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BOLIVAR, TENNESSEE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1904.
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The Heart and Its Door
What It Means to Open the
Sermon by the "Highway
(Copyright, 1904,
Chicago, Sunday. Feb. 21, 1904.
Text: "Behold. I stand at the door and
knock; if any man hear My voice and open
the door, I will come in to him, and will sup
w ith him, and he with Me." Rev. 3:20.
"Xf ESUS a stranger
fl without, or Jesus a
CTI is the two-fold pic-
tSl turn nnr f PYf civPS
!'i us. Jesus stand
ing patiently, long
ingly, lovingly at
the heart's door
and knocking,
knocking, knock
ing; or Jesus sit
ting an honored
guest within the
heart, partaking of
- ' the hospitality
there offered, and then becoming in
turn the gracious host and setting be
fore the soul a delectable feast of good
things fresh from His Father's store
house above. Jesus standing without
brings the shadow of a possible soul
tragedy, for irresistibly the question
springs forth for answer: Will the
door be opened ere the waiting one
departs? or will it remain closed and
shut and barred forever? Jesus within
sharing in the feast brings the vision
of that larger, more glorious feast
around which the great company of the
redeemed are to gather some day in
the -Father's House. "Behold!" saith
the Lord, and well may man contem
plate all that these two pictures mean.
Doors shut against the Son of God and
the Saviour of men, and doors opened
to give Him entrance. Before the shut
door Jesus stands patiently, knocks
persistently and pleads lovingly.
Through the opened door Jesus enters
quickly and blesses richly. Shut doors
and opened doors. The shut doors hold
imprisoned within the sin-darkened
chambers of the heart the precious im
mortal soul, the opened doors admit
the Light of the world, and the thrill
of new life and hope is felt with the
Divine presence.
OUR text is part of the appeal to the
back-slidden church of Laodicea,
which has become worldly and rich in
perishable gold, but which is "poor
and blind and naked" in the eyes
of God. It was lukewarm in its
love and devotion to its Lord, and be
cause it was '"neither cold nor hot," the
Lord declares: "I will spew thee out of
my mouth." But following this declara
tion of rejection. Jesus goes on to plead
with the individual members of the
church to repent, for "Behold, I stand
at th door and knock; if any man hear
my voice, and open the door, I will come
in to him and will sup with him, and he
with M?." Jesus is dealing wiih the in
dividual. Primarily our text is ad
dressed to the back-slidden Christian.
Jesus has been crowded out of the heart
and the life by the "cares of this world
and the tleceitfulness of riches," but He
longs to come back again, and so he
stands at the door and knocks for ad
mission. But it is equally true that He
seeks out the unsaved sinner and as per
sistently and lovingly knocks at the
door of his heart. To the one who has
never accepted Christ a3 Saviour, He
comes and pleads: "Behold, I stand at
the door and knock; if any man hear My
voice, and open the door, I will come in
to him. and will sup with him and he
with Me." And it is to such we want to
bring a message. We shall have a word
to say to the Christian who is keeping
His Lord without the chamber of his
heart where some pleasure, some ambi
tion, some sin is being harbored, and in
dulged, but first of all we desire to pre
sent God's claim to the unsaved, to try
to bring them to see who is standing
w ithout their heart knocking for admit
tance, to endeavor to show them what
the shut door means and what the open
door. I
FIRST of all what is the door which
when shut proves an impassable bar
rier to Jesus? What is it that keeps
Jesus on the outside? What is it that
prevents His bringing the hope of salva
tion, and the joy of His presence into the
heart and life? It is that tremen
dous something which we call the
'will." It has pleased God to en
dow man with such a faculty as
the will. And this will of man has the
power to lift him up to Heaven or cast
him down to hell. If the will shuts out
the Christ and declares that it does not
need Him and can get along without Him,
the soul is rejecting God's claims and
losing its only hope cf salvation and
eternal life. If the will is . yielded to
the Christ, and He is permitted to
enter the heart and rule in the
life, then does the soul begin to know
what Jesus meant when He said: "He
that believeth on the Son HATH eternal
life." The will is the door. Jesus
knocks, not that the will may be de
stroyed, but that it may swing open, may
yield to Him and give Him entrance. So
many, many dear souls are hindered by
the thought that to yield the will to
Christ means to lose the will entirely.
