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The St. Louis Republic., 1902-01-25
GOVERNOR TAFT MAY COME.
Philippine Executive Writes Fair
Management About Conference.

William H. Taft. Governor of the Philip
pines. who is now en- route to his home in
Cincinnati. O.. has been invited by Presi-
dent Francis Of the Exposition to visit St.
Loui. and become the guest Of the Worlds
conference on the Philippine exhibit. tele-
graphed from Ogden, Utah. yesterday that
he sincerely appreciated the compliment.
but regretted that he would not be able to
come here at present.
He added. however. that on his return
Louis with President Francis. concerning
the displays from the island possessions of
the Pacific. The date of the Governors
elaborate arrangements viii he made 70 re-
ceive him and impress him with the Inn
portance Of a great exhibit from the insular
territory.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-01-25
.IeraeyyiIle Notes.

Mrs. J. W. Allen of st: Louis will deliver
lecture ON Work Among the Mountain Whites
ct the annual meeting OF the Missionary Society
of the First Presbyterian Church in Jerseyvtlle
on Friday. January ~.
"A teachers institute for the northern division
of Calhoun County will be he'd to-day at Ham
burg
The Calhoun County Democratic Central Com
mittee has named Saturday. April 8. as the date
for holding the Democratic primary throughout
the county for the nomination 70 county ticket.
Grafton Lodge, No. 3il. OF Ancient Free and
Accepted Maeons. has installed Doctor ]. It'd
ball worshipful master. Clark Duncan senior
Kimbali treasurer. Charles Brainerd secretary.
John j. Wageoner senior dencon. Henry Bart
lett Junior deacon. S. f. Brown. tyler. the
Reverend James Staten chaplain Jonn +. Slaten.
marshal.
News has been received at Jerseyville Of the
ceiebra ticn Of the ifty-seyenth wedding annver-
sary OF Mr.. and Mrs. ]. S. Sullivan at Hanford.
Cal. Mr.. Sullivan was formerly q resident OF Jer-
sey County.
The English-Slaten Hardware Company Of
Jerseyville yesterday filed their articles Of incor-
poration for record in the office of Circuit Clerk
l.. Laurant. The capitalization OF the company
Is $4,000. The company succeeds the firm Of A.
o. Auten & Co.
c; W.. Holnbaek yesterday sold to Garrett
Welsh OF Rockbrtdge. ILL.,, a portion Of the Dodge
farm In Ruyle Township for $500.
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abridge the liberty Of utterance that may
properly be exercised.
But 1t is my judgment that no one in
side our denomination is at liberty to at
tack principles that are essential to the
organization and to Christianity-to what
Is understood among intelligent men as es-
sential, or orthodox Christianity
Must Not Assnil Miracles.
Since they involve a belief in miracles,
we are not at liberty. within our denomina-
tion. to assail the possibility of miracles.
1t Is your right and mine when we step
outside the church to propagate any opin-
ions regarding these two questions, but in
side our denomination It Is not proper to
attack them. either by n general denial of
the miraculous or a particular denial of the
two propositions that Jesus was the son
OF God. manifest in the flesh. and that he
arose from the dead.
i do not think any man has the moral
right to thrust upon any church the disa-
greeable task OF determining over and over
again what its fundamental princip,es are.
III one has reached conclusions that involve
denial Of the miraculous then he has
reached an outside position. He has no NOR
al right to an inside position in the
church."
Referred to Pearson.
In reference to the address. Doctor Little
said:
Il certainly had Doctor Pearson's heretic-
al utterances in mind when I made these
remarks. We who teach religion would cer-
tainly be lacking in courage to do our duty
II we did not go on record against an anna
teur theolosian who is ethically eccentric
in wishing to stay within the fold of a
church with whose fundamental doctrines
he disagrees.'
Doctor Pearson's reply to his critics will
probably not be made public for a week.
MY first essay against certain Bible
miracles was only the opening skirmish in
the battle thatI expect to wage" says Doc
tor Pearson.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-01-25
East St. Louis Items.

