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The herald., 1897-05-15
MUNHALL MEETINGS
The Evangelist Explains the Neces-
sity for Revivals

Notwithstanding the threatening as
pect of the weather Simpson tabernacle
was we'll filled last night with an inter-
ested and attentive audience to hear DR..
Munhall and Prof. Birch in their evan
gelistic work. The latter led spirited
song service preceding the sermon.
Short and encouraging reports were
from the women's prayer meetings, held
in different homes in the city. The
evangelist gave a diagnosis of revival,
saying the infant church was born In a
tidal wave of revival and in a short
space of time the whole Of the then
civilized world was subject to the reign
of Jesus Christ.
But the dark ages followed and the
Lord raised up Luther, Melancthon and
their compeers who, by their great
spirit and power saved the church from
utter ruin. Then the church again re-
lapsed into formality, and the Lord
raised up John Calvin and his coad-
tutors and a revival spirit shook all
Europe aS by an earthquake. Then
when another depression of spirituality
came John Knox, and the Wesleys. and
Whitfield arose in that mighty spiritual
power that rocked the islands Of Great
Britain and Ireland as In the throee OF
an earthquake, and the revival spirit
swept across 5000 miles of ocean to this
new world, and rolled down the Atlantic
coast from Boston to the Savannahs. and
so on revival epochs have proved the
great and historic in the life and pros
perity in the church of God.
In politics, in football, and baseball
and prize fights men get excited and
shout and go wild-that is all right in
these things-but If there is little ex-
citement. in a revival of soul saving
effort, and there is shout or a cry. that
is all wrong I would like to see so much
religious excitement in THE city that
every church member who does not pay
his debts would get religion enough to
pay them. swould like to see a revival
in your city that would close every
saloon and brothel and gambling hell.
Then you might expect your city to grow
and multiply as never before, for it would
be heaven on earth.
DR.. Munhall announced at the close of
the meeting that he would preach next
Monday night to the societies Of the
Grand Army of the Republic and all
military organizations of the city-a SER
mon to old soldiers by an old soldier.
The herald., 1897-05-15
EAST SIDE NEWS
A Peculiar Accident - Burglars at
Work-A Social

Lindsay MurdOck, lad Of Is years,
who resides near Morgan's station with
his widowed mother and brothers, met
with bad accident Thursday afternoon
while out in a canyon looking for his
horse, which had strayed. In some un.
accountable manner revolver which he
was carrying in his pocket was dis
charged, the bullet entering his right
limb about six inches below the thigh,
inflicting painful although not danger
Gus wound.
The residence of Mr.. Harshman or
Pasadena avenue, short distance from
the arroyo bridge, was burglarized or
Wednesday afternoon during the alb
sence of the family. The thieves obtain
ed entrance by removing pane of glass
from one of the windows. The contents
of bureau drawers. trunks and closets
were strewn about, but only few old
coins were taken.
A telegram was received Thursday by
c. S. and F. D. Bradford, announcing
the death of their only sister, who resid-
ed in Chicago. Mrs C. s. Bradford
started yesterday morning. but will
probably not reach Chicago in time to be
present at the funeral.
One of the most enjoyable receptions
ever held on the East Side was given at
the Christian church on Workman street
Thursday evening to the new pastor,
the Rev. L. o. Ferguson, and wife. The
church was. beautifully decorated with
choice flowers. Festoons of smilax and
carnations were hung form the cfunde-
liers to the windows, producing pretty
effect. On the wall back of the pulpit
the word welcome" in evergreen, was
hung. The pulpit and organ were taste
fully decorated with white flowers.
Large bouquets and pyramids of roses
and callas were distributed in various
parts of the church, all adding to its
beauty. At the conclusion Of very in
teresting program, consisting Of music
and recitations, Rev. B. F. Coulter, the
founder and former pastor Of the church.
gave an address of welcome. Rev. F..
A. Healy of Asbury church, Rev. E. H.
Brooks of the Baptist church and Rev.
M. McFadyen of tie Christian Advent
church, also extended welcome, to all
of which Rev. Mr.. Furgison responded in
an earnest and pleasing address. The
The herald., 1897-05-15
Whittier.
RUIZ BROTHERS ARRESTED
Charged With Stealing Cattle From
the Wolfskill Ranch

