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SCIENCE AND RELIGION Papers on the Subject Read at the Methodist Conference, MR. BUNTING’S PAPER. Ap Exhaust Interesting Papers on the Same Line of Thought— Brilliant Short Speeches Made by beveral Prominent Delegates. The morning serion of the ecumenical con- ference today was opened j ly at 10) @'clock. Rev. William Arthur of London was the presiding officer. The devotional exercises | were conducted by Rev. Mr. John Wakefield, Thorold, Ontario, of the Methodist church in | Canada and Kev. Dr. sion was devoted to the transection of certain preliminary business, and the minutes cf yes- verday were read und roved. Secretary King of the business committee reported by titlea number of resolutions and memorials, the most interesting of these from a local standpoint being a resolution with refer- © 0 the —ereetio monn- ment to Jobn city of 1 Weal the Co i the editor of n- unahie to be present at the sent lis paper over the the ceading of it to his er im the jou mission ugh Price Hughes, Mr. J. | conference, t.” The subject of Mr. Ev aghtful The Influence ress on Religiou: ling of the psper ating to him the é 2 ‘of Mr. E anand as a| standing on | this side of + the other | and then p reading of the essay. i wa ith the very closest attent' Mm. BOST ‘When we sp in fence of ecientifie thought,” suid Mr. Buntivg’s paper. “we all mean the grea ehanged oda of ketene the ‘hb has meth- 1 both tion, wh nt only onr ‘hough: th and thecloy the form w pli I. of i , it song! inte the | of nature and 1» i certain fixed ort conve ong a certai future end It is dyna notso much with what i “In order to take thi view {1 is to adopt a particular theocy of the me hmitations of oroia sportive variation, fee life may have product of new Process may prevail or may be heli w al explaining. In corkir may Oo: may not Le guy not only by the hypothesis tive volition at the pc starts from inanima BEY. JAWES WooDWORTI oF MANITORA. spiritral i organia:n. of deepiy interesting « “apy seientifie mer and which as. Te a plain wes it is 2 volution fa not provad; ove to affect certain extreme mer car: ethics. The outline. of o fore safe and sound True it is there ternal men of sic y shown | the range and mth sal method, the n taen are the founce ‘This is what we w be a revelation of : God of nature bow grace? T must distribute the themselves to me They commit » think they re Britain, bat I cm something like a skei more advanced and country. or First. As to Go: years ago it nee BST CASE. use. Some decen| heism was about te wbffer a temporary deteat in England. Scieu- | falc agnosticism was much tempted, under the Jead of Prof. Clittord and Ts, to take the offe and sch downright, pos- itive athemo: At the moment of greatest sudaciiy the attacks ruddeniy ~ failed. This event has not Pisa We mer pert think the world of ti “ in their religion of deni. ever the precipice end re- Tonce heard a karned and obser way that the Teutonic mind could not nd Thoughtfal Essny—Other | 2 fr today was | j, stand atheism —it went mad. Whether this is true of the Anglo-Saxon or not I do not know; perhaps it is with us rather a balance of common sense | which refuses to he pushed too farin any one di- ‘rection. B itis, Ithax been discovered | that evolution itself postulates something out | of which to evolve other things and also ar evolving force: that science only carries you by easy steps back to primordial matter and force, of which it can give no explanation; that the more elaborate the evolution the more | overwheiming the evidence of the directing | influence of reasou—that ix of mind—and thi | youare left with what almost amounts to a scientific demonstration of the existence of God, the designer and elaborator of this | wonderful universe, intelligible only to chil- | dren who are ma:le in His image to learn His | thoughts and ways. Ineed not dwell on thie point, the American writer, Fisk, hax best pre- sented evolutionary theism; at all events ucience has nothing to say against it, BISHOP AUNETT, A. M. E. ONUROE. SCIENCE VERSUS INTUITION. of a creator of benevolent pur- limited powers is, after all,an eccen- tricity in our day. Some powerful minds have 1 for it, but not heartily. Neither Mill x James Stephen talks as if be believed . The supreme goodness ia an intuition of the heart: the argument for it rests npon that intuition; the mind and heart both resent permanent chaos and deaolation; thy soul flowers into belief in the good nce would rather teach to the con- trary. ‘the morality of nature, below man, 18 very mixed. And those who try to bring human into human morality to learn the cha acter of God from physics and biology are apt to come to grief. Some rather shallow optimism has been dis- credited, and on the other hand, the exhibition of progressive parpose perhaps tends to recon- cile the heart in some degree to the long pro- cess of suffering and wickedness; but on. the wh the question of the fatherhood of God seeks and can receive little or no light from any part of his creation short of Se far as we can see the laws of the nat- ural and the spiritual worlds differ too widely for comparisons. Butler's brilliant argumentem ad hominem was good enough for the deists, but deism is no more. THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY. 8. On the moral nature and immortality of mian science has so little to teach that its mod- ern developments leave the matter much where they found it. The belief in immortality rests y on the belief of the fatherhood of s uot the God of the dead but of the two thoughts stand or The hope of immortality has “r rested ona physical basis. What mod- ern thought has done hasrather been tosmooth away physiesi difficulties in its way. The ion of an underlying universe, out of whose atoms the atoms of our own are com- BISHOP B. T. TANNER, D.D., OF THE A-M.E. CHURCH. Jed, suggests a possible physical basis of er material state, and pt tific terms St. Paul's doctrine of the spiritual body, and recent research surely tends to en- courage the belief in a direct action of one will othe . the phenomena of consciousness at ts have not been accounted for on rialistic