? i ."-. ,3ga;' r rf 3- - - -v-r 7 THE SMALL ADVTS. ContinHe to grew as fiast as ever. The gala in five months ending January 31 was 10,568. Try THE DISPATCH'S ccnt-a-worU col umns, and make money. AfSTEP FORWARD. - .A The ceHt-a-word rate has caBSed ., a gala of 10,568 small adrertise ments la Ave months ending Jaa -si 4 nary 31, 1893. It pays to advertise fn THE piSPATCH. FORTT-STKTH YEAH PITTSBUEG. "WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 3. 1892. THREE CENTS. mc FiTZSIMMONS T Is the Man Captured and Now Confined in a New Orleans Cell. HE BRAGS TOO MUCH, Declaring It Took Him Fully Three Hours to Saw His Way OUT OF THE PITTSBURG JAIL Es Version of thj Shooting of Gilkinson Repeated Down South. He Admits That His Wife Handed Him Her Pistol When He Called for It He Would Repeat the Shooting a Hun dred Times if Necessary A Denuncia tion of His Counsel, of the Woman Who Turned State's Evidence Against Him, and of Holmes Anderson The Latter, He Says, Led the Detectives to Him A Promise to Write Out the Par ticulars of His Story Further Details of How the Clew Was Worked Out Warden McAleese's Cleverness a Great Factor in the Arrest Tom Mar shall Calls Fitza Monkey and a Fool. STFCIU. TELEGRAM TO THE DtRrATCn. 1 Xew Obleaxs, Feb. 2. Fitzsimmons, the famous Pittsburg burglar and murderer of Detective Gilkinson, whose crime created such a sensation, is still in jail here, and will remain until Murphy, the Pittsburg detecthe, who is coming down here to take him home, arrives, nhich is thought will be Thursday. Fitzsinimons refused to make a statement, but entered into some explanation of his affairs. He said that the various accounts of the shooting of Gilkinson and the wound ing of Murphy published in the papers were erroneous in many particulars, lie admitted that lie had committed the jewelry robbery, and had also been guilty of steal ing the silks. In both of these cases his confederate had been a woman who turned State's evidence against him and gave such testimony as was sufficient to convict him and iree herself. Fitz's Story of the Shooting;. Although he did not know it at the time, lie subsequently learned that when Gilkin sorrand Murphy were shot by bim theyhad ostensibly come to arrest him for the Home stead burglary. The circumstances of the thooting, ' he says, were briefly these: A number of people were engaged at the time in laying some gas pipe near his residence. On the morning of the shooting he was seated in a room, in company with his Tfife and little daughter, when he heard his wife scream. Looking up, he saw her staggering about the room, she having been seized by two men, who, he thought, were some of the Italians assaulting her. He jumped up, grasped a pistol, and fired, Gilkinson fall ing wounded. Murphy then fired at him and his wife, the former being wonnded on the shoulder. The Weapon Handled by Bla Wire. When Murphy grappled with bim, Fitz simmons called to her to band him her pistol. She kept a small pistol of her own to protect her in his frequent absence. When Mrs. Fitzsimmons gave him her pistol he shot Murphy. He thought he was right in what he had done, and would do it a hundred times again, if necessary. Fitzsimmons said that his father was a wealthy and respected merchant, of Brock ville, Ontario, and had been Mayor of that town and school trustee for 20 years; that his uncle, William Fitzsimmons, had been twice elected member of the Canadian Parliament for Leeds and Greenville, and was to-day Postmaster at Brockville. He had inherited $18,000 from his father, t'JCOO of which he had spent in defense of his wife, to whom he leelingly referred as the best and gentlest of women, and absolutely innocent of anything, but assisting him in the protection of those to whom he was bound by ties of love. A Red-Hot Itoast for His Counsel. He had been systematically victimized by his lawyers, and his principal counsel, em ployed at $1,000, trad feigned illness in order not to be present at the trial. Fitzsimmons denied that the police of ew Orleans were entitled to any credit for capturing him, as he was the victim of treachery. He had helped a poor fellow in Pittsburg. The man was now living in New Orleans, and Fitzsinimons had come here to tee him. The man had betrayed liim to the police in order to get a part of the reward oflered for his capture. Fitz seemed quite proud of the wanner in which he cut his way out of the Alle gheny County Jail, and said that he was three hours at work there with a hand-saw. He claimed that his wife was a Lonisianan, and closely related to Stonewall .T.rl-cnn She had a number of relatives of the highest ..ocial standing in New Orleans, but he did not care to mention their names. He promises to give still further particulars of his story in the form of a letter to the papers. A REQUISITION ISSUED. Attorney Marshall Talks or the Capture of His Er-Cllent-Telegrams Stating; That, the Identification Is Complete The Tart Taken by Warden McAleese. District Attorney Burleigh yesterday re ceived from J. J. Finney, the detective'who captured Fitzsimmons at Xew Orleans the following telegram: Identification positive: hut not admitted No legal fight yet. Authorities cordially cooperating. County Detective Beltzhoover returned from Harrisburg last evening with the requisition papers for Fitzsimmons. Thev ? muiu:iiw rn, iub UCDOI DV VUara-T. J i ikA. j-. .td! . BEYOND DO Goehring, the assistant in the District At torney's office, and he pronounced them as in correct legal form. An hour later Mr. Beltzhoover left on the Panhandle road lor Xew Orleans. In his opinion .Fitz simmons will make no fight and will return to Pittsburg without making even an effort at a legal battle. It is thought if no 1 egal trouble is raised the officers will land Fitzsimmons in Pittsburg .early next week, probably Monday. His case will be called immediately after his arrival in-Pittsburg and he will be disposed of without delay. Already there is con siderable speculation regarding the result -of his case, and not a few people believe that his crime will be fixed at second de gree murder. There is also .considerable anxiety as to what attorney will defend the noted ontlaw. "Will you defend Fitzsimmons?" was asked Thomas M Marshall yesterday. A Very Vigorous Opinion. "I will defend him if he has the money to pay me," Mr. Marshall replied, "but on no other condition. Fitzsimmons is a monkcv and a fool," Mr. Marshall went on. "I knew as I lived that his disposition to write letters wonld lead to his capture. He was continually writing me. Even my office boy knew his letters. I knew his letters to me were being photographed before I got them. He wrote to me frequently from St. Louis, but he never gave a name and I was therefore un able to answer him and tell him to stop his infernal writing. In all my experience I never acted as attorney for "such a fool as Fitzsimmons. I quit him twice before he scaped, but he always paid me to come back to him. It is a mistake to think him a smart, shrewd iellow. He is simply a fool and a monkey. "The detectives are getting considerable 'glory out of his capture just now," Mr. Marshall said, "but thev are not entitled to a whit or credit. Warden John McAleese Is wholly responsible for the capture of Fitr. McAleeso lonnd the slips of paper on Holmes Anderson, and no other living man would have found them. Those slips of Sapor led to tile arrest of Fitz, and If there e any credit in it Mr. McAleeso must havo it. Klllen, the Tarentum murderer, had also arranged to escape, but he was caught in the act by McAleese," Mr. Marshall concluded. "leu me or those slips or paper iouna on Holmes AndereonJ" was asked Warden Mc Aleese j esterday. "Well, ever since 1 come to the Jail I was suspicious or Anderson. lie Is a big, fat, ignorant fellow, but lie seemed to be con cealli.g something in his mind and I never could rightly understand him. I watched him closely for six weeks. Fitzsimmons knew that Anderson would be cleared and Anderson knew it too. After Anderson had been cleared, and when ho was being taken Into court to be released from Jail, I stopped him in my office. 