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CHARGES OF
!NTow Being Freely Made in the
Heated National Con-
yention Contest.
BOOMERS PROM THE SLOPE
Excite the Wrath of the New Yorkers
hv Their Liberal Offers.
TOE CnuiCB OP A NEW CHAIRMAN
"tVill Corns Up in the Committee Before the
Selection of a Site.
WATEES TO EEPEESE.NT FEXXSILTAXIA
rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THX DISPATCH. J
Washington, Nov. 22. An idea of the
warmth and importance of next year's Pres
idential contest can be had here to-night
2?eTer before has there been such a prelim
inary struggle for the location of a national
convention. It was a lively Sunday at the
Arlington Hotel. The champagnes and
liquors, brought by the delegations, flowed
v ithout stint, and those who could not allay
their thirst by such means, patronized the
hotel bar, which ran wide open, though it
is usually closed tight Sundays.
The incidents of the day's fighting have
been numerous end somewhat exciting.
New York's boom apparently reached its
height last night, and to-day for a time it
seemed to have utterly collapsed, treachery,
bribery, lukewarmnes9 and other crimes
have been openly charged upon various more
or less prominent Republicans of New York
City, and even members of the delegation
do not hesitate to-night to say that New
i ork s case has been badly managed.
New Yorkers Fighting Aniong Themselves.
Tom Piatt threw the first dose of cold
water on the boom by telegraphing that he
could not come and canceling hit order for
rooms. Then -when Charles E. Coon came
without Dr. Depew there was more growl
ing, -which increased when Mr. Coon was
unable to give any assurance that the great
orator would be here to-morrow. Colonel
Shepard was yesterday the most prominent
man among the New York visitors, but to
day he was not on deck and would take no
hand in the fight. He drew down the
wrath of some of the more outspoken of the
visitors upon his handsome gray head this
morning by refusing to send a telegram to
Dr. Depew, saying that it was the Lord's
dar.
The big incident of the day, however, was
the row between some of the New York
delegates and Acting Chairman Clarkson.
The story as it is being told to the big
crowd in the hotel corridors to-night is as
follows:
The Latest Offer of the Slope.
Late last evening an offer was made by I
a C.w "XT'.-.,. ....., mAn n rniaiNnf hA f
payment of the necessary $40,000 to clear
the National Committee of its indebtedness.
The offer was made openly by Mr. DeYoung
yesterday afternoon in conversation with
a number of National Committeemen wh5
happened to be together in Mr. Clarkson's
rooms. But Mr. Clarkson himself was not
present The offer was made on condition
that San Francisco should get the conven
tion. Mr. DeYoung says it was not made in the
nature of a bribe. But the news got out
tnmehow a little later in the evening. As
soon as it reached the ears of Governor
Lcnnsbnry, Colonel Shepard, Senator His
cock and other New Yorkers, they lost no
time in calling on Mr. Clarkson, to whom
they were told the ofier had been made.
They took that gentleman severely to task.
He declined to offer any explanation, and
charged them with insulting him.
"I would rather pay the last dollar out of
my own pocket to settle the committee's
debt than to have the least shadow of sus
picion cast upon the integrity of our choice
of the convention's location," said Mr.
Clarkson, passionately, "and I say now to
you that we will not for a moment consider
the acceptance of such an offer from any of
the cities."
He then showed the New Yorkers the
dcor.
1Vatre. Will Represent Pennlvanla.
Pennsylvania will be represented br
Chairman "Watres himself, and he arrived
tins afternoon for that purpose. This ex
plains why he did not reply to telegrams
yesterday, though this morning he tele
graphed the correspondent of The Dis
patch, in answer to an inquiry, that he
would shortly reach the capital and would
go into the committee himself. He does this
to avoid complications in the election of a
Fnccessor to Senator Quay on the State
Committee
Lieutenant Governor Watres' own ex
planation is that he did not desire to call
the State Committee together at this time
merely for the purpose of electing a mem
ber of the National Committee, but, accord
ing to Mr. Clarkson's statement, this was
not necessary.
The truth is, there has been for some time
a very earnest though quiet discussion as to
the successor of Senator Quay. Ex-Chair-nian
Andrews, of the State Committee, is
anxious to be the man, but there are strenu
ous objections to him, and no less among
the supporters of Senator Quay than else
where. It was therefore thought by Mr.
Watres friends that it would be best to act
himself lor this occasion on the National
Committee and leave the election of a mem
ber to be Eettled after further discussion,
and not to possibly excite misunderstanding
by the designation of a temporary member
of the committee.
The West Is Gaining Ground.
As to the general situation this evening
no light can be thrown on it except to say
that the convention is almost certain to go
West Some very shrewd guessers who are
pretty close to Chairman Clarkson predict
that finally Chicago will again be selected
as the most convenient and best equipped
of the Western cities.
It is asserted by those who are accus
tomed to close calculations in such matters
that none of the contesting cities will have
more than 12 votes on the first ballot San
Francisco, however, claims, and with good
reason, 14; Minneapolis, with less reason,
claims 22; Omaha claims 15. These three
aggregate 51, which is two more than the
whole number of votes. This shows the
absurdity of claims.
Pittsburg will have at least two votes on
the first ballot, those of "Watres, and Mr.
Scott, of West Virginia. Many Pennsyl--tanians
waited all evening at the Arlington
BRIBERY
expecting to meet the Pittsburg delegation
on its arrival, and were much disappointed
when informed by Tire Dispatch corre
spondent that the Pittsburgers would not
reach "Washington till to-morrow morning.
The Programme for the Hearing.
The committee will be called to order at
11 o'clock, by acting Chairman Clarkson,
after which an organization will be per
fected. The Hon. Samuel Pessenden,
the member of the National Committee
from Connecticut said to-night that after
the organization of the committee, the next
business in order will be action upon the
resignation of Chairman Quay and the
choice of some one to succeed him. Next
will follow the approval of the act of the
Executive Committee in accepting the re
signation of Hon. W. "W. Dudley, the
Treasurer of the committee, and appoint
ment of Mr. Barbour, of New York, in his
stead. The business above referred to, in
cluding the organization of the committee,
will probably consume about two hours.
