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Newport weekly independent., 1902-04-25

One of the worlds greatest preach CTS has passed away. Rev. T. De Witt Talmage, having devoted his life and wonderful talents to the pointing of others to the way of eternal life, has at last himself stepped over into the larger, fuller life of Gods eternal day. The tenement house of clay has been given up for the one not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. The glories of the future home of the soul, which has been so often elo- quently and graphically portrayed by Dr. Talmage in his sermons, has burst upon his vision as he sees face to face and realizes the force of the Scripture which his lips have spoken so many times: Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him."
 Death has been swallowed up in and awoke in His likeness, this valiant soldier of the Lord Jesus Christ could exclaim in ringing tones of triumph: 70 death, where is thy sting? o grave, where is thy vic tory?" And as he passed on into the presence of his King and Saviour, the minor strain of the words: "The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law" have been lost in the mighty chorus of the re- deemed with which his voice has mingled as they sing: "But thanks be to God, which giveth us the vic- tory through our Lord Jesus Christ"
 Dr. Talmage was a firm believer in the Bible as the Word of God The higher criticism could never shake his faith in the realities of all the Bible set forth. He frequently declared that he believed every jot and little of it between the covers of the book, every word of it as it stands. And it was because of this that his preach ing was so vivid and forceful. He be- lieved what he spoke. Did he speak of hell, he painted it as reality and made his hearers believe that when the Bible talked about hell it meant exactly what it said. Did he undertake to set forth the realities of heaven, his graphic portrayal of Scriptural passages on the subject carried his hearers up to the very gates until they could almost see the white robed throngs passing through the golden streets. The pictures which he drew at times were start ling, and his illustrations striking and forcible. Bible characters as he talked about them became living realities and that vagueness which generally surrounds sacred history in the minds of people was lifted, and Moses and Elijah, Daniel and David, and the others in the long list of Bible heroes stood out with a vivid ness that held the wrapt attention of his hearers and the readers of his sermons.
 He was dramatic and sensational in his manner in the pulpit, but always with the purpose of emphasizing the message he was delivering On one occasion, when it was time for him to begin his sermon, he went to the edge of the platform, buttoned his ,oat, raised his arms and wheeling
Newport weekly independent., 1902-04-25
Sacrificing Men to Principles.

That principles live although men die is a truism that may be expressed in another way, even if it takes consid-4 erable frankness to say it. It is re- called by a gentleman that his father was once travelling with Wendell Phil lips, and took occasion to speak with some bitterness of the harsh treat ment that had been accorded to Gen. Banks by certain citizens of Boston. "Yes," said MT. Phillips, with charm ing genuousness. "When we want to establish principle we do not hesi- tate to sacrifice man to it.'-Youth's Companion.
Newport weekly independent., 1902-04-25
NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Nicely Tn the Cuban postal fraud case, has been released on $100,000 bond.
 Archbishop Ryan has been ap- pointed by President Roosevelt a member of the board of Indian commissioners.
 Attorney General Knox has in- structcd all district attorneys to make thorough investigation of the beef trust.
 Fire insurance companies threat en to cancel all policies in force ir Vicksburg, Miss, unless the city af- lords better protection from fires.
 A man known as o. c. Hanks, train robber and all-round despera- do, was killed in a gambling house at San Antonio by officers, who were trying to place him under ar rest.
 It is claimed that unless the pow CTS use their influence with King Charles as to the treatment of Jews in Roumania, thousands of those people will perish from starvation. Besides being denied the right of citizenship, the authorities are now making it impossible for Jew to earn a living.
 In the United States senate MT. Berry offered an amendment to the river and harbor bill which gives to the Mississippi $S20,000 additional for four years. The Ouachita gets $350,000, the White river gets an increase of $2O0,000, while Walnut bend on the St. Francis gets an in- crease of S90,000.
 President Ingalls,, of the Big Four, says concerning the Louisville & Nashville deal: '"To keep a rail- road safe nowadays, it must be lock- ed up over night. This is demon- strated by the recent purchase of the Louisville, and Nashville. Who would have thought any one would have gone out of his way to grab that piece of property? We have al- ways looked upon it as being sort of sacred, but nothing is sacred today to the railroad manipulator. The 'community-o y-of-interest' scheme has reached its highest point for good. It may go still higher or stop where 1t is; it all depends, as the Romans used to say, on the limit of Caesars ambition. Railroad groupings are necessary" he continued, eff the evils of rate cutting are to be miti- gated. But they must stop where they are. If mergers continue to grow in size the logical end must be one-mSn control, which will result i'll government ownership. This would bring in its train greater evils than we have yet had to surmount, and would be lamentable in the ex- treme."
 From tf ose close in touch with the Boer leaders it appears that the secrco dispatches from South Afri- ca outline the peace proposals now under discussion at Pretoria, as fol- lows: The Boers accept a British lord commissioner, with a Boer ex- ecutive, both to be resident at Pre- toria. The country to be divided into districts, with British direct of- fcers and a Boer committee chosen by polling by the burghers. The veto right to be reserved to the Brit ish government. The majority of the British officers must be convers- ant with the Dutch language. Jo- hanneshurg to be rctroceded to the British, with complete British civil organization. A war indemnity of at least 10,000,0o0 pounds to be dis tributed by mixed committees. Dis armament to occur when the first batch of Boer prisoners is sent back to South Africa. No war tax to be
Newport weekly independent., 1902-04-25

