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Third Wafci&ft-tea St. HJ.BEECHER Move for a Suitable Memorial. GREAT PREACHER PRAISED ix-President Cleveland Makes Leading Address, REMARKS BY JUSTICE BREWER Plan Tm to Raise Fund of $250,000, and With It Create an Eiprcs aive Memorial on Site of Plymouth Church. NEW YORK. March S. A great mass meeting was held in the Academy of Mu sic in Brooklyn tonight for the purpose of raising funds to erect a memorial In honor of Henry "Ward Beecher, the found er of Plymouth Church and for 40 years its pastor. Many hundreds who were turned away from the doors gathered at an overflow meeting In Plymouth Church. Mayor Seth Low presided at the Acad emy of Music meeting, and among the prominent persons who paid tribute to the memory of the great preacher were: Ex- President Grover Cleveland, Justice Brew- I er, of the United States Supreme Court; Rev. Newell Dwlght Hillls, of Plymouth Church, and Rev. Frank W. Gunsaulus, of Chicago. Favorite hymns -were ren dered by the Plymouth choir. Mayor Low Introduced ex-President Cleveland, who said: Mr. Cleveland Address. "Mr. Chairman and Ladies and Gentle men: I claim the right to join in these exercises for reasons peculiarly my own. I am here in obedience to an impulse that will not be denied: and I am accredited to this assemblage by a condition of heart and by an Influence which has been strong witnin me for many years. It is now more than 43 years ago that I heard in Plymouth Church a sermon whose im pressiveness has remained fresh and bright in my mind during all the time that has since passed. In days of trial and troublous perplexity Its remembrance has been an unfailing comfort, and In every time of. depression and discourage ment the lesson it taught has brought res toration of hope and confidence. I remem ber as if it were but yesterday the fervid eloquence of the great preacher as he captivated my youthful understanding and pictured to my aroused imagination the entrance of two young men upon the world's Jostling activities one laden like a beast of burden with sordid expecta tions, and the other with a light step and cheerful determination, seeking the way of duty and usefulness and striving for the reward promised to those who love and serve God and labor for humanity. I have never for a moment lost the impres sion made upon mo by the vivid contrast. tnnuingiy painted In words that burned. between the two careers, nor have I ever failed to realize the meaning of the truth taught by the description given of the happy compensations in life and the peace and solace in death of the one, and the racking disappointments In life and the dspair in death of the other. "What this sermon has been to me In all these years I alone know. I present its recollection today as a personal credential of my own, especially entitling me to representation among those who meet to recall and memorialize the 'fame and usefulness of Henry "Ward Beecher. "I am not here, however, for the pur pose of only giving voice to a grateful recollection, nor solely to acknowledge the personal benefit and service I have received from the teachings of the illus trious dead. I have come to join in the kind of hero worship which Is but another name for a reverent recognition of that greatness which manifests Itself when humble faith and trust In God Inspire sin cere and brave service In the cause of humanity's elevation and betterment. It has been wisely said that hero worship will endure while man endures. Let us accept this as a pleasant truth. UDon the condition that the man or qualities wor shiped and the manner of their worship are oi tne very essence of the matter. Let us believe that there Is no sadder symptom of a generation's bad moral health than its lack of faith in its great men and its loss of reverence for its heroes; but let this belief be coupled with the reservation that those called great snail te truly great, and that the heroes challenging our reverence shall be truly heroic, measured by standards adjusted to the highest moral conditions of man's civilization. "Worship of a Hero. "We cannot have the least misgiving concerning the completeness of the hero wnose name is on our lips tonight and whose memory is in our hearts. Should a hero's aims and nurnosps hp- hlf Vl nnrl nn ble? Our hero devoted his life to teaching tne love of God and pointing out to his ieuow-men tne way or tneir soul s salva tion. Should he be unselfish flcing and generous? The self-sacrifice of our hero shone out constantly and bright ly, ana ms uie will De searched in vain for a selfish, untrenerous net. RhnnM Vi be courageously and aggressively a lover of his countrv and a chamnlnn nf frwv. dom? Our hero, in the day of his coun try's danger and trial, challenged- all comers in defense of our National safety and unity. He stood