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SEEK YE THE LORD WHILE HE
MAY BE FOUND.
The Writing;** of Isaiah the Hallelu
jah Chorus of Biblical Literature.
The Policy of Reli
gion an Inexcusable Blunder.
Those Who Would Be Saved Must
Seek Salvation—Earnest and Be
lieving; Prayer the Means.
New York, April 28.—Rev. Dr. Tal
mage to-day again preached to a great
audience in the Academy of Music. As
usual, many wore turned away for lack of
seats. The sermon was on “Salvation,”
the text selected being Isaiah, 55:6: “Seek
ye the Lord while he. may be found.”
Isaiah stands head and shoulders above
the other Old Testament authors in vivid
desertptiveness of Christ. Other prophets
give an outline of our Savior’s features.
Some of them present, as it were, the side
face of Christ; others a bust of Christ,
but Isaiah gives us the full-length portrait
Os Christ. Other scripture writers excel
in some things. Eseklel more weird, Da
vid more pathetic, Solomon more epi
grammatic, Habakkuk more, sublime; but
when you want to see Christ coming out
from the gates of prophecy in all his gran
deur and glory, you involuntarily turn to
Isaiah. So that if the prophecies In regard
to Christ might be called the "Oratorio of
the Messiah,” the writing of Isaiah Is the
“Hallelujah Chorus," where all the batons
wave and all the trumpets come In. Isaiah
was not a man picked up out of insignifi
cance by inspiration. He was known and
honored. Josephus, and Philo, and Sirach
extolled him In their writings. What Paul
was among the apostles, Isaiah was
among the prophets.
My text finds him standing on u moun
tain of inspiration, looking out into the fu
ture, beholding Christ advancing and anx
ious that all men might know him; his
voice rings down the ages: “Seek ye the
Lord while he may be found.” “Oh,”
sayo some one, “that was for oldten times.”
No, my hearer. If you have traveled in
other lands you have taken a circular let
ter of credit from some banking house in
New York, and in St. Petersburg, or Ven
ice, or Rome, or Melbourne, or Calcut
ta, you presented that letter and got finan
cial help immediately. And 1 w’ant you to
understand that the text, instead of being
appropriate for one age, or for one land,
is a circular letter for all ages and for
all lands, and wherever it is presented for
help, the help comes: “Seek ye the Lord
While he may be found.”
I come to-day with no hair-spun the
ories of religion, with no nice distinc
tions, with no elaborate disquisition; but
an urgent ©all to personal religion,
U’fa*'Tatospoi of CWrist is a powerful molt-’
cine; it either kills or cures. There are
those who say, "I would like to become
a Christian. I have been waiting a good
while for the right kind of Influences to
come;” and still you are waiting. You
are wiser in worldy things than you are
in religious things. If you want to got to
Albany, you go to the Grand Central de
pot, or to the steamboat wharf, and, hav
ing got your ticket, you do not sit down
on the wharf or sit in the depot; you get
aboard the boat or train. And yet there
are men who say they »<ro waiting to get
to heaven—waiting, waiting, but not with
intelligent waiting, or they would get on
board the line of Christian influences that
would bear them into the kingdom of God.
Now you know very well that to seek a
thing |a to search for it with earnest
endeavor. If you want to see a certain
man in this city, and there is a matter
of SIO,OOO connected with your seeing him,
and you cannot at flrat find him, you do
riot give up the search. You look in the
directory, but cannot find the name: you
go In circles where you think, perhaps,
he may mingle, and, having found the
part or the city where he lives, but per
haps not knowing the street, you go
through street after street and from block
to block, and you keep on searching for
weeks and tor months.
You way: “It Is a mutter of SIO,OOO
whether I see him or not." Oh, that men
were as persistent in seeking for Christ!
Had you one-half that persistence you
would long ago have found him who is
the joy of the forgiven spirit. We may
pay our debts, we may attend the church,
we may relieve the poor, we may be
public benefactors, and yet all our life
disobey the text, never seek Gqd, never
gain heaven. Oh, that the spirit of God
would help me, while I try to show you,
■t in carrying out the idea of my text, first
how to seek the Lord, and in the next
place, when to seek him.
I remark, In the first place, you are to
seek the Lord through earnest and be
lieving prayer. God is not an autocrat
or a despot seated on a throne, with his
arms resting on brazen Hons, and a sen
tinel pacing up and down at the foot of
the throne. God is a father seated in a
bower, watting for his children to come
and climb on nla knee, and get his kiss
and hls benediction. Prayer is the cup
with which we go to the “fountain of liv
ing water," and dip up refreshment for
our thirsty soul. Grace does not coma to
the heart as we set a cask at the corner
of the house to catch the rain in a shower
It is a pulley fastened to the throne of
God. which we pull, bringing the blessing
I do not earn so much what posture you
take in prayer, nor how large an amount
of votes you use. You inlicht <et down on
your face before God, if you did not pray
right Inwardly, there would be no re
■ponse. You might cry at the top of your
voice, and unless you had a believing
■pirit within, your cry would not go
further up tl an the shout of a plow-bov to
his oxen. Prayer must be believing earn
est, loving. You are in your house some
summer day, and a shower comes up, and
a bird, affrighted, darts Into the window
and wheels about the room. You setae It.
