Evening Star Newspaper, December 2, 1897, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR. —— PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Aveaus, cor. 11th 8t, by ‘The Evening Star N r Co: ; €.H. KAUFFMAN IN Pres Few York Ofice, 49 Potter Building. The Exening Star is served to subscribers I the city by carriers, on their own a-count, at 10 cents Der week, or 44 certs per uionth. Copies at the counter By mafl—answhere in the United States or Canada—pestage prepaid—50 cents er ment turday Qrintuple Sheet Star, $1 rT year, with n postage added, $3.¢0. s fore Entered at the Post Otice at Washington, D. C., fs second-cl» 4 msil matter.) 57 All mail subscriptions must he patil In advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. = ze ~~ ? é WASHINGTON, D. ©. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1897-FOURTEEN PAG ITS LABORS ENDED! —— Closing Day of District Annual Sun- day Schoo! Convention. oo OFFICERS CHOSEN FOR ENSUING YEAR ——S—— Resolution Adopted in Memory of Late Field Superintendent. ee ADDRESSES AND REPORTS The annual convention of the Sunday School Association of the District of Co- lumbia. which began in the New York Ave- nue Presbyterian Church Monday evening, adjourned sine die last evening. President P. H. Bristow presided. The attendance of delegates and spectators was very large. The final session was opened with a serv- ice of song by a male chorus, under the retion of Prof. Perey S. Foster, with Mr. rry G. Kimball a: organist. During the! evening Mr. Foster sang a solo, “The Sin- ner and the Song.” Devotional exe: Ss were conducted by Rev. Dr. Lucien Clark, pastor of Foundry M. E. Church. Dr. L. W. Glazebrook, chairman of the committee on nominz . submitted a re- port, which was indorsed by the conyen- tion, as follo President, Pie Bristow ef Ca Baptist Church; vice president. T . Alden, St. I Lutheran; t i Presbyterian re! unt Vernon Place M. E. Church South surer, J. H. Lichliter, Church of. the “ terian; ‘executive com- foregoing officers, and Weston York Avenue Presbyteri: a. » Assembly's Presbyterian; John ; Washington Orphan Asylum Henry M. Shook, Grace -arris, St. John’ . Georgetown: —W: m. United Breth Epiphany Protest undry st West Kedin W Meth- polite M. iarvin First enson, n- urns Thanks. Resolutions were thanks to the New Yc “hureh ec r the other pape use port ers of th rmen ¢ volun made and as; devoted labe g > cho} ing schools p pieasure resort on the Potomac which it is urderstood will be o} i ng the sum- be sold. steamer which nd the } mer, where no in nd al mm: i run between the v city upen ch no ants will be sold: favoring the mos ive teaching of the on the subject ¢ erance and of ver moral questi: t practical ation on these to made when 1 be done legi 3 ons be introduced in cheme of Bible st ay schools; th: te and that a boo! ool ibrar: fot he adopted that would antagonize the mod. em standards of temperance and morality. Tribute to William Rey Mr. William Redin Woodwa mitt r that temper- accord with lopted in the at nothing may 1 of the com- on resolutions read the following in rence to the death of the late Wi m Reynolds, which was adopte fen who are great leade and who are devoted to their work often fall in the line. of duty, and we cannc understand wh It is not for us to know why, and it is not for us to question. The only duty at such a is for those who stand next to th who falls to look i to the n liv ost 1 his immediate Who controls all things of September, 1 Illinois, field superi of the inte hool convention, wh Louisville, Ky.. was and called greater. » William tendent, at tive suddenly from this He had on him Word of permitted to ‘nid man- which to huma nolds der nday work ir stricken 1 field of service to the ft God—was n the a servic v » one apr ir. Reynolds’ © Wis one of grex | Tiflce. He gave up years ago a prom to devote b If to the ing th cat of Sunda: this land © world questions the success of the lite Secrated to a g00d cause. Into ey and braving har cangers, that he | where the Word of In hundreds o cities and country places his voice pleading first for the mean work, and then with men, 1 heard, carry on the men and children, that they would accept a free | In the last day many wil: say to him: ‘It is to you I owe the knowl. edge that led me to the cro: His Work in Washington. “Our own Sunday School Associat the ict of Columbia owes a g: to Mr as spiritual aid as f rendered revived hope, and was great factor in building us up. Nothing we i his We would sire sne—that is, to work on in the cause he so much loved. Our resolution © sympath: sorrow while we make it one ot for Mrs. Reynolds in her also this, that we will con- yet more and more our lives to the nv + whieh he gave his own. In the ksowledge, however, which we have that a fund of $12,000 is being secured, the interest of which is to go to Mrs. Rey- during her life, we want further t> resolve that it is the sense of this