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The Alaska daily empire., 1915-01-01
Russian Orthodox Church in Alaska
By A. P. KASHBVAROFF

Word of God to them AS was his wont. he gave freely of his labor. his strength and his health. Father Yer iaminoff wrote his sermons for the natives in their own language, trans. lated the sacred books. and went among these people visiting the sick, and helping the needy His labor was not lost. The number of Chris tians increased very rapidly. He per formed his work with great care and patience, thereby drawing to himself the rough hearts of the savages. He would convince. but never urge them, and then would patiently await their requests for baptism.
 Father Veniaminoff opened schools and taught children from books he had. himself. compiled. Besides en- Tightening the natives with a know ledge of the Gospel, he taught them different trades. He also introduced vaccination among them. Many years of experience in missionary work convinced Father Veniaminoff of the great difficulty of keeping alive the spirit of Christianity among the ma tives without sufficient workers, and above all, without means. Therefore in 1889 he went to St. Petersburgh and presented to the Holy Synod his petition for assistance. While so en gagged he received the appointment as Bishop of the new Diocese of Alaska and was given the name of Innocent
 From 1S41 to 1850 he devoted him self to the task of bringing into or der his young diocese. He carefully examined the newly organized parish es, consecrated new churches, ordain ed priests. and opened schools fol the natives. AS a reward for his zeal ous and unselfish work, Bishop Inno cent was raised to the rank of Arch bishop in the year 1850.
 When, in recognition of his sue cess in the spread of Christianity 1T both Asia and America, the Churcl government added to the Diocese o Archbiship Innocent the Yakuta country in Siberia, it became neces sary for him to change his place o residence from Sitka to Yakoutsk fl Northern Siberia, and a vicar bisho was appointed to carry on the goo work in the Sitka Division. It grey and continued. Besides parochia schools a theological seminary wa established in Sitka. This was late removed, to Irkoutsk
 Russian activity continued in tn colonies by policy of conciliation 2 } the most benevolent and thoroug
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JUNEAU CHURCHES.

Church denominations at Juneau which have regular services include the Catholic. Episcopal. Methodist, Presbyterian. Russian Orthodox. Lu- theran and Christian Science Ju- Is the residence and Alaska head quarters of the heads of the Catholic, Methodist and Presbyterian churches. The Very Rev. R. J. Crimont is pre- feet apostolic of the Catholic church: the Rev. J. H. Condit. DID,. is sup erintendent of missions for the Pres byterian Chur ch, and the Rev. R. C. Blackwell is superintendent of mis- sions for the Methodist church.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-01-01
Catholic Missions in Alaska
By REV. JAMES A. KENNELLY. s. }.

Seghers was transferred to Oregon City as Coadjutor to Archbishop Blanchet. However. his first visit to Alaska produced immediate results. In 1878 Father Althoff went to reside at Wrangell. in Southeastern Alaska. from which point he visited the Cass, far country and the coast. He was transferred to Juneau in 1885. where he was joined by Father Reynen, who was sent to aid him in his labors at Sitka
 These two apostolic men were the pioneers of the Church in Southeast ern Alaska. They lived in a log cab in, in the utter isolation of primi- tive missionary life. preaching the Gospel to Thlinket and white man alike. In September 1886, Father Al thoff brought to Juneau the Sisters of St. Ann. for the service of the new hospital, and thenceforth always as- cribed his success to their faithful CO operation. The names of those devot- ed women-Sister Mary Zeno. SiSer NJ. Bonsecours and Sister NJ. Victor (the last two have gone to their re- ward)-deserve to be recorded. Bishop Seghers had meanwhile secured his reappointment to the See of Victoria, and resumed his plans. long delayed, for the conversion of the Alaskan tribes. He invited the Society of Jesus to undertake the work of evan. gelizing the Territory. In July of that year, the prelate-now Archbishop ! Seghers- accompanied by two Jes uits, Father Paschal Tosi (who lies buried in the Juneau cemetery and Father Aloysius Robaut. and a hired man named Fuller, started over the Chilcoot Pass for the headwaters o1 the Yukon. It was decided that the two Jesuits should remain for the winter at the mouth of Stewart river while the Bishop, with the servant Fuller should proceed in haste to Uu lato. to keep the promise he had made the Ten'a si:: years previously.
 During the 1,1OO-mile jouriney, Full Ter developed symptoms of insanity and at times threatened the Archbish op insolently. At Yessetlaton. near the mouth of the Koyukuk, they took | up quarters in an abandoned fishing cabin. On the morning of November 18th. Fuller aroused the prelate from his sleep, pointed a rifle at him and shot him through the heart. Death was instantaneous. The remains oi the murdered archbishop were taker down the river to St. Michael, whence two years later, they were transferred to the crypt of the cathedral in Vic toria, B. c. The murderer was sub sequently tried, convicted, and sen fenced to ten years Imprisonment This tragedy changed the condition of mission work in Alaska; new ant complicated problems then presented themselves to the Jesuits. Father Tosi went to Europe, where he me the president of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith at Lyons who contributed $5,00O towards thu support of the Alaska missions.
 A decree of the Propaganda, dated July IF. 1894, raised Alaska to a Pre-
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character. Much peaceful. patient.

