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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-16
SCHOOL BIBLE READING FUSS
Injected Into Church Convention-Presi.
dent Roosevelt Criticised.

Representatives Of all the Presbyterian
and Reformed churches In the United
States and Canada. meeting yesterday after
noon in the Marble Collegiate Church.
warmly discussed report presented by the
Rev. DR.. F. r. Beattie Of Louisville. KY,
on The Use Of the Bible In the Public
Schools" In the discussion 1t was de-
clared by Gen. r. Z. Prime Of Yonkers tina,
President Roosevelt made statements to
Western audiences which he would not
dare repeat In the East. This was after
1t had been asserted by the Rev. DR.. W. S. p
Bryan OF Chicago that the President had
declared Bible reading in public schools
to be but relic Of priestcraft. DR.. Bryan
said he agreed with the President
The chairman, the Rev. DR.. X. p. Kerr
OF Richmond, Va, declared the speakers
to be out Of order and brought the report
OF DR.. Beattie before the meeting for ac-
ton. This called for uniformity Of action
in the various States In regard TO Bible
reading in the schools. 1t was voted to
reconsider the report at another meeting
to be held in October.
The Western Section Of the Alliance Of
Reformed Churches Holding the Presby-
terrain System is the name OF the organi-
zation. Nearly fifty delegates were pres
ent. There Is an Eastern section OF the
alliance in Great Britain. Both sections
are to meet in general council in Liver
pool in June, next year. The alliance
was welcomed 10 New York by the Rev.
DR.. Burrell.
The annual report asked that the meeting
appoint a special day Of prayer for public
schools, suggesting the second Sunday
in September. An appeal from the Mexi-
can Presbyterian Church to be admitted
TO the alliance, and an invitation from the
Presbyterian churches OF Boston, to hold
the next meeting OF the alliance there.
aIaO narfR OF the rQDOrt.
A committee Of Ave was appointed. at
the request OF the General Conference
on Marriage and Divorce Of the Episcopal
and Presbyterian Churches, to devise
means Of cooperation. IL possible, with
other religious organizations and bodies.
In securing united action to limit the evils
arising from the loose divorce laws pre-
yaiing in many States,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-16
DUN A CRIMINAL THREAT.
Collector for stationers' Board Convicted
and Fined $40.

Edward H. Loveless Of ITO West Twenty
second street, who was juror In the second
Molineux trial and Is secretary OF the Sta
TONERS Board Of Trade Of OF and 90 Nassau
street, was convicted yesterday in the
Special Sessions before Justices Mayer,
WYATT and Mexican OF violating Section
$50 Of the Penal Code by sending threaten
ing letter TO the Woodward Publishing
Company He was fined $40 and was pa
rolled until to-day to get it. The COM
plainant was William H. England. treas
,lrer OF the Woodward Publishing Com
pany, which received letter on Jan: 2s
last from the Bureau Of Collections, Sta
TONERS Board OF Trade signed by Love-
less threatening him under the bylaws
OF the board" TO notify members that they
had had to sue him to collect debt OF si6,
unless he settled by Jan. 20 at ! O'Clock IN
the afternoon.
Although he says that the fifteen.dollar
claim was in dispute, Mr.. England sent
a check for SIS, because the accompany
ing list contained the names OF great
many prominent firms in the stationery
trade. Then he stopped payment on the
check and proceeded against Loveiess
The Special Sessions Justices say, Justice
Wyatt dissenting:
The purpose hero was not to give notice
Trade for their benefit. but was solely IN
force the complainant into a position where
he would be complied to pay. In oth,r
words there was an attempt to usurp the func-
ton OF the courts and TO compel tn" COM
plainant to satisfy claim In controversy.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-16
REJECT SOME BIBLE STORIES.
Five Garrett Institute Theologues Believe
In Liberal Interpretation.

