m WW7mK Wm jf ppwflff HELPFUL FOR HELPERS IS THIS IIVKUT MORNINO DIHFATCllj ' IT REACHES EMPLOYERS AS WELL AH KML'LOYIM. THE BEST WANT DIRECTORY ' FORTY-SIXTH YEAR. 11 Of Honest Indignation Caused by the Trickery With the Baker Bill. REAL REFORMERS WRATHY. Chairman Mapes, of the Independent Republican State Committee, Speaks Right Out. HE PLACES THE BLAME ON QUAT. The Pennsylvania Ballot Association Issues An Appeal to Arouse the Public to Action at Once. COLONEL H'CLUEE TALKS OP THIKYES. PKouitat Pittstog (Suras Ixjrtss Their Vinrs Ujoa the Balject ia a DeddtJly EcpliUt Hsartr. A. VITO EXPZCTED lEOM GOTEBKOR PATTBOS" fErCCLU. TILEGBAH TO THE SISrXTCH-1 Philadelphia, May 8. Tbe friends of ballot reform in this city are outspoken in their disgust over the amendments to the Baker bill made by the Senate Committee. Hon. George E. Hapes, Chairman of the Independent Republican State Committee, said to-day: "They destroy the bill asa ballot reform measure, which they were doubtless intending to do." "In what respect do they impair its effectiveness?" "The first principle of a free and un trammeled ballot is that the voter shall be able to have a candidate or candidates to vote for. This bill as amended would de prive the Prohibition and Labor parties of the State of even the power to present can didates. It would allow no chance for a protest against bad members by cither of tho two old parties, as no new members could be presented at a later date than 00 days before the election." Ono of tho Serious Objections. "It destroys secret voting for all who are willing to say they cannot read or are dis abled, and places it in the power of tho Judge of Election to assign a party heeler to prepare tho ballots of all voters of this class. The number of the voting compart ments is trebled, tbns greatly increasing the cost of carrying tbe law into effect. "In abort, the amendments were added to the bill to kill it, and for no other purpose, for no intelligent legislator can vote for the bill in its present shape. It is significant that the changes in this bill and the visit of Quay to Harrishurg should have been made at the same time. It looks as though his statement that his visit had no political sig nificance would need to be taken witn some trains of allowance." H. L. Foster, President, and Charles Ik Binney, Secretary, of the Pennsylvania Bal lot Reform Association, to-day issued the following appeal to the people of Pennsyl vania: A Direct Appeal to tho People. The Senate Elections Committee, Croose, Keefcr, Mylin, Porter and Steele, Republicans, and McDonald and Monaghan, Democrats, have done their best to kill the Baker ballot reform bill. Whether they shall succeed or not depends on whether the people and tbe press of this State can force a majority of the Senate to undo tbe committee's work. Every possible influence should at once be brought to bear upon the Senate for that purpose. The committee's amendments are to the following effect: First Independent nominations and nomina tions by parties just forming cannot practically be made. This is unconstitutional. Tne Australian form of balloti- a public ballot, and politicalorgamzationshavcno exclusive prop erty iu it. Second The form of the ballot unfairly favors tbe majority party and would unfairly discriminate against independent candidates if any such could conceivably be nominated. Third Secret voting is destroyed not only for illiterates, but tor every man wbo is willing to say that ho is illiterate or disabled. Trjing to Increase the Expense. Fourth The number of voting compartments is trebled. This trebles the expense of fitting up the rooms aud necessitates much larger once, so that it would be impossible to apply the law in many parts of the State except at enormous expense for hundreds of temporary voting rooms. Tbe object of these changes is evident. It is to kill the bill. The Baker bill in its present blupo would be worse than useless, if it were cjp.tWe of bcingcanlcd Into effect at all.wbich i probably not the case. It is an utter breach ot the pledges of the Itcpubllcan party, whoso members constitute five-sevenths ot the com mittee who have played such fcavoo with the bill. It would disgrace that party before the people. The illegal and utterlv obnoxious amendments should bo stricken from the bill at once, and no man who refuses to help restore the bill to Us proper shape, tho shape In which tho peoplo want to have It, should bo allowed to re-enter public life. Wo ask all patriotic citizens to inform their Senators directly that the bill must bo rcstorod to its former shapo aud passed. Wo ask every newspaper to publish this appeal and to advo cato the cause of honest elections as origin, ally provided for in tho Baker bill. Colonel McClnre Talks of Thieve., The Timet will say to-morrow: The amendments to tbe Baker ballot bill mado by the Senate Commltteo have eliminated very vestige of practical ballot roform from the measure. Had tho in out cunning, subtle anf desprrate of ballot thieves been summoned to tho task of revising the bill, It could not bavo been mado a creator mockery of ballot reform. This aetlon of the Senato Commltteo l sim ply atrocious. It is a molt flagrant Insult to every honest voter of tbe Commonwealth. Tbe bosses and ballot thieves want one more wbaek at ballot pollution and they postpone the law for more than a year and a half. If ballot re form Is right for 1832, why is It not right nowf The people want It now; they have unmistaka bly demanded it: they bavo been positively promised by all parties, and they will grind to WANTS or all kinds nre quickly unswered through THIS DISPATCH. Investors, arti wins, bargain hunter., buyer, and seller closely scan Us Classified Advertising Col umns. Largest Circulation. 11 HURfi CANE powder tli men and the party that roock tbem with inch a monitroui Ho about ballot reform, Onoof tbe most carefully studied f ran di In jected into tho measure li In the practically ImpoiilblB requirement, for Independent can dldates. Parties matt hare polled 10 per cent of tbs vote cut at the last election to be en titled to balloti on party nomination!. Tbia would exclude all parties In this State but tho two old organizations, and, a it require! 