FORTY-SIXTH TEAK WARVWOES Canvassed at the National Capital in a Lively Way Now. CHILE AND UNCLE SAM May Yet Fight Because of the Jeal . ousy of England, EGAN A BONE OF CONTENTION, As Well as a Too Friendly Feeling Between Western Republics. The Valparaiso Outrage Not Out of Sight, ty Any Mean3 No Sky Rocket Business in Congress to Be Encouraged by the Administration A Chance to Spoil the Coalition of All American Countries That Eu rope Won't Overlook Work of For eign Envoys "War the Least of Two Evils Now Staring the United States in the Face The Administration at Last Worried and Alarmed Speedy Action Looked For. ISrrOAL TILrGRM'IIIC I.FTTER.J Bur.KAC or TnE Dispatch, ) "Abiii:GTOc. D. a, Dec. 13. ( Vasiiingtox, Pec. 13. War between Chile and the ITnited States is acain can vassed here in a very lively manner, in spired by the report of the feeling in Lon don in regard to the situation by the unsat isfactory vay in which the Chilean Govern ment is treating the matter, and by the open hostility of all olace of natives against citizens of the Tinted States, -which reaches ibe point of almost absolutely quarantining the port of Valparaiso against sailors and officers of American veels, especially of the Baltimore. A great deal of heat is manifested among public ofiirials here, and it is met with cor dial response in expressions irom the less conspicuous clashes. It may fairly be said that the united vnic is for war. They would declare nar at once, cut off commer cial and diplomatic intercourse, and trust to luck to prejiai e for fight nfterw anl. A '"amp'e of tbe Present IeeIInsr. This is a specimen of the practical and irmperate judgment that is found even among men who have reached much promi nence in public affairs, and it is possible that if the ultimate reply of the Chilean Government, should it ever come, be so perfunctory or so aggravating as to lead Prerident Harrison to refer the matter io Congress, even the cool heads would be car ried away by the ardor of those who shout for war and vote for a declaration ot bel ligerence, the shelling of Valparaiso, and the blowing up, if possible, of the Chilean "war vessels. "Let those miserable Chilean greasers bully us? Never!" is the pompous utter ance, with great emphssis on the "us," of many Congressmen and others in my bear ing. Clilie Not Too Big to Whip. It is a fair inference that if the antagon ist was more fonnid:idle there would be less courageous bragging. This was conspicu ously the rasp v hn at one tima, not many years ago, their was a giod prospect that there would come a clash of naval guns be tween the United States and England. It was quite amusing to note the contrast be tween the expressions of these same per sons then and now. "Ah, this is a very important question," said they of the Alaskan dispute. "It must be treated with Ibe cstremest deliberation and the rarest diplomatic skill. It would be indeed un fortunate if two such great and prosperous nations as Great Britain and the United States were to engage in war." It seems, on the other hand, to be consid ered exactly the proper thing lor so great a nation as the United States to plunge into war with so contemptible a people as the Cnilcans. The Difnrnlty a Serious One, "I am well assured, however, that Presi dent Harrison, Secretary Blaine and others iho, on account of their prominence and experience, would sit on the bench of the Conn of Last Keort, will encourage no fizzing and skyrocketing in Congress if the direction of the affair be transferred to Con gress. The President and Secretary now look on the difficulty as one of much gravity, not so much on account of the prime cause of it as because of the remarkable treatment of it by the Chilean Government. There is something behind they do not fully under stand, and the influence and effect of which they deprecate far more than any show of bantam-cock courage by the Chileans. I am informed they arc convinced that British influence is at the bottom of the belligeient attitude assumed by the Chilean Govern ment, and that it possibly is even largely responsible for the fomentation of that anti American feclii.g which led to the attack on the sailors of the Baltimore. J'gan Kept Too .ong as Minister. If this be their conviction, it becomes all the more curious that the President and Secretary s.hould persist in keeping at San tiago as Minister an Irish patriot compelled by his own interests to assist his eternal antagonist, Great Britain, in her deeply planned schemes. Certainly they know irom very bold and open utterances by British newspapers and individuals that it is the unanimous British thought that this is the one chance left for Britain to check mate the great advance made by the United StKtes recently toward capturing the South American trade, and which but for some untoward etent would soon be entirely suc cessful. I am assured that the administration is becoming more convinced each passing day that the spirit of the Chilean Government, in it new and curious and increasing an tagonism tow anl tiie United States, is but tli surface evidence of a scheme of foreign Governments, led by Great Britain, to cause a rupture ot friendly relations be tween the United States and all of the South American Kepublics. Forf lgn Government Sparred to Action. The Tan-American Congress startled for eign" governments into action. They saw the probability of a grand coalition of countries of two great continents in fact, of the whole "Western hemisphere, under one common impulse and interest, and therefore practically one government in the near future, nod felt that this dazzling ag gregation of republican suns would not only be disastrous to the commercial inter ests of the East, bnt would by its magnifi cence draw to it the minds and hearts of millions yet acquiescent under monarchi cal rule, and thus vastly hasten the final disruption of what remains of royalty and feudalism. How far the agents of this Government in South America have been able to trace the machinations of the keen, secret and in defatigable conspirators of the old countries in the actual work of their envoys, or if there is any tangible information whatever, I do not know; but there is no question in regard to the great concern felt by the ad ministration,and that it knows the situation forebodes a war that, however insignificant in itself, would not only vitiate ail that has been done to draw the South American re publics to us, but also engender a bitterness toward us that centuries might not be able to efface; and that the only alternative will be a humiliating backdown on the part of this Government that would encourage the maltreatment of Americans and provoke no end of complications in future. War the Iast of Two Evil. Of the two evils, war would certainly be the least, and it will be war unless events take a most unexpected turn. Had this administration, upon the first discovery of ill-feeling toward North Americans after the success of the Junta, withdrawn Slinis ter Egan and sent