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OLD TIME_WEDDING DR CBAPMAN'S SUNDAY SERMON Eminent Divine Speaks of a Marriage of Old Testament Times and Draws an Interesting floral. r [The Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman, D. D., is now the most distinguished and best known evangelist in the country. He was second only to Dr. Talmage, but since the death of that famous preacher Dr. Chap man has the undisputed possession of the Pulpit as the _preacher to influence the plam people. His services as an .vangel iot are in constant demand. His -,ermons have stirred the hearts of men and women to a degree unapproached by any latter day divine. J. Wilbur Chapman was born in Richmond, Ind., June 17, 1859. He was educated at Oberlin College and Lake For est University, and g.raduated for the min istry from the Lane Theologicai Semin _ary, Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1882. His ser mons a-e simple and direct, so that their induence is not so much due to exciting the emotions as to winning the hearts and convincing the minds of those who hear him. Dr. Chapman is now in charge of the Fourth Presbyterian Church, New York City.] NEw YoRK Crry.-The Rev. Dr. J. Wil bur Chapman, the popular pastor-evangel ist, who is now preaching to overflowing congregations in this city, has furnished following eloquent sermon to the press. It was preached from the text Genesis xxiv, 58: "Wilt thou go with this man? Andshe said, I will go.' This is the story of an Old Testament wedding in which our tc.t is found, and naturally because it is a marriage scene it is interesting. The saying that "all the world loves a lover" is very true -and I suppose is not without meaning th&e wide world roid, but there is something about an Oriental wedding which is especially interesting. Again and again in this Book of Inspiration such scenes are recorded, but oi all the Old Testament stories I place this the first of its kind. If I were an artist I should paint it. and if I were an artist worthy of my theme it would surpass the other masterpieces in the world's t gallerv of art, notably that of the uian wedding feast, which has had admiration everywhere. The heart of the picture is an old man; his hair is whitened with grief which in the past uays has taken hold upon him, and the ines of his countenance have been ecarly softened by .the touch of the pngr of sorrow, leaving an expression which can only come to those who have been obliged to bear great burdens and endure great afHictions. Abraham is practically alone in the world, for Sarah is gone. She who had uayed with him to Bethel. down into tand back again to Hebron, the place of fellowship, is at rest, and in the cave d Machpelah she waits by his side to hear the summons given at the resur reetion morning. Abraham was desolate. They had made so lonz a journey together that their lives were like one. "In the long years liker had they grown, Till at the last she set herself to him At ' Like perfect music unto noble words." Above him is God, who has kept His word with him when He said, "As I was with Moses so I will be with thee;" about him the angels who keep watch over him all day and all the night in sleepless vigil; before him the trusted servant to whom be. speaks, ".And Abraham was old and well stricken in age and the Lord had blessed Abrahan in a'll things. And Abra ham said unto his eldest servant of his eaose, that ruled over all that he had, Put, ~ mythweb, the God. of-heaven, and the Gdof earth, that1thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughter of the Canannites, among whom I dwell. But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, ar.d take a wife unto my son Isaac. And the servant said unto him. Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land; must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camnest? And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou, that thou bring not my son thither again. The Lord God of heaven, which took me from my father's house and from the land of my kindred, and ,which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, sayng, Unto thy seed wiL I1 give this land; He shall send 'His angel before thee; and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence. And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee. then thou shalt 'be clear from this my oath; only bring not myson thither again. And the servant Shis hand under the thigh of Abraham, ' master, and aware to him concerning 'that matter." Genesis 24: 1-9. One of the incidents of the picture would be the setting forth of this servant. "And ~the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand; and