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SERMON ON THE PRODIGAL SON
T.UMAUK I’OIMTS OUT THE SIGNIF
ICASCE OF THE STORY.
Men Not Belittled by Religion. But
Started Upward—A Ring- of Adop
tion Put on the Hand of the Mnn
Who Enter* the Kingtloin of Henv
en—-The Hlns Also One of Festivity.
The Glorious Assurance of Heaven.
Washington, D. C.„ Jan. 5,1896.—1 n his
sermon to-day, Rev. Dr. Talmage took
for his subject the return of the Prodi
gal Son, The text chosen was: Luke 15:
22. “Put a ring on his hand.”
I will not rehearse the familiar story
of the fast young man of the parable.
You know what a splendid home he left.
You know what a hard time he had. And
you remember how after that season of
vagabondage and prodigality he resolved
to go and weep out his sorrows on the
bosom of parental forgiveness. Well,
there is great excitement one day in
front of the door of the old farm house.
The servants come rushing up and say:
“What's the matter? What is the mat
ter?” But before they quite arrive the
old man cries out: “Put a ring on his
hand.” What a seeming absurdity! What
can such a mendicant as this
fellow that is tramping on toward the
house want with a ring? Oh, he is the
prodigal son. No more tending of the
swine-trough. No more longing for the
pods of the carob tree. No more blister
ed feet. Oft with the rags! On with the
robe! Out with the ring! so does
God receive every one of us when we
come back. There are gold rings, jand
pearl rings, and emerald rings, and dia
mond rings; but the richest ring that
ever flashed on the vision is that which
our Father puts upon a .forgiven soul.
I know that the impression is abroad
among some people that religion bemeans
and belittles a man; that it takes all the
sparkle out of his soul: that he has to
exchange a. roistering Independence for an
ecclesiastical straight-jacket. Not so.
When a man becomes a Christian, he does
not go down, he starts upward. Religion
multiplies one by ten thousand. Nay, the
multiplier is In infinity. It is not a blot
ting out—it is a polishing, ft is an arbor
saconcb, it is an efflorescence, it is an ir
radiation. When a man comes into the
kingdom of God he is not sent into a
menial service, but 'the Lord God Al
mighty from the palaces of heaven calls
upon the messenger angels that wait upon
the throne to tly and "put a ring on his
hand.” In Christ are the largest liberty,
and brightest joy, and highest honor, and
richest adornment. "Put a ring on his
band.’*
I remark, in the first place, that when
Christ receives a soul into his iove, he
puts upon him the ring of adoption. While
in my church in Philadelphia, there came
the representative of the Howard Mission
of New York. He brought with him eight
or ten children of the street that he had
Up, and Im was trying to find for
them Ctu’iMlfw twmea: n-ud ah the little!
va.mo up add said: “i’H take this little
bright-eyed girl, and I’ll adopt her tie one
Os my oWn children;” and he took her by
the hand, lifted her into his carriage, and
went away.
The next day, while we were in the
church gathering up garments for the
poor of New York, this little child came
buck .With a bundle under Iter arm, and
she said: “There's my old dress; perhaps
some of the poor children would like to
have it,” white she herself Was In bright
and beautiful array, and those who more
Immediately examined her said she had a
ring on her hand. It was a ring of adop
tion.
There are a great many parsons who
pride themselves on their Ancestry, and
< they glory over the royal blood that pours
through their arteries. In their line there
wax a lord, or a duke, or a prime minister,
or a king. Hut when the Lord, our Fath
er, puts upon us the ring of his adop
tion, we become the children of the Ruler
of all nations. “Behold wkat manner of
love the Father hath bestawe,! upon us,
that we should be called the sons of God.”
It matters not how poor our garments
may be tn this world, or how scant our
bread, or how mean the hut we live in,
if we have that ring of Christ’s adoption
upon our hand we are assured of eternal
i. defenses.
Adopted! Why, then, we are brothers
end sisters to nil the good of earth and
heaven. We have the family name, the
family dress, the family keys, the family
1. wardrobe. The Father looks after us,
robs us, defends us, blesses us. We have
royal blood in our veins, and there are
, crowns In our line. If we lire his children,
then princes and princesses, It Is only a
question of time when we get our coronet.
Adopted! Then we have the family se
crets, “The secret of the Lord is with
them that fear him." Adopted! Then
we have the family inheritance and In
the day w hen our Father shall divide the
riches of heaven we shall take our share
of the mansions and palaces and temples.
Henceforth. let us boast no more of nn
earthly ancestry. The Insignia of eternal
glory is our coat-of-arms. This ring of
adoption puts upon us all honor and all
privilege. Now we can take tlie words of
Charles Wesley, that prince of hymn
makers, and sing:
Como, lot us Join our friends above,
Who have obtained the prise
And on the eagle wings of love ’
To joy celestial else.
Let all the saints terrestrial sing
With those to glory gone;
For all the servants of our king,
In heaven and earth, are one.
1 have been told that when any of the
ynembers of any of the great secret so- 1
clvtlea of thia country are in a distant i
cdty and are In any kind of trouble, ami 1
are set upon by enemies, they have only ■
to give a certain signal and the members
of that organisation will dock around for I
defense. And when any man belongs tb I
this great Christian brotherhood, if he
gets tn trouble, in trial, in persecution, in
temptation, hr has only to show thia ring
of Christ's adoption, and all the armwi
cohorts of heaven will come to his rescue.
sun further, when Christ lakes a soul
Into his love he puts upon it a mtirriage-
Now. thut not a whtni of mint*
<H<ssa •:!»), “I will betroth thee unto
me forever; yea. 1 will betroth thee unto
ma in righteousness, and in judgment amt
tn lovimt kindness ami in mercies." At
the wedding altar, the bridegroom puts a
ring upon the hand of the bride; airnifv
ing love and faithfulness. Trouble mav
c*nne upon the household, and the carpets
may RO, the pictures may go. the piano
may go. everything else may go-the tost
thing that goes is that marriage-ring for
it fa CWWlrteml sacred. Io the burial hour
it is withdrawn from the hand and kept
in « casket, and sometimes the box Is
«>jM>ne«t f»t an anniversary day, un,j MM !
