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CHANGING A- CREED,
Doctor Morris Fully Explains
the Work of the Re-
Tision Committee.
SOFTENING OF DOOTBEKES.
The
Idea-of Creation Remodeled-So
as to Conform to Science.
PRDfCETOFS GREAT OPPOSITION
To Manyof the Changes, and Dr. Briggs'
Theory Squarely Met.
IULOGTOF THE TOSTJOXSTER DITEfES-
rSriCIAI. TZLEGBAM TO THE DISPATCH.
New Yoke, Aug. 23. Presbyterians
will be greatly snrprised by the appearance
this'week of a pamphlet giving in detail
the hitherto secret proceedings of the com
mittee engaged in the revision of the West
minster Confession of Faith. The pamphlet
is by a member of the committee, the He v.
Dr. Edward D. Morris, Professor of Lane
Theological Seminary, Cincinnati, who is
unquestionably the strongest man in the re
vision movement. The reasons for each
proposed change in the famous Calvinistio
document are given Math remarkable candor
and clearness by Dr. Morris. Up to this
time not a word has come from the revision
committee, beyond the provisional report
now before the Presbyteries for approval.
Bach one of the half hundred members has
refrained from speaking of what transpired
in the prolonged and frequent sessions of
the committee.
The report has aroused great opposition.
In this the ultra-CalvinisK with Prince
ton at the head, are the leaders. The oppo
sition has been carried into each of the 216
Presbyteries. Dr. Morris' exposition, -which
is a strong presentation of the liberal side,
Is timely. He shows how and why the
harsh excresences of the Gencvese'theology
has withered and shrunken under the caus
tic touch of modern thought He takes oc
casion also to berate Princeton for antag
onizing revision, and frequently to pass
upon the "Middle State" and other specu
lations of Dr. Briggs. Advanced proofs of
the pamphlet have been furnished The
Dispatch by the Randolphs and a synopsis
of it is here given.
NATURE OF THE PAMPHLET.
The pamphlet opens with a prefatory
statement ot the moi ement toward revision,
giving the arguments that induced the Gen
eral Assembly to order its undertaking. It
speaks of the apparent signs of the coming
revision of all the creeds of all Christen
dom, and gives to Presbyteriani6m the
credit of taking the lead. This is not a re
action against Calvinism, but it is an effort
bv Calvinists, in behalf of Calvinism, for
tfie purpose of giving to that Calvinism
greater breadth, coherence and symmetry,
greater power for good over its adherents.
The chief reason for the revision Dr.
Morris considers to be the actual advances
made during the last two centuries and a
half, and special! v in the latter half of our
own century, in theological knowledge and
in religious experience. These advances
are chiefly as to the workings of the Holy
Ghost in the heart of humanity; the adapt
edness of the gospel to the moral needs of
the race, the full responsibility of every
sinner as a sunject under the moral govern
ment of God; the providence of God, and
the lost condition ot the pagan nations, ex
cepting as they shall hear and embrace the
gospel. How the committee met the de
mands for changes is explained in detail by
Dr. Morris in the body of his pamphlet.
THE BIBLE'S INSPIRATION.
The proofs of the inspiration of the Bible
first received attention. The committee
considered that the general evidences for
the Bible were not specially discussed dur
ing the struggle of the Reformation. As a
consequence the confessional proofs of the
Bible, being altogether internal and appeal
ing as such chiefly to the believer, liave
been found to be "inadequate to meet the
needs of an age like our own, in which the
diineness ot the Bible is at every possible
point assailed. To meet these "ends the
arguments from prophecy, miracle and Bib
lical history were introduced.
God's, eternal decrees of fore-ordination
and predestination and pretention, the
great stumbling blocks of Presbyterianism,
next received attention. The'sc are con
tained in the famous chapter 3 of the con
fession, w liich recites that by the decree of
God for the manifestation of His glory, some
men and angels are predestinated unto ever
lasting life and others fore-ordained to
everlasting dentil. These are particularly
and unchangeably designed, and their num
i ber is so certain and definite that it cannot
be cither increased or diminished. The rest
of mankind God was pleased to pass by and
to ordain to dishonor and wrath for their
sin, to the praise of His glorious justice
PORE-ORDINATION GONE.
The committee omitted the word angels,
for the reason that the confession can
hardly be supposed to be of interest to that
class of beings. The dreadful doctrine fore
ordination to sin and also to condemnation
lor that sin, which is supposed to be the
teaching of Calvin, has been utterly elimin
ated irom tmscliapter oy tne committee.
The reason given by the pamphlet for this
is: "A fore-ordination which lies back of all
liuman action, and which appears to deter
mine or ordain the sin as truly as the pun
ishment, fjius binding the sinner down in a
fatalistic bondage, first to transgression and
then to an inevitable condemnation, is
hardly a dogma which, however forcible the
logic that deduces it from the fundamental
doctrine of the decrees, has such fullness of
warrant in the Scriptures as would require
its afhrmation as an essential article in any
tnnstian creed.
The words "particnlarlv and unchange
ably" were retained and vi rittcn into the re
vised creed in another section, because the
committee considered that the confession
should affirm the doctrine of an individual
rather than a class election, and of an elec
tion which is not conditioned by what man
may do, but has its source in the eternal
purpose of God.
Tne no less dreadful doctrine of preten
tion contained in the idea that God was
pleased to pass by the rest of mankind whom
He has ordained to dishonor and wrath, has
also been stricken from the creed. The
reasons given for this are timilar. Says the
pamphlet: "Hie stern and awful phrase, 'to
pass by,' as implying the existence of no
r-ort of Divine provision for the lost, such
as would make their salvation possible, and
the kindred phrase, ordaining them to dis
honor and wrath for their sin, certainly do
give a forbidding tone and aspect which
ought in some way to be removed."
A MILDER STATEMENT.
A partial attempt to correct this impres
sion is made by omitting the expression "to
pass by," which seems to contain an impli
cation inconsistent with right views of the
nature of God and the possible scope of the
gospel; and introducing iu its stead fue milder
ttatement that "God, for reasons which lie
in His own counsel and in the nature of
the plan of salvation, has determined not
to elect to everlasting life some definite
proportion of mankind."
Why do these persons fail of salvation?
Js the"ieult traceable directly and only to
the Divine purpose, or to their sin as its
true cane'.' Obviously tho section teaches
that their sinfulness aud their continuance
in it are not chargeable to God, but to
themselves. In order to bring this fact out
more distinctly the committee added two
antithetic declarations: First, that the
Divine passing by, is hot in any sense
to be interpreted as a limitation
of the cordial offers of grace; and secondly,
that this Di ine act does not carry with "it
any impairment of that freedom, which in
some sense remains itli the sinner under
the curse of the fall, and by virtue of which,
when w rouqht upon by the Holy Ghost, he
embraces Christ and is saved through Him.
