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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-04-26
A Congress of Religions.

A call has gone forth for q great con-
gress of religions; in which every ma
ton of the earth shall be represented,
to meet at Delhi in 1898. and discuss
the question Of the true way of saliva
| ton according to the teachings of wise
men of every race.
! The call emanates from q Hindoo of
illustrious descent. Maulana Syed Nus
| rat Ali Saheb, the editor and proprietor
of the Moslem Chronicle, Delhi paper
| that is printed in both native and for
eign languages and has a wide circula-
| ton in India. In the office of the pa
per there are no less than 300 varieties
of type, representing the printed char
acters of almost every known tongue
in the civilized world, and the call for
| the great religious congress has been
printed in various languages and
scattered broadcast over the face of the
earth.
The call has been sent to every min
lister and priest of any prominence in
America. Many have replied that they
will be there.
The object of the congress is explain
ed by the call TO be!
First-To bring together the eminent
and leading representatives of all re-
ligions in the world with a view to en-
aiding them to eXpOund the merits of
their respective creeds.
oecOnu-IO give these representa-
tives an opportunity of acquainting
themselves with the main principles Of
every religion, and thereby enabling
them to Judge how far each religion is
based on true and unimpeachable prin-
ciples.
Third-To ascertain what practical
social and moral effects each religion
has produced upon the community pro-
Tossing it.
Fourth.-To set forth how far the
doctrines of each religion are in con-
formity with reason, science and the |
laws of nature.
Fifth-TO trace the origin of each re-
ligion and to scrutinize the system fol- |
lowed in the preservation Of it's tradi- |
tiOns. |
Sixth-To show, in an exhaustive
manner, the various religious teachings |
common to each religion,
Seventh-To enable the representa-
tives of the various religions to draw |
conclusions to the merits or dement's |
of the various religions, not in an an
tagonistic, but in a truth-seeking spirit. |
Dispatch.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-04-26
IngersOll and Moody.

| The gospel OF despair preached by
Ingersoll has brought many men to
SUI cide's grave, while Moody's exhor-
! tatiUns have enabled weak men to bear
the burden of life more cheerfully.
Ingersoll is rhetorician, a phrase
maker, and his philosophy contains
nothing of INSPIRATION.
"That mani says Moody. speaking
of the great infdel, and declining to
discuss him in an interview.
MOODY is an Old-faShiOned orthodox
Christian, about thrse-fourths of
century behind the Times" comments
Ingersoll. And the latter continues:
II do not think it possible to reform
the world except through the develop
by singing psalms. You must give to the
world new facts, new truths. You must
change physical and mental conditions
If you wish for Improvement. Char
acters are not formed in moment.
Men often stop and say: 4 have gone
on this road far euough- l am going
to change If this happens during
work of the Holy Ghost, but after all it
is natural"
But the fact remains that men of the
stamp of Whitefield and Moody do start
men on the right road; do stop them
short in their careers of wickedness
and turn them into new paths. They
Say it is prayer and the gospel that
does this great work. Ingersoll denies
this and remarks that there comes a
time in the life of horse, when he
stops kicking the whiffiatree, pulls his
share of the load, and contentedly
munches his oats, but nobody thinks
this is the work of the Holy Ghost"
And IngersolI adds, "Moody is super
naturalist" Very true, but ean In
gersoll point to any worldwide
schemes for the reformation and bet
terment of mankind that are not in
splred by a belief in the supernatural
in what is above nature?
Representations will never found asy-
lums, provide shelter for the orphan,
build great hospitals, and send devoted
men to carry morality and religious in
structioa to tribes of benighted men.
Christianity is a tremendous moral
force il the world today. 1t outlived
Voltaire, and it has no need to fear the
ibes of a man vastly his intellectual
inferior. Voltaire has power in the
! great European world of thought. He
did good in his day aud generation; his
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-04-26
Presbyterian Church.

