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GOOD MEN ELEVATED BY GOD.
TALMAGE TAKES A LESSON FROM
THE LIFE OF JOSEPH.
Good Men Can’t Be Kept Down Be
cause God Hn« Decreed for Thein
a Certain Point of Elevation.
Every Man Comes to Be Valued at
Just What He is Worth—The World
Compelled to Honor Christian
Character.
Washington, April 12.—The sermon of
Rev. Dr. Talmage to-day is full of stir
ring and practical lessons for all. Wash
ington has many men who, like the hero
of the texts, started from almost nothing,
and rose to high place. The texts chosen
were: Genesis 37:28: “They drew and lifted
up Joseph out of the pit and sold Joseph
to the Ishmalites for twenty pieces of sil
ver.” Genesis 45:26; “He is governor over
all the land of Egypt.”
You cannot keep a good man down. God
has decreed for him a certain point of
elevation. He will bring him to that
though it cost him a thousand worlds.
You sometimes find men fearful they will
not be properly appreciated. Every man
comes to be valued at just what he is
worth. You cannot write him up, and you
cannot write him down. These facts are
powerfully Illustrated in my subject. It
would be an Insult to suppose that you
were not all familiar with the life of Jo
seph. How his jealous.brothers threw him
into a pit, but seeing a caravan of Ara
bian merchants trudging along on their
camels, with spices and gums that loaded
the air with aroma, sold their brother to
these merchants, who carried him down
into Egypt; Joseph there sold to Potlphat,
a man of influence and office. How by
Joseph’s integrity he raised himself to
high position in the realm, until under
the false charge of a vile wretch he was
hurled into the penitentiary. How in pris
on he commanded respect and confidence.
How by the interpretation of Pharaoh's
dream he was freed and became the chief
man in the realm, the Bismarck of his
century. How in the time of famine Jo
seph had the control of a magnificent
storehouse which he had filled during
seven years of plenty. How, when his
brothers, who had thrown him into the
pit and sold him into captivity, applied
for corn, he sent them home with the
beasts of burden borne down under the
heft of the corn sacks. How the sin against
their brother which had so long been hid
den came out at last and was returned by
that brother’s forgiveness and kindness—
the only revenge he took.
You see, in the first place, that the
world is compelled to honor Christian
character. Pottohar was only a man of
the world, yet Joseph rose in his estima
tion until all the affairs of that great
house were committed to his charge.
From his servant no honor or confidence
was withheld. When Joseph was in pris
on he soon won the heart of the keeper,
and though placed there for being a
aepUttdrel. he soon convinced the jailer
' h. waa AM Innocent and trustworthy
wflA, rMcfwd from <•’>»« eonftuix
miml V* i •’•'har"’ •>>
; p. :• m .aifairar Wh*f*v«r Joseph Wbi
placed, tvnerher a servant tn,the house
of Potlphar, or a prisoner in the peni
tentiary, ho became the first man every
where, and is an illustration of tho truth
1 lay down that the world is compelled to
honor Christian character. There are
those who affect to despise, a re'lglous life.
They speak of it tis a. system of phlebo
tomy by which the man is bled of al!
his courage and nobility. They say he has
bemoaned himself. They pretend to have
no more confidence in him since his con
version than before his conversion.
But al! this* is hypocrisy. There
is a great deal of hypocrisy in the church
and Hiero is a great deal of hypocrisy
outside the church, t is impossible for
any man not to admire and confide in a
man who shows that he has really become
a. child of God, and Is what ho professes
to be. You cannot despise a son of the
Lord God Almighty. Os course we have
no admiration for the sham of religion.
1 was at a place a few hours after tho
ruffians had gone into the rail-train and
demanded Chat the passengers throw up
their arms, and then these ruffians took
the pocket-books; and s.xtan comas and
suggests to a man that he throw up his
arms in hypocritical prayer and preten
sion, and then steals his soul. For the mere
pretension of religion we have abhor
rence. Redwald, the king, after baptism,
had an altar of Christian sacrifice, ami an
altar for sacrifice to devils; and there
are many men now attempting the same
•tnrnjf—u Jituirt for und hu-if u
heart for the world—and it is a dead fail
ure, and it is a caricature of religion, and
the only successful assault ever made
on Christianity is tihe Inconsistency of its
professors. You may have a contempt for
pretension to religion but when you be
hold tho excellency of Jesus Christ come
out in the life of one of his disciples, all
that there Is good and noble in your souls
rises up into admiration, and you cannot
'help it. Though that man be as far be
neath you in estate as the Egyptian slave
of whom we ara discoursing was beneath
his rulers, by an Irrevocable law of your
nature, Potiphar and Pharaoh will always
esteem Joseph. When Eudoxlu, the em
press, threatened Chrysostom with death,
he made the reply. “Tell tho empress 1
fear nothing but sin." Such a scene as
that compels the admiration of the world.
Thorn was something in Agrippa and Felix
which demanded their respect for Paul,
tho rebel against government. 1 doubt
not they would willingly have yielded
their office and dignity for a thousandth
part of that true heroi.*m which beam
ed in the eye and beat in the heart
Os that unconquerable apostle. Paul
did not cower before Felix; Felix cowered
before Paul. The infidel and worldling are
compelled to honor in their hearts, al
though they may not eulogise with their
lips, a Christian firm in persecution,
cheerful In poverty, trustful in losses,
trlunvptwuit in death. 1 find Christian men
In alt professions und occupations, and I
find them respected and honored and sue- !
cessful. John Frederick Oberlin alleviating
ignorance and distress; Howard passing
from L dungeon to lassaretta with healing I
ror the body ami soul; Elisabeth Fry going
to tho profligacy of Newgate prison to :
•hake Ha obduracy aa the angel came to
the prison at Iffiillipni, driving open the I
doors and snapping loose fne chain, as j
wall a* the lives of thousands of followers i
of Jesus who have dwvoted themselves to
the temporal und spiritual welfare of the ;
race, ure monumMita of the Christian re
i glon that snail not crumble while the ■
SM® to me in the cars;
Utat is religkin’" Judging from the!
character of many professors of religion
Lm. religion.” I
*•*“* * U PP°** we Went to!
