The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 15, 1902, Page 2

FRANCIECO CALL WILLIAM McKIN al of Citizensbip LEY'S LIFE SUPPLIES TEXT 'FOR MANY SERMONS EW-YORK, Sepnt. 14— The first anniversary of the death. of Presi- c¢ent McKinley was ps-| pecially observed to- day in‘a large number of the churchés of this city, while it whs re- ferred to by the pastors of almost all” of ~the others. . Rev. Charles L. Thompson p:\'eached in‘ the Fifth avenue Presbyterian This is the church which President Me- Kinley attended when his visits to this city included Sunda$ Ir this church, as in all the others, the hymns, “Lead, Kind- ly Light, “N My God, to Thee,” were included in the musical pro- gramme. The services were laudatory of the public acts and private character of the dead executive. In the Chu of Christ (Christian Scien- tist), gramme of reading & spect. and Governor Oticll's proclamation calling for the ob- servance of the day was read. Dr. Francis Edward Marstel, one of Mr. McKinley's personal friends while vastor of a Colum- bus (Ohio) Presbyterian Church,.and now pastor-elect of the Bethany Presbyterian Church of this city, related many personal reminiscences of the President. Fifteen theusand persons gathered around the band stand at the Mall in-Cen- tral Park in the afternoon to listen to a memorial concert by a régimental band. ; Brooklyn and ali the suburbs of this Church. after the BUFFALO, —The anniversary of the deats of Wiiiam McKinley was | rved in this ci Pastors generally - obse! the ch relics pald tniku the b iate Presideat and tie sang “'Nearer, My God, to aniK.aeyl N SHRDLULU , Kindly Light,” seem- ceial significance and fer- id in the m was v coffvention hall. The crowded and hundred: urncd away. The interior of the s Gecorated with the national col- ge oll painting of the dead festooncd in flags faced the Over the portrait was a ban- d with on May his deathbed—"I r Knight presided. WEST GIVES VOICE TO ITS SHARE IN N-TION’S SORROW t is God's way MAHA. Nebr.. Sept. 14—McKinley Memorial day = was generally ob- served by the churches and otker re- ious organizations in this city. Procla- mations had been issued by the Governor and by Mayor Moores requesting the people to commemo- rate the day with suitable observ- ances, and the request was generaily ad- hered to. At 2:15 this morning, “‘Lead, Kindly Light” rang out from the chimes | of Trimity Cathedral, and special services . were held. in .the Catholic churches. With few exceptions the clergy | of city made references to the life | and death of the late President, and. El- 'oy’s Itulian band, which is giving a musical festival, rendered an especially prepar:d programme this afternoon and evenirg. EANSAS CITY, Sept._ld.—Services were held in all of the leading churches Kansas City to-day_commemorating the first anniversary of President McKinley Geath. The favorite hymns of the m tyred President. “Lead, Kindly Light” and “Nearer, My God, to Thee,” formed | Many | up MeKinl £ American citizenship, and | America tl vices were well attended | and McKiniey's favorite flower, the pink carnation, was much in evidence. | HELENA, Mont., Sept. 14.—McKinley Memorial day was observed in a majority of the Helena churches to-day. At~ the Methodist, Presbyte: and . Congrega- tional churches there were special memo- xial services, aad at each of the churches instead of sermons the ministers delivered memo:ial addre: All of the services were largely atten . SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 14.— While a number of Salt Lake pastors re- fered in the course of their sermons to the first anniversary of the death of | President McKinley. but one special me- morial service was held, Rev. I. H. Koe- pel of !h“‘lll” M. E. Church speaking on Lesons From the Life McKinle; an fternoon a public meeting | the words uttered by ! in | hould emulate. | g £tates Senator Moses E. Clapp delivered an oration eulogizing the late chief mag- \istrate. Especial musical .programmes | were a feature, while many of the wor- shipers wore pink: carnations in’mempry of the martyred President. | GUTHRIE, Okla., Sept. 14.—Throughout | | Oklahoma the anniversary of the.death | of President McKinley was generally ob- | served by services in churehes. -In Guth- | rie Governor Ferguson and other ‘prom- inent men addressed a large audience in the Methodist Church. a4 SO, |BISHCP FALLOW. | FINDS A LESSON | IN THE TRAGEDY | HICAGO, Sept. 14.—Chicago paid an impressive tribute to the memory of William- McKinley. From city plat- forms and pulpits men of all nationalities |and all creeds lauded the life and deeds of the martyred Prcsident. Musical ser- vices arranged especially for the occasior | added in a great degree to the impression ‘made by prayer and oratory. The main nieeting was held in the afternoon-in the | Pirst Methodist Church, where the prin- cipal speaker was Bishop Faliows, who | s8id in part: The anarchy which knows no. govern-, ment and destroys rather than uplifts was responigible for the death of McKinley & Year ago. We also have anarchism of | ‘Wealth, which is used not for the welfare |* *of menkind, but for. its injury and op- pressicn. The way to suppress anarchy is 1o keep in mind the sentiments of sl - dent McKinley and practice reciprocity at home first and then abroad. Let there be reciprocity between capital and labor and a recognition of mutual rights. ~Let rights be given to employes as American citizens. ‘What a spectacle made when‘in a con- fliet between c: | ““There is noth | tion is akin to lawlessness. out President, McKinley” tian reciprocity, however, If- we ‘carry idea of Chri all will be well Among the other speakers were Dr. Jo. |seph A. Milburn, a brother of John C. Milburn of Buffalo. in whose house Presi- dent McKinley died MILWAUKEE, Sept. 14.