"f'S T(; . Transient Advertisements, ',"' INCLUDING WANTS, TO LETS, FOR SALES. ETC.,. FOR TO-MORROW'S ISSUE : T Should be handed In at tbe main advertising v- -; j office of The Dispatch, Fifth avenue, np to ,, midnight iX.X JFQRTY-K)TJIITH YEAH OUtl HASJS WAY. jThree of His Pennsylvania Se lections Secure the Prizes, but THERFSTROUBLE BREWING. The Junior Senator Has Tet to Seitle With Mr. Cameron. 'HOW BOUND WIS PUT IN THE TUEEEN. iAShart Story Based on Events of the Fait Few Months 3Ir. Bound Determtnrd to Get eiomethtng Good or He'll Know Why The Prohibition Fight Against the New Philadelphia Collector of Internal "Revenue John It Lynch Stlra Dp a Hornet's Nest in Ilia Own Race Circles Harden Edwards' Plan of Getting Even With the Administration. Although Senator Quay's three men, 'Gilkeson, Holliday and Martin, pulled through and were nominated, yesterday, for the place to which they aspired, the victory is not without its drawbacks. Gilkeson and Holliday were Quay's second choice after .pledges made to Bound and Butan, it is , claimed, and the nomination of Mr. Martin lias caused the Prohibition Republicans of Philadelphia to squirm and feel ugly. Fourth Auditor Lynch has also been getting into hot water by appointing his sister-in-law his Private Secretary. rEFXCUL tilegbjuc to tkx dispatch. Washington, May 24. The appoint ments of Mr. S. V. Holliday, of Pennsyl vania, to be Commissioner of Customs, and , Benjamin F. Gilkeson, of Pennsylvania, to be Second Controller, and David Martin, of Philadelphia, to be Collector of Internal "Bevenue for that city, are entirely of Mat thew Stanley Quay's procuring, but the circumstances attending them are calculated to make trouble in the State. Ex-Congressman Franklin Bound, of Harrisburg, was originally a candidate for Commissioner of Customs, and was strongly urged by Senator Cameron, who is a great friend of his. Sena tor Quay, however, had a candidate in the person of State Senator Butan. After the friends of Bound and Butan had antagon ized each other for awhile, Quay and Cameron and Osborne and some other mem bers of the Pennsylvania delegation had a conference, and Quay proposed that Penn sylvania shonld demand both the offices and should push Butan for Commissioner of Customs and Bound for Second Controller. Promised BXore Than Thev Conld Gee TTnis was assented to, and 'Bound trans ferred his candidacy to the Controllership. But when the Pennsylvania went to the Treasury Department Secretary "Windom told them that they could not have both places; they could have either one if they would all agree on a candidate, and so the natter was held np, and in the meantime Bntan's health became so poor that his ap pointment was out of the question. Bound 'then had a claim on the united Pennsyl vania support for the Commissionership of Customs, but his friend Cameron went away and left matters to take care of themselves, hut Quay did not. The latter had been planning all along to get his friend Gilkeson appointed Solicitor of Internal Bevenne, and had an agreement with the Ohio men that they should have the Assistant Com missionership and Pennsylvania the Solicitorship of Internal Bevenue. Ohio Wanted One Little Show. The Ohio men got the first, and waiting till Qnay had gone off tor a few days' rest, they jumped in and got the Solicitorship for Alphonso Hart. Ever since tbat Qnay has been determined that Gilkeson should get some good appointment, and instead of giving his support to Bound for the Com missionership of Customs, when Butan dropped out, he sprang a new candidate of his own, S. V. Holliday. A few days ago he came back to Washington and filed his demands in behalf of Holliday and Gilke son, with the President, in such emphatic terms that to-day these two men were ap pointed. So Pennsylvania gets the two offices which Secretary Windom told them they could not have when Butan and Bonnd were the agreed-on candidates, and yet Bound, the original and the Cameron candi date for the commissionership and the can didate of both Senators and most of the Congressman for the Controllership is left out entirely, and CuaJ ucis nicrjiuiUK uugvimeraa Jioiuing. f .Now Bound has got to get something i good or there is going to be trouble in the Bepublican camp. Cameron's friends are very angry at him for going off and leaving "-"" all his friends to the mercy of Quay, with results that might have been anticipated. In the appointments, anticipated for sev eral days in The Dispatch, of Holliday, Gilkeson.and Martin, the Keystone State got bo much that none of her representatives hothered the President to-day. Mr. Holli day gets the least desirable of these places in point of salary, the pay being $4,000 a year. Mr. Gilkeson, as Second Controller, will have $S,000, and Martin will have $4,500 and lots of patronage. Mr. Holliday succeeds General McCalmont, also a West ern Pennsylvonian.trom the town of Frank lin. He was not appointed in the early days of Cleveland's administration, as Judge Johnson's Snore Manner and fascinating presence so told upon the affections of Mr. Cleveland that he was per mitted to remain Commissioner long alter he had offered his resignation. Judge Johnson is a citizen of thelovely city of Meadville, and held the office fcfr long years, almost from the time of the war: in fact, before Democratic success brought a member of the old and influential family of the McCalmonts on tbe scene. Thus a citi zen of Meadville was succeeded bysa citizen of Franklin, and he in turn by a citizen of Erie, the ownership or the office by West ern Pennsylvania being clearly recognized. For