* ‘i «» i ? c,,y Kame,
A? I*. In his gallery asked him, ’What i
la the art of painting? would he take us I
out In a low alley and show us a mere '
at P* l,rtln *’ or would
he take us down into the corridors and
a.iow tis the Rubens, and the Raphaels i
mm , When w ” tuske '*
oiw, \> n&t thf tin of pHintinii h<* i
wouid point to the works of these great
V l4 ',' u painting.’ Now,
yy^L.... to . *. nd J h< ‘ [nere caricature '
Jr VT V??' whlol » I* the
iUe ’ n,, ' ) you can
that rettgiw. I point you to the splendid »
men ano women whom this Goamu ha. 1
and crown,xi. Look at I
LXAJ Jlr*! 4 ’ 1 ’ * rav ’ R you.
We learn also from thia st,: \ of t
»*•» P*«r«!‘on is efeva h -i
t<«»». ***** ** * or ***** being sol<: !
lOto Egyptian bondage by his malicious i
brotbcre, and bu imprisonment, Jo- I
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< J. H. ESTILL. President. )
LiltCll Ln 4 \ CUM
seph never would have become a govern
or. Everybody accepts the promise,
“Blessed are they that are persecuted
for righteousness sake, for theirs is the
Kingdom of Heaven,” but they do not
realize the fact that this principle applies
to worldly as well as spiritual success. It
is true in all departments. Men rise to
high official positions through misrepre
sentation. Public abuse is ail that some
of our public men have had to rely upon
for their elevation. It has brought to
them what talent and executive force
could not have achieved. Many of those
who are making great effort for place
and power will never succeed, just be
cause they are not of enough importance
to be abused. It is the nature of men
—that Is, of all generous and reasonable
men—to gather about those who are per
secuted and defend them, and they are
apt to forget the fault of those who are
the subjects of attack while attempting
to drive back the slanderers. Persecution
is elevation. Helen Stlrk, the Scotch
martyr, standing with her husband at the
place of execution said: “Husband, let
us rejoice to-day; we have lived together
many happy years; this Is the happiest
time of all our life; you see we are to
be happy together forever. Be brave,
now, be brave. I will not say, ‘Good
night’ to you, for we shall soon be in
the kingdom of our father together.”
Persecution shows the heroes and hero
ines. I go into another department and
I find that those great denominations of
Christians which have been most abused
have spread the most rapidly. No good
man was ever more violently maltreated
than John Wesley—belied and caricatured
and slandered until one day he
stood In a pulpit in London, and a man
arose in the audience and said: “You
were drunk last night,” and John Wes
ley said: “Thank God, the whole cata
logue is now complete. I have been charg
ed with everything but that!” His fol
lowers were hooted at, and maligned and
called by every detestable name that in
fernal Ingenuity could invent, but the
hotter the persecution the more rapidly
they spread, until you know what a great
host they have become and what a tre
mendous force for God and the truth they
are weilding ail the world over! It was
persecution that gave Scotland to Pres
byterianism. It was persecution that gave
our land first to civil liberty and after
ward to religious freedom. Yea, I might
go further back and’say it was perse
cution that gave the world the great sal
vation of the Gospel. The ribald mock
ery, the hungering and thirsting,
the unjust charge, the ignominious
death, when all the force of hell’s fury
was hurled against the Cross, was the in
troduction of that religion which is yet
to be the earth’s deliverance and our
eternal salvation. The state sometimes
said to the church: “Come, take my hand,
and I will help you." What was the re
sult? The church went back and it lost
its estate of holiness, and It became in
effective. At other times the state said
to the church: “I will crush you.” What
has been the result? After the storms
have spent their fury the church, so far
from having lost any of its force, has
increased and is worth Infinitely more af
ter the assault than before. Read all his
tory and you will find that true. The
church is far more indebted to the oppo
sition of civil government than to its ap
proval. The fires of the stake have only
been the torches which Christ held in his
hand, by the light of which the church
has marched to her present glorious po
sition. In the sound of racks and imple
ments of torture I hear the rumbling of
the Gospel chariot. The scaffolds of mar
tyrdom have been the stairs by which the
church mounted.
Learn also from our subject that sin will
ecirrto to exposure. Long, long ago had
tl«)«<: brotUirs soldi Joseph .into Egyp',
TB >y uad iMade'tnetpd fattier believe that
his favorite child was dead. They had
■ suppressed the crime, and it was a pro
found secret well kept by the brothers.
But suddenly the secret is out. The old
father hears that his son is in Egypt, hav
ing been sold there by the malice of his
own brothers. How their cheeks must
have burned and their hearts sunk at the
flaming out of this long suppressed crime.
The smallest iniquity has a thousand
tongues, and they will blab out exposure.
Saul was sent to destroy the Canaanites,
their sheep and their oxen; but when he
got down there among the pastures, he
saw some fine sheep and oxen too fat to
kill, so he thought he would steal them.
