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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-04-26

that then will be ir:augurated the thou
sand years reign with Christ.
They are looking for the return OF
Christ to earth again at any time now,
and because of their peculiar fitness and
preparedness he will present himself to
them at the Benton Harbor mecca.
The strictest celibacy marks the life
of the colony, and this they hold IS one
Of the ways that they will prepare them
selves in flesh and spirit for Christ's
coming.
The special claims which they make
for themselves are that they are the long
lost tribe of Israel and that they are the
IA 900 spoken of by Daniel. the prophet
who shall share with Christ in the rule
over the world during the millennial
period.
Benjamin and Mary are held as sew
enth-class messengers, and by messen-
gers they mean the type of messengers
spoken Of in the Bible-that is to say
angels, the messengers sent by God to
the Inhabitants Of this world. And this
IL how they figure it out:
The Seventh Angels.
Benjamin and Mary are the seventh
from Johanna Southcott, the English
woman who founded the strange sect
more than century ago. She was said
to have succeeded in Interpreting the
Flying Roll" spoken Of in the book
. OF Revelation, or the apocalypse Of st.
John. Or course, before Interpreting she
had to find it, as St. John merely saw it
I. In one Of his visions and he failed Or
neglected to translate it. But the Eng
sllsn woman saw it again. Shs not only
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-04-26
lsraelites.' Under the Leadership of Benja.
min and Mary. Gathering at Benton Har-
Dor. Mich. to Welcome Christ
RETURN FROM HEAVEN EXPECTED ANY DAY
The Year of 1916 Fixed Christ Aided by "ls
raeites Will Begin His Thousand Years Reign
Eartf1--Other Peculiar Tenets of Their Faith
ibacy, Vegetarianism and Unshaven
Beard

Benton Harbor. Mich.--A half truth is
always dangerous. A strange mixture
OF trath and error has brought large
company OF people together in this city
IN preparation for the second coming
OF Christ, and the Inauguration OF the
millennial age.
benjamin and Mary, the long haired
prophet and prophecies of these Israel
ties as they call themselves, for they
claim to have discovered themselves as
one OF the lost ten tribes. can quote you
the Scripture which would seem to justi-
fy their ideas, for the many peculiarities
OF their faith are taken from the Bible
So does Dowie use the Word OF God,
for he bases all his strange claims upon
the teachings of the Sacred Book So
does Mrs. Eddy use or misuse it. finding,
as she believes. teachings which have
given the world Christian Science. So
have scores and hundreds of other peo-
pie in this day and in days gone by used
Gods Word TO bolster up their peculiar
ideas OF religion.
1t has been said that it is possible to
81 W tAG blL!e anu 1l4-N ocS1uAuS duIuOl-
iCy for any faith or practice which dis
torted or diseased human mind or heart
could want. And it is also true that no
matter how absurd or pernicious doc
trine one may advance. there are always
people to be found who will accept and
follow it as the truth.
But we did not start out to deliver a
lecture on the use and misuse of the
Bible, but our purpose is to tell the story
Of the colony of the House of David,
formerly known as the Flying Rollers, -
or the Holy Rollers" as clearly and
fairly and fully as possible, believing
that the story will prove interesting as
we'll as Instructive But we wanted to
emphasize the fact that the doctrines
which the "Israelties" believe and teach
find their seeming Justification in the
Bible. Certain truths are taken from
their proper setting, and into others their
own interpretations are read, so that we
find strange tumble, confused mass
Of truth and error. and, as We have al
ready said, half truth is always dan
gerous truth.
Millennium Coming.
The "Israelites' believe that the end
Of the present age will come in 1916. and
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-04-26

