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A KING FEASTING ON GRASS.
TALMAGE PBEACHES ON THE DESK-
CHATION OF SACRED THINGS.
Tlie Text Taken From Daniell* Ref
erence to the Fate of Nebuehad
nexxar—Firxt He Pictures the
Splendor* of Babylon—Then He
Looks Down Into the Great, Dark
Chasm of Wickedness—Pride ant*
Ruin Ride in the Same Saddle—De
rniiKcmcnt of Intellect Greatest
of Calamities—Use Made of Bad Men
by God. •
Washington, Feb. 14.—Dr. Talmage
in this sermon uses a weird and strange
scene of ancient times to illustrate the be
havior of modern people who desecrate
sacred things, and for their arrogance get
a bad tumble. His subject was: "A King
Eating. Grass,” and the text, Daniel 4: 33:
'•The Jame hour was the thing fulfilled
upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven
from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and
his body was wet with thp dew of heaven,
till his hairs were grown like eagles’
feathers, and his nails like birds’ claws.”
Better ohade your eyes lest they be put
out with the splendor of Babylon, as some
morning you walk out with Nebuchadnez
zar on the suspension bridges which hang
from the housetops, and he shows you the
vastness of h|s realm. As the sun kindles
the domes with gllsterlngs almost insuff
erable and the great streets thunder up
their pomp Into the air of the monarch,
and armed towers stand around, adorned
with the spoils of conquered empires, Neb
uchadnezzar waves his hand above the
stupendous scene and exclaims: "la not
this great Babylon, that I have built for
the house of the kingdom by the might of
my power, and for the honor of my ma
jesty?” But in an Instant all that splen
dor is gone from his vision, for a Voice
fa.ls from the heaven, saying, ”O King
Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it Is spoken: The
kingdom is departed from thee: and they
shall drive thee from men, and thy dwell
ing shall be with the beasts of the held:
they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen,
and seven years shall pass over thee, un
til thou know that the Most High ruleth
In the kingdom of men, and glveth it to
whomsoever he will.” One hour from the
time that he made the boast he is on the
way to the fields, a maniac, and rushing
into the forests, he becomes one of the
beasts, covered with eagles’ feathers for
protection from the cold, and his nails
growing to birds’ claws in order that lie
might dig the earth for ro<*ts and climb
the trees for nuts.
You see there is a great variety in the
Scriptural landscape. In several discourses
we have looked at mountains of excel
lence, but now we look down into a great,
dark chasm of wickedness as we come to
speak of Nebuchadnezzar. Godwin his
Word sets before us the beauty of self
denial, of sobriety, of devotion, of courage,
and then, lest we should not thoroughly
understand him, he introduced Daniel and
Paul, and Deborah, as illustrations ?of
those virtues. God also speaks to us in
ids Word as to the hatcfulnesa uLmI-i-’.
of tvii;, of itoploty, and lest >ve sktrnbinoi
thoroughly understand him, Witrotjuces
Nebuchadnezzar as the impersoilation of
these forms of depravity. The former style
of character is a lighthouse, showing us
a way into a safe harbor, and the latter
style of character Is a black buoy, swing
ing on the rocks, to show where vessels
wreck themselves. Thanks unto God for
both the buoy and the lighthouse! The
host of Nebuchadnezzar is thundering at
the gates of Jerusalem. The crown of that
■acred city Is struck Into the dust by the
hand of Babylonish Insolence. The vessels
of the temple, which had never been dese
crated by profane touch, were ruthlessly
seized for sacrilege and transportation.
Oh, what a sad hour when those Jews, at
the command of the invading army, are
obliged to leave the home of their nativity.
How their hearts must have been wrung
with anguish when, on the day they de
parted, they heard the trumpets from the
top of the temple announcing the hour
lor morning sacrifice and saw the smoke
of the altars ascending around the holy
hill of Zion, for well they knew that in a
lar distant land they would never hear
that trumpet call, nor behold the majestic
ascent of the sgcrliioe. Behold those cap
tives on the road from Jerusalem to Ba
bylon! Worn and weary, they dare not
halt, for roundabout arc armed men urg
ing them on with hoot, and shout, and
blasphemy. Aged men tottered along on
their staves, weeping that they could not
fay their bones in the sleeping-place of
their fathers, and children wondered at the
length of the way and sobbed themselves
to sleep when the night had fallen. It
■eemed ai» if at every st«p a heart broke.
But at a turn of the road Babylon sud
denly springs upon the view of the cap
tives, with its gardens and palaces. A
shout goes up from the army as they be
hold their native city, but not one huzza
is heard from the captives. These exiles
■aw no splendor there, (or it was not
home. 'The Euphrates did not have the
water-gleitm of the brook Kedron or the
pool of Siloam. The willows of Babylon
on which they hung their untuned harps,
wue not as graceful as the trees which
at the foot of Mount Moriah seemed to
weep at the departed glory of Judah, and
all the fragrance that descended from the
hanging gardens upon that great city was
not so sweet as one breath of the acacia
■nd frankincense that the high priest kin
dled in the sanctuary at Jerusalem.
On a ceriain night, a little while after
these captives had been brought to his
City Nebuchadnezzar is scared with a
night vision. A bad man’s pillow is apt
to be stuffed with deeds and forebodings
which keep talking in the night. He will
<lhd that the ea«W down in his pillow
will stick him like porcupine quills. The
■hosts of old /transgreasiona are sure to
wander about In the darkness and beckon
•nd hiss. Yet when the morning eatne
ire found that the vision had entirely fled
from him. Dreams drop no anchors. |nd
therefore are apt to sail away before we
can fasten them. Nebuchadnezzar calls
• U the wise men of the land into his pres
ence, demanding that by their necromancy
they explain his dream. They, of course,
fall Then tlmlr,wruthfu. king Issues an
edict with as little sense as mercy, order
ing the slaying of all the learned men of
the country. Rut Daniel the Prophet
cornea in with the interpretation just in
time to save the wise men and the Jewish
friends, do you nut see that pride
Bant ruin rhie in the same saddle? Bee
Kebuchadueaaar on the proudest throne
M ail the earth, and then sec him graze
With the sheep and the cattle I Prids. is
commander, well plumed and caparisoned.