Nobody would know It. He drove these
stolen sheep and oxen toward home, but
stopped to report to the prophet how he
had executed his mission, when in the dis
tance the sheep began to blate and the ox
en to bellow. The secret was out, and
Samuel said to the blushing and confused
Saul: “What meaneth the bleating of the
sheep that I hear, and the bellowing of the
cattle?” Ah! my hearer, you cannot keep
an iniquity still. At just the wrong time
the sheep will bleat and the oxen will bel
low. Acthan cannot steal the Babvlonish
garment without being stoned to death,
nor Arnold betray his country' without
having his neck stretched. Look over the
police arrests. These thieves, these burg
lars, these counterfeiters, these highway
men, these assassins, they all thought they
oould bury' their iniquity so deep down, it
would never come to resurrection; but
there was some shoe that answertxi to
the print tn the soil, some false keys found
in their possession, some bloody knife that
whispered of the death, and the public in
dignation and the anathema of outraged
law hurled them into the dungeon or hoist
ed them on the gallows. Francis 1., King
of France, stood counseling w’lth his of
ficers how he could take his army into
Italy, ’tfhen Amerll, the fool of the court,
leaped out from a corner of the room and
said: “You had better be consulting how
you will get your army beck;” and it was
found that Francis 1., and not Amerll,
was the fool. Instead of consulting as to
the best way of getting into sin. you had
hotter consult as to whether you w'ill be
able to get out of it. If the world does not
expose you. you will tell R yourself. There
is an awful pow’er in an aroused con
science. A highwayman plunged out upon
Whitefield as he rode along on horseback,
a sack of money on the horse—money that
he had raised for orphan asylums, and the
highwaynnen put his hand on the gold and
Whitefield turned to him and said: "Touch
that if you dare—that belongs to the Lord
Jesus Christ.” And the ruffian slunk Into
the forest. Conscience! Conscience! The
ruffian had a pietol, but Whitefield shook
at him the finger of doom. Do not think
you can hide any great and protracted sin i
in your heart, my brother. In an unguurd- I
ed moment H will slip off the Up, or some '
slight action may for the moment set ajar I
j this door that you wanted to keep Hosted 1
But suppose that in this life you hide iti
> and you get along with this transgression i
burning in your heart, as a ship on fire '
i within for days hinders the flames from !
‘ bursting out by keeping down the hatches I
yet at last in the judgment that iniquity
| will blaxe out before God and the uni
verse.
Learn also from this subject that there
is an inseparable connection between all
events, however remote. The universe is
j only one thought of God. Those things
! w’hich seemed fragmentary and isolated
j are only different parts of that great
I thought. How far apart seemed these two
! events— Joseph sold to the Arabian mere
! chants and his rulership of Egypt, yet you
; see in what a mysterious way God con
i nected the two into one plan. So the
! events are linked together. You who are '
i aged men look back and group together |
| a thousand things in your life that once ;
i seemed isolated. One undivided chain of
events reaches from the garden of Eden !
-to the cross of Calvary, and thus up to
j the kingdom of heaven. There is a re-la- '
I Horn between the smallest insect that ;
hums in the summer air and the arch
l angel on his throne. God can trace a di
| rect ancestral fine from the blue-jay that
this spring will build its nest in the tree
< behind the house to some one of the flock
of birds which, when Noah hoisted the
! ark's window, with a whirr and dash of
j bright wings went out to sing over Mount
I Ararat. The tulips that bloom in the gar
' den this spring were nursed by* the snow- j
I flakes. The furthest star on one side of '
! the* universe could not look toward the !
furthest star on the other side of the uni- |
I verse and say; “You are no relation to i
| nre. for from that bright orb a voice -
J of tight would ring across rhe heavens '
responding, "Yea, yes, we are sisters.” |
Nothing in God’s universe swings at loose
ends. Accidents are only God’s way' of
turning a leaf in the book of his eternal
decrees. From our cradle to our grave
there is a path all marked out. Each
event in our life ds connected with every'
other event in our life. Our losses may
be the most direct road to our gain. Our
defeat and our victory are twin brothers.
The whole direction of your life was
changed by something which at the time
seemed to you trfling, while some occur
rence which seemed tremendous affected
you but little. God’s plans are
magnificent beyond all comprehension. He
molds us, and turns and directs us, and
we know it not. Thousands of years are
to him as the flight of a shuttle. The
most terrific occurrence does not make
God tremble. The most triumphant
achievement does not lift hipi into rap
ture. That one great thought of God goes
out through the centuries, and nations
rise and fall ,and eras pass, and the world
changes, but God still keeps the undivided
mastery, linking event to event and cen
tury to century. To God they are all one
event, one history, one plan, one devel
opment, one system. Great and marvelous
are thy works, Lord God Almighty! I was
years ago in New Orleans at the expo
sition rooms, when a telegram was sent
to the President of the United States
at Washington, and we waited some fif
teen or twenty minutes and then the Pres
ident’s answer came back, and then the
presiding officer waved his handkerchief
and the signal was sent to Washington
that we were ready to have the machinery
of the exposition started, and the Presi
dent put his finger on the electric but
ton, and instantly the great Corliss wheel
began to move—rumbling, rumbling, roll
ing, rolling. It was overwhelming, and
15,000 people clapped and shouted. Just
one finger at Washington started that vast
machinery, hundreds and hundreds of
miles away, and I thought then, as 1
think now, that men sometimes touch in
fluences that respond in the far distance,
forty years from now, fifty years from
now, a thousand years from now—a mill
ion years from now—one touch sounding
through the ages.
We also learn from this story the pro
priety of laying up for the future. During
the seven years of plenty, Joseph prepared
for the famine, and when it came he had a
crowded storehouse. The life of most men
in a worldly respect is divided into years
of plenty and famine. It is seldom that
any man passes through life without at
least seven years of plenty. During those
seven years, your business bears a rich
harvest. You scarcely know where all
the mopey comes from, It comes so fast.
'Every bargain you make seems to turn
into gold.. You contract few bad debts.
You are astonished with large dividends.
