Kr.i '.-TWPf . FORTY SEVENTH TEAR. HILL'S HATRED FOR CLEVELAND Causing the Senator to Do All He Can to Annoy the President-Elect. A BATTLE EOYAL BEGUN For the SuccessorsMp to Hiscock in the Upper House. The Great Trouble Is to Find the Pro per Man to Down Ed Murphy With Representative Stewart Getting Pointers From DalzeU and Quay He Wants to Be Speaker, but Is Not Anxious to Tilt Against a Slate Another Bill for a Bridge Over the Monongahela Steel Men Swarm to Washington in Search of Contracts Collector Miller's Bond Forwarded to the Capital. FBOU X STAFF COERJ.SPOXPXJJT.1 "Washington, Dec. 15. "Bender' unto Cleveland the things that are Cleveland's and unto Hill the things that are Hill's" was the paraphrase of a Democratic Senator this morning, while engaged with several fellow Senators discussing the Senatorial situation in New York, which is growing hotter and hotter every moment. Senator Hill was not in the company. The election of November 8 and the Senatorial elections of the five donbtful States, which will decide the complexion of the Senate for several years to come, are hardly of more interest to the politicians congregated in this city than is the fierce contest that is now beginning in New York. The question is not whether "Ed" Murphy shall be Senator irom New York to succeed Hiscock, or whetner it shall be some other man, but it is whether both of the Senators irom New York, after March 3, shall be antagonistic to the then President of the United States, or whether that President shall have a mouthpiece on the floor of the Senate. 11111 Can't Help Hating Cleveland. To say that Hill is the bitter enemy of Cleveland is not properly stating the fact He detests him, has "no use for him," and will do all he can to annoy him during his administration unless some unexpected composition ot their difierences bs made. The difference between them is simply that Hill ieels that Cleveland cheated him out of the Presidency, and Cleveland knows that Hill tried his level best to "do him" out ot thejyameJiiKU offi-ee. . , To his dving day Hill will hold to the conviction that after he had secured the en tire delegation from his own State to the National Convention, Cleveland, in all fairness and in all decency, should have stepped aside. Had Cleveland stepped aside, Hill is convinced that he, himself, would now be the President-elect of the United States. Senator Hill says to the public that he does not believe Cleveland is interfering in the election of the coming Sew York Sena tor. To his friends in private he says it is a fight to the death between him and the President-elect; that if the latter does not keep his hands off there will be more trouble than anybody dreams of; and he has been known to add that France must have had Cleveland in her eye when she raised the embargo against the great American hog, as otherwise Cleveland could never have vis itcd Paris. Cleveland's View Is the Favorite. The Cleveland view of the matter seems to be the favorite one here, however. Hill has not made himself at all popular with his tellow Senators. Whatever may be said of the "American House of Lords" or the "House of Millionaires," or of Us being under the thumb of the corporation hand, there is a vast deal of profundity and states manship of a certain sort lying around loose in the body and a vast deal ol a very pleas ing sort ot dignity. The mas3 of the Senators, especially those of the old school, have a hearty con tempt for a man who does not rise above the level ol a petty manipulator for selfish purposes of the political machine in his own State. They know that Hill is that kind of a man; that his soul never soars beyond the political fieshpots, and there fore they are for Cleveland now, just as they were at the time when Hill was scheming with his snap convention -to se cure the delegation from New York to the National Convention. The older Senators were for Cleveland to a man. They say, and they have aaid to Cleveland himself, more than one of them, that the President should have upon the floor of the Senate the strongest man in his party in the State of New York a man who can talk, and who will have a bearing when he does talk. That man is not Fair child, and it is not Whitney. Neither of these gentlemen would cut any figure in the chamber of tlie Senate. Hard to Find the Proper Man. Can Cleveland win against the machine? was the question heard on evry hand to day, when the New York Senatorship seemed to become, for the time, the over topping bit of gossip. A friend of Cleve land in the House tells me that if to win means to capture the majority of the Dem ocrats of the Legislature in the caucus, be did not think the President-elect would have the least show of success. But as the Lecislature would count up only 18 or 20 Democratic majority on joint ballot, he felt certain that enough auti-Hill-Murphy men would stay out of the caucus, or retuse to vote for the Hill man, to force the election of at least a compromise candidate, who might be some orator of a fine type who has not been identified with any action, and who would, without being antagonistic to Hill, be the recognized and respected repre sentativc of the President on :he floor of the Senate. The difficulty is to find that man. As yet none of the friends of Cleveland have been able to suggest anyone who will fill the bill. The representative from New York referred ""Jgsays that though the balloting will begin inJa5rSary it-w511 ,ti11 bc KoinK on "g"1' .r .i' Le 4th of March, One of tho taoat after M W 'MVM w w --- a vvv wv , - remarkable contests in the history cf the country is looked for. Getting rolntcrs at the Capital. Representative-elect Stewart, of Pitts burg, wno is a candidate for the Speaker ship of the House of Representatives at Harrisburg, was in the city to-day, and aroused a good deal of interest, as it was generally believed that he is in the race to smash any slate where his own name does not appear, which, of course, all Pennsyl vanians know is not the fact. Mr. Stewart merely wished to have a chat all around with Pennsylvania, members of Congress who are known to be leaders in their party, and so he made numerous