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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-01-15
ONTHE DEATH OF GOV. FOSTER
In n Proclamation Issued by Gov
Nash High Tribute Is Paid to
Gov. Fosters Memory.

Columbus, O., Jan. 11.-Gov. Nash,
in a proclamation issued Sunday, on
the death of former Gov. Charles Eos
ter, says:
His was a most useful public life
and he rendered most valuable service
as a public officer to the state and ma
ton.
"In all his public career Gov. Foster
was an officer who commanded the
love, respect and admiration of his
fellow citizens, and he made record
which will live for years to come In
their memory.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-01-15
AI1eged Forgeries Reach ssOO, 1000.

Troy, Kas.,,Jan 11.-Bank Examiner
drummer. who has been investigating
the affairs of the Bank of Highland,
Kas., has reported to the county at
torney that the alleged forgeries and
other unlawful peculations of j. E.
MARCEL, the cashier, which have al
ready been reported to him, aggregate
$500, 900
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-01-15
Gen. Lee Succeeds Gen. Gordon.

New Orleans, La, Jan. lin gen.
eral order issued Sunday night by
Lieut.-Gen. Stephen d. Lee, the COM
mander of the Tennessee department,
United Confederate Veterans, Gen.
Lee assumes the Office of commander
in-chief of the United Confederate Vet
erans' association, made vacant by the
death of Gen. John B. Gordon.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-01-15
Call. to wonder and Worship.

Calls to wonder and calls to worship
are about us all the time. If our eyes
are keen, and are on the watch, we can
see that which causes us to wonder and
find delight in the face of dear one. And
this wonder and delight is a cause of
thankfulness and gratitude to God who
created that dear one, and sent TO US
that blessing. If there is no such WON
der and worship excited by one whom
we truly love, the lack is in our eyes.
Carlyle says: "The man who cannot
wonder, who does not habitually wonder
and worship, is but pair of spectacles
behind which there is no eyes. 9.
Times.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-01-15
JUDGE Speers' Tribute.

Macon, Ga, Jan. 11.-An event un-
usual in United States courts occurred
today when Judge Emory Speers, of
the Southern District of Georgia, paid
an eloquent tribute to Gen. John B.
Gordon. Judge Speers said: I'm hon-
or of such a noble and unselfish man.
of such a generous and broad minded
American, no department of govern
ment can do too much. This court,
when it adjourns today, will stand ad-
journed until the mortal remains Ct
our illustrious countryman shall be
committed to hallowed rest in the
soil of the State and country he loved
and served so WELL"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-01-15
WHAT a picture this brings before
w us. Every creature at last recog-

WHAT a picture this brings before
w us Every creature at last recog-
nizing the soveI 'gnty and power of
God. but oh, the tragedy of that hour.
Some will bend the knee and confess
with the tongue that the Lord is God,
but it will be submission and acknowl-
edgment which will bring no joy to the
heart or hope to the soul. 1t will be the
submission which the guilty prisoner be-
fore the court yields to the judge as he
pronounces sentence upon him. 1t will
be an acknowledgment of the power and
authority such as the convicted law
breaker is forced to make as he is thrust
behind the prison gates and set at the
task in the Jail workshop. The rebel
lious soul that during the day of grace
had been deaf to the cry which went out
from Heaven into all the earth: Look
unto Me and be We saved" will with sud
den and awful terror be quickened to
hear God as He speaks, and forced to
obey as He pronounces judgment upon
him. How can he escape in the day of
judgment, inasmuch as he has neg
lected so great salvation during the day
of grace? Every knee bowed before God,
and every tongue confessing His
righteousness and power and authority
what a scene that will be- And how
glorious and blessed it would be if be-
hind every bended knee and confessing
tongue there was heart in which the
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-01-15

lNhED together in
the two verses of
our text we are
given a twofold
vision of God:
+ irst as the gra-
us, forgiving
God reaching out
to the ends of
the earth to save
lost man, and
second as the
stern, all-pOwer-
full God compell-
ing in the end
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-01-15