You smooth its ruffled plumage. You feel
Its fluttering heart. You say, "Poor thing
poor thing! ’ Now, a prayer goes out of
the storm of thia world into the window of
God’s mercy, and he catches it, and he
feels Its fluttering nulse, and he puts it In
hls own bosom of affection and safetv
Prayer Is a warm ardent pulsating exercise
It is an electric battery which, touched
* thrills to the throne of God. It is the div
ing-bell in which we go down Into the
depths of God’s mercy and bring ut»
“pearls of great price.” There was an In
stance * here prayer made the wave* of
the Gen Yaaret solid as stone pavement
Oh. ho* many wonderful things prayer
has acre npitshed! Have you ever tried it*
In the cays when the Scotch Covenanters
were persecuted, and the enemies were
after them, one of the head men among
the Covenanters prayed: "Oh, Lord, w*
be as dead men unless thou shalt help us’
Oh. Lord, throw the lap of thy clonk over
these poor things?" An I Instantly a
Scotch mist enveloped and hit) the perse
cuted from their persecutors—the promise
literally fulfilled : "While they are yet
•peaking I will hear."
Have yod ever tried the power of prayer?
God says: "lie Is loving, and faithful’
and patient.’ Do you believe that* You are
told that ChrJM (■«»<• to save sinners
Do you believe that? You sure told Vital all
you have to do to get the pardon of the
Gospel is to ask f<«r it. Do you believe
chat’ Then come to him and say: "Oh
Jxrrd! I know thou mast not lie. Thou
hast told me to come for and i
could get It. I com*, Lord Keep thv prom
ise, and liberate my captive soul."
Qh, that yen might have an altar In thv j
parlor. In the kitchen In the store, in the
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barn, for Christ will be ° jme
ugain to the manger to hear prayer. He
would come to your place of business, as
he confronted Matthew, the tax commis
sioner. if a measure should come before
congress that you thought would ruin the
nation, how you would send in petitions
and remonstrances! And yet there has
been enough sin in your heart to ruin It
forever, and you have never remonstrated
or petitioned against it. If your physical
health failed, and you had the means, you
would go and spend the summer in Ger
many, and the winter in Italy, and you
would think it a very cheap outlay if you
had to go all round the earth to get back
your physical health. Have you marie any
effort, any expenditure, any exertion for
your immortal and spiritual health?
Oh that you might now begin to seek
after God with earnest prayer. Some of
you have been working for years and years
for the support of your families. Have
you given one half day to the working
out of your salvation with fear and tremb
ling? You earn© here with an earnest pur
pose, I take it, ns I have come hither
with an earnest purpose, and we meet face
to face, and I tell you, first of all, If you
W’ant to find the Lord, you must pray, and
pray and pray.
I remark again, you must seek the Lord
through Bible study. The Bible is the
newest book in the world. “Oh,” you
say, "it was made hundreds of years
ago, and the learned men of King James
translated it hundreds of years ago.” I
confute that idea by telling you it is not
live minutes old, when God, by his blessed
spirit, retranslates It Into the heart. If
you will, in the seeking of the way of
life through scripture study, implore God's
light to fall upon the page, you will
find that these promises are not one sec
ond old, and that they drop straight from
the throne of God into your heart-
There are many people to whom the
Bible does not amount to much. If they
merely look at the outside beauty, why
it will no more lead them to Christ than
Washington’s farewell address or the
Koran of Mohammed, or the Shaster of
the Hindoos. It is the inward light of
God’s word you must get. I went up to
the church of the Madeleine, in Paris,
and looked at the doors which were the
most wonderfully constructed I ever saw,
and I could have stayed there for a
whole week; but I had only a little time,
so having glanced at the wonderful carv
ing on tne doors,l passed, in and looked
at the radiant altars, and the sculptured
dome. Alas, that so many stop at the
outside door of God’s holy word, looking
at the rhetorical bteautiew, Instead of
going in and looking at the altars of sac
rifice and the dome of God’s mercy and
salvation that hovers over penitent and
believing souls!
O my friends! if you merely want to
study the laws of language, do not go to
the Bible. It was not made for that. Take
“Howe’s Elements of Criticism”—it will
be better than the Bible for that. If you
want to study metaphysics, better than
the Bible will be the writings of William
Hamilton. But if you want to know how
to have sin pardoned, and at last to gain
the blessedness of heaven, search the
Scriptures, “for in them ye have enternal
life. ’
When people are anxious about their
souls, there are those who recommend
good books. That is all right. But I
want to tCll you that the Bible is the
best book under such circumstances. Bax
ter wrote “A Call to the Unconverted, ’*
but the Bible is the best call to the un
converted. Philip Doddridge -wrote “The
Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul,”
but the Bible is the beet rise and progress.
John Angell James wrote “Advice to the
Anxious Inquirer,” but the Bible is the
tieak advice tc-the anxious Inquirer.
O, the Bible is the very book you need,
anxious and inquiring soul! A dying sol
dier said to his mate: “Comrade, give me
a drop!” The comrade shook up the can
teen and said: “There isn’t a drop of wa
ter in the canteen.” “Oh.” said the dying
soldier, ’that’s not what I want; feel In
my knapsack for my Bible,” and his com
rade found the Bible, and read him a few
of the gracious promises, and the dyiinr
soldier said; “Ah, that’s what I want
There isn’t anything like the Bible for a
dying soldier, is there, my comrade?” o
blessed book, while we live! Blessed book
when we die!
"I remark, again, we must seek God
through church ordinances. "What,” say
you, ’ can’t a man be saved without going
to church?” I reply, there are men, f sup
pose, in glory, who have never seen a
church; but the church is the ordained
means by which we are brought to God;
and if truth affects us when we are alone,
it affects us more mightily when we are
in the assembly—the feelings of others
emphasizing our own feelings. The great
law of sympathy comes into play, and a
truth that would take hold only with the
grasp of a sick man, beats mightily
against the soul with a thousand heart
throbs.
When you come Into the religious cir
cle, come only with one notion, and only
for one purpose—to find the way to Christ.
