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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-04-13
Religion Not on the Decline.

The assertion made by Gov. Rollins of
New Hampshire in his fast day proclama-
ton to the effect that the decline of the
Christian religion, particularly in our ru-
raj communities, is marked feature of
the times, and steps should be taker to
remedy it," has naturally aroused wide
spread interest and called forth no small
degree of unfaVosable criticism. A con-
siderable number of bishops and others
recognized as an authority On religious
matters take direct issue With Gov. Roll
Inns as to the facts in the case; and
among this number is Rt. Rev. w. c.
Doane bishop of the Protestant Episcopal
diocese of Albany. Bishop Doane says
that for upwards OF thirty years he has
CAREFUL studied the reports of clergy
men, and they have certainly rot shown
a decline in the rural communities. A
Maryland pastor says that in the rural
districts in that State the churches, far
from losing influence, arc growing in pow
er, while in Virginia there are now said
to be two churches where there was one
before the war From othe:' Clergymcn
in different sections of the country come
similar reports.
one OF the most significant utteTances
drawn out in reply 10 Gov. Roins's la
mentation is that Of Gov. Mount of In
diana, who says:
Gov. ROllins's statement that religion
is on the decline IN the country districts
is not borne out by statistics nov by the
opinions of the best-Posted men i'll the
United States. Or. JOSIAH Strong, in his
three book holds to the opinion that it
Isl in the largest cities Of the country tina.
there is tre greatest amount of dssipa-
tior ana immC rality. 7 he NORA condi-
ton of Indiana, both III town, city and
country, il of 4 high standard / do not
think thai the decline OF religion in the
country districts is Il married feature of
the times. The country communities do
not need prayers half as mucn as the con
Eested cities Pray for the cities. They
need prayers, They need missionaries
Influence more than the country commu-
mites"
I But the testimony of I'll these witnesses
does not prove the st.icturcs of Gov. Rol-
Inns to be Incorrect, 50 FAR as his own
state is concerned. There age undoubted-
Is localities in different sections of the
country in which Christian Work is at Il
standstill to say the least hut in the
country as whole Christian sentiment
is unquestionably gaining strength con
tinuaily The fact that Gov. Rolling OF
New Hampshire should feel called upon
TO speak of what Is plainly an exception
helps indirectly to prove the Tulc. Wher
the governor Of State is impellod to the
work of evangeization in come. ii Will
a state paper, he is responding to as W ell
as appealing with confidence to a Chris
tan sentiment which prevails in the
country as q whole, If not in his 1mme.
date locality,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-04-13

rca for the voyage. She was originally
built for Polar whaling, and was consid-
cred proof against the most severe ice
pressues She was entirely reLtted for
the expedition according to plans furnish
cd by DIR. Nansen, of whom Burlington
fans have pleasant memories; and among
her equipment were an auxiliary engine
and an immense captive balloon TO be
used in surveying the seas at great dis
tances.
The Beclca arrived at Pucnta Arenas,
Patagonia, about December Q, 1897, and
proceeded south several days later, going
by way of Cochesbury channel. Tho last
intelligence from the party previous TO
the present was sent from tshuala, the
southern past OF Terra del Fuego De
ccmber 30. 1891 stating that on the next
day the steiner would sail into the I'M
known south Tho dispatches now re-
orivod tend to show that the Bclsicn par
ty was tho first to winter south of the
| Antarctic circle.
| Previous explorations of considerable in
terest had been mado in the Antarctic
region, however In the summer of 1882
% Captain Larsen, a Norwegian, discov-
cred on the cast coast of Seymour island
fossils of coniferous trees, possibly pU-
tlining TO tho lower tertiary age, which
Indicate &. warmer Antarctic climate in
ages past. The following season Larsen
made extensive discoveries which clearly
demonstrated that Palmer Land, discov-
cred in 1871, extended uninterrupte eddy
southwark and formed part Of the conti-
nent Of Autlrctica. He found the coast
high rocky and mostly covered with ice
East of Graham Land were discovered
seven islands, two of which were covered
with volcanoes.
! la 1894 the Norwegian whalcr "Antarc-
TIC" under command of Captain Svend
Fcyn, visited the southern seas in quest
of whales. The circle was crossed on De
ccmbcr 81, and after thirty-cight days in
tho ice-pack orer waite. was discovered
Landings were made on Possession ISL
and and at Cape Adare, where innumera-
lilo penguins were found nesting. ana 9TH
q interesting discoveries ware made. The
eTeat significance CT this voyage lies in
tie discovery at both of the points last
named of lichcn, the first vegetable
growth ever noted within the Antarctic
circle.
with this knowledge to start with the
l3clgica expedition ought to have made
substantial progress and the scientific
word will await with great interest the
publication of the full details of the par
tvs experiences and discoveries in the
unknown. South.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-04-13