to Santiago a diplomat of experience and wide reputation", or had Mr. Egan even been permitted to remain and a noted person sent on a special mission to urge peace and friendship; and had similar means been adopted to hunt down and counteract far-reaching and pernicious foreign influence, a war, with its immeasur ably disastrous political and commercial results, extending to us from every Sonth American Republic, might certainly have been averted. By their presistent misunderstanding of the Chilean civil war; or their criminal tool ing with the contending spirits if they did understand; by their maltreatment of the agents of the now successful faction who came here to lay their side of the question before this Government and pray for perfect neutrality, the administration lias at least made a war probable, and I am rejoiced to know that it is at last alarmed and worried over the real meaning of the trouble, which goes so far beyond mere petty spite against citizens of a country which showed a mis taken partiality in time of war for the once dominant faction, but now the faction de feated and trampled upon. Ltghtnek. ACCUSED OF ERROR. Chile's Minister of Foreign Affairs Says President Harrison and Secretary Tracy Have Been Grossly Misinformed Fat Egan Heartily Disliked in Chile. Vauakaiso, Dec IS Minister of For eign Affairs Matta has prepared a circular for distribution among the Chilean lega tions in Europe, in which he says: "With reference to the report of the Secretary of the Navy and the message ot the President of the United States, I think it is oppor tune to say that the information upon which the report and the message are gronnded is erroneous or deliberately incor rect- So far as the refugees are concerned, they never have been threatened with cruelty, nor has anyone attempted to take them from the legation, nor has their de livery been ordered. Nor has the house or person of foreign Ministers been molested in spite of dallying and intentional provo cation. "There is a want of exactness and frank ness in the statements made in "Washington. The fray took place in bad quarters of too city, the 'maintop of Valparaiso,' and among people who are by no means models of dis cretion and temperance. Wheh the pollco and other forces Interfered and calmed downtlie tumult there were already sev eral hundred mon encaged in it, and it had spread to a distance or some ten blocks or more from tho p'.aco where it commenced." Minis'er Matta accuses Mr. E-an of send ing a purposely nggiessive note to tho Chil ean Government, and says: "There has never been any provocation commenced or accepted hv this department, nnd It lias al ways milntaincd an nttitmleof firmncssand prudence. It hasnevernad an aggressive pol icy and it will never approve a Humiliating one. Not withstanding the fact that interested parties may try to m;i Ice tliuir conduct appear honest and may try to dodeo thoissneby enoneous accounts, whatever may have been Miid or may be said in Washington, tho tolegrams, notes and papers sent to you con tain the truth, and the w hole truth, about what has happened in regard to this affair, and the ill-will and subsequent conferences and pretensions have not proceeded from this department. "Mr. Tracy and Mr. 'Harrison havo been led Into error concerning onrpeoploand government. Their instructions of impar tiality and amity havo not yet been com piled with. Thev are not now nor have they been before. And if no complaints have been made against the Minister and the sailors it is because public undnotorious facts in Chile and the United States could never have been made use of bv onr confi dential agents, even when well established. Balmaceda's demands and tho concessions made in June and July, the wholo Itata af fair, the San Francisco in Qnintero Bay and the matter of the cable company are proofs or It." The Ferro Carril publishes a telegram say ing that 00 sailors of the United States steamship Boston were allowed to go ashore at Montevideo recently, and tliat they im mediately started on a drunken spree. The men wero guilty of riotous conduct and got into several scrimmages with the police, in all of whjch the sailors were the aggressors. CULLOM'S BOOM FOR PRESIDENT. He Will Work for the domination if Blaine Declines. Washington, Dec. 13. Special. The Pott this morning formally announces the open in;? of the Cullom Presidontal boom In the .tollowiiuj paragraph: "As soon as Mr. Blaine announces that he is not a candidate for the Presidental nomination, another aspirant for the honor will appear in the field. His name is Shelby M. Cullom, and he is at pres ent a Senator from Illinois." Private advices received in this city by a prominent Illinois Kepnblican states that a secret meeting of tho Kepnblican State Cen tral Committee of Illinois was held in Chi cago a few days ago, at which it was re solved that the 44 votes in the next Repub lican Convention should be cast for Senator Cullom, if Mr. Blaine was not a candidate. There seems to be no question or ability of the central Committee to redeem its prom ise, for Senator Cullom Is not only very pop ular in the State, but he has a firm control of the rresidcntal machinery. Thls Is the llit Intimation of tho definite launching ot his prospects. In conversation with his friends the Senator has made no secret of his ambition, and seems to have carefully considered the situation. He realizes, o'f course, that with Blaine In the field his nomination Is an impossibility, but ho also believes, on the other hand, that Mr. Har rison, if nominated, cannot be elected. OFFICERS TO BE CONFIRMED. Another Large Batch of Them to Be Sent to the Senate To-Day. Washington, Dec. 13. Special. The Pres ident will to-morrow send to tho Senate a second batch of nominations of recent ap pointments. There is a-largo number of this class or nominations which must be submit ted for confirmation, and the President de sires to havo them all disposed or before he sends In new appointments. It is probable, how ever, that the name of Judge Culbcrtson of Texa, maybe submitted to-morrow for Intei-State Commeice Commissioner made vacant by tho death of General Bragg, of Alabama. It is not known yet whether the appolnt pointment of the new Circuit Judges will bo made now or after thn holiday recess. Tb j President has already decided to make these appointments piecomeai, anu uv icao v the luckv Jurists has already been chosen. This is Judge Nathaniel Shipman, of the District of Connecticut, whose name will ho the first sont In, It having been finally de cided to make him Judge of the new Circuit Court, which includes New York. EDWIN ARNOLD TALKS WAR. THIS BLOOD OF BRITISH OFFICERS HAS BEEN SFIIXED IN ASIA. Only the Most Ample Reparation Can 'Wipe Out the Insult Britain So Completely Prepared for War That She Can Thrmih Russia Oat or Sight. St. Louis, Dec. 13. Sir Edwin Arnold was interviewed yesterday, on the fight be tween English troops and the hill men in India. He said: "The crisis is unusually alarming, for