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The times., 1897-05-31
cuBA's WRONGS REcorxrED.
DIR. Kent Declares the United sta es
Is Morally Responsible.

The Rev. Alexander Kent, o1 tie Peo-
PIES Church, delivered an interesting adj
dress last evening on Cuba at the Work
iDgnan's Library Association rooms, No.
SOC c street a,vv 1s,,,s,v
The hail was well fiHed;athe audience
being composed OF men,teIs of organized
labor and their famiiies, members of Hr
ksl5's congregation and others inter
ested in the situation in Caha.
lir. Kent was INTRODUCED by Nj W. II. G.
Simmons. who gave hiiei history Of. the
establishment OF the association and its
o.liects
MY friends,'' said DR.. Kent, the United
States is not free from resi- onsibilty for
the state of things in Cuba The island
would have been free today il tue pt o,,Ie
OF this country had cared oDe-half as much
FOR Cuban liberty as they care for Spanish
gold. To me it seems a terrible thing
in view OF our own history as rebels
against an unjust and tyrannous rule,
that we should deliberately and persist
emily withhold our aid from n people
more cruelty oppressed than or fathers
ever were; and, more terrible still, that
we should join hands with their oppressors
and help to strengthen the chains they
we have bred among ourselves the very
spirit of tyranny against which the found
ers OF the Republic fought and from which
Spain-ridden Cuba is suffering so sorely
today
Regard for the Sraniards and Cubans
alike demands that their relations be
severed, and the attitude which this coun-
try has always occupied in regard to the
relations of other governments with Cuba
places upon it peculiar responsibility for
the continuance of any such state of af-
fairs as exist there today"
The issue appears certain. Spain will
soon be obliged to evacuate Cuba. So far
as the outcome is concerned this country
could well afford to wait. But has it any
right TO wait when that waiting means
absolute starvation to hundreds and thou
sands oe people who have borne no part in
the conflict
The times., 1897-05-31
AT GUNTON MEMORIAL CHURCH.
Services of Encampment, No. 90.
Union Veteran Legion.

Encampment No. 50 Of the Unicn Vet
eraD Legion held its Memorial Day serv-
ices last night a { Gunton Memorial Church,
at the corner OF Fourteenth and streets
north west. The Legion OF Loyal Women
were also in attendance
After the preliminary exercises the reg
ular military opening ceremony of the
order, the reading Of the object Of the a S.
sembly by the presiding officer, Mr. Luke
Kelley, and the prayer by the chaplain,
Mr.. H. ID Norton, there were the two ar
fecting services of the evening for which
tie comrades had gathered, the reading
of the roll of honor of those who had died
during the year and the crowning OF the
vacant chairs with wreaths of laurel in
honor of the deceased comrades
Gen. James Tanner, last year national
commander Of the Union Veterans Legion,
gave tie address of the evening. He
spoke of the exclusive character Of the
society, of the very strict requirements
which narrow down the possibilities of
membership in this order to the people
who did actual fighting and In the war.
Corporal Tanner paid an eloquent tribute
to those OF the order, for whom the
muffled drums sad roll has beat at last
Rev. DR.. A s. Fisk, the pastor Of Gunton
Memorial Church, also gave an address.
The times., 1897-05-31

distinction in the late war was that he
obeyed orders. In many instances the
Stars and Stripes were borne up by a
colored soldier and many of them were
shot dead or wounded; yet our flag never
fell to the ground, and while the dying
comrade was falling another would catch
the staff and lift the colors, marching on,
meeting shot and shell.
After the war the Grand Army OF the
Republic was organized. The coIored man
was received as comrade, having merited
the distinction by faithful service We are
proud, therefore. Of the magnificent fra
ternity that you represent, because 1t well
comes all soldiers and marines who served
in the civil war, having received honorable
discharge.
The times., 1897-05-31
UNION VETERANS LEGION.
Impressive Memorial Services IL
Honor of Fallen Comrades.