WTLL NOT SATISFY ALL.
That the chapter as amended will fullv
satisfy the church, cannot be expected.
There will 6till be someone who would pre
fer to see the entire doctrine'dislodged from
its central place in the Confession; though
it is difficult to see how this could be done
without an open abandonment at this point
of the Reformed, or Calvinistio system.
Dr. Morris makes objection to "the use of
the words "some of mankind" and "the rest
of mankind." which were not chanced bv
the committee. It implies that the saved
are only a few and that the lost are the
great maiority of the human race. This Dr.
Morris thinks no Presbyterian now believes.
He says:
"Surely some form of statement should be
introduced here which would remove for
ever the stigma of so narrowing a compari
son, and would bring out the glorious fact
that finally, in accordance with the grand
and benevolent purpose of God, a great
multitude whom no man can number shall
be redeemed through grace, while only some
small proportion of mankind shall perish in
and for their sin."
The idea of creation, as taught in chapter
4 of the Confession, has also been remodelled
to conform to the teachings of science. The
committee re-wrote this paragraph,introduo
ing the idea that the heavens and the earth,
and all things therein, were created in six
creative davs of indefinite duration. The
creation of the universe is also affiirmed, al
though not in connection with the period of
time known as the "six days."
THE IDEA OP TJNIYERSE.
The word universe was used, Dr. Morris
explains, to express more perfectly the
comprehensive idea of creation, as ex
pressed in the Nicene Creed. "And the
value of such a comprehensive statement is
specially apparent in such an age as ours,
when false and pernicious theories of crea
tion are widely current, when for the crea
tive energy ot a personal God, bringing all
things into existence by His own omnifio
counsel and will, there is substituted so
much of unbiblical teaching as the origin
of nature through some primal energy in
matter, or by the action of impersonal lorce
and law."
Passing1 on to the doctrine of the imputa
tion of sin and total depravity, which have
been likewise softened to agree with the
ideas of to-dav. Dr. Morris explains the
language describing the moral condition of
the fallen sinner as the effects of the fall of
Adam, in this wise:
"Here the language is regarded by many
as needlessly and ei en offensively "strong;
and the phrase, 'made opposite to all good,'
is often falsely interpreted, as implying the
absence of any and all traces ot goodness,
even in a civil and social sense, and the
presence of an innate and dominating de
pravity, which, in the case of any sinner,
cannot well be worse."
The chance made Qualifies the phrase
thus: "Made opposite to all that is spiritu
ally good." The opposition of the natural
heart is thus made to relate only to that
which is spiritual, holy, due to God. In
the phrase which declares that man is
wholly inclined to all evil, the word "all"
is taken out, because the committee thought,
not that each sinner is wholly inclined to
spiritual evil, rather than to spiritual good,
in such sense and degree that of himself he
will never turn away from his sins to holi
ness and to God.
TWO SEW CHAPTERS.
Two new chapters, "of the work of the
Holy Spirit" and "of the universal offer of
the gospel," having been written into the
Confession, Dr. Morris makes a long, care
ful and detailed explanation of the reasons
that so influenced the committee. The
same desire to broaden the Confession is
here apparent, by introducing clauses con
taining more explicit statements respecting
the love of God for mankind, the sufficiency
of the atonement, the free offer of salvation
to all men, the person and work of the
Holy Spirit, the duty of the church to
evangelize the world, arid the responsibility
of every sinner for the rejection of this
offered grace.
As to the work of the Holy Ghost, the
committee has elaborated the utterance of
the Nicene creed on this point. The com
mittee thought: "Our Confession certainlv
falls below the level of this old creed,
especially as to the duty of loving, obeying
and adorinjr the Spirit as a Person in the
blessed Trinity. To meet this deficiencv
the committee introduced their chapter with
a declaration which is substantially that of
Nicca, as to the divinity of the Spirit, his
co-equal place as a Person with the first and
second Persons, and his right to credence,
love and devotion by all men through all
ages."
SCOPE OP THE 'WILL.
The chapter on free will required the
same softening process, so as to make it
conform to the rewritten chapter 3. The
change, Dr. Morris explains, was made with
regard to the state of the human will since
the fall and before its regeneration. The
committee's idea was that the loss of liberty
of the will as the effect of Adam's sin was
a loss in the direction of spiritual good.
That the sinner is therefore spiritually
dead and cannot put himself into a condi
tion of true holiness. Instead, therefore,
of saying that man is altogether averse
from good and dead in sin, the committee
suggest that he is merelyindisposedtogood.
The Calvanistic doctrine of election re
ceives much attention in the pamphlet. The
popular idea that the Westminster divines
taught infant and heathen damnation seems
to have moved the Revision Committee, for
the chapter of effectual calling is totally
changed. Of the important clause affirming
that the dying infants of elect parents and
all other elect persons who are incapable of
being outwardly called by the ministry of
the word are regenerated and saved by
Christ through the Spirit, who worketh
when, and where and how he pleascth, Dr.
Morris says:
"Respecting the incomparably larger
class referred to in this statement the
dving infants constitute nearly orquite half
of the human race the change proposed is
a very significant one. The revision makes
abroad affirmation in the most explicit
form, by omitting the limited term, elect,
and inserting the comprehending term, all.
For the first time it introduces the explan
atory declaration that all such infants are
redeemed by Christ and are regenerated by
the Holy Spirit, and therefore, of course,
are among the elect.
IN BEHALF OF INFANTS.
"To a statement so full and elaborate as
this, it hardly seems necessary to make any
addition by introducing the dehateable
term elect! The statement is better as it
stands. It is certainly to be hoped that the I
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declaration and give it enduring place in
our noble creed. The proposition to omit
all reference to infants certainlv will not
carry, because the great heart of the church
is too much concerned with this vast prob
lem to consent that it should be thus set
aside as insoluble. Diversities of opinion
exist as to the degree of Biblical warrant
for so broad a doctrine; but all agree iliat it
is vast moment to shut out, if possible, by
theinost distinct enunciation of our current
belief, the slanderous and mischievous crit
cism to which the church has "for a centurv
been exposed at this point.
"In respect to the heathen, we could not
heie or elsewhere admit that any among
them are saved except through Christ, "We
could only hope that there may. through
grace, exist in some pagan minds such a
measure of compliance with the human con
ditions of repentance on account of sin, hum
ble faith in the mercy of God and sincere
submission to the Divine will so far as
known as will through the grace and media
tion of Christ avail for their salvation."
The Confession affirms that the good works
of nnregencrate meii are sinful, hut that the
neglect of good works by unregenerate men I
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tee labored thoughtfully. Dr. Morris says:
"This general doctrine "remains unchanged,
but certain infelicities in the statement of it
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have been corrected by verbal alteration and
transposition."
AS TO THE POPE.