St it lea la forth a dark and frowning
Bost. The arrows from the Almighty’s
•Mlver are apt io strike a mgn when on
Ale wing. Goliath shakes his great spear
defiance. but th* smooth stones from
th< brook make him stagger and (all .ike
•n ox utn era butcher’s bludgeon. He
who ia down oannot tall. Vessels scud
ding under bare notes do not feel the force
of the storm, while those with all sails set
cupaise at the sudden descent of the ttm-
Mtf.
lUm*mlxr that at can be a* proud of
chir humility as of anything else. Antis
thenea walked the streets of Athens with
a ragged cloak to demonstrate his humil
ity. but Socrates declared hr could se< the
hypocrisy through th* holes In his c.oak
We would all see ourselves smaller than
we are if »*• were »s philosophic as Sev
erus the Emperor of Rott»e who said at
the close of his fife, "I have en every
thing and everything i« nothing.” And
when the urn that to contain his
ashes was at Ms command, brought to
Hm he sail, ’’Little urn. thou shall eon
tnlf> otif for whom the world wo too lit»
ue.’*
>vu oot kurn (rem the
ttle c kin MOm. N ews.
GEO R G 1 : jC A ROH
tune of thio King of Babylon what a terri
ble thing is the loss of reason. There is
no calamity that can possibly befall us in
this world so great as derangement of in
tellect: to have the body of man and yet
to fall even below the instinct of a brute.
In this world of horrible sights, the most
horrible is the idiot’s stare. In this world
of horrible sounds, the most horrible is
the maniac’s laugh. A vessel driven on
the rocks, when hundreds go down never
to rise and other hundreds drag their
mangled and shivering bodies upon the
winter’s beach, is nothing compared to the
foundering of intellects full of vast hopes
and attainments and capacities. Christ’s
heart went out toward those who were
epileptic, falling into the fire, of
maniacs cutting themselves among the
tombs. We are accustomed to be more
grateful for physical health than for the
proper working of our mind. We are apt
to take it for granted that the Intellect
which has served us so well, will always
be faithful. We forget that an engine of
such tremendous power, where the wheels
have such vastness of circle and such
swiftness of motion, and the least impedi
ment might put it out of gear, can only
be kept In proper balance by a divine
hand. No human hand could engineer the
trajn of immortal faculties. How strange
it is that our memory, on whose shoul
ders all the misfortunes and successes and
occurrences of a life-time are placed,
should not oftener break down, and that
the scales of judgment, which have been
weighing so much and so long, should
not lose their adjustment, and that fancy,
which holds a dangerous wand, should
not sometimes maliciously wave it, bring
ing into the heart forebodings and hallu
cinations the most appalling! Is it not
strange that this mind, which hopes so
much in its mighty leaps for the attain
ment of Its objects, should not be dashed
to pieces on its disappointments? Though
so delicately tuned, this instrument of
untold harmony plays on, though fear
shakes it and vexations rack it, and sor
row and joy and lops and gain In quick
succession neat out of it their dirge or
toss from it their anthem. At morning
and at night, when in your prayer you
rehearse the.causes of your thanksgiving,
next to the salvation by Jesus Christ,
praise the Lord (or the preservation of
your reason.
See also in this story of Nebuchadnez
zar the use that God makes of bad men.
The action of the wicked are used as In
struments for the punishment of wicked
ness in others or as the illustration of
some principle in the divine government.
Nebuchadnezzar subserved both purposes.
Even so 1 will go back with you to the
history of every reprobate that the world
has ever seen, and I will show you how to
a great extent his wickedness was limited
in its destructive power, and how God
glorified himself in the overthrow and dis
grace of His enemy. Babyron is full of
abomination, and wicket! Cyrus destroys
it. Persia fills the cup of its iniquity, and
vile Alexander put an end to it. Mace
don must be chastised, and bloody Emil
ius does it. The bastille is to be destroy
ed, and corrupt Napoleon accomplishes
it. Even so selfish and wicked men are
often made to accomplish great and glo
rious purposes. Joseph’s brethren were
guilty of superlative perfidy and mean
ness when ,they sold him Into slavery for
about seven dollars, yet how they must
have been overwhelmed with the truth
that God never forsakes the righteous
when they saw he had become the prime
minister of Egypt! Pharoah oppresses
the Israelites with the most diabolical tyr
anny; yet stand still and see the salvation
of God. The plagues descend, the locusts,
and the hail, and the destroying angel,
showing that there is a God who will de
fend the cause of His people, and finally,
after the Israelites have passed through
the purt'*d s»'a, bjehold. in'the wreck of
the drowned army, that God’s enemies
are chaff in a whirlwind! In some finan
cial panic the righteous suffered with the
wicked. Houses and stores and shops in
a night foundered on the rock of bank
ruptcy. a,nd healthy credit without warn
ing dropped dead in the street, and
money ran up the long ladder o( twenty
five per cent., to laugh down upon those
who could not climb after it. Dealers with
pockets full of securities stood shouting
In tho deaf ears of banks. Men rushed
down the streets with protested notes af
ter them. Those, who before found it hard
to spend their money, were left without
money to spend. Laborers went home for
want of work, to see hunger in their chair
at the table and upon the hearth. Winter
blew his breath of frost through fingers
of icicles, and sheriffs with attachments
dug among the cinders of fallen store
houses, ana whole cities joined in the long
funeral procession, marching to the grave
of dead fortunes and a fallen commerce.
