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/ ESTABLISHED 1850. i I J. H. ESTILL, Editor and Proprietor. ( NOT FIRED HT HYENAS. the theory of incendiarism at THE BRIDGE EXPLODED. A Probability that the Section Hands Failed to Extinguish all the Fires in the Grass—A Possibility that a Spark from the Locomotive of the Train Preceding the Excursion Did the Work. Chicago, Aug. 14.—The Times' special from Champagne, 111., says: “J. O. Baker, President of the Illinois Society of Engi neers and professor of civil engineering in the University of Illinois, returned last night from a careful personal examination of the engineering problems of the Chuts worth disaster, and an examination of the condition of the other bridges and culverts, and the protection frem fire given those culverts by the road officials and track hands. incendiarism improbable. He favored the Times' correspondent with the following: “The incendiary theory has no foundation whatever. lam unable, per sonally, to find any citizen of Chntsworth who have seen suspicious characters loiter ing about as required by that theory. The flames of the burning culvert were plainly seen from Chatsworth at intervals for sev eral hours before the accident. From the lay of the land they must have risen five or six feet above the track to have been seen 60 far. an attempt to protect them. “It is plain that an attempt has been made to protect the bridges of the road from fire, but personal inspection of other culverts in that vicinity shows that it was not done so as to afford complete protection personal inspection along the line of the road for several miles shows that the grass and weeds were not all burned off, but many patches wore left unburned, and in the im mediate vicinity it was more carelessly done than elsewhere. SUFFICIENTLY STRONG. “The culvert itself was of the usual build, and had abundant strength to carry the train but for the fire which had destroyed the lower portion.” He added that lie thought it probable that the fire left by the section men late in the afternoon, who by their own testimony admitted that there was burning grass only forty rods away, was driven down to the culvert when they left by a slight change of wind. Otherwise it is possible that sparks from the special train of the superintendent of bridges, the lost train before the fated excursion, kindled in the grass near the culvert and burned slowly for a long time and finally fired the culvert. FERDINAND INSTALLED. A Proclamation from the Throne Read by the Prime Minister. Tirnova, Aug. 14.—Prince Ferdinand was enthusiastically welcomed on his ar rival here on Saturday night. To-day he attend ate deuni in the Cathedral. From the Cathedral with a brilliant military and official escort, he proceeded to the hall of the Great Sobranj e. The Sobranje was in session, and when the Prince entered he was greeted with prolonged cheering. The Met ropolitan delivered an address and admin tered the oath to the Prince, who thereujion signed the Constitution. M. Stoiloff the Prime Minister oil behalf of Prince Ferdi nand read a proclamation saying: “We, Ferdinand 1., by the grace of God and the will of the people Prince of Bul garia, announce to our well-beloved people that we assume the government of the coun try. We will rule in accordance with the constitution with intent te promote its glory, greatness and development. We shall always Vie ready to sacrifice our life for its happiness.” The Prince thanks the people for his elec tion and the regents and Ministers for their able conduct of affairs during the difficult crisis, pays tribute to the patriotism and bravery of the peonle during recent events, and concludes: “Long live free and independent Bulgaria.” There is no reference to Russia in the proclamation. After the ceremony of installation the Ministers tendered their resignations and the Sobranje was dissolved. Neither Tur key nor any of the powers has replied to Prince Ferdinand’s note asking their ap proval of his election. Prince Ferdinand will, on Tuesday, start for Philippopolis, where he will arrive Thursday evening. Ho will go via Gabroro and Calofer. The gar rison here ha-i taken the oath of allegiance. THE FOREIGN MINISTER RESIGNED. Prince Ferdinand held a council at Sis tovn. at which it is reported Foreign Min ister Nntcheviteh disagreed with the Prince in his views upon the formation of a cabi net and tendered iiis resignation. It is rumored that Prince Ferdinand has insured his life for 2,000,000 florins. ALL DEFENDS ON RUSSIA. London, Aug. 14, —The Standard's Vi enna correspondent says: “England, Aus tria and Italy have sent Turkey an identical note declaring that thev consider the election of Prince Ferdinand legal It is reported that Turkey’s attitude is becoming friendly. The Porte re called Riza Pasha from Bulgaria at the instance of Russia, hut appointed Art-in Effendi Commissioner to Bulgaria in place of Riza ns n friendly act, toward Prince Ferdinand. The Bulgarian situation now depends entirely upon Russia, who. through the Russian Charge d’Affaire* at f oiistantinople, has handed the Forte a for mal protest against Ferdinand, which pro test Russia expects Turkey will Indorse. ITALY'S FRUIT TRADE. The Effect American Orange ant! Lemon Culture is Having on It. Rome, Aug. 14.— The inquiry conducted by the Ministry of Commerce into the effect of the American trade upon the orange and lemon production of Jtalv hns lieon con cluded. The report states that California can supply the American market through out the year; that iu Florida the plantation* * lv not. situated on lund suitable for the Ki'"Wth of oranges, while in regard te Lou isiana the opinion is expressed that Italy has nothing to fear, the season there being °f brief duration. London’s Socialists. London, Aug. 14—A gathering of Social ists in Trafalgar square to-day protested against, Constable Endcacott's evidence, U|m which a Socialist, was convicted lust " ‘■ek. An effigy of Endcacott was tern to pieces. Rejected for a Rectorship. Berlin, Aug. 14.