'I want you a moment,' I said to him. 'What fort' he asked, anxiously. Then I knew he was alarmed. Insisted Upon a Search. "I told him I wanted to search him. flo protested vigorously. He said he had been searched when he entered the Jail, and he would not submit to another searching. I insisted, however, and while he was arguing I had gone through every pocket in his coat and vest. In his vest pocket I round a roll of money. He was unable to tell me the amount of money he had, and that con firmed my heller that he was in with Fitz simmons and that he had gotten the money from the outlaw. I then went over to court, and asked the District Attornev to delay tho dismissal ot Anderson and returned and completed my search. I made him take off every stitch or clothes, and I examined every thread of his apparel, all his papers and books. He had a little or everything In his pockets, Irom scrap Iron to shoe strings. I found he had $70 rolled up in themoneylnaneatllttlo wao. i iounu cue suns or naner mvinir cue address and location of Fitzsimmons. I sent Anderson back Into a dark cell and then sent lor District Attorney Burleigh. With himrl again examined tho stuff I had taken from Anderson, and after returning everthlng bnt the papers I had Andersoubrought out again. He at first denied everything. I looked him fair in the eyes and called htm a liar: He wilted. He then agreed to tell me everything, but the fact Is he knew nothing of importance. Burleigh took tho slips of paper, turned them over to the Murphy detectives and the capture followed. I then released Anderson. I thought Fitz would Do watching the Pittsburg papers, and I saw to It that all of them announced the discharge from Jail of Holmes Anderson. I knew that Fitz w ould be watching for him at New Or leans, me piace oi meeting appointed, and I now find that an oi my suspicions were correct, xietective Finney was 6ent there Immediately after I " found the papers, and he seems to have done the right thing at tho right time. I don't believe that Anderson went to New Orleans at all. He was afraid to go. "I am having Fitzsimmons' old cell ore- Sared for him and 1 will puthlmback where e escaped from. I am hopeful he will not escape from me." THE ILL-STARRED EIDER ABANDONED BY OFFICERS AND CREW AND LEFT TO HER FATE. The Increased Fury of the Gale Renders Their Rescue Difficult There Wn No Fanlc on Board Some of the Mall Ar rives In Southampton. Atheefield, Feb. 2. From daylight until night the beach in the vicinity of Atherfield Ledge was filled with people from miles around, all anxious to see the spectacle of a great transatlantic steamer on the rocks. Many of the older men in the little groups that gathered have been toilers of the sea In their younger days, and the sight of the Eider lying helplessly on the dangerous ledge put them in reminis cent mood, and they told or many wrecks and narrow escapes they had seen or bad themselves. The sea was lashed to tncreasingnry by the freshening gale, and as the huge rollers would sweep in from the channel they woula strike the stranded steamer and sweep al most entuely over her. The Elder has shown throughout the terrible pounding she has received that thciowas nothing faulty in her construction. At 8 JO o'clock the lifeboats were launched and battled their way through- the heavy seas in the direction of the steamer to try to re9cnesomeofthe members of the ship's company still aboard. Most or the offlceis and crew had already landed. When the boats reached the stranded vessel a line was taken from the steamer and then, dropping alongside, one boat took on as many of the crew as she .could sarely carry and headed for the shore. Tne men who had remained on the steamer had been anxiously waiting for hours for the llieboat. The other, lifeboats, alter a long struggle, also reached the Elder and took every body off. The lifeboats, after an exceedingly perilous voyage, succeeded in bringing everybody from the ship to the shore in safety. A few bags or the mail rrom the Eider and 227 or her passengers have arrived at Southampton. All the passengers concur in denying the sensational reports that a panic prevailed when the steamer strnck or after ward. THE GBAND CEHTBAL HOTEL CLOSED. Its Managers Give tip 1 hat Was No More a Faying Business. New YoaicFeb. 2. Special The Grand Central Hotel will be closed to-morrow. It was practically closed this evening, the only persons in the house being a number or creditors, who held a meeting in one of the rooms. Business has been dull In the hotel for a long while nast, and Fayman 4 Sprague, the proprietors" found they could not continue paying the $65,000 rent re quired by the owne-. They had a ten years lease of the place, which was to expire in May, 189& Eugene Higglns, son of tho car pet manufacturer, Is the owner of the prop erty. The proprietors were In arrears $30,000 for rent, and owed $16,000 more to grocers, butchers and others. The creditors present at to-day's meeting accepted an oQer of 33 per cent of their claims. The hotel was famous as a political head- 3uarters 25 years ago. The killing of Colonel 1m Flsk on the ladles' staircase by Ed Stokes in January, 1872, made Its. name familiar all over the country. Of later vears it was much frequented by Southern j k.ta.J -Vivi-, merchants, hut the stagnation of trade ha kept them away. The proprietors say that the tearing up of Broadway to build the cable road also hurt their business. Mr. Hlggins says it would not pay him to let the property Tor hotel purposes for ' $10,000. Unless some hotel man who is willing to pay more than $10,000 will take the property, it will be let for business purposes. CLEVELAND MUST SPEAK. HIS FRIENDS, THE MUGWUMPS, DE MAND A DECLARATION. If They Are to Be Called on to Support Bim They Want to Know It Work Must Be Begun at Once or Tliey Fear It Will Be Too Late. Boston-, Feb 2. SptciaL The Cleve land leaders have made Tip their minds to give up the fight for their favorite unless he comes out manfully and helps them. They have grown tired of his shirking, and demand that he come out and proclaim in public his candidacy which he is strength ening in private. There is serious disrup tion in the Cleveland camp on account of this feeling, and the breach is widening every day. ' Some mighty significant facts were to-day revealed- by one of the most prominent Democratic leaders in the State, who has always been known