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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-22
A METHODIST CONGRESS
MOST NOTABLE RELIGIOUS GATHER
ING EVER IN PTTTsBURG.
Bishops and Delegates to Consider
Relations of the Church and De-
mands of the Time.

PITTSBURG, Nov. 21.-Pittsburg has.
perhaps, never been the scene of a more
notable religious gathering than the Meth
odist Episcopal Church Congress, which be-
gan a six-day session at Christ Church this
morning. In conception, purpose and treat
ment, it is unique in ecclesiastical annals
and marks an epoch in religious history
The call for the congress-, which was
signed by Bishops Vincent Ninde and Fitz-
gerald and many prominent Methodist edu-
Gators. says:
THE congress does not propose to invite
or favor destructive criticism of existing
institutions, but simply to bring out from
persons representing different phases of in
tellectual activity, a frank expression as to
whether the church can meet any more
fully than it does the demands of our times
and, If so, wherein its activities may be
modified or directed to advantage. The
congress will not concern itself with ques-
tions Of church policy, but with issues
bearing on the relation of the church to
the thought and life of the people as af-
fected by current scientific and literary
teachings. The congress win aim to secure
an adequate presentation of the tenden-
cieS of current scientific and literary teach
ingS, and also suggestions as to the best
service to be rendered by the church in
interpreting those tendencies for the spir-
itual and intellectual advantage of it's fol-
lowers"
The list of speakers who will attend the
congress includes the names of many of the
brightest men in the denomination, and the
topics announced for discussion are such as
will doubtless prove attractive to all think
ers, without regard to their UNCONVENTIONAL
affiliations. Delegates from all parts of the
country will be present during the week
The inaugural session was auspicious and
evinced the popular favor with which the
movement has been received. =
Bishop John H. Vincent, of Chautauqua
fame. who will preside over the congress,
preached this morning to an audience that
packed Christ Church to the doors. His
text was BE We doors of the word, and not
hearers only, deluding your own selves"
The sermon, which occupied almost an
hour in its delivery. was a remarkable ex-
hibit of pulpit eloquence.
In the afternoon Charles H. Payne. D. D.,
of New York. lectured on The Young Life
in the Church.
AT o'clock this evening President B. p.
Raymond, of Wesleyan University Middle
town, Conn.,, delivered an address on The
Christian Home, the High School and the
College AT the various M. K. churches
sermons and addresses were delivered on
The Church of Christ for the Life of To-
day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-22
Told ef the Crank Drummer.
Youths Companion.


From 1889 to 1893 was postmaster at
Huntington, w. Va. A day or two before
the Christmas of 1889 a stranger appeared
at the postoffice and asked If we had any
letters or packages which could not be
forwarded for lack of proper postage.
Many, / answered.
Bring them all out, and let us send them
on their way said he, at the same time
taking bank note from his pocket.
THE accumulations held for postage
were produced. were properly stamped and
were sent to the canceling table, the stran-
ger paying for the necessary stamps.
Now said he, will leave 81 more in
your hands tn be expended for stamps, in
case other matter should be deposited dur
ing the holidays with insufficient postage.
You can keep record of the amount and
we will settle when / call again.
VIII you leave your name? asked.
oh, that's not necessary; I'm only
drummer he answered.
''This act he repeated every year at the
toq3 vhau he
ing unable to reach Huntington before the
holidays, he iuclosed 80 in a letter 20 me
postmaster, asking that it be expended, If
necessary in the same way. The letter
was signed, The Crank Drummer
After his second visit he was traced TO a
hotel, and his name learned from the regis
ter. give it TO you privately, but 1t Is per-
haps not best to reveal 1t. Whether he has
continued his crank practice L do not
know"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-22
Who Rescued Mount Vermont
Nauu Xnrk Post

In your issue of yesterday there appeared
an article copied from the Boston Trans
cript giving report of the story as told
Warren and Prescott Chapter, Daughters
of the American Revolution, of how Mount
Vernon was saved to the Nation by a
made that this patriotic work was done by
Miss Ann Cunningham, a gentlewoman of
old Virginia" This is an error, and ask
permission to correct 1t. The woman who
saved Mount Vernon was Miss Ann Pamela
Cunningham of South Carolina, in which
State she was born and reared. Miss Gun.
character and of unusual accomplishments
She devised the plan by which Mount Yer
non was saved, and though confirmed IN
of patient labor and in spite of obstacles
which would have been insurmountable 10
one Of less courage and patriotism.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-22
CHARACTERIZATION Union Omcers

