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Newspaper Page TextTHE MORMXG OREGOMAN, MOXTAV. JANUARY 1-4. 190T. GOLOEST WEftTHER ran mmit, Tama Mercury Falls Steadily and forecast tor Today Is Not Encouraging. CE BLOCKS NAVIGATION Columbia Frozen Over and Wlllam- ctte Jn Full of F'loci Skating; " and Coasting ropular-Fucl Shortage Increases. SUMS OF THERMOMETER K j PORTLAND. 4 Fi M. j-eftcrdaj-; A. M. X .......... 21 '20 4 ! Ml HI .... ....... -1 ...... 1 Vlth th msreury .readily falling all day yesterday and promising to continue the descent today. Portland Is shivering from the effects oC the severest cold snap in many j-ears. Between 5 A. M. and 5 I. M. yesterday the temperature fell 7 degrees, virtually without a break. When the weather bureau closed for the night at the latter hour the thermometer rrsri.stered 17 degrees above zero and was "till falling- with Indications that it would reach 5 or 6 degrees lower oetore morning. The highest temperature of the day was at 5 A. M., when 24 degrees was the readiiift. l'"rom that hour on the mercury fell steadily, the only rally being at noon,' when It struRgled up from 21 to 21 and a fraction large enough to entitle it to be culled 22 the weather bureau does not deal in fractions in recording tempera. tnres. This Rain was held for an hour and then the s Kgf n tz began airaln, at the rato of a degree an hour as sundown Approached. Willi the fuel Rhortafrf more acute than over before, tiie cold wave could liaru.lv iiave strucK Portland at a more unfor tullflte time. Wliat Is true of Portland applies to nearly every- city In the PaolfJc Nort 1 1 wont, it the cold nil n i i M genera 1. At Seattle yesterday the minimum tern- lU'VatllVG MS' !0 decrees, nl Spokane jsero, and at Walla Walla 14 decrees above zno. The severest weather of the xv inter is reported by all weather ob- servers on the roast. It u erowincr do- chledly colder In Southwestern and South ern Orogon a.irf the moron r- In t hose sec t tons of the mate will proba bly continue to fall for several days, in Eastern Ore- ton. Km h torn Washington nnd Northern I t ji lio the mercury Is hovering around the zero mark. Columbia U Frozen Over. At Vancouver the Columbia. River Is frozen over. The Willamette River is mil of running ice ana may become blocked at any time. Navigation on the I'ohimbla is at a standstill. The ferry vent or clay made several trips between Vancouver and the Fenlnsula, but van hauled off at 10:30 o'clock In the morn ing. The Jessie Hnrkins was placed on the run and succeeded In operating at In- tervala until darK. The river was then frozen over. The steamers Joseph Kellosrar and fnpt t r 1 City are frosen i ri .1 1 Hood River, it nd the Snake River is reported to be dosed V Ice. The locks At the Cascades n re closed and on the upper river no steamers r running. The supply boats fur the North. Bank Road are unable to deliver freight and It will only be a. matter of a few days until all work on that line will be suspended unless the temperature rises. Many ot the lower river Mi m been taken off their runs and from pres ent Indications nothing will move for ev-ern I days. The steamships Cymerlc and Vermont re on tlTClr M)' lip ftON '.Astoria, but their progress, is nrreatly Impeded by the ice and they will not rech here until some time today. But few Portland homes were com- fortable yesterday and Among the poorer MISIMOI TDirEIUTlRES AT J POINTS IS WEST. Degree.. j-wmarcc Pnicft . ... lOltoseburg ".. H -'-Sacraraento ... :I8 T .... .T.'Salt l.akn n .. . .-14 Snn T'rHnclsco . . Its, UVinv till Kureka S I nrth Ilrad . . "4 a mi-mono mnaioosn island, Portland lTlWalla Walla., i: classes there was considerable suffering owing- to lack of fuel. Residences In Portland are not constructed for cold and but few of the public and office ImlldlnRS have storm doors. Even in ho me of the hotels the atmosphere wa anything but warm and the guests spent the day huddled about the radiators. The streets of the city were almost de- acrted yesterday and thone who could do so remained indoors. Those who did go out did not remain long, as the chilling winds which wcw strongly all day added greatly to the intensity of the cold and there were many who believed that it was at least zero weather until thoy looked at the thermometer, i ' Sidewalks Coated With Ice. The sidewalks are coated wi th th tele liiycrs of ire, ana accidents from falls will undoubtedly bo reported today as the resumption of business will fomjwl people to lowve tlielr homes. Hbm-a will have ii liara time of it today, as tTie percentage nf them that Is - rough shod la very small. Yc.trday drivers wrapped gunny snokx about the feet of the brutes, but in sume instances even this precaution did not prevent accidents. Actinic Chief Grltzmacher yesterday in structed his patrolmen to prevent boys from pouring