he arose and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor." Genesis 24: 10. One 'of the most picturesque sights of the East is a camel train. With a peculiar swinging "gait these strange animals ol the ilesert push their way aionig on a most interest mng journey, but the picture can only be appreciated when looked upon in the at 'mosphere of the Orient. I counted 100 one morning jcurneying toward the pyra mids beyond Cairo. The train of this old searvant was made up of ten camels only, but they were the camels of a prince. Their trappings were gorgeous, and side bside with Abraham we watch them as thygo until they are lost to view. - h next ineident is the approach to Na hor. It is the hour of sunset; the day is dy'ing out of the sky. There is really noth mg'that can be compared with that time in the East, when the day is far spent and the night is at hand. The birds hush their song, the cattle are still, all nature is at rest, the hills are transuigured and the rivers and the seas are like most beautiful jewels. Ladened with precious gifts the ten camels kneel just as the women are coming forth to draw water from the well. The old servant as they. kneel begins to pray. "And let it come to p ass that the damsel twhom I shall say Lt down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may. drink; and she shall say, Dr-ink, and I will give thy cam els drink also; 'let the same be she that Thou hast appointed for Thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that Thou hast showed kindness unto my master." Genesis 24: 14, and the answer comes at once. "And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that 'behold. Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, soii of Milcah, the.wife of Nahor, Abrahan's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoul der." Genesis 24: 15. *Elastic of step, modest of manner, pure of heart, fair of face she stands in the presence of the servant of Abraham. As to parentage she was the daughter of Bethuel; as to condition she was of virgin purity; as to appearance she was fair to look upon; as to education she was trained to domestic service. This is Rebekah, the bride of the picture. "And the man won dering at her held his peace, to witness whether the Lord had made his journey prosperous or not. And it came to pas as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a s.hehel! weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold; and said. Whose daughter art thou? tell me. I pray thee; is there rooni in thv father's house for us to lodge in? And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bet hue!. the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor. She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough and room to lodge in. And the man bowcd down his head and worshiped the Lord." The nct inceit is the wooin and the departure. The old servant tells his story. makes his appeal, and the text is spoken, "Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go." Genesis 24: 58. And the camel train is moving once more, the fam ily of Rebekah watching until the last camel is lost to ciw in the distance. The journey is uneventful, but the end of it is more than striking. "And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at eventide; and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and. behold. the camels were coming. And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac she lighted off the camel. For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master; therefore she took a veil and covered her self. And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done. And Isaac brought her unto his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah. and she became his wife; and he loved her, and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death." Genesis 24: 63-67. I. Here is a lesson of divine providence. Hear Abraham when he says, "The Lord God of heaven which took me from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; He shall send His angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence." Genesis, 24: 7. We think of this as Old Testament history simply. We hear God saing, "As I was with Moses I will be with thee," and we say certainly, but not with myself. Why it is we always think of God's care of the patriarchs as mira cles, without its counterpart is in our own lives, when God is our Father, everything in our life is precious to Him, and the very hairs of our head are numbered? .e is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jaco>. and He is your God. The angel of the Lord is still living. We have grown world ly wise and speak of