Verily, the righteous suffered with the
wicked, but generally the wicked had the
worst of it. Splendid estates that had come
together through schemes of wickedness
were dashed to pieces like a potter’s vessel,
and God wrote with letters of fire, amid the
ruin and destruction of reputations and
estates that were thought impregnable,
the old-fashioned truth, which centuries
ago he wrote in his Bible, "The way of the
vdeked he turneth upside down." As the
stars of heaven are reflected from the wa
ters of the earth, even so God’s great and
magnificent purposes arc reflected back
from the boiling sea of humaA passion and
turmoil. As the voice of a sweet song ut
tered among the mountains may be utter
ed back from the cavernous home of wild
beast and rocks spilt and thunder-scarred,
so the great harmonies of God’s providence
are rung back from the darkest caverns
of this sin-struck earth. Sennacherib and
Abimilech, and Herod, and Judas, and
Nero, and Nebuchadnezzar, though they
struggled like beasts unbroken to the load,
were put into a yoke, where they were
compelled to help draw ahead God’s great
projects of mercy.
Again, let us learn the lesson that men
can be guilty of polluting the sacred ves
sels of the temple and carrying them away
to Babylon. The sacred vessels in the
temple at Jerusalem were the cups and
plates of gold and silver with which the
rites and ceremonies were celebrated. The
laying of heathen hands upon them and
the carrying thefri off as spoils was an un
bounded offense to the Lord of the temple.
Yet Nebuchadnezzar committed this very
sacrilege. Though that wicked Ring is
gone, the sips he inaugurated walk up and
down the earth, cursing It from century
to century. The sin of desecrating sacred
things is committed by those who on sac
ramental day take the communion cup,
while their conversation and deeds all show
that they live down in Babylon. How
solemn is the sacrament! It is a time
for vows, a time for repentance, a time for
faith. Sinai stands near, with its fire
split cloudw. and Calvary, with its Vic
tim. The Holy Spirit broods over the
scene, and the glory of heaven swms to
gather tn the sanctuary. Vile indeed
must that man be who will come in from
his idols ana unrepented follies to take
hold of the sacred vessels of the temple.
O. thou Nebuchadnezzar! Back with you
to Babylon!
Those also desecrate sacred things who
use the Sabbath for any other than re
ligious purposes. This holy day was let
dow n from heaven amid the intense sec
ularitics of the week to remind us that we
are Immortal, and to allow us preparation
for an endless state of happiness, it is a
green spot in the hot desert of this world
that gushes with fountains and waves
with palm trees. This ia the time to shake
the dust from the robea of our piety and
j in the tents ot Israel sharpen our swords
for future conflict. Heaven, that seems
so far off on other days, alights upon the
earth, and the song of heavenly choirs and
I the hosannah of the white-robed seem
to mingle with our earthly worship. We
1 hear the wailing Infant of Bethlehem,
and the hammer-stroke of the carpen
ter's weary son in Nazareth, and the
prayer of Gethsemane, and the bitter erv
ot Golgotha. Glory he unto the Lord .of
the Sabbath! With that one day in seven
| God divides this great sea of business and
I gaiety, so that dry-shod we may pass t>e
t ween the worldly business of the past and
1 the worldly business of the future.
But to many the Sabbath comes only as
: a day for neighborhood Visiting, field ram
j bling, hotel lounging, and political cau
cusing. This, glorious Sabbath which was
Intended only as * golden chalice from
j which the, thirsty should drink, is this
I moment being carried down to Babvlon.
I I do not exaggerate the truth when I sav
1 to . ° r thousands there is no
I distinction between the Sabbath and the
week days, except that on the Lord’s day
they do not work, while they eat more
largely anil dissipate more thoroughly.
Sabbath-hreakers are like hunters who
should compel their hounds to take rest
while themselves continue on the weary
chase, for men on the Sabbath allow their
bodies which are merely the animal na
ture, sufficient repose, while their immor
tal nature, which should be fed and re
freshed, is compelled to chase up and
down this world’s highway. How shameful
to rob God of his day, when he allows men
so much lawful acquisition, even of a
worldly nature, on the Sabbath; for al
though men themselves are commanded
to rest, the corn and the wheat and the
grass grow just as rapidly on the Sabbath
as on other days, so that while they sit in
the sanctuary they are actually becoming
richer in worldly things. While you are do
ing nothing your bonds and mortgages
a»-e all accumulating interest for your es
tate just as fast as on other days. Men
hired by the month or year are receiving
just as much wages while quiet on the
Sabbath as they are the hard-working
week-day. No, I say how unutterably
mean it is, when God is adding to your
worldly estate, on the Sabbath as certainly
as on other days, that any should not be
satisfied with that, but attempt to seize
additional secular advantage from the
Lord's day. Have you never noticed the
curious fact that our worldly occupation
frequently seems to be divided into sec
tions of six days each? Every week we
have just enough work given us to do in
six days. God makes just enough breaks
in our continuous occupations to thrust
in Sabbath. If you have not before
noticed, observe hereafter that when Sat
urday night comes there Is almost always
a good stopping place in your business.
All things secular and spiritual in provi
dence and revelation seem to say: “Re
member the Sabbath day to keep it holy.
When the six days of creation had passed
God stopped working. Not even a pure
flower or a white cloud would he make,
because it was the Sabbath, and giving an
example to all future times, he rested.
He who breaks the Sabbath not more
certainly robs God than robs himself.
