Morning Oregonian., January 29, 1906, Page 9, Image 9

THE .HOBXIXG- OREGONIAN, MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 1906.
DU.IMOU
SCORES RICHARDS'
Declares That It Is a Place of
Iniquity Which Must Be
Abolished.
PLAIN TALK TO PARENTS
Advises Fatlicw and 3Iotlicrs to Be
3Iorc Careful of Their Daugh
ters and Warns Them of
the Snares of Evil.
Rc J. "Whltcomb Brougher spoke last
evening at the White Temple, drawing: a
moral from places like Richards'. A brief
prelude -was devoted to the political con
ditions in Portland, after which Dr.
Brougher. taking- his text from Ezeklel,
said, in part:
"In the meantime, what are we going
to do with the gates of hell in Portland?
"First All gates of hell, like the Rich
ards Hotel should be closed. The low
down brothel in our city is not one-tenth
as dangerous to the morals of our young
women as these gilded and stylish houses
of assignation that run under the falla
cious title of 'hotels.' If a majority of
the members of the City Council had left
the box ordinance alone and permitted
the Mayor to enforbe it, many of these
vicious hellholes would have been, wiped
out.
Box Ordinance Falure.
"The men who undertook to amend the
box ordinance, and then failed to give us
any at all, will some day stand before the
judgment bar of God. to answer, as they
stand today before the bar of public opin
ion, to answer for the lost virtue and the
lifeblood of many of our young women.
Before the bar of God I would Just as lief
be Richards as a City Councilman who
has made such a place possible. Not only
have they, with 'others,' done everything
they could to hamper the Mayor in his
efforts to close up the gilded gateway to
-hell run by Richards, but they have act
'ually refused to take away the licenses
from other notorious joints in our city.
And many of these places like the "Wal
dorf, the Totem, the Badger, the Gilbert
and El Rey. have been raided, and thus
put out of business to a certain extent,
but the .Mayor had no help from the City
Council, and very little from any other
source.
Ruin of Young Women.
"There were taken into the Totem one
night four young women under the in
fluence of liquor, who were disgraced and
ruined. This fact can be proved by the
sworn statement of one of the victims.
There are otner places now in existence
in this city of a similar nature. Some are
run under the namo of 'hotel.' One of
them is a high-toned place on Washing
ton street. Some respectable people go
there, as they did to Richards', and this
makes It all the more difficult to close,
but it Is well known that a man may go
there, take his grip, rent his room and
use it for any purpose he pleases. This
fact was given me by a person who went
there, and he says the proprietor well
knows what the room was used for. But
why mention further cases? The simple
question is: Shall we go on permitting
these places to exist In our midst, or shall
the people of this city rise in their indig
nation and let the Mayor know that wo
are behind him? Let us also let our rep
resentatives In the City Council know that
they will meet with only the contempt
and the disgrace they deserve If they con
tinue to block the efforts of the Mayor
to rid the city of these hellholes.
Advises Greater Care.
"Second Vicious men and women are
responsible for the downfall and ruin of
many young women. Young women
should be careful of their companions and
refuse the company of evil-minded, de
signing men. If God Almighty has one
hell hotter than another, I believe that
the hottest will be reserved for the man
who will plan and Execute the ruin of a.
young woman. Upon the sworn testimony
of the younjs woman herself, whose namo
we are now trying to save from public
disgrace, she was caught at the Richards
Hotel the night It was raided, with her
employer, and he a married man. Of
course, it Is not always possible for a
young woman to know the character of
the man with whom she goes. The lech
erous scoundrel may deceive her; but no
young woman who has sense enough to
be outside the insane asylum would sub
ject herself for one moment to the temp
tation and the criticism of going with a
married man to a box to eat her meal.
