davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-12-22
ALL-RAlL ROUTE TO EU-
ROPE

Before long the project of On all
rail route between America and
Europe, thus virtually connecting
The two hemi-pheres, will receive the
attention of minds given to the pro
motion of great Enterprises. Pre-.
liminary steps III this direction have.
according to the Pittsburg Dispatch,
already been taken in procuring OK.
pert opinions on the route. It is
not believed that the engineering
difficulties are at all insurmountable,
the main question being a fnancial
one rather than otherwise. Leaving
the United States at some point on
the northwestern boundary of the
State of Washington the proposed
line would be located some distance
inland from, but parallel with the
Pacific coast, traversing northwar,l
through British Columbia, then leay
ing the dominion, enter Alaska
cross the Yukon river and touch
Behring strait at Cape Prince OF
Wales.
This strip of water that divides
eastern Asia from Alaska. and ia the
link that unites the Atlantic and Pa.
cihc oceans, is only thirty six miles
wide, and is interspersed with is
lands, between which are considera
BILE expanses of intervening water
but which seldom exceeds depth OF
ninety feet. Government soundipgs
have been taken across the strait md
shs ocean floor found to be of sub
stantial rock. Once across the strni,
Siberian Russia is encountered and
passing the coast of the Gulf of Ana
dir, the road would touch the artic
circle, defect southwestward cross.
ing the Lena river, then on, contipu
ing in q diagonal direction through
the Russian Empire into the Orient
A branch road of less than 5000
miles may diverge from the main
line, go southwark beyond tho do.
mains OF the car, swing round III
great desert of Obi, penetrate into
the dense populations of China and
her southern satellites, and thus cen
meet with the great network of celes
tial railway systems which the loud
neighiDg of the international iron
steed shall call into existence. The
scheme, when fully matured, may
embrace the commercial control oil
Hindoostan, Afghanistan and Persia
sweep the entire Levant, and leayino
the home of the Euroclydon. would
then be ready to penetrate eastern
Europe, and following the setting
sun, Join the rails of our kinsmen or
the western side of the continent.
The strong point for the people Of
the United States in the construction
of this road is the rail connections
with our Alaskan possessions and
the opening up of what bids fair &c
prove unprecedented mineral and
other wealth. We are also brought
to the long chain of Aleutian islands
that we acquired with the purchase
sof Alaska, which chain extends so fa,
wet beyond Asia that, when the
evening shadows lengthen ON on,
most western land, the morning rov.
already strike PassamaquoddS BAY
gliding the headlaASs on the eastern
soastof Maine. ma Of theseriiss;
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1893-09-07

offem iteber, pdbrnb Sk benz junsen
Mamp bas @is brtnsen9"
.Das ldbt ii9 I4pn MAIDEN, bic
9errer teruer, ith ia9"
Mit 8lidsn nbei@retblt@er @eus
gierbe 14li4 ii@ Der 3tpeite Senor btnz
aus auf ben Gopribor, unb ealb tam
er aurid NIT erni ter unb nadbentlther
Miene.
,Na, tpie tpar's9 ws? er5ab,s!"
.Ds Dame femme id niht, CLAUDE
absr gu tpiNen, tper fe IT."
vMem Ste benten, meme 9erren,
pie id, baum ge6en mir nod einmal
na4 benz S~btersartsn. Der Mbeno 1T
10 ihDn. Suite Nadt, Grdulrtn!"
,!@ute Ma4t! nun, mein 9err, iino
Sie neibii h? ia, ia, 9a!"
--- Drinnen BEL einem feilen
Mbenobroo NIT Gbampasner iaben
WtQie st unb feline Dame. 81. rid=
ten 1i9 ben slid ans @op9a uno
I4pabtsn lei1e unb iebr psrtrault@
mtteinanber. WiIte btelt lie felt umz
14loi1en, fe;n Muse slan5te uno ieln:
5ttmme 5itterte.
vDu treue, liebe @eels, mir Die
nG91te auf Der Welt, mi: ion !G Dir
oarter fir Mqes, MGe52 @all| eno
Dant, bab 0u mt4 nie auisegeben.
bub 0u thinner gu mir ge1tanoen m
ar ben Dislen MDtben meinss &inberz
(ebens, baB Du nie miioe puroeit, mir
au belf len, als :t4 1on1t Nsmano bate
unb muir auf Did re4nen ourfts. uno
bann nod tau1 eno 0ant, oaB Du melz
nan Grfolg, als Ct enbli9 fam, 10 treu=
li9 init mir t6eilteI It; 6ab 0u meinem
DrGngen nabgablt uno gum erltsn
Mal IN Ge;nem 2eben Detn ru6igeS
6eim brauben auf benz 2anbe perlaiz
len bait, UNI meinen @ieg mutt mir gu
feisrn. SD oaats Sir fir 4Qes'
@nes, Mne5!"
@r beugte ii4 gu ibr nieber uno BE-
bedte ibre 6dnbe mtt feinsn &uRen.
vM}eim Mtlie, bon ieber mein tleine1
2iebling, 0 pela' ein Sreubentag ma,
bas!" iubelts bic tletne Dame uni
19lang ibre Mrme UNI 1einen Qals.
,9ib14 mar lie uu0 pie ltra1lte If,
Mu9e Dor Slid unb 2l:be. NGer BIZ
Mangen maren eingefaQen unb bas
9aar grau, benin es mar? - 2sler, Dr
peibt e5 ldngit /: es mar r3antN
2ouii e..
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1893-09-07
Der iebiae Yreis 1T Is semib ni@t.