Or DAILY in his testimony before the
court Of inquiry wien questioned about
the expression in his repor. that the smell
about some of the beef was like the odo1'
o. borc acid, said. 1t is as difficult TO
sly what d smell is like as it is for an
artist to paint a dying gioan. If the
phrase was offensive" he added, II might
have adopted the language of the sol
dicre some Of them said it smelt like the
devil while others compared It to 'bou-
quet of cesspools.' Dr DAILY said he had
sine made experiments upon beef sub
iccted to treatment by boric acid, and
had found it to give forth about as foul
4 smell as could well he imagined.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-04-13
Eating Against Time !
THE PICTURE DICKENS DREW
OF AMERICANS AT TABLE.

1t is a long time since Martin Chuz-
zlcwit" stirred up Yankee Indignation We
are beginning to admit that the thriving
City of Eden" might have been located in
more states than one, and that jefferson
Brick and Elijah Pogram have "fretted
their hour upon the stage" under many an
alias, which failed to conceal their idenr-
itN But however we might deny the gen.
eral fidelity Of Dickens sketches of Ameri-
can life and character. we cannot deny
that his picture Of the American at his
meals, minus that touch of caricature
which Is only the emphasis of humor, is
almost as accurate to-day as it was when
the great author penned his novel
Here is the picture as Dickens painted
it: Martin Chuzzlewit has just landed lie
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-04-13
ETHAN ALLEN GENEALOGY.
reformation Desired as to Certain Mem
bers of the \ Hen Emily.

To the Editor of The Free Press:
VIII you allow me space in your valued
paper for a few queries in the interest of
the Ethan Allen genealogy" l have de-
voted much of my spare time for years to
this work, and have succeeded in tracing
all the descendants of Gen. Ethan Allen,
also all those descended from the union
of his widow with DR.. Jabez Peuuiman.
| am now doing the same service for the
other members of his fathers family.
have the full record of his brothers, He
man and Ira; but have little Of Zimri and
Levi and the sisters, Lydia ana Lucy, and
but Il partial record of HeOer's family
save that of his son Heman. The books
tell US that Zimr lived and died in Shelf
field, Mass; that Levi married July %,
I779, Mrs. Anne Allen of New Guford,
Conn; that he died in Burlington in lStl
and left daughter who was educated in
the school at Bethlehem, Pa, but nothing
more. We are also told that Lydia mar
riel a MI Finch of Goshen, Conn, and the
other sister, Lucy, married Dr Boebe OF
Sheffield, Mass. OF IIeber it is said he was
a man of affairs in Poultney, ", where
he died in 11s2 leaving Il son, He5er. born
in l769 who taught school in Georgia, VI.
and later went West; also Il daughter
Sarah, who married Reuben Evarts, who
was the first town clerk of Georsia Vt
and daughter Lucy. who married en-.
ungc Smith, an early settler and influ-
entail man in Swanton, VI.
I very much desire the family records ot
all the above mentioned parties. ANY On,
having further information of the above
OF any of their descendants will confer q
great favor by corresponding with the
writer. ORRIN p. ALLEN.
Palmer, Mass, April ., 1889,
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Attention is called to the communication
of Mr.. q. I. Allen, who is compiling Il
e.ncalogy of the family of General Ethan
Allen, in another column.
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Burlington
Savings Bank
INCORPORATED f847.