anything that the "Israelites," tho
whilom Flying Rollers" had an
nounced at any time before. 1t was un-
derstood in Benton Harbor that the Sec
ond coming" an event which is to pre-
cede the beginning of the millennium,
was just IL years away-that it had been
scheduled to arrive in 1916. But this
appears to have been q sad mistake. It
Is the lend of the world" or, more &C.
curately speaking, the end of the pres
ent order of things" that is timed to ar
rive in 1916. The change from the pres
ent order to the holy reign of Christ
during the millennium may require some
time for inauguration, say BENJAMIN and
Mary.
They are emphatic in declaring that
the lend of the present order" will take
place in 1916; that in that year the
Christ will have successfully launched
the millennium, and that thereafter He
will reign and govern for 1000 years as
the acknowledged sovereign and ruler
of all the earth.
They assert that the presence OF the
person of Christ may not at first be
recognized by any but the few, and that
He may be some years on earth before
He will make manifest His identity
with the stupendous miracles foretold
in the Scriptural Book of the Revela-
tions. Here is where the Israelites have
the advantage of the rest If us-they OK
pect, that Christ will make Himself
known to them first, as they say that He
will know they have thoroughly fitted
themselves to- receive Him and except
/ His Divine leadership on earth. .@. BIZ:
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-04-26

the people will have spirit. Then they
will be pure and powerful and be able
tosiwithstand all manner of temptation
and overcome all evil. -
They are unable to say just why Ben
toy sHarbor was selected to become the
transparent city. Benjamin says the
city had to be located some place, and it
might as we'll be here as any other.
There was no special reason for the Sc
lection. There were few of the follow
ers here and Benjamin selected the place
because he liked it, and everybody
seemed content to have it as he said.
This queer sect has not met persecu.
ton in this city. They are law-abiding,
peaceable and Industrious Their Pc
culiarities have attracted attention, but
that is all.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-04-26

saw it. She read it. It was In the
vernacular of ''old merrie England" and
she succeeded in copying it into terse
and vigorous English. She was the first
messenger" of a new faith. After her
came three other messengers. Then
came John Wroe, who was the fourth
messenger, and next came the somewhat
famous James J. Jezreel. Benjamin,
therefore, is clearly the seventh in
descent. But he alone Of the seven mes
sengers is to have the GROWING glory of
an immortal body, for Benjamin is the
last of the messengers" and it has been
determined that he shall see the millen-
NAL age and Christ, it's only ruler,' and
that after 1000 years on earth he shall
ascend into Heaven with the entire host
of the IA 900 to be numbered among the
elect.
1t is the teaching of Benjamin that
with the exception OF Christ. Elias,
Enoch and few more of the celebrated
Scriptural personages. the $4,000 con:
shutting the elect, with Benjamin him.
self at their head, shall be the only hui
man beings whose physical bodies will
ever be found in Heaven. The souls
and spirits of all the other Inhabitants
of earth, from the beginning to the end
of time, may ascend into Heaven, but
their bodies will stay forever in their
graves Or somewhere in the universe,
or in chaos, as physical, material sub
stance. When the Bible extends the
promise of resurrection of the body at
doomsday it is not the real body but the
spirit" which will rise, the lsraelites
say. from the graves of mother earth
THE spirit, not the body, is what is
sleeping in the grave" they say, land
only the spirit will resurrect, as the
body has returned to dust its elements
and must so remain" excepting the one
hundred and forty and four thousand"
of the elect.
Mission of the Sect.
1t is the mission of the "Israelites" to
prepare the world for Christ's second
coming and to keep holy vigil until the
temperance Of the Redeemer upon
earth once more. They assert that 1.-The
second coming is due now and may be
expected to be made manifest at any mo-
ment to all the world"
This is more decidedly startling than
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-04-26
News Notes.

Timothy Doyle, twelve years old
and living with his parents in St.
Paul, had his right leg lacerated at the
knee and ankle by a bulldog.
Lewis Auster was discovered dead
in barn OF J. H. Sullivan, at Lake.
Vile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Christopher Hamre
celebrated the tiftieth anniversary Of
their wedding day at Faribault-
Company F, Third regiment, NJ n.
g., is to be mustered out of the nation
al guard within the next few days and
\ company will be organized in some
other town to take its place.
Harold Van Duzee, a 16:year-old lad
residing at Spring Park, was severely
wounded at his home by the accidental
dischargeof a 2e-caiber rife.
Several of the head of the lake mills
are running, in addition to those that
have been busy during the winter.
Hastings three rural carriers during
the first quarter have delivered s6,s57
letters and packages and the number
collected $500.
Climax, the Polk county town which
went wet" at the spring election, was
declared ''wet" in reality, by Judge
William Watts, who denies the apph-
cation of the Temperance men of the
town for an injunction restraining the
issuance of licenses to saloonmen. The
Judge holds that the decision of the
election judges in towns and villages
Of Minnesota is>supreme ri" .$z.:&
81 J, J. Maloney of Mankato has sue.
ceeded T. S. Myers as manager. OF. tho
St. Cloud branch of the Northwestern
Telephone Excange company Meyers
left TOR Sioux Falls, where he will take
sharge Of the company:s exchange. ..1
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-04-26
MINNESOTA NEWS.
State High School.

