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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-03

A Fresno county. California, jury
yesterday awarded what is said to be
the largest verdict ever awarded
against a railroad in a personal in
jury case. 1t gave willard Zibbell
in his suit against the Southern Pa
cifc railroad 100000 for personal in
juries sustained. In July, 1905, lib
bell, who IS a race horse driver, was
struck by box car in the freight
yards and lost his left arm, his right
hand, his left leg at the hip and his
right foot.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-03
Nothlnu TO Reoret.

''My husband never saw me in the
ten years of our married life when my
personal appearance was neglected, .
boosted a woman when the nurse
called me to his bedside. saying that
he was dying, I hastily wiped a piece
of chamois skin over my face before
responding to the call l have nothing
to regret. "-Atchison Globe.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-03
Lake DANellinns y

Lake dwellings" mean dwellings
built on supports over the water of a
lake. The name was first applied to
dwellings found at the bottom of lakes
in Switzerland, which contained relics
of the stone, iron and brass ages
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-03
Death Fastened by Grief.

Evansville, Ind, Jan. 3. ~ Because
God would not send back his little sis
ter to visit him, Morris Elfrich, aged
4, died at the home of his parents of
a broken heart. While the boy had
suffered for the last week with
diphtheria, the physicians in charge
say that his death was fastened by
the death of his little sister q week
ago
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-03
NoNoN EXCURSION.

On account of Christmas Holidays
the Monon will sell excursion tickets
to all points at one and one-third fare
Good going Dec. %, %, "a, %. 20, 80 and
81, and Jan. 1st. Good returning Jan.
I'd 1907
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-03
Cans and Britt to a Finish.

Tonopah. New, Jan. Been Selig.
acting for Joe Cans, and NJ. NJ. Riley,
on behalf of the Casino Athletic club,
have signed articles for finish fight
between Cans and Jimmy Britt The
purse is TO be $4,000, 60 per cent. to
the winner and 40 per cent. to the
loser
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-03
RAILROAD NOTES.

E. e. Young has been appointed
superintendent Ok the McCook division
of the Burlington system. extending
from McCook to Denver. He succeeds
c. L. Easton. resigned.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-03

Philadelphia, Jan. flames aIcCrea
of Pittsburg, first vice president of
the Pennsylvania lines west of Pitts
burg was today elected president Of
the Pennsylvania railroad company.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-03
Minister squires' Daughter Married.

Panama. Jan. 3.-Georgia, daughter
of United States Minister Squiers, was
married by Bishop Junguito TO Harold
Cutler Whitman
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-03

Holders of second preferred of the
New York, Chicago & ST Louis rail-
road, known as the Nickel Plate. are
trying to get a bigger dividend. The
Lake Shore owns $6,275, 900 of the
s11,000.000 second preferred stock out
standing. At the time Of reorganiza-
ton in 1887 it was understood that the
largest interest rate of these shares
was to be per cent. In 1900 an in
itial dividend of per cent was de-
clared and in 1901 and subsequent
years a per cent dividend has been
declared. James f. Andrews, a mem
Der of the New York stock exchange
has asked the stockholders to coop
crate with him and his associates in
an attempt to have this rate increased
to per cent, and he has issued an
extended analysis OF the company s
financial standing, tending to show
that the earnings of the road would
Justify this.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-03

The Union Pacific railroad has dis
charged all it's land and colonization
agents, placed on it's pay roll Dec. 4
and viii not contest the amended in
terstate commerce law.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-28

