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WORK OF CONGRESS. IMPORTANT BILLS PASSED DUR ING LAST SESSION. Gold Standard Ian til* lint lu Import* anc*- liiitrrnmrnU of Hawaii. Porto Rlro ami Alaikt -I'rrt Home* Bill — reunion Ao* Amended -Autl-Truat Uw Amended. Tbe last session of congress passed 132 public acts, which had been ap proved by the president, up to and In cluding the month of May. Many of these were of general public interest and were carefully considered by both bouses. An act to define and fix the standard of value, to maintain the parity of all forms of money issued or coined by the United States, to refund the public debt, and for other purposes, was tha first bill passed through the house of representatives and became u law on March 14 last. This bill is the most Important of all thai have become law during the present session. It places the finances of the country firmly on the gold standard. No public official can here after disparage any dollar issued by the United States until the senate and house, with approval of the president, shall concur in amending this statute. The bill also provides for the re funding of the national debt amount ing bo 1850,000,000 into 2 per ceut bonds. Since the passage of the act this refunding process has been con stantly going on, and has reached about $280,000,000. As the old bonds bore interest at the rate of 3, 4 and 5 per cent, the national saving of In terest on the bonds already refunded amounts to considerably more than $5,000,000. This saving will nearly equal the entire Interest on the $200, 000,000 borrowed to pay the expense of the Spanish war. Should we succeed in refunding the entire indebtedness of eight hundred and fifty millions at the low rate of 2 per cent Interest the national saving In interest would not only pay the In terest on the Spanish war loan, but also the interest on the two hundred and sixty-two million dollars of bonds issued by the last administration In time of peace. Under the minor provisions or the bill there has been a great Increase of national banks of limited capital in the smaller towns, particularly of the western and southern states. Hills providing for the government of the Hawaiian islands and of Porto Rico, after long consideration, have finally become laws, while the bill for the government of Alaska has been passed. The feature of the Porto Rican bill, whic h occasioned most discussion, is the most liberal toward that Island of any ever incorporated Into law. It provides a slight tariff on the products of that country coming to the United States, and also on products shipped from the United States to Porto Rico, excepting necessaries of life, all of which is turned over to the treasury of Porto Rico for a period of two years, or until local taxation can he provided by the new government. At the end of two years trade between Porto Rico and the United States becomes abso lutely free. Not only this, congress has appro priated all the revenue derived from goods imported Into the United States from Porto Rico since the occupation, and amounting to more than $2,000, 000, for the benefit of the people of these islands. All tariff collected at Porto Rican ports Is also to be used for that purpose. This was a boon to that people Justified by the circum stances, and unparalleled for geueros ity toward any people. This congress has also passed the Free Homes bill, giving free home steads on the public lands to actual bona fide settlers. This was a measure pledged by the platform of ail parties. An amendment to the pension act of 1890, and known as the Grand Army bill, has also become a law. A law of much Importance passed at this session Is that allowing the free transportation in bond of all goods shipped through the United States from a foreign country to another for eign country. This will be of great benefit to the shipping Interests of the country. An anti-trust law amendment to the Sherman law of U90. as effective and far reaching as the constitution will permit, has also passed the house of representatives The appropriation bill* have been carefully acrutlnlied. and although the agregate la large they are free from all questionable Items The growth of the country and the continued disorder In the Philippine Islands are solely ac countable for the Increase in these an nual bills. It was not deemed practicable to re duce the revenues during the present session, but, should the present rate of