Evening Star Newspaper, May 24, 1897, Page 11

— THE EVENIN? STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THES STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Ponasylvanic Av nue, Cor. 1th St, by The Eveninz Star Newspaper Company, 8. H. KAUPFM. Peres. Rew York Office, 49 Potter Building. a pecioerls The Evening Star ts served to subseribers fn the carriers, on their own xccount, at 10 cents or 44 cents per month, ¢ By mati—any United $ Per month. ‘Saturda foreign. Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with daze added, $3.00. at the Vost Office at Washingtoa, D. C., lass ranil matter.) i mail subscriptions must be pald in advance. f advertising made known on application. Part2. Ch e #y ening Siar. Pages 11-14. WASHINGTON, D. C.. MONDAY, MAY 24, 1897—-FOURTEEN PAGES tt ‘1 In& ‘fhe fittfe choot: Ryd adverfising), saps: Jf is cfaimzd for te Washing‘on Star, and progabfp trutGtuffp claimed, tbat no offer newspayer in 6 countre goes info so farze @ percentage: of aff f8: Bouses tiffin @ radius of ftvenfp mifes from f§e office of pubfication. MEETING OF LIQUOR’S FOES National Temperance Society to Celebrate Its Thirty-second Anniversary. Sketch of the Organization and of Its Distinguished Membership—Its Of- ficers and Scope of Its Work. Every year adds to the reputation of this city as a place for conventions and anniversary celebrations, This year, for the first time, the National Temperance Society is to hold its anniversary in Wash- ington. Connected with the society is the great temperance publication house, which furnishes bocks, pericdicals, tracts and pa- pers for the temperance reform all over the world. The association came into existence im- mediately after the civil! war. Temperance assoviations had been largely disbanded, a the ter:perance sentiment of the coun- try was at its lowest ebb. There was n> ance literature and few temperance nizations, either educational or other- Origin of the Society. August, 1865, 5, a national temperance sisting of 325 delegates, as- Y. This In convention, sembled at Saratoga Springs, N. convention, composed of representatives of 1 religious denominations and the few ee organizations then in exist- mtinued in session for some days. 1 to order by Chancellor Wal- ew York, who hi @ generation resided over the first national The perma pendence Hall, Philadel i nent chairman of this convention was Gov Buckingham of Cennecticut, after- ates senator. g cf Wm. E. Dedge, iheodore L. Cuyier ke into con- a nationa cation house. i in this effort, and in the autumn Jodge as president, retary, and John g agent. Of all in the formation ted three are now living— er, D.D., S. D. Hi onsin and the present gen Rev. James Dunn, D.D. But Five Presidents. ars the society nas had « Wm. E. Dodge, so id phil- ropist. served eighteen y ntil his ‘ He was succeeded by Rev. Mark F D.D., president of Williz 1 ame, succe ly, o. , Joshua L. known in 1 work in se W m_ politic: who was a per- hat r chy hand findett Willeed a Vice President. its vice presidents are many of temp men of the con- tir president s Christian Tem- n who has president of of th il be found Bishop it Catholic tem- ¥; Bishop E. pi CoB: George Gen. Neal Dow of n Hall, D. D., of New T. De Witt Ta! D.D.: amaker of Pennsylvania, Rev. York, Rev. Represen- world. Non-Partisan and Non-Sectarian. isan in religion. to h and Chr great reform. Its b a board of thirty electe each at leading re- temperance or- m over two t from the ° nd volume of at vhich are design- = , people bh : a fi a « ex er five hundred v libraries of the hools of this country. Work in the South. r the so has t work among the vuth. Not only has 1 < i colored u uth, but t achers. have z ds of thousands ot used i pulpit and on t the school tt elebration to be h tom, Vermont A e Chris’ a L. tally of E The € ses will be full of interest and the , cordially invited to attend. > UNDER MOL Terrible Accident at the Resena Fur- mace, New Castle, Pa. Castle, Pa., the big Rosena fur- IRON. nace, owned by Senator Mark Hanna and x-Senator Cameron, burst yesterday morn- ing, and a heavy volley of coke, iron ore and coal came crashing through the roof of the casting house, burying in the neigh- hood of thirty men under the debris. Manager Reis was taken out with the skin hanging in shreds from his hands and arms, and his legs were terribly burned and brut: ‘The others injured are: amuel Moody, burned and bruised all ver the body. 2 Miike Petro, head cut tn half dozen places ( bruised ‘and burned about the hands i arms. William Hanna, head cut, arms almost ered by falling shcet iron. Joseph Love, head a mass of cuts, laying skull bare In three places. Frank Sheard, head badly cut, legs badiy back burned and arms terribly | His injuries are very bad, and {i result in death. Half a dozen other men were also more or less injured, but the above are the tvorst cases. e The second accident of the day occurred about twenty minutes after the one at the Rosena furnace. It was a cave-in at the bs seventy-foot cut of the New Castle 'raction Company that is engaged in mak- ing a track to the new Cascade Park. se Cerdy was buried at least seventy eet in sand, gravel, clay and rocks, and was dead when taken out. Peter Herinsky Was terribly crushed about the shoulders and hips, while his chest was crushed. He will Mikely die, bi WORLD IS FULL OF MISFITS|STRANGERS AT ATLANTIC Theme Discussed by Dr. Rankin Before Howard University Graduates. The Idle Who Stand in the Places—Those Who Seek Gov- Market ernment Positions, “The world is fullof misfits; poor minis- ters, doctors, lawyers, who would have made prime shoemakers or blacksmiths,” sald President Rankin of Howard University, in his baccalaureate sermon yesterday before the graduating class of Howard University, and in the presence of a large audience, at Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel. ‘The theme of Dr. Rankin's address was the necessity for every person to have em- ployment, and his text was from Luke, xix,13: “And He called His ten servants ard delivered unto them ten pounds, and said unto them: ‘Occupy until I come.’ ” Dr. Rankin said, in part: “The great want of every man is something to do, something he can do. The true aristocracy of the universe is not made up of the fdlers; not of those who are min- istered unto, but of those who minister. These are the titled class. These are knighted by God. There is no law of life but this. The other is a law of idleness, uselessness and death. Safeguerd Against Crime. “We must work somewhere. If we are idle, the devil hires us. It is the men who stand idle in the market place to whom the devil gives employment. There is no better safeguard against crime and sin than occu- pation; than having something to do. A pick-ax and a spade are a surer preven- tive of wrong-doing than legisiation. It is while men are idle, hanging around drinking places, or gossiping around cor- ner groceries, that they concoct their schemes of crime. The men whom we see With dinner pails in their hands, in the early morning, making their way to their places of employment, engaged in providing for their own; these are the men against whora are no charges of irregular con- duct. Nor are they lodged in the police stations. The police do not know them. ‘That desperate sentiment, ‘the world owes me a living, and a living I will have,’ has this clement of truth in it. The world makes a living possible for every man if he will carn it; if he will accept this possi- bili She owes the living and she will pay the debt to the industrious. The places for work in this world are almost innumer- able, and the men who are out of work are not usually the men who are seeking work, but the men who are shirking and skulking from i Or they want some other work than what the world offers them and what they can get. The Office Seekers. “Men come to this city from all quarters of the republic toe get something to do from the government; they have made up their minds that they would like to be ministers te other lands, consuls; something highe in position and salary than they have ever shown any fitness for. They have their i th recommend- and indorsements, and they are anx- o ly awaiting the coming in of that tide which will bear them on to fortune—the Cleveland, the Bryan or the McKinley tide. “The best advertisement a man can have for a better place is to occupy—to fill the place he occupies, so that there is no long- er room cnough for such a man as himself in it. What Mr. Webster said, “There is always room enough at the top,’ is still true. Eminence in any department of work is so rare that some places, where eminence is required, are always vacant. fe “There is a false pride as to position. Men say, ‘Weil, my father was such and such a man;’ or ‘I have studied this and that;’ ‘I have graduated with such and such honors.’ And ‘it does not become me to take anything of an inferior grade. What do ju care 2 he What you have studied? Where aduated? It becomes you to take any- thing you can get; to take possession of it with your whole nature, and see wake a . ake out of it. The dignity of a pla depends upon the dignity with which it is filled. If you are a man in it, it is a manly pla: A broomstick may be a scepter. It depends upon the hand that sways it. A faithful bootblack, who gazes admiringly his own handiwork, as he gives it a ishing touch, is a far more dignified son than a negligent clerk. Whe Mystery Explained. “There sometimes seems to be a great deal of mystery about the manner in which e peo are advanced. They always a, pear to have friends who think of them and commend them. But the truth is they have made these friends by fidelity in the trust committed to them. : If a man has nothing in him, how can ything come out? ‘A great future, great occasions, come only to the man whe has been improving his circumstances, so as to fit himself for ‘n greatness is a part of them. er come to inferior men. There is in the world where a man’s op- to make the most of himself are so great as in our own. And in making the most of himself, he prepares for the op- s to come. If a man shows him- at pe r to his environments, it is a joud call on his part for a larger one. If he shows himself inferior, he is required to step down and out. A man must grow every year if he would keep the measure of his stature as the years revolve. It is with the growth of man as the growth of a tree. Only the new growth blossoms and rs fruit. When a man ceases to grow he ceases to occupy his place, for no place remains stationary. Fidelity Commends Them. “The graduates of a university stand uyon the threshold of a future which they to take. That it will be shaped some- what according to the manner in which they have shaped the university work 1s to be expected. If they have been faithful in a few things in the class room, the world will soon find {t out and make them rulers cver many things. Give the people you serve, whatever your Profession, good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over. Even if it does not always pay you at the time, it will pay you here- afier. It will fit you for new and greater responsibilities.” es ‘TURKEY'S TERMS OF PEAC! Ellis Ashmead Bartlett Discusses the Situatio: In an interview with the World’s London correspondent, Sir Ellis