The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 28, 1896, Page 1

A ey Y i o = { @ e P 7 VT |25 S " VOLUME LXXXL—_NO . 28. PLUNGES INTO THE CAnABA Fearful Wreck of a Train on the Leuisville and Nashville. CROWDED COACHES FALL | INTO THE RIVER. Fiends Remove a Rail on a High Bridge for the Purpose of Robbery. MANY PASSENGERS GO DOWN TO THEIR DEATH. After Descending More Than Oae Hundred Feet the Cars Are Con- sumel by Fire. BIRMINGHAM, Ara., Dec. 27.—One of the most disastrous wrecks in the history of Southern railroads happened thirty-six south of bere this morning, in which at least twenty-six persons were killed outright and ten others injured, two of whom will die. The ill-fatea train was a Louisville and Nastville one which forty miles. The t A. . in charge of d Conductor A. P. Connell. Four miles h of Blocton the .entire train, made up of an engine, baggage-car and two pas- ver coaches, crashed through a bridge 0 feet long and 110 feet high into the Cahaba River, A rail had been removed from the track d when the engine struck this 300 feet gave way and went down mmediately the wreck the water being only about n left here at 5:30 neer Frank White took fire, three feet deep, and before efiicient help d the unfortunate passen- sen who were pinioned d be obta and jer the de t of other ims of the disaster. me of the passerizers not so badly hurt managed to crawl out and they did 2ll they could in assisting others, but with little avail. The dead are: Fraxg WHITE, engineer, of Birming- bam GrorGE CaRNEY, flagman, of Birming- | bam. A. P. CoxxELL, conductor, of Birming- Tox STREETER, colored porter, of Bir- minguam. Jorpay PowsLy, wife and eight-childreh of Blocton, Mgs. HENR ANBERRY and two chil- | dren of Bir | James DoorIN, express messenger, of L. W. MagTIx, Brookwood. Bruce burrues, Blocton. £. W. Trsss and wife, Campbelltown. A~DREW Brysoy, Blocton. GEORGE GLENDALL, Helena, and four otbers, unidentifi-d. T3e injured are: Edward Echols, slight- ly; Henry Hauberry, ribs broken; Powell ), badiy burned; Mrs. Waulker of on, internally, will die; Mrs, Walk- ee children, slightly; Miss Booth internally, will aie; Stan Stewart, arm broken. To add horror and fury to the event, the flames from the stov the coaches sct fire to the wreckage, and the entire mass was burned to the edge of the water. The onlv one of the train crew that with hig life from the wreck was colored fireman, Sam Spencer. He jumped from the engine while it was in the midair and falling inio the river escaped, | almost by a miracle, with a broken arm. Wild with fright, he fled for the mearest station to give the alarm, but before he reached there s farmer passing saw the condition of affairs and drove to a tele- | graph station with his horse at full speed. Messages were sent to this city and a relief train went to the scene, but ere it reached thete the flames had done all their work. The bridge was a ponderous wooden structnure, with an iron span of 200 feet in | the center, and just at the beginming of | the ironwork train-wreckers had pulled the spikes and removed one of the rails, | When the engineer discovered this, as | was apparent from the position of his | throttie and reverse lever, he immediately { attempted (0 stop, but was ranning at such a rate of speed as to carry down the pridge. Every evidence showed that train- | wreckers had been at work. | As soon as news was received here both | the Louisvilleand Nashville and Southern | sent out relief trains loaded with ph ans, and everythinz possible was | dune for those who had been fortunate enough to get away from reach of the | flames, which consumed all of the coaches | and a part of the bridge. Many of the | dead were charred fcompletely beyond | recognition. | The exact number that perished will | never be known, but it is believed it will | reach thirty-five. | To cap the climax, one of the relief | trains whicn left here ran into the rear | end of the wrecking-trein, which was stopped about 150 feet from the bridge, and | came near knocking it in on top of the | barning train. In this accident the fol Jowing were injured: Sam Eastis, will | die; William Rast, will die; Wood Camp- bell, leg broken; Charles L. Stone, legs | ns from here to Blocton, a distance of | s were burned to deathin | ties is supposed to have made the bridge give way. The theory of a removed rail is supported by the fact that the