I haven't a particle of patience or excuse
. to make for the man. I would condemn
him to a public whipping-post, and tie
him up before the gaze of a passing mul
titude, and then send him to the peniten
tiary for life, if he were proved guilty of
the diabolical crime of ruining a pure
young woman. On the other hand, I
haven't any patience with your simpering,
silly, as Sam Jones would say, 'bullet
headed little fool,' who will accept the In
vitation of any man, married or unmar
ried, known or unknown, to go with him
to some cheap show, or possibly high
priced, and then to some fashionable hell
hole, where they have boxes, to be served
a meal. The meal is served, the wine or
dered, the man has given the waiter the
tip In money and a wink, and while he
gets "plain claret, the young woman is
jjcrved a mixed concoction that sends her
off into a drunken stupor, and her ruin is
easily accomplished.
Snares for the Young.
"Two girls about 17 years of age.
away from home, and living here In
the ctty together, went to the vaude
ville theater one night. A well-dressed,
stylish-looking woman of about 40,
came in a little later and took a seat
beside them. During the entertain
ment, they got acquainted. The woman
made herself very agreeable, and as
th,cy uasted out of the building, she
Introduced the girls to two young men.
They chatttcd pleasantly for a mo
ment, and then it was suggested that
' they go and havo something to eat.
The invitation "was accepted. At the
close of the meal, wind was served, and
they all drank. Shortly after an auto
mobile was ordered and they took a
ride out to the Fair. They stopped and
had another drink. By this time the
girls were completely under the in
fluence t)f liquor, and the entire party
went to one of these gilded hellholes.
They were 6een going in by members
of the police department.- and later on.
the policemen raided it When a con
fession was finally secured frpm these
girl, and the facts followed up, it was
found that this woman was a pro
curess, who had been watching for an
opportunity to secure glrjs for these
two men. Of course, wo condemn wlth
all the righteous indignation in our
souls, those two men and that woman;
but what Is to be said of these two
silly, senseless, flirty girls who would
accept a dhance acquaintance of that
Jdnd and be led to their ruis? Ged have
mercy on such fool girls, for the devil
and his Imps will have none. !
Another Phase of Evil.
"There is still another phase of this
evil wd need to face. Some time ago, a
beautiful girl of about 17, arrived at
the depot. She was met by a well
known woman of the town, and hurried
off to her house. A lady of this city,
who was interested in the protection
of uuch girls, saw the incident. She suc
ceeded In getting a clew to where they
went, and after tremendous difficulty,
succeded in finding the girl and secur
ing "her release. The testimony of this
girl was to the effect that she had been
engaged in the country town where she
Jived, to come to the city and learn the
millinery trade, and that she would
be given good wages and her room and
board. Instead of that, she had been
taken to this house, where she might
be ruined, and destroyed for time and
eternity.
"My friends, these cases seem to be
too terrible to be true: but they can
be authenticated by actual proof and
testimony. I am sorry that the Travel
ers' Aid Association, that has been do
ing such excellent work during the ex
position, 7ms been disbanded. 'An ounce
of prevention is worth a pound of 'cure.
The work of this Travelers' Aid Asso
ciation was that of prevention. It Is
not rescue work,' but It Is the work of
looking after the young women and
protecting them from the sharks that
aro lying around the shores of our
great cities, ready to destroy every
young woman that has to enter upon
the sea of life for herself.
Warning to Parents.
"In the third place Fathers and
mothers; and the churches should do
more to protect young women from
these snares of the devil. The neglect
of some parents, and the imbecility of
others form the main reasons for many
of our young women going wrong.
Many parents do not teach their chil
dren the first elements of modesty,
self-restraint and courtesy. They know
very little about what their children
are doing, where they go and with
whom they go. How many, many
times, have T talked with parents
whose daughters have gone wrong, and
had them say to me: Oh. well, I had
such confidence In my girl, never be
lieved she could do a thing wrong.'
That Is one time when 1 desired the
gift of Sam Jones to express myself In
language that would never be forgot
ten. There are plenty of fool fathers
and mothers, and are so conceited as to
think their children are above the
temptations that have ruined others.
Why there are young men and women
who come to this churclf on Sunday
nights, and go out of yonder door and
start to hell before they get home, and
some of you conceited, fool fathers and
mothers haen't sense enough to know
It. They lie to you and deceive you.
and if anybody should come to you and
tell you the facts, you would be in
sulted and provoked."
