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THE CHURCH AND THE PRESS
Considered for Sunday Republic Readers fay the Reverend
Doctor Jes3e Bowman Young.
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OCTOH. JESSE BOWMAN
YOUNG 1ms been editor of the
note! MethodUt publication,
the Central Christian Advocate. In
St. Louis for the past eight years.
He nas been a clobe student of news-
papers, both religious and secular.
and has intelligently -watched their
de elopment.
Recently his church decided to com-
bine tho church papers that havo
been published separately in St.
Louis, Denver and Omaha, and have
the central office of publication in J
Knn!.') Cllv Tlnptnr Snpno. r- nT Den- A
ver was tho successful candidate for
'Jtho editorship of the paper, and Doc-
'jtor Young accepted a call to become $
'yastor of Walnut Hills Church, In
'Cincinnati.
Doctor Young and his family will 0
'lea-e St. Louis, shortly Ho will 'pcud
"August and September i:i Colorado,
,jlSnd his family Tvill remain in Kansas
iClty, their home prior to their re-
.Icoval to St. Ixmls, In 1692. About J
the end of September they will go to
Cincinnati, where Doctor Young as-
iumes his new charge October 1.
Colonel coolidge, commanding
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AMERICAN REGIMENT IN CHINA,
The Opportunities War Brought to Many
Officers of the Line.
pmrrrEN tor the sunday republic.
Now that Charles A. Coolldge of the
CJntted States Army has a regiment of his
own and is fighting in China, with the eyes
of the United States upon him, he may find
additional reasons for suggesting to tho
flVar Department the adoption of his favor
ite weapon, the trowel bayonet. And If ho
po eo far as to Indulge In a fad he will
get his men to chew on crackers when
thirsty.
The wars of the past two years havo
been a Godsend for men like Coolldge. Up
to the outbreak of the Spanish War ho
JVras Captain In the line, and the oracle,
tho Army Register, showed he would re
tire with but one grade higher, nothing
interfering. War interfered .and Coolidge
Sot his majority at once. Then he changed
the gold oak leaf for tho silver one and
Vent to China. By tho fortune of war ho
Kot into tho thick of It, when he thought
3ie was nowhero at nil. Boxers killed his
chief. That left Coolidge In command. By
the right of priority he has no claim on
the Ninth, but should come home to a
Junior regiment here, and the ranking Lleu-
enant Colonel of the army should get tho
bhoice berth at the front. But it Is a long
ray to China and Coolldge Is there.
1 Chaffee is going to China. They like each
Bther. these two men, the one a born fight
er and the other a born good fellow. Chaf
fee was at headquarters at the Department
Df the -Colorado when Coolldge was senior
Captain of the Seventh, both getting on for t
Lhe time of retirement and both of them j
handicapped with low grades. Coolldge was 1
In the Seventh. He was such a good fel
YOUTSEY'S PLAN
TO KILL GOEBEL.
Signed Confession Involves Taylor
in the Assassination
Conspiracy,
Says Taylor Objected to Negro Murderers, Pre
ferring a White Man
Blood Money.
ItKPUniJC SPECIAL.
Georgetown, Ky., Aug. 4. The attorneys
for the Commonwealth have made public
Henry E. Youtsey's confession of his part
in the Goebel assassination conspiracy. The
confession is a sensational statement,
tigned and corrected by Youtsey. and is la
the possession of the attorneys for the
prosecution. In it he makes a clean breast
of hli connection with the Goebel murder,
admits having offered $1,200 for the mur
der of Goebel and saya that when he went
to Taylor for $300 moro to get Hocker
Emtth to commit tho crime, Taylor said:
Wanted a White AsaIn.
Til be damned if I will agree to bind
myself to negroes." Later on Taylor said
that if anyone was to kill Goebel. it would
havo to bo a. white man, before he became
a party to the scheme. This statement
hnQ hepn in the oossssion of tho prosecu
tion for weeks, and tho lawyers now dl
vulgo it on account of an agreement which,
they claim, has been made between the at
torneys for Powers and the counsel for
Youtsey. Youtsey only made a partial con
fession. He refused to tell moro unless
promised Immunity from prosecution. This
the Commonwealth his positively refused.
The substance of Youtsey's statement is
lhat on January 22 he mailed a written or
der to Powell & Clements, dealers in guns
nnd cartridges, on Main street, between
J--ourth and Fifth, Cincinnati, O.. for a box
of metal-patched bullets. On the morning
of Wednesday, January 24. tho bullets w cro
received in Frankfort by Youtsey. They
were metal-patched bullets, and aro known
In mercantile parlance as steel bullets.
