CHURCH ALL WORLD. PASTOR WHO REACHES FOLLOW CRS THROUGH NEWSPAPERS. *Some Facts Concerning the Life Work of Rev. Charles T. Russell Who Has Deen Misrep resented. Allegheny, Pa.—One of the busiest aiien in the United States is Charles T. Russell, of Allegheny. Some people call him Rev. Charles T. Russell, but he himself disclaims ail titles, believing that as Jesus and j the apostles disclaimed them so should he. Russell is the leader of a religious .movement which has its followers all over the world. He is not the orig inator of jj sect, but simply claims membership in the original church institution of the scriptures, therein •described simply as "th£ church, whose names are written in heaven." It has no houses of worship of its own, and Pastor Russell's plan •for reaching his numerous and widely scattered followers with his discourses is a unique one. He travels a great deal, preaching dn opera houses in the large cities of the country, and through arrange ments with various newspapers gladly printing the discourses because of the increased circulation which accrues to them through the subscriptions of liussell's many followers. Thus he preaches each Sunday to a •congregation of hundreds of thou sands. Russell has been considerably dis turbed of late over false and mislead ing accounts of his teachings and his I>lans which have appeared in many •newspapers. Among other things, it was recent ly announced that ho was endeavoring fto get control of Dowie's Zion City and turn it into a home for his fol lowers. "Nothing could be more untrue," "he declares. "I have no desire for '-Zion City, and there have been no ne gotiations whatever in the matter." It has also been published that Russell is "the no-hell preacher"—be •cause he teaches there is no place of tfuture fiery torment. Pastor Russell declares that he does not believe in hell as a place of eter nal torment, but holds that the "sheol" •of the Old Testament and the "hades" •of the New Testament is the state of •death —that mankind, because of orig inal sin, is under a death sentence, which affects ail mentally, morally and physically, and culminates in the tomb. He holds that redemption was from the tomb, that Christ died for humani ty's sins, and that as a result of this •redemption all mankind is ultimately to be released from this state of death SOCODC<2(SOCCOOCCC«OCOO«COS^3OCCOO<>EODCOS<S©OOSOROiCi&©B(!y YERKES QUITS FEDERAL POST. internal Revenue Commissioner Takes Up Law Practice. JOHN W .YERKES. ((Internal Revenue Commissioner Who Has Resigned Position.) Washington.—John W. Yerkes, com missioner of internal revenue, has ten »ooo9SODSooeoocQcecoccosoa ARRAYED HOUNDS IN ARMOR. Favorite Canines in Olden Days Wore Coats of Mail. New York. —Years ago, when royal ty devoted itself to the chase and con- Armor for Hounds of Old. aldered greyhounds the finest of ca nine pets, it was the fashion to have the favorite dogs arrayed in armor. Recently a suit of this queer dog ar mor was discovered and experts puz and gi win Instruction which will load to eternal life, if they are obedient to such leading, in the Millennial age. Nor does Pastor Russell doubt In the least the existence of Satan, though this has been alleged of him. In a sermon which he recently de livered on"The Overthrow of Satan's Empire," he makes his position on this point very clear, saying: "We are aware that our Lord's words to Peter, 'Get thee behind me, Satan,' are made the basis for the denial that there is any personal devil or subordinate demons. Our reply is that although any man may become an adversary of God (a satan), the CHARLES T. RUSSELL. (Pennsylvania Pastor Who Has World- Wide Church.) scriptures everywhere speak of the prime mover in evil as 'the' devil, 'the' satan. He is the great murderer. He murdered our first parents by deceiv ing them, and thus induced them to be disobedient to their Creator." It was recently stated in several newspapers that in a divorce trial, which resulted in the legal separa tion of Pastor Russell and his wife, about a year ago, he had said, "his love was like that of a jellyfish, in that it went out to any spirit which responded." This statement distressed Russell considerably, inasmuch as the truth was that the remark in question was attributed to Russell by a witness dur ing the trial, and was emphatically denied on the stand by him. It has been said of Russell that "money pours into his office coffers like water," and that his sect is im mensely wealthy. This is not the i case. | "We have sufficient," he