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DAY LYNCUKI) J1UISKLP.
His Request to lie Allowed to Take His
Own Life Granted by a Mob.
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ger Arnson has arrived from Monroe, La-,
bringing particulars of probably the mo:!t
sensational self-execution on record. For
six or eight weeks Monroe has been stirred
to a white heat over fires of an Incendlaiy
orlgin. Several houses have been burnel,
entailing a loss of a considerable amount.
Although efforts were male to discover"
the firebugs, they escaped detection until
day before yesterday, when, after the burn
ing of some small buildings in the 'out
skirts of the town, bloodhounds were put
on the tracks of a man who had evidently
left the burning buildings. The dos final
ly ran down a man named Day, who was
arrested and Confessed, saying he had fired
different buildings to get even with cer
tain persons who had either refused to
give him employment or discharged him
from their employ. Day had been night
watchman for various companies. The jail
was broken open and Day was taken some
distance from town, escorted by a crowd
of four hundred to six hundred persons.
Day displayed great nerve. He raid he
knew his time had come, admitted his
guilt, and declared that he perhaps de
served hl3 fate, but he besought his cap-
lors 10 a now mm to execute hirnseir. Artr
some parleying this was granted. Duv had
the rope, which was around his neck, flung
over the limb of a tree, where it was se
curely fastened. Then he climbed up the
tree ana jumped from the first branch,
breaking his neck. His body swaved to
and fro, while a shout went up from the
crowd that awoke the echoes of the sur
rounding woods. The spectators at once
aispersed.
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN LEAGUE.
Many Distinguished Statesmen Invited
to Attend the Convention.
CHICAGO, June 17. Great preparations
are making for the National Republican
League convention, which meets at Denver
on the 26th Inst Ex-President Harrison.
Governor McKinley and ex-Speaker Reed
have been invited, and the delegates from
their respective States are bringing every
pressure to bear upon them to accompany
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Lodge and Jones will probably attend.
Among the prominent speakers who have
accepted invitations are Gen. It. A. Algtr.
Gen. J. S. Clarkson, Gen. D. II. Hastings,
Hon. Whitelaw Held, Hon.-John Spooner,
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Humphrey estimates the attendance from
2,000 to 5,000. After the convention adjourns
the delegates will spend a few days on a
tour through the mountains of Colorado,
including the mining regions, before they
return.
WIUAX DEEPLY AFFECTED.
His Statea-Island Pastor Holds Relig
ious Services iu the Tombs Prison.
NEW YORK, June 17. Rev. Jamie John-
Bon, the son of the venerable Archbishop
Johnson, of New Brighton. S. I., conducted
the services of the Episcopal Church in
the Tombs prison this afternoon, and a
quartet of voices from Staten Island sang
the responses and hymns. The clergymen
and the choir went to the Tombs because
Erastus Wlman was a prisoner there. Mr.
Wiman was deeply affected by their pres
ence. He was permitted to come out of
his cell, and listened to the services seated
behind a rail in the corridor His atti
tude, now that his trial has ended. Is no
longer one of doubt, but of resignation. "I
have passed a very comfortable Sunday
he Bald before the service. "Kindness
brightens every prospect, however gloomy,
lightens every load, however heavy, and
nothing but kindness seems to surround me
here. Some of the good that all my life I
have tried to do llows in upon ine even in
these dreary spaces, and on no Sunday has
there been shown me more of the gotnl
that Is in human kind than I have seen
to-day." Mr. Wiman received a large num
ber of telegrams and letters of sympathy
to-day.
Couple Shocked by Lightning.
LYONS, la., June 17. Norman Clark and
a woman named Jennie Riley took refuge
under a tree in a thunderstorm last night.
The woman was killed and the man fatally
injured by a bolt of lightning.
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malax lad antidote.
SOUTH WEST-ST. RIOT
Patrolman Frank Kins: Has a Nar
row Escape from a Mob.