Deputy Sheriffs White and Woodward
yesterday arrested Jose. Miguel and
Sandrufo Ruiz on warrants charging
them with cattle stealing. The three
prisoners are brothers and are Mexicans
The youngest is only II years old.
They are accused Of having stolen a
large number Of calves at different times
from the Wolfskill ranch. which were
butchered and sold in this city. A still
hunt has been going on for the thieves
for some time but they managed to
keep out Of the way until yesterday. One
Of the boys was arrested at their home
on Pico Heights late last night and the
other was found in Chinatown.
The herald., 1897-05-15
THE SNAKE DANCERS
How the Moqui Indians Pray fol
Rain

Mr.. George Wharton James gave a
very interesting talk Thursday night
on The Snake Dancers of the United
States" The address was given in the
school of art and design, under the aus
rices of the camera section of the acad-
emy Of sciences. 1t was profusely illus
trated with particularly clear and good
stereopticon views, and was Instructive
as we'll as enjoyable. With rapid gen.
eralization of the locality, as shown by
maps; the scenic. geological and arch
Biological Importance Of the southwest
as compared and contrasted with Eu-
The herald., 1897-05-15
Homo Life in Dixie

Home Life in Dixie During the Wae,..
was the attractive title Of a very inter-
esting lecture delivered at Trinity
church. Grand avenue, Thursday night.
by that distinguished orator. Rev. 8. A..
Steel. D. D.. of Nashville. Tenn, general
secretary Of the Epworth league and ed
itor of the Epworth Era. The subject II
one that affords an almost inexhaustible
fund Of anecdote and descriptive lau-
guage. mingled with humor and pathos.
all of which were exemplified in the we'll
known lecturers best style.
The herald., 1897-05-15

Fiesta Dc Los Angeles. The six members
who hold over are Messrs. A. d. Shepard
H. Jevne. w. c. Patterson. y. M. John.
ston. J. o. Koepfll and w r. Roberts.
The president ID desirous OF appoint
ing delegates to represent the board at
the next session OF the ransmississippI
congress. which convenes In
Salt Lake City on the. 14th day Of Jnly
next. and Will be glad to be informed of
any members who can make 1t conven,.
lent to attend. Matters OF great import
ance to this section will be considered.
and It IL hoped that strong delegation
will go from Los Angeles.
The herald., 1897-05-15
LADIES' AUXILIARY
Election Of omcers and Appointment
of Committees

Election Of ofacers and Appointment,
= of Committees
The Ladies' Auxiliary convened at ;
p. m. in Turner hall yesterday Mrs
Callihan Jackson of Ideal division No
80, was made grand junior in the alb.
sence of that officer, who. however
came in at later hour.
A most magnificent bouquet Of Amer
lean Beauty roses was sent by the con-
vention O.. r. C.. to Grand. President
Mrs. J. H. Moore. This gallant and
charming attention on the part of the
gentlemen Of the convention was great
ly appreciated by the grand president.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
The first order Of business was the
election Of officers. 1t consumed almost
all the afternoon Many of the officers
were candidates for reelection. Noni-
nations were made in many eloquent
speeches. Mrs j. H. Moore, the retir-
ing grand president, was again elected
by a unanimous vote.
The result Of the election as finally
announced as follows:
Grand president, Mrs. ]. H. Moore,
Toledo, Ohio.
Grand vice president, Mrs. G. p.
Hodges, Columbus, Ohio.
Senior sister, Mrs. B, F., .Witse, Phil
adelphia.
Junior sister. Mrs. J. D. Tracey. Los
Angeles.
Grand guard. Mrs. W. c. Turner of
Cairo, Ills.
Executive committee-Mrs. ]. NJ. Sew
ell Chicago, chairman; Mrs. Perry C.
Callahan, Mrs. e. J. Palmer, Portland.
Insurance President, Mrs.
w. c. Turner, Cairo: secretary and
treasurer. Mrs. ]. M-Sewell, Chicago.
Directors-Mrs. B. F. Wiltse Of Phil
adelphia; Mrs. c. p. Hodges of Cleve-
land. and Mrs. J. D. Tracey Of Los An
geles.
Mr.. William Fitzpatrick, who is one
of the trustees Of the Railvay Mems
home at Highland Park. Chicago, ap-
peared in the lodge and sketched tn.
work at this point. The object, he said
was trustworthy one, and he solicited
aid for it from the order Of the auxiliary
This matter. will. be discussed in the
auxiliary later.
The lodge Eas almost finished its work.
and many of the auxiliary, now that
the officers are elected, will not be in
attendance today, but are arranging
for series of sight seeing, as their stay
will be SO short in the city.
The herald., 1897-05-15
AT THE PAVILION
The Grand Ball Attended by Four
Thousand People

