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First National Bank, Missoula. First National Bank, Butte. THE THOMAS CRUSE SAVINGS BA.NK, HELENA,........MONTANA. Incorporated under the laws of Montana. PAID IN CAPITAL... ....................$100,000 THOMAS CaRUSE.......:................President. FRA.K H. CRUSE................Vice President. W. J. COOKE....... Secretary and Asst. Treasurer. W. J. SWEENEY ....................... Treasurer. tBOARDi OF TRUSTEES. Thomas Cruse, I Frank B. ruse, W. J. Cooke. John Fagan, W. J. Sweeney. Allows 4 per cent. interest on Savings Deposits, compounded January and July. Transacts a general banking business, draws exchange on the principal cities of the United States and Europe. Sells money orders on all points in Europe. First-class State, County, City and School bonds and warrants bought and sold. Loans made on real estate mortgageS at 10 per cent. Money for deposits can be forwarded by drafts, checks, money orders, postal notes, registered mail or express. Office hours from 10 a. m, to 4 p. m. Also on S~turdayand Monday eveningsfrom7 to 8 o'clock. be Rew ortbwest. V\OL. 21, NO. 39. DEER LODGE, MONTANA, APRIL 8, 1893. WHOLE NO. 1039. .. ........ .... .. . ...1 - - -_, r -- . .. . ... . . POLIT.1.. I5 CHICAGO. MORE EXCITING, IF POSSIBLE, THIS YEAR THAN EVER. The Most lMotley and Composite City In the World-Rise of Carter Harrison. His Competitor, S. WT. Allerton-Other Candidates--.Inor Factions. Chicago politics is always picturesque. This year it is simply lurid. Fifty stali wart policemen on the floor of one con vention, 500 delegates howling like luna tics and swearing in 13 different lhn guages, Washington Hesing addressing the roaring mass in pantomime, as it were, and Carter Harrison smiling grimly on his discomfited rival--suc was one, only one, of the lurid scenes. The so cialists and some other factions have can didates, but few pay any attention to them. The fight is between Carter Harri son and Samuel Waters Allerton, the latter nominated by tho independent and labor nmen and indorsed by the Repub licans. In all the world there is not such an other field for political chicanery, Chica go being now the most variegated in race of any city in the world, unless Bombay v~!y be its equal. Only 30 per cent of iu. vest population is strictly na tive; 000,000 of its people are either for eign born or the children of foreign born. Twenty-four distinct nationalities are represented, and about 40 languages and dialects are spoken. It is said that there is not a secretary in the city who can read the list of a full convention and pronounce every nalne correctly. And of this tumultuous imass Carter Harrison was long a leader and was four times elected mayor. CAIRTER H. HARRISON. He was born in Fayette county. Ky., Feb. 25, 1825; was graduated from Yale college in 1.840 and from the Lexington (KFy.) law ..:lioul in 15801, lhaving meu while traveled extensively in Europe; lo cated in Chicago in 18.5, was elected to congress in 1874 and became mayor the first time in 1879. Re-elected in 1881 and 1883 by greatly increased majorities, he was thought the man to beat Rich ard J. Oglesby for governor in 1884, but failed on it. His popularity suffered greatly thereafter, for though again elect ed mayor in 1885 his majority was but 200, and in 1891 he was beaten for the nomlination. nie was not used to defeat and lost his tempnr. He reorganized his supporters and ran as an independent candidate againusl Major De Witt C. Cregier, whom the Democrats had nominated for re election. The result was that Hemp stead W'ash l;rne, Republican, was elect, ei. The f :'ither result was bitterness and faction in the piarty. Now Mr. Har rison is the regular Democratic candidate again, and irc. Crcgier, Washington Hes ing and all their followers have bolted. This of itself would trouble Mr. Harri son very little, but organized labor seems to have bolted, too, and so the fight will be desperate. The prize is well worth a contest-the mayoralty of Chicago in this Columbian exposition year. Samnel Waters Allerton, on whom the anti-Harrisonians have united, is em phatically a Chicagoan. He has done much to make the city, and the city in turn has made him--a millionaire. He was born May 26, 1829, at Amenia, Dutchess county, N. Y., being of a noted Revolutionary family and a descendant of that Isaac Allerton who was one of the pilgrims in the Mayflower, He gained but a scanty education, worked on the farm till maturity, then engaged in farming and stock raising with