Evening Star Newspaper, January 12, 1897, Page 11

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Letters from BALTIMORE CONFERENCE|BANK EXAMINATIONS|OHIO’S TROOP A Current Gossip in Regard to Coming Pastoral Changes, Washington Pulpits Caused by the Time Limitation— McKinley’s Choice of a Church. Two Vacant The approach of the annual meeting of the Baltimore conference of the Methodist Episcopal chureh is creating-a stir among the local members of that denomination, ministers as well as laymen. The con- ference will meet March 3, about two weeks earlier than last year, In Utah Street M. E. Church of Baltimore, and will be presided over by Bishop W. H. Mallalieu. Although there are only two changes in the pastorates in this city necessarily to be made this year, the con- ference promises to be as interesting local- ly as that of last year. In fact, a minister said the other day to a Star reporter that a person in a high position and in a position te know has stated that there will be a number of changes made. According to the rules of the Methodist church a minister is appointed from year to- year, but cannot stay more than five years con- secutively in any one place. The two places that will be vacant in Washington by reason of this rule are those of Foun- dry, corner of 14th and G streets north- west, Rev. Oliver A. Brown, D.D., pastor, and of Anacostia, Rev. James McLaren, pastor. More than ordinary interest at- taches to the first named church from the fact that rumor has it that President Mc- Kinley will worship there. Some time ago it was thought that the Rev. Dr. J. M. King, D.D., pastor of Union M. E. Church, New York city, would be asked to come to Foundry. Dr. King is one of the most prominent pastors in the Methodist church and at present he occupies a commanding position as pastor of the largest church of the denomination in New York city. President McKinley is ac inted with Dr. King and if any minister \ likely to be selected from outside the coxference, he is the man. There are difficultiex, how- ever, in the way of securing pastors from other conferences and ccensequently it is thought that Foundry’s congregation is locking around in this neighborhood, es- pecially as there are two or three eligi- ble divines. The name most frequently mentioned of these and whom it is said the officers of the church have about de- cided on, is the Rey. Lucien Clark, D.D., pastor of Madison Avenue Church, Balti- more. Dr Clark is compelled to leave Madison Avenue in March, by the expira- tion of the five-year limit, and consequent- ly, as he must be provided with a charge, Foundry seems the most desirable one in the conference. Other names who have teen mentioned in connection with Foun- ery are those of Rev. Luther B. Wilson, D.D., presiding elder of the Washington district, and of the Rev. Luther P. Town- send, D.D., late pastor of Mount Vernon Place Church, Baltimore. Mr. McKinley has sent cordial letters to each of the congregations which have invited him to worship with them, but the letters resemble each other so nearly that none can say that he has shown any par- ticular church a preference. Four church- €s have invited him and one intends to do s They are Foundry, Rev. O. A. Brown, pastor; Metropolitan, Rev. Hugh Johnston, D.D., pastor; Union, Rev. Alexander Bie- laski, pastor; Trinity, Rev. Gustavus W. Hobbs, and Fifteenth Street, Rev. W. W. Van Arsdale. The question of which is to be the Presi- dent’s church and who is to be its pastor is not the only one that is agitating the ministerial minds. While Foundry is the only large charge in this city to become vacant, still the vacancy in Baltimore caused by Dr. Clark’s removal, and that in one of the Baltimore districts in the case of the Rev. J. St. Clair Neal, caused by the same reason, gives two good places. Franklin Street, Baltimore, will also be vacant by reason of the limitation, and it is said that the members of that church are looking toward the Rev. Chas. L. Pate, pastor of North Capitol Street Church of this city, as an available pas- tor. It is also said that tHere are chances for removals in the cases of Rev. C. W. Baldwin of Wesley Church and of Rev. G. W. Hobbs of Trinity Church. When Mr. Hobbs came to Trinity Church last March he found there a very serious split in the congregation, but this he has par- tially healed over by means of his good nature and excellent tact, so that it ts not considered very likely by those who are in a position to know that he will be changed. No names have been mentioned for Anacostia Church, and it is not yet known where either Dr. Brown or Mr. McLaren will be sent to. —— DISTRICT IN CONGRESS. Memorial Building Association. Mr. Draper of Massachusetts