)<»u look at the ring you see under its
an h a tong procession of precious nu m-
Otlos W-thln the golden circle of tbAt
rh g there la room for a thousand sweet
n\2L v *'' ««•<»•««» «h»nk <»r
th *l hour
aL. » ’ n.. Jus ?' *” 1 ' 11 « March," un.
:5: t ruu Mur ttnK *w r h^, th, ;r ,u x ha
h w ?r idr
you- took from the hand which
gave back no responsive clasp, from that
emaciated Huger the ring that she ha*
worn so rung and warn »<» well.
<*n some anniversary day >ou take up
that rtiiy. and vou reooliah It until all
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I J. H. ESTILL. President. f
I the old luster comes back, and you can
see in it the flash of eyes that long ago
ceased to weep. Oh, it is not an unmean
. ing thing when I tell you that when
Christ receives a soul into his keeping
he puts on it a marriage-ring. He en
dows you from that moment with all his
wealth. You are one—Christ and the soul
1 —one in sympathy, one in affection, one
. in hope.
There is no power on earth or hell to
1 effect a divorcement after Christ and the
, soul are united. Other kings have turned
out their companions when they got weary
■ of them, and sent them adrift from the
palace gate. Ahasuerus banished Vashti,
Napoleon forsook Josephine, but Christ
is the husband that is true forever. Hav
ing loved you once, he loves you to the
end. Did they not try to divorce Marga
ret, the Scotch girl, from Jesus? They
said: “You must give up your religion."
She said: "I can’t give up my religion.”
And so they took her down to the beach
of the sea, and they drove in a stake at
low water mark, and they fastened her
to it, expecting that as the tide came up
her faith would fail. The tide began to
rise, and came up higher and higher,
and to the girdle, and to the lip, and in
the last moment, just as the wave -was
washing her soul into glory, she shouted
the praises of Jesus.
Oh. no, you cannot separate a soul from
Christ! it is an everlasting marriage. Bat
tle and storm and darkness cannot do it.
is it too much exultation for a man, who
is but dust and ashes like myself, to cry
out this moment: “I am persuaded that
neither hight, nor depth, nor principali
ties, nor powers, nor things present, nor
things to come, nor any other creature
shall separate me from the love of God
which is iri Christ Jesus my Lord?” Glory
be to God that when Christ and the soul
are married they are bound by a chain—
a golden chain—ls I might say so—a chain
with one link, and that one link the golden
ring of God’s everlasting love.
I go a step further, and tell you that
when Christ receives a soul into his Jove
he puts on him the ring of festivity. You
know that it has been the custom in all
ages to bestow rings on very happy oc
casions. There is nothing more appropri
ate for a birthday gift than a ring. You
delight to bestow such a gift upon your
children at such a time. It means joy,
hilaflty, festivity. Well, when this old
man of the text wanted to tell how glad
he was that his boy had got back, he
expressed it in this t#ay. Actually, be
fore he ordered sandals to be put on his
bare feet; before he ordered the fatted'calf
to be killed to appease the boy’s hunger,
he commanded: "Put a ring on his hand."
Oh, it is a merry time when Christ and
the soul are united! Joy of forgiveness!
What a splendid thing it is to feel that
all is right between my God and myself.
What a glorious thing it is to have God
just take up all the sins of my life ami
put them in one bundle, and then fling
t hem into the depths of the sea, never to
rise again, never to be talked of again.
Pollution all gone. Darkness all illum
ined. God reconciled. The prodigal home.
"Put a ring on his hand.”
Every day I find happy Christian peo
ple. I find some of them with no sec
ond coat, some of them in huts and tene
ment houses, not one earthly comfort af
forded them; and yet they are as happy
as happy can tie. They sing "Rock of
Ages” as no other people in the world
sing it. They never wore any jewelry in
their life but one gold ring, and that was
the ring of God’s undying affection. Oh,
how happy religion makes us! Did it make
you gloomy and sad? Did you go with
your head cast down? I do not think
8u got religion, my brother. That is not.
e effect of religion. True religion is a
I Jt'v. "Her ways are wavs of pleas-mt
.’■r' z. ' -.ifP*- aL£ 1 ' ei" peace. x
Ally, religion lightens ail our burdens.
11 smootas all our way. It Interprets aH
our sorrows. It changes the jar of earth
ly discord for the peal of festal bells. In
front of the flaming furnace of trial it
sots the forge on which sceptres are ham
mered out. Would you not like this hour
to come up from the swlne-ftsedlng and
try this religion? All tlie joys of heaven
would come out and meet you, and God
would cry from the throne: "Put a ring
on Ids hand.”
You are not happy. 1 see it. There is
no peace, and sometimes you laugh when
you feel a great deal more like crying.
The world is a Cheat. It first wears you
down with Its follies, then it Kicks you
out into darkness. It comes back from
the massacre of a million souls to at
tempt the destruction of your soul to
day. No peace out of God, but here is
the fountain that can slake the thirst.
Here is the harbor where you can dsop
safe anchorage.
Would you not like, I ask you—not per
functorily, but as one brother might talk
to another—would you not like to have
a pillow of rest to put your head on?
And would you not like, when you retire
at nlgbt, to feel that all is well, whether
you wake up to-morrow morning at 6
o'clock or sleep the sleep that knows no
waking? Would you not like to exchange
this awful uncertainty about the future
for a glorious assurance of heaven? Ac
cept of the Lord Jesus to-day, and all is
well. If on your way home some peril
should cross the street and dash your life
out, it would not hurt you. You would
rise up immediately. You would stand
in the celestial streets. You would be
amid the great throng that forever wor
ship an»l are forever nappy. If this night
some sudden disease should come upon
you, it would not frighten you. If you
knew you were going you could give a
calm farewell to your beautiful home on
earth, and know that you are going right
into the companionship of those who
have already got beyond the toiling and
the weeping.
