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VOL. LXV. NO. 288. PRICE THREE CENTS.
NEW HAVEN CONN., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1897.
THE CARRINGTON PUBLISHING CO.
CITY .UNDER MARTIAL LAW
REBELLIOUS OUTBREAKS AGAINST
GERMANS in Prague.
University Buildings Threatened by the
Itioters and Synagogue) Windows Are
Smashed Streets Held by Twelve Bat
talions of Infantry and a Squadron of
Hussars Several Persons Killed.
Prague, Dec. 1. As a result of the
disorders of the past twenty-four hours
the authorities have proclaimed the city
under martial law. The chief of police,
who is a Czech, was discovered encour.
nging rioters and has been suspended
from office. It Is now known that the
number of Injured Germans reaches
800. They are being cared for at the
various hospitals. The disturbances to
day have amounted almost to a rebel
lion. Thousands of Czech miners
Streamed into Prague this evening from
the surrounding villages to assist the
rioters. The scientific Instruments In
the German university and high school
have baen destroyed.
It has been dangerous for Germans to
venture In the streets, as any one using
the German language meant certain as
sault. The cry was "Down with the Ger
mans." Those venturing on the street
were obliged to wear the Slav color.
Nobody dares to utter a word In Ger
man. The KInsky palace was plunder
ed of its furniture, which was thrown
through windows, piled In the street,
and set on fire, the mob preventing the
lire brigade from approaohing.
The police and military have made
JOO arrests. At the United States con
sulate the American flag was hoisted.
Houses of Germans were bombarded
with stones and a howling mob which
gathered on Wenzel Platz had to be dis
persed by infantry and cavalry. The
university buildings are threatened by
the rioters and have to be protected
by large bodies of police. Troops have
been drafted to Kudenstadt owing to
the mob threatening to run riot there.
During the afternoon the riots increas
ed. The synagogue windows were
smashed as were the windows of the
houses of Jews displaying German
trade signs In several streets of the
Jewish quarter.
Since 6 o'clock this evening the
streets have been held by . twelve bat
talions of infantry and a squadron of
Hussars. All traffic is suspended and
the shops and business houses are clos
ed., In spite of the military, a large
Czech mob made a descent during the
evening upon the German quarter and
plundered houses and shops in several
streets. The furniture of a well known
German cafe was plied up in the street
and set on Are. When a detachment of
troops approached to disperse the riot
ers the soldiers were greeted with show
ers of stone, broken glass and other
missiles. The officer in command or
dered his troops to prepare to fire, but
at the urgent request of the police offi
cials the order was not carried Into ef
fect. Shortly after 10 oclock the mob at
tempted to storm a cartridge factory
at Zlzhkow, a suburb of Prague on the
other side of the Moldau. The troops
stationed at the factory poured a vol
ley into the crowd. It is known that
at least two persons were killed out
right and it is feared that others were
killed and wounded. The same body
of rioters set fire to another house, but
the flames were soon, quenched. In
various other parts of the city and
suburbs windows were smashed and
German signboards demolished. It la
said that the mob was invited by arti
cles in the Czech newspapers and by a
false report that the German students'
had organized an attack upon the Czech
national theater.
At a late hour the threatening crowds
made repeated rushes and attempts to
storm the German newspaper offices,
but, by 11 o'clock the town was quiet
and the troops had been withdrawn
except patrols at threatened points.
The German gymnasium in the Alt-staedter-Tting
in the center of the city
was plundered by a mob, which was
finally dispersed by a charge of soldiers
and police.
trains collide at amherst.
Loaded Freight Car Knocked Off Track
Passenger Train Delayed.
. Amherst, Mass., Deo. 1. The noon
train, No. 73, bomnd south, on the New
London and Northern railroad, collided
with a freight train that was switching
in the opposite direction a few rods
north of the passenger station here to
day. One loaded freight car was knock
ed off its truck and overturned and an
other badly damaged on the side, while
the engine on the passenger train
smashed Its cow-catcher, cylinder and
Bteam chest. No one was injured, En
glner Burdeth and Fireman Reed jump
ing before the collision. The freight
failed to get upon the switch before the
arrival of the passenger train. The
train was flagged, but the tracks, being
slippery with snow, the brakes failed to
Btop the train and it crashed into the
freight at a narrow angle. The pas
senger train was delayed nearly three
hours.
The Beward Increased.
South Hadley, Mass., Dec. 1. The Mt.
