parser "r w WANTS, FOB SALES, TO LETS. BEACH THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE ISP-A-TCEC. HOUSE HOSTESS BEAD IT. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS BRING PKOMPT AXSW KES. TIDE JIS1?A.TCT3. REACHES MASTERS AND MEN. S 'WXt$toKA TORTY-EEFTH TEAK. DEMAND FOR WORK, Throngs of the Unemployed March Through London Streets Asking ONLY THE RIGHT TO LIVE. The Situation Is a Very Critical One, and There Are Grave Fears of Serious Jrouble. TOUCHING CASES OF SUFFERING. Means at the Disposal of the Charitable Eureans Sol Sufficient to Believe the Distress. A E10T OF THE STRIKERS IN SCOTLAND. tfotwithstisimg All the Reports to tit Contruy the Bulroti Dispute Ess Hot Beta Settled u Tet PBISEST STATUS OF THE IRISH COHTROTERST IDT DUM-AF'S CABLE COMFANT. Lokdos, Jan. 8. The severe cold -weather, which still continues, makes the distress in the city, which is always great in winter, even more acute than ever. Affairs are be coming desperate. All day the officers of the Mile End mission were besieged by a famished crowd clamoring for relief, until at last the doors had to be closed. The committee proposes to give free din ners every day to a thousand children. At four centers arrangements are being made for temporary sleeping shelters for homeless single men and women. A shop beneath the Dockers' Union's office is being fitted np as a food depot. There are almost innumer able instances of men with wives and fami lies depending on them being out of work. Some Touching Cases of Distress. Some of the cases of distress are exceed ingly touching. A woman was found ill and helpless in bed with two little children in trie room who were crying for food. She is lAit expected to live through the night. ' Another case is that of a man with a wife (and five children who are entirely destitute. vThe man started in the morning for the pur- rpose of searching for work. Some kind- f hearted individual gave him a dinner and i the unhappy man immediately put it into r his pocket and went off with it borne to his wife and little ones, without touching any of it. There is no doubt but that a large amount of relief is absoJntely and immediately I n rj Meeting af employed -laborers are being held in various partsfof the metropolis, and the men have been parading the streets with banners and flags. A Demonstration of the Unemployed. At Mile End 400 men held a meeting and one of their number, named Juchau, a house painter, presided. He said: "It is all very well for people to Bay, 'why don't you work?" If work were provided thousands would readily rush for it." At Tower Hill similar speeches were made by various workmen. Another pro cession marched through the city and went through Oxford street to Hyde Park. At its head was a red and blue banner which bore the lollowing inscription: "We de mand the right to live; we don't intend to starve." At Hyde Park a mat named Power said: "Tne men are not goi g to be content with a basin of soup. They are de termined to have employment. If they are driven like rats into a corner they cannot be held answerable for their conduct." "Work at the Royal Albert and Victoria docks is at present exceedingly active, there being no fewer than 45 vessels loading and discharging cargoes there, and many of the men are even working over time. The Situation Very Dark. At the Iteckton Gas "Works all the hands are fully employed, but in spite of the above bits of lavorable news the situation is very black. The distress in Conningtown, Plais ton, Upton Park, Silverstown and Westhan is unusually acute and hundreds are only one degree from starvation. The local tradesmen have responded most generously to the appeals which have been made lor relief, and their donations have taken the form both of money and food, the bakers distributing bread every day, and the butchers have promised the local collect ors meat for making sonp as long as the hard weather lasts, but the general public has signally failed to respond to the exigen cies of the crisis. The magistrates complain that the poor boxes hare been so drained that they are no w empty. This is a scandal ous reproach to the wealthier classes. .Reports from the Scotch railway strike are equally discouraging. The railroad directors have repeatedlv announced that the strike was practically over, that the strikers were beaten, and that the usual traffic upon all the lines had been resumed. These statements were believed at first, but cow it seems that the utterances of the rail road officials were not correct. Thousands Are Still Striking. At Glasgow and vicinity alone there are still about 6,000 men out on strike, and in spite of tne statements made by the com panies' representatives, the freight traffic is not being improved. On the other hand tl e strikers arc continually receiving financial and moral support from the various trades unious throughout Great Britain. Though Hit sums received by each striker are small, :ind far from being sufficient to keep their fjuiilies free from suffering, the aid received enables them to keep up the fight against the railroad companies. Tiie general public is longing for some kind ot a settlement to be arrived at be tween the companies and their employes. The Glasgow Presbytery has appointed a strong committee to endeavor to secure a cuinoromise. The officials of the Caledonian Bailroad, in s manifesto issued this morning, promised to consider the grievances of the strikers who would promptly resume work. In reply to this a number of drivers and firemen re turned to work during the afternoon. An Attack Upon the Deserters. This action on the part of the men referred to created a small riot. The so-called "de serters" from tne ranks of the strikers were hooted at and pelted with stones by those of the strikers who determined not to surren der. The railroad officials called upon the police to protect the men who had gone back to work. The police then charged the itrikers, and arrested six of their ringleaders. The cap tured strikers were taken to a police station in the vicinity of the distnrbance, followed hy a mob of howling men and women and children. The six prisoners were locked up, and will be charged with riotous conduct. It is feared .by their friends that the magis trates will deal severely with them. This it but an indication of the general situation, and serions trouble is possible at any moment. THE IRISH SITUATION; PABNEU, IS TO TAKE CAKE OF THE TLPPEBABY TEHAHT8. Terms of the Agreement Said to Have Been Reached "With O'Brien A Letter From Gladstone Denying Some Stories Which Have Been Placed In Circulation. v JBT DCNLAF'S CABLE COMFAKT. Londojt, Jan. 8. It is learned from an authentic source that Mr. O'Brien has de cided to return to England at once and sur render to his bail. His friends wished him to wait until the spring, but he has refused to do so. The Pall Mall Gazette says to-day: "The following terms of arrangement have been concluded at Boulogne between Mr. Parnell and O'Brien. Air. Pamell Is nominally to retire from the active prosecution of the campaign wben be would come forward to nom inate candidates, and he is to make a monetary concession by transferring 10,000 to 15,000 pounds sterling to Sir. O'Brien's account in or der to enable the latter to fulfill his financial obligations to the Tipperary 'tenants. Mr. O'Brien pledges himself to use his influence to secure tbe deposition of Mr. McCarthy and bis own election to tbe post of leader of tbe re united Parnellite Patriot party. Mr. O'Brien is now communicating with Mr. McCarthy In or der to persuade tbe latter to retire." Tbe freeman's Journal sajs that Mr. Par nell denies