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AT IRE TABERNACLE. bR. TALMAGE PREACHES A SERMON OF REMARKABLE POWER. An Old-Fahtoned Plea Couched in SuZr paising Etcquence-The Feast Proposed by .Divlne Power Au Earnest Perora tion. BRocxLYN, Jan. 28.-The usual large audience assembled in the Taber nacle today and listened to a sermon of remarkable power and interest by Rev. Dr. Talmage, the subject being 6-restivity." The text selected was Luke xiv, 17, "Come. tor all things are now ready." It was one of the most exciting times in Engbsli history when Queen Eliz%. bath vaBited Lord Leicesttr at Kenil worth castle. The moment of her ar rival was considered so important that all the clocks of the castle were stopped, so that the hands might point to that one moment as being the most significant of all. She was greeted tothe gate with foating islands and torches and the thun der of cannon and 5reworks that set the mignt ablaze, and a great burst of music that lifted the whole scene into perfect enchantment. Thea she was introduced In a dining hall, the luxries of which as tonished the world. Four hundred ser vants waited upon the gussts. The en tertainment cst $500 each day. Lrd Leicester made that great supper in Kenilworth castle. Cardinal Wolsey entertained the French embassadors at Hampton court. The best cooks in all the land prevareo for tae banquet. Purveyors went out and traveled all the kingdom o er to find spoils for the table. The time came. The guests were kept during the day bunting in the king's park, so that their appetites might be keen, and then in the evening, to the sound of the trumpeters, they were mtroduced into a hall hung with silk and cloth of gold, and there were tables aglitter with imperial plate and laden with the rarest of meats and ablush with the costliest wines. And when the second course of the feast came it was found that the articles of food had been fashioned into the shape otmen, birds and beasts, and groups dancing, and jousting parties riding against each other with lances. Lords and princes and embassadors out of cups filled to the brim dank the health firsi of the king of Enfiland and next of the king of France. Cardinal Wolsey pre partd that great supper in Hampton court. But I have to tell you of a grander .entertainment. My Lord the King is the banqueter. Angels are the cupbear era. All the redeemed are the guest. The halls of eternal love, trescoed with light and paved with joy and curtainec with unfadine beauty, are the banquet. ing place. The barmonies of eternitN are the music. The chai.xes of heavon are the plate, and I am one of the ser Sants coming out with both hands filled with invitations, scattering them any where, and, oh, that for yourselves you might break the seal of the invttation and read the words written in red ink ol blood by the tremulous hand of a dying Christ, "Come now, for all things are ready." There have been grand entertainments where was a taking of-the wine gave out, or the servarnts were rebellious, or the light failed, but I have gne all around about this subject and looked at the redemption which Christ has pro vided, and I came here totell you it is complete, and I swing open the door oi the feast, telling you that "all thing are now read y." In the first place, I have to announce that the Lord Jesus Christ himself is ready. Cardmnal Welsey came into the feast after the first course. He came in booted-and spurred, and~the guests arose and cheered him. But Christ comes mn at the very beginning of the feast-aye, he has been waiting 1,84 years for his guests. He has been standing on his mangled feet. He has had his sore hand on his punctured side, or he has been pressing his lacerated temples-waiting, waimg. It is wonderful that he has not-been impatiens, and that he has Dot said, "Shut the door, and let the laggard stay out," but he has been waiting. No ban ~ever waited for his guests sc tl sChrist has waited for us, To prove how willing he is to receive us I gather all the tears that rolled down his cheeks in sympathy for your sor rows. I gather all the drops of blood that chameled his brow and his back, and his hands and feet, in trying to purchase S]~'~?1T~L~ gater all the groans that he uttered in midnight chill, and in montain hunger, affdin desert loneli ness, and twist-them into one cryhitter, agonming, overwhelming. I gather all the pains that shot from spear and spike and cross jolting intc one pang--remorseless, grinding, ex cruciating. I take that one drop ol sweat onhis brow, and under the gospel glass that drop enlarges until I see in it lakes of sorrow and an ocean of agony. That seing standing before you now, aited and gashed and gory, coaxes for your love with a pathos in which every werd is a heartbreak and every sentence a martyrilom. How can you thkhe triaes? Ahasuerus prepared a feast for 180 days, but this feast is for all eternity, Iords and princes were invited to that. You and I and all our world are invited to this. Christ is ready. You know that banqueters of Ilden time used to wrap themselves in robes prepared for the occasion. So my Lord Jesus hath wrapped himself in all that as beautifl.L See how lair he is. His eye,&hls brow, his cheek, so radiant that the stars have no gleam and the morning no brilliancy compared with it. His face reflecting alhhejoys of the redeemed. his hand having the omnipotent surgery with which he opened blind eyes and straight ened crooked limbe and hoisted the pil lars of heaven and swung the 12 gates which are 12 pearls. There are not enough cups in heaven to dip up this ocean of beauty. There are not ladders enough to scale this height of love. There are not enough cymbals to clap, or harps to thrum, or trumpets to-peal Iith the praises of tisa one altogether fair. Oh, thou flower of eternity, thy breath is the perfume of heavenl Oh, blissful day break, let all people clap their hands in thy radiance! Chorus: Come, men and saints and cherubim and seraphim and archangel all heights, all depths, all unmensities. Chorus: Boll him through the heavens In a cnariot of universal acclaim, over bridges of hosannas, under arches of coronation, along by the great towers - cming with eternal jubile-e. Chcrue: "Unto him who hath loved us and wash ed us from our sins in 1his own blood, to him be glory, world without end." I have a word of five letters but no sheet white enough on which to write it and no pen good enough with which to inscribe it. Give me the fairest leaf fom the heavenly re cords-give me the pencil with which the angei records his victory-and then with my hand strung to supernatural ecstasy and my pen dipped mn the light of the morning I wli) write it out in capitals of love, "J-E S--. It is this one, infinitely fair, to whom you are invited. Christ is waiting for you, waiting as a banqueter wait for the delayed guest-the meats smoking, the beakers brimmmng, the minstrels with fingers on the stifi string, waiting for the clash of the hoofs at the gateway. Waiting for you as a mother waits for eing her bleeding heart along with him. Wanin!! Oh, give me a comparison intense enough, hot enough, Importu nate enough to express my meaning something high as heaven, and deep as bell, ard long as eternity. Not hoping tl.at