The committee will then hear arguments
from the delegations from the various cities
who desire to entertain the .Republican
Convention of 1892.
Mr. Pessenden said to-night that the time
to be allowed each delegation had not vet
.been determined upon, but would probably
be the same as that allowed four years ago,
namely, one hour. After the delegations
have all been heard the committee will pro
ceed to ballot, and the balloting will con
tinue until a city has been selected.
Slav Take More Than a Day.
After a selection has been made, the com
mittee will fix the time for holding the
convention. The committee will then con
sider the form of the call for the convention.
All the other business of a routine char
acter, such as reports of sub-committees,
etc., will then receive the attention of the
committee. 3Ir. Pessenden said to-night he
thought the committee would be in session
two days.
At 10 o'clock to-morrow morning a sub
committee of the National Committee, con
sisting of Messrs. Pessenden, Haves, of
Minnesota, and Concer, of Ohio, -will hear
the representatives from the District of
Columbia as to the manner in which dele
gates to the National Eepublican Conven
tion shall be chosen from the District of
Columbia.
The delegations have, in the main, asrreed
upon the person or personB to present their
claims to the National Committee, although
the listed in some cases are still subject to
change. TheOmaha delegation have chosen
Judge C P. Scott to present their claims.
Relying Upon Foraker's Efforts.
The Cincinnati delegation will rely upon
the efforts ot ex-Governor Forakerin pre
senting their claims for the prize. The ex
Governor arrived in the city during the day.
He is staying at the Arlington, where he
had many callers during the afternoon and
evening. Major McKinley is expected to
reach here to-morrow, and this moral sup
port in behalf of Cincinnati, the Cincinnati
delegates say, is expected to materially
assist their city.
It is now said that Senator Hiscock will
make the principal speech in behalf of
.New ork City. Hon. J. S.Fassettand
Senator Hawley, of Connecticut, will also
speak'in behalf of that city. It is said that
no speeches will be made in behalf of Chi
cago, as that city, though willing, is not
making any active efforts to secure it
"There is no Senatorial fight in Ohio
now," aid ex-Governor Poraker to Tins
Dispatch correspondent this evening.
"We have but one fignt on our hands in the
State and that is to secure the National
Convention for Cincinnati. The Senatorial
fisht is therefore off." said the ex-Gorernnr
with his eyes twinkling and then after a
TTinmPTlt'lB llPUlf Btinn ThO f)r?l?7 "fsir a rl.
To further juestioning he said: "I am
very well satisfied with the Senatorial
situation."
A JUGGLE FOR JOBS.
BULLS AND CRISP NECK AND NECK
TOR THE SPEAKERSHIP.
Denials or a Deal With Tammany by the
Georgia Man's Friends Mills' Tariff
Views Too Load for New Tork Kerr's
Show for the Clerkship.
"Washington, Nov. 22. Special "1 It
is a pretty general impression to-day that
the result of the visit of Messrs. Mills and
Crisp to New York is favorable to the lat
ter, by a large majority, in his race for the
Speakership. At any rate, the Mills men
are depressed and the Crisp contingent are
correspondingly elated. It is asserted by
some that Mills was flatly told that his
tariff reform convictions were too radical
for New York, and that a conservative, or
low tariff man, as Crisp is said to be at
heart, will be more acceptable.
On the other hand, the Mills people as
sert that any apparent advantage gained bv
Crisp in New York is the result of a deal
with Tammany, which will do Mills more
good in the State at large than it will Crisp,
and that the deal will in other ways injure
Crisp with respectable Democrats all over
the country.
Mr. Crisp's friends indignantly deny that
there has been anything like a "deal" in his
interest in New York. They say that Tam
many, as an organization, is for him; the
Tammany Congressmen are for him; but so
are most of the Democratic Congressmen
from the State outside of New York City.
The influence that has brought these men to
unsp is stronger tnan Tammany. This in
fluence, Crisp's supporters say, is the con
viction that Crisp is the best man for the
Speakership.
It should not be understood from this that
Mills supporters are discouraged. They
still stick to it that their man will show up
at the caucus with enough votes to elect
him.
All the other candidates, McMillin,
Springer and Bynum, are still in the race,
and there seems no reason to doubt that the
two former, "at least, will stay to the end.
There is not much talk of the minor
officers of the House. Mr. Gibson's retire
ment would seem to make almost certain
that Mr. Kerr, of Pennsylvania, will get
the Clerkship. He has his own State dele
gation solid for him and it is believed he
w ill also get the votes of the Maryland,
est Virginia and Ohio Democrats. In
New York he has many friends, and he is
on all hands admitted to be a first-rate man
for the place. The report that Mr. Dalton,
of Indiana, is a candidate for the Clerkship
is. denied by that gentleman's friends here.
Mr. Yoder, of Ohio, has no opposition for
Sergeant at Arms, and Mr. Turner, of New
York, appears fairly certain of getting the
Doorkeepership.
Secretary Foster Has the Grip.
Washington, Nov. 22. Secretary Pos
ter 'is to-day confined to his bed by an at
tack of la grippe, resulting directly from a
bad cold which he contracted while in New
York. Dr. Cecil, his attendant physician,
says the attack is also attributabje, in part,
to a need of rest from long continued mental
strain, but there is no reason to doubt that
the Secretary will soon be restored to his
usual robust health.
Ex-Senator Cheney for the Cabinet
Washington, Nov. 22. Special Ex
Governor and ex-Senator Cheney, of New
Hampshire, arrived here ""tonight, and his
presence gives rise to the report, which is
quite generally believed to be true, that he
is to be appointed Secretary of War within
a few days.
France Regulating the Morphine Traffic
Paris. Hov. 22. The Ministry of Justice
has ordered a report on the spread of the
morphine habit, preparatory to the intro-
auction in the UhamDers
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of a bill to reg-
ulate the sale of the dru;
FOUNTS OF AUTHORITY.
