalted him and given him a name above ev ery name , that at the name of Jesus every kncfl should boiv. of things In heaven and things In earth" ( Phillppl- aus II. 0 , 10Else whore In the Scrip tures we ari ! assured that our Lord be came partaker of the Divine nature In his resurrection ; that thus ho attained a reward far above anything that could have been thought , not only above an gels , but also far above his own prehu man condition. In thus rewarding the faithful the Lord Is carrying out the spirit of our text he lus been exem plifying what Is otherwise taught In the Scriptures "whatsoever man sow- cth that shall he also renp" ( Galatlans rl , 7) ) . Adam sowed dlsoboUlence and he nnd his race have reaped a terrible harvest of degradation , Buttering and death. The Only Begotten sowed obe dience , as prophetically expressed of him at the time of his baptism , "I de light to do thy will , O my God : thy law Is written In my heart" ( Psalm xl , 8) ) . Laying down his life In harmony with the Divine program was his sowing and the reaping at the resurrection was glory , honor and Immortality , the divine nature. How richly Jehovah re wards every demonstration of loyalty to himself and the principles of right eousness. A Way Out. " 1 have six doctors , and they can't agree on what alls me. Three think it's one thing and three think It's an other. What would you advise tne to do. Discharge them all ? " "No. Hire one more and give him the deciding vote. " Cleveland Plain Dealer. Time's Changes. "In ancient days , " said the pedantic person , "the greatest triumph at the Olympian games was won by means ot a four horse ctiarlot" "And now , " said the thoroughly In dignant athlete , "some of 'era arc con tent to win wltb a ono norse referee. " Washington Star. CALLS IOWA FARMERS AUTO MAD , President Declares Extravagance Has Caused Tight Money Market. Dos Molncs , Juno 20. Tlio mad desire - sire of Iowa farmers for automobiles has lost that state millions of dollars , according to L. K. Stevens , president of the State Bankers' association , who opened the state convention. Mr. Slovens declared In his address that the present tight money market Is duo to too fast living , politics , and overspcculatlng In land. lie said an untold quantity of money Is being taken from Iowa for Investment In Canada lands In the Dakotns. He also declared the passing of a postal sav ings bill In a time of money strin gency would prove ti menace to pro perty. HUSBAND DIES , THEN MOTHER. Double Bereavement for Mary Hcaton Verse , Who Is on a Ship at Sea. New York , June 20. When Mary I teuton Vorsc , a writer of short stories who Is now on her way hack to this country from Franco , with her two children , lands at this port , she will be met with the nesvs that her hus band , Albert White Verse , the author , nnd her mother , Mrs. Hiram Heaton , have died while she has been nt sen. Albert Verse died Thursday In a Staten - ten Island hospital. Mrs. Heaton died nt Aniliert , Mass. , yesterday morning. Their friends In this country do not even know for certain what ship Mrs. Verse Is on. TELEPHONE UNDER THE SEA. It's Now Possible to Talk From Lon don to Paris. London , June 20. Indicating the possibility of laying a trans-Atlantic telephone cable the work of connect ing France and England by submarine wire , which has just been completed , is regarded by engineers as a most Interesting experiment. Many obsta cles were met and overcome and In part the problems of a successful long distance submarine cable were solved. The total length of the cable Is twen ty-four miles and it weighs 275 tons , the cost of laying , being given ns $10,000. As soon as the weather was calm enough , operations were started at Dover , when the Faraday commenced to get the ends of the eighteen nauti cal miles of cable ashore. The loose end of the cable and the buoy to which It was attached was wound on board and then placed celled up on a raft. The raft was then rowed ashore , the cable being paid out all the time until the end was landed. The process was then repeated at Cape Grlsnez. This new form of cable is a vast improvement on all other submarine telephone lines , for despite the fact that so much of it is under water , it will be possible to speak from Glasgow to Paris. . In other words , this invention makes