you can help me with such a com parson, I will say, "He is waiting as only the all sympathetic Christ can wait for the coming back of a lost soul." Bow the knee and kiss the Son. Come, and welcome, smner, come. Again, the Holy Spirit is ready. Why is It that so many sermons drop dead; that Christian songs do not get their wing under the people; that so often prayer eoei no higher than a hunter's "hallos?" It is because there is a link wanting-the work ol the Holy Spirit. Unless that Spirit give grappling hooks to a sermon and litt the prayer and waft the song everything is a dead failure. That Spirit is willing to come at your call and lead you to eternal life, or ready to come with the same power with which he unhorsed Saul on the Da. mascus turnpike and broke down Lydia in her fne store and lifted the 3.000 from midnight into midnoon at the Pen tacost. With that power the Spirit of God now beats at the gate of your soul. Have you not noticed what homely and insignificant instrumentality the Spirit of God employs for man's conversion' There w is a man on a Hudson river boat to whom a tract was offered. With indignation he tore it up and threw it overboard. But one fragment lodged on his coat sleeve, and he saw on it the word "eternity," and he found no peace until he was prepared tor that great fu. ture. Do you know what passage it was that caused Martin Luther t0 see the trutl-? "Tte just shall live by faith." D. von kuow. there is one just one-passage that brought Augus tine from a life of dissapation? "Pat ye on the Lord Jesus Christ and make no provision for the desh to fulfill the lusts thereof." It was justone passage that converted Hedley Vicars, the great soldier, to Christ, "The blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth from all sin." Do you know that the Holy Spirit used one pas sage of Scripture to save Jonathan Ed wards? "How unto the King eternal. immortal, invisible, the only wise God, our Saviour, be glory." One year ago on Thanksgiving day I read for my text, "Oh, give thanks un to the Lord, for he is good; for his mercy endureth forever." And there is a young man in the house to whose heart the Holy Spirit took that text for his eternal iedemption. I n'ignt speak of my own case I will tell you I w&. brought to the peace of the gospel through the Syro-Phenician woman's cry to Christ. "Eveu toe dogs eat of the crumbs that fall from the master's ta ble." Do you know that the Holy Spirit alwas uses insignificant means? Elo. quent sermons never save anybody; metaphysical sermont never save any body; philosophizal sermons never save anybody. But the minister comes some Sabbath to his pulpit, worn out with en zagements and the jangling of a frenzied doorbell; he has only a text and two or three ideas. but he says: "0 Lord help me! Here are a good many people 1 may never meet again. 1 have no; muh to say. Speak thou through m3 poor lips," and berore tLe service i. done there are tearful eyes and a solem nity like the judement. The great French orator, when the dead king lay before him, looked up and cried, "God only is great." And the triumph of his etoquence has been told by the historians. Bat I have not heard that one soul was saved by the oratoric al flourish. Worldly critics may think that the early pecigof Thomas Chalmers was a masterpiece. But Thomas Chalmers says he never began to preach until he came out of the sick room, white and emaciated, and told men the simple story of Jesus. In the great day of eternity it wilbe found that the most souls have been brought to Christ not by the Bossuets and Massillons and Bourdalones, but by humble men, who in the strength of Gad and believing in the eternal Spirit, in vfted men to Jesus. There were wise salves, there were excellent ointments, I suppose, in the time of Christ for blind or inflamed eyes. But Jesus turned his back upon them and put the tip of his finger to his tongue and then with the spittle that adhered to the finger he anointed thie eyes of the blind man, ana daylight poured into his blinded soul. So itis now that the spirit of God takes humble prayer meeting talk, which seems to be the very saliva of Christian infiuence, and anoints the eyes of the blind and pours the sunlight of pard on and peace upon the soul. Oh, my friend, I wish we could feel it more and more that it any good is done it is by the power of God's omnipotent spirit. I do not know what hymn may bring you to Jesus. I do not know what words of the Scripture lessons I read may save your soul. Perhaps the spirit of God may hurl the very text into your heart, "Come for all things are now ready." Again, the church is ready. 0 man if I could take the curtain off these Christ ia hearts, I could show you a gre:w. many anxieties for your redemption. You tkink that old man is asleep, be cause his head is down and his eyes are abut. No; he is praying for your re demption and hoping that the words spoken may strike your heart. Do you know the air is full of prayer? 1)o you know that prayer is going up frona Ful ton street pcayer meeting and from Fri day evening prayer meeting' and going up every hour of the day for the redem tion of the people? And if you should just start toward the door of the Christ ian church how quickly it would fly open! Hundreds of people would say: '-Give that man room at the sacrament. Bring the silver howl for his baptism. Give him the right hand of Christian fellowshbip Bring him into all Christian associa Oh, you wanderer on the cold moun tains, come into the warm sheepfcld. I let down the bar~s and bid you come in. With the Shepherd's crook I point you the way. Hundreds of Christ'an hands Deckon you into the church of God. A great many people do not like the church and say it is a great mass of hypocrites, hut it is a glorious church wiith all its imperfections. Christ bought it, and hoisted the pillars, and swung its gates, and lifted its arches, and cur tamed it with upholstery crimson with crucifixion carusee. Come into it. We are a garden wailed around, Chosen and made peculiar ground. A little spot inciosed by graee, Out of the worid's wild wilderness. Agaiu, the angels of God are ready. A great many Cnristians think that the talk about angels Is fanciful. You say it is a very good subject for theologi cal students who have just begun to sermonize, but for older men it is Im proper. There is no more proof in that Bible that there is a God than that there are angels. Why, do not they swarm about Jacob's ladder? Are we not told that they conducted Lazarus ~upward; that tasy stand before the throne, their faces covered up with their wings, while they cry, "Holy, ho ly, is the Lord God Almighty ?" ~Dld not David see thousands- and thious ands? Did not one angel slay 185,000 men in Sennacherib's army? And shall they not be the chief harvesters at the judgment ? There is a line of loving, holy, migh ty angels reaching to heaven. I sup pose they reach from here to the very gate, and when an audience is assem bled fdr Christian worship the air Is full of them. If each one of you has a guardian angel, how many celestials there are here! They crowrd the nplane, they hover, they flit about, they rejoice. Look! That spirit is just come from the throne. A moment ago it stood before Christ and heard the doxology of the glorified. Look! Bright im mortal, what news from the golden city ? Speak, spirit blest! The re sponse comes melting en the air, "Come, for all things are now ready!" Angels ready to bear the tidings, an ,gels ready to drop the benediction, an gels ready to kindle the joy. They have stood in glory-they know all about it. They have felt the joy that is felt where there are no tears and no graves; immortal health, but no inva hdism; songs. but no groans; wedding bells, but no funeral torches -eyes that never weep, hands that never blister. heads that never faint, hearts that nev er break, friendships that are never weakened. Recay. all of them! Ready thrones, principalities aud powers! ready sera phim and cherubim! Ready, Michael the Archangel! Again, your kindred in glory are all ready for your coming. 