THERE IS A REASON.
The small advert isenients in Tho
Dispatch's "Booms to let" column
increased over 200 per cent iu
April. They are read and lib
erally answered. On cent a word.
FORTY SEVENTH YEAB.
INDIANA TURNS
UPON HARRISON.
Sensational Scenes at a Con
yention to Select Na-
tional Delegates.
ONE CHAIRMAN BOUNCED
And Badical Instructions in Favor
of Blaine Adopted.
The Hooslor State Palls Into Line With
the Plumed Knight's Boom Wash-
lnffton Politicians Now Regard His
Nomination as Inovltable Even the
Southern Representatives Have Heard
the Voice of the People The Secre
tary's Day In Now York Ex-Governor
Ames Talks With Him and Says He
Win Not Decline.
rSPKCIAI TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
Ft. Wayne, Ind., May 2a Benjamin
Harrison is now in a position to say, '"And
yon, too, Brutus," for the Blaine boom has
invaded Indiana, and to-day swept every
thing' before it In this Congressional dis
trict. The Republicans here believe that
they have inaugurated the beginning of the
end of the second term aspirations, and
their proceedings were certainly of a most
sensational character.
When the Twelfth District Convention
was called to order Harrison men nominated
I W. Welker, of Noble county, as Perma
nent Chairman, and the anti-Harrison men
nominated Hon. J. W. Baker, of Whitely
county. The election of Chairman was
ordered to be taken by ballot. This -was
a victory for the antis. On taking the vote
29 ballots were cast for Baker and three bal
lots were thrown in from the counties of De
kalb, Noble and Steuben, which It was de
manded should be counted at the full num
ber of -delegates to which these counties
were entitled under the call.
A Would-Be Chairman ejected.
The Temporary Chairman decided that
they could not be counted so. An appeal
was taken from the decision of the Chair
and he was sustained by a vote of 47 to 29,
and the Chairman declared Baker elected,
Great confusion ensued. Mr. Welker at
tempted to take the Chair, but was ejected
from the platform by the Temporary Chair
man. Mr. Baker then took the chair.
After a recess the following resolutions in
dorsing the candidacy of Hon. James G.
Blaine were presented and adopted:
Whebxab, The condition of public opinion
seems to have undergone a remarkable
change during tho past two weeks In refer
ence to the candidates for tho Presidency,
and,
Whereas, The demand for tho nomination
of James G. Blaine appears to bo urged by a
very largo proportion of the Republican
party, both East and West, therefore, be It
Besolved, That we recognize in Hon.
James G. Blaine the man who above all
others unites in himself the highest order of
statesmanship and the strongest elements
of leadership, with a degree of popularity
seldom, ir ever, equaled In the history of
this country.
For Blaine Until the End.
Resolved, That the delegates of the
Twolflh Congressional district In the Na
tional Republican Convention at Minne
apolis are hereby requested to cast their
vote for Hon. James G. Blaine as long as
there Is any hope that he will got the nomi
nation. The vacancy in the list of delegates from
the Twelfth Congressional Convention was
filled by the election of B. T. McDonald, of
Ft. Wayne. The following were the reso
lutions on this subject:
Whereas, The district convention of the
Twelfth Congressional district, which met
In Auburn, Ind., on March 3. 1S92, for the
purpose of choosing two delegates to the
National Republican Convention at Minne
apolis, failed of its purpose through a mis
understanding as to the number or votes
that were necessary to constitute a major
ity, wnereby Hon. W.L. Penfleld, of Auburn,
was declared elected when he only received
E7 votes, which was a fraction over seven
votes less than a majority; therefore, be it
Resolved, That this convention now pro
ceed to choose a second delegate to repre
sent them in convention with Hon. Robert
P. Barr In the National Republican Conven
tion to be held in Minneapolis June 7, 1S92.
The convention without making a nomi
nation for Congressman adjourned to meet
on call of District Chairman. The pro
ceedings of the day have created a pro
found sensation.
DEPEW FOR SECOND PLACE.
The Latest Suggestion as to Blaine's Hon
nine; Mate The Secretary Still In New
York A Practically Unanimous Opinion
Now That He Will Accept.
New York, May 26. Special. Secre
tary Blaine slept late this morning. Mrs.
Blaine and he breakfasted at 10 o'clock and
in the public dining room for the first time
since tlieir arrival. Ex-Governor Oliver
Ames and Mrs. Ames, of Boston, break
fasted with them. Ex-Governor Ames
said after his chat and break
fast with Mr. Blaine: "His health
is good, and I think he could beyond all
doubt stand the strain of a campaign. As
to whether he will accept a nomination or
not, I say that his letter was written to give
President Harrison every chance in the
world. The peculiar demand, the cry of
the masses, has become so loud, however,
that I do not see how Mr. Blaine can re
fuse. "Do you think Blaine will decline the
nomination if it is tendered to him?"
"It will be tendered to him, and I do not
think he will decline."
"Who is the most available man for sec
ond place on the ticket? Dr. Depew is the
one man for the place. I told mm so yes
terday. He replied that two men from the
East would not do. If not Dr. Depei
then I say Blaine and Lincoln. But, aboyl
all, the people want Blaine, and what they
want they get"
Ex-Congressman George A. Halser, of
New Jersey, called at 3 Jo o'clock. When
Mr. Halsey came down stairs he said: "Mr.
Blaine has not looked better in fonr years.
If they think he won't accept the nomina
tion, just let them nominate him and see."
