Evening Star Newspaper, October 5, 1898, Page 12

THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1898-16 PAGES. DIVINE SERVICE. Rt. Dr. Rt Dr. Florida, Rt. Rev. or of Min-{ rt; bishop of a, Rt. Rev. Dr. Tal- op of Euston, Rt. Rev. at shop of western Texas, ay ; bishop of Rt Rev. cadjetor bishop of bishop of 3 of southern Flori p of Oklahoma Rev. Dr Broc Rt. Rev. Dr. 3 Rt Rev. Dr. South Carolina, R Dr. Lawr . Rt. Rev. D: hop of Ver- mont. Rt. Rev. Dr. Hall; bishop of In- ‘ Lit. Rev. Dr. White: bishop of Kan- sas. Rt. Rev. Dr. 3 of a. Rt. Rev. Dr. Rowe; bishop of Rev. Dr. Burton; bishop of Rt. ev. Dr. Johnson: bishop Rt. Rev. Dr. Satterlee: op of tte, Rt Dr. G. M. Williams: bishop of Du! Rt. Rev. Dr. Merri bishop coadjutor of Conne cut, Rt. Rev. Dr. Brewster; bishop coadju- Dr. MeVickar; Rt. Rev. Dr. Ri tor ef Rhode Island.Rt bishop coadjutor of Ark Brown. As Bishop Whipple hed the cha: Rev. Mr. Hart, the secretary of the he f bish spped in frent of him and the line of bishops into the art for them. him set The Spectacle Presented. ‘The sp2ctacle afforded by these seventy = provocative of the most deep- 1 feelings. The majority of years, with hair, some being nearly bald, with ; the fires of spiritual work nd bearins themselves with taching to their s m in the Not even the Senate at the reverentia ly them are men far advanced in whitene snts varied according to the have received. Seme wore others wore purple, many with white et were garbed in coml cclors. lhogeth is fon of clergy such as h ‘en seen in this city of magnificent and state- pre seldom e then pro- ne delivering Bishop Whip- was read by Bishop Wil- ceeded. Bish rt but fervent prayer. pistle 1 by was repeated by Dr. and MeKim sisted in the con- “Bishop Whipple was 4 fr Jn by Bishops Doane, Dudley, Whit- ret, Hare, Scurboreugh and Sa Tuttle was then brought to the Rev. Mr. McKim nop is | ebnre: with bate a heavy white beard falling in pairiarc length upen his robe He spoke arly, and his voice penetrated every part of ‘the churc Rishop Tuttle’ Bishop Tuttle took his text from Isaiah liv: 2—Enlarge the peace of thy tent and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine hen thy cords, Sermon. of progress and 4 to our min motto blazoned d ‘strengthen on the rs of the other. of the ch 4d, and in nd nature of the human race, ther anifested themselv opp to destroy each other, nd strengthen each other. The chui the divine in- n set to declare the truth of a earth at first wrapped family, as was state the patriarchal church furnished the ution and fixed the | To Adam and} command for | fruitful and mul- | earth and subdue | time came when the men of | al church thought too little | g their cords and too much of,| their stakes. They were of and of one speech. They plain of Shinar. It is a good this day. Let us not allow er over all thi tower an » be not ryatives must not The Lord him- the confusion ot bediently themselves. replenish t language own that ne by m when ¢ lisperse | The Stake Strengthening. } “The cord lengthening went on for 250! years. Then the time came for stake streni ‘The Lord Jehovah chose out Al cial cumetsi Jewish « ed him into a spe- | relationship, whereof cir- as the seal and pledge. So the reh arose the successor and heir atriarchal church. It lived about the patriarchal church had a mat 2,00 years. The patriarchal church had been busy in the main with ening cords, though there were as We have seen, when conservative Ss asserted themselves in a sort of el way. The Jewish church bided mainly with strengthening stakes. It drove tent pegs deep and did not want them moved. It turned its back upon out- siders and raised up hedges against them. tic beliefs and undisciplined Jent one can see how neces- conservatism was. But yet if } ed on its banner? an outlook for larger things were not wenting, there were proselytes of, the gate. “In Abraham and his seed all of the nations of the world were to be blessed.” There was % be circumcision by faith wider and better than by the knife. Then, in the fullness of time, Christ came and founded His great church, the successor and heir of the Jewish church.’ It, too, has lived about 2.000 years. It is not to merge itself, as the other two forms have Gone, ‘The in a successor and heir In this world. gates of hades are not to prevail s Until the scroll of this world’s rolled up it is to continue to be er of the truth of God, the pro- claimer of the will of God and the preacher of the duty of man. “And what watchwords are to be blazon- ‘Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel unto every crea- tur Keep steady the faith that there is one only God and preserve obedience to the strict enactments of the law. The Christian church can fing wide the tent cords and tie them with love fastenings. for the merciful sheltering protection of all men of the earth, for that Christ was born unto them to live among them and to die for them. Christ died for all the men of the earth. He wants us to re His hands and His feet and His purse, to seck out and hely and save, through Him, all the men of all the earth. Shall we draw from such a safe and blessed copart- ership as that? Conservatism and Progress. I do not ask to enter into a philosophi- cal dissertation upon these, as that they are forces opposed to each other but com- plementary of each other; that they are opposing powers, like two rowers in a boat, where the power of their oars against the ; . Yet co-works, in sending the nding over the waves to its aim of or its haven of