Church toward his writings is the best proof OF
the insurmOuntabe difficulties of censorship
Erasmus. a reformer at heart. chung to the
Church because he believed in reform from
within rather than from without. A wit and a
scholar he won the admiration and friendship
OF four Popes and would have been made car
dinal but for private intrigues. From England
and Paris the censors received weighty objec-
lions against the freedom with which Erasmus
altered the text in his version of the New Tesla
ment and against the pernicious knowledge OF
Greek he displayed in his charming; book. The
Praise Of Folly" While the Pope and cardinals
at Rome were openly expressing delight at the
scholars writings. the outlying universities
placed these latter under a ban The greatest
sufferer in this breach of opinion was the poor
censor. As compromise. the happy device Of
the Tridentine Index rules was brought into
play: two classes OF authors and books were dis
tnguished. Glass I being those who NAV have
come under suspicion Of heresy, Class II those
who have been convicted Of heresy. Erasmus
was automatically listed under Glass 1! Nat
uraIly. the sales OF his books were enormous.
and his influence far greater than that of any
OF his contemporaries
But IL Il was hard TO settle the question OF
heresy with reference TO purely religious and
ecclesiastical matter how much more so was
~ W peASS upOI Oh ITGVe1s
scientific treatses. histories school books joke
books. and so on? The monumental ignorance
Of the Italian censors Is amusingly disclosed In
their yerdicts against secular publications.
Legal writings. particularly those dealing with
usury and marriage. were condemned: histories
OF the law showing how European ideas had
arisen also fell under the ban. OF course. nearly
every philosopher was branded. even those who
strenuously affirmed allegiance 20 the Church
Descartes. Malebranche. MOntalgne. Bacon and
Hobbies were among those honored with diSap-
prevail Along with them Swift's tale OF a
Tub" Defoe's Robinson CrusOe' and La FOn-
taine's "COntes et Nouveles'' also appear. Curl
ousiy enough. the sale OF Uncle Toms Cabin"
was prohibited in the Papal States. though never
entered on the Index ENpurgatOrius. Almost
every important histOry-Ranke. Hume, Robert
son. Hallam and Others-gets notice. But the
most famous interdlcts arc those directed
against scientific works. The prohibition Of all
works teaching the COpernican system OF as
trOnOmy was in force as late as 1922. The ia
nous ediCts against GalileO's scientific writings
and the authors compulsory public recantatiOn
OF his views we'll known Tho unwilling
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-28
THE CENSORSHIP.
The PeriIs and HumOrs of an HIS
tOric Institution.

THE CENSORSHIP OF THE CHURCH OF
ROME. BY George Haven Putnam In TWO
vols Svo, PIP S75, So c. z. Putnam s SONS
If there is any more ungrateful task than that
Of critic it is surely the business OF a profess
sional censor. A man may shield himself from
the wrath of authors he criticises by the excuse
that he is merely giving his own impressions
in his criticisms. But the poor censor has not
even this refuge. For. by his suppression OF
other mems views. he confesses himself TO be
man with purpose; he implies either his
own superiority over all other writer's or else
his arbitrary right to say what others may read.
In either case he is bound to have trouble with
his victims. to say nothing of the publishers
whose fortunes are at stake The reader may
convince himself OF this by following Mr. Put
nam's account of the trials of the Roman Church
in struggling TO prevent its adherents from
reading hearing anything savOring of heresy.
The Roman Church is surely the strongest. long
est armed censor that has ever harassed philos-
Ophers and publishers; its zeal has been intensI-
fed by the fact that it's very existence has re-
peatedly been threatened by the writings and
utterances of progressive men In its long
career OF censor. then. may be read the Diff
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-28

the means of turning many loyal churchmen
into heretics Many unOrthOdOx books simply
could not be read without winning the reader
over to their views. To make matters worse. IL
was often necessary to indulge in long. acrlno-
NOUS controversies in order to decide whether
a book should be placed upon the Index Elk
purgatorius or not. This meant great pub
licity for the volume under dispute. and it often
happened that long before the censOrs reached
a decision the work had run through several
editions. to the edificatiOn OF the public. the
author and the publisher 1t has often been
declared by competent critics that the Index
Expurgatorius was the greatest standing aG-
vertisement for anti Catholic books ever pub
lished. and that il did as much as Luthers WIZ
tenberg press to famiiarize the reading world
with the untenableness Of orthodoxy and eeele-
siastical corruption
Far-seeing churchmen realized this and did
quistor valdes suppressed orthodox books in
tended for lay readers the ground that the
public should not read doctrinal treatises at ALI
This policy was the only effective one. for moth
ing short Of complete prohibition of religious
literature could guarantee the suppression Of
hereticaI books. But nobody outside of Spain
dared go to such extremes. And the time soon
came when. within the highest circle Of the
Roman hierarchy. man appeared who gave the
censors more trouble and the educated public a
greater impulse toward reform than any apos-
tate save. perhaps. Luther. That man was
Erasmus The wavering. uncertain policy OF the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-28
Gbe Netni2Dorls 0ribag1ess
SUNDAY, APRIL 2s. 1907.