Holyoke trustees have increased the re
ward offered for the discovery of Miss
Bertha Lane Mellish, the missing girl,
from $50 to $500. Miss Mellish disap
peared nearly three weeks ago and no
trace of her has been found. It is sup
posed that ehe is drowned in the Con
necticut river.
Senator Banna Worse.
Cleveland, O., Dec. 1. Senator Han
na's physician announced to-day that
the senator is worse. He is suffering
with severe headaches and will have to
delay his proposed trip to vvasnington
for ten days.
Cripple Creek's Gold Ontpur.
Cripple Creek, Co!., Dec. 1. The gold
output of the Cripple Creek district in
November wa3 $1,258,600, the largest for
cue month in the history of the camp.
A COMPLETE REORGANIZATION,
Believed That Union Pacific's Now Owners
Will Make It.
Omaha, Dec. 1. It Is believed here
that the change of the Union Pacific to
Its new owners will be followed by a
complete reorganization. The purchas
ers of the Union Pacific were forced to
pay 113,000,000 more for the property
than they had counted on. The only
way they can get back this money is
to work it out of the property. To
successfully accomplish this tremendous
task, a reorganization .of the railroad.
It is claimed, will bo absolutely neces
sary, though the reorganization may
be gradual.
There is a good deal of talk about a
northwestern man to take charge of
the property, presumably based on the
fact that Marvin Hughitt, president cf
the Northwestern is the only active
railroad man on the committee, having
temporary charge of the road. But
Winslow Pierce, attorney for the Gould
Interest, is also a member of that com
mittee. There has been a great deal of
talk of the probability of the election
of Horace Burt, third vice Dresldent of
the Northwestern, to the Union Pacific
presidency. Edwin N. Winter, former
ly president of the Northern Pacific, is
still named by those who are familiar
with railroad matters of an executive
nature. The lists are filled, with nearly
half a dozen candidates and they seem
to run like this: Edwin Winter, Hor
ace Burt, Edward Dickingson, William
H. Truesdale and Oliver Mink.
STATE OF ITALY'S FINANCES,
Revised Budget fur Current Tear Shows
Surplus of 40,500,000 Lire.
Borne, Dec. 1. The minister of
finance, Signor Luzzatti, made his finan
cial statement in the chamber of depu
ties to-day. It showed a surplus of 34,
000,000 lire for the financial year of 1896
97. The result was considered especial
ly gratifying, as the abundant wheat
crop in Italy has largely decreased the
customs receipts, which only totalled
33,000,000 lire, the lowest on record. The
revised budget for the current year
showed a surplus of 40,500,000 lire.
Part of the surplus will be devoted to
the establishment of a consolidated
fund to be devoted to the withdrawal
of state notes as the most efficacious
method of extinguishing the premium
on gold. Thus next year over 30,000,000
lire of state notes will be redeemed. It
is proposed to reduce the expenditure
in Ehrltheria, the Italian colony on the
east coast of Africa, from nine million
to five million lire and to gradually
withdraw the Italian troops from the
plateau to the coasts and to Maesowah,
the port of debarkation and embarka
tion. SOLD UN OEM THE HAMMlltt,
The Detroit Chamber of Commerce Build
ing Brings S432.650.
Detroit, Dec. 1. The Detroit chamber
of commerce building was sold under
the hammer to-day in default- of pay
ment of interest on the first mortgage
held by the New York Life Insurance
company. The purchasers are L. S.
Fecheimer of Cincinnati and William
H. and F. A. Winslow of Chicago. The
price paid was $422,650. The Winslow
brothers, as second mortgage bondhold
ers, held a claim against the premises1
of $95,000 for bonds and interest. The
buyers paid in $10,000 cash and will pay
in all $55,000 to the New York Life In
surance company for interest now due.
They also assume payment of the insur
ance company's mortgage of $375,000 and
$7,700 taxes.
LEAVE FOR EXILE.
Dr. Obes, Presidential Candidate, and
Several Other Brazilians.
Montevideo, Uruguay, Dec. 1. Dr.
Miguel Herrera v Obes, a presidential
candidate, who was minister of the in
terior and justice in the cabi
net of tho late President Borda,
and who has been ordered into exile by
a decree issued yesterday by Senor
Cuestas, the president ad interim, will
leave this city to-night for Buenos
Ayres, Argentine Republic. He will bo
accompanied by General Tajes, Dr.