Ashmead Bartlett said regarding the terms of peace between Greece and Turkey: “As to the ultimate terms of peace, I be- Neve they will be: 1. An indemnity of £4,000,000, accom- panied perhaps by European control of Greek finances. “2. Rectification of the Thessalian fron- tier so as to give Turkey complete control of the mountain passes. “8. Whole or partial abolition of Greek capitulations. “It is a painful menacing fact that Eng- lish Influence at Constantinople is now at the lowest ebb. Germany bas supplanted England commercially in Turkey, and Rus- sia has supplanted England politically. “While the people in England have been fuming and raging against everything Turk- ish, thereby benefiting no interest, least of all Armenians, Germany has been steadily and wisely befriending Turkey, thereby winning not only the gratitude of the Turk- ish sovereign and people, but also the most substantial commercial privileges and po- litical Influence of great value. Many New Faces Seen at the New Jersey Resort. Preparations for the Summer —The New Casino—Sights on the Board Walk — The Ball Club. Correspondence of The Evening Star. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., May 22, 1897. It is a noticeable fact that an unusually large proportion of the visitors now in this clty are here for the first time. Atlantic City is by no means a new town, and its inhabitants are prone to believe that it has attained a world-wide fame; but the fact remains that there are still a few persons who have never heard of the place, and possibI¥ a few more who have never visit- ed it. With the object in view of educating these people to the beauties and advan- tages of the resort, an immense amount of advertising has been done during the past winter, and the result is beginning to show itself in the number of strangers who come here every day. Every one of these strangers returns home a confirmed believer in Atlantic City as one of the foremost resorts in the coun- try. Of its attractions, the half has never been told. Every week Something new in the amusement line is added. Its natural attractions have been written about and exploited numberless times, and by the ablest writers; but none have yet been able to do justice to the subject. For these rea- sons the stranger within our gates {s not only pleased, but also surprised at what he secs. His best expectations are invariably more than realized, and he becomes at once an enthusiast and a walking adver- tisement of the beauties, advantages and attractions of the queen city by the sea. The mild weather of the earty part of the week enticed a number of the more ven- turesome to a dip in the surf. The bathers were principally men, the gentler maining a trifle shy of Neptune's rough embraces. When questioned, after leaving the breakers, the bathers all shiveringly declared that they had enjoyed the sport hugely, but admitted that the water was a little bit c-c-cold. One plunge and a very few minutes in the wayes were sufficient for all but the most hardy constitutions. The regular bathing season begins about aie 15, when the city life guards go on uty. Cottage on a Pter. John Young, the beach front millionaire, always alert for something novel, has de- cided to own a home that wil! command an unobstructed ocean view from every win- dow. He has prepared plans for the erec- tion of a handsome cottage on the end of the ocean pier. It will be sufficiently large for the accommodation of his family, of at- tractive architecture, and, when completed, will be most handsomely furnished. Mr. Young is an enthusiastic fisherman, who fears neither winds nor tides, and he be- licves that he will have a home where cool bri will always sweep, even on the most sultry of summer days. The house will be completed in time for use this summer. A committee has been appointed hy the County Medical Society to invite the mem- bers of the American Medical Association s city during their coming con- vention In Philadelphia. The association is the foremost medical organization in the United States. It is thoroughly represen- tative In character, and has about 3,000 member representing every state in the Union. The convention will be in session June 1 to 4, and it is expected that from 1,009 to 2,000 of the physicians will come to this city after the adjournment of their meeting, on the afternoon of June 4, re- maining until the next day. Preparations are being made to give them a royal wel- come. Proposed City Buildings. A war is on between city council and the city hall ccmmissioners. The trouble be- gan some morths ago, when council turned down a pet scheme of the commissioners to build the proposed new municipal build- ings on the site known as the Schaufier property, refusing to even listen to the proposition. Three weeks ago council took the appointing power away from the com- missioners by naming a superintendent of construction for the new hall, at the same time ordering the commissioners to submit the plans of the buildmg for approval. |The commissioners last Monday notified the city fathers that they were willing to receive suggestions, but would use their own judgment in adepting the plans, claim- ing exclusive jurisdiction. Opinions and counter-opirions have been obtained from eminent lawyers by both bedies as to their respective powers and the end of the con- troversy is not yet in sight, although the city fathers appear to have a little the bet- ter Of the argument, as they control the appropriations. In the meantime the city hall waits. The Brighton Casino. The Brighton Casino is now prepared for summer patrons. The winter partitions in the bathing section have