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MORRIS FOR JUDGE
Duluth Congressman Seems to Lead
22JSS Evans in the Race.
SCOPE OF THE FORTHCOMING BILL
One Will Be Introduced Xext Ses
sion Creating a Xetv Judic
ial District.
From The Journal Bureau. Boom *S. Po»
Building, Washington.
Washington, May IS.—The movement to
make Judge Morris, of Duluth a federa
Judge as coon as congress shall
have passed a bill creating' a
new district or another judgeship in Mia"
nesota, was put under way in Washing
ton last winter, with Judge Morris' con-
Bent. As all who know Morris are aware,
he for years has been ambitious to sit
upon the federal bench, but saw no open
ing. When the Minnesota Judgeship bill
was introduced by the late Senator Davis,
several years ago, Morris said nothing,
because it was the understanding that the
position was to go to R. O. Evans of
Minneapolis. With the death of Davis,
however, and the election of Clapp to the
senate as his successor in a contest in
which Evaus was a very prominent figure,
it has been assumed that the Evans boom
for the bench has subsided. It was not
until after the election of Clapp that
Judge Morris permitted his ambition to
be discussed by the Minnesota delegation
In congress. He then said that if the bill
were to become a law. and the delegation
were to favor him for the appointment, he
would be grateful. That is the way the
matter stands at present. The fact that
Judge Morris was being considered for the
appointment was published in the twin
city press while congress was in session,
but the story did not attract general at
tention until after the legislature had ad
journed and public men had more time
for such things. Then, too, the return
home of the congressmen and senators
has probably had the effect of reviving
the affair.
It is the program of the delegation to
introduce a bill for a new judgeship, or
for a new district in Minnesota, as soon
as congress meets. The bill will be re
ferred to the judiciary committee of each
house and will be incorporated into a gen
eral bill which will be reported by these
committees, redistrieting the entire coun
try for federal judicial purposes, a work
which should have been attended to years
ago. In all probability the general bill
will become a law during the life of the
fifty-seventh congress, which is to meet
in December of this year and adjourn sine
die March 4. 1903.
Before the Minnesota paragraph receives
the hearty support of the members of
both houses it is predicted that there
will be some sort of an understanding
among the Minnesota delegation looking
to harmony of action when the time shall
have come to name the new judge. Usu
ally the senators reserve for themselves
all patronage of this sort, but the house
members have already served notice upon
them that inasmuch as the bill must pass
the house before it can become a law, the
bouse end of the delegation must be con
sulted in the naming of the judge; and
this move is understood tp be directly in
the interest t>t Judge Morris, who is very
popular with the delegation, and whose
ambition is well understood and is being
encouraged.
The bill could have passed last winter
If the delegates had got together.
Whether next winter the senators will be
more inclined to yield a point is not
known, but it may be said that if they
are not, the bill will probably not pass—
that is, unless the seven congressmen
change their program.
As between Evans and Morris it looks
at present as if the latter were in the
lead. Morris has active, earnest, close
personal friends in the Minnesota dele
gation, who will go to their full length
for him; while Evans, although the friend
of all the members, has no such "pull"
with them.
—W. W. Jermane.
"TEDDY" TO DEDICATE
Will Lay a V. M. C. A. Corner Stove
at Colorado >prluK«.
Special to The Journal.
Colorado Springs, Colo., May 18.—Vice
President Roosevelt will officiate in the
cornerstone laying of the $50,000 home
■which the Y. M. C. A. will erect in Color
ado Springs. President McKinley would
have officiated, assisted by Secretary
Long, June 5, but for Mrs. McKinley's ill
ness. Colonel Roosevelt will meet his
rough riders here on June 23. The corner-
Btone will be laid some time during the
reunion. The rough riders will participate
The home will be one of the best appoint
ed west of Chicago. The membership here
is quite strong.
JOINT BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION.
Special to The Journal.
Red Wing, Minn.. May 18.—Mrs. Dr.
Stafford and Mrs. S. H. Baker entertained
mutual friends at the residence of Mrs.
Baker yesterday afternoon, the occasion
being in honor of the birthday anniversa
ries of the hostesses. —The Luther league
of St. Paul's English Lutheran church en
joyed a social meeting last evening at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Swanson.
A program of music, addresses and read
ings was given and light refreshments
served. —The celebrated lecture course
given by Dr. J. B. Koehne was completed
last evening with the popular lecture,
"New Aristocracy."
CHfITFIELD'S HIGH SCHOOL. CLASS.
Special to The Journal.
Chatfleld, Minn.. May 18.—The gradu
ating exercises of the Chatfield high
school will take place Friday evening, May
31. The class consists of six boys and
three girls and is one of the largest in
the history of the school. The baccalaure
ate sermon will be preached at the opera
house on Sunday evening. May 26, by Rev.