—The anniver- | sary of President McKinley's death was generally observed with special services in the Milwaukee church The most claborate commemorzation of the day was in the English Lutheran Church of the Ascension. where 150 children took part and the choir sang the funeral anthem. | Prior to the service the church bell tolled | once for each year of the late President's life. | PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 14.—The anni- versary of the death of President McKin- was observed to-day with special ser- vi of all denominations in this city and State. Many clergymen took for their text the life and death of the late President. “Nearer, My God, to Thee” and “Lead. Kindly -Light,” were rincipal hymns sung. Sept. 14.—Little departure from customary services was made in New England churches to-day. While there was no general observance of the McKinley anniversary, a majority of the pastors referred feelingly to the event ths day recalled. % SOUTHERN CITIES GIVE EXPRESSION TO THEIR SORROW T. LOUIS, Sept. ii—In this city and elsewhere throughout the South, Mc- Kinley Memorial day was gemerally observed. Clergymen took A for their themes the life work of the martyred President and referred feelingly to the na- tion’s loss when the assassin’s bullet cut short his career.- Many public men took life | part in the services in numerous Southern | churches, adding words of eulogy to the of the pastors. it was a-‘*solid that voiced a grief whose in. tensity sectional or political differences could not lessen. | McKINLEY’S WORTH | IS EXTOLLED IN THE COAST CHURCHES S 44 ACRAMENTO, Sept. 14.—A special concert was given at the pavillion of the State Agricultural Society. to- night as a-memorial to the late President McKinley. Bennett's Band presented a a memorial to the-late President MeKin- ley. Bennett's Band presented a pro® Caveer of the fMartyr the e ' Nation Praise- the Dead. Continued. From Page.1, Column 7. text a selection from ristol, took for his jE The memory of tha Proverbs reading, just is blessed.” follows: ! william McKinley, like Géorge Washing- ' ton.and Abraham Lincoin, grows in our es- teem, our patriotic affection and our na- tiodal pride.. Intellectually and morally, !.in genius and in character, he was worthy 6t fhe\honor_we paid him_ in-his.life and of the reverence with which we cherish his ! ‘memory, since, is death. At the church where.President Roose- morial services and culogized the dead | President. % AL | @ vttt e @ and brought out.an immense attendance. | "Tos ANGELES, Sept. 14—In 'many | churches in this city to-day.the ministers | took occasion to refer:to the annivérsary | of the tragic death of President McKin- | ley apd to eulogize his life and character, | In s®me instances the services partook of | 2 memorial character, and feeling refer- ences were made to the late President. | PORTLAND, 'Ore., Sept. 14—While | there was no general observance of Mc- | Kinley memorial day in_this. city, many | of the church pastors alluded to the an- niversary in their sermo and _paid \ ‘llrlbu(e to the memory of the late Presi- | dent. \ SEATTLE, Sept. 14.—Services appropri- ate to the anniversary of ‘the death of | President McKinley were held throughout | the city to-day. A number of the ministers preached spécial’: memorial . Sermons. Those whose discourées were on : other subjects referred to the occurrence of the day one year ago, and its meaning to the | nation. A, Sept. 14.—Nearly all the pas. ‘acoma churches paid tribute 1o- | day to the memory of the late President. At the First Baptist Church special mem- orlal services were held. ! CLERGY OF EUROPE SPEAKS FEELINGLY OF AMERICA’S LOSS | ONDON, Sept. 14.—In many of the churches of London and elsewhere throughout the United Kingdom the pastors spoke feelingly to-day of the life and death of the late President. Mc- Kinley, recalling the fact that this was the anniversary of his passing. In con- tinental cities mention of the late Amer- jcan executive was made from many pul- its. Wherever Americans are sufficient- y numerous to congregate in_colonies, the anniversary of McKinley's death was observed with special services. Brit- ain’s loss in the death of Queen Vie- toria was coupled with that of the United States in the death of Willlam MeKin- ley in the sermons of English clergy- men. McKINLEY SAFELY ENSHRINED IN THE HEARTS OF PEOPLE : i a laurel wreath. The pastor, Rev. Frank | He conciuded in part as | vélt worships the pastor conducted'me- | Great Men of tbe‘ SPEAKERS WHO EXTOLLED THE VIRTUES OF THE DEAD PRESIDENT. 