Evening Star Newspaper, February 19, 1894, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR y DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. PUBLISHED cesta SULT E ey, Pennsylvania Avezee, corner The Evening Star Ni Company, S Be SAUFFMANR, Pret Now York Offiee, 60 Potter Building. ‘THE Evexrxe Stax fs served to subscribers in the city by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents Ber week. or H4c. per month. Copies at the counter cents gach. By mail—anywhere in the United Staten or Canada—postage prepaid—30 cents per mont SATURDAY QuINTUPLY SHEET Sta 81.00 per year, with foreiun postage adled, 8:00. = tered at the Post (Office at Washington, D. C., #8 second class maf] matter.) @@-All mai! subscriptions must be paid in advances. Mates of wlvertising made known on application. AMUSEMENTS. | Part 2. The Fpening Sta , Pages 9-12. WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. - ‘EDUCATIONAL. ALBAUGH'S GRAND OPERA HOUSE. Regular Matinee Saturday. Special Matinee Washington's Birthday (Thursday). Engagement of ME AND MES. SIDNEY DREW, Presenting irs. John Drew, Supported by a Strong Company. Monday, Saturday Nights and Thursday Matinee, The Rivals. ‘Tuesday, Thursday Nights and Saturday Matinee, The Road to Ruin. Wednesday and Friday Nights, The Jealous Wife. Tuesday, Feb. 27.-THE PRODIGAL FATHER. felg-tt mk Second Concert By the Columbia Zither Club, Monday Evening, Feb. 19, NATIONAL RIFLES HALL. ADMISSION, 50 CENTS. ol Third Bischoff Concert, Congregational Church, Friday Evening, Feb. 23. VocaL SOLOS BY Dorothy Byrd Rogers, Mrs. H. C. Browning, Miss Elsie Bond, Miss Daisy Taylor, Miss Laura Zey and Mr. bert Clark. SOLOS BY PROF. ANTON KASPAR. NO SOLO BY D. G. PFEIFFER. VIOLIN P —_ ORGAN SOLOS BY_DR._J._W. _BISCHOFE. ‘Tickets, 50 cents, at Ellis & Co."s, 937 Pa. ave. fede ’ “4 HsRRIS’ THEATER. WEEK OF FEBRUARY 19. MATINEES, TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATUR- Day. LINCOLN J. CARTE'S FAST [PiAIL. _Next Week—POLICE PATROL. felv-Gt 'S LYCESM THEATER. < ALL THIS WEEK. ‘Thursday and Saturday. AND MARTELL'S resque Production, South Before the War. Mlustrating Plantation Life Before the War. UNIQUE. ORIGINAL ———NOVEL. Next Week--The Night Owls Beauty Show. felo-er ACADEMY. Dress Circle. Heserved.. Orchestra Circle. Reserved. Orchestra Chairs, Reserved MATINEE WEDNESDAY AT 2. Matinee Prices, Reserved, 25, 50 and Te. BOLIDAY MATINEE Ws SHINGTON'S BIRTH- AY. James K. Hackett, Presenting the Grentest of all Madison Square Theater Successes, THE PRIVATE SECRETARY. Week—DOCKSTADEB'S MINSTRELS. fel9-tf, > NATIONAL THEATER. Every Erghlng (Wednesday and Saturday Matinees. SPECIAL HOLIDAY MATINEE THURSDAY. Hoyt’s A BRASS MONKEY. INCLUDING MR. GEORGE F. MARION AND A GREAT COMPANY. Zea Wee LILLIAN RUSSELL OPERA CO. felt WALTERS GALLERIES, BALTIMORE. The Poor Association begs imform the public be that the Walte-s Galleries w OPEN THIS WEEK WEDNESDAY AND ALSO THURSDAY, 22> FEBRUARY, > accommodate those unable ty attend any other 5 ‘These days the Gallerivs wili be open from 10 to 5. o'clock. ‘Tickets at HARRIS & SHAFER'S, W113 PENNSY . AND MOUN’ BA ‘The Gallerie ALL THE WEDNES ALL THE_SATUE AND EASTER MONDAY. °7 2 . f0' THE FIRST OF fel7-3t* M SIZEROTT MUSIC HALL. WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEB. 21, The King of Entertainers, Mr. GEORGE GROSSMITH Pecan Humorous and Musical Sketches, ‘AINING,”* Ace E PAD! E RL Cl at And numereus liitations and Ilustrations. Tickets. with reserved seats, $1.50, $1 and T5c., letzerot?’s. VERT and C. A. ELLIS, Managers. fel anagers. Paint and Powder Ciub of Baltimore. Fifst Appearance in Washington in the Original Comic Opera, “MUSTAPHA,” At Albaugh’s Opera House, February 26, at 8:15, The for the berefit of Home for Incurables. ra_ chai $2; boxes, $25. For sale by 1314 H