InSelf-DefensoIIe Had Fatally Wounded
Jerry O'Xeil, Who, with Others, Had
Brutally Beaten the Officer.
ATTEMPTS TO LYNCH" KING
Policeman Cronin's Arrival Pre
vented Further Bloodshed.
King Had Tried to Stop a Drunken Dis
turbance in Front of JIallorau's
Saloon.
Yesterday evening; shortly after 6 o'clock,
patrolman King attempted to arrest one of
a party of live at West and Grant streets
on a charge of drunkenness, when the oth
ers interfered and boat the officer until he
was compelled to draw his revolver and fire
two shots In self-defense. One of the shots
took effect In the chest of Jerry O'Neil.
ona of the assailants, and he now lies at
his home, No. '3o West Merrill street, in a
dangerous condition.
From all accounts It appears that patrol
man King was justified In shooting. The
men had pounded him until he was weak.
When he-, drew his revolver his eye3 were
so blinded with blood streaming from his
wounds that he could see with difficulty,
and the manner in which his assailants con
tinued to strike him caused him to think
that they intended to follow up their attack
until they had seriously crippled him or
possibly fatally injured him. Mrs. Jesse
Hitchcock, raiding at No. 153 West Mc
carty street, was talking to the patrolman
immediately before the trouble, and she Is
positive that the officer acted wisely and
is entirely free from the blame for the
serious results.
Patrolman King was, one of the officers
assigned to report for duty yesterday
morning In citizens' clothes. He was as
signed to the district In th vicinity of the
scene of the trouble, and he went to his
district promptly after roll call. He pa
troled it all day without seeing any trou
ble or making any arrests. Toward even
ing he noticed that there were a number of
young men, aged from eighteen to twenty
five years, evidently under the influence of
liquor, standing on the street corners and
acting in a loud and boisterous manner.
As 6 o'clock approached he decided to
catch the next 'street car and go to the
police station for evening roll call, which
13 held at 6:30 o'clock on Sunday, lis wa3
standing on the corner of McCarty and
West streets, and started to walk north
on West street on the west side of the
street, intending to catch the next street
car at Grant street. As he approached
Grant street he saw five young men, aged
about twenty-threo years, none of whom
he knew, ia front of Henry F. llolloran's
saloon, on the southwest corner of the
two streets. One of the live was evidently
very much intoxicated, for he talked very
loud and used obscene language. The pa
trolman went up to the men and cautioned
them, especially the ona boisterous fellow,
about creating the noise, and for the mo
ment It appeared his orders had effect.
Mrs. Hitchcock then passed the officer,
and as she had known him for some time
and was well acquainted with him and hi3
family, stopped to talk with him for a
few moments. The general drift of the
conversation was towards family affairs,
and Mrs. Hitchcock left King, walktng
north on West street. The man whom
King had admonished as to conduct had
begun repeating his actions while King
was talking to Mrs. Hitchcock, and when
she left King went up to the fellow and
ordered him to desist or he would be ar
retted,. . The five immediately commenced
guying King, the one being louder than
his companions. King then stepped up to
directly in front of the noisiest one and
told him that it would be better for him
to go home and sleep oft the effects of his
liquor. King received an Insulting reply,
and he took hold of the fellow and told
him he was Under arrest. The oflicer start
ed to walk north on West street with his
prisoner, .Intending to go to" a telephone
and summon tha iatrol wagon.
BEATING THE POLICEMAN.
He had not gone very far when the pris
oner's four companions ran around In front
of Kingand the prisoner and held up their
hands in a threatening attitude. Seeing his
friends coming to his aid, the prisoner
jerked himself free from King and began
to strike him. Kis companions joined in,
and for a few seconds they made things
very warm for the policeman, lie tried
to defend himself, but the superiority of
numbers told, and he way soon at their
mercy. King received blows that almost
closed his eyes and turned the lids to a
very dark color. He received hard swings
on the forehead and on the back of his
head directly behind his left ear. The blows
on the forehead broke and bruised the
skin and caused the blood to flow freely.
