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The herald., 1895-02-25
ANOTHER MURDER MYSTERY
Prominent Iowa Merchant Killed by
Unknown People

Unknown People
Newton. Iowa, Feb. 24.-This commun-
ity was greatly shocked this morning when
the news spread that J. R. Sollinger, a
prominent merchant and ex-Sheriff, was
found dead, probably murdered.
Mr.. Sollinger left his place of business
about 80, ana when he reached home his
wife noticed blood flowing down his face,
and asked what was the matter. He stated
that he had fallen or had been shot.
Those were the last words he said. A
physician was summoned and on examin-
alton large cash was found on his head.
He never regained consciousness but
died between II and a. m.
1t is generally belieyved he was waylaid
and the thug failing to bring down his
victim, fled without accomplishing his
purpose-that of robbery-nothing on his
person having been taken. Two clubs
were found near the spot where the first
blood was visible.
Mr.. Sollinger had been a Captain in the
army, and was Mason and G. A. r. man.
He leaves widow, one son and one
daughter.
The herald., 1895-02-25
THE KIDNAPPED STUDENTS
Highly Interesting Story Told by Boys Who
Were Hazed

Champagne, H., Feb. 24.-J. E. Rhine
hart, Frank Twineman, Walter Bum and
Young Shamel the university freshmen
who were kidnapped and spirited away
yesterday by a number of the Greek
letter fraternity men, have all either been
voluntarily released or brought back to
their friends. The kidnapping has
caused more excitement than anything
which has occurred here for years.
The manner in which the men were
seized, blindfolded, tied hand and foot,
thrown into a carriage, driven five miles
out into the country and held captive in
an empty farm house for nearly fifteen
hours, makes highly interesting story.
The freshmen's social, which the kidnap-
ing was intended to have broken up,
was, however, success.
The herald., 1895-02-25
INTERNATIONAL ATHLETICS
Arrangements for the Contests Between
England and America

New York, Feb. A.-S. H. Holman,
secretary of the London Athletic Club,
has answered the letter of John G. Gu
lick, secretary of the New York Athletic
Club, concerning the arrangements of the
contests between the organizations, to be
held next fall.
Mr.. Holman says the date set by the
New York club, September 21st, is salts
factory to his team which will be strictly
amateur under the definition of the
English A. A. U. The total number
will not exceed fifteen. The events are
to be governed by the customs, rules and
practice prevailing in this country, and
Mr.. Holman is assured that nothing pro-
hibitive will be attempted.
The herald., 1895-02-25
Field l1arshal AIbrecht's Funeral

Vienna, Feb. 24.-The body of Field
Marshal Archduke Albrecht arrived here
today from Asco, in the Tyrol, where he
died on Monday last, from congestion of
the lungs. The remains were received
with military honors and conveyed to the
chapel of the hofburg, where they were
placed upon catafalque with great cere-
mony. The street from the station to the
hofburg were crowded with people, all
of whom bowed reverently as the body
passed by
The herald., 1895-02-25
lie WANTED TO DIE
Charles F. Norton Succeeds in killing Himself
After Several Attempts

Baltimore, Md, Feb. 24.-On December
Cd last man who persistently refused to
give his name, attempted to suicide in
Druid Hill park, by shooting himself.
Early this morning he succeeded in ending
his life by jumping from third story
window of the Maryland Hospital, where
he had been confined since his first at.
temptfon his life. With his tragic death
came his supposed Identification, it being
announced that he had given his name
in secret to n nurse as Charles F. Norton.
This, he told the nurse, was his right
name. 1t is believed that his home was
in New York.
The herald., 1895-02-25
TO DIVE FOR THE MAILS
Attempt VIII Be Made to Recover the Sacks
on the EIbe

London, Feb. 24.-The North German
Lloyd Steamship Company has engaged
nine divers to attempt to recover the
mails rom the foundered steamer Elbe.
The vessel lies in water 100 feet deep and
two or three mail bags from her have
been washed ashore Oh the English coast.
The estimated value oi the mail is $780,
900. Besides wages the company has
allotted the sum OF $2500 for the recovery
of valuables from the steamer.
The herald., 1895-02-25
MUSCAT TAKEN BY BEDOUINS
Revolution Ia an Indian Town of Com.
mercial Import
The Sultan Compelled to Flee for His Life.
The British Residents Removed
to Safe Places

