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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-10-10

DESvEB, Colo, oct. sth, isga
To Evan stephens, tho Tabernacle Choir
and their Friends
II IL with pleasure that Am delegated
10 express to tho great Tabernacle choir.
aud 10 tho friends OF that greatest o.
choral organizations the sincere thanks
of tho oitlzons OF Denver for the most
cordial aud royal reception aud enter
tAinment while our chorus was In salt
Lake city during the grand festival last
week.
While wo regretted TO be dependent
upun tho good people uf yorT city while
thoro, We hope you had no reason 20 DO
sorry that you gave us this very hospit-
able attention. There N not ono OF this
party hero that has not boon loud In
praise Of tho royal reception given ~ tho
homes Of the singers OF salt Lake city,
aud not one will forget tho kindness. We
all fool 10 thank the members Of tho
choir. tho committee In 6. arge, and tho
individuals who contributed 30 genor-
ously aud 20 unsolhshly To our comfort.
We wish TO add further. that the con-
duct Of tho vast audiences before whom
we appeared displayed the great cosmo-
polltan spirit OF that noble people, when
Oyationa were given US at every display
Of talent In our line before the oonyen.
ton. Please accept our words OF grat-
tudo In the full tplTlt OF the Intent to
convey to you our most kindly regard
aid admiration; aud when tho great
Elsteddfod IL held In Denver next year,
we hope to vie with you In Hospitality.
Sincerely,
LLOYD JoSKs,
Press Committee.
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WARRINGTON, Oct. l0.-Iietutns 10
thesis lstlcal division OF the ltpsitm' n,
of agriculture for tie month OF Oo.obrs
make cotton show n decline VI OF
poin,s from the September condition
which was rs against 0.l for the pres.
ont month.
New YoRK, Oct. lO.-rhs cotton
market broke ~ at 10 points on the
announcement OF tue bureau report
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Silver GoEs W..


NEW YoRS, Ost. 9.-sllver cer.in.
Gates we're traded In NJ 6sg95gl, tho
highest price VI the year. lhU dsaling
amounted 10 $4,000. Higher figures
show an advance Of per cent over
yesterday's Transaction, The lowest
price Of the yoar was 90, on January
10. The previous high point was o.!
ON April l. The present advance iu
silver bullion, both here aud Ia London,
II uue 10 the accumulation OF the
install at tho last mentioned center
preparatory TO another Issue OF bonds
by the Chinese government, In the
settlement OF the indemnity 10 Japan.
For months London has been accumu.
latipg silver. The production In tho
Uniisd States has not materially In.
creased, while that VI Mexico has
fallen Oh NJ usual, during the rainy
season.
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HANNIBAL, Mo-, Oct. 0.-Dr. aud
Mfp. Hcstnr, charged with the murder
OF Amos J. sililwell, were brought into
court here today anu made application
for a change OF venue Tor thsir trial,
which was set for Saturday, December
18th. The application was granted ana
tue cafe cent 10 the circuit court Of
Pike county ut Bowling Green. The
prisoners will bs removed from
Palmyra jail TO the iall ut Bowling
Green.
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DEsvRR, Dot. GA special to thu
rimos ifolI silver cay, N. NJ, says
Lawyer James Fielder shot and killed
Cily hiaranal Can,ley this morning.
Fielder was drinking In a saloon and
made considerable noise. Cauiley 10.
quested Fielder to keep quiet Fielder
replied ncrimoniously, pulled n gun
ANA pho,. lilo Ia now IN jail.
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New YoRIS, Oct. lO.-The Congre.
cation Homs Missionary society 1, In
debt to tho banks for sl70,0jO. The
treasury Is empty, aud lnasmuch M
only 100000 OF the indebtedness Is
secured by collateral, the banks have
refused iurther unsecured loans. The
society 10 absolutely dependent for the
time being upon the gifts Of churches
And inuividuAla.
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RECORDS SAVED.
The Ogden Court House lire supposed
TO be the Work OF County
Prisoners.