The blood llowed down his forehead into
his eyes, and this made what little resist
ance he was able to offer before now im
possible. The five, seeing that King was
at their mercy, exerted themselves to their
utmost in seeing novr much damage they
could do to King's face.
The policeman received a powerful blow
on the cheek frcm one of his antagonists,
and this convinced him that unless he
offered some effectual resistance soon he
probably would be seriously hurt. Shaking
his head In order to throw the blood from
his eyes, but still keeping one hand and
arm up before his face to ward off the
blows, with hi3 free hand he got his re
volver from his .hip pocket and placed Ihm
self with his back toward llolloran's sa
loon, with the live before him panting and
ready . to rprliiK at him again at the first
move. King , shouted huskily, for he was
almost ready to succumb, to the men to
stop their attack or he would shoot to kill.
One of the men sprang at King, and he
fired two shots without giving any further
warning. Fromj what he was able to see,
as his eyes were again filled with coursing
blood, the first shot struck the brick pave-
i ment and glanced harmlessly away. Hut
the second shot was more effective. Fol
lowing the report he heard some one, whom
he supposed was one of his assailants,
shout "My God, I'm shot." The assailants
stopped their attack and held back, not
daring to spring at King again, for they
were confident that he was shooting to kill.
The report of the revolver caused a crowd
of fifty or more to collect In a few sec
onds, and these pressed up Immediately
around King amt his antagonists and eager
ly Inquired the cause of the shooting.
King, feeling that the blood was filling his
eyes so that he would not be able to take
care of himself, broke through the crowd
and ran around on Grant street to the shed
1 In the rear of llolloran's saloon. There he
found a pump, and he bathed his rounds
and washed the blood from his eyes.
THE MOB'S CRIES.
The cry of "My God, I'm shot.' came
from Jerry O'Neil, who resides at No. 235
West Merrill street. He sank tot the ground
and was Immediately surrounded by peo
ple who came running up at the report of
the shots. As soon aa the crowd got an
idea that one of their friends and neigh
bors had been shot they did not con
sider the cause of the shooting, but gave
vent to cries of "Lynch him! Shoot him!
Hang the cop!" There were a few cool
people In the crowd who saw that If the
mob spirit was allowed to prevail
worse results would follow, and they at
tempted to pacify matters. But the crowd
was In a frenzy, and the cries were taken
up by almost every one, each of whom
exerted his lungs to their utmost capacity
trying to surpass his fellow-man In seeing
who could make the most fiendish sounds.
Some one suggested, as King had gone in
the shed, that the crowd wait his appear
ance, then seize him and finish him. The
cry was taken up from mouth to mouth,
and there was a rush for the side gate
opening into -the shed. At this moment
patrolman Cronin, who resides at No. 236
South West street, came running up and
interposed himself between the crowd and
the gate. Cronin had just finished eating
his supper and was on his way to the po
lice station for evening roll call, when he
Ii0tlce4 the untsual number of persons
gathered at West and Grant streets, and
also heard the mob's cries. At first he
supposed that a big dog fight was on hand,
and thought nothing, more of It. The cries
he attributed to small boys, whom he knew
lost control of their senses In a battle be
tween the neighboring canines. Bu. as he
saw aged men and women, some of whom
he knew would not run to a dog fight, and
heard the cries of "Mob him" grow louder
and louder, he concluded that trouble was
brewing and ran toward the scene.
On the pavement of West street,
directly in front of Halloran's saloon, h2
saw a big crowd gathered. He made his
way through this to the center and found
O'Neil lying on the ground. Cronin knew
O'Neil, and he hastily asked him the occa
sion of the trouble and received the reply,
"Oh, it's nothing, Jim. only I was shot in
the back by a 'cop and the crowd are
now going to fix him in the rear of Hal
loran's saloon." Cronin took ln the situ
ation and feared tnat the crowd which he
had seen In front of the rear of Halloran s
saloon Intended to carry out the threats
cf "Lynch him." He rushed around on
Grant strftet and made his way through
the crowd, arriving at the gate jusV as
some of the leaders of the mob were about
to open It, rush in and seize King.
