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The evening times., 1899-05-23
DR.. BRIGGS BREAKS SILENCE
Anrna His Views 10 bishop Clark,
Of Rhode Island.

-.
Anrnai His Views 10 DIshop Clark,
Of Rhode Island.
New York, May 1.-The Rev. DR..
Charles A. Briggs has broken his silence
on the criticismssof his book and his orii-
nation as priest Of the Episcopal Church.
In q letter to the Right Rev. DR.. Thomas
M. Clark, Bishop of Rhode leland and
Presiding Bishop Of the Episcopal Church
in this country. he says: .
II think we are about to enter a new
age Of the world, and that these things
will Be prominent in It: The immanence
Of God; the living. reigning Christ as
Priest and King the presence Of the in
dwelling Spirit in the individual and in
the organlxm Of the Church; the practice
Of holy lone. entire santification. the COM
munion Of saints in this world and In the
other world. and the reconciliation and
reunion OF Christ's Church.
Il havesbeen brought to see these things
and to regard them as the great banner
principles for the future. Eor them 1
stand with all my soul. while 1 do not
neglect or In any way discard any portion
Of the Inheritance Of Christ's Church in
doctrine or In life. a
Il am assured by my pupils that 1 make
the Bible to them more real, more power
full. more divine. / have never heard a
single one OF the thirteen hundred theo-
logical students have trained In the past
twenty-six years who has said that i'm
paired his faith In Holy Scripture. The
testimony is all the other way"
Bishop Matthew Harkins, of the Catho
lie Diocese OF Providence. r. l., has an
organ. weekly paper called the Wish
tor" Its editor is the Rev. Thomas l..
Kelly. In the issue Of Saturday last the
Briggs case Is commented on. The writer
says the Rev. DIR. De Costa possibly was
hasty in contradicfing Bishop Potter's
statement that Catholic scholars had en-
dorsed DR.. Briggs book. The article con-
tinues:
we know of one professor of Scripture
whose views on the Aessianic idea are
strikingly novel. and We know OF another
"a member Of a faculty which sosemnly
thanked the Holy Father for his wise and
timely encyeiicai 'Providentfssimus Deus"
published in 1Ss3-whose private views are
At variance with his public profession Of
loyalty to the doctrines Of the encyclical
in question. who says that they know
nothing about Scripture In Rome and that
'PrOvidenttssimus Deus' Is q mere rehash
of old-fashioned opinions. These things
are notorious"
The evening times., 1899-05-23
Hannibal Hamlin a Good shot.

(From the kenncbec Journai.)
Thirty birds at one shot is not bad record
for even an embryo Vice President. But such is
the story the old-timeTs at Columbia Falls tel
OF Hannibal IIamln when he was studying law
In his brothers office in that town. In those
times the late Vice President was full of boyish
freaks, and always ready to start excite
ment. One drowsy afternoon late in the summer
a flock of pigeons, while making the flight over
the town. were observed by the young student.
who raised the Office window, and with an old
hiunderbuss loaded with cut shot let 20 vol
ley at the birds, and when the smoke cleared
away there was not to be seen in the air.
for Hamlin's unerring aim. and the way the old
bell l-muzzle gun scattered the charge, had annihi-
lated the entire flock Of thirty.
The evening times., 1899-05-23
Civilian Interference mt Manila.

