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FORTY-FOURTH TEAR,
REED IS JHE RULER,
The Speaker Befuses to Name
Tellers, Who light
PBTE HIS COUNT WRONG.
He Announces That the Majority
Sustains Bis Haling.
HO WAY TO APPEAL FROH HIM.
American Potters Not Selling Out to the
English.
ANOTHEB POSTOFFICE FIGHT OTEE
An attempt made by the Democrats in
the House yesterday to have the Speaker
appoint tellers, ended in the majority sus
taining Mr. Beed in his refusal to do so.
"Until rules are adopted, the Speaker says he
can and will do just as he wishes in the mat
ter. The rumored purchase of American
potteries by an English syndicate is denied
by the potters. The McKeesport postofnee
fight is settled. Senator Quay gets ready to
go South on Sunday.
ITBOJt A 8TAOT COBBXSPOXDKXT.t
"Washington, January 2L The fight
in the House, to-day, over the rules, at least
developed the fact that the Democrats have
not much confidence in the decisions of the
Speaker. His counting of members on di
visions has been frequently questioned, and
to-day it was openly hinted on the floor that
the Speaker's announcement of votes was
erroneous. Representative Breckeiiridge, of
Arkansas, who is one of the prominent
Democratic leaders, having been on the
"Ways and Means Committee during the last
Congress, said to The Dispatch corre
spondent, this afternoon:
AT THE SrKAKEB'S MEECT.
"The decision of the Speaker in refusing
to allow the appointment of tellers, which
is the only way in which the House can -determine
for itself whether the Speaker counts
correctly or not, is a most unprecedented
one, and places the House entirely at his
mercy. If the yeas and nays are demanded,
it still remains for the Speaker to count
thoie who desire the vote to be taken in that
way, and if by accident or design he mis
counts and declares the yeas and nays not
ordered, the House by this decision is pow
erless. THINKS IT DESPOTISM.
"Now I am convinced that the Speaker
made an erro of at least thirteen votes in
one count, to-day whether by accident or
design I am not prepared to say. But when
such a conviction exists, it is desirable on
all sides to have the count made over again,
and this the Speaker has made impossible.
He has brought the House down to such a
condition that there is no need for any but
himself to vote on any pending question.
It is a despotism he has inaugurated, and he
will-harm himself by it."
The details of the proceedings in the
House to-day, are given in a press dispatch,
as follows:
EEED'S COTOT IN QUESTION.
Previous to yesterday's adjournment, Mr.
Bland, of Missouri, moved that the House
adjourn. On a division the Speaker de
clared the motion lost. Mr. Bland there
upon demanded tellers, and, according to
the Record this morning, the Speaker re
plied: "There is no provision for tellers."
There was no record of this fact made in the
journal, and this morning Mr. Bland moved
tc have the journal amended accordingly.
The Speaker stated that he had made his re
ply in an interrogative form, and that the
gentleman from Missouri had seemingly
acqniesced in it. The Chair was informed
that such details were not inserted in the
journal. The Chair submitted Mr. Bland's
motion to amend the journal, and on a di
vision declared the motion lost by a vote of
88 to 95.
Mr. Blaod demanded tellers. The
Speaker inquired whether the gentleman
from Missouri had discovered any ground
why tellers should be appointed. The Chair
last night suggested that he would like to
have his attention called to any provision
regarding tellers.
TELLERS DENIED.
Mr. Bland said that he had demanded
tellers under the general practice of the
House. The Speaker declined to entertain
the demand for tellers. Mr. Bland de
manded the yeas and nays, but almost at the
same moment appealed from the decision of
the Chair. The Speaker said that the appeal
came rather late, but that he would entertain
it.
Mr. Mills, ol Texas, argued that a vote by
tellers was as much a part of the parliamen
tary law as a motion to adjourn. It was the only
vote by which the Honse could correct a de
cision of the Speaker, and it the House did not
have a right to the vote the Speaker became a
mere Csesar. When the Speaker refused to
permit the House to have tellers to verify his
count he simply refused to allow the House to
say whether his decision, right or wrong, should
stand.
Mr. Hopkins, of Illinois, inquired whether
there was any parliamentary authority for tell
ers. Mr. Mills replied by inquiring whether par
liamentary law required a division; was there
any general parliamentary law for a motion to
lay on the table; was there any general par
liamentary law for a motion to adjonm to a
day fixed? General parliamentary law should
be the rule, and that governed the lormer Con
gress. BATHE STJrPOETS EEED.
Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, said he knew of no
rule authorizing tellers. Mr. Bsyne, of Penn
sylvania, upheld the decision of the Chair.
Mr. Breckinridge, of Arkansas, protested
against the decision. If the House could not
have tellers, it was at the mercy of the
BDeaker. The House was brought to the posi
tion that It could not choose for itself whether
It would haTe the yeas and nays.ln fact, It was
absolute despotism; and, if there was a man in
the Chair disposed to exercise it, he could de
cide every question.
Mr. McMillin, of Tennessee, said that the
present occupant of the chair had himself
held that the right existed to have tellers to de
termine whether the Speaker was accurate in
his count
Mr. Blount, of Georgia, said that if the gen
tlemen ot the majority wish to indorse the
Speaker's decision, they must take the respon
sibility. But that would not be the end. He
had known this thing done before and reversed
by the popular mind and by the popular vote.
For one, as a? American representative, be
proposed to make an issue on every point on
the rights ot the minority.
Mr. Carlisle inquired what redress a member
had against a wrong count by the Speaker, II
he could not have the yeas and nays. The man
who sat in the chair might do all the legislative
work transacted in this body. He submitted
that this House, In the absence of any conven
tional rnlcs established by itself, was to be
governed by general parliamentary laws, modi
fied by the rules heretofore prevailing.
In submitting the appeal to the House, the
Speaker said:
THE SPEAKER'S SPEECH.
The Chair has always been unable to see how It
Is possible for the Honse which has passed oat of
existence to bind, by rnlcs and regulations, the
House which was to come Into existence In the fu
ture. The recent decisions by the Speaker or the
House have been to the effect that the rules of the
last House did not become the rules of the present
House directly. The Chair Is unable to see how
they can become the rules of the present House
Indirectly. TheTery fact that tbey have been
made as rules shows clearly the necessity of a
special enactment. If tlrey become by Indirection
the rnlcs of the next House, It would not become
necessary to re-enact them. This House, then,
is governed by general parliamentary
law, such as has been lestaulUbed
In the manner that the common law or England
was established, by repeated decisions and the
general acquiescence of the people In a system
which governs ordinary assemblies. The united
States Is filled with people unusually devoted to
public meetings. These public meetings have to
begorerned by a system of principles which hare
been discovered and acted upon by various meet
ings lnjrreat numbers, to such an extent that a
well-defined parliamentary law has been estab
lished. The sucrestlon which has been made,
that the matter Is under the conclusive control of
the occupant of the chair. Is. at this very mo
ment, receiving a negative, because an appeal is
pending In this case, as it has in many cases,
against decisions ol the Chair.
All decisions rrom the Chair which are made un
der proper circumstances and good faith, are
subject to revision by the majority of the House.
Consequently, there Is not, and cannot be, any
arbitrary control or this body against lis will.
The Chair, for the time being, and as a matter of
convenience arising from the nature of bis office,
makes a ruling on the subject before the House.