Der iebise preis 1T g setpib ni9t.
Der ben 6armer gum friiben Dreiden
antreibt, benn berielbe tit tpeit sertn9er
lpie bic @rasugunsstoi ten. tpdbreno bic
Mnnabme bere9tist ut, bab pretie b.
ber aeben tpsrben. Die Gage 1T nit
Der Dor atpei Sabren ni4t gu pergletz
6en. Damals batten mir bic sr1bte
ie ba9epeI ene @rnte unb Der 8eoarf in
europa tpar groB senug, I'm bier ben
@lauben Al ertpeden, oab man bort
I'M eren lleberf 1ub gu boben preI1en
taufen niroe. Das par Elm Srrtbum,
anbere 0Gnbsr ltef erten biQiger unb mir
blieben iiben nit ibbermdbigen 8orrdz
tben, tpel9e ben Yreis bes Wei5ens 10
berunter briidten, oab Der Tar1ner
ite1enpsil nidt mebr als 80 9ts. tlir
ben 8u1bel erl0ite. Ser oiesidbrtss
@rnteertrag itimmt ourhaus nidt gu
ben niebrigen preilen , i4on langs
piiroen o;ei elben seitiesen iein, tpsrn
bic @elptlsmme nidt pdre, bic IS UNI
m0sli6 madt, @slo auf bic backgammon
rdt6e aufaunebmen. Inter oielen UNI
itanoen miirbe Der Garmer iebr gu letz
mem Nadtbeile banoeln, pole er feline
bissjdbrige @rnte, obne &iidit@t auf
bic lleberfiiuung bes Warttes, gleid
(os19lugen; er piiroe ben erlittenen
@srl,liten neue bin5ufigen. @b9eieben
bon benz @slomangel, Der ben &dufer
5uriidbdlt, tann Der 6armer jeoer 3eit
ben Wei5en biuissr auf Eager balten
tpie Der 6Gnbler, oenn eigentlt4e Ro<
item perur1aht ihm bic 0ugerun9 ni4t.
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1893-09-07
@im