rest; that, in the of the state, the sofe-guarding of what and the outreaching after what is not, thoug1 it ougFt to be, are equally impor- tant, ani that, in every-day experience, to hold what is got is quite as valuable a quality of well-balanced human nature as get more to hold. And, limiting the view to this church of ours, «me thoughts. Humbly, t we hold that our historizal nd flawless, from the Christ chartered and whicn ss established 1,865 years ago. With this truth settled in our convictions and ¥clcomed in the heart, two corrolaries lly to deduce themselves First, how wide the work and deep the love of the church ought to be. “We ought te stand for breadth. The fatherhood of God, the brotherhood Christ, the motherhood of the chureh! Narrowness should ve no clutch upon our thought of these. ‘As in Adam all die’ the sad dirge of the world’s experience. “Even so in Christ’ may ‘all be made alive’ is the glad rebound of faith to hone. So the missionary spirit is said to be the real life of the church. And so it is, most em- phatically. Earnestly we are to look out to heip and save And we are to look wide and to look far. Missions must be the ele- mental lifebeat and missions the crowning epic poetry of the living church. Its foun- der, our dear Lord, preached missions in Sermons upon the prodizal starving in a far country and the lost shcep bleating in the wild Ss. He lived missions in going about unweartedly doing goed. He en- dowed missions by dying for all men on the And the promis of the legacy, though spoken into the cars of the heathen and bigo: were the tender earth ever heard, ‘Father, The Roman soldiers, persecuting Jews, ‘Father, for, them, for they know not vhat they do.’ In the low aspect of sacred person He citizen of Jewry. It was foreign missions, then, that He endowed when He pleade man sold and all th -d for the Ro and died for them as for us world. jarrowness of View. “If down the clear current of historic au- thority and chartered Christians the good ship of this church has happily found her wi shall we who head her decks and enjoy her protection admit narrowness into our minds and hearts? We may not con- demn others for their narrowness. Some acer of religious thought has seen vividly one aspect of religious truth. It has shone so gloriously to him that his dazed eyes grew blind to other asne He made it his queen. He bowed down to it. Belief in it he pressed and pushed and deepened and spread until it became to him and his followers the all-important articulus stantis vel cadentis ecel they have found thus a separate believers and select worshipers in a school of esoteric theology. Narrowness has made them captive, but their narrowness is earnestne: Like to the shield of the old story, fixed upon the one side fs nar- other is earnestness. But it is the one great shield. Let us look on the earnestness side only. And be glad and grateful for their earnestness in things of the soul, sin and salvation. But we, not blaming others for their rowne: rather commending their earnestness instead, if we are narrow we cught to be blamed We have not con- sidered and run away with one aspect of religious truth. The Blessed Master, him- self the Truth, left rounded truth to repre- sent Him in the spiritual field on this earth. That rounded truth by His vicar on earth, the Holy Ghost, through His chosen apostles and chartered church, was fixed to the form of sound words in the apostles’ creed, fortified in the sacra- mental and liturgical embodiment provided nd intrusted to the teaching and guidance of the Christian Sunday and the ever-re- curring observance of the Chris: year. We are oursel in direct line with the goodly heritage, but it is not ours to claim sellishly and hug closely and to keep nar- rowly. We hold the precious patrimony in trust for others well as ourselves. Nothing becomes faithful trustees more than an attitude of conside; kindness. that theologic: should point i unbelieving world. Tantaene tibus irae? Oh, I think the Master would have us in love look wide and far. He would, may we rot feel sure, have the great ‘shield set up with earnestness on one side and breadth on the other. What a blessed lengthening out of the cords of the church it is when our minds grasp and our hearts take in part of those who love the Lord Jesus Christ and are baptized in the name of the Blessed Trinity, are members in Christ's Holy Catholic Church, no matter by what of earth's shibboleths they call themselves, and are partakers in His grace and full sharers in His bequeathed estate nd brothers of ourselves, heading along- ith wandering steps and in wan- dering faith, we all walk on in hope to His home. Extension in the Air. “Wide, aye wide, the work of the church should be. Extension is in the air for us Americans now. If we fall into line at its bugle blast some may claim to our risk and harm, for that it is an unwonted call, an out of the way call, an unfit call to such @. we are. Be that as it may, the logic of events Is a force not to be counted out, and it may make the soundirg of bugle calls and the rolling forward of the chariot wheels of destiny things that we cannot stop if we would. . We who -think are startled and subdued and awed at the re- sponsibilities devolved upon the Union now. ———— Now, if the things which we are. looking at as citizens are wide and far and deep, how shall we bear it if the church cowers and draws back and lies down? ‘Speak to the children of Israel that they go for- ward,’ said the Lord Jehovah of us. Speak unto