EIGHT TAGES 64 COLTJarNS.
SSCHAHTON", PA., THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 18, 1893.
TTVO CENTS A COPY.
WEAS0IS
WHY.?
It would be difficult to believe that
the following superb lines of the
latest erases In
Could be sold at such figures with
out a satisfactory explanation,
therefore we'll tell you the why and
wherefore In a couple of sentences.
As you are aware, the wash goods
season opened early this season and
stocks were quickly Bold out. We
had to repeat orders. Manufactur
ers) and Importers could not keep
pace with the demand and ship
ments have been made late. We've
compromised prices with our sup
pliers, and now we're ready to sup
ply you with these high-clans novel
ties at prices which under ordinary
conditions could not be touched even
at the close of the season. They
A
if9
Are do
Cheap
that fine (roods cannot be purchased
at the price of common, every-day
weaves. There's little chance of
such an opportunity happening
again.
At 7c,
Our out prices for the same cloth
this season has been 10c. Th,e jvit
tern range Is complete, and Includes
all the new effects. Stripes, weaves,
prays, figures, etc., In every popu
lar coloring.
Late Arrival Price, 7c
At 9c,
Best EOTiSm H
issues
File Mian Bimlfe
Mies
These three numbers will fully fill
the bill with the average buyer of
fine wash dress stuffs. The first
two fabrics named come In white
grounds only, and the assortment of
styles la marvelous for Its complete
ness. Not a taking pattern is want
ing, and the pink and white, black
and white nlle, and blue and white
rille ami .other popular shade con
trasts are here In unlimited abund
ance. The black ground organdies
are aniline dyed, and therefore
absolutely fast Iti color. The pat
terns are In white and dainty floral
effects. Nothing loud or obtrusive
about them, but gems of modest
simplicity. They never were made
(or the price we ask for them.
Late Arrival Price. 9c
S
One of the choicest printed fabrics
on the market. Still a good selec
tion of patterns and good as fresh
s when they left the mill. Last
week's price was 25c.
Closing Price, 18c
Very Ftae Swisses
Small, close spots, dots, etc., on the
finest weaves manufactured.. Only
few ' pieces left Last week's
prices were 46c and 60c.
Closing Price, 35c
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.GLOBE
Wash
Goods
;.:-y.'nV I'.v
IN DEFENSE OF CGLLINS
Princeton Athletes Arc Shown I'p In a
Bud LlQut.
EVIDENTLY NEXT I'POX A KOW
Evidence Indicates That tho Negro Acted
in Self lvrcnso When Ha Shot I'red
Ohl -Story of the
prisoner.
Trenton, N. J., July 17. The trial of
the ntgro, J.fchn rf. Collins, for the mur
der of KreJLihk V. Ohl and the shoot
ing of tiarret Cot-hraw. both Princeton
studt-nts, was resumed in the Mercer
court this forenoon.
JAvn lielgvr t stilled What he saw Col
Hi. atli-mpt to draw a revolver on the
rtudents. They had words, and the
witivcs heard Ohl ay: "VVe are not
looking for tight."
Steven Downs, the colored man who
wj In the company of Collins at the
time of the quarrels and phootiiig, next
told the story of the crime, lie hliu
st'lf had had words with Collins thut
evening. Aeordliig to his ver.Um of
the affair When the studms and
legroes came together the second time
one of the students, addressing Collins,
said:
"If you have a gun, wish to Clod
you'd pull it out." Another tudivt at
t'he same time exclaimed: "If we had
you down' South we would lynch you."
Before Anderson's loor was reai-hid
the negroes nu-t "Sport" Thoiniwor.,
who informed them that the students
had palings and wanijed them to keep
out of the way. The students, on meet
ing the negroes vh to Anderson's,
were swinging the palings In their
hands. One of theni shouted: "We've
got palings, atnd we are golr to do you
up."
Downs denied that neither he nor Col
lins used bad language to, the students,
or at any time challenged them to tight.
With the submission In evidence of
the palings carried by the students,
the revolver used by Collins and the
bullets extracted from Ohl's body, the
state rested the case.
Tl.o I'cfense Opened.
In their opening, counsel for Collins
said the defense would be Justifiable
homicide. He had been grleveously
provoked, and believed his life was In
danger when he fired at the students.
In his address to the Jury, counsel made
much of the fact that Ohl and Cochran
were physical giants and football play
ers, who are trained In the art of In
flicting Injury while protecting them
selves from harm. They were capable,
said counsel, of "doing anything or
anybody." I
The Yale-Princeton base ball game
had taken place that day. and Prince
ton had lost. A significant matter in
connection with the case was that
the students were drinking that night
and drinking hard. The assailants of
Collins were among those so celebrat
ing. Tht-y were men whose general
reputation for brutality was well
known, and Collins believed that they
were Intent upon murder, when he
found them pursuing him with palings
and threatened to "do him."
