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Butler.

Butler. July % Quite number of
young people surprised Miss Alice Berg
man last Friday evening at the Fred
Bergman home, it being her birthday.
Refreshments consisting of ice cream.
cake, oranges bananas and candy We're
served Those present We're: Mrs. Lulu
Arganbright. Mrs. Stella Lawson, Misses
Rose Woodward, Carrie Burgess, Moss
Funk, Ollie Darner. Nellie Scott, Stella
Woodward, Ella Burgess, Inez Lawson,
Agnes Arganbright, Nora Bergman, Alice
Bergman, Myrtle Bergman, Messrs Ed
Woodward Tom Funk, J. T. Burgess,
Cieve Clark, Charley Scott, Charley Law
son, j. NJ. Arganbright, Bert Lawson, Iv-
erette Watts. Oryille Fink. j. c. Kennel
Fred Darner, Phil Keilkoph, George Ar
ganbright. Charles Bergman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas Crawford spent Sun
day at Mr.. Neff's.
Alfred Lawrence and Roscoe stromberf
visited with Bert Shute Saturday.
.. S. shute and wife were in ottumws
Monday.
Mrs. Frank Lindsey and Mrs. A j
Burgess were in ottumwa shopping Wed
nesday.
Harry and Carrie Burgess were il
| Highland Wednesday,
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FOR SALE-REsTAURANT PROPERTY
and outfit. opposite depot. Charlton, Ia.
Address NJ B. Rosson, Charlton, Iowa.
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WANTED.

AGENTS wANTED-To SELL THE
Life of Pope Leo XIII" Written with
the encouragement. appreciation and
blessing of his holiness, the pope by
Monsignor Bernard O'Reilly in six lam
guages. G31 Paxton building, Omaha.
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= TO LEASE.

FOR LEAsE-A -FOUR AND -oNE-HALF
foot vein of coal, shaft already sunk.
For further particulars address Hobar.
Fuhs, Kirkvflle, Iowa.
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A $4,000 Catholic parsonage will be
built at Van Horne, ,...,..,.
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Dubuque will not be represented at
the state firem ems tournament at
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A Model Institution.

The visit of the Keokuk county Off
Gals is flattering to the Wapello coun-
ty board of supervisors and to Super
intendent Wilson of the county hospi-
tai, as it demonstrates that the neigh
boring counties approve of the method
of caring for the county charges here.
If the improvements contemplated now
are made at the county hospital the
officials state it will make of it a mod
ell institution and one that will not be
surpassed by any farm in the state.
The sun., 1903-05-12
Every Man in His Place

We trust that the Hon. THEODORE
ROOSEVELT will turn deaf ear to al! re-
quests from business men to use his per-
sonal influence toward allaving the great
strike agitation now so noticeable and
that instead he will hold himself rigidly
to the conduct that becomes the President
of the United States.
Because by his action in connection
with the coal strike Mr.. ROOSEVELT vio-
lently unsettled the balance between
employer and employed under which the
law says that business shall be carried
on is no good reason for his attempting
now to even up things by applying his
official power in the contrary direction.
The proper course for Mr.. ROOSEVELT
to pursue is to hold himself aloof entirely
from the private affairs of the American
public and devote himself wholly to man
aging the well-detined business of the
President. Two wrongs cannot make a
right,
The sun., 1903-05-12
Divorce and Morning Glories.

A new pastoral and landscape poet
has begun to twitter in Boston. We call
him new, and yet We suspect that he is
but new phase or emanation Of our old
friend Uncle DUDLEY" DIBBs, the
philosopher and conduct editor OF the
Boston Globe. He wreathes a whole
column with flowers. Sound and kind
as another old friend, ROBERT B. THOMAS,
Of the Old Farmers Almanac, he is also
sweet, tender and dripping with beauty
like Prof. ARLo BATEa May-movings
are over. The folding bed, majestic
with ornaments, rests against the wall
of the spare room" The homesickness
of the cat is gradually yielding to the
healing hand Of time. Uncle DUDLEY
DIBBs shifts affeotonately the bunch of
lilacs sent by an appreciative reader
in Suncook, n. H. Then he plays upon
his magic typewriter and world of blos-
SONS springs up:
How beautiful are flowers and what pleasure
they eive' Embcms OF purity and truth. they cheer
and delight every one. They are noble gift OF
nature and should be cultivated In every home no
matter how humble, In some spot around every
city or rural home should be found some fragrant
evidence OF the presence Of the sweet arbutus, the
fair asaies. the purple aster. tie wild bluebel
The sun., 1903-05-12
Most Desperate Burglar In the world -

