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New-York tribune., 1901-03-17
HOLINESS CONVENTION.
ACTIVE WORK BY EvANGELISTS WHO
USE NOVEL METHODS To AROUSE
EXCITEMENT AND STIR INTEREST.

Chicago. March Is (SpeciaD.-There Is no
dminution OF zeal or noise at the Holiness Con-
vention nov in progress here Edward Harvey
and Andy" Dolbow never jumped higher than
they dii to-day while Duke Farson was preach
ing the deadness and general worthlessness
Of the churches. He said persons at the altar
had asked prayers for their pastors. who had
yet to be converted
\ surprising conversion occurred at the
noon meeting. a young man who had knelt
there finally got UP and announced his puridca-
ton from all sin. and then told how he came
10 seek salvation. He said he had been A pro-
fessonal gambler and that while IN a gambling
place in Harvey last Tuesday, he picked up a
sporting paper and there read the account of
Mr.. Parsons wager Of 81 900 that he could pro-
duCe d revival and fifteen conversions in ten davs
The moment ne read II he was seized with a
conviction OF sin his feeling of wickedness and
danger was fearful that he determined TO
go the Holiness meeting and seek salvation
He professed to be converted and entirely sancti-
fed. and thanked Mr. Parsons wager for his
salvation.
Another convert yesterday was seized with the
spirit OF confession. and told Mr. Farson that
he had stolen $5e0 He had. however. Just
sanctihed enough TO confess his sin TO Mr. Far
son. and not enough TO confess to the police as
some converted thieves at other times and places
said to have done.
The daughter of Pastor Anderson. of the
Swedish Methodist Episcopal Church is among
those who profess to have received Justification
Miss Anderson's spiritual ordeal ended amid
wild enthusiasm and loud chorus of halIelu-
tahS and other CALCULATIONS expressive of re-
ligious happiness
Among those who listened to Mr.. Parsons
eloquence was Mrs. John Farson his sister-iu-
law Mrs. Farson is not of the Holiness band
nor could all the earnest pleadings of Seth Rees
who took her specially in hand. induce her TO
say that either she or her husband had any de-
sire TO be saved by the evangestc method.
The Rev Frank De Witt Talmage of this
city, dropped into one of the Holiness revival
meetings the other evening, and Mr.. Norberry
the evangelist not knowing him to be a clergy
man, exhorted him to come up to the altar and
ask God to make him completely holy Mr..
Talrnage declined TO do So on the ground that
IL is impossible for any man to he completely
holy After arguing with him for some time the
evangelist made the clergyman promise to come
the meeting again. whereupon he. the evange-
list, jumped into the air. cracked his heels to-
gether and yelled loudly Cor the space of half
minute. Jumping and yelling are the specialties
of this particular evangelist.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-17
A MUSEUM OF NAN.
FRIENDS OF HARVARD CHERISH AN
AMBITIOUS PLAN FOR THAT
GREAT UNIVERSITY.

Boston. March 16.-A general museum OF man.
10 comprehend prehistoric. ancient and modern civ
ilizaton. and illustrate racial and incidentally
national development is an ambitious project.
which it is hoped may be brought, in the course
of a measurable number of years, to a reasonable
degree of accomplishment in the great system of
free public museums which is gradually being built
up in Cambridge in connection with Harvard Uni
versity.
Like all the Harvard museums. it would be as
fully open the general public the specialist
resortng Cambridge from distance as TO the
student instructor in the college itself While
having the special advantages Of the stable policy
and experienced control that go with the best uni
versity management.
The first sections of a museum of man are al
ready in existence in the Peabody Museum OF
American Archaeology and Ethnology. founded by
the late George Peabody. of London. and the
Semitic Museum. recently established through the
generosity of Jacob II. SChif of New-York- The
is Of the richest collections in the world
in some respects the very richest-in objects il
lustrang American prehistoric and aboriginal life
with valuable special collections from other parts
OF the world. The latter. which is about 70 he
moved into the new building which Mr.. Schih has
just given, is the definite beginning OF an Oriental
museum.
Il is likely that the next section to be established
will be a Germanic museum. dealing with the Ger
manic lands and peoples from the time of the
Romans the present day Outside of Germany
itself-where the famous "Germanisches Museum"
in Nuremberg. is the best known example of its
knd-such a collection would be unique. There
are legitimate reasons Of sentiment, however.
apart from the more practical ones, why Harvard
may well be first least in this country, in the
undertaking. More than eighty years ago. when
German letters were little more than a name in
America. Goethe, through his American friend
Joseph Green Cogswell-a graduate OF Harvard
and later well known through his early connection
with the Astor Library in New-York-sent 10 the
Harvard Library some thirty volumes of his own
works with letter of inscription testifying his
interest in the little New-England college The
German original is lost but the archives still pre-
serve the translation;
The above. Doetical and scientific works pre-
sented to the library OF the university at Cam
bridge. in New-England as mark of deep interest
in lis high literary character and in the successful
zeal II has displayed through so many years for
the promotion of solid and elegant education. with
the highest respects Of the author.
Weimar. August Il 1919. J. W. V GOETHE. B.
a considerable part OF the money needed for be-
ginning the museum is already in hand and II is
hoped that the rest will be secured without much
more delay One friend OF the plan is Heinrich
New-York tribune., 1901-03-17
DOUKHOBORS TO MOVE.
RUSSIAN IMMIGRANTS AT ODDS WITH
CANADIAN GOVERNMENT.

