The evening world. Newspaper, November 25, 1905, Page 5

MELA WSTINDCT Mrs. McPherson Explains Charges Against 16th Street Baptist Pastor, HIS FORMER CHAMPION. Now Convinced He Is Not Proper Shepherd for Church Work. ‘Thre women members of the Six- teenth Street Baptist Church, between have the Seventh and Elghth avenues, brought specific charges against pastor, Rev, Dr. Arohibald B. Mac- Laurin, of a startling character. They will be preesnted to the Board of Dea- cons of the church on Dec, 4 * Accowling to Mra, Georgiana MePher- eon, of No. 121 Elghth avenue, who was the champion of Dr. MacLaurin when he faced previous charges, the entire congregation is in a turmotl, and the hearing, before the Board of Deacons} will be sensational, Drunkenness and conduct unbecoming a clergyman are al- leged in the bill of particulars and let- ters that will be laid before the deacops, Besides Mrs. McPherson, Miss Woodruff, of No. 1% West Twenty-seo- ond street, and Miss Blakely, an earnest church worker and member of the Christian Endeavor Society, have taken the Inittative against vhe minister. Mrs, MoPherson said to an Evening World reporter to-day: Ugly Rumors Cropped Out. “Two years ago Dr, MacLaurin came to ws and took charge of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. He soon cap- tured the co egation by his splen- did eloquence and the fervor of his preaching. He had not been with us long, however, when ugly rumors be- gen to crop out about bis habits, Miss Agnes McClollan, an earnest young church worker, was the first to come forward with @ distinct charge against him. She appeared before the deacons and accused Dr, MacLaurin of acting| in &@ hysterical manner that was due to intoxication, Several other young women backed Miss McClellan, “At that time I was all for the clergy- man, 1 did not believe a word of what Was sald agaist him. 1 became his! champion and won of thinking ¢ ration, We Was a god! ardent over to my way] © majority of the congre: | Were all convinced that ho man followed ing $ hiaits. defense of himael dismissed and 3 Supporters expelle Intoxicated, She Asserts, | “Tt was not long afterwanl that my. eyes wero opened, Six months ago I called on Dr, MeLaurin's wife, a cha ing young woman While I was ing to her and ber two beautiful chil- dren our pastor entered the parlor. Ho} was very much under the Influence of | liquor and acted in a shocking manner, | There was no mistaking his condition | and I cannot describe the revulsion of feeling T suffered. | “Even then, however, I tried to ma . myself believe that I had not pets Gright. But on later occasions Tw: convinced that there was no mistal Wintred Lewis, our Sunday-Schoo! » perimendent, told me afterward that while he was conducting the Sunday- school Dr. MacLaurin appeared tefore the young people very much under the influence of drink. We talked the matter over and were convinced that Our pastor was an arct-hypoerite, a man who wore a mask, who neglected | founded by the author upon an episode! 1 4)/o4 eloquently | in some of hie ger: |% the wild West what Why, mons he is so eloquent that he brings | tears to the eyes and his preachings to practise he #0 ached, against the drink evil are particularly | foryid, “Convinced that our shepherd was not the sort to lead any flock, I began to Investigate on my own hook and look up Dr. MacLaurin's record, wait to Atlantic Highlands, where he had a church some years ago, There I heard stories that openel my eyes far wider to his double conduct, I was thoroughly convinced that he was a terrible man. “My conviction became stronger wont slong in my investigations. I went | ing held last night, decided to Institute | Nt to Greenpoint, where he was pastor ‘of the Union Baptist Chureh for eight | years, ‘There I heard the same story) of his hypocrisy, I learned that he | ran the church Into the ground, Ho} was finally offered $00 to quit the pastorate, and afterward the church Ment ito pieces altogetier and fhe building 1s now a theatre,” Dr. MacLaurin’s Denial, The Rey, Dr, MacLaurin manner and a He fairly br’ World reporter related to him the state- mets made by Mrs, McPherson. He said, acoompanying his remarks with wea! ures: ‘When the thme oomes I will the churoh know my side of this case, 1 would like to ask Mrs, McPherson who ft was who loaned her $100! 