the special reason that the blood of English officers has been spilled in the skirmish near Gilgit To one not familiar with Anglo-Indian history and spirit, the grav ity of such a fact can hardly be explained. "Withthe blood of English officers already spilt, war will follow any action save the most complete reparation and expatlatlon. The British Emplro is prepared for war. It Is so tremendously prepared that no man can estimate tho vast extent of the prepara tion, both in money nnd in men. A better time for war, If war must come, could not be selected. Idonbtlftho Czar will allow matters to reach a crisis. Tho inevitable result of Rus sian defeat in a war with the frontiers of India as the battlefield, would be a stupen dous catastrophe to that nation. '"It would mean that England would roll back once and forever that Russian. ap proach on India; raze Central Asia to the ground from one end to the other: restore to the Khanates their Independence; thrust Russia back beyond the Caspian; froo Per sia from the Russian Influence: rescue Khorassan; Inevitably cause a revolution In Russia, and end In the overthrow of Russia's power in Europe." A Chicago dispatch sends an interview with Hon. Creed Haymond, a well posted European traveler, who says: "The Pamir affairmcrely shows Russia's Intentions upon India. It Is but another slight evidence that war is inevitable. If Russia defeats Germany in that war the whole wprld will be involved, and even the United States' wIB be forced to take part In it. This may seem impossible, but the religions fanaticism which animates the Russian army makes it certain. Russia nnd tbo Greek Church bo Uevo themselves destined to absorb all Euiope. If Russia devours Germany she will sweep In over France, nnd England can then be the only rescuer of France. Practi cally the whole speaking world must then array itself against Russia in aid of civiliza tion. America must aid. At such a time there can be no remembrance of the Revolu tion or the War of 1S12. "But the coming war may go even further. Russia is circling down and around, nearer and nearer to the English possessions. But the army of the futnreis in China. General Grant told me many years ago that the Chi nese, properly organized and properly led, would be the best soldiers on earth. I be lieve that when the right time comes Eng land will face Russia with 1,000,000 Chinese soldiers led by English officers. In such a war, of course, the United States would have no part." AN OLD BENEDICTINE DBA1). Father Ballets First of the Order In Amer ica, Passes Away. Brooklyn, IT. T., Dec 13. Special Rev. Nicholas Ballots, O. & B., pastor of the Church of St. Francis, the first Benedlotine priest to arrive Jn this country, died at 8 o'clock- to-night, nt his resi dence tn the church building. On November 24, last, Father Ballets celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood. Father Bal leis was the oldest Benedictine in the United States. The Church of St. Francis is a quaint old two-storv structure of brick. It stands about 100 feet back from Bedford ave nue, and is almost hidden from view by a high board fence. On the first floor of tho building Father Ballets lived alone, with one servant. The church was on the upper floor. In his little garden Father Ballets crew all the vegetables that were needed to supply hts table. His crape vino supplied all the crapes needed to furnish communion wine. He had been brought up to the trade of a cooper, nnd did the church repairs himself, Ho had been pastor of the church since 1836. Ho was born in Salzburg, Austria, Novem brr 22. 1809, and ordained to the priesthood November 28, 183L The church belongs to the Orphan Asylum Society and will prob ably be torn down. LUCY FABS0NS OPENS HUB MOUTH. Fierce Invectives Against Capital, tho Police and the American Flag. Cmcoo, Doc 13. Mrs. Lucy Parsons In vited arrest as loudly as speech would allow at a meeting of the International Associa tion of Working Peoplo, an anarchistic organization, this aftornoon. There were 300 people present of various nationalities. Mrs. Parsons scored the Mayor, the police and the "capitalistic press," and, pointing to an American flag immediately above her, she said: That Unit It an Infamous lie. In theory It tells the foreigner that tyranny is dead and that free dom reigns, bnt it floats over 50, 000. WO of the most abject slave the world ever saw. Worse than all. they are slaves who will not see their chains and rise la revolt to break Ihem. Every star In that nag Is bat the concentrated tear-drop of outraged American womanhood." She said all the wisdom of the ages seemed now to be wrapped up in the policeman's club, and woe to him who dared to anvthlng against American institntions. She appealed to the peoplo to do away with the existing order of society, and said the time wonld soon come when anarchists would not hesi tate to repel any attempt to suppress free speech, such as was made at Griefs Hall: KILLED BY HIE QEANDFATHEB, Who Also tost His Life When He Saw His Fatal Mistake. Wichita. Dee. 13. Special. Almost tragic in its surroundings was the death of Lena Bronson, teacher of a country school about 30 miles west of here. The young woman got the grip a short time ago. She llyed with her father and grandfather, the latter nearly 90 years of age, who practiced medicine- in his youth in some Eastern vil lage. 'Ho tried all his mild remedies on his granddaughter without effect, and finally came to the conclusion that bleeding was necessary. The girl's father wonld not permit the ex periment, but w hlle he w as away yesterday the old man persaaded tne girl to let him try taking a little blood from her arm. In ills feeblo hands the knifo slipped, and the bronchial artery was sovcrod. The grand father tried to stem tho flow of blood, hut without avatl, and when the father returned he found his daughter dead, and his father by her side In a swoon. The grandfather has since died from the shock. FATHEB HEINE'S CLOSE CALL, A Catholic Priest t Hollldaysburg Fired nt by Burglars in Ills Parsonage HotLinATSBuno, Dec 13. Special. Uev. Father Heine, pastor of St. Michael' s Catho lic Church, was awakened early this morn ing by a slight noise in his parsonage. He surprised ti o well-dret sed thieves in the room next his own, the men evidently looking ovor n lot of papers and records. When Father Heine opened the door both men opened fire, compelling him to beat a hasty retreat. Not satisfied with driving him from the room, they followed the rev erend lather, their last bullet being im beded in the wall within an inch of his head. The men then left without disturb ing a single article of value No clew. All ynlet In Bio Janeiro. Rio Jamkiiio, Deo. 13. Thi city is more quiet, and the confidence of financiers Is re turning. The latest reports about the Campos affair say that six persons woro VJiul an' 20 wounded. PITTSBURG-, MONDAY, DAVITT SCLUBBED. He Tails a Victim to the Ugliest of Irish Black thorn Battles. HIS DANDER UP AT LAST. Now