CHICAGO, April i6.-Five students OF
the Garrett Biblical Institute. three OF whom
are near graduation. have formed an organi-
zation and publicly refuse TO accept many
OF the tenets which are held by orthodox
followers Of John Wesley. The students
are considered the brightest men in the
theological school, and two Of them are
disciples OF DR.. Charles Horswell, pro-
lessor Of Old Testament literature, who
was forced to resign from the faculty OF
the divinity school because Of his radical
views on the Bible. The sheretics' all
hold pastorates. V. W. Thrall In pastor OF
the Cedarburg, Wis. Methodist Episcopal
Church; G. R.Montague, Of the First Meth
odist Episcopal Church Of Salem. Wis: A. l.;
Umpleby. OF the First Methodist Episcopal
Church A. Chesterton, Ind T. p. Brannun, at
Bristol. ILL.,, and @. X, MacInnls, at Fort
The theological students with the dis
senting opinions call themselves Buzz
z.tes, which name IL said TO have Biblical
reference TO scorners OF overweening piety.
Some OF the opinions which the 'Buzzites'
profess are:
That the book Of Job is drama. and not
historical truth.
That the first six chapters OF Genesis
are allegory.
That the story Of Jonah and the whale
Is a parable, and cannot be accepted as
truth
That the Scriptures are not inspiration
but revelation.
That the Resurrection was spiritual. and
That physical death did not follow as the
result OF sin.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-16
Shamrocks One and Two.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: The
records Of the trials between the first two
Shamrocks do not show the first to have been
about as good as the second. as the British
critics you quote have suggested. They
had one brush on May S, 1901. in a fresh.
squally northeast wind. both carrying club
topsails With a ten-knot breeze. a strong
tide and little sea the first Shamrock was no
match for the second The race was not over
a measured course. but the con olusion OF the
experts present was that the newer vessel
was greatly superior 10 the old In beating
and that In running they were about equally
matched On May u with the wind fresh
and steady, the second Shamrock beat the
first S minutes and seconds over a trianeu-
lar course Of twenty miles On this occasion
the challenger beat the older yacht in running
These two contests satisfied the British yachts
than the old one
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-16

is tina, We take pains TO speak Of Roman Catholics
with rsspeo, and love- that We drop entirely the uss
of the word Romish and similar sdjeetives OF an
odious nature"
Professionalism the Lamp always speaks
Of with horror as for examples
Until the Judgment Day We shall never know
the dAmnation sectshsnlsm and sehism nave
brought upon the souls Of men. The ioss OF cam
ouc unity and the consequent loss OF mems fai'h In
the saving power OF the Catholic Church has, we be-
leve peopled hell with more souls than all else thN
Satan has been able 70 do 70 render null ano voio
the redemptive work Of the Son OF GOD. In view
OF this awful fact let Us have done with the giorncs-
ton OF that greatest victory Of the gates OF he'll
against the Church Of CHRIST. the socalled Refor-
nation"
In the Rosary League Leaflet, which
accompanies this number Of the Ldmp, are
directions how to say the rosary, and
one OF them is 10 say the following:
Il salute thee Holy MANY. Daughter OF GOD the
Father and entreas thee to obtain for usa devotion
like thine own 10 the most sweet VIII OF GOD.
Holy MARY. Mother OF GOD, pray for US sinners
nov and q, the hour OF our death. Amen.
"Issiu,e thee. Virgin Mother Of GOD the Son. and
en,rea, thee 70 obtain for US such union with the
sacred Heart Of JEsus that our own hearts may
burn with love OF GOD and ardent seal for the con
version OF souls Hail MARY. &C
Il salute thee. I'm mscuiste Spouse OF GOD the
Holy Ghost and entreat thee 10 obtain for US such
yielding OF ourselves TO the Blessed Spirit that We
may never grieve Him In thought word or deed.
but In all things He may direct and rule our hearts
Hail MARY, &C."
We do not refer to this very remarkable
movement in connection with to-day's
election OF dean OF the General Theo-
logical Seminary as suggesting that 1t
will have any direct effect on the decision
to be made, or that there is any sympathy
with it in that institution, but as indica-
tive Of a tendency in Ritualism which
creates anxiety among the opponents
OF that party lest the election should
seem to give to it shadow Of encourage
ment Undoubtedly, this revolution, so
openly proceeding with view to re-
submission to the Holy See. engages the
outspoken support OF only a very small
part OF the Ritualists, but, probably, OF
secret favor IL has more. So far as con-
Germs the Church OF England it is quite
unreservedly for disestablishment. Our
principles, writes a clergyman in the
Lamp, are working themselves out to
their legitimate conclusions, do not say
the disestablishment, for that, already,
is going on before our eyes and the
disruption of the Anglican communion,
at least in that shape in which we have
known it, may be said to be almost within
sight
Obviously. the end the Roman
party is working for is nothing short Of
the destruction OF the Anglican Church
as a separate organization and it's COM
plete absorption in the Church Of Rome.
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charging this denial Of social equality toward pre,u-
dice. Is We usually understand the word Perhaps
tits born Of something 20 much deeper ana more
impehou' than prejudice as 70 am0un' 70 ''''''
'nsnnc'
1t would be difficult to give a fair
idea OF the justice of Mr.. CLEVELAND s
attitude without quoting at least one
more paragraph from his address at the
Madison Square Concert Hall:
wh.,.vern, Il. lie, u. remember that q, has con
donsd the nesro's share in the humiliation and
spousuon of the white men of the South during tho
sa,urnalla of reconstruction days. and has allowed
kindly feeling for the negro to survive the ume
when the South was deused by the per',ous nooa .,
'nd'scnmna's' unin'enlsen' ana onsnN". ~.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-16
SEMINARY ELECTION TO-DAY.
Successor TO the Late Dean Hoffman and
One Professor to He Chosen.

