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THE RELIGIOUS WAR,
iUl of the AccuseiLClergy Turn.
. Iiercol3" Upon Their
Assailants. " '
A SUNDAY OF SENSATIONS.,
Key. Dr. Bridgman, the Backsliding,
Baptist, Formally Enters the
Episcopal Fold.
HEBER SEWTOyS BOLD DEFENSE.
trarkhurst, the Prominent Presbyterian.
Divine, Says He Is in the Same t
Boat With Lriggs.
'ADATOF REAL LOBBUXG AT DETROIT.
Friends and Foes cf the Bnlhant Theological Tro-
letsor Are Busily rrepanns For the
Cominj Struggle,
ATTACKS OX OETHODOSr ACROSS THE OCEAN
SPECIAL TELFGIttM TO THEDISPATOI.T
Sew Yokk, May 24. At the afternoon
service of the floating chapel of the Pro
testant Episcopal Church of Our Savior,
Bishop Potter confirmed a class of 29.
Among the candidates who were presented
to the Bishop by the Iter. Mr. Brooks. -were
. the Bev. Dr. C. D. AV. Bridgman, who re
.cently resigned the pastorate of the Madi
pon Avenue Baptist Church, his wife and
two sons, and his daughter. !Dr.' Alfred L.
Loomis, who was a -prominent member of
Dr. Bridgman's church, was alsojconfirmed.
The Bishop was assisted by Dr. Brooks,
of the Church of the Incarnation; Dr. Till
man, of St. Baranbas Mission, and the Bev.
A. L. Proffitt, rector of the Seamen's
Chapel. The service was the ordinary
rite of confirmation, and probably riot a
dozen persons in the chapel knew that the
man who has set all the Baptist churches,
in the country thinking by his step away
from the old orthodox Baptist creed was
among the 20 candidates.
Declined a Special Service
Dr. Bridgman chose the Seamen's Cn.pcl
for the place of his conumation in order to
avoid anv unnecessary publicity. Bishop
Potter offered to gi e him a special con
firmation service, but the offer was not ac
cepted. "When Dr. Bridgman was asked about his
change to the Episcopal Cliurcn, he said:
"Forjnany ycari I.jiave admired the order
an'd liturgy of the Episcopal Cliurch, but
without any intention of leaving thedenom-'
iiiation into which I was born and with
which I am closely connected by ties of
friendship and blood. My first pastoral
charge was assumed when I was but 22 years
old, and you can readily understand how
the attachments that have been formed dur
ing the 30 years of my ministry can
not be broken, except from a profound
sense of duty. Two or three times it has
been a matter of serious thought whether,
"with such views as I held, I would not be
freer in some other communion where a
fuller utterance was allowed; but, knowing
that my ministry was approved by my peo
ple, and that they were peaceful and pros
perous, I remained where I was in the hope
that through the growth of a more liberal
Fentimcnt in the denomination there would
be less interference with churches and min
isters who were responsive to the thought
and tendency of the time.
Not in Accord With tho Majority.
"During the last few weeks, however,
the conviction has been forced on me that I
am too much out of accord with the domi
nant sentiment of the denomination, as
represented by its editors and theological
teachers, to remain any longer in its fellow
ship. The breaking of the heartstrings in
volves pain, and the shedding of blood; but
better the pangs of this separation from the
communion in which life has been passed,
than to stay in it on the condition of per
petual silence except as to doctrines on
which the professors and editors are wholly
agreed."
"What are the points of disagreement
between you and those who assume to rep
resent the denominational belief?"
"The limits of this interview will not
admit of my making any such stalement'as
would full- answer your question. It will
be enough to state one or two facts. For
more than 25 jears my views have been
cry well known to be liberal as to the
matter of inter-denominational communion.
Xot Enough Christian Cliarity.
"Close communion, it has seemed to me, is
inconsistent without courtesy, that Christian
-charity, which ought to be exercised between
Christian churches. It cannot be justified
by any direct positive command of OHrLord
ltor pf any Apostle. It is based simply on
inference. And yet, while holding it to be
the privilege of all Christians to partake of
the Lord's Supper wherever the table is
spread, I have never declared it in any ser
mon I e er preached, nei cr expressed it in
any invitation when the sacrament was ob
sen ed, and ne er have I communed in any
other than a Baptist church in my life.
Three are men w ho say that I was not a
good Baptist, but I do not know of any
other man who for 20 years, because he was
strict with himself, neter sat at conf
munion with his wife. For 20 years, while
my wife was a member of a Presbyterian
Church, whenever I gave the invitation to
communion the quietly went out.
The Liberal Sentiment Growing.
Still, this conservative position has not
been maintained without exciting a suspi
cion of unsoundness, and even the open
opposition of tho-o who assume t5 speak
for the denomination, although it is claimed
tliat the Baptists hae no standard of faith ex
cept the New Testament. "When I came to
this city it was against this opposition; and
though it hindered the progress of my
church, I couldn't arrest it, and at least ac
knowledged its defeat Other ministers
hold the same views; some of the ablest Bap
tist ministers are not close eommunionists:
the liberal sentiment is w idely extending.''
"There is another fact, and it needs hardlv
more than a word or two to show you how
the Baptist policy, which asserts the liberty
of each individual church, is a mere theory,
and not a real fact. About three months
Ago I preached u sermon, tn which I ex
pressed the conviction that "God's punish
ments were remedial, and 'that the outcome
of His rule will be a universe cleansed
from all -evil, all creatures, as St. Paul says,
united in worshin 'in the name of Jesus,
every tongue confessing that Jesus Christ
is Lord, to.the glory of God the Father.'
Afraid of Outside Hostility.
"Notwithstanding this belieian over
whelming majority of my church desired
me to remain as their pastor. Stili, I had a
conviction that a violent hostility would be
evoked from our theological guardians, and
that the work of mv people might not be
hindered, and they suffer from the reproach
and isolation their loyalty to me would
in olve, I forced my resignation then upon
Them. Since then I have become assured of
the wisdom of my course, in not only with
drawing from my church, but from the de
nomination. Here is a statement from the
paper or the Baptist Theological Seminary :
'If Dr. Bridgman has advocated future pro
bation, annihilation, or the ultimate resto
ration of all men, he cannot be regarded as
longer a Baptist.'
"In view of such and kindred expressions
from the so-called authorities is it strange
that a largo number of Baptist ministers are
feeling that their liberty ii only a name,
and that to maintain themselves where they
are they must refrain fronibringing things
new, as well as things oldout of the treas
ure house of God's "VVbrdJ A true minister
has something better to dp than to serve as
alrumpetforantiquity tcblow through."
