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
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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
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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.
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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.
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