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THE SU3jfeAY OEEGGNIO, KJETLAND, 3TSY To, XSfll; 23 Great Structures "Rise at the Lewis and Clark Exposition Grounds rEAMEWOBK OF STATES BUILDING. IAYING FOUNDATIONS AT SITES OF. FESTTVAI, TTAT.Ti AND FORESTRY BUUJINa. HAMMERS and saws make a merry din at the Lewis and Clark Ex position grounds. From morning un til night, every day except Sunday, more than a hundred men are busy every mln. ute of the time constructing the great buildings that are to contain the best things of the world for the eyes of thous ands of people from all over the country. Three -weeks ago somo grading and landscape gardening had been done and some paths had been laid. But as compared with now the magnlflclent natural park was in a primeval state. During the three weeks interval, build ings have been springing up with marvel ous rapidity under the bands of skilled carpenters and workmen. At the moment the framework for the biggest structure, the Etate'B building is within 50 days of completion; the first flooring and the foundation of the liberal Arts building has been completed; the foundation and lower framework of the Festival Hall Is well along and everything Is In readiness for active -work on the Forestry build ing; the waterworks and sewer systems' are all but completed, and the details of landscape gardening are being care fully and evidently attended to. If the activity of the past few weeks may be taken as a criterion the buildings of the Lewis and Clark Exposition will not only be ready in time they will be erected ahead of time. As a matter of fact, the contractors have until w ell along in the Fall in which to do their work. Tet all gave the as surance yesterday to President Jefferson Mjers, of the State Commission, that the middle of September will find the build ings just mentioned In readiness for oc cupation. They will bo used as store rooms for the exhibits that come here and the actual work of placing and ar ranging the exhibits will not be taken up until Spring arrives. The greatest showing made thus far Is on the State building. whicTa occupies a position at the extreme east side of the grounds and only a short distance west of the baseball grounds. Here flfty slx men are at work under Foreman TJlbrand. The first floor and foundation were completed a week ago and most of the lattice posts are now In position. An adequate idea of the size and character of the building may be obtained from the work already done. There Is no de partment store or building in the city with as much floor space. It is 460 feet long and 210 feet wide, or two blocks and a crossing long by a trifle more than one block wide. At the Liberal Arts building, which joins the State's building immediately on the west, there are at present 20 men at work In charge of Foreman H. C. Lid dell. Having completed the foundation, the force is now engaged In placing ap paratus for raising heavy beams, the structural work on this building being altogether dltforent from that of the State's building. In length this structure has three feet the advantage of the State's building, and Is 100 feet wide. Fifteen men under Foreman C. B. Wil liams aro at work on the foundation of the Festival Hall, and a still smaller force Is working on the Forestry building. It will be two or three weeks jet before work is pushed at this point. "Within the next month the force now at work on the grounds will be more than doubled. Little can be done on the Forestry building until the huge logs foS'&r Jtras srrrr" .."zmmsSmmai run '..iTr . FOUNDATIONS OF MBEBAL ARTS BUILDING. with which it is to be built hae been i placed to handle these timbers, j Ing of a branch line from the depot. This i and exhibits can thus be delivered to being laid and switches will b,e built conveyed to the grounds. Heay lifting I The hauling of material to the grounds I track has been laid by the terminal I the grounds by train. At this time there J so that material can be shipped to the derricks and machinery are now being I has been greatl facilitated by the plac- grounds and all of the heavy material I is but a single track but another is now grounds as rapidly as needed. SUNDAY