Dr. Charles Briggs' Second Lecture
in His New York Bible Course.
THREE GREAT DIVINE SOURCES
Which lie Is Sure No One Will Dare to
Censure Him for Quoting.
JDST HOW THE! ARE BOUND TOGETHER
rsr-ECIAT. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCIM
New York, Nov. 22. Prof Charles A.
Briggs delivered his second Sunday night
lecture at the Church of the Covenant to
night in the Bible course which Eev. Dr. J.
H. McElvaine, the church's pastor, has ar
ranged for this winter. "The Bible and the
Church as Fountains of Divine Authority"
was the subject of Dr. Briggs' lecture, dur
ing the course of which he said:
It ought to be commonplace that there
are, historically, three groat fountains of
divino authority the Bible, the church, and
the reason. When it is said that the reason
is tho seat of divine authority, the meaning
is that God enters the form of the reason in
order to speak through tho conscience and
the religious feeling with divine authority
to men. The word "source of authority"
does not affirm that the church is the origi
nal source of divine authority apart from
and independent of God. The common
meaning of the word, as in the
sources of a river, the sources of his
tory and the like, jnstifles one in
speaking of the church as a source
out of which, as of a fountain head or as out
of an original document, arises the
divine authority that we need. The source
of an authority does not institute the
authority, hut the authority establishes the
source as the form and mold which it nils
with divine contents. The term, "forma
tion of divine authority," ought not to be
open to objection, for no one can reasonably
confuse the fountain with the living water
that flows through it, or the power back of
the fountain that pushes the water rortn.
The Three Fountains of Authority.
When we say that there are historically
three great fountains of divine authority,
we simply state a fundamental fact on
which Christianity as a whole is agreed.
The Christian church is divided into three
great parties on the question of the relation
OI tnese sources, xne cnurcnmeii uuvu ci
alted the church above the Bible and the
reason; tho rationalists have exalted the
reason above the church and tho Bible: the
evangelical party have exalted the Bible
above the church and reason. But no party,
as far as I know, has made Bible, church,
and reason co-ordinate.
The Bible, the Church and the reason are
great fountains of divine authority, and yet
the Bible alone is the infallible rule of faith
and practice. The conscience alone speaks
the categorical imperative within the man.
The Church alone administers sacramental
grace. God is tho only divine authority.
The Bible, the Church and the reason have
divine authority only as" Instruments of the
sovereien will and gracious pleasure of God.
We shall consider for the evening the Bible
and the Church. The relative authority of
the Bible and the Church was one of the
great battle grounds of the reformation.
The Three Great Battle Gronnds.
The Boman Catholic party in tho Church
claimed that the Church had divine author
ity to determine the canon of Holy Script
ure, to give the official interpretation of
Holy Scripture, and to define all questions
of doctrinal practice not defined by Script
ure. The Protestant party in the Church de
nied the authority of the Church on these
points. It asserted the Independent divine
authority of the Holy Scriptures and the in
dependent rigUES OI IUW X-CUBUU,
the
the conscience, and
private
Judg-
rnent. The Roman
untnonc
party
deflned tbo canon, of .Holy Scripture,
claiming that the Church had divine author
ity so to do. The Protestant party denied
the authority of the Church in this particu
lar, and claimed that the Holy Scripture had
sovereign independent authority in itself.
Luther Kaid: "The Church cannot give any
more authority or power than it has of it
self. A council cannot make that to he of
Scripture which is not by nature of Scrip
ture. After quoting' from Calvin and the Con
fession liberally, Dr. Briggs continued:
This doctrine that the independent sov
ereign authority of the Holy Scripture is
sufficient of Itself to convince and give in
fallible certitude as regards its .own author
ity is one of the most precious doctrines of
the reformation. The divine authority or
the Bible rests upon the presence ana power
of-the Bible.
Inherent Power of the Scriptures.
The Scriptures of themselves will win the
confidence of men by the authority of the
divine truth that is in them. The only
way to slop the leaks of Protestantism is to
reaffirm the true and safe position of tho
reformation. The reformers refused to de
fine questions of biblical criticism, or in
any way to mingle questions of authorship
in th6 authority of the Holy Scriptures.
They assert that historical evidence is prob
able, but that the divine evidence in the
Scriptures themselves gives the bellevercer
tainty, the assurance that his faith is
founded on the Word of God.
The Roman Cathollo party in the Church
also claims that tne cnurcn has a divine
authority in the interpretation of the Holy
Scriptures. The Westminster confession
teaches that the Infallible rule of interpre
tation of the Scriptures is the Scripture
itself.
This doctrine of reformation needs great
emphasis at the present time, in the efforts
of the church to throw off from the scrip
tures and modern thought the incubus of
traditional dogma. The reforming party in
the church did not seek to destroy the
church, but to reform It. The fathers of the
reformed church never thought for a
moment of denying the Divine authority of
the church. They deprived the church of
its usurped authority over the holy scrip
tures and the consciences of men, but they
did not take from the church any authority
that it rightfully possessed by Divine or his
toric right.
Some Teachings of the Confession.
The Westminster confession gives seven
chapters on the doctrine of the church and
sacraments, doctrines as essential and nec
essary to the system of doctrine taught in
the Westminster confession as the doctrine
of Holv Scripture contained in the first chap
ter. The 'Westminster confession clearly
teaches that the church is a great source of
divine authority. There is divine au
thority in the church. It is Christ's
kingdom. He reigns over it. He in
habits it by His spirit He makes
its institntsons efficacious. He grants
access to himselfthrough Hischurch. Those
who deny the dlvlneauthorltyofthechurch
take away from the Presbyterian Church
the only grounds for its existence. Those
who denv that there is divine authority in
the church, deny the sacraments as divine
institutions, rob them of the presence of
Christ and the Holy Spirit, and make them of
no effect as means or grace. The Holy
Scriptures cleaily teach the divineauthority
of the church.