some time it was thought ex-Commissioner Johnson would be reappointed. Then : Hon. C. L. Gilfillan, of Franklin, made a 2(L.ne dash for the place, and Holliday seemed j .... v, ..ut ncu .ucj nbbwiA uc bclcu Jockey Quay gave an encouraging whoop to the Brie man and he came under the wire w alenthahaaofthe genial Franklin ex Congress&jja. Martin Apposed br Prohibitionists. As for the appointment of David Martin to ,be Collector of Internal Bevenue at Phila delphia, that threatens to give the party more trouble than either of the other Penn sylvania appointments made to-day. It is charged that Mr. Martin is hand-in-glove with the liquor interests of the State, and only this morning an emphatic protest was received against his appointment, signed by many Prohibitionists of Philadelphia. It is even charged that Mr. Martin is collecting money to aid in defeating the prohibitory amendment in the June election, Mr. McManes being sponsor of this allegation. In connection with this appointment, ex-Attorney General Palmer said last night: Can't Smother Its Own Baby. "Mr. Martin is a candidate for an im portant office under the national Govern ment, and as a Bepublican, on account of his connection with the anti-Prohibition movement, he could not expect other than that emphatic protests against his selection would be made. The Prohibition move ment is a Bepublican baby, and they can't afford to smother it in the cradle." The only other Pennsylvania appoint ments which appear to be immediately in view are some consulships, of which Alle gheny county expects to get at least two or three. Secretary Martin, of the Amalga mated Association, is said to be sure of one of them, but what other selections have been made from among eight or ten candi dates is not disclosed, though a friend of Senator Quay insists that the five or six named in The Dispatch a week ago will get there shortly Morris, Spear, Sewell, Martin and Stevenson. Messrs. John Jarrett and John T. Wilson left this city this evening. Mr. Wilson had a pleasant visitat Secretary Blaine's to-day, and is encouraged to think that his suit for a consulship will be granted. Mr. Wilson King still remains at the Kormandie Hotel, at which Secretary Blaine is also a guest LYNCH IN HOT WATER. The Colored Orator Appoints His Slster-In-Zaw His PrlTnto Secretary A Va cancy Made Thnt Colored Peo ples Don't Hope to Fill. rsrxciAt. txligbax to the bisfatcb.i WASHlNGTOS7May24. John B. Lynch, the Mississippi colored politician who was so conspicuously honored by President Har rison in being made Fourth Auditor of the Treasury, finds himself in hot water with his colored brethren. The first official act of the new Auditor was to appoint Mrs. Som erville to be his confidential secretary. She is a colored lady, and happens to be the sister-in-law of Mr. Lynch. She has been a clerk in tbe Sixth Auditor's office, and her transfer leaves a vacancy which can only be filled through the hopper of the Civil Service Commission. The colored people thus lose the clerkship which she formerly held, and are amusing themselves saying hard things about Mr. Lynch. The varions colored men who are in Wash ington seeking offices have done a great deal of talking on the subject, and are unanimous in expressing indignation at Lynch's act of nepotism. They say it would have been much more generous for him to have chosen some well known and influential young colored man for his secre tary, and lefc Mrs. Somerville in the com fortable berth which she already had. Some of tbe dissatisfied colored men, however, are inclined to think that Mr. Lynch was only desirous of emnlating the spirit of family favoritism shown by his eminent chief, President Harrison. PBErTI WELL SCATTERED. The President Showers His Favors Over the Whole Conntry. Washington, May 24. The President made the following appointments to-day: B. F. Gilkeson, of Pennsylvania, to be Second Controller of tbe Treasury. & 8. Holliday, of Pennsylvania, to be Com missioner of Customs, Treasury Department. David Martin, to be Collector of Internal Bevenne for tbe Philadelphia district. William R. Day, of Ohio, to be United States District Judge for the Northern district of Ohio. To be attorneys of the United States: Abial Lathrop. of South Carolina, for the District of South Carolina; Joseph N. Stripling, of Florida, for the Northern district of Florida; Harry R. Jeffords, of Arizona, for the Territory of Arizona; John W. Herron, of Ohio, for the Seuthern district of Ohio. To be United States Marshals: John It Ml sell, of Florida, for tbe Northern district of Florida; Charles P. Hitch, of Illinois, for the Southern district of Illinois. Edward R. Gunbv, of Florida, to be Collector of Customs for the District of Taiapa, Fla. Frederick E. Owens, First Assistant Engi neer in the Bevenue service of the United States. Henry O. Slayton. Second Assistant Engi neer in the Revenue service of tbe United States. Charles S Zane, of Utah, to Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Utah. HATE TO CALL EVEEI DAI. Senators Blair and Hlscock Necessary to Ran the While Home. EFrCIAL TELIGBAM TO TltK DISPATCH.! Washington, May 24. This being Cabinet day, the visitors at the White House were few in number. Blair and Hiscock, who call nearly every day, know ing things don't move smoothly unless thev take a hand, were the only representative's of tbe benate. The most interesting inci dent of the visitors' hour was the call of a delegation of local veterans of tbe late war, who urged the President to accept an invi tation to attend the G. A. B. memorial ser vices Sunday evening at