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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-15

know a boy who is daft on base
ball. Now baseball is a good game,
and in itself only praiseWorthy. But
its proper place in life is only that of
an incidental recreation. Yet this boy
has exalted baseball into first place.
Of the game. He breaks the Sabbath
in his mind by thoughts of baseball.
The attention that belongs to books
and other studies he lavishes upon his
favorite sport. So that baseball is not
to him a recreation, but a passion and
a dissipation. Any recreation that is
truly such, and that may be enjoyed
to the glory of God. must be kept in
it's own place and time.
Any pleasure that cannot be under
taken for the glory of God is not a
Christian recreation.
Many Christian who is troubled by
morbid questioning about his spirit
ual state needs nothing else in the
world so much as to get out in the
sunshine and enjoy himself. A tennis
racquet or a baseball bat or fishing
pole may be a real instrument of
grace.
Whatever makes for health and hap
piness makes also for the glory of
God.
A wise old preacher, IN plctur1ng the
failure of the Prodigal Son to find hap
piness. coined the epigram, "a good
time cannot come out of bad man. "
If the gospels philosophy be the true
one, then the highest happiness is nor
NAL and possible only to the Christian.
who alone is in harmony with the
laws and with the Lord of life. Good
times are the prerogative of the good.
They have in themselves the conditions
from which happiness springs. THE
joy of the Lord" is the heritage of the
redeemed and the righteous.
There are many young persons of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-15
The Great Accounting.

The International Sunday School Les
son for October 16 Is 1.-The Last
Judgment" Matt. 25:31-46.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-15

Good Times and Good People.
Terse Comments for October 16, "Your
Amusements: Do They Build Up or
Down. Rom. 1919; Ps S6:7-12.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-15
JEWISH MASS MEETING COM
MITTEE.

Brooklyn. n. Y, Sept. 81, 1910.
Jewish Mass Meeting Committee. New
York City.
Gentlemen:-You kind invitation
to address the Jewish mass meeting
in the New York Hippodrome Sunday,
October 9. at 3 D. m, came today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-15

BY WILLIAM II ELLIS.
The person who is too busy to en-
joy himself is buster than he has any
right to be.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-15

wv YORK. Oct, 9.-Pastor
Russell of Brooklyn today
addressed a Jewish mass
meeting, in response to re-
quest sent to him by a
Ic,rrrie.I. I...rsA,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-15

Any pleasure that cannot be under
taken for the glory of God is not a
Christian recreation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-15

There are many young persons Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-15

GE-1 HE logic of many persons to-
n 2 day slips a cog when they
get to thinking on religion.
OF real atheism there is al
most none: everybody ae-
IL. u. -. u
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-15

Whatever makes for health and hap
piness makes also for the glory of
God.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-29
CHINESE TOWNS BURN
AS MISSIONARIES FLEE
Mobs in Possession, Foreigners in
Flight, and Guns Are Trained
on Chane-Sha.

Hankow. April 23.-The situation in
Human province is reported as criti-
cal
Foreign women and children are
fleeing for their lives from Chang Sha.
the capital.
Several villages near that city have
been reduced to ashes by native mobs
The country is placarded with
threats TO kill all foreigners.
This startling news was brought by
missionary refugees who arrived here
from Chang Sha and nearby missionary
stations. Many OF them have travelled
80 miles on foot and reached the
Yangste-Kiang river in an exhausted
condition. Their houses had been
burned and they lost all of their per-
sonal effects.
The missionaries stated that gun
boats in the river have their guns
trained upon Chang-Sha and nearby
points and have afforded a refuge for
many foreigners. Three thousand
Chinese imperial soldiers are occupy
ing the strategic points of the capital
and detachments are being hurried
to the outlying districts. where rioting
is reported.
Many Chinese have been killed. In
one instance a technical school was
set afire and 80 students were burned
10 death.
When vessels approached Chang-Sha
to rescue the imperiled ones the Chi
nese mob saturated junks with kero-
sene oil from looted stations of the
Standard Oil company and. setting
them afire. allowed them to float down
stream in an attempt TO fire the on
coming steamers.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-29
Al MINERS ARE ENTOMBED
Believed All Are Dead In Alabama
Mine as Result OF Gas
Explosion.

