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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1900. OUR NEW MONITORS Represent Radical Advance in Fighting Machinery. FOUR TO BE ADDED TO NAVY Construction of This Class of Vessels Secures Greatest Results at Least Expenditure of Money Gen eral Characteristics, WASHINGTON, Dec 29. Recently there was launched at the Newport News, Ya., shipyards the Arkansas, one of the new type of monitors, of which there are four, the others belnsr the Florida, the Wyoming', and one was named Connecti cut. The state authorities of the Nut meg State declined tho name, saying1 the state was entitled to a hetter class of ship on account of Its Importance In the Union, and will try for a battle-ship or cruiser. The United States revolutionized naval construction and methods In 1661, and it has been revolutionizing them ever since. It Is true that other nations have been progressing more rapidly numerically, but scientifically, in hulls, machinery and armaments, the United States naval con structors have again set the pace of the world. The experiences of the war with Spain have suggested new departures. The ships of the future additions to the American Navy will be a marked advance on former designs. The naval programme for 1S9S-99, under the act of May 4, 189S, provides for three first-class battle-ships, four coast-defense monitors. 12 torpedo-boats and 16 torpedo boat destroyers. The four harbor defense monitors called for will present some of the most Tadlcal advances in the modern fighting machin ery. The monitor principle has always been distinctively American. There are many who regard them as the best all around war. ships yet designed. The act of Congress appropriating fo the naval service for the fiscal year end ing June SO, 1S99, under "Increase of the Navy," referring to the four harbor-defense vessels of the monitor type, limits the cost of these vessels to $1,500,000 each. The limit of time of completion is 27 months, with penalties from ?300 to $500 a day for failure. The Navy Department, in the construc tion of this class of vessels securing the greatest results at the least expenditure of money, has in view not only the se curing of the mainland harbors of the United States, but also of its island pos sessions In the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The design for the monitors, which have" been named, the Arkansas. Florida and Wyoming, and the name to be assigned was to be prepared by Chief Constructor H'chborn. It was decided that the best all round arrangement that could be buUt with the available appropriation was the arrangement with a slnglebalanccd tur ret on the center line forward, contain ing two high-powered 12-lnch breech loading rifles, a gun that has just been designed to be used with smokeless pow der: four four-inch rapid-fire bree-load-lnjr rifles also to be used with smokeless powder, completes the main battery. Tho secondary battery will consist of throe slx-pounder rapid-fire and four one pounder automatic rifles. The general characteristics of these ves sels as shown In the elements of design, will be: Length on load water line, 22 feet: breadth, extreme at water line. 50 feet; mean draft, at normal displacement, 12 feet six inches: normal displacement, about S235 tons; total coal capacity, loose stowage, 400 tons. In the details of design will appear these characteristics: The hull is to be of steel, not sheathed, with double bottom and close water-tight subdivisions. There will be one military mast, fitted with fighting and search-light tops. Seven boats are to be stowed clear of the blasts of the guns. Two, being the lifeboats, are to be carried at davits, so as to be quickly lowered. The protection of the hull against Injury to the water-line region Is to be afforded by means of a side armor belt, the maxi mum thickness being 11 Inches, tapering to five Inches at the armor shelf, tho depth being five feet. The maximum thickness Is abreast the engine and boiler spaces. From thence forward and aft It is reduced by steps to a minimum thick ness of five Inches at the bow and stern. The barbettes for the 12-lnch guns will have armor about 10 Inches thick. The turret Is of the HIchborn balanced tvpe, with front plate Inclined 42 degrees from the vertical. The side plates of the turret armor are to be nine inches thick. The main or protected deck Is to extend throughout the length of the vessel, to bo worked flat. The total thickness will be lVi Inches. A conning tower of 74 Inches In thick ness, having an armored communication tube three Inches In thickness, will be carried In a suitable commanding position forward, the tube extending to the armor dock, and affording protection to the voice tubes, bell wires, etc. The vcfeel will be driven by twin screws. The engines (two In number) are to be of the vertical, triple-expansion tvpe. in one water-tight compartment. The high-pressure cylinder, 17 inches Jn diameter, the Intermediate 25U lnchet, and the low pressure. 