From the Pntsburp Dispatch.
Doubly 'handcufrcd and chained to the car
scat, Benjamin Sippey, alias William Wright,
alias William Watson, alias Big Bill" Mason,
the most desperate burglar and salecracker
Over fifty indictments are hanging over him
in various parts Of the country.
He was lod ged in Jail for the night by Deputy
Warden Sewall of the Indiana State Peniten-
tiary at Michigan City. where he is being taken
to serve out four-year sentence for robbing
the home Of the Mayor of Terre Haute. He
escaped seven years 60 ana has been in the
Eastern Penitentiary since then. After es-
Gaping ne went to Philadelphia and the police
tried to arrest him in saloon for completely
In a murder committed during a robbery. He
shot the policeman and escaped.
He then went TO Washington and the au-
thorities there want him for twenry-seven
crimes, including murder. The New York
police have eleven indictments against him
and sent TO the Eastern Penitentiary for
seven years. When he was released yeste erday
morning over 1000 people surrounded the
prison, eager to catch glimpse OF him. on
GERS from six cities tried to secure possession
Of him, but he WAS turned over to Deputy
Sewall
Sippey is over feet tall and built in pro-
portion. He is So years old and has spent
twenty years in various prisons. The confne-
mant does not seem TO injure him and ne looks
like thrty-year-old athlete On account
OF his desperate character. it was not deemed
safe to trust him on a train at night SO he was
taken OF here until this, morning. when the
leased from Michi1an City. the Washington
police will take him there to stand trial.
The sun., 1903-05-12
RituAlistic Services.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN.-Sir. Atten-
tion was recently called in THE st'S to the IA ct
that in two Episcopal churches of this city.
st. Mary the VirElns and st. Ignatius's. there
is the full Catholic ritual. Let me add that q t
these o(her Episcopal churches the services
are the Al me as at those two churches. viz:
Church Of the Holy Cross. 4s Avenue c. Cor
pus Christi. at West sixty-ninth street, near
Amsterdam avenue: st. Edward the Martyr. at
IL East Tooth street, and Church Of the Re
deemer. at 1853 West laeth street.
OF the Pre.Sanctined has been celebrated for
years Oh Good riday morning. Last Wednes-
day evening at this church the feast of st John
Ante Portam latham was observed by
solemn vespers, the curate being celebrant
assisted by two visiting priests, as deacon and
sub.deaoon, the ministers being vested In
cloth OF sold cope. dalmatic and tunic The
altar was solemnly Censed ut the "MaRnificat, :"
ana after the prayers solemn procession was
held, preceded by the orucifix and four pro-
oessionul lights thurifer. font bearer and
forty-hve visiting acolytes from various
city parishes. The preacher was the Rev
Paul BirdsG. ROTOR o! Grace Church, of the
diocese OF Albany
The increase In number of these so-called
rtualistic parishes is only theological sequence
Lord in the Holy Eucharist The red light
burning before the altar in all of these parishes
testtfes that the Blessed SacrA ment is con-
stantly reserved In the tabernacle for adora-
tion and 10 ever ready to be carried to those IN
'r'rsm's. that they may receive their viatic,im
New YORK May 8.
The sun., 1903-05-12
TULLOCH CALLED on FOR PROOF.
Postmaster. General Payne Says lie Must
Make Good His Charges or Shut Ip.

WARRINGTON, May Cen
eral Payne has sent verbal message to
Seymour Tulloch, the former cashier Of the
Washington Post Office. who recently made
a public statement containing allegations
against former Postmaster. General Smith,
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bris-
tow Comptroller of the Treasury Tracewell
and Postmaster Merritt of the Washington
Office. telling Mr.. Tulloch in plain English
to make good or shut up.
1t Is understood that Mr.. Payne IL inclined
to this, course since the receipt OF letters
from the four men against whom allega-
tions were made by Tulloch. These state
ments, 1t Is said. throw considerable new
light on the Tulloch case and the reasons
for the dismissal Of that officer after twenty
years In the Government service
MIR. Payne's views were expressed to
Mr.. Tulloch by two inspectors OF the De-
partment, who went to Forest Glen, Md,
yesterday afternoon and had a long talk
with him. Mr. TulIoch finally agreed to
do all In his power to substantiate the
submit, a statement to the Postmaster
General before Friday OF the present week.
This statement. Mr. Tulloch said. would
contain all the information in his posses
sion and would be sufficiently detailed in
character to enable the officers of the De.
partment to anpify the facts presented
by him through reference TO the rec
ords and files Of the Washington Post
Office and postal service. The overhaul
ing Of the accounts Of the Warrington
Post Office. which was begun ten days ago.
was completed to-day and report contain
ing the results Of the inquiry will be laid
before the Postmaster-G General within a
few days.
Auditor Castle OF the Post Office Depart
ment to-day is preparing the detailed
statement Of the accounts OF the New York
Post Office. requested by Comptroller of
the Treasury Tracewell as the first step
In the general investigation Of affairs In
the New York Office instituted with a view
to introducing reforms in the manner of
transa citing business.
The investigation into the affairs Of the
New York office. and other offices whose
yearly receipts are in excess Of half a million
dollars, will be most thorough
The sun., 1903-05-12
GEN. SHERIDAN'S TAPESTRIES.
Those Presented TO Him by Friends to Bc
Said by Auction.

