FORTY SEVENTH DEATH BRAVED . BY7M SOULS, And Evangelist Moody Says It "Was Constant Prayer- That Conquered. FORTY-EIGHT LOM LTOUBS Daring Which Several Were Driven Had and One to Suicide. For a Long:. Time the Crippled Spree's Officers Expected Her to Sink The Rescuing Ship and a Smooth Sea Sent - toy Heaven in Direct Reply to Prayer, Says Mr. Moody His Half Skeptical Son Convinced Welcome Appearance of the Rescuing Huron Splendid Behavior of the Passengers A Great Card for the Water-Tight Compartment System General How ard's Graphic Description of the Scenes About the Ship After the Accident. IBT CABLE TO TOE DISPATCH. 1 XiOXDOX, Dec 4 Copyright Xo crest ship's company ever escaped scot free from severer perils than those which threatened TOO souls on the steamship Spree during the first 4S hours after the disaster to her machinery. The extent and nature of the damage were not made known to the passengers till to day. Tbey knew that they had faced death, but they did not know that the es cape was almost miraculous. They did, not know that for hours the ship's officers-expected her to sink with but little warning. They did not know that the lifebbats and raft i were provisioned and made ready (or sudden lnnncning, and that the officers were armed in preparation for the desperate rush that might come in such an extremity. They didn't know that the resort to 'the boats in such a sea meant death to most if aot to all. The danger is over now, but the memory of the anxious hours of a week ago is so appalling that stout-hearted Moody, -the Evangelist, could not speak to-day of the trying time without emotion. Credited to the Influence of Prayer. M'.st of the passengers are loth to talk of the frightful strain which drove four or five to madness and one to suicide. Mr. Moody earnestly affirms that nothing short of tbe direct interposition of Providence in answer to prayers saved the lives of the whole snip's company. "Did you ever see 700 men and women pray?" asked he of me, this afternoon. "There was never a more earn est prayer to GoJ than that of those -700 souls on that hrpleg, almost sinking ship in mid-ocean, last Sunday evening, when we met in the saloon to implore God's help: and God answered u, as I knew He would. lie sent us a rescuing ship and lie calmed the sea so that for a. week it was as smooth as It is in this harbor, though there weie storms all around ns. "It was the grandest test ot prayer I ever knew, lly son was with me. lie is & student at Yale College, and the learned profes sors there have instilled in him some doubts about God's direct interference in answer to prayer. The "eir Star of Bethlehem. "After we had prayed that night I had reached a point where I cared not whether it wa God's will that we should po up or down. I determined to so to ret as thougli we were sailing safely on our wav My boy could not rest. We were fast drifting oat or the track of vessels, and our peril was ex treme. About 2:15 o'clock he came and woke me, telling me to come on deck. Thero he pointed out an occasional glimpse of a tiny light that showed over the waves as our ship rolled heavily Irom side to side. 'It is our Star of Bethlehem, he cried, 'and our -pray ers are answered." "Before daylight the Huron, whoe mast head light it was had readied us, and the waves were hushed by divine command, while wo were drawn out of the direst peril to this safe haven " Very simnle and very thrilling is the nar rative given me this evening by General O. O. Howard. "The weatLer had been rough jor some time w hen the accident happened," said the one-armed soldier. "Thealarm was not very great at first among the hrst cabiu passengers. A Terrible Experience for Hundreds. "It was a terrible experience for the sec ond cabin and steerage passengers, who were aileep in the compartment next to the last, into which the waters fiist rushed. They barely had time to l each deck ahead of the inrushlng flood, and they saved 'noth ing but the clothes tbev wore. It became evident that the shatt tunnel had been burst in several places, and pumping was quite useless. The two rear compartments weie entirely abandoned to the water, and it made rapid inroads into tlio thiid. "But you are too familiar with the techni cal story of the accident, and I will not re peat it. Tlie'passongcrs, I think, behaved splendidly. Instead of selfishness and com plaining there were most touching demon strations of s mpathy and a desire to help others throughout the ship. Ves, the minds of three or four gave way under the strain, but thero was no great excitement at any time. Some rather foolish things were done, but they did not seem amusing at the time. Vf e tried to Impart that we should all cs :ape It was an experience that brought out as nothing else could the common broth erhood of man. Thero were some close con fidences exchanged among us thoso two anxious days. The Young Austrian TVho UaveUp. The case of the joung Austrian who j umped overboard w as a very sad one. He made a confidant ot 'an American lady to w bom he gave up his stateroom after the accident. He said his name was Paul Karns ler He was sure that almost all would pet Uli, and he begged this lady if she escaped to communicate with his fiance, and to say that it was his wish that ail hlspioperty sliould go to her. He had, it is said, a very large sum of money in his possession. "Mr. Moody uffered much with seasick ricss up to the time of the accident. I met uiui on deck two or thr"c hours aftor the c ash, w hen everybody was most apprchen sn e. 'General, come down to my room with my son and me, lie said. We went below and Mr. Moody dropped on his knees and offered one of the most touching prajers I line ever heard. We read the Ninety-nte: Psalm, and I, too, asked God to save not o'uy the lives but tlio souls of thoso on lioatd Will Moody, too, offered a prayer n inch I shall never forcer. I think no one on board went to bed that first night. Wo were a very qnlct and a very anxious COin pa nj fennday Serxlee in the Salon. "O- -unday evening ' Vo-dy asked me to oi.auUo a service In the 'saloon. 