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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-22

mad a friend. q man whose mind
was well stocked but iiso~deriy- Or.
stehhins said OF him. with puns~nt
wit. Smiths brain IS like a basket OF
eggs no two ideas belong tosether.-
Horace Davis.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-22

Frfday--Let q man SO account OF US.
a. of ministers Of Christ and stewards
OF the mysteries of Cod Cor. At.
The work Of our hAnds--estahiish
thou It,
How often with thoughtless lips we
pray.
But he who sits in the heavens shah
say.
rs the work OF your hands so fair
and ut
That re dare thus pray"
Safely we answer Lord make II fit
The work OF our banda that so we may
Lift UP our eyes aud dare to pray.
The work OF our handH-estahlish
thou 1T"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-22

Aunt Ethel: We'll. Beatrice. were
you very brave at tho dentisrs?'
Beatrice: yes auntie. I was" Aunt
Ethel; Then there's the half crown
] promised you. Tell me what he did
TO you Ethel Tie pulled out two of
Willie's teeth,"-Punch.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-22

Motner Joe. why do you sunnaaa
ma, old her persists in laying in the
s va pm Joe Why. mother I think
10 lay In your coal - Life
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-22

An old woman walked into a bank In
/ Inverness threw down her deposit
BOOK. and said she wished to draw all
her money. Having got IL. she retired
70 corner of the room and counted IL
she then marched up TO the teller. and
exclaimed "AS. that'll doe ma man
list pit u back again only wanted
News
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-22

A Roman Catholic church for
Spanish-speaking people in New York
city has lately been completed A
Protestant, Mr.. Archer III Hunting
ton. gave the lot; and of the one
hundred thousand dollars expended
for the building. he contributed more
than one-haIf.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-22

The contributions for all purposes
by members of the Northern Presby-
terrain Church we're ss.4&o,l21 in 1870
and s2b.7sS.s1s for the year just
1osed. The contribution per MEM
Der. however. was $3.50 in 1870 and
1855 for 1917.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-22

Tommy's Aunt: Wont YOU have
another piece of cake. Tommy Tommy
con a sisitA NO. thank YOU" Tommy's
Aunt; You seem TO be suffering from
ioss of appetite" Tommy. THAT amt
loss Of appetite. what I'm suffering
from liz poIiteness"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-22

The Southern Prssbyterians have
four churches with one thousand or
more members The largest MEM
bership IL reported by the F7rst
church, Nashville. Tenn. Lao: Cen
trail church, Atlanta, Ga, has l.lsS
members First church. Houston. Tex.
l,o4s. Second church. Charlotte, n.
G.. I.eo0
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-22

The Baptists Of Berlin. Germany.
have just celebrated the seventy fifth
anniversary OF the founding of the
First Baptist church Of that city by
DR.. J, q. oncken. the baptist Apos-
tie Of Germany There are now In
Berlin more than 1000 Baptist church
members.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-22

The International Convention of
Railroad Young Mems Christian asso-
Citations will be held IN Chicago Octo-
Der 3d-6th.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-22
HEARTS EASE

sunday--7ive me understanding. that
1 may learn thy commandmsnts.--Ps.
1878.
Our Father. We thank thee for the
daily ministry OF Jesus. thy Son,
wrought out among men, We are
ashamed of orr much speaking and our
scanty doing. .when. we think Of his
, perfect combining Of words and work.
Help u.s. we pray thee. 10 promise less
and to do more. TO put more of our
strength into doing and less into mere
!ntention, cuitivate us. we pray
thou seest best into a more worthy
fruit bea ring for thy service, and cast
US not aside as hopeless Thou know
est our need for training. Purge US OF
avn good Ways for Welding blessins
to otkers, In Jesus name we ask IT.
Amen--Phiiip Z. Howard.
muuieAts forget noI-Hsb 1915
This ! resolved on, to-wtt: TO run.
wheR I can: 10 so. when / cannot run;
and to creep. when ! cannot go
Bunyan.
Tuesday-We are one body In Christ,
and seseraliy members one Of another,
And having gifts differing according
to the grace that was given 70 US.
cording to the proportion of our faith
or ministry. let us give ourselves to our
ministry: he that gtveth. let him do
II with liberaiity: he that ruleth. With
diHgence. he that shoEeth mercy, with
cheerfulneas--Rom. 1t:6-s.
Life 10 . service: the only question
IT, whom win We serve,-F. w Faber,
Wherever we are, we may DO some
thing for Christ Come can speak for
him. more can sing for him. and more
still can smile for him. Willing hands
will not remain long Idle IL welded to
thou ghtfuI hearts and observant eyes
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-22