such success that in four years he had laid by a surplus of $3,300 in cash. In 1856 he went to Chicago in the cat tle trade. In 1860 he married, and in 1866, in conjunction with John B. Sher man, he established the Union stock yards. These now rank among the won ders of the world, and Mr. Allerton is pre-eminently a stockyard king. Hisin terests in the yards of Pittsburg, Jersey City and elsewhere are great, but Chicago is the scene of his greatest operatione. His success in dealing with organized labor, especially his conciliatory action during the strikes, made him the favor ite among the laborers in the convention. Politically lie is a Republican. OUR OOMMISSIONER TO HAWAIi. NSomething of the Career and Characterls ties uof Jquaes li. ilaount. The appointment of ex-Congressman James H. Blount as special commissioner for Hawaii and his hurried departure have aroused a vast amount of discussion and conjecture. While the precise ob ject of his mission is debated, a good deal of interest is aroused in the personal character and history of Mr. Blount. He represented the Sixth district of Georgia in 10 consecutive congresses, and under such peculiar and varying circum stances as to make his career a sort of congressional political romance. He was first elected in 1872 and served continu ously until March 4, 1893, when he re tired voluntarily. Mr. Blount was born in Georgia Sept. 12, 1837. and during the civil war fought bravely on the Confederate side, but when the matter was fought to a finish he devoted all his energies to healing the breaches of war, and the restored union has no stronger defender than he. He is stoutly built and broad shouldered, with blue eyes, thick hair, now rather gray, and a smoothly shaven face. His method of speaking is rather slow and deliberative-indeod 't the start he seems heavy if not dull-but as he goes on he becomes more animated, and his sen tences contain a rude and pure elo quence. It is known that he first suggested to President Cleveland the plan of sending some one to investigate the condition of the islands. and it is believed that he was selected because his temperament is that of a judge rather than an advocate. At first view one would take him for a man swayed very little indeed by sentiment, and yet it is a fact that he is most popu lar among the most enthusiastic and sentimental if north lGeorgians. At his home in Macon and in the adjacent re gion lie is extremely popular, yet his men tal makeup is that of a judge, of a man quite slow and deliberate in arriving at conclusions. WILL PROFESSOR LANGLEY FLY? He Thinks He Hasi Solved the Grealt Prob Icll aInd Will Soon Test It. Another flying machine is announced. Again we are told that the problem of ages is solved, and that we may soon ex pect to hear that the first practical test is successful. In this there is nothing new, for we read the same announcement at least once every year, but this particular ma chine is COnl structed at tho Smithsonian in stitution, and its : inventor is Pro fessor Samuel PROFESSOR LANGLEY. Pierpont Langley, who has devoted many years of study to the subject. So there really is some ground for hope of its suc cess. The general plan is that indicated by Roger Bacon, who in the thirteenth cen tury wrote this: "There may be some flying instrument so made that a man sitting in the middle of it and turning a crank to put in motion some artificial wings may., beat the air like a bird and fly." In truth, however, the man in Professor Langley's plan is only to di rect the motor force, which is a very vol atile hydrocarbon, and the method of preparing it is as yet a secret. The whole machine, says the professor, weighs but 40 pounds, as the strong ribs and beams are made of a fine alloy of aluminium and steel, and the four boilers are of very finely hammered copper and weigh but seven pounds each. The name of the inventor, however, carries more weight than any possible description of the machine or demonstra tion of its practicability. Professor Langley was born Aug. 22, 1834, in Rox bury, Mass., anti irst became noted in 1865 as assistant in the Harvard observa tory. He was soon called to the chair of mathematics in the United States Naval academy at Annapolis, and in 1877 was appointed assistant secretary of the Smithsonian institution. On the death of Professor Baird he became full seore tary. Professor Langley's work as assistant and recorder durilng total eclipses is well known to the reading public, and his sci entific piapers are nmnerous and highly