Allan Belt, of the Presbyterian church.
A special meeting of the Chatfleld school
district was held on Tuesday evening and
it was voted to levy a tax of $3,500 for
school purposes next year.—Vance Rich
ards has a cow under 7 years old that
has nine living calves.
BRIGHT FUTURE AHEAD.
Chicago Post.
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For a moment the lover was thought
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"How much is the license?" he asked.
"Two dollars."
"And the wedding fee?"
"Oh, you can give anything you want,
from $2 up."
"Then," said the lover, jubilantly,
"there is nothing to make me hesitate. I
have a $5 and 28 cents in change."
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Design on the President's Life?
ft o w York Sun Spool*! Smrvloe m
San Francisco, MaylS.A dozen sticks of dynamite and the electric apparatus for
firing them were discovered Thursday in the basement of the Washington street
Chinese theater, which the presidential party had been invited to attend.
Ninety-seven Years Old and in Jail
Special to The Journal.
Duluth, Minn.. May 18.—Felix Hackett, aged 97 years, was sentenced to thirty
five days in the county Jail from the municipal court for keeping a disorderly house.
He is probably the oldest offender in Jail in auy county in the state.
Frightened Into a Comatose State
Special to The Journal.
Waverly, lowa, May Mark Gibson, a young clerk In the postofflce, has been
lying in a stupor sjjice .Wednesday night, when he was initiated into the musterles
or the Modern Woodmen, j His collapse occurred during a part of the horse play
where the candidate .is strapped to a revolving wheel. Physicians were summoned
and after laboring with him without avail took him to his home. His body bears no
marks of violence and his condition is attributed merely to fright.
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Combined Action Against Turkey
Mow York Sun Special Service.
London, May 18.—A dispatch to the Times from Tokio says that M. De Giers,
the Russian minister to China, recently proposed to Li Hung Chang that Russia
guarantee the whole indemnity in return for important political concessions. Earl
Li is understood to have replied that he feared the proposal was liable to take same
misinterpretations which prevailed at Singan-fu over his own advice about Man
churia. He hoped when the court returned to Pekin in the autumn to be able to
overcome the hostile influence and restore intimate relations with Russia, which, he
declared, were indispensable to the safety of China and the preservation of the
dynasty.
Russia Would Be the "Whole Thin^"
! £f»tv York Sun Special Smrvlcm
London, May —The Constantinople correspondent of the Daily News says he be
j lieves that the ambassadors consider the position growing out of the postofflce
i trouble serious, and that they have resolved on combined action against Turkey. He
j adds it is rumored that the ambassadors have arranged for a French fleet to go to
; Besika Bay, between the coast of Asia Minor and the north end of the island of
! Tenedos, to support an immediate command for the restoration of the status quo.
! If the demand is not complied with the fleet will force the Dardanelles, supported by
i a European mandate. The correspondent's statements are not confirmed from other
j sources.
QUESTION OF COLOR
| District Club Women Discuss It at
St. Peter.
ETHICS NOT TO BE CONSIDERED
! ~
I Mr«. William*, State President. Takes
l'urt—Resolution Requesting
Delay Adopted.
From a Staff Correspondent.
St. Peter. Minn., May 18.—The third an
nual convention of the third subdivision of
the second district of the Minnesota Fed- .
eration of Women's Clubs opened last
night very auspiciously. The subdivision
includes the town* of St. Peter, Spring
field, Sleepy Eye and New Ulm, each of
which sent a large delegation. A visit
ing delegation of ten women from the
Mankato Art History club came over this
morning for the day. The most interest- .
ing vistors are two club babies belonging
to Mrs K. E. Mo. and Mrs. William An- |
derson .of Springfield. They have been |
in constant attendance at the meeting.
Baby Anderson is accompanied by both
mother and grandmother.
The arriving vistors were met yesterday
afternoonby a committee of twelve women
and by Mayor and Mrs. W. H. Muller and
taken for a delightful drive around town.
The meetings are being held in the
Methodist church, which has been hand- j
somely decorated. A formal greeting
was given by the subdistrict president,
Mrs. H. L. Stark, of St. Peter, who spoke
of the change in the home atmosphere for
the better through ciub influence. The
response -was made by Mrs. K. E. Mo. j
The principal address was given by Mrs. j
Lydia Phillips Williams, president of the
state federation, on •'The Club Move
ment." In speaking to a mixed audience,
she thought it an auspicious occasion for
launching an educational campaign for
mixed clubs. These she saw coming in
the fututre and strongly indorsed. An
informal reception during which those
present were introduced to Mrs. Williams
followed the program.
••The Color Question."