has intro- duced a bill in the House, by request, to in- corporate the Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses 8. Grant and David G. Farragut Memorial Building Association. The preamble to the bill recites that “the time is not far distant when the several organizations of men who served in the Union army and navy during the late war of the rebellion will cease to exist, terminating with the death of the men who compose their membership; and these organizations have accumulated rec- ords, books, papers, relics, works of art and other property of great historic interest, which are likely to be dispersed and lost unless some provision is made for their preservation. It is desirable to perpetuate by suitable memorial the memory of the three great leaders, one in civil, one in mil- itary and the other in naval life, under whose leadership our country was preserv- ed from disorganization, and the memory of Lincoln, Grant and Farragut will be to all future generations an inspiration to patriotic effort and self-denying devotion to the free government which they did so much to save.” The bill provides that the major general commanding the United States army, the senior admiral on the active list of the United States navy, the’Secretary of War, the of the Navy and the Secre- tary of the Interior for the time being, and their successors in their respective offices, are made a corporation under the name of “The Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses 8. Grant and David G. Farragut Memorial Assecia- tion,” with full power to purchase a suit- able lot of land in the city of Washington and erect and maintain thereon a bi 4 to be known as “The Abraham Lincoln. Ulysses 8. Grant and David G. Farragut Memorial Building. The building is to be set apart as a place for the preservation of such records, books, papers, relics and other property of historical interest and value in connection with the late war of the rebellion as may from time to time be re- ceived from associations of Union veterans of that war, or from other sources. The corporation may receive and hold works ot art representing scenes in the civil war or the heroes of that struggle. The sum of $100,000 is appropriated out of the funds in the treasury not otherwise ap- lated, which shall be the contribution [ns of the men who, under their leadership, saved the nation from disunion and destruction. ——————-+o-—___. Bicycle Thefts. Saturday afternoon two bicycles. belong- ihe pers 2 t ‘Miss Bak 1804 Columbi Bee: = z RNES. Taig’ 8. Came be g gc rf k. pasar ee ot mone Platten of 1006 H ii , ""‘SHERE ARM SOAPS AND SOABR- _—-} Street northwest were stolen from the R503 ze, oh sone gH SUNI Kt iT so AP. Agricultural Department. Later the whe ai el ae 5 n st. o.w.; Rev. J. H. HILL, 1522 4th st. ow. i ‘L they had been abandoned, a s Controller of the Currenay Eokels Talks on | The Organisation That Will Becort Major the Subject The Object of Such: Imvestigations and the Methods Parased by om- cials Condactimg- Them. In the course of @ general conversation in regard to national henys, Mr. Eckels, controller of the curreney; gave a Star re- porter some interesting facts about the ex- aminations that are made from time to time to see that the natignal banks cre keeping strictly within the; spirit and let- ter of the law in the conduet of their bus- iness. = With special réference to the duties de- volvmg upon the controller and the ex- aminers in making these examinations, Mr. Eckels said: ; “The original intention of the national bank act was that examinations should be made for the purpose of ascertaining if the capital stock of a bank was impaired, so that in such cases an assessment might be made upon the shareholders to make such impairment good. The theory of the supervision of the banks found its origin in the fact that they were considered to be fiscal agents of the government. The examiners discharge their duties under di- rection from the controller, but under the most favorable circumstances the exami- nations must be infrequent and limited in the time occupied in making the same. It is not expected that those who have the direct management of the bank and are responsible to the shareholders for such management should-place upon the centroller’s office the duty of superintend- ing at all times ard under all circumstances every detail of the bank’s affairs. It would be quite impossible for such officers to regulate the individual conduct of the bank’s affairs or those €mployed in the bank. This supervisory control was in nowise intended by. the law to relieve the directors and officers of the bank from indfvidual responsibility on their part, but, instead, was intended to emphasize their