. CRONIN TO THE RESCUE.
At "this moment patrolman King opened
the gate and appeared in view of the mob.
His appearance was greeted by renewed and
louder cries for revenge. A general rush
was made by the mob for King, but Cronin,
by his strong form, kept the mob at bay
for a few moments. He knew that If King
remained there he would soon fall In the
hands of the mob. King took advantage
of the opportunity and told Cronin that he
had I:ot and probably killed an unknown
man, and that he wanted Cronin to arrest
him. Cronin took hold of King's arm and
shouted tnat he had placed King under ar
rest and that no further interference would
be tolerated. A number of the crowd saw
the wisdom of tne act, drew back and
made no further demonstration. Most of
those In the mob. however, still continued
to hold their position. Cronin then under
took to make his way through the crowd
to West street. He did so successfully
until he reached the corner.
.There the mob once more renewed its at-
tj.-k. . Michael Kelly, a saloon keeper, at
'.rtMi and West streets, and J! ward
Mack, both of whom had been watching the
course 'of events away from the mob, hur
ried to the aid of Cronin. who was by this
time almost overpowered by the mob. Both
Kelly and Mack are well known In. that vl
cinitv of the city, and when they showed
a disposition to aid the officers, the mob
held back and did not renew its attack until
the oliicers had reached a barber shop; a
few numbers north of Grant street. There.
once more the mob rushed in and almost
succeeded in capturing King. He was
thrown violently against a window of the
barber shop, smashing It Into pieces. King
rccrived a number of cuts on the face and
head in this manner. As he regained his
feet he drew his revolver and held It in a
threatening manner.
Cronin saw that some action was nec
essary, but he hoped to get out of the
difficulty without causing any more blood
shed. However, when Kinar said. "Jim. this
thing has gone far enough; I'm not going
to keep still and be killed, he also put
his hand to his -weapon and the mob fell
back. In this manner the two officers con
tinued to walK north. Kelly and Mack
were effectual In keeping the hot-headed
members of the mob from running Into dan
ger and bringing more bloodshed.
MORE FIGHT SHOWN.
At this juncture the brother of O'Neil,
who had heard that the latter was shot,
ani probably fatally, came running down
West street towards the officers. He had
been informed that patrolman King was the
one who shot his brother, and he ran up
to King and struck him a powerful blow
on the side of the face before any re
sistance could be offered. King staggered
and patrolman Cronin delivered O'Neil a
blow that sent him sprawling in the street
and ended his efforts. The officers then
had no difficulty in walking north, though
the mob followed at a respectful distance
In thf ronr.
When Sharpe street was reached the offi
cers met Cantain Campbell and Sergeant
Schwab, who ' were hurrying to the scene
or trouble in Superintendent Pow
ell's rig. A report had been sent
to the police station that a man
hrt been shot at West and
Grant streets, and that a mob had col
lected to lynch the murderer. A report
was added to this one that a special officer
had been shot, and Superintendent Powell
at once sent Captain Campbell and SerceaVit
Schwab, with instructions to notify the
police station at once if any more officers
were needed. Sergeant Schwab quickly
alighted, and patrolman Klni? got into the
buggy and was driven rapidly to th? po
lice, station. As soon as King was out of
its reach the mob gradually dispersed
and ceased Its cries of vengeance. The
greater part gave its attention to O'Neil.
who had, with support, walked to Merrill
street by this time. He was rapidly grow
ing weak, though he did not complain very
much. He was carried to hia home, which
Is hut a few numbers east of West street.
