Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-03
RED MEN AT CHURCH
Working an Advertisement for &
Theatrical Show.
1t Succeeds Better Than Was Anticipated
"A Welcome at Plymouth Church
Which is Denied at Union Church.

SeNNNA'N4NN SAAS
service at Plymouth Church Sunda,
noon. and thereby hangs a tale, Thes
distinguished gentlemen are to appea
in THE Great Train Robbery" at Lo
throp,s this week, and, under charge o
Col. c.. A. Davis, agent of Keogh & Da
Wis, and Col. George e. Bartlett, VIII,
has personal charge of the Indians, tn,
party drove from the Exchange Hote
at about noon, and upon Sarriving at tn,
front entrance of Plymouth Church
were escorted to seats in the middle Of
the auditorium. The exercises of the
Sunday school We're in charge of Super
intendent John A. Tatman, and the reg.
ular program was carried out without
interruption. The Indians listened with
interest. At the close, Superintendent
Tatman and few members of the
church greeted the visitors heartily, ex-
pressed their pleasure at seeing them
within the church, and the latter passed
out without further incident, walked to
the Exchange Hotel, attracting no spe-
cial notice with their native garb.
The report was circulated that the In
dams had been denied admission to
Union Church, and this created a SEN
sation. The facts are that Friday a
young man Of the Boston Traveller staff
called at the residence of Rev. John H.
futile, D. D., pastor of the Union
Church, and after stating that he repre-
scented Col c. A. Davis, advance agent
of the Davis & Keogh Company, who was
sick, asked to have some seats reserved
Sunday for the seven Indians who are
with the company which is presenting
The Great Train Robbery" He ex-
planned that the government, from
which the company secured the Indians,
required that the charges attend wor-
ship every Sunday. DR.. Tuttle said that
the church would be delighted to vel
come the Indians at either morning or
evening service. After further talk, Mr..
Lewis suggested that the Indians attend
Sunday school in preference. After Mr..
Lewis had left the house, DR.. futile re-
called the fact that q new system OF
Bible study was to be adopted Sunday
at the Sunday school service, and Sat
urday he sent his secretary to conmu-
nicate with the secretary of the Sunday
school upon the advisability of the In
dams attending the Sunday school SER
vice. AS the service was to be in the
way OF an experiment, it was thought
the attention Of the children would be
distracted by the presence of the In
dams in full costume, and ne suggested,
as the program would be uninteresting
for the visitors, that the superintendent
ADVISE the proper persons that the In
dams attend morning and evening wor-
ship rather than the Sunday school SER
vice.
The superintendent, D. C. Turner,
also believed that the Indians should
not be received at the Sunday school.
for the reason that the service would
be undressing to them, and the inter-
est OF the children would be distracted
Accordingly, Mr. Turner wrote Manager
Wilton to the effect that, however wise
the action of the government might be
In requiring the Indians to attend SER
vice, he was convinced that the Sunday
School hour was not appropriate, and
ne trusted that the manager would take
steps TO change the plan of the manage
ment, and see that the service was not
interrupted by the presence of the In
olans The letter made no reference to
attendance at the regular public morn
ing and evening service, to which DR..
futile had most cordially invited the In
olahS through the young man who
called upon him Friday evening.
saturday night the young gentleman
called at DR.. Tuttles a second time, and
sald that he had made ARRANGEMENTS
with DR.. McCullagh to have the Indians
attend worship at Plymouth Church. Up
10 the time of the call, Dr. futile had
supposed that, as he had suggested at
the t1rst interview, the red men would
ne present at the morning public ser
wee, seats having been arranged for
them.
DR.. futile, when seen by a Spy man,
sunday evening, denied that Col Davis
mad called on him Saturday, or that
any local newspaper reporter had ever
seen him in regard to the matter The
4 first DR.. futile had seen of Col. Davis
was after the morning service Sunday.
When-the latter introduced himself and
asked DR.. futile to go over to Plymouth
church to see the Indians. AS the ser
vice at Union Church had been DELAYED,
and 1t was beyond the dinner hour DR..
futile thanked the colonel, but de-
chned, as he wished to hasten home be-
fore the duties of the afternoon.
DR.. futile, in talking of the matter,
said that as he had expressed himself
to the agent, he would have been glad
to have the Indians at the morning or
a evening service, but he agreed with the
Sunday school superintendent that that
n particular service ought not to be in
q terrupted. The program comprised two
Y songs and reading at the opening Of
II the service, and a song and verse ae+he
u close. After the second song, the class
a work was taken up, and to have the In
dams watch this for 40 minutes, would
be uninteresting to them
The International system of Bible
y study has been discarded, and new
method of studying the great characters
of the Old Testament in order, with
written answers and regular reviews,
4 was begun Sunday noon. Dr. Tuttle
said that once a group of negroes at
tended the service, and, as a result the
children's attention was distracted from
their regular work.
In closing, DR.. Tuttle reaffirmed that
Union Church had not refused admis-
sion to the Indians
DIR MpCu1la OH Of Plymouth Cb,,roI
told a Spy man that no special sensa-
4 ton was caused by the Indians appear
ance. They were escorted to seats and
the regular Sunday school exercises
q proceeded as usual. At the close a few
Il greeted the Indians, and they passed
out. The Indians conducted them
y selves in a highly decorous manner,
IN md he could see no objection to their
& attendance. Certainly their manner
was very quiet in the Sunday school,
and the attention of the children was
3 not distracted in the least.
a Col George g. Bartlett, for Is years
a United States marshal in Dakota, and
q the expert rifle shot who is member
n of the company, and has direct charge
Il of the Indians, was seen at the Elk
a change Hotel, and when asked in re-
q gard to the report that Union Church
had declined to receive his troup, he
= said that really he had not given the
matter any thought. He stated that
& when he secured the loan of the Indians
the request was made of him that they
be escorted to worship each Sunday,
and, while there was no contract, this
request had been observed. The request
arose, he said, from the experiences of
the past, when too often the Indians
have been i'll treated and denied many
N of the refining influences of civilized
life. While conversing with Spy man,
T Les Of fYl- fnrnf