WASHINGTON, May II. Mrs. Irene r.
Sheridan, widow Of "phil" Sheridan, and
his brother, Col. mike Sheridan, as OK.
ecutors and trustees of Gsn Sheridan
estate. have offered for sale at public
auction the expensive Flemish tapestries
presented to Gen. Sheridan twenty years
ago by John W. Mackay, acting for a
group Of the famous cavalry leaders, per-
sonal friends
The tapestries are from the Pitt Gallery
at Florence, and since they becam, the
property Of the Sherdans have hung on
the walls Of the National Museum. Now
they are to be converted into cash IL pur-
chaser can be found, when they are put lp
at auction at Sloan's on Wednesday. The
four pieces are thought by their owners
to be worth something like S5oOoo
About the time that tho tapestries were
as an additional present deed to the brick
residence at the corner of Rhode Island ave.
nue. and Seventeenth street, in which Mrs.
Sheridan and her daughters now reside
Mrs Sheridan has decided to part with the
house also, and recently sold 1t. for several
thousand dollars more than Gen. Sherdan's
friends paid for it, to Clifford Pinchot, Chief
Of the Forestry Division of the Agricultural
Department. whose handsome residence
Joins 1t on the east. The sale of the house
and tapestries became necessary in order
done unit Young Phil, the youngest child,
became Of age. He is cadet at West Point
having been appointed by President McKin-
ley. and recently attained his ma jority.
Mrs. Sheridan will build more commodious
house in the neighborhood of the old one.
The sun., 1903-05-12
A Proposed Change in the Marine
Corps.

Capt. HENRY c. DAVIS of the Marine
Corps makes through service paper the
novel suggestion that the corps be organ
lied into regiments, battalions and COM
panies, on the ground that its efficiency
as a whole would be increased by an or
ganic form under which the enlisted men
would serve continually under the same
officers. Such an arrangement he thinks
would excite the spirit of emulation, and
men would take pride in belonging to a
certain company or regiment. and would
work for it with peculiar energy. Capt.
DAVIS writes:
1t has been my experience on the two ships
In which have cruised that the guards of ships
are better drilled and more cfI,cient than marines
on shore and believe that this Is due to the fact
that they are thrown together for three years with
the same ofacers, and the only changes are those
which would occur In any company. The men get
TO know their ofncers. the ofncers to know their
men. and this IL responsible for much good for
when an onhccr does not know his men he cannot
hope for the results which would be obtained II
he did,"
At first sight, the suggestion seems
strange. In the only two countries hav-
ing marnes-sea soldiers--namely. Great
Britain and the United States, regiments
of marines have never been formed; in
Great Britain, however, the Royal Ma
rnes have always been formed in COM
panies, though these are not of the same
size as companies in the army are at
least in theory. Battalions have been the
largest units in our service; but these,
and their subdivisions, companies, have,
except at the beginning been merely
temporary. At Cavite, in the Philip
pines, we have had what was practically
brigade of marines; but this, too, was
temporary.
That Capt. DAvIss plan would improve
the efficiency of the marines is quite
probable, but that marines can be formed
into companies, battalions and regi-
ments, we doubt. Comparatively few
vessels of our navy carry entire COM
panies Of marines as their guards; on the
other hand. some ships carry marine
detachments smaller than any but a
skeleton company in the army; and the
marine guard Of each vessel, whether
commanded by a Captain or by SER
geant. is complete and independent
organization.
The sun., 1903-05-12
27 YEARS on THE DOCKET.
The water Boundary Controversy Between
Delaware and New jersey.

WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE Attorney
Generals OF Delaware and New Jersey. under
the impression that the Supreme Court
was in session, appeared In the empty
chamber to-day prepared to make another
! move in the ancient feud between those
two Commonwealths over their water
boundaries, as affecting the fishing rights
In the Delaware River. As the court had
taken two weeks recess, their papers,
| az they pertain to an original case, could
not be hled. but will be presented next
Monday
The case has been known on the Supreme
Court docket as Original No. l." for twenty
seven years II was brought by the state
Of Delaware, March IL. 1877. to restrain In
New Jersey fish wardens from arrestIng
Delaware fishermen who piled their trade
In that portion Of the Delaware River over
with each State claims jurisdiction. 1t
has dragged along ever since, and appar-
emily is no nearer settlement now than
when filed.
Several Of the original counsel in the
suit, including Thomas +. Bayard and
Theodore Frelinghuysen, arc dead. and
with ths rotations In the Offices OF Attorney.
General, Gen. George H. Bates, speciai!
counsel for Delaware, is the only one OF
counsel now connected with the case
He. with Acknowledgement Ward. was
on hand to Represent Delaware to-day,
and Attoney-Gereral McCarter Of New
Jersey. made his last appearance in that
position as he gees cut Of Office on Friday
torEoys rext Monday to ask the court to
proceed with the determination of the
controversy on it's merits and that day
at the next term of court in October be
fixed for arguments. Counsel for New
Jersey will probably oppose this request.
Al the beginning of the present term
Chief Justice Fuller notified the parties 10
the sui hat unless some action were taken.
he would feel compelled to strike il from
sci that another attempt be made to settle
the boundary by Commissioners represent
ing each State, the matter went over. The
conflicting claims arise from the ambiguity
Of the description of the boundaries of
Delaware when it was created province
by its segregation from Pennsylvania.
The sun., 1903-05-12
Insurance and Race Suicide,

In the Office of the Secretary Of State
of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
the other day was filed the certificate of
incorporation of the American Mothers
Birth Insurance Company. The pur-
pose of the new company is to pay a
sickness or disability benefit upon the
birth of a living child to any member. :"
The insurance is to be given to the mem
bers at actual cost, and the officers of
the corporation will serve without pay
The names of many women of distinc-
ton in literature, oratory. medicine,
reform anl feminine clubdom appear in
the list of incorporators.
The advantage, we might even say the
necessity, of such a form of insurance,
especially for families of so-called
moderate, or less than moderate, means,
is obvious. Nor will even the well-to-
do who have Il spark of the old New
England thrift be averse TO insurng
against pleasing, but not inexpensive,
contingency, which, to be sure. is more
remote and uncommon among the old
New England stock than it used to be
III less luhuTlOuS uaSS. Like most other
virtues, prudence shifts and changes
from age to age.
Like life insurance, birth insurance is
provision for the family. Its economic
soundness cannot be questioned sue
cessfully Carried, as it will or should
be, to the point of investment and en-
dowment it should satisfy the grimmest
sociologist and knock out old MALTHUs.
The American Mothers Birth Insur-
ance Company is said to be the first con-
cern of the kind tina, has been incor-
porated in the United States. Then the
United States have waited too long for
a good thing, and Massachusetts is still
a producer of fruitful ideas
So grows the barrier against race
suicide. For the present, membership
in the company is limited to members
Of the American Mothers Club of the
United States" This rule will not pre-
vent the election Of the Hon. THEODORE
ROOSEVELT as the first honorary MEM
Der.
The sun., 1903-05-12

cries out the Menorah writer to reject
our mission to enlighten the Gentiles AZ
impossible simply because we are
yet the rejected stone and to leave
unsettled the world problem, the duty
of whose solution was committed by GOD
to the Jews?
This mission he interprets to be moth
ing less than universal emancipation, '
than to teach mankind universal
brotherhood; for :" no one aston. race
or people can redeem itssn completely
without striving to attain universal
emancipation. $50 long as we help
only ourselves we do not earn our
God-championing title. Israel "Our
mission, so far, has been only half
fulfilled because we have not yet
succeeded in impressing the world as
spiritual leaders and commanders to
the people - because we Jews still
appear as far from our destined spirit
ual leadership as heaven from earth =
because we have not yet succeeded in
educating and seriously impressing our
Gentle brethren, so that instead OF
hating us they will love US. But that
that day of spiritual triumph will
surely come is to this believing Jew
certainty foretold by GOD Himself:
Then the Gen,les will tire of abusing us. Then.
like the r1se OF the sun. which without memory
could not he thought possible before sunrsc.-then
the nations will be bound to recognz In Israel the
morning star watch that served mankind In the
deep darkness OF night as herald foretelling the
coming OF dawn. Then wrong will surely perish.
and there will be no more need for war"
The Judaistic visions Of a spiritua!
conquest of the earth, it will be seen are
identical with those of the Christian faith.
and the spirit with which the paper in the
Menorah is infused is not distinguishable
from the Christian spirit except in the
point of view from which the world
problem is regarded. At this time
when he Jews have become so important
an element in the constitution of Ameri-
can society-on Manhattan Island full
quarter of the population-it is worth
while for Christians to understand how
profound faith in their prophetic mis-
sion prevails among those Of the race
in whom religious belief remains, and,
transformed into philosophy, extends
far beyond them to Jews in whom there
is no such faith.
The sun., 1903-05-12
FRESHMEN CUT CHAPEL.
The Suspended Glass OF Syracuse University y
Absent Themselves.