regarded. He has made many experi ments looking toward a practical flying machine, and has succeeded in making a few models i-which would rise in the air and continue to float as long as the mo tive power lasted. The great difficulty, of comiiie, has been to secure materials containing streogth and lightness, and this he thiinlkes he has accomplished in the alloy of steel and ahminiiumn. As amodel for his machin lie he has taken the body of the mackerel, and for the wings the revolving fans of china silk. All we now wait for is the practical test. Chlorobrom For Seasickness. In contradiction of Dr. Dutton's state ment of his belief that in seasickness drugs do perhaps more harm than good, M. Charteris writes to The Lancet that he has plenty of evidence showing that chlorobrom is an efficient remedy in long or short sea voyages. Nature and Authors. There is good materipal for an essay in the analysis of the different manner in which nature is approached by the au thors, and some chronological develop ments would be r pparent. The earlier novelists, Mrs. htadcliffe and so on to Walter Scott, created landscape as a background for their people; there were storms, sunsets, seas, caves, trees and dark nights, but they fitted into the ex igencies of the plot. Never did the moon shine upon a murder, nor the storm beat upon the happy lovera, when there could be a first choice of weather. With Wordsworth there came another school, and nature was awarded some rights of her own, but it was Mary Mitford who first asked the reader himself to come out among the roses or go driving along the scented lanes. Everybody else had de scribed. Of course everything had to be taken as it was, but she went abroad with us in her English weather as though she were a Quaker matron with her quilted bonnet cover in her pocket, and there fore when the rain came it had no com punctions and she no disquietude. In these days we investigate nature. We are not content to see a bird fly into the bushes, but we must beat in afterit, to know what it is-whether it is at home or merely passing through. The observ ers are looking for material and would as soon go afield without their bats as without their notebooks. It is a great gain for literature, but it throws re sponsibility upon the people who are supposed to know.-Poterson's Magazine. Interest on the Sisseton Fund. WASHINGTON, March 28.--Senator Pettigrew called upon Secretary Hoke Smith during the day, and made imme diately available the appropriation of $90,000, which is to pay the interest on the Sisseton fund. The money is to be paid without delay. The quantity and quality of the Ar gentine wheat crop of the present sea son will surpass that of any previous year. If "We Only Could. If we all had our lives to livoe over again Hal hal if we had, but we haven't, you know We'd all be such wonderful women and men That life would be robbed of its worry and woe. As a matter of course the dull things we have done, Could we try once more, we would carefully shun; The skies would be bright to each sorrowing one If we all had our lives to live over again. If we all had our lives to live over again- Hal hal if we had, but we haven't, you know We'd make it a vision of happiness then, And fate would her kindliest favors bestow If we could only run this fair, strange, myth ical race At some other time and in some other place! Oh, couldn't we mlake earth a lovable place If we all had our lives to live over again? If we all had our lives to live over again Hal hal if we had, but we haven't, you know We'd carefully study the why and the when, And make us a friend where we now.have a foe. But the edicts of nature we cannot reverse; 'Tis folly vain wishes to sadly rehearse, And-we might make existence a thousand times worse If'we all had our lives to live over again. ERICSSON'S LAST VESSEL. The Destroyer, Which the A'ged Inventor Designed, buhot Never Saw. No certain limits can be fixed to the progress which science will make in na val warfare, as from year to year there seems to be a pretty even race between the builders of stronger ships and thain ventors of more destructive and far reaching projectiles. To vary the famous old paradox, no sooner does one invent an invincible steel, iron or tinclad than another invents an irresistible shot or torpedo. Captain Ericsson had but just revolu tionized naval warfare with his monitors when he began the construction of a ves sel to insure their destruction. He died before completing his plans, but the United States naval department