The state agricultural high school
established at Crookston BY the legis-
lature, will be one OF the most novel
institutions in the country. Superin-
tendent Hoverstad of the state expert.
ment farm, who has had plans for tbs
school under considerations, has given
the matter careful attention, and the
school from every standpoint will be
something unique 10 the educational
line. =
The school will be established at the
state experiment farm as part of that
institution. Instructors who will
teach the classes in the high school
will also have charge of various de-
partments on the big farm. The pupils
who attend the high school will be Civ
en- an opportunity to work on the ex-
pertinent farm for their board and a
portion of their expenses All of the
common branches as well as the high
er branches which pertain to agricult-
ure and farm work will be taught, and
it il expected from time to time that
the scope of the work will be increas-
ed. Farmers of the valley are enthusi-
astic over the enterprise, and from
present Indications the school will not
not want for hearty support
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-04-26
Hold Up Boom.

Mike Anderson and Erick Perkio.
settlers on the Floodwood river in the
western part of St Louis county, have
held up a driving crew at the point OF
the rifles and threaten to shoot if they
undertake to send logs down from the
boom.
The settlers claim that the owners
of the logs, Coolidge & Schussler have
made no agreement for compromising
them for log driving and boom priv.
liges
A constable sought to serve warrants
on the settlers but when he arrived
with seven deputies he found Anderson
and Perkio entrenched in the latter,
house and with eight other men, ali
armed.
The sheriff of St. Louis county has
been requested to come and suppress
the settlers ..--,- -
The Floorwood River improvement
company claims that it has made set.
Element for the right to drive log.
through the Anderson Perkio lands
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-04-26
A Status for Ramsey.

A statue for Alexander Ramsey, the
first governor of the territory of Min.
nesota, and its governor during the
civil war, will be placed in national
statuary hall in the capitol at Wash
ington.
The house passed Senator McGills
bill naming commission.
The senate concurred in the house
amendment to Senator A. r. McGill's
bill providing for statue of Former
Governor Alexander Ramsey to be
placed in the statuary hall at the ma
tional capitol The house amendment
was the elimination of the SIS, 900 ap-
preparation. The bill creates COM
mission consisting of James J. Hill of
st. Paul, T. E. Walker of Minneapolis
and Congressman James T. McCleary
of Mankato to secure the statue.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-04-26
A New Industry.

AHIeA Liver rails promises In the
near future to be the center of one of
the largest industries in the state, ac-
cording to the ideas of Northern Min
nesota capitalists who are behind an
of the wire grass Irvine
manufacturing possibilities at that
place. According to cruisers who
know every inch of the ground above
Thief River and to the east of the
town, there is enough wire grass to
maintain an enormous wire grass
Irvine plant in Thief River Falls foz
many years. The Irvine has been
used quite generally in this vicinity
during the last two years and mas been
found to be equal to hemp or sisal in
the grain fields of the valley, and much
cheaper. Plans are completed for ac-
tive work toward the organization at
Thief River Falls and to manufacture
from wire grass Irvine, cordage. mat
ting, rugs and carpets
The grass grows to height of several
feet and is woven by the Indians
north and east of Thief River Falls in
to numerous articles of fancy work.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-04-26
New Guns.

The artillery division of the nation
guard soon will be made more formid-
able from military standpoint by the
receipt of an entirely new set of field
equipment. The new guns will be
four in number and will be accompan-
led by all the paraphernalia and
equipment for field service.
The issuance of the new guns Will
be made simultaneously with the ship
ment of the same class of equipment
to all the national guard headquar-
ters. Congress at its last session ap-
propriated 81, SOC, 600 for this purpose.
The shipment to the St Paul and Min
neapolis batteries will be made from
the Rock Island arsenal.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-04-26
MINNESOTA BRIEFS.

the commencement Of the session
ker Clague announced hts intention
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1905-02-10
EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION.
Partial Arrangements Made For the
Annual National Convention.