character. Much peaceful. patient, and solid work was done for the es- tablishment of social and religious or der. The greater part of the expense of maintaining churches. clergies and schools in Alaska has been defrayed by the Russian American Company, and the work proceeded in its quiet, steady course through the amicable transfer of the Territory to a friend. ly power and into our own time.
 In the course of a half century many disasters and many trials have passed over the followers of the Russian Orthodox Church in Alaska: but. in spite of trials and vicissi. tudes. the Church-by the grace of God-is still equal to her mission. Truth Is still truth; history Is history, all else changes and vanishes. but Di- vine Truth shall prevail in all times.
 The Juneau Church. erected and consecrated in 1894. was erected for the use of those Russians who follow. ed the first gold seekers to Juneau in 1880 and 1881 as we'll as for the pur- pose of propagating the Christian re- lision among the natives of this city and its vicinity. In the year 1890 Chief Ana-Kla-Hash of the Taku tribe made visit to Sitka for the express purpose of becoming a Christian, stating that he wished to be baptised and to learn the Christian religion in order that he might be able to help his people. He wished to bring them to Christ
 Chief Ana-Kla-Hash became a Chris. tian and. on leaving Sitka for Juneau, he was accompanied by Rev. Vladimir Donskoy. who was the first man to come to Juneau as a representative of the Russian Orthodox Church. Fa- ther Donskoy ministered to the Rus sians who were then living in Juneau and Douglas. and at the same time he baptised a number of natives, after which he returned to his own aprish at Sitka.
 Father Mitrofan visited Juneau in the years 1892 and 1893. and at this time the number of communicants grew to such an extent that 1t became necessary to place a permanent priest in this field. In 1894 Bishop Nicholas of San Francisco came to Juneau from Sitka on the U. S. s. Pinta. accom-. panied by Rev. V. Donskoy, deacon Ivan Borthofsky. his secretary. and quite number of singers and assist ants. to consecrate the Church oi St. Nicholas. On the same day he or dained Rev. Ivan Bortrofsky as a priest for the Juneau Church.
 Father Bortrofsky, after two years of labor here. exchanged posts with Rev. Alexander Yaroshevich of Kenai Cooks Inlet. Alaska, who labored
 with great zeal and energy in thi. field. establishing a school where tn, native children were taught English
 Russian. arithmetic and Church cat echism. Besides enlarging the mum . Der of communicants in the local church. he brought into the field o the Church large number of Hoonal
 natives. Chilcat natives, and native. living as far away as Atlin, B. c. Fla , ther Yaroshevich was also the found . CT of the church at Douglas for tn, benefit of Slovenian people. Thi . Church was built by popular subscrip tion in the year 1903.
 Father Yaroshevich was succeed ed. when he was compelled by reasol of family ties and the illness of hi
 wife to leave for his home in Russis
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ENTERPRISE FOUNDRY

