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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-26
Local Movement.
TO REBUILD CHURCH
THE BUILDING WHERE A NOTED
HYMN WAS WRITTEN.

LONDON, August 26.-Efforts are being
made to raise money to finish improve
ments upon the church where the hymn
Abide With Me-" known all over the
world was written.
More than eighty years ago young man
of good Somerset shire family, Henry Fran
els Lyle, entered holy orders, and was ap-
pointed vicar of the newly formed parish
church of Lower Brixham, a little Torbay
fishing port in Devon.
There he labored among the simple fisher
folk for a quarter of a century, declining
all offers of preferment out of the love he
bore his flock. who were to man devoted
TO him. and enrichng the religious litera-
ture of England with Il number of very
beautiful hymns.
Them in middle life, his health began to
fail, and the doctors told him his DAYS
were numbered. The news brought neither
fear nor bitterness TO Henry Lyle, but only
great longing to leave behind him some
piece of work which should live when he
was dust and comfort and uplift toward
heaven the hearts and minds of English
men and women.
To this end he wrote a singularly touch
ing and fervent prayer for grace to &C
complish his unselfsh purpose. There came
a peaceful Sabbath morning when the we'll
loved vicar preached his farewell sermon
and babe goodbye to all OF his little flock
in Lower Brixham Church, leaving few
among them with dry eyes. Then he walk
ed slowly TO a point in the road at which
he could overlook the little harbor with its
many fishing smacks, all softened and
beautiiied by the falling light of the quiet
evening, and returning to his church he
wrote out the beautiful lines now known
TO all christendom as Abide With Ne"
The Authors Death.
Next day he started on his journey to the
Riviera and within few weeks passed
peacefully into eternal rest.
Thirty years ago the fisher folks of Lower
Brixham began the slow, laborious task of
restoration of their beloved pastors church
From that day to this the labor of devo-
ton and self-sacrifice has been interrupt
ed only by the absolute want of means
Today a crises has been reached. The
last stake of the rebuilding, d tower and
an aisle are In hand, and the parishioners
OF Lower BrlXham cannot raise the neces-
sary sum locally. NFifteen hundred pounds,
or 1850, must be provided before the end
of the year or the costly scaffolding will
nave TO be removed ard the work indefi-
nitely delayed. Her royal highness the
Duchess of Albany has promised to open
a sale of pictures In December on behalf
of the rebuilding fund, and already the
queen has shown her interest and sympathy
with this heroic effort to honor the mem
DRY OF the writer of of her faVorite
hymns by becoming the possessor of a
lit+le water color picture of the scene over
which Henry Lyle gazed on that far-off
Sabbath evening before sitting down to
write Abide With Me"
1t is also urged in behalf of the church
and the hymn that 1t was the favorte
hymn OF the late President Mckinley. For
these and for many other reasons the pro-
moterS say that failure at the present crisis
would be uni English.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-26
BROTHERHOOD OF ST. ANDREW

AT the meeting of the executive com
mittee of the local assembly held last
Monday evening an invitation was ac-
cepted from Christ Church. Rockville, to
hold the next regular meeting of the as
sembly at that town Monday evening
September IL.
The committee on arrangements for the
rational convention of the Brotherhood
o. 81. Andrew, which is to meet at Chi
cago September 21-2+, reports that the
brotherhood chapters throughout the
country are responding in very salts
factory manner. indicating, ii is said that
there Will be very large attendance.
The service held at Colonial Beach, Va
last sunday morning in the Union Chapel
was In charge of Messrs. L. o Forqueran
OF Epiphany Brotherhood Chapter and
William Il. Everett. jr. of the brother
hood chapter attached to Grace Church
Southwest.
The brotherhood chapter recently or
Eanized 1T Ascension Chapel. corner 9TH
and Pomcvoy streets northwest. has elect
ed the following officers for the ensuing
year. NJ. T. HoXley. director. and @. w
Mckenzie. secretary and treasurer.
William r. Dent, president of the Wash
lngton local assembly OF brotherhood
chapters. delivered the address al the
service held last sunday evening in the
barracks at Fort Myer.
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The Greatest Campmeeting Ground.