Aguirrae and Senor Brian, the chief of
the municipality of Montevideo, who al
so have been exiled by the acting pres
ident. FINANCE HOARD STILL CUTTING.
Will Probably Not Finish With estimates
Until Saturday Night.
The board of finance was again in
session until nearly midnight last night
working on the estimates for next year.
There still remains considerable cutting
to do and the board will probably not
finish with the estimates before Satur
day night. The board of finance held
twenty-two meetings during the month
of November.
A Doctor Kills Himself.
Boston, Dec. 1. -Dr. T. E. Russell of
Cambridge, who was connected with a
medical institute in this city, committed
suicide in his office In Tremont Temple
building, this forenoon, by shooting
through the heart. He died Instantly.
He was about thirty years of age. Fam
ily trouble, it is said by those who knew
Dr. Russell, led to the act.
President of Reichstag.
Berlin, Dec. 1. The reichstag to-day
re-elected Baron Yon Boul-Bernberg to
the presidency of the house and also
re-elected the vice presidents, Herrn
R. Schmidt and P. Spahn. The next
sitting of the reichstag will take place
on Friday.
Twenty Killed, Forty-five Injured.
Kaiserlautern, Rhenish, Bavaria, Dec.
1 A fire damp explosion has taken
place in the Frankerholz coal mines,
near Hamburg. Twenty men are known
to have been killed and forty-five in
jured. Others of the miners are still
missing.
Marriage License for Henry George.
Chicago, Dec. 1. A marriage license
was issued to-day to Henry George of
New York to marry Marie M. Hitch of
this city.
THE SPANIARDS IN BATTLE
REPORT THAT IN TWO ENGAGE
MENTS INSURGENTS ARE ROUTED.
According to Latest Advices the Spanish
Cavalry Is in Pursuit of tho Enemy
Insurgents Lose Fifty-four Men in Ten
Days of Skirmishing They Blow Up a
Bnllroiid Culvort With Dynamite.
Havana, Deo. 1. An announcement
was issued from the Spanish headquar
ters in the palace to-day saying that a
force of insurgents recently attacked
Guisa, a town situated fifteen miles
from Bayamo, in the province of San
tiago de Cuba. It was further announc
ed that a Spanish column has left Man
zanilo to engage the insurgents at Gui
sa. Another announcement describes a
movement of Spanish troops under Gen
eral Barnal, who was accompanied by
Senor Jose Canalejas, the former Span
ish cabinet minister and special com
missioner, who is visiting Cuba to gath
er material for a report on the condi
tion of the island in behalf of the Span
ish government, and General Hernan
dez Valazques.
The SpaniBh force consisted of 2,300
men, accompanied by two field guns.
The column under the personal com
mand of General Barnal engaged with
&n Insurgent force, according to report,
on the heights of Romero Madama and
Felados, province of Pinar del Rio, and
later was more severely engaged with
the insurgents at LaCuchilla de los Cai
mitos, where the Spaniards are said to
have captured and destroyed the forti
fied camp of the insurgent general Du
cassi. General Hernandez Valazques, com
manding the second column, the report
continues, captured and destroyed an
insurgent camp at Aranjuez and also
destroyed five hundred huts and several
other insurgent camps in the immediate
vicinity of Aranjuez. As a result of the
movements the insurgents retreated in
a thoroughly demoralized condition af
ter suffering the loss of many men in
killed and wounded. The Spanish col
umn lost a major and twelve soldiers
killed and had one jcaptain and twenty
nine soldiers wounded. According to
the latest advices from the scene of the
engagements, the Spanish cavalry was
continuing the pursuit of the enemy.
Six hundred sick, wounded or other
wise invalided soldiers have just left
Cuba for Spain. The insurgents, ac
cording to official reports, have lost fif
ty-four men killed in skirmishes with
the Spanish troops during the last ten
days. In addition the government forces
captured twenty-eight prisoners and a
number of firearms. The government
troops during the same period lost
twenty-four men killed and had two
officers and eighty-three soldiers wound
ed. The insurgents have destroyed with
dynamite a culvert on the railroad line
near Toco Taco, not far from San Cris
tobal, in the province of Pinar del Rio.
Railroad traffic In that vicinity will be
delayed until the culvert is temporarily
repaired. '"'
SUIT AGAINST GEO. 11. LORD.
Brought by Home for Indigent and Or
phan Children of Hartford.
