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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02
Fallncies Concerning Prayer.
v. James NJ. Wilton, in the Forum.

Rev. James NJ. HllOl' III III J. u I'LL
The question which some stiilthlnk it worth
while TO ask, Why does a loving God, who
knows our needs, require US to petition for
their supply?' both reveals the Fundamental
misconception and brings into contrast the
fundamental truth in regard to the Whole
subject. DR.. Edward Cairo has noted as a
strange survival of the pagan mode of
thought among Christians that some of
them still conceive of prayer as an attempt
TO get God to do mans will, rather than as
an aspiration to get Gods will done by men.
think that either He prays or we pray for
the purpose of informing God about our
needs or inducing Him to supply them.
What end. then, is served by petitionary
PRAYER for the things God knows we need
and that He wills TO beStoW? Surely no
thinker is unaware that verbal expression
has much to do with both c~learness of
and will. 1t is reason enough for engaging
in petitionary prayer hat the confession
in words of our wants to God enables and
pledges us in a clearer consciousness to
work out more reverently and patiently the
divine conditions of their supply. Thus it
Is that through prayer the individual Will
strives toward unity with the universal Will.
thought to-day the crude, primitive fancy
OF bending the divine will into line with the
human is unworthy of any who profess to
keen abreast of the worlds advancing in
teligence. The true function of prayer is
to lift the will of man into line with the
will of God. This it does by its effect in
clarifying moral insight, deepening reVer-
eating self more thoroughly to divine ends,
which can be accomplished in the world no
sooner or more fully than men devote
themselves to their ~fulhllment.
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u~facturing plant, involving varied branches
of skilled labor of high grade, the civil
service rules are an obstruction rather tnan
an aid to efficiency and economy. The civil
service rules as promulgated for enforce
ment here should be modified radically, sus-
pended or repealed"
James NJ. Miller, a one-armed Union vet
eran, testified that he had been, with five
other veterans, discharged in 1894 from their
places in the Treasury Department. under
the auditor for the Interior Department
without reasons given. Two of the va
cancies made had been filed by +. J. Troop.
a brother-in-law of Auditor Blackwell, and
J. G. Orr. his f~ather-in-law, the latter a
Confederate veteran Both of these men
had been placed in Office without examina-
ton, contrary to aw, and had been pro-
NOTED to 81, 800 salaries. Mr.. Miller pro-
duced testimonials from the department
officials showing that he had been an ex-
pert on war history Of the highest grade of
efficiency.
Senator Chiffon inquired how the audi
tors relatives had got into office, and Mr..
Miller answered: Under the administration
Of Logan Carlisle, who seemed to run the
department.; where there was a will there
was a way for anything The committee
decided to continue the investigation, and
will hold a meeting next Saturday.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02
T%ELEGRAPHlC BREVITIES.

Alvin Byley, of Blues Point, Ark, is al
to have killed his mother.
The Pennsylvania Railroad yesterday de-
clared its regular semi-annua dividend of
22 per cent.
Tommy White, Of Chicago, has posted
in Cohoes 800 as d forfeit to bind a match
with George Dixon.
It is announced that Major Lewis Ginter,
of Richmond, Va, has resigned from the
board of directors of the American Tobac-
co Company on account of i'll health.
The employees of the Akron, Bedford &
Cleveland Railway were notified yesterday
that their wages would be increased from
late of the 18th to 20 cents per hour.
Edward S. Tabor, Thomas B. Trip and
Morgan Rotch have been appointed receiV-
ers of the Rotch spinning corporation, the
Rowland mill corporation and the New
Bedford Manufacturing Company, all of
Bedford, Mass.
Arrangements are being made for a grand
inspection and review at Fort Logan next
Wednesday in honor of the retiring com
mandan of the department of Colorado,
Major General Frank Wheaton. General
Wheaton retires from office ext Saturday.
A meeting of the citizens of Troy, N. Y,
has been called for next Saturday evening
to make suitable arrangements for the re-
union of the Army of the Potomac, which
will be held in Troy, Aug. 20 and p: Pres
ident Mckinley and Secretary of War All
ger will attend the reunion.
Fred Nelson, Oliver B~earreault and Web
ster Beauchamp left Eagle Harbor, Mich.
in a sailbOat for their home at Copper .Har-
Dor Wednesday night. Nelson has reached
there in an exhausted condition ard re-
ports that the boat, with his two COM
p~anions, was lost IN the storm.
Ex-County Clerk Hobson, of Cincinnati,
was rearrested yesterday, the grand jury
having found two additional indictments
against him for embezzling Hamilton coun-
ty funds during his term as county record
er, which preceded his term of county clerk.
1t is probable that he may not be able to
give bail.
The iron workers and all other employees
of all the departments at the mills of An
drews Bros. & Co., at Youngstown, o.. re-
ceived notices yesterday that on Monday
hereafter the entire plant would be in
operation on double time. This is the frs
time for over a year that these mills have
haap in full onprafiOp
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02
SLURRED BY THE KAISER
MEMBERS OF THE GERMAN REICHs-
TAG CALLED .UNPATRIoTIC."
Another Batch of Spanish Anarchists
Observation-Disclosures ExDIO-
sion of Dynamite.
Copyright, 1897. by the Associated Press,