But never was there greater mistake
made, never did a soul misunderstand
God more, than when it believed that
a man loses his will and his personality
when he surrenders to God. When I
knock on the door to my home, it is not
with the intention of destroying that
door. I do not want it to open to me that
I may wrench it from its hinges and
throw it aside as useless and undesirable.
That door has a very useful function to
perform. It is absolutely neceesaxy to
the completeness of the house. With
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out It the house would be unsafe and un
inhabitable. And it is so with the will,
the door to the human heart. God real
izes more perfectly than do you that
that will Is necessary, that it has a func
tion to perform which cannot be dis
pensed with. Without the will theheart
is unsafe. Jesus knocks not to con
demn, but that He may come in and dig
nify and strengthen that door, that He
may increase its usefulness. The will
with God behind it is a mighty factor
for good in the world. The will with
God shut out is dangerous' and destruc
tive. JESUS has a right to knock for ad
J mittance. First of all because as
the created work of God we belong to
Him. I have a right to knock upon the
door of my home because it belongs to
me. It is my home, and, therefore, I
have indisputable right to knock, and
when I knock I expect to be admitted.
Jesus has a right to knock at the door
of your heart, because you belong to
Him by right of creation, and when
He knocks He has a right to expect to
be admitted. And in the second place
Jesus has a right to knock for admittance
because of the need within that heart.
The heart may not be really conscious of
that need, but the need is there, neverthe
less. There is a degree of hunger which
becomes indifferent to food and fails
longer to feel the gnawing pangs. And
the heart is often unconscious of and
indifferent to its need, but the need is
there. And Jesus has a right to knock
because of that need. But the
fact of the need within is not all the
warrant that is needed for knocking for
admittance. If curiosity brings me to
the door, if I knock because I wish with
prying eyes to witness the suffering, then
may my right to knock be questioned.
But if I come bringing supplies which
shall satisfy the needs then is my claim
of right to knock fully established. And
when Jesus comes to the heart and
knocks, it is not only because of the
need within, but because He is fully able
to supply that need. Jesus does come
to the human heart and knock for ad
mission. He is knocking at your heart
even now while these words are being
spoken, and He has a right to knock be
cause you are God's creation, because
your soul has an undying need, and be
cause He is abundantly able to supply
that need.
THE door of the heart, then, is the
1 will, and Jesus has a three-fold
right to knock for admittance. This
right you cannot deny. Why then
does the door remain shut and barred
against Him? Perhaps you do not
hear the knock? Perhaps you do not
know who stands at the door? Per
haps you are not willing to take down
the bars that keep the door from
swinging open? Jesus says: "Behold,
I stand at the door and knock: if any
man hear My voice, and open the door,
I will come in to him." Do you not
hear that knock, dear heart? Two
things may keep me from hearing the
knock upon my door. I may be away
from home, or other noises, and other
things may so occupy my attention
that I am not sensible of the knocking
on the door.- When Jesus knocks, do
you fail to hear because you are away
from home ? There was a time when you
used to hear His gentle knock, and His
tender voice of pleading, but now you
do not hear it any longer. You have
hardened your heart and your con
science has long since ceased to be
sensitive, because you have so often
refused its message. Your heart's door
does not feel the touch of Jesus as He
continues to knock, the telegraph line
of your conscience no longer carries
uninterrupted the message to your
mind. In a certain and awful sense
you are not at home. You remember
how you used to be at home when Je
sus knocked. You refused to hear and
respond, not once, but many, many
times, yea, even scores of times, and
gradually the tender heart has become
the hard heart and the sensitive con
science has become the seared con
science. You are no longer at home.
You do not hear the knock or the
voice. But Jesus is standing there
still. He is still waiting to come in.
PERHAPS you do not hear the
knocking of Jesus, and fail to rec
ognize His voice because the noise and
bustle of this life deadens your ear 10
the Heavenly message? I remember
once going to the house of a friend and
knocking for admittance. The noise
of merry-making reached my ear, but
my knock was not heard. The chil
dren were having a party and were
romping and laughing and talking so
that, rap as loudly as I could, I was
unable to make my presence known.
