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THE CAIRO BULLETIN.
Daily Service
PiJBUSHfcD
OF THE
EVERY MORNING
. ASSOCIATED PRESS
IN THE YfcAR
VOL XXXVI. NO. 84.
CAIRO, ILL., SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 2. 1904.
ESTABLISHED IN 1868
TRACKS TORN
BY CLOUDBURST
Illinois Central, Clover Leaf and
Others Suffer Damage.
RESERVOIR THREATENS TO BREAK
And People Are TerrorizedMany Indiana
and Ohio Towns In Much
Distress.
Glen Carbon, III., April 1. As a re
sult of a cloudburst the entire lower
half of th.s town Is flooded. Two
miles on the Illinois Central tracks
are washed out. The Clover Leaf and
Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis have
also lost much track.
RESERVOIR THREATENED.
By AmekM press.
Cfliiia, Ohio, April 1 Apprehen
sion is felt today regarding the banks
of the Qrand Reservoir Increased to
night. The water continues rising,
but the greatest danger is believed
to ovist mi account r high wild,
which is driving the water against
the east bank around where the hank
lias already DMA weakened. Know
ing thai It' tlie break occurs at any
point a great calamity will follow, the
people residing in the reservoir dis
trict have been warned and urged In
vacate their homes. Railroadp have
large forces of men bracing the cnl
verts against the waters. Beside
gangs of workmen, hundreds are en
raged as watch men and, ready to
give warning In cape of the break.
Jly the Associated Press.
Ottawa, Ohio, April I. The Hood
situation here is serious, Blancbard
river being out of its hanks People
in the lower sections of town have
abandoned their homes. A. Mo
Adow. a liveryman, of Ottawa, and
Frank Warheoke, of Ottavilie, were
drowned at Kalia, nine miles south ol
.here this evening.
SITUATION IN INDIANA.
My Associated Press.
Indianapolis. Ind., April I. While
the flood situation throughout south
western Indiana is considerably im
proved, the heavy rains of yesterday
and last night have almost, duplicated
the flood stages of last we:!;, through
out central Indiana. White river
north of this City, has risen thirteen
feet above low water mark" and is
still rising. Manufacturing interests
KILLED HIS
BENEFACTORS
Cold Blooded Confession of the Mur
derer of Mr. and Mrs. H. W.
Yeater.
By Associated Press.
St Louis. April l.-Wm. ft Church
who cas arrested in Philadelphia and J
k'ought here to answer the charge of
having murdered Mr. and Mrs. Henry
W. Yeater. his benefactors, at War
teuton, Mo., last August, confessed
today that he committed the double
(time "I just went up to their room
and cut their throats with my razor
while they were asleep," he said He
calmly related the details and told
How he escaped from the country. "It
INDHX TO C0NTBNTS. T
PAGE ONE Associated Press
news, Special telegraphic ser- i
vice. Important local matter
PAGE TWO Associated
Press news. Special telegraphic
service, Important local matter
and People's column.
PAGE THREE Correspond
ence from neighboring towns
and Animal stories.
PAGE FOUR Editorial, Use
ful information. Fun and Phil
osophy. Fashion Plate, Of Pub
lic interest. How the Trains
Run, City and County Directory
and Personal Opinion.
PAGE FIVE Serial story.
PAGE SIX Sportina (Base
ball and Racing) and Miscellan
eous. PAGE SEVEN Grain and
Stock Markets.
PAGE EIGHT Chronological.
Personal Items, General Local
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II
News, Amusements. Wcither.
River Column People's Forum
and Daily Menu.
land many homes in the river district
lure menaced. At Portland only three
I or four business houses are above
; water, and at Delphi the Wabash rail-
road is washed away in two places
I The suburb ; of Alexander is threat
I etie.l by high water and the inhabit
I ants have abandoned their bones,
j Hockvillo is isolalaed. AS Marion
j Muncie and New Castle the situation
is almost as bad as last week,
j The crest of the flood in the south
I western part of the stale has moved
j almost to the Ohio and It Is believed
the rivers will now carry off the wa
ters which cover several hundred
thousand acres of valuable farm
I lands, without further damage, Hun
dreds id' refugees from the inundated
I districts were brought to Fvansvllle
; today on a special train.