the childrep of the church that they go forward may pow secu be heard by the listen! car of faith. The a stands ready. Right good york in for the anvil. But we are not ine Bavll hSW. We ought to be, we want to be, the hammer, and the arm driving it to strike hard. Hawali, Porto Rleé—g6 for- ward to possess the land. The Philippines, if the flag we honor and love ts to float sovereign there, go ye in there also. And if the forceful logic of events that’ we wot of lift the flag into prominence over other regions yet, go ye there, too, to bide and work, and help and save. We may find China likely to be our neighbor, even in the ordinary sense of mundane locality. In the Mteral sense and in the catechism’s sense, she has been our neighbor for years. We have tried to do a Mttle something for her. There shall be an asking and a pleading and a demanding that we do more things for her. A huge dark arm of the earth's housekeeping she is. But it is no good to get scores of mén and set them to bail darkness out of the earth with buckets. So for China we shall be constrained more and more in heart and conscience to let Christ's Gospel Light in. “For Japan a stage of awakening from her blindness is upon her. She now sees men as trees walking. The prectous eye salve which shall avail to complete her_re- Nef we have in trust and commtsston. Give eye to her and she shall see with eve of sense men as immortal souls forgiven, com- forted, hopeful and with eye of faith the Lord himself who saves and blesses them. Africa is to be helped and other places nearer at home on our continent. Our Own Country. “Then for our own countrymen, shalt this church be content with any narrower aim than to be in zeal and duty and sympathy, the Amertcan church. We need not the fact that we are gathered in the nation’s capital to remind us how thick and fast are growing the nation’s responsibilities which are centering here. To meet them bravely nd discharge them well under the smile of heaven and the plaudits of a world, our le must have God's approval, God's God's guidunce engrafted into their God's Providence has lodged in this church a fullness of grace and a complete- ness of power and a balanced roundness of truth to keep mightily any such graving and grafting. We are but a feeble folk. We are sadly at a loss in rising to our privileges, but we utterly refuse to be counted out as an element of national spiritual strength. We humbly claim that We have helped a little in the reconciliation of north and south, and the softening of prejudices east and west, which have cul- minated in the wonderful reunion of hearts and hands recently witnessed and so abundantly welcomed. And, with our coney nest In the rock of such blessed union, we sturdily insist on being cheery and hopeful, spite of straitness that presses and crookedness that perplexes in our ady work for the master and his church. ‘So long as we sow in little children’s hearts the seeds of Christmas and Easter joy, and swell in the hearts of the children of the church growth into the harvest of the two truths more beneficent to humanity than any other two that can be named—in- carnation and resurrection; so long as we thoughtfully recognize the two great insti- s provided by Almighty God, the the state, the church, and to keep zing all three, through love,through ion, through baptism, her eminently important factors; so long as we bring out in the cycle of the Christian year the wholesomely rycle of God's revela- tion in Chri we tie the present to the past in’such soberly to guide and safely to steady, and link the past to the present in such way as to pour the warm blood of the new into the wisely created and well-proven framework of the old; so long as in prayer and faith and love and duty we enter homes to make them more sweet, and preside over marriages to make them more holy, and touch con- clences to make them more tender, and ink arms with citizenship to Hft up and move unconsciousm and entertain broth- erly kindness and charity toward all who profess and perform themselves Christians, however faulty and imperfect their systems may seem to us, just so long we may be to a degree far greater than our brothers could count up, and with a steady, molding force, if not alw acknowledged or ap- preciated, of use and help to the entire American people, and more and more, as destiny seems to point, to the whole hu- man race. “Feeble folk only 1t is still persisted we must be called. So we are in many things. And imperfect. We are praying God to make us better. With the better, if we ave the grace to get and keep it, will go the stronger. The white ox to be offered to Jupiter, if it had dark spots on the skin, must be rubbed with chaik to make them also white. Spots and blemishes are also upon this church, we know, but we ask in Jove to blot them out by some appliance as of whitening chalk. If she offer herself and we be instrumental in offering her a willing, loving, working sacrifice until her Lord, He will have thought of her loving zeal and devotion and any of her blemishes, and will present her ‘to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing.” The Two-Fold Work. “The Anglo-Saxon race seems harnessed to the two-fold work of giving to the world the sweets of personal liberty and the restraints of order, without which Mberty mnét be preserved. The Anglo-Saxon church would go hand in hand with the Anglo-Saxon race, and proclaim by such fact, if her proclamation be heard, that in the long run the sweets and restraints are