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=ja$TAl{LISIIEl) AUGUST 24, 1852. ' WHEELING, W. YA., MONDAY, APRIL 13,1891. YOLUME XXX1X--NUMBER 199.
A PLAIN STATEMENT
Made by Comptroller Matthews
to Governor Flemning
IN THE DIRECT TAX MATTER.
Xlic Fortunate Oml??lon 'Whereby
1Vintly Wllnon In Unablo to Grab
$0,0011 i'or Nothing?Windy
WIInoii In Waahlngton.
tip/ml IHipalch to IU InUUlQcnecr.
ffisumoio*, D. 0., April 12.?First
comptrollerpf the Treasury Matthews
was seen by your correspondent yesterday
in relation to his refusal to pay to
Weit Virginia he^shars of the direct
tux asjofun lod. Judge Matthews said
that he had nothing to say beyond what
has already appeared in tho I.itillicmcih
on the subject, excopt that ErGov.
Wilson bad arrived in the city and
wai iijnlctDfj very active efforts to show
that the resolution its passed by the
Bute Legislature did actually contain
the section supposed to be missing,
which gives the Governor authority to
Te:eive the money on behalf of the
fru'.e. Naturally, IVilsoo is very much
interested In proving that such is the
cue; but Judge Matthews added that
in the two certified copies of the resolution
received froin tho Governor's
olIi .'B the sdine omission occurred, and
nothing else had been produced to show
th it the miming portion had ever been
io:luded. UnJer these circumstances
the conclusion was irrisllble that no
such resolution had Been passed by the
Legislature, and therefore the United
Stales Treasury, much as it regretted to
do so, must absolutely decline to make
payment to West Virginia uutil the
. ....?l,?rl?af almll hi forthcoming.
pro?iPi ?u?u..i.,v ?
This is tho status of tho case at present
The following ia Comptroller Matthews'
Jettjr to Governor Fleming:
Jlon. A. It. Planing, Governor of I Vest Virginia,
Charleston, II'. I'a,
Sik:?While just on the point of passing
the account of West Virginia growing
out of the act of Congress of March
181J1, for tho refund of the direct tax,
1 discovered a material delect in the
joint resolution of the Senate and House
of Delegates of your State on the subject,
which will prevent tho immediate payment
of the amount duo your State, anJees
it eball turn out that there has been
some error in copying the resolution.
The resolution, so far as it alTects the
question, is as follows:
aJk it Jietolved by the Legislature of
West Virginia, That this Legislature dotn
hereby accept the sum appropriated by
said act of Congress to and for the uso of
tho State of West Virginia; and doth
hIho accept for said State the trust imposed
by said act of Congress, entitled
as aforesaid, which acceptances are
hereby made by and on behalf of said
State of Wect Virginia, in full satisfaction
against the United States on account
of levy and collection of the said tax in
said act of Congress mentioned."
You will obaurve that this resolution
does not authorize you to receive tho
money. The third section of the act
provided: "That there is hereby appropriated,
out of any money in tho Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, such
nuins as may-bo necessary to reimburse
each State, Territory and the District of
Columbia for all money found due to
them under the provisions of this act;
ami the Treasurer of the United States
ia hereby directed to pay the same to
the Governors of tho States and Territories
and to the Commissioners of the
District of Columbia, but no money
shall bo paid to any State or Territory
nntil tho Legislature thereof shall have
accepted, by resolution, the sum herein
appropriated, and the trusts imposed, in
full satisfaction of nil claims sgainst the
United States on account of tho levy
and collection of said tax, and shall have
authorized the Governor to receive said
KM Kiwi nnpnnafll flforfl
niuiiry iui iug uou ??u f??
said."
You will also observe that the reaolulion
omits the words, "And shall have
authorized the Governor to receive said
money for tho nee and purnoees nforeRaid."
This authorization-is material,
and without it the Treasurer of the
U nitcd States is not authorized to make
the payment.
I regret this exceedingly, 88 the Treasury
Department deiiirts very much to
pay this money to the States at the ear*
liest possible day, but it cannot be paid
until the States bring themselves within
the material provisions of tho statute,
at least. 1 have tho honor to be,
Yours vtry respectfully,
A. C. Matthews,
Comptroller.
It is not known what couri?o Ex-Gov
ernor Wilson intends to pursue in order
to show that a mistake has been mode
in copying the joint resolution. Certified
copies are, us is well known, the ordinary
means of proving documents of
this character. Of theso two have been
furnished tho Comptroller, and both, as
stated above, omit the material clause.
As Judge Matthews said, it is scarcely
conceivable that men holding responsible
positions under a Statu should make
such a stupid blunder; but that is the
way the mutter stands now, and until
the diiliculty is cleared up nothing
further will be doue by the Treasury
^Department.
UUKOHW miiMU L WlLfON
To Gn on (tin UuaU nuri Itncratt for th?*
Democracy?Thoroughly Orgaulxtnf.
WAsniROTON, D. 0., April 12.?Hon.
W. L. Wilson will leave to-morrow on a
tour ot tho West, for the purposo of organizing
Democratic clubs. His trip
will extend to Tacoma, and will occupy I
several months. According to the o/ticial
announcement he goes as the repre*|
sentative of the National and Oongr?*ssional
Committers.
The plan is now being put in operation
successfully, and long before thej
IkaiM will lia a
inn Ciiuijio'Kd upcuo iuiiv ! bv Democratic
club in every voting precinct
in tiie United States. Besides the
vice pttsideuts selected for each State,
there will be a correspondent and organizer
nppointotl (or each county, and
tho whole will ba directed from Washington,
with the advice and co-operation
of the several State, National and Con.uriiwional
Committees.
AKKA MCKIN60N
H^llprftUk At* tl?r Charges Aff&loit Her
Staler Hiii-iui.
New Youk, Aprii 12 ?The New York
Urrald has received Jhe following teleCram
from Goshen:
"Anna Dickinson, who la at {be house
of Dr. Frederick W. Seward, here, was
shown today tho statement given to
the preaa by her sister, Susan Dickinson,
in which Anna's assertions in regard
to an alleged conspiracy are denied,
lu reply Anna in turn denied what
Susan hat said, and reiterated all her
former allegations."
A II AO. Ofttotnl llialgni.
Baltimork, April 12.?E. Dickinson,
the General Superintendent of tho Baltiraore
Ohio lines from tho Ohio rivei
to Chicago, baa resigned.
The position will be filled by somt
Western man, but no selection has yei
been made.
TUB ITALIAN IMBROGLIO, f
Nothing New Developed Yeaterday at L
Waihlo|(oo-TVhAt Blight Happen.
Wabhinoton, April 12.?There were .
no development* in the Italian affair to- "
day and the reviving interest taken in it,
on account ol the alleged intention on
the part of the Italian Government to j
eignaHy display its resentment by ceasing
to havo any further diplomatic intercourse
wl:h the United States, unless
this Government shall respond to the
commanicillon of Premier Rudini
within inch period as the Italian
Ministry ia said to consider
as the utmost limit which it
can allow the American government ni
for the making of Its answer has lapted th
into a disposition to quietly await what
the next two or threu days bring* forth. "
There are very few persons who believe la
that anything startling will occur De- tb
tween now and Wednesday, and high |ni
officials are certainly incredulous aa re- ,
respects Itirtv's reported purpose to take
such a hostile step as would be that of ral
ordering Minister Porter from Home. dli
Even should such an unusual and en
extraordinary movement be made, contrary
toali expectations, it ia said that it
would probably not result in actual war,
bat only in an almost complete sever- ws
ance of all relations between the two jDJ
countries. It Is regarded, however, aa .
almost certain that it would result in a
feeling of indignation in tbis country '"
which would seriously prejudice the
prospects of favorable action by this
country on the Italian suggestions for
reparation and indemnity. ?
