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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-06-15
THE CONFEDERATE MONUMENT AT
OAKW00DS.
BY REV. R. F. JoHoNNoT.
be ashamed
LONDON, o.

Sunday, June 2, at Unity Church,
Oak Park, ILL.,, Rev. r. f. Johonnot
spoke as follows in the prelude to
his sermon upon the dedication of
the Confederate Monument at Oak
woods. The following is prepared
for The UNIvERsALIsT:
This last week has seen in
this city the dedication by Con-
federate soldiers of a monument
erected to their fellow soldiers
who died in prison at Camp Douglas,
and whose remains lie inferred with
in its site. 1t was unique event.
1t is the first monument erected in
the North to the memory of Confed-
crate soldiers. 1t stands upon United
States ground and has the approval
of government authorities. 1t rises
in the midst of city devotedly loyal
to the Union cause and in the State
of Lincoln and Grant. And as Wade
Hampton said in his dedicatory ad-
dress, at owes its erection not to the
comrades of those dead soldiers, but
mainly to the generosity and magma
nimity of their former foes, the citi-
zens of this great city,"
The wisdom of the erection of this
monument has been questioned. If
it means the obscuring of the issue of
the war, the giving up of the princi-
pie thereby established at such great
cost, the saying that the South was
not more to blame than the North and
that each side of the conflict was
equally honorable and deserving of
praise and commemoration, an indig-
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-06-15
SELECTIONS.
FATHERS AND MOTHERS.

The element of maternity in woman is
the highest element in her nature. The
woman who lacks it lacks the essential
charm Of womanhood. 1t is this element
in the family life that gives the charm
of quiet happiness inseparable from the
spirit of love and self sacrifice that is the
foundation of mother love. This attri-
butte or element OF family life. for it's
perfection, must surpass every other in
quality and quantity, or the home lacks
that spiritual character which is its
safeguard. This mother element is fire.
quently the contribution of the father.
There are mothers who are as devoid of
the maternal spirit as though it had no
existence in life. There are men who
compel the recognition of the mother
element in them-men strong in body
and mind; men who convey the impress.
sion of courage, moral and physical;
men of commanding position, whose
tenderness. whose insight, whose SYM
pathy, have never been exceeded by the
best of mothers. Froebel was the divi-
ner of the kindergarten. 1t took every
quality that enters into the maternal re-
lation to discover that which he dis
covered in his study Of childhood and
the possibilities Of the relation of moth
or and child.
The home that does not unite the
father and mother elements fails of it's
opportunity THAT of character develop.
ment in the family. Those children are
to be pitied who come into home
where there is not dual responsibility.
The keynote of any home is given when
it is said of it that the children are left
wholly to the guidance of either parent.
The child does not come to one parent,
but to both. Its life in every avenue. on
every side, should command the best in
telligence of both.
Heavy is the burden, but often is it
borne, of filling the Office of both father
and mother by one parent And often
the world sees, but not often does it de-
clare, that the father gives to the home
all the spirit of maternity it possesses.
Where the father is more tender, where
his love of domesticity is stronger.
where the sense of moral responsibility
is stronger in the father than in the
mother, then it is that the maternal
spirit of that home is from the father
The Outlook.
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Rode Four Miles on an Avalanche.

Henry Saunders, prominent mer-
chant of Victoria, B. c., has just re-
turned from Alberni, where he has been
inspecting various gold quartz proper
ties in which he is financially interested.
On his homeward journey he decided
to take short cut across the noun.
tains. the snow apparently offering
better road for walking than the trail.
Some few miles were made safely and
comfortably. and then soft spot was
struck. in which Saunders struggled to
regain his foothold. At the same time
giant boulder detached itself and went
tumbling down to the canyon. Released
suddenly, the entire snow. covered side
of the mountain commenced to slide.
Saunders saw nothing but immediate
and awful death before him, and in des-
peration chung to the side of the ava
lanche, which, gathering momentum as
it progressed, soon had developed ex-
press train speed and power to sweep
down giant trees of centuries growth as
though they were matches. The trip Of
the avalanche and it's involuntary pas
senger was about four miles altogether,
and it was accomplished in less than
quarter of an hour.
Saunders, at the foot of the mountain.
found himself hurled into the Alberni
river and against a submerged boulder
with such force as to partly stun him.
He mechanically exerted himself to
reach the nearest shore, and did SO.
Mr.. Saunders. in telling of his adveD-
ture on his return, said: ut was very
close call, and one 1 am not likely to
soon forget. had barely stepped on
the soft snow when off it started, bear
ing me with it. hardly knew what
was happening until l found myself
struggling in the icy cold waters of the
creek. 1t is not trip one would volun-
tarily undertake. for the quicknsss Of
passage does not permit of any admira.
ton Of the scenery.-San Francisco
Examiner.
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Some Long Words.

