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-under arrest THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY; OCTOBER 21, 1896-TWELVE PAGES. me another case.” Brae Braise Pree Prec hr ePrarcBhn® | | An Imposing Affair Made of Cheap Metal for Political Uses. An Object Lesson Used in the Cam- paign Excites the Secret Service Officials. Is it legal to issue “Bryan silver dollars” fm anticipation of Mr. Bryan's succession to the White House? This is the question that has been agitating the officials of the secret service bureau for several days past If they have reached any conclusion on the subject it has not yet been made publi The so-called “Bryan dollar” is a rather imposing affair. It may be made of pewter, lead or any other base metal, but the fa- vorite substance just now is Babbitt metal, a composition that is used for bearings about machinery. It is three an inches in ciameter, and a single coin makes @ good pocket plece—that fs, it just about It builds up and keeps up the hard SARAH BERNHARDT Writes: obtained from the use of the Genuine JOHANN HOFF’S MALT EXTRACT. 1 use it through the advice of my physician, and kindly ask you to send | tion of the law to make more burlesque ja hair! Were given a cops many Kings, : Z the one true nutritive tonic that builds them up and keeps them well. MALT EXTRACT > JUST ONE ORIGINAL « There is just one—only one original malt extract. It has stood the test It has been endorsed by ‘mperors and Artists as THE ORIGINAL JOHANN HOFF’S workers of this life The following endorsement is worthy of your trust: “T appreciate the good results coins. Will Make More of Them In view of the fact that the secret ser ice department never returns any counte! feit money which falls into its hands, Mr. Binnix feit satisfied that the point had, to all intents and purposes, be2n decided in his favor, and he told a Star reporter tats morning that was his inteation to manu- facture a large number of free Babbitt metal dollars to use in the campaign in Maryland. é Officials Refuse to ‘The off in general, ard of the secret ce bu- reau in particular, positively refuse to commit tlemselves on the question whether the circulation of the big United States imitation or dollar call sryan dol- ‘commit Themselves of the Treasury Department = lar” ts or is not a violat th An officer o told a Star this afternogn that three or four dealers who desired to these articles sked the there was any objection theret the bureau had con: deciined to give an opinion on the s that such was the rule he office. In this particular case the applicants of the law bearing on the subject, and advised to seek legal coun- sel es to whether the article in question was in violation thereof. fills a good-sized trouser pocket, little room for small change. How the Enlarged Dollar Looks. A number of these coins have recently made their appearance in Washington, and have beer extensively used in the neigh- berhood fer campaign purposes. Sound money men admit that a dollar more than three inches in diameter is an exaggera- tion, and is worthy of being called a bur- Jesque dolar. On the theory that the pres- ent dollar contairs 53 cents’ worth of sil- ver, a real dollar containing 100 cents’ worth of the white metal would be not quite twice the bulk of the ones with which some people are familiar. In making the Bryan dollar its originators followed the same methods that make cartoons a success—a bit of exaggeration here and there. The general appearance of the coin is not un- like a genuine silver dollar. The reverse contains the words, “United States, 16 to 1, Ni arranged around a spread eagle. ‘There is no mention of the alleged value of the coin, and the words “of Americ are also left off. The obverse contains a fairly good fac simile of the head of the goddess and the date “186. There are no words of any sort on this side. The fillet of the goddess lacks the word “Liberty,” which ordinarily appears as part of her head- dress. Seeret Service Office Looks Inte the Matter. The question cf the legality of the “Bry- an dollar” was brought to the attention of the Treasury Department last Saturlay by Mr. B. F. Binnix, an active republican worker of Seabrook, Prince George's coun- ty, Md. He is the engineer at Belt & Dyer’s lumber mill, at the corner of 13th nd © streets. He is a mechanic of ability, the Inventor of a number of mechan- ical devices of considerable value. One cf the coins came imto his possession, struck him that ft would be a good plan to manufacture a number of them for pur- poses of exhibition among the free silver voters of Prince George’s county. Not wishing to become involved in any legal difficulties, Mr. Binnix sent a friend to the Secret service bureau to ask their opinion. The coin was at once confiscated, and an attempt was made to find Mr. Binnix. That gentieman had left for his home in Mary- land when the detectives reached his plave ef business, and they left word that he was wanted at the Treasury Department as soon as possible. Monday Mr. Binnix went te the secret service bureau, taking with him a mold which he had in his possession, which he expected to use in the issuance of more Babbitt metal dollars. A Nominal leaving Arrest. This was confiscated, as was also another epecimen of the coin that he had in his possession. He insisted that his “dollar” was in no sense a counterfelt In that it would never deceive any one, was decided- Jy different on the face from a genuine dollar and lacked the words “one dollar.” The secret service officials did not agree with him, and Mr. Binnix was nominally for the better part of an hour. He argued his point with grea: _ earnestness, but the treasury officials re- fuse to make ary decision at all until they had consulted the Department of Jus- tice in the matter. Yesterday Mr. Hin- nix was called upon by a detective from the ‘Tre ity Department, who returned him his two “dollars” and mold, but stated that the Treasury Department declined to go on record as to whether it would be In viola- - INFANT HEALTH SENT FREE A little book that should be in ever home, Issued by ‘the manufacturers