Copyright. 1887. by the Associated Press)
BERLIN. May emperor Williams cut
ting remarks about Men without patriot
ISM which were used not only in a tele-
gram to his brother, Prince Henry of
Prussia, but also in a public address de-
livered at Carlsruhe in reply TO the greet
ings of the municipal officers of that place,
have created a sensation. His Majesty's tel
egram TO Primo Henry commanded him to
attend the celebration of queen Victoria's
diamond jubilee with the German cruiser
Koenig Wilhelm" and, regretting his in
ability TO send a better ship, the Emperor
said: This is the result Of the conduct
of the unpatriotic people who refused the
recent credits for the navy" Herr Bebel,
the Socialist leader, referred to the matter
IN the Reichstag, quoting the Emperor's
words and condemning them. The Keel
nisch Volks Zeitung, the leading Centrist
organ, says, These words condemn them
selves and advises the Emperor to see if
a majority of the nation, at the Reichstag
elections, indorSe his pet schemes more
than the present Reichstag, adding: The
Relchstag must insist upon more repectful
treatment
The dismissal of Dr.. Peters, the former
German high commissioner in Africa, is
unanimously approved by the press. The
Koelnische Volks Zeitung on this subject
says: The great AfricaN has played his
last role in Germany and, let us hope, with
this sentence an epoch in German colonial
policy, so full of scandals and miSdeeds, is
closed"
DR.. Eysner, of Marburg, a writer for Die
Kritik, and DR.. Weld, it's editor, have been
sentenced to nine and six months impris-
onment, respectively, for lese majesty in
riciculing Emperor William.
The French language is now forbidden TO
be used in Alsace-Lorraine in public
speeches, and several meetings have been
dissolved upon that account. The matter
will be raised in the ReichStag, it being
claimed that the prohibition is illegal.
1t transpires that during the recent trip
of Emperor William to Dresden the inn
perial train was stopped for fully two
hours owing to the train gear being brok-
en-. The engineer discovered that the gear
had been tempered with and that there
would have been a serious accident if it
had passed unnoticed.
The whole court has now moved to Pots
dam. The Empress has become very thin
and her hair is quite gray. The Emperor
has gained seventeen pounds during the
winter, but he looks very sallow and I'M
healthy. $
Consul Kickbush, of Stettin, is to be mar
ried within a fortnight to a wealthy Ger
man lady. So
The Reichstag meets on Monday and
Count Kanitz will question the government
on the subject of the new United States
tariff.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02

WASHINGTON, May Recent letters
from Lima, Peru, bring the news of the
death in that city of DR.. Felix c. c. Zegar-
ra, who was minister to Washington from
1887 to 1891. and vice president of the inter
national American conference. His death
occurred from the effects of al operation
for appendicitis. DR.. Zegarra was one of
the ablest, most learned and popular diplo-
mates ever in Washington.
PITTSBURG, May 1ICaptain M. j.
Grealish, ordnance ~storekeeper at the
United States arsenal, died this morning of
heart disease. He has been troubled for
some years with the disease, and was taken
i'll at the Carnegie Library Thursday
night. He was sixty-three years old, and
formerly lived at Rock Island, Ill. He has
been connected with the Pittsburg arsenal
since 1894.
NEW YORK, May William NJ. Ros-
sitter, president of the Terminal Warehouse
Company, of New York, is dead at his home
in Brooklyn. He was a brother of E. V. w.
Rossiter, treasurer of the New York Cen
trail Railroad Company, and Clinton L. Ros-
sitter, president of the Brooklyn Heights
Railroad Company. He was forty-nine
wears of age.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02
VICTIMS OF DYNAMITE.
Many PeOple Mangled by an ExpIO-
sion in the streets.