Inevitably, continuous desecration of the
sacred day end either in bankruptcy or
destroyed health. A great merchant said,
"Had it not been for the Sabbath I have
no doubt 1 should have been a maniac
long ago.” This remark was made in a
company of merchants, and one of them
said, “That corresponds with the experi
ence of my friend, a great importer. He
often said. ‘The Sabbath is the best day
of the week to plan successful voyages.
He has for years been in an ins'ane hos
pital, and will probably die there.”
Those also repeat the sin of Nebuchad
nezzar who in any way desecrate the holy
Scriptures. There are men who use the
Word of God as an instrument of angry
controversy. Bigots at heart and zealots,
In the advocacy of their religious peculi
arities they meet other sects with the fury
of a highwayman, thrusting them through
and through with what they consider the
sword of the Spirit. It is a wondetk to
me that some men were not made with
horns to hook with, and hoofs to kick
with, and with claws to grab with. What
Christ said to rash Peter, when he struck
off the ear of Malchus, h<s says to every
controversialists: “Put up again thy
sword into its place; for all they that
take the sword shall perish with the
sword.”
Rev. William Jay met a countryman
who said to him, “I was extremely alarmed
this morning, sir. It was very foggy and
I was going down to a lonely place and
I thought 1 saw a strange monster. It
seemed in motion, but I could not discern,
Its form. I did not like to turn back, but
my heart heat: and jhe more 1 ’ported the
nftrv 1 was Afraid. But as 1 approached
I saw it was a man and who do you think
it was?” “I know not.” “Oh, it was my
brother John.” Then. Mr. Jay remarked,
“It was early in the morning and very
foggy, and how often do we thus mistake
our Christian brethren.”
Just in proportion as men are wrong will
they be boisterous in their religious con
tentions. 'The lamb of religion is always
gentle, w’hlle there is no lion so fierce as
the roaring lion that goes about seeking
whom he may devour. Let Glbraltars
belch their war flame on the sea, and the
Dardanelles darken the Hellespont with
the smoke of their batteries, but forever
and ever let there be good will among those
who profess to be subjects of the gospel
of gentleness. "Glory to God in the high
est. and on earth peace, good will to
men.”
What an embarrassing thing to meet in
heaven if we have not settled our contro
versies on earth. So I give out for all
people of all religions to sing, John Faw
cett's hymn, in short metre, composed in
1772, but just as appropriate for 1897:
Blest be the tie that binds
Our hearts in Christian love.
The fellowship of kindred minds
Is like to that above.
From sorrow, toil and pain,
And sin we shall be free,
And perfect love and friendship reign
Through all eternity.
SPANISH PR AISE FOR J. D. LONG.
The Dinrio de In Marina Pleased
With Hix Defense of Spnln.
Havana, Feb. 14.—The Diarlo de la Ma
rina eulogizes ex-Gov. John D. Long of
Massachusetts, who has been named for
Secretary of the Navy in the cabinet of
President-elect McKinley, for the stand
which he has taken in favor of Spain in
the war against the Cuban insurgents and
against intervention by the United States
in the Cuban troubles.
The mayor of Havana has issued an or
der that no persons shall be admitted to
the city cemeteries for the purpose of at
tending funerals. In accordance with this
order the mourners at all funerals are
stopped at the cemetery gates, and only
the officiating clergymen and those per
sons whose duties require their presence
at the grave are allowed to enter. This
action on the part of the authorities is tak
en to prevent the spread of contagious
diseases.
The payment of allowances to pension
ers of the government has been suspended
for a few days.
London, Feb. 14.—The Times to-morrow
will publish a Madrid dispatch saying the
' papers announce that the Duke of Tetuan,
! minister of foreign affairs, has received
I from Senor Dupuy de Ix>me, the Spanish
minister to the United States, a telegram
stating that President Cleveland. Secre
tary of State Olney and all of the other
public men of the United States regard
the reforms for Cuba, recently adopted
by the Spanish government, as ample.
Minister de l*ome, the dispatch says, ad
ded that the Cuban question may be con
sidered as dead, so far as the United
States congress and public opinion are
concerned. President-elect McKinley is
also believed to regard the reform's fa
vorable.
The Times’ dispatch adds that the gov
ernment is reserved, but that the fore
going is more or less correct.
Rt RIAL OF J. R ANDOLPH TI CKER.
He Will Be Laid Reside His Parents
in the Cemetery at Winchester.
Lexington, Va., Feb. 14.—Hon. John Ran
dolph Tucker’s body will lie in state here
to-morrow and be carried to Winchester
Va.. by special train Tuesday for burial.
Services will be held here to-morrow at the
Presbyterian church at 4:30 p. m., and at
Kent Street Presbyterian! church, Win
chester, V’a.. at 2p. m.. Tuesday. The
faculty and students of the university will
attend the burial at Winchester.
A great number of messages of condo
lence have been received by the family
from all parts of the country.
He will be buried by the side of his
mother and father la the Winchester cem
etery.
SAVANNAH, MONDAY. FEBRUARY 15, 1897.
GREEK SHIP FIRES HER GUNS.
THE TI'HKISH TRANSPORT FORCED
TO COME TO ANCHOR.
The British Admiral Said to Have
Protested Against the Action.
Greek Army Reserves of IS!>3 anti
1594 Called Ont—Detachments ot
Infantry, Artillery and Engineers
Embark at Piraews For Crete—A
Greek Ship Starts After a Trans
port.
London, Feb. 15, 3 a. m.—The Times
this morning will publish a dispatch from
Canea, saying that George Berovitch
Pasha, the Christian governor of Crete,
took refuge on the flagship of the Russian
Admiral, and that the entire forpe of Mon
tenegrin gendarmerie, who have hitherto
been employed in guarding the governor’s
residence, have been transferred to the
Russian warships. The Russian and
French admirals, the dispatch says, have
received identical instructions, but the na
ture of their orders is not known.