The secret service man said that no com- plaints against the “Bryan dollar” had been received at the Treasury Department, and that no official notice of their existence would be taken unless they were put in circulation. He said that the department had merely declined to say in advance whether their circulatien was, or was not, a violation of law, and the legality of the manufacture of the coins will not be passed upon by the department unless they are actuaily put in circulation. It therefore appears that persons who make and circulate these coins do so at their own risk, and they will only know what the Treasury Department thinks of the transaction ufter its consummation. National Statistical Association. The National Statistical Association will this evening renew its course of monthly meetings for the year 1806-07. The open- ing address will be delivered at the Colum- bian University, corner H and ¥th streets northwest, by Dr. Jos. Nimmo, jr., the pres- ident ef the association. Subject, “The Re- lation of Statistics to Statesmanship.” Her Excuse. Mary Jane Burch, whose arrest by De- tectives Boyd and Horne for theft was mentioned in yesterday’s Star, was arraign- ed in court this morning on two charges of larceny. Judge Miller recognized her as having been in court before, when she said she lived in Hyattsville. Her excuse for her recent conduct was that she had been oa and the court gave her sixty days in jail. ————— Bell Telephone Case Postponed. The Supreme Court yesterday postponed hearing of argument in the government's case against the Bell Telephone Company, involving the validity of the Berliner pat- ent, until the second Monday in November. ———_— Pensions Allowed. District of Columbia—Original—(Special October 12) David J. Carey, deceased, Wash- ington. Original widows, &c.—(Special Oc- tober 12) Mary E. Carey, Washingto: Emily Wilson, Wastington. Virginia—riginal—Ives Smith, Ports- mouth, Norfolk; Valentine Bartelmas, Na- tional Soldiers’ Home, Elizabeth City. Maryland — Original — Emma Courtney, nurse, Baltimore, Baltimore. Increase— William Schofield, Upper Fairmount, Som- erset. West Virginia—Original—Robert H. Me- Cormick, Roacerte, Greenbrier. Original widow—Jane Bishop, Sleith, Braxton. ae Naval Promotions. Commissions have been issued to the foliowing named cfficers of the navy: Capis. C. J. Barclay and C. E. Clark, Com- manders B. F. Tilley and B. 8. Richards, Chief Engineers G. S. Willits, F. H. Bailey, W. M. Parks, I. S. K. Reeves and R. G. Denig; Passed Assistant Engineers L, Nulton, H. O. Stickney, O. W. Koester, 1h L. Beach and W. S& Burke; Medical In. spector J. L. Neilson, Surgeon J. M. Edga: Pay Inspector D. A. Smith, Passed as. sistant Paymasters P. V. Mohun and W. J Littell Paymaster T. J. Cowie, Lieut. . L. Purcell and Lieut. (junior grad Cc. Fenton. Gy ————_—_-e+___ Transfers of Real Estate. Chas. W. Simpson et ux. to Wm. T. Davidson, Tot 33, sq. 44; $100. is Lawrence F. McGee et ux. to Peyton Gordon, lot 55, bIK. 28, Long Meadows; $10. ‘Thomas Thornton to Mary Dunn, part lot 10, oq. 776; $1,000. i. es Ada V. Wilkinson to James Tracy, lot 1 - “flout, 8. Boswell nay ot foswell, trust te 5 of 2G; S, Boswell trustee, to Allce M. Boswell, $i0. Joka Curtin et’ ux. ‘to Josephine and Sallie Doy! lot 38 sq. 1245; $10. = Emma J. Fry to J. Eugene Ottinger, lot 9, sy, Joseph M. Wells et ux. to Geo. we t Geo. B. 0 ‘M. Wells, Samuel C, Sinoot ‘to Hobt. V. Belt, original . ‘4 zZ 10, sq. 61; $3,801.42. 4 te co. E."Eminons et ux. to Frank W. Emmons, ee nae Rea ne 833; $1,500. stoke LAYING THE STONE (Continued from First Page.) ures may be made. No science approaches it in drawing from the errors and the suc- cesses of past ages the highest wisdom and the noblest inspirations for meeting the de- mands which the future is sure to bring with it. It holds out the lamp of caution to the explorer in the realms of truth, guarding at once against the mistakes of the past and the tendencies which might lead to their repetition in the future. Of all the sciences history alone selects the good and leaves the evil behind. It forms the proper gateway to every depart- ment of human learning. So, as we come to the laying of cur first corner stone, it has been our purpose to let the College of History precede all others, for history is itself the foundation of all the sciences. The Idea of n National University. George Washington was tie first to con- ceive the importance of planting here at the national capital a great university. His grounds for advocating it were based upon political considerations, namely, that the American citizen should be trained in America, in order to be saved from imo- rarchical and other notions unfavorable to the development of citizenship in a great republic. [ut a century of national history has taught us that the true university needs more than that. It needs to open its Bishop Hurst. doors for the development of science based upon the word of Ged, in harmony with the divine teachings, and in full faith in thr final triumph of Christianity over ail wrong, be it in hut or palace. While this institution is under the au- spices and care of one denomination there are on its board of trustees representa- tives of six religious bodies, all of which mest cordially co-operate for the achteye- ment of its noble mission. In the accu- mulations of our funds for the site, for buildings, for endowments and for other purposes, probably one-half of the roble sum has come from members of Protestant denominations other than our own. In the management of its affairs and in the cice of its officers and professors it Is fe to say that the fundamental convic- ticns of the great body of Protestants will be respected. But it is further safe to say that in its government and control no word of authority will be either asked cr awaited from the wearer of the panal tiara in the Vatican at Rome. Other Structures. Other structures will be needed, and for some of them initial gifts have already been made, notably for the College of Lan- gueges, toward which $50,00) have been contributed, and the Asbury Memorial Hall, for which the