like a rock against doubters at home; and he confronted an gry, threatening throngs abroad with a steady, undying courage which wrought triumphs for his country and for Its con secration to manhood freedom. Should he be brave and patient under personal suf fering and affliction? Our hero, when af flictions came from heaven, submissively continued to praise God; and when he felt the cruel stings of man's ingratitude he serenely looked toward his Heavenly Father's face and kept within the comfort ing light of a pure conscience. Should a hero crowd all his high moral attributes with great and beneficent achievements? Our hero led thousands upon thousands to the way of eternal life; he surrounded religion with cheerful brightness ' and taught that it grows best, not in the dark ness of terror, but in the constant sun shine of God's unfailing love. He performed the highest service "Lo his country in a spirit of absolutely pure patriotism. His life and influence were blessed benefactions to his countrymen far and near, and by no means the least of all he did. he created Plymouth Church and kindled there a light of Christian faith and hope whose unwavering and unwanlng warmth and light have In every corner of our land dispelled the chill and gloom of doubt and fear. We desire to establish a memorial to our hero. We know that there is no need of duplicating a reminder that Henry Ward Becher has lived and Is no longer with jis in the body. We know that neither monument nor memorial avails to the dead, and we know that nothing more than the monument our hero has himself erected In the hearts of man is necessary to his remembrance. And yet in loving honor to his name we would erect a memorial through which the living will be quickened and strength ened in the emotions and sentiments so much a part of his life and death. We would make our memorial an agency for the continuation of the mission which he undertook when he consecrated himself to the service of God and the elevation and Improvement of his fellow-men, and hy the love he still bore toward God and men we would Invoke his approval of our work. We seek to build a memorial which should be a shrine, surrounded and per vaded by our hero's Influence and spirit, inspiring all who worship there to noble deeds. We would invite to his shrine from near and far those whose hearts have been touched by his earnest tones. If haply they might hear again his words of love and comfort, and we would invite those who have never known his minis trations to come, and, standing within the Influence of that sacred place, to feel Its gentle leading to a better and more useful life. Beecher Told How. "Our hero has himself declared in what manner his shrine should be approached: "When I fall and am burled In Greenwood, let no man dare to stand over the turf and say "Here lies Henry Ward Beecher," for God knqws that I will not He there. Look up. If you love me, and If you feel that I have helped you on your way home, stand with your foot on my turf and look up; for I will not hear anybody who does not speak with his mouth toward heaven. "It would savor of hardihood If we who knew Mr. Beecher and his work, and who now contemplate the building of a memorial to the spirit and inspiration of his labors, should be content with a mere Idle token of remembrance. Assuredly, if it is to memorialize his unsparing con stant usefulness and his fidelity In In terpreting to his fellow men the message of God, our memorial must be a center of work which shall redound to the glory of God and the good of humanity. "It is also entirely manifest that we can build no memorial shrine to our hero which will attract his favor and the presence of his spirit without making Plymouth Church a part of It. No place on earth Is so pervaded by his spiritual influence; and his love and affection for earthly things has no abiding place more sure "than this. Plymouth Churchy was erected by and ror. mm. uunng more than 40 years and even to the day of his death It was an engrossing subject of his devotion and the scene of his anxious, self-sacrificing labors and joyful triumphs. Living, his name and fame could never be separated from it, and. dead, he has sanctified it. "If our work of building a memorial to out hero Is prosecuted in the spirit that characterized his work on earth, and If we mingle with the love we have for his memory a. serious purpose to emulate his love for humanity, bur hero worship will be Inspiring -and elevating- If5 in voking his approval and in his name, we extend his Hfework, we shall not - only exemplify our affection for him, but shall follow the designs of God as they were revealed to him; and if at the shrine we erect humanity shall look up and shall cast off Its burden of sin and selfishness and uncharitableness, we shall know that our hero is there and