it possible to speak over more than twice the distance than was formerly possible , so that it is now practica ble to "ring ii ] ) " Holland , Dublin or Paris from England. The speaking efficiency of the ordi nary submarine cable limits consider ably the distance over which speech is commercially possible , hut the now cable has what are called "pupin , " or "loading" coils made of iron. It has boon found that these Introduced nt intervals in a telephonic circuit im proves the speaking conditions to the extent stated above. The cable has been laid by the English government 'and the French are about tn lay an other. STOP ! THINK ! SAVE ! Manker Harris Says There's Too Much Extravagance. Chicago. June 20. X. W. Harris , president of the Harris Trust and Sav ings bank , sees in the general busi ness situation some indications of a forced reaction. He expresses tills with caution , hut it is n conviction based upon wide experience in not ing business symptoms ns rellected in the market for high grade bonds. Mr. Harris has just returned from Europe and yesterday , in response to inquiries said : "The aggregate amount of bonds put on the Xew York market during the last year has practically absorbed the funds held for the purpose of pur chasing bonds by the various institu tions usually active in that direction , and to some extent has forced the bankers to seek foreign markets and to accept low prices. "At the same time , this action has aided this country in liquidating the amount owed to foreigners for funds borrowed of them during the panic of three years ago , and has also offset to some extent the expenditures for luxuries purchased abroad , as well as large sums spent by Americans an nually In Europe. The cause of the present financial situation Is plain. It is because a large class of American people run wild in useless extravagance. They are buying several hundred million dollars' worth of automobiles annual ly , and these purchases bring with them other large expenditures for the maintenance , for outing parties , etc. "Other extravagances are Indulged in by all classes of people. As a re sult of our Indulgence in luxuries wo as a people have made of the cost of the production of materials which eu tor Into the necessities of life in many cases too high for export trade. "Tho American farmer , who has usually been the economical , conserva tive , and saving portion of our popu lation , has also become extravagant. The farmer today Is mortgaging land which ho freed from mortgages only n few years ago and Is putting the proceeds into now lands at apparent ly high prices or Into extravagances of ono kind or another. To illustrate : "The vlco president of one of our largo ! Ufa Insurance companies , which makes n specialty of loaning upon farm property , recently made the fol lowing statement to mo : 'I am sur prised nt the general demand for money tipon our company. Our loan agents throughout the west and north west are pressing us with largo do mantis. " 'Ono agency In particular , to which wo had assigned $1,000.000 for this year , has already exhausted Its as signment and Is asking tor another J 1.000,000. We arc simply holding It oft' , nnd holding up our rates. In no place are we making a loan under 0 percent. I quite agree with you In regard tri the extravagance of our people ple and am rather startled at what 1 have seen. ' "This great borrowing of funds Is surely caused by a reckless extrava gance and It Is time that a large class of our people should 'call a halt * In their expenditures ; otherwlso. It seems to me , they may soon be forced to do so. "With the great resources of this country. It Is not popular to call at tention to the other side of the pic ture , but It becomes n public duty to give warning when extravagance Is ns manifest ns at present. Wo pride our selves on being the richest nation in the world , but even we can be too wasteful of our unrivaled resources. "If we are only prudent and saving we can become n great power commer cially the world over , but a continu ance of our present extravagant In clination Is sure to bring about n forced reaction , nnd I see some indi cations of n tendency In that direc tion already. What wo as a people now need is common sense economy. "During the last five years the farm er has been able to obtain