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Christianity as Taught by Christ
Seventh of the Series of Sermons Delivered by
Dr. H. S. Bradley and Published by The Constitution.
The Eighth Will be Printed Next Monday.
Text: “Blessed are they that
mourn: for they shall be comforted.”
i—Matthew, v, 4.
j Thesft words of Jesus have often been
narrowed to mean “Blessed are they that
mourn over their sins: for they shall find
the comfort of God's pardon.” Undoubt
edly that meaning may be found In the
.•text, but It Is not all that It teaches. If
.that had been what Jesus meant, no
doubt He would have said, “Blessed are
; tlie penitent: for they shall find pardon.”
■ The meaning Is broader, it takes in the
.whole problem of pain end suffering.
|that great mystery of the world. It has
.seemed to many that the universe is
i keyed to the note of suffering. We en
:ter the world at the expense of our moth
ier's pain anil we leave it in the sorrow
jot our friends. The world being full of
pain, suffering and bereavement. the
question Is. what shall we do with it?
The two words in the text which con
tain the secret of its philosophy are
“niourn" and "comfort." The word
[which we have translated “mourn”
jis a very strong word In the
Greek and means “grief manifest
ed: suffering too deep for con
cealment; an experience so grievous that
one who undergoes it cannot help show
ing his pain or sorrow In his countenance
or the attituffe of his body; a terrific
shock."
i And yet Jesus says that he who un
liergoes such mi experience as this is
■Messed. Let us see If we can enter into
.the heart of His meaning.
I The world Is accustomed to regard
pain, suffering and bereavement as evil
end only evil. Most of Jesus' hearers
regarded them as punishment for sin
rise, the capacity to suffer is the measure
<>* life development. If we follow the
,'•1 dogist as he traces the development
of animal life from the lowest single
< ded animal, like the amoeba, up to the
IT 'lilanthropist and statesman, wo find
that the test upon which he lays the
Lrgest emphasis is the development of
like nervous system and therefore the
• opacity to suffer.
The lowest animals that we know have
f !> a poorly developed nervous system
that It cannot be discovered even by the
i. Id of a microscope and chemical re
agents We are scarcely able to discern
a well developed nervous system before
wo reach the worms anil mollusks.
"Worms have such a crude nervous sys
tem that they suffer comparatively little
pain at being cut In twain. Oysters and
clams have such a rudimentary system
.that it is believed that they have also
very little capacity for suffering. Any
biological student will recall the difficulty
he experienced in trying to trace the
berves which run from the two simple
ganglia that are found in the body of
the mollusk.
crust. T-cans, Iffte lobsters, crayfish and
c abs have a more highly developed nerv
offit systent. hut even with them It Is
crude a« compared with the mammals.
A crab, held by ono of Its claws, will
v duntarlly break oft his limb nt one of
the lower Joints and run away appar
ently without suffering.
The nervous system becomes more and
more complex as we advance through the
f' c hes, amphibians, reptiles, birds and the
mammals. It reaches its highest devel
opment In man.
The capacity to suffer for others be
longs only to the two or three highest
branches of the animal kingdom, and to
the mammals almost entirely. Seals
witness the slaughter of their fellows,
even of their young, unmoved. Thou
sands of seals have been killed on the
I’rlbyloff Islands, along the Alaskan
coast, but nrr* one ever showed the slight
est concern for the. welfare of his neigh
bor even when he was being clubbed or
bhot to death.
When we come to man we find that
keenness of suffering for self and others
differentiates the nobleman from the
ba rba ria n.
It Is said that when a member of the
tribo of Haidas in Alaska finds that his
mother Is growing too old or feeble to
earn her living, he Imprisons hop in a
snow hut and. leaving her to starve,
goes careless and light-hearted aw«x
Rometlmes lie even takes a shorter
method of disposing of her than this
and chokes her to death. It would lv
difficult, however, to find a man in any
civilized country who would agree that
his conduct was commendable, or ilia:
he himself was blessed. On the other
hand, the world today says that Flor
ence Nightingale, the ”la'ly with the
lamp," who loft her home in England
find went to the. battle fields of the
Crimean war and spent her fortune in
relieving the sufferings of the sick,
■wounded and dying soldiers, making the
sorrow of each her own. was blessed.
Florence Nightingale mourned not only
•because of her own experiences of pain
end bereavement, but. extending h-’t
sympathies to others, bore their burdens
Rs well as lier own. It Is no wonder
that the people of England gave he:
£145 000 upon her return from Crimea to
establish a training school for nurses. It
!» no wonder that Queen Victoria pro
posed her health in a toast at a great
banquet given in her honor. When the
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war was over all the veterans of Crimea
in London were asked at a banquet one
night to write down upon a piece of pa
per the name that was dearest to them
in connection with the war. When the
papers were collected there was only one
name found on them all. li was "Flor
ence Nightingale.”
Incapacity to suffer, or indifference to
the suffering of others, le.sds downward
toward the brutes and not upward toward
God. The Alaskan smothers Ills own
mother. The Caucasion suffers an ex
quisite nervous shock at the sight of the
mangling of a dog beneath the railway
cars. Which is blessed?
