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VOL. 45.
PETTY ANNOYANCES OF LIFE.
TALMAGE TELLS OF THE HORNET
IN BIBLICAL HISTORY.
A Peralan Army Once Routed by n
Swarm of the Pestlferou* In*ect*.
The Hittite* and Canaanite* Driven
From Their Country by the Same
Insect—Different Forms Assnmeft
by the Small Stinging Annoyance*
of Life and the Lesson* to Be De
ducted From Them.
Washington, Dec. 15.—Dr. Talmage to
day chose for his discourse a theme that
will appeal to most people, viz: The petty
annoyances of life. His text was: “The
Lord thy God will send the hornet.”
Deut. 7:20.
It seems as if the insectile world were
determined to extirpate the human race.
It bombards the grain fields and the orch
ards and the vineyards. The Colorado
beetle, the Nebraska grasshopper, the New
Jersey locust, the universal potato-bug,
seem to tarry on the work which was be
gun ages ago when the insects buzzed out
of Noah’s Ark as the door was opened.
In my text, the hornet files out oh its
mission. It is a species of wasp, swift in
Ils motion and violent in its sting. Its
touch is torture to man or beast. We have
all seen the cattle run bellowing under the
cut of its lancet. In boyhood we used to
stand cautiously looking at the globular
nest hung from the tree branch, and while
we were looking at the wonderful covering
we were struck with something that sent
us shrieking away. The hornet goes in
swarms. It has captains over hundreds,
and twenty of them alighting on one man
will produce death.
The Persians attempted to conquer a
Christian city, but the elephants and the
beasts on which the« Persians rode were
assaulted by the hornet, so that the whole
army was broken up, and the besieged city
was rescued. This burning and noxious
Insect stung out the Hittites and the Ca
naanites frorrt their country What gleam
ing sword and chariot’.of war could not ac
complish was done by the puncture of an
T]jg Lord sen t the hornet.
My friends, when we are assaulted by
**. r * at , beiiemoths of trouble, we become
i : t! lv .‘l lrlc 7., a £ lrt we assault them; we get
oh the high-mettled steed of our cour
age, and we make a cavalry charge at
them, and, if God be wi’th us, we come
out stronger and better than when we
*s’ But ; A lßß > for these insectile
annoyances of life—these foes too small
to shoot—these things without any av
oirdupois weight—Jthe grtats and the mid
ges and the flies and the wasps and the
hornets. In other words, it is the small
■ stinging annoyances of our life, which
dr ’ v ® °ut and use us up. In the best
cpnaitlJnea life, for som* grand and
glorious purpose God has sent the hor-
ln ,be hrst place, that these
»mal) stinging annoyances may come in
*h* >hape of a nervous organization.
oople who are prostrated under ty
phoid rOvet or vtth broken bones get
flgt’ l k V’’* whc any-
and the tumdy say, and evot-ybody says,
‘mi? B only a little nervous; that's
all! The sound of a heavy foot, the
harsh clearing of a throat, a discord
in music, a want of harmony between
the shawl and the glove on the same
person, a curt answer, a passing slight,
the wind from the east, any one of ten
thousand annoyances opens the door for
the hornet. The fact is that the vast
majority of the people in this country
ar° overworked, and their nerves are
the first to give out. A great multitude
are under the strain of Leyden, who
2I he . n ., J!T S tolrt by h,s physician
that if he did not stop working while he
was in such poor physical health ho would
d e, responded, “Doctor, whether 1 live or
die, the wheel must keep going round.”
These sensitive persona of whom I speak
nave a bleeding sensitiveness. The flies
love to light on anything raw, a‘nd these
peoule are like the Canaanites spoken of
in the text or in the context—they have a
very thin covering, and are vulnerable at
' all points. “And the Lord sent the hor
net.
Again, the small insect annoyance may
oome to us in the shape of friends and ac
quaintances who ate always saying dis
agreeable things. There are some people
you cannot bo with for half an hour but
you feel cheered nqd comforted. Then
there are tht r people you cannot be with
for five utts before you feel misera
ble. Th Co not mean to disturb you,
but they sting you to the bone. They gath
er up all the yarn which the gossips spin,
•nd retail It. They gather up all the ad
verse criticisms about your person, about
your business, about your home, about
yodr church, and they make your ear the
funnel into which they pour It. They
laugh heartily when they tell you, as
though it were a good joke, and you laugh
too—outside.
These people are brought to our atten
tion in the Bible, in the Book of Ruth.
Naomi went forth beautiful and with the
finest of worldly prospects and into anoth
er land; but, utter a while, she came back
widowed and sick and poor. What did
her friends do when she came to the
city? They all went out, and. instead of
giving her common-sense consolation,
what did they do? Read the Book of
Ruth and find out. They threw up their
hands and said, "Is this Naomi?” as
much as to say, “How awful bad you do
look!" When I entered the ministry I
looked very pale for years, and every
year, for four or five years, a hundred
times a year I was asked if I had
not the consumption; and, passing
through the room I would sometimes hear
people sigh and say, A-ah! not long for
this world!” 1 resolved in those times
ihat I never. In any conversation, would
say anything depressing, and by the help
of God I have kept the resolution. These
people of whom I speak reap and bind in
the great harvest-field of discouragement
Some day you greet them with an hilari
ous good-morning, and they come buz
alng at you with some depressing infor
mation. "The Lord sent the hornet “
When I see so many people in the world
who like to say disagreeable things and
write disagreeable things. I come almost
In tny weaker momenta to believe what a
man said to me In Philadelphia one Mon
day morning. I went to got the horse at
the livery stable, und the hostler, a plain
man, said to me, “Mr. Talmage, I saw
that you preached to the young men yes
terday." 1 said “Yes.” He said, "No use.
no use; man’s a failure.”
The small insect annoyances of life
sometimes oome in the shape of local phy
sical trouble, which does not amount to" a
positive prostration, but which bothers
you when you want to feel the best. Per
haps it Is a aick-headache which has t>een
the plague of your life, and you appoint
some occasion of mirth, or sociality, or
usefulness, and when the clock strikes’the
hour you cannot make your appearance.