water on the streets and -itlewalKs to make better coasting, but as the policemen are few and have Ions heats to cover, the boys were busy, and this mpniing dosena of hills in Portland are in perfect condition for coasting. While the gruwn-ups citing close to their firesides yesterday, the small boys : i n 1 girls were out by ti.e hundreds. livery hill was swarming with them nnd last niffht they enjoyed the finest f-oa.ttlnjr they have had -for years. A Kofl many bob sleds were out and coasting ptirtles were organized. Al though there Is rarely good coasting: in Portland It seemed as though every nmitll boy and girl in the city is the proud possessor of a sled. The skating la as good as the coast- in and every pond around Portland was l I n -k v-i r peopl.; yesterday. The finest sKating, i Ktlley a Uutte and on Guild's 1-ake. Great crowds of skater congregated In Montgomery Gulch and the ice Is reported to be In One condi tion In the sloughs close to Woodlawn. Ther were vtn more .tatari on the ponds Inst night than In the after noon. Great bonHres were lighted, and ga v scenes wre presented. Society n UKe to tlie Mating ponds K ttic weather continues cold. Considering tlx- few opportunities the people here have to enjoy Winter sports .there are a surprisingly large number Qt excel lent skaters In Portland. But then it must be remembered that nearly any person who can skate on roilers can skate on Ice. alao that there arc thousands of newcomers in the city who until a few months or few years ago resided in the colder states of the Kant. The cold weather has eked thousands of water pipes and a too has made the Ran flow through the pipes so sluggishly that several all-night drug stores which burn gas were compelled to close up last night. Doubtless when the cold snap la over there will be filen ty of gas. but people who use gas heaters will not need It then. tWCSTfQRThULUH COLD SNAP PCTS MOXEY IX HIS WELL-FILLED PfRSE. Therefore He Endures tlie Arctic Weather With Cheerfnl Fprtltudc. - .Pipes iTOzen in Many Homes Pltim bers occupy almost as much space In the comic papers as tramps, but just now they are no joke. Many who have laughed at their expense are paying for it now. for these mechanics are in great demand. They are Just now a grim necessity, whether you like them or no. The plumbers are the hardest worked mn in Port 1 . n 1 riarht now. but you need not waste pity on them. They will have their turn at the first of the month when their bills come due. This cold snap means thousands of dol lars for the plumbers of Portland. While the wind was whistling around the cor ners last night and the thermometer went lower and lower. Mr. Plumber wrapped the blankets more tightly around him self ana smiled. He gay visions of bright shining gold pieces and tried to decide whether he preferred an automobile or & nig-h-stepplng- horse. But early this morning- his slumbers and dreams ot prosperity were broken by the telephone bell. Air. So-and-so wants him at the house immediately, as more pipes are frozen, While he dresues. there is another- ring. Someone else wants him. While be is hastily swallowing a cup of hot coffee ne la ( again called to the telephone, Finally the telephone buzzes constantly. But it doesn't take M. Plumber long to get moving, as minutes mean money to him and those who answer the insistent calls keen explaining that the potentate has enouR-h to keep him busy for the next 2 hours, .last night at one of the restaurants a group 'ot men hung around a radiator Waiting for their orders to be served. All wore saying unkind things about the weather but one. This man smiled at an tne implant remarks lie heard until someone was bold enough to In- nuire the cause of his mirth. "Oh. I'm the plumber." he aaid. you feiiows tiiinK i nave a snap of it. he laughed. 'but the cold makes me suffer the same as -It does you. All dy long I have to labor In dark, frigid eel- lars or dig holes in the ground to get at pipes. I nearly freeze and often I get wet to the skin and my clothes f reexs on me. It'n hard work and the only time when I get warm la when I eat. "But I do not work for my health, as T suppose you all know." And he grinned a ga in. and It -was a very noticeable fact that not once when he was telling how cold It is In the cellars did he lose that happy look. It is ware to say that there are thou sands of frozen water pipes in Portland today. Cold weather Is a stranger here and the houses are not built warmly enough to protect water pipes In the present f r I grid weather. AYhen the cold snap first set In last week, many persons with commendable foresigh t shut off the water and drained their pipes, turning it on for only brief periods. Saturday tlie sun came out ana most of the wise ones turned on the water and left it turned on. . That night It became colder than ever and many a