says,"and we never take up collections, but wo | have no enormous wealth. We care j only for enough to enable us to spread ! our gospel to humanity wherever it is 1 needed." dered his resignation to the president, who has accepted it with expressions of regret. Mr. Yerkes resigns to enter the practice of law in this city, having associated himself with woe of its most prominent lega» firms. Secre tary Cortelyou was loath to lose Com missioner Yerkes' services in the treasury department, but the strong inducements made led to his resigna tion. Mr. Yerkes became commissioner of internal revenue December 20, 1900, and has been in office over six years. His conduct of his office has always been highly satisfactory to the ad ministration. Mr. Yerkes for many years has been prominent in Republi can politics of Kentucky and was at one time the nominee of his party for governor of that state. He has for years been recognized by the president as the head of his party, and his recommendations as to patronage have been followed. Efforts were re cently made to have Mr. Yerkes ac cept the Republican nomination this year, but he declined, knowing of his intentions as to practicing law in thia city. »OCCOOOX<mS9S«»CC' zled their heads over it. No one knew what it was for, as the armored dog has never been a familiar sight to lat ter day collectors. The real use of the golden armor was learned by an expert that hap pened to recall to mind a picture of one of the famous Spanish rulers painted with his finest greyhound clad in handsomely wrought gold armor standing by his side. The expert's brother collectors, who had suggested surgical appliances and all sorts of queer things as a solution of the puz zle, were somewhat chagrined when they learned its true use. At present this odd armor is on exhibition in the royal collection at Madrid. Chess Note. Redd—l see Edwin Anthony, In an article published in the Chess-Piayers' Chronicle, computed approximately that (lie number of ways of playing only the first ten moves on each side is 169,518,829,100,514,000,000.000,000,- 000. Greene—That's a surprise to me. I've never tried more than 123,517,289,- 414,901,000 of them. —Yonkers States man. At the Sausage Counter. "Concerning your meals, did you hope for the best?" "Certainly; that is why I got the wurst —Baltimore American. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1907. FORJHIS LlfE W. D. Haywood Is Placed cn Trial at Boise. FIRST JURY PANEL Is Exhausted and Special Venire of 100 Men Is Summoned —Court Adjourns Until Monday. Boise, Idaho. —W. D. Haywood, first of the alleged participants In the avenging conspiracy by which it is averred the assassination of Frank Steunenberg was plotted and executed, was on Thursday placed on trial for his life. Counsel for state and prisoner entered at once upon the examination of prospective jurors and kept steadily at the task for five hours. No juror was finally accepted, but substantial progress was made and the indications are that a jury may be obtained by the end of next week. The opening day of the trial was earnest and businesslike. Its striking feature was the absence of crowds or demonstrations. At no time was the court room more than half filled and the streets forming the courthouse square contained not a singie loiterer. WIL LIAM D HAY WOOD. The case was halted shortly before 5 o'clock because of the exhaustion of the jury panel and adjournment was taken until Monday. Meantime i the sheriff will summon a special venire of 100 men. The 11 men under examination but not yet finally ac cepted or rejected were locked up and | will be closely guarded. The questions of the defense took a | much wider range than those of the I state. Its most striking feature dealt with the possible effect upon the j minds of jurors of the letter ot Presi j dent Roosevelt in calling Haywood I and his associates "undesirable citi zens;" the speeches in Idaho of Sec retary Taft, the message of Gov. Gooding to the legislature, the speech in Boise of Senator Heyburn and the action of the Idaho legislature in ap propriating money for the prosecution of the three prisoners. Mr. Richardson, who conducted the examination of the talesmen, was also particular to ascertain their attitude toward socialists and members of la bor organizations. BALLOTS WERE ALTERED. A Sensational Story Is Told in Con nection with Election of a Life In surance Company's Officers. New York. —C. F. Carrington, a former employe of the interna tional policyholders' committee, testi fied in police court