friendly calls and had many a friendly chat Naturally he spent much of his time with Consressman Dalzell, as the latter represents Mr. Stew art's district After a protracted visit with that gentleman he made his way over to the Senate wing of the Capitol and held a pro longed conversation with Senator Quay, toward whom he is understood to be very friendly. Subsequently he held another conversation with Mr. Dalzell. It is said that Mr. Stewart's real mission was to find out whether the leaders of the party in the State that Is, those who have been accustomed to shape party affairs to a great extent had decided upon a "slate." Not a Candidate Against a Slate. When asked if he was a candidate Mr. Stewart is reported to have replied that if it Lad been decided that the name of ex Speaker Thompson, of Warren county, was to head the list of names slated he was not a candidate, but if there was no arrange ment and it was still a "free pitch-in," if Walto of Philadelphia, was going into the caucus as a candidate, then he (Stew art) was also in. Senator Quay is reported to have said that so far as he was informed on the ques tion SValton was a candidate, but he could not tell what might happen between this time and the meeting of the Legislature. It is probable, therefore, that if any name but that of Thompson be presented to the caucus lor the Speakership Mr. Stewart's name will also be bunched with the rest Senator' Quay expects to leave for his Beaver home to-morrow evening, and he will probably stop tor a short time in Pittsburg, to talk over Pennsylvania affairs with his lriends. The contest of Greevy against Scnll for the seat in the House of Bepresentatives from the Bedford-Blair-Cambria-Somerset district, in Pennsylvania, will come up lor a final vote to-morrow in the Committee on Elections. The contest has been hard fought and expensive tor both sides, though Mr. Greevy stumbled sadly in the begin ning in the preparation and presentation of his case. He presented a mass of irrele vant matter that can't he admitted as evi dence. Sympathy on the Eido of Scull. On the.other hand, Scull, with his years of experience in Congress, was thoroughly familiar with the requirements of commit tees on elections, and presented his case in admirable shape. While no one can tell what the vote will show, it is believed from expressions that have been heard from members of the committee, that Mr. Scull, who will pass out of Congress at any rate at the close of his term, will not be dis turbed in bis seat In his six years of Con gress Mr. Scull hal made a hort of friends on both sides of the House, none of whom wish to see him close his career in their midst by being thrust out of his seat by the mere brute power of a majority, when all feel that so far as they are inlormed in re gard to the case he is honestly elected. The contract for the new battleship Iowa and thcnevr.armored cruiser Brooklyn will probably be awarded to the Cramps, of Philadelphia, as ther were the lowest bid ders, ,10-day, upon bnth vessels. -At the opening ot the bids toi morning a number ot ateef manufacturers were present, among them a representative of the I3etnlenem works, Cephas Taylor, of the Xinden Steel Works; Messrs. " Bobinson, LInsley and Church, of the Carbon Steel Works, and Mr. 'Davenport, of tho Carnegie works. These gentlemen had in view the securing ot contracts for steel work upon ther vessels from the lucky bidder. Still Another Bridge Wanted. Bepresentative Sipe to-day introduced a bill tor the construction of abridge by the Belle Vernon Bridge Company at the borough ol Belle "Vernon, across the Monon gahela at the foot of Main street, in Fayette county, to a point opposite in Washington county, the plans to be submitted to and approved by the Secretary of War. Commissioner Mason, of the Bureau of In ternal Bevenne, received a telegram late this afternoon Irom George F. Miller, re cently appointed Collector for the Pittsburg district, saying that he had mailed his bond. The document will reach the department to-morrow, and will doubtless be promptly approved. judge Ewing was one of the distinguished visitors at the Capitol to-day, and received much attention from statesmen to whom he was introduced. H e was escorted about the Capitol by the Bepresentatives from Alle gheny county, and was deeply interested in the machinery of legislation. He is here in connection with matters pertaining to the Presbyterian Church. ONE WAY TO PATCH A PEACE. AKumor by Way of Albany Slakes Dill Secretary of State. Albany, N. Y., Dec. 15. The Times Union to-night, under a Washington date, Bays: United States Senator Hill has been tendered the portfolio of State by President, elect Cleveland. This is following tlio cus tom to give to their leading opponent the portfolio. United States Senator Hill was approached while In New York Dy a close friend of Mr. Cleveland. As a result Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Hill met in Baltimore later on, where all differences whcie healed and Mr. Cleveland in person tendered Mr. Hill tlie portiolio of State. This would ro sult in the following" changes in New York State: Governor Flower and lion. Edward Murphy, Jr., will hbth he sent to the United States Senate, placing Lieutenant-Governor Sbeehan In the Governor's chair. CLEVELAND CALLS IT STUFF. The rresldent-Klect Writes Ont His Opin ion Very Emphatically. New Yoke, Dec IS. President-elect Grover Cleveland was apparently up to his eyes in business this evening when a re porter called to ascertain the truth of the announcement in the Albany Times-Union that Senator David B. Hill had been ten dered the portfolio of Secretary of State. He sent down word that he was too busy to be seen, and refusing to grant the reporter a personal interview. In answer, however, to the paragraph announcing the selection of Mr. Hill as Premier of Mr. Cleveland's Cabinet, the President-elect sent the following note: "So lar as I know, not a single word of trnth is in the stuff Mr. Cleveland had written the word "above," but scratched it out and'substitoted "stuff," as more proba bly emphasizing his denial. EVEN HILL HAS TO SMILE. He Has Been Tendered No Portfolio