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15-19?*-l _ no im" me ~ - Tn-it cHARrprijs'rowN cu_Ar_u>1AN ,,,,,., 0, M eros

_ . _ -5-ei,

RAI, a Siiliiilliii iii iii iiiiiiiiii iniu iiiiii ILANADA’

usi iiiiuiiiii lciiiiiiiiiri iiiiu uni - Esc

Had Oni Formal Evidence e aies Were Warml Re menced at Once to Cost

' '

ll R6_f0[ili§_Q I M " `_Crippen s Counsel ‘Af lnque-'»t,ls Largest on Record And Del-In Winnipeg Wlll Be Com-

...i.¢wpi -"Mill .llllli 1 _i _i -_ _ iaii.iiiiiii1li

Gone Into ceived En Victoria Two Millions

-»-iriienf- iiilii iuiiii _ 0, ciniiiii sun

gnce - __ - special ie 'rue Guardian. sperm to 'rim Goal-alan.

_¢_,,

I Bpecml t° T\1°'G\1ll‘lllAu- qumt of solicitor .Newton on baba" bers of the Methodist General Con-

LONDON. August. 15-'\At the re-

of Dr Crippen only formal evidence

VICTORIA, August 15-The mem-

Siierilil to The G,,a,.d|an_ 1 FORT FRANCIS- 0"t~» A“ll\1Bl» 15 W 'taken at th in uest ver th; ference received a most cordial wei-

_ BS e n o

IMNUUN. Allglmt- 15"Th° crmser I3): saw mms M the Fmncgs- Lumber 'remains found in Hill Droll Cresceilt 11013* t0 VW*-OFEB 011 their IFYEVB1-

. were today b n t th

li hemg fitted Wm* WE” ur B 0 9 toil . ' Many citizens wele at ,f-he wharf

““i“h0w E ground with three loaded* cars nf fu' - _

lumber. }‘°W`t°n`°xp1"'"‘°d that M W““t°d with autos and carriages to drive

less. - ` yi. willy, M. P. for Grimsby. has A large pm or till smelt in nie ““ °"’°"°“““y ‘O g” ‘“E° th” °““" uw delegates to their lluiets. ,

' " ' ., with ui ii ni. . _ '

i>inl~.ss¢il the belief that Dilssibli' the Yard .las saved, _ H c.__e_____i___ The attendance “iq year is larger

E tl veto eonwwnce ` than at any previous conference. _

niilioiiic 0 I6 ‘ _

Wniiil he il reformed Imiperlal P-ar S *_*

.......,.,.. wilmi.. ii.. ...i....l.._w»..i.i ' 0 E

mu:-'ll

' » _

"NEffi€€f?.i-lf;::;:r_::__;:i I in vuunuiiip iUlliHlNil‘ ii uni iiiuiiii

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iriisiiiiiiuiiu - _ E ._ .. ._

_ _ WINNIPEG, August 15-The nezt

Special to The Gumdian Im. eriai Press Conference will be team from Charlottetown Rifle Club

_.YAnMo-U'rli, August is-A seismic' P

DH LE! E dis me ms- , ten cond hclll at \VlI\11iDegiii 1914- drove to York yesterday afternoon

and enjoyed a friendly rifle match

turba ting fully se s

- ` occurred at an early hour this morn-

"""' ing. S with the sharpshooters of that com-

It was distantly heard throilg-lloilt _ _ - mum¢_y_

UH' ¢V0“i“K of A“g“9t 12'-h 0 he town and in several sections “emu low but the

(in » » ‘t _ ' - . ‘ _

\ 1 ,' Scoring was ge Y

mlniliict, followed by an address and -of the colinty. I h tu

` ND damage hm been reported _ afternoons sport was very ear y

|,i~.».-;i»iliilt,ioll, was tendered Dr. J. C

--- enjoyed by all

H°“""'“ M me Forester _Housed Cm- ` ° In the evening the visitors were Emml’ Un the `eve M hm departure _T The 4th Pl`iaigiment Rifle Club en- treated to icc cream and cake be- fl`“’“ that “mage to Kensington' At thc_Arcna alleys last night the joyed excellent weather for their sec- Heath me shade on Col. Crockctt’s T\\'~‘I\lil'liV0 Of I-he lmdlng me" from Vics woil the matcll from the Abbies ond aggregate shoot yesterday after- wen kept lawn “_ is expented that 8

