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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-04-17
NORTH DAKOTA DIVORCES
Decision tina. May Render Invalid Many Sup
posed 10 &c Secured.

Fargo. y. T.. April 16-As "a result of
the niicl States supreme court dcci sion
,,itting invalid divorces granted iH thi
stare tn which residence was MT bona
iidr. There rayno Il food Of kilograms to-
dJv. from those Nkc,y 20 bc affected.
II is believed 'ha: owing L. the practice
70 rushing homo Immediately after H.. NJ
crr'~ were granted. less thru ~ per cent.
pf thc divorces u lowed during m. rec nt
divorce ported weu!I bc found valid II
contested EUt 81 those secured. Il large
percentage wcrc agreed cases where aJ.-
prarInCc was made hy both parties.
COMPARATIVELY Few mas Hitter contests
aud uaIv IN these ran tho question Of rcs-
id"ncc can ~ raised
Many OF the latter class. however. in
clut,d distinguished cas-. crncTs and for
tiErrrs. y majority of ttesc have re
married and the decision Of the court not
only affects their present status but the
legitimacy Of many children born subsc-
qucuIly to ScCoDI marriages. This make
the cuur; decision far-reaChing AMI
creates great d1NictE. Applicants for OF
ynrCcs have always been warned against
abAndpuiug their residences 50 hurriedly.
DIT much NJ tho truIblc has been caused
L., divorce bureaus. operated by unscrup-
uloDs local attorneys with branch Offices
in tho East.
majority Of the victims have been
from New York although New Jersey.
PENNSYLVANIA ana the New England
states are we'll represented.
No withstaudiuG thai i months resi-
dcrc,, is now required. there are NUM-
Der ot applicants hcrc at present.
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CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

\ cage filled with natives fc-l down a
dccp shaft % thc Galdcnhuis mine az -
hanucsburE. TwcnJy-six cf the natives
were Killed.
II moved from Albany. y. y. Tuesday. t.
Il sanitarlum AZ Clifton Springs. lie is III
a STATE Of physical collapse from cNtrcme
nervousness.
Seven new cases Of The bubnnic plagu0
have been reported at Cane Town. three
Oi them being Europeans. There have
been but fcw deaths. enc Of wa.ch was
an European.
John G-ecuouSh's tcnu'ifu! res 'dcucc a
Tuxedo Park, y. Y. was destroyed by
fire. Tuesday night. The fircmen made
heroic efforts to cxt:CSuish the flames but
failed. Everything was a total .oss. IN
paintings. TIE house was unccclp,ed
The origin of the fire i unknown.
The New York Triaune is authority for
the following: lt can be announced on
tn. best of authority That all the Pre-
liminary arrangements have been made
for the acquisition Of the stock Of The
Boston and Montana Copper and Silver
Co. and the Euttc and Boston Mining
Co. hy the Nmnigamatcd Copper Co.
Two brothers. Cornelius ard JeromN
Cnwan. living Ut 1i6 London street. asst
Basron, quarrcll,d about some trivial at
fair Tuesday night when Cornelius stan
bed Jerome in the bowels. inilictinE a very
bad wound. The victim was taken to the
hospital. where il is reported that his IN
jIrieS are probably not iatai uhiesS III
tcrnal EcmorrhagcS should set Ill. Cornc-
Illus was arrested.
Civic elections were held at 81. John.
NJ r. Tuesday. Mayor Daniel and the
ma jority Of the aldermen We're reelected
bv reclamation. There were orly two
contests. the most interesting of which
was the fight between DR.. VIM. Christie
and Dr. J. NJ Smith. old opponents. III
LansLownc ward. For the thi,d time Or.
Christie won. Tuesday he defeated Or.
Smith two to one
The breaker boys employed al the Pros
poet miro OF the LchiEh Valley Coal Co.
at Will<cSbarrc. Pa. went out on strike.
Tuesday. because one Of their number
was discharged. Tho other boys then
struck out Of symla ~. l'c t. Grit vancce
have caused quite fcw strikes III the
rCginn the past TWO weeks. and II Is e.
ti,natcd that there are nearly 1900 miners
lille i'll consequence.
Thn s;riI5" at The y; Devices wood
niant Of the American Sheet steel Go. q I
McTtccsnort. IA. is stiii on. The mill i
h"ing operated in a crippled condition
with about the same number of mon
WORKING as Monday. The strikers are pa-
| Lucing tic workmcn to remain away
! from the mill. but they are keeping OF
| the cumpanN's property and no trouble
has occurred
! \ special to the Chicago Trihun" from
ArG,rorc l. T. SAYS: \ numtcr Of per
| sons are camred along the borders ~
| Eiowa and Com3nChc rnSc:Vai rs aW lit i
. in, official pcrinssion To enter Ii * chn-
! sCrva;ivcly estimated that not one pCrson
/ in 10 will 10 able to SCCrlc fir, c lands. III.
| suggestion Of the interior department to
| adopt The lottery pan is generally IA
Ncrcd by tho boomer. Mtch complaint y
| bcinr made To covrrnmcnt ohCiaiS 10 tn"
! cffct tha; schcmcrs are selling alleged
! homestead lots. Notice Of the fraud Is
being called to tic attention of TIC pros
pcctiNc settlers.
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REV. JUSTIN J. FULTON DEAD.
Noted tor Ms Crusade Against Teachings Of
the Catholic Church.