The ball and banquet given by Los
Angeles division Ill, D. r. c., at Haz-
ards pavilion in honor of the visiting
members and delegates to the twenty
sixth session of the national convention
last night was a brilliant success in
point of numbers. The crush quite ex-
ceeded any ball ever given in the city,
for the great hall was packed from the
| floor to the roof. The pavilion was bril-
liant with color; from the ceiling of
pale yellow swung flags of all nations in
radiating lines from the center to the
corners.
The galleries were gay with the colors
of the order, red. green and white, with
fans of the tri-color at regular intervals
The walls were lined with flags and
bunting. The stage was screened with
pretty bamboo railing twined with ivy,
behind which Arend's orchestra was
stationed, furnishing the music.
The reception committee consisted OF
the following: William E. Hope, Harry
Davis, I. E. Butcher, c. c. Swain, F. w
Bunnell, Elmer c. Jordan, J. B. Freit
A. F., Bowles. Ed K. Haggin and George
H. Odell.
George P. Clough was floor manager,
with the following aids: r. T. He'd
rick, A. L. kinch, w. D. Perkins, r. A.
Dudley, F. T. Deyoe, John Griffin, M. D.
Smith and H. S. Kinch.
The grand march at 9 p. m. was led
by Mr.. and Mrs. W. D.. Perkins. AL.
though an attempt was made to follow
the dance program yet the crowd was
so great it was quite impossible to en-
joy any of the numbers, and the crush
only became greater as the hours grew
late.
Supper was served from II to by the
Royal bakery. The banquet hall was
elaborately decorated, the walls being
draped with hundreds of flags. Gar
lands of smilax swung across the long
tables, which were profusely adorned
with bouquets of sweet peas, carna.
tions pansiesand roses.
Potted plants and ferns were banked
through the center Of the hall.
The long tables were laid for 600 guests
and as three sets were served almost 1000
partook of the elaborate. menu, which
included all the delicacies of the season.
Eighty walters in evening dress were in
attendance, and the affair was admira-
bly, managed.
AS there were at least 1000 guests it
would be quite impossible to give the
names of those present. The grand offic-
ers, the Conductors club and the execu-
tive committee were all present; also
the members of the Brotherhood of Lo-
connective Firemen. the Brotherhood OF
Locomotive Engineers, the Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen and almost all OF
the members of the O. r. c.
The herald., 1897-05-15