duty in this respect. As a rule, the ex- amination of national banks is made semi- annually, unless the conditions are such as to require more frequent supervision. Methods of Examination. “The origiral object of ascertaining whether or not the capital stock of a bank is impaired has from time to time:been ex- tended for the benefit of the creditors and shareholders, so as to prevent any irreg- ularities and violations of law, milsappro- priation of funds or mismanagement on the part of officers of the bank. “In these things the examining officers cannot do more than adopt such methods of examina- ticn as within the time limited for the seme enable him to obtain the best in- formation possible. They endeavor as far as possible to detect criminal violations of law, where such have occurred; in this manner preventing loss to depositors and shareholders. The method of examination has from time to time been changed, in or- der to make such examinations more thor- ough, and to better the work accomplish- ed, until at present under the rules adopt- ed a very wide field is undertaken to be covered. In all cases examinations are made without notice to the banks, and as unexpectedly as possible. “They are com- menced either at the close of business or at the opening of the bank in the mosning, because it would be impossible to make a comparison of all the agsets of the bank with the bocks while buginegs was in pro- gress. The First Duty. “Upon entering the bank, ‘the examiner takes charge of all its assets, and retains them in his possession until he has counted the cash and verified alt items of ‘stocks, bonds, loans and discounts, balances. on the ledgers and other books used. He counts the cash, examines the list of loans and discounts, and the collateral held for the same. He notes all loans and dfscounts made to officers and direetors of thé bank, and the enterprises in which such"officers or directors are engaged. He takes. off bal- ances from individual ledgers and Verifies outstanding certificates of deposit. ‘He ex- amines the list of stocks and securities, and the minutes of the shareholders and dis- count committees’ meetings. He compares the bank’s copy of the last report of con- dition made to the controHer of the cur- rency with the books of the bank covering that date. He examines into the condition of their lawful money reserve for thirty days preceding the examination, and he sends out a verification circular on blanks furnished him by. the controller's office to all banks to which or from which balances are shown to be due, and to all »parties from whom money. has been borrowed on bills payable, certificates of deposit or notes, and rediscoynted; to all officials in whose name state, county or munictpal funds are deposited, and to all parties to whom items have been sent ‘for collection.” if Criminal Violations, Are Found. “‘Whenever criminal violations of law have been ascertained, under direction given him by the controller, such yiolations-are re- ported to the United States attorney for the district in which the bank 1a locatea for such action as he may ‘see fit to take. The duty of prosecuting such offenders de- volves upon the Department of Justice, but in all such cases the controller's office end the Department of, Justice work together. It has been at times difficult to secure con- victions in bank cases, largely because the persons under trial have heretofore held a good reputation and commanding positions in the-community, and in consequence have friends to take an interest in preparing a Proper defense. It has also been found that when such convictions havé been obtained almost immediately the friends of the con- victed set about to secure indorsements for a pardon. The rules now in vogue with re- spect to pardons, both at the Executive Mansion and the Department of Justice, make it much more difficult to obtain an intervention of executive’ clemency. The President has very wisely taken the posi- ton these offenses having been so dis- tinetively committed. by those placed in po- sitions of fiduciary trust, the offenders should be held to much more sirict ec- countability than those. who are. not occu- pying that posttion.” LF 3 Chilean Claims Céhmisston: As a result of protracteg negotiation the United ‘States andChilgen claims com- mission, which expired by imitation near- ly two years ago, will pi be. reor- ganized fer the determination of ‘the sev- enteen remaining claims of United States citizens against Chile, two of which arise out of the capture of the steamer Itata. Secretary Olney and Senor Gana, the Chil- ean minister here, have prac : cluded arrangements for the tation of the commission, and it ig expected that it will reaseemble