grounds, so that when science has id its say there is still room left for some further order of being. Further, whereas the old conception of immortality demanded the reunion of the same particles to make the same material body over again in another world, # mere scientitic view places the inentity of the body not in the identity of all its molecules, but in the permanence of the or- ganic formula according to which it is born and grows, thus cutting behind many old- fashioned difficulties and transferring the ques- tion of identity to a quasi-spiritual sphere. A HOSTILE INTERPRETATION OF SCIENCE. On this question, then, the effect of modern science, fairly understood, is,on the whole, friendly. But I must admit, on the other band, that indirectly modern science is commonly 80 interpreted as to be positively hostile. The modern mind has so steeped itself in science asto blunt, to no small extent, its spiritual facuities. Agnosticism appears to rest on the idea that nothing i¢ to be believed that does not rest upon experiment or in- ihe question is not one of science, hilosxophy—it concerns the nature of ‘the brilliant success of discovery ntof this ston; cannot destroy the upor knowl femerity to believe s that the a of free will e much It is connected 2 of immortality. The reason inet vayself isa real self it wili en- Lut some of the priest of science have sdtorule out the consciottencss of iree will by a th 2 We here, , are agreed that this is an utter fal- ia ins nly means that the phenomena of co ess and of will are not explicable physical laws. Mathematicians are familiar with problems which in an arithmetical ealeu- as are inexplicable and even irrational, but yield to the treatment of a superior cal- framed by higher pro x lust to recognize the pra use of expressions which are irra- REV. A. CARMAN, D.D., OF BELLEVILLE, CANADA. tional according to all known systems of reck- oning. In the days of a mechanical theory of the mind, when the formula was “Nihil in in- od non prius in sensu,” Leibintz ‘Nisi intellectus ipsi.”’ Now that biology Las enlarged the powers of science anda fresh attempt is made to bring the fundamental qualities of the soul within ite grasp, the same aoswer may be made. And when it is said that the will ive mere resultant of motives which appeal to the reason end passions the will id seem to prove its freedom by again cluding the analysis. SCIENCE AND FREY WIL May it not be said that the effort to explain free will is an unscientific attempt to express she higher qualitics in terms of the lower; that by the very terms of the theorem we are sup- posed to state will in terms of intellect. and that such an enterprise is necessarily abortive? I it beasked on what grounds the power of will can be deemed higher than that of intelli- gence, is it unwound to argue that evolution itself fonda to make us so judge? It the fea of men have been’ historically de- «d, in orderly succession, would it not ay Bec, from a survey of this progressive growth, that there is a real seale of lower and higher, and in sucta seale do not the governing powers of consciousness and will stand higher than intelligence? I donot know, but uestion. will is tl : tic Sinn Seadaoaag AS | Sebel by” gia ae conscious will itself? Follow it one THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. D.o. SATURDAY. a free subordinate will, may be insolt but carry it into the higher soust bere thess two august stand face to face, each con- sctous of the other, and the difficulty has van- ‘The will of man knows itself to be at its best in loving and free subtnission te thé will of God, and the will of God completes the freedom of the will of man by the revelation of love. ‘TUE SPIRITUAL HISTORY OF MAN. 4. I come next to the spiritual history of man, tho progressive revelation of the Father. It is here that we most clearly come upon the Great revolution which has taken in mod- ern thought. It. will be remem! that in ttis paper I am assuming the truth to the fullest extent of the evolutionary theory. In this view mankind have come into the ‘world by gradual process, developed out of creatures infra-human, but possessing already Premonitions of intellectual and even moral qualities in the form of instincts. Conscious- news, volition, conscience are produced grad- ually, by'side, with a growing complexity of; physiological structure which is probably nee toztheir manifestation, and the inter- action of society develops ethics and perhaps heory seems to take the breath away from some of us. It dnty is® slow deposit of tribal opinion and religion, «growth from the worship of the ghosts of ancestors, where do God and the truth come in? Where are sin and redemption in this elaborate of educa- tion? Well, the theory of ghost worship seems crude enough, a8 most — first 8. But take the general thought — that there is a natural order in which all those transcendant powers of man have been slowly developed. If we can perceive the growth of mind and goul from child #9 tan accompany- ing the phyxical growth—the increase of wis- dom and stature—andj still believe in the reality of the soul, where is the difficulty in secepting the view for a the face. There is x spirit in mankind as well as in man. The germ of all the future man is in the child. Yea, and why not in his father, too? If the race be not a whole, what becomes of the theology of St. Paul, aud what of the atonement? In fact, the evolutionary theory of rel is in strict uccordance with very much that we are acenstomed to believe. God speaks dry times and in divers manners, both times and manners being in His own order of con- secuative teaching. ‘The law was our school- master to bring us to Christ. Certain races REY. 5. M. BUCKLEY, D.D. (Editor of the Christian Advocate, New York.) have throughout been selected and trained — no doubt in order that they may teach the rest. Evolution throws the whole history into a natural perspective, and once frankly accepted as the revealed method of divine edu- cation, makes much that was to our fathers diticult, to us easy. Of course the earlier morality was defective. So is our own. ‘The ethics of the time of Joshua were not further removed from