The sentiment at the hotel was still that
the Secretary would be nominated, and,
furthermore, that he would accept. It ii
not now probable that General Clarkson,
Ex-Senator Fassett, Chauncey Fllley,
Sam Fcssenden, of Conneticut,
and other Eastern members of
the national committee will hold
the expected formal and solemn conference
here over the situation. Msny of the
Western members of the committee could
not find it convenient to come to New York
jnst at this time. It has therefore been
dee'ded to have the grand conclave of those
seeking a candidate other than the Presi
dent at the West House, in Minneapolis, on
June 5, two days before the convention.
MOVING ON MINNEAPOLIS.
Itathlng Tet Able to Stand In the Way of
the Demand for Blaine Harrison's
Friends Announce That They Will Fight
to the Finish.
Washington, May 26. Special. If
the Blaine movement keeps its present
pace, even without an increased impetus,
until the delegates begin to assemble at
Minneapolis next week, Harrison may yet
make good the prediction that he will with
draw, thongh his administration friends
say that he is in for a "fight to a finish."
Nothing has ever been seen like it in any
former campaign for the nomination in
which Blaine's name was mentioned.
The charge is no longer tenable that it is
a movement of politicians who have been
offended by the President. It is admitted
on every hand that it is a popular uprising
which has possibly been taken advantage of
by some disgruntled politicians, but which
has alio forced into it great leaders who are
entirely friendly to Harrison, but who are
compelled to respond to the wishes of their
constituents.
Something more was learned to-day of the
dinner at Senator Allison's than was pos
sible last evening. The guests were vice
President Morton, Chairman Clarkson,
Senator Hale, Senator Davis, Senator
Hawley, Senator Aldrich, Senator Mc
Millan, Senator Jones, of Nevada, and
Representatives Henderson and Dolllver,
of Iowa.
If the Blaine movement once had an anti
Harrison adulteration it has now clearly re
solved itself into a sincere, compact organi
zation to nominate the great Secretary, the
most popular man of his day, both that the
party may win and that trie man who has
done more than any other one man for the
party may enjoy the honor, if he win, of
having his name enrolled in the list of the
Republic's immortals.
Effect of the Amn Announcement.
The "interview" of Chairman Clarkson
with himself; the dinner at Senator Alli
son's, at which Vice President Morton
touched elbows with Chairman Clarkson,
and agreed with him and all others present
(all friends of President Harrison) that
Blaine seemed to be the candidate most de
sireble in the present condition of things;
the movement of Chairman Clarkson to
day; the telegrams from New York this
evening that ex-Governor Ames, of
Massachusetts, after a talk with
Secretary Blaine this morniqg at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel, had announced
that Blaine would not refuse if nominated
with that unanimity of feeling which seemed
to prevail in his favor at this time, have re
sulted in an almost general admission to
day, except among the President's Immedi
ate family and personal friends, that noth
ing can prevent the nomination of Blaine
except death or his positive rejection of the
honor.
It is generally conceded t'nat the latter
contingency will not occur. It is as certain
as anything that has not been officially an
nounced that the Republican leaders have,
for some days, at least, known Mr. Blaine's
mind exactly on this subject.
All One Way on the Surface.
Of course, notwithstanding all these sur
face appearances, and notwithstanding the
substance and sincerity of the Blaine boom
at this time, there is always a chance for a
new deal. Until the nomination is actually
made I can only give the "situation" as far
as it seems to have got on the road to Minne
apolis, and what appears on the surface is
probably pretty nearly what is going on be
hind the curtains.
Chairman Clarkson has spent a very busy
day. This morning he saw for a time a
stream of callers at his hotel. Then he
went to the Capitol, and in the room of the
House Naval Committee conferred for a
time with Representatives Boutelle, Henry
Cabot Lodge, ex-Speaker Reed and other
republican leaders in the House. He
called also at the Senate wing and conversed
with several of the Senators whom he had
met at Senator Allison's last evening, and
others whom he had not seen before. The
Chairman would say little in regard to these
conferences, pleasantly answering inquiries
by saying that he had already confided
quite enough of his opinions and informa
tion to the public. It is understood, how
ever, that all of his conversations merely
confirmed his view that Blaine is the only
logical candidate of the party.
Harrison's Friends Are at Work.
On the other hand, the President's friends
are doing all they can to counteract the
force of the Blaine tidal wave. Without
fiving a reason for it, they express a firm
eliet that what seems to them a sort of un
reasoning frenrv will give out before the
convention. While the President has had
no personal meeting with Chairman Clark
son, he has had his most trusted friends in
conference with him. What messages have
gone to and fro cannot even be conjectured,
but certainly Mr. CUrkson has not yet been
brought into the Presidental fold, nor has
he stretched his legs under the antique
White House mahogany.
One chief argument of the leaders In re
gard to the nomination is that it shall be
dictated by the Republican States, and not
by those States whose Republican organi
zations are comprised in the politicians who
hold the offices. Nearly the whole of the
President's pledged strength comes rom
those States, where there would probably
be no Republican organization were it not
for the offices. But even these Southern
delegations are by no means solid. It is
now known, on the authority of delegates
from South Carolina, that at least 7 of the 18
delegates of that State are pronounced
Blaine men, and among them are office
holders.
QUAY SAYS BLAINE EATS TOO MUCH,
But That the Secretary Is Able to Go
Through a Campaign Easily.
BEAVER Pa., May 2a Special Sen
ator M S. Quay was to-day besieged at his
pleasant home by callers. Some called for
political favors, while many citizens called
out of courtesy. At one time no less than
three applicants for the postmastership of
Beaver Falls were present. One applicant
suggested that a set of boxing gloves be
secured, and the applicants fight it out in
the yard. The Senator heartily approved
of the plan, and said he would be delighted
if the question could be settled in that way.
He would be happy to fnrnish the gloves.
The biggest man in the trio declined.