Dr. Briggs read a number of passages
from the Bible and said:
The Church is the great fountain of divine
authority for a practical reason. The Bible
cannot exert its full power on men unless
the divine authority in the church sings to
the soul with responsive voice. It is the
word in the hands of the ministry that is a
sharp, two-edged sword of the Divine Spirit.
Blending of a Wondrous Harmony.
The authority of God speaking In the Holy
6criptures is re-echoed In God speaking
through the Church, and by the blending of
this wondrous harmony shiners are con
verted and the people of God edified and
sanctified It is true that Roman Catholics
exaggerate the divine authority of the
Church, but I refuse to go over into the
camp of the radicals and deny that
there is any divine authority in
the Church. I hold the miadle
ground of the reformation, that Christian
ministry, the sacraments, and all the other
forms of life and experience of the church,
are divine institutions and of divine author
ity and bear in them and with tbem the
authority of God, the presence of Jesus
Christ, and the power of the divine spirit
Race Troubles in Mississippi. '
Kossiuko, Miss., Nov. 22. For the past
few days trouble has existed among the
races of Atalla county. A crowd of whites 1
prrrsBURQ-, 'Monday,
went to the house of Dan Gladner, colored,
shot him and severely whipped several
other negroes. George Pickle,a white man,
was to-day arrested as one of the leaders,
and officers are in pursuit of others. While
Deputy Sheriff Smyth, Jr., was -guarding
the shanty of Dan Gladner, his pistol was
aceidently discharged while he was exam
ining it The bullet struck and instantly
killed a negro named Kennedy. The origin
of the trouble is not known.
NO WASHDAY FOR BROOKLYN.
LAUNDRIES TAKEA REST IN THE CITT
OF CHURCHES.
The Break in the Water Condnit Not Tet
Repaired Orders Issued by the Com
missioner or City Works Only One
Buried Body Recovered.
New York, Nov. 22. 5jaio. Satur
day's break in practically the only conduit
that supplies Brooklyn with water has so
far alarmed the water authorities of that
city that the following order was issued to
night: Citt Works Department,
Broobxyjt, Nov. 22.
To Henry J. Uaydcn, Police Commissioner:
I have the honor to request you to send
out a general alarm notifying:
First All factories that the use of water
at the city's mains, either for boiler use or
other nnrnoses. must be discontinued until
further notice from the Commissioner of
City Works.
Second Notify all householders that the,
use of water must be confined to strictly
domestic uses and with rigid economy. It
must not b8 used for washing purposes-tomorrow.
It is said by the Chief Engineer that the
break will be repaired and pumping re
sumed to-night, but the margin is so slight
that a strict enforcement of the above order
is absolutely essential to safety.
Respectfully, John P. Adams,
Commissioner of City Works.
Thirty million gallons of water were
stored va. the Bidgewood reservoir at 1:30
o'clock, Saturday afternoon, when the old
brick conduit was crushed by the falling
bank within a thousand feet of the pumping
station. Through this condnit came all of the
Brooklyn water supply, with the exception
of 3,500,000 gallons a day that was obtained
from driven wells near thepumninir station.
When the accident occurred it was estimated
that there was stored in the Bidgc
wood reservoir enough water fo
last Brooklyn for 36 hours, and it
was hoped that the break would
be uncovered by noon to-day, so that a tem
porary sluiceway of wood could be built at
that point At noon to-day, however, the
water supply in the reservoir had been
decreased to 55,000,000 gallons, and the
gang of 200 men, who were digging down
for the broken conduit, were not within 15
feet of it.
At 2:40 A. M. the first body of the four
buried men was recovered. It was found
some 25 feet below the surface, standing in
an upright position, both hands firmly
grasping a shovel. It was identified as
Paulo Gundino, an Italian.
No attempt was made during the day to
find the bodies of the other three men,
Hugh Murphy, Joseph Cosine and Philip
Saloon, who were caught between the
timber and piling that held np the sides of
the excavation for the new iron main that
was being laid.
MANY HOURS IK THE LAKE,
Another Mystery of Death for the Chicago
Police to Unravel.
Chicago, Nov. 22. Special The
bruised and lifeless body of Carrie Smith,
the pretty 19-year-old "daughter of a prom
inent citizen of Mt Carmel, was taken from
the lake at the foot of Fifty-sixth street
yesterday morning. How the girl met
her death is a mystery. While the
ponce are inclined to believe it ,
suicide, the dead girl s friends are
positive she was murdered. Miss
Smith was employed as a stenographer by
the law firm i of Wyles, Green & Bitner.
She boarded on Michigan avenue, and was
last seen at the house on Thursday evening.
After dinner she left without telling any
one where she was going. How she reached
Fifty-sixth street and the lake shore, or
with" whom she went, is unknown. The ap
pearance of the body when taken from the
water indicated that it had been in the water
many hours.
Mrs. A. W. Perkins, the landlady with
whom Miss Smith lived, said: "She was a
modest and retiring girl; so much so, in
deed, that if anything out of the way hap
pened to her I am sure it must have broken
her heart, as it probably did, whatever it
was."
FLORENCE C0VERBD WITH FLO WEBS.
Beautiful Tokens of Love and Esteem for
the Dead Actor.
New York, Nov. 22. Special The
body of William J. Florence was sur
rounded by flowers to-day, in parlor 15 of
the Filth Avenue Hotel. Prom early in
the morning until late at night great
crowds looked on the face of the dead actor.
Every calle?was attracted by the flowers.
At the head of the casket stood an urn of
white carnations, five feet high, filled with
lilies and hyacinths. Around the body of
the urn ran a band of pink roses. On a base
of white roses was .the word "Husband" in
violets. This piece was placed there by di
rection of Mrs. Florence.
At the right of the coffin stood a massive
piece sent by Joseph Jefferson. It consisted
of a cross of chrysanthemums eight feet
high, across the upper portion of which was
a scythe of violets. From the base of
chrysanthemums spring stems bearing nine
hearts of white carnations. At the right of
the cross, and resting on the base, was a
large heart of carnations bearing "Brother"
in immortelles. At the left was a harp of
violets with a broken string.