Criilpiiiiil. ilaulpton and Victoria took by thc close margin of eight points. noon. Tile attendance was fair. Be- return match Wm be and in the

,h,_,,. ,,,.,,|_5 at Very manly deco,-ated_ Total score for Vlcs 2298, Abbles low are the scores made, _ Ranges urge 0( a few weeks

_ I _ justice to the many 12290, Majority for Vlcs 8 points. 200, 500 and 600 yards, possible 105. °° ' mmm" ‘Omg ' _ The followiilg is the total score of Points Following are the SCOPE!!

gnoil things provided by the proprl- each playen GL F_ Kennedy

eti-lv;-:. '1‘hc following address, ac- cnlllpilllicil by a Masonic ring, was

pm-.i-il1.cil to Dr. Houston:

To liur Gcnial Friend, Dr. Houston:

lt in with feelings of regret that wo li~ili'il of your ,departure from ililuiiiir us. Looking back over the - lelv yi-uri-i ,wliicll you have bceil iii oilr inillsl. you have become a friend to nil, their happiness was your happi- ness, null their sorrows your sor-

l"llW:€.

ln nil things for the improvement .if llic village you were one of the leriiilost, giving your time and tal- ent \‘.'ithout ally thought' of yourself. We will one and all miss your smil- ini: i-cuntenailce mid there will al- wrfyli be a warm welcome awaiting you at any time that you might

i-luninc to return. Our school, which is one of the‘ wells' from which cllaracter is drawn, either for good or bud, is considered linc of the best village schools on ilu- Island, owes much to you for the inlcrcst which you have taken in it,

iluring your sojourn with us.

'I`hc` church which you attended and freely gave of your time, assist- ini; the choir and any entertainment wliicli was gotten up, will sustain a

ilisiiilct loss in your dcparturel

flu all sides one hears nothing bilt

expressions of sorrow and regret st' your removal. And wherever you Y muy take up your abode, you may ri-sl, il:-lsiircd that from everyone of uf; notlling but best wishes . for thc lui_iu~c wclfare of yourself and family will follow you.

In tendering to you this small tok- on of thc high esteem in which you vin hold, we ask tllat you will ac- fciii it witll.thc good fellowship for flu- finlc spent in our midst, and wilh Lllo iassurailcc that your ac- iiuniillnncenllip with each and every- mu- of us will always be as a pleas- ilui illrlmory of B true friend.

Mlnnrrl's Lfnfment Cures Danllrul.

VICTORIAS.

Chas Davison ....................... .. Vernon Gay

F. R. Newsom H. S. McLeod

Nic Currie .....

440 499` 465 426 468

'mini .......... .. zzee

` Al3EGwE1'rs_

L. B. McMillan ..

Ham Johnson Jack McKay

' Gordon Worth °

Jus Kimball .............

400 433

463 522 472

Total ...................... 2290

Vics won by 8 points. Gordon Worth of the Abbics mails

the highest score his average being 174. '

Vernon Gay ma'dc the best average

on thc Vics line up, being 166 1-3.

A return match will be played

early next week. `The game was played according to rules and was run off on two alleys, each contestant playing alternately.

WEATHER PROPHET DEAD.

OTTAWA, Aug. 15-Prof. E. Stone

Wiggins of Ottawa, known asawea- ther predictor, died here yesterday, aged 71. He was a clerk in the Fi- nance Department. The body will he sentto Quecil's Couilty,`N. B., for

burial. _

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BISHOP OF LONDON

COMING TO CANADA.

LONDON, Aug. 13-The Bishop of

London, Right Rev. A. F., Winning' 'ton Ingram, sails today for Canada ‘on the S. S. Empress of Britain. He takes with him u copy of a prayer book, rl present made by _Klllfi George in connection with the bi-cen- tennry cclcbratioil of the foundation |of the Anglican Church in Canada.

