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i THE MORNING NEWS. .
J Established 1850. Incorporated 1888. 1
j J. H. ESTILL, President, )
methodises big rally.
PSOOBAMME OS' THE GREAT ECU
MENICAL COUNCIL.
It ia the Second in the History of the
Church and Opens at Washington
Today Five Hundred Delegatas
from Both Hemispheres to be Pres
ent—A Wide Range of Topics to be
Discussed.
Washington, Oct. 6.—To-morrow the
ecumenical Methodist council will begin its
sessions in this city. Once before in the
history of the churob, founded 150 years
ago In England by the Wesley brothers,
have the branches springing off from the
parent stock come together and laying aside
all differences and avoiding all schismatic
discussion, listened to the suggestions of the
best men of ail divisions, and . sought
to find a means to promote
the common cause and common
good. This was ia London ten years ago,
and so fruitful was the seed then sown and
so abur.daut the ensuing harvest of good
works that it was determined to assemble
at the expiration of every decade. The
council which convenes here to-morrow is,
therefore, the second in the history’of the
Methodist church. Ail denominations and
branches of tiiis great church in all parts of
the world will be represented by 500 dele
gates. No less than 000 of these are ex
pected to come from the British division,
the oldest wing of the Methodist church,
including in its ranks besides ecclesiastical
dignitaries, many statesmen of re
nown and men of world-wide
scientific and legal ability. There
will also be delegates (representing twelve
distinct branches of Methodism) from
France, Ireland, South Africa and the
West Indies.
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NEW WORLD.
The more numerous in sectional divisions
there will be 000 delegates from the new
world. They represent the seventeen
bmucbes of the Methodist church on this
continent. These delegates are classified as
follows; Methodist Episcopal, 126; Method
ist Episcopal church south, 01; African
Methodist Episcopal, 18; African Method
ist Episcopal Zion, 15; colored Methodist
Episcopal, 9; American Wesleyan, 6; Union
American Methodist Episcopal, 3; African
Union Methodist Protestant, 3; Meth
odist Protestant, 9; Froe Meth
odist, 3; Congregation Methodist, 3;
Methodist Church of Canada, 24; Primitive
Meth dist, 3; Independent Methodist, 2;
United Brethren in Christ, 7; United
Brethren in Christ, old constitution,
2: British Methodist Episcopal, 3. So
twenty-nine divisions of the Methodist
church will be represented in the eounoil.
Among the American churchmen are many
bishops. Among the English there are none,
ss the affiee is unknown to them.
CONFINED TO DISCUSSION.
This council, like its predecessor, is to be
confined to discussion. From its nature
there cn be no legislation. No delegate or
organization will be bound by what is said
or done here. The animating purpose is to
bring cut the brightest and most practic
able ideas of the most thoughtful and the
wisest representatives of the church and
the application of these ideas will be left to
tho Discretion of the separate divisions. The
most radical difference to bo noted between
1 the coming council and the one held in
I Loudon is revealed in the list of subjects
selected for disou3sion. In the first couucil
"Methodism” formed the principal topic of
discussion. In this council the programme
has been diversified so as to touch upon the
questions of this day. Discussion of ab
stract ecclesiastical dogmas finds small
■pace, but whole days are sot apart for the
consideration of questions relating to tem
perance, education, missions, Romanism,
Mail problems, the issues tetw.ien capital
and labor, the relation of Methodism to
West lie thought and pr actical church
'’ ft. The var ious committees have made
J'ltaer.oce sary arrangements for tne com
brief the delegates and the c induct of the
H:iijr.s. The council will be hold
*, 'be Metropolitan Methodist Episco-
D 1 church, and the lirr-t ses-ion
"id hegi ; 10 o’clock to-morrow morn
"* In-se-si a, will be devoted to religious
ierv,r. s . Rev. William Arthur, M. A., of
j"t! will deliver the sermon and com
mur.Ol will be administered. Atthoafter
ofi session addresses of welcome will bo
leli cr.; 1 i,y Bishop Hurst of this city and
J' s . r; > Md the business meeting will then
1 TO CONTINUE THIRTEEN DAYS.
f te programme for tba entire conference,
extends from tu-morroTv to Oct. 20,
i tf 'T 1 ' 1 -’ boen mapped out and the subjects
ILi ' e <li3ere, t essays and addresses have
l ? e, ', aßS 'S |:e| i. Nothing gives a better idea
Inr’ ;re!> -’ scope which the conference
I ‘ ~E’ 't l cover than this programme.
I. •Ecumenical Methodism” is to be the
L„ P S , orthe . B6oJ nd day, and essays will
lrr„n i Vere<i 011 the present status of
t.v iu the western and eastern sec-
I.* s ' will be followed by addresses
|resenH‘d' erß rom tho different bodies rep
lr^ th6 J!! ird ' ia s r t'Jß topic will be‘‘The
k\. o ., t ,! a ?^ hurc;i; I’ s Essential Unity and
|r h ., Catholicity.” The essays under
C. f , V lp Wlb be on "Christian Unity” and
| Uan Co-operation,” each to V.e fol
ii .* 9enes of a ddresses. This, in fact,
Knit a ' l F PU, ent which will bo carried
Km ,‘J onah 'ho entire conference. There
CtßTnn° n ° e ‘ sa y iu eaß b of the morning and
K. ? n B ? sait > : a, each to be followed by a
■hi a,ldro * Res °nthe sane subject.
IftemnsVfi r n ltur,Jn >'' <Jet - I°. that one of
2f fc {, topics is to be taken up.