You feel on Satdrday night different
from the way you feel any other night of
the wwk. You come home from the
bank, or the store, or the office, and you
say: “Well, now my week's work is done,
and to-morrow Is Sunday.” It is a pleas
ant thought. There is refreshment and
reconstruction in the very Idea. Oh, how |
pleasant it will be. if, whan we get through |
the day of our life, and we go ami He ’
down in our bed of dust. We can realise:
"Well, now the work is all done, and to- f
morrow is Sunday—an everlasting Sun
day.'
Oh, when, thou city of my God.
Shall I thy courts Mcend?
Where congregations ne'er break up,
And Sabbaths have no end.
There are people in this house to-dav J
I who are wry near the eternal world. If
| you are Christians, 1 bid you be of good
! cheer. Bear with you our congratulations j
I to the bright city. Aged men. who will '
| soon be gonn take with you our love for ■
| our kindred in the better land, and when >
! you see them, tell them that we are soon
’ coming. -Only a few mc|-e sermons to ■
preach and hear. Only a few more heart - >
i aches. Ohly a C«w more tolls. Only a
j few more tears. And ‘ then—what an en
j trancing spectacle will open before us!
Beautiful heaven, where all is light.
Beautiful angels, clothed in white.
Beautiful strains that never tire.
Beautiful harps through all the choir;
There shall I join the chorus sweet.
Worshiping at the Savior’s feet.
And so I approach you now with a gen
eral invitation, not picking out here and
there a men, or here and there a woman, >
or here and there a child; but giving you
an uriumited invitation, saying: "Come, !
for all things are now ready.” We Invite I
you to the warm heart of Christ, and the f
Inelosure of the Christian church. I know i
a great many think that the church does
not amount to much—that it Is obsolete: ;
that it did its work and is gone now,
so far as all usefulness is concerned. It is !
the happiest place I have ever been In ex- !
cent my own home.
I know there are some peoftl* who sav i
they are Christians who seem to get along |
without any help from others, and who I
culture solitary piety. They do not want ;
any ordinance* I ao not belong to that
class. I cannot gel along without them. ;
There are so many things in this world
that take my attention from God, and ■
Christ, and heaven, that 1 want ail the !
helps of all the symbols and of all the ;
Christian associations; and 1 want around |
about me a solid phalanx of men tvho love I
<»od ami keep ifis commandments. Are ■
there any here who would like to enter!
1^ t .? J t , h , at association? Then by a simple,
faith, apply for admission into
the visible church, and you will be. re
ceived. No questions asked about your
past history or present surroundings. Only
one test—do you love Jesus?
Baptism does pot amount to anything,
say a great many people, but the Lord
Jesus declared, “He that believeth and is
baptized shall be saved,” putting baptism
and faith side by side. And an apostle
declares, “Repent and be baptized, every
one of you.” 1 do not stickle for any
particular mode of baptism, but I puts
great emphasis on the fact that you ought
to be baptized. Yet no more emphasis
than the Lord Jesus Christ, the Great
Hoad of the Church, puts upon it.
Some of you have been thinking on this
subject year after year. You have found
out that this world is a poor portion. You
w'ant to be Christians. You have come
ail most into the kingdom of God; but
there you stop, forgetful of the<act that
to be almost saved is not to be sd.ved at
all. Oh, my brother, after having come
so near to the door of mercy, if you turn
back, you will never come at all. After
all you have heard of the gobdness of
God, if you turn away and die, it will not
be because you did not have a good offer.
God’s spirit will not always strive
With hardened, self-destroying man;
Ye who persists his love to grieve
May never hear his voice again.
May God Almighty this hour move upon
your soul and bring you back from the
husks of the wilderness to the Father's
house, and set you at the banquet, and
"put a ring on your hand.”
WARFARE OF THE CLBAAS.
Destruction of Properly Without
Battles Their Plan of Cninpaiign.
Philadelphia, Jan. s.—Reports sent from
Cuba concerning the rebellion, according
to the crew of the fruit steamer Johan
Sverdrup, which arrived here yesterday
from Blbara, are much exaggerated both
by the government and by the patriot sym
pathizers. The big fights which are prom
ised and expected between the contending
armies seldom occur, and when the do
the loss is trifling. The rebels are not do
ing much open fighting, and they do not
intend to if they can possibly avoid it.
Their leading generals believe that the
destruction of sugar plantations, the tear
ing up of railroads and the closing of busi
ness establishments, which returq large
revenues to the Spanish government, is
the most effective method of crippling the
home government,
In Southeastern Cuba the people are
flocking to the aid of the insurgents.
Bartolemo Masso, son of the vice presi
dent of the provincial government, has
succeeded in landing the latest expedition
near Mora bay. It numbered about 200
men, with arms and two field pieces. He
marched with if to the province of San
tiago de Cuba, and Very little trouble was
encountered, as the Spanish commands,
which had fortified that territory, had
gone in the direction of Havana to join
Gen. Campos.
The members of the crew’ said that a
day before the vessel’s departure from
Gilbara, an expedition had landed in Trin
idad, east of Cienfuegos, with men, arms
and ammunition. It ran the gaun.tlet of
the Spanish boftts in rounding the south
ern point Os the Cuban coast. Some of
the meh were Americans, and it was stat
ed they wire a part of a military organi
zation of San Francisco, Cal., which han
offered its services to Cuba about eight
■ f _ f , w . _
FIRES AT WAYCHOSS.
j
Invendinrlsm Suspected—The Reed
Block in Ashes.