__,______.__..

Mfnard’a Liuiment kelieveil Neurnlgin

WINNERS IN SllTURDIlY’S RACES

i.-. -lf _ _~

- _

.\l0N(*.'l‘0N, August 14-There was niii»i_ln>l~ ilny of first class sport at ilu- Moncton speedway on Saturday. In the fourth heat of the 2.35 pace

J null 2.351 ti‘ot,` Baby Logan» and

Priilcc Wilkes tied for first. position Gowun, Chatham 9 1 dig.

Princess Bell, William

Steevcs, Moncton ....... ._ 5 9 7 dr.

Our Protiunl, R. Hebert.

Msnctoil 8 7 6 dr.

Northern Star, A. D. Mc- 0

...iii in lilo eeeiuiilg neat at tile close rilime-zeal, 2.22. 2.22. 2.22. 2-2

li;ill.i:s won after an exciting strug(i,2.24.

H0. 'I‘ll W l me upland' riiiriiig iileENe 2E;1AE.l‘B€>‘;. :,111 2.18 pauxe. 2.21 TROT. 2-13 PACE' ~~

l'iul_ol‘iB tlJOX (Jw flf‘Bf. heat, then

lliiry Cromwell took two in succes-,Queen Marie. H- Bterlls. ` Sion. while the foul-til and fifth wenti Charlottetown .... ..'8 3 2 1 lf' lluccii Mario, who had been doing Mary Cromwell, F. Boutilier . - priori work right -siting. A! the horsesi Halifax 6 1_ 1 4

were tired; it‘ wlllllocided to divide Pretoria, P. C. Brown. ar' _. lllc inoneybctv/evil' Quehh Mlirfe and' lottetown . ........... ...... .. 1 3 6 3

Meri ci-cm/eu. relieving is me reno sei-remove. _-1. PM-. - eiimulrlry :' ' _ ` _ ,_ ` cott, Sussex 2 4 5 2

2.35 PACE AND 2.38 TROT.

Prine Wllk E. O. B ith F d rfcton illiiru ' 1 1 a a 1 'riglg-2.2il, 2.19. 2.191. 2.21. 2-22

llelw Logan, lr. w. claimi-

ll~ . 'rl 1 4 still; P Brin" 3 All 1 1 _ ci~i1cAoo,- Aug. 1s-(splloi»i.>-

` ar ner, . en, l'l'c\lrit . 2334

P- E c on " E iii ii ii iieiinlx ..... 4 1 1 lliiiiy whole ...... 102|

K.. w.o. lr iii, it . Huiiiim _ "W ° 1 2 2 3 4'simiife§»ie, ir. Boilaiier, 1 2 2 2 sepeeiléim when ._ loci

value .M. dwu' "" '_ 14 iii “July oi-ii ....... __ _ an

Elqilan ' Eiddnl' Pong 5 4 dr Lauga Merrill, F. Duncan- September Corn 615

Pauly c 'i'l'é2i"` ° son rail-ville ii il 4 a ,september Pork Nil

, F. D “‘§?;..’,“"i»“.1ii‘$i°il. ._.._.f‘_'_`°fTT‘_ l 5 l i.. King Arion, H. O. Jcwltt.5 6 4 dr

2 rnam-ron-ALL. _

z'll'reiii¢ Pencil Adams and

'~. ll ull 1, l

K - . , Ad s and Winston 4 e 5 ci-. 'novel I l°1\\"-if mu ‘lm 2 , 3 an _

nn g_ _' _ ~ _ Mit il i, . °'iZ¢°l\, 8 8 9 dr. Tinlce:-117;? 2.17, 2.17, 2.15}_ Millard: Lfnfment for sale everywhere

.l........_-_n

I pioymeiie' ec uni -local exhibition

2 ting along very well when she was

3 traced, the police were notified. A

.4 girT°'sleeping in boy's clothing in one,

96 94 92 85 84 83 83 B2 82 70 68

Br. J. Landrigan Gr. A. F. Seaman Sgt. R. Seaman Corp. E. Ritchie .. Capt. D. A. McKinnon Gr. J. Mclnnis Gr. H. Johnson iCapt. F. Gill Sgt. A. ivlcoilbe . Sgt. S. Bagnall _ 0. M. Sgt. E. Heartz

Gr. W. F. Taylor ................ .. 67

Br. J. Landrigan wins spoon in

special class, Gr. F. Kennedy in first class, Corp E. Ritchie in. second class, Gr. `I~I. Johnson in third class and Sgt. S. Bagnall in folirth class.