conven- tion that such step is most commendable and wort In response to Mr. Woodward's appeal for cne hundred persons in the audience to give $1 each to the Reynolds fund, there ‘were many favorable responses, but as the entire amount was not secured, it was de- termined to continue the work until the sum asked for shal' be obtained. Report on Credentials. Mr. L. D. Alden, chairman of the com- mittee on credentials, made a report of the work of that committee since the call for the convention just ended was made. ‘The report, which was adopted, stated, among many other matters, that “the dele- gates to the convention represented per- sons filling all the various official relations in the Sanday school of the present date— pastor, superintendent, associate and =< | condition in j this j gatherings. As a consequence it is believed that many others, duly ac- credited representatives, did not report their presence to the committee. After the reading cf the report, Mr. Al- den, on behalf of the committee, presented President Bristow with a handsoine budge made specially for him. The report of the treasurer, Mr. J. H. Lichiiter, stated that wiile there was a bal- ance in the treasury of about $180, the as- scciation was in debt to the extent of a little more than $450, caused by the recent Louse-to-house canvass. Dr. Woodraf’s Address. After the transaction of all the routine business of the convention, Rev. Dr. H. C. Woodruff of Brooklyn, N. ¥., pres‘dent of the Foreign Sunday School Association, made an address on “Sunday School Work in Foreign Lands.” Dr. Woodruff said, in part: “The work of the Foreign Sunday School Association has been apily termed ‘a mis- sion of love to the children of other coun- tries.” This phrase briefly describes the nature and reason of our work. It is a labor of love, no officer or member of. the society receiving any salary. It has for its field the children of other countries, ard seeKs to convey to them and their teach the blessings of Bible study and Su school wors whose very familiarity with us causes them to be overicoked. W. aiding and extending Sunday abroad, to stimulate voluntary lay labor in where until comparatively recent i school work has been largely unknown, and where even now its nature is crude and its possibilities undeveloped « rognized. h the exception of Gre: , our field ried on by corres- pendence. The method in its gerr very simply described. The address stian man er woman any trustworthy sy be some one who is already at or one who is willing to be set at long Sunday i given to some subcommit into which the vided. A printed circular, in Iy to be unders nm letter of inqutring the condition of Sunday school work i! To this letter ¢ ppes, needs E respondence is thus inaugurated which 2s with the de difficul work, and qualif sympathy. on, and where and avede at assistance t ble or inereg ters we are 1 lations with the ted Ww one remove fron®the pleasure of intercourse. In more than one and tender f iweer ships have. sj the correspondents, Distinctive and’ Uniqu correspendence h en ca Tt has be of ed on A ¢ differ tive missionarie to whom in thei un hool work we have been happy to ation which they hav warm appreciation. 0 had an extensive correspon- with the native residents of nomi- ally Christian countries which has been inctive and unique. The condition ot this ccrrespondence Aled by uestion with which we fs are somet your w day scho¢ y do they And it they do not want them, why supply them? The question is asked often flippantly ard superficially, but also earn- tly, and creates a barrier to interestea co-operation in some ¢ of persons in- tere in the progress of the kingdom of God. in the first place, entire or partial want of acquaintance with the possibilities What count the of un- » them? try to of day school work prevents earnest Christian believers from personal and pr: tical participation in them. A correspon- t wrote us some time ago of her new- nristian work, and her c: ‘The work is comparatively unknown, unfamiliar, unrecognized, and is therefore not regarded with the sympathy which it receives in this countr ‘There is a wid ead want of any sense of respon- sibility to engage In it. In many cases there met great indiferenc and in “¢ even active hostility to its pro- Add to all these the consideration would even in this country be the of Sunday school work if no individ- or organizations devoted themselves especiall, interests, and the need ot some spec ng work in aid and ‘ schools abroad be- is not to be inju mi A Great Dearth. “In almost all foreign countries there is a great dearth of apparatus of the sim- plest kind upon whieh the work depends so much for its delight and success in this country. This dearth arises in large meas- ure from the novelty of the work, and yet more from the poverty of the workers to whom it would be inaccessible if it ex- isted. In hardly any feature is the chasm between the