Beverly Ash, colored, was the first wit
ness fir the defense. He testified that
hi had agree J to buy a pistol from Col
lins, and h j was going -to meet him on
the night of -the shooting to conclude
the bargain. The defense put this tes
timony In to fhow how Colllnfl came to
have the weapon In h!s possession.
After an hour's recess Dr. W. U.Mc-
Galllard, of Trenton, was called and
testified that he attended Collins when
he was brought to the Jail here. Col
lins' face was pretty well scratched
and dug, as with finger nails or some
sharp Instrument. Hft was also cut
upon the left wrist atid forearm. The
witness was phown one of the palings
in the case, and Mid the nails sticking
through It might have made the cuts.
Dr. Krnest Dh.ksins corroborated Dr.
MeOalll'ard's evidence, and added that
he akin found nail prints on Collins'
throat, as If be had been taken by the
throat and roughly used.
Prisoner nn the Stnnd.
The prisoner was directed to take the
f tarsi. He wan born In Jordaintown, N.
J., is 22 years old, and weighs 125
pounds. Co June 8 he was driving a
hack from the depot to t'he baM grounds.
In the evening he "wer.it up town to
have a little fun." The claps of '9") was
having a piirade, and he rode around In
a wagoin behind rt. Later he was on
'his way to meet Beverly Af-h, who was
going 'to purchase his pistol. On With
ersponn street, where wns walking
with S'.evem Downs, he mut three stu
dents, one of whom grabbed him liy
the coat oirA wanted to know what he
was doing there.' The fecond time he
tuft t'he students they had fence palings
and they threatened to "do him up" un
less he told thorn what he hod tin his
pockets. They eald that If they had
him down South they would lynch him.
When the students taw him still later
ut Anderson's restaurant they made a
rush at him. They were using the pal
ings for dubs. He was afraid for his
life, and fo his terror drew his revolver
and fired. He took no aim and meant
to kill no one. Collins told his story In
a brokeja voice. Upon Ms cross-examination
evidence was ruled out to chow
that Collins wns lro the haiblt of carry
ing a pistol and on several occasions
threatened to U3e it. 'He drank con
siderable liqucrr on June 8.
According to Collins' version of the
affair he was desperately assaulted by
t'he students before he fired nt them.
They grabbed him by the ears and
choked him and beat Mm with Wie pal
ings. He was on the floor and being
choked .when he flied the second and
third time. He was falling when he
fired fli'Jt, and the man who was shot
then was pulling him backwards ait Wie
time. The cross-examination failed to
shake Ms testimony.-
A few more wltmtes, who gave un
important testimony, . were , examined
and the defence rested. The summing
up occurs tomorrow morning. , ,
THE NET ABOUT HOLMES.
Thers Is l ittle Chance cf Ills Using Triad
for Murder In rsnnda.
Philadelphia, July 17. Tills afternoon
District Attorney Grnham said there
was little chance of Holmes being taken
to Toronto- to be tried for the murder
of the Pletzel girls. He has found evi
dence, he said, which leads to the oun
oltulon that he bodr found in the Cal
lowhlll street house, this city, was
Pletzel's, and he Is now preparing to
try Holmes here on the charge of mur
dering PU-tzel.
Detective tleyer, who unctarthed the
bodies of the Pletr.el girls In Toronto,
Is 1n almost hourly communication with
the district attorney. Late this after
noon District Attorney Graham re
ceived a telegram from him dated To
ronto, which said: "I am going to De
troit to look for Howard Pletzel."
Holmes is believed to have murdered
Howard In that city, and Geyer Is going
there to endeavor to discover the body.
Holmes must feel the grown! growing
shaky under his feet. In the Interroga
tion to whloh he was subjected yester
day by Dl-rlct Attorney Graham,
Holmes shifted his position regarding
Pletzel. Holmes .has heretofore con
tended that l'lotzel is alive, but yester
day he acknowledged that the body
found In the Oallowhltl street house
was Pietzel, but asserted that the lat
ter must have committed suicide.
NEW SIPEB10B COURT.
The Judges Meet ut Philadelphia for Or-fionizntion-Unsincswof
the Session Not
Mndo I'nhlic
Philadelphia, July 17. President
Judge Charles K. ltlce and Judges
James A. Beaver, Howard J. Heeder,
George B. Orlady, Johw J. W1rMia.ni. K.