40 inches: the stroke of engines to be 24 Inches. The boilers (four In number) are to be of the water tube type, constructed for a working pres sure of 250 pounds, and are to be placed in one water-tight compartment. There will be the usual auxiliary machinery and workshop tools. Distilling apparatus and evaporators will be fitted for supplying fresh water. The total coal-bunker capacity will al low at least -KO tons with loose stowage without trimming. The total weight of machinery (but not including turret-turning machinery, cap stan, windlass, steering-gear, or winches) is limited to 240 tons. Fifty tons of wa ter for steaming purposes must be carried in the double bottom. Steam windlass steering engines and boat winches will be provided. These vessels will have staterooms in addition to one for the Captain, for six officers: require a complement of crew of 125, Xor whom ample berthing space has been provided. Storerooms are pro vided for one month's supply of cloth ing, contingent and small stores. The electric generating plant will con sist of four units: each unit to have an engine, dynamo, and compensation bed plate, and each dynamo a rated output of 403 amperes of 40 volts. The turret-turning gear, ammunition hoists, elevating gear, rammers and ven tilating apparatus will be operated by electricity. The estimated ssced of the vessel is to be 114 knots amply sufficient for a harbor-defense vessel. All wood used in the construction of the vessols will be flre-proofed. The vessels will bo fitted with docking keels, which will also serve the purpose of bllse keels. These harbor-defense monitors, which will have all tho latest Improvements known to naval science, will be Important additions to the Navy, and, being small, with large accommodations for crew for vessels of tholr size, they will be valua ble for the use and Instruction of the Naval Militia, that Important organiza tion which has so ably served the Gov ernment in tho late War with Spain. Nevr Trial for Berlin Banker. BERLIN. Dec 30. The Lokal Anzelger announces that the appeal In the case of Banker Sternberg, convicted of an of fense against morality, will result In a new trial, owing to a legal flaw. It also asserts that proceedings have been he gun against Dr. Selle, the leading counsel for the defense, and Dr. Werhauer. the junior counsel, for collusion with tho criminal commissioner, Thlel, to secure Il legally the acquittal of Sternberg. THE DEATH ROLL. University of Chicago Professor. CHICAGO, Dec 30. George W. North rup, D. D., LIi. D., professor of theology and head of the department In the divin ity school of the University of Chicago, died today, in his 75th year. His health has been falling for a number of years. He was president of the Baptist Unlou Theological Seminary for more than 2b years. Los Anjceles Theatrical Man. KANSAS CITY, Mb., Dec 30. Bert L. Goodale, a theatrical man of Los Angeles, Cal., died In his room, at the Elks Club, last night, of tonsllltls. after a short Ill ness. The remains will be sent to Kala mazoo, Mich., the home of Goodale's par ents, for burlaL Funeral of Alderman CurrlBTan. DENVER, Dec 30. Despite the cold weather and the fact that several Inches of snow had fallen during the night, tho funeral of Alderman Martin D. Currlgan today wa, perhaps, the largest and most Impressive ever held In Denver. Tho body lay in 'State for two hours in tho Council Chamber this morning. Hundreds passed in line, and reviewed the well known face. Requiem high mass was con ducted by Father Duffy at the Church of the Sacred Heart, after which Rev. Fa ther Malone delivered the funeral oration. Interment was In Mount Calvary ceme tery. Among the honorary pall-bearers were Governor C. S. Thomas and Mayor H. V. Johnson, of Denver. Mr. Currlgan died Wednesday of blood poisoning, the result of an injury received by falling from his buggy on election day. Ha was born in Ireland 5 years ago, and came to America in early life. Mr. Currl gan was a leader' in Democratic politics of Denver for moro than 30 years. In business ho was a building contractor. ADVERTISED. 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Dcnth-Blovr to Colombian Revolution CARACAS. Dec. 30, General Urlbe, chief of the Colombian revolution, recent ly defeated at Corasel. in the Province of Bolivar, has arrived at Maracalbo. This Is regarded as a death-blow to the revolu tionary movement. Gale Hns Rcnevred. LONDON. Dec SL A dispatch from Do ver says the gale has renewed, and that the wind Is blowing heavily in the Channel. END OF GREAT CENTURY PORTLAND PASTORS REVIEW WON DERFUL ACHIEVEMENTS. ' Christian Men Have Fonnft That tke Kingdom of Heaven Is Coincident With Commonwealth of Man. At the Unitarian Church yesterday. Rev. William S. Lord spoke upon "The Contributions of the Nineteenth Century to the Spiritual Life of the World." In introduction. Mr. Lord said: "We all stand today in a most unique position as to time. No one of us has ever looked into the face of a dying cent ury, no one of us will ever so look again. It is an unusually solemn hour, and we are quite compelled to look back and ask what has the century meant In terms' spiritual? I say 'spiritual for nothing TYPE OF but the spiritual survives In the ongoing of history. What have we from the splen did civilization of Greece save the beau tiful and true In her art and literature? What from Israel but her Immortal books? What from Rome but her ideas? "The impression is that the progress of the century has been and still is soui crushing: there have been born. In tho midst of our material civilization, ideas which are already, to some extent, con trolling the life of our European and American humanity. While our invent ors, engineers and masters of Industry have been sleepless and unfaltering, our