tbe statements published to tbe effect tbat Mr. Parnell Has agreed not to can vass Ireland until tne General elections; tnat he has agreed to transfer funds to Mr. O'Brien in order tbat tbe latter may pay the Tipperary tenants; that Mr. O'Brien has agreed tqecnre Mr. McCarthy's deposition, and that Mr. O'Brien will lead the reunited Irish parr-. The Freeman' Journal declares tbat the conference closed- hopeful of a message satisfactory to tbe Irish at home and abroad, hopeful that the confer ence wonid not be fruitless, and hopef nl tbat it wonld have a great practical and salutary effect toward a renewal ot the union of tbe Irresis tible Irish party. Tbe Journal adds: "Those who wonld reject tbe aarice and spurn the conclusions of two such Irishmen as Parnell and O'Brien wonld incur a grave and lasting responsibility at a critical juncture. It is time for Irishmen to prove that they appreciate Mr. Parnell's and Mr. O'Brien's efforts to secure success despite the difficulty caused by teacb eryand corruption. Tbe country's manhood will indorse tbe leaders who bavo so often shown the way to victory." Mr. GlatMone bas written a letter for publi cation in regard to two statements, "Ascribed, I hopo untruly," he says, "to Captain Price. They are both false. I have mado no offer of office to Mr. Parnell, and his retirement of which I spoke to Mr. Morley wa not retire ment for the present, but retirement now." FORCED TO BUY BONDa A Carious Incident Connected With a Forth coming French Loan. rBT DUXLAP'S CABLE COMPAKT.l Pakis, Jan. 8. A curious thing has just hap pened here with regard to the French loan of 863,000,000 francs, which will be Issued Satur day. Fonr credit hanks, among wbith are the Societe Generate Comptoir D'Escompte and the Credit Lvonaise, sent to M. Rouvier, tbe Minister of Finance, and asked him to manage for tbem to participate in tbe loan without drawing on tbe sums tbey have in London, which is rather an important thing for them to do. Tbey told tbe Minister that tbey wished these sums to remain until the day of Issue in t London and Wjlralister Bank, which r-duu obviate any ulsturbance of tbe London market and prevent any increase in tbe rates or on checks. M. Rouvier obtained Information, as to the value of tbe f nnds possessed by them in Lon don, and fonnd that these sums amounted in Cross to 175,000.000 francs. He then agreed to the request and accepted the English subscrip tion for tbe irreducible sum of 175,000,000 francs. It now appears that these houses do not pos ses t-oese sums in .cngiano. Aney nave conse quently been obliged to buy bonds in Paris to complete this sum. A TERRIBLE FATE. Fonr Children Burned to Death Through a Girl's Carelessness. 1BT DtTM-AF'S CABLE COJtrANT.J Potsdam, Jan. 8. An accident, resulting in the death of fonr children, took place here to day. A married couple, who were going on a visit to Berlin, confided their four young chil dren to tbe care of a nurse girl. At 7 o'clock. tbe girl was indnced to co out with a soldier, who was her lover, and she left the children alone, taking the precaution to placo the lamp on top of the store, so tbat It might be out of tbe children's reach. It is not known whether the lamp exploded, or whether the children got at it, but about half an hour alter the girl bad cone out a passerby perceiving the window curtains to be afire, ran into tbe bouse and found tbe children burnt almost to cinders. Tbe nurse and the soldier have been arrested. THE SILESIAN FAMINE. Misery on the Increase and Children Dying for Want of Food. rBT DUlTLAr'B CABLE COMPAKT.l Berlin, Jan. 8. The heartrending accounts of famine in Silesia continue to horrify every body. 'Pastor Klein telegraphs tbat tbe misery in tbe country about Clatz is indescribable. The cold is increasing, and there is no work nor no money to be had. In Pastor Klein's parish 17 children have died for want of nour ishment since Christmas. The price of bread, stuffs anu meat is 20 percent bigber in Clatz than in the neighboring Austrian provinces. Whole families of weavers, father; mother, children, can hardly earn 1 mark per day. CLOSED TO WOMEN. None of the Fair Sex Allowed Within Sight of Japan's Parliament. tBT DDNLAF'S CABLE COUP AST. London, Jan. 8. The Daily Telegraph prints a long letter from Sir Edwin Arnold, wblch describes the opening of the first Japan ese Parliament. In the course of It be says: "What one Instantly misses is the presence of the fairer sex. Not a woman of high orlow degree is to be seen about the premises, and tbe chairs in the box of the Empress are unused. An unfortnate American literary lady, who came all the way from New York to report the event, was denied even so much as an approach to tbe precincts.' Two SwlTt Steamships. TBT DDNLAP'S CABLE COMPAITT.l Liverpool, Jan. a The Cunard Steamship Company has contracted for tbe building of two large fast steamers of 12,000 tons each, which will make the voyage between New York and Queenstown in five days and eight hours, and New York and Liverpool under six days at a speed of 22 knots an hour. The ships are to be built on tbe Clyde; to cost J2.000.000 each and to be ready in 1882. A Possibility of Bloodshed. tBT DUNLAP'S CABLE COMPAKT.l Dublin, Jan. & At to-day's meeting of the Limerick corporation the Mayor refused to re ceive a resolution calling on him not to attend the meeting on 8unday at which Parnell will speak. A counter demonstration is to be held, which may lead to riot ana even bloodshed. Austrian People Snowbound. TBT DUSLAP'S CABLE COKFAirr.l Trieste, Jan. a A dreadful snow storm bas been raging here for tbe last 24 hours. Traffic Is entirely stopped, and people are afraid to leave their houses. Several immense tanks of pillan are burning, with no hope of getting tbe fire under control. Navigation Blocked by Ice. TBT DUNLAP'S CABLE COMPAKT.l Brussels. Jan. 8. Large blocks ot ice are inradingUieSelEUuicsftsti, especially Ostend and Blankenbergbe. Many vessels are blocked and navigation is exceedingly difficult. Such a spectacle bas not been witnessed for the last SO years. An Epidemic on the Increase. rBT BUHiar'S CABLE COM FAST. 1 Florence, Jan. S. The epidemic of typhus fever Is increasing here In spite of the measures employed to check it, and from 100 to IbO new cases are reported daily. ANTI-GERMAN FEELING. It Crops Out In Toulouse In tho Mobbing of a Grocery Store. By Associated Fress.l Toulouse, Jan. 8. An ex-German officer named Iiind, who formerly served in a Bavarian regiment of the line, and who now is attached to the German army reserve, owned until yesterday a flourishing grocery store in this city. He was moderately pop ular, considering that he was a German doing business In a French town. But to-day his popularity vanished, and the grocery store went with it. Up to yesterday the German grocer bad conducted his business with tbe assistance of French employes, who had been in the service of tbe man from whom tbe Ger man purchased tbe store. Last night tbe ex-Bavarian officer engaged a German assistant. This action upon bis part so enraged the French grocery clerks thatthere ensued a series ot violent protests against what they considered to be an outrage upon tbe part of the German groceryman, and then tbey left tbe store, vowing vengeance. The French gro cery clerks then went among the grocers neighbors and hotly abused him for employing a German assistant. So thoroughly did tbe French clerks work upon the patriotic feelings of tbe neighbors tbat a howling mob soon as sembled in f rontpf the grocery store. Finally, last as stones were commencing to fly thickly Into the store, a strong force ot gardiens de la paix