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FAITH DEAD WITHOUT WORKS.
TALMAGE SAILS INTO RELIGION
WHICH IS ALL TALK.
M’ractice the Tine Criterion of an
Upright Life—Real Faith arfd Gen
nine Religion Can Not Exist With
out Showing Themselves in Good
Works—The Old Religion Applied
in Every Direction and Not a New
Religion the Need of the Hour.
Washington, Dec. 20.—This subject of
Dr. Taimage cuts through the conven
tionalities, and spares nothing of that
make-believe religion which is all talk and
no practice. The text chosen was James
2:20: “Faith without works is dead.”
The Roman Catholic church has been
charged with putting too much stress
upon good works and not enough upon
faith. I charge Protestantism with put
ting not enough stress upon good works
as connected with salvation. Good works
will never save a man, but if a man have
not good works, he has no real faith and
no genuine religion. There are those who
depend upon the fact that they are all
right inside, while their conduct is wrong
outside. Their religion, most part,
is made up of talk—vigorous talk, fluent
talk, boastful talk, perpetual talk. They
will entertain you by the hour in tell
ing you how . good they are. They come
up to such a higher life that they have
no patience with ordinary Christians in
the plain discharge of their duty. As near
as 1 can tall, this ocean craft is mostly
sail and very little tonnage. Foretop
mast stay-sail, foretopmast studding sail, •
maintopsail, mizzen top-sail—everything
from flying-jib to mizzen- spanker, but
making no useful voyage. Now, the
world has got tired of this, and it wants
a religion that will work Into all the cir
cumstances of life. We do not want a
new religion, but the old religion applied
in all possible directions.
Yonder is a river with steep and rocky
banks, and it roars like a young Niagara
as it rolls on over its rough bed. It does
nothing but talk about itself all the way
from its source in the mountain to the
place where it empties into the sea. The
banks are so steep that the cattle cannot
come down to drink. It does not run one
fertilizing rill into the adjoining held. It
has not one grist mill or factory on either
side. It sulks in wet weather with chilling
fogs. No one cares when that river is
born among the rocks, and no one cares
when it dies into the sea. But yonder is
another river, and it mosses its banks with
the warm tides, and it rocks with floral
lullaby the water lilies asleep on its bosom.
It invites herds of cattle and flocks of
sheep and coveys of birds to come there
and drink. It has three grist mills on one
side and six cotton factories on the other,
k It is the Wealth of two hundred miles of
mUpturiaffi farm.-t. birds of ch.
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xea to hail it as i ■ low
Atlantic coast. The one river
man who lives for himself. The
Wither river is a man who lives for others.
Do you know how the site of the ancient
city of Jerusalem was chosen? There were
two brothers who had adjoining farms.
The one brother had a large family, the
other had no family. The brother with a
large family said: “There is my brother
with no family; he must be lonely, and I
will try to cheer him up, and 1 will* take
some of the sheaves from my field in the
night-time and set them over on his farm,
and say nothing about It.” The other
brother said: “My brother has a large
family and it Is very difficult for him to
support them, and I will help him along,
and 1 will take some of the sheaves from
my farm In the night-time and set them
over on his farm, and say nothing about
it." So the work of transference went on
. night after night, and night after night;
k but every morning things seemed to be
as they were, for though sheaves had
subtracted from each farm, sheaves
l|B.d also been added, and the brothers
’■era perplexed and could not understand.
§®ut one night the brothers happened to
■Keet while making this generous transfer
|Mhce, and the spot where they met Whs so
that it was chosen as the site of
city of Jerusalem. If that tradition
should prove unfounded, it will neverthe
less stand as a beautiful allegory setting
forth the Idea that wherever a kindly and
generous and loving act is performed, that
is the spot fit for some temple of com
memoration.
k 1 have often spoken to you about faith,
■ but this morning I speak to you about
■ works, for “faith without works is dead.”
■ 1 think you will agree with me in the
■ statement that the great want of this
Bwofl<| is more practical religion. We want
religion to go into all merchan-
dta» B It will supervise the labeling of
gOols. It will not allow a man to say
that a thing was made in one factory
when it was made in another. It will
not allow the merchant to say that watch
was manufactured In Geneva, Switzer
land. when it was manufactured in Mas
sachusetts. It will not allow the merchant
to say that wine came from Madeira,
when it came from California. Practical
religion will walk along by the store
shelves and tear off al) the tags that
make misrepresentation. It will not al
low the marchant to say that it is pure
coffee, when dandelion root and chiceory
and other Ingredients go into it. It will
not allow Mm to say that is pure sugar
when there are in it sand and ground
glass.