in this city next October for the consideration of the claims still pending between the two countries. ——_——_-e+____ Residents im Jerusjeny Pretest. The President has receve a petition sigued by several bundgeft mesidents of claiming: the Jerusalem, m of the “the ac- Anstruct- McKinley From Canton. Interesting Description of a Cavalry Body That Has Performed Sim- ilar Duty Many Times. Upon the invitation of Major McKinley, when_he leaves Ohio in March to take the oath of office and become President of the United States, he will be escorted from Canton by Troop A, Ohio National Guard. Tkis organization belongs in Cleveland, and barring Troop A of New York, Captain Rowe's command, is the crack troop of the United States. Heretofcre it has ranked second, but now its officers are making the effort of their lives to bring it up to a standard unequaled by any other troop. Troup A is making great preparations for the inaugural parade. Black horses have been ordered, so that the mounts may be uniform, and all will be brought here by special train. The position of the troop will Probably be at the head of the column, and the sight of eighty muscular men on elghty handsome black chargers will be pleasing to look upon. . This splendid troop has performed escort duty many times before, and upon one other memorable occasion visited Wash- ington. It was organized October 10, 18 by Col. William Henry Harris, now de- ceased, and has an interesting history. Col. Harris was a Union officer in the .ate war, and served gallantly. Previous to that he was captain inthe regulars. During that period cf great disorder in Ohio, the latter part of 1876, which was occasioned by the railroad riots Col. Harris organized the Cleveland troop to protect the lives and Property of law-abiding citizens. During the first year of its existence it was fully armed and equipped with the Lee maga- zine carbine. When @harles Foster was inaugurated gcvernor at Columbus, in 1880, Troop A participated in the parade. The following March it came to Washington as the per- sonal escort of President-elect. James A. Garfield. It took a prominent Kare in the inaugural parade, and made a brilliant dis- Play, after which it tendered its services to the retiring executive, Rutherford B. Hayes, and escorted him back to Ohio. During that trip the train was wrecked in collision, but only one trooper, Sergt. Williams, was hurt, and he got oft with broken leg. The next escort duty perform- $a by the troop was a sad one, at the ‘al of President Garfield, cl September 28 1S , in Cleveland, ‘ol. arris retired from command of Troop A in 1884 and was succeeded by Lieut. George A. Garretson, formerly of the United States army. Three years later the’ organization became a factor of the regulir n:ilitary establishment of the stat- —the Ohio National Guard. The troop next participated at the international military encampment at Chicago October 8 to 14, 1887, and with Troop I, Ist United States Cavalry, and the Light Horse Squadron of Milwaukee acted as escort to President Cleveland on the occasion of his visit to that city. When Joseph B. Foraker was inaugurated governor at Columbus the second time, in 1888, the Cleveland troop acted as his escort. This troop also acted as escort for Presi- dent Harrison on his arrival from Eliza- bethport April 29, 1880, at the centennial celebration of the {nauguration of Wash- ington, in New York. The following day it marched at the head of the Ohio troops in the centennial parade, of which Gen. John M. Schofield was grand marshal. Returning from the centennial celebration Troop A escorted the famous Indian fight- er Maj. Gen. George Crook from New York to Cleveland. On Decoration day, 1890, it was escort to President Harrison and Gov. James E. Campbell on the occa- sion of the dedication of the Garfield me- morial at Lakeview cemetery. Since then this noted military organization has figured prominently in other parades upon numer- ous occasions. The troop will appear in Washington next March with the following official roster: : Past captains, George .A. Garretson, Jacob B. Perkins and Charles C. Bolton: officers—Captain, R. E. Burdick; first lieu- tenant, Henry W. Corning; second lieu- tenant, Williem M. Schofield; surgeon, Frank BE. Buntz; non-commissioned staff— Howard 8. Stebbins, quartermaster ser- geant; William L. Blair, hospital steward; sergeants, C. L. Burridge, Ed. H. Wil- liams, A. C. Rodgers, J. M. Shellenbarger and G. A. Thomas; corporals, C. H. Pen- nington, H. E. Doty, J, A. Robinson, F. B. White, C. C. Esterbrook, C. W. Comstock, T. S. Grasselli and R. A. Dinsmore; trum- peters, C. C. Chapp and F. D. Connor, and saddler, F. R. Baldwin. —————_-e+______ Assigned to