appeared upon tbe scene and charged the moD. Ihe crowd was with difficulty dispersed by tbe police, who were forced to make several arrests among tbe roost violent of tbe rioters. Tbe German's grocery trade is ruined by the anti-German onslaught, and he is preparing to sell out and leave. King Humbert's Humanity. sRohe The basement of a house in course' of erection here suddenly collapsed to-day, bury ing three workmen in the ruins. King Hum bert, hearing of the accident, hastened to the scene and directed the work of rescuing tbe entombed men. All three ot tbe workmen were rescued. Two of tbem will live, but the third is in a critical condition. King Humbert was warmly cheered as be left the scene of tbe disaster. A Too Zealous Emigration Agent. Berlin Tho trial has just concluded at Put zig, a town of Prussia, on the gulf of Dantxig, of an emigration agent named jSehrmann, who was charged with holding out fraudulent in ducements to peoplo to get them to emigrate. Tbe acensed was fonnd guilty, and was sen tenced to pay a fine of 1,800 marks or to be im prisoned for nine months. Canadian Physicians Pleased. Beblin Drs. J. B. and G. H. Wilson are re taining to London,Ont.,hlghry satisfied with tbe investigation tbat was made of tbe Koch sys tem of treating consumption. They take six bottles of the lymph with them, and say that tbey have inoculated themselves without ex periencing a sympton of reaction. Germany In tne Pacific Berlin The German Government has de cided to establish a port of entry at Jallnt Island, one of the Marshall gronpin tho Pacific Ocean. Ibe-Pojt denies reports coming from San Francisco in regard to the annexation of the Gilbert Islands by Germany. An Anglo-American Spy Arrested. Cape Town Advices from Mozambiqie are to the effect tbat the Portuguese there have ar rested an American named Moore, on, sus picion of bis being a British spy. The United States Consul has demanded a full : quiry to tho matter. The Balfour Fund 11,000. Dublin Tbe f nnd for th j relief ot the suf fering poor of Ireland, started by the Earl of Zetland. Viceroy of Ireland, and Mr. Balfour, tbe Chief Secretary, generally known as the Balfonr fund, now amounts to 11,000 N .French Still Want Alsace. Paths M. Julos Ferry,, replyin to an ad-, drcssntado by the tlelegatcsirbm'the Alsaoe Lorraine Association, assurred them tbat his heart was long given to the imperishable cause of Alsace-Lorraine. A Coming Royal "Wedding. London Tho marriage of the Princess Christian's daughter, Louise, to Prince Aribert, of Anhalt, will be celebrated during tbe month ot July, in the private chapel ot Windsor Castle. A Heavy Snow Fall at Mantua. Roue A dispatch from Mantua says tbat snow bas been continuously falling there for 60 hours, and that It is reported that several persons have lost their lives. Postal Clorks Surrender. London The 200 clerks in tbe Postal Savings Bank, who were suspended for refusing to work overtime, have apoligized and were reinstated. BALDING IHE SMUGGLERS. Largo Consignments ot Japanese Goods Seized hy Customs Officers. rEFECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.! New Yoke", Jan. 8. Surveyor Lyons' men found to-day on tbe American ship Santa Clara, lying .at Woodruffs Stores, In Brooklyn, 41 packages of beautiful Japanese goods fresh from Hiogo. Captain Fuller is master of the vessel, and most of the goods were found in his cabin and in the cabins of other officers. The seizure included decorated china, silk table spreads, screens, silk mourning gowns and other beautiful goodsraltogether worth $3,000. Some of the packages were addressed to J. K, Barton, United States Naval Academy, Annap olis, and It was said that Barton is now in Hiogo and sent the goods here. Other pack ages bore the names of O. G. CoggiweH,P. Ben son and Uarry Lilly. Chief Wilbur and his men made a seizure on the steamphip Balcarres Brook, Captain H. Harrison, from Japan. Among the ship's stores, or at least not down on tbe manifest, were 3,000 worth or Japanese curios, including silver, gold and copper goods, screens and vases, and there were also found a lot ot Jap anese spaniels and monkeys. It was claimed tbat some of tbese goods bad already been sold in New York, and Chief Wilbur's men found investors aboard tbe steamer when tbey went to make the seizures. Captain Harrison, how ever, says that tbey were all his goods, and that he was to leave tbem in England when he got there. BOLD MIDNIGHT THIEVES. While Police Search for Them They Con tinue to Bob Houses. -SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.! Erie, Pa., Jan. 8. A gang of desperate and reckless burglars Is infesting the city. But a few nights ago they entered a hotel and robbed tho guests. Last night the same cool gang en tered the Roberts House, and covering the proprietor and his wife with revolvers, pro ceeded to roD the place. They then attacked the store of the Bush Provision Company, and while Henry Zimmer ling, a tenant In tbe building, started to give the alarm, he was fired upon by the burglars from the outside and chased for several blocks. In his absence, tbe desperadoes burst open tbe door, and under cover of a revolver, compelled Mrs. Zlmmerling to give np all tbe money in th" house. Several other residences were robbed In the same manner by the gang, while tbe patrol was dashing through the city in several incorrect directions in search of the same gang. DE. MAEY WALKER'S CLAIM. She Is In Good Health Again and Deter mined to Win. I SPECIAL TELEOKAM TO THE DIS PATCH. 1 Oswego, Jan. a Dr. Marv Walker, who was recently reported as dying on her farm near this city, but who declared that she would not die before she got her pension of $10,000, bas recovered and was in town a day or two ago. She says there is a great misapprehension in the public mind concerning ber claim against tbe Government. She says tbat she is not ask ing for a pension, but pav for services rendered and money expended as a surgeon in the army, for all ot which she baa never been reimbursed. Looking for a Navy Yard Site. New Orleans, Jan. a At a meeting last night ot the commission appointed to select a site for tbe Gulf navy yard and dry-dock, it was decided that two would go to 3 exaa, two remain here and two go to Mobile, after which the loll commission will leave New Orleans for j jfensacoiaantt xampa isay, PITTSBURG, FRIDAY, THE mH APPEAL III the MacQueary Heresy Trial Made by the Defendant, and HE K0W AWAITS THE VERDICT. St. Paul and Many Hlsrh Churchmen. Quoted in His Defense. MIRACLES H0TH1NG BUT FAITH CDEES tSPXCIAt, TELEOBAU TO THE DISPATCH. 