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Educated Men selves in ( By the Rev. Dr. W. !*E ?reatest tliat WJtTuUU responding responsibili gnrpUn the srdatest teinptatioi go UU terinlisin?it Is the de< Q]3 22 often asked whether c S2 uRi. ordinary sense of the 1 Kt:f nn thrt ntJiPr linntl "nUTTTJUU " is at least doubtful. from want of judgment, and it woi reduce rather than to add to a mai has learned to spare himself when c It is a fact that some of the eha Borne are to be observed among us ence. of knowing it all. to be seen in of the younger instructors as well .* Instructors who have shown tlit .use] university. Men who really do kuc like Huxley and Tyndall, are invaria |if; r True Value o By John R. Spents ?} SNERALLY classed in \ nothing more, the interna have had, from the first. :c. . view. For the building is carried out with an urn > _ for absolute knowledge. or that done under the Cj tainly it is not done more For while the Cup tk TO View llir CUl'll M'lifS * architects have in mind when planni hull and combination of spars and c; ^ through and over the water. The ' Beaufo r and our own Franklin, is nc that meet off Sandy Hook to sail for If we compare the racers built fi . for the Cup tifteeu or twenty years a jmbllc with the most healthful rec rei the International races have accomp the point of view of the most practlcn The Fascinatio By Dr. A. T. Bristo ELL to know is it J I rather the incentive fX I fisherman. unless ai I y M the man whose sol M \?tg I with a worm, hides Ia jj j| I photographs his cat 0 Ma fisherman, but a 1 bank is to him a pri man loves to catch trout, but as he wanders from pool xestfully; every turn in the stream re aestle. The gentle excitement of th< monotonous. The element of chant drop of tobasco sauce which gives z< the brink of the stream! When di Delmonico never served a trout like a mountain brook with the clear blue . and the murmuring stream at our afterward with the pipe of peace in How far off the city seems! Are 1 stocks, bonds; electric lights that at gongs, the rumble and griud of the w which affright the ear".' The liarshes ; boom of the bittern in the distant in <1 naot in this cilpnf nnnl in TV r (Oaiuq ? vmov ? v..- ?v i roast but missed the fly, or in that d vigilant eye may detect the brown si tail?an old campaigner not easily ca . * The Menace ol By Dr. George F. SI ST Is a most deploral important places in life are failing even is among the most i we find the greates the cities, where tli< lies of the well-to-d< the foreign born p lowest classes of Eii Were It not for the fact that in apparent the danger of the country country there may not be as many c! of American born parents as formei greater than it is in the cities, and -will be secure so long as the rural di? sons to the cities, there to take the u parents now living in the cities for which has taken first place in the w< For the mother who deliberately to be able to devote more of her tin fers to be able to have his automol and country homes, without being 1 large family of children, there is no e And for the fashionable mother of a nurse immediately after its birt to the unhappy fact that a large pre up on bottles is due tfie great prepoir who ate filling the positions of imp< that less than fifteen per cent, of si young on a bottle, instead of being unfit to compete with the boys who < were started right, and before they ei and nervous energy uecessary in the To this violation of the laws of tendency 10 uisease wnicn is su ?u compared -with those bred in the com I cannot too strongly express my racy of this country is an aristocrat farm house, the tenement or the pala sort of am aristocracy the men and v Jn their duties of future generations wrishes to solve this problem in hei choice of a young man of brains that It should not be so much a quest! Ity in the future father. That is the affairs is not to be altered for the 1 women of the present to think for tl luxuries and not the necessities of ] upon ourselves increased responsibi of children. The too careful man presumes tl ceed as well as he has done. On tl forefathers who worried over the i would say if they could see the pres grandchildren. In some respects this reflection upon their ability, and migl arguments of disparagement. & ; i Spare Them>ucial Moments Merle Smith. fe offers is education, and it implies a corty. For one who has such an advantage u is not immorality, nor any form of ma. lining of responsibility. The question is >r not a university education pays, m mt-1 ivord. President Jordan says that it does, , Presideift Wheeler and others say that it More men fail from want of force than aid appear that education often tends to i's forcefulncss. The danger is that one ruclal moments come, raeteristies of the rotten life of decadent to-day. There is an air of blase indifl'ertoo many university men. including some is undergraduates. There are some such Ives unable to stand the air of a German wv something worth knowing, great men tbly huuibie, as Isaac Xcwlou was. jS? f Yacht Racing he popular