THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, FORTXAND, SEPTEMBER 15, 1907.
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Twelve Years in Portland
UPROAR
First Organ in Presbyterian
Church Century Ago.
NAMED "KIST O'WHISTLES"
Innovation Started by St. Andrews,
Glasgow, Was Condemned by the
Presbytery, but Decree Is Al
most Everywhere Ignored.
GLASGOW. Sept. 14. (Special.)
The 23d of August, a little over 100
years afro, was a Sunday, and on It, In
one of the city churches of Glasgow,
occurred a notable event. For the
first time In the history of any Pres
byterian Church in the country an
organ was used In public worship. An
Innovation so daring had not long; to'
wait for a stirring- sequel. The town
was at once In a ferment. But it was
not the Chueh courts which took ac
tion; It was .yi alert municipality. The
Lord Provost instantly brought the
matter before the Town Council, and
the city fathers. In their capacity as
heritors, rose up In wrath and with
no uncertain voice called upon the eo
cleslastlcal Judicature to exercise Its
authority, and for the Bake of the
peace of the community, pub an end
to the evil thing.
The church which ventured on this
bold step was St. Andrew's Parish
Church. This stateliest of all the city
fanes stood then, as it stands (till. In
the middle of Its own square. A cen
tury ago It was also in the center of
fashion and culture, and its congrega
tion was largely drawn from the pro
fessional classes and the wealthw to
bacco lords and Virginia merchants,
whose elegant abodes surrounded it.
Congregation of One Mind.
The minister of the time was Dr.
William Ritchie, a man of wide travel
and scholarly accomplishments, and of
such high reputation in the church
that he had already sat in the modera
tor's seat of the General Assembly.
'While he was undoubtedly the willing
leader In the venturesome and prema
ture step of Introducing Instrumental
music without leave of any civil or
ecclesiastical courts he was not the
prime mover in the matter. He averred
before the presbytery that for more
than 30 years' a wish had been cher
ished by St. Andrew's Church to have
an organ erected and employed in pub
lic worship, and it was only after re
peated proposals had been made to him
by the leaders of the congregation that
he gave his consent with the full ap
probation of his mind. At the same
time, nothing but his unique minis
terial and social Influence can explain
the fact that, at a time when publio
opinion was quite unprepared to sanc
tion so pronounced a departure from
ancient usage, there was entire unani
mity among his people; for never,
through all the protracted and bitter
public controversy which ensued, was
the slightest difference of opinion In
dicated among the members of his ad
vanced congregation.
Neighbor Was "Whlstlln' Kirk."
The exceptional attitude of St. Andrew's
parish church to the Question of the use
of organs was doubtless to some extent
determined by its Intimate relations with
its near Episcopal neighbor, St. Andrew's
Episcopal Church, the oldest church of
- the denomination in the city, had for
over 50 years employed an organ In Its
services, and on that account was locally
known as the "Whlstlln' Kirk." As spe
cially became churches dedicated to the
same patron saint, the two congregations
were on the most friendly terms. It was
old John Fergus, the Episcopal organist,
who, in. the most neighborly fashion,
came along from his own "klst of whis
tles" and handled the Instrument In the
parish church on the memorable Sunday
a hundred years ago.
The organ which Inaugurated this new
departure and created so great a Btlr
was in itself a very unpretending instru
ment, as thin an end of an organ wedge
as could well have been employed. It
was a small chamber organ of only two
stops, but It was an interesting Instru
ment, for it was the workmanship of
James Watt. Watt was a former mem
ber of the congregation and made four
email organs in his day, leaving this one
behind him when he removed to Birming
ham. The famous relic still exists, not
la its original condition, but enlarged
and made more organlike by the addition
of gilded pipes.
Condemned by Presbytery.
The Presbytery lost no time in dealing
with the call of the Town Council. The
case was gone , into at great length and
argued with vigor, even with animosity.
On October 7 it pronounced a judgment
that "the use of organs In the public
worship of God is contrary to the law of
the land and to the law and constitution
of our Established Church, and therefore
prohibited in all the churches and chapels
within their bounds." This finding still
stands unrepealed. The lapse of a cen
tury has wrought a change so complete
that-not a single congregation within .the
Presbytery's Jurisdiction now agrees with
the opinion or attends to the prohibition.