special to tao Srws yer Dssersi Telegraph.
OGDEN, Ut,h, Oct. lO.-rns records
at the county court house was saved
from the Are this morning. The loss
IL ,stimsted Mt 5000. The Ore was
iucendiary, supposed to be- the work OF
prisoners confined al the court house.
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and groom In carriage. Tho bfid >.
brother COMMANDED his lister 10 ell nb
out. She obsyed and accompanied
Angel md her brother home. Since
then nothing has been seen OF An eel
OF the bfiie. II sunderstood they loit
ON tho Ftiscj train for tho Paoihc
coast.
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CoPESuAGES, Oct. lO.-Thc British
steamer Napier, belonging 10 North
Shields, bound from Cronstadt 10
Rotterdam, oOllidod oil the islRni Of
Aaland, with the Btillsh steamer
Liyouia. OF Leith. The latter sank
aud fourteen Of the crew were
drowned. NAplot's crew succeeded IN
reseuing ten men.
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a niAse In Australia.

ADELAIDE, south Au,ttalis, Oct. 10.
"A dispRton received today from Cool
Gardlr, tho center OF the new g0ll
islds, announces that n whole block VI
buildings on Baylry stree, was burned
Yesterday by . IRE which started
through the upsstting Of = lamp. IL 1,
estimated thv dsmase will amount to
sl,250,O01.
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rnE NAN suIE Lrrr BEHIND,
A bride EIopipg with Her LAYER,
L.a,iaE uss Husband.

CHICAGO, Dot. l0.-A special from
Spring neld, Mo-, says Eva Duncan
was married TO John Mills yesterday
morning, but nj this hour che lttpted'
Ing along 10 California with William
Angel, OF Aurora, TO whom she hai
been engaged ak years. John MlllS,
the husband she LETT behind, came
here six months ago. When tho report
spread through town, that EVA anu
John Mills had been married, Angols
hopes were shattered. He met Eva's
brother on his way to the Duncan
home.
They were ovsrtAksn BY the bride
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New YoRK, oai. l0.-rho Herald
says joseph II. HAnley, chairman OF
tho nationsl Republican executive
ojmnittss. will soon visit the Paoinc
slope for pleasure and politics. IL 10
ogtimated that tho "Do0m" Of 7. Ii.
Reed will be locke after.
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SpRisoFigLD, Mo-, oct. i0.-Grsen
equity uInk Of this city, one Of the
oldest IN the state, di1 not open for
busiuess today, having been placei Ia
tho hands OF receivers by tins secretary
OF state On the advice OF tue state bank
examiner. The deposits amount 10
i5J, 900; assets, sl31,0OO.
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" hloh is as far no lie line goes. The
trafiii association now ptDposos g.
secure lower rates 10 nil Utah common
points, and threatens TO divert the
business from the linei that favor
Chicsgo TO Ban Fc,nciso0's detrInent.
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i PA DESTROYED.
,,,l,l Of LsH,r California Day.
Snnd yi HluIcln''
r,,,urErotlovs THE STORM


r,,xctsco, OCT. lO.--PhVa'e
AZ ~. received hero say mat Il.
~.,,,,. has been completely
- n'i hurricane. The storm
81, ,,.,l,r,i By a tidal wave 'no
~ ~ 4. The Boy rising to sn unpre'
w. w., 4, s,l,bi, invading that portion ,i,
i,', ,ss an ir5nung on the pay ana
.,r,Io, saI to .sn men, animals anu .nu
| I'D. q vrcssi buildings '' 'H' "''
=. s,,D,,cs announcing the dos
.',,,,,o i Ia Par was dated Gu.ymA'
10. received by shipping Agent
"A, al,p.,cb ,ald,hs steamer VIII
,...,,s. y.u,y Of ID. Pacific mall
- s,d been delayed two days at
|C,,,m. By The same ''oim which
.,slal,a L. Pas, bu. To" sh e lei
i;,,,m., l.l night TOT the north.
u,Ile,p. here Gay that they have
Al dl,gslchs, about asevore storm
|,hsb p,svallsd all along ths toa.l
III, MI, wesk. This lose OF HE u
,,ss ny bslvy but dslsils OF the dis
III, = he capital Of lower Call.
mi. 1pi ,llustsd on a bay Of the
,me p,ns. Tue plfl !, well sheltefel
| Al n.lly telsn.lbls assinst an Az
N the .rs. The city had o
I,,tal,ton Of 5000, n cathedral, n gov,
Iamsn. bouie and a Town house, aud
In, plaes un Onco the aoodc OF luz
IN, A. svissnced BY the handsome
sslllnp Of tho wealthy class. bi
IA yn onts the tsAt VI extensive
M nsttnr, III o. mining wa. eH.
avsJ snssgsi 10 and the com
rgos Of he p9ft vas not inconsiusf'
Mfe
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-10-10