Dr. Bridgeman said thit while many Bap
tist churches professed tb be founded on the
New Testament onlr. as k matter cf fact un
derneath their seeming liberality could be
found the stiff creed of tie New Hampshire
con fesslon of faith published 50 years or
more ago ny j. jsewton .in-own.
FOR RELIGIOUS VLIBERTY.
DR. HEBERlfEWTON rOOKIM HIS PLEA
ON THE NICEKE CREED.
Great Questions on Which Christians
Be Left to .Think for Themsel
Catholicism Needed That Will Not
Out "Briggs or Bridgman.
New York, May 21 Rev. Dr. Hebe
Newton, of All Souls' Church, preached a
sermon this morning which is calculated to
evoke much discussion in religious circles.
He made a succinct statement of his much
mooted views. His text was: ''Hold fast
to the form of sacred, words." The rev
erend gentleman said in substance:
It had been Sakl of the Nlcene Creed that
it was fit only to he sung. On the other
hand, it wouldTo hard to set tlje Westmin
ster faith to music. Tho Kiceno Creed is tho
amplification of the Apostles' Creed.
Scarcely a doctrine which is in dispute in
the churches around about us can furnish a
proper ground for dispute in our roomy
church. The only affirmation in tho Nicene
Creed is tho large, clastic declaration, "I be
lieve in one Catholic and Apostolic Church."
We can thus Jndge of the Catholicism which
would rulo out the foremost man in the
church for the bishopric because of his opin
ion concerning the episcopate
The Truth of the Scriptures.
What must -we believe concerning tho
Bible! Nothing beyond tho declaration of
thoNicene Creed, who spoke by the proph
ets. You may hold to the plenary inspira
tion of the Scriptures, and believe every
word dictated by the Almighty, or you may
hold that large and reasonable view which
is spreading throughout our Church so rap
idly w ltu equal toyaiiy to our oniy autnonty,
the-creed.
What does the Church bid you believe eon
corning the story Of tho ere&tlontr Tou.'oro
equally f red to read the story in Genesis as
history or parable. What does the Church
command us to believe concerning the origin
of tvil, tho fall of man! Nothing whatever.
Concerning the atonement? Nothing except
the language of tho creed, "Who for us men
and for our salvation came down from
heaven." Concerning future punishment?
Nothing not contained in the language of
the creed, "He shall come again with glory
to judge both the quick ana the dead.'" All
theories of tlje character and duration of
the punishment are extra credals. The first
fbrtn of the articles contained an article on
future punishment, and that article was
afterward withdrawn.
What of the resurrection? That the dead
are to rise into life immortal, clothed in
bodily form, I understand to be tho teaching
of our great creeds. The nature of the resur
rected Dody is not affirmed. You are free to
believe this in the literal sense of the body
laid in tho grave, or in the larger s&pe in
whichonost men read it.
The Rites of the Christian Church.
Concerning the Sacrament and the Lord's
Bupper, we are free to, believe almost any
thing that commends itself to Christian con
sciousness. On all these themes on which
the creeds are silent it is natural that men
should think. Opinions must be formed and
held, and the Christian, be he layman or
clergyman, is left free to form lip own
opinion.
1 JThe Niccne Creed is a Charter of liberty. It
frees us from nine-tenths of the burning
questions with whioh Protestantism is on
lire to-day. Our great creed is the reconcili
ation of Christianity with itself. Christen
dom is torn and dismembered before our
eyes. It is paralyzed with doubt. The strife
of creeds is seen on every side. Man cannot
find a shelter under the reformation confes
sions of faith, with their long-draw n meta
physics, lie who reads the signs of the time
sees the alternative to throw overboard the
creed or to simplify thorn.
To-day could our Protestant chnrehos b
content to part with their reformation con
fessions ot faith and adopt that great catho-
lie creed which has come down through tho
centuries there would be an end ot strife
and contention. Dr. Bridgman would not
have to leave his church for his view s on the
Suestions of future punishment, and Dr.
irigsrs could excite no contention in his
church on the question of Inspiration. Our
great creed is the reconciliation of Christian
laith and. modern thought, of theology and
science
ACE0SS THE OCEAN, TOO.
A Bonneed German Army Officer Leading
ah Attack Upon Orthodoxy,
fur miXLAr's cable cojipaxy.
Berlin, May 24. A new religion is be
ing formed gradually by the admirers bf
ex-Lieutenant Colonel Egidy,1 who was re
cently expelled fronf the army of Saxony for
the -unauthorized publication of a pamphlet,
which was considered to be blasphemous
and contrary to the teaching of any existing
Church. Colonel Egidy held & meeting of
gentlemen opposed to existing religious
institutions, from a conscientious point of
view, at Architechin house here the other
day at which more than 200 influential men
pledged themselves to favor his proposed
reforms. Among them were a few liberal
minded members Of the Lutheran clenrv.
professors, literary men and members of
the nobility. Women were excluded from
the debates and only a very few of that
despised sex were permitted to listen from
the galleries.
I learn that it is Egidy's intention to ap
peal to the masses by speech and writing
Both, asking all the thinking men and
women to consider this question: "Do the
religious teachings of your church, of what
eer denomination it may be, coincide with
the teachings of science?" The religious
authorities so far have -taken no notice of
this movement, nor have the State attorneys
of the different places where Egidy has lect
ured thought fit to interfere, as they have
constantly done against less prominent agi
.tators who have hitherto attacked the or
thodox belieE
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THE FIGHT 0VEE BEIGGS
Has Taken on a Political Complexion and
Lobbyists Are Hard at Work.
BPECIAL TELEGEASI TO THE DISPATCH.
Deteoit, May 24. The Presbyterian
General Assembly having assumed the com
plexion of a political body, to-day has been
spent by it as Sundays generally are spent
by such bodies when on the eve of a eJMnln?
contest, although a veneer of respect for the
iday overspread the lobbying, so -that
,it '.Wa done quislly and in corners.
auuiuu
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Rule
Thcrc was probably even more of it done
than oh previous days. "When not ill
church the ldbbyistr were hard at work; the
Birch lobby koepibg the fences of the anti
Briggs majority in repair, and the Johnson
lobby making stray converts here and therei
The cdnvtjf ts eh? few and far between, for
the Cdhiniissioners, influenced by Prof.
Briggs" "recantation," have been turned
more than" ever against hint by his address to
the Congregational TJnioh in Plymouth
Church on "Wednesday.
