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The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-05-27
ASSAiLED ROCKEFELLER.
A Missionary From China Scores the
Standard Oil Magnate.

Pittsburg, May 25.-There was a gen
uine sensation at the Baptist conven-
ton now in session here. The Rev. w.
H. Cossum, missionary from China,
was called upon to tell of the work in
his foreign field. As he mounted the
platform the delegates settled them
selves comfortably for a two hour ad-
dress on foreign missions. What they
got was a rather sensational address on
John d. Rockefeller. 1t was a rhetor-
icaI bombshell.
II know that what l am about to say
will not please all of you,' said Mr.
Cossum, "and may displease many of
you. But l am bold to say what l be-
lieve to be right. | must say what is
burning within me. 1t is this: What
our denomination needs is not rich men,
but holy men. A New York millionaire
has offered us a great gift. say that
great gift should not be accepted unless
John d. Rockefeller first makes con-
feSsion to the American people. We
must accept no money that does not
come from clean hands. Let Mr. Rookie
feller purify himself and bring in this
gift as a righteous, God fearing man,
and then we can accept it.
II know l am not saying what DIR.
WdHteu lie 10 Sdy, Dul L dIIl ilOl
DR.. Duncan's man. He knows it, too
but he is not here just now so that I
can tell him so. / am aware that what
have said is not the sentiment of the
body, but I am bold enough to say what
think should be said regardless of
what the world may think"
AS the speech closed with these words
a little ripple of applause started, but
quickly subsided. 1t was evident that
the delegates were taken by surprise.
The Rev. DIR. Joseph kennard of Chi
cago made a spirited defense of Mr..
Rockefeller asserting that the great
millionaire is a devout Christian and
not a mere worshiper Of wealth. He
scored Mr.. Cossum for his attack on
Mr.. Rockefeller and hinted that the
young missionary would learn modera-
ton with increased experience in the
work
The Rev. DIR. H. Moorhouse, on be-
half of the Home Mission society ex-
pressed it's disapprovai, censured MIR.
Cossum and spoke of Mr. Rockefeller
as the noble benefactor of the Baptist
denomination.
The Rev. Mr. Grant of China, friend
of Mr.. Cossum, defended his colleague,
and the debate became heated. A mo-
tion to adjourn was made and quickly
passed. Upon the fall of the presidents
gavel a babel of tongues broke loose,
the delegates discussing the sensational
4 feature with animation.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-05-27
SPANlARDS IN A RAGE.
Duke of Tetuan After Heated Debate
Assaults a Liberal Senator.

Madrid May 22.-In the Spanish sem
ate there was a heated and tumultuous
debate on the resolution of Senator
Morgan passed by the United States
senate, and the debate here was fol-
lowed by an excited discussion in the
lobbies This led to a dispute between
the Duke of Tetuan, the minister for
foreign affairs, and Senior Comas, a
Liberal senator, which ended in the
duke boxing the senator's ears.
The son of Comas threw himself upon
the duke and struck him heavy blow
with his fist. Several senators inter-
fered, and a general scuffie ensued
with great confusion, and it was some
time before order was restored.
The Duke of Tetuan rendered his
resignation Immediately after the in
cident.
Senator Comas is a professor in the
University of Madrid and is held in
high esteem in scholastic and political
circles.
The Duke of Tetuan and Senator
Comas soon after the assault selected
seconds as a preliminary step to duel.
After much deliberation the seconds de-
cided that as the aggressions were re-
ciprocal a duel was not necessary under
the code duello.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-05-27
DR.. JACKSON WINS.
The Home Missionary Elected Moderator
of Presbyterian General Assembly.

