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Meat Market.

The week opened with prices unchanged from
the close Of last week.
DRESSED MEATS
Wholesale rates from slaushtsrers to dealers
are as follows:
for Cows.
vEAL-Large 50ec: snail. 6Gsc per lh
MUTToN-wethers. T6sc;N Ewss so7s per
pound.
LAMB-s@1oo for Spring.
PORK-Dressed Hogs. 61599c Per n.
LIVESTOCK MARKET
The following quotations for good sound
Livestock. delivered In San Francisco. less 400
As per cent shrinkage for Cattle:
CATTLE-Steers. 7H471c; Cows and Heif-
ers, 5h@6hc; thin Cows, 49tc par ID.
CALvEs4Q4Ac per ID (gross weixht).
SHEEP-Wethers. 3h9Szc: Ewes. 3Q3Kc
per lb tgross weight)-
LAMBS-S2 50@2 IS per head
HOGS-Live Hogs, 180 to $50 Ibs 5x664c:
over $50 lbs 5&Q6kcs Feeders Sc: SoWs 20
per cent on; Bears so per cent or and stags,
20 per cent on from above quotations.
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Government Funds Here.

Julius Jacobs Assistant Treasurer Of the
United States in san Francisco reports the
cash N. the e-Treasury al the close Of bust
A MI. -
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MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS..
ST. Louis wool Marker.

ST. LOUIS. May 1.-wooI. strong and high
.er Medium grades. combing and clothing ?.
62sc: light fine, 20621c; heavy nne 15671ec
tub washed. 316391zc.
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ponds .nd Sfocks

Bonds and Stocks.
Sales OF bonds and stocks on the Stock
and Bond Exchange In April were fol-
lows:
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Northern Bnsi,

NOFI1ICIU DtS1l1c99.
TACOMA, May 1-Clearines, $3.50, ,261 :
balances. $42.4Sk
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stocks of Grain.
Frrit Cron Renort.

ne receipts during April appear under ti
oinerent heads in the produce REPORT
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ADvERTIsEslENTs.