dependent on the acceptance in the heart of God’s truth, God’s laws and God's guidance. We mean to be up and doing. May I not pledge you, brother churchmen and sister churchwomen, that we shall awake, arise and take in hand to do what is nearest and wisest and best. Only throughout all active doing let us place on the throne and keep steadily there a Jaw, a life and love. t is found, 1 am told, that in the hurl- ing of modern missfles of war, that if the projectile has a softened cap of steel, it better goes through the hardest and tough- est ship armor. So hard, sharp points of projected discipline and doctrine will bet- ter penetrate for good, if a soft cap piece of charity be prefixed, allowance-making for others, strictness for ourselves, charity for all, however wide and hard the task ve are summoned to. We ought to be full of love. Then love would make work light. It would change missionary duty into pleasure. It would be kindly considerate and cement a real brotherhood. It would cast enmity and jealousy out of our hearts and put there instead the sweetness of forbearance and gratitude. If in our hearts there be some Jove for Christ and some sharing of His love for men, then missionary love will make missionary light and no end of mi sionary work. For with love for our spiri ual glasses We shall see brethren only who profess and call themselves Christians, and in a Christian brother's face shall see Christ’s face, and in his hands Christ's hands, and in his feet Christ’s feet, to do Chr work of good. Then some of the peace which passeth all understanding may possess our souls In thought of the achieve- ments of Christ's militant church on earth. ‘ice blessed quality of love! It bless- es him who gives. It blesses him who takes. It is blessed of him who sees and knows, and a thrice blessed lengthening of the cords again to take mercifuily in and welcome lovingly a great, wide church of faithful believers and holy livers, whereof our prayer book church is a_ solemn, though, I hope, not a narrow, and, I trus a loving—I pray not an envying— portion. Faith and Truth, “Second, how fixed the faith and clear the truth of the church should be. “Here comes in the strengthening of the stakes, and here it may safely be said that we of the prayer bouk heritage are highly favored above every otier nation. The worship is common prayer, common to the master and the people. The master does not monopolize ail. The people have their work to do and their part to enjoy. Th: periodic revolutions of the earth in her orbit uround the sun have been harnessed to the Christian course, and tell out, as hreugh the pipes of some vast instrument of music the different stories or differing parts cf the sequences of the Christian year. : “Does conservatism grow timid and tremble because of the lengthening of the cords, the loosing of leve ttung wide out for the merciful admission of the many, and stretched free and far in the warmth and life of the generous brotherly kindness? Liturgy and creed and sacraments and Scripture ministry and relation to the Christian year are hammer blows. You ean almost hear them with the ears, re- peatedly beating down and strengthening the tent stakes of the earthly tabernacle of the church and driving them home for a stay of everlasting steadiness. “No, lengtheing of cords she i. 3 Wide lengthening for progress, ior science, for beneficence, for brotherhood, and her canvass mest never flan helpless fo the winds, nor sunder nor sail a Go lst to the hammer strokes Secretary Hart. hard on the heads of the strengthening the: “Preserve your souls in peace, whatever winds do blow. Love and duty to G03: love and service to fellow men. ‘This ix the life worth living, the true Nfe, and death comes to lift, not end, that sort of life. Bishop Dantel 8, Tuttle. Bishop Daniel Sylvester Tuttle of Mis- sourl had not reached the canonical age for consecration when he was elected by the church in general convention to the mis- sionery episcopate of Montana, Idaho and Utah. This was in 1867, when he was but thirty years old, having been born at Wind ham, N. Y., in January, 1837. After twenty years of pioneer work and laying the foun- dations and setting in order the church in the vast and wild territories intrusted to his care, he was elected to the see of Mis- sourl, succeeding Bishop Robinson. He re- ceived the divinity degree from Columbia in 1867, and from Sewanee in 1886, Offertory of Missions. After sermon Bishop Satterlee announced the taking of the offertory, it being for the foreign and domestic missions. The choir sang the offertory anthem, “Send Out Thy Light,” by Gounod. Other numbers rendered by the choir were: Ascription Sanctus, in A, Gounod; communion hymn No. 221, Bedford; Gloria In Excelsis, old chant, recessional hymn 521, St. Asaph, and Postlude op. 86, Volckmar. The offering was placed in the ureat gold alms basin used at the opening service of all general conventions, It was presented to the Episcopal Church in America by members of Oxford University, Eagland, in 1861, on the occasion when a Ceputation went from this country to Englend to at- tend the one hundred and fiftiett anniver- sary of the Venerable Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. The benediction was pronounced by the presiding bishop, the bishops aguin moved in solemn procession through aid out of the church around to their chamber, the audience slowly filed out of the church u til the rea bling at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon. : The absentee bishops as noted by the Rev, Gecretary Hart arer: Bishops of Japan. of Virginia. of Long Island, of ceatral Ne York, of New Hampshtre, “of Aricansas, of Quincy, of New York, of Cape Palmas and of Fond du Lac. Semie of theia are ex- pected to be in the city before the end of the week. Dr. Hart states that the atteadance of bishops is very much greater than was ex- pected. 