1 asko 1 the captain's permission, and his reply was. Most certainly: X. am that kind, too.' We cave notice of the meeting, and to onr sur prise everyone on board attended except, ot course, the officers and crew, who could not leave their posts. You will readily be lieve that it was the most impressive re ligious gathering any of you ever attended. Hebrews, Catholics and alt others forgot differences in creeds and denominations. There was no room for them In such an hour." Prominent among the passengers is J. B. Baker, of 2Sew York, who was among the most active in keeping np the courage of the most tilnld. He speaks in the highest terms of the action or tr.e officers or the Huron and the conduct or the Spree's offi cers throughout the emergency. In this he voices the unanimous opinion of all the pas sengers. There was tue greatest anxiety lest the oral supply of the Huron would be exhausted, blie was obliged to run slowly and economize in every possible way. The Huron, after recoallns, sailed for Liverpool this afternoon, the passengers of the Spree cheering her lustily as she left the harbor. The Danger of Remaining Below. William A. Cotters, in charge of tne United States sea postofflce on the Spree, delivered the most of her mails to 'the Ktrurla to-day. Her mall room was in the compartment next forward of the one that filled. The danger of the bulkhead Riving way was so great that be was forbidden to sleep in the mail room after the accident. He says that on the morning of the disaster, when it was expected to have to take to the boats, a number of the passengers dragged a lot of their cabin luggage mi deck, with the idea that they would be able to take it with them in the small boats. Mr. Moody preached in the Methodist Church here this morning to a crowded house. He made no reference to the" week's experience. "1 never found it so difficult to maintain my composure as in last Sunday's cabin service," he said. "With all the women and most of the men in tears, it was almost impossible to speak in unemotional tones. Ournorves had been under tension long enough, and I couldn't continue the strain by referring to the subject this morn ing." General Howard spoke at the same plac e this evening and the meeting had some thing of the nature of a Thanksgiving service. A Visit to the Crippled Ship. The crippled ship, as she lay in the harbor when 1 be DisrATCH correspondent boarded her this afternoon, has a heavy list to port., Her stern is sunk to a dcDth of SO feet above the keel, and the bows rise up to the IS-foot mark. Divers have tried to-day to ascer tain the extent of the damage, but without success. Thfcy round that the propeller is still in place, wnlch indicates that the hull itself is probably torn open by the broken shaft, as they cannot otherwise account tor the sudden Hooding or the two compart tnents. The water is level with the main deck. In the secopd cabin the ruins or the piano and furniture are scattored about the saioon. ltis undecided yet whether to repair the ship in the Government dock here or to tow her to Liieipool. The bulkhead between the flooded compartments and the One next forward containing the machinery is heavily braced, and It is now believed that it will hold till the pressure is removed, although tl.ere aie leaks in a few places. One hundred and forty sacks of mail, prin cipally from Fiance and Italy, were under water for a week. Most of the mail was for narded b the Ktruria to-day Mr. Moody and about a dozen others left on the Etruria tills alteruoon. The remain ing passengers will await the sister ship of the Spree, thn Havel, which will leave here probably on Tuesday, making a special trip. DR. BRIGGS' CASE. The Story of Its Progress Thus Far Re viewed To-Day Proceedings Begin at an Interesting I'oint What Ills Prose cutors Are Trying to Do. New Yoke, Dec. 4. The heresy trial of Dr Cnarles Briggs will be resumed to-morrow. The present stage of the trial is: The preliminary objections of Prof. Briggs hare been disposed of. Charges 4 and 7 have been stricken out; It was decided that a separate vote shall be taken on different points in a charge, and Scriptural citations are to be placed under the charges Instead of un der the specification, where they figure in the indictment of the prosecuting commit tee. As those are all points tor which the accused contended, their concession by the suffrages of the .Judicatory must iw re garded as a victory lor Prof. Briggs. To the formal prefeimentortbese amended charges thus recommended. Prof. Briggs pleaded "not guilty" at the last session of the Judicatory. As soon as he entered this plea, Colonel John J. McCook, of the Prose cuting Committee, submitted tbe ovidence on wnich this committee lelies lorproorof its charges. Prof. Briggs was then called upon to submit his evidence and protested against this until the Prosecuting Commit tee had more fully set forth evidence than by merely offering documents. Dr. Booth's motion tb adjourn until Mon day left the matter at this interesting stage, and here it will be taken np when the Ju dicatoiy convenes to-morrow. It will be Been that the Prosecuting Committee, if it follows its course, will put Dr. Briggs in the nnaltlnn (if n t.linlnrfonl ti-li1t.-n wh.-uao since the charges are that lie lias committed certain specific offenses why, he asks, should he not know belorehaud what he has to meet in the way of prool? CLEARING THEIR SKIRTS. Alleged Beneficiaries or the Panama Com pany Scrambling for Vindication. Paris, Dec. t. The publication or the names of thepayeesof the Theme checks has caused a sensation. Several other of tbe names have been found to be fictitious. M. Burfer, who is credited with receiving 20,000 francs, proves to bo a clerk in the In ternational Bank. Ho says he remembers cashing the check in question. Pour other payees are clerks employed by a Bonrsier. Another payee is a clerk In the Peinach Bank. M. Cimborf, t ho is credited with re ceiving u large amount, is civil a engineer, and movea iu politics. Editor Drumont writes to Is lAbre Pinole that neither he nor the Maiquis de Mores teceived inlorma.iou con cerning the Panama Canal Coinpanv from cx-Minister Constuns. M. Henri Kochefort bus written a letter refuting thn evidence given by M. Mai tin befoie tne Committee or Inquiry. He saj s he never had any rela tions nlth the Panama Canal Company. Albert Gievy, son of thn late President, in tends to write a letter to the Committee of Inquiry, protesting against tne placing o? his name on the list of recipients of the Thlerree checks. FORECLOSED FOR $1,250,000. A New Company Takes Bold of Chatta nooga's Coal ami Iron Business. CHATTAMOOa, Dec. 4. Twenty thousand aci es of land lj tng liortii or Chattanooga on the opposlto side of the Tennessee river, owned by the Chattanooga Land, Coal, Iron and Railway Company, was sold estcrday under .foreclosure proceedings under plaits of reorganization which haa been previous ly agreed upon by the creditors and stock holders. TJie land was purchased by an agent of a new company on conditions agiecdtipon. About JJ1,--30,000 was Involved in the transaction. Tne new company will proceed with a liberal line of development. Thev have already arranged to exnend several hun dred thousand dollars in building railroads, water works and factories, opening coal mines, etc. The name of tbe new company will be the Chattanooga Company, Limited. A TENNESSEE VOLCANO. Trying to Account for a Purely Local Earth quake at Lookout Mountain. Chattasoooa, Dec. 4 Great mystery sur rounds tlio