When practical religion gets its full
•wing in the world it will go down the
Street, and it will come to that shoe store
and rip off the fictitious soles of many
a tlnt'-looking pair of shoes, and show
that it is pasteboard* sandwiched between
the sound leather. And this practical re
ligion will go right into a grocery store
and it will pull out the plug of all the
adulterated syrups, and it will dump into
Ute aata-l*arrel in front of the store the
C«4«ia bark that is sold for cinnamon,
and the bilckduat that is sold for cayenne
pepper; and it will shake out the Prus
sian blue from the tea leaves, and it will
| sift irotn the flour plaster of parts and
| bet) edits I and soapstone, and it will by
L < h<. ’nical analysis separate the one quart
k of water from the few honest drops of
k cow's milk, und it will throw out the
from brown
■ There has be«t; so much adulteration of
Of food that it is an amazement to
that there is a hta'.thx man or \x. m.n
B Amarlua. Hwt en only knows wh it ;!• >
WLt t » the spier into the sugars and
the Mttff M:d into (ho a;>othe.-.:iy
have made v m . mil
gogLe board Os health ti. Mas-a.-mis. ,:s , it >.
a gre it un.ni'.t w « I
»coffee and found in I not «»t>< par:.;.
Moffve. In Kr.gl.u 1 tti« n h a law that
the putting of alum u; hr, ad ’’
ethln JCews
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tion, does iw but that it may bring I
death instead of health to his patient, be- 1
cause there may be one of the drugs
weakened by a cheaper article, and an
other drug may be in full force, and so
the prescription may have just the opposite
effect intended. Oil of wormwood warrant
ed pure from Boston was found to have
forty-one per cent, of resin and alcohol and
chloroform. Scammony is one of the most
valuable medical drugs. It is very rare,
very precious. It is the sap or the gum of
a tree or a bush in Syria. The root of the
tree is exposed, an incision is made into
the root and then shells are placed at this
incision to catch the sap or the gum as it
exudes. It is very precious, this scam
mony. But the peasant mixes it with a
cheaper material; then it is taken to Al.
eppo, and the merchant there mixes it with
a cheaper material; then it comes on to the
wholesale druggist in London or New York
and he mixes it with a cheaper material;
then it comes to the retail druggist and he
mixes it with a cheaper material, and by
the time the poor sick man gets it into his
bottle it Is ashes and chalk and sand, and
some of what has been called pure scam
mony after analysis has been found to be
no scammony at all.
Now, practical religion will yet rectify
all this. It will g<? to those hypocrltcal
professors of religion who got a “comer”
in corn and wheat in Chicago and New
York, sending prices up and up until they
were beyond the reach of the poor,
keeping these bread-stuffs in their
own hands, or controlling them un
til the prices going up and up and up,
they were, after awhile, ready to sell, and
they sold out, making themselves mill
ionaires in one or two years—trying to fix
the matter up with the Lord by building a
church or a university or a hospital—de
luding themselves with the idea that the
Lord would be so pleased with the gift he
would forget the swindle. Now, as such
a man may not have any liturgy in which
to say his prayers, I will compose for him
one which he practically is making: “Oh,
Lord, we, by getting a 'corner’ in bread
stuffs, swindled the people of the United
States out of ten million dollars, and made
suffering all up and down the land, and we
would like to compromise this matter
with thee. Thou knowest it was a scaly
job, but then it was smart. Now, here we
compromise it. Take one per cent, of the
profits, and with that one per cent, you can
build an asylum for these poor miserable
ragmufflns of the street, and I will take a
yacht and go to Europe, forever and ever.
Amen!”
Ah! my friends, if a man hath gotton his
estate wrongfully and he build a line of
hospitals and universities from here to
Alaska, he cannot atone for it. After
awhile, this man who has been getting a
“corner” in wheat, dies, and then satan
gets a “corner” in him. He goes into a
great, long Black Friday. There is a
"break" in the market. According to Wall
street parlance, he wiped others out, and
now he is himself wiped out. No collat
erals on which to make a spiritual loan.
Eternal defalcation.
But this practical religion will not only
rectify all merchandise; it will also rectify
all mechanism, and all toil. A time will
v«me when a man will w<rK as faithfully
W/V hy tke day. You Say-
When 1 thing Is Slightingly done, “Oh,
that was done by tne job.” You can tell
by the swiftness or slowness with which
a hackman drives whether he is hired by
the hour or by the excursion. If he is
hired by the hour he drives very slowly,
so as to make as many hours as possible.
If he is hired by the excursion he whips
up the horses so as to get around and get
another customer. All styles of work have
to be Inspected. Ships inspected, horses
inspected, machinery inspected. Boss to
watch the journeymen. Capitalist coming
down unexpectedly to watch the boss.
Conductor of a city car sounding the
punch bell to prove his honesty as a pas
senger hands to him a clipped nickel. All
things must be watched and Inspected.
Imperfections in the wood covered with
putty. Garments warranted to last until
you put them orr the third time. Shoddy
in all kinds of clothing. Chromos. Pinch
beck, Diamonds for a dollar and a half.