the Metropolitan M. E. Church, where General Grant's old pew has been decked with flags in honor of the dead chieftain and for the occupance of the President Mr. Harrison readily promised that he and Secretary Halford would be there, and possibly the entire executive household would attend with them. ESGAGED TO A BELGIAN BARONESS. Hayden Edwards Manner of Drowning His Grief and Disappointment. rSrXClAI. TELEGRAM TO Till DISPATCH.! Washington, May 24. Hayden Ed wards, of the State Department, who has held a variety of diplomatic posts, and who has probablv been more continuously em ployed by tne State Department, in desirable places, than any other jnan in the diplo matic service, is said to be engaged to a wealthy baroness in Belgium. Mr. Ed wards is one of the best known society and club men in Washington, and has an un usually large personal acquaintance throughout the United States and Europe, with whom he is unusually popular. Mr. Edwards was one of the candidates for the Liverpool Consul Generalship, which plum fell into the lap of Mr. 'Blaine's private secretary, Tom Sherman. Not So Long a List as TTsnaL rSPECIAL. TELIGBAX TO TOT ptSrATCH.1 Washington, May 24,-he following Western Pennsylvania postmasters were ap pointed to-day: J. C. Grer, at Clarida; B. J. Thompson, Coultensvlle; Frank Cal houn, Wench; J. E. Stoops. Moniteau: H. T. Billingsley, Hi. Morris; S. t3. Brvan, j-iesuannocc .calls, ama -. ii. if oner. Wyolnsfng. PITTSBURG, SATURDAT;f'MAT 25, HOT UPON THE TKAIL The Police Discover a literal ey to the Cronin Mystery. A COTTAGE STAIHED WITH BLOOD Was Almost Beyond Doubt the Scene of the Horrible Crime. A FIGHT CONCERNING THE FUNERAL. The Friends of the Doctor Are Still in a Excited Condition. An important move has been made In the attempt to solve the mystery surround ing the murder of Dr. Cronin. Tbe scene of the crime has been located almost beyond doubt. A blood-stained cottage in the suburbs of Chicago has been discovered. In it was found the key to the trunk which was connected with the tragedy. It is feared that the principal criminals may have escaped to Canada. The police are strain ing every nerve to catch them. Chicago, May 24. The key to the Cronin mystery was in a most literal sense brought to light this evening. In a blood-smeared cottage, which the police had already de cided was the scene of the murder, there was found by a detective to-night, a brand new key. Tbe officers decided at once to try it in the lock of the mysterious trunk found by the roadside the morning after Cronin disappeared. The key fitted exactly. All doubt now seems to be removed of a gennine connec tion between the prisoner Woodruff, the doctor's dead body, the trunk and the blood stained cottage; this has been pnt beyond question. c It has been ascertained that detectives were sent out of the city during the day to a point where it was thought at least one of the assassins would be located. They S?ere accompanied by a man whose identity the police would not divulge, but was believed to be John Carlson, son of the owner of the blood-bespattered house. STRIKING THE CLEW. Thursday the officers struck the clew which led to the discovery of the cottage, and working upon it they secured descrip- Dr. Cronin. tious of the men, who, in all probabilities were the perpetrators of the awful crime. Two of them posed as brothers while in Lakeview, and went under the name of Williams. The third man in all likelihood was the horse thief, Woodruff, or Black, as he calls himself. The officers have also decided upon the route which the wagon with the trunk fol lowed on the night of the murder. Captain Wing and Lieutenant Schnettler secured the clew. Captain Wing talked to the elder Carlson and was given a key to the cottage. He went to the front door and had no sooner entered the hallway than he dis covered the bloody evidences of crime. There were blood stains on the floor in the parlor ancrsitting room, blood stains on tbe walls and doors and long streaks of what looked like clotted blood upon the front steps. The officers took precautions to pre vent the information they received from the Carlsons becoming public, but were not successful because the old people and their son had already told everything they knew to certain of their relatives. A SUSPICIOUS CIECUMSTANCE. This cottage is situated a few hundred feet of the home from P.O. Sullivan, the ice man whose card presented to Dr. Cronin led him to leave his home on the night of his disappearance. The man who presented the card said that one of Mr. Sullivan's em ployes had met with an accident and re quired Dr. Cronin's services. In the paint around the entire floor were the prints of bare feet Evidently the per son who made the marks was very much ex cited, for the toes pointed in every direction and the footprints indicated that the owner had been rushing all over the room. The length of the footprints was about eight Discovery of the Body. inches. The walls were examined but there were no marks upon them. There is one uncovered blood stain in the front parlor, about 12x18 inches in size, and one in the back parlor, about 6x12 inches. These are in addition to what are supposed to have been other and larger spots, hastily and rudely covered with" paint STOBT OP THE COTTAGE. Their son-in-law, John A. Lindgren, was interviewed to-night, and told the following Btory concerning the mysterious tenants ot the Carlson cottage: Mr. and Mrs. Carlson are very old people, and depend upon tbe rent of tbe cottage for tbelr living. Notwithstanding their best er forts, it was empty all last summer, and, to