Somerville. Mass, April 16.-Rev.
Justin J. Fulton, d. D.. a well-known
Baptist clergyman and formerly pastor
of fremont Temple, died at his home
here after an illness of a few days of
paralysis.
Dr. Fulton was born in Sherburne
N. Y, March. 1. 1928. DR.. Fulton came
to Boston in 1868 as pastor of the Union
Temple church, formed by the CONSOLE
dation of the fremont Temple Free
church with the Union church. In 1874
he went to Brooklyn to become pastor
of the Hanson Place Baptist church.
then enc of the largest churches of
that denomination of the country.
Here he began a crusade against the
Roman Catholic church, for which he
became notorious. \ book, why
Priests Should We'd" became the most
talked of book of the time. Its pub
LEGATION was stopped by Anthony Com
stock and several passages were elm
mated before it was allowed to so on
sale again.
In 1879 he was suspended by the New
York Baptist Pastors Association, but
later he was reinstGtcd. While preach
ing in Cape Breton against the Catho-
lie church he was stoned and for
while chained to lamp post.
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CREDITORS MOURN HER.
tH,rmcrc Falls Merchants View Mrs. Bryanfs
Departure With Regret.

Lewiston, Ne. April l6--A Journal spec
ial from Livermorc Falls, says:
The butcher the baker. the cand,estick
maker. were on the qu yivc, Monday
For some time PAS, a Mrs. c. o. Bryan
IS alleged to have represented to many
tEat by the death Of ner mother e.
Brockton, Mass. she had fallen heir to d
property VariOJsly estimated between
$1,000 and S20UN. on this ground she Is
s4id IN have had no trouble in getting all
The credit she wanted among the traders
and that she even secured the endorse
mont Of one Of the towns wealthiest AMI
most careful business men on note for
several hundred dollars
Early Monday morning. some of her
creditors got wind that Mr.. and Mrs. Bry
ant had packed up All Of their WORLDLY
goods in the night and with their several
children intended to leave town. At once
the arm of the law was called in behal.
Of Napoleon III. Lercux. a groceryman OF
Chisholm. and T.. o. RicItord. ESQ. plac-
ed a warrant for obtaining goods under
false pretences in the hands of Deputy
Sheriff Dwclley.'
Mrs BRYANT told several stories about
tho property she says she inherited anil
the lawyers telophoned to the county
seats of several Massachusetts counties
10 ascertain who her such Will was be
ing probate6. but all 10 no purpose. and
finally. as Mr.. and Mrs. Bryant had no
visible property it was needless to detai1
them and they were allowed to depart for
Brock ton.
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BOSTON HORSE SHOW.
Dawson and Jordan Pushing Each 0the, n,
First and Second Ribbons.