Newark, N. J., Dec. 1. Vice Chancel
lor Stevens began to-day taking testi
mony In the suit of the Home for In
digent and Orphan Children of Hart
ford, Conn., against George R Lord. It
is claimed th at Geegi-o.H2)2)'3()3(3()3
is claimed that George H. Bartholo
mew, the treasurer of the Charter Oak
Insurance company of Hartford, who
defaulted in 1885 for $1,000,000 loaned
from 1876 to 1885 to George R. Lord,
funds of the Home amounting to nearly
$20,000 for the improvement of an es
tate of which Lord was executor. The
institution Seeks to have that amount
loaned to Lord made a lien on the es
tate. Lord claims that he repaid near
ly all of the amount with which he is
charged and that he never received the
balance.
SUPERINTENDENT OF VARUS.
No Appointment Will be Made Until After
December 7.
Robert E. Baldwin, the recently ap
pointed superintendent of streets, who
yesterday dismissed George Ives, as
sistant superintendent of streets and
other employes in the street depart
ment, and appointed E. J. Harrington
assistant superintendent of streets,
said last night that he had not yet
decided upon an appointment as su
perintendent of parks in place of T. B.
Kelly. He said that he would make no
more appointments until after he as
sumes the duties of superintendent of
streets, December 7, and that he could
not tell what appointments would be
necessary until after he has become fa
miliar with the workings of the de
partment.
HALF A MILLION INVOLVED.
Case of L. L. Brown Against the Brown
Paper Company.
Pittsfleld, Mass., Dec. 1. The hearing
in the case of L. L. Brown vs. the L.
L. Brown Paper company was opened
before John A. Aiken of Greenfield as
auditor to-day. About half a million is
involved in this case. The company
claims that L. L. Brown owes it $400,
000, while Mr. Brown claims that he
owes the company nothing, but that the
company owes him $125,000. The hear
ing will take fully a month before the
mass of evidence to be heard and the
number of accounts to be gone over are
finished.
Ir. Steieor at Ward's Island.
New York, Dec. L Dr. Gottleib Stei
ger, tho well known specialist on skin
diseases, who was brought to Bellevue
hospital, this city, from a Westport,
Conn., sanitarium, was to-day placed
in the state insane asylum on Ward's
Island.
Fitzgerald Gets Contract.
Lee, Mass., Dec 1. P. H. Fitzgerald
of New London, Conn., has been award
ed the contract for the bridge over the
Housatonlc river.
BIG, FIRE IN ST. LOUIS.
One Building in Bulus and Several Dam-
. aged Loss 8300,000.
St. Louis, Dec. 1. Fire was discovered
In the F. O. Sawyer & Co. paper fac
tory on. Locust street, near Third street,
at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon, and with
in an hour the establishment was in
ruins and a number of adjoining build
ings were badly damaged. The general
loss is estimated at over $200,000. The
Sawyer factory contained highly In
flammable material, and soon after the
fire started it was a roaring furnace.
the Are communicating across the nar
row street to the Economic bindery
plant and to the buildings occupied by
the Kinney Printing company, the Mis
souri Engraving company, Woodward
Tiernan Printing company and Higgina'
Map Printing company. A general
alarm was turned In, but the net work
of wires and the narrowness of Locust
street hindered the firemen.
The hundred employes in the paper
factory all escaped in safety. At 4:30
o'clock the walls of the paper factory
fell, crushing in the McKinney compa
ny's plant. At 5 o'clock the flames were
under control. The fire will continue to
burn all night, however, feeding upon
the printer's ink and paper. While run
ning to the fire a hose reel collided with
a street car and Finley Bruce, the driv
er, had three ribsi broken. As night fell
the firemen worked in total darkness,
as the electric wires were all down. It
is claimed that all the companies were
fully insured.
WILL GO TO TIIE GULF.
North Atlantic Squadron to Spend Several
Months OB Florida Const.
Washington, Dec 1. The North At
lantic squadron will enter the Gulf of
Mexico this winter and spend several
months off the coast of Florida. This
will be the first time in about three
years that the squadron has been in
the gulf, the last cruise having been
made under the command of Rear Ad
miral Meade.
It was the intention shortly after his
retirement to send the squadron to the
Venezuelan coast for the customary
winter drills, but this cruise was aban
doned on account of the friction that
had been caused between the United
States and Great Britain over the Vene
zuelan boundary question, it being
feared that the presence of our war
ships in the neighborhood of the scene
of the dispute would be misconstrued
into a hostile purpose.