Drs. Elsenbeiss and Brennan were sum
moned. Follcft Surgeon Kahlo, however,
had been notified, and he was the first one
to arrive at the house. He made a hurried
examination of the wound and found that
the bullet had entered O'Neil in the back,
directly .under the left shoulder. The
course of the bullet, as Dr. Kahlo thought.
was through O Neil's chert. , narrowly
missing his heart and pasing through the
lower lobe of the left luns The bullet
cor. Id be seen lying directly under the
skin. Dr. Kahlo did not remove the bul
let, as the family physician had been sum
moned, but only administered stimulants
to O'Xell. Drs. Elsenbeiss and Brennan
arrived later, and they removed the bul
let. Sergeant Schwab and patrolman Cronin
had no difficulty in keeping the crowd un
der control. When Captain Campbell ar
rived at the police station, in company
with patrolman King, he told Superintend
ent Powell that what he had last seen
warranted the sending of a dozen officers
to the scene of trouble. The covered patrol
wagon. Hilled with officers, was sent hur
riedly to the scene, while several sergeants
and three patrolmen, under the command
of Captain Quigley, were sent by street
car. On arriving there Captain Quigley
and Captain Campbell, who had returned,
found that the streets and alleys for a
distance of several hundTed feet from
O'Nell's home was packed with people.
Captain Campbell pave orders that the
street in front of O'Nell's house be cleared,
and twenty officers placed themselves
shoulder to shoulder and soon had the or
der carried out. However, the crowds con
tinued to linger at a respectful distance
and discussed the happenings of the even
ing. When patrolman King climbed the
stairs into the main office of the police
station he was hardly recognized by his
fellow-officers. His eyes were so swollen
that he could hardly see. while his shirt
bosom and collar were covered with blood
that still flowed freely from the gashes
and cuts on his face and forehead. His
wounds were bathed tenderly by police
matron Huchanan and others. Police
Surgeon Kahlo arrived and examined
King's injuries. He found that the flesh
on the right side of the face had been
pounded until It was blue. A great lump
on the back of his head Indicated what
King had suffered in tnat airecuon, n
Urwa n-At-a .irniicn twiPA their normal size.
and his nose resembled an inflated rubber
bag. As soon as supermienaem rw
learned fully of the shooting he decided
that Kinir was tustifled In shooting and ne
permitted King to go home.
O Netrs irienas oecame awnucu v
condition shortly after 7 o'clock and sent
for Rev. Father Gavlsk, of St. John s Ca
thedral, who administered the dying, .ost
sacrament. O'Neil. although not uncon
scious, was very low. lie taiKea to
Gavlsk of the trouble, and admitted that
he had struck King. Father Gavlsk then
told O'Neil that King had shot him in
self-defense, and that he was perfectly
justified in doing so.
O'NEIL ADMITS HIS WRONG.
Coroner Beck called at O'Nell's house
shortly after 8 o'clock and took his ante
mortem statement To the coroner O'Neil
admitted that he had given cause for the
shooting. The coroner, although he admit
ted that O'Nell's condition was dangerous.
said that It was possible he might recover.
The police took the names of nearly a
hundred persons who witnessed the affair,
and these will be called upon to testiry
if needed. Patrolman King does not know
the name of the man he attempted to ar
rest. He will probably identify O Neil to-
Via rn Tho rwiHPr hfld ailUCllty
in obtaining accurate information from the
spectators last 'nignt. .v-oii-The
crowd in the vicinity of O Nell s
o'clock the police were called off guard, it
was the general opinion 01 mose uo
th? trouble that O'Neil was the one who
first struck King and started the trouble.
Dr. Elsenbeiss saw his patient at 1 o clock
last night, and. though O'Neil was very
weak and his wound had bled freely, ne
believed that O'Neil might recover. ONeii
is twenty-three years of age. He has a
wife and one child, aged two years. He
Is employed at the Big Four freight house,
at Delaware and South streets.