You Invest more and more capital. You
wonder how men can be content with a
small business, gathering in only a few
hundred dollars while you reap your thou
sands. Those are the seven years of
plenty. Now Joseph has time to prepare
for the threatened famine, for to almost
very man there do come seven years of
famine. You will be sick, you will be un
fortunate, you will be defrauded, there will
be hard times, you will be disappointed,
and if you have <no storehouse upon which
to fall back, you may be famine struck,
vv e have no admiration for this denying
one’s self all personal comfort and luxury
for the mere pleasure of hoarding up, this
grasping, grasping for the mera pleasure
of seeing how large a pile you can get, this
always being poor because as soon as a
dollar comes in It Is sent out to see if it can
find another dollar, so that It can carry it
home on its back. We have a contempt
for all those things, but there Is an intel
ligent and noble-minded forecast which we
love to see in men who have families and
kindred depending upon for the
nibfts'|V's of jidiiH/tlor, focme.
.xends us to the insects for a leSson, which
while they do not stint themselves in the
present, do not forget their duty to fore
cast the future “Go to the ant, thou
• consi<ler her ways, and be wise;
which having no guide, overseer or ruler
provideth her meat in the summer and
gathereth her food in the harvest ’’
Now, there are two ways of laying up
money. One of these is to put It in stock
and deposit it in bank, and invest it
on bond and mortgage. Tfie other way to
lay up money is giving it away. He is the
safest who makes both of these invest
ments. There are in this hotise men who if
they lose every dollar they have in the
world would be millionaires for eternity
They made the spritual investment; but
the man who devotes none of his gains
to the cause of Christ and looks only for
his own comfort and luxury is not safe
I care not how the money is invested’
He acts as the Rose, if it shold say- “j
will hold my breath, and none shall have
a snatch of fragrance from me until next
week; then I will set all the garden afloat
with my aroma.” Os course, the Rose
refusing to breathe, died. But above alk
lay up treasures in heaven. They never
depreciate tn value. They never are at a
discount. They are always available. You
may feel safe now with your SI,OOO or
$2,000 or SIO,OOO or $20,000 income, but what
will such an Income be worth after you
are dead? Others will get it. Perhaps
some of them will quarrel about it before
you are buried. They will be so impatient
to get hold of the will, they w’ill think you
should be buried one day sooner than you
are buried. They will be right glad when
you are dead. They are only waiting for
you to die. What then will all your
earthly accumulations be worth? If you
gathered it all in your bosom and walked
up with it to heaven’s gate, it would not
purchase your admission. Or, if allowed
to enter, it could not buy you a crown or
a robe, and the poorest saint* in heaven
would look down at you and say: “Where
did that pauper come from?” May we
all have treasures in heaven. Amen!
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TURKEY AND THE MISSIONARIES.
The Porte Denies That Wholesale
Expulsion is Contemplated.
Washington. April 12.—The Turkish le
gation received from the sublime porte
under to-day’s date, the following tele- i
j gram: “It has been falsely stated that
missionaries would be expelled. The Im- i
perial government has not taken and does
not intend to take any general measure of
expulsion of misionaries and Catholic I
priests. Those among them who attend
peacefully to their buiness are not, and
; will not, be disturbed. But, surely, it
I cannot be the same for those who by their
j attitude try to disturb the order artd tran- !
! qulity of the country and place themselves I
; in open hostility towards the law and reg- i
' lattons tn force in the empire. The im
l perlal government, watchful of the main-
I tainance of the public security, has the
i duty to send them away from its terrl
| tory, and in so dotnf, it avails Itself of a
tory, and in so doing, it avails itself of a
contest.”
DROWNED IN THE OHIO.
Father and Son Lost by the Swamp- j
ing of a Skiff.
Cincinnati, 0., April 121—Charles De- '
Camp, Sr., 50 years of age, and his son, j
Charles, 10 years of age, of Bellevue, Ky.,
were drowned in the Ohio river vester
| day. They had crossed to the Ohio side
I in a skiff, loaded their boat to the water’s
1 edge with driftwood, and were returning
when they ran against a barge, and their
I overloaded craft swayed to one side and
then overturned. ,
Father and son sank, and both were
: drowned before assistance could reach
them.
RAILROAD MEN SURPRISED.
An Inexperienced Man Given nn Im
portant Position.
St. Louis. Mo.. April 12.—Edward S. Orr
; Os this City has been appointed general
I agent of the Baltinvare and Ohio atwJ Bal
timore. Ohio and Southwestern in this
| city, representing the executive and traf
fic departments. Mr. Orr has never before
! held a position in the railway service,
' and his appointment occasioned some sur
| prise. The position U a new one.
SAVANNAH, MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1896.
CHOSEN TO SIT IN THE CORTES
ELECTIONS EXCITING IN SPAIN,
BUT QUIET IN CUBA.
The Candidates of the Union Consti
tutional Party the Only Ones in
the Field in Cuba—Rumors of Riot
ing- and Incendiarism in the Prov
ince of Barcelona-Mglesias One of
the Successful Contestants.
Madrid, April* 12. Elections for mem
bers -of the cortes were held to-day, and
were very animated. Up to 10:30 o’clock
to-night the results, except in a few iso
lated cases, are unknown. It is believed
that in Madrid five conservatives and tw r o
liberals have been returned. It is rumored
that the ministry’s electoral agertts have
been guilty of great abuses.
Iglezias the leader of the Spanish so
cialists, has been victorious in Bilboa, de
feating a wealthy ship builder named
Rivas, who, it is reported, paid $lO per
vote.
It is rumored that there are disturb
ances in Igualada, province of Barcelona,
and that incendiaries have applied the
torch to a factory belonging to the liberal
candidate.
The Official Gazette publishes the bal
ance sheets of the Bank of Spain. It
Show's the largest note issued on record,
namely, $226,000,000, against cash in hand
as follows: Gold, $40,022,210; silver,- $51,918,-
335, a total of $91,940,045.