clergy have subscribed 3100000, and in which we purpose that the College for Missionaries shall find 2 home, and that thousands of Christian men and women shall receive, in the languaxes of the countries where they are to labor, in comparative religions, and in interna- tional law, the highest equipment for car- rying the Gospel most intelligeutly to the babbling nations of all the earth. One of our most urgent needs, and one that will confront us at an early day, and fur which, as yet, no gitt has been made, is a College of Technology, in which to provide for the best and highest training in mechanical and electrical engineering and the auxiliaries to these great and growing departments of our modern life. For the further prosecution of this work we Invite the sympathies, the prayers and the gifts of all the people who feel that the time has come for the establishment in Washington, where, in response to the ap- peal of the American University, the zen- eral gov ment has thrown open to every scientific student its tmmeasurable treas- ures of literature, science and art, a _uni- versity which shall be pervaded by a Chr: tian atmosphere and conducted tn har- mony with the noblest aspirations of the American patriot and the world-wide Christian citizen. As was once said, here in Washington, while in the midst of a great national crisis, sv we say on this spot, as the Amer- ican University moves forward upon its mission of universal blessing: “On this site we invite the considerate judgment of mankind and the blessing of ‘Almighty God.” Bishop Fowler's Bishop Fowler said: Hail to the American University! Hail to this goodly company of assembled friends! Hail to the great church especial- ly interested in this enterprise! Hail to the great nation whose sons and daughters will here be blessed by the thousand for un- numbered centuries to come! And all hail to the most beautiful city on whose bosom we hang this amulet, whose efficacy shall increase forever! What more desirable site for a great university than this capi- tal of the great republic, located between the mountains and the inlets [rom tke sea, catching inspirations from the eter- nal summits on one side and on the other side perpetual youth from the vastness of the ocean, on whose brow time wrttes no wrinkles; lying in the highway between the north and the south, inhaling health from one and fragrance from the otker, honored alike in its distingulshed name and equally distinguished history. A city of avenues and circles and parks and trees and noble public buildings. A city of pal- aces and monuments and temples, where her citizens walk among the statues of her heroes and the altars of her God and are transformed into soldiers and patriots and statesmen. A city crowded with pub- lic schools, where all her children may be taught, with colleges and universities Address, Bishop Fowler. of long and honorable standing, with vast collections of the products of nature and art from all parts of the world, with all known materials for the illustration of every science and every known branch of useful knowledge, with a ‘ibrary second to none in the world, and an observatory mapping out all worlds, with forty mii- Hons of dollars’ worth of illustrative ap- paratus, much of {ft incapable of duplica- tion, for all of it easily accessible and ready for use, with the treasury of the United States behind it to secure all pos- sible enlargement, and the authority of the general government over it to secure safety and permanence. Agam, thrice and all hail to this most beautiful city on earth that receives this day the beginning of the first building of the greatest of all institutions, a Christian university; blessed elty and city of the pleased, for yonder rest the ashes of the father of his coun- try, who is buried deep in the heart of every lover of liberty, and yonder towers his marble monument, still the loftiest me- morial shaft among men; and yonder are the low green tents whose curtains never outward swing, where are bivouacked the heroes who gladly died to save the re- public, illustrate that inspired utterance of Horace: “Dulce et decorum pro patria mort.” This institution, born in the nick of time, and on the summit of the centuries, drop- ped into the lap qt events, and endowed with vast estatcs and palaces, needing only to nurchase a key for this big front door, has a right to be questioned, and to be heard. An institution in a community, that fs to occupy time.and thought of Scores of cultivated laborers, to control capital by the milliohs and expend its in- come by the hundred thousands, to build its wails far the centuries «nd plan its campaigns by the thousand years, to fur- nish a home for multitudes of the sons and daughters of the l@yi in a critical time of their lire and furnish character for schol- ars and SuFeachers and philolo- | gists, physicians and philosophers, jurists and statesmen—an—institution thus pur- posed and intrusted has a right to the public ear. £ It is today In the center of American thougit. The eyes cf millions of freemen are turned this way’this hour. The Dray- ers Of millions of Melevers are ascending on behalf of the work occupying us at this meient; nearly half a hundred common- wealths are turning this way, and states unborn, struggling in the womb of the nation, are listening to th» plans here crystallizing, and hearing the strokes of the hammer bringing into place this cor- ner stone. The Capitol Corner Stone. Standing here this hour, with my back to the mountains that stand about Har- per's Ferry, with its memories so dear to every patriot, and with my face toward yonder Capitol building, I am reminded of another ceremony, not wholly unlike this. It took place September 18, 1793, one hun- dred and three years and ‘one month ago last Sabbath. Methinks I can see it now. There is the noble form of Washingien, surrounded by heroes of the revolution, and officers of the infant republic, crossing the Potomac yonder, and walking up onto that hill in the thick forest, and there with ap- propriate service and ceremony he lays the corner stone of the first builaing