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WMiijap *„v? • « t , I 3KSQBE JPSPCE MVI1? J95IAH LIBERTY RAIA-,THQMR50N«S POIWT.VT, WHERE JOSTtCB BREWER AMD BRIBE AtE PASSING THEIR HOHEYMOW*. «•* Mas Emma Miner Mott, who vu married to Justice David Brewer oI the United State* Supreme Court on Thurs­ day, had for the last tour years been principal of the Mouse school in Wash­ ington, D. 0. She had long been iden­ tified with educational work not only in the East, where she was a teacher at the Howard Mission, but after wards at Pond du Lac. While in Wash­ ington she attended the First Congre­ gational church, and was a member of Justict- Brewer's Bible class, and it was thus that she became a warm friend of the family. Miss Mott was born in Chateugay, N. Y., and is a daughter of Dr. William and Eunice f r -- r it # i ^ tsar. . S V f t VOLV The Cthmwe qfJiational A few yean ago the credit of United Stab* waa good, hot not IN Miner Mott She graduated at the head of her class at the Oswego (N. Y.) Nor­ mal school and chose teaching as a profession. Several years ago Justice Brewer built for himself a summer home at Thompson's Point, on the shore of Lake Champlain, fifteen miles south of Burlington, Vt He called his home Liberty Hall, and here, surrounded by his children, all of whom have grown to manhood, and womanhood, he spends his summers. Miss Mott for several years past has spent a part of her va­ cation at Liberty Hail as the guest of Justice Brewer's family. The honey­ moon is being passed at Liberty Hall: L MRS. BREWER Mr. George E. Bissell of New York 'has just finished a bronze bust of the -late Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren, which is pronounced to be an excellent portrait and an admirable piece of work from an art standpoint. The bust will form a part of the Smith memorial (monument, which is to cost about St. Vhomas' 'Protestant Epis­ copal Church. St Thomas' Protestant Episcopal •church is to be congratulated on the acceptance by the Rev. Ernest M. Sttrss of Chicago of the c*li to be its • 4 . ' - r i f 1225,000, and take rank among the fin­ est public monuments In the country The monument proper has already been erected in Fairmount Park, but all of the figures and busts whidh are to adorn it have not yet been put in place. The monument may be un­ veiled July 4.--Philadelphia Press. powerful than either. It is to be hoped that she will never have an opportuni­ ty to show her powers in battle, but if she does she will add a new page to the superb record of the American navy that will not be out of place with the others. The Union Iron Works has turned out a fleet more powerful than the en­ tire navy of the United States was six or seven years ago, and more than match for the fleet that smashed the Spaniards at Santiago. In each of the two great naval battles of the Spanish war its ships won the chief glory. What started as a simple business en­ terprise has become now a matter of pride to managers, workmen and the whole population pf California. That makes it certain that the ships turned out at San Francisco will continue to be built upon honor, so that they can steam half around the world and then go into action without a rivet's start­ ing REV. E. M. STIRES. :>li|Hftor, says the New York Press. That ' "Dean Robbins of Albany refused the rectorship has been the cause of deep regret, and in view of the prolonged vacancy and^the difficulty of finding one fitted for the important and exact­ ing position the outlook has been rath­ er discouraging. Mr. Stires has a bril­ liant record of work done in Chicago, and since his election by the vestry of St Thomas'* much anxiety has been felt regarding his acceptance. Within a few days the question has been de­ cided, however, and although many re­ grets are felt by his church in Chicago, the host of friends he has made among the clergy and laity of the city and diocese, Grace church reluctantly but with prayers for his success has ac­ cepted his resignation, leaving him free; to accept the call of St Thomas'. Mr. Stires will continue his official rela­ tions with his Chicago pkrish until Sep-; tember, when be will enter upon his Hot* a For tun* 2Hsappeared. The manner in which the entire for­ tune of a New York millionaire, Sam­ uel Wood, which was mostly given for the purpose of founding a col­ lege of music, has been dissipated, is a reflection on the legal profession. Of his bequest of a million dollars for this college not one dollar is now available. Of the sums left to heirs little has been received. In twenty- three years this fortune has almost ab­ solutely disappeared. The story of the shrinkage is as interesting as that of the Stewart millions. Wood's will was admitted to probate in 1878. He left 9186,000 to relatives, the remainder of the estate, amounting to over fltOM.OOO, for the founding of the Sam­ uel Wood College of Music. From the day the will was admitted to probate litigation has never ceased. The first contestant of the will was a nephew, who finally obtained about one-third of the property. The remaining two- thirds