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InmM ilMIMMIW wwm k WEEK IS ILLINOIS • Current HBOOltD OP HAPPFNINOS TOR SBVKN DAYS. ?» $$$ 'Sfo? W41»n' Orphan's Hum At* go--J t» Oro««dlH»--B*r(l«ti Itwl tMH t*vm » Buk »i CoiUaoa. 7 i >f e * ,'Sf Lincoln, Nel^, to flUed with about 10,000 men and women in broad- rimmed white hats and fray sunbon- aeta, who never go to law, take no tih&re in politics, and are entirely op­ posed to war. They are attending a great national conference. They are J&e of the church of the Dimkai^s all over the country, and tkcjr represent one of the moat pictur- «qM and remarkable of religious movements. These Dunkards are inclined to live together in communities, though this la leas pronounced than formerly. They am eat off from the rest of the world Mt only by their peculiar dress, but by many of the religious beliefs and observances. Altogether they now •umber more than 100,000 members, though there la not much, if any, growth in their numbers of recent years. The young people who grow Bp in the denomination seem to be •tore and more Inclined to leave it in recent years tor some faith which will give them more freedom of thought aad action. , Every congregation of the Dunkards Is entirely independent of the rest and •lects its own deacons, ministers and bishops. None of the clergy is paid a regular salary, but if he is poor the shurch members will contribute to his support. Wihen there are questions Which involve more than one congre­ gation district and general confer­ ences ase held, and the Dunkards meet by the thousands In the open air to settle them. At every conference, as well as at the love-feasts which are held in every congregation twice a year, the first ceremony is that of the washing of feet All the men of the congregation sit on one side of the m e e t i - n g - , house and : all the wo­ rn e n on D u n k a r d C o s t u m e s . t h e o t h e r aide. Then as the candles are lit, the members on the front benches remove their shoes and stockings. Men and wo­ men come in, carrying tubs of luke­ warm water, and a man on the man's ride and a woman on the woman's Bide then wash the feet, one by one, shak­ ing the right hand of each individual •S the washing is completed and giv­ ing the kiss of peace. In the meeting-houses the back of •very third bench is so arranged that It can be turned on a pivot and trans­ formed into a table, about which the faithful gather for the sacrament of the Lord's supper. The pew back is epvered with a white cloth, upon which are placed large bowls of soup. Three «r four people help themselves from each of these bowls. After this the communion itself is administered, and the services conclude with the singing «f hymns and preaching. > In case of sickness among the mem­ bers of the church the orthodox mem­ bers cling to the ancient ceremonies Of anointing the patient with oil and Braying over him. Word of each case illness is sent to the elders of the elmreh, and at an appointed time they appear, pour oil upon the head of the gick man, lay their hands upon his head, and offer prayers in his behalf. \- BaptiBm is administered in running /Water and by threefold Immersion. * The Dunkards originated in Ger- g^any, out of which country they were d r i v e n b y p e rsecution e a r l y i n t h e e i g h t - eenth cen­ tury. They c a m s t o P e n n s y l - vania on the invitation of W i l l i a m Penn, and in t h a t s t a t e they throre a n d g r e w F e e t W a s h i n g . n u m e r o u s , nti) recently Pennsylvania has been e head center of the Dunkards, but many of them have emigrated to e farm lands of the far west that e center has now shifted. It was from one of the Pennsylvania unities that sprang an even more ous and interesting development-- of the monastic Town of Ephreta, once a manufacturing and com­ mercial metropolis, aow a mere vil­ lage. Nearly 200 yean ago Conrad Beis- sel, of Dunkard parentage, was bap- tired into the German Baptist church. He was a man of great study and pious zeal, and he became convinced that the seventh, instead of the first, day of the week should be observed as the Sab­ bath day. He wrote tracts In support of this view and urged it so strongly that, to avoid trouble, iie was finally compelled to withdraw from member­ ship in the society. He retired into what was then a wilderness and made his home in an old cave on