The diplomats at Constantinople have
accepted Great Britain’s proposals for a
joint naval occupation of Canea, Retimo
and Heraklion, the removal from Cretan
waters of the Greek fleet and the forbid
dance of the dispatch to Crete of Turkish
re-enforcements, and it is thought proba
ble that the orders of the French and Rus
sian admirals are in accordance with the
programme.
The refugees who sought shelter at the
Grfeek consulate have been placed under
the protection of the British
consul. The Greek consul at
Heraklion embarked upon one
of the warships after requesting the Brit
ish consul to protect the Greek subjects
there. The closing of the Greek consu
lates indicates that a definite rupture has
taken place between Greece and Turkey.
The Times will also print a dispatch from
Canea saying it believes that George
Berovitch Pasha left his post without per
mission.
The Times prints a dispatch dated Ca
nea, Feb. 14, midnight, saying that a Turk
ish troop ship has just put to sea. and that
a Greek transport has started in pursuit
of her.
Athens, Feb. 14.—Advices have been re
ceived here giving details of the detention
at Candia of a Turkish vessel by a Greek
warship. The vessel which was stopped,
and compelled to return to her anchorage,
was the Turkish transport Fuad, bound
for Canea with munitions for the besieg
ed garrison at that place. As the Fuad
moved from the anchorage and started to
leave the harbor, the Greek warship head
ed in such a direction as to intercept her
and ordered her to stop. No attention be
ing paid to this order, the Greek vessel
fired two shots across the Fuad’s bows,
and the transport, being unarmed, put
about and returned to her moorings. It
is i-eported tho* JBie, Jomr tttfce* W vtne
British fleet protested against the action
of the Greeks and ordered the vessel of
that nation to make no further attacks
upon the Turks.
The army reserves of 1893 and 1894 have
been called out and ordered to hold them
selves in readiness to join their colors at
forty-eight hours’ notice.
A number of detachments of infantry,
artillery and engineers have embarked at
Piraeus for Crete. Their departure was
attended with great enthusiasm.
It is understood that the orders of the
troops are to protect the Christian fami
lies in Crete and to restore order. This is
looked upon as tantamount to the occu
pation of the island. Greece has notified
the powers that she will willingly hold
herself answerable for the steps she has
taken.
Col. Vassos, chief aide-de-camp to King
George, commanded the troops, who num
bered 1,500. As the men marched aboard
the vessel which was to convey them to
Crete, large crowds of people who had
gathered to witness their departure cheer
ed them again and again. The troops,
who are already styled the “Corps of Oc
cupation,” reached Milo to-day.
A regiment of artillery has been ordered
to start at once for the Thessalonian fron
tier. This regiment will be accompanied
by Prince Nicholas, King George’s third
son.
Canea, Crete, Feb. 14.—Prince George of
Greece, who arrived here on Feb. 12, in
command of the Greek flotilla, after re
ceiving visits from the commanders of
the foreign warships, returned to Milo.
It is reported that the beys of Canea
have requested the commanders of the
foreign warships here to land men from
their vessels to occupy the city. The in
tense excitement, which prevailed here re
cently, has not at all abated.
George Berovitch Pasha, the Christian
governor of Crete, who. having been
menaced by the Moslems,recently took ref
uge at the Greek consulate, and the Greek
consul embarked this evening on different
warships. They were accompanied by
their families. The consuls and the com
mander of the Turkish forces have re
moved to the military post. The insurgents
continue their bombardment from the
landward inside of the fortress and the
Turks are returning their fire with san
guinary results.
The resignation of the Christian gover
nor of Crete, Georgia Benrvltch Pasha, has
been accepted and the ex-governor started
for Trieste this evening.
Ixmdon, Feb. 14.—The Standard to-mor
row will publish a Constantinople dis
patch saying that the impression prevails
in diplomatic circles there that the oppo
sition to the Greek national sentiment will
endanger the Greek throne.
Mr. Gladstone t -day telegraphed to the
Daily Chronicle the following message:
“I do not dare to stimulate Greece when
I cannot help her. but I shall profoundly
rejoice at her success. I hope the powers
will recollect that they have their own
character to redeem.”
The Daily Telegraph to-morrow will
publish a dispatch from St. Petersburg
saying that the military division of Odessa
will concentrate 30.000 Cossacks with a
view to being in readiness to meet any
emergency that may arise.
The London papers this morning concur
in the opinion that a Grecio-Turkish war
is imminent. The liberal organs implore
the government not to impede the action
of Greece in any way, while the more
moderate journals urge the powers to
occupv Crete and to decide the ultimate
destiny of the island when matters shall
have become more quiet.
The Standard declares that the powers
must pacify Crete, since they have decided
to restrain Greece and Turkey.
Malta. Feb. IL—Three British gunboats
sailed hence for Crete t&-day.
BANK WATCHMAN FOl ND DEAD.
Hix Faithful Do« Keeping Guard
Over His Corpse.
Washington. Feb. 14.—Joseph C. Cline,
aged R 4, a night watchman at the Citi
zens National Bank here, was found dead
this morning. The doors of the bank were
locked and barred. A small terrier dog.
his constant companion in his lonely vigil,
1 was beside the body of his master. ,
JAIL DELIVERY FOILED.
The Plot of the Convicts Disclosed
by a Trusty.
Columbus, O„ Feb. 14.—A jail delivery
by which sixty-five prisoners confined in
the Franklin county jail were to have been
liberated this afternoon was discovered
just in time to prevent it, through the
friendliness of a trusty prisoner who had
been taken into'the plot. All the prison
ers are released from their cells on Sun
day afternoon and allowed to go in a body
to the chapel on the third floor. It was
arranged that as soon as they were releas
ed to-day they Should overpower William
Shockley, the turnkey, take his keys and
after letting themselves out, lock him
and Deputy Sheriff Ed. Phalen in. Among
the prisoners are some noted criminals
such as Si Morris, burglar, the members
of the McVey gang of highway robbers,
and J. W. Stiles, murderer.