10,000 petitioner! to secnre a place on tbe State ticket, all side parties are substantially shut out of tbe rigbt to bavo candidate! or to rote xor tbem. A Side Blow at Stewart. Then all candidates nominated by parties must file their nominations 90 days beiore tbe election not with tbe Secretary of tbe Com monwealth, tbe proper officer, but with a petty partisan who happens to be Secretary of Inter nal Affairs, and wbo 1s tryinc to lift himself by his own bootstraps into the Gubernatorial office. Was ever such insolent mockery of tbe rigbt attempted by party leaders? Machine madness seems to hare unbridled sweep in the Senate, as it has not stopped with stripping tbe bill of all practical reform measures. It has prorided 'that there shall be a pooling booth for every 25 voters instead of every 75 as in the original bill solely to treble the. cost and embarrass the ad ministration of the law without any pretense of advantage to the voter. In short; boss and ballot thief ingenuity has been exhausted in the Senate Committee to make the Baker ballot bill mock every promise of ballot re form and stamp tbe lie upon every section of the bill. PITTSBURGERSNQT PLEASED' SOME OF THEM OUT8POKEK IK THEIE VIEWS OK BALLOT BEFOBtt. Necessity of Change in tho Voting System Admitted The Bill as Amended Mot Thought to Contain Much Improve ment Significant Talks. The mangling 'of the Baker ballot reform bill by the Senate Committee is not ap proved by Pittsbnrgers. The fine Italian band of the politicians is not relished, and many predict that the bill in its present form will go for nought. If passed by both branches of tbe Legislature, it is sure to be vetoed by the Governor Dispatch men were sent ont .yesterday to interview ballot relormers on the changes made by the Senate committee. Pittsburg is a very busy city, and, as a rule, the people wait for the privacy and quiet of their homes to read news of an intricate character. To-day would have been a much better time to glean opinions, but newspapers, like trains and tbe tides, wait for no man. They go on forever. Faith in an Honest Governor. Thomas M. Marshall was one of tho first tackled. He was not posted very well, bnt when some of the points were told him, be dlllf "it I. a A.il iLI . 1 . " &"" suing we nave an noneit man for Governor. Pattison li fearless, and you can rest assured, if necessary, the bill J"" be defeated. There is a popular wave ! .t. Hon,e nd to aome extent it repre sents th9 people, but they are a shameless lot of fellow, in the Senate. Even a pick pocket wouldn't be safe among them. They arc ready to grab all they can get. And E0 they would allow a voter to take a man into the voting booth with hint? "Why, that would de.troy the se crecy of the ballot and would be worse than tho present system. Ob, such nonsense I It will never become a law. It means that Harrison is to be re-elected at all hazards. It can't bo done. To renominate Harrison means sure defeat for the Bepubllcsu party. He has no feeling for anybody but Baby McBTee and himself. Tbe people will never VAfn fnp n mnn wltftr.Mt. m ti'nt Jl 4 ... cent celebration in Allegheny they said li wai discourteous when I ipoke of tbe Presi dent ai I did. James Hunter had just finished reading a letter of regret from the President, signed by bli favorite secre tary. It was too much for me, and as I was the next speaker, I said I was glad to know that Baby McKee's nnrse had a private secretary. I meant it, and I can't see that there was anything out of place In the re mark. I favor a constitutional convention .10 change the elective system. In my opinion it is tbe only fair and legal way in which it can be done." Against the Present Toting System. VTilliam Witherow, of the Hotel Du quesne, is a popular politician on the North Side. He hadn't read the amended bill, but he has ideas ofhisownon the subject. "The present voting system," he says, "does not represent tbe will of the people. The voter should be untrammeled and should cast his ballot In absolnte secrecy. I am opposed to this badgering of people and soliciting of votes at the polls. Yon may be a well-liked fellow in your ward; you know most of the voters in it; you go to the poiung piace ana ass men to vote lor vour people as a favor to yon. It is done out ot friendship for you, and does not reflect the voter's honest choice. He says to himself, 'Oh, well, so and so is a good fellow and I voted for bis man. I guess no harm will come,' and here is where the mistake is made. Laws should be passed making this feature of elections illegal. "I am a believer in compulsorv voting as in compulsory education. It is a new idea, but it is just. Every man ought to-yote instead of sitting back and grumbling. It is a notorious fact that a few carry elections. The vote cast does not represent the people. Some are too careless and indifferent to go to the polls. This class should be drummed up, and compelled by law to cast their ballots with a free choice. If this were done much of the trickery of the present day would be stopped. A Government of the people demands that tbe people shonld conduct it through tneir elected of-. Seers, but it is not done. It is the few who mace the laws and reap the benefits. A secret ballot and a compulsory vote will cure the evIL" In Favor ot a Secret Ballot James B. Scott said: "I believe in honest elections, but it is a question in my mind if the Baker bill will not make the system too cumbersome and slow. I understand every voter is allowed to stay in the booth five minutes. In a big 'ward at this rate 100 men, by putting up a Job, could hold the polls 84 houn and keep many voters from casting their ballots, This could be rem edied by making precincts smaller and the time shorter, which features, I gee, have been discussed. To permit a voter to take another into the booth with him certainly destroys all secrecy. I don't like that change, "A boss could easily arrange it with his men befoiehatid to vole in a certain manner and under tbe cover could see to It that eaeh one cast his ballot the right way. By tbe present method it is possible for a man to change the vote and elude the vigilance of the heeler." "W. P. Logan, the oil man, laid: "Ac cording to the amended bill, what ii to hin der a man from holding up another in tho booth with a revolver or n bludgeon and compelling him to voto hii way? Tho chango is worthy ot a modern Cztr, and smacks of Butslan methods. I never beard of such a ridiculous idea and stultifi cation of the free will. I am in favor of any law that will insure honeit elections, " Reform ofSorao Sort Necessary, Stephen; Oolllni said he felt that a reform of some kind is imperatively necessary, and unless it is accomplished tho better clan of citizeni will loon cease to be a" factor in poli tics. At present, except when occasionally stirred up by glaring depravity In the management of publlo affairs, the better class vole but sparingly at general elections and scarcely pay Iny attention at all to Ibe primaries, and tbe matter Is yearly be coming worse. He thinki the Australian law as good ai anything likely to be framed, bntu in favor of any measure tbatriU -en- 4Hjk .bbb. ... -,-..bV i"..W at- J - '. . . -. !. - .. j ' ' . "0 "" 'ICVnil UAUC fAI CKTATf . "bbi sjf W X A4T ' ,W ww 0 r S V y . 