And there I stood knocking, and with
in were the friends I wished to see en
tirely unconscious that I vfm at the
door. They did not hear my knocK be
cause of the noise within. And I
should have been standing there yet,
perhaps, cr at least I would have
Etood there until the. party was over,
if some one had not opened the door
to admit some fresh air and discovered I
was there. And does this not illustrate
strikingly one reason why the knock of
Jesus is not heard? The noise of the
worldly pleasures and activities, the
rush to gratify the personal desires
and ambitions, drown all other sounds.
Jesus knock and Jesus voice are not
heard. But Jesus is there. He Is
waiting to come in. Sometimes
some sorrow, some misfortune, some
catastrophe brings a hush, and then
the knock is heard. The recent awful
theater tragedy In Chicago brought a
solemn, death-like hush over the city.
The most careless and frivolous and
indifferent were made to pause and
think of the more serious side of life;
they were made to realize that it was
not all of life to live or death to die.
And' as people were checked in the
rapid rush of modern life and the
headlong race after pleasure, the
knock of Jesus was heard. He wanted
to come and change the current of life
so that it would flow Godward, and
many, thank God, when they heard
the knock opened the door and let Je
sus come in. But others would not,
and Jesus stands without, still knock
ing, knocking, knocking. Why is the
door not opened?" It may be because
you do not realize Who is there, or
because you have not withcrawn the
bars which are holding the door shut.
DO you realize that Jesus, the King,
stands at your heart's door knock
ing? The story is tld of Peter the
Great; .of Russia, who was fond of
dressing in peasant garb and going
among his people, that one day he
knocked at the door of a house and
was ref used admittance and turned
away. What was the distress and alarm
of the people in that house when they
realized that they had turned away the
king. If they had only realized that
it was their king, they would have re
ceived him with open arms. And oh,
soul! if you would only realize it. the
Saviour Who is knocking at your heart
is the King of kings and the Lord of
lords. Those two men who walked
from Jerusalem to Emmaus did not real
ize that the stranger who met them
was Jesus, but when they invited Him
in to abide with them their eyes were
opened and they knew Him. And it
will be so with you. You do not realize
that it is Jesus knocking at your heart.
You know there Is an unsatisfied long
ing, the sense of a lack which this
world cannot supply. You have a con
ciousness within your inmost heart of
a need which only God can fill. It is
Jesus knocking. You do not realize
Who it is that is there. ou do not
understand what it means. But just
open the door and invite the stranger
In, and you will soon learn as He sups
with you and you with Him that it is
your Saviour and your King Who has
been seeking admission.
BUT the bars may be up and you do
not want to take them down to let
the door open for Jesus. There is the
bar of pride. Ah! how pride some
times keeps the heart door shut and at
last closes the very gate of Heaven
against the soul. Pride keeps the knee
from bending; pride keeps the head
erect; pride keeps the lips shut tight
The proud heart cannot come into
God's presence, or, as James puts it,
"God resisteth the proud." If it is
pride that is keeping the door shut,
take the bar down. Or it may be the
bar of personal desire. You have your
own purposes and plans, your own
feelings and wishes to gratify; your
own appetites to indulge. This bar of
personal desire . includes worldliness,
sin in its various phases, ambition,
selfishness, and this bar of personal
desire must be withdrawn before Jesus
can come in. And then there is the
bar of procrastination. It is an inno
cent looking bar, but there is ne other
bar which has proved more destruc
tive to souls. It is Satan's last and
effective plea. The soul realizes read
ily its need of Jesus, it knows it must
break down the bars to let the door
swing open, but not now is the plea.
To-morrow, next week, next year.
After the soul has been its master a
little longer. After the desires of the
heart and life have been indulged a
little more fully. But there is peril in
delay, as many, many a precious soul
has realized when it was too late.
Jesus does not say He will stand at the
heart's door to-morrow. He stands
there now, but to-morrow He may
have withdrawn. This bar of pro
crastination is a hard one to get rid of.
But be rid of it right now, dear friend.
Do what you know you ought to do at
once. While Jesus knocks, do not tell
Him to call to-morrow, but bid him
enter right now, this very moment.