st. aw. » $1.50; balcony, $1. At Metzer- Tlie F nw. felé-or ~ Another Week Of the Georgetown Cycle Club. FIRST GRAND Fair and Cycle Show For the benefit of the Cycle Track Fund. ‘Owing to the increased attendance and the de- Mand for another week's festivity by its patrons, fr has been concluded to run the fair one more week, Commencing Monday. February 19. WASHIN: LIGHT INFANTRY ARMORY. Tonight and Every Night until Feb. 24. DANCING, 10 PM. Admission, 10c. SEASON TICKETS, SIX ADMISSIONS, SOc. DANCE RIBBONS, 15 CENTS. HAT BOX FREE. Beautiful Water Colors are HERE, in all styles, varieties and sizes, as well as ETCHINGS, PAINT- INGS, ENGRAVINGS, &e., by artists of wore or less renown. ! We also make frames of all kinds and Fine Gold Furniture to order. ©" You are invited to call and view our choice collection of fine pictures. VeerhoffsGalleries 1217 F St. N. W. BRANCHES: 1221 PA. AVE. and 916 7TH ST.fel4 METZEROTT MUSIC HALL. felé Feb. 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20. QGeh Annual Convention National American WOMAN'S _ SUFFRAGE Association. MR. J. J. COSTELLO With the PHILHARMONIC CLUB. Mrs. Ernest Lent, Pianist. Mr. Ernest Lent, Pianist and Violoncellist. Mr. Herman C. Rakemann, Violinist. Wednesday Evening Feb. 21 UNIVERSALIST CHURCH, 18TH and L STS. Reserved Seats $1, 75 & soc. For Sale at KMWABE & CO.’S, 817 PA. AVE. felT-4t METZEROTT MUSIC HALL. TOURNAMENT. NG, FEBRUARY 26, ppearance of OF THE WORLD, JAMES J. CORBET WHO WILL SPAR WITH TWO Mf In Conjunction with 10 OTHER BOXING AND WRESTLING BOUTS. 10 Reserved Seats...... $1 and $1.50 Now on sale at Metzerott Muste Store. felT-tf S.A. W. FELKA AND EF. HERLING DANCING ACADEMY, Haines’ Hall, Sth and Py. aye, se, WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY EVES: For particulars apply at the academy. tel7-iw CALIF ORN . TEXAS, MEXICO. Company's Routes. Cheap rates. Apply PACIFIC CO., 343 Broadw: ‘unset and Ogden 0 THE SOUTHERN N.Y. 49S. 3d Baltimore. J. B. CALDWELL'S DANG MY, cor. Sth and H sts. nw. Tuesday and Friday evenings. Private lessons given by appointment at my residence, 40 C st. now. feG-20* LECTURES "A LECTURE ON “QUAINT BERMUDA” Will be delivered at and under the auspices of ‘The Metropolitah M. E. Church, Corner 4% and € sts. v. By MR. LOUIS BAGGER, For the benefit of the poor in Washington, On the EVENING of SATURDAY, February 24, Promptly at 8 o'clock. Admission, 25 cents; Children, 10 cents. Tickets now for sale at Metzeroit's, corner F and 12th sts.; Droop’s, 925 Pa. ave., and Purseil's, 418 9th st. nw. fel7-it* EXCURSIONS. & TALLY HO COACH LINE DAIL 2 from 511 13th st.--Arlington, Cabin J. B. and a ints of interest. Trip, 50 to Pinest Tally jo ou werth, No cars to Arlington. fel9-Im* ‘By Raiit0 Mount Vernon, TOMB OF WASHINGTON. Take trains Pennsylvania depot 8:40, 9:45, 10:45 a.m., 11:60 a.m. and 2:11 p.m. Also’ via ferry to Ale: 7th st. wharf, at 9:30, 10:30, 11:30 a.m. and 12:30, 1:30, 2:30 p.m. Fare, round trip. 60 cents. Grounds open 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. d22-tf TO MOUNT VERNON. Tomb of Washtneton. Daily (except Sunday), At 10 am, returning by 2:45 p.m FARE, ROUND TRIP, 60 CENTS. Admission to grounds, 25 cents, ‘Tiekets, with Mount Vernon admission coupon, for sale at wharf and at hotels. Will also make river landings as far as Glymont. stopping for freight and passengers both ways. For ctarters, &c., apply at office of Steawer Macalester. 18 L. L BLAKE. Capt. Sr EDUCATIONAL. IN WASHINGTO: ACME PHONOGRAPHY.—LEARN THE EASIEST and best system of shorthand. Proficiency reach- ed i from two to three months. Oldest exclu- sively shorthand and typewriting school eity. ACME SCHOOL OF PHONOGRAPH in the F st. nw. __ja10-2m* MME. TAYLOR, OPERATIC TEACHER, MAKES @ specialty of placing the voice correcti operas, churches, concerts. Evening ¢ Working girls. Reduced rates. 