Rev. II. W. Moore preached yester-
day morning from the text, 'What is
that to thee, follow thou me-" John
XXI:22. The speaker said: 1t is the
duty of every man aud woman to be-
lieve something. No life is worth liv-
ing that is not controlled by positive
belief for the here and the hereafter.
To be liberal is all right, but watch
out for your pocket book when you are
with a man who is liberal on the ten
commandments. The man who says it
is not necessary to have belief Is as
foolish as the sea captain who sails
without compass or chart. Jesus after
telling Peter what kind of q death he
should die, was asked by Peter, what
kind of death shall John die? Jesus
said what difference does it make? It
would only sadden you to know, what
is that to thee:yOur duty is clear, follow
thou me. How many people there are
today who talk, talk, speculate, specu-
late. postpone their lives until they
solve all the questions of the universe
before they begin to follow Christ.
One man says, l am troubled over
church organization. Which is the
true church? They all claim to have the
only apostolic organization. When l
the church. Jesus says, why worry
about eXternals? What has this
to do with your personal salvation?
Why should this deter you for one mo-
ment from the duty of personally con-
secrating yourself to me? Follow thou
me.
Another man says, as soon as solve
all these doctrines of the bible I'll come
into the church. But God never requir-
ed that human faith should turn itself
into a telescope to exactly solve the
mystery Of the heavens, or tape line
to exactly measure all trifles before it
would be accepted by him. God
wants the heart. He does coy why
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-04-26
To Save the Lost.

Rev. J. T. French preached last
night in Trinity church from the text,
| ''FOr the son of man has come to save
that which is LOST Matthew XVIII:II.
The speaker had a big house as usual,
and in the course of his remarks said
Mankind came from God, and this text
is the basis of foreign missions. The
son of man came to find and save what
was lost. People think the sacred mar
ratOrs do not agree as to the personality
of the Savior because they regard him
from different phases of his character.
Matthew wrote of Christ from the
standpoint of his human nature. Mark
wrote of him as the king OF the Jews,
as the lion of the tribe of judah. Luke
wrote of him from the dignlfied stand
point Of his nature. John wrote of
him as the incarnated word of God.
The TRANSPORTATION shows how near a
man can get to God in prayer. AS
Christ came to save that which
was lost, something therefore must
have been lost. He went after.the one
sheep that had been lost because it had
one lost life in it, aud the other 80
lives were not lost. Bishop Marvine
holds that the human soul is so valua-
BILE, that if only one soul could have
been saved by the sacrifice on cavalry,
that sacrifice would be amply repaid
by the saving of that one soul.
Moreover, the shepherd went after
the one lost sheep because he was
faithful. Christ had fellow feeling
in his bosom for all human kind. Be-
ing lost mean beng out of the right
road. You don't change worlds in
You merely change
your environment. There is nothing
in the animal kingdom so helpless as a
sheep. 1t is entirely without means OF
self defense. And sheep once stray
ed irons the fold or flock it does
not seem to have any way of finding its
way back. I'll is worthy to note here
that in the loss of the sheep, the owner
more than the sheep.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-04-26

and can swallow large pieces of squid,
often times two feet square, and as
long. 1t has formidable set of teeth
with which to cut the squid- The right
whale has very small throat, and
therefore has to subsist upon small
fish.
! "His methods of feeding are to rush
into a school OF small fish with mouth
| wide open, taking fish and water to-
gether. He then closes his mouth and
blows the water out through the blow
hole on the top of his head. The fish
are retained in the mouth by the hairs
on the bones in the roof of his mouth.
He then swallows the fish.
'Auother popularity of the sperm
whale in connection with the story is
that, being warm blooded, it must have
oxygen Now, the sperm whale has
the means of taking enough air to al
low him to sound, that is, to descend to
the depth of 25O fsthoms, and remain
there for thirty miuutes at. a time. He
does this only when harDOOned. After
the boat is fastened to the whale and
he has sounded all the men have to do
is to quietly wait until he starts to rise.
The line or rope is drawn into the boat,
and when he arrives at the surface, the
officer in the head of the boat is ready,
lance in hand, to pierce his heart, be-
fore he has time to recover
Il have given in detail the method
of capturing q sperm whale to show
that, as the whale has no difficulty in
swallowing a man and, as a man in his
stomach would not suffer from the
cold. at the same time provision has
been made whereby the whale has
to store up sufficient oxygen to sustain
life for long period, much the same
as camel can store up water.
About two years ago there appeared
in the columns of the Boston Globe an
article describing the experience of
sailor belonging to French whaler,
who, when the boat had been broken
to pieces by the whales f1ukes, had
heen swallowed by the whale. Every
one on board supposed the man was
dead. But after having removed the |
blu bier from the carcass they opened |
the stomach to get the man and give |
him Christian burial.
''To the surprise of all, the man was |
found alive, having been in the stom- !
ach of a dead sperm whale for thirty |
six hours. The sailor was delirious. |
but the doctors stated that he would |
come out all right. Now, if person |
could live thirty-six hours in the sfom-
ach of a dead whale, is it not possible |
that man could live seventy-two |
hours in live whale?''
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-04-26
Take no Heed for the Morrow.