Offered Money for Slurder.
Youtsey ald that on Thursday, January
25, he "arranged" with "Tallow Dick"
Combs and Mason Hockersmlth to kill Goe
bel on tho morning of Friday, January 26.
The shot was to bo fired from the office of
the Secretary of State, and the murderers
were to escape through the basement
Combs and Hockosmlth demanded J1.E00 fo:
committing the murder. Youtsey 5" b"1
31,200, and claimB that he went to W. b.
Taylor, and, finding him alone In his of
fice, told him that he had at last found
two turn who had agreed to kill Goebel
and stop the contest for the governorship.
"Wno are mey inquircu iujii.
"They are two negroes," replied Youtsey.
'One of them is named 'Tallovy Dick'
Combs and the other is Mason Hocker
Emiih." "I'll bo damned if I will agree to bind
myself to negroes," is the reply which
Youtsey says Taylor made to him. Youtsey
then told Taylor that he had W.2W, but
they demanded JL500, and that In order to
have the Job done ho would have to raise
$300 more.
Youtsey says that Taylor put his foot
down on his scheme, and said that if any
one was to be hired to kill Goebel It would
have to he a white man before ho would
become a party to it.
Yooticy Quotes Deboe.
Youtsey said that he then became dis
consolate, but met United States Senator
Deboe that night and told him of tho ar
rangement ho had made to have Goebel as
sassinated. "That will not be necessary," was Dc
boe'B reply, according to Youtsey. "1 think
I have fixed it 60 that Berry will be seated
BY THE REVEREND JESSE BOWMAN
YOUNG.
THE religious and secular departments
of journalism have in recent jeara
overlapped to a striking degree. Tney
blend, or at least interlace, together now
to a large extent. The religious weeklies,
for instance. In their i-pheio or secular ob
servation and "cmipolitleal comment, have
enlarged their range of virion greatly wltiiln
a dozen ycirs They now consider themes
editorially which a few icars ago m
deemed, as a matter of taste and propriety,
outs'de of their legitimate sphere. While
few of them show .1 partl-an spirit. et they
often deal with issues which are politlcii or
scmipolltlcal in a frank and forc'nlc way.
In certain great crlsc as. was illustrated
(specially In the exciting dajs, which fol
lowed PresWcnt Cleveland s Venezuelan
message thej" havo shown themselves as
endowed with highest political acumen.
This secularization of the religious press
is simply a sIcti of tho diversification of our
modern life. As our relations become more
manifold, new angle's are revealed from
which to glimpse moral and rellcinua truth,
new realms open up in secular life for tho
application of the Gospel, and hence new
fields continually are colonized bv the re
ligious journalist, as well as by the pulpit,
which in our day has a larger scope ana a
wider range of proper topics than It had in
other times.
On the other hind, the diily papers havo
entered tho religious field of news gathering
low that he was easy with his company.
It has always the biggest sick report and
tho minimum number of men available
for duty. It was often up before the old
man.
Merrlam. it was. Colonel Henry Marriam
now, at Denver, commanding the Depart
ment of the Missouri in addition to his own
Department of the Colorado.
"It's more discipline jou will have to set
Into your company. Captain," tho Colonel
said.
"I think so. sir," the Captain made an
swer. Mrs. Coolldge was the life of tho Sev
enth. The post loved her, and tho post and
whole county of Arapahoe and it is 106
miles long loved Captain Coolldge.
When Coolldge was having his bad quar
ter of an hour with Colonel Merrlam, Chaf
fee was leaving headquarters to go to his
own regiment ns a Major. Mrs. Coolidge
was on her way to Paris. There camo a
Second Lieutenant of cavalry to Tort Lo
gan Just in time to get a glimpse of pretty
little Miss Chaffee, then at Wolfe Hall,
Denver, and Coolidge said to his friend
Ctaffes:
"Old man, the army Is not worth a hang.
I wouldn't let tho girl mix up with tho
youngsters."
"If your wife were here, Coolldge, I might
take her advice, but, my boy, jou know
no more about these things than I do, and
I know nothing but soldiering and Jarvls
Hall, where my boy Adna Is. Tho girl be
longs to the mother."
"Then I'll break the back of this voung
Lieutenant," said Coolldge, but he did not.
In tho Legislature. When that Is done tho
backbone of the opposition will Do broken.
