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Tuesday, may r, i#07.
THE TWICE-A-"WEEir TELEGRAPH
BODY OF LOST MARVIN
BOY FOUD IN MARSHES
DOVER Del . May
little Horace Marvin,
4.—The body of
urno disappeared
frorr, the flirm of his father at Kitts
Hammock, near here. March 4. was
found this afternoon. In a marsh In a j aubj
fair state of preservation. The spot ; oil «
where the body wea found Is about a j ir.on
half mile east of the farm house to
ward the Delaware river. Kitts Ham
mock Is between seven and eight miles
from here, and Is without communi
cation with any place. From Informa
tion brought by a horseman it Is
learned that the clothes on the child
were the same ns,he wore the day he
disappeared. The body was found ly
ing face downwiA-d. Dr. Mnrvln at the
discouraged as much as posible by such
reports as would induce them to sell
out or transfer their stock.
The toll' further declares that “from
Weekly Interior Cotton Town*.
KEW YORK. May 3.—The following
Is the movement of spot cotton at the
leading interior cotton towns for the week
ending Friday. May 5: .
ed to attacks by the Standard
to one-tentli of Its supposed value,
while $30,000,000 of preferred stock was
depreciated to one-quarter of its par
value. Some days nearly the full
amount of the entire stock issue were
sold, although the sales were false
value."
The bill then declares “the conspir
ators" are now planning to cause ail
of the properties and business of the
moment the body was found was not j Com Products Copipany to be trans
ready to say whether the body of his
child was placed where It was found
or whether he believed the child wan
dered into the marsh and lost his life.
The marsh was frozen over the day the
boy disappeared.
There U a theory that the child was
murdered and his body placed In the
marsh as the long grass where the body
was found was burned and cleared four
weeks ago. It Is said the body lav
under a pile of grass and that the
clothing showed no evidence of having
been touched by Are. The body was
found by Olllc Pleasanton, a neighbor,
who was gunning for ducks on
marsh today. He had the body borne
to the house and covered with a sheet.
Pleasanton has figured In the case since
Horace was tost, he having first re
ported that he had seen the two strange
men who appeared there Inquiring
about the topography of the country
three days before the disappearance.
When Ollle Pleasanton came upon the
child’s body he found the clothing in
tact. His tiny woolen reefer was but
Toned up securely about the body and
not an artiqle of clothing which he had
on when he disappeared was missing.
His knit cap was pulled over his face
and his mittens were on his hands
Dr. Marvin says he searched over
the same marsh nearly every day since
the disappearance and \t»lth detectives
burned the grass of the place four
weeks ago. hut saw no signs of the
body. The theory that the child was
recently placed where ho was found Is
supported by the fact that Dr. Marvin
ns woll as the detectives stood on the
spot when they burned the tall sage
grass from It. Further than this the
marsh has been trampled over time and
time again within the post week by
neighbors and no sign of the child was
seen.
Dr. Marvin went on a run to the
place described by Pleasonton nnd
quickly picked up the little form, pull
ing his cap from the face to make sure
that it was his hoy. Being satisfied
that It was his son. the doctor wrap
ped the remains In a sheet and carried
him to the house, where he notified
the family Dr. Marvin Is convinced
that his son met with foul play. Short
ly after the body was found he said:
“I am certain he was murdered, and
his body brought back and left lying
on the marsh to give the Improssion
that he wandered out there and died.
The clothing showed 'no signs of hav
ing been burned, ns would undoubtedly
have been the ense had the body Iain
there when I he fire swept over the
marsh."
The doctor would not allow an exam
ination to be made by any one until the
coroner nnd n physician had made a
full and complete Investigation.
Attorney General Hastings and his
deputy will see to the examination of
the body, and If foul play Is shown,
he will order nrrests If possible. De
tectives who have been In the case are
inclined *to the belief that the boy wan
dered Into the mnrsties from the farm
on the day of his disappearance and
being overcome by the cold fell ex
hausted w.icre the body was found.
k I?9ter examination of the boy shows
tint it was somewhat bloated, which
lends strength to the belief that the
hoy wandered to the marsh and was
drowned. The Coroner will .begin his
Investigation tomorrow. State Chemist
Wolf has been ordered to Dover and
tb make an examination of the body.
ferred to the Corn Products Refinini
Company- and permanently destroy the
value of stock held by us.
In conclusion the bill declares that
the Com Products Refining Company
is a trust operating in opposition to
the laws of Illinois and the court Is
asked to take action In the premises.
The complaining company Is engag
ed in the business of buying and sell
ing real estate and of advancing loans
to prospective builders. ,
I SHOCKING SUICSDF
OF ERNEST HUFFGUTI
NEW YORK, May 4.—Ernest Huff-
cut, former dean of Cornel! Univer
sity law school, one of the leading au
thorities on constitutional law in the
United States and personal counsel of
Gov. Hughes, ended his life today by
shooting. The upper deck of the
Hudson River steamer C. W. Morse
was chosen by Mr. Huffcut as tho
scene for the commission of his tragic
act.
Some time early this morning while
the steamer was * coming down the
river from Albany to this city, and
while the steamer was swept by the
heavy rainstorm, which prevailed for
hours, the lawyer seated himself in a
dock che.lr and sent a bullet into his
brain. His body was found hours
later by a deck hand when the steam
er had almost reached her docket.
His identity was not known at that
time and it was not until Gov. Hughes,
who chanced to be in the city, had
visited the undertaking rooms where
his body lay that the Identification
was made positive. The Governor was
deeply affected by the death of his
friend and counsellor and said that he
was utterly at a loss to account for
his act. Mr. Hulfcut left a letter for
his sister. Miss Lillian Huffcut. of this
city, but It contained not even a hint
of his reason for taking his life. In
the letter the lawyer said that only
his consideration for the feelings of.
the others had restraintd him from
acting before.