Superintendent Powell, after he h.-.d b?en
fully Informed of the trouble, said last
night that he was in favor of having one
hundred Winchester rifles on hand at the
police station ready for such an emergen
cy. He said it was not improbable that
some time in the future there would be an
occasion when rifles would render greater
service than revolvers. He said he fa
vored having the rifles kept at the police
station and all the officers trained to use
them. He said Atlanta, Ga., and other
cities not as large as Indianapolis have
rifles on hand at the police stations ready
for emergencies, and that on several occa
sions the rifles had been used.
PLOT OF ANARCHISTS
ALLEGED CONSPIRACY TO DESTROY
THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.
Honore Jnxon, Who Accompanied
Coxey's Army to AVnlilnf-ton, Said
to lie the Chief Plotter.
NEW YORK. June 18. A Washington
dispatch to a morning paper says: A
newspaper here will publish to-morrow an
exposure of a plot which had for Its ob
ject the destruction of the Capitol and
perhaps other government buildings,
which has been slowly developing for sev-
eral weeks. The secret service and police
authorities, however, have been kept in
formed of the movements of the plotters
and would have been enabled to thwart
them had their machinations approached
actual violence. Only once, says the news,-
paper, about three weeks ago. when the
channel of information, was unexpectedly
Interrupted, were the federal and District
authorities really alarmed. They did not
know at what moment an attempt might
be made to explode, bombs in the Capitol,
the Treasury Building, the White House
and the War and Navy buildings. Cut as
the days passed and nothing was done the
authorities, who had redoubled their vigi
lance, restored the line of communication
with the nest of Anarchists and were able
again to shadow every conspirator and
keep fully informed of anarchistic move
ments both here and elsewhere.
According to the story, the plot was
formed at the time Coxeys army was
marching to the capital, and
reports J of its existence, came
from various points, Omaha, Chi
cago and Pittsburg among them. The
prime mover in the anarchistic plotthat is,
the Washington end of it was Honore Jax
on. He came from Chicago and is still In
the city. He is a professional Indian. In
Chicago he had been a disturber for years.
At the time of the Haymarket riot he nar
rowly escaped being arrested as a princi
pal conspirator, and was shadowed by the
detectives for a long tllne after that most
remarkable affair. Jaxon is a half
breed of unknown tribal origin. He was one
of Louis Reii's lieutenants in the Canadian
rebellion . some years ago. The man has
done some newspaper work and has fre
quently passed himself off as a reporter
for a Chicago paper. The Informant In
the case has kept In touch with the con
spirators and given the fxdlce the names
of those engaged in the plot, together with
other .facts. These have been communi
cated to the officials of other. cities and
they will probably act upon the strength
of the information thus given.
The fact that the Anarchists have com
mitted no act in Washington upon which
they could be convicted has prevented their
arrests here. Their meetings have been
small and secret. Their experiments with
chemicals have, been such that It could
hardly be proved that they intended to re
sort to extreme measures. They have writ
ten no letters. In fact, all along they have
waited for-something to happen something
wrhich would give them an opportunity to
carry out the scheme of violence. Jaxon's
headquarters was the residence of a
Frenchman namfd Savant. The con
spirators met there and at other places.
and about three weeks ago the meetings
became so frequent and so many strange
men came and went that the officers felt
they were losing their grasp of the situa
tion. There was danger that the climax
might come at any time, and great alarm
was . felt. The Capitol officers, including
the Speaker of the House and the treasury!
people, including Secretary Carlisle, felt
very uneasy.
The discovery of the formula for making
the explosive which the conspirators pro
posed to use, says the article, in con
clusion, is probably the best piece of work
done by the detectives. Several chemicals
are used and the proper proportions make a
high explosive of a new and most danger
ous kind. As soon as the police obtained
this formula they took it to a well-known
chemist and asked him to make a sample.