our own than ours are from what will appear when Christianity has had a few more centuries to run. But will evolutionary theory stand with the facts of and redemption? ‘Are not these at least hostile ‘to all ideas of growth? THE PROBLEM OF EVIL. Well, the fall, I admit, does not readily fall in with any evolutionary scheme. And yet the biblical view is that the religious education of man began instantly after the fall and that redemption in the decree of God preceded the actual creation. The fall, therefore, has a place in a divine order, and though there is no satisfactory theory of sin, it is some- thing to be able to ‘perceive that it has its place in the production of virtue. The problem of evil is confessedly insoluble on any theory; but I do not see that evolution makes it more hopeless. The account of the fall postulates that man was made up- right. The fall represents the moment which, on the evolutionary view, must have come when his moral consciousness awok: to the sense of guilt. The circumstanc possibly the whole story, may be parabolic; the actual fact of the first guilt must have oc- curred; the quéstion is whether the account in Genesix demanded lofty as opposed to a merely innocent moral state in the first pair; if it does, it must, I ‘think, be admitted tiat Revelation on this point is only partial and leaves much to be explained: and at all events REV. J. 8. KEY, D.D., FORT WORTH, TEXAS. that the reconcilintion of the uarrative with a complete evolutionary theory is not attained. Redemption stands with sin: but as its opera- tion in human history commences after the tis not inconsistent with evolution, in- 'd it is distinctly a gradual process; it con- stitutes the history of mankind. ‘THE PERSON OF CHRIST, 5. I pase rapidly on to the one other first- rate problom, the person of Chrivt. How is it consistent witn any doctrine of gradual devel- opment that any one specimen of the race should be tnique? This problem also must be considered unsolved, though it does not seem so far from solution as does that of the fall of man. Uniqueness is not necessarily unnat- ural. Genius bas not been shown to be rogressive. But the objection to uniqu-ness lisappears as.soon as it is recognized to be fundamental. If Christ be the one man, in Vital relation with the human race, the soul of the universe, then it is in barmony with these thoughts that He should be the God-man, “not outside law, but the final exprestion of the natural order; the only begotten, standing between God and all created things. This is the region of phi- losophy, and in the domain of history do nut all research and all development of the moral and spiritual nature but bear testimony to the actual fact of this transcendent greatness? There are many who decline to recognize His divine majesty, but do not the best and wisest of them tell us te look for another? It is not only that the human spirit ackuowledges Him as its chief so far, but that it is sutistied and looks no further within the range of human evolution. 6. I must stop, though there are other tempt- ing topica., ‘The evelutionsty, theory gives boundless scope to faith antl hope. It does not yet appear what we shall be. ‘The race of men may lose its physical basis by slow decline of hext or, us the Bible seems to predict, by catastrophe, but its spiritual history would not therefore come to an end. The last things, like the first, are very dimly revesled to’ us; scientitic evolution alsc is gilent as to its own beginning andend. A little way in each direction we ure uble to see our prospect discloses goodlness and a bigher ef rogressive revelation of light and played in stronger moral persons state, both with respect to in 8 Sonesta et thy mat power is ever new and ever young. ‘THE CHURCH AND UNBELIEF. Rev. Dr. M.8. Terry of tho Methodist Episco- pal chureh followed with an apparently extem- poraneoun address on the subject, “The Atti- tude of the Clurch Toward the Various Phases of Un! le by charactenzing un- | belief ae s matter of the heart and the result of {an imp: development of tho moral faculties. As to the attitude of the church toward the forms of unbelief, first of all tho church should know herself to be the ground work and the pillars of truth. The church has uo divino commission es an or- ganism to pronounco judgment on any dis- puted point in science, philosophy or literary criticism. She transcends her sphere when she attempts to interfere with scientists in the set- tlement of their vexed problems. church is not true to her mission when she attempts to impose any yoke that God doos BISHOP J. W. HOOD OF THE A. M. E. XION CHURCH. not impose. Some people insist that we shall explain all the points in the Scriptures on which their minds are not clear and bid usexplain the great problem of Jonah and the whale before they are willing to believe. The church welcomes all investigation and ought todo so. She has no fear of any serious or permanent injury from any conflict between science and religion, but when people have done their best to solve the great mysteries of the world they should not ask the believers to give up their faith and their belief in God as the firstfcause back of all phenomena. “We cannot do better than imitate the atti- tude of the Savior toward the doubting Thomas,” concluded Dr. Terry: “and when we find a soul with a shred of belief and reverence we should seek to approach that soul with so much of the love of Christ in our hearts that we may, if possible win, it back to the fold and not alienate his heart from the love of the true Goa.” THE BIBLE AXD MODERN CRITICISMS. The second addross on’ the regular program was one from the eastern section, and Rev. Mr. Arthur introduced the epeaker, Rev. Mr. Davi- 8 iblical criticism is now a science,” said the Rey. W. T. Davison, M. A., commencing bis address on “The Bible and Modern Criticism.” Mr. Davison is tutor in biblical literature and exegesis at Richmond Wesleyan College and therefore ought to know a good deal about his subject. He went on to explain the na- turs and peculiarities of the science and its many branches. But little or no difficulty or difference of opinion arose with -regard to the textual biblical criticism. A believer in the very highest doctrine of verbal inspiration could not object to the operations of a science which determined as accurately as possible the text of Scripture; in fact he shi anxious to promote it. ‘Neverthe said the speaker, “there have been ‘times when the ‘idea of so handling the received text has been thought scandalous, blasphemous; the very versions of Scripture have been endowed with infallibility; the vowel points of the Hebrew text—a device of we seventh century, A. D.