9 " ALL WHO, "SEEK INVESTMENTS, 1 ' PITTSBURG, SATURDAY, M&J, 0, 1891 TWELVE PAGES. , - . THREE CENTS courag pare men to tako part in publlo affairs. Mr. Collins expreued the opinion that no hone need be eotertained that prac tical politicians or either party will erer take the Initiative In purification. Controller Morrow, a well-known advo cate of ballot reform, was not at all pleaied when be learned of theamendmentsmade in the bill. "To allow a man to take an other with him when he votes if lie io de sires," said be, "Js not much of a reform. The essential principle of ballot reform is secrecy of the ballot. Any person wbo de-. sires a man to rote a certain war and bai enough control over him to make him do so can certainly force tbe voter to request his presence when be casts bis ballosV' Further than thia the Controller did not care .to express himself, though he evi dently does not believe the bill will ever be come a law as it now stands. SAD, AS HIGHWAY B0BBEBY. , Friends of Genuine BallotBeform Denounce the Bill as Amended.' rsrscxAt. tslxobasi to thb DiirXTcn.t Habsisbubo, May & Tfie person's who are responsible tor the changes in the Baker, ballot bill did not care to discuss them to-day, aud those who are in favor of genu ine reform were almost too wrathy to con sider the matter calmly. Some of them ex citedly denounced the. amendments as on a par with highway robbery,. The impression .was unanimons.that Gov ernor Pattison would certainly veto tbe measure in a very emphatic manner if it reached bim in its amended shape. SHTJRLET DABE will tell nil about the grip, its prevention and core, In TfTK DIS PATCH to-morrow. All the news. THE DELAMXTEE'S CASE. Their Application for a Change ot Tonne Presented to the Snprcme Court. isrxcrjx tilioham to the dibfatch.i Phtxadelpha, May 8. In the Su preme Court to-day a rule was granted on the District Attorney of Crawford county to show canse why a cdange of venue should not be ranted in the case of "G. "W, .Delamater & Co., tbe Meadville bankers, charged with embezzlement, who desire to be tried in another connty. The writ is re turnable at Harrisburg on the first Monday in June, when argument will be heard. The petition was presented by Joshua Douglass in behalf of A. B. Bichmond and George Jenks. attorneys for the Delamaters. It sets forth that the excitement and preju dice existing in Crawford county agaiust the members of the firm, not only on tbe part of the general public, "but also on tbe part of the taxpayer., who would be called upon to act as jurors, tbe repeated allega tion! of the proseoution that it li the money of the taxpayer! that has been used and the inlammatory articles that have from tlme'to time been published in the newspapers, have all combined to render it impossible that tbe aocused men could be riven an impartial trial in Crawford connty. SETTLIKO THB FIGHT Brnbnker Not Prepared, and tho Lancaster Contest Is Postponed, rsrzcuz, TXLzanAKTOTna curJLTon.1 Lancaster, May a The politicians were about bright and early this morning to attend the meeting of tho Committee on Contests of the Board of Beturn Judges, which was expeoted to meet at 10 o'clock to little the fight for Judge between 'LIvIngiton and Brubaker. .Both candidate! were represented by coun sel, and the Brn baker neonla favored a aftref session, while -tho other, tide wanted J an investigationopen to .everybody, C. L Landis, one or the connsel for Mr. Bru baker, asked for a postponement, ,ai they had not had sufficient time for' an investi gation, and at the proper time they would produce facts which would show Mr. Bru baker to be tbe nominee of tbe party. J. Hay Brown, one of Judge Livingston's counsel, said they were ready for tbe most searching investigation, but would not object to the continuance. From the in formation he had they would prove Liv ingston to have even more majority than tbe returns show. The matter was post poned until next Monday, when tbe com mittee will meet to bear testimony. CHEATED A SEKSATI05. Old Hutch Pays a Visit to tho Floor or the Boston Exchange. TSnCTJJ. TBLEOllAK TO TBX DISPATCH.! Bostoit, May 8. The sensation of the day at the Chamber of Commerce was the appearance on the floor of the Exchange about 1250 o'clock of "Old Hntcb," the the erratic Chicagoan, who is spending a brief vacation in Boston. He came in ac companied by H. F. Woods, and his pres ence proved really the biggest attraction of ot tbe season outside of the New Years' Day festivities. "Mr. Hutchison was at once 'greeted by several of his old acquaint ances, and was introduced to President Speare, ex-President Goodwin and other officials. Seated in a chair at one end of the Ex change he studied tbe big weather map and the quotation boards from under the rim of his old-fashioned silk bat. During his stay of about 15 minutes he was surrounded by a curious ring of spectators, who made whispered comments on his appearance and gazed at him as though be was some strange species of "humanity just discovered. A BIG DONATION. The Snm ot 8100,000 Tllven'to a New Million-Dollar Steel Plant. lEPXCTlI. TILrQILUC TO TIU ClflrXTCH. 1 BntMiiraHAM, Ala., May 8. To-day the directors of the Elyton Land Company voted a subscription of $100,000 cash to the million-dollar steel plant being organized by T. T. Hiliman and associates. The en terprise has been regarded as hinging on the action of the laud company, and their sub scription insures success. Tbe Tennessee Coal and Iron Company yesterday subscribed tbe equivalent of 500, 000, and Hiliman bai guaranteed to raiia the balance. The plant will be erected lix milei out, near the furnaces and mines of the Tennessee Company. OF? FOB ETO0PE, Mr. and Mrs. Carnegie, With Walter and Mrs. Damroitcli, Sail Thursday. ISrXCIAL TILXOBAII TO THU BISrATOB. 