birmingham. Ala. April 22.-Not
one OF the 81 men imprisoned in Null
ga mine OF the Birmingham Iron and
Coal company is alive.
This was the word brought TO the
surface TO the waiting and weeping
families OF the victims when. uncon-
scious from the deadly gases OF the
shaft. Superintendent Johns Of the
mine and a man named Bonds, who
risked their lives for those already
persisted. were drawn up 10 fresh air.
The watchers knew that II the res
cuers. helmeted and protected. had so
narrowly escaped death. there was no
hope for the workers. who without a
seconds warning had been entombed
by an explosion Of gas.
When Johns and Bonds. after he
roic treatment. finally regained con
sciOusness they confirmed the gravest
fears OF the people who for hours had
waited at the mouth OF the shaft to
hear a word Of their loved ones.
-Dead-all dead" was the stammer-
in sentence OF the superintendent. as
he began to recover from the effects
Of the poisonous gases
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-29
STRIKERS AND OFFICERS
CLASH; SEVEN MEN SHOT
Bloody Battle Takes place AZ Me
KEGS Roeks-Three viii
Probably Die.

fllisburg. Pa. April 2l.-In a bloody
battle between strikers and township
constables at McKees Rocks. at least
seven persons were injured. three OF
whom will likely die.
The dying are. Constable James NJ
DANIELS. who is shot through the abdo-
men and chest: Joe Birnot. a Hun.
garian striker. shot several times by
the consiables. and an unknown
striker. who refuses 10 give his name
In addition TO this. one OF the al.
lacking strikers was hit by a train as
he was escaping from the pursuing
mob. and knocked over the bank. He
Is thought 20 have fallen into the river
out 10 trace OF him could be found In
the darkness. farmer named Han
nan vas shot through the hand and
two unknown foreigners were carried
away by their friends. apparently bad.
~ injured. but their names cannot be
learned
The battle occurred just al dusk IN
the how notorious Bloody Angle.
where so much rioting and bloodshed
occurred In the last strike and where
the Victor bank was looted and two
employees killed some weeks ago
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-29
MINE BLAST KILLS EIGHTEEN
But Seven Men Out Of Twenty-Five
Are Rescued From Explosion in
Amsterdam CO., Shaft.

Amsterdam. O.. April 23.-The fire.
blackened. black-damp filed shaft OF
the Youghiogheny & Ohio Coal COM
pany's Amsterdam mine. gave up IS
dead. killed In gas explosion All
the bodies were brought TO the pits
mouth. there 10 be seized on by the
weeping. moaning women. who. since
the dull rumble and roar OF the ex-
plosion have watched through tears
hoping a miracle might bring forth
alive some few OF the missing Seven
miners escaped Mine Boss Ed Jones
bringing them through the air shaft
Twenty-Five were in the mine. Six
bodies had been found and brought 20
the foot Of the shaft. when the fan
broke down. Fire damp and flames
halted resume work then till the fan
could be repaired The women. fran
tic at cessation OF the work. stormed
the pit mouth. Several were proven.
ted by force from hurting themselves
into the shafts depths.
The explosion broke windows in the
town, shattered the windows in the
caboose Of passing freight train. and
blew the mine tipple to bits. But the
mine suffered little damage
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-29
HYDE TRIAL STORMY
LAWYERS DANDY CHARGES OF
UNFAIR TREATMENT AMONG
THEMSELVES.
AAInES TAKEN TO TASK
Attorney Walsh Threatens 10 impeach
Scientist Notes OF Whose Testi-
mony Before Grand Jury Fall In
Hands Of Defense.

Kansas City. Mo. April 2l.-In a
stormy court scene. in which many
lawyers addressed the court at the
same time, banded charges OF unfair
play among themselves. the bond Of
DR.. B c. Hyde was almost revoked
and attorneys for the defense threat
ened upon certain conditions TO at.
tempt Impeachment OF state witnesses
in the HYDE murder trial
And the trouble all arose over an
attache OF Prosecutor Conkling's Of
fee losing the grand Jury notes on
the testimony of DR. Walter S. Haines
of Chicago and AZ other state wit
Eesses woman found the notes
and gave them to Frank p Walsh.
chief counsel for DR. Hyde.
These notes. according TO Mr.
Walsh. contain statements OF DR.
Haines that no cyanide OF potassium
was found In the viscera OF Colonel
Swope. and that not enough poison
was found in Christman Swope's Wis
cera to cause death
May Face Perjury Charge.
III DR. Haines swears on the wit
ness stand TO any alleged facts other
than these he will be prosecuted for
perjury said Mr. Walsh Perjury is
a capital onense in a murder case
Prosecutor Conkling admits this Is
the testimony Dr. Haines gave before
the grand jury. but AYERS that later
the chemist found traces Of cyanide OF
potassium in both visceras. He will
testify to this. says Mr. Conkling.
In the meantime the papers have
been returned TO the state and the
defense is In possession of carbon
copies of the evidence Judge Lat
shaw Is of the opinion that he has no
power 10 deprive the defense OF the
copies
Miss Pearl Keller. who attended
Colonel Swope in his last illness. took
the stand after the upheaval in the
court. She told about and acted. In
part. the entire scene In the million
aires death chamber. AS Colonel
Swope vas unable TO speak during a
part OF his illness. when attorneys
asked Miss Keller about his actions
during this period she was forced TO
explain them in pantomime-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-29
PLEASES SCHURMAN
Cornell President Sees Good in
Bio Philanthropy Scheme.
Believes Congress Should Grant Re-
guest for National Charter
Would Change Only Ore
Small Detail.