been removed ard other changes made for the convenience of visitors. The conservatory has been re- stocked with plarts and flowers and pre- sents a beautiful appearance. The regular Wednesday and Saturday eveaing hops are a popular feature with the ultra-fash- lonable set. The new attractions which have been ad- ded to the ocean pler during the winter are making it more popular this season than ever. The regular hops, which have always been such an attractive feature in years past, will be inaugurated Saturday evening, June 19. Ted Sullivan's Team, The base ball cranks will find plenty of amusement here this summer. “Ted” Sul- livan, at one time manager-of the Wash- ington club,and who is well known through- out the base ball world, will be manager of the local team, and he has secured some crack players to fill the positions. Several games have already been scheduled with some of the leading clubs of the country. The battle ship Texas, indulging in a test of her great guns within a short distance of the beach, was a novel sight that was witnessed by hundreds of people Thursday afternoon. The spectacle was plainly visi- ble from the board walk, and was decided- ly_interesting. The iron electric light poles along the board walk, which have not been used since their erection last summer, are at last to be utilized. City council has ordered that the lights shall be removed from the unsightly wooden poles and placed on the fron posts. The result will be a decided improvement in the lighting of the walk. Postmaster Devine now has his force of assistants in their quarters in the new post office building, and hopes to greatly improve the service by means of the better facilities now enjoyed. The building is a handsome one, and well adapted to the purpose for which it was designed. The Sea Bright Hotel, which was badly damaged by fire just on the eve of opening some months ago, has been rebuilt and re- stored to a condition even better than before the unfortunate conflagration, and reopened on the 15th instant. Proprietor Charles McGlade of the Hotel Central. arrovnces that the opening of that house will take place next Saturday, May The Arlington, on Michigan avenue, is one of the hotels popular with Washing- tonians. A number of guests from that city and Baltimore are already located in the hoyse, and meny more are booked for visits during the summer. Some Well-Known Visitors. Dr. A. F. Magruder, U. 8. N., of Wash- ington is a guest at the Hotel St. Charles. He is accompanied by his wife. 4 The Misses Barryhof, society leaders of Baltimore, are two very pretty and stylish young ladies at the Boscobel. Dr. and Mrs. Henry Chandlee of Balti- More are sojourning at the Pennhurst. Lieut. Commander Harbet, U. 8. N., and Mrs. Harber of Washington, accompanied By Mrs. W. D. Booker of Baltimore and iss Johnson of Cumberland, Md., are n= Joying a visit at the Grand Atlantic Hotel. Mrs. J, Henshaw and Miss Carrie Farn- ham of Baltimore are visiting at the Hotel Champlajne, Mrs: H. L. Biscoe of Washington is a guest at the Hotel Dennis. Mr. and Mrs. 8. S. Phoebus are among the well-known Washingtonians at the Brunswick. i Miss O. Buck of Washington is spending some time at the Shélburne. Mrs.F. Rame of Baltimore is also at the Shelburne. Mrs. W. Harvey, Mrs. I. E. Emerson, Miss Emerson and Miss ‘et. Eme: son form a party of prominent Balti- moreans who arrived at the Windsor dur- ing the week. Miss A. G. Irwin and Miss G. Irwin of Washington are guests at the Bdison. J.P. Ford of Washington is among the many guests from that city at the Berk- shire Inn. 3 From Washington and Baltimore. Among the recent arrivals from Wash- ington and Baltimore, registered at the leading hotels are the following: J. A. Gal- len, J. P. Cooney, P. McEnnes, J. P. Ford, Miss Norris, Mrs. J. Harmon, Miss Carrie Farnham, Mrs. J. Henshaw, C. W. Hayes, M. Fisher, Mrs. H. L. Biscoe, A. McMur- ray, A. H. Shortridge, Lieutenant Com- marder Harber, U. S._N.; Mrs. Har- ber, Mrs. W. D. Booker, H. G. Gump, Miss Johnson, R. Jefferson, F. Jefferson, Mrs, McArdle, J. Otterbard, P. Otterbard, Mrs. P. Otterbard, M. S. Copeland, Mrs, 'M. S. Copeland, Mrs. M. Gunnell, Mrs, H. Frood, H. B. Cramer, A. B. Williams, jr., G. Cutter, F. H. Crump, Miss C. M. Burchard, Miss A. G, Irvin, Miss Irvin, D. Buckeley, A. Michler and family, T, H. McKee, Mrs. E. Stanford, J. Stanford, G. Stanford, S. S. Phoebus, C. M. Phoebus, Dr. A. F. Ma- gruder, U. S. N.; Mrs. Magruder, Mrs. Em- ory, Miss Meagher, Mrs. H. P. Merrel, Miss E. Sinclair, Mrs. Almena B. Williams, J. H. Weiles, Mrs. J. D. McPherson, Miss McPkerson, M. Schodesecker, R. Beall. P. J. Corcoran, B. I. Harvey, Mrs. B. F. Harvey, Mrs. R. V. Holmes, Mrs. S. 8. Phoebus, the Misses Davis, Mrs, W. . Porter, Miss O. Buck, Mrs, F. Rame, J. 8. Rameey, G. Carr, Mrs. W. Harvey, Mrs. T. E. Emerson and maid, Miss Emerson, Miss Margaret Emerson, A. Simpson, Mrs. A. Simpson, Mrs. M. H. Smith, Mrs. Earp, Miss Earp, Mrs. R. Norris, Mrs. W. C. Faiber, L. Kann, M. Frank, Mrs. S. Frank, Mrs. W. Abrahams, Miss C. Felgner, Mrs. A. R. Cathcart, Miss G. Cathcart, Mrs. M. Spring, Miss J. Jenifer. ——_.