“I cannot tell you how shocked and
saddened I am by this event ” said
Gov. Hughes in speaking of Mr. Huff-
cut’s death. "Dean Huffcut was not.
only my legal adviser, but had long
been my personal friend and X had the
highest admiration for his qualities of
mind and heart. He succeeded me In
the law faculty at Cornell, and later
became the dean of that faculty. He
was extremely popular with the stu
dents. with the members of the uni
versity faculty, indeed, with all with
whom he came in contact. He was re
garded as one of the most brilliant
men who have ever been identified
with the university. He was an ex
ceptionally clear thinker and his rare
abilities ns a lawyer had attracted
widespread attention.
I understand that he was on Sab
batical leave from the university so
that arrangements were made by
which he could give full time to the
legal work of the executive depart
ment. X cannot speak too highly of
the work he has done in this office.
He has been working very hard, of
late, but I had no idea that he was in
any danger of a break down."
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Natchez . . .
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Newberry .
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THE REV. C.
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From the New York Evening Post.
LEEDS. Eng., Aprill.—Now that
John D. Rockefeller has secured Mr.
Aked as his guide In spiritual affairs,
there will be no reason for surprise if
we learn that he* has made Miss Ida
Tarbell his chief private secretary and
has appointed Lincoln Steffens to act
for Standard pil in "Washington. That
he should have sent all the way to Liv
erpool for a keeper of his conscience,
provokes people here to ask, “What’s
the matter with Dr. Parkhurst of Mad-
an American Institution, which is by | GROUP NO. 1 GEORGIA BANKERS
no means in the front rank. He ac- CONVENED IN SAVANNAH.
cepted it honestly as a tribute to his I
services as a preacher, and hoped it ! SAVANNAH, May 4.—The annual
would help him in his work. After a convention of Group No. 1 of the
! while, he found he had made a mis- Georgia Bankers' Association was held
! take. It put him in a false position. ' here today. Cashier F. D 'Bloodworth I
Some interpreted it as a certificate of ' of t he National Bank of Savannah!
scholarship to which he could lay no pre ;idlng. The bankers were we’com-
claim; others took it to imply a pre- ed by Alderman R. J. Davant. The fol- !
tenslousness of which he really was lowing officers were elected: chair-
Mir MESSES sir
1. R. CM IS SEE
Cotton Receipts.
NEW TORK. May 3.—The following
are the total net receipts of cotton at
nil ports since September 1: Bales.
Galveston 3,736,2S0
New Orleans 2,178.701
Mobile 246.353
Savannah 1.403.848
Charleston 143.264
Wilmington 314.626
Norfolk 535.311
Baltimore 68.562
New York 20.S79
Boston 69.997
Newport News 34.712
Philadelphia 7.478
Pan Francisco 74.903
Brunswick 152.013
Port Townsend 129,011
Pensacola 140,438
Portland Ore. . 400
Port Arthur and Sabine Pass 132.823
Jacksonville. Fla 7.440
Laredo, .Texas 494
Minor ports '. 14.861
Total 9,403,374
Comparative Cotton Statement.
NEW YORK. May 3.—The following Is
the comparative statement of spot cotton
for the week ending Friday. May 3:
1907. 190G.
Net port receipts 72.695 84.356
Receipts since Sept. 1-.9,403.374 7,195,085
Exports for weak....... 91.551 107.825
Exports since! Sept. 1...7.705,470 5,586,805
Stock all U. S. ports.... 663 724 552.692
Stock at lnt. towns.... 373,039 339.96G
Stock at Liverpool 977.000
Amn. afloat for G. B.... 15S.00O
New Vork Cotton Exchanue Statistics.
NEW YORK. May 3.—The following
statistics on the movement of cotton
for the week ending Friday, May 3,
were compiled by the New York Cotton
Exchange:
Weekly Movement.
This
Port receipts
To mills and Canada
Sou. mill takings, est
Int. towns gained
year.
72.826
11.236
36 onn
24.893
Last
year.
93 982
13.166
33.000
25.91S
Into sight for week... 95.169 118,230
. Total Crop Movement.
Port receipts 9.400.642
To mills and Canada.. 1.091.336
Soil, mill takings. est. 1,913.000
Int. stek ex. Sept. 1... 257.701
7.223.596
863.529
1.760.000
212.909
Into sight for season. .12,664.679 10.062.034
Yacht Sylph Crashed Into Tug
While Being Docked.
WASHINGTON. May 4—Mrs. Roose
velt and a number of ladies accompa
nying her aboard the yacht Sylph nar
rowly escaped a serious accident as the
boat reached Washington upon its re
turn trip down the Potomac. Through
some misunderstanding the boat went
by her dock, and crashed Into a tug
boat. The shock was so severe that
the flagpole of the Sylph fell to the
deck with a crash, narrowly missing
MrsE Roosevelt and thoso with her,
among whom were Mrs. Clifford Rich-
CITY OF MEXICO. May 4.—Guatemala
has refused to comply with the request
of the Mexican Government that Jose
Marla Lima and Col. Onofreborc. charged
with complicity in the a.-sasslnatlon of
Gen Manuel Llsandro I3arllla>. be ex-
trudlcted. The cabinet Is nmv in session,
and. it Is said, that the minister are
debating the advisability of Immediately
severing diplomatic relations with Gua
temala.