V. Wlllard and Henry J. MOT thy. of
the new Superior court, met In the city
hall today ami had a social meeting
w.th the Judges of the supreme court in
the private rooms of the latter.
The Superior court Judges afterward
began the consideration of rules for
.heir govetunr.ee and that of members
of the bar In the aransaotlon of the
business of the court, the arrangement
of the dlfft !':'. districts from which
appeals will be heard, the terms of the
sittings of the court, the method In
which the lls-ii of cases should be made
up and nil Hie minutiae of the court's
proceedings.
The conference began In the morning
and was !.'. concluded until late In the
afternoon, and Uhe announcement was
made that no.'hlng as to what they had
agreed UKn would be made public un
til the court would meet at Harrisburg
for organization on July 21.
The ten counties In the Philadelphia
district have a population of 2,00G,3t;",
buicd on. the census of 1S90. The eleven
counties In the Scrainton district con
tain a population of 610.112. The thir
teen counties in the Wllliamsport dis
trict, 4S5.31S; the thirteen counties in
the Harrisburg district, 594,457, and the
twenty counties In the Pittsburg dis
trict, 1.011,077 Inhabitants.
ADVANCE GL'AKI) ARRIVES.
Delegates to tho Convention of llnptist
Voting People's Union nt Baltimore.
Baltimore, Aid., July 17. The ad
vance guard of the great throng of 15,
000 delegates and visitors who are ex
pected from oil parts of the country to
participate in the convention of the
Bap'tlst Young People's Union of Amer
ica, which will op?n Its sessions to
morrow, arrived in large numbers this
morning. Every railroad station and
steamship pier presented a lively ap
pearance as the crowds were welcomed
by the numerous members of the re
ception and registration committees.
Thj South Carolina delegation was
the fin-t to be assigned quarters. Closely
following were 1.2A0 numbers from Illi
nois, a good representation from Ala
bama, North Carolina, Virginia, Ma-?a-chusetts,
Connecticut, Vermont, Indi
ana, Missouri, Daftota, Texas and Ohio.
ARMOlt PLATE FOR RUSSIA
Rcihlchcm Iron Company Receives a
Large Order.
Bethlehem, Pa., July 17. The Bethle
hem Iron company was tonight cabled
from Russia to the effect that the armor
plate manufactured by the company
stood a very satisfactory test at St.
Petersburg.
Itussia recently gave the company n
contract for supplying armor for three
new warships. The satisfactory test
of t'he plates assures the acceptance of
1,200 tons of armor.
NEW ANTHRACITE VEIN.
Ills Surprise Given the Conl Experts at
Minmokin.
Pittsburg, I'ft., July 17. Anthracite
coal in a vein of four foot thick has been
discovered on the Line mountain which
bounds Sdhuylklll and Northumberland
counties on the south side near Pitman,
in the former county.
This b a surprise to coal experts, for
it is five miles south of the Shamokln
coal basin, and was believed to be out
side the coal district.
IIAYI'II.I.I) ACCIDENT.
thstincey Mctchcr Is Thrown From a
Horse Hnkc and killed.
New Milford, July 17. While Chaun
cey Fletcher, an aged and highly re-
Fpected farmer, living two miles from
this place, was driving a horse-rake on
his farm this afternoon the team ran
away killing Mr. Fletcher almost in
saintly. 1
Mr. Fletcher had but one arm, and
was unable to control the horses'.
Wreck on Iho Western.
Bradford, Pa., July 17. A special to the
Era from Olenn says a disastrous wreck
occurred on the Rochester division of the
Western New York and Pennsylvania at
l oclocK this aneinoon. A north bound
freight train was descending Nunda hill
and as the locomotive wns passing the
station of Tuscnroi a, It left the rails and
rolled down an embankment, followed by
ten loaded cars. Engineer John Stout and
Klromnn Mnrth, both of Olean, were killed
almost Instantly.
Delegates in the Hastings l ine.
Lnportc, Pa., .July 17. Tho Republicans
of Hullivnn county have chosen W. C.
Rogers to represent them at the state
convention. No Instructions were voted,
but the delegate Is !n the Hastings line,
,
CONDENSED STATE TOPICS.
' The Grand Division, Sons of Temper
ance of Pennsylvania, will meet at Jeanes
vllle July SJ4. ' -
Overcome by sulphuric fumes from n
blast furnRce, John H. Whitman dropped
dued at Lebanon.
The quarterly meeting of the Father
Malhew Temperance societies In the 1
high district will be hold at Audenrled
July 28. '
WilKsm Bell, of Mlnersvlllo, fell over
an embankment on the Pennsylvania
railroad near that place and was fatally
injured. t .;. ;.. .