citizen returned tome after having heen down town to find pipes frozen solid. Klect-rlc Globe; SelH Bed on fire. A young: lumber dealer of Arleta. who took an Incandescent electric globe to bed with him Saturday night in the at tempt to keep warm, was awakened a few hours later by a fire In the M- clot hes. When aroused the Sleeper found his covering was partially consumed and he suffered from burns on the body. The electric light method ot Keeping the rigors of a cold Winter night at bay seemed to commend itself to the lumber mer chant, and he lapsed Into unconscious ness, enjoying to the full the genial glow of the warm bulb at his feet. The small blase was extinguished be fore It had caused much damage. THOUSANDS DO HIM HONOR runcrai or Archbishop Montgomery Today AVill Be Imposing. sax FRANCISCO, Jan. 13,-The funeral of Archbishop Montgomery tomorrow will he one of the most imposing ever held in this city, it is estimated that over 5000 people will be in the cortege. With Impressive pomp and ceremony the body of Archbishop Montgomery was moved from the lower chapel of St. Mary's Cathedral to the main nave this afternoon. The casket was borne down the aisle In the midst of the crowds as sembled in the Cathedral to witness the spectacle. All the morning the body had rested in the lower chapel, guarded b- two officers" of the League of the Cross cadets, while hundreds knelt in prayer at the feet of the departed prelate, The interior of the cathedral was draped ii black velvet with dark nnmi iHm. mlngs. The- closely packed spectators hardly breathed until the notes Of a funeral march tumbled from th organ. and once again the long lines of people Hied down the aisIesjNto look for the last time upon the race of the man they loved. My yorm Hra ne-li Ijibrary. Conference committees from the dif- ferent organizations of Montavllla held a meeting Friday evening, with the offi cers or the Montavllla Home Training- vjrae ana uiseussea tne formation ot a library. It is a consensus of opinion h i no n k the friend of the movement- for . reading room In Montai-llla that the be.n tuing is to work for a permanent branch of the PortlalM Library Associa tion. To start a reading room will eoe?t t the ftlarl not less than Sl'O per month. h. b. Dickinson, of the Improvement League, is Opposed to paying rent any longer than is necessary and believes that the people of Alontavllla. will raise enough to buy a lot and put up a library building. The question will come up for discussion at the meeting of the Montavllla Home Training Clrole next Friday afternoon. Miss Kellie Fox, representing the Port- laud Library Association, was present at the last meeting; of the circle and urEed the Importance of establishing a reading room at MontavUla. WOOD WAGONQ DUGY Fuel Companies Work Drivers Sunday to Fill Orders. DEMAND STILL GROWING Iirricnltr Is Fonnd In f a klsig De liveries And If Cold Weather ContlnDM, Supplier Will , ' Become Eihausted. Although the delivery teams of the Port land fuel companies were worked yester day contrary to custom, in an attempt to catch up with orders, many hQmes were cold and cheerless and many families suf- fered because deliveries were delayed. If the cold snap lants a week or more the supply of wood will probably prove insuf- riclcnt to meet the demand. The trouble Is to make deliveries, as every available team has be-n secured by the fuel com panies and. there Is still a long list of un filled orders, One Portland firm ot slabwood dealers has made an offer of wood for SO cents a load provided tbe customer will haul It away from the mill. Owing to the fact that express wagons have been hired by the fuel companies to help out deliveries. It is difficult for householders to secure teamsters to haul wood. "if the weatheit continues as cold as it has been tlie last few days." said a repre sentative of the East Bide Slabwood Com pany yesterday, "we will be without dry slabwood within two. weeks.. We have 2000 cords on haruJ, with 1500 corda avail able for sale to consumers. "The main difficulty is in hauling. All the available teams are in use. the Ban- fleld-Veysey Fuel Company keeping 40 teams working. "We are employing about three times the help we were in the Sum mer. We had to keep our men working today in order to catch up with the busi ness pouring In upon us. Until orders get ahead of us again we will be able to till orders within two days after receiving them." The Portland Sawdust & Slabwood Com pany has orders stacked up for a week. to come. Its representative stated yester- day that it was compelled to keep every man and team at work yesterday morning to meet the demand. Prices Cor dry slab, tvood run from ft to J3.oO a load, and the "mixed" wood at 2.'2H for short hauls. KOTEHMSCHSOM ICE KIVEll LAST 1-ltOKKV OVER AT I'Olt l L I IX . 