Montreal, March 16 (SpeciaD.-There is prob
ability that there will be trouble between the
Canadian authorities and the Doukhobors who
were brought out from the Russian Caucasus
some two years ago by the Canadian Govern
ment and settled in communities near Yorktown.
in the North vest territories. The Doukhobors
are doing we'll in a material sense, but they are
much disturbed certain Canadian laws
which conflict with their queer ideas and Gus
TOMS and have issued an appeal to the nations"
asking for asylum where they can live with
out any regulations to hurt their rather peculiar
cOnsciences.
They object to the Canadian laws affecting
marriage. divorce and the registration OF births
In a memorial addressed to the Ottawa gov
ernment they say: only a pure feeling of
love- born of the natural recognition of
moral traits of character. creates real
legality of marriage according to the law OF
God, and not record of the in police
register and money fee, and every marriage
which has its in the pure feeling of
mutual love will be legal before God although
it were not registered and other people would
not recognize its legality" AS a coroary to this
belief they hold that where two parties 10 a
marriage agreed that their union is not
based upon the pure feeling of love- it is sin
full to continue the relationship of and
wife, and their duty is to separate. In such a
case" they say in the memorial referred to, "a
divorce may become legal If the Heavenly Father
will forgive the sin of the divorced parties. and
allow them to remarry with clear cOnsciences.
AS the forgiveness of God can be known only to
the two people concerned, no one, nor any
human institution, can make a divorce either
legal or Illegal
As for the law requiring the registration of
births. they object to it on the ground that the
Creator knows who is born and who dies, and
does not require register 70 be kept
They also angry because the government
proposes to make the land grants out in the
names OF individual settlers instead of granting
II to the entire community.
When the Dominion Government received the
memorial il was forTqrded to Mr.. Aylmer
Maude. the English translator of Tolstors works.
who was instrumental in getting asylum in
Canada for these people. He wrote to the Douk-
hobors, pleading with them to he reasonable, but
without avail. They again wrote TO the gov
ernment that private ownership of land was a
sin. and that il was diShonor TO God TO recog-
ntze any other power than His operating
through the human conscience with respect to
marriage and divorce. Further negotiations
with them carried by the Dominion Lands
Commissioner proved unavailing, and the Doul-
hoborS. having been assured that IL they are 10
remain in Canada they must obey the laws.
have decided to seek asylum elsewhere in the
world. The Canadian laws. they say, are too
tyrannical. and they cannot longer Conscien-
fiCuSIV live under them
New-York tribune., 1901-03-17
THAT CURIOCS ASTEROTD. EROS.
ITS LIGHT HAS BEEN FOUND TO FLUCTU-
ATE SYSTEMATICALLY.