1 Hew Yobk, May a Mr, and Mrs. Car. negie, aeeompanied by Walter and Mn. Damrosob, will sail for Southampton, Eng land, next Thursday, May 14, on the Ham-burg-American steamship Columbia, Mr. Carnegie explains that the comfort of the vend Is as much of a consideration as the patriotic name she boars. Thblronmnsterand his wife will go directly to Clany Castle, while Mr. and Mrs. Dam rosch deflect to the continent on musiobent. Later the party will meot and enjoy life In the Highlands. TAKEK TO FBAK0E, A Woman Goes There With Her Mother's , Heart, Hands and Feet. tsrxcni, TXLIOBAU TO Till pisriTon.: Indianapolis, May 8, Mrs-. Dr. Claire Taylor has left for France with the heart, hands and feet of her mother. The remain derof the body wasbnried at Pern, this State. The mother requested that the other portions do wsen to ji ranee ana onriea in 1 1 vtho family burying ground there, t , J BREGGS IS A HERETIC According to a Clear Majority of the Investigating Committee. TWO REPORTS PREPARED. The Segnlar One Will Recommend a Church Trial, While the MIHORITI ARE M0RE MERCIFUL; Farts of the Address and the Confession Placed Bids by Side. NO HOPE FOR THE BRILLIANT DIVINE. csrzcux, TXCXaiuH to th disfatob.1 Hbw Yobk, May 8. The special com mittee appointed by the New York Presby tery to examine the writings of Dr, Charles G. Briggs, the famous theologian of Union Seminary and report upon the question of heresy raised against him, has concluded its labors. The committee aa originally .appointed by resolution of tbe April session of -the Presbytery, was selected with great fairness by Moderator George L. Shearer, the Secretaiy.of the American Society. He appointed Dr. George "W. F. Birch, of Bethany Presbyterian Church, Chairman. Dr. Birch's views are well known as being decidedly orthodox. With him are - Prof. John A. Stevenson,. of 'Hew York Culver-, aity, wbo was also known as being opposed, to Dr. Brigg's theological views. Dr. J. J, Lampke, or Christ's Ohnrch, who also 'favored the accepted opinions of the chnrcb, Dr. Jessie F. Eorbets of the Adam's Mem'-, orial Presbyterian Chnrcb, was probably a doubtful member with leaning toward the anti-Briggi side. It was natural that the moderator holding these views 'himself should ballance tbe committee that way. He Sympathized With Briggs. The fifth member named, Dr. Henry, J Vandyck, .of the Briek Prefbyterfan Churches a well-known sympathizer of1 Dr. Briggs, so also is Dr. Jamei Mcllvalne, ,cf tbe Church of the Covenant, Park avenue and Thirty-fifth itreet. Elder Walter Ed wards, a business man and' lawyer, the seventh member of tbe committee, had rather strong leanings towards the Van-dyck-McIlvalne side of the committee. .Dr, Vandyck refused to serve on the ground, as he expressed it, "that there Is nothing to investigate." Several other members of the Presbytory were asked to acoept the vacant place, but .no one was found willing to undertake the work, and so the committee has dona the work with six members. The reports re cently published that the committee stood 8 to 3 In Brlgc's favor Js now ihown to ha nonsense. The committee stands 4 to 2 against Briggs. Dr. Mellvaine will pre sent a minority report, and Elder Edwards will" probably Join him in that report , ur. iiuon is to reaa-tne majority ruon .and that will , be .signed byrof,.SUv)ni son and Drs. Forbes and Lampke. "Bith reports are now In process of preparation and a final session of tbe committee Is to be held on Monday afternoon Just before tbe assembling of the Presbytery to take the last vote and attach tho signatures. Mr. Edwards, the only really doubtful member, will then deoide which report he ii to sign. A Trial for Heresy Recommended. Dr. Birch's report will recommend a trial of Dr. Briggs for heresy, based upon ex pressions used by the Professor in the ad dress he made open taking a chair in the seminary, which address, by the way, has neen tne source or all tbe controversy. Dr. Mcllvaine's report will declare that the minority can find nothing in the address which contradicts, or which is inconsistent with tbe Weltminiter confession or faitb. Dr. Mcllvalne is preparing a speech in sup port of his report At tbe instance of the committee there will be distributed among the delegates to. the Presbytery on Monday copies of a comparison of parts of Dr. Briggs' address and tbe Westminster con. fession. This will be a voluminous docu ment, and tbe difference between Dr.. Briggs and the confession is strikingly shownin certain paragraphs, referring to the errors of tne Dime. In his address Dr. Briggs shows that the English Bible being a translation from He brew, Arabio and Greek originals could not very well be verbally Inspired. Says bet No such claim is found in the Bible itself, or in any of tbe creeds of Christendom and the text of the Bible, in which these languages have been banded down, has shared the for tunes of other texts of other literature. Wo find there are errors of transmission. There is nothing divine in the text, in its letters, words, or clauses, and we force onr wav through th language and the letter, the grammar and the. Btjio, io mo inner suDStauce 01 the tnougnt. for there, it at all, we shall find God. Quite a Badloal Difference! Against this view of the Holy Scriptures the committee puts that of the confession as follows: Under the name of Holy Scriptures, or the Word ot God written, are now contained all tbe books of tbe Old and New Testament The authority of the Holy Scripture for which it ought to be believed and obeyed depeAdeth not upon the testimonyof any man or church, but rnoiiynpon uoa, (Who is tenth Itself) tho author thereof! and therefore it is to be re ceives, Because it u tne word of God. To offset hfl Srpnmint a in thm avvnva nf transmission through translation Into En- glish, the confession is quoted again as follows: The Old Testament in Hebrew (which was the native Janguage of the people ot God of old) and the New Tostamerit in Greek (which at the time of the writing of it was most gen erally known to the nations) being immediately Inspired by God, and by bis lingular care and providence, kept pure in all aces, are therefore authentic) so as In all controversies of rellzloa the enure lb is finally to appeal unto tbem. Palling over the vdonbts expressed as to the authenticity of the Scriptures, Dr. Briggs say.: I .hall venture to affirm that, so'far as I can see, tbeto are errors in the Scriptures that no one lias been able to explain away! and the theory tbat they were not in tho original text Is sheer assumption upon which no mind can rest with certainty. If snch errors destroy the authority of tbe Bible, It U already destroyed tor historians. Another Quotation From the Confession. Against whioh the committee quote this from tho confeiiioaf We may be moved ana Induced by the testi mony of theoburch to a high and roveront esteem for the Holy Berlpturei and the beavenllnt.s of the matter, the eflleaoy of the doctrine, the majesty of tbe style, tbe oon.ent of all tbe parts, tbe soops of tbe whole (which U to give all glory to God), tbe full discovery it makei of tbe only way of man's salvation, the many other Incomparable exoelleneles, and the entire perfection thereof, are argnments whereby it doth abundantly evidence Itself to the word of God," Prof. Briggs' reviews on the universal sal vation of the raoe are quoted as follows; Tbe Bible teaobes eleetfon, but an election of love. Loving only tbe elect is earthly human teaching, Klcotlng men to salvation .by tbe touch of divine love, tbat is Hoaveuly.doetrlne. The ono drives men away In despair, tbe other unites men with Jey with tbe love of God. The Bible does not ttaoh universal salvation, bnt It does teach' the salvation of tha wnrld of thn race ot man and that esaaot be accomplished Df the Mleatlsa at a llsslaad tmmtu at IndlvM.. ,nals from tha mm. The aalvaHea ,ef 'the f -world m only mean the world as a whole, compared with wbleb tbe unredeemed ihall be io few and Insignificant and evidently beyond tbe reach of redemption by, tbelr own act ot re Jectlng. ' Not of a Sentimental Tarn. 