Honor of Fallen Comrades.
Encampment No. Ill OF the Union Vet
Grams Legion held it's memorial services in
honor OF deceased comrades last night al
the Church of the Reformation, on Pennsyl-
vania avenue, between Second and Third
streets southeast. The services, which
were conducted by the officers OF the en-
cdmpment, were appropriate and NEST
impressive.
Assembly was sounded by the bugler,
after which the choir rendered a selection
with excellent effect. The object of the
assembly was stated by the colonel of the
post, Herbert NJ Ray, after which Chap
lain William X. Hillyer offered a prayer.
Then the beautiful ceremony OF crowning
the vacant chairs OF deceased comrades
with laurel wreaths followed.
Past Col William T. Pierson deliv erred an
eloquent and feeling address in honor of
deceased comrades and also exhorted the
members OF the eDcampment to stronger
fellowship among themselves and to great
er charity toward the widows and orphans
of those who fell in battle.
Rev. Mr.. Parsons, pastor Of the church.
delivered an extremely interesting al
dress, in which he related his experiences
on the two occasions when he saw Presi-
dent Lincoln during tile war-first, when
the martyred President delivered his ia
nous address after the battle OF Gettys-
burg. and again when he was visiting the
hospitals about Richmond shortly after the
fall of the Confederacy. In concluding
lis address Dr Parsons spoke OF the recent
newspaper articles which expressed the
fear that the Significance and Importance
of Memorial Day might diminish as the
veterans passed away. Dr. Parsons said
he had studied the question and there were
two reasons why he did not fear this The
first was that the pride of the growing
generation was strong enough TO keep green
tine graves of their ancestors who had pre-
served the republic. and the other reason,
which grew out of the present Importance
of honoring the dead, was that the sent-
lnent Of caring for the Gods acre was
more sacred today than ever before.
The times., 1897-05-31

ncsses. They come from a hundred hard
fought fields. They come from the un-
marked graves, where they have slept for
a third of century. They come from the
North and the South, from the East and the
West. We behold them and catch the
inspiration of the spirit that moved them,
and in the shadow of this cloud we reyer-
emily bow and mediate and pray.
They SHOULD be remembered. God is
not willing that those who fought for US
shall be forgotten In His providence He
has caused their names and deeds to be
commemorated And we are not willing
that they shall he forgotten.
They were the makers OF our history and
OF our country, and they deserve to live.
1t will not ben efitthe dead for men to strew
flowers on their graves, sing songs In their
praise or build monuments to commemorate
their deeds, We are instructed and moved
by these tokens OF a nation regard. They
are something TO us, 10 cur children, 10 our
chilGien's children and to the nation.
And are not the heroes who made our
country and wrote the most brilliant chap
ter of it's history in blood dawn fIom their
own veins witnesses? Being dead, they yet
speak. They speak through their deeds.
Their blood speaks more foicibly than the
voice OF the most eloquent orator On this
Memorial Day we Go well TO remind our
selves that those things which they repre-
sented are wcrth defen ding STILL
patriotism is not an extinc. virtue
There is as much manhood, genius, 10y
atty, unselrishness and courage today as
there was thrtyfive years ago Eetter
days are before us than those which have
gone Larger opportunities await US and
our children than those our fathers en-
1oyed. Let us make our times glorious
by enduring hardness good soldiers
We shall best honor our fathers by emu
lating their virtues"
The times., 1897-05-31
GLORY OF THE NATIONS PAST.
Great Happenings of One Age Edu-
cate the Next.

The Rev. DR.. Lucock preached an inter
esting sermon 10 large congregation at
the special Memorial Day service at Net
ropolitan Presbyterian Church last even
ing Farragut Post and the Woman's Re-
lief Corps attended en- masse.
Dr. Lucook said in part: The nations
past is Gods path in history. Tne nation
that forgets its history lCses flom its life
it's great ideas. Multftudes of people are
gathered in Gods house tonight and null
titudes will be gathered in Gods acre TO-
morrow to Learn history. The living vet
eran gives impressiveness to tie lesson.
1T is the glory of the veteran and the
glory of their comrades who sleep that their
bravery, their sacrifice, lie tears Of their
beloved, were making history, were es-
tablishing under God truth for the learning
of the world. The great happenings in one
age are for the learning of the next They
are important in themselves, but they have
a larger importance-they gather Up and
crystalline in the issge Of a given crisis,
the movements of ages"
The times., 1897-05-31
CAUSE AND EFFECT.
Law of karna Paralleled by Deduc-
tions of Modern Science.


