The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 5, 1895, Page 1

" VOLUME LXXVIIL—N 0. 1273, , OCTOBER 35, 1895 PRICE FIVE CENTS. MONEY FOR MISSIONS That Was the Theme at the Great Episcopal Convention. PLEAS FROM ALL LANDS. Bishops From Abroad Told of the Manner in Which They Are Hampered. LARGER FUNDS NECESSARY. Division to Be Made of the California See by New Diocese at Los Angeles. MINNEAPOLIS, M1yx., Oct. 4.—*“Money ns’’ was t all-day theme of the the Episcopal Convention, accordance with the consti- as the General Board of Missions. From Darkest Africa and the Flowery Kingdom, from the colored juris- tions of the South, from Territories as v settled, from the happy s of the Indian and from | ross the Texas border, the | sers of the church came together to tell t had been done, of the unding them, and the need es without stint and ministerial s without numbor, to the end that both abroad and at home ished forward in the name of s 0 n narrations were pathetic, s were pleading, but the majority h eriticism of the ure of the church to adequately hold up of its representatives in other meetings dr an audience owed the church and the e crowded with women from ihe country identified with the man’s National Auxiliary. the action of the House of sterday Dr. Daniel Roberts of itted a resolution thank- nd Legislature of Texas in preventing the Corbett- 1ons mill. Itread as follows: lleries w t this' house record its cordial high appre o ed trust with which lature of the State of 1 powers of govern- m for the suppression of g it & crime before the before the moral sense of ian community. | Objections to immediate consideration were_made by Lay Delegates J. 8. Biddle was not satisfactory to onvention, and when ex- of New Mexico moved v be taken from the cal- ideration more ds voted in the ¥ of the ¢ y the earnest dec! Jiddle that he did not know what 1 done by the Texas Governor and 1 had not the remotest idea t was intended by the resolution, Frank Page of Texas under- ighten him by briefly narrating minaries for the mill had 1or Culberson interferea, 1g executive for pre- good order in his | ration of Dele- Delegate F again objected that it was an i subject for such a body to consider and opened the door to departures from est hed prece- It was explained by Dr. Roberts dent that the resolution was submitted in be- | halt of the entire delegation from New | Hampshire without consultation with the | bretbren from Texas, and being put to a | » it was carried by an overwheln v, only 20 vocal ‘“noes” being | the adoption of the resclution two voluminous printed reports on foreign and | domestic missions were presented in be- | half of the board of managers. Itshowed | that the gross receipts of the board for the vear were, including the balance of last | rand & personal loan of $65,000 from George Bliss, $784.829, and the disburse- ments $716,278, leaving a balance of $03,551 on hand on September 1. The loan from Mr. Bliss had been re- turned. Comment was made upon the fact that in not a few instances the Lenten offerings of the children, which for tie fiscal year aggregated $67,000, had taken the piace of the gifts of the congregation: for missions, and it was suggested that it would be unworthy of any parish to per- mit the youth to usurp its privileges and discharge its duties in thisregard. The report of the Women’s Auxiliary showed that it had collected $167,643 for the fiscal vear, of which $90,833 had been disbursed ithout coming into the central treasury. he report was referred to committees, and then the missionary Bishops were pre- sented in regular order. Bishop Ferguson of Africa, a distinguished-looking colored man, protested against the disposition of the people to put the lives sacrificed and the money contributed on one side of the scale and the number of converts on the other, and declared that the African work was but an experiment, and unsatisfactory at that. The sole question was whether the church had done its duty in regard to the foreign missions. Had it fully equipped the African Bishops for that work? It had not. 1op Graves of China was next pre- ed. His diocese, he says, has a population of 60,000,000 souls, ministered to by one Bishop and six laymen, while the Church of England had six dioceses in the same territory. They wanted more money. The missionary Bishops had something else to do besides going bLere and theré among the church and among its women and asking for funds. He was cut off politically from . the church in this country, and when he crossed the ocean he knew not at whose door to knock or whose influence to seek. Bishop McKim of Japan said that in his diocese, with a population of 16,000,000, there were three dioceses of the Church of England, and he had united with them in forming the Holy Church of Christ in Japan. They were now carry- Bi |of th ing the word to a hostile people. Up to 4 year ago a man who became a Christian became a foreigner. But the war had taught the Japanese a lesson, for there were hundreds of Christians in the front of the battle, and the way they fought was known all over the country. It was Now recognized that a man was no less a Japanese because he had become a Christian. The work of the colored commissioners was presented by Bishop Nelson of Georgia. He said that his