Somebody has taken the trouble to
look up the nine longest woods in the
English language, and as the result Of
his labors we have this list:
Observation-Disclosures.
Incomprehensibility.
Philoprogenitiveness.
Honorificibilitudinity.
Anthropophagenarian.
Observation-Disclosures
cipedestrianistical
observation-disclosures
Proantitransubstantiationistical.
Just how usefulit will be to the world
to know this does not appear. but the
reader may rest assured that if he does
not commit the list or even one of the
words in it TO memory. he will not neces-
sarily be ruled out of the society of the
truly learned. 1t is recommended. too,
that children under five should not en-
deavor to speak these words without an
hour a days previous practice for peri
cd Of one or two years.
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c6ptlOnS Oh llIo anu Qubf anu u05ClHY.
Let us glance at some of the forces
at work in our country, all proving the
evolution of learning, the growth of
thought.
In the United States are 125,OO0
miles of railroad, 100000 miles of
telegraph lines, l,4O0 daily papers
with daily circulation of 100000
copies, $4,000 post-offices, $4,000
churches, and more than 300 charter
ed colleges, II of which are under
Universalist auspices.
/ desire in closing to call your at
tention to one of them, that is to
Buchtel College, founded under the
patronage of the Ohio Uniyersalist
Con vention, and endowed by the lib
erality of Hon. John r. Buchtel,
whose honored name was given to the
institution. 1t is not necessary to go
into a circumstantial history of this
college from it's first conception. 1t
is not necessary to recount the sacri-
fcing labors of it's earliest friends,
call to mind the numerous meetings
held in its interests, or follow its
agents in their wearisome itinerancy
From the shores of Lake Erie to the
banks of the Ohio, from the first
meridian to the Land of Penn, the
ground has been traversed, and re-
traversed, and more than a thous-
and generous souls found, who gave
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-05-01
POLICE ooMu1ssroNERs MEET.
Several Matters Disposed of -Promotio,

Several Matters Disposed of Promotions Made,
 The meeting of the police commission last evening was attended by all the commissioners. Disposing of the rout- inc matter took a good deal of time, as the minutes of several previous meet ings were read.
 On motion of Commissioner Moran Christopher A. Ledwith of Columbus avenue was appointed a supernumerary policeman MT. Ledwith's application has been on file since June, 1894. His endorsers. were ex-Judge Callahan, John w. Lake, Colonel N. G. Osborn, William D. Shannon and Thomas D. Kinney.
 The application of James F. Heenan was accepted and filed.
 Patrolmen Roche and McAvoy were commended for their active service in catching Luigi DiCapria, the Italian murderer Patrolman Dippold was also commended for his capture of Daniel F. Early, who shot Roadmaster Fenn.
 Patrolman Bellman was fined three days pay for falling to report his absence from duty in time prescribed.
 The following promotions were made:
 On May 1, J. McQueeney to D.
 On May 2, Stevens to c.
 On May 3, B. Daily to B.
 On May 8, Dargan to B.
 On May 16, P, E. McQueeney to c.
 On June 1, Colwell to A.
 On June 1, Ward to A.
 A communication from the Consoli- dated road asking appointment of policeman at Cedar Hill station was read, Tie petition was refused.
 Commissioner Toronto stated that he would at the next regular meeting or later move to change the standard of height required from five feet ten inches to five feet nine inches.
 Commissioner Moran started little discussion by suggesting that if there be any feeling on the part of patrolmen that they are not to be commended for activity in enforcing the law, it should be removed.
 Commissioner Prince stated that from his observation no such feeling existed.
 Commissioner Hubtnger spoke of the amount of talking on street done by the men, which is not strictly in the line of duty but no action however, was taken.
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MARSHALL eooDE orNsURED.
A Presentment by the Grand Jury B
 District Court Abuse.