1 pronounce modern spiritualism a fraud and a sham. If John Miiton and George Whitefield have no better business than to crawl under a table and rattle the leaves, they had better stay at home in glory. Wtile I believe that modern spiritualism is bad, becaise of its men tal and domestic ravages, commcn sense, enlightened by the word of God, teaches us that our friends in glory sympathize with our redemption. This Bible says plainly there is joy in heaven among the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth. And if an gels rejoice and know of it, shall not our friends, standing among them, know it? 'Some of the3e spirits in glory triled for your redemption. WNaen they came to die, their chief grief was that you were not a Ga tian. They s-ii, "Meet me in heav:jj," and put their hands out from the cover and said, "Goodby." Now, suppose you should cross over from a sinful life to a holy life. Suppose you should be born into the kingdom. Suppose you should now say: "Farewell, 0 deceit ful world! Get thee gone, my sin! Fie upon all the follies! 0 Christ, help me or I perish! I take thy promise. I believe thy word. I enter thy ser vice." Suppose you should say and do this. Why, the angel sent to you would shout upward "He is coming!" and the angel. poising higher in the air, would shout it noward, "He is coming!" and it would run up all the line of hght from wing to wing and from trumpe: to trumpet until it reached the gate, and then it would flash to "the house of many mansions," and it would find out your kindred there, and before your tears of repentance ha- been wiped from the cheek and before you had fin ished your first prayer your kindred in glory would know of it, and another heaven would be added to their joy, and they would cry: My prayers are answered. Another loved one saved. Give me a harp with which to strike the joy. Saved, saved, saved!" It I have shown you that "all things are ready;" that Christ is ready; that the Holy Spirit is ready; that the church is ready; that the angels i glory are ready; that your glorified aindred are ready, then with all tie concentrated emphasis of my soul I ask you if you are ready? You see my subject throws the whole responsi bility upon yourself. If you do not get into the King's banquet, it is be cause you do not accePDt ;he invitation. You have the most importunate invi tation. Two arms stretched down from the cross, soaked in blood from elbow to Jinger tips, two lips quivering in mortal anguish, two eye3 beaming with infinite love, saying, "Come, come, for all things are now ready." I told you that when the queen came to Kenilworth castle they stopped all the clocks, that the finger of time might be pointed to that happy mo meet of hier arrival. Oh, If the :King would come to the castle of your soul, you might well afford to stop all the clocks, that the hands might forever point to this moment as the one most bright, most blessed, most tremendous. Now, I wish I could go around from circle to circle and invite every one of you, according to the invitation of my text, saying,' "Come!" I would like to take every one of you by the hand and say, "Come!" Old man, who hast been wandering 60 or 70 years, thy sun almost gone down, through the dust of the evening stretch out your withered hand to Christ. He will not cast thee off, old man. Oh, that one tear of repentance might trickle down th'y wrinkled cheek! After Christ has fed thee all thy life long, do you not think you can afford to speak one word in his praise ? Come, those of you who are farthest away from God. Drunkard! Christ can put out the fire of thy thirst. He can break that shackle. He can re store thy blasted home. Go to Jesus. Libertine! Christ saw thee where thou wert last night. He knows of thy sin. Yet, if thou wilt bring thy poiuted soul to him this moment, he will throw over it the mantle of his pardon and love. Mercy for thee, Oh, thou chief of .zinnersl Harlot, thy feet foul with hell and thy laughter the horror of the street. Oh, Mary Magdalene, look to Jesus. Mercy for 'thee, poor lost waif of the street. Self righteous man, thou must be born again, or thou canst not see the kingdom of God. Do you think you can get into the 'f.east 'with those rags? Why. the King's servant would tear them off and leave you naked at the gate. You must be born again. The day is far spent. The cliffs begin to slide their long shadows across the plain. Do you know the feast has already begun -the feast to which you were invited -and the King sits with his guests, and the servant stands with his han d on the door of the banquetting room, and he begins to swing it shut. It Is . alf way shut. It is three-fourths shut. It is only just ajar. Soon it will be shut. "Come, for all things are now ready." Have I missed one man? Who has not felt himself called this hour? Then I call him now. This is the hour of thy redemption. While God invites, how blest the day, How sweet the gospel's charming soundi Come, sinner, haste, oh haste away, While yet a pardoning God is tound. Caught byv Crooks. JAIKsOxYILLE, Fla.. Jan. 31. Dputy Stner'ff 'Vinzent left tonIght for St. Louis with requisition papers for Mrs. Townsend ano her daughter, Miss Armstrong, who have been victimIzing the people of this city for the last three weeks. Their scheme was to receive goods from merchants on trial, to be re turre if not satisfactory. Tney in variably kept the goods, but never paid for them. When they skipped a few days ago, they had secured goods to the amount of nearley $1,000, nearly all of which they had sold for less than h"lf their value. It is thought that the wo men, who are said to be very handsome were decoys tor cartain of the crooks who infested the city prior to and dtir ing week of the prize fight. The wo mn ran an alleged b larding house while here, and it now d.avelops that correspondent Matthewson, of the Boston Journal, was drugged and rob bed near their place. Matthewson is crazey from the effects of the drug. Three men were with the '-women and disappeared with them. The women have been arrested in St. Louis, but will fight extradition. .A Scramnie for the Bonds. WASHINGTON, Jan- 31.