—have been held to be & part of the’ inspired revelation, and it is not many years since a fierce tack was made “upon the New Testament revisers for having ventured to depart from the traditional text. It is, however, not gen- erally recognized that textual criticism of the Old and New Testaments is desirable, inevita- ble. The process of ascertaining accurately and scientifically the Brecise original, text is difficult and complex. In the case of the New Testament, the methods to be adopted and the results thus reached are accepted by scholars with fairly general consent. In the case of the Old Testament, however, much less pro- gress has been made. Many circumstances re- tard the investigation and, whether we like it or not, it must be confessed that at present the xact critical value of the Massoretic or tradi- ional text remains to bedetermined. The vari- ations, however, of readings, both in the Old and New Testaments, though numerous, are so slight and comparatively unimportant as affects doctrine that the Christian church is content for scholars to pursue their laborious work of determining these minutia without any claim or disturbanes of mind.” Of the “higher” criticism—inclading espe- cially the historical and literary criticism of the Bible—the speaker said it was rapidly ad- ald vancing toward, if it had not already reached, the position of a science, with conclusions of a highly important and more or less certain kind, which all religious teachers were bound toknow, to face and frankly and fairly to jandle, of the results of the higher criticism ted succinctly, and then the reverend investigutor went on’ to say: There are £0 many things that mere criticism cannot touch. If poetry and art resist the violence, the med- dlesomeness of critical methods, and dispiay in athousand formsa beauty and a signilicance which evades the most subtle analysis of criti- cism, how much more religion? As in the case of hysical science so also with the new science of iblical criticism; religious teachers must not in- terfere with its work on its own plane and within its own limits. That work must be watched, watched with the jealousy begotten of love when reverently guarding her — most encred treasures, but the results reached within certain “definite limite must not be ignored, still less must they be denied and anathematized, by those who are unable or un- willing to study the evidence in support of them. It is open to the church to admit them, even to welcome them; for the inner shrine of religion cannot be invaded by the rude hand of the ‘most relentless historical and literary criticism; criticism may meddle with the casket, it cannot mar nor scatter—it cannot even reach—the precious prefume within. ‘The position taken in this paper is that in the results of a sober and well-balanced criti- REV. EUGENE R. HENDRIZ, D.D., KANSAA CITY, 40. cism thore is nothing to fear. The word of God remains the sacred, awe-inspiring, authorita- tive wordof God still. * * * ‘The Methodist churches—all the churches of Christ which reverence God's word written, and seek te make it the rule of faith and'practice—will do well to | beware of blindly and Tanhly setting their faces | against the conclusions of truly scientific bib- lical criticism. We must not pledge ourselves to what my soon “prove to be untenable posi- tious or dare identify them with the Christian | faith. God bas many ways of texching his j church. He often leads us to a greater security of faith ora richer inheritance of truth by a temporary disturbance of our pouce and accus- tomed habits of thought. Prof. Davison then disoussed the probable results of criticism, 9nd said that one of the more important weuid be a greater simplicity of faith nd teaching, | To, me, at least he said, it seems clear that’ the end of. all is to drive ‘us back to Christ as our center, our foundation, our one object of hope * © * Be OBER” 10, 1891—SIXTEEN PAGES. ‘YIVE-MINUTE SPEECHES. At the conclusion of the addresses a discussion of the subjects of the morning session was par- ticipated in by the. delegates in five-minute hes. The first on his feet and to catch the prendent's eye was Rev. Dr. EH. Dewart of oronto. ‘He said that in his opinion the great question of the day ix to Join a sree, independent and candid criticism with a loyal lity to the truths of Christianity. One truth could not contradict another truth, and he did not think there was @ truth in science that was in opposi- tion toany of the tenets of the church. He could not believe that Christ was a product of evolution. He was sent by God for the salva- tion of the world. Five-minute addresses were also made by Rev. Frank Ballard of Liverpool, England, Wea- leyan Methodist church, and Rev. Dr. J. M. Buck- ley of New York. Dr. ‘Buckley said he could account for the immaculate origin of Christ by meaus of divize revelation from God, but not by any theories inaugurated by man. Rev. James Crabtree of Manchester, Eng- land, protested against the temptation’ to ac- count for all honest donbt on the part of those who do not with us by ascribing it to complete moral obliquity. Rev. William Arthur, in the course of a few remarks that he was called upon to make, said that never in a Methodist meeting had he heard @ discussion that made him think as deeply as did the one he had listened to to- day. He must protest against the too free use of words whose real meaning apparently had not been taken into consideration. He de- voted himself to defining such words as father- hood, evil, pain and good. Evolution he de- fined as the rolling out of a thing from within itself, never as the result of any influence