John Skelley. Terminal switchman fell from
a car near the Relay Station Thursday night and
was badly bruised.
The Queens Daughters will give their annual
ball Tuesday night at Dehrs Hotel
The German ladies' Aid Society will give a
mask ball at the Music Hall this evening
The Daughters OF Erin have postponed their
ball from February to Easter Monday evening
Queen City Lodge. X. of p. enjoyed a smoker
Last night.
-Abdul- Wahab Temple d. O. X. X will meet
Monday evening. The desree team will also have
rehearsal on that evening.
r.,Alvin Joslin'' will be the attraction at Nc
Casland's Opera-house Sunday evening.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-01-25
Referred to Pearson,

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO-Judge
Cunningham has granted a writ of habeas
corpus in favor of c. A. Weldon, who was
arrested here on charge of having OBJ
tanned money on false preteHses at Nc
Keesport, Pa, and for whom the Governor
of Pennsylvania had made a requisition
which Governor Orman of this State has
hOnored
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the mounted district are investigating IN
attempt to burn the frame house Of Peter
LRpear. ut No. 5S29 Old Manchester roa1.
Thursday night. About 9 o'clock Lapear
discovered a basket full of paper ablase a4
his front door. He exiting uished the bia1N
with a few buckets of water before aSy :
serious damage was done. ~
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-01-25
FIREMAN BURIED UNDER COAL.
Chute Opened Unexpectedly While
He Was In the Empty Tender.

He Was In the Empty Tender.
c. F. Becker. fireman on the c., P. &
St L. r R.. was buried under five tons
Of coal at Lock Haven on Thursday night,
and still lives. Becker was firing engine
No. 52 of freight train No. "A and was coal
Haven.
While standing on his tender one of the
slides was released and the five tons of
was dug out by the trainnen and taken to
his home in Springfield. Ill. No bones were
broken. but Becker sustained severe bodily
bruises. as well as internal injuries,
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-01-25
JERSEYVlLLE.
TO WORK FOR HARD ROADS.
Commercial Club Takes Up the Prof.
ect for Better ThOrouEhfares.


\ movement has been started by the
Jerseyvinc Commercial Club to make hard
roads out Of all the principal thorough
fares in the county. President ]. NJ. Page
of the club has appointed a committee to
look into the proposition and report at all
early meeting.
The committee consists of Mayor George
d. Locke Colonel w. II. Fulkerson, Alder
man IL. S. Daniels. Alexander c. Robb.
Supervisors James Powers. Clarence Wes;.
Thomas A. Case and H. II. Smell. The men,
bers will act in conjunction with the High
way Commissioners and Treasurers OF
Jersey. Richwoods. Otter Creek and Rich
mond townships
The first road TO be considered will be the
one leading from Jerseyville to Fieldon, d
distance Of eight miles The road is one
and is the artery OF travel for the entire
southwestern section Of Jersey County.
The present plan Is to macadamizs the
quarries at Grafton for that purpose.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-01-25

FAIRFIELD. ILL-Andrew ]. Hopkins
of Aurora met few Republicans in Fair
field yesterday afternoon in the interest of
his candidacy for United States Senator
There doesn't seem to be much Hopkins
sentiment in the county.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-01-25
THE EAST SIDE.

Hop Hollow above Alton. while hunting, by
being struck by a c.. p. & St. l.. train.
He was a grandson of Benjamin Godfrey.
the founder of Monticello Seminary, and
for whom the village of Godfrey was
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-01-25
East Side Renl E.tate Trnnsfer..

Real estate transfers fled for record with Couu-
" Recorder Charles Haefele at Bellevie yester-
were:
John Penn ct al. to f II. Schau. lots ami 4.
deed S2I0.
Theo. schoenhofen ard wife to Nina Kraft.
lot Il l.. schmtsseurs Subdivision. section l.,
township ]. north s: warranty deed: $3.50.
Il. T.. McCasiand and wife to Nancy Pope. part
lot 5. block l. National place, East st. Louis:
warranty Decd 81 400.
A. II. Bachmann ard wife to ]. ]. Wies. lot IL.
block 9. McCasiand 4: Guignon's Subdivision,
East 81. Louis: luitclaim deed: Slls.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-01-25

Do you know that IL you are out of
work there are 100 advertisements in to-
days Republic offering you work?
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-01-25

Do you know that IL you are out of
work there are 1G0 advertisements in to-
days Republic Offering you work?
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-01-25

Do you know that IL you are out Of
work there arc 100 advertisements In to-
days Republic offering you work?
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-01-25
Sues for Death Of Godfre,

Charles Young administrator of the es-
tate Of Frank Godfrey. filed suit in the Al
ton City Court yesterday against the c., P.
q st. L r. r. for 5000 damages for the
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-01-25
JURY SELECTED
TO TRY STRIKERS.
Charles Palmer, William Hart
mann, Jack Rogers and c. Way
land Charged With Rioting.

