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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-04-28

they had a 16-course dinner for their
delectation, all provided without re-
course to meats, or meat gravies or
soups And there were cakes and pies
and cookies and doughnuts galore. The
cooking in the kitchen is all done by
steam, the prophet Benjamin having
designed the apparatus himself when
not busy with his preaching and other
duties.
There is a printing department in the
colony and a school, and the "Taber-
nacle," where the meetings are held.
So much for what might be called the
plant of this peculiar sect. Now as to
the appearance of the members Of this
colony.
The People.
1t is striking, to say the least. No
razor or shears are allowed to touch face
or head. and both men and women alike
wear their hair hanging loose down
their backs. The dress of the women is
extremely plain, and queer little poke
bonnets of straw are worn. The men
follow no style or rule in their clothing
the main purpose seeming to be to have
something to put on. Some of them wear
Queerly tilted, fat-topped hats, and most
of them have strong intellectual faces.
Benjamin.
BENJAMIN, the prophet, is a man OF
about 46 years of age. He was born il
Kentucky, but since his early childhood
he has been a wanderer. He has visited
nearly every state in the union in his
travels. He was converted to the new
religion about IA years ago and since
that time has been preaching its doc
trines. For a number of years he was
in Ohio. He came here two years age
with his wife, Mary, who was also borr
in Kentucky, and she shares with he
husband the duties of leader of tht
House of Israel.
Benjamin is of medium height, rattle
slenderly built and has an eXtremel!
fine face. His hair is Of light reddish
brown and hangs down on lis shoulders
in long silken curls. His beard is silkel
and curly and his features --e aquilin
and we'll formed. His complexion il
clear. pink and white, and his eyes ar
blue and clear. His manner is gentl
and we'll bred. His hands are white
Every movement is as of man at peac
with himself and the whole world. H
teaches and breaches gentleness ant
peacefulness and he impresses his per
sonality upon all with whom he come
in contact. He undoubtedly has won
derful influence over men, for his fol
lowers listen to his voice as though i
were the voice of deity. They eagerl
) drink in every word he says and believ
, implicitly that he has been sent to lea
the world into the millennial period.
Mary, the coworker and assstan
= leader, is a slender woman, with je
| black hair, an aquiline nose, snapp
= black eyes, and aggressive wide-awak
7 manner She is nervous little woma,
and bears the weight of her duties cas-
Y lily. She shares with her husband all tn
e honors attached to his position and /
his constant helpmate. She wears he
: hair down her back, never uses a hairpi
% and attires herself in calico except O
Sunday, when she dresses well. Their
S are many other believers in the faith i
/ the house on Superior street. There /
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-04-28

could be desired and it would hardly
satisfy the higher criticism" But it
satisfied his auditors, few of whom have
more than the merest rudiments of en-
lightened education. They sat there in
awe and wonderment, drinking in the
saving gospel which they believe came
from this man as an inspiration from the
Almighty. They did not notice his
anachronisms, his poor grammar, his
faulty science and his badly-miXed meta
phors-or, if they noticed them, their
faith was not weakened thereby, but
made the more strong, perhaps, because
of the unpublished channel through
which the gospel of salvation was COM
ing to them in so miraculous a manner
Like the waters that cover the sea
our faith will cover the world" was a
dogma that he reiterated many times.
Believes Other Religions False.
He said that all the other religions
"are false religions" and that the great
est of the worlds theologians knew not
whereof they spoke. The central point
in his religious system seemed a re-
vival of the Buddhistic doctrine of rein
carnation. But it was doctrine that
had more than germ of fiattery for
himself and his followers. 1t expressed
his belief and promise that himself and
his followers, to the number of 144, 900,
were and are simply the "incarnated
angels" who participated in the great
battle fought between Satan and Mi
chael, the archangel, in Heaven on the
occasion Of the great rebellion in
Heaven.
Some Curious Prophecies.
They say that seven walls of wrath
mentioned in the Bible are to be poured
out upon the earth in a short time and
they look for bloodshed, for disaster and
for all manner of evil Immediately be.
fore the ushering in of the thousand
years of peace. It is asserted that those
gathered in Benton Harbor will escape
all the trouble and wrath and will come
out unscathed from the fiery trials tc
be given the remainder Of The earth.
The new city-destined. they say tc
be the capital of the worlds to be gov.
erned by the son Of man; or, in other
words, by Benjamin. He is to be the
head of the city and he is to have -four
pillars to assist him. Besides these
four, there will be 12kings, "a elders anc
70 preachers. 1t will be the duty of tn,
latter to go through all the world and tt
tell the people what is to come. 1t wa:
announced that they would not be sen
out until they receive the power from OF
high, as Christ is said to have received
it, and then when they went they would
be able to perform miracles and CONVEX
the people rapidly. They are out nov
over all the land, but it has not beer
heralded abroad that they have per
formed any miracles.
Benjamin says that a time will oOm,
when there will be a second pentecost
The Holy Ghost will descend upon tn,
people as upon Christ at the River Jor
dan and. instead of blood in their veins
the people will have spirit Then the!
will be pure and powerful and be abb,
to withstand all manner of temptation
and overcome all evil.
! Gold Output.
! New Zealand's gold output last yea
! iyoS ACT Gar oun,ee & 000 abnvn 1qn2
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Gold OUTPUT.