The invidious references to "Papacy"
which mark certain chapters of the Con
fession, and which were partially elimi
nated by the revision committee, are all ex
plained by Dr. Morris. Referring to the
propriety of applying the apostolic ex
pressions, ."man of sin" and "son of perdi
tion," and 'the Scriptural term, "Anti
Christ," to the Pone of Rome, with its
natural consequence in the conclusion that
the Papal Communion is not a church of
Christ, but a synagogue of Satan, he says:
"But while the use of such terms is pro
tested against as being incongruous with
the general language and temper of our
Confession, there have appeared to the com
mittee no indications that the historic op
position of Protestantism, and especially of
American Presbyterianism, to the perni
cious assumptions of the Papal Hierarchy,
has in any wise diminished. These pre
sumptions have embodied themselves con
spicuously in the latest Vatican decree; and
the language of that decree, declaring that
the Pope of Rome is the Vicar of Christ, at
the head and infallible teacher of the
church universal, has therefore been incor
porated into the amended section with a
solemn protest against it as an assumption
without warrant in Scripture or in fact."
Dr. Morris closes this remarkable
pamphlet with a personal explanation, in
which he states that the committee en
deavors to follow the central line of revision
and to avoid incorporating the dogmas of
some scnooi or section or grauiying xne
wishes of the extremists, even to the cast
ing out of essential elements. Either course
would have been a mistake, disastrous, if
not fatal, to revision itself. It would almost
.inevitably have divided the Church into
parties and factions. And the end of such
a policy might have been denominational
dissolution.
CRITICISM FDLLT MET.
Referring to the criticisms excited by the
report, Dr. Morris finds two extreme po
sitions, against which the revision move
ment should be protected, The first is that
which decries against all revision and
clamors for a new and shorter creed. This
is the position attributed to Dr.. Briggs. It
is described by Dr. Morris in this lan
guage: "It is easy to profess a special knowledge
of our symbols and a high degree of loyalty
to them at one moment, and in the next to
explain away their plainest teachings, and
to propose some speculative substitutes in
tneir places, easy, in a word, to claim tne
name of Calvinist, and at the same time
disparage or reject what the name specially
represents to the minds of common men."
The second dangerous element referred to
is Princeton, which Dr. Morris describes as
an extreme conservatism, which must not
be permitted to stand in the way of an
honest, faithful, adequate revision of tho
church symbols." In a foot note in this
Sart of the pamphlet Dr. Morris attacks Dr.
i. B. Warfield, Professor of Systematic
Theology at Princeton, who has already
opened the campaign against the adoption
ot tho report in an article in the Presbyterian
Pevicic. Dr. Morris says:
DR. MORRIS ANSWER.
"The writer cannot refrain from express
ing here his earnest dissent from bouithe
substance and the spirit of the criticisms
made upon the report in the July number of
our Mevicir. The praise there bestowed is
certainly faint enough, though praise from
that quarter was hardly to be expected.
But the severe reflection upon it, as sadly
marring at one point the document with
which it deals, and confusing and obsouring
the sense at another; the imputation that
the most central doctrine in Calvanism has
been reduced in expression to the lowest
terms and then hidden an ay in a corner; the
assertion that some of the amendments pro- J
posea are not only useless Dut mislead
ing, and are destructive in their
tendency, the suggestion that the
principle .of amendment followed in
it, if carried ont, would expunge Calvinism
altogether from our creed, and the zealous
summons of tho Presbyteries to a grave
and pressing task of faithful criticism and
of resolute restoration of things which the
committee have omitted all these seem to
flow in a wrong direction and to be as in
jurious as they are unjust. Surely such
counsels, such admonitions, will not pre
vail in such a church as ours."
Dr. Morris is hopeful for the final adop
tion of the reports in thejform presented to
the General Assembly, notwithstanding
this opposition of Princeton. He antici
pates some changes and offers a suggestion
of his own in recognition of miracles, of
which the Confession says nothing. Here is
Dr. Morris' amendment:
"Miracles are no ordinary providences
through the action of secondary causes, but
are the immediate acts of God, within the
sphere of Providence, wrought in attesta
tion of His Truth."
ME THEORY OF BRIGGS.
As to Dr. Briggs' theory of a middle state
Dr. Morris has this to say: "The writer
ventures to refer, in the way of query only,
to the two eschatological chapters with
which the Confession closes, the chapters
v. men treat 01 tne state 01 man alter death,
of the resurrection of the dead andjof the
Last Judgment. It is a remarkable illus
tration of the wisdom and foresight of the
divines of "Westminister that at so many
points in the symbols they seem to have an
ticipated the developments of modern un
belief, and so fully to have furnished the
Christian reply to the skeptical notions and
theories of later ages. Narrow though they
appear to us to have been at certain points
in their theology, at others their profund
ity, their breadth, their sagacity and pre
science seem to the careful student of their
system, weighing well their weighty words,
truly wonderful.
"no set of men ever saw farther into the
future of Christian thought, age on age.
They have said the last word lor us, as well
as for themselves, if thf proper and full
significance be given to their language, of
what they affirm in these two eschatological
chapters, especially as explained and illus
trated in the two Catechisms. Still, inviewof
certain tendencies toward the minimizing
if not the perversion, of what they have
written, it is becoming a serious question
whether some interpretive clauses might
not with advantage be added to their terse,
declarations on these vital topics."
TABDY HONESTY OF A BANDIT.
He Returns SCO Which Ho Stole From a
Railroad Man IS Long Tears Ago.
Kansas City, Aug. 23. Traveling Pas
senger Agent Baxter, of the Chicago, Bur
lington and Quincy Railroad, yesterday re
ceived in his mail H'A) stolen from him at
the time a Burlington train w as held up
aud robbed by frontier bandits 15 years ago.
Yesterday a poorly dressed man walked
into the Burlington office at St. Joseph and
made inquiry for Mr. Baxter. Being told
that Baxter's headquarters were in Kansas
City, the man explained that he was one of
thebandits who robbed the train 15 years
ago, and hauded in the check for fCO in an
envelop, asking the clerk to forward it to
Baxter. He then disappeared and has not
been seen since. His identity is a mystery.
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THUD PARTI ENIGMA.
That Is the Element of Uncertainty
in the Ohio Campaign.
EXTERIOR INFLUENCES AT WORK.
British Gold and New Tort Importers'
Boodle Against McKinley.
BOUND TO DOWN THE TARIFF CHAMPION
tEPECIAt. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Crestline, O., Aug. 23. The 'element
of uncertainty in the Ohio fight, as most
people know by this time, is what strength
the People's party will poll and from
whence will come their votes. Ohio is
naturally a Republican State, and if the
new complication had not been introduced,
figuring the outcome would be as easy and
as sure as the multiplication table. The Re
publicans of Ohio are very confident of suc
cess and all the leaders share this belief, but
Major McKinley is unwilling to take any
thing for granted. If the vote ot the third
party were known and its sources located,
then some safe prediction could be made.