516 lith st. n.w. fe3-1m' MOUNT VERNON SEMINARY, M and 1ith sts. 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THE TYPEWRITING AND SHORTHAND COURSE. = $15 ue ae ay 1s 13, Shorthand—Typewriting. $15 $15, $15 $15, $15, $1: ‘Typewriting Shorthand. 315, $1 $15, $15 $15 $15 NONE BEfTER. LOWEST TERMS. ‘The large attendance is a reference that satis- faction ts given. ipecial_and unexcelled course in LETTER WRIT- Success guaranteed. Full business course, day or night, $25 a year. Bookkeeping, arithmetic, spelling, penmanship, gramuuar. il business subjects. Send for announce- ment. IVY ITUTE BUSINESS COLLEGE, s.w. cor. Str and K sts, uw. 8. W. PLYN3 M., Principal. dié-3m* MISS AMY C. LEAVITT, 1121 VERMONT AVE. N.W. PIANO AND HARMONY. se21-tf LESSONS ON THE JANKO KEYBOARD. EVENING FRENCH CLASSES-NEW TERM. Also cuornt sses and private lessons. Easy and afractive methed. $25-Im* MLLE. V. PRUD'HOMME, 307 D st. n.w. WOOD'S COMMERCIAL COLLEGE AND SCHOOT, of Shorthand and ‘Typewriting, 407 East Capitol st. Young people of good character of both sexes welcome. jitions secured. Day and- evening sessions. Rates yeduced. Call or write for circular. Jo2d Norwood Institute, 14TH STREET AND MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, ec30_Mr. and Mua, W. D. CABELL, Brincipale, ACADIMY OF THR HOLY CROSS, 1312 MASS. AVE. A day school for young ladies and little girls. ‘The course of study embraces al the branches of a practical education. au31-6m OUT OF WASHINGTON. INSTITUTE, CONCUKDVILLE, Pa, ar; a successful school; one of the Lest ty infuse with and to Wake up boys to the duties of lite; boys under 13 years, $162 J. SHORTLIDGE (Yule), A.M., Principal. n8-W,s,nidm* ian . GEORGE'S HALL FOR BOYS, ST. GEORGE'S, near Baltimore, Md. Prof. J. C. Kinear, A.M., Prin.; 1st year; noted for situation, advantages, health, comfort; terms and references. ja20-Im* CHILEAN-AMERICAN CLAIMS, It is Possible That the Commission May Continue to St There is said to be a good prospect’ that the Chilean-American claims commission may be abie to prolong its sessions long enough to permit the satisfactory adjust- ment of all the claims before it, notwith- standing the refusal of the Chilean govern- ment to extefAd the existence of the com- mission beyom@ April 9, the limit fixed by the treaty between the two countries. The claims presented on behalf of Chilean citi- zens amount to less than $3,000,000, while those of citizens of the United States aggre- gate $27,000,000, The time for the filing of claims has expired. By the decision rendered in the Itata case on demurrer the Chileans are reasonably sure that the United States will be com- pelled to pay nearly $300,000 for the deten- tion of that vessel at San Diego, Cal., in the summer of 181, and by the virtual rejec- tion of the famous Londreau claim for the seizure of guano beds in Peru the govern. ment of Chile is relieved of a most embar- rassing case, which has threatened for ten years to diminish its national treasury to the extent of more than $10,000,000. Ali the other cases béfore the commission are small and easy to adjust. This satisfactory result has led the Chilean representatives to express the opin- ion that their government might now be willing to continue the consideration of the cases before the commission until all dif- ferences between the two countries in re- gard thereto shall have been settled. The regular session of the Chilean con- gress, however, does not begin until June 1, and the only way provided by the treaty tor protonging the existence of the commis- sion until that time is by the death, inca- pacity or retirement of one of the com- missioners, in which case three months’ extension is permitted. The Swiss minister, Mr. Clayarede, who is one of the three members, was appointed several months ago as minister of