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VOL. 45.
GIDEON'S BAND AT GILBOA.
TALMAGE PREACHES ON THE FA
MOUS VICTORY.
Only 300 Men Ont of nn Army of
32,000 Chonen to Accomplish God's
Will— Flight of the Midlnnite* at
the Crash of the Pitchers and the
Glare of the Lamps Held Aloft by
the Band.
New York, Sept. 29,-rln his sermon for
to-day, Rev. Dr. Talmage discusses a sub
ject which is of special interest to Sunday
school teachers and scholars at the pres
ent time, being Gideon’s battle with ,tne
Mldlanites, near Mount Gilboa. The text
chosen was Judges 7: 20, 21: “And the
three companies blew their trumpets, and
brake the pitchers, and held,the lamps in
their left hands, and the trumpets in their
right hands to blow withal. And they
■ stood every man in his place round about
the camp, and all the host ran, and cried,
and fled.”
That is the strangest battle ever fought.
♦ God had told Gideon to go down and thrash
the Mldianltes, but his army is too large;
for* the glory must be given to God, and
not to man. And so proclamation is made
that all those of the troops who are cow
ardly, and want to go home, may go; and
twenty-two thousand of them scampered
away, leaving only ten thousand men. But
God says the army is too large yet; and so
he orders these ten thousand remaining to
march down through a stream, and com
mands Gideon to notice in what manner
these men drink of the water as they pass
through It. . If they get down on all-fours
and drink, then they are to be pronounced
lazy and Incompetent for the campaign;
but if, in passing through the stream,
they scoop up the water in the palm of the
hand and drink, and pass org they are to
be the men selected for the batle. Well,
the ten thousand men marched down in
th stream, and the most of them come
down on all-fours, and plunge their mouths
like a horse or an ox, into the water and
drink; but there are three hundred men
who, Instead of stooping, just dip the
palm of their hands In the water and
bring it to their lips, “lapping it as a dog
lappeth.” Those three hundred brisk,
rapid, enthusiastic men are chosen for
the campaign. They are each to take a
trumpet In the right hand and a pitcher
in the left hand, and a lamp inside the
pitcher, and then at a given signal they
are to blow the trumpets, and throw down
the pitchers, and hold up the lamps. So
it was done.
It Is night. I see a great host of Mldlan
ites, sound asleep in the velley of Jezreel.
Gideon comes up with his three hundred
picked men, and when everything is ready,
the signal Is given, and they blow the
trumpets, and they throw down the pitch
ers, and hold up tne lamps, and the great
host of Mldianltes, waking out of a sound
sleep, take the crash of the crockery and
the glare of the lamps for the coming on
of an overwhelming foe; and they run,
and cut themselves to pieces, and horribly
4 „ The lessons of this subject arc very spir
fithl and Ifnprumshve. This seemingly vulue
less lump of quartz has the pure gold in it.
The Htmallest dew-drop on th® meadow at
night has a star sleeping in its bosom, and
the most insignificant passage of Scrip
ture has In it a shining truth. God’s mint
Coins no small change.
I learn in’.the first place, from this sun
jr't the lawfulness of Christian strata
gem. You know very well that the great
est Victories ever gained by Washington
or Napoleon were gained through tho
fact that they came when, and in away
they were not expected—sometimes fall
ing back to draw out the foe, sometimes
breaking out from ambush, sometimes
crossing a river on unheard-of rafts; all
the time keeping the opposing forces tn
wonderment as to what would be done
next. •
You all know what strategy is in mili
tary affairs. Now I think It is high time
we had this art sanctified and spfrltual-
Ized. In the church, when we are about
to make a Christian assault, we send word
to the opposing force when we expect to
come, how many troops we have, and
how many rounds of shot, and whether
we will come with artillery, Infantry or
cavalry, and of course we are defeated.
There are thousands of men who might
be surprised Into the kingdom of Goa.
We need more tact and ingenuity m
Christian work. It is in spiritual affairs
us In military, that su«cess depends in
attacking that part of the castle which is
not armed and intrenched.
For Instance, here is a man all armed
on the doctrine of election; all his troops
of argument and prejudice are at that
particular gate. Yau may batter away at
that side of tho castle for fifty years and
you will not take it; but just wheel y<Air
.troops to the side gate or the heart’s af
fections, and in five m|nutes you capture
him. I never knew a man to be saved
through a brilliant argument. You cannot
hook men into the kingdom of God by th®
horns of a dilemma. There Is no grace
in syllogisms. Here is a man armed on th®
subject of perseverance of the saints; he
does not believe in it. Attack him at that
point, and he will persevere to the verv
last in not believing it. Here is a man
armed on the subject of baptism; he be
lieves In sprinkling or immersion. All your
discussion of ecclesiastical hydropathy
will not change him. 1 remember, when
1 was a boy. that with other boys T went
into the river on a summer day to bathe
and we used to dash water on each oth<»r'
but never got any result except that our
eyes were blinded; and all this spTaahlng
of water between Baptists and Pedo-bap
tists never results in anything but the
blurring of the spiritual eyesight. In
other words, you ciui never capture a
man’s soul at the point at which he is
especially entrenched. But there is m
every man’s heart a bolt that can be
easily shoved. A little child
four years old may touch that
tui’ d U BnrJ ?K b uek> and lbe
•* 1, 4 X, e < .u t ‘» n ;»? n ‘L Chr ‘ B,t . win com ® in «
I think that the finest of nil the fine
ar * s ,'• the art of doing good, and yet this
art is the bast cultured. We have In tho
kingdom of God to-day enough troops to
conquer the whole earth for Christ if we
i Only ha«. skillful manoeuvering. I would
A <M three hundred lamps and
plu ..era of < hrlstian stratagem than one
hundred thousand drawn swords of llt
•r*ry and ecclesiastical combat.