-At the close of business today, the offers for'bonds aggregated $55,000,000, five million more than the amount secretary Car lisle will sell. Telegrams were received from various parts of the country, stat tng that additional offers would be sent tomorrow before 12 o'clock, the time at which all bids will be closed. It is un derstood that most of the larger offers were at a figure slightly above thesup DA GAMAS GUNS TURNED ON AMERICAN MERCHANT MEN AT RIO. Admiral Benham's' Vigorous Measures The Rebpls Qaxii-Masket Shots Ex changed-Insurgents Contempl4te Sur renderint to Brnham. RIo JANEIiO,Jan.30.-The following statement has been made to the Asso ciated Press correspondent by Admiral Benham, commander of the United States fleet In this harbor: "The insurgent forces on Cobras Is land lastFriday fired upon-a ship flying the United States flag. I protested to Admiral Saldanna De Gama against this action, and his response was he had warned the commander of the ship when it was at the bar of Rio de Jari ro as to the whereabouts of the danger line. I ordered Admiral De Garn to cease the firinz. Both the guns on the Island of Corbras and the guns of the insurgent war ship Trajana opened fire Saturday on the bark of Agate, a ves s-l hail:ng from New York. I warn ed Admiral Da GAma at once that if the fire was repeated, I would fire back. 1 also warned him that if he touched an American ship or American goods,I would consider him a pirate. I told him that I would protect American property absolutely from the fire of his guns, and that I would retaliate upon him for any damage done, unless it was entirely apparent that the damage was due to chance shots. Admiral Berth',.ij says that :ie noti fled Admiral Da Gama, uncffiiiallv, that firing bj the #.surgerzs iupon the wharve s, for the *.irpose merely of cre ati'g tercor aa: to prod i a lockade, zo'id not be Permitted, so far cz Ame-r cans and American vessels were concerned. The captains of three American ves sels, Admiral Benham continues, inti mated that they wanted to go to the wharves, and the American admiral notified Admiral De Gana that it was his intention to convey them at sunrise on Morday. Fearing trouble, Admiral Benham ordered that the vessels of his fleet be cleared for action. The three ships referred to were the Amy, the Good News and tne Julia Rollins. The captains of two of the ships weakened and failed to come into the harbor. The Amy was the only one that ventured in, and she was escorted by the United States cruiser Detroit. As a precaution against any possible aggress've action on the part of the in surgents, the crusiers New York, Char leston an: Newark were assigned to watch the actions of De Gama's ships, the Aquidaba4 and T4mandare, while the Detroit and the San Francisco were signalled to take positions near the Trajano and the Guanabara. These precautions certainy proved effective and the insurgents, in the face of the formidable array of American vessels, made but the feeblest attempt to hin der the Amy's progress to her wharf. No guns were opened upon her by De Gamai's vessels, and, as a matter of course, the American vessels did not fire upon the, insurgent ships. The insurgent protest consisted of -his: As the Amy got abreast of the Guanabara, a marine on the last named vessel aimed a musket at her and fired. Two muskets were Pired at the Guana bara and the Trajane from the Amy's escort, the Detroit in return. This was all the firing done during the Amy's trip and it was enough, All opposition ceased at once, and the use of heavy guns was not considered necessary at any time. The reason that the other two ships which had notified Admiral Benham that they wished to go to their wharves failed to do so, was that their com manders were persuaded from entering the harbor by a man of the name of Rollins, who is believed to be the agent of an English firm, who has, been fur nishing the rebels with money. At a later hour. Admiral De Gama conferred with his officers upon the ad visability of surrendering to the De troit, in consequence of the musket shots fired. He was dissuaded from doing so, but it is thought possble that hie may yet decide to surrender to the American commander. There is no doubt that Admiral De Gama Is in a bad way. A proposed compromise has Deen refused by Piex oto's government and it seems to be only a matter of time when he will have to give up the struggle. The complications of tix. insurgent situation are increased by the absenca~ of Admiral De Mello. The failure of the latter admiral to arrive here to the assistance of the insurgent, fleet has given rise to the report that he is dead. The commanders of sixteen warships here, including five American and four English and French, have sent messa ges to Admiral Benham, congratulat ing him upon'his prompt action. The Austrian command~er cleared his ship and made ready to help the American admiral In case help was necessary. THE STOBY FROMI WASINGTON. WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.-An import ant dispatch from Admiral Benham to Secretary Herbert was received today and is to the following effect: It seems that Adimiral Benhamn lost patience with the insurgent forces for their care - less firing in the harbor of Rio. When Admiral Da Gawa persisteQ in this reckless course, Admiral Berham yes terday cleared K: decks for action. Admiire! Da Ganaa did not choose to tAke the hint,whereurn Admirai Ben ham :ired several shots across the bo ws of Da Gamna's flagship. It is under stood that this action was salutary,and that the matter ended at.that point. This, iL brief, is the dispatch, so it is said. The complications that may follow are regarded as likely to be seri ous. Our fleet at Rio is, of course, much stronger than that of the rebei admiral, and it is not likely that the latter would add to the number of his assailants by engaging in a. condlict with Admiral Benham. INCIDENT OF THE EPISODE. RIO DE JANEIRo, Jau. 30.-A con flict bet ween the American and insur gent fleets is still passible. Adniiral Da Gama is angry b&'ause the young er insurgent ofilm-s are eager to fight. The admiral said today: "It would be bettei to be conquered by a foreign power than to yield later to Peixoto." The insurgent steamer Parahy ba an chorea in a threatening position near the bark Good News this morning, and may fire when she starts in tomorro w, In that case a serious condlict is inevi table' The situation was extremely delicate yesterday when the Detroit was beside the Good News. The. Guanabara and Trajana has their gans loaded and aim ed on ai the ameriean vessels, while two heavy insurgent tugs were ready to ran the Detrort. The Guanabara and TIrajona together have eight splen did rifles; but when the Detroit firec a six pound shell into the Guanabara (Tne first account stated that cannon Shots we'e exchanged)and Capt.B~rown son warned them that if a gun was firec, even by accident, he would sink them and ad vIsed that they take the men from thelir guns, they wsakened. Admiral Benham had the Newark ready to aid the Detroit, while the New York, Charleston and San Francisco were alert to receive the Aquidahan and Tainandare, which were under steam. Admiral Blenham said today: "If Admiral Da Gama was contending for any prihcipal or position in which any civilzed nation would sustain him, he ought to make a fight but he. is wrong in law." The commander of the Austrian warship has Rear Admiral Benham to be allowed to help in case of a light. The German naval officers applauded Benham. The English officers ratur ally are in opposition while notdenying that Benham's position is lawful. Benham now has two propositions regrading arbitration but he will not eeal1 them. A aettlement tysw uth means, however is at present improb able. While angry at his decision, the insurgents comment upon Benham's great courtesy and tact in the negoti ations. The day before the conflict Benham notired the city authorities that the water front would likely be endangered. A consultation of the senior officers of the foreign naval ves sels will ~be held tomorrow on the United States steamship San Francisco. HOW THE CONFLICT OCCURRED. WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.