Deposits Dec. 30, 1898, $G,t446t4.49
Surplus 32O,t52t7
Total Assets SG,464, 1858
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-25
LILIUOKALANI, whose great struggle for the
crown lands of Hawaii is nearing its end.

est landowners on the Western CONT
nent. 1t is believed that the ex-Queen's
financial fate is now in the hands Of
General Compton.
The creation Of the crown lands, for
which Liliuokalani is struggling, con-
stitutes one of the most interesting
bits of Hawaiian history. The argu-
ments for and against the Queens
claim to possession find their source
deep in the life of the island kingdom
which is now a part of the United
States. The story begins with the cen
tury when conquering warriors made
the natives their vassals and seized the
beautiful islands as their own. The
narrative proceeds through years of
strange modern feudalism, which de-
veloped ultimately into the establish
ment of nineteenth century laws of
property rights and possession. Here
and there in the story is the clash of
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-25
Father Scanon the New Chancellor of the Ahdoces
Of San Francisco

7HRoUGH interesting In
Francis
has to Josephs
Scanlon
whF Scanlon
this city
his the Joseph
and
of
ordained
all
was O
of in
of
the
he aerward wged all branches of
a
enemies
for
a
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in
nhastak of
will of
Archbis
s.o:.o:l
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-25
Secret Of the Generals Mission to
the Hawaiian Islands.
The Great Case Of ExQneen LiliuOkaani Against the
Government Of the United States Will
Be Heard at Honolulu.

sert sovereignty in the name Of the
United States and investigate impair
TALLY all the claims of Liliuokalant are
the instructions, it is claimed, which
General Compton has received.
It is something more than a coinci-
dence that Paul Neumann hastily left
Washington a short time ago and is
now on his way to Honolulu. Neumann
is one of the closest advisers Of the ex-
Queen and in any investigation affect
ing her interests he would be of invalu
able assistance. His GppOrtune jour
ney to the Hawaiian Islands may have
been timed. Official secrets are some
times whispered even in Washington.
The crown lands of Hawaii are a prize
we'll worth winning They are of i'm
mense and rapidly increasing value and
even now yield a yearly revenue OF
5000. If the ex-Queen were TO regain
them she would become one of the rich
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-25
Town Talk.

LAWYERS and the City Hall people In
general find not a little to interest them
in the World OF Law, department whlch
is full of new and good stories about
members of the legal profession Kowal-
sky, Barnes, Foote and others come in fol
comment this week. Amateur Sport is
also an entertaining department, the lat
est news of athletes being given by
Olympian. Willard Batchelder writes OF
+ba Grand opera and the Bostonians, and
the musical and dramatic columns sparkle
with vivacious. news; There Is a trans trans
Iation of one of Pssit's pretty love stories
hV Aiice Ziska. The Saunterer has eight
Dages s ;'G Of satiricai brilliancies in the line
Of social, club and political paragraphs.
Walter Martins latest, Burlingame
tale. and the Milton Garratt divorce are
touched upon Town Talks ks 3okelefIs eIsver are
ness and originality Clancys philoso-
phies are also much talked about they
are capital limitations of the DooIey pole
style. Clancy this week talks about The
Man With a Hod.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-25

to regain the valuable crown lands that
passed into the possession of the pro-
vtsional Government Of Hawaii and
thence to the republic. The ex-Queen
demands the crown lands as hers by
virtue of her former sovereignty. She
has been surrounded by an influential
coteries of advisers and supporters,
chief among whom, perhaps, is Paul
Neumann. The ex-Quenn has appealed
to Congress to confirm her assumed
ownership of the lands in dispute and
to do her what she insists is simple
justice.
The controversy has been a matter Of
concern to the Government at Wash
ington for some time. The utmost
secrecy has been maintained in refer
ence to all discussion of the affair, but
1t is understood now that some decision
will soon be reached. To facilitate
that end, to seize the crown lands, as
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-25