Telegram received In Mexico City from
Salina Cruz late this nfternoon tend to
confirm a report from Vera Cruz to the ; .ardson. of New lork. and Mrs. Bacon,
effect that GuatenirJ.-ms m.tde an attack i the wife of the assistant Secretary Of
on the Mexican light house at San Benito. , state. Happily none were hurt. Mrs.
on the coast, about 14 miles from the Gua- j jto sevelt was entertaining a party of
temalan post of Ocas- The telegrams : fr j ends a hoard the yacht, having left
mo£ furrenMn Vera Cruz regarding the -the city at noon and returning to the
attacks on tbc llpht house are In circu- navy yard at 3 o’clock.- For a time
lation at SaJlna Cruz, and that the re- ? following the accident there was con-
port there even poes to the extent of ! siderable exciteemnt aboard the yacht,
tnamfnj? some of the Mexicans on whom j the ladies were assured there was
nro Antonb. EngtoMo "and a?*??? MIran- j danger, and the vessel was backed
da? The latter was. according to the <o her dock, where the party disem-
roport. severely wounded. The attack- i barked without further adventure. Both
Jng force. .. is staled, was much greater j yacht and tug boat were more or less
than those who defended the light house [ damaged. The impression Is that the
and many rifles were used^ At the State I on ™| neor misunderstood an order to re-
’nothing’is “known of the 'reported 1 versa his engines as one to go forward.
Mtmck. resulting in tho collision. Tae Gra-
eey, launch of the Sylph, was badTy
damaged. The fact that the yacht was
j not proceeding at a rapid rate was re-
, garded as fortunate, as otherwise the
: damage would have been considerable.
Capt. Ro*eoe C. Bulmer. the captain of
i the Sylph, was at the White House
today, but for what purpose it could
not be ascertained. It was said ‘at the
White House later that all the circum
stances plainly showed that Cant. Bul-
World’s Visible Supoly.
NEW ORLEANS, Stay 3.—Secretary
Hester's statement of the world's visible
supply of cotton, issued today, shows the
total visible to be 4.823.197 against 4.938 -
628 last week and 4.241.729 last year. Of
this, the total of American cotton is
3.368.197 against 3.496.62.8 last week and
2.654.729 last year, and of all other kind3.
Including Egypt. Rrezil India, etc..
1,455.000 against 1.442,000 last week and
1.587.600 last year.
Of the world's visible supply of cotton,
there is now afloat and held In Great
Britain and continental Europe 2.888.000
against 2.121.000 last vear; in Egynt.
166.000 against 126.000 last year: in India
812.000 against 1.063.000 last year, and in
the United 'States 957.000 against 872.000
last year.
J! PER RES! OF STOSS
HELD BK SIMOn OIL
CirroAGO. May 5.—The Chicago
Real Estate Loan and Trust Co. has
filed a bill in the Circuit Cou. t
a reorganiza:ion of tho Corn Products
Company, under the direction of the
courts and that a receiver be appoint
ed for the plants of the company In
this State
The court is also asked to enjoin the
Corn Company, the Corn Products Re-
fkiif Company and the Glucose Sugar
Refining Company and the officers of
those companies from si 'ling or con
veying to «'..ft! Products Refining
Company pro;--rt> ivx in ;h-
name of the Glucose Sugar Refining
• wer was clearYy not at fault. The mis
take, it was .-aid. lay with the engi
neers’ department which had improp-
i er'v interpreted the signals.
The President. It is said, is satls-
fled with Capt. Bulmer's exnlanation.
, and a court of Inquiry which usually
j follows an accident will not be neces-
' sary.
NEW ORLEANS. May 3.—Secretary
Hester's weekly cotton "se/'tement. Is
sued today, shows the total movement
for April to be 579.397 against 670.422 last
year. The movement from September 1
to April 30 inclusive, shows receipts at
all United States ports to be 9.371 9S6
against 7.137.636 last year: overland,
across the Mississippi. Ohio and Potomac
rivers to Northern mills and Canada
1.0*8.692 se.-.in-U 862.113 Inst vear: South
ern mill takings, exclusive of quantity
consumed nt Southern outports 1.863.000
against 1.752.454 last year.
Interior stocks In excess of those held
at the commencement of the season.
280.671 against 237.469 last year. These
make th? total movement brought Into
sight during the eight months ending at
the close of April, 12.604.332 against 10,-
009 677 last year.
Foreign exports for the eight months
of the season have been 7.723.712 bales
showing an increase over last season of
2,108.196.
Stocks at the seaboard and the 29 lead
ing Southern interior markets on April
30 were 966.271 against *55.753 tho same
date last year, and 1.119.477 the vear be
fore.
Including port and Interior town stocks
left over from the previous season and the
number of hales of the current crop
brought Into sight during the eight
months, the supply to date has been
12.902.122 against .10.454.20S bales lasS
yea *.
The amount brought Into sight during
the week ending today has been 104.207
against 120.449 for the same seven davs
last year, and 162.677 bales year before
last.
Weekly Cotton Statistics.
LIVERPOOL. May 4.—Following are
th weekly cotton statistics: Bales.
Total sales of all kinds 52.000
Total sales of American ^3 000
Fnglish spinners’ takings ss'ono
Total exports .' 7.000
Imports of all konds 4L0A0
Imports of American: 30000
Stock of all kinds l 211 poo
Stock of American l!o$7.000
*224!ooo
Quantity afloat, all kinds
Quantity afloat of American
Total sales on speculation
Total sales of exporters
183.000
8,000
600
Bank Statement.
NEVA YORK. M | 4.—Th? statement
of the clearing-house banks for th? week
shows that the banks hold J6.S24.C25 more
I Like so many other strong men of
; the pulpit, Mr. Aked first came into na-
I tional prominence through a “hersey
hunt.” Half a/century ago, in th^ days
when business men were accustomed to
live within -walking distance of their
offices, Pembroke Chapel, Liverpool,
was one of the strong-holns of privin-
cial Nonconformity. Its pastor, the Rev.