That ruling Is always subject to revision by the
House itself, and no one can take away that right
on the1 part of the House.
A QUESTION OF EIGHT.
The present occupant of the chair has fre
quently ordered tellers, since the beginning of
this session of Congress, and Is not unwilling to
do so, hat the question has come up now as a ques
tion of right, and whatever the personal wishes
of the occupant of the chair might be, be was
obliged to decide In accordance with what he re
gards unmistakable parliamentary law of the
land.
Some fears have been expressed as to the result
of the occupant of the chair desiring to wrest from
the member; their control. All parliamentary
law must be made on the supposition that the inan
elected to preside over the deliberation or the
body must be an honest otncIal,houestly perform
ingnls duties. It has been suggested, also, that
the bpcaker may, on the qncstlon of ordering the
)eas and nays, miscount; and If tellers can be
ordered, that miscount may he corrected. But it
Is necessary. In order to bave tellers, to have one
fifth of a quorum demanding them, and, under a
rule of the last House, the speaker must count
that one-fifth. Ultlmatelr.therefore, the Speaker
Is the counting officer, and any supposition that he
would betray his duty Is not a supposition on
which parliamentary law la found, or the rules
or the last House, rinding parliamentary
law to be, as 1 conceive it to be, that a division
may be had whereby tbeSpeaker may make count,
first by sound of voice, and second by members
arising in their seats, and that his record may be
corrected under constltutloual right by the yeas
and nays, I have been compelled to make the de
cision I have made.
Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, moved to lay the ap
peal on the table. Mr. Mills, of Texas, raised
the point of order that the parliamentary law
recognized no such motion. The Speaker over
ruled the point of order, aud submitted Mr.
Cannon's motion. It was agreed to yeas, 149;
navs. ISC The question then recurred on Mr.
Bland's motion to amend the journal, and it
was lost yeas, 130; nays, 110. The journal was
then approved.
ONE HOEE'AGONT OTEE.
The McKeesport PostefQce to Go to Colonel
W. E. Thompson.
CFEOK A STAFF COHXESP OXBOTT.
"Washington, January 2L At last the Mc
Keesport Postofnee tight is settled, aud the in
habitants of that busy borough have at least
one thing less to ocenpy their attention. Con
gressman Bay has been repeatedly informed by
the Postmaster General that to-day was the
very earliest that the matter ot the McKees
port Postoffice could be called to tho attention
of the President, Accordingly, first thing this
morning be went to see Mr Wanamaker. and
recommended for the appointment Colonel
William Emory Thompson, and that gentle
roan's name was to-day laid before the Presi
dent. Unless something-unexpected happens,
Mr. Thompson will be appointed Postmaster at
McKeesport within a few days. This ends a
fight which bas been longer and more severe
than any other over a postoffice that has oc
curred fn Western Pennsylvania.
All the candidate for the placo were good
men and prominent citizens, and it was difficult
to make a choice among so much good material.
Each candidate was strongly Indorsed, and the
city of McKeesport was divided into factions
favoring one or the other of them. The suc
cessful one, Mr. Thompson, has been twice a
member of the State Legislature, and Congress
man Ray confidently expects him to make a
good postmaster.
FIEED OUT FOE CROOKEDNESS.
A Number of Public Money Receivers Re
moved br tbe President.
"Washington, January 21. Secretary Noble,
through special agents of the Interior Depart
ment, has for some time past been investigating
the accounts of a large number of receivers of
public money In different parts of the country.
Some ot these accounts he found short, and
will take vigorous action. Tbe President has
made the followlngperemDtory removals: B.W.
Hutcbins, of Humboldt, Cal., alleged shortage
about $8,000: Fred W. Smith, at Tucson, Ariz.,
alleged shortage about 25,000, and to private
individuals about J23000 more: Sterlin S. Smith,
at Devil's Lake. N. D., alleged -shortage about
SL.287: Francis T Anderson, at Del Norte. CoL,
shortage about 51,211; Charles Spalding, at
Topekx, Kan., alleged shortage about 3,000.
About ten others who have been found to be
short in tbelr accounts will probably be re
moved in a few days.
QUA! EEADI TO GO SOUTH.
Me Purchases His Tickets, Confident Tie
Cnn Leave oo Snndnr.
irROM A 8TAT COBEXSPOXDENT.l
Washington, January 21. Senator Quay
has decided to leave tor Florida with his son,
Mr. Richard Quay, next Sunday morning. As
be has purchased tickets and engaged sleeping
berths, and his departure Is therefore abso
lutely fixed, it is assumed he has assurance that
the Pittsburg Surveyor has been selected and
will probably be announced previous to his
leaving. A little later a number of the friends
of the Senator will make a flying trip to
Florida, and the party will indulge in some
lively tarpon fishing.
The Senator and his son expect to be absent
until tho return of fair weather m the early
spring.
SENSATIONAL AND ABSDED.
Republican Senators Deny a Story That
Emanated From Toronto.
"Washington, January 2L A Toronto dis
patch which states that Mr. Farrar, a Canadian
newspaper man, had been before tbe Repub
lican members of the Senate Committee on
Relations with Canada, in secret session, and
influenced them in opposition to the commer
cial union bill, in order to force annexation,
was shown this afternoon to Senators Halo and
Dolpb, Republican members of tho committee.
They said that the story was sensational and
absurd, and emphatically denied that the Re
publican members of the committee had heard
anyone in secret session, and said that there
bad been no secret sessions, so far as they
knew.
Complnloing of Unjust Rotes.
Washington. January 21. Edward Kem
ble, or Kemble fc Hastings, flour ana grain
dea'.crs.of Boston,faas filed with tbe Inter-State
Commerce Commission a complaint against the
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
Company, tbe New York Central and Hudson
River Railroad Company, and tbe Boston and
Albany Railroad. Tbe complaint alleges that
shippers of grain and flour from Chicago to
Buffalo aro charged unjustly discriminating
rates.
Held Up for n Few Da vs.
rrROJI A STAFF COBBESrOHDEXT.1
"Washington, January 2L The nomination
of Mr. O. J. Stnrgiss, editor of the Republican
Standard, of Uniontown, to be postmaster at
that place, which has been suggested by Sena
tor Quay, has been held up for a few days at
the request qf a delegation now in this city
favoring the appointment of Mr. Patterson.
Mr. Phillip. ! Fired.
Washington. January 2L Henry A. Phill
ips, of Now York, the chief of the mid
dle division of tbe Pension Office, was to-day
dismissed by Secretary Noble. W.H. Rey
nolds, of Pennsylvania, was immediately ap
pointed to the vacancy.
WILL KOT SELL OUT.
American Potters la No Harry to Dispose
of Their Plants They Wouldn't
Know What to Do With Tbelr
Money If Tbey Should Pell.
rrnoM a STATT cokhispokdxwt.i
"Washington. January 21. The repre
sentative potters of the United States met
here' to-day in annnal convention, but there
was a somewhat slender attendance, on ac
count of the inauguration of New Jersey's
new Governor at Trenton, which detained
many of the prominent manufacturers of
pottery of that State at home. There; was
only a brief meeting to-day, and no business
wis transacted of interest to the public, the
talk being more of a social nature than other
wise. East Liverpool. On Is excellently repre
sented as it always is at these annual conven
tions. The manufacturers at present registered
from that busy city are Messrs. Horner Lugh
lln, John N. Taylor, William Brunt, W. L.