At present neither of the great parties
will chance the result, and the campaign
will be waged with a fierceness and earnest
ness never before known in Buckeye poli
tics. Major McKinley is afraid his people
are too sanguine and banking too much on
former victories. Between now and Novem
ber abundance of work must be done and
the State thoroughly canvassed. Just to
what extent British gold and the contribu
tions of the New York importers will be
distributed in the State is what the Repub
lican managers would like to discover, and
on this point the Democrats are as silent as
the grave.
THE INFLUENCES AT WORK.
You feel it in the air that exterior influ
ences are at work in Ohio, trying to down
the tariff champion. Not that they care a
picayune about the Buckeye Governorship,
but for the effect it would have on tho coun
try and the outoome in 1892. The solicitous
recrard of foreicn manufacturers at present
for this thriving State is foundedjon the hope
that ultimately they may capture the Yan
kee markets. England wants a dumping
ground for its surplus products, which her
people are willing to sell at cost here rather
than have them produce a glut at home.
Overproduction always knocks the bottom
ont of prices, and the English know it.
Their business combination, which enables
them to keep up rates, would soon go to
pieces if a glut occurred.
Funds will be needed to counteract this
influence. It cannot be taken for granted
that the Republicans of the country are
alive to the situation. They must be if
thev would win in November. To-morrow
Major McKinley will address a Republican
meeting at Mt. Gilead. A great crowd is
expected unless the cold and rain should in
terfere. M'KINLEY IS CONFIDENT.
As the Major rode from Canton to Crest
line this evening he was feeling elated
over the party's prospects. "We are
united," he said, "and the best of spirit
prevails among our people. I think I will
be elected without a great deal of trouble.
The Niles meeting far exceeded my expecta
tions, and we need to keep up the en
thusiasm." The Major took occasion to deny the re
port that a conference about contributions
had been held in Cleveland Saturday even-
ingj ana inai me a oresi jiiy manuiaciurers
insisted on Sherman's re-election before
they would put up a cent. No such meet
ing was held. Major McKinley spent the
night in Cleveland, and Chairman Hahn
was not in the town at all. The Major
thinks the story originated in the camp of
the enemy to stir up feeling on the Sena
torial question;' ThSmeeting was a mytli,
and won't go.
At Canton to-day I learned that Mc
Kinley is personally very popular with his
neighbors. Stark county has a normal
Democratic majority of COO, but in the Con
gressional fight last fall McKinley carried
the bailiwick with from 700 to 800 votes to
spare. The Republicans predict that ho
will have a larger majority next November
than he ever had.
IN PP.OTECTION'S TAVOR.
Frank Bryan, the Democratic ex-President
of the County Farmers' Alliancc,threw
a bombshell into the camp of the People's
party, when herecently declared in favor of
protection. His example is having wonder
ful influence on the farmers in Stark. The
Granger organization has considerable
strength in the northern section, in the
neighborhood of Marlborough. Canton is a
Democratic town, but the addition of the
Deuber watch people has almost made the
scales even. The working people are satis
lied with the tariff and believein protection.
Mr. Deuber states that the tariff has made
it possible for the American watchmakers
to compete with the Swiss. In this indus
try, as in many others, the duty has had the
effect of reducing the price of the finished
product. "Watches .are sold at lower rates
to-day than ever before. The public can
testify to this fact. The Swiss can make
cheaper watches than the Yanks, but they
rayvery low wages. In Switzerland the
work is" sent around by the piece to the
homes ot the mechanics, and their wives
mid children assist them. No such practice
exists in the "United States.
C. E. Betschcr, Secretary of the Canal
Dover Republican Club, was seen on the
train this evening. He says the German
Democrats in tuscarawas county are having
their eyes opened on tho tariff question. A
new mill is Deing erected in Canal Dover,
and the employes are chiefly Republicans.
GOOD THING FOE FARMERS.
In rubbing against the workmen, tho
farmers have partially had the film removed
from their optic1!. Mr. Betscher thinks if
several good tariff speeches were made in
the county a short time before election,
the Democratic majority of 600 or more
could almost be wiped out.
Among the prominent speakers from
abroad who have promised to spend some
time in Ohio this fall are Senators Aldrich,
.aiiison, nawiev uiu possioiy ex-senator I
spponcr, oi niicnigan, ex-opeaxer need is
also expected. Other orators will be ex
Congressman "W. R. Mason, of Chicago; ex
Governor Gear, Congressmen Boliver and
Henderson, of Iowa; General Sheridan,
Congressman Dalzell, General Alger, Gov
ernor Dingley, of Maine; Congressman J.
C Burroughs ox-Congressman H. Clay Ed
wards of Chattanooga, and the chances are
that toward the close of the campaign, if his
health will permit,, James G. Blaine will
give the Buckeye Republicans a whirl that
will stir their blood and carry them on to
victory.
Dr. H. F. Hixson, of Canton, was Secre
tary of the People's part' convention at
Springfield. He is one of their recognized
leaders aud speakers. The Doctor is an
earnest man and makes a fairly good inj
pression. In talking about the prospects of
his party to-day he said: "We are in the
middle of the road, neither attacking the
Democrats nor Republicans. "What we
hope to accomplish is to hold the balance of
power in Ohio. The financial question is
the main issue, and we want free and un
limited coinage of silver. It is not whether
our money is gold, silver or paper, but how
much labor will it take to get a dollar.
There is no use denying the fact that the
farmers are depressed. Their land has de
preciated in value from 20 to 25 per cent.
What does this mean?
riNANCIAL CHANGE WANTED.
"We w ant the financial system changed,
to give the people a chance and not the
money sharks. It is impossible for a man
to honestly amass millions in a short life
time. The money does not represent his
earnings, but the wages that have been
wrongfully withheld from the working
classes, for labor is the foundation of
wealth. I am not afraid of the tariff".
Under our Constitution it can't be abol-
ished. The only difference "between the
Democrats and Republicans on this subject
is the shifting of schedules. The McKin
ley bill has put more articles on the free
list than the Mills bill. Mills took
better care of some industries than, he did
of others, and so did McKinley.
"Our party is poor, but I think if we had
525,000 to pay for speakers that we could
sweep the State. As it is, we will surprise
xne oiu parties With the vote we win poii.
"We are doing the best we can with the
means we have. Every convert must be
won over by facts and reason. We are
growing constantly acd we are pleased with
our work so far. I think our votes will
come equally from both parties all oyer the
State. In Democratic districts we will hurt
them the most, and vice versa in Republican
territory. As for our meetings, I must say
that they are well attended. At the picnic
at Zoar yesterday I addressed 3,000 people.
