THE PirTSBTJEGr DISPATCH,' STJITOAY, MAKOH 29," 1S91
NEED NOTRETRACT.
Rev. MacQueary Required Only
to Abstain From Teaching
and Publishing His Views
for His reinstatement.
Question About the JVording
Bishop Leonard's Sentence
ef
SETTLED BT THE COURT KECOEDS.
He la Still an Episcopal Clergrman, and
ilaj Kesnine Bis Work.
TEE DECISION ONLI LOCAL AT BEST
re feciai. Txxioum to the DisriTCH.1
Jasiesto'Svs, if. Y., March 28. Bev.
Howard MacQueary, the heretical Episcopal
minister of Canton, O., who is filling the
pulpit ot the Independent Congregational
Church here two Sundays, has consented to
the publication of the following matters not
heretofore made public They include the
decision and opinion of the Ecclesiastical
Court which tried him, the dissenting
opinion, the Bishop's letter and the minis
ter's reply, jnst sent.
The court for the trial of presbyters or
deacons recites its authority under the
canons of the church and makes its present
ment, which has been published several
times, arid from which, therefore, are taken
simply the charges preferred against the
accused clergyman, viz:
Exact Findinjr of the Court.
It is charged that by writing and publishing
the book ("The Evolution of Man and Chris
tianity") and by still holding and teaching the
opinions therein 'set lorth regarding the Virgin
birth and resnrrection of our Lord, the Rev.
Howard MacQueary has held and taught,and is
now holding and teaching, publicly and ad
Tisedlr. doctrines contrary to those held by the
Protestant Episcopal Church In the United
States of America.
It is charged that by holding and teaching as
aforesaid, the Rev. Howard MacQueary vio
lated declarations and engagements mads by
him at the time of his ordination, and thus has
done that which involves a breach of his ordi
nation vows.
It is the decision of the court, whose signa
tures are affixed, that the accused is guilty of
the first and second charges contained in the
presentment.
This document is signed by a majority of
the court, Albert B. Putnam, Y. P. Morgan
and Henry B. Aves, They also sign the
following opinion:
Not to Teach Nor Publish.
In compliance with the requisitions of Title
IV Canon XI L, of the digest of the canons of
the Diocese of Ohio, it is the opinion of the
majority of the court, whose signatures are
hereunto affixed, that the Rev. Howard Mac
Queary shall be suspended from the ministry
ol this church until such time as he shall have
presented to the Bishop satisfactory evidence
tetung forth that he will no longer teach and
publish the views concerning the virgin birth
and resnrrection of onr Lord Jesns Christ, as
eet lorth in the presentment and declared by a
majority of the court to be contrary to the doc
trines and teachings held bv the Protestant
Episcopal Church In the United btates of
America.
The Bishop Wanted a Retraction.
In explanation ot the following letters it
may be well to say that Bishop Leonard, in
pronouncing the sentence of suspension upon
Mr. MacQueary, said that "the court had
decreed that lc case Bev. Howard Mac
Queary fails to retract his errors in six
mouths" he should be deposed from the
ministry. It was the opinion of many, in
cluding some members of the conrt. that the
sentence went beyond the decision and
opinion of the court, and therefore Mr. Mac
Queary asked the Bishop to allow the de
cision and opinion to be published and to
strike out the word "retract" and "re
tracted" in his sentence. The following
letters explain the situatioc:
Further, if after the space of six mon tin from
the time of notification by the Bishop, he shall
fall to comply with the condition of this
opinion herein set forth, he should be deposed
from the ministry of this chnrca.
Cleveland, O., March 17.
The minority report, signed by 'William
Henry Gallagher and George Franklin
Smythe, simply dissent from the foregoing
a erdict and opinion of the standing com
mittee. Cleveland, March 23,
Uev. ind Dear Sir:
the verdict and opinion would have been
cent you before this, but I have been absent
lrom home and find your letters on my return.
I have just had a copy made and forward it by
this mail with the dissent. Mr. Gallagher's
"reasons" have been published. Mr. Smythe
did not give me his, though he offered to do so.
I am quite sure you do not believe me capable
of doing you an Injustice or.of acting unkind'y
toward youinany way. I think thatourrela
tions have been unmarred by
Acrimony or Lack of Courtesy.
So that in the preparation of the sentence I
have had but one sentiment, and that of sor
row. Should you within six months present to me
"satisfactory evidence setting forth that you
(be) will no longer teach and publish the views,
etc.," (italics are mine) would not that mean
retraction of the most practical character?
Such a promise would be published to the
world. It would certainly be an acknowledg
ment that you agreed with the "majority of
the court." who declare your teachings
to bo contrary to the teachings and
doctrines of the church, and such a promise
would be a permanent pledge, would it notT
This is my view ol the "opinion." My words
were not a rescript of the court's expression,
because that was hardly necessary, and the use
of the word "court" is certainly correct, though
the minority dissent. But I need not argue the
matter. I aim simply to assure you that I could
not intentionally do you an injustice. My per
sonal letter mtb the sentence must have con
vinced von of this. I am, faithrullv.
W A. Leonard, Bishop of Ohio.
P. S. 1 ought to add that it was not my in
tention to increase the severity of the penalty
recommended. If it will be any more satis
factory to you to h3ve the exact wording of the
opinion reproduced in the sentence lam en
tirely willing to re-vinte the same, and also if
you desire it, state that this is the opinion of
the majority of the court. Return to me the
original official sentence, and In lieu thereof I
will send you a sentence following the exact
wording of the court's paper. Of course it will
fcear date from March 18, 1891. W. A. L.
air. MacQneary's View of It.