Charles Birrell, father of the President
of the 'Board of Education, was a man
of scholarly and broad sympathies, but
ran little risk of alarming his friends
by any tendency to "kick over the
traces.” Mr. Aked came to the pas
torate as a young man of twenty-six,
at a time when Pembroke Chapel,
though still in the same place, had be
come a down-town church, and was
no longer attractive to the same type
of congregation. The new minister was
fully abreast of his age. and met the
changed conditions by methods which
drew around him many ardent workers
for social reform, especially from among'
his own generation. The incident
. /which raised the storm grew out of Mr.
Aked’s association with the Rev. R. A,
Armstrong, a Liverpool TInttarian min
Ister—pastor of the church once served
by the Rev. TV. H. Channing, and at
tended by -Nathnlel Hawthorne, or
rather, by his family—through their al
liance in an agitation for the removal
of some of the evils .which especially
beset a seaport.
Mr. Armstrong arranged a series of
lectures in his own church on the his
tory and distinctive features of the
various denominations, each lecture to
be given by a representative speaker.
He naturally invited his friend Mr.
Aked to give an account of the Bap
tists. and the invitation was accepted.
To return the compliment Mr. Aked
asked Mr. Armstrong to lecture at
Pembroke Chapel on some social ques
tion. and suggested “Mazzini as a So
clal Reformer.” The lecture was given
on a Sunday evening. It was not an
“exchange of pulpits" in the ordinary
sense, and the arrangement was such
that there was no possibility of the
visitor’s saying anything that would
conflict with the creed of the church in
which he speaking. In fact, so far
as aoctrines were concerned, the Baptist
had decidedly the better of the transac
tion. for Mr. Aked gave-an exposition
of Baptist principles in the Unitarian
Church, whereas Mr. Armstrong’s sub
ject was non-theological.
Assailed for Disloyalty to Church.
However, as soon as the news got
abroad, there was an outcry from Bap
tist ministers and laymen all over the
country. Mr. Aked was fiercely as
sailed for disloyty to the faith! No
definite charge was brought against
Ills own teaching, but his admission
of a Unitarian minister to- his own
pulpit was interpreted as a nevidence
of looseness of attachment to the be
lief in the Deity of Jesus Christ. Many
insisted that at the next meeting of
the national Baptist Union they must
make it impossible for the transgres
sor to remain in their fellowship. The
meeting was held in London in May.
1892. Some members of the Council
did their best to keep the. question out
of the agenda for the assembly, but to
no avail. A resolution Was proposed
reaffirming the testimony of the
Union “to the diety of our Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ, to salvation
through his mediatorial work and by
faith in Him. and to His supreme and
absolute authority In the kingdom of
God.” While recognizing the duty of
co-operating with men of all creeds in
works of piety and mercy when that
could be done without" disloyalty io
conviction, the resolution went on to
declare that “the Union deprecates
and disapproves any and every asso
ciation with those who deny the above
essential truths, which would * weaken
the force of our testimony, or produce
the impression that in our judgment
it is a matter of secondary importance
what men think of Christ.’’
This, resolution, moved by one of the
leaders of the denomination on behalf
of the Council, relieved the tense feel
ings of the delegates. When the pro
poser had finished his speech, there
arose to second the motion a tall
young man whose face was familiar
to few in the audience. When his
name was demanded It was given as—
Charles F. Aked. Most of his hearers
were staggered, but they could not, of
course, refuse to listen to a man who
was arguing for a proposition with
which they entirely agreed. There was
actually nothing in it which Mr. Aked
hfmself could not support ex anlmo.
His speech—frank courageous, and
earnest—gave them a different opinion
of the man from which, their imagina
tions had conceived. The motion was
carried by a large majority, and the
result of the Incident was. in the
words of Dr. Clifford, that “some were
pleased, more were puzzled, and a few
did not escape a keen sense of bitter
humiliation."
A more recent story is equally char
acteristic. Before attempting to relate
it. I had better perhaps first explain
the peculiar disqulifieation of English
Nonconformist ministers as regards
the degree of D.D. Until quite re
cently the most learned theologian
could not obtain a degree in divinity
than the legal requirement.' a'deerease'of in any En ff ,ish university unless he
55.523.15*. as compared with last were a clergyman of the established
_ . , compared with last week.
The statement follows: Incre-re
Loans $1,140,320,306 $16.r>o- v rno
1,120.59.9.960 14 416.666
50 120.300
Deposits ...
Circulation
Legal tenders
Specie
Reserves
Reserve required..
Surplus
E.x-U. S. deposits.
•Decrease.
74 090.160
212.881.660
286.974 660
2S0 149 97.1
6.624.525
14.731.-50
■51.000
•1.676.200
•241.600
•1.918.000
3 601.150
*5,522.150
*5,527,775
Comps ny
that the
the Corn
in the r.ar
assoria: r s
It is
•rtn in thi
per cent of the
re lucts Company
of S. S E. Buford
,-hich. the bill dec
stock of
AMERICUS’ PAVING BOND
ISSUE WAS VALIDATED
ly Knov
Tt is furth
a*=
Corn
with
peopl
officers end
P*:r,lTir:<! Comp:
•The Standard Oil people." who were
of the New York Glucose Company to
th fraud tlie complaining company of
its -tuck.
The methods of conspiracy," it is
said in the Mil. “included the forma-
i;.-n of a ,or-oration known as the
Corn Freda. '~ Retiring Conmanv. own
ed by s C II. Mattlcson. Norman D.
Ream end other- As P»:t of ">• on-
POSTAL COMMISSION
WILL INVESTIGATE.