ARICHAT SEAMAN

DIED ON VESSEL.

LIVERiPOOL, N. S.,'Aug. 14.-'-The schooner Howard, Capt Gault Mlir- ray, with hard coal from Newark,N. J., to Halifax, arrived this afudrnooo with her flag at half-in-ast for the death of William Forgeron, of West Aricha-t, aged 23, wh-ich occurred yes- terday at ten o’clock when ll. miles south of Cape Sable. The deceased bard a sun-stroke nearly two weeks n- go at Newark. The body will he sent to Ariolrat tomorrow for interment.

1 I

MR. VAHEY TO RUN.

WORCESTER, Mass., Aug. 13.--

James H. Xe-hey, of Boston, made to- day' formal an-nouncemieilt of his in- tention- to remain in the race for thc |Democrsitic nomination for Governor, thus quieting insistent rumors that

.he might withdraw in favor of Re- presentative Eugene N. Foss.

BARRYMORE GETS

MARRIAGE LICENSE.

NEW YORK, Aug. 14-"Jack" Bar-

rymore, _the actor, and Miss Kather- ine Corrs Harris, daughter of Sidney Harris, a well-knowil lawyer, secured a marriage license yesterday.

Miss Harris gave her age as 19

years. _She said her father was Sid- ney Harris nnd her mother Kathryn ]Brady. Barrymore gave his nameas Jollil Barrymore Blytlle, and that he was 28 years old. His father's name was given as Herbert Blythe and his mothcr’s as 'Georgiana Drew. Itilas been reported that Mr. Harrié was opposed to their marriage.

GIRL EMPLOYED AS STABLE BOY

REGINA, Sauk., Aug. i4»Despair-

ing of eariling a living in the voca- -tions to which women are limited, Georgie Scott disguised herself as a boy, and dmld the rough characters who “follow ‘the"ponles,"_ found em-

grbunds -as stable licy. She was got-

missod and- when filer’ 'action'liad'been

search of the stables dteclosed ._ the

of the stalls. She was arrested, along with several of the other em- ployees.

CHICAGO MARKETS.

YORK; -

500 600 ttl.

31 28 30

30 Zll V Sill 27 29 84 26 27 83 33 23 83 31 I9 81 25 29 79 28 28 79 20 27 78 25 23 76 18 23 71 22 26 70

` 200

30 28 30 27 31 25 23 25 28 30

Lt. Col. Crockett

Jackson

M. Crockett

Mellett Brodie

R. Brown _

Crockett

A. Doyle E. Brown

W. Duck B. Duck

A. Brown

?°F’E'°f~°ff":>

'roesi ` , 961 CilAllLo'r'i‘ic'rowN_

200 500 600 ttl. 31 29 32 92

29 32 28 _B9

J. E. Matthews 30 26 29 35 E. R. Brow ` 30 20 22 8] Dr. Goodwill' 27 27 25 79 seo. Ania 27 ao zz ru A. N. luckily 27 ze zz - ri S. C. Moore 25 25 23 73

Moore 28 17 25 70 Brown 26 22 22 70 Love 25 23 17 65 McDonald Z0 23 13 55

Total 917 ___,._--_--

TERRIBLE ACCIDENT REPORTED

ROYAN, France, Aug. 15-An cxcur- sion train from Zbrdeaiix. With' 1200 passengers, running MW mile? 5”

Major W. A. Weeks W. K. Rogers

pass

Saujon. ’( _

hirt -two persons were killed an

T y

one hundred injured. I

girls. Several passenger cars WCP torn to splinters. A misqplace switch caused the accident.

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'lyngyf _ _

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ex.

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' mooiaviewkiaei-

i. \z_'i""".` K-"' \..‘f»'\.

