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The age-herald., 1900-12-30
MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE
 IN THE COMING CENTURY

branch of the law of domestic relations. The legislation would not be so injurious in Its consequences if the divorees authorized were confined to cases where both parties to the marriage actually resided in the State where the proceedings were insti- tuted, so that actual service of process might be made within the Jurisdiction of the State court. Such decree, process having been personally served on the de- fendant within the State, is valid every where
 A uniform and just national divorce law would work a real reform. To enable Con- gress to pass such law 1t would be nec- essary to amend the federal constitution so as to grant to the national government power to legislate with reference to di- vorce In conformity with the method of amendment which has heretofore been fol- lowed, Congress might itself, by two thirds vote in each House. prepare and pro pose amendments, which proposed amend ments would become law upon their ratin- cation by the Legislatures of three-fourths of the States. The difficulty of the task involved in procuring the consent of three fourths of the States to their deprivation of jurisdiction in this important part or the law of domestic relations is. however, discouraging to the average reformer.
 The marriage law should also be a na- tional instead of an exclusive State con cern. At present man may marry in each of the forty-five States, and if allowed to return to the State where he first married, he cannot be punished there for the biga- mics. To reach him he must be indicted in another State, and then extradited by the Governor of that State, so that he may be tried there. And bigamous cohabitation within the United States could be made a criminal offense, cognizant by the federal authorities, so as to punish a party who, having committed bigamy in Canada or any other foreign country, lives in this country with the spurious wife. As re- suit of such national legislation there would be few bigamists in the country. and many here now might find good cause to migrate to other climes.
The age-herald., 1900-12-30
GIVE TO WOMAN HER
RIGHTFuL PLACE
By Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

By Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
 Ever and anon public thought is aroused on the question of vice in cities Though an aroused public sentiment can repress the evils for time in one locality, they reappear at once with renewed energy in many others. Occasionally church officials make their protests, but no one seems to understand the hidden cause of all these terrible outrages.
 The authorities of the Episcopal church are just now fully aroused to action. The first step to be taken is to teach woman a greater self-respect and the rising genera tion a more profound reverence for her. So long as we assign to her an inferior po- sition in the scale of being; one unfit to stand in the Holy of Holies' in cathe- drals; to take a seat as delegate in a syn cd, general assembly or conference; to be ordained to preach the gospel or adminis- ter the sacraments-so long will the degra- dation and dependence of woman continue!
 All our efforts to suppress vice are hope less until woman is recognized in the Can on law and all church discipline as equal in goodness, grace and dignity with bish- ops, archbishops-yea, with all who are called the head of the church.
 Our sons in the law schools do not rise from their studies of the inyidious statutes
The age-herald., 1900-12-30
WoMAN'S FUTURE AS
 JUDGED BY THE PRESENT
By Kate Tannatt Woods.


 Woman's future in business depends not At the present time women are competing with men against heavy odds. Men milli- ners, dressmal1ers and shopkeepers do not as a rule make her. business life easy. In the professions she has already accom- plished much, and is destined to do far more. In the pulpit she is justly honored; in law she is trusted and encouraged, while in medicine, despite some opposition in the past, she is doing a grand work, which cannot be measured by dry statistics. Her executive faculties are steadily developing as occasion demands, while her manage ment of large organizations has command ed the admiration of statesmen and politi- cal leaders.
 As rule, the progressive West offers better opportunities to women than our more conservative East. More women arc employed in banks. one lady having the reputation in Illinois several years since of being Superior bank president" In the State of Washington a woman was first employed as "clerk of the Senate" As H. brarians women are fast forging to the front and are doing excellent work.
 In literature her efforts have been most successful in wedding out the "goody good trash" formerly offered to the young, and her genuine dislike of cant and hypocrisy will do still more in the future; 1t will aid in overcoming the sensational tendency now so disastrous to legitimate literary work. All this means better wives, wiser fathers, more intelligent mothers, happier spinsters, and better world. through the general uplifting of our social and spirit ual forces.
The age-herald., 1900-12-30

dts branches for the avowed purpose of de- feating the Senatorial candidate, who occasionally had the support of a majority of the Legislature. None of these things could happen if Senator were to be nonl- mated in a State convention and run the gauntlet of a popular vote.
 The most serious objection to the present system, as 1t has developed, Is the fact that the Legislatures in many of the States arc now almost wholly selected in the interest of Senatorial candidates, and with little re- gard to their general fitness
 It is impossible to set out in this article the many reasons which naturally suggest themselves in harmony with the broad sug gestions above made. On the whole my own judgment is that the best constitution al amendment would be one permitting the several States to decide for themselves as to whether they would continue the cleo tion of Senators through their Legisla- lures or by direct vote of the people, and of such an amendment have for many years been an earnest advocate.
The age-herald., 1900-12-30
RECKLESS MARRIAGES
 SHOULD BE PREVENTED