COLOGNE, Oct. iO.-rbe spinning
factory Mt Roonoli, Is miles from
munster. weslphalia, collapsed and
buried forty wofkmen. Ten wafu
killed outright aud niue seriously in-
Jurcd.
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I,e v,,si,ss.Nlru, Ark, oa,. lO.-Alsx.
Eis,,ea ''1 n, e.io'ej, John Brown and
Anlssr.t ",hhey vhltel have bsen
/ s1.s.I'a Tue United Statos court
|, n, 'ussd 90 honuay, Dsc. 0. INNS
j. s. su'Il time Brown aud Allen
"''sH Sentenced 10 d.a,h "
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-10-10

NEW YoRIS. ocl. 0.-rhe executive
committee VI tue 5Ooipty for Liberal
suudsy Laws, this after aeon endorsed
the rsmmany Hall political nomlna-
llons. Tho society represents the
unit ID saloon interests Of the city.
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CHICAGO IEALou.
~'''ns,'ss sald !. h. ,...,.,
fOt,hs u,as 49,, s"'h'as out

''r'hs Utah rraia. '''
's FaAScnc,. osl. lo.-sOu,,.,,
's'S ''a'lal' anu The San Fr1neI,.
Il, I .'., ','ocla'ion deny the state.
a, psOll,Aed In a Chicago p.na,
In. ~ uanie association Ia con,rolIel
|A'.'iiO'd. They say Chicago Il
Ia ny, 7, sAn Francisco bscauss Tho
p, VIZ. Is Teaching out ior utaS
pa h. s y. hal hitherto bson con'
Pl,,,, ~ v,hleago inerchants. IL III i,
4, p,. ' although Utah Is con.,',sn,'
Aass 70 San Francisco Than
|al.ss, eastern msroaauss car We" nu
Ia nv qa's. cuts made by the az.
|.':s l,S wy !hel' goods 10 Utsn nj a
lal,i,,ss' hsurs thAu those Of s y
.,lnr.s . . Pacific has Joined with
Va lsa Is' . In gsitiag lower
h.' cut lie rate 70 o.asp.
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TO SURVEY LANDS.
Money Appropriated Therefor 10 West.
cru STATES aud Territories.

As Just announced from the general
land office, the appropriation OF sl9l,-
600 available Tor public surveys, carried
In the suudry civil bill for the current
fiscal year, hs, been allotted to the
different state, and territories as FOL.
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Sincere Thanks From Denver.

From all points Letters Of congratu-
lAtion and qualification anent the re-
cent successful Welsh Eisteddfod, held
In this city. arc being received. Tho
following 10 one OF the many. and was
received by Secretary James today:
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PETERsDuRd, Va. Oot., s.--The TO.
maius OF General Malone reached
Petersburg al 10 O'Clock. They were
met by members OF the A. II. Hill
Camp, CoEfedsrale veterans.
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AUCKLAND Nov ZEALAND, oct. 10
-AdIiss deceived from Hawaii to-
lJ ,Aov lhss had been Us deaths
|isu ,hsl,n In Hawaii W 10 5eplem.
MA
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now m Lo.r MS WIFE.
ksDsr.si case Responsible for ,b.
wrshing OF q Ilans.