clooc ou Duuddy dllu db lD U ClOCh dt night.
 Several regiments of cavalry will shortly be sent to the Philippines to relieve the infantry now doing mounted duty.
 Brigadier Generals Isaac De Dus- sy, Andrew s. Burt and Michae, v. Sheridan, recently promoted, have been placed on the retired list after All the leading transatlantic steamship companies have been con- solidated The deal was made through the Morgan banking house and the capital stock is $150,000,- 900.
 Several fires occurred at Dallas, Tex, on the goth, thought to have been the work of incendiaries and as a result Fireman Will Span and Will McAgee are dead. The prop erty loss is placed at $400,000. The first fire was the Dorsey printing plant, and while the entire depart ment was battling with the flames at that point a second alarm was turn ed in from wholesale district, where twenty buildings, business houses and residences, were consum- ed.
 Wesley Atkins, who when 12 years of age murdered his father and stepmother at their home in | Clayton county, Iowa, has been granted conditional pardon, after serving ten years of life sentence. The boy had been corrected fo1 some trivial offense and at night secured his fathers revolver and committed the double crime. He then went back to bed, slept till morning, when he went to a neigh Dor and told that his parents had been murdered by robbers. He was suspected and when arrested broke down and confessed.
 An awful river disaster occurred a few miles from Cairo, H., on the goth, when the steamer City of Vicksburg was burned. At least 75 of the 15o people on board the vessel perished The vessel was dis covered to be on fire about 4 o'clock in the morning, and a panic follow ed among both crew and passengers. One of the surviving members of the crew gives this account: ''The fire was discovered at 4 :05 o'clock in the forward hold. By 4:15 the entire boat was in flames and at 4 80 the whole boat was g. wreck. The front stairways burned, cutting off any avenue of escape. We alarmed the sleeping passengers, bursting open their doors to awak- en them. They ran out without put ting on life preservers, and crowded aft. The officers held them back while the one yawl was loaded with women and children. The scene was awful. About twenty or thirty were taken off in the boat and then those in the water were rescued. The water was very cold and the passengers were in their night clothing. Those who were not burn ed up in the boat drowned in the cold water, and all perished except those who were able to swim. l was one of these. When we reached shore we were unable to stand and had to be helped out of the water. It seemed as though we were crazed by fright, for we were screaming with fright even after we were safe ashore" Following is a partial list of the dead: Joe Bedding, Cincin- natl, and Fred Jones, Newport, striker-engineer; Tom Smith, Mem phis, striker-pilot; William Boiling CT, Cincinnati, first steward; Henry Thomas, colored, Cincinnati, second steward; John Batts, Cincinnati, | aool-. ro,,, G;1fo,1 lo
Newport weekly independent., 1902-04-25

Siberia has evidently not been abol- ished as penal colony. Reports from St. Petersburg show that many stu dents who were engaged in the recent demonstration have been exiled to Si- beria, though for only short terms. Nicholas IT,, it was said a year or two ago, had stopped sending prisoners to Siberia. The running of the railroads through that continent, however. will ultimately do more than the ukase of czars could toward knocking the penal colony obsolete. It was isolation that made Siberia slowing away place for the dangerous persons of Russia.
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Newport weekly independent., 1902-04-25
Rev, T. De Witt Ta1nage

His Active hife His Sermons for Many Years Published Uueekly in Hundreds of Papers
 in This and Other Countries
Newport weekly independent., 1902-04-25

An injury to the tongue is repaired by nature with more rapidity than is the case with any other part of the system.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-06-04

In a recent letter to DIR. Hartman
Congressman Botkin says:
my Dear Doctor-It gives me pleas
ure to certify to the excellent curative
qualities of your medicines-Peruna
and Manalin. have been afflicted
more or less for quarter of century
with catarrh of the stomach and con-
stipation. A residence in Washington
has Increased these troubles. A few
bottles of your medicine have given me
almost complete relief, and I am sure
that a continuation of them will effect
permanent cure" u. D. Botkin.
Mr.. l.. F. Verdery, prominent real
estate agent, of Augusta, Ga, writes:
81 have been q great sufferer from
catarrhal dyspepsia. Tried many ply
sicians, visited good many springs,
but believe Peruna has done more
for me than all of the above pu,
together. feel like q new person. -
L. F. Verdery.
The most common form of summer
catarrh is catarrh of the stomach. This
is generally known as dyspepsia.
Peruna cures these cases like magic.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case, and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable adj
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, o.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-06-04
TOLD OF THE STAGE FOLK.