Major James Albert Clark last night i'd
dressed the Theosophical Society, the sub
ject being Parallel Harmonies in Ka:Tna."
After explaining the shades of meaning
which efforts at translation have brought
into our literature. the major said In part:
Cause and effect itself, as a ECde Of
activity on the physical plane, would not
cover the ground; the law compelling ef-
fects from. causes would present but an
aspect Of the great generalization of he
nature students of the East The ethical
causation of the most profound phllso-
pliers might be too abstruse, while chick
ems coming home to roost' would but iffer
That which q man reaps is that which
he has sown, is the religious method of
exposition, buuit is faulty i'll not including
all spheres of action from the molecue to
the planet.
The scientific generalization of the great
law known as that of the conservation of
energy is included with greater detail and
more subtle reasoning in the literature of
the East, which is now pouring in upon
the Western schools at rate of from fifty
to five hundred volumes a year, ira nsla ted
from the Sanscrit. The Hebrew severity
of demanding an eye for an eye and tooth
for a tooth might have passed as the letter
of the law but the spirit of the same would
he found in allowing Karma to bide its
time TO bring about the equitable adjust
ment.
The times., 1897-05-31
fHE CuLoss--S soLD1EK,s vALoR..
DIR. Thomas Special Sermon T.
Sumner Post Last Evening.

DIR. Thomas Special Sermon to
Sumner Post Last Evening.
nr. Thomas, pastor of Asbury NJ. E.
Church. Eleventh and K streets northwest,
delivered the Memorial discourse last
evening to the Charles Sumner Post, No
., and the Ladies Relief Corps, numbering
III all 375. He took fOf his text, Psalms.
xvi:6, and said:
''The word of God lays the foundation
for all things which are for mans welfare.
1t also furnishes us many examples Of
the ups and downs of life in church and
state. 1t recommends that we give honor
to whom honor is due And who Of our
Nation is more deserving OF honor than
the old soldier OF the late civil war?
We regard it a distinguished privilege
to address representatives of the Grand
Army of the Republic, and especially are
we gratified when We consider that on
tomorrow you shall enter the City of the
dead and strew flowers upon the graves
of your fallen comrades and our bene-
factors.
The principles for which they, as well as
yourselves, fought are dear TO every pa
triotic heart For more than thirty years
the brilliant achievements Of the old sol
diers have been retold with increasing
splendor, yet the story is ever new, and
we never weary of hearing these deeds Of
valor and death.
At the beginning of the war there seemed
to be no need Of colored men to take up
arms and enter the conflict. twas thought
all over the country that they would not
make good soldiers; that they would finch
and surrender amid the hottest Of the bat
tie. The cry, moreover, was heard in every
quarter OF the Union, until 1T was thought
expcdient to give colored men trial since
they had frequently offered their ser vices
to the Government We are proud to know
that amid showers of bullets and scream
ing shell, tearing great gaps In your front
and side, that you moved onward toward
the enemy like the grand, majestic sea.
One thing that gave the colored man
The times., 1897-05-31
LIBERTY AND EDUCATION.
Sermon of Rev. w. III. Rjcha rdson
at Gorsuch M. r. Church.

Rev. w. H. Richardson, at Gorsuch NJ E
Church. last night. delivered Memorial
Day sermon, speaking, in part, as follows:
To-day we feel that it is our duty to
educate our children So as to make good
and worthy citizens Of them 1t is our
solemn obligation to our own, to ourselves
and to posterity that we foster the public
school AS education progresses SO Chris
uanity and humanity progress. and as the
morals and intellectual growth decrease
just SO do we find vice, degradation and
misery.
.The best way to educate is to foster
the principles of freedom. We as men owe
it to our country to see that our school
system is perpetuated. We owe it TO pos
terityto demand that the public schoolsys-
tenn shall not be attacked and its progress
impeded.
THE principles Of education are the prin
ciplcs of pure citizenship Education ard
Freedom 90 hand in hand Our duty is
a twofold duty The church and state
should not go together The two, though
closely allied, should be separated"
The times., 1897-05-31
GTRLEY MEMORIAL CHAPEL.
Rev. Mr.. Baker Tells of Mission
Work in Colorado.