Regarding the all-paramount question,
the Senator said: "There is nothing wrong
with Blaine's health. He eats too much at
times, and has an attack of indigestion. He
then thinks he is going to die, but he isn't.
Blaine is good for many years yet, and
could enter a political campaign with per
fect impunity, so far as his health is con
cerned. With Blaine the nominee of the
party, nothing short of a political cyclone
can prevent his' election."
Wilt Scrape Off the Polish.
New Yoke, May 20. Special' Judge
Dngro gave an order to J. S. Conover,
dealer in ornamental mantels and grates,
for 30 onvx mantels for the Hotel Savoy.
Some walking delegates discovered that
these mantels were supplied by a non-union
firm, and astrike was ordered to-day. Judge
Dugro agreed that union men should be
paid to scrape off the polish and that the
mantels should be repolished by union men
at union rates.
PITTSBURG. FRIDAY, MAY 2Y .
ITALY GROUND DOWN
By the Dreibnnd, Which Bankrupts
Her Government and Makes
A STABLE CABINET IMPOSSIBLE.
To-Day Hay Eee the Last of Signor Glolit
ti's Stop-Gap Ministry.
STABTLING RUMOKS AGITATING ROME
Rome, May 26. The "stop-eap" Minis
try, of which Signor Gialittl is Premier, has
been in power barely a fortnight, yet it is
the general opinion that it will fall within
a week. It will be wrecked on the same
rock on which the Crispi and Rudini
Cabinets split national bankruptcy caused
by the burden imposed upon the country by
the Dreibund.
Ever since the Triple Alliance was entered
by Italy, this country has been chronically
hard up. The Crispi regime managed
affairs with the national disregard of the
financial consequences. Since the fall of
that statesman, his successor, Rudini, began
a policy of retrenchment. Salaries were
cut down, new plans of taxation were de
vised, and every possible expense pruned,
from time to time, except that Imposed by
the Dreibund. Yet, despite all the econo
mies set on foot, the Treasury continued to
run behind.
The Dreibund Sorely Must Go.
Now, there are two things, above all
others, the average Italian abhors exces
sive taxation and parsimony. No Cabinet
can hope to live which employs them both.
It follows that the country must either put
up with an unstable Government or kick
the traces of the Triple Alliance. King
Humbert is committed to the latter, and so
Italy has the former.
Signor Giolitti, the new Prime Minister,
presented to the Chamber of Deputies to
day the programme of the new Ministry.
He stated that, with the purpose of restor
ing order in the finances of the country and
of avoiding the imposition of fresh burdens
on the people, reforms would be effected
in all branches of the public service,
including the army. The credits for the
military would be strictly limited to the
necessities for the defense of the country.
The effective ordinary military expendi
tures would be reduced to 230,000,000 lires.
Altogether the sum for military purposes
would not' exceed 246,000,000 lires. This
will be unwelcome news to Germany and
Austria, but both Emperors are aware that
the cutting down of the army estimates,
thus weakening her military force, is a
necessity with Italy.
The extra expenditure arising from the
manufacture of rifles would be met by the
gradual sale of the bullion silver lying in
the Treasury. These sales will extend over
a period of three years.
Italians Mast Be More Provident.
Signor Giolitti dilated npon the necessity
of private thrift. Economy with enter
prise, he said, would enable the country's
prosperity to revive. The business of the
Government, he added, is to remove or
lessen the obstacles to private enterprise by
furnishing the facilities of a circulating cur
rency; by improving and organizing the
country's credit, and, above all, by doing
away with the obstacles. to international
trade artificially created through the exag
gerated tendency toward protection, which
Italy sought to overcome by tariffs less
stringent than those of neighboring coun
tries. Doth thi.Right and the extreme Lett in
the Chamber of Deputies have assumed a
decidedly hostile attitude toward the Gov
ernment Deputy Ericole has already pre
pared a motion of censure, whioh will be
supported by the members of the Right and
the followers of Signor Nicotra, the Minis
ter of the Interior, in the late Cabinet
Much excitement prevails in the lobbies
over the situation, and the air is full of
startling rumors. The issue of to-morrow's
debate on the programme of the Cabinet is
considered to be very uncertain, and much
speculation is indulged in regarding the
probable outcome. The action which the
Chamber will take in the matter is regarded
as momentous, for if the vote is adverse to
the Government it will result either in the
return of the Rudini Cabinet to power or
the dissolution of Parliament.
POPULAR WITH BIS PEOPLE.
Denmark's Capital En Fete In Honor of Its
Baler's Golden Wedding The Czar and
Czarina and the King of Greece Grace
the Occasion.
Copenhagen, May 26. Though for sev
eral days past this city has been en fete in
honor of the golden wedding of King Chris
tian and Queen Louise, to-day is the actual
anniversary of the marriage, and it is being
observed in a manner that shows how deep
the love is that is entertained by the Danes
for their sovereign and his Queen. At an
early hour this morning all the church
bells in the city rang out joyous peals in
honor of the day. Bands were playing in
eiery direction, and the scene was one not
to be soon forgotten.
At an early hour all the chorus societies
proceeded' to the Amnlienborg Palace and
serenaded the King and Queen andtheir
imperial and royal guests. King Christian
lifted in his arms his great-grandchild,
Prince George, infant son of the Crown
Prince of Greece, stepped out upon the
balcony and thanked the singers. At 10
o'clock there was a grand procession of im
perial and royal persons from the palace to
Christiansborg Church, where divine ser
vices were held. The procession included
the King and Queen of Denmark, the Czar
and Czarina, the King and Queen of Greece,
the Prince and Princess of Wales and their
two daughters. Princess Victoria and
Princess Maud, the Duke and Duchess of
Cumberland and a number of lesser note.