Jamlstows; N. YM March 26.
Kt. Kev. and ller blr:
1 he decision and opinion of the court, to
gether with the dissenting opinion and yonr
letter of the 23d inst have all just reached me,
for which I thank you. Your explanation of
the delay jn transmitting the verdict I accept
as satisfactory. Your letter confirms the opin
ion I have always held, viz: Tnat you wished to
be as gentle and courteous in yonr dealings
with me as your ecclesiastical obligations wonld
admit.
I am glad that you offer to insert the exact
wording of the opinion of the court In the
sentence, and I shall be obliged if jou will do
so. for I don't understand the verdict just as
jou do. Ihe court asks that 1 "no longer teach
and publish" my "peculiar views" of Christ's
r.rth and resurrection. In other words, I
pm asked simply to omit all considera
tion of these two tomes from my leadlines
nnd writing. But a "retraction" would hold
in that diocese, for, of course, the court cannot
laydonntbc law for other dioceses. A"re
tractiou" would involve an admission that my
opinions on those subjects are en oneous, and
tfii., of course. I could not admit Whether at
the end of the period named six months from
SlarchlS Ishali gie the required evidence
that I will "no longer teach and publish my
riews?' shall remain an open question until
Heptember 13. ifia. Meanwhile I have resigned
my parish in your diocese, and feel at liberty to
ao whatever my bands find to do.
I am, very respectfully.
Howaed MacCJceABY.
Reasons of the Majority.
Mr. MacQueary was asked whether he
ought not to have been given the reasons of
the majority of the court for their decision
and opinion.
"I think so," he answered, "but the
canon law on this point is not very clear,
and personally I care very little about the
reason for the decision. The important
point is that the verdict does not, as the
JJishop's sentence did, require a retraction
oi wy opinions, but simply a promise not to
"teach nnd j-bMW mv views of Christ's
birth and resnrrection. Of course, this deci
ion legally affects only the diocese of North
em Ohio, for being a "diocesan tribunal the
court cannot lav down the law for any other
than its own jurisdiction. "What, therefore.
Is 'heresy' in one diocese Tnay be 'orthodoxy
in another. Hence the reasons for sach a
decision as this are not as important as
some might suppose, and I shall not trouble
myself about getting them."
Not Required to Betract.
"What about the resignation you sent the
Bishop?"
"That was intended simply as s notice to
the Bishop that a retraction of my opinions
was out of the question; but since I am not
required to retract I would, of course, with
draw that resignation, ifit were worth any
thing. But the Bishop could not, under the
law of the ennrch, accept any resignation,
and, therefore, I am still an Episcopal
clergyman temporarily suspended. Whethsr
I shall ever resume ministerial work In that
church remains to be seen."
COMPLICATED GAS CASE.
ALLEGED BBEACH OF CONTRACT Of
xmioirrowii company.
It Leads to a Mixed Cp Condition of Af
fairs In the Courts Andrew TV, Mellon,
of Pittsburg, a Participant in the Legal
Fight.
rsnciAi, telegram to the dispatch, t
Philadelphia, March 28. The
Supreme Court to-day granted a continuance
of the petition or Louis "Whitman & Co.,
glass manufacturersof TJniontown, against
a decision rendered by Judge In ghram.of the
Fourteenth Judicial district in their suit
against the Fayette Fuel Gas Company, also
of TJniontown. The case is of a most com
plicated nature and arose from an alleged
breach of contract on the part of the gas
company to supply gas to the works of
"Whitman & Co. for manufacturing, pur
poses. Some months ago the gas company
shut off the gas supply to "Whitman's works,
alleging a shortage in the yield from the gas
company's wells and also a failure on the
part of Whitman & Co. to carry out thtir
part of the contract.
"When the gas was cut off "Whitman filed
a bill in equity in the Fayette County
Court, denying the allegations of the gas
company, and asking for a mandatory in
junction to compel the restoration of the
gas supply, and claiming the absolute right
of the entire supply of the gas company's
well, if needed for his business. Judge
Inghram refuted to issue such an injunc
tion, and this decision was appealed from,
the case being argued before the Supreme
Court in January last The decision of Judge
Inghram was then reversed and a mandatory
injunction directed to issue as prayed for.
"When this injunction was served, Andrew
"W. Mellon, of Pittsburg, a large creditor of
the gas company, issued an execution on a
judgment held by him against the gas com
pany and the Sheriff at once seized the
property. Jndge Campbell, counsel for
"Whitman, had in the meantime drawn a
forma order in accordance with the decision
of the Supreme Court, adding a clanse bv
which said order should reach the Sheriff)
who was then in possession of the property.
The Sheriff, in obedience to this order,
promptly restored the gas to Whitman's
works, to which the gas company and
Mellon objected and obtained an injunction
revoking that part of the ofder which ap
plied to the Sheriff) and the gas was at once
cut off again.
Judge Campbell then petitioned the Su
preme Court for a writ of alternative man
damns, to compel Judge Inghram to make
a preliminary injunction to extend to the
Sheriff the hearing which was fixed for to
day, and Judge Inghram filed an answer
denying all knowledge bf certain facts as
stated in plaintiff's petition, and justifying
his action on the ground that Mellon's
rights as an execution creditor wonld suffer
if the order affecting the Sheriff was allowed
to remain. A continuance until April 11
was granted.
CHANGE IN T.TBRAKIAKS.
W. M. Miller, of the State Library, Gets a
Promotion.
lEFXCIAIi TSLXQBAK To TH DISPATCH.!
Habrisbdbo, March 28. Assistant
State Librarian Orwig has given way to W.