-At a late hour tonight, the following details are learned concerning the incidents on the 2.th at Rio Janerio: Previous to the 29th, Admiral JBenham Ia comma nicated with Admiral De Gama warn ing him against tiring upon American shis and refusin to allow the insur gent commander's exc'ise that he had given warning concerning where the danger line was.- Three American ships having signified their desire to go to the wharves on thLe morning ot the 29t0, the American admiral sent word that he would convoy them. He also sent word to Admiral De Gama to that effect. Two snips were convoyid to the wharves by the Detroit, the In surgents' war ships following t4em. When nearly at the wharf, and while a tug was taking a cable ashcre, the in surgent war ship opened tire, sending a volley of musket shot under tne bow of the tug: The Detroit answerel with a warning shot, and tte insurgent ship then sent a shot over the Datroit. The Detroit then sent a shell which reae-eee a portion of the stern of the in':urgent ship, doing little damage. The 'nsur gent commander tn'in tired, in answer a broadside to the lee ward, to the oppo site riirpection to whi-h the Dtroit vLy. This b: ng answere: ;y another sho.t fron th- Detroit, the insurgents sie raltled that unle:ss G!e De!troi- ceasedA lirng they (-e insurg-nrt) -7 :1.j smnk the Amorican shiv. T.e laiguage which was u, 1 Uy tne American adnii ral in answer to this signal was of such a nature, that the inciident closed for that day and the ships were allowed to land. BENHAM APPLAUDED. Rio DE JANEIRO, Jan. 31.-The ac tion of Admiral Benham in protecting American ships in their effort to land at the wharves in this harbor has had a salutary effect. English and mer chant ships of other nationalities, are now coming up to their wharves with out any sign of molestation on the part of the insurgent vessels. Admiral Benham's bold stand against interference with vessels of his country is geuerally applAuded. The exchange of shots tetween the insurgent and -zovernment forces have practically ceased during the past twenry-four hours. This is the first time for months trat a day has passed when there was not more or less firing. The unofficial warning which Admiral Benham gave to Admiral De Gama that firing upon the wharves for thi mere purpose of creating a blockade by terror m'ust cease, has been heeded. 'All the for eigners are delighted with the result of the American admiral's conduct. The commanders of the foreign fleets held a conference today to discuss the action of Admiral Benham. and reso lutions were adopted fully endorsing the course that he pursued. Admiral De Gama feels aggrieved at Adwiral Benham. He sent a ltter to the American admiral today, protest ing against the ostentatious manner in which the American .commander had humiliated him. He says that he will yield for a time to a superior force but that as he was compelled to allow American ships to come. to their wharves, he has officially notified the representatives of all other nations that they may do the same. He de clares that the insurgents have held the harbor for five months and says that now if the shore batteries fire on him he will be unable to reply for fear of hurting neutral ships and also be un able to protect his men. Admiral De Gama also sent a let.ter to the officeers who had gathered in conference to dis cuss Admiral Benhsm's actior, asking that he might be per nitted to bombard the city without notice. No answer was sent to him, but Admiral Benham said later that he would grant the in surgent admiral permission to bombard the city, but he would require that forty-eight hours notice to be given so that non-combatants would be able to seek shelter. .A saucy Letter to Tilman. CHARLESTON. S. C.. Jan. 31.-A spe cial to theNews and Courier from Dar lington, S. C.. says: When Governor Tillman's letter in reference to the dis pensary law was received by Mayor Dargan a meeting of the City Council was promptly called. Mayor Dargan, at this meeting submitted the follow ing letter to Governor Tillman, which met with the approval of the Council, and was ordered to be forwarded at once. Darlington, S. C, Jan. 30, 1994. Hon. i. R. Tilinian, Governor, agd Chairman State Board of Contrt61, Columbia, S. C.: - Dear Sir:-Yoar communication of the 29th instant, has been received and contents noted. I have carefully read the dispensary act, and am familiar with its several provisions relating to the powers of mayors and policemen, and especially wit h the section to which you nave invited my attention. I find nahing in th.a act in question, or in any other act of twe Legislature, re quiring the Mayor, or the Town Co,'r cdi of D~arlington. to give yoo. or Mr. J. P. Kervit, satisfactory or other as surance that we will obey this or any other la w. As th2ere is nothieg in the act giving either of you authority to require such assurance,and as I am not aware of any other law reqtiiring me to give y ou or Mr. P. .T. Kervin prom ises as to my contemp'ated official, or unofficial, intentions, it appears singu lar that either or both of you should allow your respective boards to dele gate you to e-xact promises from ofli cials with whose business you have no concern whatever. I am not aware of the fact which Sou have announced to me hy implication, that the olayor and Tows Council of Darlington have vio ited this particular law, or any other. As to the information you say the State Board of Control has received. I know nothing of its source or reliabil ty, as you failed to eniighten me, but assert that it is incorrect, though ini doing so I am fully conscious of the fact it is not worth my while to say so to you at this time, as it is very easy to believe what one wishe~s to believe. Yours respectfully WV. F. DARGAN, Mayor of Darlington, S. C. This letter was mailed to Governor Tilman this morning, and leaves no doubt as to how the Darlington Couin cil stands. It may be interesting to add just here that the tctal amount received by the town treasurer since the openaing of the dispensary nas been only $382.78. A Generous Girt. Charleston, S. C., Jan. 30.-At the twety-sixth anniversay of the Hemea for Mothers, Widows abd Daughite~n of Confederate Soldiers, held in this city t day a gilt of $20,000 irom a Baltemor an was announced. The name o~f the giver is withheld. This hocnie is the oldest in the South. It was founded and has been managed by women. It has housed hundreds of widows and educated nearly a thousand daughters of Confederate soldiers. The Associa tions owns a valuable and and exten sive building formerly the Carolina Hotel, on Broad street. It is supported by contributions of the charitable, and up to this time the late WV. W. Corcor an was its main benefactor. This gift materilly adds to its fund and is the oc casion of profound u- tisf action. Gas Killed Them Both. ST. PAUL, Jan. 29.