Goebel cannot hope to win with Van Meter .
out of the way."
After the Legislature had seated Van
Meter over Berry tho Republicans were
thrown into confusion, and Youtsey again
went to Tavlor. Ho told the Executive that
something had to be done, that tho Demo
crats were robbing them of their offices
and that the occasion demanded Immediate
action. Youtsey related the conversation
between him and Taylor then as follows:
"It is a horrible thing, Youtsey, to con- j
template murder," said Tavlor.
"Murder Munt lie Done." I
"I know it," replied Youtsey. "But it must
be done." i
"I will never consent to hiring the ne
groes," spoke up the Executive, firmly.
Youtsev then said that some ono else
could be'secured, and asked Taj lor for $300.
Youtsey said that Tavlor thereupon
handed him the $300. The lawyer for tho
prosecution, to whom Youtsey made the
statement, wrote It out as the prisoner
sroke It. When Youtsey had gotten that
far. Powers's detective. J. B. Mathews, en
tered the room. Youtsey Jumped up and
exclaimed, hvsterically:
"I'm ruined now. I'm ruined now. I will
say no more. I cannot tell."
Troops to Protect AaslnB.
Ctnna tV.a.1 Vnnteow line nld nothing. HO
rcfubed to tell to whom he gave tho Jl.iflJ
or whether he gave it to any one. But ho
did Bay that a white man fired the shot
from 1'owers's office. Youtsey cliims that
he was not in the office when the shot was
fired, but that he kept watch at tho door l
leading into tho main hallway, and that he l
brought tno mouniainceiH num wiu 6
cultural office to the Executive building to
protect the assassins. As to Jim Howard s
movements. Colonel Campbell sas that
Howard left Manchester on January 28 and
reached Frankfort at 9:37 o'clock on tho
morning Goebel was shot.
Youtsey's last Interview with Taylor, ho
savs, was when the latter gave him $300 to
make up tho $1.K, twentj-rour hours be
fore Howard left Manchester. The attor
nejs for the prosecution believe that Yout
sey can tell who fired tho shot.
"Tallow Dick" Combs admits having
made tho statement accorded to him yes
terday, but says that his lawyer, R. C. O.
Benjamin (colored) sold him out in a fit of
pique when told that the white lawyers ob
jected to his sitting with them because It
prejudiced tho white jury. He savs that
Benjamin gave his story to the prosecu
tion, and that when confronted with it he
("Tallow Dick") had to admit Its truth.
COLLIER'S WORK.
Guarded Executive Building With
His Armed Men.
Georgetown, Ky., Aug. 4. Tho cross-examination
of Adjutant General Collier of
the Taylor administration and the direct
and cross-examination of Reuben Miller,
chief clerk of the defendant, while he acted
as Secretary of State, were the features of
the Powers eonsnlracv trial to-day. Miller
I had been brought back from Indiana by
I the defense, and he proved a good witness
for this side. It was his opinion that the
shot which resulted in the death of Gov
ernor Goebel was fired, as were those which
, followed It, outside the Executive building.
He was tne person closest to tne private of
fice of Powers, and he said the shot did not
come from that room. He located the spot
where Goebel fell about fifteen feet away
from the spot fixed by the rrosecutton, and
stated that the militia did not appear on
the scene for thirty minutes. He also stated
that Powers was not In his office during tho
afternoon of January 25, the day on which
the mountain petitioners arrived at the
and comment in a remarkable way in recent
j ears. Their reports of great missionary
gatherings, of the doings of prcfahj tcrlef',
synods conferences, their pulpit announce
ments, their broadide pages filled on each
Monday morning with the discourses of the
preceding Sabbath, and in general the at
tention and the space devoted by them to
religious news and church matters are Indi
cations of til's principle
At to the healthful growth of the press
both denominational and secular, within tho
pnht dozen vearF, there can be but one
opinion. The word enlerprlse right!
characterizes one of the elements of this
growth while there are narrow, cheap and
commonplace religious papers still in exist
ence also coarse and anarchistic and clap
trap dniilis. vet the great dallies are better
than evir In their tone and spirit, and the
denominational weeklies have Improved in
an amazing measure. They occupy a grade
to-day distinctively higher than was ever
before attained.
Tho question, How can the church make
the best uso of the press? can be answered
Intolllgintlv onlv in the light of the facts
which I have thus briefly outlined. An
agency of far-reaching scope, of Incalcula
ble weight, of imme.isurnh'u Influence, is
put by the facilities of modern newspaper
dom, secular and religious within the reach
of the church. How shall these facilities
be utilized to the fullest etent.'