SERVICES AT THE CHURCHES Episcopal. Trinity Chapel, Nineteenth street, near Washington Dr. A. A. Morrison, rector Holy communion, SAM.: morn ing service, 11 A. M.; evening service, 8 P. M.: Sunday school, 9:30 A. M. St. Mark's, corner of Nineteenth and Qulmby street. Rev. J. E. H. Simpson, rector Holy communion, SAM.; matins and litany, 11 A. M.; evensong, 8 P. M.; Sunday school, 10 A. M. All Saints, corner North Twenty-second and Reed streets. Rev. J. S. Budlong, In charge Sunday school, 10 A. M.; holy communion and sermon by the Rev. "W. C. Bheppard, of Vancouver, Wash., 11 A. M.; evening prajer and sermon, S P. M. Lutheran. Swedish Immanuel, 42S Burnslde street, JRev. John W. Skans, pastor Services, 10:30 A. M. and S P. M.; Sunday school, 12 M. St. James', English, J. A. Leas, pastor Services, 11 A. M.; evening service, con ducted by Luther League, assisted by visiting members of the league of St. Paul's Church, Vancouver. Wash., S P. M.; Sunday school, 10 A. M. Norwegian, 45 North Fourteenth street. Rev. J. M. Nervig, pastor Sen ices, 11 .A. M. and S P. M.; Sunday school, 9:45 A. M. Congregational. First. Park and Madison streets. Rev. E. L. House, D. D., pastor Morning ser vice, with sormon oa "Optimism, Pessim ism, Which?" 10:30 A. M.; evening ser vice, with sermon on "The Limitations of Life." 7:30 P. M.; Sunday school, 12:13 P. M.. Rev. H. A. Start, superintendent; Christian Endeavor. 6:30 P. M. choir: Mrs. Rose Bloch-Bauer. soprano: Mrs. W. A T. Bushong, contralto; W. H. Boyer, tenor; W. A Montgomery, bass; Professor W. H. Bojer, choir director; Miss Leonora Fisher, organist. Pilgrim Chapel. Second street, near Lin coln. Rev. H. A. Start, pastor Sunday school. 9.S0 A M.. W. D. Scott, superin tendent; evening service, 7:30 P. M. Presbyterian. Calvary, corner Eleventh and Clay streets. Row W. S. Gilbert, pastor Ser vices with sermon by Rev. Henry Mar cotte, 10.30 A M.; service with sermon by Rev. J. V. Milllgan. D. D.. 7:45 P. M.; chorus choir. Mrs. E. E. Coursen, dlrec t r, II. V. Milligan. organist. Methodist Episcopal, South. First. ITU- Second street. Eagle's Hall S mday school, 10 A M.; preaching on Missions." U A. M.; on "Idolatry." ":S9 P. M.; Epworth League, 6:30 P. M. Christian. First, corner Park and Columbia streets, B. S. Muckley, minister Morning service with sermon on "An Imitation to a ILgher Life," 10.36 A M.; evening ser Le with sermon on "The Creed That Needs No Revision: Is It a Sjstem of Doctrines or a Person?" 7:45 P. M.; Sun day school. 12:15 P. M., S. G. Robinson, sjperinten-ent; Junior .C E, 4 P. M.; Intermediate and Senior C E.. 6:30 P. M. Mks Cathrjn Llnphan. choir director; Mrs. Viola Crawford, organist. Spiritualist. Church of the Spirit. New Era Hall. 16S Second street, near Morrison Sermon by Rev. J. H. Lucas on "The Transient and the Permanent In Religion." followed by Mrs. Ladd Flnnlcan, 7:45 P. M. First Spiritual Society, Artisan's Hall, Aoingion Dunaing. Third street, near i Washington street Conference, 11 A M.; children's progressle lyceum, 12:30 P. M.; lecture by Mr. Hyland onthe "Science of Immortality," followed by a musical programme, conducted by Mrs. E. F. Hanna, 7:45 P. M. Unitarian. First, Yamhill and Seventh streets. Rev. George Croswell Cressey, D. D, pastor Serv ice with sermon bv Rev. T. L. Eliot, D. D., 11 A M.; Sunday school, 12:30 P. M., Mrs. G. EUot Fraternity, with address by Judge Hogue, 7 P. M. Christian Science. First, Scottish Rite Cathedral, Morrison ana Lownsdale streets Services, 11 A M. and S P. M.; sermon on "Soul and Body;" bunday school at close of morning ser vice; Wednesday evening meeting, S P. M. Free reaalngrroom in Hamilton building, open dally. Second, Auditorium building, Third, be tween Taylor and Salmon streets Sun day services, 11 A. M. and S P. M.; sub ject. "Soul and Body;" Sunday school, 12:15 P. M.; Wednesday meeting. 8 P. M. Free reading-room, open. daily 10 to 5, In same bulldlnr. Swedenborgian. New Church Society, Chapel, 22S Sixth street Sunday school, 10:30 A M.; lay service, 11 A M. Advent Christian. Hall, Harrison and Third etreets Ser vices, 11A.M. and 7:30 P. M.; Sunday school. 