—Considerable excite ment has been caused by the rejection of 1 rof. Virchow its a candidate for the lice tersliip of Berlin University, on account of Liberal opinions. Granted a Respite. London, Aug. 14.—Lliiski, the Hebrew, who wit, nen ten cod to lie nangud to-morrow for murder, lihh heen granted a reunite of One wf*>lr. IlDtning | CENTRAL AMERICAN TRADE. Need of a Railway to Extend the Com merce of the Countries. Washington, Aug. 14. —Consul Dupre at San Salvador closes a report to the State Department upon industrial and commercial topics with the following paragraph: “The trade of the Pacific States of Central Amer ica must be confined mainly, until a rail way may be built across the republics, to San Francisco. Recently C. P. Huntington bought the railway from San Jose, a village without a harbor on the Pacific coast of Guatemala, seventy-five miles in length, to Guatemala City. Owning, as he does with others, railway lines extending from Oregon and California to Newport News on the Chesapeake, he must purchase this Central American highway, tliat he may own as well a short interoeeanic route. It is hardly more than IHO miles from Guate mala City to the Bav of Honduras, hard by New Orleans and Mobile. But there is no harbor at San Jose, and to create one would cost more than that at Cherbourg, France, an almost incredible sum. Ou the contrary, though the country bo rough, as rent by earthquakes through past ages, the construction of a railway from a perfectly land locked harbor on the Bay of Honduras to another, La Union in Salvador on the Pacific, is the most desir able of all possible commercial and political consummations that could be achieved by American wealth and energy in Central America.” NEW WAR SHIPS. Bids Considered and a Decision Reached as to the Awards. Washington, Aug. 14.—-President Cleve land and Secretary Whitney have been en gaged this afternoon in considering the bids for the new war ships and the result will be announced to-morrow. It is well understood that the decision will be to give to the Messrs. Cramp, of Philadelphia, the contract for the “Newark,” for which they were the only bidders, and also the contract for one of the nineteen knot cruisers at $1,350,000. This ship will have the same hull as the Baltimore, now building by the Cramps, and similar en gines. Tiie rigging will lie like that of the Newark. The other nineteen knot cruiser will bo given to the Union Iron Works of San Francisco, at their bid of The vessel is to bo built according to the plans prepared at the Department. This is not the lowest bid, but it is held that the law requires one ship to be built on the Pacific coast. Tho two gunboats will be built by John Roach’s assignees, the hulls at Chester and the en gines in New York. LUCE’S LETTER. Compliance With the Request Not V et Decided Upon. Washington, Aug. 14. —Secretary Whit ney has been out of town to-day, and it has not been possible to secure official confirma tion of the report telegraphed last night that Admiral Luce has asked to be relieved from command of the North Atlantic squadron. Such information as can be gathered from other sources, however, is entirely confirmatory, and leaves no doubt that a letter or dispatch of the purport indicated has been received, and tnat the Secretary has the matter under advisement. Though there is much speculation as to the probable successor to Admiral Luce’s com mand, it is believed that no one has yet been designated, and that it has not even been determined to comply with the Admiral's request. Sliver Certificates. Washington, Aug. 14.—The United States Treasurer having accumulated a sup ply of $1 and $2 silver certificates, sufficient to meet the current heavy demand, has arranged for the prompt delivery of these notes to the banks, bankers and others making the required deposit from and after to-morrow. Tlie issue of these notes has been suspended since May 1 last. 450 New National Banks. Washington, Aug. 14. —Comptroller of the Currency TrenhoTm is quoted as saying that since the present administration began 450 new national banks have been organ ized and that a larger proportion than usual were established in the South and South west, where they have heretofore been com paratively scarce. Tho 3-Per Cent. Loan. Washington, Aug. 14. —The statement prepared at the Treasury Department to show the status of the 3-por cent, loan, makes the following exhibit: Total amount of tho loan, $305,®1,250; rodeeincd under calls, $200.475,H50; purchased, $3,822,250; called mid outstanding, $2,783,150. A Superintendent Dismissed. Washington, Aug 14.—1 t is announced that James B. Davis, Superintendent of the Ordnance Foundry of the Washington Navy Yard, lias been dismissed, and that John F. Bin-ton, of Laurel, Md.; who has long been a mechanic in the foundry, has been promoted to the vacancy. Taxes on Spirits. Washington, Aug. 14.—'The acting Com missionerof Internal Revenue has instructed the collectors to ascertain and report to his office the quantity of the tax paid on spirits of the different kinds known to the trade, held by wholesale liquor dealors and recti fiers on Octolier 1,1887. Dismissed from a Fat Berth. Washington, Aug. 14.—Mr. Whitney, who has long filled the position of Chief Draughtsman of the Bureau of Steam Engineering in the Navy Department, has been dismissed. His successor has not been appointed. Three Yachtsmen Drowned. Chicago, Aug. 14 —LastThursday Frank Byrnm, Fred Evans and Thomas Collins, three young men. wont yachting bn the lake. Thov have not since been heard from. Yesterday a builder working near the shore fourteen miles from Boiit.h Chicago, dis covered a yacht capsized, with nil sails set, and drifting near shore. The body of a young man closely resembling Evans was found tangled ill tile sails, and it is now be lieved that the yacht was capsized by a sudden squall and its three occupants jier ishod. _____________ Augusta’s Foundry Fire. Augusta, Ga., Aug. 14.