and Expects None. Washington, Dec 15. Senator Hill's attention being called to a Washington dis patch to the Albany Timct-Union, he at first declined to dlscnss the matter, but finally -consented to state that he had not been tendered a Cabinet position by Mr. Cleveland, and did not expect to k', ten dered one., . jn" mm BRIGGS STILL BOLD In Ilis Declarations on the Question of Inerrancy of tlie Bible, STANDING BY HIS BELIEF. He Talks Another Whole Day to the New York Presbytery, EXPECTING TO FINISH MONDAY. His Friends Crowd Around Ilim to Shake Ills Hand Heartily WHEN DE TAKES TEN 3IISDTES TO REST rsrECIAI. TELEGRAM TO TIIK DISPATCII. New York, Dec. 15. Most of the argu ment which Prof. Briggs presented to-day to the New York Presbytery, in his defense against the charges of heresy, was deToted to the question of inerrancy of the Scriptures which is the sharpest issue on which the conservatives and radicals of the Presby terian Church are divided. For three days Prof. Brtggs has been talking to his jurors, and the Btrain is beginning to tell upon him. In the ten-minute recess, which was the only opportunity he had for rest to-day, his lriends insisted upon crowding about him to shake his hand and offer him en couragement The accused professor resumed his argu ment on the divine authority of the Church. "The Church," he said, "is a great fount ain of divine authority, according to the standards of the Presbyterian Church. There is no inconsistency between the first chapter of our confession, which teaches that the Holy Scriptures are tho only infal lible rule of faith and practice, and the seven chapters of the Confession, which set forth the divine authority which there is in the Church. Holy church, like Holy Scripture, is an ordinance of God, a means of grace, a channel of divine influence, an instrument of salvation, a fountain of holy authority. Ordinary Channels ot Dlvlno Grace. "The church has no divine authority in itself apart from God. Its divine author ity is in that its chief institutions were divinely appointed, and that these divinely appointed institutions are the ordinary channels of divine grace. If this court could go so far astray from the Bible and the Confession as to convict me of heresy for asserting that the church is a great fountain of divine authority, you would do me a very great honor. But that honor would be embittered by the disgrace of a church which I love." Prof. Briggs insisted that a verdict against him would amount to a declaration that CarJinal Newman did not find God in the the church, and that such men as he were mistaken in their religious experience. "You cannot evade the issue," said Profi Brigcs. ,Yonr verdict will be interpreted by the Christian world as a yes or no to the question. I rejoice in this issue. Again, sar ves: and I would deliberately choose the company for time aad.for -eternityof j.uaruiieuu uu igwuuiu robutu- wjku wi uuu loveless persons as would cast them- out of the congregation of the faithfal." Anotlier Argument Wound Up. In concluding his argument in answer to the first two charges Prof. Briggs said: "I have now gone over the four specifications of the two charges which represent that the doctrine that there are three great fountains of divine authority, the Bible, the Church and the Season, is irreconcila ble with essential and necessary doctrices of the confession and of Holy Scripture. If they are inconsistent doctrines then I am indeed excluded from orthodoxy in the Presbyterian Church. If they are not inconsistent lam not heterodox in this particular. I have given you my explana tions and idt evidence. It Is lor you to give the verdict, In the fear of God and sub ject to the review of the superior courts ot the church. Above them all stands the su preme court of heaven, the tribunal ot Jesus Christ, the only king and head of His church. In the divine presence I challenge you to make a righteous verdict." Tho Third Cliargo Taken Up. Prof. Briggs then took up charge III, which accuses him of teaching that errors mav have existed in the origiual text of the Holy Scriptures as it came Irom its authors. He said that this statement to his doctrine was fairly accurate, but it was necessary to prove that this was contrary to the essen tial doctrines that Holy Scripture is the word of God, is immediately inspired, and is the rule of faith and practice. "Doubtless the prosecution thinks," said he, "that there is contradiction here. It mar he that a majority of this Presbytery thinks so. You may agree with a recent, opinion that a proved error in Scripture contradicts not only our doctrine, but the Scripture's claims, and therefore its in spiration in making those claims." Those who uttered these words, Prof. Briggs said, bad no right to make dogma for the Presbyterian Church and he also took strong excentaon to the deliverance of the last General Assembly, which stated that' "our church holds that ihe inspired word as it came from God is without error." Rights of tlio General Axsembly. "The General Assembly," said Prof. Briges, "when it makes a deliverance gives the opinion of all those who may be present and who may consent to it Such deliver ance has no more weight than the names of such persons can give it It doesnqt bind the minority, still less those who were absent when the vote was taken. The General Assembly has no authority under the con stitution to make dogma by deliverance. It is my firm conviction that I can show yon that the General Assembly at Port land by this deliverance violated the con stitution of our church and promulgated doctrine which is not authorized by Script ture or our standards. 