SLEtfE PITS OF THIS DAY.
Rev. J. A. Leas Strikes at Sensa
tional Books and Occasional Vices.
"The Slime Pits of Our Day was the
subject of the sermon preached last eve
ning by Rev. J. A. Leas, pastor of St.
James' Lutheran Church, from the Bible
story of the destruction of the Kings of
Sodom and Gomorrah by Chederlaomer,
the powerful monarch of the East. He
said in substance:
Chederlaomer. that powerful Eastern King,
has made a raid upon the klnrs of the vest
and carried everythlnr before him. The
King of Sodom and Gomorrah go out to meet
him and are also driven before him, and at
lant take refuge in a swamp and there sink
into the semi-fluid bitumen and become an
eaoy prey to the enemy and perish. Had they
stood on solid ground their chances would
have been much better. Life's battles de
mand a solid foundation.
I take it that solid ground may be Inter
preted to mean thorouchncw. Lyman Gace
became a great bank president and rone to
XatlMial distinction because he mastered the
art of finance. He learned to do a little bet
ter the work at hand than any one else. Mar
shall Field became the multimillionaire be
cause he set htmnelf to one thins and mas
tered that better than any one else. A teacher
must know more than the lesson at hand:
he must know the entire philosophy of the
thins: at hand. A man who cannot do one
thing: better than any one else will probably
always be an employe, but never an employer.
If he can make a better wagon than his com
petitor prepare a more convincing brief or
make a more- effective argument, dlacnose a
case with more certainty or preach a more
appealing sermon, he will succeed. The world
will want and will need his service.
Let us mention Just a few examples of what
might be termed dangerous ground. Bad read
ing is one. Some years ago, when a student
In Chlcaco, I read one morning that a lone
horseman had appeared on a street near us
and bad compelled men and women to give up
their purses, and then rode on In safety with
no seeming danger of detection by the police.
I said, now let us notice the psychological
effect on the community. There will be other
lone horsemen.
In a few days' time there was a score of
horsemen, each riding on a bay hore. The
deed had appealed to the adventurous and
they attempted the same trick. Why do the
papers cater to the sensational? Because the
reading public demands sennational things.
Why do the editors writo striking headlines?
Because that at once appeals to a public that
is fond of that which seems to make some
one appear notorious.
In the same way the books that place things
and people In an abnormal condition and ex
aggerate the truth or cmphaslre the more de
based elements of man arc the book that
have the largest sales among the dames who
are not able or willing to discriminate.
No one ever reaches higher than his hero,
or exceeds the mark he himself sets. You
can largely determine the nature of a book
by the method in which it Is read. The book
read on the street-car, as the reader la mas
ticating a bit of gum, is not likely to be a
book that has anything that i worth know
ing. If a book is worth reading at all It is
worth reading well. Press censure is not
admissible In our free country and Is no
where desirable because of the abuse to which
it may be put. But a standard of worth
might well be t up in any country to which
each novel must measure before it would be
allowed publication.
Tampering with evil is another iCime-plt.
"Do you know where the rocks In the chan
nel are?" was asked of a pilot. I know
where they are not," was the answer. We
are told to "shun the appearance of evil."
Looking into the muzzle 'of a gun . is danger
ous business, whatever the purpose may be.
Reformers going Into the dives to learn them
better in order to "write them up" or to
preach about tbem may be all right. I my-
nelf believe that I can see quite enouch of
evil on the outside that I can guess the rest.
The reformer will do more by educating the
public conscience than be wlU by calling the
attention of the unsophisticated youth to cer
tain conditions which have been foreign to
them had It not been fjor the reformer.
Moderate drinking, occasional swearing, j
little dishonest)- once in a long while, occa
sional frequenting ot the wineroom or pool
room may not do any one any Immediate
harm, but It is the entrance to a sllme-ult
from which extrication may noon prove lm
possible. The old Jew raid of Oliver Twist:
"Get him to steal but once and he m oura."
He understood human nature.
The only safe ground is tbo ground of
righteousness. Only one foundation, that
which Is laid. Jesus Christ.