Smith. Editor J. H. Blmms, of the Tribune,
John W. Vodrey, George Morley. H. A. Mc
Nicbol and J. H. Goodwin. All of these gen
tlemen speak of the pottery business of East
Liverpool as being In as good shape as could be
expected nnder present conditions.
In regaid to the report that the Trenton pot
teries are to be purchased by a foreign syndi
cate, ex-Congressman J. Hart Brewer, of Tren
ton, said there was nothing whatever In the re
port. "Propositions bave been made," said he,
"from, time to time, by various brokers acting
in tbe interest of foreign capitalists, but not
one of them has been entertained and it Is not
probable any of them will be. Of course, it is
a common expression of abnsiness man thatbe
will sell anything if be can get his price for it,
but while some of us are not making much
money, we have our money and onr minds in
vested in the pottery business, and even if we
could sell for a high price wo would not know
what to invest the money in when we got it.
No, I don't think there will be any deal with a
foreign syndicate."
This is confirmed by a capitalist in East Liv
erpool, who says there is absolutely no truth in
tbe report that tho potteries there are to be
sold to an English syndicate.
The meeting of the convention to-morrow is
expected to bo quite a full one. Reports will
be made from commissions, and the usual
routine business transacted, ending with a
grand banquet. One of the questions that will
some up will be of tbe appointment of a consul
to Tunstall, England, a matter which is of
great interest to the potters of America. There
bas been a warm contest between tbe East and
West, but it seems that the matter is practical
ly decided in favor of William Burgess, a pot
ter of Trenton. At least, it is said this evening
that he is certain to be appointed.
QUAY'S BIG BRIDGE BILL.
The Structure That U to Connect Fhilndcl
phla aud Cnmden.
rroOM A STATT COKKESPONDENT.l
Washington, January 2L Senator Quay
to-day introduced a bill for tbe incorporation of
the Philadelphia and Camden Bridge Company,
the object of which is to build a bridge to con
nect the two cities. Tho bill names as the in
corporators James pollock, Thomas S. Speak
man, Simon Cameron. William Allen and J. B.
Hodgson. The capital stock is $2,000,000. and
the bill provided that this may bo increased
to 4,000,000, to be divided into shares of 5100
each.
-The bridge Is to be built on a site to be se
lected by tbe Incorporators, and tolls over it
are not to be greater than tbe present rates ot
the existing ferry companies. It is to provide
for all kinds of traffic, and a portion ot the
bridge may be used to accommodate bathing
plates. Tb9 bill contains provisions for the
condemnation of lands, should the course be
come necessary.
GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS.
The World's Fnlr Committee Sets a Date for
Making a Report.
Washington, January 21. The World'sFair
Committee held its first meeting this morning
in tbe room of tho House Committee on Terri
toritics, all of the members being present ex
cept Messrs. Hatch and Bowden. Mr. Springer
called up his resolution providing that tbe
House shall proceed next Thursday to select
the site for the fair by ballot, and it was dis
cussed for an hour. The Chairman was then
instrncted to appoint a snb-committeee to con
sider the Springer resolution and report next
Thursday, when the committee will meetagain.
Later the sub-committee was appointed as fol
lows: Chairman Candler and Messrs. Hltt and
Flower,
The committee decided to bear no oral argu
ments respecting the site of tbe fair, and then
adjourned till Thursday.
TO BE COMMENCED T0-DAT.
Tho Wave nnd Slenns Commlttoe Ready to
Prepare Their Tariff" Bill.
FnOM A STAFF COBHESrONDET.I
Washington, January 2L "The Ways and
Means Committee will commence tbe prepar
ation of tbeir tariff bill to-morrow." said
Representative Bayne to-day. "I expect that
by bard work we may bo able to complete it in
ten davs or two eeks."
Tho River and Harbor Committee will also
begin its hearings of members interested in
internal improvements in tbeir districts to-morrow.
COUNTED THE STATE'S TOTE,
1
And a Motion Mode to Declare Mr. Boyer
Unanimously Elected.
fSFECIAl. TELEGRAM TO THE PISP ATCH.I
Habbisbteo, January 2L The State Board
authorized to compute the voto cast for Btate
Treasurer In November last required about two
hours to perform its duty. After Senator Pen
rose, of Philadelphia, had called the meeting
to order, Governor Beaver was delegated to
preside. All the members on the board were
present except Senator Martin, of Adams, and
Representative Patterson, of Philadelphia,
Alter the vote for State Treasurer had been
read by counties, and the aggregate announced.
Senator Smith suggested that the election be
made unanimous. The Prohibition candidate for
Governor, James R. Johnston, having lost 1,033
votes in Luzerne county by the incorrect print
ing of tickets, Mr. Blair, of Greene, moved that
they be counted for tbe person for whom they
were intended but the majority of the commis
sion thought a bad precedent might he estab
lished by such action, and prevented the favor
able consideration of the proposition.
The commission then distributed the 700 ap
propriated by the Legislature to pay tbe ex
penses of the commission, the members receiv
ing amounts regulated by the distance ot their
homes, and Governor Beaver and the clerks
receiving 20 each.
TWICE INSIDE OF A IEAB.
An Illinois Town Nearly Destroyed by tbe
Devouring Flumes.
Ottawa, Ilx., January 2L The little town "of
TJtica, numbering 2,000 people, which was so
nearly wiped out by flro last summer, was again
visited by a terrible burst of flames this morn
ing. The fire started at 2 o'clock, burning with
great fury for several hours. The flames broke
out in Con chilli's barber shop at a few minutes
before 2 o'clock, and before the villagers were
fully awakened bad spread with incredible
rapidity, enveloping the entire business dis
trict. Buildings that had replaced tbe
ruins of a few months before burned like tinder
boxes, and in less than an hour tbe entire west
side of Main street was a sheet of flames.
The Ore department, meager and unable to
cope with such a vast calamity, stood powerless
and could do nothing, but send to Ottawa and
La Salle for aid, which could not arrive in
time to save much that had been attacked by
the flames, which were finally choced out at 5
o'clock. Six new business blocks erected upon
tbe embers of the disaster of last summer lie
In ruins. The Are is a terrible blow to the
village, which was just renewing its pros
perity. TEE ATLANTIC ON A EAMFAGE.
All Incoming Steamers Report Severe En
counters With Wind nnd Wave.
New York, January 21. The steamer City
of Chester, which arrived from Liverpool this
afternoon, experienced the usual rough
weather reported by every incoming vessel.
On Thursday last the steering gear got out of
order, and the wind and wares swung the big
steamer around three times, just as though she
was on a pivot, Tbe passengers became very
much alarmed, thinking tbe steamer was abont
to sink.
A panic was narrowly averted In the steer
age, where tbe emigrants were thrown about
in a very rough manner. The break in tbe
steering gear was repaired as quickly as possi
ble, aud after a few hours' delay the steamer
proceeded on her way without any further
mishap.
PITTSBURG, -WEDNESDAY,
EETISION IN THE AIR
ii
Rev. Dr. John Ball, However, Does
Hot Belteve'in It at All.
'-
CALVINISM EOT HARSH TO HIM.
lie Can't Believe the Church is Confined to
. This Little Globe.