Bookbindery that holds on until you read
the third chapter. Spavined horses, by
skilful dose of jockeys, for several days
made to look spry. Wagon tires poorly
put on. Horses poorly shod. Plastering
that cracks without any provocation and
falls off. Plumbing that needs to be
plumbed. Imperfect car wheel that halts
the whole train with a hot box. So little
practical rellgon in the mechanism of the
world. I tell you, my friends, the law of
man will never rectify these things. It
will he the all-pervading influence of the
practical religion of Jesus Christ that will
make the change for the better.
Yes, tnis practical religion will also go
into agriculture, which is proverbially
honest, but needs to be rectified, and It
will keep the farmer from sending to
the city market veal that is too young
to kill, and when the farmer farms on
shares, it will keep the man who docs
the work from making his half three
fourths, and it will keep the farmer from
building his post and rail fence on his ,
neighbor’s premises, and it will make
him shelter his cattle in the winter storm, I
and it will keep the old elder from work- I
Ing on Sunday afternoon in the new I
ground where nobody sees him. And this
practical religion will hover over the
house, and over the barn, and over the
field, and over the orchard.
Yea, this practical religion of which I
speak will come, into the learned profes
sions. The lawyer will feel his responsi
bility in defending innocence and arraign
ing evil, and expounding the law. and ;
it will keep him from charging for briefs :
he never wrote, and for pleas he never >
made, and for percentages he never earn- i
ed, and from robbing widow and orphan
because they are defenseless. Yes, this ■
practical religion will come into the p’-y- I
slelan’s life, and he will feel his respon
sibility as the conservator of the public
health, a profession honored by the fact
that Christ himself wis a physician. And
it will make him honest, and when he
does not understand a case he will say
so, not trying ro cover up lack of diagno
sis with ponderous technicalities, or send
the patient <o a reckkss drug store be- I
cause the apo >o<wy, I appens to pay a 1
i peicentage on the prescriptions sent. And i
this practical religion wl’.t eo ne to the
school-teacher making her feel her re
sponslbilty in preparing her youth for j
j usefulness and for happiness and for
| honor and will keep her form giving a !
sly box to a dull head, chastising him for i
I what he cannot help, and sending dis- !
couragement all through the sifter years !
of a lifetime. Thia practical religion will
also come to the newspaper men. and it I
I wih help them in the gathering of iho
I news, and it will help them in setting j
I forth the best Interests of society, and tt !
will keep them from putting the sins of I
tire wot Id in larger type than its virtues,
and its tn -takes than Its achievements, i
an ! it will ketp them from misrepresent
ing Intervh ws with public men. and ..rvtn i
I at t-ting suspicions that never can lx* al- '
I layed; and will make them stanch friends
I of the oppressed instead of the oppressor.
I Yes. this religion, this*practical religion
I will come and put its hand on what is call
| ed good society, elevated society, gucccss
| ful society, so that people will have their
I expenditures within their income, and they !
will exchange the hypocritical “not at 1
home” for the honest explanation “too tir
ed,” or “too busy to see you,” and will
keep innocent reception from becoming in
toxicated conviviality.
Yea, there is great opportunity for mis
sionary work in what are cahed the suc
cessful classes of society. In some of the
cities it is no rare thing now to see a fash
ionable woman intoxicated in the street, or
the rail-car, or the restdurant. The num
ber of fine ladies who drink too much is
increasing. Perhaps you may find her at
the reception in most exalted company, but
she has made too many visits to the wine
room, and now her eye is glassy, and after
awhile her cheek is unnaturally flushed,
and then she falls into fits of excruciating
labghter about nothing, and then she of
fers sickening flatteries, telling some home
ly man how well he looks, and then she is
helped into the carriage, and by the time
the carriage gets to her home it takes the
husband and the coachman to get her up
the stairs. The report is, she was taken
suddenly ill at a german. Ah! no. She took
too much champagne, and mixed liquors,
and got drunk. That was all.
Yea, this practical religion will have to
come in and fix up the marriage relation
in America. There are members of
churches who have too many wives and
too many husbands. Society needs to be
expurgated, and washed, and fumigated,
and Christianized. We want this practi
cal religion not only to take hold of whit
are called the lower classes, but to take
hold of what are called the higher classes.
The trouble is that people have an idea
they can do all their religion on Sunday
with hymn book and prayer book, and
liturgy, and some of them sit in church
rolling up their eyes as though they were
ready for translation, when their Sabbath
is bounded on all sides by an inconsistent
life, and while you are expecting to come
out from under their arms the wings of
an angel, there come out from their fore
head the horns of a beast.
There has got to be a new departure in
religion. I do not say a new religion. Oh,
no; but the old religion brought to new
appliances. In our time we have had the
daguerretoype, and the ambrotype, and
the photograph; but it is the same old
sun, and these arts are only new appli
ances of the old sunlight. So this glor
ious gospel is just what we want to pho
tograph the image of God on one soul,
and daguerreotype it on another soul. Not
a new gospel, but the old gospel put to
new work. In our time we have had the
telegraphic invention and the telephonic
Inventions, and the electric light invention;
but they are all children of old electricity,
an element that the philosophers have a
long while known much about. So this
electric gospel needs to flash its light on
the eyes, and ears, and souls of men, and
to become a telephonic medium to make
the deaf hear; a telegraphic medium to
dart invitation and warning to all nations;
an electric light to Illumine the eastern
and western hemispheres. Not a net'
gospel, but the old gospel doing a new
work. •
Now you say, “That is a very beauti
ful theory, but i* it possible to take’s one’s
religion into all the avocations and busi-
of life?” I wflt
'Mcdica'l doctors who
took their religion into every-day life: Dr.