earthquake shock felt here Fri day morning. It turns out to have been en tirely local. Local scientists are much puz zled. While some hold that it was caused by the caving in of the roor of n snbter ranean Hm-stone cavern, others deny that n cave-In would hae caused such a shock without a large sinking or tbe crust or the earth. -Nearly all other theories for looal tremors of tlio earth have been assigned as the ennse. Some ininMreurtcd ones suggest that n Hidden volcinu under Lookout-Mountain' 'is nudy to burst fjrtu- Of Democracy's Jnggernaut Is About Where the New Administration- is EXPECTED TO TUMBLE. With Bill and Murphy Side by Side in the Senate a Battle Boyal WOULD BE SURE TO BE FOUGHT. Faircliild in the Cabinet the Boct .hat H !oir Looming tp. A BEPUBLI0AN SHAKE-UP IS PROMISED rrnoM A staff correspondent. l New Souk, Dec. A -People continue to be interested in tbe aftermath of a great Presidental campaign. Between Demo cratic discussion of the probable attitude of Mr. Cleveland toward the "boys" and the expression of Republican hopes and fears as to the future of the grand old party and incidentally of tbe nation the papers are still lull ot political talk and gossip. Some of it smacks a good deal of cam paign times, too, as, for instance, the bitter attacks of the anti-Hill Democratic papers on Ed Murphy, the Troy brewer, who is to succeed 'Frank Hiscock in the United States Senate. The very hopelessness of any effort to de feat Mnrphy increases and intensifies the venom of the Mugwump sheets. Mean while, Murphy and Croker, the Tammany boss, have been taking things easy at their joint stock farm near Bicbbeld Springs, conscious of the fact that the Legislature is absolutely in their grasp. They iutend to make other use of it, too, besides the eleva tion of Murphy to the Senatorship. In the Power of the Machine. Considering that the President-elect and he hold each other in mutual contempt, that he is a type of the lowest order of machine politician and therefore heartily despised by the Mugwumps, Muipliy's selection can be regarded In no other light than an at tempt to demonstrate to the new adminis tration how helpless It is against tbe "machine." It is a warning also that tbe White House inust not Inteiferelu the poli tics of the State. The Hlll-Croker-Murphy-Sheelian ring has pursued but one policy toward tbe whole Cleveland outfit since the Chicago convention completely ignoring them and their suggestions. Undoubtedly it is their purpose to continue in this Una until Cleveland begins to use the Federal patronage against them, as he surely will, and then will come a battle Toyal between the factions for supremacy. It must bo remembered, too, that with Mnrphy by Hill's side in the Senate the President's nomina tions are not going. to travel a pathway of roses to confirmation. The selection of ex-Secretary of the Treas ury Jatrchlld for his old place would be the most flaring flrebraud that Cleveland could throw Into the Tammany camp. The mere mention of ialrchild In the presence of a Tamuianyite throws him ihto convulsions. Slnoe the apparently well-authenticated an nouncement of Cleveland's pdrpose to honor Fairehlld, a number of letters and telegrams or protest liuvo reached Influ ential Democrats here fiom the West. IntheSame'SOatstiXUrrisohtVaf. Falrciilld is regarded out there' as a- repVA-' sentativeor Wall Street influences, and If the West is to have weight with .Cleveland because of Its part in electing him no one having that taint will bo placed In control of the finances. Harrison had this same an tagonism to contend with when he was making up his Cabinet four years ago. Ho, howeTtr, unlike Cleveland, shared to a de glee the Western distrust or a Wall street man. The East could not be satisfied with a Western man, so Harrison adopted S. B. Elkins' suggestion and gave the portfolio to Wlndom, who was a Minnesota man living in New York. He bridged the chasm. Cleveland's leturn this week from his Hog Island vacation naturally brings up all this Cabinet talk, and whether he likes It or not, a good deal is going to be said and done by the politicians toward making up a slate for him. Tammany has determined to let him severely alone on the Cabinet question unless its counsels are sought which they will not be but it is tangling things up so as to annoy blm in other directions. Speaker Crlp spent a couple or davs herebeloie going to Washington this week and arranged lor Tammanj 's support in lorclng an extra session of Congi ess. Tammany, it will bo remembered, threw most of the New York vote for Crisp for Speaker. It will hold out now with Crisp for an extra session, because such a move would aid in his re-election to the Speakership. Crucer was all the more willing to enter upon tnis bargain because the extra session problem is going to worry Cleveland a good deal befoie it is settled, and is likely to be tne enteritis wedge ot discontent in the Demooratio ranks at the national capital. Republicans Under tbe Tiger's Paw. The republicans of the State, but more especially of this olty, are still wondering where they are at," and how Ions they will remain there. The impression prevails that so long as tlio present influences dominate Republican affairs hero defeat is sure to fol low defeat, and some effoit Is bolng made to overturn tbe County Committee at the pri maries on the 13 til Inst. The tiouble is that the opposition ladks cohesion and sin gleness of put pose. Then, too, not more than a tenth ot the itepnultciin voters of this city are enrolled and eligible to vote at the Drliuaries. The euiolled ones are the followers of the machine. None others can. get in xt is piouuuie, meieiuie, tuat ue apltefUl the noise and uubbub, tbe same old luces will tuin up in tne new County Com mitteouiid the same old officers beie elected to command the ship. lhe charge is openly made, and with trnth in some instances, that our Republican dis trict leaders are merely adjuncts to Tam many Ua)l, and throw the ote of tlieir fol lowers to Tammany candidates whenever desired, -in examination of the vote for several yeais baolt will prove this. Itis notorious, too, that one of the atanchest Republican papers on national issues will puulbh nothing to -which the Tammany bosses would take exception. f.s it surpris ing, under such ciicumscances, that Tam many rolls up big majorities heieT figures That Tell Their Own Story. There is not an Assembly district in tbe city in whloh the percentage of Republican vote to the total has not fallen on steadily lu the last ten jears. In 1S84 Blaine re ceived 93,093; In lflsS Harrison got 100,925, and this jeartliuPiesldehtal vote fell to j,303, or less than 6,000 over the Blaine Vote eih'bt reais ago. Meanwhile tbe city's vote has nci eased over SU.OOO. Korhns this boon the only lost, sustained