Waycross, Ga., Jan. 5. The store of
Capt, James Knox caught fire to-night
and was considerably damaged. The
stock of goods was partially damaged. The
fire started underneath the building and
undoubtedly was incendiary. The tire de
partment was prompt and effective.
Last night Thomas Morton’s barn was
partially burned. Much corn and fodder
was burned. The fire department was
not there, as the barn is outside the fire
limits.
The Reed building, between the post
office and the Reed block, was burned at
1 o’clock this morning. Frank Bandel,
merchant; August Myers, a tailor, and
Dr. G. B. Folks, a physician, occupied
the building.
The Are department received word of
the fire too late to save the building.
They fought the flames effectively and
kept them in control. The postofiice and
the Reed block were saved. The losses
were partly covered by insurance.
Frank Handel’s stock was valued by
him at $3,000 and was Insured for $2,500.
The building was owned bv Mr. H. W
Reed, president of the Brunswick Na
tional Bank, and was insured.
On yesterday the municipal election was
held, and Hon. A. M. Knight was re-elec
ted mayor, and George Bruce, George
Youmans, J. G. Justice, B. H. Williams
and J. C. Humphreys were re-elected as
a board of aidermen. There was no op
position to the ticket. Mayor Knight has
been elected mayor for five times, and his
administration last year Was most satis
factory.
LOW PRICE OF PHOSPHATE.
It CansrM Dull lluslnrHs In Some Flor
ida 'fowiu.
Ocala. Fla.. Jan. 6.—The closing down
of the phosphate mines at and around
Dunnellon has caused business to lag and
the outlook is not encouraging, as there
are large amounts of rock on the dump
> ami the present price is not paying the
cost of mining, it Is claimed by the miners.
Mr. John Doxier is now agent for the
Florida Central and Peninsular folks
both for freight and passenger, and has
| secured the services of Wifi Condon, in
i whose store the office is located, to at
tend to the selling of tickets. The new I
location Is a very desirable one.
1 WouMin'M Truubles <"nun<> Her to I
Commit Suicide.
Ocala, Fla., Jan. s.—Word came from
i Inverness to-day that Mrs. R. N. New
man committed suicide' by shooting her
self with a pistol. Her husband was keep
i er of the jail, and the family resided in '
the buHdtng. Insanity is thought to be I
the cause of the rash act, as she left a j
note, saying that she blamed no one; only '
her troubles were too great to bear.
Death of a Protuineut Citixen. j
Sylvania, Ga.. Jan. s.—George Heard, 1
one of the best known and most highly
respected citizens of Screven, died at his .
! home at Rocky Ford, in this county. Fri- i
i day evening. His death resulted from
■ blood poisoning caused by a boil on his
: hand. Mr. Heard was 72 years of age
and was a very active jrnd vigorous man
; up to the time of his death. He origlnallv
k came from the north here, and tarried
I on a mercantile business for a tong tttne
at Scarboro. moving from that place to
Rocky Ford about ten years ago. Mr. :
Heard was well known in this and neigh- |
; boring counties, ami was an upright, hon
est man in all his dealings. H<* was a
; prominent member of the Methodist
church and also belonged to the Masonic
i fraternity, bring master of the Rockv
Ford lodge. His remains were interred a‘t
the cemetery in Scarboro to-day with Ma
: sonic
A t'lwb House In Flames.
Philadelphia. Jan. r’>.—The handsome
stone club house and the casino of the i
Mercer Cricket Club at Haverford, a s«,
surb. were totally burned by a fire of un
known origin this morning. The losfe is
, between SI2S.*XM and $150,00©, and the in-
I aurance is S7&.WXk
SAVANNAH, MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 1896.
JAMESON FIRES THE JINGOES.
THE CARDIFF WESTERN MAIL RED
HOT AGAINST GERMANY.
The Kniser’s Message io Kruger
Looked Ipon tas a Deadly Insult.
An Apology or Withdrawal of the
British Amhansador From Berlin
Demanded-—Kroger Likely to Be
Lenient With His British Prison
ers—A Conspiracy Against the
Transvaal Suspected.
London, Jan. s.—James Mackenzie Mac*
Lean, member of parliament, for the Car
diff district, and proprietor of the Cardiff
Western Mail, has written an article for
that paper, in which he says:
“Emperor William’s message to Paul
Kruger, president of the South African
Republic, is as deadly and as unprovoked
an insult as Nas ever offered to the head
of a great European power and to a na
tion of equal rank. In the face of these
repeated insults from foreign powers the
time has come to use more effective
means of retaliation, than protests that
are conspicuous for prudence and mod
eration. The temper of the English peo
ple is rising. The murmurs among Lord
Salisbury’s friends ip both houses of par
liament are becoming louder and deeper
daily. Emperor William, in proclaiming
the right of the TransVaal to receive as
sistance from Germany, has trampled up
on international law and violated the con
vention of 1884.
“It is the clear duty of Lord Salisbury
to demand the withdrawal of the offen
sive telegram.
“If it is not cancelled he should at once
recall the British ambassador from Ber
lin.”
The People, which is the weekly edition
of the Globe, which is in touch with the
government, says there is reason to
believe that Prime Minister Salisbury and
his colleagues, owing to the hostile atti
tude of Germany, will consider the ex
pediency of immediately strengthening
the British forces in those parts of the
empire that are exposed to attacks. Field
Marshal Lord Wolseley, commander-in
chief of the forces, has given it as his
firm opinion that if forces are sent abroad
it will be necessary to reinforce the
troops at home. It is likely the mili
tary and army reserve, therefore, will
be called out to such an extent as to
place at least an army corps at the dis
posal of the war office for foreign ser
vice.
The Central News says that the gov
ernment is determined not to permit Ger
many to give military assistance to the
Transvaal.