I learn from this subject, also, that a
small part of the army of God will have
to do all th® hard fighting. Gideons
army was originally composed of thirty
tmHl the'r* ift w , sr n, ’‘ n i hUt t,leV Went Off
t'**’ "there were only ten thousand left.
and * from untn there
tn' Jin ' 18 same
b ?'• £? d - th t hard ‘Uhtlng. Take
* thousand, and you gen-
T?k ! I,y •J eo .P , »’ do the work.
Take a members..ip of five hundred and
V .T C. •< ores of churches
X do th « w ®«*.
! mourn that tncr«* in no much
i ° f Lebanon. I
!“• ~?fr ! "«l*J?,£h ureh tOl - y v lf f ' Vv ml >'
chS?ch WUM 4 th the
tf.ifhJ' ...At\ J? j' ou know
that the more cowards and drones there
are in any army th® weaker it la. I
olck hundred
pit Keo men or Gideon than the twentv
*“”»‘*<** boat. How many
“A • think It is the duty of
th® ouk-kJA- it ♦.?,!. r ‘>.’2 ov ® r them, and
t tie quit Her it dues it, tha quicker it doe*
its duty.
oh Christian. If you have
to no more tnan your share of the work.
You had better thank God that he has
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rnlhi y ?>y t 0 x be one of the picked men,
than to belong to the host of
ou ld not you rather be one
♦ ree hundred that fight, than the
twenty-two thousand that run? I sup
pose those cowarly Gideonites who went
°, congratulated themselves. They
said, We got rid of all that fighting, did
How lucky we have been; that
battle cost* ug nothing at all.’’ But
thay got none of the spoils of the vic
tory. After the battle the three hundred
men went down and took the wealth of
the Mldianltes, and out of the cups and
platters of their enemies they feasted.
And the time will come, my dear breth
ren, when the hosts ,of darkness will be
routed, and Christ will say to his troops,
'Well done, my brave men, go up and
take the spoils! Be more than conquer
ors forever!” and in that day all desert
ers will be shot!
Again.: I learn from this subject, that
God’s way is different from man’s, but
is always the best way. If we had .the
planning of that battle, we would have
taken those 32,000 men that originally
belonged to the army, and we would have
drilled them ahd marched them up and
down by the day and, week, and month,
and we would have had them equipped
with swords or spears, according to tKe
way of arming in those times; and then
we would have marched them down in
solid column upon the foe. But that is
not the way. God depletes the army, and
takes away all their weapons, and gives
them a lamp, and a pitcher, and a trum
pet, and tells them to go down and drive
out the Mldlanites. I suppose some wise
acres were there who said, “That is not
military tactics. The idea of 300 men, un
armed, conquering such a great host of
Mldianltes!" It was the best way. What
sword, spear, or cannon ever accom
plished such a victory as' the lamp,
pitcher, and trumpet?
God's wav is different from man’s way,
but it is always best! Take, for Instance,
the composition of the Bible. If we had
had the writing of the Bible, we would
have saiefc "Let one man write it. If
you have twenty or thirty men to write
a poem, or make a statute, or write a
history, or make an argument, there will
be flaws, and contradictions.” But God
says: "Let not one man do it. but forty
men shall do it.” And they did, differ
ing enough to show there z had been no
collusion between them, but not contra
dicting each other on any Important
point, while they all wrote from their
own standpoint and temperament; so that
the matter-of-fact man has his Moses;
the romantic nature his Ezekiel; the epi
gramatic his Solomon; the warrior his
Joshua; the sailor his Jonah; the loving
his John; the logician his Paul. Instead
of this Bible, which now 1 can lift In
my hand—instead of the Bible the child
can carry to Sunday school—instead of
the little Bible the sailor can put in his
jacket when he goes to sea—ls it had been
left to men to write It, it would have
been a thousand volumes, judging from
the amount of ecclesiastical controversy
which has arisen. God’s way Is different
from man's, but it Is best, Infinitely best.
So It Is fin 'regard to the Christian’s life.
If we had had the planning of a Chris
tian’s life we would have said, “Let him
have eighty years of sunshine, a fine
house to live In; let his surroundings all
be agreeable; let him have sound health;
let no chill shiver through his limbs, no
pain ache his brow, or trouble shadow his
soul.” I enjoy the prosperity of others
so much, I would let every man have as
much money as he wants, and roses for
his children’s cheeks, and fountains of
gladness glancing In their large round
eyes.' But that is not God’s way. It
seems as if man must be cut, and hit,
and pounded just in proportion as he is
useful. His child falls from a third-sto
ry window, and has its life dashed out;
his most confld®nt investment tumbles
him into bankrqptcy: his friends, on
whom he depended, aid the natural force
of gravitation in taking him down; his
life is a Bull Run defeat. Instead of
tw’enty-two thousand advantages, he has
only ten thousand —ay, only three hun
dred—ay, none at all. How many good
people there are at their wits’ end about
their livelihood, about their reputation.
But they will find out It is the best way
after awhile: God will show them that
he depletes tnelr advantages just for the
same reason he depleted the army of
Gideon—that they may be induced to
throw themselves on his mercy.
A grapevine says in the early spring:
“How glad I am to gtt through the win
ter! I shall have no more trouble now!
Summer weather will come and the gar
den will be very beautiful!" But the gar
dener comes and cuts the vine here and
there with hts knife. The twigs begin to
fall, and the grapevine cries out: "Mur
der! what are you cutting mo for?” “Ah,”
says the gardener, “I don’t mean to kill
you. If I did not do this you "would be
the laughing stock of all the other vines
before the season is over," -Months go
on, and one day the gardener comes un
der the trellis, where great clusters of
grapes hang, and the grapevine says:
n Thank you, sir; you could not have done
anything so kind as to have cut me with
that knife." “Whom the Lord loveth he
rhasteneth.” No pruning, no grapes; no
grinding-mill, no flour; no battle, no vic
tory; no cross, no crown!