A BOLD MIDNIGHT E0BBEKY.
K. Smit's Window Broken and S500 Worth
ot Goods Stolen.
Shortly before 12 o'clock last night two
unknown persons broke in a window at K.
Smit's pawnshop and jewelry store and
stole goods valued at nearly $500. There is
no clew to who the robbers are. The theft
was first discovered by Officer M. Costello,
who was standing at Grant and Liberty
streets when he heard the window glass fall
on the pavement Before he could get to
the scene the goods were taken and no
traces of any person could be found.
Some people standing at the Seventh
Avenue Hotel saw two suspicious charac
ters in the neighborhood shortly before the
window breaking was heard. These two
persons disappeared suddenly. In addition
to the loss of jewelry the pane of glass
broken is worth 5200 or f 300.
The police are working on the case.
A NOVEL ADVERTISEMENT.
Russell Harrison's Wife as a Drawing Card
for a Novelty Store.
Mt. Pleasant, Ia., Nov. 22. Special.
Mrs. Bussell B. Harrison is visiting her
cousin, Mrs. J. C. Bowman, in this city.
Mr. Bowman has recently opened a novelty
store, and the Mt Pleasant Journal prints
the following advertisement:
President Harrison's son's wife is spend
ing a few days at J. C. Bowman's, and! will
be pleased to meet the Mt Pleasant people.
Everybody cordially invited to call at their
novelty store and meet this distinguished
lady.
A Cabinet Split on a Financial Rock.
Madrid, Nov. 22 Queen Begent Chris
tina has approved appointments by Senor
Canovas del Castillo, the Prime Minister,
necessitated by the resignation of the , Min
istry yesterday. The financial situation of
the kingdom dominated .yesterday's crisis.
November 23, i89i.
MILAN A FIRE-BRAND.
Through Him and Servia a European
War May Yet Be Kindled.
THEX-KING'S SHARP BARGAINS.
Seine; Still Heir-Apparent to His
rendered Throne He May
Sur-
HOLD THE KEY-TO THE SITUATION SOON
Paris, Nov. 22. The representative of
the Herald cables his paper as follows: To
judge from the speech of Count Kalnoky to
the Relegations, Servia may yet prove a
brand" of discord, which will kindle a great
European war.
As you know, King Milan abdicated two
years ago in favor of his son. For some
time past he has been living in Paris and
enjoying himself. He literally flung away
his money. Last year he hired a special
train to take him to Carlsbad. That cost
him 40,000 francs. The other day at the
wedding of the daughter of a Hebrew
banker, he-spent 5,000 francs on-a bouquet
of orchids. His prodigality was at the root
of all his troubles when he reigned in
Servia,
One night he was - obliged .to put his
crown-in-pawn. This gotto the- ears of the
Emperor of1 Austria. A few hours later
Milan's debts were all paid off. The royal
delinquent went-to thank the Emperor,-and
promised he would never -play again. By
midnight he had" lost 200,000 ' florins more,
though his crown had once more gone to
the pawnbrokers. That day he forfeited
the protection of 'Austria.
Some of Milan's Shrewd Bargains.
A year later, after having involved him-'
self in all kinds of financial scandals and do
mestic difficulties with his consort, he was
forced to abdicate. But he was shrewd
enough to make his terms before he quit the
throne. He did not abdicate till be had
been guaranteed 2,000,000 francs to wipe out
his debts; The Servians were so glad to get
rid of him that they jumped at the bargain.
He did not leave, however, till some six
months later, and when he had spent every
cent of his 2,000,000 francs he drifted back
to Belgrade, where he intrigued against his
own son.
The Servians soon grasped the situation.
They asked him how much he would take
to get out. His Majesty replied that he
would go for 1,000,000 francs. They gave
him his million on condition that he would
leave politics alone, and he departed. But
ere another year had passed Milan came to
the conclusion that he could not live with
out seeing his dear son.
"All right," replied the Sevian regents,
"we will send your son to Paris for a
month."
Creditors Pouncing Upon the Ex-King.
This did not suit King Milan's book. He
asked permission to realize on his Servian
property which had been seized by the re
gents as a guarantee of his good behavior.
The regents hesitated, but at last consented.
A fortnight ago he appealed to the re
gents for a further sum of 4,000,000" francs.
In exchange for his promise not to cross the
Servian frontier and his abandonment of
all his private and public rights in the
country, even to his citizenship, they ex
pressed their willingness to pay him the
money. But before he got a chance to col
lect' !& his creditors pounced down ppon
tne ii-ing. u.ney attached tne money.
The political results of the affair may be
serious; for, although he has abdicated,
King Milan is the heir apparent to the
Servian throne, and in the event of his
child's death might yet succeed him.
A revolution in Belgrade would be disas
trous to Servia. It would be easy to over
throw the little King. Russia has always
wished to re-establish her influence in Ser
via. Austria, on the other hand, could not
look at such a change unmoved.
Milan Is Austria's last Card".
She holds Milan in reserve as a last card.
If the Bussophileswere to overthrow the
reigning child King, and Alexander and
Bussia hurl her troops into Servia on pre
tense of restoring order, Austria would be
forced to make a counterstroke; war would
be declared, and from Servia it would
spread all over Europe. Prance,'-too, would
be dragged into the quarrel. It would
be impossible to prevent her from helping
Bussia. '
The Emperor of Austria, no doubt, had
these grave contingencies in his mind when
he let fall those pessemistic words the other
day. In Paris, at all events, this is be
lieved to be the real 'explanation -of the
Imperial speech.
BUSSIA, THE COQUETTE.
M, De Giers Has "Been Xionized in Paris,
ana Will Be Petted in Berlin.