M. Miller, of Snyder county, who has been
second assistant the past four years. Mr.
Miller will be succeeded by a Democrat in a
few months The State Librarian, Dr.
Egle, is a Bepublican, but the appointment
of his subordinates Is vested in a Board of
Trustees, consisting of the Governor, Attor
ney General and Secretary ot the Common
wealth. The act under which these selections are
made was drafted by State Librarian Egle,
who also provided iu the law for his own
appointment for four years a short time be
fore the retirement of Governor Beaver.
Governor Fattison has not yet issued a com
mission to the doctor.
A M0NSTEB WHALE
That Measured a Hundred Feet Caught Off
the Irish Coast
tBT DtTKLAP'S CABLE COMPAST.l
Dublin, March 28. Several whales
have been seen off the Irish coast'
One captured at Wexford last Thurs
day was 100 feet long. A fisher
man named Windham saw an Unusual
disturbance in the sea a short distance from
the entrance to the harbor, evidently caused
by the struggles of an enormous creature, in
its endeavor to get into deep water. The
pilots of the fort station launched a boat,
but were cautious not to approach too near.
They continued to watch all day, when
the struggling became weaker. Windham
ventured to draw near the monster and suc
ceeded iu plunging a long knife under one
of its fins. The monster turned out to be a
whale.
KATE CASILETOK IS SETTER
The Popular Star Thought Out ot Danger
by Her Physicians. .
rSPKCIAX. TELEGRAM TO THB DISPATCH.!
Philadelphia, March 28. Miss Kate
Castletpu, the star of the Faust-TJp-To-Date
company which was the attraction at the
Walnut Street Theater week before last,
and who has been dangerously ill in this
city since tbe company's season, closed with
their engagements tbe theater is gradu
ally improving and is now regarded as
being out of danger.
"When she acted with snch sprightllness
at the Walnut," said Business Manager
Simpson to-night, "the large audience did
not think that she was suffering intense
pain and a very sick woman."
FEEBY SLIPS AND CABS BURNED.
The Philadelphia and Beading Company
Lose 890,000 at Camden.
Camden, N. J., March 28. Fire to-night
destroyed the depot, ferry slips and houses
and eight passenger cars of the Philadelphia
and Atlantic City Bailroad at Kaigbn's
Point The road is operated by the Phila
delphia and Beading Bailroad Company.
All the valuable papers, tickets, etc, were
destroyed.
Tbe flames spread so rapidly that many of
the employes narrowly escaped injury.
Ticket Collector Fox was badly burned be
fore he conld get out of his office. The loss
is estimated at $90,000.
Big Snow at Harrlsbnrg.
ISPECIAL TELEOEAM TO THX DISPATCH. 1
Haueisbueo, March 28. The heaviest
snow that has visited this vicinity for many
years fell yesterday and last night, and this
morning, it was 22 inches deep on tbe
level.
HAKYEST OF DEATH.
Terrible Ravages of the Grip in Vari
ous Parts of the Union.
VICTIMS ARK DRIVEN TO SUICIDE.
Chicago Fall of Corpses That Undertakers
Cannot Handle.
COMPARATIVELY LITTLE IN THB EAST
tFPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THK DISPATCH. I
Chicago, March 28. There have been
920 deaths in Chicago during the past six
days. The record for the week will show
nearly 1,100 deaths. Never before in the
history of the city has the mortality been so
appalling. The grip, which is daily grow
ing more virulent, is responsible for the
great increase. Over COO persobs have been
swept away by the scourge since Monday.
The hospitals are filled to the doors, and the
undertaken are worn oat preparing bodies
for burial. In Calvary alone, 200 corpses
await interment
Vital Statlstican Tomlinson estimates that
200,000 persona are down with the grip in
this city. He ascribes the terrible mortality
to the weather, which continues wet and
cold. Assistant Statistician Crowley died
to-day from the scourge, and Dr. Charles T.
Parke, one of the most eminent surgeons
In the "West, and Chief Surgeon
of Bush Medical College, passed away later
in the day from the same disease. There
are not hearses enough in town to carry the
dead to the graves to-morrow, and many
funerals which were to have taken place
within the next 24 hours will not be cared
for until Monday.
Late this afternoon Soren Olsen, wbo has
beeu suffering from the grip, cut his throat
and died. Matthew Gaylord, while insane
from the scourge, took morphine and may
die.
BAD IS PHILADELPHIA.
The Disease, However, Is Not So Virulent as
It Was Last Year.
rSr-XCIAI. TKLSBBAJC TO THB DISPATCH.!
PHiLADELFHIAjMarch 28. While there
has been little mortality directly traceable
to the attacks of influenza in this city, the
grip has not been idle. The town is stricken
with it to a remarkable degree. The
symptoms noticed are general malaise
and intense lassitude, with low fevera and
higher temperature, pains in the head seem
ing like a band of Iron shrunk upon the
forehead, and aches in the small of the back
as distinctive characteristics. The street is
full of business men who tell of a three
days' period of the disease.
Last year's epidemic bore dreadful fruits
of fatality or lasting debility, while this
year's seems to be merely an influenza,
which, though its immediate effects are seen,
has shown no signs of being permanent The
patient who has gone through it all, how
ever, is a pretty sick man. It is noticeable
that women are less affected than men.and the
influenza makes no distinction between over
worked, weakened men and the healthiest oi
athletes, saving that the nervous effects are
more strongly marked in those patients who
have not lived under the best hygienic con
dition. KOI BEHI0TJ8 IK B0SIOK.