-Carlton 13. Tar bell, shipping clerk of the Northwest General Electric company, and wife, were overcome by the fumes from a gas stove. Mr. Tarbell was found ead hso wife ding two hours later. ifLE WI[SKEY WR. THE MlilTIA HELD IN REAOINESS IN CHARLESTON. Constb)!e E!iott Convi(ted of S-LIkIng Mrs. Nair,, and is Pardoned by the Gov ernor-The Outlook in the City More QuIet. COLUMBIA., S. C., Jan. 29.-';over nor Tillman must have thought that there was -blood on the moon" in Charleston yesterday from the charac ter of the telegrams that passed between him and Capt. Cogswell, cf the Wash ingtoa L ght Infantry. DarinZ the mornin r he was advise' by Chief Con stable Gaillard, that he feared trouble. It was upon this message that Gover nor Tillman telearar.hed Capt. Cozs well. of the Washington Light Infan try, .vhether he could count on the com pany in cise of an emergency. and if the men would respond to a call for immedi - ate action it such be necessary. Capt. Co-swell sent a satisfactory reply. Toe -members of the rompany were not ordered out to their company armory, but were advised to he in readiness in case cf necessity. Here the matter rests. During the mornirg Governor Till man received advices irom his consta bies that Elliott h4d been convicted of assaunliu Mrs. N.-lte, and thati hehd been sentenced to pay a ine of $50 or b imprisoned for thirty days. Immediate ly upon receipt of the telosam Gover nor Till nan teut this me isaze: T. A. Gaillaid. ChLI-aSm C.: NXtity tria! ju-.ce ,nat E'uoidts par don will b.-hrt d -s scon as cop of ,entence is sent here and not to conL mit him. B. R. TILLMAN, Governor. Governor Tillman said that he does not. believe that Elliott ever struck Mrs. NolLe, as he believes that he is altogether a different kind of a man. The fllowing is the report of Chief Constable Gaillard sent to Gov.Tillmau: Charleston, S. C., Jan. 26, 1894 Governor B. R. Tillman, Columbia, S. C.: Dear Sir-i beg leave to report the following: Oa the 19th we made a raid on two places. John Black, ia King street; here we found and seized ab'ut seven gallons of liquor; the other was made on a man by the name of Bottyer, where we or ly found a out one pint of I-uor. Toe first named place was quiet. At the second we bad a little trouble ift keeping the crowd out. They showed the spirit 'of determlned resistance to the enforement of the la -. Here was de veloped what I had stated to you a short time since-the conspiracy of i he 1:qu r men, and the orzamizatio'n known as the Barkeepers and Bartendet s' Association, which has been formed, I believe, for the purpose of determined resistance against the enforcement ot the dispen sary law. I have the names of the of ficers of this association and have been informed of thelr proposed intentions, developng what I consider a conspiracy azainst the law and lives of the State officers. On the 24Lh inst. we raided F. Jor dan on King street. At this place Mr. Letyare's action as attorney for this as sociation confirms my suspicions. This raid developed later in the day to ase rious outbreak, in which Mr. J. C. El liot was attacked by the mob on Van aerhorst street, and had it not been for the timely interference of the chief of police, it would have resul ted In blood shed. Later in the evening there was a meeting of the liquor dealers, and their numerous sympathizers hela w.at they termed an mndignation meeting, where the most violent language was used. After this meeting the crowd formed in procession and marched up-town and at tacked the boarding house of Charlie Mc Cants, and shot in the bmilding rind tried to force the way over the policemen at the door to get in to the constables board ing at that place. The entire force of the constabulary was. concentrated at my residence by advice, after consulta tion with Chief Martin with whom I have been acting since the excitement egan. Chief Martin and his police force have performed their duty faithlully and im partially, andi I feel that I cannot say too much in behalf cf the determined action of Chief Martin and his force. Notwithstanding jeers, insults and threats offered us we have continued our work. This, however, has been done under the most trying circum stance. Each man performed his part quietly under the lalW, and I take pleas ure in saying that they have been or derly, and quietly bearing the abuse with commendable forbearance. There have beea several arresta un der the dispensary act, Section 30. There must be something done in the enforcement of this section. Should there not r e convictions for this viola tion, there will be personal encountert and bloodshed. There~ are men who folow, ou horseback. the constables on th e stree t from point to point,and also b' paid s potters, who are very threatening in their manner, and we have heard ro their mouths threats as:utst cur lives. Scme action shoald be t aken at once to avoid such sactifice. There are strangers here whom we have located, and we may at any time be driven to kill in self-defense. These conclusions are reached by in formation through f:iends, and is u~ toe opinion of an alarmist. The condi tion of things is ugly in the extreme, made so by unwise and unfrIendly la v Sers and a luing press; but with a small body of determined men who a I must cmmend for their forbearance and bray ery, we will try and encforce the laws of the State. I raided yesterday afternoon the premises of. Bagby & Speers, corner'e f Lne and Spring streets. We se zed there nine demijohns of liquor. contamn mne vairious kinds. Our work will continue, and I shall ress the violators with as much jude meut and det armination as possib'le All or which is respectfully submitted, THEQo S. GAILLARD, Chief State Cvnstable. Governor Tillman was seen and asked by the severa! .newspaper men who calle on him anout the new develop mnts in the matter, id there were any. Fr half an hour tihe Governor talked over the situation. When asked it he intended to pay the fine in Elliott's case he quickly remarked: "I d'o not intend to, 'and I am sure that if Mr. Whaley does so he will do so out of his own GoenrTillman was then asked about the action of the trial justice in Charleston, who heard Eihion's cast. and the decision and the justice's rea sc-'s for it were r'vie wed. I-n spealiog of it the Governor caid: "-He might as well send in h:s resig nation as trial jubtice. We do not want nor will we have any trial justices who are afraid to uphold the law and run counter to the opmnion of any aet of men. If he won'4 carry out the law we have got to have somebody that will' o far as the evidence is concerned it amounts to nothing, and it would take the testimony of dozens of such as testi lied in this .ease to make me believe that Mr. El-liott struck a woman." When Governor Tillman was asked if he had heard anything from the Charleston military as to their course, he said: "-Yes; I have heard Ikom Capt. Cogwell, and he advises me that