Switzerland to Berlin, and it is pointed out that he can be instru- mental in accomplishing that end by re- signing about the Ist day of April. ‘This would, by protonging the commission's ex- istence to July 9, enable the new Chilean congress to ratify an extension of the ume allowed to complete the work. —__-—e—_____ OVATION TO McKINLEY, A Rousing Welcome at New York to Ohio's Governor. The annual dinner of the Ohio Society | Saturday evening at New York was turned into an ovation to Governor McKinley, who was one of the 2) men present. William L. Strong, president of the society, presided, and referred to the present governor as one of the great men produced by the state. Bishop Walden sald that Governor Mc- Kiniey sht have been a circuit rider and have become a bishop, but it may be that Providence determined that he could do most for his country as a statesman and President. The subject of all these delightful refer- ences, in responding to the toast “Ohio,” made a speech in which he described the laying of the foundation of civil and social order in the forests by the early settlers and traced the development of the state to its present greatness, Upon the conclusion of Governor McKin- ley’s speech Colonel Strong called upon every member of the society to rise to his feet and drink to the health of Mrs, Gov- who, with a number of lady friends, occupied seats in the gallery. |The guests arose and with waving hand- kerchiefs and glasses in hand welcomed the spectators and listeners above. The next speaker was Gen. Horace Porter, who had just returned from Ohio, where ne attended the Lincoln anniversary exercises at Columbus. He spoke in high praise of the state and of the distinguished men who had come from it. Other speakers were Scover, Gen. Wager Thomas Ewing. Prof. Sylvester Swayne and Gen. see DENOUNCING THE LORDS, ndon Demands the Abolition of the House. Four thor nd persons assembled in Tra- tlgar Square, London, yesterday, in an- all for a man tation against of lords for destroying the clauses in the parish councils bill, or local govern- ment bill. The meeting, with much show adopted resolutions condemn- se of lords for its action in this | matter. The who were vociferously cheer d again in the course of their ri h, Dr. Chas. kK. D. sh nationalist Wilson, Dadabi ombay merch: jouse of comn Joseph J that Lord Salisbury had done a wonderful service when he had made the rope wherewith to hang the lords and put this rope in their oppon hands. The meeting aiso adopted resolutions de- claring the house of lords be a_mis- chievous and useless institution, and de- manding that it should be abolished forth- with. pee so Colored Baptists Immersed. A very large congregation as-embled at neteer th t Baptist Church yes- terday to witress the immersion of a large number of candidates from the Salem Bap- Chureh, Champlain avenue, Rev. 8. eriah Lamkin, pastor. There have been about fifty conversions at the Salem Church to date, the most of whom were baptized All were men, except five. Sse eae ee Mrs. Penn Wants Alimony. Mrs. Mame La Zelle Penn, who in Novem- ber last filed a bill for divorce from Albert G. Penn, and the latter in turn filed a cross- bill, has filed a petition for alimony. yester "|The first man in the text who didn't want TO ADVERTISERS. Advertisers are urgently re- quested to hand in advertisements the day prior to pubijication, in order that insertion may be as- sured. Want advertisements will be received up to noon of the day of publication, precedence being given to those first received. dealers ask. will never occur again. ig x ’ \s LADIES’ SHOES Moran’s Price, $1.50, : Moran’s Price, $1. $1.75 and $2. Our Price, 48c. | Our Price, 98c. One lot of Ladies' Fine Hand-turned Oxfords and S-rapped Slippers. Ladies’ Dongola Oxfords, with Patent Leather tips. Moran’s