'Against this sentimental theory is quoted. tne arm, cold statements. or tne scripture as interpreted in the confession.-but more par-, .tlcnlariy'in tbe famous clause oyer which controversy has raged for centuries: Br the decree of Go'd for tbe manifestation of His glory, some men and angels are predes tined unto everlasting life and otherifore ordalned to everlasting death. , Thefriends of Dr. Briggs are convinced of tbe utter hopelessness of saving tbe dar ing and brilliant conversationalist oMTnion Seminary from the effects of his words. Ho other result seems possible than adverse ac tion both in tbe Presbytery on. Monday and on the annual meeting of General As sembly at Detroit oh May 2L If the Pres bytery can possibly avoid an ex pression of opinion now, a way will be found of damping the whole dis ousiion intd the Detroit meeting. In the opinion of many, a vote in assembly will settle the question forever, and a trial will then be avoided. For they consider that if Dr. Briggs' views are discarded by tbe nssembly,,.he will abandon either their views or tljenomination, in either of which events the air will be cleared. IMPERVIOUS TO BALLS. TEST OF ABMOB PLATES MADE BY CAB KEGIE, PHIPPS & CO. Thg Harvey Nickel -Plate Comes Oat Suc cessful Only Slight Dents Made In It Steel Plates Shattered and Daylight Seen Through Nickel Plates. IfSrlCtAL TWJSOBJJS TO TUB SISPATCB.t Annapolis, May 8. The feats of armor plates at the naval proving grounds, oppo site Annapolis, under the supervision of Captain William M. Folger, Chief of "the Bureau of Ordnance, which have occupied three day.j were concluded to-day. There were five plates, one of which was nickel and steel, two of steel and two of a composi tion known as Harvey nickel, all made by Carnegie, Phipps & Co., of Pittsburg. The plates were each 8 feet by 6 feet in width and 3 inches in thickness. .. The plates were placed In an upright posi tion against a heavy backing of oak timber that rested against' a large embankment of earth. Tbe ordnance nsed was '& Hotehklss rapid-firing gun, six-pound projectiles.being nsed, with the regulation charge of powder. Twenty shots were fired against each plate, at a distance of 35 feet, the projectile strik ing the plates at a velocity of 1,860 a second. The steel plates were broken into frag, ments and tbe oak backing damaged. The steel and niokel plate was perforated, day light shining through it, 'and the timber packing was injured. The Harvey niokel pistes pulverized the projectiles, which barely dented tho face of the plate., though the baok of them were cracked: "Tho timber backing was nnhurt. The spectators were highly pleased at the durability and supe riority of the Hsrvey niokel plates. F.CBOPB Is covered by Special Cable Letters In to-morrow's big DISPATCH, KO AOTBESfl HEED- APFL7. The Will of Mrs, Osborn, of New York, Puts All Her Esiato In Trust Funds, Hew Yobk, May 8. Tho -will of Mrs. Miriam A. Osborn, widow of Charley Os born, the stock broker, was filed for probate to-day. She nlaees all of- her son Howell'i T6fAlrinkdthotnTyririn -ubs ucca.it jjrujcssiuuai amrcBs or any can- den of snob a marriage; seeks io establish tbe "Miriam A. Osborn Memorial Home Association," and makes a beqnest to Yale College of 1160,000 for a memorial to her husband. In certain contingencies Yale will get additional financial aid. and the Home for Respectable Aged Indigent Fe males and the Peabody Home will come in for shares. Practically the entire estate is In trust funds. Howell Osborn does not get onedol lar absolutely. The executors are author ized to distribute $10,000 among servants In the employ of the testatrix at least three years prior to her death. 8H0BT OK SEAMEK. The Navy Department Hasn't Bnongh to Man Out Warships. Washinoton, May 8. The Havy De partment is still in sore straits to find able seamen enough to man our ships. Nearly all of. the recruits that the law allows have been secured, and yet there are not enough to go around. The Lancaster is in California, ready to go to China, but she, Is short of her complement of men by about 80. The monitor Miantonomah is at Hew York, ready to go into commission, bnt there are no sailors to man her. It is said at the Havy Department that there must lie a pro rata scaling down of the complements of all of our ships at least until Congress meets and enlarges the force. The White Squadron, now at Norfolk, will be the first to- feel the reduction, and it is understood that the Chicago is to lose 70 and the Boston and Atlanta 60 men each, ' A POLITICAL TBIO. C. Iu Magee, Congressman Dalxell and Ex Senator Wallace in Philadelphia, tSrZCLU, TSUCOBJLU to tub Dl3rATcn.i Philadelphia, May 8. O. L. Magee, the handsome director general- of the Re publican hosts throughout allvUlegbeny, and Congressman John Dalzell are in the city from Pittsburg. They are not talking on politics just now, bnt the Congressman Lthonght incidentally that-McKlnley and an American tin plate campaign would be tbe big thing in Ohio this year, to say-nothing of 1802. Mr. .Magee may ran on to Hew York to-morrow. Ex-Senator William A. Wallace, a trifle more robust-looking than usual, with an in crease in weight, oame down from Clear field .to-day. The Senator says his time-Is altogether taken np in looking after his builnesi Interests. A STBAHGE -SUICIDE ST0BY, Tonng Lawyer Drowns Ulmsolf and Child, and Attempts to Drown His IVIfo, San Antonio, May 8. This afternoon J., M, Weuon, a lawyer of Havaita, agtd 'ii, and wife, gerl 23, and .their 3 months' old babe, entered an loo eream saloon and took a seat on the back gallery, which Juts ont over the rlrer. Boon' after a splosh was heard in the water. A boat reigued the woman, bnt the man retdsed assistance and was drowned. The child was also lost. There stems to bo no doubt that tho three were, sitting upon the railing of the balcony when Wesson shoved hit wife and baby backward and then sprang in himielf. Weuon, it has ilnce been ascertained had been in IlUfaealth or tome time, which had affected his mind, DOCK IA10BBS8 