NEW YORK, May IA dispatch to the
Herald from Panama, Colombia, says: A
correspondent in San Saivador telegraphs
that a terrific explosion of dynamite in that
city resulted in the destruction of two en-
tire blocks and caused the loss of many
lives. The extent of the damage and the
loss of life is not known here yet and prob
ably will not be until the wreckage is
cleared away. The explosion occurred un-
der peculiar circumstances Four wagons
were being driven down Conception street,
one of the principal thoroughfares of the
city, each loaded with several barrels of
dynamite. In some unexplained manner
one of the barrels of dynamite exploded
with a deafening crash. In an instant
every other barrel on the wagon had blown
up. Their with an awful roar the dynamite
on the other wagons, which were near, ex-
ploded simultaneously. This last explosion
was followed Immediately by the crash of
timbers, and the two blocks of buildings OPP
posite on each side of Conception street fell
away like houses of cards in ruins. Con-
cepcion street at the point of the explosion
is completely wrecked A great hole was
blown into the street and the wagons were
blown into splinters. The drivers of all of
them were instantly killed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02
NEW CHINESE MINISTER.
He Presents His Credentials to the
President-Speech by Yang Yu.

WASHINGTON, May president Nc
Kinley at noon to-day received the new
Chinese minister, Mr.. WI Ting Fang, in
the Blue parlor of the White House. The
ceremonies were very formal. Mr.. Fang,
accompanied by three secretaries and the
retiring minister, Mr.. Yang Yu, accom-
panied by two secretaries, drove over TO
the White House with Secretary of State
Sherman and Assistant Secretary Rockhill.
They were dressed in their flowing silk
robes, and made a picturesque appearance
as they were ushered into the Blue parlor,
where the President was awaiting them.
Mr.. Yang Yu, the retiring minister, pre-
sented his letter of recall. His remarks,
aside from the usual formal thanks and
expressions, were as follows:
1T will always be a matter of deep graft
fcation to me to recall the fact that the
mutual interests of the two nations has
been characterized by justice and fairness
to the credit of both parties concerned. To
the deep sense of justice and %friendliness
of your government l feel special gratitude
for the contamination of the immigration
treaty, as a result of which my fellow
countrymen sojourning in this land are en-
Joying peace and happiness in the pursuit
OF their various occupations. 1t is my sim
cere hope that the hitherto most friendly
relations between the two governments will
well | pray that you may enjoy health and
happiness, and that your rule over this
great republic may be characterized by
prosperity and peace
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02
The First Lady of the Land.

Strangers on meeting Mrs. Mckinley are
frequently surprised to discover that she
is by no means the fragile and delicate
She is, in fact, capable at times of sus-
tanned nervous and muscular endurance.
She is ~undeniably a pretty woman, and the
only thing that detracts from the charm
of her refined face, with it's delicate, clean
cut features, is her hair, which, while be-
ing short, is devoid of curl. Mrs. Mckinley
impresses one as being rather tail for a
woman. and she is very graceful. She is
fond of books and is Intellectual. Her
clothes have surprised Washington. There
was some uncertainty as to what kind of
t~oilettes might come from Chicago, where
most of her inauguration gowns were fash
toned, but the Chicago dressmakers have
more than satisfied the scrutiny of Wash
ington's critics.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02
M'KINLEY's VISITORS.
Hugh III. Hanna Among the Presidents
Callers Saturday.