impressions, convic tions, coincidences, impulses. when all the time it is the angel of the Lord speaking to us. Have you noticed that there were two servants, one winged one in the air and the other in charge of the camels. It is always so. It is by this double ministry that providences are confirmed. All through life we see it; in the conversion of men, in things common and in things unusual. You say, "I feel a strong im pulse to do a certain thing." It is the an gel of the Lord troubling the stagnation of your heart. You say that I am impressed that I ought to do thus and so, when it is the finger of God writing His purpose on your soul. These are but the heavenly ministers of Jehovah. Look around you and you will find some opportunity for service fitting into your impulse or con viction, and that which yesterday you wondered at as a coincidence fills you with the spirit of worship to-day as you say, "The Lord was in this place and I knew it not." "Life without a religious interpretation is little less than a trag edy.' while life thus viewed may have many twists and turns, but ends in heaven. II. I find here a good picture of real service. When Eleazar was leaving Abraham 'he said, "Peradventure, the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land; must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?" And Abraham said unto him, "Beware, thou, that thou bring not my son thither again. The Lord God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I gve thin land; He shall send His angel before thee and thou shalt take a wife unto my so from thence. And if the woman will n willing to follow thee then thou be clear from this my oath; only b Ai- t my son thither again" Genesis 24: It is the same figure that we have of he watchman upon the walls. Both of thee appeal strongly to us. We are not ree .from responsibihity until we have tried at least to wmn every soul over whom we bave an influence for Christ. I cannot con ert even the smallest child, nor can you, but I can try to tell them what I have been commissioned to say, for I am my brother's keeper. Oh,~for the intense de sire to do our Master's will that Eleazar bad. His camels are cared for, he has ntered the house of Bethuel. He is neary with his long journey, the savory meat prepared for his feast appeals to his weakness, but hear him say, "And there was set meat before him to eat; but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said,. speak cm." Genesis 24: 33. Is .not this like Paul on his missionary journey. "In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilder ness, in perils in the sea, in perils among Ealse brethren; in weariness and painful ness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and aedness" 2 Corinthians 11: 26-27. And is it not like Jesus Himself, when He.is weary by the well side, hungry with uch fasting and sends HRis disciple to buy meat which He forgot to eat because mf the woman by His side. I am sure Rebekah saw in him the great love of saac's heart. And when they said, 'Wilt thou go with this man? She said, [will go.".. Yet there is more- to the story than this, I am sure. I know it because I 'ead that what was written afore time was written for our instruction. The treat object and aim of the .Bible is to .lustrate the operations of divine .grace, to show the works of Providence in the iinute things of life, to show us that provision has been made for the fulfill ent of the great scheme of Redemption. lod speaks in every way; by direct state ment, by parable, by picture, by types. by symbols, if by all means He may make mnown the riches of His race; and here is a whole chapter one of the longest in the Pentateuch, takten up with a wedding ;tory; there must be some reason. The spirit of God w'ould not use an entire hapter to describe the journey of Abra ham to Mt. Moriah, and another to tell if the death of Sarah, and another to ,ive an account of a wooing and a wed ling without meaning. I tink- it must be that it is all to illustrate the mystery f the church. In the 22d chapter of enesis, the son is offered up as a sacri lce, at least Abraham is willing to offer iim: in the 23d chapter of Genesis Sarah is laid aside in the tomb, while in the 24th chapter the servant is sent forth to win a bride for the son. It is at least sperfect illustration of that New Testa ment story where Christ was offered the nly begotten Son of God, where fsrael was rejected because they would not ome home. The Holy Spirit, as a serv 't of God is calling forth from the world a bride for the Son. This is the work of this generation. The Holy Spirit s the one of whom Jesus spoke when Hie aid, "But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of Truth, which >oceeded from the Father. He shall tes ti y of Me." John 15: 2G. One day we hall meet the Bridegroom, our eyes 4ball ee Him and the wedding feast shall be pread, and all -Heaven shall resound with he music of that glad day. IV. I ish in closing to take up the np >al of the -Holy Spirit, and cnange the ext just a little bit and say to you al!, 'ilt thou go with this Man?" And 1 efer to Christ as th-is Man. He isth hiefest among ten tnousand. I bid you ome to Him who walked with men., ate eth sinners. smiled with little children. vept with weary women and died with iul mafactors.