that through his intercessions our efforts have received a divine blessing." Justice Brewer's Remarks. Mr. Cleveland was followed by Justice Brewer, who said: "In the marvelous' transforming years from 1S50 to 1SS0 Henry Ward Beecher was a man of prodigious Influence. He may be well called Its great preacher. He was the most conspicuous member of an illustrious family. We are here to testify to him. Only a few speak, but you are all witnesses. eH was nature's child, and In some re spects always a child. The overflowing nature of the boy remained a perennial Spring. He could not repress that over flowing. In him pathos and humor were always at home. When some of his min isterial brethren gently expostulated with him for what they thought too much lev Ity In the pulpit he promptly replied: 'Ah, brethren, you- would forgive me if you know how much I kept back.' "He never placed his heart In a straight jacket or let It be chilled by the cold touch of a business age. All through life he followed Its Impulses. During the bit ter hours of the Civil War, both at home and abroad, his voice rang out strongly, hopefully and triumphantly. He stood on English platforms and conquered English prejudices. Pulpit and press were filled with his patriotic utterances. His coun try's flag was not a mere piece of cloth. worth so much a yard. He loved the Stars and Stripes. He was emphatically a preacher In politics. It was fitting that when the flag lowered at Fort Sumter on April 12, 1SS1, and was raised again on April 14, 1S63, Mr. Beecher should be selected to utter for the nation Its ex ultant, triumphant halleujah. "Again note his constant hostility to all forms of oppression. To him the Declaration of Independence meant all that It said. The consent of the gov erned was no glittering generality. He was a leader In the great struggle in the Republic between liberty and slavery. He stood with those who had goods but not conscience for sale. And' as faith without works Is dead, Beechers Bibles in Kan sas became solid arguments for freedom. He read from the first the meaning of the great Civil War; not party supremacy. not sectional domination, but the trans fusing Into the life-blood of the Nation the vivifying spirit of Webster's prophetic words, Liberty and Union, now and for ever, one and inseparable. Saw More Than One Wronp. "Wrong to the negro was not only the wrong that appealed to him. He de nounced before San Francisco audiences cnielty to the Chinese. Were he now liv ing how he would thunder anathemas at the legislation ot Christian America which authorizes the arrest and deporta tion without trial of a Chinese laborer who does not carry with him a certificate, just as city ordinances often authorize the shooting of a dog found on the streets without a tag on his collar. "Nor were his love of liberty and hatred of oppression bounded by the territorial limits of his own land. The oppressed everywhere were his friends. He wel comed Kossuth. Plymouth pulpit was open to every noble soul coming with an appeal for struggling humanity. And- In all this he was but following the leadings of his heart. He believed in liberty, nay, more, he loved It, not for himself alone, but-for all the sons and daughters of the earth. "So also his theology. It was condensed In a single sentence, 'God Is love. Al though brought up under the old New England theology, among whose affirma tions the certainty and place of endless (Concluded cn Second Pace.) CAUSE OF FIGHT Certain Leaders Bound to Hold On. HAD TO KILL STATEHOOD Otherwise New Set of Men Would Lead Senate. MERITS OF BILL HOT THE ISSUE By Passage of Q.nay's Pet Many Oth ers" Might Have Got Throneh Extra Session and Personal Convenience. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, March 8. If the foresight ot the Republican leaders of the Senate had been aa good as their hindsight, they probably would not have made the strenuous op position to the admission, of three new states that they did, and they would have been able to have secured much more legislation If that bill had been allowed to pass. But after the fight last Summer and the resumption of the fight as soon aa the past session began, which lined up nearly all the men, who manage the affairs of the Senate against the bill, the question of leadership became involved. If the statehood bill had passed Aldrich, Allison, Hale. Lodge, Piatt and Hanna would have lost prestige, and Quay, Elklns, Foraker and Galllnger would have been In the ascendency. As the fight of the statehood bill progressed It soon be came evident that In order to make their power felt, the first-named group, who are the dominant Influence In the Senate. must, at all hazards, defeat the statehood bill, even If It forced an extra session of Congress. Neither the Republicans who favored the three states, nor their Dem