1 Cievelakd, Jan. 8. Tbe trial for heresy ot the Rev. Howard MacQueary by the Episcopal Church of America, which has become a celebrated case in the last few days, came to an end early this evening.and the defendant's fate rests with the court of five. This court realizes the immense im portance of its decision, and before, it is made public possibly several days will have elapsed. They know that not only does the future life of one of the brightest thinkers in the country depend upon what they de cide.but that to a great extent the fate of the Protestant Episcopal Church in America depends upon it If they decide that Mr. MacQueary is guilty, it will be practically an admission, that the Episcopalian church is nothing but the church of the Unity. The general feel ing is that the decision will find MacQueary" guilty of heresy in doubting the resurrec tion on the third day. In so far as the vir gin birth is concerned, there is a feeling that this point is not so important. The ecclesiastical trial proceeded this morning at 1050 o'clock. The1 delay was caused this time by the Bey. Henry D. Aves, one of the court, who was about half an hour late." MacQueary Resumes His Argument. When the court was called to order, Mr. MacQueary resumed his address, which be had left off the night before. He opened by summarizing his points made the day before, speaking as follows: , "Fist I showed that the ordination vows and tho articles of religion teach that tbe creeds of this church must be interpreted by the scriptures. "Second That this must be done primarily by individuals, who might ultimately avail themselves of conventions to bring their inter pretations into general uses in the church. But an individual is no more debarred from exercising his private judgment by the formulas of this churchandsuggestingalterations in their substance or interpretation tban is a member of Congress from offering amendments to, or different constructions of the Constitution of the United States, unless indeed the clergyman furnish no spiritual authority for his sug gestions. Third This church rejects the infallibility of tbe first general councils and tbo majority, but even if she accepted them she could not condemn me, since the early church and coun cil were especially allowed the liberty of tbe belief 1 claim, and tbe majority have not always believed the dogmas which I reject. The re formers of the sixteenth century and tbe mod ern so-called Catholics in our church appeal to the early church. " Setting Forth His Belief. "Fourth I accept tbe authority of tbe Scrip tures and merely reject their verbal informa tion and infallibility. I am sustained in so doing by tbe Privy Council ot England. "Fifth 1 do not reject the Incarnation or Divinity of Christ, but believe that in Him dwell all the fullness of tbe Goa head, al though this Influx of Deity into humanity oc curred witbont violating tbo law of life previ ously ordalradihy God. "i feixtb I accep; tbe miraculous com.ei.ilon of Christ; tbat is, I believe that his perfect spiritual nature was specially begotten by tbe Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of Life, tbat His human spirit was inspired into a finite form by special aid. of tbe Divine Spirit. I therefore differ from the traditional and popu lar theology merely in my interpretation of this article of tho creed, and I justify my difference, first by passages of Scripture, wblch seem to me to indicate a human fatherhood of Jesuj, and secondly by Isaiah's use of tho word virgin in the sense of young woman simply. "wo now come to tbe question of the Resur rection. Here again my position bis been greatly misrepresented, and i must therefore explain away such misrepresentation. On pages 225-27 of my book I explicitly accept the doctrine of the Resurrection, as stated by St Paul m Firs Corinthians, xv., which is the doctrine of this church in her burial service. St. Paul as a Witness. "I do, indeed, claim, and I give fact and rea son to support the claim, that St. Paul's ac count ot tbe Resurrection was written before the gospel account; that it must be interpreted by his vision on tbe way to Damascus; by his statement that there is a natural body and there is a spiritual body; that flesh and blond cannot inherit the kingdom of God, and that tbe body wbich is buried is not the body that shall be tbe organ of tho soul in tbe spiritual world. "I hold that St. Paul treats Christ's Resur rection as the prototype, 'the first fruits' of our own, and since he distinctly says that God will give us different bodies in or after deatb from those which are buried, it follows logi cally that Christ's Resurrection body was not that body wbich was crucified and laid in the sepulcber. I hold further, not that tbe gospel accounts are false, but tbat they are sub stantially true: only a few additions seem to have been made to the primitive Pauline ac count. "I hold that tbe theory of a spiritual appear ance of Christ after death explains the gospel narratives themselves, with the exception of a few passages, better tban tbe old doctnne, and those excepted passages cannot be radically and fairly explained by tbe old view. Better Withhold Their Ridicule. "Nothing bas been said to refute this conten tion; only I have been denonnced and my opin ions have been ridiculed; but considering tbe eminent character of many in our church and others who held the same view, it would have been a little more becoming In our opponents had they restrained their ire and ridicule and manifested a little more intellectual and spir itual power. "The Rev. Mr. Haweis, in tbe twenty-fourth chapter of bis book, 'Christ and Christianity.' teaches the same view of Christ's Resurrection that I do. Dr. Abbott, in bis 'Kernel and Husk,' accepts the spiritual resurrection of Jesus, and closes his masterly discussion with tbese words: 'You cannot have forgotten how St. Paul assbmes tbat the appearance of the Savior to himself and to the original Apostles were of the same kind and on tbe same footing.' "In tbe two latest gospels these appearances have been magnified into accounts that repre sented Jesus as possessed ot flesh and blood, as capable ot eating, as reclining at a meal, and as entering into long and familiar discourses. Naturally we ask as to St. Paul's, tbe (indis putably) earliest account of a manifestation of Christ, what traces it exhibits of similar dis tortions and exaggerationsf You know the answer: There are no such traces.' An Authority on Miracles. "To the same effect writes the Rev. Dr. Free man, tbe Canon of Canterbury Cathedral, Eng land, and Bampton,-lecturer for 1S82, in an ar ticle wblch appeared In the Popular Science Monthly for June, 1S87. As to miracles, he says: The theologian of the future will probably be but little concerned with them. We have all learned to read In a natural sense tbe account of tbe crossing of the Red sea, Which even Mr. Arnold some years ago took as meant to record a violation ot physical order. The strong East wind; the cloud which beat in tbe face of tbe Egyptians, but by its lightning showed tbo Israelites their way; the waters kept back at low tide by the East winds and falling in the course ot the fugitives, but returning upon their pursuers, wben tbe tide rose, and xbe eye ot God looked forth upon tbem through tbe cloud, on tbe morning, lose notbing in majesty or in Providential Importance wben wo read tbem without importing violations of tbe laws of na ture. And so it will be in any other case. While as to those wblch are notable only for their strangeness In action of hyperbole and tbe growth of the wonderful In tradition, tbey will bo. always present , to the mind of tbe theologian and will make him pas over tbem with a iUbt foot. We bavo difficulty when we read ot tbe mira cles ot St. Bernard or tbe prophecies of Savon arola. Nor do tbeyinterfcre with our estimate ,of the great men. The miracle of healing in thetrosnel will, we can hardly doubt, al wits &d- jpear at evidence ot a peculiar condition of JANUARY 9, 1891 human life In tbe East in the first century and of the restorative power of a great personally. NothlngBut Faith Cures. "In other words tbe author means that they will be explained as faith cures and mind cures. Little stress,' he adds, 'will be laid on the ac counts of the infancyol Christ, since they are mentioned nowhere in the New Testament out side the first chapter of tbe first and third gos pels. In tbe case of the resurrection, the theologian who starts from tho Epistles of St. Panl as the solid central ground of the New Testament literature, will go upon tbe Apostle's teachingshat it was not flesh and blood, but spiritual personality, and will take the method by which tbe Apostle was