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The Lamar register., 1900-11-21
O. A. r.. special Rate Refused.

Denver, Colo, Nov. 1.-THE Western
Passenger Association, at its meeting
in Chicago yesterday, refused to au-
thorize II rate of 1 cent per mile for the
G. a. Il. encampment scheduled to be
held in Denver next August. This de-
cisiOn does not necessarily mean that
the encampment will be taken from
Denver, although Cleveland Is work
ing to secure 1t.
The same question will come up be-
fore the Transcontinental Passenger
association at its meeting in st. Louis
within few days.
Denver was selected as the place for
the encampment next August at the
meeting in Chicago following the en-
campment this year. The special COM
mittee recommended that rate Of i
cent n mile be made by the railroads.
George ii. Heafford, then general pas
senger agent of the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & st. Paul, combatted the 1 cent
per mile proposition. Cleveland took
advantage of this to urge its claim for
the encampment and the delegation of
the Ohio town has kept the subject
stirred up and had n delegation in COM
mittee in Chicago to appear before the
Western Passenger Association and
combat the cent mile scheme.
The Lamar register., 1900-11-21
Patcr.on Ficpd. Held for Trial.

New York, Nov. 17.-McAllister,
Campbell, Death and Kerr, accused of
causing the death of Jennie Bosschie-
ter in Paterson. New Jersey, last
month, by administering drug, were
arraigned yesterday, pleaded not guilty
and trial was set for January 18th.
The Lamar register., 1900-11-21
Valet Jones Held,

New York. Noy. 17.-Charles F.
Jones, valet of the late millionaire,
William NJ. Rice, who has been in the
Tombs four weeks, charged with forg-
cry, was to-day committed to the
House of Detention under bond of So.
900.
The Lamar register., 1900-11-21
Gar. Condition Favorable.

Lividia. Nov. 1S.-Emperor Nicholas,
according to the best Information OBJ
tainable. had favorable day yester-
day. He slept some time. His temper
ature at a. m. was 1O1.6 and his pulse
sixty-four.
The Lamar register., 1900-11-21

Paper money is at premium at
Nome Miners find 1t more convenient
than gold and pay as much as per
cent in excess of its face value for 1t.
The Lamar register., 1900-11-21

A minister shakes your hand and a
lawyer pulls your leg. but politician
will shake your hand one minute and
pull your leg the next.
The Lamar register., 1900-11-21

Lots of people who are inclined to
do good keep putting it off until to-
morrow.
The Lamar register., 1900-11-21

1t is claimed in Denver that $1,000.-
900 were wagered in that city on. the
result of the Presidential election.
The Lamar register., 1900-11-21

Breslau, Nov. 17.-Emperor William
was the object of an attempted out
rage to-day, which. however, failed. As
he was driving In an open carriage to
the Cuirassier barracks, accompanied
by the hereditary prince of Saxe-Mein-
niger. woman In the crowd hurled an
axe ut the carriage. The rapidity with
which the vehicle was passing saved
Its occupants.
The woman was Immediately arrest
ed. Her name is Selma Schnapke. She
occupied place in the front rank Of
the spectators on the side furthest
from the Emperor.
The axe, 1t now appears, struck the
carriage. A crowd of people who wit
messed the outrage threw themselves
on her but the prompt Intervention of
the police saved the woman from in
jury.
The assailant Is n tradeswoman of
Breslau. 1t Is said she threw the
hatchet because she was turned out of
her house by her landlord. A provis-
ionnl medical examination OF the pris-
Oner has been made and she has been
pronounced insane.
While Emperor William was return
ing from the barracks to the railroad
station he was cheered by immense
crowds of people gathered along the
route.
Berlin. Nov. 1T.-According to most
reports. Emperor William did not no.
tice the incident, but Breslau paper
says he saw what had happened and
turned very pale, but continued to
greet the bystanders pleasantly.
According to u special to the Lokal
Anzeiger. his majesty was apparently
in serious mood after the incident"
The entire Breslau garrison was i'm
mediately alarmed and drawn up in
line on both sides of the route which
The Lamar register., 1900-11-21

foreign and Boxer movement. The 9TH
ers mentioned were Tuan's active as
sociates. The punishment Of Prince
Tuan means that his son, the heir ap-
parent, can never be Emperor.
The evening times., 1900-02-09