surplus continue, the committee on ways and meana, having obtained leava to alt during the recess, will bring In a bill and press Its passage at the bcgtnutng of the nest session Meannhlle the treaaury drpaiintent has used about twenty-eight millions In refunding operations and will use twenty-five millions more In the S per rente already called In thus prartlr ally disposing of the accumulated sur plus for the year This congress has also done much In hilling ptiitHMcd legislation of a bid or questionable • hara<ter IMsumisU f«W ll|WMSH> In those good old dais • hen Ihna eeattc sdwlnlstiaitcas were annesing ail the territory In sight their plat forms strong'y ltt4wt*"l an* H a poll y The following plank ia from the Demo- i ora tic platform of 1844. when Polk and Dallas led their ticket: "Resolved, That our title to the whole of the territory of Oregon is dear and unquestionable; that no por tion of the Bame ought to be ceded to England or any other power, and that the re-occupation of Oregon and the re-annexation of Texas at the earliest practicable period, are great American measures, which this convention rec ommends to the cordial support of the Democracy of the Union.” A FEW PERTINENT REMARKS. Hawaii was the first necessary and share of the trans-Paciflc trade. We got Hawaii, although Grover Cleveland once hauled down our flag there. Then we got Manila. Now we are getting the commerce. • • • Scythes costs farmers 40 cents a dox en more last year than In 1896. Corn was worth 10 cents a bushel more, so thut the farmer who paid an extra 3 or 4 cents for a scythe was still 6 or 7 cents to the good, when paying for it out of one bushel of corn. • • * Barley was worth only 32 and 33 cents a bushel on the farm in the Democratic years of 1895 and 1896. It W’as worth 40 and 41 cents In the Re publican years of 1898 and 1899. Pro tection meant a gain of about $3 an acre to the farmer who grows hur ley. • * • Under the Democratic free trade Wilson bill we imported about 3,000, 000 pounds of foreign hops each year. In 1899 we Imported only 1,3,19,000 pounds. • • • Wages have been higher in the Unit ed States since the formation of the large business combines than ever they were before. • • • The Boer incident In the United States was closed a few weeks before the Boer war. • • • State Examiner Harry B. Henderson of Wyoming shows that the total num ber of accounts in the banks of his state has incieased from 2,414 In 1896 to 4,307 at the end of 1899. Gross de posits Increased by $236,090 within the last year. • • • The announcement of Mr. Towne that, he Is not a Populist would seem to corroborate the claims of the Cincin nati people that theirs Is the only gen uine Pop ticket In the field. » t * The Republican party will not shield dishorn sty on the part of public serv ants. The men who have disgraced themselves and their country in Cuba will be prosecuted and punished. It Is the Democratic party that permits its “Honest” Dick Tates and other looters of state funds to enjoy their swag in foreign climes. * * * The Democratic demagogues who sought to utilize the St. Louis street car strike for political purposes have been roundly denounced by the Demo cratic governor of Missouri. Like Gov. Steunenberg of Idaho, Gov. Stevens has destroyed all his chances as a vice presidential candidate at Kansas City. • • • When Shakespeare spoke of "the stuff dreams are made of” he supplied an excellent description of the predic tions of Chairman James K. Jones. • • • The Cubans will perceive the differ ence between American and Spanish procedure when the rascals are locked up. • • • It turns out that the real victim of the Porto Rican tariff is the sugar trust. It was the sugar trust that helped the Democratic party make a tariff law, and it is but natural it should have the sympathy of the Dem ocratic party, now that it Is a victim of Republican legislation. HOT SHOT. In Its chase for campaign material the Democratic party la putting up a very fair Imitation of the dog catcher. The southern newspapers have been quick to resent the latest slander on that section at the hands of Mr. Till man. The Hon. Clark Howells, editor of the Atlanta Constitution, Is trying very hard to remain In the Demo cratic party, but he resents the courae of the Pettigrews toward our troops in the Philippines. Heretofore the grand jury has been regarded as an important part of the machinery of justice, but the Ken tucky ltetnocrats have demonstrated that It can be used for the purpose of Intimidation and political theft. We infer from the tenor of the de bate that the enterprising press agent of the Philippine rebellion. Agoncllto. Is keeping up a spirited correspond ence with the Democraitc t'nlted Slates Senators Tbs Virginia people have voted In favot of negro disfraru hlsenient I hta • III do sway with the Inconvenience of counting them out, Prrhaps the Kansas City hotel beep | era would have produced lets fault finding had they made it aisiren del • gates to one room the Idaho cheep latarra have die tl«’ Wlnoi ...nice to .