A Presentment by the Grand Jury on a
 District Court Abuse.
 New York, April 30.-The grand jury to-day filed the following presentment:
 The attention of the grand jury was called during the April term to the un- authorized and unlawful act of one Mi chael Goode, a city marshal attached to the Seventh judicial district court of this city, in removing from the files of the court certain affidavit of service in dispossess proceeding brought by one John R. Downey against one Aida M Youngs, on or about the 27th day of March, 1895, in the said court. While the evidence adduced before Us did not in our opoinion warrant an indictment, we desire to place ourselves on record as condemning strongly the actions of the marshal. We are informed that similar Irregularities on the part of the city marshal are not infrequent in the district courts of this city, and it is with the hope that the civil justices may take to step to remedy these abuses that this presentment is filed.
 Charles Fl. Isham, Foreman
 Joseph w. Gibson, Secretary.
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IS AN IMPORTANT ORDER.
yUDGE BooRSTATBR IS AGAINST AN
 INSURANCE COMPANY.

Attorney General Hancock Is Granted Per-
 mission to Proceed for the Dissolution of
 the Equitable Mutual Fire Insurance
 Company-order Granted for Receiver.
 New York. April So.-Judge Book ataver to-day granted the appIioa tion of Attorney General Hancock for per- mission to institute proceedings for the dissolution of the Equitable Mutual Fire Insurance corporation.
 An order was also granted by Judge Bookstaver directing the corporation to show cause why a receiver should not be appointed. This order Is returnable in eight days. In his petition Attorney General Hancock says that the com pany fraudulent1y represented to the insurance department that the law in regard to the capital had been compiled with. The company, he asserts, is in- solvent and the liabilities exceed the assets $5S,091. The corporation began business in April, 1894, with an author ized capital of $200,000. The oompany's report filed with the insurance com pany for the year ending December Sls 1894, showed an apparent surplus of $22, 75S The state examiner says the report should have ehown an actual impairment of $14,S77. For the year ending March 31, 1895, there was a de- f1ciency of $53,091.
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General Shut Down.

Providence, April 3O.--Notices were posted in the mills affiliated with the Manufacturers club tonight announc- ing that there will be general shut down of all these mills on May 13 if the strike at the National Mills is not settled and the people in all of these mills are not satisfied to be at work on the present rate of wages by that time The mills connected with the Manufacturers club are the Providence National Riverside, Weybosset, Saxon and Manton mills at Olneyville, en- ploying over 6,50o hands and the Far well Mills at Central Falls, employing 800 more. If the matter Is not adjusted by Saturday, May Ii, the mills will not be started up on Monday, May IS, and the manufacturers say they will remain closed indefinitely or until the help are ready to settle down and go to work on the present basis. If the lockout occurs there will be 5000 mill operatives idle in Olneyville, including those of the Atlantic Mills, which are already closed on account of a strike
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May ParaIYze Prices.

Cleveland, April 90-A dispatch from Akron says: The combination of pot tery manufactures known as the Ak ron-C Canton Stoneware agency, which has sold more than two-thirds of the stone ware of the United States for the last ten years, has been broken. The break came at the weekly meeting of the thirteen companies interested held in the East Akron office yesterday. There has been considerable dissatisfaction among the companies, mainly caused, it is said, by the conduct of the Can ton Stoneware company, which was charged with failure to adhere strictly to rules. The immediate effect of this disruption will be to paralyze prices in the stoneware industry.
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Pulled or the Car.

Bridgeport, April 3O.-James Farrell, the fifteen-year-old son of Mrs. Mary Farrell, widow living on Grand street, this city, was terribly injured this evening while stealing ride on box car on the Berkshire division of the Consolidated road. While the car was in motion and young Farrell clinging to a. ladder on the side of the car he was struck by switch by the side of the track and pulled off the car. His face was frightfully lacerated and all the ribs on the right side of his body were broken. He also sustained a frac- tured collar bone, The injured boy was removed to the Bridgeport general hospital He will not live.
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DNpIoATroK pUT OrF.

