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STATUE to grant unveiled.
lllOlOt'T PARK THE SCENE OP
4 NOTABLE GATHERING.
p r ,.vi,|.-nt McKinley Met C'npt. Cogh
l,n There and Extended Him a
Cordial Greeting—Halelgh Elred'a
salute n Mis* Sartoris Pnlled the
f ord— Trihnte to Grant Prom the
Chinese Minister—Chinese Naval
]j.serves Carried It.
1 i iiadelphla, April 27.—1n the presence
. dent and Mrs. McKinley, members
cabinet, three generations of Gen.
, . 3. Grant’s family and a great
j, ,| of people, Miss Rosemary Sartoris,
gi r ’..laughter of Gen. Grant, to-day un
. .1 an heroic equestrian statue of her
. irious grandfather In Fairmount park.
\lthough the day was not a holiday In
honor of the event, there was a great out
j,curing of patriotic citizens. Flags were
vwhere displayed throughout the city,
all [he Ships in the harbor were gaily
J, ~rated in colors.
president and Mrs. McKinley were
~ . W here warmly greeted by the peo
* fne unveiling was a success in every
, , I [ue is located in a beautiful spot
81, Ug lie east drive of the Schuylkill river,
ln ' p .irmount park. It is the gift of the
F,it m .Ji nt, Park Art Association to the
p ," , of Philadelphia.
Muny Distinguished Gnests.
\i 2 o'clock the start was made for
F mount Park. President McKinley’s
t • iige was drawn by four richly ca-
I black horses. In the carriage
urn the President were Secretary Gage,
Ji,., 01- Samuel H. Ashbridge and John
p comTse. A half dozen carriages fol
low.<i the President’s carriage, containing
i , , atuiiet members. Gov. Stone of Penn
ey .aula and staff and other prominent
n i These were followed by carriages
containing Mrs. McKinley, Mrs. Grant,
jlrs. tiuitoris, the wives of the cabinet
chc. rs and members of the ladies’ re
..yiion committee. A warm greeting was
extended lo Mrs. McKinley and Mrs. Grant
all along the route.
When the Presidential party reached the
monument at 3:50 o'clock they found a
gr, at crowd awaiting them. The crowd
started to cheer and never ceased until
tne ceremonies were begun. As the Pres
ident stepped from his carriage he was
saluted by twenty-one guns, tired by di
vision A, naval force of Pennsylvania.
Tne President was escorted to a place In
the center of the stand, which was close
to the statue.
President Greeted Coghlan.
A most pleasing incident was the greet
ing between the President and the intrepid
Coghlan. captain of the Raleigh. This
was the first opportunity he has had
of ralking to the commander of the Ral
eigh since his arrival in this country. Ev
ery one watched to see how the fighting
captain would be received by the President
of the United States, and a great cheer
went up as the President stretched forth
his hand and grasped that of the com
mander. The President wore a broad
smile, and seemed in every way pleased
i to greet the captain. The president im
i mediately engaged In conversation with
Capt. Coghlan. i
Tho statue was presented to the com
missioners 'of Fairmount Park by John
! H. Converse. As he concluded speaking,
Miss Sartoris mounted a small platform
near the statue, pulled the cord which
held the national colors about It, and the
horse and rider were brought to view. As
the drapery fell. Battery D, National
Guard of Pennsylvania, fired a salute of
seventeen guns. The cruiser Raleigh, ly
ing in the Delaware river, nearly four
miles away, was given the signal at the
same moment, and she, too, fired a salute
of seventeen guns.
Tribute From the Chinese.
As the Hot. A. Loudon Snowden was
making an address, accepting the monu
ment on behalf of the park commission,
the Chinese naval reserves of this city
mar.’hed up and laid a wreath at the base
of the statue.
The wreath is a magnificent one, and
measures more than three feet in diameter.
In the center la the following Inscription:
' From his excellency, the Chinese minis
ter to the United States, Wu Ting Fang,
as a token of respect for the memory of
the late U. S. Grant, and a tribute of
frlefiSshlp from the Chinese empire.”
Then followed the review of the 6,000
troops. The column was led by two com
panies of sailore from the cruiser Raleigh,
tri command of Lieutenant Commander
Phelps. They were the heroes of the pro
cession. President McKinley clapped his
hands vigorously as they marched by
keeping perfect step.
After the review the President and the
otters of the distinguished party returned
to the hotel. On the return trip Gen.
Mites rode In the carriage with the Presi
dent.
Entertained at Dinner.
After a brief rest at the hotel, President
McKinley was entertained at 1 dinner by
John H. Converse, In the assembly room
of the Union League. About one hundred
gucsis Were present, among whom were
members of the President's cabinet, Gen.
Mdc Admiral. Silas Casey, Capt. Clark,
tot. Coghlan, Brig. Gen. Fred D. Grant,
' tpt. Algernon Sarlorls and Mayor Ash
bridge.