as an ardent Cleveland man. He knows as much abont New York politics as or what Is going on in Massachu setts, and he was able to speak authorita tively as to the attitude of the Now York annex to the Cleveland show. He declared to The Dispatch correspondent that there would be no contesting delegation from sew York at the Democratic National Con vention If Hill got the regular delegates. "The Murray Hill meeting on Saturday," he said, "was called for the purpose or mak ing an effect upon tho rest or the country. Tho movement has been started In New York In view or the existing conditions for tho purpose or bringing forward some one as a Presldental candidato upon whom the more advanced portion of tho Democratio party could center. This does not neces sarily mean Cleveland, or any one man especially; it simply means, for Instance, some such man as McPberson, Palmer or Boies. I think that Is about the order of choice in which they wonld stand. "Of course, Cleveland has been the favor ite of the class or men or whom we are speaking. I presume he still is or many of them, and he is mine, yet there ia no doubt their ardor has cooled a little on account of his recent course of action." "What do you mean by that? Do you re fer to his alleged passivity?" "It Is more than that, it is understood that some time since Mr. Cleveland positively forbade his friends in New York to take any concerted action in his behalf. At that time they were ready and desirous to make the fight for the organization, ancLI believe they could have secured it, had it not been for his prohibition. I do not know what his reasons are for this course, and have never heard them stated. It is a fact, neverthe less, that his oourxe has greatly disheart ened rollowers, not only in New York, but also in other States where it has become known." COLORADO'S MAGIC CITY. It Sprines Up at Creede as Suddenly as Did Leadvllle A 81,000,000 Offer Refused The State Claims the tana, and Trouble Is Feared. Denver, Feb. 2. The excitement at Creede, the new mining camp on the Den ver and Bio Grande Bailroad is intense. People are flocking in from all parts of the country, and a large city of rough board houses has sprung up in a short time. The mines are wonderful, almost equaling those of Leadvllle In its best days. David II. N Moffatt to-day was offered $1,000,000 by an English company to bond tho Holy Moses mine at Creede, bnt he refused to do so. Since tho first prospect hole was started at Creede -nine montlisLascvJthereJjaye been- fwww nunu ui un wkou irom me mines, there, although everything is new" and un developed as yet. A conflict of opinion as Jo the ownership of 160 acres in the center of the new town exists, and there have been many small fights and lot-jumping, but thus far no one has been killed. This property is claimed by the State as school land, and Is also claimed by M. V. B. Wason, who has leased and sold some or the lots. A public auction of these lots by the State Board Is advertised for February 25, and It !s feared grave trouble will arise, as most of the land is covered by squatters who will not move. BLAINE AND THE EQANS. The Secretary Insists He Knows of No Charge Against Them. Washington, Feb. 2. Special Secretary Blaine's attention was called to-day by a Dispatch reporter to the published state ment that the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of .Representatives may investi gate the conduct of Miuister Egan and his son at Santiago during tho past year. The particular offense charged against the Minister's son is that he is attor ney for the collection of a claim of $5,700,000 against tha Chilean .Government growing out or the revoked concessions to the North andSouth American Construction Company. Secretary Blalna was evidently annoved at the intimation that he had any knowledge whatever ot young Mr. Egan's business affairs. The Secretary said: "Why do you bring this matter to me? The publica tion of these charges against Mr. Egan do not refer to me. There are no statements of mine in them." When he was told that some Information was desiied about the published charge against Minister Egan and son, Mr. Blaine said: "The Stato Department knows nothing of any such charges, absolutely nothing?' When asked If ho knew personally about them the Secre tary replied: "I have said all I could say about them if I talked on the subject all night, for I know nothing on the subject-" , CLEVELAND SPEAKS AT ATLANTA. He, Said It Required More Than His Re puted Backbone to Refuse This Time. Atlanta, Feb. 2. Ex-President Cleveland passed through here a't noon to-day en route trom New Orleans. At Central station he was given a tremendous ovation. Fully f,000 persons were assembled. There was a continuous thunder of applause. Cannon saluted the arrival of the train, and before it had stopped Governor Northen had gotten aboard and introduced Mr. Cleveland to the multitude. For 20 minutes he shook hands with tho crowd, and In response to calls madea short speech, thanking the people for their cordial reception and expressing his pleasant le membrance or his visit here five years ago. He had declined all previous Invitations to speak, ho said, but it would require a man with greater backbone than he was reputed to have to resist such an outpouring. EANTJCK PATRIOTISM AS0USED. Captain O'Grady, Who Befased to Fly the Stars and Stripes, Rewarded. Montreal, Feb. 2. To-night the Canadian Pacific Express for St. John, .N. B., will carry to that city a parcel addressed to Captain O'Grady, of the British ship Blendon, who refused to haul down his colors at Bridget port. Conn., Sunday, at the demand of an angry and excited mob largely composed of the State militia. This parcel contains a brand-new union jack, which was puiohased by a number of commercial and maritime people of Mon 3ieal. So great was the desire to subscribe to this testimonial that the amount for each bad to be placed at a very low figure.and the number of people subscribing had to be lim ited. SHETLAND ISLANDEBS STARVING. The Storm Shuts Off Communication, and a Bottle Tells the Tale. LosDoif, J"eb. 2. A bottle which was found floating near Lerwick, Scotland, contained a message from Fowls, an island of the Shet land group, 18 mile's west of the other islands, stating that owing to the absence of communication with the other islands caused oy stormy weather the Inhabitants or Fowla are on the verge or starvation. They bad at the time the bottle was thrown Into the water only a few potatoes and a little meal let. , . i1" TROUBLESDflUBLED. The Alleglieny Postoffice Mud dle as Annoyingas the Collectorship. TWO COjNTEABY EEPOETS Made as to Postmaster Gilleland's Conduct of His Office. FUBTHER INVESTIGATION NEEDED Before llr. Wanamaker Can Make Any Move in the Hatter. TWO TACA5CIES SOON TO BE FILLED ISriCIAL TELEGKAPniC I.ETTZR.J Bureau or The Dispatch:. ) i Washington; d. C Feb. 2. t The Allegheny postofflce trouble bids fair to be a subject of delay as annoying as that of the collectorship. There are certain phases of the matter which may lead the Postmaster General to modify his first im pression based on the report of Special Agent McCalmont. It is thought by some to be rather peculiar that Colonel Stone was not informed of any movement to