1 Insofar as the denominational press ia
concerned, the answei Is simple and direct
Tho church papers should contlnuo to im
In less thnn two months the joung folks
were married. It is the plague of Coolidge's
life to mention to him the time he tried to
usurp the functions of Mrs. Coolidge, whoso
Dominion was wherever there was an army
girl and a prospect of a match.
Coolidge's house at Logan is third from
the Colonel's. He weara hib belt let out to
tho last hole and walks on the ball of his
foot, or did for the forty jears he was a
marching line officer. Here Is his story cf
his first acquaintance with the trowel baj
ciiet: "We lay on the north bank of tho Platte,
and baw the Indians so thick at the base
of tho hill that we wished with all our
heart and soul wo were In Jericho. But we
were not, and there was nothing to do but
to prepare for it. The Indians thought is
two dajs off, and had no scouts out. Their
women were all with tl.em and tho lods
poles weru still up. There was no sign an -wheie
about their camp that thej expected
us, hence we were ablo to get right on top
of them before they discovered us. And wo
did r.ot let them do it Just then, but lay
by till night, when we started digging
trenches. The plan was to rush tho tepees
at daj light, shoot Into them, get the In
dians on the run nnd try and make a run
ning fight of It. If, however, we vvero
checked, wo were to work back up tho hill,
drop behind tho breastworks and fight It
out tiil sundown, when the remainder of tho
cemmand would come along.
"Wo had no trenching tools. Wo did not
know the trail was so warm. There was
nothing then to do but to break the burned
earth with our bayonets. One man in the
company had made a baonet In the shape
of a trowel. He mado It when we first sot
out on the expedition. Well, gentlemen, the
way that fellow threw dirt Is a caution.
He fixed his bayonet on the end of his rifle
barrel and used the whole like a eoade. It
did more work than six men did with the
regulation bayonet. And, would jou credit
it, when we came to the charge, tho gashes
that thing made when he hit a man w
ferocious. We could trace the movements of
the bayonet among the tepees It was a
horrible thlrg to look at and decidedly more
useful In any way It might be used than the
point we now use."
Coolidge tried to get the bayonot adopted.
State capital, and at which time WItnesB
Noakes of the prosecution charged him with
Tnalrlno' Rpvpral atn tpmt nts nf n thre2teninT
nature, and of conferring with Youtsey,
cuiton ana omers or tne anegea conspirat
ors. Ben Rowe, colored porter of the execu
tive office, also brought back form Indiana
bv the defense, corroborated the statements
of Miller about movements of persona In the
public office of the Secretary of State at the
tlmo of tha shooting. Miller quoted Gover
nor Taylor as saying, as he ran from his
private office Into the room on hearing tho
shots:
"What Is the matter?" and on being told a
man was shot, said: "This Is horrible."
In cross-examining General Collier, the
prosecution was allowed much latitude, the
court, however, first admonishing the jury
that statements concerning Incidents which
occurred after the shooting should be con
sidered only to show the Interest of the
witness, who was placed on the stand by
the deferso. The prosecution brought out
that Collier, by order of Governor Taylor,
kept civil officers from entering the Capitol
giounds for several dajs after the firing of
the fatal shot. He also testified that by
Governor Tajlor's orders he prevented the
General As-sembly from meeting at any
point in the city of Frankfort for several
dajs after the Taj lor proclamation adjourn
ing it to London.
WILLIAM KENT ARRESTED.
Charged With Killing His Brother,
Noble, Two Years Ago.
KHPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Springfield, 111., Aug. 4 William Kent
formerly- of Macoupin Countj-, Illinois, was
arrested In Chicago to-night for tha murder
of his brother, Noblo Kent, on a Chicago
nnd Alton train at Glrard, 111 , nearly two
j ears ago. Kent has been conducting a
restaurant under an assumed name In Chi
cago for some time past.
William Kent shot and killed his brother
on December 3, IMS, In a most dramatic
fashion. After pajing tho Springfield police
officers $2ri0 for tho surrender of 'Noble from
the Springfield prison, William followed him
aboard a train, and when the coal shaft at
Glrard was reached killed him where ho
tat in the smoking car. William thon
Jumped from the train and escaped.
Noble Kent was in charge of Sheriff Dav
enport of Macoupin County when the
Bhooting took place, and was on his way
to Carlinvllle to answer a charge of at
tempting to kill his brother.