WASHINGTON. May 4.—The Con- AMERICUS Ga. May 4—In the
gressi.inal Postal Commission has bren ; Superior Court this afternoon Judge
a-s.gned rooms in the Post off ire De- z . ,\. Littlejohn granted an order
partment building and will Immediately validating the /v-c o"
er.:~r upon the business for which it ; bv the'city of Amerfcus
was created, th? principal feature of
held i which is an Investigation into the ac-
1 his ! counting methods of the entire postal
s Js servi e. Among other reforms which
1 .ip the commission will attempt to bring
sev- about will be the establishment of uni-
1 formity in the reports from the various
i po.-t fires, the lack of which has been
the cause of mtleh annoyance and los
f vr?'?*;. • w,"-' p'br beared an' t: thousand dol-
Penrose. Carter and Clav and Repre- T? 1 ! b f ^pended by Northern
•optatives Overstreet. Gardner and ! capitalists in the installation of pow-
er plant and street railway and half
| ’ ’ that amount additional expended by
: the city in street paving this year.
bonds made
for paving
throughout the entire busi
ness section. Vitrified brick will prob-
; baiv be the material adopted and
Americns will shortly be th? best pav
ed of Georgia cities her size.
Work will begin shortly upon the
-;reet railroad construction and four
miles of track laid as a beginning, the
mileage to he extended as required.
Ired and fiftv t
lars will
st*:.
H.
seer‘ is
Tt '>
of the
Matthiesoi
K T Be
:oc!ntes control
is Company wi
and fa. to]
asserted that '
Corn Products
Miipany were
NEWBEP.RV WILL INSPECT
NORFOLK NAVY YARD.
WASHINGTON. Mav 4.—As« : s: n:
Se re:.:rv X- whe—y. of The X;.v\ D -
partment. eft Washington late today
on board the Dolphin for Hampton
. Rev!.-, where !v- wi]'. inspect th-’ X-r-
I folk r. ivy v.trl and the ves-e's .tu-
• eh me 1 in the roads as nn adjunct of
‘ t ie Jamestown Exposition.
Brlick Wall Fell on Two Men.
CUMBERLAND, Md., May 4.—A
brick wall being torn down on the
of the New Maryland theater fell
today, killing Samuel Lewis, aged 27,
md Reginald Cowherd, aged 17. who
were at work there Several others
were slightly Injured.
church. This restriction still holds at
Oxford and Cambridge, but the insti
tution of a faculty of theology on non-
denominational lines at some of-the
newer English universities has now
made it possible for a Nonconformist
to obtain recognition of his work in
that subject as well as in arts or
science.
Previously the only divinity degrees
a Non-conformist could wear were the
honorary degrees granted by the
Scotch and foreign universities.the lat
ter mainly American. The Scotch de
grees granted to English ministers
have always been bestowed with much
discrimination, and certain American
universities—Yale for example—have
been equally careful in their selection.
It is scarcely _ necessary to say that
certain other American universities
have not been discouragingly rigid in
their standard. The doctorate is ac
cordingly both more highly and less
highlv valued in England than in
America. It Is a rarer distinft'on be
cause it is not possessed by every
pastor of a prominent church or de
nominational official. At .he same
time it is regarded by many as an
honor of a somewhat brummagem or
der. because so many men v.-ho bring
it home with them from e preaching
or lecturing tour in the United States
are. to put it gently, not head and
shoulders above their brother minis
ters. Many leading English' ministers,
such as C. H. Spurgeon and Hugh
Price Hughes, among those departed,
and R. J. Campbell among those still
with us. have preferred to remain
without this ambigious title.
Now. several years ago. Mr. Aked
accepted the divinity doctorate troza
not guilty. But a label of this kind
once taken into common use. is not
easy to get rid of. It is suspected that
there are several doctors of divinity in
English churches who would be glad
to discard their decoration if only
they could contrive the renunciation in
such a way as to save “their face."
Mr. Aked. in his uneasiness, consult
ed some of his friends, including cer
tain of the most prominent officials in
the Free Churches. They replied, with
voice, that his proposal, to cease be
ing called doctor was impracticable: tt
was more than his reputation was
worth to admit that he had erred in
assuming the title. But Mr. Aked
had always cared more about being
able to Respect himself than abeu
standing well in the estimation of oth
er people, so last May he ..took the
risk, publicly confessed that’ he ought,
never to have been called doctor •«
all, and asked all of his friends
cease to describe him by that name
So far from damaging himself thereby
he rose at once in the estimation,not
only of those who had regretted his
assumption of the degree at that time
but of every person intelligent enough
to understand what courage it
quires to say “Peccavi."
Not Afraid of Criticism.
All through his career Mr. Aked has
not "conferred with flesh and blood'
when there has any question of acting
up to is convictions. He has achieved
popularity without practicing the arts
which are supposed to lead to it, and
he has retained it without any sac
rifiee of outspokenness. He has not
hesitated to set himself against the
general drift of opinion when the oc
casion demanded it. He endured with
out flinching the raging mob <.\Nring
the Transvaal war mania. At times,
indeed, he has seemed to find it a pos
itive exhiliaration ot be in a minority.
When he began his ministry it jvns
much more difficult than it is now for
an English preacher to contend for
the application of Christianity to so
cial problems. He has himself helped
to make this duty easier for the re
cruits of today. And he has assisted
in the solution of social struggles
without making himself a partisan. If
he has protested against the indif
ference and selfishness of capital, he
has no less firmly opposed thosovfhom
he has called "the wild men 4>f the
labor movement.'
From first to last, to quote his own
words, he has maintained "‘that no
question is settled until it has been
settled right, and that these questions
never will be settled right until they
are settled in the power, in th? name
in the spirit of Jesus Christ, the Ron
of God.” When men have tiid him
that the new social movements are
of importance to the church, he h:
replied: “Yes. and the church is of
ten thousand times greater importance
to these movements.” On the other
hand, his test of the worth of a man
may be understood from such a pas
sage as this: "Who has not seen th
awe with which a Christian man will
speak of some bloted wretch who has
accumulated a vast fortune? The snob
abject before the sinner—it is a pit
iful spectacle in truth. We must
learn and teach that a man cannot
live by five-pound notes alonp. but
by faith and hope and love. We must
not allow our children to erect into
heroes the worst characters of his
tory and of our time.”