have gone. The executors re­ fused to establish the college, claim­ ing the will was Invalid, and mean­ while were drawing sometimes as much as $160,000 as salary and uwi in a year. They were also in continuous litigation with the nephew. When they came to a final - settlement with him, and were about to sell the prop* orty, another lawyer put in an ap­ pearance as the attorney for some of the poor heirs, and stopped all pro­ ceedings. Then litigation began afresh. It came out in the Supreme court last week that $135,000 now remains of the property in the custody of the court, obtained through a real estate deal. New suits are to be instituted to determine to whom this belongs. More than one-half of it will go to the lawyers. It will be surprising if the heirs get a dollar of it in the end. Meanwhile the only reminder of the million-dollar bequest is a little organ in a Long Island village church. Wood, It appears, was fond of music in his last days, and was moved to buy this organ and give it to the church. Its strains were so pleasant to him that he conceived the idea of a great col­ lege of music and made the liberal be­ quest already mentioned. Every dol­ lar of that million went into lawyers' pockets. The Churches and Politics. That is a formidable list of causes operating against the spiritual devel­ opment and progress of the Christian church in Chicago, which was submit­ ted to the Chicago Presbytery the oth­ er day. It is not strange that some of the ministers will be a little dis­ couraged at time* when they contem­ plate the long list of causes, nearly fifty in all, which work against spir­ itual progress. A few of these causes are of modern origin. Most of them are quite ven­ erable. They troubled Paul in Cor­ inth as they do preachers in Chicago. Covetousness, drunkenness, and the love of dress were sore evils in New LondonV Sandal Girl. daties at Thomas'. California's Ships. ""'"TKjiSwst that President Mc was able to attend the launch of thei battleship Ohio is doubly gratifying--| first on account of the eclat his pres^ ence lent to the event, and second and chiefly because of the evidence it gave: that the cloud of anxiety that had- been hanging over his household was lifting. Every vessel built by the Union Iron Works is an improvement on its pre­ decessors of the same class. Splendid as their first battleship, the Oregon, proved herself to be, there is no doubt that the Wisconsin is greatly her su­ perior, and the Ohio will be far more ,Cen. Cordon &hetr Idol. General John B. Gordon has been re elected commander of the Confederate Veterans without opposition and the scene that followed the announcement that for one year longer he would pre­ side over the work of the organization was touching. The old soldiers sprang to their feet and cheered the general with frantic energy. Delegates climbed upon their chairs, made the building ring with their shouts and filled the air with their waving hats as they applauded him again and again. It was a minute or two before the general could master his emotion sufficiently to jeacj?r̂ his thanks for Ĵ qhot 4 GEN. JOHN B. GORDON, fc | awarded to him and to express his gratitude for the expression of good will with which lUs re-eleciAoa had been, received. One of the prerogatives of a Danish member of Parliament is free service at any Turkish bath establishment throughout the country. 0 liyiMV,MVtriiAAAAAfU*UXrUVVflAA<VM*iC<*i* ••aaaaan m * arrest foreign residents out of pure malice. The probability is that Mr. Gordon has either broken some of~the lawB of Russia, or there is good reason for believing that he has. So JVot 9* Hasty. Sympathetic Americans should lose ;A* sleep over the alleged injustice that has been visited upon L. James Gor- salesman for the Baldwin Loco- • , s , ; ^ | ; f n a t i v e Works, who s was arrested .. - ijZ • In St Peters- j v * ) > u r g l a s t jj_a n u a r y. Russian judicial sys­ tem is quite d i f f e r e n t f r o m o u r own. Some- are a little slow ia trial. If a man is ar­ rested for some offense against the law, his attorney cannot obtain the list of witnesses for the crown, interrogate them to find out how much they know, and then hire the dangerous ones to leave town. He cannot follow up such a proceeding by procuring the release •f his client under habeas corpus pro­ ceedings, and thus escape punishment altogether. But in Russia polioe of- do not raid pri- A Chines* Settlement. It is nearly a year since the lega­ tions were rescued from their beset- ment in Pekin by the troops of the .United States, England, German and France. Since that time negotiations have been pending to fix the amount of indemnity China should pay for the outrages inflicted by the Boxer rebel­ lion, and it has at last been settled. In the meantime Pekin has been oc­ cupied by the foreign troops, except the American. At the beginning Sec­ retary Hay announced that the Amer­ ican troops would be withdrawn as soon as the legations were considered sate, and the withdrawal occurred some time ago. The arrangements about Indemnity having at last been made, the