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The Washington herald., 1906-12-29

As first vice president. Mr. Cassatt got
for his road many smaller properties that
rivals We're keen 10 possess. 1t was while
he held this post that he fought the
Standard Oil Company. but finally had
TO grant it rebates. As general manager
he gave 70 the roads employees the disci-
pline and politeness that have worked 10
make the road famous the world over
He equipped the track with the block
signal system. and introduced the track
tank. He seized on the air brake when il
had very few friends among railroad men.
and the tests he made with it were largely
Instrumental in bringing about its subse-
queut wide adoption. Also largely be-
cause Of him il Is now possible for a trav-
eler TO go between various centers Of
population in a through car. even though
two or more railroad systems have 10 be
used.
As president he was not affrighted TO
enter New York by way Of river tunnels
and 10 leave it in the same way. He
should receive the lions share OF the
credit for the magnificent union station
now being built in Washington. In four
tracking the main line Of the Pennsylvania
he has authorized the tearing away Of
whole mountains west Of Harrisburg He
has poured out money by the tens of mil
lions TO eradicate curves and otherwise
improve the roads under his control and
for rolling stock. He authorized the build
ing Of the new union station in PIttsburg.
and Of roads In and about that smoky
industrial center. When George Gould
persisted in his effort 10 get into Pittsburg
with his Wabash, Nj CasSatt chopped
down the Western Union telegraph poles
along the Pennsylvania right Of way.
and the courts upheld his act. He intro
dUced the system of retiring every en-
ploye on a pension after he had reached
his SEVENTEEN birthday. And 1t was Cas-
satt who conceived and put into execution
the community-of-interests plan that led
to the Baltimore and Ohio, the Chesapeake
and Ohio. and the Norfolk and Western,
rival soft coal roads, coming under the
domination of "the Pennsylvania crowd -
The Washington herald., 1906-12-29

As he advanced in the service, Mr.. Cas-
satt made It a point to learn thoroughly
every detail of the department over which
ne had control One day Col. Thomas \
Scott called in person at the Office of the
new manager Of the Warren and Franklin
Railroad, and asked for some information
which naturally would come from the
bookkeeping department. Mr.. Cassatt told
him just what he wanted 10 know tersely
and accurately without consulting the
boOkkeeper.
How did you happen to know this, Mr..
Cassatt?" asked Col Scott
oh, I look over the books every few
days" replied the general manager. 4
would not want to be left in the luTch in
the event of my bookkeeping department
suddenly becoming disabled"
'Umph, not a bad idea" gravely re-
marked the tireless Scott as he walked
away.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-29

Two years after Mr.. Cassatt became
general manager of the Pennsylvania,
Robert Garrett walked into the Office OF
George B. Roberts. then president Of the
Pennsylvania Railroad. and exclaimed.
Sleefully: Mr.. Roberts, We have secured
control of the Philadelphia, Wilmington
and Baltimore Railroad. We are not dis
posed, however, to disturb your relations
with the property, and you need not give
yourself any Uneasiness on that score"
President Roberts was amazed and not
a little discounted by the easy assur-
ance of Mr.. Garrett. As soon as the ex-
ultant Baltimore and Ohio man had gone
there was a conference between Presi-
dent Roberts and Mr.. Cassatt.
Garrett says they've got the Phila-
delphia. Wilmington and Baltimore. -
said Mr. Roberts.
oh, no, they haven't" replied the
general manager.
That night there was 4 meeting of
Pennsylvania Railroad directors in New
York. Mr. Cassatt was the presiding
genius. He told them where he could lay
mingtOn and Baltimore stock that would
put the control forever in the hands of
the Pennsylvania Railroad. Before the
directors rose from their chairs a check
was drawn for S149 ,052.2 20. 1t hangs in
a frame now on the walls of the treasury
of the Pennsylvania Railroad, Cancelled
10 show that the money was there wait
ing when it was presented
The Washington herald., 1906-12-29
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Washington. ID. G.. Dec. s. 1886
THE ANNUAL ELECTION FOR d.
TeCtOTs OF the Farmers and Mechanics
National Bank Of Georgetown viii De held
at the banking-hOuse TUESDAY. jan
Uary S, 1877. Polls open from y m 10 l
p. m. c. W. EDMONSTON. Cashier.
deS Is. =. 23-ja5
4 NUMBER or FRIENDS WHO ARE
stockholders in the Metropolis Building
Association have requested Harry r.
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OF secretary. Election 10 be held JAN
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The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-10-31
WHERE SHALL OUR SOUTHERN
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH LOOK
FOR MORE MINISTER'S?