"WORSE THAN THE DIVES
Dr. Wilson's Opinion of Richards
Voiced Frpm the Pulpit.
At .Grace Methodist Church last night
Dr. Wilson, the pastor took his text from
Proverbs "Righteousness exalte th
a nation, but sin Is a reproach to any
people." He discussed the relation of sin
to national decay and of righteousness to
a nation's upbuilding; and said:
"The Mayor of this city has recently
aroused the wrath of the class affected
by using the police force of the city to
raid and expose eae of the hlgh-clas
dives and bring to Justice- Its keeper.
THAT
think the church is the public teacher of
morality as well as religion; and that it
ought to stand for the enforcement of
law and back with its Influence every
well-meant endeavor, to promote public
morality.
"I think the Mayor did right and that
the united church of Christ in this city
should say so by voice and vote; for. if
the church does not stand by such efforts.
who will?
"The complaint is that the hotel Is ot
too high-class to be raided like a com
mon dive. Had the Mayor begun his
work of reform in a dive in the north end.
kept by a poor and fallen specimen of
outraged humanity, perhaps at the be
ginning sinned against more than sinning
and now compelled by circumstances to
eke out the rest of her existence by her
own shame, some who now complain
would have applauded.
"But I will applaud the judgment and
the principle which selected as a mark a
haunt of vice patronized by the rich.
There is no more reason why tho rich
should ruin young girls In a glided res
taurant than that the poor and depraved
should revel in the dark comers of vice.
If any one must be exposed to public gaze
for the warning of others, let It be the
corrupters of the youthful and the inno
cent and not the fallen whose downward
career should call forth our pity and not
our scorn.
"Ho did right because the reform spirit
of the age demands impartial enforce
ment of the law. I lived in New York
when Parkhurst thundered every Sunday
against Just such men and measures as.
we have been cherishing In Portland too
long In our City Council, and when
Roosevelt as chairman of the police com
mission declared that the laws should be
enforced. I knew him personally at the
time most people were predicting his
downfall, saying no man could rise in this
nation whom tho saloons fought.
But the time is coming when no man
can rise whom the saloons favor. Roose
velt began his upward career when ho
defied tho saloons. Strange that our poli
ticians with their ears down to the
ground do not learn that the day Is past
to cater for the saloonlsts, the grafters,
the procurers and the thieves. If It was
ever the way to win. It Is the way to
lose now.
"There are some things all high-minded
men ought to stand for this next election.
First, the maintenance of our present
local option law intact, and tho defeat of
ono of the most dangerous and decoptlve
bills ever offered to free voters, the ono
Just prepared by the liquor dealers. Sec
ond, the utilization of our present law to
close the saloons wherever the sentiment
demands it. Third, tho closing of every
saloon in Portland on the Sabbath. The
barbers arc now closed by state law. why
should not the saloons take a day of rest
once a week. Fourth, the re-election of
every man who has fearlessly done his
duty while in office. Fifth, the defeat of
every man. regardless ot 'party, whoso
election would misrepresent the moral
life, the civic ideals and tho high senti
ment of our citizens. Thus wc will give
righteousness a chance to exalt us and
cease to vote for sin, which reproaches
our state and city in thieves of the na
tlor Think of the men who havo been
representing us .at Washington and
blush."
PREACHERS OX BAD HABITS
Evangelist MartJn Tells White Tem
ple Audience Unpleasant Truths.
Dr. S. M. Martin, the evangelist, who Is
conducting a series of meetings at the
First Christian Church, addressed a large
mass meeting at the White Temple yes
trrrtav afternoon on "Personal Habits of
Men and Women." One at a time he
took up a long list of habits that aro
generally classed as bad. and before he
hni mmnlf tod his sermon succeeded in
treading more or less heavily upon the
toes of about every one present.