NEW YORK Feb. 9.--Prof Arthur c.
McGiffert, of the Union Theological Semi
nary, will appear before the New York
| Presbytery next Monday to answer to the
| charges of heresy which will be presented
by the Rev. DR.. G.. W. F. Birch. DIR. Birch
asserted some time ago that he would
bring these charges before the next meet
ing of the Presbytery and press them to a
final decision.
So great has been the interest taken in
the forthcoming trial by Presbyterians all
over the country that it is said the COM
missioners now being chosen by Presby-
teries to attend the General Assembly of
that denomination, which will meet in St
Louis in May, are being selected with a
view to their possible vote on Dr. McGif-
fert's alleged heretieal teachings.
DIR. Birch. it is believed, has behind him
large proportion Of the church member
ship, so far as the Interpretation put upon
Prof. McGiffert's views is concerned, but
it is not considered at all certain that the
General Assembly will be made up of men
who will care TO consider these views and
possibly make them more dangerous. by de-
nouncfng them as hereteal. This same
danger, it is said, confronts the New York
Presbytery. and it has made Dr. McGif-
fert, according to some OF his opponents,
very bold and led him TO invite a trial.
As to his defence before the Presbytery
Prof. McGifiert has refused TO say public
ly what it would be, but he has talked
with fri nd &c frt-
generally known among them what line of
defence he will take.
He has said that he hopes to be able to
show that his real doctrinal position has
been misunderstood and he will try to
convince the New York Presbytery, Il
which he belongs that he is in substantial
accord with the doctrinal statement. laid
down 10y the last General Assembly TO fit
his ease.
He feels that the Presbyterian Church,
in taking the stand it has in the state
ments referred to, and in its general trend
of doctrinal assertion during the last de-
cade is not progressive and up to the
test in modern research and scholarship.
According TO his friends he eatertains
not the slightest intention Of relinauish-
ing the contest or of voluntarily withdraw
ing from Presbyterian membership. These
views were expressed by Prof. McGiffeTt
at the seminary wednesday. III IS Known,
however. that he has sent no statement To
members of the Presbytery. does not in
tend to do so, and will not yield single
point to his opponents until compelled to
do so. All of his friends in and out of the
seminary affirm this.
Prof McGiffert's position is the subject
of a great deal ef controversy in and out
of the Presbyterian denomination. The
failure of the trial of DIR. Charles A.
Briggs and the fact that he has since been
received with favor into the Episcopal
Church have only added interest 20 the
forthcoming trial of DR.. McGiffeTt.
A prominent clergyman said yesterday
that the McGiffert trial, it may be pre-
dicted even at this early hour, will follow
the course of the trial of DR.. Briggs.
Opponents of Prof McGiffert assert
that he is courting notoriety. and that he
will use every eudeavOr to have his case
taken up by the highest OF the Pres5y
terian tribunals.
The evening times., 1900-02-09
stevenSou's slang.
(From Dc Lendon Giobc )