II HE prophet Isaiah may have failed
i to recognize the full import of his
words and perhaps held the view, quite
common to-day, that the bowling of
every knee and the confession of every
tongue was to be the glorious consum-
nation of Gods call to look to Him and
be saved, all We ends of the earth But
that there was a wide separation be-
tween the twenty-second and twenty
third verses in point of time and condi-
tions is clear from PauI's quotation of
this passage. In the fourteenth chapter
of Romans he declares that I'VE shall all
stand before the judgment seat of God -
and follows this with Isaiah's prophecy
that every knee should bow and every
tongue swear. The day of grace was not
TO see all in the earth looking to God and
being saved, but the day of judgment
was to compel the bowling of every knee
in subsection to God. Isaiah sees God
as Saviour, standing and pleading for
the lost world to look to Him and be
saved, and then in prophetic vision he
beholds the Lord in final triumph with
every soul bowed before Him, but there
IS wide gulf between the two. Oh, that
IL were IIue lHdI DIS GOu Calls Jne WOTIQ
to repentance and salvation, every
knee would bow and every tongue con-
fess to God. But the word of God and
past experience do not sustain any such
view Many are called but few are
chosen 1t was a remnant of Israel
which was to be saved, and it is to be a
part of the world which is to believe on
the Lord Jesus Christ and be saved. Not
because God has decreed it so, but be-
cause the will of man refuses to have it
otherwise.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-01-15
RUSSIA MAssING TROOPS.
Between 1OO.O ZOO and 100000 Soldiers
Nenr XIadiXOsfOck.

Near NladivOstOck.
st. Petersburg, Jan. 1.-THE most
reliable news received here is that the
mass of Russian troops in the far
east are concentrated at VladivOstOck,
or on the northern frontier of Corea.
A traveller who has lately returned
from the far east estimates that be-
tween 100000 and 100000 soldiers
were in the vicinity of Vladivostock.
He surmised that the Russians will
occupy northern Corea, but thought
that the possible collision was not i'm
minent for a month or more, when talk
ing into consideration distances and
the difficulties of marching.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-01-15

THE question which is oftenest
L asked in connection with the day
of grace is as to it's duration. How
long will the day of grace continue? 4?
This is a question which cannot be
answered with any definiteness God
in His Word does not make it clear
how long His mercy shall be extend
ed to the world. Its termination Will
be marked by the second coming of
the Christ, but the Bible is explicit in
its declaration that the time of thaC
coming is not and cannot be known. 1t
is certain that the Gospel is to be
carried to the ends of the earth before
Jesus will come again. Gods call to
look and be saved is to the ends
of the earth. But how long will it
take for the Gospel to spread to every
corner of the earth and reach every ma
ton and people it is impossible to say.
That it might be in the present gen
Grafton, as Mr.. Mott has so clearly and
ably shown in his remarkable little
book, The Evangelization of the
World in the Present Generation"
must be conceded. That Christians
ought TO work with that end i'll view,
and pray and expect that such would
be the glorious realization, must be
their only attitude towards this great
question. 1t is the only reasonable po-
sition for them to occupy. How dare
we shorten the arm of God, or lightly
consider the great commission which
rests upon every child of God to "go
into all the world and preach the Cos
pei to every creature" And if every
one who is protesting Christian was
doing his whole duty, it is not un-
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-01-15
Death of NJ. f.. Kenna.

Jacksonville, ILL.,, Jan. I'm. e.
Kenna, of San Francisco, died here
Sunday. His son, E. D. Kenna, is first
president Of the Sante Fe system.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-01-15
sharon Mills Resume.