AND then the open door! Jesus a
guest within! A feast of good things!
A new purpose ruling the life, and a
new hope filling the heart with joy!
Yes, but with J-esus in the heart we dis
cover that there are lots of shut doors
which must be opened to admit Him
to full possession of the heart. The
work Is not all done when the heart's
door is opened. It is only begun. We
have admitted' Jesus to the vestibule,
and all about are rooms and closets
and dark recesses which Jesus wants
to visit one by one and cleanse and
purify and fill with His presence. And
here is the message to the Christians.
Jesus knocks at the chamber and
closet doors within your heart and
pleads for admittance. Every room
and recess' and closet in your heart
should become a banqueting hall for
you and your guest, Jesus. Have you
wondered many, many times why you
get so little joy and satisfaction out of
your Christian life? It is because you
have left Jesus standing out in the
vestibule of your heart and you have
withdrawn to a far part of the heart
anl are trying to feast yourself alone
upon some pet sin or desire. Of course
you will be unhappy. Of course you
will have doubts' and fears. The un
happiest creature In all the world is
the one who has admitted Jesus to the
vestibule of the heart and who then
tries to keep Him there, while he lives
in the rooms apart from Him. Jesu3
is knocking. He wants to come in and
sup with you. Open the door. Let
His cleansing power be felt in that
dark corner. Let Him make it a dwell
ing place for Himself. Then will you
know joy and peace again, because
Jesus is admitted to all parts of your
heart.
THE STARS AND STRIPES
WILL SOON BE FLOATING OVER
SAN DOMINGO.
SITUATION JUSTIFIES THE ACTION
Whispered in Administration Circles
at Washington That the Crisis Is
Near at Hand Loom is and the Navy
Board to Visit the Island to Be on
Hand When the Plan Is Ready to
Execute.
Washington, Feb. 22. The adminis
tration is maturing plans to give San
Domingo a spanking which may result
in the United States flag being placed
there "to stay put." The recent fir
ing on the Clyde Liner New York is
helping matters on nicely and there is
much whispering around the war de
partment and White House that the
crisis is near. It is the same kind
of whispering that was heard just
prior to the secession of Panama from
Colombia. President Roosevelt is itch
ing for a fight in this direction and
is only waiting for the ratification of
the Panama treaty before turning his
war dogs loose.
The administration is rejoicing at
the firing on the New York, as this
will give a further reason for taking
some aggressive action.
To Come Under Our Flag.
San Domingo, according to reports
heard here, is very soon to come un
der the United States flag.
Just when President Roosevelt will
inaugurate this latest diplomatic tri
umph is not known. Things in the
war line are becoming dull since the
Panama fracas and with no war in
progress life at the White House is
practically unbearable.
Assistant Secretary of State Ldbmis
and the general navy board who will
bo present in the maneuvers in the
Caribbean, have been, it is believed,
delegated to visit San Domingo and
be there ready when the president is
ready to execute his coup d'etat.
Miller's Belated Message.
Washington, Feb. 22. The navy de
partment today made public the belat
ed cablegram received from Capt. Mil
ler, of the cruiser Columbia, dated
San Domingo, February 12. Accord
ing to the dispatch the name of the
bugler wounded is Charles Doctor in
stead of Painter, as announced last
night. The cablegram contains no
new facts.
CHICAGO HAS ANOTHER FIRE.
Three People Killed in the Alhambra
Theater Hotel.
Chicago, Feb. 22. Fire today par
tially destroyed the building occupied
by the Alhambra Theater Hotel and
apartments. The structure was three
stories high and fronted on Archer
avenue and State and Nineteenth
streets.
After the fire was extinguished, the
remains of three persons, two men
and a woman, who had been suffocat
ed, were found in the ruins. There
wero many narrow escapes. The loss
is estimated at $75,000.
The Alhambra Theater, around
which the hotel is built, was partial
ly destroyed. In the theater new stage
fittings and furnishings had been in
stalled and remodeling in compliance
with the new theater ordinance had
practically been completed.
The fire i3 believed to have started
from an overheated boiler in the base
ment of the Alhambra restaurant. The
smoke soon filled the halls of the
upper stories, and but for the night
clerk, Philip Vingo, the firemen assert
ed, there probably would have been
much loss of life.