Hostilities between the brothers began
March 22. 1SC-8. when Noble attemptad to
assassinate his brother at the famhy home
stead, near Virden. Three weeks beloro
Pan en Kent, tho bojs' father, had died,
leaving a large estate to Ills widow. On
account of his dissolute wajs. Noble Kent
had been disowned and disinherited by his
parents.
When his father died. Noble, who was
then living in Peoria, took an oath that his,
brother s-hould never live to enjoj any of
hLs fathers wealth. Fearing the threat
wou'd be carritd Into execution, William
Etajcd away from his fathei's funeral hi
cauo Noble had arrived to attend the ob
sequies. On the night of March 22. while William
Kent was sc.ated bj his mother at the fam
ily hearth, a shot was fired through a win-
and for weeks lingered between life and
death. No trace was found of Noble for i
Ai.Utlkilo. J.AV u,ij ou.3 lUtrtlCU ill JULllOUB,
but before a Macoupin County officer ar
rived there the prisoner had secured his re
lease. Exactly six months after attempting to
murder his brother. Noble Kent suddenly
appeared before his brother at the Virden
homestead and asked forgiveness, declaring
he was anxious to make peace with his rel
atives. William was afraid of Noble, and,
escaping from his presence, notified tho au
thorities of his whereabouts. That same
night Noble Kent was arrested on the blind
baggage of a Chicago and Alton passenger
train In this city.
A reward of SIX had been offered by Mrs.
Kent for the arrest of her son Noble, and,
after he was apprehended in this city, the
local officers refused to surrender him to
the Macoupin County Sheriff until the re
ward was paid. On trumped-up charges of
minor bigniflcance. Noble Kent was kept in
jail here until his brother paid the reward.
Sinco the killing of Noble Kent dozens of
suspects have been arrested throughout tho
countrj'. hut no trace of the fratricide was
found until he was located In Chicago.
INJURIES PROVED FATAL
Death of Ben Schone, a Wealthy
Farmer of Summerfield.
Ben Schone died yesterday morning at his
home at Summerfield from injuries re
ceived in an accident which occurred a
week ago. While returning from one of his
farms, Schone's horse became frightened
and ran awaj-, throwing his driver out. He
was picked up unconscious and taken to his
home, and medical aid summoned. He was
internaly injured and death ensued several
hours later.
The funeral will take place at Summerfield
on Monday. Mr. Schone was one of the
most prominent farmers of Mascoutah
Townshlo. He was 60 j-ears old and leaves
a widow, one daughter and three sons.
prove, typographically, intellectually and
In their literary tone, aa well as In their
scopo and contents. They aro distinctively
less sectarian and less narrow and moro
broad, fraternal and generous than they
urod to be. They need to grow in the lines
thus providentially marked out for them,
and they will become from vear to year
more pronouncedly guides and helps in tho
fonnatlon t opinion and eharactei.
2. Ministers ran utilize the daily press by
furnishing to its columns their best pulpit
utterances. The habit of writing out for
the papers their best kermons is a pood
thing for them, and It should bo a good
thing also for the thousands of people to
whom they thus minister. Kv this means,
a message heard by a few liunrrd peoplo
is read and digested by a hundred thousand.
3. Chilstian people can sake themselves
felt by patronizing the best p ipers. and
by occasional words of encouragement to
tho editors, that will help them to feel
that there Is u vast bod of nonpartisin,
clearheaded, discerning men and women in
tho land who appreciate the stand which a
paper may take for civic righteousness, for
manly dealing, as between emrlovcr and
employes, and In behalf of the great re
forms of the hour.
4. It goes without savins that Christian
folk, either lay or clerical, can utilize the
press to advantage, further, bv carefully
studying Its pioducU, weighing its utter
ances, reading on both sides of controverted
points and contributing, as they have op
portunltj and ability, by their own pens
to its betterment.
Ho even had it patented for the soldier and
got a special bill Introduced in Congress,
but nothing came of it. He may have one
for his own uso in China, but no regiment
has it.
As ho would finish telling about his trowel
bayonet, he would ask: "Did vou ever try
a cracker for thirst? You ought to Never
drink 'vater on the march." The Captain
would say that he alwas carried a pocket
ful for uso on route, but he did not "al
ways" Once upon a time Colonel Merrlam
had tho Seventh out on practice drill, tak
ing the men to Palmer Lake on a forced
march to seo how they stood the Merrlam
pack. Tho men went on tho march, and
they found the canteen big enough to carry,
but too little to meet the demand. Coolidge
merrily crunched soda crackers instead of
pulling at his flask.
