The Anaconda standard., 1895-04-14
FIRE AND INSURANCE
An Infant Rescued From the flamss
By a Courageous DsliTarymln
CHURCH SERVICES TO-DAY
A Former Great Falls MInister Be-
fore a Jury OF Elders Down In
Santa Rosa-Not Anxious TO
Resign His Post. -"

GREAT FALLS, April 13.-Fire this morn
ing broke out in a house at S19 Third av-
enue south. The house was owned by
Mrs. William Woodlock. Eastern capi-
talists foreclosed the mortgage on IL, and
the time for redemption expired to-day.
Mrs. Woodlock had removed the furni-
ture from the lower floor and set . stove,
containing live Goals, near n "lean to" in
the rear of the house. From this stove II
seems the fire caught. 80.
f. II. Ebert lived in an upper story.
The family fled when the fire was discov-
cred and left q 2-months old baby to per
ish, but the child was rescued by j. NJ.
Dunn, driver for the Montana laundry.
Ebert's furniture was destroyed with no
insurance. The house is damaged to the
extent of $500, fully insured. The fire
spread to an adjoining house, owned and
occupied by Henry wilkins. The latter
house was damaged to the extent of s75,
fully insured.
At st. AIMS Catholic church at 7 30 to-
morrow morning low mass will be cele-
brated. At 10 80 there will be high mass
and Weigands festival by the choir and a
large orchestra. The subject of the SER
mon by Father Dolls will be "Rsen." In
the evening there will be service, "veni
Creator by the choir and the sermon
will be on ''The Persecution and Victory
of Christ"
At the Scandinavian NJ. L. church at IL
a. M, Rev. N. L. Hansen will preach on
the subject, "Christ Is Risen, Indeed.n
At p. m. his subject will be, "If Man
Died Shall He Live Again?"
Rev. j. ID. Reid of the First Liberal
church will preach at Elks' hall at IL a. I'm.
on "Life's Renewals" Ia
Rev. John Reid, jr., was the first regu-
larly established minister of the Presby-
terian church of Great Falls. He built
up an enormous congregation, and under
his ministry the church edifice was built
and later enlarged and improved. He
was unquestionably the most eloquent
minister in the city during his eight years
residence here. But he was strict and.
some claimed narrow in his views, al
though sincere and earnest. When the
time came, after six years service, he,,
realizing that his pastorate caused dis
sensions. resigned. The church. by a
vote of 20 to IA, refused to accept the
resignation. But later, on account of his
wife's health, he decided to accept a cali
to Santa Rosa, CAL, where he has been,
for the past 18 months. !
A recent Santa Rosa paper says: "A
big congregational meeting was held at
the Presbyterian church TO decide whether
the Rev. John Reid, jr., should remain as
its pastor or be requested TO seek more
congenial fields. Trouble has been grow-
ing in this church for some time. Mr.
Reid is very emphatic in describing to his
flock the paths which he thinks they
should avoid. In the course of his SER
mon this winter he dealt seriously with
dancing, card playing and other like so
cial amusements, giving them many hard
blows. His friends claim this pinched
the toes of number of his wealthiest
hearers and added to their dissatisfac-
tion. The elders asked him to resign. He
refused to resign and demanded that IL
there we're any charges against him they
be made out in due form. This the elders
failed to do.
"The congregation met and took the
matter in their own hands. They voted
on whether he should be retained and
there was a majority of 10 in favor of
keeping him. The minority refused TO
accept the result, and will now appeal to
hepresbytery."