Rev. A. Hoffman preached for the
last time yesterday in the Myrtle ave
| nue. church, prior to his visit to his
parents in Germany, whom he has not
seen for twenty-five years. He preach
ed in the morning from the text, 'Take
| therefore no thought for the morrow;
for the morrow shall think for the
things for itself. Sufficient unto the
day is the evil thereof" Matthew VI:
81. In the course of his remarks, the
speaker said: The wage earners are
organized to meet the organizations of
capital. We are prone to overlook
oppression in small things ana consid~r
them only in matters of magnitude.
We are too apt to joke about serious
things. The common conscience is not
above the average conscience. We
need to warn people constantly to look
out for the small things. The injunc
ton, Take no thought for the morrow,
means to take no canker ne care for
the morrow, or as the revised version
hath it, Take no anxious thought. We
are not to worry ourselves with the
thoughts of tomorrow. Our troub' es
come because our trust in our maker is
insufficient.
In the course of his address, the
speaker ridiculed the idea of not want
ing to start on a journey on Friday,
which he said was piece OF the same
foolishness as wanting to look over the
right shoulder at the new moon. 1t
was heather superstition made over
for our day. Evil only can come of
trouble. The things of the
morrow will take thought to them
selves. Children look only into the
future; old people are want to look
back. But any man under 100 years Of
age ought to look only at the present.
The Lord will take care of US. Does
he not say, 81 will never leave thee or
forsake thee. l have bought thee with
a price: thou are mine" Unbelief is
the great trouble. The Lord will pro-
vide, but in his own way. All things
work together for good to those who
love God, but this good does not always
mean material success, for worldly sue
cess spoils many people.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-04-26

The acting physical director at the
Y. M. G. A. is much gratified with the
progress being made in the gymnasium
and believes that when Prof. Sloan
returns he will notice an improvement
in some of the scholars. A special
effort will be made each Saturday
night to make things interesting and
profitable
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-04-26

powerful scorn drove judicial torture
out of Europe; he was force for en-
lightenment for all his infidelity. That
great sceptic, hated by all bigOts. was
lect, he never attempted to rival the
dime-museum and the kinetescOpe at
so cents head admission.-Mex. Her.
aid.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-04-26
SALE

11Ox130 feet corner of Campbell and
| Texas streets. Price low: terms easy.
94tx13O feet fronting ST. Louis street
near Pierson hotel.
% feet on San Antonio street extend
ing through to Myrtle.
Fine warehouse property, 200 feet
frontage on FL Paso street, reached by
Santa F'e, Mexican Central and Texas
& Pacific tracks.
Brick warehouse 60x65 on Santa F'e
Fe tracks. Will be sold on easy terms.
House No. 116 Epson avenue, 7rooms,
30 feet front, 81, 500.
House corner of East Overland and
ments.
3 1-3 lots on North Kansas street,
next block aboXSvHotel Dieu.
Lots on Zntonio street opposite
Magoffin hda stead.
Sixteen lots on East Overland street,
block 81, MagOffin's addition.
Three lots facing Magoffin avenue in
Cotton addition.
Finely cultivated farm of 2IO acres
near Anthony, N. NJ.
$50 acres valley land, solid body, near
4sleta, partially cultivated.
1000 acres valley land in San Elizario
grant.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-18
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.
Senator Daily Entertains His
Colleagues at Dinner at the
Hotel Washington.