Indianapolis, Ind, Feb. 8.--Members
of the executive committee of the Ma
tional Editorial association to the NUM-
Der of about so met in this city and
made partial arrangements for the an
nual national convention, to be held
at Guthrie. Okla. June 6, Z and 8, and
for the extensive trip through the west
at the close of the convention.
Delegates and members of the ma
tional association, with their families,
will meet in St Louis on June 4, and
leave for Guthrie on the evening OF
the same day in special trains. On
June the convention party will so
on to San Francisco and then to Port
land, Oregon. to visit the Lewis and
Clark exposition. The return trip will
he through Salt Lake City, Denver and
Kansas City. The trip will cover a
period OF three weeks.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1905-02-10
Judge swayne's answer in the impeach-

Judge Swayne's answer in the impeach-
ment trial.
ITouse.-Following weeks of hearings
and consideration by the committee on
interstate and foreign commerce, as
well as urgent recommendations of the
president on the subject, the house of
representatives began debating the pro-
posed legislation looking to regulation
of railway freight rates. This action
was taken only after determined oppo-
sitiOn by the democrats, led by John
Sharp Williams miss. J., the minority
leader, to the adoption of a rule which
would shut out opportunity to amend
the bill. Two republicans, Messrs.
Southwick and Vreeland IN. " voted
against the rule, and one democrat,
Gaines, (Tenn.) voted for it. Other
wise party lines were tightly drawn.
Washington, Feb. 8.-Senate.-The
senate passed the joint statehood bill.
AS passed the bill provides for the adj
mission of the states of Oklahoma, to
be composed of Oklahoma and Indian
Territory, and New Mexico, according
to the present boundaries. with Ari-
IONA eliminated The long session was
CIIdl dCLCliLCO ny CASlLiiis5 lI(iOChbO
and many surprises. Beginning
promptly upon the converting at y
O'Clock. the senate proceeded to con-
slider the various amendments which
had been suggested by the committee
on territories and which had been
passed over. One of the first of these
taken up was the amendment prohibit
ing the sale of intoxicating liquors in
what is now Indian Territory, for the
next ten years, and this was displaced
With q substitute offered by Mr.. Gal
Iinger. which extended the amend
ment to the entire state for period
of q years and this was adopted.
House-The feature of the debate
in the house on the freight bill was
the speech of Mr. Mccall (Mass.), who
is opposing the proposed legislation.
He declared that it was not to he i'm
agined that the supreme court would
stand between the government and its
victim, following that utterance up
with the statement that the courts
usually reflected the policy of the par
ty in power The views of the speak
ers as to legislation needed were
many and varied but with the excep-
ton of Mr. Mccall and Mr.. Sibley
(Pa.) all were agreed that the time
had arrived for the granting OF relisf'
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1905-02-10
SCIENTIFIC SPECIALS.

Science now transforms radishe,s INTO,
potatoes Showing a process of Pas
teur, NJ. Moillard cultivates young rad
ish in glass retort, In concentrated glu-
cOse, when the radish develops much
starch and swells out, losing its pepperi-
ness, and acquiring the taste, consistency
and nutritive properties of the potato
Prof. Millichau, the well known French
savant, has discovered in the spectrum
of Jupiter absorption bands similar to-
those of the spectrum of Uranus. One
of them indicates the presence of watery
vapor In the atmosphere of Jupiter. AS
the result Of his observations, he agrees
with Prof Jansen that the chief plan
cts Of the solar system have atmosphere.
in the main similar to our own.
Glass hives for bees are we'll known,
but a portable ants nest, as supplied in
London under the name of "The Lub-
book Formicarium, is something of a
novelty. 1t is expected that one of these
nests will serve six years or more for
study or exhibition. The nest resembles
q picture frame ten inches square, and
contains the small yellow ant in its va
rious stages, with or without a queen,
and with associated insects.
The quantity of carbonic acid gas per-
Missile in factories and homes is a.
question in which the whole world is vi
tally interested, and, while there ars
plenty of authorities who assert that this
should not exceed nine volumes in 10000.
there does not appear to be any prac
teal device for the visual indication OF
the freshness Of the atmosphere. The
best practice provides for the introduc-
ton of from 1000 to 1920 cubic feet Of
fresh air an hour for each individual
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1905-02-10