Professor hahafy was once sxsmfn-
ms mar who had put himself down
a. an "Agnostic" on entering coliegs
Mshafs's hands over some cruz mas
sages Ia "A Greek book II believe
thir said Mshany. that you are
aware an Asnothtic In reiigfouxh
Well. then, thir" said the nrofsssnr
Il can quite athurs you that you ars
an Agnothtic In Creek ath veil,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-22

The Presbyterian Church North ,
received last year from all other de-
nominations one hundred and eigh-
teen ministers and dismissed to other
churches only two.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-22

Bishop Rowe, Protestant Episcopal
Bishop. OF Alaska, declines to be made
bishop of Southern Ohio. This il the
third time he has refused to leave his
Alaskan work for an easter nsid.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-22

The thirteenth season OF the Pres
bytertan summer eyangelistic cam
paisn in the city OF Philadelphia
closed the latter part Of August with
an aggregate attendance upon the
open-air meetings OF 100000
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-22

The sixty-sixth annual meeting of
the American Missionary association
(Congregationalist) will be held at
Buffalo, n. Y, October 32d-24th.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-22

Adjustable Authors--The most cheer
full author, Samuel Smiles: tho nofsiast.
Howells. the taliesL Lon sfellow; the
most dewsry, Hawthorne: the hoitest.
Pope. the happiest Gay; the most
amusing. Thomas Tickeli: the most
fiery, Burns, the most talkAtive Chat
terton; the most distressed, Akensidct -
Chicago Times Herald
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-22
A Little Nonsense

Passenger: why are we so later
Guard; Well. sir. the train In front
was behind. and this train was behind
before besides Punch
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-22

Philadelphia has had during the
past summer hfty-seyen vacation
Bible schools. with an enrolment OF
$4,000 and an average daily attend
ance OF $3.50.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-22

when a soldier is confined la the
gnardroom for an offence. written
eopy or the crime is invariably handed
10 the commander OF the guard A
cornoral having given an order ara az
| ne men seemed disinciined to ohsy
whens after having rehakrd hfm
| ssRnaFptst as shouted In angry tones
cant spell characterization or IA
shoNe you In the -ciink' fruardro,rt
sharp London Weekly Tetegrsnh
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-22

| Thuraday--Fignt the good sght of
tbs faith. lay hold on the life eternal
Tim. STA
The real difficulty with thousands to-
day 10 not that Christianfty has been
found wanting, but that 1t has never
been seriously tried. 1t Is life TO be
spsnt at the feet OF living Master
and IL justiiss ITSELF completely only
when 1t 10 lived.--Liddon.
Each man should with all the intel
liTenos at his disposal weigh the vari-
Gus social programs proposed and
eagerly seek to realise his program and
gala others for it.--Themas C Hall. In
Social Solutions"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-09
NEW HAMPSHIRE RIVERS RISE.
Melting SNOW Swells Connecticut ane
Ammonoosuc to Freshet Pitch.

Woodsville, y. H., April S.-Thc
melting of the deep snow in the north
woods during the past few days has
raised the Connecticut and Ammonoo-
sue rivers and minor streams in this
section to freshet pitch and much
damage has been done. Washouts are
seriously delaying trains on the Bos-
ton & Maine and Montpelier and Wells
River Railroads. At Lyndonville, VT
passengers and baggage are beins
transferred around section of wash
ed out tracks, al 1.-The express trains
between Boston and Montreal over the
Connecticut and Passumpsic division
of the Boston & Maine being affected
The same method is being pursued on
the White Mountain division. The
worst washout on this division occur
red. last night, two miles north of
Woodsville when 80 feet of the rail-
road bed gave out.
A bridge across the Wells river on
the Montpelier and Wells River Rail
road. few miles west of Wellsyillc
has been swept away, interruptinS
traffic In the village the Connecticut
river, several buildings are under wa
ter.
A decided change to colder weather
checked the rising waters and it is be-
lieved that they will recede consider
ably before tomorrow.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-09
VT. CONDITIONS IMPROVING.
Winoosk River Falling After Causing
Damage of 100000.