other armies are now pack­ ing their trunks, and it is supposed that in a few weeks all will be gone. 11m German field marshal, Waldersee, reeidenoas A erase for wearing sandals has in­ vaded London's most exclusive circles and our artist In that considerable vil­ lage has done his duty by portraying a real pretty girl as she actually ap­ peared on the street Not every girl Carolina at C hickamauga- South Carolina's monument to her isad heroes was dedicated at Chicka- Biaugfi a few days ago with impressive •sfsmonies. Gen. Boynton, as presi­ dent of the commission, was present to represent the national government Governor McSweeney said in part: "Without detracting one lota from the credit due to all who have been members of the commission, per­ mit me further to say, and all veter­ ans who have visit­ ed the field will, I know, indorse me that the significant results obtained here are chiefly due to the courtesy, the patience, the noble persistence and thorough im­ partiality of the present chairman of the commission. General Henry V. Boynton. "This is one of the places owned and tilled tor the United States govern in London has taken to sandals yet, but enough of them have bowed to the fashion to make it pleasant for any male being that has the time to watch for them, says a writer in the New York Daily Press. ment, linked to the memory of great confederate struggles, where we good old confederates are made to feel that we are entirely at home. That we have a right to be here. That we have a perfect right to erect a monument to the valor of South Carolina's confed­ erate soldiery, by the very side of one of the gallant men who upheld the Stan and Stripes-" t § Testament days, "even as they are In these days. Though the church has warred against them for centuries it has no more succeeded in rooting them out than it has uncharitableness, gos­ sip, false teachings, debt and poverty. The list of causes furnished to the Presbytery contains some which are of comparatively recent origin. One of then| is "the low moral tone of poli­ tics." Another is "political corrup­ tion." If these are causes which oper­ ate against the spiritual progress and development of the church, then it ap­ parently is the duty of the church to do all it can to do away with these causes. The puzzling question is how to do this without at the same time mixing in politics. There Is a general feeling that the church should keep ont of politics. It is due perhaps to a fear that politics may pull it down instead of its lifting politics up, or perhaps to a disinclination on the part of laymen to \^e lectured by ministers about what they look on as secular and not religious matters. In view of this feeling, which is too strong to be ig­ nored, how is the church to fight its new enemy--"the low moral tone of politics"? How is it to preach against "political corruption" and escape the reproach of "meddling with politics"? or is the church as much of a failure as a Christian institution as is the politi­ cal party a failure as the harbinger of better conditions socially and econom­ ically? * Grain and Prosperity. The value of the country's corn crop in 1900 was $751,000,000 at farm prices; the total wheat crop was valued at $324,000,000, and the value of all the cereals in the United States, includ­ ing wheat and excepting corn, was $£85,000,000. This shows the overshad­ owing importance of corn to the Amer­ ican agriculturist as no amount of talk can show it No country in the world has at any time produced a cereal crap of any kind equaling the corn harvest of the United States in either volume or value. Now let us look at another phase of the corn question. On the basis of the normal production in recent years, the ten cents a bushel which has been add­ ed to the price of corn, as a tardy recognition of the rapidly changing re­ lations between supply and demand, has added $200,000,000 to the annual income of the corn growers of Amer­ ica. Divided among the great corn states this sum distributes as follows: $15,000,000 to Indiana, $10,000,090 to Ohio, $30,000,000 to Iowa, $18,000,000 to Missouri and $20,000,000 each to Kan­ sas and Nebraska. Do we need to look further than this for the real basis of the improved agricultural condi­ tions In America during the last five years? Some European financiers professed to doubt it Even si there wen people who said thaft thsy were uncertain. We were borrowing money nominally at four and five per cent, and actually st between three and four par cent Wins sosMbddy suggested st that time that United States bonds were really as fowl as British consols, an English psper •ented the suggestion as an "insult** Today the verdict of the market is that the credit of the United 8tates is not only good, but fhs boat in the world, and not only the VMfc hnt so incomparably the best that, as in ths first American Chp race, there Is no second. Great Britain has not only lost first place in the credit oolumn, but has yielded second place to FrtUKO, third to Russia and fourth to Ger­ many. The Spanish war fought by us for humanity