investi gate the Allegheny postoffice. Several months ago, when the trouble about the office of collector of internal rev enue first began, it may be remembered that simultaneously there was a report of an investigation of the Allegheny post office. This investigation was conducted by the chief of the special agents of the de partment, and resulted in a report entirely favorable to Postmaster Gilleland. The agent had no fault to find with his conduct of the office. Congressman Stone Overlooked. A few weeks ago Special Agent McCal mont was ordered to begin a new investiga tion. It is usual in such a proceeding for the Congressmen of the dlstriot In which the office is situated to he given Information or. any trouble or fault, hut Representative Stone was kept in utter ignorance of tho fact that an Inquiry had been mado and that a report from the -agent was then in the hands of the Postmaster General. Immediately upon learning this last Friday Mr. Stone went to the department nnd requested to be permitted to see the re port, lie was told that no one could have access to It till it had been read by the At torney General. On Saturday he made a second request and received a similar re sponse. He and others were permitted to read the report yesterday, and Mr. Stone, as stated last evening in these telegrams, gave the opinion that even if the worst charge against Mr. Gilleland were true, it was an insufficient reason for his removal. Mr. Stone has urged the Postmaster Gen eral to derer his conclusions until further investigation can be made, arguing that a special agent who had himself been dis missed for Incompetency could hardly be a proper person to pass finally upon the efficiency of others. McCalmont's Unusual Performance. The usual proceeding of a special agent is to discover anything objectionable In the conduct of an office and lay it before the Postmaster General in a report. It is said that Mr. Calmont notonly made a report which evident v betraved nreludice. but bluntly recommended the dismissal of Post mastoi;uiMOiiia.u, uiu .Assistant fUbtwuBicr Mvler. No charge is made against Mr. Gilleland except that of inefficiency. Just what the inefficiency consists ot is not stated except that he has not taken the trouble to inform himself in regard to the machinery of the office. Without in the least Intending a de fense or Mr. Gilleland, it may be said that this is a charge that might possibly hold good against hundreds or officials who depend upon capable and trained subordin ates. The most serious charge, however, is against Mr. Myler, who is supposed to be im mediately responsible lor the actual work of the office, and especially for correct ac counting in money matters. Special Agent McCalmont reports that Mr. Myler was very careless In the management of his cash account, and that he found slips of paper in tho money drawer which Indi cated a shortage. While Mr. Myler Is pos sibly primarily responsible. It is said there are three or fonr persons in the office who handle money. No Dishonesty Shown In the Report. It is not shown in the report that any money was dishonestly abstracted. Several slips were found on which were noted a shortage on various occasions. The very fact of the presence of these slips is argued to be a proof of Innocence of any dishonesty, thongh they might give an unfavorable Im pression of the methods of the office. It is almost certain, however, that the Postmaster General will not take decisive action without further Investigation, and it is probable another agent will be sent on to conduct a new investigation, it is due to Representative Dalzell to sav that he dis claims having had anything to do with in stigating an investigation. Ho was in strumental In bringing abont the reinstate ment of McCalmont after his dismissal, but had no knowledge he would bo or had been sent to Allegheny to Investigate the post office. It is said by officials at the Treasury De partment and the Department or Justice that both the Pittsburg collectorship and the District Judgeship will be decided this week. The weight of opinion seems to be in favor of the appointment of Bufflngton, of Kit tanning, to tbo district bench. As to the collectorship, the friends of Graham and Miller seem to be equally sanguine. Friends of Senator Quay are much grati fied by the apparently severe sentence given the Beaver editors who, they say, provoked and invited the result up to and even after tho day of conviction. They ay, however, that the Senator Is not In tho least vindic tive, nnd that the friends of the editors will probablvwork upon his feelings success lully to bring about in some way a mitiga tion of the sentence. The Pardon Board is now a tie politically, but it is probable that a word from tho Senator would lead to a voto of the Republican members to give the editors their freedom. Lightner. IMAGINES HE IS THE ALMIGHTY. Rells Ions Fervor Turns the Brain of a Col ored Southern Preacher. Athkta, Ga., Feb. 2. imperial. Andrew Hill, a colored preacher, has been preaching several years, and his religious zeal his affected his mind. Recently he has taken up the Idea that he Is the Almighty, and this idea so grewaipon him that he has become almost a raving maniac. A few days ago he was taken to the county jail and kept in a coll. .While In Jail he has been con stantly preaching and singing. At the in vestigation, this morning he stated with the utmost dignity that he was the Maker and Buler of the Universe. "I am," he said, "not the Christ, "hut the only living God. I am on earth for the first time to wain the nations of the coming wrath. I pi edict that the city of Atlanta shall be dostroyed even as was Jerusalem. The people are proud, and they walk in the way of iniquity, hut their down. fall is sure and certain, and my wrath shall Visit it qnicKiy. The Jury found that Hill was insane, and he was ordered sent to the State Lunatic Asylum. IHE PBICE OF WHISKY SEDUCED. President Greenhut's Conservative Policy Sustained by Trust Directors. Chicago, Feb. 2. At a meeting of the Di rectors of the Distilling and Cattle Feeding Company (Whisky Trust) to-day President J. B. Greenhut presented a communication in which he defended the policy of himself and Mr. Morris in refusing to countenance Inflated repbrts of fabulous profits, and that the company could easily pay two or three times the amount or the dividend declared. lie concinaea oy ouenng nis leslgnstlon auo iyaru or Directors imanUnously adopted a resolution in eulogy of their President and refusing to accept his resig nation. Other resolutions reduced the basis price of whisky 2 cents a proof gallon at once, and declared the policy or the board to he to keep the price at such a fignro as will hold trade. FUN IN A LEGISLATURE. THE CONNECTICUT HOCSE DISOBEYS ITS SPEAKER'S MANDATE. i r He Declares It Adjourned and G lesHome, but the Minority Remains In faesslon A. Sergeant-at-Arms and Deputies De tailed to Compel Absentees to Show Up. ?lARTrORD, Feb. 2. The House met to day at I p. m. Most of the Democrats and alf a dozen Republicans attended its cession. The session introduced one of the most novel performances oi the legislative session. The roll call was taken on the (juestion pending, the adoption of a special rule giying the Speaker