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THE MORNING OREGOXIAJf. MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 1906.
MODERN COLLEGES
ARE IN BONDAGE
Rev. Hiram Vrooman Declares
They Are Teaching Cold
Agnosticism. x
THEIR PHILOSOPHY WRONG
Minister Charges That Scientiflo
Knowledge Is Perverted and Says
Students Should Be Warned
Against Colleges' Fault.
Rev. Hiram Vrooman delivered a
scathing denunciation of the philoso
phy taught in our modern colleges, during-
his morning- sermon yesterday in
the Swedenborgian Church services in
the Knights of Pythias Hall. His sub
ject was "Our Universities in Egyptian
Bondage." He said in part:
All of our great universities Oxford, Har
vard, Tale. Leland Stanford and the rest
are now, at thl beginning of this new and
miraculous age. In a state of Egyptian bond
age. Our modern educational systems are
soon to be marveloualy tranaformed.
The word Egypt, wherever uaed In the hun
dred or more passages In the Old and isew
Testaments, has a specific symbolical mean
ing. Indeed, spiritual sense cannot be made
of any of the Scriptural passages, wherein
Egypt la named, unless Egypt Is thought of
tut representing '"sensuous knowledge' or
those facts which we come to Know tnrouen
sense Impressions. Thla Is the true symbol
ical Interpretation of the word Egypt as used.
In Scripture.
When scientific knowledge la so perverted
and misused as to be made the basis of mater
ialistic philosophies, which sweep aside re
ligion and set up a cold agnosticism, then
science becomes a Pharaoh, which holds In
Egyptian bondage our educational Institutions.
When our text Is Interpreted spiritually
according to true symbolism we find in It
the declaration that science, aa likewise all
scientiflo Institutions, can be and should be
among the chief Instrumentalities for estab
lishing a reasonable religion and a genuine
spirituality. Thus it says: "The burden of
Kgypt. Behold, the Lord rideth upon a swift
cloud and shall come Into Egypt, and the
Idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence,
and the heart of Egypt shall melt In the
midst of It." Is.. 19:1.1
, Scientiflo knowledge precedes spiritual knowl
edge, as la shown by the fact of Christ's being
taken Into Egypt while only an Infant, and by
the fact of Moses having been educated in
the best Egyptian schools before entering upon
his great spiritual mission, and by numerous
other like Scriptural Incidents. Hence science
Is Indispensable to spirituality. When science
Is made Instrumental to a genuine and rational
religion, then Is our text fulfilled. When
made Instrumental to a lifeless materialism
then Egyptian bondage is imposed.
Students at our universities should be In
structed by parents and clergymen to dlecrlm.
lnate between the. science and the philosophy
taught them. Aa a matter of fact, the sciences
taught in our universities are true and above
criticism, but the philosophies are nearly all
essentially erroneous. Philosophy represents
the conclusion drawn from scientific facts.
A materialist, even though he be a refined and
scholarly college profcasor of philosophy, will
pervert his scientific facta to prove his false
conviction, and. unfortunately, nearly all of
modern philosophy, as taught by our universi
ties. Is essentially false In lta attitude toward
rellgtun. Let the sons and daughters of re
ligious parents, who are taking college courbea,
select more of the scientific and lesa of the
philosophic studies.
RELATIONS AMONG NEIGHBORS
Rev. Snyder Tells of Evils of Re
ligious Legislation..
At the Seventh Day Adventist
Church yesterday evening Pastor
George A. Snyder spoke at 8 P. M. on
the "Evils of Religious Legislation."
He took his text from Matt. -22:36, 40,
and spoke In part as follows:
"Love to God is the great primary
principle of universal law. Love to our
neighbor is the secondary principle,
and covers all the varied relations be
tween men, which It is the duty oX
civil law to regulate. When civil law
attempts to regulate the relations be
tween men and their God, it goes be
yond Its legitimate sphere, and enters
the realm of religion where It has no
rightful Jurisdiction.
"In Rom. 13:1-9 Paul gives explicit
directions concerning our duties to
civil government. He quotes five of the
ten commandments, all live of which,
pertain to the relations between men
and their neighbors: and then sums
up thus: 'If there be any other com
mandment It Is briefly comprehended
in this saying, namely: thou shalt love
thy neighbor as thyself.' Now if all
the commandments pertaining to our
duties to civil government are com
prehended in the saying: Thou shalt
love thy neighbor as thyself,' It Is self
evident that civil law is limited to the
relations of men to their neighbors,
and has no right to Invade the spir
itual domain of man's relationship to
his creator.
"Anyone can see, by reading the ten
commandments over, that the first four
precepts deal solely with man's rela
tionship to God direct, while the last
six deal with man's duty to his fellow
creatures. The first four of the ten
commandments stand entirely outside
the pale of civil jurisdiction, and since
the Sabbath commandment stands
fourth in the list, we claim that ail
state or National laws which attempt
to regulate Sabbath observance are the
forbidden fruit of rellglo-polltical
union."