this place, but ordinarily the
uninitiated congressman will pass
the house with look of contempt, as
it is about as unattractive as any res
taurant or saloon in the city. 1t is a
low, two-storied brick house, wedged in
between pawnshops, with old-fashioned
small-paned windows, not over clean,
and a step down from the pavement to
me doorway. Few strangers recognize
n this little dirty brick house the cele-
brated 'Hancock's," of Washington.
The interior of this saloon or restau-
rant is as unattractive as the exterior.
A little short wooden bar at one side,
with an oyster counter at the other,
and an extremely lOw-ceilinged, saw
busted. dark room do not appeal to
esthetic tastes. Behind that bar. how
ever, are some of the oldest and best
liquors in Washington and the colored
barkeeper is the son Of the original dis
penser of drinks whose secret decoc-
tions tickled the palates of Daniel
Webster, Henry Clay and other great
dead and gone statesmen. The same
brand of WHISTLES, rum. wines and
brandies are there to-day and Hancock
punch and Hancock cocktails are en-
joyed by few of the senators and rep
resentatives. just as they were so years
ago by their predecessors in the cap
itol.
In the kitchen of this little restau-
rant reigns a genuine old-time Vir-
ginia nanny" with bandana hand
kerchief tied around her head. TIL
kitchen is fauItiessly clesn and out OF
it come the most appetizing and delici-
Jus dinners of fried chicken, terrapin
quail and other delicacies that were
ever eaten in Washington or anywher
else. It has become the fad lately to
have little dinner parties at Hancock s
for fried chicken dinner"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1905-02-10
A FELLOW FEELING.
Why She Felt Lenient Towards the
Drunkard.

A great deal depends on the point OF
view A good temperance woman was
led, in very peculiar way, to revise
her somewhat harsh judgment OF the
poor devil who cannot resist his cups
and she is now the more charitable.
She writes:
For many years was great SUI
ferer from asthma. Finally my health
got so poor that found could not lie
down, but walked the floor whilst 9TH
ers slept. l got so nervous could not
rest anywhere.
Specialists told me must give up
the use of coffee-the main thing that
/ always thought gave me some relief.
/ consulted our family physician, and
he, being a coffee fiend himself, told
me to pay no attention to their advice.
Coffee had such charm for me that in
passing a restaurant and getting
Whit of the fragrance could not resist
a cup. l felt very lenient towards the
drunkard who could not pass the sa-
loon. Friends often urged me to try
Postum, but 1 turned a deaf ear, say
ing: That may do for people to whom
coffee is harmful, but not for me-cof-
fee and l will never part
AT last, however, bought pack
age Of Postum, although l was sure
could not drink 1t. I prepared 1t as
directed, and served 1t for breakfast.
Well, bitter as was against 1t, l must
say that never before had l tasted a
do1iciA,c 30 a0fpani
that day to this (more than two years.
l have never had a desire for the old
coffee. My health soon returned; the
asthma disappeared, began to sleep
well and in a short time l gained 20
pounds in weight.
Zone day handed my physician the
tablets he had prescribed for me, tell
ing him l had no use for them. He
stayed for dinner. When l passed him
his coffee cup he remarked: I am glad
TO see you were sensible enough not to
let yourself be persuaded that coffee
was harmful. This is the best cup of
coffee ever drank he continued; the
trouble is so few people know how to
make good coffee When he got his
second cup 1 told him he was drinking
Postum. He was incredulous, but
convinced him, and now he uses moth
ing but Postum in his home and has
greatly improved In health" Name.
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek
Mich
Look in each package for the famous
little book, THE Road to Wellville."
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1905-02-10
THE FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
Second Session.

Washington, Feb. 7.-Senate.-The
Iong-drawn-out general debate on the
bill creating two states out of the ter
ritories of Oklahoma and Indian Ter
ritory and New Mexico and Arizona.
was concluded with a speech by MI.
Beyeridge. He reviewed the principal
arguments in opposition to the bill, CIV
ing special attention to the proposition
to unite Arizona and New Mexico.
Previous to Mr.. Beveridge's speech, MT.
Foraker spoke in support of his amend
ment to eliminate Arizona and Me-"
Mexico from the proposition. The only
other important business Of the day
was the receipt through the house man
ayers of the houses replication to