Civilian Interference mt Manila.
Our evening news from Manila is not
as promising as might have been hoped
for. and is calculated to remind US that
there is some risk in mixing mp civilian
commissions with the details of ending a
war. People who have given any attention
to the subject are already tired of hearing
that one -insurgent delegation after an
other has come into our military lines os-
tensibly to talk peace. but really to burn
time, and with no other result.
There should be an immediate stop put
to this foolishness, and our latest dispatch.
elsewhere printed, indicates that General
Otis wants TO do the stopping, by sending
the Filipino emissaries packing back to
Aguinaldo. with the final message that no
representatives of the mutineers will be
received hereafter, unless they come with
full powers to accept terms of uncondition-
al surrender. But Schurman. the profess
or. thinks he can convince the willy ORR
entails that they ought to be good because
it is best and most productive of happiness
and prize books at the end of the semes-
ter. So he opposes Otis. and thereby.
doubtless, extends efficient aid to Aguinal-
do in the latter's amiable effort to keep
negotiations going until the rainy season
shall set in. when he considers that he
will have another and better chance to
clean out the hated Yankees.
Otis was placed in chief command in the
Philippines. principally to subdue the in
surrection. He has been in a fair way to
accomplish his mission. He ought to be
saved now from civilian interference which
promises 10 defeat it. and to result in an
other year of war and hardships altogether
aYCiIahle.
The evening times., 1899-05-23

Our news columns furnish another bit Of
good Jubilee matter this evening. dis
patch from Hongkong brings the pleasant
information that the Olympia, with the
Admiral of the Navy on board. arrived
safely at that port yesterday. 1t will take
him only week to get rid of his bar
racles. We wish the same could be said Of
Otis and other people even higher in au-
thority. BY about the lst of June Dewey
should be steaming for the Suez Canal
Good luck go with him,
The evening times., 1899-05-23
RELIGIOUS HERMIT DEAD.
SrOOm Spent Years in n Lonely Hut
Reading His Bible.

Middletown. n. Y, May 23.-Lawrence
R. Vroom, hermit. who for many years
mad lived in hut on the ShawangunlS
Mountains. back Of Coleville. died Friday
from paralysis. His hut was of stone, With
walls five feet thick. which were banked
with earth. 1t was far from all other hab-
itations.
Vroom is said to have turned his back
on the world because the woman he loved
proved faithless. When he first built bis
hut he resented visits from strangers. but
for the past few years was more kindly
to his fellow He spent most of his
time in prayer. His Bible had been read to
tatters. many Of the leaves being worn out.
The evening times., 1899-05-23
PROBING CHICAGO METHODS.
Alleged Municipal Misdeeds Under
going Officinl Enquiry.

Chicago. May 23.-The Baxter Commits
sion this morning resumed its investigation
of Chicago's alleged municipal corruption.
Chairman Baxter was promptly on hand.
but several members of the committee were
late in arriving. The question OF tribute
paid by the gamblers to somebody in the
city hall for the privilege granted them of
running protected" games will be the
chief work of the committee today.
1t is understood that one man is willing
TO tell just how much tribute the gamblers
have been paying and who gets it, This
man claims to have been one of the COL
lectors. Chairman Baxter said if the evil
dence submitted to him comes out under
examination, the committee will be able
10 convince Chicagoans that its work is not
in vain.
The evening times., 1899-05-23

rial ruin Of the victor. has made serious
impression on the minds of the statesmen.
dipiomatists. and soldiers gathered at The
Hague But. according to our Information,
they are more affected by belief that
while both the United States and England
want arbitration. they want 1t more as q
matter of principle and in the general in
terests OF mankind than for any other
reason. and are. in fact, quite indifferent
as to whether the Cars Conference shall
pronounce for it or not. This attitude
on the part of the two great Angio-Saxon
powers has led to good deal Of hard
thinking among their colleagues, who are
daily coming to realize more and more
what an uncomfortable time any or all OF
their states would have if these two i'm
perial nations were ever to join hands for
hostile purposes. The conviction grows
at The Hague. as it has been steadily
growing in the courts. camps. and CHAM
celleries of the Continent that it would
not take much to transform the current
good understanding between John Bull
and Uncle Sam into an alliance that could
hold the seas and cut off the commerce
and much of the supplies Of any enemy or
coalition of enemies.
Thus the popularity of arbitration as n
means to avert war is rapidly advancing.
and as Russia is not now inclined to dis
approve of that line of discussion the
chances seem good for results Of some
sort, Immediately they may not amount
to great deal, but everything must have
beginning. AS to the nominal object OF
the Conference. the adoption Of some
scheme Of general disarmament. nobody
has the least idea that anything tangible
will be accomplished or even attempted.
The evening times., 1899-05-23
Mother Wit.
oFrom the Atlantic Magazine.