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Especiili to 'rue onmimi. .

'ronou'ro.‘ Aug. io-nicht to 11100

teen hours, two minutes.

The temperature at three 0

this morning wg; fifty-eight degrees

The tide will be high tonight at 8 44 and tomorrow mornirik ll 7:05-

Tbe ` '

. figs; tomarrow morning at 5.03

The moon sets tomorrow mornin

at 1.05. -

yesterday wal sixty-one degrees :nov mo md the llfglieetwae env ity dv

.°._ _\

hour, dashed into a_freiBl\t "B1" at

,i of the gathering-in 1890 and again

Many M the “emma were schoog erablc "Bishop" of the Canadian

d body, who has been such a conspicu-

- .. __ _ H'.1W3_ill°-

‘ts 'winds',- mosply fair but a few AUCTION SALE today at one

-clock (J fortably acconmlodated at 48 Re-

sim sets tonight at 7 06 and

The lowest temperature recorded BOWLING’ Burke., An". u,,,m.

‘ - e

above up till nine p. in. The lowest

gourd! the previous night was sixty

7 .

Special to The Guardian.

WINNIPEG, August 15-A palatial

hofml 200 feet square containi-ng 500 _rooms and to cost $2,000,000, with ,ornamental gardens rind everything known to modern hotel architecture. will be built at once by the Grand Trunk Pacific in Winnipeg.

USED RUM illll

A / MIINEY lllll

The charges and counter charges

Of Political. corruption which were re- cently voiced in connection with _the Manitoba provincial 'elections have led certai-n observers ill the Maritime Provinces to recall a Political incid- ent in Prince Edward Island several years ago. .i

An ardent supporter of one on the

Island’s well known public men came to him during a. campaign, in great distress of mind. “Mit----," -ll-e said “them Tories are using rumi and mioney in this fight. Yes sir, -rum and money."

The candidate was appropriately

shocked. "I can hardly be-lievetha

he said, "are you quite sure?"

“Am I sure? Why, look here,

Mr.---, I was asking John Smit last night to vote for you, bilt couldn't get much satisfaction fron

to the Tory rooms and he never cam

THE GENERAL CONFERENCE ' OF THE MET!-IODIS'I‘

' (By J. Miller McConnell.) Copyrighted 1910. '

Tile qiiadrennial General Confcr

tan Church in Victoria, B. C., .o

a tribute to the growing importanc and ‘influence of the Pacific Provillc in Canadian Methodism.

Winnipeg which is the only instanc

Quebec. The gathering of four years ago took place in Montreal. In 1883, the year in which the organization Conference took place, the meeting place was Belleville. Three years la- ter Toronto had the honor as well as in 1898 while in 1894 London, Ont., was the scene of a memorable gathering. Montreal is the only city which twice had thc entertainment

six years later. V

Rev. Albert Carman, D.D., the ven-

ous figure in the deliberations of thi Conferences ever since the organize tioil of the present body in 1883 will again preside and if prediction. are in order will again be appolntci as General Superintendent.

Tile Methodist Chiircb in this coilil

try, as at ,present organized, will formed by the union of the Method ist Church of Canada, (composed of the Wesleyan Methodist Cllurch nm the New Connexion Metiloilist Church united ill 1874) the Methodist Epis- copal, the Primitive Methodist and Bible Christian Cllurclies.

Canadian Methodism, however, had

-@<i="S=d Ad~'°_fLSa“;f1*§

(Too late for Classfficatlomi

B0‘LO(lNA Sausage 15c a lb at . W. W. Walker. 8-l6d3i.

VITWO ouiet students can he accnmnd _ ated at 213 Prince Streei..'

t ___ > __ 8-l6d3lpd.

,VPWO YOUNG men can be comfort- -. _ ably accoillmodateu. Apply nere

a'cl»ock. p m at my Sale Room

woijiieidm sruimurs elle-vile com-

_ serve Street, Private house. Rates

moderate. ` ll-l6d3ind,

- SALE; piano, upright, “Mor-

. ris." In first-class condition.