Sharon, Pa, Jan. 11.-After several
months idleness, over 1000 men will
return to work at the South Sharon
mills to-day.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-01-15
The Day Of Grace and
the Day of judgment ~
Copyright. 1905. by ]. M. Edson.l
Offer of Mercy to Be FolIowed by Punishment OF
Chicago, Sunday

Chicago, Sunday, - 1904.
Text:-"Look unto Me and be ye saved,
all the ends of the earth; for l am God
and there is none else. have sworn by
Myself. the word is gone out of My mouth
in righteousness and shall not return,
That unto Me every knee shall bow, every
tongue shall swear."-Isaiah 1922 %.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-01-15

the bending of every knee to Him
and the confessing of every tongue
that He is Lord. The day in which
the soul may look to God and be
saved is to be followed by the day
In the which those who have resisted
His offer of mercy will feel the power
of His judgment against sin. Now
Is the accepted time, now is the day
of salvation" now is the day of
grace. but the period of grace is to be
followed by the judgment.
Just before the fall of Sardis the
Inhabitants refused the overtures of
Cyrus the Great who was besieging
the city with his powerful Persian
army. But after the capture of the
city the conquered people came to
the victorious monarch and offered
their submission, to which proposal
Cyrus replied by the following keen
and pointed parable: "a fisherman
wanted the fish to dance for him, so
he played tune on the flute, but the
fish kept still. Then he took his net
and drew them out on the shore. and
they all began to leap and dance
But the fisherman said: a truce to
your dancing now. since you would
not dance when 1 wanted you 3"
Sardis had missed the day of grace,
and was come to judgment. So it is
with every soul While God stands
and makes overtures of peace and
pardon it may find safety in submis-
sion, but when the soul persists in
its rebellion it is taken at last by
force and brought into judgment,
where every knee must bow and
every tongue swear" What it would
not yield by voluntary act. it must
in the end yield by compulsion. For
ultimately unto God every knee shall
bow and every tongue swear"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-01-15
GEN. GORDON is DEAD
THE OLD HERO HAS GONE TO
JOIN LEE AND JACKSON.

Peaceful Close of a Life That Was
Rounded Out With Many Honors.
Distinguished Southerners Will Pay
Last Tributes to the Now Silent
Hero of Military and Civil Life.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1904-10-13
WISCONSIN PENSIONS.

Washington, y. G., oct. 81 Special. J
The following pensions have beer
granted to Wisconsin people during TIT
past week:
charles Tracy, So; Joseph Bode $40
Jnhn Griffin s.; John l.. Jenkins. SIT
George A. johnson. $40; John Ross IS
samuel Armstrong, ST.. James II. Lawton
So; Christian liangenune, SO; jacob
noigc. ST.; Ludwig Mense, SIS benjamin
r. Shlpley, $40; Theodore Wheaton, So
S,rtns l.. johnson. ST.; Andrew RIPPLE. IS
Sarah $. Calf. ST..
conrad A. Hess. SO; Leo Deleglise So
Frederick bowler, SlI. William NO!ght, $40
chester H. burgess, ST., Edward -. Bangs
IS. Joseph NJ Marshall, 49, Isabella Thorn
dixie, IS. Mary White. Sl2; Dorothea Lee
Edward Marshall, $40; Louis H. Plum
81. Mary L. blackstone. IS, Louisa l.
Johanna voght, s.: Mary A. Hocft, So
Orrln H. Rowe, Sl2, Daniel Morgan, ST.
John Gustavlson. So; Fruuk IInuser, IS
inhn H. Little, SO. Joseph Cardinal ST.
Marcus NlCkerson, $40: Evan Jones, ST.
,rIomns Scrns, $40: Isabella Melrusp, -,
Hannibal l.. Jay. $40; Cornelius W. Morse
$40. Jeremiah carpenter. s.; John Auder
son' SO; Elbrldgc q Jordan. s.; Frank -
Whitmorc. 81; Johnnnn l.. Strueblg. s.
Anne 0lcson. $S;CharlesJ. Danforth, Sli' Tru
Cnndenow s.. fridulin Stuessi, ST., ratFict
MeGirun so, jacob Christianson. s.. Willlan
Il Locke Sl2; charles Lnuterbnch, 81 Ordehs
Green ST.; jonathan Apatks. 50, John kniekre
,rn 81: Fred " Nankc, So Joseph Grlbhlc
Sl2, Margaret Ehcrhnrdt. s. Nancy l.. Ianse, s.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1904-10-13
HER INSURANCE IS PAID,
Racine Woman Gets 81, 1925 for
Losses Incurred in 1908.
LONG LEGAL FIGHT ENDS.
Companies Agree to Judgment and Pay
Up, Although New Trial Had
Been Ordered.