Price, $1. Our Price, 50c. «et Our P One lot of Ladies’ Fine High-cut Russian Calf Bluchers. Moran’s — $3.50 and 4. rice, $1.98. Ladies’ Fine Dongola Button Shoes, Leather tips. S Noran’s Price, $1.50. ona Lato, rig Doe sien, 3} Our Price, Qoc. |:sssecetita esis Ig Ladies’ Fine Black Oxford Ties, Patent tips. | Moran’s Price, $3.50 and I) Moran’s Price, $2.25. Sa. (| Our Price, g95c. |Our Price, $1.98. (3 % aaa os Cas OEE don and French Toe. The Moram Shoe Stock | To Go On Sale Tomorrow At 50 Cents On A Dollar At MOORE'S SHOE PALACE, Next to King’s Palace, 810 7th St. Fresh, Clean, Unharmed Stock teed by us---at exactly half what other shoe Many Customers are buying $25 to $50 worth of Shoes, for well they know that such an opportunity We thank you for the patronage so unstintingly bestowed upon us the past few weeks. We . shall cdideaver to always merit your trade by making this The Greatest Shoe Store of the South. ra These are but afew of the dozens of other lots equall bargains. - CHILDREN’S SHOES. One lot of Children’s Fine Russian Goat Ox- fords. opera toe. Moran’s Price, $1.25. Our Price, 60c. Boys’ Extra Fine Rn-sian Calf Lace Shoes. oran’s Price, $1.50. Our Price, 75¢. w dea! Plen’s Shoes. ‘One lot of Men's Fine Calf Bal. Shoes, in {Lon~ Moran’s Price, $4. and so guaran- MEN’S SHOES. ally admitted that the *“Moran’s” price for men’s shoes were as low as they could possibly be sold. Now his low prices have been cut exactiy in half. ‘One small Jot of Men's Fine Calf Button Shoes, sizes 5 and 54 only. Our Price, 75c. offering of the lot: 280 pairs of Ven's Fine French Calf Bals. Shoes, ‘Pioca till Bluchers, never sold for less then @5 in America. All Being $4 and $5 Shoes. Our Price, $1.85.!Our Price, $2.21. MOORES SHOE PALACE, (Next to King’s Palace), 810 SEVENTH STREET N. W. v y as Good | can Sell Men's Shoes as cheap as other shoe can buy them at wholesaie. It is gener- Moran’s Price, $2. Here is the “prize” ine Russian Calf are come? You've got excuses, no dou»t. I'll! give some of the popular excuses of the | nineteenth century. One of them is the Bible. Men say that there are mary things there which they can’t underscand. So | there is, and I am glad pf it. { an glad that there is something in it which J can’t understand. What of it? Are you going to reject because you can’t unlersiand it? Why, they say that the Constitution of the United States is a plain document und yet | not two of these Senators will agree upon | it. They say free trade and the tart is | plain, yet these Congressmen don't snder- stand it from the way things look. Pcople criticise the Bible who have not read it. “Have you got questions to ask about sin? Break away from your sin and your ques- | tions will be answered. Give up your adul- tery, stop drinking, leave your sins, and the | questions will be answered. Don’t stumble about doctrines. These doctrines of predes- tination and foreordination are not for the THE GOSPEL FEAST Mr. Moody Talks About the Excuses Men Make. PROMINENT MEN ON THE PLATFORM Many Responses to the Powerful Pleading. ar aaa eeniocaaad outsiders. There is ok in the oe - a c about the elect. It says ‘Whosoever will'— THRONGING AUDIENOES| S20. tne ward, wmmoever’ fen on a ‘whosoever.’ ‘Let him that is athirst come ee and whosoever will let him drink the water of life.’ There are about 300 young men | here who say it is a hard thing to be a Christian. They think that Christians wear long faces and must be an unhappy lot. That's not true. The Christian need not wear a long face and wait until he gets to heaven to be happy. The Devil's Yoke Hard. “The way of the transgressor is hard. You know that. The drunkard has a hard time; the dishonorable man, the libertine don’t have a good time. The burden of the Christian is easy. The yoke of the devil is hard. No man will know liberty until his fetters have been broken and he has turned from sin. I would like to have every man here tell me if his service of the devil has been easy, and if his service of God has been hard. How many men here have found God a hard master?” There was no reply. “How many of you have found him an easy mas- ter?” There was a loud and sincere chorus of “Yes! “Yet, if I should stop at the door here and | take every man by the hand and ask him to stop and talk it over, he would give an | excuse. The excuse Is you haven't time. | You spend five years learning a trade or a profession. Yet you can't take five minutes to attend to your soul. You'd better take | time. | “Another excuse is that there are so Last night was “men’s night” at the Moody and Sankey meeting, but it was ladies’ night also. All through the audience there was a goodly sprinkling of Lonnets, feathers and ribbons interspe>sed among bare heads of the male congregation. show- ing the presence of their wives, sisters and, sweethearts. One feature of the audience’ was the presence of a number of officials upon the platform. Commissioner Ross was conspicuous in the front row. and around him were Senators Blackburn, Hoar, F-ye, Dolph and Squire,and Congressmen Waiker, Morse, Grout, Pickler, Grosvenor, Bryan, Cannon, Cogswell, Stevens of Massachu- setts, McRae and others. After the preliminary services of song by M:. Sankey, and prayer by Dr. Corey and Bishop Hurst, together with songs by the chorus, Mr. Moody announced he would take his text from the 14th chapter of Luke. He |read the parable of the man who made a feast and invited his friends to it, and they with one accord sent excuses. “You notice I he three men for my text tonight,” he said. “They were invited to a feast. They were not invited to a dry, stupid lecture on the tariff, As a rule i many hypocrites among Christians. Just ike to go to a feast. if the Py | carry that principle tato your business and | should give a feast and invite all Washi ee Where you will land! “Are you a lawyer; » 5 rouldvall be there 1d rush for a! are there no hypocrites there? Are you a 5, yon wee 1d invites | doctor, and are there no hypocrites among t. God makes a feast and Invites! qoctors? Why don’t you leave your profes. | good y one, and the: Men are all pegin to make ex od at making exc! | eve cuses. , Sion and get away from hypocrites?) When you hear a man howling about hypocrites you may be sure he does not live far from a gee hypocrite himself. Why don’t you get away | to come to the feast offered 2s an excuse | ero hypocrites In business? Let me tell | that he must look at his land; the other one ; you that where you will find one hypocrite ‘had a team of oxen to break, an the th one had married a wife and couldn't come among Christ: dred in the world. we teach a perfect ns I will show you one hun- We are not perfect, but | religion. There ts no H on that account. Exeuses as old a8 | saw in Jesus Christ. We don't ask you to| |man. They came in with man. It begun | pelieve in us, but we do ask you to believe | with Adam. He fell, and he nei h's|in the Son of God. | wife. It's a mighty mean man who “| Not a Question of Feeling. | hide behind his wife. “You are invited to a feast tonight. You, “Well, those men were all Mars. Those ‘say you don’t feel like it; what of that? | | excuses look pretty thin, Why, these little | Come anyhow and your feelings will be all boys here in the front row know that they right. You say you can’t believe? Meneve | were lying. They didn’t want to come to| who? Why, believe yourself. It’s not God | that feast, so they made excuses. HExcuses that you don’t believe, but yourself, Lcan’t | are cradles to rock souls off to steep in. If | Satan can get you into that cradle he will | | rock you to sleep. | Not a Common Invitation. |God of heaven. “Why don't