make matters worse, some time last fall a man rented it for a month or so, bnt was sent to tbe penitentiary for embezzlement and bad to give np the place. Old Mr. Carlson and John tried in every way to secure another renter, but were not able to do so. At last, one day last March, a man came to the house, went around the back way and called out Mr. Carlson. He asked if tbe cottage in front was empty, and Carlson told him it was. He then asked If it was for rent and immediately struck a bargain, offering (12 a month. The old gentleman asked him for money, ana b took oHt a pocketbook which seemed to W0 f contain a nassbcr of bills, counted out the first month's resit asi passed, it over. He went away, sayisc that next day he would send up some fnraMwe..Mr. and Mrs. TJarlson came over to our eus that night to tell us that they bad rented tU cottage. I asked what kind of a man thefsHow was. They said he was appa rently not a workibeman; more like a clerk or a salesmaar J Temember that Mrs. Carlson said that hi a6ds were very soft THE NEW TENANT. The next Aay, I think it was the 20th of March, a wijjon urove up in front of the cot tage and a few articles of furniture were un loaded and oarried in. There was hardly enough altogether to furnish the bouse, and if I remember tlfbtly Mrs. Carlson said she saw only a bed and some rOgS. The man who hat rented the bonse came ajraln in the evening and told them he was not quite ready to move in. A few days after the man returned accom panied by another. They went into the bouse they bad rented, walked around to the rear and talked to old Mr. and Mrs. Carlson. It was then they told tbe old folks there they were brothers. They said tbelr name was Williams and tbat tbelr sister was still slck,bnt that the physicians thought she would recover. While theywero in tbe room, one of tbem called the other- "WiH.1' Tbey went away and neither of then returned until tbe 20th of April. The one who had first called upon the old folks came apaln and paid them $12 for an other month's rent Tbe old forks are'not very well posted in the ways of tbe world, and believed tbe stories the men told tbem. One day about two weeks ago one of the neighbors told the old man that he bad seen lights in tbe cottage m the evening. Now tbat the 'story of the murder is in tbe papers l am very sure tbat the man saw lignis In the cottare on that particular Saturday night SOMETHING WEONG. At any rate, we all talked it over and decided that there was something wrong, that nobody would pay $12 a month for tbe bonse and not nse it either for storing furniture or anything else. We decided that the best thing we could do would be to nave tbem get out if tbey came around to pay anymore rent. Last Thursday a man came to the house to pay the rent. Mrs. Carlson was alone, but invited him into the sitting room and gave him a chair. He said he had been sent by Sir. Williams to pay the rent Mrs. Carlson told him that tbey did not want to rent tbe house any more, but intended to sell it. "Don't do tbat" he said, "for I know that Williams wants it the worst way next month." Mrs. Carlson Insisted, and the man asked ber what she would take for the house if she wanted to sell it She said she would take '$$3,000. He told her tbat was entirely too ranch, tbat he would not give over $2,500. He picked np his hat and went off. and said be would be back probably the next day to take the furniture away. The strange part of it is tbat tbe man called to pay the rent almost two weeks after Cro nin's disappearance, and Mrs. Carlson is posi tive that be was not one of the men who had called before, Tbe man did not come for tbe furniture tbe nerj day, and it is in the house yet. We talked abouuhe matter a good deal to tbe neighbors, but did not Say a word to any of the policemen, and Mrs. Carlson was greatly surprised when Captain Wing n alked into the bouse and said be wanted a key to the cot tage." NO DESCBIPTION AVAILABLE. "Can you describe the three men or any one of them?" Lindgren was asked. "No," he said, "I did not see any of them, and all I know about it is what Mrs. Carlson told me. I hardly think the old people would be able to describe the men, because they only saw them the times I have mentioned." "Did the Carlsons ever go into the house and find the blood stains on the floor, or Cronin s clothes, or anything of that kind?" "No, I don't think they ever went in there. The old folks thought tbat because thev bad rented tbe cottage tbey bad no right to go inside of it" Two of Cronin's assassins imitated "Bood ler" McGarigle's famous escape np Lake Michigan at least so Chief Hubbard, In spector Ebersoll and Lieutenant Elliott ap peared to think to-night Two men, the officers intimated, were thought to have been noticed unseasonably early Sunday morning in a rowboat on the lake making for the north pier. They were heading almost in a straight line from the beach in Lincoln Park, near which the prisoner Woodruff said a halt had been made with the mysterious trunk. A MISSING BOAT. Since that night a row boat has been missing from an establishment close by. The most diligent search had failed to bring to light any trace of the skiff. The suburban police have always declared there were three men with the mysterious trunk. Woodruff from the first talked of two others beside himself. Tbe police officials point out that it was in the vicinity of the North pier that McGarigle boarded a schooner, which, with marvelous success, conveyed him out of the country and left absolutely no clew for his pursuit An unseemly wrangle took place at to night's meeting of