He ran through the halls awaken
ing the 200 guests. A moment later
the halls were filled with half-clad
men and women, who groped their
way down the stairs to the snow cov
ered streets and sought refuge in
neighboring stores.
The Alhambra Theater is owned by
Stair "c Havilan.
About fifty occupants were carried
down the ladders by firemen. The
three bodies were found in a room on
the top floor. From the position of
the remains the two men apparently
had attempted to help the woman, to
escape, but had been overcome by the
smoke. All clothing was burned from
the bodies and the flesh scorched. The
remains of the men were identified as
William Fisher and Frank Beckman,
both of whom had arrived here re
cently from Cincinnati. The body of
the woman was identified as that of
Anna Smithy
SUMMARY VENGEANCE.
Man Kills a Neighbor and Has His
Property Fired.
Dingess, W. Va., Feb. 22. John
Stepp. a wealthy merchant near here,
shot and killed Elmer Brewer, a
wealthy farmer and neighbor today.
Two hours after the murder a torch
was applied to Stepp's large store and
it was totally consumed. Stepp's res
idence was also fired, but it was saved
from destruction. Stepp is in hiding.
BROKEN RAIL CAUSED WRECK.
Dr. Pratt, of Little Rock, Badly Cut
About the Head.
Monroe, La., Feb. 22. The north
bound passeng train on the Iron Moun
tain railroad was wrecked at Olla this
morning. Two coaches and the Pull
man sleeper left the track and turned
over on their sides. Dr. Pratt, of Lit
tle Rock, Ark., was badly cut about
the head, but was able to proceed on
his journey. The wreck was caused
by a broken rail.
WISCONSIN MOB FOILED.
Five Hundred Men Attempt a Lynch
ing. Prairie du Chien. Wis.. Feb. 22. A
mob of 500 infuriated citizens of Sol
diers' Grove made a futile attempt to
day to lynch James Dunn and George
Gaskell, charged with the murder of
Andrew Overburg. Only the most
strenuous action on the part of the po
lice rescued the prisoners and dis
persed the mob. The men were ar
raigned in court and Gaskell made a
partial confession of guilt. The head
ing was then adjourned until tomor
row. Much excitement still prevails.
LEVEE MEN TO MEET.
Call Covers Levees In Territory From
Cairo to Vlcksburg.
Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 22. To ar
range a better levee protection system
and to prepare for the spring rise will
be the purpose of a meeting of the gov
ernment engineers and presidents and
chief engineers of the State levee
boards of districts 1, 2 and 3 of the
Mississippi river improvement, in this
city, at 10:30 o'clock next Friday
morning.
The call for the meeting and invi
tation to attend issued-by Capt. E. W.
Van C. Lucas includes all who are
especially interested in the preserva
tion and maintenance of the levee sys
terns. It is expected that all the le
vee boards from Cairo, 111., to Vicks
burg. Miss., will be represented at the
meeting.
Beside the government officials the
following State districts will be repre
sented at the meeting: St. Francis
district of Missouri, St. Francis . dis
trict of Arkansas, Reelfoot district of
Tennesse, Upper and Lower Yazoo dis
tricts of Mississippi, Cotton Belt dis
trict of Arkansas, White river district
of Arkansas, Desha and Chico county
districts of Arkansas and the Upper
Tensas district of Louisiana.
Capt. Lucas in issuing the call at
tracts attention to sections 14 and
16 of the rivers and harbor act of
March 3, 1899. and states that it is
the intention of the officials to rigidly
enforce the provision of penalties for
impairing in any way the usefulness
of any of the levees.
H. N. Pharr, chief engineer of the"
St. Francis levee board, stated yes
terday that he would send out warn
ings all along his district, calling at
tention to the State laws relative to
the protection of the levees. The stat
utes of Arkansas provide tJiat riding
or driving or even walking on the le
vees and the tearing down of fences
used to protect the levees Is punish
able by a fine of $5 to $50 and an im
prisonment of from five to thirty days.
The Arkansas law even goes fur
ther. It provides against the trespass
of live stock on the levees.