We have seen in a previous article
that our Southern Church has 3,136
churches, yet only one-third of these have
pastors, leaving over two thousand pas
torless churches in our Southern Assem-
bly,. The most urgent and vital need of
our Church, therefore, is the rapid in
crease Of her preaching force. Compar-
ed with this, the questions now agitating
our Church courts and filing our Church
papers are relatively unimportant Where
shall our Church look for these additional
ministers?
LIST. She must look to our colleges and
universities. Practically all Presbyte-
rian ministers are college-bred men,
and will contiue to be so.
I'd. A mere Campaign Of education"
resulting in an educational revival" will
not fill our depleted ministerial ranks.
During the past twelve years the educa-
tional awakening of the South has been
little short of marvellous. All State in
stitutions have doubled their numbers,
public schools have been multiplied, and
millions raised by taxation for every kind
Of public education, primary, high-school,
technical and collegiate. There are more
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-10-31

BILE for these evils, the language in which
they denounced them would possibly
nave been none too severe" I hold the
same to be true of the indictment put
forth In the Declaration and Testimony
no more, no less. If this be an evidence
of perverted moral nature. then I fear
that l must endure the odium which the
editor of the Christian Observer has
sought to bring upon me.
Still it is expecting rather much Of me
that | should be ashamed to circulate
document that my honored father was
not ashamed to sign-nay, a document
the signing of which was one of the most
sacredly solemn acts of his life 1 re-
greet occasionally to differ from many
brethren, whom 1 hold in high honor and
esteem, upon certain issues that are now
before the Church, but they are not the
men have taken them to be, if would
in anywise commend myself to them by
affecting to regard the Declaration and
Testimony as document that ought to
be kept under lock and key, to be refer
red to with blush or an apology
Ii the reading of the Declaration and
testimony arouses in any breast evil
passions of any kind-political, sectional.
ecclesiastical, or otherwise all that
L have to say is that the evil passions
of that breast lie very near the surface.
That 1T may awaken-yes, and in a right
ly constituted mind, must awaken-emo-
tions of surprise, pain, and even indig-
nation, If only it be rightly directed, is
an evil passion. There are principles
and practices against which we are bound
to feel indignation. Nor does indigna-
ton, even when directed against those
who have adopted evil principles and
been guilty of evil practices, imply ell
feeling" towards such persons, in the
sense of feelings that are morally culpa-
bic. If any one believes that 1 went out
Of my way to make false representations
OF my personal feelings towards the Pitts
burg Assembly, then, of course, nothing
that can say will be likely to be receiv-
ed by such person, nor am I likely, if
| know that to be his state of mind, to
have anything to say to him. But, if
what [ said about the Pittsburg Assem-
bly, was not a disgraceful falsehood, then
it furnishes the clearest proof that one
may judge courteously and kindly of
those whose principles and practices he
views with unmiXed disapprobation and
indignation. w. M. MCPHEETERs
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-10-31