The Methodist Elder Stokes held the first
camp meeting In Ocean Grove. n. j., thirty
six years ago. Despite the budding OF hotel
and cottage, 1t still retains its title OF
camp meeting" and rightly. for with TIE
coming of the June days a part of the
plateau on which IL stands becomes tent
ed field, where 10000 or more dwell under
canvas until the chill winds OF autumn
cause them to seek their inland homes
Here is a city whose mayor is a bishop
whose councilmen are ministers and dea-
cons, not one of whom receives a dollar for
his services. 1t has no public debt, no ward
heeiers, no elections.
There was a time when the locks clicked
in its gates at dusk on Saturday and no
one could pass in or out until Monday
morning People other than Methodists
were tolerated-not welcomed. Every one
was expected to be at ''metin'." But when
the gates were thrown open on the Sab
bath as on week days other bars were let
down. There is no drinking in public, yet
any one can have his glass of wine or beer
at home with his family At night you
can take your partner for a euchre game or
a dance IL a guest at one of the hotels.
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fin Local Churches.

conference this summer. This society had
the largest delegation from any Washing
ton church at the Silver Bay conference.
The September meeting of the District
Christian Endeavor Union will be held on
the second Monday instead of the first, on
account of the latter being Labor day. At
this meeting the annual reports will be pre-
scented and the new officers installed.
deavor World contains an article about the
tennis club organized by the Endeavor So
ciety of the Vermont Avenue Christian
Church.
A new Christian Endeavor Society was
organized In the Baptist Church at Gore,
Va, near Winchester, by Mr.. James P.
McCurdy of the Whitney Avenue Christian
Church of this city. Mr.. McCurdy was WIS.,
iting his brother, Rev. w. D. McCurdy, the
pastor of the church at Gore, and finding
large number Of young people without
formation of Christian Endeavor Society.
The young people took up the idea with en-
thusiasm, and Mr.. -McCurdy on his return
to Washington ordered a supply Of litera-
ture for the use of the new society.
One of the leading members of this church
at Gore Is Mrs. Gore, the mother of Prof.
Gore of George Washington University.
The Varick c. E Society of the Union
Wesley A. NJ. E. z. Church has recently
elected and installed the following official
staff for the ensuing year: Thos. Hender-
son, president; Mrs. Elizabeth Jefferson,
vice president; Jesse Brown, recording sec
rotary, and Miss Mary L. Mason, CORE
spending secretary. Monday, August q, a
business meeting of the society was held. at
which charmen of the various committees
were appointed by the president, and newer
ana better equipment agreed upon.
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CHRISTIAN ENDEAvoR NOTES.

An echo meeting of the Silver Bay mis-
s!onary conference was held by the Chris
tian Endeavor Society of the First Congre-
gational Church last Sunday night II was
led by Miss Philena Dickey. one of the dele
gates. who gave a general outline of the
conference: Mr. +. c. Schroeder gave an
account of the platform talks. and Mr.
Duncan Stuart spoke of the real mission
airy movement. Miss Elise Kettler from
the Concordia Lutheran Church, told of the
mission exhibit. The meeting closed with
the singing of Filing Out the Banner" a
hymn that was used every morning by
Rev. G. Campbell Morgan at the NorthfeId
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EPWoRTH LEAGUE NOTES.

A number of Epworthians gathered at
the Brookland VI. +. Church last night to
listen 10 reports from district league offl-
GERS and delegates 20 the Denver ccnven-
tion Of the Epworth League. The program
consisted OF addresses. solos and singing by
the congregation, after which a social hour
followed.
Charles A. Springer. the recording stew
ard OF the church. welcomed the visitors
on behalf of the league and church, which
was responded To in an appropriate man
ner by +. r. Rochester, president of the
District Epworth League.
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engineering was done By the monks and tn
labor by the Indiana
San Luis Rey Mission.