But though posterity, at least south
of the Forth, Is now ' of one mind with
St. Andrew's congregation, the fate of
their premature endeavor effectively
DEATH OF PIONEER OF
YAMHILL COUNTY.
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Mrs. J ohm Winters.
On September 10 Mrs. ' John
Winters, one of the best-known
among the pioneer women of
Yamhill County, passed away.
She came to Oregon in 1852.
was married to Mr. Winters In
1863, and her first home was
near the summit of Chehalem
mountain. Her maiden name
was Anna C. Gubser, and she
was a native of Germany, com
ing to America when a mere
child. Besides her husband she
leaves seven children to mourn
her loss, as follows: Mrs.
Joanna C. Davis, F. F. Winters,
John W. Winters, Mrs. Clara
Speake, L. L. Winters, A. J.
Winters and Mrs. Alice M.
Clarke. Mrs. Winters was a
member of the Oregon Pioneer
Association for many years, but
111 health had prevented her at
tendance for a few years past.
checked all further attempts to erect or
gans for half a century. Now, stimulated
by indiscriminate and mechanical Ameri
can liberality, the smallest churches in
the remotest part of the country are
striving to be in the fashion.
Lords Wreck Scotch Land Bill.
The British government followed the
only course left open to it by the with
drawal of the Scottish land bill, which
the House of Lords had completely
wrecked. It now remains, not only to
find a way for satisfying the just wishes
of the people of Scotland, in spite of the
House of Lords, but to devise a sure and
speedy means for dealing with a cham
ber which has become a standing menace
to the dignity and efficiency of represent
ative government.
The Lords professed to be friendly to
the creation of small holdings, but on the
condition of purchase. If the condition
put forward had not been so futile, it
would have been revolutionary. It is
entirely futile, because there is no de
mand on the part of the peasantry to
purchase their holdings, and because
purchase, when fair rents have not been
previously fixed, as In the case of Ire
land, would be on an impossible basis.
The cost would be prohibitive, as the
Lords were well aware. The government
bill merely proposed the extension to the
whole of - Scotland of principles already
recognized In the crofters acts.
That soiled pair of silk gloves will look
like new if washed with GASENB SOAP.
BOYS FROM ETON
School Has Turned Out Many
. Famous Men.'
YOUNG FIELD IS THERE
Have your abstracts made by the Security
Abstract Trust Co., T Chamber of Com.
Is Fonrth Form Boy and Fag for
Senior Fond of Studies and
Popular With Companions.
Some Famous Customs.
LONDON, Sept. 14. (Special.) In a few
more days the worn quadrangles of Eton
College, England's famous school, which
nestles almost under the shadow of Wind
sor Castle, will re-echo to the merry
voices of boys returned refreshed from
their holidays. Among these will be
Marshall Field, grandson of the late Mar
shall Field, of Chicago, who is entering
on a third term. Young Field Is a bright,
cheery lad, fond . of his studies, enthu
elastlo about sports and extremely popu
lar with his companions.
Nearly all of the 1024 boys on the school
list live at houses under charge of tutors,
and among those at Field's house are
Lord Alnlie and Lord 8. D. Compton.
Each boy has a separate room, though It
la permissible for two brothers to share
quarters.
Fag for Senior Boy.
Field Is a fourth form boy, and is a fag
for one of his seniors. Fags are allotted
by the captains of each house, the utmost
care, being taken that the system shall
not be abused. The duties are not so
irksome as formerly, seldom entailing
more than running messages.
The fag often is rewarded with a share
of sausages or other luxuries his lord and
master may fancy for breakfast or tea.
Lord Rosebery recalled some time ago In
a speech of the days when as a fag at
Eton to Acland, aiterward his political
colleague, he poached his eggs and made
his tea.
The question of fagging recently has
exercised the public mind, but It is sig
nificant that old Etonians approve the
practice as a disciplinary measure, while
the Eton College Chronicle has expressed
the opinion that the introduction of the
system had brought about the suppres
sion of bullying.