The newspapers here are angry with the
American juries and courts for acquitting
the men who were accused of being fill
bus ter er s.
The Epoca says that if there is a con
flict between Spain and the United States,
Spanish diplomacy will succeed in a few
weeks in making the Cubap question in
teresting to all the powers having colo
nies in the new world. The paper insin
uates that Spain will obtain European
aid.
A majority of the papers express the
hope that the government will decline any
mediation proffered by President Cleve
land.
Havana, April' 12.—'Elections for thirty
members of the Cortes were held to-day.
The candidates of the union constitu
tional party were the only ones in the
field, the other parties declining to take
part in the elections. The vote was ex
tremely light, and there was no anima
tion. The following deputies were elected:
In Havana—Marquis Apezteguia, Santos
Guzman, Antonio G. Lopez, Simon Ven
drele, Eduardo A. Cuervo, and Rafael
Casset.
In Guanabacoa—Wenceslao Benana.
Jaruco—Jose Verges.
Gulnes—Juan Llado.
Pinar del Rio—Crescente G. San Miguel,
Tlburcio Castenada, and Tesifonte Gallego.
Guanajay—Fustino San Pedro.
Matanzas —Romero Robuledo, Felix Sua
rez Inclan, and Felipe Martinez.
Cardenas—Alfredo Zuleta.
Colton—Count Macurijes.
Santa Clara—Miguel Villanueva, Mar
quis de Clen Fuegos, Angel Carvajal., and
Alfredo Fatagati.
Remedies—Martin Zozaya.
Sarttl Spirit us—Agosto de Figueroa.
Santiago de Cuba—Manuel Quintlna,
Carlos G. Rothvoss and Frageisco I garte.
,
mi to dro Novo.
Puerio Prin-ripe—Luis UanaTejas.
Several of the above served in the lakt
cortes. Among the new men Senor Cas
set is editor of the Madrid Imparclal; Sa
nor Figueroa is editor of the Heraldo. and
Senor Canalajayas is a correspondent of
the same paper. Senores Apezteguia and
Castenada are riative Cubans.
Numerous encounters between govern
ment troops and rebel bands are reported
from the different provinces. There has
been considerable fighting around the tro
cha, the military line across the island.
Parties of insurgents recently entered
the province of Havana from the east.
They appear to be gathering near the
trocha.
Gen. Arolas reports that the operations
against Maceo are continued day and
night. The town of Cuatro (Mminos, pro
vince of Havana, has been burned by the
labels under Mirabel.
London, April 13, 3a. m.—A dispatch to
the Standard from (Madrid says that offi
cial data at hand Indicates the election of
180 conservatives, 65 liberals, e’ght dissi
dent conservatives and five Carlists, and
the election of seventy candidates whose
politics are unknown. All the socialist
candidates in Catalonia were defeated.
Gen. Francois de Bourbon a pretender
of the throne of France, was elected in
Gracia, a suburb of Barcelona.
FLOR ILA’S FILIBUSTERS.
The George W. Childs Lauds Its Ex
pedition in Cuba. ,
Key West, Fla., April 12.—The ocean tug
George W. Childs left Cape Florida early
Friday morning, with a large filibuster
expedition for Cuba, ifhe Childs carried
4,0C0 rifles, 500,000 cartridges, several
Hotchkiss and Gatling guns and many re
volvers and machetes. The vessel also
carried nearly 100 men, commanded by
Col. Juan Monzon, a veteran of the last
Cuban war. It is said half of these men
are Americans who have seen service in
the national guard. Cuban leaders claim
the Childs landed her arms and men Sat
urday morning about 2 o’clock, on the
coast of Pinar del Rio, a detachment from
Maceo’s army protecting the landing.
The Cubans had been fitting out the ex
pedition for three weeks, the arms being
stored on Cape Florida and the men ren
dezvoused there. When all was in readi
ness the Childs slipped away for the cape
and got the arms and men.
On complaint of the Spanish consul, it is
said, a United States revenue cutter was
watching for the Childs and chased her
: off Cape Florida. The Childs, however is
‘ very fleet, and distanced the cutter, ’f'he
| Childs has done work for the Cubans be
fore, and last year was seized by the
United States authorities as a filibuster
but was released.
A BATTLE WITH MATABELES.
The English Kill and Wound ISO of
the Natives and Lose Five Men.
London, April 12.—A dispatch dated Bul
uwayo yesterday says that messengers,
who have arrived there, report that a
large force of Matabeles attacked Capt.
Brand and his party of 130 men. A laager
was formed, which was completely sur
rounded by the blacks. The whites made
a desperate fight. Finally, when all their
ammunition was exhausted and their I
Maxim gun disabled, they fought their I
way through the lines of the Matabeles
losing five killed and sixteen wounded ‘
The Matabeles were armed with Martini
rifles. It is estimated that they lost 150
killed and wounded. Matters are daily
I becoming more serious. The rising js
I spreading rapidly.
The Telegraph will to-morrow publish
I a dispatch from Pretoria saying that two
large Matabele impis or regiments are kill
ing oxen and holding war dances twelve
I miles from Buluwayo.
Suicide Follows Ruin.
| Chicago, April 12.—Barney Josephs, once !
a prosperous and well-to-do dry' goods
merchant, committed suicide last night 1
by taking ammonia. Josephs was ruined ’
financially through the failure of his fa- i
ther-in-law, Joseph Schwartz, for whom
Josephs had indorsed notes for maav thou- '
sand dollars. *
BALLINGTON BOOTH’S BOLT.
The General’s Prejudice Against
America the Cause.