enginé was found with the lever reversed and steam | shavoff. If the bridge had simply col- | lapsed the enzine, they say, would have | hit on the piers and broken its front, but | the wreck shows that it did not strike any- | thing that way. Thousands of persons have besieged the railroad offices all day.inquiring for friends they thought might have been on the train; but the railroad officials | can give them no solace, as the bodies are | absolutely unrecognizable. Superintendent Agee of the Southern Express Company is an- attentive visitor to the railroad offices and is gathering in- formation, his company being interested |in the lawless acts that have recently | stricken the Birmingham district with | horror. | The country in which the acts have been | committea is celebrated as the home of | the notoriotis train-robber, Rube Burrows, }:\ml the scene of some of his exploits. | There seems no doubt that he has f8llow- ers who perpetrate like deeds and find refuge in the steep crags of their moun- tain homes. | | | PROTEST OF AMERICAN CITIZENS. | From Jerusalem Comes a Complaint Against the Practices of Certain Minions of the Sultan. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec.' 27.—A letter to the New York Times postmarked Jeru- salem, December 8, which was delivered vesterday, contained ¢the report of a meet- ing held on November 30 by citizens of the Unitea States (iving in Jerusalem to take tion and protest against an order revok- | ing certain privileges of protection enjoyed under the prestige of United States citi- zenship, The meeting formulated an address and instructed a committee to forward it to President Cleveland. The address begins: At this moment, when this nation (Turkey) isshaking with apprehension of civil discord and war, and when we scarcely know what to look for on the coming day, the situation of the United States citizens resident here is made extremely perilous by the untimely or- ders issued to our diplomatic officers to with- hold all Governmeut protection from those | whom they may reasonably suspect of Dot having intention of returning to the ates. Government must certainly know that independent of such an order the statusof United States ci:izens in Turxey, although | d upon the rights, privileges and immu- ties granted them by treaty, is already non | sisti potest. We therefore protest against the | spplication of this order. | The reasons for the protest are summed | up in five sections. The first says that | the rights granted by treaty to reside and own real estate in Jerusalem are not limited in time, and that those the order poor, aged Hebrews Wwho have settled there to spend their daysin the land of their forefathers. The second says that 1t | cannot be shown thau the loyalty of American citizens has in any degree | diminished by reason of their absence from their native or adopted country. | Section 3, in full, states: While residing In the Sultan’s dominions they enjoy the privilege of the extra-terri- | torial jurisdiction of the United States, are | subject 1o its 1aws and amenable to its tribunal | alone. The refusal of the Government to grant | protection to those who have never renounced | their allegiance, or to enforce treaty rights on their behalf, is branding them with the mark of Cain, so that all who meet them may slay | them. | | An addition declares that the order is | equivalent to an act of expatriation, a | power never granted by the constitution nor by any act of Congress to be exercised by any officers over their. fellow-citizens. Section 4 says that the promulgation of the order at the present time of danger is | impolitic and cruel, and has added fuel to | the increasing hostility manifested to- ward all foreigners, and especially to Americans. Section 5 reads: The proteetion which our consuls have been | able for some years past to grant us has been more nominal than real. Redress for offenses committea by natives against United States | citizens sought through our consulate from the native courtisin most instances treated with disdsin, and those referred to the au- thorities at Constantinople are consigned to some place whence there is no return. Consequently, for the wrongs from which many of us, entirely innocent of any offense, are suffering,wrongs which not only affect our | rights, but in some cases involve many thou- | sanas of dollars, remain unredressed. There- fore, untii these wrongs are righted and our just claims enfqreed, many of us are compelled to remain, however earnestly we may desire to return to our native land. SRS A POPE LEO .XHAUSTED, So the New Year's Receptions Will Be Made Brief. LONDON, Exa., Dec. 27.