The crowds depend on the place and the
occasion, but we have no reason to grumble
about the attendance. Senator Pfeffer, Jer
ry Simpson, Jesse Harper, of Illinois, and
other Alliance leaders will be in Ohio for us
this falL Money is what we need.and if we
hnd more of it we Would make abetter show
ing." CONFERENCE 'WTTH M'KINLEY.
Major McKinley telegraphed Chairman
Hahn to meet him'at Mansfield this even
ing. when the tram arrived there the
Chairman was at the depot and came on to
Crestline. Tho Major and he held a short
consultation about affairs in the State. Mr.
Hahn will leave for New York about mid
night. He is in a very hopeful and cheerful
mood. ""We have all the heresies in the
country to figTit," he said, "in this cam
paign free silver, a depreciated and in
flated currency, free trade and all the other
new fangled ideas that threaten the coun
try. We are forced to wage warfare not
only against Ohio Democrats, but the boodle
of the British and New-York importers. I
feel sure they are sending money on to the
State to down the tariff
""We realize we have a big Jght on our
hands, but we will win in November. Mc
Kinley will be the next Governor of Ohio.
We have now 5G counties organized in the
State and there are 88 in alL In a few
weeks the balance will be put in shape and
on a good working basis. Wo propose to
take care of the State in detail. Last fall
the Democrats sent out circulars a short
time before the election, which frightened
the peopleabout the tariff. Since then we
have had time to counteract that influence."
UNPROTECTED FE0M FIRE.
Several Buildings at Phlllipsburc; Destroyed
Origin In Doubt.
About 8:30 o'clock Saturday night a fire
broke out in the general store of P. Xe
Goullon at Phillipsburg, on the Pittsburg
and Lake Erie Railroad. Owing to the ab
sence of means to fight the fire the building
and contents, together with an adjoining
house, stable and several small sheds, were
entirely destroyed. The store and house
were valued at 3,800, on which there was
an insurance of 52,500 in the German In
surance Company of this city. The
stock was valued at 54,000, insured
for 3,250, 1,750 of which was placed
with the ondon'Assurance Company and
1,500 with the Lockhart and Flanegin
agency. The second story of the store build
ing was occupied by a German singing
society. Its loss will reach 1,000, includ
ing a handsome piano on which there was
no insurance. The stable belonged to J. P.
Leffcrts, and his loss will be about 200.
Mr. Lo Goullon was seen yesterday by a.
Dispatch representative, in reeard to the
fire. He stated that he thought it was of
incendiary origin. The fire started in the
feedroom, where there was not the slightest
possible chance of anything catching ex
cent by its beim? set on fire, and in fiirtlipr
substantiate his 'opinion he stated
that last Wednesday, while his brother, who
is manager of the store, was at the postoffice,
the store was set on fire from the outside,
near where it caught Saturday, but it was
discovered in time and put out with but
slight loss. Mr. Le Goullon expressed his
opinion rather freely as to the origin.- He
taid. that either a rival in business or somo
"p'erson'whb had probably been refused credit
tried to get even with him.
MORE CANADIAN CORRUPTION.
A Sew Scandal Unearthed In tho Letting of
Public Contracts.
TORONTO, Aug. 23. What promises to
be a scandal oflarge proportions has been
unearthed in connection with the harbor
works which have been in progress here for
over two years. They should have been
completed this fall, but only an insignifi
cant part oi tne worn lias oeen done, and it
is estimated that should the work proceed
no faster in future it will occupy 16
years. It is charged that the best
and cheapest design for the harbor
protection works was cast aside by the
Publio Works Department because it did
not contain possibilities enough for Gov
ernment contractors, and that when the de
sign had been determined upon and tendera
had been advertised for, the contract was
given to a firm whose tender was 43,500
more than the lowest bidder.
It is also charged that the engineer in
charge of the works proved himself incom
petent, and as the result the work has been
done in a most expensive manner and often
twice over; that the stone placed during re
cent years in the breakwater slope has cost
8 50 and 10 a cubic yard, when at the out
side it shouldn't have cost more than 3.
ANOTHER OKLAHOMA BOOM.
A Motley Army of Homeless People Await
ing tho President's Word.
Gutiirie, O. T., Aug. 23. Recent in
formation concerning the opening of the
Indian lands has caused an influx of people
here that is surprising. The boomers are
arriving with wagons of every description,
headed for the Iowa and Sao and Fox
reservations. When the President's proc
lamation is issued throwing lands open for
settlement there will be a scramble almost
equal to that which took place on the open
ing of Oklahoma.
Every conceivable specimen of humanity
has put in an appearance. The gambler
and the missionary elbow each other, all
anxious to be among the first to invade the
Strip. Some have gone so far as to build
flat boats, with which to cross the strip.
Others have honses on wheels, stocked with
provisions, ready to move at a moment's
notice. On a line which extends from the
Cimarron to the South Canadian, a distance
of 60 miles or more, are encamped 1,000
homeless people anxiously awaiting the
President's proclamation. When, the order
to move is given there will undoubtedly be
trouble.
LOUISVILLE WHISKY FRAUDS.
Two Hundred Barrels of liquor Aro Seized
for False Entry There.
Louisville, Ky., Aug. 23. Six suits
have been brought by the Federal Govern
ment for the condemnation of 200 barrels of
whisky for" fraudulent entry. Bartley.
Johnson & Co., V. G. Coldewey,the Louis
ville Public Warehouse, David Bartley
and Darwin Johnson are made defendants.
It is recited that the whisky was originally
invoiced in this county and shipped to Ber
muda, and thence reimported Into the
United States by jS". H. Hotheimer. The
original invoice was used. It is charged
that this invoice, on which Joel B. Erhardt,
Collector of Customs at New York, allowed
the whisky to enter the United States, was
fraudulent, inasmuch as the whisky had
been tampered .with either at Bermuda or
while being transported between 'Bermuda .
ana tne United states. ry un means ine
whisky passed through the Custom House
by being taxed much less than it should
have been.
The Bering hen Commissioners Hume.
Tacoma, Wash., Aug. 23. The United
States Bering Sea Commissioners arrived
here last night on the United States steamer
Albatross.
1893,
STOCKS BORNE DOWI.
Bad
Effect of a Big Decrease
Specie and Legal Tender.
in
HIGH HOPES FOUNDED ON CROPS.
The Benefits looked Forward to Expected
Bather Too Earlj.
NO DANGER FROM THE SPECULATORS
rSPECIAL TELEGRAlt TO TOE DISPATCH.
New Yobe, Aug. 23. Matthew Marshal
reviews the speculative and financial situ
ation for to-morrow's Sun as follows:
When the bank statement came out on
Saturday, showing a decrease of about 4,
000,000 in specie and legal tenders, it had a
markedly injurious influence upon the
prices of stocks. What little tendency
there had been to a rise disappeared, and in
its place ensued a decided depression.
