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Two .Members of the National
Committees Agree in
That Particular.
1W YOBK CALLED CLOSE,
With the Advantage at Present on
the Bepublican Side.
Chairman Carter and His Advisers
Pleased "With the Registration Re
turnsClothing' Cutters May Boycott
the Democratic Ticket if Hughes
Isn't Pardoned Fifteen Bepublican
Meetings to Be Held in New York
This Week Harrity Gets a 830 Bit
of Encouragement From Brooklyn
Veterans Gorman Back in the Har
ness CampbellJolns Harrity's Forces
in New York Mr. Blaine Going to
New York City.
SPECIAL TELEGBAM TO TIIE DISrATCH.
Uew York, Oct 16 "Personally, I be
lieve that the Democrats will carry In
diana," said a member of the Bepublican
National Campaign Committee last night,
"bnt I feel that Harrison will pull through
in Xew York State. It is a hard fisht,
though, and as election day approaches the
struggle will become fiercer."
"Personally, I beliere that every day
which goes over our heads," said a member
of the Democratic Rational Campaign Com
mittee, "makes it more difficult lor Cleve
land to carry either ifew York or Indiana.
"While there is no uproar abont this elec
tion, a terrible fisht is going on beneath the
surface."
The foregoing were the expressions of
men in the two political national cam
paigns. They said that the opinions they
ave were conscientiously based upon their
knowledge oi the situation. Both men
have had wide experience in conducting
Presidental fights. Their names are as
familiar as those of either of the Presi
dental candidates. They expressed their
opinions with the understanding that
their names should not be printed, and for
the reason that the voters in this canvass
teemed to be very much in the dark as to
the probable result on Xovember 8.
No Opinion Lasts Over a Day.
Ihey also added that their views might
be changed any day. 2Co opinion stands
ast now for more than 24 hours.
The two men seriously declared that they
"had given their honest opInlon1ybf, the
struggle of the present hour. The Renu&
hcan National Committeeman said it was
possible that his party would capture West
Virginia. He believed that the situ
ation was improving for the Re
publicans in New York Slate every
day. lie based his assertions in this
direction on the reports ot the registration
in the interior cities. He also said there
seemed to him to be among the business
men of New York an indisposition (o turn
out the Bepublican administration at Wash
ington. It is true, that these business men
two years ago were nettled about the Mc
Kinley law, but they had become accus
tomed to it, and furthermore, had made
contracts ahead for several years, and there
was no inclination to adopt methods which
would only unsettle things again.
Sonic Complications Admitted.
Iu New Jersey the Bepublican National
Committeeman believed that Kean
would be elected Governor, and that
Cle eland would carry the State. He pre
dicted a very close fight in Connecticut. He
avencd that the Democratic majority of
SO 000 for the Democratic candidate for
Governor in A isconsin two jears. ago
would be overcome, and that the btato
would cast its voto for Harrlou. Iowa and
IUiuois would surely, in his opin
ion, be carried for Harrison. In
conclusion, the gentleman said that ,the
struggle this year was infinitely more diffi
cult than that of four jcars ago. There
"was more ground to cover, and the cam
paign had opened with General Harrison in
opposition to many of the Itepublican load
ers, but much ot that bitterness had been
forgotten.
1 he Democratic National Committeeman
said that Kansas would certainly bo lost to
Harrison. He did not take much stock in
the rainbow hues over Iowa and Illinois.
He believed that the Democrats would get
four votes in Minnesota and five in Mich
igan, and that Cle eland would carry New
Hampshire. He belie ed the Cleveland wave
of the last week and a half was receding,
and that the Harrison wave was Just now
overtopping it. He did not know how long
this Harrison wave would last. It might
bieak beforo election day. He trusted that
it would. Ho believed, though, in stating
the situation honestly. He believed that
there would be a good chance for the Harri
son wac to break within the next three
weets.
Most Dissatisfaction in the Country.
Speaking more speciflcally of New York
State, this Democrat said the New York
State machine and the Tammany and
King county machines were working with
veiocitj and precision. No matter how ob-
jectionaoie Air. cicvclind has been to the
leaders, the woid has gone forth that this
was n fight of the Democratic party against
the Bepublican party. There was more re
sentment in the rural counties than in
Kings and New York, of the tieatment of
the State's delegation at Chicago.
A very serious objection to the business
mcu'8 demonstration in Madison Square
Garden on October 29 has arisen. The busi
ness men have leased the Harden and given
their check for $1,500 for Its use on that
svening. It was the only evoning for which
the gtrien could be secured. Mr. Clove
land 1ms promised to speak at
the Oemonstratlon. It was learned
last nlht thtt Lieutenant-Governor
Sliechan, Chairman of the Democratic
State Committee, seriously objects to hold
ing the demonstration on that evening. It
is the last day for registration, and Mr,
Sheehan has worked day and night, with
scarcely any rest, in his efforts to cet out the
Democratic vote in the State. He believes,
it was said, that if the demonstration is held
on that evening it will make a difference of
S,000 votes in the election. He would like
very much to have the demonstration, but
lie does not want it to bo held on a registra
tion day.
All to Be cft to Cleveland,
eutenant Governor Sheehan is responst
for the Democratic campaign in New
c State. His opinions have weight. Mr.
,by, Croker and McLaughlin all agree
. Sheehan that demonstrations should
,.bo held on registration Cays,
Tho,
working people and others, engaged all day
have only the evenings in which to register.
'The matter will be brought to the attention
of Mr. Cleveland to-morrow should he ro-1
turn to town from Greenwich.
The Republican State Committee an
nounces that there will be 1,500 Bepublican
meetings in the State this week. Five dis
trict meetings are to bo held every night of
the week in each of the 30 Assembly dls
tiicts in this city. While the national can
vass will not bo neglected for an Instant,
the two State bureaus will give a good part
or the time between now and election day
to the fight lor control of the Legislature.
A United States Senatorship is one of the
prizes.
It wras explained to-night Just why the
sporting men are backward. They ars
awaiting the returns from the registration
bureaus. These returns will not be com-'
pleto Drobably before November L Then
the fur will begin to fly. There is plenty or
money awaiting investment on the Presi
dental result. Tuo sporting men haunt both
State bureaus for registration returns.
Registration Favoring the Republicans.
The Republicans declared to-day that Sat
urday's registration in the interior cities
was fully 100 per cent mere than that of a
year ago, and they hnvo 70 per cent of
this registration, if not more, in their
favor. The Democrats maintain that the
registration in the interior cities Is more
favorable to them tnan to tholr opponents.
They base their opinions on a great bundle
of telegrams, which were received yester
day at State Democratic headquarters.