• l pon invitation of Mr. Converse, the
President made a few remarks.He conclud
' ! Pv asking thos* present to rise and
■"cl; to the splendid army and navy,
" n request, |t goes without saying, was
' "npt’.y and cordially com idled with. Sec
' ” ' 1 v Long and Gen. Grant also spoke
1 ceremonies of the day were con
' ' Iby a public meeting at the Academy
• t i.r-ie to-night. Thp spacious building
; > J roivded to the doors. President Mo
!v! '• and all of the other distinguished
who attended the unveiling exer
were present. Speeches eulogistic of
'hi t-coons soldier-President were made.
McKinley on Grant.
, ' ent McKinley did not intend to
■ 1 in response to loud and persistent
1 in the audierfoj, the President rose.
■ cal resumed Ws seat. cheer
's.ued and became deafbning and
lo :no President made a short address.
r ' iogtilng Grant, he said:
!il ought tt)e flag of our country back
a single atgr erased and it Is a
fact to khow that the union,*
1 saved by his sword and the peace
' which he prayed In his last moments
■ >red, and ‘that North and South
' ' r hrought, now own the same elec
•light, in peace a common flag sa
' '■ it l with free and unresentful rivalry
1 the Helds whereon .they fought.’
11 1 applause). Ahd It is gratlfyirig to
"s ' Know, as lovers of the great wsrrior.
Him • t . tm , n against whom he fought in
innt .. civil struggle and their descend
<M‘ "Tied with Ihe men of Ihe North
■it'd ir descendant* the glorious banner
1,1 Lee Ut Santiago, Ki Caney and Hi
min beers and applause) and that we
•'e union to-day stronger and grander
than ver before—for It Is a utvlsn of
‘<wrt North and Sdath. a uttfbn indleao
' , “ "‘I union never obe broken. <Ap
''*'“** ' And It l gratifying to ue to know
41 i flag which Grant and hie mighty
"i' ade glorious, has lost none or its
It has been carried by the army
no'i " V tl,r L’btled Hints on Hi end
IT I*ir, in hetnidiihetw*. (Great cheer-
ing.) So long as we perpetuate in heart
the memory of Gram, so long wifi this na
tion be secure and enduring. Good night.”
(Great applause.)
GF.X. GRANT'S PROPHKCY.
Postmaster General Smith Was the
Orator at Galena.
Galena, 111., April 27.—The annual cele
bration of the birthday of Gen. Grant was
held here to-day. Special trains were run
from points in lowa, Wisconsin and Illin
ois and brought thousands of people to
witness the exercises. Postmaster General
Smith was the orator of the day. He said
in i>art:
“There is nothing more heroic in the
capture of Donalson, nothing grander in
the march to Richmond, than the grand
cou**ige and the noble impulse with which
Grant, 4n the very shadow of death, wrote
the simple, fascinating story of his life
that was to be the support or those he
loved. It was in the last pages, just ao the
darkening pall was falling on him, that he
penned 'he following words: “England and
the United States ttre natural allies and
shoufti be the best of friends. They speak
01 language and are related by blood and
other ties. We together, or even either
separately, are belter Qualified than any
other people to establish commerce between
ail the nationalities of the world. England
governs her own colonies and particularly
those embracing the people of different
races from her own better than any other
nation.’
“This splendid vision of the dying chief
tain is in course of realization. It is near
ly fourteen years since his eyes were
closed in death, but the dream which
flashed upon his failing sight on the hush
ed hights of Mount McGregor is to-day a
vivid and luminous picture, filling the
wiioie front of the national view. We see
now as we never saw r before the higher
unity and the broader mission of the Eng
lish-speaking race. That race'lsthe pion
eer of civilization and the founder of com
monwealths. The triumph of its energy
is written on every page in the glorious
history of civil, religious and commercial
progress. It has subdued continents and
made them blossom like the rose. It
stands for the genius of liberty, .for lib
erty clad in a sacred panoply of law
which recognizes the equality, protects the
rights and executes the organized will of
all. Representative government, trial by
jury, freedom of speech and of the press,
the right to to the dic
tates o<£ conscience, the establishment of
the common school—these are the cardi
nal elements of its poucy and these are
the beneficent fruits of its ever-advanc
ing march.
“Our country has not gone forth with
ambitious or conquering hand. Jn the lit
tle more than 100 years of its national ex
istence it has found its youthful vigor ab
sorbed in developing the mighty continent
where God, In the westward course of civ
ilization, has placed the seal of unrivaled
empire, but now it arches and fills the
broad space between the Atlantic and Pa
cific.
“Grant saw and said our country was
entering on anew era, yes on anew era
of unity and progress and power. For, un
der the Impulse and influence of the na
tional uprising and patriotic reawakening
of the past year we witness more than
ever, on this anniversary of his birth, such
a reunion of the North and South in heart
and in hand as his great and magnanimous
spirit yearned for.”
FLORIDA VETERANS' WORK.
They Do Riot Wont the Orßanizatton’*
Nninf Changed.
Tallahassee, Fla., April 27.—The Confed
erate veterans concluded their business
service at 11 o’clock to-day.
The Florida division adopted a resolu
tion against changing the name of the
United Confederate Veterans' Organiza
tion.