1 would his | 3 T poth NEW DANCE WINS MASTERS FAVOR It Is “Silver Heels’ and’ Is from “Hiawatha’s” Author, Among the novelties of the ballroom for the ensuing season is a new two- step which has recently won the favor of dancing masters, known as “Silver Heels. The composition isan artistic commin Bling of the Remick style of intermezz and the modern gondollor rhythm. It wag conceived by Neil Moret, the author of “Hiawatha,” and is eaid to surpass @ny modern work by»that well- known composer. SILVER HEELS, (Indian Intermesso,) war, ont MRS. C, H. POWERS ACCUSES HUSGAND Wife of Ex-Park Commission- er’s Son Says He Won't Support Her. The family troubles of Charles H, Powers and his wife, Kate F. Powers, were given a partin! airing to-day before Magistrate Crane in the Harlem Police Court. Mrs, Powers, who lives at No. 233 Fifth avenue, called her husband, who {s a son of the militonaire forme: Park Commissioner, to court to explain why he did not support her and thelr five children, The explanations and de- rials promised to be so uoat Mag- jetrate Crane sald he would devote all of next Wednesday afternoon to hear. ing the case, Mrs, Power's main support in court Was her (wenty-one-yearaud son oy her firat husband, Thomas Greer, Young Greer said he was willing and able to take care of his mowier, but would in- sist on Powers supporting his children. He came to the rescue of his mother when she was acoused of gross im- morality. Powers pleaded that he was will! to support the children, but ¢ ¢”| would not do so as long as they were { One of the characteristics of the |"Silver Heels" two-step is Its Indian | flavor. In this respect it bears tho welraness of the plains and comprises the spirit of the wigwam, having been Its harmonies are blended with strains of considerable originality ‘The “Silver Heels” work was recently adopted by the dancing masters’ con- vention and hi tra! form, ds and orchestras now, in thi country and abroad, executing it as a two-step and Inter- mezno, —— To Sue for 815,000,000, RICHMOND, Va., Nov, 2—The Vire ginta State Dedt Commission, at a meet- | at once a sult against the Stute of West! wrong here on both std Virginia for recovery of that State's pro- poryonate share of the famous war bt of the two States, such share amounting to $15,000,000. Brown Brothers | & Co,, of New York, will ef with Vir- ginhi In bringing the suit. They hold nearty all the certificates, been sesued in orches- | with his wife, adding that she was not to have change of “IT searched her desk and found these hotographs,”” said Powere, handing a unde of photographs of in the nude |to Magistrate Crane, “Those are my pictures,” the son |quickly sald, "T have had them a long |tme and Powers had no right tn. my | desk." “How about these verses?” asked Powers, handing up a note bonk on two pages of which had been writ- ten immoral jingles. “Yer, I wrote that,” admitted Mrs. | Powers, “but T copled it from my hus- | band's papers,’* "I don't belleve ft," sald the Magls- |trate; “I don't think any decent woman would write or copy @ thing like that.” "And whose photograph Js this?” Powers holding up a ploture of |a white-halred man, “T won't tell.” sald Mrs. Powers, “I will only tell when my divorcee comes up, He Is a witness.” Powers declared that his wife had been taking automobile rides with other men, and then her son again spoke up jand sad: | "She has been auto riding with oniy one man, and that Is a chum of mi a boy twenty years old, and the ma chine is mine. Mrs, Powers accused her husband of taking a long journey with a young ! woman who formerly worked Ina can- dy store he owned in Harlen, He ald deny: tt I think there {s something radically les.” sald Magis- ‘trate Grane, “but 1 haven't time to | hear the matter out to-day, Certainly, | the unfortunate children should not be | made to enffer for