Everybody knows, or ought to know, that
the crops, upon which such magnificent
hopes have been built for months past, can-
"not be brought to market without the agency
of ready money, and that this center will
have to supply a good part of it this year,
as it has supplied it in years gone by, and
yet the first indication that the machinery
for its distribution has begun to move was
interpreted as a token ot impending dis
aster. An omelette cannot be made without
breaking eggs, and if our crops are going to
hring to us a stream of gold from Europe
we must first start them on their errand.
,The explanation of the irrational phenom
enon of Saturday is, I take it, the habit of
stock speculators to keep their eyes fixed
upon the possible supply of loanable money,
and to sell, or at least to refrain from buy
ing, whenever that supply threatens to be
come less liberal than it has been.
WHAT THE LOSS MEANS.
A loss of 4,000,000 of reserve by the
banks means to them a cnrtailment of con
siderably more than 4,000,000 of floating
funds, and a corresponding curtailment of
their facilities for carrying stocks. Of
course, they "know their business, and, if
they do not, I am the least competent man
in the world to teach them. Only I cannot
help pointing out the anomaly of a fall in
stocks produced by the commencement of
the very process which has all along been
vaunted as sure to produce a rise.
I observe, too, expressions of an appre
hension that the European demand for our
gram, by stimulating speculation in it, may
put the price of it up so high as to prevent
its export, and thus defeat the beneficial re
sults which have been expected from our
abundant harvests. I entertain no lofty
esteem for speculators as a class, but I can
not think they will strive to do more than
fet the most they can for the grain they
uy.
HOW VALUES ABE MADE.
As Adam Smith has well observed, the
mercantile value of any commodity is fixed
by the higgling of the market. The seller
asks one price and the buyer 'offers anothei,
and they finally trade upon terms mutually
satisfactory, if they trade at all. Besides,
in the case of our grain, there is too much
of it, and too many people have it for sale
for it all to bought up and held back by a
few speculators.
On the other hand, there is a danger that
the benefits which the crops are to bring
may be expected by many people earlier
than thev can legitimately be looked for.
and that consequently some disappointment
maybe experienced because of delay in
their arrival. As yet only wheat has begun
to be reaped. Indian corn is not ripe, nor
e n quite out of danger, although every
day of this hot, dry weather is an immense
factor in its favor, and cotton-picking will
not commence till next month. When, too,
every one of these great staples has been
harvested, it has to be collected and shipped
to the seaports of the country, transported
across the ocean and paid for by the for
eign purchaser. The process is slow, and it
requires months for its completion, and its
results will be correspondingly slow in
making their appearance.
THE GOLD OF ETJUOFE.
It is not surprising, therefore, that as yet
it has not been demonstrated in what man
ner Europe will pay fpr the food which it
is now pretty well established she will have
to buy from us during the next 12 months.
That no gold has comeback to us does not
prove that none will come, and I observe
that financiers on the other side are assum
ing that they will have to send us gold, and
are maKing preparations lor it.
In itseb a return flow of gold will be of
no value to us. We can neither eat it nor
drink it, nor wear it, nor do we need it to
use as money. But its arrival, as being an
indication that we are to be flooded neither
with foreign manufactures nor with our
own stocks and bonds, will deservedly be
encouraging, and if it should take place, I
shall be the first to recognize its import
ance in restoring confidence.
By the way, a source of gold supply upon
which I had not counted with much assur
ance seems at present likely to be found in.
the disbursements ot the United States'
Treasury on September 1 for the maturing
4J Per cent, bonds.
THE rOLICT OP rOSTER.
The Secretary of the Treasury is reported
as having declared on Saturday that the
failure of his scheme to extend the bonds at
2 per cent, at the pleasure of the Govern
ment will not make him go on paying inter
est on them at 4 per cent He will pay off
the principal at all hazards, and, though he
does not say so expressly.it may be assumed
that he will follow the invariable precedent
in such cases and pay the amount in gold.
As I have several times pointed out, this
course will almost certainly involve tho use
of a portion of the 5100,000,000 gold hitherto
reserved for the redemption of the green
backs, and it may therefore alarm the pub
lic, but this evil will be more than counter
balanced by the good effects of the measure
as a demonstration of National financial
ability. Judging solely by the price of
stocks and bonds, it is evident that the pre
ponderant sentiment of Wall street is in
favor of expecting nothing but a rise as the
result of the season's harvests.
EARNINGS OP RAILROADS.
Although the earnings of the railroads in
the West and the South" show a3 yet no in
crease, but on the contrary, in some cases a
decrease, plenty of buyers are found for
their securities at an advance, and even
among men who are not buying, but who
are interested merely as creditors of compa
nies' which have until lately been in dis
tress, there is an indefinable sentiment of
cheerfulness and of confidence in the ability
of their debtors to pull through and pay
them what thev owe them. In finance, as
in religion, faith is a mighty agency, and
will remove mountains ot anxiety, if it can
do nothing more.
This improved tone of feeling is shown
conspicuously by the way in which the
scheme for sydieating the Union Pacific
floating debt has been arranged and is go
ing through. In its terms it is far less
favorable to creditors than that whicn was
devised for the relief of the Barings in
London last November. That scheme in
volved the guarantee by the syndicate of
the Barings' debts, whereas the members of
the Union Pacific syndicate guarantee noth
ing beyond the safe keeping of the assets
placed in their hands for the benefit of the
company's creditors, and do not pledge
themselves to make any advances of cash.
NO GAIN TO CREDITORS.
The creditors who come into the pro
posed arrangement, therefore, gain nothing
bv it except the assurance that they shall
ail be treated alike, and that the securities
they hold as collateral shall be kept to
gether, and not be depreciated in value by
beim? forced upon the market aud slaueh-
tered piecemeal.
Considerable importance, too, is deserv
edly attuched to the improvement of the
market bonds, which has been really
greater, considering the elements which go
to make it up, than the accompanying im
provement in stocks. Purchases of bonds
are usually' made by investors rather than
by speculators, and: if in the present case
they really mean, as they seem to mean, a
return of confidence in the future on the
part of capitalists, they will be followed by
more purchases, and thus ultimately by a
breaking of the deadlock which, for the past
few months, has paralyzed the development
of new enterprises. The freedom, too; with
which some of the industrial securities re
cently launched have been taken up is an
other good sign. It shows that there is
plenty of capital to'be had whenever it can
be employed to the satisfaction of its own
ers. A BRIGHTER FUTtTBE,
All that has been lacking is sufficient in
ducement to part with it, and that seems
now to be forthcoming on every side. The
immediate future looks;- therefore, much
brighter to me than it did a fortnight ago,
when I saw no prospect ot an upward move
ment in prices, until a process of liquida
tion by weak debtors had been begun and
carried out. How it appears as if they
would escape without the losses that
seemed to be inevitable, and that they may
even save some of the profits upon which
they counted when they went into the en
terprises which have given them so much
trouble.