~ "Wilt thou go with this Ian" You who are Christians I ask you he question. for nmany of you have not one with Ha, for "'How can two walk kehe menet m-y are agreed?" And if cou W1 go with Him it must be is some better way than in other days. First: You must shaie His opinion df men. He was always excusing weakness, always helping the distressed and al ways rebuking unkind criticism. You may need to forgive the man who injured you yesterday. for He did, and if you would be like Him you must do the same. "Wilt thou go with this Man?" Second: He will lead you into the homes where distress is tarrying, relier ing embarrassment as when He made the water into wine. Driving the wolf from the door as when He fed the multitudes. You will need to give your money as well as your sympathy. "Wilt thou go with this Man?" I think I see Him treauing the streets of our own city where dis tress has gone before Him. There is a child with a heavy heart, and He stops long enough to breathe a benediction of peace. Yonder is a man unon the verge of despair, and this matchless Savior of ours bids him come unto Him that he may find rest. There is a woman whose child is (lying, whose mother is on the brink of Eternity, and He who spoke as never man spake bids her listen as He says, "I am the resurrection and the life." There is a celebrated picture which rep resents Jesus walking through the multi tude. Before Him all the people are dis eased, while back of Him as he trods they are all perfectly well. This is His influence always. "Wilt thou go with this Man?" V. I put it to all those of you who are not Christians, and bid you remember that it is not an invitation to come to Christ simply but a command. and in His name, after the manner of Eleazar, I say, "Deal kindly and truly with my Master." By His beautiful life, wilt thou go? By His agony in the Garden, wilt thou go? By His betrayal and His trial of mockery. wilt thou go? By His shame ful death, I ask you once again. wilt thou go? His marred face and His bleeding back. His breaking heart. His cry of agony, wilt thou go with this Man? He hath trodden the wine press alone for you: He was a man of sorrows and ac quainted with grief for you. It iq the moment of crisis in your life. 'Wilt thou go with this Man?" Answer. and answer it now as did Rebekah. "I will go." Oh, say it; say it. and the Devil shall hear it and tremble, the angels shall hear it and shout for joy. God Him self shall hear it and shall rejoice with joy unspeakable. Seeking the Truth. Nicodemus represents a large multitude of men and women in the world to-day. He was seeking truth if not salvation for his restless soul. He was so interested that he did not wait until morning, but came to Jesus by night. Some have sug gested that he did this not because of his anxiety, but because he did not have the moral courage to come to the unpopular teacher by daylight. If so the offense was not an unpardonable one, for Jesus did not even rebuke him. He welcomes the coming of the most timid, the most doubting. the most unworthy. Nicodemus. like nearly all the world who know any thing about Jesus. recognized His mora supremacy. They know He is a teacher sent from God by the same test that Nicodemus applied. But that compliment is immaterial to the Christ. That ac knowledgment has no saving value. 'Tx cept a man be born again" is the ever lasting sine qua non. the absolute and ir revocable condition for a heavenly career. How could Jesus have made plainer the necessity of the "New Birth?" How is it therefore that more than half the world, more than half, perhaps, of nominal Chris tendom, are persistently searching for some other way. Why is it so? The world appropriates other common bless ings from God's hands without demur or question. His sunshine and sweet air are taken greedily and counted goQd.Mihs have tested his plan of life, His~w salvation, and rejoice in the experien They give us their word that they fn joy and peace. And yet the world is slow to follow. Is it a sign of a pervcrse heart, or a constitutional incapacity to act in one's own interest? Jesus was patient with the slow believing Nicodcmus. But He did not have nearly twenty centuries of Christian testimony to bear witness to the truth. That is why it will be less tol erable in the judgment for us than for those of Tyre and'Sidon and the genera tions that have gone to their reward and doom.