IFS LIGHT HAS BEEN FOUND TO FLCCTU-
ATE SYSTEMATICALLY.
The asteroid discovered by Herr Witt in 1897
and temporarily named ID Q" by him. was soon
found 10 he a more remarkable object than any
Of the 400 other minor planets in the astrono-
mers' catalogues. The orbit of Mars lies outside
that of the earth. and most Of the asteroids keep
outside of the path Of Mars. But Eros pursues
a course that overlaps that of Mars and an
proaches within 100000 miles Of the earth's
orbit at one point. For this reason the astrono-
mers have recently been trying to utilize that
tiny object in determining the suns distance
from the earth.
While thus engaged they appear to have made
new discovery concerning the asteroid II is
alleged that its brightness varies within certain
limits at short intervals Two papers on the
subject have just been contributed 10 the
Complies Rendus." II Rossard Of Toulouse
after studying Eros with a glass Of ten inches
aperture on three successive nights last month
decided that ii ranged from a magnitude Of 93
to II, and returned TO the former brightness in
periods Of about two hours and twenty-five min
utes. The degree Of fluctuations was determined
by comparison with fixed stars in the vicinity
N. Rossard reports that the rise in brlliancy
from minimum TO maximum occurs In fifteen
minutes less time than the decline. The second
Contribution, q mere note Dy VI. andre, puts the
period at about six hours. This statement is so
different from NJ Rossard's that further testi-
mony is necessary.
Hundreds Of stars which believed to be
big are variable. but in all cases
these objects hot enough to shine by their
own light. But the asteroids are small cold and
nOn-luminOus. Not more than four or five have
dameters exceeding 100 miles Eros is probably
not over twenty or twenty-five miles through
We see the asteroids, a the moon, be-
cause the light Of the falls them
Variable stars are divided into two classes
AS TO the cause Of the fuctuation in one class
by far the larger-there is a good deal Of un-
certainty. But in the other kind those like
Algol, astronomers incline To believe that the
variability is due to partial eclipse. The star
is supposed 10 have a companion, just as the
earth has moon. And if they revolve around
a common centre in the proper plane the small
one will partially conceal the big one at regular
intervals 1t is easy to understand this per
formance when one body is bright and the other
dark, relatively, If not absolutely. But the ex-
planation does not fit well where both bodies
are dark and visible only by reflected light
Moreover. the diminuton in the brightness Of a
variable OF the Algol type occurs at the same
rate as the increase Hence a good deal more
observation is required before the mystery of
Eros can be cleared up In the mean time
though the suppOsition that it consists Of two
objects instead of only one is Professionally ten
able.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-17

mental glass ceiling. with plaster coves about on
level with the fourth floor. The walls Of the
corridor on the ground floor are wainscoted eight
feet deep with Tennessee marble.
Above the first floor the plasters. wainscoting and
balustrades are Of white Italian marble and the
interior panels are Of Pavonazzo marble The stair
case is eleven feet broad. has white marble treads
and the floors tiled with Tennessee marble
The inner walls OF the corridors surrounding the
court, on the second and third stories are tinted
with Pompeiian red IN a light shade. which - re-
leved by the blue green ceiling in the groined
arches on the second floor and the creamy white
panel ceilings with plaster on the third floor
The groined arch ceilings the first floor are In
mosaic with delicate pattern IN duh red and
in colors with wreaths and borders. The general
design Of the court Is Italian Renaissance. For
lighting there t. large ground glass globe. with
clusters Of inCandssCcDt liEhtS on each Of the
Eroined arches Of the first ana second floors and
the ceiling panels ~ the third and fourth floors and
the court IS further lighted by border OF iucan-
descent lights surrounding the ornamental ceiling
Besides the main building there IS stack build
ing. semi-detached. GO by - feet and six stories
high, with metal stacks for books. third build
ing contains the engines, boilers and electric plant
quartered oak. and the trustees In mahogany.
The library IS equipped with all tho modern con
venences. including bicycle room. coatrooms.
layatories. newspaper and reading rooms. chill
dren's and lecture room. The building cost
10000, including the site.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-17
MONSTER SHIPS FOR THE p4cJFJc
THE KOREA AND THE SIBERIA. LARGEST
VESSELS EVER BUILT IN AMERICA
NEARLY COMPLETED.

Newport News, Va, March 1e (SpecaD.-The new
steamship Korea, the largest vessel ever built on
this hemisphere, will be launched next Saturday
morning at II o'clock at the yard OF the Newport
News Shipbuiding and Drydock Company. and #
is expected that between twenty thousand and
thirty thousand people will be gathered around the
ways to the hull take its initial plunge
Into the waters OF the James River
The Korea and her sister ship, the Siberia are
building for the Pacific Mail Steamship Company.
and will ply between San Francisco and Hong
Kong. with Honolulu, Yokohama and Nagasaki as
ports Of call. The vessels are exactly alike and
the contract prices for the two is 100000 making
them the costlest well the largest merchant
vessels built on this hemisphere. Uncle Sam is
building costlier warshps. but not even the large
monster defenders contracted for by the govern
Mail liners The Korea and the Siberia will each
has displacement $500 tons greater than the
battleships of the Virginia class With a speed Of
something like twenty knots. the Korea will be the
fastest ship the Pacific until the arrival Of her
sister ship. and then the Pacific Mail will have two
vessels. equipped both for heavy passenger and
freight traffic. which will be the finest vessels
travelling out Of San Francisco or entering Hong
Kong. The Siberia will follow tho Korea IN about
month, and after tho ongiaes are installed and
the vessels are completed and ready for delivery
they VIII probably start together fer tho Paoine
The Korea w.Il bo required 10 mako eighteen
be a twenty knot ship easily Her Dimensions fo!.
feel DEPTH. g feet dfalEht, q fesi disbia osMat'
approach the ko.es IN size arc The 81 IpIis spd lbs
81. Paul OF the American t.sss Sev5s York. London
service Their dimensions arc: Length. sa5.a feet;
New-York tribune., 1901-03-17
YALE BIcEyTENyIlL 4RRaycrvr,rS