2 2 At least 500 persons recelved ecmmunion, the majority of themubeing elcrical and lay delegates; and the others being mem- bers of various dioceses. Upon reaching their chamber the bishops took off their robes and rehabilita ing them- seleves in their plain clerical a:tire went in search of luncheon. Business Meeting. The divine service bemg ended the house of bishops met for business at 3.30 o'clock this afternoon in the Sunday sc100]1 room and the houre of deputies in the uditorium of Epiphany Church. . Bishop William C. Doane. Bishop Wi!liam Croswell Doane, the first bishop of Albany, ts a son of the great bishop of New Jersey bearing the same name, and has abundantly inherited his father’s abilities and gifts. He was born in Boston in March, 1832, and was conse- crated in his own church, St. Peter's, Al- bnay, February 2, 1860. He received from tent stakes, Oxford, in 1889, the degree of D. ard from Cambridge, the same year, the degrce of LL.D. The administration of iis dio- cese has been marked with great success. He founded the St. Agnes School for giris, organized the plans and erected the ca- thedral, founded and fostered many char: table institutions, built churches and rec- tories, secured endowments, and while mak ing all these advances in material affairs made great progress in spiritual directions as well. The dishop of Washington and Mrs. Sat- terlee request the honor of the presence of tke bishops and delegates, clerical and lay, with their fazailies, aud the clergy of the diocese of Woshington, with their families, at a reception te be given to the members of the general convention tomorrow ‘en- irg, from 8 to 11 o'clock, at the bishop's hovse, 1407 Massechusetts avenue north- west, Thomas circle. During the session of the general conven- tion there will be a dally celebration of holy communion at St. Andrew’s Church, corner of i4th and Corcoran streets, 14th street cars pass the door; also at same church a series of missionary meetings each Wednesday eyening of convention at 7:80. Addresses by missionary bishops. The la- dies of the parish have opened a Junch parlor on the square below Epiphany Church for the convenience of all visitors and clergy. All arz weicome to use the ceome No 1227 G street to meet friends or rest in, EPISCOPAL CONVOCATION. The Evening Star Accounts Will Pre- sent a Complete History. The Evening Star has made arrange- ments to completely cover the proceedings of the Episcopal convocation which began its s2ssions in this cinty today,and as has al- ways been the case with large gatherings here, the best way for residents and visit- ors to retain a full and complete history of the tmportant church meeting is to secur: copies of The Star covering the period dur- ing which the convocation is in session. These papers will be mailed directly from the office to home addresses for subscribers, and in this way delagates ean keep friends and family at home irttormed day by day of what is going on in the big meeting. The questions coming up béfore’'the convention are of tremendous impertange to the Epis- ecpal Church, and meritbers' of the church 2verywhere are watehing she proceedings with interest. The Stat’ accounts will keep them as well informed ag. if they were here taking part. The Stari will be mailed to any address for the three. w2eks covering the convention from Outobat 4, for thirty- five cents, postage pregaid,”* —_-+—n Was Caught*Bergging. Capitol Policeman Fhplt faa a stranger named George Sidney before the Police Court this afternoon on a ‘charge of va- grancy. He found the off2nder in the Capi- tol grounds begging and placed him under arrest. On the way to the guard room the prisoner assaulted the officer and ran. ¥aste overtook him and finally landed him behind the bars. “I'm a working man-on my way home from Newport Naws,” said the prisoner. “How long have you been.in the city?” “Just arrived.” “We'll keep you for about two weeks,” said the judge, and George went down in default, of payment of his fine. gee Charges Desertion. Suit for divorce was filed this afternoon by Mrs. Mary .Alyina Green against her husband, Ellery Wood Green, whom she charges with desertion and non-support, « bof the THE WOMAN'S AUXILIARY Qrowds of Delegates Arriving for the Tri- ennial Ooaclave. ees Busy Scenes Today at the Head. quarters in St. Parish Ha John's The headquarters of the woman’s auxil- fary to the board of missions, which will commence {ts triennial conclave at Trinity Church tomorrow morning and afterward continue its sessions at National Rifle: armory, are located in St. John's Parish Hall, 16th street north of H. The hall fs tastefully decorat=d with white and purple streamers and foliage plants and presented a busy scene today when the arriving mem- bers crowded in to register their names and address2s and renew old acquaintances and make new ones. The !ocal committee in charge today comprised Mrs. Beverly Carnon, Miss Barton and Miss Saxton, and great as their responsibilites were the acquitted thems2lves amiably and admira bly. The delegates were almost demon- strative in their appreciation of the ar- rangements for their convenience