converted as tbe type of tbe manifestations by wblch the companions of Christ were assured that He was not lost, but gone before. He will, with St Paul, take tbe assurance tbat Christ was alive after His passion as tbe fulfillment ot the general hope of immortality which Israel bad long entertained.' "Hero is an eminent doctor of divinity Doldly and publicly proclaiming as radical opinions as ever entered my mind, and yet he is not only undisturbed In bis office, but he is -actually given the Canon's stall in this vener able Cathedral of Canterbury, and is put for ward as a Bampton lecturer, the very object of wblch lectureship is tbe defense of tbe faith of this church. Surely the heretics are quite a respectable body after all. Quoting More Eminent Authority. "Tho Rev. Prof. Alfred Momerill. who is Professor of Metaphysics In King's College, London, and who preaches regularly at tbe Foundling Hospital and elsewhere, takes tbe same view of tbe Resurrection tbat 1 do in his book on Church and Creed.' "In a lotter to me, which I am at liberty to quote, he says: The facts you insist upon in my uook, must oe recognized by the church in pain of perishing everlastingly.' Prof. Jewltt, some years ago, said iu a sermon at Westminster Abbey: "People will soon give up in believing in miracles as they have given up in believing in witchcraft.' T have not,' be adds, sald much about miracles, except impartially. I, of course, do not believe in tbem except as tbe subjective names of unscientific men.' And yet this outspoken radical clergyman is not only permitted to nreach in London pulpits,but is giving a professorship. "Yet with these facts staring us in the face, and known to all the intelligent world, I have been denounced as a heretic, and it has been said tbat I stand absolutely alone in the church." Mr. MacQueary brought in the sermon on Robert Elsmere by tbe Rev. Dr. Heber Newton, which has been so often re ferred to in the trial. He Might a Tale Unfold. "I might a tale untold," he continued, "about tho good heretics in our church that wonld probably make you tremble for the fate of tra ditional orthodoxy. But I don't want to shock you, and I have cited enough Tnstances to show the existence ot a growing school of liberal theology In tbe churcb. Some ot us are, of cqurse, more radical tban others, but all, or none, deserve condemnation as heretics. "I do not violate my ordination vows, because those vows not only give the right, but impose upon me the duty to study the Scriptures by tbe light of facts and reason, and to interpret the Creeds and Articles by the same. Second, This churcb has no authorized theory of Scrip tural Inspiration or interpretation, but leaves every man to adopt bis own theory. Third, I do not respect tbe incarnation, miraculous conception or resurrection of Jesus, but simply interpret tbese articles of tbe Creed somewhat different from what many others do. "Fourth, my Interpretation ot the Creed are no more strained or unnatural tban those uni versally allowed to be put upon it, particularly on tbe Articles on tbe Resurrection of tbe Body and the Life Everlasting. Fifth, my opinions have been tolerated in tbe cbnrch from tbo days ot its infancy to modern times, and are now tolerated in tbe English and American Episcopal Church in many cases. Asking a Verdict of Not Guilty. "Finally, it is most unwise in tbe Church to put itself on record in this transition period as opposed to any opinion which does not look into the very core of Christianity, and I have the authority of Nice for saying tbat my alleged errprs do not touch the esset.ee of the faith. I hope, therefore, for the sake of the Cburcb, fo. the sake of honesty and freedom among the clergy, as well as for my sake, you will return a verdict of not guilty." Dr. Bates then spoke again. He said the laws and creeds of the chnrch provided that certain forms and beliefs be adopted and cherished, and tnat as tbese did not conform to Mr.xMacCJuoary's beliefs, be sorely was guilty. He closed by asking the Court to do their duty and return a verdict in accordance with law and fact. Jlr. MacQueary replied briefly, to the points raised by Dr. Bates. Both" sides then cave notico that tbcv had closed. President Chap man announced tbat tbe Court would take the matter under advisement and in the course of a few days render a verdict. Mr. MacQueary will remain lu the city until he bears tbe verdict. THE CODE IN THE SOUTH, A NEPHEW OF GOVERNOR TILLMAN MAT FIGHT A DUEL, His Verbal Challenge to Mr. Gonzales Ig nored, but a Written One Wonld Be Con sidered A Club Blackballing and Al leged Libel the Causes. Columbia, S. c Jan. 8. The code of honor has been dead in South Carolina for years, but now it seems that an attempt has been made to revive it, and by a nephew of Governor Ben Tillman and son of Congress man George D. Tillman. On Tuesday even ing it was learned tbat George Legare, a personal friend of James H. Tillman, and, unti tbo advent of the Tillmanite party to power, a law student at tbe university, bad gone to N. C Gonzales, and asked bim, on behalf of James H. Tillman,' if be would fight a duel, stating as bis reason tbat Tillman bad beard tbat Gonza les bad said he was tbe cause of bis being black balled in tbe club. Mr. Legate, after receiving the answer of Mr. Ganzales, went away, and early tbe next morn ing James Tillman and bis friends left the city. In tbe meantime a number of reports were cir culated, but in Columbia few or none ontsido of newspaper circles knew anything of the matter. Mr. Tillman and bis friends made no statement here, and it was thought the trouble had blown over. Mr. Gonzales informed Mr. Legare tbat he would not entertain a verbal challenge to fight a duel, but tbat it must be in writing. Up to this time no definite action has been taken by either side. Mr. Tillman and his friend Legare are both out of the city. This afternoon Mr. Gonzales published a statement of tbo affair, in wbich he handled Mr. Tillman very severely. Rumor says that tbo blackballing story is not tbe real cause ot tbe affair, but that some se vere remarks et Mr. Gonzales regarding Gov ernor Tillman and his nephew, in a report cf a political meeting during the late campaign, is at tbe bottom ot the matter. The reports sent out from Augusta state tbaf Mr. Tillman in tends to forward a written challenge, but as yet none bas reached Mr. Gonzales,; and even if it doesand is accepted, there carl be no possibili ty of a fight, as the publicity given the affair destroys any possibility of a meeting. M-GHATH MAY BE IMPEACHED. The Acensed Farmers Alliance President Maintains His Innocence. Topeka, Jan. a Steps have been taken looking to the impeaebment ot Frank Mc Grath, President of tbe Kansas Farmers' Alli ance, who is accused of being a party to the alleged scheme to elect F.J.Turner, Repub lican Congressman from-tbe Sixth district, to the United States Senate. Tbe matter will be brought before a special session of the Execu tive Board of the Alliance, wbich is to be con vened in this city next week. This Board con sists of five men, with Mr. McGrath as chair man. State Senator Codding, who is also alleged to be in the supposed deal with Mc Grath. is also a member of tbe Board. Mr. McGrath sent a copy of a letter to tbe public this morning, in which he denies know ing anytbing of tbe authorship of the letter. In it Mr. McGrath says: "If this letter was written by Mr. Turner, be is tbe prince of fools and had no authority, right or encouragement to suppose tbat I would consider for one In stant bis or any other man's Interests who did not Insure the following qualifications for his position. He