Racine, Wis, Oct. Special. AL
Of the fire insurance companies which had
refused to pay the losses sustained by
Mrs. Catherine Rickeman at the time OF
fire which destroyed a stock OF gro
ceres. cigars, teas and liquors in her store
in 1902. today passed judgment for the
several amounts, which were at noon to-
day paid to Mrs. Rickeman, the amount
being SI392.S3. At the time the case was
tried the amount of loss was fixed by the
jury at SSSOG3l, which the insurance
companies refused to pay. When Il YER
dict was given for the plaintiff for the
amount, an appeal was taken to the SUI
preme court and the case was sent back
for retral and was to have come off in
November term Of circuit court, but today
the attorneys for the insurance companies
agreed that judgment could be entered in
favor of the plaintiff, and the amount
was paid by the several companies as
follows
Phoenix Insurance company Of BROOKLYN
5000; American Fire Insurance company
OF Boston, 5000; Williamsburg Fire com.
panE Of brooklyn $1,000; Springfield Fire
Marine of Sprin giield, Ma ~, S992 81. West
crn tndcrwrightprs' association Of Chicago,
500; Security Insurance company of New
Haven, Conn, 5000; Connecticut Fire In
surance company Of Hartford. Conn, 500.
The total amount IS SI392-S3. Other
insurance companies which had refused
TO pay the claim decided to DO SO after
the appeal had been taken, although the
case was sent back for rptrial.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1904-10-13
TWO PEOPLE DROWNED.
W. A. Thompson of Sparta Sanatoriun
Perishes in Oconomowoc
Lake.

Oconomowoc Wis, oct. s-[Spc-
cial. w. A. Thompson of Sparta was
drowned in Oconomowoc lake yesterday.
He was a patient at SlnItorum Wald-
helm and was brought there from Men
Gota about three weeks ago. William
Stammcn, bathing Instructor at the sana-
torium. found a hat ana coat on the pier,
and looking into the water saw the body.
He brought it 10 the shore. Mr.. Thomp-
son was about IS years old. The inquest
will be held "Wednesday before Justice
Lacy in Okauchee.
Pewaukcc. Wis, Oct. s.-[Spccal !
Lewis Anderson, the engineer at the Wis
consin Lakes Ice compauy's plant, was
found dead in the shallow water ut the
icohouse pier this morning. 1t is sup
posed that he wa, seized with a faintiue
spell and fell into the water and drowned
without a struggle. The inquest will be
held Tuesday morning. Anderson was
81 years old and widower.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1904-10-13
EDDIE FAY IS IN
OFFICERS CLUTCHES.
Chicago Police Think They Have Caught
the Alleged Postoffice Robber-
GAINESVILLE Sheriff Sent For.

GAINESVILLE, Wis, Oct. s.. Special. i
Inspector Stuart of the Chicago post
office has wired Sheriff Appleby Of this
county 10 come at once to Chicago to
help round up Eddie Fay, the alleged jail
breaker and robber. Fay is said to have
been located, and all officers throughout
the country, personally acquainted with
him, have been summoned 10 Chicago
to aid i'll the hunt.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1904-10-13
QUARREL LEADS TO
SELF DESTRUCTION,
GAINESVILLE LIveryman Shoots Himself
After Dispute with Father, While
Family Protest.