BIG FIRE AT
firemen
Are Fatally Injured by
railing Walls.
LIST OP DEAD AND INJURED
Main Part of tho Shipping Quarter In i
Dlazo-Tho Entire Department
Called Out-l.OMCS
Reported.
Cincinnati. O.. July 17.-A fatal fire
at 2 o'clock this afternoon in the main
part of the shipping quanter of the city
resulted in the Instant death of two
firemen and the probable fatal Injury
of a half dozen others. The fatalities
were caused by the falling of the walls
of the burnings. The dead are:
CAPTAIN HEAI.Y.
P1PKMAN JACK WISBY.
The injured are:
PIPEMAN ED NEWMAN.
CAPTAIN NEAL.
FIREMAN GROVE.
CAPTAIN PURC'ELL.
DRIVER BERT THOMPSON.
MIKE M'NALI.Y.
JOHN MllI.I-KN.
I,KuNN WKSTCOTT.
FRED CUNNINGHAM,
WILLIAM UEEUE.
VICTOR ENNIS.
EDWARD ANTHONY. ,
It Is Impossible to tell at this hour
how many of the firemen will die.
They are all unconscious at midnight.
When the tire alarm sounded nearly
every engine In the city 'bottoms, as
that part of the city lying near the ap
proach to the big suspension bridge Is
called, was sent to the scene. The
block which was destroyed lies at
Front and Water streets. From the
time the alarm sounded until late at
night, scenes harrowing and pathetic
transpired in rapid succession.
Origin of l"lro No Known.
The origin of the fire Is not positively
known. It burst forth from the sec
ond story of Hermesch & Co.'s, at
Water and Walnut streets. It Is sup
posed by some to have started from a
cigar thrown carelessly on the floor,
which was covered with loose hay. la
ten minutes after the firemen reached
the scene the hansome five story build
ing wus doomed. The flames Jumped
to the adjoining buildings, rapidly de
vouring the stores and warehouses of
the Smith Coal and Sand company; the
Nelson Morris stables; the stores of
Klein and Kirk and Seaman & Co.
The fire wus under control when the
wall. of Klelp &. Klrk'B building fell.
They wore apparently safe and came
down without warning. The firemen
were fighting the fire without thought
of aipproa diving dunger wlnm the crash
came. Ten thousand people witnessed
the disaster. For a moment both men
and women lost their heads completely.
Then citizens came forward and aided
In the rescue of the burled firemen.
K was over an hour before nil the
firemen were ex'trlcated from the mass
of brick. The looses are:
Sea moo & Co., $75,000; W. A. Good
win, $40,000; George Br.wn & Co., $50,-
000; Hermesch & Co.. $20,000: Klein' &
Kirk, $15,000. Smaller los;eswlll aggre
gate $50,000.
MOVING ON INSURGENTS.
Campos Concentrating Ills Troopn-Vol-
low l ever in the Army.
Havana, July 17. Captain General
Martinez de Campos has arrived at
Bayumo, Province of Santiago de Cuba,
from Manzanlllo, In the same province.
He has reconcentrated the troops In
that dlstrlat, and Is continuing opera
tions against the Insurgents.
Four hundred Insurgents recently at
tacked a detachment of the civil guard
at Cunao, near Sancti Esplrltu, Prov
ince at Santa Clara. The Insurgents de
manded the surrender of the garrison,
but the latter made a gallant defense,
and the enemy eventually retired. No
further details of the fighting have
beep, received.
During the month of June there were
400 cases of yellow fever throughout
the whole army, but only 22 per cent.
died. In July there wns the same pro.
portion of cases of yellow fever Bnd
deaths. Only six persons suffering from
yellow fever are In the military hospi
tal at Havana today.
.
TURKEY FEARS TROUBLE.
I'ncosy Over the Attempted Asaasslnatlon
of StHinhnloff.
Constantinople, July 17.The attempted
assassination of ex-Ptemler Stambu
luff ait Sofia, Hulgarla, has caused a
great sensation here, and serious events
In Bulgaria are looked forward to. In
fact it is predicted that the whole east
ern quemtlon will be reopened.
The Turks are actively constructing
earthworks at several points in Rou
mella, and a mountain battery has been
dispatched to Uskub district. Troops
have been sent from Salon lea to quell
a reported insurrection near Strumttza.
TRAIN THROUGH A BRIDGE.
Fatal Accident Near Monument, Colors
do-Three Persons Killed.
Monument, Colo., July 17, A Santa
Fe freight train, bound from Denver
to Colorado Springs, fell tihrough a
bridge Just south of here at 11 o'clock
this morning, killing three persons and
fatally Injuring three, and seriously In
juring fifteen others.
