The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-22
LATEST FAIR HAYEN NEWS
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Engine House Selected for VoIling Sta-
 tion--Address on China by Rev. w. $.
 Sweet--AnnuaI Report of St. Francis
 R. c. Church--TwO Schooners With
 $500 Bushels of Oysters Arrived Sat-
 urday--Social, Lodge and Personal
 Items.
 The address of Rev. w. s. Sweet, a missionary to China. at the Grand Ave nue Baptist church Sunday evening gave an excellent exposition of present conditions in that empire. MT. Sweet said that China had been imposed upon by civilied nations for many years and it was no wonder that Chinamen should hold white men in small esteem. He instanced the great wrong of England in forcing opium on the empire, then seizing the valuable island of Hong Kong, which she still holds; and in this line he instanced the United States, which now has possession of one of tine Chinese cities, which it rules and coll lects and then expends taxes. He re- ferred to the wrongs of Spain in mas sacring hundreds of Chinamen in the Philippine Islands years ago, and of other instances of wrong, including the detention of scholars and well-to-do Chinamen when seeking to land in San Francisco. He stated that all of this wrongdoing had hindered the mission ary cause in the empire. MT. Sweet be- lieves that there is really some cause of fear for the yellow peril. China can raise an army of ten million sturdy men, and woe be to that nation upon whom she ever makes war, said MT. Sweet. He said that the only hope for the peace of the world in the next few years is that China may be dealt with fairly by the great nations of the earth and that the education and the evan- eelization of it's millions will be the only surety for the peace of the world
 The annual report of St. Francis R. c. church, which was made public on Sunday, shows that during 1906 the debt on the property was reduced $2,OOO and is now $27 1000. Since the coming of the nresent pastor, Rex. Father Baker, ten years ago, this debt has been cut down by s3O,0OO. Upon the death of Rev. Father Mulholland there was a large debt, caused by his rebuilding of the church and the building of the parochial schools, but time has shown that the church is none too big, and the same is true of the school
 After several weeks illness Rev. D.. J. Clark, pastor of the East Haven Congregational church, has recovered, and was able to officiate on Sunday morning.
 Rev. H. T. Staats, who was the pred ecessor of the late Dr. Hart as pastor of the Grand Avenue Congregational church, has just resigned as pastor of a church in Pasadena.
 J. S. Hemingway has purchased of Yale university plot of land fronting fifty feet on River street MT. Heming- way has also purchased of Catherine S. Hewitt fifty feet of land on the same street. and the same amount of land of James Hillhouse. This gives the new purchaser 150 feet of land in River street. but it is not stated to what use this property will be put.
 Miss Bessie Russell, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Henry Russell, of 645 Quinni- piac avenue, while going to the Pilgrim church Sunday evening lost a belt made of velvet, with a silver buckle, which was given to her by relative and which she prized highly. If the finder would leae it at the Russell home Miss Russell would be greatly pleased.
 ter several days suffering from
 amonia J. D. Cooke, the druggist on
 Il Chapel street, was regarded as Aoe gerously ill last evening. He has dos roved somewhat for several days, fas fhs 9s still very i'll.
 woul~ed Whitney has bought of s. S. police II two acres of oyster land down can eanV5 trbor that was formerly owned by obs late N. s. Ludington.
 At the wharf of E.E. Ball t-e schoon- Eva Lewis is discharging a cargo
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