By Bishop Samuel J. Fallows, Reformed Church of Illinois.
 The new century should be characterized, in its earliest periods, by the passage of uniform and just divorce laws by the sev eral States. Whether Congress has. the power to pass a constitutional law pre- scribing the same conditions for obtaining divorce in all the States is an open ques- tion. Eminent authorities do not agree up- on the subject Commissions of lawyers have been appointed at different times to urge uniformity of action by the various State Legislatures. Little, however, has thus far been accomplished toward that end in any State.
 In all the States except South Carolina which has no divorce laws, the violation of the marriage vow is an absolute cause for divorce
 In nearly all the States physical incapac- ity is a cause; so is wilful desertlon. The time of such wilful deserton varies from six months in Arizona to one year in twen- ty States, to two years in ten States, to three years in eleven States and to five years in three other States. Habitual drunkenness is a cause in all but ten States. Imprisonment for felony or con viction for felony, is a cause in all the States and Territories except six.
 Cruel, abusive treatment, intolerable cru city, extreme cruelty, repeated cruelty are causes in all the States except seven.
 Failure to provide by the husband is a cause, the time varying from six months in Arizona to one year in six States, to two years in Indiana and to three years in Delaware. No time is specified in the re- mainder of the States
 Fraud and fraudulent contract are causes in nine States.
 Absence without being heard from is a cause, varying from three years in some of the States to seven in others. Voluntary separation for five years Is cause in Wis consim
 Ungovernable temper, outrages or ex- cesses, and the like are causes in a large number of the States.
 Insanity idiocy at the time of marriage,
The age-herald., 1900-12-30

and opinions of jurists in regard to women with a higher respect for them- Our sons in theological seminaries do not rise from their studies of the Bible, and the popular commentaries on the passages of Scripture concerning woman's creation and position in the scale of being, with an added respect for the mothers who went to the very gates of death to give them life and immortality.
 Just as long as the church and the state continue to make woman an outcast she will be the sport of the multitude. If the same respect the masses are educated to feel for cathedrals, altars, symbols and sacraments was extended to the mothers of the race, as it should be, all these prob lems would be settled.
The age-herald., 1900-12-30
LET THE CHILD FOLLOW
 HIS NATURAL BENT
By pr. ". c. Ballantine.

IpS -I- WY. O' DahaHtihS.
 The guiding principle of education in the twentieth century will be genuine respect for natures indications The spontaneous activities of the child will be studied. For example, every boy at a certain age is in love with tools, and if he can get the use of them spends his play-time in carpentry. This is the time when he should have tools in school and expert manual training So each other subject should float into the boys life on a wave of natural enthusi- asm.
 We shall make nature studies>th staple work of the grades. Arithmetic will have a very subordinate place, and grammar none at all. Gradually, but irresistibly, 8 rational spelling of the English language will follow other reforms
The age-herald., 1900-12-30
SHALL WE TRAVEL BENEATH
 SEAS iN.THE NEW CENTURY?

By Rear-Admiral Philip Hichborn, Chief . Constructor.
 The idea of successful submarine navi- gation Is so attractive. and its possible ap- plications in offensive and defensive naval operations are so great that for many years most determined efforts have been made to produce vessels capable of meet ing the chief requirements of such craft. There are at the present time several types of vessels said to be capable Unsuccessful navigation below the surface at moderate speeds Of these, two are French vessels, of two distinct types. and the third Is the
The age-herald., 1900-12-30
D. STANTON
 LOCKWOOD.

forms of female religious meetings, but they are by no means sufficient for the well-being of women of the church and the complete development of the Christian character and energies. If you do not look forward to a divided heaven, you should begin now to work for cooperation, intro fusion, equality. In church organizations woman has been robbed Of "the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.'
The age-herald., 1900-12-30
IT WILL HASTEN THE
 BROTHERHOOD OF MAN
By William Jennings Bryan

By William Jennings Bryan.
 There are many reforms which hope to see realized during the new century. suggest a question which ought to receive more attention during the coming century than 1t has during the last few years, namely: How can the coming of the brotA- erhood of man be hastened by those who acknowledge the Fatherhood of God? Love
The age-herald., 1900-12-30
THE OLD GOSPEL FOR
 THE NEW CENTURY
By Rev. Francis D. Clark.