—Tlic fire which broke out at 1 o’clock this morning in George It. 1 sun bard’a foundry and machine works, on the corner of Fenwick and Cum mings streets, before it could lie checked destroyed, wholly or partially, the brass foundry, the gun shop, the carpenter shop, and the wheel house. The loss is 915,000. The property is fully insured. The works will start again in three days. A New Railroad Connection. Acocsta, Oa.. Aug. 14. —A special to the Chrmiirle from Broken Arrow, Ala., says: “Connection between the East and IV ext Railroad of Alabama and the Georgia Pacific Railroad at Pell City, was completed to-day and trains ruu through.” SAVANNAH, GA., MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 1887. BIGOTRY A BIG MONSTER. TALMAGE DRAGS IT FROM ITS CAVE AND RIPS OFF ITS HIDE. The Triumph of the Gospel Hindered by Bigotry Intolerance Always Overcome in the Past by the Differ ent Denominations England’s Per secution of the Hebrews. The Hamptons, Aug. 14—To-day the Rev. T. Do Witt Talmage’s sermon is “Con cerning the Bigots,” and the text “Then, said they unto him, Say now, Shibboleth; and ho said Sibboleth, for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him and slew him at the passages of Jordan.”— Jndges xii., 6. Do you notice the difference of pronuncia tion between shibboleth and sibboleth? A very small and unimportant difference, you say. And yet, that difference was the dif ference between life and death for a great many people. The Lord’s people, Gilead and Ephraim, got into a great fight, and Ephraim was worsted, and on tho retreat came to the fords of the river Jordan to cross. Order was given that all Ephraiinites coming there bo slain. But how could it be found out who were Ephraiinites? They were detected by their pronunciation. Shibboleth was a word that stood for river. The Ephraiinites had a brogue of their ow n, and when they tried to say shibboleth always left out tho sound of the “h.” When it was asked that they say shibboleth they said sibboleth and were slain. “Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him and slew him at the passages of Jordan.” Avery small dif ferenee, you say, between Gilead and Ephraim, and yet ho.v much interference about that small difference! The Lord’s tribes in our time—by which I mean the dif ferent denominations of Christians—some times magnify a very small difference, and the only difference between scores of de nominations to-day is the difference between shibboleth and sibboleth. The church of God is divided into a great number of denominations. Time would fail ire to tell of the Calvinists, and the Armin lans, and (he Sabbatarians, and the Baxter ians, and the Dunkerg, and the Shakers, and the Quakers, and the Methodists, and the Baptists, and the Episcopalians, and the Lutherans, and the Congregationalists. and the Presbyterians, and the Spiritualists, and a score of other denominations of re ligionists, some of them founded by very good men, some of them founded by very egotistic men, and some of them found(>d by very bad men. But as I demand for my self liberty of conscience, I must give that same liberty to every other man, remem bering that he no more differs from me than I differ from him. I advocate the largest liberty in all religious belief and form of worship. In art, in politics, in morals, and in religion lot there lie no gag law, no moving of the previous question, no persecution, no intolerance. You know that the air and the water keep pure by constant circulation, and I think there is a tendency in religious discus sion to purification and moral health. Be tween the fourth and the sixteenth Centu ries the Church proposed to make jieople think aright by prohibiting discussion and by strong censorship of the press, and by rack, and by gibbet, and hot lead down the throat, tried to make people orthodox; but it was discovered that you cannot change a man’s belief by twisting off his head, and that you cannot make a man see things dif ferently by putting an awl through his eyes. There is something in a man’s conscience which will hurl off the mountain that you throw upon it, and, unsinged of the fire, out of the flame will make red wings on which the martyr will mount to glory. In that time of which I spenk, between the fourth and sixteenth centuries, jieoplo went from the house of God into the most appalling iniquity, and right along by con secrated altars t here were tides of drunken ness and licentiousness such as the world never heard of, and the very sewers of per dition broke loose and Hooded the church. After a while the printing-press was freed, and it broke the shackles of the human mind. Then there came a huge number of bad books, but where there was one man hostile to the Christian religion there were twenty men ready to advocate it; so I have not any nervousness in regard to this battle going on between truth and error. The truth will conquer just as certainly as that God is stronger than the devil. Let error ran if you only let truth run along with it. Urged on by skeptic’s shout and trancendentalist’s spur, let it run. God’s angels of wrath are in hot pursuit, and quicker than eagle’s beak clutches out a hawk’s heart, God’s vengeance will tear it to pieces. 