The diplomatiats, though, would receive
the newa of the severance of dip- :?
lomatic relations with profound regriit, ['
for the reason that it would for a long jj,
time be a cause of vexation anil
annoyance, and would call for .
the exercise of extreme discretion
and tact In a great many
matters of comparatively trilling iIII
portance. Were the intercourse between
the two countries once made difficult
and only to be secured by the cumber- v
some good offices of some intermediary, J
It mignt result as a similar nreauu uwv ?.
eral years ago between Great Britain a&d . J
Venezuela resulted?in the official M
ignoring by each country of the fact that q
the other exietod through a reluctance J*
on the part of either to make advances r
after an animosity engendered had vanished.
Bat it is thought certain that ~J[
these complications will not occur, and .
that the two countries will again he on JJ"
harmonious terms, nothing having taken ? !
place alarming. H '
There waa nothing to be learnod to j
night in respect to the looked for an- t
swer of Secretary Blaine to the note sent ..
by Marquia Imperial!, and Secretary "
Blaine had no information to comiuuni- rj
rate to the public on the subject of the f"
Italian incident.
c.NKKsritici'Ki) millumnox
Likely to be Kef erred to Plainly In ItlniacVi i,'
Itrply to Rudlul?3aturda>'? Kumori,
Washington, D. 0., April 12 ?Reports
from Borne are to tho effect that the
papers publiahed there yestorday, con- wi!
firmed the report that in the event of J?'
the Italian Government not receiving a . ?
reply to ita last commanication to the Eei
American State Department with regard Sh
to the New Orleans massacre, _by_April P81
13, the Minister.of the United States to
Italy, Mr. A. G. Porter, will be requested
to withdraw from the country, to
Tho original source of the report seems
to give it increased plausibility. This ^e,
was learned from a prominent member uy
of the Ohamber of Deputies, who is as ?ta
ardont supporter of Marquis di Rudini, ba
and who fa believed to share his confl- a.m
dence. Whether the Premier has actu- J10
ally decided upon tho extreme course in- ho
dicated is questionable. It waa sug- thi
gested ip the dispatches from Roino that <1J};
the roport was ulven out to test Italy's
public opinion before the Cabinet should J
commit itself absolutely to so grave a StE
step.
It is now a matlor of positive knowledge,
however,that the Italian Government baa n*'
not Bent to this Government or any of Its
representatives, a notification that a re? *?><
plv in expected to Marquia iiudini's note to
within any specified time. It is not cub- do
tomary in diplomacy for any nation to "
dictate the date of correspondence com- M.
in? from another nation, and had Italy wb
adopted this coarse it would certainly eui
be regarded with umbrage by our own po
Government, and would excite great snr* thi
prise among the diplomats of other 1
nations whose customs are regulated by wa
unwritten but almost immutable law. do*
The most important evidence?that of for
nationality?has not yet been collected, Mi
but officer* of the department are work- >?j
ing on the case. Thetf oyernment is not a
contenting itself with the inouirr into J
the history of the New Orleans vitfizue. My
It proposes to show tho Italian Gov 80i
ernment the extent of the evil of unre* a*.
striated immigration from which the
United Htatfe is now suffering, and this
purpose neoewjtates plain dealing with
the character of a considerable element iQ
of our population which hty largely
been recruited from Italy. Ho some in- <
terestlng statistics are in courso of pre* .,
paration that will touch with blunt di- J?'
rectne** upon tho number of murders bii
and outrages committed in recent yearn cu
in the United Ktatta by werobefs of the J c
Mafia and other secret ftniUo oruaniaa- bo
tions, and upon th* vendettas that a/e ff>'
imported into tho United States to the Jk
dlnUtrb*pce of the peace and involviug to
expense to pjjr tax-payers in the 'lc
prosecution ef xuale/atftora. Time is du
ruj iired to compile these tapta and the
Department of tftaUt will tako tho neces- >U1
scry time while taking care to clear its ca
skirts of suspicion of undue delay, In wi
high official circles here there baa been Of
nochaoga jp the opinion that the New
Orleans matter it being manipulated in ou
Italy to influence Italian politics. It it to
surmised that a brave show of indignant
national feeling is being made, wLile
there is tn Roipe a knowledge that Secretary
Blaine's reply iff near at hand, so *ei
that when it is made pnblia the impres* di
eion would be conveyed to tho Italian jr,
popular rnfoxj that the United Stated had |t
been overawed. flt
Til* railing In Bom*.
ltoua, April U.?The Opiniont aave;
"The oivi from Washington U the aub- m
jectof much comment. If Mr. Blaine Tl
la unable to make n categorical reply to
Italy's simple anil straightforward request,
we caa atra^t the poncluaiona of r
aoob a airanut' Bilenceserenelyand without
Isneutations or threata. Pablic ?
opinion, lioweier, on both aides of the ia
Atlantlo will hardly copslder dignified c(
eucli a painful adiviMion of impotepee." gi
Elliott K?rua?l Ball. (?
CoLcxotit, 0, April 12.?The attor- "
neya for P. J. Elliott, held on tho charge
of murdering A. 0. Oiborn, the newt- ai
paper nan. bare aakul Proaecolinc At- h
lornar Huling to content to llui rpjeaae
of Elliott 00 bail, and llr. Huling hta
refnjod.
. . Ii
RhMllii Orar a Pool Room Bow. ft
LtxiaoTON, Ky., April 12.?David ?
UsnJesty was shot twice to-day by Rob- ?
' ert ilalloway. The men are keepers of j
' rival pool roonie, and the difficulty o
which led lo the shooting grrw out of m c
i story that Hardeaty was trying to injure c
t Holloway'a business. Physicians have t
aoine hopes of liardeety'i recovery. s
10STLY CONFLAGBMOH
) Chicago Last Night. $i,000,000
Goes up in Smoke.
HE WORST SINCE THE BIG ONE.
anic In Kohl & Middleton's Museum?
Monkeys Burned?Freaks
Frightened?People Killed by
Falling Walls.
Chicago, April 12.?Chicago this eve- i
ag suffered one of the most destruc- 1
re conflagrations that has occurred here 1
ice the big fire of 1872. The loss is
lly $1,000,000. The fire broke out in i
e rear of John M. Smythe's furnish- 1
I establishment on West Madison '
eet, near Halstead. The flames }
?idly communicated to Kohl & Mid- >
ston's Dime Museum and then a gen- (
il alarm was Bent out.
[n a few minutes smoke was pouring (
im every window in the museum and t
s enveloping the huge six-story build- '
; occupied by Smythe. When, in a {
irvellously short interval, both atrnc- (
res had turned into a mass of flame, j
at fiery tongues darted across the B
eet and lodged in the upper stories of
) buildings on the north side of Madi*
i street. A moment later the firemen
ind themselves working between two e
Bering walls of fire. As if to add to
i consternation, the wind had suddenarisen
and was blowing a stitl gale ?
m the west. The immense blaze con- J
ued to rage with intense fury in the E
ilJings already partly destroyed. The ii
lepum was nothingbuta heap of rnins, a
1 the walls of the Smythe building
ro falling one after another. Fortu- 0
tely tuey ail iou mto me ruins anu no **
raon was injured. d
Serosa the street, also, the walls soon ?
jcuinbed to the furious onslaught o
ire the npper story of a three-story d
ilding on the northwest corner of N
idison and Union streets cauirht fire. "
lickly following, the thmes lodged C
)tind the windows of the fifth story ?
the Haymarket Theatre building and n
m were stretching along under tho a.
)f. Just west of the Haymarket ti
ilding was the five-story building oc- 6
pied by the People's Clothing Corn* ?
uy. Here also, the windows wuro on y
j. ?
Despitoall efforts the buildings be* "
een Union street and the Haymarket ?
ick shared the fate of those across the g
eet, and were wiped out completely. ?
the Haymarket the tire was confined .
the upper story, but the whole build* J?