New Zealand's gold output last yeai
was 467,647 ounces, 5000 above 1903.
The Washington times., 1905-08-24
The Popular Primary.

The fact that the @'ins" won and
the outs" lost in the Virginia pri-
mary on Tuesday has already been
made occasion for some criticism of
the system. Senator Martin was re-
nominated; Congressman Swanson
was nominated for a promotion to the
goyernorship; the chairman of the
State committee was nominated for
lieutenant governor; and the attor-
ney. general was renominated.
Rather a clean sweep for the men
already on the inside. 1t is true But
whether the primary system is to
blame for it is another question, and
very different 1t seems fair to say
that Senator Martin was nominated
because the people wanted him and
his experience of ten years. Mr. Swan
son won in the three-cornered guber-
Material fight by such a large plurality
that there can hardly be doubt that
he was named on his merits. He had
been defeated for the nomination at
his previous try for it, and was natu-
rally in line for the place AS TO the
defeated candidates for the lieutenant
goveTnOTshiD, attorney generalship,
and superintendency they were re-
garded as merely doing warming up"
heats preliminary 10 more serious
contests later. just as Swanson. by
being defeated once, made himself
so strong that he could not be defeat
ed the next time.
A primary in which 1905 votes
is cast, and in which there are almost
no charges of manipulation or unfair
ness. cannot but be pretty representa-
tive Of public opinion. Il is true that
pluraities nominate under the pri-
mary system. which is. an objection
TO some people. If delegates had been
selected IN the same proportion as
the popular vote was cast. a combina-
tion Of Willard and Mann strength in
convention might have defeated
Swanson But would that have been
preferable? The man nominated
would have been the real choice of &
much less minority than is represent
ed by Mr.. Swanson.
The fact is. and everybody knows
it, that the greatest opposition to The
popular primary has come from the
machines-the "ins" The "ins" arC
in shape TO manipulate caueuses more
easily than to handle the popular
The Washington times., 1905-08-24
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

William ]. Hutchinson, Al, and Emma
{. Henderson, 43,
Thomas j Rice. "a. and Lillian E.
TUpper. %.
Albert c. Thompson. %. and Lillian
L. Train, II
William r. Johnson. u, and Margaret
J. Lucas, 20, both Of Baltimore
Harry n. Stull, u. ana Blanche Sum-
EerS, 20
James H. Lamb. %. Philadelphia. Pa.
and Lottie L. Parkinan. %. District OF
Columbia.
Albert E. Barker. 81, Russell. Kan,
and Maud McKenney, District Of Co
lumbia-
Henry V Hern. "a. and Lilly May
SCTrelI %.
John b seifert. 81. and Amelia Mat
tern, q.
Robert b. Carter, %. and Emma His
ley. e. both of Brooklyn, n. Y.
George W. Russell, p. Cincinnati,
Ohio. and Sue Anna Hisiey, q, Brook
lyn. n. Y.
Edgar West. 81 and May Davis. 18.
John II. Schwarzmann, "a, and Eliza
beth c. Ernie, -. both of Baltimore
William Neal, q, and Lottie Bell, Is.
The Washington times., 1905-08-24
If war Is Renewed.