Sheriff Young had a large force of depu
ties on hand when the prisoners were re
leased, and going out on the balustrade
he tokl the prisoners that they coald make
their break now if they wanted to. Jim
Anderson, the leader in the plan, announ
ced that he was ready to make the break
if he could get any one to second him.
None volunteered, however.
FIRED on by a footpad.
A Depot Agent Wounded by a Des
perate Negro Robber.
Jackson, Miss., Feb. 14.—T0-night about
8 o’clock at Tugaloo, seven miles north
of this city, E. B. Harris, depot and ex
press agent of the Illinois Central rail
road, was held up by a negro, an appar
ently young man, who, with a pistol, de
manded his money or his life. The agent
reached for the drawer where his own re
volver and money were, and, as he did
so, the negro fired into his face. The
ball struck the agent in the neck, in
flicting what is thought to be a slight
wound. The negro left without his booty,
but a special train has been sent with
bloodhounds from here to run down the
robber.
NOT IDENTIFIED AS A THIEF.
An 1 Italian Held For a*<lo,ooo Dia
mond Robbery Discharged.
New York, Feb. 14.—Andrea Mauro, the
Italian who was arrested two weeks ago
by Central Office Detective Petrosino on
suspicion that he was the thief, who, on
Dec. 22, had stolen SIO,OOO worth of dia
monds from the jewelry store of George
E. Gail, in New Orleans, was arraigned in
Center street court yesterday. Mr. Gail
was present In court, and he said that he
could not be positive that Mauro was the
thief, and was not willing to prosecute.
Magistrate Corneil discharged Mauro from
, custody.
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WORSTED MILLS TO, STA>T.
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A Revival of Activity in the Plants
Around Providence.
Providence, R. 1., Feb. 14.—There are in
dications of a revival of activity in the
worsted mills in this section. Monday
morning the Weybosset mills in Olneyville,
which have been running only forty hours
a week for several months past, will start
the preparatory departments on full time,
to be in readiness for a general resump
tion of full time in the weaving and all
other departments. The Lippitt woolen
mills at Woonsocket have issued orders
for a general resumption of activity on
full time, and have orders enough to run
on full time for a number of months.
FINANCIER IN THE TOILS.
Accused of Receiving a Deposit Af
ter Insolvency.
Westchester, Pa., Feb. 14.—Ex-Congress
man Smedley Darlington, president of the
Chester County Guarantee Trust and Safe
Deposit Company, was arrested here yes
terday at the instance of Mrs. Mary A.
Burnett, a depositor of the institution. Mr.
Darlington is charged with embezzlement
in that he permitted $1,300 of Mrs. Bur
nett’s money to be received on Dec. 2 last,
knowing that the trust company was in a
state of insolvency at the time. Mr. Dar
lington was held in his own recognizance
for a hearing which has been fixed for
next Saturday. Receivers were yesterday
appointed for the company.
COOPERAGE WORKS BURNED.
A Jersey City Plant Destroyed at a
Loss of SSO,OtM>.
New York, Feb. 14.—The works of the
Richard Grant Company, dealers in coop
erage supplies, in Henderson street, be
tween Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets,
Jersey City, were almost completely de
storyed by fire to-day. The loss was $50,-
000. The blaze communicated to the two
story frame building Occupied by the Pine
Water Supply Company, getting the upper
portion of the floor, with a loss of slv,ooo.
BIRNAM’S HEART BROKEN.
The News of Hix Wife’s Suicide Not
Received Until Saturday.
Starke, Fla., Feb. 14.—Dr. Burnham ar
rived *this morning heart-broken. The
sad intelligence of his wife’s suicide on
Tuesday last did not reach him till a late
hour yesterday. The interment will be
made here, and to-morrow the remains
will be moved from the receiving vault to
the final resting place. Dr. Burnham de
nounces an article in the Chicago Record
as infamously false.
SUICIDE WITH CARBOLIC ACID.
An Ex-Justice of the Peace Kills
Himself at Chicago.
Chicago, Feb. 14 —Thomas B. Houston,
formerly a justice of the peace at Lemont,
111., committed suiesde at the Great North
ern Hotel yesterday, by taking carbolic
acid. He registered at the ho>tel last even
ing. The cause for the act is not known.
His brother committed suicide in a similar
manner abfiut two years ago in the Grand
Pacific hotel in thh city.
KILLED BY A JEALOUS HUSBAND.
The Victim Accused of Trying to Win
the Wife's Affections.
Guthrie. Ky., Feb. IL—W. D. Day. a
prominent young man, was shot and kill
ed this evening as this place by Mack
Taliaferro, a farmer. Taliaferro surren
dered. It is said that Taliaferro had ac
cused Day of trying to alienate Mrs.
Taliaferro’s affections.
South Dakota's Long Struggle.
Pierre. S. D... Felt. IL—The vote yester
day for senator in the joint session of the
legislature, stood: Pickier, 47; Kyle. 21;
Goodvkoontz, 21; Plowman. 9; Hinkley, 9;
scattering, 4. There is no change in sight.
SHERMAN’S SLOW SURRENDER.
One or Two More Efforts $o Be Made
to Pass the Treaty.
Washington, Feb. 14.—When the Senate
adjourned yesterday, after another use
less discussion on the arbitration treaty,
the impression had by many senators was
that Mr. Sherman had become convinced
there was little, if any, chance of get
ting action during this session of the Sen
ate. The belief appears to be that he
will make one or two more efforts to press
a vote after devoting an afternoon to dis
cussion, and that then, w’ithout formally
announcing his determination, he will per
mit the treaty to remain on the calendar
without seeking to press it for considera
tion.