position of Sunday schools in this country and Great Britain and its | almost every other country | more markedly indicated tham in thts. It is not merely that suitable rooms are want- ing, but even Bibles and hymn books are scarce, and suitable religious reading for children is wanting. There also a large lack of that esprit de corps and increase of skill and wisdom which are secured in country by conventions and similar of all these causes, while the Sunday school is wel- comed by the faithful worker and vindi- cates its efficiency where tried, even un- der these depressing conditions, there is great need in many cases of aid and coe cperation if it is to exist and attain rapidly any worthy degree of efficiency. It is-our aim to reach and minister to this necessity. We do not seek to establish schools which shall be “our schools” in the sense of look- ng to us permanently for thelr support. We seek rather to stimulate natiye Chris- tians to voluntary effort, to develop their sense of responsibility for Christian. work, to bring them to self-support, and to in- duce them to become as soon as possible helpers to others: in a word, to increase the volunteer spiritual agencies..of: the ceuntries touched by our correspondence. ‘To accomplish this aim, however, requires in many instances at present considerable help, continued often through a series of years, Rending Material.” sr * “Allusion has been made to a dearth of reading material suitable fer children. In order to remove this obstacle to dur work which has confronted us from the outset, though in no sense a publishing society, we have inaugurated or subsidized or aided by gratuitous subscriptions in the circula- tion of illustrated Sunday school papers for children in German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, French, and inci- dentally other languages. In some cases the papers have nearly or quite reached a stage of self-support. In most cases, how- ever, they still require substantial assist- ance. Our correspondence bears abundant witness to their exceeding usefulness. They serve as an attraction to the children to attend the school, and when carried to their homes are welcomed and read by par- ents and friends, who are often almost inaccessible by other means of evangeliza- tion. They have proved themselves so help- ful that a large part of the assistance which we have been supplying our corre- spondents has of late taken this form. Some of our correspondents say that with- out the paper it would be almost-impossible to carry on the school. It is with dcep re- gret that we are obliged to report that owins to @ reductic. im our receipts we have felt ob!igea to reduce the number of sistant, in all the various 4*~.4rtments; | papers furnished to a degree that has been secretaries, treasurers, ©™zanists, chorist- a cause.of deep Sorrow to -the faitaful ers, teachers, libra*tans, members of the | workers who receive them. Besides these Bible and other classes and of the home papers, by the kindness of Mrs. Walter T. department. The names of 606 delegates | Hatch of Brooklyn, we have been enabled Were registered on the permanent roll, but | during the past years to publish transla- « e tions of standard Sunday school library books. “These books are gratuitously distributed among the schools with which we are in correspondence, forming additions to tue libraries, and in some cases given out as prizes for regularity of attendance, etc. Our correspondents. express warm’ and grateful appreciation of the usefulness of these books. Their reading has been at- tended with conversion, and in some of the schools they constitute ibraries which are leading attractions and means of useful- ness." The Sunday School Teacher. The theme of the address of Mr. Marion Lawrence of Toledo, Ohio, was “The Sun- day School Teacher.” He could, he said, conceive of no position so honorable as that of the Sunday school teacher. It is the Trivilege of any one to be able to stand in the Sunday school room and try to bring souls to Christ. The Savior was a teacher as well as a preacher. The purpose of all preaching is teach:ng, and the ultimaie re- sult salvation. Mr. Lawrence read a numter of selections Se the Bible to prove the position he had en. he more of the teaching of the word of God the teacher can put in his or her work the more successful they will become. Rev. Dr. Wallace Radcliffe made a few closing remarks. He said the convent.on, instead of being ut to end, had just be- gun. We may not. he said, be able to for- mulate much cf which we have heard from teachers of larse expertence, yet, after all, the memory of the ideals set by them will abide with us and we will have a larger love for Jesus Christ and a greater conse- eration to His cause. t yesterday afternoon's session, which began at o’clock, devotional exercises Were conducted Rev. P. A. Menzel. Report and suggesticns for enlarge: work made by Mr. Lawrence. The