Regiments. The Secretary of War has made the fol- lowing regimental assignments: Col. David Perry and Lieut. Col. John M. Hamilton to the 9th Cavalry, Lieut. Col. Theodore A. Baldwin to the 10th Cavalry, Maj. Edward S. Godfrey to the 1st Caval- ry, Maj. Albert G. Forse to the 7th Cay- alry, Capt. Edwin P. Brewer to the 7th Cavalry, Troop H; Capt. Montgomery D. Parker to the 7th Cavalry, Troop M; Czpt. Oscar J. Brown to the 1st Cavalry, Troop D; -First Lieut. Charles D. Rhodes to the ith Cavalry, Troop F; First Lieut. Win- throp S. Wood to the 9th Cavalry, Trcop C; Additional Second Lizut. Elvin R. Hei- berg, 3d Cavalry, to a vacancy of second Neutenant 6th Cavairy, Troop H; Addi- tional Second Lieut. Stephen M. Kocher- sperger, 2d Cavalry, to a vacancy of second lieutenant, 10th alry, Troop B; First Lieut. Frank D. Webster to the 20th In- fantry, Company H; Additional Second Lieut. Houston V. Evans, 14th Infantry, to a vacancy of second lieutenant, 6th In- fantry, Company A; Maj. Edward S. God- frey, from the ist to the 7th Cavalry: Maj. Albert G. Forse, from the 7th to the ist Cavalry; Second Lieut. Samuel D. Jones, ir., from the 5th to the 2d Cavalry, Troop A; Second Lieut. John P. Wade, from the 2d to the 5th Cavalry, Troop L. —__-e+______. Steel Inspection Board Reorganized. ‘The naval steel inspection board has been reorganized, and hereafter will be con- trolled by the construction and engineer departments “instead of by line officers. Capt. Day, the present head of the board, will be succeeded in that place by Capt. G. W. Coffin, and Lieut. Everett has been suc- |, ceeded by Constructor Dashiel.. Chief En- gineer Freeman will be retained, the board } thus consisting of one line officer and two ‘staff officers, the Jatter mechanical experts. This reconstructed board is about to un- dertake a revision of the specifications un- der which ship steel is made, guided by the experience acquired by the special board. ———————— Silver Service for the Texas. Orders have been given for the battle AFTER THE FREIGHT Baltimore and Ohio Methods Criticised by Other Roads, Rate Cutting is Charged by Some and a Noticeable Increase of Sea- board Traffic From Chicago. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, ac- cording to rumors in railroad circles, is becoming very much annoyed at the con- stantly growing business of the Bal:imore and Ohio, much of which, it is stated, bas been secured from shippers who previous to the latter road going into the hands of the receivers were patrons of the Pennsyl- vania company. Other lines, principally those carrying eastbound freight out of Chicago, have ex- perienced, it is admitted by them, serious loss of revenue since Receiver Murray put his aggressive plans into effect, and the railroad companies interested are said to be expressing themselves on the eubject with some vexation, and asserting that the Baltimore and Ohio is indulging in rate cutting. A representative of one of the roads af- fected explained the situation as viewed by the B. and 0.’s opponents to a Star re- porter as follows: “The Baltimore and Ohio is charged with being the principal dis- turber of regular tariffs affeciing the traffic of the middle western sta:es. The com- pany being in the hands of a receiver ts, in a certain sense, irresponsivie, 43 contrast- ed with other railroads which are meeting their obligations to bondhoilers and dis- tributing profits to stockholders. Peculiar Advantages of Receivers. “The policy of the receivers, who have the advantage of being able to obtain au- thority for the issue of receivers’ certifi- cates in case the supply of ready cash is short, seems to be to purchase new equip- ment and then fill it up without regard, it is asserted in some quarters, to the rights of competitors or the desiravility cf main- taining harmony in railway circles. “It is said that the Baltimore and Ghio has gone so far in this direction as to ex- cite considerabie irritation on the part of the Pennsylvania railroad manag-ment. The Pennsylvania has not indu ina vigorous rate war since the great trunk jine contest_which resulted from the wuild- ing of the West Shore railroad. 