Nevertheless, I adhere to the opinion that
this country, for the next 12 months, will
have to depend upon its own resources, and
will get no help from abroad worth speak
ing of. We may even have to take back
some millions of our securities, which are
held by foreign houses in need of cash, and
to that extent the net benefits to us of our
abundant harvests may be diminished.
THE CLEARING HOUSE REPORT.
No Chance In tho Position of Pittsburg
Among Commercial Cities.
BOSTON, Aug. 23. The following table,
compiled from dispatches to the Post from
the Clearing Houses of the cities named,
shows the gross exchanges for last week
with rates per cent of increase or decrease
as against the amounts of corresponding
week in 1890:
Inc. Dec.
NewTork JWI,583,458 .... 15.8
Boston 81,317,6 .... 18.3
Philadelphia...... 83,919,2-0 .... H.0
Chicago
M. Louis 2I.963.1( 3.6
San Francisco 17,440,617 1X0
Haltlmore 15.804,833 17.9
Pittsburg- 12,237,4:3 .... 1S.5
Cincinnati 10,861.050 .... 7.8
Kansas City 7.873.251 .... 18.2
Louisville 5,458,140 11.5
liufialo 7.476,612 5.3
MlnneapoUs 6,867,726 33.7
Milwaukee 6,0b2,000 .... Li.2
Providence 4.713.300 13.11 ....
Detroit 6,753,993 8.2
Cleveland 5.128.753 .... 6.0
Xew Orleans 4.888.560 .... 22.9
Omaha 3.392.091 .... SS.2
Denver 3.835,931 .... 26.4
M. Paul 4,152.878 8.2
Indianapolis 3,628,476 106.3 ....
Galveston 3,480.642 236.0
Columbus 2,454.200 .... 7.6
Memphis..... 1,154.703 .... 53.4
Duluth 1,999.487 .... 10.3
Dallas L093.387 6.9
Hartford 1.325,992 .... 15.8
.Richmond 2,336,577 27.2 ....
Nashville 1.505,407 .... 42.0
Portland. Ore 1,780.584 17.1
Salt Lake City l,3D0.23i? 8.7
Washington 1,24, 463 .... 9.2
St. Joseph 1,527,102 .... 8.7
Peoria , .... 1,576,960 .... U.7
.Rochester 1,157,190 .... 7.2
bpringlleld 1,C97,8 .... 2.7
Worcester. 1,103.335 2.S ....
New Haven 1.19S.9S7 5.5
Portland. Me 1,443,957 39.8 ....
Taccma 1,030.281 17.9
Grand Kapids 1,123.850 50.7
Montreal. Can 10.048.057 3.1
Houston 3.291,416
Waco 604.694
Toronto. Can 5.143.248
Slxtycities 1,033,272,774 .... 10.6
Outside or Iew York 433,681,316 .... 2.3
Not inclnded in totals.
In comparison with the previous week
the total exchanges increased $98,013,408, or
C per cent, and outside of New York the
exchanges increased $24,866,456, or 6.1 per
cent.
AN ILL-roUNDED STOEY.
Agent O'Brien Finds Nothing to Prove That
Mrs. Sopp Abased llcr Boy.
Mrs. Sopp, of No. 88 Seventh avenue,
whose home was visited by Agent O'Brien,
of the Humane Society, recently, to inves
tigate a charge of cruelty to a child, denies
most emphatically that there was any
ground for this action. The complaint she
attributes to neighbors with whom the
family have not been on good terms. At
the time of Agent O'Brien's visit her six-year-old
son was alone in the house, while
Mrs. Sopp was absent attending to some
necessary purchases. The boy was left
there, not in one room, but with' the entire
six roomed house to play in, and the doors
were locked for safety. She denies that the
door was broken in, but says that the child
unlocked it when the visit was made.
She also denies that she apologized to any
one or promised to treat her child differ
ently, lor she had not treated him cruelly,
and consequently had no apology to make.
No suit was entered in the case. Mr. Sopp
denies that he interceded in any way to pre
vent a suit from being entered, as He knew
there was no occasion for intercession on his
part.
APPLES BAKED BY THE SUN.
A Yarn From. Chicago That Beats Pitts
burg's Stories of Heat.
It was hot Sunday. Pew people in Chi
cago will dispute the statement, but that it
was sufficiently hot to bake apples on the
tree a few may reasonably question, says
the Chicago Tribune. J. H. Hammill, who
resides on a farm at Ninety-fifth street and
Western avenue, said:
"We rcside-'just-west of the slope of Blue
Island ridge abd have all the discomfort of
the warm prairie winds without any of the
comforts of the lake breeze. The hired man,
with others, went to the orchard on Dr. Kel
logg's farm in the afternoon to seek shelter
from the heat. They noticed that many ap
ples facing the sun were baked, and, filling
their pockets, brought them to the house.
The apples were baked about one-third
through, and had precisely the same flavor
of those baked in an oven."
Mr. Hammill produced several of the ap
ples for the edification of the reporter. One-
third of the surface is baked, and when cut
the flavor is like that of an apple baked in
an oven. The apples were not much more
than half-matured, some portions of the in
terior being quite green.
SNAKES IN A BALE OP HAY.
They Were Rattlers and Their Imprison
ment Didn't Hurt Them.
Atlanta Constitution.
Early yesterday morning Will Barnes
was superintending the unloading of some
baled timothy hay shipped to his father,
Sheriff 'Barnes, from Illinois. He noticed
something peculiar in one of the bales, and,
becoming curious, called to a negro to cut
it open. The negro did so; the hay was
pulled back, and then Mr. Barnes decided
that his curiosity had carried him far
enough. The negro had disappeared.
There lav two large rattlesnakes. Freed
from the tight pressure, thev crawled out.
One continued cradling, while the other
coiled itsait ana sounded its rattle. It -was
killed in a few minutes by Mr. Barnes.
The other one escaped under the depot, and,
like the fish that slips.offa hook, was much
the larger. The snakes must have been in
the hole for weeks, but "their energy didn't
seem to be impaired.
Shortsighted
To leave stocks, bonds and valuables in
safes accessible to others when you can for
a small sum have your own. private box in
the safe-deposit vaults of the Farmers' De
posit National Bank, CG Fourth avenue.
Administrators, executors, guardians and
others will find it to their advantage to
look into this. jiwp
DIED.
DOWNEY On Sunday, August 23, 1891, at
11 r. sr Emma, youngest daughter of Alex
ander and Alice Downey, aged 2 yeirs 1
month and U days, at residence of parents,
Swlssvnle. ' sj
'Notice of funeral hereafter. .,
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YIMTAEDS MENACED.
The Eavages of Phyloxera in Prance
and in Other Countries.
UMTLNG THE SHALL VINEYARDS.
It Seems to be Necessary Despite the Agita
tion Against It
MOIsLT NEEDED TO MAKE CHAMPAGNE.