by the Republicans or this city. Of the 30 Assemblymen and 24 aldermen elected last month not a single one is a Republican, so that both at tlio jtate capital und at tho City Hall there will not be u discordant note in tue chorus of Tammany's triumph. In fact, except lor to Police Justices and one Police Commissioner, tnere will not be a Republican in office in this city after Jan uary L 'Yet the Republicans have 100,000 Republican voters, more than one-thiru of all. I recite these facts and they are racts because they lend coloi and snbstance to tho charge that tbe present Republican or ganization here, Jf not untrue tu the party's interests, is at lea-t notully Ineffective and weak, lhe cry goes up iiuW, when it is too late, foi aieorgaulzation; but even this, as I have said, is not likely to come about. BAN INIO A SIHEET CAB. Two PhlladelphlaPassengers Seriously In Juredln a Crossing Accident. Philadelphia, Dec. t .V small traction car, while crossing the tracks of the Bead lug Railroad this evening at American and Columbia xtroe ts, was struck by ualil ting engine. Villi uu ' Cnnnlniham, aged Si years, a street car driver, had hlsicalp cut, nis auKie uau-urnu uiiu several nun uru.-4u, and is likely to die. or the other passengers, Lizzie Cargoge, a 12-year-old girl, was the only ono who reoelved lnurlesof a serious character, having her leg orokeir. Charles Pearce, the driver, it Iff said, did not wait for the signal to cross the tracks, but drove his car directly in the pathway of the engine. A MADMAN CAPTAIN. The Shrewd Little Fellow "Who Escaped His Wrath Tells a Graphic Story of His i Companion's Murder The Skipper's Confession Befused by the Officers. Sax Diego, Oal., Dec. 4. Captain Sam Y Smith, of the schooner Lou,-who murdered a Doy named (ieorge .Ncale on bis schooner br throwing the lad overboard and then shooting him as he swam in' the-'watcr, wanted to make a confession yasterclar, but the officers would not allow him to. Willie Silberry, the boy who narrowly eioaped Keale's fate br agreeing to conceal the mur der, tells the following story; - After I turned in I was awakened by a voice, "Don't shoot me, Sam: for God's sake don't kill mc." I was scared almost to death. The voice was that of George, and seemed to come from under the stern of the boat. Then it grew fainter, as if we were drifting away Irom it. I crept quickly up the companion way and saw Captain Smith sitting in the cockpit, with his rifle in his hands, looking over the beam. George called ont agaim "8am, throw me an oar; won't you help met" Sain didnotsnyaword, but Just held bis .rifle aimed in his hands. I drew back hair sick as he shot, and then glanced out again to see him withdraw his rifle, whloh he had fired into thewator where I saw George floating. Sam saw me then, and. ns unconcernod as possible, I asked him what ho was shooting at. He an sweied, "A bird." and I drew down again into the hold. Pretty soon I heard Sam' talking, pretending to be answering George. When daylight came I got up and went and sat near Satu. I knew I had my life In my hands. Sam still had a rifle in ins hands. I tried to smooth it over, and arter awhile he said: "I've been thinking about this lor nlnodays. I Intended to throw you over- uunru, anu roporc mat you went Hunting in a skiff and got lost In the surf." I told him I would do all I could, and that maybe George had not heen drowned, that we could report sometlftng that would be a good excuse. "We'll fix 1 1," I said. He took me at my word and commenced to clean up. In the cabin were spots of bloody finger marks on George's bunk. These Sam washed off aud I Helped. but I left on tho ceiling some blood that he did not see. Theio was blood on Sam's trousers. VERY LIKE RETRIBUTION. The Boston Reporter of tho Borden Testi mony Fake Is Killed. Ha5ulto:t, Oht., Deo. 4. Special flenry G. Triekey, a Boston Globe reporter, was killed here yesterday while trying to hoard a train. He came here a week ago and reg istered at a leading hotel under tbe name of Henry Melsear, lepresentlng that he was a New York commercial man. It has since been learned that lie had fled to Canada to avoid arrest rbr contempt of court in connection with the .Harden mur der case. He was the reporter Who wiote np the article which apneared in the Globe, containing an alleged expose of all the evi dence the detectives had woiked up ugainst Lizzie Borden. Next day the paper apolo gized for tho story aud admitted that it had been deceived. Yesterday morning, as Triekey was about to leave tne city, be fell betweon the cars and was so badly crushed that he died lu a few minutes. Triekey had lerc word at tbe hotel to have hi ruafi forwarded to P. Jlcl scar, Evanston. 111. Tne news of the acci dent wus , telegraphed there, and this evening Triekey' brothei-in law ar rived. He Identified tbe bodv. llol sear says that Triekey told him he had been deceived Dy DctectUo Molfenry, who had offered to furnish the imormatlon in tho Borden case for $500. Triekey gave him tbe money, and Mollenry furnished the points for the article as published in the Globe, but deliberately-deceived him. The .body was taken to Boston to-night. - r "93ftft'liV-J- f JJj.1"" "Hi -Wf"3-i CHICAGO BURGLARS CAUGHT 'Their Plan to Bob the Steward ortheCalU ' met Comes to Grief.' Chicago, Dee. I Charles Armstrong, a waiter at the Calumet Club, Frank Skinner and Frank Rice, waiters in down-tbwn res taurants, attempted to ldb Louts Culver last night, tbe steward of the Calumet Club, tho most aristocratic organization of its kind in Chicago. Armstrong secured a room in the boarding house where Culver lived and secreted his confederates in a closet in Culver's room. When the steward, who usually carries a large amount of money, shonld appear, he was to be hit hard enough to keep him quiet and then robbed. Culver, however, did not show np. The two lobhers became restless, and concluded to rob a few other people while waiting for Culver. Thev strayed into the room or J. H. Graham, who immediately shoe Skinner in the side, inflicting a wound whloh will prove fatal. The pollen heard the shots, and when Skinner and Klee rushed out the front door they were, gathered In. Arm strong was arrested later. COLD WATEB ON THE C0NFSBENC3 Thrown by the1 Thunderer, TVhlch "Would Like to See It a Failure Anyway. Lohdox, Dee. 6. The 3me, speaking edl. torlally on the Monetary ttbnferonce, says: "It is not going too ar to say that the con ference haa already resnlted in failure. When it was found that tho Ameri cans were not prepnied to make the first move the conference kindly ac commodated them. Mr. de Rothschild's proposals are a mystery unless he wished to force the Americans to realize and admit that except there Is universal bimetallism there is no arrangement which would suit tbem. If they weie of