WASHINGTON, May There were a
great many callers at the White House to-
day.. The most Importance, perhaps, was
attached to the visit of Senator Aldrich,
of Rhode Island, who spent half an hour
with the President. AS Mr.. Aldrich and
Senator Allison are busily at work on the
draft of the tariff bill, it was presumed that
his call related to this subject, but the
senator declined to make any statement
about the purpose of his visit. Attorney
General Mckenna, with ex-senator FELTON,
and John d. Spreckels. of California, who
are here advocating the abrogation of the
Hawaiian treaty, saw Mr.. Mckinley for a
few minutes. H. II. Hanna, chairman of
the executive committee of the indianapolis
monetary conference, also had a brief in
terview. The President received a delega-
ton of about one hundred from the Second
Virginia district, who were presented by
John S. Wise. Among other callers were
Senators Mason, Elkins, CuAom and Kyle,
Representatives GrosVenor and McLeary,
Col. j. j. McCook, of New York, and w. j.
bowling, of Minnesota, secretary of the Ma
tional Republican League. Representative
Evans, of Kentucky, presented John N.
Quackenbush, for whose relief a bill was
passed by the last Congress. The bill au-
thoriZed the President to restore him to his
old rank as commander of the navy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02
TO CURE NERVOUS DYSPEPSIA.
To Gain Flesh TO Sleep Well, to Know
What Appetite and Good Digestion
Mean, Make a Test of STUART
Dyspepsia Tablets.
Interesting Experience of an Indian
apOIis Gentleman.

No trouble is more common or more mis-
understood than nervous dyspepsia. PEOPLE
having it think that their nerves are to
blame and are surprised that they are not
cured by nerve medicine and spring reme-
dies; the real seat of the mischief is lost
sight of; the stomach is the organ to be
looked after.
Nervous dyspeptics often do not nave any
pain whatever in the stomach, nor perhaps
any of the usual symptoms of stomach
weakness. Nervous dyspepsia shows itself
not in the stomach so much as in nearly
every other organ; in some cases the heart
palpitates and is irregular; in others the
kidneys are affected; in others the bowels
are constipated, with headaches; still
others are troubled with loss of flesh and
appetite, with accumulation of gas. sour
risings and heartburn.
Mr.. A. w. Sharper, of No. 81 Prospect
street, Indianapolis, Ind, writes as follows:
"A motive of pure gratitude prompts me to
write these few lines regarding the new and
valuable medicine Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab
lets. have been a sufferer from nervous
dyspepsia for the last four years; have
used various patent medicines and other
remedies without any favorable result.
They sometimes gave temporary relief until
the effects of the medicine wore off. / at
tributed this to my sedentary habits, being
a ~bookkeeper with little physical exercise,
but / am glad to state that the tablets have
overcome all these obstacles, for l haye
gained in flesh, sleep better and am better
in every way. The above is written not for
notoriety, but is based on actuaI fact. Re
spectfulIy yours, A. w. SHARPER.
''61 Prospect street. Indianapolis, Ind"
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Send for valuable little book on stomach
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02

WASHINGTON. May 1-To-day's state
ment Of the condition of the treasury
shows: Available cash balances, S22S. go. 5l7;
gold reserve, $152.3 $40. 500.
Senate Wolcott is making arrangements
to leave for Europe a week from next Mon
day. He desires to have the tariff bin re-
ported from the finance committee before
done. Senator Wolcott goes as one of the
special commissioners OF the United States
70 bring about an international agreement
for bimetallism,
General Rucker, When asked to-day as to
whether there vas any foundation for the
published report to the effect that Mrs
Philip H.. Sheridan and Mr.. Marshall Field.
OF Chicago, We're engaged to be married
said that IL was absolutely without founda-
ton. He added that the story was a pure
invention, and had caused extreme annoy
ance TO his daughter.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02
%SANDBAGGED BY NEGROES.
William StnIey Held I'D and Robbed
Near st. Mnry's street.

William Staley. aged thirty, living at No.
It's East St. Mary's street, was held up
and robbed by two negroes early last night.
He left the house about $50 o'clock to 60
to the bakery near by, and started to make
a short cut through the alley. He had gone
but a short distance when he was accosted
by two negroes and commanded him to
throw up his hands. He Obeyed the order, as
a pistol was thrust into his face. An instant
later he was knocked over by a andbag.
His assailants then took his money, about
81 in change, and his watch Staley was
so dazed by the blow hat he was unable to
walk, but managed to crawl to the home of
Arch Lewis, a colored man, living a half
block distant in the rear of his W home.
Lewis assisted him home and notified the
police. Staiey's clothing was torn and he
showed signs of rough usage. He was yet
too much dazed when the police arrived to
give a clear account of the assault.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02

NATCHEZ, Miss, May 1.-The river has
been stationary for three days at 1915. The
New Orleans & Northwestern Railroad, the
last line of land communication through the
lowlands, to-day published notice that
freight and passenger traffic has been dis
continued between Vidalia and Florence,
La. Trains will be run between Florence
and Bastrop, with mail service by handcar
and skiff between Florence and Natchez.
The water is several feet over the tracks
about Copeland and Wellslake, the Tensas
water making a cutoff through that section.
The track has been we'll nchored and traf-
fic will be reSumed as soon as the stage of
water permits. At present the water is ris-
ing at the rate of about twelve inches per
day, and the duration of the overflow de-
BiggS creVaSSe.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02
Three Negroes Drowned.

