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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-
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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
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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, ,
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