ropoan localities. Mr.. james took up
the Indians and their. acteristics.
He showed various reservations, with
their towns; the Nava3oS. their blanket
weaving and their customs. Then the
MoQuis and their puebloo on the mesas.
their habits and their homes. The char
acteristics OF the men and the women
were touched upon, the men who knit
the stocking blankets and belts, the
women, who are not only the architects
Of the houses, but who buildthem, carry
water, etc.
hair dressing and basket-weaving were
explained, as we'll as the designs of their
pottery. and finally q graphic descrip-
tion Of the snake dance and dancers was
given. The snake dance, which is pri-
n1arily a prayer for rain, and which calls
upon the gode for fertility in the crops.
and the women. that they may bear
healthy children. No one village re-
peats the dance oftener than once In
two years, but It Is arranged that ad5a-
cent villages shall alternate. and in
some one or the other 1t shall take place
yearly
Mr.. James gave a most realistic de-
scription of the locality. the prepara-
ton Of the days before. the ceremonia>s
then and at the actual time, the man
ner in which the snakes are handled,
snd finally of their being sent In all d.
rections, north, south. east and west.
as messengers that the prayers for the
ensuing two years may be answered.
1t was extremely interesting through
cut, the pictures were apt and clearly
Illustrated Mr.. James words, and as
he has spent large portion Of his time
in that section his subject was readily
and comprehensively expressed.
The herald., 1897-05-15
A Secretive Secretary

SALT LAKE. May IA special to the
Tribune from Helena. Mont. says: Sec
retary of the Senate John Bloor was con-
victed today by jury Of having secreted
the salary bill'' to prevent its passage
the last night Of the session. and tho pun
ishment fixed at one years Imprisonment.
He was denied further bail and Is now
in Jail. The bill in question had passed
both houses the last day. but was never
signed by the speaker Of the house. It
would have cut down the salaries Of the
county officers and the number and sala-
ries Of the deputies 50 per cent.
The herald., 1897-05-15
BASEBALL TODAY
Whittier State School w. the Univer-
sity Of Southern California

The Whittier state school and Univer-
sity Of Southern California baseball
teams will cross bats this afternoon at
Athletic park at 2:45 o'clock. This will
be the second game between these two
teams. the first one resulting in victory
for the state school boys by the close
score Of 20 to IS. The two teams are very
evenly matched. the state school boys
having little advantage in, the batting.
The two teams will be made up as fol-
lows:
The herald., 1897-05-15
Punch Autographs

j. Clark Sheldon of Defender division
312 of Weehawken, N. j., delegate to
Atlanta in 1895, is known to his friends
as the punch Fiend." Mr.. Sheldon has
an autograph album of the most unique
character. 1t is bound in Russia leath-
er and contains the punch autographs
Of representative conductors from al
most all the roads in the United States.
The herald., 1897-05-15
Carney Killed

PHOENIX. May I.-Thomas Carney.
while attempting to swing to the truck Of
freight car at Congress Junction today,
fell beneath the wheels and a leg was cut
off above the knee. The wounded man was
taken to the Congress mine hospital, three
miles distant, but soon after died from the
loss of blood.
The herald., 1897-05-15

remainder Of the svsnidg wss spent In
social intercourse. 8
r. q. Bright u the guest Of his sisters.
Mrs. g. aibley., and Mrs. g. w. Damrel.
Mr.. Bright has recently arrived from
Europe. this being his nrSt visit to Cal
ifornis,
The herald., 1897-05-15
Board of Trade

President P. M. Daniel Of the board of
trade has just appointed Messrs. R. H.
Howell. M. H. Newmark and A. B. Cass
as the three new members from that
body on the committee Of thirty of La
The herald., 1897-05-15
Drewer Moerlein Dead

CINCINNATI. May H.-Christain Moer.
lein, one Of the pioneer brewers Of Cincin-
natl, died today. aged "a.
The herald., 1897-05-15