Paeis, Aug. 23. The agitation of young
Lamare, the educated lad of 19, who is
leading the turbulent wine growers in the
champagne districts, is the outcome of en
deavors upon the part of the large wine
companies to acquire and unite the small
vineyards with the object of localizing and
stamping out phylloxera. The'small vine
yard owners stoutly oppose this project,
which they suppose is, aimed to reduce the
yeomanry of the district to mere factory
hands.
There is no doubt that there are soma
grounds for their suspicions, but at the same
time there is no doubt that phylloxera has
made its appearance, and that it is likely to
spread rapidly.
CHAMPAGNE REQUIRES CAPITAL.
3L Lamare has secured enormous influ
ence to back him up in his agitation, but it
is almost impossible for the movement he is
at the head of to succeed, as champagne re
quires such a large amount of capital for its
successful production.
Apart from the invasion of phylloxera,
the French vintage justifies the gloomy
predictions made in regard to the present
crop of grapes. Up-to the present the only
vineyards which promise well are those of
the Bordeaux regions. In Lorraine and
L'Aude departments the vineyards have
been ravaged by mildew and black rot.
Throughojt the department of L'Herault
the negligence of the grape cultivators has
allowed mildew to seriously prejudice the
present harvest, and no second gathering is
probable. ,
A resident of the department of La
Gironde has written a letter for publica
tion in which he asserts that only when the
vineyard owners have shown themselves
careless and self-sufficient and have allowed
their vines to become surrounded with
weeds, thus constituting foci of infection,
has trouble arisen.
WINE IN OTHER COUNTRIES.
He adds that wherever the prescriptions
of science have been properly and oppor
tunely observed the vines are healthy and
promise an abundant crop. There aro
signs of mildew in the department of Les
Bouches du Khone, but in Algeria the vines
are well advanced. They are not scorched,
and have not been injured by locusts. In
Tunis a good vintage is anticipated, the har
vest there being estimated at 100,000 hecto
litres. Phylloxera has been variously pres
ent in the vineyards of Spain, Portugal and
Italy. Young Lemare has written a pamph
let and has started a weekly paper, La Rev
olution Champenoise, to advocate his views
and to incite the peasants to reap the profit
of their work instead of allowing the wine
merchants to do so.
BISHOP NEWMAN'S SEEM0N.
General Grant's Old Pastor Preaches to
Chantanqaanrt on Character.
rSl-ECIAI. TELEGKA3t TO THE DISPATCII.T,
Chautacq.ua, X. T., Aug. 23. This was the
gloomiest and most cheerless day in tho
Chantauqua calender this season. Heavy
clouds full of rain swept over the sky, and a
cold north wind made the heaviest wraps
not uncomfortable, liishop Newman's ser
mon was pregnant with thought, and con
tained, much that was Instructive as well as
encouraging. His subject was "Character,"
from the text In Hebrews, xil:14: "Without;
holiness no man shall see God.'"
Bishop Newman's presence here and the
fact that he was General Grant's pastor,
even to his dying honr, has disclosed soma
curious things. It turns out that the grand
father of Marie Decca, tho charming prima
donna, who has captivated Chautauqua by
her singing, was General Thomas L. Ilamer,
of Georgetown, O., who, when a member of
Congress from that State, took a great inter
est in young Grant, then a tanner's son. In
the village of Georgetown, and had him ap
pointed to West Point. Bishop Newman
said yesterday that he would rather he born
a tanner's son and die the honored ex-President
of the United States. than be born iwoyal
prince and dio a royal scoundrel.
LITTLE ITEMS OF LOCAL LNTEEEST.
Iw tne absence of Snperintandent of Police
Muth, of Allegheny, in the East, Detective
Steele is acting superintendent.
F. II. Eooers, the Allegheny druggist, wont
to Uniontown on Saturday, where his wifo
and child are spending the summer.
The local delegates -to tho Prohibition.
State Convention will leave for Harrlsburg
to-night. County Chairman Cole has se
cured a reduced rate and tickets can be pro
cured of him.
Yikoisia Kilpatkick and Emma Walken
faust were arrested yesterday by Officer
McNally at the East Liberty stockyards.
They were both In a dmnken condition, and
were locked up in tho Ninteentu Ward sta
tion. Ant irritating skin disease, resembling eo.
zema, has broken out among tho children
living in the neighborhood of Spring Garden
avenue and iasc street. Allegheny. The
physicians say It Is Infectious, but not con
tagious. The remains of John "VT. Wood, who was
accidentally killed at the Oak II ill mines of
New York and Cleveland Company, at Tur
tle Creek, were taken to the residence of his
brother, II. E. Woods, the painter, at 100
White Oak alley, Allegheny, at which place
tho funeral will bo held to-day, at 2 r. u.
The meeting of the Son3 or Temperance
In Moorhead Hall last night was addressed
by W. G. Powell, A.K.Rankin and Mrs. 8.
Colbert. The attendance was the largest of
the summer. At 25 Federal avenno, Alle
gheney, the Sons of Temperance listened to
a discussion of the moderate drinker and
the brewer. Messrs. A. Bryce, A. B. Ken
ongh, J. Morat and L. Data making ad
dresses. THE FIEE BEC0BS.
ATHillsboro, Tex., Saturday, a business
block burned, inflicting a loss of about $65,
O00: Insurance, $.13,000.
At Cabeyville, Ky., early yesterday morn
ing, fire destroyed property worth $20",000, In
cluding Harned Brothers' store, JI. 3L Dan
iels' store, Borheo's Hotel, Dewee's saloon
and several residences. The heaviest loss Is
Harned Brothers, $6,500, fully insured; other
losses more than half insured.
THE GE3I OF THE 3IONONGAHEX.A.
Free Trains Every Day to tho New Town
of Blaine,
Departing .from and arriving at the, pas-'
senger depot of the Pittsburg and Lake
Erie Railroad, end of the Smithfield street
bridge, as follows (city time): Depart, 7:15
A. 3L, arrive, 220 P. si. Uepart, 12:05 p.
3L, arrive; 5:05 r. ai. Also, Saturday even
ing train, leaving at 5 o'clock, visitors re
turning to the Union depot at 10:35 p. it.,
via the Pittsburg, Virginia and Charleston
liailroad. No Sunday free transportation.
Call at our office for tickets to the new
town, and get maps, price lists, etc., before
starting.. Charles Somers & Co.,
12!) Fourth avenue.
Bargains of all kinds are every day ad
vertised in the cent a-word columns of Tub
Dispatch. It pays to read them.
A Healthy Drink.
Pilsner beer not only relieves one's thirst
but improves the health as welL Tele
phone 1186.
The Iron Citt Brewing Co.
The best class of help respond to adver
tisements in the want columns of The DIS
PATCH. Only a cent a word now.
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