When I see people critical about sermons,
ana critical about tones of voice, and crit
ical about sermonlc delivery, they make
me think of a man in prison. He is con
demned to death, but an officer of the gov
ernment brings a pardon and puts it
through the wicket of the prison and
says; "H,ere is your pardon. Come and
h.’ . * What! D( > you expect me to
take that pardon offered with such a voice
as you have, with such an awkward man
ner as you have? I would rather die than
so compromise my rhetorical notions!”
Ah. the man does not say that; he takes
jtl It i« nis life. He does not care how it
is handed to him. And if. to-day. that
pardon from the throne of God is offered
to our souls, should we not seize it, re
gardless of all non-essentials?
But I come now to ths last part of my
text. It tells us when we are to seek the
Lord: While he may be found.” When is
that? Old age? You may not ace old age.
Fo-morrow? You may not see to-morrow
To-night? You may not see to-night.
Now! O. if I could only write on even’
heart, in three capital letters, that word
now—now !
Sin is an awful disease. I hear people
say with a toss of the head and with a triv
ial manner: “Oh. yes. I’m a sinner.” Sin
is an awful disease. It is leprosy. It Is
‘Jfopsy. It is consumption. It is all moral
disorders In one. Now you know there is a
crisis In a disease. Perhaps you have had
some illustration of it in your family. Some
times the physician has called, and he has
looked at the patient and said: “That
ease was simple enough, but the crisis has
passed. If you had called me yesterday,
or this morning, I could have cured the pa
tient. It is too late now; the crisis has
passed." Just so it Is in the spiritual
treatment of the soul—there Is a crisis.
There are some here who can remember
Instances in life when, if they had bought
a certain property they would have become
very rich. A few acres that would have
cost them almost nothing were offered
them. TYiey refused them. Afterward a
large village or city sprung up on those
acres of ground and they see what a mis
take they made in not buying the property
There was an opportunity of getting it. It
| never came back. And so it is in regard
to a man’s spiritual and eternal fortune
There is a chance; if you let that go, per
haps it never comes back. Certainly, that
I one never.comes back.
m ® that battle
| of Gettysburg he stood upon a hight look
ing off upon the conflicting armies. He
said it was the most exciting moment of
hls life; now one army seeming to tri
umph, and now the other. After awhile
the host wheeled in such away that he
knew in five minutes the whole question
l would be decided. He said the emotion
I was almost unbearable. There is just such
a time to-day with you. The forces of
light on one side, the forces of death
on th© other side, and In a few moments
the matter will be settled for eternity
There is a time which mercy has set
for leaving port. If you are board
! before that, you will get a passage for
s heaven. If you are not on board, you
miss your passage tor heaven. As | n
law courts, a case Is sometimes adjourned
from terra to term, and from year to
I year, till the r»»il of costs cuts up the
entire estate, so there are men who are
adjourning the matter of reltgioft from
I time to time, and from year to year, until !
| heavenly bliss is the bill of costa the 1
j man will have to pay for it.
Why defer this matter, oh, my dear hear- '
1 - SAVANNAH, MONDAY, APRIL 29, 1895.
fa .
er? Have you any idea that sin will wear
out? that it will evaporate? that it will
relax its grasp? that you may find religion
as man accidentally finds a lost pocket
book? Ah, no! No man ever became a
Christian by accident, or by the relaxing
of sin. The embarrassments are all the
time increasing. The hosts of darkness are
recruiting, and the longer you postpone
this matter the steeper the path will be
come. I ask those men who are before me
now, whether in the ten or fifteen years
they have passed in tthe postponement of
these matters, they have come any nearer
God or heaven? I would not be afraid to
challenge this whole audience, so far as
they may not have found the peace of the
Gospel, in regard to the matter. Your
hearts, you are willing frankly to tell me
ere becoming harder and harder, and that
if you come to Christ it will be more of
an undertaking now than it ever would
have been before. The throne of judg
ment will soon be set; and, if you have
anything to do toward your eternal salva
tion, you had better du it now, for the re
demption of your soul is precious, and it
ceaseth forever.
Oh, if men could only catch one glimpse
of Christ, I know they would love him!.
Your heart leaps at’the sight of a glorious’
sunrise or sunset. Can you be without
emotion as the Sun of Righteousness rises
behind Cavalry, and sets behind Joseph’s
sepulchre? He is a blessed Saviour! Every
nation has its type of beauty. There is
German beauty, and Swiss beauty, and
Italian beauty, and English beauty; but I
care not in what land a man first looks
at Christ, he pronounces him “chief
among ten thousand, and the One alto
gether lovely.”
The diamond districts of Brazil are
carefully guarded, and a man does not
get in there except by a pass from the
government; but the love of Christ is a di
amond district we may all enter, and
pick up treasures for eternity. “To-day,
if ye will hear his voice, harden not
your hearts.”
Take the hint of the text that I have
no time to dwell upon—the hint that there
is a time when he cannot be found. There
wajs a man in this city, 80 years of age,
who said to a clergyman who came in:
“Do you think that a man 80 years of
age can get pardoned?” “Oh, yes,” said
the clergyman. The old man said: “I
can’t; when I was 20 years of age—l am
now 80 years—the Spirit of God came to
my soul, and I felt the importance of at
tending to these things, Jout I put it off.
I rejected God, and since then I have had
no feeling.” “Well,” said the minister,
“wouldn’t you like to have me pray with
you?” “Yes,” replied the old man, “but
it will do no good. You can pray with me
if you like to.” The minister knelt down
and prayed, and cobnmended the man’s
soul >to God. It seemed to have no ef
fect upon him. After awhile the last
hour of the man’s life came, and through
his delirium a spark of intelligence seemed
to flash, and with his last breath he said:
“I shall never be forgiven!” “Oh, seek
the Lord while he may be found.”
JAPAN AND THE POWERS.
Minister Dun Favor* Compliance
With Ru*«la’n Demand*.