Fighting under modern conditions,
when an army of half million men
is spread over a front of perhaps 100
miles. covering an area greater than
n good-sized Congressional district. it
seems almost impossible for one army
to capture another. Three times the
Russians, thoroughly defeated, have
yet drawn off a great army. 1t is
hard to conceive a situation in which
Oyanla will come nearer to completely
bagging Linevitch than he came to
capturing the entire Russian force at
Mukden.
Doubtless the next great battle, if
the peace conference fails, will be a
Japanese victory. It may cut off
Vladivostok, and drive the Russians
back to Harbin: but it can hardly end
a war that Russia seems determined
to prolong.
To drive the Russians back across
Siberia, thousands Of miles, upon
European Russia. is also impossible
for Japan It would involve utter
exhaustion OF every resource of the
empire
There is, however, one move by
which Japan could force peace. That
is, by sending a powerful feet to
Europe and attacking Russia in the
Baltic.
No reason can be urged against
such a move that was not equally
strong against Russia's sending an
armada to the East yet the patched
up feet of Regestyenslly more than
halfway circumnavigated the globe
and fought a great battle at the enc
of the trip. Togo could do better
To lombard and even to capture
St. Petersburg and the other cities OF
the Baltic would not be decisive o1
anything. But the point is that Eu-
rope could not permit such thing
to happen. # England stood with
her navy to see Japan get a square
deal in the Baltic. France and Ger
many would be forced to bring pres
sure on Russia to end the war. An(
they would succeed. The specter o
the yellow peril would be a mighty
real thing, in the eye of Emperor
William, if he should see an armada
of victorious Japan sailing to the
entrance of the Cauegat; an armada
made up of the ships that have wor
Togo's victories, REINFORCED by the
feet he has wrested from Russia
1t would not take long for the pow
ers 10 squeeze peace out of the obdu
rate Gear in such circumstances.
The Washington times., 1905-08-24
AS YOU LIKE IT" GIVEN
NEAR SYCAMORE HILL
Mrs Roosevelt Takes Party of Friends to Witness an In
teresting Open Air Performance-Gen. Leonard
Wood Guest of the President

movement at the present moment
President Roosevelt would do well TO
invite Sir Robert D. Moncrieffe, of
Scotland, who arrived here on the
krOnprinz Wilhelm. TO partake of one
OF his famous Oyster Bay Iuncheons.
For Sir Robert, in addition to the
welcome accorded him as head of
MoncTieffe house, Perthshire, one OF the
Oldest in Scotland. has the distinguished
honor of being the eldest son in a fam
Lady Dudley, mother Of the present
lord lieutenant of Ireland is one Of
his sisters. as are also the Duchess
o. Athel, and Lady Forbes, Of Forbes
Manor, Devonsnire. There is little
likelihood that the race will run out
in this generation, as Sir Robert Is
himself the father of nine sons and
daughters. the eldest of whom is now
student at the University of Edinburgh.
Among the party with Sir Robert, az
the Holland House. where he is stop
ping during his brief stay here. are the
Hon. D. Graham Murray and wife and
Count HatZfeldt, a cousin of the prince
of that name, who married a daughter
OF c. p. Huntington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Julian Hendley and son.
Al Hendley, are spending a month at
Remington, Va.
August Schmidt, jr.. of 400 Pomeroy
street northwest. is spending the month
of August at Congress Hail. Atlantic
City. He will visit Niagara Falls and
Canada, before returning 10 the city.
The Washington times., 1905-08-24
SPANISH WAR VETERANS
READY FOR THE REUNION

The Spanish War Veterans of the
Fourth Immune Camp have completed
all arrangements for tie convention at
Milwaukee, Wis, early next month.
At last nights meeting, the last to
be held before the convention. DR..
Clifford Cox, OF the transportation
committee, reported that all details re-
lating to the transportation OF the dele
gates to the convention city had been
completed. The delegates viii leave
Washington on the morning of septem-
Der ), and will arrive IN Milwaukee
early the next afternoon
It is expected that thirteen delegates
will be sent to the convention from
the Fourth Immune Camp. among them
being DIR. 5. Clifford Cox, S. a. Rausch,
T. Ruppel, c. S. Domer. J. ". Mitchell,
Robert r. Wood. F. W. Alexander. and
l. Smith, the new department COM
marder
At last nights meeting a new recruit,
Ion Fisk. was mustered in and bene-
ffcial association was discussed. Definite
action, however. was deferred on the
beneficial subject until the encampment
is over.
The Washington times., 1905-08-24