The trial of Charles r. Palmer. Villa m
Hartmann. Jack Rogers and C. Wayland
on an indictment charging them with riot
ing is on in the Circuit Court of Belleville.
Much difficulty was experienced. in get
ting jury. forty additional talesmen being
necessary before a jury was finally ac-
cepted.
The charge grows out OF labor troubles
in East st. Louis. Palmer is the walking
delegate for the Carpenters Union, and
with his companions got into a fight with
ronunion carpenters. who were badly beat
en-. Warrants were sworn out against
Palmer and his associates and they were
indicted by the Grand Jury.
States Attorney Farmer presented strong
evidence against Palmer yesterday. The
defense has long list of witnesses. The
case is being watched with unusual interest
Harry oNeal convicted by jury of the
charge of larceny. heard the report of the
jury IN court yesterday morning and. when
asked by Judge Schaefer IL he desired to
poll the Jury. he replied, No. take 'em
away. L have no further use for them
O'Neai was charged with stealing a watch
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-31
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that he shall not be burdened with lit
erary fame.
Henry Wallace Phillips, author of RED
Saunders" who says that he was born in
New York city. lived all over the place
in usual New York style and in early
youth gave promise Of future if he grew
up relates many good stories of his ex-
periences IN the Black Hills which are
not recorded in his stories Phillips
worked as feeder in a stamp mill connect
ed with a mine At one time his mother
came ont to the camp and started a Sun
day school. His brother and a banjo fur
nished the music, helped by the Swede
the words and very rev of the tunes, but
did the best she could. My mother,
if he knew what God was and he re-
piled: Yes, ma ana cuss word and
seemed surprised that a lady should use
such language. But as long as we have
missionaries in China what's the odds?'
add Mr. Phillips
Mr.. Phillips story of his youth is as
good as anything he has published. Want
ed TO be RR-. engineer, chemist, cleo
trician, microscopic, artist, or anything
to avoid working" he writes. ITO this
earnest desire TO avoid the strenuous life
is due most of the worlds valuable gray
work a week Sitting down. to plan some
way not to carry scutte Of coal up
stairs. The man that buys the patent
gets All the results. I was never known.
Mr.. Phillips goes on. to answer directly
thought she had me sure. Said she. DO
you want to go to the circus2' Said I,
What 'circus? Then friends and neigh
bors gave it up Ny penchant for rail-
reading once got me Into trouble at Nyack
at the age of twelve. helped the hostler
run engines in the shed on the little line
that ran only to Nyack at that time. Air
brake engines mostly. Great fun to see
how near you could come to a shed door
without hitting If. I tried it all alone one
night. Reached for air; there was no air.
l took away that END Of shed with
loud crash and hurried home by private
path.
T also had an unused laundry for a
4r1.r r.taI,
trogen iodine in quantity to furnish the
cook some delightful surprisesi A neigh
boring small boy whom / dislil5ed used
to monkey with my experiments when I
was away. On one occasion he was
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the year 1877. It is pleasing to know that
detheringtOn was promptly arrested. A
contemporaneouS newspaper account of
the affair is as follows. John lettering
ton, hab erdasher, of the Strand. was ar