THE DEBATE TO LAST FOR A WEEK.
ralladelphla rrrtlyterians Efjtet the Proposed Ee
Tiilon. The debate over the proposed change in
the confession of faith of the Presbyterian
Church continues jn New York Key. Dr.
John Hall .yesterday opposed the change in
a vigorous manner. Other divines were as
vigorous in their approval of the elimina
tion of foreordination to 'damnation from
the confession.
1EFECUU. TXnSQBAlt TO THE DISPATCH. 1
New York, January 21. Against the
proposed revision of the Westminster Con
fessiod, the Bev. Dr. John Hall addressed
the New York Presbytery, in the Scotch
Church, to-day. He declared the' occasion
to be one Of the most solemn in which he
had ever participated, and intimated that he
had been unable to enjoy the witticisms
with which the session of the previous after
noon had been illuminated. Dr. Paxton
had proved, he said, with 'perfect clearness,
that if the general doctrine of 'the election,
embodied in the first section of the con
fession was accepted, there was no manner
in which the remaining sections of the chap
ter could logically be avoided.
"There is no reason," Dr. Hall said, "for
limiting a doctrine in its application be
cause its logical consequences are unpleas
ant. It will not do to limit certain parts of
the doctrine to earthly affairs. If God can
be unjust in things temporal, why not in
things eternal?
TENDENCT OP THE DAT.
"The tendency of the day is, first, toward
making out God what we think He ought
to be instead of what He is; then, if there is
anything in the Bible that doesn't suit, the
tendenev is to cnt it ont as uninspired; after
that comes tbe tendency to set up Christian
conscience as tbe sole arbiter in questions ot
doctrine. It is said that we lose tbe young peo
ple and the students through the alleged harsh
ness of Calvinism. Where do tbey go when
tbey leave us on account of Calvlnlsmr I have
been preaching on this side of tbe ocean and
the other for 40 years, and I know of few cases
In which they have not gone to
tho Congregationalists, who in their
best days, were just where we are now; or to
tho Episcopal Church, which bas Calvinism,
clearly enough in its faith, although many
Episcopalians don't seem to know It. So they
tell us we are losing working members, hut, if
we are, where are tbey going? I don't know
any that go into Arminlan churches, but I do
know of one church where many of them who
are rich and want to be fashionable go; when
they say they leave us on account of our Cal
vinism, they prove that they bave read neither
our confession nor the articles of the church to
which they go.
SOMETHING TO LOSE.
"But suppose we do lose some members by
onr doctrines; how many more will we lose if
we change themT In the first place we shall
put ourselves put of harmony with the Dutch
Reformed Church and we shall cut ourselves
loose from the Southern Church.
"They say that these doctrines are obsolete;
that we don't preach them any more. I can
only speak for myself, but I Jtnow that, ithore
isn't a doctrine in trar faith that, in its proper,
time and place, I don't preach from any pulpit
and in any Sunday school. But suppose we
don't preach themT Does a doctor expound all
be knows ot disease to the patient who asks
for a remedy T Does a lawyer tell all the stat
utes and precedents bearing on the case to the
client who retains himr It the caso comes be
fore tbe coroner, tbe doctor will go into expla
nation ot his reasons, and before a judge and
jury the lawyer will lay down law and prece
dent. So it is with the doctrines of religion.
"Tbey tell us we ought to have a shorter con
fession. I suggest the Shorter Catechism. It
is said that we are out ot sympathy with our
Methodist brethren. Tbe fact is that tbey are
drawing constantly nearer to us, in a measure,
as they become more thoroughly grounded in
doctrinal education, and tbey will continue to
do bo, unless we unsettle the foundation of our
own faith.
REVISION- IN THE AIR.
"Revision, they tell us, is in the air. "Well, I
attach very little importance to things that are
in the air. There has been agnosticism in the
air within my recollection, and rationalism was
in the air Dut a little while ago, but where are
they now? I have read of the prince ot the
powers of the air, and to my mind these propo
sitions are more to his liking than to that of
any higher power, it is the devil's policy al
ways to get God represented In some such way
as to prevent humanity from seeing Him
broadly at one view. The latter-day teaching
as to the Deity represents Him as being com
posed chiefly of good nature, whose sole aim is
to see that all liis creatures have a good time,
whether thev are good or bad.
"It is admitted by all of us that there are
some who are foreordained to be lost forever.
Do you believe that the church is confined to
this little globe ? I believe that tbere are a
multitude of worlds such as ours: that ours,
raavbe, is tbe only wandering sheep of the
flock, and tbat upon us God is working out his
plan for tbe benefit of tbe universe. Are these
other worlds or the angels, if you ao not be
lieve in other worlds to look on and see infinite
power here do its best and meet with defeat T
This is a lost world; if Christ had never come,
God could not have been blamed."
A COMRADE "WHO OBJECTS.
Tbe Kev. Dr. Booth declared that, after hav
ing passed with Dr. Hall the ordeal of Prince
ton Seminary and the Union Theological Semi
nary, a distinction which they alone enjoyed,
be now found himself for the first time called
on to defend his orthodoxy. "For," said he, "I
repudiate this interpretation of the doctrine of
election, with its Inevitable fatalism and its
only logical conclusion that God is responsible
for sin."
Dr. Booth repudiated also tbe Insinuation
tbat this was a hgbt brought on by the new
school men in the church. "It comes to us,"
said he. "from tbe Long Island Presbytery, and
through a man who, from his mother's milk,
has been of the stancbest of the old school.
Now that it is come, we are meeting it. We
are asked if this means disintegration. Breth
ren, it means whatever you choose to make it
bv forcing the fight upon us iu the spirit shown
here to-day. The proposition is to ease bur
dened consciences without affecting the in
tegrity ot essential doctrines. Dr. Hall says
that the clauses proposed' to be modified are
stumbling blocks, and then wonders bow any
body comes to stumble over them.
WANTS AN IMPROVEMENT.
"We want to see tho confession bettered by
removing from it those matters of inference
which burden some consciences, and for which
no express authority can be found in tbe word
of God, for I defy any of you to show there one
word that indicates that God condemned, by
predestination, the myriad3 of the human race
for whom be gave His Son. Now, that the fight
bas been forced upon us, we bave asked tho
least that we could. Accept this as a compro
mise; it will bring us all nearer to the great
heart of Christendom that is tired of this spec
ulation on the mysteries of God."
The Rev. Dr. Charles L. Thompson also de
fended the proposed revision. "There is a
time," he said, "to pull out the throttle, and a
tlmo to sound the wheels: tho church to-day is
sounding the wheels." The confession of faith
no longer expressed the faith of the church, he
declarod, but he wanted it retained as an inter
esting historical relic, and Its doctrines, as now
understood, summarized' in a consensus creed
at its close.
The debate is expected to continue all this
week.
PHILADELPHIA AGAINST IT.
A Voto Tnken When tbe Advocntcs of tho
Change Were Absent.
I SPECIAL TXLEQRAM TO TBI DISPATCH. 1
Philadelphia, January 2L The Presby
tery of Philadelphia Central to-day by a vote ot
87 to 10, rejected the proposed revision of the
confession of faith, The discussion took place
JAiNTTARY 22. 1890.
in the West Arch Street Church. Rev. R. T.