Perhaps the trouble is between the ear
and the forehead, in the shape of a neu
ralgic twinge. Nobody can see it or sym
pathize with it; but just at the time when
you want your intellect clearest, and your
disposition brightest, you feel u sharp,
keen, disconcerting thrust. “The Lord sent
the hornet."
Perhaps th cse small insect annoyances
will come in the shape of a domestic irri
tation. The parlor and the kitchen do
not always harmonise. To get good ser
vice. and to keep it. is one of the greatest
questions of the country. Sometimes it
may be urroaancy and inconsiderate-
Reaa of employer*-, but, whatever be the
fact, we all admit there are these Insect
annoyance* winging their way out from
’the culinary department. If rhe grace of
God be not in the heart of the housekeep
er. ahe cannot maintain her equilibrium.
Ths men come home at night and hear
i the m ining news. »
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to e chin N ews.
"rm 8t fu ry °t these anfidye,.?? j, and say,
t . l ?. es £, hoinG troubles are very little
T! iey a {£ small, small as wasps,
but they sting. Martha’s nerves were all
unstrung whert she rushed in, asking
Christ to scold Mary, and there are tens
or thousands of women who are dying,
stung to death by these pestiferous do
mestic annoyances. “The Lord sent the
hornet."
These small insect disturbances may
also come in the shape of business irrita
tions. There are men here who went
J®? and tbe 24111 of September,
1869, without losing their balance, who
are every day unhorsed by little annoy
ances—a clerk’s ill manners, or a blot of
on a bill of lading, or the extrava
gance of a partner who overdraws his
accent, or the underselling by a business
riyal, or tHe whispering of store-con
fidences in the street, or the making of
some little bad debt which was against
your judgment, just to please somebody
It is not the panics that kill the mer
chants. Panics gome only once in ten
°r t J’ en ty years. It is the constant din
of these everyday annoyances which is
sending so many of our best merchants
into nervous dyspepsia and paralysis and
4 he grave. When our national commerce
fell flat on its* face, these' men stood up
and felt almost defiant; but their lite
18 going away now under the swarm
of these pestiferous annoyances. “The
Lord sent the hornet.”
I have noticel in the history of some
that their annoyances are multiplying,
and that they have a hundred where
they used to have ten. The naturalist
tells us that a wasp sometimes has a
family of twenty thousand wasps, and
it does seem as if every annoyance of
yotfr life brooded a million. By the help
of God I want to show you the other
side. The hornet is of ho use? Oh, yes!
The naturalists tell us they are very im
portant in the world’s economy; they
kill spiders, and they clear the atmos
phere; and I really believe God sends
the annoyances of our life upon us to
kill the spiders of the soul, and to clear
the atmosphere of our skies.
These annoyances are sent on us, I
think, to wake us up from our lethargy.
There is nothing that makes a man so
lively as a neat of "yellow jackets,”
and I think that these annoyances are
Intended to persuade us of the fact that
this is not a world for us to stop in. If
we had a bed of everything that was
attractive and soft and easy, what would
we want of heaven? We think that the
hollow tree send* the hornet, or we may
think that the devil sends the hornet.
I want to correct your opinion. ‘'The
Lord sent the hornet.”
Then I think' these annoyances come
on us to culture our patience. In the
gymnasium you find upright parallel bars
—upright bars with holes over each other
for pegs to be put in. Then the gymnast
takes a peg in each hand and he begins
to climb, one inch at a time, or two inches,
and getting his strength cultured, reaches
after awhile the ceiling. And it seems to
me that these annoyances in life are a
moral gymnasium, each worriment a peg
with which we are to climb higher and
higher in Christian attainment. We all
lova to see patience, but it cannot be
cultured in fair weather. Patience is a
child of the storm. If you tyid everything
desirable, and there was nothing more
to get, what would you Want with pa
tience? The only time to culture it is
when you are lied about, and sick and
half-dead.
•’Oh," you say, "if I only had the cir
cumstances of some well-to-do man I
would be patient, too." You might as
well say, "If it were not for this water
I would swim;” or, "I could shoot this
gtM It it jvere not for the charge.” When
you stand chin-deep in annoyance* is the
time for you to swim out toward the
great headlands of Christian attainment,
so as to know Christ and the power of
his resurrection, and to have fellowship
with his sufferings.
Nothing but the furnace will ever burn
out of us the clinker and the slag. I have
formed this theory in regard to small an
noyances and Vexations. It takes just so
much trouble to fit us for usefulness and
for heaven. The only question is wheth
er we shall take it in the bulk or pulver
ized and granulated. Here is one man who
takes it in the bulk. His back is broken,
or his eyesight put out, or some other aw
ful calamity befalls him; while the vast
majority of people take the thing piece
meal. Which way would you rather have
it? Os course in piecemeal. Better hfeve
five aching teeth than one broken jaw;
better ten fly-blisters than an am
putation; better twenty squalls than one
cyclone. There may be a difference of
opinion as to allopathy and homoea
pathy; but in this matter of trouble I
like homoeopathic doses—small pellets
of annoyance rather than some knock
down do*e of calamity. -Instead of the
thunderbolt gives us the hornet. If you
have a bank, you would a great deal
rather that fifty men would oome in with
checks less than a hundred dollars than to
have two depositors come in the same
day each wanting his ten thousand dol
lars. In this latter case you cough and
look down to the floor, and you look up
at the ceiling before you look into the
safe. Now, my friends, \ would you not
rather have these, small drafts of annoy
ance on your bank of faith than some all
staggering demand upon your endurance?