Chairman Carter, General Clarkson, Mr.
Manley, and Chairman .BrooVfield, of the
Republican State Committee, met at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel this evening. All said
they felt bettor concerning the State than
at any time during the campaign. One of
the gentlemen remarked that the Democrats
scarcely knew the fight that the Bennb
llcans were making.
It was added on Democratic authority
that there will bo no chance this year to
vote 80,000 men without the knowledge of
the Democrats, which the Democrats say
was done up in the State four years ago.
Harrity Encouraged by Veterans.
Chairman Harrity received a letter to-day
signed by St army and navy veterans of
Brooklyn, enclosing a check for $80, which,
they said, was their rcsponso to the request
of the National Committee for "sinews of
war." In addition, the veterans assured Mr.
Harrity that they would support the Demo
cratic ticket and vote for the Democratic
candidates.
Senator Gorman has returned to Mary
land. He has been of the most valuable as
sistance daring the last week. He will re
turn In a few days, aud remain on duty with
the National Committee until the eve of.
election. Before leaving town he said he
i as well satisfied w 1th the condition of the
canvass for the national ticket, and that he
expected that Maryland will give an unusu
ally large plurality for the ticket.
Ex-Governor Campbell, of Ohio, came
from Rochester to-night. He will be the
guest of friends at Tottenvillo, to-morrow,
and will speak there in the evening.
THE DEMOCRATS DAZED
By Figures Sent Out by the Census Office
The Increase of Manufactures and
Wages Far Greater in the South Than in
Any Other Places.
Washington; Oct. 1C. Special The
Democratic managers here are a good deal
concerned about the bulletins that are
now being issued daily from the Census
Office, giving statistics in regard to the in
crease of manufacturing and wages daring
the last ten years in 100 representative
cities nt therooantrj-.rWkUa,the bulletin
are purely statistical, and the calculations
based on figures furnished by manufactu
rers whose politics are not inquired Into
and aie not known, the Democrats say thev
are doctored and are held back till this time
that they may do campaign work at the
eleventh hour before the elections, when it
is too late for the alleged facts to be inves
tigated. It is no wonder the Democrats are worked
up in regard to the matter, for the figures
show that under the operation of the tariff
there has been an astonishing increase dur
ing the ten years preceding 1S90 in the num
ber of establishments, the capital invested,
the number of workmen employed, the
wages paid, and soon. As these bulletins
have lieen Issued two or three at a time dur
ing the, last week only, it may be well to
glance back at the one item of wages, on
which particular stress is put. in the cities
that have been reported up to October IS.
The Greatest Increase In the South.
Chicago snows an increase of the average
wage, per hand, of 33.01 per cent; Nashville,
C3.87; Rochester, N. Y., 43 42: Milwaukee, 41.74;
Denver. 4S.22; Brooklyn, 27 91; Lynn, Mass.,
29 57; Kansas City, Mo., 16.49; Buffalo, 21.65;
Atlanta, 73.55; Philadelphia, 53 89. Cleveland,
0..43 52; Worcester, Mass., I9 7t;'Evansvllle,
Ind.. 13 44: Davton, O., 30 45: Grand Rapids,
MIc!... 36.17: Des Moines. 9.90: Newark. N. J..
S0.H; St. Paul, 3L09: Elmlra, N. Y., 25 S7;
Providence. R. 1., 21.07.
These 20 cities make a showing that gives
much comfoit to the Republicans, who
point Democrats to the face that the cities
and localities that havegained most In man
ufactures aud wastes for their workmen are
in the South, where the tariff is most con
demned. The cities that show en Indiffer
ent increase are those In Western States,
which are far from mineral landsand which
depend on agriculture chiefly for their pros
perity. Thus, while Des Moines shows only
an increase in the avei ago wage of a frac
tion le-s tlmn 10 per cent and Evansville
only 3.44 per cent, Nashville shows an in
crease oi 63.87 per cent and Atlanta of 18.55,
making the Utter thus far the banner city.
Assertions of the Democrats.
The Democrats assert that they will he
able to establish the fact in good time be
lore the elections that those manufactories
have been selected w hich have paid the
highest wages and compared with the mini
mum wage of 1SS0 Mr. Porter, the Superin
tendent of the Census, admits that part of
the Increase 1 undoubtedly dne to the fact
that in many Industries more men and lew er
children and women were employed in 1390
than in 1880. and that many blanches of in
dustry have improved the grade of their
products, thus lequlring more skilllul and
higher paid employes. But he conclude
that after making all possible allow nce for
these things there is shown a decided in
crease. The Republican committees are having
large numbers of these bulletins sent out to
county committees and stump speakers in
every part of the country.
A PRACTICAL FUSION.
Tennessee Republicans and Populists Have
-a Definite Understanding.
Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 16 J. H. McDowell,
one or the electors for the State at large of
the People's party, In a Joint discussion with
Congressman B. A. Euloe at Paris yesterday,
openly admitted that the Republican leaders
in Tennessee and he, as the representative
of the People's party, had made a combine
and agreement by which, in counties
and Congressional districts where Repub
licans have a majority. People's party can
didates shall not run, and where the
Democratic party has a majority. Repub
lican candidates will run, but Peoplo's party
should not. .
He said this agreement had' been entered
Into, In reply to a question by Mr. Euloo as
to why Congressmen Taylor and Honk, in
East Tennessee, had no People's party oppo
nents and all Democratic candidates for
Congress had.
A8 BAD AS 'IWA8 PAIHIED.
Sirs. Lease Thus Describes the Work
of
Weaver's Persecutors.
Chicago, Oct 15. Mrs, Mary JE. Lease, tho
Kansas orator and Third party organizer,
gives her experience during ber lato trip
tbroujh the south to a local paper. She
thinks General Weaver did as well as any
one could under the circumstances, but she
asserts that sho docs not like Weaver try
to belittle the course of the Southerners.
She says tho outrages were not committed
by young men aud boys, but in many In.
stances prominent men were the loaders in
the disturbances in some caBes organized
party clubs; that lasteKQof one egg being
thrown at them there were a great many
eggs thrown, and not by hoys, either.
She declares the indignities offered Gen
eral Weaver and party were not because of
anything he said or had ever done, but he
cause he was advocating the cause of a party
that was threatening the local success of the
Democratic party. She was greatly disap
pointed, beeause she had hoped in this new
party to allay what little sectional feeling
there was lett, bnt she finds it as "violent at
ever Republicans had depicted it."
A LOSS FOR DEMOCRACY.
Clothing Cutters Threaten to Boycott the
Ticket If Hughes Isn't Pardoned.