was so satisfied with his plans that it intrusted their completion to Engineer V. F. Las soe and others familiar with them. The vessel built under their instruction is now completed and is aptly named The Destroyer. She is 130 feet in ý ws 1' with a beam or I roeet, draft of 10 feet and dis placement of 250 tonls. Her bow and stern are long and sharp, her upper deck low, with no rail, and the protections to her engines and boilers are of the best and so arranged as to permit her to run at the enemy head on. Eight feet under water is the alleged dlcstroyer. It is of steel, projects forward 27 feet 4 inches in lengthl and weighs 1,525 pounds. From 30 to 40 pounds of powder propel the torpedo at a velocity of 548 feet 'per second, and in the forward end of it.is a charge weighinlg 800 pounds, which is exploded by a percussion cap when it strikes. A tube runs the entire length of the vessel just above the keel, fixed with water tight cap at the bow. Re cent experiments show, the engineers re port, that at a distance of 600 feet three shots out of four would strike and de stroy an enemy's vessel. Courting Under Dillieulties. They were courting under difficulties. It was a room through which the mem bers of the family were continually pass ing to and fro. "Dear Alice," he said, 'I can no long er labor under this sus"-(the old man appears)--"pension of banks is due to the unwise policy"- (Old gent passes on.) "I was going to say, my dear girl, that I hope you will promise to be mine and name an early day for the bonds" (old woman comes in)-"' 'should never be paid in gold alone." (Exit old girl.) "Name the happy day when I may call you my own, for I cannot believe that you will think it pre"-(old man slides in again)--"sumption cannot be too soon accomplished." (The intruder retires.) "I say I can't believe you are entirely in different to me, but will soon grant me the privilege of calling you wi"-(old lady on deck)-"fe given the financial question much study." (Old lady strides off.) "If you love me, just nod your head. You, and, oh, one sweet kiss to. seal it one sweet"-(prospective father-in-law) "according to eminent divinesis a myth, a superstition." (They were again left alone.) The old folks conclude that Alice is safe enough in the company of a young man who can talk nothing but finance and theology, and so relax their vigilance. -London Tit-Bits. A Surprise. Tramp (as the door opens)-Now then, old lady, yer got to help sue out. See? Long Haired Bill (comuing out)-Yes, I kinder see. Come again when you want a helpin.-Truth. LEFT THE SAFE UNLOCKED. Thieves Get $20,000 Through a Cash ier's Carelessuness. MILAN. Mo., March 27.-Shortly after noon thieves entered a rear window of the Sullivan County bank of this place, while the cashier had gone to dinner. He lihad left the safe unlocked and th9 thieves got over $20,000 and made their escape, leaving no clue. IOCI-a "PAINTS LIKE A MAN." A Talented Niece of General Sherman Has Achieved That Distinction. To "paint like a man" has long been thought the highest ambition of women who devoted themselves to art. Neverthe less the produc tions of lady art ists almost inva riably have such a distinctively feminine quality that art connois , seurs can recog nize them at a glance. Rosa Bonheur and Elizabeth Butler have been consid ered the only ex ceptions, but it is now claimed that with them MRS. ALICE B. BARNARD. must be included Mrs. Alice Bartley Barnard, who has lately produced some dining room pieces, so called, of extraordinary merit. Mrs. Barnard is the daughter of ex Governor Bartley of Ohio and a niece of General Sherman. During the Grant administration she was a social favorite in Washington, and she has since studied one year in Brussels under the celebrated Capionic and four years in Paris under the best still life masters of the day. All her productions yet put on exhibition are in still life, and she has made no at tempt to follow the lead of Rosa Bon heur. Her mother was not only possess ed of great artistic talent, but was witty and intellectual, quite up to the stand ard of her family, the Shermans. She was the sister of the general and senator. Mrs. Barnard has been visiting in Col orado, but will soon open a studio in New York, where her best productions are now on view. One of these repre sents a basket of pomegranates spilled upon straw. the other a cut of rare beef flanked by vegetables and bottles of wine. The subjects are so simple and commonplace that they scarcely seem fit material for art, but the rich