East Rochester; NJ J. Kane, MSss e. A.
Kane, East Syracuse; John A. Grace,
Rochester: w. 3. Kelly, Syracuse; #.
B. Ware, Mrs r. B. Ware, Rochester.
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of Scranton, letters of administration
were yesterday granted to the widow. Ber-
tina Landau.
Court yesterday granted the petition of
the supervisors of .Carbondale township
to levy an extra eight-mills tax to pay Off
the Indebtedness.
Only three of the traverse Jurors for the
week failed to put in an appearances Ed
ward Evans, of Scranton who failed to
report; j. j. Monaghan, of Carbondale,
excused, and Frank Il. Tappan, of Car
bondale, who recently died.
John Van Bergen, the treasurer of the
Scranton poor district, yesterday filed his
bond in the sum of $4,000, with H. c. Sha -
fer, u. j. Ruane, George Y Hoffman and
Jonathan Rodham as sureties. 1t was APP
proved by Judge Archibald.
Bail was yesterday entered by Jacob
Kryinski in the sum of $500 for John
Linowski, charged with cheating. Pat
rick Mccormick entered bail in the sum
of $500 for James Mccormick charged by
Minnie Spangenberg with attempted Grim
inal assault.
The following executions We're issued
yesterday: j. f. Reynolds against r. T..
Letchworth, for $1S565. William Watson
and William II. MdcMellon, executors
against William f. Sandway, for $1,000
Dime Bank against Isaac B. Felts, for
$5j2LSi IgnatS Uram against Hrck Ba-
SILICA for $1,000.
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young fellows stopped him and asked
for match. He gave 1t to them and
resumed his journey, but before he
went many feet, one of them grabbed
him from behind and the other struck
him repeated blows with a "billy.'
He struggled with all his might to
stop them from taking $l5 which he
carried in the inside pocket of his vest.
They got his watch and stripped the
buttons off his overCoat, coat and vest
and tore one of the sleeves from the
oVercOat searching for his money.
His cries aWoke the residents in the
vicinity and the robbers fled for fear
of detection. He was brought to
John J.. Coyue's hotel and washed. The
top of his head was one confused
wound the size of a persons hand,
and it is wonder the blows hadn't
fractured his skull. One of his teeth
was loosened from a blow in the mouth.
He is about so years old and was en-
| ployed in the carpenter shop of the
South Steel mill until recently. He
| had a flask of Whiskey in a pocket of
| his overcoat, but was not under the
| influence of liquor
Batisky bit the finger of one of his
assalants, he says, so that an ugly
wound was inflicted. This may lead to
! the detection of the highWaymen.
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THEIR GREAT ANNUAL BALL,
To BE Given by the Wilkes Barre
Press Club.

The Wilkes-Barre Press club ball for
1897, which is to be given at the Ninth
regiment armOry, Wilkes Barre, on
Wednesday, January 20, promises to be
the greatest ball ever given in this part
of the state and a large number of
Scrantonians are going to attend. One
of the many features will be the music,
which will be furnished by Pennsyl-
Vania's most famous bands, Bauer's,
of this city, and AleXander's, of Wilkes
Barre. The bands will be combined to
give the concert for the first hour and
will then play dance music alternately,
so that the dancing will be continuous
all night. The decorations will be gor-
geous.
special train will leave after the
ball for Scranton and intermediate
points and every convenience will be
arranged for the comfort of out of town
visitors. Tickets can be secured from
T. j, Walker, of Reese e. Longs, 3l2
Linden street. Ticket for lady and
gentleman 81; lady's ticket, 81.
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sun SPOTS VISIBLE.
You Can See Them if You Look
Through a Smoked Glass.