Successor TO the Late Dean Hoffman and
One Professor to He Chosen.
Trustees Of the General Theological Sem
mary in Chelsea Square, meet in Sherred
Hall Of that institution this afternoon TO
elect a dean Of the seminary and a pro-
lessor of ecclesiastical history. The
trustees consist of sixty-six bishops; fifteen
clergymen and laymen elected by the five
dioceses in this State. a few from other
dioceses. and twenty-five named by the
General Convention or iie in all: ,...,.,
ton OF learning maintained by the
Protestant Episcopal Church in the United
States, and Il educates about rs many OF
the Episcopal clergy as all OF the unomcial
seminaries, Of which there are half dozen,
together The new dean will take the
place Of the late Rev. DR.. E: A.. Hoffman.
the richest clergyman in his day in Anne RIGA,
who was dean from 1879 to 1907 and brought
the seminary from a condition OF poverty
and neglect to one OF affluence and influence.
WARDEN ns n Sne Of Annandsie Prof Hart Of
Berkeley Divinity School. the Rev, DR..
Mortimer of st. Marks Church, Philadel-
phia; the Rev. DR.. Parks Of Calvary. and
the Rev. DR.. Peters Of st. Michael's, this
city; Dean Robbins Of the Albany Cathedral,
and President Smith OF Trinity College,
Hartford The Bishops Of Vermont,
Tennessee and California, and the Rev. DR..
Grosvenor of the Incarnation. this city,
were nominated. but withdrew their names.
1t il said that the trustees cannot well go
outside the list OF nominations. but there
have been indications that the Church IL
not well satisfied that the right man Ia In
the list Therefore the may be an ad-
tournament without election.
The nominees for the professorshi are;
verse OF Rochester. Enos Of Troy, Kinsman
of Berkeley Divinity School. Liienthal OF
New York. Moses OF Wayne. Pa; Rhine
lander of Washington, Schuyler OF Scars
dale, N. Y; Scratchley OF Newark. and Drs
Lowndes OF New York. Starr Of Sewanee,
Tenn. and Waterman OF Claremont, n. H..
all clerUymen
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-16
Money Wanted to Regain the Palma
Trophy.

Trophy.
A note from the secretary OF the Ma
tional Rife Association Of America in
forms US that he learns officially that at
the Bisley meeting Of the National Rife
Association Of Great Britain there will
be teams from Australia, New South
Wales Scotland and Canada, and posi-
bly, from Austria, Belgium, Switzerland
and France.
No arrangement, however, has yet
been made to send a team OF rifemen
from this country, and at present, says
the secretary, the prospects Of raising
a fund to send team abroad are very
slim
Popular subscription is needed to pro-
vide such a team, and to raise the neces-
sary funds THE Sun will gladly act as
repository. About 5000 is needed,
any part OF which sum sent to THE sun
Office will be duly guarded for the pur-
pose specified.
Remember that the Palma trophy was
taken to England from this country last
September! Its repatriation is an Ameri-
lean duty, and only a team of rifemen
can bring it back
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-16
ROOS WILL CASE SETTLED.
widow, VINO Was TO Get Nothing. to
Administer the Estate.