"Present my compliments to Captain Cool
idge' sld his Colonel, and saj it does not
look well to ste such an example set to
the men."
Coolidge was a sensible as well as a sen
sitive man. He stopped eating crackers ever
after that when uiidei orders with his old
commander. But his friends will wager that
If he can get hold of his favorite recipe
over there toward Pekin he will not care
two straws If water is scarce.
HOW A WOMAN STUDIED LAW.
Traveled Hundred Miles ,1 Day and
Minded Her Family.
khpubljc srnciAL.
Franklinville. N. Y., Aug. 4 The latest
member of the Waring & Waring law firm
Is none other than Mrs Louise Thayer
Waring of this village. She has just been
admitted to the New York bar, and her
hUBband has taken her into partnership.
Tor the past two jears she hag been a
student In tho Buffalo School of Law. trav
eling fifty miles morning and evening, tak
ing care of her family of five children, and
looking after her household and social af
fairs. Several jears ago this ambitious woman
began to read law In the office of her hus
band, W. W. Waring. Mrs. Waring's girl
hood homo was In San Francisco, Cal. Her
LOOK UPON DEATH
AS THEIR FRIEND,
Shocking Conditions Reported to
Exist at St. Clair County
Toor Farm.
PLACE BADLY OVERCROWDED.
One Inmate Declared That Pray
ers Were Offered That Some
Might Die to Make Room
for the Living.
Patients at the overcrowded St. Clair
Countj-, Illinois, Farm, near Belleville, pray
for the sick to die, so that theie will bo
room for tho living, and they rejoice every
time one of their number is carried out of
a ward dead, according to the statement
made j-esterdaj by an aged patient to a
member of a committee of the St. Clair
County Board of Supervisors.
This committee went through the county
instltut.on to ascertain whether there was
immediate necessity of enlarging tho place.
An old man, feeble and graj but whose
mind Is tald to be strong, imparted to tho
board information which wa3 a revelation
of the most startling naturo.
For quite awhile the county institution
has been overcrowded. This has caused
much dissatisfaction among tho Inmates
who long for what they call elbow room.
It has alfao caused the superintendent. Doc
tor Woods, conlsderablo annoyance, because l
of the many compla'nts he is forced to
listen to and still not bo able to alleviato
the condition of his wretched charges.
Ho has several times requested that the
County Board enlarge the Institution, and
jesterday's experience of the Building Com
mittee will, it Is believed, decide the mat
ter before verj' long.
The committee was in tho ward for tho
aged, when one of the members happened
to stop before a venerable-looking man,
much above the average of intelligent
found in county institutions.
"A man died here last night and that
will give us a little moro room," said the
old man. "We prayed him to death. Wo al
wajs unite on the sickest one and ptay
him to death, so that it will leave moro
room for tho rest of us."
Attendants at tho county institution say
that the inmates make no attempt to con
ceal their satisfaction when one of their
number is carried out on a stretcher.
Within tho last month there have been
ten deaths at the County tarm. Ono of
tho patients attributed the high death rate
to the prayers which had been offered by
tho others.
ST. LOUIS INTERESTED.
Christian Brothers' College a Lega
tee in Kansas City Man's Will.
ItErUBUC SPECIAL.
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 4. Gardner Lath
rop of this city has been retained by the
Christian Brothers' College of St. Louis to
represent 'it in tho contest over tho will of
the late Joseph Bcnoist.
Joseph Benolst, an erratic French-Canadian,
died here about one j-ear ago. The
bulk of his estate, aggregating about $300,
000, was willed to various educational and
charitable institutions, of which the Chris
tian Brothers' College la one. Tho will ia
now being contested by a half-brother and
other relatives of the dead man.
Emancipation Day at Sedalla.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Sedalia, Mo., Aug. 4. The negroes or Cen
tral Missouri celebrated Emancipation Day
hero to-day in an elaborate manner. Kx
cursion trains from neighboring towns
brought hundreds of visitors, who passed
the forenoon at the parks. The formal
ceremonies vvero held in the afternoon at
Liberty Park. The programme consisted of
orations, horse racing and ball games. The
day's festivities were concluded with a ball
at Liberty Park Hall.