The levee laws and regulations of
Missouri, Arkansas. Tennessee, Mis
sissippi and Louisiana will be consid
ered at the meeting next Friday morn
ing in Capt. Lucas' office and it Is
the intention to arrive at some decis
ion whereby the laws may be rigidly
enforced.
Except in high water time when ev
ery one is on the lookout to save life
and property, it is difficult to enforce
the levee laws. Many of the levees
are so constructed that they furnish
excellent highways, level and smooth,
while often the county roads which
run alonside are swimming in mud
during the rainy season. Thus the
levees are cut and worn until their
condition is rendered almost danger
ous. Any person living in the levee dis
tricts is empowered by law to prose
cute any man found trespassing on the
embankments, but the farmers gen
erally hesitate about taking such ac
tion against their neighbors.
The St. Francis levees are at pres
ent in excellent condition and are ex
pected to withstand any floods that
may occur this spring. There are
only a few weak places and these
are being rapidly strengthened.
At next Friday's meeting reports
concerning the levee conditions will
be made and thus the river men will
sain an idea of what to expect should
a great rise occur.
POPULIST CONVENTION
Will Be Held Either at Indianapolis or
Springfield, III.
St. Louis, Feb. 22. The national
convention of the Allied People's par
ty will be held either in Indianapolis,
Ind., or Springfield, 111., this having
been determined u.Jon tonight at the
meeting of the national committee
here. The national committee of the
middle-of-the-road wing, of which Jo A,
Parker, of Louisville, Ky.. is chairman,
met in the Southern Hotel today and
the fusionist national committee, of
which J. P. Edmisten, of Lincoln,
Neb., is chairman, met In the St.
John's Hotel. The sessions continued
late tonight and committees from
both national committees were fre
quently in conference. The fusionists
desired to hold the convention in St.
Louis about the time of the national
Democratic convention in June, but
the middle-of-the-road wing was equal
ly determined in the opinion that the
convention should be he'd outside of
St. Louis and prior to the national
Democratic convention.
The fusionists finally conceded the
question of a meeting place and it was
decided tonight to hold the national
convention either in Indianapolis or
Springfield. Agreements upon the
date of the convention and the selec
tion of one of the two cities named
are to be settled tomorrow.
TRAIN ROBBERS FOILED.
Effort Reported Made by Bandits to
Hold Up Northern Pacific Train.
Helena. Mont.. Feb. 22. A special
from Billings- says that an. attempt
was made last night to hold up North
ern Pacific train No. 1, the north coast
limited, west bound, between Fargo
and Valley City, N. D. A rail was
removed by the would-be robbers, but
they were discovered and fled. A
posse is said to be in pursuit.
INDIANOLA'S NEW REGIME.
Dr. Martin Take's Charge of the Post
office There.
Indianola. Miss., Feb. 22. Tomorrow
evening all mail directed to Indianola
will be put off here and handled by the
re-established office, with Dr. Martin as
postmaster.
ALARMING DETAILS
From Austria and Turkey of War
Preparations.
London, Feb. 23. Telegrams from
Vienna and Salonica published here
this morning give alarming but un
confirmed details of preparations point
ing to a war between Turkey and
Bulgaria.
The Sofia correspondent of the Daily
Mail telegraphs the Bulgarian govern
ment has declared a state of siege
over a zone 19 miles wide, extending
along the frontier from Kustendit to
the black sea, Vith a view of prevent
ing the incursions of armed bands.
PAID LAST HOMAGE
T01RC0SA. Hfltli
Vast Throngs Took a Last Look
At the Remains.
NUMEROUS NOTABLES PRESENT
The Funeral the Most Notable Since
That of President Garfield In
Cleveland Bishop Leonard
Delivered Enlojirr.
Cleveland, O., Feb. 20. Cleveland
was again a city of mourning Friday.
Business Was practically suspended
and a large proportion of the popula
tion paid homage to the memory of
Senator Marcus A. Hanna.
Just as dawn began to break over the
city the doors of the chamber of com
merce auditorium, whera the body lay,
was reopened to a vast throng of peo
ple who desired to view the face of
the dead senator.
I,nit f.ook at the Dead.