This morning was given up almost en
tirely to a discussion of the color ques
tion, which was the imoprtant feature of j
the meeting. Mrs. A. K. Gault. of
Omaha, gave a historical sketch of the
agitation. The opening speech of the
discussion, made by Mrs. C. D. Griffith,
of Sleepy Eye. expressed strong opposi
tion to a majority using its power to
force an inharmonious element on the mi
nority, thereby causing friction. She
thought there was a tendency to senti
mentalize the question and exaggerate the
j imoprtance of the result; that northern
women were inclined to pose as the
friends of the colored women merely out
of deference for public opinion. She be
lieved that as many of the colored women
are the intellectual peers of the white
club members, it is social recognition
they are seeking, not educational advant
ages. Also that too much has been done
for the negroes and that the effect would
be better to let them do more for them
selves. She wanted to see the colored
women make their own federation a power
in the land; and in that way to win their
social recognition. She expressed her
< onvlction that the negro race is as cap
able of forming a natural aristocracy of
virtue and talent as any race on the
I globe, and that that is the only way real
social recognition will ever come to it.
Xo oth«r race can show such a record of
progress in the first forty years following
a period of bondage.
In conclusion she said: "But Bocial
recognition is a vast triumph to come to
any race, nation or individual. And it
follows inevitably that where a race is
obliged to commence at the bottom of the
social ladder, it must traverse the inter
vening space before the goal is reached.
You may steady the ladder If you will,
but you cannot force them faster than
the conditions which they are able to
overcome by their own effort will per
mit."
Other Speakers.
Mrs. Mullen, of New Ulm, asked the
club wcmen to try to realize the effect of
the association of white and colored wo
men, and if not ready to receive the col
ored wuman on an absolutely equal basis.
not to try to associate with them at all.
Mrs. William Murfln, of Sleepy Eye, re
garded it as selfish of club women to keep
to themselves the educational advantages
of their club.
Miss Isabel Chadwick, of St. Peter,
spoke specially or. the admission of col
ored women into the state federation. She
made her plea only for the worthy and
aspiring women who could pa« 3 any reas
onable test except color. She referred to
wnat the public has come to expect of
club women, and believed Minnesota
would be judged by the decision of her
club women on this question. Therefore,
she desired thaf a decision be determined
by justice Instead of by policy. She would
admit colored women to club advantages,
for they earnestly desire to better them
selves and their people, because they are
capable of improvement and because it is
American to offer the fullest opportunity
to all.
Mrs. Tomliosoa urged m conservative
THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.
course, believing that in time this would
lead to the granting to colored women
of the fullest opportunity without caus
ing dangerous friction.
By request, Mrs. Williams gave her
views on the ethics of the case. To her
mind, ethics does not enter into the ques
tion at all. She regards it as a question
of methods, of what would best conserve
the ends of the federation. The tests she
would apply are those commonly applied
in all association affairs —whether the ap
plicant will prove an agreeable associate
in work, and whether she will be able to
further the object of the association.
This discrimination is strictly constitu
tional and usual in all organizations, and
!is necessary for their self-preservation.
Mrs. Williams answered numerous ques
tions and the discussion became general.
Would Wait for General Federation.
At the close a resolution was adopted
requesting the state federation to defer
action on the color question until the
I general federation makes its decision.
The district vice president, Mrs. H. A.
Tomlinson, of St. Peter, gave an address
on "The Parting of the Ways," in which
she referred regretfully to the fact that
next year St. Peter would be removed
| from the second district and the club wo-
Imen severed from their present pleasant
I associations.
At 1 o'clock an elaborate luncheon was
served by the club women of St. Peter.
Miss Kate L. Forbush presided over a
program of toasts, as follows:
"Our Guests," Mrs. Rogers, St. Peter.
"The Club Woman of the Twentieth Cen
tury," Mrs. Peterson, New Ulm.
'•The Woman of Leisure and the Wage
Earner," Mrs. Smith, Sleepy Eye.
"Our Presidents," Mrs. Donahower, St.
Peter.
"The Relation of Club 9to Education," Mra.
Bainum, Sprirgfield.
"Our Forests," Mrs. Hanson, Sleepy Eye.
•What the Club Has Done for the Bach
elor Maid," Miss Mary Butts. Springfield.
"The Ideal Mau." Mrs. Bla.:chard, New
I Ulm.
The business meeting will be held late
I tis afternoon.
—Martha Scott Anderson.
"LIKE AN OLD WOMAN"
LIEUT. UILMORE IS CRITICIZED
Strong: Word* of an American Sea
man Who Was Captured
by Filipinos.
Maw York Sun gpeolal Sorvfce
Boston, May 18.—Ossie Woodbury, one
of the seamen captured with Lieutenant
Gilmore by the Filipinos on the coast of
Luzon, on April 12, 1899, is at his home
in Lynn. In discussing the ambuscado
Woodbury said:
Lieutenant Gilmore behaved like an old
woman when those Filipinos fired ou us.
