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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-05-18

the strongest in the state of Ohio in mem
bership, influence and wealth He has
! held several high Offices in the order pre-
yious to 1856, when he was elected
supreme chancellor, at the session of the
! supreme lodge, which met IN June in that
! year at Toronto, Ont 1t is needless to
| state he is bending every energy to make
the fifteenth biennial conclave success
in every particular Mr.. Douglass is also
an active member Of several other leading
| benevolent and secret organizations, hay
| ing reached the thirty second degree,
Scottish rite, in Freemasonry.
Justus H. Rathbone. native Of Deer
field, Oneida county. n. Y, was the
| founder of the order of the Knights of
| Pythas It was while engaged in teach
ing school at Eagle Harbor Lake Superior,
Mich. in the winter of 1860 and 1861, that
| Mr. Rathbone prepared the ritual which
was afterward accepted and used in
! founding the Knights of Pythias. The
first lodge was organized in the city of
| Washington, d. c., on the 10Th of Febru-
airy, 1864, by Mr., Rathbone and several
other fellow clerks of the different depart
ments. The growth of the order has been
remarkable since that time.
The following are the entries for the
competitive prize drill that viii be a
feature of the occasion Lafayette divi-
sion, No. l. Lafayette, Ind; Indianapolis
division. No. ., Indianapolis, Ind. Lochiel
division. No. II, Elgin, Ills; Hastings
division, No. A, Hastings, Neb. Ceur De
Leon division, No. /, Wheeling w, Va. ;
Louisville division, No. /, Louisville, Ky.
Ceur De Leon division, No 8, Lancaster,
o.: Miami division No 30, Toledo, O..
Mystic division, No II, Louisville, KY;
IN ~. O. l.
cago division, No 5, Chicago. Ills. Aga
memnon division, No, H. Lima, O.; New
Albany division, No 5, New Albany,
Ind; Many division. No. Is, Indianapolis,
Ind Fort Dearborn division, No. /, Chi
| caro- Ills.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-05-18

''To a veteran actor VINO had looked out
from that stage on the fashionable audi
ences which there drink delight from
standard opera and classic drama, the
view from the same place that Sunday
afternoon would have been a startling
novelty Directly below him in the pen
he would have seen a score of reporters
and as many delegates; back of them the
whole floor filled with Methodist preach
ers and eminent laymen, presiding elders
and doctors of divinity, college professors
and professional revivalists, men eminent
in the pulpits of many cities. and scattered
among them few preachers of the old
Peter Cartwright stamp, with here and
there general, OK governor, prominent
journalist or well known politician All
around them the boxes and lower circles
were filled with ladies. a very few
gentlemen among them, while at the
top of the house were men and boys of
that class which is accustomed to go out
between the acts But no one went out
after Bishop Fowler had spoken his first
sentence On the front of the stage were
Gen. Clinton Fisk, the preacher of his
| day, two or three bishops and the pre-
centor; behind them the drop curtain
! The view bordered on the sublime, and
there was no need of scenery to heighten
the effect. Such was the scene from the
stage front.
From the southwest corner of the room
the view was really grand while the
bishop was speaking From that point
his commanding figure appeared well out
to the front and behind him appeared the
boxes and circles on the north side-all in
fine relief from floor to skylight. The
audience, except in the circles above the
boxes, contained substantially the sane
elements as attend the daily sessions of
the conferences; and the fervent 'Amenl
Lord, grant itl' and other responses to
the bishops fiery sentences, showed the
body to be thoroughly Methodstic. The
singing was congregational, led by pre-
centor and accompanied by the great or
gan; and it seemed as if almost every one
in the room joined in the great volume OF
harmony President Spence, of the Grant
Memorial university, read the opening
hymn, %, for Thousand Tongues tC
Sing Rev. DR. Leroy NJ Vernon offered
a prayer, and then came a most effective
reading of that sublime chapter in Isaiah
describing the sutferings of Christ. by
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-05-18