REVEREND DOCTOR JESSE BOWMAN YOUNG, FORMERLY EDITOR OF THE CENTRAL CHRIS
TIAN ADVOCATE OF THIS CITY.
father was a lawyer, and after his death
she went to Troy. N. Y., to live with an
uncle. She was educated at the Troy Fe
male Institute, and afterwards studied art
at Ingraham University, the Art League in
TWO BOYS DROWNED
IN THE MISSISSIPPI.
Charles Albmeyer, 14 Years Old..
Reached for a Lemon and Fell
Into the Water.
OTHER LAD WAS IN BATHING.
Charles Albmeyer 14 Years Old,
Got Beyond His Depth at the
Foot of Angelica Street
His Body Recovered.
Two boys wero drowned In the Mississippi
River at this point yesterday afternoon.
Charles Linnstoll, 9 years old, living with
his parents at No. 1241 South Third street,
was playing with several companions on a
barge at the foot of Chouteau avenue when
ho baw a lemon floating down the stream.
He shouted to his playmates that ho would
get tho lemon and make some -lemonade.
He reached for it, leaning out over the
side of tho barge.
In an attempt to grasp the fruit he lost
his balanco and fell into tho water, sink
ing from view.
Tho other children ran away, screaming
with fright, and gave tho alarm. Tho river
was dragged with grappling hooka where
the boy fell in, but tha body was not re
covered. Charles Albmej'er, 14 years old, living at
No. 3412 Blair avenue, was bathing at the
foot of Angelica street with several com
panions. The lads were splashing water at
each other, and In the sport Albmej-er slip
ped out beyond his depth. He Bcreamed for
help.
Efforts were made by his friends to aid
him, but he had drifted down stream and
away from them. When he went under for
the last time, ono of the boj-s notified a po
liceman of the occurrence The river waa
dragged and the body was recovered.
OLIVIER STILL FIGHTING.
Says He's Not Bound by Prinsloo's
Surrender.
London, Aug. 4. Tho War Office has re
ceived a dispatch from Lord Roberts, dated
at Pretoria, August 4, which says:
"Ccommandant Oliver has managed to es
cape to the hills in the vicinity of Hethle
hem with 1,300 men. He ha3 Informed Gen
eral Bruce-Hamilton that he does not con
sider himself bound by General Prinsloo's
offer of surrender, and that hla force in
tends to continue tho war. He has taken
up a position between Harrlsmlth and the
Newmarket road. Lieutenant General Run
die is now following him,
"Prisoners captured by General Ian
Hamilton say that only soft-nosed bullets
are now served out to the Boers, h'ene'e
the wounds of our men are very serloua. I
am presenting this matter and protesting to
General Botha."
DE WET REPORTED DEAD.
Dispatch Containing the News Not
Yet Confirmed.
Bloemfonteln, Aug. 4. A train, on board
of which was United States Consul Stowe.
and over which was flying the Stars and
Stripes, has been derailed and burned at
Honlngspruit, south of the Kroonstadt, by
a flying patrol of Boers. No prisoners were
taken.
A dispatch from Pretoria, dated August
4, io a news agency here, says:
"It is1 reported that General Christian De
Wet is dead from a shell wound. The report
has not been confirmed."
See advertisement of World's Fair
Rabbitry in classified columns.
New York, and later with George De Forest
Brush. Mrs. Waring iays that now her
baby is 7 years old. she feels her responsi
bilities somewhat lighter, and so is able to
follow her bent.
SIXTY THODSAND
VOTES FOR BRYAN.
Traveling Men's and Hotelkeepers'
Anti-Trust League Has That
Many Members Already.
EXPECT TO MAKE IT 300,000.
New Ally of National Association
of Democratic Clubs Has Had
Phenomenal Growth Mem
bers Are Enthusiastic
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
New York, Aug. 4. The most notable of
recent accessions to the ranks of the Na
tional Association of Democratic Clubs 13
the Commercial Travelers and Hotel Men's
Anti-Trust Leaeue. which now numbers
nearly 60,000 members and expects to enroll i
300,000 voters for Bryan and Stevenson be
tween now and election.
The growth of tho league has been phe
nomenal, and Its enrollment in the Nation
al Association of Democratic Clubs wiK add
Interest and strength to the quadrennial
convention of clubs, which is to be held in
Indianapolis on September 5. This will be
one of the greatest gatherings of Demo
crats in tho history of the country.
The commercial travelers have espoused
the work of the Anti-Trust League with
tho energy and enthusiasm for which they
ure famous as a class. The trusts have
hurt the drummers, and now the drummers
are going to help scotch the trusts.