must be a farmer, an Alliance man and have worked for the success of the People's party during the last campaign." Mr. McGrath adds tbat he believes tbe letter signed with Mr. Turner's name to bo a forgery. Air. McGrath courts investigation, and bas called a meeting of the Farmers' Alliance and People's party leaders to look into tbe matter.. Tbe meeting is to be held to-morrow afternoon. A Toxas Tornado. New Orleans, January a A cyclone, at Shriner, Tex., yesterday, greatly damaged property. A child was killed and several per sons dangerously wounded. i. KUDTARD KIPLING has written a series of seven letters on America for THE DIS PATCH. Tho first In the aerie will appear in Hliil BUND AX'S ISSUE. RED CLOUD WEAKENS The Old Chief Abandons tbe Hostiles and Comes Into Camp. DISPUTES AM0KG THE BEAVES. Details of tho Treacherous Murder of Lieut enant Casey, WHO WAS A TEI POfULAE 0PF1CEB. rsrxcur. tileobam to tot EisrATcrti Pine Eidoe Agency, Jon. 8. Through the biting wind that swept over the bnttes last night, there rode a courier on a ioam flecked pony, bearing a startling message from General Brooke to General Miles. It was 9 o'clock when the courier dashed np to headquarters. Tbe message he had carried through 20 miles of hostile country told of the assassination of Lieutenant Casey, in command of the Cheyenne scouts, and oue of the most popular young officers in the army. The report caused a tremen dous sensation among the officers. General Miles, who was an ardent admirer of the dashing lieutenant, paced up and down his room, only stopping now and then to give expression to his anger, which was plainly bitter and lasting. There was a postscript to the message, which told of the heavy firing in the direc tion of the, hostile camp. It was not until early this morning that details of the murder of Lieutenant Casev were received here. A furious blizzard was raging here when Yankton Charley, an Ogallalla scout, dashed his horse into the trail leading to General Miles' headquarters. Yankton Charley had a long and interesting story to tell. The Killing of Casey. Lieutenant Casey, who was attached to the Twenty-second Infantry, and who was in command of a large body of Cheyenne scouts, left General Brooke to reconnoiter in tbe direction of tbe big hostile village on White Clay creek, near White river. He was accom panied by one ot bis scouts. Before tbe Lieut enant started he was cautioned by General Brooke not to go too near the savages, who were said to be holding a dance. After riding eight miles. Lieutenant Casey came upon tbe vintage. His coming was no tlced by an Ogallalla and a Brule. Tbe Ogal lalla, who was not so fanatical, and his Rosebud companion dasbed into the village and told Red Cloud tbat an army officer was coming. The camp was in commotion in an instant. Red Cloud, who has claimed tbat be was beld pris oner by gbost dancers, sent Jack Ricbards back to Lieutenant Casey to warn tbe officer ot his peril if he remained near the Village. Richards, who is a French half-breed, was in camp at the time to rescue his family, who are held prisoners. Ricbards galloped bacK to Lieutenant Casey, and delivered Red Cloud's warning. The Ogallalla picket and tbe Brnle followed on horses. Tbe Brule Is a cripple, and is said to be a son-in-law of Limping Bear, of the Rosebud Agency. Warning Him Against tho Brnle. When the three horsemen reached Casey, the Ogallalla, speaking in Sioux, also warned tho officer tbat the Brule had a black heart. Tbe Lieutenant thanked Richards and tho Ogal lalla, but said he wanted to go the top of a tall neighboring butte and take one peep at the great villago of hostilos, which is pitched In a sort of a ravine. He bad reached tho crest of tbe hill when the Brule raised bis gun to fire. Tbe Ogallala, It is said. leaped upon him, wrenched tbe gun from bis grasp, and with drew the charge. Then he handed the weapon bacic to the ghost dancer, beg ging mm at tne same time not to fire on the officer. The Brule dashed away a few yards, reached his rifle, and then circling around Lieutenant Casey, and singing all tbe time, suddenly leveled the gun at tbe officer and fired. The ballet struck tbe Lieutenant in tbe back of the head and camo out of tbe fore head. He died almost instantly. The assassi nation caused tremendous excitement In camp. The Ogallallas, or Pine Ridge Indians, were angry at the murder and threatened to leave the village In a body. Red Cloud Recovers tho Body. Old Red Cloud and a party of his men went to recover the body and save it from mutila tion. Meantime vRIcharas' was galloping furiously to General Brooke's command, where bo brought the firstintelhgence of the cowardly murder. Lieutenant Gitty. with a heavy de tachment of the Ninth Cavalry, started out at once to get the body. They found it in charge of tbe Ogallalla. who readily turned it over to the soldiers. There had been no mutilation. Tbe body was then taken to General Brooke's headquarters and then to Oelrich'f, where It will be sent on the railroad to tbe officer's late home. Lieutenant Casey was a Southerner about 40 years old and was one of the best known sold iers In the West. After Lieutenant Gitty bad recovered the body of Lieutenant Casey mutiny broke out in tbe hostile camp. Tbe Ogallallas, under the leadership of old Red Cloud, de nounced tbe assassination and predicted swift and merciless vengeance from tbe soldiers. Tbey also renewed their threats of returning to the agency and surrendering to General Miles. Tbe Brules, tbe Uncapapas and the Yanktonaise gbost dancers, who number 1,500. called tbe Ogallallas cowards, and threatened to kill tbem and their families It tbey attempted to break away. Bed Cloud Slakes His Escape. Red Cloud and bis men were either heartily disgusted orbadly scared, for they at once set to work to'make their escape. A wagon was hitched to the two horses about two miles from the village, and into this vehicle Red Cloud and his wife were to scramble and make for the agency during the night. It was about midnight, as nearly as can be learned, wben old Red Cloud and about 20 members of his family made a dash from tbe village. The ghost dancers set up a bowl and began circling and singing. Then tbey started a fnrious f usllade at tbe ground and over tbe heads of the Ogallallas, who were making a dash to the south. They did not fire at the fngitlres, owing to their unwillingness to destroy mem bers of their own tribe. It was an all-night ride for Red Cloud and his little band, and It was a terrible ride. too. A blizzard came up in all its fury, and the cold was intense. But the Ogallallas kept bumping along, and at sunrise this morning tbey were at tbe agency. The first tblng Red Cloud did was to go to sleep. Wben be awoke he went to General Miles' headquarters for a pow-wow. He was accompanied by his big family. Battle Between the Hostiles. At one time durlng-the night Bed Cloud and his family hid in a ravine as they w ere being bard pressed by the Brutes. While they were undercover tbey beard a furious battle raging between tbe Ogallallas who were left behind and tbe Brules. Tbe report of this battle bas been confirmed by scouts, wbo hare been com ing in all day, but there are no de tails as to casualties. Jack, Red Clond's squaw, accompanied tbe party ot refugees. She said that tbe family of all the Red Clouds stole away late at nlgbt and tbey had suffered terribly from exposure. Jack, however, re mained behind witb tbe hostiles. He is a young dare-devil, wltbout the sense of bis father, and it is probable be will stay with the Brules. There was more firing last night along the ridges of the buttes about tbe agency. Abont