Say fk,schoo, Oct lO.-Mrs. Susie
sisn, siisO Philip Rogers, has die.
isAta. Her nusbiad has bsen
tiietlng iei her for the past three
Hn, nd new believes that be h ne
,ilsa BIZ missing wis In Warsaw,
w. NJ Rlgsfs Il u wtll.to-do citi-
70 vho has macy friends Ia OAKLAND.
4, 10 esialn lha, tho DuTrsnt case
isrnsihisglo 10 with the wreck ~
u bone. hr. Rigets was very
aseh Interested 10 tue case, aud c0ulI
8ls1A DAY pas without hearing lne
ennohJ, rhe compelled her hui.
i1l 70 ~ down every morning anu
ID l. hu lhr iall report ofths trial.
GER VALID through tho testimony
aiJ, lah 10 please his vile. some
n'' y would hke him nearly half
a,l 70 eonplslu his tAAk. But with
lalanssi hsIol,m he Struggled on,
'Amlhsdb please his wife even Al
iFeai' Of bis business. Al last,
tH no longer n NlItuc, anu
's'n d'iosiAlsly wsgt cut on strike
y a'eia'ti that hu would not read
shsteslPhlc reports any more. lie
sllllss 10 compromiss on an
Nlvle e.si and fead tho iniToduc.
= y 70, lilal each day but this did
ani'i Mo. klgotu. Shs wanted
huf lht whoio case or nothing.
~ luieihd va, firm, however, anu
ula lN Yield, 40 thvre was a dis.
'.susnL Than Mrs. Rogers went
! an not going to search for her
na," aie Mt Rogsts. 81 gave
n, s home as ls enjoyed by
4, ~, ~, ~ 'hls city. aud still she
Wy nn'rei. II she wants TO Ie-
~ u mai'aw, where | believe she
| ~" soAn 70 &C. Il seems hare, though,
- vile with whom Won bsyr
WI 'oitsVeu yeafr.U
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MIL, Wash, Oct. lO.-aio.hlor
=. S ~ n ems Of the largest Lodging
|,nh M, ,as o1 ,lale, whose property is
IN M y 'i'l!VOo, have gone into the
|t,sm..., neei'ef A. y result OF a dis
Is,,jies !, os.Nten tho partners abou I
IN, Sa, W W 'he paymset OF sIgO, 900
''a' Of total Of $3.50, 900.
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lIfY % MEXICO. Oct 10. - The
dsl AiIments OF tho inio'
i,fi vif have received no Inform.
Iioa u he hurricane At La Par,
IasI Cllliofsia.
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SOUTHAMPTON, Oct. iO.-Among
the passengers VINO will sail Tor New
YORK on Saturday next by tue Amefi.
can line steamer New York are Mf.
and Mrs. Clause Spteckle..
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GKSEsEo, n. ", Oct. o. Father
Flahef1y vas today sentenced TO
seven years In Auburn prison for
having committed an outrage upon
tne person Of a girl under IL years OF
age.
The herald., 1895-05-07