The Democratic Senators of the State
of New Jersey held pleasant little eau
Gus this afternoon in the Hotel Washing
ton in this city, and before getting down
to business they first ate one OF the din
ners for which this hostelry is justly
famed. There were present Senators
William D. Daily of Hudson, Christian
Braun of Passaic. James H. Van Cleef of
Middlesex, Isaac Barber of Warren, John
r. Foster of Hunterdon, ex-senator
Richard Kuhl of Hunterdon, the guest of
Senator DAILY; Howard E. Packer of Bur-
lington. Senator Lewis J. Martin of Sus-
sex was expected, but he didn't turn up.
Senator Daily came out of the room
where his colleagues were enjoying them
selves, and said briefly that they were
discussing their line of action at the forth
coming session.
We will stand together in endeavoring
to repeal that equal taxation BILL which
hasn't the slightest particle of merit in it,
ana we Will introduce one which we be-
Heye Will be satisfactory to the people.
We will stand together in trying to
prevent some people making New Jersey
Qeclded on very aggressive policy.
There is no discord among US, as some
would have the people believe; in fact
never were the Democratic Senators so
closely bound together as now"
The Senator. of course, said that his col
leagues had endorsed his proposed ri
parian bill and he hoped to make sue
cessful fight to recover the States rights.
After q social time, lasting for a few
hours, the party adjourned
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-18
TO HAVE ITS OWN home
Robert Davis Association Has
Purchased Two Lots on
Mercer Street and Will
Build.

The Robert Davis Association is to have
a new home and one of its own. Yester-
day the Board of Directors, through
Real Estate Agent Edward A. DAILY OF
Grove street, consummated the purchase
of the property known as Nos. At and 40
Mercer street.
The property is almost directly opposite
the present clubhouse, which is the old
city home of the late. George r. Macken-
zie. The association was anxious to pur-
chase the Mackenzie house, but it's owner,
Mrs. John Ewing asked too much, it was
thought. Her price was $4,000, and the
directors considered $4,000 all the prop
erty was worth. Mrs. Ewing refused to
accept the offer and the directors pro-
ceeded to look for another available tract
in the immediate neighborhood.
The advice of Agent DAILY was asked,
and he hit upon the property OF Mr.. John
terms of sale were arranged without much
difficulty Mr.. Stone at first asked $l0,0 900.
but when a cash offer of $500 was made mas
he hesitated and finally accepted. Title
was passed this morning.
The property purchased has a frontage
of 30 feet on Mercet street, and is 100 feet
in fairly good condition. The association
will remain in its present quarters until
next May at least, and probably longer.
The association, under the management
of Sheriff Heller, is in a splendid financial
condition. He has on hand a substantial
building fund, and it is growing almost
daily
The annual ball of the association takes
place at Pohlnann's on the night of
January 20, and unless the members are
very much disappointed, a handsome sum
will be realized. The proceeds will be
added to the building fund
Just as soon as practicable plans and
specifications are to be prepared for a
handsome clubhouse and it is by no
means improbable that next spring will
see ground broken for one of the hand
soonest clubhouses in the city. The mem
bers of the association are delighted win
the prospects of having a new home, and
one and all are hustling to tatten the
building fund
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-18
GRAHAM WILL CASE OVER
Judge Hudspeth Hears Argument and Re
serves Decision.

The beginning of the end of the now
famous Graham will case came today
In the Orphans Court before Judge Huds-
peth, when the lawyers on both sides
summed up the testimony. Mrs. Graham
and the caveator, William G. Graham,
were seated beside their respective law
yers, and the benches in the b 5dy of the
court room contained scantly array or
spectators.
the evidence in support of the will and the
testator's testamentary capacity had
been established beyond the peradventure
of a doubt, and cited the Deyine case IN
support of his contentious. In this case
an aged woman who had become seniie,
willed all her property to her nephew,
man named Brady, who lived at the cor
ner of Newark avenue ana Barrow street.
Her relatives came f!om Ireland and ell
deavored to prove that Brady had unduly
influenced Mrs. Devine, ami scores of wit
nesses were produced VINO swore that the
old lady was eccentric tn Il degree ana of
poor mentality. The case was tried he.
fore Chancellor McGill. who found TOR tie
legatee, as j! was snov n !hst The te<.a-
tor in disposlng of her property knew Tor
the time being the full import of her act.
Mr.. McGill said that the. osvne case
was in mary particulars similar 10 the
Of undue influence on the part of Mrs.
Graham had been proved He also main
tanned that the testator in the present in
stance was possessed of testamentary
capacity when he drew his will In clos
ing, Mr. MCGEE characterized the attempt
of the witnesses for the caveator to
blacken Mrs Graham's character as
shameless
Counsellor John Griffin reviewed the
testimony for William G. Graham, the
testator's son, and dwelt largely on the
fact of Mrs. GrahamAs relations with
Gilbert Craig, or Curry, and other men.
He said that Mrs. Graham's history af-
forded ample proof of his qualities as an
adventures and cited numerous authori-
ties in former will contests.
Judge Hudspeth finally took the testi-
mony and reserved decision.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-18
HoBoKEN's OFFICIALS AT WAR.
Treasurer Smith Refused to Respect
Resolution of the Council.