BOSTON. Nov 21.-At the closing session
of the National Evangelization Union these
officers were elected: President, Horace
Hitchcock, Detroit; vice presidents, Bishop
c. D. Foss of Philadelphia, George E. At
wood Of Boston, James E. Ingram of Balti-
more; corresponding secretary, Rev. F..
Mason, New York city; financial secretary,
Rev. c. A. Littlefeld; treasurer j. B..
Hobbs, Chicago; additional members of the
executive committee, Rev. S. w. Parding
ton of Brooklyn, DR.. J. F: James Of Phila-
delphia, H. Samson of Pittsburg H. Bon
ton of Cleveland; board of managers, Allie
gheny, Pa, c.. M. Schoyer; Baltimore, s..
NJ Abercrombie; Chicago William Deer
ing; Cincinnati J. M. Gamble; Columbus,
B. A. Matthews; Detroit, W. L. Holiness;
Indianapolis, Rev. E. B. Rawls; Jersey
City, w. H. Beach; Kansas City Rev. F..
B. Price: Milwaukee. Rev. D. G. Johns;
Minneapolis, DR.. ]. F. Force; Philadelphia,
Rev. w. p. Golf; Pittsburg, Rev. Arthur
Staples; St. Louis, Rev. O. M Stewart;
Washington. w. F. Swatzel; Newark, Rev.
r. K. Boyd; St. Paul. Rev. N. P. Mar
shall; Denver d. P. Vincent. The conven-
ton will be held next year in Detroit.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-22
THE CASE AGAINST DREYFUs.
Emperor Williams Testimony Was
Not Taken, Though offered.

Emperor Williams Testimony Was
Not Taken, Though offered.
LONDON. Nov o. - The Paris CORE
spordent Of the Daily Chronicle says: THE
name of Emperor William is now persist
emily connected with the Dreyfus affair.
1t is currently reported that at the time of
the trial he wrote to NJ. Casimir-PeEier,
giving his word of honor as a man that
Dreyfus had not betrayed France for the
German government, adding that, if neces-
sary, he would give his word as Emperor,
with all its consequences President Cast
mir-Perler communicated this to the Cab
met soon after Dreyfus was condemned.
Emperor William, much hurt, instructed
the German ambassador at Paris to ask il
the discriminating documents had been pro-
cured on German territory. NJ. CaSimir-
Perier made a guarded reply, but in view
OF the fact that he had been kept in igno-
rance by the Cabinet of what was going
on and had to sanction the sentence on
Dreyfus, despite the Kaisers word of hon
or, he decided to resign the presidency, and
seized the first occasion which occurred
namely, the overthrow of the Dupuy Cab
met
The GauIois says it was in order, to
avert grave consequences arising from
Emperor Williams having given his word
OF honor that the court-martial was held
with closed doors, and certain documents,
In accordance with the request of the En-
peror, were not produced at the trial"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-22

Harper's Weekly.


1t is hard to say whether cycling is more
popular in England than in America. 1t
certainly ought to be more universal mere
because of the excellent roads which radl-
ate from London in all directions Last
Sunday / spent with some old friends in
surrey about twenty-five miles from Lon
don, on the Brighton road. OF course
went on my bicycle and found the whole
distance as smooth as the central part OF
the Riverside drive. The. temptation 10
scorch is well-nigh irresistible, for the roads
are crowded with young men who go down
to Brighton, fifty miles, of a Saturday
afternoon. and come home Sunday evening.
My host in Surrey was country squire
farming some three hundred acres OF lana,
and as happens usually in England, ne
acted several days in the week as justice
of the peace without salary. asked MN
how he managed to prevent screening
through the streets of Reigate. he sara
It was very simple. Three policemen are
of the other. The first is in plain clothes.
He addresses the Scorcher with the words,
'FYOu are going too fast. sir. Ine ScorcHer
NAV retort by denying this, and proceed
ing. bThe second policeman is IN UNIFORM.
He greets the scorcher with an order TO
sfoD hut confident in his powers. the young
man flies past him with fiippant II not
nrofane remark After these two warnings
the Young man is allowed to come TO grleT
at the hands of policeman NO. ), VINO is
armed with a staff six feet long, and this
Is dexterously applied in such manner as
+o steer the offender into the nelghporlnS
hedge Here he is arrested and brought De-
fore the justices OF the peace hol mere
On account of furious driving. but also Or
chewing CONTEMPT for the law. My most
IA himself q keen wheelman. and in Iuil
svnpathy with bicycling as pasume. Inc
low hits only a dangerously large class OF
racing men who are nuisance 10 sne Pup-
i,c because of their rudeness on the nigh
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-22
THE DELAGoA BAY CASE.
Award of Arbitration Made After
Years of DeInN.