PROGRESS . OF CHRISTIANITY
Bishop Thorburn Tells of Advance
of Light Over Darkness.
Bishop Thorburn, a veteran missionary
of India, who Is now sojourning in Port
land, spoke at Grace M. B. Church yes
terday morning on "Watchman, What of
the Night?" The following extracts are
from his sermon:
"There are two kingdoms In this world
of light and of darkness, by very nature
antagonistic. Jesus came Into the world
as the light His believers receive that
light, and It Is their business to illumine
the world. This they are ateadlly doing,
but darkness still covers more of the
earth than light. I have come from the
scene of conflict and as the people of old
cried out to the sentry on the waEed
tower of the city, so many ask me:
Watchman, what of the Ughtr
. "I answer that the night Is very dark.
Three hundred and fifty millions In India
and Malaysia, and millions upon millions
In other heathen and Mohammedan lands
are living In this mental, social and spir
itual light without hope. Their religious
ideals are low.
"They do not pray. I have never known
any. non-Christian to pray. They repeat
formulas and texts, but have never
dreamed of being able to converse with
God In a natural way.
"They do not know God. They all be
lieve in the existence of a supreme being,
but think of him as on some other sphere
beyond reach and call.
"No assurance of Immortality. Many
have a vague notion of future re-lncarna-tlons,
but commonly there is no serious
thought of the hereafter and no clear
hope.
'"But the morning light is found in the
lives of those who bear his name, and
their number Is increasing. When I went
to India 47 years ago our church had a
total membership of 13, and all our work
was in one vernacular. Today I am
superintending missionary activities in
Southern Asia in 37 different tongues, not
dialects, and our converts annually num
ber thousands. Ours is only one of many
demonlnations at work, but though great
things have been accomplished, the mass
of heathenism is yet unenlightened. What
we have done is simply a preparation for
the victories that are to thrill the uni
verse when there will be no night."
DESCRIBES LIFE AS A RACE
Dr. House Exhorts Hearers to Lay
Aside Hindering Habits.
The following extracts are taken from
Rev. B. L. House's sermon on "Life as a
Race," at the First Congregational
Church, yesterday morning:
Paul saya this world Is not a grandstand
where men should alt down and look on
the show, applauding or criticising; nor la
It a promenade, where people may pass up
and down to see and be seen: nor is It a
comfortable Inn, where the chief concern.
Is shelter, food and sleep; but It is a race
track, a place for activity, effort and pro
gression, toward an Inspiring goal. There
Is a definite stretch ot ground that must
be covered and many are the spectators
watching us.
First Paul brings out the fact of an over
world above us. This Impression la too
feeble. Realms unreached by railways and
telegraphs are doubted; the existence and
nearness of a personal Qod are lost In the
rattle of machinery and cars Already
cities are estimated by population and not
by purity; churches for their wealth and
not for their character; men'for their means
and not for their morality, 'J It needs some
voice like that of Paul to call us to take
the upward look, that we may recognize
that we are ever In the presence of the
retinue of the most high God.
Second Paul tells us that this great crowd
of witnesses have done their part. We
must take their places; we must keep up
the order of the ages. We are In the suc
cession. To refuse to get Into line -Is to
antagonize the order of the world. It la
to break up the progress of the world.
Every brave stroke of work Is being wit
nessed by a vast host with delight, and
by faith we can see them looking on.
Again, to be successful. It is necessary
that we prepare ourselves thorough.lv. We
are told "to lay aside every weight." We
carry too much baggage. In a race every
ounce tells. Now the Christian weights are
extremely difficult to deal with. Publlo
opinion expects such a man to abandon cer
tain forms of sin. such aa profanity, li
centiousness, fraud and drunkenness. But
what are weights to one are not weights
to another. How am I to learn what are
weights? By running. The race will de
termine t'ne whole matter. Is it right to
go to balls, to the race course, to the the
aters ? Is Sunday golf or automoblUng
right? All this Is rabblncaL But run the
true race and you will find yourself drop
ping habits and becoming Indifferent to
things you formerly thought Indispensable to
life.
And then "there Is t'ne sin which doth so
easily beset us" that has to be laid aside.
"The Greek word here signifies a sin which
Is In good standing around." Murder la
never In good standing, nor adultery. Tou
would not ask to your home the man who
Is a drunken debauchee. Yet many Chris
tian people like to ask the smart, clever
unbeliever who tramples upon the sanctity
of the Sabbath, and who calls Into ques
tion many things of the Bible and our re
ligious faith.
Then you must run with patience. Tou
must have patience with yourself, with your
neighbor, with your minister. If you do not
run well, take heart, tomorrow you will do
better. The text haa an encouragement in
the fact that these witnesses tell us that
they have won, and that we can do the
same. And when we think of Samson and
Rahab, there Is all encouragement to run.
The track has been laid out for our suc
cess, and Christ is at the end, ready to
give us the crown of victory.
SORRY TO LEAVE PORTLAND
Rev. W. F. Small, Universallst Pas
tor, Preaches Farewell Sermon.