diocese was 90 per cent missionary, and yet the total moneys received last year for the building up of this jurisdiction only averaged 74 cents a head for the people reached. The Episcopal church was the only one mak- ing any advance in the moral condition of the people of the South. Bishop Brooke of Oklahoma spoke briefly for the Indians in New Mexico and Arizona. Bishop Rudolson of Central Pennsylvania, speaking for Alaska, said that it was about to become the most val- uable of Uncle Sam’s possessions, yet the people were dark and benighted and needed the sympathy of the church. The country needed an assistant Bishop and he trusted that they would be given one. Tne Bishop of Olympia, speaking on the same subject, said that the money of the church was spent on the edge of Alaska and nore where there was life. Sitka, the capital and the harbor of the United States warships, had nothing but an In- dian minister. The Bishop of Pennsyl- vania, who was presiding, remarked that he would opvose the election of a mission- ary Bishop for Alaska. He held, he said, an opposite view to the previous speakers, vho were evidently laboring under a mis- apprehension. Bishop Whittaker wanted to state his views then and there, but the regular or- der was insisted upon. Reports on the mission-fields of Mexico and Brazil were made by Bishop McLaren, Dr. Forrester of Mexico City and others, the fact being mentioned that in Rio de Janeiro copies of the Holy Scripture cost from $15 to $20 each. In speaking of the work of the church ons in this country Bishop White of Indiana said that in his diocese, with a population of 3,000,000, only one out of every 500 was a churchman. Other bodies hich called themselves Christians, and doubtless were, had colleges and univer- sities, while even the churches of the Epis- copalians were little, inferior affairs. It was a fact that in a territory five times as large as the diocese of Connecticut there was not a single Episcopal altar. The order of the day was suspended at this point, and in an eloquent address Bishep Dudley of Kansas submitted this resolution : Resolved, That upon the first assembling of the board of missions since the recent massacre of Armenian Christians, this board would place on record its sense of horror at the atro- cities which have been perpetrated upon the Armenians. and its sympathy with all those that have suffered for the truth’s sake. Support was given to the motion by Dr. Greer of New York city, who has done considerable missionary work among the Armenian colony, and it was adopted by arising vote. Similar action was taken on a resolution supporting the appeals | which have been made to the Christian nations to exercise their full power for the protection of the Armenians and to secure redress for those that have suffered. Still another resolution submitted by the Bishop of Albany, deploring the Chinese massacres, and sending prayerful sym- pathy to those affected, and calling upon the United States Government to exercise its strong arm of protection over the citi- zens of this country residing in unhappy China, and to secure them their treaty rights, was unanimously adopted. At the instance of Assistant Bishop Gil- bert the meeting adopted a resolution call- ing upon the United States Government to immediately investigate the attack upon the Snake River Indians in Idaho last summer and to mete out punishment to the offenders, and the board placed on record an expression of its deliberate judg- ment that neither difficuities nor opposi- tion should deter the church in the devel- opment of its missionary work, but that it would press forward with the gospel of peace and good will. ‘When the hour for adjournment arrived a number of Bishops and laity made strong appeals that the session to-morrow be dis- pensed with in order that both houses might attend the morning missionary eeling, and at which ex-Secretary of ate Foster is to speak on the condition ings in China. Dr. Morgan Dix, as chairman of the deputies, announced, however, that he proposed to call the body together at the regular hour and to pro- ceed with the order of the day. The Bishops and de puties who have been working with the local committee in the interest of ihe proposed meeting again ap- vealed for an adjournment until Mon- day, but on @& vote being taken they were in a decided minority. When the lower house is called to order in the morn- ing a motion to adjourn to the missionary meeting will again be made. The matter is being generally discussed among the delegates, and there is a strong tendency that courtesy demands this action. The committee on new dioceses to-night agreed on a report recommending the di- vision of the see of California and the es- tablishment of the diocese of Los An- geles. With the concurrence of the House of Bishops and Deputies, and this may be regarded as having been se- cured in advance, the Episcopal General Convention will make a gift to California of a new see. This afternoon the commit- tee on new dioceses unanimously decided upon a favorable report, and this may be preserted to the lower house to-morrow. The prompt action of the committec was due to the fact that through the alertness of Rev. Dr. Trew the California petition was the first to be presented and conse- quently headed the roll. Dr.Trew, who