He Says Ho Will Accept the Candidacy He Declined. POLICE HELP THE PAENELLITES. Such Is the Charge Made by Mr. O'Brien, the Orator of the Day. nOSPITALS FULL OP BROKEN IIEADS Dublin, Dec 13. Michael Davitt, the Irish leader, was severely wounded during a riot at "Waterford City to-day. Mr, Davitt and "William O'Brien had gone to "Watcriord to support the candidature ot Mr. Keane, the nominee of the McCarthy-, ites for the seat in Parliament made vacant by the death of Kichard Power. Mr. Keane's opponent is Mr. Kedmond, a member of the Parnell wing of the Irish party. Mr. Davitt was strongly urged by the McCarthyites to stand for "Waterford, but he declined to do so, and in consequence of his refusal Mr: Keane was made the nom inee. Later reports show that the riot was one of the most sanguinary and vicious of any ..of tho political rows that have recently at tended the discussions in Irish towns of the rival'leaders. Six Hundred Police Can't Keep Order. Ominous rumors of impending trouble had been exciting the populace for some time, and a force of COO police had been drafted into the town, in the hopes that their presence would secure order. The Parnellite leaders, Messrs. Red mond, Learny nnd Dalton, had been in "Waterford for several days. This afternoon special trains brought hundreds of support ers of the rival candidates, and the various contingents, armed with formidable black thorn shillalahs, marched through the streets to the music of brass bands. Messrs. Davitt and others, also attended by a band of music, preceded for the quar ters of the National Commercial Club. It was while en route there that the disorder arose A mob, composed of members of the Parnellite faction, began one of the fiercest conflicts that has characterized the prevail ing hostilities. . The Factions Fight at Close Quarters. The opposing crowds fought at very close quarters and surged to and fro throughout the streets, seeming utterly regardless of the present of the police. Volleys of stones were hurled through the air, and the-hlack-thorns moved with a vicious celerity that sent many of the howling rioters to hos pitals, the police -station and then home for. prompt surgical'attention. In the jnidst of the affray Mr. Davitt re ceived a nasty eat on the forehead from which the blood flowed freely. Mr. Tanner and others were injured by stones. At last the police formed a cordon and divided the opposing mobs, and the Davitt crowd reached the clubrooms. Wounded, hut JSH1I in tho King. Mr. O'Brien made the speech of the day. He bitterly denounced the assault upon his friends, and said the crowds who injured Davitt hod struck a glorious blow for the Irish cause . Davitt's answer to that blow was that now he was a candidate for Waterford. O'Brien, in his concluding words, accused the police of using their batons more in favor of the attacking mob tha'n otherwise. The police, he asserted, protected the Parnell ites, while the force of their blows was de voted to the McCarthyites. Davitt's Opponent Writes His Begrets. The main fight occurred near the bridge The police, were entirely unable to quell the contest The respective bands of musicians received much ill-usage. Their brass horns were twisted and drums torn into shreds. Constant skirmishes continued until the Davitt crowd reached Its rendezvous, tho Indiscriminate blows of the police on the heads and backs of the mob producing but little effect. While Mr. O'Brien was making his Bpeooh Dr. Tanner was dressing the wound on Mr. Davitt's head, and after he was bandaged that gentleman appeared at one of the win dows of tho olub house nnd spoke bilefly. Mr. Redmond, upon hearing of the affair, immediately drove to Mr. Davitt's hotel and left a note expressing his regret for what had occurred. There wero slight skirmishes as the vari ous deputations were departing to the rall wav station on the road to their homes. The feeling among the adherents of the respec tive factions is as hitter and as intense as ever it was. AN LBISH FIGHT IN CHUBCH. Protestant Anglican Factions Battle Over the Initials I. H. S. Dcblet, Dec. 13. St. Mary's Church, In Newry (Protestant Anglican), was to-day tho scene of disorder. While services wore going on 11 vestrymen ndvairced to the altar and seized the communion cloth on which were embroidered the letters "L H. S." The rector of the church also t-eized tho cloth, and a struggle ensued for Its possession a struggle in which the vestrymen were vic torious. Haaing secured the cloth they cut off and burned the lettering "I. n. S." Tho vestry had long agitated the subject of the removal of this lettering, which had proved ex tremely objectionable to certain of the parishioners. After the vestrymen had at tained their object the police were sum moned ana took their names. They will be prosecuted. All French Parties Satisfied. Paris, Deo. 13. Commenting on the resolu tion adopted by the Chamber of Deputies' yestorday, expressing confidence in tho Government in connection with the anti clerical agitation, the Conservative Journals express gratification nt- the smallness of the majority for the Government: the Republi can papers hold that the majority is com pact and sufficient to defend the country against radicalism and reaction, and the Radical journals reproach tho Government for dividing the Republican ranks. Hundreds or Native Christians Massacred. Brussels, Dec 13. The congregation of Mongolian Missions at Schent have received news confirming tho report that 600 native Christians have been massacred in the Paton district in China, and that all the Europeans there escaped. Tho Kaiser Muzzling the Press. Bebun, Dec. 13. The scientific journal, XAcMttrahlen, has been seized for comment ing unfavorably upon the Emperor's recent "Suprema lex voluntas regis. 'f A Woman In a Chimney Three Tear. Paris, Dec. IS. A sensational case of wife murder has Jnst been brought to light in this city. In 1SS9 the wife of a shopkeeper DECEMBER 14, 1891. named Bonder disappeared, and Bonder in formed the police at the time that she had been unfaithful to him and had fled after having made an attempt to poison him. Re cent communications led the police to search Bonder's honse, when the body of the woman was found hanging in a chimney. The corpso had been dried and blackened by the heat and smoke of noarly three years. Bonder has made a confosslon. THE POPE TO THE F0WEKS. The Law of Guarantees Not Sufficient to Protect the Vatican. Loxnoir, Dec. 13. The Chronicle's Home correspondent says: "The Pope has sent copies of the allocution, whioh he will read at to-morrow's consistory to all the Chan celleries of Europe. It will declare that the. law of guarantees is not sufficient to guar antee the liberty of the Pope. The address has been modified since Count Kalnokv's recent speech on the papal question to the Austrian delegation." - The Standard?! Rome correspondent says: "Explicit declarations have passed between France and the Vatican, with the view of promoting cordial relations between that