David Wartield will next season use
''Dinkelspiel," a German comedy by
George Hobart.
Hazlitt, after the necessary work Of
prepare ton has been concluded, wrote
one lecture week of the series "Lec-
lures on Authors"
Amelia Karle, who has been MEM
Der of Rogers Brothers chorus, will
marry wealthy western ranch owner
in the fall, and bid goodby to the stage.
There is an apparent lack of mutual
admiration between some of the people
who have written successful historical
novels and some of the critics who
would if they could.
Mrs. Langtry has signed contract
with Charles Frohman to appear in
this country next season. She will
probably be seen in Paul Kester's
"Mademoiselle Mars"
What is believed to be the largest
book that has ever been made was fin
ished few days ago at Los Angeles,
Cal. It is register for the chamber
of commerce of that city, and will con-
tain, when filled, more than $4,000
names. 1t weighs 1924 pounds and COM
prises 1880 pages.
Some unfeeling newspapers are polk
ing at Andrew Carnegie the remark re-
Gently made by President Eliot, of Har-
ward: "A library that will go on shelf
five feet long is enough to give an in
tellectual training to any human being
that ever came into the world.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-06-04
BURNING HEAD.

Star City, Ark, May 26th.-A very
remarkable case has just occurred
here.
Mr.. w. H. McFalls has been suffer-
ing severely for two years with an
ailment tLat puzzled the doctors and
everybody. The trouble seemed to be
all in his head, which had a burning
sensation all the time.
Sometimes this burning pain in the
head would be worse than at other
times, but it never left him.
At last he tried a new remedy
called Dodd's Kidney Pills, and was
agreeably surprised to find that the
burning gradually disappeared.
An attack of La Grippe has laid
him up for the last few weeks, but
Dodd's Kidney Pills have banished
his old trouble entirely.
His son George used a few of the
Pills which his father did not need
and they have done so much good
that he says he would not take ten
centsa pill for the few he still has left.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-06-04
A LITTLE NONSENSE.

Teacher-"Now, which was the
Black Princes last WARP" Intelligent
Pupil-"Please, miss, the one he died
in.'-Judy.
II you want large bill for your
small change all you have to do is to
consult lawyer or a DOCTOR Chica-
go Daily News.
Very Dear, misunderstanding he a
very dear friend of yours?" He
'Oh! sure. He touches me for a
loan every week or so.'-Detroit Free
Press.
No Hand with a Hammer. - Mrs.
Dorcas-''Why shouldn't a woman go
into politics?" Dorcas-"How in the
world is she going to nail campaign
lie"'-N. Y. Evening Sun.
The Wrong Track. - Lord Stone
brook-''Miss Pyle, may I call you
Angelina? It's such charming
name!" She-"It is. But it's my
sisters name, not mine!"-Punch.
'I've been a-thinkin' how things'll
look when Bill graduates" said the
Billville citizen. ''How they'll look?''
eyes; to see him struttin' around in
Greek an the old man plowin' in di-
alect! "-Atlanta Constitution.
mo, I'm not very well impressed
with the house," said the prospective
tenant. ''The yard is frightfully
small; there's hardly room for a sin.
gle flower-bed." Think SOP" replied
the agent; ''but-er-mightn't you
use folding flower-beds?"- Glasgow
Evening Times.
Mrs. Twitter-"Oh I've no patience
with my husband sometimes. He
says that women have no heads fol
business!" Mrs. Flutter-"And after
the splendid work you have done at
our church fair! Where is the man
I'd like to know, who could sell
goods at 300 per cent. profit? Won
en- have no heads for business, in,
deed!'-Boston Transcript.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-06-04