10 A M.; Young People's meet ing, "P.M. Christian Catholic Church in Zion. Allsky Hall, corner Third and Morrison streets Meetings, 2:30 P. M., on second floor; 7:45, on third floor. Y. M. C. A. Fourth and Yamhill streets Address to man by Rev. A. W. Wilson, pastor of the First United Presbyterian Church, on "Virtue of Co etousness." 3:30 P. M. Special musical programme by Miller's male chorus of Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church. Missions. Berea Mission. Second and Jefferson streets. Rev. J. H. Allen, pastor Services, 10.S0 A M., sermon, "They Did Not Know That It Was Jesus;" and 7:30 P. M., ser mon, morning subject, continued. Church of the Soul. Church of the Soul, Alisky Hall, Third and Morrison streets Sen ices at 7:45 P. M. today, by Mrs. C. Cornelius. Subject, "True Spiritualism and Its Teachings." EAST SIDE. Episcopal. Our Sailor. Woodstock Holy com munion. 10:15 A M.; Sunday school at 11; evening prayer and sermon at 7:30. St. John's Memorial. Sellwood. Rev. W. R. Powell in charge Sunday school. 11 A M-r evening service and sermon. S P. M.: confirmation class. "P.M. Good Shepherd. Vancouver avenue and Sellwood street. Rev. John Dawson, rec tor Holy communion, SAM.; Sunday school. 10 A M.; morning prayer and sermon. 11 A M.; evening prayer, S P. M. Baptist. Second. East Ankeny and Seventh streets, Rev. Stanton C Lapham, pastor Service with sermon on "The Messenger and Message of the Burning Bush," 10:30 A M.; service with sermon on "The Price of a Man," 7:45 P. M.; Bible school, noon; Young People's Union. 6:45 P. M.; midweek praer meeting, Thursday even ing. E. E. Cumpston, director of choir; John F. Bamford, organist. ' Calvary Sunday school, 10 A M., J. W. Howell superintendent; serico with ser mon by E. A Smith, on "The Spirit of Life," 11 A M.; Young People's meeting, 7 P. M.; serWce conducted by Rev. N. S. Hollcroft, S P. M. Choir director, G. T. Howard; soloists. Miss Bakex and Mr. Howard. Central, Woodmen of the World build ing. East Sixth and East Alder streets, William E. Randall, minister Worship with sermon on "Possibilities Worth Winning: Forward," 10:45 A M.; service with sermon on "The Spectacular or the Substantial: Movements and Methods for Humanltj's Betterment," 7:45 P. M.; Blbie school. 12 M.; service at Mount Tabor branch. 3:30 P. M. UnUerslty Park Service with sermon by Rev. W. H. Black. 11 A. M., and by F. L. Pierce, 7:45 P. M.; Sunday school, 10 A M. Methodist Episcopal. Centenary, corner East Pine and East Ninth streets In the absenco of the pastor. Rev. W. B. Holllngshead, the pulpit will bo filled both morning and eenlng by Rev. J. T. Luton; Sunday school. 12:15 P. M., superintendent Dr. J. J. Wiggins; Junior League. 5 P. M.; Epworth League, 6:30 P. M.; choir di rector, E S. Miller; soloist. Mrs. E. S. Miller; organist, H. D. Crockett. Sunnyside Preaching by Rev. W. E. Thompson, pastor of First Church, Van couver, Wash., 11 A M.; by Rev. G. W. Dennlsten. 7:30 P. M. Congregational. junnyside, corner of East Taylor and East Thirty-fourth streets. Rev. J. J. Staub, pastor Service with children's sermon on "What a Boy Is Worth." and regular sermon on "Follow Me." 11 A M.; service with sermon on "Finding the Lost." S P. M.; Sunday school, S. C. Pier, superintendent, 10 A M.; Junior Christian Endeavor, 3 P. M.; Senior En deavor, 7 P. M.; prayer meeting, Thurs day. SP.M. Hassalo-Street. East Seventh north and Hassalo street. Rev. Charles E. Chase, pastor Service with sermon, 10:30 A M.; Sunday school. 12 M.; Christian Endeavor service, 7:45 P. M. Mississippi-Avenue, corner Mississippi avenue and Fremont street. Rev. C. M. Smythe, pastor Sunday school, 10 A M., j. H. Upham, superintendent; Christian Endeavor. 6:30 P. M., Miss Mary Chit wood leader; morning service with ser mon on "Smooth Speaking," 11 A M.; evening service with sermon on "Local Option in its Relation to Law," 7:30 P. M.; prayer meeting, Thursday, 7:45 P. M. Hlghland, Prescott and East Sixth street Service with sermon on "The Medium of God's Messengers," 10:30 P. M.; service with sermon on "The Message of a Demon." 7:45 P. M.; Bible school, 12 M. Christian. Central. East Twentieth and Salmon Etreets, Rev. J: F. Ghormley, D. D., pastor Services, 10:30 A M. and 7:45 P. M.; Sunday school. 