Continued ON Page Fourteen.
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Price during
No. month.
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the first three days of the trip with
out intermission, and after a nights
rest, was taken up again and hardly
finished as the vessel drew into port.
Since then these rumors have taken
definite shape, and it certainly was
big game. The players, as reported,
were II. c. Frick. Charles r. Flint,
z. A B. Widener, George Westing-
house, and John r. Mclean. They
are said to have played for S100, 900
jack pot, which was raked in by
player who held four deuces against
his opponents three kings and a
pair of fives.
The players. with their combined
business connections, represent
about $500, 600, 600; and they must
have looked the part, for all chips
were worth 500. and each player
started out with a $4,000 stack Be
fore the big pot, on which 100000
was lost, the loser purchased about
$4,000 worth-and ii lasted him
barely twenty minutes-the time it
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took to play the hand. The game
was not played in the smoking room
as such games usually are, but in
one of the staterooms. For the
first day or two the passengers did
not know what was going on, but
they got wind of it and scores of the
curious gathered about the state
room In which the game was run
ming, peeped through the windows,
and tried in every way to get on
the inside
On the third day out the limit was
raised from 5000 to $4,000. This
was done at the request OF one Of
the players who was something like
SlOO, 900 loser in the game. He de-
clared that at the old ante he would
never have a chance to get back
his losings; so the ante was increas-
eC.
After all had had nights rest
the game was resumed on the fourth
day. Every player appeared fresh
and ready for the wrestle with tho
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But there Is little old Saratoga, max
ing a large amount OF hay during
her brief annual sunshine, not in II,
perhaps, with the big continental
gambling resorts, but certainly MAX
ing the most of her short and fever
ish day
Poker is the great American game
OF chance-perhaps because of all
the games II is the fittest expression
of the American psychology. depend
ing as IL does on combination of
simple luck and superhuman bluff.
tempered. to be sure, by a whole lot
OF shrewd judgment and knowledge
of human nature. And IL is in the
card rooms of the ocean liners to the
rattle of chips. and the terse See
you,' Raise you,' Call you II
drop" or How much TO come in?"
that the biggest sums of money are
made and lost.
Just recently the Kaiser Wilhelm
III landed with vague rumors of
sensational game that lasted during
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pasteboards. The game became
more interesting, and the men dealt
the cards. stayed, raised, reraised
and called as though they follow
ed that vocation for a livelihood
When il came to the sensational
jackpot, one player with probably
$4,000 worth of chips. who sat be-
hind king full on fives." raised
the bet until he could hardly see
his opponent on the other side of
the pile of chips. The other play
er-just which one is not known
held -four little deuces," but after
finding that his opponent. who had
a smaller hand. would not "call, I"
he finally said in tones which were
easily heard on the deck:
Il call. What have you got?"
"A king full"
-Four little ones" said the lucky
one. VINO raked in a good-sized for
tune at a single clip.
Just who this lucky one is remains
a question. Apparently there were
no eye witnesses, though there were
plenty Of passengers In position
TO hear all that went on. The i'm
preston Is that Frick was one OF the
winners, and Westinghouse heavy
loser-but none of the players will
tell and no one else really knows
anything beyond the fact that 1t
was a very big game
That is by no means the only story
Of poker on an ocean liner on a scale
that would have made the famous
old-time Mississippi gamesters
green with impotent longing. In
August, 1901, the Kaiser Wilhelm
der Crosse was the scene of an
other pretty big game, not quite so
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the cabin boys have their little daily
50-cent pools
And If there is game of shuttle
board on deck, that is probably an
excuse for some side bets. There are
bets on as to whether or not some
steamer bound in the opposite d.
rection will pass near enough for
a wireless exchange of greeting.
There are even bets as to which of
her SWANS a pretty girl will favor
on given day. Anything and moth
ing is an excuse for a bet.
Gambling bids fair TO become the
national American vice. If, indeed, it
has not already done so. Business
is becoming gamble; pleasure-the
American Interpretation of pleasure
is daily becoming more and more
of a gamble The gambling spirit
is abroad in the land, the desire for
"easy money" whether Il Is to be
won on a turn of the market, or on
the turn VI d Cdfu, III Wdil street,
at the race course, or at roulette
wheel. With this hunger for easy
money" combine the unquenchable
American craving for excitement,
and the causes of the gambling epi-
demic that seems TO be sweeping
over the country in these latter days
is not far to seek. AS yet America
has no Monte Carlo. and no Ostend.
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sensational, perhaps, but still plenty
big enough to give the passengers
something to talk about.