Il. Is TO be hoped that Mr.. HOwellS will by and
by lake book of those brief papers IN which,
81 orcupant of the Easy Chair, i'll liar
ppr's" he chances again and again at the con
ditiOns i'm our modern world Of book manufact-
ure. They are full of the wisdom of experience
and they are full of delightful humOr. All OF
them are written for the good of the cause,
putting a sound ideal in the foreground, ana
shrewdly rcbuking the false idols of the mar
kct-place The essay this month sets forth the
questions asked in circular letter, sent to vet
eran authors in the hope that the answers
might teach young writers The Way into
Print" The Stiffness Of these questions may
be judged from one of them-"What are the sue
cessful authors necessary qualifications in the
matters of natural ability, education, life as he
sees il and lives il. technical training, etc!'
The splendidIy scOrnfuI and idealistic reply
printed in the essay is too long for us TO quote,
but we must give Mr.. HOwellss comment upon
It, noting that he has placed the reply in the
mouth Of a suppOsititiOus prominent author :
No doubt you think you have spoken honestly
and faithfully but you have addressed yourself
10 the wrong audience. You have spoken 10
artists. born and SELF made but artists can
always manage without help. Your help was
invoked in behalf OF artisans OF adventures.
O formula for the fabrication OF gold bricks
which would meet the demand OF current deal
ers in that sort of wares
a blow from the shoulder like this inclincs
the observer To cheer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-28
TIE PRIMROSE PATH.

Rosamond Marriott Watson. in The AthenRum
The green fans Of the chestnut trees
Are all unfolding one by one,
The breath Of April'S in the breeze.
The long streets glisten in the sun
The tasseIled HIlacs IN the square
Are full OF mods and whisperinSS
While the black boiled pODlars stir the ar
With hints OF happy secret things
The town Is an so fair and fine.
The streets they make so brave a ShOEs
And yet-and yet-COFinua mine,
Ills now the pale primrOSes blow
The woods are calling US to-day
Where grassy hills fall fold on fold:
Come let US take the primrose way
And gather wealth OF faery gold
Put of your dainty silks and lace
For leathern shOOn and hOmeSpUn gown:
Come, leave this bustlins market place
To play the truant out OF town
For though In town the sun shines gay.
You cannot hear the sweet birds sing
Come my Corinna. come away
And is< u 90 a-kninurOAlnS-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-28

culties and humOrs OF trying 10 make the whole
world move in "A single rut.
Censorship was by no means invention Of
Rome: IL had always been An unspecified pre-
rogative of secular rulers. from whom the
Church. as it became political machine. adopt
ed the device Various authorities within the
Church forbade expurgated books long be-
fore the Pope undertook to do in lJ42
About this time, though. the dissemination Of
printed books had rendered vain the ef-
forts OF isolated bishops and universities: only
strongly organized central power like the
Papacy could cope with the terrifying situa-
ton brought about by the invention OF nova
BILE type and the printing press and the use OF
the same by Protestants. Spain alone. under
her notorious Inquisitors. was able to keep
heretical publications under control without for
eign assistance. Welcome as aid from Rome
may have been to many true believers. IL was
opposed by numerous prominent bishops as an
infringement upon their historic powers and
Jurisdiction. Traces Of this attitude of the bish-
ops persisted well into the nineteenth century
in the form OF denial OF the validity of Roman
censorship over countries not under the poIiti-
cal control OF the Papacy.
This opposition OF the bishops. however. was
trifing difficulty in comparison with the per
plexities of reading and interpreting the swiftly
S"eIlIhB stream OF books poured forth from
European presses. For ages practically all
books had been laboriously written by hand in
cloisters. so that supervision had been easy
The contents Of such books had been dictated
almost exclusively by the ecclesiastical author
tiles. so that nearly every written thing OF inn
portance was both familiar and safe" But as
soon as printing became easy. thinking became
free, and the first result was that some orthodox
souls. bent upon guarding the Church against
inward contamination. were compelled TO study
all dubious writings in order TO decide upon
their attitude toward Roman doctrine and prac-
tce. But alas! IL was like sweeping a pest
house AS early as 1853 we find Cardinal Ca
raffa. the Roman InquisitOr. refusing 20 allow
even the most distinguished Catholics to read
heretical literature under any pretext, "fOr." he
states. Influenced by these writings which
they have been allowed 20 read for the sake Of
contrOverting them. they themselves have been
perverted into the acceptance of hereticaI err
rors- In these words is summed up the most
persistent. the most amusing difficulty OF play
Ing the censor. Indeed. the irony of fate
has never been more humOrously revealed
than in the Roman censorship which has been
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-28
PR4ISING MEDIOCRITY.