GAINESVILLE, Wis. Oct. Special. j
Roy Grail, a prominent liveryman. shot
himself through the right breast, in the
loft of his barn this morning Grail had
dispute with his father, took a reyol-
YER from a bureau drawer, and despite
the entrcaties of the family walked to
the barn and shot himself. lie is not
expected 10 live
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1904-10-13
CLOCK FOR MARTYR
OF LONG CHARIVARI.
Prof. and Mrs. Verbeck of Cadott Re-
ceive Peace Offering from Gang
of Serenaders.

Chippewa Falls Wis. oct. 1l.-Prof.
and Mrs. Nerbccll Of Cadott Wis, and
the charivari party which scrcnadcd
them for five weeks, have become firm
friends and the professor found Il cuckoo
clock on his school desk recently.
From the chariyar gang, with many
hopes that You will lave long ana
happy married life May this cuckoo
clock recall the pleasant memories of your
first five weeks Of welded bliss in Ca
d0t;"
Thus read n card attached to the clock.
On the clock was Inscribed:
To the worlds greatest charivar. mar
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1904-10-13
POSTOFFICE Is ROBBED.
Safe Is Blown at Mount Horeb and Sc
Is Stolen-Detectives Suspect
Monticello Gang.

Madison, Wis, oct ) [ Special. The
postoiIice nj Mount liorch was entered
ANA the safe blown last night, $40 being
stolen. Three months ago the same
building was robbed of $500 by safe
blowers iinkcrton detectives here.
working oil the Monticello ease, believe
that the same parties did the job at
Mount Iiorcb
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1904-10-13
QUARTERLY BALANCE.
Amount in General Fund Is $853,soo,
Including Payment on Old
War Claims

Madison, Wis, oct. $. Special i
The quarterly balance in the general fund
of the state is $S53,5oo, including the
S4l9.oo0 that was received from the
United States on old war claims and
about which former Treasurer kcmpf
raised a question ms to whether 1t be-
longcd in this fund or not.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1904-10-13
OSHKOSH CORONER
COMMITS SUICIDE
Hanna Cross Kills Himself with Shotgun
I'LL Health Assigned as
Cause of Deed.

Oshkosh, Wis, Oct. HI Special.l j
\. II. Cross, county coroner ana we'll
known character in local political circles.
where he was known as Hanna Cross,
committed suicide this morning at his
HON" on Washington street by shooting
himS" II with a shotgun Ill-health is as
signed as the cause Of the deed.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1904-10-13
RIDING VELOCIPEDE.
KILLED INSTANTLY.
Section Hand Near GAINESVILLE Collides
Head-on with Freight-Mystery
That He Did Not See IT,

La Crosse. MS, Oct s II Special. I
Ernest Naunlry, a section hand, while
riding railroad vclocipolr over his sec
ton If the Chicago x North Western
track, coliidcd with freight train. head
ON. this morning, amt was killed instantly.
He lived in this city.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1904-10-13
Occurs at Early Dawn.

Both trains We're running at good
rate of speed when the wreck occurred.
Dawn had hardly begun to break and
neither crew was aware of the approach
of the other train until they were almost
upon each other. The impact of the coll
li-ion was terrific The sleeping passen-
gers were hurled in every direction. Most
of the killed were in the forward coach,
which was we'll crowded with passengers.
The spot where the wreck occurred was
in Il narrow cut and this fact, with the
darkness, added to the difficulty of the
situation. The greatest confusion cnsuel
after the first lull following the crash and
the groans Of the injured were added to
the escaping steam of the wrecked loco
motives.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1904-10-13

According to the Kansas city Office of
the Missouri Pacific, the engineer of the
freight was to blame for the wreck, hay
lug forgotten his orders. lie had been
ordered to wait on a siding at Knob
noStcr, just east of Warensburs, but
neglected to DO SO. The trains met at Il
sharp curve.
Travel to the worlds fair has been 50
heavy that MI roads recently have been
or more sections. The train wrecked to-
day. which was the second section OF
No. 80, was made up ut Wichita sun
day night. Tho last coach taken MP was
ut Pleasant Hill, Mo-, ut about i o'clock
this morning.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1904-10-13
SHE DIES FROM BURNS.