'Che prosecution charges further," con tinued Prof. Briggs, "that errors in Holy Scripture conflict with the essential doc trine that 'Holy Scripture is the word of God written.' The prosecution may think that there is conflict here, but they are mistaken. I hold to the 'true inspiration of tho word of God written,' but I also hold that thejc are errors in Holy Scripture, and that there is no inconsistency between these statements. The inconsistency is in the mind of the prosecutors, because they al ready included the terms 'full inspiration,' verfial inspiration' and 'inerrancy,' whereas I use 'Plenary' or 'fnll' in the grammatical and historical sense, as referring to the con tents of the words. Drawing a Homely Parallel. "When we say that a lamp is full of oil we do not mean that the lamp is oil, but that it contains oil in the receptacle which it incloses. "When I say the Scriptures are full of divine inspiration I mean that the Scriptures as writings are filled with an Inspired rule of faith nd practice which rule fills and pervades all Its parts." Prof. Briggs next brought up a number of instances froqt Scripture topjove that the Bible was not inerrant, and in concluding this subject said that upholders of iner rancy must insensibly become mtre biblio laters. .. Prof, Briggs jrill conclude Ms argument mytom W0M- prrrsBuitG, Friday; December i6t. 1892-twelye, Monday. He distributed among the mem bers of the Presbytery a printed pamphlet entitled. "Who "Wrote the Pentatuch? which the Presbytery had allowed him to present in that form as part of his argu ment It is a statement of the methods of the higher criticism, and gives exhaustively the reasons for believing that the first five books of the Bible were the work of a num ber of different writers instead of the work of Moses alone. STEERAGE TOURISTS. None of Them Are Immigrants Nowadays Prettv Sample Names of a Few of the 2,203 Brought Over Yesterday on One' Steamer How the Quarantine X.air is Defied. New York, Dec. 15. Special In these days of restricted emigration it seldom hap pens that the entire incoming fleet of steamships on any single day has more than 1,000 immigrants, so there was much sur prise to-day when the report came up from Quarantine that the big immigrant carrier, Stuttgart, of the North German Lloyd, had arrived with 5,263 steerage passengers. They are not called "Immigrants" now, as the penaltr for bringing immigrants is 20 days' detection. The steerage passengers are now known as "alien totfrists," and the near relatives of American citizens or resi dents of the United States. All of the Stuttgart's passengers are well, as their quarters aboard ship are roomy and clean. The ship will be held at quarantine for fumigation. After she is released by the health officer she will be permitted to come up, unless Uncle Sam objects. Gustav N. Schwab, agent of the line, said that the Stuttgart had been reported to the collector and probably would be al lowed to proceed. She will land 1,341 pas sengers here and 922 at Baltimore. Mr. Schwab said .they were admissable, accord ing to their declarations. Some of them were "alien tourists." As far as he knew there were no immigrants on the ship. Here are some of the names from the passenger list: Katarzina Deptovic, Walenty Pulinski, Marianna Petkaniemi, Leander Yhkaugas, Eliel Korhiakowski, Magdalina Pankaviczowa, Fotija Szwajka, Stanislawa Pytynska, Josefa Barankiewicz, Marianua Owczarzak, Andrzy Jzydorek and Wladislaw Marczinkowski. AN INSURANCE CASE. The Decision In Which Is Being "Watched "With Much Interest Bradford, Dec. 15. SjeriaZ. Insur ance Commissioner George B. Luper, of Harrisburg, appeared in court atSmeth port to-day as the prosecutor in a case at tracting much attention among insurance men in this end of the State. Yesterday the grand jury returned four indict ments against W. "W. Ansell, an insur ance agent of this city. Two of these in dictments charge him with acting as an in surance agent without authority in writing two policies for A. B. Peake in the Com mercial Fire Insurance Company of Mont gomery, W. "Va., and one in the Farmers and Mechanics' Company of Alexandria, W. Va. -The other indictments charge him with unlawfully negotiating insurance in writing up these policies. The "case is on trial, the defense being that Ansell was deceived in the transac tion. It is alleged that Peake obtained policies upon which the State Commissioner of Pennsylvania expects to prove his case, through a Chicago firm of Insurance bro kers, and remitted the money through Ansell. CHICAGO BURGLARS' SNAP. Lxhey Cart Away a TVairon Load or Bicycles- Chicago, Dee. 15. Burglars broke into the store of the Stokes Manufacturing Com pany, early yesterday morning, and carried away 12 bicycles valued at $150 each, and a large number of tools, lamps and bicycle repairs. Part of the store is but two stories high. The burglars elimbed np a long scantling placed against the building, pulled up the scantling, pried off the cover of the scuttle hole, then slid down the scantling into the store. A wazon was in waiting in the alley, and into this they loaded the bicycles. They looked over the stock and selected none but high-grade machines. From the number of wheels they handled, it is estimated that they must have been in the store over three hours, yet neither the Pinkerton watchman nor the police saw or heard them. The value of the property taken is about 52,200. DIED FOR A PET MULE. A Farmer's Son Hangs Himself in the Barn With a llow Line. Columbia, S. C, Dec. 15. Soeciai Lome Armstrong, son of a prominent farmer in Greenville county, committed suicide to-day, by hanging himself in his father's barn with a plow line. His neck was broken. A few days ago his father sold a mule of which the boy was very fond. He grieved over the loss of his favorite animal to such an extent that his mind became unbalanced and he finally killed himself. "WITHOUT FOOD FOE 46 DAYS. A Bangor Girl Astonishes Doctors by Taking; No Nourishment Bangor, Me., Dec. 15. Special The people of Burlington, near Bangor, are greatly puzzled over the strange case ot Miss Susie Porter, who has gone without nourishment for 46 days, and still lives. She is conscious ot her approaching end, and longs for death to relieve her ot her suffering, but it is im possible to say how long she will linger in misery. The case is a decidedly peculiar one, and has excited much interest among physicians. EXPRESS E0BBESS CAUGHT. The Culprits Had Keys Made In Chicago to Elt the Company Safes. Meridian, Miss., Dec. 15. At last the veil of mystery surrounding the Southern Express robberies has been lifted. To-day Charles O. Sonimers, a detective, pleaded guilty to