gave us credit in all civilized countries. Britain's warfare against the Boers in South Africa has brought proud Albion to the brink Of r a t a . . . . M M ' * . A Dismasted A few days ago Shamrock II., in a race with Shamrock I., was struck by a sudden squall and lost its mast and entire rigging. Last week the Consti­ tution, while making a trial trip oS Newport, met with a similar accident, a squall breaking off its mast and car­ rying its rigging overboard. Mr. Lip- to ask for more time to make possible now the New Club will have to ask for a still further extension for the same purpose. Meanwhile, the Independence has a good mast and thus far has proved to be sound, able and swift The New Yorkers might keep Inde­ pendence'in mind. They may yet have to waive technicalities and take it to defend the cup. ton had to ask npilrs. It is York Yacht Cli 'Republic tn Manchuria. In Manchuria, within the territories Of the emperor of China, is an inde­ pendent republic. This unique repub­ lic has been in existence for upward of half a century as a regularly con­ stituted form of government; though its existence appears to have been un­ known to any of the European powers, or to the majority of European travel­ ers in the far east. The Mauchurian republic Is situated in the basin of the upper reaches of the River Sungari and south of Girio. It is known by the nsme of Tcha-Pi-Gou, and numbered originally, 10,000 citizens; while its population is now about 100,000. In the beginning the, miniature republic was governed by a triumvirate, and subsequently by a president, Chan -Yui- Pao, who took all the executive powers into his own hands and organized tribunals, trade guilds, taxes, etc., and regulated native industries and gold mining. A email republican army was created and has been permanently maintained. In the battle fought by the Russians in the valley of the Sun­ gari, some months ago, the republican force offered a far more determined opposition than did the Chinese impe­ rial troops. 3. The fietv Artillery Corps. ' Although the war department has not yet finally decided upon the insig­ nia for the artillery corps, recommen­ dations of a definite nature have been made by the quartermaster's depart­ ment It is proposed to have the en­ listed men of the corps wear in the front of their forage caps crossed siege cannon of the mo^rmodern type. En­ listed men of the light artillery will wear on their caps the number of their company in silver figures, and the men of the heavy companies will wear the number of their company in gold fig­ ures. For the officers of the artillery corps it is recommended that a mounted field piece in gold be worn on the collar of the blouse. She May Save Kennedy. Mrs. Annie Melville, a hairdresser, of 358 Columbus avenue, is the woman who will be called to tes­ tify that she saw Dr. Samuel J. Kennedy in West Twen- t y-s e c o n d s t r e e t a t half-past 5 in the after­ noon of Au­ gust 15,1898, wearing a straw hat, says a New York dispatch. The district attorney main­ tains in the trial of Kennedy for the murder of Dolly Reynolds in the Grand hotel that Kennedy was the man in a straw hat who was with Miss Rey­ nolds in the hotel at the time Mrs. Melville says she saw him. At that time Mrs. Melville was employed in a hairdressing shop at €0 West Twenty- second street? directly under Dr. Ken­ nedy's dental office. Cork is to hold an industrial exhibi­ tion of Irish industries next year. Advance in Arbitration. The New York World in an inter­ esting editorial calls attention to the acquiescence of the people of the United States in the decision of the Su­ preme court in the insular cases. It says: "On a question of fundamental im­ portance on which 76,000,000 people were arrayed in two hostile camps of controversy of about equal sise nine gentlemen have acted as arbitrators, delivered their award by a bare major­ ity of 6 to 4--and it has been immedi­ ately accepted as final and .binding by all." * It argues further that no matter how much the population of the United States may increase, to 100,000,000 or to 160,000,000, the same court will still be able to arbitrate questions of the great­ est moment, and have its awards ac­ cepted. But it continues, there Is Europe, the population of which ia only 150,- 000,000; why should there not be a United States of Europe with a Su­ premo oourt of arbitration which should decide their disputes and thus escape the savagery and sacrifices of war? Thus the glorious vision of Vic­ tor Hugo would be realised. Joins JLadtos9 Club. ' The Ladies' Club of Berlin has just received a new member, whose stand­ ing in the social world adds much to its weight She is Frau von Bulow, wife of the German Imperial Chancel­ lor. Countess von Buelow Is on* ot ' Sleuth's Political E,ffaeement. A prominent Tennessee man, Laps D. McCord. has been sending out cir­ cular letters to newspapers in the Southern states and over a large part ot the rest of the country asking how much longer Southern men are going to be excluded from favors in Demo­ cratic national conventions. The query is