Apply to Maude Waterman, 185 Prince Bt._ ll-§_§<l}!p_¢L

‘N/*A~NTED by an experienced office _ lwnd, a position in s store. Ol' would do general work. Apply E. C. R., Eldon House 8-l.6d8llNl~

' market. Open lawful days, ten to eleven. ‘ B-llidlw. `

ALDERSHOT, August, 15-It is

announced that Major General Mac Knnzie has been selected as Chief of

General Staff -and first military ad- visor to the Canadian Government. _

EWU UHUWNEU -

WHILE BAEHINS

Special to The Guardian. _

BHOCKVILLE, August 15-A dou-

ble drowning accident occurred tolli-_v at Grippen Lak-e the victims being I-larry Raymond and Jolln Cilrlyle who with three other young fellows

were bathing.

Raymond leaves a wife and three

small children. ' -

r~~/»v1fNV~VV"~VV%*

its origin over a century ago from the Methodism of Great Britain and the United States, and drew its youthful life-blooll largely from tlic|_ same sources. The first Metlloilict

preaching in what is now the Do- minion wau fronl fllvzat ilritilin hy

hilm. I offered him- $2 and still he woilldn’t prom-ise. Then (in a whin- per), I slipped a. little black hottie into his pocket and he said he would come back and see melater, And l

watched him going across the street ces. Several Yorksliire families who

8 had settled near Amherst, Nova Sco-

liack. Yes sir, the Tories are using rum and money, and it ought £0 bil stopped."-Toronto Saturday Night.

ence of the Methodist Church in Can- ada, which oplns at the Metropoli

August 14 is looked forward to by that body as an epoch-marker in thc Church," it is a somewhat interest- - history of the Church. It will be the first time ill its history that the General Conference has gone farther form ofigovcrnmeilt of the Methodist west than Winnipeg and the selec- Chiircil is so nearl ill harmony with tion of the British Columbia capital for the scene of its deliberations is

c 0

The 1902 Conference was held in

of the Conference having gone be- yond tlle confines of Ontario and

some of the early lay pienchcis who

t - ~

such practices are being pursued," Wont 0V0l`yWh€l‘G tf\f‘\.~\lgllfr\lt til I

world preaching the word of .God iln~,

il ' '

bued with the zeal and spiiit clnu~| lated by John Wesley the founder of the Cllurcll. On the other hand thc

1 first organic Metliodism in Canad

was from the United States. | In 1760 a Wesleyan prcilcllci' from

Ireland was preaching in Maryland. lil i775 a Wesleyan nlissiiiili-li'y froill England went to Ncwfoiilldlililil and in 1779 .William Black, known as Bishop Block, becilllle the founder of Methodism ill the Maritime Provin-

tla, were instrumental in the conver- sion of Mr. Black, who became their apostle. In 1780, Mr. Tilfley, ecom- missary ill one of thc regiments at Quebec, preached to the soldiers and immigrants there and in Upper (lan- ada Metllodisin was first preached by

CHURCH IN CANADA. another British officer, Major George

Neal, in 1876/' William Losce was] ~-.----_--=-_---.--=--------------->--------'--~

another exponent of early Method- ism who attracted attention in Ont-

- ario in 1790.

As pointed out by Rev. Dr. Stone,

- who was president of the Toronto

Conference some years ago, in writ- ing of "Tile Polity of the Methodist

ing coincidence that without any ilf--" sign on thc part of its alltllors, thc

Y .

that of the Dominion itself, with the single exception that there is in it nothing that exactly correspon'ils with the Scnnte, which he thought was possibly not a matter of regret to its commrinicailts.

Tile General (Tolifercilce is the su-

preme legislative hody of thc Cllnrcll -and is composed of nn eqiinl number

S HALL APED FIRE

____i..___1_--_-

At Brussels .lilco C. P.R A Pavillon, Butforonto Museum Was _Des- - troyed

Special to The Guardian. OTTAWA. August I5-Cana»da's fine building at the Ilrussels lillxhibiv tion escaped.