Later on, and after the Venezuelah
matter had been dropped into the back
ground the situation as to Cuba was
regarded by the administration as be
ing such as to make it imprudent to al
low the squadron to absent itself from
our unprotected shores. Moreover, the
approach of the ships to Cuba would
have been interpreted by the insurgents
as a sign of the Intention of the United
States government to Interfere in their
behalf.
JUSTICE FIELD'S RETIREMENT.
It Took Place Yesterday Justice Harlan
Now Senior Associate.
Washington, Dee. 1. Justice Field's
retirement from the supreme court, of
which he gave official notice to the
president last April, took place to-day.
The Justice was not present In the court
room and as he had not sat with the
court on any day since the opening of
the term, the proceedings did not dif
fer from those of ordinary days.
Even the general transfer of the seats
of the associate justices, which always
occurs when the senior associate re
tires, was postponed until Monday next.
On that day Justice Harlan, who now
becomes the senior associate, will take
the seat vacated by Mr. Field and Jus
tice Gray will become Chief Justice
Fuller's neighbor on the left. All other
justices will move up one chair nea-rer
the chief. If Justice Field's term had
continued until next Tuesday he would
have had forty-four years of continuous
service.
CONVENTION WAS PACKED.
George Fred Williams Statemont Concern
ing Bostou Domooratlc Meeting.
Boston, Dec. 1. In an interview with
a Post reporter to-night, George Fred
Wililams said in reference to the demo
cratic convention last night: "The only
point to which I want to refer is the
manner in which the convention at
Faneuil hall was packed with men who
were not delegates. The same man
whom I denounced last fall as having
the handling of a scheme to pack the
music hall convention had charge of
the floor last night. I do not make this
criticism because it affects the nomina
tion which was made, but as my inten
tion to make such fraudulent proceed
ings impossible."
THE PUBLIC DEBT.
Statement Showing a Decroaso Since Oc
tober 30 of 11,338,17S.
Washington, Dec 1. The public debt
statement shows that at the close of
business November 30, 1897, the public
debt, less cash in the treasury, amount
ed to $1,009,226,466, a decrease since Oc
tober 30 of $11,338,175. This decrease is
accounted for by an increase in the
cash due to the deposits of an install
ment of the proceeds of the sale cf the
government's interest in the Union Pa.
ciflc railroad. But for this transaction
the cash in the treasury would have
been $771,450 less than last month.
Claims Against It for 8100,000.
Solon, Me.. Dec. 1. The Moosehead
Pulp and Paper company has gone into
insolvency with unsecured claims
against it aggregating $160,000. A meet
ing of creditors will be held at Sfcowhe
gan December 11, at which an assignee
will be appointed. Plans are being per
fected to reorganize the company and
reopen the mills, which have been clos
ed since last spring.
Battleship Iowa Accepted.
Washington, Dec. 1. The secretary of
the navy finally accepted the battleship
Iowa and the torpedo-boat Foote to-day.
NEW GERMAN AMBASSADOR
IT.-tS RECEIVED NO INSTRUCTIONS
ON TIIE HAITIAN CASE,
Does Not Doubt That the Matter Will be
Settled in Usual Way by Immediate
Parties in Interest Like President lie.
Kinloy, Emperor William Is a Paclflc
Ruler.
Washington, Dec. 1. Dr. Von Holle-
ben, the new German ambassador, was
seen at the German embassy to-day and
for the first time 6ince his arrival he
consented to speak concerning some of
the quectlons of muutal interest be
tween the United States and Germany.
As to the Haytian controversy, Dr. Von
Holleben said: "I have received no offi
cial instructions from my government
on the subject, yet, speaking officially,
the case has assumed in the press pro
portions far greater than it deserves.
It is simply a question of collecting an
indemnity for an offense against a Ger
man citizen residing in Hayti.
"Beyond this, all is conjecture, and
there is no basis of fact whatsoever for
the reports as to what might ultimately
occur. The demand is similar, I am
told, to many in which the United States
has demanded indemnity from South
American republics. As this right of
damage and enforcing the payment of
an indemnity is universally recognized,
I do not doubt that the case will be set
tled in the usual way between the im
mediate parties in interest Germany
any Hayti. But in any event, the case
is of too little Importance to attract se
rious consideration, and it is needless to
conjucture on future probalitles or pos
sibilities." The ambassador was asked as to the
tariff, but he did not care to discuss
the matter On the general feeling in
Germany, he said: "There is, I am
glad to say, the most kindly sentiment
throughout Germany toward the Amer
ican people and their government."