—__- THAMES TUNNEL OPENED. The Work is Regarded as a Triumph of Engineering Skil The new tunnel under the Thames, at Blackwall, was inaugurated by the Prince of Wales Saturday. The royal procession consisted of two semi-state landaus, each headed by four bays driven by postilions, ezch preceded by two grooms. In these, besides the prince, were the Princess of Wales, Princess Victoria of Wales, the Duke of York, the Duke of Portland, Mi Bull of the London county council, chair- man of the bridges committee, and Mr. Bin- nie, chief engineer of the tunnel. he procession followed the Mall, Pall Northumberland avenue, the Em- akment, Queen Victoria street end thence through Whitechapel to the en- trance of the tunnel. Here the royal party were met by the Duke of Cambridge, the Prince of Teck, Lord Methuen, command- ing the home district; the Earl of Denbigh, commanding the Honorable Artillery Com- pany; Dr. Collins, chairman ofthe London county council, and many militaryaimd oth- er officials. The procession then proceeded through the tupnel, which was illuminated by three rows of electric lights. At the Green- wich end was a dais, upon which the royal party took their places, and from which the Prince of Wales, in the name of the queen, declared the tunnel open to public traffic forever. The state trumpeters blew a blast, a royal salute was fired by the Honorable Artillery Company, and the Bishop of London, the Right Rey. Mandell Creighton, pronounced the benediction. The Prince of Wales w: with a gold medal, special occasion by the bridge: London county council. The return was by Blackwall lane, Wool- wich road, Old Kent road, New Kent roa, St. George's road, Westminster Bridge road, Parllament street and Pal¥ Mall to Marlborough House. ‘The new tunnel js generally regarded as a triumph of engineering skill. ee gore ean NAVAL OFFICERS TO RETIRE. Those Who Will Give Up Active Ser- vice in the Next Few Months. A number of naval officers of high rank will be retired within’ the next few months. Rear Admiral George Brown, commandant of the Norfolk navy yard and the ranking officer of the navy, will be relieved from ac- tive duty on the Ist proximo, preparatory to his retirement on the 19th proximo. It is said he hes political aspirations, ard that he will be nominated for the mayor- alty of his native city, Indianapolis. He will be succeeded in command of the Nor- folk navy yard by Commodore N. H. Far- quhar. Admiral Wm. A. Kirkland, com- manding the Mare Island navy yard, will be the senior officer of the navy, with Ad- miral Beardslee, commanding the Pacific station, next in point of rank. Commodore R. L. Phythian, superin- tendent of the naval observatory, will retire on account of age in July, and Commodore R. R. Wallace, commanding the naval sta- tion, Newport, R. J., will similarly retire in October. The pian by which Admirals Miller and Norton were to retire volun- tarily in order that Commodores Phythian and Wallace might be enabled to retire with the grade and pay of admirals has been abandoned because of the unwilling- ness of Admiral Miller to expedite his re- tirement. ——-e+___ If you want anything, try an ad. in The Star. If anybody has what you wis! will get an answer. z ee ee Fe Heleun to Go in Commission. The gunboat Helena left the Newport News ship yard yesterday in tow of the tugboat Ocean King for the Brooklyn navy yard, where she will take on armament and stores preparatory to going Jnto com- mission. She will have a complement of 11 officers and 150 men. About two weeks’ time will be required to equip hex and then ae 7 4g Somalis. ‘ut into setvice. It is thought the Na: partm: vill assig: this vessel to the North Atiaate squmdten for a brief period, and at the expiration of that time dispatch her to the Asiatic sta- tion for service. The vessel is designed for cruising in shallow waters, such as she will encounter on the Asiatic coast. ——__-e— Making Rails in China. Walter Kennedy of Pittsburg, Pa., has taken charge of the Chinese tron works at then presented y struck for the committze of the Hanyang, under instruction of Sheng Taott, and is making good steel, sthirty feet in length, at the rate of per day. The rails are shipped to Shanghai, to be used on the Wovtng railroad. + Railway Building in United States Minister Sill. Seoul, Corea, reports to the State Department under date of April 12 last that .werk on DEDICATED FOR WORSHIP Trinity M. E. Congregation Ocoupy Their New Ohurch Building. Impressive Sermon by Bishop Hurst Before a Large Gathering of Peo- ple—The Debt Extinguished. ‘The new Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, at the corner of Pennsylvania avenue and 5th street southeast, Rev. Dr. E. D. Huntley, pastor, which has been in course of construction for many months past, was dedicated yesterday by Bishop Hurst, in the presence of one of the largest gatherings of church people that has ever assembled in a place of worship in Wash- ington. ‘The edifice, which has been heretofore fully described in The Star, is one of the handsomest and most complete in the city, and when a few more articles of furniture have been supplied, will have cost about $60,000. The Bishop’s Comment. So much impressed was Bishop Hurst, in looking over the new building, that he used these words before the congregation,- pre- ceding his delivery of the dedicatory ser- mon: “I want to congratulate the pastor and the official members, and the congre- gation of this church, in fact, the entire neighborhood, on this perfect day, upon the completion of this magnificent new build- ing, in this splendid neighborhood, on this splendid location. We have the culmina- tion today of excellent judgment, intense prayer and magnificent faith, in this tri- umphal hour.” The exercises were begun with the sing- ing of the hymn commencing, “The Lord, Our God, Alone is Strong,” which was led by a large choir. Following this the apos- tles’ creed was recited in concert by the congregation. After prayer by Rev. Dr. E. L. Hubbard of Baltimore, Bishop Hurst read a number of selections from the Scriptures, among which was the prayer offered by Soiomon at the dedication of the temple erected by him. “2 