The killed are: Jim Chllders, foreman
bridge gang; Mrs. Cooper, wife of sta
tionary engineer; unknown tramp,
RUSTLERS ARE DOOMED.
The Western Vlgllonts Will String Them
I'p.
Butte, Neb., July 17. Diligent Inquiry
cannot elicit what has become of the
men captured by tho Kaya Paha Vigil
antes Sunday. The band pawed through
FUlrfax, S. D., last everriirjg, going west,
stating It was their Intention to pro.
ceed to a point north of Spring View
before crossing the state line.
There If little doubt now that the
rustlers, 'will never reach Spring View,
as should they be turned over to the
authorities It would necessarily make
trouble for ' Airapeker, who .owns the
cattle, as they were being herded on the
Ir.dlan reservation contrary to the In
struction from t'he Indian bureau. -
The vigilantes told Dan Hall, a Holt
county stockman, that, meeting would
be held In state line tonight, In whloh
all the members ot th ld vigilances'
committee .would take part, and the
rustlers would be tried according to the
custom of their regulation and that
fibe decision of the majority would be
sustained.
BOUCIIAT KILLS OELSON.
The West Indian Cook's Fist Was Mors
Deadly Than Ills Pastry.
Philadelphia, July 17. Francois Bou-
chat, a West Indian negro, who peddles
pastry through the streets, in resenting
the teasing of a party of sailors at
Second and Walnut streets this after
noon struck Daniel Oelson with his fist,
knocking him down. Oelson's head
struck upon the stones of the street,
his skull was fractured and he died in
a few minutes. Bouchat was arrested.
The negro came here three years ago
as a cook on a foreign man of war.
He left the vessel here and has since
been an unique figure In the business
streets of the city. He dressed entire
ly In white linen that .was always Im
maculately clean, and his appearance
and pecullr cry In French as he called
his wares attracted general attention.
The dead sailor was largely to blame
for the assault that cost him his life.
He threw ashes In Bouchat's basket of
pastry and when warned by the negro
to desist caught hold of the latter and
began to pull him about. Bouchat then
struck him and he fell and was killed.
SCALDED BY STEVH.
Flvo .Men In the Knglneor's Department
In tho Torpedo lloat F.xcursion Are
Terribly Injured.
Now London, Conn., July 17. Shortly
after noon today, the light house
steamer Cactus came steaming up the
harbor at the top of her speed, and the
cause of It was made known as soon
as the vessel reached the pier. She had
on board five men from the engineer's
department of the torpedo boat Erics
son, who had been terribly scalded by
the bursting of the exhaust steam pipe,
while the vessel waws trying her speed
off Uartlett's reef this morning.. The
Cactus -wais within balling distance
when the accident happened, and she
responded at once to the signal of the
Ericsson.
The sufferers were taken on board
the Cactus and their bodies were paint
ed with white lead to exclude the nlr
from their exposed flesh, from which
the cuticle had been removed In great
patches on body, back and limbs. Their
sufferings were excruciating. The men
were lifted from the Cantus and carried
on shore and quickly transferred to the
Marine hospital.
Willing 'hands helped to carry the
poor fellows up the stairs and to a large
airy room In the rear of the house,
where five beds were ready for their re
ception. The injured men are:
Austin Williams, junior engineer.
New York; Joseph Hamilton, junior en
gineer, New York: David Cody, Junior
engineer, Jersey City; William Merwln,
machinist, Dubuque, Iowa; Jack Strink
lar, engineer, Dubuque, Iowa.
BLACKBURN'S VICTORY.
The Kentucky Senator Gets Three Dele
gates at Lexington.
Lexington. Kv.. Julv 17. Senjitnr
Blackburn's chances for being returned
to the United States senate were greatly
enhanced here today by his decided
victory In the primary contest for can
didates for the legislature from this
city and county, although he had strong
opposition nom ex-Governor McCreary.
Blackburn nominated all three of his
candidates, which gives him a big ma
jority of the legislative candidates so
far nominated by the Democratic pri
maries.
COTTON EXPOSITION.
Meeting of the Commission at Hiirrisburg
Yesterday.
Harrisburg, Pa., July 17. A meeting
of the Pennsylvania Cotton States Ex
position commission met at the Execu
tive department this afternoon to out
line the plan of work and arrange for
the Pennsylvania exhibit at Atlanta.
A majority of the members were pres
ent and Governor Hastings presided.
Plans and specifications were pre
sented for the state building, the cost
of which Is to be $5,000.
Valley Bonds Ahmad.