the friends of Dr. Cronin gathered in the Grand Pacific to make arrangements for the funeral. The trouble arose over the fact that a committee of ten chosen last night had decided to-day apon the marshal of the procession without giv ing the 200 persons present at to-night's meeting any voice in the matter. The marshal chosen in advance, P. J. Cahill, was, however, finally accepted. Dr. Cronin's remains will be taken to morrow from the undertaker's to one of the large public halls on the lake front, where all who desire may gaze on the ghastly corpse. Sunday there will be a street pro cession from the hall to the cathedral, about a mile distant Alter the church services the remains will be taken go by train to Calvary Cemetery. HAD NO DATE THERE. Talmase Goes to Baltimore to Lectnre and Finds He Wasn't Booked for the Monumental City Not His First mistake. rSrXCTAI. TXLZQllAJI TO Till DISPATCH. 1 Baltimore, May 24. The clergymen here are much amused over the absence of mind of the Bev. T. DeWitt Talmage, who, laboring under the impression that he had been engaged to lecture in this city, came on from New York on Wednesday, only to find that he had made a mistake. It ap pears that some letters did pass between Mr. Sadler, of the Bryant & Stratton Business College, and the Brooklyn preacher, in which the latter was asked as to bis terms for lecturing here on or about May 22. The project was abandoned, however, before an agreement wareachedand nothing more was thought or it. Mr. "Talmage, however, had entered the time on his book, as is his custom,.but forgot to cancel the entry, so on "Wednesday evening he arrived here on time, and having an hour to spare, took a walk in tbe direction of Ford's Opera House, where he'thougbt he would deliver his lecture. To his surprise there was no announcement on the bulletin boards, and the theater was closed to all comers. Completely bewildered the minister hunted up the Fords, who knew nothing of an engagement to lecture. Mr. Sadler could not be seen, and so the reverend lect urer gave it up. To a friend to whom he explained his position he said: "Bless my soul, this is too bad. It is not only bad, but it is ridiculous. How in the, world I made the mistake I cannot imagine. Here I am put down in my book for Baltimore on May 22, and when I get here I find I'm the only man who knows of it. Yes, sir; it's too absurd to think about, and yet it is not my first experience in that way. A few years agd I went all the way to Boston with the idea that I was engaged to lecture there, but wheu I arrived I learned that no such engagement had been made at all, and in fact, that I was due that night in another city." Though considerably put out by his mis adventure, Dr. Tnlmage accepted the situa tion good naturedly, and left for Washing ton to visit his son. rFrom that city he will extend his trip to Bichraond, where he has an engagement to lecture. M0DEWMEHC0?W$?,8r The Dispatch, and in lo-motrouft Usuehe relates incident! of hit Journey and describe! the odd characters he met. ,i f - I "f ."ste t -TWELVE PAGES. NO COLOR IN CHURCH The Northern General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church NOT IN LINE WITH THE SOUTH. WUllng and Anxious for Co-Operation, but Firm in This Stand, CHANGES IN THE CONFESSION OF FAITH Aslei Ij S of lie Ifortliem Presbyteries, and All Will Tote on Them. The request of 65 Presbyteries out of 210 for a revision of the Confession of Faith of the Presbyterian Church was considered by the Northern Assembly yesterday, and after considerable discussion it was de cided to ask all tbe Presbyteries what is their desire in the premises. The Northern Assembly, while pleased at the action of the Southern Assembly on the plan of co-operation, struck out the section in which separate churches for white and col ored people were recommended. rsrxciAi. TXLIQBAM TO TUB DISPATCH. 3 New Yoke, May 24. There was a dis cussion in the Presbyterian General As sembly in Dr. Crosby's church to-day, on the doctrines in the Westminster Confession of Faith regarding God's being willing from all time tbat certain persons should be saved, while others would be damned for ever. This latter is referred to by ministers and elders as the Doctrine of Beprobation. Unexpectedly on Wednesday, 65 Presby teries out of 210 made overtures to the General Assembly asking for some revision of the Westminster Confession, and it came up for discussion to-day. The resolutions of the Committee on Bills and Overtures, who received the overtures, were as follows: Whereas, In the opinion of many of onr ministers and people, some forms of statement in onr Confession are liable to misunderstand ing and to expose our system of doctrine to un merited ciiticism; and Whereas, Before any definite steps should bo taken for revision of our standards It is desira ble to know whether there is any general de sire for such revision; therefore, Resolved, That this General Assembly over ture to the Presbyteries the following ques tions: First Do you desire a revision of tbe Confession of FaithT Second, If so, in what respects and to what extent? THE BEQUEST 'WORTHY A HEARING. The passage of these resolutions was moved and seconded. Dr. Crosby said he was bronght up on the Heidelberg and Westminster catechisms, the best exponents of Scripture principles ontside of the Bible, as he continued to believe. Dr. Crosby con tinued: "An unqualified denial of these requests to revise the Confession would be premature. The question before us, there fore, is merely a question of courtesy to 63 Presbyteries, and therefore the recommenda tion is an exceedingly wise one. If we should say, 'Take back your overtures,' our action would be thought by the Church at large to be somewhat tinged with prejudice. We want to know what the majority of the 200 and over Presbyteries tbink on this great question, and want it understood that we are glad to meet any discussion on this sub ject" ONE INFALLIBLE BULE. Dr. 