According to the gossip Of the
saloon this game lasted for forty
eight hours without a break. and
many thousands OF dollars changed
hands. So exciting was the play
said TO have been that on the second
day the smoker in which the game
was played was packed 10 suffoca-
tion with spectators
F. Ziegfeld. Anna Held's husband.
and the late Beriah Wilkins. OF this
town, are reported TO have come out
a good bit ahead of the game. The
limit is said to have been fixed at
s100, and besides the two mentioned,
there were sitting in at 1t Jacob
Rothschild, owner of the Hotel
Majestic in New York. and Max
Bleimann and NJ A Gunst, of San
Francisco. The players rather pooh
poohed the story after they landed;
players generally do. They had
played-yes, but really" said Mr..
Ziegfeld, "it was not much of a
game, probably not more than q
couple of thousands changed hands
during the trip"
In August, 1904 for some reason
most OF the big games seem to be
played in August. W. Thompson,
of Luna Park, and Hippodrome fame
won, as he put it, "s1,127 with a
dinky pair of sevens." in game
on the Deutschland This sounds
too good to be true. Indeed, New
York was inclined to regard it as a
press agents story. and a pretty
stiff one at that But there were
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feature of modern ocean travel.
Thousands of dollars change hands
among the passengers every trip.
Everything that happens or falls
to happen is subject for betting.
Pools are formed 10 bet on the days
run-so many pools and of such
varying sizes that each may bet ac-
cording to his pocketbook, or. as
more frequently happens, according
to the gambling spirit that possesses
him.
Ten or a dozen millionaires get to-
gether and form a pool at perhaps
$1,000 head each day. Forty or
fifty, who without being millionaires
yet have money enough to be. will
ing to risk some. form another pool
at say 500 apiece every day. Yet
others-the general run of passen-
gers-go into q modest little pool
at $40 each, not because most of
them really want TO throw away
from $50 to $40 during the trip. but
because II is the custom. and they
want to do as the rest do. Even
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AMBLING on a scale
that would have made
the famous old-time
Mississippi river gamb-
lers fairly sick with
l. Iz.r
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Benton Ha~tcr Mich-A half truth is
always dangerous. A strange mixture
of truth and error has brought large
company Ci 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
go to the Bible and find seeming author
ity 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 a 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
well as instructive But we wanted &c
emphasize the fact that the doctrines
which the "Israelties" believe and teach
find their seeming justification in the
Bible. Certain truths are taken from
theirproperse setting, and into others theil
own interpretations are read, so that we
find a strange tumble, a 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 enc
of the present age will come'in 1916, anC
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a dispensation from the fifth angel, or
messenger, John Wroe. AS soon as
Mary and Benjamin came to US we recog-
nized they were possessed OF divine
power and We left all to follow them"
The Colony.
The colony buildings comprise
group In which the members OF the cult
are housed and fed and employed. The
largest of the frame structures is the
administration building which stands
in the center. There is carpenter shop,
a bakery, the kitchen, where the yege-
tables and other food, exclusive of meats,
are cooked for the Israelites among
their other peculiar tenets hold that
vegetarianism is the only dietary path
way along which the elect of God should
walk. and so the flesh of beast, bird and
fish is barred from the colony with as
much rigor as ordinary people would
observe in guarding against smallpox
or other scourge.
But what they lack in meats they
make up in vegetables, and on the day
that the Australian pilgrims arrived
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one young woman whose red hair hangs
down her back like curtain OF flame
and there are several men with hair
hanging about their shoulders. Many
of the men are both handsome and dis
tinguished in appearance.
In the hall or Tabernacle, Benjamin
is a striking figure as he addresses his
followers. On the occasion OF our visit
he wore a white flannel suit, with white
canvas shoes to match. Jewelry that
made a great display, although pot es-
pecially valuable. adorned his person.
In his shirt front was magnificent
topaz stone, whose saffron CLINT was
dazzling as the speaker swayed and
surged on the pillows of his vehement
oratory. His preaching was ultra-emo-
tional and exceedingly rapid. His OBJ
ject seemed to be to give bird s-eye-
view of the peculiar cult of which he Is
the apostle.
In Ais delivery of the reasons for the
faith that is in him Benjamin touched
upon a wide range Of topics. His reason
ing was not always the most cogent that
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"Israelites." Under the Leadership OF benJa-
min ard Mary. Gathering at Benton Har-
bor Mich, to Welcome Christ.
RETURN FROM HEAVEN EXPECTED ANY DAY
The Year of 1910 When Christ Aided by DIS
raelites" Begin His Thousand Years Reign over the
Eart--Other Peculiar Tenets of Their Faith Are Gel
ibacy Vegetaransm and Unshaven
Beard