! By the Associated Press,
j Goshen, tad,, April 1 The flood
jfrom Elkhart river has Forced people
' on the west side of town to abandon
their homes. Thousands of acres oi
i farm lands are inundated.
THE FLOOD ELSEWHERE.
By Associated Press.
Viiiceniies, ind., April 1. Great dls
tress prevails in this section because
of high water Tonight appeals for
help came troll Itussellvillo, Illinois
where stores are without provisions
A steamer will he sent tomorrow to
their relief The fumiibs of Janet
and Leonard JOfiw were brought
here tonight. They had been allo.H
in a skiff three days without food
fiy (he Associated Pres.
Crestline. Ohio, April I. --All tin
lower districts of Crestline and vicin
ity were Hooded today. Portions ol
one hundred houses are under water
i
Ily Associated Press.
Bticyus, Ohio, April i. -All record
for thirty years were broken here to
day by high water in the Sandusky
river. The. northern part of the city
i.s cut off. and buildings along the hot
turns were swept away.
don't keep me awake night." he con
tinued, Now and then I wish I had
not done il. I'll take what I get with
I out asking for any mercy." The con
I pie had adopted him when he was ;
baby. He told the police he had be
! lieved the If eaters had made a will
j li'ii.ing thejr property to a stepson
and this so incensed him that he do
elded to kill them.
THREATENED
GOV. YATES
Man in Springfield Wrote He Woult
Kill the Governor and Burn
His Property.
By the Associated Press ,
Spr'ngliold. Ill , April I - John liar
bey. of this cit, ;iwk arrested toda:
on the charge of sending letters t
Gov. Yates. Sheriff lirainurd ami
others, threaten tag their lives, and i
burn their property if he was not
given money lie waived exaininalioi
and MM sent to jail in dolault
2,900 hi. ml. to await the action ol
the I deral grand Jury.
BABY IN GLOWING FURNACE.
Special to The Bulletin.
Lincoln. Neb, April 1. The body
of an infant was found today in f
glowing furnace of the Lincoln Medl
eat furnace. It was discovered by ;
stud M who pulled the charred bod)
from the coals. The police say th
baby was undoubtedly alive when p
was thrown in, that it was sovera
Jays old. No arn sts have been mad'
HEARST IS DEFEATED.
By the Associated Press
Trenton. N J . April 1. The Gem
ocratic primaries in this city tonight
to elect delegates to the state conven
tion that will name delegates to the
national convenion. resitled In a sl
nal defeat for Heard .--ipporrers, wh
tarried aaly oat of tauten wards.
SPRiNG TRADE
MUCH IMtU
By Weather Conditions and
Hoods, Says Hradslreet.
BANK CLEARINGS LOWER
CROP OUTLOOK 15 GOOD ni.IT
SHIPMENTS OF COMMODI
TirS SHOW A DE
CREASE. By Associated Press.
New Yoik. April i Brad street's
says: The low temperature and
heavy rains, bad loads and tlo.ub
have checked spring trade, delayed
Collections, discouraged eastern de
mahd and closed through most of the
period rather backward business
There are some redeeming features
however. While nearly all signs point
to a smaller turnover in the country'!
trade than in 1903, the feeling Is still
general that tho crop outlook, stimu
lated by high prices, favors large
yields. Eastern shoe shipments art
live ikt cent, behind last year and
March has been rattier a poor month
in leathers at Huston. The iron trad)
situation looks well as a whole. Sales
of pig iron are smaller than of tats
recent, advances based on good buy
lag tending to stay buyers' hands
PumaceS are. however, filled up with
orders lor the second (punter.