LONDON, Nov. PA dispatch to the
Daily News from Pretoria says it is under
stood there that the award of the Berne
tribunal in the Delagoa bay case is in favor
of the McMGrdo claim for a sum under
s2,O0O00O sterling (under $1O,OOOOO), and
that Portugal has completed arrangements
tor a settlement.
The Delagoa Bay Railroad Company ar
bitration, to give it it's full title, is an out
come of the negotiations between Great
Britain and Portugal as to the action of
the latter in East Africa. The company
claimed compensation for the seizure of it's
line by Portugal on June 20, 1883. The case
involved also the interest of Colonel Nc
MrTdo. The matter was referred to Joseph
Tribunal, Charles Sedan, president of the
Council of State in the Canton de Vaud.
and Andreas Haussler, professor of law
Basic University, arbitrators the gov
eminent of Portugal having presented a
counter claim. To this the COM
pany sent reply and the gov
eminent of Portugal made a re-
yjoinder. There the matter rested for years,
nothing apparently being done. Last July,
in the Marquis of Salisburys reply to the
Earl of Mayo, he said the delay in the
award was most extraordinary, and added
he feared the arbitration would emulate
the delays of the Court of Chancery.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-22
T.BET's SACRED CITY.
All Efforts of Foreigners to Secure
Entry Have Failed.
New York Sun.


No white man has set foot within Lhasa,
the famous center of Buddhism, since
Father Hue in his fascinating volume, de-
scribed the eventful journey which he and
Father CADET, disguised as Chinese Budd-
hists, made to the sacred city In lSiG. AT
least a dozen explorers, from Prejevalsky,
the Russian, to Bouvalot, the trenchman;
Carey, the Englishman, and Rockhill, the
American have done their best to reach
the city, but have invariably been turned
back. Bouvalot got within a days journey
Lhasa is fairly well known. and there Is
no very pressing reason why anybody
wanted, except the fact that access to the
city is forbidden to those who are not
BuddhiStS. and therefore explorers have
thought it would be great feather in their
caps TO enter the place, willy nilly. For
years the Indian government has sent ma
tives of India into Tibet to carry out ex-
tended explorations. Some of these ex-
plorers have made long sojourns in Lhasa,
and in their REPORTS have described the city
minutely. They succeeded in entering the
city In the gulse of mendicants, petty
merchants, or devoteeS. One of the most
famous among them seemed 10 the Tibetans
to be a very pious man. He was constantly
referring to his prayer barrel which. how
ever was nothing more than a place of
concealment for his scientific instruments.
The Tibetans tell all white men who apply
for admittance TO their holy city that they
do not want any foreigners in Lhasa. They
say, with some shreWdness, that they have
observed that when white men get into a
place and like Ii they never leave 1t, and
they bring all the natives into subsection to
their will They would consider themselves
false to their religion if they exposed the
home OF the Grand Lama, the city which
all disciples of Buddha regard with ven
Grafton, to contamination or capture by
foreigners of other religious faiths
Considering all the annoyance which I'M
fortunate explorers have given to the au-
thorities of Lhasa, the intruders have been
pretty we'll treated. deputation of Of
ficials from Lhasa has usually met the
white men two or three days march from
the city Sometimes the discussions wheth-
er or not the gates of Lhasa should be
opened to the particular party that was
just then anxious TO step inside have con-
tinued for several days Every visitor has
sealed book to him, but as a rule the in
truders have been courteously treated, and
often horses and provisions have been sold
to them to help them on their way. The
misery inflicted upon Mr. Landor however
seems to show that the T1betans have en-
tirely lost their patience.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-22
The First lNoman,s club.
' York Commercial Advertiser.