Rev E. T. Baker, missionary from the
Presbyterian Mission Schools al Lei Note,
Col. occupied the pulpit at GurIey Memorial
Chapel yesterday, Rev. John r. Verbry ke,
pastor.
Dr Baker selected his text from tie eleT-
enth chapter of Hebrews, thiitieth verse
by faith the walls Of Jericho fell down ="
The three essential points he discussed
were: Obedience, peEsistency and the
Divine presence. Obedience on the part
of Gods children and exact compliance
with His Will win bring the deserved fruit
full results, as Indicated in Gods words,
without me We can 90 nothing"
a very interesting part OF his sermon re-
lated TO the mission schcols In Colorado
Three hundred and fifty years ago." he
said, "a colony of SpaniaTds settled in
that section of the countT ~ and until few
years ago, when the Presbyterian schools
were introduced, these people We've in a
shameful state of vice and Ignorance
Through the excellent work Of these schools
much has heen done to educate and Chris-
tianize the natives PLACED iiIst in the
primary school the pupils gradually adj
vance 30 the theological seminary, and, +"
said nr. Baker, .'the majority of these stu
dents are the possessors of very beautiful
characters and are most earnest and de
voted workers The method adopted in
our school is, l believe, one OF divine ap--
pOintment."
Speaking of the outlook at Del NoIte, Dr..
Baker said: THE prospects aIe as bright as
Gods promises -
The music of the service was excellent,
especially the solo OF Mis-. Anna Craig
Hills, who sang Coenan's song, Come
Unto Me"
The times., 1897-05-31
A CLOUD OF WITNESSES.
Heroes Testify to Service. for God
and Country.

y
"a Cloud of Witnesses was the theme
OF Rev. DR.. Clark's sermon at Foundry
Church yesterday morning. The text was
Hebrews, 12:1, I'VE also are compassesl
about with so great a cloud OF witnesses.
"The witnesses referred to- said Dr.
Clark, .are those ancient saints and con-
Querors, heroic men and women, who by
faith made an illustrious record and rem
dered valuable service to God and the
Hebrew commonwealth. Abel, Enoch.
Noah, Abraham, Jacob, Joseph, Aaron,
Gideon, David, Samuel, and host OF re-
formers, confessors, warriors and mar
tyrs, who, although less conspicuous, We're
no less worthy of honor and praise than
the great statesmen, prophets and rulers
of the nation.
l see another cloud of witnesses. / refer
now to the noble armyof heroes who fought
in the wars for the establishment and
maintenance Of the American republic.
Many OF them perished on the battlefield
and many more have since gone from these
earthly sceues. This day has been set apart
as Memorial Day. We are invited to pay
q tribue of respect to our fallen heroes.
Most gladly do we respond to this invita-
eAoAis oHN Sa"iA NhAt<tNOt w ibP'osS VINO
occasion SO that, while the dead are coni-
memorated. the living may be profited and
the Lord Of all glorified
tits said that over 10 900 men were ac-
tually killed in battle during the civil
war, 100000 died of disease, and 275.000
were wounded, mary of whom afterward
died of their wounds. We have no means
of knowing how many lives were sacrificed
in the Confederate army. It may be that
a million lives were laid dow in that ter
rible struggle.
The story of each private soldier shall
never be written. What they did, what
they suffered, how they died, can never
be told. / SUNNI on, this cloud OF wit
The times., 1897-05-31
COLoRED HEROES OF THE WAR.
Prof. I.angSton Tells OF the Service
Done by Them.

Done Dy nen.
Services appropriate to Memorial Day
were held last night by the coloFed con-
greeation OF University Park Temple, at
Sixth and Trumbull streets. Prof. John
NJ Langston was the speaker Of the even
ing Hon B X. Bruce and NJ. NJ Holland
had promised to he present and make adj
dresses also, nut for Sofne reason they were
prevented from being present
Prof Langston talked about 1.-The Cor
ored Soldier" aud said he had very much
to do with the bringing of the negro into
the army.
when the idea was first suggested I
doubted and debated it with myself, and
finally concluded that they might serve the
country I thenlived in Ohio and Gov. Todd
was at the head OF the State government
I hroached the subject TO him early in
1862. and he resisted me- saying, DON'T
you know that this is a white mans gov
ernment and u white mans country? When
white men can't defend their country and
need the negIoes to assist them we will
call on YOU; but not until then I replied,
when you want us. call. Soon after this
q conference of governors was held ae
Altoona, and it was then decided that
Massachusetts should send a recruit regf-
ment of colored troops. The Fifty-fourth
end Fifty-fifth Regiments were Immediately
recruited, and the most OF the men in them
went from Ohio. Seventy-five of them I
recruited myself, and they were sent 70
the front in South Carolina, and all of the
seventy-five went down.
The speaker refer red to the great service
performed by the 5000 colored troops in
Tennessee under Gen. Thomas, in his
memorable engagement with Gen Hood,
declaring that hut 10000 of the number
came out of the battle. He concluded his
remarks by saying that whenever an
emergency arose in this country the col-
ored men had done good work.
The times., 1897-05-31
Professor Richards Address