Mr. Aked’s Motive^
The New York offer to Mr. Aked, so
warmly supported by Mr. I*.:ie*efelier,
can scarcely be an instance of the pol
icy which Mr. W. J. Ghent" has ex
posed in "Our Benevolent Feudalism”
—the capture of the pulpit as “an in
strument of social control which by
proper use may be made to_nerform a
needed service.” If Mr. A&d had been
a radical preacher in New York
Chicago, with a large following of re
form enthusiasts, the hypothesis of an
endeavor to convert him into a friend
from an enemy might have been cred
ible. But Mr. Aked away at Liver
pool was doing no' harm. A? to Mr.
Aked himself, whatever opinion one
may hold of his wisdom in acceptance,
there can be absolutely no controversy
as to his motives.
A few years ago he was so serious
ly ill that there was grave reason to
doubt whether he would be able to en
ter the pulpit again. More than one
winter had to be spent at Davos. The
conditions of his present charge at
Liverpool was such that at best he
could only hope, if he were to remain
at home to lead acrippled life with a
serious, risk of a relapse. At this
critical moment there came to him
a call to an American city whose cli
mate is pronounced by his medical ad
viser to be exactly suited to his case,
and where he will have many oppor
tunities of useful service. It may be
that he overestimates the influence of
the Fifth Avenue Baptist cbnreri on
the life of New York city: it may be
that he underestimates the authority
o* 1VTr fp fVjp
tlon of that church: it may be that he
does not at all realize how tremendous
a weight of prejudice—X use the word
in its literal sense—may have to be
lived down by a man whose introduc
tion to the United States is as Mr.
Rockefeller’s pastor.
Recently there appeared in a Xpn-
don daily paper an editorial entitled
“A Lost Leader ” lamenting Mr. Aked's
decision as an apostasy. This jour
nal commented derisively on Mr.
Rockefeller's promise of a free hand
and remarked with only too much jus
tification, “We know what free hand
means.” All that can be said and need
be said in reply is that though Mr.
Aked may have, mistaken the condi
tions with which he will have to deal
and though, after he enters upon his
pastorate, e may be for a time con
fused between the* issues of English
and American public and social life,
he will steer the straightest course he
knows how. It will not be well for any
one. whether millionaire or walking
delegate, to give him the counsel.
"Prophesy not unto us right things,
speak unto us smooth things.” unless
the adviser has the capacity of touch
ing fire without being scorched,
bhnit gsb..ngo woeopl shrdlu etaoinnn
In the January number of the
Young Man, Mr. Aked. paraphrasing a
well-known passage in Carlyle, spoke
a plain word to those young men who
think that in other conditions—if they
emigrated to America, for instance—
they could cultivate a character that
cannot be developed in their present
surroundings. "My dear fellow.”
he says, “what good would you do if
you did go to America? You would
have to take yourself with you if you
went.” In that disputable fact lies
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 4—The
man. E. D. Walter, of Brunswick: vice ^ ourth < * aj ’ t * le trial o; Alex. R.
chairman. A. M. Knight, of Waycross: Chisolm, former paying teller of the
secretary, W. R. BTrown, of Fitzgerald: First National Bank of Birmingham,
member nominating committee for charged with having embezzled $100.-
State Rankers' Association. F. D. j 000 of the bank’s funds, opened with
Bloodworth, of Savannah. Fitzgerald Albert Morton, paymaster of the Ten-
was chosen as the next place of meet- I nessee Coal and Iron Railroad Company
ing. the date not being determined. This | on the stand. Morton testified that he
afternoon a pleasure trip down -the har- i had found the defendant very accurate
bor was taken by the local bankers and j and -had noted no change in his de-
visitors.
EARL OF ABERDEEN OPENED
THE IRISH EXPOSITION.
DUBLIN, May 4.—The Earl of Aber
deen. Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, open
ed the Irish international exhibition at
Herbert Park, Balls -Bridge today. The
function was marked with much cere
mony. The Earl of Aberdeen, who was
accompanied by the Countess of Aber
deen. read a message which King Ed
ward sent from Paris, as follows:
“I trust that the exhibition which
you are to open today will prove a
success and demonstrate the interest
and progress made by Ireland.”
MOUNTED GENDARMES
BATTERED IN CONVENT
NANTES, France Slay 4.—At Day
light today fifty mounted gendarmes
surrounded the convent of the Urus-
lines here and when the sisters re
fused to open the doors, thev were .
battered in. The sisters were found j , of nienUri derangement. > A large num-
as3embled at prayer in the chapel, but
nieanor.
Assistant Physician Joseph Leland.
of the State Insane- asylum, at Tusca
loosa, Ala., swore that Chisolm had
been under his Immediate care while
at the Institution. It was his opinion
that the defendant did not have either
paresis or paranoia. He did not be-
ilevo the defendant was insane.
Dr: tV. D. Partlow. senior physician
of the State Insane asylum, swore that
In his opinion the defendant was not
suffering from paresis and furthermore
that he considered him sane.
Dr. Partlow was subjected to a rigid
cross-examination regarding Chisolm’s
condition, while the defendant was crj
inmate of the State insane asylum.
What is considered the most damag
ing testimony aginist the defendant In
the Chisolm trial was that presented
this afternoon. Various officials of the
bank, from which Chisolm is charged
with embezzling one hundred thousand
dollars, as well as many others who
were closely associated with him, tes
tified that he had never shown signs
after the mother superior had read a
protest against the action of the au
thorities, the officiating priests remov
ed the holy sacrament and tho sisters
withdrew.