By Rev. Francis b. Clark.
 believe that the new century will be better than any that has gone before 1t. The inventive mind of man is not yet ex- hausted. The resources of God are almost as yet untouched. New inventions, new discoveries, new treasures from the bowels of the earth, new cosmie forces to be har- messed to the will of man, all await a new century. There will be also, I believe, im- provements in the statements of truth, in the methods of carrying the gospel into all the world, in the organization of the church There will be a broader brother hood, there will be less sectarian rivalry, and no seetarian bitterness. It will not be thought necessary in the new century to segregate people, young and old, into ranks by themselves, but together they shall go out to fight the Lords battle or to do the Lords will But with all these improve ments and with all this progress, which
The age-herald., 1900-12-30
vONat tMe New cewtuvY SNou\d Do 3w 3CumaNltN.

More important. perhaps, than the sum- ming up of the accomplishments of the nineteenth century, is a careful consldera- ton of the foremost tasks of mankind in the twentieth century. Looking forward one hundred years, we find that there Is work for everybody in social reform move ments, in further scientific development, in educational progress, in municipal improve ment, in the purifcation of politics. In bet
The age-herald., 1900-12-30

of God can best be shown by the exhibition of a brotherly love broad enough to include all of Gods creatures. The Bible de- nounces as liar the man who says that he loves God and yet hates his brother.
 l can conceive of no greater reform than that which would apply to the eleventh commandment: Thou shalt love thy nG|Sahor as myself" to all phases of hu- m,sf1; xperence. It would put an end to injustice, whether practiced on small scale by individuals or on large scale through the operation of bad laws.
The age-herald., 1900-12-30

tering the condition of labor. Tn the fol- lowing symposium, comprising a supple ment of eight pages-recognized authorities in their respective fields of work, by re- quest of the Christian Herald. have writ' ten for our readers their opinions of what the new century should do for humanity, If the prophecies and hopes here defined are to be realized, they afford a most cheering outlook for the future of the race.
The age-herald., 1900-12-30
WOMAN AN ACTIVE
 WORKER IN THE CHURCH

By Grace Greenwood CMrs. LippincotD.
 It is one of the cancellations of age that I can look back to almost the beginning of the wonderful progress of woman toward what Stuart Mill calls her emancipation"
The age-herald., 1900-12-30
A NATIONAL DIVORCE LAW
 WOULD PUT END TO BIGAMY

By Judge David McAdam of the New York Supreme Court.
 You ask me what reforms should the new century bring in the matter of the divorce
The age-herald., 1900-12-30

'The earth freed from Its foulest stain the killing of men by men under the name of war.
 "The profession of arms, now considered by many the most honorable, then held to be of all human occupations the most dis honorable ANDREW CARNEGIE"
The age-herald., 1900-12-30

Blackboard Stating, Gold Paint, Brushes Bath Tub Enamel. Johnston & Walter Pain. Co.,, 113 2lst St. 2-H-3t
The age-herald., 1900-12-30

What is the most important task of man. kind in the twentieth century? If you could come back to earth in the year 2OO0, what one change would you most like to see in human affairs? These two questions were sent to MT Andrew Carnegie, who answer ed as follows:
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-29
MURDER THE THEORY.
New York Police Believe Peck Was
sandbnEGed and Robbed.

NEW YORK. Sept. 2s.-Charles s. Peck.
the real estate dealer who was found lead
and robbed early yesterday morning at
Ninth Avenue and Seventeenth Street, "a
either murdered in that vicinity or taken
there after murder had been committed
This was the theory upon which the police
today continued their investigation of the
case.
Detectives traced Peck's movements on
Wednesday night up TO about / o'clock
when he was seen at Broadway and Thirty
fourth Street, after having been at the
kid Mccoy and James J. Corbett"
cafes
The object OF the detectives search to-
day was to determine what happened be-
tween that time and daybreak yesterday
morning when Peck's lifeless body with
watch, rings, and money gone, was picked
UP by Policeman Kehoe on the sidewalk
Disposed at first to regard the death as
accidental, the police were soon convinced
that at least a robbery had been COM
mitted. When Coroner's Physician Weston
performed an autopsy yesterday afternoon
he found that death had resulted from a
fracture OF the skull in the right temple
and that the brain on the opposite side OF
theNSkull had been ruptured.
Peck would have been seyenty-one years
old next spring, and ii was believed that
@ fracture OF the skull could not have re-
suited from an ordinary fall In the case
of man of his years. The opinion of the
coroner's physician was that the man hau
been sandbagged.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-29
NEWS FROM ALEXANDRIA.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Sept. 2S.-The Cir
cult Court. Judge Nicol met this morning
and at noon the jury in the case of Wat
kins. Administrator, S. the Washington
Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railway
came in with their verdict. They gave
$1,000 damages as compensation fol- the
killing of w. H. Watkins who was thrown
from an electric train and fatally injured
on King, near Payne. Street. in February,
1898. The counsel for the railroad moved
for new trial, and argument IN that
motion will take place tomorrow morning.
The drugstore of Warfield & Hall, on
Pril ce and Fairfax Streets. WIS entered
by burglars, through a window before
daylight this morning, and small sum
of money carried of. The same store was
burglarized last August.
The colored man, Lindsey Jackson,
charged with an attempted assault on Mrs.
Coxen, at sideburn last week, has had
hearing at Fairfax Court House. and
was sent on the grand jury. He Is low in
jail, and will remain there until the grand
jury meets next month.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-29