3 eran Church. was paid to the statesman b; Fuendling. e An . eloquent tribute memory of the dead thei pastor, = Rev. Julius e pregched from the text: “A sword shall ple‘::ze througil thine own soul:-also, that, the thought ‘of “hearers may he revealed. All flesh is as grass and all the godliness thereof as the flower of the fleld. The grass wither- eth. the flower fadeth.” A year ago we could hardly believe that the word had been fulfilied in- its deepest and most sincere sense. The tidings of defeated science of the failure of so much love, and of so many pravers, seemed to be incredible. Yet the voice was heard, a wail of sorrow from all lands, for the beauty of Israel was slain upon the high places. Had McKinley been a despot, a tyrant, an oppressor, an insane frenzy to rid the world of him might have sought excuse; but our late Presi- dent was the people's friend. ' Himself a son of toil, his sympathles were with the people. No one who has seen the match- less grace and perfect ease with which he greeted such, can ever doubt that his heart Was In his open hand. That his life should be sacrificed at such a time—just when there was abundant peace, when all the Americas were rejoicing, together—is_one of the mysteries of Providence. Like many others it must be left for revelations to_exolain. Our President was safely énshrined in the affections of a united people. It was not at him that the fatal shot was fired, but at the very life of the republic. It was blood poured upon the altar of human lib- erty. A sword was pierced through our of > nation’s soul. ; ST. PAUL, Sept. 14.—All the churches | PrO8Tamme of sacred music in which ap- MPRESSIVE services in ohserv- ‘What thought of himself was revealed held special memorial services to-day for | Peared severa: of the favorite.composi- ance of the - anniversary of Pres- in his own death? ‘“‘God’s will, not ours, the late President i In’ the | tions of the late President. The concert| . ident McKinley were held at St.| Db 00" he murmured, as his face lighted nton-avenue Methodist Church, United | was arranged by the Agricultural Soclety, | Markug = German Evangelical Luth- "4 little more than four years before his IGKETS MURDER JTRIKE BREAKER Attack Non-Union Ma- chinist and Beat Him to Death. b OMAHA, Sept. 14. — Earl Caldwell, a machinist, who recently came here from Chicago, was killed in the street here early to-day. The tragedy is an out- growth of the Union Pacific strike. Cald- well and another strike-breaker who came into the city from the shops were set upon by six men and terribly beaten. Caldwell's companion escaped, but when help came in answer to Caldwell's eries he was unconscious. He died soon after- ward. M. W. Bell, a companion of Caldwell, also was set upon and seriously injured. Both men were returning fo the Union Pacific shops, where they had been em- ployed, when accosted by strikers’ pickets and attacked. Nine men have been arrested and are being heid. One of them, John Speilman ackonwledged to the Chief of Police to- night that it was he who knocked Cald- well down. Several minor assaults have been made by the pickets of late and yesterday it was stated at the Union Pacific head- quarters that the Federal Court would be asked for an injunction against the sy: tem of picketing if the assaults. conti The gtrike xe.fam now anticipate 3::1 such action will be taken to-morrow. Chief of Pojice Donahue to-night refused to ai- jow the strikers to post their pickets. Johm O'Neil, grand president. of the Bollermakers’ Unjon, who is here ¢on- ducting the strike, issued a statement to- day in which be declares that the strik- ers are in ro way responsible for the kill- ing and deprecating the crime. SHENANDOAH, Pa., Sept. 14.—To-mor- row will begin the nineteenth week of the ecoal strike. The date on which Senator Platt predicted that the strike would end has passed and the hope that was in- stilled into the people in this locality be- cuuse of that prediction has been suc- ceeded by a feeling that the end is still far off. The reiteration of the coal presidents Qurin the week that no concession: would be made and the resolutions pass. ed by nearly all Jocal unions of the Tnited Mine Workers pledging themselves to continue the strike until concessions were granted show that neither side is weakening. 2 General Gobin, in charge of the State troops encamped in this county, denies that he is preparing to remove the troops at an early date. TAMAQUA, Pa., September 14.—By the accidental discharge of a .rifle in the hands of M. Deley at the Lehish Coal and Navigation Company’s stockade, near Nesquehoning, Paul Haulick. a nine-union man, was instantly killed. The Coroner’'s i'i‘;:yth returned a verdict of accidental A Hungarian, bleeding from a number of cuts on the face and head. applied to the officers in command of the troops at Manila Park for orotection. He said he was walking along the road from Coalsdale to Langsford when he was as- saulted by a number of his own country- men. NEW YORK, Sept. 14—The entire con- gegallon of-the First Union Presbyterian ‘hurch of this city to-night voted on and adopted a resolution calling upon the coal operators and miners to at once endeavor to _adjust their differences or submit to nrlbltkl;?tlon. n his sermon Rev. Dr. George Lorimer, pastor of the Madison Avenue Baptist Church, discussing the coal strike, said the refusal of the coal Dfierntnr! to listen to arbitration would awaken the people to speedy action. 