In the meantime an excited crowd
gathered outside the convent, shouting
maledictions on the soldiers. Several
persons were arrested, including a
lieutenant of dragoons.
ROOSEVELT WILL DISCUSS
RAILROADS IN INDIANAPOLIS.
WASHINGTON, May 5.—A discus
sion of the railroad question is to be
an important feature of the President’s
speech at the unveiling of the Lawton
monument in Indianapolis. Ind., on Me
morial day, May 30. The particular
features of the railroad situation upon
which he is to speak, it is authorita
tively stated, have not ye* been se
lected. He has had frequent consul
tation with members of the Interstate
Commerce Commission and railroad of
ficials and has obtained much informa
tion on the genera! railroad question
which will be availed of in his forth
coming speech.
DIFFICULTY AT SANTIAGO
WAS PURELY INDIVIDUAL
WASHINGTON. Mav 3.—The difficulty
between the police in Santiago. Cuba,
and the seamen'from the cruiser Tacoma,
was discussed at the cabinet meeting
today. Gov. Magoon has reported to Sec
retary Taft that he. has dispatched Lieut—
Col. Robert L. Bullard, Eighth Infantry,
to the scene of the trouble and pending
his investigation of the trouble, nothing
will be done. The Governor reports that,
in his opinion, the trouble between the
police and the sailors at Santiago was
purely individual and not in any sense
the result of any general ill feeling be-
twwen the Americans and Cubans.
VIOLENT STORM AND FIRE
PREVAILING AT BREMEN
her of witnesses agreed in pronouncing
him sane. The introduction of evidence
has been completed and arguments will
begin Monday.
VACANCIES IN CABINET
OF METHODIST BISHOPS
COLUMBUS. Ga. May 4.—The vacan
cies in the cabinet of bishops in the
Methodist Episcopal Church. South. w‘'l
not be filled until the next meeting ■>(
the general conference of the chur’li in
1910, in the opinion of Bishop Jor.-ph S.
Key, of^herman. Texas. Bishop Key is
now spending a few days wl'ii his son.
Dr. Howard W. Ivey, of this city, resting
after several months of very hard work.
He is en route to attend th? annual
meeting of the cabinet of bishops of the
Methodist Church at Nashville.
Bishop Key is quite positive in his
opinion as to the vacancies in the cabinet
of bishops not being filled until three
years later. While the work will he rnth-
er heaw on th? nine active bishops, there
being about 2.000 000 communicants In the
Southern Methodist Church, yet ho thinks
that these bishops will have time to at
tend an! preside over the various annual
conferences. At the same time they will
be denied the opportunity of attending
many district conferences, commence
ment occasions, etc.
Bishop Key. despite his 78 years. Is
well, hearty and active.
IN THE LABOR WORLD
BREMEN. May 4.—A violent storm
prevails here and fire has broken out
in the Free Zone warehouses, contain
ing 10 000 bales of cotton, half of
which has already been burned. The
high winds is spreading the flames.
The custom house and fire depart
ment within the Free Zone are oil fire,
the building occupied by the firm of
Anthon Guenther has been destroyed
and the warehouse of Clarkson &
Weitig is burning.
THREE YEARS FOR WRECKING
CHURCH WITH DYNAMITE.
WILKESBARRE, Pa., May 5.—Peter
Savage and Joseph Chonowsky were
sentenced to three years’ impris
onment Tn the Eastern penitentiary at
Philadelphia and to pay a fine of $500
and costs for wrecking with dynamite
the Welsh Congregational Church at
Edwardsville, near here, two years ago,
Savage confessed to the crime in court
on Wednesday and implicated Chono
wsky.
U. S. RECRUITING NAVAL
OFFICER COMES TO MACON
ATLANTA, May 4.—Lieut. Bass, U.
. N., in charge of recruiting party No.
of the navy, will leave Atlanta to
morrow morning for Macon, where he
ill continue to secure able seamen for
Uncie Sam. He gathered in thirty-
one sailors In Atlanta this week.
RAIN AND WIND STORM
BLEW DOWN COLLEGE WALL
SPARTA, Ga., May 4.—Yesterday
afternoon a severe wind and rain storm
blew down about eighty feet of wall of
the main building of our new Agricul
tural College. Loss $1,000.
Col Jared E. Stallings Dead.
NEWMAN, Ga., May 5—Col. Jared E.
Stallings, of Temple, Texas, who was on
visit to relatives in this county, died
_ esterday. Col. Col. Stallings was cap
tain of Company A. Forty-first Georgia
Regiment, and by successive promotions
at the close of the war was colonel of the
Forty-first Georgia Regiment. He rep
resented this county twice in the Legis
lature just after the war. He practiced
law In this county for a number of years,
moving to Texas about 20 years ago. He
ws very populr citizen, moving to this
county from Morgan County, G., prior
to th’~ war. Ho leaves many relatives
ana friends in this cunty. All of his
sons and daughters live in Texas. He
was 76 years old.
Henry B. Curran Dead.
PHILADELPHIA. May 4.—Henry B
Curran, of this city, one of the best
known soft coal operators in tho
country, died suddenly today at Hot
Springs, Va. Death was due to heart
disease. Mr. Curran was 55 years of
age and was a member of the Castner,
Curran and Bullitt Company, controll
ing large mines In Virginia and West
Virginia.
Camp Bennlng Will Be Represented.
COLUMBUS. Ga.. May 1.—Camp Hen
ning will be represented by a good sized
delegation at the unveiling of tho statu?
to Gen. John B. Gordon in Atlanta May
25. Th? Personnel of the delegation,
which will be headed by Col. W. S. Shep
herd. th? commander of th? camp, was
announced at a meeting of the camp last
night. The old soldiers are also arranging
to .go to Richmond reunion in force.
the hope of Mr. Aked's new and
greatest enterprise. He is going to ' Harry Daponte Pleaded Guilty.