Late news from the Transvaal is most
anxiously awaited here, but none has
been received to-day that causes ally ap
preciable lessening Os the feeling of
anxiety prevailing. It may be that some
information will be received later, but the
outlook is not very bright, as the telegraph
lines are still controlled by the government
for Its own/Hhir,. ril-y p-U h-
. ■■■
lostn v«*T>' cvlfftm deny itT"*
The dispatch below from Pi-ddeni. Kru
ger, while stating that 1W hsd ithf
the captured invaders to be shot, still
leaves their future fate in doubt. His
statement that they would be treated in
sharp contrast to their own acts affords
the hope that eventually most, if not all
of them, will be set free after undergoing
a punishment that dispassionate observ
ers here believe that they richly merit.
It is believed In some quarters, however,
that the anger of the Boers against the
leaders of the invading force, will have
more or less Influence on the tribunal be
fore which the English will be tried and
that nothing will suffice to allay the ex
citement, except a sentence of death, in
this event all the Influence of the British
government will undoubtedly be exerted
to secure a commutation, and President
Kruger s pacific message leads to the hope
that, in the event of Dr. Jameson and
the other leaders being condemned to be
shot, or hanged under military law. the
intercession of the British government
will lead President Kruger to commute
the death penalty to imprisonment-
The government has made public the
following cable dispatches relative to the
invasion of the Transvaal and the cap
ture by the Boers of the invaders:
On Jan. 3, Secretary Chamberlain ca
bled to President Kruger of the South
African republic as follows: "It is rumor
ed here that you have ordered the prison
ers to be shot. 1 do not believe the rumors.
1 rely on your generosity in your hour’of
victory.”
To-day, the Hon. Cecil Rhodes, prime
minister of Cape Colony and the head in
Africa of the British South Africa Com
pany, sent a dispatch reading: “The ru
mor that a force Is collecting at Bulu
wayo, is absolutely false/’
President Kruger, replying to Mr. Cham
berlain’s dispatch, cabled: “I have not or
dered the freebooters who are prisoners
to Im> shot. Their cases Will be decided
strictly in accord with the traditions
of the republic and in sharp contrast to
the unheard of acts of these freebooters.
So many lies and false reports are pub
i lished in even the official newspapers in
England that I deem It advisable to add
I that the freebooter prisoners have been
i treated with the greatest consideration
i by our purghers, despite the fact that
the latter have been more than once com
pelled to take up arms in defence of the
dearly bought independence of our re
public. I hope you will kindly pardon
the liberty I am taking when I say that
our confidence in Rhodes has received
such a rude shock that his repudiation
of the proceedings at Buluwayo ought to
be received with the greatest caution.
! Even now we have news that an armed
force is collecting on our borders. If this
i is true. I trust that not the word of
| Rhodes, but the influence of the govern
ment will suffice to prevent further incur
sions. Will you, wih a view to checking
further lying reports, publish this?”
A cable dispatch from Johannesburg,
dated Dec. 30, has been received at the
office in this city of the Johannesburg
Standard stating thattin reply to an ad
dress presented to him by a deputation
President Kruger said that the govern-1
ment would remove the duties on food ,
stuffs. He also promised that equal sub- t
. sidles would be given to all schools, what- i
i ever language might be taught in them,
and that the franchise would be made
i more liberal. Nevertheless, in the quar
. ters of the capitalists scheming Is going
i on for active hostilities against the gov
-1 eminent. Respectable merchants of all
| nations are combining to circumvent the j
aims of Cecil Rhodes. The merchants are
; forming a brigade to protect life and
property. Secret enlisting is proceeding
and lectures on their political grievances
! are being given to the miners. Col.
Rhodes, a brother of Cecil Rhodes, Lio
nel Phillips and Charles Leonard, three
prominent capitalists, were asked to say
that they disapproved of a revolution, I
but they made no reply. The community
fears theu worst, but is prepared to de- i
feat the conspiracy.. In the meantime the
Boer government behaves adm rably and
allows the freest speech. Loafers al
ready admit that they’ are in the pay of
the capitalists. It is undoubtedly’ a clear
ease of an attempt to pick a quarrel and
grab the golden treasures of the Trans
vaal.
A dispatch from Capetown dated Dec. 31,
says that Mr. Rhodes had tendered his
resignation of the office of prime minister
of Cape Colony to Sir Hercules Robinson,
the governor of the colony, but that the
latter has not accepted It.
Mr. Chamberlain replied: ”1 thank you
for your message, which I will publish
as you desire. The press has not given
crede.nce to the rumors about cruelty to
prisoners. I have always been confident
of your magnanimity. I have sent an im
-1 perial officer to Buluwayo to see that my
orders are obeyed and to prevent a fur
i ther raid. You may rest confident that I
will strictly uphold all the obligations of
the London convention of 1884.”
Berlin, Jan. s.—President Kruger has,
in reply to Emperor William’s message,
ca the following from Pretoria: “1
, testify to your majesty my very deep
and heartfelt thanks for your majesty’s
■ sincere congratulations. With God’s help
we hope to do everything possible for
holding our dearly bought independence
> and the stability of our beloved republic.”
The Morning Post, commenting on Em
peror William’s message, will to-morrow
■ say that Great Britain must strengthen
herself without delay and then proceeds
to make detailed suggestions for increases
. in the army and the navy.
The Chronicle will to-morrow say that
, Mr. Chamberlain’s courage and wisdom
have completely disassociated the gov
• eminent from any shadow of complicity
with Dr. Jameson. '
The correspondents in Berlin of the
Morning Post and Daily News wire that/
Germans are now' less unanimous in their
approval of Emperor William’s message.
The Times will to-morrow say that Mr.