Government and the Papal See. On the part of France it was stated that the Gov ernment did not desire to attack tho Pope, but that the question of internal order con strained tho Government to maintain its own authority. To this the Vatican replied that it did not desire to foment a rebellion, and had advised the French Bishops to be firudent, bnt it could not uphold a definite ine of conduct in regard to such a delicate question." BABBACKS UNB00FJ3D BY A ST0BM. The Presence of 'the Soldiers at Chapel Prevents Great Loss of Life. Losdow, Deo. 13. Reports of damage by storms on sea and lond continue to come in with startling frequenoy. News was re ceived to-day that H. M. & Banterer had 'been driven ashore by a gale in Bldeford Bay and was in a perilous position. To- Tllcrtit rHcYiaff.h vnq rnpnlvpll fit thA Ad miralty Office saying that tho Banterer was" again anoat. A hurricane swept over the camp at Alder shot to-day and aid a great deal of damage. The glass roof of the bnnacks was blown off nnd smashed to pieces. Every 'building on the grounds was more or less damaged. The soldiers now at Aldershot were attend ing divine service when the storm broke upon the 'camp, and no one is reported to have been Injured. FORCED FROM THE PULPUT. A Presbyterian Preacher Beslgng Because He Wasn't Allowed to Preach Against Free Masonry He Ilad Other Hobbles He Was In the Habit of Biding. BtTRGETTSTOWU', Pa. Special Mr. "Weaver, the pastor of the Presbyterian Church of this place, is an ardent temper ance worker and an opposer of secret so cieties of all kinds. In some of his ser mons of late, he has tried to point out what he considered the sinfulness of voting either of the old party tickets. He further ad vised all young men to avoid Free Masonry. Pour members of the session are Masons, and in a meeting held in the pastor's study, requested him to change the style of his sermons, after his remarks concerning Ma sonry, and generally tone down his dis courses. As a result Mr. "Weaver to-day offered his resignation, which was substan tially as follows: "I wish hereby to resign my position as pastor of this church, having been accused of cowardice in mv attack on Free Slasonry, having been called a fanatic by my session: having been informed that by the style of my preaching I had lost my influence over the yonng men of the village, for whom I have labored most faithfully, and having other taunting insults cast at me. I deem this the course pointed out by wisdom, and know the uselessness of combating the determined influence of Free Masonrv. I do not yet know Into what-vinevard the Lord will call me, bnt I am confident in afrttag that I have preached the gospel as Xthaerstuod'it, and make this movo only after the most prayerful consideration. I wish, fartherfore, to Tomove any oharge against those members of the session who are not Masons, and one who was at one time a Mason." Tho resignation was unexpected and fell like a thunderbolt on the congregation. It is greatly feared that the resignation and attendant circumstances will cause a split in the church. Mr. Weaver, interviewed, says that he has no ill feelings and wishes to dropout as quietly as possible, and do nil that ho can to proteot the interests of the church and of the cause. The resignation is to take effect not later than April 1. On one occasion Mr. Weaver said he thought that some day those who voted the tickets of either of the old parties wonld see wherein they had sinned and voted against Christ. BOUGHT TOO HUGH SEAL ESTATE. The Only Reason Given for a Drummer's Apparent Suicide. Ft. Wortji, Dec 13. Special. Ernst B. Wyntt, a traveling salesman for John 33. Farwell & Co.,'Chlcago, but a Ft. Worth man, was fonnd In a dying condition in the wood shed at his residence to-day by his wife. Wyntt had taken an overdose of morphine, but whether or not with suicidal intont is not known. Ho returned to this city Thursday night from a successful busi ness trip, but instead of going to his home he went to tho Grand Hotel nnd was assigned a room. His wifo or rela tives here knew nothing of his being in the olty until he was found this morning, an hour before he died. His family relations were of the most pleasant nature, and his reputation an a bnslness man was flrst-class. he having been in the employ of two of the largest wholesale drygoods concerns in Texas before his connection wit j the Arm of Farwell & Co. A letter addressed to his wife was found in his pocket, but lis contents tho family would not reveal. An intimate friend said to-night that Wyatt had told him often that he had invested heavily in real estato during the boom in Ft. Worth, and had a largo amount of paper coming dne and would be unable to take It up, and his friend was satisfied this fact caused him to take his own life. WILLING TO MAKE CONCESSIONS. Sonth Carolina Prohibitionists Anxious to Save Some of Their Bill. Columbia, S. C, Deo. 13. Special. The general prohibition bill for South Carolina recently passed by the House is still being considered by the Judiciary Committee of the Senate, and will hardly be acted upon before Tuesday or Wednesday. Tho ma jority of the committee aro said to bo un friendly to the bill, and an unfavorable re port is looked for. It is said that even if the bill passes the Senate It will not do so in its present shape, but will bo subject to various amendments. one of which will bo a proviso permitting the sale of native wines direct from the vineyards. It is said that rather than risk the loss of all, the Prohibitionists will make some concessions. Studied Himself to a Suicide's Grave. Itiiaoa, N. Y Dec. IS. B. L. Williams, a former student at Ann Arbor, taking a post graduate course at Cornell, was found dead in hi3 room to-day, having hanged himself. Despondency resulting from overstudy caused the act. Being in Indigent circum stances, he was trying to pay his way by doing chores. An Italian Murderer at New Castle. Newcastle; Dee. 13. Special. During a rowbetween a party of Italians here and several men from Syracuse, N. T., over an accordcon, its owner stabbed Cnrleton Fltz patrlck, one of tho Syrncuso party with a stllotto just beneath the heart. The wounded man will die. Altoona'a Museum Goes Under. Altoona, Dec 13. Special. Owing to an inability to pay salaries, the City Museum and Theater closed Its doors last night. Tho managers will be sued for salarios to-morrow. A numbor of freaks are stranded here. Shipwrecked Passengers (Safe in Fort. New York, Dee. 13-rSfectal Tho Inman steamship City of Chicaxo arrived in this port to-day. She had on board tho passen gers and crew who , were iescued,in mld ocn from the disabled etenmer Kansas. NEW YORK GRIPPED Tho Disease Not Yet Epidemic, bnt Physicians Predict That It Will Be. MANY CASES BEPORTED. Entire .Families Are Attacked in Some Parts of the City. YON" BDI0W HAS IT IN- BEELLN. Eastern Connecticut Was Never So Affected as at Present. A MILWAUKEE C0HYALESCENT SUICIDES rsrarrAi. tklegbamS to the dispatch.! New York, Dec. 13. La grippe has a grasp on New York again not in epidemic form as yet, but sufficiently widespread to create some alarm as to what may develop after the first big snowstorm. Doctors differ as to whether the cases already dis covered are to be diagnosed as the malady which was prevalent in the fall and winter of 1889 and the spring of 1891, or simply influenza in an aggravated form. Professional opinions covering a wide aTea were obtained to-day from New York physicians, and the consensus is that la grippe will make itself manifest as an epidemic before the bells ring out the year '91. Snre to Come In Some Form. Dr. 