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jfeWEEK VOL. 4<i. 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 t ■ ® iDethln News. I „ THE MORNING NEWS, i j Established 1850. - - Incorporated 1888. > 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. u. L, . CANADA’S MINISTRY. ________ I 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.