Finished products are in good call
except that structural material feujs
the elfecl of labor troubles. Kail
roads are reported buying freely t
new ears and shop supplies. Agricu!
tural implement matter.; are ivporli t
free by material. Among Other met
als, copper is notably strong, and ex
ports in March are reported next t(
the targes) ever. The great mass of
commodities show continued ami
notable strength, Wheat, includlni
flour expdrta for week, t,tC7,0o0 bush
els against 1431,000 last year. July
is!, 1903 to date, 1 l,&S:;.0"ii bushels
against lf,;i,(i7 l.enn last year Corn
exports tut week 1,411,900 bttAdll
against SLKU.OM year ago; July 1st
HMV.l, to date, M.WS,000 bushels
against 41,133.006 hist season.
Total bank clearings for principal
JltieS of Hie United States lor the
past week, 11,798,479,978, decrease of
22.0 per cent, from correspondii g
period last year.
By Associated Preea,
New York, April I, Dun siys: The
wholesale trnde in hoots and sho a
has expanded. Manufacturers mo eg
remely conservative, however, de
qilte larger orders, for labor outlook
is by no means settled. Tone of c it
ton market I.s slightly weaker an. I Id
tie forward business is reported,
Trade in woolens continues dull
Failures this week In the Ifnlted
-itntes L'uN. against 172 last year.
IOWA MINERS
STOP WORK
Owners Of Fnnklin County, lllinoi;
M.ner. Withdraw From Operators'
Association.
dy Associated Press.
Oskaloosa. tiff Apiiil I Tl.r
nine workers issued a circular to
lay, announcing that negotiations to
ffect an agreement with the opera
is are postponed and the operation
d all mines in the district is mi . p. ml
'd indefinitely, until sneh time as i
ICale can he agreed upon. Locals
ire told to prot ct all property dur
tig He- suspension. Coal may be
ninod and loaded only in qaaatitl I
llfficleal for supplying boilers to pro
laoa steam fot working engine; and
umps to supply ventilation to hoist
ng men when employed. No new
vork will be permitted II is thought
lie suspension will be of only fifteen
days duration.
'ty Associated Press.
Springfield. III. April 1.- The jcint
tCalfl committee this afternoon dis
usseil the Franklin count v scale Tin
n'ners wanted the scale fixed at is
ents per ton Operators were wiil
ng to give 46 cents, but .1 K. Dtertag
ind tha Ken'on Coal Mining company
iwners of the Franklin county mines
hsalared they could get better rates
ban 15 cents as Independent op
raters, and they withdrew from UN
"oal Operators' association.
AGREE IN PENNSYLVANIA.
ty Associated Press.
Altooni. Pa . April 1 After a
viM-k's stubborn fight, the operator;
ind miners, late tonight, agreed up m
i scale for the Central Pennsylvania
iled. The new scale is a reduction ol
iuX per cent, from last year's rate
cents gross pe Hon.
ARTILLERYMAN IS KILLED.
Leavenworth. Kaa , Anril 1 Ser
leant James Carroll, of the sixteenth
;attcry. t'nited States artillery, waf
rw over and kined by a riesvy se'gf
.tun .luring parade today, the horse?
having become nntnanigeihte
JUDGE PARKER
MD Ul
Subjects of Sharp Discussion la
The Ll. S. Senate.
HEARST NOT LETT OUT
; BF.VERIDGE SAYS REPUBLICANS
ARF PROUD OF ROOSEVELT
AND HIS RECORD GLAD
TO NAME HIM.
By the Associated Press
Washington, April I, Good Friday
was devoted by the senate to almost
a continuous discussion ol political
questions. The time until i! o'clock
Was devoted to the Consideration of
the Carnack resolution, proposing
an Inquiry into the legality of the re
cent executive old ai
Senator Mallory vva
speaker, but he was
e pension order
the principal
frequently inter-
ranted b;
ci m ten dei
Uepablicas senators. He
thai Secretary Hitchcock
had transcended the limits of execu
live authority in issuing the order.
The latter hall of the day was devot
-d to the post office appropriation
hill, but no appreciable progress was
ma le with that measure, speeches on
it being in the mam political and of a
general character.