Postponement of the Celebration Till Sat-
 urday on Account of the Rain.
 New York, April 30.-After much doubt the exercises arranged for the dedication of the Washington Memorial arch was postponed at 2 o'clock this afternoon until Saturday. At first it was intended to go on with the cere- monies, rain or shine, but the incessant rain this morning induced those in charge to postpone the parade and the militia were ordered to disband. It was the plan then to have the dedica- tory exercises in the Judson Memorial church, Further discussion. among the committee, however, led to a determina- tion to abandon the whole celebration for the day, the parade feature being deemed of special significance. This decision was reached in the mayors of- flee at a conference between the may or. William R. Stewart and Colonel Rogers, representing the governor. Governor Morton was immediately mo- tified, as were the other persons who were to have taken part. The governor went to his office down town, and said ne WOulu E6IuIll LO <AlDdIy IIllS eVe1- ing and come back on Saturday. Gen eral Horace Porter, who was to have made the oration came here from Bos- ton this morning, and was at work on his address when told of the postpone ment A crowd had gathered about the stands in Washington square be- fore they learned of the change of plans, and the police had reserves in readiness for the occasion. Compara- lively few decorations had been put out.
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PHI BETA KAPPA LECTURE.
Samuel Wentworth Higginson on Olive
 Wendell Holmes Life.

Samuel Wentworth Higginson on Olive l Wendell Holmes' Life.
 A lecture in the Phi Beta Kappa
 course was delivered in Osborn hall last
 evening by Thomas Wentworth Higgin-
 son, the well known historian of Cam
 bridge, Mass, on "Oliver Wendell
 Holmes"
 MT. Higginson was personal friend
 of Dr. Holmes and told many incidents
 in the famous authors life which have
 never been much touched upon. He described Dr. Holmes personal appear ance and as Illustrative OF his youthful appearance when about thirty years old told an instance of where an old la dy, who was i'll, wished Dr. Holmes, of whom she had heard, to be called. When he came the old lady, thinking he was a boy, desired that no children be left in the room. Tn after life, however, Dr. Holmes became fleshier. His unsuccess- full medical practice has been ascribed to his insignificant appearance in the early part of his professional life. MT. Higginson told of banquet given to the contributors of the Atlantic Month Iy, at which were present Dr. Holmes, Mrs Stowe, MT. Whittier and other fa- nous writers, and described the appear ance of Dr. Holmes on that occasion, where he occupied the head of the ban- qnet table. Mrs. Stowe had especially requested that thene should be no wine, but in the course of the evening the gentlemen, one by one, secured wine, until finally Dr. Holmes himself had his glass filled. While Dr. Holmes was att tending school Marguerite Fuller was attending at the same place. Mir. Hig- ginson related several amusing rerni- niscences of this school life, and spoke of James Russell Lowell, who lived near by. The house in which Dr. Holmes lived was near the Washington Elm, and just across the street was the fa- nous old Cambridge church yard. The doctor always highly prized his old home as a. landmark of Revolutionary timesi in some of the rooms the dents of mus ket stocks made by soldiers in the Rev. olutionary war were still visible.
 The entire lecture overfowed with humorous references, which made hap DIV combination with the more serious of the honored old doctor. The lecture room was completely filed even to the standing room, and many were unable to get in at all.
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not been run according to MT. Bretz- felder's idea"
 selectman Bretzfelder-"Te us about the coal, and do not wander from the point.
 Town Agent Baldwin-"Come to my desk anytime and I will tell you"
 Selectman Cunningham-"I think that MT. Bretzfelder is right in regard to MT. Harrington, and that some one not direct enploye of the town should furnish teams for the town work"
 Selectman Forbes-Were the different coal dealers of the city given chance to bid on the coal?"
 Town Agent Baldwin, consulted with MT. Brown of the finance commit tee, and four dealers were given oppoc- tunity to bid: w. F. Gilbert the Levi c. Gilbert company, E. s. Kimberly and Benedict & Co.,"
 "TIow much did you pay per ton?" asked MT. Bretzfelder.
 Five dollars per ton," was the an- swer.
 Selectrnan Bretzfelder-"I bought a ton of coal month ago at $4,50, and the dealer told me then that it would soon be down to $4. If that matter had come up before the board could have given information that would have saved money to the town"
 "We all haven't the foresight of MT. Bretzfelder," said the town agent, and the discussion ended.
 A petition was then read from resi- dents in the annex. asking that Grand avenue be continued up the hill and over the abandoned Shore line tracks It was referred to the committee on roads and bridges
 There was a short discussion then the Fair Haven and WestviHe Railroad company had permission to extend their tracks up Middletown ave- nue to Month Haven. No one seemed to know and the matter was dropped.
 A. D. Jacobs of Grove street, annex, and W. D. Mcclellan asked for fence lines. Their petitions were referred to the finance committee.
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runArni of 0. I. Be1l,nnn.