A resolution declaring that the United
Confederate Veterans shouid not meet at
any place where the Confederate flag Is
not recognized was adopted.
Resolutions upon the death of Miss Win
nie Davis and Col. Walter R. Moore were
adopted by a rising vote.
It was resolved that the Florida divi
sion memorialize the legislature for ac
knowledgement and aid to the enterprise
known as the Loring Memorial Historical
Hall, now being organized at St. Augus
tine, and Col. F. L. Robertson was ap
pointed to prepare the memorial, to ex
press the interest of citizens in perpetuat
ing the name of the gallant Sen. W. W.
Loring. /
On motion of Commander Law. Gen.
Dickison was made permanent honorary
commander.
Gov. Fleming called attention to the Con
federate Home at Jacksonville, where
thirteen veterans are being cared for.
Resolutions thanking Lamar camp, la
dies in particular and citizens generally
for many courtesies extended, and the
railroads for special favors
The.next meeting will be held at Pensa
cola, Ward camp to fix the date. Com
mander Law urged every camp to he
properly represented at the Charleston re
union.
BARK STRUCK THE BAR.
Sprung a Leak at Mobile and Had to
Go Up For Repairs.
Newport News, Va„ April 27.—The Nor
wegian bark Chrysolite, Capt. Hetland, ar
rived to-day from Mobile, Ala., in dis
tress. The bark struck a bar in going out
of Mobile harbor, and shortly after struck
a violent storm at sea, springing a leak
and taking water badly.
On reaching this port the bark proceeded
to the dry dock, where 'she will be sent
for repairs.
The vessel is loaded with timber for Liv
erpool, and her cargo is valued at $11,666.
ENTERTAINED AT GREENVILLE.
Officers of the Nashville Given, a
Royal Good Time.
Greenville, Miss., April 27.-*The gunboat
Nashville reached' here at 7 o’clock and
was met by a committee consisting of the
Mayor and members of the City Council
and prominent citizens. A brilliant re
ception tr being tendered to the officers
at Nashville at 9 o’clock at the Mississippi
Club after which a ball follows at the
Assembly Club's hall. The boat will re
main here until noon to-morrow. The
town Is in gala day attire with flags and
bunting on every hand.
defeated the resolution.
Legislature W Asked to Condemn
the Lynching*.
providence, R I- April W.-In the
House of Representative* to-day, a re*o
jut ion forwarded by the Sumner Associa
tion of Newport, condemning outrages In
the South, was defeated, after a long do
bt. , m -
‘Two <;•*•*• * Monday.
ritvrUnd. 0.. April 27.—The opening of
thf HWHHOII her* has been post
until Monday on account of the
(kaih of I he 4Jfhu*r of Frank de Hi an
K<4ln*on, wblcii occurred tfola afternoon.
Two game* will Uj pU>**l Monday.
THE MORNING NEWS, FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1599.
Warnkr’s Safe Cure not
only strengthens and puts in
prime order the liver and kid
neys, but also purifies and en
riches the blood.
That is why it has gained such
a world-wide reputation for its
remarkable curative effects.
WHEELER EULOGIZES GRANT.
HE WAS THE GI'EST OR HONOR AT
A PITTSBURG DINNER.
Americas Clnb Wns Celebrating
Grant’s lllrtlldny, nnd ‘'Fighting
Joe," Responded to n Tonst to the
Great General—Some of Grnnt's
Famous Characteristics—Ail ml ra I
Scliley Also Spoke—\\heeler Wants
to Go to tlie Philippines.
Pittsburg, Pa., April 27.—Politic* gavt
way to patriotism at the annual banquet
at the Americus Republican Club in honor
of the birthday of Gen. Grant to-night
and instead of the names of such promi
nent Republican leaders among the speak
ers as McKinley, Harrison, Reed and
Sherman, the army and navy had the call,
and the guests of honor were Gen. Joseph
Wheeler and Admiral Winfield S. Schley.
The dinner was held at the Hotel Schen
ley, and in many respects was the most
successful ever given by the club. Covers
were laid for 365 and had there been room
probably twice this number of tickets
would have been sold.
Preceding the "dinner, the distinguished
guests held a reception, which lasted more
than an hour, and it was long after the
time fixed for the banquet when the guests
filed into the banquet hall to the inspiring
strains of the Stars and Stripes. Hon. C.
L. Magee was chairman at the dinner ta
ble. and Clarence Burleigh, city attorney,
was toastmaster.
Gen. Wheeler's Speech.
Maj. Gen. Wheeler responded to the
toast “Grant.” He spoke, in part, as fol
lows:
"Long ago in a message to the people
of the United States, he used words which
seemed a mockery. There was then a peace
which was worse than war, but peace has
come throughout the land; peace in the
North and peace in the South. The coun
try is one again, in heart and thought and
hope. The great soldier who laid in blood
the foundations of this second and more
enduring union is now at rest. ‘Let us
have peace,' he said years ago, and peace
his people have. In their hearts and minds,
in this time Qf peace, there is naught but
regard and regret for him for whom strife
and disquiet are no more. The good w ill of
all, whether heretofore friends or not, was
ills in his agony and will abide with his
name forever”.