John Abercrombie of Aberdeen, the great
est Scottish physician of his day, his book
on “Diseases of the Brain and Spinal
Cord,” no more wonderful than his book
on “The Philosophy of the Moral Feel
ings,” and often kneeling at the bedside of
his patients to commend them to God in
prayer. Dr. John Brown of Edinburgh, im
mortal as an author, dying under the ben
ediction of the sick of Edinburgh; myself
remembering him as he sat in his study
in Edinburgh talking to me about Christ,
and his hope of heaven. And a score of
Christian family physicians in Washing
ton just as good as they were.
Lawyers who carried their religion into
their profession: Lord Cairns, the queen’s
adviser for many years, the highest legal
authority in Great Britain—nord Cairns
every summer in his vacation preaching
as an evangelist among the poor of his
country. John McLean, judge of the su
pieme court of the United States and pres
ident of the American Sunday School
Union, feeling more satisfaction in the lat
ter office than in the former. And scores
of Christian lawyers as eminent in the
church of God as they are eminent at the
bar.
Merchants who took their rellgon into
every-day life; Arthur Tappan, derided in
his day because he established that sys
tem •by which we come to find out the
commercial standing of business men,
starting that entire system, derided for it
then, himself, as I knew him well, in
moral character A 1. Monday mornings
Invited to a room in the top of his store
house the clerks of his establishment, ask
ing them about their worldly interest and
their splrtual interests, then giving out a
hymn, leading in prayer, giving them a
few words of good advice, asking them
what church they attended on the Sab
bath, what the text was, whether they had
any especial troubles of their own. Arthur
Tappan. I never heard his eulogy pro
j nounced. I pronounce it now. And other
j merchants just as good. William E.
i Dodge in the iron business, Moses H.
I Grinnel. in the shipping business, Peter
I Cooper in the glue business. Scores of
men. just as good as they were.
Farmers who take their rellgon into
their occupation: Why, this minute their
horses and wagons stand around all the
meeting houses in America. They began
this day by a prayer to God, and when
they get home at noon, after they have
put their horses up, will offer a prayer to
! God at the table, seeking a blessing, and
i nekt summer there will be in their fields
■ not one dishonest head of rye, not one dls
! honest ear of corn, not one dishonest ap
! pie. Worshipping God to-day away up
among the Berkshire hills, or away down
amid the lagoons of Florida, or away out
amid the mines of Colorado, or along the
banks of the Potomac, and the Raritan,
where I knew them better because 1 went
to school with them.
Mechanics who took their religion into
their occupations: James Brindley, the fa
mous millwright, Nathaniel Bowditch, the
famous snip-chandler, Elihu Burritt. the
i famous blacksmith, and hundreds and
thousands of strong arms which have
l made the hammer and the saw and the
adze and the drill and the ax sound in the
grand march of our national industries.
Give your heart to God and then All your
life with good works. Consecrate to him
1 your store, your shop, your banking house,
I your factory, and your home. They say
; no one will hear it. God will hear it. That
• is enough. You hardly know of anyone else
i than Wellington as connected with the vic
' tory at Waterloo; but he did not do the
i hard fighting. The hard fighting was done
< by the Somerset cavalry and the Ryland
• regiment and Kemp's infantry, and the
| Scotch Grays, and the Life Guards. Who
: cares, If only the day was won?
Tn the latter part of the last century a
: girl in England became a kitchen maid in
i a farm-house. She bad many styles of
work and much hard work. Time rolled on,
and she married the son of a weaver of
Halifax. They were Industrious, they sav
ed money enough after awhile to build
them a home. On the morning of the day
when they were to enter that home, the
SAVANNAH, MONDAY. DECEMBER 21. 1896.
! young wife arose at 4 o’clock, entered the
1 front dooryard, knelt down, consecrated
the place to God, and there made this sol
emn vow: “O Lord, if thou wilt bless me in
this place, the poor shall have a
share of it.” Time rolled on and a fortune
rolled in. Children grew up around them,
and they all became affluent, one a mem
ber of parliament, in a public place de
clared that his success came from that
prayer of his mother in the dooryard. All
of them were affluent. Four thousand
hands in the factories. They built dwell
ing houses for laborers at cheap rents,
and where they w’ere invalid and could
not pay they had the houses for nothing.
One of these sons came to this country,
admired our parks, went back, bought
land, opened a great public park and made
it a present to the city of Halifax, Eng
land. They endowed an orphanage, they
endowed two almshouses. All England
has heard of the generosity and the good
works of the Crossleys. Moral: Conse
crate to God your small means and your
humble surroundings, and you will have
larger means and grander surroundings.