About sixty of them opened fire oil us and
there we waited for some order, but he never
gave us any. He just looked at the puffs
of smoke, drew his revolver and commenced
to fire at them. We looked at each other and
at him and then started firing on our own
account. I was shot in the side, the bullet
entering my cartridge belt and exploding
some of the cartridges. Two of the bullets
lodged under my ribs on my left side and
were extracted by a Filipino surgeon. I fell
into the water when shot.
CLAIMS ALASKA LAND
Bernard Moore Say* He Is Entitled
to Large Wealth.
Washington, May 18. —The land at the
head of the Lynn canal in Alaska on which
Skagway is located is involved in a de
cision by Commissioner of' the Interior
Ryan in directing a new hearing in the
case of Price and others against Bernard
Moore in the Sitka local land office. Moore
claims title under the trade and manu
facture act, under which title to public
lands in Alaska may be acquired, and as
serts that he was thus occupying the land
until the gold excitement brought ad
venturous crowds, who divested him of
possession and established the town of
Skagway. The townsite people claim that
Moore is not acting in good faith.
\ortlnvent I'enaiona.
Washington, May 18.—Pensions granted:
Minnesota—Michael Farrell, Kelley, $8;
George R. Longley, St Francis, $6; Arthur
Barrett, Minneapolis, $t% Gayon G. Kennedy,
''uineapolis, |8: Louisa Case, Chatfield. %H:
:ie Case, Chatfield (minor of), $2; Rieke
Schroder, Hacine, $8.
Wisconsin —George W. Clark, dead. She
boygan Falls, $12; George Degitz, Hixton, $12;
Bonketz Gatz, Palmyra, $12: Egline Peckham.
South Kaukauna, $8; Geofried Grozer, father.
Milwaukee. $12; Dally W. Vanvolkenburgh,
Masonville, $8.
lowa—Charles W. Wullweber, Dubuque $6;
James Boots. Elgin, $10; William H. Walker,
Hamilton, $8; Alonzo W. Bradley, Auduhon,
$S; William Murray, Oakley, $10; Elizabeth
Ebner, mother, Ainsworth, $12.
South Dakota—Daniel Eagle. Sisseton, $6.
RECEPION FOR ANOKA PASTOR.
Special to The Journal.
Anoka, Minn., May 18.—A reception was
given last evening by the ladies of the
Congregational church for Rev. A. E.
Barnes and wife at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. P. G. Woodward, at which about 100
guests were present. During the evening
the Anoka cornet band serenaded the
guests, and refreshments were served. —
Mrs. Lindsay Ferguson died yesterday
after a long illness of consumption. She
was about 35 years of age,' and leaves a
husband and four small children.
WOMAN IK A SALOON
Mrs. William Pass Breaks Mirrors
and Glasses at Adrian.
HUSBAND HAD BEEN ARRESTED
Town Takes Sides, but the Marshal
Finally Lands Her in
Jail Also.
Adrian, Minn., May 18. —An anti-saloon
demonstration which has never been
equaled in this part of the country took
place in the barroom of the Slabe hotel.
The principal in the trouble was Mrs.
William Pass, who is an active temper
ance woman.
William Pass, while in a half intoxi
cated condition, became involved in an
argument about some trivial matter with
the bartender of the saloon. A fierce
fight followed, in which blood flowed free
ly on b'_>th sides. After a few minutes
the fight abated somewhat, but only to
be renewed when the marshal arrived up
on the scene.
After a second fight Pass was finally
overpowered and taken to Jail. Later in
the evening Mrs. Pass came to the saloon
and requested that the proprietor and bar
tender order her husband released, which
they refused to do. Mrs. Pass then
grubbed for the bartender, who ran around
the bar and tried to make his escape.
She chased him around the room, break
ing a window and glass fixtures at the
same time.
The marshal was called a second time,
but this time refused to act, as there was
a large crowd present, and the sentiment
was pretty evenly divided. Mrs. Pass was
just in the act of hurling an iron cuspidor
at the bartender, who had assumed an
undignified position in a remote corner
of the room, when the marshal decided
to interfere.
In the struggle that followed the wo
man broke four windows and several glass
and ornamental furnishings about the
room. Her work of destruction was not
interfered with by any of the bystanders,
who seemed for the most part inclined to
take sides against,the marshal if he pro
posed to place her under arrest.
A general fight seemed for a time in
evitable, but the marshal and his sup
porters at last managed to get the woman
under control, and she was carried by
force to the jail, a large crowd following.
She spent most of the night with her hus
band in jail.
HOME COMING OF SOLDIERS
TRANSPORTS LEAVING MANILA
Three of Them to Start To-day
With Volunteers on
Board.
