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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-17
CONGRESS OF MINISTER'S.
Fifteenth Annual National COnven-
ton OF Bantfst Divines


CHICAGO, Nov. 16-The fifteenth annual
sess. Or OF the Baptist Congress of Minis
tiers. which convened at Emmanuel Baptist
Church this afternoon, will remain in SEES
sion three days. Many of the ablest min
listers and the ologians of the Baptist Church
of the United States are in the city, and
will take part in the discussions of the
congress. Rev Johnston Myers, d. d.,
pastor of Emmanuel Church, made a speech
of welcome TO the visiting cleTgymen, and
was followed by Judge Henry V FREEMAN.
SReV. Adm A. kendrlck. ID. d., of St Louis
president of the congress, responded and
then the work of the nrst day was taken
uD.
This afternoon the subject was: Are the
Teachings of the Apostles Equal Authority
with those of Christi Prof +. d. Burton,
ID. D.. of the University of Chicago and
Dean W. p. Mckee, of the Francis Skinner
Academy at Mount Carroll, ILL.,, read pa
pers in which this question was discussed,
and then came addresses by the two ap-
pointed speakers. They were Prof. Rush
Pieces, of Newton Theological Institute of
Massachusetts. and Prof. G. /. Williams. of
Denison University, Ohio. This evening the
thcologians discussed the question, rs bap-
tiSm a prerequisite in the Lords supper?''
G.. b. Eager. d. D., of Montgomery, Ala !;
O. +. CLIFFORD, ID. d. of Buffalo; Rev. p S.
Henion, ID. D., of Chicago, and Rev. r. IL.
Conwell, ID. D., of Philadelphia, read pa
pers and discussed the question.
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The Officers Family Must Justify
Their Charges Before Gen. BiIIOt.

PARIS, Nov. 16.-The minister for war.
General Billot, replying to questions in the
Chamber of Deputies to-day, said that NJ.
Scheurer Kestner one of the vice presi-
dents of the Senate, who has been agitating
for the reopening of the case of Alfred
Dreyfus, the former captain of French ar
tillery, now undergoing life Imprisonment
after having been convicted by court-mar-
tial of selling important military plans to
the agents Of foreign government, had not
considered it expedient to take legal action
in the matter. but, the minister added, since
the Dreyfus family had brought charges
against an officer the war department in
tended to demand of them that they justify
their charges. Continuing, the minister for
war remarked: LAS the guardian of the
honor of the army, 1 shall not fail to do my
duty"
answered the description of "a rich and
titled officer, well known in Paris society,"
who had been requested to resign his COM
mission in the army in consequence OF the
continued leaking of military secrets since
Captain Dreyfus was deported, mas written
war with regard TO the alleged infamous
accusation" He demands an investigation,
and SAYS that he is ready to reply to all the
charges that may be brought against him.
Count Esterhazy, in an interview, declares
he is the victim of a plot. He adds that
letter warning him that former high Of
fetal of the War Office was formulating
charges against him. The count Immediate
~ informed the minister of war of the cir
cumstances, urging him to investigate the
matter. A week ago lady handed him
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which he has not yet returned, 1t was found
that a considerable portion of $4,000 of
church funds which he had placed in the
West was unprofitably invested. The subse-
quent failure of Farwell's banks also
caused losses to the church and to Bishop
w. w. Niles personally. Joseph S. Mat
thews, of this city. sent by the trus-
tees of the church fund to learn how much
can be realized from Farwell's investment
of $4,000 in North Dakota, South Dakota,
Kansas and Nebraska He reports that he
thinks the investment will now yield from
$4,000 to $4,000 cash, but that ultimately
with the realization of the anticipated i'm
provement in the financial condition of the
country it may reach 500 900.
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TOWN OF KONG RAZED
CAPITAL OF AN AFRICAN KINGDOM
DESTROYED By SAMORY.
Noted Slave-Hunting Chief on the
Warpath Again-WiII Probably Be
Punished by the French.