—The Standard will to-morrow publish a dispatch from lome saying that the Pope was much ex- hausted after his reception of the cardin- als on Wednesday last, on which occasion he made a speech in which he deplored the situation of the Papacy in Italy and stated that his intentions in making over- tures to King Menelik of Abyssinia to re- lease the ltalian prisoners held by him have been misrepresented. The Standard’s correspondent adds that it is not likely that His Holiness will be able to hold his New Year receptions on successive days in accordance with his custom. Arrange- ments are making to have the receptions | as brief as possible. B s oy Aoted Scientist. ~y, Dec. 27.—Professor Death of BERLIY, Grex | Emil du Bois-Reymond, a distingnished physiologist, died in this city yesterday. Professor Du Bois-Reymound was born in Berlin in 1818. He began studying theol- badly buri; John Rittéubury, ankie g but abandoned this for natural broken. | science. After a sojourn at Bonn he re- —_— | turned to Berlin and'studied anatomy and WORK OF THE IKOBBERS. | puysiology under Jan Muller, and under | fter Wrecking the irain They Applied | the Torch. BIRMINGHAM, ALA., Dec, 27.—One of | the survivors of the wreck told one of the | physicians that just after the train pitched | into the apyss three rough-looking men came from the woods near the wreck and | went through the coaches as much as the flames would admit them and then made off hurriedly. Itisalso stated that these men aided the flames by setting fire to other portions of the wreck. It is confidently believed the train was wrecked by the ihree men and the work was accompiished by re- moving a rail on the bridge. The wrecked engine bumping across the | his advice undertook Iis researches iz an- imal eleciricity on which subject he pub- lished several works. — e Eloped With a Gypsy. LONDON, Exg., Dec. 27.—The btand- ard’s Vienna correspondent telegraphs | that the Princess Carraman - Chamay, formerly Miss Clara Ward of Detroit, Michb., who eloped with Janos Rigo, a Hungarian Gypsy musician, spent ¢hrist- mas eve at the home of Rigo’s parents at Stuhlweissenberg, Hungary. The Prin- cess has purchased a house and several acres of land, which she has given to her paramour’s parents. On Christmas day a number of Gypsy bands serenadea Rigo and the Princess. The couple will go to America in the spring, specially affects sre the muitituds of Scene in Trinity Church as the Funeral Services Over the Body of Kate Field Were in Progress. SENOR CANOVAS 1S INDEPENDENT Says the Cuban Question Does Not Concern -' Unele Sam.~ There ore Negotiations for Settle- ment Have Not Been Made With This Country. Thinks Spain Can Suppress the Insurrcction Without Any Foreign Aid LONDON, Exe., Dec. 27.—A dispatch from Madrid to the Central News says that Senor Canovas del Castillo, the Prime Minister, denies that negotiations have been or will be opened with the United States looking to the pacification of Cuba. The Prime Minister holds that the Cuban question is one of internal polities which in no wise concerns the United States or any other foreign power, and he is stiil confiient that Spain is fully able to sup- press the insurrection in Cuba without asking for or accepting the good offices of any Government to secure that end. b BOW MACEO WAS KILLED. First Correct Version of the Affair From the General’s Secrotary. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 27.—A letter received here by n member of the Cuban Junta from the secretary of the late Gen- eral Maceo gives the first really official in- formation of his death. It says that Maceo was ot betrayed to the Spaniards under a flag of truce. He had passed the trocha with thirty of his officers, his inten- tion being to concentrate the forces of Havana Province and probably attack the city while Weyler was away in the field. His plan was betrayed to the Spaniards, and for this Dr. Zertucha is suspected. At 8an Pedro, near Havana, the party had to pass along a roadway, on one side of which wa< a stone wall. A company of Spanish shurpshooters had been sta- tioned behind 1it. General Maceo and young Gomez were in advance of the rest of the party. Suddenly the riflemen fired a volley, killing Maceo and Gomez. Justz and Nodarse, who were following closely behind, were also killed instantly. The writer of the letter was wounded, but made his escape. The remaining members of Maceo’s staff were allowed to escape. =l el POWEES OF Chandier Shows That They Are Not as Great as Cleveland Supposes. WASHINGTON, D. Dec. 27.