Herodias looked with a feeling of grim
satisfaction upon the still twit -liing feat
ures of John the Baptist, whose head
was half floating in blood upon the rude
platter upon which the headsman pre
sented it. Clara Barton’s heart broke,
over our wounded soldiers. \\ hich was
blessed?
The Pharisees gloated over the prospect
of stoning the life out of the woman
taken In adultery. Jesus. with heavy
heart and downeast < ountenam e. stopped
to write a short sy.fence in the sand.
Whirl! was blessed?
Jesus does not simply say. “Bbssed are
those who have the capacity for suffer
ing. mourning m sympathei'* gib-'.” out.
Blessed ar. tie- actual suffer :s. Blessed
are those who ire bearing heavy burii ns
—those undergoing a terrible shock.
Let us see if we can not enter more
fully Into the mind of our Master. No
man ever comes to know himself, or ar
rives at an experience of great-hearted
ness, to whom everything goes “merry
as a marriage bell. Most of us are
held tn a sort of sc.< li b? the external
world. We know a thousand tiling-' but
We do not know self To multitudes, tea]
self has never liven n t -nl-.-d. We <•:»!-
cul.ate the earning power of tic- money,
the drawing power of our l-.orses, the
yield of our lands, the hors. pow> r of
our engines and the volts of our dyna
mos, but we do not know the possibilities
in self. No man ever comes to know him
self or to find his i a! -«>:f till he is
shock'd into cor's.-ionsm-s.-'. Living as
we d<> in a sort of dream, wr have to be
awakened. The spell Os the external
world must be broken. The charm of
material things must be dispelled. The
man who finds his belt r self, in finding
it. also finds God. The spirit of our
Good Father hovers above the fragments
of our broken idols.
Any experience that helps Io find real
seif and truth and humanity and God is
a blessed thing Suffering ami :>. r<*av<'-
ment oftenest do it. No man can tiiini.
himself into large sympathy with his fel
lows. A heavy spell of sickness often
teaches us more about God than an
octavo volume -on theology. Th- human
lu-art is like the rock which Mo.-vs smote
In the wildt rnes:-. f: om which refr '“lilng
st re' ms flowed. Blessed is the man who
has bad the flinty surface of his own
heart broken that from it may flow
streams of bl’y, ge::tlene.s“, tenderness,
compassion and sympathy. The serious
Illness or death of a relative or dear
friend may make us look at self and
things for the first time in the light of
the eternities and cause us to estimate
things according to the standard of <*t'-r
A friend of mine one day brought me
a beautiful mineral specimen. It was
what the geologist calls a geode. From
the outside it locked like simply a course,
round stone No one ever discovered
anything of beauty or attractiveness in
it. It had lain for years in a roadway
and tlie wheels of the passing vehicles
had scarred and scratched It. One day,
an unusually heavy wheel had -truck it
a revere blow and broken it In half.
Thon tie beauty was rrvealed. Lining
the entire Inside, for it was hollow, was
a layer of limpid quart crystals, as
sparkling as diamonds, that caught rite
r-iys cf .sunlight and broke them into 10,
000 rainbows that dazzled the eyes. So
with man Only through the crevices
of the broken heart doe- tin Chrii-tlike
shine.
The world confounds happiness with
blessedness. In a very superficial sense a.
m: n may be happy without ever being
touch'd in bis deepest part, in his vi
tals, and wakened to profound conscious
ness, but. without, such an experience, he
<an never be strong and brave, joyful or
b.i--sod. Most persons who discover their
own inherinl p tverly ar. 1 their possibili
ties o; gr- atness are a slled into con
sciousness by pain, disease or bereave
ment. So Jesus would say by this beat
itude: “That man who has been fared
in affluence, who lias always enjoyed ro
bust he..lth. who has never lost, by death,
a member of bls immediate family, or a
dear friend, is not the man to be envied,
not the blessed man. Likely tie is self
ish, self-centered, self-contained, indif
ferent to the sufferings of others. On the
other hand, that man is to be envied,
is blessed, who has had such a heavy
experience as the loss of his property,
or long sickness, or especially tin- loss
of some of them who were ns dear to
him as life itself.”
Joi, furnishes us with ar, excellent illus
tration of the philosophy of this beati
tude. When first we see him. lie is tin
central figure of a picture that seems
to be drawn to the ideal of Oriental h:rp
pim• ! s. ]|r enjoys good health. He
a strong and wi ll ordered house, seven
sons and three daughters. He Is rich in
ail that goes to make up the wealth of
an eastern country- flocks and herds anti
droves of camels and site asses. And.
withal, he is pi >’JS. There sems little
that could be added to tin- picture as we
see the patriarch going early ,n th 1 ' morn
lug to the pla t' of sacrifice, and. while
the smoke Os incense rises, throwing the
mantle of his prayers over the members
of liis house, .lob prays for his wife ami
children.
it is hard for us to find the Haw in
Job as we gaze upon this seem-. And yet
the flaw is to be found at the highest
point of the picture, in Job's religious
Ilf'-. His sympathies and |, layers arc
too narrow. He thinks only of his family.
See him a.- he comes out from under
the heavy experience that, befell him.