The Home Missionary Elected Moderator
of Presbyterian General Assembly.
Eagle Lake, Ind. May 21-A short
time before a vote for moderator Of the
Presbyterian general assembly was
reached the contest narrowed down to
two candidates-Dr Sheldon Jackson.
the home missionary, and DR.. Henry
c. Minton, the seminary professor. The
politicians of the assembly were treat
ed to a great surprise. and the election
of DR.. Jackson by vote of 313 to 23S
was characterized by many delegates
as breaking of the machine 1t
was claimed as a victory for the more
liberal branch of the church and was
in line with the election of DR.. With
row last year. The new moderator in
taking the chair disclaimed any per-
sonal elelients in his election, but
charged it to the desire of the church
to forward the home missionary work,
of which he is an exponent.
DIR. jackson was born at Minaville,
N. Y, in 1884 He was graduated at
Union college in 1856 and three years
later at Princeton Theological semi
nary. With the exception of a portion
of the period of the civil war, when he
was engaged in hospital work in Ten
nessee and in the employ II the Chris
tian commission in Alabama, the whole
of his life has been spent in the home
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-05-27
JOHN L. M'LAURIN.

Bennettsville. at Bethel Military acad-
emy, near Warrenton, Va; at Swarth-
more college, at the Carolina Military
institute and at the University of Vir-
ginia. He studied law at the last named
school and was admitted to the bar in
1882 In 1890 he was elected to the gen
eral assembly of South Carolina and
was elected attorney general of the
state in the following year. He was
elected a member of the Fifty-third
congress and has sat in the house of
representatives continuously since. At
the last election he received 5000 votes
against $40 for his Republican oppo-
nent, J. E. Wilson.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-05-27
Inheritance Tax Bill Vetoed.

Albany, May Ex-Governor Black has
vetoed the Dudley graduated inherit
anee tax bill, which was passed by the
last legislature. The measure was in
troduced to carry out State Comptroller
James A. Roberts ideas upon the ques-
ton and was suggested by him as a
means to tax personal property at the
death of its owner The action of Gov
ernor Black was not unexpected, as it
was announced several days ago that
the measure did not meet his approval
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-05-27
MONEY FOR CUBA.
To Raise S1.Ooo,ooo by Sale of Bonds
and Donations.

and Donations.
New York, May 26.-Officers of the
CuSan league have decided to attempt
the raising of a fund of 81, 600 in the
United States, believing that this will
enable the Cubans to establish their
independence. The fund is to be raised
in two ways-by donations and by the
sale of gold bonds at per cent, paya-
BILE ten years after the evacuation of
Cuba by the Spanish troops"
Already about $4,000 has been raised
toward this fund. Among those who
have purchased bonds are John Jacob
Astor, $1,000 Colonel Ethan Allen, ST.
900; DR.. w. Seward Webb, s400; N. F.
Griswold, $500, and Edward Mckinley,
$3.50. w. e. D. Stokes has donated 81, 900,
"a lady friend of Cuba $500 and Mrs.
Charles Broughton Wood of Simsbury,
Conn, $100.
The bonds are issued in denomina-
tions of 81 900, $500, 500 and $50, all of
which are sold for so cents on the dol
lar. Bonds of $5 and $40 are sold at
Dar
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-05-27
PhilsdeIphia cricketers sail.

Philadelphia. May 26-The picked
team of Philadelphia cricketers. who will
play about Is matches in England this
summer, left here for New York, where
they viii sail for Liverpool on the
steamship ST. Paul The first match
will be with the Oxford university at
Oxford. June 10. One member of the
team, A. M. Wood, is already in Eng
land. having sailed some two weeks ago
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-05-27
Murdered Man an Alleged Defaulter.

Altoona, Pa, May 24.-Eugene Sebas-
tian Fleischer, who was murdered in
Pittsburg Friday morning, leaves a
wife and son in this city. 1t is said
that he deserted them in Hollidaysburg
IA years ago for another woman, whom
he took away with him. At that time
it was charged he was defaulter to
an insurance company and several Sc
cret societies with which he was Off
cially connected
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-05-27
Death of an eminent Kentuckian.