In the main hall Of one tenement, on the
ground floor, we counted seventeen children. The
facts of life here suspend ordinary landlord pre-
judices to certain extent Occasionally il is
the tenant who suspends them. The policeman
laughed as he told me Of the case Of a mother
who coveted fat into which she well knew
her family would not be admitted; the landlord
was particular She knocked. with troubled
face, alone Yes, the fat was TO let; had she
any children? The woman heaved sigh. six
but they are all in Greenwood
The landlords heart was touched by such Woe
lie let her have tie fiat. BY night he was
amazed 10 find flock of half dozen robust
youngsters domiciled under his roof. They had
indeed been in Greenwood; but they had come
back from the cemetery to stay, and stay they
did, the rent being paid.
The evening times., 1899-05-23
FELL FIFTY FEET.
Peter Lawrence Killed and His Son
BADLY Injured.

Tarrytown. n. Y, May 23.-At James
Buffers stock farm at Eastview. yesterday.
Peter Lawrence. aged fOrty-nine, and his
son George, aged seventeen. were painting
a new barn. They were at work fifty feet
from the ground on swinging scaffold.
The hooks by which the scaffold was
held gave way and the men were hurled
to the ground. Both We're taken to the
County Hospital. at Eastview. The elder
Lawrence died at 3 O'Clock. but his son
may recover.
Peter Lawrence's wife and six children
survive him. He was a son of Capt. Al
fred Lawrence. who claims to be the old
est resident in Tarrytown, being born in
1909.
The evening times., 1899-05-23
Too Convenient.

(From the Boston Transcript
Fuddy--You knoS how loving Tom and Mis-
Kumfort were? Well, she has thrown him over.
Duddy-How did il happen?
Fuddy-Charley Titler, who also has an eye on
Miss Kumfort saw her and Tom sitting in the
car as happy as two turtle doves. He got o
woman in the next seat to ask Tom if he would
please open the window. OF course Tom tried
TO comply, and, of course. he failed nIserably
That was too nuch for Miss Kuinfort woman
can't be expected to respect man who has
made himself ridiculous in public.
The evening times., 1899-05-23
PROTECTING THE FISHERIES.
Three British wnrshfps Cruising on
the c-Ne.vfoundInnd COnat.

the e-N~svfOundiand Coast.
Halifax. N. s., May 23-There are now
three British men-of-war in Newfound-
land waters watching the fisheries and
keeping specially sharp lookout for
French trespassers. They are the Comus.
the Alert and the Buzzard.
In order 10 make 1t easier to carry on the
work OF the fishery protection, Governor
Murray has made some OF the officers JUS
tees OF the peace. The men he has sworn
in are Commodore George August F. Gift
fard. Lieut.. Charles James Collins. Lieut..
Criel Eustace Rookie, Commander Leices-
ter. Francis Gartside Tippinge and Lieut.
Ernest Henslowe. This will give the off,
GERS in charge of the feet power on shore
as well as on the seas.
The evening times., 1899-05-23
A DONATION TO THEosoPHY.
An Unnamed Friend Gives $4,000 I
the American Branch.

tHe N"eTfCHu bruhch.
Chicago. May 23.-At the thirteenth an
nual convention of the American branch of
the Theosophical Society George W. Wright
announced that $4,000 had been given to
the organization by some one whom he re-
fused to name He said that the money
was real. not astral. and that the interest
was to be devoted to the advancement OF
the society. 1t was decided to incorporate
the society under the laws of Illinois and
to copyright the name as a preliminary to
receiving the $4,000.
George E. Wright, Robert A. Burnett
Fawcett Plumb of Streator. William j.
Walters. OF San Francisco. and Alexander
Fullerton. OF New York. were elected trus-
tees to look after the money.
The evening times., 1899-05-23
AN INNOCENT MAN RELEASED.
EnOs Barnes Suffers Ten Years for
AnOther's Crime.