So God’s way, in the redemption of the
world, is different from ours. If we had
our way, we would have had Jesus st nd
jn the door of heaven and beckon the
nations up to light, or we would have
had angels flying around the sarth i>ro
xilalming thg unsearchable riches of
Christ. Why is it that the cause goes
on so slowy? Why Is it that the chains
stay on when God could knock them
off? Why do thrones of despotism stand,
when God could so easily demolish them?
It is his w’ay. tn order that all generations
may co-operate, and that all men may
know they cannot do the w'ork them
selves. Just in proportion as these pyra
mids of sin go up in hight will they come
down in ghastliness and ruin.
Oh, thou father of all iniquity! If thou
canst hear my voice above the crackling
of the flames, drive on thy projects, dis
patch thy emissaries, build thy temples,
and forge thy chains; but know that thy
fall from heaven was not greater than
thy final overthrow shall be when thou
shalt be driven disarmed Into thy fiery
I den; and for every lie thou hast framed
upon earth thou shalt have an additional
I hell of fury poured into thine anguish by
I the vengeance of our God; and all heaven
I shall shout at the overthrow, as from the
' ransomed earth the song breaks through
I the skies, “Hallelejah! for the Lord God
I Omnipotent reigneth! Hallelujah! for the
l kingdoms of this world have become the
! kingdoms of our Lord Jesus Christ!”
God’s way in the composition of the Bible,
God’s way in the Christian’s life, God's
I way In the redemption of the world, God s
way in everything—different from man’s
j way, but the best.
I learn from this subject, that the over
! throw of God's enemies /will be sudden
| and terrific. There is the armv of the
Mldlanites down ip the valley of Jezreel.
I suppose their mighty men are dreaming
of victory. Mount Gilboa never stood
sentinel for ao large a host. The spears
and the shields of the Mldlanites gleam
I in the moonlight, and glance on the eye
of the Israelites, who hover like a battle
of eagles, ready to swoop from the cliff.
Sleep on, oh army of the Mldianltes'
With the night to hide them, and the
mountain to guard them and strong arms
to defend them, let no slumbering foe
i man dream of disaster! Peace to
the captains and the spearmen!
Crash go the pitchers’ up flare the
I lamps! To the mountains! fly! fly
I Troop running against troop, thousands
i trampling upon thousands. Hark to the
scream and groan of the routed foe. with
the Lord God Almighty after them! How
sudden the onset, how wild the conster
nation. how utter the defeat! I do not
care so much what is against me. if God
is not. You want a better sword or car
bine than 1 have ever seen tor go out and
fight against the Lord omnipotent. Give
me God fur my ally, and you may have
ail the battlements and battalions.
I saw the defrauder In his splendid
I house. It seemed as if he had conquered
God, as he stood amidst the blase of
chandeliers and pier mirrors. In the dia
monds of the wardrobe I saw the tears
of the widows whom he had robbed, and
In the snowy satin pallor of the white
cheeked orphans whom he had wronged.
The blood of the oppressed glowed in the
deep crimson of the imported chair. The
music trembled with the sorrow of un-
I requited toil. But the wave of mirth
dashed higher on reefs of coral and pearl.
The days and the nights went merrily.
No sick child dared pull that silver door
bell. No beggar dared sit on that marble
i step. No voice of prayer floated amidst
that tapestry. No shadow of a judgment
day darkened that fresco. No tear of hu
man sympathy dropped upon that up
: holstery. Pomp strutted the hall, and
I dissipation filled her cup, and all seemed
I safe as the Mldlanites in the valley of
■ Jezreel. But God came. Calamity smote
the money market. The partridge left
its eggs unhatched. Crash went all the
porcelain pitchers! Ruin, rout, dismay,
and woe in the valley of J'ezreel!
Alas for those who fight against God!
Only two sides. Man immortal, which
side are you on? Woman immortal, which
side are you on? Do you belong to the
300 that are- going to win the day, or to
the great host of Mldianltes asleep in
the valley, only to be roused up in con
sternation and ruin? Suddenly the gold
en bowl of life will be broken, and the
trumpet blown that will startle our soul
into eternity. The day of the Lord com
eth as a thief in the night, and as the
God-armed Israelites upon the sleeping
foe. Ha! Canst thou pluck up courage
for the day when the trumpet which
hath never been blown shall speak the
roll-call of the dead, and the earth, dash
ing against a lost meteor, have its moun
tains scattere-d to the stars, and oceans
emptied in the air? Oh, then, what will
become of you? What will become of
me?
If those Mldianltes had only given up
their swords the day before the disaster,
all would have been well; and if you
will now surrender the sins with which
you have been fighting against God, you
will be safe. Oh, make peace with him
now, through Jesus Christ, the Lord.
With the clutch of a drowning man seize
the cross Oh, surrender! surrender!
Christ, with his hand on his pierced side,
asks you to.
A GALE ON LAKE MICHIGAN.
The Waves Rolling High and Ves
sells Hugging the Ports.
St. Joseph, Mich., Sept. 29.—The storm
which has raged here since last Saturday
morning has, as yet, abated but little. No
steamers have left here since Friday night
and much fruit is now laying on the docks
awaiting transportation. The steamer
Puritan, probably to make a record, left
Chicago this morning In the face of a
gale, arriving three miles off this port at
11 o’clock. She was rolling and pound
ing very badly and could only be seen a
portion of the time. The waves were roll
ing over the piers and she could not enter
and started off on the Milwaukee route.
Two schooners were reported this after
noon as being ashore between here and
South Haven. The wind has whipped the
remaining fruit off the trees, blown sev
eral small houses down and torn shade
trees up by the roots, besides damaging
telegraph communication.
.Early this morning a freight train on
the Chicago and West Michigan railway
was stuck in the sand that had been
blown on the track during the night.