1 propose this morning to speak to you of sectarianism—its origin, its evils, and its cures. There aro those who would make us think that this manstor, with horns and hoofs, is religion. I shall chase it to its hiding-place, and drag it out of the caverns of darkness, and rip oif its hide. But I want to make a distinction between bigotry and the lawful fondness for peculiar reli gious beliefs and forms of worship. I have no admiration for a nothingarian. In a world of such tremendous vicissitude and temptation, and with a soul that must after a while stand before a throne of in sufferable brightness, in a day when the rocking of the mountains and the flaming of the inaivens and the upheaval of the sea shall lie among the least of the excitements, to give account for every thought, .word, action, preference, and dislike that man is mad who has no religious preference. But our early education, our physical tempera ment, our mental constitution, will very much decide our form of worship. A style of psalmody that may nlease me may displease you. Some would like to have a minister in gown, and hands, and surplice, and others prefer to have a minis ter in plain citizens apparel. Koine are moro impressed when a little child is pre sented at the ullar and sprinkled of the wa ters of a holy benediction “in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost;’ and others are moro impressed when the penitent cornea up out of the river. Ids garments dripping with the waters of a baptism whiefi signifies the washing away of sin. Lot either have his own way. One man likes no noise in prayer, not a word, not a whis|R-r. Another man just as good, prefers by gesticulation and exclamation to express his devotional aspirations. One is just as good as the other. “Everyman fully persuaded in his own mind.” George White Held was going over n Qua ker rather roughly for some of his religious sentiments, and the Quaker said: “George, I am as thou art; T um for bringing all inen to the hope of the • iospel; therefore, if thou will not quarrel with me ntsint my broad brim, I will not quarrel with thee about thy black gown. George, give me thy hand.” 1. In tracing out the religion of sectarian ism, or bigotry, 1 find that a groat deal of it come* from wrong education in the home circle. There are |irents who do not think it wrong to caricature mid jeer the |>ecuiiar forms of religion in the world, nud denounce other sect*nod Other denominations. It is very often the case that that, kind of educa tion acts just opposite to what was expected, and the children grow up, and, after a while, go and see for themselves: and loolc- ing in those churches, and finding that the people are good there, and they love God and keep His commandments, by natural reaction they go and join those very churches. I could mention the names of prominent ministers of the Gospel who spent their whole life bombarding other denominations and who lived to see their children preach the Gospel in those very denominations. But it is often tho case that bigotry sttirts in a household, and that the subject of it never recovers. There are tons of thousands of bigots ten years old. I think sectarianism and bigotry also rise from too great prominence of any one de nomination in a community. All the other denominations are wrong, and his denomi nation is right) localise his denomination is the most wealthy, or the most popular, or the most influential, and it is “o.ir” church, and “our” religious organization, and “our” choir, and “our” minister, and the man tosses his head, and wonts other denomina tions te know their places. It is a great deal better in any community when the great denominations of Christians are about equal in prater, marching side by side for the world’s conquest. Mere outside prosperity, mere wordly power, is no evi dence that the church is acoQptab’e to God. Better a barn with Christ in ttie manger than a cathedral with magnificent harmonies rolling through the long-drawn nisle, and an angel from heaven in the pulpit, if there Vie no Christ in the cancel, and no Christ in the robes. Bigotry is often tho child of ignorance. You seldom find a man with large intel lect, who is a bigot. It is the man who thinks he knows a great deal but does not. That man is almost always a bigot. The whole tendency of education and civiliza tion is to bring a man out of that kind of state of mind and heart. There was in the far east a groat olielisk, and one side of tho obelisk was white, another side of the obe lisk was green, another side of the obelisk was blue, and travelers wont and looked at that obelisk, but they did not walk around it. One man looked at one side, another at another side, and they came home each one looking only at one side ; and they happened to meet, the storv says, and they got into a rank quarrel about the color of that obe lisk. One man said it was white, another man said it was green, another man said it was blue, and when they were in the very beat of the controversy a more intelligent traveler game, and said: “Gentlemen,l have seen that olielisk, and you are all right, and you are all wrong. Why didn’t you walk around the obel'sk?” Look out for the man who sees only one side of a religious truth. Look out for the man who never walks around alioul these great theories of God, and eternity, and the dead. He will Vie a bigot inevitably—tlic man who only sees one sido. There is no man more to bo pitied than he who lias in Ids head just one idea—no more, no less. More light, less sectarianism. There is nothing that will so soon kill bigotry as sun shine—God’s sunshine. 2. So I huvo set before you what I con sider to be the cause of bigotry. I have set before you the origin of this great evil. What are some of the baleful effects? First of all it cripples investigation You are wrong and I am right, and that ends it. No taste for exploration, no spirit of inves tigation. From the glorious realm of God’s truth, over which an archangel might fly from eternity to eternity and not reach the limit, the man shuts himself out and die*, a blind mole under a corn shock. It stops all investigation. While each denomination of Christians is to present all the truths of the Bible, it seems to mo that God has given to each de nomination an especial mißsion to give par ticular emphasis to someone doctrine; and so the Calvirustic churches must present the sovereignty of God, and the Arminian churches must present man’s free agency, and the Episcopal churches must present tho importance of order and solemn cere mony, and the Baptist churches must pre sent the necessity of ordinances, and the Congregational church must present the re sponsibility of the individual member, and the Methodist church must show what holy enthusiasm, hearty congregational singing can accomplish. While each denomination of Christians must set forth all the doc trines