'Duffield, Professor of Theology at Princeton, got up and said that the only in fallible rule of faith and practice was the Bible. Prof. Duffield was proceeding to re mark that the doctrine of reprobation is not an essential statement of the Calvanistic system, when the Moderator decided, on ob jection by a commissioner, that he could not discuss the question. Prof. Duffield said that to send back to all the Presbyteries the general question of revision would be un wise. It would be a general invitation to all the Presbyteries to slate what changes they desire in the confession. He moved that only the doctrine of reprobation, or of the non-elect, should be sent to only the 13 Presbyteries. Arguing in favor of his mo tion, fie continued: "There's an agitation in onr church on the doctrine of reprobation. We see it daily in the newspapers and hear it in tbe conven tions. How do we get over it? By A LAX 'WAY OP SUBSCBIPTON to the articles of faith. 'We onlv accept a substance of doctrine,' it is said by church members. That's the worst way to deal with the question. The best way is to amend it to prepare something one can subscribe to and then stick to it. Ap plause. I understand tbat a minister not tar from New York has said he did not be lieve in the doctrine of arbitrary election. If there is a minister in the Presbytery of new xruoawicK who says mere is sucn a thing as predestination there is danger of a trial for heresy." The other Presbyteries were concerned for the revision of the doctrine that "elect in fants, dying in infancy," are saved, and that so are "all elect persons" incapable of being outwardly called by the ministry of the Word. The Bev. Dr. Crosby said, briefly, that he was sorry Prof. Duffield had introduced his motion, because the Presbyteries would accept fhe question with the understanding that it was A VIRTUAL STATEMENT , of the General Assembly that an amend ment of the Confession of Faith is desired. Dr. Duffield's motion was laid on the table by a large majority, and the overture to all the Presbyteries was decided on almost unanimously. The General Assembly heard with ap plause that the Southern Assembly at Chat tanooga had adopted the joint committee's resolutions on co-operation by a vote of 99 to 27. In this joint report the North, look ing with disfavor on a separate independent organization for negroes, yet, "while con ceding the existing situation, it approves the policy of separate churches, presbyteries and synods, subject to the choice of the col ored people themselves." The Northern Assembly got at this qnoted,clause to-day, and struck it out, even after the news from Chattanooga had come. C0-0PEEATION ASSUEED. The Southern Brethren Accept the Chances ol tbe Northern Assembly. Chattanooga, May 24. At the session of tbe Southern Presbyterian Assembly to day the following telegram was received from the Northern Assembly: General Assembly in New York have adopted the report of the committee of confer ence on co-operation, with tbef ollswingamend ments: In paper No. 2, on co-operation in the home field, resolutions 3 and 4 have been consolidated into one resolution numbered resolution No. 2. in paper No. 3, in co-operation in tbe evaneellzatinn of colored people, tbe sixth paragraph of the statement preced ing the session was amended by the omission oi the words "while by conceding the existing situation it approves tbe policy of separate churches. Pres byteries and Synods, subject to the choice of tbe colored people themselves.' The Assembly further resolved that the clause was stricken out; not to prejndice farther action nor to out line the future policy of this church, butslmply because tbe Assembly did not believe tbat it stated the historical fact in the case. Your con currence In this action is requested oq behalf of the General Assembly. W. H. Roberts, Secretary. The telegram was referred to the -Special Coinmittee on Co-operation, which recom mended the Assembly to return the follow ing answer to thertelegramreceived from the Northern General Assembly: ,"We concur in the action of your Assembly as conveyed 4For ,rpr ut ui nets se flip rnnnrt TPnnmmpnillnt. 1IM UUiMllUlUlHj; UUJ1GU,UU,3 fOg the joint report lost night li ,"!' from voting. "' .. nn.nlmnniln j.Aww.n.1 6k.. , uZi ' LiaUOB MEN'S, CLA$& Tbe Result of Their Canvass In Ph phia Shows a Tremendous Mnjor Against the Amendment How the Poll Was Condacted McGawan Feels Tery Confident. rSTXCTAI. TXLXOBAU TO TBI DISPATCS.1 Philadelphia, May '24. The saloon keepers' canvass of the city upon the prohi bition amendment, with four wards to hear from, gives a majority against the amend ment of 57,692. The wards in which the canvass has not yet been completed are the Twentieth, Twenty-third, Twenty-eighth and Thirty-second, and it is estimated that the returns from these wards will bring the majority azainst the amendment up to about 65,000. This is about 25,000 in excess of the majority claimed by George McGowan, who managed the canvass, when he gave out the result in the first 17 wards, on Thursday night The majority in those wards was 22,999. Mr. McGowan said then that the majority against the amendment in this citv would be about 40,000. Last night he gave out the result of the