? was tilled with smoke and water, h
est of the Haymarket Theatre the 11
inage was comparatively small.
The first intimation the inmates of
hi & Middleton's Museum had of the
se proximity of the tire was when ri
no one opened a window, through ?
tich a volume of smoke poored. A t,
Id panic followed among the 400 per* 0
is in the building, most of whom, ^
wever, were on the first floor watch* g
: a variety performance. By the cool- p
no and determination of roliceman Bl
eehy he succeeded in quieting the
oic, and with one exception every* u
Jy reached the street in safety. The a
:eption was 0. H. Meeaoiger, a young tl
,n, who jumped from the third story tj
the stone pavement, and was unconnus
when picked up. p
)tlicer Sheehy liberated eeveral mon- j,
ps, which were caged in the third n
or of the Museum; they rushed up- a
irs in a herd and nearly all were n
rned to death. The excitement Bi
ong tho freaks who were on exhibi*
n on the third floor was pitiful to held.
It was with the greatest difficulty
it Manager Belmont succeeded in t:
ieting them, and succeeded in getting .
out of the building safely.
rust before the west wall of the g
iytho building fell, a venturesome lad J*
nt up to the third floor of the build* P
; adjoining and stood watching the 11
3iea from his lofty position. When
i wall tippled over with a loud crash
1 the smoke clcarod away be was not o
be seen, and it is feared that he went
?n with the debris and was lost.
rh0 insurance will be very light, JoliD ,
Smythe carrying only about$125,000,
ille Kohl iSt Middleton carried no in- *
ance whatever, having allowed their n
liciea to expire without renewal, as j,
y intended moving withina fortnight.
iVhilo the fire was at its worst a side- "
Ik at the oorner o[ Union and Meri- h
1 Court collapsed, and precipitated ti
ty people into an excavation beneath, ci
8. Bessie Biggins was probably, fatally
ured by the fall. Bernard Slotli had *
eg broken. '<
Francis Gamble, who waa struck by tl
ing debris during the tiro, bnt was not tl
pposed to be dangerously hurt, died I
the County Hospital shortly before ti
dnight. '
IQilTFCL MfKO-UhVCEUlNK EXPLOSION o
Waahlnatoa Count/ Yaitorday Cauaca ''
Thr?? Death*.
(ViBHiNOTO.v, Pa., April 12.?One of
> most distressing accidents in the
itorv of Washington cqutjty, oc- ,,
rren six miles west cf this city at 3
ilock this afternoon. Three small
yB of Thomas Munce, of Franklin
trnsbip, were playing along the Namai
pike and lound ?n empty glycer- v
ncau in a feupe forner near their v
>me. The boys not understanding tfijs
ngerous character of the can stood it
i in the road and commenced throw- "
stones at it. One rock struck the v
n and a ter;i|>le explosion followed, b
bich could be beard for railep. Two i
the boys weru blown to atoitts. (
le third hoy was badly bruised and f
t about the held *d4 i> not expected Q
live. | a
Powriar Kaploalon at Plltibni|b. 1
PjTTsncROU, Pa., April 12?This af- ,
rnoon three boys, returning from Sun- i
j echonl, stole a can of Giant powder t
>m a South Side factory. They took 1
to thn river front, built a fire and
sod around to bm the fan. The can
:p!oded with tremendous force, throwg
Michael O'Toole and Edward Cald- .
ell, both aged about twelve years, '
any feet and fatally injuring them. '
jo other boys were nnhgtt.
Whltelftw Kelt! on llnrnnw* |
Paris, April 12.?The death of P. T. '
arnnm elicited numerous press comjnts
on his career. His name la famii- 1
r to tfie French people, and has be- ,
ime incorporated In the branch Ianiage.
The Hon.Whitelaw Raid, United
latpe WInjsler, in speaking 61 the
itnoiu showman, saidi "fjtrnom bad
ispy excellent quailtira,. Horace i
reeley was one with Barnnm on the
leation of temperance and univerilism,
and always spoke of him In the
igbeet terms."
wuiiaa 8*ji ? ?iu Mnit lUltU II.
Baai^v, 4pril 12.?Emperor William,
i a speech at the Marine Academy at
ILpI, said that the navy would have to
IJnme the chief offensive role in the
ext war, and mfst eijijefvor to annihilie
tba enemy by a grand conn. Tjje
utiee of tba nm would repemWe thpse
I cavalry on shoie. The pext German
illitary manoouvree, he said, would be
ondncted on the strategic principles of
be English system, which alone reemble*
warfare.
THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN LEAGUE.
Arrangement)! Perfected for a Monitor j
HMtlni In Cincinnati?The BpMkm.
Nxw York, April 12.?The arrangements
far the forthcoming annual convention
of the Republican League of the
United States have been completed. The
convention will probably be the largeat
one In the history of the League. The
seeaiona will begin at Muflic Hall in Cincinnati
at noon on April 21. There will
be 1,010 delegates. There will be two
delegatee-at large from each State organization
of the League, and two delegates
from each Congressional district
in which there are oae or more permanent
Republican clubs, together with
the President and Secretary of escb
State League.' All officer* of tbe National
League are delegates ex-officio.
The National Secretary, Andrew B.
Humphrey, will open headquarters for
.tie National League officers at the
Srand Hotel, Cincinnati, on Saturday,
April 18. The twenty-fire Republican
:lubs at Cincinnati have perfected ar'angements
for the comfort of tho delerates
and the snccees of the convention.
}n the evening of April 21 a Republican
moss meeting will be held in the
;reat Muaic Hall, which has a capacity
if 10,000. Tbe meeting will be under
he auspices of the League. Among the
peakers Invited are Hons. James G.
Jloine, Cbauncey M. Depew, John U.
I.iooner, ex-Secretary W. 8. Allison, ,
Jeneral Russell A. Alger, ex-Qovernor ,
. B. Foraker. William McKinley, Jr., \
nd Tnomas B. Reed, of Maine. ,
TWO OF HI,ALU'S FlilttXDS '
Sported to Hat* Seeu nim About tho I
Preaidentlal N imtaatlou la 1809. (
New York, April 12.?A spccial to tbe ,
'an from Washington says: "Secretary <
llaine, smarting under the unmannerly '
iterference bv the President in bis Ca- !
adian negotiations, has assured some
f his friends that ho would not with*
raw his name if entered in the Presiential
race in 1802. According to the
fun two of Mr. Blaine's friends, citizens
fa distant State, called on himThuraay
night and demanded his consent
aat they should no work fixing np their
elegation for Blaine in the National
Jonvention in 1892. Mr. Blaine, accord*
]g to these men, said that he could
ot be a candidate against Mr. Harrison,
nd was himself for Harrison's nominaon.
To thid one of the callers retpondd:
We don't want Harrison and the
auntrv doeenot want him. We want
ou. While it is true that you can't
jme out as a candidate, you can promle
us and other friends that if we go to
ork for you you won't withdraw your
ame or write any letter of declination,
/ill you promise' that?
"Mr. Blaine's friends say be will promle,
and they left him determined to go
ome and whoop it up for Blaine in
392."
Ulklna for the War Portfolio.
New York, April 12.?A rumor is cur*
int in political circles here that Stephen
i. Elkins, the old lieutenant of Secretry
Blaine, to whom more than any
ther Kepublican General Harrison owed
is nomination, iB likely to be made
ecretary of War in the event of General
roctor resigning to become the sncces)r
of Senator Edmunds. Proctor's rescation
is pretty certain. Elkins is
ow in Washington, and his friends here
ty he would not take the place, but
iere are inklings that it is a possible
ling for the President to tender it to
im, and so have two able and astute
oliticians of the younger generation in
is Cabinet as the time comes for the
ezt National Convention. With Foster
nd Elkins pulling the wires for his reomination
no opposition could muster (
trength against him.