NeW GoEk commercial Advertiser.
The first womar's club founded in Amer
lca ABOUT which we have authentic infor-
NATION differed from the wonan's club OF
To-Day IN many respects. chief among them
being that II had clearly defined and useful
aims, and plausible reason for existing.
1t was called The Female Society for
the Relief and Improvement of the Poor
ana was founded by Quaker spinster,
Anne Paris. The City o. Penn was the
birthplace of this club and there ii was or
canned lO2 years ago. The society con-
sisted of twenty-three young accomplished
women OF the best families, who met every
week to go among the poor and needy.
When the city was visited by yellow fever,
shortly after the formation of the club, the
mettle of its members was tried and found
to ring true; while nearly everyone who had
three Quaker women stayed with Anne
Parish and fought the plague. raising
money, visiting the dying, clothing the well
and comforting the bereaVed. From that
time to the present the society has endured
and continued in the work thus early initi-
ated. The membership is passed down
through the eldest daughter, and the meth
DDS are not altered from those first chosen;
there is no president nor vice president,
the only officers being two clerks, treas
urer and a committee of thirteen; the prom
inent work of the club is the maintenance
of a "house of industry" where nearly one
hundred old Quaker women of INDECENT cir
in comfortable quarters in the house in
which the club has lodged since the middle
of this century. The women are paid good
wages for their work, and are given a good
meal in the middle of the day, besides being
provided with easy chairs while they work.
The society women provide them with sew
ing, and bachelors send thither their mend
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-22
A Cheeky Thief.
Washington Post.


Before the day Of the cash register
had In my employ as a barkeeper one OF
the greatest rogues that ever practiced the
game of hold out, said Mr.. K. w.
Meyer, of Colorado, at the Riggs.
~ knew the rascal was pilfering all the
while, but hated to discharge him for he
was by long odds the eleverest man in his
line that / ever saw. He could mix the
most palatable drinks. jolly the customers
better and attract more trade than any of
his tribe, and that is the reason L put UP
with his populations.
FINALLY l got into the habit of actually
searching him before he went off duty
every day. and it was rare thing that 1
did not recover coin. Once, when it was
time for him to leave the place, I noticed
that he seemed in no hurry to go ana in
quired the cause. With the utmost assur-
ance he confessed that he had been waiting
for me to go for he had hidden some silver
in the ice box and couldn't get it while 1
was watching him.
You must recollect, said he, that men
in all professions have their own way OF
grating, and this Is mine Though the
proposition was put in this plausible form
l was unable to see it's force, and my pa
thence being exhausted / gave the fellow a
dismissal that was final. But in all my
experience l never saw quite the match of
this barkeeper for frankness and audacity
in owning up to light fingered work"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-22
Judge Thomas Leverett Nelson.

WORCESTER. Mass, Nov. 2l.--Judge
Thomas Leverett Nelson. of the United
Massachusetts. died at 1890 O'Clock this
morning at his home in this city, after a
long Illness, aged seventy.
Judge Nelson was born at Haverhill, N.
H, and educated at Dartmouth College and
the University of Vermont. He spent five
years in the practice of his original profess
sion, that of civil engineer. He was largely
engaged in railroad construction in New
England, New York Ohio and Pennsyl-
vania. An accident to his knee compelled
him to give up engineering. and during the
time which elapsed before he was able to
be out again he studied law. He was adj
mtted TO the bar and acquired large prac-
tice, and was associated with Senator Geo.
i. Hoar. In 1879 he was appointed United
States district Judge for MASSACHUSETTS,.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-22

VIENNA, Nov A.-The hostility between
the Christian Socialists and the Social Dem
ocrats, which exists in all parts of Austria
and frequently leads to sharp collisions be-
tween the rival partisans, has resulted in Sc
rious rioting at Gratz, the capital city of
Styria, and the seat of important cotton
and wooden manufactures. While the
Christian Socialists were holding a meeting
there to-day the Social Democrats forced
their way In. broke up the meeting and
pelted the Christian Socialists with beer
glasses. Some of the invaders threw chairs
and several of the Christian Socialists were
badly hurt. The promoters of the meeting
rushed from the hall and the disturbances
were continued on the street outside The
police and military We're summoned, but
were stoned by the rioters. They then
charged the mob with fixed bayonets, kill
ing one person and wounding many. Ten
of the ringleaders have been arrested. Fly e
policemen were badly hurt during the riot
Ing. Stringent measures have been taken to
prevent recurrence of the disorder.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-22
Ante-NrrtiaI Agreements.
Chicago Post.