-it hanging the Value of the Iteaae, mill | t t ruing heats mint opening all to piece* the lion t'otn Harvey te la have I > ttefge .if the statist!* <1. pa 1t VU* HI of i the I tern*** ret ii *smpatga When I ever »*Ht see att turn. , tatle hgsef* ' thtnh of f*o!n ANTI-SHIPPING BILL ARGUMENT The devious methods pursued by tbs opponents of tbe shipping bill are well deserving of study. The great ob jective is. of course, the bill's defeat. So. one takes tbe ground that the com pensation provided will not insure the construction of great, swift, mall-car rying steamships available in time of emergency as auatiliary cruisers. An other asserts that the bill is too re gardless of slow-going, cargo-carrying ships, and too favorable to the fast "ocean greyhounds" that carry more passengers than freight. Obviously If the argument of one Is correct, that of the other must be wrong. The ob jective. however, is not so much sin cere criticism as the arousing of prej udices that will result in the bill's de feat. The board of directors of an asso ciation of New York merchants, fo» Instance, made public a report in op position to the shipping bill on the ground that it favored cargo-carrying, slow ships, and did not favor the more desirable fast ships of large size run ning In regular lines. They stated that they had examined the bill with great care. On the other hand the re port of four of the seven Democratic members of the house merchant ma rine and fisheries committee—the only report, by the way, on file against the bill takes the ground that it does too much for the great transatlantic lin ers, and not enough for the cargo car riers. Similarly, the board of direc tors of a Boston association declared that they favored subsidies, but not the bill, because it did too much for certain fast ships. If provision were made for the ships that carried the great cargoes out of the country as favorably as provision was made for the liners, they might favor it. That the friends of the bill, however much so disposed, cannot adjust Its provisions so as to satisfy each of these critics, goes without saying. The bill will probably be pressed for passage as It stands, and In that case it Is likely that one association will be opposing It on the very ground that, if true, would win the other asso ciation's favor—and it will receive the indorsement of neither. Members of congress are too discerning, however, to be influenced by such contradictory and superficial opposition, largely de signed, no doubt, to defeat, rather than to amend, the bill. In Justice to both New Y’ork and Boston it should be stated that the leading and far more influential or ganizations most heartily favor the bill’s passage, and have urged this course upon congress. A very small minority of the public organizations of business and commercial men in each of the cities oppose the bill, and, as in the Boston case, when one looks for reasons for opposition they are gen erally disclosed in the fact that lead ing officers represent foreign shipping lines, whose interests are, of course, antagonized by a bill that provides for the substitution of American ships in the place of foreign ships now doing our foreign carrying. Foreign influences are nowhere in the United States so powerful as in New Y'ork, and it is gratifying to state, therefore, that patriotism, even in that city, on the question of an American merchant marine, instead of a foreign merchant marine,.for the carrying of American imports and exports, com mands the support of an overwhelm ing number of its public spirited busi ness men. The contest in the senate and house next winter, when the shipping bill Is taken up for consideration, will be a fierce one, beyond a doubt. Foreign interests will be battling to preserve a business that yields them $200,000,000 each year in money drawn out of the pockets of Americans