London, Feb. PA Times dispatch
from Calcutta reports the capture of the
greatest portion of the city of Muscat by
insurgent Bedouins. The Sultan fled from
the palace but eventually regained the
eastern portion Of the town. The fight
ing continues.
Muscat, the capital of Imam, is on the
Indian ocean near the eastern angle of
Arabia. 1t is port of great commercial
importance, the harbor being completely
sheltered.
All of the British residents of the cap
ital We're safely removed.
The herald., 1895-02-25
Anxiety for a Mexican Man-of-war

New Orleans, La, Feb. A.-Anxiety is
felt here in regard to the Mexican man Of
war Libertad, which sailed from Vera Cruz
on February 10th, but nothing has been
heard or seen of her since leaving port.
She carried crew of fifty men. Heavy
north winds have been prevailing lately,
and it is thought that she has founderel.
The herald., 1895-02-25
ON BOARD THE BRITANNIA
The Prince of Wales Takes Charge of His
Racing Yacht

Cannes, France, Feb. 24.-The Prince
of Wales arrived here today and at once
boarded his cutter, the Britannia. The
Prince is suffering slightly from the
effects of cold recently contracted in
London, but it is thought he will speed e
lily recover.
The Britannia is entered for the races
in the Riviera regattas. She won her first
victory of the season yesterday when she
defeated the French yacht Valkyrie
owned by Menlorie.
The herald., 1895-02-25
REX AT NOGALES
The Carnival Season on the Border Open.
Auspiciously

Nogales, A. t., Feb. A.-The advent OF
Rex at l p. m. was grand sight. The
ceremony of preseting the keys of both
cities was witnessed by the greatest throng
that ever assembled in Nogales, and the
hearty good feeling of the two nations
joined in the festivities has been seldom
witnessed in any country.
The bicycle race started at 9 a. m. with
eight entries, the distance being ten miles.
Burt Orndorff was first, time 40.11; W. B.
Cooper, second, time 43.13; Ed johnson,
shird, time 45.43; Earl Grswold, fourth,
Ssme 5.45; b. Hartwell, fifth, time As. 10.
Cred Graves broke his wheel at the start.
Hpe first prize, won by Orndorff, is
R>ld watch and diamond pin. In the
')oys' race the winner was Charles Holler,
time 52.33, and he gets gold watch.
The herald., 1895-02-25
DEATH, THE GRIPMAN'S WORK
A Broken Cable Strand in Chicago
Causes an Accident
Three Women Very Badly Injured--rlcny
Passengers Escape by Leapi g
for Their Lives

Chicago, Feb. pa collision on the
Halstead street line caused a great deal
of excitement and resulted in three
women being badly bruised. The grip
had become entangled in broken strand,
making it impossible to stop the train
which crashed into one ahead of it.
Many passengers escaped by jumping,
while number were thrown to the floor
of the cars by the collision.
The injured are Mrs. Ellen Cronin,
Miss Margaret Cronin, Miss Ida Martin.
The herald., 1895-02-25
OAKLAND'S HERESY CASE
Expulsion Of Church Members Causing Much
Contention

Berkeley, Feb. 24.-The expulsion of
Professor Charles w. Woodwork and
Student Maxwell from the First Baptist
Church for heresy is creating much con-
tention in this university town. The
charges against Woodworth were that he
had stated in writing that the Bible con-
tanned many errors of history and geology,
and that 1.-THE Trinity are only three OF
the many manifestations of Cod" Wood
worth maintaining that Christ was born
of two human parents. The Professor
aad also said that 1.-THE death of Jesus,
The herald., 1895-02-25
Soldiers for the Mardi Gras

New Orleans, Feb. 24.-Several COM
panies of Southern artillerymen arrived
today to participate in the Mardi Gras
festivities. They were met at the depots
by local militiamen and escorted to their
several barracks.
His Majesty Rex presented all the visit
ing commanders with carnival banners.
The herald., 1895-02-25

had embezzled S275, 900 from that COM
pany. Lawyer Wahle told the court the
company's ledger showed that Gerty was
not an embezzler Wahle said these facts
were shown by private papers of Mr..
Gerty and also that these bonds had been
stolen by somebody and that the books
of the company had been falsified SO the
directors could not learn of the transac-
ton. Decision was reserved on the mo-
tion
The herald., 1895-02-25
ADMIRAL DA CANA LEADS THEM
At the Head of Revolutionary novement In
Rio Orande do Sui