Rev DIR. j. r. Day, of Newburg, N, Y.
Rev. DIR. ]. G. w. Cox, of Iowa, read the
hymn, When | Survey the Wondrous
Cross and after the singing DR.. E. Nc
Chesney, who presided, introduced Bishop
@. H. Fowler, of San Francisco, who read
his text. then laid aside his glasses and
spoke an hour and a quarter without ref
erence to manuscript, holding the rapt
attention of the vast audience to the last
word. His text was:
Whom God hath set forth TO be a Precipitation
through faith in his blood, TO declare his right
eousness for the remission of sins that are past,
through the forbearance of God; to declare, say,
at this time his righteousness, that he might be
just and the justiher OF him which beleveth In
Jesus.
ellis exordium was sublime, thrilling
every nearer, and is here presented as in
effect an analysis Of the whole sermon:
This is Paul's great statement of the Atone
ment. Here we have Gods justice and righteous
ness mans sin and helplessness, Gods forbear-
ance and pardoning mercy through faith In the
propitiating blood of Christ. We are In the midst
OF group of majestic ideas, There is hardly a
single truth In the whole round OF human thought
worthy of absorbing the attention or firing the
ambition Of an immortal being that Is not men
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-05-18

PROPOSED PIONEER PRESS BUILDING.
piers will measure 10 feet on each side,
and the main entrance will be IL feet wide
and % feet in the clear. The archway
over this entrance will be 7 feet thick.
From the ground to the roof there will be
a court 30 feet square, covered by glass.
richly embellished on all sides. All of
the interior pillars and beams will be of
iron, the floors deadened, and everything
will be covered with fire prooting. The
great building will have every known con
trivance for comfort. All engines. boil
ers and lighting and heating plants will
be in separate adjoining building. There
will be four elevators, the building en-
tirely lighted by electricity. and u marvel
Gus equipment of presses is being manu-
featured for the use of the publishers.
who are wealthy enough to erect such a
building, The paper proper will occupy
| the basement, the first and the eleventh
and twelfth floors for its own uses. The
remainder of the building will be used for
Office purposes On the top floor an ele-
CANT club room will be fitted up for the
exclusive use Of the employees Of the pa
perm all force of about 600 men and
boys. The Pioneer Press establishment.
with its newspaper union, paper handling
and various other branches of its bust
ness, is the largest and most extensive
concern of the kind in the west
g. II. YENowINE.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-05-18

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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-05-18
Nearing His Destination.

Passenger-Conductor how far are we
from Kansas City,
Conductor-We'ret there now, sir; just
passed Eight Hundred and Fiftieth street.
Passenger-How soon will we get to
the station2
Conductor-It's about an hours ride
New York Sun.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-05-18

supplied with en-
orgy, and is a
tireless worker at
anything he un
dertakes. He has
been a member of
the Knights of
Pythias sin c e
1863, andhis name
is a household
word among the
members of that
order The Doug
lass lodge, No 81,
which he organ
ized and which
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-05-18
A BIG PRINTING OFFICE.
The Wonderful Structure Being Erected
by the st. Paul Pioneer Press Company.

Especial Correspondence
ST. PAUL, Mimi, May 10.--Thc great
west is nothing if not progressive A year
or SO ago The St Paul Globe nstonishcd
its eastern contemporaries by erecting u
magnificent ten story newspaper building.
The Pioneer Press does not propose to be
eclipsed by its young and vigorous rival,
and is preparing to erect structure about
twice as large and two stories higher than
the Globe building. Ground has just been
broken at the corner of South and Roberts
streets for the Pioneer Press building,
which is to be completed in less than
year at n cost of 800 600, and which will
be the tallest ans by AL odds the finest
newspaper structure in the United States.
The accompanying illustration of the
building will give the reader fair idea Of
its size and appearance. 1t will cover a
lot 124 feet square, will have Twelve full
stories and basement the height from
the curbstone to the roof being TO feet.
| The building will be constructed of stone.
brick, glass and iron. 1t will be entirely
freproof, the only wood used being the
interior fnishngs. The style of architec-
turc is i'll keeping with the massive solid
ity of the structure. The design shows a
successful combination of strength and
beauty. The first two stories will bo
built Of red granite, the remaining ten
of pressed red brick, with rich
terra Gotta ornamentation. The corner
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-05-18
AMENS IN A THEATRE.
A GREAT METHODIST MASS MEET
ING IN NEW YORK.