Thursday that George R. Scrugham, manager for the committee, instructed him and other employes to alter defective bal lots | sent to them in connection with the election of directors of the New York Life Insurance Co. He declared also that Scrugham had not forward ed to the New York Lifte tellers so called "administration ballots" which fell into the hands of the policyhold ers' committee. "Scrugham told me that when any of the administration ballots fell into my hands there was no need of send ing them to tne company," testified Carrington, "and he added jocularly that I might send them upstairs to him, as he had some chloroform for them." Carrington's testimony was given after he had been promised by Assistant District Attorney Smyth that anything he testified to would not be used against him. He said that when the first ballots began to come in they were examined by clipping off a very small strip of the end of the envelope, after which the envelopes were carefully resealed. If defective ballots were found they were "fixed up." He declared that this was done by Scrugham's order. When there was plenty of time the defective ballots and envelopes were returned to the policyholder with a request that he make the correction. But when only two or three days re mained, he declared, the corrections wore made by the office staff. One Killed, 50 Injured. Chicago.— One woman was killed and 50 other ptVsons were in jured Thursday in a wreck on the Chicago, Uurli«igton & Quincy rail road at the crossing of that line with Hamlin avenue in the southwestern part of the city. Forty-eight Lives Were Lost. Marseilles. The latest report here concerning the loss of the French steamer Poltou, wrecked off San Jose Ignaclo, Uruguay, are that 40 passengers and eight of the crft® lost their lives. A NEW RECORD. IT is MAOT'BY A SUBMARINE BOAT IN DIVING—WORK OF THE OCTOPUS. A SERIES OF REMARKABLE TESTS IN A NASTY SEA AND A THICK FOG. Newport, R. I. All American records for quick diving by a submarine boat were broken Friday when the submarine Octopus went through a series of extraordinary tests in Coddington Cove, in a nasty sea, with a thick fog that cleared at times and a southwest wind that blew at a rate of 40 miles an hour. The principal test was for the pur pose of determining whether the Oc topus while afloat would be able to get submerged quickly if an enemy should be sighted. Running at full speed on the surface, propelled by gasoline engines, the Octopus receiv ed a signal from the members of the trial board on board the tender Nina. Immediately the engines were stopped and power was furnished by storage batteries. Diving rudders were adjusted, the submarine took 37 tons of water into her tanks and sank to a depth of 20 feet. This was ac complished within four and a half minutes after receiving the signal. A second test reduced the time by about half a minute. A GREAT STRIKE. Thirty -Thousand Longshoremen in Greater New York Are Idle —Em- ployers Issue ar. Ultimatum. New York. —The resident heads nf the steamship companies in cluded in the International Mercantile Marine Co. assumed the aggressive I' riday when, following a conference, they served notice upon the striking longshoremen that unless the latter returned to work within a week their places would be permanently filled by Jther men. At the meeting the steam ship officials reaffirmed their determi aation not to yield to the demand for higher wages. Gustav li. Schwab, general man ager of the North German Lloyd Co., >ook occasion to again deny that there >vas a possibility that the trans-Atlan ic lines would compromise with the strikers. In the face of these statements Pal rick Connor, president of the Long shoremen's Union Protective associa tion, predicted full victory for the urlkers within 24 hours. The long shoremen met at their Manhattan Headquarters last night and later Mr. 