1t is earn- estly hoped in railread and invesunent circles that this powerful corporation will not be provoked into retaliation against the alleged practices of the Baltimore and Ohio.” st Another railroad man said: “T firm the statement of dissatisfac the policy pursued by the Bait Ohio receivers as regards get especially in the soft coal trade. timore and Ohio has brought this t a condition approaching absolute demo: zation, and unless there is a change very soon, the Pennsylvania will probably put into’ force methods designed to end the trouble similar to those waich it put into force in the trunk line war in 184 and 1885. “There is a strong disposition to criticise a system which permits an insolvent road, under the protection of the courts, to bor- row large sums of money to buy equipment and make improvements with the object of taking business generally and to its own loss, as shown in decreased net earnin; What the Receivers Say. The attention of the receivers of the Bal- timore and Ohio Railroad Company was today called by a Star reporter to the charges above referred to, and in which the Baltimore and Ohio was practically accused of manipulating freignt rates from the West Virginia coal fields. They stated that there was no truth what- ever in the rumors that the Baitimore and Ohio was in any way manipulating rates, and that the facts were that the Baltimore and Ohio was securing a higher rate per ton on coal this year than during the same peridd a year ago; that while the coai ton- nage of the Baltimore and Onio did show some increese, this increase was the nat- ural result of the fact that a number ot mines had been reopened on the line of the Baltimore and Ohio, and to the further fact that the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com- pany had made large additions to its motive and car equipment, with the result that during the present season it was in a better position to handle traffic offered than ever before. In regard to the statement made in some quarters that the Baltimore and Ohio was to be disciplined in relation thereto by the Joint Traffic Association, there could be but one answer: The Joint Traffic Association has no jurisdiction over coal trafiic. SSS Fagitive From Her Parents. George Ward and Agnes Ehring were ar- rested by Policeman Warnell Saturday noon, when the couple called for a letter the girl expected to receive from friends in Columbus, Ohio. Agnes is only sixteen years old, and she is held as a fugitive from her parents. Ward is the man wko was arrested in Columbus last summer and brought here for having robbed Mr. David Chambers, at whose piace on the Conduit read he was employed last Marea. While there he stcle a quantity of clothing. An indictment against him for alleged grand larceny was returned, and he was sen- tenced to thirty days in jail for petit lar- ceny. When he had served this sentence, he returned to Columbus, and then came back here with the girl. A few days ago a letter requesting the girl’s arrest as a fugitive from her parents was received from the chief of police of Columbus. Ward, who is about thirty years old, was arrested with her, and the Columb: authorities have been notified of the ai rests. eee eS Bank Dividends Declared. The controller of the currency has de- clared dividends in favor of the creditors of insolvent national banks as follows, viz: A first dividend of 10 per cent in the case of the First National Bank of Hillsbor- ough, Ohio, on claims amounting to $217,660. A final dividend of 12 1-4 per cent in the case of the First National Bank of Tex- arkana, Tex., making in all 100 per cent of principal and 39 1-2 per cent of interest, on claims amounting to $36,429.34. A final dividend of 15 per cent in the case of the Cherryvale National Bank of Cher- ryvale, Kan., making 35 per cent on claims amounting to $11,291.66. A final dividend of 7 1-2 per cent in the case of the First National Bank of Cedar | Falls, Ia., 0. A final dividend of 3 4-10 per cent in the case of the Newton National Bank of New- ton, Kan., making in all 53 4-10 per cent on claims proved, amounting to $99,610.11. ———_--+______ Pennsylvania Republicans. An adjourned meeting of the Pennsylva- tia Republican Association was held last Friday evening at 923 F street northwest, at which there was a large attendance, and THE FRIGATE CONSTITUTION Secretary Herbert Advocates Her Removal to the National Capital. He Tells of Recommendations He Has Made to Congress on the Subject. Secretary Herbert is an earnest and pa- triotic advocate of the plan for the preser- vation of the frigate Constitution, and her removal to the national capital, where the can be viewed and honored by all Americar citizens. In conversation with a Star re porter on the subject today he said: “Of the old revolutionary navy we stil have two precious relics—the Constitution and the Hartford. The old Constitution, so gicrious in the war of 1812, lays rotting at the Portsmouth navy yard. In my annual reports I have repeatedly recommended that a sufficient sum of money be appro- Priated to repair and insure her preserva- tion, but the appeal has been unheeded “It was my pleasure to report the bill ir Congress that was to take the Hartford out of the usual category of < ying wocden ships, and insure her preservation as a menmento of the splendid achieve- ments cf Farragut and the heroes who trod Fer decks in the brave days of the civil war, and it has been my pr vilege to direct the repairs upon her until they are already nearing completion. But Congress has, so far, ignored all my appeals in be- half of the Constitution. “When many years ago the Navy Depart- ment contemplated breaking up the old vessel to sell her timber it was a New England poet—Oliver Wendell Holmes— who electrified the country, awakened the public conscience and saved the oid ship by his grand ode to ‘Old Ironsides.’ “In a talk I made before the New Eng- land Society at the las: annual dinner I also made another appeal for the preser- vation of the old ship. I advised the so- ciety to resolve then and there that this generation of Americans shall also do its duty and repair and hand down the old Constitution, with masts and spars. still standing, and ensign still flying, to the generation that is to come after us. The So: of the Revolution are, | Ang themselves in the projec ys be glad to aid the learn in LUTHERAN MISSIONARY RALLY. Interesting Addresses at a Mee in York, One of the events of eutire Lutheran ch h of nera synod in the United States was the home missionary rally held Friday in the city of York. The off of the church exten sion board were filled all bers of both the home mis: extension boards, and many men and prominent laymen the church. The members of board are: Revs. Wm. Freas, Alleman, D.D.; W. 8. Hiaman, Wile, Messrs. M. B. Spahr, J thur King, J. A. Smyser, and their secret Weber, general secretary Yarger, field secretary. jay with mem- on and church the churei Carl, Dempwolf, George P. . aese m iness session at 9 a.m. At 10:30 home mission board, whose headq are in Baltimore, Md. also me: board consists of Revs. Chas. ; M. W. Hamma, D.D.; % W. E. Parson, D.D. Enders Albert w. F. Fox, Davis, and uh %. Doll H. taries, A. Stewart Hartman, general secretary; Rev. 8S. B. Barnitz Western secret. At noon the two boards wer secretaries, entertained at dinsaer. A joint business session of -he tw. doo was held in the church extension rooms 1.30 pm., and matte! were considered. Age be taken for pushing work in the whole beards are thoroughly mined to extend the bo theran Church in America. and Scandinavian immigrants, in our large c , it was state idly anglicizing, and for these Synod Lutheran Church .nust ish churches and send them §& theran pastors. In the evening the home inission raily was held in Christ Lutheran Church, Rev G. W. Enders, D.D., pastor. Devotiona exercises were conducted by the pastor Rev. H. L. Baugher, D.D., presideat of the general synod and editor of the Lutberar World of New York city, presided. The first address was by Willis Hin man of Columbia, Pa. His 5 “Business in Church Extensioa. E. Parson, D.D., of this city spoke subject, “Does Our Work Pay? the ground that our work of churches and supporting churches large returns from a_pecuniar ot point view, in proof of which ults of several chief cities were cited, among which were Washington, D. ¢ Baltimore, Md.; Louisville, Ky., and York, The speaker further cited the xrowth of t church in her general work as coinc’ with the period during which her wi work and church building have mad most progress. The Lutheran Ch become known more conspicuously in_the past twenty-five years. She has moved up to the third place among ihe Pro + churches. Her mission work pays im de nominational returns as well as financially Rev. Edwin Heyl Delk of Hagerscown Md., spoke on “The Civic Spirit in Church Extension.” The last address cf the evening was \y Rev. M. W. Hamma, D.D., of Altoona, on “A Three-fold Obligation.” Rev. H. H. Weber, general secretary church extension, made a stateme said that nearly two thousand doliars had been given at a special thank offering. SHOT DOWN THE PRISONER. jurder of a Negro the Streets of Richmond. A special dispatch to The Evening Sta from Rict:mond, Va., yesterday says: Whil: Ben Davis, colored, was being carried intc Henrico county court, in this city, thir morning, in charge of an officer, Charles Twitchell stepped up, and placing a re- volver against the negro’s side, fired. The ball made what is supposed to be a morta) wound. ‘Twitchel is a northern man, who came here some months ago and settled in the county. He hired Ben Davis on his farm and last August had him arrested on the charge of assault on his fourteen-year-olé ‘The negro was being taken intc the court room for trial on this charge when ihe tragedy occurred. Twitchell i¢ in jail. ——_—- —- RUSSIA IN COREA. Gradually Gaining « Firm Foothold in the Peninsula. A correspondent of the North China Daily News says: Russia is gradually securing ¢