of the national capital. How meager and strange the picture. The republic born on the still hot battletiel@s can not yet talk plainly. It can only shout the battle cry of freedom. With army dispersed and unpaid, with treasury empty, with the nations of the letting the new government alone use {t was too weak to heed, with sparse settlements along the Atlantic coast, with a wild and unknown continent stretching toward the setting sun, the re- public seemed like a mere. dreamer or mere trapper camping in the wilderness. Surely those were prophets that gathered on yonder hill in the woods and laid that corner stone. They looked over the bulge of the world and saw the teeming future. Yonder magnificent Capitol, with its cham- bers, and halls, and stairs, and plateaus, and columns, and pillars, and carved mar- bles, and statues, and dome, and towering Goddess of Liberty catching the first rays of the morning sun from the Atlantic and the last rays from the western plains, that Stately structure, the wonder and admira- ton of all the civilized peoples of the carth, stood complete in the faith of that Kittle group of patriots as they stood there that long ago day in the woods and laid the corner stone of the first Capitol build- ing, with blows that echo round all the world and through all coming centuries. Not unlike their conditions and task are our conditions and task. We are in an open field beyond the wood, on a hill, lay- ing a ccrner stone, not of the capitol of a nation, but of a university of a great peo- ble. They -had three and one-half millions of people scattered In the wildern: Out of 73,000,000 of citizens we have 25,000,000 ef people, members and adnerents ia a thickly settied and wealthy land. They had 4 young nation back of them. We have a reat nation, and a great Protestantism, and a great church back of us. They had the faith of the patriot to inspire them. We have the faith of ‘the patriot and of the Christian to inspire ws. Did they go for- ward? We can go férward in the name of God. Did they suceeed to the joy of their children? We shal succeed to the joy of all coming generations and to the glory of God. ‘ We are only discharging a duty. We are sprung from a_ heroic ancestry. Our fa- thers went forth empty-handed to build a# church and a nation. They drove out the ges and the wid Leasts and subdued the coutinent and built it full of cities and towns and houses and comforts. With their biood in our vems and their achieve- nents in our inheritance, we have no right to plan er do little things. As Caesar said to the frightened sailors on the stormy Mediterranean: “Fear not, you have Caesar on boart,”” so we cat say: “The world has a right to expect achievements and courage from us; we are of ‘the conquering race. Duty demamds from’ Us great achievements, We are the heirs of priceless libertie. and not one right do we claim that was not wrenched from ferte enemies with the red hands of heroic battle.” Have we religious freedom? It cost tne fires of Smithiield. We freedom of speech and of the It cost the long and bloody strifes of the English-speaking peoples. Have we polltical freedom? It gost the bloody trail from Concord to Yorktown. Have we uni- versal freedom? It cost the long and crim- on siruggie from Fort Sumter to Appo- mattox. Mankind has a right to expect much of us. he age in which we live demands of us great achievements. We are no longer provincial; we are cosmopolitan; citizens of the world. There are no strangers; all peo- ples are tributary to us. All the treasure houses of the world are open to us. All knowledge of the ages beckons to us. Nothing seems impossible. We can meas- ‘ure the millionth part of an inch; we can create diamonds; we can whisper two thous- and miles and hear the breathing of the man with whom we are whispering: we can see through triple bars of bones and flesh. Secrets are no longer safe in the heart. We can amass fortune by the hundred mil- lions in a single lifetime. We have no right to do smail things. Intrusted With Vast Responsibilities. We are intrusted with vast treasures, and must measure up to vast responsibili- ties. The man who receives fifty millions as patrimony has ro right to keep a pea- nut stall. Nature keeps a one-priced store. She sells only to him who pays the price; and whoever puts down upon her counter the value of an urticle can take the goods. So she holds all her servants and agents and debtors to a strict account. She has her sleepless eyes open upon us. If we do not use and improve our talent and gain other talents, she will recover her gifts and send us to the eternal poor house. We must win or go under. Nature has no time to shilly shally. In this enterprise we are only meeting imperative obligations. The university has the right of way. She has this because she takes us up into the invisible world of forces, into the world of ideas. AR forces are invisible. Power never took you by the hand. It never jooked you in the face. You never saw its form or color. I never saw my own soul. I have hunted for it everywhere. I have gone into my body and searched for it everywhere—down in the center of the bones, in the pivots of the joints, every- where. I have taken my best chemistries and strongest microscopes and have bunted through all the 500,000,000 cells of my brain, but nowhere can I find my soul. It never comes vut to me. It may be yon- der among the stars while I am hunting for it here in this cage—my bosom. It may be fluttering here while I am searching for it yonder in the infinite spaces that yawn above me. I never saw it, yet I know by my consciousness that this strange, invis- ible, intangible, imponderable something which hopes and fears, which remembers and forgets, which loves and hates, which acts and is, is myself, a citizen of the in- visible worlds, an ‘heir of all the ages, though it is itself always invisible. Indeed, all power is invisible and intangible. The university takes mé up among these In- visible intangible forces, and so has a right to be heard -and obeyed—has the rane of way. lature stands for the university in fact that she puts:a