and taken abroad, there to build up foreign in dustries at American expense. Ameri cans, on the other hand, believing that American labor is entitled to the em ployment that this 1200,000,000 a year gives, will strenuously flght for the passage of the shipping bill, well as sured that its enactment means the beginning of the end of foreign mo nopoly of American foreign carrying FRUIT IN IDAHO Helling Ml Umxl PrlrMj Also H»y, ||<(g, and Nheep. ••Idaho haa become," says Senator George L. Shoup. "a great center for tha production of fruit, and the fruit growers of my state see a big differ ence In Ihe prim they are receiving now for their products as compared with the jeturna which they received a few years ago during the Democratic administration under ('resident Cleve land. “In the fall of lt»« the fruit shipped from Idaho to eastern markets did not bring sufficient return to pay the freight charges, let alone tha < oat of picking, pat king and shipping, l«*t year a friend of mine. F F Hheiby, who Is general manager of the Farlff. * Idaho Northern Hallway company, sold his prunes aud pluma la the Chi • ago market at |l per crate of twenty live pounds The freight rate la |l pat |t>0 pounds He shipped silver prunes to Isindon where they said at 1)19 par crate, after paying the freight, but theae war* ciodic fruit. At home m Idaho good apple* free from worms, said Iasi fail at |1 per boa of Italy pound* So* h returns as these are a little better than pithing pa« king sad 'hipping ft itt fur the beaefft of tha railftrada. without any ratura las tha pttnlucer t he isuae of this different a in prb*e is doe to the pulley of «he preeei't e<tn»inie! ration w hit h has era at«d bus acts s tivlty thiuoghoot tp, ■ trtiilif lb ie assuring peter dessaad ft r alt f' m prt Itr. is rALMAGKS SERMON ANXIETY AND WOB RIM ENT LAST SUNDAY S SUBJECT. Tha Coadurt of tht Itlarlplaa Cum mandril Tha Hoard of lurltallon — Tower of Temptation—U< itrrra of ilia Cross of f'arsarutlon. (Copyright, J900. by louts Klopsrh.) The text Is Matthew *f: , 12, "And his disciples went and told Jesus.” An outrageous assassination had just taken place. To appease a revengeful woman King Herod ordered the death of that noble, self-saorlflting prophet, John the Baptist. The group of the disciples were thrown into grief and dismay. They felt themselves utterly defenseless. There was no authority to which they could appeal, and yet grief must always find expression. If there be no human ear to hear It, then the agonized soul w’ill cry It aloud to the winds and the woods and the wat ers. But there was an ear that was willing to listen. There Is n tender pathos and at the same time a most admirable picture In the words of my teit, ' They went and told Jesus," He could understand all their grief, and he Immediately soothed It. Our bur dens are not more than half so heavy to carry If another shoulder Is put under the other end of them. Hero we find Christ,his brow shadowed with grief, standing amid the group of dis ciples, who, with tears and violent gesticulations and wringing of hand* and outcry of bereavement, are ex pressing their woe. Raphael, with his skillful brush putting upon the wall of a palace some scene of sacred story, gave not so skillful a stroke as when the plain hand of the evangelist writes, "They went and told Jesus." The old Qoths and Vandals once came down upon Italy from the north of Europe, and they upset the gardens, and they broke down the statues, and swept away everything that was good and beautiful. So there Is ever and anon In the history of all the sons and daughters of our race an Incursion of rough handed troubles that come to plunder and ransack and put to the torch all that men highly prize. There Is no cave so deeply cleft Into the mountains as to afford us shelter, and the foot of fleetest courser cannot bear us beyond the quick pursuit. The ar rows they put to the Btrlng fly with unerring dart until we fall pierced and stunned. I feel that I bring to you a most ap propriate message. I mean to bind up •11 your griefs into a bundle and set them on Are with a spark from God'a altar. The prescription that cured the soriow of the disciples will cure all your heartaches. I have read that when Godfrey and his army marched out to capture Jerusalem, as they came over the hills, at the first flush of the pinnacles of that beautiful city, the army that had marched in silence lifted a shout that made the earth tremble. Oh, you