The service, which was entirely musical,
lasted an hour. The Czar was attired in
the uniform of the Danish Life Guards, and
the King of Greece wore the uniform of an
admiral of the Danish navy. On the way
back from the church the procession was
halted to receive addresses that were pre
sented by various deputations and by the
municipal authorities. King Christian,
who was deeply moved by the warm words
of love and appreciation contained in the
addresses, made a short speech of thanks in
reply. At noon the King and Queen re
ceived all the members of the Rigsdag
except the Socialists. The speakers ex
pressed' the hope that the royal house of
Denmark would continue to develop the
existing good relations between the Crown
and the people. The King responded to
the addresses in a feeling manner.
This evening the Crown Prince enter
tained at dinner 100 guests, including the
royal visitors, Cabinet Ministers and diplo
mats. In toasting the health of his parents,
the Crown Prince made a speech full of
filial affection and gratitude, The King
suitably expressed his thanks.
A CB0NIN BUSPE0X DEAD.
Car Was Taken to See That He Made No
Revelations.
Chicago, May 26. Special One more
man, whose suspected complicity in the
murder of Dr. Patrick Cronin caused him
much annoyance and brought him some
notoriety, is dead. He is Edward Trainor,
who, according to the friends of
Cronin, was the driver of the wagon that
j carted the bloody trunk to the Lakevlew
catch basin. He was a plasterer ov
trade, and was working on a build
ing - in Hyde Park on last
Friday when a scaffold gave" way,
throwing him to the ground, two stories
below. He received injuries on the skull
which rendered him unconscious, and he
died without speaking at a Westside hospi
tal four days later.
A member of the Cronin wing of the
Clan-na-Gael said to-day: "When it was
known that Trainor was badly hurt two of
the anti-Cronin gang, named McDer
mott and - Ryan, hurried him off
to a hospital and kept a close
guard on him for fear he would say some
thing. Trainor had a partner, named "Will
iam Gavin, in the plastering busi
ness some time ago, but they dis
agreed and separated. Several re
marks that Trainor made about Gavin
after the trouble have Bcrved to strengthen
the suspicion that the former had some
thing to do with the murder."
The death of Trainor1, following so closely
on that of Patrick O'Sulltvan, m the Joliet
Penitentiary, has caused a sensation in the
Clan-na-Gael.
AN OVATION TO PARKHURST.
Crowded Cooper Union Sustains the Meth
ods of the Minister Charlotte Smith In
terrupts the Proceedings Tho Doctor
Makes a Speech.
New YORK, May 26. Special. The
great hall of the Cooper Union was filled
last night by the men and women who had
come together, under the auspices of the
Society for the Suppression of Crime, to
indorse Dr. Parkhurst's methods of deal
ing with vice. When Dr. Parkhurst
appeared the big audience howled itself
hoarse, and resolutions were passed thank
ing him for calling p.ublic attention to pro
tected vice, and pledging sympathy and
support-to him; thanking the March grand,
jury for the promptness of its
investigation of the subjects presented by
Dr. Parkhurst and for its presentment; de
manding a prompt enforcement of the laws
for the prevention of.vfce; demanding that
the District Attorney proceed against all
property owners and agents who let
their houses for illegal purposes, and
demanding that the police proceed at once
against proprietors of gambling and disor
derly houses.
The shouts by whioh these resolntions
were adopted had not ceased when Char
lotte 'Smith, of Washington, ad
vanced in . front of the platform and
shouted: "Why are not the male
sinners persecuted and prosecuted as well
as the female." There were some hisses,
but Bhe was allowed to retire in good order.
Dr. Parkhurst said in part:
To-night is an epoch in the history of our
olty. These events are prolific with large
fiosslbllltlss. You know, friends, our nation
i watching us. I know it. Whatsoever good
is done in New York is done ror the
good of the entire country. Our officers are
our servants. They call themselves so Jnst
before election, hut forget It the rest or the
year. I don't question the honest intent of
Inspector Byrnes, but he ran against a wall,
and that wall is Tammany.
ANNA DICKINSON LOSES.
Her Salt Against Dudley Ft AI Thrown
Out of Court It Was Brought In New
Tork, Where There Is a Law Against
Bach Contracts.
New Yoke, May 26. Special "If the
Republican National Committee is willing
to plead the baby act on Miss Dickinson,
she is willing to make it a present of the
$1,250 which is due her." The above re
mark by Mr. A. H. Hummel, made in Jndge
Truax's court to-day, closed the trial of
Miss Anna Dickinson's suit against Messrs.
Quay, pyy ana Clarkson, of the Re
publican National Committee.
Miss Dickinson's complaint demanded
that the defendants be compelled to pay her
$1,250, with interest from November 4, 1888,
being a balance of $5,000 which the com
mittee had contracted to pay her lor services
in the Harrison campaign. Her claim did
not go to the jury, because Colonel George
Bliss, counsel for the defendant, raised the
technical objection that the contract was
illegal and contrary to tho statute which
provides that no candidate or other person
shall contribute money to promote the elec
tion of a candidate, except in certain cases.
The testimony ot Miss Dickinson showed
that her service's during the campaign were
to secure the election of a candidate, and a
part of the contract was contingent on the
election of Benjamin Harrison. Judge
Truax sustained the objection.
Before the motion to dismiss was made,
Miss Dickinson related the conversations
between Colonel Dudley and herself when
she received the $3,750 for her services up
to October 30, 1888 She denied that she
had signed the receipt with the understand
ing that she had no further claim. She also
asserted that she was asked to lecture after
that time.
A MILLION-DOLLAR JUDGMENT
Awarded by a California Conrt In Favor
of a Mining Company.