They consider his declaration of disbelief
in Moses being the author of the' Penta
teuch to be a reaffirmation of the heresies of
his inaugural address, and they are also
angered at his! praise of the free-thinking
Beecher. Prof. Brigg, in imitating
Crammef by recanting his recantation, has
put himself in a worse position than before.
The authorized publications made to-day,
in which Prof. Harper, of Yale, and Prof.
Thayer, of Harvard, came to his rescue,
wilfnot help hird. Tlie feeling islhat what
a Baptist or a Unitarian, such as Dr. Thayer
is considered, says ot believes is of nooon
quence to Presbyterians.
RANGED WIHH BRIGGS.
DR. rAEKHTJRST'S BOLD ATTACK? OJ
THE PROFESSOR'S CRITICS.
Frinceton Conies in for a Theological Itk
. iiig-Down Also Tho Preacher Enters A
Strong Protest Against tho Whittling
Ways of the Church,
SraCIAI. EUSQUAM TO THE-MSrATC'il.J
NEW YOBK, May 24. The audience
which filled he Madison Square Presby
terian Church to the doors this morriing
heard a sermon from the lips of the Bev.
Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst which they will
remember for all time. Dr. Parkhurst had
announced his intention last week to say
something yesterday about the case of Dr.
TJriggs, but the bold attacks whicll he made
upon the views of Dr. Briggs' opponents in
the Church was a veritable surprise to many
of his hearers. By his sermon DK Park
hurst ranged himself alongside of Prof.
Briggs and advanced the views which the
Trcsbytery cannot pass by if it pronounces
Dr. Briggs a heretic. The text was: "Prove
all things; hold fast that which is good,"
and the preacher said:
have undertaken to touch on some points
suoested by the present disquiet in Our
churtihes, or what should be better called,
the rXjesent condition of -disquiet in the
ChurchSt largo. There were rio theological
scales toVtry the Twelve Apostles. Their
doctrinal ews were enough to take in all
who had aoving belief in God. Princeton
says this Is aill advised way. There Would
have been nosTrinceton Theological Semi
nary in existence to-day if tho Apostles had
lookcdatitasPrincetondoes. The spirit of
such an instltutVm is to make theology as
the shoemaker mikes the pegs; as tho baker
turns out crackers, all the crackers from the
sairie dongh and 'with precisely the samo
stamp upon them, v
Mhen tho Presbytery decided the other
day to try the man whose name you all
know (Dr. Briggs) I sa'w one of the members
of the Prcsbvterv snille with a smile that
was well On to six Inches in breadth. He Is
a saintand I don't wint to say anything
against him, but there was the same spirit
In that smile as there whs tn tho old Chris
tians who toasted the heretics over Arcs or
tickled their flesh with hot pinchers. The
Church seems to take satisfaction in seeing
such a mafl as it haa deoidedvto try squirm.
If the church Is to go on ih tho way that
some are trying to persuade Jis it ought to
go, tho sooner it gives up the ghost the bet
ter, to sa e tho medical expense. These
latter remarks of mine are to pi-otest against
the whittling ways that are abroad, They
are exciting the cemtenrptr oFTMirsOns who
think, and lead them to suspectthat religion
Is ono of the things thatBhow best when tho
light Is turuoAdpwn6oino will siy that my
remarks operato to engender skepticism.
Before GocfT deny it ' , ,
Dr. Parkhurst goes to Detroit tomorrow,
as he is one Of the "New York Pfesbytery'g
renresentatives in the General Assembly.
He will find his sermon there ahead of him.
SHELLS OF BOASTING FLESH,
That" s What tho Rev. Thomas Dixon
the Trial of a Herctle Does.
SrECIAI. TELtGBAM TO THfi DISPATCH.-
New York, May 24. In his review
current events before his sermon to-day, th
Rev. Thomas Dixon, Jr., of- the Twenty-
third Street Baptist Church, said:
Beneath all tho cry against Prof. Briggs
Hcher Newton and others, knowing ones can
read between the lines disappointed am
bitions, narrow Jealousies, envyings and
hitter personalities. It is useless for men to
deny this. It fs so patent that denial Is
absurd. The world does not regard tho
cant phraseology of ecclestasticlsm. Such ex
hibitions strike at the very heart of faith.
They are stumbling blocks over which thou
sands fall and obanm their faith. Such
exhibitions are ever a disgrace to the church
of Jesus Christ. They set back tho cause of
truth sometimes for generations, sometimes
for centuries.
The heresy trial is a relic of barbarism, a
relic of BaVagery. It belongs to tho crude
ness and ignorance alid superstition of bar
baric times. It smells of roasting flesh. Is
it not time to banish this relio or supersti
tion and barbarism? Can it give anyforco
to tho cause of Christian lire to-day? No
man can enter into tho trial of a heretic and
take Jesus Christ with him.
DECLABED FOB PB0F. BEIGGS.
A Chicago Divine Thinks the Creed Is Broad
Enough to Keep Him.
CHICAGO, May 24. Eev. Dr. John H.
Barrows, of this city, declared to-day for
Prof. Briggs.
Dr. Barrows, who is one of the best-known
Presbyterian divines in the West, said that
if the Presbyterian Confession of Faith is
too narrow to receive the great controver
sialist, it ought to be.broadened. ,.
FISHERMEN TJSE DYNAMITE:
Not Even a Live Minnow Left in the Stream !
Which They Tisited.
fSPECtAI. TELEGRAM TQ THE DISPATCH.
Moundsville. W. Va., May 24. Some
time ago a party of yonng men went fishing
up the creek. They went to some of the
best bass fishing-holes in his section and
used dynamite, with deadly effect. Their
work of destruction was so thorough that
there is scarcely a minnow left where there
were hundreds of magnificent Tass. It is
said that one of the charges was so power-
ful that a flock of ducks riding on the sur
face of the pond were every one instantly
killed.
While they were exploding some heav.V
charges they broke down and cracked
the stone foundation laid by the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, causing a great deal of
Jrt ffA ArA A Mill VthA J -J iiiAniZ. !- -J- b
dav looking up the matter and names of the
fishermen, and they will all be arrested.
THE WORLD'S FAIR BIDS
For the First Big Building Are Found to Be
Unexpectedly Low.
CHICAGO, May 24. Bids for putting up
the first big building for the "World's Co
lumbian Exposition were opened last even
ing and found to be away below the esti
mated amount of its cost. "
Architects for the directory had estimated
on $250,000 for the mines and mihing build
ing, but the bidding was so spirited that the
amount was run down to 5214,219, of Some
thing more than 14 per cent less thqg the
estimated cost.