The Disease Is Present, but Figures' Show
Its Attacks Are Light.
rUFXCLU. TXLSOEAM TO TBI StlrATCK.1
Boston, March 28. The presence of the
grip in Boston is undoubted, but its
severity is slight, and in proportion it will
certainly not equal the attack of last year,
despite its present excessive prevalence in
the Western and Middle States. The Board
of Health for the State and city are the
authorities upon which the above statement
is made. Dr. C. H. McCollum, City Phy
sician of Boston, gives these particulars of
the influenza locally up to this morning:
We unquestionably have a moderate amount
of the gnp in our midst, but the attack is not
very severe, and as the warm weather is ap
proaching it will disappear without any terious
danger to the people of Boston. The only way
we have ot judging the prevalence of the dis
ease is by consulting our death reports. In
January, 1S90. 233 deaths from consumption
are recorded, against 123 this year. Pneumonia
for the same period carried off S32 in 1S90,
against 139 in January. Inflaenza also caused
30 deaths, against one this -year. Compara
tively, February of both years, maintained
abont the same proportions. In 1S9G for that
month influenza caused three deaths, against
one this yean consumption 125. acainst S3, and
pneumonia m, against bj. so you see,
conditions are not very serious.
the
BATHES LIGHT IK NEW YOEK.
The Mortality Statistics at the Metropolis
Very Near Normal.
(SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. 1
New York, March 28. The doctors say
there is no grip in this city, or, at least, so
very little that it practically amounts to
none. Tbe death rate is about normal.
The number of deaths in this city for the
24 hours, ended at noon to-day, was 121.
There were four deaths from the grip,
complicated with other diseases. One
woman, 64 years old, died from inflaenza
and asthma; another woman, 27 years old,
from influenza and cerebro-spinal menin
gitis; a -man of S3 years, from, grip" and
typhoid pneumonia, and a man of 50 years,
from grip and pneumonia. The total num
ber of deaths this Year attributable to the
grip has been 15. Ot the 895 deaths this
week, 47 were from bronchitis, 179 from
pneumonia and 124 from phthisis. The
death rate was 28 in 1,000 per year. In the
last week in March, 1890, there were 783
deaths, and in 1889, 860.
DIDN'T CABE TO LIVE.
The Grip Drives a Farmer to Despondency
and Then to Suicide.
New Castle, Maroh 28. Columbus
Brnce, a well-to-do farmer, 45 years old,
wbo lived near Edenburg, committed sui
cide last evening by shooting himself in the
right temple with a 38-caliber revolver.
A note was found in his bedchamber stat
ing that he bad been sick'with the grip, be
came despondent and didn't care to live,
and that he contemplated suicide.
BUSINESS CBIPPLED AT WHEELIKG.
From 1,000 to 1,200 Cases Are Estimated
by the Physicians There.
rSFECIAI. TELEGRAM TO TBI DISPATCH. I
Wheeling, March 28. The, grip is
raging in this city, and it is estimated by
physicians and druggists that there are from
1,000 to 1,200 cases.
Business houses, manufactories, news
paper offices, etc, are all short-handed, and
the prescription business of the drugstores
is 100 per cent greater thin usual.
At Wabash. -Ind;
WABASH, Ind., March 28. City physi.
cians say that there are lrom 1,500 to 2,000
cases of the grip here and that tbenumber
of patients is on the increase. There-have,
however, been no deaths from the disease.
Drove Him to Suicide.
Keokuk, Ia., March 28. William
Woolley, a prominent and wealthy citizen
of Keokuk, committed suicide to-day, by
hanging. It is thought his mind was affected-
by an attack of the grip.
CAN'T SETTLE THE CONNECTICUT WTY
The Special Senate Committee Has Beached
No Conclusion as Tot.
Hastfobd, March 28. The special Sen
ate committee" considering tbe various bills
relating to the election of State offiosrs,wer
in session all the afternoon. They announce
that they have reached no conclusion, but
have gone over the whole ground in a
frisndly spirit. They will meet again Mon
day morning, and are expected to report
Tuesday morning, when the Senate meets
again,
Hops is expressed here howevtr",.br some,
that tbey wijl find common ground to stand
on, ahd It seems certain that if they report
any measure, that measure will readily pass
both Houses.
TWO EMBABBA8SED COMPANIES.
Another tjhiontown Manufacturing Concern
Falls to Pay Its Men.
rtPXCIAL TSLIOBAM TO THE DISPATCH. l"
TJSIONIOWM-, March 2a The Columbia
Iron and Steel Mill, following the unfor
tunate example of the Pennsylvania con
struction shops, failed to pay their men to
day, 'as iras promised two weeks ago.
Checks for. but two of the five weeks due
were given to the men to-day.
The officials of the company explained to
the men that they would be able to pay the
balance in abont a week, and wanted them
to continue at work. The First National
Bink cashed a few of the checks, but cre
ated a great deal of excitement by stonping
and refusing to pay any more on the checks
.presented. The checks were then hawked
about town by the holders, and onerea at
liberal discounts. Most of them were cashed
at 10 per cent discount
The workmen met in Commercial Sail
this afternoon, and decided by a ballot to
continue until the fourth story of the big
Masonic Temple' at Chicago is completed
and loaded at this end. They are then
promised their money.
KOCH'S LYMPH -A SUCCESS,
It Achieves a 'Splendid Victory in Texas,
Sub-Tropical Climate.
San Antonio, March 28. Whatever
the results or lack of results of Koch's
lymph in the winter air of more northern
latitudes, its success in the highlands of
Sonthwestern Texas has been demon
strated. 'It has been given the most
thorough trial, and has accomplished
more than was expected of it. It has been
the undoubted means of saving 12 lives, and
many more have experienced benefit from
its use. The total number of patients under
going the course is 98, and 12 have been
cured.