Ithaca. y. Y. - In an address
before the Council congress on
Friday night President Jacob Gould
Sehurman OF Cornell commended the
scheme for the Rockefeller foundation
,or which congress has been asked
FOR national charter President
seharman devoted his entire speech
n several thousand words TO this sub
,e,t and in summing up he said:
II recognize that section No. ? of the
h.l. which defines the object Of the
Rockefeller foundation. authorizes and
emr0uegs that foundation TO do any
thing and everything which may pro-
mote and advance human civilization.
that s 10 say. morals and religion. art
and science. manners and social inter
course and all that concerns the 20
Ntlcai economic. and material web
being ~ individuals and communities
This is a vast field for the exercise OF
Philanthropy
rBui Mr. Rockefeller has conceived
a vast scheme OF philanthropy. for the
benefit of his fellow citizens and man
Kind His character. ability and or
Fan.z.ng skill are adequate guarantees
that be will carry out his scheme
wisely and successfully. with meal
cuab'e benefit and blessing to man
kind Il is in the interest of the ma
tlon that be be given a free hand in
the exercise of his colossal benet-
cerce So long as he is active or his
influence remains IL would be wise
and safe TO give the foundation the
sort Of organization he desires. Meth
er now nor hereafter does IL seem nee
essary 10 limit the scope OF his benefl-
oenc4 which Is coextensive with the
erw's 81 mankind TO attain a higher
CIVILIZATION.
lhe only change l would desire TO
So ID the proposed bill is the total or
partial elimination of the method OF
selecting trustees by cooperation. The
organization might well be left a close
corporation. IL Mr.. Rockefeller so de
sres Tor a generation. But after that
time am confident that ii would inure
both ,o the efficiency Of the foundation
ard % the public welfare-to say moth
.ng y the satisfaction OF the sentiment
~ democracy-if the majority OF the
trustees were appointed by the presi-
dent ~ the United States. with the
advice and consent of the senate. or
selected by some other high abiding.
gorernmental agencies that may fairly
b. regarded as representing the peo-
pie % the United States. whose vel
fare Is the primary object OF the i'm
meuse and glorious benefaction.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-29
DEPEW MAY LEAVE SENATE
RUmors Of Retirenen, Follow Recent
Talks with New YORK
Editors.

Washington. April 22.-Rumors are
current that Senator Chauncey NJ.
Depew OF New York. like Senators
Aldrich and Hale. soon is to announce
his withdrawal from the senatorial
race Senator Depew is In New York.
Some time ago the senator insisted
he would make the race for reelec-
ton. He entertained al his home
here editors OF upstate Republican pa
pers that he might CLEAN from them
an idea OF his prospects. II was after
that conference that he stated he was
in the fight to the end. ''ut ii may be
that recent developments have
caused him to change his mind.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-29