'Gangs of shovelers were put to work and
cleared it after several hours’ work.
Reports from Muskegon say that one
of the worst lake gales has been raging
there for twenty-four hours, and the
waves have rolled higher than for many
years, submerging wharves and doing
considerable damage. The steamers of
the Goodrich line did not leave port last
night, owing to the ■ roughness of the
lake.
To-day the lake has been in an angry
mood, and no small craft could weather
the sea. Several boats are sheltered here
waiting for the lake to calm down.
At Holland, A fifty-mile-an-bour
northwester raged last night. The sea
is rolling over the piers. The Holland-
Chicago transportation boats out of there
were ordered to remain in port last night.
Marquette, Mich., Sept. 29.—The barge
Kershaw, together with the schooners
Moonlight and Kent, which she had in
tow, was beached this morning at 3
o’clock. The Kershaw and her consorts
were making harbor safely when a steam
pipe broke and the boats were at the
mercy of the heavy seas and a strong wind
which was prevailing. The life-saving
crew rescued nine of the men on the Ker
shaw and made two desperate attempts to
rescue the four men who were In a yawl,
which was tied to the wreck of the Ker
shaw,'but the life boat swamped and the
crew had to swim ashore. After securing
a new boat and some new men they again
attempted and rescued the men, after they
had been nearly frozen, having been in the
yawl five hours. The Kershaw is broken
in two and is pounding to pieces. She will
be a total wreck. The Moonlight . and
Kent are resting safely on the sand beach
and all on board are safe.
Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 29.—The storm which
broke over this city and which has pre
vailed over the lake for the past two days,
has been the most severe of the season.
The maximum velocity of the wind was
fifty-five miles an hour, and the rainfall
was very heavy. Much alarm was felt in
marine circles over the safety of several
vessels overdue, but it is believed they
have all put in port at safe harbors. There
were several accidents to shipping in this
harbor, but no loss of life and the money
loss will be slight.
New Haven, Conn., Sept. 29.—A forty
mile gale prevailed here this afternoon,
accompanied by an exceedingly heavy
rain. Trees in the western part of the
city were blown down. Over in Branford
it is reported that much damage was done
by the wind to fruit trees. The harbor is
full of shipping wind-bound,
Cleveland O„ Sept. 29.-The gravest ap
prehension is felt here for the safety of
the passenger steamer State of New
York of the Cleveland and Buffalo line
which was due here at 6:30 o’clock this
morning from Buffalo. Up to midnight
she had not been heard from, either at an
American or Canadian port. A high wind
has been blowing all day and a verv heaw
sea is running in Lake Erie.
Although late in the season for passen
ger traffic, the New York had quite a
large party of excursionists on board.
AN OUTLAW AT DEATH’S DOOR.
A Bullet Fired by n Dying Victim
Brings on Blood Poisoning.
Huntington, W. Va„ Sept. 29.—Frank
Phillips, one of the members of the James
gang during their tour through Kentucky
and Tennessee in the early 70’s, and later a
figure in the McCoy-Hatfield feud, is dying
! from blood poisoning, fifty miles south of
here in Kentuckv, caused by a bullet
wound. A few days ago. on ‘the line be
tween Virginia and Kentucky, he enticed
Frank Arnett out and shot him to death
During the dying moments of the latter
he fired a bullet into his assailant that
dta U d Ck the ' ital P ° tnt aQd then dr °PP*d
NO ATTEMPT TO KILL ITO.
The Police Discovered the Plot Be
fore It Could Be Execnted.
London, Sept. 29.—A dispatch from Yo-
I kohama says the report that an attempt
; had been made upon the life of Marquis
I Ito, prime minister of Japan, was «er
| roneous. No attempt was actually made,
i but the police discovered a conspiracy to
i murder the prime minister on the night
of Sept. 27. Documents were found which
| implicated in the plot the man whose ar
> rest was mentioned yesterday.
IS YOUR BR AIN TIRED f
Take Horsford’s Acid Phosphate.
It supplies the needed food for the brain
and nerves and makes exertion easy.—ad.
SAVANNAH, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30. 1895.
CHICAGO AND THE CUBANS.
TWO MASS MEETINGS TO BE HELD
TO-NIGHT.
Addresses to Be Delivered by Lend
ing Citizens, Who Are in Synipathy
With the Islnnders Fighting for
Liberty—Secretary De Quesada
Says the Cuban Army Numbers
35,000 to 40,000 Men, Bnt Only Half
of Them Are Well Armed.
Chicago, 111., Sept. 29.—A1l the arrange
ments have been completed for the meet
ing of Cuban sympathizers to be held in
Central Music hall to-morrow night. The
programme includes addresses from lead
ing citizens of Chicago who are inter
ested in the struggle for independence
now in progress just south of Florida.
So great have been the manifestations of
interest and sympathy that the commit
tee has rented Association hall, as well
as Central Music hall, and two meetings
will be held. Among the speakers who
will address the assemblages are Rev.
W. F. Gunsaulus, Hon. W. J. Hynes,
George C. Adams, Dr. P. S. Henson,
Thomas B. Bryan and George R. Peck.
Gonzales De,Quesada, secretary of the
Cuban revolutionary party, and O. A.
Zayas of New York arrived in Chicago
last night as the invited guests of the
Cujian Revolutionary Club. It is not
unlikely that they will address to-morrow
night’s meeting. Their visit to Chicago
at a time when the American sympa
thizers were to hold a mass meeting is
merely a coincidence, they claim. They
come in the- interest of the revolution in
Cuba, their prime object being to look
after the question of finance, arms and
ammunition for the aid of their country
men in Cuba. Said Gonzales DeQuesada
this evening: "Our organization, the
Cuban revolutionary party, is composed
of 200 clubs, located in this country, Mex
ico ana South America. This organiza
tion was formed three years ago of the
disintegrated elements of the old Cuban
war veterans. We have done a great work
and in February last the revolution in
Cuba was launched. We have had to
overcome human selfishness. I never saw
anything like it. We have to fight an
army ot self-seekers and beggars, well
wishers, and all that. Somehow the sto
ry has got out that there is a vast amount
of money behind tms movement; that we
all have money to throw away and are
not too wise in spending it, and from
house to house, day to day, have to fight
off tramps.