A fine opportunity for popular study
of sun spots is afforded by an unusually
large and interesting |Sroup now Wis
ible to the naked eye protected with
a piece of smoked glass. The group
appeared upon the suns eassArn limb
a few days since, and, by the eNia'
rotation of the great orb will reach
the western edge and disappear in Il
week or ten days.
The use of a small spyglass will en-
nance the examination, while a tele-
scope of very moderate capacity will
easily disclose even the penumbra of
the most CONSPICUOUS member of the
group. The diameter of the group from
east to west is about 100000 miles, and
the largest single spot, with its penum-
bra, occupied an area some $4,000 ly
2O,O';0 mileI. 1t Is startling to conceive
that our planet might be tossed into
this cavity by the hand of a Titan,
without any risk of scraping the sides.
There are several groups of spots
visible at present widely separated
from each other-Philadelphi Ledger,
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ent there is little or no Improvement,
but claims that before he gets through
with 1t there will be no cause for COM
plant. 1t Is extremely difficult, he
says. to make a good job of the ROOM
as II was never properly designed, but
he is confident that he can vastly i'm
prove upon the acoustics. one of his
ideas is to lower the chandeliers and
string fine wires across the room mid
way between the floor and ceiling.
Hardly fair test could be given yes
terday, as there were carpenters work.
ing all through the building and the
sound of their hammers above and on
both sides of the court room kept up
a continual noise
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green's by Florist Clark. A dense bank
of palms and ferns on the stage
screened the musicians and the same
kinds of plants We're arranged in the
two corner balconies, over which large
banquet lamps shed a CHEEKY glow.
Ropes of pine We're suspended along
the ceiling.
BANQUET ROOMS AND PARLOR.
on the floor beneath, the banquet
room and parors bore the same evil
dence of floral beauty as did the up
per floor. The parlcrs We're laden with
maiden-hair, ferns and palms and redo
lent with the color and perfume of
lavish supply of cut flowers. Banquet
lamps lighted the supper tables and
their rays made a pleasing contrast to
the dark green which predominated in
the decorations.
Music was furnished by Bauer's or
chestra of ten pieces. There We're six
teen dance numbers for which these
popular airs We're played: Eel Capt.
tan" Don't Be Cross" King Carni-
VAL" "Gaiety Girl" Wizard of the
Nile" "Up-a-Tree,' robin Hood"
"Off to Camp" Happy Days in Dixie, -
''Zenda," ," The Blue and Gray" Venus
Reigen," Rob Roy" ION Parade, "Au
Revoir" and Handicap"
Supper was prepared and served un-
der the direction of the club steward
and its enjoyment was partaken from
II to 1.30 o'clock.
Sol Oettinger, chairman: Samuel
Kramer, William Moses and William
Morris We're the committee.
THOSE WHO ATTENDED.
From out of town there We're present.:
Felix Levy, H. Livingstone, NJ. Free
man, A. Long, Miss Constine, Miss
Daisy Wasserman, Miss f. Hamburger,
Miss Rhetta Meyers, Miss Mildred Lew
| it'll, Miss Frances Lewith and M. j. X.
Wetzhorn, of Wilkes-B Barre; NJ. Ger
son, of Rochester; d. Packelrick, of Sy-
| racuse; Mr.. Hamburger, of North
| Wales, Pa; Miss Pizer and NJ. Pier
of Cincinnati; AL Hyman, l. Asher, l..
Tim, Mr.. Manheimer and Mr.. and Mrs
| Wertheimer of New York city; Fred
Moses and Isaac Singer, of Carbon
| dale; Mr. Newberger, Miss Florence
| Reed and Miss Flora Meyers, of Phila-
delphia; Miss Sarah Goodman and Mr.
and Mrs. Sol Kline, of Pittston.
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Infiammatory Rheumatism Cured in
3 DAYS.

Morton L. Hill, of Lebanon, Ind,
saws: my wife had inhamatory
rheumatism in every muscle and joint
her suffering was terrible and her
body and face We're swollen almost be-
yond recognition; had been in he'd for
six weeks and had eight physicians but
received no benefit until she tried the
Mystic Cure for rheumatism. 1t gave
immediate relief and she was able to
walk about in three days. l am sure
it saved her life" Sold by Carl Loreng,
druggist. Scranton, AIS Lackawanna
avenue.
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INCREASED DEATH RATE.
Abnormal Prevalence of Contagious
Disease.

The city death rate continues to run
high. Normally there are about 35
deaths per week, but for over a month
those figures have been exceeded and
last week there We're AZ deaths from all
causes
According to the board of health rec
ords there We're last week 16 new cases
and deaths from diphtheria, / new
case of scarlet fever, 4 new cases of
measles and A deaths from consump-
tion, a total of II new cases and s
deaths.