This is iiillicnfcll by fl report rs.

ceivcil fiom llii-actor Hiitchlson. Special to 'Flin fliiui'ilian_ v

Il0Nl)f_)l\', Augiuzt. 15-The C, P. R,

pavilion at llrncuiels was untouched. by the fire.

'l‘he_ '1`oriilli_l» Miiseum with 'Tudor

panelling was ill tile British section which was gutted alld the famous panelling was destroyed.

HISHEHD WEEKS

HAS PASSED Ulf

Ricllard Weeks, one of the most

well known residents nf this city. ilassrzll away last evening at six o'clock 8,; his residence on Callaghan St. The cause of his death was apo- pli-xy from whicll he suffered astroko n_bout two wieclis ago)-Ie, had been troubled with the illness for some time and about four years ago had fl. severe stroke and since thicn has

been ilfliicfcd ut llificrcnt times.

The ileceascd was born at Prince li}ilwal'i_l.~: Island, off thc eastern count _ of flaiiuds. ill 1835. W-liilc yet ayonng iilau llc iiliivcil to Kansas and iatcr to 'l`uciilllil \vlici'c lie rerllained for-5 i-ihorft time when lic ng-ai-n moved, that time to Oakland and finally came to this city \~.'licru llc has resided for f_llc past tlvelvc years. During his lk- tiinc llc was a c0ntl~acf_ui‘ and biiihd- cr ilnil under his llircctloii several of the residences iii til-is city wci‘o`con- structeil. Mr. Weeks liil-il always liven proillin-eiltly assilciated with the ai- fairs of izllc (‘llristiuil cllilrqll_an'd was H ilcvout nlcillhei' of that body. I-lc is .~iili‘vi\'eil by his foul* cllildren who are ull. proini-ncilt and well known in this city. 'l`llz»y are \V. H. Weeki-i, Hain- iniiilil Weeks. Mrs. ids lloyd nnd Elliot l~itciilllailscl‘_ Thi: arrullgc/ills-nts for fllc funcral will be made later.

'l`lle nllovc clipping is from the

Watsonville Register, Watsoilville, Calif., unllci' dats of August 4i.ll.

`1858, immediately before they left. for the (Joost, which' they rcucllcd the folloiviilg ycur. The mlssioilaries were welcomed to the colony by the Rev. Dr. Cridifc, lilcllinbcnt of Christ Church; and Chief Factor' Dallas, of thc l-Iudi-loil's Bay Uonlpaiiy, granted. them tllrcc city lots on which to huilii xl church and pnrsoilagr.

lil 1803 there wcrc five congrega-

tions in Victoria, cxclili-:ive of the Ullincse Missioii (_‘lllii~cli and the lil- ilinii (`hui~cll_ In i859 Rev. Dr. Evans and Rev. E. Roh_~.oil left Victoria to clliilillcilcc pioneer work on the nlniil- land. Rev. Mr. Robson was abroth- cr of the lute l-lon. John Robson, prime minister nf thc Priiviilcc.

'l‘llc British Columbia Metliodist

(lonfercllcc was oi';:u.ill.4cd in llill7‘an`d held its first session in May of that

of miilisteriul and lay delegates. In the interval of its sessions it is re- presented hy an executive called "The General Uonfcrellcc Special Committee.” 'l‘his_hody is selected by thc General Superiiltenilcnt and with llim.hns iiiwcr to provide for measures which require abtcntioii be- tween tlic meetings of thc Cencral Conference.

'1‘lic most vital as well as the moat

distinctive doctrines of Mctllodism

with ' thc personal expcrieilce. As Prof. Iladgley pointed olit in an art- lclc on "The Doctrines of the Metli- odist Chui'ch": "It is impossible to sepanlte Methodist Theology from personal l‘ciigi<>iis cxpcricncc. (‘-lli‘is- tianity is both i-i. doctrine ami ii life, or 'rather the doctrine and the lifc are the two sides of a unity wllich though distinguishable from cilch other arc not scpai'allle.”