the bank of a river, where he lived the life of a hermit. Gradually some of his friends and others who were convinced that he had the right way of thinking gathered about hife cavern, and in 1732 a communistic life was entered upon by those who followed him. The men of the soci­ e t y w o r e long Tfbite f l a n n e l gowns and cowls, with s h i r t s , trousers and vests of the same mate­ rial. The wo­ men were at­ tired in the same way, w i t h t h e except ion that a short stituted for were no en nor I kiss of Peac& petticoat was sutf- the trousers. There vows of celibacy tak- required, though the idea was taught by BeisseL The great estate of the old community has prac­ tically passed out of the hands of the few surviving members of the society, and the last of the brothers in white gowns has long since passed away. The old cloisters, where the broth­ ers and sisters lived until a few years ago, are now leased to a number of families and are fast crumbling into decay. Within their walls one will be struck with the strange fact that all the doors are extremely small and of the same size, measuring exactly five feet in height and twenty inches in width. This, it is explained by the old Dunkards who still live about Ephreta, was intended to be a con- s t a n t re­ minder to the faithful, a s t h e y stooped and twisted to get through t h s doors, t h a t t h e way which leadeth to eternal life "Steep and Narrow." is narrow and steep. Almost all of the Dunkards are en­ gaged in farming. They will suffer, a wrong rather than go to law about it, and are not accustomed to take any part in politics, though more and more of the young men of the church are to be found among those who vote! regularly and take an intelligent in­ terest in matters of public policy. The old-fashioned Dunkards pride them­ selves on the peculiarities which sep­ arate them from other people, and are accustomed to refer to the members of their church as "God's peculiar peo­ ple." But it is the disinclination of the young people of their church to cut themselves off from others of their own age that has proved to be the greatest weakness of the church. It is said to be barely holding its own at the present time. The Contest m South Carolina. The resignation by Senators Tillman and McLaurin gives a dramatic interest and intensity to the political contest in South Carolina. The resignation in each case is to take effect in the mid­ dle of the approaching September, long before Congress meets. The seat of only one Senator, McLaurin, was orig­ inally involved in the contest. Two seats will be affected by the struggle which has now begun. Tillman has thrown his own record and personality directly into the canvass, and thus greatly broadened its scope and added to its picturesqueness and to its ex­ citement. It is certain to be by far the most interesting political contest which will take place anywhere in the United States in 1901. It will attract the earn­ est attention of the entire country. One of the most significant events in recent Indian history was just con­ summated as the report came to Chi­ cago that the entire Pottawattamie tribe of Michigan were preparing to march on the city and reclaim the land of the lake front for which they claim they have never been paid by the gov­ ernment. It was the ceremonious visit of the Tonkawas to the Kiowas. Years ago no one ever imagined that Tonka- was and Kiowas would ever meet, ex­ cept as enemies, but here they were in this Oklahoma valley, in the capacity of hosts and guests, vieing with one another in cordiality. The meeting shows how much civilization has done to tame their wild natures. The origin of the feud between the Kiowas and the Tonkawas is of long standing. The latter have an awful record behind them. They were the dreaded enemies of all the tribes in the southwest. As their name implies, they were cannibals. More than thirty years ago they seized a Kiowa papoose, and killed and ate it at one of their horrible feasts. It proved a fatal act. The Kiowas brooded over the outrage, and quietly awaited their opportunity to avenge it They were determined and alert, but they made no sign until the chance should come to take their enemy at a disadvantage. The time came at last The Tonkawas were en­ camped in the Tonkawa valley, in Oklahoma, through which flows a small stream. The Kiowas stealthily sur­ rounded the camp, and attacked them so suddenly that there was no time to don their war-paint, and barely time to snatch their weapons. Terrible bloodshed resulted, and the NKAWJ0 $ 4 make Or WMILB ANIi» MARCH* Tonkawas were almost exterminated. Twelve of their tribe of four hundred Indians happened to be away from camp, and they were the only ones to escape being massacred. This event occurred nearly thirty yeans ago. Indians are full of superstitious fears, and it is only very recently they will pass through this valley, because they say that the groans and crying of the dead Kiowas and Tonkawas can still be heard. Evidence that former things are passing away and new and better things are taking place is manifested by the friendly visit paid to the Kio­ was by the Tonkawas recently. The Tonkawa tribe, now numbering about forty, surprised the Kiowas by asking to visit them. They came pre­ pared for a long stay, bringing their tents, tepees, wagons ponies and all their Indian paraphernalia, including their buckskin suits, feathers, paint, etc. To show their good friendly feeling, the Tonkawas announced they would give a dance for the entertainment of the Kiowas, and Indian etiquette de­ manded that the Kiowas, in return, should give gifts to the visitors. In­ dian gifts consist of beef, shawls, blankets, but principally ponies. The great day of the dance at last arrived, and everybody went; the white people, too. The ride among the camps showed active preparation. The Indians were brushing their black, glossy hair, tielng it with ribbons or twisting it with long strips of fur; dressing up in their buckskins, strings of beads and feathers. The dancers fastened bands of bells below their knees. Their toilet would have been far from complete if they had not fur­ ther beautified themselves with plenty of green, yellow and red paint, in rings about their eyes, stripes and spots upon the cheeks, forehead, legs, arms and bodies. The chief of the Tonkawas, while walking about in great pomp, believ­ ing himself to be the person of most im­ portance and trying to appear perfect­ ly unconcerned, suddenly discovered a kodak aiming at him, and before he could be "shot" became highly indig­ nant He could speak English fairly well, and he said: "The white peo­ ple got no business take my picture. Tomorrow I write 'Father Washing­ ton' about it'll He thought he had "heap scared" the white people. When "tomorrow" came, however, he had quite changed ihis mind and came ask­ ing to have his photograph taken. Those who had brought gifts then chose one of the Tonkawas as the re­ cipient of his present The "Thank you" was very impressive, a great deal of talking and motions and raising of the hands as though invoking heav­ en's last blessing. The ponies that Were led up to the new masters and mistresses were gaily painted in designs of red, green and yellow. The manes and tails were painted some bright color and some­ times tied with bright ribbons and handkerchiefs and often an additional gift of a nice blanket would be on the pony's back. The dancing and presentation of gifts lasted from about 4 o'clock until sunset The parting seem was very affecting. tfhe annual commencement of A'u- gustana College and Theological Semi­ nary opened with the senior class to­ day exercises at Rock Island. An in­ teresting general programme was giv­ en, the diplomas being presented by Professor C. E. Lindberg, D. D., to th«. following: Frank A. Alford, Manches-. ter, N. H.; N. August Aimer, Shafter, Minn.; Carl W. Andeer, Centerville, R. I.; Nels P. Ansen, Kansas City; Emest G. Benson, Marathon, Iowa; S. Van N. Elvln, Galesburg, 111.; A. J. Borgstrom, Funk, Neb.; J. E. A. Evert, Rockford, 111.; C. Emanuel Hoffsten, Philadel­ phia; Albin A. Jaoobson, Chicago; J. W. Johnson, Iron Mountain, Mich.; F. O. Llnder, Dunnell, Minn.; John T. Norrby, Rockford, 111.; C. E. Odell, Kewanee, III.; C. F. Sandhal, Swede Home, Neb.; A. F. Seastrand, Mara thon, Iowa; N. W. Swensln* St. Peter, Minn.; B. Westerlund, Litchfield, Continuous Marrmje. Mr. Herbert E. Carls'of New To has the singular fad of mmnriim Own wife. Several gsatls«ea teWr eently found themselves tn through their habit of marrying a va>» riety of wives, aad several ladies lav* suffered annoyance from the law by reason of their superfluity of hnShsnd ̂ but Mr. and Mrs. Carle's custoBtof re­ peatedly marrying each other