London, April 28.—The Daily News has
this dispatch from its Vienna correspon
dent: “Advices from Tokio indicate that
United States Minister Dun Is doing every
thing to induce the Italian, Belgian, Aus
trian, Spanish and Dutch envoys to help
persuade Premier* C.'iun.’ Ito to compb
with the demands of Russia* and France.
It is reported that the United States med
itate proposing to let Russia and Japan
alone settle the Korean question and to
submit the Liao Tong matter to a Euro
pean conference meeting at Tokio, Shim*
onoseki or London. It is reported also
that the mikado will convene a council of
war to discuss Japan’s military position.”
The Times has this dispatch from its
correspondent in Hong Kong: “Serious
outbreaks have occurred throughout For
mosa. H. M. S. Leander has gone to
Takau and German sailors have been
landed at Tamsui from the Irene to pro
tect foreigners.
"The Chinese soldiers killed their gen
eral on April 22. The governor’s body
guard attacked them, killing 30 and
wounding 50. The governor is accused
of stealing the soldiers’ pay, which is
two months in arears. 2
"The Chinese artillery threaten to fire
on any vessels leaving Formosa with
treasure.
“The position of the foreigners is crit
ical. Happily the French cruisers Alger
and laly, the German cruiser Irene and
the British warships Tweed. Red Breast
and Leander are at different ports of the
Island. The savages from the interior
are descending from the hills for the pur
pose of attacking the natives.”
The Times correspondent in Berlin
learns that it is untrue that Japan has
answered the joint protest. The Ham
burger Nachrlchten, Bismarck Jan. in com
menting on the protest, says it hopes that
Germany's policy will be primarily to re
main in touch with Russia and secondly
with the other powers mainly concerned,
but to avoid even the appearance of grav.
Bating in any way toward the English
sphere of interest. The Times corre
spondent asserts that this view is not
shared in responsible quarters.
SALE OF GEORGIA SOUTHERN.
A Fight Against Confirmation Ex
pected at Macon To-day.
Macon. Go., April 28.—The question of
the confirmation of the sale of the Georgia
Southern and Florida railroad will pe
heard to-morrow by Judge Griggs, presid
ing for Judge Hardeman in Bibb superior
court. Secretary Hoke Smith and Skip
worth Wilmer of Baltimore, representing
the purchasers of the road are here to
night, and -while neither will talk their
presence gives strength to the rumor that
a fight will be made against the confirma
tion of the sale as it is believed they would
not be here unless they anticipated opposi
tion. Just what quarter the opposition
will come from is not known, but there
is a rumor around town that the eale wilt
not be confirmed.
Secretary Smith in a lengthy interview
in the Macon Telegraph will to-morrow
morning repeat emphatically a denial of
the story about the lease of grazing lands
which appeared tn the New York World
yesterday. Mr. Smith says that ex-Attor
ney Garland pronounces tho whole story
an out and out fake.
A NEGRO FOUND MURDERED.
Hls Wife Disappears—He Was Killed
in His Honte.
Macon, Ga.. April 28.—Alexander, a ne
gro. was found dead this morning forty
yards from a house occupied temporarily
by himself and wife near Nelson’s mill,
seven miles from Macon, on the Jefferson
ville road. His skull was crushed on the
left side, and the body gave evidence of
having been dead several days. Buzzards
and dogs had partially devoured the flesh
which was badly decomposed. Alexan
der’s wife left home Thursday after se
curely locking the house,and has not been
seen in the vicinity since. It is supposed
that the murder was committed in the
house, as clotted blood was found under
the house and stains on the sills whe’-e
it dripped through. Alexander’s home was
in Macon. The coroner went out this af
ternoon to hold an inquest, and has not
returned.
Ab I prising of Indians.
Winnepeg. Man.. April 38.—A special
from Klllarnoy says an uprising of half
breeds and Indians is reported to have
occurred at St. Johns, North Dakota
just over the Manitoba boundarv hne'
One O ’i;i dan bettUa living near the
j border wa-s compelled to flee to save his
scalp.
SPAIN TO GIVE SATISFACTION.
OUR CLAIMS in the allianca af
fair CONCEDED.
Maceo’s Death Still in Doubt—The
Government Troops Throwing Up
Forts at San Lnis—The Lieutenant
In Command of the Detachment of
Troops at Juragua City Shot for
Allowing the Insurgents to Capture
the Tow n—Gen Maceo Retreating to
the Mountains.
Madrid, April 28.—The report that the
Allianca affair has been settled by Spain’s
conceding the American claims is con
firmed officially. The Spanish govern
ment will give honorable satisfaction for
the mistake, and admits that the Allianca
was outside her territorial waters when
the Conde de Venadito fired upon her.
Commanders of warships in Cuban waters
have been instructed precisely not to lire
on vessels outside the three-mile limit.
Capt. Gen. Martinez De Campos has
telegraphed from Cuba for more army sur
geons. He will start in a few days for
the eastern provinces, where, it is said, he
will make haste to deal the insurgents a
decisive blow before the rainy season.
From the Staff Correspondent of the
United Press.
Santiago de Cuba, April 22, via Key
West, Fla., April 28.—The report that the
body of the man found in the woods near
Guantanamo is Maceo is not confirmed,
and is discredited here.
There has been no serious engagement
since the arrival of Gen. Campos.
Eight hundred soldiers of Spain landed
to-day. The troops were sent to reinforce
the detachments at the railroad towns of
Dos Caminos and San Luis. The latter
place is the termlus of the road. The
troops are building triangular forts of
planks filled with earth. The insurgents
are numerous in the vicinity.
The troops entered the cabins of the
plantation near ©an Luis, and smashed the
crockery and furniture. The inmates fled
to the woods.
Gen. La Chambre, ordered to Manzan
illo, has’returned.