3 e GERMAN BARK EUTERPE FOUNDERS IN MIDOCEAN Explosion Occurs, Killing Seven of the Crew and Injuring Several Others. 4 LAS PALMAS, Canary Islands, Sept. 14, The British steamer Rydall Hall, Captain Curtis, from Liverpool for Port Natal, re- ports having séen the German bark Eu- terpe, Captain Kauffman, from Port Tal- bot, Wales, founder September 7 in lat- itude 49 36 north, longitude 8 13 west. An explosion had occurred on board the Eu- terpe, killing seven of her crew and injur- ing several. The survivors of the Eutérpe were landed here. STEAMSHIP MANAGERS TO HOLD A CONFERENCE LONDON, Sept. 15.—The Standard’ this morning says a conference of managers of steamship lines plying between Eu- rope and South America will commence at Ostend September 16, with a view of forming a new Atlantic shipping combina- tion. Herr Baldwin, general director of the Hamburg-American line, is at“the head of the movement, according to the Standard, and several great British ship- ping concerns will be represented. The result of the conference is awaited with the, greatest interest in shipping eircles, tbi.::t.m Great Britain and om the Con- 01 NAVAL PROGRESS ~ OF THE POWERS Work of Building New Sh ps Is Going On Actively. WASHINGTON, Sept. 14. — A splen- did resume of what has been ac- complished by foreign navies in the last fiscal year is to be found in “Notes on Naval Progress,” made pub- lic to-day Py Captain Charles D. Sigshee, chief of the’ N)a}vnl Intelligence Bureau. It says in pag:” The construction of ships for the fleets of the leading naval powets has gone on actively dur- ing the past year, and the new estimates show either an adherence to-a well defined pro- gramme for a steady Increase or a desire (o make such addition as the present financial ‘con- dition of the various countries warrants. While there has been no marked change in the d¢ sign of ships, the tendency has been towa greater displacement in battleships and ar- mored cruisers, - better protection and the massing of guns of the second caliber in a central citadel instead of separating them . in casements. : It is declared tHat there is urgent need for quick-firing, high-powered guns, well protected by armor of the highest resist- ing quality, and Cervera’s ill-starred rush out of Santiago barbor is cited-as a tragic illustration of the dangers of poorly pro- tected gun positions. 3 : Renewed interest in good shooting was displayed. in the British navy the past ear. - Admirable records have been made y the Terrible and the Benfluer in China, while in the Meditérranean other ships have accomplished excellent results. Prac- tice is now carried on at ranges never be- fore consjdered for real fighting—5000 _ yards. _Recent capped armor-piercing projectiles, it. is stated, have the cap as an ald to penetration of armor plates. Experiments have been made in the German navy with a device intended to_snlarge the area of action. The deyice is fitted on -the gyroscopic steering gear and makes the topedo run a straight course for a thousand meters and then dart on a special "or zigzag course, the general direction of which is at right angles to the original flight. e Id!fl?l ingenious. A squad of the enemy’s war vessels is advancing abreast. The torpedo Is almed at the end vessel on the left. If it misses its target it then flying in and out among the vessels of the an experiments with | lemonstrated the value of' entire squadron with good prospects of leaving its terrible mark. The reports in regard to the utility of the device, it is stated, are conflicting. USE OF LIQUID FUEL. The question of triple screws continues to be agitated, and though the great weight of naval opinion seems to ngamst their use, the principle is gaining advocates, particularly in France, where most of the new large vessels are three- screw, and in the German navy, where they have been tried with distinct success, the battleship Kaiser Wilhelm II, a triple- screw vessel, being mentioned. Much attention also has been paid dur- ing the past year to the subject of liquid fuel firing for marine boilers, owinf to the recent great discoveries of ofl in Texas, California, Jafian and Canada_and the exploitation of the Borneo and Rus- slan flelds. Russia remains the leading exponent of liquid fuel and has exclusive- ly adopted ofl firing for her Casghln fleet and partially for her Black Sea fleet. France, taly, Germany, Holland, Sweden and Great Britain all have been making thorough experiments in this di- rection. The engineer officers of all navies, it is said, are watching with keen interest for a decision by the British navy on a per- manent type of water-tube boiler. The British Admiralty has ordered a general installation of water-tube boilers. in her large fighting craft with a view to learn- ing ‘‘the proper generator of energy for the votal units of the fleets, those upon which the fate of the nation: depends pri- marily, the large battleships and armared cruisers and ‘commerce destroyers,’ that all navies are laying down.” A great future for electrcity on board of warships is becoming. more and more “The material progress of the wyear in opening up numberless possibilities, chief among-the latter being the great military advantages