Washington, May 18.—Quartermaster
General Ludington has received a cable
message from Colonel Miller, depot quar
termaster at Manila, giving additional de
tails regarding the return home here of
the volunteers. He says that the trans
ports Hancock, Buford and Aztec will
leave Manila for San Francisco to-morrow
and that the transport Pennsylvania will
leave on the 22nd inst. The Aztec is an
animal ship. The others are troop ships.
They will bring the Thirty-first, Fortieth
and Forty-first regiments of volunteer in
fantry. Information has also been re
ceived of the departure of transports
Sumner and Indiana from Nagasaki for
Taku to transport General Chaffee's army
to Manila.
San Francisco, May 18.—Brigadier Gen
erals Frederick D. Grant and J. C. Bates
arrived from Manila on the transport
Sheridan. General Grant is on his way
east to join his son who is a student at
West Point. General Bites intends to
visit friends In Chicago and St. Louis.
He does not believe he will be sent back
to Luzon. It is expected he will be placed
iv command of the department of the
Missouri. Among the passengers on the
Sheridan is Calvin P. Titus, the musician
of Company E, Fourteenth infantry, who
was .the first to scale the wall of Peking
when the allied force attacked the Chinese
capital. Titus received a special appoint
ment to the Annapolis Naval academy by
President McKinley and is on his way to
that institution. Edwin Carson, a signal
service man, whose bravery was also re
warded by the president appointing him
to West Point is another passenger. •
w. poinTpertorbation
UPPER CLASS MEN IX REVOLT
Unpopularity of the Superintendent
Given as the Cause of
Trouble.
Washington, May 18. —Information of a
semiofficial nature has been received here
from the West Point military academy of
a serious condition of affairs prevailing
in the cadet battalion, which amounts al
most to an insurrection of a large num
ber of upper class men. Trouble has been
known to exist at the institution since
the investigation of the Booz hazing, and
matters have grown so bad of late that
it is reported here that no less than
eighty cadets, chiefly of the second or next
ranking class, were confined to quarters
and that several and perhaps a large pro
portion might be courtmartialed.
The so-called insurrection is said to
lfcave been a result of the growing unpop
ularity of Colonel Mills, the superinten
dent, who, army officers allege, has issued
orders and prescribed regulations which
the cadets believe are entirely opposed to
the traditions and best interests of the
school. Adjutant General Corbin said this
morning that he had not received any re
port of trouble at West Point, and that
ke knew nothing of the affair.
AT ANY COS?"
Milwaukee After Next Modern Wood
men Grand (amp,
Milwaukee, May 18. —Milwaukeeans are
going to St. Paul to try to capture the
thirteenth biennial camp of the Modern
Woodmen. The delegation from Milwau
kee appointed by the local camps to se
cure the convention at any cost, consists
of E. G. Morton, Dr. H. L. Harrington,
H. M. Laflin, C. W. Perry of Wauwatosa,
H. F. Ohm of South Milwaukee and C. W.
Wendt of North Milwaukee. The delega
tion will reach St. Paul several days in
advance of the delegates,' and will make
a systematic contest.
SORRENSON AS ORATOR
Minneapolitan Addresses His Coun
trymen at La Crosse.
Special to The Journal.
La Crosse, Wis.. May 18.—The national
holiday of the Norwegians was observed
in grand style in this city yesterday. The
Norden society held exercises which were
attended by all of the prominent Norwe
gians. The principal address was deliv
ered by S. Sorenaon of Minneapolis, who
reviewed the history of Norway in fitting
words. Other speeches were made by
local men, including Martin Bergh,
Colonel Nelson and others. The program
closed with a dance and supper.
CAPTAIN BRANDT REWARDED.
Special to The Journal.
Dcs Moines, lowa, May 18.—Captain
Amos Brandt, who recently returned from
the Phillipines, where he served as cap
tain in the Thirty-second regiment,, has
been appointed deputy auditor of state.
He is an able politician and aspires to be
auditor of state himself at the close of
Auditor Merriam's term.
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REVISION OF
THE CREED
Continued From First Pave.
uel J. Niccolls, Daniel W. Fisher, George B.
Stewart, Stephen W. Dana, Samuel P.
Sprecher, Henry van Dyke, John K. Harlan,
Daniel R. Noyes, William R. Crabbe, John
E. Parsons, Elisha A. Fraser.
Discussion to Open Thursday.
The names of the commissioners select
ed yesterday by the various districts to
serve as members of the standing commit
tees were read and accepted. The com
mittees on ministerial relief, freedmen
and aid for colleges immediately retired
to elect their chairman and the remaining
committees were instructed by the as
sembly to meet at noon for the same pur
pose. On motion of Rev. Dr. W. H. Rob
erts, the standing order of business was
changed and the presentation of board re
ports arranged so that discussion of the
report of the committee on revision could
be made the first order for next Thursday
and continued until the matter was defi
nitely settled.