When Dr. Von Hollenben was asked as
to the meaning of Germany's steps to
ward increasing her navy, he smilingly
replied: "Germany is a peaceful na
tion, and I am glad to say that like
President McKinley, the emperor of
Germany Is one of the most paclflc rul
ers in the world. Naturally Germany
wants an adequate navy, Just as the
United States desires a strong naval
force, not as a means of aggression,
but to maintain her interests the world
over.
'A navy is one of the surest means
of securing peace, and it commands re
spect and a recognition of Just rights.
Moreover, German colonial interests are
becoming very great, in Australia!,
South Africa and elsewhere, and the
German citizenship abroad is spreading
to the utmost limits, even In China and
eastern Asia, where we have extensive
German communities. It is but natur
al, therefore, that Germany desires to
adopt every means for caring for her
own people the world over."
JOHN P. JACKSON DEAD.
A Writer of Exceptional Brilliancy Upon
European Politics.
Paris, Dec. 1. Mr. John P. Jackson of
the New York Herald staff died in Paris
to-day, after an illness of three weeks,
from Bright's disease. Before going
abroad he was foreign editor at the
home office of the Herald. He was a
writer of exceptional brilliancy npon
European politics. After explaining to
the English-speaking world the intrica
cies of Wagner's "Nlbenlugen Ring,"
and translating two of the great com
poser's operas, he was sent as a corre
spondent of the Herald to the relief of
the Jeannette expedition. He success,
fully performed, the perilous mission,
crossing Northern Siberia and effecting
the rescue of the survivors of the Jean
nette. He was the translator of fully
three-fourths of the text books used in
the productions at the Metropolitan op
era house.
ALL SORTS OF WILD RUMORS.'
Caused by Finperor William's Speech Re
garding German-Chinese Situation.
Berlin, Dec. 1. All sorts of wild ru
mors are current here and at Kiel
probably based in the main upon the
speech of Emperor William at the
opening of the reichstag as to the re
lations between Germany and China,
The National Zeitung has confirmed
the statement of the emperor that Ger
many's only object in the occupation at
Kiao Chau Is to protect German mis
sionaries in China, and the alarmist or
gans are now disbelieved.
The Berliner Tageblatt Is responsible
for the statement that two additional
cruisers are going to Klao Chau, bring.
ing the force up to ten shius with 4,000
men and 140 guns. The same journal
says also that a force of marines, in
cluding the crew of the Imperial yacht
Hohenzollern, is going to Kiao Chau,
but there is no official confirmation of
these assertions.
THE CONNECTING LINK.
The Norfolk Southern Steamship Com
pany Organized Officers Elected.
Boston, Dec. 1. A new corporation.
which intends to provide the connecting
link between Boston, Providence, Fall
River and New Bedford the Norfolk
Southern Steamship company was or.
ganized to-day. The officers are: Pres
ident, Frederick Si Lane; vice president,
John C. Lane; clerk and treasurer, Ed.
ward F. Draper. The new lino la tr he
built from Norwood through the town
of Walpole and Foxborough to Mans.
field, ana, wun tne completion of this
and a line from Mansfield, Boston will
have trolley connections with Provi
dence, New Bedford, Attleboro, Brock
ton and Taunton.
Bicycle Manufactory Burned.
Marietta, O., Dec 1. The E. L. Lobell
Bicycle company manufactory was
burned to-night, loss $50,000; insurance,
$25,000.
EX-BANKER SPALDING GUILTY,
Makes a Speech to the Court and Chokes
With Emotion.
Chicago, Dec 1. Charles Warren
Spalding, ex-president of the Globe
Savings bank, was to-day sentenced to
an indeterminate term in the peniten
tiary. He was charged with embez
zling funds of the University of Illinois,
of which he was treasurer. The closing
of the trial was dramatic. One asser
tion made in the Judge's charge seemed
to unnerve Spalding. This was when
the court said that Spalding admitted
Ills guilt. "I wish," cried Spalding, "to
deny that I or my counsel ever admit
ted my guilt. Every dollar I received
from the university has been applied
to Its benefit. I protest against this
unjust verdict, which I feel would not
have been returned had your honor per
mitted certain facts to be considered
by the Jury. These facts had relation
to the question of Intent to commit em
bezzlement. Your honor may abridge
my days of usefulness, but you cannot
take from me the honor of the past."