serious writer has been found 20 contend in
one OF the serious reviews that the permanent
literary value Of StevensOn'S letters Is destroyed
by the occasional appearance in them OF some
what ineiegant slang. These expressions. he d.
Clsres, viii not do in a book that II meant to De
read fifty years hence. For this contention he
writer is mildly rated by a literary journal of
high standing which points out that Steycnson's
peculiar phrases and it must be admitted
that some OF them are ''inelcgant' be ar
less likely to jar upon the OF posterity than
upon By that time they viii either have
passed into the language or have become interest
ing examples Of an obsolete phraseOlogy. Only the
other day of our correspondents traced back
the word 'brick." used as term Of endearment
to Aristotle and Plato. and in another nifty
years critics may trace back SteyensOn's express
sion ''Herivsle is a bowling cheese" to Juvenal
or Catuilus
At the same time. il is. perhaps. good chat
writer should come forward now and then 20
rebuke literary men for freedom Of style which
is apt to degenerate into clumsy. SliPsiod. and
ineeglnt English. On the other hand. u m'ist
be admitted that a wise and discriminating use
Of slang is not unpleasant. and is sometimes very
picturesque. WalpOle. II viii be remembered.
defended the phrase tinker un'' to that eminene
stylst Thomas Gray. and in the letters OF most
eminent men. we'll as in the immortal pages
Of Scott Thackeray. aad Dickens. phrases are to
be found which in their own day were core
sidcred BY the polite TO be 'ineieg2nr
The evening times., 1900-02-09
AN ERA OF GREAT WEALTH.
a Treasury Statement Which shows
Remarkable Figures.

The Treasury Bureau of Statistics has
issued the following statement:
Every years developments seem TO
justify the assertion that this is billion
dollar country The year 1899 brought
our foreign commerce for the first time
past the bilIion-dolIar line, and the
month of February, 1900, shows our money
in circulation for the first time as more
than two billion dollars.
Thus by a curious coincidence the an
nouncement of two billions of foreign com
merce and two billions of money in circu-
lation are made within a single month
the totals indicating that the two-billion-
dollar line had been crossed in our COM
merce for 1899, having been only completed
by the Treasury Bureau of Statistics on
January II, while the Treasury Bureau OF
Loans and Currency on February 1 an
nounced that the total money in ,circula-
tion had also crossed the billion-dollar
line, while gold and gold certificates alone
had crossed the S00-mllion- dollar line.
THE total foreign commerce for the
year 1899 was s2074, ,345, ,242 while the to-
tai money in circulation on February 1
was 81, 003. 149, ,355. The use of ten figures
with which to show the business conditions
of the country Is indeed becoming sur
prisingly frequent. The tables of the De-
cember Summary of Commerce and FL
nance shows. for instance the total re-
sources of national banks at 81, AIS, ,343, ,92i;
the latest report of the Comptroller of the
Currency shows the deposits in savings
banks to be s2,230 ,366, ,954; the total re-
sources of all banks in the United States
are given by the same report as $5,196,
III, ,3S1, and the latest number of the
Summary of Commerce and Finance
shows the December clearing house re-
turns of all cities outside of New York at
S9.012, ,S96 144, and those of the city OF New
York at So, 348, 285, ,S67.
THE announcement that the money in
circulation in the United States has for
the first time crossed the two-billion dol
lar line also calls attention to the fact
that the amount of money for each indi
vidual is greater today than ever before.
The Treasury Bureau of Loans and Cur
rency publishes each month a statement
of the amount of money in circulation, and
by combining with this the actuarys es
innate of population, presents monthly
statement of the amount of money in cir
culation per capita.
This statement puts the population on
February 1, 1900, at 77,116,000 the money
in circulation at 81, ,o03 149, 1856, and the cir
culation per capita at s25.9S. This gives a
larger per capita than in any earlier month
in the history of the country. On February
1, 1899 it was $2542 on February 1, 1898,
$23.42; on February /, 1897, s23.05, and on
February 1, 1896, S2.47.'
The evening times., 1900-02-09
The Economic value of Africa.

