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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-05
TAFT rs GIVEN
800 ELECTORS

Continued from Page One.)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-20
DEDICATE NEW
CHAPEL IN FULTON
Presbyterians Provide for Regu-
lar Services in a Growing
Section.

Services were held yesterday after
noon at o'clock at the dedication of
the new Presbyterian chapel on Mich
olson Street, Fulton, the exercises being
conducted by the Rev. Russell Cecil,
D. D.. pastor of the Second Presbyte-
rian Church The congregation of this
church recently purchased a house and
lot for the use OF a ilourishing Sunday
school now being maintained as a
branch of the Second Church, with an
enrolment of more than 100 scholars
The structure has been remodeled tc
suit the needs of the school, the first
floor being made into one ROOM In
addition to the Sunday school, which Is
held at $3.50 each Sunday afternoon, IN
charge OF Mr. Adair Sanders, superin-
tendent. it is now proposed to have
preaching each Sunday at 2. Nj
Located in a growing and flourishinG
neighborhood. remote from other Pres
byterian churches, there is every rea-
son to believe that this undertaking
will shortly grow into self-sustaining
Presbyterian church.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-20
LAMBERT PEOPLE
MADE HARD F|GH.l
Will Urge Water Committee to
Reject Recommendation as to
keystone Meters.

Before the meter question is finally
adjusted there may be. a contest of ,In.
usual interest in the Water Commits
tee and again on the floor OF City
Council. AS heretofore explained, the
contract was awarded to the manu-
facturers of the keystone type at an
amount about $4,000 In excess OF the
bid submitted by the manufacturers
Of the Lambert. To be more exact. the
committee recommended the contract
award, but when a protest was filed
the matter was sent back for a public
hearing.
Representatives Of the two firms will
appear with counsel Tonight Or
dinarily, it is the policy of the admin
istration to purchase supplies from the
lowest bidders. When these products,
however are to be acknowledgement
for period of years 1t has long been
the practice of the Water Department
to buy the best, regardless of price,
assuming that this plan will be moro
economical in the end. City Engineer
Boiling gave as his opinion that the
keystone meter was the more satlsfac-
tory. Counsel for the Lambert will
contend tonight that this machine is
in every way satisfactory.
Whatever action may be taken by
the committee it is practically certain
that the fight will BIO transferred to
Council. where the Recommendation
must be accepted or rejected.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-20
WATCH OVER DRuNKARDs

Probation Officer Will Probably Be Ay-
pointed by Board This Week.
Mayor Mccarthy has signed the Or
dinance authorizing the police Justice
to admit confirmed drunkard to bail
for his good behavior In the future
and to direct an officer. appointed by
the Board OF Commissioners to super
wise and observe his conduct. with the
idea of giving him chance to reform.
The ordinance is regarded by the po-
lice as one OF the most important re-
Gently passed. 1t relieves the depart
ment to large extent of onerous
duties by /, designating a man whose
sole duty it5shall be to look after the
unfortunates and-which is its main
purpose-it gives the habitual drunkard
an opportunity to redeem himself. The
probation officer who must be So
lected from the police force, will prob
ably be appointed at meeting OF the
board to be lleldsthls week
prisoner#is admitted to bail. and Is d.
rected, practically, to go forth and sin
no more. The probation officerais sup
posed to follow him closely, to scr
whether lie works, and II his family Is
properly provided for. II the investl-
cation Is satisfactory to the officer
the accused is relieved Of further trial
except under new proceedings.
1t will also be tho duty of the proba-
ton officer to see that those sections
of the Byrd liquor law prohibiting the
sale az ardent spirits to{mlnors, epilep-
tics, Intoxicated persons and habltua
drunkards are enforced and that the
closing hours are properly observed
Conviction under the Byrd3laW Is pun,
ishnble by revocation or tre .llce t's '' -
the offending salesman. atts
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-20
AT SEVENTH STREET
Christian Church Observes Easter sun
LnY With Special Services.