At this point Spalding's voice failed
him and he began to choke with emo
tion. Judge Horton then imposed sen
tence. It was announced in behalf of
the ex-banker that an appeal would be
taken to the supreme court, pending
which he will be kept in the Cook
county jail, where he has been confined
since last spring. The charga on -which
Spalding was convicted was the embez
zlement of $28,000 of Macoupin credit
bonds, the property of the university.
2B0 PATIENTS POISONED.
Suspicion That a Drug Was Put In Hos
pital Food.
Galllpolis, O., Dec 1. 'Two hundred
and fifty patients at the epileptic hos
pital were poisoned to-day. pr. Ratter
and his corps of physicians succeeded
only by desperate efforts in preventing
any fatality. As it is, some of the pa
tients are still In a critical condition.
The physicians think that the patients
were poisoned by means of some article
of food eaten by them. The bacterio
logical department is making a rigid
analysis of the food cooked during the
past few days. Some think a drug was
place in some of the victuals. This
suspicion with the wholesale discharge
of employes has caused an investiga
tion. PROTESTANT HUSSIONS.
Statistics Compiled by Dr. Strong Cost of
Missions 8636,299.
Boston, Dec. 1. The editor of the
Missionary Herald of the American
board, Rev. E. E. Strong, D. p.. has
compiled the statistics of Protestant
missions in this and other lands. The
number of stations of the American
board is: Out stations, 1,126; American
laborers, 543; native '. laborers, 2,956;
churches, 470; communicants, 44,606;
number added last year, 3,995; schools
of all grades, 1,181; total number under
instruction, 54,615; native contributions
for all purposes, $113,039; cost of mis
sions, $636,299.
SCHAEFER AND SLOSSON WIN.
Results of the Games at Billiard Tourney
in New York.
New York, Dec 1. "Wizard" Jacob
Schaefer won the fourth game of the
billiard tourney this afternoon from
George Sutton, the Canadian expert
The score was: Schaefer, 500; Sutton,
452. The Wizard's highest run was 51,
While Sutton placed his high mark at
38, making more than 30, however, on
several occasions. George F. Slosson
won the night game from Maurice Daly
by the score of 500 to 437. As the score
now stands Schaefer has won two
games; Slosson two, and Ives one, while
Daly has been beaten three times and
Sutton twice. .
AN AMERICAN WIDOW.
An Austrian Baron Shoots Himself Be
cause of Jealousy.
London, Dec. 2. According to a dis
patch to the Daily Mail from Vienna,
Baron Pasettl shot himself outside the
residence of an American widow, Mrs,
Kittlnger, to whom he had been mak
ing love for some time. Having seen
her in company with other men he be
came jealous. He called at the resi
dence after midnight to demand an ex
planation, but he was refused admit
tance. He then drew his revolver and
shot himself.
Tried to Stab President.
London, Dec. 2. A dispatch to the
Times from Montlvideo says that an at
tempt was made there yesterday to stab
Senor Jose Custas, president ad interim
of the Uruguay parliament. News of
the outrage spread rapidly and caused
great excitement, but the city is under
martial law and there has been no out
break. President Will Not Withdraw.
Washington, Dec. 1. The report that
the president would withdraw from the
Metropolitan Methodist church on ac
count of the sermon preached by its
pastor on Thanksgiving day is denied.
It is probable, however, he will be
seen less frequently at that church and
will attend service more often else
where. Ex-Deputy Sherifl Held.
Salem, Mass.. Dec t John H. Cas
well of Lynn, ex-deputy sherifl, who is
charged with embezzling $890 from the
assignee of the Martin estate art Pea
body, was to-day held in $2,000 for trial.
He was caught at Springfield last
week.
A Fine Trial Race.
Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 1. The two
'Varsity eights which are to row a two
mile race next Saturday did a fine trial
race this afternoon. Mr. Lehmann
could not give out the time, but said
it was encouraging.. -
KEY. DR. ABBOTT SPEAKS
ON DISCUSSION OF POLITICAL QUES.
XIONS IN THE PULPIT.
First of Series of Lectures Under Auspices'
of Leonard Bacon Club, Last Night
Marquand Chapel Filled by Those Eager
to Hear the Learned Divine OtherNoted
Speakers Coming,
Before an audience which' filled Mar
quand chapel in Yale theological semi
nary to overflowing last night, Rev. Ly
man H. Abbott, pastor of Plymouth
church, Brooklyn, delivered the first of
a series of lectures under the auspices
of the LeonaTd Bacon club. The learn
ed gentleman was introduced by Mr.