But remember that little as well as great
annoyances equally require you to trust
in Christ for succor, and for deliverance
from impatience and irritability. “Thou
wilt keep him in perfect peace whose
mind is stayed on thee.” In the village of
Hamelin, tradition says, there was an in
vasion of rats, and these small creatures
almost devoured the town, and threaten
ed the lives of the population; and the
story is that a piper came out one day and
played a very sweet tune, and all tjw
vermin followed him—followed him to
the banks of the Weser, then he blfew a
blast and then they dropped in and dis
appeared forever. Os course, this is a
fable; but I wish I could, on the syveet
flute of the gospel, draw forth all the
nibbling and burrowing annoyances of
your life, and play them down into the
depths forever.
How mans’ touches did Mr. Church give
to his picture of “SotOpaxi” or his “Heart
of the Andes?" I suppose about fifty
thousand touches. 1 hear the canvass say
ing. "Why do you keep me trembling with
that pencil so long? Why don’t you put
It on in one dash?” “No,” says Mr. Church
"I know how to make a painting: it will
take fifty thousand of these touches.” And
I want you, my friends, to understand that
it is these ten thousand annoyances which
under God. are making up the picture of
your life, to be hunr at last in the galler
ies of heaven, fit for angels to look at.
God knows how to make a picture.
I go into a sculptor’s studio and see him
shaping a statue He has a chisel in one
hand and a mallet in the other, and he
gives a very gentle stroke—click, click,
click! I say, “Why don’t you strike hard
er?" “Oh! he replies, “that would shatter
the statue. I can’t do it that way; I must
do it this way." So he works on, and after
awhile the features come out. and every
body that enters the studio is charmed and
fascinated Well, God has your soul under
process of development, and it Is the little
annoyances and vexations of life that are
chiseling out your immortal nature. It is
click, click, click! I wonder why some
great providence does not come, and with
one stroke prepare you for heaven. Ah.
no; God says that is not the way. And so
he keeps on by strokes of little vexations,
until at last you shall be a glad spectacle
for angels and for men.
You know that a large fortune may be
spent in small change, and a vast amount
of moral character may go away in small
depletions. It is the little troubles of life
that are having more effect upon you
than the great one*. A swarm of locusts
will kill • grain field sooner than the in
cursion of three or four cattle. You say,
“Since 1 lost my child; since I lost my
property, I have been a different man. ’
But you do not recognise the architecture
of little annoyances, that are hewing, dig
ging. cutting, shaping, splitting and inter
joining your moral Qualities. Rats may
sink a ship. One lucifer match may send
destruction through a block of store
houses. Catherine de Medici* got her
death from smelling a poisonous rose. Co
lumbus by stopping and asking /for a
piece of bread and a drink of water at
a Franciscan convent, was led to the dis
covery of a new world. And there is an
intimate connection between trifles and
immensities, between nothings and every
things. ,
Now, be careful to let none of those
annoyances go through your soul unar
raigned. Compel them to administer to
your spiritual wealth. The scratch of a
six-penny nail sometimes produces lock
jaw, and the clip of a most inflnitessi
mal annoyance may damage you forever.
Do not let any annoyance or perplexity
come across your soul without its making
you better.
Our government does not think it belit
tling to put a tax on small articles. The
individual taxes do not amount to much,
but in the aggregate to millions and mil
lions of dollars. And I would have you,
oh Christian man, put a high tariff on
every annoyance and vexation that comes
through your soul. This might not
amount to much in single cases, but in the
aggregate it would be a great revenue of
spiritua’ strength and satisfaction. A
bee can suck 'honey even out of a nettle;
and if you have the grace of God in your
heart, you can get sweetness out of that
which would otherwise irritate and “an
noy.
A returned missionary told me that a
company of adventurers rowing up the
Ganges were stung to death by flies that
infest that region at certain seasons. I
have seen the earth strewed with the car
cases of men slain by insect annoyances.
The only way to get prepared for the great
troubles of life is to conquer these small
troubles. What would you say of a sol
dier who refused to load his gun, or to go
into the conflict because it was only a
skirmish, saying, “I am not going to ex
pend my ammunition on a skirmish; wait
until there comes a general engagement,
and then you will see how courageous I
am, and what battling I will do?" The
general would say to such a man, “If you
are not faithful in a skirmish, you would
be nothing in a general engagement.” And
I have to tell you, oh Christian men, if
you cannot apply the principles of Christ's
religion on a small scale, you will never
be able to apply them on a large scale.
If I had my way with you I would have
you possess all possible worldly prosper
ity. I would have you each one a garden—
a river flowing through it, geraniums and
shrubs on the sides, and the grass and
flowers as beautiful as though the rainbow
had fallen. I would have you a house, a
splendid mansion, and the bed should be
covered with upholstery dipped in the set
ting sun. I would have every hall in your
house set with statues and statuettes, and
then I would have the; four quarters of
the globe pour in all their luxuries on your
table, and you should have forks of Sil
ver and knives of gold, inlaid with dia
monds and amethysts. Then you should
each one of you have the finest horses,
and your pick of the equipages of the
world. Then I would have youlive a hun
dred and fifty years, and you should not
have a P a in or ache until the last breath.
Not each one of us?" you say. res;
each one of you. “Not to your enemies?”
Yes; the only difference I would make
with them would be that I would put a
little extra gilt on their walls, and a little
extra embroidery on their slippers. But
you say, “Why does not God give us all
these things?” Ah! I bethink myself. He is
wiser. It would make fools and sluggards
of us if we had our way. No man puts his
best picture in the portico or vestibule of
his house. God meant this world to be only
the vestibule of heaven, that great gallery
of the universe toward which we are aspir
ing. We must not have it too good in this
world, or we would want no heaven.
Poiycarp was condemned to be burned
to death. The stake was planted. He
was fastened to it. The faggois were
placed around him, the fires kindled, but
history tells us that the flames bent out
ward like the canvas of a ship in a stout
breeze, so that the flames, instead of
destroying Polycarp, were only, a wall
between him and his enemies. They had
actually to destroy him with the nonlard,
the flames would not touch him. Well,
my hearer, I want you to understand
that by God’s grace the flames of trial,
instead of consuming your soul, are
only going to be a wall of defense, and
a. canopy of blessing. God is going to
fulfill to you the blessing and the prom
ise, as he did to Polycarp. “When thou
walkest through the fire thou shalt not
be burned." .Now you. do not under
stand; you shall know hereafter. In
heaven you will bless God even for the
hornet.