In order to be able to apply his re
marks the more directly to cither men or
women, according to the particular habit
under consiaerauon. uic men oi uic audi
ence were seated in the side room, while
the women were given seats In the main
auditorium
In some of his characteristics Dr. Mar
tin resembles Sam Jones, who recently
paid a visit to Portland. He does not at
tempt to smooth over harsh terms. Ho
did not advise those present to dispense
xtranr knniace. but told them to
"quit their cmwing." He did not speak
of people wno are not to dc aepenaca
upon as unreliable, but said "they are
He referred to nearly all of the vice
and bad habits In the. category. Drink
ing, gambling and tobacco-using came In
for a unrestrained denunciation. The
women were not "forgotten, for Dr. Mar
tin unsparingly condemned the use of
chewing gum, face powder and ether vices
rtf th fair t.
He advised Ms hearers te avoid incur
ring debt, and closed by saying a ww
for pereesai cieaauacn.
FORCED WEDDING ON THE FRONTIER
Uncle Sam: "Do you take this man?
Miss New Mexico: "Not on your life!"
tJncle Sam: And do you take this
Charley Arizona: "III die first!"
E
S
Washington Financiers Hope
to Secure the Needed
Legislation.
SUPERVISION IS NECESSARY
Private and State Banks Should Be
Under .Legal Inspection, So
That the Public May
Be Protected.
Regulation of state and private banks
failed In the Washington Legislature last
Winter, through defeat in the Senate of
a bill to that end. after passage In the
House, but the subject will be taken be
fore the Legislature again next Winter by
the Washington State Bankers Associa
tion, a committee of which drafted the
bill that failed.
Members, of the Washington association
feel the need of a law In that state for
supervision of private and state banks
to protect honest institutions, not only
from the damage that comes to the bank
ing business from practices of fraudulent
rivals, but also from public retaliation in
the form of drastic legislation.
Wants State Banking- Law.
At the last annual convention, held in
Portland in' July, 1S05, the association af
firmed its adherence to bank supervision
in the following resolution:
"Resolved, That the Washington State
Bankers' Association hereby affirms Its
former resolutions recommending the en
actment of a fair and equitable state
banking law. regulating the organization
and management of state banks, and
heartily endorses the efforts of the execu
tive council to secure the passage ot such
a law."
The new executive council, which will
take up the work where the retiring coun
cil left off. is composed ot J. A. Swalwell,
of Everett; R. I Rutter, of Spokane; J.
D. Cornctt. of North Yakima; A. F. Al
bertson, ot Tacoma; S. Foster Kelley, of
Seattle.
The State of Washington, like Oregon,
has no laws for regulation of bank?. No
chocks are set up by law for the protec
tion of the public from dishonest banks
and fraudulent bankers can cheat the
general criminal laws by tricks which the
people cannot now prevent. There are no
laws regulating organization of banks or
deposits or loans and the result Is that
tho public Is exposed In both states ton
the worst kind of fraud that which can
loot the public without suffering the crim
inal penalties that ought to bo metcd'out
to Its perpetrators.
Idaho Has a Law.
All this was In the mind of tho Wash
ington State Bankers' Association, dur
ing its convention last July. It was cited
at that time that the State of Idaho bad
a banking law identical with the bill
which failed to paws the Washington
Leglriature and that California has a re
strictive law also.
The efforts of the old executive commit
tee to secure a banking law In Washing
ton were recounted In the report submit
ted to the association In the convention
as follows:
"Our committee, with the assistance of
your most worthy president and secre
tary, prepared a bill regulating state and
private banks and' sent copies of same to
all the state and private banks In the
state, asking them carefully to examine
the bill and write our president any crit
icisms or suggestions they wished to
make. A general howl went up from
nearly every section of the state, that
the bill was too severe: that It would
work an untold hardship ea certain banks
and that, tmles It was modified, they
would fight its passage.
Bill Less Drastic. ,
"Our committee a rain met with a num
feer of Iateceted bankers aad agreed upon
a mh less drastic, m tact, mere moderate
tbaa our best J4tdgmat dictated, believ
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REGULATION
woman ?"
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Chicago Inter-Ocean.
ing It was better to have a banking bill
of this sort, which we could afterward
build upon, then none at all. We sent
copies of the same to ail Interested bank
ers In the state, with the result that about
the only criticisms came from the more
conservative class of bankers. who
thought the bill too elastic in its pro
visions and too lenient In Its penalties.