figure materially, so that 5,009. 900 would
be considered = conservative estimate for
the WasSeFmann pool.
Richard Canfeld. the gambler. is said
&c have made more than sI00 900 as a
member of the pool. but he got out sew
efal weeks ago, believing It could be adj
vanced no further.
Gates Is Richer.
John ". Gates has reaped rich har-
vest IN the stock He carried thousands
OF shares for himself and fer the Gus
toners of Gates & Co, and Houseman
& Co. big Morgan brokers, also car
ried heavy lines of 1t on speculation.
II. G. Frick is estimated TO have made
perhaps S10,000,000 out Of the rise He
has bought '-reams' OF Reading
through c. D. Barney & Co, the Phila-
oeIphia bankers. all the way from 50
10 above par. He is believed 20 be the
heaviest individual holder Of the stock,
and his shares are rot for sale.
One Of his intimates told reporters
that Reading is earning p per cent On
the common stock, and that Mr.. Friek
believes 1t should go TO $50 a t least this
year. 1t is paying 4 per cent, but can
pay more conservatively. ANY coal deal
that is perfected will increase its value.
w. X. Vanderbilt, Cornelius Wander
hilt, and both his brothers. the Rocke-
fellers Charles NJ Schwab. Marshall
Field, the Harrimans, and Kuhn, Loeb
& Co have shared in the rich prize Of
Reading. Besides there are scores of
unknown millionaires, especially about
Pittshurg. who have large blocks Of the
stock
The Washington times., 1905-08-24
SENSATIONAL COUP
BRINGS MILLIONS
Wall Streets Big Men
Pocket Cash.

NEW YORK. Aug. 24.-Wan Street
operators have cleaned up $57, $50, 600 on
a sensational coup in Reading stock
which Is now selling around 120. This
is ali advance OF 81 points from the
low price it reached in the slow panic
of 1903. 1t sold then at 371z SO that the
present price is an advance of 221 per
cent.
Within a year 1t has sold under so.
The $4,000 000 of common stock which
was worth only SIG. $4,000 in 1908. is to-
day selling at a valuation of $s4. .900. 900.
Somebody has made s57, $50, coo by the
advance.
Who got the money? The Lake Shore
and the Baltimore and OHIO Railroad
companies, as o.sners of $4,000, 600 of
the stock, have ~eaIiSed S23, 900, ,000 out
Of it. Of this above 5000. 900 each Is
for profit. This leaves $S4. .0O0,000 of the
adr-nce TO go TO estates and private
stockholders. Except IN the cases of
very large stockholders, few have h<fd
their snares through the advance. The
advances in prices have tempted them
n
The Washington times., 1905-08-24
4 Public Spirit That Counts

New Orleans is quarantined. At
lanta is not. Therefore Atlanta has
an exceptional opportunity to prove
to the merchants of the whole South
the advantages of trading with the
wholesale houses of Georgia.
If Washington had been Atlanta is
it not likely the matter would have
rested there? The commercial asso-
Citations we have known here in the
Capital for the past ten years-one of
them has just been reoTganized and
gives promise of better things-might
have adopted impressive resolutions
and a few moving speeches might
have been made, but would not that
have been all? Would not the great
chance to speak the word which the
embarrassed buyers of the South were
waiting to hear have gone by the
board?
But in Atlanta they seem to have
an eye Oh the main chance. They
have no fear Of yellow fever. 1t sim
ply cannot thrive there. They have
a fine location in the very heart
of the whole South and Within
easy reach of the fever district Ac-
cordingly they set about persuading
the buyers who are afraid of yellow
fever to deal in Atlanta and the buy
ers who are embargoed from other
cities to find refuge in Atlanta.
Now this setting about" was the
crisis. If the community had stopped
with what action the municipal gov
ernment could take it would have
stopped very short. If it had stopped
with resolutions and speeches it
would have stopped shorter still But
it did not On the contrary it posted
its message where every buyer not
| too near Cincinnati, Washington,
and Baltimore could read it-in the
daily papers.
Open one of the Memphis dailies,
| for example You will find a whole
page, bought and paid for by the
traders of this enterprising Georgia
capital, It pictures two gates thrown
/ open wide TO admit the reader to a
! great, thriving, busy modern. Ameri-
can city. And underneath that pic
, ture it invites the reader, with the
reserve of men who mean what they
say and will subs-antiate it, rather
than the cheap grandiloquence OF the
circus poster, to try the Atlanta mar
kets If perci1ance ne is excluded from
some other mart with which he is
more familiar
Some one will object that Atlanta is
making capital out of sister city's
misfortune. What If she is? The
existence of yellow fever in New
Orleans may set the balance of trade
in favor of Atlanta. and if 1t does
who shall say 1t was not a sufficient
cause? Is Atlanta to keep still be
cause she is free from the plague and
New Orleans is not? The discredit
if any exists, in this comparison of
the two markets rests with the com
munity which has permitted the dis
ease TO cripple its resources and not
with the community that reaches out
for the trade its competitor has for
| feited for the time.
The Washington times., 1905-08-24
H0N0RS ARRIVED THREE
HOURS AFTER HIS DEATH