SECRETARY BLAINE CONVALESCENT.
His Appetite Hearty and Ho Is Getting
Better Rapidly.
Ne-W York, May 24. Secretary' Blaine,
arose this mbrning, ate a hearty breakfast
and sat up during the morning.
Mis feet have almost recovered their
jiormal condition and his appetite is unim
paired. He is eonvalescing-rapidly.
PITTSBURG, MONDAY, MAY 25, 189XT
sbiffiticAK.MJE.ls;,
The Jealous Kaiser to Forbid Pilgrim
ages AcroSs the' Border.
PEASANTS OF ALSACE-LOBRAIM!,
Imbibe Treasonable Principles Along TTlth,
Their Holy Water.
DOCTORS EICK AGAINST COMPETITION
tnr DCKtAP'S CABLE COMPANY.
Berlin, May 2h I hear tliaC -the. Gov
ernment is considering the question of pro
hibiting ihe pilgrimage of Alsaee and Lor
raine peasants to the Madonna of Lourdcs
and other places in France, on the plea that
superstition and ignorance are fostered by
such proceedings. It is also asserted that
quackery is resorted to by pilgrims more
than any other class of people.
They rely upori religious manifestations
and refuse to call in regularphyslcians when
they are stricken by disease. The" point
raised by the Government is welltakiri, but
its Supposed candor cannot obscure the fact
that political reasons are at the bottom of
this interference with the pilgrimages.
v Objections Of the Doctors.
Twtf weeks ag6 a procession, of thousands
of citizens of Reichsland made a pilgrimage
to Jjourdes under the leadership of their
priests.- On their return they presented
their friends with bottles of holy water
from that sacred place, which arc said to be
specific against all the ills instant to hu
manity. Some physicians protested against
this unlawful competitlonj which they
averred seriously affected their practice.
But these few casks of the water of
Xonrdes are not the only nor the worst
contraband merchandise they have imported
from the Republic, hor the most objection
able to the Berlin Government. Indeed
authorities wh6 permit the exhibition of
"Joseph's Coat" at Treves find close their
eyes to the outrages annually committed by
"Kevclaen" pilgrims would take no notice
of the doctors' pitiful appeal for protection,
if the wanderers to Lourdes had not brought
back with them tales of the grandeur of the
French Republic and its success in procur
ing the happiness of the people tinder its
beneficent sway.
A Warm. Welcome In Franfce.
It seems that the Alsace-Lorraine pil
grims have been treated with exceptional
consideration and fraternal hospitality by
the French authorities and the French
people generally. They were feted, dined
and wined as far as was consistent with
their pious errand, and were admitted freely
to every public institution on their way.
The motive of this courtesv is obvious to
the most unsophisticated intellect. t The in
voluntary subjects of the new empire were
daziled, and returned home full-' Of ad
miration for "la belle France" and full of
hatred for the G erman oppressors.
It is stated that the Emperor will dis
pense with the services of Count Monster,
Ambassador to France, before many days
are over. Muhster's blunders on the occa
sion of the Empress Frederick's visit to'
.pans are not tne oniy cause oi ms oisgrace.
The Count is charged, also, with having
neglected the military duties of his dfflcc.
His successor Trill be either Prince Badolin,
a friend of Minister Phelps, "or a near rela
tion -of the present chief of the-mflitar
cabinet, General YahHahnke. The latter
will probably be selected on account of his
.military schooling, which, after all, Beems
to be the principalrequirement of a German
Ambassador to France.
FRENCH EXHIBITION DrFHGtTLTY.
It Has Been Smoothed Over and the Czar'
Will -visit Moscow.
Paris, May 24. M. Ribot, Minister of
Foreign Affairs, excited over's contretemps
which imperiled the Czar's "visit to. the
French exhibition at .Moscow, wired to the
it. Petersburg Embassy insisting upon an
mediate disposal of the difficulty at any
t. A response was received at the For
eign omce to-oay tnai ine matter naa oeen
led, and .that the Czar and his familv
wowd'tart fJr Moscow to-morrow. The
Freilph Charge d'Affaires, Count Vauvine,
will ffeceive the imperial party at the exhi
biticfi. ThS Hebrews Grunewald and Poliakow.
who ldd bonds over the receipts of the ex
hibition for moneys lent to the committee,
have beVn ordered to await examination by
M. Doutnovo, Minister of the Interior,
whom theXCear started off hastily lost even
ing to conciuct an inquiry into the matter.
The Czar wwll spend four days at Moscow,
where greaUpreparations for his reception
are being nuide.
J IS A LUXURY.
High Tariff ynd Prohibition of Imports
Malto It Costly In Germany.
BV DUjjLAT'S CABLE COMPAOTf. "
Berlin, May 24. Meat is gradually get
ling more and nWe of a luxury, through the
high tariff and tne temporary closing of the
frontiers agains Imports of maats, as de
creed this time in the interests ofUhe native
producers. Statistics are being prepared
just now concerning the consumption of meat
in large cities. N
Those of Breslaii prove that the citizens
of that town consumed 3,042 heads of beef,
C,403 of veal, 975 tff mutton and 3,625 of
pork less in 1890 tl an in the preceding 12
months, and this in bpiie of the fact that the
population increaset oy 7,000 people.
BAVARIANS
NOW HAFPY.
The Tight Against Their Beloved Beer
Saloons Is Abandoned at Mdnlch.
tDYDUNLAP'S CABLE COMPANY.
Berlin, May 24.--The authorities of
Munich are about tft abandon the fight
against-the preponderlince of beer saloons,
which was inaugurated a few years ago.
The measure then alopted of issuing a
license only in case I the proposed bier
keller was deemed a public necessity,
proved to be a woful ' nistake, that led to
bribery and nepotism, ithout reducing the
Overabundance of salooi s.
The Bavarians nreju lilant, and promise
themselves ail sorts ongood times on ac
count bf the abolition at this unpatridtic
ana unbUsiness-liKe law.
GERMANS FEAR EXPENSE.
Tho
mantuactUTcrs o
Kindly Inclined
Toward the Wi
Id's Fair.
CBT DUNLAP'S CABL!
COMPANY,
Boersen Courier
Berlix, May 24. The!
publishes a report of the! deliberations of
the Association of the German Manufact
urers, which shows that t hey are not at all
inclined to take part in the Chicago exhi
bition. " Those engaged in the mt nufacture of iron
and other metals do not consider that the
expenses attendant on rep: esentation at the
"World's Fair will be compensated for by the
ClAtion of any fresh outlcjt for their trade.
BISMARCK FOR PROTECTION.