view ns sporting events and ulonul ynclit races for the America's Cup a serious aud important practical end in of every international race?a work that stinted use o" time and money?is a search The work of the Smithsonian Institution, urnegie fund, is not more serious, and cereagerly. at cost less than WOO is the prize held up )f races, the real object which the naval ng the racers is to discover what form of anvas can be driven at the greatest speed work done by P'Alembert, Colonel Mark >w continued by the builders of the racers the America's Cup. :>r the present year with those that sailed go. we shall see that while furnishing the ttion known to the world, the men behind listed something worth while even from il captain of industry.?World's Work. i\ of Angling. V. that the angler's art is but a pretext 01 to a ramble aud uot the sole object of the as! he belongs to that too common variety p ouject is nis eaten. jsucii a xuau usut-.fingerliugs in the depth of his basket and eh as a witness of his crimes. He is not butcher. A yellow primrose on the river's mrose and nothing more. The true fisherfish, to match his wits against the w:\ry to pool the songs of the birds greet him veals a nook in which strange wild flowers ? sport prevents the scene from becoming :*e, the uncertainty of the catch add the ?st to the day. And the noontide meal by d a meal have a more delightful flavor: unto those we haye eatem by the banks of sky above, the waving forest round about feet. The hour of contemplation comes our hand instead of the relinquished rod. there such things as corporations, trusts, liaze the sight, harsh warnings of trolley heels and the brakes on the elevated road :t note that breaks the stillness here is the larsh. Home to camp the fisherman goes, liich the trout rose in the forenoon to his ark hole deep under the bank in which a des of a trout with lazily waving fins and ught.?World's Work. f Small Families xrady. fan* tliof Mio nprcnoo who OeCllOV tllO our industrial, commercial and political to reproduce their own number, while it mdesirable element in our population that t fecundity. This is particularly true in i average number of children in the famld is certainly not greater than two, while opulation, many of whom are from the irope, are increasing at a marvellous rate, the rural districts this condition is not so would be much greater than it is. In the hildren on the average among the families ly, but the rate of increase is still much merely because the country, as a whole, itricts are still able to send their worthiest lost important places, is no excuse for the not doing their share to reproduce a race >rld. sacrifices the joys of motherhood in order ic to society, and for the father who pre>ile and his clubs and his handsome city aurdened in even the slightest way by a xcuse, there enji be none, who delivers her child over to the care h there is still less excuse. To this fact, (portion of city bred children ate brought deranee of country bred men among those >rtance In all our cities. Statistics prove uch men were born in cities. Fed when nourished as nature demands, they are ?ome from the mountains and plains, who itered on their careers gained the strength life we are leading in the larger cities. a I- mAn1.nAAfl .m/1 UlllUie IS UUC 1UUV.1I \JL iuc wcanucra uuu ikingly apparent among city children as itry. opinion on this point. The true aristoo:y of brains, whether it originates in the ice, but if wo are to continue to have this romen who now make it up mu6t not fail . The far seeing girl of the future who r own way, would much better make a i of the young millionaire without them, on of money as of real ambition and abll important point, and if this condition of worse it behooves the educated men and lie future, and to remember that it is the iife that make us cowardly about taking lities coincident with increased families bat his children may not be able to sueje other hand, I often wonder what our jrospeetlve poverty of their descendants ent palatial mansions of their millionaire view might be taken by our children as a it be becomingly resented by som# telling f VIEWS ON LYNCHING President Sends His Congratulations to Governor Durbin AN IITTFDANCF BY THE EXECUTIVE fl-. Rootevelt Holds That Lynching For Any Crime is Subversive of All Law and Hust Be Suppressed. Oyster Bay, Special.?In a letter, the publication of which was authorized, President Roosevelt commends Governor Durbin, of Indiana, for the attitude he assumed recently respecting lynching. The President also embraces the opportunity to express his own views on lynching and mob violence generally, pointing out that mob violence is merely one form of anarchy and that anarchy is the forerunner of tyranny. The President vigorously urges that the penalty for that crime which most frequently induces a resort to lynching shall be applied swiftly and surely, but by due process of the courts, so that it may * * A A ? J "i ?<?