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HIE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 22, 1903. BAPTISTS ARE. , STILL AT WAR . i , km- Faction Opposing Retention of . ine Kreseni rasior uaims to . .. Have Sufficient Strength to Win Out, BOY LOCKED IN A . CAGE WITH ANIMALS Six-Year-Old Child . Kidnaped and Put in I raining to Be come Circus Wild Boy i As" Friends of Dr, Blackburn Do Not at all Agree On This Point Morning Paper Roundly Censured by All. ft 0 There will be a new minlater at the ead of the First Baptlat Church of ortland, to take the place of Rev. Dr. ojexander Blackburn, or there will be a Hew Baptlat Chum In thla city, i That la the atatement being made to day by' leading member of the Flrat Baptlat congregation, which has been torn by Internal dissension for some time. The faction opposing the reten' tlon of Dr. Blackburn now positively announces itaelf strong enough to win. And the vote which la to he taken at the bualnesa meeting next Thuraday even Ing wilt be awaited with great Interest, not only by Baptists, but by 'the public In general, aa the different phaaea of the controversy have been cloaely fol lowed by -thousands Those favoring the administration of Br. Blackburn do not by any means' con cede that the opposition is strong enough to bring about his removal, and there la no Indication that the minister 'Will resign. It la conceded by both Ides that nothing but a "vote to a fin ish" can settle the matter and even then It might not be permanently ad Justed. Condemn Morning Paper. On one point, however, both factions agree. It la In condemnation of the ork of a morning paper In Juggling the 1st of signers to the petition which lias resulted In calling the business meeting for Thursday night In Its Is tie this morning the paper In question used an entirely erroneous list of names and as a result indignation In the Bap tint congregation Is marked. Those Who In reality signed the call for a spe cial meeting follow: J. T. Brumfleld. T. J. Armstrong, Robert Foulkea, W. E. Keeler, Fred Johnston, Ira Rues and TV. L. Bartlett. The incorrect list published by a morning paper contained the names of Prof. Jamison. J. O. Malone, C. A. Lewis, Deacon Davie and C. E. Obrlst. Malone, Lewis and Davie are deacons jf the First Baptist Church, and Its members In no measured terms express their condemnation of a newspaper pol icy that will permit of such gross In accuracy. J. T. Brumfleld, a prominent member of the Baptist Church, and one of the signers of the petition which has re sulted In the calling of Thursday' meet ing, this morning said: 1.1st Wholly Wrong. "The liat as published In the morn ing paper is entirely wrong, and I can not understand why such a thing should he done. Take, for Instance, the name of Deacon Malone. I know that Mr. Malone did not have any knowledge even of the circulation of such a peti tion, let alone signing it. Yet here is his name published as one of the list of dissenters. Such a' thing is not right." Sid Bar. Blackburn Promise? In answer to a letter which was pre sented to the members of his congrega tion yesterday by Dr. Blackburn, those who desire to oust him say that the reason it was not voted more than a month ago to All the pulpit with an other was because of the death of Dea con Brooks Just prior to the business meeting at which the vote was to be taken. Out of respect for the deceased, they say, they refrained from carrying Into execution their plan of forcing a change in pastors. They also openly Btate that friends of Dr. Blackburn promised he would resign if allowed to do so gracefully. This is another one of the points strongly denied by the Blackburn followers. The letter addressed to his congrega tion which was made public by the Bap tist" minister yesterday, follows: Blackburn' Appeal. Dear Brothers and Baptists: "We find ourselves confronted with a situation which, so far as I know, is unheard of In any Baptist Church. Less than, two months ago seven men; claiming to rep resent a large part of the church, pre sented a petition asking for a meeting to consider the termination of the pas toral relation. Relying on their Implied, ff not, fully expressed, promise to abide by the decision of such a meeting, the request was granted and a large meeting eiu on me mn or May. At tnat meet- ng the following; resolutions were passed without a dissenting vote. No CHICAGO, June II A dispatch from East BL Louis, I1L, Bay a: Locked up In cagea with monkeys and other animals hla face and hand discolored to dis guise him and his clothing taken away, to make him aa near to an animal a poaaible, waa the experience of John Layton, 6-year-old -boy, according to hla atory, juat told to the police. It waa training to be "wild boy1 with a circus the little fellow waa given, and for a week after he waa kidnaped from hla parenta he under went tortures that have driven him al moat insane. The face and handa of the boy are atatned, and acara and cratches on hla body bear evidence that the story of hla treatment la true. Sylvester Baker, a negro attache of the show, la under arreat and haa been taken to Belleville to prevent a poaaible lynching. fore I plead, not for myself, but for the church to wnicn 1 nave given nve years of hard service and which I love. You are weary of strife, so am I, and no one la more