From The London Academy
An evening contemporary the other day re-
ferred TO Monsieur Edmond ROStand as zone or
the great poets Of all time" This Is a fine
example of the sort of way in which lneiiS-
Criminate and indeed utterly prepoSterous
praise is Iavished on UediOCrity by those who
have absolutely qualification TO beSt9W
either praise or blame. That the author or
"CyranO de Bergerac' possesses the pleasing
knac< OF stringfne. together graceful COupletS
and bringing down the house with dramatic
rhetoric no one would be disposed to deny
But that he has ever written one line thar
could qualify him for inclusion among the ranks
Of the poets not OF AL time, but OF any Tune
longer than the memory OF a grained hrst-
nighter who has passed n pleasant evening, IS a
proposition TO which would strongly deTnur
OF course no one takes the literary Judgments
OF our evening papers very seriously Ihey
have exhausted the adjectiveS OF the English
language in praising Indifferent work ton often
for that They are generally duh. but az times
they have the merit OF consciously providing
the occasion for HOmeTic laughter, and for this
much may be forgiven them
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-28
THE QUEEN.

Great armies march with shields Of pearl
Before the Moon: She is the Queen;
flushed are the mavis and the merle
This still blue dark beseems Her State
Silently guarded all too great
To be adored. She is the Queen!
Yet il is She. who is the Queen.
Who out of all Her height and light
Leans down To where our feet have been
To fashion shadows in the road.
Come! lay aside the dull days load.
o travellers, and watch Her write!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-28

There is n singular psychological interest at
tachng to the advcntitious developments which
go with some literary regulations. The late
William Sharp was 4 clever, industrious man Of
letters. who for some years before his death
published certain Of his writings over the name
OF Fiona Macleod, and thereby contributed
little episode of mystery to the SO called Celtic
movement When the secret was diVulsed,
there was inevitably little flutter OF public
interest in the matter, but this soon died down.
Apparently. however, Mr.. Sharp's friends do
not intend to allow his dual activity TO be taken
lightly. One of them. Mrs. Janvier. has re
Gently written in the North American" n
gravely sympathetic essay on Fiona Macleod
and her Creator" and in the current number
OF the Century Mr.. Ernest Rhys takes up the
same theme in the same mood. Now there Ger
family can be no objection to such tributes of
friendship these, but what is really puZZIng
about them, and about all Of the other deeply
impressive articles dedicated 10 Mr. Sharp's
memory, IS that his mystery" should have
caused something like 4 suspension of the crit
zeal faculty amongst his commentators To
read them one would think that there was
something extraordinary about his productions
The mere fact that he enveloped his transac-
tons as Fiona Macleod In an atmosphere of
secrecy and even OF Enthusiastically is taken as
having automatically invested those transac-
tons with really tremendous Significance All
that actually concerns the world is the intrinsic
character OF Mr.. Sharps writings and il is hard
TO see where that juStiieS all the pother raised
about Fiona Macleod"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-28