delicacy of the coloring, the boldness of touch and solidity of the painting make them remarkable. Simple a subject as a piece of beef may seem, very few painters can present it with a combination of beauty and faithfulness. It is in still life, too, that the feminine quality of any artistic work is most read ily detected, as the action of living things tends to obscure the peculiarities of sex. Mrs. Barnard is not only vigorous as a painter, but in social life as well, and is a charming woman, and her personality seems to shine in some of her productions. "PLAIN BILLY" M'ADOO. The Ex-Congressman From New Jersey to Assist the Naval Secretary . William McAdoo, ho lia h beeii ap pointed assistant secretary of the navy by President Cleveland, has a very inter esting history. He is a native of Ireland and was educated in Jersey City, where his parents located on their arrival in this country while he was very young. He studied law with ex-Congressman Scudder and was admitted to the New Jersey bar in 1874. He was counsel to the Hudson county board of health for many years and served one term in the New Jersey legislature. HIe was elected to the Fortv-eirhth concress in 1882. when he was only 29 years old, and re elected to the Forty-ninth, Fiftieth and Fifty-first congresses, but was defeated for another renomination by Congress man McDonald. In congress Mr. McAdoo achieved an enviable reputation as an orator and a ready debater, and the knowledge and experience he gained as a member of the house committee on naval affairs should be of especial value to himself and the navy department in his new position. He is a man of somewhat peculiar ideas and once introduced in the house a bill for the abolition of diplomatic ministries to foreign countries, claiming that our consuls abroad could conduct the busi ness of our foreign intercourse quite as effectually as ministers, and that the latter were unnecessary and even injuri ous to the republic. He has also ex pressed, through the medimnship of a magazine article, some ideas on the sub ject of reform in the methods of proce dure in the house of representatives, ad vising, among other things, the removal of members' desks from the floor and the compulsory recognition of members by the speaker in the order of their rising in debate. Mr. McAdoo is a handsome, black eyed man, with dark hair and mustache, slen der in build mind not above the average height. He was very popular among the voters in his old district, and it was said that his nickname of "Plain Billy" became the watchword of his first cam paign and carried him into office by a big majority. When he first took his seat, it was said that he was the young est man who ever sat in the house of representatives up to that time. After his defeat by Congressman McDonald Mr. McAdoo was admitted to the bar in New York city, where he has since prac ticed his profession and resided. There. was considerable talk at the time of his removal to the metropolis about his hav ing a desire to represent a New York district in the house, but nothing ever came of it. RACE HORSES PERISH. Valuable Equines Cremated in a Fire at Mason City. Ia. MASON CITY, March 27.-The stable containing Kirk Bros.' racing string was burned to the ground during the evening. In the stables were Storm, 2:08 1-4; Brown John, full brother to Storm; Storm Bird, Red Clay and sev. eral other valuable horses. Storm was one of the most prom ising horses on the turf. His speed showed an increase from 2:23 as a 2 year-old to 2:08 1-4 as a 4-year-old. An offer of $30,000 was refused but a few days ago. The entire string was valued at $100,000. The cause of the fire is not known. Charles de Lesseps, Baihut and Blon din have been convicted in Paris of bribery in connection with the Panama canal. The other defendants were acquitted. TO TALK THEOLOGY. GREAT RELIGIOUS PARLIAMENT TO BE HELD IN CHICAGO. Representatives of Judaism, Parsseelm, - Mohammedanism, Buddhism, Shintoism and All Forms of Christianity to Discuss Vital Themes For Seventeen Days. On the 11th of September next there will convene in Chicago for a session of 17 days the most extraordinary religious assemblage ever known. It will be a conference or congress or convocation without precedent on this, earth. It will be, in short, a representative convention of all the great religions, a convention of men of all great races, and not only of all the great religions; but of all the important subdivisions of each. C- JINANJI J. MODl. H. DHARtAPALA. BISHOP PARTERIA. BISHOP ARNETT. At