willing than myself to make sacrifices for peace. It will cost something of effort and spiritual com fort to come to the meeting, but I trust every one who lovea the church will be there. SURGEON IN ARMY SUED FOR PIVORCE NEW YORK. June 22. Society In Washington and also naval circles gen erally will be Interested in the action that has been begun in this city by Mrs. Belle Bemis Barber for a divorce from her husband, Dr. Oeorge Holcomb Bar ber, a surgeon In the navy, at present stationed at Coaster's Harbor Island, Narragansett, R. I. I'pon the application of his wife s counsel, Robert L. Turk, Judge Clark, In the Supreme Court, yesterday granted an order to serve the summons and complaint on Dr. Barber by publication. Mrs. Barber complains or ner bus- band's conduct at Annapolis, in this city and elsewhere, and she names a young woman who, according to her counsel, is related to a prominent naval officer and was one . of her bridesmaids as corespondent. Mrs. Barber is a daughter of Mrs. Laura J. Willis. Her wedding occurred in 1896 at the home of her sister, Mrs. Edward M. Wight, in Washington. During the Spanish-American War Dr. Barber was on board the Olacier and ater he was sent to Annapolis. He was also on board the Kearsarge. pes eral years ago his grandmother died. leaving him $50,000 and the old family residence. Saved Hla Will. He sued his wife In the Superior Court at New Haven because of her alleged Intemperate habits, but upon a trial of the case. In March, 1900, Mrs Barber obtained a verdict in her favor, At thte trial Dr. Barber testified that his wife had the "cocktail" habit. . He said on their wedding trip she took a flask of whisky from her valise and showed it to him. He declared it was not true that they had had any disputes on account of the fact that the young woman named In the suit had lived with them from December. 1897, till the fol lowing February. Mrs. Barber declared. In her own be half, that she had never been Intoxi cated, and, while It was true she oc casionally took a little whisky, it was for the benefit of her health, and he had not objected to it She also testified that her husband was In the habit of calling the young woman In the case "dear." and that while she had remon strated with him for his apparent affection for 'this young woman, it had no effect. He appealed without success from the decision of the Superior Court and since their separation he has been al lowing his wife 150 a month. She de clares that this is entirely inadequate, and. Inasmuch as he is in receipt of a salary of $2,700 a year and has a large private Income, she will make an appli cation soon to compel him to pay her alimony in accordance with his income. She is at present at the Hotel Cadillac. Dr. Barber has expressed his inten tion of defending the case through R. W. G. Welling. NEW CUP C RELIANCE. W "" ' ' ";1 vi l "'''' V t - ; ? It ': ; -." -V--'. -r5 t ' . , , ,. C A I ' '''-' ') ' NOW IS THE TIMl Yacht race enthusiasts on both a ides of the water are closely watching the aerlea of trial race between the Reliance, the Constitution and the Columbia. It is these trial races which enable the owners of the apeedy yachts W determine exactly what their latest creation Is capable of and can be relied upon to do In the coming race against Llpton's latest Shamrock. Should the New York Yacht Clunb authorities deem the Reliance an Inferior boat taken on the whole to either of the two defenders matched against her she would e"ven now be with drawn from the field and the best boat of the three, as demonstrated at the trials, aubatltuted In her stead. ills While your family is away enjoying their vacation, to have your home wired and equipped with ELECTRIC LIGHTS, so as to be prepared for the Ions Winter nights. REMEMBER, WE ONLY CHARGE YOU FOR WHAT YOU USE Portland General Electric Co. SKVXNTH AND ALDER STRUTS OREGON IS from the pastor or any one else as to the future. Concessions that had in them the offer to present his resigna tion In the near future, based on cer tain conditions, hud been rejected by mose wno asaea lor me meeting, ine vote was an unconditional one and. so far aa any appearances were apparent. the voters acted In good faith. It waa so understood by all present. Those who did not vote silently acquiesced; those? who voted were entitled to the as sumption that they were sincere. To have placed any other Interpretation upon the vote would have been to call in question, the honesty of that large body ef. Christian people: "Be It. resolved, that the present pas toral relations of the church be not dis turbed. "Whereas, there have been certain statements made respecting our pastor and this church; be It resolved that we haVe all confidence In the Christian char acter, integrity and ability of our pas tor. Alexander Blackburn." Your pastor felt that a burden was iifted and he was free to pursue his vork. This he did do to the best of his out a charge against him. He Ih not aware of any change In his doctrine or practice. Ha has sought the guidance f the Holy Spirit as to the future. From within and without many expressions have come, showing pleasure that affairs were as they seemed to be. It was fer vently hoped that strife might cease and the church go on and do Its legitimate work. But this was not to be. Six of the same men who signed the first pe tition, with one other, sent' to the prayer meeting last Thursday night a notice that they would revive the question of driving out the pastor at a regular busi ness meeting on Thursdav night. June 25. Thus they violate the Christian principles of peaceful acquiescence In . the expressed will of the majority. Thus they seek to cover with larnominy and disgrace a man against -whom they do not so much as pretend to present a sin gle charae Involving either his character or faithfulness. If It seems to be the Lord's will that I go. I am ready. But the change of home and Held Involves tQo nuich to be none m a oay. witn mv honor as a. niiuiairi unui .iu 191 siaHB. 