There Was U spillted debate hi'
tween Simmpna ami Beveridge on the
question of the propriety of a con
gresslohal Investigation into the af
fairs of the post office department,
during which prospective presidential
nominees of the two political parti s
in the next campaign were freely din-
cussed.
Speaking of the nes.1 eampaiga
Simmons said the Republicans aj
ready had, in effect, named as, their
presidential candidate the pre ;ent oe
enpant of the White lions '. He de
scribed the president as "A man of
spectacular propensities, rash, bar. I
beaded and Impulsive, a man believed
by thousands, aye by millions, in
'.lisling many in the Republican pur
ty, to be Iby nature and temperament
matted for the presidency, because
it was dangerous to trust him with
supreme power." Simmons admitted
there are now factional differeue, s in
ihe Democratic parly, but said they
would be healed and Ihe party would
aire the country "a Band (dais who
would be sober and of a judicial lorn
ncrament; of sound mind and Judicial
jlsposttlcn ; a man
who wl
: Ii Ifopulill
publicana wttl
ire sal" In hi'
a number
c.Hi vole bee:
know their
I hands."
d' Republican
Bfl lie
terests
nators
lemamled the name of tin, candidate
ind soaie BUgg isted "Parker," but
UmhtoM declared thai he would "not
iliuw his hand."
Beveridge. replying, eulogized Pres
'dent Roosevelt's hj id fshlp. "The
enator from North Carolina," he
aid, "ha; told us of candidates, hut
lot of asues, We waul it understood
ve shall have Issues and that we
hall not di'fen I them, but that we
Shall attack those who attack them."
He went eti to suv the announce
ueni that Demoarats have a candi
late s news to everybody, and he in
isted H,at Simmons thonM gratify
heCUlioslty of the sena'e by giving
!iis name Simmons declined to give
'he name
Beverli
dies and
locale th
ge: "So you have th,- qui I
at looking lor the man t
in on a bag of vague anil
liaphano
qualities without an own
r."
Simmons continued : "Our sandl
late will In- such a man as will In
ure the support of a large element
if your party, who will be afraid I i
aipport your candidate."
Beveridge: 'Then give ns Us
name Is it Judge Parker?"
Simmons: "He would make a good
inc. but I do not undertake to say
who the candidate will iie
Beveridge: "Tha senator insists
ai reticence as to Judge Parker; po
dldy he will tell ns whether It Is his
Mtow-Citlcan, Hearst. What does h
;ay to thatf1
Simmons declining to name the
andidati . Beveridge again aske
Is your candidate Judge Park'-r '
I hat is a secret," answered Sim
nons Well, is ft Hearst?" agon
isked B veridgo. "It would be im
HTfper to nply." said Sim mote,
Then.' remarked Beveridge, "ac
ording to the Senator from North
'arolina. Judge Parker is a SCCrel
ind Hearst is improper."
Beveridge predicted great difficulty
in the part of the Democrats in gfjm
ng both on candidates and on issues
.nil said' "It is true we have agreed
ipon a loader. The senator from
s'orth Carolina speaks of the "Mys
erious power." responsible for his se
lent ion. I'll Ml you what the powi r
s; it is the people. The peopl cm
lUtnte the powtr lo which we havi
.lelded. The p-onle have I lected
ur candidate and we are got alraid
hi name him The name of our caa
lidale and next president is the name
if the present president. Theodore
Roosevelt, and we are glad to name
dm."
With this declaration Bveridire
concluded and the discussion of la
i!!- f h" MM procedel.
MI RESTORED
Insane Mother Found Off spring
By Chance.
ESCAPED FROM ASYLUM
SOUGHT REFUGE IN A FARM
HOUSE WHERE CHILD WAS
BUNG CARED
FOR.
Waterbury, Conn., April 1. Tin.1
birth of a bab) daughter a year ago
lett Mi- Josephine Truanskl of this
place insane and she was sent to th
asylpm at Middletown almost beford
ahe had seoa her child.