■ftitosdw” p Th< \,V b £ rch nnl Scientitic
Percy W. Bunting of the Con-
Kanrn? Ilt ’ v,e ": Wl!1 deliver the e-se.v of
Ka .nnl rh , ; , ‘; **“ object Will be “The
fcs® of Modern Scientific Progress in
KIJ ?' 4 ; 11,6 a ddres..es that
■Wiviir th,swlll undoubtedly be pro-
B&ttion vj a & reFl } deal ( t interesting <lis-
Btowii,, 1 ' m e of tl-.em are: ‘‘The Attitude
■ \,’ni.pK U r' 1 Ir> I wa l d the Various Phases
Rriticism" 't? ad | l ,J he Jllb!e “ud Modern
r. '., and **o laticr will be by the Rev.
Kir-.', , 0! "‘tor in biblical literature
■r,b,,t n0 “ and Cohere, England, and will
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M ‘IRIAL ON WESLEY.
■•^'widfhii 001 - U ‘ Blß bop John P.
■ 1 ■‘• ••ver a m in >rial sermon ou
Bile:-. “ a y- the groat founder of Mote
'pi
• r Uth
■ln; Oil , Tbo Church aud her Agen
"W,„ '.‘“‘.Jj'bjects under this head will
Bi* “ l. U ork in the Church,” and
‘'b*eihat the addresses which
riir? a '" bfinft out the quostinn of
u> b-> represented in the gov
inn *“ e L, buro!i, which is now a
cc. ju The Methodist E iscupai
BM tU l e r “,® r . Ule topic of “Education,"
BtHy of" th ‘biy, Oct. 14, a very large vs-
Bate n , "J'-'cts will bediscussed, from edti-
Hilcatia,, u '' momentary kind to higher
t!;p , 1 ’ho morning of the eighth
P*W,' ip . “‘‘“lists will discuss “Roman
■aad roi.j. i *’ ’*•”** position and its political
l"’ i"gut-, W*r. In the afternoon the
J'f the t tl|l ” ‘tTma tbetiisalves to a study
P"hni'' „ ffUsstioti. “Social Prou-
P-nith J(,y" .. runy their attention on tbs
B v hiep ‘ l >* are some of tl.e subjects
I * K’-ud idea Qt the range of the
discussion: “The Church In Her Relation to
Labor and Capital,” ‘Tne Moral Aspects of
Labor Combinations and Strikes,” “The
M °. r ?L Aspeots of Combinations of Capital,”
and ‘Th • Obligations of the Church in Re
lat,on to the Social Condition of the People. ”
, “Missions,” “Warand Peace,” and “Tlie
Church.and Public Morality,” arc some of
the t pics which will occupy the attontiou
of the delegates in the closing days of the
conference. Tceaa subjects under the last
bead ought to lie especially interesting:
Marriage and Divorce Laws,” by Hiram
L. Sibley, aud “ The Attitude of the Church
Toward Amusements.” The concluding
day, Tuesday, Oct. 20, will be taken up in a
study of “The Outlook.”
Everything has been carefully system
atized by the executive committee, so that
there will be ho confusion. No essay is to
occupy more than twenty-five minutes in
the reading, and the appointed addresses
will have fifteen miuutes each. Whatever
unoccupied time at any session remains is
to be devoted to a genera! discussion of the
topics under consideration, but no member
is to occupy more than five minutes or
speak ni re than once on the same subject.
The Epwortj League has received very
important recognition by the organizers of
the conference. The evening of Tuesday,
Oct. 13, has been assigned to the league,
and is is expieeted that the number of Ep
worthi-uis who will attend od that day from
different parts of the country wiil be very
large. Arrangements have been made for
special excursions to Washington on that
day, and it Is the purpose of the officers of
the league to make the occasion the greatest
public event in the history of the organiza
tion. The strength of the Epworth League
will be shown os it never has before. No
one audience room in Washington is ex
pected to be large enough to hold all of the
members of the league and their friends,
and several mass meetings will be held in
stead in the different churches in Washing
ton,
EGAN AND THE JUNTA.
No Credence Given to the Story That
Balmacedals Still Alive.
AVashington, Oct. 6.—There is nothing
in the offic al dispatches received at the
stato and navy departments from Chile to
indicate any pronounced change in the sit
uation there so far as the relations between
Minister Egan and the junta are concerned.
The story cabled from Paris by the Dun
lap-Dalziel agency that ex-P-esideat Bal
maceda is in hiding in the United States
legation at Santiago is absolutely discredited
at the department of state.
EGAN ANNOUNCED HIM DEAD.
Two cablegrams were received at the
department from Minister Egan announc
ing the suicide of the ex-Presiderit, and in
addition the ministers from European coun
tries sent the same information in tbe most
positive form to their governments. Al
though tbe ways of diplomacy are some
times a trifle devious it cannot be presumed
for a moment that all of the representa
tives of the powers in Santiago would unite
in a false official statement of the facts re
specting the treatment of political refugees
a.leged to be In asylum in tbe American
legation.
WILL BE ALLOWED TO DEPART IN PEACE.
It is believed that no serious opposition
will be made by the junta to the safo con
duct our, of Chile, us this practioo, although
not founded upon absolute right, has here
tofore been observed in similar cases with
out effeotual opposition. The cruiser San
Francisco, which was to have gone directly
to Valparaiso after touching at Callao, is
still at the latter port. Some of her ma
chinery became disarranged on her way
from Havti, and when the necessary repairs
are made she will proceed to hor destina
tion.
DAUGHTERS OP THE REVOLUTION.
Tho Regents of the Society in Session
at Washington.
Washington, Oct. 6.—ln response to
Mrs. Harrison’s call for a moeting of the
regents of the Society of the Daughters of
the Revolution, nearly all the states were
represented at the gathering to-night. Mrs.
Harrison, who came from New England es
pecially for the mooting, presided. Mrs.
Cabell, the vice president, entertained the
society at her residence. The facts con
cerning the incorporation, adoption of the
constitution and organisation of the na
tional) society were reported, found to be
regular and agreed to. A committee
was appointed to report upon all
questions which Lam caused discussion.