Owensboro, KY. May 26.-Dr. J. F..
Kimbley, late surgeon general of Ken
lucky, died at this place of apoplexy.
He was surgeon of the Eleventh Ken
lucky infantry and for many years a
Republican leader in the Second Ken
tuckv district.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-05-27

Bristol. r. l., May 26-Part of the
National India Rubber company's works
in this city were shut down owing to a
strike Of the operatives Of the lawn ten
mis- shops They demand a promise from
the company not to dock the pay In
future for blistered work.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-05-27
DIR. SHELDON JACKSON.

mission field in almost every state and
territory west of the Mississippi river
as Presbyterian and synodical mission
ary. In 1877 he went to Alaska and
was the father of missions in that re-
gion. subsequently, he became United
States commissioner of education for
Alaska and continues to hold that posi-
ton
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-05-27

London, May pa dispatch to The
Daily Mail from Bloenfontein, Orange
Free State, South Africa, says that the
raed. after a debate lasting several
days, has rejected, by the casting vote
of the chairman, proposal to restrict
the franchise granted to the uitlanders.
President Steyn supported the proposal.
which was evidently the outcome of the
recent visit of President Kruger.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-05-27
Druggists Accidental Death.

Binghamton, N. Y, May 25.-F. NJ
Bailey, a druggist. was found dead in
his store. On the prescription desk was
found a pestel containing cyanide Of
potassium. There is a supposition that
Mr.. Bailey while at work with this pre-
scription was overcome by the fumes.
The deceased recently came here from
New York city
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-05-27
EARLE'S SUCCESSOR.


John L. McLaurin senator.
Columbia, S. G., May Governor
Ellerbee has issued a commission to
Congressman John L. McLaurin as
United States senator from South Caro-
lima to succeed the late Senator Earle
until the assembling of the legislature
in January next. Mr.. McLaurin is now
the representative of the Sixth con-
gressional district, this being his sec
ond term.
John Loundes McLaurin was born ar
Red Bluff, S. c., on May 9, 1860 He
was educated at the village school in
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-05-27
Prince victor very Ill.

Bucharest. May 26-Prince Ferdinand
Victor, crown prince of Roumania is
dangerously i'll with pneumonia. He
was born Aug. "a, 1865.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-05-27
Wednesday, May s6.


Charles Hillyard, a Brooklyn lawyer,
killed his young son and committed
suicide.
President Mckinley nominated Ed
win Fl. Conger to be minister to Brazil
and Brigadier General John r. Brooke
to be major general.
Congressman Quigg was elected chair
man of the Republican county COM
mittee of New York to succeed Mr..
Lauterbach by a vote of 173 to 2.
Special dispatches from Washington
state that President Mckinley will seek
consular advice as to the best method
Of distribution before giving relief to
Americans in Cuba.
The trial of Henry o. Havemeyer,
president of the Sugar trust, for con-
tempt of the senate in refusing to an
swer questions about contributions to
campaign funds began in Washington.
w. F. Mittman, a dancing master,
killed himself in the Chicago Chamber
Of Commerce. He first shot himself
and then jumped 10 stories to the street.
letter in his pocket said his wife had
wrongfully accused him.
The three Democrats in the New Jer-
sey senate held up the nomination of
Joseph Rice for manager of the Tren-
ton asylum. alleging that he is no lon
ger Democrat. He supported McKin-
ley last fall on the gold standard.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-05-27

Chairman Aldrich States the Republican
Position Mr.. Vest Outlines the Demo-
cratic Opposition Mr.. Cannon Gives the
siIverites' Views.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-05-07
A College Girl.

She was a Vassar graduate, and
didn't know little bit about house.
keeping when she married her last
beau and settled down to domestic
life.
Her first order at the grocer's was a
crusher, but that good man was used
to all sorts of people and could in.
terpret Vassar as plain English.
81 want ten pounds of paralyzed
sugar." she said, with business air.
"Yes'm. Anything else9"
1.-TWO cans of condemned milk"
"Yes'm." He set down pulverized
sug.", condensed milk"
Anything more, ma'amT
"a bag of fresh salt-be sure that it
is fresh."
"Yes'm. What next~
"A pound of desecrated Goldfish"
"Yes'm." He wrote glibly "desic.
Gated cod"
Nothing more, ma'am? Here's
some nice horse radish just in."
"No," she said, with sad wabble to
her flexible voice, it would be of no
use, as we don't keep horse"
Then the grocer sat down on a kit
of mackerel and famed himself with a
patent washboard. Vassar had taken
the cake.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-05-07
Hints About Lamps.