its present membership, had 445 candi-
dates, and now from all these thousands
of college students, can count but 1872.
| Sd. Increasing the financial ability
OF our Presbyterian families to give their
sons the long course of study required Of
our ministers will not solve the problem.
During the past ten years the industrial
prosperity of the South has been even
more remarkable than her educational
| advancement. The whole South is grow
ing rich with intoxicating speed, and the
pace is most astonishing in the Piedmont
belt, where the Scotch-Irish manufacture
ing Presbyterian element abounds. Thou
sands of Presbyterian families which
were poor ten years ago, can now give
and are giving their sons every educa-
tional advantage. But these sons are
not entering the ministry.
4th. Where, then, must our Church
look for Gods answer to her cry for la
borers? To her Church colleges for men.
and to these alone They have not shared
in the financial prosperity of the South
The educational revival in public school
work has not flowed in their direction.
They are relatively, and in some cases
actually, smaller, less popular, and less
influential than they were fifteen years
ago.
Yet they are the key to the ministerial
problem, the only nope of our Church in
this time of worldwide harvest and in
adequate ministry. If anyone is dispos-
ed to doubt this, let him ponder the fol-
lowing figures:
In 1903 there were in all the seminaries
of the evangelical denominations in the
United States just 1,915 college and uni
VerSlty graduates. AS the seminary
course lasts three years, this number rep
reSnDtS Of
ates, for three years. of all our higher
institutions Of learning Of these the
great State universities from Texas to
Wisconsin and from Virginia to Califor-
MIA, many of them with to to five thou
sand students combined with the inde-
pendent institutions, such as Harvard.
Cornell Yale, Johns Hopkins, Washing
ton and Lee, Tulane, Leland, Stanford
ETC., with their swarming thousands. fur
nished just one hundred and ten, an aver
age of thirty-seven per cent to be di-
vided among the pulpits of the various
denominations in the United States. Yet
from the commencement rostrum of one
of these gigantic institutions I saw last
June 1170 graduates receive their diplo-
mas. In the face of these awful figures
1t is easy to understand why the marvel
Gus growth of public schools and col
leges in the South has been accompanied
by steadily decreasing number Of can
didates for the ministry in our Southern
Presbyterian Church.
Let us take some facts, still more re-
cent, which tell the same tale A thor
ough investigation carried on by the Col
lege Board gives the following (AnnuaI
Report College Board for 1905):
In ten typical State universities were
found, for every thousand male students,
four who were LOOKING forward tO r,,fp,e+o
rial work in some denomination. These
institutions were thus furnishing to the
pulpits of all denominations four-tenths
Of one per cent of their male studentg
The figures for the eight eastern Presby-
terian COLLEGES We're 80 per l. 600 and for
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-10-31

as though by this action he had brought
a stigma upon his moral character?
Let the reader remember that it is now
scarce forty-two years since there was
not man or woman of character or in
telligence in our entire Church who did
morally and openly approve and applaud
the sentiments expressed in the "Declar-
alton and Testimony" and the men who
gave expression to those sentiments. and
then let him ask himself what has hap
pened to justify the editor of the Chris
tan Observer in speaking of this docu-
ment as though it deserved to be relegat-
ed to perpetual oblivion; speaking of it
as he might speak of tainted or infect
ed something that no right-minded man
would venture to scatter broadcast to the
great peril of manners and morals in the
Church?
Let the reader remember that it is now
scant forty years since most of the men
signed the Declaration and Testimony"
appeared before our Assembly, in session
at Nashville, with the sentiments of that
document yet, so to speak, in their
mouths, and were not only received with
open arms, but were assured by our AS
sembly of 1867 of cts admiration for the
firm stand which they had ''taken for
the spiritual independence of the Church
of Christ'-taken, that is in this very
Declaration and Testimony say, let
the reader remember these things, and
then let him him ask himself, Was our
Assembly of 1867 under the spell of some
strange moral nightmare when they gave
expression to such sentiments? And
have we had to wait to have the editor
Of the Christian Observer anoint our
eyes with an eye salve of his compound
Ing to restore to us our moral vision?
Let the reader remember that it was
comparatively but short time ago that
such men as Samuel 3. McPheeters, Stu
art Robinson, r. p. Farns-I give their
names In the order in which they were
removed from us by death-zand others,
whose names l might mention, were in
good repute among us. Indeed, by some
they were esteemed to be pillars" and
ornaments of our Church. Perhaps there
are some still living in the Synod of
virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, North Car
DINA, and elsewhere throughout the
Church, who knew these men personally,
ana others who have vivid remem-
Drance of the honor in which they were
Once held, and with whom, it may be,
lnelr memory is still as an ointment
poured forth. If SO, it will doubtless
seem to such rather strange, possibly
SAD, that to-day one who ventures to cir
culate true and fair copy of a docu-
ment to which these men signed their
names, does it at the risk of his good
name IN the Church. So far, so fast have
W. we travelled in the short space OF a sin
ssle generation! And what is there about
ule Declaration and Testimony that
u, nlaF es it morally odious for one to put
~ IN the hands of our ministers and peo-
Pc PIE! Why, simply the fact that in it,
men who knew how to be silent under
~ ossr 81, injuries, when the kingly rights
~ II christ and the constitutional rights Of
d 1iS people were rudely trampled upon,
Jared to characterize such conduct in
t FIRMS which, if they were severe, were
Nue and just
/, vi the action of the Pittsburg Assem-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-16

