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1 D ec 9e x V GEORGIA. 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 ( THE MORNING NEWS. ’ 1 < Established 1860. - - Incorporated 1888. > I J. H. ESTILL, President. J 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 ( SVEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEK $1 A YEAR ) 4 5 CENTS A COPY. t I DAILY. $lO A YEAR. I 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.