The Sablans have driven away his oxen
and she ass.s. The Chaldeans have
stolen bis camels. The lightning has
killed his sheep. His servants are slain.
A tornado has killed ins children at tlu.-ir
least in the eldest brother's house. Sore
boils, or leprosy, has seized his own
body. In poverty, pain and humiliation
be creeps to tlie rsh heap, and, having
torn his garments from his burning body,
seeks to allay the itching with a piece of
broken pot. All this succeeded in jostling
Joi, Into coni-teiousnes.s. Sitting on the
ash heap, surrounded by his miserable
critics, he discusses the profoundest ques
tions of life and immorality.
It is a. grievous picture, but, to Job, a
blessed one, for in the depth of his suffer
ing lie finds God. When hfs friends have
exhausted flair false philosophy, fob
hears the voice of God. He finds self
and. in finding self, finds God. And in
finding self and God. his captivity is
turned, lie prays for hi:. friends. There
Is the secret. Job was held captive by
his prosperity; he was released by his
adversity. lie went into his experience
with Ids prayers limited to his family;
lie came out with his prayers embracing
even fils critics. His heart was Immeas
urably enlarged
We have said before that the beatitudes
wore Jesus’ experiences. Can we tell
what experience It was through which He
, passed that brought Him to thia pro-
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found consciousness of the blessedness of
suffering? We cannot tell all of it. but. m
the old days at Nazareth, He had prob
ably seen some of His brotners and sisters
die. There was enough suffering probably
In being ca“ed a “crazy” son by his
mother, ami in being regarded as a heretic
by religious leaders, and an enemy ot
Caesar by the state to teach Him this
great truth.
Jesus says that those who undergo an
experience like this are blessed, “tor they
shall lie comforted." Not every one that
suffers turns ids suffering to good ac
count. There are two results that may
come from experiences about which we
have been speaking. One may grow hard,
-bitter and cynical under suffering, or
gentle, patient, tender and large-hearted.
H depends upon how one relates himself
to his experience. Jesus refers to the
latter, the one who turns even these
hard experiences to good account What
does He mean by being "comforted?”
We have already answered partially in
what has gone before, when we have
spoken of one finding self and God.
The word in the Greek which we have
translated “comfort" is also a strong
word. It is derived from the same root
as the word the “Comforter,'' which re
fers to the Holy Spirit. Our translation
"comfort'' Is good. This word is made
up of two Hntin words, “con” and "for
lis." meaning “made strong" or “strength
ened together.” These words of Jesus
freely translated would be about these:
“Blessed is tli< man who sustains such a
severe shock that the spell of the external
world is broken and he finds real self and
God. azid in so doing grows strong and
brave.”
This beatitude Is not a lullaby to sing
to a sick child, but the tocsin to sound
in the. ear of the warrior. It is not an
opiate to lull one to sleep, but a stim
ulant to arouse one to energy. The old
Greek writers used tlie word here trans
lated “comfort'' «to mean “to arouse to
courage.“ Aeschylus, in his description
of the battle of Salamis, says that the
Greek general went on the night before
the battle to the commanders of all the
si.lp: in the fleet and “comforted” them;
that is. he inspired them to courage.
He is not the strongest man who needs
most to make him happy, but he is the
strongest who ,ari get along with least.
.1- sus pass' d through many sorrowful
experiences. He passed through the
agony of Gethsemane, out. of which He
came strong enough to feel that He could
g,-t along without '-ven physical life. We
-etch something of th- meaning which
J> sus put mto tiiis word “comfort.” when
we see what was the result of the coming
of the spirit “f comfort and strength
and bravery, tl;- Paraclete, to tlie .Tight
ened disciples aftei tin- ci ueiflxlor,. He
promised upon going out of their sight
that the Comforter, the one that would
make them strong and brave, should
come. Did the- Holy Spirit have this
effei-t upon them? Look at. Peter on
tile night of the betrayal. He is so
cowardly that he denies Ills Lord in tlie
high priest’s judgment hall, and curses
when charged by a maiden with being
one of li'is followers. Alter tlie shock
01 the crucifixion, Peter and the other
disciples find the strength ami courage
which Jesus promised. See him now as
on tin? dav of Pentecost when, bold as
a ’.ion. he stands in the city of Jerusalem
unterritied in the presence of the very
crowd who had put his Lord to death.
Peter had b“en comforted.
Blessed is the man whose experience
helps him to find self and God, for in so
doing he is made strong and courageous.
Il is a great thing for the world that
these experiencts. which- come to ail of
us. can be turned to good account 'I he
tedness of which Jesus spoke is in
th,' reach of every one of us today.
My brother, is your business failing?