Ncw-Haven. Conn. March l6.-At the meeting or
the Yale University Corporation. held Yesterday
1t was announced by President Hadley that he had
received letter of acceptance from Justice David
j. Brewer, of the United States Supreme Court in
response 10 the invitation that he deliver the com
memorative address at the bicentennal celebration
OF next october. 1t was also announced that Ed
mund Clarence stedman. OF the class OF 5s. would
deliver the commemorative poem on the Same ccce-
sion. The ether speakers will be announced later.
Dr. William Lyon Phelps, at present assistant
professor OF English literature vas advanced 10 q
lul. professershin. Dr. Alexander D. Evans. IN
EtFGetor 81 botany. made assistant professor
Of botany In tho Sheffield sclentlna sohoai John
H. Perry. Of Southport was appelnted lecturer .n
tho law school. 10 give Instruction III th6 new
course IN paFiiaTentaFX Jaw. Dr. Howard ". serips-
gfe, diFenter of the physiological laboratory, was
Il. Gregory. Instructor IA physical aeagraphy, was
also advanced 10 aa assistant nsessssoFshia.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-17
HAS NOT ABANDONED ITS PLAN.
ACADEMY OF DESIGN HOPES TO CARRY OUT ITS
PURPOSE OF BUILDING ON ONE-HUN-
DRED- -AND-TENTH-S

Frederick Dielman. president of the National
Academy Of Design, told Tribune reporter yes
terday that whatever foundation there might be to
the reports which had been published of doubts en-
tertained by the academicians to their ability
to carry the plan of building in One-hundred-
and-tenth-st. the plain fact that official
action had been taken by the academy to abandon
that plan for another. Moreover. the COMMITTEES
on ways ami means which has in charge the
work of collecting the necessary funds. is still in
existence for the carrying out of that plan. and
has not officially declared its inability 20 accom-
plish the work ntrusted &c it.
Mr. Dielman said the feeling of the members APP
peared 10 be that the present status of the insti
tuition is solid one. that it is carrying its main
functions in conducting its schools and annual ex
hibitfons, and. regards its building plan.
afford TO await developments. In the mean while
IL is strengthening it's membership. shown by
the election of associate members at the quarterly
meeting on Wednesday night thereby assuring it's
position as a representative art body of the
try Naturally. If it became clear that the funds
needed were not forthcoming TO carry out the
ambitious plan. involving the erection OF the mag
nncent building. at cost of $500 600, designed by
Carrere & Hastings. it would be necessary TO form
and carry out plan within the means of the in
stitution, whatever they might be.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-17
HOW A POINT OF ORDER WAS NOT
SUSTAINED BECAUSE
TOO GOOD"

Albany, March Is (SpeciaD.-The legislature has
rule that all the bills before il shall indicate as
much as possible changes in existing law. Upon
the first page OF every bill there is this statement:
EXplanation.-Matter underscored - is
new matter in brackets II is old law be omitted"
one day recently Assemblyman Morgan OF Kings
county, in desperate mood attempted TO make
use OF the bracket" rule. There was a furious
confiict over the bill of Assemblyman Everett of
PUTNAM County, imposing upon the county of New
York additional taxes in Putnam, Dutchess and
Mestchester counties because of its possession of
aqueduet lands, and Mr. Morgan saw that Mr.
Everett had probably rolled up majority for his
Dill Then he said with a cool air although in
MaroIy hopeful Of succeeding, Mr. Speaker I make
the point Of order that commas of old law
"Iich are omitted are not put in brackets"
speaker Nixon smiled, raped for order and when
sIe assembly was perfectly still said blandly: The
speaker regrets To inform the member from King.
not sustained - -0t
A roar OF laughter went up from the Assembly
men as they heard that Mr.. Morgan's point IF
ORDER was too good, and then the bill was ma ssed
consideration ~ 'i
Il knew that point OF order was rather weak"
New-York tribune., 1901-03-17
THE WINNING OF TWO CIGARS.
HOW AssEMBLYMAN J. J. FITZGERALD
FLEECED A LAMB