PARIS, Nov ia special dispatch to the
Journal brings serious news from the Niger
region, west Africa. In order to punish the
inhabitants of the town of Kong, capital of
the kingdom of Kong, in the Mandingo
region of Upper Guinea, for their refusal to
supply his troops with provisions, Chief
Samory has RACED the town and massacred
several thousand natives.
For several weeks the French newspapers
have been calling on the government to send
punitive expedition against Chief Samory,
who on Aug. 20 last surprised and routed a
French detachment of native troops sent to
occupy territory which he had offered to
evacuate. Two of the French officers and
forty-four men were killed Kong is a rich
and fertile dependency of the French ivory
coast If the report published by the Paris
Journal is confirmed the French govern
ment will have no alternative but to send
q punitive expedition as the French press
has been urging it to undertake.
Samory, who is otherwise known as Sam
adu, and who was formerly known as 1.-The
West African Mahdi," is Tippoo lib on a
large scale, a wholesale slave hunter He
hrSt came into contact with the French in
1882, but in the two years war which fol-
lO"eu ne was repeatedly defeated. In the
latter part of 1884 he carried his slave raids
far to the south into Sulimania, capturing
and destroying Falada, the capital of Sull-
mania, ana the great emporium for the
transniger trade. A vast tract OF country
was devastated; thousands of natives were
slain; thousands more were sold into slav-
cry, and the country was so depopulated
that trade came to a standStill and the coll
verge of bankruptcy. These conquests
brought Samory fresh accession of
strength, and III 1885 he again commenced
operations against the French provinces on
the north. Two severe defeats, however,
brought him to terms, and in February
1851, ne signed a treaty of peace with the
FRENCH, IN which he recognized that the.
River Niger was the boundary between his
territory and that of the French.
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VIII Help the Kaiser's Naval Plans.

LONDON, Nov. 1.-THE Berlin CORE
spondent of the Times says: mot only the
radical but the clerical journals are of
opinion that the conflict with the republic
of Haiti and the attack on the missionaries
in China will be used to influence German
public feeling in favor of extensive naval
plans Various journals meanwhile continue
to urge the government to take prompt
measures for reparation in Haiti The
Neueste Nachrichten considers the action
of Haiti not only an offense to the dignity
of Germany but an insult to Emperor Will
liam. The insinuation in the documents
teur that Germany had been acting as if
she contemplated a protectorate of Haiti is
described as a ruse to excite the mstrust
States 1t is said in official quarters that
the government is considering sending an
imperial commission to Port au-Prnce with
the German war ships.
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Three Children burned.

EUFAULA, Ala, Nov. 16.-Three half
grown children lost their lives in the burn
ing of an old frame house a mile from
White Oak Ala, Sunday night. Their
parents, Louis Brown and wife, went to
church. leaving their children, aged twelve,
eight and six years, locked in the house,
supposedly for their own safety, but the
old building caught fire soon after the par
found it heap of ashes In the center of
the mass of embers the bones of the chill
dren were found in a heap.
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PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY.
Aaron Jones Reports ON Indiana
Grange Fire Insurance Companies.

HARRISBURG, Pa, Nov. 16.-Reports of
state masters were continued at to-day $
session of the national grange Aaron Jones,
of Indiana, reported that the grange fire
insurance companies of that State now
carrying $45, 600 worth of property, with
a saving to the grange members of so per
cent. The report of the transportation COM
mittee carried with it several resolutions,
among them one appointing field COM
mittee of information to be composed of
one member from each State Of the Union,
whose duty it shall be to collect data on
questions of agricultural needs In transpor-
tation or otherwise and forward the same
to the Statistical bureau" at Washington.
The duty of the statistical bureau shall be
to codify the data received, assist the
grange legislative COMMITTEES in its work be-
fore Congress and transmit Information 10
patrons of husbandry throughout the lands.
A further resolution proposed memorial
to Congress asking for a thorough inveSt-
cation of the subjects of revenue ana gov
ernmental expenditures, ana Tor a law Whlch
will remove the same from partisan polltlcs.
The report of the financial committee ap-
propriated sums for the carrying on or the
several departments. .., . 1
The National Grange sessions this AFTER
noon and evening were taken up by the
election of officers for 1898. Officers were
elected as follows: Worthy master, Aaron
Jones, Indiana; overseer, .. II. Hale, New
York lecturer, Alpha Messer, Vermont;
SteWdTut john l.. GOA, ANCW oCAoNy eA0SAs'e
ant steward, j. A. Newcombe, Colorado;
chaplain. o. S. Dowen, Connecticut; treas
urer, Mrs. Eva Mcdowell, Ohio; secretary,
John L. Trimble, Washington; gatekeeper,
A. d. Judson, Iowa; Ceres, Mrs. Lena NJ.
Messick. Delaware; Pomona Mrs Sarah G.
Maird, Minnesota; Flora, Mrs. T.. l.. A. Wig
gins Maine; lady assistant, Mrs. Amanda
NJ. Horton, Michigan. Executive committee
IN. ]. Bachelor, New Hampshire, and j.
j. WoodmAn Michigan. reelected. Other
members Of the committee hold over.
An ssemblage of the priests of Demeter
was called after the closing of the cleo
ton and G. A. Bowen was chosen high
priest, Committees were appointed to es-
cort United States Secretary of Agricul-
ture Wilson and State Secretary of Agri-
culture Edge before the Grange tomorrow,
when Secretary Wilson will make an ad-
DRESS
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Rlshop Cor Catholic poler.