Proptor bu Nothing to Say.
"Wasdinpton, D. C., April 12.?Secre?ry
Proctor returned to Washington toay.
Ue declined to say anything re?
arding his reported candidacy for the
enatorship from Vermont, or whether
e contemplated retiring from the CabieL
A MANIAC BUNS AMUCK. j
e Waa n Grip VioUm, and Held the Fort i
Through the Might. I
Cebab Ra pips, lotvA,, April }2.?News c
aa juBt reached here of the terrible '
ork ol Hilco Janeen, a farmer living 1
ear Oleves. While temporarily insane j
om the effccta of the grip, he attempted ,
> kill his wife, and almost succeeded ?
eforc Rev. Mr. Schmidt and Or. Synilng- '
in, who were in an adjoining, room,
ame to her assistance.
He turned upon them and gave the
lev. Air. Schmidt a terrible cut in the
ice and severely kicked the doctor. He
lien daahed up stairs, where he held
ae crowd olT until the next morning,
leinhart Abbas attempted at one time
) lead the party to his capture, but on
eacbing the ton of the stairway was
truck op the liead with a heavy piece
f wood. Hia skull waa fractpreil, and
; la feared be will die. Jansen finally
uietod down, and baa been taken to
irundy Centre.
cmc.iu0 mm uokkified
Ij Having the Refute of a College d(l>
Meeting ~lioom Untyped Near their
Homo.
Chicago, April 12.?Residents In the
icinity of Doreey and North avenues
rere startled and horrified this afternoon
t tight of the decomposing ahreda of
mman flesh contained jn ten pineboxos
rhich bad been dumped in a clay hole
y two men who drove hastily away.
'ba police authoritiea were noticed and
mally located the two men. They
iroved to pe the janitor and a stqdent .
if a local medicar college.' The remain; |
ire thoie of subjects which- bad been [
lisaeoted and were Ijeing taken to the j
ollege dumping-ground. The load waa
oo heavy, however, and when the .
a . I ? ik. I . 1. - I
wnggu gut BiuwK iuiua IUUU mo uiou
brew oul the boxes and drove back to i
bo allege where they were arrested.
??T
lllg Railroad Lnwjir Dead. I
PlTTBBOaoii, Pa., April 12.?Sews was
received to-diiy of the death of John H.
Hampton, Kjq , pi Pittsburgh, at erood,
V. ). Mr. Hampton aiity- ,
three years ol age and vaa the (eafjinj
jorporation lawyer of Western Pennsylvania,
baring la chargo the legal bual.
Bess of the Pennaylvania railroad aystem,
both eaat and west. He waaa law
partner of Congreeiman Daliell, and at
gne time prominent in politica.
Sluffvr Wl'e ItapltioO.
Pbovidknci, k I., April iS.?Mrs.
Jobp L. Sailivan, whoae maiden name
fat Anna BUM ijates, aoij f how borne
was at CentreTille, this State, vu baptlaed
publicly in Long Pond, under the
aoapjcea of the 8alvaUon Army, to-day.
For a long time put ahe haa been one of
the Army leaders, and ahe claims to have
made many converts.
Bui* Ualt damn
4.t St. Loua over |5,pou people wit.
neaaed the game. St. Louis, 1Q; Cincinnati,
2. Blta, 13 and 7; errors, Cincinnaii,
?j gtchere, BtivlUa and Crane.
At jyiuiavilll. attendance 7,228. Score.
Louisville, JO: Columbus, 8.' Pilchera,
Dalley and Dolan t errors, 3 and |); hits
14 and V; umed 3 and 2,
MRS. JAMES 6JLA1NE, JB.
Said to Want a Divorce so that
She may Marry again.
AN INTERESTING STORY TOLD
About a Former Sit. do Ohantel Student
Who Huh Already Achieved
Considerable Notoriety?Prominent
Peoplo Figure.
N?w Yobk, April 12.?It is reported
tbit Mrs. James G. Blaine, Jr., formerly
Mule Nevins, is about to take np her
residence in South Dakota, and that she
will live there long enough to obtain an
absolute divorce from the youngest son
of Secretary of State Blaine. She has
been contemplating taking this step for
gome time, but it has been carefully
kept secret
Young Blaine's sudden and secret departure
for Europe a few weeks ago
under the wing of Special Envoy John
W. Foster, was not altogether in the
interest of reciprocity with Spain or of
Ibe diplomatic service. He left the
Muntry, so it is averred, to avoid the
isrving of divorce papers upon himself
l>v his wife. The probable termination
)i the contemplated proceeding haa a
romantic tinge to it, in tbe marriage of
lira. Blaine, after tbe divorce, to tbe
nan who saved her life. For some lime
hero haa been a rumor current that tbe
livorce would be followed by tbe mar- ?
iage of Mrs. Blaino to one of tbe moat
uninont professional men in this city;
rat tbe aatoniabing andlinterestiug fact
hat among their friends this rumor has
ilready become almost a conviction that
he happy man ia Dr. William Tilling*
iaat Bali, to whose skill Mrs. Blaine's '
:ure ia attributed, ia now made public
or tbe first time. 1
As young Mra. Blaino ia a Catholic, aa 1
ill her family have been, and aa the 1
Catholic Church ia not supposed to sane- 1
ion divorces among it members and ia
iven known positively to prohibit them,
ponder naturally arises, but Mra. Blaine
laa been assured by Archbishop Oorri- 1
[an, as well as by Bishop Watterson, of
yolombuB, Ohio, that when ber divorce
ias been secured a special dispensation 1
rill be forthcoming from the Catholic j
Jhurcb validating it from tbe stand*
lointof church law andethicsand recog- '
rising her still as a faithful daughter of .
be Church. From BiBhop Watterson,
it least, who was her pastor and tutor 1
ind lifelong friend and advlaer, her ]
piritunl father, indeed, this assurance '
jaturally brought great comfort to heh 1
la the selection of her counsel ber 1
riends showed great astuteness. Ex- 1
Governor George Hoadly, of Ohio, now 1
i resident of New Yoik, has never so far 1
s ia known, been associated with divorce
proceedings but iu two other cises.
These were the suits brought by Mrs. i
Cate Chose Sprague against the young
t ar Governor of Rhode Island, and the
iroceedings between Edmund-H. Penlleton,
of Cincinnati, and his wifo.
Her attorneys, DeLancey Nicoll, Rob- [
>rt 0. Ingersoll and, finally, Judge '
loadley, had advised her that it would 1
to impossible to procure a divorce uu- I
ler the laws of the State of New York <
vitbout possessing criminal evidence of )
oung Blaine's unworthiness from the '
tandpointof morality. One of her at- '
orneys engaged detectives and placed (
hem on. young Blaine's track iu Wash- J
ngton for weeks, with what results they
ire unwilling to disclose, aa Mra. Blaine '
lerself finally said to them that under j
io circumstances would ahe sue for a <
livorce from tbe father of her child on <
uch grounds. ?
Khnrtlv after thoir first; spnaratinn. <
tlra. Blaine's friends were strongly inilined
to press her to bring suit against 1
he Blainea for alienating the affections 1
?f her hpsfjand, the suit to be especially
lire cted against Mrs. Blaine. Sr. That
bey haye thought better of this plan !
nay be understood from tho present at- ;
itude.