The friends of the treaty believe it would
be ratified if a vote could be had, but this
claim is denied by others, who, however,
appear to be better satisfied to have ac
tion postponed than to permit the vote
to be taken now. It is evident that a
determined effort is being made by a few
senators to prevent ratification. For this
reason, it is thougllt, the treaty will go
over until after the 4th of March, when
there will be abundant time for the Sen
ate to discuss it thoroughly while con
sidering the nominations the new Presi
dent may send in.
To-morrow Mr. chandler will address
the Senate on the resolution introduced
by him, declaring that it is tffe sense of
the Senate that the United States should
not permanently acquiesce in the single
gold standard. Mr. Chandlqr is not in
entire harmony with his party on the
financial question, and is much inclined
to make himself a free lance in debate.
The immigration bill, which has come
back from the conference, the second
time, will not take up much of the time
of the Senate, an agreement having been
reached to vote on it on Wednesday at
4 o’clock. The bill as it now stands, re
moves the objections raised to the first
report, and has already been agreed to in
the House. It will doubtless pass the
Senate without opposition.
The bankruptcy bill is the unfinished
business, but no one believes there will
be any serious effort to pass this meas
ure. The friends of the voluntary bank
ruptcy bill are afraid that the advocates
of the involuntary plan have a majority
of votes, and so will talk against time if
any attempt is made to get a vote. The
western senators look upon the involun
tary plan as being in the interest of the
east, or the creditor class, and argue that
their bill, w’hich provides for involuntary
bankruptcy, in case of fraud only, gives
all the protection to both creditor and
debtor that either class should ask.
The Hawaiian cable bill is clamoring for
recognition, but not with any prospect of
passing at this session.
The House will to-morrow resume con
sideration of th* saindry civil apuFopria
tiun.bili, It wiipbe in orfloy to ?h'dv ( - mat
s iwpeflded and the 011 l passed
withouVfxrther rending or amendment.
>ur;. rep., of Illinois, in charge
of the Dili, gave notice Saturday afternoon
that he Would test the sense of the House
upon this proposition. Should this motion
not prevail, the bill is likely to remain the
unfinished business before the House for
the rest of the week.
The naval appropriation bill wfll be re
ported Wednesday, or Thursday, Chair
man Boutelle believes, and it will be taken
up as soon as possible.
CRANK BENT ON CRIME.
Found With a Revolver Walting to
Kill a Police Inspector.
Chicago, 111., Feb. 14.—S. K. Lamont, a
crank, stationed himself in the main cor
ridor of the East Chicago avenue police
station this morning to wait the arrival of
Inspector Schaack, whom he admits he
intended to assassinate. Lamont says he
was greatly interested in the O’Malley
trial, in which Inspector Schaack took so
prominent a place in the prosecution, and
became convinced that the murder charge
brought against the aiderman was the
result of a conspiracy. He had been wait
ing at the police station several minutes,
when Sergeant Stone asked him what he
wanted there. Lamont produced a revolv
er and said he had come to kill the inspec
tor because of the latter’s effort to con
vict O'Malley. The weapon was taken from
him and Lamont was placed in a cell. He
is believed to be insane.
Inspector Schaack, who was said to be
seriously ill last night, is greatly improved
to-day.
A FIFTEEN-ROUND FIGHT.
Johnny Van Heest aad Palsy O’Leary
on Their Feet at the Finish.
Hot Springs, Ark., Feb. 14.—Johnny Van
Heest and Patsy O’Leary fought fifteen
rounds last night before the Visitor’s Ath
letic Club. The first three rounds were
decidedly in favor of Van rfeest, he get
ting first blood, and the first clean
knock-down.
In the following twelve rounds there
was some hard and clever fighting done
by both men.
In the tenth Van Heest was knocked
down by a swinging right in the stomach,
but quickly recovered himself and forced
the fighting, getting in several vicious
upper-cuts on O’Leary’s faee.
Both men were on their feet at the end
of the fifteenth round, and the referee de
clared the fight a draw.
SUNDAY ON THE SQUADRON.
War's Ruffled Front Smoothed For
Religious Rites.
Charleston, 8. C„ Feb. 14.—Admiral
Bunce's squadron suspended its warlike
work to-day and oliserved Sunday in reg
ulation fashion. Episcopal service was
iaeld on the flagship New York, Catholic
services on the Maine, and general serv
ices, including other denominations, were
celebrated on the Columbia. The Vesu
vius came up to the city to-day, and is
now lying in the Cooper river. A number
of excursion steamers ran out to the fleet
during the day, carrying thousands of
visitors.
LAWYER GIVES LEG BAIL.
Flee* From Nenarlc With $1,700 Be
longing to Clients.
Newark, N. J., Feb. 14.—William M. Ris
dick, a young lawyer with a good stand
ing and good practice, has gone with $1,700
belonging to Cnhner & King, silk print
ers. who were his clients. The money was
the amount of a judgment against the
firm, and Risdick was to have held it
pending an appeal to the supreme court.
ShcriN Hopson has levied an attachment
on the lawyer’s office furniture and a small
bank account. Risdick was prominent in
politics, as well as ia legal circles.
Cape Colony’* New Governor.
London. Feb. tl.—lt is officially an
nounced that Sir Alfred Milner, chairman
of the board of inland revenue, will suc
ceed Lord Rosmead as governor of the
Cape Colony. ,
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FITZ SEEMS READY TO FIGHT.
REFEREE SILER SAYS THE AUS-
TRALIAN IS IN GOOD CONDITION.