would be encountered in esta blishing
the fact of a building having fallen be-
fore the fire ensued. The losses to be
paid will thus possibly be considerably
less than are estimated in the follow
ing table.
The table has been prepared with
great care and from authentic sources
and contains the first statement that
has been published in this country for
perhaps thirty years of the head office
assets and liabilities Of the European
companies. They are forbidden by
law of-this state to advertise or state
in any way anything regarding their
home office assets, but the Tribune lays
before it's readers today figures which
will enable them to judge of the
strength Of these companies and of
their probable ability to survive the
enormous San Francisco losses. Most
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-16

loss as set forth in the estimates. The
authorized capital of these foreign COM
panies is. by insurance men generally,
considered quite as valuable an asset
as invested funds. In the column of
entire assets the American assets are
also Included The Moscow, the Munich
Reinsurance, the Rossia and the Skan-
ala do only reinsurance business in
this country. 1t is therefore impossible
at present to make any estimate of
their losses, and that can only be learn
ed when they make their official re-
ports to the Insurance Department of
the state. Their figures are published,
however, in order that the underwriters
may Judge of their strength. a num-
Der of British companies do life in
surance as well as fire. and the assets
i'll such cases are both given. but the
capital and net surplus are available
for the payment of fire losses.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-16

We shik d w d
BICYCLES-Soid, bought, repaired or
exchanged.
CLOTHES-Cleaned, pressed. dyed and
repaired.
STRAW AND PANAMA HATS-Care-
fully cleaned.
1853 King ST., Opposite Young Bldg.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-16
RISKS AND LOSSES OF EUROPEAN COMPANIES
Estimates Based Premium incomes Show Probable Effect Frisco Disaster

The New York Tribune prints the first
comprehensive estimate of the risks
and losses of the European companies
in San Francisco. Excepting IN tnres
cases. these estimates are based en-
tirely on the premium incomes of those
companies in San Francisco TOT the
year 1905. No deduction has been made
for non-liability under the conditions
of the insurance policies by which they
become void If building fails. Under
writer's generally believe that the COM
panies are legally exempt from a great
proportion of the losses in the business
part Of San Francisco. On the other
hand. most of them feel that it may be
necessary to compromise with the poll
icyholders, owing to the difficulty that
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-16

of these statements show the condition
of the companies on the LIST of Janu-
airy, 1908, and, as last year was exceed
ingly profitable for all of them they
are probably considerably stronger in
assets and net surplus than is shown
by the statement. Statements for the
1st of January, 1906, have Only in
few cases been received in this country
1t should be borne in mind, also. that
the European companies. even more
than the American companies, follow
the practice of reinsuring considerable
proportion of their business. It is
known that the stockholders of the
Aachen and Munich, and also the stock
holders of the Svea own reinsurance
companies of their own. and it is also
well known that every company in the
list is extensively reinsured in other
companies whose names do not appear.
but who will thus diminish the actua,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-16

and it is good. perhaps. as some soda
water goes, but why not have the best
when it costs the same? Everything
about our fountain suggests cleanli-
ness: everything about our soda sug-
gests freshness and anhilation of the
heat. Why not come in today and
get cool?
Hebron Drug Go
Taroina in health and sickness fills
the bill.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-16
Fire Insurance.
THE B. F. DILLINGHAM; CO.
LIMITED.