6TBDZB. They Announce Their Determination to Pre vent Their Places Being Filled. Cleveland, May 8. Hiariy 1,000 dock' laborers at Ashtabula harbor, struck to-day against a' reduction of wages. The men spent the day In .parading. They have committed no aots of violence as yet. bat say they will permit bo'obs to take-tieir 'places. BLAVATSKY IS DEAD, The End Came Three Weels Ago, but Has Been Kept as a Secret. HER BODY WAS CREMATED, Thn3 Closes One of the Strangest Careers in Modern Times, A GREAT I0SS FOR THEOSOPHT. Operations of the American Who faetnred Gold in England. Hans.' HIS YICTIHS ABE AFRAID OF EIDICULB rBT CABLE TO THE SI3FXTCS.1 London, May 8. Madame Blavatsky, the noted co-founder of the Theosophical Society, died at Ho. 19 Avenue road, gents Park, three weeks ago. The faet 4k. ffj only now become publicly known. Mmtlf&?H& .ufavnbsjr wu uu years in age xne cause of death was influenza, aggravated by kidney trouble. The deceased was cremated at Woking, according to her desire. Helena Petrovna Blavatsky was horn in Ekaterinoslow, in the South of Bnssla, July SO, 183a On her father's side she was the daugh ter of Colonel Peter Hahn, and tbe grand daughter of General Alexis Hahn von Botten stern Hahn, a noble Mechllnburg famlly.which settled in Russia. On her mother's side she was tbe daughter of Helens Fadeef, and grand daughter of Privy Councilor Andrew Fadeef. dhe herself Is the widow of Conn, cilor of State Nioephore Blavatsky, late Vice Governor of tbe Province of Eriran. Accord ing to accounts given by relatives, Madame's childhood was a most remarkable one. Strange things are reported even of her babyhood. Psychic phenomena of certain kinds seem to have occurred around ber and in coo. neotlon with ber from her cradle no. Snch phenomena less understood then was nsnalfv 8t rtnwn tn tho credit of tbe deviJ; the little Mile. Hahn was ao- uoruiociy arencnea in ntr youtn "witn enongn holy water to have floated a ship," and exor cl.ed by tbe priest times without number. Spiritualism was then' beginning to attract the attention of many In all parts or tbe civll ized world-notably the United States and Enropo-and, as it happened. Mile. Hahn, then only in her 8th or 10th year, supplied many of its most prominent phenomena. There are some, indeed, wbo assert tbat Madam Blavat- Buy was men ana ever nas Deen simply and solely a natural-born medium a charge that Madame herself dentedlwlth emphasis. In her 10th year Mile. Hahn was forced Into a most unwilling marriage with General Blavatsky, a man old enough to be ber grand father. XlUo a wild yonng creatnre, caught and caged, tbe youthiul bride utterly refused to tako upon borssit tbe autles of a wife, and after three months' continued rebellion she ran home to her family. Afraid, however, tbat the pater nal authority might insist upon a return to tbe Blavatsky root, she started out privately for an Eastern tour of her own, and, falling in with friends, made tbe trip to Egypt, Greece. etc, without let or hindrance. Thenceforth Mme. Blavatsky became a veritable wan. Jerer on the faoe of the earth. In 1863 she started for India, re turning to Euc If'i-JJ'W Daring ISJrt ah aga&vUited .the .States." croaseoV the- i1i.1m-7b .. mi.' -aiWBontn..aanjrtaeioor. ritwhlng Cal ! vu.m iu oJk jier immousaio oojeos anting all tbeie wanderings 'was tbe acquirement of occult knowledge and training. The latter ibo Is supposed to have especially acquired during ber stay In India, among the trans Himalayan initiates. Some time between 1857-TO Madame made another trip to Thibet, from which time on she has devoted strength, time, title and fortnne to the fntherance of the theosophical canse, claiming only to be the chosen acrent of Moh. powers, and giving tn the unprejudiced proofs suppqrtlug that claim, she gives out freely to tbe world that which she has received in the mm j Hi owiorio uio, nr latest work, "The Secret Doctrine," being in itself a stupendous nuuow fcv use jabeu to her Intellectual strength and aenmen, DAVITrS HEALTH. It Is Very Poor and He Seeks California to -Restore It. rT mraurM cable compjjtt.i LONDON, May 8. Michael Davitt will be tendered a banquet on the eve of his de parture for California. He will stay oh the Pacific slope with some friends of his wife until be has recovered his health, which bis admirers will learn'witb great regret is in s precarious condition. As soon as he is well, it is his intention to. deliver' a course of lectures through tbe Western States: MrDavitt has been suffering fromagne, but of late the attacks have increased in severity and frequency, and it is in tbe hope that tbe climatic conditions which prevail in California will completely restore him, that he has been induced to undertake so long a journey, A TRAIN WASHED AWAY". It Was Kngnltedbya Mountain Torrentand Many Workmen Drowned. Rome, May a Hews of a terrible dis aster, which occurred to-day, at Ailerons, near Orvjeto, in tha province of TJmbria, has been received here. While a quarry train, on which were many workmen, was at AllerOna, a sudden flood occurred in the river, ana tne ruining water, sweeping over its banks, engulfed tbe train. Before any of its occupants could escape the cars were lifted from the tracks and (wept a wav on the torrent. . The train wag carried a considerable dis tance, and most of the men on board were drowned before any assistance conld be rendered them. LIBERALS HAPPY Over the Scaling Down of Big Conserva tive Majority to 40. rnr stmir's oabub coarraxT.t DoBOHsaxxB, May 8. The contest In Sontb Doriet has resnlted In the election of Mr. W. E. Brymer, the Conservative can didate, by 40 majority over Mr. P. Edg enmbe, Gladstonian Liberal. This scaling down of the Conservative majority from 901, by which the late member, Lieutenant Colonel C. J. T.