poets, philosophers and scientists have been discovering for us 'the new heavens and the new earth' that their forerunners dreamed of. "What are some of these spiritual Ideas? "First The idea of a universe. The far thest star beyond the reach of the largest telescope Is found, through the spectro scope, to be the same In substance with this planet and all other planets and stars. And all these myriad bodies mov by the same perfectly adjusted law 'one law, one element.' And, again. It is dis covered that there are no empty or void spaces in all the unthinkable Infinitude or distances between the stars. The uni verse is bound together in one whole by a substance in rarefied forms which fills all Interstellar spaces. Such a thought as this respecting man's dwelling place is marvelously expansive of his mind. It enlarges his thought and makes him feel that he belongs not to the earth alone, but to the stupendous whole of which the earth is a part. There is thus begot ten in man a cosmic consciousness, and we feel ourselves already In eternity. "Second The discerning of the method by which the universe moves on its pre-, gresslve way the method of evolution a method worthy of the conception of the universe Itself, answering to the urgent demands of our own God-given reason. We run the process through from star dust to man and then climb, in the im agination, the heights not yet attained. "Third And that a universe of spiritual laws has been discovered to us. never so clearly and really as by many nineteenth century seers, the chief of whom is Ralph Waldo Emerson. He points out the mor al and spiritual facts and relations with a certainty and inevltableness that no as tronomer can excel In his mathematical measurements. Mr. Emerson has brought spiritual contributions not only to this century and next, but to all centuries. "Fourth Then we have a new thought of God. The idea of God dominant in the world for centuries many has been that of an architect who has.bullt aworld and worlds, who remalnr outside and. comes to his creations only as a visitant. Our prayers and hymns are full of the God 'enthroned on high.' This new thpught came first in this century In living and Inspiring form through William Words worth, who fled from the hearsay religion and poetic art of his day, and. laying his ear to the bosom of nature, heard there the throbbing heart of God himself. Ev ery poet since has felt this Immanent God In nature. And spiritual philosophy, after long waiting, finds even modern the ology affirming that tho whole universe is but the garment of God. God himself the force in every atom, and the vitality of every living germ. And. then, a good God has been found, and thus we have discovered that there can be no devils or hells In a good God's universe. With him, all suffering must be remedial, and not punitive or retributive. A good. Imma nent God! What a vastly different bcln? from him conceived by ancient Jew, an dent or medieval Catholic, or Protestants of even the first half of this century! "Fifth We have also a higher thought of what man Is and is to be. The divinity of man has been sung by all the great noets of this century, beginning with Wordsworth. 'Trailing clouds of glory, do we come. The last great poet Robert Browning has most entirely set forth man's imperial constitution, and If that poet seems obscure, to any. Is It not be cause he drops his plummet so far into the infinite depths of the human soul? In other quarters, has this gospel of tho divine nature and destiny of man been set forth. It has been one of the missions of our Unitarian Church to preach this Gospel. William Ellery Chnnnlngs ser mons are saturated with this Idea. The fallen man' of Milton and the older .poets has forever gone. The 'worm, of the dust of the old theologies Is scarcely remem bered by preachers in orthodox pulpits;. In every sermon in the5e churches, there Is assumed a higher estimate of man. "Sixth In this century, too, have men of the Christian church and religion dis covered that the Tdngdom of heaven' is coincident with the commonwealth of man. For 1S00 years men have prayed thy kingdom come.' Inverting Its mean ing and translating every plain teaching of Jesus respecting a Christian social state here Into a reference to an artificial heaven hereafter. It Is a mighty dlscov. ery for Christians that the "new heaven and the new earth in the Apocalypse are to be here and brought here by ourselvas. "Seventh This Implies a spiritual dem ocracy. Sons of God are brother men. The consciousness of brotherhood is press ing in upon our thought Irresistibly, and promises not alone new political, but new social states and conditions. We all feel, though we may not see how it Is to be brought about, that the riches of the mind and of the earth must have broth erly use. Whitman, Ruskln and Tolstoi are three of Its great prophets. "Eighth And this new-born thought ot a social brotherhood is leading to a con sciousness of the solidarity of the race. The motto, My country, right or wrong," Is a reminiscence of our savage estate, and not a. few persons are even now say ing. 