1 S88. People Enjoyed Skating on Willac Cite to Music of Band and by -igltl ot Bonfires. SEATTLE. Wash.. Jan. . 13. (Special.) J o settle a dispute, please Inform me In what year-tite V Hlar.iette rttver was - tast frozen over to such extent as to allow teams to be driven across from Portland to East Portland; and If you have rec ords, kindly tell me how long the cold pell lasted? HARRY BROWN. ly that tearne might have crossed on the lee, but did not because there wa3 no way of getting down to the edge. Xhe .cold est, day in the h Istory of the local Weather Bureau wa January 35, 1888, when the thermometer reached three de- grees below zero. The preceding, day was recorded as "a very cool day." but the exact temperature was not given. Tlie weather remained extremely cold fur over a week, the mercury staying: near the zero nin rk . and tiot until January Zt did the Ice break up. Steamboats were frozen in solid, and during all this time people crossed afoot The now wom swept away and a ekatlng rink established bv FYed T. Mrrrll I above tne oia starK-street terry crossing, where the Morrison-street bridge now stands. Portland people enjoyed the novelty of ekatlng on the Willamette to the music or a brass band and by the light of Don (Ires. The Stark-fitreet ferry was kept moving, a channel -being cut through the Ice. but -was patronised only by vehicles It was before the day of bridges in Port land, jler The Columbia above Vancou frosen. and mule teams with loaded ons crossed from the fort to the Oregon shore. A thin coating of ice formed on the Willamette at Portland the night of Jan uary and a. !Mj. out disappeared tne following days. The temperature on these nights respectively wag 5 and 6 degrees above zero. On December 33. 1S79. the. temperature was three degrees above zero. There was a dense fog in the morning, and as the day grew colder the tog congealed on fences and telegraph wires. WORK ON THE ISTHMUS J. T. Thompson Tells of the Y. M. C, A.'s Activities There. Rev. F. E. Dark, of Beatrice, Neb., preached at the T. M. C. A. chapel yes- terdav afternoon on 'Gains and Tosses. taking as his tesct the Question of Christ; "What shall it profit a man If he grain the whole world and lose his own soul?" After the chapel service, at which there was a large attendance of men, those present separated into discussion groups, which was followed try the fellowship luncheon. "W h ii the luncheon was in progress J. Tt. Thompson. International secretary of tne i. ji. c. A., who arrived last Friday from Washington, spoke to the men on the industrial work of the organlxatlon and on the establishment and growth of the association on the Isthmus ot Pana ma. He said In part: "Both employers and employes realise the great good accomplished, by the In dustrial denartment of the T. f. CV A and are putting forth efforts in its be half. A Y. M. C. A. bulldiner has been erected through the efforts of Senator Kedfteld Proctor, of Proctor, Vt., for the sole use ot the workmen at the Ver mont marble works. Tn this association 23 nationalities are represented. The Westi nghouse Airbrake Company, o( Wilmington, Pa realize the great ad- vantage .of having a T. M. C. A. estab lished near the factory and donated for our use a i lo.ouo ouiiding. "The Northwestern Improvement Com- wanv at Roatyn. U'aah.. helped to or- ganixe a coal miners association there and provided a nne nuiioing tor our use, which they heat and light and supply with water without any cost to us. They also pay the salary of the secretary for the association at tnat piace. - a ne re mainder of the expenses, is met toy the membership fees. 'We have a . large association building at the Taconra Smelter and are doing a great work, among the employes. At the request of the lumbermen of Raymond. Wj !i . , I want up there to se w 1 1 t pros pects there were for BUtrtlng our work. The lumbermen whom we met will stand one-fifth of the cost of a. building and will see what can be done toward Ins the balance among their fellows. On my trip to Panama a abort time 20 1 made the first Investigation In re- ard to oirr work for the men in Panama. "he request that someone look Into the uestion of Christian work for the men came from the officials in the canal zone m the isthmus. John Barrett. General 3eorge "W. Davlf. Colonel W. C Gorcfl. rhlef sanltarv officer, and John F". Wal- ace, chief engineer. We were afraid at Irst it would be a 'wild eroose chase.' ut John Barrett explained the matter to he officials at Washington, and. we were assured that there was an opening for our work. I spent 24 days studying this question and submitted a report to our nternational headquarters at New "Fork. We now have plans lor the erection of four buildings on the isthmus. The finished building In Colon Is De Xesseps palace, a building wh leb any officer on the letnmus mignt wisn lor a residence, The officials