"I have just received a letter from Cuba.
We have an army of between 35,000 and
40,000 men, of which 20,000 are well armed,
but the rest are poorly armed and there
is need of ammunition. What they need
and desire is recognition from the United
States. W'hy, Xhe Spanish tell the ignor
ant down there that they will finish up
whipping the Cubans and then will cross
over into this country and whip the Uni
ted States. You see it is only a ten-hour
trip across from Florida and the influ
ence of the United States through the
press commercially, and by reason of the
fact that many Cubans out of the Cuban
families have sent their sons to American
coLeges Ju be cuicfa-te.q 'L-rousut
about this revolution.
“We have already set up a republic and
elected Gen. Bartolemo Masso president.
I have had no official notification of this,
but I am reliably informed that such is
the case.”
Raleigh, N. C., Sept. 29.—An agent of
the Cuban revolutionists is in Catawba
county attempting to enlist a company
of men to go to Cuba. He offers a com
mission as lieutenant and makes liberal
proposals. Not one man has been found
who will enlist. Efforts made at other
points in North Carolina to secure re
cruits have likewise failed, though there
is general sympathy for the Cubans.
Madrid, Sept. 29.—A dispatch from Ha
vana to the Imparcial says that a com
mittee of the Autonomist party visited
Captain General Martinez Campos and
presented a petition for the release of a
number of prisoners who were brought
recently to Santiago. The captain gen
eral refused to free the prisoners, who
will start for Europe to-morrow
Key West, Fla., Sept. 29.—Great indigna
tion has been occasioned here by the re
port that marines from the Spanish cruiser
Conde De Venadlto have been landed on
the keys north of here to search for fili
busters. It is supposed thdt the filibus
ters have arms and supplies concealed
on one of the keys, and the Conde De
Venadlto had been on the watch for some
time.
Now it seems, according to reports
brought here by fishermen, that searching
parties have been landed from the cruiser
on almost every key that would afford a
rendezvous for filibusters. It is believed
the reports are true, as copies of La
Lucha, a Havana paper, received here yes
terday, state that the commander of the
Conde De X enadito had orders to make a
« earch the keys near this city
for filibusters and arms,
The citizens here are indignant, and the
state department will be asked to inves
tigate. The keys belong to Florida, and
jntich a portion of the United
States as the mainland. If the Spaniards
can land searching parties on the keys
L h . ey £ an w s ,° land them on the mainland.
The insult is considered as gross to the
ls the Conde De Venadlto
'? nded marines to search the homes of
the Cuban sympathizers in Key West
Del ” »~United States
District Attorney Vandegrift has in
structed Collector of Customs Townsend
to retain possession of the arms and
ammunition which were captured when
the alleged Cuban filibusters were ar
rested on Aug. 29. The arms, etc, are stor
ed in the basement of the federak build
ing. Instructions respecting their dis
posal will probably be received from
Washington some time this week
The friends of the Cuban cause in this
city, since the acquittal of the alleged
filibusters in the United States court are
receiving hundreds of signatures to a pe
tition asking congress at its coming ses
sion to grant belligerent rights to the Cu
bans.
SEATTLE’S TORPEDO BOAT.
One of the New Craft to Be Built on
the Paeifle.
Washington, Sept. 29.—Secretary Her
bert has awarded the contract for build
ing one of the new torpedo boats to Moran
Bros, of Seattle, Wash., at their bid of
816D.000.
This boat is the last to be constructed
under a recent act of congress, which
provided for three sea-going torpedo
boats, one to be built on the Mississippi
river, one on the Atlantic coast and one
on the Pacific coast. As no bid was re
ceived from ship-builders on the Missis
sippi. th® other two boats are to be built
by the Herreshoffs and will have to be
completed within twelve months after the
contract is formally entered into.
Moran Bros.’ original proposal was $164 -
000. but this amount was more than con
gress authorized the secretarv to spend
The navy department was also doubtfui
of the ability of the firm to do the wokk
successfully, and an engineer was sent
from Mare Island, Cal., to inspect their
plant. His report being favorable. Sec
retary Herbert informed the firm that he
would accept their amended bid of $160,000*
Macon Race® Postponed.
Macon. Ga.. Sept. 29.—Owing to lateness
in getting a license granted late Saturday
afternoon, the Southern Racing Associa'-
tlon has postponed its meeting from Oct
1 to Oct. 7.
KIRKLAND’S REPRIMAND.
The President Approves Secretary
Herbert’s Action.
Washington, Sept. 29.—Secretary Her
bert’s reprimand of Admiral Kirkland,
commanding the European squadron, it is
understood, has been approved by Presi
dent Cleveland and the incident is thereby
probably closed. Admiral Kirkland is an.
old personal friend of the chief executive
of France, and when M. Faure was elect
ed to the presidency of that republic the
former -wrote him a congratulatory letter
signed in his official capacity. When
knowledge of this fact transpired, excep
tion -was taken to it by the navy depart
ment and Secretary Herbert called for an
explanation. Admiral Kirkland made no
effort to conceal the authorship of the let
ter and a reprimand was administered by
the secretary. From this the officer ap
pealed to the President. It is said that
the President in his letter to the admiral
transmitted through the secretary went
further than merely upholding the course
of the secretary, informing Admiral Kirk
land that in his official capacity as com
mander of 'the European squadron he had
no right to write a communication to the
President of France congratulating him
upon his election.