Chamberlain’s statement that Great Brit
ain would adhere to the convention of
1884, was concise and adequate and will
receive the hearty and undivided support
of the people of Great Britain, who are
prepared to defend their just claims and
repel pretensions inconsistent therewith,
no matter from how exalted a quarter
they may come. Great Britain cannot for
a moment admit that Germany has any
lotus staidi in the matter. The paper adds:
“We are exhorted in the German press
to secure our position in the world by con
ciliating those who can do us the most
injury. When we need that kind of ad
vice we shall probably seek it In quarters
possessing greater claims to our confi
dence and respect. Our rapproachment
would not be with Germany, but with
powers which she regards not wholly
without apprehension.”
Paris, Jan. s.—The Temps asks Great
Britain to at once and absolutely revoke
the charter of the Brifish South Africa
Company, and, continuing, says: “France
has no idea of humiliating Great Britain,
with whom she entertains friendly rela
tions, nor of falling in line behind Emperor
William, but Great Britain ought to rec
ognize that there is a Europe even in
Africa.”
A BIG HOTEL BURNED AT NIGHT.
One Fireman Killed and Another
Badly Injured.
Altoona, Pa., Jan. s.—The most stub
born and destructive lire that has visit
ed this city for many years broke out in
the Central hotel, a large six-story brick
building on Eleventh avenue, shortly after
4 o’clock this morning, and before the
flames were extinguished one man had
lost his life and four were injured, one
of them seriously, by falling walls, and
property to the value of $140,000 had been
consumed. The man killed was Frank
Houseman, and William Wareham was
badly hurt.
The fire originated in the cellar of the
hotel and spread with alarming rapidity,
the guests having barely time to escape.
Stonui whp did not hear the first alarm
were compelled to flee into the streets in
their flight clothing and some were res
-inUfe J,’:-?>s;
men, wno carried them <Wn ou ladders.
Ii is believed that all escaped, but eev
| erai people who had registered are miss
ing. It is probable that they had only
stopped for the night and left the city on
early trains. It is also possible that they
may have been cremaed. The flames
spread so rapidly that none of the guests
saved a particle of their belongings.
The hotel was one of the oldest in the
city and was owned by Amden & Duskey.
The structure was valued at $50,000 and
insured for $20,000. The loss on furniture
is $20,000, with no insurance.
The large three-story brick building, oc
cupying a half block, owned by George
Streit, caught fire from the hotel and was
destroyed. The loss on this building is
SIB,OOO, and it was insured for $17,000. The
Streit building was occupied by Rudisill
& Prutzman, wholesale dealers in wooden
and willow-ware, who lose $25,000, which is
insured for $15,000.
Besant & Henneman, wholesale grocers,
lose $25,000, with SII,OOO insurance, dud
John Chamberlain, a wholesale dealer in
? eneral merehandlfie, loses $3,000, but is
ully insured. ‘ „
J. H. Mcvartney loses SIO,OOO, with $4,000
insurance, -and the Union Tea Company
$1,200.
While the hotel Are was at its hight a
number of Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany firemen ascended to the roof of an
adjoining building, when one of the walls
fell, catching five of the men. FYank
Houseman was instantly killed and Wil
liam Wareham had his breast crushed and
collar bone broken.
The other men escaped with cuts.
The weather was below zero, and a
strong wind was blowing at the time- It
was only by the hardest kind of work
that a general conflagration was averted.
FLORIDA IN THE FREEZE.
The Cold Snap Extends an Far Mouth
an Tampa and Titusville,
Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. s.—Freezing
weather extended as far south this morn
ing as Tampa and Titusville. As It is now
between seasons, very fen- vegetables
were hurt. Shoots of young orange trees
were nipped a little, but the trunks were
not hurt, the growers, in most cases, hav r
ing taken ample precaution for their pro
tection. Where they did not, the early
warning of the weather bureau gave them
sufficient time to get in shape.
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CANADA’S MINISTRY.
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Seven Member* of the < nbinet Said
to Have Reiigsed.
Ottawa. Ont., Jan. 5. The latest infor
mation that can be obtained to-night con
firms the report that seven ministers of
the crown—Messrs. Foster. Haggart, Tup
per. Ives, Montague, Dickey and Wood— I
have resigned. There is considerable ex- I
■ cltement over the rupture, which will prob- •
j ably result in the defeat of the govern- i
; ment. The two sections of the ministry, I
which are divided over the Manitoba
school question, seem at this state of the
situation to be irreconcilable.
CROKER AT BELLE MEADE.
—...——
The Boss Out of Politics and W on’t |
Race in America This Year.
Nashville, Tenn., Jan. s.—Richard Croker j
and Andrew Freedman of New York spent
the day at Belle Meade and left to-night
for Lake Worth, Fla., where thev will
‘ spend several weeks fishing. Mr. Croker
declined to be interviewed on politics
; saying he was out of that line now.- He
I said he would not race in this country
t his year.
MENELIK ON THE~MAR€H.
An Attempt to Be Made to Cut llnrn
terl Off From Mamowah.
Rome. Jan. 5.—A dispatch from Masso
wah, capital of the Italian colony of
Erythrea, says that King Menelik of Ab
vssinia, with 30,000 followers, has arrived
at Lake Asclanghi. It 1$ believed that
he intends to make a flank movement
with the object of attempting to cut oft
Gen. Baratleri’s communication with
Massowah.
i WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEK $1 A YEAR )
5 CENTS A COPY. J.
DAILY, $lO A YEAR. f
GORMAX IX FAVOR OF GOTHAM.
1 " I
Chicago and Cincinnati Also Good
Convention Cities.
Washington, Jan. s.—Senator Gorman,
who is a member of the executive commit
tee of the national democratic committee,
was to-day asked if he could name the
site of the next democratic national con
vention. He replied that he has not con
ferred with any of his colleagues on the
committee, but in his Judgment he be
■lieves the contest will be between the cities
of New York, Chicago and Cincinnati. He
does not believe St. Louis, San Francisco
or any of the other cities that have been
mentioned will be seriously considered by
the national committee at its meeting,
which takes place in this city on the 16th
. inst.