there thoug-ht enough of out work to dom use. We now t on the ground." TO HI-SHE (iillL INTERSTATE COMMERCE Com missioners MEET TODAY. Demand for Lower Schedule Is First or Klnd .That Has Been Considered. SPOKANK. Wash.. Jan. ' 13. (Spe cial.) Interstate Commerce Commis sioners Pronty and Lane arrived In Spokane this afternoon, accompanied by two stenographers. Their mission is to hear the demand of Spokane for lower freight rates, Spokane claiming Coast points with a longer haul are unduly favored. Four or five railroads are defendants. Almost as soon as they registered at the Srokane Hotel, the Commissioners became the center of attraction for attorneys and traffic men. The session of the Commission. at which Mr. Prouty wilt preside, will -ommence tomorrow at 10 o'clock. ' Mr. Iane stated that the session would probably last until Thursday. "This is a very important case' he said. Insomuch as it Is the first case n which tlie reasonableness of a- rate is called into question under the new aw which gives the Commisston the power of resrulatUig- rates. The work of hearing the case wil I he very rapid. it ia an exceptional case, coming- De - ore the Commission that takes more than two days. I suppose that many prominent traffic men will be here from the different systems interested. o, give their testimony More tlie Commission." Mr. Xanc. who. with Mr- Marian, .took: the testimony in the car-shortage case at Minneapolis, tola of the great suf f eringr occasioned by that shortage throughout tlie Dakota-. "We found." said Mr. Xane, "whl le in Minneapolis, that 62 per cent of the wheat crop had not yet been moved. "We found that the line elevators were filled with grain, and that In many In- stances grain was stored alonjr the tracks and In the open fields, with no rtroteotlon but a -tent or oanvas. with sometimes as murli as two feet ot snow over It. .We lounU that 50,000,000 bushels of wheat wag lying: in the ele- vators and along the lines of the rail rosde. part ol which ha3 been ttotd Uut undelivered. T "" " - ' BRAVE DAXGKR TO SAVK LI fr-E T6 Men Cross Ice-Ptllcd Columbia With I nj tared Companion. hood river, or., Jan, J3. (Special.) In order to brine- an Injured man to the -hospital. J. Heinle, paymaster for Cauh ren & Waldaen, contractors on tne North Bank Railroad, accompanied by a labor er, made a perilous trip aoroBS the Co lumbia rtlver today in a small boat. The Injured man Is T. J. McCormlck, foreman of a tunnel pang; operating oppo- flltft Meniftloose Island, and had the fine- ers of one hand and part of his face !o wn away while a-tttnjc a cap to eac- plode a charge or dynamite. Xo boats have been able to reach the Washington shore because of the ice jam ilcii extends a nu no reel reet trom snore, was a perilous attempt, but Heinle and ms companion got a boat ready and, with the injured man wrapped in blankets in the bottom of the nkirr. the start for the regron shore was made. Big cakes or ice threatened to Btavc In the boat, but the party finally reached the shore at M osier, where they found that McCormlck had fainted. The boat had grounded in shallow water and the men had to carry McCormlck to shore, where, with the aid of stimulants, he was revived, but he had walked -but a Abort distance when he again became uncon- scIqus and had to be carried to the rail road station, almost a mile away, by the two men in the bitter cold. On reachini; Moaier. McCormlck " was again brought to consciousness, placed on the train and brought to this city, where he was taken to the hospital and operat ed, on. It Is expected that he will re cover, although badly Injured and exposed to the severe com lor several hours, BRANCH FOR THB SHORT LINE Road to lie Laid Prom Armstead to Gilntore. BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 13. (Special.) Definite Information has been received here that the Short Line will build a line this year from Armstead, on the Utah Northern, to the Gllmore district, in Lemhi County, this state, about 70 miles. Simultaneously with this information the ict Is learned that the Gllmore property and the properties of the Junction M lltlnft Corniiuny have been conao.ldated a. n it t ti ft t a, 1 n tk o ameltlnK plant is to be erected. . Tnat is a great lead-slver district, and it U under- stood mlnlna" operations are to be ex panded enormously. Ore from the Oll- more has heretofore been hauied 70 m.lcs by varron. r :ltt;H .DESTROYED BIT KIRK Loss to Centralla Baptists Amounts to s i o.ooo. CENTRALIS Wash, Jan. 13. (Spe- rial.) Fire which broke out In the Baptirt church of this city at About 4.30 o'clock this i-fternoon, totally de- ftroyed the building. The fire orlg- Ated trom a defective flue of & small stove in the front of the otiurch. Only by strenuous effort's the fire depart- ment kept the flames trom spreading to nearby buildings. The church