Are you poor.' Turn your pown'ty to
good account. The loss of your worldly
g.vds mav lead <>u to find God and IL.-,
strength it you will let it. I- yout health
failing'.' Are (hire premonitions of the
• i:.i? Do not let this make you gloomy,
morose and bitter. Let it tench you the
I'-sson which the Good Father would
have it teach. Let it bring you to a
i ■■ m“.-U’Usttess of a life that is itidepen
(l, U.t of .'I body, an experience that is
superior to time and tilings. Have .your
loved ones or your friends died and left
'-•■..1 desolate n'nd broken-hearted? You
inay, If you will, turn even this heavy ex
perien-e to good account. The death of
your mln shouhl not make you lose
interest in other babies, but give tc every
<-.:ild which cries in the streets tn interest
t .-., Von lever saw in him before. Let
i enlarge your heart and broaden your
empathies.' < 'rit teuton, the benefactor
of fallen women, lost his dnughtei Flm
. hm in losing her has found 10.000
daughters who ue d him wot se than F.or
.■■■<■ Have vour children disappointed
you” Do they bring reproach upon your
it-itnc ami home" Thousands of God's
, ilildren have treated Him so. Iz-t .'-our
. xp.-rb'l-C lead ion to larger sympathy
vHh Him. So s t vour sail to the head
wmds Ot' adversity that they may carry
-, ~ i to the haven of God.
CRAZY NTGRO KILLED GREEN.
Father of Greater New York Is Shot
Down on His Doorstep.
New York. November 13—-Andrew II
Green, tlie "father of Greater New York,”
and one of the city's olde“t and most
n-markabl'- citizens, was shot and in
stant!,', killed on the steps of ids home,
on Park avenue, today, by Corr'elius M
Williams, a negro who is believed to bc
insa.ne.
The shooting was evidently the out
c< me of an insane delusion on the part
of the negro that Mr. Green had slan
<ii r 1 him, for, when he was asked why
he had committed the murder, he replied:
' 1 did it to save my character."
There wei - three witnesses of the trag
edy. Airs. Anna Uray, a domestic in Air.
(in • it’s family, Emil Aiich'.'lsen, an er
n.iid boy, and Patrick Dyer, a cabman
According- to these witnesses, the nrfero
must have been waiting for Mr. Green to
come home from his office. The negro
was standing in the vestibule of tlie
house, unit as .Mr. Green started to ascend
the two steps leading to tlie hall door.
Willi.'ims adt .-meed toward him. There
was a brief interchange of words, and
then the m-gro drew revolver and fir -1
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five shots in rapid succession. Mr. Green
sank to the stone pavement, blood
streaming from his head, while his mur
derer, returning the revolver to bls pocket,
leaned against tlie railing of the step as
if awaiting arrest.
MOROS KILL YANKEE TROOPS.
War Is Not Yet Over in the Philip
pine Islands.
Manila, November 15—Since the de
parture of Major General Wood for Jolo,
the Moros in the neighborhood of Lake
Lato have become very ugly and menac
ing. At I o’clock yesterday the guard
over a boat near iMiralbou was taken.
Three members of the Twenty-eighth in
fantry were killed and one was serious
ly wounded. The Moros were beaten off.
The soldiers killed were Sergeant J-
G. Stephens, of Omaha, and Privates
Frank Bowser, of Marion, Ohio, and El
mer H. Burke, of Kansas City. One pri
vate, Ferdinand Kelthly, of Verona, Mo.,
was wounded.
General Wood, who left, for Jolo Novem
ber 9. took a number of troops from
Lanao with him. leaving Captain Henry
A. Barber, of the Twenty-eighth infantry.
In commajid Cable communication with
Jolo Is interrupted.
Who Will Shoot the SquirrelsP
“Let the boy have the gun and. if pos
sible, let him learn to handle it. The
squirrel who is eating the seeds out ot
tlie pears iii the garden is fair game for
Idin to start with if he learns to shoot,
at the right thing in the right
season, never mind if he also
barns to hit what he shoots at. The
-boy who lias learned to handle a gun is
Hie kind of a boy who knows when a
gun Is loaded and does not shoot his lit
tle brother by mistake, nor get the lock
jaw from toy pistols on Fourth of July.
Tlie above argument is along the line
of Fuat advanced i>, the J. Stevens Arms
Tool Co., of ' hieopee Falls. Mass.,
makers of the famous "Stevens” fire
arms. “Equip Hi- boys of th- country
with the Stevens rifle,” says their e:itn
logite, T 'and yon will be the means of rid
ing the snrroundini; •ountry of every fly
ing and running nuisance that tlie farmer
tries in vain to scare away bv other
means. Ami the --’y will have his fun
while doing it.”
CABBAGE WORM SCAPE
NOT WELL FOUNDED.
The report published in The Constitu
tion a few week ago from Gainesville,
stating that a species of snake or worm
known as the cab: “;■» Wi’tin had caused
several deaths, has caused Dr. J. M.
McCandless, the stale chemist, to be
flooded with left' of Inquiry. A cer
tain Mr. Dyer stand that several d Hlis
had resulted among people in White
county from eating cabbage, and others
in Gainesville spoke of having heard of
similar strange <.F:■: ,s Dr. MeCpndFss
said;
“I know nothing whatever about these
cabbage worms a l ie report that has
gotten mil from (I’lm-sville that I ex
amined them and nind them ■ iolent!;.
poisonous is whol ’infoundo'l and un
true. 1 have never n one of the spec!
mens and am n onnected with Ihe
matter in any was-.