Montpelier, VT. April Slope OF
an abatement of the high rising of the
Wineeski river and the North branch
which, last night. had - swollen to
nearly Is feet above the normal, caus-
ing a loss estimated at 100000, was
fulfilled today, when the waters fell
seven feet during the early forenoon.
Although cellars in all parts of tn
city are still Hooded. the water which
was several feet deep on Main and
State streets, fell considerably.
Because of the high water the nigh
train service on the Montpelier &
Wells River Railroad was diseon
tinued. The river reached its high
est point for a dozen years. the rain
yate yesterday, which followed no.
sun, causing torrents OF melting SNOW
to come down from the mountain
and food the lowlands.
Barre which suffered damage esti-
mated at S25. 900 by the freshet, wa
in much better condition, today, n
the water had fallen several feet
Merchants lost several hundred dol
lars worth, of goods by water dam
age in their stores. In many case
telegraph and telephone communica
ton was cut off in both Montpehei
and Barre during the night Today
the work of repairing much of tht
damage was begun.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-09
ONTARIO FINE SHIP.
BUTT in 1904 and Cost More Thar
100000

Baltimore, April s.-rhe steamer On,a-
rio of the Merchants and Miners Line
was built in 1904 at cost of more tnan
100000 and was equipped with all mod
ern convenences.
The ontario was fully insured. Most of
her cargo was taken on at Newport
News and the general offices here had
not yet been advised as to its character
or value. OF the Is passengers reported
aboard, Il were booked at Baltimore,
Their addresses We're not taken. The list
follows
Miss Katherine e. Schwartz Miss Nell
lie +. Sheehan. Mr.. a. +. Cahill and
wife, Mr. r. II. Gray. Jr., and wife, Mi.
and Mrs. } f. Bond, Mr. II. w. Sam
born and wife, Mrs, W. ]. Bond twife Of
the captain, r. Z. corney, Frank Bow
den
In his report, wired to the executive
offices here, Captain Bond said the fire
broke out, at lao this morning. The crew
could not get it under control and ne
had to beach the vessel oue-half mile
west of Montauk Point The fire drove
the pilot house crew from their post
This was Captain Bonds second expert
ence with fire at sea. He was in COM
mand of the Kershaw of the same line
when in August, 1905, she took nre be-
tween Norfolk and Boston. with a heavy
passenger list The fire was extinguish-
ed by the crew before the steamer reach
ed Boston after about six hours work
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-09

the steamer was about 10 miles on
! Shinnecock.
THE crew obeyed orders without
any excitement. p" the captain said
and we soon had the pump pouring a
| stream of water into the forward hold
where the flames spread rapidly
| through the indammable cargo. II
soon became evident to me that in or
DER to save the ship and passengers
| that / would have to beach her. but
owing TO the direction Of the wind
was unable To take a straight norther-
| ly course as the wind would have
driven the flames aft. | consequently
set course northeasterly fer Mon
| tauk Point. where l beached her
shortly before o'clock.
we had 81 passengers aboard. about
Is OF them. | think. women. We did
/ not awaken them until more than a
half hour after the ship had struck.
They accepted the situation with sur
prising GOODNESS and there was abso
lutely no panic"
When the ship struck, the fire had
eaten its way through the forward
deck to the pilot house and the Wire
less apparatus. Capt. Bond and First
Mate Harding were nearly suffocated
by smoke. but stuck to their positions
until the last moment, lashing the
wheel when conditions became unbear-
able just before the steamer grounded
Hubert Ingalls,, of Lynn, Mass, the
wireless operator, only 10 years old,
who sent out the call which brought
timely assistance, stuck to his post
MT th9 fiar11 rn1oha1 ~ of no
apparatus and put it out of commits
sion. He said it was more than three
quarters of an hour before he could
get a response to his calls for help
and that shortly afterwards the ap-
paratus gave out and he was forced to
leave the wireless room because of the
smoke. The passengers and their lug
gage were taken from the burning yes
sci to the tugboat Taseo from New
London in small boats. The sea was
comparatively smooth and no trouble
was experienced A boat load of wo-
men was taken first.
The life saving crew got breeehes
buoy over the Ontario by which the
captain sent a message, ashore saying
that he and the crew purposed to
stick to the ship as long as the fire
was kept under control No one came
ashore from the steamer except one
member of the crew who responded TO
a message sent out by the lifesavers tn
know if there was a doctor aboard In
adjusting the brooches buoy apparatus
David Miller, life saver, was serl,
ously hurt and an oiler who had hos
pital experience in the army was sent
ashore to give first aid to the injured
Besides the revenue cutters a life
saving power boat from Wacita. r. L.,
was alongside the Ontario, tonight. 4
strong northwest wind was blowing,
but being off shore the sea was eem-
paratively smooth.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-09
Colonel Fighting
OutIin Indiana