Rev. Dr. Ersklne of Newville moved
that discussion on revision be continued
uninterrupted by other matters until a
conclusion had been reached by the as
sembly. On motion of Rev. Dr. John G.
Reading of Williamsport, the report of
the committee on judicial commissions
was "made the first order after the set
tlement of the revision question.
The component parts of a particular church
are: The sessions, the deacons, the communi
cant members, with their baptized children,
the Sabbath school with its scholars, teach
ers and officers; the various societies or
agencies organized for the carrying on of
Christian work and development of Christian
life.
The report of the committee on mission
ary and benevolent offerings did not meet
with favor by a majority of the commis
sioners. A recommendation Is made add
ing to overture No. 1 a new section, as
follows:
Rev. Dr. George T. Purves of New York
moved to refer the report to the com
mittee on church polity. Ho said he
feared such an addition to the overture
might introduce a new definition of the
church and that this definition might be
used to the serious detriment of the
church in the fact that Sunday school
children would be allowed to vote in
church meetings.
John "Willis Baer of Boston, secretary
of the Christian Endeavor society, spoke
In favor of the report on the ground tfcat
if adopted it would for the first time in
the history of the church give the Chris
tian Endeavorers and Sabbath school chil
dren excellent recognition in the church.
The report was referred to the commit
tee on church polity. The assembly then
adjourned until Monday morning.
TWENTIETH CEXTIBY FUND
The Committee Thereon Tells All
About It.
Philadelphia, May 18.—John Wanamaker
occupied the chair at last night's ses
sion of the Presbyterian general assem
bly. The principal speaker was R
Samuel J. Niccols of St. Louis, who
delivered an address on the oppor
tunity and duty of the Presbyterian
church in the twentieth century.
Rev. Dr. Marcus A. Brownson of this
city, chairman of the Twentieth Century
fund committee, read the report of the
committee, which told In detail the meth
ods adopted to raise money for the
church.
Rev. Dr. Roberts, treasurer of the fund,
presented a supplementary report, show
ing receipts as follows:
For boards of the church, $106,030; for
colleges and academies, $330,000; for the
ological seminaries, $110,767; for hospi
tals, $61,659; for Young Men's Christian
association, $117,464; miscellaneous, $30,
--000; for local debts on churches, $1,081,-
C 54; for improvements in local churches
and building new churches, $1,537,913.
Total, $3,397,031. This amount has been
contributed by 107,800 Presbyterian
churches in the country.
Dr. Roberts stated. that he had re
ceived information that in St. Louis
i subscriptions amounting to $180,000 had
! been received and had not been included
in the report. He was also informed,
he said, that one-half of the amount re
quired to remove the mortgage on the
Presbyterian building in New York had
been raised. This was included in his
report.
The report of the committee on revision
will be laid before the commissioners to
morrow, though It is not expected the
subject will be discussed by the assem
bly before the middle of next week. Sur
prise was manifested when it was learned
that a minority report will be presented.
The minority report agrees in all Its con
clusions exceDt clause 8, which recom
mends that the. revision committee be
instructed to prepare a brief summary
•of the reformed faith bearing the same
relation to the confession which the short
er catechism bears to the large catechism.
The minority believe that this recom
mendation is not identical with what
many of the Presbyterians requested in
their answers to the committee's in
quiries and that it erects an additional
standard of orthodoxy with the shorter
catechism. The report is signed by E.
W. C. Humphrey and William McKibbin.
ASSEMBLY ANALYZED
Men of Unusual Ability Guiding the
Church's Destinies.
Correspondence of The Journal.
Philadelphia, May 16.—More than 600
delegates from all parts of the world are
gathered together in the city of Brotherly
Love to take part in the deliberations of
the 113 th general assembly, and »eldom
is it the privilege of any man to look
upon a more noble appearing body of men.
There are many present whose heads have
grown gray in the service and whose wis
dom is proverbial in traditions of the
church. Side by side with these sit those
who, for the first time, have come up to
such a meeting as this.
It is peculiarly fitting that the first
meeting of this great body should be held
in this city, for this is the 200 th year since
the installation of the pastor of the First
Presbyterian church took place. Here the
General Presbytery was organized in 1705,
the general synod was organized in 1717
and the general assembly in 1789. Here
also the old and new school. It Is, there
fore, the 196 th year since the establish
ment of a supreme church judicatory in
the Presbyterian church in America.
