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SOULS
IHElSlUlS
AFRICA IS - DEFIED
BY PRESIDENT CASTRC
THEaGHUReHESi
Evangelists Stir Great
Religious Feeling Among
, .the People i of City. :
DRENCHING RAIN FAILS
: TO DROWN THE SPIRIT
..Thousands . of People Brave he
. Storm to Hear the Message
7a Delivered by Foremoet
tivrmstfiortha Age.
" Rev. Henrx, Oatrom, J wider at'.; ths
; rtnt Congregational church in the big
viral campaign, la th Meal ana typi
1 oal Tj.eUjt tn ona. " H m at tV
- llac matooda can brine an audlenoa to
. tb atnol . of ' reDentanca awlltar
1 n- flva praachara of avaraca talent.
. Ha ia artful. 11a la an actor aa wall
,-mm aa orator, an aloeutionlat a well aa
an excited preacher. He aeema to hyv-
. notlxe hta lUtenera by the toroa of bia
omenta, dellTared In tba moat com
monplace lansuaca at hie command.
. Ha aelecta the aaay bymna, the malo
th oontributlon box la paaalng. Inatead
of havlnr tha choir - aln. ne una tna
- noanie funnr atorlea. If he obaeaa
the leaat alan of apathy InT hUrxougra
" aatlon which la Indeed a rarity, aran
durhur Ue moat doctrinal dlacooi
. ha wUl BMddenly turn hia point by ear.
casm or irooy. a great iaun -p.
' Than the doctrinal eermon la reanmad.
He haa a way of keeping hia hearer In-
tereeted that ia nothing leaa.inaa apt
Which makea-him.-, perhapa, - tba-moat
- literal and the most faaclnatlng eraa
: gella In Portland today. ;
Self-Deaial BtU abjaot.
SaifcWUiBBcUed
f "Belf-denlal" a aubiect 3 thtJaa " been
s threahed by preacnera aince tne new
Teatament waa created. In 10 mlnutea
' he aald -more good thtnga on that topic
i thaa are to be found in a while library
. 'of eaaaya; bacauae ha cam right down
. ' ' to every-day facta and eondltlona,-and
" aeattered 1 theorlta to" th "wlnda. He
cam ao ' near telling tha truth about
. people In .the aongregatlon that one
could, with little effort, find eome of
them bluahlng. When he talked about
. morning acenea at home and- described
1T-ithe quarrel at th breakfaat table how
It arose, and the bad taste It left, and
' bow. it could be settled- th listener waa
ready t take an oath that the apaakrr
1 had Just left m acena of that sort.
. v. ; .. pr, . Oatrom'a - aucceaa -l-4n atrlklng
' home! . He gets into and underneath
.i the hearts of th people., glvea each a
wrench, then heals tha hurt and sends
' them on their way rejoicing; lncl
' dentally, singing hia prala e. Thar can
" be no auch thing aa a family Jar on
ths momlnr following pr. Ostrom'a talk
' oo aalf-danlaL i t
The nnslcal director no there-J
' . ' P. Hlllls Is a genial sort and with erad-
";ritable peraistenca "Jollies", th eongre.
He aelecta ahe easy hymns, tha melo
dlea most easily remembered, and tha
. re salts are mora thaaatlaf ctory.
r ' 0, Lord aend the power Just now.
o, Lord send tha power just- now,
. ... '. O, Lord sntf -th power Just now,-
( And baptise erery one.- ' i ,
' 'T.' i ' By h time ' th congregation had
beard this aung nine tlmea erery ona In
it waa wllllne? to helo ouU. if only to
- satisfy th conductor -and . pasa on te
.S the next. . ,.
. i Ultlraatalr the erangellst took charge
- and under his direction tha people sang
- ' i with even less coaxing.
When he Is not- In action, Dr. Oatrom't
, appearance la not particularly striking.
Ha la abore medium height and Blender.
' Hia face ia thin and furrows mark each
. : cheek and hia forehead. Hia blond hair
. la chopnd off squarely behind and part
ed well down on the left aide. A flap
collar, black tie. white vest and half-
- . . frock. Bhigllsb cut coat, with dark trous
ers make up hta customary attire. He
, looks almoat unrellglous; or at , least,
' not solemn. But tha solemnity darelops
; v when ha begins to speak. Even in mak
: ing hia announcements there is a plead.
lng, sympathetic nota In hia vole and It
. ' Tarlea from that to tha affected piping
' 1 of a spunky child..' it,- perchance, the
. minister ftnda occasion to Illustrate a
' J point by using this same child. -
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Dr. Oatrom la trosinesa-llke. Ha .had
.the people stand up -and -repeat aloud
, the lxrd's Prayer. . Then he made an
nouncements in -rapid-fire order and
' ' called on Dr.- Gilbert for - prayer.