'My country is the world, and to do good Is my religion.' " Mr Lord spoke also of the dawning of the kingdom of the beautiful upon the common mind, and concluded with the se rious personal Inquiry: "What has each of us done. In the part of the century which we have lived, lo "bring in or realize these great spiritual and exalting Ideas?" As a prelude to his sermon, Mr. Lord referred to Dr. Hill's and Dr. Wise's pub lic words upon gambling and vice In Port land. He thanked them, and said that Portland, for Its good name's sake, need ed, like New York, to have Its commit tee of .15 leading business men organized to suppress vice. In order to contradict to the great American public the charge that the business men of Portland favor gambling to such an extent that they aro willing It should be even Illegally licensed. Or, where Is the Judge who will follow the example of his colleague In Chicago and charge the next grand Jury to under take what -the regular officers of tho la.tr have failed to do? TRIUMPH FOR. CHRISTIArTrFT. The Greatest Achievement ef the Nineteenth Centnry. Rev. H. W. Kellogg's subject at the First Methodist Church yesterday was "Tho Closing of a Great Century." His text was from Revelations xxl:26: "And they shall bring the glory and honor of the nations into It." Dr. Kellogg said: "No one can fall to be Impressed at this ' 'C- aj jSS-k 3eJZZS&-Li THE UNITED STATES NEW CLASS OF moment by the silent meeting and part ing of two great centuries, the century of our birth and the century of our death. He must feel the throbbing of the mighty Impulses of life which have been form ing tho old and which must make the new. "Tho past Is history. It Is written. It can never be changed. It must be read. We feel like one who has finished his day and Is reckoning up. Surely it has been a great period, alive with the activities of men. More has really been done In these 100 years than in all the past. But this may be because the great past prepared the way. No one century stands alone. It Is organically related to every other century. Th samo life runs through all, and the samo purpose is over all. This life and purpose is God- To believe In God 1b to believe In real, substantial progress. "This closing century has been pre eminently a century of achievement. Things have come to pass. Forces have been created which have been working for the uplifting of man. Not all mate rial progress may be counted on tho side of gain. If so, then some of the ancient nations stand among the first. But this does not prevent us from reckoning on the side of advancement much so called material prosperity. Whenever the 'material' has come to pro mote the interests of true manhood. It can be placed among the things that make for real advance. Much of the ma terial prosperity of the last century has been of this kind. When the old woman was asked to give the strongest evidence of the advance of the race, she respond ed, 'Lucifer matches," but the answer would depend upon what uso you make of the matches. On the whole, I believe she was right. By the same rule I am Inclined to pace our vast material pros perity, which Is the most astonishing won der of the ages, on the side of real prog ress, because it has contributed to the truest interests of men and women. I wish all might be credited on one side. "No one can doubt our material pros perity. This Is the most amazing thing the mind can contemplate. Mr. Wallace says that It is for this closing century to boast of more than two-thirds of the i great discoveries and inventions that have taken place In all the preceding ages of human life. Steam and electricity are easily placed among the greatest. Wheth er they are or not, some will doubt. But these will hold their first place, because they contribute so directly to the rein forcing of physical power. These have made life stronger and swifter. Their marvels are continually unfolding. All civilization has a physical basis. Inven tion has touched every expression of hu man skill. To enumerate would be to create volumes. "Intellectual life has kept pace with the swiftness of steam. It must be so, or this physical pQwer could not have at tained its present development. Science has changed her method, and by her new course has forced her way to the very soul of the universe. New departments have been created, or so nearly so that they may be said to be the products of this century. Among these are some which Tnow seem nlmost old geology and biology and others. Psychology is a new science in its present form. If we men- tlon chemistry. It has been so Improved as to almost allow it a place among the new. This has been an age of utility, and men have sought tho directly useful. Ideas are always before material achieve ment, and they are tho results of tho same. How much we owe to the dis coveries and Inventions of the past cen tury for the Ideas that now dominate the minds of men no one may be able to tell, but they are products, as they are causes. "One notion has characterized this cen turythat Is democracy, a regard for the interests of the people, the masses, even the 'mob." Not that tho idea has been the creation of this century. It has been of slow growth, an Idea which be longs to the evolution of the race. But In this century It has taken on world wide Influence. This has been because of the support and defense it has had among the English-speaking races, especially Its encouragement In our country. Under neath it is the notion that has long been struggling for recognition among men that of altruism, or the relation of man in a common brotherhood. How this has broken down old prejudices and annihi lated distinctions of classes! How it has Inspired