this Machiavellian character tbey have apparently sneceeded, for already in America a strong objection has arisen to -continuing the purchase of silver. "The childish talc indulged in two years ago respecting the ability of America to act in defiance of the elementary principles of economics has been abandoned In the pres ence of the plain lact that the Giesham law is not dead, and that inferior money still drives out better money ir given a cuancn. It is probable that thero will hn n sharp fall in silver when it is recognized that tho conference will have no lesult." GAMBLING RUINED HIM. An Express Agent Arrested In Louisville While Pawning Diamonds. Louisville, Dec. 4. H. H. Lostetter, the United States express agent at Hunting burg, Iud., was arrested this morning while in tbe act of pawning SC00 worth of diamonds. The detective took him to tbe Central statldn, where he was searched. Two other diamond studs and a lady's gold wntenwere found on him. He said he had been short In his accounts for some time and did not know much he really owed the com. pauy. The package of diamonds was sent irom Bootievllle, Ind., to New York City and passed tUioujh his hands as agent at llnn tlngburg. He stole them Saturday, and, employing a man in his place, came to this city yesterday morning to pawn tbem. lie attributed his downfall to gambling nnd claimed timt tills was the first time he had ever stolen from the company. The companv placed implicit confidence in Los tetter. The shortage may be betweon si,W and $5,000. ANOTHER . REVOLUTION. Tho Brazilian State of Itio Grande do Snl Again Deposes Its Governor. Montevideo, Deo. . A revolution has' broken out at Santo Tome, ltio Grande do Sul, and tho authorities have again been de posed. It is said that men are flocking to the scono of the disturbance from all parts of the province nnd from Uruguay. The au thorities say tbe revolution is looal and has no political signlflcnnco. The Tennessee Strike ShortLlved. Kmoxviixe, Tehs., Dec. 4. The Black Dia mond mining troubles at Coal Creulrnre set tied. . Word has been rutclvud.thut the mill, era resumed vurk lo-duy. Are the Lowe Guns Now Be ing Furnished- to tide German Government. ANOTHER HUGE SCANDAL France Is Not 'Alone in the Crooked ness of Her Officials. A GKKAT SENSATION IN COURT When the Jndse Declares the Proofs of the Iharga' Genuine. GEEMAN INTERESTS IN TUE BIG FAIR Bebltk, Dec. 4. Prussia yesterday found its Panama scandal in the Moabit Criminal Court, when, after having been taunted for lack of veracity, Eector Ahl wardt produced five official documents which proved to bo reports made by 'Colonels to their Generals adverse to the Lowe gun. These must have been stolen, probably by an officer, who, if found out, is liable to ten years' penal servitude. A greater scandal or more sensational episode could not have occurred. The army officers who were .present in large numbers, many of high rank, were aghast. At first they looked incredulous, but when the Judge examined the documents and pronounced them authentic their dismay knew no bounds? Telegraphic messages were at once sent to the Emperor, who is shooting in Saxony, to apprise him of the startling develop ments and the blow which had fallen on the army. Ahlwardt had just expressed regret that army officers, on their oaths, should have been mistaken in saying no offioial reports adverse to the Lowe guns hafl been made. "Who are yon," thundered the Judge, "who dare talk thus of officers who have taken an oath to tell the truth?" Ahlwardt Produces His Proofs. "Here aie my proofs," replied Ahlwardt, taking the papers from his pocket and hold ing them up.,. The pubho prosecutor suggested that they Should be read at once. Bector Ahlwardt, in a low, clear voice, said: "I have been ac cused of being unputiiotlo without reason. The document. I hold. It read nubllclv. would- be' damaging to my country. I tnerefore ask that the court be oleaiddantt the read lng be private. If the President will glance over them I am confident he will agree with me." A' he read thorn bis face became very serious. Finally lie srtld: "Tho papers laid befoie aie very Important to the State. They should not be read in open court." The room was their cleared. Tlio. docu ments show that out of 960 Lowe guns used at Wesei S90 were unserviceable. '1 weuty of the chambers burst and ten broke en tirely There were three general officers ill court lepresentlng the Minister of War.who at once sent the news to the War Minister, General von Ealtenborn; Slaunbu, Chler or Staff; Count von Sclicffen nnd Chancellor Von'Caprivi. The revelations hit Herr Lowe, and his director, Colonel Euhne. "really seemed quite overcome at the unex pected blow. . Guos That Dreak Like Glass. (.Another-"witness, a Hamburg merchant, kiaid tho Minister of Foreign Affairs bad sent aconslgnmentof Lowe gnqs to East Arrlca. The witness had Just received a letter from the leader of tho expedition, saying: "Send -ont more guns, but not Lowe they break llko glass." HeiT Lowe protested it was not proved they were bis guns. It must be remembered that there are 425,003 Lowe guns in the Gorman army. This is terriblv awkward tor thei Government, which is bound by necessity to do every thing to hush up the scandal. The Ahlwardt tlial will raise donbts in the mind of a large section of the German nation, not particularly as rezardi the Lowe guns, but about all guns maunfac tuieu for tbe army. Ahlwaidt himself is nobodj Indeed, un unsympathetio charac ter but theveuormous maohinorv of the law is brought to bear against htm. Prince Bismarck passed through Berlin last evening on his way from Vaiztn to Friedrlchsruhe. At the Stettin and Lebrter railway stations great crowds hud gathered to welcome him. A light luncheon and a glass of stiff gro were partaken of in the Fuersten salon. He remained there an hour, talking to two or three special friends, while the crow d outside cheered and sang. Bismarck on Increase of Bevenue. The only sound method of increasing the revenue would be through a tobacco tax; which had been tried and approved by the financiers or all great nations, Bismarck said. The Emperor has been much incensed by the rudeness to which the Empress was sub jected in Berlin, last eek. She came to the city from Potsdam, to shop at a Jewelry store in the Fiiedrichstiasse. While she was there curious people crowded the pluoe and an unmannerly mob gacheied outside round the cairlage. Unpleasant comments were made by women at she made her nay from the store aoor to tne carriage, ana alter alio v as seated a well-Urcssed German woman thiust her head in the open window, stared at her, and madu nn insulting lemark con cerning her iuaie:ty'8 anueurance. The at tendant ot the Empress tardily removed the intruder, but not until the Empress had been excited almost