'Wendell C. Phillips said : "I fully expect an epidemic of influenza this win ter, as in the last two years. Its severity and the extent to which it prevails will, of course, depend on atmospheric conditions, but I think there is very little donbt that it will be epidemic. I have a case of un mistakable grip which I am treat ing now. The disease has many forms, and attacks different people in dif ferent ways. Two years ago it generality attacked the lungs or air passages. I.ast winter it was especially dangerous to the nervous system. This year it is as likely as not to attack the digestive organs. I think the epidemic will come in some form or other, however." No Doubt as to the Symptoms. "I hardly dare to prophesy," said Dr. George T. Shrady. "It is a dangerous busi ness, but I think an epidemic of influenza is very probable indeed. There are cases of grip in this city now, beyond a doubt. I have seen them in my practice, and I see no reason why there should not be an epidemic this year, as in the past two years. Any sudden changes in the weatherwtll be likely so precipitate the epidemic form of the dis ease " T)t. T. C. Williams said: "I thins; an epl demle of Influenza 1 a very strong probabil ity. I have several very well-marked cases of grip under treatment at present. The symptoms admit of no doubt. If the atmos pheric conditions become favorable to the disease it will probably become epidemic. It is a multiform disease, and no one can say what form it will take. It may not make its appearance in epidemic form until considerably later In the season.'! Dr- Cvru Eason, Board of Health Tes, there is la grippe among us, and it hns been hero for some weeks. How long it will last, or what form it will take, it would ho folly at present to predict. 1 don't think, how ever, the people need be alarmed, bnt the history of epidemio diseases shows that where they are prevalent for two years In succession tnoy always snow up again on me third year. Influenza Sorely in the Air. Dr. Henry Goldthwalte, of the Fifth ave nue Hotel There's Influenza in the air. Whether It is the typical grip or not I can not say. All of the cases I have seen are not marked with the general depression or pains which are a symptom of the grip. "I havo one caso with all the symptoms of grip," said Dr. Stannard. "I do not know whether there is an epidemic or not. If there is, mine Is a grip patient." Dr. J. G, Baldwin I have quite a number or cases which I should call la grippe. I do not consider it an epidemic as yet, but I have known It to go through big families, from the grandparents down to the baby. Dr. F. P. Kinnicott There Is a mild form of epidemic influenza undoubtedly prevail ing at present. Typical cases have been ap plying for admission to the different hospitals during the past week. Re ports from abroad indicate a marked difference In the virulence of the present epidemic in different coun tries and in different localities In the same conntrv. It is difficult to explain the pecu liarity of the poison or of what naturo it. might De. xne experience ot lormer epi demics was to the effect that they recurred for several successive years, hut with grad ually diminishing severity. Reported at Other Places. A special from Plalnfield, Connecticut, says: Nine-tenths of the population here are afflicted with the grip. Ten deaths from the influenza havo occurred in this place and Moosup. Over 1,000 cases are reported from Norwich, and there have been Sidoaths thero since the first of the month. Three of the family of John Malone have died. The local physicians aro unable to answer all the calls made upon them. In Colchester the factories nnd schools are closed, and 18 students in Bacon College nre ill. Several deaths have been reported. Nothing like the present epidemio hns ever been known in Eastern Connecticut. . A special from Milwaukee says: Lemuel Richards hanged himself In his house in Astor street this morning. Three weeks ago he had a severe attack of the grip. Here covered, but his family noticed that he was despondent and that his mind was not clear. The disease stalks abroad also. In Berlin, according to a cablegram received to-night, "Herr Von Bulow, the German pianist, Is critlcallv ill with influenza. He will be Gl years old January 8. The epidemic of influ enza in Berlin Is tho most severe ever known." A DARING WESTERN FORGER. He Attempts to Personate George M. I-nnghlin, of Jonet & JLaugbllns De tected in Endeavoring to Pass a Bogus Check Believed to He an Old Criminal. A dispatch received late last night from Jefferson City, Ma, says that a stranger giving the name of George M. Laughliu, of Pittsburg, and describing himself as a capi talist 'and owner of large iron works at Pittsburg, in search of a site for a plant to employ not less than 1,G00 men, spent yes terday in looking up locations here shown by land owners. Last n ight he attempted to past) a check for $53, indorsed by the cashier of tho First National Bank of Soda 11a. Telegraphic inquiries reveulod that the check was spurious and to-day the fellow was pnt in Jail. On him was found :i similar check for $3,500, also on the Scdalia bank. He is believed to be tho man who has worked several Missouri towns in the same way under the name of Cavanaugb. Georgo M. Laughlln, whom this bold forger tried to personate, Is of the well knonn firm 'of Jones Laughllns, and re sides on Murray Hill -avenue. No ono could be found last night who could suggest any reason why hts name should havo been chosen by the Missouri criminal. A DUEL AT A DANCE Friends at a McKeenport Snbnrb In Mortal CombateOver a Girl. Boston, Pa., Dec. 13. Special A social affair was being held in n dance hall here Saturday ntslit. .John Law and his friend, J. W. WcCracken, we-re paving attentions to the same girl, and a quarrel arose over the privilege of dancing with her. The two left the room, and in a rough and tumble fight Law hurled a cobble stone, striking young McCracken on the head. Mc Cracken fell to the ground like a log. Physicians were called, and pronounced Mo Cracken's Injuries as probably fatal. Law is under arrest. The victim Is unconscious. Both parties are well connected. N0RCR0SS' LAST LETTER. HIS MOTHER REFUSES TO DIVULGE ITS CONTENTS. A Bulky Document That Could Fully Clear Up the Bomb-Throwing Mystery Case of a Mind Rapidly Unbalanced The Derby Hat Found. Boston, Dec 13. Special The brier extract of the letter which Broker Henry Ik Norcross wrote to his mother before he started rfor New York on his mission of death, and which was telegraphed to The Dispatch yesterday, is all the information as to its contents which the public is likely to get for the present. Mr. and Mrs. Norcross positively.refuse to further divulge their son's farewell mes sage. Mrs. Norcross says she will destroy it before she allows it to be made public. It is a bulky doonment, and it is admitted that it contains a complete statement of the plans whioh crowded the vonng man's brain when he started out to carry out his insane scheme. - Two ty v are definitely settled by the letter. v '-established beyond a cer talnty'v'fiV' f't Identity of the bomb throwerrvVjy. "fciontents are clearly the workings .V0 O "" mind. While the parents refuse-v . yQ "he contents, they admit that it convVn w 'Te Proor hat their son was the toWn ?" -veven if the fragments or cloth hOw '.