benediction was pronoun hy Rev. C. O. Isaac of the Anac . E, Church. The Primary Workers. At the meeting of the Primary Union held yesterday afternoon, subsequent to the se of The Star's report, a report was submitted by Miss Elbertin ‘ison, primary field worker, as follow: “It is little more than a year commenced my work as primary work © planlof work was given only the command and work. H state been assigned, the work woul: been to organize primary uni the Distgict of Colun is to since I tield pall to ; heed more than one union, my efforts fave been to strengthen the primary union of this city “In vi cols Sunday morn- ings th been mvited to at- tend this union, and primary lite: » has been placed in th of primary and junier gathered in The teachers } |. that we might ve been. in this way, come ol. ave been not oj but by siviag the fenced tea brought into t help in its w primary union been strengthened. Seventy-five sv been visited, and seventeen lessons ght in the different church n the spring a prim convention was q at Anacc inection with the District. Sunday school convention, and primary work was also presented at the District conventions at Tenleytown and Brightwood. After a year's experience in the work the following needs present them- selves: Better ventilated rooms; trained teachers; graded classes, and an increased number of local primary conventions. RUSH TO THE KLONDIKE. Ind ations That It Wi Surpass That of 749. Consul Smith at Victoria, in a report to the State Department, discu: the sub- ject of the Klondike gold fields. The ad- vices received at Victoria, he says, indicate that the rush in to California and later to South Africa will be eclipsed by the gold seekers headed for the Yukon in the early months of 1898. Agents from ig= land have been at Victoria making ar- rangements for three or four thousand gold Seckers. Merchants there have secured grcat supplies of outfit goods, and the transportation companies have made ar- rangements sufficient to make daily lines between that port and St. Michael, Dyea, authorities have made arrangement for an all- to the gold fields, and are it to the interest of miners to purchase their outfits in Canada. This is to be done through tariff laws. Mr. Clifford Sifton, the Canadian minister of the interior, made a trip to the northw recently, and in an address intimated that the hundred pounds exemption now al- lowed by the Canadian government to the trying to make miners would be abrogated by the Ist of January, and that probably everything not bought in Canada would have to pay duty. He declined to give any assurance that the tax on mining would be reduceu or the “alternate claim outrage” be alle- viated. The consul goes to some extent description of the met Alaska gathered from returned from there. into a hods of mining in people who have One man told him} that he regarded Alaska a: more profita- le place for miners to go than to the northwest territory, owing to the exc. ssive royalty charged by the Dominion govern- ment, which, it see oct 8, there is no expecta- tion of having repealed. ‘The. Klendine stratum runs in the direction of Alasks and those men who have interest in mines there are doing as well as those in the nerthwest territory a RURAL FREE DELIVERY. Suggestions Which Will Contribute ; to Its Success, Mr. Heath. acting postmaster general, has issued the tollowing circular regarding the rural postal free delivery: “The ultimate success of the experiment of free delivery of mail, which is now being tried by direction of Congress in fifty rural districts of the United States, will depend largely upon the promptness with which the carriers can make their deliveries to the patrons on their routes. This will be greatly facilitated if those desiring to take advantage of rural free delivery will erect suitable boxes by the roadsid@, in which carviers may deposit mails as they pass, and from which they may collect the mails intended for transmission. The time which would otherwise be consumed by carriers. in’ reaching residences some distance back from the road will thus be saved, the ser- vite will be rendered more efficient, its cost will be reduced, ard the probability of its becoming a permanent feature of postal administration will be increased.” + e.