(Col. II. c. Prout. in the Engineering Magazine
Is the African continent worth conquest and
occupation by white men? Unquestionably, parts
OF il are. As years go by and and the world
becomes more crowded. parts of Africa not worth
occupation will be valuable, and even to-day
considerable areas are worth the white man
while These arc already mostly under British
control Mr. Stead has said everything in
Africa that paws dividends lies within the sphere
pegg d out for I'm Bull By his adven uro1 is sons.
lower Egypt is a garden. Mr.. Pentield lately
United States Consul General in Egypt says that
its population is g2s per square mile and that 1t
has increased AZ per cent since the British con
troll began in 1884. The Soudan. now opening up By
the energy of Engiishmen, will supply small
population living from the soil. but can never
be a manufacturing country. for it has no fuel
and probably no important deposits of minerals.
There is gold up the Blue Nile which may, per
haps, be worth working small scale. little
trade will again be developed in gum arabic, and
in ostrich feathers and ivory coming down from
the South, and the people will require some OF
the products of civilization. But on the whole
| do not estimate that this country will pay the
cost of good government for years to come IL
will be burden its rulers rather than source
OF revenue This always was GOrdons opinion
The evening times., 1900-02-09
THE ERIE TELEPHONE COMBINE.
4 Meeting on Monday to Increase the
Capital stock.

DETROIT, Mich, Feb. 9-The second
step toward the consolidation of the Mich
igan telephone companies will be taken
next Monday when the stockholders of the
Erie system will meet in this city to vote
on a proposition to increase the capital
stock Of the Michigan Bell Telephone
Company from $1,000, 600 to $40, 600, 900. c..
]. Glidden, of the Erie system has sent
out notices for the meeting, accompanied
by an explanation showing why and for
what the extra capital will be needed. He
offers to exchange stock with the New
State Telephone stockholders, dollar for
dollar, and with Detroit houses at the rate
of one for two. The balance of the stock
will be sold to get money to extend the
service.
The entire capitalization and indebted
ness Of the three companies is about s5,-
200, but Mr. Glidden declares that it is
necessary to have twice that amount rep
resented by stock in order to carry out
the plans of the Erie system. The Michi-
gan Bell Telephone Company last year
paid 1-2 per cent on its capital The De-
troit paid Ia although 1t ran in debt and
the New State line paid something, but all
Of them together did not pay 4 per cent
on 100000 valuation Mr.. Glidden thinks
that he will be able, in time, to make all
three pay 4 per cent or better on a ten
million capital.
The stockholders in the Detroit and New
State. who were not parties to the origi-
nal deal. are suspicious of the fair prom
ises Of President Glidden and eyince an
unwillingness to ratify the deal or part
with their stock at the rate of two for one
The evening times., 1900-02-09
MOrmOnism OmnfvOrOus.

OR. L. Hartt in the February AtlahIe.)
The Mormon faith is hugh nav, gulping
dozen determinations. Are you Baptist? The
Mormon believes in immersion. Methodist? ?
The Mormon obeys his Bishop. Cambellite?
The Mormon claims vet closer return to apos-
tolic ordinance Theosophist? The Mormon
holds to pre-existence. Spiritualist? The Nor
mon hears voices from the dead A Faith Healer?
The Mormon heals by the laying of hands. A
Second Adventist? The Mormon awaits the Mes
siah A Universalist2~ The Mormon says all will
be saved Massing his proof, he declares his
peerless religion the one immutabie, eternal faith,
lost in the early age and restored in the latter
days, though glmmering in broken lights through
all the creeds of Chrstendom. Bring me from
Europe or ASIA" said Brigham Young, ga truth
that is not part of Mormonisn, and I'll give
you thousand errors for it il you find
them" Said Mormon at Harvard, SUNDAY
by Sunday l go TO service in the Appleton
Chapel, and there l hear nothing but Mormon
doctrine" Limited only by the broad bounds of
Christianity, this faith is amalgamated and
co-ordinated Parliament of Religions.
The evening times., 1900-02-09
A Horse with an Appetite.