1t Was Held in the Metropolitan Opera
House and Was Most Impressive in Its
Efect-Pictures with Pen and Pencil
Taken on the Spot.
Methodist mass meeting, writes New
York correspondent of this paper, lis q
rather novel phrase, conveying a sugges-
ton of politics; but the particular mass
meeting held in the Metropolitan Opera
house, New York city, on the afternoon
of Sunday, May 6, was all that the phrase
implies. 1t was 'massed meeting, for
the auditorium Tor as actors would call it,
the proscenium) was literally packed. and
all the five circles were filed, even to the
lofty gallery. Not less than $500 people
were present; and yet the powerful voice
of Bishop Fowler, suffering from hoarse-
ness though he was was heard in every
corner of the immense room. Part of his
success. of course, was due to the splendid
acoustic properties of the building.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-05-18


Mr.. Andrews portrait of Dolly Madison
Is now well under way. One of the soci-
ETY. girls of Washington is acting as model
for it. She is beautiful girl, with an
exquisite form, He has had an elegant
dress, made after the style of those
which Dolly Madison wore, constructed
for the young lady to wear during the
posings, and he goes into ecstasies over
The beauty of Dolly Madison. He has had
good chance to study this most beauti-
full Of our presidents wives of the past.
All of her portraits possessed by her fam
ly have been accessible to him, and he
has had conversations with number of
people who knew Mrs Madison. He will
represent her standing with turban cap
OH her head, and he says that she had re-
markable beauty of that Irish type which
sometimes crops out in blue black hair
and bright blue eyes. dolly Madison's
complexion" says he, was of the purest
and most delicate nature. Her parents
when she was a little child, had her wear
white linen mask to keep every ray of
p sunshine from her complexion, and when
she went to school sun bonnet was
sewed on her head every morning by her
mother, and long gloves covered her hands
and arms. When she got older she was
able to take care of her own complexion,
and the result was she had one of the
tairest and purest faces of American wo-
men," &~%
The archives Of the postofice depart
nent are worth investigating You may
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-05-18
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-05-18
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
THE FORTUNATE MAJ. BURKE AND
HIS REMARKABLE CAREER.

The Handsomest Hand In the United
States, and How 1t Was Secured by an
Artist--Some Information Regarding
the Post once Department..
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-05-18
Read The Following Endorsements Of Distinguished Physicians

the
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the pleasure
NJ
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Prof
HYDRO icandH
Every family should guide health assist the family
doctor 1t in ended to take the place of doctor
in every instance but help you to do every
thing possible in his absence.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-03-23
FOREIGN FACTS.

Russia's government ha, ordered all rail
"A entering in Krev to hold t%ransporta
tion facilities at the disposal of the gov
eminent. Troop, are 20 be moved in large
numbers to the Bulgarian frontier as 0
a, spring breaks.
\ Spanish republican conspiracy has
been discovered at Valencia, and the lead
ers have been arrested.
Thomas Jones, a Michigan Central
brakeman, was instantly killed OF St.
Thomas the other morning.
The Pope has been seriously i'll for some
days, and grave fears are expressed that
his recovery is extremely doubtful.
Disastrous food, are reported in Austro-
Hungary.
Rumored that the Canadian government
will publish a blacklist Of American firms
in the habit of entering dutiable goods
under false pretenses, thus escaping the
taxes.
The German troops ave taken the oath
OF fidelity TO the new emperor.
The late emperor's funeral occurred on
Friday, the 10th inst, with full state cere
monies.
Twelve persons were drowned by the
breaking of a bridge in Berlin on the 10th.
Sixteen persons were drowned off Bari
March Is, 10y the capsizing Of a pleasure
boat.
Prince Oscar OF Sweden, was married
at Bo~urnemouth on the 18th inst, to Miss
Ebba Munck, his mothers maid of honor.
Mr.. Gladstone writes that the demand
that he publish the Irish proposals which
he expects Liberals 20 support is n trap
into which only the blindest mind could
fall.
a wedding party Of sixteen persons, re.
turning from church at Neusatz, Hungary,
started to cross the ice on the Danube in
carriages. When halfway across the ice
gave way and the entire party wa,
drowned.
Gen. Boulanger. in command Of the war
department of France. has been relieved
OF his command for breach of discipline,
in visiting Paris three times without per
mis- ion.
Il is rumored that Empress Augusta in.
tends 20 become a Catholic.
Many villages in hungary have been
destroyed ~ floods.
EMPEROR Frederic. will send special en-.
voys 10 all European sovereigns %announc.
ing his accession 10 the throne. He has
also ordered that his proclamation be
publicly placarded throughout his empire.
Senator Hypolite, father of President
Carnot OF France, is dead, aged S..
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-03-23
WOLVERINE WHISPERINGS.