In every instance the dose has
been the smallest permitted by Koch, and
sometimes even so little as one-sixth of a
milligramme. Dr. Jenkins says that he has
uniformly obtained better results from
smaller injections. One of the most rapid
and satisfactory cures is the oase of Hon.
L. L. Foster, State Commissioner of Insur
ance Statistics, Agriculture and History,
and shortly to be appointed Hallway Com
niistiontr by Governor Hogg.
THE STATE LIKE COMPANY ABSORBED.
Six Great Ocean Steamships Are Sold to the
Allan Company.
Montreal, Que., March 28. The.Allan
Steamship Company has purchased the ves
sels of the State Steamship Company of
Glasgow, now in liquidation. One of the
members of the Allan Company has beeu
for some time on the other side, negotiating
for the purchase of the vessels, and the
news of the successful result of his mission
was received at the office here last night
The steamers purchased are: State of Al
abama, 2,813 tons; State of Indiana, 2,584
tons; State of Nebraska, 3,996 tons; State of
Pennsylvania, 2,483 tons; State ot Georgia,
2,489 tons, and State of Nevada, 2,488 tons.
They are all first-class steamers. It is gen
erally believed that some of the boats will
be put on the St Lawrence route to replace
the steamers Siberian, Corean, Assyrian and
Pomeranian, which go on the Glasgow"
service.on May 1.
IT IS WEIGHTS HANDKERCHIEF.. -i
A Discovery That Goes Far to Solve the
Astor House Mystery.
New Yobk, March 28. It was clearly
established to-day that the handkerchief
used as a gag and found crammed down the
throat of Carl Emanuel Buttinger, whose
body was found on the mud flats at Totten
ville, S. I., belonged to William Wright,
who was Buttinger's companion. Attorney
Taylor went to Tottenville yester
day with two handkerchiefs which had
been sent by Wright's relatives to this
country from London. He went to the
'police station and got Sergeant Thomas
Drnmmond to let him examine tbe handker
chief marked 'M. W., which was fonnd
crammed down the throat of Kuttinger.
The lawyer made a careful comparison of
the handkerchiefs sent from London and the
one in possession of Sergeant Drnmmoud
and the three were identical in every detail.
2IAH0NE AND LAKGSTOK.
The Colored Congressman Says the Moun
tain Came to Mahomet
-SPECIAL TELEGBAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Peteksbubg, March 28. John M. Lang
ston left this morning for Bichmond to call
on Governor McKinney, and from Bich
mond will go to Washington. . In reply to
questions he said the reconciliation between
him and General Mahone, which was
brought about through the influence of
Judge Waddell, would be tbe means of
sending a solid Bepublican delegation to
the next National Bepublican Convention.
Langston, on being asked in reference to
the dissatisfaction existing among some of
his followers in consequence of his alliance
with Mahone, replied that he did not go to
Mahone, but that some days before he and
tbe ex-Senator made friends overtures came
to him (Langston) from the Mahone faction.
A MANIA FOB BAPTISM.
The Alleged Converted Franciscan Monk
Turns Out a Fraud.
Indianapolis, March 28. Investiga
tion to-day shows that Henry O. Berg,the al
leged Franciscan monk wbo was bap
tized into the Christian church last
night, is a fraud from Louisville,
who has been doing a thriving business as
an "apostate," being utterly impartial as
between denominations in bestowing his
faith.
He has probably been baptized in more
different styles than any other man in
America.
K0T A SEAL, BUT A SIGK MANUAL'
A Discovery That Caused Governor Davis
to Befuse a Connecticut Bequlsition.
Pboyidence, March 28. Upon the re
port made by Attorney General Slocnm, who
examined the papers, Governor Davis has
tp fused to allow the extradition of Thomas
Uarnett, wanted in Connecticut for em
bezzling, forgery and jail breaking.
Attorney General Slocum found that the
seal upon Acting Governor Bulkeley 's requi
sition was not the State. seal of Connecticut,
but merely the sign manual of his private
secretary.
Rockefeller "Will Not Leave.
rSPECIAI. TXXZOBAV TO THE DISPATCH.!
New Yoek, March 28. District Attor
ney Nicoll xaid to-day that he had learned
that William Rockefeller, of tbe Standard
Oil Company, one of the directors of the"
New Yorkj New Haven and Hartford Eail
road, had bought his ticket and was about
to sail for Europe, while the grand jury's
investigation of the tnnnel collision was
still incomplete , Mr. Rockefeller's counsel
informed me that Mr. Rockefeller would
stay.
Prince Napoleon's Will.
ROME, March 28. The will, of the lat
Prince Napoleon was opened to-day. It was
found that he left everything he possessed
to his son. Prince Louis.
A DANGEROUS' PLATE.
.
Sensation in the Treasury Over a
Counterfeit Discovery,
A HASTY COSSOLTATiOfl HELD
Formnlate a flan for Recalling the
Counterfeited Series.
GOYEENHEHT PAPJ5B FISELT IMITATED
WaSHHHStON, March 28. A sensation
has been cattttd at the Treasury Depart
ment by the diioovtrt of a counterfeit $2
silver Certificate, so nearly perfect in all its
parts as to be almost impossible of detec
tion. Heretofore all counterfeits of our
paper currency have been readily detected
by the failure to imitate the distinctive
character of the paper on which Government
notes are printed, which is so arranged that
each part of it, forming a complete note,
contains a small silk thread running through
it lengthwise.