AnOther's Crime.
Frankfort. KY, May 23.-Enos Barnes,
colored, is today a free man. after having
served more than ten years Imprisonment
for a crime he did not commit. He was
convicted of the murder of Stephen Boyd,
in January. 1889. Now DR.. E. P. Wheeler.
a physician. of Maysville, has made an afii-
davit in which he says that the real mur-
derer was William O'Brien. a white man.
at the time a member OF well-to-dO fam
lily.
DR.. Wheeler says that O'Brien confessed
to him on his deathbed about two years
ago. and that he has since kept the con-
fession secret out of regard for O'Brien' s
family. but he did not think that Barnes
should suffer further imprisonment and
could not longer withhold this statement.
On this affidavit Acting Governor Worth
igon granted a pardon.
The evening times., 1899-05-23
CURRENT HCMOR.
Economy In the End.
CFrom the Rockbury Gazette

(Froln the KoCkbufy Gazcttc.D
Farmer SassafraS-What are We putin blrbed-
wire fences round yer farm fer? Isn't it orful
expensive?
Farmer Meddergrass-Iaas: the fence cost a
heap O. money. but the hired men don't fool
away any time sitin on 'em.
The evening times., 1899-05-23
Not q Novelty,

lFr0m the Chicago POst.)
cone of the latest novelties in Paris is a
monkey that plays the violin"
That's no novelty; there's a monkey in the
fat adjoining ours that keeps me awake every
night by playing the fiddle"
The evening times., 1899-05-23

Ex-Governor Northen. of Georgia, says
that the race problem will never be set
tied by abuse Of the South. OF course not
| especially as the negroes are beginning to
realize that the white people of the South
are their best friends
The evening times., 1899-05-23
Where He Got Them.

(From the Cleveland Plain Dcaler.)
'Ycs: dear George brought me a basket OF
wood violcts all the way from the country.
Wasn't it good of him?''
''Yes: they are II cents basket at the cor
ner foWer stand.''
The evening times., 1899-05-23
New Styles.

(From the Chicago Iecord)
'.Clementine what did you do will, that cur
tain goods you bought last week?'
'well, it entirely too loud for curtains
SO made a shirt waist Of it."
The evening times., 1899-05-23
How II H5.S.

G'ror, the Philadelphia North American.)
do you think she would have married him
if he hadn't been wealthy
well. you know. he understood that if he
hadn't been wealthy he couldn't have supported
her.
The evening times., 1899-05-23
Tbc Princin.I TbInr.

(From the Philadelphia North Amcrican.)
..Hel,'' said the preacher. impressively, SIS
paved with good Intentions
''WoEder what sort Of a bicycle path they
make?' mused the wheelman.
The evening times., 1899-05-23
A New Idea.
N the Indiananoli, Jo,,rnaI)

From the indianapolis Journal)
what is thc--what is the name of those things
with wings on their heads?" asked Mr.. Bopps,
who couldn't think of the word ''chcFub'' to save
him.
Mules suggested Mrs. Bopps. in all limo
The evening times., 1899-05-23
Enth us1nstic.
(From the Chicago Tribnr

(from the Chicago Tribune)
''You Americans boast Of your Admiral Dewey,
yet he is the hero of only great victory
1.-TWO. blame you-the one before breakfast and
the one after breakfast"
The evening times., 1899-05-23

hardly realistic. Mr.. Gerry might have
enjoyed IL. but the ordinary audience
would rathertf obliged to see the play
at all-have seen . smaller actress in the
part.
The evening times., 1899-05-23