men to live and act for men! I am of the opinion that this one Idea has been responsible for many of the great discoveries and inventions of the past age. It has destroyed old govern ments and created new ones and remod eled others. The growth of this spirit m the last century may Justly be said to be its crowning glory! This has been the motive power which has extended rights to all men. It dictated our Declaration of Independence. It disturbed the foun dations and overthrew slavery, has ex tended to every child the privileges of education, and made, or is fast making, music, art, literature and painting not the privilege of the few, but the prop erty of the masses. It has made possible the invention which has decreased the burden of the laborer and given him a right to a home furnished with all the luxuries bt a great world. In other words, it has made the richest and greatest pro ductions of the ages common. It Is now pervading all nations. - It is uniting all peoples. It today gives to the stronger nations, as to -our own, the sense of guardianship ever the weaker nations. It is the reason for our expansion. We must exnand, for we are needed by the whole world. "But, you tell me, this has been the re sult of religion. I grant this, for this is religion. This Is the religion of Jesus. It is coming to be supreme. The church, which has enfolded it and nourished It, must not feel sad because it has reached beyond the boundaries of ecclesiastical limits. It has gone from home to do its mission. It Is now taking on a world wide thought. This "world-notion has been possible to realize only In this late day of the world. Our civilization is - - ."- - i iJ7- m,- " i i mtzt m ssj is z " ism. ii - world-wide All limitations which men have set are broken down. We travel with such rapidity that wo visit the dis tant parts of the world in a few days and see our brother in his strange habits and teach him a better way. This is the inspiration for the missionary movements which have distinguished this century. The seed of all was In the love which Christ expressed in his sufferings and which he uttered in his commands. "This spirit has ruled the age as It has ruled no other. It has ruled In leg islation, and the 'civic conscience' is to be considered in all government. Gov ernments which recognize the principle today control 900,000.000 of the world's In habitants. The social life of man Is per meated by this spirit. Benevolence and philanthropy prevail. The weak one is considered. Childhood Is honored. The nations in sin and Ignorance and superb stitutlon are sought and helped. There are new meanings to the words 'tolera tlon and 'sympathy which have never been known. What Institutions have been the creation of this spirit! Our great cities aro crowded with homes for all classes of unfortunates, and pro visions for their relief. -tUtetrr-H. MONTTORS. "Indeed, this spirit Is the 'Judgment seat' where is decided the permanence of all that is to be. Literature and art will live as they serve Kb wish. Inventions aro to be retained as they help to carry out Its enters. Men and governments which serve not this shall perish. "Greatest among all the great things that the century has brought Is Its achievement In great men noble, right eous men; men of truth, whoso visions were clear, whose hearts were strong. Some of them have been disgraced and dishonored and had to die for the cause of humanity which they sought to se cure. What an honorable list this cen tury passes on to the knowledge of com ing ages! Men who loved liberty and truth, and whp for the sake of God and man have perished. But they go to be crowned t with everlasting honors. In all lands they have appeared. In science and government their holy purpose has been felt. "So we close a great century a. century that has tola more than any other for the purpose of God in tho uplifting of men. Christianity has had a great op portunity to be demonstrated In unlvep. sality and power, and she has been ex alted. It has been a triumph to our ChrlBt." RELIGION HAD ADVANCED. The Bible Proved to Be More Than Treatise on Ethics. Rev. George A. Taggart, pastor of the MIsslsslppl-Avenue Congregational Church, Alblna, delivered a sermon yes terday morning on "Thoughts on the Old Year," taking for his text Deuteronomy, xvll:16, "Ye shall henceforth return no more that way." He said: "The close of this year Is one of the great view points of Ufa and history. t We stand on the divide, not only of years, but of centuries. This Is one of the great divisions of time. The privilege speaks of obligation. Many have lived and died without having been privileged to pass one of the great boundary lines of time. We do well to make much of it. It Is a dead soul that Is not stirred by the thought that we are leaving behind a century, full of marvelous achievement, in which mankind as a whole has risen to a height never before known, and that we are entering a century In which we be lieve wo are to see yet greater things. Each month and week and day of the closing year has been crowded with God's blessings. In our homes, in social circles, In business pursuits, in temporal and spiritual things heaven has rained gifts upon us. "During tho century, religion and relig ious life proved their right to a place in the hearts of mankind. The Bible has proven to be more than a treatise on ethics; it ha3 given Inspiration to a