Lafayette, Ind. Aril S.--All day long
Col. Roosevelt fought as hard as he
could fight for victory in tomorrow S
Presidential primary in Illinois. In his
opinion, as ne expressed it. today, the
result of the fight will be of first inn
portanee in determining the outcome
Of his whole campaign. When it was
all over and the colonel was ready to
board his train to pass out of the state
he said
MY hat is in the ring and it is GO
ing to stay in the ring
In one of his speeches today, he
said
I'VE look to Illinois to set the key
note of this campaign. Illinois stands
in the most important position of any
state in this campaign
In some other states. he said, his
supporters had been defeated by I'M
fair tactics by federal officeholders
and by other methods which he char
acterized as improper. Referring to
the Presidential primary to be held,
tomorrow, i'll Illinois, he said:
IF you are against me in a fair vote
| shall have nothing to say, but II
you are for me and the bosses record
ycu as against me. shall have a great
deal to say
Col. Roosevelt handled his opponents
without gloves, today. He assailed Con-
gresham Mckinley, campaign manager
for President Taft. in speech in Mr..
McKinley's own district and put himself
on record as opposed to President Iatt
in regard to reciprocity. He repeated his
broadside against Senator Lorimer and
paid his respects once more TO the
countrys multi-millionaires and the
heads of great corporations, saying 1t
would be for their own good to follow
the policies he advocated.
The colonel made nearly dozen fignt-
ing speeches. The days run took him
not only through the district of Congress
man Mckinley, but also that of former
Speaker Cannon, and he delivered Il
speech few blocks from Mr. Cannon's
dwelling in Danville.
He also made addresses at Clinton,
Decatur, Sullivan, NATION. Tuscola and
Urbana. After leaving the state he
made several speeches in Indiana.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-09
CAPITAL JOTTlNGS.

Rehearing of the so-cailed 'patent mo-
nopoly,'' mimeograph case was, Monday'
refused by the supreme court of the
United States.
Gov. Hooper of Tennessee. Monday
night announced the appointment d
Newell Sanders of Chattanooga as Unit
ed states senator to succeed the late
Senator Robert l.. Taylor. Mr. Sanders
is state chairman of the Republican cen
trail committee and prominent manu-
facturer of Chattanooga.
The fight against the confirmation 81
the nomination of Richard f. Sloane fed
eral Judge of Arizona resulted, Monday
in the Senate judiciary committee de-
ferring action until next Friday, when
the subcommittee will hear persons IN
terested. Senators Smith and Ashhurst
of Arizona will be given an opportunity
to be heard at that time.
Representatives of Catholic and Pro
testant organizations were heard, Mon
day, by Secretary Fisher of the interior
department in relation to the recent ordei
issued by Mr. Valentine, commissioner Of
Indian affairs forbidding the wearins
of religious garb by teachers in Indian
schools winch receive government sup
port The order was suspended by direc
ton of President Taft.
Full publicity of contributions and
expenditures in the nomination OF
candidates for President and Vice
President of the United States al
regular intervals before the nominal
ing conventions and final statement
within so days after each convention
are proposed in bill introduced
Monday, by Rep. Henry of Texas, who
prepared it in collaboration with Rep
resentative Rucker of Missouri.
Juvenile Washington, white and
black, rich and poor, turned out Mon
day, to observe the Easter Monday
egg rolling ON the slope back of the
White House in the Presidents back
yard Thousands of children rolled
eggs of all shades and colors down
the grass covered incline, under the
watchful eyes of mothers, big sisters
and nurses. President Taft left his
work in the executive offices long
enough to greet the children from the
portico of the mansion and Mrs Taft
watched the play for hall an hour.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-09
AmateurIBoxers
At Boston A. A.