Ex-Governor Hoadly opened thene- 1
(otiations with Secretary Blaine through
Stephen B. Elkine, by suggesting that
Mrs. Blaine, Jr., would accept a divorce
n any State in which it conld bo proiured
for non-support and make no claim
or alimonv or support if she were given
ostody of her child. The reply to this
ntimation was a visit from Emmons 1
31aine to Judge Hoadly'a office, which
esulted in no conclusion being reached,
md was immediately followed by young
Jlaine's departure for Europe. I
Inquiries were made of Judge IIoad- )
y as to whether Mrs. Blaine, Jr., desired
o have tho divorce drawn bo that she ,
night remarry, but upon that topic the ,
Jlaines got no satisfaction, the Judge ]
imply saying that so. beautiful aud aclomplishcd
a young woman, with so
uaoy admirers, might want to marry or
nigbfnot want to marry, and ought to (
>e at liberty to do as she pleased. Let- i
era have passed between the parties inerested,
in which inquiries have been j
nade by the BlQinps aa to (be develop- (
nent and capacities of the child, wbich
s now a bouncing boy of about three
rears, and intimating also tbat Mr. and
tfrs. Blaine, Sr., propose to have somehing
to say as to his education.
This is tho first time the Blaines have i
ihown any attention to their grandchild,
ind it has caused young Mrs. Blaine's '
riends to believe that they intend to
n8ke a struggle for the possession of the
ihild. It is this conviction and the sudien
withdrawal of the Blaine envoys
roin the negotiations with Judge j
Hoadly, which were conducted through
itepben p. E-kins* that have, it is said, .
iggravated Mrs. Blaine's latest izjdia- j
rasilion and now postponed her depar- ,
ure for Dakota.
When asked the correctness of the rejort
conncpting his name with tbe negotiations
atjovo described. Mr. Elfins
laid, reluctantly: "Therp has been some- 1
ibing like this going on, but I cannot
itate juBt what the present status of
;hese negotiations in."
But the status herein described is
known to be exact. Ex-Governor George
Hoadly was seen at his office, No. 120
Broadway. He said: "I cannot discuss
tli? matin-, a* mv relations with Mrs.
Divine's are of a confident! natnte.il
Dr. William T. Dull Oral; began to treat
Mrs. Blaipe when ahe went to the New
fork hotel to Iiye ylth her (pother,
niter ahe hid been forced to retire from
the atace bv inflammatory rheumatism.
Dr. Ban la not only one of the handlomrat
medical men In tbe world, bnt
be atanda undonbledly at|the head ol tbe
surgical branch of bla profeaaion in thia
country. He waa the first American
nrgeon to perform laparotomy ?occeselully
for gunshot wonnda of the abdomen,
and baa since lic-n in tbe van of
the Uar^og ani^?i;cctte|ql operators in
Dr Ball is'a mill of aboot six feet in
hfjghtb, erect as a aoldler, alert and
l(t(ft of (Igure, with a ycipe expreaaive
of great reaolution and tirmnew, a large
striking gray eye, a drooping brown
muatache, square forehead, atralgbt
noae and cloeely trimmed, wavy, irongray
hair. Hla mannera are an agreeable
mingling of thoee of tbe man of tbe
World and the phjiifl?n hardened to the
exhibition of human nutferin^. Value
of R Tooth*
Boston, April 12 ?A suit for $2,000
bu'lieen instituted against Dr. U. 1?.
Mayo, a dentist, by i|ra. Jane J. Fowle.
She chargea that an apprentice in bia
office pal ltd the wrong tooth ^thile she
wu nnder the effect of gat.
CANVA8SI.VU CHICAGO'S KLEOHOS.
A Precloct Jadc? Kaiit to Jail For Op?nlui
m llnllot-Ui's.
Chicago, April 12. ? The Board of
Election Commissioners met yesterday
(or the purpose of taking op the can vara
of votea caat at the city election. The
Board first procoeded to hear evidence
in the matter of the alleged misconduct
of Dennis Sheeban, one of the Judges
of Election in the Nineteenth Precinct
of the Twentieth ward. Sheehan ia the
man for whose arrest a bench warrant
was isaued yeaterday on complaint of
the Chairman of the Republican Campaign
Committee.
It waa shown that Sheehan had opened
the ballot box after 8. P. Harris, a Republican
Judge, bad refused to deliver
tbe keys. Sheehan was locked up in
jail for an hour, when he waa releaaed
on bail.
The result of tbo vote In this ward, as
canvassed, shows a loss of 20 votea by
Cregier; of 6 by Waahburne.andof 2 by
Harrison.
Warrants have been isaued for the arrest
of Election Judges Cumminga and
Flaherty. The charges againat them are
aix in number, alleging a variety of
crooked work with tbe ballots.
Chairman Nye, of tbe Republican
Campaign Committee, has submitted tbe
evidence which he haa gathered in regard
to irregularities at the late election
to State'a Attorney I/jngenecker, who
aaya that he will eubmit it to the grand
jury on Monday for ita action. The
namea of tbe persona accused and the
exact nature 01 me oneness are wituheld.
^
Tilltl) iil TUK COLONELS.
Conclusion of tUs Court-Martini of Kx>
Uoinmundar-lQ-Chlef Payne, of tha Sons
of V?t?r?ns.
Indianapolis, April 12.?Tho trial of
Walter 8. Payne, of Fostoria, Ohio,
Ex-Commander-in-Chief, Bona of Veterana,
for embezzlement, began last Friday
night. Ho waa tried in 1880 and
Jishonorably diacharged from the
srder, and waa, on appeal, granted a '
new trial. The mamberaof the board 1
appointed to try Colonel Payne, j
who were present, -were: D. W.
Wood, of Anderson, lad., Judge i
Advocates; Charles F. Griffin, of in- i
dianapolis, ex-National Commander, i
President of the Court; Colonel John I
W. Newton, Winchester, Ind.; Colonel 1
George W. Harvey, Danville. Ind.; i
Beorge B. Stadden, Springfield, ill.; |
Colonel H. W. Fuller, Milwaukee. I
Colonel Payne waa represented by J. G. I
Winifried, of Indianapolis, and O. J. <
Ross, of Hilleboro, Ohio. The cxamina- i
sion of witnesses was concluded last eve- 1
ning, and the finding reported to Na:ioaal
headquarters at Topeka, Kan.,
where, if acquitted, the result will be
made public at once, but if convicted '
will not be pnbliahed until after a review
of the evidence by the Command- '
jr-iu-Chief.
SPKECKKLS AGAIN DENIES J
Clio llutnorit That thn Output of His Bettn- j
erlea la to be ll?atrlcte<l.
Pui la Delphi a, April 12.?With an j
tmphasis that did not admit of any mis- (
mderatanding, C. A, Spreckels, of the \
Spreckels refinery, last night placed the (
leal of denial upon the latest story rela- <
,ive to the restriction of the output of (
rngar from the local establishment. The 1
eport had its inception in a dispatch I
rora Boston to the effect that the Ptoil- t
idelphia Sugar King had entered into
in Agreement with the American Sugar (
Refining Company, whcFeby the home %
production was to be limited to 2,000 ]
parrels a day, in return for which con- 1
session the Havemeyer and Elder com*
jination in San Francisco waa to be (
:losed, thereby leaving Messrs. Spreck- <
?1b in undisputed poBseaslon of the Pa- .
:ific coast market. j
"You may say," Mr. Spreckels re- j
narked with calm deliberation and de- j
:iaiveness. "that the report is absolutely i
without foundation. \ do not know
?i - !. ii.. :?I T_ .1.? ,
WUyjllHBU UII^Ul'JJWJ ICVIVCU, 4U 11IU (
lace of all we can eay tbe newspapors >
keep on bringing it up again and again.
The Spreckels refinery will continue to
be operated at its fullest capacity, some |
seven thousand barrels of. sugar per day. ,
No proposition bas come to us, either
directly or indirectly, looking to the restriction
of tbe output. Noeuchpropo- ,
sition has been considered by us, and I
would like jrou to say unreservedly, that
no such project would receive tbe slight- i
est attention from us."
Hovel Mode of Sololdc.