Before entering school. Field, like his
fellows, had to undergo examination in
the following subjects for the purpose of
determining his form:
Translation of easy Latin into English,
Latin grammar and . parsing. French
grammar, parsing and easy translation,
elementary arithmetic, outlines of Eng
lish history and geography, Latin compo
sition, prose and verse; Greek grammar
and translation, elementary algebra,
higher arithmetic and elementary geog
raphy. .As the accommodation at Eton is lim
ited, it Is necessary for parents to enter
their sons some years in advance, and at
the present time there are names as far
ahead as 1930.
The college was founded in 1441 by
Henry VL and endowed mainly from the
revenues of alien priories, suppressed by
Henry V.
Athletics Are Popular.
"Mens sana in corpora sano" always
has been a popular maxim of Eton, and
it is the duty of the captains or tne
houses to see that each boy indulges In
suitable exercise. In the Lent term the
nastlmes are beagling and football, of
which Eton has a game peculiar to it
self; in Summer, cricket and boating; at
Michaelmas, football and fives. Allusion
to the games recalls the Duke of Wel
lington's oft-quoted remark that the Waterloo-
was won on the playing fields of
Eton.
New arrivals at Eton always are shown
with befitting awe the site of the old mill
ing ground, -the scene of many desperate
fisticuff battles. Windsor and Slough
' coaches used to stop to allow their pas
sengers to witness the combats.
Among the famous encounters was that
on which Arthur Wellesley, Napoleon's
subsequent conqueror, administered a
thrashing to Bobus Smith, brother of
Sidney Smith. Wellesley threw a stone
at Smith while the latter was bathing.
Smith landed In purls naturallbus and
had it out there and then.
Another noted fight resulted fatally,
one of the combatants falling senseless
after 60 rounds and dying the same even
ing. ,
Boys who select boating are designated
"wet bobs," and those who choose cricket
are known as "dry bobs." Eton provides
some of the best rowing: material in the
SALE
. New
Axminster Rugs
27x54 floral or ornamental
patterns; regular $2.75;
this week $1.75
. Sedgwick
Fiber Carpets
One yard wide, reversible ;
. regular 75c; 8p1...48
SALE
China
Matting
Four Patterns.
The yard . .' 12
The roll 1 $4.50
SALE
Rag
Carpets
Oriental colors, worth 60c
per yard. Special, the
yard .23
Matting
Rugs
Three feet wide, six feet
long; woven in patterns:
Regular 75c; spl' 49
. Pay
$1.00 a
Week
The picture shows the new Monarch Range built
to burn wood or coal or gas. We can furnish three
sizes of gas attachments with ranges or to fit Mon
arch Ranges that have been purchased heretofore.
Malleable iron and steel are the only materials
used in constructing the Monarch Ranges.
All joints, seams and openings are riveted air
tight and will never come loose. '
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With
Gas
Pi "Stay SMlsfftctDryltagr
There are at least six new improvements on the
Monarch Range that cannot be found on any other
range made. No other range has any vital improve
ment that is not shown on the Monarch.
The only reason why other ranges are sold is be
cause people do not know about the Monarch or
do not realize that the best is the cheapest.
Sale of Fine Office Desks
We have decided to discontinue six patterns of extra
fine roll-top desks. These are as fine as any desk ever
shown in Portland, and this sale should be of Interest to
any professional or business man who wishes to obtain a
real high-grade desk at a saving of about 25 per cent.
Knm 911 nnri 924 in SO Inches Inn if. made of bullt-UD
L quarter-sawed stock, finely polished golden oak. They
T are fitted with pigeonholes, filing cases, letter files and all
Improvements generally accompanying mis ciass 01 so.
The regular price of these two numbers Is $110.00. For a
quick sale we offer them at 878. OO.
No. 92S is a desk of almost the same description as those
above, but with a few less pigeonholes. On this we have
reduced the price from $100.00 to 872. OO.
No. 913 Is another desk of the same character, very
large and heavy. On this we have reduced the price from
$95.00 to S70.00.
A first-class quartered-sawed oak desk, 48 inches wide,
completely fitted with pigeonhole cases and constructed in
a first-class manner, we sell for $39.00.
IIIP
Willow Clothes
Baskets
No. 1 Basket, 18x20, regular
price 50c; special. .. .454
No. 2 Basket, 19x25, regular
price 65c; special. .. .554
No. 8 Basket, 20x27, regular
.price 85c; special. .. .654
No. 4 'Basket, 22x30, regular
price $1.00; special.. T54
feir4St .