The senator’s personal preference is be
lieved to be favorable to New York, for
he appreciates the fact that New York
can offer the grandest convention hall in
ths world, besides the hotel, railroad and
telegraphic facilities there are unequaled.
He says there is no politics in the selec
tion of a site for the convention, the main
question to be determined is the conve
nience of the delegates. He says the peo
ple in the western cities make a great
tight for the national convtmtions, but as
a matter of fact the city in which the
convention may be held cuts no figure in
the selection of the candidate.
There is one thing certain, according to
the Maryland senator, and that is that the
committee will not ask the con
vention to meet again in a tempor
ary structure. After the disagreeable and
uncomfortable experience at Chicago, four
ago, the committee practically
agreed that in the future the convention
would be held in a substantial structure
a . nd a building run up for the occa
sion. Besides the Madison Square Gar
den in New York City, there is the audi
torium at Chicago, and the Music Hall
at Cincinnati. ,
A delegation of Chicago boomers arrived
here to-night and they at once commenced
to work upon the several members of the
national committee already here.
Gen. Ransom, the United States minister
I? Mexico, who represents the state of
North Carolina on the national commit
tee, is here and he proposes to delay his
departure for Mexico until after the meet
ing of the committee.
Senators Brice of Ohio and Pasco of
r lorida, both members of the executive
committee, are in favor of New York.
Some of the southern and western mem
bers of the committee appreciate the ad
vantages and the conveniences offered by
New York, but they claim that the “gold
bug’ influence of that great city will at
tempt to control the action of the conven
tion, not only in the framing of the plat
form, but in the selection of the candi
dates.
None of the members of the committee
now here appear to have made up their
minds as to who shall be the democratic
standard bearer in the next campaign.
They shdke tneir heads and say that it
will be time enough next July to name
their candidate.
There is some talk of holding the con
vention on the Fourth of July, thus giv
ing to it an uddivtynal patriotic flavor.
Whether indej- nd«f»ce day shall be se
lect." 1 or not. t&ere F a.gene-nt -’<•
'uVneK* u e Wf-n'iioa a? curly ar
j possible.
RITTER’S work OF HI; IX.
The Man He Oren .In for
Secretary of One of Ilin Companies.
Philadelphia, Jan. s.—The assignment of
i the Solicitors' Loan and Trust Company,
of which J. Rush Ritter is the real estate
officer, was followed yesterday by the
appointment of a receiver for the Brig
antine Transit Company, of which Mr.
Ritter is president. Judge Thompson of
Atlantic City was named as receiver. The
company owns six ahd one-half miles of
trolley railway, a power plant and pa
vilions and wharves at Brigantine Beach,
a wharf at Atlantic City, which is said
to have cost |s<>,ooo, ami three small steam
boats. The capital stock is $250,000 and
there are outstanding $250,000 of 6 per
cent, bonds. The company has not de
faulted upon the bonds, but an officer
of the company said that, there were so
many new debts cropping up that it was
deemed best to appoint a receiver so
as to protect all interests.
Asked if it was possible that Mr. Ritter
had put into the transit company any
of the funds obtained by the drafts upon
Secretary Cook, the officer 4aid he thought
not. The company had a prosperous sea
smi in 1895. Tpe oflkerh of the Brigan
tine Beach Transit Company are J. Rush
Ritter, president; Josiah A. McKee, vice
president; William Hacker, treasurer, and
William H. Cook, secretary. Cook is
the man on whom Ritter drew the drafts
for $200,000, which were returned to the
Tradesmen’s National Bank dishonored.
A HOTBED OF POLITICS.
Jackson Full of l.awtnakrrs and
Candidates for the Offices.
Jackson, Miss., Jan. s.—There have been
large crowds around the principal hotels
to-day and the several candidates and
their friends have been busy. John Allen
has arrived and thus all the avowed as- !
pirants for senatorial honors "are on
hand. As balloting for senator does not
take place untH Jan. 21, it Is more than
pfobable a democratic caucus will be held
before then to relieve the suspense. There
are only two populists in the legislature,
but they will not be permitted to hold ,
any balance of power.
The candidates for speaker, five in all, 1
are ven’ active to-night, but it is rather
■ conceded that 8. J. McCool of Attallah '
has the inside track. The candidates for i
speaker have signed an agreement to cail
a caucus Tuesday at 10 o’clock, two hours
before the legislature meets, and select all i
candidates for places from speaker down.
VICTOR’S IMPRISONED MIXERS.
The Mangled Bodies Xot Reached by
the Rescuers Yet.
Colorado Springs. Col., Jan. s.—The work
of rescuing the imprisoned miners who
were taught in the awful cave-in at the
Anna Lee mine at Victor yesterday morn
! ing, and which has been prosecuted as
rapidly as the extremely dangerous condi
tion - of affairs will permit, still continues
The cave-in starts at a depth of thirty- I
five feet and extends down 700 feet, which ■
indicates too well what a crushed and I
mangled condition the lost miners must
be Jn. General Manager John Harn, who •
was at first reported as lost, is alive Me
having come up on the last trip before
the, accident.
LASKER BEATS PILLSBURY,
The Two Champion® Xow Tied on i
j the NnmWer of Games Won.
St. Petersburg, Jan. s.—The fourth round
of the international chess tournament be
gan to-day, this being the tenth sitting !
since the start. The result was as fol- ,
low r s: Lasker (black) beat Pillsbury tn '
a queen’s gambit declined after thirty ■
moves. TchigoriiK felt indisposed and :
claimed his second day off
The score up to date: Lasker and Pills- I
bury, 6*4 each; Steinitz, 4*4; Tschigorin, '
[mondays!
I-■ AND I
| THURSDAYS |
CARLISLE’S NEW BOND CALL,
1 BIDS TO HE RECEIVED UNTIL XOOX
OF FEB. «.
They Arc io Run Twenty-nine Years,
Bear 4 Per Cent. Interest and lie
Payable in Coin—Purchasers ■ Must
Pay for Them in Gold at One of th«
Sub-Treasuries.