Boston. April S.-Amateur boxers
from New Orleans To Nova Scotia
competing in 10 bouts, opened the an
nual National Amateur boxing cham
ydonships in Mechanics hall. tonight
There are so entries for the meet. The
championships will be decided, tomor-
Tow night,
IN the bantam class. A. Simons OF
New orleans, champion of the South
was defeated by a Cambridge oppo-
nent. Patsy Green, after an extra
round. Jimmie Lynch of Cambridge
The New England champion, took but
one round to win out over Jimmy
Ford
Tie bout in the 1a5- pound class he
tween Mike sullivan of East Boston
and Charles Lawrence of New York
developed hard and constant milling
until the last of the second round,
when Lawrence refused to continue.
Some heavy smuggling between two
well-matched men was displayed in
the 15S-pound class between Becker
Of New Orleans and Mcdonald. the
Nova Scotia champion The judges
we're tied on the decision and the ref
cree awarded the bout to Mcdonald.
105-pound class:
Patsy Green, Cambridge defeated n.
Simons, New Orleans, champion of the
South. Extra two-minute round.
Berney Snyder. Roxbury, defeated John
Higgins, Roxbury.
Eddie Glover, Roxbury, defeated Eddie
sullivan, Boston.
Jimmie Lynch, Cambridge, New Eng
land champion, defeated Jimmie Ford,
Cambridge.
Douglas Carnegie. Trinity y. c.. New
York. defeated Frank Brogan. Lawrence.
Second round, Snyder defeated Glover.
125-pound class:
w. j. Mcdonald, Quincy, defeated Lar
ny Mclaughlin, East Boston Two
rounds
Edward Desmond, Boston. defeated
Harry Marshall, Somerville. One round.
r. E Williams belmont, defeated
Charlie Collins, England.
John Clark, Roxbury. defeated Ben
Locke. Boston.
Second round, John Cooper, New Eng.
land champion, defeated Clark.
135-pound class:
William CoaHiey. Chelsea, defeated
William Jones, East Boston. BY de-
fault.
John Harvey. Boston. defeated Tom
Craven, RoXbury. One round.
Mike Sullivan, East Boston. defeat
ed Charles Lawrence, New York. Two
rounds.
a. Wambsgan, New Orleans. defeat
ed Harry McCafferey, Cambridge.
Harry o. Rex, Metropolitan cham
pion, New York, defeated William
Coakley, Chelsea. One round.
15S-pound class:
Dan Mcdonald, Nova Scotia cham
pion, New Glasgow, n. s., defeated +.
c. Becker, New Orleans.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-09
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stateroum when the fire was discovered
and was awakened by waitress. There
was little or no danger, he said. and the
passengers had plenty of time to get up
and dress. lie said there was little ex-
element, the passengers being quickly
GAINED. Mrs. Bond. wife of the captain
of the ontario, declined to comment on
the burning. saying that she was asleep
when the vessel grounded aud she knew
little about the matter. This is the
third time, it was said. today, that Mrs.
Bond has been on her husbands ship
when IL met with misfortune
AS the sea was running high the crew
Of the Ontario had rugged up breeches
buoy for the purpose of transferring the
passengers to another ship, but when the
Taseo had arrived alongside the sea was
smoother and the transfer was mad,
without difficulty by the Ontarlo's life
boats. There are no cabin aceommoda-
tons on the Tasco and the officers gave
| up their rooms to the women and elderly
men.
| Capt Goodale and a wrecking crew
with the tug Harriet and a lighter, were
standing by to assist Capt Bond, who
! with his men remained on board Whes
The vessel was hoached she was rannin.
aboat IA mites an hour