exception ally high prices for his products , and wages In general are higher than ever before , but Instead of a surplus being saved for future contingencies , the wild extravagance of a large number of people , and also of many of our large cities , Is resulting in the borrow ing of unusual amounts of money by the Individual , by the corporation , and by the municipality. "I find that municipal bonds are selling at nbout the low panic prices of three years ago. Many of the sav ings banks in New England arc find ing that their deposits are tending to decrease Instead of increase. " SUNDAY HOT DAY 93 ° It Was the Warment One Since March. Saturday was 96 ° . Sunday was the hottest day in Nor folk since March. The mercury climb ed to 98 ° . Saturday it was ' .HP. Yesterday was an extremely oppres sive day , little breeze stirring In town. The Country club afforded re lief to a goodly number who found a cool wind off the river. Northwest Weddings. Hugh Hunter and Miss Emma Fel ler wore married at Page. Miss Mabel Vodden and Herman F. Mettler were married at Fairfax. Miss Nellie Williamson and Archie Maxwell were married at Herrick. Miss Mamie Story and Oscar L. Rounds were married at Bonesteel. Miss Lulu Fllsram and Rev. Gus tavo Carlson were married at Bone- steel. / Road Notice to Land owners. To All Whom It May Concern : The commissioner appointed to view and locate a road commencing at the southwest corner of section fifteen (15) ( ) , township twenty-four (24) ( ) north , range four (4) ( ) west of the Sixth P. M. , in Jefferson precinct , Madison county , Nebraska , running thence north for a distance of eighty (80) ( ) rods nnd ter minating at the southeast corner of the northeast quarter ( ne'/i ) of the southeast quarter ( se4) ) of section sixteen (1C ( ) , township twenty-four (24) ( ) north , range four (4) ( ) west of the Sixth P. M. In Madison county , Ne braska , has reported in favor of the location and establishment thereof , and all objections thereto or claims for damages must be filed In the county clerk's ofllce on or before noon of the 15th day of August , A. D. 1010. or said road will be located and established without reference thereto. S. R. McFarlnnd , ( Seal ) County Clerk. Nlobrara Opera House Dedicated. Nlobrarn , Neb. , June 20. Special to The News : The dedication of the new Z. C. B. J. opera house here will be long remembered. Trainloads of people from other towns saw the cere mony and heard the orations and the music in the afternoon. Mrs. Houston of Nlobrara delivered an excellent oration tion in English and Professor Simnk of Iowa university , an expert in phys iological botany , gave nn able lecture in the Bohemian tongue. Frank Lon ger , manager of the celebration and chief ofllcer of the 55. C. B. J. lodge , received the key to the opera house from the building committee and gave both the opening nnd closing ad dresses In a pleasing and thoughtful manner. There were other good speeches. Charming vocal music was rendered by a quartet composed of Mrs. Stejs- kal , Miss Marshall , Miss Opocensky and Miss Martha Opocensky , and by the Misses Opocensky in a duet. Miss Vlasnik's school children gave a hand some drill. The Nlobrara band fur nished good music. At night the Pav- lick band played for the dance. The management and Nlobrara are indebt ed to the Verdlgro band , which through motives of loyalty to the lodge and Verdlgro came here in uniform , assisted In the parade and gave n good concert In the evening. The horse rncing was enjoyed by many and the hall game between Nlo brara nnd Vordol resulted In a score of 12 to C In favor of the former. Long Pine Railroader Hurt. Long Pine Journal' Lyman Cox , night engine foreman at the railroad Why it Pays , /s To use * Big Can Small Biscuit. CALUMET nig Dtscnll INSTEAD OF CHEAP AND BIG CAN BAKING POWDER Cun. I'alue" You simply rnnnot gut us irr > < xl re The Cheap sults from tlio cliciin niut biir cim html-tho bait Inticunnotbu us uvmily and Big raised It cannot l > o ns ilollclon.i- cannot 1)0 its | iuro niul wliolo.somo Can Kind IM'CIUISO tliu iiunllty Is not tlinre. A ml It cannot bo nnyinoro oconoml- ' cnl. Cnlumut lit medium In ( irlco la thi't can get you the stnmliml l-IIi. nlzi > rn i-o.ilsSJo. more tubttance but Less of It Is riHiulritl niul ilia bukinir Dot more baking Is certain