Rev. W. F. Small, who has been pas
tor of the First Universallst Church,
East Couch and Eighth streets, deliv
ered his farewell sermon to his con
gregation yesterday morning, and
then bade good-by to the members
personally. He will leave with his
family this morning for Santa Paula,
Cal., where he will enter on his duties
as pastor of a large church. He had
been pastor of the Portland church for
four years. In closing his work here
Rev. Small paid the following tribute
to Portland:
"I am deeply In love with Portland.
I believe Portland Is one of the clean
est and most beautiful cities in the
Union. I don't agree with some who
have denounced Portland as morally
corrupt and generally bad, but on the
contrary I think it reasonably . free
from corruption, and I have learned to
love Portland, and shall not forget the
four years I spent here. I hope to see
a great Universallst Church built up
here, and shall recommend to the gen
eral convention that one of the strong
est and ablest men that can be found
be sent to this field."
The congregation adopted a strong
expression of good wishes for the suc
cess of Mr. Small and his wife in their
new field. It will probably be some
time before a pastor is called to this
field, and the pulpit will be supplied
temporarily. The church will be over
hauled and repainted before a perma
nent pastor will be Invited to this field.
PREACHES ON EARTHQUAKE
Morning Sermon at Taylor Street on
"Visitation of Calamity."
Rev. Francis M. Larkin, D. D., of
San Francisco, preached a most inter
esting sermon at the Taylor-Street
Methodist Church yesterday morning.
He discussed the question of the "Vis
itation of Calamity," as set forth in
the recent California disaster, and said
it is in harmony with God's great plan
of dealing with the race. He did not
believe it was because of wickedness.
"Indeed the cause," he declared, "is,
humanely speaking, unknown." Dr.
Larkin leaves the city today for Cin
cinnati to take up his work of raising
funds for the destroyed Methodist
churches in California.
In the evening Dr. Short delivered a
lecture on "In His Steps." Half an
hour before the time set for tne serv
ice the church was crowded, and the
service started with another of those
song services for which the old
church has become famous this Sum
mer. The lecture was excellent and
two persons Joined the church at its
close.
Dr. Short Bang the old gospel hymn
"The Ninety and Nine," made famous
by the late Ira Sankey. Next Sunday
night the lecture will be "Tiscot's Life
of Christ." Only two more of these
popular Illustrated lectures will be de
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DOCTRINE IS FALSE
Rev. Ely So Characterizes the
Teachings of Ancient Days.
IS STILL PERSISTED IN
To Cavalry Presbyterian Flock, Min
ister Points Out Errors That
Have Clung to Church
Since Paul's Day.
The following is taken from Rev. B.
E. S. Ely's sermon at Calvary Presby
terian Church, yesterday morning:
"It wag my privilege a week ago to
say something of the false teachers
whose speculations and practices
threatened the peace and purity of the
GRESHAM METHODISTS ARE BUILDING NEW CHURCH
BllLCINO as it wru, appear whex completed.
GRE8HAM, Or., Aug. 25. (Special.) The above engraving represents the
new Methodist Episcopal Church now under construction at this place. Its
extreme dimensions will be B0x65 feet, with a tower TO feet high. The audi
torium will contain 235 seats on an inclined floor. The lecture room will be
21x30 feet and will seat 110. The two rooms will bs connected with folding
doors on rolling partitions and can easily be converted Into one room if neces
sary. The walls will be 16 feet high with an arched celling 25 feet above
the floor. The approximate cost will be 14000 and It la expected to have
the edifice finished and ready for dedication by the first day of November.
The building will rest on a concrete foundation, which is now almost finished.
Dr. A. Thompson, pastor of the church, has been very energetic In the
work of providing a new place of worship and says that when completed it
will be all paid for. The society had some money on hand to which is being
added numerous subscriptions and a further substantial sum realized from the
sale of a piece of property belonging to the church.
The old church, which haa been used since pioneer days, was moved to
another location near by, and will be used aa a lecture room for society
meetlnga and other kindred purposes.
Christian Church of Colossae. Those
teachers seem to have borrowed and
adopted many of the strange fancies
about God and creation, and good and
evil, that have always had such a
fascination for the Oriental mind, and
in some forms, still survive and And
acceptance in our modern Western
world.. God is good; matter is evil,
and tho seat of sin. The universe, be
ing material and therefore evil, could
not have come directly from a good
God; is antagonistic to him, and is
eparated from him by a great gulf.
This gulf is spanned by a chain of
intermediate beings.
"This, in part, was tne doctrine. To
this Paul opposes the solid truth of
the gospel. No need is there for this
shadowy crowd of beings to bridge
the KUlf between God and his world:
for Christ, the one supreme, all-sufficient
mediator, fills the space and
leaves room for no other.