1 can not, without sacrificing 'fWjr'' manhood. So otherwlae thaa- apoeaj to the church tovcome together and aave itself from a course that will bring It into disgrace pr, In the eyes of the community and the Christian world. The question of m roing or' not going is a small one, snd He whose I am snd Whom I serve will. I trust, settle it; but the question of thla rreat church, committing a great .wrong Js a large n aiM. if the wrong is com- 'mJtted,,wlU not ba aoon undone. There-1 WALKED 124,100 MILES Mall Carrier Thinks tnat Ha Holds the World's Beoord Ont of a Job, Though. (Journal Special Service.) KNOXVI LL.E, Tenn., June 22. As a result of the establishment of free ryral delivery In "Washington County, William Archer has lost his Job after carrying the mall over the star route for 23 years and walking the entire time. Archer is now 45. ..When he was 20 he got the Job of carrying the mail from Johnson City to Stony Point, a distance of eight miles. He did the work for 10 years and missed, only one day, and that on account of severe ill ness. He then got the route from Stony Point to Watauga Bend, a dlstanco of 10 miles, and here he carried tho mall for 10 years, walking continually. He made the round trip of 20 miles dally. Five years ago he Vas transferred back to his old route between Johnson City and Stony Point, and walked 16 miles a day. He .continued to carry the mail on this route until the postofllce was wiped out with all the others in the country, and now he is without a job. Archer ih his idleness has been figuring up what he has done for the (government, and he finds by calcula tion that ho has walked 124,100 milea during his service of 25 years, or lack ing about 900 miles of having walked around the world five times. He thinks he has the world's record for walking. While he holds this record, lie has never received much pay. He has never been able to buy a horse, as he got only $20 a month. During' the quarter of a century that he has been In the Gov ernment , employ not once has any charge been brought against him. AND THEIR NEWS The Greenback in Josephine County Has 35 Stamps Dropping On Ore that Carries High Values, run by water. They propose tunneling under Grouse Mountain so as to bring ore from the Muslck mine to the Cham pion basin. The-White Swan in Eastern Oregon Has Installed One of the Largest Air Compressors in the State, Work on tlie Oregon King quarts prop erty. In Crook County, which has been suspended for two years, has been re sumed. There Is considerable ore blocked out and sloping will begin this week. The shaft Is down 600 feet and Intercepts this depth by a tunnel driven In the mountain 560 feet. Levels have been run every hundred feet from the top of the shaft, making a good opening for development and the production of ore. The mine is in charge of Supt. W. S. Thomas, who was formerly super intendent of Marcus Daly's big mines. The mill on the Golden Wedge, a Ga llce Creek' property, is dropping Its stamps on ore from a new schute dis covered at a depth of 250 feet. Thirty-five stamps are dropping in the mill of the Greenback mine. In Jose phine County. Three yeats ago Green back was but a hole in the ground and not a very promising one at that. Four or nve years ago me prospectors wnu owned It tried hard to sell it for $2,000. and were unsuccessful. A company of Colorado men. headed by William Bre vort, now of New York, and president of the Greenback Mining Company, finally bought the mine and put fn a five-stamp mill. The mill had not long been at work when the new owners discovered they, were in possession of a bonanxa. Five more stamps were added, then five more and recently twenty more, besides a 60-ton cyanide plant and much other machinery. The Greenback has been tapped to a depth of 800 feet, and shows $1,000,000 worth of ore above this level. Supt. C. W. Thompson says they have enough ore in sight to keep' the present plant busy night and day for 20 years to come. An 11. 