raigned before the lord mayor yesterday
on a charge of breach of the peace and
melting to riot. and was required to give
bond in the sum of 81. 800. 1t Was ia eFl-
dence chat Mr.. Hetherington, who is well
connected, appeared in the public high
way wearing upon his head what he
called a silk lat (pr0duced), a. tai struc-
ture having shiny lustre and calculated
to frighten tinid people.
LAS q matter of fact. the officers Of the
crown stated that several women tainted
at the unusual sight, while children ran
screaming and a young man who vas re-
knocked down by the crowd AND had his
Knocked own by the crowd and had his
arm broken. For these reasons the de-
PENDANT was seized by the guard and tax
en- to the lord mayor. In extenuation the
defendant claimed that he had right to
appear in a headdress of his own design
ing. What was done ultimately with
HetheringtOn is not stated. Not that it
mattered much; he had done the fearsOme
deed; he had invented and introduced the
silS hat, and after that nothing mattere5
much.
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erature than on the teaching Of doc
trine His election to the highest Office
in the Presbyterian church is a graceful
tribute to him not only as a man of Inc
church but as a man of books and right
reading Not long ago DR.. Van Dyke
remarked:
Il have tried to preach a great deal
and have succeeded, perhaps ia doing a
little. I have tried not to write a great
deal; and, if I have failed, at least there
might be more. The study fire has been
very helpful Now am trying to teach
young men how to read"
Along with the Transformation of
sIronquil' to pension commissioner,
comes a change IN his publishers from
the west to the east. A leading New
York firm viii shortly issue a new edi-
ton Of Rhymes Of Ironqun1,'' hereto
fore published in Kansas, ia which is
being included q poem by James Whit
comb Riley which is eulogistic Of IRON
quilts work It is not because he is
ashamed Of his verse that Eugene Ware
puts it under the name Of .sIronQuilI -
or refuses to allow his own name to go
on the title page, but because he wishes
to keep his personality as a writer dis
tinct from his profession as a lawyer.
Now that he has become pension com
missioner he is all the more anxious
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in between the two and to win the girl
for himself. But the cheated lover per
sists-in propria persona, in the young
wffe's heart, and-most disastrousiy of
all--in the cheater's own consciousness.
The denouement brings a satisfactory
blending of tragedy and Of pOeticaI JUS
tice.
IN the details of execution Mr.. Ca
ble's manner has not changed for the
better. 1t is nervous, cursory. spas
modic, even hdgety; and his opening IS
inexcusably batting and confused And
the slight traces" Of comic relief as
manifested in two or three shadowy
servants were best banished altogether
The story rounds out with com
pleteness and a precision that are little
less than geonetrical Throughout it is
held up on the high plane of the re-
spectacle and respected by the auth
or's own gravity, delicacy and restraint
The interview between the two men
the husband and loyer-the latter of
whom has come to seek an understand
ing yields certain lines that make one
ponder.
"A gentleman" says the cheated low
er-sI mean anyone trying to be a
whole gentleman-is a very helpless
creature. nowadays, IN matters of this
sort The old thing called
satisfaction is something one can no
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a Three-Year colleee Conc