. Up-to-Date
Beds
Empire bir dseye
maple Beds..
822.50
Napoleon Beds,
golden quarter
sawed oak
827.SO
Napoleon Beds,
birdseye maple
S30.00
Blankets
90e Cotton Blankets, 45 inches wide, two shades gray,
with pink or blue stripes 654
$1.00 Cotton Blankets, light tan effects, pink or blue
stripes, price ' 754
Full Double Blankets. $3.60 value, Indian color
ings 81.65
Medium weight gray all-wool, regular $3.00, now
.; ..-81.95
Fine gray wool, double size, very soft and warm....
83.75
Comforters, Special Sale
No. 1595, a large, fluffy com
forter, filled with white
felled cotton. Size 64x72.
This covering is light-colored
sateen, with a flower
pattern; regular $2.00 value
for $1.39
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Iron Beds $1.75
.We have quite a number of double-siie
Iron Beds, finished In red, which we offer at
81.75.
Our No.- White Enamel Iron Bed, double
or three-quarter, like the Illustration ahown
above, finished in white or green enamel,
has brass; knobs,' reduced from $4.00 to
83.00.
No. 800 Iron Bed, head four feet, finished
in blue enamel, 8 . feet ( inches wide, mada
from extra heavy tubing, with gilded chills
on base and top rod, $5.75 value for 84.15.
No. 801 Iron Bed looks like our No. f.
has five spindles in head and foot, brass
knob on , each post, made from 1 1-lt-inch
tubing, a $8.00 value for 84.95.
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Have you ever thought of the convenience of trading at
one store and getting everything you required at reasonable
prices, where you couldf have It put on your account and
delivered at your convenience? This is such a store. .Tou
can get your carpers, furniture, crockery, silverware, lace
-urtains, range or heating stove in fact every article that '
goes to the complete furnishing of a home. If you once
try the easy-payment plan which we offer in connection
with our extremely low . prices we are certain you will
become one of our regular customers.
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country, and the school never fail to
make a good display at Henley.
Of the head masters of Eton, who be
lieved in the efficacy of corporal punish
ment, tne most striking example was the
redoubtable Dr. Keate, who flourished at
the beginning of U.e last century. On one
occasion he flogged SO boys in his library.
Amusement has been caused by tl?e
theft the night before the commencement
of the present holidays of the school
swishing block. The perpetrators left no
clew, and It has been necessary to pur
chase a new one. In 1838 a trio of old
Etonians, Lord Waterford, Lord Alford
and J. H. Jesse, after giving a dinner to
a party of boys, broke into the school
and carried the Instrument of torture to
London. There it afterward was used as
the official seat of the president of the
Eton Block Club, for which no one was
eligible unless he had been flogged three
times at the school. Two snuff boxes
were made of the wood with silver
mountings and sent one to ' the provost
and the other to tne head master. Two
other thefts of blocks are on record, one
by a colleger and one by an oppidan.
Boys Must Be Good. "
Eton boys are forbidden to enter the
aters, public houses," tobacconist shops or
pawnbrokersV places, but an exception la
made In the case of upper-class boys, who
are allowed to -imbibe mild drinks, such
as beer and cider, at a modest inn called
"The Tap." There strict order Is main
tained by the observance of the few rules
drawn up by successive captains of the
boats, who wield supreme authority there.
For instance, fines are Imposed for swear
ing, riotous conduct, smoking, sitting on
the table and drawing peer. No lower
boys are admitted into the taproom, and
anybody rinding one there and failing to
report him Is liable to a fine of half a
crown. Another rule Is that every one
must pay cash for what he receives in
the tap.
At a hostelry there I saw shown a glass
a yard long shaped like the horn of a
stage coach guard with a hollow globe
instead of a foot. It holds a pint and a
half. The ceremony of drinking out of
It constitutes initiation Into the higher
circle of Etonian swelldom. It is consid
ered an achievement to drain the glass
without removing the glass or spilling any
of the contents. This is difficult, because
when the contents of the tubular portion
of the glass have been sucked down the
liquor In the globe has a trick of coming
with a sadden rush over the face. A rec
ord Is kept of, the best times in which
the glass has been drained, and It con
tains many noted names. The practice
lately, it seems, has been to drink cider
out of the glass and the shortest time is
17 seconds.