to tears. The Empeior hasordeied theohlefof police to see to it that whenever the Empress goes driving or shopping beieafter a sufficient number of pollctfshall be on baud to keep back the ciowds. Germany's Interest In the Fair. An offlolal memorandum leceived by the Reichstag on Thursday states that recently the number of thn German exhibitors at the Chicago World's Fair has increased greatly. Tbe total is now nearly 4,000. In the wine exhibit alono 300 firms and individuals hare engaged space. In the machinery exhibit the number is 100, and in the chemical ex hibit 40. Industries connected with min ing will be especially well represented. The new evidences of Interest In tbe Fair aro acknowledged generally to be due to the election or Cleveland and the consequent expectation that tho McElnley bill will bo modified. The expenses of tho Government in preparing for the Fair have exceeded the estimates, and another grant will be mado probably, as tue Government will spare no pains to make Germany's exhibit at the Fair second to none. Tbe brewers or the Hamburg and Altoona district lesolred at a meeting lust week to combat in every legitimate way the pro posals to Incieae the beer tux and to peti tion the Hamburg Senate and the Kelcbstag against the imposition ot new burdens on tueir industry. DR. GEAV3 60 CONFIDENT Of Regaining His Liberty That He Has Signed a Contract to Lecture. Dsitvxn, Dec. 4. Supreme Judge T. II. Goddnrd will listen to the appeal lu the case of Dr. Tnatcher Graves, who Is under sen. tence of denth for the poisoning of Mrs. Josephine Barnaby, of Providence, U. I., to morrow. Dr. Graves feels so confident that tho Court will give him his liberty that lie has already signed a coutracttoleoturo through out the country on "Colorado Justice and Prison Life." BIVAL GREENLAND EXPEDITIONS May Soon Start rrom Philadelphia to Visit tbe frozen Beglons. PmUDKLruu, Deo, 4. Two Greenland ex peditions may start out from Philadelphia next spring. While Lieutenant l'eary Is rHlMug funds by his lectures for n seonnd and prolpn.'ed ,yilt tothe great CQn.tinen of lco.'l'rbr. Louis Uollprlug Is, U is pre. - 9 pill, " i . rw 86811 -fVN.atf) V1 r7.t. . Z J . -T- -21?gf Sr v-Hirzto u MWhfxid "' vr rnnmti mm- -f t. .f- vy jj js: jtc i .--.v ii r n- w i it - r ri v. . . vj. will ' " ' ipil:' 1 Jmu CJr- S III ff'ik IF HE ONLY COULD! sumed, projecting a second exploring trip to tbe dozen regions or the north. Ten thousand dollars is reported to have already been secured for this exploring trip. Owing to the rumors and contradictions of rumors or a slight coolness between Pror. Peary and the commander of the relief ex pedition, it is difficult to tell Just how much credence to put in this report. TORTURED BY A BURGLAR. A Hazleton Bobber Fells His Victim With an ax Falling to Find Money, He Bevlves Her He Gets the Cash and Hangs Her. Hazletox, Dec 4. John "Wittick, a desperado, made an unsuccessful attempt at robbery and murder in this city last night. About 5 o'clock he called at the house of Peter Putlestny. There was no one at borne but Mrs. Pntlessny. The man de manded money. The woman hesitated about giving it to him. Without further parley an ax descended upon her head and she fell unconscious. The man immediately wont upstairs. An old trunk had always been used as the treasure vault. When Wlt tickreacbed it, it was empty. Beturning to the lower room, where the woman still lay, tbe Villain lolt her pulse to ascertain if life was extinct. There were still signs of life, and by the application of restoratives he revived her. Aj.iin the de mand for money was made. The poor woman, aftor recovering her speech, told htm where to find it. The movement of the injured woman attracted his attention and he Jumped for her again. To make snre. that she 'tould tell no tales he produced A rope. This he wound about her neck, and, with the aid or a stick, twisted it so tightly that the blood oozed from the pores and her tongue protruded. He went after the treas ure, and alter securing everything, left his viotim tying motionless on tue noor. A ntljthborr-abortly nrter-discoveroCUhe prostrate form of MrsPutlessny. an(k. after considerable difficulty, succeeded in reviv ing her. Her assailant was captured in a. barn and S60 of the stoleh money wasr found upon him; lie refused to talk:- Itis feared the womammay die before making a state ment. The prisoner is a desperate orook, who' arrived in this country about a year ago. Before leaving Bohemia, his native country,' he had taken the Hie pf a country mail. ' FRESHMEN TOO FRESH. ' A Party of Them Behave Like Bulls in a Ifew Haven China Shop. New Havxit, Coith., Dec. 4. The celebra tion by Tale freshmen last evening was car ried to extremes. Besides virtually break ing up a play at tbe Now Haven Opera House tbey broke into a dime museum, played hivoc with tbe proprietor's chattels, and tried unsuccessfully to effect an en trance into a fair, but were repulsed by a partv of doorkeepers, who, armed with, club and baseball bats, drove them back. One of the students received a wound on the neck by the blow or a shovel. A restaurant was next visited. Here the rowdies overturned all the furniture and compelled a young woman to stand on a ta ble and make a speech. En masse, tbe freshmen then repaired to the campus and indulged in a rush with the sopho moies. Tile celebration conclud ed by the lreshmen breaking a number of windows iu the "Old Br.ck Kow." Four or the party were arrested duiing tho evening anu will be tried to-morrow rooming. The Tale laculty will investi gate the matter, and a number of expulsions are inevitable. MURDER WILL OUT. A Dramatlo Scene During Testimony In the Parr Trial on Long Island. Jamaica, L. L, Dec. 4 There was a sensa tion yesterday in tho contest over the will of Thomas Farr.tbe Brooklyn carpetdealer, who died last June at Hempstead. AY hen Robert Watson, an employe of the testator at Ills store, was put on the stand. Counsellor Claik' asked him if he ever said to Airs. Edwaid Quintan, wife of one of the contestants, that if Mr. Fnrr hud stayed at homo wltn lii wife In Brooklyn he wOnld be alive to-day and than his nieco got blm out to Baldwin's and killed him.. "So, sir, I did not," said Watson. Sirs. Quintan at once sprang to her feet and exclaimed: "Oh. Robert Uatsonl How can you say such a thing! Rem'inber, J on are talking to God." Mrs. Quintan wus then called to the stand. She contradicted Mr. Watson's testimony, and told the court that Watson told her three weeks ao that Farr's nelce had killed him. This testimony cre ated a sensation, and the case adjourned un til Monday. MURCHIS0N REAPPEARS To Beafflrm That He Is the Only Genuine Cleveland Hoodoo. Los' ANOCLK3. CAt., Dec. 4. G-oige OS goodby, of Pomona, author of tne cele brated Alurchlson letter, which wus one of