Ser groBe Torti@ritt, ben bic Mn=
renbun9 p6otograpbii@er Met9ooen
a11f bic 9immelstunoe gema4t, maro
erm0gli4t bur@ bic Grfinbung Der g.
(atinzS rodenplatten. Mit i6rer 9ilfe
er6Glt man 1don in 8ru@tbeilen elmer
@etunbe i4drf ERE @inbrids BON 8pr=
gdngen aus Der Melt Der @r1 9einun=
gen, als es nit 9ilfe bts alien na1en
@%erfabrsns je m0gli@ mar. Wir
brau4en muir baran gu srinnern, bab
es NIT ben 3rodenplatten benz pro=
fe7or Ma& Mn1diib u. u. gelang, ben
@pgel I'M Tluse, bas pferb i'm 2auz
fen, ia bic einaslnen pbaien elmer ST.
plo1ton gu firiren.
Oie Grtenntntb, baB bic pbotograz
pbie audi fir bic 9immeltunbs BON
8eosutune tpsrben tDnns, 1hl:eBt fi@,
10 14retbt Sran5 8snbt in Der rNa=
uon", an elm ~3ufaQiges GreigniS. 9e
Gsbriioer Pro1per unb Paul 9enrD
6atten i'm Sabre 1885 bic @ruppe Der
Plejaben nit 9itfe bsr GroG,nplatte
pbotograp6ii4 aufgenpmmen. Sis BE-
mertten auf ben Platten in Der Ndbe
bes 1&Dnen 5terns rMaja" Elm Bib,
oas in leiner @stalt an eineii Nebelz
fled erinrerte. Mittsls zines Ternz
robrs mar Elm 1ol9er bisber an bic Ter
@teQe bes 9immels ni9t bsmerft tppr=
ben. 8atb barauf tonnte prof e1or
@truoe IN PultcDa nit 9ilfe letnes
mGHtigen neuen Snitruments - nell
DIES bamals bus gr0bte auf BET groe
mar - ben rMajareh"l" AUDI btrett
6eo6a@ten. Die p940togror!3tiGs ptatz
te bate al1o 1tdrter geieEea, als bic
NeSaaut oes m:n|AGd:n Muges. Die
ie Sbatia4e mar fir bic neue Met6pbe
BON bur414lagenoer 8ebeutung.
Wte iebr pisl %empfinbltder bic pip
tograpbii@e Mufna5me 1T, als Sic BIZ
rette 8eobadtung mittel5t bes bemaffz
neten @uges, 3etgte bic Wempi@e platte
lebr beutli4. Dte be tie 3et4nung be-
les @terncompleres, 1pel9e BON proz
fei1or Wolff in Paris entmprfen tpar,
umfaBt GIL @terne, pdbreno na& ber
neue1 ten Metboos man cine @ruppe
bon 1421 @eirtrnen erbielt. @tpa CUR
ielben 3eit battle ibrigens audi 81.
Sin auf Dem Sbieroatorium am &ap
Der guten 9ofnung glei@e @rfa6runz
gen gema@t. @ur4 6teien i%eltenen
Sri dig murbe Mbmiral Mou9e3, BET
Dtrigent ber Barrier @ternparte, auf
ben gemib glidliden @ebanten gefibrt,
elm 8ilb bes gelammten Tiriternbimz
mels Photographic aufnehmen gu lai=
len. Sin iolfes Wert 1T nur bur4
bas gu ammenlptrtsn bielsr @terntparz
ten, bic ii@ on peri&sbensn @teuer
Der @roe befin0sn, %ausaufiibren. gu
bte1 lem 9>pede crying bonn Momiral
Mou9e3 inn Npril 1887 cine @tnlaz
bung gu elmer Som feren5 nah paris an
bic bsbsutsnoftsn 4tsDnomen bsr
@rDe. $40
9ort Der jtdnbigte MAJ, 1i9 iiber biz
@ertbeilung ber groben Mrbeit. 18
@ternmarten iibernnbmen be p6otoz
grap6if4en Nufnabmen. Das groBe
Wert lit jeBt fat polenoet. Die Sc
lammt6eit ber @ejtirne Biz aur BIER
5ebnten &la1e 1T aufgenommen, wo3u
etpa $4,000 photographer nDt6tg MAJ
rem. Ser Mertb Der neuen Met6ooe
liegt bartn, bab non bur4 lie in me-
nigen Sa9ren ein geraueres Nbbil0
ppm 9imrntl erhilt. als es our4 3ei9z
nung gu trreit8en mar. J1i3er be-
burften BE ~Qlittonorne1 gu elmer Mufz
nabme bur4 3ei4nuns pieler Sabr=
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1893-09-07