Ho Will Wage iv Most Bi
ter Fight in the
Reichstag Against
Trade.-
tDY DUSLAP'S CABL:
compact,
Behlet, May 24. En
me Richter and
the free traders'-generall;
are actively pre
paring for tho fight whfch Blesiarck, im
Wdiately he enters the Reichstag;, intends
otfen in thfff'bTotectlik tariff
BisinarcVs organ hai' already foreshadowed
the" policy of the first greatspeeqh which the
ex-Chancellor will make. . .. ,
It will be directed with all the well-known
power and virulence of the "Man of Blood
and Iron" against the German and Austrian
conimcrcial treaty.
-
REFUGEES tfROJt CORFU.
S03IE OF THE PERSECUTED HEBREW
, FAMILIES REACH BERLIN.
Tito Terror or the Sufferlflgs Undergone
Keeps Them T'rom Talking at First
TheirTongnes Are Afterward tf nloosened,
However, and Terrible Stories Are Told,
tnr dtotlap's cable coMfANT.
BERtrjr, May 24. A few Hebrew fami
lies, which have escaped the riot at Corfu,
arrived here this week and are .being cared
for by friends of the Hfebrew cause. Im
mediately after the train that conveyed
them reached the station I visited them in
the compartment specially allotted to them.
The refugees consisted chiefly of young
titomen, children and decrepit, old men.
The Greely interpreter, addressing them,
askedf "Are you from Corfu?" Nobody
answered. Tho women simply raised their
eyes, and at last one of the old men nodded
his head in assent. "Well, how were
things when you left?" continued the inter
preter. The old man answered: "Ob, very
well, everything was quiet.'' My com
panions and 1 were amazed when this answer
was translated to mc( whereupon tho spokes
man of the "party, observing our surprise,
tool: the interpreter aside and held a whis
kered Conversation with him. "They are
afraid to talk' said the Greek.
"The terror of the 30 days' incarceration
In the Ghetto has not yet passed a ay; they
will be more at cose and more communica
tive when they are settled in their new quar
ters." An employe of the Constantinople
andTriesteline, one of whose steamships
brought them, together, wth hundreds of
others from Corfulast Sunday, and who had
conducted them hither, told me that the re
fugees Had picked up greatly in body and
mind since hey left the island. "WTien
they were brought aboard under a strong
military escort they were hardly able to set
one fobt before the other; He added: "I
never saw such timorous, down-trodden people-
in all my 'life. They were afraid to
utter a word, and hid their faces whenever
anybody spoke to them, though thejiassen
eers and crew both did evervthine in their
I power to make tlm forget what nad hap
pened.
Stories told ot.i.exiles, which I have
since learned, corroborate ' the statements
which have befen telegraphed all over the
world for the last two or three weeks. Ihe
refugees assert that the only course left for
the Hebrews still remaining lit Corfu is to
emigrate. The fierce hatred of the Corfttltes
against the unfortunate race has taken too
strenuous a' hold on the Greek populace to
admit of lasting peace being restored. The
exiles say that the Greek soldiers are So
badly disciplined that their protection can
not "be relied upon. The French Consulate
has tdkeii the very best care of its Semitic
compatriots, but the Italian Government has
sadly neglected iU duly, although one of the
chief rabbis was. to Italian subject.
i
WILLIAM WILL SftUELCH IT.
The German Emperor Sits Down on a
Scheme to Import Coolie Laborers.
(tit DtfXL AP'S CABLE COMPANT
Berlin, .May 24. The United States
Sharihi? SwalioweJu'rl the'maf orilv -of native
pMecklcnbefg Tafnf hands', wlio preferred")
emigration t6 home service, and the im
p6rted Polish workmen having proved to
be inadequate substitutes, 'the mighty
Barons have engaged 1,000 Coolies, at the
rate of 200 marks per year, to enter upon
their duty next spring. The contract,
which is with a Netherland firm, was signed
onlya few days ago, but in spite of the
secrecy maintained, Chancellor Caprivi
heard of it yesterday through the Foreign
Office. He put himself in immediate com
munication with the backers of the scheme,
informing thcrB that ihe authority of the
realm would," if necessary, be brought into
force to pret cnt the barons carrying out
their nefarious contract.
A.high official said to-day that the Em
peror, on being made acquainted with
these facts, also telegraphed for particulars.
From the dispatches exchanged the Em
peror is satisfied that no self-respecting
body of workmen would stand the indig
nity 'of competing with Coolies. "The
agrarians," .said the Emperor, "shaU,not
turn any part of the empire into a second
Ireland it I can help it. " .
. DEATH IH A NOBLE HOUSE. -
Lord 'Eomllly and Two of His Servants
Suffocated to Death. t
Loiuxcri May 24. At midnight on Satur
day Lord Romilly upset a paraffin e lamp in
the drawing room of his London residence.
He was alone at the time and vainly at
tempted to extinguish the fire unassisted.
Shortly after the Butler smclled. the smoke,
and on making a hurried 'investigation
found Lord Romilly ljiug senseless in the
burning drawing room, the nobleman having
been overcome by smoke and the fumes
arising from the burning contents of the,
lamp. Lord Romilly was subsequently re-'
moved to St. George's Hospital, where all
attempts to revive him failed.
Several fire engines, in response to
alarms sent out, hastened to Lord Romilly'g
house, about which an excited crowd
gathered. The firemen on entering found
Blanche Griffin, ft housemaid, and Emma
Lively the cook, in the same state of in
sensibility in which their employer was dis
covered. They were also removed to the
hospital, where it was found that both were
already dead. Another female servant and
the butler had succeeded in escaping from
the house. George Bync, a fireman re
ceived serious injuries while engaging in
rescuing the unconscious inmates of the
house. The fire, which was not extensive,
was soon extinguished.
A JUMPING PROCESSION.
The Peculiar Ceremony Eight Thousand
Pilgrims Went Through.
rnT DCKLAP'S CABLE COMPANY.
BERLiif, May 24. The so-called jumping
procession, otherwise known as the "spring
procession" nt Echtcrnach, in Luxemburg,
was held last Tuesday and was attended by
6,000 pilgrims, a much smaller" number than
that of former years. It is possible that the
rainy weather niav have had something to
do with the diminished number.
The procession "moves from Echternach
bridge to the chapel of "Willebrodus, a dis
tance of 1,225 feet. The pilgrims have to
jump two feet ahead arid one foot back
wards all the way, and that fdr hours in a
neavy ram storm.
FIVE THOUSAND FOOLED.
Each Paid 33 Centi to See an Airship Which
' -1 Didn't Come.