New York, July 17. Brown, Shipley &
Co., will olfer In London on Friday next
$6,800,000 first mortgage gold 5 per cent
bonds of the Lehigh Valley Coal company,
principal and Interest guaranteed by the
Lehigh Valley Railroad company, and
maturing In 1993, The price will probably
be 100.
Uold In Schuylkill County.
Pottsvulle, Pa., July 17. Shamokln and
Pottsvllle capitalists have had stamps
erected at Rough and Ready, Schuylkill
county, to prove ore which Is pronounced
to be gold found on lands near that town.
The capitalists have very hopeful pros
pects. Tho F.ngllsh Elections.
London, July 17.-The latest returns
show the election of 229 Conservatlces, 42
Unionists, C2 Liberals, 28 anti-Parnell-Ites
and 6 Parnellltes. The total gains
thus far are: Concervative, 40; Unionists,
14, and Liberals, 10, making the net Union
ist gain 41 seats.
Cyclone in Illinois.
Springfield, 111., July 17. A destructive
cyclone Is reported east ot Jacksonville.
Wires are down.
TELEGRAPHIC SPARKS.
The hay crop around Blnghamton, N.
Y Is a failure and the milk supply Is ru li
ning short.
Thieving fishermen of Belle Island, Can.,
tried to burn the wrecked City of Mexico
to plunder her cargo.
While sleeping on a fire-escape back of a
New York flut, Thomas Devltt, aged 10,
fell off and was killed.
By a fell on the steps of a Boston hotel,
John T. EUls, a Washington correspond
ent, fractured his skull,
Falling out of a boat at Ogdensburg, N.
Y., Captain John Saunders, a vessel owner
of klngston, Ont, was drowned. .
The council of the French Legion ot
Honor has resigned because of the criti
cisms made In the chamber of deputies. -
New 'York police are looking for Mike
Fox, a deranged tobacco grower of Cheat
ham, .Vs., who has been missing two
weeks. .
For his part In killing Dr. Horace E.
Pope, of Detroit, William Brusseau, Mrs.
Pope's 'paramour, gets twenty-live years
In prison,
'' By ; flagging a train near Mahoning,
Mloh., 8-year-old Gertrude Anderson saved
twenty, lives from being, lost In a subter
raneous washout. .
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NOVEL QUESTION OF LAW
Is Curing by Faith in the Case of
John A. Dowie Geauine ?
STATEMENTS OP WITNESSES
Many Persons Take Oath That Prayer
Has Completely Healed Them What
the Skeptics Say-Importsnt
Law Cass la Chicsgo.
Chlcaigo, July 17. Judge John Barton
Payne has beer called to decide
Whether John Alexander Dowie la a
mountebank or divinely appointed
apostle. He has under advisement an
opinion on a proposition contended by
one side that the very claims of the
preacher ure preposterous enough to
brand him an impostor; by the other
that t'he power which cleansed Ui lep
ers, healed the centuriun's fiervant and
cootled the fever ot 1'eter's wife's
mother oik the mountain fide In the
land ot Zaibulor and Nepthalim, is as
potent and active now as 1.DG4 years
go.
This controversy. If we may believe
the Times-Herald, has come to Issue
by reason of the wlde reputation of
Mr. Dowle's work. It was started be
cause the score of psalm singling people
wllio first came to his home have grown
to a 'multitude. It is prosecuted by the
families on Edgertiwi. avenue, who In
sist hat tin? neighborhood has become
the mecca of the lame, the halt and the
blind, to the detriment of heir peace of
mlnii. It will bo fought to the last ap
peal, lest the little wooden tabernucle
repeat the scenes wherein all Syria
brought to the fiot of the Galilean tdll
all that were taken of divers dlsieg
and torments and those possessed of
devils.
Spread of Dowle's Fame.
It Is the fame of the institution and
Its leader which 'have helgtite-ned the
offense In. t'he mind of his adversaries.
He 'has become the recognized head of
the cult believing In the theory of divine
healing. Hi fame good, bad and in
different has become as wide as the
continent and wider. His ctlulms of
'teaefiilng t!ie way to cures as 'wonderful
as t'he miracles 'have spread until this
inornlmg his guests front a distance
nunvber warly a hundred and his dally
meetings have no limits In t'he size of
the audiences save the waills of the,
church. Htglr.iiing with one house, he
now has three, and, whether his doc
trine Is bone or dishonest, the fact Is
evldient that his following Is doubling
with toch year. One tabernacle led to
two, one prtus to a publishing house.
one rximir to a series, and already there
are promised pilgrimages to Zlon as de
vout a those to Quebec.