EoHton. A"ril IS The blue ribbons ,.~.
showcred about equally upon Thomas ~
Lawson and Ebcn ID. Jordan An thc D. ~
ION Horse SHOW, today. ana cornrc,i,',,
in most If the bloodcd clagscs oi,s9
shown out Of hand or to a vch clio -.
narrowed Gown to those two prorniner.
gentlemen. Here and there some nthn-
exhibitor would win ribbon or a rnans,-
prize, but excepting Thomas l., W.,
who's" exhibition strength was in nn,iaa
the hpnors were not well distributed In
Guiding the second days judging. n,
Lawson has taken II first prizes. aII ~
them cash, and six second prizes N,
Jordan winnings are nine frg;s MR.
seconds ana four thirds. Mr.. Watt NJ
s.ycn hrsts and six seconds. @'
although The rain poured all day. socie-
- turned put IN serViCcdbic but mi
snowy dress 10 Sc the horses AT night
the hoN holders were wcll rfprcse nted anj
tho gowns v. r. quite noticeable. Seycrai
wrii-known socicty reopl" arrived dIri.r
the day. among them Miss Belle Beaci
of Newport and Now York VINO wiz
drive in the cases for ladies'
= ne great feature Of the judging va
Air. Laws"n's wins with his horses thai
have Glorious for . given name. Mr.
John J.. Sheppard. the BDsiol merchant,
had u pair of blue ribboners in his tro;.
tcr5 81 uatOr l.. and Afro H.. renearinr
his wins Of last IAN at the ReadvilJe omen
air show. MIR. JoTdan's daughter Dorothy
Is the worthy daughter Of Il horse-Ioyinr
father. for she cl"vcrly handled several OF
hcT fathers exhibits. especially in ths
lard ms with ilurrdh and Elegance
Thu classes 10 ~ judged, tomorrow Of
fcr much more of interest to the special
or. although the fine flesh shown today.
viii not he exceeded in value
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-04-17

Commander Mcfarland saw the Pres
idcnt at Washington Tuesday, with
james Stokes and john Il. Mott of the
international committee of the Y. Nj.
{. A. of the world. Mr.. Stokes is the
New York millionaire who has given so
much financial assistance to the y. NJ
&. A. all over the world. Mr.. Mott is
At tho head of the student volunteer
movement of the organization. They
invited the President to attend the
great jubilee convention of the Y. NJ.
G. A. of the world at. Boston. June 10
10 16 The President stated that it
would conflict with his Western trip
which does not end until June Is. but
he said he would think the matter over.
Tho President is very much interested
in y. NJ. c. A. work. having at one time
been president of the y. NJ. c. A. at
Canton.
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he SAVED HER life.
DAYTON Soldiers Home Inmate Remembered by
Thankful Engishwoman.

DAYTON. Ohio. April l6.-llcnrv u.
hawthorne. one of the invalid soldiers
in the Soldiers Home here has just re-
ccivcd notice that he has been made
the beneficiary to til" amount Of from
S2GO. 0Go to $500 coo left him 10y 4 woman
ont of gratitude for having saved her
life many years ago. The woman IS
Mrs jose uhinc Fairfax, who recently
died in the south Of France.
Hawthorne was born in England 9nd
came to the United States when boy
Later he vert II England on visit.
While mt Kent. bathing in the sea. b"
gaw 4 woman ANA hcr son in BOAT
which carsizcd. Hawthorne. being an
expert swimmer. succeeded in resruin%
he woman. but the son was drowned.
tIc returned to the United States ana
servcd ~ Ire army during the civil
war.
\ few years ago he met Mrs. Fairfax
IN England and refused a reward
which she urged him 70 TAKE. IL rcard
nothing moro from her until he was in
fornlct! cf the bcquost left 10 him.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-04-17
FULL OF NEEDLES.
Unheard OF Case Presented By a YounI RI. nch
Girl Near Paris.