The doctor paid a , honest tribute to •the
vast circulation < To Weekly Consti
tution. when h» <1 lured that lie was
still receiving man? h>zen inquiries daily
asking about this port.
State Entomolog: Newell stated that
some of the worn reported to have
caused so much t: ible had been sent
him. hut he could . no reason for any
apprehension. He - at'-d that they w
simply a variety ot the eel or hail worm
found In damp under inonkling
wooil and in dec ig vegetation. He
said:
“1 Have forward'd specini'-ts to L. <>.
Howard, the entomologist of tin Vnited
State-, department us ‘grieulture, and to
D:. E. A'll.r.-, the zoologist
of th- department, who will also study
the worms carefully f have been in
correspondenci with the latter an<l while
lie does not stole in sn mac-, words that
tlie Worms are harmless, 1 think he agr o.s
with my opinion that th-y are not dan
gerous.”
Dr. Newell add'd that in every instance
where a death was attribute! to the
cabbage worm it was found to have been
started on he.n' ay evidence
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The Coristitutfoi Atlanta, Ga.
JIMINEZ JEERS AT BLOCKADE.
Would-be President Sails to Enter
Port of Puerto Plata.
Cape Haitien. Haiti. November 14
The French steamer St. Simon, wit.i Gen
eral Jiminez, head of the Dominican rev
olution on board, lta> left Port Au Prince,
Haiti, with the inc ntlon, according to re
port. of- forcing ’ -e blockade of Puerto
Plata, on the northern coast of Sar.tO
Domingo.
Tlie Haitian auto cities formally op
posed the landing hi Haiti of General
Jiminez in spite of fils strong insistence
upon being permit:-' to do so.
it is said that if the St. Simon is in
terfered with she will ask fop tlie as
sistance of Umii cruiser Gaz lie or
any other foreign wa: hip which may be
in Dominican wat' :
Tlie French erm •r Jurien de La Cra
x iere, which was in these waters recent
ly. is understood " have returned to
the island of Martini': le.
Telegraphic conunufii ation with the in
terior ot Santo Domingo was reestab
lished yesterday, bn’ now is again in
terrupted, and it ''ported that severe
fighting must hate occurred before San
Domingo.
Gould Planning' Tide Water Line.
New York. November II —Official mit
line of George J. Gould's plan for build
ing a nfw tidewat’-: line from St. Louis
to New Orleans was made public today
11: an application r> list $12,242,000 St.
Louis, iron .Vlo’.mtiT: : ,-.d Southern line's
gulf division first mortgage 4 per tent
:hirty-ye:ir bonds, whi-1) represent that
portion o< th' l authori::-fi issue ot SSO.
000.000 which h.'iv' b.'-n sold.
Mr. Gould recent!; estimated the total
cost of these Imm oveinents at. between
$40,000,000 and $50.000.000. Tlie pro
ceeds of the bonds will b P used for im
provements ot various lines, including
the Memphis. Helen:' and Louisiana lail-
W-ni'.
New Counterfeit Bill Is Found.
Washington. November IL--The secret
service officials today announc' d the dis
covery of a new counterfeit S2O national
bank note on tlie Fourth N:i ional bana
of Boston, Mass., check letter A; series
1882; Tillman registrar, Morgan treas
urer. A poor photograph printed on two
pieces of thin pap"'' "iih a few silk
threads distributed between them. Yel
low water color has been smeared over
the seal, almost obliterating the design.
The panel containing the charter number
on the back of the note is black and
brown instead ot green.
CONGRESS lOXTRA SESSION.
Continued from First Page.
offered by Mr. Williams the minority
floor leader, abolished the differential
duty of refined sugar
The report says:
"The enactment of this bill into law
Is necessary to give effective to the con
vention providing for reciprocal trade be
tween this country and Cuba. This re
sults not merely because the convention
itself provides that It ‘shall not take
effect until the same shall have been
approved by the congress,’ but because
the constitution gives no power to the
president and the senate to make a con
vention or treaty changing tlie rates ol
revenue. That power is expressly lodged
in the congress.
“This legislation will result In no harm
to any American Industry. Articles, tlie
product of this country, like tlie articles
embraced in this convention now im
ported from Cuba, receive tlie very high
est protection of any in the same sched
ule. The duty of sugar was placed above
the protection point for th<* purpose of
revenue. The house tariff bill provided
expressly for a reduction in the interests
of reciprocal trade agreement, which it
authorized the president to make. The
dutv on tobacco has for many years been
much higher than necessity required on
account of tlie competition of Cuban to
bacco. The reduction in this bill leaves
it amply protected."
Inclined To Attack Roosevelt.
Washington, November IL—The demo
cratic steering committee was in session
before the senate met today and again
considered 'he Panama situation. No
conclusion was reached, but the indica
tions are that the democrats will attack
the course of the administration on the
Isthmus with reference to the establish
ment of the new republic of Panama.
It is stated here on authority that it is
too late for Colombia to rjak.e any effort
to resurrect the canal treaty with the
United States and beyond preventing a
hostile clash between Colombia and the
new-republic of Panama, the proposed
visit of General Keyes to Panama will be
without result. Tlie same authority
points out that the United States gov
ernment. having recognized Panama as an
independent state, cannot proceed to ne
gotiate with Colombia on any terms for
canal right-' in a stat*- over which Co
lombia exercises no political control, so
any further canal negotiations will be
between the United States government
and rhe go\ernment of panama.