New York, Oct. 16. A political complica
tion which may cause the Democratio party
in this State the loss of many of the votes of
the clothing, cutters was disclosed at the
meeting of the Central labor Union, to-day,
in Clarendon Hall, at which Governor
Flower was denounced for refusing to par
don Master Workman James Hughes, of
National Trades Assembly No. 231, or gar
ment workers, who was convicted 13
months ago of extortion. Samuel A. Jacob
son, of the clothing cutters, who is chairman
of a committee appointed to wait upon
Governor Flower and try to have him recon
sider his refusal to pardon Hughes, said;
"I called upon Governor Flower October
6. Be said that be had heard that Hughes
was 'crooked' and had not turned over all
the moneys he had received in settlement
or boycotts to the clothing enttors. Un
formed him that there was not a word of
truth in what he had heard. The Governor
then assured me that he would reconsider
his refusal to pardon Hughes.
SJ"Soon after this the Governor went np
through the State and fell in with President
Briecner, of the Chamber or Commerce or
Rochester, Brickner filled his ears with
false statements about Hughes. The result
was that Governor Flower has refused to
reconsider his refusal to pardon Hughes.
The clothing cutters or this State represent
12.000 votes. We have not yet determined
whether we shall throw tliem against the
Democratio party, bnt we may do so if this
pardon Is not granted."
The olothlng cutters are coins to try to
get money enough to carry Hughes' case to
the Court of Appeals.
BLAINE GOING TO GOTHAM.
He Is Looking Very Well and May Have
Something More to Say.
New Tore, Oct. 16. Special. The report
that Mr. Blaine would attend the Presby
terian Church at By e caused a sndden access
of piety from White Plains to Mamaroneok,
and even into Harrison and Pot Chester
to-day. Their, piety was fortified by a
sound and excellent sermon preached by
Rev. John E. Bushnell. Mr. Blaine was not
there. He had Intended going, but about
the time when one must leave Ophtr Farm
to drive to Bye for morning service, there
was a little flurry of rain, and it looked as If
it might storm, so He v. Dr. Busunell saw
none of the people from Ophlr Farm,
The day cleared off beautifully. There
had been only enough rain to lay the dust,
and after lunch Mr. Blaine drove out with
Mrs. Held and Mr. Mills. Many or the neigh
bors were driving, too. They all bowed to
Mr. Blaine as they passed, and lie bowed in
return. He looked very well. The Dispatch
reporter, who saw him at Ophlr Farm, also
saw him in Washington on the dav he sent
in his resignation as Seoretary of State. It
Is a fact that he is very much improved in
appearance as to health.
Mr. Reld remained at the farm house all
day. He said to the reporters that Mr.
Blaine would go to his daughter's, Mrs.
Damrosch, to-morrow. Mr. Reld said he
thought Mr. Blaine had no more speeches
prepared. "But Mr. Blaine does net plan
lar ahead now," added Mr. Reld.
THE MINNESOTA MIX
To Be Taken Into Court, the State
. Secre-
tary Not Objecting.
St. Paul, Oct. 16. Late yesterday after
noon Lewis Bateer, chairman of the Demo-tftatto-
atatf tJomnrlttWi fcppllod'toJndge -Brill,
or theJMstriot Court, for an order to
compel Secretary of Stafe Brown to print
the names of the four People's party elec
tors Indorsed by the Democrats, once with
the five straight Democratio electors and
once with the People's party electors.
Judge Brill granted the order, and a
hearing was sec for 10 A. v., Monday.
A mandamus was at once Issued, calling on
the Secretary of State to appear at the time
stated and show cause. A deputy failed to
find Secretary Brown at-his offlco, yester
day, that official being In Minneapolis dur
ing the afternoon, but Mr. Brown, who is at
his home in this city to-day, will appear with
his attorneys to-morrow morning. He has
been overworked, and took yesterday for a
rest dav.
The Democratic Committee Insists that
what it desires will give an intelligently
arranged ballot in place of a muoh mixed
ono, as the People's party electors indorsed
by them are scattered through the list and
cannot be readily found by the average
voter. On the part of the Secretary of State,
It is claimed that it is not in the power or
the courts to mandamus an executive offi
cer, and the State Supreme Court decisions
are cited in support of that view. Both,
siaes wm do on nana to-morrow morning,
to argue the case.
CLEAR OUT OF THE TRACES.
Henry Burton Tells the Union League He
Will Tote for Cleveland.
Philadelphia, Oot. 16 Specta'. Henry
W. Barton, President of the Bourse, who
some years ago retired from active business
on a competency acquired in . the manu
faotnre of sugar, and who has for a long time
been an active and influential member of
the Union League. -has written the follow
ing letter to Joel J. Bally, Chairman of the
Finance Committee, in response to a cir
cular letter sent out by Mr. Bally soliciting
contributions to the campaign fund being
raised by the league.
Deab bin Yonr letter lolicltiag my subscription
to the Union League Republican campaign fund Is
at hand. 1 have never voted for a Democrat for
President, jo far as my memory serves me. and I
have always contributed as I was able to the Re
publican campaign funds upon national Issues. I
believe, however, that in the passage of the Mc
Klnley bill the Republican party has departed from
tbe principles which It has heretofore advocated.
I believe that President Harrison's action In the
appointment of Patrick Egan as this country'.?
minister to Chile: In approving the St, 000. 000 silver
hill; In removlnff Postmaster Pearson from the
position he ably ailed In New York, and his many-
cagrant notations oi citii service reiorm. nave not
commended him to those who have the best inter
ests of the country at heart. For these reasons I
have decided to support and vote for drover
.Cleveland.
ORE WAT 10 ELECTIONEER.
An Ingenious Scheme That Is Being Worked
to Disfranchise Voters.
New Took,' Oct. 18. A friendly disposed,
fine-looking man.giving bis name as B. Frank
Johnson, appeared at the Glrvan House,
Little Falls, Thursday, and at once entered
into a manifold operation of making friends,
talking politics and offering bets on the
coming election. Mr. Johnson was a Repub
lican, and the Cleveland men in Little Falls,
who are neither few nor fearful of backing
np their political opinions, met him halfway
With undaunted alacrity.
From all over Central New York reports
come of pleasant mannered strangers with
wads whose overtures have been mot by con
fident Democrats, all Ignorant of the lact
that chapter 240, laws of 1847, of New York,
disqualify from voting persons who bet on
elections, or who are directly or lndireotly
interested in such bets. This faot became
known in many places, though, and Demo
crats in these rural places are steering clear
of companionable gentlomen equipped with
boodle for betting purposes.
Harrison's Winning Fight.