Reports from the various states sho.ved
rapid growth and general enthusiasm over
the prospects of the society. Mrs. Harrison
will give a reception to the visiting regents
and the members of the society tosmorrow
afternoon.
Can Import skilled PI :lp.
Washington, Oct. (i.—Assistant Secre
tary Nettleton has decided that the Ham
burg Phosphate Compauy ol Florida mav
import under contract a mining engineer
and professional chemist for service in con
nection with thoir operations without vio
lating the immigration laws.
SWINDLED IN A CATTLE TRADE.
A Flausiblo Sharp Pells a Mormon’s
Herd and Bakes in $4,000.
Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 6.—S. W. Chip
man. a young me-chant of American Fork,
Utah, was swindled out of $4,000 m cash by
a Mr. Smith in a cattle deal at the stock
yards yesterday. Chipman met Smith s ;me
time ago at his Utah home. Smith
wanted to buy 200 cattle.
Chipman had just that number
to sell. Smith offered a go and price. He
did tot have the money with him, he said,
and offered t > pay Cbipmau's expenses to
Kansas City if he would come here with
him to sell the cattle. The cattle were
shipped in Smith’s name, who sold them,
pi cketed the money and disapeeared. Cuip
man is about 25 years old
and is a Mormon. His father is one of the
wealthiest, and most influential men in his
section of tho country.
BABY CLEVELAND HAS THE CALL.
The Woman’s Christian Temperance
Union Congratulates Mrs. t leveland
New York, Oct. C.—ln the Woman’s
Christian Temperance Union convention
to-day, the following resolution was de
clared out of order, but by a special vote It
was referred to tbe committoo on resolu
tions:
lirtnlvcd, That wo most cordially eomrratu
lat*' Mrs. Frances Cleveland on tho birth of ber
daughter, and earnestly hope and trust that
she umy b s siiared to rear her in> t. woman
tidO't ns stftnrti a friend And as Arm And rear
lec an example of total abstinence, as she hcr
seif proved when she was tho first lady of the
land.
A Train Wrecker Confooase.
Cincinnati, Oct. O.—A special from New
Lisbon, 0., says: “William Carded has
ooofessed to having turned the switch which
wrecked tha limited irsitt on the Pennsyl
vania raiir ad at Now t’alssti .e, a few day i
ago, in which three io<-o were killed. He
aiy he attempted t < wreck the train to
plunder it He is ia JaU hers.'
SAVANNAH, GA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1891.
CAMI’BELLON HIS METTLE
HE WILL SUE FOR LIBEL. IF RE
TRACTIONS ABE NOT M IDS.
Hia Attorneys at New York Instructed
to Go For the Reorder—A Salty
Dispatch Sent to tbe Clnclnnnati
Commercial Gazetta—Other Papers
Also Called Down.
Washington, Oct. 6.— The Star this
evening publishes the following special dis
patch from Columbus, O.: “Gov. Camp
bell this morning telegraphed Messrs.
Hoad’.ey, Lauterback aud Johnson, his at
torneys iu New York, as follows: ‘Please
demand from the Now Vork Recorder an
immediate retraction of the article in Mon
day’s paper and as full as can be made by
tbe most e nphatic language, to be printed
ii their next issue, otherwise preparo a
petition in libel and send to me. Tbe alleged
Ralph AV. AVilkinson I never heard of, and
bis entire story is a lie without foundation.
James E. Campbell.’ *
GOING FOR THE COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.
“He also sent to the Cincinnati Commer
cial Gazette the following: ‘Unless you re
tract in your next issue in the broadest and
clearest possible language the publication
made by you this dav, and purporting to
b@ copied from the New York Recorder , I
shall bring suit against you to-mor
row. Tne man whom you call
Ralph A\ r . AVilkinson, and to whom these
monstrous lies are attributed, I never heard
of. Ido not propose to let you shield your
self behind some mythical porson or to es
cape, because you are attempting to rum
my credit and reputation as an houorablo
man by printing from papers in New York
what you have not bad tbe hardihood to
print direct. Your meek editorial comment
to-day is worse than would be a bold and
open assumption of responsibility. Your
screed taken from the New A'ork Press, the
other day, was untrue and libellous, and I
shall bring suit upon that also, unless you
retract it. James E. Campbell.”
OTHER PAPERS NOTIFIED.
“He also demanded of the Philadelphia
Press, Now York Press aud Detroit
Tribu ne the name of their correspondents
who furnisaed the story published by them
regarding the governor’s financial transac
tions.”
Another Columbus special to the Star
runs as follows: “Miller Purvis, editor of
tbe Farmers' Alliance Herald at Mount
Gilead, who is in the city to-day, said he
thought tbe People’s party would poll at
least 59,000 votes. If it is necessary to de
feat Maj. McKinley, he said, he was in
favor of turning the whole party iu favor
of Gov. Campbell, and that was tbe way it
looked to him. He was seriously thinking of
coming out in bis paper for tbe governor.”
AN ARMISTICE.
Cincinnati, 0., Oet. 6. —There will be
an armistice to-morrow between the o in
tending political powers in Ohio. The
campions, Gov. Campbell and Maj. Mc-
Kinley, both rest in order to be better pre
pared for the grand contest in joint debate
at Ada, 0., Thursday afternoon. Gov.
Campbell spoke in Hamilton, 0., to-uy.
To-morrow he will be in C ilumbus in his
office and will remain in Columbus until
time to reach Ada Thursday.
Maj. McKinley spore to-day at Batavia,
near Cincinnati, and will go to Canton to
night. where he will prepare the outlines of
his part of the debate. The debate begins
at 1:30 o’clock. Gov. Campbell won the
opening and closing address by the toss of a
coin.
RUSSIA’S DISTRESS.