which would be gained by ‘dc- tuating directly from the bridge of the conning tower the propellers of a ship. *“The material progress of-the vear in wireless telegraphy,” it is sald, *“‘may be saild to be in the matter of length of transmission, in which wonderful ad- vance has been made.” But it is pointed out, much less progress was made toward -securing immunity of messages from interception, a condition stated to. be more important for naval purposes than the length of. transmis- sfon. ¢ 3 3 ; Summing up the status of wireless tele- mphi to-day, it is said that it is'still imperfect, offers many.obstacles to suc- cess, is complex, costly and delicate and c:mtlnuzs to be uncertain in transmis- sion. 4 Yet. in spite of the disadvantages, it is stated wireless telegraphy offers so much in its present maritime field that it.is being vigorously taken up everywhere. At the rate of issue, there were more than 220 men-of-war and merchant vessels with wireless installations as well as pumer- 3 ® ous coast stations. Special progress was g:de during the year 1‘:' Great Britain, T " ‘ance, USS] ustria, Den- mlrk,‘?mn and Spain. Sy ——— OVER GRAVES OF LATE PRESIDENT AND QUEEN OldHymns Sung in McKinley’s Memory. ¥ death, ‘when his friends at: Canton bade him good-by as he went 'td . assume _the | sreat responsibilities to' which the nation had called him, he said: ) ““To all of us.the future is a sealed book. :T reluctantly take leave of: my friends and@"neighbors, cher- ishing in my heart the sweectest memories of my old home—my home now—and, I° trust, my home héreafter.” “His grave sow-—his last home belangs to, them; he ‘“himeelt belongs to eternity. \."“We are distressed for thee. Very pleas- ant hast, thou been to. me.”. Thus _spoke David, a5 Bpincard the messae: of: Jon- athap’s” dealh. It seems’to me- that we still- bre should keep that thought that the_same; Dayid expressed while taking leave of his son Soiomon, -“I go the way of all the ‘earth: be thou ~ strong;- therefore, and show thyself a man. And keep the ways, to keep his statutes and . his testi- monies, that thou ‘may prosper in all that thou dost apd -whither ever thou turnest thyself.” " ' A beauty in the character of Mr. Mc- Kinley was' that he was a Christlan in-the broadest, . noblest sense of the word. He belieyed‘in the fatherhcod of God. This made -him a man of immaculate purity. No /&@in was upon his escutcheon; he walked \in_perfect.and nobie_self-control. And he believed in men. He had himself been brought up.ameng the common people. He knew their labors, struggies, necessi- ties. He loved them. No words can do justice ' to. the unfaltering kindness . and carefulness and upbearing love towards his mother and his wife. WON MEN’S HEARTS BY HIS CHRISTIAN, MANLY QUALITIES EV. BRADFORD LEAVITT ad- R dressed a large congregation at the First Unitarian Church upon the subject of President McKinley's life and death. He said it was proper that the nation should révere the memory of its noble dead, and resumed: It is well that on this Sunday nearest the anniversary of the death of Willlam McKinley we should pause for a few mo- ments to pay again our tribute of love and respect to the memory of that great and good man. Were I at this time to try again to picture to you something of the strength and beauty of this man's life and character, 1 would speak not of the great public servant, the wise lawgiver, the dis- tinguished President. I would even pass over all the years of public service in which he won the respect and admiration of the whole natlon and became loved as it is given few men to be loved. I would pass over all this, which alone would make any man a great man, just to refer for a mo- ment to the still greater things which made this great man good. Many a man can be great at intervals— when he is leading an army, delivering a speech in the forum, when he is up on the mountain and the people are looking up to him as one transfigured; but it Is only the very greatest of men who can come down into the daily duties and petty worriese of the world and be great there. That is the truly sublime test of a man’s character. And yet, here was where William_McKinley's life ' was supremely great. He was not only a great President —he Was a greater man; a man who won men’s hearts, and s childlike, unas- suming gentleness grace charmed even his political op) ts into open ad- miration. I cannot s# his enemies, for he had no enemies. ‘What a beautiful com- mentary on his life! ’Tis simple truth to say, here was an ideal American citizen, example of civic virtue and integrity in public and in private life, an ideal hus- band and home-maker, a man who loved God and his fellow man, pattern for our young men in the office and in the home, a vision of splendid promise of yet grand- er things to come in the ever upward and onward life of this great republic, CRUISER PANTHER IL5 IN HASTE Leaves for Colon on Hurry Orders From Washington. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 14.—In response to hurry orders from Washington, the auxiliary cruiser Panther, in command of Captain- Wilson, left the League Island Navy Yard at 6:15 o'clock to-night for Colon. On.board the Panther is a bat- talion of marines numbering 320 men. who are in command of Lieutenant Colonel Russell. The cruiser took along a field battery of four Colts rapid-fire guns, two fleld pieces and glexple ammunition. PANAMA, Colombla, Sept. 14.