This paper is for the first timo almost per
fectly imitated in the counterfeit just dis
covered. So far as Is now known It has
been used only in counterfeitingthe two dol
lar silver certificate of the series of 1886. This
note was designed under the supervision of
Treasurer Jordan, and contains on its face a
vignette of General Hancock. It Is esti
mated that there are now nearly (40,000,000
of these notel In circulation, and the
problem before the Treasury Department is
how to get them back into the Treasury and
to substitute a new series without serious
embarrassment before any considerable
quantity of the counterfeit notes get into
circulation.
This was the subject of a secret confer
ence at the Treasury Department this after
noon between Secretary Foster and the lead
ing officials of the Bureau ol Engraving and
Printing. It was practically decided to
suspend the printing of the $2 silver certifi
cate, and to institute a new series of the
same denomination. These will contain a
vignette of Secretary Windom, and will be
issued as soon as the necessary plates can
be engraved. It will take about two months
to prepare the plates, and in the meantime
the Government will exert its utmost en
deavors to secure and destroy the plates and
the other naraphernalia used in the manu
facture of the counteifeit
Director Leech, of the Mint, said to-day
that after July 1 it was probable no more
silver dollars would be coined, but silver
certificates printed instead. Congress had
given the Secretary of the Treasury power
to recoin about $2,500,000 of the subsidiary
coin now in the Treasury, and that, too,
would probably be done as soon as possible
after the beginning of the next fiscal year.
This will in effect put just so much more
money in circulation. There are also about
2,609,000 silver dollars in the Treasury,
against which silver certificates can be
issued.
A STBIKE HAY RESULT.
Washington Job Printers Demand Hlghpr
Wages and Less Hours.
Washington, March 28. The proprie
tors of the job printing offices in this city
have been notified by the officers of Colum
bia Typographical Union No. 10 that a
higher rate of wages must be paid their em
ployes for a less number of hour' work.
It has been resolved by all the more promi
nent employers to refuse the requests made
and to resist any and every effort the union
may put forth to enforce its demands. That
means a strike, and the bosses say that a
strike wilt result in tbe importation of non
union printers. ,
It is intimated by One of the bosses that
the attempt at Increase .is part of, a plan
formulated by Government printing office
employes to bring about, if possible, a
change in Congressional sentiment, which
will restore the wages in the national offices
to 50 cents per 1,000 emsfor day work. If
the wages iu private offices were Increased
the argument of the Government printers
would be strengthened.
WASHINGTON BAKE AFFAIRS,
Two Plans by Which a Receivership Can
Now Be Avoided.
Washington, March-28. Mr. Lacey,
Controller ot the Cnrrency, to-day received
the official report of National Bank Exami
ner Hepburn in regard to the Washington
National Bank, of New York, recently
closed, but refused to disclose its contents.
He has, however, addressed a communica
tion to Mr. Hepburn, suggesting that only
two courses are open If a receivership is to
be avoided. In the first place, the Controller
can levy an assessment of 50 per cent upon
the capital stoek, which would reinforce the
assets of the bank by $150,000 casb.
In case this amount was paid in the Con
troller says he would permit the bank to re
gtftne business. If resumption is found im
practicable the Controller suggests that
$357,000 in addition to the immediately
available assets already in hand would
enable the bank to pay its creditors promptly
in full, whereupon they could vote to go
into voluntary liquidation and close the af-.
fairs of the bank themselves.
INDIANA IK ABKKABB.
The State Must Pay 847,000 In War Claims
to Uncle Sam.
Washington, March 28. The Secretary
of the Treasury has stopped the payment of
the Treasury draft for 769,144, drawn
in favor of tbe Governor of Indiana,
in settlement of the claim of that State
nnder the direct tax act This action is due
to a discovery that there is an unsettled lia
bility on the part of Indiana, amounting to
$47,000, on account of old war claims, which
liability was overlooked jn the settlement of
the State's acconnt with the Government.
The matter will be settled for the present
by paying the State all in excess of the
amount in dispute, leaving it for future
adjustment
TOBACCO REBATE CLAIMS.
They Call for an Aggregate of Nearly a
Million Dollars.
Washington, Maroh 28. The Treasury
Department is now engaged in the settle
ment of a large number of tobacco rebate
claims, under authority oi the McKinley
tariff act There are 1,000 tobacco manufac
turers and 600,000 retail and wholesale to
bacco dealers in the United States. 'About
26,000 claims have so far been filed, and
tbey are still flowing in at a great rate.-
It is estimated at the department that
these claims will aggregate nearly 51,000,
000. K0 HONEY IN IT.
Attorney General Miller Opinion on the
Philadelphia 3IIut Bill.
Washington, March 28. Attorney
General Miller has given an opinion to tbe
Secretary oi the Treasury, holding that the
i' act providing for the construction of a new
mint building in Philadelphia contains no
express appropriation for that purpose
The Director of the Mint will confer with
the Secretary of the Treasury early next
weekito determine the future action of the
Department in regard to the .matter.
A PEACEABLE MAN
Is What One ffttnesa Describes Kincaid to
Have Always Been.
Washington, March 28. W. H. Still
man, of Friendship, N. Y., was the first
witness in the Kincaid trial to-day. He tes
tified that he was an eye-witness of the
tragedy. He was at the foot of the
stairway, when he heard" a voice ex-
claim: ''Keep back." As he came down
he saw Taulbee add Donaldson talking" on
the stairs. On hearing the voice he saw a-'
third man and saw Taulbee rnsbing toward
him. Then he saw the flash and heard the
report of the pistol. Taulbee was within an J
armsiengtn oi tnemuzzie wnen ins snot
wis fired.