Mr. Thomas T. Gwin, jr., of PIG West North
Avenue, is the owner of horse named Dewey,
whose eccentricities are, perhaps, unparalleled.
Dewey's chief peculiarity is his appetite,
which is of the ostrich variety. Mr.. Gwin has
yet been unable to discover anything that he will
not eat. The animal is fed one-haIf peek of
grain three times a day, which is regarded an
ample allowance for any ordinary horse. Not
satisfied with this, Dewey eats anythin he
can reach. few days ago a heavy wooen
blanket tied about him for warmth. During
the night Dewey ate nearly all of the blanket,
leaving nothing but few pieces of torn cloth
in his stall. He has also been known to eat
turkey bones, oatmeal, potatoes, newspapers,
banana stems, and bread
Some weeks ago he ate up, said Mr.. Gwin yes
terrisy. large black shawl which had been
placed in the buggy a covering. His latest
feat occurred in blacksmith shop, where he was
being shod.
A large pile of shavings, sawdust, and small
pieces of wood was lying in one corner OF the
shop, and somehow Dewey got his head down
in the pile. He deyoured the heap with evident
relish. None of his extraordinary gastronomic
feats Mr. Gwin says. affects the horses health or
digestion in the least, and he does his thirty
miles day with his accustomed speed and
energy.
The evening times., 1900-02-09
Some New Crimes.
From the Forum.)


The theft Of a lamp is larceny: it may be q
Roman larEp or Greek lamp oil lamp or
an electric lamp. Whether it constitutes grand
larceny or petit larceny will in certain States
OF the Union depend not upon its age or newness,
but upon Its market value. On the other hard
there are a great number Of modern crimes which
could not have been committed in ancient days
because the instruments for their preparation did
not exist. They the outcome of modern
civilization and they require legislation.
The tapping Of telegraph wire is a modern
form OF highway robbery. In the old days the
method was 10 waylay the courier on the road
and to rob him Of his purse OF his message. The
formula of the modern highwaymsn is not ''Stand
and deliver" but simply DELIVER" And he
may get a message from the lightning courier
which may be worth more to him than a WELL
filed purse. But there is nothing to be gained
by indiscrminate tapping. 1t is some special
message or information that the thief is looking
for, possibly for its effect the stock market
or on other business ventures, but the use OF
cipher codes renders the tapping OF telegraph
wires of little avail even in time of war, unless
the code as well the message has been stolen.
For the tapping OF power or light lines the
modern highwaymsn comes in out OF the rain. He
can do his business better indoors by attacking
the electric meter, confusing its calculations and
thus getting more current than he pays for. Such
at least seems to be the implication of recent
statutes
The evening times., 1900-02-09
STOPPING A STAMPEDE.
How 81 Cowboy Did IL at the Peril oi
His Life.

lTrom the Boston Journal)
cone of the slickest things | ever saw Ia
my life said a veteran army officer the
other day. was cowboy stopping q
cattle stampede. herd of about 500 OF
800 had got frightened at something and
broke away peIlmeII. with their tails in
the air and the bulls at the head of the
procession But Mr.. Cowboy didn't get
excited at all when he saw the herd was
going straight for a high blun, where they
would certainly tumble down into the can
yon and be killed.
You know that when herd like that
gets TO going it can't stop. no matter
whether the cattle rush to death or not.
Those in the rear crowd those ahead. and
away they go. ] wouldn't have given a
dollar a head for that herd. but the cow
boy spurred up his mustang. made a little
detour, came in right in front Of the herd.
cut across their path at right angle, and
then galloped leisurely on the edge OF that
bluff. halted and looked around at that
wild mass OF beef coming right toward
him. He was as cool as a cucumber.
though | expected to see him killed and
was so excited / could not speak
We'll. sir. when the leaders had got
within about a quarter of a mile of him.
saw them try to slack up. though they
could not do it very quickly. But the
whole herd seemed TO want TO stop. and
when the cows and steers in the rear got
about where the cowboy had cut across
their path | was surprised TO see them
stop and commence to nibble at ee grass.
Then the whole herd stopped. wheeled.
struggled back and went to fighting for
chance to eat where the rear guard was.
You see. that cowboy had opened big
bag of salt he had brought out from the
10 oiv he gdiiOnp0
the herds course and emptied the bag
Every critter shifted that line Of salt, and,
of course, that broke up the stampede. But
l tell you it was queer sight 10 see that
man out there on the edge of that bluh
quietly rolling a cigarette, when it seemed
as if he'd be lying under 200 tons of beef
in about a minute and half"
The evening times., 1900-02-09