Platteville Woman in Lighting Match
Sets Clothing on Fire.
Piattcyille. WIS, Oct s. Mrs. Wesley
Grindpll is dead from burns. While
lighting a match her clothes caught hre.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1904-10-13
Train Crew Escapes.

The train crew, with the exceI .ion Of
brakeman Sdel, escaped miraeuously.
III, engineers and tiremen sustaining only
minor hurts.
The injured were taken Ia Scdalia ami
the dead brought to Wauensburg AZ
Warrensburg the coroner Immediately
sct about making preparations for hold.
ing an Inquest.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1904-10-13
ZIMMERMAN CUT TO PIECES.
Falls Of Freight Car and Unde. Wheels
to Death

Marinettc Wis.. Oct. ) J. PohIberg.
employed On the Wisconsin A Mic, an
railway, frll on 4 boN ear aud under lae
wheels, his body being cut ID pieces.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1904-10-13
BARABOO CONTRACT
LET TO MILWAUKEEAN.
Henry Ferge Is to Erect Public Building
for s29,37o-To Be Completed
January I, 1906.

Washington, D. c., Oct. S.-[Special.1
The contract for the construction OF
the new public building at Baraboo, Wis,
was today awarded to Henry Ferge of
Milwaukee at his bid of $29.370. The
building is to be completed January !,
1906.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-04-15
Parker cheered in Congress.

Washington. April 13.-Judge Par
ker was named as the Democratic can.
didatc for President In the House
yesterday and Mr.. Cleveland was with
drawn. Mr.. Cleveland also had himself
placed on record. He wrote to Repre-
sentative Bartlett OF Georgia n letter
which Mr.. Bartlett read, in which he
said:
at so happens that I have never. in
my official position. either when sleep
ing or waking. alive or dead, on my
head or on my heels. dined. lunched
or supped. or invited to wedding re-
ception, any colored man, woman or
child"
Mr.. Cleveland also denied that he
signed the bill as governor of the
state of New York abolishing separate
schools for colored children. This de-
NAL was presented by Mr.. Bartlett.
After Mr.. Bartlett had placed the
letters in the Congressional Record
he exclaimed that Mr.. Cleveland need
ed no defense at his or any one else's
hand. Mr.. Cleveland, he said, was not
to be the Democratic nominee for the
presidency.
Every one in the country knows
who is to be the nominee" he con-
cluded.
"Win the gentleman inform the
House who that man is?" interrupted
Representative DalZell of Pennsyl-
vania.
Judge Parker of New York" shout
ed Mr.. Bartlett, amid applause on the
Democratic side.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-04-15
NOT SECOND CLASS MATTER.
Rate Does Not Apply TO Books Pub.
Iished Periodically.

Washington. April 13.-The United
States Supreme Court has decided
that books published periodically are
not entitled to transmission through
the mails as second class matter. Tho
opinion was delivered by Justice
Brown and covered three cases against
the postmaster general. instituted re-
spectively by Houghton. Miffin G Co.
Smith and others. and Bates & 0all.
The Chief Justice and Justice Harlan
dissented.
The question decided has been the
subject OF long controversy between
the Postoffice Department and the pub
fishers. both before Congress and In
the department. For sixteen years.
and under eleven postmaster generals.
these publications were carried az sec
ond class mail matter. though under
protest from the department, which
made many efforts to have the law
modified or repealed, but without sue
cess. Failing in this. the postmaster
general issued an order in 1902 exclud-
ing the books from the second class
rate Thereupon the matter was Ia
ken to the courts. the effect being that
the postmaster general was sustained
by the final decision just rendered.