—Advices from. Baranguilla say the cruiser Carta- gena’is at that port ‘awaiting the arrival of troops down the Magdlena River from Honda. The, Cartagena may reach Colon to-morrow. A dispatch from the Minister of War at Bogota says that General Perdomo and his armies are coming to reinforce the isthmus as quickly as possible. The War Minister orders’ General :Salazar to.em- ploy all the means in his power to resist the inurgents pending the arrival - eral Perdomo, © < Mt The insurgent General Herrera is.report- ed to be strengthening -his positions at Bennuco and Chamo. - It is believed In certain quarters that he may have re- ved not/to attack Pahnama or Colon, ving heard how well these ‘ports are defended. . WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.—Neither the State nor the Navy Department received any news to-day regarding affairs at the Isthmus of Panama. The cruiser Cin- cinnati is expected to reach Colon either to-night or- to-morrow. The gunboat Montgomery, which -has been overhauled at the New York navy vard. is on her way to Haytl to replace the Cincinnati. el A s i Body of Missing Man Found. . SAN DIEGO, Sept. 14.—A searching party which had been looking for Edwin Cooper since his disappearance more than a_ week -10 came upon-his body this afternoon In a rayine on the side of the Little San Miguel Moufitain, where he had probably wandered in a demented condi- s R e R whence he hiad wandered, x charge of. the-Lord thy God to walk in his.* t NATIONS _AKLAND, Sept.. 14.—The Rev. John N. Simpson of Manchester, England, a Scotch Congregational min- istcr, now on a visit to this country, gave a Mc- Kinley address this even- ing at the Fourth Congre- gatlonal Church, which he will eccupy in the absence of the Rev. Alfred Bayley, the pastdr. His subject was “A Scotchman’s Estimate of McKinfey.” He said in part: A year has elapsed since Pre§ident McKiniey was struck down by an assas< in's bullet at Bulfalo. In the interim we have bad an oBportunity to form an esti- mate of the grandeur of bis character. No person’s death, with the excention, per- ars, of that of Queen Victoria, caused such world-wide grief. The thrill of hor- ror which coursed through your veins when the work of the assassin's bullet was done found its way through the veins of every civiljzed man in the world. In Britain ail our ghurches vied with one another in pay+ ingf tribute to the memory of the mar- tyréd President, v What was the secret of McKinley's Ereatness? I cannot, a5 an American would, speak famillurly of his work, but 1 know enough to be able to say that the American .pecple owe much to him for that unity, that feeling of uneness, which pr. vails ‘ameng you, which is absolutely nec- essary for the preservation of the nation and the fostering of true’patriotism. "MADE NATION GREATER. The fact that the United States of Amer- fea. fs @ great matfon—one in ideals, ane in everything that makes for greatness among the nations—all, all, 1 say, is due to Me- Kinley's love of his country. Was he not' the first Republican President to win the hearts of the Democratic South? Wé can- not speak too highly of his chivalrous con- duct toward women, his love for his wife.i and his consideration for the feelings of *his fellows. ! McKinley arose to the very height of MeKinley ‘himself when, though suffering and bleeding from ‘the assassin's bullet, she asked those around: him not to “harm his_murderer. His love of trath was his strongest char- acteristic. He wes sincere through and through, and considered pain and danger as nothing when they lay in the path of duty. _In_eulogizing him there is no need to stop_and offer any apologies for short- comings. He kad none. DIED A CHRISTIAN. McKinley was-a Christian, and when at last he received the news that he must succumb to his injuries, though he had been longing for life, ha said: ‘It is God's way. His will be done.” He lived a Christian and died one. The two Anglo-Saxon nations have been drawn together over two graves—Queen Victoria's and President McKinley's. Mr. McKinley persistently urged that the pas be forgotten. God has miuch for the Anglo- Saxon nations to dg They have already planted the sceds of liberty and freedom on-earth. The Civil War, after all, was one of the greatest blessings that could have befallen the United States. America is = greater nation to-day in consequence of that strife. And, let me add, Britain learned a lesson, a great lesson, herself from that war. McKinley will not have lived and died in vain, if his spirit actuate men to vote at the coming election for men who are not mere office-seekers, but men who love their country and are willing to make sac- rifices for her, aye, if meed be, die for her that she may become a nation known for rizhteousness. LIFE WORK REVIEWED. In the Fruitvale €ongregational Chapel services in honor of the late President DRAW CLOSER 1a was ready to conform with the worl idea_that we pow face at the begingiog of this century, poetically, stated by Kip- ling to be “the white man's burden ' As President; of the Unitéd States B9 met issues big with