He did so in his laboratory and placed it
on a window sill in the sun. In a few
moments there was an explosion. A great
deal of nolst did not accompany the ex
plosion, but there was a terrific
concussion and a most nauseating
and blinding smoke, although the
quantity of the chemical experimented
with was very small. A cat which was in
the room died in a few seconds from the
effects of vapor. An occasion for the use
of the explosive, the Anarchists hope, it
Is said, will be furnished by the arrival of
that part of Fry's Industrial army now
reported in the Cumberland valley. Under
cover of a disturbance produced by them
the plot against the Capitol Is to be car
ried out In support of this, it Is said
that a number of Chicago Anarchists of
the most rabid type are with that army.
Cut 1IU Mother' Throat.
RTPPiTOn Til ! 11 n 17 Whllo lahni..
, ing under temporary aberration of mind.
UUH lit feuuaii one, iiciiimu AViiuici tui His
mother's throat last night and attempted
suicide. Ho will recover.
TALKS TO STUDENTS
Baccalaureate Addresses to Grad
uates of Two Colleges.
Rev. G. S. Burroughs, D. D.t President
of Wabash, Speaks to a Largo
Audience at Crawfordsvillo.
DR. JOHN AT BL00MINGT0N
Notable Sermon to Indiana Uni
versity's Many Patrons.
Annual Commencement Exercises First
IJcuuiou of the Class of 8D Ad
dressed by Willard Robertson.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., June 17. Cen
ter Church was thronged with people thii
morning, all anxious to hear the bacca
laureate address of Rev. G. S. Burroughs,
D. D., president of Wabash College. Ther
was a Special programme of music After
an organ voluntary the anthem "Gloria,"
from Mozart's "Twelfth Mass," was sung
by Misses Mary Campbell, Maud Cowan,
Fannie Binford, Mrs. C. L. Thomas, Harry
Maxwell, A. A. McCain, G. F. Hughes and
W. M. White. Miss Cowan also sang a
solo. The exercises, commenced with the
singing of the doxology and a short prayer
by Rev. R. J. Cunningham, D. D., pastor
of Center Church. The responsive reading
was led 1y RevvS. M. Hamilton, D. D.. of
Louisville, and prayer was offered by Rev.
J. F. Tut tie, D. D., fcrmer president of
Wabash Colege.
President llnrrougha'a Sermon'.
President George S. Burroughs then de
livered his baccalaureate address, the sub
ject being "Christllke Personality Demand
ed by America's Present Problems." In
opening he quoted the following verse from
the book of Luke: "Ye know how to In
terpret the face of the earth and the heav
en, but how Is it that ye know not how
to Interpret this time?" Mr. E.:rrough
then said, in substance:
"When a man's eyes have been opened
to see life as a reality, then is he truly
blessed. Hut the blessing often seems coun
terbalanced by the vision of the shams of
existence which needs the keenntss of hii
new-born sight. Saddest sight of all Is th
evident fact that these men, thinking, feel
ing, acting on the surface merely, are un
conscious that they are hypocrites. Th
dance of existence loses its jest when Jesus
stands by one who knows you better than
you know yourself. Your schemes tor tue
louder applause of those bef ,-e whom you
play your little part miscarry, for He if
near who wonders why there should be
applause at alL Naturally and of neces
sity; therefore, Jesus comes into conflict
with these men of his day. As a social
necessity, all Tactions Joining hands in the
common cause, they led Him away to bo
crueffied. But Jesus of Nazareth, the real
izer, could not killed. As in lody, so
in spirit, He did not belong to the grave.
Men everywhere, quite aside from any es
pecially religious thought about Christ, are
learning that he mistakes utterly who im
agines that Jesus dealt, when here, simply
with the Jewish problems of the first cen
tury. - - . -
This, then, is my theme this morning,
as for the last time I would bring the liv
ing Christ and His evangel to the Intellect,
heart and will of the young men of thla
graduating class, who go forth from the
college influence into the thick of the con
fusing problems of the day Christlike life
and thought. Christlike personality, de
manded by America's present problems. It
is my personal conviction that this is true,
because I conceive these present problems'
to be not simply ours, but to be rre-eml-
nently humanity's prob.'ems. It is my
thought, therefore, that Christlike life and
thought are first of all demanded for a
correct vision of them, for that adequate
understanding which is prerequisite to any
possible solution of the difficulties which
they present. I ask you, therefore, to share
my thought, that we may stand together
in both thought and conviction.