San Luis Rey Mission.
San Luis Rey mission. forty miles NORTH
Of San Diego, was the largest and graHdesj
OF the religious establishments. It wae
built in 17as, in honor Of Louis TX. king OF
France. and is now being restored under the
direction of Father o'Keefe. . jolly but
earnest Franciscan, who is much beloved
and respected by the people Of California
he mas already reconstructed the church
ana IS now at work upon tho quadrangle
which Is being rebuilt on the same founda-
ions and after the same design as the
orfgninal-the heavy arched. Moorish Style
You are familiar with the pictures of II, !
nave no doubt. When 4 Is completed the
monastery will be used az q theological
school.
All OF the missions are extremely inter.
esting. because of their picturesque archie
lecture and their history. II Is rather sin.
guar that the authorities at Rome and the
hierarchy of the Catholic Church in tho
United States take so little interest in theis
preservation. Father O'Keefe has been at
work rebuilding the miss ion of San Luis
Key since 1888 and has been able to do but
very little at a time because OF the lack OF
1unds. He Is almost entirely dependent
upoE the casual gifts of tourists and other
visitors who become interested In his work
and quietly slip greenback or gold piece
into his hand. Most of the money has been
contributed by Protestants.
great deal of history OF intense interest
can be learned in object lessons out here
but one does not realize IL until he comes
race TO race. as l might say. with the ac-
tua! scenes of exciting incidents. 1t il no
wonder that the people of San Diego are
proud of their harbor. Its beauty and adj
vantageS were recognized by Cabrillo, and
AL the other voyagers. There is thirty feet
or water on the bar at low tide and thirty.
six feet at high tide. With the exception OF
Puget Sound and the bay of San Francisco
II Is the largest and finest harbor between
Alaska and the Is Of ~
federal government proposes to establish q
ccaling station here. and there is now 4
bill before Congress- authorizing the ex.
pc. diture OF S2oo.o0 for that purpose.
Within the entrance is Fort Rosecrans with
a full battery of disappearing guns and ac-
commodations for a regiment OF soldiers
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MISSIONARY MEETIN G
DISTRICT YOUNG PEOPLE PLAN
INTERESTING CONFERENCE.

While no definite date has as yet been
set by the committee in charge for the
young peoples missionary conference OF
the District Of Columbia and vicinity, no
tce has been given that such gathering
will take place in the fall.
There has always been great need OF
systematic instruction in mission study
among the young people. 1t Is claimed, and
SO the Washington delegation of nine
namely, Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. II. Smith OF
the West Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Weber
of the New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church, Miss Anna M. rilton of the Metro
politan NJ. E. Church, Miss Elsie kettler
o, the Concordia Lutheran. Miss Georgia
Redway of Mount Pleasant Congregational.
Miss Philena A. Dickey, Mr.. Duncan Stuart
and F. c. Schroeder of the First Congre-
60 tional, who attended the young people s
missionary conference held at Silver Bay,
Lake George, N. Y. July 20 to 80 met I'M
der the historic butternut tree on the hotel
grounds for the purpose of discussing the
fes Sibility of holding conference In the city
of Washington in autumn. The Silver Bay
conference, attended by SOB delegates from
twenty-four states. Japan, China, Korea,
India, Canada and the District Of Columbia,
consisted of class instruction in home and
foreign missions, prayer meetings, Bible
study, platform addresses by men of the
t; pc of Robt. E. Speer, talks on missionary
literature and denomination meetings with
part of each day for recreation.
1t was the fourth annual conference with
the attendance growing larger each year.
Reports from the various denominations
young peoples societies showed very graft
flying results from former conferences.
Local Movement.
Stree only a few local young people at
tended the Silver Bay conference, 1t was de-
cided to have one here for the others. 1t
is to be Observation-Disclosures, all young peo-
pie being welcome and urged to come
That the study of missions has hereto
fore been very much neglected by the peo-
pie is said to be very apparent from the al
legged fact that few know how closely 1t Is
interwoven with the historical development
of the United States and other nations.
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Physical Effects Of Temperance.
from the London Queen.


In connection with Sir Frederick Treves'
experiences among the troops in South At
RIGA he alluded to the enormous column of
10000 men who marched to the relief OF
Ladysmith those who were the first TO fall
out were not the fat or the thin, the young
or the old, or the short or the tall, but
those who drank. So well marked was this
fact that the drinkers could have been no
more clearly distinguishable If they had
worn placards on their backs, which goes
to prove that spirits, whatever else may be
their effect, do not give stamina, as so
many people believe.
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The First Lutheran Church of Altoona.
Pa. supports missionary in Liberia: in
dividuals and various organizations in the
church support several native workers in
Africa and India. while others have taken
a number Of shares in the seventy mis-
sionary" scheme. The Sunday school on
foreign missions day made one Of the
largest offerings in the general synod. AL
together the church has given between
81, 900 and 81 500 to foreign missions during
the year. Moreover, 1t does this foreign
work without Gripping It's local abilities or
stinting its support of other benevolent OPP
erations at home.
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Kengtung. North Burma. have come in con-
tact with some tribes who have tradition
that men from the west will come and
teach them the true religion. There seems
to be an extraordinary movement toward
Christianity among one of these tribes-the
Muhsos Rev. Mr.. Young has baptized III
converts In that tribe, and word is going
into all the north country and on into
southwest China that the men OF the west
are teaching the true religion at Kengtung,
and every village must send Its head men
to learn.
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conference this summer This society had
the largest delegation from any Washing
ton church at the Silver Bay conference.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-25
HELPING HAND BENEFIT