A question Of ethics is raised by Mr. Andrew
Lang, aprOpos Of a list published by a second
hand bookseller OF books which he wants TO
buy with the prices which he offers. Among
the books named, says Mr. Lang, were several
pamphlets written by Shelley, anonymously. in
lSll-lS17. he continues as fOllows-
Now. as IL Is certain that Shelley's early tracts
and anonymous poems are valued al sums
higher than hundred pounds, is IL fair 10
oHer for them the price OF ten shiIlines? The
purchaser appears TO reckon ON his chance OF
dealing with ignorant vendors and of DrOlting
by their Ignorance No doubt such a scheme
IS untorbidden by law, but Is Il right I'm the
editors or literary journals TO accept and pub-
liSh advertisements in which half a sOverejpD
20 $500? -'Oii NiVo
No editor. hope, IL he saw an early SbeI,ov
tract in the hands of poor and ignorant owner
would otter him ten shillings for what might
be worth hundreds OF pounds No gentienan
would do this thing
Mr. Lang's attitude is, of course. uninncocb-
able No gentleman could dream Of taking al
vantage of tho ignorant seller of n precious
book. But 1T is a delicate question as TO inst
where the instinct of a mere book hunter nlust
yield to the instinct OF a gentleman. To on
tighten the ignOramuS who offers Won n boot-
worth $1,000 for ten cents is easy. What IL
the book is worth, say, only $40? The point of
honor is the same. but are we all Bayards in
uch crisis2
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-28

THE CENSORSHIP OF THE CHURCH OF
ROME. BY George Haven Putnam In TWO
vols Svo PIP. 375 So C. p. PUtnam's Sons
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-03

bis shows they decreed that the pa,
rade mrst go and the members of the
trust without Il voice dissenting
voted yes, but they had reekoned
withot their host, for Of course to
make this rule effective all the cir
|cHses, whether in the combine or not
must be induced 10 give UP their pa
rade, so they sent representative to
those who for reasons of their own
were not in the trust and be it said
to th1 credit of the Robinsons. they
refused point blank to give up their
parade ana the scheme fen through
Recognizing as they do that many Of
their little friends are not always able
to attend when tho show comes to the
city they have always provided pa
rade upon which wealth of time
and money Is spent each year aud 1t
will always be one Of the features OF
the John Robinson Big Circus as it
has been every season OF the eighty
six years that they have catered to
shc amusement loving public of this
country. viii exhibit here on Oct. T.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-03
SENATOR FORAKER
To GRAIN MEN
SPEAKS or PEsslMIsTs WHO
CHARGE ILL EFFECTS TO
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
DEFENDS ROOSEVELT
Hopes For Improvement Before Panic
Comes But Says II Must Come
Soon to Avert 1t.

CINCINNATI. Oct. -Denuneiation Of
that pessimlsm which emanates from
criticism Of the efforts of the presi
dent TO enforce the laws Of the coun-
try and bring offenders to Justice
concluded the address of Senator For.
aker before the Grain Dealers Nation.
al Convention in this city this after
noon. Senator Foraker discussed the
recent falling OFF in Wall street values
and the growing lack of confidence
that has resulted and spoke briefly of
the inability Of railroads to market
enough securities to enable them to
make needed improvements and en-
largements. "a
In conclusion ~ said: Il am op.
turn for the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
timistic enough to believe that turn
for the better will come before we
reach the stages Of panic and disas
ter, but it must come soon or he too
late to avert consequences of the
most harmful character
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-03
c. { A DIRECTORS
ARE INCREASED
EIGHT NEW MEMBERS CHOSEN
TO REPRESENT INTERESTS
OF CLOVER LEAF RECENTLY
ACQUIRED.

New York Oct 2.--Dircctors of the
G. d A. Railroad company at meet.
ing today in this city. named eight
rev members To represent the inter.
ests Of the Toledo. st Louis and
Western Railway company. known as
the Glover Lear which company re-
Gently purchased ihe c. & A. The
directors named are: Edward Haw-
Icy, General Thomas Fl. Hubbard.
Theodore sbonts, George A. Rosa
Joy Morton, S. II. Davis. sVm. G..
Beale and II. E. Huntington. Rock
Bland directors who heretofore have
been on the board Of directors Of the
C. & A. resigned in favor Of the new
interests. Those elected today Her.
bert Reain. S. NJ FELTON,. formerly
president of the c. q A. and J. =.
Mitchell of the old board compose
the new directorate. The new board
organized and elected S. NJ. Felton
president. and Edwin Hawley vice
president, General Thomas II. Hub.
bard chairman Of board. Theodore p.
Shonts chairman Of the executive
committee. S. " Davis treasurer.