COLORADO SPRINGS. Aug. 24-Les-
ter Mclean formerly assistant secre-
tary of tire international committee in
the Bible study department OF the
Young Mems Christian Association.
died Wednesday night from typhoid
fever after a month of Illness.
Three hours after his death his family
received news of his appointment to a
fellowship in the Imperial University at
TCkyo. Japan.
The Washington times., 1905-08-24
ROOseveLt's MOnrOeisn1
IS Called FO0IiShness
Writer Says 1t Will Not Be Accepted. and the
United States Would Have to Employ
Arms TO Enforce It,

BUENOS AYREs, Argentina, Aug. "a
Under the heading. The Monroeism Of
Roosevelt" the Prensa editorially says:
America : power although 50 inn
mense. is not sufficient to put the whole
of the Latin-American continent be-
yond the pale of International law.
The kind of protectorate proclaimed
'v, President Roosevelt would have for
its first effect TO produce an estrange-
ment between North and South Amer
lea.
The Washington times., 1905-08-24

vote. They don't want to lose the ad-
vantage. of effectively using their
henchmen; therefore they want no
popular primaries. The people get
whom they want; they did it in Vir-
ginia. and that is the full explanation
of the result.
The Washington times., 1905-08-24

forest grove near by. The President and
Mrs. Roosevelt are entertaining Gen.
Leonard Wood.
One of the most picturesque and beat
tiful entertainments ever given at New
port was q lawn fete yesterday after
noon at Villarosa, when Mr.. and Mrs.
E. Rollins Morse were hosts. An open
air theater was featured at one end OF
the grounds, with a natural setting Of
green. At the sound of trumpets.
band of exquisiteiy costumed maidens
started in procession from the house to
the improvised stage. Twelve were in
fantastic attire, six were attIred as
HarIequins and the others as Columbines.
They carried garIands of pink and white
roses, while the Harlequins carried red
roses After some skiIlfuI dances ia
which Misses Ruth Twombly. Charlotte
Warren. Cornelta Thayer. Sadie Jones.
Vera Gilbert. Pauline French, Edith
Deacon, Rosamond Street. Anita Sands.
Mary Sands. Yvonne Townsend and
Dorothy Kane participated, there was
another fanfare of trumpets. and as
saraband by Gluck was played two men,
dressed in the uniform of Louis XVI.
came on the stage, and with gestures
signtf1ed that some one was to follow
l mere then appeared ldckeyS in the iiY-
cry of the court of Louis XVI. bearing
a Sedan chair. in which sat Miss Edith
Wetmore. of Washington. in q bewitch-
ing costume of the period.
She made a perfect picture as she sat
in the chair saying the first lines of an
apropos. written for the occasion by
Ernest Perrin, who had drawn his in
spiratlon from the surroundings. Miss
WetmOre's costume was of heavy pur-
pie silk, brocaded with clusters of red
roses and green leaves. draped over a
petticoat Of pale green satin, embroiG-
cred with gold. A dainty hat of gold
coIored straw. tipped up at the back
with a cluster OF pink roses. completed
the effect.
After leaving her chair. from which
she was helped by Louis BruguieEe.
who was dressed in court costume OF
he period, she continued her lines,
saying them. as one OF the audience
said, like Nine. Rejane.
AT the conclusion of the apropos.
which introduced the comedy to follow,
a charming comedy by Theodore de
Banville was acted by Mrs S. Barton
French and Ernest Perrin. It was en-
titled lie Baiser."
Mrs French was formerly Miss
Walker Fearn, daughter of one of
Americas foremost foreign ministers in
the past, and was married TO Mr.
French in the Tracy house, on Farra-
gut square. The costumes of the guests.
Il Is said, were the handsomest ever
seen at Newport.
The Washington times., 1905-08-24

Moreover. South America viii not
accept It, and the United States would
be bound to employ arms. Europe
would not remain indifferent in view OF
the important interests of European na-
tions
fortunately the common sense of the
to carry out that iniquftouA foolishness.
thanks 10 the American newspapers
who are opposing this Roosevelt doc
The Washington times., 1905-08-24
ONE MORE CHANCE.

II you'd ask OF a girl your wife to be,
To do so In writing is better,
For then you will have the chance, you
see.
OF forgetting TO mail the letter.
Town and Country.
The Washington times., 1905-08-24

Mr. Fairbanks mas to date lined him
self up firmly for religious freedom, re
spect for authority, and common hon
esty Now II he'll indorse the Boston
tea party and the nebular hypothesis
wen know just where he stands
The Washington times., 1905-08-24

1t does seem doubtful whether people
deserve to be protected against such
transparent frauds as dr Cortelyou is
heading off these days.