Omaha, May .24. Five thousand people
went out tQ the fair grounds this afternoon
to see the great Chicago airship sail out for
atrip to -the Garden City and 16 witness a
wedding in midair.
They paid 2 cents apiece for the privilege
of passing into the grounds and out again,
for after the 'managers of the affair had se
cured tho cash and had tha people Safely
corralled in. the grand stand they mounted
horses and fled with their .ill-gotten gains,
and not a xicn of thft-nir-shit) has been seen
in this city. Messrs' Bush and Dodd,.theJ
alleged proprietors, are nowhere to bo found.
BESH SDHrBSSDIfi.
The Financier ffot Captured-in the
SliipJJbmidforBnizil.
ALL POPS CLOSED AGAKST HDI.
Jardsley's Arrest Causes a Big Sensation in
the Quaker City,
OFFICEES GUARDING THE TREASURY
f special telegram to the dispatch.
Philadelphia, Ma VA: The fugitive
ex-President of the Keystone Bank is still
at large, and is not confined in a Virginia
jail, ns a telegram from Korfolft announced
last night. The report was sent oflt, it is
said, bra Deputy "United States Marshal,
who was sent to search the steamer Ad
vance, bound from 'Hew York to Brazil,
touching at Newport News, in the Rope
that the fugitive had taken passage onboard
that steamer.
Marsh, however, was not among her pas-H
sengers. Onfe of the private detectives at
work Upon the case was alsd sent down to
Newport News in the hope that the eX
President was on the steamer. He met the
steamer on her arrival there, and making
sure1 that Marsh did not go ashore, he stayed
about the" vessel until she sailed, when he
boarded her in the guise of a pilot and in
company with the pilot. He remained on
board ulftll the Vessel hod put to sea, when
hd returned on the pilot boat
Every Port Closed to JIarsh.
Immediately upon his arrival at Newport
News he telegraphed Detective Franklin
this message: "31 is not here." Thii
Detective Franklin accepts as final. Had
Marsh been on board the Advance his de
tective wbttld have surely found him. At
Franklin's office It was said yesterday that
every port in the world was closed to Marsh.
Correspondents at every port on the Atlan
tic have been notified, as well as at Rio de
Jaheiro, Montevideo and Buehos AyrCs,
Havana, Matanzas and all the Cuban ports,
Vera 'Cruz, Campcche, Tompico and all the
Mexican ports, as well as al' the ports of
Europe.
The announcent of the arai of City
Treasurer John. Bardsley created a great
sensation all over the city this morning, and
was the inexhaustible topic ofVionversation
-everywhere. Owing to the late hour at
which the safest was made last night but
few persons knew of the occurrence until
the-cries of the newsboys this morning ac
quainted them with the fact. Every detail
Was eagerly read and discussed, though but
little surprise was manifested.
The events of the last fqw daysn. led to
the belief that the arrest would be made
very soon, but it was not thought that
the experts at work on the books would be
able to soon find such damaging evidence
against the City Treasurer, Mr. Bardsley
spent most of to-day in bed at his hoflie in
Gerinantown closely guarded by detectives.
Mayor Stuart Takes a Hand.
"Whether Mr. Bardsley will be in condi
tion to be brought to the city for bis hear
ing, which is set for noon to-morrow, re
main? to be seen. Jlis physician saidto
liight that should his condition Be no better
tp-irioTrow than it was to-day he would for
bid Mr. Bardsley's removal.
Mayor Stuart was 'at his office this after
noon, and remained closeted with the Messrs.
muheeJ"BroWB: ahdKuenF'th-vesperi cam
iflission which discovered tha .shortage in
Treasurer Bardsley's accounts. They dis
cussed the matter, informally, but made no
elaborate preparation for to-morrow's hear
ing, as it is not believed that xr. Bardsley
wfll be able to be present
The Mayor early in the flay detailed
Special Officer Gallagher to guatd the en
trance to the City Treasury, giving him
strict Orders to allow no one to enter the
rooms. This prohibition included all em
ployes of the office, even to the chief clerk.
This step wastaken to prevent any attempt
to mutilate, destroy, alter or remove any ot
the books of the office in an attempt to
thwart the efforts of the examining com
mission to get at the bottom of the peculiar
financial methods of the City Treasurer.
SPIRITUALISTS ARE EXCITED
Over 'the Spirit Picture in a Photograph of
a JJctt England House.
SPECIAL TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCn.
POTSTAM, COIC?., May 24. The "spirit
picture" in a window pane in a photograph
of Mr. Windsor Bates' old farm house in
the country village of East Thompson has
excited much interest on the part of the
Spiritualists in all parts pf New England.
Boston newspapers vainly tried to induce
Mr. Bates to allow them to publish a copy
of his extraordinary pictuf e. He is glad to
show it to any one, but he does not seek
notoriety, .
The spirit photograph was taken three
years ago by a strolling photographer, a
stranger. The front of the house is de
picted, with Mr. and Mrs. Bates, who are
over 70 years of age, in the foreground.
There was no one in the dweliiig at the
time. Yet in a pain of glass in the upper
sash of one of the windows the sash is
six feet from the floor is the likeness of Mr.
Bates' mother, Sally, who had. died at 95
years of age, three years before the photo
graph was taken. Mr. Bates, who with his
wife, is a devoted Methodist, does not at
tempt to account for the appearance of the
HKeness. xne picture nas not lacieci at all,
as spirit photographs are said to do, but it
is as clear and distlct as three years ago.
MILITARY' ETHICS CHANGING:.
A Remarkable Statement Read at the Trial
or tho Walla Walla Lynchers.
WALLA WAL1A, WASH., May 24. The
Court of Inqttiry into the lynching of Hunt
by soldiers, so far as taking testimony is
concerned, closed yesterday. The court
will arrive at its conclusions Monday, and
forward its report to the War Department
Corporal Arnold was examined to-day. The
soldiers say the reason they lynched Hunt
was because they heard that Prosecuting
Attorney Blanford would not convict the
prisoner bemuse the gamblers had contrib
uted to the'eampaign fund at his election.
Colonel Compton, Commandant at Fort
"Walla "Walla, was again put on the stand,
and read a statement defending his official
conduct 5 1 the management of the soldiers,
which closed as follows:
I have known the army for 30 years, and
the system upon which its former workings
were based seems to be changing within the
last four years. A new code of military
ethics has been produced, and this code has
a tendency to separate the soldier from his
officers- To a very wido degree this new
mode of government has produced results
more and mote apparent every day wo live.