“Godliness is profitable unto all things,
having promise of the life that now is and
of that which is to come.” Have faith in
God by all means, but remember that
faith without works is dead.”
FIVE PERISH IN A
Piano Lamp Explodes and Wipes Out
n New York Family.
New York. Dec. 20.—A family of five
persons were burned to death in their
home at 514 East Fifty-eighth street to
night. The dead are:
Aaron Goldsmith, 45 years old.
Mrs. Katilda Goldsmith, 33 years old.
Bertha Goldsmith, 10 years old.
Hattie Goldsmith, 8 years old.
Frank Goldsmith, 6 years old.
The only other person in the house at
the time of the Are, besides those burned
to death, w r as Mary Roska, 20 years old,
the servant of the family. She escaped
by jumping out of a second floor window
to the rear yard and running through the
basement hall to the street* in front of
the house.
The building was a three-story and
basement structure of brown stone. Aaron
Goldsmith was a member of the firm of
Hartman & Goldsmith, wholesale liquor
dealers, of 45 Warren street.
In the front parlor w T as an immense piano
lamp. This lamp undoubtedly exploded,
throwing the oil about and spreading the
fire in every direction. The flames spread
to the two upper floors quickly. From
the locations of the bodies when found,
Mr. and Mrs. Goldsmith, with their 6-year
old son, must have been in the parlor,
while the two little girls had just been
prepared for bed by the servant on the
second floor.
BIG BLAZE AT BRIDGE.
Five I.nrKe Bn»lnei« Hlocks Hevaged
by the Flzmiea.
Bridge early this morning, de-'t'royed four
large business bltfcks and gutted another,
and had an eye on the largest block in
town, the Methodist church and the Hotel
Windsor. The loss is about SIIO,OOO, and the
insurance will not exceed $60,000.
The buildings destroyed are the Taft
block, owned by A. R. Taft; Gunn block;
the old Gredlg block and the new Gredig
block, owned by Christian Gredig. The
Goldthwait block was partly destroyed.
The water tank of the New York, New
Haven and Hartford railroad was also
burned.
The fire started in the basement of the
Gunn block, probably from an overheated
furnace. The water tank was almost im
mediately in flames and this cut off about
the only water supply the firemen had.
C. C. Capron, Are warden, sent to Wor
cester at 1:40 a. m. for help, but it was
3:30 before a special train with firemen
and apparatus got tnere. By that time
two blocks were gone and a third doom
ed. But for the aid rendered by the Wor
cester fire department, the fire would have
destroyed the entire business portion of
the place.
The Forresters, Knights of the Golden
Eagle, United Order of Workmen. Odd
Fellows. Sons of Veterans and the Grange
are all losers.
DOUBLY FATAL DUEL.
Two Men boot Ench Other Dead in
Tennessee.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 20.—A special to the
Constitution from Knoxville, Tenn., says:
“A Sunday duel, with revolvers, In which
both participants were killed, occurred to
day in Campbell county.
"The scene of the duel w'as nine miles
out. Lincoln Baird and William Gailor,
two young men, had for some time been
at outs. They met at the mill and re
newed the quarrel, which resulted in the
duel. Both men fired several shots and
fell on the ground mortally wounded.
“The sound of the shots attracted the
attention of the nearest residents, who re
paired to the scene, finding both men ly
ing on the ground dead."
TWO PARADES FOR CUBA.
The Island’s Friends to Turn Out nt
New York To-day.
New York, Dec. 20.—The American
friends of Cuba have completed all ar
rangements for a big parade and demon
stration through the streets of this city
to-morrow. The paraders will carry
American flags and torches. There will
| be five bands of music and ten illuminated
floats. The latter will bear pictures of
prominent Americans and Cuban patriots,
allegorical pictures and appropriate in
scriptions. Franz Mayer will be grand
marshal.
Ada, 0., Dec. 20.—Eight hundred stu
dents, headed by a brass band, paraded
the streets last night and made a demon
stration for free Cuba. Gen. Weyler was
burned in effigy.
SONS OF THE REVOLUTION.
The lowa Society in Sympathy With
the Cubans.
Davenport, la., Dec. 20.—The Society of
the Sons of Revolution in lowa have
adopted resolutions commending the
Cuban patriots and expressing the hope
that their heroic struggle may soon win
for them recognition as a free and inde
pendent nation.
Taylor Looks For a Veto.
London, Dec. 20.—The Morning Post will
to-morrow publish a dispatch from Madrid
saying that Hon. Hannls Taylor, the
American minister, declares that he be
lieves that President Cleveland will veto
the Cameron resolution
SPAIN SHOWING GOOD SENSE.
CAMERON DECLARATION NOT A
CAU SUS BELLI.