—Sena- tor Chandler of New Hampshire takes issue with President Cleveland as to the power vested in the President of the United States to alone recognize or not rec- ognize the belligerency or independence of a foreign country or a dependency of that country. He lines upon the side of Cuba, and in an interview made public to-night he takes strong grounds in favor of the rights of Congress. Discussing the sub- ject he says: The new immigration law, if it passes, will require foreigners coming to live in this coun- try to read and write as a test five lines of the United States constitution. There are certain five lines which eminent Spanisb-American lawyers ought to read. Section 8, after enumer- ating in seventeen clauses the powers of Con- gress, adds another as follows: “18—To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers ana sall other powers vested by this constitution in the Governmentof the United States or in any departmentor officer thereof.”’ A study of the above clausz may lead some of the defiant advocates of an arrogant per- sonal goyernment as the executive mansion to THE PRESIDENT, revise their assertions. It is not contendea that the above clause 18 gives Congress power | by law passed over a ‘véto by a iwo-thirds vote to interfere with any power made exclusive in the President by express words or mecessary implication. What are the powers expressly given to the Presdent? 1. To command the army and navy. 2. To grant pardons. 3. To make treaties (with the consent of the Senate). 4. To appoint officers of the United States. 5. To convene Congress and. to adjourn it when the two houses disagree. 6. To receive Embassadors and other pubiic ministers. x oo To ke caro tnat s Jawy e, fahally 8. To commission officers of the United States. The above are all the powers granted. Com- pare them with the iong list of powers given to Congress, including that to declare war and provide for the common dcfense and general welfare, and ending with the power given in the above ciause 18 to make all laws necessary and proper to carry into execution all the powers vested in the Government “or in any department or officer thereof.” ‘The President may commaund the army and navy. Yes; but Congress by law may give him specifiz directions what to do with them, to use them in any particular direction or not fo use them at ail. He may grant pardons. Yes; but Congress may by law open all prison doors and let the criminals go free. He may make treaties with the consent of the Sanate and they become laws. Here is the only power to make law not vested in Congress. He may appoint oficers. Yes; but Congress may create and abolish the offices and regu- late the power of appointment by civil service rules; he is to commission all officers, but he can commission only those who are ap- pointed in pursuance of law. He is to receive the foreign Ministers. Yes; but only minijs- ters from countries which Congress chooses to have recognized. If two governments are striving for control of a country Congress may by law decide which government che United States will recognize, and the President is bound to obey the law and receive a minister from that government and refuse to receive a minister from the other. The idea that the President has the sole pre- rogative of declding what Government shall be recognized by the United States has no foundation whatever in any words to be seen in the constitutfon. The fact that the Presi- dent hasrecognized new Governments without Congressional expression when Congress and the people have approved his actfon is no proof whatever that when they disagree with him they cannot control him by law. He is their agent and when he does what they want him to do no law is needed. When he threatens to conduct himself as otherwise, whether by action or non-action, the whole subject may be controlled by alaw passed over a veto under the ample powers in Congress granted by section 8 of artiele 1 of the constitution, which