has presenied a strong argument, said to- night: “The division will show the strength of the new diocese and of the old respectively. New diocese—Seven coun- ties, 400,000 population, thirteen parishes, twenty-iine organized missions, thirty-six clergy, 3600 communicants, $63,785 contri- butions. Old diocese —Twenty-three coun- ties, 850,000 population, twenty-nine par- ishes, thirty-one organized missions, seventy-seven clesgy, 6995 communicants, $144,640 contributions. In 1889 there were within the proposed new diocese eleven parishes and twenty missions (total, thirty-one), twenty-seven clergy and 2462 communicants. There are now thirteen parishes, thirty-three missions (total, forty-six), thirty-four clergy and 3600 communicants, 3 “The city of Los Angeles will be the see [Continued on Third Page.] N\ A \ | A — 3 e WHEN THE BARREL GETS LOW THE KNIFE DROPS. It’s fun for the Wall-street syndicate (16 per cent profit for keeping the barrel filled) but death to trade.—Judge. | USE FOR THE MOGULS Construction Trains to Aid Valley Road Builders. RAPID PROGRESS MADE. Stockton to Commence Next Week. DAWN OF A BRIGHT NEW ERA, Soon Tralns Wil Be Running to Points First Reached by the Graders. STOCKTON, CaL., Oct. 4.—The prepara- | tions for the beginning of construction work on the Valley railroad outside the city limits are being pushed with all the speed possible, work the switches in the material-yards Laying of Rails Outside of| In order to facilitate the | | been selected as the engine to move the | cars and Henry Vogelsang wiil be the en- | gineer. Mr. Vogelsang can be seen any.day pol- ishing and decorating the big engine at its lumber-yards. The engineer seems to have taken a great fancy to the locomo- tive, and guards it as carefully as though it were some animate bheing. o) More cars from the Hammond Works are expected daily, and if it is found that one construction train cannot do the work asecond one will be put on. Grant Brothers and the sub-contractors are pushing on toward the Stanislaus | River at such a rate that it is hard to keep track of them. The seventeen miles of grade winding its way from the city limits speaks more plainly than any pen descrip- tion of the progress of the Valley road. A local paper says in rezard to the first con- struction train: “The making up of this construction train gives the enterprise much more of a could do. We will soon see it going out in the morning with its load of men and material and coming back at nizht with | the tired men, until presently -work has progressed so far from Stockton that a. division headquarters must be started down the road, and then will commence the running of a local passenger train to accommodate the num- erous inhabitants of the several new towns | that have been started along the line who munication with &tockton. ! this work is being carried on, a year from | place on a switch in the rear of Buell’s | business appearance than anything else | WENT TO KU CHENG, Dangers of the Journey of the Commission of Inquiry. picked men from the Foo Chow garrison under command of Colonel Chu. “The commission went in two house- boats, flying the American and English flags. The boats, which were towed by steam launches, were nearly wrecked by coming into contact with the piers of the bridge above Foo Chow. The Mandarin at Tuchu ordered a halt for the night at the customs station. The feeling of confi- dence in the soldiers on the part of Euro- peans was so slight that while lying at anchor they objected to having the soldiers’ boats moored with them. The soldiers were also refused permission to go ashore, as it was uncertain what depreda- tions they might commit. The party re- sumed their journey on August 13 and ar- rived at Suey Kow, the end of their jour- ney, by river, on Augnst 15. At this point began their land journey to Ku Cheng. “During their night halt at Suey Kow Colonel Chu begged the commission to moor alongside the junks occupied by the soldiers, bur the commission was sus- picious of the soldiers and refused. Ac- cordingly a guard of four men were sent to each boat to protect it during the night. The party filed off in the morning on their journey to Ku Cheng. It consisted of four mandarins in state chairs and eight Eng- lishand Americans, alse in chairs, guarded by stalwart soldiers, every one of whom was over six feet in height and armed with breech-loading rifles. During the march the heat became so great that the soldiers were obliged to give up and let the English and Americans walk nearly half the way in order to relieve the chair-bearers. ““As the commission neared Ku Cheng bands of Christians, catechists and school- boys came out to meet the procession, saluting them with ‘‘Peace to you.” About 200 of these people fell in and marched behind the commission. “When the city was reached the people crowded in masses, their silence broken only by whispers. On the following day the great Mandarin in charge of the in- quiry arsived. This dignitarian was not inclined to admit the English and Ameri- cans to the proceedings of the inquiry. The American Consul insisted upon the admission of the English and Americans, saying he did not care how great a person the Manderin might be, he would arouse the powers to action in the matter unless they were admitted to