The old, unswerving lovnltyof the soldier
for-ltts officer is fast disappearing: discipline
is becoming iiksomc; restriction is being
considered osan affliction, and proper re-
8 roof has in some instances been deemed an
lSfclt and aroused anger.
FATAL FIGHT WITH A BURGLAR.
The Victim Fights tfDttfcl With an Unseen
Enemy and is Dying. .
(SPECIAL TEtEOIUil TO-TltE blSPATcn.J
Mononoabela Cm, TMay 24. An ex
citing shooting affray took place this morn
ing at this place that will probably result in
the death at oncof the participants, .The case.
is a very mysterious ono. There was but one
witness tQ .the affair, and the' murder es
caped before be could be.identified..
While Frank Miller and a companion
were passing the "Western Coal Company s
store, they noticed that the door was open,
and started to investigate. An unknown
person inside suddenly called to them
to halt and hold up their hands.
Miller's" companion threw up his hands in
stantly, but Miller drew his own revolver,
and again advanced. Then the burglar
opened fire, and Miller returned the shot,
some six shots In all being exchangccT.
Miller received one bullet in the leg, but
kept up the firing until another was planted
in his breast, when he fell groaning tothe
ground. His companion had started to run,
and soon returned with assistance, only to
find Miller almost unconscious and the
burglar gone. Miller is dying. There is
no clew to the murderer.
FIXED IM FAVORITES.
THE EUROPEAN JUNKET OF THE Dlr
MIGRATION COMMISSION.
A Promfcent Labor Leader Derjpnnces It
as" Useless Consuls Should Xo the
Work Commissioner of Immigration to
Be Appointed Owen the Man,
CFItOU A 8TAFT COllBESrOTDENT.l i
Washington, May 24. "Jf ever a-useless
junketing was fixed up for Presidental
or political favorites, it is that of the so
called Immigration Commission, now
about to depart for Europe," said a promi
nent labor agipir to the'DiSPATCH corres
tion of T. V. Pomfew A,0 oneeded
a soft situation, and waSj'o rf fyn" to
please the Powderlyretnnat 9f. "4s.
The others are politicians ovj? ff
ment, Or gentlemen wanting thehv -iscs
paid for1 a trip across the oceah. Ifc"si in
tended they shall investigate the whole im
migration question. Now, who could do
that better than our Consuls, Vice Consuls
and Consul General. They are scattered
everywhere,' in more places than this com
mission could visit and investigate in ten
years; It is their business to do all such
work as this. They are paid for it.
"The commiion can get practically noth
ing of value except from these representa
tives abroad Had the State Department
given the members of the consular service
specifio instructions to report the character
of immigrants, reasons for emigrating and
so forth, the result would have been a mass
of valuable and practical information, with
out the expense of a junketing commission."
The President will appoint in a few days
a Commissioner of Immigration, who will
have his office at Washington. At the last
session of Congress a billwas passed creating
the Uureau of Immigration, but Owing to a
technical qncstion raised by Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury Spauld
ing, relative to the immigration
funds out of which the Commissioner of
"Immigration and his assistants are to be
paid, the appointment has been delayed.
It is generally believed that the iPrcudent
will tender tne position to Hon. W. D.
Owen, bf Loganspbrt, Ind. Tilt. Owen was
Chairman of the Committee On Immigration
in the Fifty-first Congress, and had charge
of the bill which is now a law.
SOUGH! DEATH IN A DUEL.
Tho Strange Story ol the Love of Two Re
jected Suitors, One a Connt.
CniCAGO, May 24. If reports are true,
Chicago was to-day the scene of a denone
ment in a genuine romance, with all tho
sensational features a wealthy nobleman,
a disinherited son, a beautiful woman, a
dnel and, a mystery According to ihe
story, Baron Rudolph Kalnokv de Ivoros
paiak, a nephew. of Count ifalnoky, Of
Vienna, made his first visit to Chicago
about a month ago, registering at the Kiche
lieu merely as "Rudolph Kalnoky," of
Nefr York. Tho young man confessed to
having been a stauncli defender of ex-Queen
Natalie at the court of Vienna, and to have
shared in the dissipation of the Crown
Prince, whose suicide was the talk of
Europe.
Being disinherited, he came to America
and fell in love with Miss Miltie Atherton,
of the Duff Opera Company. Htf followed
her from city to city, laying ardent but vain
siege to her heart. At Louisville he formed
the acquaintance of a Southern man, who
was also smitten with the young singer's
charms, and together they condoled over
their common misery. A quarrel arose,
however, which resnltcd in a duel this morn
ing in Jackson Park, which was fought with
rapiers. Young Iyalnoky, evidently bent
on being killed himself, purposely fell upon
his adversary's weapon and was cut in the
neck, but not killed, though dangerously
woundecV To-night both, principals in the
affair arc not to be found. The identity of
the Sf bm man is unknown.
BALHACEDA'S SIDE OF 1 STORY. '
The Navy of the Governme.it f7ow Seems
to He tho Most Active.
Pakis, May 24-. The Chilean Legation
has Santiago advices claiming continued suc
cesses fdr the Government party on land
and sea. According to these dispatches, the
warship Almirante Condell, on the ,17th,
attacked IquTque and discharged a torpedo
against the insurgent transports, the crews
of which took refuge on land. The crews
of the insurgent vessels mutinied after sus
taining a heavy loss in,killed and wounded.
Disaffected insurgents at Tacna also mu
tinied and Were disarmed. On the night of
the 19th the armed transport Imperial bom
barded IqUique, while the Almiranto Con
dell waited for the insurgent vessels to
leave the bay in order to attack them, but
subsequently found that they had escaped.
The Almirante Condell afterward captured
Taltal, routing ihe garrison and taking
many prisoners. The position of the insur
gents, according to the same authority, is
everywhere critical, while thearmV ot the
Government is loyal and well disciplined.
A HUGE FLY WHEEL.
The Pennsylvania Company Obliged to Bor
row a' Car to Carry Half or Iti
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
JOHNSTOWN, May 24. Probably the larg
est casting ever transported by thePennsyl
vania Kailroad arrived here yesterday for
the Cambria Iron Company. It is a half
section of a fly wheel for the new billet
mill, and weighs 00,000 pounds.
The special car oh which it was trans
ported from Philadelphia was borrowed by
the railroad company for the purpose from
the Baldwin Locomotive works, the com
p'any having no car with a capacity above
80,000 Yowio"8- The casting will be un
loaded next week and the car will be taken
back to Philadelphia for the other half of
the wheel. The total weight of the wheel,
complete is about 180,000 pounds.