was built in 1891. at a. coat of about $TOOO. Since that time additions and Improve ments have been made, which bring np the total loss to more than $10,000. The pastor of the church ia Rev. H. S. Black- The bulldlnar waa Insured for a comparatively email amount. Bnamss ITEMS. If Bavby I. Cnttlaa Teeth Ei tun ind us that old ind vill-trlei rem dy, Mrs. Wtnslora Soothing Syrup, for children tsathlng. It soothes tha child, softens th gums, allays all pals, curaa wind colic tod dlarrbos. SATAN MERELY A Rev. F. E. Dark Says Tradi- tionai Picture ol Evil One Is Not True Likeness. MOT BLACK AS FAINTED His Worst Characteristic Is That H Sought to Overthrow Gols Throne, . Which He Had Snorn to I'phold. "Is the revll a Gentleman ? interesting subject which Rev, r, E, Bark, of Beatrice. Neb., took for his ser mon last nigrht at the Whlt Temple. Ha told of the orta-ln of the devil, saying that he was created, Dut not in his pres- ent form. The devil, he said, was once a' cherub, a holy belnsr near the throne or the Almighty, hut he grew Rebellious, and has attempted to get up a kingdom of his own. and to wrest the universe from the hand of God. Rev. Mr. Dark painted in glowing colors a word picture which showed the devil and his -Imps standing; around a deep. Klowlnr pit, from wlilcti the fumes of brimstone rolled up, greeting the nostrils of the damned who had not yet been cast into the depths. He pictured the devil as red, with horns, a barbed tall and with three-pronged spear In his hand. with which he fiercely stabbed the breast of each victim and hurled him over the yawning precipice, from which arose the heart-rending cries of those who pre viously had been cast In. Then his Satanic Majesty would throw back his head and laugh his fiendish laugh. "This." said Mr. Dark, "is a picture of the devil as he has come down to us from the dark a Res. when wicked priests held full sway over the minds and bodies of men. and when, by telling the ignorant and credulous people such stories as this the priests could keep them under their influence. "Last Sunday night Dr. Brougher told the audience that I was golnf? to give them the devil tonlgrht. so I suppose that reason why 1 do not see the same races here that, did last week, I notice, too. that just as soon as Dr. Brougher steps on the platform you all taesrin to laugh. I think.- therefore, there must be some difference hftflTen his plij'Singnomj' and mine: the lines on his faee run one way while the lines on mine run another. ome Deny Tliere- la a Devil. ''Some people say there Is no devil. Some people say. too. that there Is no ol. The 1 1 i 1 1 1 says they it re fools. There Is a people who say there is 110 such thing as sickness, or pain, or death. Whatever people may say. however, the word of God acknowledges the existence of a devil, if I had a dollar for every time the devil is mentioned in the Bible 1 would make a donation to some society orajanlxed for not tln rid of htm. "P o -A -night we""Wisri " to find' out " something about his character. 'God made the devil but he did not make him a evil. be made him an The Bible says of him, ielic being, thou wi perfect in all thy ways from the day that thou wast created until inlcjulty was found In thee." Our con ception of the devil is one which has come down to us from the 'bloody time when the church slew all who did not aecept her doctrines. With this picture of purgatory the priests of those times whipped the Ignorant people into submis sion. "in one of the opening; chapters of Gtenesls. we have a description of the driving of man from tlie garden, and we have a description also of the subtle eunnlns and power of Satan. This belner. who was. once u pherub n -X L to the mercy seat of the King ot the Universe, has .ought to overthrow the throne which h had sworn to uphold. "While he has been degraded Trom his high position he has retained all of his dignity, his power, and his fine general. ship. "History has recorded the life-of Jeffer son Davis. - X li nd only one blot upon 1U8 character, and mat Is the blot Ot treason. Until he .began to work against the interests of his country he Nation honored him greatly. After- he bad at tempted the overthrow or the Govern- ment he remained the man of power (hat he was before that time ,but he was dis honored. Devil OtvneU Many Kingdoms. V "The devil has attempted to overthrow God's kingdom by netting up a counter kingdom of his own. When he took: Christ up to a great height and prom ised to give him all the kingdoms of the world if he would fall down and worship him, Christ did not dispute his claim to those kingdoms, as he recognized that he had won them by conquest. "I reeoa-nlze in Saul, the King- of Israel, s. type of Satan, and X see in David a type of David" a ron, Christ, who will overthrow this sinful being. If you were to ask me to show you