Paris. April ia dispatch from St
German. near this city. described In" cE
traordinary case Of Julicnnc fandriLax .
a servant girl from whose body doznrH
complained of considerable irritation OF
the skin, and. last Thursday, went 10 a
local druggist. who found number of
needles emerging from various parts cI
her body. lie extracted them VITA pin
GERS. Tho girl has returned several times
4 day since and up To this morning tht.
druggist had drawn out l3D needles from
her arms, hands. feet, breast. the lobe
81 her car. her cycles ana the corner w
her right eye. The riri experiences No
pain until she feels the needle piercing
the cpidcrmis. The needles always
emerge thick ond first and unless imrac-
diatciy extracted disappear again.
Two reputable newspapers. tho Mat b.
ana he Temps. have investigated ttr
matter and vouch Tor the auihcnt city nf
the story. MllcI LandriuaX gays that i've
years ago. wh'in she WAS II years 90,
she amused herself. with o,hcr children.
hy swallowing quantities oi n. cd.cs. .ShC
and Inconvenience until recently and ha
enjoyed tho best Of health. While rclat-
ing the foregoing to the reporter Of tn
T6mus who Jaw her 1T the druggist *
she exclaimed: III feel one in my eve
now. TN" druggist then uptIrned Ter
right "ypHd and. with magnet, drew
out four fragment ~ uccIl <.
\ surgeon of the hospital II Ia Sllp"'-
ri"rc said. in an interview. that the case
Wtr quite uupr'C,dcntsd- Needles insert
40 Ind"T thc skin were known ~ hTrr
been borne through lhc muscles. hui Their.
was 10 record ~ "a needle introduced intp
th.. stomach emerging from tine lobe OF
have rravcrscd tLc skull. which is inc IN
HrthUu.iflp.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-04-17
SECOND PARTY SUSPECTED.
Not Believed that Cashier Lewis Alone Wrecked
the vcrJcnncs Bank.

Vergcnnes, VT. April 16.-Therc nave
been no developments in the Farmers
National bank case. today that ma
terially change the situation. Col " at
ter Scranton, who was the first prcsi-
dent of the bank. and who is at pres
ent one of the directors, arrived here,
this morning. He has been Il close
friend Of Cashier Lewis and as he iS n
man of large means il was thought
that he might furnish the funds nc2cs-
sary to reopen the bank. Mr.. Scranton
was in conference, tonight. with the
bank officials and friends of Cashier
Lewis. but the result of their meeting
has not yet been made known.
Robert Lyons an expert accountant
from Washington. arrived. tonight.
and Will begin Il searching cXamina-
ton of the books, tomorrow morning.
Eank Examiner John c. Cunning
ham. said, tonight. that the reports
that have appeared in certain papers
purporting to detail the methods
adopted by Cashier Lewis to cover up
his shortages. which was said To he
the receiving of time deposits and fiti!-
ing to credit them on the books, are
absolutely untrue and absurd. When
asked as to the securities turned over
by Lewis. he said the latter deposited
So 600 in cash in the National Tank
of Redemption. This. he said. was en-
tirely apart from his personal proper
ty here. which was attached by the
bank. Morday.
4 representative OF the security COM
pany which furnished Lewis bond OF
SO 600 as cashier was here. today, and
expressed satisfaction with the bonds
which the cashier has given for ms
appcarancc at the IIay term of court.
Cashier Lewis. with his sonin-law. f.
w. Kinds. who WAS at one time ASSIST
ant cashier. was at work al day in tho
bank .ndcavorinE to straiGhtcn out
the tangled accounts.
The opinion has been expressed by
some people that Il second party ~
impijcntCd III the cmbczzicmcnt, but
nothing has yet been discovered 70
warrant Il statement of that kind.
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Upton WILL VISIT BOSTON.
Blu! Mr.. Barrie Is Ncs Enihusia tic Over Bos
tons Racing Facilities.