Corbett Wants the Referee’s Instruc
tions Prepared Two Weeks in Ad
vance of the Mill—Fitzsimmons
Says That What’s Fair For One Is
Fair For the Other—Corbett Asks
For Privileges That Will Make the
Battle a Hot One From Start to
Finish.
Chicago, Feb. 14.—George Siler, the ref
eree in the coming Corbett-Fitzsimmons
fight, left for Carson this evening. The
Tribune this morning printed the follow
ing over Siler’s signature: “There is not
an insincere atom in Fitzsimmons’ physi
cal or mental makeup. He looked big
and strong to me; his eye was bright and
piercing; his step elastic and springy, and
everything denoted that Corbett’s pros
pective opponent had been conditioning
himself for the ordeal which will come with
four and one-half weeks waiting.
“I heard,” said Fitzsimmons, “that Cor
bett wants you to prepare your instruc
tions for us two weeks in advance of the
fight so as to make us both familiar with
your interpretation of the rules.”
"That is so,” I answered.
“Well, how does he want to fight
break clean or hit with one hand disen
gaged?”
“He thinks that you ought to hit when
you can.”
“That is, breakaways?”
“Yes; on breakaways—just so one hand
is free.”
“Anything else?” asked Fitz.
“He thinks that you ought to fight
yourselves loose.”
“Yes. Anything else?”
“No; further than that Queensberry
rules govern the battle.”
“That seems fair enough, don’t it,
George ”
I nodded assent.
“Well,” concluded Fitzsimmons, with a
drawl, “anything fair for one is fair for
the other. I ain agreeable to anything
along these lines.”
Having seen Corbett and the superb
shape the Californian Is in, I was forced
to the conclusion that the meeting for
next month will be the fight of the coun
try.
Carson, Nev., Feb. 14.—There was a lull
to-day in prize-ring gossip in Carson. Most
of the population went to church, and Dan
Stuart slid quietly into a pew in the Epis
copal church.
The kodak fiends complain of the decep
tive light which they in Car
son. They sayjjU pk\'»trw
pus uh- w ■■ ■ W:?"’!,"uhlli .ajip’aiing vC
B .bright. iff’fiot qtfira so bright as it
and its peculiarity is only fuHy un
ibod when the negatives taken in it
are devloped and found to have been “un
der-posed.”
San Francisco, Cai., Feb. 14.—Fifteen
thousand admirers of James J. Corbett
packed the Haight street grounds this aft
ernoon to see him spar a few rounds with
his trainer, Cal. McVey. It was Corbett’s
first appearance in public here since his
contest with Tom Sharkey, and his friends*
were anxious to judge for themselves as
to his true condition. The champion was
in excellent fettle, and he danced about
McVey, showering in straight punches and
half-arm jabs at his pleasure. The specta
tors cheered his every move.
This evening the performance was re
peated before a much larger crowd. After
the exhibition Corbett addressed the spec
tators briefly, saying that his friends need
have no hesitation in placing their money
on him. He was prepared to put up the
best battle of his career.
A few games of hand bail will con
stitute Corbett’s work ‘to-morrow morn
ing. In the afternoon he will leave for
Reno on the Overland Express.
George Green (Young Corbett), the clev
er San Francisco welter-weight, who re
cently bested Tom Tracy In a ten-round
contest, has formally challenged Tommy
Ryan of Syracuse, the recognized welter
weight champion, to a finish fight for the
championship.
Green, promises to find backing up to
SIO,OOO. and desires that the battle take
place in Nevada under Dan Stuart’s di
rection. At present Stuart favors Lavigne
and Wolcott, as a. preliminary attraction
to the heavy-weight contest, but he has
agreed to visit San Francisco during the
present week, and will then hear what
Green and Ryan’s backers have to say.
PROFESSOR AS A PUGILIST.
Ogeecliee the Scene of an Old Timo
Fight With Fists.
Sylvania, Ga., Feb. 14.—Prof. J. Currey
Thompson, well known in this part of the
political vineyard, had a personal encoun
ter yesterday afternoon at Ogeeehee, with
W. W. Waters, a young democrat of the
Thirty-fifth district, in which the former
is said to have come out second best.
Thompson is a prominent populist and
some time ago had his school license taken
away from him by the board of education
on account of charges made by the school
commisisoners. He created much ex
citement at the time. Thompson wrote a
number of newspaper articles in which he
attacked the members of the board very
fiercely. Young Waters’ father was a
member of the board, and this old contro
versy was the cause of the
day. Waters knocked Thompson down
and beat him, but as they were unarmed
neither was seriously hurt, though it is
thought the matter is not ended. Thomp
son ran a red hot populist paper in Dublin
about a year ago.
BEATEN IN TWO HOUNDS.
Ed. Santry of Chicago Knocks Oat
Jimmy Lynch of New Orleans.
Chicago, 111., Feb. 14.—Ed Santry of Chi
cago defeated Jimmy Lynch of New Or
leans, at Lyons, ,ast night, in two rounds.
The contest was for a side bet and the
gate receipts and the articles called for
twenty rounds.
In the first round Santry planted several
vicious jabs on the New Orleans man's
face and landed a right swing, which sent
his opponent to the floor. Santry sent in
several hard body blows and jabbed Lynch
so hard in the face that the latter was
dizzy when the round ended. Before time
was called for the third round Lynch's sec
onds threw up the sponge.
PfTTSBI IIG’S PROSPERITY.
Hundreds of Idle Men to He Given
Work In the Mills.
Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 14.—Two more rail
mills were put In opertion at Carnegie’s
Edgar Thomson steel works at Braddock
to-night, giving employment to 350 men.
At J. Painter & Sons’ iron and steel
works, additional departments employing
300 or 400 men will resume in the morning.
It is not expected that prices for rails
will go lower, but if such should be the
case, the Carnegie Company will meet ail
competition.