The insurgents have removed the gun
powder and dynamite in the iron mines
near here, the property of an American
Company.
The government censorship of telegraph
and newspapers is more rigid. The wires
to the interior are still down. Ten Cubans
left the city Sunday to join the insur
gents. Clarke.
From the Staff Coa-resppndent of the
United Press.
Santiago de Cuba, April 24, via Key West
Fla., April 28.—Benjamin Gallego, a lieu
tenant in the Fifth battalion, Peninsular
regiment, who was court mantialed, was
shot to-day here. He was in command of
sixty men in custody of aiuns and ammu
nition at Juragua Qltx JD* wasf %urpris<*i
wunday J# me dlswmed in
a saloon. Seventy rifles and 6,0 W rrtjnds t)£
ammunition were captured. Gallego and
the soldiers were released. The authorities
placed all under arrest and condemned Gal
lego to be shot. The others were confined.
The battle at Ramoti de Las Jaguas on
the 21st was the most severe yet. Capt.
Julian Miranda was killed, Maj. Tejerlzo,
commanding the government troops, was
wounded and also other officers. Both
sides, it is reported, lost heavily. Details
are unobtainable. The guide led the
troops into an ambush and the insurgents
surrounded them. They took refuge in
a cemetery, erected barricades and held
the position until reinforced.
Gen. Salcedo, with nearly 1,000 of the
last arrived troops, left here last night
in pursuit of the insurgents. The latter
are led by Victoriano Garcon.
Maceo is not believed dead. He is re
ported near here with 1,000 men. Maceo
Is said to have offered to sell out to Gen.
Campos. Confirmation of the story is
lacking. Gomez reached the interior
safely.
Gen. Campos is now at Guantanamo.
He later proceeds on the steamship Ville
Verdee' to Baracoa and Gibara. More
troops from Spain are due to-morrow.
The government has ordered the railroad
to keep up steam on locomotives night
and day, in readiness to move troops.
The censorship of the cable and press
is more rigid
(Signed) J. F. Clarke.
From the Staff Correspondent of the Uni
tod l?rcss.
Santiago de Cuba, April 28.—Gen. Maceo
is retreating from Jaracueca to the Don
cella mountains. Government troops are
in pursuit. He has issued a long address
pleading the justice of the insurgent
cause and calling upon all Cubans to
throw off the Spanish yoke.
Key West, Fla., April 28.—Private ad
vices in this city state that Flor Crombet
was not killed In battle but was assassi
nated by Spanish soldiers. He was sur
rounded by Spanish troops and requested
an interview with the Spanish officer in
command, which was granted. The con
ference ended and Crombert turned to
go, when a soldier in ambush shot him
in. the back of the heaa. A part of
Crombert’s band was captured and the
balance fled to the mountains. The kill
ing of Crombert was reported to Gen.
Campos, who ordered the officer in com
mand of the Spanish troops before him.
The officer was reprimanded severely and
sent to Spain to be court-martialed. A
band of 150 Spanish troops was defeated
by the insurgents near Guantanamo on
April 19. One Spanish soldier was left
to report the defeat.
Gomez landed near Guantanamo. He
has 1,000 men under his command. Six
bands of insurgents are reported in the
province of Pxierto Principe.
A Spanish gunboat sighted a steamer
near the coast of Cuba with 200 men on
board. The gunboat chased her, but she
got away. The general believe is that
the other expedition landed.
The Spanish paper La Discusion was
fined SIOO for publishing the news of the
landing of Gomez and Marti.
The Spanish bakery in Santiago de Cuba
refuses bread to the Spanish troops. The
proprietor claims that the government
owes him SBO,OOO already.
Morcos Garcit, a prominent leader in the
last revolution, at present mayor of San
to Spiritu, in Las Villas district, ten
dered his resignation to the government,
but it was refused. The belief is that
he will join the insurgents.
A TEST VOTE IN THE COMMONS.
It Is Expected to Be the Closest Sinee
the General Election.
London, April 28. —Sir William Harcourt,
chancellor of the exchequer, will move
in the House of Commons to-morrow that
the rest of the session be devoted en
tirely to government business.
Henry Seton-Karr, conservative mem
ber for St. Helens, will propose an
amendment directly negativing the mo
tion. thus virtually putting the question
of confidence. A very close division,
probably the closest since the last gene
ral election, is expected. All parties are
rallying their forces and urgent whins
and telegraphic summons have been sent
in every direction to members.
Mrs. Parnell Better.
Bordentow’n. N. J.. April 28.—Mrs. Ftar
neli’s power of speech is improving satis
factorily and the only drawback to-day
was the patient's low temperature. Mrs
Parnell takes plenty of nourishment and
the prospects of recovery ore bright.
RETURN OF THE CRUISERS.
The New York and Colombia Drop
Anchor Off Gotham.
New York, April 28.—The United States
cruisers New York and Columbia arrived
here to-day from Key West, after a cruise
around the West Indies, and dropped an
chor in the North river. Admiral Meade,
who commanded the squadron during its
cruise, has his quarters on board the New
York.
As soon as the vessels dropped anchor,
Capt. Sumner, commander of the Colum
bia, got into his launch and went to
New York to report to the admiral. Af
terwards in his room he spoke of his
cruise south. Assistant Secretary of the
Navy McAdoo remained on the Columbia
during its entire trip and was still on
board to-day.
Capt. Sumner said he was greatly pleased
with the working of the Columbia.
“By a consumption of 68 tons of coal
a day,” he said, “we made 11 to 12 knots
an hour. We went at half boiler power
and used only two screws, disconnecting
the center one. I don’t believe we stand
in need of any repairs of consequence
after our cruise. We can go to Europe
without any extensive alterations or re
pairs.
“The health of all on board now is
good. When we were at Colon, and in the
neighborhood, a number of the men were
attacked by fever and we had to send
them home.