- Hambro, was chosen, has ciuied great rejololng among the Liberals, Tyndall Nearly Well. cut vvxixr'i cxBia comimxt.i ' Xondon, May 8. The friends of Prof. Tyndall will be pleased to learn tbat he has rallied from the attack of gout from which he has been suffering, and Is now slmmt n. Utlrely well. Verdict Agaln.t Man.fleld. rnr Drsur's cauls coxrAxr.i London, May 8. Charles jr. Abad, tbe well-known manager, won the case he hoi had against Blcbard Mansfield, the aetor, and was awarded a verdict of 360 with coits. Prohibited the Play. rnr dvilxt's oails comtaxt, London, May a The Lord Chamberlain has prohibited the production of a play based on tbe abduction of a wife and Incor porating tbe chief incidents ot the Jackson case. . ,, , Two Bad Italians, rT Dviuu't oaxaa oonTAirr.i LOHBOir, May &-Twe XteitaM Moretto and Moreno, who oame here re cently from America, have been convieted of an attempt to swindle priest, They were sentenced to five years Imprisonment eaeh. PINTER'S GOLD HARVEST, HB SUCCEEDED IK PLEEOIKG EKOLIBH XEK OUT OP 100,000. A Rothschild and Other Notables Among HI. Victims They Are Afraid ot Being Ridiculed by Appearing Against Him, and He Will Probably Escape. BTsraur'sc.isi.B coxtaxt.! London, M.ay 8. The case of Edward Pinter, who represented himself to be an American, and was charged at 'the Marl borough Street Police Conrt with attempt ing to obtain40,000 from Edward Streeter, a jeweler on-Bond street, is attracting a good deal of notice. It will be remembered that Pinter claimed to have fonhd a means by which he could multiply gold, so that it. would become three times its bulk, and in this way be bad obtained, large sums of money in America, an operation he sought to repeat here. Tbe general belief is that he will get off, because the police arrested him too soon; in fact, he had only begun opera tions on 30 sovereigns, which he had covered with the powder and placed in a furnace to simmer, when he was taken into custody. xne investigations or tne ponce nave lea series or remarkable disclosures and roved that the wealthiest and most hle man in thfl rnmrnnnltv Iiati.' S." Jb'ejQii red among his dupes. He first h -m six years ago and proceeded to' y0 Cabinet Ministers in Glad stoneXfe; .n for 6,000 and other well knovay, Nnaller sums. Since thenhehaVP. -m of one of the Rothschild fav'tr ! A he swindled out of no less than i A member of theVirm of Baring Bros, pnt np about 50,000 in consequence of hopes held out by Pinter, and wonld proba bly have gone on contributing, when the financial trouble of the firm put a stop to it. Pinter was also working His Royal High ness, the Duke of Edinburgh, at the time he was arrested, but the well-known closeness of the Duke stood him in good stead in this Instance, and, 'although ha took a great interest in tbe supposed possessor of tbe philosopher's stone, it is un derstood he didn't lose much money. The police in charge of the case have been try ing to get Mr. Rothschild and other people who have been swindled to prosecute, but they refused, as they are afraid of the ridi cule it wonld cast upon tbem. In fact, Pinter made abo'ut 100,000 in England, bnt bo lost it all in gambling. He was a great. player at Monte Carlo dnrlng the past season, and, although his losies there were so large, there is no doubt that he might have gone on for years in London swindling rigbt and left if be bad not started In to seek inoh big snms at one conp. BARON HIRSOH'S PLANa The Big Reported Emigration Scheme De nied by a Hebrew Paper. rnr doxxap's cabi coxrAxr.i London, May 8. The Hebrew CAronfofe In its to-day's liiue tayi: We have the b',tt authority for stating that the announcement that Baron ninoh Intends spending i3,000,000 In a glgantio scheme ot Hebrew emigration from Russia, is without foundation at present The Baron, however, continue! to ocoupy hlmielt with directing the commission lent toward tho end ot last year to tbe Argentine Republic, with a view of Inquiring into tbe suitability of that country for tbe reception and colonisa tion of large numbers of Russian Hebrews. Tbe 'eosamUelon has not yet completed its'. .. labors.. Wh.n tbe Baron re ceives t and acts on Its. renart. It la probable tbat he will expend a very con siderable snm should the latter prove favorable. We nave good reason to believe tbat Baron Hirsch baa not mentioned to any one what sum he proposes to lay out. and it Is problematical. Barou Rothschild, Sir Julian Goldsmith and Mr. Samuel Montague have taken counsel together with, the object of diverting tbe stream ot Russian emigration as far from England as possible, and such has ever been the policy of Hebrewleaders in this country. The Rothschild, and Baula. Paris, May 8. Tbe .Rothschild contraot with Russia is already signed. The issue, therefore, is only delayed for an opportune moment, the choice ot which remains with the syndicate. EUROPE Is covered by Special Cable Letters In to-morrow's big DISPATCH. THEBAG1KG BIO GBAHDE. It Is Steadily Rising, but Albuquerque City Is Being Protected by Dykes. Albuquebqtjb, H. M., May 8. The river here is steadily rising and has broken out in some places above tbe city, but with out doing damage .of any account. The city, county and railroad officials have com bined and built substantial banks at all of the low places before the flood came, and no possible danger of an overflow exists. Mayor Saint is in reeeipt of daily bulletins from EspanaliMoncerning the state ot the river, so that in the event of asnddcn rush the people here would have 24 hours' notice in which to prepare to meet all rises. Dom Pedro Simpson has just come In from Alameda, six miles above here, and announces the completion of a substantial dyke 2,848 feet in-length and fonr feet high, sufficient to withstand all ordinary attacks. The toll bridge across tbe Rio Grande at this point has been rendered impassable by the washing away of 500 feet on the west end. 8POBTTNG news was never so eagerly read as it la this season. TUB DISPATCH has unequalod lacllltles for collecting ac counts of sporting events tha world over A review of the week is a feature of the Son day issue. TKSAKS STATISTICS. A Bulletin on the Subject Issued by the Census Bureau. Washinoton, May 8. The Superin tendent of the Census to-day made public a bulletin, in wbleh are given statistics upon the snbjeet of uylnms for the insane in the United States. The bulletin shows that the total number of Insane persons treated In both publlo and private institutions during the year 1889 was 07,035, while during the year 1881 there were 50,205 treated, showing an increase in the nine years of 41,330, or 73.63 per cent, This percentage of increase, when com pared with the percentage of iaoresse of Sopulatlon in the last decade, namely 34.80, oes not indieate an lnoresse fn the propor tion of Insane persons to population, bnt rather a great Increase In tha amount of aiylamn accommodation provided, XEDI0AL MEETIKO CLOSED.. Congreis Is to Be Asked to Create a Medical Cablet et Officer. Washinoton, May K The American Medical Association closed its fotty-seoond annual meeting at this morning's session. The President appointed tbe committee to memorialize Congren for the establishment of a Cabinet officer to be called the Medical Secretary of Public Health. A report was then read from tbe commit tee established last year to arrange a cen tennial celebration to Jenner, tbe father of vaccination. The decision of this commit tee wu that such celebration shonld be held in conjunction wills other, nations if peeeiUei it sot, ins IsdepesdenUy n May 0F ft SCANDAL Back of the