tho chief episodes of the political tampat.n or 1SSS, has addressed a letter to the Timet. or this city, sharply crltlclting the rjqeut statement of M. V. .11 u o its ui'. of Chicago, alleging (hat he did nut wr.tu tuu MuiLliisoii letter. , The Pomona Mhrchisou rcaserts liN an tliurshlp of the Mmcul-oii letter, mid xajs ho holds the original reply of Lur-i backv.ilu West, although having been tt,equeiuiy iui portuned'to give it into other hands. HIS STOMACH A GARDEN. A Man Swallows P pperSctdi and Heaves Up Vegetables. LorfO Brakch, Deo. 4. About Ave necks itgo Kluivr Pern ne, u lealdent of Long Brunch aveune, beuamo seriously ill. He wus treated for some lime wlilnut success. Last week Dr. Genrire II. Baker adiulnlsteied a strong dose of mi-dlcln and Mr. Perrlne vomited lour grucii peppuw, each an inch and a half long. The iirxl day four more peppers followed, and now the patient is tuuon better, and to-day uis con dition indicated an early recovery. The last time Mr. Pel rine ate peppers wa In August, nearly lonr niomha iuii, hut ihn seed.") terminated In hU stomach until they, teaehud mil size- i'vy ""v'i, $ PREVENTION OF CRIME And the Pittsburg Question Dealt With bj a Kew fork Pastor. THE CHURCH SUFFER?, HE SAYS, From tlia Meddling' of Her Ministers In 111 torts of Afiilrs. PEEACIIERS SIIOULD.Vr BE PBOSECCTORS fSPECIAI, TELXORAM TO TIIK DISPATCH.r New Yobk, Dec 4. Bev. D. C Potter preached in the Baptist Tabernacle this morning on the "Prevention of Crime and the Pittsburg Question." His text was irom John, viiL, o: "ilosej in the law com manded that such should be stoned, but what sayest thou?" The preacher said: It is an Sid iinetion, difficult, one-sided. The accusers brought the woman only. The law requested that she be stoned. Certainly perform the law, but the accusers must be sinless. The church suffers irom the med dling of her ministers on all subjects, and men devoid of practical sense and withont experience commit ns to turmoil and folly. The Pittsburg pastors have produced a situation disgraceful and heartless, and politics has become a meddler in morals in ourclty. The Society lor the Prevention of Crime, over which a well-known city pastor presides, is simply scattering the crime ic aims to prevent. othlug is prevented save -in tbe locality vheie the society's raids are made. Driven out of one place or street tbe outcasts go to another loss public."" or tbey'wait the chance of returning. The 'effort is at suppression, not prevention. It may be sincere; it surely is misguided. Work of thac sort can only be partial, the results local and momentary. Jfot a Means of Reformation. To first obtain evldonce of an incriminat ing character against a disorderly house, perhaps by humiliating aud criminal methods, and then haul tbe inmates to Jail, causing them public shame and advertise ment, is surely not prevention of crime. On the one hand, it is abetting, conniving at; on the other, it is simply distress and dam age. Where a throng of degraded women are dragged through the streets bat to insult and deeper disgrace in a police court, fined or temporarily imprisoned, nothing criminal has been prevented. Tbe unfortunates have only a deeper degradation, a sorer heart, a hotter hatred against society and all, the forces that brought abonc the open s'tow of their sin. They are so much the poorer, so much the more miserable, more hardened, moie desperate nnd despairing. Their luture is by so much as they have suffered tbe darker, their reformation the more hopeless. In advance of judgment, before trial, and with no hope of redres", the poor and pitiable women havo been rudely and brutally punished, the public sensitiveness shocked, and nothing under heaven secured worth the while, the cost considered, s tve a mighty gain to plmriseeisin and hypocrisy. But the evil and its victims bavo been puu lisbed, and wlcKedness and its haunts have been advertised Irom pulpit and press aud housetops. A Zeal Not According to Knowledge. The reformers have a zeal not according to knowledge. Common sense is dethroned and shamy Is abandoned. And this sortof precaution deters no criminal, hinders no crime.1 Tho reformers seem to have the energy of a frenzy, the. rhetoric and vehe mence of a geyser, the gesticulation of a Dutch wlud-mlll, and tue soul of Don Quixote. ' Punishment Is not prevention. Fnnish mentlsnot reformation. It but widens the gulf separating the degntded and unfortu nate from the relief and succor that they have the right to expect from the Church of Christ, and which the Church of Christ ought to give. The bent and bnrdened back: oi the wretched, the outcast and the sinner should feel no sting from the scourge in the hands of a Christian minister. Tho minis ter's olace is not with the persecutors. It is not with thu prosecutor''. It Is not with the brutal accusers vho clamor that she be punished lor her sin. Ho man was ever ordained by a church to be a Dublic prosecutor. It is his place to preach mercy ta the sinner, to call lor re pentance, and not to spring traps to catch norset spies to betrav. He does not belong with the hypocrites who wish to cast the stones. He should be standing by and be hind that marvelous Man of Xazareth, who, with infinite gentleness nnd pity, snoke softly to the heart uioken: ".Neither do I condemn thoe; go and sin no more." AN 0ID OFFENDER CAUGHT. Two Deputy Marshals Capture a Fearless Woman Moonshiner. l'AnKZRSDTjito, W. Va., Dec 4. Special. Rolno Bailey, a noted woman moonshiner of McDowell county, was captured a day or two ago by United Slates Deputies Wallace and White. Sevoral other illicit distillers were also captured In the raid, but Miss Bailey was the biggest haul or the lot. She was noted for her fearlessness and her extraordinary ability iu handling a Win chester, she Is said to be a expert with a rifle as anyone in the mountains, and as she t an nlwnvs ready to shout a uiarshurher cap ture was looked upon as something unusu ally brilliant. Mlsi Bailey tailed ap give ley ta trial. bona anu win oe neio. inr HIPPOLYTE'S CLOSE CALL. Three TVould-Be Assassins Pounce Upon Him in His Palace Grounds. Kixqstox, Jamaica, Deo. 4. A desperate attempt was made to- assinate President Hippolyte, of Haiti, yesterday morning. The President was taking an early morning walk In the palace grounds when tho attack was made. Aid came before the assassin could Inflict any damage, and he and two accomplices were overpowered and captured. They were shot within a short time and quiet now 'prevails in the Black Republic. TWO BIG GAVELS TO FALL TO-DAY "When Vice President Morton and Speaker Crisp Ee- conyeite Congress FOE THE SHOBT SESSION. The Anti-Option Bill tbe Most Im portant One to Come Up. . It Will Be Wrestled With in the Sen. ate Pension Bills to Take TJp the Time of the House Influence of the Elections on Coming: Legislation The McGanahan Claim on Deck Once More An Attempt to Be Made to Pass It Over the President's Veto A Con test Sure to Be Precipitated Extra, Session Talk The Speakership The South and the Sugar Bounty. IJBOU A STATF connisrovDixT.l Washihgtoj.