FITZ SEEMS AFRAID TO FIGHT.
He Name* a Weight Limit Which
Bar* Out Maher.
Pittsburg, Dec. 15.—Peter Maher and his
manager, John J. Quinn, passed through
the city en route for Chicago,
where Maher plays a week’s engagement.
Michael Connelly, the backer of Maher,
says Fitzsimmons refuses to fight Peter
at over 158 pounds. Os course, Maher can
not get down to this weight. Connelly
said to-night that he would telegraph
11,000 to-morrow morning to S. C. Austin
of the Police Gazette on behalf of Maher
lQ any man lb the world for a purse
of *>,ooo a side if Fitzsimmons refuses to
fight. Os course, Maher and his manager
and backers prefer a tight with Fitzsim
mons, but as it seems impossible to get
* Itasimmons to meet the young Irishman,
the first man that covers the SI,OOO posted
in New York will have the call With
Feter.
wIU rest during Christmas week
so he will be tn good condition for his ben
efit at Madison Square Garden, New York
on. Dec. 28.
Te iM”*P ec ' Bob Fitzsimmons
?. , ? d r , Peter „ Ma ". er surely fight near
E kJ. aso ' ob. 14, unless a hitch occurs
within twelve hours. Dan Stuart reached
Dalias from New York night and
at once put himself in telegraphic com
munication with Martin Julian and Fitz
simmons, at Houston, , ir. regard to the
proposed fight. The tone of the replies
were 80 satisfactory
that he left Dallas to-night to meet Ju
ihYi i?. ? n^ an Houston. There is
little doubt in local sporting circles that
as as closed before
Stuart left. If no obstacles are encoun
tered to-morrow Stuart will take Fitzsim
mons out on the bosom of the Gulf ot
Mexico far enough to be beyond the jur
isdiction of the state of Texas and form
ally sign the agreements necessary to
match heavy * w ** sht championship
MATCHES ROCKEFELLER S MILLION
Ml** Culver Donate* $1,000,000 to
Chicago L nlvernlty,
Chicago, Dec. 15.—The gift of $1,004.0)0
to the University of Chicago by Miss
Helen Culver is doubly welcome, as it'
insures $1,000,000 more from John D. Rock
efeller. Less than two months ago, Nov.
2, Mt. Rockefeller sent the following let
ter to Dr. Goodspeed, financial secretary
of the university: “I will contribute so
the University of Chicago lI.OOO.tfH for
endowment, payable Jan. 1, 18»6 in cash
or at my option in approved ’interest
bearing securities, at their fair market
value. 1 will give in addition $2,000,000 for
endowment or otherwise, as I mav des
ignate, payable in cash, or, at my option
in interest-bearing securities, at their fair
market value, but only in amounts equal
to the contributions of others in cash or
its equivalent not hitherto promised as
t ersi S t ame sbail b* rece * ve d by this ><q-
"Thta pledge shall be void as to any
portloh of the sum herein promised which
shall prove not to be payable on the above
terms on or before Jan. 1,189 k Yours
very truly, John D. Rockeieller.”
This means three million* for the uni
versity in less than fifty daj-s, and it is
probable a school of medicine will be
established in addition to the benefits
bestowed on biology by Miss Culver's
gift
SAVANNAH, MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1895.
SWAY OF THE RED SCIMITAR.
MAD WITH BLOOD, KURDS VENT
THEIR FURY ON CORPSES.
Some of the Mutilation* Too Horri
ble to Be Described in Print—Sixty
Christian* Dragged From a Church
at Harpoot and Killed One by One.
Thousand* of Armenians Profess
ing Islamism to Escape Death.
Constantinople, Dec. 15.—Advices from
the interior show that forced conversions
from Christianity to Mohammedanism are
occurring everywhere. Women and chil
dren whose husbands and fathers have
been killed and whose homes have been
destroyed have, rather than to lead a life
of vagabondage, accepted Islamism,
whereupon they were housed and fed by
Turks. The sincerity of these conversions
may be judged from what has occurred
in Caesarea. In this place many women
whose protectors had fallen in the massa
cres were offered their choice between em
bracing the tenets of the Koran, of be
ing either hacked to pieces or meeting the
worse fate of being kidnapped. Ostensibly
the women accepted Islamism and thus
rendered their lives and perhaps their
honor secure.
It is now known that perhaps one thou
sand persons were killed in the massacres
in Caesarea. The fury of the Kurds was
not satisfied with the death of its victims,
but vented itself upon the inanimate bod
ies. The mutilation of the corpses was
frightful, and in many cases was of a na
ture that cannot be described.
In Harpoot sixty Christians fled to a
church in the vain hope that its walls
would furnish them a shelter against
those who were crying for the blood of
Armenians. They were permitted for a
time to believe themselves secure, but
suddenly the church was surrounded by a
great number of Kurds. The doors were
then blown in, and the Christians thought
that they would be massacred -within the
sacred structure. They were not. Their
captors took them one at a time outside
the church and there, heedless of the piti
able cries for mercy from the women and
children, killed them, either by shooting
or stabbing them. The first victim was
the ’ protestant pastor of the church who,
as he was dragged out, bade the others,
if they had to die, to die as Christians.
He met his death like a martyr. Some
of the refugees in a very agony of terror
offered to abjure their faith and accept
Islamism, thinking 'thus to save their
lives. The offers availed thorn nothing,
for their Insatiable enemies, after accept
ing them, dragged the converts out and
killed them one by one.
The Armenian church has been turned
into a mosque, and the protestant church
into a stable. In Caesarea the soldiers
joined in the looting that accompanied the
massacres.