“As a* echo the Southern papers all
wrote of the man who twenty years be
fore had compelled the surrender of their
armies and’ the crushing of the cause
freighted with all their hopes. And South
ern cities tolled their bells in token of
their mournful sympathy.
“Two years ago President McKinley, at
the dedication of the monument, beauti
fully and truthfully said of Gen. Grant:
“ ‘A great fife never dies; great deeds
are imperishable; great names immortal.
Gen. Grant’s services and character will
continue undimintshed In Influence and ad
vance in the estimation of mankind so
long as liberty remains the corner-stone of
free government and integrity of life the
guaranty of good citizenship.’
“But, ‘sorrow endureth for a night and
joy cometh in the morning,’ and now that
grief and mourning have claimed their tri
bute, we meet to-night to. celebrate tbe
birthday of Grant, the magnanimous,
whose memory we delight to honor and
reverence, recognizing him as Qne Of the
nation's ‘immortals,’ whose memory will
be cherished together with that of the
father of our country.”
After speaking of Grant’s early life and
history, Gen. Wheeler continued:
“Or: April 19, six days after the fall of
Fort Sumter, he had gathered a company,
began to drill them and offered himself
to the Governor of Illinois. So modest
and unobtrusive was Capt. Grant that
his ol<3 service seems for a time to have
been lost sight of. The story of his mil
itary career has been rehearsed over and
over. All are familiar with his success In
the West, and there first looms up the
generosity of his character. When seek
ing to establish the United States in pos
session of Kentucky, he proclaimed:
" T have nothing to dp
and shall deal only with armed rebellion
and it* aiders and abettors.'
“At Vicksburg, his order was:
“ ‘The garrison will march to-morrow.
Instruct yQur commands to be quiet and
orderly as the prisoners pass by and make
no offensive remarks.’
“At Appomattox he quietly hushed all
noisy demonstrations of victorious joy with
the words:
"‘The war is over; the rebels are our
countrymen again, and the best sign of
rejoicing after the victory will be to re
frain from all demonstrations In the
field.’
“And his generosity to his defeated
countrymen ha 9 made its indelible mark
on the character of the American soldier,
as shown by their conduct in the war with
Spain, when their treatment of the ene
my's wounded und prisoners gained world
wide admiration. It was the generous mag
nanimity of Grant after compelling the
surrender of the Confederate armies, that
did more to bring about the reunion of
the states, than 10,000,000 of troops could
ever have accomplished.
“The modesty of Grant’s character was
most singular, and in this day of sham
and pretense most wonderful. Evidently
his early life and its hardships and depri
vations had taught him the true balance
of earthly things. After reaching the diz
zy hights of fame, and in hia journey
around the earth, standing as their equal
among the crowned heads of the world,
honored and applauded, he remains as
unobtrusively retiring as whdh he entered
upon hi* great career, and it Is the utter
absence of all shadow of egotism that
make* his memoirs so unique a produc
tion.
In closing hi* remarks, then. Wheeler
painted the pernonal character of Gen.
Grant, whom he spoke of It* “loyal to
God.” to country, to friend*, to all his
undertaking*,” His determination was
unconquerable, hla *plrli congenial to
ward* those whom he truated. Two Dans *,
said Gen. Wheeler, would go down to ag< *
yet to come aide by side ’’Grant, the
wader, magnanimous in victory; la* than I
whom ao greater aver survived defeat.
Grant deserved his renown In each of his
characters as "Patriot, warrior and states
man.” His family life was one of devo
tion, tenderness and love, his great de
sire and end after Appomattox was a re
united nation.
Gen. Wheeler concluded by reoa'.llng
Grant’s remarkable prophecy.
“At some future day the nations of the
earth will agree upon some sort of Con
gress which shall take cognizance of In
ternational questions of difficulty and
w hose decisions will be as binding as the
decision of the Supreme Court upon
"Whether this be prophecy,” Gen.
Wheeler said, “at least It shows that his
finger was on the pulse of the age."
Schley's Hespiiii.se.
Rear Admiral Schley, replying to "Oqr
Navy,” said: "The war history of our
navy is familiar to you all, and no words
I could add of Its dash or daring in the
recent struggle would seem necessary; the
names of its great captains will live im
perishably in tlie affection of-our people
for Whom they wrought and fought.
“The name* of Jones, Summers, Decatur
and Hall, of Stewart, of Perry and Mc-
Donough and Farragut and Foote; of Sor
ter and Cushing and Bagley and Dewey
will last always and with increasing ad
miration long after the living implements
which gave their lives expression shall
have fallen away Into dust; their thrilling*
ly heroic exploits will ire lead always wtlii
heart beats and with reverential admira
tion for their devotion to the cause of the
republic.
"I do not recall in history that a nation
ever before declared war ution another,
and the day following blockaded the ene
my's poris. Such was the condition of
readiness in our navy that this was possi
ble in the late war, and 'he lesson it im
presses ought not to he forgotten that w ar
to be short, sharp and decisive, can ohly
be made so by preparation in time -f
peace so that when it must be.- under
taken it can only end with honor and and gj
ntty to the nation.