is a nov­ elty. Probably they have a sound psy­ chological reason for tfeefr pecnllsiltj'. They have probably heard the ijgiliar tlons of married couples $ar ous hoacjrmoon*, and have I w flaa DbutM Oimllm. OoL D. C. Smith, who has made ̂ careful investigation of the complaints against Supt. R. N, McCauley of the Soldiers' Orphan home at Normal, re­ ports to Governor Yates that the charges are groundless. Serious com­ plaints were filed with Governor Yates against Supt McCauley. They Were in affect that children had been confined in dungeons in the basement as means of punishment; that these foul places were full of sewer gas of most deadly character; that they were damp and unhealthy, and a menace to the lives of the children; secondly, that Supt McCauley was incompetent and thaf some of the employes smoked cigar etfcss, swore and acted otherwise m sb to corrupt the morale of the chil­ dren. POTTA WATT AMIES ON THE MARCH. i\jx>xAj\j\AiniA/XAA/uij*xjvxruiJXfUTJXfxnjiJxruxarLru*\j'ii*\rij^v>MV*iri<^if"'i^r"' ^ ^ "* "* ^nr^nry \7nited State* Supreme Court, -V .-'.{Shteaft* Bays *«te *»»!• ,, J.» Fifteen Chicago boys celebratefftfiri first Memorial day of the twentieth eentury by joining the United States navy. They were enlisted by Captain, O. Blockllnger, and were sent East at£. noon to the United States receiving ship Vermont, in the New York navy yard. In the party were: James Bear- Mr, William J. Laser, Busey Lard, Frank L. Kropke, Eric R, Hartzke, Al­ lan R. Cooper, Frederick H. Hewitt,', Richard Dillon, George Venkosky, Frank I* Evans, Byron W. Bagley, Clayton F. Aldrich, Clarence D. Fields, Edward W. Pugh, landsmen for train­ ing; Otto Wlpperman, landsman for yeoman, third class. * Hsm emw just tec ruu.6ffHn ijuamcc artKt |ju«ri«c»iiewcn The population of northern China Is almost completely vegetarian, the chief articles of food being millet rice, maize, potatoes and turnips. Sight of the justices decided that the constitution of the United States ap­ plies wherever the United States has sovereignty. Justice Brown dissented from this opinion, holding that con­ gress. can govern territory, whether it is incorporated into the United States or not, outside of the constitution. The court, by a majority of one, sus­ tains the Foraker act (which lev'** a temporary tariff duty on goods from Porto RicM *»s constitutional and val­ id. This judgment was given by Mc- Kenna, brown, Gray, Shiras and White. The dissenting minority opinion, which holds that the Foraker act is unconstitutional, was riven by Jus­ tices Brewer, Harlan, Fuller and Peck- ham. The decision of the court was an­ nounced in the Downes case, which is the fundamental test case. The court did not decide the Philippine case, in­ volving 'the importation of diamond rings, and it is not clear, when this case is decided, that it will be free from complications. In the Downes case it was held that the treaty-making power had not the power to incorporate territory into the United States, that power resting with congress. This was the opinion of four of the majority of the court, while the fifth, Justice Brown, reached his conclusion that the Foraker act was valid because the constitution did not apply to Porto Rico at all, and the question of Incorporation was imma­ terial. The four judges who disagreed with the majority declared that Porto Rico had been incorporated into the United States, and' that therefore no duty could be levied on goods coming from the island. In dealing with the collection of du­ ties, in either case, such as the De Lima case, the court decided that after the ratification of the treaty with Spain the president had no power to impose a tariff on goods coming from Porto Rico or going into Porto Rico. The court also held that duties collect­ ed on goods going into Porto Rico be­ fore the ratification of the treaty with Spain were valid, because those duties were imposed by the military branch of the government to meet a military emergency. The court holds In reserve a case--the Dooley case--which in­ volves the exportation of goods from the United States into Porto Rico after the Foraker act". This Is the case In which the appellant claims that the government has levied an export duty upon goods exported from New York in violation of the constitutional pro­ visions as to exportation from a state. "B. /TPs O.'s JSfebtf "President. *r ^ Succeeds