The new Harvard catalogue states more
clearly and explicitly than previous eata-
logues have done the conditions under
which a student may get his A. B. de-
gree in three years. Students are required
to take four courses a year, and are per
mtted to take six, but net more A stu
dent who completes seventeen courses.
whether in three years or three and half
has done all the work required Of him.
His A. B. degree will be given him at
the end of his third year ''if he shall
have attained grade A or = in at least
nine courses. or shall have received hon
Orable mention twice" If his scholarship
is less distinguished he gets his degree
with his class at the end Of the fourth
year. But as soon as he finishes his
seventeen courses-Which can not be
done in less than three years-he may
leave Cambridge, go to work, travel or
study his profession His time is his
own. This system has been in practical
operation at Harvard for a number OF
years About one hundred men, or near
" a quarter Of the present senior class,
are now on leave Of absence, having fin
ished their work IN accordance with its
provisions.-Harper, Weekly.
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unto others as you would have others do
to you or, ia the Chinese version, DO
not do to others what you would not
have others do to you. This IS the law
of reciprocity, Tolstoi says, and If men
We're 70 adapt it to life, a science would
develop and teach how upon its basis.
all collisions could be avoided both be
tween separate individuals and between
individuals and society. It may be
needless to add the book is against war,
which the author thinks Is organized
murder most hOrrid.
The book is book of gold IN values,
just as its burden is the maxim esteem
ed golden by many peoples and many
religions It is TOlstOiss solution of ths
sympathetic minds, Of the involved con-
ditions Of our modern life-its unspeak-
able woes and injustiees. TOlstOd's con-
sideratIons and conclusions seem to me
Of especial interest TO the people Of that
stale which, founded IN the years when
freedom was flaming afresh, has always
striven-nO matter about the failings-
after an ideal human condition. Tt is
pure socialism that Tolstoi preaches-no,
not socialism, but rather statelessness-
we can not say nO-ru1e anarchy. for the
word has been SO long misused and SO
vilely.
To an age which IS seeking some key
by which the great problems Of man
kind for living may be answered-to US
asking how we may wipe away great
SORROWS and wrongs engendered by
SIrIe OF men-IOlSI01 brings the mes
sage. 1t is saner than many messages
looking to such ameIioration. It Is
simpler than any other.-it is in fact
what the greatest sages have offered for
thousands of years. Tolstoi himself Is
merely a new advocate, another newer
ray from the divine sun
One literary parallel comes to the
thoughtful reader OF this book Tolstois
reply to the synod's edict excommuni-
eating him on February 20-22. 1901, his
apology (this word apology is used in
the literary sense) has in It somewhat
of the spirit of the "Apologia" Of Soera-
ties which Plato preserved to US In a
few places the resemblance is striking,
for instance in this following trumpet
note which can not soon die in ears
that hear it: And I profess this Chris
tianity. and in that measure in which
I de profess il I peacefully and joyously
live and peacefully ana jOyously am ap-
preaching DEATH The reply also recalls
Luther's speech at Worms: THE time
for silence is past, and the time for
speaking has come said the great re-
former; here l stand, I can do no other
wise. God help me
KATE STEPHENS
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ably Indiana heads the list Of states IN
point Of number OF authors now DetolS
the public. Who mentions Riley, Lew
Wallace, Major McCutcheon, IarkAlta@-
ton and many others without thinking
Of Indiana? Illinois lays claim 10
George AIDE. but he was an Indiana pO3-
The prairie state, however. has the I'M =
mortal .DoOley.'' George Horton Chat-
held-Taylor, II. B. Fuller Z. Hougn.
Siason Thompson, Will Payne ana the
famous editor Of the 'Bilioustine
Kansas boasts Of her William Allen
White; Louisiana. Of Cables Georgia, Oh
Joel Chandler Harris; Kentucky has her
James Lane Allen, as well as Opie Read,
Harrison Roberts. john FOX by auop-
ton. and John Uri Lloyd: California has
her Markham, Jack London ana Gellett
Burgess; Wisconsin is the native state
of Hamlin Garland; Iowa, of Octave
Thanet, Virginia. Of Thomas Nelson
Page; Massachusetts. Of Mary Wilkins,
and Maine, of Sarah Orne JeWeLt
A continuation of the list would serve
merely as additional proof of the fact
that the state which does not have It's
favorite son or daughter in letters VINO
is not also popular with the readers or
most Of the other states is hard to ind.
We are becoming a greatly diversified
people of widely scattered culture; and
yet the unity Of our people in matters
literary is remarkable. Not long ago.
as an example of this. well known
critic within the space of a few weelcs
lectured In towns which bordered the
Canadian and Mexican frontiers and IN
towns in New England and On the Pa
cific slope. His critical talks were
equally appreciated in all Of these
places.
A New York editor has called atten-
ton to the fact that, although Bret
Harte wrote many things for the stage
none Of them were deemed worthy of
acceptance. The fact seems very strange
when it recalled that from one of Bret
Harte's earliest stories a play was pre-
r7r15
than one. The same editor points out
that while Mr.. Harte was q, great crea-
tor Of characters and was able to put
them readily into short narratives, he
never acquired any of the playwright's
skill NO American hetiOnist OF much
distinction" he goes on to say, has yet
written successfully for book and
stage"
It was m liss" which made the great
stage success. Bret Harte wrote the
story when he was a fypesetter on a
San Francisco weekly. The editor read
his manuscript and suggested to MT.
Harte that he lengthen II ont Harte
replied that he did not want to try the
lengthening process himself. but that h.
was perfectly willing to have anyone
else DO it It is not known who did the
padding, but with the appearance of the
first installnents merit as a story was
recognized as well as. worth for the
stage. Thus 1t was that Annie Pixley
secured fame and fortune as IN Hiss"
Mr. Harte did not become known until
he wrote THE Luck Of Roaring Camp"
and then It was as a short story writer.
1t is probable that the stage success Of
Miss" always made Mr.. Harte contin-
ne his attempts to write for the stage.
even until shortly before his death.
DIR. Henry Van Dyke, the recently
elected Moderator of the general as
sembly of the Presbyterian church, lays
more Importance on the teaching OF lit