-__ COUNTERVAILING DUTIES, A Decision Regarding Dutch Sugars ? Expected This Week. Assistant Secretary Howell is at work on the decision he will render as to the ques- tion of imposing a countervailing duty on Dutch sugars. This question has been un- der consideration for several months, and there have been a number of hearings. The Netherlands minister asserts that no ex- port bounty is paid by his country, and that the impcsition of a countervailing duty will shut out the Dutch sugars from this country. In reply to Inquiries, the Treasury De- partiicat has notified those interested that a decision will be rendered some time this week. The decision may be held until Sat- urday afternoon, that stocks may be in no wise affected: —————_-e-—____- It matters little what it is that you want —whether ‘a situation or a servant—a “want” ad. in The Star will reach the person who can fill your need. TRIAL OF THE WINSLOW. Nearly 25 Knots an Hour Made by the New Torpedo Boat. The trial trip of the torpeda beat Wins- low, built by the Columbiak iron works of Baltimore, was a decided success. It took place yesterday over a measured forty-nine- knot course in the Chesapéake, bay, the course extending from James’ Point to Point No Point. The trial. was conducted by a board of naval officers. ag follows: Capt. Frederick Rodgers, president; Com- manders Willard H. Brownsgn and William H. Emory, Chief Engineer Rogiker and Naval Constructor J. R. Hanscom. The contvact required the boat to make 24% knots an hour on a trial’ryn of two consecutive hours. She acgomplished the test with 24.8 knots to ker credit, leaving, as one of her critics expressed it, “a safe marg! by which her speed ts to be com- puted. The speed at which.the koat went over the course was at therate of an or- dinary railroad train, and was exactly 2815 land miles an hour. Lieut. John B. Bernadou, who is to com- nang the Winslow when she goes into on, is enthusiastic in her praise. est speed she made On the run was .2 knots while she was on the first hal? of the course, with a strong wind in her teeth. She did not seem to he affected by the con- ditions of wind or sea, and made her speed apparently independent of them. Among those on board was Lieut. S. kakura, a naval constructor>in the Japan- ese navy, who is superintending the build- ing of a cruiser for his government at Cramps’ shipyard, Philadelphia. Captain Thomas B. Lewis of the Maryland Piiots’ Association was in command and was as- sisted by Czpt. Henry Wagner of the lumbian iron works. Chief Engineer Geo. W. Coleman directed the operation of the machinery. The Winslow will be immediately pre- pared for service, and in about two weeks she will be towed to the Norfolk navy yard and turned over to the navy. Lieut. Rer- nadou will then gct her reydy for going into commission ————___-e ARMY AND ‘AVY PNION. Election of Officers and omer Busi- ness in Two Garrivons, A mecting was held last sight by ¢ Wm. F. Barry Garrison, 36, Re: Army and Navy Union of the‘United of America, at the Soldiers! Heme. following officers have been ected to s for the ensuing year: Commander, Mich J. Hackett; senior vice commander, Lous Lemay; junior vice commander, Paul Net adjutant, John Sezkley; paymaster and acting quartermaster, Jdhan Hanson; officer of the day, George Miller; officer of the guard, Michael Fe ling; officer of the watch, Valentine Fortiner; chaplain, Wm. ctor General Hack- ett of the order will endeavor to organize a garrison to be Iccated in this city, to be d of ex-mer and members in anding in ular Army and Union. y who for belunged to Gen. John M. Schotield Garrison, No. 25, the charter of which has been recatied. yout the middle o Ned for cured, a February a meeting purpose. A hall has mes have been handed in for the new garrison. The order is said to be in a flourishing condition all over the countr:! At a rex Henry Gar vy Union, b ot officers’ wer mander, Jas. ; Senior v meeting of Gen? Guy V. . No. 43, Regular Army and id lest eveningnogninations made as follows: For com- Williams andifeJ<. Pink- commander, Jas. H. junor vy mmander, and Isaac W. Scott; adjutant, W. paymester, R. A. Pighman; quar- Iseiah Brown; chaplain, Augus- He itine; officer of the day, Henry officer of the guard, Chas. J. officer of the Jones: executive council, Corne}ius. Morgan, Geo. R. Garnett, Aaron Robias6n gnd Chas. F. Lucas The following comrade: in: Edward Dean, Geors D. Burnell. The garrison unanimous’ on the President New Y ided to call y in a body and to arrange to pay respects to General Miles the same day. ——a THE N. E. A. CONVEV'RION. Arrangements by Local for Its Entertain Yesterday a meeting of the tive committee of the National Association was held at the boprd of trade rooms to receive the report off the special committee sent to Milwaukee {ast summer to invite the educators to meé& at the na- tional capital next year. Thepreliminary steps were also taken in the matter of pre- paring for the meeti: A locat committee of 100 will be named. Forty-six of those invited have already signified thelr willing- hess to serve, and the others will be named at a subsetfi¢ht mésting, — ‘’ gen A meeting of the genéral committee wilt held next.week, when the executive gom- mittee will be inercased. ‘Tié subscribers” to the fund to be-raised to defray the ex- penses of the big“convention will be asked to hand in their contributions at the ear- liest moment. : As soon as the committee of 100 fs ap- pointed all other committees necessary to carry out the plans of the local educators’ will be selected. ‘ After auditing and approving the bills in- curred by the special committee that visit- ed Milwaukee, it was deemed best to defer further action until the meeting of the gén~ Cognmittee nt, lacal execu- Sducational eral committee. —_—.