12:15 P. M.; Y. P. S. C. E.. 6:30 P. M. Rodney-Avenue, corner of Rodney ave nue and Knott s.reet. Albyn Esson, min ister Service with sermon, 11 A. M.; service with sermon. 7:45 P. M.; Sunday school, 9:45 A M.; Christian Endeavor, 6:45 P. M.; J. A. Melton, choir director; Miss Ora Melton, organist. Lutheran. Our Saviour, Norwegian synod, corner East Tenth and East Grant streets Services, 11 A M. and 8 P.-M.; school on Saturdavs from 9:30 A M. to 12 M.; Sun day school from 9:30 to 10:30 A. M. Vot ing members will please remain for a short meeting after the forenoon serv ices. Cumberland Presbyterian. First, corner Twelfth and East Taylor streets, Rev. E. Nelson Allen, pastor Preaching 10:30 A M.; Sunday school, 12 M.; Junior Endeavor, 3:30 P. M.; Senior .Endeavor, 7 P. M.; special musical serv ice by choir and other musical talent, 8 P.M. Reorganized Latter-Day Saints. 631 Union Avenue North Preaching, 11 A M. and 7:30 P. M.; Sunday school, 10 A M.; Z. R. L. S.. 6 P.M. Universalist. East Couch and East Eighth, W. F. Small, pastorr-Servlces with sermon on "Religion." 11 A M.; Sunday -school, 12:15 P. M. SOLUTION OF SE-RVAMT-GI-RL PROBLEM Chicago women form a Domestic Guild which will give protection to hoth sides. The Dally Universe. Herbert Melton Ayres, In Shanghai Times. There's a Journal that's kept on running. Since ever the world began, Its feature Is illustrations, And millions its Issues scan; Its office is up in the azure, "Where no one can come to blame. Unless with an O. K'd permit. And God Is the editor's name. It's printed in divers colors. In style It Is clear "and terse. Its name to a fault is explicit It's known aa the Universe; And whoever runs may read it The price that there is to pay. To rich and poor all the same Is Of every life a day. It's issued first thing every morning, . And comes out again at noon, . it also appears at sunset. And once more at rise of moon; There's sometimes an earthquake special. Or an extra rainbow page. Or a cute typhoon edition, "When the elements enrage. Its circulation has fattened. Since the day of the primal print. And will steadily go on booming Till It gives a fiery hint That subscriptions havo all expired. But seeing the end'B In view, "vVhy. readers and other patrons Will kindly not renew. In that steenth story, star-lighted office. The Editor sits alone, For he bars the place to the seraphs. And gets out the sheet on his. own; ' None of the angels are printers; So he must his work perform. But he never smudges the colors. And he never "pies' the form. The sun, the moon and the lightning. The rainbow, the stars and the snow. Appear In the pages and glisten Eternally glisten and glow; Each working the will of the Master That he who hath eyes to see. May look through the star-studded portals Far Into eternity. It's in His Line. Augusta. Ga., Chronicle. Still, we can't help thinking, at times, that "William Jennings Bryan deserved a better fate than to go down with a thing like the Hearat boom. CHICAGO, . May 14. (Special Corre spondence.) Brainy women of Chi cago believe they have solved the vexatious "servant girl" proposition by the formation of the "Woman's Domestic Guild." This association, which com prises some of the brightest minds In the city, undertakes to supply applicants with domestics, with especial reference to the wants of the emplojer and employed. Not only are the references of the girls care fully scrutinized, but the record of the woman desiring help must undergo a rigid inspection. By this means both sides are protected. Furthermore, the girls, while awaiting positions, are given train ing in any of the arts in which they may be deficient. They are taken In hand by competent Instructors and given a brush ing and polishing, not alone with regard to their work In the kitchen or parlor, but attention Is given, as well to their pres ence and manners. If a girl Is discharged, the reasons aro demanded. If the girl Is at fault, a black mark goes opposite her name, and the same rule applies to the mistress. In addition to supplying help for thousands of women, the Domestic Guild acts as agent for women who are out of the city, making purchases for them, looking after their homes during