clients and the demurrer was sustained
with the result that the accused were
again indicted. II is said that the case
has never been brought to trial and is
still in the Baltimore courts.
Fowle gained considerable noforiety
here about two years ago through a di-
yorce suit and a shooting affair In Mount
Pleasant. The latter incident followed the
former. Fowle was the defendant in a
divorce suit brought by his wife and was
named as the correspondent in a suit filed
by James F. Horah against his wife, Ada
II. Eorah. Both divorces were granted
and some time later the local newspapers
printed an announcement to the effect
that Fowle and Mrs. Horah were married
in Philadelphia. Fowle subsequently re-
pudiated the marriage and separated from
the woman he was said to have made his
wife.
Prior TO the announcement Of the mar
rage Fowle figured in the shooting affair
which almost resulted fatally. Fowle
and a companion called at the home of
the mother of Mrs. Horah in Mount Pleas
ant and unexpectedly met Mr. Horah A
difficulty arose during which Mr.. Horah
snot Fowle, inhicting what was then
thought to be a mortal wound FowIe
was under treatment at the Emergency
Hospital for seven weeks, and his recovery
was considered almost miraculous.
For awhile after leaving the hospital
Fowle continued in the insurance business
After his arrest, however, he was thought
to have been looking out for property in
terests. He has been in and out of the
city since and recently announced that
he was engaged to be married to young
heiress of Newcastle. Pa. According to
Fowle. the marriage was 10 be solemnized
in the fall. When asked how he would
be able to mary in the fall with a wife
now living, Fowle again denied that he
had ever married Mrs. Horah
1t was said last night that Dr. A. p.
Pardon. father of Frank G. Pardon, had
stated that about three months ago three
insurance policies were stolen from his
office. DR.. Fardon's son was associated
with him In business, it was said, and
Fowle was in the office. Enquiry last
night revealed that Frank Pardon was
said to have left the city yesterday after
noon on urgent business
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-29
LOCAL INSURANCE MIDDLE.
All Factions TO the Controversy
Anxious to End II.


The local fire insurance situation is
again attracting general attention among
business men on account of the attempts
being made by the various factions to
come together in a rehabiiitated board
Opinions are various as to the proba ability
of success in the plans for readjustment.
but it is known that all parties to the
fight wish to end it, and this is consider
ed at least u most hopeful sign.
The basis discussed so far in the confer
ences has been one of compromise and
concessions on all sides. One plan much
in favor with some parties, both among
the local companies and the agencies, is
that e compromise premium rate be adopt
ed on what is called preferred business"
or brick dwelling houses.
II was on the question OF the correct
rate on this class of business that the To-
cal companies split away from the agen-
cies, last summer and disrupted the board.
The old rate on this class of risks was %
cents on 800 in value. The rate adopted by
the board and the one objected - by the
local companies was 10 cents on 800. The
proposition now under discussion is that
20-cent rate be agreed on by all parties.
Many assert that this rate is in reality
the equitable one, in comparison with
rates on other classes of business and
with the risk involved.
A prominent insurance man said yester-
day afternoon regarding the situation.
1T is felt by nearly all parties that II
no agreement can be made a more bitter
war than ever is certain in the near fu-
ture. 1t has been the history of insur-
ance fights generally that they have end
ed only when everybody was losing so
much money as to be willing to accept al
most anything in the way of compro-
mise. This condition has not yet been
reached in the District war, but already
there have been such heavy inroaGs into
profits that the different factions may be
satisfied.
81 believe that there is a fair chance of
a compromise. ! know personally that
several of the agencies and several of
the local companies would be willing TO
accept some such a compromise as the
20-cent rate.
II understand that the Potomac COM
pany, which has held a somewhat different
position from the other local concerns, is
also anxious to have differences adjusted
The Potomac has always been board
company and believer in board methods
and restrictions. / am told also that the
Northwestern Company, although not
willing to join the board, would be willing
probably TO sign an agreement to keep up
to board rates. for the sake of harmony
and to avoid further cutting, even below
its cut rates"