Paris, Nov. 22. M. de Giers has started
for Berlin. Emperor William has sent an
invitation to M. de Giers to partake of
luncheon .at the palace on Tuesday, A,
luncheon was given at the Russian Em-'
bassy in Paris to-day in honor of M. de
Giers, the Bussian Minister of Foreign
Affairs. Among those present were Pre
mier de Frejrcinet, M. Bibot, Minister of
Foreign Affairs, and General Bruger, chief
of President Carnot's military household.
The Figaro says that M De Giers, after
holding an extended interview with M.
Bibot, freely expressed his satisfaction with
the moderate and conciliatory ideas of the
French Minister, which he said were iden
tical with those entertained by the Bussian
Government The Novoe Vremya, of St
Petersburg, in its issue of to-day, expresses
the opinion that a formal treaty between
France and Bussia is now superfluous, in
view of the recent Cronstadt fetes, on which
occasion, it says, the community of French
and Bussian interest was solemnly affirmed.
An exchange of verbal declarations between
the French and Bussian Foreign Ministers
is a sufficient guarantee of the stability of
the present relations between France "and
Bussia.
GEBMANY A POINT AHEAD.
Providing Herself in Secret With a Newly
Invented Field Piece.
Berlin, Nov. 22. The extraordinary
credit of over 100,000,000 marks, asked for
in tlie budget for artillery, is intended for
providing the army with a new kind of
field gun, havingi a new limber, a new car
riage and new ammunition. The new gun
has been perfected under the direct sur
veillance of Emperor William, Count von
Waldersee and General von Schlieffen, their
experiments having been conducted in
secrecy and with the utmost rapidity.
It is estimated that the peace effective
force will be supplied with the weapon
within one year and the war effective with
in three years. Germany will thus be
placed m a position of superiority to
France, the work, of improving artillery in
the latter country being still in the experi
mental stage. The Krupp works alone will
supply the casts of which the barrels of the
new guns are made. '
China Paying Indemnities,
Tien Tsnr, China, Nov. .22. Official in
formation .is given that all indemnities to
Europeans are now.paid, with the exception
of those arising out of the Ichang riot The
new Government has strictly enjoined the
provincial ViVprnrB. witlinnt reserve, to pay
indemnities, and that they would be held"
responsible lor any tunner outDrea
SHERMAN'S SEAT IS
GHOULS IN TKIUMPH.
An American Girl Describes the
Revelry After Vina del Mar.
HO THOUGHT FOR THE WOUNDED.
Whether Friend or Foe, They Were Left to
Perish on the Field.
VENGEANCE OF CHILEAN YTCTOKS
New York, Nov. 22. Some interesting
details in regard to the course of events in
Chile immediately following the battles
which placed the opposition in possession of
Valparaiso, as well as' on some points re
lating to "the troublous times preceding the
Junta's victory, are contained in a private
letter recently received here from a young
American girl who has been living in
Valparaiso and Santiago. The writer of
this letter has been a member of the house
hold of some of the most influential families
in Chile, and her position has been such as
to afford her ample opportunity of observa
tion. She was at one time in the family of
Balmaceda himself, and at another in that
of the Edwards and Hillmans. The Ed
wards family, as will be Temembered, was
exiled by Balmaceda, and afterward was
allowed to return to Santiago. The'Veturn"
of the family was made the- occasion of
great public rejoicing.
It Was a Ghoulish Triumph.
Following are some of" the most signifi
cant portions of the letter, which is dated
at Santiago, September 15. Eeferring to
the treatment of the defeated leaders of the
Balmaceda forces after the battle at Val
paraiso, the writer says:
Yes. It is sickening to write it, but 1 saw
that mob fight for a bone, a piece of flesh, a
hand, anything out of that cart, and six of
the officers of the opposition on horseback
looked on and smiled, and they kept that
cart around in open view for five days be
fore they threw the bodies into the sea.
What had these generals done? Nothing but
remain loyal to the Government and lead
the armies after the opposition first at
tacked. True, they were not good men, but
what was left to tho President but such
men? When they were defeated they were
both found wounded on the battlefield.
When the 'enemy went around to make the
repaso (Anglo-Saxon, butchery of tho
wounded) and demanded their swords,
which they were still grasping, they an
swered, "Generals never surrender !" Then
they killed tbem, stripped them, cut them
in pieces and drew them around Valparaiso.
Women mothers with their danghters
looked on and said, "Well done. So is the
vengeance of the Constitutional party.
Let them catch Balmaceda and make roast
of him."
Signaling the Warships for Protection.
On the morning of the 28th the final battle
of Placilla came and the firing for an hour
and a half was dreadful. Suddenly it ceased
entirely, and 20 minutes later the remnants
of the artillery dashed by. One whom we
knew shouted up: "All is lost. In two
hours the opposition will be here to take
the town and sack it"
Immediately Mrs. McCreery signaled from
the top of the house for help from the San
Francisco and Baltimore in the bay. In an
hour 100 of the marine corps wltn their offi
cers arrived.
About noon the opposition came strag
gling In and the uproar began. All the
church bells and fire bells rang madly. The
whole population turned out to receive
them, all with red ribbons or badges. Never
was a town so willing to be taken. Ladies
Eulled the officers from their horses and
ngged and kissed them. At night the city
was pandemonium. We went up on the roof
where they were signaling with electric
lights to the Admiral on board, and we
counted several fires going at once, and
spent bullets were flying aronnd in all direc
tions. We did not sleep much 'that night, I
can assure you, although we were well
guarded. Next morning thev found in va
rious parts of the city, dead, COO men, women
and children.
The man-of-war Lelpzic sent men ashore
to guard, as did, also, Her iiajety's ship
Champion and the French frigate Cham
plain. But it was not safe on the street.
Kept Prisoners in Their Own Bonse.
A week ago to-day we returned to Santi
agci and about an hour after we arrived
they came and shut us up in our houso until
dark. 31r. Hillman was out, but suddenly
we had the bright idea of telephoning to Mr.
Egan, and so we got help. They said thoy
wanted to search 'for Balmaceda. but they
were not allowed to. and had to be content
with appointing a guard to watch our going
out and coming in. That Is still here.