The Enterprise Foundry Company is certainly we'll named and A. Lager gren and o. J. Wicklander, the man. agers. are to be congratulated upon the substantial business which they have built up. The foundry supplies all sorts of foundry products. con- tracts for mine, mill and marine work. and is we'll known for its pat tern-making. iron and brass work. as we'll as castings. acetylene welding and cutting.
 The Enterprise people are among the hustling companies of Juneau who are doing so much to accelerate the remarkable progress the city has had in the last few years and who will be closely allied with its ad- vancement in the future.
 The Empire has the largest circu- lation in Alaska. If you want to reach Alaska readers, advertise in 1t.
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"7HEN Alexander Baranoff con- w quered the present sitka in
 1904. the spiritual needs of the small band of Russian pioneers were not considered. As the Sitka colony increased in numbers it became nec- essary to satisfy the religious spirit. and therefore a small chapel was erected in the year 1908, and here a lay reader led the Christian worship From time to time a priest visited the colony to minister to the hardy pioneers. In 1916 regular priest was appointed to take charge of the Sitka Church.
 There was little or no attempt made to Christianize the inhabitants of Baranoff Island. The Thlinkets. un- like the docile Aleuts. were little ac- quainted with the Christian religion,
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education of the boys. The girls are in the charge of the Sisters of Char
 ity of Providence O5). Sisters of St. Ann. (26), and Ursuline Nuns (S). There are five convents, one academy (Douglas). four day schools. four hos pitals. (Juneau. Douglas. Fairbanks, Nome) an orphanage for Indian girls and an industrial school for Indian
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boys (Koserefsky). The total num- Der of children in Catholic institu- tions is 360. Patients cared for in the hospitals in 1914. 1911. There is as yet no seminary of ecclesiasti- cal students. The orphanage and mis- sion schools are supported mainly by Catholic charity. and the hospitals by organized contributions.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-27
WEST BRATTLEBOR0

Mrs. 6. B. Hunter is among those
who have been i'll this week.
Charlotte Robbins, daughter OF Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Robbins, is Ill with
pink-eye.
George c. Harris is i'll in his home
and L. \. Covey is covering his route
on the grocery team.
\ rehearsal for the Ola Folks concert
VIII be held this evening III the Bap-
fist vestry instead of Academy hall.
Arthur Longueil. who is i'll in the
Melrose hospital following an opera
tion for appendicitis. is improving each
day.
MIR. and Mrs David T. Perry are ex-
pected to return today from Burling-
ton. where they have been since Mon
day.
Mrs. Rhoda Sargent. who Is i'll AT
her home because of a fractured hip,
although confined TO the bed greater
part of the time can take a few steps
with the aid of crutches.
For about an hour Yesterday after
noon the electric cars were not run
ming as the power was turned off while
| wires which were down because Of the
| high water were being repaired.
Sunshine society. branch ]. held ;
regular meeting yesterday Afternoon
with Mrs. Bert s. Miller. with a 200,
! attendance. Refreshments OF cocoa
/ cake and sandwiches were served.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-27
Preventing Farm Fires.
Barre Times.)

At least one of three serious farm
fires in Washington county during the
past week or so has been due to care
less handling of a lighted lantern by
persons who went into the barns to do
chores; and in all three of those fires
there was heavy financial loss, together
with the death suffering of imprisoned
stock. One or two little safeguards
would go far toward doing away with
possibilities of such fires; and one -of
those safeguards is to attach the light
ed lanterns on pegs somewhat beyond
the sweep of animals or equipped so
that the lanterns could not be knocked
over by accident. Another safeguard
which ought to appeal to everyone is
the imperative necessity that there be
no smoking whatever in the barns. fill
ed as they are with highly infammable
material. 1t is inviting disaster to
smoke in the average barn on Vermont
farms. No doubt half of the farm
barn fires could be eliminated if these
two ordinary precautionary measures
were to be followed faithfully. Every
farmer should adopt these small sugges.
| lions If the suggestions are not already
| represented by settled and unbreaka-
| bic customs in their daily routine. nc
smoking allowed is warning pecu
liarly adopted to the conditions in &
barn; and some farmers who are them
selves careful in that respect post the
warning signs in their property t.
notify visitors of the rule of the place
Let us resolve to be less careless about
the use of lighted lanterns and as tC
smoking in veritable finder beds, fo1
every barn that goes up in smok,
means just so much permanent loss il
the general wealth of the world; tn,
insurance policy may protect the Loser
to a certain extent, but the paymen
of that insurance means the drawing
upon other resources.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-27
At the Library
The Annual Report
Report of the Trustees.