abstracting the $5,000 packages irom the Southern Express here Decem ber 6. Sommers had a key made in Chicago which fitted the lock of the safe, and, after breaking into the office.bad no trouble in ab stracting the money. Sommers' pal was ar rested to-day with $4,000 on' his person. TEIED TO CSEMATE HERSELF. Annie Myers, the "Woman Burglar of New Jersey, gets Fire to Her Bed. Woodbuby, Ni J., Dec 15. Annie Myers, the notorious woman burglar, who was yesterday sentenced to five years' im prisonment in the county jail, made a sen sational attempt to end her life to-day by setting fire to the mattress in her cell. The flames were disoovered in time to prevent, the destruction of the building. The woman is so horribly burned that her recovery is doubtful, A McKeesporter Uets a Colossal Fortune. McKeesp03T, Dee. 15. Special R. Moyle, grocer of this city, has received notice that his unole, John E. Simms, for merly a wealthy manufacturer in Cali fornia, has died and left a fortune of 51,500, 000'lor division smotig five niirs, of which Mr, Moyle la oftf, -... BLAINE IS WORSE But His Physician Declares There Is No Immediate Danger N of Beath. HE IS NOT SO CHEEEFUL, And Cares No More to Sit Up in Ued and Converse With Friends. HE HAS A BRONCHIAL AFFECTION, Ent the Familj Insists TLat Bis Condition Isn't Critical, TO BE M0TED A3 SOON AS HE IS ABLE CS FECIAL TELIQUAM TO TOE DISPATCH.! "Washington, Dec. 15. Mr. Blaine is not as well to-night as he was yesterday. This statement is made on the authority of his physician, who also says that reports to t be effect that Mr. Blaine is lying at the point of death are not warranted by the facts. The Dispatch correspondent has en deavored to-day to learn the true condition of Mr. Blaine. After conversing with Dr. W. W. Johnson, the attending physician, and James O. Blaine, Jr., on the subject, it is his belief that, while Mr. Blaine is a sick man, there is no immediate danger of his death. Dr. Johnson aud Mr. Blaine, Jr., are averse to being quoted in deference to the wishes of Mrs. Blaine, who objects to hav ing the details of her husband's Illness and the description of the disease by which he is suffering set forth in the newspapers. Was by No Means Alarming. Mr. Blaine's condition to-night is by no means alarming. Yesterday he was brighter and more cheerful than he has been for several days past. He sat up in bed and joined in the conversation with the doctor and his wife. He discussed general topics and appeared to take aninterest in evervthiug going on around him. To-day he was less cheerful, and was disposed to remain In a reclining position in bed. There is nothing to indicate that his lungs are affected, and there would be nocause'for denving it if they were. The Blaine family do not leel alarmed at these fluctuations in Mr. Blaine's condition. While he may be very poorly to-night by to-morrow an im provement may occur. In short, if Mr. Blaine is a dying man his family and his physicians are being de ceived. They refuse to discuss his ailments further than to say that he has a bronchial affection, but they insist that his condition is not critical. A "Wiao Field for Conjecture. The fact that the physicians decline to enter into an explanation of the disease leaves a wide, field for conjecture among those "who refuse to be satisfied with the vague statements given out officially. For instance, an eminent physician who is not connested with the case, "but who takes a professional interest in it, said to-night that it was cenerallv snpposeti br the medical t-'raternlty thai .MfrBJaintis sufferer from, 'Kloney irouDies. wnen ias auccuon uc comes chronic complications are apt to arise which affect the stomach and lunes. The family have determined to remote Mr. Blaine to a warmer and less changeable climate as soon as he is strong enough to endur3"Ifc"5Aurney. The recent sudden changes in temperature in "Washington and the prevailing' damp and unseasonable weather are said to have greatly interfered with the successful treatment of Mr. Blaine's case and to have hastened the ar rangements for his departure. It is said that he will be taken either to Aiken,. S. O., or to some place in Florida. The Sands of Life Banning; Oat. The Associated Press sends ont the fol lowing this evening: Inquiry at Mr. Blaine's residence this evening elicits simply the response, through an attendant, that "Mr. Blaine's condition is about the same." From another source it is learned that his condition is less favorable than it was this morning. Although there is no danger, apparently, of an immediate fatal termination of his illness, there is no doubt that Mr. Blaine is a very sick man, and bis present condition excites the gravest fears. It is, in fact, so serious that there is said to be only a possibilitr of his recovering suffi ciently to admit of his removal to a milder climate. A person qualified to speak by reason of relationship with the family says: "It is only within the past four dars that Mr. Blaine's family have fully realized that the sands of his lite are rapidly running out. At no period of his declining health, for some time past, has Mr. Blaine failed to appreciate that he was stricken with dis ease that must sooner or later terminate fatally, but with a splendid courage char acteristic of the man, he has carefully guarded the secret from his family and per formed his duties, public and private. Mr. Blaine's disease is of the kidneys. Those organs being the weakest, become con gested whenever he takes cold. Cause of the Present Attack. "Mr. Blaine is at present suffering from a cold contracted while out driving a few days ago. His throat and lungs are inces santly affected. That which alarms his fam ily and friends most is that upon the recur rence ot every relapse, such as the one from which he is now suffering, his vital powers show less and less recuperative energy. As a matter of fact Mr. Blaine is growing weaker and weaker as the days go by. He is much emaciated as compared with his condition six days ago. "Until quite recently Mr. Blaine has not felt inclined to discuss the subject of death. Now he speaks upon that subject freely, is preparing for the end, and