Elaborate Easter services marked the
day at Seventh Street Christian Church
the pulpit being profusely decorated
with palms, ferns and Easter lilies.
The pastor, the Rev. Fl. d. c. Maclach-
Ian, preached at both services. The
morning sermon was on practical
Easter Thoughts" The preacher dweli
upon the part resurrection plays n life
holding that the resurrection of Christ
as important and vital in the plan OF
Christian religion. The resurrection
was also held to be one of the best
proven, as well as one of the most es-
sGntial, truths of Christianity. DR.. Mac
lachlan urging that attention be given
this doctrine more frequently than on
the annual Easter day
The musical selections We're appro-
pirate and finely rendered by a large
choir, Mrs. j. Graham Davidson being
the soprano sooist. Mr.. Maclachlan
is rapidly gaining n hold on his new
congregation his sermons showing q
degree of polish and a wealth Of lit
erary quotation. as well as a wide
range of general information.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-20
ACTOR
CONVERTS OTHERS
Downing Addresses Big Audience
Of Men i'll Richmond, and Six
Profess Faith.
SERVICE HELD IN THEATRE
Speaker Tells Why He Left Stage
to Become Y. M. c. a.
Missionary.

TO an audience of. men which filled
the Colonial Theatre yesterday after
noon, Robert Downing, formerly we'll
known actor of many years experience
on the American stage delivered an
cvangelistic address that stirred his
hearers as few speakers have done in
Richmond this winter. and that ra-
suited in six conversions and requests
by number of others for prayer.
Told of Convention.
With a fine, full voice and COM
manding presence. Downing, now in
the prime of life. told the men OF Rich
mond the story OF his unusual CONVEX
ago. after twenty years or more be-
fore the footlights. He had played Nero
in the "Gladiators." and had been in
the company of Edwin Booth and OF
John Mccullough. But at a recent
evangelistic meeting in Washington
city he protested a genuine "old time"
conversion, as he himself expresses 1t,
left the stage and stepped at once
on the lecture platform as Y. NJ. C..
A. missionary, whose addresses during
the past month in various cities of the
IidNe. dllIdCleQ duQ1eUCSS
and created great Interest.
Prayer and faith are the keynotes
of Dowlings life. and We're the empha-
tic features of his address yesterday
afternoon--a complete reliance on the
efficacy OF prayer. and supreme faitl,
In the goodness and power OF God.
Modern Miracles.
Skepticism troubles the ex-actor but
little. Brushing aside with a wave OF
his hand the whole story of Jonah and
the whale, and other Biblical narratives
which the realism of modern days has
led many to hold in doubt, Downing
calls strong attention to the daily mira
clcs in modern life. Relating instances
few weeks. the actor tells Of men who,
on conversion, gave up lives of drunk
enness and debauclery, seeming to be
absolutely made into new beings. In
stance after instance was cited Of per-
sons who appeared to have been led
INTO complete change in their whole
manner of life, as result Of their
acceptance of Christianity.
The speaker announced as his topic,
Why Am ! Christian?" and ably
did he answer the question propounded.
The address throughout was a strong,
scuare-shouldered talk to men, from a
man of the world who has known and
seen the under side fof life, and whose
language. though always decorous, was
unconventional and justified Hearty
singing by all the men present, led
BY piano on the stage, was one of the
features of the service
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-20
EAST HANOVER
PREsBYTERY HERE
Thirty-Nine Churches to Be Rep
resented-opening Sermon
Tonight.

East Hanover Presbytery. the gov
erning body of the Presbyterian Church
for Richmond. Petersburg. Fredericks-
burg and the counties in this section of
the State. meets tonight at s.i5 o'clock
In the First Presbyterian Church, and
will be opened with sermon By the
retiring moderator. the Rev. J. j. Fix.
pastor of the Presbyterian Church of
Manchester. Following the sermon
the body will organize by the election
of q moderator for this session, tenn
porary clerks and other officials. An
attendance OF from sixty to seventy
enrolled members is expected, there
being thirty-two preachers in the pres
bytery, with thirty-nine organized
churches. Each minister is a member,
while each church Is entitled to one
representative from among It's board
OF elders.
Popular Night Services.
The presbytery will hold business
sessions tomorrow and Wednesday.
and will probably reach an adjourn
ment on Thursday afternoon. II no
business of extraordinary Importance
develops. While all the sessions OF
the body will be open to the public.
the night services will be of a popular
character, special addresses being ar
ranged on some department OF church
work.
Among the interesting matters to
come before this meeting will be the
examination and licensing. OF three
candidates for the ministry-N1essrs. r.
A. Lapsley. Jr.. Lowry Davis and w.
Delaney-all OF whom are completing
their course at the Union Theological
Seminary this spring.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-20
ADDRESS BY MR.. DUKE
Spoke to itniir"nd Men n. y. n. c.
ON .'iIustcr's Message OF Hone"