-Ram's Horn. Spear Points. Conscience is God's deputy in the soul. Immortality is the g'orious discovery of Christianity. Christ reckons not by what is parted with, but what is kept. It is a weak relig'on that a man can hide from his housenold. A conscience void of offense before God and man is an inheritance for eternity. There is no human life so poor and small as not to hold many a divine possi bility. Humility is the altar upon which God wishes that we should offer Him our sacri fices. The same spirit of faith that teaches a man to cry earnestly, teaches him to wait patiently. More dear in the sight of God and His angels than any other conquest is the conquest of self. No true work since the world began was ever wasted; no true life since the world began has ever failed. To love God is our happiness, to trust in Him is our repose, to surrender our selves entirely to His will is our strength. When God designates our work, He will give what is needed for its accomplish' ment, if we keep in touch with Him. ''Purse-and-A11" Consecration. Many who count themselves wholly the Lord's do not count all their possessions the Lord's. Yet either we and all that we have are Christ's, or we do not feel that we or anything fhat we have are Christ's. There is no half-way consecra tion in God's service, although many seem to think that personal consecration only applies to those things that are specifically included. That was a very positive truth stated by Prebendary Fox at the Student Volunteer Convention in Toronto, when he said. "There are thou sands who will trust Christ with the sal vation of their souls who will not trust Him with the key of their cash-box." It has been well said that personal conse craton must be spelled "purse-and-all" consecration, or it practically amounts to nothing. The Daily Level, It is the man who lives the well-regu-. lated daily life u-ho is fit to meet an emergency u-hen it arises. Little bits of pure inspiration very seldom come to or are acted upon by slovens, self-indulgent or undisciplined people. Similarly, the Christian who liv-es ordinarily at a lower level of grace, whose Christian life is de pressed and feeble, is unable to seize on great opportur.ities of usefulness when they occur. Have Faith. If you will look up you will walk stead ily. Do not ignore the danger. inor pre sumptuously torget your own weaknew; but "when I said my foot slippeth, Thy mercy held me up." Recognize the slip perv ice and the feeble foot and couple with theni the other thought, "the Lord knoweth them that are His."-Alexandu McLaren. The Strongest Things. There are some good things in all men, no matter- how low thcy may have fallen. aud every effort should be exerted to make them the strongest things in the ie of every individual.-Rev. Dr. Scott PABDONED BY IE KINO The American Naval Officers in Prison at Venice Released. THEIR VERSION OF THE TROUBLE Declared That They Were Not Intoxi cated When the Dirturbance Occurred -A Probable Court-Martial After -the Official Reports Are Received by the Navy Department-Officers on Chicago Venice.-The pardon granted by King Victor Emmanuel to the officers of the United States' cruiser Chicago, who have been imprisoned here, arrived, and the prisoners were released with out delay. In an interview, the officers warmly repudiated the reports from Rome that they were under the influence of wine at the time of the trouble, and said that on the contrary, they were per fectly sober. Lieutenant Doddridge said: "After the a -idental upsetting of a table in a cafo by myself and a com panion at 11 o'clock at night, we were followed and attacked by a mob, and two municipal policemen appeared on the scene. I, with my open hand, mo tioned to the crowd to keep off. The police then seized us, but the mob con tinued to be so threatening that our brother officers and a marine who hap pened to be on the piazza, ran to our rescue. We acted only in self-defense. and against a large, hostile crowd. We did not strike the police. Doubt less misunderstanding of the two lan guages had something to do with the trouble. "We have been allowed to remain to gether in prison, but the room in which we have been confined swarmed with insects." After their liberation, the officers joined their ship, and the Chicago left Venice. Washington, D. C.