power to adjourn .the House in the absence of a quorum for a considerable length of time. fJ The call disclosed the lock of a quqrnm, and Speaker Paige proceeded to declare the 'House adjourned. Mr. Walker, of Hartford, tried to make a motion, but the Speaker pro ceeded with the declaration: . "The House stands adjourned until to morrow at 1 o'clock," said the Speaker. xne liouse does not stana aajournea unm to-morrow at 1 o'clock," said Mr. Walker, "and the members will keep their seats." . All the Republicans then left the building, but the Democrats remained. Tho Speaker ,li!vring abandoned his chair, Mr. Callahan, oi it cw naven, as eiecrea spcaicer pro rem. Mr. Walker, then, as a Justice of the Peace, swore Mr. Callahan in. The latter took the chair and requested tho Clerk, Mr. Eddr, to make a note of the proceedings. Mr. Eddy said the House was not In session. Then Mr. Callahan said It was necessary to elect a Clerk pro tern, and Mr. Marklev, of New Britain, was elected. Then, on further motion of Mr. Walker, "Tim" McCarthy, of Windsor Locks, was elected Sergeant-at-Anns to compel the at tondancoof absent members, and six flepu ties were chosen. An order to compel the attendance of ab sent members was then passed. It provides, with certain conditions, for a forfeiture of the salary ora member who does not attend the House to-morrow at 2 o'clock, or who absonts himself without leave afterward. Copies or this order are to be mailed to all members or thp House not present to-day. On motion of Mr. Walker, the minority then adjourned until to-morrow at 1 F. H. KEYSTONE SECRETS OUT. THE MYSTERY OF WHAT BECAME OF THE BANK'S CAPITAL. Some Strange Bookkeeping Disclosed in the Preliminary Hearing of Henry H. Yard He Is Held for Court Government Ex pert Barrett Testifies. PniLADKLPHiA, Feb. 2. Ai a hearing to-day of Henry H. Yard, who was in volved with ex-City Treasurer John Bardsley and President Gideon "W. Marsh in the wreck of the Keystone Bank, some evidence was introduced by United States District Attorney Bead whiph promises to unravel the mystery of the disappearance o the bank's entire capital. Government expert Albert Barrett testified from his ex amination of the bank books that Yard's Indebtedness at the time of its closing In March was $193,785, including overdrafts of $278,611. Of the remainder there are four certifi cates of deposit amounting to $3,000, each Is sued to Yard without being cbayged against htm, action on which Is barred by the statute of limitations; notes outstanding at the time of closing of $119,273,(1 $10,000 certificate of de posit issued like the others to Yard and Lothers amounting to $65,900some of which though in no instance did thelatter make a deposit to meet the certificate. The $10,000 check was not charged to any acconnt of Yard's, but on tho following day he turned it over to the bank" again with $15,000 of foreign ohecks. receiving in ex change a clearing house due bill for $25,000, thus paying tho bank with Its own funds. The due bill in question was shown to have been turned over to the Spring Lake and Seagirt Company, or which Yard was Presi dent, and used to meet Its obligations. The certificates were issued directly to Yard, except in one or two Instances, when the name of W. S. Jackson Is used "per Yard." Ledgers of the bank for 1888 and 1889 were prodnced nnd leaves found to be torn out where Yard's Individual acconnt would have existed had any been entered. The false certificates given Yard were Issued between March, 1889, and Jnne, 1890, when his overdrafts ranged from $150,000 to $250,000. At the conclusion of the hearing, Yard was held In $20,000 ball for trial. CAELYLE HAHEIS MUST DIE. The Trial or New York's Glrl-WHo Mur derer Has an Exciting End. New York, Feb. 2. For. nearly a month young Cariyle Harris has been on trial here for his life, charged with having poisoned to death his girl wife, who at the time of her death was the Inmate of a fashionable boarding school for young women in this city. The marriage of the two had been kept secret, but the mother ot the girl. Miss Helen Fotts, learned of It and had pressed young Harris, a medical student, to fix a time when the marriage of her child should bo made known. That time was close at hand when the young woman died of mor phine poisoning. The jury to-day returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree. The prisoner's mother shrieked and fell to the floor, while her convicted son tried to calm her. The' Recorder, in thanking the Jury, said he did not see how any other verdict could have been found. SALISBUBY'S EXPECTED 8PEECH. He Eulogizes the Dead Prince and Hhedlve and Says Ireland Is Still the Issue. London, FeD. 2. Lord Salisbury spoke toJ day at Exeter, where he met with an ova tion from Devonshire Conservatives. He began his remarks by alluding to the mag netic, feeling which ran through the nation. Its bitter soriowat the loss of an amiable Prince and its heartfelt sympathy for the royal family. The nation, said Lord Salis bury, which owes so much to the Govern ment, had also rrasonto legret the recent death or the Khedive ot Egypt. -After speaking at length on the parish connolls issue, he said Ireland remains the hnrning question of the hour, on which would rest the Issue, not only or the next election, but perhaps or others, and ho ap pealed to the country to uphold tho union. A Coroner's Jury Blames a Railroad. St. loois, Feb. 2 The Coroner's verdict in tbo sleighing accident, by which eight men were killed, does not directly hold either the driver of the sleigh or the railroad com uany responsible, but states that the Wabash Hallway Company has- violated a city ordi nance bv running the train at a speed of nearly 20 miles an hour when the accident occurred C Japan Still Violently Shaking, Sau Frascisco. Feb. 2. A violent shock of earthquake was felt January 3 at Glfu, Nagoya and vicinity, the scene of the late great earthquake. Three house were thrown to tho ground In Nagoya. The earth was rent In a number ot places, and from tho flssuics muddy water exuded. A number or houses were damaged, but no ono was in jured. Chileans Feellnc Better Toward Us. Loirroir, Feb. 3. The Santiago correspond ent or the Timet telegraphs that paper that while the Chileans hold Minister Egan re sponsible for the continued war against the Constitutional Government or Chile, their only action is to leave bim entirely isolated. There is a marked improvement here toward the United States Government. Another Jack the Slasher Turns Up, WiirairKO, Max., Feb. 2. a local "Jack the Slasher" has begdn a reign of terror here. Recently a prominent merchant received a had gash in the back of the neck, danger- been cut-while on the street. Last night the flend attempted tocut a woman' tl tarcww KIHDFIttOOO The Bright Little Son of a ., Wealthy New York Farmer Stolen. SEAECH FOE THE LOST OHE. The Grief-Stricken Mother Given a Note Saying the Child Was BEING HELD FOE A BIG KANS01T. The Kidnapers Two Desperate Hen Who Threaten to Shoot. THEY WILL EECElTf! THE 1I0NEI ASKED fSPECIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.l New Yobk, Peb. 2.,-Spreading over the border line between Pairneld county, Conn., and West Chester county, N. Y., is the lit tle cluster of