"It Is the latter truth to which our
attention is directed by the verses
under consideration. We are told that
what the world needs is education, and
doubtless it does. We are told much
about the necessity and value of Im
proved physical and social conditions
for men; and certainly there is truth
In this. But there is one deep, under
lying, pre-eminent need which is too
often Ignored. It Is the need which, the
gospel recognizes, provides for and
fully, satisfies In Jesus Christ. It is
the need of reconciliation, such as is
effected exclusively and all-sufficiently
through him. So then it is of Christ,
the reconciler, we are to think and
speak together.
"Christ reveals and carries out the
good pleasure of God. Men are so apt
to misunderstand and misrepresent the
God of the Christian religion. Men say
that according to the teachings of or
thodox Christianity, he is an unloving
God, who needs to be placated and
moved to have mercy upon his crea
tures. They seem to think that, ac
cording to the gospel, Jesus Christ
came into this world and lived and died
as ne did to make God loving and mer
ciful toward men. But as you very well
know, this is not the gospel. Neither
Paul nor any other apostle teaches
this. They taught as Christ himself
teaches. In God is love, and In Christ
is the lovo of God.
"The dying of the Lord Jesus was
more than accident and incident. - It
was a definitely appointed and divinely
provided Instrumentality. It had a pur
pose. It was to 'make peace' with God
for man. It was a proposition, John al
leges, that, in his own death, Jesus
Christ is the propitiation for our sins,
and not for our sins only, but the sins
of the wbole world.
"And you, my brother? when I turn
as did Paul to his Colosians, and say:
Tou hath ne reconciled," does there
rise ud from a heart lovingly won and
lovingly submitted to God In Christ, a
free, glad Amen?"
'FITNESS FOR KINGDOM."
Only Pure in Heart Can Hope to
Enter In.
Professor D. M. Metiger, dean -of the
faculty at Dallas College, preached at
the First United Evangelical Church,
corner of East Tenth and Sherman
streets, yesterday morning. His sub
ject was "Fitness for the Kingdom."
and his scripture lesson was the 15th
Psalm. He said in part:
The opening question of this psalm, the
soloist's part In a responsive temple service
of song, might. In current language, be
stated something like this: "Who Is fit for a
place in the church on earth? Who shall at
last reach heaven?" Many both within and
without the church are seriously asking this
question. The choral answer of the next tour
verses describes the man who has such fitness
and has a right to indulge such a hope. His
personal character and life stand plumb to the
line of God's law. He walks uprightly.- He
Is it worker, and his activities are directed
along lines that good men and God can ap
prove. Back of this life he lives, and the
work tie does, there la a motive worthy of our
best thought and highest interest. In his
heart he la true.
His relations to his fellow-man are right.
His neighbor's property and hie good name
are alike aacred to him. He -abhors slander
and a reproach. He acta as a nonconductor.
When atorlea reach him he stops- them. His
charity covers a multitude of sins. He values
men at their real worth, no matter where they
are found. By him the vile person la con
temned. In high places as in low, and the
devout man who fears God merits his respect
as much in the lowly walks of life as in places
of prestige and power.
In hut business he is honorable and honest.
An oath or promise to him is a sacred thing,
and when once given, even to his own finan
cial loss, he will not change. He may be
rich, but he will not Increase his estate by
unjust practices. He may be employed In the
administration of public affairs, but he will
not take a bribe, nor will he for any gain or
hope of It to himself do anything to the hurt
of any religious cause.
The man who consistently observes these
things shall not only dwell In the royal palace,
but amid all the convulsions and changes of
time be shall remain steadfast and immove
able; throughout the ceaseless lapse of eter
nal ages he shall have fellowship with God,
"he shall never be moved."
At the evening services Professor
Metzger preached on "The Purpose of
Christ's Coming." Next Sunday Dr. C
A. Mock, Ph. D., president of Dallas
College, will occupy the pulpit of First
Church.
"THE SUFFERINGS OF LIFE."
Sermon by Rev. E. S. Muckley at
Christian Church.
Rev. E. S. Muckley, of the First Chris
tian Church, preached the last of the
"life series" of sermons last evening. His
subject was "The Sufferings of Life," and
his text was taken from Hebrews xll:LL
He said:
The meaning of suffering is a profound
mystery to most people. And many, be
cause they do not understand it, rebel
against It. But the meaning of suffering
need not altogether be wrapt in mystery.
If we studied life In its various expressions
and relations more so as to get a working
idea, of its meaning we would understand
the meaning of suffering better, for the
meaning of suffering is largely if not wholly
wrapt In the meaning of life.
Mistakes and suffering are a part of the
very constitution of things. We are resent
ful and rebellious against suffering because
we look upon it as punishment for the viola
tion of laws we never knew existed and
were never told how to obey. It is penalty,
but not punishment. Violated law must
have its penalty, whether-violated through
ignorance or intelligently. Law In the very
nature of the case must have Its penalty,
or it could not be law. But to say that
man Is thrust into this world without choice,
a mere Infant without knowledge of either
internal or external conditions and laws
with which he must become familiar largely
through experience, and then to blame him
for mistakes which he cannot help by In
sisting that he is being punished for the
violation of law, is to do that which rea
soning men will resent and rebel against.