San Francisco, May 26. Special
To-day Judge Hibbard gave his decision in
the celebrated suit of M. F. Fox, of the
Hale & Norcross Company, and others,
awarding Fox and the other stockholders
over $1,000,000. Judge Hibbard announced
his findings as follows:
I find the total amount of damage caused
to the Hale & Norcross Silver Mining
Company and its stockholders, by reason ot
the unlawful conspiracy of the defendants,
to be $1,011,835. I find that the defendants,
Alonzo Hayward, W. S. Hobart, the Ne
vada Mill and Mining Company and H. M.
Levy, were members of the conspiracy dnr
in? all of the time covered bv the comnlaint.
and they are all and each indebted in the
full amount.
The Judge then named ten directors who
are liable for different amounts, reckoned
by tons ot ore'taken out during their in
cumbency. A GAME FBOTECTOE'S HAUL.
He Finds Enough In a Cold Storage Borne
to Cost S27,000 in Fines.
New York, May 24 Special Game
Protector Robert Brown, Jr., accompanied
by J. B. Burnham, of Forest and Stream, and
a policeman, swooped down on the cold
storage rooms of the New York Refrigerating
Warehouse Company to-day and captured
a big haul of game birds. In all 1,073 birds
were confiscated, including 717 quail, 172
ruffled grouse, 140 woodcock and 44 prairie
chickens. Samples were taken to the Tombs
court, and the evidence was turned over to
Protector Brown. No arrest was made.
According to the game law in force the
fine Is $25 for each violation. It this were
enforced the New York Refrigerating Ware
house Company would be indebted to the
State the round sum of $27,000.
BIG TOBACCO FRAUDS.
A Ton Excessive Weight in Each 1,000,000
Cigars of a New Torn Make.
Philadelphia, May 26. Special Agent
Hanlon, of the Treasury Department, to-day
seized 25,000 cigars from dealers in this city,
who are customers of B. Wasterman, a New
York importer. Complaint was brought by
other New York importers.
An' investigation of the goods showed
that their weight is in excess of the invoice
forwarded here to an amount equivalent to
a ton weight in l,000,000cigars. The matter
will be thoroughly investigated by the New
York authorities.
THE Last Signal! Watch for It next Sunday.
MmltM
1892-TWELVE PAGES.
BLACKER FOR BRIGGS.
A Point Gained by His Opponents,
Whose Appeal is Heard.
THE PROFESSOR ON THE FLOOR
Vigorously Defends the Jurisdiction of
the New York Fynod.
HE MAINTAINS HIS OWN ORTHODOXY
Portland', Ore., May 26. A whole day
has been consumed in the Briggs case, and
the end is not yet in sight. The appeal of
the prosecution has been entertained, and
the Assembly has set for itself the task for
to-morrow of hearing the appeal as it shall
be presented by the "appellants," the Com
mittee of Prosecution in the case, th
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nniini pa sir f -ri rrtrn liih iiminiiKrn ui f . -w.
Indinfttnrv who annealed from the Svnot.
New York, and the members of the
Assembly.
A vista of possibilities in the case is too
long to be followed out in detail here.
Only one thing will act as a bar to an in
definite continuation of the reading, and
that is a growing desire for the close of the
case a desire which became evident In a
vote to cancel the acceptance of the invita
tion to go on an excursion to Astoria Satur
day next
The spirit of the Assembly was made
evident this afternoon, when the question
in debate was whether the stenographic
records of the proceedings were to be re
corded as a part of the records of the conrt.
One Case in Point Decided.
It was hotly contested, but after a long
debate the Assembly decided affirmatively,
in the face of the fact that the records in
question had never been read or approved
by the Presbytery, and in opposition to
the opinion of three Superior Court Judges
a protest was entered againt this decision
by one of the Judges mentioned, on the
ground that the constitutional right of the
defendant was invaded.
The Moderator this morning read from
the Book of Discipline calling attention to
the solemn business of the Assembly as a
conrt of Jesus Christ, enjoining due delib
eration and warning speakers they must not
refer in any way to the merits of the case,
as it was to be an entirely constitutional ar
gument Dr. Buch, for the appellants, gave reasons
why the appellants have overleaped the
Synod of New York. This course is based
upon the provision of section 102 of the
Book of Discipline, that appeals shall gen
erally be taken to the next superior judicia.
"By .implication." said Dr. Buoh, "faith
lessness to ordination vows was alleged,"
Dr. Briggs In His Own Deff-ns-.
Dr. Briggs took the floor to object to the
entertainment of the appeal. He said he
is not responsible for the action of his
Presbytery, and for it he had not asked;
yet he is compelled to appear, seemingly,
to defend the Presbytery. He proceeded to
give some account of the history of the
case and stated his reasons for appealing.
His answer was, also, based upon the word
"generally." He asserted that strong rea
sons must be given why any departure from
the ordinary method should be allowed.
Exceptions are not allowable, even at the
discretion of the Assembly, without com
manding reasons for such a course. In this
case there are no exceptional reasons why
an appeal should be entertained, and there
are insuperable reasons why it should not
be entertained. The points made by Dr.
Briggs were, in part, as follows:
First Thereasons presented trtrappellants
are not suoh as to Justify the General As
sembly In entertaining their appeal. Four
reasons are given first, their belief that this
is one of the most Important questions in
the history of tho Presbyterian Church. It
Is a valid reason why they should appeal to
the Synod of New York, provided they have
a rizht of appeal, which we do not concede;
but It Is not a valid reason why they should
pass over the Synod of New York and appeal
to the General Assembly.
Dr. Briggs Defends His Orthodoxy.