Mr.. ", p. DulSc, assistant TO the pres
jdont of the luchmond, Fredericksburg
and Potomac Railroad, was the speaker
yesterday afternoon ut the Easter day
celebration at the Railroad y. NJ G. ~
In addition to the usual gathering OF
railroad men, there was u large dele
cation from the Richmond FredericlSs-
burg and Potomac shops and yards
who had come TO hear Mr.. Duke, who is
popular with the employees Of Ills road
The Easter music was in charge of a
children's chorus composed of the chill.
dren of railroad men, and mixed
chorus of railroad men and their wives
the musical features Of the service
being greatly enjoyed.
Mr. Duke spoke on Casters Mes.
sage of Hope" making strong, Chyis
tlan address, speaking not as ii railroad
oihcial to his men, but rather as a fell
low Christian worker to men.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-20
RAIDED A CRAP GAME
Ten White Hlcn Arrested on Broad
Street aud Pnroled Until TO-Dny.

+
Street aud Pnroled Until To-day.
Between the hour of midnight and
the first gray streak of dawn yester-
day Policeman Goldsby, While prowl-
ing about his beat on Broad Street,
noticed too much light coming from
the place. at SO4 East Broad Street,
and promptly investigated 1t was a
glorious sight that met his eyes. Ten
white men We're seated round a table
playing crap with all the genius and
skill of a negro, and money was
changing hands with lightning rapid
ity Summoning Policeman Talley to
his aid, Cioldsby knocked OH thasdoor,
wat you vant?" asked the door
keeper, Goldshy leaned over and
whispered, II Wants YOU
II believe In GO" said another.
WAIT a minute" said tho officers,
we're going with YOU"
Several nationalities and as many
different businesses We're represented
in the house, and one OF the men
claimed to be a banker w Newman
was charged with running the house,
and allswere arrested and baled
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-20
10 ORDER STREET SIGNS N
counc,, Approprietcs $4,000 for Uniform
S,..+.n,-yroi Bc:in Work soon.

Council Approprintcs $4,000 for Uniform
Sy.tcm--'ro Bcsin Work soon.
within the next few days Chairman ma
WILTSHIRE. OF the Council committee on
street signs, will get his fellow-work-.
ers together and begin the preliminary
work Q on a system which has long been
needed here. The sum of $4,000. has
been appropriated for the work At
present It is difficult for a person. es-
Snecially a stranger, to find his bear
ings at, some street corners, but THIS
trouble Twill he entirely eliminated. Az
an Intersections there will be four
signs, placed upon the walls of corner.
houses, the City Attorney having ruled
that tile city can use such walls with
out question. No signs will he placed.
lin tho annexed territory out OF the
$4,000 appropriations.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-20
CUP|D'5 SPECIAL
LEAVES TO-DAY
More Than Five Hundred Pas
sengers Will Join Mrs. Gill
h to Washington.

More than 500 men, women and chill
dren will leave here at o'clock this
morning on Mrs Gill's Easter Monday
eNcursioni to Washington. and unless
the signs fan many Of the youngsters
will be paying board for two after
they reach the national capital. Mrs.
Gill does not know exactly how many
OF those she is chaperoning will be
chaperons tonight. Little birds have
whispered, however. that there will be
new matrimonial records leap year
playing no small part in the goo-goo
activities.
IF these young people who have
known one another for a long time
are anxious to become happy for life
1t is doubtless the best thing to do, y
, said Mrs. Gill last night. On one
trip there were fourteen records.
.,No. not one of those couples ever
thought of divorce. Somebody told
~ that there was not even a cross
! word OF course, ! don't know about
that. though / hope my information Is
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-20
CHURCH DEBT SETTLED /
Marshall street Christian Wipes Out
Amount OF Long Standing.