-Secretary of the Navy Moody nas received the rollowz!g cablegram from Captain Dayton., of the Chicago, dated Venice: "Party released on pardon from J ing. and are on board." Nothing further can be done here in the case of the accused officers until the full investigation and report of Captain Dayton supply the facts. Neither the State nor the Navy De partment is officially informed as yet of what actually occurred at Venice. In the usual course atly court-martial on a station is ordered by the com mauding officer thereof-in this case Captain Craig of the Albany-but the Secretary of the Navy may himself or der a trial if the facts warrant sucm a^tion. MEAT TRADE FALLI G OFF Tlheir Business is Parajyzed. Attributed to the Agitation Against the Beef Trust-Depreciationl in Cattle Values Runs l,' Millions. Chicago.-One of the largest packers in the business and admittedly one of States, said: "Business is the worst I ever saw. It is simply paralyzed. In fact, there is no business at all for the packing houses. If this agitation and falling off in consumption continues. I don't know what will happen. Certain it is that if the agitation continues the worst is yet to come." When returns begin to come in from the Far West the great reduction in consumption, with the consequent de preciation in cattle values, it is as serted, will run into the millions. General Manager A. G. Leonard, of the Union Stock Yard Company, ex pressed regret at the downward turn of the market. "This is the most threat ening break that our market has suf fered in months." said he. "and, occur ring as it does, under only normal sup plies for this time of year, can be at tributed only to the enormous curtail ment in the demand for meats that has resulted from widespread agitation of this 'Beef Trust matter.' "The business of the packing con erns has already been injured by the limitations placed upon it by the re duced demand for meat. It is, how ever, within the power of the packing companies to reduce their forces and to regulate their business to the im mediate and prospective demands of the trade. It will, in fact, become a necessity. In that ease the packer will suffer moderately by the limita tion of his business, while the farmers and feeders of live stock through doz ens of States will suffer tremendous losses by depreciation In the value of their live stock." BUTCHERS AWED BY THE TRUST. Missouri Attorney-General Finds It Hard to Get Evidence. Kansas City, Mo.-E. C. Crow. Attor ne.General of Missouri, and his as sistant. S. B. Jeffries, arrived inl this city from Jefferson City, to get evi dence to prove that there is a Packing House Trust. Mr. Crow said: "There is a Beef Trust operating in Missouri, and we can crush it by law If the retail butchers will help the Attorney-General and myself to get evidence. "However, the butchers that I met here fear the power of the packers, and for that reason it is very difficult for .c to get the evidence that is needed." A Type. The man who speaks of "my law yer" is generally the one who asks him a question casually when they are riding down town In a street car ti. the hope of getting legal advice without having to pay for it..-New York Press. FLYING LOCOMOTIVE BLOWS UP. the Boiler Explodes, Killing the Engineer and Fireman Near Dover, N. J. Dover, N. J.-By the explosion of its boiler, a mile east of this place, Engine 941, hauling the Hackettstown mail, train on the Lackawanna Railroad, was demolished, and its engineer ,and fireman killed. The victims are: En gineer George Trimmer, of Washings ton, N. J.; Fireman Joseph Mayberry. of P,rt Murray, N. J. The accident oc curred near the car shops of the road. Just as the train was approaching the shops, the boiler of the engine exploded. with a tremendous noise, and the en gine turned a complete somersault, going backward a distance of fifty feet. The train consisted of three eoaches and a combination car. The first two coaches were derailed and fell over on their sides. In the first coach were three passen gers, none of whom was hurt. There were twenty passengers in the second coach, including a number of women. All of them were taken out safely, some of them being taken through the win dows of the car. A few were scratched and bruised, but none seriously hurt. The third coach was derailed, but not upset, and the last coach did not leave the rails. There were about seventy five passengers on the train. Coroner Hagen impaneled a jury of six men and viewed the remains of the engineer and fireman. Trimmer, the dead engineer, was sixty-three years old. Besides his wife he leaves four married daughters. Fireman May berry was about thirty years old. He leaves a wife and two children. MURDERED A CHURCH TRUSTEE. Man Who Kept His Hat On in Church Resented a Request to Removo It. Hazleton, Pa.