Mr Tower, our ambassador at Berlin,
has cabl'd the state department that, he
has been requested by Baron Itichthoffen,
the German foreign secretary, to inform
the Washington government that the
report that Germany intended to becom-
Involved In the isthmian situation is en
tirely without foundation. Mr. Tower
adds that lie was further assured by the
foreign secretary in a most earnest and
sincer* 1 manner that tlie question ot Ger
many's Interfering In Panama simply did
not exist.
Tlie reply of tlie state department to
tlie protest fil' d by Dr. Herran, the <”o
--lolnblan charge, was forwarded to him to
day. It was merely a. formal acknowledg
ment that tiie protest had been received.
The state department iias been iniorm
ed that, the two British steam ships which
wer e delayed at. the port of -Bu'.-na Ven
tura by the Colombian government, with
the intention of using them to transport
troops to the isthmus, have been released
and have left that port.
The state department has decided to re
quest. the authorities at. I'a :r-ma to i »*-
reive General Keyes, who is going to the
isthmus on a peace mission from Bogota.
il is estimated t'nat be cannot retch hl*'
destination within two r eeks.
When M Phiilippe Buna \ arllla c ime
from his conference with Secretary Hat
he informed the Assm-cted Press tli.'l
in- would be tecived b; tiie pres.dent at
the white house on I'l'l iat' at hoit-pa-t
nii:' 1 . as minister plenii'jtentiiiry and en
voy extraordinary of the republic of Pan
ama to the United States.
From the Facto to De Jure.
This hour, lie said, will marl; the liais
ing of the de facto government to a de
jure- stage. M. Buna \ ariila, first, wl I
rail at the state department on Secretary
Hay. who will accompany him to the
white house and make the pr* s citation.
The ceremony will " : r in the blue room.
'J'he details were arranged at th'- con
ferenee this afternoon M. Varllla an
nounced tonight that lie would cable his
government advising that it decline to al
low General H'-ves to land unless he bore
full credentials as Colombia's minister
plenipotentiary and envoy extraordinary
to tiie republi ■ of Panama.
Senator Cullom, chairman of the com
mittee on foreign relations, today pro
“ented tlie following concurrent report:
“That tlie president be requested to com
munfeate to the senate if not. in his judg
ment. inconioatible with the pnoli-.' Int -i
--,>sts, ail correspondence and other ot
ficia’l documents relating to the recent
revolution on the Isthmus ot Panama.'
\t Senator Cullom's request the resolu
tion was referred to tiie. committee on
foreign relations.
They Are After Reed Smoot.
Washington. November 12. Immc lia*e
:y upon assembling today rhe senate
plunged into a discussion of the question
of the eligibility of Reed Smoot, of , tali,
to a seat in the seriate.
Mr. Dubois, of Idaho, took Issue with
Mi, Hoars remarks of yesterday.
“1 contend that these various organi
zations of Christian men and women,”
he said, “have a right to petition the
senate and that it is their duty to lo so
Os course, wo all appreciate that this is
a Judicial question, which must, be deter
mined by the facts, but it is not an idle
question, and it is properly before Hie
senate. It is the same question that was
Involved in the case of the polygamous
Roberts, for whoso unseating by the
house of i'-prcsentntives many petitions
were filed.
"If the allegations now on file with the
committee on privileges and elections
can bo proven, 1 do not. believe there is
a senator here who would vote to have
Mr. Smoot continue in his scat, but if
they are not proven, I thinly wo would
all unite in asking him to remain.”
Mr. Hoar said that in his remarks yes
terday he had merely called the attention
of some of his own constituents to ’he
fact that they arc pointing out to th' 1
S'nate the determination of a jit Helal
question In regard to which the senators
are the judges".
Ways and Means Committee.
The speaker today announced that the
ways and means committee would lie at;
follows:
Republicans—Messrs. Payne. of New
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Suffrage Laws Trouble Dick.
AV.ishfngton, November 13.—(Special.)
Becans® of hfs intimacy with Sena.or
Hanna, who regards him as hfs right
band man. Representative Dick, of Ohio,
h is secured especial significance lor the
joint resolution he introduced in the house
today, providing for an inquiry into tlie
alleged disfranchisement of voters in the
southern states, with a view to de reusing
the representation in congress of those
states which may have taken such ac
tion. Attention is called in the resolution
to the alleged fact that it is a matter of ;
common Information and belief that tlie
rights- of some male citizens to von.- at
j elections a t w hich they are given the right
: io vote by the constitution is denied and
' abridged in certain states.
Representative ''rumpacker's numerous
i efforts in this direction have attracted
, little attention for the reason that Crum
! packer is not a heavyweight, but the
! acknow 1' dged promiii 'nee ot Represenla-
I tlve Dick and ills close relation, with :!>■■
I big men of tlie republican party in Ohio
i and in other states is causing s me un
! easiness as to just who Is back of tjie
movement.
The text of the resolution follow.-
Southern Laws.