America—and be will take himself j NEW ORLEANS, La., May 4.—Har-
with him. ry Daponte, a well-known New Orleans
H. W. HORWIL. ; real estate iNjn. who was indicted a
, year ago for violation of the anti-Iot-
E W WILSON TOOK AN tery. laws, pleaded guilty when ar-
OVERDOGE OF LAUDANUM, raigned in the United States Circuit
Court here today. Sentence was de-
COLUMBUS. Ga> May 4.—B. W. • ferred. Daponte was charged with
Wilson. Columbus manager for the aiding in circulating throughout the
Standard Trust Company. ofjBirminz- . country tickets of a lottery company,
ham. Ala., took laudanum t?-is after- " “
noon with supposed suicidal intent. He j ttIxooc"' Tenn° mIv'4—Brig
Is being prosecuted on the charge of ! G ™. Jf. J.Sanno. r'erired. die? this
larceny after trust by a Columbus lady
and his bondsman withdrew from his
bond. While he was seated in a court
room trying to arrange a new bond the
effects of the laudanum began to de
velop. Tt took several hours' work to !
afternoon at Ft. Oglethorpe, where he has
been visiting his daughter. The remains
will b? sitipped tomorrow to Washington
for burial.
Gen. Sanno gratuated from West Point
in 1S63 and served in many important
ions. His last command
save his life. He is now- in the county | retirement in 1 Sd3, was at Ft. Russell,
JalL Wyoming.
The Association of Marine Firemen,
Oilers and Water Tenders, which form
erly was affiliated with the Interna
tional Longshoremen’s Association, has
been granted a charter by the Interna
tional Seamen’s Union, which will tend
to further complicate the jurisdictional
troubles between the two organiza
tions.
The Granite Cutters’ Internationa!
Association, which has an enrollment
of 10,000 members, has during the past
fifteen years obtained an increase of
wages amounting to a net average of
75 cents a day.
The recent convention of the Illinois
division of the United Mine Workers
of America voted down the recom
mendation of President Walker that
the members of the Industrial Workers
of the World be expelled from member
ship in the mine workers. The con
vention also voted down a proposition
to increase the salary of the State offi
cers $300 a' year. .
Corporation Counsel El'lson, of New
York city, in reference to the Manhat
tan subways soon to be commenced,
says that he favors a contract calling
for eight hours’ work a day and a pro
vision that the work be performed by
citizens of the United States.
Women in Great Britain are well
represented In the professions and
trades, and about 4,500,000 earn t'.ieir
own living. There are 124,000 who
teach: 10.000 bookbinders: over 3.060
are printers, and nearly 5C0 act as ed
itors and compilers: 1,300 are engaged
in photography: civil service clerks
number nearly 2.300: 3.800 are en
gaged in medical work and nursing,
and 350 women are blacksmiths.
A report just compiled by the Cham
ber of Commerce of Pittsburg shows
that $350,000,000 is paid annually to
the wage earners of the Pittsburg dis
trict. a majority of whom are included
in the 250,000 workmen employed in
the 3,029 manufacturing plants of the
district. The production of the district
for last ytear was 551.O00.op0 tons.
The immigration authorities, as one'*
result of the several conferences re
cently held, will interpret the existing
immigration law as it was interpreted
In the South Carolina case. Several
other Southern States have decided to
seek immigration along the same lines
as were followed by South Carolina,
and it is understood they will not be
interfered with.
Some of the P.'ritish trades unions
nre taking very great interest in the
higher education of tho workman. For
the past three years some lOO.OOfl work
ingmen, members of the Amalgamated
Society of Engineers, have made levies
of a penny each to help on the work of
Ruskin College at Oxford. This levy
produced over $1,500 a year, and by
means of it six engineers are main
tained for a year’s course of study at
the college. ^
Representing a combined member
ship of 50.000, nine unions: in the metal
trades have formed 1 Metal Trades
Council of Pittsburg. Pa., and vicinity,
to replace the old Machinery Trades
Alliance, which took in trades only In
timately connected with machinery.
The long struggle between the Lith
ographers' Tr.terTiationai ProWtive Un
ion and the Employing Lithographers'
Association sc-ems to be on the verge
of settlement.
In Germany a blacksmith makes
twenty beam hangers a day. while in
America a machine makes 700 a day.
In Adam Smith’s day- one pinmnker
made 4.S0O nins :■ day; today ?ne pin-
maker makes 1.500.000 pins a day.
Diamond workers, members of the
Diamond Worker.;’ Union of America,
are demanding better wages from th?
Diamond Manufacturers of America,-
the association of g?m dealers. They-
were incre-t -ed a year -.ago, and now
1fet from $30 to $70 a week. There are
400 members of the union in New York
city.
NEGRO GAMBLER USES
SHOT GUN ON ANOTHER
SAVANNAH. May 4.—A negro
hooting affray, embellished with un
usual fea'ures. occurred this afetr-
noon at th? Centra! railway- yards.
Jerry Lewis and Henry Manigault
?re gambling, and Lewis won SI.
Manigault snatched 23 cents and ren,
wts pursuing and overtaking him
and pushing him into a canal. Mani
gault came out mad. He proceeded to
0 store an dpur hosed :i Winchester
rifle and went back In iking for Lewis
He stood off a number of railroad em
ployes who fried to take the rifle. Ha
saw Lewis being taken away on an
engine. Levelling his rifle, he com
manded the engineer to stop, which
he did. Lewis jumped off and ran.
Manigault fired three shots. One struck
Lewis in th* hip. A- Manigault was
about to finish him the police appear
ed and Manigault disappeared.