and com- fort. Excelent System of Registration They fonrd a very sensible system for registratioa, which greatly simplifie matter of hunting up one’s friends. A large book cecupying a raised desk near the door was divided into sections devoted to the different states, and delegates New York or North € jotted dowr. their na-ne: spective heads, each delegate giving wh from and the Iccation of her temporary abiling place in Washington. A post of- in operation. ¢ ing Visitor tod s Mrs. Julia C the national pres'dent of the Woman's Avxillary, and otters of prominence were Mrs. Henry Mothet, president of the } York junior Gepartment, aad Mrs. Ckapin ani Miss Florence Taylor. tary and trersurer, respectively, Church Periodical Club. Notes of Interest. There were many inquiries by members of the auxiliary about the tickets for the Ar Interest lunchecn ac National Rifles’ Armory to- y afternoon. It was announced to- t ladies will be at the coors of Trinity Church after the morning session tomorrow who will Cistribute the tickets to )S % them. A special ser be eld Monda‘ evening, October 10, S o'clock, in John’s Church in the interest of the Church Periodical Club. Bishop Taibott of central Pennsy!vania will preside, and addresses will be made by interesting speake: A cordial Invitation is extenaed to all to at- tend. ——---_— ACCUSED OF PERJURY. Foor Citizens of the District Indicted by Grand Jury. The grand jury has indicted Robert D. Ruffin, William G. Woodruff, Robert A. Boyd and George F. Stevens upon charges of perjury, and bench warrants for the ar- of the parties have been issued in each The indictments grow out of a bond court, signed by case of appeal from a justice’! the parties above named, when, it is alleg- ed, they swore falsely as to their property holdings upon being placed under oath by the court and before being accepted as sureties. In the case of William G. Woodruff it is set forth in the indictment that the de- fendant became surety on the bond of one Josephine Roberts, who v -d_ before Charles F. Scott, justice of the peace, by Diller B. Groff, ‘and in whose favor’ the se was determined, Roberts took an ap- peal to the District Court, being required to give what is known as an appeal bond. This was in December, 1806. Woodruff pre- sented himself before Judge Scott offering to become surety for Josephine. When in- terrogated touching his sufficiency as such bondsman, Woodruff, it is charged, swore he was the owner of a tract of land in the District. of Columbia near the reform schocl; that the land was unincumbered and the title was vested in him. The in- dictment charges that he perjured himself, upon the grounds that he did not own any real estate whatever in the District at that time. Robert A. Boyd is charged with becom- ing surety on the same bond and with swearing that he was then the owner of a tract of land in Bladensburg, comprising, according to the survey, fifteen and thirty- five_one- : and that the land was worth not less than $300 an acre, and that he had not becn sued. The indict- ment alleges that Boyd was not in fact the owner of such land, that there were judg- ments-at-law outstanding against him and that he had been sued. George F. Stevens, it is charged, also presented himself as surety for Josephine Roberts, swearing that he owned property, comprising lots numbered and 219 in- clusive, in block 2 of Montello; that there were no deeds of trust on the property, whereas in fact, the indictment alleges, he was not the owner of the property in ques. ticn or any property whatever in the Dis- trict of Columbia. Robert D. Ruffin is charged with swear- ing y regarding the sufficiency of Mr. Stevens. This afternoon Mr. Stevens was admitted to bail in the sum of $500. —__.—__ LUMBERMEN AROUSED. They Oppose Concessions in Daties to Their Canadian Rivals. Senator Pritchard of North Carolina, who is in the city, thinks the republicans will hold their own in the North Carolina con- gressional and state elections. Senator Pritchard 1s very much concerned over the press reports of the progress of the negotiations of the Canadian joint com- mission, which is now sitting in Quebec, considering questions of tariff and trade between Canada and the United States. It is reported that tho Canadians have made a Gemand for tariff concessions by the United States which will admit Canadian lumber to the markets of the United States in competition with the yellow pine of the south and the white pine of the northwest. The attention of lumbermen in all sec- tions has been attracted to the Canadian claims and the American lumbermen are thrown into consternation at the very idea of a treaty which will operate to hand over #nadians the benefits bestowed up- on home industries by the lumber schedule Dingley bill. American commissioners will be ad- state of affairs and will be urged to refus* any concessions upon lum- ber or other features of American industry which will be at variance with the pro tective tariff policy of the republican party. Social Features. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., October 5, 1898. An oyster supper was given last night in the Masonic Halli by the ladies of the Epis- copal Church. One large table in the cen- ter of the hall was tastefully decorated with nowers and ferns and was laden with edibles. The Hyattsville Orchestra fur- nished music for the occasion. The ladies who had charge of the supper, and to whom the credit of an enjoyable evening is due, were Mrs. John E. Latimer, Miss Lulie Ful- ler, Miss Alice Owens, Miss Mangrum and Miss Grace Fuller. An agreeable surprise party was tender- ed Major M V_ Tierney at “Ravenswood,” his home in this village. last evening, the occasion being the celebration of the ma- jgr’s virthday. The cvening was pleasantly spent with cards, after which supper was served. Among those present were Capt. and Mrs. T. S. Post, Capt. and Mrs. Bart- lett, Dr. and Mrs. Maxcey, Mr. and Mrs. George Hildreth, Mr. Hensley and Major and Mrs.. Tierney. > ———-—_ Arival of the Tenth Cevatry. The latest information is that ihe 10th Cavalry, which was expected to reach Washington Friday morning, will not ar- rive until Satuday.- Provisions — which were to have been sent tu Potomac Hall ‘Thursday evening need not be sent until Friday evening or early Saturday morning. i UNA EMR HY Bu | Cash Values--Credit Prices. AAT Ir = —4 — Yesterday Surpasses ceeded any previow but weren't expe TIES “blowing our horn,” we like to ACT, and make the ACT a pleasant surprise to our customers. Such Fine Furniture--Such Handsome Carpets. DONT BE WERE WITH YOU. COM est in the city, and our pric Since our big fire, Saturday's and yesterday s day's record. ting this big rush. and PRICES are the magnets. BACKWARD IN ASKING CR WITH US—IN STRICT CONFIDENCE. Our stock of Ingrain, Tapestry and Body —and our magnificent new stock of Mattings—is the handsom- ’s Business All Others trade ex- We are always kept “on the Our QUALI- not much on We're IT OVER ND TALK IT Brussels Carpets are very, very reasonable. ‘RUD $4 Rattan Rockers, $1.95. Another lot of these splen- eid Ratta Rockers, with large re at. © Worth $4 $1.95 $10 Morris Chairs, $7.50. easy and luxuriocs. Worth $10. 2 $7.50 Our Stove Dept. STOVE Everything in the | eae et F No more comwfortabie Chair in the world to offer your This tx another object les. visitor — than fon In economy for prndent “MO « people. Why pay sus 2 al elsewhere, while ae Galeries! pase A. fine piece of Purnituye outraes 2 | at the most reasunable price We're satisfied with LITT | in the — world. PROFITS and QUICK They're worth $6— © TRADE, at - 5 $3.65 801, 803, DEN, See rad iG | $6 Extension |Table, $2.75. A world beater, ™ Oak RLE—wiil heif a desen pers durable and bance and see them. Worth $6 52.75 Ri Handsome Oak Sideboard, $12. “s_ “$12.00 $6 Oak or Cherry Rockers, $3.65. 805 Hany mL WAR Hit mi Ut AINA A ey UU PORTO RICO’S POSTAL SERVIC TL ort From the Commission Sent to Investigate. A roport received by the Post Office De- partment today frem Chairman Stuart of the postal gommittee sent to investigate the system in Porto Rico furnishes some interesting facts alout the island. At Mayaguez the committee had to employ Thomas €. Vera, a Porto Rican, as tem- porary postmaster, at $60 per month, owing to inexperience of clerks assigned there. The Spanish postmaster there received $1,500 per annum. Porto Rican mom equal to about $750 of ours, and his prin- c‘pal assistant, who also managed the tele- gtaph department, which was an adjunct to the postal system, both being under one central administration, received the same salary. = ee “At offices visited by.us,” the report says, “st has been impossible to obtain accurate mfermation relating to salaries of pos masters and cierks, as well as recetpts and expenditures, from the fact that the Span- ish postma: have ¢ecamped and taken with them all supplies and records. Fur- ther efforts will be made, however, and it is noped a careful examination of, affairs at the capital, when our forces take pos- may result in the discovery of the ary records We have learned that stamp suppl have not been kept on sale at the post office, but have been sold at the custom house to firms and individuals, who re- scount of Re he postmaste! rks also were paid through the custom house. Under the Spanish system letter carriers are paid by the citizens at ene centavo for ea letter delivered, except in the case of large firms and corporations, who pay a specified amount weekly or monthly, approximeting in some instance: as much as $> per month. These carrier are not paid by the government, and where our post offices have been established the system has been temporarily continued on the same terms. In an interview with Lieutenant Colonel Glassford, chief signal officer of Porto Rico, the practicability of having some of the enlisted men of th signal corps on duty at the military tele- graph offices on this island act as post- masters also was discussed. The commit- tee considered this matter and deemed it to he in the interest of the development of the service to utilize these men a8 far as possible, and on the 20th instant Superin- tendent Robinson was authorized to ac- cept details by military authorities of such branch offices where they can perform pos- tal service in connection with their military duties.” es. The —_-.