William E. Cnrtis testified that Kincaid
Was a man of delicate health and nervous
temperament His general character was
that of a peaceable, amiable and quiet gen
tleman. Mr. Curtis was asked if bo bad
not heard threats made bv Taulbee against
Kincaid. The qnestion was objected to and'
the court decided to hear arguments on me
admissibility of the testimony.
H0BACE GREELEY'S DAUGHTER ENGAGED.
She Will Wed Bev.' Frank Montrose Clen
dlnln, an Episcopal Divine.
NkwYoekt, March 28. Miss Gabrlslle
Grttley, the daughter of Horace Greeley, is
engaged to be married to Bev. Prank Mont
rose Clendinin, the rector of St. Peter's
Protestant Episcopsl Church, of West
Chester. Bev. Mr. Clendinin is the son of
George Clendinin, of Washington, and Is
37 years old. He graduated at Columbia
University, Washington, and afterward at
Princeton Theological Seminary.
Mr. Clendiqin remained, in the Presbyte
rian church only one yearj and during that
time he was pastor of the Presbyterian
church at Nashville. 111. That was in
1880, and in 1881 he went over to tbe Prot
estant Episcopal church and became rector
of St George's Church, of Belleville, 111.
After remaining in Belleville for three
years, he became rector of Grace Church at
Cleveland, and remained there from July,
1884, ufltil May, 1887, when he became rec
tor of St Peter's in West Chester, one of
the oldest Protestant Episcopal chnrches in
the United States.
ARKANSAS AND THE EAIE.V
The State Commissioner Besigns Because
the State Appropriated No Money.
Little Bock, March 28. Major John
Adams, appointed by Governor Eagle to
represent Arkansas in the World's Fair
Commission, has resigned his position as
Commissioner.. In his letter of resignation
Major Adams states tbat in his opinion the
Legislature should have made an appropria
tion sufficient to give the State a creditable
exhibition at the Fair, and because the
Legislature has refused to make such an
appropriation he refuses to act as Commis
sioner. Governor Eagle has replied to Major
Adams, accepting his resignation, and ex
pressing regret tbat the bill making an ap
propriation for World's Fair purposes was
Killed by the Legislature. Governor Eagle
says he will Bhortly send a" special message
to the Legislature, urging the importance of
tbe State betng represented at tbe Fair, and
asking for liberal appropriations.
A LAB0B DISPUTE SETTLED.
Indianapolis Contractors and Trades Unions
Beach an Agreement.
Indianapolis, March 28. The back
bone of the building troubles was broken
to-day, when the Contractors' Association
arrived at a compromise, bronght about
through the efforts of National Secretary
McCuire. The agreement provides for
a permanent arbitration committee;
eight hours as a day's work, over time to be
paid for at time and a half; holiday work
as double time; wages of journeymen shall
in no case be less than 27 cents pr hour;
stair builders, 35 cents per hour.
Xhe carpenters agree to work with non
union men in other trades. The contractors
agree not to discriminate against union
men. It is expected tbat tbe plasterers,
E sinters and plumbers will immediately or
itrate their differences.
SUOAB WILL BE CHEAPEB.
A Beduction of Two Cents a Pound Owing
to the McKinley Bill.
rsritciAx. ulioux to tui dispatch.)
New York, March 28. After the end of
the present month tne sugar used by refiners
will be imported free of duty, and as a re
sult there should be a saving of 2 cents per
pound on all refined sugars consumed here.
Under the provisions of tbe McKinley bill
the refiners were allowed to take the raw
sugar, which has been placed in bond by the
Importers to be held there until the day ar
rived when it could be taken out without
paying duty, and refine it in bond.
This provision was made so tbat ihere
would be no sugar famine in the early part
of April. The refineries of the Sugar Trust
have been running their full capacity, and
the rush of orders to be filled has cansed
great confnsion.
A BIO SHIPMENT OF SUOAB
The Queen of Hawaii Having Trouble With
Her Cabinet
SAnFeancisco, March 2a The British
steamer Honnslow arrived from Honolulu
to-day with 4,200 tons of sugar. This is
stated to be the largest cargo of sngar ever
brought to San Francisco.
Captain Gifford stated that Queen Lilitto
kalani was experiencing some difficulty
with her Cabinet The Beform party was
making vigorous opposition over some ap
pointments. He stated that the party had
petitioned for the recall of Minister Carter,
and desires his removal. '
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The New Instrurrient of Destruction
Is a Heavy Wire Gun,
TiUTSTAKDS SUCCESSFUL TESTS.
A Pressure of 41,500 Pounds to tha Eg.as.re
Ineh Shown by It
TfllS IS THE HIGHEST TEST ON EECOKI)
SPXCTAt. TItlOBAM TO TBX OIirATCSf.t
New Yoek, March 28. Many army and
navy officers think tbat John Hamilton
Brown, of Greenville, N. J., has practically
Settled the heavy ordnance question by In
renting his segmental tnbe wire gun. He
hat been working on this instrument of
destruction for many years, built is only
within a year that he has been able to bring
it, as be thinks, to perfection.
The Brown gun is essentially a wire gun
An inner tube, made up of numerous steel
segments, is wonnd with steel wire at a ten
tloa of 150,000 pounds to the square inch.
This so compresses the segments tbat no
possible powder pressure will open the inner
s irlrce of tbe tube. In winding the wire a
tension regulator Is employed, by means of
which the tension at which the wire is
wonnd Is brought to otfe-tenth of an ounce
of uniformity throughout the entire mass.
, A Prot ectton for Gunners.
To protect thetwire from the missiles of
rapid-firing gnns, a cast steel jacket encases
the wire-wound tube, and to this jacket the
trunnions are attached. Finally the com
pleted gun is bored out to receive a lining
tube. This tube, however, is inserted only
to protect the core. Two sizes of the Brown
gun have already been designed, the five
inch and ten-inch gun.