The last battle was Friday, August 28.
Saturday the dreadful scenes in the Plaza,
one of which I have told yon of, occuried
over the remains of Generals Barbosa and
Alcerreca, and there were others. And. all
this time that victorious ai my utterly for
got its own 5,000 dead nnd wounded on tho
field. Don't be incredulous the first am
bulance was got out Sunday morning at
7 o'clock by the foreigners of Valparaiso.
They began to bring the poor fellows in
about 9, and continued all day. AtnoonI
went as assistant to Drs. Stttt and Edgar, of
the San Francisco and Baltimore, and I was
with them ten days. I had charge or their
ward, with 28 wounded. I was there from
8 a. m. to 8 r. M.
Left on the Field Without Food.
Some-poorthings had been lying ten days,
hidden in some hole or corner, in dread of
the reposo, with no food but what they had
with them. Such pitiful stories! Poor,.poor
fellows! And some did not know for what
they were fighting. Most of my first day I
had wee eyes and very unsteady lips, but I
learned.
After each battle the Government wounded
were all killed, and even some of their own
by mistake. Perhaps they found 10 wounded J
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TOO BIO FOR FORAKER.
Government men on the field. On Monday,
tho 31st, they remembered their wounded,
and some soldiers were sent out to bring
them in and bury the dead. At one time
there were 4,000 wounded in Valparaiso, but
they sent some to Talca, Chilton and San
tiago, y-s.
Do you know If hey buried? I rode
out the morning of a -vof September at
6 o'clock. They . JJV dead, after
stealing their c '. &t
60 each, poured. ill A. 'Of
n piles of
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d u, and
burned f
hem. At hi
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so they adopted the other plt 0t, $
you comment. I am past thatTV ft'-i
doctors did work! Soon they had earw ' l
called Yankee spies. v-
ABDUCTED BY GIPSIES.
A Young Man Learns for the First Time
His Real Identity.
Erie, Nov. 22. Special. A Pittsburg
train brought to Erie a young fjarmer from
Somerset county who was en route to his
home near Ogdensbnrg, N. Y"., from which
place he was stolen by Gipsies when a
child 3 years of age. The young man, now
22, was secured in the way ol a trade from
a band of Gipsies, whose desire to part
with, him was prompted by the fact that he
was puny and sickly. He was adopted by
George M. Nichols, a farmer in Somerset
county, and the story of his romantic
adoption was published a few years ago in
the Elmira papers, a copy of which fell into
the hands of a brother of-the stolen boy,
and was traced to his mountain, home and
identified by a birthmark and an injury
which he had received when a small child.
The parents of the stolen boy are Mr.
and Mrs- John Sapbire, and they still live
on the old farm from which he was kid-,
naped by the nomads. They were sus
pected at the time, but escaped. The young
man was delighted with the revelation of
his identity.
SOCIALISTS NOT ANARCHISTS.
One of the Former Successfully Defends,
Himself Against Boodling Charges.
Chicago, Nov. 22. Thomas J. Gergen
had the satisfaction of facing a big mass
meeting of Socialists this afternoon to de
fend himself against the flat-footed accusa
tion of "boodlerv" and "manipulation,"
preferred against im by the Arbeiter Zeiiunj
Wednesday morning.
Mr. Morgan presented an open letter,
which was adopted and indorsed after a
tempestuous debate. The letter scored the
Anarchists unmercifully, exposing their
evil influence over socialistic gatherings,
and declared that henceforth there should
be no connection whatever between Social
ists and Anarchists; that the repudiation
of anarchism by the labor movement of
Europe, as illustrated in the expulsion of
its representative from the International
Labor Congress recently held in Brussels,
should be followed by Socialists throughout,
the world.
ALUS" UBAWABE OF HIS TATS.
The Hanover Murderer Thinks He Hasn't
Been Sentenced to Death.
Concord, N. H., Nov. 22. Special.
Almy, the Hanover murderer, has not yet
been informed of his sentence. The judicial
notification of the finding of the court and
the sentence have not been received by
Warden Coldbath, and until they are'the
information will be withheld lrom the
prisoner.
Almy is chafing and growing nervous
over the delay, though he manifests a be
lief that his sentence is for 30 years' im
prisonment the highest penalty for murder,
in the second degree. It 13 said that the
official papers will be received by to-morrow
morning's mall, and in that event his
fate will be communicated to him by the
warden and chaplain.
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MAGEE OPPOSED TO ANDREWS.
Two Birds to Kill With One Stone in Going
to Washington.
Philadelphia, Nov. 22. Special. C.
L. Magee and C. H. McKee, of Pittsburg,
dropped quietly into town this morning
and remained at the Stratford all day.
They left this evening for Washington.
Mr. Magee has determined to oppose the
plan that favors ex-Chairman W. H. An
drews for the Eepublican National Commit
tee to succeed Quayvand that is part of the
object of his visit to the national capital.
The other part is to press Pittsburg's bid
for convention honors next year, for which
a strong fight will be made.
The Gun Trap Kills the Thief.
Fort Scott, Kan., Nov. 22. William
MacLain, a merchant at Walnut, a small
town 18 miles from here, has lost considera
ble property lately from robberies. He
could not detect the thfef, and lost night he
set a gun trap. About midnight the trap
was sprung. The gun exploded and mor
tally wounded the intruder. Before he
died the thief said he was from Peoria, but
refused to give his name.
Heavy- Snows Impeding Railroad Traffic
Kansas Citt, Nov. 22. The cold wave
predicted by .the Weather Bureau arrived
on schedule time. It struck here about 3
o'clock this morning and was accompanied
by a heavy fall of snow. The snow in
Kansas delayed all trains from one to three
hours. It stopped snowing about 4 o'clock
this afternoon. This is one of the heaviest
snows ever reported in this section at this
season of the year.
THREE CENTS
A DOUBTFUL SCHEME.
William L. Abbott Thinks There Are
Too Many Steel Plants ftow.