SYRACUSE. May li.--Not a freshman put
in an appearance at chapel exercises this
morning. the girls absenting themselves
out OF sympathy with the men. The men
have been under suspension since last
Saturday and their absence from classes
is being counted as outs. The chancellor
announced that he had intended to re-
move the decree of suspension from the
class at chapel this morning, hut as there
were no freshmen there to hear him he
would continue the suspension until the
class saw fit to appear in their places at
chapel. He added that every student
would be charged with double cuts until
they were reinstated.
The freshmen cut chapel to-day as a
mark of their disapproval OF their sus-
pension and the doing away OF Moving
up day" This action the chancellor took
Saturday on account of the rowdyism con-
nected with the celebration. This morn
ing the freshmen In some way fixed the
chapel organ SO that il could not be used
and the exercises Of Senior day" had to
be conducted without music. During the
speeches the freshmen held an indigna tion
meeting in the gymnasium. where many
hot-headed plans were suggested. Upper
class men were finally admitted to the
meeting and the freshmen by their advice
appointed a committee to meet the chan
cellor and see if some concessions could
not be secured.
The sun., 1903-05-12
SYRIAN FAMILIES COMING.
Sultan Allows 2S to Leave Turkey to Join
Their Husbands In This Country.

WASHINGTON. May 11.--Good news for
a lot of people in the Armenian and Syrian
quarters Of New York came to the State
Deparm ment to-day in a telegram from
Mr.. Leishman, United States Minister Mt
Constantinople. 1t was to the effect that
the Sultan had allowed twenty families
leave his possessions to join their menfok
in the United States. The Sultan has here
tofore refused to permit the families to
join the husbands and fathers who had
settled in foreign lands. Minister Leishman
appealed for many months for permission
for the wives and children Of Turkish sub
jects in this country to leave Turkey, and
recently his efforts resulted in success.
His telegram OF to-day tells that the emil
grafton Of the women and children has been
begun The telegram follows:
his Imperial Majesty having graciously given
ordera to facilitate the departure Of natural
lied American citizens of Ottoman origin
who desire to rejoin their husbands and
fathers in America. the following named
families started last week; Sooltane, Cara
banan. Kaynjian. Gerabidien. Samerzian
Mara banian, Kayajanion. Kab jan. Yezeghan
Obzoonian. Semonan. Babigian Aharonian.
Damboorajan. Assadoorian, two Talanians
Boyajian Tashjian, Kezerian, Melkhassisn.
Mazzerbian, Narrissien, two Mezsmcniens and
BerboGh osSian.
The sun., 1903-05-12

To THE EDITOR or THE SrN-Sir: The
service THF SIN is now rendering the South
as regards tho negro question is so conspcu-
ous and altogether broad and impartial that
| cannot refrain from word Of hearty COM
mendation. | have been reader Of THE
SUN for many years. and have often differed
from it's expressed policy in many matters.
but bury tho hatchet now and render YOU
fun and we'll merited praise for the splen-
did work you are doing.
have lust finished reading the letter of
yomr stan correspondent from 1nd'anola,
Miss. and unhesitatingv pronounce it the
falrest, best and most vital publication on
this grave question that ! have ever read
in an Eastern paper. Your correspondent
strikes i"arlessly and true at the very heart
OF the subject. and not only the people of
1ndianola but every Southerner. owe him
lasting gratitude.
The service Of THE Sun in this work is
worthy of the very highest appreciation. l
will add that I am Democrat.
ROME. Ga. May 10. JOHN C.. fEFsE.