'onnor said that the strikers were of ane mind to stay out until their de mands were conceded. He says there ire 30,000 men idle. SAYS STORY IS EALSE. President of Western Federation of Miners Denies that He Was Once a Convict. Boise, Idaho. —There was notice able evidence Friday of relaxa tion in the atmosphere of Boise. Not withstanding an outward appearance of lack of interest in the case there has existed for some time in Boise an extremely tense condition. A story printed Friday by the Chi sago Journal, charging that one Charles Moyer was in 1886 sentenced to one year in .loliet penitentiary for burglary in Chicago, was printed here i and created much discussion. That C. H. Moyer, the prisoner now in jail 1 here, charged with the murder of ex -1 Gov. Steunenberg, is one and the | same man is denied by the prisoner and his counsel, j Moyer, when seen on the subject, I said he was working in the mines in I the Black Hills country of South Da kota at the rime of incarceration, which is given as between February 4, 1886, and .January 4, 1887. He states that it would be easy to verify this by the records of the Castle Creek i Gold Mining Co. at Rockford, S. D., | where, he says, he was working at the j time. BAD WEATHER RETARDS TRADE. Every Section of the Country Reports that Abnormal Cold Has Dis turbed Business. New York.—R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: Weather conditions unseasonable almost beyond precedent have re tarded retail trade and agriculture to an extent that cannot yet be meas ured, but the loss will be consider able. Spring opened with the bright est prospects for business and crops, but record breaking results can no longer be attained. May tints far has brought complaints of excessivp cold from almost every section of the coun try, and in many cases mercantile collections have been slow on that ac count. Freight congestion is relieved, how ever, and traffic is very heavy, partly in preparation for fall and winter business, which Is viewed with confi dence, while last year's pressure causes a big movement of coal and at tractive prices bring a vast tonnage of wheat to primary markets. The outlook in the iron and steel industry was never brighter. An Heir to Spain's Throne Is Born. Madrid, Spain.—The news that the direct male succession to the throne of Spain had been assured by the birth Friday of a son to Queer. Victoria sent a thrill of rejoicing throughout the country and the event is being celebrated from one end of the land to another. The boy will be named Alfonso. Snow Storm Lasted 24 Days. Laramie, W'yo.—For Twenty-four days a snow storm has raged in tin southern Wyoming mountains and snow Is seven feet deep on a level. I Balcom & Lloyd. g I WE have the best stocked general store in the county [B and if you are looking for re- [if liable goods at reasonable fjl prices, we are ready to serve p you with the best to be found. ffl Our reputation for trust- pi H worthy goods and fair dealing y A is too well known to sell any ~g jf but high grade goods. jg Our stock of Queensware and Ohinaware is selected with p great care and we have soma of the most handsome dishes ffl ever shown in this section, «s IB both in imported and domestic |! 1 makes. We invite you to visit ,1 S us and look our goods over. 3 i h k i I? i ji ================ i I Balcom & Lloyd, j !! LOOK ELSEWHERE BUT DON'T FORGET |J THESE PRICES AND FACTS AT gj i || LaBAR'S || g M II H ■ M M M We carry in stock j " - i £* the largest line of Car- « . . II !|| pets, Linoleums and S' |j ?j Mattings-of all kinds /TW || J2 ever brought to this itffiMkH A ?3 town - Also a big line .a**"- ir* of samples. M Avery large line of '.FOR.TBE I=^- II SSS%F COMFORTABLE LODGING m Ma Art Squares and of fine books In a choice library M Rugs of all sizes and select the Ideal pattern of Globe- M H kind, from the cheap- Wernicke "Elastic" Bookcase. jM est to the best. Furnished with bevel French || plate or leaded glass doors. M || Dining Chairs, ' on 6ftL,: ° y || || Rockers and GEO. J. LaBAR, J* Ifc. j) High Chairs. Sole Agent for Cameron County. A large and elegant 1 < * |j E? line of Tufted and £* || Drop-head Couches. Beauties and at bargain prices. || M w * |3O Bedroom Suits, ffOP f4O Sideboard, quar- <TDfi |i solid oak at u)ZU tered cak I! S2B Bedroom Suits, <f«)| $32 Sideboard, quar- COC Bolid oak at 4)Zi tered oak sP<iw> p $ ** $25 Bed room Suits, Ofl $22 Sideboard, quar- M 14 solid oak at 3)ZU I tered oak, 4>IU || || A large line of Dressers from Chiffoniers of all kinds and 14 £| $S up. all prices. N N || The finest line of Sewing Machines on the market, Eg JJ the "DOMESTIC" and "ELDRILGE.' All drop- g* P2 heads and warranted. *2 A fine line of Dishes, common grade and China, in ** *2 sets and by the piece. 14 As I keep a full line of evervthing that goes to M M make up a good Furniture store, it is useless to enum- |4 M erate them all. M || Please call and see for yourself that lam telling M kg you the truth, and if you don't buy, there is no harm ** done, as it is no trouble to show goods. h GEO. J .LaBAR. UNDBRTiLK-IISTCi. *< lip***w»*wwwwirww*riiifw*rw*wv**'wl| <tiikmi**4 3
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