premium on brates She is not on the side of the imbecile. They are always left“In the race, and take what no one else wants. All that nature does for them is to pick then to pieces when they have staryed to dea‘h, in order that she may give the elements to other agents for another experiment. She does not want us to work merely with our spades and axes. She wants us to use or brains, and thus make one thing do an- other. She does not thank us for econ- omizing her power. She has power enough; there is no limit to her power, and with holding does not save it. She asks no in- erement of compound interest for power which she stores. She wants us to use her power. She turus all the great wheels in the universe around one way all the time and says: “See! ‘They go round this way. Don’t you see? Throw your inyeniive thoughts around them and make them do your work.” If only we could throw a belt around the world and utilize her mo- tion, could we not make things spin? Na- ture wants us to use her power. This is why she pays big wages for brain power. Indeed, wages are. a-fair test. Nature keeps only true things; she hates shams. She is just. Take the matter of wages. Wages work down to the fact of justice ultimately. Study it. On the surface, this matter of wages often seems udjust and bad. .This man works as brakeman four- teen hours a day and takes chances on his life; sc he.must pay heavy premiums to have his life insured. He receives only $1.25 per Gay. This man, as president of the road, comes in a carriage to nis office at 10 o'clock, is waited upon by half a dozen scrvants, sits in an easy chair, moves about a few papers, writes his name a few times, goes out at 3 o'clock to eat a big dinner with his friends; for this he receives $25,000 per year. This seems hard. But nature insists on it. She says it is just, and £0 it is just. Capital has no con- Science. Business is business. Capital only wants another quarter of a cent. Now right behind this president of a road stands another man anxious to do his work for $20,000, Capital would take him in a min- ute, if he could do the work. But he can’t, and so he does not secure the place. Lock at these two mer. The first man rimpiy sits on a board and listens for a whistle. He can think of his sweetheart, of what he pleases. The last man has all the trains and all the engines and all the brakemen running up and down his nerves; soon he is worn out—has softening of the brain, or nervous prostration, and dies. He earns all he gets. Nature pays big salaries tor brain power, and so asks us to build these universities to fit men for great work. The university has the right of way, be- cause it develops the spiritual forces in the race. Titus had destroyed Jerusalem anid was on his way back to Rome. At Joppa, while he was embarking his forces, sitting on his horse watching the moving of the troops, a poor Jew crept in among the horses and pulled Titus’ stirrup, and pre- senting a paper asked Titus to let him teach his people in their distress. Titus, scorning the wretched Jew, gave his co: sent. That man by his school saved his race to outlive the conquering empire by many centuries. On th's spot we shall do our part in saving our race and all races. When God made man, He took so much dust and kneaded it up with other elements, molded it into shape, fashioned the frame in symmetry, fitted part to part, dug the arteries, drilled the bones, spread the nerves, wove the veins, oiled the joints and completed the entire system with fea- tures of beauty and form of grace. But that was not man. That was only a stark corpse. The great Builder and Architect and Artist had done His work, but the Di- vine Father had not touched it. Then He took up this clay, tenderly, in His hands, and breathed out of Hs’ own soul the breath of life into its nostrils, when, lo! the dull eyes opened and gleamed with thought, the dumb heart began its everlasting beat- ing, the warm blood leaped through the new veins, the obedient muscles caught the secret of strength, and Adam stepped forth a Iving soul—an immor‘al, accountable be- ing, with power to think, with thoughts to run along God's infinite thoughts, with power to feel and act, with heart to beat responsive to the mighty throbbings of the Infinite heart, and with will independent of His power, and able to treat with Him, the peer of His majesty. Such it s me is our work here. We are taking our money, and thought, and our best judg- ment, and are compounding them into a beautiful site, a stately edifice, a wise and prudent board, and many hopes for the future. But all this will not make a uni- versity. The brains, and benefactions, and artificers of the church are coming here. One thing more is wanting. The church must come with her active and resist Sympathies, and, bowing over this form uf beauty, breathe into it the breath of life. Then the university will leap to her fee and, robed in thought and crowned with power, go forth to the admiring millions, fair as the moon, bright as the sun and ter- rible as an army with banners. Dr. Payne's Address, Rev. C. H. Pay D.D., LL.D., corre- sponding secretary of the board of «duca- tion of the M. E. Church, spoke as foi- lows: The laying of the corner stone of the first Vuilding of the American University marks an epoch in the history of Methodism. The future historian of the church will di pate this event as one of the great even in the history not only of the church, hut of the nation. ‘The institution to be © tablished here will exert a commanding in- flue ver ihe whole world. It will be a beacon light sending out i wide to illuminate the entire race of man. 1. The establishment of this university at this time marks the Methodist Episcopal Church as a church of progress. Glorious as its history has been in the past, it pro- poses that it shall be still more gloriou in the fature. It and is to be, the church not only of yesterday, but of today and tomorrow. It understands full weil that the church that would march with a conquering tread through the twentieth century must keep step with the progr of the age; nay, more, must be a leade