“I rejoice with you all in the - prestige
that has come to our count y through the
va.iant deeds of her no doubt I
voice the sentiments of every one when
I express tlie hope that peace and happi
ness may abide always with our blessed
countiy."
The other speakers were Col, Alexander
K. McClure, on "Patriotism," and G. n.
Willis J. Hillings, on “Our Army.”
Wants lo .’i> to Manila.
During the afternoon Gen. Wheeler wns
asked if the report was true that he had
been assigned lo the department of Tex
as. - , . , .
“I hope not,” he replied, quickly. “1
want to go lo the Philippines. Thei'c flVe
several good fights left in me yet, and 1
think I could serve my country to the
best advantage in active service in the
field. I have not given up hope of being
sent to Manila. Have you any news from
Lawton?"
The general was shown the head line In
a newspaper, and he chuckled when lie
read that the Americans had Just gained
a significant victory over the Filipinos.
Gen. Wheeler said that he had great faith
in the volunteers in service in the East.
An effort was made to get un expression
from Admiral Schley on Admiral Kautz *
letter, but he simply waved the question
aw ly with a smt'.e. and with gestures sig
nl ■ and that he did not care to open his
mouth whiie such a subjeeL was undef
discussion.
Gen. Wheeler was accompanied to Pitts
burg by his daughter. The distinguished
party will return to Washington to-mor
row, except Gen. Wheeler, who goes
West.
ATKIN SON'S, PA >IPHLETS.
The Ouly Literature Sent to Manila
by Antl-lm|erinll*ta.
Boston, April s7.—As bearing upon the
report “that alleged seditions literature’'
had been circulatad among the troops in
the Philippines, interviews were ob'Slned
in this city with members of tbe anil-im
perialistic league, among them being Ed
ward Atkinson, the vice president.
In reply to a qfiestion, he said he did
not think the league was sending docu
ment* to Manila. Continuing, lie said:
“From information which seems to be
authentic, the Only telegraphic messages
which have yet been sent to volunteers in
Manila were sent by the mol her* and rel
atives of the volunteers in the Nebraska
regiment—perhaps from ’ others—urging
them not to re-enllst. It is said that'these
message* were stopped by tlie censor. It
had not occurred to me that any mission
ary work could be done by pamphlet*
among the soldiers, who are beihg com
pelled against their will to slaughter the
Filipinos. When I received thle informa
tion I sent my own pamphlets On “The
Hell of War” and upon “Criminal Aggres
sion” to the member* of the peace com
mission, including Admiral Dewey, and
to several of (he general* of the army,
whom I bellev* to be person* of humane
disposition—perhaps as much shocked hy
the orders from home as we have been
here."
“TJ what extent have your pamphlet*
been circulated?”
“About 39.000 so far.’’
“Have any other documents been sent
out?"
“Not to my knowledge. I think that the
speeches and letter* of Senator Hoar,
Judge Edmunds, former Gov. Boutweli
and others are to be sent In large num
bers."
NEW RAILROAD COMBINATION.
toulbrrn, t hrinprukr and Ohio and
tlie Norfolk and W'estern.
New York. April 27.—The Southern Rail
way, Chesapeake and Ohio and Norfolk
and Western are the roads named as about
to enter Into a combination, which, It la
said on good authority. Is soon to be
made.
It is asserted that option* on the stock*
of these companies have been secured at
figures considerably above ihe present
m irket price.
The combination la as id to be not parllo
ularly difficult to mak*t as a large part
of tbs aecuri(i# are owned by person*
already associated In other wayw
0> THI.il. FOB CONSPIRACY.
Tolbrrt Tell* of Hts Banishment
From McFormlek.
Columbia. S. C., April 27.—The trial of
nine citizens of McCormick, 8. C., chariccd
by James W. Tolbert with conspiracy, was
begun in the United States Court in Green
ville this afternoon.
This is 4he outcome of the Phoenix elec
tion riots, and the banishment of James W.
Tolbert from McCormick.
Tolbert, his brother and wife, gave testi
mony to-day, when the government's case
was closed, and a recess taken till to-mor
row.
Tolbert said the paper notifying him to
leave town within thirty-six hours was
served on him by M. L. B. Sttirkey, and
was signed by the other men indicted.
Sturkey had spoken kindly to him, ami
shook hands with him on leaving, but told
hint If it had not been for his wife and
children he (Tolbert) would have been kill
ed the night before.
WREATH ON GRADY'S MONUMENT.
Massachusetts Dtlegates Honor the
Famous Georgian.
Atlanta, Ga., April 27.—The Massachu
setts delegates to the Sunday school con
vention to-day marched to 1 ho Grady mon
ument opposite the postoiflee and placed
a wreath at its base.
Rev. A. Z. Conrad, pastor of the First
Congregationalist Church of Worcester,
Mass., delivered the memorial address at
the Grand Opera House, in the presence
of an enotmous crowd.