Osaoe Citt, Kab., April 12.?John
Carroll, a coal miner, committed suicide
:bis morning. He placed a dynamite
srtridge in bia month and lit the fuss
irlth a match. The explosion blew off
bia head.
TUB KKWSjN BKIEK
A dispatch to Halifax from King's
Cove Bays 200 families aro In a state of
itarration. i
Thn bodies of 451 of tbe passongera o(
the Utopia bare been recovered, leaving '
84 victims unaccounted for.
A dispatch from Ban Diego states that
ex-Governor Waterman died last evening
of pneumonia, after a brief illness.
The Paxton Hotel at Omaha was destroyed
by fire laat night One fireman
was killed and three wounded. J<oes
about 138,000.
Dr. Eben Tourjee, tho founder and for .
many years the director of the New England
Conservatory of Music, in Boston, 1
died early this morning after a long Hi- 1
ness. !
The New Orleans gland jury is ex- |
pected to report during the coming ,
week apd among other things it Is Bald
that the confession of Polit? will lie used 1
In the report. I
Ex-Speaker Reed passed through Paris 1
without seeing anybody. He did not
even call at tbe United States Legation.
He spsnt only a few hours in the olty.
He is now in Italy.
Oaptain Boil, Sr., a survivior of the '
massacre at Manipnr, denies the stories
in regard to British ill-usage of tbe natives.
He asserts that the Maoipurs
fired first on the British.
A priie fight between Tom Kinnird,
tbe "Michigan Cyclone," and M'ke
(jueena'n, of uhicagd, at Milwaukee yesterday
alternoqn. was won by Kinnord.
t)neenon was badly punished.
There were ninety-one immigrant*,
principally Italians, debarred from
landing at the Barge Office in New York
during the paat week. Twenty-three
escaped, however, and one wag released
on bonds.
From Little Bock comes a report that
M. 8. Good, charged with forgery in
Nebraska, killed James P. Braxton, an
officer from Nebraska, who Wad trying
fcl.^'^!3rgSn^u,8?rmW
wonnded.
The Scran top Steel Company, of Pbiladolphia,
baa filed a petition in Circuit
Oonrt No. 1, at Baltimore, aiking that a
receiver be appointed for the Baltimore
<& Eastern Shore railroad. The company
alleges that the railroad owes for steel
raila to tho amount of $300,000.
By (be fall oi a wall'at the corner oi
Race and Fifth street*, In Cincinnati,
Saturday, IS stonemasons were buried.
By good Iirtune 13 extricated tbenielfea
without injury of a aefiooa nature; Paul
Glenn, thelelgbUen-year-dld son of the
contractor, was liken ont a corpse, and
William Gibson, a stonemason, seed
fifty, *as entirely buried. lie was dead
I when his body waa found.
A MOB OF MASKED HEN
Take Alex. Foote, the Murderer
of Watchman Mi-sdows, j
FROM THE PRINCETON JAIL j
And String Iiim up to a Tree?He j
Confessed to Four Murder*. t
rublloSentloient Approves fl
the Deed. ?
t
Special DUpntch to the Intr'liqcnccr. C
Bluekield, W. Va., April 12.?Ale* jj
Foote, tbe negro who murdered Watch- t''
man J. J. Meadows last Tuesday, an ac- tl
count of which waa published In the u
IitTxmaxNciR, was taken from tbe 81
count; jail by a mob of masked men gi
about 1 o'clock this morning and lynched f<
on tbe farm of a man named Graybongh, o
near Princeton. 11
Fnnta cnnfpRHPil In killincr Mondnu-N on
Thursday, saying at the time that "II G
that ball did sot kill him a streak of P
forked lightning wouldn't." He pre- ?'
served a spirit of bravado to the end.
There is a feeling of general satis- F
taction over the affair, as all citizens tr
thought he ought to be mads an example <]<
of. Ue also confessed just before he was p.
strung up, to killing three more men, d<
one in Pocahontas, Va., one in Kadford, tt
Va, and one in Kentucky. ai
ALMOST A iilMuHxU H
Iu tbe Streets or Mew York Yesterday Hternunii.
N?w York, April 12.?This city came QJ
near being the scone uf a lynching this h,
afternoon, and it was only the timely ar- w
rival of the officer that saved young JoBeph
Davis from being strung up to a [J
lamp poet. fn
arhe clothes line bad already boen pro- dr
vided and tbe mob was hustling Davis
ilong to his doom when he was tb
rocued. The excitement was CI
ill caused by Davis1 cruel tb
treatment of a eixteon-year-old boy. The tb
boy's refusal to buy beer for tbe young tei
man caused tbe brntal assault of the Ni
latter. Ue knocked the boy down and ob
kicked him until he was almost inBenBi- of
bin, and it was this that enraged the on
irowd that set upon him. The boy was lit
leriously injured and Davis was locked of
up. * fai
? dii
thbeh fatal accidents m.
\l niartloiboric?Kleclrlv Street Railway. ii:'
A Political Fliht. [?
S)teeial DUpaleh to the lnUUloenctr. * .1,
Mabtinsiiuho, W. Va , April 12.?A tii
three-year-old child of Thomas Rutherford,
living near Bunker Hill, thiocoun;y,
was burned to death yesterday morn- (,j
ng. Mrs. Rutherford was cleaning th
>rush oS tbe garden, and having made pa
leveral unsuccessful attempts to light It, pa
irent to a neighbor's house to procure
lowe assistance. In her absenco an <m
ilder child succeeded in starting it; it
:aught to tbe dreesof the little one and 1/1
lefore it could be extinguished she was bo
lurned so badly that Bhe died in a abort th
i nit'. ap
Fred Lynx, a brakeman on tho B. A taj
3. railroad, living in thin city, hail an [r(
irm and a leg cut off Friday night at th
Patterson's creek. lie diod in a few nn
jours afterwards. tei
John McNamee, a well-known citizen an
if this city, and a night car examiner to
in the B. & 0., was struck by train No. pa:
1 yesterday morning and so seriously P|
injured that he died about 0 o'clock. He Di
had been In the employ ol tbe company to
[or thirty-five years. He leaves a wife ev
md tbree sons. mi
Tbe Martineburg Street Railway ac
Company met yesterday and elected the u<
following officers: President, John B. th
Wilson; Vice President, Sheriff Obas.
II. Miller; Secretary and Treasurer, ce
Stuart W. Walker; Board of Directors, w|
Ino. B, Wilson, Geo. M.Baker, Stuart ve
W. Walker, Ohss. 11. Miller and John gg
W. Walker. It waa decided to run the Tl
cars by electric power and to commence nc
work In a very short time. of
Tbe engineering corps which tbe Msr- pe
tinsborg Mining, Manufacturing and |n
improvement Company employed to lay Bi
oil their land in streets, finished yester- 0f
day. The survey makes about 3,000 vi
new lota and forty-two new streets, be- ds
sides portions devoted to manufacturing Ct
plants.
There is likely to be a warm contest b<
[or the office of Oonnty Superintendent at
of Free Schools. D. H. Dodd, a Demo- to
tratand the present incumbent, has an- el
oounced.bimselt a candidate, and James w
B. Gregory, also a Democrat, has an- g!
nounced himself a candidate, claiming p<
that Dodd promised bim not to run to
against him this election if be (Gregory) ci
would withdraw from the race two years
igo, which be did. No Republican, as Q|
vet, has announced his candidacy, but
if he should he wonld stand a good Tl
chance of being elected. <
AN OLD-TUB HORSE TUIEC at
Arrested Id Tl|l? HtKto? Um tieen Opera- ^
ling Since the War. Tl
Clakksiicm), W. Va., April 12.?Da- m
rid Walker, a pretended farmer, recently til
irreated at Harrisonvllle on suspicion, M
proved to be Silas G. Slaughter, a noted
lorse thisf, who has made a business of t)|
borse stealing in this State ever sines the re
war. Walker cams to Ritchie four years of
>go, bought a farm and got married. He cr
itole the animal he came in on, and de- q.
lerteda wife and two ebildren at Buck- _|
hannon. Officers failed to trace him, and L
he lias lived comfortably since. Last e,
week be applied forapension uoder bis
real name, giving the authorities a clew
to his whereabout*, and'resulting in bis J
irrest and confession. He was placed in tl]
jail at Buckbannon to-night for trial. eI
Walker is sixty years of age, and told ?
tbe officers that he tfoulija't be obeated
out of many years of l|fe if sent to >?
priMB* _ so
Johnson Will 1'robnbly Hang.