This has all happened since the duy
the painters labeled his sanctuary In a
way to attract t'ho eyes of the visitors
to the world's fair. It was four.d at
the outset tfhere km no statute under
which Mr. Dowie miitht be prosecuted.
He claimed only to conduct a church,
to ureiw.'h his own orthodoxy, to In
terpret the UIMe. This was bis right
he claimed, ueder the constitution. He
made his defenses on, this line until the
council ipaisied an ordinance that all
hospitals must be licensed. He read
tho act but refused, to be disturbed. He
denied that his Institutions were hos
pitals; urged 'the dictionary ws proof,
Ho told t'he authorities he had no physi
cians, no nurses, no medicines, no
wards, mo patients. His building, he
Insisted, was his borne; the people
therein his guests.
Payne's I'nlqito Position
It is this strange combination of facts
Which has made Judge Payne a modern
Pilate li t'he estimation of his asso
ciates on the bench. He is not to decide
a question in ordinary law, but to de
termine the possibility of the absolute
power of falt'h and prayer over human
ailments. One party to the suit lias
scores upun scores of Instances in
which it Is elalm-evl all manner of af
flictions have been cured by faithful
supplication r,d the laying; on of
hands; the other .vers that each and
every Instance Is one of delusion, a case
of hysteria or a statement for hire,
During a.1'1 this contention there have
beeii .brought to light some of the
stracngent claims and assertions ever
related since tho days of the gospel of
Matthew.
John A. Towle is a round man with
a small eye and a will power which la
descried in every word and act. He
never tells of the beginning of his work
without a vigorous denial that any
credit Is due to his own efforts. He
claims for himself no results from hl
practice of laying on haiiids. except that
the formality was part of the divine
plan as a ceremomy. iHe repeatedly ex
plains that he heals only when he has
been able to convince people that tihelr
faith Is to be t'he salve and that his
ofllccs end the moment the blind are in
condition to see or the lame to walk or
the deaf to hear. It Is with superlative
vehemen.ee he denies amy results are his
own workings desiring only the credit
of Influencing tlie unfortunate into a
ft ate of mind to make it possible for
t'he visitation ot the power which
startled the apostles.
Powle's Inspiration.
This conviction that all the verses in
holy writ are not acrostics or enigmas
arid mean exactly whait they say came
to him ois a Oongrcgaitlonal pastor In
Sydney, Australia. There was raging
in tho city a dire plague. His congre
gation was In the iheart of the scourge
and within a few weeks he 'had seen
t'he clods drop in the graves of forty of
his flock. Physicians, he says, were
helpless.
It was the very severity of the con-
flict, In Mr. Dowle's story, that drove
him to desperation. 'He was Inclined to
waver in his faith. He assorts that he
heard the triumph-ami mockery of fiend;
In 'his ears as he prayed In. the homes of
the widows and orphans. 'He recites
that once he was sitting In his study In
a fit of abject desperation. He slipped
from tils chair to his knees and begged
In tine wildest ifervor for a deliverer for
his people. There then came, as In
vision, he say, the words from the 'text
declaring the Naxarene the healer of
all diseases.
It may mot be true, hut Mr. Dowie de
clares from that moment there was not
a single fatal case In his congregation
He arose from Oils knees, went directly
with a, messenger to a neighbor's 4iouse
and during ttie afternoon prayed to
their feet from Che sick . ted three
Uttla girls coneigmed to death by physi
cians. They walked in health within
the week, air.d Mr. Dowie now wears a
golden monogram the children, gave
him as a token. He confesses that he
was amused, but amusement has
grown Into conviction with him.
He says the power he received at the
first Instance has never deserted him.
Ills claims embrace 18,000 Instances of
equal peculiarity.
The next step in iMr. Dowle's theology
was to convince himself that his pray
ers had mo limit In effectiveness this
Bide of actual creation. He learned to
reason to his own satisfaction that it
was no harder for prayer to cool a fever
Than, to change a- limb from Its halt to
health or to give the patiled arm Its
natural cunning. He went through
Australia prejohlng and teathtog, and
then ramie to Callforra to continue t'he
spreading of hi. doctrine. He prospered,
willing purses opening In return for hU
office?, aind to aid his fame in making
the circuit of the -work! he moved his
healing rooms and 'homes to the gate
of the exposition. ,
Mimculous as was his experience
wild an epidemic, as exploited by his
own words, his profts'ed work in Chi
cago far surpassed It in, the region- of
the mysterious. He bases his right to
live among the people of Kdgerton ave
nue upon 'the character of his accom
plishments. He defies his enemies to
prove that the cures effected In the lit
tle back room of the tabernacle are not
genuine In each dttall, and scoffs at the
sensMlwmecs of neighbor who are
shocked at tih,e eight of "godly people
seeking their Ood for healing." He
calls It ui.'righteouH persecution the
meantime resolving not to move out of
town lest he waive one point In his con
tention that divine healing Is a part of
tine plan of the universe.