In Official Circles the Willingness of
the Mother Country to Grant Re
forms in the West Indies Is Count
ed on to Avert Hostilities—ln Ca-«e
This Country Recognizes the Cu
bans as Belligerents Spain Will
Claim the Right to Search Amer
ican Ships.
Madrid, Dec. 20.—Senor Canovas del Cas
tillo, the prime minister, has received the
official text of President Cleveland’s mes
sage to the American congress, and will
shortly make a declaration on that part
of the document which refers to the Cu
ban question.
Conferences have been held during the
past few days between the most promi
nent men in political life in Spain, with
the object of seeking a solution of the
prtoblem which confronts the government,
and which, it is possible, might cause a
war with the United States. It is con
ceded in all political circles that the sit
uation is grave, but it is thought that the
willingness of Spain to grant reforms in
the Spanish West Indies should tend to
avert any display of aggressiveness on
the part of the United States.
One point is settled upon, and
that is that no reforms shall
be put into effect in Cuba until
the insurrection shall have been sup
pressed, for it is held that to offer reforms
with the Cubans still in arms would Indi
cate weakness on the part of Spain and
would also be derogatory to her honor.
Though the popular indignation caused
by the receipt of the news of the action
of the committee of foreign relations of
the American Senate show's little sign of
diminution, there have been no manifesta
tions against the United States or its rep
resentatives anywhere in Spain. That
such manifestations were expected, how
ever, is shown by the fact that police and
gendarmes were detailed to guard the
American legation here, and precautions
were taken elsewhere to protect the vari
ous consulates of the United States,
should the excited people attempt to make
an attack on them. Orders were sent to
the governors of the several provinces to
prohibit any anti-American demonstra
tions, and from dispatches received to-day
from the provincial capitals it is known
that the orders were faithfully carried out.
Prominent politicians confirm the state
ments that it is the intention of the gov
ernment, when the opportune moment ar
rives, to put into effect in Cuba political
and econamiqal reforms which, it is said,
will be wider In their scope than those ap
proved by the cortes last year.
The death is announced to-day of Senor
Don Manuel Decerrara, former mlnistei
w*- ■ 3 * «• ♦»v* m
it B sa!a of him that he at ohe time hind
ered the sale of Cuba to the United States.
The Epoca, the organ of Senor Canovas
and the ministerialists, in commenting
upon the situation, says that Spain needs
at the present moment, much calm, sound
judgment on the part of the public to avoid
greater difficulties than those the gov
ernment is now facing. As long as pru
dence is compatible with national honor
Spain has nothing to do save to defend
her rights if they are attacked.
A recognition of belligerency is not a caus
us belli unless such recognition is granted
by an interested nation. Formerly Spain
recognized the belligerency of the southern
states of America despite the protest of the
federal government, which did not regard
the attitude of European governments in
this matter as a causus belli. If the act in
dicated by the Cameron resolution shall
be consummated, Spain will protest, there
by greatly influencing the relations be
tween the United States and Spain, but
laniards must not forget the attitude of
the powers, which, after President Cleve
land’s declaration, anent the Anglo-Vene
zuelan dispute, abstained from any inter
vention. Spain ought to keep account of
all these precedents.
Prime Minister Cahovas holds that un
der the framing of the Cameron resolu
tion there will be no armed occupation on
the part of the United State in Cuban ter
ritory. Though the partisans of the pro
posal may obtain the necessary votes to
override the veto which he believes Pres
ident Cleveland will interpose, and so
make the resolution an obligatory act of
congress, It would only effect the recogni
tion of the Independence of Cuba and lead
to an offer of its good offices by the
United States to terminate the war. With
whatever c’fflclousness the United States
may interpose Spain will retain the right
to accept or reject the offer of the Amer
ican good offices. If the United States
recognizes the independence of Cuba she
will have then to recognize the laws of
neutrality. If she recognizes the bellig
erency of the Cubans, Spain will have the
right to stop and board American ships
at sea.
Senor Canovas does not think that the
Cameron resolutions need cause serious
perturbance. It will only make the rela
tions between Spain and the United States
more strained, but need not cause a rup
ture. He will never consent to foreign in
terference in what is a question of Spain’s
domestic policies. Spain will regulate her
acts so that nobody will be able to say
that she made w’ar upon another power, yet
she will always repel aggression.
The tone of the newspapers generally is
more moderate to-day than it was yester
day. They contain little to excite the
populace.
Ex-Prime Minister Sagasta, In an inter
view published here, says he considers that
the conduct of the United States makes
difficult the task of those Spanish parties
and statemen who are most willing to sat
isfy the aspirations of the colonies.
SP.VN THINKS UNCLE SAM A BULLY.
Claims This Conn try Is Trying? to
Bring; on a War.
London. Dec. 20.—The Standard’s Madrid
correspondent telegraphs that the feeling
Is unanimous there that the people of the
United States are treating Spain unfairly
and that they want to systematically pro
voke her to an unequal struggle simply
because the United States has obtained as
surances that the European powers will
only display platonic sympathies for Spain.