Marshall street Christian Wipes Out
Amount of Long Standing.
Practically the entire debt on Mar
shall Street Christian Church was
raised yesterday afternoon at con-
gregational meeting. The call. for the
congregational meeting stated thatRit
was to raise the funds to pay OFF the
debt on the. present church building,
amounting to $Ll5o, At the collec-
ton which followed pledges We're en-.
tered for $1,000. and the indications
are that by time all pledges arosin the
total Will reach $1,000
The congregation unanimously
adopted n resolution which looks to-
the erection OF a new house of wor.l
ship, and, as soon as the present debt
is fullypald tho members will work
for a new builllnG sS
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-20

game at their usual haunt on the At
lantlc Coast Line tracks. inst on tha
outskirts of tho city. Some OF the
players took to the woods, but as those
who are captured invariably "blow on
them. the city will receive the usual
81 from large number this morn
ing. Those caught were Henry Shep-
person. Jessie Hilton, Lee Armistead
and Charles Davis
Personals nnd Briefs.
Marshall Stein, Of 1414 Bainbridge
Street, is critically i'll.
Mr.. D. a. Albright foreman in the
Richmond, fredericksburg and Poto-
mac shops, of No. G West Ninth Street,
was painfully burned about the face
and head while at work last week.
Masonic Lodge, No IA. of this city.
will initiate three candidates to the
third degree Tonight.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-20
FOUR NEGR0EssA RREsTED
Locked IN In Hcnrico jail, Charged
With Shooting Near Highway.

Locked Up In IIcnrtco jail, Charged
With Shooting Near Highway.
Four coored boys-Jessie Wood,
David Richardson John Mosby AMI
Harvey Lewis--from the lower end OF
the county We're lodged In Henrico jail
yesterday afternoon with three charges
to be investigated.
They were arrested under instruction
from Magistrate Tiller, on the general
charge of shooting near a public high :
way. On reaching the TlenrIco Jail.
David Richardson, was charged With
carrying concealed weapons. In order
to make5the charge doubly secure. war
rants were served on all three last
night, charging them with shooting
on Sunday. The cases will be heard
before Squire f,riller at Henrico court
house this afternoon. when there Will
be n number OF witnesses for and
against the general character OF the
1, . . u . VI L. y BE-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-20
BOULTON AND DAVIS
Two City Officials Making Active Cam
vnSs for Vacant Position.

In view of the State law, which
makes it necessary for the City Coun-
Gil to Keep within Virginia IN the
election of municipal officials, It np.
Assistant city Engineer Jackson Boil
ton or Acting Superintendent p.
Davis will be made Superintendent
election is held in July. Although Mr..
Bolton was4not actively in thesr race at
first, his friends have presented his
claims and qualification so forcibiy
that he has developed 4 considerable
strength. Mr.. Davis. on the other
hand, has made q personal canvasa.
with the result that he has a sufficient
midable candidate, The third man in
the contest Is Mr.. w. II. Woody, Jr.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-20

Paul owens, a colored boy sixteen
years Of age. was struck ana knocked
down by n Broad and Twenty NTH
Street car AT Shafer and Broad Streets
yesterday afternoon, but was not So.
riously hurt The ambulance was
called, and the boy was treated by DR..
Hinchman.f
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-20
PARIS Arr GALLERY

To place before the puhlicgour work
we will make beautiful pictures for.
sl.OO per dozen, Bring the babies,
boys and girls. in their Easter suits.
over Hanover Shoe Company. No. COS
East Broad street.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-20
CITY HOME EQUATIONS
Committee VIII Agree Upon Final Plan
nj Meeting TO-Night.