not only his command, but all the other compnie ofaresto n are ready to assist in the enforcement ot the laws of the State; so I'll not have to send troops there from Edgefeld, Aiken, Lexington and other counties should the occasion for a military force arise. If these people want to get up a bloody riot I am willing;. I'll give them all they want of it. What is more I'll have the Legislature here to back me up in this effort to enforce the laws of the State, and I want them to understand this. If they think they are going to bluff, frighten or bullyrag me or my constables, they are very much mistaken I am not going to have these toughs ride .rough-!od over the laws, and if the good people of Chorleston cannot prevail upon the barkeepers to obey the laws and stop resisting them I intend going Iight ahead in the policy I have decided upon. . "I have as many constables as the police force of Charleston, and if it is necessary they will be armed witn Win ches er rifles, and they will be backed up by the pclice force :f the city. I have every confidence in Chief Martin." Continuing, the Governor said: "I want these people to understand that I am as cold-blooded about this matter as I cau be. I have never been more determined than I am in this case, and I want these peeple to understand once and for all time that I propose to see that the laws of the State are upheld even if we have to kill a few of these Italian cutthroats, bulldozers and pimps. I am making no threat, but I am simply warning them. I am ready to go ahead it they are. I am going to carry out the 12w and suppress the sale of liquor in Charles'oa if I have to call out al. the The Governor then enoke of the re pofsibtlLiv fr- all the trouble, saying: 1 charge the N ews and Courier direct lv with being responsible for this trou ble, for inciting this violation and re sistance to the law. I'm not angry." Governor Tillman says that after readinz Chief Gailiards letter he was ful ly satisfied that an organized conspiracy against the constables existed in Charles ton, and it must be downad if it required the strongest kind of a military force. Said he: But I hona there will be no necessity fr the military having any thin to do with it. I can't see why the mob did not go to Gaillard's house, the other niaht, where they knew the constables were quartered. Governor Tillman, in concluding what he had to say, remarked: - All I want to say, up to the very handle, !s -that no amount of bluffing and big talk, and killing even, will stop me in my efforts to enfoce the law; that the law will have to be obeyed; it has got to go on until I stop illict whiskey selling in Charleston if it takes all the military and constables in the State to do it." The Disrensary In Court. COLUMrIA, S. C., Jan. 29.-The dis pensary law is to-day in the throes of a judicial investigation. The highest Court in the State at last has an oppor tunity of deciding the constitutionality of the iniquitous law. Whether it will do so or not remains to be seen. It can put an end to the ferment and excite ment in the State. The final decision will be watched with an interest hereto fore unknown in this State. This morning when the Court met therel was a very large crowd of visitors, and all of the seats around the desk for counsel were occupied. Among those actively engaged in the case are: At torney General Buchanan, Col. H. W. Boyd for the State; Judge Melton, C. A. Woods, C. S. Nettles, J-. .K. Bryan, Jas. Simons, John McMaster and Law son D. Melton against the constitution alty of the law. Mr. Buchanaa .suggested that the fiew law had changed the phase of the case and that it might be a loss of time to father discuss the present issue. He however said Ihe had nolmotion to make to dismiss the eases as he was anxious to have the constitutionality of the law decided as soon as possible. The Court said that of course they had no power to hear any case In which a final judgment would be speculative. But they had unanimously decided to go on and hear full argument, reserv ing to themselves the right hereafter to refuse to pass on the questions raised if it should appear to the Court that this judgement would be only specu lative in effect. The Court having announced this It would hear argument the counsel ar ranged the time and order. Col R. W. Boyd opened with a statement of the case; Mr. C. A. Woods, Darlington, one hour; Col Boyd in reply for appellants; Mr. C. 8. Nettles, of Darlington, one hour; Judge Melton was given two hours; Mr J. P. K. Bryan fifteen min utes, and Attorney General Buchanan to conclude for the State. The argu ment~s were all of a very high order and commanded the undivided attention of the Court. No questions were asked and the Court retained printed copies of all of the arguments Incldding those of Messrs Simons and McMaster, which were not orally delivered. Bow It Did the Farmers Up . Here is the plain statements of how the financial legislation Congress has been giving the country for the past twenty years did up the farmer. [f the iias old have sold their wheat crop in 1892 for the sam~e price they re cived per bin hel in 1873. they would uave received for it 5563.000,000 in stead of the 8342,000,000 they did re ceve,-loss $221,000,000. Over produc tion did not do it, because legislation was the cause. If the producers of corn could have disposed of their crop in 1889 for the same per bushel they did in 1874. they would have 51,008.000, 000 instead of $597,000,000-loss $311, 000,000. Then, again, the supply had nothing to do with the reduction of price. The demand was also, good but money had appreciated and labor and products depreciated. The cotton crop of 1888, if it eqald have been sold at the same- price per pound as was received in 1873, would have put in the pocket-s of the plante-rs of the South $315,000 000, instead of $292,000,000, the amount the crop brougni. that - year. l'his shows as plain as the nose on the face the difference in prices with free silver and cheap money, and gold standard and dear money. Mar Get the Boy. WILKEsBARRE, l'a., Jan. 30-The police on Saturday discovered a clue which led them to suspect an Italian organ grinder named Rocel of kidnap ping little Eddie Brotherton, .of Ash - ley, who disappeared from his home last Friday. They found three school children wno claim they saw the organ grinder's little girl, a child of 13, pull ing the boy along the street. Detec tives were put on the track of Rocel and they located him in Scranton. He and his daughter are now locked up i1, ths city. The quarters where the ar rest was made were thoroughly search Ied, but there was no trace of trhe miss. ig boy. Rocel was questione:1 and denied seeing the child. His daughter admitted she took the child from a group of children. Later, when talk ng with Mayor Nichols, she said she had never seen the little fellow, hut she contradicted herself several times when explaining the movements of herslf and her father- When the ather was searched -he had $15 in bills besides same small change. The de tectives hope to compel the italian to confess the whereabouts of the boy. A sad Tale.j A corsTA, Ga., Jan. 28.