Charleston, W. Va., April 12? p
"Sim" Johnson, the negro who crimi- Tl
nally assaulted Alice Bailey, last Toes- at
dajr,wasi yesterdayJound guilty in the 10
unimuni wiurv* 4uo ju?j idiuiubu
verdict 0/ guilty with no recommendation
an to the sentence, wliich under Ibe ?
law ia death unless otherwise recommended
by the jury. Johnson wUl tben
hang; bnt sentence hag ngt yet been
pronopnpe^L o
? - fr
UrnklD Head! at a Political Bf ting. g]
Dublin) April 12? Messrs. Tanner t1
and Deasy, Nationalist membera of Far- jr
liament, spoke at McOroom to-day. A _
lively scene occurred at the meeting, (he t)
hootlngs o( the opponent* o( the efeak- ii
era being drowned by Ibe cheer* ol o
friends. flotb factions fought fiercely, g
Black thorns were need right and left,
and blood flowed freely. Many persona a
were seriously hart, t
I I I
Ths fop* W?nU u trlih y?W?r*ity. )]
Lokdok, April IS.?The Rome corftf- 1
pondeut of the C'ArpnifZt, aayi that the
Pope boa urged upon Archbiahop (
Walsh the advisability of founding a v
Catholic University in Ireland. 1
GOOD PmBYTBRIANS AMAZBD
At the Beck-Action f witch of m Profeuor,
Who Bwun lie Believes the Scripture*,
ud In Alnioit the Same Breath Denounce*
Them.
New York, ApriJ 12,?Rev. Oharlea A.
Briggs, D. D., Protestor 61 Biblical
Hieology of the Union Theological fc'emnary,
will in all probability bo tried (cr
loresy. Charges of thia character are to
)t) preferred against him at once, and
he General Assembly of the Preabyerian
cbarch, which meets in annual
easions next month In Detroit, will be
*ked to act upon them. Dr. Briggs ia
imenable to tho General Assembly only,
mt aa the ssminary la situated in this
ity the New York Presbytery Is moraly
reaponsible for unsound teachings
rithin its domain. Tho Presbytery will
berofore take the preliminary action in '
be matter at a meeting Monday after- ;
oon in the 8cotch church, Fourteenth ,
treet, thia city.
Dr. Briggs was installed in his profes- '
wshlp on January 20, 1891, taking the illowlng
oath aolemnly, in the presence (
f the Directors and students of the seinlary:
"I believe the Scriptures of the Old 1
ad New Testament to be the word of i
od, the only infallible rule of faith and e
ractice; and I do now, in the presence t
I God and the Directore of tbe semiary.solemnly
and sincerely recxive and '
lopt tho Westminster Confession of c
aith os containing the system of doc- c
ine taught in the Holy Scriptures. 1 ?
3 also iu;lfke manner approve of the f,
resbyterian form of government, and I j
} soiemniy promise mat 1 win not >,
ach or inculcate anything which shall 5,
>pear to me to be subversive of the said u
stem of doctrine or of the principles of q
id form of government, so long as I
tall continue to bo a proftssor in the 4
minary." j,
With this emphatic assurance of his ?
thodoxy still ringing through the n
ill, Dr. Briggs began his address in ?
bich he brushed aside the Westmiu* tl
ar Confession of Faith, and declared ^
e Bible to be a fable and of minor d
jportance to the reason as a rule of iC(
ith. Here is a summary of his ad* h
ess: k
"Three great fountains of divine au* 0
ority?first, the Bible; second, the (j
mrch; third, the reason, and thesa (j
ree must be in harmony. To make ti
em harmouizj the obstructions erec- a|
i by misguided men must be removed.
} one is so obstructed as the Bible. Its
structions are superstitious reverenco
the book?belief in the inspiration of a
ch word?mistake as to its autben:ity,
belief in its inerrancy, acceptance
its miracles as historical truths, the t(
ilure in fulfillment of its minute pre*
ctions. Not until the human race re- u
oves these obstacles can the Bible and o
e Church exert their full power. lie* 8
ove every incumbrance out of tho way si
r a new life; the life of God is moving ei
roughout Christendom. The spring* c<
ne of a new age is about to como." V
Good Presbyterians were amazed at w
e inconsistency between the avowal d
d the address. The New York Pres- tl
tery was expected to act at once in u
e matter, but nearly ninety days
seed in silenoe. The denominational a
pers b
bitterly absaii.ed tub professor. *
ie Presbyteries outside of New York J
ty waited patiently for the New York
dy to take action, but as the time of b
e meeting of the General Assembly
proached expressions decidedly an* ?
gonistic to tho professor were heard
>m many of the Presbyteries. One of *
e Presbyteries in the South demanded ?
investigation of the doctrinal ?
ichings and belief of Dr. Briggs; \
other in Missouri asks the Assembly ?
say whether or not the Union is a d
fe training school for youug men, and Q
liladelphia demands tho dismissal of r(
r. Briggs. These represent the atti*
de taken by the Presbyteries in nearly
ery State in tho Union. With theso JJ
smorials before it the Assembly must J
t, and action over the heads of the 11
jw Yorkers would b3 chagrining to 11
o Eastern Presbytery. 0
The students are very mnch con* 81
rned at an intimation that no places
111 be open to the graduates of this
ar's class and of iuture classes so long ?
Dr. Briggs remains at the seminary.
io orthodox elders of the church are
it herniating in denouncing all forms
heresy, and they are not to be ex*
icted to employ preachers whoee faith 8
the Westminster Confession and tho "
ble has been assailed. The directors *
the seminary, too, have been ad- n
Bed that the next year's crop of stu- "
inta is likely to to short unless some ?
irb is placed upon the fsculty., *
Nearly all the theological students are
mtficiaries of the several Presbyteries, d
id their choice of a seminary is subject G
tho approval of the Presbytery. The J
ithusiasni of Directors and students ('
hich first greeted Or, Bright at the be- 1
nning of his professorship has disap* 8
?ared, and the seminary is now ready J*
second any action looking to the dls* 1
plining of tho Professor. 8
iRMA.M'S I.1VK STUCK ULSl'ELUriONS. J
ie Withdrawn! of tbe Htnb-irgi Post* C
?ooed?Unttl? Impiirtat'luua Inorcavlof. ''
Oiruk, April 12,?The report ot tho '
lolition ol the restrictions against "
merican pork ia entirely premature,
ie truth o( the matter ie, the governent
will not withdraw restrictions nn- ,
tbe new measures under the law of
arch 3 are put into eflicient operation.
Probably live twine will be admitted e
st, following the precedent ol Jivoral- c
>. Concerning pork, it is certainly ir- I
gular that the most extreme methods v
proof be demanded in regard to the c
mditlon of tbe American product, t
bile nothing ia done to test tho auto cf ?
ie home-raised hog. The Schleswig ?
g, whloh is largely slaughtered iu >
amborg, deserves a close microscopic B
lamination, hot does not get it. v
The importation of American cattle t<
owe apace. American dealers seem i
ily now to bi waking up to the fact i,
at tbe restrictions raised against the i,
irly import* oatne from one or two
ins while the othersslumbered. t
The trade is e'rtaln, and if it devolops ,
, the same ratio every month it will (
on assume enormous proportions. The b
Dcial Hamburg Ognree show that the j
lportationa weroin Janiiary HI head, i,
cbruary 4"H hend, March 811 head. r
lie first wrivals at Uremen this week 4
nouutcd to a total of 450 bead. Hither- t
, HflmYinrir hu helil flu. trade.