The text of Bishop Hurst’s sermon was the third verse of the eighty-seventh Psalm, “Glorious thi~gs are spoken of thee, O City of God!” “The church,” said Bishop Hurst, “has often been called the city, principally be- cause, in ancient times and in oriental countries, the city represented the center of national life. It wes usually erected on the mountain sides or on its top, in order to be free from the attacks of enemies, or on account of the extreme heat which pre- vailed there during eight months of the year. So Zion represenis the church, and in the city which the prophet speaks of we have the divine conception of the church. Pointing heavenward always and everywhere, it is a light set on a hill for the guidance of a world. Zion's Glories. “In every year since these words were written there have been new and mighty confirmations of its truth. Not only is Zion glorious, but its fame is glorious. “The church unifies and harmonizes the antagonisms of men. The rich and the poor meet together; the Lord is the maker of them all. There is not a question of society or of labor but what it is the duty of the church to interest itself in it, and if difficulties exist to harmonize them. This vast world in which we live is a neighbor- hod and all humanity is a brotherhood.’ “A few years ago,” continued the bishop, “the English-speaking population was lim- ited to a comparatively few nations, but it is now rapidly becoming the language of the world. Even in the three northern- most countries of Europe, which are only separated from Germany by a small sound, the people know far more about English than they do about German. A remarkable fact is that the English is absorbing the other languages of the world. The Church Unity. “The churches themselves are coming to- gether, and but little is said in these days about their differences as regards most of the essentials. A hundred years ago there Was a magnificent duel of words between the Wesleyan and the Calvinists of George- town, over doctrinal points, and the Calvin- ists called the Wesleyans upstarts. But these are all passed now, and it is the re- sult of this great feeling of unification that is gradually but surely overspreading the world, “It has been urged by many objectors that this spirit of unification is not due to Christianity, but by what is called the higher advancement of the nineteenth cen- tury. That is a gross error. It was the birth of Christ that has given rise to all these things. It is true that centurtes ago, in Rome, there were sculptors and painters, and others, whose works have served as models, and are still used as models, and whose reputation have survived in all the centuries which have followed. “But in all these hundreds of years, and when Rome was at the zenith of her power and influence, she did not erect a single or- phan asylum or a hospital, or any one of the thousands of charitable institutions such as exist at the present time in all Christian countries. Nor were these things thought of until Christ came to earth and went about healing the sick and doing good. There is not a charity beneath the sun today that was not founded through the influence of the church. The Higher Criticism. “I have never yet seen an explanation of what is meant by the so-called higher criticism of the institutions founded by Caristianity. The people are so obstinate, they are so hard to control; they will keep on praying, they will meet together, they will send their children to the Sunday schools, in spite of all that is said to pre- vent them, and the only way to account for this is that they still have faith in the Bible and in its teachings. “Despite the fact that the year 1896 was one of the hardest, financially speaking, that this country has ever passed through, the contributions for the support of mis- sions from the regular sources were greater than ever before in the history of the church. That means confidence, that means faith, and the experience of the M. E. Church has also been that of other de- nominations. So I beg of you to think that the members of Christ’s church were never so confident of the conquest of the world for Christ as they are today. There was never such a spirit of conquest of the world a8 now prevails.” In conclusion, Bishop Hurst said: “In en- tering upon the possession of this beautiful new house of God you have incurred rew obligations and new responsibilities. Please do not make the mistake of believing your work to be done. Let the most ragged man or child in this neighborhood feel that he will be perfectly welcome to come in here. Go out and seek for those who are disposed to say ‘No man cares for my soul.’ Bishop Hurst urged that all the members exert themselves to promote a spirit of unity, and said if they did so, the success of the church and its future history would be more brilliant than it has ever been in the past. The Debt Obliterated. Dr. Huntley read a detailed statement of the receipts and expenditures for the new building, and said that all had: been met with the exception of about $14,000 or $15,000, After an earnest appeal by Dr. CIVILSERVICE EXAMINATIONS Change in the Methods Used by the Commis- sion, Improvements Mrde as a Result of Experience—Changes Found to Be Desirable. ‘Those who are familiar with the history of the civil service commission and with civil service reform in this country do not regard it as anything detrimental to the work of the commission that it should change or improve its methods. Every great work has started with many erudi- tles attached to it. Improvements are wrought from time to time as a result of experience. The men who were respon- sible