New York, April 12.—Commander and
Mrs. Ballington Booth to-night gave out
a statement, of which the following is an
abstract: “Since our statement, written
in response to the urgings we received, to
inaugurate a new movement was issued,
we avoided making any reply -to the inac
curate statements which have from time
to time appeared in print from the present
leaders of the Salvation Army. It was our
intention to maintain this silence, but dur
ing the last few days news has reached us
that portions of our private letters are
being shown by London’s representatives,
who are putting their own interpretations
upon our reasons for our present position.
“Hearing of this, our friends and our
officers, wno wlsn their position at our side
to be understood, urge us to state some of
our reasons for deciding not to take an
other command under, international gov
ernment.
“First, the general’s visit was the pri
mary cause between us and himself.
From first to last lhe impressed us with
his displeasure and Ms dissatisfaction with
us personally, and with our method of
administering affairs. We loved and un
derstood this country. He exhibited prej
udice and misconception of it and its
people. He objected to the display of
the national flag upon our badges and in
our halls and in our homes. He said that
the time had arrived to cease carrying
the stars and stripes at the head of our
parades. He objected to the use of the
eagle upon our crests and insignias, and
constantly spoke deprecatlngly of
the country, its people and its
institutions. Our constant defense
and explanation in answer to his
attacks only increased the difficulty. He
spoke no word of public approval of our
service or success, and in other ways
that we need not mention, made the visit
one of the bitterest experiences of bur
lives.
“Second, during our experience in Amer
ica, we have gradually become convinced
that the system of governing the work
In this country from a foreign center by
laws made by those unaware of the needs
and condition of the country is neither
wise nor practical. Constant friction has,
on this account, existed between ,us and
the international headquarters.
"Third Our judgment has been forced
upon points that we diid not approve and
we have been made to feel that the gov
ernment was such that so far as we ware
personally' concerned, we could not ac
cept another command where we should
have to administer while we ourselves
could not agree with the rules it demand
eel and enforced.
Fourth, The rules and regulations gov
erning the army to the minutest detail
were being made In England and the com
missioners of foreign commands were
obliged to force them, though they them
selves had in nowise been consulted on
the formulation of the same.
Fifth, For years we had not been con
sulted on the part of the movements and
innovations of the army, although sup
posed to be two of its most proYnlnent and
responsible officers.
“Six!th, Our judgment was not accepted
on matters vitally affecting the welfare
of the work In this country.
“Seventh. Luring his last Interview with
us in America, the general stated that he
wished us to assist the struggling work in
Can da by giving up a certain portion of
..the Rtnjes t i be annex#/l Gs the;
doi.iii.; .>ii. We expressed uUr willingness
to further assist our comrades in Canada
with money (having already helped them
financially), but that the annexation of
American territory to Canada was quite
impracticable and would damage the
work. Our arguments carried no weight
and <the general considered them unrea
sonable. When we spoke of the national
feeling, he closed the controversy by
drawing his fingers down tho map of
North America In three section, declar
ing that ultimately he intended (o cut the
country in three, joining each to a section
of Canada to break down any national
feeling existing. We said such a division
would ruin the work in this country,
where the unbroken union of the states
means so much. After the general’s re
turn to England a long correspondence
followed, in which we gave a number of
reasons against this annexation. Though
they could not deny our judgement, they
forced us to make the annexation and at
the present time the army work in Da
kota, North Montana and North Wash
ington is governed from Toronto, and we
have been told that officers hardlv dare to
let the citizens of these cities know that
their money goes to the Canadian head
quarters. It was intended upon our re
moval i from the command to divide this
country, so we had built into our national
headquarters a stone from each state to
typify “the union, one and inseparable.”
“Eighth, Though we' repeatedly urged
after the resignation of our chief secre
tary, William Evans, that for the sake
of the advance and safety of the work in
America it was absolutely necessary to
choose for that position an officer from
the ranks in this country' who was an
• American citizen, and familiar with the
thought and sentiment of the American
people, our request was Ignored by the
International headquarters. We were told
that the officer holding the position must
be some one trained in England and well
known to the genera] and chosen by the in
ternational headquarters. We had reluc
tantly, to restrict our choice to an officer
from England. Col. Eadie was sent ”
In conclusion the statement says: “There
will undoubtedly be denials and counter
statements made to the above, but we
can only add that we believe that our lives
before the American public will at least
exonerate us from insincerity of motive
and unwoflthiness of purpose. We wish
the army no evil and would not have thus
written had they taken our advice and re
mained silent.”
AN APARTMENT HOUSE ABLAZE.
Two Women and a Man Escape
Death by a Narrow Margin.
Cleveland, 0., April 12.—At 2 o’clock this
morning fire broke out in the Gehrin
apartment house, on Morrison street.
Forty families live in the building, and
as they rushed pell mell for the fire es
capes and stairways, a wild scene of con
fusion ensued.
Mary Cox, a waitress, aged 17, roomed
with her sister Annie, on the third floor,
and was cut off from the fire escape. With
her nightgown and hair in flames, she
jumped to the sidewalk, breaking her
arm and receiving other severe injuries
Mrs. John Berlotuccia jumped from the
second story, and was badly bruised
James Kinswater fell through a burn
ing floor, and was seriously injured. His
escape from death was by a very narrow
margin.
Twenty families lost all their furniture
and clothing, and are now sheltered by
their neighbors.
i The Gehrin house was the property of
i Schee & aingler, and was fully covered
■ bjr The loss in all is about
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TEEMER AGAINST THE WORLD.
The ex-champion Oarsman to Inoue
a Challenge.
Pittsburg, Pa.. April 12.-John Teemer,
ex-champion oarsman, was in Pittsburg
yesterday, on his way to his home in Mc-
Keesport, Pa. Teemer, who is special in
| structor of Jhe Detroit Rowing Assocta
i tlon, says that he will, on or about the first
of next month, issue a challenge to row
any man in the world, for from SI,OOO to
$2,000 a side and the championship, the
race to be rowed in Detroit. He will de
posit a forfeit of SSOO in Detroit as soon
<s he returns to that city.
