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WANTS, FOB SALES, TO LETS.
BEACH THE PUBLIC THROUGH
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HOUSE HOSTESS BEAD IT.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
BRING PKOMPT AXSW KES.
TIDE JIS1?A.TCT3.
REACHES MASTERS AND MEN.
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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.
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of seven letters on America for THE DIS
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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.
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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.
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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
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