The early hour of opening the doors
to the chamber brought thousands of
men with their dinner pails on their
way to their daily toil. In such great
numbers did they come, however, that
many were unable to remain in line
and consequently were deprived a last
look at the face of the dead. Early
morning trains brought many from
surrounding towns and they, too,
helped to swell the long line.
At ten o'clock the members of the
state legislature, who recently chose
Mr. Hanna to represent the common
wealth of Ohio in the United States
senate to succeed himself, drove fron?
their hotel to the chamber of com
merce in a body and looked for a last
time on the face of the dead statesman.
Many Distinguished Attendants.
During the night many distin
guished men of the country arrived in
Cleveland to attend the funeral service
and the early morning hours of great
ly augmented that number. The Wash
ington delegation arrived at 10:30
o'clock, and was at once driven to the
Hollenden hotel. The party comprised
Secretary Taft, of the war department;
Secretary Wilson, cf the agricultural
department; Secretary Cortelyou of the
department of commerce and labor;
Commissioner Garfield, chief of the bu
reau of corporations in the department
of commerce and labor and the con
gressional delegation.
Other distinguished personages were
Gov. Durbin of Indian., and staff; J.
Pierpont Morgan and party, of New
York; Geo. B. Cox and party, of Cin
cinnati, and a number of business and
social friends of the dead senator form
Chicago, Detroit, Buffalo, Pittsburg
and New York.
Promptly at noon the funeral cor
tege left the chamber of commerce
building, preceded by a platoon of
police, for St. Paul's Episcopal church.
Following the police came Troop A
as guard of honor.
Then came carriages containing the
pallbearers, the Washington delega
tion, the governor's staff, chamber of
commerce committee, Loyal Legion
committee, and delegations represent
ing various civic societies.
Prior to the removal of the body
from the chamber of commerce to the
cnurch the wealth of noral offerings
which were banked about the audito
rium were removed to the church.
Reservations on the center aisle
were made for the family, governor's
staff, Washington delegation and other
distinguished guests. The church
was filled long before the hour for the
services to commence and thousands
lined the street about the edifice.
A few moments before one o'clock
Mrs. Hanna accompanied by her son
Dan, entered the church
When the body had l,een placed up
on the bier and the pallbearers seated,
the choir chanted the Thirtieth and
Nineteenth Psalms. President Pierce,
of Gambier college, an institution of
which Mr. Hanna was a benefactor,
read the lesson, which was from First
Corinthians, fifteenth chapter, from the
twentieth verse to the end of the
chapter.
The choir, under the direction of
Prof. C. E. Clemens, then sang the
hymn "Lead, Kindly Light." Bishop
Leonard then delivered the eulogy.
The choir sang the hymn "Forever
With Thee, Lord, Amen, So Let It Be."
Dr. G. H. McGrew, lector of St
Paul's church, followed with the creed
and prayer. The anthem, "I Heard a
Voice From Heaven Say," was sung by
the choir.
Bishop Leonard then read the com
mittal service and pronounced the ben
ediction. The body, accompanied only by the
family, pallbearers and Bishop Leon
ard, proceeded slowly out Euclid ave
nue to Lakeview cemetery, where a
final farewell of the dead was taken in
Wade memorial chapel. The service
consisted simply of a prayer by the
bishop. The body wa3 deposited in a
crypt in the chapel to await burial at
the pleasure of the family.
Arruoar Institute Expansion.
Chicago, Feb. 20. By a gift of lands
valued at $250,000, J. Ogden Armour
has begun an era of expansion for the
Armour Institute of Technology. Al
most a solid square block adjoining
the present college building is includ
ed in e tract.
Sirs. Llnhofl Not Guilty.
Mason City, la., Feb. 20. The jury
after deliberating 24 hours in the case
of Mrs. L. K. Linhoff, accused of mur
dering Edward Bromley on the night
o. August 3, 1901, returned a verdict
of not suilty.
TWO DYHAMITECARS EXPLODE
Twenty-Three Persons Killed and
As Many More Were Injured.