Losnov, Oct, 17. Tho Chronicle regards Mr.
"Blaine's speech at Ophlr Farm as an indica
tion that President Harrison is making a
winning fight.
ROMAN CATHOLICSFIRST.
A Newark Ex-Alderman Insists the Papal
Flag Shall Precede on the Slab
Newark, N. J Oot. 16. A sensation was
caused at the convention of tbe Catholic So
clotles to-day when the question, or the
carrying of flags In the coming Columbus
celebration, October 91, came up. A motion
had been made to allow sooletles to carry
any national flag they desired if tbey pre
ceded u by an American flag. Ex-Alderman
John Brudder,' of Harrison, arose to bis feet
and said Impressively:
"Wo should have the papal flag first. We
are Catholics first and Americans after
ward." ' ..
An impressive silence followed the re
ii
mark and BO SOtlGB wm H of IV
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BRIGGS 10 THE LAST
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Wili Bo the Cry of the Di
rectors of Union Theo- .
logical Seminary.
THE OFFICIAL RECORDS,
ShojvinR That Legal Advice Was Ob
tained Early in tho Game.
WHY THE "J2IPACT WAS BROKEN
After
Uniting Union t'cminarj to the
rresDterian church
PE0M 1870 UNTlTi THE PRESENT TIME
tPriCTAL TELEGRAM TO TM DMPATCH.V
New York, Oct ia The offiolal action
of the directors of Union Theological Sem
inary Thursday, when they dissolved the
relations between the Seminary and the
General Assembly, was made public to-day
by Ezra M. Kingley, Recorder and Secre
tary of the Institution. The meeting was a
special one, and its object was stated to be
"the consideration of relations between
Union Seminary and the General Assem
bly," so that every director should under
stand what was to be taken up.
All the directors were present except
three. The official action of the Assembly
at Portland, in response to the memorial ot
the Seminary asking tbe Assembly to join
in annulling the agreement allowing the
Assembly a veto of appointments to the
Seminary faculty, was read, and then the
report of the Legislative Committee was
presented. -This paper had been unani
mously adopted by the Legislative Com
mittee, and 19 of the -20 members present
voted to make it the decision of the board.
Eev. Dr. Eobert Russell Booth was the
only director present who voted in the
negative, as telegraphed yesterday to The
Dispatch.
Copies of the Papers in the Case.
The paper adopted by the board, a copy
of which was sent yesterday to Rev. W. IT.
Roberts, of Cincinnati, the stated clerk of
the General Assembly, is as follows:
Tbe Board of Directors of the Un Ion Theo
logical Seminary in the City of New York
addressed a memorial to the General As
sembly of tbe Presbyterian Church In the
United States, which met at Portland May
19, 188. In that paper we. stated, with the
utmost courtesy, some or the nrnctl-
hcar reasons which render it nocessarv.
in onr Judgment, that the veto power eon
ceded to the General Assembly In 1S70
should no.longer reside In that body. The
memorial concluded In this language:
"There are other and weighty considera
tions which we have preferred not to urge.
Whllathere exists the undoubted right or
either party to tbe agreement of 1870 to act
alone In Its abrogation, yet this memorial is
submitted with tbe earnest hope that your
reverend body may cordially concur
with ns In , annulling the ar
rangement of 1S70, thus restCvlnj.
Union Seminary tar its former. relattoqi.tiS'
the General Assembly." Tho hope thus ex
pressed, was disappointed.- With no official
notice whatever, of tbe reasons assigned by
ns, the answer to onr memorial was: "That
the Assembly declines to be a party to the
bieaklng of tbe compact with union Theo
logical Seminary." In view of this action of
the late General Assembly we are con
strained now to urge those considerations
which we had preferred to reserve. They
are constitutional and legaL
Constitutionality of the Act.
Figure 1 The constitution considerations
There Is no provision whatever in our
charter or constitution for the "Synodlcal"
or "Assembly supervision." The Committee
on Reunion and Doth Assemblies in 1SU9
recognized this Important fact, and advised
the introduction of that principle into our
constitution. Upon this advice no action
was taken. The constitution was not
Changed. Therefore, the Seminary could
not rightfully give, and the Assembly could
not rightfully receive or exercise the veto
power under our existing charter and con
stitution. Figure 2 The legal considerations Since
the action of the General Assembly at Port
land our board has obtained the best legal
advice as to the points at issue between the
Seminary and the Assembly. This advice
leaves us no room to doubt that, under the
laws of the State or New York, the attempt
ed agreement of 1870 was beyond the pow
ers or the Board or Directors of the Semi
nary. "We dare not abdicate any of our of
ficial duties in whole or In part." There
fore, as the sole alrectois or Union Semi
nary, we are compelled by the practical
considerations piesented iu our memorial,
and by the constitutional and legal consid
erations, to maintain our rights aud to ful
fill our charter obligations, which can be
neither surrendered nor snared.
Regret tor One of the Actions.
In this action we regret deeply that wo
have been refused that concurrence or the
Assembly which we respectfully asued, and
whioh would have done much toward
softening the past and relieving the present.
Obliged to net alone for the protection of
the institution committed to our care, and
actuated by sin cere regard for the highest
interests both or Union Seminary and the
Church we love, we do now
Resolve, First, that the resolution passed
Mav 16, 1870, adopting the memorial to the
General Assembly or the Presbyterian
Church In the United States of America,
which provided that all appointments of
professors "shall be reported to the General
Asanmblv. and no such nnnolntment of nro.
Iesor shall be consldeied as a complete.
election ii aisapproveu ny a majority vote
or the Assembly," be and tbe same is re
scinded. Resolved, Secondly, that the said arrange
ment, between the union Theological feeml
'nary in the City or New York and the Gen
eral Assembly ot the PreBbvterlan Church
in the United States of. America, be and the
same Is hereby terminated: thus reinstating
the relations between the Seminary and the
General Assembly, as they existed prior to
May, 1870.
Resolved, Thirdly, That official notice of
this action be duly given to tho General
Assembly, and also to tbe publlo, wltn tho
assurance of the undiminished loyalty of
Union Seminary to the doctrine and govern
ment of the Presbyterian Church in the
United States of America, to which the
direotors and faculty are personally bound
by tbelr offiolal vow, and of our earnest de
sire for the restoration of our former rela
tions to the General Assembly.
, Charles Butler, President.
An Opinion as to Legal Powers.
Before deciding to annul the compaot of
1870 the direotors obtained an opinion from
James C. Carter as, to tbelr legal position.