V"; Scarcely-was th "Amen" spoken when
' - ha aaked for another song and read tha
.first Terse with dramatio - intensity.
. ' Then ha called for tha contribution and
; deroted th - time of its; collection' to
- pleasantries which caused all tha women
, in the house to remove their bonnet
; without" Bolicltation. . ; -
The' sermon waa next 1 any man
r t;wlll corae -after me. let .htm deny him
if self and take up hia erose and -follow
, me." MatL xvl:I4. .i, .
: ' Dr. Oatrom made much of th argu
i meet that w are Buffering from a cheap
- religion. Toung men would not Join
i" , ' the church, he said, becaoa it coats
J!L nothing; They considered It too cheap.
, i Not money-cheap, ' you knowrTor" money
Is the cheapest thing we have,-he said,
. But It eoat no effort Thiy wanted a
.' religion that oost then something, and
- could not aee tha advantage of Joining
' a church on tba hala of "all right, I've
Joined, let it go at that." The young
- man waa not made to "take up hia cross
and deny himself," argued th speaker.
, . ! "How of tea have -you said to your
raelf,". he went on. "-Oh. If I only had
i that woman's carriages and horses and
(fontinued on Pag Tbj-eO
; - Tha Chapmsj) evangel
tea cirrasca that ever viiitc4 Portlgnd..'. Hete are' a few details of the' program now In preparation; '. ' : : ,
. Sunday morning all the drarches will ha their regular aenrices, as.uaa'al, with their own pastors. .')''..
; 1 Sunday afternexjn, there will
' at 3 o'clocMor.men orJy, grid thf
nisneo , tree or caar(e. The singins wiu do by the anf elists' quartet, led Dy Harry Maxwell. ; ; v ,T r ; ; 'xZZZJL '; ,
; . ' At the same hour,' in the White Temple,, there will be a meeting" for women only, led by Dr. Henry -Ostrom. : ; . ; ' ' V
V -n- At 3 o'clock Or. CT. Sbaeffer will address meeting for' girls only at the First Congregational church. - " -. -r ; "' ::: ' Y'"
At 4 p. m. Dr. Shaeffer will talk to boys at the Y. M. C'A. gymnasium. ' ' ' - -.; ',.'. ' ' ' ," , ' - ':'';':'-
..Monday will be a gala day.. All school children are to gather at the First Congregational church at 3 o'clock.'' They will be formed into
line and marched through the
' to participate.
JEach. and every. day, beginning Monday, there will be noon meetings at the Marquam Orand theatre,-
sliarp,-eTpt Monday, for which
At 6:45 o'clock, every evening
f pregcfaerrnalng big auto trucks
' About the middle of next week midnight meetings will begin. The central committee is now making arrangements for three theatres in
L which to hold.-these services. 'Probsblythe Marquam, the Baker and Frits's (for the north end) will be .engaged. . '
' " All this, besides the regular church meetings nightly, at which the largest number of converts are expected to declare themselves. " .
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Evangelist Henry
JULES VERNE
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(Jearaal Sperlal Serrlee.)
Amiens, France, . March J t. Jules
Verne, th celebrated author, who -haa
been 111 from diabetes for. tha past few
montha, died at hia home this morning.
Tuesday night ' ha ; was striken with
paraljrsla, which gradually extended
throughout the body,, and he reached a
state of coma, a few hoars before
passing- a way. Hie -a ged -1jwtro"iiurBe'B
him la his Anal illness. .He1 waa 77
year old, - '.. j j . )
Jules Verne Is- probably tn Mat
known of French . writers, bla books
having been translated Into almost every
language. - He- waa-- born at Nantes
February it. Hit. He studied law -In
hia native town arid in Paris. In 180
ha began to write short pieces' for Oie
atag. and waa for adme tlma secretary
of the Theatre tyrlquev1 '-
By his "Five Weeks In a Balloon,"
published In ltd, he became known.
This work waa translated Into English,
aa were aU bis eubsequent 'works of the
same character.. Including "A Journey
to th Center of the Earth." "Twenty
Thousand Leagues Under the Sea."