Our committee sent Its representative to
Olympla to urge the passage of this bill,
and when the bill came up In the House
those bankers over the state who did not
want any bank legislation, who did not
consider It necessary to have capital to
run a bank, who did not propose to have
their banks examined, who were averse
to publishing statements, who. In short.
do not concede any rights to the depos
Itors and think their rights supreme, were
instrumental In having the bill so amend
ed as to destroy its most essential safe
guards, and when the bill came up in
the Senate on final passage, this same in
fluence accomplished Its defeat by a small
majority. One ot these bankers, residing
in the northwestern part of the state,
who was especially active In sending in
protests to the members of the Leglsla
ture as to the evil effects of our bill,
failed since. An Investigation of the
bank's affairs showed that nearly every
dollar of the depositors' money had been
loaned to a merchandise concern owned
by the same parties owning the bank.
and the depositors will not receive more
than 40 cents on the dollar. This Is a
sample of Eome of the opposition we had
to contend with.
Needed for Protection.
"Our committee felt the defeat of this
bill very keenly, especially after the
amount of time and labor we. together
with your president and secretary, had
spent in preparing It; saying nothing of
the rank Injustice to the people of our
state in defeating a measure so meritor
ious, and the passage of which had been
po strongly urged by his Excellency. Gov
crnor Mead, In his annual message to the
Legislature. Recognizing the fact that
the enactment of such a law Is as neces
sary for the protection of the general
public, our commute recommends the
adoption of a resolution favoring the pas
sage of a state banking bill and to that
end this association pledges Its support
BUSINESS IS MUCH UPSET
Indian Territory Affected by Ruling
Against Standard Oil.
BARTLETTSVILLE, I. T., Jan. 2S.
Orders have been issued by the Stand
ard Oil Company that hereafter only a
third of the midcontlnent fields' output
would be bought, owing to the fact that
the Standard Company will be prevent
ed from continuing as a buyer and
transporter of petroleum through the
proceedings Instituted by Attorney
General Hadley, of Missouri.
There is a production of 50,000 bar
rels daily. The operators are organ
izing to send a delegation to see the
Standard Company's agent In Kansas
City, since the enforcement of such
an order for long would mean the
suspension of all activity here soon.
Failing, they will go to Mr. Hadley to
see If ho Intends to prevent the Stand
ard from transporting oil across .Mis
sourL
The committee will tell the Attorney-
General that If the Standard Is ousted
from Missouri it will shut off the
market for petroleum products In this
Held, because tho pipe lino from the
midcontlnent fields runs through a por
tion of Missouri. Already the reduc
tion by two-thirds of the amount for
merly taken by the Standard Company
has demoralized business and the ran
road fears the Standard will cease cn
tirely to take oil during the agitation.
FiaherIs Signing Men.
sav JOSE. CaL. Jan. 2S. Mike Fish
er, manager of the Fresno baseball
t.-m tnilnv slaved Third Baseman
Vrnlc Ai-rellanes. of the San Jose Club.
and has had a talk with Catcher
Timnov TTont. of the local team, and
.iu nmholnlv den thin crwir? hackaton
In a few days. Outfielder Charles Doyle
has signed a contract as captain or tne
190S Fresno team.
Rfnr -nr can svmDathhvs with otkers.
one- can realise the suffering- attendant
UDOn B lUUUA " '' U"W US k9
ha, the actual experience. There is prote
nd! v no disease that cauees.se mueh. phys
ical and mental agony, or which so suc
cessfully defies medical aid. AIT danger
by the prempt ue of ChamberlaiR's
gaadc wbe .have used this remedy, set eae
case has ever been reported that has re
sulted in jtneamoaia er that has net re-
ID 111 THE KILBEYS
Salvation Army Holds Two
Big Meetings in Theater.
NTHUSIASM IS AROUSED
Visiting Commissioner and Ills Wife
Prove Themselves to 'Be Gifted
Speakers Plead for the
Poor and-ljowlr.