Mr. Carter says, first, that if thp so-called
agreement of 1870 is binding on either party
it must be because it is a contract. It would
not be easy to establish that it was in form
a contract. Bnt that is or the less import
ance, because tbe directors or Theological
Sominary had no authority to make snoh a
contract. Without express legislative au
thority they could not han d over to anybody
else their powers as a corporate body or ab
dicate their official dnties in whole or in
part. In detail Mr. Carter says'.
First I am Inclined to tbe opinion that
the General Assembly had no legal capaeity
to make tbe contract referred to, assuming
that it was its intention to make a binding
contraotj but I am not prepared to an
nounce a definite conclusion upon this point,
for the reason that I cannot arrive at one
without a fuller statement or the facts rela
tive to the constitution, purpose and author
ity of that body tban is contained in tho case
submitted to me.
Second I am clearly of the opinion that
tbe Board or Direotors of Union Theological
Seminary had no power to delegate to the
General Assembly any authority to veto the
annolntment or election of nroieasora made
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conia not be in any manner,
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deprived of its efficacy by any action of
such General Assembly.
An Illegal and Void Step Taken.
Third I am clearly of the opinion that the
action of tho Board or Directors or the Sem
inary in attempting to make a binding con
tract lelatlvo to the appointment of pro
fessors, assuming, as bsrorq, that such was
the intent or the offer contained in the
memorial to the Gencial Assembly, was
illegal and void.
Fourth I am clearly of the opinion that
the present Board of Directors or the Sem
inary Is not legally bound bv the action re
ferred to of the Board in 1S70. I do not pro
fess to De competent to advise others upon
moral questions In general, but I think I
may salely declare In this instance that the
present members or tho Board or Direotors
cannot be morally bound by an act or its
predecessors which was in violation of the
duty they had taken upon themselves by ac
cepting the office of director.
Fifth It is, in my opinion, the duty of tho
present Board or Directors to disavow any
intent to abdicate their runctions or to dele
gate them to others, and, to that end, to
rescind and annul, by a formal -vote, the
apparent offer contained in tho memorial
ot 1870 to the General Assembly, and to ad
vise tbe latter body of such action.
CONNELLSVILLE'S RIVAL.
West Virginia's New Coke Field to Be
Opened Up Rapidly Big Syndicate) In
terested The Vanderbllts Said to Be
in the Backirround Some Great Claims
Made for tho Coal There.
Cincinnati, Oct 16. apedoJ. Major
J. J. Gordon, one of the original contractors
on the Union Pacific Railroad, is in tbe
city, having just come irom Chillicothe, O.,
where the finishing touches were put on
the largest and most significant coal and
coke deal made for many years.
The recital of the faots in the case will ex
plain the sudden and hurried building of
three branches by the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad in the New river district, which
have been the c.iuso of so much speculation.
One branch extends 18 miles up Loup creek,
another 20 miles up Gauley. river, and the
third, a line 18 miles long, parallels the
present Hue, hut on the opposite side of
New river trom Hawk's Nest to Thurmonds.
All this building is to accommodate what is
to be immediately made the greatest coke
fiold in tho United States, a pushing, deter
mined rival of the Connellsville district. It
13 estimated that within the next 9U days
thousands will be at work In the field, and
the production will exceed the entire pres
ent output or the New i Ivor field.
The McKeil Company some time ago pur
chased S0.CO3 acres of coking coal lands on
both sides or New river, in a body extending
from Echo to Stonecliff and np 1-onp creek.
The connection with Gordon and two New
York syndicates wete formed, one headed
by U. C. Low, who took 40,000 acres; another,
who dealt through Drexel, Morgan & Co.,
took another 40,000 acres, and a third tract
or C0.OCO acres aloug Uauley river was
secured by Messrs. Ingalls Gteen and
other parties. This last lot is all gas coal.
The first three lots are coking coal. An
analysis shows that the coals contain about
5 per cent of ash; the connellsville about in.
The McKe'l Compuny is to-day opening 20
mines and will take out coal from all Inside
a month. The Drexel-Morgan purchase will
be opened next week, and the Ingalls-Green
tract Is already open. It Is arranged to hare
several thousand ovens open by January 1,
and tbe C. & O. is working night and day to
prepare rolling stock to handle the output,
which is expected to exceed the total prod
ucts of Newr lver district as now worked.
Major Gordon would not sav, bnt it is safe
to state.that the Vanderbilts are somewhere
in this big deal. Indeed it is hinted that
they planned to have this field opened be
fore they secured tbe C. & O. It Is under
stood that these big companies are not part
ners, but a mutual undeistandlng exists and
that they will work In harmony. Major
Gordon says that six months from to-day
the coke output of this field will exceed the
entire product of tbe Connellsville district.
SHE BOUGHT HER HUSBAND,
Cut Is So Dissatisfied With Her Bargain
That Sheilas Him Jailed.
New Yoek, Oct. 16. Men who can com
mand $100,000 In the matrimonial world are
not common, but one of them is udw domi
ciled heie, ir the word or Charles A. White,
now in a cell at Police Headquarters, may
be accepted. The high-priced husband Is
none other than Charles A. White himself,
horse lanclor, "high roller," and, as he says,
American representative or the London
Illustrated ftrwi. The woman who, accord
ing to Mr. White, contracted to pay $100,000
ror the privilege of becoming Mrs. White,
was Mrs. Nagle, daughter of a wealthy mer
chant of Cheyenne, Wyo.
Accoidlnc to Mrs. White, the prisoner ob
ta'ned securities and bonds worth $150,000
from ber by means of violence and fraud,
and al-o abducted her 16-year-old son. She
said she paid him only $25,000 In cash on her
contiact, and bo took a few bonds and mort
gages in orner to secure nimseii lor tne re
maining $75,000. The case was brought to
the attention of tbe police by a tel
egiam from Cheyenne, asking for White's
arrest, and asking them to secure the
boy, George Nagle. It Is said White
met Mrs. Nagle, who is 42 years old,
at Hot Springs, Ark., paid pourt to her
and soon married her. Shortly after the
marriage bo abused ber and compelled
her to sign mortgages on various
Sieces of property, beside forcing her to in
orse bis note for $75,000, payable 90 days
after date. He then left Cheyenne, taking
with bim stocks and bonds belonging to his
wife valued at $00,000, ana on his arrival here
converted them into cash and kept the pro
ceeds. White also disposed of the mortgages
signed by Mrs. White, transferring them to
persons in this city.
SLEEPING HER LIFE AWAY.
Mrs. Harrison Becoming Gradually Weaker
on Account of Her Drowsiness.