their absence, and generally making of the association a necessity for matrons who are able to pay for first-class service. Victims of Fake Agencies. Something of this "sort has long been needed In Chicago, this prolific field where impostors have but to scratch the atmosphere and reap a golden harvest. Prior to the advent of the Domestic Guild and the State Employment Bureau, the city fairly reeked with fake employment agencies, the sole object of which was to separate the unfortunate seeker of em ployment from his or her money. In the guise of a fee. Perhaps the worst of these were the "theatrical employment agen cies." Young girls who were stage-struck fell easy victims to these Impostors. Al lured by glittering promises of being transformed into famous footlight stars, thousands of girls gave up all the money they could earn, beg, borrow and, in many cases, what they could steal, as well. During the Columbian Exposition period, when little account was taken of what was going on, these heartless im postors garnered a tremendous harvest but when the city cooled down and began investigating various frauds, some of the more notorious of these "agencies" were driven out of business. -Becomes Bride of a Prisoner. Even the flinty-hearted policeman in the Des Plalnes-street station brushed away tears when pretty Viola Bland, 18 years of age, this week became the bride of John Ford, aged 21, and a deseretr from the Army. "Now we are Jnarrled," she said, as her arms closed around the neck of the weeping prisoner. "Nothing can come between us, and when he gets out of prison, I will be at the doors to love him and care for him." Then the officers sep arated them. Ford was led away to be gin his term of two years, and the girl, whose romance is filled with unhapplness, went away, out of the dingy station, down the dlrt-besmlrged steps and out into the squalor of Des Plaines street. She went away a bride but sobbing and alone. Judge Chott, who officiated at the mar Xrlage, Instead of pronouncing the usual j he found. Three yeaxa -ago Fied. Yltt. blessing, delivered a stern lecture to the groom, saying: "If the love and faith of this girl do not make of you an honorable man, there Is no hope for you. She has sacrificed for jou the esteem of her friends; she has turned her back upon her girlhood. You can live down your past, and then, If there Is a spark of man hood In you, you will repay this devoted girl for the sacrifices she has made for love of you." Odd Defense for a Murderer. Almost any old defense Is sufficient to excuse murder, if committed In Chicago, but the attorneys employed by Frank Czpek, a Pole, who slew Matthew Dan iels, nearly reached the limit when they announced their plan of campaign this week. In order to prove to the Judge and jury that their client should walk from the courthouse a free man. they set up the plea that he-was all of these things: A habitual liar. A confirmed coward. A mental and moral degenerate. A habitual user of soothing syrup. Perhaps the last of these reasons should come first. It It generally admitted that a murderer Is also a liar and degenerato, but the fact that he is a soothing syrup fiend is something new in Chicago crim inology. The attorneys assert that from infancy Czpek has been a slave to sooth ing syrup. "His appetite for soothing syrup was so abnormal," they declare, "that he held up his mother and threat ened her life with a revolver unless she went out and obtained it for him. Fur thermore, he is such a wretched coward that he has not nerve enough to slay a rabbit." Boost in Canned Goods Price. The National Canned Goods Brokers' Association met here this .week and glee fully hoisted the prices on everything that would stand it. Taking the menu of a fashionable hotel as a guide, the amiable gentlemen went down the list from soup to nuts and marked up the prices. "Nuts?" why certainly," said one delegate, "pickled walnuts come In our line." He said that the cherries and olives In cocktails, canned bouillon, canned oysters, codfish, prepared soups and breakfast foods were all within the province of the association and must stand their share of the proposed advance. Incidentally It came out that a