destiny, not equale since Lincoln's time. He directed laws that restored prosperity. Hoope an confldence joined hands under his rule. His great statesmanship is clearly seen in his careful and conservative dealing with the causz of the Spanish war. His Cabinet speaks of his valuable advice in that time of crisis. n dealing with China his statesman- ship s seen again in his attitade for the preservation of the empire. However we greatly admire his public policies and prac- tices, we need to remember that all of these are based upon and are the product of his private virtues. ' With him religion was a life—a life of duty, a Ufe of fideli- ty_to the obligations imposed upon him. He was not only a faithful soldier, a great statesmah, wise ana righteous ruler, but a noble son, a devoted husband, a loyal _friend, an eaznest Christian, es- teemed and ioved Dy’ all who kmew him B. FAY MILLS SPEAKS. In a sermon to-day on “How to Experi- enee Religion” the Rev. Benjamin Fay Mills, minister of the First Unpitarian Church, alluded to the day as the first [dent’s character |3 | McKinley were held this evening, minis- | ter and congrezation joining in praise of the beloved President. The Rev. H. B. Mowbray, the pastor, reviewed the life of Mr. McKinley step by step from child- hood to munhood, from cradle to grave, closing with a tougmmf eulogy upon his great virtues. A speclal song service was given and the congregation sang the fa- vorite .hymns of the “Nearer, My God, to Thee” and ‘‘Lead, Kindly Light.” said: A year ago to-day we were in the valley of the shadow of death. Like one person the American people stood still in Borror at the work of anarchy and in tearful grief at the loss of a beloved brother. Our chosen leader had fallen. To-night, after & year's healing to our wounded Rearts, we are better able to judge of our late Presi- dent’s greatness. With his Presidential eléction this country entéred upon a new era. The isolation and exclusiveness of former years were passed and a mew des- tiny loomed before, us. WAS DIVINELY PREPARED. He stdod for the larger view of our duty and future and for commerclal, in- tellectual and moral supremacy. Wliliam McKinley was a divinely prepared man for his time. He grew with our growth and BIGHOP WANTS STRENUOUS WORK San Francisco Pleases the Very Rev. George Montgomery. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN. DIEGO, Sept. 14.—Bishop George Montgomery of the Los Angeles - diocese this afternoon administered confirmation to a class of seventy-seven at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church before an audience of 2000 people, all that the church would hold. The service was most impressive throughout and occupied more than two hours. The Bishop occupied the pulpit and spoke on the “Divinity of Christ and the Fundamental Principles of,Christian- ity.” He declared that the churches, both Catholic and Protestant, had fallen away from the strong belief in:principles, but that the Cathollc church had remained closer than the others. He also spoke at the evening service. In speaking after service of his expected removal to San Erancisco to bidcondjuwr to Archbishop rdan, he said: R!'a! prefer to live in San Francisco, for when I am there I feel, somehow, more Iike work. I like to walk, and when I was in San Francisco before I used to take long walks, and could work fifteen hours a day at a streteh, but when I came to Tos Angeles I found myself growing lazy. 1 became like the rest of the inhabitants. Whenever 1 wanted to go anywhere I jum on a car, if it was for only three b‘%‘nvm asked what. he thought ®of the church affairs in France he d: “The people who applaud the action of the French Government do- mot w what they are doing. Few really know that the Government of France is infi- delic. They are alming a blow directly at Christianity. They are trying to under- mine it slowly.. They dare not attack openly for fear.of public sentiment. The former law that was passed did not cover their recent acts. It took away the rights of those institutions whose heads were at as the Benedictines, the Jesuits ‘his recent attack upon the sisters’ schoals was entirely un- called for. The reason of the out k of the people was due to their deeply re- ligious nature. The Bretons are a sim- ple, pious people with customs of their own, which they strictly adhere to, and 2re the least of all the people of France affected by the corrupting influences of Paris. Consequently when a blow was aimed at their religion, they rebelled. Yes, the French Government aims to com- pletely dispossess the church of its prop- erty, and in so doing it is striking at Christianity. =1t says it only wishes to bring all schools under the supervision of the 5_ovemment, but that is onlv a means t\an end.” dead President, | ‘The Rev. Mr. Mowbray | anniversary of the death of the assas- sinated President, William McKinley. The clergyman._ referred bpiefly to the observ- ance of this memorial’ day and touched upon the sterling’ Gualities of the Presi- as indicative of the strong elemequ that can be’built into the Human béing' by corscientious and fear= less desire to do right. HOLDS SERVICE OF SONG. With service of song the first annive! .sary of the death.of President McKinl wak