is becoming rec onciled to the common lot of man. A lov ing father, the death of three children with in a comparatively brief period has sorely stricken him, and his grief has hastened the progress of the malady with which he is afflicted." CONSPIRACY ALLEGED. Some Sensational Developments Looked for in Beaver County. BeAvek, Dec. 15. Special A. L. Davidson, accused of waylaying his father-in-law, Milo Bradshaw, of South Beaver township, last Saturday night and shooting him in the back, was in court to-day and was released under $1,000 bonds to answer at the next term of Quarter Sessions for shooting with intent to kill There is a sensation behind this occurrence which will be developed in court The women of the Bradshaw family all side with Davidson, and the sympathies of the neighbors and outsiders generally are with the old man Bradshaw. The State will undertake to show at the coming trial that after tha shooting of Bradshaw last Saturday night, and before Davidson was captured, he was at the Brad snaw house, where he gave one of the girls a pistol with one chamber -empty and the women gave him somrfood, Subsequently the pursuing party -went to the house, wtiere any Jcsqwjeago TJ v,tusvu w " nlcd. pages v .ivk,,. f -v V THE RUEAL NO TIT-F0R-TAT GAME. Republican Senators Don't Expect to Ap point a Steering Committee, as the Democrats Have Doao They Say It Conld Have a "Wrong Effect on tho Legislatures. Washington, Dec. 15. The Republican Senatorial caucus met again at 10 o'clock this morning, and further discussed the programme to be followed by the party in regard to the prospective Senatorial con tests in several" of the "Western States. A resolution offered by Senator Hawley, of Connecticut, was adopted, authorizing the Chairman, Senator Sherman, to appoint a committee of five Senators to take into con sideration the wisdom and propriety of Senatorial interference in these contests. The obvious purpose of the resolution is to reflect unpleasantly on the "pernicious activity" of the Democratic caucus com mittee in this matter. Further than that nothing was done except to discuss the gem eral outlook in the "West, and the result of this was to greatly encourage the Western Senators, inasmuch as it demonstrated that their Eastern colleagues are by no means lukewarm in the matter. The caucus ad journed subject to call. The concensus of opinion expressed was that, while the Senators did not desire or intend to interfere with the States in carry ing out the will of the people, it was the duty of the Republican Senators to resent strenuously the assertions of the Demo crats, who are now, as they charge, trying to pervert public sentiment. It was shown to the satisfaction of the caucus that the Democratic "steering committee" had no ground upon which to stand when it jjave out the authorized interview in New Yore, and in corroboration of this some figures were produced. In Nebraska, it was said by the speakers, the Democrats had but four members in the entire Legislature, and in Kansas but 17. In North Dakota the Republicans had a clear majority of nine in both branches, and in Wyoming five. In California and Montana the vote is close, with the.Popnlists holding the balance ot power. , Senator Morrill made a strong speech, in which he deprecated the assertions made by the Democrats, and urced that the Repub licans do.wlrt.to?er mightJic necessaryto Tnaia'ltWrrtHyiitfiatteh dssirtioBs1: were basea upon assumptions ui mo ujuii.. violent character and insulting to the in tegrity and honesty of the Republican party. One of the active members of the caucus said it was not the intention of the Repub licans to appoint any so-called "steering committee," for the reason that the only purpose of such committee could be to ex ercise an improper influence upon the Leg islatures in the States in question. PARKflURST EXPLAINS. He Tells a Cleveland Reporter His Side of the Quarrel TVlth Byrnes. Cleveland, Dec. 15. Rev. Dr. Park hurst, of New York, lectured hereto-night. In conversation about his fight with the Police Department of New York the doctor was asked how he accounted for the attack of Superintendent Byrnes upon him. He replied he conld hardly answerthat, as the attack was a surprise. He continued: I never like to fly Into tho papers, but I was obliged to answer Byrnes' cliarges. if you want to state the wholo animus of the matter I will uive it to you. Tlio evils not only existed very abundantly, hut with that openness that makes It evident that Miey are protected. Air. Byrnes seems to think he can destroy tho object or the society by Im pugning my motives, supposing my motives were bad, and my purpose to get even with him. That does not undo all he has done. In his last letter ho said there la a Well ueaten path leading from my church door to a disorderly house in tho neighborhood. I demanded that under section 283 of the laws he pull that house, but he has not done so as yet. MILLIONS LNV0LVED In an Important Canadian Snlt Against Three Dig Corporations. Cleveland, Dec. 1G. Several prom inent Canadian attorneys are in the city on an important mission. It is an examination ordered by the High Conrt of Justice of Canada in the suit brought by the Central Ontario Railway agaihst Senator H. B. Pavne. Judee Stevenson Burke and H. P. Mcintosh, of this city, and S. J. Ritchie, of Akron. The claim set np is that funds of the rail way were illegally diverted from the rail way to the Canada Copper Company and the Anglo-American Irou Company of Canada, and several millions of dollars are involved. Judge Burke is President of the railway and botii the other companies, and the other defendants are stockholders in all three of the corporations. FEMALE FIREBUGS. The Misses Snyder, of Ebensunrjr, Convicted of Btirnlnc Their Store. Ehensbuko, Dec. 15. SpeeiaLI The jury in the Snyder arson cise, in which Misses Edith and Vance Snyder were ac cused of burning their millinery store Iait July to recover the insurance money, re turned at 7:30 to-night a verdict of guilty, recommending them to the mercy ut the court. A petition for a new trial was immedi atelr made and will be arcuvi) January 10. Sentence will be deferred