CHIEF MAXWELL INDORSED.
California Horticulturists Well Pleased
With Hi Appointment.
Los Anoeles, May 24. The Southern
California Horticultural Commissioners and
Southern California Horticultural Society
have adopted resolutions Indorsing the ap
pointment of Walter S. Maxwell as Chief
of the Bureau of Horticulture of the
"World's Columbian Exposition.
IOWA FARMERS HAPPY.
The Drouth Broken by the Copious Rains of
Last Week.
trES Moines, May 24. This week's I"-".,
crop bulletin reports the drouth broken bj
copious jainsr and all languishing crops
greatly improved. "
Early planted corn showB a good stand
except where injured by cutworms. -Fruit
prospects are generally good.
pondent to-dr. begin with not a sin
gle man (?., ''fy-'ion has any real
THREE CENTS.
GOURLEYTALKS OUT.
Jo "Will Use Eycry legitimate
Mens to Have the Char
ter BUI KIM.
STYLES IT A DEEP SCHEME
To Eob the Jlayor oi Some of His
Rightful Power.
MAT GO TO HAMISBUEG DEISELP,
Or Send on Still Another Communication
to the Governor.
A POrULAE TOTE OX INCREASED DEBT.
"I will nse every legitimafeTncans in my
power to induce Governor Pattison to veto
the. charter supplement as amended." This
declaration was made by Mayor Gourley,
yesterday, when asked again about the re
port of his having written another letter to
the Governor on. the subject. The Mayor
refused -to saywhethcr he had written the
letter or intended doing so, but after the
above statement there can be little doubt
about it. To carry into effect what he has 1
said it will be necessary either to send a i
communication to the Govcanor or appear "
before him in person. It is thought by 4
some that the Mayor may adopt the latter
course.
"I have written a letter," said he, "ak-
ing for a copy of the charter bill as amended. ,
Alerl get it something ele"may happen."
Have yon as much objection to it in its
present shapcas before?"
The Stand Taken by Mayor Gourley.
"Most assuredly I have, and' possibly
more. The whole thing is nothing more '.
than a deep-laid scheme to curtail the
powers of the Mayor. Those who got up
the bill arid are pushing it through have this
object in view, and I mean to frustrate it,
if possible. The new bill proposes to gh e
the chiefs absolnte control over their de
partments, and responsible only to Councils
for their acts. Its repealing clause will
knock out section 21 of the charter."
The section referred to by the 3Layor
wads: "The Mayor shall have general super
vision of all departments, with power to
direct their officers within theirdutics under
the law and ordinances." '
"Now, it was never the intention," con- )
tinned the Mayor, "of those who drafted :
our charter to deprive the Mayor of all
power in the municipal government. I
have favored more extensive power for the
chief executive of the city, and certainly
will "?pose any movement on foot to lessen
it It is wroaj: tp have chiefi) of depart?-, .
IT accountable only to Councils."
Not SaOsDctr With His Tower.
Mayor is not satisfied with the sliiple ,
power of approving or vetoing ordinances, !
writing jrocl m ions, entertaining visitors
to the city anu .-ollecting money for Fourth i
of July celebrations. lie wants more say in ;
the conduct of municipal affairs, and proposes J
to have it if possible. He has a strong sus- ;
picion that the taking away of all his 1
powers would not cansc everybody to shed
tears of sorrow, and he will block the game,
if possible. To be a mere municipal figure
head, less useful than ornamental, is some
thing to which he is decidedly opposed. He
has "repeatedly expressed dissatisfaction
With the present condition of affairs regard
ing the authority of the Mayor in city mat
ters, and there is little doubt but that he
will make a hard fight against anv thing he i
suspects as tending toward tightening the
lines about him. This is about the way he
looks at the matter, and will endeavor to
present it to the Governor ejthcr personally
orTiy letter.
The Mayor was asked about the with
drawal of the bill providing for certificates
of indebtedness, but he had nothing to say 5
on that subject. He had read it in THE
Dispatch, but knew nothing about it '
further than that. . '
Cansed a Great Deal of Talk.
Tho action at the conference in Controller
Morrow's office, Saturday, created consider
able surprise about the city, and was the
cause of general talk yesterday. As a re
sult of the withdrawal of the bill, Councils
will probably have to tike some action on
the matter when they meet this afternoon.
An ordinance will be presented fixing a
day in the neor future for a popular vote on
the question of indebtedness. Without the
amendment to the charter this will be ne
cessary. Section 24 of the charter read?:
Any increaso of the interest-bearinff
bonded indebtedness of cities of tho second
Class is hereby prohibited, unless tho samo
shall bo approved by an affirmative vote of
a majority of the qn-rtifled electors voting
thereat, at an election provided for by or
dinance of Councils.
Those who favor submitting the matter to
a popular vote will argue that the city is
not in an, enviable position at present, be
ing responsible to a large number of con
tractors and having: no way of securing
them. A majority Vote of the people for
the issue of bonds or certificates would set
tle the question without the aid of tha
Legislature.
SemtJr Flinn. was in Pittsburg .yester
dav, but could not be found to learn what
he'thiuks of the matter. He leaves, to-day
for Harrisburg, where, acting on the. dei
cision of Saturday's conference,, he will
have the certificate bill withdrawn before it
goes to the Governor.
Important Work for Councils.
Beside the ordinance for a popular vote
on increasing the city debt, Councils will
have several important matters to consider
to-day, in all of which the Mayor is to
be considered. The Poor Farm ordi
nance, authorizing the Chief of tha
Department of Charities to select a snitablo
site On a river front, will come up in Com
mon" Councils, having passed Select at tha
last meeting. The well-known stand of tha
Mayorinfavorofsomethingbtherthanariver
front leads to the belief that he will veto
the ordinance, and several Councilmen are
confident they will have the opportunity of
passing the ordinance over his head.
The letter of the Mayor to Chief Bfowta
concerning Superintendent Evans, of the
BureaU of Fire, will probably cause tha
Chief to send a communication to Councils
to-day on the matter.
A TREASURER GONE WRONG. m
He Is Missing and Is About 810,000 Ahead
of His Township.
Alton, III., May 24. Peter Greenwood,
Town Treasurer of Upper Alton for eight
years, has not been seen for a week. A
hurried examination of the books shows he
is perhaps 10,000 ahead and the township
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He cot behind with the township years
ago, but concealed the fact by paying debt r;S
lor tne year past wiin ine taxes as ineyaj
.came: in for the year tlw.- GreehweMi
waff a aaaraa rww ot higa 8ta&euag.;
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