And they have a right to do so, for God
never spoke of law violated through Ig
norance as meriting punishment. But It Is
only when men through the spirit of rebel
lion knowingly violate law that God holds
them worthy of punishment, and does pun
ish them. But law violated lgnorantly
meets only penalty, not punishment. Human
philosophies have been wholly responsible
for our wrong notions of sufferings.
Suffering has made the world move toward
the enduring. It has stimulated Investiga
tion and knowledge and through these haa
stimulated progress. But for physical suf
fering man might never have cared to
know much ot his constitution, and the
nervous system and the circulation of the
blood would never have been discovered. It
Is suffering that Is stimulating great medi
cal discoveries. If Christ, the author and
captain of our salvation, was made perfect
through suffering, as the author of Hebrews
affirms, we who are brought to righteousness
through him should look upon suffering as
a blessed feature of the divine economy. It
Is a part of the very constitution ot life
instituted for our well being.
DEFINES REAL CHRISTIANITY
Dr.. Clarence . True Wilson Tells of
Its Benign Influence.
Rev. Clarence True Wilson delivered the
last of his series of lectures on "Modern
Substitutes for Christianity" at Grace
Methodist Episcopal Church last night.
The subject last night was "Real Chris
tianity." His text was found in John.
iv:16; "God is love, and he that abideth
in love abideth In God and God in him."
Dr. Wilson said in part:
This Is a brief statement of the whole of
Christianity. It states the theology of Chris
tianity: God is love. The Greek and Roman
philosophers knew of his existence, the He
brew of his personality and power, but It
was left for Christ to tearti us his love.
Theology Is the science of the things - ox
God, and the message that Christianity
brings about Godt is that he is love. How
much that means to a world of sin and
trouble. If he ia love then he is a person.
He is not an abstraction, but a sympathis
ing heavenly father. That Is what thla world
needa to know of God. We want to see his
loving kindness standing out from all nia
words like the rainbow out of the weep
ing heavens.
Here we have the experience of Chris
tianity dwelleth In God and God in htm.
The Indwelling spirit of God and the adopted
child enshrined In the bosom of his eternal
father is the sublime experience of the
Christian religion. Tou may have it for the
asking now. Millions are now walking with
him. in white. They pass the polutlons of
this present world and come out of Its fac
tories and stores every Saturday night pure
as gold, white as snow. There Is no power
like the religion of Jesus Christ to keep
one steady in temptations and griefs and
disappointments, the Christian's secret of a
happy life being a spiritual experience.
The ethics of Christianity Is expressed In
this text: dwelleth In love. That will trans
form the world. That makes good neigh
bors of criminals, of sinners. He that dwell
eth in love will wrong no one. He will
keep the golden rule and not simply talk
about It He will be giving himself In
helpfulness to every cause which needs as
sistance. The Christian religion has raised
up just such votaries in every land In
every age. It has men enlisted to pre
vent crime, to tear down the strongholds
of iniquity. Anthony Comstock, that most
maligned man, is a good example of what
Christianity can make of a man. It has
been doing such work through the ages.
Wherever It has gone all things have
been Improved. It expels cruelty. It curbs
the passions, it brands suicide, it stops
dueling, it punishes infanticides. It drives
the shameless Impurities of heathenism to
their own congenial darkness. There ia
hardly a class of wrongs that it does not
remedy. It rescued the gladiator, it freed
the slave. It protected the captive, it nursed
the sick, it sheltered the orphan, it ele
vated womanhood. It shrouded with a halo
of sacred glory the tender years of the
child. In every region of life Its amelior
ating influence was felt. It changed pity
from a vice into a virtue, it elevated pov
erty from a curse into a beautltude, it
ennobled labor from a vulgarity into a dig
nity and a duty, it sanctified marriage into
almost a sacrament, it proclaimed the
brotherhood of the race. And in all lands
where It has moulded the character of the
true believer it has created hearts so pure
and homes so sweet and Uvea so helpful
as to compel us to admit Its heavenly origin.
Where else do we look for such a record?
The modern substitutes we have been con
sidering for eight successive Sunday even
ings not only have made no such record,
but they contain no such possibilities. Their
origin Is more shallow, their purpose lest
benevolent, their power Insufficient: they
have no motive forces. They have no mag
netic cross and no divine Christ. Neither
Is there salvation In any other, for there
Is no other name that Is given under heaven
among men whereby we may be saved.
Beginning with next Sunday, the new
Quartet will sing and the services will be
held at the hours of 10:30 A. M. and 7:30
P. M.
GETS CULL TO PORTLAND
HIGHLAND CHURCH INVITES
REV. E. S. BOLLINGER.
Oregon City Pastor Tenders His Res
ignation Preparatory to Ac
cepting His New Offer.
Rev. E. S. Bollinger, of the First Con
gregational Church of Oregon City, has
received a call to the pastorate of the
Highland Congregational Church, at
the southeast corner of Prescott and
East Sixth streets, to succeed Rev. A.