timely. Its author declares or in­ timates that he will "make a simul­ taneous demand all over the South for the nomination of a Southern man for President" He finds, on looking over the list, that no Southern man has been elected President by the Demo­ crats for over half a century, and he takes the sensible view that 'his ex­ clusion of men from his section from the prizes of Democratic national con­ ventions has been carried on long enough, and that a change ought to be made at once. It Is his aim to In­ fluence public sentiment in the South so that that section will insist on the nomination of a President from be­ low Mason and Dixon's line in ths Democratic convention of 1904. . Cheap Asphalt for Fatfintf* Buffalo has had an experience In asphalt which is interesting if not in­ structive. Bids were asked for sev­ eral streets and responses were made at figures ranging from $2.26 to $2.99 per square yard. A protest was made, all the bids were rejected and new bids were taken. The new bids ranged from $1.58 to $2.62 per square yard, with only three bids above $2. As the re­ sult of a protest high prices In Syra­ cuse were brought down to $1.6t and $1,78 per square yard. The tims will come when all principal country roads will be paved with asphalt.--Indian­ apolis Journal. t Automobiles for War. The French artillery station at Vlh- cennes, near Paris, is making arrange­ ments to purchase all the automobiles possible in case of mobilization, and to tfrlfa effect has addressed a circular to automobile owners requesting all the information which will be necessary in such case. It Is desired to purchase both automobiles and motocycles, but the preference will be given to closed vehicles. The artillery department cannot require the delivery of the auto­ mobiles except in case of mobilization, and even in this case It reserves ths iight t$> purchase or not ss it may choose. i •zmm- COUNTESS VON BUMLOW. handsomest and most dharming maw - bers of Berlin society. As thnwits of the chancellor, she, of earns, to looked upon as # leader In maliM in which the smart' set is interested. The Ladles' Club is a most delightful organisation, which can hold its owm tor comfort, elegance and aoooasaMdn- Uon against any club in London, Parit or N«w York. • -- \'i fio Salvationist Combine. Balllngton Booth's denial of ths ru­ mored consolldstion ot the Volunteers of America with the Salvation Army is of such a nature as to indicate that unity between the two bodies Is Im­ possible at the present time. Though the work of the two armies Is almost exactly the same in kind, ths Amerir can commander says the governments and principles of the two movements are so at variance that a union would be impracticable. The Salvation Army Is ruled on the autocratic principles of a European military organisation, while the Volunteer Army is governed on more democratic lines suited, to American ideals. Apparently tit two bodies are growing farther apart In this respect This essential difference would militate against successful un­ ion. . 4 Sir Walter ttesanfs Illness^ '* Word comes from London that Sir - ; Walter Besant's continued is panging great anxiety to his SI: Golf Oirrs Shoes. The smart girl who golfs Is wearing a pig-skin shoe. This takes the place ot russet leather and is more durable. It Is a light skin shoe and is stitched with tan or with black. The latest wrinkle is to have the stitching match the shoe laces, or the lace match the stitching, so that, with a shoe stitched with black there are blhck laces, while the shoe stitched with tan has tan lac­ ings. Education tn Vnited K-in^dom. Sixty-two per cent of the adults In the kingdom of Great Britain and Ire­ land are able to read and write. In 1801 only 22 per cent could read and write. . i •' •>• •• • * ' The queer complication in the queer royal family of Servia illustrates some of the disadvantages of a monarchial form of government. To be sure, there are not many countries in which the Servian incident could happen at this day, but it may be remembered that it was a similar rumor that precipitated toe fall of the Stuarts and made it pos­ sible for the present illustrious royal line to reign over England. ,v-s" SIR WALTER and no English author friends than he. His latest work, "Bast London," is said to have stored up some strife because of ths srtltetl apparent attempt to "Amerleaalae" English spelling, but this quistei town when it was learned that the took wan printed from plates made in A *L*uly from Tejras" Stores* The American heiress who marries n title has been dramatised in clevsr fsshtwn hor Mrs. T. P. O'Connor In "A Lndy from Texas,* Which w as produced for the first time at Penley's theatre. This is Mrs. O*- C o n n o r t first serious venture as a playwrig ht and the keen cynicisms of the story easily won pop­ ular appreciation. The play was well acted, especially by Kitty Cheatham In the principal role. The author, in ¥*• sponse to persistent calls, made t clever little speech which was enthus­ iastically received. The Servant Girls' Union Of 8t has fifty-thrss members, whilst**