-, Dec. 4. At high nooa to-morrow tbe gavels of Vice President Morton and of Speaker Crisp will fall in Senate and House, the chaplains will say their prayers, and the machinery of the second short session of the Fifty-second Congress will be in motion at once. Speaker Crisp's gavel will fall on a new, strong sounding board, for tbe old one, as is always the case, was splintered during the session by the tremendous pounding neces sary to keep any semblance oi order in tbe noisiest and most unruly parliamentary body of the world. Almost as soon as a session is ended the sounding board and its green baize cover are carried away, piece meal, by relic fiends, and tbe desk is left denuded until tbe beginning of another session. After tbe morning hour tbe anti-option bill is the regular order as unfinished busi ness in the Senate, and a host of uninterest ing private pension bills in the House. Some Lively Scenes Pretty Certain. Unimportant as these pension bills may be in themselves, they may furnish some lively scenes, as each member mar 'speak for 15 minutes on each bill if he desires to do so. Hoc only will this furnish opportunity for attacks on the pension system which assuredly Is vulnerable enough as it Is now abused but members will take opportunity to make hnmorous and satirical explana tions of "how it all happened" at the late elections, and therefore, some really exclt ingsnappinznndirrowlln,; amom; the ani mals or tne menagerie in-iy be expected. The anti-option bill, ir there be less fun over it, is much more likely to lurnlsh a genuine sensation. Senator Washburn, who is sponsor for the measure, declared to day thai be has not the least douot of the passage of the bill If it can be brought to- a vote, and he is convinced there will be little obstruction lor the reafou that It was l. . tacit understanding when he ajreedTat the last session to its postponement till the first , Monday in December that it should not be talked upon for the mere purpose- of delay or deieac Or course the Senator admitted there are Senators who yet wish to give their views, but he thinks only a few days will elapse before a final vote will be taken. The Other Side of the Question. Many do not agree with the Senator. Though some of the votes bad upon features and consideration of the bill last session, showed that tnere might be a bare majority in favor of it, could it have been disposed of at that time, new conditions now surround it. The very essence of its postponement was that some Senators did not want to vote upon ic till after the election, which meant that, though before that event they misht feel impelled to support it, they mleht feel very differently afterward when tbe popu lar sentiment might not Dear npon their political consciences quite so heavll. Attain, the lobby which worked quietly and effectively last session, tho representa tives of the great exchanges, aro hero with r.iiiforcements, and are backed by others who give no countenance to samDlin in either presents or lutures, but who believe that the bill will fail of its purpose nnd work uarm to prouncetsas wen as to speculators. Tct a;:ain, it is Delleved that the Influences of the cotton exchanges, coupled with the rise in cotton and tlio passing of the elec tions, have changed the intention of more than one Senator from the South. The chances therefore seem to favor the defeat of the bill. Simply Toyed With In the Senate. It seems almost nnexplalnable that a measure of such vast Import, which passed the "popular branch" of Congress by a great majority and without obstruction worth mentioning, should be so toyed with in the Senate. Its advocates say: "If It beimpe feet, why not perfect and pais it?" fd satis factory answer Co this hns been afforded by the opposition, who seem rather to desire. to add to the imperfection by amendments tending to render defeat more certain. One of the incidents of the session which is looked forward to with some interest is tbe expected attempt to pass over the veto of the President the bill reierring tbe fam ous McGurrahau claim to the Court of Claims for Its Judgment. Poor Billy McGarrahan, who bus been hanging on the ragged edej, now of hope and now of despair, for so many years, still as gentle and inoffensive as ever, bad no reniarK to make wheu the President -. dealt him that cruel blow of thereto lust session, except that he did not see bow so many good men in the Uouje and Senate could bu wroitcrnud President Harrison the only one -to bo right. A similar feellns was apparent among the mnjority in the two branches who voted for tue reference. Mr. Harrison wus much criticised tor his vetoandan attempt is certain to bn made to pass the bill by a two-thlrdi majority. Thn defeat of tbe President for re-election may adu to the chances for success, as many a Republican who in July would have been timid in recording his affirmative against tho president's negative win now nave no such scruples. Beady to Precipitate a Contest. One point which has not been touobod upon in connection with tho probable early session Is the great confnslcn and interrup tion of busine-s or this Congress which would ensue. Most of the advocates of an extra session, whether for continuous work or for the mere purpose of organization, lavoradate immediately following the ad journment of this Congress. The enthu siasts demand the noon of March 5. This Mould brthir the contest for tbe Speaker ship and for the hundreds or positions wlcliin the gift or the House plump into the most important weeks of tho present ses sion. Of course the official call for tho extra session could not issue until Cleveland is inaugurated, but if one be decided upou the word would necessarily be passed around, no less authoritatively becauso informnlly, that new members as well as old might pre pare for the important event. This, even If the date or mauling were fixed for April 1, would at once precipitate a scramble for Speakership and for the other offices, for not a single one of tbe present incumbents, irom Speaker down, would have a cinch on his present place. Old members will have new debts to pay.new members will demand and.be conceded their share of the spoils of oQce In too House rottnue. 2f$w Members Anxious to Come On. The new members, upon assurance of an extra session, would at once pack tbeit grips and hurry Mtbemard to loam the schemes of other people and develop their own. They would havo tho right to th floor ot tho-Hcu3e, would overrun that -al. j i3 u&:
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