___ SEVERAL DUELS IN PROSPECT. Dreyfus-Esterhazy Coniention Parix Editors at Odds. 3 A dispatch from Paris to the New York. Herald says it will be a wonder if the Drey- fus-Esterhazy affair is not productive of a crop of duels. Several of the Paris papers are fighting one against the other, like Kil- kenny cats, and personalities are flying, around broadcast. The editor of: one evening paper has cai ed the editor of the Morning Journal ait manner of names and even suggested that the latter is not entitled to the name he is known by. This has caused the production of the certificate of birth of,the moraing paper editor, whereat the evening paper re- turns to the charge by asking the morning paper: editor how he served his country in 1870. A How these editors love one another} Even Emile Zola -has been dragged into the quarrels. He has contributed an ar- ticle to the Figaro, arguing that if Drey- fus’ relations have formed a syndicate to secure newspaper support they were only doing what they had a perfect right to do. The Jour now asks how much Zola.received for the article. This morning's Figaro makes out a strong case, for Esterhazy’s writing has been com- pared by experts with that on the border- san said to be Dreyfus’, ft having been stated that General Pellieux had no inten- tion of making this comparison. The Fig- ero says this is the capital it of the in- quiry, and cites opinions of jprists, consuls and journalists. = —_-. Water Rent., "The District Commissicné, that when tenants move f: 4 another so much of the wat the said tenant on the as has covered the the fiscal yéar may, the ee ‘offige, rent due 0 ~vided, that: o same tengpt fiscal year, and ap! fers of water rent must be thé ¥eceipted bill for the Sets ST. MARK’S LEAGUE Anniversary Celebration by a Promi nent Lutheran Society. ee REVIEW OF WORK OF Address of Welcome by President of the Organization. THE PAST YEAR SKETCH OF THE LEAGUE] es Tomorrow, Friday, evening, beginning at half-past 7 o'clock, at St. Mark’s Luiher- an Chureh, C street between 1 streets southwest, will be c first anniversary of the Luther League of that church, and a very enjoyable evening is promised to all who may attend. The program is as follows: F! “O Wershiv the Ki Luther League Hymna er, by the and pi Rev. George C. Brodthage, pastor of St. j Sohn’s Luthcran Church of this city. Fol- lowing this be of w by the president of we, who will a ort on the work ef the year. Next wil be an address by i the president of the Ly igue of} Mr. E. York reetings from He is also If of a imem- intended to Le in| », to the league a, F. who will also the parent ore this, to make a presentaii her of the corgre the naiure ct a menber: hip. Luther's Coat of Arms. ation, urpri: At the close of this address the rally hymn of the league will be sung. The last verse of this hymn perirays in a very beautiful way the badge of the league, or, what it really Luther's coat ef arms, and is as follcws pudly bear as banner a cross within e heart To we have chosen Christ, ine The 1 pcace and coaitort shall blos- Until our of heaven The organization of the is to be presented by Domer, D. D., + who was the repre of bis church Pittyburg in sentirg d Columbi tion, with but few minor chan A poem, entitled “The Army of the King, ill be This poem was writ- ten ex; iy for and recited at the recent convention of the Ohio State Luther League, by Miss Emma Swingle. The rec tation will en by George Godron, one of the youngest members of the league. Mrs. Parson, next on the program, wi! sing a solo, “One Sweetly Solemn Thought,” and next in order will be greetings from the Lutheran Young People’s Union and the C: E. Society of the Church of the Reformation, by President Lucius D. Al- den and Miss Christine Poggensee, both well known as active in Sunday school and yours people's work. Another solo, “Put Thy Trust in the Lord,” will be rendered by Mr. R. L. Cox. The Principal Addresses. The three principal addresses of the eve: ing Will be: First, by Sister Jennie Chri: of the Deaconess Mother House of Balti- more, Md., whose subject will be “The Deaconess.” She will give a comprehensive account of the work to which she has con- secrated her life. The second will be on the “Denominational Organization,” by Rev. W. FE. Parson, D. 1, pastor of thi Church of the Reformation; the third and last, by the pastor of St. Mark's Church, Rev. John C. Bowers, who will speak of the league, its work and its help to him as Pasto! The closing hymn will be “Blest Be the Tie That Binds. None of the speeches will consume more than fifteen minuies, and three of them, at least, not more than ten minu Atter the benedigtion an hour or so will be spent socially. Sketch of the League. The