M. Rockwood, who resigned a month
ago. Rev. Bollinger has tendered his
resignation to the trustees of the Ore
gon City church with the intention of
accepting the Highland call.
The trustees of the Highland
Church met last Thursday and elected
Rev. Bollinger to the position. Upon re
ceipt of the call Dr. Bollinger tendered
his resignation and the trustees of
the Oregon City church will consider
his resignation next Thursday evening.
Dr. Bollinger said last night: "I feel
greatly bonored at receiving this call.
Highland is one of the leading churches
of our denomination in Portland and I
naturally feel that this is a testimo
nial to my work in Oregon City. I
have tendered my resignation with the
understanding that I wanted to be re
lieved and I think there is no doubt
but what it will be acted upon favor
ably next Thursday night. In case it is
received and I am released I shall ac
cept the call to Highland Church and
will in all probability be In Portland
by October 1, ready to take up my
duties. . No, I .shall not visit Portland
before my resignation Is acted upon."
Rev. Bollinger lias been seven and
one-half years at Oregon City and
during that time has added more than
200 members to the church. He began
preaching in Baltimore 22 years ago
and in 18S8 came to Oregon. He was
for four years pastor of a church in
Salem, then four and one-half years
superintendent of the State School for
the Blind. At the end of his service
there he was called to Astoria where
he spent three and one-half years as
pastor of the First Congregational
Church. From there he went to Ore
gon City, where he has remained ever
since.
The church to which he has been
called is one of the fastest-growing
churches In Portland and has the larg
est Sunday school of any Congrega
tional Church in the city.
Rev. Arden M. Rockwood, former
pastor of Highland Church, who re
signed a month ago. will leave for
New England in about two weeks,
where he will accept a pastorate, prob
ably In Massachusetts, as he has sev
eral places offered him.
POTATOES GO TO ALASKA
Largest Shipment Ever Made to the
North Has Been Despatched.
Shipments of potatoes from Portland to
Alaska this year will be larger than
ever before. Already one firm, has sent
to the territory 4000 crates of Oregon
potatoes, the largest order In the history
of any Portland firm from this city to
the northern country. Half of the order
goes to the Government for its employes
In Alaska, and the other 2000 crates are
consigned to hotels, which buy as a
combination.
The demand for the Oregon potato has
been increasing from year to year, and
especially among the people of the North.
It seems that the potatoes from this
state are especially in favor among the
Army officers of Alaska, and conse
quently most of the products of this na
ture are purchased among the commis
sion merchants of Portland.
The same firm also made an unusually
large shipment of potatoes and apples to
the Hawaiian Islands on the Hllonian on
its last trip. This is practically a new
field for the commission merchants made
possible by the operation of a line of
steamers within the last few months.
Other shipments are to be made from
itme to time, and the Honolulu orders
for potatoes and apples promise to be
a new feature of the commission business
of Portland.
BUSIXESS ITEMS.
If Baby Is Cnttln Teth
Ba tnir and use that old and well-tried rem
edy, Mn. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup, for chil
dren teething. It soothes the child, soften
the gums, allays all pain, cure wind colic
and diarrhoea.
BIG SMELTER MAY
BE BROUGHT HERE
Daniel Guggenheim, President
of Trust, Looks Over the
Situation on Coast.
IS GATHERING MUCH DATA
Likely That Ore From Northwestern
Mines May Be Brought to Port
land Where Big Plant
W ill Treat Them. "
The smelter trust has practically decid
ed to build a plant In the Northwest, and
Portland stands excellent chances of se
curing the institution. Reports are now
being gathered of all the mines In this
section, and Alaska, as well, and will be
forwarded to the head of the trust at
New York.
Daniel Guggenheim, president of the
American Smelting & Refining Company;
commonly known as the smelter trust;
also president of the Guggenheim Explo
ration Company, .as well as of the Amer
ican Smelting Securities Company, and bis
brother, Simon R. Guggenheim, member
of the executive committee of the Amer
ican Smelting & Refining Company were
In Portland several days ago and held a
conference with Dr. E. O. Smith, a mining
expert of this city. The result of the
meeting was to the effect that the Gug
genheims requested Dr. Smith to secure
all the data possible relating to the cop
per and mining industry of the North
west and forward it to them.
The Guggenhelms are among the weal
thiest people In America. They own cop
per properties in Alaska covering hun
dreds of acres and recently spent six
weeks in the territory inspecting their
belongings. The Guggenhelms have de
cided to build a railroad into the Copper
River Valley, In Alaska, to develop their
mines In that section. The work will
begin next season. They will also devel
op the mines which their companies con
trol in the Klondike and other sections
of Alaska. These people also own and
control mining lands all over the North
west. Portland has been selected as the pos
sible center for the smelter works of the
great concern, for several reasons. In the
first place, It is accessible to an the min
ing country of the Pacific Coast States,
and has an excellent waterway to the
ocean. Within the next few years the
Guggenheim copper mines in Alaska,
which promises to be one of the greatest
copper countries in the world, will be
opened, railroads built and the ore shipped
to the' States by shiploads of thousands
of tons.