One of the principal musical events
of the week will be the benefit recital
TO be given next Thursday evening
for the Helping Hand society. Ray
mond j. Wolfsohn, who has. charge Of
the music, has prepared the following
program:
Piano solo, Earl Kink" (Schubert"
Liszt), Miss Grace A. Freebe; quartet
solo, Marquis quartet; monologue, Miss
Dorothy Walsworth; violoncello solo,
prize song from the "Meistersangers"
(Wagner), Elsa Won Grofe-Menasco;
vocal solo, THE Spring Song" (Ethel
Dick), Miss N Lockwood; cornet solo,
Scenes That Are Brightest" (H'
Round), Miss Ethel Pearl Mitchell;
tenor solo from "Frieschuetz" (Weber),
Johan Haas Zinck; nonologue, ISIS
Simklns," Miss Dorothy Walsworth;
vocal solo, lie Ricor Dance" (Meyer-
beer), Miss Katherine Cortelyou; ten
or solos, Twilight Dreams "Violets
l Send Thee" Marquis Ellis; guitar
solo, fantasie from "Ernapi" (YerdD,
Miss Ethel l.. olcott.
The patronesses are: Mrs. S. Wads-
worth Schenck, Mrs. Marion Il. Boyd,
Mrs. A. II. Woollacott, Miss Myma
Baldwin, Mrs. c. II. Treat, Mrs. Adams,
Miss Miriam Eskridge.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-25

GA

Just in this same way the Kansas City
murders and attempts to murder run
in a chain.
Carmello Securro was commissioned
by band to carry out some unknown
act. He failed, was called from Lorair
to Cleveland and shot down by the
men he thought were his friends.
Giovanni Domando was shot down in
his own home in New York merely as
an example, and Nicolo Armadeo Of
Brooklyn was pursued across the con-
tinent by the Brooklyn Malta until he
committed suicide in California.
The Carbondale murders are result
Of the good citizens there endeavoring
to enforce the laws, and the Mafiusi
getting witnesses and prosecutors out
of the way. The last man was killed in
Pittston for giving the police informa-
tion.
At this writing the italians in and
around Wilkesbarre and Pittson are
terrorized by gang that has murdered
three men, and is extorting thousands
of dollars from others.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-25
OR DAVENPORT FAMOUS CARTOOST AND FARMER Thine PORTLAND EXPOSITION

! exhibitors, who went bankrupt One
of the horses, Abeyan sheraka, Is
twenty-five years old.
"An old horse, the way I figure It, is
like an old man." said Mr.. Davenport
you take a man Of 80, and he's feeling
fine and spry one day, and the next
day he's fiat on his back. Now you, nor
any one else, couldn't tell by the looks
OF him that Abeyan Is more than 6
years old, unless, OF course, you looked
at his teeth, but he's Is, and that's
mighty old for horse. So told them
to take his temperature three or four
times a day on the trip out to Portland.
and IL his temperature rose at all to
sdetrack him for a couple of days"
when I left oregon for Chicago in
1892" continued the cartoonist, 'the
most cherished thing / had was an
old II. II. horse lniment can--you re-
member that old horse liniment, don't
you with a picture OF an Arabian
horse on it. They said to ne, Homer,
folks'll think you're crazy, carrying
around that old liniment cam but l
didn't care. Well, in 93. during the
worlds fair, was sent out onto the
south side one day on an assignment,
and l heard a lot of footing and one
thing and another and I came around
the corner and saw a procession, and
here, leading this procession, was an
old sheik on the horse that I'd seen on
the liniment can, and knew right off
that he was an Arabian horse.
WELL I passed up the assignment,
and I followed that parade for about
twenty miles, I guess, and then I got
back to the office and drew a picture
of that horse standing in his stall. I
thought that If 1 would take the pic
ture to the old sheik he might give me
bride, or a neck strap, or something
that belonged to that horse. 1 knew 1
couldn't buy the horse. / knew that
money wouldn't buy him, and I was so
crazy about the horse that I would
have given my life for him, and
thought that I just must have some
thing that belonged to him.
Didn't Like His Picture
well, / showed the picture to Billy
Lakeland, and he said that 1t was so
good that the old sheik ought to give
me the horse for it, and we started
out to find him. When we got to the
stable. the old sheik recognized his
horse all right; knew him in a minute,
but he wasn't grateful. He and the
other Arabs jumped onto that picture
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-25