The Spaniards are convinced of this, and
hence they forbear expressing their deep
resentment. Suppressed irritation per
vades all classes and parties. The corres
pondent adds that It is reported that there
has been some display of animosity against
the United States in Barcelona and Bilboa.
London, Dec. 20.—1 n a leader to-morrow
the Standard will say: “There exists in
Europe an irritable feeling regarding the
tendency of popular opinion in the United
States to assume an attitude of excessive
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dictatorial presumption toward other pow
ers. France and Germany join in re- j
proaching Lord Salisbury for weakness in
settling the Venezuela matter in a pacific
manner. Englishmen do not indorse this
sentiment, but they dislike the tone and
manner of American diplomacy and wish
for more harmony in the traditions of in
ternational urbanity. If Spain is driven
into a war with the United States we do
not doubt that she will enjoy the sym
pathy of most, perhaps all, of the conti
nental states.”
The Standard adds that it does not
apologize for Spain's conduct in her col
onies, but only pleads for the observance
of international law and the rights of for
eigners. It concludes by tendering the
advice that Spain grant qualified autono
my to Cuba.
JOY OVER MACEd’S DEATH.
Spaniards Run an Excursion Out to
Cirnjeda’s Column.
Havana, Dec. 20.—The demonstrations
of joy over the death of Maceo have not
ended. There was a largely attended ex
cursion to-day from Havana to Punta
Brava in honor of Maj. Cirujeda’s column,
which killed the rebel leader. The affair
was organized by natives of Galicia, Maj.
Cirujeda’s native province, and was made
the occasion for a great display of patri
otic enthusiasm. Many speeches were
made on'the trip predicting the speedy
collapse of the rebellion and exalting the
performances of the Spanish soldiery.
When the excursionists arrived at Punta
Brava they were received by the officers
of Maj. Cirujeda’s coluifin, and there were
further speeches and jubilation. Gifts
were presented to the officers of the com
mand, and a banquet was given to the
men. Most of the prominent Gallejos in
the city took part in the excursion.
LEE OFF FOR CUBA.
He Will Sail With His Family From
Tampa To-nig;lit.
Washington, Dec. 20.—Consul General
Fitzhugh Lee, accompanied by his wife
and daughter, arrived in Washington from
New York at an early hour this morning,
in the private car of President Duval of
the Florida Central and Peninsular rail
way. After a brief stop in Washington
the party continued their journey by the
Southern railway train at 11:15 oclock.
They will retain the private car to Tampa,
where they are due Monday morning, and
will leave Tampa for Havana on Monday
evening’s steamer.
Gen. Lee saw a few friends during his
brief stay and it is understood he had a
chat with Secretary Olney. He had noth
ing to give out as to his plans or instruc
tions, and would not discuss the latest
phase of the Cuban situation.
CADETS READY TO GO TO WAR.
The Battalion at Lake City Tenders
Laks City, FkL<¥sec? battWfon
of Florida State College have
patriotically tendered their services to
Gov. Mitchell In case war arises with
Spain.
A mass meeting of the citizens
of Lake City will be held Mon
day night in the public square
to express approval of the course
of the Senate committee on foregn affairs
in regard to Cuba and to appeal to con
gress to hasten to stop the Spanish butche
ries in Cuba, and secure the release of
American citizens from Spanish dungeons.
i SIGNING MEN FOR SOLDIERS*
Aifenta of the Junta at Work in Illi
nois and Kentucky.
Decatur, Ills., Dec. 20.—A person claim
ing to be an authorized agent of the Cu
ban junta is trying to enlist recruits in
Northern Berrien county. He offers $22
a month to the prospective soldiers with
three months wages in advance.
Louisville, Ky., Dec. 20.—An agent of the
Cuban junta, who has visited Kentucky,
has companies enlisted in seven or eight
towns, and nearly a regiment In Louis
ville.
M’KINLEY COUNTED FOR PEACE.
Vienna Advised That He Will Not
Seek a Rapture With Spain.
Vienna, Dec. 20.—The Marquis de Hoyos,
the Spanish ambassador here, declares that
the Spanish government has received posi
tive information that Mr. McKinley, the
American President-designate, is not in
favor of a war with Spain.
The Neus Weiner Journal publishes an
Interview with Count de Casa Valencia,
the Spanish ambassador to Great Britain,
in which he says he is convinced that Mr.
McKinley will not allow a rupture of the
peaceful relations existing'between Spain
and the United States.
BUTCHERY MUST STOP.
Californians in Sympathy With Cu-
I ha’s Patriots.
Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 20.—A mass meet
ing in the interest of Cuban liberty was
held here last evening. Every reference
to the necessity for intervention by the
United States brought forth enthusiastic
applause, and the statement that it was
the plain duty of this government to stop
the ruthless butchery, even if war had
to be declared to do it, was received with
deafening cheers. Resolutions expressing
these sentiments were adopted.
MISMANAGEMENT BY SPAIN.
The London Times Give* the Dona
a Dig; in the Ribs.
