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OTIMESI MHI SMOB I A* WEEK I -.tzxt ( THE MORNING N to 1 VOl J. 40. ■< Established 1850. - - Ine< /^e C £. ▼ VIA TV. | j H ESTILL, Preside. ** 4.S' REV. TALMAGE ON SALVATION. 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 ißcchhi Xcwg. i '“ 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. 1 11 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. ' ( WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEK $1 A YEAR ) 4 5 CENTS A COPY. t { DAILY, $lO A YEAR. f “"'W 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.