in all the progressive moral movemenis cf the age. 2. The American University stands for an intelligent yet evangelical and evangel- istic type of the Christian faith. The pro- jectors of this uni recognize the fact that the present is an ake of widely diffused knowledge, of increasing intelli- kence, of investigation and research, and this research applies to things sacred as well as to things secular; applies to the very fourdations of our cherished Chris- tian faith. It cannot be otherwise, and we would not have it otherwise if we could. We hail this awakening spirit of investiga- tion; we welcome all reverent Biblical criti- cism. This university will give freest scope and fullest encouragement to the earnest pursuit of truth wherever found. As every window of this building and of successive buildings will be open to let in God's light, so it is hoped the winiows of every soul among the thousands of students that will ficck to this shrine of learning will ever be open to let in upon their whole beng the light of God's truth. We do vot be- eve, and therefore do not fear, that the most thorough investigation of truth—all truth, inspired truth—will ultimately min- ister to skepticism or tend in the lcast to overthrow the foundations of our holy faith. We believe rather that it will be the most effective antidote to skepticism and the strongest defense against the overthrow of faith. Since the investigation of ali that is most sacred and most dear to the church will go on and must go or, the Methodist Church prefers to have it con- cucted under its own imperial watch-care; not superiicially, but thoroughly; not with prejudice, but in the spirit of perfect can- dor. Mr. Gladstone has acknowledged that the best thing that he received from Ox- ford University was that he there learned to appreciate the value of intellectual truth. That means that he learned to be earnes? in the pursuit of all truth; learned to be honest in the recognition and reception of all truth; learned to be loyal to the impera- tive demands of truth, and to live ever un- der her regal supremacy. That lofty and priceless lesson largely made Mr. Gladstone what he has been and wha: he is—the great scholar, the devout believer, the incompara- ble statesman. That is the lesson whica the intelligent youth of our couniry today most need to learn. Tiat is the invaluabl> lesson which this university is set to teach, 3. The American University is to stand for the highest ideals in the Ife of the in- dividual, the church an“ the nation—stanc for the highest and the . cst in attainment and achievement. The distinguished au- thor, Max Nordau, says that the one great trouble with this world today—the one prime reason why it is doing so little that is worthy—is its lack of ideals. He par- ticularizes as to nations; England, Fraace, Germany and the United States have, ai cording to his statement, no worthy ideal: have nothing great to inspire and stimulate them, and. consequently are accomplishing nothing great and noble. Whether we ad- mit his statement or not, we cannot deny that the want of high ideals is lamentably apparent in church and state. If we take the so-called learned professions, the law- yer, the doctor, the clergyman, the teacher, each and all would accomplish incompar_ ably greater results if they lived constantly under the inspiration of high ideals. It is the fondly cherished hope of the projectors of the American University that it will furnish to a multitude of educated men the loftiest ideals of scholarship and character and conduct, ideals that shall lift the leaders of thought and of action in every department of life to more command- ing heights. Standing here at the capital of this favored nation, occupying so conspicu- ous a position, this university will have the greatest opportunity ever given to an insti- tution of learning to represent high schol- arship and genuine religion and to bless the world with their combined and beneficent influence. 4. The American University is to stand for equality in privilege amid variety in environment. Too many agencies are now active in society whose chief work is to level down. This institution is rather to level up. Into these halls is ever to be wel. comed any seeker of iruth holding a degree frem a reputable college. Equality before the shrine of truth is the motto over these portals of learning. A sublimer sight the world has never seen than will be witnessed upon this favored spot when the representa- tives of all lands, of all races, of all classes, of all religions here meet, uniting in pur- suit of a common object and blending their voices in worship of a common God and Father of us all. 5. Finally, the American University stands beams far and Given Away this year in valuable articles to smokers of Blackweli’s Genuine Tobacco You will find one coupon in- side cach 2-ounce bag, and two coupons inside cach 4-ounce bag. Buy abag, read theconpen and sce how to get your share. for the quickening and enlargement of all the educational work of the church, stands for increased support of all Christian schools. No greater mistake could be mad than the supposition that the establishment of this institution for post-graduate and for technical studies will in the slightest degree detract from interest in and general support of the other institutiéns of the church. On the contrary, the new enthusiasm awakened in the establishment of this uni- ersity, which is in no sense the rival of any existing instivation, will serve to kindle greater enthusiasm in the great but too- neglected cause of higher Ch: n educa- tion throughout the whvle church. Ever: dollar contributed to this institution will mean added dollars given schools of the churc tering these _h: w mean mu students flocking to the academies, the colleges and the universities of the entire church. The channeis of benevolenc> for educational purposes cnce opened will cc tinue to flow, as they ought to flow, more generously toward the treasuries of ovr schoois of learning, and will give to those institutions what they have =o long and so greatly needed—vastly greater endowments and largely increased numbers of students. All honor to Bishop Hurst for his zenchless zeal. his boundless enthusiasm, tireless eftorts in behalf of the Amer!