J'From . tha ;Erth to tha.;. Moon."
"Dropped From th Clouds': and . "Tb
Mysterious Island", " ',
be four big meetinra conducted by
addrew wul be de
streets singing for evangelism. This has
day the hour Is ix a.in.These meetings are open to alL
until fnrthcrjnoricejyjicrelwj
as pulpits.-- -
Ostrom, Endeavoring to Impress His
PASSES AWAY
. On of his most - popular ' books ia
"Around, th World in - Eighty. Days,"
Which waa dramatised in 1ST4. Scarcely
less known Is the dramatisation of
"Michael Strogoff." . with Theophlle
Lavelle he also published an Illustrated
geography of Franc In lt(7-l.
' M. Verne waa almost blind during re
cent years. but continued writing until
recently, when he was obliged to ens.
pend all literary work- and hia dutlea
as a municipal councillor. He (fled tn
th same room tn which 'he wrote his
extraordinary atorlea of voyagee.
: Julea Versa waa for more thaa it
years under an- Ironclad contract with
th publisher Hetael. Hetset recognised
genius and proposed to Verne a con
tract some -say for 89 years! In any
case Verne accepted It.
Eartr-year-since it - the - bouse of
Hetael has published Its' "two hooka by
Julea Verne," never more, never less, in
th publishing circles of Paris" they
ssy that they know tba salary stipulated
by- the famous contract It la . It.Ooe
franca, 14.000 a year. He haa never
drawn a dollar of copyright Tha Immense-success
of -certain - work have
furnished him ,
calc(iatla-
no.- basis for financial
the visitors. v The first will be at $h Manmam Grand theatre, : beKinninf . 2
be by ticket, but the tickets will 'be fur-. T
been done in every city visited by the
in the north end and
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Audience With the Seriousness of His
FULTQN
United States Senator Charles W. Ful
ton, wbo returned from Waahlngton this
morning, thinks that In . view., of th
spirit of retrenchment that prevailed In
congress Oregon waa fortunate to secure
ao much in tha way of appropriations aa
Waa granted to her.'. He la not Inclined
to regard seriously th charges that
have been filed against United States
Marshal W. f, Matthews, nor does he
expect that T. Cader Powell, the re
cently appointed marshal for Alaska, to
be removed. Pressure of official busl
neaa will make It Impossible for him
to- appear aa oounaej for -Senator John
H. Mitchell or any other of the defen
dants In the land fraud trials.
Senator- Fulton -denounces aa absurd
the rumors that b himself may be in
volved In the land fraud Investigation,
and he remarked with emphasis, "I
should like to learn of snm responsible
person who .would accuse tn of having
bean Implicated In , any - way . la. those
frauds." ,
"Oregon really received' greater con
sideration at tha hands of .-tba -rl vara
and harbors committee than any ether
state, although wa did not get aa much
as -we should have had.
1 "The. Columbia river was fairly welt
provided, focn , .While tha appropriates)
ttnet more attention than any
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evangelists, and thousands are erpectedZ
The services will begin at ts o'clock -X
one at Third and Alder streets, the
Arguments.
LAUGHS
for th Celllo canal was not large, It
ensures th' completion of th Work. It
looked fop a time as though wa would
lose altogether in this matter, for there
was a determination on th part of a
majorjasr tha committee to cut It out
I felt very confident that If such action
were taken by tha houaa committee I
could secure recognition of th project
in the senate, , but evert if I succeeded
In this there would be the danger that
any senate amendmenta would b re
jected In conference. 80 I felt that It
waa of great. Importance to secure
favorable action by tha house, and thia
finally obtained.
"The next In Importance,' of th Im
provements on th Columbia river was
of course tha Jetty at' tha mouth of the
liver.1 We secured, aa you know. "an
appropriation in the house, of 1300,
00 cash, with an -additional provision
authorising contracts for IJO0.000 mora.
I was notified by .T B. Wlloox, In be
half of the Portland chamber, of com
merce, that wa ahould have at least
II S0.009 additional. -1 tried t get Mr.
Burton of tha house to consent to this
Increase, but he positively refused. I
then went before th senate .committee
. iContlnued on Pag Twalva.Ii
Insulting Reply Received From Yene-
s : Executive Necessitates t
Reoll of i Ministeri
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Severance of Diplomatic Relations to Follotr
Peremptory Refusal' of titration War- ;
ships to Be Sent to South American Ports -
1 (Jeraat Special Serrlee.)