farmhouses included in Long Ridge. This is fully ten miles back in the hills from Stamford and 12 miles from 'Greenwich, the nearest railroad station. The farmers rarely go to town except when they bring in their produce. The farms are large, and very many of their owners are prosperous. Among the wealth iest is Charles T. "Waterbury, who lives on the "West Chester county side, within a dozen rods of the-border, in a big white house. His family consists of his wife, a comely woman of 30; his mother-in-law, and two children. The elder of these is "Ward, a bright little fellow. He has attended the village school for some time. On Monday morning little Ward started to school at the usual hour. He wore a pair of light cordnroy knickerbockers, a nayy blue peaj'acket and a brown cap. Last Seen Near the Church. The schoolhouse is about a quarter of a mile along the straight road leading past the "Waterbury House. The last seen of him was when he approached the (little church which tbo family attends, and which he had to pass In order to reach the school house. Miss Stead, the teacher, was surprised when Ward failed to appear that morning, but she remembered that his mother had been 111 and supposed that he had been kept at home on that acconnt. Mrs. Waterbury, her mother, nnd the baby were alone in the house nearly all that day. Ward had in variably returned from school at 3-30 o'clock in the afternoon, but he did not return this time. When 4 o'clock came Mrs. Waterbury became nerv ous. At 5 Mr. Waterbury returned and at once drove down to the farmhouse where Miss Strad hoarded to see If his boy was there. Finding that he was not there, he visited every farmhouse, and saw every child that attended the school. Ward had not been seen by any. Immediately after ward he went down the road toward the schoolhouse, following in the boy's stens as far as he had been seen that morning. When he reached the church somethingprompted him to investigate there. He peered in tnrougn tne winaows, Dut it was empty. The Little Footprints In the Woods. Then he went around to the sheds adjoin ing the church, where the people tie their horses during the services, and searched them thoroughly. Lying on tho ground in a corner under the manger was the boy's luncheon. Then, npon the theorv that tho "boy-baitlPtt-lMheTo arulgarie-for Juromp up J m tile nuuw, it acutuuiji pat fcjf - its ui ganized. In' the woods they found the clearly defined footprints of a man and a boy, apparently leading a child. The size of the latter's foot corresponded exactly with that of the lost hov. While Mr. Waterbury was searching for his boy a young nephew or his, with whom he has not been on the best or terms forsome time, came to the house and handed Mrs: Waterbury this note: "Mr. a P. Waterbury: "Meet us with $6,000 at Jim Miller's bridge, Bedford. You can have your son Tuesday at 12 o'clock. Come alone and avoid blood shed, or we will kill the boy before we give him up without the money. "Bivxr Bovs. "Earth is our stopping place, Is our home." The Story Told by the Messenger. He told her that he had been out fox hunt ing during the day with a neighbor named' McCann. About dusk they were coming out of the woods, near East Middle Patent, when they noticed two men, one of whom had a boy on his back. He said he thought he recognized, this boy as Ward, bnt it was dark and he was not sure. While ho was looking at 'the man a third man, who was sitting- In a pbajton Just outside the woods, called to bim. He went over, and the man threw out to him the letter be had shown, at the same time saying, "Send it at once." He started to go "near the phieton. when , the man reached down, as if to pick np a' gun, and said warningly: "Stand backl Keep awayl" Immediately afterward the other two men came up and got into the phoeton, and all drove away very rapidly. Mr. Waterbury says he will pay the ran som. He said he intended to go out at the appointed time clone and meet the kid napers, whoever they were. He said he would offer them $3,000 to return the boy, that being all that he could raise Imme diately, and would promise to pay them the rest as soon as he could. A KIDNAPEB'S GAME BLOCKED. An Erie Woman Almost Gets Away With a ' Little Girl at Minneapolis. Ml.finrAroi.is, Feb. 2. ISperiat Mrs. B. G. Bay, of Erie, l'a., may spend the next ten years of her lire at the Minnesota State prison at Stillwater, because or a piece of unparalleled nerve exhib ited this morning. She was captured, how ever, and sent at once before the grand Jury, which was In session, and an indict ment will be returned against her and Ed ward J. Haiple, of Erie, Pa., for attempt to kidnap little Dorris Harple, a girl or 4 years. Mrs. Selda C. Harple, who married Edward J. Harple five years ago at Erie, Pa., brought suit In Minneapolis a few weeks ago for divorce on the ground of cruel treatment. Dotermined to secure his child, which was .with its mother, Harple sent Mrs. llay hero to kidnap it. sne arnvcu saturaay, put up at the Vanderbilt nouse, and arranged to capture nnd spirit It away to Hndson, Wis. She arranged to carry out her plot this morning, having telegraphed Harple for money to hiro a fast pair of horses to take her over the Wisconsin line. Secreting, in a capacious pocket In her dies', a vial of concentrated ether and chloroform, and a small spray distributor, she started out this morning- to stlfio the mother and steal tho child at Mrs. Harple's home, 705 Eighth street, Southeast. The police however, had somehow secured a hint of what Sirs. llay proposed to do, and when she rang the boll at Mrs. narple's. Detective Hay and United States Commis sioner Odell stepped out from the hall and arrestedher. Finding her game was up she broke down and made a clean breast of the whole affair. NOT DIPHTHERIA BUT SUICIDE. A Despondent Salesman's Wife at Ironton, O., Falls to Cheer Him Up. Inoirroif, O., Feb. 2. Wilbur Eolsom, tray eling salesman fur E. E. Ewlng, queensware dealer of Portsmouth, died suddenly Sun day afternoon. It was given out that tho cause was diphtheria. This morning it was developed it was a case of suicide Folsom having shot himself below the heart with a revolver early Sunday morning. He had been despondent for several davs over his business affairs, and had heen kept at home by his wife, who endeavored to cheer bim up. New Directors for the Wheeling Boad. NxW.Yobx. Feb. a. JSotciaU At the meet- 1 leg of the stockholders of the Wheeling and t. . - ' ' ' .