- can Univrsity, which we believe will stand through the coming centuries as his xreat- est monument. Ail honor also to his co- adjutors, whore cordial co-operation will give reality to his dream. The American University marking thus, as it does, the progressive onward march of the church Standing for an evangelical Christian faith, held in the firm grasp of iutell . wel- coming all earnest seekers of truth, lifting aloft its high ideals for the inspiration of an army of professional workers, :mpha- sizing the equality of all persons in the temple of learning and marking a decided forward movemeut in the educational work of Methodism that must tend to lift every one of its cherished institutions to more commanding heights of influence and of usefulness, deserves, and we trust will re- ceive, the good will, the fervent pr: and the generous support of every lover of his church, of his country and of hu- manity. Meeting of e Trusteen. The annual meeting of the board of trus- tees of the American University was held at the Arlington Hotel last night. The fol- lowing members of the board were present: Bishop Thos. Bowman of St. Louis, Bishop Charles H. Fowler, Bishop Alfeus W. Wil- son of Baltimore, Bishop Charles C. Mc- Cabe of Fort Worth, Texas; ex-Governor Robert E. Pattison of Pennsylvania, Rev. Dr. David H. Carroll of Baltimore, Bishop Jchn F. Hurst, chancellor, of this city: Mrs. Gen. John A. Logan, Mrs. Elizabeth J. Somers, Matthew G. Emery, A. B. Duvall and A. B. Brown, all of this city. The non-voting members of the board present were Rev. Dr. Richard Wheatley Irvington, N. Y.; Dr. P. D. Shultz of York, Rev. Arthur M. Griffin of Tivoli, Y.; Rev. Charles W. Baldwin, the board, of this city: Rev Beiler, vice chancellor, of this city, an Rev. Albert Osborn, registrar, also of this city. Reports were submitted by the chancellor and vice chancellor, which included a re- view of the work that had been done dur- ing the year and a_ statement of the finances of the university. In this it was shown that a business block at Findlay, Ohio, had been given the university by John B. Flint. A bequest of $50.00) by H. A. Massey of Toronto, to be applied to the construction of the building for Canadian Methodism at the university, and a bequest by Mrs. Root, the mother of the wife of Bishop Hurst. The university has also been made the siduary legatee of the estate of Willard 3 of Watertown, N. Y., valued at $150,- 000, and of the estate of De Witt C. Weeks, valued at $250,000. Mr. Matthew G. Emery, treasurer, re- ported that the receipts during the last five years have been $280,000 in cash. this amount there are $26.0) in cash on hand, besides assets consisting of property other than money. He said that & had been paid thus far in the construction of the Hall of History, the corner stone of which is to be laid today. Bishop Hurst stated to the trustees that he had received is ta vely by clergymen to ere memorial ball in memory of Bishop Fran- | cis Asbury. A total of $22,000 had been paid in from these pledges, $13,000 of which had been received during the past year. This Morning's Session. The sessions of the board of trustees were resumed this morniag, Bishop Thomas Bowman presiding in the absence of the president, Mr. Juin E. Andrews of New York, who was detained by illness. In addition to the members present at the session last evening the folloving attended the meeting this morning: Rev. Dr. Charles H. Payne of New York, the corresponding secretary of the board of education of the M. EB. Church; Rev. Dr. James M. Buckley, editor of the Christian Advocate of New York, and Mr. C. C. Glover of this city. Rey. Dr. H. C. Weakley of Cincinnaii was present as au invited guest. After prayer by Rev. Dr. Payne the board entered upon the consideration of various business mat- ters. There was a discussion of the proposi- tion to have a hospital in connection with the university, which was based on the offer of a gift of such an institution which was made by General J. Watts de Peyster of New York, through the secretary of the university. The hospital building, which is already erected and is value at $20,000, is situated on the bluffs of the Hudson river near Milbrook, Duchess county, New York. It is designed as a hospital for consumptives. ‘The donation was accept- ed, and the president and sccretary of the board were empowered to formally accept the gift. This is General de Peyster’s sec- ond donatiun to the university, the first being a gift of $30,000, made Some time ago, to be applied toward the erection cf a building to be known as the Hall of Lan- guages. This money is to be used as a nucleus of a fund for the erection of a building which is to cost in the neighbor- hood of $200,000. The following persons who reside in New York were constituted a committee to con- fer with the chancellor in regard to the hospital: Mr. Anderson Fowler, Mr. John E. Andrus, Mr. John E. Huyler, Rev. Dr. Charles H. Payne, Rev. br. James M. King and Rev. Arthur M. Griffin. Rev. Arthur M. Griffin was elected a member of the board, to fill the enly ex- isting vacancy. The remainder of the session was devoted to consideration and adeption of changes In the by-laws. The board then adjourned and the members sat down together at lunch at the Arlington, after which they proceeded to the uni: versity site. Bodies of 8 den, The body of Louis Marbes, the Balti- morean who committed suicide in the Smithsonian grounds Tuesday morning, as published in Tuesday's Star, was sent to Baltimore yesterday for burial. Yesterday afternoon the body of Otto Braun, who end- ed his life by jumping from the upper floor ef the Emergency Hospital, was sent to Annapolis by Undertaker Lee. y, treasurer: | of | ot! Never So Many Meetings Held Refore as in This Campaign. Both Sidex Seem Con ent of Succeny and Both A Working Almost Night and Day. Correspondence of The ing Star, BALTIMCRE, Cctober 21, 1896, Political excitement | Baltimore in