Today, the regaining possession ol
the little one has restored her reason
To nurse it, to cuddle il and tf
smothCr it with motherly kisses has
done what the noted alienists of Hie
state were unable to do for the do
ranged mother.
No sooner was the baby born than
il was deemed wise to remove the,
mother to Mid.iletown The baby vva I
given bato the care of friends, who
pitied the woman, and imped somt
day she would be able to reclaim it
Twelve mouths paaasd at Ihe nsv
turn, the unfortunate mother knowing
vaguely that she hud been torn from
hi r baby, All the tim . phe cried ft
it and the nervous stress of her am
glllsh undid what good Ihe doctors
accoini ,'slied lor her cure.
They could not quiet her They
tried lo peiWMdC her Hint she was
not a moth or, and, to visitors, she
was the woman who had the Illusion
that she had a baby daughter.
Last Sunday afternoon there was
an alarm at the asylum building!)
The woman, who grieved Icr a
fancied baby, was gone, Ihe guard
told th" superintendent. Tney search,
ed high and low for her. They could
not find her and the neighborhood
was scoured in the b. lief that Iht
hud escaped.
I Tuesday night , soaked by the rain
' shivering from the cold, her cloth
lug lorn, her shoes worn mini bet
feet, staggering I rum hunger, she
called ul the door of n farmhouse 111
miles away. She a ke I for food.
He nppoarance excited pity ami
she was taken In. As she was cab
j lug. in front of a warm fire, Ihe coo
i of a baby catne to her.
She sprang to her feet, again I lii
I mad woman crying for her baby, SI I
I ran by the astonished housewife, tuti
'the bedroom. A little rOUngSter was
sprawling on Ihe be I gurgling baby
fashion.
The young woman seled it In hei
arms and smothered the little out
I with kisses, Then she fell lo weep
! lug. The frightened housewife called
her husband. They triad to take tin
child away from the forlorn woman
But she would not permit if.
"It's mine, it's mine." she cried
and would not let them touch il
Then they recognlz.od her. She wuj
Mrs. Josephine Trnanskl. Tiny werg
the friends who bed takes the mom
erhns child to keep. The baby was
in fact, the child of Ihe woman.
The first thought was lo give the
ala rin.
But the mother, overcome with Joy.
was o pitiable a sight that they for
bore it.
That high! the slept with the re
Stored little one lucked lo her hreasti
Next dh) In told them of Icr High',
Il was a miracle from heaven, shu
said, that had drawn her steps to the
place
She was so rational In her spc-ch
and her actions that they decided ROi
lo disturb lu r for the lime, at least
She regained her strength fast
The magic of the presence and thr
possession of her Child restored he'
reason,
Ibr two terrible days of In ate
(light across the cold, wet field:; wei'i
i nothing to le i when she consbb r
ed her reward.
Doctors made an examination ol
the w.iman and declared that then
whs no need for her return to the
asylum
THE IRISH
WON OUT
Gadic Will Oe Taught Two Nights
Each WecW In a Pittsburg
School.
Pittsburg, April 1 The Fir.-t ward
school board, of Pittsburg, has added
Gaelic to the study of Knglish
The Ogrowney Gaelic society has
be, u working for a long time to infer
est some of the local school hoard in
the Gaelic language. As the First
ward directors ate all Irishmen, and
Bernard MacGiUlan was pttaMMl ol
the hoard, th ; i. in' , f w..n it.
Th ' (Iselic will be taught two n
each v.-ei !
In the neighborhood of the school
hniHing sr" manv old women whr
came from Ireland vears ago ane
the) ball MtMi but ;-iic
PRETTY MISSES
STILL WITH US
Number Attending Increased At
Second Day's Session.
MONOTONY IS MUCH RELIEVED
By Two Excursions on the River and By
RailroceediiiKS of Morning and
Evening Sessions.