the wrongs of their parents, They must be the main object in this matter, I will hear the case ‘fully next Wednesday afternoon.” — BY WALTER Who bailed “Grass” Halpin? “1,” sald Chartes Dilton, “Tam the villain, I bailed ‘Grass’ Halpin.” »» ke to ask her who consoled her when! h near relative shoked her! I would ike to her who tt was who ur- ranged for the funeral expenses and pro- vided the money when her son died! I would like to ask her who it was who searched through the lowest dives in Philadelphia when another of her sons disappeared! Who? Why, me. “The charges she makes that | rink intoxloants and that I had the r tion of a drinking man, i Highlands are abburd. Those were cirquiated by tne liquor peop } Adantic Highlands, against whom I conducted a vigorous crusade, 1 have timonials from my congregation Stante ‘Heitiands ww show what theft Wl st fe of me, en I lifted a debt of $17,000 trom the chureh T received a handsome tes- timonial and a prosent of $50) in cash, T have alte a testimonial from my con. Eragon in Greenpoint showing fa | what high esteem thev held me, These | oh ws are all the result of anite wou will meet them, and crush them wien the time comes, KILLED BY. FALLING FROM TROLLEY CAR. James Young fifty years olf ,of No, 9606 Decatur avenue ,was killed to-day by falling from a surface car ' the Bronx. | Moung was alighting from a south- , bound Mount Vernon car at Ono Hun- and Sixty-ninth street and Weld 4 it He slip ing foll..on ita. | Who saw him last? :"" sald George Simpson, “He ducked, by jimpson' ‘Then he blew fa-ast,” Who lost tie roll? "I" sald John Pickett. “Krup to the thicket Lost me that dole,” Who wants him back? “I,” sald Jule Mayer, “1 will go higher, Bring out the ra-ack."” Who's on the trail? “I Morgan's wailing, “My men are trailing. Watch ‘em turn pa-c' Who hid his track? None Higher Up Bay, “I hid Krup, He won't be back,” wanta him ‘way? 1d John Doe, What name? Don't*know, What would YOU say? Then the floa ‘*WHO BAILED ‘GRASS’ HALPIN?” ‘With @ swear Milled up the air, That they wouldn't tell the where Of “Grassy” Halpin A: SINCLAIR, iM | the intention of the P.ate Dey f' to provide another diplomatic poe, { hia, ‘a ; DOWIE DECLARES | | \ on 8 | ecslrad by President | WOMEN ACCUSE pe McLAURIN, ACCUSED BAPTIST PASTOR, PeAYER CURED. HS PAILS Prophet Returns from: Conquest of Mexico. in Good Health, MET AT PIER BY SON, Greets Small Flock of Follow- ers with “Peace Be Unto Thee.” Elijah II, of Zion, Til, ts again in our midst, Rotund as a roundhouse and with the East river breeze making his white beard stand out atraigyt like a flag wig-wagelng peace, John Al- exander Dowie came to town early to- day on the steamship Seneca by way of Brooklyn and the Ward line pier. The bearded prophet {s just from Mex- feo, where he has been working up the “Proposed Paradise Plantation of Zon City,” with the ald of his wife, two secretaries and elght deacons, And despite stories of ‘his ill-health he's the same globular little man in a high hat that Now York has known before, Alexander John Gladstone, Dowle, the unkissed son of the prophet, ts sttll un-} kissed. ‘There were no kisses ewappod when he greeted his prophetic father and his mother at the pier, but there were hands all around for hearty shakes and everybody said, "Peace unto theo,” or “Peace unto thee be multiplied.” That's the proper way of passing the time of day In Zion Sheep Await Their Shepherd. Dowle, jr, a well bullt young man, with nose glasses and a brown beard, had been waiting at the pler an hour when the Seneca, from Vera Crus and Havana, warped in. With him were thir- ty men, women and children, all local Zionites, headed by Dr. Smith, the dea- con in charge of the New York flock, Dowie Doffs His “Dicer,” Getting within earshot, Dowle ralsed his high hat, revealing a forehead as {ey and smooth as a Glacial Period landscape. “Peace unto thee." he started across! the narrowing stretch of water “Peace unto ‘thee te multiplied,” answered the group on the pier, waving thelr handkerchtefs and hats "God bless you,” said Dowle, Young Dowle stepped