Apparent Attempt to Hold the Rebel Chilean ' 4 f f It L bruiser naia. .. HIGH OFFICIALS DISAGREE! F As to the Anthoritj to Captnre thfl. Tessel on the High Seas PERHAPS IT'S ALL A BIG BLUFFv 4 President Balrriaceda Asserted to About Eeady to Abdicate. B ENQL"ASD SMILES 05 THE INSDRflENTS3 rmmiA STXJTcOBRzgroxDxirr. Washington, May a A great deal of merriment is indulged in in official circles, at the expense of the State Department, oa account.of the escape of the Chilean insur gent steamer Itata, from tbe harbor of San Diego. It was quite generally supposed that the Government had learned from ex perlence with Canadian piratical sealers In Alaskan waters that to put a prise crew of one man on a captured vessel was only an other way of inviting tha captive to run away with vessel, erew and all. The opinion is freely expressed that the order from the State Department command ing the marshal at San Diego io go aboard and hold in duress the Itata was a direct notice to the commander of the vessel to get np steam and canvas and make tha best possible run out of United States watersi even if he had to carry the United States Marshal with him. Tbe escape of tha steamer is directly attributed to Mr. Blaine and his coarse In the affair is looked on as a remarkable and serious blunder to have come from so experienced and shrewd s statesman. Mr. Harrison's friends already point to this incident as proof ot the weak ness of the State Department when It lacks the firm and wise guiding band of the President. Some Vigorous Measures Proposed. But however weak Mr. Blaine may have been in the first, instance it is claimed there is to be no lack of vigorous measures now. It is not donbted in official circles tbat tbe Charleston has been ordered to set out on stern obaie ai loon ai she can get away, and tbat In ample time before the Itata reaches the Chilean coast, the commanders of the Fonsacois, Baltimore and San Francisco, new In Chilean waters, will have in.truc tlons to look ont for the Insurgent steamer. Meantime, say tbe jokers, the Balmaceda Government will probably sqecumb to the Insurgents, and in that caie if the Itata be taken tbe United States will have to an swer for attacking and capturing a war ve set of tbo Chilean Government. Amid all tbe gosiip, serious and humorous, there is sa. undercurrent which suggests tbat there ill something back of It all that is not known, and opponents of tbe administration more' than hint that there is a disposition on tbe Ssrt of an element, official and unofflolal, to all that oan secretly be done to support and encourage tbainsdrgents,-.tbe.vutintar eits of very influential Americans befog enlisted on that side. Something has been said of ibis in the pnblio prints, but those who profess to know all about it assert that there is a deal mora to come, and tbat when tbe whole truth is known a great scandal will be unearthed ' which will entirely overshadow inch trivial considerations as the damages that may arise from the escape of the Itata. One Question Not Altogether Settled. i Theque.tlon of tbe right of tbe United States to take the Itata on tbe high seas is not altogether settled. The State Depart ment people havesearched tbelr authorities, have scrutinized the facts in the case and are inclined to donbt the right. Tbo whole question arises from a dispute as to the character of tbe vessel. Were ebe a pirate, a ship in the service of an enemy to this country, or a vessel of American regis- ' ter engaged in acts in violation of treaty stipulations tbe case would be a simple on. But it is merelv a Chilean vetsaL en gaged in the transportation of a suspected cargo, a cargo that may possibly be contra hand in the light of the treaty, and there is a very grave risk involved. Ho one doubts the right of the United States to arrest the vessel in our own waters for purpose of examination, and her deten tion Tuesday afternoon was in accordance with this belief. Bnt now that she has landed the deputy marshal, and sailed along on her business, she may prove a hornet that will sting in after years. The. dispatches from Chile this morning throw a peculiar sidelight on the war, being to the effect tbat Presideat Balmaceda has directed the suspension of all paper pay ments to the uovernmenL In the future, he proclaims, during the present emergency, payments ot revenue and other dues to the Government must be made in silver. Perhaps Preparing for an Abdication. A naval officer to-day pointed ont the fact that this meant a good deal and mfoht in. dicate a certain amonnt of shrewd precau tion on the part of Balmaceda, who is just as likely as not preparing for an abdication. Such things have happened often enough before in South American revolutions to make the theory entirely probable. Sneb. an act wonld of course end the war in favor ot the Insurgents. In the matter of international law involved it would seem as though the' State Depart ment ia not in entire accord with tbe rest of tbe administration, for Attorney General Miller leans to the belief that the veisci itata is legitimate prey. " A report has come from San Francisco to the effect that Rlohard Trumbull, a member of the Chilean revolutionary Congress, has been arrested there. Ho knowledge of suchs an set nas reaonea tne .Department of Jus tice. It is stated there that It woald be an easy matter for any one to canse the arrest of Trumbull on the charge of violating tbe neutrality laws. The marshal Is bound to recognisa an ordor to this effect contained In an "In. formation" or complaint sworn to by any "fn citizen. In case there Is a mistake and nk false arrest there is redress only in the form; 1 of a suit at law against the informant, Thsj: :J'i M.t..l 1. ..1 .......ILI. wMiuai m uvi capwaiiBio. . ,v FAY0B8 THE DJ8TOGE5T3. . England Hopes, and Expects to Soon See) Balmaceda Olve Up the Fight. London, May 8. Private Chilean cables concede that President Balmaceda is pre paring to flee and come to London via Baenos Ayres. Tbe proposals of mediation; by France, Brazil and the United States are rejected by the Balmaeediiti, who consider tho success of such mediation impossible,--Balmaceda has invested a large sum on hii personal aocaant in a London bank. The insnrreotion from the first has bees, favored by Great Britain, and the Britlsk Legation at Santiago has more than one extended a valuable helping band to the? rebels through the ageney of the British, , iirew BUSINESS Men will find THE DBPATCH1! cas oesi aaveruing medium, All etaseeSf Hseznent Columns. H 70a waataaytbtsei 7pu can get H.bi Ihla method. va ir51 t.'i s '1 1 ! i i ; ,J. ' ; .. '? L5fei-.;yl .1 . ny -,--. ;&k
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