Sam T. .luck In Deoil.
New York, April 27.—Sam T. Jack, the
well-known theatrical manager, died to
night of cancer of the liver, aged 46 years.
THE RYOTS OF INDIA.
Why People Who rnltlvnte the Soil
Go Hungry.
From the London Mail.
It is scarce exaggerating to say that
every rich native In India Is fat, say* G.
W. Stevens, wherefrom you infer that
the hundreds of millions of skeletons are
lean because they must—because they live
from harvest to seed time, and through to
harvest again with bellies half empty.
But they are a patient people, the vil
lagers of India; they have been hungry
these thirtjt centuries or so, and U has
never occurred to them that they have
any claim to be filled. They grumbled a
little, to tie sure—what tiller of the soil
ever did else? They could not get enough
water from the government canal, and
the Christmas rains had not fallen, and
they were poor men. When, in due course,
we went out to inspect everything—from
the fields to t+ie cakes of cow dung fuel
that were being stacked and covered up
against the rainy season—the landlord ob
served a broken well, and offered to pay
one-hnlf of its repairing if the village
would iWiy the other. They responded
with effusion that if the sahib would find
bricks and mortar and labor, they would
do the rest. Yet, instead of begging from
the landlord, they desired that their lords
would, honor them by drinking a cup of
milk. So two liitle earthen cups were
brought, of the materia, of flower pots,
and into them was poured milk, still Hot
from the udder. The r lords drank, and
then. the cups were smashed to earth.
They were useless now; the mnn of mean
est caste would never drink out of a cup
that hud been profaned by white lips.
Water was brought, and the man who had
pot|rod out the milk washed his hand*
thoroughly. The landlord asked his man
ager if he would take milk, too; he shook
his tjead, wbh a smile. For he Is a
Brohtnan, and Is as much above drink
ing from a vessel that a lower caste has
touched as the lower caste Is above drink
ing after a sahib.
Now. as the bits of potsherd were r-till
tumbling on the ground, there struck up
a loud, half-rollicking, half-wailing chorus
behind the corner of the wall. There ap
peared a little group of women in very fad
ed garments, half-veiling ihelr farces care
fully, half-turning their backs. These were
low-caste women, and they were singing a
hymn expressive of the virtues of the land
lord. That also is use and wont. The
subject of th.dr praise called up one grand
dam, and gave her silver, and the chorus
stopped, amid the approving salams of the
village. Tney will call you "Lord" and
“Protector of the Poor," they will sing
nymba to you; but they smash the bowl
you drink from. What could be more
eloquent of the land of contradictions?
The cultivator, to whom both these for
malities arc teligion. is not, you will have
concluded, a being of developed intelli
gence. He is neither beautiful nor rich,
giffed nor industrious, nor especially vir
tuous, nor even amiable. He has only one
point at interest, which is that there are
Zfe.OnO.Uv) of hi.t). He is clothed in calico,
and fed on unleavened dough called cha
pultles, and on pulse. He has two distrac
tions'—marriages and funerals. At these
he spends ail he has and more; to make
up, he borrows from the village bunnla,
who IS shopkeeper and Shylock in .fine. The
bunnia charges 37% per cent, as a mini
mum. When harvest cornea he takes over
the ryot's corn and credits him for it, not
at market price, but on a scale of his own.
The ryot keeps bark enough, perhaps, for
a few weeks’ food; after that he must
come to the bunnia for seed at sowing
time, and weekly for hi* chlllun's fool.
The b\mnla lends him back his own corn
at 87% to 75 per cent. Piesenriy, it may lie,
the bunnia takes one of ihe ryot’s bui-
Iccks In part payment, and the man makes
shift to plow with om . He dec* it very
badly, though not much worse lhar, he
wouid ha-ve done with the .two. Then,
perhaps, the bunnia takes the other bul
lock, and then—but rarely, for this Is kill
ing the goose—the land. Or It may be the
ryot has the luck to live all his life without
paying bis creditor anything beyond all
that he has, less his bare livelihood. Then
be dies hapiy, and bequeaths the remain
der Of nl9 debt to his son.
Nevertheless, when the landlord offers
to htly crops at market rate, and advance
seed corn at market rate, charging only 6
per cent. Interest, the cultivator smiles
cunningly and declines. He knows that
the landlord will not lend him for wed
ding* and funerals, and if he borrows
seed from the landlord neither will the
bunnia; so he goes back to his 37%. He
has only his own Ignorance, Indolence and
thriftlessnese to thank for his wretched
ness. He is miserable, and he Is content.
Everybody else In India has a grievance;
the cultivator, the backbone of the coun
try and the worst used man in It, has
none.
That his situation really is his fault, you
mav convince yourself by going on ten
miles or so to a Jat village. The Jata are
a not very illustrious tribe, whose ceiuer
a hundred years ago was Bhurtpur; at
that period they rose to military eminence,
and whenever they were short of cash
looted Agra; also, they inflicted on our
arms one of the severeet defeats we ever
got in India. As cultivate*, tb* Jat* are
eacsllently good, being both expert and
of an unwearied Industry.