President Cleveland and Secretary Her
bert both were of the opinion that the ex
tension of congratulations to a successful
candidate might be taken as felicitation
over the defeat of his opponents, and the
latter, taking umbrage at the course
pursued by our naval representative might
embroil us in a complication with the
government of France.
Rear Admiral Kirkland did not refuse
to furnish the department with a copy of
his letter to M. Faure, but so far it has
not been received. This evening Secreta
ry Herbert positively declined to discuss
the matter.
UNDERWRITERS INDICTED.
They Are <Jh urged With Maintain
ing- a Trust.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 29.—The Ken
tucky and Tennessee board of underwrit
ers has been indicted for maintaining a
trust. Just before the adjournment of
the grand jury this question came before
it and they returned a true bill in the
matter. None of the members can escape
arrest. The warrants are now being
draw, and in a few days all hands will be
arrested and boujnd over to court for trial.
The men who are charged with the law
breaking do not seem to be much wor
ried, however, about the turn affairs have
taken. Said one of them: “We have
taken no action in the matter. There
will be plenty of time after we are arrest
ed. No, we have not secured any attorney
to defend us. A grand jury is liable to
indict a man for eating his dinner, and
we are not much worried. The * same
state of affairs exists all over the coun
try, but the courts elsewhere have not
taken any notice of it.”
The underwriters claim that they are
far from wishing to do the people harm
through the combination, but say it
makes things easier for the insurers. The
facts of the case do not bear out this
statement to any great extent.
A. P. A. MEN IN BATTLE ARRAY.
A PtSnß'k Prnyer Ov-r a Roy’s Corpse,
Causes Trouble.
Pana, 111., Sept. 29.—Walter Lyford,
aged 19 years, was caught under a cable
car in the Spring side coal company’s
mine yesterday morning and internally
injured. He died yesterday afternoon.
Before he died Rev. Father Weigand call
ed at the house and was admitted. Pass
ing his hands over the body of young Ly
ford, he said a prayer.
F. S. Lyford, father of the boy, object
ed to the proceedings and ordered Father
Weigand out of the house. Father Wei
gand left and Informed Catholics of the
action of Lyford. Some of the Catho
lics were greatly excited over the treat
ment given to their priest, and say as
the dead boy is a member of the Catholic
faith, they will take his body and see
that he is decently burled in accordance
with the rules of the faith.
Lyford's father, who is a member of
the A. P. A., called on that order for as
sistance and twenty-five members re
sponded. The A. P. A.’s have charge of
the body and declare that they will stand
their ground and if any attempt is made to
take it blood will flow.
BALL PLAYER’S FATAL BULLETS.
He Kills His Child and Sister-in-law,
and Tries to Kill His Wife.
Decatur, 111., Sept. 29.—Charles Smith,
better known as “Pacer” Smith, a base
ball player of state reputation, shot his
sister-in-law, Edna Buchert, and his 7-
year-old child yesterday afternoon. The
woman died instantly. The child cannot
recover. He tried to 'kill his wife, but
missed her.
Smith and his wife have been separated
five years. She has been living with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Buchert. She
left him because of his failure to support
her.
He was with his wife and child on the
back steps when, without a word, he be
gan shooting at the child. One shot went
into its neck and lodged in the back of its
head. Doctors say it cannot recover. His
wife ran arountj the house and he fol
lowed, tiring.
His sister-in-law, Edna Buchert, who
ran out of the front door to see what was
going on, received a bullet in her breast,
intended for Mrs. Smith, and fell dead.
Smith then started down town, but three
blocks away the police caught him and
locked him up.
THREE BOYS DROWNED.
Boats in Which They Were Sailing;
at New York Capsize.
New York, Sept. 29.—Two boys, William
Stanford, aged 17, and Darry Stanford, 9
years old, brothers, were drowned to-day
in the North river by the capsizing of a
sail boat.
A cat boat, in which Samuel Hauptman,
20 years of age. was sailing on the Harlem
river, also capsized and Hauptman was
drowned.
None of the bodies were recovered.
A CAVE-IN AT A MINE.
It Extends 100 Feet In and the Sur
face Settles Twelve Feet.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Sept. 29.—An extensive
cave-in occurred at the No. 4 mine in Ply
mouth late last night. It extends 100 feet
in length, the surface having settled
twelve feet. Many of the chambers in the
mine have been closed by the falling
debris. The squeeze continued to-night,
though no further damage is apprehended.
This portion of the mine will be abandoned
until the fall is cleared up.
Killed by a Fall of ITO Feet.
Bluefield. W. Va., Sept. 29.—Paul Flesh
er, postmaster at Elkhorn, W. Va., was
killed to-day by falling from Pinnacle
Rock, near Bramwell. He had gone to
spend the day at that picturesque spot
and while at the top of the rock, lost his
footing and fell almost perpendicularly
170 feet.
ENGLAND’S DEMAND ON CHINA.
Degredatlon of the Viceroy of Sze
C'hnen Insisted on.
London, Sept. 29.—A dispatch from Pekin
to a local news agency says that, the Brit
ish government has discussed an ultima
tum to China, demanding that the Pekin
government issue within two weeks a
proclamation degrading the viceroy of
Sze-Chuen; otherwise, the British ad
miral in Chinese waters will take action.
The same dispatch says that an Ameri
can commission, consisting of the United
States consul at Tien-Tsln, the naval offi
cer and the interpreter of the United
States legation is about to start overland
for the scene of the outrages.
The viceroy, the dispatch says, has sig
nified his Intention of paying the French
indemnity of 940,000
The Daily News to-morrow, comment
ing on the British government’s ulti
matum to China, will say: “The govern
ment doubtless has good reasons for its
ultimatum, and it will not have cause to
complain of a want of support from the
country.’’