the inquiry. He gave the Mandarin four hours in which to make up his mind and all the day was passed in discussion with the bowing and arguing Mandarins. “The debates were finally ended by Consul Hixson sending the Rev. Mr. Star with dispatches to Foo Chow. Upon his arrival there Mr. Star boarded the United States warship Detroit, where he was told by Captain Newell, the commander of that vessel, that his Government had appointed him by cablegram a member of the Ku Cheng commission, and this in the face of the fact that no English officer was ap- pointed on the commission. The local newspapers are very sore on this point and say that if the United States can send two officers as members ot the commission Great Britain might certainly do as well.” The letter is very discursive and breaks off abruptly. It mentions among the vegetarians caught by the authorities but few head mien. The lawyers are dis- tinguisheéd by their nails, which are longer GUARDS NOT TRUSTED. Boat of Soldiers Kept at a Distance From Foreign Representatives. IMPUDENT MONGOL MARDARIN. At First He Refused to Recognize the Investigators, but He Was Called to Time. LONDON, Exe., Oct. 4.—The Pall. Mall Gazette publishes a letter received throueh the mails from a correspondent in Ku are now anxious to have railway com-| Cheng, and bearing no date, in which oc- At the rate | curs the following: It seems strange that the only Western (Sketched for “The Call.”’] THE MONSIER ENGINES ON THu SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY RAILROAD. are being placed in working order to the end that the ties and rails may be loaded directly on the cars and not have to be handled several times. There are many little details in railroad construction work the importance of which can only be appreciated by railroad men, and Superintendent of Constrdction Wil- bur says they take almost as much time as the work on the line. & It is thought now that the first trainlead of material will start for the country about Thursday next. The Ciaus Spreckels has | now will show such a remarkable change in the aspect of this county that we wi hardly know ourselves.”’ UI The Valley railroad directors will meet | with a rousing reception on their visit next Monday. A meeting of citizens will be held to-morrow evening to make ar- rangements. After the inspection of the railroad work a banquet will probably be given. Death of a Botanist. BERLIN, GermMA¥Y, - Oct. 4.—Professor Henry ‘Maurice Willkomm, the distin- guished Germany botanist, is dead. fighting man sent to Ku Cheng with the commission of inquiry shoula be Lieuten- ant Evans of the United States warship Detroit, although the English boats Linnet and Rainbow were lying at Foo Chow. British Consul Mansfeld, accompanied by Mr. Allen and United States Consul Hix- son,” the Rev. Messrs. Banister 'and Star and Dr. Gregory, went with Lieutenant Evans. The purpose of this party was to go into the disturbed district with a high Chinese official, Chut' Seng Ping, accompanied by a hundred than they are allowed to grow by men of inferior rank. One of the prisoners taken had his throat cut. The wound was sewed up by Dr. Gregory. S TRICKERY OF CHINESE. Dr. Mackay Tells of Formosa and the Riots in the Mainland. VICTORIA, B. C., Oct. 4.—Dr. G. L. Mackay, whose missionary work in For- mosa has made him known throughout the world, is here after an absence of two years. He is a Canadian, a native of Ford County, Ontario. When he went to For- mosa in 1872 he was the first missionary in that field. “The whole trouble in Formosa might have been avoided,”’ says Dr. Mackay, “had the Japanese pursued a different course when they took possession of the island. The indifference and contempt shown by Japanese troops to all things Chinese was taken advantage of by Chi- nese literary men, who wrote and circu- lated slanders against the conquerors, and so aroused in the minds of the inbabitants a feeling that great injustice and indignity would be heaped upon them. *‘Had the Japanese at once issued, as they since have, proclamations that inhabitants woula not be interfered with in their occupations and that no taxes would be imposed for the year all would have been well. Instead they assumed an arrogant attitnde and soldiers went about carelessly in parties of ten and twelve, which were often attacked and destroyed by the Hakais, a warlike tribe occupying the country between Chinese settlements on the coast and savages in the mountains. “These Hakais, erroneously supposed by many to be aborigines of Formosa, origin- ally came from China and their name, Hakais, means strangers, They are high- spirited, hardy and finely developed mountaineers, well armed, as on the out- break of war between China and Japan modern firearms were brought in from outside places.’”” Mr. Mackay says that to a certain extent they might be compared to the High- landers of Scotland. These people en- rolled under the Black Flags to make Formosa independent. “I venture to say,” remarked Dr. Mackay, “that had the Japanese acted as Great Britain would have done under like cir- cumstances Formosa could have been occupied practically without firing a shot. The war in Formosa has done great harm to missiona:y work. Native Christians have necessarily suffered heavily. “Refusing to take arms with the Black