ancestors was completed and equality of
privilege granted to all.
The past fifty years have marked an
era of progress unrivaled in history, and
free America leads the world. Yet ine-
quality i'll new guise is still depressing
mankind with its pernicious bane. For
merly it was serfdom. now it is monop-
oily. Yesterday men were enslaved by
force; today by dire necessity.
A great spirit of unrest has seized the
laborng classes. Broadened intelligence
brings increased wants, but to the laborer
there is no proportonate increase Of
means wherewith to satisfy his desires for
modern cultu and refinement.
Although America has no hereditary
ar1stocracy. the excessive disparity be-
tween the conditions of capitalists and of
laboring classes has produced social castles
whose dividing lines are fast becom ing
more apparent.
Not less clearly defined is the discrim-
ination between the idler and the toiler.
That society should be so divided is due
to false idea as to the dignity of labor.
1t is an idea ingrained by experience
inbred by inheritence, and yet it is
wrong-basely wrong! The words of the
Master: MY Father worketh hitherto,
and | work, " shine out like ray of sun
| light across dreary way--a promise of
| the time when men shall see that toll is
| honorable, and that grand ultimatum OF
existence, glorious activity.
| The deep-rooted feeling of popular dis
| content that now pervades our country
will never be dispelled until far-reaching
! changes have been made in our social
| system. Twice before in modern times
has such feeling of dissatisfaction seized
the people; once preceding the great re-
ligions reformation and once preceding the
French revolution. In each case the dis
content was met with apathy, and his
tory is made sad with the results. If ou,
! statesmen continue to meet the present
| disquietude with indifference and say, with
Louis XIV, AFTER us the deluge,h alas
for society!
Already extremists are advocating the
overthrow of our whole social fabric. Pa
ternalism and p0cialism are abroad in the
land. and theif pernicous though plausi
BILE theories unless met with c0nvincinc
The herald., 1895-05-07
RAH! RAH! RAH! RAH! u. S. G. All!

ence. In brief his remarks were
as follows: In our social and
individual problems our greatest
difficulty is the seltishness of man; and
our continued progress depends upon
whether in our development our aliru-
istic feelings are a growing factor.
The injunction ''love thy neighboS as
reach relations most ideal. Fully COM
piled with. it not alone promotes indi-
vidual happiness, but solves the social
problems of this and every time.
Mr.. Branscombe then went back to
the time of Alexander ana reviewed the
gradual growth of sentiment and altru-
istic tendencies, and the OBJ tacles they
to and through the crusades up TO Napo-
leon and on to the present. when We may
believe that we are slowly growing
toward love that knows not
self and trust in a higher
power than mere intellect. Po
mona's orator closed with the consol-
ing remark that if the clouds of life grow
dark as midnight and we seem upon a
tossing, shoreless sea, let history then
remind us that there is power above
'our refuge, our strength" Amid the
most cordial and appreciative applause
the young man sat down, and was imme.
diately made the recipient OF showers OF
flowers. His college mates, to the number
of eighty-two, went to the platform with
both arms laden.
Mr.. Brookman next presented orator
number two. William Edward Parker,
from Occidental college, whose subject
was Is 1t Right?
Over CORY battletields and by desolate
homes he led his audience; through car
mage and bloodsh GAIN sight of .eter-
nal hills and bee-.ng crags; within
The herald., 1895-05-07
The Winner. HOMER K. pIrMAN, 81, use.

earshot of the groans of dying hordes
down the sides of war-staind hills where
flows the blood of prince and pauper
alike. of bond and free. Mr.. Parker
wished to show that from the dazzling
heights of ambition that had been reached
by valiant soldiers. poets, orators, states
men and kings. their immortal deeds
still shone, but they had been deeds of
Will it pay? rather than Is it right? The
latter is the question that reverberates
around the world, and comes ringing
down the ages, and only when time dies
echoes OF this grand question die away in
the fathomless aoyss of space.
Mr. Parker was even more submerged
with floral tokens than his predecessor
had been. and then Mr.. Homer K. Pit
man OF the u. s. G. was announced to
speak on The Bane of Inequality.
Law is universal, and the penalty OF it's
transgression is certain. The universe is
held together in one grand. harmonious
whole by immutable law. If it were pos
sible to suspend but for moment the
one force of gravity. cosmos would be
thrown into chaos. What is true in the
physical realm is true also in the social
and moral. Man is bound to his fellows
by bonds Of mutual dependence. AS
wrong relations in the physical world
produce confusion and destruction, so
wrong relations between man and man
produce strife and suffering.
Among the erroneous ideas that by
enforcement have filled the past with
ruins, none is more powerful than that of
mans inequality. 1t is the underlying
sentiment of class and race oppression
the fundamental principle of despotism
and tyranny. and upon its precepts is
founded the institution of human slavery.
The nations that in every age have led
the world in culture and achievement
have been those that have granted the
greatest freedom to their citizens and
have been least enthralled by the bane OF
inequality.
Greece towers high above all the nations
of antiquity in the excellence of her at
tainments and the grandeur OF her civil
ization. Yet Greece failed to grasp the
principle of equality in all its broad and
farreaching significance. The beautiful
structure of her civilization. enriched
The herald., 1895-05-07