BUFFALO, n. Y, Nov. 16.-Apolinary
Karwowski, who is a conspicuous figure in
the affairs of the Polish Independent Cath
Ollie Church. to-day received a cable message
from Anton Kozlowski, dated Wiesbaden
Germany, as follows: Il was consecrated
as bishop for the Polish Independent Cath
olics of North America last Sunday. / leave
for America at once"
THAT means that at last the Poles of this
country Will have a biShcn of their own"
said Mr. Karwowsk Rome would not
give Us one before we left that church, and
now u e independents VIII have one
bishop kOzlowski was born in Warsaw
Poland. He studied at Rome, where he be-
came a Roman Catholic priest. Later he
came to this country and finally joined the
Independent Church. He has had success
ful parish in Chicago for some time.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-17
VICTIMS OF KEROSENE.
Aged Woman and Nephew Fatally
Burned by Oil from q Lamp.

PLATTSBURG, N. Y, Nov. 16.-Mrs. Ter
rill and her nephew, Edward Mason, were
burned to death on farm a few miles
from Peru, this county, last night. Mrs.
Terrill, who was seventy years old, started
to her room to retire at about o'clock,
carrying a kerosene lamp. In some unex-
planned way the lamp was upset. The
burning oil fell on her clothing, enveloping
her in flames Her nephew, who was fifty
years old, tried to help her, and in his en-
beavers his own clothing took fire. When
Mrs Terrill was unconscious. She died soon
after the arrival of the neighbOrs. Mason
was so horribly burned that he died few
hours later.
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Cable Notes.

The Greek bishop of Canea. Island Of
Crete, has been notified by the Russian con-
sui that the Car proposes to rebuild, at
his own cost, the burned Christian quarter
of Canea and to enlarge the Orthodox
Greek Church. His Majesty has also
granted large sum Of money for the re-
lief of the poor of Canea
President Kruger. in proroguing the
Transvaal VoiksT aad until February, made
a speech in the course OF which he said
the dynamite monopoly was not the great
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-17

CHILLICOTHE.. O., Nov 16-James Orr
was killed by suffocation from natural gas
in a regulator vault here to-day. He and
two others were repairing 1t when a leak
started accidentally One companion. James
Minnery. is dying from the same cause. Su-
perintendent S. III. Clark. who was also ex-
posed is the only one able to talk and for
whose recovery there Is hope.
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Flood at st. petersburg.

ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 16.-Al day long
a fierce wind from the sea has driven the
waters of the Neva up the stream and
flooded the canals, the suburban islands and
outlying portions of the city. Several bridges
have been swept away, and the flood con-
tinues to rise, threatening TO assume grave
proportions AT frequent intervals cannon
are fired at the fortress to keep the inhabi-
tantS alert
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Death of Miss Lucinda b. Helm.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Nov. 16.--Last night,
at the residence of Bishop r. K. Hargrove.
Miss Lucinda B. Helm died of heart dis
ease. She was a daughter of Ex-Governor
Helm. of Kentucky, a prominent leader in
the missionary work of the NJ E. Church,
South, and editor of one of the papers pub
lished by the Woman's Parsonage and
Home Mission Society of that church.
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Catholic Stronghold Invaded.

LIMA. Texas. Nov. 16.-Mr. Jarrett, an
American Protestant missionary, has sue
cessfulIy passed an examination at Cuzco,
capital of the southern province of that
name, former capital Of the Jncas and the
most ancient of the Peruvian cities, with a
intention has greatly excited the Catholic
party.
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Mrs. winslow,s soothing syrup

Has been used over fifty years by millions of
rlothers for their children while teething with
perfect success. 1t soohes the child. softens the
guns, allays pain. cures wind collie, regulates the
bowels and is the best remedy for diarrhea,
whether arising from tcething other causes.
For sale by druggists IN every part OF the world.
BE sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
syrup rs cents bottle.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-17

MEXICO CITY. Nov. 16-Charles Sohmer
general agent for Mexico of the Mutual In
surance Company of New York, committed
suicide to-day by shooting himself through
the head in the forest of Chapuletepec. The
deed was probably due to criticisms on his
management. He was very popular and
prosperous and his suicide is regretted by
the community. He had been in Mexico
many years
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wilhelm Rewards an American.

BERLIN, Nov 16.-The United States
consul general here, Mr.. Goldschmidt, has
received for transmission to the United
States a Hfe-savng medal, awarded by
Frnneror William of Germany to Valentine
Fernekes. of Milwaukee. Wis, for saving
a child from drowning while Fernekes was
in the citV
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Echoes of a bankers Failure.