for the work of the commtssion in its earlier days are not regarded the less highly because some of their methods heve been changed and improved. It was sim- ply, civil service reformers say, inevitabic. Chief Examiner A. R. Serven has sought to make all examinations bear directly up- on the needs of the position to be filled by the applicants. By his method he seeks to secure the beat blacksmith when a work- man of that kind is desired, regardless of the ability of applicants for such posi- tions to answer any scholastic questions. He has been given a wider scope in the pursuance of this policy than had any of his predecessors, from the fact that for- merly the great majority of positions filled by the civil service commissior were posi- tions in which it was desired to secure a fair crder of general intelligence rather (han any Special skill or knowicdge. For that -ca- son the earlier examinations were princi- pally designed to determine if those who took part in them were fairly intelligent and capable of performing clerical duties of a general nature. The satisfactory op- eration of the method formeriy in vogue has been proven by the rapid promotion of the clerks so obtained, many of them holding positions of the greatest responsi- bility in the government service. But after skilled laborers of every kind were ob- tained through the civil service commission the method pursued to secure such labor has had mere or less effect upon the ex- amination of men and women for clerical Positions. Among the examinations to test special fitness those of the fourth assistant Patent examiner, special pension examiner and a few others of similar character were Prepared to test special qualifications, and have been considered by the departments interested and the commission as highly successful. Examination for Special Positions. Chief Examiner Serven was asked hy a Star reporter today how the scope and character of examinations for special po- sitions are determined. It frequently hap- Pens that when unusual qualifications are called for there are criticisms on the part of senators and representati often ut- tered in session of Congress, to show the unprectical character of these examina- . Regarding the metho e 3 en sal the method pursued Mr. “When a request is received from - partment for an examination of pao Possessing some special or peculiar quali- fications, the department is asked, if it has not already furnished it, to give the commission certain detailed’ information recarding the duties to be performed, and also to designate some one familiar with the duties of the position to be filled, with class of examinations kas been very ‘satis- erder to so arrange the examination as to secure those best tion. In nearly all cases there has been an amicable co-operation by the depart ment and the commission, so that this class of examination has been very satis- factory. While the commission has not entirely emerged from the experimental stage, and while mistakes are still made in adapting examinations to the requirements of the places to be-filled, there has been from the first a very earnest effort to make the examination fit the exact conditions required. Acted on a Department's Request. “I do not think the commission is now making any unusual effort to secure prac- tical tests, as the records show {t has al- Ways tried to have its examinations as practical as possible. The commission has frequently been criticised for holding ex- aminations for unusual or extraordinary quelifications, but it has always done so at the request of the department which need- ed such services. It may well be supposed that the department in which an employe is to be engaged ts best qualified to indi- cate the character of ability that will be needed. It is the province of the examing tions to supply the wants of the depar ments. When examinations are criticised the criticism reflects on the departm for which the examination fs held, and not on the commission. While it is not always possible to test practical qualifications sat- isfactorily by means of a wri examina- tion, yet when a part of an examination is devoted to general intelligence, anothor part to such practical questions as may properly be included in a written examina tion for a special trade, occupation or pro- fession, and a third part devoted to a con- sideration of prior training or experience in the particular trade, occupation or pro- fession, the result is Sure to exhibit the qualifications of those best fitted for per- forming the duties of that class of posi- tions. I feel sure that an investigation cf the examinations held by the commission will fully answer the extreme criticisms that are constantly made of the methods that are used to test fitness of government employes.” ——————— GREAT TELESCOPE IN PLACE. First Glimpse of the Heavens Through the Yerkes Instrument. The first glimpse of the starry heavens through the world’s greatest lens was given to President Harper of the Chicago Uni- versity and a party of representative Chi- cagoans at the Yerkes observatory, Will- jams’ Bay, Wis., last Friday. Director Hale and Prof. Barnard were present. The visitors were shown the two motions of the telescope, the clock was sct in mo- tion, the lifting floor came up with a mo- tion almost imperceptible, the great dome revolved and the telescope was turned on Jupiter. Director Hale then got the star in the field of the finder and President Har- per was the first of the visitors to look at the planet through the Chicago Univers- ity’s great glass. Jupiter is 500,000,000 miles distant from the earth, roughly estimated, and the Yerkes telescope brings