Chicago FOSl
The Illinois State Supreme Court has
lust decided that an ante-nuptial marriage
contract entered into by woman is void
question the woman agreed before marriage
that she would accept $500 in full as her
widows dover in case her husband died,
but the court has decided in effect, that a
woman never means what she says before
marriage. or very kelly doesn't know her
own mind-a theory that has been much
most earnestly combated by woman. There
fore. it is most gratifying. to have the mat
ter definitely settled that a woman does not
She may be in years, until she marries.
Under such circumstances one can readily
understand why it is almost invariably the
man. and not the woman, who is sued for
breach of promise.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-22
LYNCHlNG FEVER in OHIO.
Urbana Citizens Itching to Lay Hands
ON an Unknown Brute.

URBANA, o., Nov. 2.-This city was
thrown into feverish excitement tonight by
the report of another attempted assault.
The victim is Miss Emma Groves, an elder
~ maiden lady who lives with her sister
on West Ward street. About o'clock this
evening Miss Groves stepped out of the
back door of her home and was instantly
seized by a man, who threw his arms
around her neck and held her firmly. Miss
Groves was badly treated and painfully in
Jured. The attempted assault was COM
mitted at about the same hour and in the
same manner as that perpetrated on Miss
Carey on Friday evening, and II is believed
by the same party Groups of excited men
are standing about on the streets discussing
the AFFAIR, and II the culprit is caught he
Will be lynched in short order.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-22
vindicates Warszawiak.

NEW YORK, Nov. H.-Rev. Henry Var
ley, the English butcher evangelist" who
came to this country under instruction Of
the English and Canadian Presbyterian
missions to investigate the charges of gam
bling and misrepresentation of church funds,
preferred by Rev. DIR. A. f. Schauffer,
against DR.; John Halls protege, Hermann
pieted his renort In it he vindicates the
accused man and devotes considerable
space to denunciation of DR.. Schauffier
Copies of the report have been sent to DR..
John Hall, of the Fifth-avenue Presbyte-
rian Church, the English, Scotch and Cana
dian mission headquarters and TO Mr..
WarszaWiak must appeal to the synod for
Vindication.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-22
MURDERERS ON THE STAND.
Both Thorn and Mrs. Mack Will Tes-
tify in the Trial To-day.

NEW YORK, Nov 21.-Martin Thorn will
tomorrow be placed on trial for the Sec
ond time for the murder of Guldensuppe.
Thorn and Mrs. Mack will both appear on
the stand An important witness, not sub
poenaed in the first trial. will be Constan-
tine Keehn, a barber, who worked beside
Thorn for nearly a. year. On his testimony
the state will base the argument that it
was Thorn. and not Mrs. Mack, who
planned and committed the crime. Thorn's
testimony will be equal to a plea of being
an accessory after the fact. His part IN
aid Mrs Mack in disposing of the CHASTITY
remains and protecting her by silence,
claiming that the woman did the murder.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-22
Ri.h Pntrnna az Mrs. Rooth.

NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-The feature at the
annual meeting of the Volunteers of Amer
ica, over which DR.. Chauncey M. Dgpew VII
preside, at Carnegie Hall. tomorrow night,
will be the ordination of Mrs. Darlington
Booth as a minister of 1.-THE Church of God
in General" The clergymen who will take
part in the ceremony will be the Rev. DR..
Amory H. Bradford, Congregational min
lister, of Bradford, N. j.; Rev. DIR. Res Mac
Arthur Baptist; Rev. Josiah Strong and
Rev. DR.. Gregg, a Presbyterian minister OF
Brooklyn. John Wanamaker is expected TO
be present All the boxes have been sold at
high prices, and among the purchasers are
the Rockefeller, Billings, w. e: Dodge, stu
art Dodge, Hammersley, Stickney, Meal
pine Otis Livingstone and Vanderbilt fam
HES