u. S. c., who sat on the front row, gor-
geous il blonde spring suits bedizened
with scarlet ribbon, the college color,
and each bearing a cane from which
foated joyously more streamers of ribbon.
These canes performed very important
part in the ceremonies, until the faces of
the young men who manipulated them
matched the ribbons in their lapels.
Anyhow the cry was whooped up on
all sides, and then there were three cheers
flor Pitman. and three more for the U. S.
&C.. and anxious inquiry was made
l'What is the matter with Pitman?'
Whereupon the immediate response,
He's all right" then, who's all
rieht?' and again the answer, 'Pitman, !"
with the accent on the Pit.
The merry tin horn lifted up its little
voice III the general din. and then the
other colleges not to be vanquished be-
cause they were downed, let loose their
respective yells until the air reverberated
and the good Methodist chandeliers shook
with surprise at the general and un-
bounded Joy and enthusiasm. Finally
the wild tumult spent itself and the pro-
gramme was finished. But perhaps it
would be we'll to mention what happened
on the programme before the college yells
interrupted.
The full seating capacity of the church
was taxed both up stairs and down. ana
although there were no college gowns and
mortar boards, the navy blue and white
(Pomona), the orange ANA black (Occ-
dental, and the scarlet of the U. 5. G..
were brilliantly and beautifully in evil
dence. Mr.. Donald Brookman, president
of the S. G. and Q. A.. presided. The
opening number of the programme was a
selection by the I. s. G. orchestra fol
lowed by prayer by Rev. DR.. Condit.
president OF the Occidental college, after
which the three orators took their seats
on the pulpit platform and were greeted
with tumultuous applause. Miss Lulu
Pieper then sang Godard's beautiful little
Berceuse charmingly, and the first grafton
Of the evening was In order. Mr.. Thomas
Tairchild Branscombe, of Pomona, whose
subject was the Growth of Altruism,
stepped to the front of the pla tform and
paid his Acknowledgements to the audi-
The herald., 1895-05-07

and adorned with her art. literature and
philosophy. was made gloomy by the
dark shadows Vf human slavery.
Rome conquered the world through the
power OF her freemen. Yet, in her phil
osophy. freedom and equality were the
birthright of Romans alone. Restrained
by no just conceptions of equity she
pushed her conquests until over every ma :
ton was raised the Roman standard.
in bringing about the supremacy and re-
nown of the republic fastened its decline.
Extensive conquests made Rome the
slave market of the world. but the free
dom of her citizens was destroyed by the
serfdom of her captives. Slaves titled the
soil. while the idle, impoverished free
men focked to the city. where, bowling
at the feet of opulent and despotic lead
ers they sold their votes for bread.
The mind wearies as it cont plates
the dark ages following the fall of Rome
during which caste, feudalism, religious
intolerance and despotism swayed the
world. Yet all through that long. dark
night of wrong the unseen hand OF Om-
impotence was moulding the affairs of
men, that there might be ushered in the
dawn of reason and liberty. England
awoke and Magma Charta was wrested
from the unprncipled John, Luther
dared to be a man, and after
long struggle the papal power was
broken; but here upon the shores
of America the morning light of that
glorious day, whose sun shall never set.
burst forth in all its splendor when that
immortal band of patriots breathing the
free air of this new continent, dared in
the name of the eternal right to declare
to an incredulous world that all men are
created equal" That this principle
might be established our forefathers
fought and died. But slavery, strange
consort of freedom, continued to rest like
blight upon our fair land. Four hun
dred thousand of Columbia's noblest sons
sacrificed their lives ere the work of our