The smelter trust finds many Induce
ments here to build a smelter. Portland
has connecting railroads to the north,
east, south and west, which run through
rich mining districts. The Columbia River
connects the city with the Pacific Ocean
and Its banks in this vicinity offer every
Inducement for the construction of an
Immense smelter which will give employ
ment to thousands of men.
Dr. E. O. Smith is one of the pioneer
mining engineers of Oregon. He has trav
eled In all parts of the world, and for
months has been in communication with
the Guggenhelms. Upon their arrival last
week they Immediately sent for him.
Thursday afternoon a conference was
held at the Hotel Portland, when tvj
president of the great corporation stated
his plans to the Portland man. "We want
reports of all the mines In this section
of the country," Daniel Guggenheim said
to Dr. Smith. "We have an Idea as to
what Alaska will produce and are par
ticularly anxious to have all details on
the mining Industry in this section and
the Northwest In general."
MORDEN J. BARBER KILLED
NEAR LENTS.
Was Slightly Under the Influence of
Liquor at the Time of
the Accident.
Morden J. Barber, aged 40 years, who
conducted a barber ship on Second street,
was run over by an O. W. P. car at
Lents Junction at 12:30 o'clock yesterday
morning and died at the Good Samaritan
Hospital a few hours later. Barber was
somewhat under the influence of liquor
when he got aboard the car leaving the
city and went to sleep. When the car
reached Lents the conductor woke him
up and asked where he wished to go.
He replied to Arleta, and being past that
station, got off at Lents Junction. The
car switches at Lents and doubles back
on the Sellwood track, running over the
Springwater division to Mllwaukle. As
the car started. Barber either attempted
to board the car or stumbled and fell on
the track. He was struck and ground
under, the heavy wheels. His skull was
crushed badly.
Dr. Moore of Lents was called and Bar
ber was brought to this city, where Dr.
Rockey was called in' consultation. The
unfortunate man was taken to the Good
Samaritan Hospital where an operation
was performed, but it proved fruitless
and he died about 9 o'clock.
The car was in charge of Motorman G.
A. Grafton and Conductor C. L. Smith.
Persons who saw the accident say that
Barber himself was wholly to blame.
PERSONALMENTION.
S. H. Friendly, Mayor of Eugene, Is
registered at the Hotel Portland.
H. G. VanDusen, fish warden at As
toria, Is registered at the Imperial Hotel.
Rev. and Mrs. Austin Rice, of Walla
Walla, are guests at the Imperial Hotel.
N. U. Carpenter, a foundryman of
Baker City, is a guest at the Imperial
Hotel.
D. H. Moseley, of Boise, Idaho, Sheriff
of Ada County, is registered at the Per
kins Hotel.
Miss Anna Lang, receiver of the Land
Office at The Dalles, Is a guest at the
Portland.
F. P. Bodinson, a druggist at Baker
City, is at the Imperial Hotel attending
business affairs in this city.
A. C. Fox. manager of the Lee-Willard
Stock Company, wnlch is playing at As
toria, is a guest at the Portland.
Barron G. Collier, one of the best
known advertising men in the United
States, Is registered at the Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. S. Rosenthal and son,
Ben, of Chicago, are visiting with rela
tives, Mr. and Mrs. L. Goldenbersr. At
home Sunday.
Frank J. Smith, of Caldwell, Idaho,
Judge of the Seventh District, is regis
tered at the Imperial. He Is on his way
to the seashore.
United States Senator George Suther
land, of Utah, is a guest at the Portland.
He is returning to his home at Salt Lake
after a visit to Victoria, B. C.
Thomas A. Jordan has returned after
a month's absence in the East.
Mr. and Mrs. George White left yes
terday for Utah for a two weeks' trip.
J. C. Pierce, of Klamath Falls, is a
guest at the Imperial Hotel. He is a
brother of Charles Pierce, the first man
to introduce the automobile into the
lumber camps of the Siskiyou Mountains.
W. E. Borah, candidate for United
States Senator on the Republlcam ticket
from Idaho, will arrive tomorrow from
the North. Mrs. Borah is now at the
Portland. From here Mr. and Mrs. Borah
will return to their home at Boise.
Benjamin F. Mulkey, principal of the
Btate Normal School at Ashland. ex
Senator and vice-president of the Oregon
Development League, is a guest at the
Perkins Hotel. President Mulkey is on
his way to Northeastern Oregon, where
he will attend a series of meetings of the
teachers' institute.
Fire Chief Campbell left Saturday
night for Calgary, Alberta. Canada, to
attend the annual convention of the
Pacific Coast Association of Fire
Chiefs, of which be is president. He
is accompanied by Fire Chiefs M. Fox,
of Baker City; G. O. Yoran, Eugene,
and M. L. Toogood, Boise. The con
vention will be held at Calgary Au
gust 28.