Van and Trebizond are rapidly filling
w Jlh refugees from the pillaged villages
adjacent to those cities. Hundreds of wo
men, almost completely exhausted from
fear and lack of food, nave reached Van
and Trebizond. Their condition is most
deplorable. They have been nobbed of
about everything they possessed. Large
numbers of them were barefooted and
the only covering they had for their
oodles ven fci.ute’.i
ed no protection againsf the inclement
weather. There is no doubt that many
of those who escaped death at the hanc
of the Kurds will die from the effects of
the exposure they have undergone, while
many others will fall victims of starva
tion. The most prompt aid that can reach
the sufferers from foreign countries will
not avail to. prevent an enormous death
list from these causes, but unless aid is
promptly furnished from some quarters
the deaths from famine will reach an ap
palling number.
The torpedo cruiser Faucon, which is
to act as the second French guardship,
has arrived here.
Berlin, Dec. 15.—The climax of the
strain between the sultan and the Euro
pean powers, the sultan’s assent to the
issuance of firmans permitting the en
trance of extra guardships into the Dar
danelles, was obtained under the influ
ence of his knowledge that German’s
support "would be withdrawn if he re
fused. Throughout the diplomatic strug
gles the German ambassador at Conetan
tinople has been under instructions from
Berlin tUat Germany should keep in
the background, refraining from all ini
tiative action. The German ambassador
was officially absent from the confer
ences of the ambassadors, but was al
ways in direct communication with the
sultan, According to official Information
here, the emperor saw no necessity for
having a second guardship at Constanti
nople and was strongly opposed to the
project of forcing the passage through
the Dardanelles. Finally, however, un
der pressure brought to bear by Austria
and Italy, the German ambassador was
Instructed to advise the sultan that Ger
many must go with the allied powers,
and that strong measures should be re
quired. At the same tjme the sultan re
ceived the assurance of Germany that
when the guardboat difficulty should be
removed ample time would be accorded
to the porte to re-establish order in Asia
Minor. It is probable that reliance upon
the kaiser's promise that no untimely
pressure upon Turkey for reforms would
have the assent of Germany, had more
influence upon the sultan than did the
insistence of M. Nelidoff, the Russian
ambassador, and Sir Philip Currie, the
British* ambassador, that the firmans
must be granted.
During the coming three months if of
ficial explanations here are realized, diplo
matic action in Constantinople will be re
laxed. A great deal more confidence ex
ists In Berlin in the sultan’s intention to
carry out the reforms In Asia Minor
than seems to prevail in other, and es
pecially in English, official quarters. All
the references that are made on the sub
ject in the German semi-official press
show this feeling, and indicate the pre
dominance of the opinion also that no in
tervention of the powers in Turkey, In
volving a European war should be ven
tured upon. German popular and official
sympathy with the Armenian is keen, but
it is argued that a war leading to the
slaughter of the European armies would
be a worse evil than anything that has
happened in Armenia. The official or
gans in Vienna take a similar view of the
situation. The Fremdenblatt de
clares that the sultan is anxious
to prove his sincerity and readi
ness to grant reforms and hopes to be
able to carry out vigorously his policy of
restoring quiet among the different races
inhabiting Asia Minor.
In regard to the reported refusal of Ger
many to permit the displacement of Turk
had Pa«ha, and the substitution of Said
Pasha, Turkish ambassador at Paris, as
Turkish ambassador to Germany, nothing
is definitely known. The appointment of
Said Pasha is uncertain, but in any event
the change of ambassadors, even if Said
should be selected, will not cause any
discord between Germany and Turkey. A
change in the Turkish ministry is under
stood to be impending.
London, Dec. 15.—The Daily News will
to-morrow publish a dispatch fr6m Con
stantinople confirming the statement of
the representative of the United Press
in that city regarding the number of
Christians killed in the massacre at
Caesarea.
The massacre occurred on Nov. 30
The gendarmes joined the marauders in
outraging women and girts. There Is i
no doubt that the pillaging was done '
under direct orders from the govern- I
ment. All the details of the massacre
giving the names of the victims, etc
are in the hands of the representatives
of the powers, who find that it is useless '
to remonstrate with the porte. The sul
tan is of the opinion that the European
concert is a mere feint.
The dispatch adds that the tragedy at
Zeitoun is rapidly approaching Rs final
stage. The statement that the Armenians
in Zeitoun attacked the Moslems and
burned their villages is an absolute lie,
invented by the Arab Izzet to alienate
European sympathy. The lie means that
the doom of the Armenians in Zeitoun is
sealed. The sultan will order them to be
exterminated without delay.
The Softas intended to make a demon
stration against the palace on Thursday
last, but the police, who had been in
formed of the proposed action of the the
ological students, prevented it by arrest
ing many of the intending participants.
The dispatch further states that it is
reported that there has been a further
massacre at Caesdrea, but no confirma
tion of the report can be had and no de
tails are given.
The Standard has a dispatch from Con
stantinople, which declares that the con
tinuance of the massacres proves that
the sultan, w’hile promising the powers
to effect reforms, is working for the ex
termination of the Armenians. People
in Constantinople cannot understand how
the united powers hesitate to end this
state of things, which is due to the per
versity and wickedness of a smalt clique,
when instant intervention would be wel
comed by the whole Turkish nation.
The Constantinople correspondent of
the Standard sends the text of the letter
written by Kutchuk, or. Little Said
Pasha, the ex-grand viziet, to Sir Philip
Currie, the British ambassador, when
the former left the British embassy, in
which he sought refuge when he thought
his life was endangered. The letter con
firms the published reasons for his
taking the step he did, and says that de
spite his confidence in, and respect for
his sovereign, he was tired of the in
trigues at the palace. The letter then
refers to the gracious messages sent to
him by the sultan, while he was at the
embassy, and says that notwithstanding
he was compelled to consider the out
rageous palace intrigues.
The Times will to-morrow publish a dis
patch from its Constantinople correspon
dent, saying that the diplomats there be
lieve that the panic in Galatea and Para,
on the 12th Inst., was organized by tne
palace party as proof that the-public was
perturbed by the arrival of the British
guardship Dryad. The dispatch adds that
another ministerial crisis is expected.