Boston firm is now putting on the market codfish balls already prepared and canned. "Im ported sardines" hall from Bangor, Me., while some of the choicest "Imported" pate de fois gras Is manufactured from calves' livers In the Chicago stockyards. The delegates also admitted that the best selling caviar "from Europe" could trace its ancestry direct to the pugnacious Mississippi catfish. The beef a la jardin iere, so popular on dining cars, is now being canned by one of the big Chicago packing companies, but it Is claimed the dining-car qompanles and big hotels ab sorb the output and there is none on the market for the confiding" public, except at the regular traveling rate. Walks Around the World. "William J. Geer, a resident of St. Paul, Minn., arrived in this vicinity this week, wheeling a cart which, with Its cargo of clothing and cooking utensils, weighed 400 pounds. Pushing this in front of him, Mr. Geer claims to have walked around the world wherever there was any ground to and "William Sands, wealthy hotel men of St. Paul, made a wager of $5000 that It was impossible for a man to get around the world without a cent of money. Geer promptly accepted the wager. The agree ment was that he was not to beg, steal or sell anything on the trip. He started out with a wheelbarrow and while he did not solicit any funds, he did not refuse any. He contributed articles to the newspapers, posed for photographs, the money therefor being thrown Into his cart "without his knowledge of consent" and fared sumptuously with the country folk along the way, who looked upon him as something of a marvel. "When he passed through "Waukegan, a few miles from this city, he was on the home stretch of hl3 journey and expected to arrive in St. Paul within a week, with three months' time to spare. To Study American Politics. Arthur Chamberlain, son of Joseph Chamberlain, ex-Colonial secretary for Great Britain, has arrived in Chicago on a general tour of the United States for tho purpose of studying American politics. He announces that he will remain in this country until after the Presidential elec tion and expects to garner some infor mation and methods that may be util ized in his own country. He hopes to at tend both the great political conventions and compare their methods of doing bus iness. Speaking of his mission, he said: "I freely confess I do not understand your methods at all. "When I said this to Member Cannon, of your House of Commons, he laughed and said he did not understand the game himself. That must have been a joke, d'ye know, be cause everybody laughed. In our country the members of the House do not joke or laugh. "Why, do you know, I saw one of your members actually eating an apple during a session? I do not see how your members maintain their dignity at alL I am told that your hustings are highly exciting at times. I am sorry I cannot remain for the hustings, but must depart after the conventions have been held." Says Dowie Is a Paranoiac. Dr. D. R. Brower, an alienist, testifying; during an insanity case here this week, gave it as his opinion that John Alex ander Dowie (Elijah ID and Mary Baker Eddy, head of the Christian Scientists, are paranoiacs of the most pronounced type. "In the case of Dowie," said Dr. Brower, who Is a high authority on -insanity, "he has lost his Identity. He is no longer Dowie, but Elijah II. In Mrs. Eddy's case, her insanity Is shown from her expansive ideas of her Importance in the world and as a teacher of religion. Mahomet was, in my opinion, a pro nounced paranoiac. Other figures in his tory may be cited as suffering from, para noia. It is not unusual for these people to transact their business for years with success. Only In the enthusiasm with which they advance their delusions do they evince their insanity." Dr. Brower was testifying in a case where a- man's sanity was doubted be cause he purchased vermouth by the bar rel an"d cigars In wagonload lots. He held that this enthusiastic extravagance was evidence of unsoundness in the defend ant's mentality. No route across the continent offers so many attractions as does the Denver & Rio Grande. "Write the Portland Agents. m Thlra sSx&stulaz. Illustrated, bookie taT