to l > o bettor. Try anocun powder. It it great It not satisfactory your money w111 . tie returncil. in quantity only Calumet Recolreil IUc'icit ' Avrmit not in economy Worltl'a Pure Foot ] Kxpocitton. not in Mtiifaction. FREE Inruo hnnilsoiuo ruoliio book , Soiul 4o anJ slip ( ouml In pound can. yards was the victim of a painful ac cident while performing his work on Thursday night. While blocking a wheel of a car on a sidetrack ono of Ills gloves caught In the wheel and be fore he could remove It his first linger was crushed by the wheel. Ho nt once went to the olllco of Dr. Me- Knight where It was found that am putation of the finger at the second joint was necessary and the operation was performed at once. The accident will detain him from his work for sonic time , but he Is congratulating himself that the Injury was no worse. HOMESTEADERS COMPLAIN. Say Range Cattle in Cherry County are Ruining Crops. Lincoln , June 20. Homesteaders in Cherry county have again appealed to Governor Shallcnberger to save them from destruction at the hands of the big cattlemen. In a letter the executive received It is set out that the large number of raugo cattle run ning wild over Cherry county arc ruining the crops of the settlers and leaving them practically without pros pects of food for the winter. Tlio let ter said an appeal was made to the county attorney , who said the only remedy for the settlers was to fence up the cattle or herd them and then demand damages through the courts. Tills , the letter said , the settlers were not financially able to do. The letter was signed by J. W. McCloud , Wesley McPherson , C. E. Blivens , I. II. White and Mrs. Laura Wilson. AN AIRSHIP TO CROSS THE SEA. Five Tons of Petrol and a Crew of Ten To Be Carried by the "Bluebird. " London , June 20. Plans for an en tirely new typo ot airship designed to cross the Atlantic have been com pleted. The designer is a famous German engineer , one of Count Zeppe lin's friends. Instead of a car and motor depend ing below the body as In existing types , the body of the new ship , the "Bluebird , " will be rendered rigid by nn arrangement which turns the "keel" Into the backbone of the air ship. It carries four engines , a crew of ten and an immense reservoir car rying five tons of petrol. The ship will be able to stay In the air eighty hours. Its maximum speed will be fifty miles an hour. URGE KNOX FOR GOVERNOR. Pennsylvania G. O. P. Leaders Want Secretary to Run. Washington , Juno 20. If the repub licans of Pennsylvania can bring It about , Philander C. Knox , now secre tary of state , will be their candidate for the governorship of the Keystone state. It is known pressure has been ap plied to the secretary to induce him to abandon the field of diplomacy ami enter that of state politics. It is even said the president has been approach ed to give his consent to this move. The republican organization leaders base their pica upon the fact that a spirit of revolt has entered Pennsyl vania and they must have a strong man of national prestige to insure vic tory next November. It is extremely doubtful if the pres ident would bo willing to part with Mr. Knox. Ho would do so if tho. lat ter requested it , but his disposition would be to discourage the secretary and make every effort to induce him to remain In the cabinet. Reports have been current for some time that Mr. Knox was not happy in the state department and would pre fer to return to a more congenial Held of public opportunity. These reports have been declared untrue , and there Is no doubt the secretary has devoted himself earnestly to the transaction of diplomatic business. Mr. Knox has Inaugurated several policies which nro close to his heart , and he may deslro to see them more firmly fixed before he retires. The Pennsylvania governorship is attractive to a son of the state , and It Is possible Mr. Knox may prove will ing to permit himself to bo a candi date. He Is out of the city , and when he returns Is expected to announce his decision. CIGAR RETAILERS MAY COMBINE. A National Organization Is Planned to Compete With the United. New York , June 20. With a view to establishing throughout the United States a chain of retail cigar stores to compete with the United Cigar Stores company , about 300 cigar mer chants liavo formed a local organiza tion and