Montevideo, Feb. A.-It is stated on
good authority that the busine IS men and
the government will attempt to make
terms with the revolutionists in the state
of Rio Grande do Sui. Admiral Da Cana,
who succeeded Admiral De Mello in COM
mand of the rebel fleet during the late in
surrection, is at the head of the revolu-
tionary movement in Rio Grande do Sui.
1t is stated that he has well armed and
well mounted force
The herald., 1895-02-25

committed FIVE murders. Two of them
we're in Alabama, two in Tennessee and
one in Georgia. He said that three Of his
victims were white women. He also said
that one man had been tried convicted
and hanged for one of his fendish acts.
The man was not guilty and was con-
victed on purely circumstantial evidence.
He would not tell the exact towns or
localities where he committed these
crimes
The herald., 1895-02-25
Another Trusted Teller Goes Wrong

Lynchburg, Va, Feb. 24-W. G.
Hammer, for twenty years the trusted
teller of the First National Bank, was
arrested here today charged with en-
bezzling $23, 900 of the banks funds. The
announcement startled the community.
Hammer is bonded for $1,000 and the
bank will only lose 5000.
The herald., 1895-02-25
Found Drowned

Seattle, Wn.. Feb. 24.-The body of
Coner Mullen, who was released from the
Soldiers Home at Ortng on February 10,
on his own request, was found in the bay
here today. There were no signs of
violence. Mullen was in Jail twice here in
forty-eght hours after arriving from
Orting, first for intoxication and again to
keep him from suiciding. He is sup
posed to have relatives in San Francisco.
The herald., 1895-02-25
USED THE MAILS
An Indian Attorney Accused Of Fraudulent
Practices

Practices
Fort Smith, Ark, Feb. A.-John Beck,
an Indian attorney of Lenepah, Indian
Territory, has been convicted of the fraud.
ulent use of the mails. The scheme
worked by him and numerous other at
torneys was the issuing OF fraudulent
claims of Cherokee citizenship, by means
of which they collected thousands OF dol
lars.
Beck visited Kentucky and then the
neigh hboring states, collecting thousands
of dollars from numerous people for whom
he never filed any claims before the Coun-
Gill; To these people he represented him
self as agent of the Nation.
Four other attorneys are under similar
indictments.
The herald., 1895-02-25
Elected to the Reichstag

Berlin, Feb. 2.-COunt Stolberg- Wernig.
erode, President of East Prussia, has
been elected member of the Reichstag
for Oletzzkolyck in the Johannesburg dis
trict by an immense majority. He was
opposed by Radical, Socialist, and Argar-
ian candidates.
The herald., 1895-02-25
WILL SHOOT WITH RIFLE
DR.. w. r. Carver Replies to the Loris
Challenge

Challenge
Chicago, Feb. M.-Dr. W. F. Carver,
the famous rifle shot, in reply to the chal-
lenge of John Loris, the English cham
pion rifle and revolver shot who offered to
shoot with rifle and revolver against Car
yer for $1,000 and the championship of the
world, says:
II am not an expert with the revolver
or trick rifle shot, but if Loris wants to
arrange a match to shoot at 1000 or 1000
glass balls or blocks of wood or coal for
$500 or $4,000 side, will agree to shoot
the match in England if Loris will allow
expenses.
There is every probability OF mtach
being consummated as Loris is eager for a
contest.
The herald., 1895-02-25
TO KEEP THE HUSBAND FREE
A Widows Suit Against the Standard
Oil Company

New York, Feb. 24.-Lawyer Charles G.
f. Wahle made motion in the Supreme
Court of Brooklyn yesterday in the suit
of Caroline Gerty, the widow of George
Gerty of Cleveland, Ohio, to recover $l25,
600 worth of property which she alleges
she was forced to sign over to the Stand
ard Oil Company. Mrs. Gerty says she
signed over to the Standard Oil Company
the property to keep her husband from
going to prison under the supposition he
The herald., 1895-02-25
CITIZEN SOLDIERS TO RESIGN
Officers of the National Guard VIII Step Down
and Out

Knoxville, Tenn, Feb. PA concerted
movement is now on foot by the officers
of the National Guard of Tennessee
whereby every officer in the state will
within the next few days forward his
resignation to Governor Turney and ask
for an honorable discharge. The reason
is that the Legislature last week instead
of making an appropriation to sustain
the guard, appropriated only $4,000 for
the next two years and allowed them no
encampment.
The herald., 1895-02-25
SWITCHMEN ORGANIZE
Mutual Aid Association Formed In Chicago.
The Officers