from without. Bishop Keener of the M. E. church south said that the defeated attempt to grasp the very difficult idea of creation had resulted in the theory of evolution. Growth was the most im- portant and essential featuro in creation. He deprecated all apologetic views of the question of creation. Bishop Keener was in the midst of an account of a visit of the Emperor of Germany to the Krupp cannon works and was describing the emperor's placing his watch under the great trip hammer, “Under the hammer, I say, Mr, Chairman,” said the bishop just as the speaker's hammer dropped. His five minutes were up and he had to stop. REY, LLOYD JONES BELIEVES IN EVOLUTION. Rey. Lloyd Jones, speaking as » minister of the Methodist church who believed in evolu- tion, said that the problem was not whether God made the earth or not, but how He made it, whether it was in six days or in six eras. After following in the rnts of narrow men he Was only too glad to come out into the breadth and power of John wesley after men who could not realize the distinction between the intellectand the beai. - GRANBERY, D. D., ASHLAND, VA. Addresses on the various phases of the sub- ject were made by Bishop Fowler, Rev. Thomas Allen of Sheftield, Wesleyan Methodist church; Kev. David Brook, M. A.. B.C. L., Claremont, Todmorden, United Methodist Free church; L. I. McLaren of Toronto, Methodist church in Canada. At the conclusion of the last speaker's re- marks Mr. Arthur announced the discussion at anend. Secretary King presented a resolution calling for a committee on the statistics of the Methodis. SS as the statistics published altogether understate the following of the church. ‘The resolution was adopted, and after some further announcements the session adjourned with the singing of the doxology and a bene- diction by Rev. William Arthur. There was no afternoon session and the ma- jority of the delegates availed themselves of the invitation to the excursion to Mount Ver- non. The conference sermon will be preached to- genuine theatrical will be presented at 's next week in the shape of the Royal ta, a company com- Pored almost entirely of tiny actors and ac- tresses, ranging from twenty to forty years of ‘age, and from 30 to 42 inches in it: These i je appear as Liliputians in “Gulliver's Iravels,” and surround the gigantic tenor, Mr. Harry de Lorme, who enacts the role of Gulliver. The scenery, costumes and properties are all in keeping with the Story, and were prepared for the express purpose of correctly mounting this peculiar Production. The play is replete with musical And dramatic novelties, artistic ballets and brilliant jictures, arranged by the authors and Sir. Robert Frazier. The original music played and sung by the Lilliputians was composed and arranged by Mr. Gustave Gen- hardt, who is the conductor of the orchestra. Among the musical numbers will be found sev- eral comic operasuccesses, interpolated by per- mission of the managers and composers of the Various operas. Hanns Bisov Tuzater.—“The Pulse of New York" is the title of a play new to Wash- ington, but witha record of succesces else where. It affords a contrast to the attraction for the past week, being a melodrama of un- usual intensity and power. A list of the stage Pictures shows readily that extraordinary at- tention bas been given to scenic detail. Among the settings are a view of the celebrated “Lit tle Church Around the Corner,” pile driver in active operation, the elevated read, an East river pier aud & thrilling fire scene with a dar- ing “leap for life.” In the fire scene the methods of the New York life-saving service are shown. ong the American and European artists in Tony Pas tor's company, which will open at Kernan's Lyceum ‘Theater next Monday, may be men- tioned the Schallers, grotesque acrobats, direct from Vienna; the three La Blanche sisters, singers, dancers and high kickers, from the principal London theaters; Griftin and Wilkin- ton, English pedestal clog dancers; the Leon- Conroy and Fox, come- ters, Euith, Arthur and the pantomimie grotesque; John E. Drew,’ dancer and comodinn; Leslie and Cot- ling," sketch artists, and’ Sam Dearin, the’ original and versatile musical artist. Maggie Cline is one of the principal ds, and will present her latest success, ‘Tye Worked Eight Hours This Day,” hich is ealoulated to prove ts popnlar te her famous “Mary Ann Kehoe” and “Throw Him Down, McClusky.” Mr. Pastor, who will positively appear at every performance, still retains his popularity and bas a budget of happy new ‘songs, in which be fully sustains his reputation as’ a comic singer. The com- puny represents the best talent on the vaude- ville stage, both in this country and in Europe, ards, Lob and Jenni morrow morning at 10:30 o'clock at Metropoli- tan Church. It will be by Rey. Bishop J. P. Newman and a memorial upon John Wesley. All the Methodist pulpits in the city as well many in Baltimore will be filled at the ser- vices tomorrow by visiting delegates. —— UNWHOLESOME MILK. A Warrant Charged That Such Has Been Farnished to Mrs, Ford. Mrs. Celynda Ford, who some days ago experienced some difficulty in finding the Proper official before whom to lay & complaint about the sale of al- leged unwholesome milk, finally called upon Assistant District Attorney Mullowney and made the required affidavit concerning the name of the person from whom she purchased it’ Under the law Mr. Mullowney sent the sample to the internal revenue bureau, where Prof. Richards, the microscopist, made an ex- amination of it. Upon the strength of his re- port a warrant was issued for the dealer, but it has not yet been served. When itis returned to court the prosecution will charge the sale of unwholesome milk, alleging that it was from a cow that had recently given birth toa calf and that the milk was unhealthy. ‘The prosecution will be brought under an act of Congress passed in 1885, MRS. FORD'S AFFIDAVIT. Mrs. Ford swore to the warrant yesterday afternoon charging “that John B. Phillips did then and there sell to the suid Celynda W. Ford an article of food, to wit, one jar of milk, which was not then and there of the nature, substance and quality demanded by the said Ford, said