Washington, Jan. s.—At midnight to
’ night Secretary Carlisle prepared the fol
lowing notice, which will be issue to-mor
’ row;
J Treasury Department, Office of the Sec
retary, Washington, Jan. 6, 1896.—Notice
• is hereby given that sealed proposals will
be received at the office of the Secretary
of the Treasury at Washington, D. C.,
until 12 o’clock noon on Wednesday the
sth day of February, 1896, for the pur
chase of one hundred million dollars (SIOO,-
‘ 000,000) of United States four per cent,
coupon or registered bonds, in denomina
tions of fifty dollars (SSO) and multiples
of that sum, as may be desired by bidders.
' The right to reject any or all bids is
reserved.
The bonds will be dated on the first day 1
, of February, 1895, and be payable in coin
thirty years after that date, and will bear
interest at four per centum per annum,
payable quarterly in coin, but all coupons
maturing on and before ’;he first day of
February, 1896, will be detached and pur
chasers will be requited to pay in United
States gold coin, or gold certificates, for
the bonds awarded to them and all
interest accrued thereon after the first day
of February, 1896, up to tfie time of apii
cation for delivery.
Payments for the bonds must be made
at the treasury of the United States at
Washington, p. C„ or at the United
States sub-treasuries at New York, Bos
ton. Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cincinnati,
, Chicago, St. Louis or New Orleans, or*
they may be made at San Francisco, with.
, exchange on New York, and all bids must
state what denominations of bonds ar®
desired, and whether coupon or register
ed, and at What place they will be paid.
Payments may be made by installments,
as follows: Twenty per Cent. (20 per cent.)
upon receipt of notice or acceptance of
bids, and 20 per cent. (20 per cent.) at the
end of each ten days thereafter; but all
accepted bidders may pay the whole
amount at the date of the first install
ment, and those who have paid ail in
stallments previously maturing may pay
the whole amount, of their bids at any
time not later than the maturity of thd
last installment.
The bonds will be ready for delivery ors
or before Feb. 15, 1896.
Notice is further hereby given that if
; (lie issue and sale of an additional or dif
ferent form of bond for the maintenance
of the gold reserve shall be authorized bv
law before Feb. 5, 1896, sealed proposals
for the purchase of such bonds will also
be received at the same time and place,
and up to the same date, and upon the
same terms and considerations herein set
forth, and such bids will be considered,
as well ks the bids for the 4 per cent.
SUGGESTS A SETTLEMENT.
f _
The London Xew® Opposed to Watt
Over Venennela.
London, Jan. s.—The Daily News, in its
issue to-morrow, will say that there is
nothing offensive to Great Britain in the
instructions given to the Venezuelan high
commission. It adds that since Serious
difficulty may arise when the commis
sion reports, Lord Salisbury might rea
sonably suggest to the American govern
ment some method at arriving at an
honorable settlement.
“Why,’’ it asks, “should not Lord Salis
bury as a friendly act, without prejudice,
place the whole evidence in the colonial
office at the disposal of the commission
Commenting upon the effects produced,
by its dispatches from Washing
ton anent the Venezuelan dis
pute, the Chronicle will to
morrow say: “We are aware of the mag
nitude of our commissioner’s task and.
the difficulties which beset him. but we
lay down two general propositions, both
testifying to the soundness of his case.
The first is to accept a situation where
it is impossible for any self-respecting
statesman to govern the British empire
with hohor. War with America is to be
ruled but of the category of things which
cannot even be considered. The second
proposition is to avoid the danger of either
party shutting the door. The government
which makes the first practical advance
toward conciliation will win the earliest
honors in the controversy/’
I’ll AYERS FOR PEACE.
The Evangelical Alliance to Pray i<
Both Counties.
New York, Jan. 5.—A cablegram hast
been received from the British alliance
requesting that Christians throughout th®
United States be invited “To join British
Christians in fervent prayer next week,
and especially on Wednesday, that Christ
like counsels may prevail in the presen C
! crisis.
Jn response to the above, the execu
tive committee of the Evangelical Alli
ance for the United States yesterday pass
ed the following resolution:
Resolved, That in accordance with a I
cablegram from the Evangelical Alliance
of Great Britain, the Evangelical Alli
ance for the United States invites th®
| Christians of America to unite in prayer
i with their British brethren on Wednes
day of the week of prayer, that in the re
i lation of their respective governments pa
| critic counsels may prevail.
A WARLIKE HERMON.
The lliahop of London Say® II Ju
Sometime® a Duty to Fight.
London, Jan. s.—The Rt. Hon. and Rt.
Rev. Frederick Temple, bishop of London,
preached in St. Paul’s church to-day, tak
ing his text from St. Mark, XIII chapter,
seventh verse: “And when ye shall hear
of wars, be ye not troubled; for such
things must needs be; but the end shall
not be yet.” . /
The selection of this text is much com
mented on. The bishop declared that it
was clearly the duty of Christians to ai
! ways help their country to fight for the
right at whatever cost. The existing ex
. treme was more likely to increase than
diminish, but Christians need not trouble
themselves, for they were in God’s hands.
He was sure to work out His eternal pur
pose through the action of mankind.
TURKEY PHE:PARIN«‘-FoR WAR.
Plans io Be Made for Laying Mine®
iu the Hellespont.
Constantinople, Jan. s.—An irade was is
sued yesterday putting a commission un
der the presidency of Admiral Hafo Pa
sha, a German serving the Turkish gov
ernment. to study the question of laying
i mines in the Hellespont and installing
‘ the electric light. The commission in
eludes Frest Pasha, an Englishman. It
will commence its labors at once.
The gifts which the sultan recently sent
> to the czar include a magnificent neck
; lace, a snuff-box and a cigarette case,
i each set with the richest precious stones.
NO 2.