canvass in 12 other wards. Those classed as doubtful and for prohibition in these wards number 33,227, while, those who are returned as against the amendment number 68.159. This gives a majority of 34,932 voters against the amendment in these 12 wards alone. This canvass shows that the strangest ward in the city against prohibi tion is the Nineteenth, which is the most largely settled by Germans. It returns a majority of 6,165 against the amendment There is also a large foreign element in the Thirty-first ward, which returns a ma jority of 4,000 against the amendment The result of the canvass in the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-ninth wards, however, is a sur prise. These two wards we;e thought to be rather close, because of thf character of the people who live there. The large majority are native born Americans, and were sup posed to favor tbe amendment, yet both of these wards are put down by the canvassers for w) majority against tne amendment Mr. McGowan said: I believe this is the most reliable and-most accurate canvass that has ever been made ot the city for any purpose. We have employed only men whom we could rely npon, and I be lieve they have performed their work carefully and thoroughly. It is a much safer canvass to go by than any political canvass that was aver made. In a political canvass tbe men are apt to hide anything that was calculated to make a bad showing.for their party. There has been no such incentive in this canvass. The men merely had to mark tbe result as tbey found it. Now I understond the Prohibitionists say we will not get all the votes that are pnt down as against the amendment. My answer to tbat assertion is that the defection from the doubtful voters who are classed with the Prohibitionists to tbe anti-Problbitionists will more than offset any defection from tbe anti-Prohibitionists to tbe Prohibitionists. BOASTING 0'DONOVAN EOSSA. He Denies Emphatically a Namber of Tery Pertinent Questions. rSPECTAL TELXQEAM TO TBX DISPATCH. Ne-w York, May 24. O'Donovan Eossa was cross-examined further by Colonel O'Byrne to day at the Tombs on Bossa's proceedings against P. S. Cassidy for libel. Lawyer Frankft Oliver objected to one of Colonel O'Byrne's questions, and Colonel O'Byrne explained that by it he expected to prove tbat Bossa had, in, 1872, got a re ceipt irom Luby for fl.000 when he had only paid him $5. "It's a lie," shouted Bossa. The question was admitted, though, and Bossa denied the story. Tbe lawyer then pleasantly asked if it was not true that Bossa had been found in a barber's shop grossly intoxicated, with all the papers of his organization with him. Bossa said it was not. Colonel O'Byrne pointed out Jim McDermotf s name in tbe honor roll printed in Bossa'snewspaper.and asked him if he had accepted McDermott's monev. Bossa said he had. He told Justice Smith that the names in the roll of honor were of those who promised to pay money to the skirmishing fund of theFenian Brotherhood. Pat Joyce, Bocky Mountain O'Brien and P. S. Cassidy had been on the roll of honor. Bossa ad mitted that he had believed McDermott to be a bad man four months before he printed his name. He believed him to be a spy. Bossa denied that he was found $1,300 short in the skirmishing fund. He uttered an explosive "No" to the question whether he didn't hide from Stephens when Stephens came over to investigate affairs here, and whether he was not found by Stephens hiding in a closet. The case was adjourned to Wednesday, before which time Colonel O'Byrne expects testimony by mail from Europe. EESISTING EVICTIONS. An Inspector Wonnded In the Struggle on the Olphert Estnte. Dublin, May 24. The work of evicting teuants was continued on the Olphert estate to-day. The evicters met with a desperate resistance. During the struggle Inspector Duff was badly wounded. The tenants had erected barricades around their homes, and from behind these defenses they hurled stones and other missiles at the attacking party. Boiling water was also thrown upon the evicters, and a number of policemen and bailiffs were badly scalded. The police arrested 14 persons. An immense crowd of sympathizers with the tenants had gathered at the scene of the evictions, and when Mr. Bitchie, the agent for the estate, appeared upon the ground he was vigorously hooted. The attitude of the crowd finally became so threatening that Mr. Bitcbie, fearing personal violence, hastily took'his departure. A BIG THING P0E BUENOS AIEES. No Longer Necessary for liarge Steamers to Anchor 12 Miles Away. Washington, May 24. Consul Baker, at Buenos Ayres, under date of January 29, reports that Buenos Ayres has at last got a port; that it is no longer necessary for even the largest class ol ocean steamers to anchor 12 miles from tbe shore, and that there is no longer any necessity for paying excessive lighterage charges, amounting sometimes to more tban the entire freight charges from Europe or the United States. The completion of the project by which this result was secured was celebrated by a great display of streamers and flags and much enthusiasm. NOT MUCH GAIN EITHER WAT. Progressof the Go0"-Fleming Gubernatorial Contest In West Virginia. rfrcCtAI. TEUCOKAM TO TBX DISPATCH.! Chableston, W. Va., May 24. The Legislative Investigating Committee pro gressed to-day as far as Ohio county, where it is likely all day to-morrow will be spent, as quite a number of votes are challenged on both sides. To-day Fatyette, Greenbrier, Mercer, -McDowell and one or two other counties were disposed of. In Greenbrier Goff challenged the enire vote of the county, but it was