Historic Hospital. f J+ X* F. Loree, fourth vice president of e Pennsylvania Railway Company, been selected for the presidency of v* * *j L. F. LOREE. the Baltimore aad Ohio railroad. The W choice of a man of Mr. Loree's thor- , Ough knowledge of Pennsylvania prin­ ciples is taken to mean the complete domination of the Baltimore and Obic' by Its principal rival. Mr. Loree was born at Fulton City, 111., forty-nine years ago, and after graduating from college entered the railway service in 1877 as assistant in the engineering corps of the Pennsyl­ vania road. From 1879 to 1881 he was in the engineering corps of the United States army, and subsequently for two years assisted in surveying the route of the Mexican National railway. From 1883 to 1889 he was connected with the engineering department of the various divisions of the Pennsylvania system. Twelve years ago he became superin­ tendent of the Cleveland and Pittsburg division, and In 1896 was made gen­ eral manager of the entire system west of Pittsburg. In January last he was promoted to fourth vice president of the Pennsylvania company. Mr. Loree has been president of the American Railway association and Is one of the most thoroughly posted railway men la the country. There are 14,000 oysters to a * < - k * -tr s' i* £ The new city hospital,which will rise on the site of the old structure, that was utterly destroyed by the great tor­ nado, will be an object lesson of sani­ tation and utility to the visitor to St. in 1903. Fourteen buildings are planned In the designs of the civic architects. • Six of these will be erected this year at a cost of *300,000. They will cover a square city block and will inclose a great campus, which will be used for exercise by convalescent pa­ tients. All the buildings will face the street and will be constructed on the pavilion plan, so that all will be con­ nected. The Isolation ward will be two 4' , ' ..--.'i "• zy " * ' % 'i -.Usfee' .v'Vi' ' U » ! stories high, with a basement. The nost artistic structure in the group will be the administration building, shown at the right of the picture. Herein will be located the headquar­ ters of the board of health and the offices of the institutional physicians. Estimates furnished by the architects show that the entire hospital, when fin­ ished, will cost in the neighborhood of 11.000,000. Its total capacity will be 526 patients. The buildings which will be erected this year will comprise the isolation ward, two surgical wards, one operating building, a laundry, a power­ house building, a kitchen and an em- « - e •" ployes' building. They will accommo* date 246 patients and 63 helpers sad will be perfectly fireproof. i Vertical Handtatritini. Tfeeaction of the board of education of New York city in abolishing the teaching of "vertical handwriting" In the public schools Is certain to revive the discussion of the comparative mer­ its of the new and old systems of pen­ manship. . It is also apt to suggest an inquiry into the advisability of drop­ ping the vertical system in other cities where it was adopted when the fad first broke loose among the educatora On* Mm aad rbrtjr-TiM Ralph Dennis felt the other night much like Horatius when his two Companions crossed back to Rome and left him to face the foe alone. Mr. Dennis was the one man in the grad­ uating class of forty-three of the Northwestern University School of Or atory at Evanston. The graduation spcercisss were held in Annie May •wift Hall. There was no one to stand on either hand except girls, but Mr TWwnU, who comes from Iowa, bore up bravely. When Professor Cumnock lead from Macbeth Mr. Dennis ap­ peared quite cheerful. toll OraeMi ai.SOO ftfeoUa. ' The bank of Collison Bros., located it Collison, a village thirty miles northeast of Urban a, was entered by burglars. About |4,600 was secured, aad the safe was blown to bits with dynamite. The cracksmen are thought to have hired a rig in Champaign, and detectives are working on this clew. This is the fourth bank robbery that has been successfully carried out in Champaign county in the last year. In each case it has been a small town that has suffered, and ia every in* stanoe the robbers escaped. • i 1 . i . . . „ RICHARD E. CARLE. realise the apparently impossible. If they marry often enough there is no reason why they should wit bate a honeymoon every month. MaKjnjf a "Bout in Fttfe Minute* For