you come to this feast? Why{| “There are two other excuses that keep | don’t you accept this invitation? Jt isn’t |™ore people away than any other. One or often that we common people are invited them is that darling sin of yours. you don’t want to give it up. 4 know a man in to a feast. God has invited you to a feast; He wants you right here. Why don’t you Christian, but he can’t give up that woman | believe my own heart; it has deceived me a thousand times. You can’t believe your- | self, but you can all put your belier in the | this house tonight who wants to become a |people listening to words about their ru- [save you and He will do it. | thrown into a flutter by a mock wedding. with,whom he is Iving in aduttery. ne | don't want to give up his sin. You can't come into the Kingdom with your secret sin | clingirg to you. Another excuse is a lack of moral courage. You don’t tike to ve! called cowards, but you are. Many a young | man has been kept from God simply be- | cause he was afraid of the sheers and jeers of his associates. “If you have got an excuse that will stand the light of eternity, take it up to the bar of God and tell it to Him. But if it won't stand the light, leave it and accept the in- vitation. This “is a real invitation. God wants you at the feast. Will you come? ‘Just suppose now we wrile an excuse “"To the King of Kings and Lord of Hests: While sitting in a religious meeting 1 was invited to attend the marriage supper of your only begotten Son. 1 pray you have me excused.” Who will sign an excuse like that; who will dare? Not a man of you, “Yet if you get up and go out of this hall | tonight without accepting it, isn’t that re- Jecting it? 1 beg of you don’t make light ot | this invitation. If you go out of this nail | tonight without accepting that imvitation | you make light of it. Just jook around here at this immense audience—all ot these | ture life. It’s a solemn thing, isn’t it? Yet it is a more solemn thing to think that peo- ple will go out of this hall tonight and jeer and scoff at what has been said. The Audience Responded. “Who will accept this invitation? Speak out now, will you be there?’ From all over the hall came responses of “I will,” and for five minutes while the preacher exhorted they answered. “I have no doubt that there are hundreds | of men here tonight who say they will lead a new life. The resolutions are all right, | but they won't amount to anything unless | you go about it in the right way. You may be all right on Monday, but by Tuesday | ed you begin to flag. You've all been there. | You've all tried it. You must first break | with all sin. You have not got the power within yourself to change your life. You | can’t save yourself; give the whole thing up and surrender yourself. Ask God to | Break from our sin. Make up your mind that you will come to God just as you are. He will take you and help you, Put yourself in the way of being blessed.”” hen Mr. Moody exhorted the congrega- | tion to taik to those who might want to | come nearer to salvation. While the choir | sang people went through the hall with | packages of cards upon which were to be written the names of those who might want | | help and counsel. After the choir sang a few more songs the audience dispersed. The Women’s Meeting. | The afternoon meeting at Convention Hall yesterday was attended by about 5,00 People, the majority of them being women. Mr. Moody took his text from St. John, 'God is Love,” and preached a characteri: tic and powerful sermon. Mr. Sankey sang several solos and Rey. Dr. Widerman and others led in prayer. Overflow Meeting. The overflow meeting at Assembly Church last night reinforced by the attend- ance upon the regular Sunday evening serv- ice filled the church with an attentive con- gregation. Rev. Dr. Little preached the sermon, taking for