these closing days of the cam- ign, and both Ss are exerting them- elves to the uttermost to gain the city’s vote for their particular ticket. The city has been regarded as the bone of conten- tion for some time, and the belief that the | result here will give the stat | McKinley has influenced t | both parties to concentr: | here. While a number of large gatherings | have been held and have created great en- | thusiasm, it is on the smaller meetings, which are usually addre by local speak- ers, that the managers rely to produce the | strongest impression. Dozens of these are | held nightly ir all sections of the tow and the interest and attention manifeste by those who listen to the speakers is sig- nificant of how thoroughly the gravity of the situation is appreciate The Third and Fourth Districts. The most vigorous orators here just now are the four congressional candidates in the third and fourth districts. These gen- tlemen are indefatigable, and often address half a dozen meetings apiece of an even- ing. The contest in the third district is particularly exciting, and the silverites are is running high in highly eiated at the outlook, as their nominee, Mr. Thomas 3 is a natural- born orator, and ha sponent, Dr. William S. Booze, at a led disadvan- tage, as far as mere oratory is concerned | Dr. Booze has the corfide: of the ma jority of business men in his district, how- ever, and is very popular in his own part and while the republican leaders adm privately that the fight is close, they ex- press the most sanguine beliefs as to the result. in the fourth district it is almost uni- | ¥ersally conceded that Mr. William W. , MeIntir th an nomi: will re- | ceive from 0 majority. He is the most popular candidate who has come | before the people of the « s, and, | in addition to the large sound money dem: eratic vote which he will receive, he has | had many intimations from out-and-out | Bryan men that they intend to give him their support. Mr. William J. Ogden, the silver nominee, has little or no personal magnetism, and in the most extravagant claims of the democratic regulars his elec- tion is not predicted. The democratic can- didates are anxious to meet their oppo- | nents in joirt debates, and have hurled faftce aft defiance them, with no s: s' result, a s e of affairs which | is furnishing them with a pretext for ex- pressing unbounded contempt for the up- holders of a cause who are unwilling to meet their rivals on the rostrum. 4 © Fifth District. | The contest in the fifth congressional | district excites great interest here, and seventeenth ward and southern Maryland leaders are in great demand at both head- quarters. Both sides claim the ward, but it is beleved that the situation, as far as the congressional fight is concerned, is fa- vorable to Mr. Moss, the democratic nom nee. Speaker Mudd is expected to run con- | Siderably behind the rest of the ticket, and intimations are not lacking as to deals being under way which, if carried out, are likely to prove disastrous to his interests on election day. Moreover, Mr. Mudd has arcused the opposition of the Protestant clergy of the ward, and can devote con- erable attention to this section of his t with profit. 3 cnator George Day who was strongly oppo nomination, was quarters tod will be carrie jority and that Mudd behind.” It is believed privately of the opi has a very hard fight on his hands, and how much Howard county will contribute to his success is a matter of a good deal of conjecture at the party headquarters. Senator Washington Wilkinson, the lead- er of the republicans in St. Mary's. was a visitor at the state headquarters’ t« He said to The Star correspondent county will give McKinley and Mudd at least 400 majority. The party is m excellent shape and is only waiting until November 3% to show its strength.” Mr. Wilkinson is confident that Mr. Mudd wiil carry the district by at least 1,500 plurality. Great Namber of Meetings. Never before in the history of Maryland polities, at any rate since the war, have so many meetings been held, and never before have there been such large crowds in at- tendance. No matter whether the canse advocated is free silver, gold, bimetallism, protection, prohibition, Jism, single tex, or, in fact, anything else, the speaker is ceriam to have a good crowd to hear him, and generally he will receive res ful atiertion to what he may say. Often questions are asked by people in the va- rious audiences, but they are managed in such a way that no trouble arises, Some ef the speakers openly request people. in the audience to ask questions, and at times a running debate will be kept up in a good-natured way for several minutes, The people seem auxious to hear what is to be said on both sides of all the various ques- tions which are agitating the public mind, and to be sincerely desirous for mation. | | of Howard county, sed to Mr. Mudd's the republican head- ys that his count for McKinley by 100 ma- far is “will not fall that Mr. Day ion that the speai ‘nfor- Both Sides Confident, The republicans. from Senator-elect Well- ington down to the humblest ward leader, are working like beavers; the silver Gemo- crats are now doing the same thing; the various free silver clubs and also the sound money crganizations are busy almost night and day. All seem confident of virto: The republicans, with their splendid or- ganization, will not admit that they ex- pect anything less than 20,000 majority in the state. The free silver democrats and their allies are full of enthusiasm, and scout at the republican claims. On the contrary, they say that Bryan will carry Maryland by at least 25,000, and that .hey will elect four out of the six Congressmen Conservative judges oO are withor partisan bias believe that the vote will be close, and the betting on the result in Maryland among the sporting men Acre is even. No odds are given in favor of either side carrying this state up to the present time. > The three-year-old son of K. Sanders of Landisville, N. J., was shot and instantly killed by his brother Monday. The boy was handling a gun, when it was accident- ally discharged.