The meeting this year Is of the utmost
importance to Christendom. Not only are
Presbyterians of city, village and country
interested in our own land, in Alaska,
the islands of the sea and in the mission
fields all over the world, but other de
nominations of Christians are looking to
this meeting with deep interest on account
of the great questions soon to be brought
before the assembly. Of course, the ques
tion of the revision of the confession of
faith is the "paramount issue," as it
touches the very foundation of the Pres
byterian system of belief. It was in this
city in 1888 that an attempt was first
made to revise the creed, and here again,
the question promises to take more defi
nite form. Ten years ago the general as
sembly appointed a committee of twenty
one ministers and elders to take up this
matter of revision and report at the next
meeting. The committee proposed certain
changes in the confession of faith which
were submitted to the 230 Presbyteries,
to adopt which a two-thirds affirmative
vote "was necessary. Many of the Presby
teries failed to vote on the question and
the matter was dropped.
It lay dormant for several years, owing
to the Interest of the church being cen
tered in the controversy with Dr. Brlggs,
but at last year's meeting of the assem
bly in St. Louis the matter was opened
by request, and the moderator was em
powered to appoint a committee of fif
teen to correspond with the various Pres
byteries as to what was their desire in the
matter. Replies have been received from
about 200 of them, the larger part Indi
cating a strong sentiment that some
changes In the standards of the church
would be advisable, but not a majority
SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 18. 1901
MAYOR DORAN
OF ST. PAUL
Experiences the Invigorating Effect of
Paine's Celery Compound.
Hon. F. B. Doran who has been several j
times honored by the citizens of St. Paul
by re-election as mayor, possesses many
of the characteristics that go to make
the reputation of a "sound man," and is
the last person in the world to publicly
indorse anything of which he has not
fully informed himself.
Mayor Doran decided to take Paine's
celery compound this spring, having heard
much of its wonderful efficacy from phy
sicians, neighbors and intimate friends.
He was not disappointed. His experience
with this great remedy was so gratifying
that a few days ago he sent the proprie
tors a testimonial which adds conclusive
proof to the statement of physicians that,
of all the spring remedies that^an be
had, Paine's celery compound stands far
above all others in honest and great re
sults.
March 21, 1901.
Dear Sirs —I am convinced that every
one, sick or well, needs to take a spring
remedy, and for that purpose I believe
nothing can equal Paine's celery com
pound. I commend it especially to the
nervously afflicted. Very truly yours,
F. B. DORAN*.
of these agreeing as to Just what changes
should be made.
Among the delegates present are those
who favor a new creedal statement, others
who desire some Flight changes m%de in
the old statement, some who desire a sup
plemental statement, others simply a de
claratory statement which will cover the
disputed points, some want several new
chapters added, while not- a few desire
to have the whole matter dropped. It is
impossible at this time to predict what
will be the outcome of the discussion, and
really it matters little as this assembly
cannot change the confession. It can only
accept or reject the report of the com
mittee, and while that report is almost
unanimously in favor of revision along
the lines proposed in 1892, the matrer
must ultimately be settled by the Pres
byteries in which the vote of the elder
■who follows the plow counts for just as
much as that the most scholdarly pastor
in the land.
Dr. Robert Sample ex-moderator of the
assembly and former pastor of West
minster church, Minneapolis, was a visitor
at the assembly to-day. Rev. Joseph W.
Cochron, D. D.. a former Minneapolis boy
and an alumlnus of Macalaster college is
pastor of the Northminster church of this
city and a prominent member of the com
mittee of arrangements for the assembly.
One of the encouraging features of this
meeting is that it is reported on good au
thority that each one of the boards of the
church'will report no debts outstanding.
It has been sad that the election of Dr.
Minton of California as the moderator is
a sure sign of victory for the conservative
element in the assembly, but that pre
diction remains to be fulfilled.
The progressive spirit of the assembly
is, It seems, clearly shown in the effort
to defeat the Peoria plan of appointing
stalling committees of the assembly; that
is the appointing of the members of each
committee by the members of tiie assem
bly, thus taking the appointing power out
of the hands of the moderator. —W.
MOREY IS GAINING
Recovery Will Be Slow, but Ia Re
garded Sure.
Special to The Journal.
Winona. Minn., May 18.—C. A. Morey,
member of the state board of control, who
Is confined to him home in this city by
reason of injuries received in his fall at
the capitol, is slowing though steadily
gaining in health. His eyesight contin
ues somewhat poor, owing to the injury to
the optic nerves, but it is the opinion of
the attending physician that he will ulti
mately recover from this and will in
time be restored to the normal use of
all his faculties.
The high school field day preliminary
contests, to select those who will go to
La Croese next Saturday, were held to
day.
CALUMET & HECLA'S GIFT
Biff Mining Concern 'Will Build an
Armory for Itn Home Company.
Special to The Journal.
Calumet, Mich., May 18.—The Calumet
& Hecla Mining company, through the in
fluence of President Alexander Agassiz,
has decided to erect a new armory for
the local militia company. The plans call
for a sandstone building, three stories
high, the ground dimensions being 85x42
feet. The drill room will be 60x120 feet,
or one of the largest In the United States.