Wssbington, - March . : 14. Minister
Bowen cables the state department from
Caracas that President Castro formally
refuses to arbitrate the questions at
Isaud between " the United States and
Venesuola, u : ..
In Castro's note to Bowen he peremp
torily declines to permit any of the ques
tions at Issue to be arbitrated. Th text
of tho communication, will not be mad
public, but at the state department It Is
announced that -tha tone of the note la
practically Insulting. Secretary of War
Taf t, whs la temporarily in charge or
state department matters, presented .the
Information to tho president and the
cabinet at thla morning's meeting.
At the cabinet meeting held today a
dUpatch-fronLJliDlaterQWerKwasthor-
oughly discussed and every phase or
the situation gone over by-the presi
dent and bla official advisers with, a
View to a peaceful solution if possible
of the difficulty which ha aiiserl
through1 President .,Caetro's defiant at
titude. r -t,r -.--.".
Members of the cabinet admitted that
President Castro's reply has brought
about .an-' . International crisis, - Minister
Bowen does not say that ha haa been
dismissed from Venesuela, but hia rela-
llans sre 11 11 slisl I ingrTryihfTV'Hra-
Uon of doubt ' he will he recaiieu at
one by the United State and. all dip
lomatic relations with Venesuela b aev.
red. . : ' -'- . '
The -next step-will be the dispatching
of warships from the South Atlantic
squadron -to the Venezuelan coast to
safeguard American Interests.- It Is pos
sible that the" vessels will establish a
blockade f Venezuelan -ports aa those
of European nations did two years ago.
After the cabinet meeting had ad
journed Secretary Tart accompanied tha
president to the Whit House and re
mained for half an hour closeted with
him dlsauaetng tha situation.' On leav
ing he declined to state what action. If
any baa been decided upon, but there
la little doubt In the minds of diplomats
that the president has determined that
th time la ripe for tha use of the 3lg
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. The south Atlantic , Squadron la now
BumfunvE fliui
PRIDE OF KELSO
Smert Dipped ffprrv-Covvlitz
River With Pitchfork to
FeeB the Hungry. 7""
Fame come to cities In varied forma
Milwaukee has its beer. Monte Carlo its
ramea and Kelso tta smelt. But what
ever form ia taken, la cherished. Kelso
nurtures tbe smelt industry with tne
aama attentive hand, and proclaims Ita
bountifulneas with the aama pride that
larger communltiea observe in tneir ar
fair. The fact that you esn dip smelt
from tha Cowllta river with a pitchfork.
drive a wagon Into the stream and load
the bed In a short time, or annually
ship to the hungry world 40S tons of
this diminutive fish is a matter of pride
at Kelso, for this community takes first
honors In the smelt Industry.
Kelso. In Cowilts county. Washington,
with 1.100 population, ia tha center of
tha smelt Industry. No other point
visited by tbe myriad scnoois 01 nan
can rival, it, Tha season last aeveral
months, that Just closed having com
menced November 1, and ended March
II Daring this period iteiso recoras
show that 40 tens' of smelt were sent
frpm there to th world. Thla tonnage
represents lf.wv ooxea ex smeii,. emeu
box weighing SO pounds. '
Catching smelt on tne towim is an
Interesting process. Th neet or smau
boats stsnd out In the atream, on msn
to each craft, armed with dipnet having
a H-foot handle. The ring at the end
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Of tha poi nas m spmu i
while the net behind It is of sufficient
capacity to carry many pounds of fish,
Tbe schools of fish, which surge up the
river, ar aoon located, when tha fisher
men commence dipping down atream.
v-Mftt stroke la richly, rewarded, for,
after a echool la located, there are few
water hauls. Lee Galloway, on of the
beat fishermen of the stream, baa last
season's record, catching boxes la) one
night, each box 1 weighing IS ' pounds.
Tbla. record meana that with one-of
thos poles be lifted from th stream
4.(00 pounds of fish,-or about two and
a half ton.
kelso keeps S record Of th -work don
by Its various fishermen. Following lb
the esott' catch for son of tbe best:
Charles R. Oatchet, 1.100 boxes; Peck
Bros., S.006: K. Coles, 1,400; B. Bodlne,
1,100; M. Bana, 1.000; Jo Zack, 210;
Le Galloway. l.OOO;1 Andrew Lewie,
400: Henry CTutchle, 100; lngerson A
Brewer 100; W. P. lngerson, no; Frank
Wannessy, 100." Hays Bros.. 1.400', John
Oalloway. too; S. Salmon. 109. '
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in Caribbean waters, and the Colorado)
left Newport News' last Monday- for -Caracas.