until ihat time. The girls have until this time enjoyed gooJ reputations. GIRL STRIKERS 00 BACK. They Lose Their Fight at Bearer Falls, and Some Are Blacklisted. Beaver Falls, Dec. 15. Spnial This morning quite a larce proportion of the young lady strikers at the Art Tile Works applied for reinstatement. They were set to work at the old'rate, under-the old regulations, against which they struck, and to-day all the departments are running full. Beveotr girls were ont, and "a nnmber of them, being on the blade list, will not be a taken back. v iM)$2m&t 'ziifttiskX-rki WtyOTW U AT -." r & ROAD AS IT IS. , WHY VAST0RS RESIGN. A Dozen of Them Quit Because the Conn try ICoads Are So Bad. WELLSVILLE, O., Dec 15. SpedaL Steubenvllle Presbytery, of the United Presbyterian Church, has just closed a very interesting meeting in this city. Rev. J. B. Achessn, of Scio, was Moderator. Y. L. Jamieson and E. Thompson were licensed to preach. Bad roads brought on an epi demic of resignations of pastoral charges in 'the country, there being now a dozen vacant charges in the Presbytery. Rev. Harsbaw was dismissed from West Beaver and Lebanon, J. S. McMunn from Mechanicstown and T. W. Beit irom Car rolton. For half the day the Presbytery discussed a petition from the choir ot Rev. Mr. Tag gart's churoh in East Liverpool. At a church service the choir sang as a voluntary a psalm anthem. Several ot the congrega tion wanted to take part in the singing, but couldn't, as the anthem had not been an nounced. The would-be singers in the con gregation had asked to have the anthem announced, which the choir refused to do. The petition was from the choir, asking the Presbytery to sustain them in their traditional rig'hts, ns recognized in all churches where the indispensability of the choir is properly recognized. After long and grave consideration of the question the Presbytery, in the interest of peace, ordered the choir to announce the anthem. They also held that there is music for wor ship as well as for edification, and that vol untaries were of the edifying sort and not for worship. The Presbytery adjourned to meet in Knoxville in April. TVHITECAPS IN NEW YORK. They Treat a Glrl-Bcater to a Dose of Ilis Own Medicine. Ntack, N. Y., Dec: 15. Special. The upper part of Rockland county is consider ably excited over the facts, just made known, of the punishment administered by half a dozen Whitecans to a man named Wheel, who has been in the habit of severely beating his daughter -without cause. The other night Wheel was sur prised while on IiSb way home,, six White caps, all armed with whips, stopping him. They gagged and thrashed him .and gave hip io understand if lis. whipped hts daugh ter again they would thrash him the next time within an inch ot his life. The gang escaped and the whipped father -went home, but has not been seen ont of the house after dark since. It is stated this gang of Whitecaps has other grievances which it must catisly be fore H retires from active dutr, and it in tends to visit the village of Haverstraw and lie in wait for several men who have been seen prowling about the streets at night. A LOTTERY FRAUD. Chicago Fnrchasers of Louisiana Tickets Baying the Boiras Article. Chicago, Dec. 13. Detectives to-d3y unearthed a gigantic lottery fraud. A con cern that for a long time has been turning out thousands of bogus tickets to the Lonisiana Lottery and others for lotteries which do not exist was raided and J. B. Stanger, the manager, was held to the grand jury. The detectives of the Louisiana Lottery have been after Stanger for almost a year, but could not locate him until to-day. A plant of lithographers' tools and stones worth $3,000 was found, and immense piles of bogus tickets were gathered up and carted away. Stanger was only a "work man in charge of the plant, and his counterfeits are perfect. The agents ot the Louisiana lottery claim he .is the only man in the country who could do the work. Who was behind him Is not known. It is estimated by the Louisiana people that over 500,000 bogns tickets have been turned out by Stanger, and all of them have been sold at full price. AMENDMEHT OF THE BALLOT LAW "Wanted by the Prohibltlonljts, Who Say They Lose Thousands of Votes. Harbisbubg, Dec. 15. At a meeting of the Sfate Executive Committee of the Pro hibition party this evening it was decided to hold the next State Convention in Har risburg, June 7, 1893. Resolutions were adopted urging organization in every coun ty, Demorest medal contests, the formation of local clubs and the holding of county conferences. The ballot law was discussed, and some steps will be taken to have it amended. It was the opinion of the com mittee that the filing of nomination papers of the State nominees should be sufficient. Btate Chairman Patton reported that he made 148 speeches and attended 55 county conferences during the las: campaign. He thought from 3,000 to 5,000 votci were lost to the partv by mistakes in marking ballots. The expenses of the campaign were ?8 471 30, leaving a balance in the treasury ot'$218 12. There is ?2,200 due in subscrip tions. OUT OF FUNDS.- A National Bank In Kansas In the Hands of Uncle Sam. Newton, Kan., Dec. 15. The Newton National Bank closed its doors at 11:30 o'clock this morning, posting upon them a notice: "Bank closed In the hands of tho Government." The officers are in the city but see no one, and the only information secured concern ing the matter is that the funds gave ont and the officers voluntarily closed the bank. The bank was closed November 21, 1800, In It failure involving Banks at Guthrie, f White Water and other places. In July, 1891, it was reopened under an agreement with the old depositors. "White Mates Black. Sfkinofield, O,, Dec 13. Bessie Hinkle, a pretty whita waitress at thcNew Grand Hotel, and John Jacksou, a mulatto from West Liberty, eloped last evening tsking a westbound train. The girl halls from Delaware and was well thought of, belnsr modest and retirlnr. Jackson was a enest of the hotel and has known the girl tor some timet -iij JTffs .. ' -O 4it, n j r w i r.sstiT. THREE CENTSL ft Chinese wont go; Bit They TO1 Legally Testf tlie Constitutionality of the Exclusion Act. A CONCERTED MOVEMENT; Choate and .Seward to Appeal to thff Highest American Conrt. THREE METHODS OF RESISTANCE. They Will File a Protest and Abrogate Treaties if It Avails Not BAISIXG FUNDS BY A POLI.