NEW YORK, Aug" 26. (Special.) North
western people registered today as fol
lows: From Spokane, Wash. F. Berney, at
the New Amsterdam; R. El Shepard, at
the Victoria.
From Olympia, Wash. L. F. Schmidt,
at the Belvedere.
CHICAGO, Aug. 26. (Special.) J.
B. Mackenzie, of Portland, registered
today at the Auditorium.
A
FRED TATLOR IS WANTED FOR
ROBBING MCSIO STORE.
Captured In Tacoma In Possession of
Cornet9 Stolen In Portland
Last AVednesday. i
Keeping all details and even the very
fact of the crime being committed from
the public, the police department,
through officers at Tacoma, yesterday
succeeded in capturing Fred Taylor,
alleged to be the burglar who broke
Into Charles E. York's music store on.
First street, between Pine and Oak,
last Wednesday evening.
The store was entered between 9
and 10 o'clock in the evening by shat
tering the glass in one of the doors
and opening the lock from the Inside.
Eight cornets, valued by York at J300,
were taken by the burglar, who left no
clew behind him as to his identity.
The burglary was reported at tha
police headquarters Thursday morning,
and Captain Bruin detailed Detective
Hellyer on tho case. Hellyer quietly
Investigated the burglary and In his
search for the stolen cornets found
three of them pawned in local second
hand stores. The burglar obtained
18.60 on the three Instruments and in
one store bought a cheap telescope.
He pawned the instruments on tha
night of the robbery and from the pur
chase of the telescope Detective Hell
yer concluded the man had left town
the same night, probably upon the
train which leaves Portland at 11:45
o'clock for the Sound.
The department Immediately wired
to the different large cities on the line
to detain the burglar, if discovered,
and gave his description which they
obtained from the pawnbrokers who.
advanced the money on the cornets.
Last night Captain Bruin was informed
that the man was arrested at Tacoma.
with the five cornets in his possession.
Detective Hellyer will probably leave
for Tacoma today to bring the man.
whose name js Fred Taylor, back to
stand trial in this city.
It has developed since the burglary
that Taylor stole a watch from one of
the pawnbrokers in Portland while
pawning a cornet. In Tacoma, Taylor
also succeeded In lifting ten valuabla
watches from a store, as was discov
ered after the man had been arrested
on the warrant from the Portland au
thorities. '
WHO ARE THE LOAFERS?
This Idler Say9 It 19 tho People
on Vacation.
PORTLAND, Or., Aug. 28. (Te the Edi
tor.) I Introduce myself as one of those
loafers which your reporter has found about
the city parks. Now I ask you why don't
. rtf fh- mat of the Teo-
yui ku ' - - -
pis of this city and community who also
seem to be loafing sdoui mis i
year. Only the other day I read that at
.v. i. thm vers So.ooo neouls loafing;
you say taking their Summer vacation; I
say loafing. Ttiey are jusi as juuuu
as we are. They are loafing away their
time la the country; ws In the city, if you
please. Go to any Summer resort and you
will find hundreds of able-bodied young
men crowded around the stations, doing
nothing. Now. why don't your One office
men go out and help these farmers. It
wouldn't hurt you any and do Just as much
good as though you loaf vacation away.
But you say you don't have to work that
. i .it .!., Tn that answer you
have made an answer for a greater numbnr
of the men wno nappe w uuuH,H
around the plaza blocks. We have money
enough to be Idle and It Is our privilege
to be Idle If we wish to. Men who work In
the woods and on publlo works all the
.., ,n nend their "vacation"
in the city and many Incidentally loaf, as you
call It, about plaza oiocss or kui .u
resorts..
I am speaking now of a majority ot ins
men your reporter has noticed. If he Is
, anv mora "loafers" let him take
a trip to Long Beach or some other Bum
mer "resort" and he will find Just as many
loafers at each station from this city as 'ne
does at the plasa blocks. Bark at the other
tree awhile. As for tho plara loafers they
will go to work when they get ready.
PLAZA LOAFER.
KANSAS POLITICIAN HERE
Judge Smith Gave Up the Supreme
Bench for Railroad Position.
William R. Smith, ex-Associate Justice
of the Supreme Court of Kansas, who re
signed his position a year ago, was a
guest at the Hotel Portland yesterday,
accompanied by his wife. Judge Smith
is one of the best-known Republicans In
the Sunflower State. He left last night
for the north. Judge' Smith is now so
licitor for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe Railroad.
Judge Smith was first admitted to the
Kansas bar at Atchison in 1872. In 1SS4
he was elected City Attorney and seSved
in this capacity four years. In 1898, he
was appointed to the Supreme Court, and
his term was not to expire until 1910. At
that time he was living at Kansas City,
Kan., but since then has been residing at
Topeka.
This sentence Is extracted from a testi
monial in a newspaper: "But I am thank
ful to say after five week's of your treat
ment . . . the girl can read and write
with her right eye as well as with her
left."