Chicago, Feb. 24.-Nearly three hun
dred switchmen met here today and re-
organized the Switchmen's Mutual Aid
Association. One of the important fea-
tures of the new association is the insur-
ance plan in which widows and orphans
will be taken care of. Weekly benefits
are also provided for. The election of
officers resulted as follows:
Charles Booty, Chicago, president; NJ.
G. Mcclellan, Chicago, vice-president;
G. s. Cusack, Chicago, corresponding
secretary; G. w. Law, financial secretary.
The new association, it is said, event.
ually takes in swtchmen throughout the
entire country.
The herald., 1895-02-25
On Ice Runners

Christiana, Feb 24.--In the skating
championship contest here today, Eden of
Holland won three events, the 10000,
5000 and 1900 metre races He also won the
gold medal awarded by the King. Freder-
icksen of Norway, won the 500-metre race.
The herald., 1895-02-25
Demise of a Kentucky Disti,ler

Louisville, Ky, Feb. 24.-Paul Jones,
one of Kentucllys wealthiest and most
widely known distillers, died suddenly at
3:05 this morning at the Norton Infirmary
from abscess of the brain.
The herald., 1895-02-25
A Change i'm ambassadors

London, Feb. PA dispatch to the
Times from Constantinople says that
Alexander Kartadeory Pasha will replace
Ruslem as Turkish ambassador to Great
Britain. The latter will be retired on
pension.
The herald., 1895-02-25
AUTHORS, ARTISTS AND ACTORS

A Home to Be Founded in nemory Of the Late
Czar
st. Petersburg, Feb. 24.-The Car has
ordered the appointment of a commission
to found in memory OF the late Car Alex
ander an institution where a home will
be provided for disabled authors, artists
and actors.
The herald., 1895-02-25
REBELS LOOT MOROCCO CITY
A Serious Engagement Reported and nany
Persons Were Killed

Paris, Feb. 24.-Dspatches received
from Tangiers state that the rebel tribes
have entered and looted Morocco City,
one of the capitals of Morocco.
Serious fighting occurred before the city
fell into the hands OF the rebels and
many on both sides were killed. A
British warship has arrived at Tangiers
from Con stantinople.
The herald., 1895-02-25
ON HIS DEATH BED
Startling Revelations Said to Have Been
Made by Negro

Halsey, KY, Feb. M.-The statement
of negro who died here yesterday has
created quite sensation in this little
place. The negro was seen by Louis
vile Evening Post reporter just before he
passed away, and confessed to having
The herald., 1895-02-25
A Notable Death

Glasgow, Feb. A.-Thomas Henderson,
of the Anchor Line Steamship Company.
is dead.
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THE KIND OF PREACHING NEEDED
By j. It. RIPLEY.

THIS paper was read by Mr.. Ripley of the
Oak Park church at the banquet recently given
in that church for the discussion of matters of
church interest. 1t is especially interesting to
clergymen as being the view of an intelligent
layman.l
Our ideal of preaching will be
largely influenced by our conception
of the Office of the minister. If we
think of him as priest we shall be
content if his preaching deals with
matters of ritual. with questions of
vestments, attitudes and ceremonies.
If we regard him as Scribe we shall
expect that he will occupy himself
with questions which relate to the ex-
position of scripture, to the history
and criticism of the written law and
tradition. But if we conceive the
function and office of the minister to
be that of prophet our ideal of
preaching will be the declaration of
the living truth of the living God.
For our models we must go back to
Old Testament days, to Amos and
Micah and Isaiah, and, leaping the
dreary chasm of priestly domination
which intervenes between the last of
the Old Testament prophets and the
Christian Era, go ON to John the Bap-
tist and Jesus. The prophets were men
who were profound observers of the
social and political life that surround
ed them. The court, the temple, the
banquet hall and the market alike
received their searching scrutiny.
They conceived that nothing of hu-
man interest was foreign or indiffer-
ent to them. 1t is interesting to note
how phenomena that have become so
common in our day as to make us
feel that they are part of the neces-
sary social order, affected these simple
earnest souls, who saw them spring
ing up in society whose spirit and
traditions were alike exclusive and in
tolerant of all that savored of Unjust
ice, oppression and class distinction.
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THAT THE PARLIAMENT of Religions
was largely manufactured and not
spontaneous exhibition; that it was in
no such sense or degree representative
of the Religions of the World as has
been repeatedly asserted; that it partook
in no small measure of the character of
"the greatest show on earth;" and that
it's Significance" and value have been
immensely over rated. we, who saw and
heard as much of it as one person could
take in, have never doubted. Yet, after
all criticisms and deductions, it remains
go stupendous and superior, both as an
cannot adopt Prof. Herrick Johnson's
caustic and wholly unsympathetic esti-
mate. He looks at it through a theologi-
cal peep-hole.
Whether the criticisms to which the
church and the ministry are periodically
subjected be valid or not. they always
result in good. They lead to self-exam-
ination, stimulate to closer study of the
problem. and incite revived energy in
the pursuit of the means of doing the
Masters work. At the best we are un-
profitable servants. We must all confess
that we only half know how to do that
which we are set to do. The mistakes
and shortcomings Of every sect and
school are legion. The crowning defect
is failure to understand our mission and
OF what manner of spirit we should be
possessed. The secular critic may know
even less than we; but his probe may
make us acutely sensible of our infirmi
ties.
As his father was a white man it
may not be strictly accurate to cite
Frederick Douglass as sample OF the
capacity of the colored race. We have
often heard him say that the fraction of
colored blood in his veins was especially
dear to him. When once he was taken
for Cuban or Brazilian, he promptly
corrected the error. with significant
emphasis. mo sir; Niger" "Yet it is no
secret that many of his colored brethren
felt that Mr.. Douglass held himself
above and somewhat aloof from them.
This was due. we suspect. not TO racial
considerations but to individual traits.
Mr.. Douglass. like not few of his white
contemporaries. was democrat by con-
viction and an aristocrat by tempera-
ment.
The "boast" of DIR. Lucius r. Paige
is warranted. 1t is not so much that an
unusually prolonged life has permitted
him to be the Oldest subscriber to the
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-03-09
CHURCH OF THE DIVINE PATER-
NIFTY, NEW YORK.
DIR. Charles H. Eaton's sermon. Feb. "a