CONCORD. n. H.. Nov. 16-There was
an echo in the meeting of the New Hamp-
shire Protestant Episcopal diocesan con-
vention here to-day Of the failure of John
L. Farwell's two banks at Claremont last
year. Farwell was president of the diocese
for several years and when he went to Eu-
rope over a year ago--a journey from
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BERLIN, Nov. 16.-The German consul
at Desterro, capital of the State of Santa
Catherin. has demanded of the Brazilian
governor of that territory, an indemnity
and the punishment of those guilty of out
raging a German teacher named Roth at
Palhoca.
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DENVER Col, Nov. l6.-An official call
has heen issued for a national convention
of stock growers, to be held in Denver Jan.
Psf. The purpose Is to project the organ
ization of national stock growers associa-
dustry.
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est curse of the country. Greater harm, he
added, was done by the persons who were
trying to create dissensions among the peo-
pies of the states of South Africa.
The Edinburgh Court of Sessions yester-
day delivered judgment dismissing the ac-
ton in the famous Lovat peerage case, in
which John Frazier claimed the peerage and
9120.000 from the holder of the title for in
teromissions since he succeeded to the title.
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Demoiselles and DANES patronize Glenn's

Demoiseles and DANES patronize Glenn S
Sulphur Soap for the reason that it removes
from the complexion pimples, blotches, tan,
freckles, moth patches and every other de-
feet susceptible of removal by sulphur
baths Sold by all druggists.
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, Black or
Brown soc.
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He Says the Situation Is Not Destitute
of Elements of Apprehe nsiOn
Either at Home or Abroad.
NO KNUCKLING TO FRANCE
BRITAIN HAS NOT YIELDED IN THE
TERRITORIAL DISPUTES.
Warning to LOndOners to Beware the
Fate of New YOrk-COunt Esterhazy
and the Dreyfus Case.

LONDON, Nov. 16.-Following the meet
ing of the National Union of Conservative
Associations to-day a great mass meeting
was held tonight in the Albert Hall, I'M
der the presidency of Earl Cadogan, lord
lieutenant of Ireland, at which the princi-
pal speaker was the premier, the Marquis
of Salisbury. No fewer than eight thou
sand persons were present, and the entire
assembly rose at the entrance of Lord Sails
bury, cheered him to the echo and sang
For he's a jolly good fellow. LORD
Salisbury, who seemed in the best of health
and spirits, and who spoke with great ami
nation, said that the situation was mot
destitute of elements of apprehension eth
er at home or abroad" Referring to
the disturbances on the northwest frontier
of India he paid glowing tribute to LORD
Elgin, the Governor, who, he said, has
''acted so worthily in the great crisis
wherein he has been placed as to be COM
pletely absolved of all charges of bad
faith"
Speaking of foreign affairs Lord Sails
bury denied that the government had yield
ed to France in the matter of Siam, Tunis
or Madagascar. Turning to home affalrs
Lord Salisbury said the government OF
London was a question which must be
solved and could only he solved by giving
to other and smaller municipal bodies
large part of the duties now performed by
the London County Council. He promised
that the government would introduce leg
islation on the subject at the next session
of Parliament. 1.-The present system" said
his Lordship, lis due to the modern pas
sion for highness of things, and is too
unwieldy." He asked his hearers to look
at what had been done across the ocean
do you want to be governed like New
York? Yet, the result there, which was
watched with SO much interest and which
so many people deplore, was adopted after
an effort to amend admitted defects in the
municipality by enormously increasing its
area and bringing a much vaSter popula-
ton under its range. The undertaking has
failed lamentably, because it could not OBJ
tain the assistance and cooperation of the
only class of men by whom municipal in
stitutions can be satisfactorily and thor
oughly governed"
Dealing with the results of the recent
parliamentary by-elections Lord Salisbury
attributed the Conservative and Liberal
UnioniSt losses to 1.-The indifference of their
ranks caused by the disorganization of
their adversaries," and he urged Unionists
not to relax vigilance, las the opposition
has all the elements of organization and
only lacks a general !"
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Favor Royal Residence in Ireland.

LONDON, Nov 16.-Earl Cadogan, the lord
lieutenant of Ireland, was to-day elected
president of the National Union of Con-
sentative Associations, in succession to the
Earl of Derby. There was large attend
aDee of delegates from the different asso-
Citations of Conservatives at the convention,
which was held in ST. James's Hail. in this
city. A resolution was unanimously adopted
in favor of the establishment of royal
residence in Ireland and it's occasional oc-
cupatiOn by the Queen or a member of the
royal family, las this would tend to in
crease the sentiments of loyalty to the
crown and attachment to constitutional
government"
A resolution was also passed demanding
countervailing duties equal to the sugar
bounties paid by foreign countries. A dele
gate announced that he had received letter
from celebrity in the West Indies in which
it was predicted that before long the West
Indies will seek annexation to the United
States A resolution favoring bounty to
assist home wheat growers was defeated.