nj Meeting Tonight.
AZ II meeting of tho snDcommittee
on Relief of tile Foor this afterho 20,
|tthe final program OF changes at me
CITY Home. Will be agreed upon, to De
'subbmitted to the fun committees ut
session called for s O'Clock to,ns I. I
Some effort will be made 70 nave sne
mart of It which proposes the dlscon-
tinuance Of the office of second hssist-
ant superintendent. reiected,
Grounds and buildings aud the l'innnce
Committee will meet ut the CITY fliall'
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-08
.DR. SUN YAT SEN HAS
TEN THOUSAND MEN

Chinese Public Opinion, published in
China, says:
E. Chang Ming Chi, the Governor of
Kwangsi Province, early this month
forwarded memorial to the Throne
stating that he had arrested three no
torious Chinese revolutionists, and that
large mass of important documents
relating to the revolutionary movement
has been discovered in the luggage of
one of them, man named Tien Ta-lu.
According to these papers, DR.. Sun Vat
Sen is the leader of the movement, and
his followers number 10000 men sworn
to obey him in all things. Those of
them scattered along the Yangtze
River are 1000 in number, and there
are 500 in Japan. During their trial
the prisoners denied everything that
was brought against them. They were
however, and decapitated in
Kweilin, under instructions from the
Governor.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-08
ROOSEVELT TELLS HOW
AMERICA COULD FAIL

NEW YORK, Nov 28-There are only
a few military rifles in the whole of
this country, and if an army of 100000
men could land the Americans would
have nothing but pitchfolks and shot
guns TO fight them with, and would be
helpless. President Roosevelt has told
Henry Reuterdahl, according to an ar
tiele by the latter in the forthcoming
number of Pearson s magazine.
Reuterdahl is the author and ex-naval
man who accompanied the battleship
fleet to the Pacific and whose criticisms
of the warships were largely responsi-
BILE for the recent naval conference at
Newport. ''The Presidents s Views on
the Navy. as Told to Mr.. Reuterdahl, "
is the title of the article.
Roosevelt, according to Reuterdahl,
is the first president who has taken the
navy seriously He believes there
should be more public interest in the
actual state of the navy as a fighting
force. He wants 4 feet of ships IN
each ocean, and with that attained and
the Panama canal completed, he be-
ieves the country can look forward to
years of peace and prosperity. The
feet is still deficient in auxiliaries, in
destroyers and colliers.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-08
TRADE THAT SHOULD
COME FROM HONOLULU

SAN DIEGO, November 30.-That
San Diego will become the leading ba-
mana market of the entire country Is
more than likely when the steamships
of the Jebsen line begin making regu-
lar stops at this port within the next
six weeks.
Captain F. Jebsen of Seattle general
agent on the Pacific coast for the Jeb-
sen company, is in San Diego for the
purpose of concluding final arrange
ments for the calling of the steamships
at this port.
The first steamer of the line will ar
rive at San Diego about the middle of
January. The two steamers which viii
be started on the run are the Erna and
Elba, and are now on their way from
Japan, where they have been running.
The first steamer will leave Manzanillo
and as part of her cargo viii bring TO-
600 punches of bananas to be delivered
here and shipped East.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-08
REVEREND MOTHER
To VISIT SIsTERHOOD

The Assistant Mother General of the
Sisters of the Sacred Hearts arrived
in Honolulu yesterday on the S. S.
Mongolia, in company with four other
Sisters of the order, the latter to make
Honolulu their home in future. The
Reverend Mother is from Paris. where
the Mother House of the Sisterhood is
built, her mission here being one Of
inspection, in which work she travels
all over the world. The Mother and the
Sisters were met at the dock yesterday
by Bishop Libert and the head of the
Sisterhood in Honolulu.
The four Sisters have come to Homo
lulu from Europe to join the others
here, the need for them having arisen
since the building of the new home
here for the boys from the Settlement.
Many of the boys who are here and all
those who will be brought hereafter
are babes in arms, taken from their
mothers as soon as possible after birth,
and it will be to look after these babes
that the Sisters will devote their time.
Accompanying the Sisters is the
mother of Father Charles, who has
come from Belgium to see her son. She
was greatly disappointed to learn, after
the Mongolia had docked yesterday,
that Father Charles is still in Kona
and will not be able to reach Homo
lulu before Thursday.