of the Bible, I feel it is especially in cumbent upon each denomination to put particular emphasis on someone doctrine. Another great damage done by tho sec tarianism and bigotry of tho church is that it disgusts people with the Christian re ligion. Now, my friends, the church of God was never Intended for a war barrack. Peo ple are afraid of a riot. You go down the street and you see an excitement, and mis siles flying through the air, and you hear the shock of firearms. Do you, the peaceful and industrious citizens, go through that street? Oh, no! you will say, “I’ll go around the block.” Now, men come and look upon this narrow path to heaven, and sometimes see the ecclesiastical brickbats flying every whither, and they say, “Well, I guess I’ll take tho brond road: if it is so rough, and there is so much sharp shooting on the nar row road, I guess I’ll try tho broad road.” Francis I. so hated the Lutherans that be said if he thought there was one drop of Lutheran blond in Ids veins he would punc ture them and let that drop out. Just as long as there is so much hostility between denomination and denomination, or between one professed Christian and another, or lie tween one church and another, just so long men will be disgusted with the Christian re ligion, and say, “If that is religion, I want none of it.” Again, bigotry and sectarianism do great damage in the fact, that they hinder the triumph of the Gospel. Oh, how much wasted ammunition, how many men of splendid intellect have given tlicir whole life to controversial disputes, when, if they had given their life to something practical, they might have been vastly useful I .Sup pose this morning, while I sjieak, there were a common enemy (aiming up the 1 >ay through the Narrows, and all the forts aronnd Now York began to fire into each other —you would cry out, “National sui cide! wliy don't those forts blaze away in one direction, and that against the common eneinyF' And yet 1 sometimes see in the church of of tlu- lain I Jesus Christ n strange tiling going on: church against church, minister against minister, .denomination against denomination, firing away into their own fort, or the fort which ought to lie on the same side, instead of concentrat ing their energy and giving one mighty and everlasting volley against the navies of darkness riding up through the bay I I go out sometimes in the summer, and 1 find two beehive*, and these two hives are in a quarrel. I come near enough, not to bo stung, but I romo just, near enough to hear the controversy, and one beehive says, “That field of clover is the sweetest," and another lieeliive says, “That field of clover is the sweetest.” I come in between them, and I say, “Slop this quarrel; if you like that field of clover tiest, go there: if you like that field of clover last, go there; but let me tell you that, that hive which gets tho most honey Is the best hive.” Ho I come out between tho churches of the Ixirrl Jesus Christ. One denomination of Christians says, ‘That Held of Christian doctrine is heist," and another says. This field of Christ ian doctrine is best." Well, I sav, “Go whore you get the most honey.” That is the best church which gets the most honey of Christiun grace for the heart, anil the most honey of Christian usefulness for the life. Beside that if you want to build up any denomination, you will never build it up by trying to pull some other down. Intoler ance never nut anything down. How much j hns Intolerance accomplished, for instance, against the Methodist Church? For long ' years her ministry were forbidden the pui- J pits of Great Britain. Why was it that so many of them preached in the fields? Sim ply because they could not get in the churches. And tho name of the church was given in derision and as a sarcasm. Tho critics of the church said, “They have no order, they have no method in their wor ship;” ana the critic*. therefore, in irony ca l sl them “Methodists.” Ia: n told that in Astor Library, New York, kept ns curiosities there are seven hundred and seven books and pamphlets against Methodism. Did Intolerance :t p tout church? No; it is either first, nr second amid tho denominations of Christendom, her missionary stations in all parts of the world, her men not only important in relig ious trusts, but important also in secular trusts. Church marching on, and the more intolerance against it, the faster it marched. What did Intolerance accomplish against the Baptist church? If laughiug, scorn and tirade could have destroyed the church it would not have to-day a disciple left. The Baptists w ere liurlegl out of Boston in olden times. Those who sympathized with them were confined, and when a petition was offered asking leniency in their tielmlf, all the men who signed it wero indicted. Has Intolerance stopped the Baptist church ? The last statistics in regard to it showed about 311,000 churches and 2,500,000 com munjennts. Intolerance never put down anything. In England a law was mudo against tho Jew. England thrust back the Jew and thrust down the Jew, and declared that no Jew should hold official position. YVhat came of it? Were the Jews dcst royod? Was their religion overthrown ? No. Who be came Prime Minister of England years ago? Who was next tq tho throne? Who was higher than the throne because lie was coun sellor and adviser? Tho descendant of a Jew. What were we celebrating In ai' of our churches as well as synagogues a few years ago? The one hundredth birthday anniversary of Mouteflore, the great, Jewish philanthropist. Intolerance never yet put down anything. 