A LYNCHING AT SEALE.
The Victim a Negro Who Fired a
Store and Shot the Proprietor.
Columbus, Ga., April 12.—At 4 o’clock
this morning a mob went to the jail
at 'Seale, Ala., and aroused the jailer,
saying they had a murderer to place in
custody. The jailer opened the door and
the mob rushed in. They took a negro
named Reddick Adams from has cell, car
ried him to the graveyard and left his
dead body hanging from a tree.
Last week Adams was tried for assault
with intent to murder and arson. After
the jury had .been out seventy-two hours
a mistrial was entered, ten jurymen be
ing for hanging and two for life im
prisonment.
Last fall Adams shot R. T. Renfroe
from ambush, while he was at-work a
short distance from Ms store. Then he
went to the store, took such goods as
pleased his fancy and applied a torch
to the building. Retracing his steps to
where his victim lay, just returning to
consciousness, Adams fired the charge of
the other barrel of his gun into his body,
and then broke his gun over his head.
It was as shocking a crime as was ever
committed in the county. Almost by a
miracle, Mr. Renfroe recovered and iden
tified his assailant, who then confessed.
After the mistrial, impatient at the law’s
delay, Mr. Renfroe's friends took the
matter into their own hands, with the
result as-stated above.
, A PEDDLER’S CORPSE FOUND.
Strong Suspicion That He Was Mur
dered After Arrest.
Cumberland, Md., April 12.—Lewis Fine,
a peddler, whose home is at Lonaconing,
Md., on Nov. 12, 1895, was arrested for
selling wares without a license, and it
was reported that while being taken to
jail he made his escape. The story of the
prisoner’s escape by the constable was
so rambling as to create suspicion, and
Fine’s family and friends organized
searching parties at Lonaconing, and the
woods in that locality were thoroughly
scoured, but nothing could be learned of
the missing man’s whereabouts until early
Saturday morning, when Wright Thayer,
a farmer, discovered the body lying upon
the banks of Lake Cleveland in the
glades.
A coroner’s jury was summoned and a
post-mortem examination held and a ver
dict that the deceased had come to his
death through some unknown and foul
means was rendered.
It is the general opinion that the body
had been but recently placed where it was
found. Up to this writing no arrests have
been made.
AN EDITOR SHOT DEAD.
A Bullet Intended for Another Ed
itor Inflicted the Wound.
Wellington, Kan., April 12.—Editor
Charles Branscomb of the South Haven
New Era was killed in a shooting scrape
between A. A. Richards, editor of the
Wellington Daily Mail and Robert Sim
mons, editor of the Caldwell News. Nd
arrests have been made.
Sinus or.* Rkhaiss had hdtpucarry
iiijf on a I'CieTyV’-'vspasic'r war. They met
by chancw when both drew revolvers and
began firing. At the fifth shot Brans
comb, who was with Richards, fell, pierced
by a bullet.
A MINING COMPANY IN TROUBLE.
Employes Suing for Wages Secure
a Receivership.
Louisville, Ky„ April 12.—The Lexing
ton and Carter Mining Company, owning
10,000 acres of land in Carter county, and
capitalized at $300,000, was yesterday
placed in the hands of the Columbia Fi
nance and Trust Company, as receivers,
on application of employes, who are su
ing for wages, said to be overdue. The
debts, it is said, will reach $50,000, but the
receivers expect to put the concern on
its feet in a short time.
A CHANGE iIN RECEIVERS.
The Lake Erie and St. Louis to Be
Operated ns One System.
Springfield, 111., April 12.—The United
States district court has asked for and re
ceived the resignation of E. O. Hopkins
and James H. Wilson as receivers of the
Lake Erie and St. Louis railroad, west
ern division, between East St. Louis and
Mount Vernon, 111., and the court has ap
pointed G. T. Jarvis, as sole receiver, tak
ing effect May 1. By this agreement,
the Lake Erie and St. Louis will continue
to be operated as one system.
MAHER TO FIGHT SLAVIN.
The Men to Meet on Long Island for
a Purse of SfI,OOO.
Pittsburg, April 12.—Peter Maher and
Frank P. Slavin wll Imeet in a 20-round
fight at the Eureka Club, Long Island, N.
Y., on May 29, for a purse of $6,000. Tom
O’Rourke came to Pittsburg from New
York to-day and had a conference with
Quinn, manager for Maher. O'Rourke had
Slavin’s signature to the articles of agree
ment. Quinn will sign the articles on be
half of Maher to-morrow.
FOUNDERED OFF COLON.
The Steamer City of Dallas Lost, But
All on Board Saved.
Colon, April 12.—The steamer City of
Dallas, before reported with her machine
ry seriously deranged, foundered Friday,
eighty miles from this city. A boat with
the captain and a portion of the crew
arrived here to-day. Assistance is being
sent to the passengers, who landed at
Concepcion river.
SHOT AND KILLED HIS SISTER.
Careless Handling- of a Gun Ends in
a Tragedy.
Chattanooga. Tenn.. April 12.—8 y care
less 'handling of a gun, Jesse Jett, a young
man at Harriman, Tenn., to-night killed
his little sister. He was fingering a rifle
in the presence of the child, when It
was discharged, the ball passing through
her heart, producing Instant death.
FATAL DUEL OVER SQUAWS.
The Victorious Indian Commits Sui
cide to Escape Arrest.
Perry, O. T., April 12.—Harry Rice and
Robert Taylor, full-blooded Pawnee In
dians, fought over squaws Thursday
morning, east of here, and Rice killed
Taylor. Rice fled, and officers pursued
him. When he saw he was going to be
captured he killed himself.
A Nebraska Bank Closed.