Even before tlielr village peeps from be
hind Its thicket* you notice thaf the road
Is except lona I—tiot metaled, of notirca, but
iftill flat sod fairly level. The bullock*
you meet In ills heavy-wheeled can* are
big and well thriven. In the village ue|f
the house* si* mostly of sundried mud.
M is true, but they are stable end lofty,
SALES BEGIN TO-MORROW,
SATURDAY MORNING,
rv
No Such Values Anywhere Else.
Se£ Display in Drouijhton Street Window.
moreover, before several of the best lay
pile* of flre-tyirned brick. One Croesus
actually had a tall burned-brick gateway
with a many-pointed arch. There n, ,■
more brasq vessels to he seen than earth
en. w hich is a sure sign of prosperity, ih' n
there was a little hole In a corner wall
for a lamp at night, which reeked of pub
lic spirit, and In one rich man’s court were
no less than two horses. His- house was
well built and furnished entirely with six
wood-framed cord-strung bedsteads and
brazen pots, but his two-year-old filly will
bring him a little fortune at the horse
fair next month.
Even In the excitement of the landlord's
visit the secret of Jat prosperity was plain
enough. Simply work. At the entrance to
the village the sugar mill was going—three
rollers revolved by a lever, which (Wo
oxen pulled round and round. Asa boy
thrust in the cane the squeezed fragments
of stak fell out one side, to be used for
fuel, and the juice ran Into o tank on the
other. It was boiling in vats under a roof
hard by, and the yellow result—peas pud
ding you would have called it at ten yards
—was already being made Into cakes of the
finished product. The man who invented
the mnrhine gets baek its cost in (wo
years’ hire of it, ntid has made a fortune.
But the Jats do well with their sugar, de
spite the rent of the machine. They work
day and night at it, yoke relieving yoke
of oxen, and they toll thus ut everything.
nn. VAN DIKE EXPLAINS.
The Ten Points Wftleli He Auggested
as the Masts foe n New Freed.
From the New York Commercial Adver
ll-er.
The Rev. IYr. Henry van Dyke, pastor of
the Brick Church, who was quoted yes
terday by some newspapers as having
spoken for anew statement of faith for
the Presbyterian Church in his Sunday
morning sermon on “The Progress of the
Church,” sold to-day that he had been
misunderstood. It was staled that he ad
vocated a change from’The Westminster
Confession. He explained that his ten
points, which he stated to his congregation,
were merely a slntcment of what would
be satisfactory to him if 4he evangelical
churches should write anew creed, and
that he was speaking for the evangelical
churches of to-day. His sermon was meant
to show the general progress of Christian
thought and that the general statement of
faith cf the evangelical churches, If cor
rectly written, wouid contain advances on
the old statements of faith.
“The time," he added, “is not ripe for
proposing anew creed, if you caJJ it that,
in the Presbyterian Church. I was one
among a number of ministers who dis
cussed that subject about elx or seven
years ago and the church did not mm to
he ready for the change. 1 do not wish to
be understood as advocating it now. What
I said in my sermon, as I remember it,
was that if we had anew creed I should
hope It would be shorter and richer than
ihe old one, and if It had ten polntß In it
I should like to see these (en points In it."
Dr. von D>ke dictated the following ten
points from a letter which he hid written
to a friend in response to a request that
he restate the points as he made them in
his sermon: /,
“X. The fulnese of the Fatherhood of
God. In whose Image and likeness every
human soui Is made.
“2. The eternal Sonshlp oi Christ, who Is
the brightness of the Father’s glory em
bodied in a veritable human life.
”3. The all-sufficiency of Christ's atone
ment 4o lake away the sin of the world
and reconcile us to God.
“4. The living presence of the Holy
Ghost as the source of all truth and good
ness in every soul that asks for Him.
"5. The sovereignty of God dwelling 'n
His world and working out His will here
and now.
“6. The liberty of every human soul to
decide whether it will work against God
and perish or with Him and live forever.
“7. The supreme authority of the Holy
Scriptures as the record of God’s progres
sive revelation.
“8. The power of faith in Chqtst to Join
the soul to God who delivers It from sin
and makes it holy.
“9. The absolute necessity of love and
good works as the proof of faith where by
every believer becomes a witness for
Christ to all men.*
"10. The Immortal life of love marie per
fect—which Is heaven."
Dr. van Dyke pointed out In some of the
separate points the advance upon the
aiutement In the Westminster Confession,
the Presbyterian standard. In the sixth
point he said that while the Westminster
Confession confines the opportunity of sal
vation to "the elect" the new statement
broaden*) it to take in all who decide to be
saved.
"Isn’t this practically an abandonment
of Calvinism?” was asked of Dr. von
Dyke.
“Well, perhaps It I*," he replied, "but
in another light It I* simply a broadening
of the old belief. We still hold fast to
Hie belief In the salvation of 'the elect,’
but we widen the enclosure to take In all
who will be saved.”