A large company was also entertained at
dinner last night by Senator and Mrs.
Hanna. The guests were Mr.. and Mrs.
ID. J. Hill, the Secretary of the Interior.
the Postmaster General. the Secretary OF
Agriculture and Miss Wilson, Mr.. ana
Mrs. John B. Henderson, Justice and Mrs.
Brown, Justice and Mrs. White. Mrs.
Daniel Manning, Mrs. Stanley Matthews
Mr.. and Mrs. Gosline, Miss Phelps, and
Senator Allison.
The evening times., 1900-02-09
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

The Secretary of State and Mrs. Hay en-
tertained a company of young people at
dinner last night. The guests gathered
about the flower deeked table were the
Hon. Lillian and Hon. Sybil Pauncefote.
Miss Cassini. Miss Maud Wetmore, Miss
Josephine Boardman, Miss Elizabeth
Adams. Miss Warder. Miss Bates. the
Misses Hay, Mr.. Bromley, Sir Charles
Eliot. the Marquis Romano. Baron Her
man. Mr.. Max Muller, Mr.. William Astor
Chanler, Mr.. Walter Berry, Mr.. j. e.
Lodge. and Mr.. Henry Adams, jr.
The evening times., 1900-02-09
Planning Improvement. i'm Havana.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Feb. 9.-Mayor
Bowden this morning received cable des-
patch from General Ludlow, Military Com
mander OF the Province OF Havana. re-
questing that full details of the sanitation
plan In use in this city be sent to him at
once as he wishes to change the system
in Havana. Mayor Bowden at once sent
the general copies of the State law in re-
gard to sanitation.
The evening times., 1900-02-09
~ -. .fly> Cures cough or cold
hL.nIItGS in one day { II is the
best cough remedy for
Cough Syrup saslt5sR Gs5ss sHs sfsss ssssP
without fail ! Doctors recommend il. Price IS c
Fire Alarm Statistics.
lFrom the Indianapolis Press.l }

U IE70l IIIV II1ulaIlaIl0IIs IItas-J
During 1880 the Ere department answered PSI
Rsrns and while the reports for all OF the cities
for the wear have not been issued yet, a compari-
with the annual reports for lsas shows a
startling record The only cities with a larger
number Of runs" were Chicago, Boston, Balti-
more. II. Louis. New York. Brooklyn, Cleveland,
Philadelphia. and Milwaukee-all cities much
larger than Indianapolis.
The records Of the cities Of near the same
fs1pnlaiinn Merc as follows:
The evening times., 1900-02-09

The Commissioner of Patents and Mrs.
Charles II. DueH gave dinner last night.
Their guests were the Speaker and Mrs.
Henderson, the Solicitor General and Mrs.
Richards, Mr.. and Mrs. B. II. Warner, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles E. Foster, Mr.. and Mrs.
W. E. Curtis, Mr.. and Mrs. Ferdinand
Daehler. of New York; Mrs. John o. Evans
and Representative Lowering of Massa =
chusetts.
The evening times., 1900-02-09

TIE great majority Of the fires in indianapolis
sre caused by 0verhested stoves, defective fues
and CRATES, resulting from the use Of natural
The evening times., 1900-02-09
M'GIFFER4 STANDS Firm
Ready to Answer the Charge Of Her-
esy Made Against Him.

The Professor of the Union TheOIOgi-
cal Seminary to Appear Before the
New York Presbytery MOndny-His
Line of Defence-He Has No Inten-
tiOn of Reiinquishing the Contest.