treasurer oIIlllu Ie1uSeu 10 IteSpeCt d
Resolution of the Council.
City Treasurer James Smith and the
Pagan administration of Hoboken are at
loggerheads again over the city's financial
affairs and unless some agree. ent is
arrived at it is likely that some more of
Hoboken's creditors will have to wait for
their money The bitterness of feeling
existing between Treasurer Smith and
Mayor Pagan is more intense than ever
and has been a great detriment to the
city's welfare.
The latest action of Mr. Smith is his
refusal to transfer to the contingent and
sewer funds $1,000 excess of the taxes of
1895, as instructed by the Common Coun-
Gil on Wednesday night Mr. Smith claims
that the transfer is illegal. The object of
the transfer is to pay printing ahd other
claims which have been standing against
the city for some time
Yesterday Mayor Pagan signed a print
ing claim for $1,772 but Mr.. Smith re-
fused to attach his signature on the
ground that the printing fund was ex-
hausted AS a result the bank refused to
cash the warrant and the claim still re-
mains unpaid. hot discussion oc-
Cured between Mayor Pagan and
Treasurer Smith over the subject and
Treasurer before the Common Council on
a charge of failing to perform his duty
1t is probable that something SEN
sational will occur at the next meeting
of the Board. Mr.. Smith claims that he
has been given legal advice not to pro-
ceed as the council has directed until the
appropriations for the funds have been
made by the Tax Board.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-18

ElEkB.

COHEN-on Thursday Dec. 1s, 1897, Mrs.
sFannie Cohen, OF No. 543 Newark
avenue.
Funeral from her late residence, on
Sunday, Dec 10, at P. NJ.
BOURNES.-In this city, ON Friday. Dec.
II, 1897, William j., son of Richard and
Eliza Bournes, aged years months
and Il days.
Funeral private.
KONOW.-On Thursday, Dec. 16. 1S91
Charles NJ, beloved husband of Mario
Konow, aged 40 years.
Relatives and friends are invited to at
tend the funeral on Sunday, Dec. 10, at
P. NJ, from his late residence, corner
Monmouth and Seventh streets.
HANsEN.-,on Thursday, Dec. 1e, 1897.
Maria, beloved wife of A. Hansen.
aged 50 years and months
Relatives and friends, also members N
Teutonia Lodge. No. %. o. C. F.; Te/ r
tonia. Lodge. No. z. F. E. NJ: Fra
Verein of the Evangelical Luthe
Church on Monmouth Street. and K
linen Kapital, No. 10, o. e. S., of r
ken, are invited to attend the flu.
from her late residence, No Ali Sec,
street. on Sunday, Dec. 10, at p. NJ.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-18
WOULDN'T SHAKE HANDS.
A Persistent Beggar Knocks Out Two of
Errickson's Teeth.

Thomas Joyce, of Bayonne, was ar
raigned before Justice Potts in the First
Criminal Court this morning and was
fined SIS for hitting John Erickson, Of
No. 1863 Grove street, without proyocation
and knocking two of his teeth out
Erickson was standing in front of his
home when Joyce came along and begged
for nickle. Erickson refused him and
told him to go on about his business.
Joyce was insistent, however, upon
shaking hands with Erickson and part
ing friends-they had never met before
When Erickson refused to shake hands
with him Joyce hit him in the mouth and
knocked him against the wall Of the
house.
While the case was being tried this
morning a man who was very drunk and
who claimed to be a friend of Joyce, tried
to get to him, He was stopped by Detec-
tive Douglass. He resisted the authority
of that officer, however, and Douglass
after trying in vain to get him to leave
the court room gave him hard push
which sent him reeling down the aisle.
He landed in a heap at the back of the
room. He did not cause any more trouble.