It la expected that; Admiral
Dickens and hia fleet, now at Havana,
will Immediately ball to carry ' out
naval demonstration against Venesuela. i
The signing today tn London of th .
agreement between Venesuela and th
Anglo-German bondholders, adjusting .
the exterior debt, of VenesuelaV whereby
(0 per cent .of the customs of all porta
except La Quayra and Porto Cabello will
be collected aa security for th foreign
indebtedness, Willi It ia tea red. make it .
Impossible to sequr a single cent from
Venesuela.. towarS I th payment of any
Just American claims, for there will b . ,
no surplus, th remaining 40 per cent of : .
th revenues being required for th sup
port of Castro's government, . .
- The propoaltkMi -aaada to Caatro by th :
United State called for the sabmlttlng ; .
to arbitration the ' issue between the
two governments. - - - . - ; '
Tha Veneauelan government haa mad
a counter proposition looking to tha ar- -bltratlon
of th dispute by th Hague
tribunal, but with the qualification that
the tribunal ahould arbitrate aa a pre
liminary the question as to whether or
not the. United Statea government had
the right under international-la wb to
Intervene at all. aa under th Veneaue
Ian government' ctalm, American con
cessionaries must look, to Venesuela for
protection.- . l , ;. " 1 '.- . -
The United State resolutely refused!
to accept such construction, and Minis
ter Bowen was Instructed to siake- th
proposition submitted ten daya ago, th
Unlted Statea holding out for a free ar
bitration of the issues with Venezuela.
Th American;, government contends .
that- trie proceedings in ..Veneauelan
courts . involving' tba asphalt company
tre ao Irregular aa to practically amount
to a denial of-Justice, beside the New
York and Bermudes Asphalt case, there '
ar three other -aubject euggeelad aa
proper matters for arbitration, namely,
the Crttchfleld claim, baaed on an aa-,
phalt concession; the Oronoco Steam
Navigation company's claim, baaed on '
violated franchise, and-the claim of a
newspaper correspondent for damages
arising from bia Summary expulsion'
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ORDER OF REMOVAL
Land -Office t : Oregon, City 1 1
to Be i Removed to ; 1
'f(r '';" Portland. 1 : -Jil
(SpwUl Diapatrb-t At Jearaal) '
Waahlnvtnn. 14an-h . !i Pn.M..I
Roosevelt haa signed an' order directing
the remnwal nf ittm' taiwl ,retaa . am.
gon City to Portland. The dat of th
removal Ja left to the discretion of th
commissioner of tbe general land offlc
who etatea that July 1 probably will b
seiecteo, lor uie ate ox the Chang. -
Tha removal of th land office front
Oregon City to Portland is to be fhad
almply for reasons of economy, accord- ,
Ing to United State Senator Fulton,
who la In tha city. It la In Una with
th retrenchment policy of th present
administration. . ' . ,
"Tbe Journal's announcement ia th
first t had beard of the removal," h
aald today, "but th cause. I am qulfe.
sure, ia almply one of economy. .A year '
or a ago the Oregon delegation. Includ
ing Senator Mitchell and myself, advrv
cated the removal of th offlc to this
cfty oit, those grounds, but action waa
deferred, and' permanently, we thought.
"Th government building hv Portia nU
will be used for the land office, thereby
saving rant Another 1 reason for th
removal was that nearly everyone who
desired to go to tbe land offlc from al
moat all narta of tha mtmtm
passed through Portland ea route. That
unnecessary trio ana the expenses at
tached to It will of course be obviated
by tha removal". . - . '
-. V, NO INFORMATION. '
- ansae, megisSsr at Oraawa C
ld Mot aaosiaiaa Caaage.
S- (Special DUpatok Tbe JearsaLI
Oregon City, March 4 A. B. Dres
register of tha land office, when told t
afternoon of a Waahlngton dloat
relative totb removal of the olUc t
Portland, said: .
- ri have received no offlolal iafer -lion
that the offlc would be remr
to Portland, but know that aa Ins--visiting
here nine months ago r.
mended the change. A few days
thla offlc received a letter fro-
assistant land , com no las toner,
that that was a room In th F
poetofftc building to iroomnn
land onVe. Evidently this I
suited from the reommene .;. ,
Inapeclor. This office has l
mended a cassrt."
ROOSEVEtniGHS"-
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