-ealed the fact before'the letter wfl if. vj If the Insane broker had" . .lea pre tence of going off on a busing'" iphls ab sence would nave started an ii. estimation which would have revealed the Identity of the mysterious bomb thrower several days earlier. The examination of tbo Pearl street office also brushed away what has been re garded by some as a discrepancy in the case. Sage's assailant wore a tall silk hat. It has been alleged that young Norcross wore a brown derby hat when ho last left home, and that he never wore a silk hat. The brown derby bat that Norcros had on when he left his home in Somerville Thurs day morning' was found in the Boston office yesterday, showing that in addition to every other means which he had adopted for con cealing hi3 identity, he had purchased a hat to wear away. Evidences multiply that young Norcross was mentally unbalanced. There are sev eral who had heard him complain of severe pnins in his head several weeks before tne awful crime. Of course, the experiments with chemicals in his office wero conducted secretly, so there is no information on that point, unless it is embodied in the long let ter which his parents are keeping so closely, hidden. AFTER THE MINERS' BATTLE. A Dead line Protects the Entrance Com promise Negotiations Are In Progress The Men Say if New Ken Are Shipped In They Will Fight. Deitvek, Dec. 13. Everything has been quiet at the Crested Bntte mines to-day, though it wonld not be surprising Jf ihe trouble should be renewed at any time with more serious consequences than those of Friday night. Sheriff Shares and his posse still have possession of the mines and have fixed a dead line 100 yards from the mouth of the mine. No one is allowed to pass without first giving the countersign. The mines have been running ever since Friday, and the mines are now nearly free from gas. .This is of the greatest Importance, for If they were shut down for a few days the accumulation of gas would canse the mines to explode, and the entire town of Crested Butte would bo destroyed. Four of the wounded Itallansftro expected to dlo to-night. The other three may re cover, but it is very doubtful. State Labor Commissioners had a confer ence with a number of the leaders of the striking men to-day. The result was the ap pointment of a committee which will meet' with a committee from the owners to-morrow with a view of settling the differences by arbitration. They say they will settle tl the matter peaceaDiy, lipossiDie, or are con tent to let the mines remain closed: bnt on the .first attempt the owners make to ship. iuuow uicu huvy nmijgui. YOTJHGSIOWB'S PITZ MUST DIE. Covemor Campbell Brushes Aside the. lAgt Faint Hope for Clemency Cottniuus, Dec. 13 Special The last ray of hope for Murderer Edward Fitzgerald Is gone, and he will bang Friday morning. Tho condemned man is not aware his last chance is gone, bnt has been led to believe by out side parties that his sentence will be com mutod. Governor Campbell promised to examine the records of the case, and did so Saturday. Mrs. Fitzgerald paid him a visit at the request of hor husband. Of course, tne uovernor reit sorry ior ner. Dot be wisely took the viow that sympathy could not atono for the Youngstown crime. Later he sent the following to Warden Dyen Having examined as far as la necessary Into tho records of the case of the State of Ohio vsW. E. Fitzgerald. I have concluded not to interfere In his case, but to allow the execution to take place. ' This settles all doubt, and the Warden will go ahead to perfect arrangements for the execution. Mrs. Fitzgerald and a party of friends from Youngstown spent a part of to-day with Fitzgerald. BTOD BY A CLAIRVOYANT A Postmaster Arrested on What He Calls a, Knt-Up Job. PnttADELPHTA, Dec. IS. Special. Wln fleld Kudderow is tho postmaster at Pal myra, N. J., .who lost' his place during the Cleveland aadmluistration and was reap-, pointea Dy Harrison, tie is a marnea man, a person'of substantial reputation and prop erty.and his mother was a sister of old man Wallaco, who recently died Intestate, leav $1,000,000 and a big lawsuit among half a dozen heirs, one of them in Pittsburg, who are fighting for possession of the dead man's monev. E valine Seybert, or Mrs. Randall, as she calls herself in her complaint against Post-, maiter Rudderow, is a Camden clairvoyant or fortnno teller. She has had Kudderow ar-. tested to compel him to support her 3-year-old boy, of which she says be is the father. Postmaster Rudderow says it is a put-up Job on him by those who are opposed to him in the Wallace will case. IN GBEATEE BESS THAN N0ECK0S3. A Crank Who Wanted Over 82,000,000 Put Out or the Way. IlAiiTTORn, ConwDec.13. Special Frank C. Sunner, 55 years old, a crank of this city, whoso pecuniary needs exceeds those of the man who blew up Bussell Sage's office, was sent to the Ilartford Retreat for tho Insane by Probate Judge Freeman a day or two ago. Sunner was not thought to bo dangerous until one day tlrls week ho called nt the office of Meigs H. Whafles, of the Connecti cut Trust and Safe Deposit Company, In this city, and told him that ho would "trouble him for $2,500,000." Mr. Whafles had not that sum of money about his person, and told Mr. Sunner so, whereat the latter made so much of a stir in the office that Policeman McElroy arrested him. Pamell's Mother in Encland. . Iiownoir, Deo. 13. Mrs. Delia Parnell, mother of the late Charles SteVrart Parnell, and her son, John Parnell, who arrived at Liverpool this morning on the Cunard steamer Aurania from New York, roceIve"d a visit from a few Parnelllte9 In Liverpool during the day. John Parnell avoided politics. Both Mrs. Parnell and her son started for Dublin this evening. General Barrios Again a Factor. Sax Fbascisco, Dec 13. General Irena Barrios, tne Guatemalan exile, soiled yes terday for his native country. The election will be held in Guatemala shortly, and Gen eral Barrios says ho has received plenty of encouragement from friends to battle for tho control of the Government as a Presi dontal candidate. THREE CENTS A. SORE iCHICG0, Even Carter Harrison Is Dotyii On the Kotten Garfield . .Park Tract.