Jones, the Moderator, presided. Nearly all the
great leaders of the revisionists' party, such as
District Attorney George S. Graham, Bev. Dr.
Lawrence M. Col felt, pastor pi the Oxford
Church, and Rev. Dr. Robert H. Ful
ton, pastor of the Northminster Church,
were absent. Tbe discussion was opened
by tbe Rov. Dr. V. L. Agnew, pastor of the
Bethlehem Church, one of the signers of the
report against revision. He said that he con
sidered it inexpedient at this time to have re
vision, especially on account of the overtures
made to the Southern Church for organic
union. A change In the confession would cer
tainly retard this proposed union more than
anything else al the present time.
Speeches against revision were also made by
Rev. Dr. Allison, of the Alexander Church, and
Rev. Dr. Alexander Henry, of Hermon Church.
Rev. Charles Wadswortb. pastor-elect of the
North Broad Street Church, spoke eloquently
for revision.
A CABINET POSITION
Alleeed to Have Been Offered J. H. Thomas
to Withdraw From the Senatorial
Race Brlce'a Chief Lieutenant
Denies the Charge
;SriCIAL TELEGRAM TO T1IE DISPATCH.
Springfield, O., January 21. In an
interview to-night John H. Thomas, late
Senatorial candidate, confirmed the story of
the alleged treachery of Bepresentative
Eggerman, of Hardin county, whom he said
he had paid money to assist in his election, but
who afterward voted fer Brlce, having also re
ceived assistance from tbat gentleman. He also
stated tbat a number of other members bad
acted in a similar manner.and that their names
uwould be made public in due time. His son
Was even more vigorous in his language, and,
while declining to be specific as to names,
promised several sensations In the vote-buying
line.
Young Mr. Thomas also charged Brice with
using bis position as National Democratic
Chairman to attain his ends. Ho Bald: "Brice
promised to take care of certain legislative
members, especially during and after the Pres
idental election of 1S92, when he maintained
the Democratic party would be victorious.
But, of course, this had very little Influence,
unless accompanied by more substantial col
lateral. Why, be personally tried to induce
father to withdraw from the Senatorial race,
promising him a Cabinet position in case of
Democratic victory In 1S92. I prefer that noth
ing be said about tbis,for father wishes to writo
it in bis review of tbe matter when he recovers
from his illness."
A dispatch from Lima says: Hon. Walter B.
Ritchie, the successful manager of tbe Brics
campaign, was seon concerning tbe statements
sent out from Springfield. He says: "lean
not beliove either Mr. Thomas or his son
would make the statements claimed. Mr.
Thomas was an agreeable competitor and his
workers pleasant gentlemen, and really wo at
no time desired his withdrawal. The claim
tbat votes were purchased is absurd, and
I should be slow to do Mr. Thomas the injust
ice to think he would give credence to any
such statement, much less circulate it. There
is evidently some mistake in the dispatch from
Springfield."
LEFT.T0HISFBIENM
Ex-Governor Paulson's Significant Answer
to a Plamp Question He Won't Say
He U Not a Candidate
for Governor.
tSFXCIAt. TXLZOItAM TO TBB DISPATCH.
Philadelphia, January 21. T. D.
Casey, a member of the Democratic State
Committee from Allegheny connty, was in
this city to-day, preparatory to his at
tendance at the meeting of the committee at
Harrisburg to-morrow. While here Mr.
Casey called npon ex-Governor Pattison,
with whom he conversed npon the subject
of the nomination for Governor.
Mr. Casey called Mr. Pattisou's attention
to the action of Lawrence county in placing
him in nomination for Governor and in
structing its delegates for him. Governor Pat-
ttlison expressed pleasure at this complimentary
actios of his old friends, and said that it was
entirely unexpected, Mr. Casey then told him
that other counties intended following this up
by similar action, and tbat in Allegheny espe
cially the feeling in his interest was general
and powerful, and would find expression in the
choice of delegates unless the Governor for
bade it on tbe ground that he would not accept
the candidacy. The Governor replied that he
had not and would not do anything to influence
the choice of delegates.
"Well," replied Mr. Casey, "they will he for
you. Governor, unless you forbid it." To this
Mr, Pattison replied: "I do not wish to say
anything to influence the action of tbe party,
and my friends must act in this matter without
tbe slightest suggestion from me."
"All they ask," said Mr. Casey, "is that yon
do not say tbat you will refuse tbe nomination.
Have you ever said to anyone that you would
decline?"
"No one," the Governor said, emphatically,
"bas been authorized to say so. But yon must
excuse me from saying anything further."
A BEKT1CE PENSION BILL
Favored by Both Branches of tho Ohio
General Assembly.
(SPECIAL TELEGEAM TO THIS DISPATCII.l
Coltjmbus, O., January 21. The Legislature
in both branches to-day adopted a resolution
requesting Congress to pass the service pension
bill and place all honorably discharged sol
diers, sailors and marines who served 90 days
or more on the pension rolls. The resolution
asks that all soldiers who served 90 days or
more bo pensioned at (3 a month, and in addi
tion tbat all who served more than 800 days be
given a monthly pension of 1 cent for each day
of service. This is to be in addition to any
pension already received for disability.
A resolution for the restoration of tbe wool
tariff of 1SCT was under discussion, and will be
adopted. It asks members of Congress from
Ohio to favor Buch.a bill.
KILLED Bt HEGE0 STBIKEES.
The Slllltla. Fntrollnit the Town In Order to
Preserve the Pence.
Apalachicola, Fla., January 2L The
sawmills here employ negro labor principally.
Last week the negroes held a meeting and re
solved to have ten hours and more pay, and
refused to take orders. Last Monday the
negroes refused to go to work, and the mills
shut down. The negroes not in the strike were
prohibited from working. Two worked at the
Kennedy mill yesterday. Last night one of
them was assassinated In bis bouse. The
negroes who are at work are alarmed, and the
whites fear more trouble.
The Governor has been telegraphed to send
troops and ammunition, and they are expected
to-morrow. Tbe militia here held ameeting to
day, and will patrol the town to-night. Other
wise all Is quiet.
SHOT HIS LITTLE KEPnEW.
Another of .Those Fools Tarns Up Who
Didn't Know Twits Loaded.
rSFECIAL TELEGBA1I TO TOK DISFATCH.l
New York. January 21. Bernard Koegil
was arrested to-day for shooting his nephew,
Arthur Fisher, 7 years old. Koegil had a re
volver last night which be did not think was
loaded. He kept pulling the trigger, and at
the same time pointing the pistol at his
nephew.
Finally tho trigger struck a cartridge, and
tho ball went through the boy's side, causing a
dangerous wound. Koegil was held to-day for
trial.
DEATH IN THE FLAMfcS.
A Father Perishes While Attempting to
Rescue Ills Children.
St. Johns, N.F., January 21. John Gorley
and three children perished by fire last night.
Gorley died in tbe flames while making a third
attempt to rescue bis children from a burning
bouse. His remains were found with his head
burned off and a child in bis arms.
NOT ENOUGH PHIB1CIANS
To Care for the Victims of n Local Dlph
tbcrla Epidemic.
Belvidkre, III., January 21. Sickness has
been on the increase here lately to an alarming
extent until It bas reached the point where
tbere are more sick than well people in town.
Diphtheria In its worst form bas appeared.