ocratic allies, wished to go to that ex treme, or at least there were enough of their party who would have voted to abandon the statehood bill before taking the responsibility of defeating approprla tlon bills and; forcing- arr cxtraseIoit Jolt for These Leader. This Republican leadership, which was maintained for the men who have been dominant so long by the defeat of the statehood bill, received a severe Jolt, how ever, in the defeat of the Aldrich cur rency bill, Jhe Philippine tariff bill, and the postponement of treaties to a special session of the Senate. Aldrich supposed he had the "wheels well greased" for his financial bill, and Lodge had promised the President that the Philippine tariff bill should pass. It seems to be understood about the Senate that Lodge induced the President to send in the urgent message for the Philippine bill with the belief that he was going to be able to pass It. As all of the Republican leaders were involved In the Aldrich and Philippine bills and their course on the statehood bill had con sumed so much time that action could not be taken on these two Important measures, their prestige has been shaken to that extent. The achievement of de feating the statehood bill is none of the best, especially as every Republican Na tlonal platform in late years pledged the party to admit these territories and the last one especially named the three ter rltories to be admitted. In connection with Congressional busl ness, at the short . session of Congress, there Is always the "extra session buga boo." Often-tlmes Senators and Repre sentatives proclaim that this or that action will result In the. "calamity of an extra session." Some of these men go so far as to say that the buelness Interests will be disturbed, and that Congress owes it to the people not to be in session any longer than possible. It is rather a sad commentary upon Congress thus to stig matize itself, to say the pick of the Nation as embodied in the Senate and House, Is dangerous to the common welfare. As a matter of fact no danger exists from Con gress being In session. It simply resolves Itself down to the personal convenience of Senators and Representatives. With the expiration of the short session on Congress on March 4, these men look forward to nine months of absolute va cation from public duties, during which time they draw their salaries as if they were at work, and can go about their private affairs, go to Europe or do any thing else they please, being absolutely free from the necessity of attending to duties for which they are elected and paid. There Is no menace in an extra session. Business was not disturbed by the extra session which President Cleveland called in 1S93, but the legislation which that special session enacted was for the benefit of the country. Neither was bus! ness disturbed by the extra session which President McKlnley called in 1897, and the Republican party points to the fact that great prosperity followed the enactment of the DIngley law, which was the prin clpal business of that session'. Xeed for Special Session. If the Aldrich financial bill was as neces sary as Its author alleged It to be, and if the Philippine tariff bill was as necessary as President Roosevelt and Senator Lodge said it was, then there should be an extra session for these measures. But, again, the personal convenience of people enters Into this question. President Roosevelt has made all his arrangements for a hunting trip in the West, and also for an extended trip through to the Pacific Coast and Ye-llowstone Park. He does not want "Congress on his hands," to use a phrasi of President Cleveland's. Senators and Representatives do not want to be lncon venienced by being compelled - to remain in Waehinzton for the purpose of passim; either the Aldrich bill or the Philippine tariff hllL Privately the Republican leaders will say that if Congress should be 'In session there would be nothing but discussion upon trusts, and that there would be an Insistence that the Littlefleld bill should be taken up and passed. But the Repub lican majority of the Senate, which flatly refused to consider the Littlefleld bill In the closing days of Congress, could do so again. Republicans generally declare that sufficient legislation has been enacted for a trial, and that it would be unwise to enact any more trust legislation. Dem ocratic debate In the Senate upon this subject would soon grow tiresome, and the effect would be wont oft long before it could be felt in the coming political campaign. All the excuses for not meeting fall to the ground and the one main reason stands out plainly: The personal conven ience of lawmakers Is alone consulted, and that Is the determining factor In not hav ing a session of Congress to pass legis lation which failed. Constitutionality of Cuban Treaty. There is going to