“The Columbia behaved beautifully, and
I feel proud of her. She rides easy and
is very comfortable.”
All the officers were loud in their praises
of the Columbia. They said she broke the
record of time from New York to Kings
ton, Jamaica, and did it While running
under one-half boilet- power For the
last nine hours the power was increased
to five-eighths and the vessel then aver
aged 17*& knots. She made the run from
here to Kingston in three days and twen
ty-three hours, according to the log. That
beats the best run by several hours. An
average of fourteen knots was made with
only two of har three screws on the way
down. It is expected that the Columbia
and the New York will be ordered to Eu
rope shortly to take part in the celebra
tion at Kiel.
SANGER’S BROTHER SHOT.
Ills Wife’s Brother Kills Him for
Abusing Her.
Milwaukee, Wls., April 28.—R6bert Lus
combe, ex-assistant city attorney, one of
the best known lawyers in the city, just
before midnight last night, shot and killed
his brother-in-law, Emil A. Sanger, presi
dent of the C. M. Sanger Sons Company,
and brother of Walter C. Sanger, the bicy
clist, at the home of Samuel D. Luscombe,
father of Mrs. Sanger, at No. 1052 Grand
avenue.
The murder grew out of a family sued
resulting from litigation in which the
Sanger family recently became involved
during the failure of Casper M. Sanger’s
mlniag uOiiuau» antPbecadse Sartgiir tint
ed hig wife brutallj- Sanger’s wife, who
is a sister of Luscombe, last evening went
to the house of her parents for shelter,
claiming that her husband was ill-treating
her.
At 11:45 o’clock Sanger went to the house
and demanded admission. He was refus
ed and thereupon tried to batter down the
door. Luscombe seized his shot gun and
fired one shot through the plate glass door.
The charge entered Sanger’s head, killing
him instantly. Luscombe jumped out of
the window and gave himself up to an offi
cer w ho was passing the house on hls beat.
Luscombe was taken to the Central police
station and locked up. His friends are
confident of his acquittal.
HELPED BY THE WILSON BILL.
Chrome Works Hands Granted an
Increase In Wage*.
Baltimore, Md., April 28.—Three hundred
men employed at Tyson's chrome works
went on strike yesterday afternoon be
-1 cause their employers refusdti to grant an
increase of ten per cent, in wages. Jesse
Tyson, president of tlhe works, subse
quently listened to the demands of the
men and granted the increase. The men
will return to work to-morrow on tho new
scale.
When the Wilson bill was passed the
wages of the employes were cut ten per
cent. The employes claim that instead of
the Wilson bill having an Injurious effect
on the business it has increased considera
ably under the new’ tariff, and they there
fore demanded that HJhelr old wages should
be given them.
Under the old schedule employes used
to earn on an average sll a week. Most
of them have been for years in the em
ploy of the concern.
A FLORIDIAN IN THE TOILS.
He Is Accused of Robbing the Post
otficc at Dellwood,
Columbus, Ga., April 28.—A. J. Messer
was arrested in this city to-day by a
deputy marshal,on the charge of burglar
izing the postoffice at Dellwood, Fla,
some months ago. He got off with con
siderable cash and a large number of
stamps, and about six weeks ago he was
traced to this city with his wdfe, but his
exact whereabouts could not be discov
ered 'until a few days since. The Flori
da authorities w’ere notified and an offi
cer arrived to-day with the proper papers
and he was arrested and will be carried
back to Dellwood to-morrow. He had
been driving a dray here for some time.
His wife left for Dellw’ood %fter his ar
rest.
PASSED BOGUS COIN.
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Two Young Men of Washington Jail
ed for the Offense.
Washington, April 28.—Edwin Seebold
and Dallas Glenn, young men of this city,
have been arrested by secret service agents
for passing large quantities of counterfeit
dimes and quarters. They have been cir
culating this spurious coin for the past
five months, and it is believed by the se
cret service detectives that their opera
tions have extended to Baltimore and Nor
folk. Va. The secret service officers have
an idea where the counterfeit money was
manufactured, but refuse to tell where
the place is located.
Massillon Miners to Strike.
Canton. 0., April 2s.— Another strike of
miners in the Massillon district is im
minent. The arbitration scale of 60 cents
accepted under protest last fall by the '
miners, expires May 1. All workers are i
ordered out on that date to remain out
until further orders from the eon ven- *
tion, which meets in Columbus on May 3.
Trial of the Correspondents.
Washington. April 28.—District Attor
ney Birney has given notice that he will
to-morrow move the district court to set a
day for the trial of Shriver and Edwards i
rhe recalcitrant newspaper witnesses be
fore the Senate investigation committee. '
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SILVERITES VERY STRONG.
They Are Pretty Apt to Carry the
Day in Illinois.
Chicago, April 28.—John Mayo Palmer,
a son of United States Senator Palmer,
and a member of the executive com
mittee of the Honest Money League, re
turned yesterday from Springfield. He
is inclined to the belief that the demo
crats of the state have nearly all flocked
Into the 16 to 1 free silver populist
camp. Speaking of the silver sentiment
throughout Illinois, Mr. Palmer said: “The
sentiment in favor of the free and un
limited coinage of sliver at the ratio of 16
to 1, without an international conference
or agreement seems to have taken com
plete possession of the democracy of Il
linois out side of Cook county. I con
ferred with men of all shades of opinion
upon this subject, with republicans as
well as democrats. I talked with repub
licans because sometimes the lookers on
see more of the game than the plavers. I
met old friends, wdth whom I could talk
®ntially and got the impresson that
while there is a very strong and respect
able sentiment throughout the state in
opposition to this currency theory, yet
the opponents of 16 to 1 are without or
ganization, apparently without any ambl
tton to succeed and are singularly silent,
while the silver men are vigorous, active
and aggressive.