The Famine a Greater Menace Than
the Nihilists.
Boston, Oct. 6.—Cable advices from
Russia, received at tbe Jewish colony in
North End, say that entire states are being
deserted on account of tha famine. They
also assert that anew law has been mada
forbidding the sowing of seed this fall, so
that the acreage next year will not be
sufficient for the heme supply, and still less
for export. So great is the distress tbit
tbe people have been driven to pillaging
each otljo'-, first setting fire to villages and
then robbing tho inh ibitonts. The distress
is a greater menace to the government than
all t e efforts of tho nihilists. The famine
may cause a revolution where love of
liberty has failed. Aid is being sent in by
the Kollandish Jews and nihilist societies of
America. The latter have sent ?5,3J0.
ALL HANDS TO THIS RESCUE.
St. Petersburg, Oct. (S.—AH classes of
citizens here, following the example of the
czar, have resolved to abandon ail enter
tainments during the winter and contribute
tbe money thus saved to the fund for alle
viating the distress of tbe famishing p opie.
Most of tbe public officials ■ nounce rheir
intention to devote a certain perc.ntsge of
their salaries to the same purpose. Work
men have decided to give a proportion of
their hutnble wages, and even children will
offer their little savings Collections are to
be taken ud on every feast day in all the
churches. A stream of relief is coming
through wide channels, but the system of
distribution, it is clairnid, is very de
fective.
The destitute peasantry in the district of
Sbopine are subsisting almost wholly upon
bread made of stitchvroort, and even that is
beginning to fail. The rye worm pest is
making havoc in the districts of Jlalo-
Archangelsk, Nijni, Arsanof and Gorbalof,
and threatens to destjoy the winter
crops there. Five thousand Russian
emigrants have recently crossed the .Sibe
rian frontier to Tnmeu. In the province of
Ba:nara. in the eastern part of Russia, the
government relief for tbe starving people
has been restricted to a pound and a half of
bread daily to each person.
KILLED BY AN ELEVATOR.
Ar, Episcopal Cierirmin of Cincinnati
tbe Vict.m.
Cincinnati, Oct. 6. —At 6 o’clook this
evening Rev. Samuel Benedict, for many
years the beloved rector of St. Paul’s Pro
testor Episcopal church of this city, lest his
life by an elevator accident. Ho was visit
ing a parishioner in San Rafael flats,
a splendid building in West Twentieth
street, a short distance from the Grand
hotel. He had descouded In the elevator
from the third floor to the first fl >or, and
was stepping out, when, by au unaccounta
ble freak tbe elevator shot upward. He had
stopoed out with his left foot, and he tried
to get hack. The elevator caught his
right leg near the hip between the car and
oaken girder of the next floor. The bones
were absolutely crusbe 1 into small purts.
After much trouble he was extricated, hav
ing been suspended next to the ceiling in
terrible agony for several miuutei. He died
before be could be got to a bospitaL
Jackaon Accepts tbe Statue.
Jackson, Miss., Oct. fl.—The committee
appoiut-d to pose on the acceptance of tbe
marble statue of Jefferson Davis for tbe
vetiibule of the o mf< derate monument in
this city, to-day finally decided by a vote of
Ift to 7to accept tbe statue. It has been
placed on the pedestal by tbe contractor,
there being no ceremony.
FASiETT GOEB FOR TAMMANY.
Ho Says the Organ zationWantetoßun
the fctate Ae It ©id the C.ty.
LOCKPORT, N. Y., Oct. 6.—A large repub
lican mass raeetiag was held here to-night
at which J. Sloat Fassett spoke in part as
follows:
“Tammany Hall is on the run. They did
not have’.aiiy use for Grover Cleveland until
they found they had to find somebody to
protect them, for a great many ;ieople con
sidered respectable stand between
them and the people, and they
therefore hold out their arms to Sen
ator Carlisle, Senator Gorman and ex-
Presideut Clevelaud and try to make
you believe this is next year and that we
are iu the midst of a presidential campaign.
It is anythiug to turn the eye of the people
away from the real issue which is, shall
Tammany Hall rule the ptato as she has
ruled the city? That is the issue. The
American people are ‘ too intelligent
to be deceived Aud I 'he
iievo that a great many democrats
are too loyal and too true to the old ilag to
be cajoled and deceived by the deata-hed
repentance of Tammany Hall. I propose
to Mr. Clevelaud a highly interesting qnej
tion for him to take up apd examine aud
cagitate in secret, AVhat tnll they do with
him next year if Tammany Hail wins this
fall? [Applause.] It would boa queatiou
plessaut for Gov. Hill to take home with
him [applause], but I don’t want to get too
deopjy involved m these democratic mvs
teries. I don’t like Tammany Hall and
there is no love lost between us.”
MARIE NEVIN-3 BLAINE'S SUIT.
The Fight for Possession of the Child
to Ee a Hard One.
Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. (!.—A special
to the Journal from Sioux Falls to day
says: “The answer in the famous divorce
suit of Marie Nevlns Blaine, against James
G Blaine, Jr,, was served upon Mrs. Blaine
to-day. bbe asks for a decree of divorce
and custody of the child, and for suitable
alimony. Air. Blaine in his reply denies
that ho deserted his wife, but
claims that she deserted him. He pleads
poverty and urges that be has an income of
but SI,OOO a year, which will cease Dec. 1
next. He makes a plea for the custody of
tne child. There will probably be a hard
fight for the child, who resembles his
“grandfather.”
A BIG BLOW OJF BERMUDA.
All the Incoming Steamers Report a
Temoestuous Pas axe.
Halifax, Oct. 6. —A special cablegram
from Bermuda says: “A tremendous wind
and rain storm has been raging around Ber
muda for two days, and all the Incoming
steamers report having experienced very
rough weather. It took the mail steamer
Chart Castle seven days to make
t;o run from St. Thomas to Ber
muda. Hor captain reports having
encountered the most tempestuous weather,
with mountainous seas, that he over before
encouutered in all his long experience. The
steamer ran short of coal and with difficulty
readied port* having burned the vessel's
woodwork.”