soldiers of Jesus Christ, marching on toward heaven, 1 would that today, by some gleam from the palace of God's mercy and God's ■trength, you might be lifted into great rejoicing, and that as the prospect of its peace breaks on your enraptured gaze you might raiBe one glad hosan na to the laird! DUelplefT Comlucl C.’oium«n<fc<l. In the first place, 1 commend the be havior of these disciples to ail burden ed souls who are unpardoned. There cornea a time In almost every man's history when he feels from some source that he has an erring nature. The thought may not have such heft as to fell him. It may be only like the flash in an evening cloud Just after a very hot summer day. One man to | got rid of that Impression will go to i prayer, another will stimulate himself by ardent spirits and another man wl,l dive deeper in secularises. But some \ times a man cannot get rid of these impressions. The fact is, when a man finds out that his eternity is poised upon a perfect uncertainty and that the next moment his foot may slip, he must do something violent to make himaelf forget where he staiuis or else fly for refuge. Some of you crouch under a yoke, and you btte the dust, when this mo ment you might rlae up a crowned conqueror. Driven and perplexed aa you have been by tin. go and tell Je aus. To relax the grip of death from your aoul and plant your unahackled feet upon the golden throne, Chriat let the torture* of the bloody mount transfix him. With the beam of kts own croea he will break down the door of your dungeon From the thorn* of bl* own crown he will pick enough gema to make your brow blaaa with eternal victory. In every tear on hla wet cheek. In every gaab of kla aide. In every long, blackening mark of laceration from ahoulder to abouldar. In the grnve ahatterlng. heaven storm mg death groan, I hear him aay. "Him that cornelh unto me I will in ai<wi*e rant out." Ok," hut you aay. "Inatead of cur ing my wouad. you want to make an other wound -namely, that of convic tion!" Hate you never known a aur ■•on to come and hud a H> conic tlla case and then with sharp .snath burn i it all outT ho the are-* of Uwi teams to the old sore of sin It has Ion* been raakltng there hut by divine grace it i la burned out through three tree of on a ict ion the fit ah mining again an the Reak of a little .klld," ‘ where alh abounded, grace much mure • bouadeth. With the MM* unpar tinned am* of |wr life, go and tell as* t ... .1 1. If., 1.1 ■ .. A at i who wanted a throne pretrn I «t he *«* aery weah and alt hit and if he Wae sleeted he would e va he gone- He itavN upon hi* ciethsa to the tbrone, and having attained It he was strong again. He said, "It was well lor me while I was looking for the scepter of another that 1 should stoop, but now that I have found it, why ahould I stoop any long er?" and he threw away hie crutches and was well again. How Illustrative of the power of temptation! You think it Is a weak and crippled influence.but give it a chance and It .viil he a tyrant in your soul; it will grind you to at oms. No man has finally and forever overcome temptation until he has left the world. Hut what are you to do with these temptations? Tell every body about them? Ah, what a silly man you would he! As well might a commander In a fort send word to the enemy which gate of the castle Is least barred as for yoti to go and tell what all your frailties are and what your temptations are. The world will only caricature you, will only scoff at you. What, then, must a man do? When the wave strikes him with ter rific dash, shall he have nothing to hold on to? In this contest with "the world, the flesh and the devil," shall a man have no help, no counsel? Our text intimtes something different. In those eyes that wept with the Bethany sisters I see shining hope. In that voice which spake until the grave broke and the widow of Naln had hack her lost son and the sea slept and sorrow stupendous woke up In the arms of rapture in that voles I bear the command and the promlsp, "Cast thy buiden on the I>ord, and he will sustain thee.” Why should you carry your burdens any longer? Oh, you weary soul,Christ has been In this con flict. He suys: "My grace shall be sufficient for you. You shnll not be tempted above that you are able to bear." Therefore with all your tempta tions, go, as these disciples did, and tell Jesus. Again, I commend the behavior of the disciples to all those who are abused and to the slandered and per