The past year has been one of
growth IN the resources and equipment
OF the library, and, therefore, of in
crease III the service which it can rem
der to the people of the town.
This increase is indicated by the fig
ures regarding the circulation of books
gwen IN the librarian S report, and
still more by the constantly growing
use OF the library for reference pur
poses. In this respect the library has
come to be an invaluable adjunct of
the work of the schools, and its re-
sources are more and more made use
OF, not only for general information,
but by those having problems to solve
IN farming, in the household in the
various trades, and in the many forms
OF applied science. For this reason it
is especially gratifying that the en-
larged appropriation for the current
year has enabled the trustees to add TO
the library important reference works
which had been on the librarian s list
awaiting the time when the funds in
hand permitted their purchase.
1t Is daily welcome sight to note
the extent to which the privileges of
the reading room and the .alcoves are
made use of by both old and young
and gladly we repeat the admonition
of past years: 1.-The library is yours
use it freely
HENRY d. HOLTON,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-27

Elsewhere in this issue Judge James
NJ. Tyler, one of the most highly re
spected citizens of Vermont, gives some
of his reasons for believing that the To-
cal option method of handling the liq-
uor traffic is better than the state wide
prohibition scheme which Brattleboro' s
representative is championing in the
Legislature to the regrest of so many of
his constituents. 1t is a source of pride
to The Reformer that Il man of Judge
Tyler S acknowledged judgment should
take occasion to commend its stand on
this subject. His opinion ought to
have no small amount of influence. He
voices strong argument in favor OF
the local option method when he points
ont the influence against alcoholism
that is bound to result from the agi
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-27

The Vermont senate in refusing to
give a third reading to the house bill
giving votes to women who own real
estate may not have been influenced
unfavorably by the arbitrary limita-
ton proposed. However, it is rather
late in American history to consider
property qualifications in extent
ing the franchise. The bill as it stood
was not a good one.-Springfeld Re
publican.
1t was the Vermont house, and not
the senate, which refused a third read
ing to the woman suffrage bill, and
the measure contained no statement
that women taxpayers were the only
ones to whom the franchise should be
allowed although such a construction
might have been placed on it in the
light of q supreme court decision on a
similar law giving women the right to
vote on school matters. When the bill
under discussion was passed by the sen
ate that body probably hal no thought
of considering property qualifications
in extending the franchise. That was
a point brought to public attention by
the anti-suffra gists.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-27

The village of Bellows Falls came
near being thrown into civil war this
week by a proposed charter amendment
containing the provision that poultry
keepers must secure licenses from t1e
authorities. Threatened with the
the prospect of not being able to raise
chickens. Bellows Falls henmen i'm
m6diateIy started in to raise hell with
the result that the offending charter
provision has been eliminated After
scratching around so effectually they
are now in a position to crow.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-27
CHURCH NOTICES.

Unitarian church. Rev r. Q. : Os-
good pastor. Services Sunday morning
at 1880. Subject OF sermon: Self-mas-
terry. Sunday school ut ll.45. All are
welcome at both services.
st. Miehael's Episcopal church. See
ond Sunday in Lent. Holy communion
at 80, morning prayer at 1899. San
day school at noon. evensong ut :. Lat
in services as found on Latin card.
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran church.
Lentcn services at 1880 Il. IN. and 80
p. m. Sunday school at 1l.50. Friday
evening the Ladies Aid society meet
ing viii be devoted to home and for
eign missions.
First Church of Christ. Scientist,
Emerson building, Elliot street. sunday
service at 1915 q. m Subject. Christ
Jesus. Wednesday evening testimonial
meeting at 5 clock Reading room
open daily, except Sundays and legal
holidays, from 3 to clock. All arc
welcome.
| Advent Christian church. Rev. Z. :.
Hewitt pastor. Morning worship 1918
Subject, God 5 Kingdom. Its Nature
Place and Time; SUNDAY school at y;
Junior Loyal Workers at 4: prayer and
praise service at g; evening sermon n
4. Subject, Behold Him. Special evan
gelistic services at 7.30 each evening
except. Saturday.
UniversaIist church, Rev. D. L. Trout
minister. Divine worship 1890 n. m
with sermon. Subject, Jesus and Hi.
Disciples on the Sea Of Galilee, Bib,
school at ll.1j a. m. No evening ser
vice because of the no-license rally il
the Auditorium ut =. IN. Service a
the Home for the Aged at 3 u. nm
Thursday, March I, in the church par
Tors, a sewing meeting of the Ladies
circle at 10 a. m, luncheon at - m
business meeting at go 2. m.
Methodist church, Rev. Thomas "
Owens pastor. Sunday morning. 1896
preaching by the pastor: Sunday schoo
at ll.43. There 5 a class for an. EI
worth league meeting in the leagu
room at 7. m. Subject, Winsome q
Win Some, Psa. 1876; Acts. 2:46. Lead
er, Miss Corena Bell. Annual creame
fish supper in the vestrv of the ehurc
Wednesday evening. Church prayc
meeting Friday evening at 80 in tn
vestry.
Centre Congregational church. Re,
Roy NJ. Houghton minister Sunda
services: 1880 a. m, divine worshi
with sermon by Rev. Arthur W Bailel
secretary for the Congregational SUI
day School and Publishing societ,
northern New England district: ia
a. m, Sunday school with an depar
} ments meeting together for the openin
exercises in the church; D. m, col
ference for the board Of religious e,
ucation and the Sunday school teacher
with Mr.. Bailey in the chapel; r. III
Christian Endeavor meeting in Il
chapel. Subject, What VIII ImproN
Our Prayer Meetings. ! Cor. l4:I-l
2G. Prayer meeting committee
charge. Mission study classes as 70
!. lows, Monday, $50 p. m, with Mr.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-27