first view the assembling of such a body, and still more its peaceful and or derly session, would seem attended with insurmountable difficulties. The labor of even convening all Christians called by one denominational name-as all Methodists, all Baptists, or the like-is immense. That of convening all Protes tants in one representative body has seemed beyond attainment, and that of uniting all Christians, whether Greek, Catholic or other, in one deliberative body has been so great that it has never been attempted and has been but doubt fully suggested. But in the great Chi cago conference will sit intelligent and authorized representatives of all who be lieve in a God and have formulated a faith-Jew, Parsee and Mohammedan, Brahmin, Buddhist and Christian. Following the classification of Rev. 3- ~ --. _reem er :an wri.tlek..mos ,writers have adivided the faiths of mankind intmi 10 great religions, but as the Coptic, Armenian and many more are mere eth nic sects-that is. sects composed of dis tinct races rather than distinct faiths the really great and distinct religions may best be classed as six, and, accord ing to late and very careful estimates by the French academy and American Sta tistical association, the estimates brought down to 1892, they rank in numbers as follows: Christians, 477,088,000; Con fucianism and worship of ancestors, 256, 000,000: Hindooism, 190,000,000; Moham medanism, 176,834,000; Buddhism. 148, 000,000; Judaism, 7,100,000. Of course the so called uolvtheists. or Ur course the so caten polytneists, or gross idolaters (if there really is such a being as an idol worshiper), the Fetich ists. Voodooists, or snake worshipers, and other degraded classes are omitted, though they number at least 120,000,000. The Parsees are also omitted, but, as I think, wrongfully, as they have a most distinct and clearly outlined and very philosophical faith and are a people of very high character and intelligence. They number, however, less than 200,000 and are considered but a remnant of the ancient Persians-therefore ethnic in re ligion. It is a question also if the Shin toists, numbering at least 14,000,000, and the Taouists, numbering 43,000,000, as well as all the Confucianists, should not be added to the class labeled Buddhism, giving it about 460,000,000 and making it perhaps the leading division. However, any classification is open to criticism. As the world now is the Christians, nominal and real, though less than a third of the human race, comprise an immense moiety of the material power and intelligence, but if any man has an idea that the other faiths will not be de fended by men of extraordinary ability and great scholarship the coming con x. LAZARUS. RIGHT REV. J. KEANE. ZITSUZEN ASHITSU. REV. G. T. CANDLIN. ference will thoroughly undeceive him. In the average of scholarship the Jews in the convention will probably rank as high as any, and their prominent advo cates there will be Professor Moses Laz arus of Berlin, Chief Rabbi Adler of England and such Jewish scholars in the United States as are yet to be chosen. There will be many Buddhist scholars from Japan and India. Chief among the former will be Zitsuzen Ashitsu of. Omi, who is noted for having read the com plete classic course of Buddhist works at the age of 18. At present he edits the most widely circunlted Bnddhist journal: Frop India will cdme it Dharmagps general &iiereiiy of the Buiddha Gaya Kaba Bud&ha aQoloet.and editor of the society's journal in Calcutta. He will so lect a number of assistants, including some American Theosophists and othel exponents of what is called Esoteriu Buddhism. The Mohammedans of India have se lected their two greatest scholars to rep resent theni-viz, Justice Ameer All of the supreme court of Bombay and an other whose name in English is not yet announced. Orthodox Hindooism will be represented )byNilkanth Vithal Shas tri, and the so called pr6gressive branch, founded by Baboo'Cheshiui Cliunder Sen, by the eloquent Mozoomdar. From Bombay also will come Mr. Jinanji Jamshedji Modi, who took high honors at the University of: Bombay, to present the case of the Parsees or. Zoroastrians. The old question.asa to, whther Judaism or Parseeism.ia the older of the two re ligions will doultless be argued anew, but it is now con.ieed by the best Anglo Indian scholars that Parseeism existed at least in 1200 B. C. It was a daring conception indeed thbt of .calling such a convention and inviting, men: of all, religions-and "its success.was so doubtful that the Chris tian ministers