secuted. When Herod put John to death, the disciples knew that their own heads were not safe. And do you know that every John has a Herod? There are persons In life who do not wish you very well. Your misfortunes are honeycombs to them. Through their teeth they hiss at you, misinter pret your motives and would he glad to see you upset. buffering l*«rterutlon. No man gets through life without having a pommeling Some slander cornea after you, horned and husked and hoofed, to gore and trample you. And what are you to do? I tell you plainly that all who serve Christ must suffer persecution. It Is the worst sign in the world for you to he able to HRy, "1 have not an enemy In the world.” A woe Is pronounced In the Bible against the one of whom every body speaks well. If you are at peace with all the world and everybody likes you and approves your work, It is be cause you are an Idler In the lord’s vineyard and are not doing your duty. All those who have served Christ,how ever eminent, all have been maltreated at some stage of their experience. You know It was so In the time of George Whltefleld, when he stood and Invited men into the kingdom of God. What did the learned Dr. Johnson say of him? He pronounced him a miser able mountebank. How was it when Robert Hall stood and spoke as scarce ly any uninspired man ever did speak of the glories of heaven? And an he stood Sabbath after Sabbath preaching on these themes bis face kindled with the glory. John Foster, a Christian man, said of this man. “Robert Hall Is only acting, and the smile on his face la a reflection of his own vanity.” John Wesley turned all England up side down with Christian reform, and yet the punsters were after him, and the meanest Jokes In England were perpetrated about John Wesley. What is true of the pulpit is true of the pew; It is true of the street; It is true of the shop and the store. All who will live godly in Christ Jesus must suffer persecution. And I set It down us the very worst sign In all your Chris tian experience if you are, any of you, at peace with all the world. The re ligion of Christ is war. It is a chal lenge to "the world, the flesh and the devil.” and If you will buckle on the whole armor of God you will And a great host disputing your path between this and heaven. • • • An litfr rr+urvil I rlrntl. Often when we were In trouble we sent for our frlenda. but they were far away; t hay ■ could' not get to us. Wa wrote to them. 'Tome right away." or telegraphed, ' lake the neat train.” They rame at last, yet were a great while In comlug or perhaps were too late. But Cbrlat la always near be fore you. behind you. wlthlu you No mother ever threw her anus around her < hlld with such warmth and eeata ay of affection as t'hriat has shown to ward you t'hwe at band nearer than the staff upon which you lean, nearer than the cup you put to your Up. nearer than the handkerchief with which you wipe away your taara I preach him an ever present, all aym pathlalng compassionate Jeaua Mow can you stay away one moment from him with your griefs? Qo now tier and tell Jtsua It la often that our friends hava no pnwt-r ►> relieve us t hey would eery much like to do II, hut they cannot disentangle our finances. they rannot cult our sb knets and raise our dead, but g o y be to tu*l that to whom the dis< (plea went has all power ta Heaven an on eaith and at our call he will balk wur -aUmiitee and at |nat the right time la the presence of an ap plaud lag earth and a resounding heav en mill raise our dead Me pi mightier ■ ban Herod ||e la awtfler than the storm Me hi grander than the sea Me 1 r V ar • - r It. I, lU.Utt. A.ud evwtr • Word >d tlud • omnipotent e will »ap from its scabbard and all the re sources of Infinity be exhausted rather than that God's child shall not be de livered when he cries to him for res cue. Suppose your child was in trou ble. How much would you endure to get him out? You would go thsough any hardship. You would say: "I don't care what It will cost. I must get him out of that trouble.” Do you think God Is not so good a father as you? Seeing you are In trouble and having all power, will ha not stretch out his arm and deliver you? He will. He la mighty to aave. He can level the mountain and divide the sea and can extinguish tbj fire and save the soul. Not dim of eys, uot weak of arm. not feeble of resources, but with all Pternlty and the universe at his feet. Go and tell Jesus. Will you? Ye whose cheeks are wet with