There are not enough physicians to care for tho
sick, '
NEW SILTEK .SCHEME!
English Notes Redeemable in That
Metal Are to be Issued.
THE IHTEEEST BATE AT LONDON
Is Now So High That Some Belief ia
Absolutely Necessary. 3
A COMMEECIAL B0IC0TT ON ENGLAND.
Patriotic Portuguese Will Hot Trade With the Wind fn
tlit future.
It is stated that the Bank of England
will be given authority b'y Parliament to
issne 1 notes, redeemable in silver in large
quantities. This, it is believed, will be
beneficial to general trade. The Portuguese
have institnted a very vigorous boycott
upon British commerce.
rBT CABLE TO Till DISPATCH.
London, January 21. There is little
doubt that the Bank of England is abont to
issne 1 notes payable in silver, though it is
impossible to obtain official confirmation of
the project for obvions reasons. The scheme
is said to have originated with Mr. Goschcn,
Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the notes
are said to be already printed and only
awaiting the meeting of Parliament, when
an act will be passed to authorize their issue
and making them legal tender for any
amount.
The London agent of a great banking
house having branches all over the conti
nent and the United States informed me
that he had received information to the ef
fect that these notes would be issued from
an official source which he was unable to di
vulge. He said: "My informant has seen
the notes, which are now being printed in
order that they may be issued at once as soon
as Parliament passes the necessary law.
The result of issue of silver notes will have
a beneficial effect npon trade. The author
ized issue of Bank of England notes is
16,200,000 in addition to an unlimited
issue against bullion and specie, and it pos
sesses tbe sole right to issue within 65 miles
around London.
SILVEB STOBED AWAY.
"In 1888 the amount of silver coined was
given as 756,678 in valne. The figures for
last year have not yet been made public, but
an approximation based upon purchases of
bullion makes tbe amount over 2,000,000 in
value. The bank is allowed to hold one-quarter
ot its reserve in silver, and as It Is compelled to
redeem Its notes in gold, tho amount of silver
coin in its vaults Is immense.
"The rate ot money ia higher In London to
day than at any other time except during a
panic The minimum rate ot tbe Bank ot Eng
land to-day 'is 6 per cent for discount, but as a
matter of fact it bas made no loans for some
time at less than 7 per cent. The result is a
great inflow of gold from the provinces, tbe
only place, except Russia, where the bank can
obtain gold, and this is hurting the trade of tbe
country. If the bank is allowed to
issue 1 notes redeemable In sliver
trade will be immensely benefited, since it
will increase the circulating medium immense
lyand put sliver into active circulation again."
The bill authorizing the issue of silver notes
and making them a legal tender to any amount
will be introduced at the beginning of the ses
sion of Parliament and will, of course, be car
ried through without delay."
"Are you entirely satisfied In your own mind
tbat your information is correct?" I asked.
'So much so that we are doing business on
that basis," tbe banker replied.
A. BEFUSAL TO TALK.
With this intelligence I repaired to tho stono
dungeon where, behind bars and locks, sat an
austere gentleman "whose signature constitutes
the valne in the bank of England notes Frank
May, chief cashier.
"I am sorry that I can give you no Informa
tion in the matter," he said, when I told him
my errand.
"Will you not either affirm or deny the
story?" I asked. ,
"i am not at lioeriy to ao eitner," he re
sponded. Inquiries at other London bankers' revealed
the fact that the prospective issue of silver
notes was not known generally in the city,
though many had beard the rumors. Naturally
the only persons who could give official in
formation in the matter are tbe ones
who are compelled to keep, it quiet. The
issuance of silver notes would be ad
vantageous for other reasons, aside
from the effect upon trade. There bave just
been issued for the first time in large quanti
ties i and 5 shilling silver pieces, the former as
large and the latter larger than the American
silver dollar that was fonnd so inconveniently
bulky in the United States. The only coin of
less bulk between tne value of tbe 5-sbillIng
piece and the sovereign is the gold 10-shilling
piece, though tbere aro a few 1 notes of pri
vate banks redeemable in gold in circulation,
almost entirely in Ireland and Scotland.
Any amount under 5 therefore, must
be carried In coin and as silver
is legal tender to tbe amountof 2, the English
man often finds bis wealth a burden. Tbe issu
ance of 1 notes in quantities bas often been
discussed in England, and the novelty of tbe
present prospective issue consists in making it
redeema'Dle in silver. The great objection that
has been made heretofore to the multiplication
of the notes bas been the fear of conveying dis
ease throngh them, but when Englishmen be
come a trifle more civilized they will disabuse
their minds of this impression.
THAT PAENELL D1Y0ECE CASE
la the Canso of an Important Case for Con
tempt of Court.
BY DUNLAP'S CABLE COMPAST.I
London, January 21. The bearing of Cap
tain O'Sbea's motion to commit the Star,
Freeman's Journal and Herald for contempt,
was on to-day. Captain O'Shea was present,
faultlessly attired, wearing a new silk bat, new
gloves, blue silk tie and crrrying a gold-headed
malacca cane. It was remarked tbat he had
more tho appearance of a man who was going
to be married than one striving to bo divorced.
O'Shea's affidavit was read, denying absolutely
tbe newspaper statements, and especially the
scandalous suggestion that he was complais
antly married. Ho avers that his snit for
divorce is bona fide, and before instituting the
proceedings he had consulted his wife's rela
tions. Mrs. Wood, Mrs. Steele, Lady Barnard
Leonard, Mrs. Chambers and General Sir
Evyln wood, and obtained tbelr sympathy and
support.
To this Sir Charles Bussell and Mr. Asquitb,
counsel for tbe defense, replied tbat O'Shea
himself Invited publicity by granting an inter
view to one of the papers in question. O'Shea
adds to bis first affidavit another denying 'he
was shunned in tho Honseot Commons for con
niving at the liason between Parnell and Mrs.
O'Shea. The case was adjourned.
PORTUGUESE IN BRAZIL
Will Take a Hand la the Commercial War
Against England.
Rt.o Janeibo, January 2L At a Portuguese
meeting held here yesterday it was resolved to
suspend business with English people, and to
send a telegram to Lisbon stating that the
members of the colony here are prepared to
make any sacrifice for their native country.
Banker Mayrick undertakes to found a bank
in tho South with an emission of 200,000 contos
against shares, and two banks in the North
with ISO,000 contos each.
Crew Strike Against the Storm.
London, January 21. The British steamer
Sunholme, Captain Matthews, which left
Liverpool January 5 for New York, arrived to
day atrMoville. She encountered terrific gales
and bad ber bows stove and sails split. The
decks were swept clean by tremendous seas.
The crew refnsed to proceed ana the captain
was compelled to put back.
Tbe India Rubber Monopoly.
Losdon, January 2L At a meeting of dealers
In India rubber connected with the London
Chamber of Commerce, it was resolved to
memorialize tbe Marquis of Salisbury against
the monopoly established by the Para Govern
ment and tbe export duty it has imposed. It has
transpired tbat 60 firms have already petitioned
the Government on this subject.