midnight people were startled by rive shots, which seemed to come from the northeast. Tbey did no damage. But this barrassing firing recalls American Horse's story, which he told to-day that tbe hostiles were sending men to the agency in ones and twos for tbe purpose of masquerading as friendlies, then inciting the really peaceful Indians to starting a reign of terror by setting fire to tbe Government build ings, wben the whole band of ghost dancers would cut loose with their rifles and massacre the soldiers and civilians. Waiting to Kill American Horse. American Horse said to-day tbat Ave of bis men had deserted to-day" for tbe purpose of carrying out this plot. It has also been noticed that nearly all tbe bucks now at the agency carry rifles nnder their blankets or upon their saddles. Tho firing last night was doubtless done by some of tbese fellows. American Horse Is scared. Tbe hostiles have threatened to shoot him on sight, and is known that there are Indians now in the agency who are waiting to assassinate him. While Red Cloud's family was coming Into camp this morning, anotberband of fnrious Sioux were galloping over tbe buttes. Thev were meiubers of Young-Man-Afrald-oMIls-Horse's band, and tbey were led by the great chief himsel f. Youug-Man-Af raid of-His-Horse is a most powerful chief In the great Sioux nation. He is. In fact, the only heredltarv chief, being a son Ot Old-Man. X Afraictef'His.Horsefc Ho bas never opposed lgp NEW WAY TO OPEN A LEGISLATURE. Nebraska Sheriffs Break in tbe Doors to Serve a Mandamus on the Speaker. the Government, and during all the present trouble be has been In the Crow country on a visit. Captain O'Connell escorted the cbiet into the agency. An effort will be mado to have Young-Man-Afraid-of-His-Horse to go to tbe hostile camo with the last plea for tbe savages to sur render, but It is probable tbat his coming is too late, for Colonel Cor bin to-day announced tbe movement of the troops upon the great Indian village. Hemming the Savages In. Soldiers are pressing upon tbe savages from the rear and flanks. Tbe mouth of the funnel is Pine Ridge, and it is here tbat tbe redskins will be driven and crushed. Scouts report tbat the crazy ghost dancers have abandoned many of tbe petty chiefs and are crying for war. Colonel Corbln says tbese fellows will fight to the end. Tbey are7"tarly 1,000 strong, and to day they sent wo - 4 they would not sur render until thr &,. were ' taken to the railroad. i'ff-Alh, Preparatlons fot ! Y3 -hostiles in K"r rn ot com- pioted. A trench has bt. t r.rt rt jt "v tne !Vfr. "or school! DUUUUIUUUlll WMU UAXL.9 Ul . !). CT. breastworks. A Hotchktss cui vc vX. sapplings, bas been planted in snch-? Xf A that it can sweep tbe valley in all dlw C V h b ortincatlons on tbe bills to the north ah., jo east are finished, and lifla pits have been aug everywhere. Companies D and E, of the First Infantry, from California, arrived late last night. They Increased the force here to abont 600 men, a mere handful in case tbe so-called 3,500 friendlies and the 3,000 avowed hostiles should take a notion to attack tbe camp. Buffalo Bill on the Scene. Buffalo Bill, with his whiskers covered with ice and snow, came into the agency at noon after a hard ride from Rushrllle. He had a new Winchester hanging from his saddle. Buckskin Jack Russell accompanied tbe old scout. Buffalo Bill is bere in the capacity of commander of tbe Nebraska militia, and after he has had a conferenco with General Miles will return to Rusbville. Wounded members of Big Foot's band wbo are in tbe little Episcopal cburcb, are suffering terrible agony. It is not likely that more tban 7 of tbe 30 will lire. One squaw died to-day. and two old women and one child, wbo are shot through tbehody.will die before morn ing. The soldiers who were wounded and are still here, are doing nlcely.altbough all ot tbem are badly hurt. Agent Royer has been relieved and Captain Pierce, of tbe First Infantry, placed In cnarge ot tbe agency. Tbe reservation Is now in the hands of tne military Tbelnvestigating Com mittee which is taking evidence as to General Forsythes' managerm-nt of the troops In tbe battle at Wounded Knee, began its sitting last nlgbt. Tbe committee is composed of Major Whitesides. Colonel Carr, Colonel Kane and Colonel Baldwin. THE SITUATION SUMMED UP. Eight Thousand Soldiers Surrounding 3,500 Hostile Men, Women and Children. Washington, Jan. a The situation, as summed up at tbe Interior Department, is about as follows: There are in all about 20,000 Sioux Indians, men, women and children, on tbe northern reservations. Of this number, 16,600 are accounted for, as they are living on the reservations In peace and not taking any part in the pres ent disturbance. This leaves about 3,500 men, women ana children to face tbe earthworks, the howitzers and tbe 8,000 men now under tbe command of General Miles. Tbe hostile camp is located about Ifmiles north nttbe agency, and tbe cordon of troops sur round the hostiles' camp, with the exception of the southslde, tbe object being to drive the Indians to the reservation. There is a constant communication between the hostile camp and tne agency. Tbe hostiles are well supplied with beef, but tbey bave no sugar or coffee, except as tbey are supplied by tbe "friendlies,'' as tbe reservation Indians are called. While tbe situation is regarded as a hopeless one for tbe In dians, yet it Is believed tbey have no Intention of surrendering. There are fears of a battle on Sunday. Wben tbe hope lessness of tbe Indians in fighting against such odds Is pointed out, tbe Indian explanation given Is, "The Indians are crazy." AGENT B0YEB DISMISSED. He Lacked Nerve for the Performance of Duties in War Time. Washinoton, Jan. a Secretary Noble this morning sent a dispatch to Agent Boyer, at Pine Ridge, dismissing him from service. The Secretary directs him to turn over tbe property to Captain Pierce, First infantry, who will tem porarily act as agent at that point. This ac tion, so far as the removal of Boyer is con cerned, was determined upon some time ago. wben tbe officials of the Indian Office learned that Mr. Boyer was not proving to be equal to tbe emergency. While his ability to perform the duties of his position in ordinary times Is not questioned, yet since tbe present disturbances began be has failed, it Is said, to show the nerve which the situation requires, and when General Miles seemed to think be ought to have control pt tbe territory ot tbe seat of war. Secre tary Noble and tbe Indian officials, anxious to do everything that would contribute to the suppression of tbe disturb ance, directed the Indian agents to co-operate with tbe military in every possible way. This is now being done. Secretary Noble said to-day tbat be was in perfect accord with Secretary Proctor in regard to the policy to be pursued in tbe management ot the turbulent tribes of the Northwest. AN IDAHO TOWN IN PEBIL. Shoshone Reservation Indians Dance and Don tho War Paint. Pocateixo, Jan. a This town is in a great state ot excitement over the action of the Sho shone Indians on tbe reservation. Last night they indulged In a war dance, and they evinced a desire for bloodshed. The Chief, Mayer Jim, declared that tbe Indians wonld fight, giving as his reason that tbe "bad Indians get heap grub and blankets; good Indian get nothing. Indian heap mad; will fight." The Indlaus are in war paint, and tbe people are fleeing from tbe city for safety. Tbe Governor's Guards and tbe United States Cavalry at Boise City bave been notified to re pair to Pocatello as soon as possible, and by this time tbey are thought to be en route. Tbe place is almost