The second reason is the desire to secure a
reconsideration of errors of the defendant
by the supreme Judicatory; but the supreme
Judicatory cannot condemn the defendant
without a trial, for it lacks original Jurisdic
tion in the case, and can only act after a
verdict has been given in the Presbytery.
The defendant claims his address is In entiio
accord with Scripture and the Westminster
Confession, and again he has affirmed his
adherenoe to the Confession and the Iloly
Scrlptuies. He Is entitled to the presump
tion of Innocence until ho is proven guilty
after trial.
The third reason Is that the General As
sembly has a special responsibility regard
ing the doctrine of the Church; but that is
no reason why the Presbytery of New York
should be ignored when they dismissed the
case. This appeal cannot be entertained,
because there are no precedents to J nstlfy it.
It is the established usage of the Supremo
Court to refer appeaU back to the Synod.
The General Assembly hasbeen reluctant to
entertain appeals direct from Presbyteries.
The right of every minister apd older is
threatened by tho proposed entertainment
of appeal.
Third- The appeal cannot be entertained,
because It would deprive defendant of a
right. Ho has a right to the consideration
of hia case before his Synod, of which right
the entertainment of this appeal would de
prive him.
Fourth Tho appeal cannot beentortained.
because it might deprive more than 100
ministers and elders of the Presbytery of
New York who have taken action In the
case by their complaint to the Synod of their
light of complaint.
The Synod the Proper Tribunal.
A complaint against the action under
which this committee is acting Is now pend
ing in the Synod of New York, signed by IU
members of the Presbytery. Only by this
complaint could the Presbytery act In order
to havo the issue decided. This complaint
cannot come before this body, but In tho
Synod it mnst be heard. If the question now
here is decided you will damage the rights of
complaint under the constitution of the
church, or place the Synod in a strange
dilemma. Theappeal cannot be entertained
because the Assembly would thereby Intrude
npon tne Junctions of the Synod of New
York: That 3j nod has a light to entertain
the anneal.
Sixth The appeal cannot properly be en
teitalned because It should be consolidated
with a complaint liom some of the pai ties
betore the Synod. The committee lias an
appeal here and a similar complaint before
the Synod. The complaint is In order bofore
tho Synod, but not belore the Assembly.
The appeal and complaint, being practically
identical, should be consolidated, and this
can only occur In the Synod.
Seventn The appeal Is irregular because
notice was given to the Presbytery of the
appeal to the Synod of New York. The ap
peal to the Assembly seems to have been an
afterthought.
Eighth The nppenl cannot beentortained,
because a complaint to the Synod, signed by
moie than one-third of those present and
voting in tho Presbytery, acts as a stay until
the Synod decides whether the committee
has the right to exist, and therefoie the
right to appeal. Complaint is now pending
before Synod and is In the hands of the
Cleik of tiie Synod.
When an Appeal Is Possible.
The appellants have wronged tho defend
ant by their course in passing over the
Synod and In holding up the defendant as
though he were guilty of heresy even after
the dismissal of the case by his Presbytery.
The case is pending before the Synod of
New York. A complaint against the inter
locutory decision of the Presbytery in dis
missing the case against Or. Briggs cannot
be a final Judgment, and, thereforo, cannot
be appealed from. An appeal is only possi
ble on a final Judgment.
In conclusion Dr. Briggs said:
Mb. Moderator, Ministers asd Eldebs I
have limited my argument to one simple
point, that is, the appellants, if they are ap
pellants, whioh we do not -concede, If they
havo the right to' appeal under any clxcum-
stances, which is open to grave doubt, ought
to go to the Synod of New York.
I submit this argument to your venerable
body with tho request that you will do
Justice to the appellee: that you will reco
nlze the right of bis co-Prestiytervtthat you
will credit the Presbytery of New York, and
that you will trust the Synod of New York,
all of which you can do only by dismissing
the appeal and referring the appellants to
the Synod of New York, where they must
appear In any case to maintain their own
complaint before the Judlciatory.
At 25 minutes before the hour.of adjourn
ment the floor was given to Colonel McCook,
of New York, on behalf of the appellants.
The defendant, he said, made a point that
the complaint to the Synod acted as a bar to
the proceedings in the Assembly; but a ref
erence to the record in the case in printed
form would show that the cemplaint in
question was signed only by one member of
the Presbytery within the 10 days limit
provided in the constitution.
The Assembly Entertains the Appeal.
The Moderator then stated the question
was whether the appeal be entertained.
After considerable desultory debate, a vote
was taken and the motion was carried in the
"ffirmative. The question then was upon a
9 -rt of the minority, recommending that
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JOf ' jn of 385 to 122. The majority
rep., ('to, f "nted without division.
Then "tfo(f b-tnt Ion over "records of
the case" & iy-f books contained the
true records, 1 J iggs objected to this
book, purporting v be the records, as in
accurate. It was then moved that the
stenographic report be eliminated from the
record. A substitute was moved that the
printed volume be considered the records
of the case. To this an amendment was
made to include the official stenographer's
report, so that it, together with the
written minutes of the testimony, be consid
ered the record of the case. It was finally
decided that the record in the case consist
of the minutes as written, and of the official
stenographic report as sent up by the stated
clerk of the New York Presbytery. Judge
Strevell, of Montana, gave notice of protest
against the admission of the stenographio
report, because of the belief that the con
stitutional rights of Dr. Briggs had been in
vaded. Adjourned'till to-morrow.
CHINESE EXCLUSION DENOUNCED.
Both Parties Represented as After a False
God, and His Name Is Dennis.