are noi restricted nor limited in this respect by any other clause in the constiiution. There is no escape for the advocates of monarchial Government in Wash- ngtonfrom the provisions of clause 18, sec- tion 8, article 1. It is singular that the only, two Presidents who have undertaken to defy Congress have been Andrew Johnson and Grover Cleveland. The one tried to create and maintain against the will of Congress 1en new State govern- ments in this union; the other claims the right against the will of Congress to aid in sustaining abroad abloody tyranny over an oppressed people. Mr. Johnson betrayed and abandoned the party which elected him, his treachery was condemned by all right-minded men and he went ont of office without a party and without a friend. Mr. Cleveland still lin- gers with us. S il 2O NOT NEED TROOPS, But Members of the Junta Wowld Be Glad of Congressional Aid. BUTTE, MoxT., Dec. 27.—Captain Bor- deaux, the Cuban trader, received the fol- lowing letters to-day from T. Estrada Palma, of the Cuban Junta, and Gonzales de Quesuda of the Cuian Embassy in an- swer to an offer to furnish men for Cuba: NEW YORK, N. Y. Dec. 27. Captain J. T. Bordeauz, Butte, Mont.—DEAR SIr: Your valuea favor of the 15th inst. has been received and contents noted. I beg to tender you in the name of the Kepublic of Cuba my best thanks for your generous offer. Unfortunate ¥, however, for our purposes, the laws of the United States forbid enlistments hero for foreign armies. Shoula circumstances change, as I hope they may, your proposition will be duly considered. Yours traly, T. ESTRADA PALMA. Don Quesada’s letter isas follows: ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 20. Captain J. T. Bordeauz, Butte, Mont.—DEAR Srr: Yours of the 15:4 inst. at hand. In re- ply to your offers of volunteers to go to Cuba I must tell you that besides being objectionable to the Government of the United States and contrary to the laws it is an impossibility to send men there. What you have donein send- ing your resolutions to Senators and Con- gress is much more to the point, and I would suggest that _you petition your Legislature to instruet your Senators and Representatives to vote and uphold with vigor the Cameron reso- lution now before the Senate. You can telegraph your Senators at once and tnat will do more good than enlisting men, since we cannot accept any help that might compromise the cause and this Govern- ment. Sincerely thanking you, I remain yours gratefully, ' GONZALES QUESADA. In accordance with Don Quesada’s sug. -Captein Bordeaux will imniedi ately prepars petitions to the Lagisiature, calling on that body to pass a resolution urging Senators Mantle and Carter and Congressman Hartmann to support the Cameron resolution. GOING OVER A48 “CUOLUNISTS.” But After the Band Gets There It Wall Fight for Cuba. CHICAGO, IrL, Dec. 27.—A special from El Reno, L. T., says: Cuban sympa- thizers here have formed an oath-bound organization which contemplates fighting for the insurgents without violating the United States neutrality laws. The mem- bers, composed of able-bodied men, are to go to Cuba as colonizers and to purchase or lease lands for the ‘‘cuitivation, manu- facture and sale of tobacco.” After Cuba is reached, say the by-laws which have been adopted, “other civic enterprises, to be decided upon later, may be entered into.” The mémbers of the colony shall not be less than 100 nor more than 200, and the membership fee, to be paid after arriving in Cuba, is set at $100. The colonists are to provide themselves with firearms at their own expense for ‘‘personal protec- tion,” and are to pay their own expenses to the sea coast, from which they shall embark, going as individuals. A Gt s T Price Means Business. KANBAS CITY, Dec. 27,—Major Ewing Price cf General Roloff’s staff, held a lengthy consultation with Colonel D. S. Harriman, local leader of the Cuban movement, and cther insurgent sympa- thizers, yesterday. came here, Major Price intimated that he meant business and .had the necessary authority to raise troops ana iunds. Ar- rangements for a public meeting Tuesday night, at which he will make the principal speech, have been made. STARTED IN CAKSHOFS. Fire Causes a Loss of One Hundred ‘Zhousand Dollars at Brooklyn. BROOKLYN, N. Y., Dee. 27.