ment that there was a condition OF
suppressed excitement among the ne
groes OF Santa Clara and the eastern
provinces In consequence of the in
cendiary utterances Of the negro agi-
tator. General Evaristo Estenoz
Because Of these reports. the secre.
tary said. the government had decided
to send troops for the sake Of the
moral effect which their presence
would have in overawing possible dis
turbers of the peace and in giving
confidence to loyal. law-abiding citi-
zens.
There has been great unrest in the
country recently because of the agita-
ton OF the negroes.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-29
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Two men were killed in a wreck At
Sanford. Ind. on the Big Four rail-
way. according TO official reports re-
ceiyed at Cincinnati.
A fire which. famed by fierce
gale. ragged for hours In the Burling-
ton railroad yards at Lincoln. Neb.,
caused loss to the railroad OF $780,
900.
The National Association OF Lumber
Manufacturers closed It's convention
at New Orleans. La. with the re-
election OF Edward Hines OF Chicago
as president
Joseph Letters famous 81 200 900
colliery at Zeigler. H.. has been ac-
CURED by the Bell and Zoller coal in
terests OF Chicago after negotiations
lasting several months.
A report issued by the bureau OF
statistics at Washington shows that
T. eight months ending February 2s
the United States shipped goods worth
$l0.l5l.276 10 the Philippines
During an election disturbance at
81 Joseph. near Fort de France. Mar
Unique. eight voters were shot and at
the town Of Rotert several shots were
fired at a clerk for one OF the candi-
dates.
Alvy 4. Adee. second assistant Sec
rotary of state. who will reach Havre
on the French liner La Touraine early
next week. is taking along his bicycle.
which he says practically has cured
him of heart weakness.
j. n. Harwood. charged with pro
noting a green goods scheme through
the United States mails. under the
alias of w a. Wales. was arrested at
Bristol. Tenn. by a federal officer
when he applied for his mail.
Petitions signed by several thou
sand women tobacco shippers were
presented to the Louisville (Ky)
street railway company asking that
strike breakers be furnished separate
ca The request was denied
Plans for promoting immigration
into New York state of desirable farm
laborers are TO be taken up by the
New York produce exchange next
Wednesday at a meeting which Secre-
taries Wilson and Nagel will attend
Al Albany yesterday the Murray
resolution providing for the ratifica
ton by the legislature OF New York
Of the proposed income tax amend
ment 10 the United States constitu.
ton was defeated by a vote of 70 TO Sc
Thomas F. Ryan is believed to be
the purchaser of the mansion and art
gallery Of Charles II Yerkes at Sixty
eighth street and Fifth avenue. New
York. which were sold at public auc-
ton TO a real estate firm for 1929 900
thousand miners and coke oven
men employed by the Davis Colliery
company Of Elkins, w Va. of which
former United States Senator Henry
Gassoway Davis is president have
been granted an Increase of FIVE per
/ cent
Because OF a published statement
attributed to Charles A. Peabody.
president of the Mutual Life Insurance
company. rejecting on his connection
with the insurance disclosures OF
1906. Samuel Untermyer. the attorney.
has sued Mr.. Peabody for $4,000 dam
ages
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-29
BANK ROBBERS ARE SHOT
Posse Fatally Wounds One Bandit and
Surround Two Others 6ayed
In Hay Stack.

Mitchell. s D.. April Gone des-
perado was shot through the groin
and is dying in the hospital here. two
more are wounded and surrounded
by a sherifrs posse in a hay stack.
following an unsuccessful attempt TO
rob the State bank Of Kayler. S. D..
south Of here.
The blast Of nitroglycerin aroused
the inhabitants OF the small town.
Cashier Jacob Baltzer and four other
villagers gave chase. firing with dead.
Iy effect into the fugitive robbers.
who returned the fire.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-29
PACKERS MUST SHOW BOOKS
New Jersey Supreme Court sustains
Judge swsyze's order for Produc-
tion Of Directors Minutes.

Trenton. y. j.. April 2S.-The order
OF Justice Swayze made some time
ago directing the National Packing
company. Armour & Co. Swift & Co.
and Morris & Co TO produce in New
Jersey the minute books of the stock
holders and directors before the Hud-
son county grand jury which indicted
the directors OF these concerns for
conspiracy TO keep up high beef prices.
was sustained by the main branch OF
the New Jersey supreme court.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-29
cUBk;lS IN REVOLT, REPORT
Infantry and Machine Guns Are Sent
10 Santa Clara From
Havana.

Havana. April 21.-A special train
carrying a battalion of infantry and a
battery of machine guns under COM
mand Of General Rivas has left Camp
Columbia bound for Santa Clara.
rumor is current that an uprising
is in progress in Santa Clara province,
but this the government denies.
Secretary OF the Interior Lopez
Leiva issued a statement saying that
there is not the least disorder In any
other part OF the island. The secretary
said reports had reached the govern
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-29
AlRSHIP RUNS AWAY TO DOOM
Zeppelin H.. Belonging 20 German
Army Post. Is Wrecked
in Gale.