WORK UNDER THE RED CROSS.
Clara Barton Talk* of the Coining
Work Among the Armenian*.
Baltimore, Md., Dec. 15.—Miss Clara
Barton, famous for her philanthropic
work as Jhe president jof the National
Red Cross Society, delivered a lecture to
night in the Second Universalist church,
on philanthropy.
Rev. Royal H. Pullman, the pastor of
the church, in introducing Miss Barton,
referred in glowing terms to the work of
the Red Cross Society and its president.
Miss Barton stated that Invitations to
take charge of the work of succoring the
destitute and starving Armenians, came
to the Red Cross Society from all parts
of the country. As members of the Red
Cross are always ready to go to any part
of the world, regardless of personal risk,
the invitations had been accepted. She
said “That some of us who go to the wilds
of Turkey may never return, goes without
saying, but no one of our field workers
was ever known to hesitate to go any
where duty called him or her.”
The speaker explained the mode of dis
tributing the relief among the needy, anil
closed her remarks by saying that she
would personally superintend >he work.
ITALY’S WAR IN ABYSSINIA.
A Crisis at the Front and Bickering
Among the Deputies.
Rome, Dec. 15.—The opposition to the
government in the Chamber of Deputies is
developing a number of interpellations on
the situation in Abyssinia which will be
presented in the chamber with the ob
ject of overthrowing the cabinet. Prime
Minister Urispi will to-morrow reply to in
terpellations on the subject, explaining the
provisions of a bill by which the govern
ment proposes to regulate the Italian sit
uation in Africa for the present and fu
ture.
The latest advices that have reached
here from Abyssinia show that the enemy
have not yet arrived in sight of Maaalle.
The Capitals prints a dispatch stating
that the Abyssinians are advancing
against the Italians in two heavy col
umns. One column, under the command
of Has Alula, is approaching Adua, and
the other is moving on Asmara. The to
tal number of the enemy is over 100,000
men. Gen. Baratieri has ordered Gen.
Arlmonde to hold Asmara at all costs.
The Chamber of Deputies to-day dis
cussed the situation. Signor Imbrlana
accused the ministry of deceiving the par
liament. The Italian expeditions in Afri
ca, he said, made Italy the slave of Eng
land, and hf urged that the Italian forces
be withdrawn. In conclusion, he moved
that the chamber refuse to grant the
credits asked by the government to carry
on the campaign in Abyssinia.
Signor Cavolotti paid a tribute to the
troops who were recently killed in Abys
sinia. He said Jhat he was prepared to
grant sacrifices to maintain. Italian pres
tige, but he did not believe that the pres
ent ministry should remain In office.
Signor Saracdo, speaking for Prime Min
ister Crispi, then announced that the
latter would to-morrow explain the pro
visions of a government measure dealing
with the Italo-Abyssinian question.
A dispatch from Massowah, the capital
of Erythera, says that Ras Makonnen,
the Abyssinian leader, acted in a chival
rous manner in treating fcvlth the van
quished Italians, and rendered funeral
honors to Maj. Toselll, the leader of the
Italian force that was almost exterminat
ed by the Abyssinians.
London, Dec. 15.—The Times will to
morrow ptlblish a dispatch from Rome,
saying that military circles there ate
strongly of the opinion that Great Britain
stands sentinel at Zeila, on the Gulf of
Aden, as the guardian of Ras Makon
nen’s interest*, enabling him to unite witn
King Menilek for an attack on Gen. Bara
tien. The dispatch adds that there Is a
strong feeling growing in Italy that the
Itaio-Brltlsh entente is a failure.
PARTNERS FALL OUT.
Application Made for a Receiver to
Wind Up the Bnslne**.
Cincinnati, Dec. 15.—An application for
a receiver for the firm 'of Trounstine
Bro*. & Co., was made before Judge
Moore of the superior court yesterday
The petition is signed by five members of
the firm and states that the firm is
solvent, but that it is not possible to
continue the business in conjunction with
Sylvanus F.. and Oscar Trounstine as
partners. The hearing was set for Tues
day next. The flrm is an old one in the
wholesale clothing business. Their assets
are about $300,000.
TWO STORES AND A CAFE BURNED.
Hagerstown the Scene of an SBO,OOO
Fire.
Hagerstown. Md., Dec. 15.—The Boston
Clothing House, Beeler & Bennett’s gro
cery store and the case of W. D. Wilson,
were destroyed by Are early this morn
ing. The total loss is about SBO,OOO. with
insurance of two-thirds that amount. The
Are originated from an unknown cause in
the celler bf the Boston Clothing House
owned by M. E. Jacobson.
A Gale at St. John's.
St. Johns, N. F., Dec. is.—Another Btorm
is raging to-day and the shipping in port
has been considerably damaged. Over 20
local vessel*, carrying from 5 to 10 men
each, are overdue, having been out during
the whole gale. It is feared that some of
them will never reach por»
CAMPOS TO REMAIN IN CUBA.
Spanish Troops Slaughtered—Gomez
and Maceo Reported Defeated.
Madrid, Dec. 15.—An official denial is
made of the report published by the Paris
Figaro that Capt. Gen. Martinez Campos
had resigned his command in Cuba.
Madrid, Dec. 15.—A dispatch to the
Imparcial from Havana says that 800 in
surgents surprised 72 Spanish troops,
who were foraging near Minas, between
Neuvitas and Puerto Principe. The in
surgents fired a volley into the Span
iards and then charged them with ma
chetes. jThe Spaniards made a heroic re
sistance, killing many of the rebels, but
were themselves completely crushed. A
lieutenant and 23 privates were killed,
while the rest of the Spanish force, ex
cept four men, were either wounded or
taken prisoners. A Spanish column has
started in pursuit of the rebels.
The Imparcial also has a dispatch from
Santa Clara, saying that Gen. Oliver has
defeated Gomez and Maceo at Mabu
jina. The insurgent loss was heavy. The
Spanish loss was five killed and twenty
wounded.