The morning session of the South
em Illinois Teachers' association yes
terday developed that the number of
delegate:; in attendance had been in
creased considerably by arrivals il ir,
Ihg the night.
'the picture presented ai Hi,- oiwra
house was as impressive as on the
previous evening in its general en
lemble the same railing, handsome,
intellectual looking faces of th.'
teachers in the panj let. and parquet
Circle, while the touches of color here
an I there in gown and accessories
Bi rved to enliven the dark red back
ground ot the walls of the theater
The morning session was open- !
promptly on time, the program of el
ercii.es eansMing of moeieft mini
hers by the Sixth grape pupils if
Douglas school,
President Wham Inapdkttety foi
lowing the musical eutie, Introduced
Mrs. Klla F Young, of the Chicago
University, who delivered an address
upon "Social PrOfrattslog In Child
hood." Mrs. Young is a moderate
size woman, not poefl 'sslng a strong,
hut an Immeasurably flexible voice
and with the pale cast of ounte
nance indicative of intellectuality
Mrs. Young is a cogent reasoner and
reached man'; ol her conclusions by
adroit methods that were eonvlnc:ng
ind possessing dynamic energy. The
SUbatance of the address was as fol
low s:
Nol many years back there was a
generally accepted theory which made
morals and liiminers one and inseii
iraide iii every child during the pe
riod of his life spent in Ihe fS!t?meil
tary school There was mi equally
well-defined Idea that made, before
the school age of six years was at
tained, obedience and manners one
net ins parable in the little one. In
going on to the high BChcol we find
thai neither social nor educational
termlnolog) contains a term com
pounded of 'he two elements which
itand one for th
the high school
attitude of mind of
boy or girl toward
for tin- Planners
ithOrs; and one
which t xprerts or
objectify that ettl-
tude.
There is, nevertht
,i
which th manners are interpreted
It is that the maimers of the lad or
miss just in the dawn of manhood or
rOQttnhOOd depend Upon the breed
dig of Ihe young persoU The man
lets are rough or gentle to the de
TOC In which the Indivlbial i; III or
will bred But lew persons, bo
ver, are content to pas, ihe udg
neat ill brad upon the rollicking,
light hearted school pupils I hat the
over bolBterflna 111 the noisy crowd
Mo: t heartS go out in hop,- ami fit till
toward those who are so soon to en
tor into the labors and aa(letlo.i thai
ever pres; upon tho multitude In th(
:rcat economic struggle. And " they
temper their languag and 1 1
'Brooding snd manners are not all
f It; we must know i nmething of
their htmeaty and kindliness, their
earnestness and straight for vardie
In short we onanoi pHS upon their
COUtittCi without some Insight into th
character that i. hue!
duct
Con-
It is in the high sclniwl age we l.wk
tot evidence of that highly develop 4
form of etBotJou ealtad thoughtful orj
r Heetlve nympathv li is tie- degree!
d devi lopin-nt of tboaghtM or n ;
lb i live sympathy that mark- Hie so'
rial progris. lon of (be child Through
its activity the i.iclal world Is not
bum chaotic toaahag human hafaata
MerCll SBly about It is seen as the
great organisation in which saafl indi
vidual must hsve recognition as a
coopcrattv" worker
Tie school is suoooaafal in Its field,
in just so far as It dev. -lops lateili
...lit tympath) In Its children as they
work in the Kindericart n. the Kle
meatar schixd. the High school ami
Ihe college It is impossible lo com
prebend the reai oaeatkuul of lift
without that lUslght into ether mind..
vhich is tnirn of syopathy Sympathy
is the quality that In its highest de
gr e becomes charity--the greatest
of ihe three Sympathy imparts the
buiSjMCy ed hope (ft the heavy laden:
it nalues the kinshi of humanity
The Sixth grade Honglaa school p i
pils. as eniertainne ut -ang Hay :
chorus. "Summer."