Flags, they, incurred the enmity of the Hakais, while on the other hand it was hard for the Japanese to distinguish be- tween them and the hostile element. There is only 01e missionary in Formosa at present. He is at the treaty port, for with hostilities going on no one’s life is safe away from the coast.” Respecting the massacre of missionaries on the mainland of China, Dr. Mackay says it is altogether wrong to suppose, as many do, that it is enmity against the missionaries and missionary work that has actuated the Chinese. It is simply a breaking out of the hostility felt against all foreigners. That missionaries were the men who suffered was because they were on the spot unprotected and easily reacbed by the Chinese. The Chinese official system he describes assimply a mass of corruption, but it is wonderful how the worst of them can write like angels and send the most moral, beautifully worded dispatches in explana- tion. They are the greatest expertsin the world in quibbling and Prepnring dis- atches. Gladstone himself was no match or the eloquence of a Chinese official. RUSHED INTO AMBUSH Slaughter of the Troops at San Salvador by Rebels. WAR UPON GUTIERREZ. Roving Bands United and Defeated the Forces Sent Against Them. NO QUARTER WAS ACCORDED. Wounded Soldiers Bayoneted to Death by the Merclless Men of the Insurrection. SAN FSALVADOR, Oct. 4.—For the last two weeks small bands, which the Government claimed were bandits, have been prowling near Chaltenango, threat- ening to attack that town, which is gar- risoned by only sixty soldiers. Two hun- dred additional soldiers were ordered there. The bandits, hearing of the arrival, pre- pared an ambush seven miles off. When the soldiers arrived they were attacked by the bandits. At the first volley thirty soldiers were killed. The rest commenced to retreat, pursued by the bandits, who killed many. Soldiers wounded on the ground were bayoneted. Over fifty soldiers joined the enemy. The garrison at Chaltenango, hearing the firing, went to the rescue of their com- rades, but the rioters prepared an ambush for them, into which they were easily led and from which it is believed only ten es- caped. The rioters claim that their loss was insignificant. The Government claims that the assail- ants were only bandits and small in num- bers, while others claim that this force combined five small revolutionary bands, who united. They recognize no leader, and are only opposed to the Gutierrez regime, AT GENERAL ALFARO WON. Sharp Battle in wador Between the Rival Forces. NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 4.—Advices were received to-day by Ecuador’s Vice- Consul in this city, Luiz Delgado, of a bat- tle, fought September 12 at Ibarra, between adherents of the former administration, commanded by Colonel Ribandenira, and a force, urider Colonel Arrelano, of the fol- lowers of General Alfaro. After two hours’ figchting the forces of Ribandenira were routed. Itis believed that there will be no further trouble, as the majority of the people are satisfied with Alfaro. On October 9 General Alfaro will go to Guayaquil and cail a convention to choose a President. BICHELOR BALL'S HES, Lucky Residents of Ohio Who Will Inherit a Snug Fortune. The Millionaire of California Died Without Disposing of His Property. CLEVELAND, Omro, Oct. 4.—Calvin Ball of Canton, Ohio, sixty miles south of this city, was the recipient a day or two ago of a letter written from Northern California by a man who advised him that he was his cousin, several times removed, and one of the descendants of Ephraim Ball in Onio, who were the heirs to a half interest in the property of California millionaire named Ball, who died in Cali- fornia a bachelor and without a will. Mrs. Homer McDaniels of Cleveland, who is one of the family, was in Canton when the letter was received, but was just starting for her home in this city. She brought the news here, but was not well sted on California names and addresses, owever, there were three brothers named Ball, who lived in Maryland.in the latter part of the last century, having arrived there from England. One of these brothers later went to California, another was wholly lost sight of, and the third, Ephraim, moved to Stark County, Ohio. He died in 1865, aged 97. His son, also named Ephraim, was of the firm of Bell, Aultman & Co., manufacturers of agricul- tural implements, and a distinguished in- ventor. He is dead and his daughters are Mrs. J. G. Geiger and Mrs. W. L. Laffer, of this city, and Mrs. C. D. Cobaugh of Canton. The last named is Mrs. McDaniels’ mother. These daughters and their childrenare the heirs. The writer of the letter said he was the descendant of the third brother, who had been altogether lost sight of, and that he had located the Californian and found he had died a bachelor, rich, and without a will. The letter asked for a family tree of the Ohio people, which will be furnishea. —_—— Death of Romero Rubio. CITY OF MEXICO, Mexico, Oct. 4.— Manuel Romero Rnbio, Secretary of the Interior and father-in-law of President Diaz, died this morning at 8 o’clock from blood-poisoning. For additional Pacific Coast news see Pages 3, §and 5. SMOKE LaBelle Greole CIGARS, 3 for 28¢--10¢ Straight--2 for 23¢ ASK DEALERS FOR THEM. 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