it to less than a million miles distant. The night seemed an ideal one for observation. The sky was cloudless, but owing to the atmospheric disturbances of the day before and the fall qualified to fill the posi- | TO DRILL FOR A MEDAL The Colored High School Cadets to Compete This Year, Three Companies to Participate in the Contest Which ‘Takes Place This Afternoon—The Rosters, Special interest centers in the annual competitive drill of the Colored High School Cadets this year, as it is the first time that they have met in competition where the program called for the execution of both the manual and the company move- ments, and as it is the first time that three companfes will contend for the “old med- al” and the “blue ribbons.” The drill will be held this afternoon at the Na- ticnal Ball Park, end will be complimea- tary to the pupils and friends of the school. The judges of the contest will be Maj. C. H. Ourand, who has officiated so sati factorily in the past, and Capts. BE. C. Ea‘ wards and W. E. Horton. Capt. arthur Brooks, the military instructor, has made out @ program through which each captain will take his command according to his own judgment. Each company will be marched upon the drill ground and formed in line fifteen yards in front of the judges and reported to the senior officer of the board. Move- ments will be executed in the order of ar- rangement given in the program. It is not to be understood that the movements in every case can be executed from the pre- ceding ones. The movements being given, the captain is expected to use own judgment in executing them. Any move- ment passed will be marked as cannot be taken up. When marsh distance passed over must be reat to enable the judges to determine proficiency of each comma stance the prescribed mo fully executed before passing to the next on the program. At the conclusion of the Grill the company will be marched to the grand stand and presented to the ju The three ave bee: herd and co for the dr an exciting and interesting comperit be the result. Company B, under both teachers SU gge fair chanc ring the medal. Burgess of Company A © that h mand ts still in the co: 1 al coming along slowly to surprise the friends 2 for “C.” the _ boy: ney of Capt. White with all the that could be desired, ishing touches a rival. The rosters of the companies are as fol- Ic Compary A— Fi k H. ess; Meutenants, Tar and Ne Pollard; sergeants, Louis Patter- faurice rson, Charles Dorsey; urge ates, Henry i wie, Joseph l-ryant, Clement Carroll. pert Chinn, John W, Crusoe, Paul Dandridge, Mor William Howard, Hendon Jon Lewis, Thomas Lewi Joseph | Ferdinand \Moten, Jesse McC Neale, Harfy Patterson, Willic Andrew Payne, James Skip’ Thompson, Daniel Thompson, and George Whitled. Company B—Captain, A. M. Ray tenants, Guy and B. Davis A. Chew, W. P: N. Li Housten; corporais, C. Short ard J. Norri w. Brown, Clayton, ¢ i, Crusoe, Dale, Edwards, Gaskins, Gross, nkins, Keitch, Martin, McKinney, Mitch- jel, s imes, Wi John c- 2 v J. Mont te and J. ten; sergeants, Alonzo Saunders, Beason and John Wrigh' Carroll, V. cher, R. Jac rell s, R. Baltim: Bowi Daly, M. Dean, A. y, Hunderson Holmes, H. Je . Lee, A. Levy, M. Ma: Norwood, R._ Peyto w. Wilson, F. Wells, *, D. Davis and C. ——— STRIKE NEARING A CLOSE. Thirty Philadelphia Firms Sign the = New Wage Senile. The indications are that the great tailors” strike in Philadelphia is nearing an end, At the meeting of the executive board yes- terday morning over 30 contractors agreed to sign the new wage and time se As these contractors, beside owning the largest of the downtown shops, were among those who last eek refused to have hing to do with the strike, it would appear that the workers would be only too glad to take their oid places back under these new con- Aitic In fact, the tallors, through the action of a number of memb f the executive board, are prohibited from taking up work again until all the cont rs in the city sign the new agreement. The board is at present divided into two fac- tions over this matter, and serious ruptures have at times been narrowly averted. Since last Sunday the numbers of the strike-s have been etco-ily increasing. The total of the men now out of work ti mated at 6,000. The strike leaders say that an equal nimber are now at work in the downtown and Kensington shops, ready to come out on a day's notice. workers are helping the strikers with their money, and contribute regularly to the ex- pense Of the executive board. FIRED ON FRUIT STEAMER, Spanish Ganbont Sends a Shot Across > Ethelred’s Bows. The crew of the fruit steamer Ethelred of the Quaker City Fruit Company, which put into Philadelphia last evening from Jamaica, reported that whiie rounding Cape Mayst, the eastern extremity of the Cuban coast, she was fired on by a Spanish gun- beat. The Dthelred was going at a high rate of speed when the gunboat was sighted off the starboard side. She made no signal indicating that she wanted the Ethelred to slow up, and the steamer kept on. A few minutes after the gunboat was sighted fire belched from her port side, and almost in- stantly a shot struck so near the Ethelred as to dash the water on her decks. The steamer hove to in quick order, and after the gunboat reached her the captain made the statement that he supposed he was running down a filibuster, and without offering any steamed away. The Ethelred files the British flag, and Captain Israel will submit a report to Consul Clip- perton today. a CHICAGO MUST PAY DAMAGES, Decision That the City is Liable for Loss by Riots. Circuit Judge Adams of Chicago, in a re- cent decision, upholds the constitutionality of the act of 1877,