A section of the proposed five-inch gun
was tested at Fort Wadsworth to-day. The
section tested was a cylinder 20 inches long.
At each end a steel cap had been snnk
aronng tbe segment arc and Into this was
screwed a breech plug. Pressure guages
were screwed into the inner face of one of
tbe breech plugs, and by these the pressure
was measured and recorded.
Highest Pressure on lUcord.
The two-pound charge showed a pressure
of 41,500 pounds to the square inch. This
is a higher pressure than has ever been at
tained in a cast gun, it is said. After the
cylinder had been cleaned, 48 powder pel
lets, aggregating three pounds, were put
in it, together with an onnce of loose pow
der. This time the report was much louder
and fire and smoke issued fiercely from tbe
oylinder. When they tried to loosen the
breech plug with their hands they could
not. Then a conple of sturdy sol
diers were set to hammering it with sledges,
but this did no good either.
From an exterior examination it was de
cided that the lining tube had a split, al
lowing the gas to get back of it and force it
in and at tbe same time melt the threads oi
the breech pings and solder them to the
oylinder. Tbe lining tube is not an essen
tial feature of tbe gnn. It is put in tempor
ary until the steel segments get seasoned, as
it were. This lining tube is made of steel
and is only half an inch thick, consequently
it can't be expected to have the strength of
wire covered segments and to-day's mishap
in no wise, it is said, reflects discredit on
the gun,
KO END TO 8HIFWBECZS.
The Latest Is a Brig Ashore at Ocean, lid,
bnt the Crew Saved.
PHILADELPHlA.March 28. Information
was received to-day that the unknown ves
sel reported ashore at Ocean, Md., is the
Amerioan brig Hattle, Captain Sanborn,
from Hayti, with logwood, for Portland.
The brig lies well upon the beach directly
opposite Ocean City, and it is thought that
she can be gotten off without much damage.
The crew of tbe Hattie, nine in number,
were rescued by meanrof tbe breeches buoy.
A dispatch from Wilmington Del., says:
The gale at Delaware Breakwater abated
materially this afternoon, and no more dan
ger is apprehended. There are about 40
vessels riding at anchor In the harbor. Oi
the two schooners that went aground last
night the Faben's crew remained aboard,
but the crew, of tbeNowell were taken off
with some difficulty by the life-saving
crew. An unknown schooner is reported
asnore aoove tne moutn ot tbe Broad Kiln.
CHABQES OF FBAUD..
An Ohio Coal and Iron Company Finds
Itself in Trouble.
Columbus, March 28. Bepresentatives
of tbe Shawnee and Iron Point Coal and
Iron Company, owning valuable coal lands
and property in the Hocking Valley, ap
plied to the United States Circuit Court for
a Master of Accounts to take charge of the
affairs of the company.
Charges are made that Johnson M. Welch,
of Athens, O., President, conspired with
Thomas Cochran, of the Guarantee safe and
Deposit Company, of Philadelphia, and
fraudulently secured and misappropriated
$115,000 in bonds, together with several
thousand dollars profits of the company.
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LAITIES' EXECUTIVE PATS C0HMTTEE.
Miss 3Iary MeCandless, of Pittabnrg, Is Ono
of the Appointees.
Chicago, ilareh 28. Mrs. Potter
Palmer has announced the Executive Com
mittee of tbe "World's Fair Hoard of Lady
Managers. Mrs. Palmer says she divided
the country Into four parts of equal popu
lation, and se'lected six ladies from each
part; that she divided the honors as equally
as she could between the political, parties,
and tbat she endeavored to select ladies
wbo resided within 12 hours' ride of Chicago.
Tbe first meeting of tbe Executive Commit
tee will be held April 8.
The committee consists of Mrs. Jonas .
IPrencn, Boston; Miss Ives, New Haven;
Mrs. Amy M. Starkweather, Pawtuckef, E.
L; Miss Ellen Ford, New York; Miss Mary
E. Kusselle, Newark; Miss Mary MeCand
less, Pittsburg: Mrs. William Eeed. Balti
more; Mrs. Newton Lynch, Martins
burg, W. Va.; Mrs. John A. Logan,
"Washington; Mrs. Susan G. Cooke, Enox
ville; Miss MollieE. Beck, Tampa, Fla.;
Mrs. Mary C. Cantrell, Georgetown, Ky.;
Mrs. James P. Nagle, Little Bock; Miss
Shakespeare, New Orleans; Mrs. Bosina
Byan, Austin, Tex.;3Irs. Virginia C.llere
dlth, Cambridge City. Ind.; Mrs. Edward
L. Bartlett, Santa Fe; Mrs- P. P. Bne,
Santa Bosa, Cal.; Mrs. Sarah G. G. Ansel).
Ann Arbor, Mich.; Mrs. George M. Shepard,
Chicago; Miss O. E. Miller, Cedar Baplds,
la.; Mrs. Frances B. Clarke, SciPauI; Mrs.
John S. "Brigs, Omaha; Mrs. E. E. Allen,
Portland, Ore.; Mrs. Coleman Thatcher, Jr.,
Chicago.
Death of a Centenarian.
SPECIAL. TZLCeSAU TO THX DISFATCB.J
Bostos, March 2.8 Mrs. Margaret A.
Lynn died in Cambridge, Mass., Friday
night, at tbe remarkable age of 113 years.
There is a well authenticated record of her
birth in County Derry, Ireland, iu the year
1788, and there is little doubt that she was
the oldest person In the State.
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