have sent Invitations to men § In the business In other cities to form similar organizations , with the idea of eventually amalgamating all In a na tional body FASTER FEELING "BULLY. " After Thirty-One Days on Water , Doc tor Gayer Is In Perfect Henlth. Now York , Juno 20. Dr. Gusttiv A. Gayer , who broke his thlrty-llrst-day fast said that' ho was feeling "hully and could have kept up his fast for another month. Doctor Gayer drank only water a glass every hour In the thirty-ono days. Until next week ho will drink milk as his only food. Asked why ho had fasted for HO long , Doctor Gayer replied that ho had done It with the Intention of demonstrating the superiority of mind over matter , as well as his ability to control his appetite. He admitted that It was a hard task at first and required con siderable courage , but declared that the exhilaration which ho foil after tlio first few days amply repaid him for any discomfort. Doctor Gayer lost thirty-live pounds , hut a committee of physicians who ex amined him after the ordeal was over , reported that his pulse and tempera ture were normal and that he was in perfect health. His blood they found was slightly thicker than normal , but was still in good condition. "All one needs , " ho declared , "Is n good supply of will power and courage to carry one through a month's siege. Of course , there are moments when things seem hard , and the temptation is strong to give in , but by liberal dos es of self suggestion I managed to stave off any serious thought of quit ting. Tlio first few days were difficult but after thorn my e'Yort was compara tively easy. I kept away from the smell of food as much as possible and worked hard at what I had before me. And above all I slept long and sound , telling myself over and over before re tiring or rising that I was feeling per fectly well. " PACKERS WILL MERGE BANKS. Armour and Cudahy in Financial Move at South Omaha. Omaha , June 20. Announcement is made of a merger of the Interests of the Union Stockyards company , Ar mour , and Cudahy in Omaha banks. The plan is a consolidation of the South Omaha National and Union Stockyards National banks , two of the oldest and largest in South Omaha. The consolidation will become effec tive on October 1 , next , and will bring in a combined capital of $750,000 , with a surplus of $250,000 , and $7,000,000 deposits. i On the board of directors are J. Ogden - den Armour , Mlciiael Cudahy and II. J. Dunham of Chicago , and E. A. Cud ahy of Omaha. President Bostwick stated the con solidation meant simply a friendly re lationship between the big packing In terests in tills city and Chicago , but that the merger would not extend be yond the banking business. Winnetoon Commercial Club. Wlnnetoon Pioneer : The Winne teen Commercial club met In Seth Jones' olllce Tuesday evening for the purpose of adopting a constitution and electing ofllcers for the ensuing year. Dr. Crook was elected president ; Charles Van Camp , vice president ; Ed L. Brooks , secretary ; George W. Saunders - dors , treasurer. There was a good at tendance and n great deal of enthusi asm was shown for the new under taking. Following is the list of mem bers up to date : P. C. Sandoz , H. J. Crandall , Ed L. Brooks , F. C. Pres ton , T. H. Longley , Charles Pearce , E. Scheer , jr. , George W. SaundQrs , George L. Thompson , Charles Bongo , R. Crook , J. F. Longer , William Me- Gill , Charles Van Camp , E. J. Bonge , William II. Saunders , Ralph Clare , J. F. Papik , J. B. Secrist , J. L. Darcy , Henry Borgere , Fred Thompson , B. N. Long , H. L. Clough. Andrew Fluke , H. W. Ledyard , Seth Jones and G. W. Ledyard. Horses Stolen on Rosebud. Winner Journal : On Sunday night three of Bert Sheldon's horses disap peared from his pasture near Ideal. Ho believes they were stolen as he found the gate open and there were other evidences that the horses were assisted In leaving. A reward of $75 is offered. Alrship-Auto-Motorcyclc Race. Now York , Juno 20. Elaborating on its offer of $30,000 for an aeroplane flight from Now York to St. Louis , the Now York World announced an additional prize of $5,000 for a race be tween the same two cities to demon strate which is the swiftest aero- piano , motorcycle or automobile. The offer is made provided an understand ing can bo reached between entrants.