Albany March l6 CspeciaD.--"I won two cigars
to-day" said Assemblyman James J. Fitzgerald
~ New-York. on Thursday last. in a cheerful way,
and both were good" Then Mr.. Fitzgerald lifted
his head in the air and permitted a halo Of smoke
from what appeared TO be an excellent cigar TO
circle I'D into the upper region Of the Assembly
Chamber
Mr.. Fitzgerald Was enjoying a moment OF relaxa-
ton after the Assembly had adjourned, and he
was leaning against the brass rail around the
Assemblynen's seats with = contented air. lie
had done his work as tn leader Of the Democrats
~ The city Of New-York to his satisfaction, and
nov smoking his case.
From whom did you win the cigars? asked
Charley Adler. Of DE Ate curiOusly.
Mead. Of the Merchants Association replied
Fitzgerald. smiling. Tie bet that the Ramapo
repeal would be reported favorably and passed
yesterday. ] took both bets-and j have won.
Then Mr. Fitzgerald took another good pun at
his splendid cigar and reflected his superior
knowledge OF the Legislature and its methods, as
compared with the innocent Alr Mead. Moral;
Dor bet in Albany unless you know" You VIII
lOSe cigars If YOU do
New-York tribune., 1901-03-17
As To LEGISLATIVE THIsTLEs.
SENATOR ELsBERGS CONSTITUENCY NOT
RUCOIIC, SO HE DID NOT
UNDERSTAND.

AIbany. March 16 CSpeciaD. Of the legis-
lsture occasionally demonstrate that they have
rved upon a farm. The last week this fact peeped
,ur suddenly while q debate was in progress upon
bill 10 give the Superintendent Of NE Banking
sr-r7enr more power over building and loan
associations and especially put restrictions upon
the ocers OF the building and loan associations in
making loans Senator Armstrong, Of Rochester,
rontended that these restrictions were burden
some. needless. and would not guard the interests
n lie members Of building and loan associations:
Finally ne said, addressing Senator Els3erg, or
Nev-York who was favorinG the bill. Does the
genueman think he viii get rid Of the thistles II
Re r1ovesthe fence line2"
The Senators laughed and Senator Elsberg for a
moment seemed puzzled what 10 say. for he Is
town bred and therefore natural lly would not ne
able 70 think Of a rural comparison in reply
Finally be waved away Senator Armstrong ques-
rfor with This answer: NV constituency is not
hucolic one and 7 am talking about this building
and can association -hih' D
New-York tribune., 1901-03-17
HtN0R IN THEIR PROGRAMME.
BARNARD SENIORS ALREADY PREPARING
FOR THE CLASS DAY EXERCISES.


Though their second semester at Barnard is only
Ia ovc-, the seniors already making prepara-
barnard function in all the commencement eXer-
cses of Columbia University, and in consequence is
me more important in the eyes of the Barnard
undergraduates. TIE class OF 1901 will probably
introduce the reading Of statistics the class day
eXercises-that L.. the vote viii be given upon the
ser iinental and other distinctions equally inter
esung Miss Jeanetta Studdigord will give the
haGlatory address; Miss Florence Sanville VIII
proDhesy tho futures Of tho seniors and Miss Cor
oeia Mendt Will present 10 each OF them, with an
otlEofrlate speech. gift suited TO their peculiar
ClaTacterlstics Miss Mary Eaton IS TO be the
- stSaAstlclan, and Miss Christina Mckim will read
&c &c Naled1ctory speech. II viii be seen from this
sitsfainrne that the exercises this year may have
Higfe OF humorous than a sentimental tendency
4 iact which viii proba bly, be appreciated by those
"Lo have attended many class days
ne alumnse OF Barnard have generously offered
- feip tho college athletics by paying for "A pro-
tssionaI coach to train the basketball team. and
- lil9g up the gymnasium in Brinckerhon Hall
WIN q padded floor and other apparatus for the
ne ier practice in that game
~ Is intended that special inauguration
tloilg VIII accompany the installation OF the new
mean of barnard Miss laura ID. Gill. on May !.
~. a. programme. though subject change and ad-
ltiv's. VIII probably consist OF speech by Presi-
-tilt Low OF Columbia University. a speech by Pro-
ne resignation OF Mrs. George Haven Putnam:
speech by representative OF the alurnnse and a
speech by a representative OF the undergraduates
reception will follow.