The Standard will say: “Lord Salis
bury has been patient enough. The mo
ment for action has arrived. The British
demands must be enforced, if necessary,
by the presence of a fleet in the Yang-Tse-
Kiang, if not by the occupation of Nan
kin.”
-The Standard predicts a revolution in
China and the overthrow of the Manchu
dynasty if the government at Pekin is
enough to defy the western powers.
The Chronicle will say: “There seems
to be no alternative for this stern de
mand. China will probably yield. The
Chronicle regards the situation as being
fraught with serious complications, as
other powers are involved.’’
The Daily Telegraph will say that no
body, will feel surprised at Lord Salis
bury s prompt and decisive step, as there
was nothing else to be done.
The Times will say it is satisfactory to
nnd that at last recourse is being had to
the only treatment that the Chinese un
derstand. It regrets that it will be diffi
cult to get at Lui-Ping-Chang, the former
viceroy of Sze-Chuen, but it thinks that
Chang-Chih-Tung, viceroy of Nankin,
who is believed to have had a share In
the promoting of the Sze-Chuen riots, is
more accessible. “There is little doubt'
that a vigorous saueeze at Nankin will
be felt distinctly enough at Sze-Chuen.
In old days we put such a high official
on board of a British ship and deported
him. It is high time that another salu
tary lesson of this kind be administered.”
A MOB AFTER A RAVISHER.
Two Hundred Negroes on His Heels
With Gunn and Dogs.
Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 29.—A determined
chase of a black rapist by an ever in
creasing mob of colored people is in
progress in the northern part of this
county. The victim of the negro’s lust
was a 15-year-old colored girl, the daugh
ter of Harrison Payne, a prosperous
farmer living one mile from Atoka. Late
yesterday evening she was forced from
her house at the point of a pistol by
Louis McDaniels, and taken In the woods.
Her little brother gave the alarm, and a
couple of neighbors at once took the
trail. At length the girl was found, but
the deed had been accomplished. Her
assailant escaped, and the chase after
him was begun at once, the crowd rapidly
gathering in force: It continued all of
ilu-turday, ai.d ocaursiona.lly wm* of the
pursuers would get a shot at the fugitive.
He was wounded, but escaped into a
canebrake. The pursuers number more
than 200, and they are assisted by blood
hounds. An up-to-date lynching at the
hands of negroes is certain if McDaniels
is captured up there.
A PACIFIC STEAMER ASHORE.
The Humbolt Going to Pieces on the
Rocks Off Point Gorda.
Eureka, Cal., Sept. 29.—The steamer
Humboldt is on the rocks oft Point Gorda,
and is a total wreck. A. H. Buhne and
Purser Baird, who got ashore in a small
boat yesterday afternoon, have reached
this city. The passengers were all taken,
safely to shore in lifeboats in the forenoon,’
probably before the first boat, containing
the purser and his men, landed. This boat
landed some fifteen miles above the wreck.
The mail was not taken off, but in all
probability the life-saving crew will do so
when a tug arrives on the scene. The
Humboldt is lying about 1,000 yards from
land, with her stern pointing in shore
ward, and is breaking up fast.
Several years ago the steamer Arago ran
the Humboldt down near Point Reyes and
came near sinking her. Some time after
ward she lost her rudder on the bar and
was four days in reaching San Francisco.
She was valued at $60,000 when new, and
carried a valuable cargo on her last trip.
She was insured for $30,000.
TRAMPS CAPTURE A CABOOSE.
Three Passentrers Badly Beaten With
Revolvers and Robbed,
Fargo, N. D., Sept. 29.—When the North
ern Pacific accommodation train, due here
from the west at 8 o'clock this morning,
was passing through Buffalo, a small sta
tion some miles out, an hour earlier, a
party of tramps appeared in the caboose,
in which were three passengers, named,
Freisen, Richards and Jamarck.
The tramps attacked them with pistols
and after pounding them badly rohped
them of about $65. Richards, who put up
a hard fight, was thrown from the train,
and had one of his shoulders broken.
Jamarck and Freisen were then ordered
to jump off, and because they did not
move at once, were beaten again with re
volvers. They finally jumped to escape
punishment. When Conductor Bolton
heard of the hold-up the robbers had got
ten away. Jamarck is suffering from in
ternal injuries and Freisen's face is bad
ly cut. The tramps did not interfere with
the trainmen, for they were all absent
from the caboose.
LOSS OF THE MARIPOSA.
The Vessel Can’t Be Floated, But Her
Car*o May Be Saved.
St. Johns, N. F., Sept. 29.—The British
warship Buzzard arrived here to-day from
Forteau, Labrador coast, where the Do
minion line steamer Mariposa, which
sailed from Montreal Sept. 20 for Liver
pool, in command of Cabe, is ashore,
and reports tjiat.it <4ll be impossible to
float her. The who«e forepart of the Mari
posa’s bottom is torn out and the ship is
full of water.
The Buzzard came here to summon as
sistance in saving the cargtFof the strand
ed steamer, and it is believed that much
can be taken out if the weather continues
favorable. The steamer Nimrod, which i
was fishing near the scene of the disaster
will probably take off the full cargo All 1
the cattle and sheep on the Mariposa had I
been landed, the salvors getting half their
value. The captain and officers of the ;
Mariposa remain by the ship, living in a
tent erected on shore near the wreck.
Pope Leo Holds a Reception.
Rome, Sept. 29.—The pope held a bril
liant reception to-day as an off-set to
the national fetes. There was a very large
attendance.
The pope, addressing the assemblage
declared that it was impossible to speak
of a reconciliation with Italy until all the
rights of the church had been restored j
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PASTEUR’S END ONE OF PAIN.
HIS HEART WEAK AND PAINFUL
AND SPASMS FREQUENT. *
His Last Word a Whispered “Yes’’
in Reply to His Wife’s Question
Whether He Snffftered Much Pain.