"Can we believe that it is any more pos
sible for the genuine follower of the Christ
to pass by the questions of humanity at
the present than it was for Jesus to pass
them by nineteen hundred years ago?
Surely not. That college is most truly
worthy of the name Christian which turns
its thought, with that faith in God and
in the high destiny of man which was bo
characteristic of Jesus, upon the questions
of life which are pressing so strongly at
present; that college is most truly Chris
tian which is fitting its students to deal
with these right manfullly. Men may crit
icise the ideal statesman and bid 1dm con
fine the attention of his college class to
the learning -of the past. They may say
to the pulpit, preach Christ and the gospel
and let politics alone. None the less he
who has had some glimpse of the realities
of to-day, and also of the real Christ, who
Is the same yesterday, to-day and forever,
is convinced that both class room and pul
pit have an imperative present duty, and
that education and genuine Christianity nev
er so greatly needed to be closely Inter
woven as now. 'We cannot but sieak th
things which we have seen and heard'
this reply of the disturbers of the publle
peace long since ought to be the watch
word of every true man going forth from
Christian college training.
WHAT THE WORLD WANTS.
The world does not want In the college
graduate, the college boy. however versed
he may be in the lore of the past. It wishes
the man, young it. may be in years but
strong in heart and, because he realizes,
strong to act. We often cay, as these col
lege years roll along, that the older stu
dent. In general, does better work. Is get
ting more out of his course than he who
is younger. It can only be because he Is
bringing his studies Into more practical
relation to life. In the college, as in life,
the sense of reality, not years, makes the
student In the broader, deeper sense of
the word. When a man In the world, con
scious of his Inability to cope with ques
tions about hira, arrests, it may be, prac
tical work for a few more days of study.
with how much Inspiration and with what
great progress are the days filled.
"The twentieth century, what shall Its
history be in America? We are almost
fearful to put the question; we are fearful
to try to answer. History of some kind
there must be on this continent in the
next hundred years. All the elements that
go to fashion history are here. We who
so soon are to step upon the threshhold
of this new time shall both observe and
take part in it. shall I say progress? Cer
tainly we shall take part - in movement.
rapid, strong, colossal. Yet I believe we
must confess that the outcome of the vari
ous conflicting forces about us is, to a
large degree, uncertain. The history of
the coming days and what it shall dis
close depends upon the thoughtful men
of to-day, upon what they shall do or shall,
possibly, not do. It depends, in the ulti
mate analysis, upon the thoughtful Chris
tian men. upon those whose intelligence
is possessed by the spirit of Jesus, who
own Ills mastership, who follow His lead
ership. Will these put their terjnal life
into American history? Will these nt
simply try to think cut very probable
this cannot be done but will these live
out America's questions? How many of
these men are there to be? How much are
these to count for? This. I say. Is. after
all. the fundamental problem. Why? do
you ask. I reply. - first, because of what
America's questions are, and. second, be
cause of what Christlike personal life i.
"We cannot fall to see that the prob
lems which face us have come to us by
reason of our phenomenal prosperity. They
are the outcome of the blessings which
have been granted us as a nation. Our
wonderful natural resources, our unpar
alleled development as a people, our un
bounded personal liberties ami advantages,
these have brought us to what we have
to meet. The skies have been too bright
to make us thoughtful of a coming storm.
Had our evils arisen from adversity, wo
should have been ir a measure prepared
for them. We should at least hve ben
seeing that they were here and that they
were portending much. But on tvety hand
there has been an overabundance of mer
cies; the surplus has been our difficulty.
Wa Americans have been led to lnialai
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