- Ser neue G4ulcen Ius BON
@eprgia entbdlt einige intereKante
3ifern. @on ben Meiben t0nnen II
procent ni@t leien unb ni@t 1dreiben,
bon BEN S4mar3en 81 proaent. Dte
3abl Der @&ultinosr fat ii@ in ben
leBten flint Sabren UNI 8 pro5ent
oergr0Bert. Sn ber Stabt 4tlanta
alleim betrug bic 3unabme % pro3ent.
Ser procentiub Der Suiteratsn ,unter
ben petben &inbern in jener @tabt
betrGgt nur 1, unter ben Gar6tgen
aber IL. @ubannab iteqt 1ih nod BEL
Ter bar, tnbem muir zines unter je 400
peiBen &inbern ni@t inn @tanbe 1T,
3u le len unb gu 19reiben, tpdbreno
reun BON je 100 farbigen &inbern
Sliteraten itnb. SIM gan3en @taate
gift es 1905 S9ulen fir WeiBe uno
$3.50 S@ulen fir @eger. Die &C.
Iammte S4ulbebDlterung be5iffert it9
auf 6N ,971, BON benen BE, 040 metbe
unb 289,931 farbige @4iler iinb. Sir
1898 lit EN- S9ulfonbs BON $1,063,z
675 CUR @erfiigung, in lpetden 8etrag
bic @innubme aus bet &opfiteuer uber
no4 ni4t etngere4net lit.
- Sci Nem Orleans i'm
Estate 2ouiiiana noute tir5li4 So5n
Barrier in einem &anpe na4 Ieinen
Mngeli 9niiren, bic ct i'm Sennl asflub
9eleat butte, 1eben. Mn Der einen batte
Ii& Elm md4ttger gatfii& feitgebiHsn,
tpGbreno bie1er gletd3eitig BON einem
'mG9ttgen M1igator berl9lungen muir
be. Mls bas &epttl ben Mngelbaten
IN ieinem Snnern 1piirte, peitldte es
bas Mai1er bermuben piitbeno NIT
leinem @dpan5e, baB oas Boot umz
ttppte unb Barrier in bu5 MaHer itir5z
t. Sofort ertff Der Mligator oieien
an unb betbe ber19nanoen I'M Ma1 ct.
Nls man Barriers 2eidnum am anoez
rem Sage fanb, tpuren beioe @4ldfen
our4gebiHen unb Der ganae &Drper
arg 5erflei14t. Barriers Wstb uno
Sohn paren 3euge bes 14redlt4en
unglids, obne belfen 81 tDnner.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1893-09-06
FIaURss Of INTEREST.


MrtutrI estimates thatthc civilized
nations pay annually sls.700.o o0. 900 foI
food
ACCORDING Gu o. statement lately ruf
forward she London Mansion house.
thc city 90 London drinks every wear
ia.ooo.ooo gallons ~ malt LIQUOR. 1000.
600 gallons 20 wine and t.5ooD1o rai.
Ions uf spirits
TURNS was iu $500 among The males
in h.as-aehusefts. q population o. A..
N,7.s.l. while thc female population
was i.i11.-tt This gives as an excess
of female 90 that time 69.s1l In 1855
thc excess nj women over men was Co.
Texas ~tatistician announces That
tac population 81 thc world. estimated
90 i.fo1 COZ noo. 70 divided in families "a
Owe cruli DBL accommodafed in Texas.
each family with fvc-acrc Inr NE
says there would bc 5oo0o.r1o lots lcft
over for parks and public hrHfirrs
CONTRACT Or enc general Belief chat
Ireland leads the world in iss fandnees
ior pratics." statistics show cha. ne
People of Germany and Belgium ere
thr Frcatcei rotatoeatcrs. the coneumn-
iion in these countries annuaIir 81.
.ecls 1000 pounds per head of p6pu q.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1893-09-06
a RIDGE OF CORN

with heart grown weary OF the heat.
And hungry for the breath
or Held and farm. with eager feet
/ trod thc pavement dry as death
Through city streets where vice 10 born
And sudden. To- ridge OF corn
Above the dlngy roofs q, stood.
fomc OF tossing. tangled spears,
Oar cool and sweet as any wood
It's slkcn CLEAN aud plumcd ears
laughed on me through the hare OF morn.
IN tranquil presence OF tho corn
Upon abe salt wind from the soA
Borne westward awift as dreams
or oyhood are I seemed to be
once more part OF sounds and CLEANS
Thrown ca mo by tho winds OF morn
Amid ihc rusting rows OF corn
barred my head and on me fell
The old Wild wizardry again
or leaf and sky. the moving spell
or boyhoods easy JOY or pam
When pumpkin trump was Siegtricd's horn
Echoing down the walls OF corn
saw the Geld tas tracklcss then
A. wood 20 Daniel Roon1)
Wherein VIC hunted wolves and men
And ranged and twAnFcd the green bassoon
Not olithcr Robin Hoods merry horn
Than pumpkin vine amid The cora
In central decps tho melons hy.
SLOW swelling in the August sun
traced again tho narrow way.
Ana Joined Again tho stcalthy run
The lAck.o-lautera race was born
Nithin the shadows OF Tho cora
vide west wilderness OF leaves.
o plSymatss far away over thcc
The slow wind like "a mourner grIovra
And surs ths plumed ears like a sea
Would Nc could sound again the horn
In vast sweat presence OF tho corni
-Hsnlin Garland. Ina uarper's weekly
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1893-09-06
A Singular PAL