General Agents for Hawaii.
Atlas Assurance Company of Lonaom.
Phoenix Assurance Company of Lom-
don.
New York Underwriters Agency.
Providence Wa shington Insurance Coxn-
pany.
Fourth Floor, Stangenwald Building.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-16
HAWAII SHINPO SHA.
VIM. G. IRWIN & CO., LTD.
AGENTS FOR THE

AGENTS FOR THE
Royal Insurance Co., OF Liverpool.
England.
Alliance Assurance Co., of Londo1
England.
Scottish Union & National Insuranes
Co., of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Fire Association OF Philadelphia.
Alliance Insurance Corporation LfA.
wilhelma of Magdeburg Genera -
surance Co.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-16
Watch the Throng

Did you notice the trend OF public
thought yesterday? Notice how it led
the throng to the soda fountain, Hob
IRONS of course? Wei. if you did not
you missed il; the people came singly
and in columns of four. afoot. in autos.
on the trolley and in surries- As the
Mactavfsh of Edinburgh remarked. as
he left for the Sierra yesterday. after
having a drink of pure soda water at
our fountain, Mon mon the moo how
thegither with the purity o the brew
mak's it a better tipple than Noir's
blend frae Aberdeen That's where
we excel: in the purity of the syrups
and the care exercised in mixing the
sweets with the soda. Other dealers
sell what some people call good soda,
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-30

works in front of the city, column aft
err column. | watched them as long as
| thought it safe; then, as | was my
own general, ordered a retreat. | had
not gone far before | met a skirmish
commander, who ordered us all back.
I started back, but not as fast as
had come, and soon met the whole line
running as hard as they could l
Joined in the run back, and had only
gone a little way when / came upon
two young men who had been stopped
in their flight by the pleadings OF a
wounded soldier shot in the back, the
bullet passing entirely through his
body. He begged them piteously not
to leave him in the enemy's hands,
and as soon as l came up one of the
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-30
Where Mirror Is Handy.

The pier mirror, which was the de-
light of a generation or two ago, Is not
so much in evidence these days, al
though every woman who has ever
had access to one of these full length
looking glasses knews what a delight
is to be able to see how ones clothes
look from head to foot.
The cheval glass, of course, fulfills
this mission, but 1t calls for more
room space than the old-time pier
glass. AS substitute for the ban
ished mirror house designers are in
PRODUCING a mirror for the qualification
of artistic taste in the selection OF
handsome doors and provides val
liable aid to smart dressing for the
women of the household.
Where room space is at premium
these door mirrors are positive
boon, and they are ornamental as well
as useful.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-10-30

young men said to me: Il viii carry
the things If you will help carry him."
At once ] took hold of his legs, and
the other fellow took him around the
waist, and we started through the
woods as fast as we could, knowing
the enemy was close to us. None OF
our boys were anywhere around, and
we realized that we were between
two fires. Several times we were al
most on the point of leaving the
wounded soldier to take care of our
selves, but his pleadings were too
much for us, and we held on to him.
After many vicissitudes we happened
to hit my regiment, but when we
reached it the works were so full that
they refused to admit the poor fell
low, and told us to take him to the
hospital half mile back in an open
field, close to the woods. They
brought stretcher, upon which we
put the wounded man, and started
for the hospital. This put us in line
of the bullets where the main fighting
was going on. The boys came fly
ing up, and we knew something had
happened, and we afterwards learned