WASHiStaTOs; Oct. 16. The soft, balmy
Indian summer weather which Washington
is enjoying Is proving harmful to the Presi
dent's invalid wife, for it has a depressing
and enervating effect on her, and increases
tbe nervousness from whioh she suffers
greatly. Consequently, she is even le3s well
and strong to-day than she has been for the
past two or three days. A symptom in the
caso recently has been exceeding drowsi
ness, the patient sleeping for an hour or
longer at a time and then waking up only to
fall asleep again in a few minutes. This
drowsiness has pissed awav to an extent,
but it has shown its effects in increasing ex
haustion. Notwithstanding the fact that
this evening she is slightly wenker than for
several duj s, Mrs. Harrison passed on the
whole a fairly comfortable day, and there Is,
it is said, no occasion tor immediate alarm
Dr. Gardner made bis last visit for the day
at abont 7 o'clock this evening, which is a
little earlier tban usual, and he said after
ward that at tne time or his visit Mrs. Har
rison was resting quietly nnd was asleep.
There were no present indications of Iresh
complications in the case.
The President temalned in the White
House with his sick wife nearly the entire
day, the only time he left ber being late in
the afternoon, when, in company with mem
bers or his household, he spent an hour or
so in strolling about tho grounds immedi
ately south or the Executive Mansion.
TEXAS 0PEBAT0ES SIEDZE.
A Contest Which Almost Ties Up the Gulf,
Colorado and Santa Fe.
Galveston, Oct. 16. The strike, of tele
graph operators and station agents of the
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe system is on.
Promptly at 7 o'olock to-night almost every
man from Purcell, I. T., to Galveston, Tem
ple to San Angelo, Cleburne to Paris aud
Cleburne to Wehtherford, left his post.
This strike extends to all Station agents
also who act as operators, hence it ties up
freight business at all small towns. The
cause of the strike Is the refasal to comply
with a demand for $8u monthly maximum
pay, instead of $50 as heretofore, with 13
hours to constitute a day's work and extra
pay for overtime.
FEAHCE PICKIHG A QTJABBEL.
Germany to Be Called to Account for Aid
ing the Dahomeyans.
Paris, Oct. 16. The Frencu Government
suppressed a portion of .a recent dispatch
from Colonel Dodds, the French Com
mander in Dahomy, In which the Colonel
accused Germans of supplying King Behan
r)n with ammunition and helping the
Dahomeyans to raise earthworks of a
iuropeun style. - ,
The alleged Interference of Germans in
Dahomey will, it is said, form the subject of
k Mriou diplomatic controversy'.- I
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WHERE HILL tf AS GOING WHEN LAST, SEEN.
HIS BOGUS DAUGHTER
Whom Ho Was Made to relieve Was
His Own CUsprinfr, Dragged
COKSDL D. L. RUISE TO HIiJ RUIN.
Toe Talse Woman and Her Ilnsb.ind Hal
Drained Ills Tnrse Dry.
A STRANGE TAM! I0LD TO TUB CODIIT
New Xoek, Oct. 16. Tottering and
gray-haired Consul General Douiinjjo L.
Bnise, of the Eepublic of Ecnador, who
was arrested on two charges of forgery, was
taken to Jefferson Market Police Court to
day. The prisoner's sou was present in
court with Lawyer Price, who had been en
gaged to defend him.
During the brief proceedings before
Justice Ityan the fact wa3 disclosed that
Mr. Buise had been for some time in the
bands of a band of conspirators, who had
fleeced him out of $50,000 and in their greed
for more money induced hira to indorse
the two $1,000 notes bearing the forged
signatures of Consul Gnstave Preston. The
principal in the conspiracy which has led
to tbe downfall of the venerable Consnl
General, is said to be Mrs. Bertha Laws,
his adopted daughter. A warrant has been
issued and she was arrested to-day.
The friends of Mr. P.uise say tho old man
has fallen completely under the influence
of this woman and has blindly obeyed her
bidding for some years past while she lived
in luxury at his expense. He first became
acquainted with her through an advertise
ment. His wife was in the country and his
daughter in Europe, and he advertised for a
housekeeper. Mrs. Laws answered the ad
vertisement and she was engaged. Sho was
then known as Miss Bertha Krundslat, of
Stockholm, Sweden.
He Finds a Bogus Daughter.
She soon got Into the Consul Utfneral's
good graces, andln the course or a row weeks
made him believe that she was his daughter
by a woman other than his wife. She
seemed to rejoice at her discovery of her
long-lost fathernnd was very affectionate to
blm. Mr, Buise, who Is 71 vcars old and in
'his scond childhood, finally adopted Bertha
as his daughter. This led to an estrange
ment with his wire and chlldroit, and he
wont to live witu tuo woman, i
A short time later Bertha lntroduoed4ieiv4
husband to her-fatber.w He was William"
Laws, a bookmaker and gederal sporting
man. who Is said now to bo in St. Louis.
The "rather" was delighted that his "daugh
ter" had married so well, and leadily for
gave her deoentlon In representing herself
as unmarried. He oontlnued to lavish money
on her until he had expended $50,000, neaily
all he possessed.
Bertha needed more money, and the old
Consul Qeneral, acting under ber gnldnnce,
went to Boston and called on Consul Pres
ton. He told tbe Consul he needed $3,000 to
make up a sum of $10,000 he wai obliged to
pay. Mr. Preston did not have that amount
of money at band, bnt be cheerfully itave
hire his note for $3,000, as Mr. Itulse was a
friend of his and had secured hlaappoint
nient as Consul for Ecuador at Boston.
Then Mr. Buise and Mrs. Laws, who had ac
companied bim to Boston, returned here,
and she proceeded to spend the $3,000.
She had introduced him to Simon hpsteln,
a man well known to the police here, and ht
bad advanced cash on the note. But $3,000
dit? not last her long, and in a few weeks she
needed more money. As Mr. Buise did not
know where to get any, the conspirators
concoted a scheme to raise it, believing that
if the truth came out the Consul General's
friend would proteot them to save them
irom disgrace. In this they were mistaken.
The Whole Conspiracy Leaks Out.
Mr. Bulse's son and his lawyer stated in
court to-day that they are cognizant of the
conspiracy, know all concerned in it and In
tend to have them punished. Mr.Rulse states
that in August last his adopted daughter
Came to him with the two $1,000 forged notes
and said that "Mr. Pieston was a real nice
man;" that, knowing the Consnl General to
be financially embarrassed, he had sent him
by mail two notes. Mr. Bu'se was only too
happy to get the notes, which he never sus
pected to be lorgeries, and at once, at her
desire, Indorsed them. Onoof tbe notes was
cashed by Epstein, who protected himself
by taking a chattel mortgage on the fnrni
tute In the house the Consul General had
furnished for Mrs. Laws. The second note
was negotiated by a man named B. Milo,liO
died Friday and was buried to-daj.