8. But now, my friends, having shown you the origin of bigotry or sectarianism, and having shown you the damage it does, 1 want briefly to show you how we are to war against this terrible evil, and I think we ought to begin our war by realizing our own weakness and our iinperfeetions. If we make so many mistakes in the common affairs of life, is it not, possible that wo may make mistakes in regard to our religious affairs? Shall wc takeu man by the throat or by the collar, because he cannot see re ligious truths just as we do? In the ligtit of eternity it will be found out, and I think there was something wrong in all our creeds, and something right In all our creeds. But since we may muke mistakes in regard to tilings of the world, do not let us be egotis tic, and so puffed up us to have nn idea tliat, we cannot make any mistakes iu regard to religious theories. And then l think wo will do a great deal to overthrow the secta rianism from our heart, and the sectarian ism from the world, by chiefly enlarging upon those things in which we agree rather than those on which wo differ. Now, here is a great < Vospel platform. A man comes up on this side the platform and says, “I don’t believe in baby sprinkling.” Shall I shove him off? Here is a man com ing up on this idde tin* platform, and ho says, “I don't believe in the perseverance of the saints.” Shall I shove Inin off? No. I will soy, “Do you lielieve in the Lord Jesus as your Saviour? do you trust Him for time and for eternity?” He says, “Yes.” “Do you take Christ for tune and for eter nity ?*’ “Ye*.” I say, “Corne on, brother; one in time and one in eternity, brother now, brother forever.” Blessed lie God for a Gospel platform so largo that all who receive Christ inev stand on it! I think we nit y overthrow the severe sec tarianism and li.gotry in our hearts, aud iu the church also, by realizing that all the de nominations of Christians liavo yielded noble institutions and noble men. Tiiere is nothing that,so stirs my soul as this thought. One denomination yielded a Robert Hull ami an Adonirom Judson; another yielded a Latimer and a Melville; another yielded John VVosley and the blessed Nuininerfleld, while our own denomination yielded John Knox and the Alexanders—men of whom the world was not worthy. Now, I say, if we are honest and fair-minded men, when w< come upiu the presence of such churches and such denominations, although they may lie different from our own, we ought to udmiro them, and we ought to love and honor them. Churches which can produce such men, and such large-hearted charity, and such magnificent martyrdom, ought to win our affection at any rate, our respect. 8o come on, ye four hundred thousand Episcopalians in this country, and ye eight hundred thousand Presbyterians, and ye two and a half million Baptists, and ye nearly three and three quarter million Methodists—come on, shoulder to shoulder we will march for the world’s conquest; for all nations are to lie saved, and God demands that, you and I help to do it. Forward, the whole line. Moreover, we may also overthrow tho feeling of severe sectarianism by joining other denominations in Christian work. I like when the springtime comes and the anniversary occasions begin anu all denomi nations come ujion the same platform. That overthrows sectarianism. In the Young Men’s Christian Association, in the Bible Society, in the Tract Society, in the Foreign Missionary (Society, shoulder to shoulder all denominations. Perhaps I might rnoro forcibly fllustrute this truth by calling your attention bran Incident which took place fourteen or fifteen years ago. One Monday morning at alsmt 2 o’clock, while her nine hundred possengefs were sound asleep in her tierth* dreaming of home, (lie steamer Atlantic crashed into Mars Head. Five hundred souls in ten minutes landed in eternity. Ob, what a scene! Agonized men and women running up and down the gangways, nml clutching for the rigging, and tho plunge of the help less steamer, and the clapping of the hands of the merciless sea over the drowning and the dead, threw two continents into terror. But sis* this bravo quartermaster pushing out with the life-line until he get* to the ns'k; and sec these fishermen gather ing up the shipwrecked, and taking them into the cabins, and wrapping them in the flannels snug atm warm; and see that minister of the Gospel, with three other men, getting into a life boat, and pushing out. tor the wreek, pulling away across the surf, und pulling nwny until they saved one more mau, and then getting bar ic with him to the shore. Can times* men ever forget that night? And can they ever for gi*t their comiianionship in peril, compan ship in struggle, companionship iu awful catastrophe and rescue? Never! Never! In whatever part of tho earth they meet, they will be friends when they mention the story of that awful night when the Atlantic struck Mars Haul. Well, my friends, our world has gone into a worse shipwreck. Hin drove it on the rock*, 'flu* old ship ha* lurched and tossed in the tempest* of six thousand years. Out with tho life-line! Ido not care what denomination carries it. Ont with the life tioat? Ido not cars what denominbtion rows it. Hid" by side, in the memory of common hardships, and common trails, and common prayeis, and common tears, lei us lie brother* forever. Me must, Is-. Wu must be. “One army of the living God; To whose command we Ikiw: Part of the host hue crossed th* flood, And nart are crossing now.” And I expert to see tho dny when all de nominations of Christians shall join hands around the cross of Christ and recite the creed: “I believe in God, the Father Al mighty, Maker of Heaven and ear til, and in Jesus Christ, and in tho Communion of Saints, and in tho life everlasting.” May God inspire us all with the largest-hearted Christian charity! MRS. CLEVELAND AT CHURCH. Curious New Englanders Flock to Catch a Glimpse of Her. New Bedford, Mass., Aug. 14.