* V? Innr Jo O f\O. oe aemonsirauru ujtu. uc ian .a quate to deal with crime by freeing it from every vestige of -technicality and delay." President Roosevelt's letter in full to Governor Durbin follows : "Oyster Bay. August 6. 1903. 'Governor Durbin: Permit me to thank you as an American citizen for the admirable way in which you have vindicated the majesty of the law by your recent actiorl in reference to lynching. I feel, my dear sir. that you have made all men your debtors who believe as all of the far-seeing men must, that the well-being, indeed, the very existence of the republic, depends upon that spirit of orderly liberty under the law which is as incompatible with mob violence as with any form of despotism. Of course mob violence is simply one form of anarchy, and anarchy is now. as it always has been, the handmaiden and forerunner of tyranny. "I feel that you, have not only reflected honor upon the State which for its good fortune has you as its Chief Executive, but upon the whole nation. It is incumbent upon every man throughout this country not only tr. hnid nn vonr hands in the course you have been following, but to show his realization that the matter is one of vital concern to us all. "All thoughtful men must feel the gravest alarm over the growth of lynching in this country and especially over the peculiarly hideous forms so often taken by mob violence when colored men are the victims, on which occasions the mob seems to lay most weight, not on the crime, but on the color of the criminal. In a certain proportion of these cases the man lynched has been guilty of a crime horrible beyond description, a crime so horrible that as far as he himself is concerned he has for feited the right to any kind or sympathy whatsoever. The feeling of all good citizens that such a hideous crime shall not be hideously punished by mob violence is due not in the least to sympathy for the criminal, but to a lively sense of the train of dreadful consequences which follow the course taken by the mob in exacting inhuman vengeance for an inhuman wrong. In such cases, moreover. it is well to remember that the criminal not merely sins against humanity in inexplicable and unpardonable fashion, but sins particularly against his own race, and does them a wrong far greater than any white man can possibly do to them. Therefore. in such cases the colored people throughout the land should in every possible way show their belief that they, more than all others in the community. are horrified at the commission of such a crime and are peculiarly concerned in taking every f a If 3 rA putil UiC 1UCIUUIC W |/iv>vu. IW currence and to bring the criminal to immediate justice. The slightest lack of vigor either in denunciation of the crime or in bringing the criminal to justice is itself unpardonable. "Moreover, every effort should be made under the law to expedite tne proceedings of justice in the case of such an awful crime. But it cannot be necessary, in order to accomplish this, to deprive any citizen of those fundamental rights to be heard in his own defense, which are so dear to us all and which lie at the root of our liberty. It certainly ought to be possible by the proper administration of the laws to secure swift vengeance upon the criminal, and the best and immediate efforts of all legislators. Judges and citizens should be addressed to securing auch reforms in our legal procedure as to leave no vestige of excuse for those misguided nn/iortoifo tr? rp*n voneo ance through violent methods. "Men who have been guilty of a crime like rape or murder should be visited with swift and certain punishment, and the just effort made by the courts to protect them in their rights should under no circumstances be perverted into permitting any mere technicality to avert or delay their punishment. The substantial rights of the prisoner to a fair trial of course must be guaranteed, as you have so justly insisted that they should be, but, subject to this guarantee?the law must work swiftly and surely, and all agents of the law should realize the wrong they do when they permit - * ' 11 justice to oe aeiayea or mwuneu iui technical or insufficient reasons. We must show that the law is adequate to deal with crime by freeing it from every vestige of technicality and delay. "But the fullest recognition of the horror of the crime and the most com. plete lack at sympathy with the criminal cannot, in the least diminish our horror at the way in which it has become customary to avenge these crimes and at the consequences that are already proceeding therefrom. It is, of course, inevitable that where vengeance is taken by a mob it should ft tM?? r fV A fVT^ A ^ It T I frequently light on innocent people, and the wrong done in such case to the individual is one for which there is no remedy. But even where the real criminal is reached the wrong done by the mob to the community itself is well-nigh as great. Especially ' ? '? ?'