Washington, Dec. 15.—1 n an interview to
be published in the Washington Times
to-morrow Senor Quesada, secretary of
the Cuban Patriotic Association, answers
the statements made in a pamphlet re
cently circulated among members of con
gress and government officials -with a view
to counteracting the growing feeling of
friendliness for the cause of the Cuban
insurgents upon the matter of the reports
, allowed to be sent from the Island of
Cuba.
Senor Quesada says: “We will leave the
American press to defend itself of the
two implied charges, duplicity or igno
rance, but we cannot fail, suggesting to
the writer to recall that if the newspapers
in this country have not bgen able to ob
tain exact news, it has been because the
cable and mail have been in the hands
exclusively of and tampered with by the
Spanish authorities, who would not allow
any matter to go through but what was
favorable to the government.
“Did Martinez Campos give the order
or not, that all foreign correspondents
should not go into the Cuban ranks? Were
they not threatened with being shot im
mediately if they disobeyed? Does the
writer know of the experiences of every
newspaper man who has refused to sell
his American manhood and to dishonor
his calling by falsifying reports of battles,
or concealing the horrible atrocities com
mitted in the fields by the Spaniards?
“There has been no absence of ‘present
ment of the Spanish side,’ on the contra
ry, every opportunity was theirs.
“The Spaniards will not admit a single
defeat, and yet the Cubans have armed
their men with Maussers rifles, used only
by the government. The government, has
killed, according to their official reports,
more men already than, they admit w’e
have in the field, and how Is it then that
we hear of transports bring thousands of
unfortunate recruits to fight for a top
pling monarcy in America? Enough of
such mystification. Spain never loses but
the last battle, and she will lose it in
Cuba.
“If the truth is not known it is Spain’s
fault. Let her welcome fearless and in
corruptible journalists to Cuba and give
them facilities. Let her ask the press ot
this country to name a committee of in
vestigation. Otherwise it will look as if
she were afraid of the power of the
American pen.”
Washington, Dec. lfi, 2a. m.—A report
was current at a late hour last night
that at about 7 o’clock yesterday morn
ing a small rectangular box, very highly
polished, was found at the aoor of
ae Lome, the Spanish minister to the
United States. Mrs. De Lome discovered
the box, and, according to the rumor, she
extinguished a burning fuse in it. The
police, it is said, were given charge of
the case, and they found that the box
contained explosives.
At a late hour/it has been impossible
to confirm the rumor. Minister de Lome
declined to discuss the subject at all,
either to affirm or deny its correctness.
LOSS OF THE BELLE O’BRIEN.
A Survivor of the Lost Ship Brought
to Baltimore.
Baltimore, Md., Dec. 15.—Capt. Dunn of
the British steamship Lord Erne, from
Swansea, to-day brought into port a sur
vivor of the American ship Belle O’Brien,
which foundered off the English coast.
Another seaman, who was picked up at
the same time, died and was buried at
sea. A third man went crazy from hun
ger and thirst and jumped overboard.
From Capt. Dunn’s log the following
information was taken: "At noon of
Nov. 30, in latitude 50 degrees 53 minutes
north, longitude 14 degrees 58 minutes
west, a small boat bearing the name
‘Belle O’Brien, Thomaston,’ was picked
up. In it were two very exhausted men,
one of whom proved to be James Brooks
of Liverpool, the second mate of the
Belle O’Brien. The other man was too
ill to speak. He died the following morn
ing and w’as burled at sea at 10 o'clock.
Brooks said the dead man’s name was
Peterson. The men had been without
food or water for ten days.
“Second Mate Brooks states that the
Belle O’Brien was abandoned on Nov.
20, when she was nearly full of water.
He, along with two of the crew, occu
pied one of the small boats. What be
came of the captain and other members
of the crew he does not know.
“Brooks and his two companions were
tossed about in the open sea for days.
One of the men, whose name is believed
to have been Chovln, became’ Insane,
and a day or two before the Lord Erne
hove in sight, jumped overboard.”
Capt. Dunn reports that Brooks has
been confined in bed since he was picked
up, and that he Is still critically 111. His
mind is not clear, and no connected state
ment of the foundering of the Belle
O’Brien nor of the experiences of Brooks
and his companions in the open boat
has been secured.
To-night it is stated that Brooks can
not 'live.
A LOCKOUT OF TAILORS.
The Contractor* of New York Go
Baek on Their Agreement.
New York, Dec. 15.—The threat of the
members of the Clothing Contractors' Mu
tual Protective Association to lock out
the tailors was carried out to-day, and the
battle between the bosses and the men is
row on. The contractor* made no con
cealment of their intentions to repudiate
the agreement which they had made with
the Brotherhood of Tailors, and gave their
employes to understand that they could
no longer work for them unless they con
sented to do so under a different system
and a new set of rules. Up to a late hour
to-night re’ports had been received at the
headquarters of the bosses, showing that
over 100 shops had been closed in tiiis
city, and that 2,000 tailors had been thrown
out of work. In Brooklyn 150 shops were
closed and about 2,200 tailors were de
barred from entering.
Tne executive committee of the bosses
and the men will hold long sessions to
morrow. If all the contractors stick to
their announced determination to lockout
their men, probably 10.000 persons will be
thrown out of employment in this ci"v
within a few days.
A PIANO FACTORY - BURNED.
The Knell Company of Cincinnati
Burned Out.
Cincinnati, 0., Dec. 15.—T0-day an ex
plosion occurred in the cellar of the
Knell Piano Manufacturing Company
followed shortly after by jets of flame
issuing from the lower windows. Before
assistance could be summoned the build
ing and its contents were almost en
tirely destroyed. The loss to the build
ing and stock will reach $75,000. It is
fully insured.
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WHITE METAL MEN WATCHING.
THEIR ACTION IN JANUARY NOT
YET CERTAIN.
If the Old Parties Fail to Espouse th*
Cause of Free Coinage the Silver
ites Will See to It That the People
of the Country Have a Chance to
Express Their Views at the Ballot
Box—Gen. Warner Denies That the
Silver! tes Are Losing Ground.