on tho string- plece “Burns ts dead," he called out through a megaphone made of his hol- lowed alms, “Peace be unto him,” replied the prophet. W. M, Burris, of the law staff of Zion, was taken ill while in Mexico, | back to Zion City and died | Wednesday, Mrs, Dowie, a stoutly built woman, with a round, fat face, came upon deck and lined up by her husband, A | steward brought nim o glass of a light brown Nquid and he drank half of | A palpitating ter gasped, Stimu- tants doa't go tn Zion Only ginger ale,’ said Dr, Dowle, raising the half-emptied glass, The othelal f ocd carriage of Brooklyn w nout, As the gen- eral overseer made for it, on the arm ot the unkissed one, he sald to Di. Smith “Til be with you to-morrow morning, “Peace de! — “Not a word,” ald the prophet, rals- ing his hand, “Say nothing, but I will be with you at services to-morrow.” With his party he drove across the brilge and went to the Fifth Avenue Hotel, where he will say until Monday, going then to Chicago, The travellers | included, besides the prophet and his wife, F. W, Colton, manager of the Zion Clty Hospice (Zion for hotel), J, H. Depew, persanal attendant to the prophet; J, A, Low!s. a Contedenve voteran, general Maneser of e Mex- leo project: Jasper reneral manager of Zion railroads; Oran Reese, private secrete 1. ’F, Stern, pri- vate scores . Spillman, ‘¢ vt! engineer; I tographer, to Col, Lewts, Held Services Dally on Ship. : There were no other first cabin pas- songers, and the Dowileites held ser- vices on board twiee dally, ‘Dhey had a | pleasant twp, except that Mis, Dowie Was Ill of @ billous attack, The others | prayed for her and she mended, | The Prophet talked willingly to the reporters, Thev' aaket him about his paralytic stroke in Mextco. “My whole left side was affected,” he said, ‘I could not move my left arm, | but for three days I Rreved. and on the thint was miraculously cured," Reganiing the! Plantation,” he s ‘¢ have been In Mexico two months making much progress, but the project til in its Infanoy, We were kindly Ding, and we hope to secure a 2,000,00-acre grant’ in| Tanaulipas, for our new colony | “Will the present Zion City be moved st Willie: dF, H, Withite, secretary we will speak of later." Turning to a bagsage man Elijah TIT, sald: “My friend, we have thirty large pieces of luggage, Peace be unto you!’ ee U.S, MINISTER AT COREA | 10 BE WITHDRAWN. Washington Formally Recognizes Javanese Protectorate and Will Recall Our Envoy. WASHINGTON, Noy. 2,—Sceretary | Root has Informed the Japanese Gove | meat that he will hereafier conduct | affairs relating to Conor through vie | Japanese Legation he The principle | of the wovereignty o ition t Corea Is mains GRANDMOTHER OF official pho: | yeate Ined and the oxtsting treaty with that wil! continua in force and the American Consuls theta will be matin: | ed without change tn thelr exequa. | | ”, ‘orean leat hyve wil #¢, P, United #8 Minisvew ¢ will necessarily be withdrawn, ( kanes TOO, Nov. %—Tie news thar the | United Staves bas withdrawn ka logas | im Beoul as a result o: w Ww ved tion, Poe i. p for . ah YOUNG MERIWEATHER, WHO CHAMPIONS HIM, i Mrs UC GOOLE » TEWESBURY UNDER AST W LOO Broker's Wife Also a Prisuner, Charged with Passing Bogus Checks, LONDON, Nov. 2%.—Lewis Green Tewkstury, alleged to be wanted In New oYrk, was arrested ‘hero to-day on the charge of passing worthless checks In LonLdon, His wife Violet is also in custody, charged with assist- ing in passing the bogus checks, Me police allege that Tewksbury was formerly in buisness in New York and Mexico and absconded from both places, The prisoners were remanded, Lewis Green Tewksbury, according to despatches received here eariter in hte month, recently failed in London for 25,000, He failed in New York in 190 for about $600,000 and went to Mexico, where lie carried out some profitable contract President of Mexico. Later y went to England, and in May, i Violet Aubrey Butler whose first husoand was Guy Butler, an Indian fig! and wat oor respondent, from whom she vorced and woo died In New York a short time before ved wife's 1 se, Bae ved to be wealthy, and her marriage to Tewkesbury was fully prted by the London nev wkebuty halle f TIM, AUTOPSY ORDERED ON MIOSHPMAN Secretary of Navy Grants Re- quest Nude by Cours Martial Judges, WASHINGTON, Nov. %.