be a great deal of discussion on the constitutionality of the Cuban reciprocity treaty. The point will no doubt be .raised that the Constitution gives the House of Representatives power to originate legislation to raise revenue, and consequently the executive cannot originate it in a reciprocity -treaty. Just before the House adjuorned a resolution was prepared by Representative Tawney declaring It the sense of the 3ouse that no treaty or other legislation affecting the revenues could originate anywhere except In the House of Representatives. The fili buster which was on in the House pre vented this resolution from being passed, or at least the House leaders deemed It inexpedient to bring the resolution up under the conditions that then existed. Many such resolutions have heretofore passed the House and reports by very able constitutional lawyers have been made declaring that the House has the sole power over revenue legislation. Members of the foreign relations com mittee of the Senate say that It Is an open question and one which It would probably be well to determine, and there fore they think it will be a good Idea to pass the Cuban reciprocity treaty, put It in operation and test the matter before the Supreme Court as to whether the treaty-making power is limited in any manner whatever, and determine forever this question that has been In controversy so long. It Is believed that if the Cuban treaty is ratified at a special session of the Senate the President will not put It in force unless he Is advised by Attorney- General Knox that the treaty does not need to be approved by the House of Representatives. WHAT CONGRESS DID. Put in 144 Honrs to the Day Bills nnd Reports. WASHINGTON, March, 8. Alexander McDowell clerk- ot thc'House oft-RepreX sentatlves,- ioday made, public nifflcial compilation made hy Tally Clerk Wake field showing the work done by the House during the 57th Congress. It shows that the longest day of the session lasted, with recesses, 144 hours, during which 80 roll- calls were taken. The number of bills and resolutions introduced in the House during the two sessions of the Congress was 18,420, and reports were made on 2S10 bills and resolutions. The Senate sent to the House 1630 Senate bills and resolutions. The House disposed of 2413 of the measures originating with it and of 1012 of the Senate bills and resolu tions, making a total of 3430 .bills and resolutions acted on. Congress left on Its calendars 405 House and 118 Senate bills and resolutions. Fifteen of the members of the House died during the Congress, seven resigned and Messrs, Rhea (Ky.) and Butler (Mo.) were un seated, the latter twice. But Two Protocols Now Open. WASHINGTON, March 8. The protocol between Venezuela and Sweden and Nor way for the adjustment of the claims of the latter countries against "Venezuela has been completed and will be signed by Baron Agrlpe for Norway and Mr. Bowen for Venezuela as soon as the document can be engrossed at the State Department, The King of Spain will name the umpire of the commission. This leaves only two of the protocols with the unallied na tions to be completed, viz., Spain and Denmark, and Mr. Bowen hopes they may be signed this week. CONTEXTS OF TODAY'S TAPER. Foreign. Text of the protocols arranged by Bowen sets cool reception in Caracas. Page 2. Canada appoints a "YVjnnIpeg man to prepare lis case- ueiure me Aj&sKa. Dounaary com mission. Page 1. Domestic. Republican leadership of the Senate was really at bottom of the contest over statehood bill. Page 1. Great mass meeting for a Beecher memorial In New Tork was addressed by ex-President Cleveland and Justice Brewer. Page 1. Wall street appears la Berlin as a not alto gether welcome borrower. Page United Mlneworkers' Investigator reports that negro miners were shot down in their homes by United states Deputy Marshals, Page 2. Policeman was killed and car crew seriously Injured by masked men at Waterbury, Conn. Page 2. Harrlman and Keen interests are said to be coming to an understanding as to Southern Pacific Page 2. Three women, who may be but one, are said to nzure In the Buffalo murder mystery. Page 2. Pacific Coast. Four men are killed In mine accident In British Columbia. Pace 1. Valuable horses are burned In a fire near Sa lem. Page 3. New laws In Oregon affecting corporations, Page 3. Armour & Co. are to try wireless telegraphy between their various plants. Page 1. Flood is again Increasing along the Ohio and Mississippi. Page 2. Commercial and Marine. Increased local demand for canned goods. Page 11. Heavy receipts of Oregon onions at Sarr Fran Cisco. Page 11. Chicago wheat market weak on lack ot sup- DOrt. Page 11. Dense foe causes marine blockade at New Tork; three collisions. Page 1. Portland and Vicinity. Past week's building on East Side exceeds all previous records. Page 12. Civil