angels, the messengers sent by God to
the inhabitants of this world. And this
is how they figure it out:
|, The Sew smith Angels.
BENJAMIN and Mary are the seventh
from Johanna Southcott, the English
woman who founded the strange sect
more than a 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. OF course, before interpreting she
had to find it, as st. John merely saw 1t
in one of his visions and he failed or
neglected to translate it. But the Eng
lish woman saw it again. She not only
saw it. She read it. 1t 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 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 browning 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, its only ruler" and
that after ]. 600 years on earth he shall
ascend into Heaven with the entire host
of the IA 900 TO be numbered among tie
elect
1t is the teaching of Benjamin that
with the exception of Christ. Elias,
Enoch and few more of the celebrated
Scripural personages. the $4,000 con-
stituting 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
If 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 a resurrection of the body at
/ 1oomsday it is not the real body but the
spirit which will rise, the Israeltes
say. from the graves of mother earth.
| The spirit. not the body, is what is
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Township Omcers.
village Officers.
Secret Society Officers.

President ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Milton l. Decker
C,IerL - VIM. II. Mason
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that then will be inaugurated 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
144 900 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
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The "Israelites" believe That the end
of the present age will comein 1916, and
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WILL OWN FRUIT CARS.
Michigan Central Gives Orders For
Large Number
OF Refrigerator Cars Cuts Out the Armour
Company,


Chicago. April lO.-The Michigan Cen
trial railroad has refused to renew It's
contract with the Armour company to
use its refrigerator cars exclusively Tor
Michigan fruit traffic. Fear of having
to defend suits in the federal courts IN
stituted by the interstate commerce
commission is said to have induced the
officials of this railway and the Pere
Marquette to change their relations with
the Armour company.
An order has been placed by the Mich
ipan Central railroad for 500 refrigerator
cars of the most approved type, and an
order for $50 cars has been given by the
Merchants dispatch line owned by the
Vanderbilt lines. When these orders
are filed the Vanderbilt lines will have
over 5000 refrigerator cars. The Perr
Marquette probably will use Armour
refrigerator cars next summer, as it will
be impossible for it to have enough cars
built TO handle its share OF the fruit bus
mess the coming season. The plans OF
the Pere Marquette for handling next
seasons fruit crop are not known, how
ever. and it may not use the Armour
cars
Michigan shippers of fruit have been
assured that they will be allowed TO do
the icing of the refrigerator cars owned
by the railroads. Testimony before the
interstate commerce commission showed
that i'm a majority Of cases the Armour
company charged for icing cars used in
fruit traffic three or four times as much
as the cost of the ice and labor involved
Whether the Armour company will
charge as much hereafter for icing cars
as it has charged in the past is doubtful
The interstate commerce commission
comes here next month to make further
investigation of the relations between
the railroads and the private car lines
particularly as to tbs refrigerator cars
owned by the big beef packing concerns
In all contracts made heretofore the
Armour company has compelled the.rail
roads to act as its agents in collecting
any charge made for refrigeration, wheth
er reasonable or unreasonable, and t
blacklist" any shipper or consignee whc
refused to pay promptly the charges TO
refrigeration, even if no objection wa
made to the charges of the railroad com
pany.
The expose OF its extravagant charge
for icing cars probably will result in tn
Armour company making a radical re
duction in its fruit rates from the Mich
gan fruit district next summer. IL i
does not make such reduction, it
charges will appear more extravagan
than ever when compared with the cos
of shipping by the Michigan Central roa,
il the shippers ice the cars.-Kalamazo
Telegraph.
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sleeping in the grave" they say, and
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 "lsraelites" 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 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
anything that the "Israelites," the
whilom Flying Rollers" had an
nounced at any time before. 1t was I'M
derstood in Benton Harbor that the sec
ond coming" an event which is to pre-
cede the beginning Of the millennium,
was just 13 years away-that it had been
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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.
It 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
oueerly-tilted, fat-topped hats, and most
of them have strong intellectual faces
Benjamin.
Benjamin, the prophet. is man OF
about 46 years of age He was born in
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 Il years ago and since
that time has been preaching its doc
trines. For a number of years he was
i'm Ohio. He came here two years age
with his wife. Mary, who was also borr
in Kentucky. and she shares with hel
husband the duties of leader Of the
House Of Israel.
Benjamin is of medium height. rathei
slenderly built and has all extremely
fine face. His hair is of light reddish
brown and hangs down on his shoulder
in long silken curls. His beard is silkei
and curly and his features are aquilin
and well formed His complexion /!
clear. pink and white. and his eyes ar,
blue and clear Ills manner Is gentl
and well bred Ills hands are white
Every movement is as of man at peac
with himself and the whole world. III
teaches and breaches gentleness ant
peacefulness and he impresses his per
sonality upon all with whom he come
in contact. He Undoubtedly has a won
derful influence over men. tor his fol
lowers listen to his voice as though
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 assistan
leader. is a slender woman. with je
black hair. an aquiline nose. snapp
black eyes. and aggressive wideawak
manner. She is a nervous little woma
and bears the weight of her duties cas-
lily. She shares with her husband all tn
honors attached TO his position and
his constant helpmate. She wears he
hair down her back. never uses hairrs
and atti-es herself in calico except o
Sunday, when she dresses well. Their
!, are many other believers in the faith |
the house on Superior street. There