FrHerick W TavL.r for several
years professor of horticulture in the
l uiv riiv of N. braka. but at ure
I
e department of agri
Louisiana exposition,
au address upon the
A I vantages of the
Mia remarks were
suggested If the
re mainly Instructive
Mid devoted to
a description of the
magnitude of the department of
which he Is chief. It bristled with
fact tin I figures and the discourse
was listen,. I to witn rapt attention.
The next number upon the program
was the rendition by the 8 1. N. IT.
quartette of the "Dixie Kid," and the
"Bag Without a Stain.''
In the afternoon the delegate:!
hoarded the steamer Hick Fowler and
were takea on an excursion down the
river to the confluence oi the Ohio
and Mississippi. Upon their return
they hoarded an Illinois Central
special train of nix coache:
('ceding by Ihe westerlty n
and p
'te ma
a 'rip around lie-, belt, SCroa the
hridge to Fast Cairo, returning to
Cairo by ihe Ohio levee route to the
Central I in ton Station, which the par
ty reached at 5 o'clock, feeling re
freagud ami highly entertained ga a
result o the two excursions.
- ' ! - ' nil
EVENING SESSION.
As a pi hide to the
evening session and
ruirs. the Southern
University quartette
addresses of the
the business af
Illinois Normal
tendered two
chOiCil vocal selections wb eh were so
well received they were eompelad t
respond to an sooor
The feature of th evning followed.
President Wham introducing to the
assemblage lr William A. Oolledge,
an of tho American school at Ar
mour institute Chicago, and who in
also a F it t; s , which translated
starnb: lor fellow of the Royal Geo
graphical Society, au honor that In
highly esteem -d and so broad h Its
meMberahip that it knows no country
Its meniliors I -Ing found in every civ
lilted portion of the globe.
Ur C.dledg' chose tor his subject
i dig 'st of Robert Lewis Stevenson
in m a Scotchman's standpoint. II
handled bis subject in a masterly man
ner and exhibited that he had not
only read ::ll of the writings of the
decent d author but
i trap study of the
tenement of what l
had nude ipm.
motives and th:
; undoubtedly hi.
faVOTlti author.
Bummnrfzcd, his discourse
was,
follows:
Mils evening we ate about to on
eh i an eve dlngly complex else, 'vr
Pi bert I mils Stevenson, every stu
i'i nt ot literature h is discovered,
while ono of ihe most fascinating. Is
Is,! o"o ol He most difficult of an
il ols lo ill-ci-::; His, ait has so manv
' - it:; also our cont niporary
Had bis health been normal, he wonll
.till be of our fa:t changing world.
As ii result we af standing with
Mm amid ihe shitting panorama of
i il i ii life, and we have no point
d vp.v When we reflect upon hi-,
charact r and work, we are forced to
a view ,,f our .'v.- an introspection
el e li extends upward to the things
lieyond consciousness, and downwari
Into thoee wells of memory where
very disagreeable creatures dwell.
T'j acquire a rectonable mastery of
Stevenson wo must if necessity cons'-
i tin i. -ir.il and material sur
roiiiidings oi our Immediate predees
i . which have aid d in the proJur
lion of tie mixed character whose
pi t oTiality and writings we are about
to tmly
't'odii) tie words evolution and en
'. ir, nmi"it at' ! ' ly and
. i ). i quest ionabh ' vat, that I
onetimes wish both words might
!. effectually burned hy the common
hangman; though it is hardly possible
to give an idea or Stev.twoii and hit
bookM with ut Intraductal thes words
or their equivalents
The age which produ i fiteVUgaggl
, entia rientifii that is to
say. gn at men in th generations pre-
,i, ! il , I upon certain ptau?v
tde hyiothesii an) his generation be
gan working out th.- details ama
sinc facts to -uprcrt the tiypothiwH,
o,. A.tp':iig lit'- 'o the arbitrary
laws.
Thi; scientific spirit was not rs
tins I lo the observation of matter
:rai-. hut ext ndt-.l t every brand
(Concluded on Second page )
cm chief of th
cult ire of the
followed with
"Kdueatlonal
World's Pair"
along the lines
I he, ue. and we
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