engaged said nothing of it till their doubts were removed... The committee of arringenients at Chicago comprises such men asRev. John Henry Barrow, chairman, Presbyterian; Right Rev.. W. E. McLaren, Protestant Epis copal;. Most Rev. P. A. ,Feehan, Roman Catholic; Rabbi E. G. Hirsh, Jew, and exponents of every other faith professed in Chicago. In the advisory council and among the consulting arid corresponding projectors are Professor F. A. Hosmer, Oahu college, Honolulu; Bishop Arnett of the African Methodist. Episcopal church; Professor Conrad von Orelli of Basle, Switzerland; Right Rev. John J. Keane, rector of the Catholic university at Washington, and many others of equal rank. Dr. Barrow has been at work on the matter for two years, during which he has sent invitations to men of every sect in the world and has received letters of acceptance from about 1,500 persons. To him more than any other man is due the credit for such a remarkable gathering. Professor A. P. Peabody of Harvard uni versity, whose elegant and pleasing works on Christianity are widely read, has been active in furtherance of the movement. In Europe the Rev. Ferdi nand Cisar, the great theologian of the reformed churches of Bohemia, has been very active in securing representation of eastern Europe, and the Rev. George T. Candlin has been equally active for Asia. He will bring to the conference a knowl edge of the religious condition of China at least equal to that of any man living. '4 I. REV. F. CISAR. PROF. VON ORELL. PROF. HOSMEp.. REV . . WASHBURNE. At first view it seemed to some timid souls that in such a conference there was an unwise concession, as though Chris tianity thus consented to have its claims weighed on an equality with those of the heathen. The best refutation of this view is found in the fact that mission aries in all heathen lands are most eager for the conference and full of confidence that their work will be advanced by comparison and discussion. President George Washburne. D. D., of Roberts college, Constantinople, Bishop Parteria of Sophia, Servia, and in fact all ti e leading Christian Protestant workers in the eastern countries urge this view with great force. It must hbe admitted, too, that all the other sects or denomina tions or great religions are represented by men equally confident, and the prob abilities are that all will be somewhat astonished, finding, too, that they agree in many more things than they differ. Of all the great political movements of modern times the British conquest of India had the most liberalizing effect on the western mind. The two great branches of the Aryan race, separated nearly 4.000 years ago, were suddenly brought into the most intimate relations, and each learned with astonishment of the long and devious road the other had toiled over in its search for the unknown God. As the Aryans of the west had abandoned the classic and the Teutonic mythologies for the pure monotheism of the Jews, so the Aryans of the east, or the more intellectual part of them, had adopted a sort of modified monotheism from other races. The great literature of the Sanskrit tongue was opened to the west, and now, so far as a merely human wisdom can judge, there seems an even chance that India will modify the belief of the west before the west converts In dia. The most acute representatives of the varied faiths will meet at Chicago and discuss one theme each day, "The Per sonality and Nature of God," "Man and His Place in the Universe," "Religion, or the Expression of Man's Relation to God," "Unity and Diversity in Reli gion," "Incarnation (Why the Universal Idea?)," "Science a;d Religion," and thus on to the-summary of all in "The Moral Duties Taught In All Religions." On each day a chosen representative of each sect will present a summary of its claims to acceptance. Truly a wonderful con ception is this, and its realization will make an epoch in the history of thought. .T. H. BEAL.. Qualrantined at G'uaymas. GUAYMAs, Mexico, March 28.-The German bark Helena, from Hamburg, among whose crew a case of cholera soon developed after her arrival here ten days ago, is still in quarantine. The government authorities have taken every precaution to prevent the disease from spreading. It has developed in the official investigation that the in fected bark had not touched at Ham burg for seven months, having been at sea all that time. The St. Paunl chamber of commerce tabled the Phoanex Athletic club com munication asking for moral support to secure the Mitchell-Corbett fight.