CIVIL. SERVICE EX MI NATION?.
Tbe Government Board Holds a Sen
sion at Richmond.
Richmond, Va., Oct. 6.—Tho board of
civil service examiners was in section bore
to-day. There were more than sixty appli
cants, nearly all of who a were non-resi
dents. Many of them are from Washing
ton , portions of this state and North Caro
lina. Among the number are thirteen
ladies who are being examined with a view
of procuring pla"es as copyists or typo
writers in tho departmental eervlce at
Washington. There are also ten or twelve
colored men on trie list.
A RIVtU STEAMER SUNK.
Sbe Cost . $40,000 and Was Insured
for Only Half that Sum.
Memphis, Oct. 6. —The stostner Chicka
saw of the Memphis aud White River
Packet Company, sank this morning at
Cat Island crossing. AU ban I wore saved.
She had 580 bales of cotton aboard and vra;
ou her nay to Memphis under command of
Cnpt. E. C. Postal. The boat cost $40,000
to build it eight years eg > and had $5,000
worth of repairs on her lust summer. She
was insured for $20,000. The cotton was also
insured. She is liable to break up any
moment.
RO GH ON THE HEATHEN.
The Method st Missionary Funds In
Kean's Bank Still Tied Up.
Chicago, Oct. 0. —The failure, some
months ago, of the banking firm of S. A.
Kean A Cos., tied up $8,700 contributed by
the Methodists of the United States to aid
Missionary Bishop William Taylor in his
work among tbe ravages of Africa. Mr.
Kean was treasurer of the fund and Bishop
T aylor ap, lied to tDo court to have the sum
mentioned declared a trust fund and tho
bishop a preferred creditor. Judge Searles
this mornit g denied this motion. An ap
peal was taken.
DRANK PO.SDN FO-t WHISKY.
One Man K llad and Two Others Male
Da .gerously 111.
Galena, 111., Oct 6.—Conrad M. Peters
was killod to-day by drinking a poisonous
mixture which he supposed to be whisky.
Three companions of his also drank of the
mixture and were taken violently
11. One of them, named McKoague,
is still in serious Condition. Peters, who was
a quarry laborer, found the flask containing
the poison, and drank deeply befor j offer
ing to his comrades. He died half an hour
iater in horrible agony.
Dunham Held for the Grand Jury.
Montgomery. Ala., Oct. 6. —The argu
ments in too preliminary bearingof tho ease
of B. Dunham for killing James Cunning
ham was concluded to day, and Justice
Jackson renderoi a decision remanding him
to jail without the right of bail. The grand
jury meets on Monday next.
A Motorman Killed.
Richmond, Va., Oct. G.—Charles Long,
a tn tor man on the Manchester brunch of
the Richmond Electric Railway Compauy,
was instantly killed la MancUest-ir to-night
by bis csr Jumping the track and throwing
him against tbe side of a bouse.
A Elm at Natchoz.
Natchez, Miss.. Got. 6.—Fire this db-n
--ing destroyed the building occupied by J.
& 8. Mums, furniture dealers, the Natchez
Coffin Couipa y, and A. & K. Jacobs,
general merchants. The total las is f:il,-
Suo. The turned property was Insured for
• 12,700.
A Clothiar Aseima
Louisville, Kr.,Oet. ft.—Jacob Kuhns,
a dealer la wholesale clothing, has as
signed. His liabilities are IIO.UUO. liu as
sets are nominally tbe same.
BEN’S SECOND TERM BEE.
CLARKSbN TO BE GIVEN A WHITE
HOUSE FEED TO WIN HIM OVER.
The Diplomatic Wauamaker May Suc
ceed in Roping Quay Into Uolng to
See the Little Mau of the White
CHouse-New England May be Given
the Secretaryship of W ar.
W ASHINGTON, Oct. 6.— Chairman Clark
son of the republican national committee is
here to talk with the President and other
members of ttao administration, aud also
with Senator Quay and Col. Dudley, about
the next national convention, and primarily
about the meeting of the national committee
next week to determine the time and place
of holding it. Chairman Clarkson, Senator
Quay and Col. Dudley want the convention
held in May, and would probably prefer
Chicago. The Preside it is said to have no
objection to Chicago, hut to prefer Wash
ington, and a later month than May. How
ever, he is more conoorned about the candi
date than the convention. He is doing
everything in his power to win support from
all quarters, taking advantage of Secrotary
Blalne’s inactivity to try to capture his
friends.
WORKINO CLARKSON.
He is continuing with Chairman Clark
son the work be begun at Cape May. As
s ion as he heard that Chairman Clarkson
had arrived he invited him aud Mrs. Clark
son to dine at the white house this evening.
After an agreeable dinner the President and
Chairman Clarkson bad a comfortable talk.
Chairman Clarkson’s position seems to be
that if Secretary Blaine cannot be tbe can
didate he might support President Harri
son. He would accept a cabinet portfolio
under anew administration, whether Sec
retary Blaine or President Harrison was at
lhe head of it. Chairman Clarkson may
issue the call for the meeting of the repub
lican national committee before be leaves.
QUAY IN TOWN.
Senator Quay came to town this evening,
and after dining at Chamberlain’s was
driven to his hmiso, whore bo denied him
self to cullers. Before ho left Chamberlain’s
he said that his visit had no political signifi
cance, that he had a few errands in the de
partment which he could better attend to
personally than by letter,and that he should
devote a day or two to them.
Asked whether he should call on the
Preiident, he said:
“O, of course,” with bis significant smite,
which induced the belief that he had no
present intention. ,
WANAMAKKR MAY WIN HIM OVER.