his subject the judgment of Christ upon those who rejected Him. a Ind., At Connersville, society has been in which, as a joke, Frank Arnold, a wealthy merchant, and Miss Jessie Ora Freebarger were married by Mayor Downs. | It is now claimed the ceremony is binding. | it is authoritatively announced that al! opposition in London to the Erie reorgani- zZaUion scheme has been dropped. ) and | time they AS PROMPT AS LYNCH LAW. How Justice Was Executed on a Mise sionary’s Assailants. The Lynchburg News prints today a Jet- ter received from Persia relatiag an im- Stance of swift justice on the part of the shah’s government at the instance of Min- ister McDonald in behalf of the American missionaries. One of their number, Rev. E. W. St. Pierre of Oroomia, while riding | home from the country late in the eveming, | When within a little more than a mile of the town, was halted and seized "by some~ ruffians, who dragged him into an adjoining wood and treated him in a most-unmerciful manner. With firearms and swords poimted at his breast he was forced, under the threat of instant death, to surrender all the money | and other valuables which he hadatbout kim, and more was demanded under penalty of his life. Having no more wo sive, Mr. St. Pierre told them to kill him at once if they intended to, as he was a Christien and not afraid to die. Then they roughly treated him again, stripping him of his clothing in the bitter cold, and left him half dead, say- ing that if he moved from where he was in So many minutes he would be shot. When the time had expired the man dragged himself to the road and final- ly reached home in a deplorable condition, Where he was kindly cared for. The facts of the case were immediately reported to the American minister at Teheran, who promptly laid it before the prime minister, with a most urgent demand chat prompt vigorous measures be taken for the arrest and punishment of the criminals who had so brutally maitreated his countryman. The prime minister replied that m eort would be spared to bring the malefactors to punishment, and immediately telegraph- peremptory orders to the effect to the proper officials at Oroomia. The answer came quickly that his orders had been obey- ed; that the robbers—four in number—who Proved to be notorious outlaws, had been captured, after a stout resistance, amd put to death. This summary and sangwinary ending of the affair was at omce reported to the American legetion by the prime minis- ter, which thanked him for his prompt ac- tion in the matter, and then put in @ clatm | for damages for Mr. St. Pierre. 02 NS ON THREE Lio! A TEAR. After Escaping From Their Cage They Kill Some Cattle. Three big, hungry lions escaped from Sells & Renfrew’s winter quarters, im the heart of Topeka, yesterday, and during the large they terrorized were at the community as only savage lions can. The elephants were engaged in a fight, which made the lions nervous. Three of the lions were in one cage, and a ki one, named Nero, was in another cage nearby. The three became engaged in a pitched battle, which ¢ “al in i of them gaining their liberty. The keeper, who was alone and not prepared for such an emergency, ran out of the building, leaving the door open to the lot, and the three lions were out in a moment There were four head of fine cattle, be- longing to Col. Sells, in this lot, and they soon became the probably,was of the lions, which, ll that saved Keeper Brage’ life. It being late at night, Col, Sells was notified, and by the time he arrived the lions had killed the cattle and were sucking their blood, which made them all the more ferocious and unmanageable. Torches were procured, fires buflt and trons heated, and, after two hours of hard and nervous work. * the beasts were driven back Into another cage, that was placed near the entranes of the b