life. Evolution and higher criticism have as sailed the essentials of our Christian faith, but the fundamental principles re main and Christ Is still the hope of this world. Nothing can blot out that match less life that taught men how to live here and promised life hereafter. We are In tho process of evolution; but the pro cess that evolves without taking into con sideration God and his matchless love for humanity is an evolution that must fall. Tho closing years of the century have been marked by an unsettled condition of tho human mind. Old superstitions are passing away. New views of truth are coming like the first streaks of dawn o'er tho eastern hills. Our views of life and duty have enlarged. The coming of Mes siah is-better understood, and his work is better appreciated. The religion ot Christ has measured strength with pagan philosophy and other religions of tho world, but has lost nothing by compari son. "Mechanical Inventions have multiplied and caused the world to wonder, but the Roman cross on Calvary has attracted more minds, engaged the admiration of more people and perplexed more than any thing else. Let us not fear the crucial test of our religion and our Christ. He passed the crucifixion and came forth unharmed and unmarked save for the scar of nail and spear wound, and these became an attestation to the fact that hn had been tried. They told of his worth. "I have learned not to dread the at tack of enemies so much as the falsity of friends. Open rebellion is easier to meet than supine indifference. During the year indifference 'has overcome some of us, and our lives, as well as the cause we claim to live for, have suffered loss. In the unsettled conditions about us we have refused to assert a, belief In anything. "A human being seems but an atom In the great century movements, but cen turies aro made up of years, months, days and hours; all movements have be gun in the brains and efforts of one or two. The things that He behind teach us that the future shall he what we make. "What have you done In the harvest field of the Lord during tho year? There has never been a year so ladened with golden opportunities. As a Nation, our ascendency In the Isles of the sea, our place in the council of nations has opened untold opportunities for good. This Is God's plan of evolution; th3 Nation that is taught to teach others. A great mis sionary awakening lies before us, made possible only by what lies behind. Ye shall henceforth return no more that way," but a grander, more glorious way lies ahead. 'Tho year has closed the life and pro bation and fixed the eternal destinies or millions. This is a dying world, and yet amid tho carnage we have been spared. Wo have been taught great lessons. And to what end? Will we be more courageous. In the years to come than those past?" Shall our convictions of right be asserted and amidst the chaos of thought and controversy will we stand for Christ? You pass this way but once. "Let the world feel the warming Influ ence of your love and fellowship. Under mine no one's hope of heaven and eter nity until you can give them something better. Allow no one to take from you your hope in. Christ until he can replace it with a purer, a better, a more reason able one." Watching .the Old Year Out. At the Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church, corner of East Pine and Ninth streets, there will be a delightful and profitable watch-night service this even ing, beginning at 9:30 P. M., and continu ing until after the midnight hour, watch ing the old century out and the new cen tury In. The bell will ring at 5 and 9:30 P. JL, and Just before the midnight hour It will toll the old year out, and then Joyfully ring the new year In. The serv ices will begin promptly at 9:30 P. M. with organ voluntary on the pipe organ, presided over by Mr. John Bamford, the organist. After the opening prayer the young people of the church. Under the direction of the Epworth League, will conduct a service of song, at the conclu sion of which the large choir, under the direction ot E. S. Miller, the chorister, will render some special selections. Rev. J. W. Miller will preach an appropriate sermon, and the pastor will follow with a short address. Subject, 'The Old and the New Century." The last half hour will be devoted to a testimony and experience meeting. At the conclusion of the ringing ot the midnight bell, the 'old Methodist watch-night hymn, "Come, Let Us Anew Our Journey Pursue," will be sung by the whole congregation, standing, tho largo choir with the pipe organ leading tho song. Immediately following will be the doxology and benediction. Then a happy new year to all. A general Invitation Is extended to every eno to participate In this special service. Baptist Union Service. One of the most elaborately arranged New Year's meetings of the city Is to he at the First Baptist Church. From 8 to 8:30 o'clock there will be a service In which singing will be prominent. There will be a recital on the organ by Profes sor Wilder, a violin solo by Charlie Wal ton, and Mrs. Dora M. Newman will sing "The Holy City." There will be brief ad dresses on the old century by Rev. Stan ley C. Lapham, and on the new by Rev. Ray Palmer. Then a social hour will be enjoyed. At 10:45 there will be a sermon by Rev. George R, Varney, the recently appointed missionary for Oregon. A hymn written by the pastor will be sung, and the whole