The Salvation Army rented the Mar-
quam Theater yesterday, and In the after
noon and evening held two rousing meet
ings, which were well attended and at
which much enthusiasm was aroused.
Commissioner and Mrs. George KHbey led
the meetings, ably assisted by Brigadier
Jenkins and the local corps. There was
special music for the occasion, a number
of popular Salvation Army hymns having
been printed on slips of paper and dis
tributed among the audience. Several
members of the local army sang, and the
brass band played accompaniments to the
congregational singing.
At the afternoon meeting Brigadier
Jenkins gave a fine talk on the subject
Hope." He was followed by Commis
sioner Kllbey, who has a ringing voice
and a fine delivery. Commissioner Kll
bey said he thought there were two great
weaknesses in the church of, Christ, one
being the want or lack of definite experi
ence, and the other a tendency to discrim
inate. "I am proud to say that we of the Sal
vation Army do not discriminate," he
said. "We are proud of the fact that we
go among the poor and lowly, those who
are destitute, who lack the sympathy that
others will not offer. Wo know that the
spirit of God means as much to the poor
a3 to the rich, and we are glad to be the
instruments In his hands to carry the
message to them."
"Salvation" was the subject of Com
missioner Kllbey's evening address, and
he was most eloquent In his plea to the
unconverted to accept Christ. Five re
sponded to his earnest entreaties and
went to the mourners' bench. Mrs. Kil
bey preceded the commissioner with
well-directed talk.
The lower floor of the theater was com
fortably filled at both meetings.
TASKS TO YOUNG MEN.
Rev. W. Ii. Upshatv Advises Them to
Be Ambitious for Usefulness.
Rev. W. Ll Upshaw, pastor of the Mis
sissippi-avenue Congregational Church.
talked to young men last night, speaking
on "Ambition." His text was. "Seekest
thou great things for thyself? Seek thus
not Dr. upshaw declared in the open
ing of his sermon that some forms of am
bition were condemned, for they led only
to personal gratification at the expense of
the happiness of others. "Jsot that I
want you to renounce ambition in its
truer sense," he said, "but I want you to
see the difference.
As an exponent of false ambition the
life and career of Napoleon was pointed
out. Napoleon had waded to his throne
through blood and tears, and on his death
bed nothing remained of his greatness
but a pair of military boots.
There is another subtle and dangerous
ambition today against which I would
warn you and that Is the lust for gold."
said he. "I think of all the men who
have lived in the past century to worship
the god of Plutus the name of Jay Gould
heads the list N hen that man died a
howl of execration from 10.000 throats fol
lowed him to his grave. It was the
curses of the men whom he had ruined.
He knew what he wanted and he got it.
but ho got it by riding rough shod over
broken hearts. He gratified his ambition.
But success Is not always unworthy by
any means. Any old log can drift with
the current but It takes a real live man
to fight his way over the obstacles of life
to success. The chief danger today Is not
that men arc too ambitious, but that they
serve tho wrong form of ambition. The
man who never wishes to be any better or
more useful than now is no benefit to so
ciety and his selfishness Is as real as the
selfishness of any Isapoleon or Jay
Gould."
Dr. Usphaw closed his sermon by speak
ing of the example left on earth by
Christ "There Is a diviner Ideal of am
bition." he said. "You will find It em
bodied In the life of Christ The life that
was riven him was well invested. Every
true life Is shaped by some ambition. It
has some Jerusalem to which it is going
up toward. Columbia. George Washing
ton. Lincoln and mvingstone were ex
amples of true ambition, for tney uvea
for betterment ot the human race.-
PERS0NALMENTI0N.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Tj. Pittock and daugh
ter Louise sailed from San Francisco on
the steamer Sierra last Thursday for
Honolulu. They will remain several
weeks.
CHICAGO. Jan. 2$. (Special.) Orego-
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Sehultr and wife. T. W. Carr and wife.
W. H. warn, at tne ."acoy.
NEW YORK. Jan. 2S. (Special.)
Northwestern people registered today
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From Portland TC M. Brereton, at
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