Fifty-second street, January 81, $500.
Rocco Agaglio, importer, February 10,
$4,000.
Charles Cohen, Stone avenue and
Dean street. March 10, 5000.
There have been no murders which
created greater sensations than the
famous barrel murder, when Benedetto
Madonio was lured from Buffalo to
New York and stabbed to death, then
placed in clothes other than his own,
hauled in barrel TO a spot on Avenue
D, two miles from where the murder is
supposed to have been committed, in
confectionery on Elizabeth street,
and the barrel dumped on the side
walk. Twelve men against whom
there was more or less proof were ar
rested by Inspector McClusky's men,
and one of them, "Petto the OK" as he
was called, was definitely connected
with the case. One and all, however,
were let go through the workings of
cally the pioneer in the Black Hand
business in New York.
Then the death of Pietro Bruno. ct
Belleville, ILL.,, is to my mind direct
outcome of the terrible triple assas-
sination of Antonio Veruzo. Vincenzo,
Bruno and Bartolo Scaccio in River
dale, Chicago, last fall. Vincenzo and
Pietro We're brothers. The men who, at
the behest of the Palermo Mafia, broke
into the little Riverdale cottage and
killed the three men to prevent them
from returning to Italy, were the same
who called Pietro Bruno to the door of
his Belleville home and riddled him.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-25

with their feet and pounded It with
their fists and iabbed It with their
scimetars. and they nearly cut my arm
off slicing it, and that's all we got for
the picture"
What was the matter?"
why, you see, had drawn that
horse in his stall, with fat tail. and
that was the greatest insult I could
infict. An Arab horse always travels
with his tail up and every picture Of
an Arab horse shows him that way.
And I'd drawn that dorse with his tail
down like a dray horses.
1--WE been reading up about these
Arabian horses. Now that old shek's
horse, the one got with three others,
eventually. when the sultan's exhib-
itors went broke, Is named Abeyan
Sheraka and there's a story about the
name. Sheraka means mare of the
cloak. Well, you see, there was an old
brave who got into q fight somewhere,
a battle. and he got the worst of It,
and was about to be captured and killed
IL he didn't escape. He figured that if
his mare could run all right with
out stopping he might get to a place
where he had friends before daybreak.
THE mare ran along slick and easy
you know one Of those Arabian horses
can cover a hundred miles without food
or water during the early part of the
night. but toward morning the sheik
saw that she was getting tired. He
was wearing one Of those big robes
that they all wear, and he knew that
was hard on the mare So, though the
robe is part of the Arab religion, the
sheik saw that It was a case of life or
religion and chose life.
HE made a prayer to Allah and
threw the robe back from off his shoul-
ders. Well. the mare got him to his
friends all right, and when he got down
at daybreak there was the cloak still
on the mare. 1t had caught on the
beasts tail and stuck there all the
way
Homer Davenport Is to Oregonians
an example of what Oregon can pro-
duce. They are proud of him as they
are of the apples which have won prizes
at every fair, of the smiling wheat fields
that are making their farmers rich and
of the fair which they are holding to
show the world what Oregon and the
Pacific northwest, which Lewis and
Clark added to Uncle Sam's domain
hundred years ago, can do.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-25
MISS GREEN'S RECTAL

An event of exceptional interest In
musical and social circles OF Los An
geles will be the recital by Miss Rita
Green at Dobinson auditorium tomor-
row evening. Miss Green is presented
by the Verdi School of Singing, and
will be assisted by Miss Frances
Close, pianist. The feature OF the even
ing will be the singing by Miss Green
of the Mad Scene from the opera,
Lucia de Lammermoor," by Doni-
zett. She will be heard also in an
aria from La Boheme," and in other
selections which will show this popu-
lar singers voice TO advantage. Miss
Close will play selections from Grieg
and Chopin.