As regards Methodism in British

Columbia, wllcrc thc General (‘.oilfi=i'- ence meets for thc first time, very early work was done by nlisi~lionni'- ies in the fur west. 'l‘lle villl was lcd in the Pacific l‘i'ovillce hy Rev, lip, Evans. of Kingston University, thc Rev. E. White, Rev. E. Rohr-mil mill "lev_ Arthur Browliliig. ’[‘llc lattci' two were ordained ill Toroilto in

year at Victoria. Ilcv. E. Robson | was the first president and Rev. Jos-

i cpll Hall, secretary. I Rev. Thomas Crosby is stated by

Alexailder Begg in his “History of lfritish (‘-oliinlhia" to have been the most succcs.-ifnl of thc missionaries ,ill connection witll the"Mctllodist

(lburcli in thc I’roviiice_ In thc spring of 180% llc f-onlmeilccd teaching all ln- ilinil illis.-iioli school ut Nanaimo. In six months he so for acl iiircd a

are those most intimately connectcill knowledge of thc lunguagc that he

could prciicll in it..

A few statistics will bc of interest

to show thc gciicral growth of the church in the lloilliilioil. According to the coil.-:lin of lii:il`C/illiaillail Meth- oilvisti-' were diviilr-_il :is follows: ()nl_a- rio, 6:'l4,‘.lIlIl; Qiiclicr, 39,544; Prince Flrlwui-il island, l1\,5l\1l; Nova Si-nfia, :'l4,l9.'i; New liriiiiswick, 35,504; Maili- tillia, 2ii,~i£i7; lirbtish Uolilillliia, 14- 2118; Noi'tll\vc:~it 'l‘ei‘i‘itorics, 7,980, a totul of 847,587.

’l‘cil years lutcr when the lust Do-- nliniiiil cirilsus \i/iii; taken, the figures \vi-rc: Olitili-io, |;i3i3,3Ss; Qiiebec, 42,- 014; Prince ii`.il\\'ilrd lsluilil, lIf,~i02; Niivn Scotia, 57,490; New llrllilsiwick, 35,973; Mailifohil, -fll,£lIlii; llrifisll Col- iiiuliia, 25,047; Nortliwi-st. Territories, 2* |51' Yiikoll null o_i_!ici~ Territories

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HAVING OUR OWN WAY.

We ure never going to succeed in getting the world just to our liking. Right up to the very end both mi-il

going their own way ill spite of what we would like, giving scant considera- _tion or no consideration at all to oilr notions or plans or wishes. 'Flint all may be very hard on us, as, in- deed, it ii-i often, and we fllinc and fret over it a great deal at times. But it is the part of wisdom, surely, for us to reckon with the fact that, in a great nlultitude of cases

ably without having lt.

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|flu1';l's,Lfal4lmut Cline latin. etc.

built after our fashion in all t

throughout this life, we are not go- fng to have our own way. For if we are not going to beable to have it, then we ought at least to try to learn ,how to get along somewhat comfort-

' We ought, also, to reckon on the bare possibility that our way is not ‘tlie best way, that the world is not

bin(

R OWN WAY

hccnilsc it would bc ri less perfect Iworld if it wus; flint, after all, the ,other fl-llo»v’s wily in worth thinking < fllioiit. | A too-cnfiy acquicsccncc with other ‘folks' views. a too-great readiness to

I h d r torms. __ . . . _ . . . _ »_Ef,’9°\ “h°‘Yf_'_° D' un 8 E 169 Queen. Bt. A Bolsnsr.. Auctioneer. lull things are likely to persist in , ll-t other folks run this world while

The length of today will be four- _ A _ nw _ H>g.i§¢1Y1v|_|,_¢\__Y_' ' ‘

vic atuiiil by and watch them do lt, |ii-i ii mistilkc, nilil a great mistake; ibut that is not the mistake that ‘most of us are in greatest danger of smoking. We are going to have our ,hand in; we are going to lhelp to yrun things, if we know it, and we are going to bend things around to our plan and scheme and method, or we will know the reason why. And il little of that spirit may he a good and a wholesome thing. 'But \.06 much of it turns us into crahks and eternal uuisanees. ‘

Tboiisands and thousands of tfmel in the history of the world men have deluded themselves into thinking time

they were fighting for grelt prilci les, when in rea ty they we _aux

:fighting to have their owl ws, A