L.mburg an -der-Lahn The Zeppe-
Ie.n H.. one OF the three di-
rs balloons Of the German govern
mtrt- aerial feet. ran away and was
q oyed The airship. which was
tc-d 70 descend here. owing 70
storm encountered while attempting
return trip from Homburg 70 Co
le-re broke its mornings and without
e ww drifted in a northeasierly d.
rec..0n half hour after its escape
~ iirgible dropped at Wellburg and
Tss smashed TO pieces.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-29
ATTACKS TAFT RATE BILL
Senator Purcell Of North Dakota Says
President Plans TO Pack
Supreme Court.

Washington. April FL Boldly as
sorting that President Taft and Attor-
ney General Wickersham are planning
70 make the Supreme cour; Of the
United States subservient TO the ex-
ecutiye and the railroad interests OF
the country. Senator Purcell OF North
Dakota enlivened the day in the sen
ate by making a ferocious attack on
the administration rate bill
lie openly charged a purpose Of so
Transforming the Supreme court as TO
insure such construction of the pro
posed law as 10 supplant and nullify
antagonistic state laws and state con-
stitutiCns
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-29
GIRL IS HELD AS DYNAMlTER
Suspected Of Wrecking Residence Oc-
eupied by Her Former Fisnee
and His Bride.

Prairie City. la. Suspected OF
having exploded dynamite which
tore almost 10 atoms the mag
nihcent $4,000 residence Of Jesse A.
quick. wealthy farmer. three miles
east Miss Mary Guthrie OF Carthage.
i. has been arrested.
Occupants OF the house escaped In
14rf In the home were DIR. Alexander
ha.l Of Colfax. a former sutton OF
Miss Guthrie. and his bride. formerly
Miss Myrtle Quick.
AZ one time Miss Guthrie and DR..
''ail were engaged TO be married.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-29

Spokane. Wash. - Because the
engineer put on brakes after his
engine struck defective switch near
North Yakima Burlington passenger
train over the Northern Pacific rail
road was saved from disaster En-.
sneer Gordon OF Ellensburg and Fire
man Meyers of Pasco were killed
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-29
Bars Sunday Ball In Ohio.

Columbus. O.. April z2.-Governor
Harmon vetoed the Anderson Sunday
baseball bin on the ground that II Is
unconstitutional The bill provided
that villages and cities shall have the
right to vote on the question Of base
ball On Sunday.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-29
MISSOURI BEEF QUIZ ENDS
Attorney General Believes He Has
Sufficient Evidence TO Begin
Custer Proceedings.

81. Louis. April 2l.-BeIieving he
mas all the evidence needed TO begin
custer proceedings against the meat
packing companies. Attorney General
Major brought his investigation to a
close. The attorney general said he
would begin court action within thirty
days
Attorneys for the packers said the
facts which they gave willingly would
not provide legal basis for an custer
order
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-29
AUTOS TO CROSS CASCADES
state 81 Washington to Complete Link
IN Highway Through Sno
uuaImie Pass.

Seattle. Wash. - Orders will be
sven Immediately by the state
4 slvay commission for the constrrc-
lQn of Snoqualmie pass road across
.-- Cascade mountains. connecting
'he eastern and western sections OF
WI state and completing a transcon-
Nl. n'al automobile road. A gap OF IS
A''sS Is all that needs TO be covered
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-29

Washington. April % Senator
Burkett has introduced bnlto estab-
lish a national school OF forestry at
Nebraska City. Neb.. as a memorial to
J. Sterling Morton. father Of "Arbor
Day" and secretary OF agriculture In
President Cleveland's cabinet
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-29
yerses Home Sold FOR si.2ss.ooo.

New York. April 2I.-The mansion
and art gallery Of the late Charles T..
yerkes at Sixty-eighth street and Fifth
avenue we're sold at public auction to
a real estate firm for sl.239.000. II is
reported that the property was bought
for Thomas r. Ryan.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-29
raqqar, Announces His Candidacy.

Indianapolis. April 23.-In a formal
statement Thomas Taggart says that
he Is candidate for the United States
senate should the state convention
decide 20 nominate. and should IL not.
he will be candidate before the legis.
lative caucus.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-29
Runs for Ball; browns.

New York. April 25.-Louis Rose.
Ten year-old boy OF Jersey City. run
Mag valiantly TO catch a foul tip in a
baseball game. fell head foremost into
{ shallow pond and stuck in the mud
bottom lie was dead when pulled
out
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-29

Toledo. O.. April 23.-Police OF To
Iedo and surrounding cities have been
asked to search for Robert II. Finch.
former mayor Of Toledo. who has been
missing since Wednesday.