Pierce, president of the club. He stat
ed that several weeks ago he' received
a letter from one of the members of the
seminary, among the contents of which
was a question which suggested this
topic for his lecture. The question was,
"What is your belief and practice re
garding the discussion of political mat
ters in the pulpit?" Rev. Dr. Abbott
then said in part:
"I shall go a long way round to get to
my toplo to-night, and you may then
think I am far from It. It is a broad
and general question and suggests cer
tain principals which are useful and
need inquiry. Christ declared in his
mission that the spirit of the Lord was
upon Him, and that He came to preach
deliverance to the people. This is
Christ's own definition of why he came
into the world. The spirit is upon ua
for the same1 purpose, for the same end,
to carry on His work in the' world.
He does not say He came to organizer
a church, nor that He was sent to
formulate any system of truth, but to
bring news of the gospel into the com
munity. He did not frame a system of
religion, philosophical form, method or
ritual. He does not say that the spirit
was upon Him to found religion. I
think many believe that Jesus Christ
came into the world to found a religion,
as Mohammed, Buddha or Confucius
did.
"I have thus far been speaking rather
generally. Let us take the matter up
more in detail. Luther said: 'The law
is what God commands man to do,
wliile the gospel is what God does for
man." It seems to me that all those
who have God have dropped the gospel
and think only of the law. Christ
taught all that God does for man. He
didn't argue what God is, but He did
argue that man is mortal and that we
should regard the relationship as be
tween parent and child. But' love the
goodness of God. It should be the first
and foremost thing of life. It brought
glad tidings 1800 years ago, and does
to-day.
"The duties which men owe to their
fellow, men are jusfas important now
as then. Jesus Christ shadowed the
principles of a social order, but He did
not formulate one. He did not give
birth to a sociological creed any moire
than He did a theological creed. He de
clared that the kingdom of God was on .
earth. .
"That we should do unto others as we
wish to be done by. The true spirit
should be, I am to consider that I
should not take any more than my
neighbor does. If we should apply this
it would turn the world upside down.
There are young men going to New
York city by the hundreds every week.
I venture to say that not one in tea
thousand has the idea of seeing what
he can do for others, but what he can
get out of New York for himself. The
fundamental notion is not of serving
the Master, but of being served. If it
was reversed it would revolutionize pol
itics, social positions, etc.
"No man to-day thinks himself
wealthy. The more he has the more ha
wants. It is always safe to say that
men ought to consider themselves
wealthy. The American church is full
of fools. Men don't know that money
is not to accumulate, but to use. Christ
said very little of what man owes to
God. The principal way to make mem
love God is to show that God is love.
Don't try to force them to love Him.
Show them what God has done for you
and that He will do the same for them.,
Teach men their direct duties to fellow!
men, as a servant to her mistress, as
an employe to his master, and vice ver
sa. The greater portion of Christ's Ufa
was philanthropic and humanltative,
and, technically speaking, not ecclesias
tical.' "Take your Ifew Testament and sea
what it says about the Master's teach
ings. He gave the principles of a social
order, but no fixed farm. The funda
mental spirits are sobriety, love, etc.
The mistake a minister makes as a'
minister is to take part in what is call
ed politics, and most to identify himself
with one or another party. There are
a few exceptions of ministers who bava
made a success as politicians. Relig.
ious and political parttes were formerly
so identified that a minister couldn't
preach without connecting the two. I
am an independent in politics. I thor
oughly and hartily believe in the citi
zens' movement of the recent campaign
in New York city and Brooklyn. If I
had not been editor of a paper it prob
ably would have been impossible for me
to keep still in the pulpit. The members
of my church had politics all day long
for six days in the week, and they
wanted something else on Sunday. It
is not the business of the ministers to
frame the law or execute it Dr. Park-
hurst did a splendid work in New York
city. A minister should not take part
in the conflict of the campaigns. Giva
up the work of party life to others."
At the conclusion of the lecture sev
eral questions pertaining to the scrip
tures were asked of and answered by;
Rev. Pr. Abbott. In this course of lec
tures Russell H. Conwell, Bishop Pot
ter, R. B, Meredith, W. N. Clark and
others are booked to speak.
Apt Brothers Assign.
Philadelphia, Dec 1. Apt Brothers,
whose store was burned, on Sunday, to
day assigned. The assignment covers
the $65,000 insurance which the firm held
on its stock.