urticle of food being then. and thero milk from a cow then recently calved and be- ing then and there impregnuied with a certain unwholesome substance called colostrum.” In addition to the law mentioned there are two other sections of the act of 1875 which pro- vide against the sale of adulterated and un- Wholesome milk. Section seven of the act pro- Vi ‘hat no person shall offer Jor sale within the cities of Washington or Georgetown any unwhglesome, watered or adulterated milk, or swill milk, or milk from cows kept up and fed on garbage, swill or other deleterious sub- stance; nor shail any person offer for wale within said cities any butter or cheese made from such unwholesome milk, and any person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not Jess than 5 nor more than $25 for each and every such offense.” Section 2 of the same act provides “that no rson shall offer for sale within the cities of ‘ashington or Georgetown any liquor used for drink, whether malt, vinous, or ardent, or the milk of cows or goats, intended to be used for food or drink, which has been adulterated with any poisonous or deleterious ingredient; and any person violating the provisions of this sec- tion shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than 310 nor more than $50 for ench and every such offense.” A TALK WITH MX. MULLOWNEY. Mr. Mullowney, in conversation with a Stan reporter this morning, stated that he was ready to receive and submit samples of milk supposed to be adulterated or unwholesome and would prosecute every case in which the examination [machine that the milk was other than it should “There is no doubt” he said, “that alarge uuantity of the milk sold here 1s adulterated or doctored in some manner. and 1 would rather prosccute such cases than I wonld the many cases Of simple assault, as in the former the health of the entire community is at stake, and the use of some milk might cause death. _ “There is no inspector of milk here, a3 there is in most large ci and the citizens have to look after their own cases. When they bring the cases, however, they must know from whom the milk is purchased, as the law requires them to make affidavit to thus effect.” ‘The warrant sworn out by Mrs. Ford will be sent out this afternoon for service. —— . Gives His Wife » Bad Character. Matthew Keating, by Mr. A. H. Jackson, has filed a bill fora divorce from Mary Eliza- beth Keating (nee Simpson). They were mar- and pronounced the most brilliant and ex- pensive that Mr. Pastor bas ever brought to Washington, es ALEXANDRIA INDICTED, TRIED AND SENTENCED. The corporation court closed its October term last evening, but before it closed it made quick work with the case of the colored boy Robt. Jackson, for house burning in the night time. He was in one afternoon indicted, tried, convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary for three years. Jus. Butler, colored, bas been in- dicted for horse stealing. POLITICAL. The nomination of Mr. Charles Bendheim does not seem to be accepted with perfect cordiality by all the democrats. One of the delegates to the late convention says, in a published card: “Tunderstand be (Mr. Bendheim) voted for Mr. Hume, who was running as some kind of @ candidate, I know net what, against the regular nominee.” It is quite certain, however, that Mr. Bendbeim will receive a substantially unanimuus vote of the democrats who partin the recent primaries which resulted in is nomination. CORPORATION COURT. ‘The corporation court will open its session on Monday next, and on next Thursday the case of Jefferson Phillips, indicted for the murder of George 8. Smith, will be called for trial. THE CITY JURISDICTION. The charter of the corporation of Alexandria defines the boundaries of the jurisdiction of the corporate authorities. There is, however, another city of Alexandria, one of the political divisions of the. commonwealth, over which the corporation authorities have only an incomplete authority, the officers being appointed or elected by state authority inde- pendently of the city council. The city coun- cil is, however, obliged to raise taxes to pay most of the officials, the city superintendent of schools being the only official that receives his entire pay from the state. By a law subsequent to the charter the general assembly gives the police authorities of the city juris- diction within one mile of the town on all sides. Under this law the suburbé of Alexandria have the benefit of the Alexan- dria police, but the constitutionality of this extension of jurisdiction is now questioned. Mr. John H. Greene, counsel for Mr. H. Engle- hardt, raised the question in habeas corpus case yesterday. Judge Chichester, however, decided the law to be constitutional, but an ap- peal has been taken. NOTES. The late residence of Mr. James Waddey on Columbus street near King, a two-story mod- ern brick house, with ordinary-sized pack lot, has been sold to Mr.8.R. Shinn for $3,000. Mr. Owen Nugent has bought for $2,000 the former Gregg residence, at the upper end of King street, a very commodious, old-fashioned two-story brick house, with very large lot. The Alexandria Railway and Improvement Company has obtained under the law, from the court of Alexandria county, the right r several of the roads of that county. Judge Chichester has appointed E. T. Sisson un additional justice of the peace for Jefferson district of Alexandria county, adjoining this city. tk ‘Win Kun Two Stores. The opening of J.C. Hutchinson's new F street store is another indication of Washing- ton's business prosperity. Eight years ago Mr. Hutchinson came to this city and bought out an avenue millinery house of thirty years’ standing. A second store has now been decided upon as the imperative result of a greatly increased trade. ‘The location of the new stand, on the northeast corner of F and 13th streets, is one of the best in the city. The store itself isa picture of tasteful elegance. A rich Brussels carpet of speciai pattern covers the floor. The walls and ceiling are of a delicate judic shade. The store fixtures are a unique feature, being unlike any others in the United States,’ Their ornamental parts are of quartered sycamore, a beautiful wood re- sembling bird's-eye maple. Large windows make the store an unusually well lighted one, with combination fixtures giving a choice of either gas or electric lights in the evening. On the counter and shelves is an elaborate display of bate, bonnets and other samples of millinery technique, meinding specimens of ate Parisian goods. "Mr. Hutchinson's long — experi- ence in this country and abroad asa buyer of goods for New York houses makes him an authority on millinery. He urposes to keep in the van of competition by “continuing to employ ‘Tux Bris oss medium for telling people about his goods, Sunday at Marshall Hall Tomorrow at Marshall Hall will be an es pecially pleasant occasion.’ The National Guard Band, under the direction of Prof. Schroeder, will render appropriate music. The Macalester will leave at 11 a.m., 2:30 and6 p. m. sharp, returning at 2. 5:45 and 9 p.m. EX caine ‘Wesley Chapel’s Reopening. ‘Wesley Chapel, after being renovated and re- ‘The mor service will be conducted Bishop Isaac W. Ji D. D.. In the after- noon the Rev. Hugh Hughes will ‘The memorial committee that had charge of on Thursday night, consisted of Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov't Report. Reval ABSOLUTELY PURE Baki Powder SHOOTING STARS AT THE LONO BRIDGr. Sportsman: I say, fwiend, abe the game laws verwy stwict about heab? Bluechip Mike: Is dey strick? Well I should say. Ye've gotter go clean across de river ter play a hoes race. Dude-drops--Cigarette ashes. He said “Farewell;” then said it o'er, Took breath and said the same some more; Quoth she, “Dear George, without a doubt, ‘This Patti business is piayed out.” Benjamin Franklin was the original lightning calculator. A man finds the poorest companionship when he “entertains a suspicion.” Perhay bananas isin the nature of retaliation on the | banana for its persistent efforts to pulverize the pedestrian. the scheme to make flour out of | “I suppose the Marquis of Luluville was very much hurt when the woman he wanted married another man.” “Yes; but I felt worse over it than he did.” Why’ 'm one of his creditors. “I will not use tobacco,” Said little Robert Reed; “T’ve always found the cigarette Sufficient to my need.” “William,” she said at breakfast, “what time did you get home last night?” ilalf-past eleven,” replied her husband, who is actively interested in politics. “I'm very sorry,"she said with a sigh, “but I can’t he! ing that you have been falsi- fying the - “In church,” quoth she, “I gave my hand, This much of course no one denies; But then I was, pray understand, Intimidated by your sighs.” “Now,” said the professor, “I want you to illustrate the difference between music and noise.” “Your own singing and somebody's else,” replied the pupil confidently. Heese iA Tl GEORGETOWN, MASONIC GRAND VISITATION. The annual visitation of the officers of the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia to George C. Whiting No. 22, F. A, A M., took place on Thursday night. After the ex- amination of the books, & which were re- ported strictly correct, Rev. Walter K. Graham of the Congress Street M. P. Church delivered | lecture, which was attentively listened to and | greatly enjoyed, on “Social Life in Mixed Societ} ‘Then music was furnished by the! Fra Abt Quartet and refreshments were servec. Besides most of the members of George C. Whiting there were present many visitors from other _— A very delightful evening was spent by all. : 1. 0. @. 7. MEETING. Last night's meeting of Independent Lodge, 1. 0. G. T., was an interesting one. Five ini- tiations were conducted, and the good of the order was participated in bya number from Pioneer Lodge, Virginia; Messrs. Jensen end Grege of Minnehaha and’ Messrs. Ogle, Lynch, Fischer and Wilkerson of Independen: Lodge. The lodge will next Friday pay a fraternal visit to Eggleston Loage. REAL ESTATE SALES. C. H.tFickling reports the following sales: For Jno. T. West to Ino. Wagner, sub 85, square 50, improved, Georgetown; price, $3,000. «Mrs. Adelaide A. Jones to Wm. M. Bitti 4 , square 100, Georgetown; rice, 1,000. For Manogue & Fickiing to Mra. Helen Y¥. Shepperd, sub 124, improved, | ley Springs much improved after ber long | dr. SOCIAL MATTERS, Mrs. Harrison, accompanied by Mrs. Mra. Parker and Mra Geo. B Willi is viriting in Baltimore today. Rev. Wm. 8. Hester and wife of Carolina, who are here attending the ec ical council, are stopping with their brother, Capt. J. G. Hester of B street northwest. A delightful evening was spent by the Golden Hours Corresponding Club last even-| ing at the residence of the assistant secretary, 613 M strect southwest. Among those present a H. Gunnell, Lioyd Mocka- | Bauilsir, Frank Lulu Kendall, Elsie Mi . Bertie Lown, Bianche Cowling, Aunie Liphard, Sarah Hepner and Maggie Wheeler Mrs. M.A. Gibbons has returned after an absence of four months. Mrs. Edward H. Wanamaker of Allentown, Pa., is visiting ber parents, Mr. and Mrs. Enos Newman of Sth etrect Mr. and Mra. C. M. Newman of Bridgeport, Conn., accompanied by Miss Fulton of Boston, Mass.,are visiting Mra. E. Newman on 5th street. Mra. and Miss Hertford have returned from their summeringat Reboboth Beach and Forest Glen and will be at home to their friends on Wednesdays after November 1 After an absence of three months in Canada Mra. T. B. Buxton has returned to her home on 20th street northwest. Mre. R. A. Cronin has returned from Berke ness. Mrs. T. W. B. Duckwailof Berkeley, Springs will spend a week with her mot! re. KA. Cronin. Mr. and Mrs. U. M. Monroe have issued care for the marriage of their daughter, Lollie, to| Mr. Moncare Howe ch will tek place at 11 o'el at Wesley Chapel Tompkins w nd Mrs. be at be F Peyton Scrivener have issued cards for the marriage of their daughter, rie Cecil, to Mr P. place at ‘the New York Av Church Weduesday e'clock. Mr. and Udine wall be at home after January 1 at 25 Lowa circle Miss M. H. Hill of East Capitol street i returned from @ three months’ visit to N. ragansett Pier and Detroit, Mich. Hi Miss E. Williams, bas returned with her fron Detro Miss E. Williams of Detroit is visiting her uncle, Mr. W. F. Hill, 326 B street southeast, The Misses Virginia and Victoria Peacock left Tucsday evening for Mexico, where they will spend the winter with their uncle, Dr. Marshall. Mrs. G. D. Wallace and Mrs. Dickinson, wife of Lieut. Dickinson, fourth caval ing their mother at 1610 19th street Mrs. Neil Belt hus returned to her ho ‘ew Hampshire avenue, after a four mouthe absence. Miss Alice Hutchinson is spenaing the month in Chicago and Wisconsin with relatives. Miss Susan Andrews Rice of 1218 Lith street, Whois in Boston, returns tothis city October 15. Miss Florence Brian is expected this evening after four months’ absence from home. Cards have been issued by Mrs. Jones of N street, Georgetown, for the marriage of ber daughter, Miss Bessie, to Edward Barrington of this city.’ The wedding will take place on the 15th instant at 8 o'clock p.m., at Trinity Church, Georgetown. The Ker. J.'Havens Richards, 8.J., president of Georgetown College, will erform the ceremony, assisted by the Kew, J. . Murphy. 8.J., rector of Trinity Rev. Pere Roccotort. The bride the late Mir. Frederick Jones, lawyer und one of Gevorgetow: citizens. The groom is much prominence in the western states, where he has been largely engaged in engineering works. He is the eldest won of Mr. W. L. Bar- ington of the Navy Department, and nephew of the late Sir John Barrington, D. L., twice lord mayor of Dublin, The residence of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Thayer on W street was the scene of a pleasant gather- ing last evening, the occasion being the enter- tuinment of a quartet from the Dennison Glee Club, compored of Masters George Sinall, banjo; Clyde Gideon, guitar; Claude Clayton, mouth organ and triangle, and Howard Thayer, banjo. Piano music was also furnished by Miss Mary Ford, Miss Teel and Miss Mildred Howard of Chicago and a poe recited by Mr. Wm. T. Ford. Among those present were: Mr. and Mra. J. H. Howard and Mr. Benton Howard of Chicago, Mrs. Emily Thornton Charles, Mrs. Wm. T. Ford, Miss Emma Ford, Koland Ford and Mra. E. B’ Howard and young daughter of Chicago. Refreshments were served and, altogether, the company passed an enjoyable evening. ‘There will be no reception after the wedding of Miss Lulu Twombly and Mr. 8. Smith Hoover, jr., next Wednesday. After the cere- mony, which will take place at HamlineChurcl: at 3 o'clock, the couple will proceed straight Georgetown; price, $1,250. Through Acker & Gadsby for E. P. Berry et al. to Thomas Hyde, jr., partlot Sof E. E. Dent's sub of Linthi: price, $4431.25. For E. P. . Moran, part lot 6 of E. L. Dent's sub of Linthicum, county; price, $4,687.50. For E. P. Berry, part lot of E. Lt Dent's sub of Lintincum,’ “cotuty: price, 4,687.50. For Henry J. Goodman, sub square 35, improved, Georgeiowu; price, £3,700. To George’ W. Clark,» sub 160 snd part 161, square 74, improved, Georgetown: $5,625. ‘For Nora M. lianger to Augusta L. Stohiman, part lot 86, square 45,im- ‘oved, Georgetown; $3,125. To Jou H. feenan et al.,part sub 1 juare 74,improved, Georgetown; price, £3,500. For Wm. E. Crue parts lots 158 and 15%, square §5, improve Georgetown; price, £9,000. Through Acker & Gadsby for Wm. ‘M. Clayton to C. D. Senne- baker, part lot 7 of E. L. Deu Linthicum, county; price, $5,312.50. For W. H. Maury et al. to Nora’ M. Hanger, sub 38, squarea5, Georgetown,improved; price, $4,500. NOTES. A row between Buttons, a Maltese cat, and & dog, both owned by Mr. Theo. Barnes, re- sulted in considerable damage to the cat. A veterinary surgeon was called to dress its wounds. The benefit to little Clarence Hughes was a complete success and enough money was real- ized to enable him to buy the most comforta- ble roller chair in Wasiningtou. assault. She says be struck ber while she was picking chestugus and threatened to get re- volver. The twelve-year-old son of Mr. Counselman White while going for a ductor for his little brother about 2 o'clock yesterday morning was ordered to stop by two: which fright- ened him so that he ran thefasterand finally fell exhausted into the arms of Officer Harve ‘When be recovered and secure the doctor found on arriving home that bis little brother was dead. the residents of to oper counts with us. Fine Prompt deliv- ery. Granulated sugar, 43gc. per ib. Best Java and Mocha coffee, 5c. H. W. Offutt, 32d | i i a ui i ie from the church to the railroad depot. — THE COLETS. Cour mx Genrnat Trum—Chief Justice Binge ham and Judges Cor anit James. Yestorday-—Chinley agt. Riles :argued und ub- mitted. Lownscud agt. Vanderworken, assigned: for 19th. Boucher agt. Boucher; appeal dix missed. Equiry Covnt—Juilge Cox, Yesterday— Parker agt Charles H. Ross & Co. made parties e: els agt. ( ants or plat xidard; appearance of absent defend> ed. Crecorr Covat—Judoe Ha; 3 Yestorday—B. Aaton & Son agt. F. Moreland; Judgment by default. Brooklyn Varnish Manu facturing Company agt. G. W. Bonnell; do. M. H. Beach egt. District of Columbia et al jadg- ment in ceruorari, Wm. Budd agt. sme; do. C. L. Alexunder agt. same: do. Langham agt. Coliin or & 5 Judgment by detault. |W. F. 1 Co. agt. J. Palmer: verdict and judgment for deteudaut aud appellant. Bryaut agt. Par- rish; judgment by default. Depue & Son agt. Merchant; judgment by default. ©. F. New- man agt. Gertrude Aiwell; verdict and judg- meut for plaintiff. Colbert agt. Stenott et order for plaintiff to withdraw note sued on. Eugene J. Lucas agt. Washington Southera Railway Company; verdict tor plaintiff in Pronare Covrt—Judge Cor. Yesterday —Hetate of Sophia A. Curtis; peti- jm; . and order of publica- ‘Ogden for probate of will tion. Estate of Catharine Niedfelt; will ad- mitted to probate and letters testamentary to W. J. Alien; bond, £100. Estate of Sarah K. Cook; do to A. G.’ Cook; bond, $400. Extate of Bridget Flynn; will filed with peution. s- tate of Hamilton J. Williams; will filed. In re Eva Smith; W. HH. Smith appointed guar- diam; bond, #500. in re Inabella Jenifer ot alg F. M. Jenifer; do.; bond, £500. Estate of w. & Gorden; Emily W. Gordon nted ad- _— M. Mo- ministratri = Gowan; appointed guardian; bond, ¢200, Estate of John Lewis; order on the fiscal year 1893, They aggregated $2,233,- 900, and included tho following items: Nan- bouse depot, station, Vir~ i