COAHOMA, Miss, May 1.-While four ne
groes were riding in the overlooked coun-
try, about a mile west of town, to-day, in
a batteau, they ran on to a snag, which
turned the batteau over and three of its
Jennie Frierson, Fannie Johnson and
Walter Johnson. The fourth man chung to
the craft until he was rescued. The water
where the batteau turned over was only
about four feet deep, but the swift current
swept the unfortunate people into deeper
water before help could reach them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02
Against which there are outstand-
ing liabilities amounting to-. 64S.6-
Leaving net balance in the
frnasnrN of Soo0 nan u
CIvIL-sERvIcE INQUIRY.
Testimony Tending to Show the Law
is Not What 1t should BE.

WASHINGTON, May 1.-The Senate COM
mittee which has undertaken the investiga-
ton of the workings OF the civil service
laws held it's second meeting to-day. SEN
ators Pritchard. Lodge and Chiffon con-
Quoted the investigation. The Cfvil-service
Commission was represented by President
Proctor and Mr.. George r. Wales. Letters
We're presented from Secretary of the Navy
Long and Postmaster General Gary RECON-
mending that the civii-service laws should
be continued but giving the opinion that
they should be modified. although they rec
omfnended no changes.
f. W. Palmer, the public printer, stated
that the only persons not included In the
classified service in his Office were char
women and iaborers, and said: AS applied
10 this office, which is simply a great mani
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02
HIS LOST FOUR HUSBANDS.
Body of Mrs. GurIey's Last Mate to Be
Exhumed and Examined.

CHICAGO. May 1.-Judge Ball to-day is
sued an order to exhume the body of
d. Gurley, who died suddenly
about a week ago, and an examination will
be held Monday to determine the cause Of
his death. Gurley carried $1,000 life in
surance, his wife, Mary d. Gurley, to whom
he was secretly married in May. 1896. at
kenosha, Wis, being made the beneficiary.
The insurance companies refuse to pay,
pending, a thorough investigation of the
cause leading to Gurley's death. Mrs.
Gurley has been married four INES. All Of
her former husbands are dead. She is
said to have been a student of medicine,
particularly of drugs. Gurley was a brother
Of W. F. e. Gurley, state geologist under
Governor Altgeld.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02
Pension Orders Revoked.

WASHINGTON, May commissioner of
Pensions Evans has revoked Orders 2O6 and
229, issued by Commissioner Murphy. The
first order restricted congressional calls for
information about pensions to cases within
the senator's or state congressman's dis
trict and provided that data as to Status of
a pension case shall not be furnished more
than once in ninety days. The Pension
Office now proposes to answer all calls for
information, but to do so in printed circu-
lars. The order required all statements in
testimony liz support of claims to be writ
ten in the presence of the witness and from
his oral statement and provided that the
witness also must make a statement that
and only from oral statements, and necessi-
tateS details as to this requirement which
useless and annoying to attorneys and
claimants
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02
A BOYS RAWLINGS.
Before Dying He Said His school,
ma'am Struck Him on the Head.

NEW YORK, May frederick Groom
berger, fourteen years of age, of Newtown,
L. l., died to-day, and the authorities are
seeking to ascertain whether or not his de-
mise was due to the act of his school
was taken i'll three weeks ago, and in his
delirium said that Miss Schouler had
struck him on the head with a ruler. There
was no evidence of such a blow having
been struck, and it was denied by Miss
S~chouleri and none of Croomberger's fell
~low-puplls have been found who saw the
teacher strike the boy.
Later-An autopsy revealed that the boy
dled from ,Vfrulent pleuro-pneumonia. The
teacher. who had been under bonds pending
investigation was exonerated.