The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-11-05

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Ala ska and the Aleutian Islands, is tbs
guest of Mr. lie Valiant, charge d'affair,
OF the Russian Legation, No. 1929 1 street
Washington.
bishop Nlchlas is the only representa-
| tive of tire Cheek Church ia America. HIS
headquarters are san Francisco and he
makes ali annual pilgrimage to the more
| important charges ia HE see.
He talked pleasantly with Times man
la night. His visit to Washington is de
void vi political or ecclesiastical signifi-
canoe. Tsishop Nicholas knows great Zeal
about Alaska aud talks willingly about
tllsi interesting part of America.
Ais ska las been known to DE- rich ia
gold for more than a century, bat il re
| quired American brain and muscle 10
| attack the arduOus task of digging il CIT.
For more than tw enty years Alaska and he
adiaceat regions Of northwestern British
| Columbia have been increa sing the world :
supply 1t gOlc. The first considera bic con
tribution was from the CasSian mines, al
the heddor Deasr River in British Columbia,
where ia 1874 Sl-000,o00 of gold was
taken out. However, after that year their
| product gradually decrea sed, and at ,he
! present time they are practically allan
! doued having added about $1,000 900 To
the worlds stock of gold. During the SUI
ceeding Years gold was discovered IN pa wing
quantities here and there in soutieaa
ala SKA, and the tents OF prOspect0rs began
e make their appearance on the shores q!
the islands Of the Alexander Archlpelae &c.
GTadually as the knowledge OF the region
spr-ad. O. litalists became interested, with
tie ressLlt hat al several points which had
been occupied by Placer miners stamping
mills aita che rination works were cstab
lished.
BISHOP Nicholas has heard great
deal about TIE Klondike. 1t is described
as river several hundred miles in length
and difficult to navigate becs use of its
sN 1T current. The new mines are on it,
tiibuta iies. BoBsnza, FL pOIado, Tunkef,
and Fear Crooks. These rivers which.
during The spring and early summer, are
torrents fed by the melting snow. dWindle
siuring lie intense neat OF summer into
inc lnsideiable streams. The eta inns ale ia
the beds Of the streams, and are best
worked ia winter. Each claimis 500 feet
bank. provided il does not exceed 6e6 feet
The surface soil being frozen flies are
built which thaw the sand and era vel.
The surface deposit thus sc!t-ned i
shoveled OCT: this process is continn.d
until shaft has has been sunk into tie
guld hearing Ia ger. Fires are then buat
agains; the sides of the shaft and iunnelfng
Is carried un under the frozen gravel
The pay dirt" is piled up To be
washed" cut in spring when the water
begins to run.
The Greek church or Holy orieDtaI or
thod0X Apostolic church, lie that section
of the Christian church dominant in
Eastern Europe, Western Asia, and the
extreme northwest of America. In the
first ges Of ChriStianit y n dInerousc'urches
Were foBHded by the Apostles and their
SUCCESSORS in Greek-speaBng Countries.
These were subsequently called Greek in
contra distinction to the churches an which
be Latin tongue prevailed. The removal
the seat OF empire by Constantine 10
Cnnstantinople, and the subsequent sep
a.atiun OF the eastern and western EN-
pires afforded opportunity for diversities
Of language. modes of thinking, anC Gus
toms 60 manifest themselves. and added
p.slilical causes TO the grounds of separa
tion. During the earliest peiioil the chief
seats of influence in the Eastern clIurca
were Jerusalem. Antioch and Alexandra.
the seat Of HAT mystical philosophy ny
which tie oriental church was distin-
guiShed. After the synod OF Antioch, ri
vaIry heiween the Bishop OF Rome and
the Bislop OF ConstantinopIe began TO a.
sumo a hitter phase. Differences Of doc
trine with respect to the pieces sicn II |
the Holy Spirit appeared. Soon each |
bishop accommodated the other. Once
.,r twice these churches got together again.
hut they Couldn't stick. The final sep |
aratIon between the churches took place |
it, 1854 hHt the Russo Greek church was |
not separated until the twelfth century.
tn" Greek Church is the only church |
which hulds that the Holy Ghost proceeds |
from the Father only. Like the Catholic /
church, Il has seven acknowledgement, |
cllriSm, tie eucharist preceded by confession /
end pchance. ordination, marriage and eA- /
treme JUNCTION. The Greek Church practices |
apttsuhyi:nTnersiona nd Ut e lea vened bread |
at Communion. The clergy are permitted /
10 marry. hat only once and to a virgin. |
Widowed clergy are net permitted To hold /
their liNiHpS, tut must go into cioister 1
IL - ants divorces, tut does not allow the
laity fourth marriage. 1t re iects he doc
trne Of pur 5atory, works of superen,gation,
ndulgences and dispensations, but admits /
pra yersGo the dead, whesecondition appears
. be Undetermined until final judgment.
/ allows ifO carved, scuiptured or molten
mage OF holy persons or subjects, though
IN sCme OF the RussO-Greek churches sculp-
iure H. permitted. They hold relics, graves
and crosses sacred. The seats of the four
OF the Russian Empire are
ST, Petersburg, hiev, Kasan and Tobolsk.