not sustained. The gains and losses of the day about bal anced on each side. PflllRT 1 ICC of England and thepenon' bUUnl UlrC alhabits of Queen Victoria, together with the duties of her maids of honor and attendants, is graphically described in to morrow's Dispatch by Mrs. Alexander. ? w t m l"aV- &W m 5tV EPcAalS vff.11 H mr, j-i - ,rt.vim WA&P VTis TMeit;AlTertffleiiti MM At tlie Branch Offices of The ' ft Dispatch. ' ' i to-morrow's issue up to 9 o'ctoek PM. orancn omces in tne various ols- xiiirm f auk ' THREE CENTS THE GEANDEST TET. An Audience of 6,000 Music lovers Delighted Last Evening. CH'S PLAN FOR FOSTER'S SONGS to Found a Great and Popular National Opera Upon Them. . HEEEKALISCHILL AND HEAD! TO QUIT Incidents Fran the Main Dressing Bona of Uaaicnva to be Remembered. . It wan a rainy Friday night, bnt it brought together 6,000 people at the Musie Festival. It was also a Wagner night In addition to what tjje people saw and heard, a reporter heard and learned some facts of interest about the greatest soloists. The festival U thus reported, reviewed and gone into. But one month ago a man would have been called Insane had he predicted that conservative Pittsburg would become musio mad. He would have been called an en thusiast visionary crank, had he sug gested tbat 6,000 of the best and brightest, handsomest and richest of this city would turn out to attend any musical event The scenes of last night, however, tran scended the hopes and expectations of even the most sanguine. It was fashionable night in Pittsburg. A precedent had, somewhere years ago, been established, and it is faith- Herr Paul Kalisch. .fully followed here. Every Friday night, at an event of any importance, the fashionabla world turns out with unanimity remarkable and success assured. Six thousand people mean a great, great many in this city, grown used to indifferent audiences of one-sixth that number. Bring these 6,000 together under the roof of an auditorium now well known to all; clothe them IN SILKS AND LACES and lovely gowns of white and pink, and cream or more somber black; ornament them with gold and scintillating diamonds; then turn on the full glare of 1,000 electric lights, and some idea may be given of the happy and handsome, good-natured and yet crit ical andience that welcomed "fashionable night" at the May Festival; an audience that could not encore enough, and scarcely fonnd time in hours to examine and favor ably comment upon the superb soloists, tha splendid orchestra, the lovely chorus, and, last and not least, their own handsome selves. But while applause and criticism, encore and bravo, and bravissimo were showered upon the singers and players within, some little scenes of the inner life of the soloists were occurring without, and will be of in terest to a public that sees nothing within the charmed circle of "behind the scenes," and can only judge of what is before. But first, a few words with courtly Manager O. & E. Locke. "I have learned to-day," said he, "of a few things of interest to you PItfsbnrgers. We know how much you think of Foster's tnnes, and you won't be amazed to hear that Juch is even more interested. ALL OP S. C. POSTER'S SONGS. "A few weeks ago she gave Mr. Kleber an order to collect for her all the known compositions of your Foster, and to-day she was delighted beyond measure to receive from Mr. Kleber some 60 of his tunes, some of them most exquisite. She will take them home, and, during the quiet summer, will look over them and study her favorites for future use, to sing them the world over. Juch is prolific of bright Ideas and is fre quently asked for her opinion, as are also the other singers, who often have valuable suggestions. Juch has suggested that Fos- ''J' ter's airs be utilized in American operas, just as Flotow took old German airs and J? produced 'The Last Bose of Summer,' and most of the opera of 'Martha.' So you need not be surprised to hear her suggestion ha ''' been taken up and Pittsburg's Stephen O. Foster made even more famous than now. "I received over 100 letters, nd an equal number of personal requests, that Juch be asked to sing the 'Suanee Biver.' She yields gracefully to this request, and at the Saturday matinee will sing a famous song she loves, to an audience proud of its com poser, Stephen C. Foster. KALISCH ILL AND TO QUIT. Paul Kalisch has been very 111, and has sustained his part with great difficulty dur ing the entire week; but, so well has this been done, that no one in the vast audience would imagine that the man who sang so beautifully was so ill he could scarcely reach the stage. With his wife, Lilli Leh mann, and Conductor Seidl, and one half the orchestra, Kalisch will return to New York on tho 3 o'clock train Snnday morning. Locke, with part of the Thomas Orchestra and the Boston Symphony, will go with the rest of the company to Indian apolis, then on a Southern and Western tour, ending June 22 in Louisville. Signor Bologna will join him here, to take the place of Kalisch, though no one has been fonnd to take the place ot the lovely Lebmann. Now, as to the scenes in the dressing room, they can best be described by telling of tbe actual conversation that occurred. It's rather strange how they all cling to the German in conversation; but, perhaps, not so strange after all, considering that they are alwayr together, and naturally fall into the mother tongue when a natural wish or thought is to be expressed. This seemed to be the rule last night Under the tension of an enormous critical Continued on Seventh Page, r a - iV
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