Bridgeport, April 30--The funeral of
 the late Charles J. Belknap was largely
 attended at 2 o'clock this afternoon
 from the residence of his parents, 192
 ducted by Mrs. E. T. Bingham. The services at the grave in Mountain Grove cemetery were in charge of Pequonnock
 lodge, I. o. 0. F., and the pallbearers were from this lodge and Stratfield en- campment. A delegation from Corin- thian lodge, F. and A. M, was present, and the Theatrical Mechanics associa- ton attended the funeral in body. There were many handsome floral trib- utes, among them being a large piece representing proscenium arch, with the curtain down, and upon 1t was in- scribed, "The Last Act" The piece was very handsome and was from the The atrical Mechanics association: a stand ing wreath, insczibed Park City The ater" an emblem of Masonry, from Corinthian lodge F.. and A. M; q cres- cent wreath, Mir. and Mrs. Byron Eddy; standing anchor, Walter Ferris; flat of lilies, MT. and Mrs. c. B. Bunnell fiat bouquet, Mrs. Tyler and Mrs Smith; flat bouquet, David Walsh; fiat bouquet of callas, John Morrissey; flat bouquet MT. and Mrs. Peter Mitch- ell; bouquet of sweet peas, MT. and Mrs. J. w. Newell; bunch of pink roses, c. D. Lane; fiat bouquet and ribbon, w. H. Redgate, and flat bouquet, Eva He s,fners
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HE IS IN FOR A THIRD TERM
PRESIDENT CLEYELAND MAY BE NOMINATED BY A NEW PARTY.

He Will be Candidate on the Gold Stand
 ard Platform Is the Opinion of seve' al
 who Have Answered Queries Sent Out by
 the Chicago Mail.
 Chicago, April 3O.-The Mail recently sent letters to leading men of both par ties, senators and representatives in congress, members of the national anG state committees, governors arI mem bers of the legislatures asking them If in their opinion Grover Cleveland was candidate for a third term and If so, whether he expected to run as the demo- cratic or the republican candidate CT as the candidate of third party formed by the supporters of the gold standard in both organizations
 The first 1nstallment of the replies, which was published this afternoon, shows that there is a surprising num- Der of persons who believe MT. Cleve- land is a third term candidate on the gold standard platform. It is worthy of note. however. that if he is such a candidate he will receive little encour- agement from the republicans, even from those who may agree with his financial views.
 The responses show the tariff is the leading issue and no man who has de- clared against protection and whose administration has been arrayed against it can expect the support of the re- publicans
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Entered by Thieves.

Waterbury April 90-rhe residence of J. H. Whittemore. the millionaire manufacturer of Naugatuck, was en- tered by sneak thieves tonight The members of the family were on the low CT floor of the house entertaining com pany, while the thieves gained an en- trance to the house by a second story window. They were through all the bedrooms and carried off 1,50O worth of Jewelry. The robbery was discovered shortly after Il o'clock, and the police notified. There is no clue.
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Mnrder and snioidn.

Brazil, Ind, April 3O,-James Young this morning drove to Hoosierville, where his wife was staying with her parents, and calling her out on the porch shot her three times, killing her. He then drove back to the court house at Brazil, where he was janitor, went to his room and shot himself dead Young and his wife had separated, and insane jealousy caused Young to com init the crime.