a long time past each cavalry regiment has been led by a wagon containing two boats, but as the outfit weighs 6,000 pounds, it seldom follow* tha troops rapidly. Quite lately a novel boat has been introduced, so light thafc<: one horse can easily carry on Its bsell • the entire material for two boats. TK*; frame Is formed of from sixteen to twenty of the lances in use la every regiment, while the cover consists at watertight sail cloth. Six men can pnt OtTM Wtnlai to Ubnriih The state board of health at its quarterly meeting at the Great North­ ern Hotel, Chicago, declared that in its opinion tuberculosis was both conta­ gious and an infectious disease. It was also stated, in the form of a resolu­ tion, that diseases of this character eould be conveyed by the medium of hooks. The members believe that this action will impress custodians of li­ braries throughout the state with the necessity of fumigating or destroying books have been subject to Infec­ tion. IMkMlM TalwU* Papparty. By a recent decision of a Chicago court Mrs. Alice Lamer, a well-known widow of Alto Pass becomes joint heir with her four sisters to 160 acres of land valued at $1,500 per acre. The property is located within the city limits of Chicago, between Pullman and the Calumet river, and crossed by the Chicago and Eastern Illinois rail- The last day of the state Sunday agihoo! convention at Bloomington, opened at sunrise with a prayer ser­ vice, led by C. B. Schenck. The work­ ers' conference was led by B. F. Ja­ cobs. The Memorial day service, "Sun­ day School as the Teachers' Patriot- lam," was led by Rev. Horace Reed, D. D. This Was followed by the gradu­ ating of tfte normal class, with an ad­ dress, "The Value of Systematic Bible Study," by J. Wilbur Chapman. ..JgUlad toy TnOm* •• ,r fi 0„ 4. Littleton, a prominent fafnief near Bowen, was killed and his grand­ daughter, Miss Brownlee, seriously in­ jured by their carriage being struck by a C., B. it Q., passenger train on Wade crossing, at Loraine last evi Pllffrlma** to Uaeolo't Toarik The St Louis Lincoln-McKinley As-! sociation of over 200 members, with forty-riix girls, representing states and territories, made a pilgrimage to Lin­ coln's tomb on Decoration Day. 1 1 A the boat together in five minutes and ,/ , take it apart in two. The whole boat weighs about sixty-five pounds. , 5 ^ Churches Catch Vrurt Cm mm , Shudderers at tnsts have now new cause to shudder. The evangelical churches of Toledo propose to organ­ ize a religious trust, to combine forces to fight in union agal--1 ^ and evil of all kinds. Those Bryanites who look upon as the worst of sinners may weBjary , out in pain. How can the devil flfeM I the devil? But association aad 00»", bination are the master words oftfcla r century. In borrowing a ttoftfttfc form of business tor their work Toledo churches show a practical In­ stinct which will do much mote MfK them than sputtering sentimenlajttjha* Instead of sporadic lndividoal '||jr they will have a common plan; the results show the wisdom ^ Faith H*al*r-t in &rouh$e+ -;a Rev. John Alexander Dow*i the Chicago faith curist and gens**! over- ||| seer of the-^y' flhristlaft p C a t h o l I c | Ctorefc t h e Jary to an- . t s w e r t h e charge at •'< Sianslaught- |f® er, Mrs. Em- \ m a L u c y Judd, one of m« disciples. Mrs." Judd. hawlan; late­ ly succumbed to death regardless of Dowie's alleged healing power. H. Worthington Judd, a disciple of Dowie, and husband of the vie- f tim, was also placed under arrest, having appeared at the Criminal Court ^ building in company with his superior. ^ Both men were taken before J«4p Tuley, who admitted them to ball. rika Bratsch and Mary B. Sprecfe*# maternity nurses, who were at Judd's bedside when she died, war#;. J also arrested and released under boaffifc. For Dowie and Judd bonds were fixed ^ at $10,000 each, while the women were released on sureties of $5,000 each. -- A Boftte/f Term Illustratedi "Getting dlose to the Home Plata." Mteader of Machinists. A' James O'Connell is the president of | the International Association of Mar chlnists. He is one of the ablest la- ; bor leaders in the country. President Gompers of the American of Labor, says the members of ganization are in hearty with the machinists in their He predicts every branch «f labor will sustain the the result will seriously aftet every industry m which awMeecy **; used. -