Chadron, Neb., April 12.—The Chadron
Banking Company, the oldest banking in
stitution in this city, closed its doors
yesterday. A. C. Putnam is president. The
officers of the bank decline to give any
estimate of the resources and liabilities
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A CLOSE CONTEST IN ALABAMA
each side claims to have won
in the primaries.
'i he Loss of His Home County Ex
pected to Have a Marked Effect on
Johnston’s Strength in the County
Conventions Next Wednesday.
Looks Like a Big Bluff by the
Silverites.
Montgomery, Ala., April 12.—The re
sult of the primaries in this state for
governor yesterday is close and the result
is claimed by both sides. There have been
decided changes both ways from the
Oates-Johnston contest of two years ago.
For instance, Johnston, the free silver
candidate, has carried this county, while
Clarke, the sound money champion, has
carried Johnston’s home county of Jef-'
fersqn. Front the news received by
the Advertiser from nearly every county
in the state, the indications are very
strong that Clarke has been nominated.
He himself is confident, while his friends
are standing firm.
The Johnston men, on the other hand,
are claiming everything, and are making
a great noise. Nevertheless his newspa
per champion, the Birmingham State Her
ald, did not this morning print the re
turns from a single box in its own town
or county. It never referred even to the
fact that there had been a primary In
Jefferson county.
The Clarke men construe this as clear
proof that the Johnston claims are mere
beating of gongs.
The county conventions meet on Wednes
day , the 15th, and it will be impossible to
determine the result accurately until af
ter their action. The loss of his home
county by Johnston is expected by nil
Clarke men to have a marked effect on a
number of these county conventions.
Iwo years ago Johnston continued to
claim thgt he was nominated until the bal
lot in the state convention, and it is like
ly that he will do so this year again. The
state convention meets dn the 21st Inst
A. number of counties that have proba
bly gone for Johnston on the score of
availability as a state candidate, have ap
parently nominated sound money candid
ates for the assembly and will also prob
ably send sound money delegations to the
state convention. Hence, the prospect is
very bright for a sound money delegation
to the national convention and also for a
sound money senator to succeed Mr. Pugh.
Atlanta, Ga., April 12.—Specials to the
Constitution say there is no dispute about
Johnston’s election in Alabama. Returns
show that he has 374 votes in the state
convention out of 504.
Atlanta, Ga., April 13, 2 a. m.—The Con
stitution has returns from Alabama show
ing Johnston’s election beyond any doubt
His majority is so large that there will
be no contests. “
MONETARY MADNESS,,
Silver! tes Cm rrj
fore Them in Missouri.
St. Louis, April 12.—Up to and including
yesterday 92 democratic county conven
tions have been held in Missouri to select
delegates to the state convention ait Se
dalia which meets next Wednesday.
The result is delegates Instructed for free
coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1—
342.
Instructed for gold standard—None.
Instructed to vote for Stone, Bland and
Vest and Cockrell for delegates at large
to Chicago—2ss. .
Instructed to vote for a solid free silver
delegation to Chicago—3ol.
U nln&trucrted-—3.
Three wards in St. Louis send sound
money delegates and two are reckoned
upon from other wards to vote for the gold
element.
A. P. A.’S FIGHT ON M’KINLEY.
The Organisation to Oppose Him at
the Polls if Necessary.
Indianapolis, Ind., April 12.—The pro
posed organizations of the members of tha
A. P. A. against McKinley Is taking shape
in the lodges of the order in this state and
it is said an attempt will be mad© in tha
state convention to prevent the instruc
tion of delegates and also to Influence tha
deiegates-at-large who are opposed to the
Ohio man.
A leader in the A. P. A. men imys to-day
that the refusal of McKinley’s manager
to recognize the order had determined
them to make open war against him in tha
national convention and at the polls if he
was nominated. It was intimated that the
A. P. A. men were willing to unite with
the friends of ex-Prealdent Harrison in
an effort to prevent instructions for Mc-
Kinley, and that overtures to this effect
had been or would be made.
SOUND MONEY MEN BOLT.
Snap Jndgment by a County Chair*
man Resented.
Omaha, Neb., April 12.—The democratic*
county central committee met yesterday
to select delegates to the regular state
convention at Lincoln, April 22. After
appointing a committee of five to make
the choice, J. B. Sheehan of the adminis
tration wing, moved that a like committee
choose delegates to the administration
state convention at Lincoln on April 20.
This was ruled out of order, amidst a
great deal of confusion, as the object for
which the meeting was called had been
accomplished. Sheehan and his followers
at once bolted and made a selection of
their own. The sound money men had
secured enough proxies to have a majority
in the committee but were knocked out
by the chairman.
GOLD DEMOCRATS TO GATHER.
•
The Silver Wing In Indiana Can’t
Win on a Bluff.
Indianapolis, Ind., April 12.—At a confer
ence of gold standard democrats held her®
last week, it was decided that a stat®
conference of the opponents of free silver
should be held. It was stated in the con
ference that the conservatism of the gold
standard men had been construed into tim
idity by the free silver men, and that ac
tion was necessary to counteract the ef
fect. Chairman Holt said to-day that no
definite action had been taken yet.
Taylor Ahead la Tenneiwee.
Knoxville, Tenn., April 12.—Up to to-day
forty-five counties have selected delegate®
to the Tennessee gubernatorial conven
tion with instructions for Robert L. Tay
lor, giving him 620V* votes, or within 65
of the democratic nomination.
A Murderer Pleads Not GuiUy.
Akron. 0., April 12.—John Smith, th®
self-conf eased murderer of the Stones,
was arraigned in the jail here yesterday
afternoon by Justice Hall. Smith enter
ed a plea of “not guilty.” The prelimi
nary examination was set tor 2 o’clock
next Tuesday.
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