However, ho is going to see Postmaster
General Wa iamnker, and that astute diplo
mat may induce him to see President Har
ison, who is only too anxious to forgive,
forget and make promises. The Postmaster
General himself who was somewhat put out
at having to exert himself to prevent Sena
tor Quay’s convention from nominating Sec
retary Blaine and to get it to indorse Presi
dent Harrison, is waiting for Senator Quay
with u smiling countenance. Gf course
Senator Quay will have a closer conference
with Chairman Clarksou and Col. Dudlev,
iiis brother managers. Senator Quay and
Col. Dudley will have a large share in deter
mining tbe plans and policies of the nation
al committee.
CIIHNEY FOR SECRETARY OF WAR.
The fact that Mrs. Cheney came hack
with Mrs. Harrison, and will be her guest
at the white house for a time, with the fact
that her husband, ex-G >v. Cheney, was ex
pected to join Lor this afternoon as the
guest of the President, created the impres
sion that the President bad determined to
offer Gov. Cheney tho secretaryship of war.
The fact that Gov. Cheney did not arrive
tide afternoon rather weakened this theory
of the cabinet-makers. 8o did tbe state
ment of the cnbinet officer most likely to
know, wh) said: “I think the President
will not seriously consider this matter much
before Nov. 1.” It is not r.t all improbable
that Gov. Cheney may succeed Gov. Proc
tor. He helped nominate President Harri
son and has been h s close friend. He is
trying to nominate again.” •
NEW ENGLANDERS WANT HIM.
Senator Edmunds, Senator Chandler,
Secretary Proctor and the other Harrison
leaders in New England all seem to want
Gov. Chouey appointed by way of
strengthening them in their struggle with
Ihe Blaine leaders for delegates. Gov.
Cheney is very willing to accept. The only
reason why the President has not appointed
him yet seems to ha that he is not quite sure
that this is the bast method of utilizing this
cabinet portfolio. President Harrison is a
candidate for renomination and is using
every means at his command for this pur
pose.
ST. LOUIS' VEILED PROPHETS.
Thousands of Fpeatatora Out to S-e
the Annual Parade.
St. Louis, Oct. fl.—The advent of the
*d Prophet was to-night att ‘tided by a
lousness never before excelled. Tho
weather was unfavorable, it having turned
quite cold shortly before the
parade begun, but this did
not prevent enormous crowds
from gathering all al<>ng the line of march
mid filling every nonccivubie and vacant
epiee which could be utilized as a vantage
ground from which the parade could bo
viewed. The Veiled Prophet illus
trated in his train the works of the
ton most popular novelists in the
world; “20,000 L‘agues Under the Sea,”
“A Submarine Forest,” from Jules Verne;”
Grace and Indians from a chapter of < 'apt.
Charles King’s "A Colonel’s Daughter;”
“The Night Attack," from the same
novelist; “riie Southern Ii me”end “Uncle
Tom’s Cabin;” Carnival and Markotday at
Perugia from Hawthornj’a “Marble Faun;”
“The Mill on the Floss;” 1 lumas' “.Sinbad;”
Peggoty’s house aud tneshipwreck iu “Cop
prrfield” and Uriah Ileeps’ office;
sconce from Kemlworih an!
Ivauhoe; m -etiug of Cortez and Montezu
ma in “The Fair God;” Bon Hur’s chariot
race and tbe death of Montezuma, tho head
of Ethiopian in “.She’” and the elephant
bunt in "King Soh mou’s Mines.” After
the parade a ball was given at tbe Mer
chants’ exchange, which was largely at
tended and which ended the festivities.
Burled by a Falling Wail.
Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 0. —The oast
wall of the Van Camp Packing Company’s
building, which was destroyed by fire
Sunday morning, fell this morning and
buried five workmen in the debris. Walter
Kerr was Instantly killed, William Hmith
probably fatally injured and others consid
erably bruised.
A Grand Jury’s Legality.
Ban FKANCico.Oct. fl. —Attorney Gensral
Hart to-day filed .n the supreme court a
lengthy petition fora writ of review to test
the validity of the present grand jury, Tbe
at’ur.ioy general's application was dis
missed. Tins ostablDtiua tba legality of the
grand jury.
Gan Lae Letter.
Alkxandhia. Va., Oat, fl. -Tba physi
cians aud attends (its of Gen. Lo regar i
bis condition as slightly improved today,
And b* is resting mure comfortably.
WILLIAM HENRY SMITH DEAD.
Balfour or Gosohen Apt to Succeed
Him in the Leadership.
London, Oet. 6. —Rt. Hon. William
Henry Smith, first lord of the treasury,
warden of theclinquo ports anil government
leader in the House of Commons, who has
been ill for some time past, suddenly suf
fered a relapse and died this afternoon.
Mr. Smith died of gout. He is popularly
supposed to have left a fortune of <10,000,-
000 which he accuumulated in business.
Mr. Balfour, chief secretary for Ireland,
will succeed Mr. Smith a9 the conserve ive
leader of the House of Commons If the in
fluence of the powerful Carlton
Club and the opinion of the con
servative party as a whole rules in
the decision to bo made by Lord Salisbury.
On the other hand, if the negotiations now
pending for the reconstruction of the cabi
net, based on the absorption of the libf ral
unionists are Joffectod, George G. Gosobe i,
chancellor of the exchequer, will claim the
leadership. An intimate friend of
Mr. Gosohen informs tho As ociated
Press correspondent test Lord Salisbury,
during a critical period In tho history of
tho coal ii ion between the conservatives and
liberal-unionists, gave writteu assurance
that Mr. Gosohen should have the leader
ship of the conservative party in tho House
of Commons in the event (then a possibility,
owing to Mr. Smith's st tte of health, aud a
rumor that ho war about to be raised to the
peerage) of the retirement of Mr. Smith.