the work of the devil I would not take you to the place where a great murder has been committed, or Into the red-light district of our city. The devil does not stoop to such dirty work.. He is a gentleman who has his 'agents to do the dirty work. What he wants Is a place in the hearts and homes of the great and mighty men of earth, and he comes to them in such an Insidious way that they do not recog- nize. If you wished me to show you tlie devil or the devil's work I would take you to the home of culture. -the home of wealth perhaps, to the home of the man of genius, where Christ is not, for the man who does not acknowledge God and Christ as the rulers of the universe Is a rebel and belongs to the kingdom of the devil as much as Jefferson Davis and his followers belonged to the band who rebelled against our Government and against our us Into civil x" plunRf "Tr Bible says, and it is too true. he devil will deceive if possible the very elect. He is willing that you should have erroneous ideas of himself: he is willing that you should believe that there Is a God, if he can in some way enter your mind and heart with his ideas and make you believe that you are all right without Christ. All he wants Is for you r ; . 0 GOUGH drops, throat lozenges, or cough, syrups may relieve a. cold, but they don't cure it Scott's Emxttsion not only inunediately- lieves your cough or cold, but cures it by giving you the strength to throw it off. Take coiW Emzxlrf?n for coughs and colds. i AIX DRUGGISTS. 80o.AD $1.00. 9 IMPORTED INLAID LINOLEUMS Our Stock just now 1S especially large and complete. It includes many makes and every grade from the cheapest to the most expensive. Our leaders arc i RlXCtorf SI Inlaid (Made m Germany) . The finest and most expensive Inlaid in the world, unrivalled for partjuetrv hardwOOd floor effects. Greenwich Inlaid oy in London) This sterling cloth is unsurpassed for finish and durability. The designs range from a tiny blue and white bathroom pattern up to the largest tile effects. n. B. -Flste H of these Linoleums? received the highest pos sible a-war-d at the St. Louis Exposition. Prices. $1.49 to $2.03 J. G. Mack & Co. Exclusive Carpet House 86-88 THIRD STREET fatll. SUTSCOAX, rrealdaamc ajad Uauuujea. European Plan to commit the grea t sin of the age, the sin or rebellion against God." MIRAC'IF'S Ml'ST K BKUEVED ratl.Or 0'ltai'tt Says There h Evl. ilence to SnbHtantlatc Thciii? Rev. k. v, Qitaia preached at tlie Cathedral last nigrht on the ''Miracles of tlie GoipI." It, said ttiy with stand til.- uumt nearvlilna; historical criticism, and added: ''Tlie miracle recorded In the kos- tels lis. dentials e been appea all asres as ot Clirist'H bv Christ- rrefragablo -re- divlne mission. Christ himself pointed to his mlrldes orroboration of la. m. yoi Ills the believe not me. believe t disciples likewise laid he works. " stress on evidential value of his miracles, and St. Paul makes the greatest of all Christ's marvelous works his resur- rectron from the dead the very c-.or- ner-stone of the system of Christian evidences. Today, however, there are those who nnd the ret-ord of mlrat'lei In tlie gospels a stumbling-block rath- er than an aid to Christian faith: an evidence auralnst the trustworthiness of the gospeli rather than a credential for Christianity. "The possibility of miracles cannot reasonably be denied by any one who admits the existence of God. Tills m ucli is conceded by no less an agnos- tie than Huxley, For those only who deny the existence of an Intelligent first eause is a belief In miracles out of the Question. The creation of the universe has not exhausted the infinite power of God. Indeed, the probability o miraculous occurrences would hardly be Questioned but for the false imp res- sion that miracles are a violation or or are contrary to the laws o Nature. M iracles are properly defined by Aqul nas as sensible or perceptible effects proUuceU by God, which transcend all the forces of Mature. "The ordinary effects of Nature are counteracted by the Introduction of a totally new force. namely, a divine volition. "The AOiiiirrfnfe of the miraculous Is. then, a qufstUn of evidence. In each Instance. Nothing Is more unscientific than the attitude of mind which leads a person to reject all accounts of the miraculous without examination. That there have been many counterfeit mir acles does not diHc-retflt al 1 such ac- tounts, Rathe, the counterfeits would never have gained currency if there had not been true coin in circulation. -Y"e -ome to the gospel records which a most searching- historical criticism has stamped with the character of sol- idly historical sources. Throughout the Koapel n arratlves we And accounts or the miracles of Christ Inseparably con- netted with the sacred History, The miraculous is narrative. It without doing part and parcel of the cannot be eliminated violence to the text. The gospels stand or fall with tne authen ticity of the miracles they record. The miracles of Christ, therefore, are sub stantiated by historical evidence of the most satisfactory character, They can not be rejected except by an arbitrary and unscientific procedure. It is a falsification of history to represent the age of the evangelists as a credulous and uncritical aee. It ?s an Impossible feat on historical grounds to reject the evidential value ot tne by the evangelists. 