the night dew of the grave; ye who cannot look up; ye whose hearts are dried with the breath of sirocco; in the name of the religion of Jesus Christ, which lifts every burden and wipes away every tear and delivers every captive and lightens every darkness, 1 implore you now, go and tell Jesus. A little child went with her father, * sea captain, to sea, and when the first atorm came the little child was very much frightened and in thv night rushed out of the cabin and said, "Where is father, where is father?” Then they told her. "Father is on deck, guiding the vessel and watrhlug the storm." The little child Imme diately returned to her berth and said, "It’s all right, for father's on deck!” Oh, ye who are tossed and driven in this world, up by the mountains and down by the valleys, and at your wits' end, I want you to know the Lord God is guiding the Bhip Your Father is on deck. He will bring you through the darkness Into the harbor. Trust in the Lord. Go and tell Jesus. On the Upward I’utb. If you go to him for pardon and sympathy, all Is well. Everything will brighten up, and Joy will come to the heart and sorrow will depart; your slna will be forgiven and your foot will touch the upward path, and the shining messengers that report above what Is done here will tell It until the great arches of Ood resound with the glad tidings, If now, with contrition and full trustfulness of soul, you will only go snd tell Jesus. But I am oppressed as I think of those who may not take this counsel and may remain unblessed. I cannot help asking what will be the destiny of these people? Xerxes looked off on his army. There wero 2,000,000 men— perhaps the finest army ever marshal ed. Xerxes rode along the lines, re viewed them, came back, stood on some high point, looked off upon the 2,000,000 men and burst into tears. At that moment, when every one sup posed he would be in the greatest exul tation. he broke down In grief. They asked him why he wept. "Ah," he said, "I weep at the thought so soon all this host will be dead!” So i think of these vast populations of im mortal men and women and realize the (act that soon the places which know them now will know them no more, and they will be gone—whither? whither? There is a stirring Idea which the poet put In very peculiar verse when he said: " 'TIs not for man to trifle; life la brief. And sin Is here; Our age Is but the falling of a leaf, A dropping tear. Not many llveB, but only one have we— One, only one; How sacred should that one life ever be— That narrow span!” I Unurnl rttrugrapli*. Yale's senior class of the divinity school Is in New York studying so ciology. The year's course Includes this visit to New York for the study of types, conditions and charity sys tems. The class numbers about thirty. The visit Includes the Mills hotel and Chinatown. The Rev. Samuel E. Eastman and his wife, the Rev. A. F. Eastman, have been unanimously elected pastors of the Park church, Elmira, to succeed the late Rev. Dr. Thomas K. Beecher. Mr. and Mrs. Eastman bad been Dr. Beecher's assistants for several years previous to his death. • The sextonship of the parish church at Chapel-en-le-Frlth. Derbyshire.Eng land, has been retained in one family since 1631. The latest Incumbent. Joseph Bramwell, who has Just died, had held office since 18t»3. tie was burled In a vault in which lay the eight predecessors of whom he was a de scendant. Mount Hlnai hospital has received a gift of •300.000 from Meyer Uuggenbeim aad his sons, Isaac, Daniel, Murray, Holomou R . Simon and William llug genheiiu. to be uaed for the ereetlon of a hospital building In the new group to tit built by the hoepltal on Fifth ave nue. between One Hundredth and One Hundredth and Ftret streets. New York, Hi rung preaeure is being brought to I war on the members of All Houle' church Washington D C . to rail the Rev Ida P Holton to the vacant pas lorate. If the opposition to a woman lire O her which It strong among mom* of the memtiera. can be overcome Mian Hultoa may go to Washington Mba has preached to large audiences la Ail gouts' church The principal speakers at the meet 1 tag of the A inert* an Itaptiet Education society si Hot dprthgs Aik, on Map to were the He* J 4’ Araceti mg uf , «* lu'de-t wa# i<*i,*.« i aatintcai Arhnole as Factors la thraomi' national Deselopmeni liorlag the i*en lo > ‘ aad President I* it Fur It* ton of Iwaieon university, Ohio who apc-kw cm the Function el the taisUee* 4% Ktitg i~n “
