Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-10-13

that the marriage is legal, althoug
the stamp of doubt is upon IL. Tt
news of Rev. Murphy's neglect hi
stirred up a number of local mini
ters, who have admitted that the,
too. have neglected to take out th
required lincese. Among them ma
be mentioned Rev. DIR. l. B. HeC
wig, ex-president Of Wittenburl
Rev. S. p. Dunlap, etc. They, /
the last few years, have marie
hundreds Of people, and are a
liable tO $500 fine. People are pui
zling themselves to know whetht
or not they are legally married.
THE SEATTLE AND MONTANA RoAI
SEATTLE, Oct. 13.-The last spik
Of the Seattle d Montana road wa
driven yesterday, two miles north {
the Stillaquamish river. Their
were ceremonies attended the Occs
sion, but a message was received "A
the Great Northern headquarters {
the effect that Engineer Watson has
made a short speech, which was re
celved with cheers by the workmen
after which he assisted in driving
the lest big nail that completes thi,
part of the road. There are twenty
miles of balIasting yet to be laic
before the road will be actually com
pleted and ready for operation. This
will be completed in about two
weeks, when regular trains will be
run, There is also about a mile OF
track TO be laid In the city of Seattle
yet. This will be done within the
next week. The Seattle q Montana
is S74 miles in length, and runs
from this city to Jannan's prairie,
Skagit county, where it is met by
its extension, the Fairhaven&South-
ern, which runs direct to New West
minister, b. c, Both of these roads
are the property of the Great North
ern. The first survey was made in
the spring of 1890, and October r.
is announced as the day which will
be recorded as the date the road was
formally completed.
THE METHODIST COUNCIL.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.-In the
ecumenical convention yesterday
Rev. Leonard, of New York, closed
the morning session with few re-
marks condemnatory of preachers
who invited doubt by delivering
sermons on Darwinism aud on
Huxley. During the recess the
delegates were received at the
White House by President and Mrs.
Harrison.
AT the afternoon session the topic
of discussion was: "The religious
press and religious uses of the
secular press" Rev. Hugh Price
Hughes being the essayist. 1t was
strange, said he, that this great
agency, the press, has rarely re-
ceived the consideration of the
churches. For the creation of pub
lie opinion in these swift days the
press was supreme. If so disposed,
the religious press should never be
used for politics. Rev. DIR, Fergu-
son, president of the Primitive
Methodist church of England,
could not say amen to DR.. Hughes
assertion that religious papers should
not take cognizance of politics. In
England there were thousands of
people that received their politics,
not from the daily papers, but from
weekly religious journals, and occa-
sionally IL became necessary that
the religio political questions should
be treated by them (murmurs of
disapprovaD. He would not go
further into that subject because he
saw that it troubled his Wesleyan
friends. (Cries of "Oh, nO'O, Rev.
o. Hose, of Nashville, Tenn, said
the religious newspapers had not
kept pace with the secular press in
development. Religious papers
should have an expert corps of as
sistants 10 the chief editor. Atten.
ton should be given to the advertis
ing columns, Mr.. Atkinson, al
English member of parliament
thought religious papers should take
no account of politics. 1t was
merely question as to how Jesu:
Christ would speak on the "Irist
question: Rev. DR.. Balmer, ol
England, aroused DIR. Atkinson by
expressing gratitude to DR.. Hughes
and adding that condemnation 10y
some speakers was equivalent L
! praise Of others, wbereupon DIR
Atkinson, with some spirit, de
manded To know II that sort of In
situation is to be brought forwarC
ON another brother. The chairman
restored order, and DR. Balmer with
drew his remark, hut soon arouse,
DIR. Atkinson again by referring L
the remark made by Mr., Shape 4
I the effect that one of the Englisl
political parties had ridden int
power on b er barrel, aud adding
"We have never learned that thei
body was divorced from the bee
barrel.n DR.. Morley, of New Zes
land, raised point OF order ths
English politics could not be dis
cussed In conference. DIR. Balme
said his illusions had been calle
forth by the proceeding speaker
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