To prevent lamp from smelling
Extensively, and from leaking over,
trim the wick and clean the burner
thoroughly each day. Do not have
the reservoir quite full. Always turn
the wick we'll down into the wick
tube before blowing out. After the
lamp is trimmed in the morning, turn
the wick we'll down into the tube.
Wash the burners in soap and water
once week. The offensive odor
comes from particles of charred wick
which remain in the burners, and the
leakage comes from having the lamp
too full or having the wick come to
the top of the tube. Induplex lamps,
with extinguishers, open the ex-
tinguishers after putting out the
lamp.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-05-07
Color OF Wafships.

The elaborate experiments by Ger
many to ascertain the best colors for
war ships have led to the conviction
that olive green, which is favored by
the United States navy in time of war
is the best, because it renders ships
least visible to an enemy. 1t is true
that dark brown has great advantages
by day, but there is no doubt that
olive green is the hardest to make out
at night.
During the rebellion of the Brazilian
fleet under Admiral Mello, in 1894
the loyal ships were painted olive
green, which enabled the rebel flag.
ship Aquidaban to come within 40O
yards undetected and destroy her.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-05-07
STATISTICS CONDENSED.

1t costs Illinois $2,0O0,OO0 annually
to punish criminals.
There are always 10000 strangers
sightseeing in London.
The school children of Sweden plant
about 100000 trees every year.
A ton of sea water is supposed to
contain about fourteen grains of gold.
Every year layer OF the sea four
teen feet thick is taken up into the
clouds.
This year is the centennial of the
silk hat, which first came into COM
mon use in Paris in 1897.
About $4,000, 900 worth of American
whisky is annually sent abroad, most
of it from Baltimore.
A German statistician estimates that
12,OOO,OOO,OO0 copies of newspapers
are printed every year.
Louisiana claims to have the largest
farm in the world. 1t is 100 miles
long by 25 miles broad.
1t is calculated that by the end of
the year 1000 there will be 100 0OO,-
600 English speaking persons on the
globe.
According to the recent census the
population of Greece is 2,41S,OO0, or
an increase of 100000 over the figures
of 1889.
He'll Chatelain, the traveller in Af-
rica, says that among the 2OO,OOO,OO
of people in the Dark Continent 50,-
600 are slaves.
The poles of Jupiter are fattened
almost exactly like those of the earth.
The phenomenon can be plainly seen
with the telescope.
In the fiords OF the Norway coasts
the clearness of the water is wonder
full. At depth of thirty fathoms OBJ
jects the size of silver dollar may be
clearly seen.
A man in South Carolina has about
forty acres of land under cultivation
devoted to tea plants. His shrubs are
about three feet high and planted in
rows six feet apart.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-05-07
A Lesson I'm Econ Omy.

Consul Germain, writes the State
Department, from Zurich, in regard to
a plan recently introduced in the
public schools of several European
cities. In Brussels, the children at
tending public schools were requested
by their teachers to gather up, on
their way to and from the school, all
such apparently valueless objects as
old metallic bottle capsules, tin foil,
tin cans, paint tubes, refuse metals,
ETC., and deliver the collections daily
to their respective teachers. In the
period from January to October l.,
1895, or within eight months, the
following amounts were collected: Tin
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-05-07

foil, 1925 pounds; old paint tubes, 220
pounds; bottle capsules, 4 4,415 pounds; !;
scraps of metal, 1921, pounds; total,
1881 pounds. This apparent rubbish
was disposed of and the proceeds ap-
piled so as to completely clothe 500
poor children and send 80 sick ones to
recuperation colonies, and there still
remained quite balance, which was
distributed among the poor sick OF
the city.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-05-07
LOVE ME NOW.