THE G0TERNMENT BUSTAINEP
A TJonlnnil.t Ohlectlon to the Fret OS-
' u
of No Avail. Xfi-'ft
itabis January ii. in tne inwaira ".'& o
ntiesM. Chiche. Boulanglst, questioned Q
Pabisl Januart2L-In the Chamber oi '
uoverntnentupon tbe recent appointment
magistrates of gentlemen who were former.
deputies, but who had failed of re-
election in the recent canvass. He
thought in appointing to office men
whom the peoplo bad rejected the Government
committed Itself to a defiance of universal
suffrage. Ho considered that there was In this
an Improper political use of places in the
magistracy, and that tbe magistracy should re
main inviolable and hot be drann into the
complications of party strife.
M. Therener, Minister of Public Instruction,
said that the magistrates recently appointed
were men fully qualified for their important
duties. As they were primarily qualified
by legal education and practice in the
courts they would not be likely to
lose that qualification by some experience
in the Chamber of Deputies in the
preparation of those laws which as magistrates
thev would bave occasion to interpret and
apply. Tbere was much applause from the
Left, and after a rejoinder from M. Chiche,
the Chamber adopted tbe order of tbe day,
approving tbe Government's declaration by
301 to 158.
BOYCOTTING ENGLAND.
The Progress of the Morement In tho Spanish
Penininln.
Lisbon, January 2L The Commercial Asso
ciation resolved to do its utmost to prevent or
restrict all trade or commercial Intercourse
with England. Tbe Inhabitants of Betubal, IS
miles from here, prevented a Portuguese mer
chant of that place from shipping goods on an
English steamer, which therefore sailed with
out any cargo.
American, French and German commercial
travelers are here making tbe most of the op
portunity afforded to replace British goods in
Portuguese markots by goods from the coun
tries they represent.
EISNER CONFIDENT.
Tho State Chairman Snys He lias More
Than Enough Pledges to Rc-Elect
Him The Westerners Looking
for a ftlnn to Una
Against Him.
rSFZCIAI. TXLXOKAX TO THE OI8PATC7M
Habbisbtjbg, January 21. Chairman
Kisner was busy to-night exchanging civili
ties with members of tho Democratic State
Committee and preparing a programme for
to-morrow's meeting. Among the first
things fo be done will be the election of a
Chairman and Secretary of the committee,
and, Kisner and Head will be their own
successors, unless indications amount to
nothing. The present Chairman claims to
have more than enough pledges to
seenre his re-election, and talks as if he 'ex
pected no material opposition. He has re
ceived no official information of the alleged
tight against htm In the West, but he seems not
to regard it as serious in Its general results.
Chairman Kisner says that when the State
Committee shall have completed its work to
morrow, tbe party will be better organized for
a big figbt than It has been since 18SS.
The question of selecting a place for the
meeting of the next Democratic State Conven
tion will probably excite considerable discus
sion, as Scranton is making a strong effort to
get It for that city. Tbe meeting of the com
mittee will be characterized by a number of
speeches on the tariff and ballot reform, and
other political subjects, by leading Democrats.
The Democratic societies will bave a good
representation here to-morrow for the purpose
of conferring with the members of the party
who will be attracted by tbe meeting of the
State Committee.
Messrs. Foley, Ermis, Kennedy and Jiles,
members of the Democratic Btate Committee
from Allegheny countv, are here quietly work
ing against the re-election of Kisner, and they
are assisted by Committeemen Kline, of West
moreland; Smith, of Armstrong, and a few
other western members who participated in
the recent, conference, which is said to have,
beeo-unanlmously against the present chair
"man of the State Committee. W. J. Brennen,
who Is 'also on the ground, will represent
County Chairman Watson at the meeting of
tbe committee.
Patrick Foley was disinclined to-night to
talk on the subject of the State Chairmanship,
and expressed his inability to to state for
whom be would vote. Committeeman Ennis
says there is considerable opposition to Kisner,
but his enemies are handicapped by not hav
ing a candidate to run against him. A meeting
of members of tbe State Committeemen of the
third division, which sat down so heavily on
Kisner recently, will be held in the morning,
to see if any respectable tight can be made
against Kisner.
WILL ECLIPSE ALL.
Next Year's Exposition Attractions to bo
the Best Mr. Johnson Delighted
at the First Season's
Great Success.
rsrsciAX. telzoeaji to tbi dispatcu.i
New Yobk, January 21. J. H. Johnston,
who has for almost 20 years successfully en
gineered expositions and like institutions in
Pittsburg and other cities, is here perfecting
arrangements for the coming industrial fair
of 1890. The society received such hearty
encouragement from the public last year,
that it is now warranted in engaging at
tractions whloh will eclipse anything ever be
fore given to Allegheny and adjacent counties.
Mr. Johnston is now negotiating with prom
inent musicians of this city witb the view of
giving summer night concerts,and also extraor
dinary music for the fall, while the Exposition
is iu progress. He Is not at liberty to state who
he has engaged until tbe matter is submitted to
tbe Executive Board for approval, which he
does not doubt will be met witb by that body
The receipts of last year's show doubly exceed
ed the initial year of any similar exposition
ever given in the United States.
"Conservative business men were slow to
help us at first," said Mr. Johnston, "but now
everyone is assured of the lasting prosperity;
and, with tbe combined support of the press,
I cannot see how we can fail. Pittsburg has no
effervescent growth, bnt a steady, sure infla
tioncommercially and financially which
gives it the license to hold a yearly exhibit for
tbe edification and pleasure ot its patrons.
Tbe Art and Music Hall which will be erected
is to gratify the growing tastes for the beauti
ful developing yearly."
Mr. Johnston rather favored Washington
City for the World's Fair, for tbe reason of IU
being the capital ot the nation, and further
cited his remarks, as published in The Dis
patch recently, tbat tbe buildings, erected
substantially at a great Government cost, could
be utilized for department conveniences alter
tbe fair bad ended. He thought, no matter
wbere tbe site Is destined to be, tbat the peo
ple were losing time necessary to complete
this vast project. "This"' said be, "should be
the grandest achievement of the American peo-
le, and on snch a scale as is anticipated, there
i no time to be lost."
A TOBACCO TRUST
To be Formed by tbe Consolidation of a
Number at Companies.
Teenton, N. J., January 21 Articles of in
corporation were filed to-day with the Secre
tary of State by the American Tobacco Com
pany, wblcb, it is supposed, is to consolidate a
number of companies. The capital stock Is
fixed at 25,000,000. The number of shares is
400,000. Of said stock 515,000,000 is divided into
300,000 shares at 50 each, which shall be the
general or common stock, and 10,000,000 Is di
vided into 100,000 shares of 100 each, which
shall be preferred stock.
Said preferred stock shall entitle the holder
to receive each year a dividend of 8 per cent,
payable half yearly, .before any dividend is
Bet apart for the common stock, or so much of
the 8 per cent as the profits justify. The amount
with which tbe company will begin business is
100.090, divided into 200sbares.
AERESTED FOR SELLING CIGABETTES.
A New Jersey Town That Has Started In
for n Little Reform.
rSFJCtAL TILIOnAM TO TUX DISPATCH.
Camden, N. J., January 21. The first prose
cution in New Jersey under the law to prevent
the sale ot cigarettes to children under IS years
of age has been made here.
A dealer named Fielder was placed under
$300 bonds to-day for trial by Mayor Pratt tor
tolling cigarettes and tobacco to (wo boys.