&in Lake -Erie Bailroad Company to-day the Board of Directors was increased from seven to nine members. All tho old mem bers were re-elected, and Frank B. Law lence. or New York, and G. E. Pomeroy, ot Toledo, were the two new members elected. Tho first train over the road out or Wheel ing was run yesterday. The road enters Wheeling oyer the Wheeling Terminal system. OHIO'S- MAKERS OF LAWS FA IX IN LINE TTITH TOE POPULAR SENATOR VOTE IDEA. Tile Brlce Inquiry Resolution Transferred to Sherman and the United States Senate The Indianapolis Holocaust Opens Ohloans' Eyes to a Necessity. Coltoibus, O., Feb. 2. wrfaT. The Committee on Elections to-day relieved it self of the Brice resolution. It was offered by Sir. Brittain, of Columbiana, some days ago, and suggested that the qnestion of Mr. Brice's title to a seat in the United State's Senate be inquired into. The com mittee recommended that the whole matter be referred for such action as may be proper to the Senate of the United States, with the further request that Hon. John Sherman proceed in accordance with the rules and regulations of the United States Senate, and cause such inquiry to bo made into the eligibility of said Calvin S. Brice to a seat in the United States Senate, and secure such action thereon as the facts ascertained may warrant. Tho House adopted the report. Last winter a bill was introduced in the House empowering County Commissioners to erect armories for the companies of the O. N. G. The measure was hung up and never got out from under the cover of the committee. Mr. Daughertv to-day intro duced a similar bill in the House. It gives Connty Commissioners power to levy a tax for tho purpose of building armories whon these officers are satisfied that the majority of the taxpayers of the county favor such a proposition. The Indianapolis holocaust attracted at tention to the laws of Ohio, and Mr. Davis, of Mahoning, introduced an amendment to the statutes prescribing the duties or the inspector of workshops and factories. It was found tluVv medical insti tutes, hospitals and' -rate hospitals were not subject to 1 g, by the State Davis' bill requires an -inspe omcers. xnere are a-v "t. , r oi tnese institutions throughout ,, ""krobably aggregating 225, in which' '"- 'WO in valid and criDnled nersons'' Mr. wcy n these institutions, and will hrinft. '. Oi'-, , . . ... ., , establishment of such means as wfrWr?reed to Pass at and theu the Sunday., and save life In case of lire. ncaseoiure. "v O' ..." -spaper was not allowed to be singled. mpanlment or the hill ln & v f r. .i,: i V which fixes the maxImnC h for condemnation alone. As an accom; uuecu juuuuuji, wuiuu ujlcs tuu um.i.iiuuu- fv.fntl v .An -.nlA mV,aa . I t1w. ,4 Xff . Griffin to-dav Introduced a bill imposing heavy penalties upon roads violating the provisions os the first hill by overcharges, and permits Juries to assess exemplary damages where roads are found guilty of such violations. The Senate spent most of the day discuss ing the bill relative to leasing State lands for oil and gas. Senator McConica amended It so that all proposed leases must be adver tised IS days and that the highest responsi ble bidder should be given the privilege of boring for oil and gas. The discussion showed that the oil lands belonging to the State should produce thousands of dollars annually, but at present they were not net ting much more than, farm lands. The bill passed. A Joint resolution favoring a general law for the election of United States Senators by the people direct has been adopted. SAVED FR03I AN ORDEAL. AnEaston Lawyer Shoots Himself Bather Than Endure Cross-Examlnatlon He Knew He Would Be Found Guilty of Stealing a Client's Money. Easton, Pa., Feb. 2. ISpeciall Preston M. Gernet, a lawyer of eight years stand ing at the bar of the county court, committed suicide this" morning In a toilet room, in the LCon'fJ'HouseT-just'as'the hell tvas., -ringing announcing the opening of court for the day. He shot, himself in the head with a revolver, and died in a iew minutes. He was 35 years old". Until within a year he enjoyed the best of reputations. Then came charges of ap propriatingfunds which came into his hands as attorney. He denied the charges. Ono who made the allegations was Emanuel Odenwelder, an executor or an estate, no gave Gernet $5,000, the proceeds of a sale, and told him to deposit It, as Gernet was his counsel. Later, when Odenwelder asked for the money Gernet said it bad heen lost. Odenwelder brought civil and crim inal suits, and Gernet's defense wa3 that he had, witn Oflonwelder's consent, Invested the money In Honduras Mine stock, and that It had been lost. Had it been profitable they were to have shared the proceeds. Odepwelder denies this. , The civil suit came up yesterday. Gernet was on the stand and had been shaken in cross-examination. This morning he was to go on again, but It is supposed that he feared the ordeal, for after reaching the Court house he conversed awhile with some friends In a depressed spirit, and then going into the toilet room, shot himself. In his pocket was a letter to his wife, ask ing forgiveness for the act, saying he saw nothing before him but from 10 to 15 years Imprisonment, during which he could not support her, and he saved ber from the dis grace of having a husband in Jail bytaking himself off. ABLEB LEADEBB THAU GABZA. The Mexican Revolutionists, Backed by a Yankee Bin;, Bldinjr Their Time. Laredo, Tex., Feb. 2. A correspondent who has been traveling through Northern Mexico says he found small detachments of men who at a given signal w 1 unite at some designated spot of tne Mex ican side of the Bio Bravo and Join Garza's standard: One of heir lead ers, a man higher than Garza, told the cor respondent the grievance of the revolution ists Is not so much against President Diaz as against the men he has placed in power. The revolutionists bold Diaz responsible for his subordinates' acts. They wilr- await their time. They have plenty of money and Know wuerc tuey can get more wnen tney need it. The rebels claim that at the proper time prominent leaders will come to the front. f Money for the rebels Is evidently coming irom a -ring" (unaouoceuiy the cattle barons and mining kings of Northern Mexico), whose headquarters is In New York and Washington, and some of whose members are prominent in politics and finance in the United States. All the bands the correspondent saw were well armed, with an abundance or ammunition, but poorly mounted. Held for Stealing a Fair of Shoes. John O'Donnell was arrested last night by Officer Chris Ford, on a warrant sworn out by George Gregory, charging O'Donnell with the larceny ora pair of shoes. Gregory owns a shoe store at 4413 Penn avenne. He displayed his good on a bench In front. O'Donnell watched his cbance, grasped a pair of shoes and made off. The shoes were in his possession when arrested. O'Donnell was arrested on January U for breaking into the coal office or Captain Kyth on Forty seventh street. At the hearing he was held for a court trial. At the trial the case was suspended on payment of the costs. At the time of the first arrest he was out of Hor ganzaonpaiole. Nym Crinkle Hitches Up. Nxw York, Feb. 2. Special Alfred Car penter Wheeler, hotter known as "Nym Crinkle," was married on Saturday last to Miss Jennie Pearl Mowbray. Present at the ceremony were Mr. Wheeler's son, Frank T. Wheeler, and a friend, Deshler Welch. The bride Is a native or Minneapolis, but has been living at Tarry ton n. A Tunnel Destroyed by a Snow Slide. DENVER, Feb. 2. "Reports from Leadville tell ora snow slide which covered the Deer Lodge tunnel and destroyed the cabin over It. Jim Cronan and Pat McGnlre. two miners, are -supposed to have been in the mine at the time, and are undoubtedly dead. A partyof men are digging for them now. "Policy Holders Ask Money or Kevenje. Bo3T02f,Feb.l The Universal Banking As sociation has closed its doors. It was ono of those "short term" endowment orders, the -first certificates of which were about to mature. Its certificate holders are clamor ing for their money or revenge. ' ; -.. . ..:. J . ' ,!'