1 1racles related Sunday School Convention. The" Multnomah County Sunday School Association will hold a district conven- .tion for the second district in the Haw thorne Park Presbyterian -Church. Janu ary 16 The afternoon session will begin at 2 o'clocK and tlie evening- session at 7:30. The programme as arranged by C A. Staver. the district president, in cludes as speakers Rev. Clarence True "Wilson and Professor R. R. Steel. Sunday school workers are Invited to be pres ent. Preaches to Swetlcnborgians Rev. Hiram V room an spoke the Swedenporglan htir?h In the Knlg lKhts of & -2- Sevan tat a-ovd Vasntna-rt- per square yard, laid Exclusive Carpet House V m MfMta. rmftaiiiff fx.ro, fz.00, fz.oo per D17. Pythias Hull yesterday morning, talcing as his texts the commands of Christ: , ''Rpsist not evil, hut whosoever shall smite thee on the riarht cheak. turn to him the other also." and "Whoxoever shall aK thee to go a mile with him, .0 with him twain." The service wai well attended. Lents st-iiooi to Kmertaln. An entertainment will be Riven by the. Inta school next FYlday evening to a slt in paying for a piano that has just feen purcna?cfl, Fart of tne cost hns been paid he raised. but nearly $100 remains to DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. T'OltTI.AK r. .Tnn. 13. Maximum t m r t ji - L ure. ZA cleg. ; ml nlmum. River rdl nit at 8 A. M.. 5. reft; change in lart 24 hours. fall 02-foot. Total precipitation S P. M. one-: total f pimhr 1. nnrmal, tn --- ; Total sunshine. January 12, 3007. I'D minute: possible, i hour, ind IV8 minutes. Bsromstsr reduced to sa 1V1) ait 7i T. M 1M.T Inches. PACIFIC COAST TVEATHER. 'ITATIOM n 3 a Baker flty 12 0.011 4 VW !Sno -2j T. ' 4-N 1ot Bioitiarck ....... Ilolxe ........... Kurrka .......... Helena ........... Kamloopi, B, C. nidr 4(1 o.:i8i .ltV iR.ln 6sV 'ler NiU.Hl -6;wi)'..lrim Our 1!K 0.O0I 6:NB li4 T. 1 4,f i.'-4 O.OO 24 E - T. ;10it-iR; 30.01 4.1SIS Kin.tM! 4 HE rv u r-! h w lOlO.OOl A Z S4IO.0U 8jNB rterf uurT lioseburt Sacramento ...... Halt Lake- Olty.... r Francisco . . . . . Seattle . '.'.. TpJoorH Inland.... Walla Walla loud v ilnurty Rain "lourtj- ri, ci'dy riar Cloudy WEATHER 00.VD1TKM The Canadian high -pressure r. which baa rcm I n m1 practically autlonary durlnc th la nc 24 hour, h a undarfODe a decided development and this evtninj tne colflrit weather of the Winter In reported from all portions of thin forecut dlairlct. Ovm- Caul -aern OicRon, Ra,atarn WaahliiEton and North ern Idaho this morning the temperatures had fallen clow'to the im Dolnt. hlln thin evening temperatures of S and 10 above were rrcot ild throuchout that region. 1 n Western 'Washington and Northwtut Oregon the fail In temperature -was accompanied hy brUlf (o high northeait lndi. a. maxi mum velocity of (12 miles t1ng reported from Tatoonh Inland, and mllra from Fort Crescent. Wash. In consequence of the marked development of the high area th plateau disturbance has practically dlaap- peared. only a alight depression blng nt t II noticeable about Roseburg. Or. Light mow has fallen over Eastern Oregon and South ern Idaho during: th last 12 hours. It will be colder Monday over Southwest ern Oregon and jnuoh. colder with cold wava over Southern Idaho. Elsewhera through- ' out the district the present fair and cold weather will continue. k WEATHER FORECASTS. Forecast" mad at Portland for th 28 hour, ending midnight, January 14: Portland and vicinity Pair and continued, cold; northeast winds. Western Oregon Fair and colder south portion; fair and continued cold north pw- tion: northeast winds. TVestern Washington -Fair and conttn cld : northeast winds. Eastern Oregon. Eastern Washington and. Northern Idaho-Fair and continued cold, Southern Idaho Fair and much colder. with cold wave. CLASSIFIED AD. RATES following rate will be given enly when advertising la ordered to run eoasecutWe daji, Dallr and Sundaj lionet. The 0rep nian charge tint-time rate each Innertiou for classified advertising that is not run on -onsrriitlT days. The flrst-tlme rate i charged for each Insertion In The Weekly Orfgonlan. "Room." "Room and Board' "Hous- keeplng Koom," "Sltaatlona t anted. 13 worth or leas. IK cents; IS to -O words, -i cents ; 21 to 25 words. SS cents, etc. Ko Hcou nt for additional Insertion. 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