An address before the Y " c. A was
delivered yesterday afternoon by Pror.
J. Fraise Richard. principal of the Modern
Normal College, of this city The suotec1
was ..Going Through the World, the
professor speaking with much force npon
the necessity of Young people making an
early and wise choice Of calling, ascer-
tanning, in other words. what their mis-
sion is TO be and preparing for it,
The times., 1897-05-31
THE DAYS SACRED LESSONS.
The Mission OF America and Work
for Patriots.

The Rev. DR. Conaty, the eloquent rector
of the Catholic University, preached a
Memorial Day sermon at the IL O'Clock
services, yesterday morning, at ST. Paul's
Church, the discourse being based on the
text from Ii Maccabees, in which Mat
thias, the High Priest, bade his sons to
have zeal for the law and to preserve the
covenants of their fathers, even at the
sacrifice of their lives.
This same ADVICE said the preacher,
..comes to Us today from our Country in
the hour of her gratitude 10 her dead
who, with their lives, preserved for US
che covenant Of our liberties This day,
The times., 1897-05-31
The Pilgrimage to Mount McGrcgor.

Saratoga. N Y, May 30.-The annual
memorial pilgrimage to the u 8 Grant
cottage cn Mount Macgregor was made to-
day by veterans of Post James e. McKean
and large assembly OF citizens and vis-
itors. Senator Edgar T. Brackett delivered:
an eloquent address. The weather W as finS,
and the ceremony impressive.
The times., 1897-05-31

Furniture stored, ST. TO So per month
B. & c. STORAGE CO., 10 to 16 Z st. me-
! my26-tf
The times., 1897-05-31
Dunkard Meeting at Frederick-Re-

Dunkard Meeting at Frederick-Re.
duced Rates via b. & O.
The Baltimore and Ohio viii sell excur-
sion tickets to. Frederick, May 20 to June
8, inclusive, valid for return until June 80,
at $1.70 for the round trip. Special train
Sunday, June 6, leaves New Jersey ave
nue. and c street at g. m. Round trip,
good for day only, Sips. my29-7tem
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-05
FIRE At REDWOOD CITY.
Great Damage to the Grand Hotel and
instruments of the Telegraph and
TeIephone comD1nieS,

REDWOOD CITY, CAL, Feb. AT Z
o'clock this morning an alarm of fire was
turned in al station 2 at this place. The
fire was discovered in the Office occupied
by the Postal Telegraph Com pany and the
Sunset Telephone Company, situated in
the back of the Grand Hotel building. 1t
was noticed first by John Conover, one of
the proprietors of the hotel, who atte empted
to extinguish it by throwing on bucket
of water, in consequence of which he
received quite severe shock of electricity.
The fire company soon appeared and
extinguished the flames, though not be-
fore considerable damage to the building
and instruments of the telegraph and tele-
phone companies had been done.
The cause of the confiagration is vari-
ously accounted for, one theory being
that the local electric-light wires, which
in many places are quite loose, had dur
ing the storm become crossed with the
telegraph and telephone wires, thereby
oyercharging the latter, with the result
that the current left the wires and ignited
some papers lying on the operatin g-table.
Another Is that the wires were surcharged
by reason of the electrical distur Dances
noticed in the atmosphere early this
morning. The entire telegraph and tele-
phone apparatus was burned out and
damaged beyond repair.
On learning OF the fire the officials of the
telegraph and telephone companies sent
man from San Francisco to replace the
damaged instruments with new, which he
says may take three or four days to do.
The operator lost all the. messages sent
through the office during the last month.
The damage to the building was entirely
covered by insurance.