-Michael Cherko, aged thirty-eight years, was murdered about 100 feet from the Greek -CatY ic Church at Freeland during the pro gress of the Greek Easter services. George Smith is under arre.t charged with having committed the crime. It is alleged that Smith, upon enter ing the church, failed to i;emove his hat, and when requested to do sb by Cherko, one of the trustees, drew a black jack and assaulted Cherko. The latter ran out at the .door, followed by Smith. Cherko had not gone far when Smith, drawing a revolver, shot him through the back, death being instan taneous. Friends of the dead man overpowered Smith and took him to the station house. The services came to an abrupt termination amid great excitement. Carnegie Libraries Declined. Libraries offered Savannah, Ga., and Southbridge, Mass., by Andrew Carne gie have been declined. Filipino Constabulary Ambushed. Five men of the constabulary have been ambushed at San Juan del Monte, L :ar Manila. One of the party was killed and one was wounded. The Fil ipino band consisted of thirty La drones, well armed, nearly all of them carrying Mauser rifles. Gun Burst on British Warship. . UnrJng gun praetjce on the.,British grasip Forbilaabl6 near Mil'dalena [sland, a' gun .burst, killing three ma rines. Promninent People. King Oscar of Sweden possesses a edal for life saving. Mayor Crane. of Denver. Col., has nvented a rotary ore-working machine for use in the gold mines. Jacob A. Riis has declared that he ould decline the position of Governor f the Danish West Indies unless Pres dent Roosevelt strongly Insists upon is acceptance. Senator Hanna now possesses the en with which T. B. Reed, when Speaker of the House of Representa tves, attested the passage of the Mc Kinley Tariff act. Gong Gee, a Chinaman, who is a ractical electrician, graduated from he Portland (Ore.) Technical School, s writing a book on electricity in the hinese language. Sir Henry Strong, Chief Justice of he Supreme Court of Canada, has n<l tified the Department of Justice that e wishes to retire In September. Jus ice Taschereau will be promoted to he Chief Justiceship. Dr. Heyman, Mr. Krugers physician, nters an emphatic denial that the for er President of the Transvaal Repub ic is not in good health. The physi ian says that Mr. Kruger is very well espite his advanced age. Although there will be no America's Cup contest this year, the present out look is that there will be plenty of fine sport in the United States for the yachtsmen. The prospect is bright for the meeting of famous vessels, both in German and British waters. - The $200,000 appropriated for the airship contest by the Board of Di rectors of the St. Louis Exposition is to be divided as follows: $100,000 for a grand capital prize; $50,000 to be di vided Into a number of subsidiary prizes; $50,000 devoted to the conduct of the competition and the pay'nent of Its expenses. MOODY SUCCEEDS LONG. he Oath Administered to Him as Secre tary of the Navy. Washington, D. C.-William Henry doody has succeeded John D. Long as secretary of the Navy. Mr. Moody took the oath of office in the private oom of the Secretary of the Navy, . P. Hanna, Solicitor of the Depart nent, administering it. He then met he bureau chiefs, other officers of the Jepartment and the clerks, who at the ;ame time said goodby to Mr. Long. tfterward the naval attaches of for-j ign embassies and legations paid their| respects to the new Secretary. Mr. Long left Washingtm. for his home n Hingham, Mass. Secretary Long and Mrs. Long called n the President and Mrs. Roosevelt :o say goodby before leaving Washing on for Massachusetts. A book that came from the press of aton, the first English printer, has been sold at auction in London for 11,00. The same amount of money would stock a big library. The higher books come the more the collector onnts them. INJURED ON THE FULTON Five Men Hurt in an Explosion on the Submarine Boat. Gas Accumulation Caused the Mishap Whilo Partly Submerged-Accident O curred at the Delaware Breakwater. . Philadelphia, Pa.