Philadelphia, May 26. During the
last days of the anniversary of the Baptist
Mission Union, Eev. Dr. Wayland pre
sented resolutions denouncing the Chinese
exclusion act They were adopted. Speak
ing of the resolutions, Eev. Thomas Dixon,
of New York, employed these terms:
We havo broken our treaty with a nation
that is incapable of retaliation. Oh, I pray
to God that He will wipe the stain from out
nation's disgrace. I remember some years
ago that there was a leader of the scum vote
ot the Pacific coast named Dennis Kearney.
The general Impression of the lespectable
men was that he should be banged. The
Democrats have deserted their Jeffer
son and gone after a false god and
his name Is DennR The Republicans have
also gone after a lalsn God and his name is
Dennis. I want the Baptists to speak in no
uncertain language to tho people who have
dl2raced as, and let them know what we
think of them. I would like to stuff this
document down the throat of the President,
down the throats of these lawmakers who
framed such a paper. As a yonng man, I
call upon the yonng men to refute the dis
grace at the ballot box.
A HINT TO NEGEO BKETHEEN.
Southern Presbyterians flops for Inde
pendent Colored Presbyteries.
Hot Springs, May 26. The first order
of business of the General Assembly to-day
was the reading of the report of the Com
mittee on Colored Synod. The report was,
after considerable discussion, adopted. It
recommended aid and encourageaentrrn-thelt
A.nYi.Mjin nfnnlfir aA .hnrnh.. .vitli a v!tw 'I
ot forming these churches in due time into
Presbyteries as convenience may dictate;
and when two or more such Presbyteries
shall exist, they may unite to form a Synod.
The report expresses confidence that the
time will soon arrive when the colored
brethren can unite to form an independent
church, and assures them that the Assembly
renews its pledge of financial and educa
tional support, and its willingness to enter
into correspondence with said churches.
OPENING YANKEES' EYES.
Russian Immigrants Making Old Connecti
cut Farnis Pay Well A Creamery Under
Way That Will Be Profitable to the
Colony Other Projects Afoot.
Norwich, Conn., May 26. Special
The Russian Hebrew colony in Chesterfield
Valley, eight miles southeast of this city, is
booming wouderfully, and its success
amazes the Yankee farmers in this region
who were ready to abandon their farms as
worn out and unproductive before the
strangers came into the land. The Hebrews
dedicated a synagogue in the valley re
cently, their hat lactory is now running
briskly, a dozen households make coats and
trousers for the New York market, and
within a few days the colony will open its
new creamery.
It is the purpose of the people on the day
the creamery is opened to invite the Yankee
farmers and their wives and daughters to
come and see them make batter. They pro
pose to make a superior article, and have
imported an expert female butter maker
from Germany to take charge of the cheese
and butter making.
Mr. Tuske, of New York, who has been
the srnide. counselor and friend of the colon
ists from the outset, recently sent money to
the colony with which to buy 20 more fine
cows. The creamery will take milk not
only from the colony cows, but from cows
of the farmers in the country side.
The colony, whioh is steadily increasing
in numbers, and is provided with plenty of
money, is working an agricultural and in
dustrial revolution in the old country towns
of Montville and Salem. A shirt factory
has been erected by its colonists, who are
rapidly turning out goods for the New York
market.
The Harrlsburg Editors Sentenced.
Philadelphia, May 26. J. J. Mc
Laurin and William F. Jordan, proprietors
of the Harrisburg Call, who recently pleaded
guilty to a charge of libel preferred by
Governor Pattison, in publishing the famous
"Turn On the Light4' article during the
Gubernatorial campaign of 1890, to-day ap
peared for sentence. Judge Thayer im
posed a fine of $250, with the understanding
that a public retraction would be made in
the defendants' paper.
THIS Last blgnall Watch for It next Sun
day. THIS MORNING'S NEWS.
3bpic Page.
An Indiana Brenk to Blaine.... 1
Italy on the Verge of a Crisis. 1
The Brlgff Dispute Fairly On 1
Bomanop of an Actor's Eicjpade..... I
Erovlng Character to Get a Fortnne 8
Pittsburg Business Men Want IIIlne... 2
Preparations for the Big Banquet 3
Editorial Comment 4
Women In the Methodist Conference... ... O
Wakeman on London's Itlalto.! O
Silver Sensation In the Senate 7
Status ot Pittsburg's Fire Department... 7
Tennessee Declares for Cleveland 7
Sporting Intelligence 8
Tidings From Three States.... 8
Work of the V. P. Assembly O
Rains Damage Pennsylvania Crops 9
Chess and Checkers 10
The Conrt Proceedings 10
Financial and Commercial Markets.. ....11
The Chicago Fair In Congress 13
A Far-Away Natural Gas Famine 12
THERE IS A RE)
Tho small advertisements in The
Dispatch's "Booms to lot" column
Increased over 200 per cent in -April.
They are read and lib
erally answered. One cent a word.
THREE CENTS.
AN ACTOR ffl PRISE
Edward A. Oakes Brought Back From
Detro.it by a Detective.
THE ELOPERS' MIDNIGHT RIDE.
Aristocratic Family Connections of tta
leading Lady.
BOGEE Q. MILLS' COUSIN AN- ACTBESS
With his face expressive of languid resig
nation to bitter fate, and his tall, distingue
figure garbed in neglige attire, Edward A.
Oakes, the eloping Treasurer of the Marline
Clarke "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" Com
pany, buried himself in indifference and the
heavy 'air of a close, narrow cell at the
Central police station last night
Edward returned last night from Detroit
He says he returned voluntarily, bnt De
tective Tom Sterck returned with him and
did the chaperoning ot the party, as it were.