The business men of Middleton have pre-
sented 20 the r.. =. a VI. r.. r. L,100xlO0 II.
O land adjoining the track, TO be used for
shipping purposes.
The secretary OF the interior, in the
matter of the claim # the Jackson q Ian
sing railroad company 10 certain lands IN
Michigan about l.2JJ acre, In the aggre
gate. has denied the motion filed by the
company for review OF the decision Of the
department rendered February 26, ISL,
adverse to the company. The secretary,
in denying the motion. decides that the
act of March 3, ISL, authorizing "A partial
change Of location of tie road, did not in
any manner alter or enlarge the quality
or terms Of the grant previously made
He also holds that the reservation made
by the president in $50 tor Indian pur-
poses operated 20 except the land in ques-
tion from the railroad grant, and they are
now open for entry under the settlement
laws.
A million white fish are Matched daily
at the Michigan Ssh hatchery in Detroit.
Thomas Northey was killed by a fall Of
earth in the C.eve and mine at lshpeming
the other morning.
Coal has been discovered in two places
in Calhoun county.
Representative Fisher has secured a
favorable report on the Bay City public
building biz, witt the appropriation
placed at = u,O)o.
Arthur Case, a prominent Mason and
an old pioneer of Lenawee county, is
dead.
W. II. Gilbert Of Msnton, was shot and
fatally WOUNDED, wlile exploring in
Northern Minnesota.
H.. Daizell Of Cadillac, recently received
a letter, the mission of which is 20 hunt
up all the members OF the Dalzell family
in America. The letter has been travel
ing since October and bears addenda from
over 40 persons. The messenger ha.
already been al over the United States
and has only completed about half it.
work.
The Michigan Central refuses 20 handle
any more freight which would have 20 be
transmitted over the G., b. go. lines west
OF Chicago.
DR.. ). r. Gaucher Of Nashville has been
held for trial in the circuit court on the
charge OF grave robbing.
Mrs. Lucretia Young Of Bridgeport sue.
Isaac Bearinger, a wealthy lumbermau
for $1,000 damages which she claims e
have sustained through being run over by
his cutter in February.
Mahouey, the lumberman who killed hi.
foreman in Sands camp near Crawling
has been held for trial at the May term o
court.
Medal V. Miller, a farmer living neal
Huron DaEofa was arresfal in DatrOii
recently. charged with swindling the Tn
ion bank Of Huron out Of g., 100.
IL has been decided 20 make n display
signal station at Mackinaw City and
full signal station at Sault Ste. Marie.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-03-23
THE STATE.
The Outlook for Wheat.

The Michigan crop report for March en-
bodies returns from l. 053 correspondents,
representing ~ townships; u 9 are from
4i2 townships in the southern four tiers Of
counties, and 10 from l5S townships in the
central counties. In answer TO the ques.
tion Has the ground been we'll covered
with snow during februaryf lis CORES.
answer yes, and SOS no lO5 correspond
ents in the central counties answer yes,
and 50 no; and l6l correspondents in the
northern counties answer yes and none
no In the southern counties A. CORE,
pondents report wheat injured during Feb
ruary aud 3OJ report il not injured in the
central counties H6 report II in ured and l3s
not injured, and in the northern counties
. report 10 injured and l4O not in lured.
The temperature AMI rainfall during Feb
ruary We're both below normal. IN the
southern four tiers the ground has been
practically bare of snow since about the
middle of February, and "A succession OF
freezes and thaws is undoubtedly damag-
ing the wheat.
Reports have boon received Of the guam
tity of wheat marketed toy farmers during
the month Ot February at 81 elevators
and mills. OF these, 3l. are I'm the south
ern tour tiers. which Is tS per cent, and
% are in the fifth and sixth tiers of coun
ties, which Is "a per cent. OF the whole
mum. er in those sections, respectively.
The deduction Is that somewhere near
l,5la.O0O bushels. besides what Is necessary
for their own needs. remain i'm the hands
of the farmers OF Michigan. u he placed
upon the market alter.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-03-23