? A ntUftHA V? /-? Irnohina i a an. 1S> llliS 11 U?: nilCK V4JV i;uvu.?.a ?o MV companied with torture. There are certain hideous sights which once seen can never be wbojly erased from the mental retina. The mere fact of having seen them implies degradation. This is a thousand fold stronger when, instead of merely seeing the deed, the man has participated in it. Whoever ir. any part of our country has ever taken part in lawlessly putting to death a criminal by the dreadful torture of fire, must forever after have the awful spectacle of his own handwork seared into his brain and soul. He can never again be the same man. This matter of lynching would be a terrible thing even if it stopped with the lynching of men guilty of the inhuman and hideous crime of rape; but as a matter of fact, lawlessness of this type never does stop and never can stop in such fashion. Every violent man In the community is encouraged by every case of lynching in which the lynchers go unpunished to himself take the law into his own hands whenever it suits his own convenience. In the same way the use of torture by the mob in certain cases is sure to spread until it is applied more 0! less indiscriminately In other cases. The spirit of lawlessness grows with what it feeds on. and when mobs with impunity lynch criminals ror one cause, they are certain to begin to lynch real or alleged criminals for ether causes. In the recent cases of lynching over three-fourths were not for rape at all. but for murder, attempted murder and even less heinous offenses. Moreover, the history of these recent cases shows the awful fact that when the minds of men are habituated to the use of torture by lawless bodies to avenge crimes of a peculiarly revolting description, other lawless bodies will use force to accomplish crimes cf an ordinary type. Surely no patriot can fail to sec the fea-ful brutalizatiou and debasement which the indulgence of such a spirit and such practices inevitably portend. Surely ail public men. all writers for the daily press, all clergymen, all teachers, all who in any way have a right to address the public should with every energy unite to denounce such crimes and to support those engaged in putting them down. As a people we claim the right to speak with peculiar emphasis for freedom and for fair treatment of all men without regard to differences of race, fortune, erred nr color. We forfeit the right to speak when we commit or condone such crimes as these of which I speak. "The nation, like the individual, cannot commit a crime with impunity. If wr are guilty of lawlessness and brutal violence, whether our guilt consist in active participation therein, or in mere connivance and encouragement, we shall assnredly suffer later on because of what we have done. The corner-stone of this republic, as of all free governments, is respect for and obedience of the law. Where we permit the law to be defied or evaded, whether by rich man or poor man, by black man or white, we are by just so much weakening the bonds of our civilization and increasing the chances of its overthrow and of the substitution therefor of a system in which there shall be violent alternations of anarchy ana tyranny. "Sincerely yours. "THEODORE ROOSEVELT. "Hon. Winfield T. Durbin, "Governor of Indiana, "Indianapolis. Indiana." Col ma Active. Tuxapan, Mex.. Special.?The Colitna volcano continues in a violent slate of activity. The eruption Saturday was the most severe that has yet been known. Great -clouds of smoke poured from the crater, but no ashes fell. Eonrthquake shocks extending along the coast as far south as the isthmus are reported. At some points the shock was oscillatory, while at others they were of a trepidatory character. No damages or casualties are reported. Textile Strike Ended. Philadelphia, Special.?The textile strike in this city, which was inaugurated ten weeks ago, was Saturday afternoon practically declared off, 20,000 of the strikers through their executive board deciding to return to work on Monday. It is estimated that about 60,000 textile strikers are still on strike and the determination of onethird of these to return to work, it is believed will force the collapse of the strike. The Amaxeur Philosopher. "Men boast of their superiority," said a Chicago doctor who has a weakness for philosophizing, "taking it for granted that they are far in advance of all other things that live here on earth. It is true that they have some wonderful achievements to their credit, but did you ever see a horse, for instance, that was cross-eyed? Compare the number of deformities among children with those of youug 1 animals and you will find that among | all the horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, dogs, cats and everything else belonging to the animal world, there are nowhere near as many congenial deformities as among people. This undoubtedly is due to the fact that the animals live more nearly as nature intended them to than we do. But we musn't find fault. Think of the specialists who would be working as day laborers if every child came into the world perfect. And our tailors and dressmakers would all be forced out of business if nobody had defects to hide. We must never lose sight of the fact that our shortcomings are art's