London, Dec. 20.—The Times will to-mor
row say that the declarations of firmness
on the part of the government at Madrid
will not suffice to rid it of its difficulty,
which is aggravated by gross mismanage
ment. Whatever the constitutional futil
ity of the action of congress at Washing
ton, its moral effect will be to encourage
the Cuban insurgents and depress the
Spaniards.
COTTON GROWERS WANT PEACE.
Harris and Bate Asked to Oppose
Cameron’s Resolution.
Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 30.—A petition,
signed by the principal cotton growers
in this section, was sent Senators Harris
and Bate yesterday, asking them to uss
their Influence against the passage of the
Cameron resolution, J
MONDAYS
AND
THURSDAYS
FIERCE FIRE AT FITZGERALD.
I
THE BUSINESS SECTION OF THE
TOWN IN RUINS.
Four O’clock in the Morning the
Starting Time of the Blaze—Car
ter's Store on Pine Street the Cra
dle of the Fire—A Full List of the
Sufferers—The Insurance Carried.
Probably Very Light.
Fitzgerald, Ga., Dec. 20.—This mornin*
about 4 o’clock Fitzgerald was visited by
a most destructive fire in the business
part of the city, and a block of ruins re
mains in place of a number of the princi
ple business houses of the city.
The fire started in Carter’s store, on
Pine street, spread rapidly eastward and
in a few minutes consumed Dr. Deniston’g
drug store and the Margaret hotel.
In a short time it had crossed the street
and the iron and brick buildings of Mr.
Goodman and the Jones’ Clothing Com
pany presented no obstacle to the flames.
The stores of Harrison Bros., T. S. Price
& Co., Holman, Bell, Boyd and Hurst
Bros., dry goods, were also consumed, aa
well as a number of smaller buildings,
on both Pine and Grant streets.
It is impossible to estimate the loss as
yet, and equally impossible to learn the
origin of the fire.
Nearly every man in town was at the
fire and worked like a hero.to make the
loss as small as possible, and to control
the fire, but beyond tearing down build
ings and hanging wet blankets on threat
ended houses, nothing could be done.
Every one is rejoicing that the postoffice
was moved a week ago.
It is altogether likely that the experi
ment of wooden buildings will not be re
peated, and that the burned district will
be at once rebuilt with brick.
It is said that several merchants were
so fortunate as to save their stocks in
good shape.
Charred and half-burned shingles were
carried more than half a mile from the
fire by the breeze. As yet there are no
reports of any person receiving any phyai-
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are the following:
The Fox house.
Savannah shoe store.
Goodman’s drug store.
Boyd’s hardware store.
( Jones’ clothing house.
• Harrison Bros.’ store.
T. S. Price & Co.’s store.
Holman’s fruit store.
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The People’s grocery.
Mrs. Pittman’s millinery store.
Wettstein’s jewelry store.
Mrs. Delong’s millinery store.
A number of other small business houses
• on both Pine and Grant streets were also
burned.
Very little insurance can be gotton on
j stocks in any of these buildings, so It Is
likely that some of those burned out will
( lose heavily.
CLEVELAND RETURNS.
Secretary Olney Has an
With Him in the Afternoon.
Washington, Dec. 20.—The President re
turned to the white house at 8 o’clock this
morning, and attended church a little later
with Mrs. Cleveland. He appeared much
benefltted by his outing, and brought back
numerous fat ducks, which he caused to
be distributed among the members of hia
cabinet and his personal friends. Secre
tary Thurber called to see him, and spent
L some time telling him of events that had
occurred during his absence, but no offi
cial business was taken up, and it is not
believed that the President feels called
s upon to add anything to the Cuban contro
i versy at present.
During the day Secretary Olney made
his appearance at the executive mansion
and had a brief consultation with the
President, and while there is no official
guarantee for the assertion, it is not to
■ be questioned that their conversation re
ferred almost solely to the latest phase
in the Cuban situation.
1 FREIGHT DEPOT IN FLAMES.
1 The Illinois Central Loses $75,000
at Jackson, Miss.
Jackson, Miss., Dec. 20.—The Illinois
Central freight depot here, a large brick
building, was burned this morning at 3
o’clock. The depot was packed with
freight for Jackson and neighboring towna
and is a total loss. Officials estimate
the damage at $75,000.
The fire is supposed to have been caus
ed by the explosion of a lamp, although
the night watchman did not hear it. There
is little if any insurance.
BRYAN STARTS SOUTH.
He May Spend Christmas With
Friends at Atlanta.
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 20.—William J. Bryan
left at 2 o'clock to-day for Atlanta, Ga.
He will lecture in that city on the even
ing of the 23d and may spend Christmas
with friends there, but will return tp Lin
coln in time to be present at the banquet
to be tendered in his honor on the even
ing of the 28th by the local traveling
men’s bimetallic club.
Mr. Bryan was asked before leaving
express himself on the Cuban question
but declined, saying he had not the tim*
nor was he disposed to discusa that queo
tion yet.