“It seemed to me utterly impossible that
the opponents of 16 to 1 silver should they
take part in the June convention, could
make any serious impression. The con
vention will unquestionably declare in
favor of 16 to 1, without conference with
any nation.
“We oppose that view, although there
are some differences of opinion among us,
and will, as a rule, take no part In the con
vention, although in some counties dele
gations will be composed of leading
men, repre3entlng*both views, wholly irre?
spectlve of the sentiment in the particular
locality.
"There has been a great deal of unnec
essary personal criticism and controversy
over this subject, which is very much to be
deplored. There will be a good deal of talk
‘reading men out of the party.’
“The immediate effect of the expected
declaration will be to disorganize the
Democratic party in this state if such a
thing is possible. The ultimate effect,
should the currency question be the promi
nent one of 1896, will be the re-organiza
tion of the both parties on new lines.
Those who, like myself, may be called
conservatives, have a faint hope that we
may be able to induce the June convention
to declare that it is inexpedient to draw
party lines upon the silver question by a
state teonvention; but I confess I have no
very great confidence that we will be able
to secure this. Unless the refusal of the
democrats who agree with me to take
part, in the convention shall lead the
party elsewhere to believe thait democratic
sentiment is not thoroughly represented
by the conventton, this declaration will
have a very strong effect andipowerful in
fluence upon the parties in the western
and southern states, but will not affect
anything east of Ohio.”
Mr. Palmer believes that the only way
to overcome the existing free silver craze
is by conducting a campaign of education
on the lines proposed by the Honest Mon
A PETITION TO MGR. SATOLLI.
Christian Endeavorera Ask Father
i Phelan’s Dismissal.
Asbury Park, N. J., April 28.—1 n the
Westminster church of Asbury Park to
night a petition was circulated among the
congregation as follows:
To His Reverence, Monsignor Satolli,
Roman Catholic University, Washington,
D. C.: We, the undersigned Christian
Endeavorers of Asbury Park, N. J., re
spectfully call your attention to the
wicked, false and slanderous statements
published by Father Phelan, one of your
priests in St. Louis. This base and inex
cusable assault is made upon more than
3,000,000 pious, earnest, Godly and irre
froaehable young Christians in America,
t is unparalleled in its baseness and enor
mity, and should consign its author to
everlasting infamy and contempt. We,
therefore, ask that the creature from
which It emanated be degradated, un
frocked and deposed from the high posi
tion which he has so relentlessly dis
graced. We are encouraged to make this
petition from the many protestation?
which you, as well as the holy see yoft
ably represent, have recently fully and
earnestly made, with full confidence that
you will give it immediate and careful
consideration.
To-morrow this petition will be taken
in hand by the Epworth League and Chris
tian Endeavorers for signatures in this
place and Ocean Grove. When this is
done, the petition will be forwarded to Mgr
Satolli at Washington.
Prior to the circulation of this petition
into the church, Rev. J. P. Dawson, the
pastor, preached on the subject: “Father *
Phelan’s base attack upon the young la
dies of America.”
He scored Father Phelan severely.
Among the pointed passages were the
following: “Judas Iscariot was a gentle
man compared with this shameless priest.
I would not be surprised if Iscariot would
decline to recognize him below.
“Father, confessor, God pity the poor
girl that should ever be so silly as to
whisper her secrets in such a swine’s ear.
Retraction is no remedy. Swift and ade
quate punishment alone will reach the
case and if it does not soon follow the
w r hole Romish church authorities wijl be
held responsible.”
FLAMES IN A HOSPITAL.
Several of the Departments Burned
Out at a Lohs of SISO,*>OO.
Ovid, N. Y., April 28.—A disastrous fire
occurred early this morning at the Wil
lard State hospital, the loss by which will
be considerable to the »tate, and a very
great inconvenience to the institution,
until the damaged portion can be rebuilt.
The fire was discovered shortly before 2
o’clock in the assorting rooms of the
laundry, located jusit east of and connec
ted -with the main building, where sev
eral hundred inmates were confined. Th©
burned and destroyed portions are the
entire laundry, the shoe shop, tailor shop,
matron’s office and sewing room, bark
ery, boiler room and engine room, and
all the machinery in these rooms. It was
feared at one time that the entire main
building would be burned, and all the
patients were prepared to leave the build
ing as soon as it should be necessary to
do so. This was, however, not required.
The loss is estimated at $150,000.
MLRDERED BIY WHITECAPS.
A Tennessee Farmer Killed Before
Hia Daughter’s Eyes.
Knoxville, Tenn., April 28.—A special
from Sevlersville, Tenn., where a noto
rious gang of whitecaps have held forth
for years, tells of the murder of Thomas
Gibson, one of the wealthiest farmers
of the county, by the whitecaps. Three
cta.ys ago he received warning to leave
the county, but paid no heed. Laat night
as he sat with hi* only daughter ihe
door waa broken in by masked men. He
raised a chair to defend himseif and was
shot dead. His daughter fled to a neigh
bor's house, but all were afraid to re
turn, and the body lay where it fell until
morning. Some of the murderers are
known ar.u arrests w ill follow.
MONDAYS
-ANO
THURSDAYS
NICARAGUA HIGHLY EXCITED.
TRE PEOPLE HAD COUNTED ON OU 16
INTERFERENCE.
Zelaya and His Cabinet, However,
Were Prepared for the Conserva
tive Coarse Pursued by the United
States—Mr. Bayardts Request for a.
Brief Respite Refused by Lord
Kimberley—Corinto Now Practic
ally a British Possession.