—_—_ ACCUSES HER HUSBAND. Story of Domestic Infelicity Told in Police Court. “It's awful hard to swear against my own husband,” Sarah Monroe told Judge Kimball this morning, when her husband, Walton Monroe, was charged with as- saulting her. “What has he been doing?” asked the court. “Well, judge,” responded Sarah, “we have been married for ten years, and he has been annoying me very much most of the time.” She said her husband had threatened her life a number of times recently, and she is afraid to ve with him. In addition to the threats, she said, he had cut all her clothing so that it was worthless. “I didn’t cut up none of her clothes,” said the husband. “Who did cut them?” “I guess she done cut 'em herself, You see, she goes out with women and gets drunk, and then gets mad because I won't give her more money for whisky.” Not a likely story,” remarked the court. “She may be inclined to cut your garments if she gets angry, but she would hardly destroy her own. In conclusion the judge said he would put Walton where he will not have a chance to “destroy any clothing. He was sentenced to give bond in the sum of #20) or go to jail for sixty days. CONDENSED LOCALS. Walter Bell forfeited $5 collateral in the Police Court today for a violation of the police regulations. Policeman Birkight ar- resied him for climbing a lamp post on P street. Martin Thomas, arrested on Maine ave- rue by Policeman Cornwell, was fined $10, with the alternative of thirty days on the farm, by Judge Scott today, on a charge of vagrancy. «wis Fields and Martha Jackson, eglored, charged wita adultery, were tried in Crim! nal Court No. 2 today, Justice Bradley pre- sicirg, and were acquitted. Catherine Sanders, colored, aged fifty-five years, living in the rear of the blacksmith shop corner of ‘Rhode Island avenue and 14th street northwest, was: foimMd sick ai the corner of Rhode Islend avenue and 8th ‘street, at 11:15 o'clock this and was sent to Freedmen’s Hospital, = ———— — INJUNCTI SOUGHT, Pretest Entercd in Court Against a Market House. earing Was begun this afternoon bi e Hagner in Equity Court No. ase of Nathaniel Tyler, Jr., against John F. Waggaman and Charles Banes, in which an injunctton is sought to prevent the defendants from using the old riding school at 22d and P streets northwest as a |. market house, and as such it was recently opened. The answer of the defendants was filed yesterday afternoon, in which they defend their right to use the property as they have. It is claimed by the complainant that sec- tion 170 of the building regulations of the District provide that no market house shall be erected without the consent of property owners, and that this © hot obtained by thi End market. The defendants, on the other hand, de- clare that the market house was now “erect- but that the building already standing simply verted” into a market. P case depends upon the interpretation placed on the regulation by the court. Se D BLACK UNITE. Charles Jorgenson Takes Unto Him- self a Dasky Bride. Magistrate E. M. Hewlett's office on B street near the Police Court was the scene of a marriage ceremony this afternoon. Tha tracting parties were Charles Jorgenson, a well-dressed young white man, and Rose Spencer, whose complexion could not be {much blacker than it is. Jorgensen, a na- tive of Denmark, is a cooper by trade and | is employed in Baltimore. The young wo- ran, who is a native of Cumberland, has been living in Baltimore, where she met the young man. Jorgenson and his pros- pective bride came over from Baltimore on an afternoon train, and being of the lawful ge the former experienced no trouble in iting a license. | Then the couple went to the magistrate’s office, where they answered the necessary questions. H: gave his age us twenty- eight years. “And the lady's age?” asked the clerk. “Well, I gave her age as twenty-five years,” he answered, “But 1 won't be twenty-five until my next birthday,” the woman added. A form for’ the celebration of marriage was read by the magistrate, In which ref- erence to the Scriptures was frequently mad. ‘The readiag concluded: “Which, if strictly and cheerfully obeyed, will continue to give freshness and vigor to your joys whe youth and beauty shall have passed away. When the ceremony was concluded and the two hearts beat @s one, the magistrate given a fee, and the couple left for home in Baltimore. —— SUIT TQ RECOVER. fore . in WH rer ga Henry P. Cheatham Defendant in Equity Suit. Harriet V. A aighead this afternoon entered suit against Henry P. Cheatham to recover the sum of $772, which she al- leges is due her on a note. It is charged in the dec that the defendant Cheatham Moy 1893, by his promissory note, now overdue, promised to pay to the order of James H. Meriwether the sum of $1.250, with interest at the rate of 8 per h cent until paid, and the payee indorsed the note to James The Craighead, now 4 executors of Craighead’s estate ed the note to the plaintiff, who t $772 yet remains due on the same. pecermgererteasan Postal Receipts In Porto Rico. Postal Agent Whitney at Mayaguez, Por- to Rico, in a report to Mr. Perry 8. Heath, the acting postmaster general, states that for four consecutive days of his adminis- tration the postal receipts averaged $2,000, and September 23 reached $4,000. This ex- celient showing has induced the department increase the clerical force at that place, nd arrangenients are now being made to equip the office. Agent Whitney says few Americans are in Mayaguez, anj that when any arrive they are royally greeted by the people. He was received by the dig- nitaries of the city and given an ovation. — Charge Dismissed. John T. Kehoe, the stranger who was ar- rested a week ago because Francis Duncan alleged that he had robbed him in a rail- rcad yard at Trenton, N. J., was called be- fers the Police Court this afternoon. The New Jersey authorities knew nothing of the case, and a letter received from a Bal+ timore firm showed that he was in Balti- ore at the time of the allegsd “hold-up” at Trenton. Because of this showing Jui Scott exonerated Kehoe and Gismissed he clarge of suspicion against him. —— John J. Foster has been admitted to prac. tice before the Court of Appeals of thc District of Columbia. 3