The Remains Lying; in ai Ram
shackle Building; Above Stables
" here a Hundred Horses Are Kept.
All the Surroundings Most Humble.
Paris, Sept. 29.—The following informa
tion concerning the closing hours of
Prof. Pasteups life has been obtained
by the correspondent of the United Press,
who has just returned from Ville Neuve.
Prof. Pasteur’s condition became seri
ously worse on the evening of Friday
last. Albuminuria was observed, the
heart became very weak, and painful and
violent spasms became frequent. About
9 o’clock yesterday morning Prof. Pas
teur's wife asked him whether ha suffered
much pain. The dying man faintly whis
pered “yes.” This was the last word he
uttered. Afterward he was most of the
time unconscious. When it was seen that
the end was near, Prof. Pasteur’s son,
who was staying at San Sebastian, was
summoned, but he did not arrive in time
to see his father alive. Mme. Pasteur, a
few near relatives. Dr. ’ Roux and others
engaged in the Pasteur institute were
present at the death bed. After his death
Mme. Pasteur closed her husband’s eyea
and placed a crucifix in his hands.
At L'Etang x ark, in a room on the first
floor of a ramshackle building, above sta
bles where a hundred horses are kept
for use in connection with the prepara
tion of diphtheria serum, lie the remains
of the great chemist. The chamber has a
low ceiling and the walls are covered
with cheap green paper. A small carpet
is spread on the deal floor. There are
two, wicker seated chairs and an arm
chair. The body lies on a simple, cur
tainless wooden bedstead. On a plain ta
ble stands a branched candle-stick in.
which are lighted candles. Close by, in
a cupboard placed between two windows,
are the books that M. Pasteur used to
take to Ville Neuve from Paris whenever
he paid a visit there. The unpretentious
character of the surroundings seem to
throw into relief the reposeful features
and strong benevolent face of the dead
n 'jn. The hands are clasped on the cru
cifix which Mme. Pasteur placed in them
when her husband died. On the white
coverlet are arrayed many of the orders
and other decorations which were con
ferred upon M. Pasteur during his life
time. The members of the family watch
mourning by the. bedside.
The body of Ml Pasteur will probably
be embalmed to-night. The public will be
admitted to view the remains, to-mor
row.
While the United Press correspondent
was in the death chamber M. Poincare,
the French minister of public instruc
tion, arrived. His mission was to request
the famjly to allow the government to
give the dead scientist national obsequies
and to inter the body in the Pantheon.
M. Valery. tpe. husband of M. p» B r
daughter, on behalf of the’Tamily del
ferred an acceptance of these offers un
til M. Octave Gerard. M, Pasteur's exec
utor and colleague in the academy, -reads
the will of the dead man to the assembled
family to-night. Nevertheless, it is al
ready settled that , the body will be ex
posed in the library of the Pasteur In
stitute. It is understood that the family
desire to have the interment in the garden
of the Pasteur Institute, and will request
the government that this be done. It
is expected that the funeral will take
place on Tuesday next, but as vet the
day has not been fixed.
A stream of visitors to-day signed the
register at Ville Neuve. Among them were
many eminent men of science, academi
cians and societarles.
The little telegraph office at Garches,
■which is close to Ville Neuve, was kept
busy the whole day receiving telegrant
of condolence that were sent to Mme.
Pasteur. President Faure, M. Hanotaux,
the French minister of foreign affairs;
the king of the Belgians, who Is visiting
Paris: M. Saussier, the military governor
of Paris; Dr. Lepine and the Paris Stu
dents Association were among the first
to send messages to the widow.
London. Sept. 29.—A dispatch from
Paris to a news agency says that it has
been decided to inter the body of M
Pasteur in the garden of the Pasteur
Institute in Paris, in accordance with
the wishes of his family. After a service
in Notre Dame cathedral the body will
be placed temporarily in a vault at Mont
martre.
OHIO’S SILVERITES,
A Flight to Be Conducted for the
Metal During the State Campaign.
Columbus, Q„ Sept. 29.—The silver dem
ocrats of Ohio will conduct a fight for
the white metal during the state cam
paign, in spite of the declaration of the
state convention in favor of the single
gold standard. There was a conference
of prominent free silver men in the party
at the office of Allen W. Thurman yes
terday, at which this course was de
termined upon. Among those present at
the conference were L. E. Holden, editor
of the Cleveland Plain Dealer; Gen. E. B.
Finley of Bucyrus, Judge E. J. Blandin
of Cleveland, J. A. Norton of Tiffin, Col.
W. A. Taylor of Columbus and L. A.
Russell of Cleveland.
It was decided to organize for work
in accordance with the plans adopted at
the conference of the friends of free
silver held at Washington recently, and
to this end a state central committee
consisting of one member from each
congressional district was selected. This
committee will meet here on Oct. 7 and
elect an active committee to conduct the
free silver campaign. The free silver
advocates explain that they de not pro
pose to oppose the democratic state tick
et, but their proposed action will neces
sarily embarrass the managers of the
democratic state campaign to some ex
tent.
FAURE NOT GOING TO RUSSIA.
French Newspaper Stories Based on
Conjecture Only.
London, Sept. 29.—The Morning Post
to-morrow will print a dispatch from
St. Petersburg to a news agency,
saying that the reports; published
by French newspapers concerning
President Faure’s alleged intention to
visit Russia, are based upon pure conjec
ture. No communications have passed
nor has any agreement been effected in re
gard to the matter.
MAZZINI’S MEMORY,
n
Republican Societies of Italy nt the
Patriot’s Grave.
Rome, Sept. 29.—Six hundred delegates
from various republican societies, with
flags and bands of music, marched to the
capitol this evening to do honor to the
memory of the Italian patriot, Gulseppe
Mazzini. Signor Haroni, the radical
member of the Chamber of Deputies, de
livered an oration.
NO. 76.