Harland B. Howe ran twice for gov
ernor and missed the job, which pays
$4,000 a year, with large personal ex-
penses, but he landed in the office of
United States judge at a salary of
$4,000 a year, and as he is only ~
years old he Will have an opportunity
to draw his pink checks from the gov
eminent IS years, If he lives to the age
OF retirement at 40 Harland did bet
ter than most Vermont Democrats.
whose only consolation Is that they al
so ran.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-27
Member of the Associated Press.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY p, 1915
WATER POWER.

The sudden breakup of the COnnec |
ticut river opposite Brattleboro yester- |
day noon furnished a marvellous exam |
pie Of the irresistible force of water |
The strongest Of the many men who |
witnessed the thrilling spectacle must
have been impressed by the utter in
significance Of his own power as com
pared to that before him. At the up
per end Of u stretch of river sheathed
in an armor of 1S-inch ice there APP
pearel q glacial wall which steadily
made its way downstream, driven on
ward by the mighty volume of water
behind it. When first noticed by local
people it was at the head of the bend
some distance below the mouth Of
West river, but so rapidly did it move
that before its presence was known to
more than Il few it had reached point
only short distance above the upper
end Of the island. Before the force of
its progress huge cakes of ice We're
tossel up on the river banks as if they
were chips and sturdy tree trunks
which had been caught in its grasp
were ground into shreds. Steadily on
ward it pressed, splitting into frag-
ments ice which an hour before had
been considered absolutely immovable.
Detected by the rock-bound embank-
ment which guards the railroad tracks
in the rear of Main street, the ice-mass
slowly swung eastward and began to
exert its power on other mamma lie
| property in its path. Stout poles car
| rying high tension wires were broken
down as if they had been twigs, while
the upper end of the grandstand and
| pavilion on the island was crumpled
| into mass Of twisted timbers in the
course of a few seconds. Under the
bridge it surged, throwing its jagged
crest against the girders of quivering
steel until it seemed as if that structure
must yield as others had done, but just
when the yielding point seemed to have
been reached the invisible force be-
meath and behind relaxed and the ice
pack came to a standstill, apparently
content with the havoc it had alrea ly
wrought.
The conditions which brought about
this awesome exhibition of elemental
energy were not unexpected by those
who have had occasion to observe the
antics of the Connecticut during its an
nual struggle to escape from the GRASP
of winter. Some such an upheaval has
been predicted each spring since the
construction of the Vernon dam alter.
ed local river conditions, but heretofore
the breakup has come at time when
the ice already had been rotted by sun
shine and warm weather and offered lit
tie or no resistance to the freshet. This
year, however, things were different
and the result was the nearest possible
approach to an illustration of what
happens when an irresistible force
meets an immovable body. That more
property was not destroyed is a fact
that can be accredited to good fortune
alone, for if the ice pack had not
choked itself to death about when il
did it might have wrecked not only the
bridge beneath which it stopped but
the new railroad bridge short dis
lance below.