DR.. Parkhurst could not live and hide
his eifulgence under a bushel for any
great length of time. He is now once
more iE the ring, and but slightly dsfig-
ured, with. a statement OF his views on
New YorKs Mazet Committee inves.iga
tion. The good doctors leading idea ap-
pears to be that il the grand inquisition
Inspired by Brother" Plat shall result
in permanently destroying the valuable re-
lations that formerly subsisted between
that eminent leader and his friend.
Brother" Croker. its Iabors will not have
been in vain. In this theory Or. Park
hurst will find that he is backed by popu
lar opinion to a huge extent. The al
legged private understanding between Platt
and Croker represents about the worst
thing ever said against either, and their
position before the public would be much
improved il it were known that nothing
of the kind could happen in the future.
The evening times., 1899-05-23
Faith and AErieuIture.

From the Chicago Times Hcrald)
prayer criiade against the caterpillars has
been started at ST. Hilaire. Quebec. Mixed with
a proper proportion Of paris green, q prayer Is
great extermnatoF,
The evening times., 1899-05-23
Two or three gentlemen who have been

Two or three gentlemen who have been
mentioned for the Speakership discreetly
say that they will not consider themselves
candidates so long as there is a possibility
of Reed remaining in the field This proves
that there is still common sense in the
House, despite the views of the pessimists.
The evening times., 1899-05-23

Readers Of THE TINES who may at any time be
nnzbIe to procure copies Of 1t at any newsstand or
railroad station railroad trains. Will confer
q favor upon the management by sending to this
Office Information Of the fact.
The evening times., 1899-05-23

Communications intended for publication in
TIE TINES mus. be tcrsely and plainly written.
and must in all be accompanied by the
name and address OF the writer. Rejected COM
munications will not he preserved, and only rian.
uscripts of obvious importance will be returned
to their authors
The evening times., 1899-05-23

THE TINES. in all its editions. Morning. Even.
Ing and Sunday will be mailed to one address
for FIFTY CENTS per month. Addresses changed
as often as desired.
The evening times., 1899-05-23

IL
one field than another, they hasten to change
and go where money is most plentiful, in direct
variance with the Bible teachings. He spoke Of
baptism. too. saving that the Scripture shows
that complete immersion is required.
A correspondent Of the Boston Medical
Journal who has been studying the con-
dition Of Cuba from the standpoint of the san
tarian expresses fear lest too much attention has
been devoted To street cleaning, where the good
work done is visible to all, and not enough to
the removal of hidden dangers. the presence
absence CT which is unknown to the superficial
observer. The cleaning of streets, he admits. IS
n matter of great Importance, but II Is not the
only important one, the most important There
fore he saw with apprehension that the high
ways in Havana. Natarzas, Cicnfuegos. and San
tiago were now neat enough TO satisfy the most
scrupulous of Dutchmen, while the sewers in many
cases were as bad ever, and in number
less houses. well out Of sight. ancieut sources of
infection had been left untouched. The reform
ing Americans this authority intimates, have
begun at the wrong end because i; at once
the easiest and the most productive OF immcdi-
ately obvious results. The Cubans, the corTes-
pondent asserts, belong to race prone to regard
tradition AMI c-stom as sacred, and not in one
wear or in ten will they overcome habits that
have been crystallizing for centuries. They re-
gard all "Americanos rs mildly insane on the
subject Of cleanliness. and they fail to understand
the horror excited in foreign minds by conditions
that for hundreds Of years have been in perfect
harmony with Spanish standards of comfort and
propriety. without the education OF the public
mind says the writer. ito an intolerance OF the
conditions and habits which have made Cuban
cities starding menace to our Southern States.
the present expenditure of labor and energy will
have but a temporary value, and there will be
constant tendency toward reversal to the origi-
nal conditions. Sanitation requires time, money,
and patience. and the United States can
not remove the filth ard destroy the inbred GUS
toms Of 400 years without the lavish expenditure
~ these three factors. Great improvement has
been made. and will be constantly made in the
future but the magnitude OF the task to which
the United States has set Itself can only be real
izcd by those whose knowledge is founded on
personal acquaintance with Cuban conditions and
character"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-05-03
MAaREr QUOTATIONS.,