The procee lings Of the Forestry con
vention. which was held in January in
Grand Rapids under the auspices OF the
state forestry commission, ave been
published as bulletin so. b OF the depart
ment of botany and forestry. \ great
many valuable papers are given and these
will be of value not only to the lumber
men merely, but 10 every farmer who ha ,
a wood lot or has occasion to set treess
Among the writer's arc c.. W. Garfield
r. w. Barber, l.. ID. Watkins. Profs. Beal,
Bailey, Coos. Satter.ee, kedzie, b. f..
Fernow, the Cuitei states Commissioner
of Forestry. Eugene davenport.
"Hiuts for ArbOr Day Is the title OF
bulletin so. 3}. be.iles giving a concise
history of Arbor Day IL contains an
article by Prof. Northrop OF Connecticut,
urging its Observance hy schools, ana IL
a so contains "A dialo ,le ami program,
prepared 10y the tel'hers o. the Grand
Rapids schools, suitable for adoption 10y
schools of tn- state.
II the su ggeStiOns OF the bulletin are
adopted Arbor Day may be Of interest 10
the school caiidreu AMI Of future value TO
the state.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-03-23

Detective Billiard OF Jackson received a
clipping a few days ago from the Cleve-
land Herald, saying thatJohu Foster, alias
Yule, arrested at Byron, o., claimed 10
have had partner who followedPolly from
Pennsylvania To the Crouch house, and
helped murder the family. Detective Bul
lard says that Foster Is evidently lying.
but was here before the murder and is "a
bad man, and probably wa one of the men
who shot Detective Galen Brown near
Horton some weeks after the murder. The
detective says Foster i, one of the men en-
gagged in the great conspiracy" to get the
$4,000 reward.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-03-23
Prohibition National Convention.

The date of the prohibition national
convention at indianapolis has been
changed from June 6 to May 30. The
former covers the date of the democratic
convention at ST. Louis, and the change
is made, the committee says, because tel
egraphic facilities and newspaper space
could not he obtained at that time.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-03-23

Judge James Eastman Johnson died az
his home in Niles on the 18th inst, aged
e years. The deceased was born at Al
stead, y. H., Dec. q, lSo3, and removed to
White Pigeon in October, 1896, becoming
subsequently one of the old-time, distin-
guished citizens of tins state. He served
as a regent OF the university and a repub.
lican presidential e%'ector, and was a past
grand master of Masons.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-03-23

The strike on the Santa Fe roads is at
an end. the men having been officially
notified on the 18th inst. to return 20
work. Trains are now running regularly.
For a few days there was "A threatened
clash betweeu this road and the postofiice
department, but this was averted by
amicable arrangement before the strike
was declared OF,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-03-23

CArrLE-Market weak, lO015c lower;
- jOdj 10. stockers and feeders, - ljG
3 30; cows, bulls aud mixed, $90a3 p;
Texas fed steers. % .t0i 20.
HoGs-Market strong, mixed, s. l56
; 40; heavy. - 3jfuj 30; light, - 0jG
. 80; skips, - 4Oni H.
SHEEP-Market steady; natives, Si06;
western IS 1j0j 80; Texans, Stdj; lambs,
s. 2JO6 p. The Drovers' Journal special
cablegram from London quotes demand
for cattle very weak. Prices shade over.
Best American beeves, lAc per 10, esti-
mated dead weight.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-09-13
THE GOLD sATsUMA. swINpLE.

The word Satsumais nearly as famil-
lar to us as the word Japan, and this
word has become familiarized to us not
only because of Satsuma's brilliant and
heroic achievements in the past, her
grand part in the war of restoration, or
her lament0hle aud tragic rebellion with
in recent years, but solely for a peculiar
type Of pottery or faience, known as
SatSuma, which was simply inimitsble.
Its delicious ivory-colored glaze marvel
lousy crazed, its delicate and artistic
decoration in vitriied enameIs and gold,
and the refinement which Characterized
each good piece. filed the collectors
mind with wonder and delight, What
was called Satsuma enriched the collec-
tions of the amateur; museums of art
paraded colossal Satsuma vases in pairs.
gorgeous in glitter and gold; costly
books, with triumphs OF the chrome
lithographer's skill, depicted what was
supposed to be different periods Of this
Satsuma vase. Aside from the unde-
niable beauty Of many OF these speci-
mems, their value was heightened by
their supposed antiquity; it was "old
Satsuma" always. Some years, how
ever, elapsed before the miserable suspi-
ciOn enter the minds of the more
thoughtful among collectors that the
'Satsuma" which was continually ar
irving by the ship-load could not all be
the genuine old pieces that the dealers
invariably represented them to be. Even
as late as 1877 there was public sale in
London of 'old Satsuma" from private
collection and the ware was represented
as having been made by royal command
for one of the Popes just after Xavier's