? 1
iLt MAIKOTBB \YKI.U
uaalan Mo^od^bhu uu 'iK# Oallclan rton.
ttar an n Vul ffcale, g
Bkiius, April 13.?Euct: details conirniog
the Russian movements on the ,
ontler prove thai the increase of troops .
ong the Gallclan frontier amounts to .
telve battaliona. The Pott comment- ,
ig upon the Qovunmoiit-insplred |
Bflpe statements, compare* theu with i
jo rough aaiurance of a doctor watchig
a patient In a sick room and desirous
(stoppinginquiriesbjrsajing: "AllIs
oing well." i
The Politiirh; tyrrfipon'Srr.i, ot Vienna,
nsouuwa that the HI. Petersburg Govfoment
will acquire all the Southern
tussian railway", en aa to form a direct
ne from the Black Sea to tho Baltic,
'be plan is ol great strategic importance.
Four Italians, while boat riding near
(range, Mass., went too near the raplda,
rere swept over the dam and drowned.
<o bodies have been found.
MNCMBASSM
To Kaiser William's Court Getting
Chilly Treatment,
AND HIS RECALL MAY RESULT.
Prlnco Blamarck again beforo tl o
People?Foreign Miner* Looking
to America?Parnp.U
Will Arbitrate.
Fash, April 12? M. Heibstte, tie
French Ambassador to Germany, hie
lent to M. Ribot, tbo French Minister of
Foreign AQairs, a dispatch lull of mlsgirsg
aa to the nature of the Ambassador's
relations with the Berlin Foreign Office.
SI. Iferbette says that Chancellor Von
3?privi treats him with formal polit<
low, while the German Eioperor, who
raa formerly invariably alfable in his
nanner, now speaka curtly and his
hown positive ill-humor toward
frenchmen whom M. Herbetto baa inroduced
at receptions. The news
aueea increased anxiety in government
ircles here. Hitherto, M. Herbette's
wn reports, aa well as other official inDrmution
from Berlin, have shown lhat
&, xxeruufciu wm pcraunu <jnmi wuu jimoror
William, and that trio Ambassador
-aa on the most amicable personal terma
?ith the chiefs of tbe Berlin Foreign
>iBce.
Nothing has occurred between the
embassador and M. Ribot to indicate the
atention of the German government
3 increase the teusion of relations alnady
sufliciently strained. If tbe
'rench government ascertains that
le Kaiser's altered attitude to*
rard M. Herbette arises from
iaaatisfaction over tho treatment re*
sived by Empress Froderick in Parif,
is early recall is certain. 80 far aa
nown in official circles the Kaiaer exnerated
M. Herbette from all blame in
le matter, white M. Kibot considered
le conduct of tbe Ambassador in relaon
to the Paris incident to have been
baolutely correct. .
fkince von bismarck
gala Blade a Central Figaro b/ Xll?
ltelchatag Candidacy.
Berlin, April 12.-?The electoral conist
at Gecstemunde, where Prince Bis*
larck's candidacy for the Reichstag is
ppoBed by candidates belonging to tbe
ocialist and Progressist parties, has asimed
the proportions of a great politi?1
event. The entire interest of the
inntry centers in the result of next
/pdnesday, on which day the polling
rill take place. Princo Bismarck baa
eflnltely accepted the candidature on
lie assurance that he will receive a trimpbant
majority.
Accepting Prince Bismarck's reappearnee
in the Reichstag as certain, every
ody asks what his line of action will be
rhen there. He himself states that ha
111 only sit in the House if political
vents require his intervention.
Count Herbert Bismarck, who has ten
staying in Berlin since Tuesday,
did some of niB friends that events
eemcd likely to hasten his father's roam
to the Reichstag. The pessimist
lews of the foreign situation, pnbliabed
ytheBismarckian press, generally con*
hide with the suggestion that tho
'rince's continued absence from police
is bad for the countrv. There is no
oubt that the renewal of the European
risis is the motive of Prince Bismarck's
turning a leading rolo.
Professor Delbruck, an eminent freo
lonaervative, in an article in tbe Preus
icu Jalirbuclur, predicts misfortune to
le Priuce of the Government. Either
3e ex-Chancellor, he says, will overlrn
tho Government to realize power,
r he will be crushed and end his life in
loom andshame.
foreign coal umbbs
[ay Want to Form an Alliance with Amer*
loan Miner*' Unluna.
Aprn is.?iqb leauers ol tho
scent Minors' Congress are arranging to
ppoint a general strike executive comlittee,
composed ot representatives of
rench, English, German and Belgian
liners. The Executive Committee will
leet in Brussels il the Government permit,
during the coming general strike in
lelglum.
Telegrams received from German
eleiates announce that the conference
if miners at Bochun, on receiving a reiort
of tho action ol the Paria Congress,
ecided that in tho event of a strike in
lelglum, unless German collieries enage
not to furnish Belgium with coal,
he German miners should also strike,
'lie English delegates also guarantee to
top the export of coal. If the new sysem
nf drawing upon coal in America
reakens their position in the struggle
rith tho masters, the committee will
>pen communications with American
ininns. The strike agitations in Amer;n
are watched with a keener interest,
s having a probable bearing upon
European strikers.
liONDUYi HXANWI. AH'AIKS.
'be CoDilltlon* Muw KiUllos hi lha
World'* MntrwpolU?Bull way SscurfttM.
Lonuoh, April 12.?Money was eiuij
arly in tho woek, but tightened on suc(issive
withdrawals of gold for Germany.
)iecount hardened during t'ue woek, and
ras quoted at 2j to 2, On the Stock Exhangs
business was moro active, and
here was a higher range of prices in
very drpart.ueat. American railway
ecuritlrs aru notably reviving. The
few York hull movement give an Intant
Impetus here. Operators hail been
raiting reddy to respond to any oympotus
oi a steady boom, and dealings
loth with the public und speculators
ave been considerable during the luc
bw days.
The beet symptom yet manifested is
he general satislactiou with the suspnnion
of rash payment by the Argentiaa
iovernincnt. This, it is thougut, will
irlng things to n head. Mr. I'lerponb
Ionian, of New York, who lies arrived,
9 taking au active part in the adjustnun!
nf thn pnnBi'iiliui"" nf ll.n U
v. ..... wl IUD UBUIIK
lisaater anil the Argentine trouble. He
hinks utTairs in America are in a mucU
letter way than here. Ho leavea lor
farls early this wait.
THB I'AU.'U.l. oLUHQS,
Ipaaklug Through UarrUxtw, la (Titling
to ArUtrro.
Losdoh, April 12.?la an interview
Ciuiotliy Uarritig'-ou baa said he waa ?:
kH?d with the rcaoiationa paated by tha
Iriab National league ol America, at ita
.-ooocli in Cincinnati, in regard to au
interchange of views between I'arneil
iud himself and the President and Secretary
ot the League.
Mr. Harrington dusland be and Mr.
Fame II would be glad to receive any
?nfjgcstloos from tne American Executive
Committee, end I'arneil and bia colleagues
would welcome any tftistance
from America with a view to settling tbe
exiting trouble in the Irish party and.
to effect a reunion of warring factions.
>utu.
WAR^KI?At Ml hone In Kar.rlro, Twin.,,
on f)iti<1ay oiuruiDK, Apwl u. l&ui, ALtxANnr.it
Wahn?K, ?u iii IdW ol I). V.
a?e<l 40
Fauernl TuwiUy aflcruoon, llih hut.

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