THREE CENTS
COOLASACUCDMBEB.
flukAfllinlliiol lJ.!..m:iO1,:
, uc ui mo juuau auuuuuua nam bmv
beries That Ever Occurred.
doA,
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V;XPEBSS1IESSEK6EB, ROBBED
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l
Operate Masked ITen, Who Get
Away Witlt About $25,000.
AN UNLUCKT TRAMP PATALLT SH0I
By the Outlaw?, Who Escape With Their Booty and
Can't Be Fonnd.
An express car on a California train, near
Tulare, was robbed of abont 125,000 yester
day. Two masked men forced tbe trainmen
to stop the train, and they then held up tha
messenger. A tramp who tried to give tha
alarm was fatally shot. It was one of tho
coolest things of the kind on record.
rSPZCIAX. TKLEOEAM TO TUX DISPATCH.)
Tulabe. Cat... January 2L One of the
coolest and most andacions train robberies
which ever occurred in California took, place
about halfway between Tulare and Goshen,
this morning. The south-bound overland
train left Goshen about 4 o'clock, when
it was dark and the passengers were all
asleep. Two men who had not been noticed
in tbe darkness sprang on the forward plat
form of tbe car just as the train was leaving
the station. Before the train was fairly
started they climbed over the tender of tbe
locomotive, and the first that was known of
their presence was when the engineer and
fireman fonnd themselves covered with shot
guns. The men wore black masks, and tbeir
faces could not be seen. They acted with
the utmost coolness, and showed themselves
to be old bands at the business. They took
their places on the locomotive, keeping the
engineer and fireman nnder watch all the
time, and told them that the train must be
stopped when they gave orders.
THE TBAIN STOPPED.
The train was mn ahead nntil it bad gone
nearly 4 miles when the order to stop it
was given. Engineer Denue at once obeyed.
One of tbe robbers sprang to tbe ground, and
the engineer and fireman wereordereJ to leave
tbe engine, which tbey did, and were followed
by tbe robbers.
Up to this time none of the other train hands
had been aware tbat anything on tho train was
wrong, but when tbe train came to a stop, miles,
away from the nearest station, the brakemen
jumped off and ran forward to find what was
the matter. ,As tbey approached the engine
tbey were ordared back witb curses by tha
robbers, who threatened to shoot them, and tho.
brakemen. considering prudence tbe better
part of valor, returned to the cars.
Tbe engineer and firemen were taken to the
express car. and told to order the messenger to
open the door on pain of being shot If here
fused. The door was opened, and all the
money and valuables which could be found
were placed in sacks. Fireman W. G. Lovejoy
was then ordered to pick up the sacks and
carry them up the track toward Gosben. Ho
was compelled to carry them for nearly a mile,
and then told to sec them down and return to
his train.
A TBAMP FATALLY SHOT.
While the robbery was going on, a tramp who
had been stealing a ride, on a brake-beam,
crawled out from under the train. The robbers
at once opened fire on him and fatally wounded,
him, the buckshot lodging in his head.
Soon as the alarm was given here a special
train containing a posso of armed men
was sent to the scene of the rob
bery, 'and the whole country Is. now.
being scoured. The amount secured by tha
outlaws is not yet known, but It is thought that
it is about 23,000. as tbey made a clean sweep
of the car. taking their time to make their
search for valuables.
It is not many months since a robbery under
identical circumstances occurred scarcely
20 miles from tbe scene of tbe pres
ent steal, and the descriptions of tbe men
are tha same In both cases. On tbe
former occasion about 20,000 was secured, and
all trace of tbe robbers was lost, despite a very
thorough search. The chances of tbeir capture
are not more flattering this time, and they will
probably make off with their booty unmolested.
A CHANCE FOE A WOMAN'S LIFE.
Earnest Endeavor to Save DIrm Dilllard
From the Gallows.
rEFXCXAI. TXLXGKAX TO TUB DICPATCII.1
Habiusbtoo, January ZL The must inter
esting case heard by the Board of Pardons to
day was that of Margaret A. Dilllard, of North
ampton county, who, with W. H. Bartholomew,
conspired to kill her husband. General Frank
Beeder made an earnest plea for tbo commuta
tion of tbe death penalty of the woman to im
prisonment for life, for tbe reason that her con
fession was obtained with the understanding
tbat it would save ber from tbe gallows. Let
ters were submitted from the Judge who tried
tbe case, and bis associate, asking for the favor
able consideration of the application, the former
stating that he wouldn't have pronounced tbe
death sentence on Mrs. Diliiard if he had not
been confident that the Board of Pardons
wonld interpose its power to prevent her execu
tion. District Attorney Stewart, of Northampton
county, also asked the board to recommend the
requested clemency to the prisoner, and sub
mitted a letter in which be expressed grave
doubts as to his ability to convict Bartholomew
without Mrs. Dilliard's testimony. The com
mutation ot the death penalty was finally
recommended.
Favorable action was taken In the case of
John Byers, of Allegheny county, sentenced to
the Western Penitentiary for two years.
A KEF0BU TICKET FOB 1892.
Call Issued for a Convention to Organize a
New Party.
Chicago, January 2L Under authority
given at the National Reform Conference held
In Weber Music Hall here November 13 lasts,
call was lssned to-day for a "union organiza
tion convention of reformers from all parties."
to be held In St. Louis. September 3, 189a The
purpose of the convention, as stated in tha
call. Is to adopt a national platform and appoint
a national executive committee, whose duty it
shall be to place in the field in 1892 a "reform"
party in all tbe States and Territories. The
idea is to bring about, if possible, pooling of
issues by tbe Prohibition, Union Labor, Green
backer, Knights ot Labor. Farmers' Alliance
and Industrial union organizations. Hiram
Maine. Chairman, Willis W. Jones. Mrs. B. a
Heath, Samuel H. ComiDgs and Edward Evans
signed the call.
Tbe committee suggest to tho convention the
placing of a plank in tbe party platform favor
ing a provision ot law under which the peoplo
may vote periodically upon doctrines and poli
cies, witbont tbe intervention of parties or can
didates, the results of these elections to be
considered as instructions to our legislative
servants, to the end that no misunderstanding
or excuse for double-dealing may exist.
MADE TWAIN NOT ON HAND,
Bat Sir. House's Cae Against fllm Is not
Delayed Thereby.
(FPXCIAI. TELXQKAH TO TUB DISPATCH.!
New York, January 21. The application
made by Edward H. House lor an injunction
to restrain the production of the dramatized
version of Mark Twain's "Tbe Prince and the
Pauper," was heard In tbe Court of Common
Fleas to-day by Judge Daly. Mr. House' case
is against Manager Daniel Frohman, Samuel
L. Clemens (Mark Twain) aud Abby Sage
Bicbardson. None of the interested parties
were in court to-day. Mr. Hummel asked the
Court to postpone tbe case as far as It applied
to Mr. Clemens and Mrs. Bichardson, nntil
next Monday.
Mr. Ives thought that at least.tho question oi
infringement could be at once decided, and he
then read the plaintiff's lengthy presentment of
facts.
Death From Blood Poisoning.
ISPICIAL TXLXGBAU TO Tni DISPATCH.1
Butler, Pa., January 2L Bobert Bay, a
farmer In Cherry township, died yesterday
from blood poisoning, caused by the amputa
tion of a limb a few days previous. He was
about 35 years old, and leaves a widow and sev
eral children.