Five Locomotives "Were HeUuced to
Scrap Iron and Everything With- ;
in a Half Mile Was Wrecked. (
Salt Lake City, Utah, Feb. 20. A
special to the Herald from Ogden
says :
Two cars of dynamite attached to
a work train on the Ogden-Lucin cut
off of the Southern Pacific railroad
exploded with terrific force late Fri
day afternoon at Jackson station, 88
miles west of Ogden, killing at least
twenty-three persons, injuring as
many more and destroying a largo
amount of property. The list of the
dead and injured had not been re
ceived up to midnight, but is thought
a large proportion of the victims were
Greek laborers. Among the known
dead are Conductor George Dermody,
of Ogden, and his train crew. It is
also reported that a fireman named
Burt, with his wife and three children,
were killed. The explosion wrecked
everything within a radius of half a
mile.
Jackson station was used principal
ly as a telegraph station, but a num
ber of outfit cars were sidetracked
at the place for the accommodation of
the workmen and their families. Some
of these cars, it is stated, were close
to where the explosion occurred. The
occupants, it is believed, were blown
to .pieces. The telegraph operator's
house was badly damaged and Opera
tor Taylor "and his wife injured. The
nearest telegraph office from which
messages can be filed is at Lusin, 15
miles from the scene of the explo
sion. The accident was caused by a wa
ter .train running into the two cars
loaded with powder. Five locomotives
were reduced to scrap iron and -the
big steam shovel at Jackson station
was completely demolished.
As soon as news of the explosion
reached Ogden a special with physi
cians, nurses and stretchers was hur
ried to the scene.
Late Friday night a train arrived
from Jackson, bringing 12 of the in
jured. Some of them are apparently
lifeless.
SIX SHOT IN POOLROOM RAID
l'osse of Citizens Attack Gainbline
Resort Which Had Been Op
erating at Madison, 111.
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SL Louis, Feb. 20. Six men were
shot and fully a score cut and bi-jised
Friday afternoon in a raid made by a
posse of citizens of Madison, 111., on
the poolroom operated at that town.
After a pitched battle, in which
more than a hundred citizens, police
men avd patrons figured, the place
was captured and closed.
The excitement which attended the
shooting was intense. The poolroom
at the time was crowded with hun
dreds of men who had gone there from
St. Louis to gamble. When the shoot
ing commenced the larger part of
these men made a wild rush for the
doors and boarded a train for St.
Louis.
PUBLISHERS AND EDITORS.
Attend Annual Meeting of Interna
tional and Daily l'ress Asso
ciation and Elect Officers.
Chicago, Feb. 20. Publishers and
editors of newspapers from six of the
central western states gathered at the
rooms of the Chicago Press club Fri
day to attend the annual business
meeting of the International and Daily
Press association. A number of sub
jects of interest to the newspaper
business were discussed.
The summer meeting of the asso
ciation will be held in St. Louis, to
enable members to visit the World's
fair.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: President, A. W.
Glessner, Galena, 111.; vice-president,
M. M. Whittaker, Jackson, Mich.; H.
H. Bliss, Janesville, Wis.; Willis
BeaL LaPorte, Ind.; Phil Hoffman.
Oskaloosa, la.; John Sundine, Mbllne,
111.; Scott Laird, Minona, Minn.; sec
retary and treasurer, W. V. Tafford,
Clinton, la.
TO ASK CONGRESS FOR FUNDS
Kansas Citr Wants 1,500,000 to lie
Expended to Make City Safe
From Floods.
Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 20. Con
gress is to be asked to make an appro
priation of one and one-half million
dollars during the present Session, to
be expended in beginning the - work
of making the two Kansas Citys safe
from floods.
At a meeting of the river improve
ment commission Friday a resolution
asking for the appropriation wa3
adopted unanimously.
The resolution will . be forwarded
to Missouri and Kansas congressional
representatives in Washington, with
the' request that it be presented to
congress, and that every effort be
made to secure the desired appropria
tion. Receiver Appointed.
Chicago, Feb. 20. The Federal As
phalt Co. Friday was placed in the
hands of a receiver in bankruptcy by
Judge Kohlsaat, in the United States
district court. This action followed
the filing of a petition by a number
of creditors.
All Minea Were Closed.
Kansas City. Mo., Feb. 20. Work
was suspended in the coal mines at
Leavenworth, Pittsburg ana other
mining districts in Kansas at noon
Friday, as an expression of respect to
the memory of Senator Hanna,
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