Bitter Asainat the Trout.
To further strengthen its organization and
promote tho objects for which it stands, the
league has enrolled itself in the roster of the
National Association of Democratic Clubs,
which is slowly but surely building up one
of the most formidable organizations tho
country ever knew.
The feeling of commercial travelers all
over tho country Is very bitter against tho
trusts, which are charged with having put
at least 150,000 drummers out of business.
Trusts, in gobbling up smaller concerns,
are driving the commercial traveler out cf
existence, and hla place will soon know him
no more. Unless the trusts are rebukod and
restrained, the commercial traveler U con
vinced his occupation will eoan become ex
tinct. Founding tne League.
The league was founded about a year ago
by William Hoge, who Is now the secretary
and treasurer of the organization. It be
gan with a membership of two. Tho endless
chain system was used in effecting the or
ganization. Mr. Hoge and E. M. Ticrney of Elmlra,
N. Y., mailed letters with applications for
membership to flva of their friends, with the
request that Inclosed blanks be sent to
friends of those addressed In the endless
chair, system.
In a tew weeks 10,000 names came in, and
to-day 60.000 names are carried on the mem
bership list, and in a few months it is ex
pected 300,000 names will be enrolled.
The headquarters of the league are at
present at Union Square Hotel, and the offi
cers are: President, Frai.z Neumlller, pro
prietor of the hotel; vice president, William
Walpoie Bell; secretary and treasurer, Will
iam Hoge.
Active Work Began.
Secretary Hoge is a hustler of the hus
tlers, and Is doing wonderful work in
spreading the propaganda of the league
among the drummers and hotel men. In
speaking to-day of the work done and the
work the league hoped to accomplish, Mr.
Hoge said:
"We will distribute 150,000 copies of the
August issue of our paper, "Talkative
Facts," among commercial travelers and
hotel men. In addition, we are carrying on
a large correspondence every week and are
in communication with thousands of mem
bers, so that this headquarters is in touch
with every part of the country.
"In this way a commercial traveler tour
ing through California or any State of the
Middle West, is kept la touch with bis
Mrs. Waring took the oath as an attorney
and counselor before the Appellate Division
of the Supreme Court at Rochester. Sha
is the first woman lawyer in Cattaraugus
County.
brother In New York and vice versa. All are
working up public excitement against trusts
and In favor of the election of Mr. Bryan.
There Is no better missionary than the com
mercial traveler, who has an influence Id
every community he visits.
Drummers Have Great Power.
"Ud to the formation of this league thero
was- no true unionism, of commercial travel
ers, and consequently they had not en
Joyed the benefits of organization. I don't
believe there is a traveling man who does
not feel that if the commercial travelers are
properly organized they will have a good,
deal to do with determining the result of
the approaching election.
"It matters not how enthusiastic indi
vidual commercial travelers and hotel men
may feel about their ability to light tha
trusts, the cold, hard fact ot advantage of
counsel and co-operation is too well estab
lished to warrant contradiction. The pre
cept 13 true that the multitude that does not
reduce ltsel fto unity is confusion.
"Just at present we are directing our
efforts this week to securing a. large num
ber of our members to arrange to visit In
dianapolis as delegates to the National Con
vention of Democratic Clubs. Every hun
dred members are entitled to one delegate,
and, as our organization has more than 50.
000 members, we can have quite a delega
tion at Indianapolis, and I hope that wa
will furnish a full quota.
"In addition to this, we propose to hava
meetings of our members In various part
of the country, in which we will consider, la
all fairness, the general good of the com
mercial travelers in the community ?n re
gard to the trusts. We know that to put
down the trusts the Republican party rauit
be defeated. We will start out with a biff
meeting in Cooper Union the latter pa.-t of
this month.
"After our meeting in New York, we will
hold meetings in the large cities of the Mid
dle West, and the chances are that all of
these will be addressed oy josepn j. wmett,
the chairman of our Committee on Legis
lation, who Is one of the most eloquent
orators of the South.
"There are now nearly 260 different com-
merclal travelers' organizations in the
United States, which are co-operating with) ,
this league."
Battle With Moonshiners.
REPUBLIC bPECIAL. l
Paul's Valley. L T., Aug. . Deputy Mar
shals had a pitched battle with moonshiners
twenty miles northeast of here to-day. NO
list of casualties can be obtained. Several
deputies wero sent out from here this aft
ernoon to render assistance.
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