II your ever going to love me,
Love me now while can know,
All the sweet and tender feelings
Which from real affection flow.
Love me now while am living
Do not wait till am gone,
And then chisel it in marble
Warm love words Oh ice-cold stone.
If you've dear sweet thoughts about me,
Why not whisper them to me?
Don't you know it would make me happy,
And as glad as glad can be-
If You wait till am sleeping.
Ne'er to waken here again,
ThereIl be walls of earth between us,
And couldn't hear you then.
II you knew some one was thirsting
For drop of water sweet,
Would you be so slow to bring it,
Would you step with laggard feet?
There are lender hearts all round us,
Who are thirsting for our love:
Shall We begrudge to them what heaven
Has kindly sent us from above?
Iwont feel your kind caresses
When the grass grows O'er my face;
Iwont crave your love or kisses
In my last. low resting place.
So. if you do love me any.
If it's but little bit,
Id rather know it now while
Can, living, own I'D treasure it.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-05-07

is now in regular service. She was
hardly launched before the North
German Lloyds Company ordered the
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse, with a
length of nearly $50 feet, while two or
three others were ordered at the same
time, all having a length of over 600
ieet.
The rapid development of the twin
screw principle and the Improvements
recently made in the complicated ma
chinery of ocean steamships have made
the profitable use of these enormous
steamers possible. The Great Eastern
was such q colossal financial failure
that it was thought nobody would
ever again attempt the construction of
so large a vessel.
The Great Eastern bankrupted the
company that built her, and hardly
earned enough to pay for the coal she
burned. So great have been the inn
provements in ocean navigation that
now the Oceanic, burning half the coal
the Great Eastern consumed, will cross
the ocean in less than half the time
that unwieldly craft took to make the
voyage.
She will be an exceedingly fast ship,
as she is intended for the first-class
passenger service. She is expected to
land her passengers regularly every
Wednesday morning in New York
and Liverpool, making the trip across
the Atlantic in less than a week. She
is to make Queenstown by daylight,
enabling her passengers to travel to
places beyond the port of arrival and
reach their homes in comfort during
the day.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-05-07

The biggest ships now afloat are all
considerably smaller than this new
ocean monster, which is to be built in
the north of Ireland. She will be LA
feet longer than the new Pennsylvania,
of the Hamburg-American Line, and
"a feet longer than either the Cam
pania or the Lucania.
She will be 1O4 feet longer than the
Kaiser Frederick, now being built for
the North German Lloyds Company
in Germany. The Oceanic will be 55
feet longer than the great Kaiser Will
helm der Crosse, whose frame is now
upon the stocks.
The enormous size of this vessel will
make the question of docking her at
the end of every voyage serious one.
Swung across the North river, she will
be SO long as almost to close it up, yet
the docks of the White Star Line are
ample for her accommodation, once
she has been backed into her place.
Turning her in the river will require
the assistance of dozens of tugs. The
ordinary tug will look like mere toy
beside this monster. Fifty of the Or
dinary fourteen.foot rowboats strung
along her side would reach from stem
to stern, and her water line will be
more than twice as long as that of Ar
thur Sewall's Roanoke, the biggest
sailing vessel in the world.
An army of stewards, engineers and
sailors will make up the crew of this
enormous vessel. With her crew and
passengers, she will carry more people
than make up the population of the
average American village. The people
on board of her will outnumber the
residents of many well-known towns.
This monster ship could Carry the
entire audience of the Metropolitan
Opera House across the ocean. All of
the members of the House of Repre-
sentatives and the Senate, as we'll as
the President and his Cabinet, the
Judges Of the Supreme Court of the
United States and the heads of the de-
partments in Washington, could find
accommodation in her cabin, and take
the Marine Band along to amuse
them. There would still be room
enough in the cabin for the Legisla-
ture of the State of New York.
The Oceanic will have beam of 70
feet. She would, therefore, fill up
Broadway if she were placed in the
center of that thoroughfare, and her
main deck would be on level with
the tenth story of many of the tallest
Office buildings.
There have been rumors during the
past few years of the coming OF this
giantess of the seas. 1t was said she
would be called the Gigantic or the
Titantic, and that she would be over
700 feet in length.
At first these runlors were ridiculed
by expert naval architects, who as
serted that no such vessel would pay,
even if che were manageable, and that
the limit of size had already been
reached. But during the past year
and a half the construction OF big
ships has made enormous strides.
The first of the new feet of ocean
monsters was the Pennsylvania, which
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-05-07

VIENNA University has accepted the
inevitable and granted the degree Of
Doctor of Medicine for the first time
to a woman, the Baroness Possauer
von Ehrenthal, who recently was adj
mitted to practice in Austria after
passing the requisite State examina-
ton. She had received the degree
from Zurich many years before.