greatest similus.?Chicago Record-Herald. The toy pistol also appears to belong to the didn't-know-it-was loaded class. INtW FUPt UUti II> Pius Tenth Now Wears the Famous Triple Tiara THOUSANDS WITNESS CEREMONIES riultitudes Stood For Ten Hours on Their Feet to Get a Glimpse of the New Pontiff. Rome, By Cable.?The ceremony of the coronation of Pope Pius X took place in the basilica of St. Peter's, in the presence of the princes and high rHonitarioe nf thr> Church dinlnmatS and Roman nobles, and with, all the solemnity and splendor associated with this, the most magnificent rite in the Roman Catholic Church. As Cardinal Macchi, the dean of the cardinal deacons. placed the triple crown on the head of the venerable Pontiff,the throng of 70,000 persons gathered within the cathedral burst into unrestrained acclamations. the choir into a hymn of triumph and the bells of Rome rang out a joyful peal. It is 57 years since the Romans and Europe assisted at 6uch a function, in St. Peter's. The great basilica, popularly supposed never to have been quite full, was overflowing. A bewildering mixture of gold, red and silver was ora/.*o/1 lr? frnnf nf oHor P/>nfrorv to custom on these ceremonious occasions there were no galleries and the basilica bore more of its normal aspect. On the altar, which was dressed in white, stood the famous silver gilt candlesticks and a magnificent crucifix. All the available standing space within the cathedral was divided into sections by wooden barriers, which, to a certain extent, kept the vast crowd in order, A thick fog overhung Rome in the early hours, but the sun came out later end it was unbearablely hot. At 6 a. m., the ringing of bells announced the imminent opening of the church doors and a commotion at once began among the crowd. But ten minutes had to elapse before the doors opened and each seemed a century to the waiting crowd which for hours had been standing before the closed portals. The police and Italian soldiers had a difficult task, to maintain order. When the doors were opened the rush in was terrific. Many who started from the bottom of the steps outside were lifted off their feet and carried into the eathedral. It was a great human torrent let loose. The compactness of the | crowa provea to oe ine saiety 01 uioee who were caught in it. Women fainted in comparatively large numbers and even men were overcome by the heat, but no serious accidents were reported. Fortunately, there were few children present. After their entrance the people had further long hours of waiting and it is computed that the majority were on their feet together ten hours, five before the ceremony and another five while it lasted. Those who had received special invitations, including the high ecclesiastics who were not participating in the procession, the diplomats and the Roman aristocracy, had a reserved entrance through the sacristy of St. Peter's. Prince Massino arrived accompanied by his daughter-in-law, Princess Beatrice, the daughter of Don Carlos, and they were given prominent seats. Duke Robert of Parma was the only other member of the royal family to attend. Among the aristocracy there was a great mixture of those Roman nobles who remain faithful to the papacy and those adherine to the Quirinal. Sir Thomas Esmonde, representing the ! Irish parliamentary party, was received by two Knights of the Cape and Sword, one F. McNutt, an American, and conducted to the diplomatic enclosure. After the preliminary ceremonies, which were grand beyond description, the triple tiara was carried before the new Pope with appropriate remarks in latin. Cardinal Deacon Segna then raised the Pontiffs mitre and Senior Cardinal Deason Macchi placed on the venerable white head the triple crown. At this moment the church was filled with the ringing of bells, the blowing of silver trumpets, the triumphant strains of the choir and the acclamations of the multitude, which no longer could be repressed. When comparative silence had been restored, Cardinal Macchi addressed the Pope in Latin as follows: "Receive the tiara ornamented with three crowns. Remember thou art the father of Princes and Kings, the rector of the world, the vicar on earth of our Sivior, Jesus Christ, who is tne nonor ana glory of all centuries." "Amen! Amen!" again burst forth from the concourse. Pope Pins was quite overcome and had scarcely strength left to imparl the apostolic benediction. Cardinals Macchi and Sagna granted a plenary indulgence to all present and the procession then re-formed and left the basilica in the same form as it came. The Pope was visibly fatigued. Strong as the Pope is physically, he supported the ordeal of his coronation today perhaps with less fortitude than did Leo XIII when he was crowned, although the latter was merely a shadow of a man. This evening when the Pontiff received the Duke of Parma he said to him: "Not counting the election, today was the most tremendous experience of my life. I must find a way to stop the noise in the Church. It is an offense against religion." Legislator Assaulted. Atlanta, Special.?Representative C. C. Houston, of Fulton, was assaulted in the street here Saturday by J. J. Spalding, an Atlanta Lawyer, who struck Houston on the head twice with, a heavy cane before bystanders inter.' fcred. No serious injury was inflicted. The attack grew out of a charge of | lobbying made against Mr. Spalding by Representative Houston and followed a general investigation of similar charges by a special legislative committee \ , LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS. ?