!.&; ; maiia. .-' Tsasifi-iJr nmxi- i. v .- .&"! j . .-a.. BELIEVEJUJOSTICE, PresbyterianMMsters Eefuse to Approve a Crusade on Sunday Papers. AN HTEEESTING DEBATE,. In TVluch Bev. James Kirk Shines as the Old Man Eloquent. A CHANGE-IK THE EES0L1JTI0HS. The World's Fair Again Eeceives the Pres bytery's Attention. TROUBLE OYER IN HfCEEASED SALAEI The Pittsburg Presbytery met yesterday at the Point Breeze Church. The attendance was unusually large, and the session was one of the liveliest held by the organization within a long time. The morning session was devoted to the discussion of a paper on Sanday observance, presented by the Eev. I. F. Hill. The discussion was at times animated, and bright flashes of wit and wis dom more than a little amused, the min isters and gave to the argument a decidedly interesting tinge. At no time was there any temper dis played, but there was a deal of earnestness manifested and occasionally the brethren" grew eloquent in support of their opinions. The paper, which touched with some forc upon various corporations, discussed the Sunday newspaper in all its bearings. The Sunday paper, however, proved too popular for its opponents, and the resolution of general condemnation was modified to a harmless reference before the Presbytery An Aged Minister's Eloquence. Probably the most ardent supporter of the Sunday newspaper was the Ber. James. Kirk, who is one of the ablest, oldest and best known members of the Presbytery. The distinguished old gentleman, usually mild and qniet,grew eloquent while discuss ing the subject, and his earnest effort went far toward destroying the opposition in the Presbytery to the Sunday paper. He is 80 years old, and yet his mental faculties are clear and firm and he is a decidedly interest ing talker. He commanded the attention of all present, and when he concluded the Sunday reformers had little to say and were not disposed to recite what little they had to say. When the Bev. Mr. Hill introduced his paper he made brief references to all cor- . porations, street cars and railroads, and'he . inuutgea in a raiuer lengiuy uissenauou ou the Sunday paper. When he concluded his remarks there was a general scramble among the brethren for recognition. All seemed anxious to get'the floor, and for the time at least the meeting took on the air of a political convention. Not in favor ot a Crusade. Bev. S. J. -Eisher. of Swiasvale. was the first 10 be ricdgaiied.. ile was ojjposed'to 2 lue aiwcJt. upgu.iue ounuay paocxsr sou ua - Traa ,3iaTinH tn nrm to a iroptlnn frnyn iat 3 main purpose of the -paper by especially A . inveighing aeamst an corporations, wwem- he contended, practically compel their em- llAr ployes to work on Sunday by threatening M them with dismissal in case of their re- VS fusal. He was, he said, opposed to con- f demning one sin and winking at others." He believed, he said, if a crusade was contem plated by the fresbytery all the alleged evils should be attacked, and no particular one should be singled out by the church or the ministers. Another minister who demanded the floor objected to an Invidious attack such as Bev. Mr. Hill's paper made on Sunday papers, as bethought the car companies, gas com panies, milk: wagons and other industries were fully as worthy of censure as the Sun day papers. Bev. S. S. Gil.son said the principal objec tlonto the Hill paper was that It was too general. He wished to speak, he said, whereof he knew. He said he knew of somo ministers In the Presbyterian Church, and a great many elders, who took, the Sunday newspapers and read them. "I think," the gentleman said. Bnt no one was able to learn what he did think. He was interrupted by fully a dozen minis ters who oDjectea empnatieany to nis state ment Bev. J. M. Maxwell was especially In dignant at the charge that ministers read Sunday papers. "I object to such language," he shouted, "and I hopo the brother will abstain from any other statement in this direction." They Bead the Papers. Eev. Mr.Gtlson found that he had touched a tender spot, and while he was not dis posed to repeat his charge, he believed, he said, that many of those present did read Sunday papers. He was disposed, be said, to obey the request or Mr. Maxwell and, would not repeat the charge. There was, however, a demand that Mr. Gilson con tinue his speech. Between the emphatla objections and the demand for more or the same the minister was confused. embarrassed and. finally amused. He laughed heartily when he re sumed his speech. He was full of good humor. He apologized for wounding any of those present; Dut ne explained tnat tne. , truth was often an ngly weapon. He said he' ) had no desire to be unkind. He knew that I Brother Maxwell was an old newspaper man, and he knew that newspaper men are decidedly partial to the newspapers when- ever they could get them. "But," Mr. Gilson said, assuming an air of deep earnestness, "I have personal knowl edge that many Presbyterian families are unwilling to take a religious paper because they are regularly taking the Sunday papers." He then argued that It wonld be well for the ministers to look after the patronage or the papers instead or encourag ing laws to suppress them. "The way to fight the newspapers," the gentleman said, "is to quit buying them. No one Is com pelled to buy a Sunday paper. The publish ers against whom you propose Vaging war do not compel anyone to buy their paper. They have the matter prepared, havo tha papers printed, and there their work ends. They do not even ask us to buy them." Rev. James Kirk seemed disgusted with' Mr. mil's paper. He objected to singling out and emphasizing such features. "Tbo A. plain duty of the minister," he went on, "13, to preach Jesus Christ and Him crucified.2 In my youth I heard Dr. Charles nodges. tne V Alexanders and other famons preachers, but I never heard one of them single out a sin ; for a sermon. When a stranger picks up atj Pittsbnrg paper and looks over the list of topics to he bandied in the pulpit on anyrf given Sundav, he may well wonder whether! Jesus Christ is ever preached in Pittsburg.", A Change In the Resolutions. ' Further discussion, developed a marked! difference of opinion as to the wisdom of the resolution, and at the suggestion ofltbe? Rev.Mr. Klrar, the paper was sochanged as tor condemn in a mild way all corporations im plicated In Sunday work. Instead of singling out any particular class, and the paper was adopted by a subdued vote. ' 'ta "The paper may do no good, but It will !o no harm," one minister suggested Justlbo fore the vote was taken. Jra The afternoon session was- largely t taken up In the examination and hearing I the trial sermons or A. A. Kelly, K.P. Stew mons, A-W-Hays. J. D. Glbb. Charles-IG. Williams and Will E. Sloan who were mem bers or the middle class at the Western1 Theological Seminary. . - a A call was extended by the ehurchTaes Rlverdale to Bev". James CYonntr uhi-bi was accepted. ,nl Kev. J. N. Maxwell, of the .Comtnltteeoal Resolutions, presented the following: 'MH Wbirxas, it Is reported that . the-Leeall Board of Managers or the Columbian Exue-1 sltiou propose to grant to liquor dealers M v.r-,!j mM . 'I i i J m
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