PITTSBURG HAS KOff-UXIOlf MILLS,
An
Amalgamated Official Also Gives His
Tiews on the Idea.
THE-PEODUCT WOULD BE BOYCOTTED
A report from New York was printed
yesterday in The Dispatch concerning
the appearance in that city of a British-appearing
circular or prospectus of a new
plant, a company for the operation of which
was said to be in process of organization, to
be established in a thriving Ohio town.
The report contained no names, but said the
new mill was to be known as "a non-union
mill," and was to be operated by four
young men, each an expert in his particular
line in the manufacture of steel, and in
ventors and sole owners of patents which
would enable them to manufacture steel at
a lower price than any firm in the world.
Several Pittsburg parties, whose knowl
edge of the steel business should give their
opinions value, were interviewed in re
lation to the matter yesterday, but none of
them seemed to take any stock in the
scheme or in the alleged money-saving
patents.
William L. Abbott, Chairman of Car
negie, Phipps & Co., thought the scheme as
mapped out in the published prospectus
decidedly visionary and during the inter
view let drop one rather significant remark.
Said he:
Thinks It Is Visionary.
"The absence of any names in the report
causes me to take but little stock m the
scheme. In the first place, it is doubtful if
any man of money and good judgment
would invest in a big steel and iron plant
at this time. The business is in as depressed
a condition as it has ever been, and, with not
enough trade to go around among those al
ready engaged in it, the prospect for a new
plant is not encouraging. It would require
a couple of years to bnild such a mill, and
no one knows what changes may come in
that time."
"Do yon think an avowedly non-union
.a like this would be feasible, Mr. Ab
ott ?"
"Why not? We have several examples
right here in Pittsburg. Park's, Singer's,
Clark's and Moorheod's mills are all non
union and running successfully. The f&ct
that they are non-union does not appear to
have affected their trade, and two or three
of them have been non-union long enough
to show its effects if there were any bad
ones."
In regard to the statement that of the
"four practical young men" in the new
scheme, one of them was holding a position
under Carnegie, Phipps & Co., and that his
name was withheld for fear of hi3 discharge,
Mr. Abbott said he had no idea who the man
might be.
"We have go many bright men in our em
ploy," he said, "that it would bo difficult
to establish the identity of this one, even
if we were so disposed. There are meu
among them, particularly among the young
men, who imagine they know all abont con
ducting the business, and have an ambition
some day to be millionaires themselves. It
is so in every business."
Would Boycott the Output
"The mill," said a prominent official of
the Amalgamated Association of Iron and "
Steel Workers, 'Is in all probability" con
ceived in the mind of some New York re
porter. It maybe true. If it is it i pretty
hard to tell how such an undertaking would
fare. The article in yesterday's Dispatch
saidthe youngjnen were the possessors of
extraordinary contrivances for the
manufacture of steel, whereby they
could produce " the highest grades
at lower prices than any other plant in the
world. If this is so a non-union mill would
pay, as the new machinery might do away .
with skilled workmen and a cheap grade o'f
unorganized labor employed.
"If these patents are not of a remarkable
nature the mill will have a doubtful future.
If skilled men are employed it will be im
possible to secure 'them unless the scale is
paid, and even then it will be a
hard task. AVhen a mill is not
thoroughly union, the men do
not care to work in them, for if something
would be done that did not suit the em
ployers the man is discharged, and in a
non-union mill he has no alternative. He
is then looked down upon by the members
of the Amalgamated and it is impossible
for him to get work in a union milL
"There would be still another obstacle in
the-way of a non-union mill that is, selling
its product. All union men would refuse
to. work its materials. It would be the
duty of the Amalgamated to constantly
watch the mill's shipments and inform the
union mechanics in the town its products
are sent to not to work them."
DB. H'GLYNN WILL NOT BETBACr.
His Emphatic Answer to the Propaganda
Made at a Public Meeting.
NEW Y'ohK, Nov. 22. Special Dr.
Edward McGlynn to-night, at Cooper
Union, replied to the letter of the Propa
ganda,tpublished with the approval of the
Pope, wh'ich defines the conditions upon
-which Dr. McGlynn can once more
enter within the pale of the Boman Catho
lic Church. After reciting the published
conditions by which he might be received
back into the Church, and goinjj over again
the story of his excommunication, Dr. Mc
Glynn said:
Earnestly as I should wish to exercise my
ministry and frequently to receive the sac
raments, it is impossible for me to bring
about so much desired a consummation by
complying with the conditions. My answer
to this ultimatum is that I cannot condemn
or retract what I have said or done of an in
snltini? character as against the Arch-
Bishop and against the Holy See, forthe
excellent reason that I have not insulted
the Archbishop or the Holy See. While I
have criticised and differed with their
policies and politics and opinions, as I had a
perfect right to do, I am ready, ir relieved
from the excommunication and suspension,
to abide by tho orders and submit the judg
ment of tho Apostolic See.
PAYING OFF THEIR MORTGAGES.
Kansas Farmers Rednclnc Debts at the
Rate of 8300,000 a Month.
Topeka, Nov. 22. Special A state
ment of the mortgages recorded and re
leased in CO eastern counties in Kansas was
published here this morning, showing that
a net reduction of $302,407 was made during
the month of October. Tha net reduction
of farm mortgage indebtedness in Eastern
and Central Kansas for an average period
of 5U months up to November is ?2,300,000.
The report shows that the excess of re
leases on farm property is proportionately
greater than on town property. The excesr
of city mortgages released in Eastern Kan
sas is 8 per cent, and in Central Kansas it
is 56 per cent The excess of farm mort
gages released in Eastern Kansas is 7 per
cent, and in Central Kansas it is 25 per
cent The total excess of farm mortgages
released in SO counties in Eastern and Cen
tral Kansas is 20 per cent
Snap Judgment on a Barber.
Memphis, Nov. 22. Special Jack.
Cooper, a colored barber, dropped dead
to-day, of heart disease, while picking his
guitar He was playing '-'Annie JBooa&r"
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