I “Whereas, It is a matter of common in- :
(formation and belief that the tight of
j some male citizens, being 21 years of
: age. to vote at an election named in i
, said amendment to the constitution ex- ;
cept for participation in tiie rebellion or i
; other crime, is denied and abridged in ;
j certain states; therefore,
| “Resolved, That Hie matter be referred ;
' to th© committee on election of the pres- .
• ident. vice president and r.-presf-ntativi.-■
■ in congress, whose duty it shall be and
who shall have full and ample power to '
: investigate amt inquire into tiie validity ;
of the election laws of the several states J
: and the manner of their enforcement,
and whether the right to vM'* at any elec- :
; lion for the.choice of electors for presi-
I dent and vice pr.-sident of the United I
States, representatives in congress or the !
members of th-- legislature of any sta:-- '
i is denied io the male inhabitants of any I.
of the states, being 21 years of age and ■
i a citizen of the United Stat -s. except for |
I participation in the rebellion or other I
i crime. Said committee s'u.-ili have tiow-t :
•to snbpena ami examine witness's un- :
der oath and .“. nd ;’or re -ords ;.n.i otV-r ,
| evidence that may be necessary for a full
; and complete in vestigation of the ever:!
i subjects he.rein mentioned, and it shall i
i be authoriz'd to put under the S'-ssions
of the house and to have such printing ;
land binding done as it shah deem is-.--- -
; sary and it shall make a fall report i > :
i the house of th'* result of the i.n -'stl-
I grition at as early a date as possu.:,-. j
The resolution was ref. r’> .i io the com- '
i mittee on rules.
Cuban Caucus by Democrats. i
■ Washington, November 14—After dfs-
I cussing the Cuban recipi •-ity measure :' t !
' three hours in caucus tonight, tlie d mo- ;
| Cratic members of the house of renr sen- i
! tatives agreed to a re-solution, by a vote
of 95 to 15. pledging ’honiselves to sup-
■ port, the bill, after efforts have b ■-n m id.' |
;to secure am< di.men; < abolishing the elif- .
ferential on refined sn:;.ir and iimiim: in- i
I the five-year clause in the treaty The ■
; opposition io this " l .n -ante fr m the ,
members from Louisian--. Texas and i
j ifornia. The three democratic m-ml-.- rs ;
; from the latter state :- Gd the;, would not
' vote for the m.-asnre under any circlin'.-
j stances, but it. is understood, although not
i definitely stated, that the action of the
I caucus will be considered binding.
1 The resolution adopted was presented
| by Mr. William*:, Hie minority (loot lend- i
i er. Several Ineffectual attempts yv- ri i
! made to amend it by the members repre- 1
sentlng sugar interests. No other sub- ;
jects were considered.
The resolution adopted is as follows: j
“Resolved. That it is tlie sense of this I
caucus thul the minority floor leader b - I
instructed to offer to the Cuban r- . ipro.' I
ity bill, and to s-.-oure a yea and nay i
vote thereon, fl" possible, the following i
amendment:
“Strike from tie- bill the following lan- i
guage, beginning in line 15 and ending in I
line 2. page 3:
i “‘Provided, That while said convention i
is in force no sugar imported from the ,
republic, of Cuba and being the product ;
of the soil or industry of the republic of 1
Cuba shall be admitted into the United '
States at a reduction of duty greater ;
than 20 per centum of th'? rates of duty :
thereon provided by the tariff acts of the
Unit'd States approved July 24. 1597. and
no sugar, the product of any other for- ■
cign country, shall be admitted by treaty :
or convention into the United States while |
this convention is in force at a lower rate j
of duty than that, provided by the tariff 1
a.-t of tlie Unit'd States, approved July 1
24, 1897.'
“And insert the following In lieu i
thereof:
“That upon the making of said agree- '
ment and the issuance of said pro. lama- ,
tion, and xvhile sail agreement shall re- I
main in force, there shall be levied, col- I
lectC'l and paid in lieu of the duties there- i
on now provided bj* law on all sugars j
above No 16, Dutch standard In color. I
and on all sugar which has gone through '
a process of refining. Imported into the i
I'nited States. I cents and 825-1000 ot I i
cent !<-■* pound.
“Resolved further. That upon the adop
tion or rejection '>f this amendment by
the house it. is the sense of this caucus
that tlie democratic members of the
house should vote for the bill as a step
in the direction of freer and more un
| trammeled trade between the I'nited
States and Cuba.
“Resolved furthermore. That it is the
sense of tills caucus that if a. rule shall !
be brought into tlie house from the com- I
mittee on rules shutting off amendment, I
it Is the duty of the democratic member- -
ship of the house to vote unanimously ,
against that rule. i
TWO SCORE NEGROES
MANGLED IN A WRECK.
REAR END COLLISIIN ON THE
ILLINOIS CENTRAL.
New Orleans, November 14.—The
! latest advices from the railroad
wreck are to the effect that the total
number of dead is forty, and the in
jured twenty-three. Thirty-nine of
the dead and twenty of the injured
are negroes.