- * Many Matters of General Interest la Short Paragraphs. / Down In Dixie. 1 Dewey, cashier of the Newberne. N. ?... imiiK, wiuj siuie ^ui.vvu. is sua at large. $4,000 reward is offered for hia nriest. The Jefferson Auditorium at Charlottesville, Va., was sold by the Hotopps to Mr. R. C. N. Leiberg. The body of Helen Green, the little girl who was drowned at Winchester Tuesday, was found at night lodged in the roots of some trees. The funeral was held Thursday. At The National Capital. General Miles says he is not a candidate for Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic. It is stated that President Roosevelt suggested the general features of the act providing a civil government for the Moros. The United States European Squadron has btren ordered to sail from Lisbon for "some quiet Mediterranean ports," preparatory to target practice next month. ur the 857,046 immigrants who ar- , rived in tfie United States in the last fiscal year only 115.281 went to the States west of the Mississippi river. Congressman Litauer issued a statement in answer to Secretary of War Root concernig the glove coatract with the Government. Senator Hanna declared the Civic Federation had within two years brought about the settlement of over v 100 strikes. At The North. Charles Lake, a life guard, was drowned at Atlantic C'.ty. Frank Heine, a gypsy, killed his wife and wounded her companion at a park near Philadelphia. Twelve ?eople were killed and two hundred seriously injured by the collapse of a part of the grand stand, at Philadelphia, Saturday. Stocks In Wall street broke badly. TTnltc -I Gto/il P/M?no??atlr?n on/i Virginia-Carolina Chemical being among those that fell farthest. A recently imported elephant belonging to Frank C. Bostock ran amuck at Coney Island and two men were badly hurt. Eighty stocks made new low marks on the exchange and the failures of Sharp & Bryan and Hurlburt, Hatch & Co., of New York, were announced. Bar Harbor is believed to be the objective point of the attacking fleet in the "war game." Mps. Grace Snell .Coflin-WalkerLayman, of Chicago, is said to be petitioning for her fifth divorce. An explosion during a storm in the World's Fair buildings in St. Louis killed and injured a large number of persons. William Hamilton, a white farmer, was lynched at Asotin, Wash., for the brutal murder of 13-year-old Mabel Richards. From Across The Sea. The Humberts, celebrated swindlers, were arraigned for trial ^t Paris Saturday. Viceroy Curzon. of India, announced ~ yf to the Council that he would accept the position a second time, but would take a vacation to England in 1904. Incendiaries are reported to be firing the oil wells at Baku, Russia, and strikes are epidetaic in Southern Russia. A non-commissioned officer of the German Army was convicted of brutality to soldiers and sentenced to imprisonment. Refugees made homeless by the Soufriere Volcano in St Vincent are reported to be sick and starving. Miscellaneous natters. Charles M. Schwab resigned as president of the United States Steel Corporation and William E. Corey was elected to succeed him. Col. W. J. Bryan denounced exPresldenb Cleveland as a "bunko steerer" at Urbana, Ohio, where he had a conference with Mayor Tom L. Johnson. "PM1" May, well-known humorous artist, died in London. Whitaker Wright, the promoter, was released on $250,000 bail in London. Andrew Carnegie announces that he will donate $2,500,000 to Dunfermline, Scotland, his birthplace. Cardinal Oreglia was reappointed camerlengo, and it is believed Cardinal Agliardi will be chosen Papal Secretary of State. Pope Plus X. received a body of American pilgrims before those of any other country. Lieut-Gen. Nelson A. Miles, commanding the army, war placed on the retired list last Saturday. Representative Rhea, of Kentucky, proposes that each State be free to deal with the race problem without interference by Congress. Col. Henry Lippiecott will not be promoted to the grf.de of brigadiergeneral in the army. President Roosevelt has directed that his name be *' withdrawn. The stock of the Evansvllle and Terre Haute Railway was transferred Hi IVUCh. IbldllU hilci coto. Bryan In a Wreck. St. Louis, Special.?Wm. J. Bryan was severely shaken up, but escaped Injury in a small wreck on the Southern Railway, near Mount Vernon. II!., Sunday. While running at full speed the train ran into an open switch and was delayed several hours. Beyond bruises no one was Injured. Mr. Bryan arrived here from Louisville, Ky., and continued his journey to Sycamore, II. - *^<r, -si.i ii it i