appropriately” cbserved at the Flrst I Presbyterian Church . this evening. The choir sang a number of hymns, in which the congregation joined. The iadies’ quar, tet sang “Beautiful Isle of Somewhere. the Rev. Ernest E. Baker, made a few remarks touching the fitness of the services that were being held to- day. TO PLANT MEMORIAL TREE. As a memorial to President McKinley ree will .be planted September 27 at s and tablets in commemoration will be placed upon a massive stone bowlder that stands near_the site selected for the memorial tree. The exercises will be at the Union High Schqol-grougds and all-of the public school children of Washington Township have been invited to take part in the mémorial services. The_ tres will be set in soil brought from the ground on the site of the home at Niles, Ohio, wWhere the murdered President was born. “nder the direction of J. C. Shinn, presi- dént of the board of trustees of Union School No. 2, the following programme has been arranged: Music, Masonic Home Boys' Band; intro- ductory, J. C. Shinn, president board of trustees, U. H. S. No. 2; singing, Colum- bia, Grammar and, High School students; reading of poem: musie, Boys’ Band: ad- dress, M. Smith; ceremony of the plant- ing, J. C. Shinn; singing, ‘‘America.” CHARACTER OF LEADER. HAYWARDS, Sept. 14—Special me- morial services were held this evening at the Congregational church. The Rev. B. Dent Naylor, the pastor, delivered an ad- dress, his subject being “McKinley—Pa- triot, Statesman and Christian Gentle- man." The pastor particularly dwelt upon the strong character of the lamented leader as manifested during the trying hours after he had been shot down and at the end when life was ebbing. Dr. Naylor said that the departed Président’s whole attitude toward life and toward death was an example which could not be lost upon those who loved him in his lifetime and revered his memory. Miss Hattie Rice sang ‘‘There Is a/Fold Whence None Can Stray,” and Miss Olive Allen rendered “Jesus and I Shall Ever Be.” The choir gave the McKinley hymns and also sang “Beautiful Isle of Somewhere,” which was sung at the funeral of the President. e Rev. Dr. Curry, pastor of the Pres- byterfan church, preached eloguently to- day, using the late President’s life and death as a text. SANG FAVORITE HYMNS. SAN LEANDRO, Sept. 4.—Memorial services for the late President William McKinley were held this evening at the Presbytérian_church. The exercises in- cluded the rendition of a special pro- gramme of music by a large choir and the _singing by the congregation of the dead Président’s favorite.hymns. During the services the Rev. J. E. Anderson and the Rev. J. M. Woodman delivered brief addresses. They touched upon the occa- sion being the first anniversary of the be- loved President's death and from his life and Christian character they pointed les- sons for those who shall be called to bear the burdens im the future. There was a large attendance at this union meeting, ;hle spirit of which was patriotic and help- it | WILL IMPROVE A RIVER BAR Army Officers to Inspect the Troublesome Columbia. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 14.—Captain C. E. Gillett of the engineering corps of the United States Army, accompanied by his wife, was at the Hollenbeck Hotel to-day en route to San Francisco and the North- west. He is direct from his station at Savannah, Ga., and bound for Portland, where this week a board of army officers will meet to devise plans for the improve- ment of the mouth of the Columbia River and to find a way to send ships around The Dalles. ' The officers of the board are Majors Heuer of San Francisco and Mar- shall of New York, and Captains Burr, Gillett and McKinsley. : “It was planned to build a ship railroad around The Dalles, but that was aban- doned,” said Captain Gillett. “L don’t know, of course, what scheme will be adopted. That is what we are meeting to decide. Maybe it will be to build a the rapids. That looks like a practicable thing to do. “The mbuth of the river is a harder problem. There was a single jetty that answered = for navigation for. several years, but of late the bar has been giving a lot of trouble. We will discuss these matters at the Portland meeting and then report to the departments. The reports will reach the Rivers and Harbors Com- mittees of the House and Senate of Con- gress hefare they are reported to Con- gress, but’ we do not send them to the committees.". a1 EAST END JEWS MEET . AND FORM A BIG UNION One of the Chief Objects Is to Com- bine A‘dfll‘ American Com- petition. LONDON, Sept. 14.—At one of the larg- est gatherings of East End Jews ever seén in London, there was formed to-day the United Garment Union of Great Brit- ain, one of the chief objects of which is :,o combine against American competi- lon. \ A leading aker anmounced that an American clothing combine, with - capi- tal of $30,000,000, was now in course of for- mation with the abject of capturing the British rment trade. “The first thing this combine will do,” said the er, “will be to put down wages. —_—— Burning Gusher Ceases 3 BEAUMONT, Tex., Sept. 14.—The burn. ing gusher ceased flowing of its own ac- count this morning M’m“h- fire as- Was eas- ily extinguished. lnuldm,ln big tank is all that remains of thmu -