—A fire which caused a damage of* nearly $100,000 started shortly before 1 o’clock this after- noon in the repair shops of the Bushwick division of the Brooklyn Heigkts Railroad Company, situated on the block boundea by Myrtle, 8i. Nicholas, Gates and Wyck- off avenues. The building, a one-story brick structure, was quickly destroyed, to- gether with thirteen cars. There was a strong wind blowing. The flames swept across Myrtle avenue to Welz & Serwick’s brewery, on the Orposile side of the street, which was partially destroyed. Three four-story frame buiidings used for stor- age purposes were completely destroyed. Tue fire is supposed to have had its ori- gin in a defective electric wire in the car- stables. The loss sustained by the car- stables is avout §50,000, whi'e that of Welz & Serwick is placed at $40,600. 'The losses are said to be well covered by insuiauce. S ek Tramps Fire a Circus Train. WICHITA, Kaxs., Dec. 27.—Tramps set fire to the circus train of Bond Bros. last night, and five cars contamning animals were ccmpletely burned before the fire de- partment couid reach them. One tramp, named Archie Morrison, was fatally burned. It issaid that the tramps set the cars on fire because of a grievance against the circus mai To Attend the Wedding. 8T. LOUIS, Mo., Dec. 27.—Vice-Presi- dent Stevenson arrived here last night from Washington, accompanied by his wife and daughter. The family came to attend the wedding to-morrow night of the Vice-President's niece, Miss Julia Scott, to Carl Vrooman. ‘They are the guests of Lieutenant Charles 8. Bromwell, at 4102 Westminster place. A While unwilling to explain just why he | SAD SEQUEL T0 A BANK FAILURE Otto Wasmansdorff Commits Suicide at His Home “~ “in Chicago. Constant Worry and Mental Anxiety Prcbably Unbal- ances His Mind. After Romping With a Grandchild He Retires to His Room and Shoots Himse f. CHICAGO, Irn., Dee. 27.—Otto Was- mansdorff of the banking firm of Was- mansdorff & Heinemann, wbich failed here last Monday as a result of the col- lapse of the National Bank of Illinois, committed suicide at his home, 549 Cleve- lapd avenue, this morning, by shooting himself in the right temple with a re- volver. The constant worry and mental anxiety of tue past week consequent upon the failure is believed to be the cause. He had scarcely slept during that time, and al- thaugh it is generally believed that the bank will discharge its obligations in full, Mr. Wasmansdorff saw that his standing in financial circles had been imperiled. The banker was an emotional German, and his anxiety during the past week was pitiable. Insomnia resulted from his troubles, and it is thought his mind may have been temporarily deranged. He re- mained in the hoise all morning, after passing & sleepless night. Shortly before 11 o’clock he was romping with his little grandchild in the sitting-room. Mrs. Wasmansdorff left them there for a few minutes but when she returned the child was alone. She inquired for her has- bandand the little girl said he had gone upstairs. The baby’was sent'after him and discovered his body in a front bedroom ly- ing across the bed. B.ood wsas oozing from an ugly wound in the right temple and a revoiver was lying near his right hand. Nobody heard tie report of the weapon. Two doctors were sent for but all they were called upon to do was to pro- nounce the banker dead. Otto Wasmansdorff was born in Fiener- ode, near Magdeburg, Prussia, November 9, 1840. He came to America in 1863 and has been a resident of Chicago ever since, SMASHED THE B G HORN. A Gang of Men Balter the Great Instru- ment of Torture. CHICAGO, Itn, Dec. 27.—A special from Franklin, Ind., says: The mammoth McKinley horn which is heing carried from Tuscola, IiL, to Washington by the members of the McKinley Tinhorn Club of the former city, was broken to pieces when it reached the iittle town of Trafal- gar, five miles southwest of here. The men who were carrying it arrived at Trafalgar at noon, where they were wel- comed by a number of leading Republi- cans and taken to dinner at the home of a Republican politician. While enjoying the meal a gang of men smashed the horn flat by jumping on it and had then doubled it up and mashed it again until it was crushed out of all resemblancs to its former self. It was brought to this city, where an effort will be made to patch 1t up. —_— Governor of French Indio-China. PARIS, Fraxce, Dec. 27.