Chicago Cattle, common to prime,
$500 TO 1918; hogs, shipping grades,
$500 to 1925; sheep, fair to cdoice, $500
to S55.25: wheat, No. red. tic to a2ci
corn, No. 2, 34c to 35c; oats. No. 2, asc
to &c: rye, No. 2, CSC to 60c; butter,
choice creamery, re to lie; eggs, fresh,
lie to lac; potatoes. choice. DC TO DOC
per busheI.
lndianapolis-Ca Cattle, shipping, $500 to
$3.50; hogs, choice light. $2.15 to 9l.Qu;
sheep. common to choice, $3.50 to "a. 10;
wheat, No. red, 72c to 73e,-corn, No. Z
white, 26c to SIC, oats, No. 2 white. Bic
TO SEC.
St. Louis Cattle. $3.50 to $500; hogs,
$500 to S425: sheep. $500 70 1928;
wheat. No. 2, 1tc to 7Sc: corn. No.
yellow, 34c TO sec; oats. No. 2. 2Sc u Soc'
rye. No 2. SIC TO 5Sc.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $3.50 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 10 $500; sheep. $3.50 TO $500:
wheat, No. 2, T2c 10 73c: cprn. No. =
mixed, sec to 3Sc; oats, No. mixed. 2Se
to SOC; rye, No. 2, Gle to CSC.
Detroit--Cattle, $3.50 te $3.50; hogs,
$500 to $500: sheep, $3.50 to S4.7a:
wheat, No. 2. T5c to tie; corn. No. 2
ytfiDWt ptG 10 OSts Vhtss NJ. Wt%stHt S~~
to 33c: rye. 60c 70 62c.
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 mixed. I4c TO
T5c; corn, No mixed, 35e to Sic; oats.
No. white. 29c to 31c; rye, No. 2, Soc
TO 5Sc: clover seed, new, 1866 to $3.50.
sIiIwaukee-Wheat, No. spring. Toe
to 72c. corn. No. 3. 33c to SIC; oats. No.
2 white, 29c to 3lc; rye. No. l, 5Sc to e9e;
barley, M. 2. 45e to 4Ic; pork. mess,
5000 to $3.50.
Buffalo-Cattle. coed shipping steers,
$500 to $500; hogs, common to choice,
So. % to $3.50: sheep, fair to choice veth-
ers. $3.50 to S5-25; lambs. common 10
extra. $3.50 TO $3.50.
New York-Cattle, $5.o5 to 5000. hogs.
$500 10 $3.50: sheep. $500 to $5.I5s
wheat, No. 2 red, Toe to Sic; corn, No
2, 42c to 45c; oats, No. white, 35c to
SIC; butter. creamery, i5c e lSc; Eggs,
Western. 13c to lac.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-05-03
PolNTeo PARAGRAPHS,

There's many a slip after the cur
touches the lip.
Wooden heads should produce burn
ing thoughts, but they don't
Love laughs at locksmiths. but it
smiles at the gol3sm this.
When man disputes with a fool. the
fool is doing the same thing.
Energy sometimes brings success, hat
success always brings energy,
Fewer proposals would undoubtedly
result in fewer matrimonial failures
A base ball player seldom ST. aims at o
gnat. but he frequently struggles with
fly
A young man naturally uses a choice
expression when he asks a girl to be-
come his wife,
The man who has nothing to say isn't
always apnseioua of 1t until after he
has tried to say ii,
A man win deride the 10-cent cigar
that is presented to him, but he never
murmurs fbout the nickel one he buys
II there is anything in the theory OF
the survival of tAe fittest a lot of people
wee know must have been overlooked
{'hfra pm Doilr Neus