- THE WEST SIDE IN.AMS.1 A Public Indignation Meeting Ap points a Committee TO INTEKESTMAYOE WASHBDENE. The Bepresentatiye Clergymen of the City Side With Carter. A WAE UPOS ILLEGITIMATE EACETG CniCAGO, Dec. 13. The raid made upon the Garfield race track yesterday caused a sensation in all circles to-day. The press, the clubs and the most prominent divine3 in the city have taken a hand with the business men and prominent citizens for the permanent suppression ot the place, which is located within the 'city limits about a stone's throw from one of the finest parks in the city and adjoining the "Westside boulevard. The fight promises to be a bit ter one. The Garfield Park Club was declared a public nuisance and a disgrace to the peace and good order of the citizens of the "West side at an enthusiastic meeting held by members ot the Illinois Club last night. The question of abating the nuisance and prohibiting the alleged races conducted by the gambling fraternity, was agitated in a lively manner. Not a legitimate Baca Track. President William J. Chalmers called the meeting to order shortly after 8 o'clock. He said it was the outgrowth" of a meeting; held Thursday by the trustees, who wished tbe club to discuss ways and means for clos ing up the Garfield Park races and sup pressing the evils connected therewith. Said he: No legitimate race course was ever con ducted as this Garfield Park track had been run during tho past year. The Westside cars were filled with the lowest class of men and women going to and from the gambling grounds. The Westside streets were con stantly filled with gamblers and tho dregs of humanity in consequence of the in iquitous institution. To-day the police stopped tbe racing on tbe track that comes within the limit of their Jurisdiction, bnt the gamblers have already issued circulars announcing that they will resume again in April. I think if we take this matter in hand we can drive them from those grounds forever. Carter Harrison's Stand on Gambling. Mr. Chalmers then introduced ex-Mayor Carter H. Harrison, now editor of the Times. Mr. Harrison began by saying that all men knew from tradition that be was the friend. of gamblers while Mayor of Chicago. He confessed that he did not believe that gam bling could be entirely suppressed. There was a streak in human nature that caused men to gamble for tho sake of trying to gain something tor nothing. His lillcy was to allow open gambling, and regulatoltasfar as possible so as to reduce it to a minimum. But the gambling dens of Clark street wero small evils compared with the hell at Gar field Park. He had seen the cars crowded with gamDIers whose faces were familiar to him iu tho old days; had seen them hanging on to the cars like turtles on a log in a Southern flood. He had seen many women filling the cars who were whited sepulcbers, and many others who had not yet tallen be yond redemption nil going to Garfield Park, where no entrance fee wa3 required. It Is a publio shamo and disgrace. Hun dreds of youths, azed from II to 20, went there every day to hay pools. Not only did they learn topamblo, butthoy wero supplied with beer, and no policeman raised a hand to stop the unlawful traffic The Pure-Minded Are Tainted. "From that raco course," said Mr. Harri son, "the road to immorality has been en couraged and made wide and smooth. Fifteen hundred persons a few weeks ago were on the ground; abont half were more or less respectable, and the rest belonged to the fallen and degraded class. "The city authorities can stop thiseviL They can suppress George Uankins just as they have suppressed Joe Ullman. It is time this thing was stopped, and I know it can be stopped. Tho people of the Westsido can rise in their might and go to tho Chief of Polloe.'and demand that he shall stamp out this iniquity as a wicked hell upon earth. "The Westsido pawn shops are full of furniture and household goods put there by men who were ruined at this race track. Go to tbe city authorities with aroused public sentiment, and yon can compel tbcm to take prompt and decisive action and rid this part of the city of the worst gambling hell it has everknown." Rev. J. L. Withrow, of the Third Presby terian Church, said he wa3 glad to take par t In a movement where tbo morals and wel fare, not only of the Westside, but of the whole city, wero at stake. "Let us," said h e, "do as Mr. Harrison advised, and go to the city authorities and say it must be stopped. Officers Most Enforce the Law. "If any public officer takes an office, lifts his hand before Almighty God and swears that he will execute the laws, he ought to do so or sink into the ground. I hope that the people of the great westside will get duly aroused and raise Garfield Pa rk high In the) air." President H. L. Thompson, of the West Park Board, did not think that either Mr. Harrison or Dr. Withrow had language to express the extent of the ovll existing at Garflald Park. President Thompson de scribed the successful efforts made by the park pollce,nided by the city police, to stop the racing on the outer track yesterday nfternoon. Tbe racing on the other track, -iu the slush and mud, looked like a cyclone in a lake. Tet' the sorry animals wero pounded around the track In this awful manner.Just for the sake of selling pools. Rev. Dr. Lawrence, pastor of the Second Baptist Church, said It was a herculean task to clean out this race track, for It was a filthier thing than the Augean stables of old, but it conld be done. As Governor Oglesby said regarding anarchy on a cer tain occasion, "When the law arises in its majesty and Jump on a thing with both feet, it can stamp h 11 out or it." Kev. Mr. Wallaco, of tho Eighth Prosby terian Church, eulogized tho papers of Chi cago which bad taken a stand on the side of purity, morality and honesty In relation to tnis race track. A committee wa3 appointed to wait on Mayor Wnshburne. nttsbnrgers In KewTork. New Yobk, Dec 13. Special Tho follow ing Pittsburgers are registered at New Yorkr hotels to-day: E. M. Chessman, Morton House: J. M. Given, Grand Central; E. Y. Goodchtld, Morton House; MI-Kirfepatrlck, Westralnxter; R. D. Dayton, Astor House; A. Lusle, Giley House: F. 31. Roberts GHsey House; P. F. Smith, Hotel Brunswick. The Bear Caught No Pirates. Sax Fbascisco, Dec. 13. Tho United States revenue cutter Bear arrived last night from the Arctic The Bear Ipf t horo last J uno for Boring Sea to protect seals from pirates, but did not make any seizures. The cutter Rush it expected in a low days, having left the North, shortly after the Bear. Killed During an Illness New York, Dec 13. Martin Biedman, a cigar maker, was killed on the Third Ave nue Elevated Railway to-day. He was lean ing ovor the piatiorra a3 u about to vomit, when.be lost his balance and fell to th uaciw uireubij uuuvi iu nucua vi a Ifum ' U . v J i t&M&i yi.4i&.''rf ''.Uai :
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