Edward eloped last Friday night with the
charming sonbrette of the Jekyll and Hyde
Company, Miss Ella Miller. Edward not
only took away from Pittsburg the fair
Ella, bnt also took some 70 odd dollars
that were the alleged property
of the proprietors of the show.
Incidental to these burdens he carried the
ill-will of certain and various members of
the company, among whom was the spirited
and dashing leading lady. Miss Florence
Gerald. Afterthe departure of Edward and
Ella, which took place about 11 o'clock at
night, sundry and various rumors floated
about the smoky atmosphere of Pittsburg,
and Miss Gerald is said to have asserted ho
would pursue the festive, fervid and fleeing
Edward to the nethermost ends of the earth.
An Idle Bomor Promptly Contradicted.
One of these rumors was to the effect
that Miss Gerald had lavished her affec
tions upon Edward and Edward had
flaunted this kindness in her face by eloping
with Ella.
Edward denied this last night, and said
Miss Gerald was actuated solely by mer
cenary motives, but Edward denied other
things also.
Mr. Edward A. Oakes, as he gave his
name to Sergeant Bowswell as he was
booked, was found in an easy, listless atti
tude by a Dispatch man a short time after
his return to Pittsburg and his beginning
an uncomfortable existence behind the bars.
Mr. Oakes has, what the sporting men call,
a well-groomed air. His soft chestnut hair
fell gracefully over his high imperious fore
head His dark soulful eyes shone softly
from beneath delicately arched eyebrows.
He spoke and his voice wa3 musical as the
babblingbrookthat undeveloped springpoets
tell of in rejected manuscripts. Mr. Oakes has
a delicious theatrical drawl and an aristo
cratic disregard for the uncouth letter r.
Mr. Oakes says be is not an eloper, but an
elopah. He smoked a cigarette fast night
with an air of abandon and freedom from
mental constraint that would illy become
any other guest ot Sergeant Itowswell.
'T loved Miss Miller," he said, carelessly
flecking an ash from his cigarette, "and
went away from here to marry her and
incidentally to accept a position with a firm
of large advertising propensities in Windsor,
Ont"
Collected Bis Own Salary.
"I took the money from the Jekyl and
Hyde Company because I was Justly enti
tled to it .The company owes me over $400
not obtaln y, ' .mount from the pro
for back salary, and well knowing I could
nrietor. satisfied mvself with a little, and
vMiss Miller and I started for Windsor."
"You left the city on loot and took a
closed carriage at Allegheny and enjoyed a
midnight ride to the Park Place Hotel at
Sewickley, did you not?" asked The Dis
patch man.
"Have you another cigarette aw, thanks.
Yes, that is quite right," returned Mr.
Oakes, unconcernedly. "Yes, we did go to
Sewickley, but left at an early hour the
next morning for Windsor."
"Did Miss Gerald love yon?"
"Aw, no; that is an error. Miss Gerald,
Miss Florence Gerald, was actuated solely
bv mercenary motives. She did not want
to lose the money. Miss Gerald has a
noble family to boast of, but the alluring
samoleans are something of an incentive to
her just at present Financial affairs with
the Jekyl and Hyde Company are some
what strained, don't you understand. Miss
Gerald's family? Ah! yes, that is interest
ing. I always like to talk of interesting
matters. Why, you known, she is a daugh
ter of Jndge Gerald of the Supreme Court
ofTexasandis a cousin of Senator Roger
Q. Mills, the eminent free trade exponent
from the same State. Her family is proud
and aristocratic and so was she.
Th-) Ghost Seldom Walked.
"Miss Gerald has been in the profession
for seven weary years, but business has
been poor since the Martine Clarke Jekyll
and Hyde Company started out upon the
7th of last August, and the official ghost
has not been as prompt in its walks as the
members of the company desire, and Miss
Gerald consequently" looks out for the ex
chequer." "What defense will you make at your
trial for larceny?"
"Simply what I have just told. I took
the money in partial payment for the salary
that is due me."
"How about Miss Miller?"
"I shall meet and marry her in Philadel
phia as soon as I am cleared of thin charge,"
rejoined the ex-treasurer. "But I say, Mr.
Dispatch man, have you anothercigarette,
and oh, by the way, please refrain from
saying anything unkind of Miss Miller, as
she is deserving of the utmost considera
tion from every source. She is a delightful
and charming girl, don't you understand,
and I love her dearly," and wrapt in his
own thoughts and cigarette smoke, Mr.
Oakes subsided.
PLAYING T0B 10 STAKE3.
The Big Fonr-Handed Pool Tournament
Begins in New York City.
New York, May 26. The pool tourna
ment between Albert G. Powers and John
Werner, of Chicago, and Charles H. Man
nang, of New York, and Alfredo De Oro,
of Cuba, for $1,000 a side, the largest stake
ever played for in a pool tournament, be
gan to-night The contest is for 600 balls
at 200 balls a night Charles H. Foster, of
New York, was referee.
Powers was the first man to break. He
failed to score, but the Cuban champion put
15 balls in the pocket Then Werner failed
while Manning ran 7. None of these shots
are remarkable. The 200th ball was made
on the 26th frame by Manning, the score
being: De Oro and Manning, 206; Powers
and Werner, 176.
KICKING AGAINST MIIITABY BANDS.
Cincinnati Musicians File a Protest With
the Secretary of War.
Cincinnati, May 2a It is aid that
the band of the Sixth Infantry, stationed at
Fort Thomas, near here, recently made an
offer to play for the coming Masonic con
clave at Denver, at one-half of whatever
bid the local band might make.
This led to .the forwarding to-day to the
Secretary of War of a protest by Jacob
Small, the First Vice President ot the Na
tional .League of Professional Musicians.
He urges that military bands should not be
allowed to play except for national and
military purposes.