will close with a solemn conse cration prayer and tjolUng the 'midnight bell on the organ. The Baptist churches of the city unite in this service. Social Side Hot Forsotten. The congregation of the First Christian Church. Park avenue and Columbia street, will hold a special service In their chapel this evening. In commemoration of the passing of the old century. An excellent programme has been arranged for the oc casion, consisting of musical and literary numbers, which promises to be very In teresting. This service has been prepared by the young men of the church, and they have provided for the occasion suitable re freshments, which will be served to all without charge. A cordial Invitation, Is extended to attend this service. Y. M. C. A. in Line. This evening at 8 o'clock there will be a social night at the Young Men's Christian Association rooms, having spe cial reference to the new year. There will be a basket-ball contest between the All-Stars and the Noon Players, and also an indoor baseball game. Refreshments will be served, and the:, all hands will sit and watch the old year die and the new century begin. Among the interesting features will be a resolution service, when all who care to will make resolutions for the new century. New Year's Union Service. There Is Increased Interest throughout the city In the union religious, services welcoming the new century, to be held tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock, at the Marquam Grand Theater, and a big crowd will no doubt attend. Presbyterians Unite. The First Presbyterian Church and Cal vary Presbyterian Church will unite in a union watch-meeting service tonight, shortly before midnight, in the church at Twelfth and Alder streets. PULLMANORDINARYSLEEPERS A great deal of the first-class travel nowadays is being done In the Pullman ordlnaty s!eeplng-cars. These cars are equal. If not superior, to the first-class cars of a few years ago. They are up holstered In plush, finished in polished hardwoods, have the same convenience an the drawing-room sleeper, and In every respect are as comfortable as tho higher priced cars. Uniformed porters are In charg;. whose business It Is to keep the cars clean and ventilated, and look after the wants of the passengers. If you are contemplating a trip East, call at the O. R. & N. ticket office and ask for a folder showing views of these cars, both interior and exterior. To Get $50,000 Front Estnte. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec 30. Herbert L. Wiggins, who has been stage manager at a local theater for the last two seasons, left for San Francisco today to' claim one-fourth of a $200,000 estate in Maine, which a letter from his parents in Califor nia states has been left him. Recrnits for Rnsslan Provinces. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 30. The Rus sian transport St. Petersburg has left Odessa with 1500 recruits for the maritime provinces. She carries also numerous presents from the Empress to the Red Cross Society officials and nurses in that district. DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. PORTLAND, Dec 30. 8 P. M. Maximum, temperature. 32; minimum temperature. 23; river reading at 11 A. M.. 7.2 feet: change In the. past 24 hours. LI feet; total precipita tion. 5 P. H. to B P. M.. 0.00; total precipita tion since Sert. 1, 1900. 16.31 Inches; normal precipitation, since Sept- 1, 1000, 10.12 Inches; deficiency, 2.81 Inches; total sunshine Dec. 29, 2:43; possible sunshine Dec. 20, 8:42. Pacific Coast 'Weather. H Wind. : f P IS STATIONS. Astoria Baker City , Blsmvck ......... Boise Eurrka Helena Kamlonps, B. C... Neah Bay , Pocatello , Portland ..-. Red Bluff Roseburg Sacramento , Salt Lake San Francisco .... Spokane Seattle Walla Walla ...., Trace. Light. ;o.oo N .Clear 0.00 NW Clear Clear o.w 10 o.oo NW N Clear Clear Clear 0.00 0.00 sw 0.00 W Pt cloudy 0.001 S Cloudy 1210.00 SW Clear v.w. 0.00 0.00 SB i Cloudy N Clear N N NK W NTV NE S Clear Clear Snow Clear Pt. cloudy Clear dear 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 30 1 C WEATHER COrJDITJONS. No rain or snow has occurred In the Rocky Mountain and Pacific States during the last 24 hours. The temseratures In the North Pacific States aro from 5 to 20 deg. below the average for the season of the year. Tho Indications are for generally fair weather In this district Mon day, with slight changes In temperature. WEATHER FORECASTS. Forecasts made at Portland for the 23 hours ending at midnight Monday, December 31: Portland and vicinity Probably fair; winds mostly northerly. Oregon Probably fair, excepting increasing cloudiness and rain near coast; winds mostly northerly. Washington Probably fair, except rain near coast; westerly winds. Idaho Probably fair; variable winds. EDWARD A. BEALS. Forecast Official. AMUSEMENTS. CORDRATS THETER CORDRATS THEATER CORDRATS THEATER- HUNDREDS UNABLE TO GET EVEN STANDING ROOM LAST NIGHT AFTER 7:30. TONIGHT, MATINEE TOMORROW 2:43. NO ADVANCE IN PRICES. THE COMEDY THAT KEPT ALL NEW YORK LAUGHING, THE COMEDY THAT KEPT AT.T, NEW. YORK LAUGHING, "A STRANGER IN A. STRANGE LAND." "A STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND." "A STRANGER TJT A. STRANGE LAND." "A STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND." BNACTED BY THALL AND KENNEDY'S COMPANY. A good reserved seat at New Year's Matlne for 25o and 00c. Night prices, 23c, COo and 75c no higher. "A Stranger In a Strange Land" appears NEW GRAND, SALEM. JAN. 7. MARQUAM GRAND CAL. HETLIO, Mgr. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Dec. 31, Jan. 1, 2. Matinee New Year's after noon. Engagement of MR. RICHARD GOL DEN In his pastoral narrative of New Eng land life. "OLD JED PROUTY. Evening prices Entire parquette. $1.30; en tire parquette circle. SI; balcony, first 6 rows, 73c: last fl rows, COc; gallery. 23c; boxes and loges. $7.30. Matinee prices Entire parquette. fl; entire parquette circle. 75c; balcony, first 6 rc-TTs, 60c: last 6 rows, 23o; boxes aad loges.fS. METROPOLITAN Third and Yamhill sts. Phono Grant 74L Clarence H. Jones, Mgr. Portland's Down-Town Theater. The Black Clouds Am a Moving. Special Engagement, New Year's "Week, Starting To night. Dec. 30. Matinees Tuesday and Sat urday. The Colored Aristocracy Company la "A RAG-TTME CARNIVAL." The first Una here. Nothing like It. Refined Minstrelsy and Burlesque. Direct from a two years tour ot Australia. A Novelty "Coon Town 400." The Greatest Colored Show In America. Prices Just tho same. Next attraction. "A Turkish Bath." FREDERICKSBURG SEVENTH AND ALDER STS. LL NEW PEOPLE. ALL NEW PEOPLE. ALL NEW PEOPLE. ' EPPS AND EPPS. TRUSTY AND TRUSTY, Colored Quartet. THE THREE VALARES. Acrobats, Gymnast. BERLDf SISTERS. "Swell" Singers. ADMISSION FREE. ADMISSION FREE. .AT?OTIOX SALES TODAY. At 2S9 First St.. at 10 o'clock A. M. J. T, Wilson, auctioneer. XBKTXNO NOTICES. A. A. & RITE, MULT NOMAH COUNCIL OF KA DOSH, NO. L Meeting this evening at S o'clock. Work in 30th derne. By order EM. COMMANDER. IYANHOB LODGE. NO. 10. K. OF P. The convention will be opened at 7 o'clock sharp this (Monday) evening for the transaction of necessary business, at Auditorium Hall. , G. a MOSER, V. C. L. CARSTENSEN, K. of R. & S. HALL OF INDUSTRY LODGE, NO. S. A. O. U. W. Members please take notice! This lodge having by & unanimous vote granted to Prospect Camp, Woodmen of the World, the privilege of using our hall by 8 o'clock this (Monday) evening, the lodge will meet promptly at 7 o'clock sharp and Initiate candi dates (in short form), transact our other busi ness with dispatch, and close at 8 o'clock. In order to accommodate our fraternal neighbors, the Woodmen of the World. . L. A. WHTTCOMB. Master Workman. Attest: JOHN W. PADDOCK. Recorder. WASHINGTON CHAPTER, NO. 18, R. A. M. There will be a spe cial meeting this (Monday) even ing at 7:30. Work In tha Mark Master degree. By order of the H. P. C E. MILLER. Sec. i DIED, FREEMAN At Warren, Or., Dec. 9t, 1900, suddenly, of heart failure. Chas. A. Free roan, axed 71 years, 1 month asA 10 days; formerly of this city. MORSE In this city, Dec .23, 1800, Solomon Bradford Morse, aged 07 years, 6 months. 17 days. Funeral from residence, 634 Morrison, Monday at 10:30 A. M. BUCK In this city. Dec 30. Edith Winifred Buck, aged 11 years, at her residence, 382 Kerby at., cor. Sell wood; daughter of J. H. Buck and Mrs. Annie Buck. TURNBULL In this city, Dec EO, 1800, Thomas R. Turnbull. aged 67 years, 4 moa. Funeral will take place today at 2 P. M. from F. S. Dunnlng3 undertaking parlors. 414 East Alder st. Friends Invited. DAVIS la this city, Dec 30. 1000, Mrs. Maria L. Davis, aged 67 years, 8 months, 3 days. Funeral will take place Tuesday. Jan. 1. 1901, at 1 P. M-.-from her late residence, 204 14th st. Friends Invited. Services at thex grave private. FUNHRAL NOTICE. MORSE In this city, Dec 28. 1B0O. Solomon Bradford Morse, aged 07 years 0 months 17 days. Fuaeral from residence, Monday, 10:30 McGRATH The funeral eervdes ot Ella L. McGrath. who died at the family residence. In this city, 211 Columbia St., Dec 20, 1900. will be held at the Cathedral. 15th. and Davis sts.. Tuesday. Jan. 1. 1901. at 2 P. M. Friends Invited. Interment at Mount Calvary cemetery. EDWARD HOLMAN, Undrtalcer,4ta and Yamhill sts. Rena Stlnsen, lady assistant. Both phones No. 607. Finley, Kimball Jk Co., Undertakers. Lady assistant. 275 Third at. TeL 9. NEW TODAY. WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE ONE HUN- dred dollars for one? The Diamond OH Company, through B. A, Clem & Co., 148 Third street, will show you how. Your principal Is guaranteed, and your profits as sured. See them. DIAMONDS. PEARLS. PRECIOUS STONES. Jewelry made to order, old gold taken In ex change. Tlngry, the Jeweler, cor. Morrison and Second, over the Famous. FOR SALE-30 SHARES OF STOCK IN DAL. las City Bank: par value. $3000. Write Oscar Hayter. Attorney-at-Law. Dallas, Or. MORTGAGE LOANS On Improved city and farm property, at lowest current rates. Building loans. Installment loans. MacMaster & Blrrell. 811 Worcester BEe Mortgage Loans On Improved city and farm property. R. LIVINGSTONE. 224 Stark st. $500.00 to $50,000.00 For loans on most favorable terms. Municipal and school bonds purchased. W. H. Fear. Chamber ot Commerce. Turkeys, 15c lb The finest turkeys in the city. The fattest turkeys In the city. The largest turkeys In the city. The freshest turkeys in the city. The best turkeys In the city. All fresh In. Turkeys that will make yea smile. Turkeys, geese, ducks and chickens all from first hand. Can save you 23 per cent. See the La Grande Creamery Co., 264 Yamhill. TIMBER LANDS FOR SALS. 2000 ACRES GOOD PINE. FIR. TAMARAC and hewable fir timber, three miles haul, or run down creek to depot- Sell or want prac tical lumberman with some capital to take charge. Address box 3S7, LaQrande, Or.