New Orleans, November 14.—A rear
end collision on the Illinois Central r.i":-
read near Kentwood. T.a., 85 miles ft".':
Nr-'w Or’eans. at 7:30 tonight resulted :
the killing of twenty negroes. Ten other
negroes and "three white men were
jured, some of them fatally. The
lisiou was between tin l McComb ' .
accommodation train and the north'T.i
express bound to Chicago.
The McComb City train left here
3:50 p. m She should have side fra ‘
to I. t th’ express, whi<-h left at 5:20.
by. hut got behind before she rr-ni-b." I
Kentwood. N.*ar that station Hie
pi'-ss ran her down. The rear coach <:"
the accommodation, filled with negro'--.
many of them section hands who h.--i-I
Loen picked up on the way. was com
pletely wreck. The engine of the •x
--pr'i.- did not leave :li'- track, and aft r
an hour's delay the through train j: ■-
| cocded on her way.
, Hud Winson, white fireman on the ox
| press, was hurt in the chest and m-. k
but not seriously. lie lives in McComb
city.
' \ C. Kaiser. w". Crysml Syrb:::.-.
■ Miss., rai’r ad carpenter, had hi- cl:“
i and both legs crushed and bis atm
j broken. ! lis injuries ar nsidere I fatal.
I Thi.-xo two, with an imknown woman
I and -hild who w-.r-- burned beyoiig i-eeog
: nition. w< re the only whites who stiff r d
: in the collision.
- Tiie dr-id negroes Identified up to I >
| o ' lock are:
I U. S. GRANT.
CHARLES NASH.
: WILL <.."< U.KMAN.
i Jli-iNRY MULLINS.
JOHN THOMAS.
I F.RVIN LOVE.
I MUNROE WALKER.
I WILL BRISCOE.
I- FRANK DAVIS.
I El GENE DANIELS.
! ROBERT GREEN
: HENRY WILLIAMS.
I BRAND DAVIDS.
' HENRY WRIGHT.
grangers are in session.
National Master Says Agriculture
Misses Its Dese- tf*.
; Rochester. N. Y.. November IL-Tha
j first business of tlie National ' ' ;
' I'atj".is of Husbandry, was "pcm-l by
I National Yfaster Aaron Jont today.
: Every ivitlonat oilleer was present,
j The standing committees wne
I ~n>i the national mm t- r deliver,-
i his annual address. He urg''d the "X
--| tension of nature teaching in tlie public
hools
: "AgrlcnltHre." he said, “has not ■n-
- io"T'~'d an *. qual degree of prosperity w: li
i nnuiii i'.ie: tires and other indu.- triai and
c "miner;-; al enterprises in the United
I States. Farmers tire losing tiieir r'. -
i tii - position in she wealth ami iiro.iti'--
i lion ot" the nation. It is the iu*.y of
' ties order ami of i vory farmer to mves-
I :i;;a:,- and di: .-over the causes L’l.-it iei- --
I contrii'iited to this condition and aid in
•In':- remedy or removal whereit'r
1 found.”
! Tiie '-.itionai master recommended I. -:
i isl.-i i i.-i;: tor L-e further extension of ru:.H
I b-liv-'y, postal savings banks, the ■ :■ ■
i tion e I'ttit.-d States s-n..tots direct!
| i ■' the p "pl. . a <-on.--titutioi:al aniei •!
i un i t givim; a ingress j>ow.-r to regain ■
| oarp.iraUons and combinations, emar::
Ing the powers of the interstate e-ut;-
| rnerce commission, enactment of y : ■
I :•. *<l laws. . nd a siiip <;mal omnft i .g
I ini- M. si:- sip;'! and the gre ii ink s, rim
i impiirtai: -■ of the highway improt ‘-ment.
| was especially dwelt upon.
w
Leonard Wood To Win His Fight.
I Washington, November 14.—tSpc-cial '• -
> T' at tlie nomination of General v,a S
I ma i I" sent ral will be confirmed bv tlio
l.- ' . ut-' as practically assured tod.'v
' when S'-nat -r Bat", of Tcnness'-e. -i:'
■ nounced that he would cast his vote in
I favor of confirmation. Gera rnl Bate D
j a member of the inllitarj* affairs com-
• mittee. Two other demoi-ratii- members
• of that committee, Senators Bia -kbitrn
land Cockrell, will cast affirmative votes
1 and with Senator Bate a committee ir .
’ jority is assured.
i Alaska Instructs for Roosevelt.
I Washington, November I L—l'resiit-- t
! Roosevelt today re.-.-ived the loliowing
I telegram:
J Juneau, Alaska, November 10. 1903
| The President, AVashington, D. <" ~T<*r—.-
| torlai convention today elected J. G.
> Ili-ide. Charles S. Johnson, William T
I Perkins, W. D. Grant, J. W 1.-vey.
I Forte delegates national convention. Li
| structed for Roosevelt.
JOHN G. HEIDE.
Na t iona 1 < 'ommitw :
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MfiaM&a£.aJs ftm U- S. suffering with
w SHfcMtSff EPILEPSY or FITS to send
; for one of my large-sized bottles Gil full oz.i
K? <74 K SC ond If it dees all that is claimed
”S\£. * f or jt t the patient can then con
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