British company having almost I'M
limited capital. The commercial war
fare which Immediately ensued finds
parallel, perhaps, in the fight for su-
premacy between the early trading
and fur companies in our own north
west. The British "National African
Company" prevailed, as did the Hudson
Bay Fur company on this continent.
1t is said of them in this commercial
struggle with the French that they
bribed native chiefs not to make treat
les with the French; and that compe-
tition became so fierce that the French
with their lesser resources found it
impossible to carry on paying export
trade. At this point the British COM
pany kindly offered to buy out the
French companies for "spot cash" and
the offer was accepted. This contest
took place shortly before the Berlin
conference and was concluded in tine
to enable the British representative
at that convention to declare that the
British company alone had commercial
dealings in the basin of the Lower
Niger. Thereafter the British COM
pany held supreme commercial sway
in the Niger River country and two
years after the conference they Sc
cured charter under the new name,
The Royal Niger company. They con-
tinued to make treaties with native
chiefs and welded the country into a
unit that strengthened the British po-
litical claim to the territory.
With the city of Logos as seaport
and with recognized British protec-
torate over large area of the most
promising of African lands the COM
mercial future of the company and of
the colony is assured.
The Niger river is justly one of the
most famous of African streams. At
the confluence of the Benue and Nj
ger rivers the Niger is about three
quarters of mile wide and the Benue
is one mile wide, the united strea m be-
ing not unlike lake. From this point
the great river rushes through deep
valley and then energies, near the sea-
coast, into an expanse of lowland,
much of which is under water during
the food seasons. Here begins one of
the most elaborate delta systems in
the world. The swampy, channel-cut
region extends for 100 miles along the
coast and quite 40 miles inland. A
curious fact concerning the Niger and
Benue rivers is that they are not in
flood at the same time, their sources
being found in widely separated dis.
tricts. In June tropical rains swell the
Upper Niger, while the Benue reaches
its greatest height in August or Sep.
TENDER. Below the confluence the
character of the Niger changes. &C.
cording as it is Influenced by the food
water of one or the other of these
differing streams. MILTON MARKS.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-06-04
Mathe mntica1 Denomination.

"How is this, Alexander?" said Mrs.
Pothurst. "You told me at the begin
ming of the century that you were 60
ing to strictly limit yourself to smok-
ing ten cigars a day, and, if am not
mistaken in my count, here you are
putting away at your twelfth"
''True, my DEAR" answered Mr.. P,
"this is the twelfth cigar to-day, but,
as matter of fact, have only smoked
eight. never smoke over two-thirds
of cigar; can't do it without scorch-
ing my mustache. Then, if you will
think for a moment, you must see
that have only smoked eight, which
is two-thirds of 70, leaving me still
two and little more yet to smoke
So, you see, my dear, that I have not
broken my promise. Kindly pass the
Observation-Disclosures Magazine.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-06-04
THE HINDU EDITOR.
Does Not OverwOrk Himself and Pub.
fishes Amusing Excuses for
Shortcomings,

In amusing candor and ingenuity of
excuses the western editor might learn
something from his Hindu brother,
who, when anything goes wrong with
the paper for which he is responsible,
is as fertile in excuses as Chinaman,
says an English writer.
When the first copy of new Hin
du newspaper made it's appearance
recently it's subscribers were amazed
to see that nearly half of it consisted
of empty columns. The following
editorial note, however, explained this
vagary: eve regret that this, our
maiden number, should lack complete
ness due to a miscalculat We
thought we had sufficient ma terial, and
consequently did not trouble to col
1ect more. We can assure our in
dulgent readers that this will not &C.
cur again; and we trust the quality
of the contents will make up for their
lack of quantity.''
Another Hindu editor found it nec-
essary to suspend the publication Of
his paper for fortnight without any
warning. When the paper again made
it's appearance it contained this anus
ing notice: eve regret that owing
to misunderstanding with a rival
editor, in which we failed to get all
the best of the argument, it was nee
essary for us to retire unexpectedly
from the conduct of this paper for
the space of two weeks, during which
we have had opportunities of devils
ing certain Improvements which we
propose to introduce into it. The
rival editor, we regret to report, is still
confined to his home"
When the Hindu editor wishes to
rest for time from his la bors he calm
ly and confidently announces the fact
in these or similar words: "As we
are beginning to feel the physical and
mental effects of years unremitting
devotion to the interests of our read
ers, we feel it due to them that we
should take the rest which our labors
in their behalf demand and deserve:
and as natural consequence beg to
notify that this paper will cease to
appear for the space of four weeks"
A short time ago an Indian news
paper appeared with two very con-
spicuous blank columns on the front
page. The editor explained this &C.
centricity thus: EWe had reserved
this space for an exceptionally power
full article on a subject of universal
interest to our readers; but at the
last moment we find that the article
cannot be compressed within the two
columns reserved for it. It will make
it's appearance next week."
Another Hindu editor, whose paper
made it's bow to the public with a
number of empty columns, had the
delightful effrontery to insert notice
to the effect that ga very large guam
tity of most interesting matter has
been omitted for lack of space"