The dispute over the will OF Leonard F.
Roos, the art dealer, who died in November
last, has been compromised by settlement
which admits the will to probate. Mrs
Maria B. Roos. the widow, who did not live
with her husband and who was expressly cut
OF from any share in the testator's personal
property, was the principal contestant, and
she has withdrawn. The executors under
the will, w. A. Chase and DR.. James d.
Trask, were requested by the beneficiaries
under the will, who included five brothers
and sisters OF Leonard F. Roos, in Switzer-
land, not to qualify as executors, and they
have greed not to act as such for the pres
emit. II Is expected that In a few days letters
OF administration on the estate will be issued
10 Mrs. Roos, the other parties consenting.
The estate IL valued at about $4,000.
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out Of H. 90 when ~ aitualistic rector baked
leave at the request Of the other and per-
haps the far larger low Church faction,
the diocese 70 espouss their Quarrel and help
on themselves. and when he refuses 70 inter,
fere they SET, up howl and accuse him OF
M: may ind just such a case in his ow VA
diocese to-day where the veetry OF nne ola
church called man off-hand. with practically
no Investigation. to assume the rectorship.
an extremist. That church has been torn
asunder; number Of the people have BECOME
Roman Catholics others have Joined the Pres
byterians. The Bishop will not interfere;
once strong and urttod parish has been ruined
by the neglect Of an unxorthy ysstry; =. T..
No. the fault IL not with the Bishops; II u
with the laity. An independent parish IN
search Of rector has The choice Of hun ad,s
man whose tastes. manners and doctrines
differ radically from those to which IL is
used and desires let 1t suffer - silence and and
men cease to cali and refuse to support
Rituali.tio rectors the blight Of extreme Ritual
ism will pass from the Church-Do sooner.
NEW HAVEN. April H. EPISCOPAL
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-16
What Rufus Choate Said.

President ROosRvELT's remarkable de-
nunciation. at Milwaukee, Of the North
ern Securities merger when the case in
question was still under the elaboration
OF the Courts, pointed a very striking
situation, as the Northern Securities case
was a Government prosecution, begun
not by Minnesota or Wisconsin, but by
tho President, through the Attorney
General, and emphasized as a Govern
ment case by recent legislation appropri-
ating money to promote its speedy sue
csss. a. well a. by an Executive oertif-
cate that it IL case Of general public
Importance
Judges are human, and cannot be ex-
pected not to take judicial notice OF the
origin OF the causes before them, and OF
Official. or party, or popular, pressure
behind them.
The judicial tribunals Of the United
States are, in a sense, all Of them Gov
eminent courts, but in a remoter aspect
they are all the peoples courts, mas
much as the voters choose the officers
who appoint the magistrates.
A half century ago there was sitting in
Boston q convention to revise the Massa-
chusetts Constitution, and it had under
consideration tho appointment and ten
ure Of judicial officers. RUFUS CHoATE
was q member OF the Convention, and
made a speech which had great fame in
that day. Among other things, he said
in description OF an ideal Judge:
Z. He shall know nothing about the
parties; everything about the case. He
shall do everything for justice; nothing
for himself; nothing for his friend; moth
ing for his patron; nothing for his SOW
ereign. II on one side is the Executive
power, the Legislature and the people
the sources Of his honors, the givers OF
his daily bread-and on the other, an
individual, nameless and odious, his eye
js TO see neither great nor small; attend
ing only to the trepidations Of the bal
ance.' If law Is passed by a unani-
nous Legislature, clamored for by the
general voice OF the public, and cause
ID before him on it, in which the COM
munity Is on the one side, and an indi-
vidual, nameless or odious, on the other,
and he believes it to be against the Con-
stitution. he must 80 declare tor there
is no Judge
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-16
1T DOES NOT RECOGNIZE GOD.
For That Reason He Would Not Swear to
UphoId and Defend the Constitution.

WASHINGTON. April is r. Wills.
who was appointed third class assistant
inspector OF steel material to be used In
the bulls Of naval vessels. has declined TO
subscribe TO the necessary oath OF Office
because the Federal Constitution, which
he must swear to uphold and defend, does
not recognize God Mr. Wills is a member
of the Reformed Presbyterian Church,
one Of whose tenets is that the existence
OF God must be recognized in every act OF
a public or private character.
A representative OF the church called
at the State and Navy departments to-day
10 find precedcnts for permitting the form
Of oath to be modified so that Mr.. Wills
may swear to defend and protect the
Government OF the United States He
is willing TO do this. because the Govern
ment, according to the holdings OF the
Reformed Presbyterian Church. recog-
nizes God through the delivery Of prayers
in the Senate and the House OF Repre-
sentatives and through the annual thanks
giving proclamation OF the President.
The oath which Mr.. Wills must take.
however, is prescribed by statute, and the
naval authorities contend that Congress
only can modify it's form. The chances
are that Mr.. Wills's place will be given to
somebody who does not object TO swearing
to defend the Constitution.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-16
DOWTEs ADVANCE GUARD HERE.
Three women and One Man to Prepare for
the Restoration Hosts 1000.