DIR. Charles II. Eatons Sermon, Feb. "a
The pleasant opportunity was Civ
en- me last Sunday, February 24th-a
bright day with keen but exhilarat-
ing air, as we say in Minnesota
attend the morning service at the
Church of the Divine Paternity, in
New York, formerly and for many
years, DIR. E. HI. Chapin's church,
now DIR. Charles Eaton's, and to hear
from the latter an excellent sermon.
A curious incident occurred in
connection with my ride to that
place, which at every moment of the
way caused my mind to dwell wildly
upon the famous preacher first named,
and which suggested brief preface
to what follows in this article regard
ing his successor.
My sons coachman, George Mil
ler, took me up in his carriage and on
entering the carriage was told that
this same person was once employed
as coachman by DR.. E. I'll. Chaplin.
He is a colored man, of French orr
gin, steady, reliable, of rather fine
personal appearance, and native of
Guadeloupe. AS he shot along Fifth
Avenue, and landed me in front of
the church, l naturally thought of
the many times he had driven DIR.
Chaplin there, then whirled away to
wait, to return and bring the great
man home again. This time he had
left only an humble hearer at the
steps, stranger whom scarcely one
in the house would know; but one
nevertheless who might feel that he
had a special right there because DR..
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-03-09
Two great truths had been strong

Two great truths had been strong
ly impressed upon the popular mind
of Old Israel. One was that of the
equality of all souls before God, and
the other that the divine law included
and covered all of life, political, social
and individual. In Jehovah the ma
ton literally lived, moved and had
its being. 1t was the practical denial
of these two truths in the growing
spirit of aristocracy, priestcraft, mon
opoly and commercial iniquity which
aroused the indignation of the proph-
cts. They were not content to deal
in generalities, but were specific in
their denunciation of the evils about
them,-the mercenary temple priests,
the land monopolists, the greedy
usurers, the venal magistrates and
the cheating merchants were alike
reprobated.
The prophets were hungry for a
righteousness which should make the
divine law cover all of life. The same
practical infdelity which they de-
nounced is still rife among us and
the kind of preaching needed is that
which emphasizes the undying truths
of the equality of all men before God
and nature and the sovereignty of the
Divine Will over every part of our ex-
istence.
"In human affairs there is one way
which is best. God knows it and
wills it. Mans duty it is to discover
and apply it."
As in Elijah's day the prophet was
surer defence to the nation than
Egyptian chariots and horsemen, SO
now the devoted preachers of righ-
teousness are of more avail than gat-
ling guns and ball cartridges. Let
them descend into the arena where
class interests contend not for justice
but for selfish advantage and COM
mand peace. Let them declare and
vindicate the eternal right, leaving to
others all questions of expediency.
OAK PARK, ILL.