-Miss tLzasie Turner, of Emanuel county, who has ~een visiting relatives in Augusta, comitted suicide by taking laudnum last night. She was found across the iver from Augusta in South Carolina, in an old deserted church, a desolate spot, by some boys who were going in there out of the rain. Disappointmuent in love i supposedto e the case_ A FINANCIAL DISCUSSION. The Bond Tssue the sole Topic in the senate. WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-Among the numerous remonstrances presented this morning in the Senate against various portions of the Wilson bill, was a batch from religious societies, asking that the tax on whiskey be trebled. After the routine morning business, the Vice President laid before the Sen ate Stewar:'s resolution, declaring that the secretary of the Treasury is not legally authorized to issue and sell bonds, and Allen (Pop,) of Nebraska, made an argument in opposition to that of Sher man yesterday. He denied the claim that the power given in the resumption act was a contiauing power, and said that the language of the act did not jus tify tat construction. It proved for a single act of redemption and provided that the Secretary of the Treasmy might issue, sell and dispose of government bonds for the purpose ot making the re demption contemplated by the act, being the surplus over $300,000,000 of Trea sury notes, or about $75,000,000. When that redemption was made, the incident of power to issue bonds ceased with it. The debate took a colloquial turn. In reply to the questions from Democratic Senators. Allen held that so thr as exlst ing legislation goes, the Treasury is not rnow bound to redeem tbe Treasury notes. that the Secretary of the Treasury never had the power to redeema notes below the $300,000,000 standard, and that he does not posRess that - wer to day. And there never has been a time ir the hi-tory of these jeal tender cotes, wLen he was possessed of the slightest power to redeem them below $300,000, 000, and that the act of 1878 was m tended to prevent the redemption of the legal tender notes-the gceenbacks. Stewart came into the colloquy to say that he held views identical with Allen. Vilas said that the logical result of Allen's and Stewart's position is "that the $95,000 000 of bonds that were issued at that time were illegally issued-at least, all of them In excess of $75,000, 000." t:Not at all." Allen replied. "I have made no claim of that sort. I may do so after awhile." Hoar said that in his opinion the bonds issued and held by the Treasury Depart ment under existing circumstances, will be illegal. Gorman thought it was unwise and unfortunate to raise this question at this time. Nobody m either house ques tioned the right of the Secretary to issue bonds under the act of 1875 for redemp tion purposes. There was no question but that it was necessary at this time to relieve the Treasury Department. Personally, he had believed that the freasury was not authorized to sell bonds and to ap oly the proceeds to any other purpose than as provided in the act or 1875. Mr. Hoar: "Does the Seaator think it lawful to use the proceeds of these bonds to pay current expenses? Is it not better to get a way in the law to do it than to do it without law?" Gorman-My belief has always been that the fund arising from the sale of bonds can be used only as proyided in the act of 1875. We have inherited a great many things from the other side, and among them, an opinion fcom the Attorney General of the last adminis tration to the Secretary of the Treas ury that the money derived from the sale of bonds was merged into the gen eral funds of the Treasury, with the rght to use it for the general purposes. So that when we came into power, we found this (as I think) vicious prec'o dent, and we, in the distressed ::ondi tion of the Treasury, are not to be held responsible for following you in that matter. .Voorhees, - chaairman of the fiaance committee, said that on one point he was in harmony with Sherman; that was his acknowledgment of the power of the Sacretary of the Treasury to act as lie was doing. Daniel of Virginia, asked Voorhees whether there was any purpose now to issue bonds for purpose of redeeming greenbacks. Voorhees-The proposition to issue bonds concerns nothing but the author- - ity of law-neither aillrming nor deny ing what use is tobe mnade of the mon ey, and I take it that that cannot be in quired into antil after the money is secured by'the sate of the bonds. Daniel-I suppose there is no impro priety in making an inquiry of the head of the finance committee. Voorhees-Certainly not; I say here today; with ths s nall reputation I may have here as a lawyer, that the courts will hold that the Secretay of the Treas ury has the: absolute, unqualified power to issue the bonds. Daniel-Unlimited by '.hs purpose de fned it the law? Voorhees-Unlimited by that purpose, There is no purpse proclaimed. Daniel-Has the Sscretary of the Treasury the right to issue bonds with out entertamniAe toe purpose to use them solely in the line of the la w? Toorhees-Whenever the Senator f-om Virgmnia flads that the Secretary of the Treasury is goiag to use this money.contrary to his view, there will be time for him to go to the curts a-id restrain him. I hold, with thie Sicce tary, that he can use this money in ay way that seems to him proper and con ductive to tibe general purpose of the act of 1875. Hawley, Repubicain, of Connecticut, closed today's discussion with an im passioned arraigument of the Democratic party for mischief wrought by a prop >sed change of tariff laws at Lhis time. At the close of Haley's reuarks, the band resolution went over without action until tomorrow, and af ter a short executive session, at 5:30 adjourned un til tomorrow. Georgia Winj'. WAsHINGToN, Jan. 29.-TheSupremne Court of the United States affirmed the validity and constitt'.tionality of the lw passed by the Georgia Legislature OctoDer 16, 1889, providing for the tax aton of the unlocated, transitory prop erty of the railroads of that State. By the terms or this law, the property of a railroad was to be divided for taxation among the counties through which it runs, in the proposition that the num Der of miles in ea?h county bore to the full mileage of the road in the State. The Columbus Southern Railroad Comn panay sued for an inj unction to restrain the collection of taxes assessed under this law, upon the ground that it was repugnant to the provisions of the fourteenth amendment to the Consti tion, which guarantees the equal pro tection of the laws of every State to he inhabitants of thatState. Heavy Fire Loos. BATH, Me Jan. 29.-One of the most disastrous fires in the history of the city occurred in the Sagadahoc house stables A large part of the business portion of the city was gutted, about 20 buildings being.destroyed. The fire spread so rapidly that the department was wholly unable to cope with it, Calls for as siatance were sent to Portland and Lewisiian and which brought steamers and hand engines. The water pipes were frozen or broken, and it was sone time before effective work could could be done. The fire communicated to the hate. from the stable and the house, whi' i is the leading hostelry of the city, wa. quickly gutted. The ad joining buildings were soon in flames and before the tire could be controlled 5,000,000 worth of property was des