—Ex-Minister Doumer has been appointed Governor of French Indio-China in place of M. Rous seau, who di ed a short time ago at Hanoi CE FIVE CENT LAST SHE 1§ AT REST Remains of Kate Field Cre- mated at Odd Fellows’ Cemetery. SIMPLE AND IMPRESSIVE SERVICES. Prayer and Hymos and Crowds and Flowers at Trinity Church. BRIEF CEREMONIES AT THE CREMATORY. A Bunch ot White Roscs S'nt by President Cleveland Rasted on the Bier. Almost hidden by a pall of violets the casket containing all that was mortal of Kate Field rested before the sanctuary of Trinity Church, and some one had placed among the purple bplossoms a bunch of lihes of the valley, the favorite tlower of the authoress. Beside the snow-white lilies were a few dry and withered edel- weiss from the snow-clad Alps of Switzer- land, the tribute of a laborer on the docks, and among the floral pieces was a baunch of pure white roses; sent by order of the President of the United States—for Miss Field was known by high and low, and everywhere she counted friends. Within the chancel was a bower of ever- green, and among the fir branches and the paims were placed the tributes from others who knew Miss Field and mourned her death. They came from everywhere— from those among whom Miss Field had labored and from those who knew her by fame; from the lovers of truth, who, hav- ing seen her work, read and were in- strocted, and from friends which she made on every side and in every place, and who knew that one of the sunbeams of the country bad in her death been turned to darkness. At 2 O'clock the hearse arrived at the church, and the organ pesled forth a dirge as the procession came slowly up the aisle. The rector led tne way, repeating ‘the openins. muxds of the Episcopal ser- vices jor the desd, and the people rose and bowed their heads as the body-bearers passed with their burden. Following im- mediately after the rector and before the casket walked thbe pall-bearers, twelve in number, representing the City, the mer- chants and the press, and behind the casket were Mrs. Highton, her mother and Miss Ada Van Pelt. Reaching the chancel the rector turned and faced the people and waited while the casket was laid just at the base of an ivy cross. Then the choir took up the strains of the dirge and chanted the first hymn of the service, the people still standing in reverence and the rector repeating a silent prayer. As the throb of the organ died away the rector advanced to the desk to read the lesson. *“But now is Christ arisen from the dead and become the first fruits of them that slept,”’ were the rector’s open- ing words as be told of the glories of the resurrection and the promisesof salvation which it implied. Once more the organ resounded through the church and an- other hymn was sung. Then going to the inner sanctuary, among the flowers and ferns and waving palm leaves and evergreens, the rector again faced the people and led them in the Lord’s prayer. Again the procession formed and once more the organ spoke in sorrow as the casket was borne away. This time the NEW TO-DAY. SEEDS OF HEALTH. Eating the wrong things, and too much of them at the wrong time, gives the stomach and the other digestive organs too much to do—gives them work that they cannot be expected to do. Such things prevent the free and regular ac- tion of the bowels, bring sick headaches, biliousness, kidney troubles, restless sleep, lassitude, nervodsness, and plant the seeds of disease in all parts of the body. Health comes just as easy as dis- ease. It grows up from those little sugar- coated seeds of health — Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets. They are for nothing in the world but to keep the bowels reg- ular, the stomach free from gas and fer- mentation, and the liver active. They go about their business without making any fuss. They are very gentle in their action and cause no griping, or other unpleasantness. ‘They do not take the place of Nature —they merely help her. No one ever becomes a slave to their use. When the digestive action becomes regular and vig- orous—stop taking the * Pellets.” When you have eaten too much—take one. ‘When constipation shows itself and head- e begins —take the ‘ Pellets” for a day or two. Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets—it’s an easy name to remember. Don’t let a designing druggist talk you into *‘ some- thing just as good.” He makes more money on the ‘just as good” kind. That’s why he would rather sell them. That’s why you had better not take them,