PARNELL AND THE FUND.
Tho Ex-Laador.Rejects Dillon’s Latest
Plan for Ita Distribution.
Dublin, Oct. 6.—Messrs. Dillon, O'Brien
and Healy addressed a meeting at Thurlss,
near Tipporary, to-day. Some hostility
was manifested toward them and they had
to bo protected by a force of 300 police. The
speakers declared that they had finally
abandoned making any further appeals to
Mr. Parnell to help tho evicted tenants.
DILLON'S PROPOSAL.
London, Oct. 0. —John Dillon, M. P., has
published the correspondence which has
passed between Mr. Parnell and himself, In
which Mr. Dillon proposes that Mr. Parnell
should appoint two of his supporters and
that Justin McCarthy should appoint two
of bis friends, thoso four to form a commit
tee to distribute the Paris fuud to the
evicted tenants. The correspondence shows
that Mr. Parnell rejected the proposition,
insisting that he himself must consider the
claims of the evicted tenauts in conjunction
with Mr. McCarthy. Thus the matter of
the distribution of the funds referred to is
left unsettled.
WUHTEMBERG’S KING DEAD.
His Wife Was a Daughter of Eqiperor
Nicholas of Russia.
Stuttgart, Oct. 6. —The King of Wurt
etnberg died at 7 o’clock this morning. He
had been ill for some time past, and yester
day his condition became so critical that the
last rites of the church were administered
to him. During tho night his condition be
came worse and his physicians stated that
ho c.iuld live but a short time.
Karl J., King of Wurtemberg, was born
March 0. 1523, and ascended tho throne at
the death of his father, King Wilhelm 1.,
ou June 25, 1864. On July 13,1846, he mar
ried the Grand Duchess Olya, daughter of
the late Emperor Nicholas I. of Russia.
Prior to t o year 1805 Wurtemberg was a
grand dueby, but by the peace of Freiburg
it, was elevated into a kingdom. The civil
list of the ruler of the kingdom amounts to
1,769,20) marks, with additional grarts of
293,960 marks for other membors of the
royal family.
THE NEW KING.
A proclamation signed by the new king
and all tho ministers has been issued. It
announces the accession of Wilhelm 11.,
nephew of King Karl 1., to the throne of
Wurtemberg.
A G.ALK IN THE IRISH SEA.
Much Damage to Shipping Bound Up
and Down tha Coast.
Liverpool? Got. ft, —A terrifiogale pre
vailed In tho Irish sea lust night, and it Is
bolieved that much damage was oaused to
shtppti g standing up and down the coasts.
A dispatch from Holy Head states that throe
versois were wrecked near that port. De
spite the furious wind and heavy sea tbe
life boat crews worked heroic illy, and their
efforts to save tho ii vd of the shipwrecked
crews were crowned with success. Num
bers of pe ple gathered on tbe shores of the
vicinity of the wrecks, and there was much
excitement manifested as the life savers put
off from the laud, aud when they returned
bearing with them the crews of the ship.
The storm is increasing in violence. It
has now reached the force of a hurricane
aud its urea i ex ending.
A GALE OFF FRANCE.
Paris, Oct. G.—A violent storm occurred
off the coast to-day. Dispatches from the
coast report the lose of numerous small
craft with several lives.
WON’T PAY 5 PER CiNT.
The Cbrisman Bank Creditors Badly
In the Hole.
Paris, III,Oct 0. —Judge Eads, receiver
of tho bank that failed at Cbrisman lost
week, says that in his opinion the bank will
not pay 5 cents ou the dollar. A few
examples of rascality he has
discovered are here given: Htandiford’s
books show the Indianapolis National Bank
of Indianapolis owed the Chrismau bank
• 15,00.1. The Indianapolis bank forwarded
a draft f >r sl7 58 in full settlement Bibo &
Cos. of Paris are on Standiford’s books as ow
ing $15,000. Bibo asserts that ho has lost
$20,000 by the failure. Makers of notos in
JStaudiford’s bank assert that they are Dot
credited with payment made thereon.
FLO KING INTO METZ.
Frenchmen Taking Advantage of the
Rel ixatton In the Passport System.
Berlin, Oct. o.—Many Frenoh people
have recently taken advantage of the re
laxation of tbe passport system and are
flocking into Metz and Btrasburg in great
numbers. The detective police force tn
those citi'S has been doubled, and all
Frenchmen are uuder strict espionage. The
rule requiring all foreigners to declare their
presence when in Reinchetaud within
twenty-four hours after their arrival is
being rigidly euforced.
Pope Leo’s Possible Departure.
Paris, Oct. fl. —The Monileur to-day
•ays that owing to tbe reoent exhibition of
popular feeling aroused iu Rome by the
offensive ac r of a Frenoh pilgnm in tho
I'autbecn, the questions of the p ipe leaving
Home and holding the nest papal conclave
abroad have been reopened.
Spain Negotiating With Portugal.
Madrid, Oat. fi.—The Spanish govern
ment L nag uetiug a treaty of commerce
with Portugal. In this ocnuectmo it is ia
tlraeted thtt uo future Spanish treaty will j
contain the favored nation clause.
( DAILY, S!0 A YEAR. .
j 5 CENTS A COPY. f
( WEEKLY, 1.25 A YEAR, f
BRIGGS TO STAND TRIAL.
THE ECCLYSIAbTICAL COURT TO
CPSN IN A MONTH.
The Protest of the Accused Read at
tlie Opening of the Sosaicn at H s
Raque3t—- the Report of the Commit
tee on Revision of the Faith.
Nfw York, Oat. C.—The New York
presbytery resumed its work at 11 o’clock
this morning. After some routine work
Rev. A. Schiland of tbe committee ap
pointed to answer Dr. Briggs’ protest of
May 11, arose to read bis report. Dr. Briggs
Interrupted by asking that in a spirit of fair
play hii protest first be read, because many
who were now present had never heard it.