The ParaPee palm is cuItiva.ed bv
the Indian aborigines OF tie es1iapas
FOR It's fruit, which they use larfreiv a.
food. They plant Il about tRefr settle
ments, and where il is found apparently
wild in the forests examination viii
show that such situations wsro former
ly occupied by the Indians In S,ma
seasons the fruit is produced witkout
seeds, while IN other seasons r contains
seeds, the variation occurring in me-
fruit Of tie same trees from season ~
season When boiled or roasted Fhe
fruit has something Of the texture and
taste Of a dry, mealy potato Il IL pni.
etaole and very nutritious The fruits.
which are individually about The size Of
. pigeons egg are borne In bunches Of
nom forty 70 sixty together There
arc two or threa bearing s-aao,s H.. /.
year
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1893-09-06

The word pig" a. applies h iron Z.
mere play on The word 500" when
Iron s. melted Be- runs on ints D channel
called o "sow," Tho lateral hsaochen 81
which are called she "piqs.~ Here the
iron eoois and is called pig iron.
Now, Sow" has nothing whatever 70
% With swine, but q FROM NE Saxon
'aaven, 20 scatter, German, "aasnen. -
o. rush, and ought 90 BE vFittan sasspsr
lsowsl Having sow for she parebt
channel 10 required 90 great s{s4t Of
vi 70 make Ne latsrai groesua ga
htsls Pie
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1893-09-06

seeds OF trees taken by bizsa. or By
winds frequently lodge iu so15s decar.
ing mortar crark ON the torn Of hl0h
buildings aud will grow ont a,d moi.
quite large trees. one 81 these is Co the
c''y OBJ lca, N. ~ where on tho top OF
cltL church tower - mountain ash.
winch. about ditegn or sixtasn years
As' probably Eprouted. It SIN con
hnucs o. grow mud hhs now rsaehrd i.
De- eht of about seven feet. The roota
push their way into Tho oFscirs AMI
crcvircs Of the macon work. Daring ihe
last two or three years &c has hlossomrs
and borne clusters of scarlet brrrica IL
% said by some friend 10 bofne 81 fi,s.
interesting sights Of utiaa
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1893-09-06
UNCLE JERRY'S STORY.
Why He WIN Mover Take "A Pleas-
urs Party Sailing

urs Party Sailing.
"Tcll me about IL, Uncle Jerry" l
said. Wing full length in the warm
sand. letting my eyes alternately rest
on the smiling water az my feet, or fol
low the motion Of the brush in Uncle
jerry horny hand as 1t splashed "a Wig
orous coat OF green over the worn sides
OF his old boat.
He was a character In his quiet way
- the Skipper par excellence OF the lit
Tie seaport OF L.; an autocrat whose
word was law in his native town, aud
who mad been, since the days Of our
ehildhr"d, the cpitomc OF all that was
worth knowing in sea-lorc
We WcSe great friends, he and I. md
many long summer day had spent
beside The bent old frame. watching his
rough fingers mend nets or sails with
tho defines grown from long practice.
and % tcning 20 his tales with keen en-
joymcuG but there was one incident of
his life ou which he had never touched
nor cuu,i amy amount of coa,inc in
ducc hin Go approach H. II had hap
pcned whilc ] -wJ, la Europe The
horror ni 10 rousrl Che neighborhood.
and they said, those who knew. that
Uncle Jerry was never tbc same again
Whether that was the cause or not. /
found him grraty changed ou my re-
turn after six years absence This
afternoon, 'or the first time hc be-
traycd 81 williugnes, So couudc va me.
and } settled myself la tho shade. bv
the buW of tuc boat and waited Pres.
emily ncN Icaey began.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-09-19
IMPORTANT INVENTION.
Method by Which Scrap Steel Can Be
Heated and Rolled.