The firat point, he continued, was an
advance on Ihe Westminster Maori svd*. In
that It makes all men children of God In
stead* of confining Hl* Fatherhood to "the
elect”’ The ninth point h considered also
an advance pn the Westminster Confes
sion arid Ihe embodiment of the active. ag
gressive. missionary spirit of tit* Chsiatian
world of 10-dsy which was * near tiling
at the beg inning of Ut* oetttury.
BATTLE WITH SPIDERS.
Two Met* Attacked by nn Angry
Army of Tarantulae.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Joseph Mabry of 81. Louis tells the
most remarkable tarantula story that has
come to light for several months. Mabry
has papers to show that he was a mem
ber of a Georgia company during the Span
ish war and that he was in Cuba. If only
one other man in the world were living,
and lived in Havana, Mabry says, ha
would die before going to see him.
He Is now In Denison, Tex. Speaking
to a newspaper man of that town, ha
said:
"My heme in In fit. Taints. Last winter
I left home and came South, passing
through Texas and finally going to Geor
gia. I worked wherever I could get em
ployment, that being my mission down
this way. I was out of work in St. Louis
and was discouraged there. In Georgia
I got work for awhile, but in Ihe spring
my employment gave out. Companies
were being organized to go to the war
and I offered myself an a volunteer. I
joined a company of Georgia volunteer*
and went off to ramp. We did not get to
the front, and after the protocol was sign,
ed I and a friend of mine decided wa
would get out of the service. My friend
was from Kentucky. I was a machinist
and my friend a stenographer. We de
cided that If we could get over to Havana
we would probably be able to get on tho
ground floor. We applied to a rxmgress
rnan who wuh a friend to my friend, and
our discharges finally came and we went
to the coast, taking q boat for Havana.
We wore our army uniforms, not think
ing that they would make any dWerenca
after we were discharge*], but they did.
Our desire lo save money anti not buy any
citizen clothing got us into serious trou*
hie.
"As .soon as we reached Havana we wer
told that we must leave. We were labor
ing under a grave mistake, thinking that
the United Stutes had some authority thera
in the fall before the peace treaty waa
signed. We were put under a guard and
ordered to leave on the first boat, aa our
presence In Havana might bo dangerous
lo the peace and safety of the community.
All we could do waa to wait our time A
British host touched at Havana, bound for
New Orleans with a load of tropical fruit
We tried to get passage on the boat and
were refused point blank, as the boat did
not carry passengers. Our guards gave
us to understand, as we thought that
we must leave or go to Jail. We decided
to leave. Before the boat sailed we man
aged to slip aboard by bribing a couple
of sailors. We were told that we could
climb Into the bins where bananas were
stored and that the sail would be a short
one to New Orleans. The sailor promised
to smuggle food to us on the Journey and
they fastened us up in the bins of ba
nanas, Closing the hatchway. We had
not had any sleep for forty-eight hours,
and were dead on our feet. Wo turned In
on a pile of straw and slept soundly until
nearly morning of the following day when
I waa awakened by my friend calling to
me.
" ‘What Is that?’ I hoard him ask.
The light was very dim. and I could
b.irely see the outline of his form near
" T don’t see anything,’, I replied
"’I thought you were tickling me with
a bundle of straw.’ said he.
“ T did not waken till you called to
me, was my reply.,,
**■
, " Shoct| y I was awakened by a shrielr
from my friend. He had jumped bp and
was staring at a black, fuzzy object "n the
straw. I recognized it at once as a taran!
tula. The fight was not good, bi,[ that
much was plain. Soon It was Jo’ined L an
other and another, and in g,few'hoiMw it
looked like we were- surrounded wj( h , aran
tulas. The big aplders regarded us as lm
posiors, for they seemed bent on attacking
us. We stamped them, killing many, and
fought them with all our m.ght.
"LUST you ever see an angry tarantula’ If
you never did, don’t go looking for one and
If you find one, don’t look for B hundred I
suppose it is no exaggeration to aay that
we were faced by a hundred of these angry
insects. They spring like rats or frogs and
all of a sudden a black object would come
whirling through the air, and In nine case*
out of ten *t would strike some unguarddri
spofand Inject its venom. I was bitten In
half a dozen places on the face, and as
many more on the hands and arms and
the Insects would crawl up ihs legs of our
pantaloons and bite us. Both of us were
horribly bitten all over our person*. Th®
fight with the Insects lasted all day long
and, though we were both strong, sound
men when we went on the boat, by even
ing we were almost 100 exhausted to stand
Up. We called for help, shrieked, yelled
and cried, and no help came. We were
faint from want of food and dying from
thirst. It was a .lay of horror for both
of u. Our wounds were swelling and our
throats were parching for water. After
continuing to fight (he tarantula* arid
shrieking for help, wc. finally attracted at.
lection and some of the sailors came to
our rescue. Whether it was the sailors w*
bribed who cam*- to us or whether il was
someone attracted by our crlewfN don’t
know. I was then in delirium and my *y*a
were swollen closed "
—liOTd Wolseley is a man of let tors aa
well as a soldier sad has aontribuiad a
number of arllctas lo igadlng magazine*.
He gets up at 5 o’clock every morning.
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