Boston, April 16.-David Barrie. Sir
Thomas Lpto1's representative IN
America. arrived in Boston from New
York. today, to set tender for sham
rock II. Mr.. Barrie says he already
has q boat Professionally engaged in
New York. but he is here trying to find
a better one. Mr.. Barrie has his eye on
several Boston steamers that would
be suitable for the purpose.
is it true that Sir Thomas
is coming to BOSTON, was asked, and
Mr. Barrie replied: Yes: he is coming
to Boston after the races and he viii
bring the Erin, his steam yacht. mere.
1t is not at all unlikely also that he
may bring around the Shamrock IL.
although the question whether the
challenger will Gene or not is not def
initely settled"
"If he brings the Shamrock II here
is there any probability that there Will
he a race with the Independence?
To this question NJ. Barrie replied
that he did not know of anything or
the sort Sir Thomas representative
is not at all enthusiastic over Boston
as Il place for Il race between large
Yachts
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-04-17

Il consider Chamberlain's Cous"
Remedy the best in the world TOT o.' ~
chitis." says Mr.. William SaVoI!,
Warrington. England. 1T mas So So.
my wife's life. she having been "a
tyr to bronchitis for over SIN s.r
being most of the time confined -
hed. She is now quite well. rs
great pleasure to the manu'ae'u.h ~
OF Chamberlain's Cough Remeu! .h;s
able to publish testimonials Oh .ood
character. They show that grea. g.
is being done. pain and suffering "a
Iieved and valuable lives restoreu -
health and happiness by this ren'ec y;
1t is for sale by Jno. Cous.ainer.
Water ST.; J. C. Houlehan'
Druggists.
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DAMAGING TO RIPLEY.
More Evidence Found duplicating Him in itt
GOebel Murder.

Frankfort. Ky. April 1G.-Whcn court
convened, today. ii was thought prob
able that evidence in the case of capt.
Garnet Ripley, charged with completely
in the shooting Of Gov. Gocbcl might
be concluded, late this afternoon. The
developments on REORGANIZATION of
the defendant, however. regarding an
alleged conversation between him and
Former Assistant Secretary of State
J. e. Matthews. indicates that the
prosecution has some important rebuff
tai testimony and it may take all Of
tomorrow to get to the arguments. The
line of Interrogation pursued by the
prosecution as to the conversation with
Matthews. indicates that the latter is
nearly rs important witness against
Ripley as cX-Gov. Bradley and Judge
Yost were.
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Major Joseph Smith Bryce Dead.

New York, April 16.-Major Jo:rch
Smith Bryce. the oldest graduate Of
West Point. died, today. in this city.
at the age of 80. He was born at
Georgetown. d. G., on Sept. 81. 1908.
and was graduated at West Point with
distinct ton in 1929. orc of his class
mates being Robert f.. Lee. Ee served
throughout the Civil war on the staffs
of Cen. Wadsworth and Gen. Barnard.
H retired from the army and prac-
ticcd law. He was the father of Gen.
Lloyd $. Bryce. formerly paymaster
general of New York state and later
editor Of the North American Review.
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GILMAN HORSE SALE.
S28, 900 Worth Of Dead MiIIionairc's Stock
Disposed Of. Tuesday.

New York. April 1G.-About 200 per-
sons gathered at the American Horse
Exchange. this afternoon, to attend
the sale at auction OF the horses from
the estate OF the late George +. Gil
man, at Black Rock, Conn. The sale
was begun under authority Of the
bridgeport Trust CO., the administra-
tors. The first articles offered were 22
sets Of harnesses, which sold at an
averages of $3.50 Il piece. Following
these the sale of large number Of
saddles, bridges ard road wagons were
begun. The horses, which number 20,
VIII be sold last, and are expected to
bring high prices. one of the most
notable is Merry Legs, bay. gelding,
l5i2 hands high. Mrs. Helen Hall,
Frazier Gilman and George w. Smith
were present at the sale.
The most noteworthy of the har-
nesscs, was set Of four-inh hand har-
nesscs which won the second prize for
the best park appointments at the last
national show and 1t was bought for
W. b. Leeds, the steel man, who has
recently taken up his residence in this
city. and for which he paid s420.
MT. Locus btHfl N'it I'll
carriage for sl7o0; a pair of brown
geIding leaders MY Lord and High
ness for $1,000: Il pair Of wheelers
Pail Mall and Picadilly' for $1,000; Il
pair of bay gclding leaders Post Boy
and Position" for $1,000 and a pair Of
chestnut Ecldings "Donnybrook and
buckingham Tor $500.
The other horses and carriages and
sets of harnesses were bought by New
Workers. except alice and Duchess" a
pair of horses. which were selected by
T.. q. Burnham of bridgeport. and Mrs.
Han bought n dun gelding named
"Frolic" for 500. The whole sale
brought III 4 total Of SIS coo.
st John. y. H.. April ia Frederic
ton dispatch says George Gilman of
that place and John Gilman nf Spring
lin. York county. claim To bc heirs ~
the Gilman estate, New York. and
have engaged Il lawyer Ia look after
their interests.
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AFTER THE GUILTY.
CONTINUED from page ID