STEUBENvILLE. o.. Sept 1S-It has just
been learned that inside the Jefferson iron
works two men have been inventing. for
scrap steel can be heated and rolled
into any shape. Col. A. S. Har-
den and Thomas Woods are the
patentees OF the composition used in this
new process. which will practically revolu-
tioniZo the steel business. as far the
scrap portion is concerned. Thousands of
dollars has been going to waste in scrap
steel. which could not be placed in the con-
verter and remelted for rerolling. as it
would be burned. Six months ago there
were five or six hundred tons of scrap steel
at the Jefferson iron works. which has
been worked up and made into steel sheets
again by this process.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-09-19
FRICHTFUL COLLISION
Second Section of a Big Four Train
Crashes Into the First.
An Empty Ohio & Mississippi Sleeper
and Two Well-Filled Chair
Cars TelescOped.
EIGHT PASSENGERS KILLED
And a Number Seriously Injured,
Some of Whom Will Die.
Scene of the Accident Ten Miles North
of Kankakee on the Illinois
Central Tracks.
Special TO the Indianapolis Journal

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
MANTENo, H., Sept. lS.-At 9:2O tonight
the second section of the south bound Big
Four passenger train crashed into the rear
of the first section. that had stopped unex.
pectedly at u point ten miles north of Kan
kakee. telescoping one sleeper and two
coaches. killing eight people and seriously
injuriny large number. some probably fa-
tally. The rear cars of the first section
were the Ohio & Mississippi sleeper and
two chair cars. all fairly we'll filled with
passen gers. As soon as :he extent of the
disaster was realized ply sicians were tele-
graphed for to Kankskee and Manteno.
and ten arrived here at 11:4O.
The work of rescue was Immediately be-
gun. and one by one the horribly mutiIated
bodies of the dead were removed
from the pile of wreokage. The pas
sengers in the forward cars. although
they received severe shaking
up. and many were badly cut and
bruised. were foremost in the work of car.
ing for the injured. They were taken as
soon as possible to Manteno where they
are being cared for under the direction of
the railroad officials. No names of the
killed or injured can be obtained at this
honr.
None of the trainmen is able to ao-
count for the wreck. as q man was sent
back from the first section as soon as the
stop. which was made necessary by
some defective machinery in the
locomotive. was made. This faGman has
not been seen since the wreck. and he is
probably the only man who can give the
real cause of the disaster. 1t is thought
by the railroad officials that tho
second section was running at
pretty good speed. having no intimation
that the first section would stop OF this
expected point, anc that the tiagman
failed to get back o sufficient distance to
enable the engineer of the second train to
reduce hls speed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-09-19
SOUTHEAST CONFERENCE.
Connersvillians Ready to Entertain Its f,
tx.Secnna Saaaian This WaeL

Conncrsvillians Ready to Entertain Its For.
ty-Second Session This Week.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
CONNERsyILLE, Ind. Sept 1S-Extensive
preparations have been going on for the
past few weeks for tho entertainment Of
the ministers of the Southeast Indiana
Conference. which convenes its forty SEQ
ond annual session here Wednesday.
There are more than one hundred ministers
in this conference. representing q member
ship of nearly fifty Thousand Methodists
sixteen years have passed since the con-
ference was last held In this 0ity and since
that time many changes nave taken place.
Many of the ministers who were promi-
nent IN the conference of 1877 have passed
away, and those who were young
lamented Bishop Gilbert Haven
was president of that conference.
and be had as his associates IN the cabinet.
Thomas II. Lynch. presiding elder of In
ing elder of ConDersville district; l.. G.
Atkinson. presiding elder of Madison dis
triet. and +. A. Hester presiding
elder of the Jeffersonvilie district.
living; Rev. L. G. Atkinson. president
OF New Orleans University, and Rev. +. A.
Hester. who lives at Greencastle. The
Rev. Dr.. j. q. Chafee. who was at that
time pastor of the church at Connersviile.
is still in harness. being pastor of the NJ.
L. church at Mapleton, o suburb of Indian-
apolis.
Connersvills has :or years been @ strong.
hold fog Methodism. The church has
steadily growr until it's membership num-
bers nearly eight hundred. A striking
evidence OF the prosperity of the society
hero is the new Central-avenue NJ T.
Church, In winch the sessions of the con-
ference are TO De held. This 10 q massive
stone structure of modern architectural