—Since the arrival of Mrs. Cleveland at Marion, the elmrclies which she has attend'd have hern thronged with people from other places anxious to catch a glimpse of the President’s wife. To-day’s beautiful weather caused an unusually largo influx of visitors from ad joining towns. When Mrs. Cleveland, ac companied I>F Gen. Greely, walked from the latter’s residence to St. Gabriel's Epis copal church, she was the object of much resiKH'tful curiosity. At tile close of the service Gen. Greely uud Mi's. Cleveland walked home. DRIVES OUT TO TAKE TEA. This afternoon, with a party of friends, which included Hen. and Mrs. Greely, Mr. and Mrs. It. YV. Gilder, and Mrs. Y’an Heruwalaer, the authoress, Mrs. Cleveland drove to Grout Neck and took tea with Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Nickerson. Returning she received a number of friends at Gen. Greely’s house. Mrs. Cleveland has Anally yielded to frequently expressed and urgent requests to hold a public reception, and a notice placarded nt the pest, office says: < leu. and Mrs. Greely announce t hat Mrs. Cleveland will receive at their residence (the house of (’apt, Emerson Hadley) the people of Marion and vicinity on Monday, Aug. lli, from 4 to ft p. in. Without doubt there will lie a very large gathering, as this will lie the only oppor tunity the people of Marion and vicinity will have of meeting the distinguished lady during her stay in that locality. FORESTERS AND THE NEGRO. Tho Organization in America Refuses to Obey an English Mandate. Chicago, Aug. 14.—Tim twelfth Subsidi ary High Court of the Ancient Order of Foresters has concluded its labors here. In tho closing session the most important question before the court wus the framing of an answer to the Su preme Court of Foresters in England Anent a cablegram received ordering the admission of colored men into the assfada tion. Gardner Washburn, chairman of the committee appointed Tuesday last to con rider this question, handed in a voluminous report. Tliis took a strong stand against the position of the English High Court. "YVo would give the High Court of Eng land to understand,” said the report, “that, this, the American branch, will not la: controlled contrary to tho general laws of the order and best interests of the foresters as a body. Any coercive act,, such as the admission of the negro into the order, will lie fought tooth and nail, and wo warn the High Court of England that if they continue to claim powers not granted to them by the consti tution wemay separate and sunder ourselves from such supreme court as our fathers did from the all claiming English Ministry in the reign of George III.” Several heated speeches were delivered, when, by unani mous vote, the report was accepted and the secretary instructed to forward a copy of it to the Supreme C lourt of Foresters in Ism don. Minneapolis was chosen as next meeting place. DEAD ON THE TRACK. Doctors Taka No Stock in a Theory That the Man Was Murdered. Atlanta, Aug. 14. —Luke McNamara, a white man, was found dead on the State road, near the soap factory this morning. His legs and arms wore horribly mangled, and liis breast was crushed in. The man was last seen late last night. Ho was in company with S. L. Norman, a fellow eni ijloyo at Jack's cracker factory. Norman eft McNamara and went home, the lnlter starting for I Jell wood, a point two miles up the .State road, where he Ik .art led. Two negro**, Will Johnson anil Sam Copeland, who were seen looking at the remains early this morning, have been arrested and looked up. They are sus pected of having murdered the man and thrown liis body on the track Money was taken from his picket*. McNamara came here several months ago from Ixing ton, Ky., and has lieen working at Jack's cracker factory for mmc time. He was single. The doctors take no stock in the idea that lie was murdered, but think that he was killed by a passing train. There are no marks on his person to indicate that he was either cut, shot or rlubbod. The re mains were almost black when discovered, and it is thought that several trains paused over the body. COLORADO’S INDIANS. Fears for the Safety of Many Settlers Around Meeker. Denver, Coi„, Aug. 14.—A Glenwood Springs dispatch says: “Senator Eddy, who returned to-day from White river, met a party of sixty bucks last, night who were evidently trying to join Colorow. The lat ter has also sent ft runner to his brother at the L'ncoinpihgre agency asking for assist ance, and will probably get titty or sixty bucks from there, The fact that no courier has reached Glenwood Springs from Meeker since Friday leads neoplo to lielieve that the Redskins are holding the roads between those point*. Considerable appreliqpsinn is felt for settlers around Meeker who failed to roach town before the trouble began.’ 1 / The Governor has ordered another com pan v of the Slate militia to the scene, mak ing 130 men in nil so far sent. A courier was sent out from Glenwood Springs to-day hut has not yet returned. , BELL COUNTY’S OUTLAWS. Jock Turner Surrenders and Confesses a Murder. Louisville, Ky., Aug 14.—The trouble in Beil county is proiwbly at an end, as Jack Turner, the 1 i>vu 1 of the Turner fac tion, has surrendered himself to the jailor of Bell county. Ho surrendered last Mon day and on the following Wednesday, another man charged with being an accom plice of Turner’s, surrendered him self to the authorities. It is reitortod that thu oilier* of the hand have dislwinded . i ■ ] left the State. Whan Jock Turnei ui rendered ho confessed the killing of George Thomas, hut inode no excuse for the crime. This statement is not credited, ami It is be lieved that he has confessed the crime in order to screen the guilty jmrty and give him time to make hi.. esca|K', and that, be (Turner) will prove himself lurfbosnt oil the ilay of his trial. A Spoke Factory Burned. Louisville, Ky.. Aug. 14.—The Louis villc spike factory was burned to-night. The loss is sikl,Uoo. The proimrty is insured. I PRICE RIO A YEAH. I 1 a CENTS A COPY, f HEAT, RAIN AND CROffc THE WEATHER CROP BULLETIN OF THE SIGNAL OFFICE. A Tomperature Below Normal In tha States on the Atlantic—A Slight Ex cess of Rain in the Eastern Portion of the Cotton Region -The Weather Favorable for Crops on the Atlantia Washington, Aug 14.