000-pound, six-drill air com pressor for White Swan mine will be immndiately installed Ht HaJilet's famous mine. The compressor la one of the finest ever received in Eastern Oregon. It atands 12 feet high, and Is capable of operating alx air drills and a black smith's forge. The shipment Included the compressor proper, a receiver, oil cups, safety valve, steam and air pipe, and miscellaneous fittings. The com pressor will be used In sinking the pres ent 400-foot ahaft at the White Swan mine to the 1.000-foot level and In run nings drifts to pick up the famous Red Ledge of the White Swan group.. Be sides the Installation of air drills at the mine, the present rapacity of the White Swan mill will be Increased to SO stamps. Good ore Is being hoisted from the second, third and fourth levela. The work of making connections with the Red Ledge is being pushed as rap idly aa poaaible. The Daylight quart property, on Can yon Mountain, la being tapped by a new tunnel, which will give considerable depth. Samples of the ore give values of $10 and $1$. THE PORTLAND ronun, oaaooir. AMBBZOAW 91.00 ra Bar and TpwartL nADQViinM FOB TOVKUTTS AID OOBTJCXKOZAX. TBAYSUM peoial rata made to faaalUaa and atagle gentleman. Th wasgemant will he pleased at all tlmaa to ahew roeana and give prloaa. A madam Turkish hath tahllahai t In the hotel. XL O. lOWnl, htaaager. ST. JOHNS WILL GIVE The new City of St. Johns is deter mined not to be the only one not to send a relief to the atrlcken Heppner district, and a meeting for the purpose of raising the fund has been called for tonight at the St. Johns School. It will be pre alded over by Mayor Charles A. Cook and a subscription paper will be circu lated. The attendence of every resident of the district is wanted. Energy all gone? Headache? Stomach out of order? Simply a case of torpid liver. Burdock Blood Bitters will make a new man or woman of vnu CATHOLICS IN MEETING Order of Foresters will Convene la Thla City Tomorrow Horn log Dale gate to Dubuque. Tomorrow morning the biennial con vention of the Catholic Order, of Foresters will convene In this city. Delegates will be in attendance from all parts of the state. The principal busi ness will be the election of a delegate to the International convention at Du buque, Iowa. In August. The question of the readjustment of the rates of In surance will be discussed. All the placer mines on Grave Creek, n Josephine County, report good clean ups, where the final season s work nas been completed. A number of the minea have not finished, yet owing to the ex- ra supply of water this summer. Among them are The Archer, Naah and Columbia, all of which are still cutting bank. A tunnol is being driven to tap the Daoy cruarxz mine ir n urui ui vw The present workings show tho ledge In rood position with true walls at a depth of 800 feet. Should tr.e lead prove to be In place when the new drift strikes it, considerable ore will be x posed and subject, to easy extraction. as the dip of the ledge Is such that stoplng can be carried on at very light expense. 'WE in Recruit 5c Cigars is due entirely to their quality Don't forget that! At the same time every The Grs.nite Hill mines, on Louse Creek. In Josephine County, are to have a 10-stamp mill during the summer. The Ramsey mine, on Mount Reuben, a property that Was been in course of develoDment for several years past. Is preparing to install a 20-stamp mill. The Ramsey is well developed and presents a magnificent body of fine are. The Gold Bug mine, on Mount Reuben, Which has been closed down for some time on account of an impending change in the management, will resume work. Senator Jones and associates, of Nevada, who have owned and operated the Gold Bug since its beginning, will dispose of their interests to Eastern parties. LOW BATES TO THE EAST. O. B. ft H. Announces Low Figure With Long Time Xiimlt and Stop-over. Those who expect to go East this sum mer will be Interested in the very low excursion rates ,offered by -the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company, the following figures covering the round trip from Portland: Chicago. $71.60; St. Louis, $87.50; Peoria, $S.25; Cairo (111.), $7216; Memphis (Tenn.), $73.60; New Orleans, $86.35; .Kansas City. St Joseph. Atchison, Leavenworth, Omaha, Council Bluffs, Sioux City, St. Paul. Minneapolis, all $60. Dates of Sale: June i, 6, 24. 25., 26. 27. 28. 2. SO; July 16. 16; August 26. 26. Limit: Going, ten days from date of sale; return, ninety days xrom ante or saie. etop-over prlv uegea win pe anowea witnin it either direction! west of Mlssou tr St. Paub For particulars as R. & N. ticket office. Third and Ingtoa atreeta, Portland. Up to the 10th of June there had been recorded In Josephine County six quartz locations, four placer and five water right claims. The prospector is in the hills and is following the snow line as It recedes. mit in ElffRlver k at O. Waah- The Oregon Mining Journal of Grants Pass Is authority for the statement that Frank Sharkey of the Lucky Boy Min ing Compa-ny has obtained permission from Lane' County Court to place a flume along tho side of the county road a short distance above Blue River for tho pur nose of bringing water out rf the Mo Kenzle River to run their big electric plant, which will soon be established at Blue River, to furnish power for the mines in the Blue River district. The company furnished a bond of $1,000 to insure, that the flume and poles and wires do not interfere with or damage the road. ' ' r c The Oregon Securities Company, now controlling the1 Mustek. Helena and Champion mines in the Bohemia dis trict. Was recently received two carloads of air compressors and drills from Den-' ver, which are to be rurt by a lare electria plant now being erected a little above the. warehouse on the creek, to be has a band around it that may bring you a fortune. 53142,500 given away- 555,000 may come your way I 9- v ' Two bands from Recruit Cigars are equal"to one tag from Star Tobacco in securing presents. - i 7 r TJ I vv ! :-t