By general c nsentlt was read by the secre
tary. In it Dr. Briggs protested against
tho appointment of a committee to prose
cute him for various reasons, among them
that ha was not given sufficient time to
answer the charges, and that advantage
was taken of his absence in Europe.
THE CDMMITrEE'H ANSWER.
Mr. Bahiland then read the answer. It
urges that, no oharges had been presented
when the protest was made and no thought
of protest was necessarily maintained. It
was a committee of inquiry only to consider
the Inaugural address m its relation to the
confession of faith, which was a subject of
general criticism, of widespread dissent aud
against whose apparent teaching a number
of Presbytoriaus bad already wnterod a moat
emphatic protest and udvised judgment.
Tins committee had to deal with Dr. Briggs
not personally, but with the contents of the
address publicly and officially made by
him. If this address was misrepresented it
was surely of great concern to Dr. Briggs,
but he wrote to the committee that oven if
he was in better health he would not
attend. Dr. Briggs certainly gave assent
to tbe correctness of the address as pub
lished, although he protended that It would
seem that “your committee was appointed
to consider my inaugural nddrem, and not
to consider auv explanation of it I might
doslre to make.” For this and other reasons
the committee decides that the action of the
presbytery was entirely proper aud accord
ing to tho usage of the denomination.
TO SERVE THE INDICTMENT.
Dr. Birch, chairman of the nrosecutinz
committee, aunouneed that he was about to
serve Dr. Briggs witn a copy of the Indict
ment. and by urrangoinent with tbe ac
cused thentrial had been get down for
Wednesday, Nov. 4, at 10 u’olook, In the
Bo- tch church. It was to be public, in all
probability, although tho manner
of conducting tho trial is yet to
be decided by a committee consist
ing of the moderator, his olerks aud
the pastor of the Scotch church.
A committoo on revision of the confession
of faith was appointed to report at the
November meeting. It consists of Ministers
Van Dyke, Spinning, Marling, Kerr, R s
siter, Forbes and Chapin; Elders T. G.
Strong, M. W. Dodd and E. W. Dodge.
John J. McCook of tbe proceeding com
mittee served on I)r. Briggs a citation to
appear and pleau on Nov. 4. It is beaded!
“In tbe mutter of tho Presbyterian church
of the United States of America against
the Rev. Charles A. Briggs, D. D.”
The presbytery theu adjourned.
A83088E43 OF MAuARIA.
Two Peculiar LookingTroos That Are
Standing at Woresboro.
Waycross, Ga. , Oct. 6.—There are two
very peculiar looking trees growing at
Waresboro, known as the “eucalyptus” or
malarial abtorber variety. It is said that
these trees are very effective in absorbing
or destroying malarial germs. They are
very hard to grow. A gentleman
who was living at Albany at the time says
that some years ago when malarial fever
was raging in that town the board of trade
ordered a number of these trees from Italy
and tried to get them to grow, but without
success. They would not grow in red clay
land. Tile body of the tree is of a light
green color aud the leaves are of a deep
green.
SENATOR O’NEAL DEAD.
Ho Will Bo Burled To-day With Ma
sonic and Pythian Ceremonies.
Bainbridoe, Ga., Oct. 6. Senator
O’Neal died this morning at 7 o’clook. Ha
leaves a wife aud six children. Mr. O’Neal
was 45 years of age and one of the mot*
honored citizens of this county. He was a
member of the present legislature, and the
illness from which he died was contracted
during the long protracted summer session
of that body. He had been ill about two
weeks, but his death was a groat shock to
the community. HU remains will be buried
to-morrow morning In this city with im
posing Masonic and Pythian honors, he has
ing a prominent member of both orders.
SAVED BY HIS LANDLADY.
A Liquor-crazed Clerk Anxious to
Throw Himself from a Veranda.
Atlanta, Ga.. Oot. 6.— A young drug
clerk named Anderson, who has b?en at tbe
Keeley Institute, undergoing treatment for
tbe liquor habit, created a sensation this
afternoon. Filling up on whisky, he went
to his boarding house, created a big racket
aud finally ended in trying to throw him
self headlong from a veranda. After a des
perate struggle with his landlady to prevent
hie purpjee from being carried out, she suc
ceeded m dragging him hack upon tbe
porch. Anderson was arrested and locked
up. The young man came near putting
himself beyond the power of the Keeley
treatment or auy other except the under
taker.
CRAZED BY TYPHOID FEVER.
A Sick Man Escapee from His Bed and
Flees to the Woodn.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. fl.—George McMil
lan, an employe of tbe East Tennessee shops,
while in a state of dementia, caused from
typhoid fever, escaped from his home last
night at 12 o’clock while his wife, who was
sitting up with him. was asleep. VVbeu
found this morning, after a long search, be
was wandering around in the woods near
Clark University almost nude and totally
i unconscious of where he was. He was taken
! to his home, where ne is now in a critical
condition.
Blaine Not 111 Again. •
Augusta. Me., Oct. 6.—Tbe report that
Secretary Blaine is again ill is unfounded.
The family’s physician, Dr. Martin, says
that Secretary Jlla.ue is in hotter health
i than when ho ariivedfrom Bar Harbor.
McCormick Blaine, Emmons’ little son, has
been dangerously ill, but is now better,
This fact probably, gave rua to toe rumor
of tbe secretary’s illness.
Son Klliad, Mother Insane.
Huntingdon. Pa., Oct. fl.—While nul
ting to-day Daniel, 15-year-old son of A,
L. cbiiooat of Orblsona, fell fifty feat to
tba ground and was Instantly kilted. Oa
bearing of tbe fatality bis mother instantly
became a raving maniac.