The basement will be used aa storage
rooms for the quartermaster. On the
first floor there will be two large gun
rooms and an office for company officials.
On the second, there will be club rooms,
a billiard hall, reading room, reception
room and two large toilet rooms. The
third floor will have a banquet hall 60x22
feet.
HER IMPRESSION.
Mr. Bensonhurst—lt is believed that
Herreshoff ia going to have some new
wrinkles in his cup defender's mainsail.
Miss Dykerheights—Why, I thought
they always tried to make sails set per
fectly smooth!
Because a man is growing old he need
not be an invalid. Old age isn't a disease.
A man at 60 should be well, and many at
70 are as well as ever in their lives.
But as age comes on the blood needs to
be rid of rheumatism and the muscles of
neuralgia; the nerves need feeding and the
brain nourishment. Paine's celery com
pound is food for the brain and nerves. It
builds up the strength of the body. The
saddest ignorance is for a sick person not
to know the remedy that will make him
well. Fortunately, few people have failed
to hear of the remarkable cures from the
use of Paine's celery compound.
For rheumatism, neuralgia, Impure
blood, nervous diseases and kindred
troubles, it Is a positive cure. The ex
perimental efforts of scores and scores of
so-called spring remedies with which the
market is constantly recruited are in
startling contrast with the thoroughly
scientific way in which Paine's celery com
pound restores health and vigor to the
worn-out blood and nerves.
New strength, new life, new health come
from its use —especially is this true in the
spring.
CONGER'S OLD COUNTY
Cnmmim More Than Likely to Take
It From Him.
Special to The Journal.
Dcs Moines, lowa, May 18. —The first
of the caucuses in Dallas county, which is
now the chief seat of war between the
Cummins and anti-Cummins forces, were
held to-day at Adel and Redfield. At Adel
the opposition to Cummins gave up the
fight and there were but two Conger men
at the caucus. ■ At Redfield there was a
bitter fight, the Cummins forces winning
by a vote of 80 to 65.
Caucuses will be held to-night at Perry
and in case the Cummins men win there,
it is believed.it will practically settle the
contest in Dallas, which was formerly the
home of Major Conger.
STEAMER GOES ASHORE
Xyack of the Crosby Line Ia Fast
Xear Milwaukee.
Milwaukee, Wis., May 18. —The steamer
N'yack of the Crosby line, which left
Grand Haven for Milwaukee last night,
went ashore on North Point, this city,
during a fog, to-djay. The Nyack carries
passengers and freight. Several tugs have
gone to her assistance. The steamer is
on a rocky .bottom, resting easy and is
not thought to be in great danger.
The Benedictine distillery at Fecamp
produced last year 1,681,000 bottles.
WORK DON'T HURT.
Poor Selection of Food Is the Cause
of Break Downs,
Many men and women too, feel that
their work is the cause of symptoms of
nervous break-down, but work is not the
cause, as any one can prove to their en
tire satisfaction, by leaving off the food
they have been trying to subsist on, and
taking in its place food made for the ex
press purpose of rebuilding the brain and
nerve centers in. the body and supplying
other portions with sufficient nourishment
and keep right on with the same work
and get well and strong.
An illustration given in the caseOf F. A.
Whitely, Supt. of of the Public School* at
Excelsior, Minn. He is £lit> a stutfent^and
teacher of hygiene. -He-' s*ys:'> "'This
spring at the beginning of the last month
of school, I was very much run down,
and since my duties are quite confining,
I naturally ascribed my condition- to that.
I discovered that I made the same mis
take that many do. It is not work, but a
lack of proper food that causes break
down. Wife went visiting this time and
I concluded to get my own meals for a
time. The grocer suggested that I use a
ready cooked food known as Grape-Nuts.
I found the food delicious, requiring no
cooking. I simply poured milk or cream
over it and had It in that way.
I used Grape-Nuts for breakfast, din
ner and supper, and liking it so well I
simply lived on It for the next thfee
weeks. My work continued quite as ardu
ous and confining 'as- before but I expe
rienced a decided rise in spirits and vital
ity as well as in general health. Found I
did not tire as ;Defore and entirely lost
that worn-out feeling which seems to take
the heart out of one.
I am satisfied the change was due to my
change in food, and I have been so' greatly
helped and have been taught so valuable
a lesson in food as related to the human
body that I wish to express my apprecia
tion in this manner."
It will pay any brain worker to dis
pense with a part of the ordinary diet and
use Grape-Nuts once or twice a day at
least, for the food is made by food ex
perts, for a purpose, and that purpose ia
to furnish the human system with the ele
ments, in a concentrated form, required
for rebuilding the brain and nerve centers
throughout the body. There Is no sort of
question of the truth of the statement
and value of food, as can be demonstrated
by anyone.