Continued on Puge 8.J
HEAD (). VEKVS SH01LDE8.
F.ffeetive Manner in Whlckllcavy Weight
i.orrutt Played Komco mi Zanesvlllc.
New York, July 17. The suit of Mrs.
Ollle Corbett for an absolute divorce
upon the statutory grounds from her
husband, James J. Corbett,, the cham
pion heavy weight pugilist of the world,
came up again this afternoon before
Referee Edward Jucohs. Mrs. Corbett
was early on hand. She looked cheer
ful and she chatted and laughed with
Mr. Hummel, her lawyer, in an anima
ted fashion.
Mr. Hummel read nn extract from a
Cincinnati paper, telling of the visit of
Pugilist Corbett and Mrs. Corbett to
that city on April 23 last. Mrs. Corbett
says Bhe was In New York city at this
time, and that it was "Vera" who was
with her husband, and who passed as
his wife.
Miss King was ngaln called. Mr.
Hummel asked her If she remembered
any other occurrences between Vera
and Mr. Corbett.
"Yes, sir," replied Miss King.
"Mr. Corbeitt and I had adjoining
dressing ror.ms. A man ceme In one
day and I he.vd Corbett Introduce
Vera to him as his wife. On another
occasion, I think it was while we were
going to Zanesvllle. I saw Vera with
her head on Mr. CorbeM's shoulder."
"Did Corbett put his head on Vera's
shoulders?"
"Yes, sir, he did."
"Did Mr. Corbett hug and kiss Vera
on the train on that occasion?"
"Yes. sir," he did."
Mr. Hummel then asked that the ref
eree should decide that Mrs. Corbett
wns entitled to an absolute divorce
iniii i,w a weeK, me same sum as
allowed In the separation papers,
should be paid to her by Corbett dur
ing tho term of her natural life.
Lawyer O'Sulllvan offered no objec
tion to this.
Then Mr. Hummel asked that the
hearing be adjourned until Friday. July
26, in order that he might apply for a
roving commission to get evidence of
Corbett's Improper acts in Pittsburg
and Cincinnati. The referee according
ly adjourned the case to that date.
TROUBLE APPREHENDED.
Troops Were Sent to Assist In Receiving
a jury teruict.
Richmond. Va., July 17. The Jury In
the case of MUry Abernatihh, one of the
women on 'trial at Lunenburg court
iluom-e for the murder of Mrs. Pollard
rendered a verdict of murder In the
rlr t degree.
Trouble waa expected In cae the Jury
urougnt tin a verdict of acquittal. and
the fear of such a result was tthe cause
of troops being ordered to Lunenburg
last nlghlt by the governor. Two others
ia.re to be tried for participation In. this
murder.
KOHBERS BIND BLIND COUPLE.
Tho Woman Chewed tho Cords All
Mght.
Ashland, 0 July 17. Four robbers,
one masked burst open the door of John
Mllblm's house, at Orange, with a fence
rail at 11 o'clock last night, bound and
gagged him and his wife with bed
clothes and tortured them with Are at
their feet. The robbers secured J13.
Milbim is blind and Mrs. Mllbim near
ly so. They were not released until 9
o'clock this morning, when the wife
chewed away the chords and Informed
a neighbor. There Is no clew to the
robbers.
ENDS LIFE WITH A BULLET,
Daughter of Atwnod's Mayor Kills Hor
self HccniiNO of n Lover's Quarrel.
Tuscola, III., July 17. Miss Carrie
Moon, the 18-year-old daughter of W.
F. Moon, mayor of Atwood, committed
suicide tins morning by shooting her
self through the heart In her room In
her father's house. The cause of her
suicide was n quarrel with her lover,
W. D. Harshbarger.
They have been engaged for over
year, but when he bid her good-by last
night he said he would never call again.
WASHINGTON CHAT.
1 .,
Robert Y. Conrad, of Winchester, Va.,
has been appointed an alternate cadet at
thre naval academy.
The Immigration of the last fiscal year
was 276,1 .TO, or a decrease or Sti.478, as com
pared with the previous year.
Mrs; Mary K. Hansel, an attorney At
Kllenvllle, N. Y., has been disbarred from
practicing before the Interior department,
because of unlawful execution of pension
papers. . . - , r
WEATHER REPORT.
For eastern Pennsylvania, fair woathor
and high temperature Thursday; cooltr
Xhursday, night.
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