Before the notes reached Consul Preston
they passed through the hands of llymun
Israel, the owner or the burned Hotel Itoj al,
HemvPohalskand the National Butchers'
and Drovers' Bank. When the note Epstein
held was pronounced a forgery he toie
closed the mortgage on the lurniture In
Mrs. Lftws' house and caused the Consul
General's arrest on the chatge nf lorgery.
Owing to Mr. Mllo's death and the absnco
of important witnesses at his fiiue al the
healing in the case was adjourned until
Wednesday and ball was fixed at 12,000. The
Consul General's son offeied $2,00.) In tash is
sccuiity, but the Justice could noticcehn
it. To-mdrrow the money will bo deposited
with Mr. Chamberlain and Mr. Iluise will
then be released. His conn-el admit that
the notes are lorgeries, but denies that his
client committed the forgery or was cog
nizant or it.
VIC TO SPEAK IN PITTSBURG.
The Woman Suffrage Presidental Cnnditlato
Announces Her rintfonn.
New Youk, Oct. 10.-Mr. Victoria 0 afim
Woodhnll-Vnrtln, mull Into of uio Wo iien
Suftrnglsts for Piesldent of tho United
States, arrived here from her English homo
on tbe steamship Etrurli. Slit-s.ildshe Is
eager to step once more on the phitfo-m or
stump after six years ot retirement, silenco
and domestic happiness, and preach the
gospel of hutnanitarlnnisra to every creat
ure. To-night, she said, Mr. Mtrtln and she
would leave for Chicago to attend the core
monies at he World's Fair grou id", where
her husbane would represent the Biltlsh
Commissioners. Immediately aftm the
ceremonies they will return to this cltv
when the ariaugoments will Incompleted
for the campaign speeches which Mr-. Mir-
Sln will deliver in Boston, New i-ik. l'hil.t
elphla, Washington, Pittsburg, Clnt eland,
Chicago and toino other l.iro cities Siio
has given to the public her lettur of accept
ance, ending with the lollowing prnpos.il.-:
"Beveuueand tariff re onus; tribunals of
health; free courts of Justice for the poor;
bureaus of anthropology connected with
every police station; laboratories for analy
sis of Impure foods and liquors: woman suf
frage; scientific reorganisation or the crim
inal code; phystoinns to examine children In
sohools; improved dwellings for the poor;
laboir tribunal for arbitration; national en
couragement of arts and sciences; aristoc
racy of blood."
The Bristol Boiling Mill Assigns.
Philadelphia, Oct. 14 The stockholders
of the Bristol, Pa., rolling mills have de
cided to make an assignment. The liabili
ties of the company are about $110,000, and
a Br
tup nets are osnmateu as tiu,wo. as is said
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NOT A SACKVILLE WEST.
Minister Lincoln Bctuses to Talk on En
glish Politics-He Thinks Great Britain
Will Yield Something in Favor of Sil
verAmerica Should Not Act Alone.
New York, Oct. 16. Hon. Eobert T.
Lincoln, United States Minister to the
Con rt of St. James, who was a passenger
on the Etrnria, is a gnest of tbe Holland
House. He was accompanied to the hotel
by Count Mettemich, his friend and fellow
passenger, who is the first Secretary of the
Imperial German Embassy, and who comes
here on private business. Mr. Lincoln
came homo to spend his regular two months
leave of absence. He will first go to Wash
ington and then to Chicago to attend the
ceremonies incident to tbe dedication of the
World's Fair buildings. Mr. Lincoln said to
a reporter:
"It is Impossible for me to answer any
questions or express any odnion regarding
Kngltsh politics. My official position de
prives me ofany freedom which other per
sons may have to do so. There is nothing
connected with my official position that I
feel I can properly speak about, except the
forthcoming International Monetary Con
gress, in the arranging forwbicb I had some
share.
"The question whether England should
favor an increased use or silver in the cur
rency of the world, is not a party question
In England. I teel that 1 may say without
impropriety that thero is a leasonable pros
pect of a sufficient departure by England
from its hitherto strict monometallic basis
to give great hope of some practical steps
being taken by tbe Congress for the In
creased use of silver and for its adoption by
a sumctent numDer oi important powers.
"Personally, I am a believer iu bimetal
lism on some basis to be approved by the
concurrence of those best able to consider
the subject, because I tbtnk that with
gold alone as the standard, international
currency Is inadequate and likely, to become
more so in consequence of the action of the
Austro-Hungarian Empire: but I should per
sonally deplore any attempt of the United
States alouo to adopt free coinage of silver
without the assistance of those European
nations whose aid is essential."
When asked to give his views on the Pres
idental campaign, Mr. Lincoln begged to be
excused from saying anything, as be had
been only a lew hours here and had little
opportunity for talking over tbe political
situat ion.
ANOTHER MINERS' STRIKE"
Threatened, Unless the Operators Change a
Late Decision.
Columbus, O, Oct. 16. Special- John
Nugent, President of the Ohio miners, was
in the city last night, on his way to Wash
lngtonville, where ho has been called to
settle aaisputeon the prices of mining in
the No. 3 vein. Mr. Nugent stated there was
'strong probability of a strike of the miners
on the Cleveland, Lorain and Wheeling and
the Wheeling nnd Lake Erie roads, in
aoremimrnniess a settlement was eneeteu
l " "o meantime. "A no men reqnesieu an
advance in the crice of room turning, and
asked tbe operators for a conference. It
was Ignored, however, by the principal
operators, and the miners at a meeting
authorized President Nugent to issue a
maulfesto declaring a strike if he deemed
necessary to enforce their demands.
On tbe line of the Baltimore and Ohio
Eallroad the operators pay entry price for
room-turning, while on the Wheeling and
Lake Erie and tbe Cleveland, Lorain and
Wheeling they pay but $5 a room. On this
basis the operators on the Baltimore and
Ohio pay about $12 more for turning a room
than their competitors, and have given the
miners notice that unless the latter are com
pelled to advance the price tbey will have
to make a reduction. Bather than have a
reduction on the Baltimore and Ohio, the
miners on the Wheeling and Lake Erie and
the Cleveland, Lorain and Wheeling will
strike tor the advance. About 3,000 or 4,000
miners are affected.
.NO ROOM FOR HERESY.
The Ohio Presbyterian Synod Takes Signifi
cant Action at Tiffin.