The mission Of General Charles E.
Compton to the Hawaiian Islands is the
subject of great speculation in Federal
circles In this city. General Compton
left his post as commandant of the
Preside and sailed on the Alameda
a few days ago for Homo
lulu. While no one is in a position to
explain authoritatively the purpose of
the distinguished soldiers journey, it
IS understood from excellent sources
that he has gone TO Honolulu to seize
the crown lands Of the former mon
archy and by authority Of the Amer1-
can Government settle a dispute Of
ownership that involves property worth
millions of dollars.
The ex-Queen, Liliuokalani, has been
in Washington ever since she was de-
posed as reigning sovereign of the Ha-
waiian Islands. She has fought, with
q persistency inspired by a lost cause.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-25

bride-to-be has placed every possible OBJ
stacle in the way of the young couple
mating. She concealed the clothes of her
daughter and also lodged charges OF
vagrancy against both of them. Police
Judge Graham, before whom they ap
peared, said he would dismiss the charge
If they married. That ceremony will be
performed to-day, the young couple. in
keeping with others, declining to marry
on Friday.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-25
The President Remembered.

At the last held regular meeting or
Young Ladies Institute No. Miss May
Stein. the retiring president, was by the
institute presented a handsome jewel in
token of appreciation of her excellent ser
vices during the time she was in the Of
fee she was vacating. The presentation
speech was by District Deputy Mrs. ].
Sweeney, and the jewel, an artistic piece
of work, was accepted in graceful
speech by the recipient.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-25

who is a well-known horticulturist and
who has been in the city for the past few
days, will leave to-day for Japan Mr..
Barr has been staying at the Palace. He
Francisco in particular He spent the
greater part of the day yesterday at
Golden Gate Park inspecting the rare
plants in the conservatory.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-25
Illustrated

Original stories appear in to-day's
News Letter; the fullest social news;
interesting literary table of recent pub
lications; jokes told by the LOCKER On;
caustic comment by the Crier; editorial
articles on live topics; breezy letter
from New York, and social gossip in
to-days News Letter.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-25
Selections for To-Day.

First -Cherrystone. Cardwell. Adam An
drew.
Second Race-Benamela, Moringa. Pat Muir
ply.
Third Race-Humidity, sombre Guaiaia
Fourth Raoe-Napamax. Espionage. Roeili-
ante.
Fifth Race-Einstein, Stan Powers. Mairbar
Sixth Race-Montgomery. Rubicon,> Fat Nor
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-25
Delegates Elected.

National Parlor, N. S. G.. w, at its
meeting last night elected Fred G. Wehe,
D. E. Murdon and R. L. Radke as its del
egates to the next grand parlor. F.
Glocker, William Cenarius and W. J.
Peden Jr. were named as alternates.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-25

The famous old JESSE MOORE WHISKY is
recommended by physicians for family and
medicinal use because it Is pure.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-25
Mrs. Clara Foltz.

Clara Foltz has resumed the practice OF
law in San Francisco. Offices in the
Crocker building.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-25

Will Wed Despite Opposition.
A license was issued yesterday permit
ting Fred W. Hovey and Miss Martha B.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-25
Track Notes.

The rich $4,000 Burns handicap will be
the feature of the sport at Oakland this
afternoon.
The muscles in Jockey Bullman's in
jured shoulder are still so sore that he
has decided not TO ride to-day The prom
Using rider will shortly pay visit to his
home in Montana.
For the Improvement in form shown by
Imperious the judges ordered DR.. Rowell B
stable suspended for thirty days.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-25

Prominent Horticulturist.
Mr. Peter Barr OF London, England,