-TiX LEY The Chinese won't go if they can avoiif, it. A s(rong concerted move has beenvj started by the Chinese of the United States; to resist the Chinese exclusion act, asj amended by Congress May C, 1892. Thitj movement is under the direction of thaj leading Chinamen of the country, who arw in touch with the representatives of thai Chinese Government. Rev. E. R. Donehoo, of the West Encl Presbyterian Church, has just received letter from Hon. Yung Wing, who formerly iCbtCl UUUI UUU. AU(, " .&, w .- -, was Commissioner of Education for the Chinese Government, now living in Hart- ' ford, Conn. It details the plans of resist , ance, which embrace three distinct more ments operating among different elements of the Chinese population and nnder dif- t ferent leaders. "Will Test Its Constitutionality. Hon. Tung Wing is a Christian, and rep- j resents this class in the general movement. -'' They have arranged to secure the services of two great constitutional lawyen, Joseph H. Choate and Chas. H. Seward. When 'J the first Chinaman is thrown into jail, theyi will fight his case through to the Supremo Court and test the constitutionality of tho law. If it is declared unconstitutional, then it will be inoperative. Under Yung '' Wing's instructions all Christian Chinamen will refrain from registering nntil the casa is decided. Each Chinaman is asked to contribute to help fight the case. Another movement, 33 detailed by Yunff ' ' Wing in his letter, is that or the Oriental J Club, of New York, acting under the nsme j of the Chinese Equal Rights League. Sara, f Ping Lee is President, and Wang Chin Foo ' Secretary. Wang Chin Foo is one of tha f most noted Chinamen in the United States. . He is a contributor to newspapers and maz- 4 azines, and Is the author of a recent articlo in the North American Iiesiea, "Why I Am s Heathen." Wang Chin Foo was converted to Christianity and then became one of its most bitter assailants. These men head movement of the heathen element in New York. Trying to'Aronse Pnbllc Sympathy. They are trying to arouse pnblic sympa thy and indignation, by holding mass meet ings, addreed by noted Americans and Chinese. Thev pfopoe to flood Congress with petitions,'' demanding repeal of tho law. A third movement' is that of tno "Heathen Chinee" ot San Francisco. They are levying a poll fax of 51 a head on every Chinaman in the United States. As ther are 107,000 Chinese in the country, thia means a sum amounting; to at least 5100,000 They have employed Thomas JL RIordan,'. an eminent lawyer, of San Francisco, to fight the constitutionality of the law, even to the highest court of the land. A final movement is that of the Chlnesa Government, as disclosed by Hong Chin Chee, an attache of tho legation in Wash ington. When the first Chinaman is throwa in jail, the Government will protest to the Secretarv of State and demand his release, as he will have committed no crime. Retaliation Will Follow. If this fails, then retaliation will follow. There will be no recourse to arms. Tha Chinese Government doesn't intend to be participant in an imbroglio. Bnt there will be an abrogation of treaty rishts. All com mercial communication will be shut oil. Tha Government will cease protection to tha 1,500 American merchants and the several hundred missionaries. This will likely turn the rabble loose on thcSe unprotected people, and they are already anxious to TniuKacre foreigners. Rev. Mr. Donehoo mentioned last night what ho characterized an evidence of tha injustice of the law. The Presbyterian Church sent to China and secured a nativa convert to work among the Chinese in San Francisco. Barring Ont a Christian. He was refused a ticket at Yokohama, aJ representatives of the Pacific Steamship Company stated that nnder the provisions of the law he conld not gain entrance into the United States. Another feature of the law, he stated, was that only J5.000 is appropriated to pay the expense of Chinamen back to their own country. Ont of the 107,000 in the country. at least 75,000 cannot complv with the ree- motions OI ine law. Xl is esuuiaieu ma. it will cost $100 for each Chinaman, which would aggresate 7,500,000. Acting Collector of Internal Revenua Mitchell stated yesterday that out of 500 Chinamen in this district only one had ap plied for papers to register, and he hao not filled them out. This man is Lee Yung. A DOG SHOOTS THE FALLS And Lives to Take a Ster l'art "With a The atrical Company. Niagara Falls, Dec. 15. Special While the members of DeLission Brothers' "The Western" company were stopping at the Hotel Atlantique here they went out on an observation tour, and while enjoying thy view of the Falls from Luna Island a larga black Newfoundland dog jumped out of the) bushes and began lapping the water. Ho pushed his nose out into the swift current and slipped off the rocks into the whirling rapids. In a twinkling he was swept over the American falls. Out of curiosity tho theatrical people went to the edge to look over the precipice. To the wonder of all the dog was seen to drag himself upon soma rocks beside the Cave ot the Winds. Miss Willard, the leading lady of tha company, started a rescuing party, and three of the men volunteered. The four descended the spiral staircase and fonnd the dog bleeding from severe cuts in hi flanks. The men carried the dog npstalrsl and secured a doctor, who sewed up tha' gashes. In a few hours the dog was limp ing around and wagging his tail. Miss, Willard intends to have him as a companion' in her character of Marie Laaton in "Tho Western." The dog was owned by Joha Flemmer, one of the police force of Niagara Palls. Ont. Philadelphia Claims 1.425.G23 People. Philadelphia, Dee. 15. Mayor Stn art to-day forwarded to Councils a message in which the results of the police censtw'of . the inhabitants of the city was given as 1,423.623, an increase of 93,689 otk tfe Government enumeration of 1890. 5. 1 i 7 ' . -., v-t t iMYi A T ' 1 1 iMii fiiirftiilBflrMlHP