Trmj, Oct. 16 Special. Important ac
tion of the Presbyterians of the Ohio Synod
was taken yesterday with reference to
Briggslsm. The closing session was held at
Delaware. The Synod declared by a unani
mous vote that it is In hearty sympathy
with the action and lnterpietation or the
doctrinal and disciplinary standard of the
Presbyterian Churcb as set forth by tbe re
cent General Assembly at Portland, Ore.
What makes this action particularly sig
nificant at this time is tbe tact thit it will
be applied to several high dignitaries of the
Churcb, among whom are Bev. Dr. H. P.
Smith, of Lane Seminary, Cincinnati, ana
Dr. S. P. Sprecher, of Cleveland. These men
will be investigated In relation to their al
leged publlo utterances of a doubtful or
heretical nature. The Portland Assembly
called tbe attention or Presbyteries of the
Church to the proposition that if any ot the
ministers within their bounds should change
their beliefs in reference to the Bible, In ac
cordance with their ordination vows, Chris
tian honor demanded that they should with
draw from the Presbyterian ministry; and,
further, that no minister had a right to use
the pulpit or tbe chair of the proressorfor
the dissemination of his errors until dealt
with by the slow process of church dis
cipline. 18 PEOPLE BITTEN
By a
Ulad Dog on Philadelphia's 3Iost
Crowded Thoroughfare.
Philadelphia, Oct. 16. About 8 o'clock
this evening, wben Chestnut street is usu
ally crowded with people, a small shaggy
coated dog came around the corner of Sixth
street on a lull run, snapping and snarling
as he ran. The cry of "mad dog" was
quickly raised, and every one in tbe path of
tbe animal started for shelter. A little Ku3
slan girl, selling flowers, was not quick
enough, and the dog bit her on the leg.
Tbe corner or Eighth and Chestnut streets
is the favorite spot at night of tbe sporting
fraternity from tbe Gloucester racetrack.
All efforts ot the police to keep them off the
corner has been Ineffectual, but tho yellow
dog had the corner to himself in less time
than a squad of officers could have cleared
It. Before tbe crowd could scatter, tho dog
had bitten nearly a dozen men. He then
started np the street again, but within a
square five more men were bitten. At
Mnth street the dog stopped for an instant,
and Officer Jones struck it upon the bead,
with his club, stunning it. Picking the ani-'
mal up the officer placed its head boneath
the wheels or a passing car, and the lire was
crushed out or it.
SIXTEEN PERSONS DROWNED.
The Work of a Hurricane Which Wrecked
a Hondaran Schooner.
New OniEASs, Oct. 16. The Norwegian
steamer Agnes,trom Nicaragua, arrived this
evening. She reports having, October 10, at
8 r. if., encountered a hurricane, with tre
mendous seas, flooding the steamer's decks
fore and aft. The vessel was "hove to"
until 4 a. v., October 11, when the weather
moderated.
It also reports that at 7 a. jl. October 11,
she sighted what appeared to be a boat in
which were two men, the waves at tho time
being very high. They were two sailors
clinging to part of a ioat. A line was thrown
to them and they were drawn aboard the
ship. The men belonged to tho Honduran
schooner Stranger, which had capsized Oc
tober 10. She bad 13 passengers, including
seven women and three chlldren.also a crew
of five men, Including the captain, all of
.wnom, , excepi mo two rescued, ware
drowned, ,.,
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A Great Crowd Greeted thej
Temperance Advocate iu
the Opera House.
HE INDORSES DB. KEELEY.
Members of the League Speak
Good Word for the Gold Cure.
Mr. Murphy, Overcome With His Eecep
tion, Broke Down in Tears He Spoke
Continually of the Greatness and
Genius of Pittsburg Glad to Get
Back After an Absence of Two Years
Many of the Wheel Horses Eelate
Their Experiences A Series of Meet
ings to Bo Held in November.
It has been many a day since Pittsburg
has had a teraperamce meeting like the one
held in the Grand Opera House last even
ing in honor of Francis Hurphy. The
friends of the cold water apostle turned
out to give him a welcome borne, after an
absence or two years on the Pacific coast.
It was a great gathering, fully 3,500 people
jammed the Opera House, and abont 2,000
returned home, unable to get in.
The audi-
FranxXS Turph'j. 2MrestiffSJ00 of JTis
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torium was paeked irom the prrquet to5-
the gallery of the gods, and the enthusiasm T
was wild and upbounded. "
There is something wholesome about
Francis Murphy that draws the people to
him. He has the knack of getting close to -'
their hearts, and warmintj un the better in- ',
stincts of their nature. His frank face,
beaming with kindness and good-fellowship
and his open-hearted ways always
catch the crowd and the men he want1! to
reach. He is getting old and his hair is
growing whiter every day, but he seems to
have lost none of his vigor. He made a .
great plea for temperance last evening, and t
at the cio3 a number of young men signed i:
the pledge unsolicited. t.
An Old-Tlmo Temperance Meeting. '
It was an old-time meeting, and all the'jj
ancient war horses were present. The lead-'1
ing spirit was Joseph K. Hnnter, who pre- W
sided, and he was ably supported by Captain" .
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V fWf -Capt.
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JYitnessss on BJuif of Temperance.
J. K. Barbour, Uncle Tommy Jones, "Old
Brown of the Panhandle," A. IT. Brown,
John Jone, Joseph Hope, William Jlore
land and others. These men were reinforced
by several members of the Executive Com
mittee of the Keeley League, Captain A. H.
3rattox, of Cincinnati; John J. Flinn, of
Chicago, and Secretary J. 31. Kelly. Ir.
Mnrpby said frequently that he indorsed
the Keeley cure, and added that there was
no conflict between the doctor and himself.
Professor Kinchart had charge of the sing
ing, and it was a feature of the meeting.
The choir sang many of the simple church
songs so familiar to everybody.
When Francis Murphy came oa the stage
be was greeted with great applanse front
the packed house. He bowed, and then
turning to the brethren on the platform
shook hands heartily. Mr. Murphy's hand
shake is one ot his strong points. When
he was introduced by Joseph R Hnnter,
who welcomed him home in the name of the
Pittsburg people, the voica ot the temper
ance advocate trembled, his eyes filled
with tears that trickled down over bis
cheeks in great drops, hu throat clogged
np and he couldn't speak.
Overcome by His Hearty Eeceptlon.
He tried several times to proceed and
finally gave it np. He remarked that he
wonld soon be able to control himself, andr
turning to the men aronnd him be called
on them to say something. Mr. Mnrpby,
stood by them as they spoke, holding a
hand, and be was as proud of bis converts
as a mother of ber children. The first half
of tbe meeting was given up to the exper"
iences of those who had signed tha ti1aia
and Kept it. ,Mr. Mnrphy had something
P1""3" to say about each one as he Intra-
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