London, April 28.—Advices received here
from Managua state that the excitement
throughout Nicaragua increases. Great
disappointment is expressed at the failure
of the United States to secure sopie modi- '
ficatlon of Great Britain’s terms. While ’
the conservative course pursued by the
Washington-government was fully expect
ed by President Zelaya and his cabinet
in view of the information furnished to
them by the Nicaraguan minister at
Washington, the people generally believed
that the United States would interfere.
The Nicaraguan government is exerting
itself to restrain the populace. No indi
cation has yet been given of an immediate
intention to pay the indemnity, although
the continued occupation of Corinto must
sooner or later prove very embarrassing
to Nicaragua.
Mr. Bayard’s request for a brief respite!
in order that Nicaragua might pay thel
indemnity in London, it is stated here,
was refused by Lord Kimberley. Had this
respite been granted, Nicaragua would
have borrowed the money in New YorW
to settle the British demand.
The Standard will say: “President Ze
laya has played his game. We tolerated
the exhibition, but now it is time to be
gin business. He reckoned on our human
ity and natural reluctance to employ?
strength against a state unable to pro
tect itself, but the Nicaraguans surely
understand, or must be taught, that tha
farce is becoming tiresome. They can
not be permitted longer to presume upon
their insignificance. They must yield afl
once or take the consequences.”
ti The Morning Post will say to-paorrowf
"That Nicaragua permitted extreme
measures shows a decided opposition of
her part to the policy pursued by Mr,
Cleveland. We are inclined to think th®
true reason for her course is an under
standing that she shall act with Vene
zuela, both meaning to do their utmost to
Induce Washington to espouse their cause
on the- ground that holding aloof would
contravene the Monroe doctrine. What
ever President Monroe's doctfines were
he certainly never meditated assisting &
state which insulted a foreign nation.
It may be assumed that Nicaragua’s ac
tion will fail.”
..The News will say to-morrow:
The quarrel with Nicaragua is a small
one, but one In which decisive, action is
imperatively forced upon'- Great Britain,
consideration, and Nicaragua presumed
upon his forbearance. There is always
Something odious in the necessity of a
large state cperclng a small one, but
here the small one lias taken a mean ad
vantage of its smallness to put itself
persistently in the wrong.”
.The Daily Chronicle wil isiay to-morrow:
lhe situation in Nicaragua has reached
an almost ludicrous point. England is
in the position of a policeman who ha®
captured a boy a long way from the poiic®
station and does not know what to do
with him. The boy lies in the gutter
menacing terrible revenge by his big
brother. The policeman’s position is equal
ly humiliating and profitless. Sooner or
later Nicaragua, of course, must pay and
beg pardon. The United States is acting
a friendly part toward Great Britain and
Nicaragua in urging the latter to pay the
Indemnity at the earliest moment.”
The Daily Telegraph will say to-mor
row: “We regret the necessity of co
ercing Nicaragua, but just ns in life some
small weak people make themselves dis
agreeable and are all the better for a
sound cuff, so there are instances in
which justice, self-respect and peace of
the world impose the necessity of inflict
ing what may be termed a dlplomatlo
birching rather than an act of war. Th®
United States have show-n, as was to be ex
pected, a becoming sense of the equities
of the situation and have behaved toward
us in nearly every respect as wo should
have behaved toward them.”
The Times will say: “Until Nicaragua
relents wp must keep our ships wher®
they are. whatever inconvenience to our
selves. The means we have taken to
vindicate our just demands are of the
mildest character, which give Any hope
of accomplishing our end.’ The question
is whether they are strong enough to
effectual. Should Nicaragua perse
vere in her present attitude, It may ba
necessary to supplement them. It is
.throughout an unpleasant affair. The at
titude of the United States appears to
have been most friendly and correct. We
believe that, despite the efforts of some
newspapers to create ill feeling, the peo
ple cordially indorse the government'#
course.”
Washington, April 28.—The situation in
Corinto remains unchanged. Dr, Guzeman,
the Nicaraguan minister, this evening in
reply to a cable dispatch asking for spe
cific information >as to the position of
affairs received from Manuel Mutos, sec
retary of foreign affairs, an official dis
patch (stating that the British were still
in control of the city; that the British,
flag was flying over the custom house;
that the Nicaraguan flag had been with
drawn from all the public places; that all
the national authorities had deserted the
town and that Corinto at present was
practically a British possession.
The dispatch contained no further par
ticulars, which leads Dr. Guzeman to be
lieve that all is quiet in the republic.
Colon, April 28.—The last advices from
Corinto are that the opposition to Presi
dent Zelaya threaten to start a movement
to overthrow his administration. Th®
governor of the Mosquito territory refuses
to resign. An armed force will be sent to
subdue him. It is reported that the Brit
ish consul at Managua will receive his
passports from the government.
FRENCH TWO-YEAR-OLDS.
The Annual Spring; Meeting Held on
the Long Champs Course.
Paris, April 28.—The annual spring
meeting for fillies and colts took place on
the Long Champs course to-day. The
race for fillies was won by Edmond
Blacs’ Andrea, by Retreat put of Aralg
nee; H. Delamarre’s Kasbah, by Vigilant,
out of Katla. was second, and Baron de
Sehickler’s Pletra Mala, by Atlantic, out
of Little Sister, was third. All three fil
lies are entered for the Grand prize.
The race for colts was won by Launay,
with Derviche second and Le Saggitairo.
third.
HOUSTON A SMALL HADES.
The Grand Jury Score* the Mayor
and Chief of Police.
Houston, Tex., April 28.—The grand Jury
sent in a report yesterday in which it
scores the mayor and the chief of police
for allowing houses of ill fame, gambling
dens, variety theaters and “fences” for
stolen property to be run openly, and
holds the mayor directly responsible. The
chief of police and his deputy were in
dicted for refusing to give information
as to these places. The mayor lias or
dered the places closed.
NO. 33.