—The Navy Departinent has ordered that an au- topsy be held over the body of Mid- shipman Branoh, for whose death Mid- shipman Mertwether |s now undergo- {ng court-martial at Annapolis This action was taken after consulta- tons with his parents, who gave their consent. ANNAPOLIS, Md,, Nov, 5 —The oourt- martial proceedings in the cage of Mid- shipman Minor Meriwether, charged with manslaughter in causing the death of Midshipman James R. Branch in a fist Aght, were resumed to-day, While the session was in progress Judwe-Advocate Marix, Who has tele- graphed to the Secretary of the Navy requesting permission to disinter the body of Branch and have an autopsy performed, received a reply ordering the autopsy. ‘This action was taken in order to settle as far as possible the doubts raised during the trial as to the phy- sloal comiitton of Branch prior to his fight and the possibility of death from enuses other than the blows received on the head, re BOY OF NINE STARS YOUTH NEAR HEART Tugene Dugan, nine years old, ts hid- ing from the police after stabbing Har- ty Cohen, fifteen years old, dangerously near the heart, Harry, who lives at No, 7% East One Hundred and Tenth street, was wateh- ing other boys tossin® buttons ‘for keeps’ near his home to-day, when Eu wene and several other boys who are said to fown a band of which he ts the leader, appeared and demande from Cohen some buttons with whicti to enter the game, “") haven't any," sald Harry, the left sie, under the heart 111 East One house had it of th ver What t and darted his over n without telling happened m N Hy siness, paying a iiberal Intere yn deposits, The sud- den withdrawal of tuese deposits forced Min out of business, At the height of bury owned a large stat and pacing horses, John R. Gentry and Joe Patchen, FAIA IRENE GOT IN PUNCH ON HS KECK Being a Gentleman, Moritz Couldn't Strike Back, So Wrote; “23 for Yours.” —— of trotting Irene Mannhetmer, young and pretty, ot No AVest One Hundred and ‘Dwenty-fourth street, and Moritz Dor- man, an inaurance agent, of No, 102 Wes! Eighty-fourth street, told how y had loved and parted in the West Police Court to-day, with Magis- Barlow as a sympathetic liste “We had been engaged, but broke off the engagement," said Dorman, ‘Afi? I published the announcement In the paper that the engagement was broken Miss Maunyelmer kept annoying me, I got a telephone message to go to a number in Thirty-fourth street the other day, and when I got there I found her, She beaged mo to speak to her, Si |1 cwrned my back, and she slugged me in the neck, Being @ gentleman, 1 couldn't hit her." “Yes,"’ put in the girl, “and look at these letters he sent me,'’ and she sented @ couple of rather slaggy let! One of them contained thése words fay enty You'll get all that's coming to you. an maid he hast written them | Scott's Emulsion can be 3th | her had a bill for whi pild out {or an engagement supper and for the bridal outfit, but the Magistrate didn't alow the account, He advised the pair to go thelr separ- ate ways and leave each other alone, Success at Court, (Prof the Philadelphia Press.) “Congratulate me, old man," the ying lawyer, “I pleaded my first sult and won ft" »' exclaimed Ascum, Aged to Milas Roxley,”’ = SMOKE TALK aN the dark, it’s hard to tell between a good domestic and a Havana cigar. but your nerves can tell every time. A real good domestic cigar —Havanatitier, home grown binder and wrapper, is a mild blend, sotisfying and harmless, Men of business need just such a combination as the is muccess Tewkes- | Hospital, ‘The doctors sald he would re- cover, but that if the wound had been an inch higher It would have reached nis heart, —— | GOOD TIME TO-NIGHT? WELL. Rothenberg & Co, Employees to “Weil, get some," demanded the Mt- tle terror. ee “PIL show you," Bugene remarked, and the other boys say he whipped out | an open