borrowed any and could not explain
why there should have been any charge
made. although he is in this country
on sick leave. he will return to Mania
and if the matter is not cleared up
when nc arrives there, will demand
court of inquiry.
Evans, of the firm OF Evans \ Co.
is known to some army officers IN
Washington. Evans was in this coun-
try a short time ago and may now be
i'm New York If he has not returned to
Manila. 1t is not known whether he
is an Englishman. an American or
Canadian. He was from Niagara,
though from which side of the river Is
not known.
At the commissary department Gen.
Weston spoke of his subordinate. Col.
Woodruff, in the highest terms.
San Francisco, April 16.-The trans
port Ohio sailed. today. from Manila
via Honolulu with a battalion af the
Goth Inf, numbering 600 men. so casuals
and recruits. ~ signal corps men and
a detachment of the hospital corps.
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HOPES CREW RESCUED.
After Hard Passage. the Greenland Lands
Them a. St. Johns. h.F.

st. Johns. n. F., April 1G.-The seal
ing steamer Greenland arrived here.
this morning, having rescued l9i MEM
beers Of the crew of the sealing steamer
Hone which was wrecked on Bryon
island. in the Gulf of st. Lawrence. All
are we'll The Hope was broken up by
the furious gales. but her cargo of 5000
seals was saved.
E Fearful weather was encountered by
the Greenland which had her decks
swept. lost a lot OF gear. was forced to
lay-to for two days and could not ap-
proach Bryon island. Ultimately she
had to embark the Hopes crew in
boats.
The sealing steamer Panther, which
originally assisted capt. Bartlett, OF
the Hope. but was subsequently driver
seward by the gale, arrived here, TO-
day. with 5000 seals.
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MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE.
Westminster Chambers Can GO 70 Higher.
Smoke Nuisance Bill Reported.

Boston, A~ril l6.-'rhe committee on
cities in the House. today. gave leave to
withdraw on the petition of the owners OF
the apartment house known as WCstminS =
ter Chambers for bill permitting thcn
Ia retain he height Of the building al 81
feet. instead Of o. feet as the present law
demands. This * the sequel to number
of Intellectual attempts which have beer
made by the owners of the building to get
around the law establishing the height of
buildings in Copcly square AZ ~ feet.
The committee on cities reported the
Gale Smoke nuisance bill. which provide
that cities and towns may vote upon the
question of whether manufacturing plants
shah he limited 10 the use Of soft coal for
i've inmates in every Is during the day
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They FEEL BETTER.
Chicago Holland Society Toasis WilhcImina
and Oenounce Chamberlain.

Chicago. April 1G,-Quecn Wihelmina of
The Netherlands, was toasted and Joseph
Chamberlain of Eng and, denounced at
the sixth annual banquet Of the Holland
Society Of Chicago, which was held a.
the Grand Pacific Hotel. About lo mem
bcrs of the society were present with 4
number NJ invited guests. t'residen
George BirkhoT. Jr., sat at The head OF
the long table ana his opening address
was received with much favor.
The chief address Of the evening was
that of Rev Henry +. Dosker of Holland
Mich. His praise of the heroic Dutch
men of the past of the present evoked
loud cheers. Other speakers of the even
ing. all Of whom united III condemnation
Of the policy pursued by the British in
South Africa were Judge Peter Grosscu1,
Edmund James. JOHN Lcnncwa ana 6. T.
Hn1gpma