The celebrated men educated at Eton
are Innumerable. Among a few are Sir
Robert Walpole, Harley (first Earl of Ox
ford), Lord Bolingbroke, Henry Fielding,
the great Pitt; Gray, Shelley, Horace
Walpole, Fox, Canning, Hall am, Glad
stone, the late Lord -Salisbury, Lord Rose
bery and Lord Curzon.
Canning pronounced the dictum ' that
whatever may be the success in after life
no one ever again la so great a man as
when he was a sixth form boy at Eton.
Gladstone described the college as the
queen of all schools. He and Hall am were
close comrades. They breakfasted alter
nately in each other's rooms, and, aa the
historian was not strong enough, for boat
ing, Gladstone used to scull him on Che
river.
Gladstone once had a birching experi
ence, and it baa been said it was for the
taking of wine Into his study. Thla, how
ever. Is incorrect. Gladstone admitted be
ing flogged, but explained that the offense
was that of omitting, through kindness
In his capacity of praeposter, the names
of three boys from the list of those sen
tenced to be chastized.
Than Canon Lyttleton,- the little head
master, few more popular men have
guided the destinies of the college. He Is
tactful and has a charming .disposition.
It was feared he would prove too revolu
tionary for such an old, conservative in
stitution, but he has carried on the best
traditions of the school and made prac
tically no changes in administration. He
refused to yield to agitation -by humani
tarians for the abolishing of the Eton
Beagle.
BUILDING FALLS ON THEM
THREE PERSONS 1fTT,T,TT BT A
COLLAPSE IX CINCTNTTATI.
three were reported missing, hut all later
were found alive. A number of women
in the apartments that occupied the up
per floors were in their kitchens prepar
ing the midday meal, and to that fact
they owed their escape.
"Deck" Smith Temporary Warden.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Sept. 14. J.
D. Smith waa yesterday given temporary
control of the state penitentiary, and M.
P. Klncald was released as warden. The
resignation of Kincaid was accepted by
the State Board of Control, Thursday,
and acted on immediately. James H.
Davis, chairman of tne Board, delivered
the temporary appointment in person
yesterday, and stated that there waa no
one in sight for the permanent appoint
ment at present. Smith has been em
ployed at the institution for years, and
has worked from a guard up.
The Edison Oxnpanr, of Milan, Italy, Is at
the head of tb largest hydro-seneratlna syndi
cate ever formed In that country.
Old Structure Under Repair Tum
bles Down Women Escaped
by Good Luck.
CINCINNATI, Sept. 14. Two unknown
men and one woman were killed and a
dozen other persons narrowly escaped
death in the collapse of Dohan's four
story shoe store, on Central avenue, near
Sixth street market today. The building
was one of the oldest in the retail sec- ,
don of the city and was undergoing re-
pairs. .
building fell forward Into the street, leav
ing only the rear sections standing. " An
unknown man, passing on the sidewalk,
was stricken down, being dead when
reached, while a woman within three .feet
of him was uninjured. A second man.
apparently a laborer, was found dead In
the ruins, as was Mrs. Mary Daley, who
lived on the second floor.
Of h men working in the building.
MERCHANTS
As soon as practicable this company will be located
in its new quarters at Sixth and "Washington streets, the
building which it is now converting into a first-class office .
structure. When in frill possession it will enjoy a loca
tion unsurpassed, and have a banking-room in keeping
therewith.
We transact a general trust business, receive deposits
subject to check, issue our regular and special interest
bearing time certificates, and receive savings deposits, on
' which 4 per cent interest is paid. -
For the convenience of its patrons, our Savings De
partment opens each Saturday evening from 5 to 8
o'clock.
Merchants Savings & Trust Company
241 Washington Street
' Capital, Fully Paid, $150,000.00
J. Frank Watson, President; R. L. Durham, Vice-President.
W. H. Fear, Secretary. S. C. Catching, Asst. Secretary.
- O. W. T. Muellhanpt, Cashier.