entirely destitute of arms, and a force ot not over 200 is all that can be mus tered for service. Tbo ranchmen and cowboys from tbe surrounding country are assembbug to the rescue. Requests from Blackfoot, Idaho, for trans portation of arms have been sent to tbe Union Paclflo authorities. Tbe people ot Pocatello are pleading with the railroad people for the trains to remove their families from the town. The young bucks bave been gathering all day, and one cowboy reports a band of 100 pillaging tne ranches outside ot the town of Blackfoot. RTJDTARD KIPLING has written a series of seven letters on America for THE DIS PATCH. The first In the series will appear j is NEXX BUMDAX'a JttBUE, THREE CENTS. BEREFT OF ALL LAW. Pittsburg Left Without Power to Grade,-Pave and Sewer New Streets. A VERY COSTLY DECISION. Chief BigeleT Estimates It InvolTes Contracts for $1,200,000. MAHY LEGAL TILTS WILL EESDLT. ML Washington Abutters Propose to Hold a Jollification. H.A.W00DWAKD 0DTLI5ES ANEW ACT Pittsburg is now without any street laws. This is tbe conclusion generally arrived at by city officials, after a long, earnest and tsarful consideration of Justice Williams' opinion. City Attorney Moreland was com pletely urJ3et by the decision, and has not been in his office since he read the full text of the opinion. It is held by Delinquent Tax Collector Ford, and his opinion is generally accepted, that the only portion of the street laws of 1887 and 1889 left intact is the repealing clause, which knocks out all previous legisla tion on the snbject. Mr. Ford bases this view of the matter upon several comparatively re cent decisions of the Supreme Court- This leaves the city without any authority to un dertake the paving or sewering of new streets, as it is impossible to collect the as sessed benefits from the owners of abutting property. Preparing a Statement of Liabilities. Chief Bigelow, whose department is vital Jy affected by the decision, has accepted the inevitable, and is prepared to make the best of it. Bright and early yesterday morning be set a corps of clerks at work preparing a statement showing exactly what street im provements have been made nnder the acts of 1887 and 1889. The preparation of this statement necessitates considerable research among the books and papers of the Depart ment of Public Works, the Department of Law and the Board of Viewers. It will be finished to-day or to-morrow. It will show the total amount of contracts let nnder tbe act of 1887; the amount of assessments paid and the amount still due, and the approxi mate cost of work done on uncompleted con tracts, t When this document is finished it will bs presented for tbe consideration of a board composed of Chief Bigelow, MayorGourley, Controller Morrow and City Attorney More land. At this meeting some plan of cam paign will be outlined. Figuring on the Possible Loss. Chief Bigelow was in a cheerful mood yesterday afternoon, but was averse to talk ing on the effect of the Supreme Court de cision. He said, however: "While this de cision is a sweeping one, and bears heavily upon the city, yet the sum involved will not, I think, be so large as at first expected. Under the most radical construction of tbe de cision the city wonld lose about 2,000,000. This would include tbe refunding of all tbe assess ments paid for street improvements made nn der the acts of 1SS7 and 1SS9. But there are pre cedents which will forbid the placing of such a construction npon Justice Williams opinion. Probably the total amount of the contracts at fected by this decision will reach 5L2X,000. and tbe courts will bave to decide how much of this the city will have to pay. Until the matter has been fully discussed, and. in fact, until one or two test cases have been made, it will be impos sible to say how much the city will lose. "Tbe unfinished contracts are not bothering us any just now. The weather bas effectually stopped all work, and we hope to have things straightened out by tbe time tbe weather is warm enough to start work again. Mr. Flinn, of Booth & Flinn, came in to-day, and said he was willing to wait until the tangle was un raveled before completing such contracts as he has now under way." Abutters Still Paying Assessments. Controller Morrow has not yet recovered from the effects of the decision, and states em phatically that be will have nothing whatever to do in tbe future with preparing a street law for the Suoreme Court to tear to tatters. One fact comforted tne Controller to some extent, and that was that several gentlemen, with an unfeeling disregard for tbe Supreme Court, had dropped into the City Attorney's office dur ing the day, and had paid their assessments for street improvements. The Controller admitted tbat some of these gentlemen were Intelligent and honest, but refused to be quoted when asked if he thought that all honest and intelli gent abutters would pay their assessments. Among tbe points raised for tbe Controller's consideration, but which be declined to decide, was whether the abutters who signed petitions for street improvements could be made to pay, or if they had already paid, could they secure a refunding of the money, and whether a non petitioner who had paid could get his money back again. All tbese qnestions tbe Controller preferred to leave to lawyers, and he intimated tbat several suits would be necessary to finally settle tbese points. A.F. Keating dropped in during tbe after noon, and. while be looked sad, he bad nothing to say about tbe decision. No Break in the Dun Cloud. Mayor Gourley as yet sees no break In the clouds. He feels that the decision will greatly retard the improvement of the city, but hat de vised no plan by which the difficulty can be overcome. He hopes for the best, and expects tbat Pittsburg will bob up serenely like a mod ern'Venus, clad in a new street bill, rising from the sea. Councilman John Paul, of the Thirty-second ward, doesn't like tbe opinion worth a cent. He wouldn't bave cared so much If it had been de layed long enongn to allow of tbe paving of several streets on the heights. He intimated that tbe Justice who wrote the opinion didn't know tbe needs of a great and growing city, and based his decision on the methods of build ing roads in Tioga county. Chief Brown hasn't much to say. He said yesterday: "It doesn't affect my department. Ihe dog pound ordinance Is all right, any way. and if tbe Supreme Court should knock it out some day. why then we'll poison tbe dogs." Declare They Are Still In It. T. O'Leary. Jr., of the Board of Viewers, de clared that be was not knocked out, or, if ho was, he didn't know it. In other words, the Board of Viewers do not accept the decision of the Supreme Court as notice to tbem tbat" they are no longer a board with power to act, and tbey will continue to perform the duties for which they nave been drawing their salaries until thsy are officially notified that their serv ices are no longer required. This notice, they claim, must come from tbe Court of Common Pleas No. 1, by whom they were appointed. Acting under this impression the board will hold a meeting at Its office to-day to submit tha assessments to the property holders on Cope land street for the resent grading, paving ana curbing of that street. , Superintendent George Rice, of the Dn- 3uesne Traction Company, was asked yester ay it the blocks put on street improvements ' would In any way affect his company. His re ply was tbat it wonld not, and tbat the work of nntrnntinn ia nrocressinff as rapidlr and JjUEoothl j u cooid be expected, Xbo doira-MTO i i i j I & .JfjSKfe&.rrf.J.rf-i.i Tsmspmsmmm
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