Chicago, Dec. 15.—Gen. A. G. Warner of
Ohio, the well-known advocate of free
silver, this afternoon held a consultation
with the officers of the National Bimetal
lic League in regard to the details of the
conference to be held by the upholders
of the 16-to-l idea ih Washington on Jan.
22. In regard to the objects of this con
ference, Gen. Warner gave the follow
ing interview: “The object of the Janu
ary conference is to take into considera
tion the situation at that time and to de
cide the question of calling a national
convention for the purpose of nominating
candidates for President and Vice Presi
dent on the money issue alone. By that
time we will know when and where the
conventions of the leading panties will
be held, and probably by that time some
thing of the policy of the congress on >
financial questions will be disclosed. What
the January conference will decide I
cannot beforehand undertake to say.
Many democrats are hdpeful that the
silver forces in that party will yet be
able to control the next convention and
wrest the organization of that party from
the hands of the gold combination of Lon
don and New York. There are also repub
licans who are,still hopeful that their par
ty may yet be induced to espouse the
cause of bimetallism. But, however, this
may turn out, one thing may be felled
upon, and that is that the people of this
country will have an opportunity to in
some way express squarely their views
at the ballot box on adopting perma
nently the gold standard in this country
or returning to the constitutional stand
ard of gold and sliver.”
When asked for an expression on th*
statements made that the cause of free
silver is on the wane, Gen. Warner said;
“Notwithstanding the claims of the press'
the cause of silver is growing and the time
Is near at hand when New England itself
will be forced by two conditions which
are now pressing upon its Interests, to
take up this question. These two ques
tions are our Increasing debt abroad, call
ing for large exportations of gold, over
and above paying for imports, to pay In
terest and other foreign charges accruing
annually from past obligations which
makes it impossible to make protection
to New England industries effective as in
the past, or as might be done if we were
out of debt; and, secondly, the destructive
competition with silver using countries
under the advantage which the divergence
between the value of silver and gold give®
to the 600,000,000 of people producing under
the silver standard. This competition is
just beginning to be felt, and Is little un
derstood in this country, and yet it is des
tined to transfer the seat of many of th*
great industries of gold standard coun
tries to„such countries as China, Japan,
and Mexico, and this qcmpetltion will b* .
more severely felt in countries under th*
gold standard than by countries, owing no
outside debts.”
Chicago, Dec. 15.—W. H. Harvey gava
out a statement to-night explaining th®
details of his new order, the "Patriots of
America.”
Mr. Harvey says the cause of free sliver
Is to be enlarged through the agency of
a new political organization. This form
of waging war upon the single gold stand
ard forces Is his own Idea. Mr. Harvey,
assisted by several silver men, has placed
the plan In working form by starting an
organization known as the Patriots of
America. With the parent society In Chi
cago, and thousands of others in every;
state and territory in the union, It is Mr.
Harvey’s intention to make free silver a
reality and a vital Issue of the national
campaign.
"While free silver is the piece de resist
ance of the organization,” Mr. Harvey
says, “It is not the sole one. Baek of it is
the spirit of humanity which looks to the
accomplishment of better government, and
the elimination of personal selfishnes*
from the acts of private citizens and pub
lic officials. The new order assumes th®
existence of evil influence which Is con
sciously or unconsciously exerted by
wealthy corporations and individuals upon
government, executives, legislators and
courts. To successfully combat this In
fluence, the society will endeavor to arouse
in the public breast the latent Are of pal
triotlsm and I'ove for humanity.
"The order of the Patriots of America,
with the national headquarters In th*
Fort Dearborn building, Chicago, has is
sued a prospectus In cook form, giving
the objects of the order and the rea
sons which have caused th® organization
of such a movement. Its national offi
cers are a first national patriot, a na
tional recorder and a national treasurer.
It also provides for a first state patriot
in each state, who constitutes a congress
of patriots. There is also to be a first
patriot for each county. The plans pro
vide for opening lodges throughout th*
United States, and all power is derived
from the people voting in their lodges.
“It is a non-partisan organization, and
will put no candidates in the field,” con
tinued Mr. Harvey.
A STEAMER RUN DOWN.
The One at Fault Beached to Prevent
Her From Sinking-.
Liverpool, Dec.' 15.—While approaching
the landing stage here this evening th*
British steamer Indiana, Capt. Boggs from
Philadelphia, collided with the fruit la/lem
steamer Seamora, which was lying at an
chor. The Indiana had a large hole mad*
in her port side abaft her bulkhead. Her
passengers were safely landed and th*
hole was stopped up with mattresses, etc.
She was then towed to the Cheshire eld*
of the river, where she was beached to
prevent her sinking.
The Indiana reached the landing stag*
with six feet of water In her forehold and
this had increased to 11 feet by the tlm®
the passengers were got ashore. After
tugs had beached the steamer, it was
found that her port bow had been cut
down to the waters edge. Her engines
were not damaged. The force of the col
lision turned the Seamora’s bow plate*
until the vessels nose pointed to her stern.
Nobody was injured.
KENTUCKY’S LEGISLATURE.
Victory in One Contest Will Give th*
Republicans Control.
Lexington, Ky„ Dec. 15.—Hon. Wood G.
Dunlap who is contesting the election of
M. Kaufman, dem., to the Kentucky legis
lature, has commenced taking evidence,
and expects to be seated. This will give
the republicans a majority. One hundred
and forty-four negroes were refused reg
istration here, over a hundred of whom
reside at the same place where they wer*
registered in 1894. The total number regis
tered in one precinct in 1894 was ®JO ana in
1895 only 385, the difference being due, It
is claimed, to the way in which the dem
ocrats disfranchised legal voters in not
allowing thein to, register. Mr. Dunlap’s
case is regarded as so Clear that there is
little doubt but that he will be seated un
less the contested electton c*mmitte*
drawn from the hat should prove to hav*
«. majority of democrats.
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