kilfe and stabbed Harry In| e sidewalk and Hugene | et, put on his| A policeman sent Harry to the Harlem | smalira W/ cath ae ys i l| Know All Men By Chese Presents; THAT, WHEREAS, Thursday, November 30, has been appointed Chanksgiving Day by the President, it is not the only Thanksgiving Day. FOR THOSE whose minds crave Bright Reading, Pretty Pictures and Good Stories Co-Morrow, Sunday, November 26, will be a Special Day of Thanksgiving appointed solely for the readers of the New York Sunday World. In the Sunday World you will find much to make you thankful, Here are some of the principal notable features: PEAAAEAARAEAEEEEE SECEDOREEEESFODES HOEREE CEES ESERSEES “What T Am Chankful For.” By the Greatest American Man of Letters, ALR CWATNH. In a talk with The Sunday World he tells some interesting things in his inimitable way and gives this paper’s readers the MOST REMARKABLE THANKSGIVING SENTIMENT EVER PENNED. SEOAAREAREDAEAORA SEER EERAAEESEE EEE LORE RS ER SSSR SESE “THANKSGIVING,” a Poem, JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY. Make Merry at Terrace Garden, among tom being | At Terrace Garden to-night Jov0U8 | $¢AAPhbshOOAOOOOd ORASEAEAASA ESA OEA SEAS EEEESORS throngs will gather for the benefit of | the Mutual Ald Society of Rothenberg & Co, Early in the evening there will be an elaborate vaudeville performance, at which will a among che i wn and ompany in! inner 4 | | Famous Cornallas, the sensational acrobatic Swift and Buckley, eocentrle biack: face musical comedians; Frank D, Bryan and his American ‘Girls in thelt novel specalty; Bernard 1. Scherman, jexpert banjolst, assisted by Miss Lillian jVera Keys and Charley Herman. |" Dancing will begin ati o'clock, Music will be furnished by Friedlander's Orehentra. | MOTHER AND CHILD. Let the mother take Scott's Emulsion for the two; it never fails to | benefit them both. One | can eat for two, but nour+ ‘ishing two is a different thing. It calls for a de- gree of internal strength | that the ‘lacks, People of luxury Right Duropean act; | . | habit; overworked people }are weak in some func or their surroundings. ; depended upon to over- come such conditions, It | is a wonderful food for a | mother and child. SCOTT & BOWNE, 49 Pearl St., New Yor Par ala ara | | Commencing Nov. 26 The World will give 5 weekly prizes of $10.00 each for the 5 best positions obtained each week by || advertisers through the Situation Wanted H columns of the Sunday World's Want Directory—24 words, 15 cents. Adver~ tisers who secure positions will phase communicate with The World's Clissifled Advertising Manager, Room 51, Pulitzer uilding, \ceciaiielaninneiriniibcticiasinini | TION of The Evening World, je everywhere, contains Handicap by Frank Thorp and the ONE BEST BET of the Day, Genil”; Fred Niblo, monologist; | great | “Buds,’’ What They Gost. A story of the expense necessary to launch a young | woman in New York society. You may be thank- ful you haven’t one, The Telephone Girl and the Burglars. Be thankful you never had such an experience, SEBRRECEEOAEAEEOEAMAAEAOEOEEEEAAEES SEOOESO SEE SEOSRSS The Girl Ghost of the Railroad Grossing. Be thankful you’ve never been haunted by it. APOROAACARARAEMOA SOA MAMORAA ARAM OSE HAR ERR ESO SE SESE “The Stage Phother.”’ faetui tions from exhaustion | | are not very strong by) American Girl Who Might Be England’s Queen, But who is thankful she is Privette toa QO. Henry With a New Story. Be thankful for such a splendid tale, SERLEROROEEAAE EDS EAA OASEEEEASEAAES SHOSAEOREEEEESORD ‘The Romanee of Marie Hall. Story of a famous violinist who is very thankful, Prrvi io eT) The Thanksgiving Turkey’s Story. A Thanksgiving fairy tale, BOERASAAAANSESASE OEAAEDAEPESEEOASS SOPSOOEOOE SEO SHED __| Thanksgiving Among the Folks of the “Funny ide.” The thankfulness of the “Kids,” the “Buttins,” Romeo, et al, HEEAESEORAEEOSEOEEAEOEOREESHOEEEEE SOEOEEDS SEES SESS A Regular Chankful Humber, | PERROEOEAEAAEOOOS OOAEEEERE OAS EELS COSEReoeeEsoe+EN Be thankful you haven’t this kind of mother. . | ‘ AVETALE WOMAN | sapsessnaaenasens seseseasescessnaeseessonegesossaan