service regulations are adopted by com mission. Page 10. W. D. Lovejoy, Prosecuting Attorney of Welser, t- j& arrested for forgery. Page 12.. British Columbia Coal Mine Accident FOUR DEAD THE RESULT Thrilling and Heroic Work of the Rescuers. POISONOUS GAS THE TROUBLE "When Seven Had Been Overcome, Jack McLeod, a. Cape Breton Miner, Went Into the Death Hole and Got AH Out Only Three Lived. FERGUSON. B. C, March S. As a re sult of poisonous gases left In a-winze of the Nettle I, mine yesterday; four men are dead and two others are injured, but may recover. The dead: Patrick Crilley, chief bos3. Allan Caulder. Edward Cognan. Robert Savago. The Injured: Nels Johnson and Otto Bloom, both overcome by gas. The afternoon shift had fired Its usual shots before leaving the mine. In one of the lower winzes gas formed, and when Robert Savage went down he was over come. In attempting to rescue him, George Groshey was overcome and dropped Savage's body to the bottom of the shaft. Other attempts at rescue were unavailing, until Jack McLeod descended with a rope and succeeded in bringing all the bodies to the surface, including the four dead men. and three others who had attempted to rescue the imprisoned min ers. An inquest will' be held tomorrow. No blame is attached to the mining company or employes, as the accident seems to have been unavoidable. The remains of the dead men are at Miners' Union Hall, and the entire camp is in mourning. Mc Leod's bravery will be suitably rewarded. Ho is not Injured by his terrible experi ence. ' The day shift at the mine fired Its shots and quit work, at 4 P. M. The night shift went on at 7 P. M. Robert Savage went to his machine to continue drilling from the bottom or the winze In the lower workings. This winze appears to have been full of powder smoke and carbonic acid gas. When Savage reached his post. or possibly before doing so, he shouted for help, saying that he was smothering-. George Groshey descended to his rescue. and succeeded in bringing him nearly up the floor level, when Groshey became In sensible. The body of Savage dropped back down the winze, a distance of about 40 feet. Allan Caulder, a gallant younfr fellow, only 20 years of age. rushed down the ladder. On reaching the bottom of the ladder he called out for help, and Pat Crilley, the shift boss and brother of the superintendent, descended to share Caul- der's fate. The men above begged with each other for the honor of risking their lives to save the men below. Barclay Crilley went down and actually reached his brother, but the gas drove him up to the level more dead than alive. He wus almost asphyxiated when he struggled back to the winze head. Six men were down in the dark where only death lived In the poisonous gas, when Jack McLeod, a Cape Breton miner of great experience and heroism, made an attempt with a rope. In the dark he stumbled across a body, which he se cured with the line and bore to the ladder foot. The men above raised poor Paddy Crilley to the level, McLeod partly sus taining him step by step from the ladder. Six times did McLeod ascend with the body of a rescued comrade, and six times descended to meet his own more than probable death. The sixth and last man having been car ried up, McLeod collapsed, and Jack Sweeney descended to see if any more re mained in the winze bottom. For the seventh time McLeod had to go back with John Hendricks to-Sweeney's rescue. TO TRY THE WIRELESS. Scheme of Armour & Co. to Connect Their Various Plants. CHICAGO, March 8. It is stated here that Armour & Co. have arranged for a test of the wireless telegraphy as applied to communication between the cities where they have packing-houses and im portant offices. They now maintain leased telegraph wires west of Kansas City, St. Louis, Omaha and Sioux City, and east to Allegheny, Philadelphia, New Tork and Boston. After preliminary experiments between the Chicago stockyards and the com pany's offices down town, plants will be installed. If the first experiments shall prove successful, to test the system be tween Chicago and one of the four West ern cities. Officials of the company esti mate that if the wireless system can bo successfully worked between Important cities in which the company maintains its large offices, an annual saving of at least $190,000 will .be effected. TO BRIEF CANADA'S CASE Winnipeg Man Appointed on Alaska Boundary Matter. WINNIPEG. Man., March 8. F. C. Wade, of this city; has received notice of his appointment as one of the coun sel to prepare Canada's case for presenta tion to the Alaska Boundary Commission. Mr. Wade left here today en route to Ot tawa, Washington and London. He was for several years Crown Prosecutor and legal representative of the Canadian gov ernment at Dawson, Tukon, and has an intimate knowledge of the Alaskan and Yukon territory in dispute.