-While the subma rine boat Fulton was at anchor off tie Delaware Breakwater an explosion oc curred in a large tank filled with gaso lene. Five of the seven men compos ing the crew were injured and part of the deck was shattered. Lieutenant Arthur MacArthur was cut about t'he head by bits of iron; Lieutenant Oscar C3hen, of the Austrian Navy, was hurled violently against an iro:i :ailing ard his back was injured; C. B. Miner and Harry Moore. assistant engineers, had their faces cut by iron, and Moore was nearly asphyxiated I.y gasolene fumes, as it was some time before be was rescued. Charles Rechtal, a gun ner, sustained injuries about the head. The two men who escaped injury were upon deck, at the stern. The in jured men, three of whom were still . unconscious, were rowed to the hospi tal in Lewes, where they were revived. All of them are almost sure to recover. Captain Frank T. Cable, with First Mate H. H. Morrell and Charles Bergh, was on deck steering the boat, and Lieutenant C. P. Nelson was passing out through the conning tower to the deck; when there was an e:plosion that threw Lieutenant Nelson clear out on deck and sent the nine men inside the bcat into a heap. The crew of the Fulton had ch. uged watches about ten minutes before t:e accident occurred. As soon as the ex -plosion occurred every one scrambled out. The engines of the Fulton kept, going after the explosion, and Engineer Saunders wrapped a wet towel around his face and went down into the steam ing hold to stop them. The explosion could not be eplained. It certainly did not take place in the engines, _.nd was not caused by an Ig nition of the gasolene ia the tanks. Lieutenant MacArthur said he thought it possible that the cxplosion was caused .by an accumulation of air in the tanks of gasolene. The machinery of the boat was evidently uninjured,. the injuries to the men being caused by splinters frcm the woodwork. The Fulton is not in the naval erv ice. She was built by- the olland Submarine Torpedo Boat Company at the Nixon yard in Elizabethport, N. J.,. and when '.he explosion occurred was on her way to Wdshington, where am exhibition of her ability to move unJer water was to be given. CONSUL.CENERAL OSBORNE DEAD. President Appoints Commissioner Evans to the London Post. London.-United Stares Consul-Gen eral Osborne died in his residence in Wimbledon. Mr. Osborne's death was not a surprise to hif, friends. He bad been confined to his home since o vember last, suffering from Bright's disease an2d dropsy, which finally a" fected his!heart He was conscious Ern til near the end. *Mr. Osborne never had been absolutely well cIace his a rival in England. Washington, D. C. - ConsuT-General Osborne was cousin of President Me Kinley. He was a resident of Ror bury, Mass.; and was appointed to Lon- - don five years ago. The post is con sidered to be the plum of the United States foreign service, for the compen sation averages about $25,OCO a year., and the expenses arc not large. President Roosevelt, as is we!I known, is a man of quick action. ?Doon 'fter breakrfast he received the notifi cation of the death cf Mr. Osborne, and before t'he Cabinet met at 11.30 as m. the office had been tendcred to H. Clay Evans, of Tennessee, and ac cepted.-... Coinage at the Mints in AprH. The coinage executed at the mints of the United States in the month of, April amounted to $7,131,898. Of this $3,480,315 was in gold, $3,388,273 in\ silver and $263,310 in nickel and bronse pieces._________ Speaker Henderson Renomninated. D. B. Henderson, Speaker of the House of Representatives, was retior inted at the Third District convention, in Waterloo, Iowa. The no:ninatlem was'unanimous, Mr. Henderson's op ponent having withdrawn. Treason Coats Russia Dear. It is reported that the Russian Gov ernment has decided to rebuild the fow tificatlons on the German and Austrian frontiers, at a cost of about $210,000, 000. This action is necessary in conse quence of Colonel Grimm's betrayal of the plans of the existing Russian fortresses. Peasants Blurneda ?Chatea. Revolted peasants in Russia have burned the chateau of the Duke of OId enbourg and ruined his estate. The troubles In Russia are growing more and more serious. The Sporting World. About 300 harness horses are in training at Memphis, Tenn. J. Reiff has secured a license to ride again on English race courses. From all through the East and West, even from California and Oregon, it .ls reported that the wheel is again resum ing its former place in the affections of old and young. The Brannock bill, making It unlaw ful to trap-shoot any living bird or fowl in Ohio, is now a law, having . passed the Senate. The penalty for violation of the law is a flne not to ex ceed $100 or imprisonment for not to exceed thirty days, or both. The British vessel Ban Righ, which recently got into so much trouble in South America, was named after the late Queen Victoria. The Celts of Scotland had made no provision in their language for a reigning Queen, and as "righ" (pronounced "ree") is Gaelic for king, away had to be found out of the difficulty, and "ban" was prefixed; the word signifying "fair" or "woman,"~ so that Ban Righ means Wman TKing.