The Rev. Abraham F. Lee, recorder OF
the Zion Restoration Host. Desconess
Lee. his wife; the Rev. Sarah Il. Hill and
Deaconess Peters. an advance guard OF
the Rev. John Alexander Dowies invasion.
arrived at the Grand Central Station yes
terday morning from Chicago and went to
a boarding house. They say they come to
secure lodgings for the 1000 missionaries
of the host who are to come from Chicago
next October also TO make a study OF New
Yorks geography and to assist the General
Oyerseer to district the city
They brought the information that the
Restoration Host will number 1000 at least,
and that Immediately upon their arrival
they will begin house to house canvass
distributing literature and preaching
powieism TO everybody who will listen.
This process Is to continue all day and there
are to be meetings in the evening most OF
them in Madison Square Garden. Satur-
DAYS are to be holidays. and two steamers
are to be chartered by the Rev. Mr.. Lee
to take the host. at rs cents per Individual.
up the Hudson. TO Coney Island. and II the
weather permits. for trip to sea.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-16

While the dollar does not make the man.
the horse power makes the ship. Conse-
auenty, the Kaiser Wilhelm H., which
sailed on Tuesday on her maiden voyage
from Bremen for New York, is the finest
Of all ships. The first queen OF the sea
known by this generation was the Alaska.
which had less than 10000 horse power.
The new Kaiser has nearly $1,000 horse
pOWer.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-16
BR0OKLYN CHILDRENs JUDGE.
Mayor Low Appoints the superintendent
Of the Children's Society.

Robert j. wilkin OF Brooklyn was sp-
pointed by Mayor Low yesterday a Justice
Of the Court of Special Sessions In Brooklyn.
Mr.. wilkin, who is superintendent OF the
Brooklyn Society for the Prevention Of
Cruelty TO Children. will be the Judge Of
the new Brooklyn Children's Court, which
will be opened as soon as quarters can be
attained Mr.. wilkins appointment Is for
ten years, at 5000 a year. He Is lawyer
and is a Republican.
society he will probably he succeeded
by Frank s. Folk, his chief assistant
Mr.. Wilkin is one OF the founders OF the
Brooklyn Canoe Club and an active member
of the Crescent Club.
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or three yesrs 10 being worked into oonssnssd.
sf,oieut personnel and that the measures taken
70 improve the service and make II more attractive
have been Wisely conceived and successfully carried
out
Those who wish we'll to the navy will
hope that the improvement may continue
uninterruptedly.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-16
Policemen Who Enlisted Can Get Back

Mayor Low will approve the bill passed
by the Legislature authorizing the Police
Commissioner TO reinstate policemen who
resigned to enlist In the army during the
war with Spain, George Thompson. one
OF the men affected. appeared before the
Mayor yesterday at a hearing held on the
measure. II is Understood that there are
about half a Dozen Others who will apply
10 Gen. Greene to be restored.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-16
To Boom Fairbanks for vice-Pres,dent.

INDIANAPOLIS. April i5.-The name Of
Senator Charles W. Fairbanks will be the
subject Of discussion at West Ba len Spring.
this week. where a conference OF political
leaders is arranged to formerly set afoot
his Vice-Presidential boom. Senator
Hanna who has always regarded Fairbanks
as a suitable exponent OF the Mckinley
policy, will be there as will be Gov. Durbin,
Gov. Nash OF Ohio. Graeme Stewart, the
defeated Republican candidate for Mayor
OF Chicago; Mayor Fleischmann, the sue.
cessful Republican candidate for Mayor OF
Cincinnati; Harry s. New, National Com
mitteeman from Indiana, and others.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-16
can our Hu.,.r, r.k. M.,.rf-Try .Em.

To TIE EpiroR or The suS-.Sir; The recent
high jun ping contest q, Durands Riding Academy
was most Interesting. and proves that our hunting
class horse equals the best of English and Irish
timber toprnG-but do they AS duslned huntersf
How are they oyer water-can they equal the 81.
AlbAns English record Of 80 feet. inches overt
hear In many Instances. water Jumps balk the
whole bunting neids here. Let US have cham
p1onahip cup over water. C. ID. l..
NEW xouu, April H.
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Opposition to the bill to allow extra
money to Supreme Court Justices who
have duties outside OF their home county
and support Of the bill to spend $4,000 in
sending Gov. Odell and party to the St.
Louis Exposition are not in agreement, yet
we notice that some members OF the Legis-
lature do both.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-16
Assistant Secretary Allies Leaves the Treas.
ury Department.

WASHINGTON. April I5.-Assistant secre-
tary Allies severed his connection with the
Treasury Department to-day and will
enter upon his duties as vice-president
Of the Riggs National Bank tomorrow.
The officials and clerks OF the Department
will attend dinner in Mr.. Ailes's honor to-
piUhf