—Following Lx the weather crop bulletin of the Signal Office for the week ending August 13. During the week ending August 13, the daily average tomporatiiro has been from 2’ to .T bolow the normal in tho States on the Atlantic coast. It, lias boon decidedly wanner than usual in the central valleys, the daily excess ranging from 3’ to 5% and in the region from Texas northward to Nebraska th ‘ dai’y aver ago excess ranged from 5* to it*. In California the daily average temperature was from 3* to 7” below the normal, Tiio average temperature for the season, from Jan. 1 to Aug. 13, lias iieon generally In ex cess from the Alleghenies westward to the Rocky Mountains, tho daily average excess in this region ranging from 1* to 4’. The seasonal temperature lias also been in excess in the Middle Atlantic States and Southern Now England but at all other At lanta 1 coast stations, and from lake Sup rl or westward to the Pacific coast the aver age tomperature bus been slightly below the normal. RAINFALL. During the week tho rainfall has been slightly in excess in the drought region of Northern Illinois, Southern Wisconsin, Southern Michigan, Northern Indiana and Eastern lowa. Slight excesses are also re jiortod from Northwestern Missouri, East ern Kansas, Nebraska and Southern Min nesota, and this morning gem ial ruins are reported in the drought region from Missouri and lowa eastward to Ohio. In all other sections the rainfall whs less than usual, except in the eastern portion of the cotton region, Eastern Virginia and the southern portions of Louisiana and Mississippi, where the rain fall for the week was slightly in excess. The large seasonal deficiency in rainfall pre viously reported in th“ western portion of the cotton region and in the pom belt from Ohio westward to lowa and Missouri continues, although recent rains huve decreased this deficiency in the north ern portion of the corn holt. During the past, four weeks less t han 25 jier cent, of tha usual rainfall has occurred in Southern and Central Illinois, Western Kentucky, South ern Missouri and Northern Arkansas, Less Mian Ml |-r cent, of the usuul amount of rainfall occurred In tho Status of the upper Mississippi Valley, and the greater portion of rain reported in this section for the month fell during the jwst week. In Western Min nesota, Dakota and Nebraska, and generally in the States on tho Atlantic coast, there lias been au excess of rainfall during the !>ast month. GKNKRAI- REMARKS. Tho drought previously reported in the corn belt, in the central valleys has been fol lowod by general rains, and the conditions existing t his morning indicate that rain will continue in this section, but the reports from Ohio Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Ne braska and Kansas state that the rains came t<s> late to cause marked improvement in the already injured crops. Tile w<ather had been generally favorable for all crops in the States on the Atlantic coaet from Georgia northward to New England, and reports from Mbvassipui, Arkansas and Alabama indicate that . le weather for the week has been favorably for the cotton crop, although thin crop needs more rata in portions of Tennessee and Arkansas. I /css than 50 per cent, of the usual amount of rain won reported in the tobacco region of Kentucky und West Tennessee during the past, four weeks, During the same jieriod m Virginia over 75 jier cent, of the usunl amount of ruin occurred, and in North Carolina, Pennsylvnnia and Connecticut the rainfall for tho month has been largely in excess. A POSSIBLE BUSINESS BOOM. Various Interesting Items from Charleston. Charleston, Aug. IT— ln the meantime the merchants are in earnest about the gala week and have already mapped out a pro gramme which promises to be very attrac tive. The fourth section of the interstate commerce law has hod a revivifying influ ence on the trade of Charleston, and It is not improbable that the proposed gala week will lie but the initiation of a yearly trade festival, which will mark anew de parture in the old city. The merchants agree in saying that the immediate effect of the famous fourth section has been a gratifying increase in trade; that they uro now able to compete successfully with New York, Baltimore l’hiludtdphia, Cincinnati, Chicago, and other large cities for the trade of the State, amt that their busmens tins year has been much larger titan they had anticipated even in view of the splendid crop prospects. A1 together the outlook for the MurthquaM City is very encouraging; so much so that the long-talked of prospect of running the railroads along the water front, which waa frustrated three or four years ago by the meanness of one or two rich property owners, who refused to sell their lands ex cept at exorbitant rates, has been revived with a reasonable prospect of a successful result. THE ALLEOED NEW STEAMSHIP LINE. In this connection comes the pleasant rumor already noted in the columns of tba Morning News of the re-estahUshment of the old Quintan! line of steautpships be* tween this iort ami New York. The line, known here hs the Adler line,went te piece* last winter, leave the Clydes master of th* situation. The Clydes at OQOS doubled thell fleet, Init they Is-gau to run their vessels U Florida, and Charleston, with her usual luck, dropped lute the position of “a way statlhii,” so to s[>oak. The Florida passen gers monopolized the hast accommodations on the steamers, and Charleston people as wi ll as those from the interior of the Htate, who wunteil to make the voyage to New York, were forced to take hack -'ats. .Asa consequence many |siple went to Savan nah und took ship thence on the spendid steamers of the Gismo Steamship Company. The re-establishment of the old lino is there-,,, fore anxiously liopol for. The rumor is that the Quinturds ami the Mallorys will sturt it. in connection with the Atlantia Coast Line, hut no uutlioritativa announce ment on tiic subject has us yet, heon mad* Koy West’a Fever Iteoord. Key West, Fla., Aug. 14.--Two new case* of fever have I icon reported by tit* Board of Health since yesterday and ou.i death, a colored clergyman. The record stands os follows: Total cases. 343; dis charged, cured, llki; sick now, -Ml; death* 47. Ex-Senator Sargent Dead. Han Fhancimixi, Aug. 14.— Ex-Unite* States Senator Sargent died hare this after noon.