Luther League of St. Mark’s was or- &gnized the 2d of December, 1896, with but eighteen members. During this tin the membership has doubled. The office Mr. Mis elius Eckhard Edith Hofman; secretar Lardt; treasurer, 2 €anist, Miss Leila ( a sister of the pastor, who, a few months ago, took up her residence in Philadelphia; since then the position of organist has not been filled. Recenily the league became a member Luther League of America. ear the tepics prepared by named organization have been used at the devoiional meetings, and lately the league hymnal was purchased and is now in use. Nearly every member is a subscriber to the luther League Review, the official organ of the National League. The work of the year nas been most satisfactory in every respect, it is said, and the pastor of the church has had a wonder- ful help in his w through the untiring efforts of its riembership. Fridle} GOVERNMENT FINANCES, Expenses for November Exceed Re- ceipts by $8,092,483, The comparative statement of the gov- ernment receipts and expenditures shows that the receipts for the month of Novem- ber, 1897, were $43,368,605, of which $18,- 194,618 was received from the reorganiza- tion committee of the Union Pacific rail- road, making the ordinary receipts for the month $25,168,987. The total expenditures for November were $37,810,838, of which $4,549,368 was cash in the Union Pacific sinking fund turned into the treasury and repaid to the appropriation from which it had been originally drawn for invest- ment. Hence, the month's disbursements include this sum. The ordinary receipte for the month, therefore, were $25,168,087 and the ordinary disbursements $33,261,470, leaving a deficit of $8,092,483. The receipts from customs were $9,830,025. The receipts from internal revenue were $13,530,649, a gain of about $430,000 for the month. The excess of expenditures over receipts ‘for the five months of the present fiscal year, independent of the proceeds of the sale of the Union Pacific railroad, was $46,101,494. The government has received another payment of $6,100,000 on account of the Union Pacific sale, which still leaves due from tke committee $34,153,605, to be paid in four equal installments, the last on January 6, 1896. —_———__-o-+—_____ Jacketing a Thirteen-Inch Gun. The Washington navy yard was - the scene yesterday afternoon of the jacketing of one of the big 13-inch guns for the bat- tle ship Alabama, building at fhe Cramps’ ship yard. The operation was successful in every respect. Eight of the same type of guns have just been completed and are soon to be ready for testing. These go on the fore and aft turrets of the Kearsarge and Kentucky. 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It occupie feet of The propelling pc 105 horse-power naphi inder engine and every part of the m so far as practicable is made of alumini d of the Reduction hip now weighs about , and will carry more ht of provi wing a asions are meter and conc Company he 5,000 pound ton's Ww ions and passenger: The naphtha for the engine will be stored in cz which will hold enough to drive the ship around the earth without reple: ishing the tanks. The skin of the ship double and filled with hydrogen gas. It is confined in separate compartments and in the upper part of the vessel nes. A tail projects upward irom the stern of the ship, which directs it up or down as a bird directs its movements with rudder change 3 Motiv its tail. The from right to left. power is secure by the big aerop the stern, which is driven by the naphtha engine. A speed the cour: of 100 miles an hour has been attained. It ted in the letter that one alumi- num air ship sent out by the com San Francisco to Cleveland The Reduction Company offi. y the red and green lights ummer was this sh company has now ps went from a number of ships. RUMORED MASSACRE OF GERMANS. Report That Chinese Killed 200 of a Cruisxer’s Crew. A sensation was caused in Berlin y by a report that the Chinese sacred 200 German sailors belonging to the German cruiser Division, in Kiao-Chau ba yut there has been no confirmation of Ut report. The latest dispatches received fro: Admiral Von Diederich, commander of the Division, which were dated the afternoon of Nov: per 28, make no reference to fight- ing at Kiao-Chau. The erliner Tageblatt is responsible for the statement that two additional cruiser: are going to Kiao-Chau, bringing the fore there up to ten ships, with 4,000 men and 140 ns. ‘The same journal says also that a foree of marines, including the crew of the im- perial yacht Hohenzollern, is going to K:ao- Chau, but there is no official confirmation of these assertions, although they are held to indicate that a permanent occupation is intended, especially as it is understood taat China does not insist upon evacuation. —_—_eo— KANSAS PROSPERITY EXHIBIT. Carload of Canccled Mortgages to to Omaha Exposition. 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