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( THE MORNING HEWS.
J ETiauEiil 1888. V
j J. H. ESTILL, President. \
CHINA RED WITH BLOOD.
horrible fate of the faithful
AT THE MISSIONS.
Tho Nuns Outraged, Burned at the
gtake and Brained With Massive
Clubs— Tho Priests Cruelly Tortured.
One Has His Heart and Tongue Torn
From Hla Body—The Imperial Troops
Defeated in Manchuria.
London, Nov. 29. —Advices received
bere from Shanghai are to the effect that
the rebel forces in Manchuria have defeated
the imperial troops sent to suppress the ris
ing in that region. The imperial forces
numbered 4,000 men, and tbeir dafeat
causes the government tho gravest anxiety.
Reinforcements of 6,000 men have been dis
patched from Tien Tsiu to oppose the
rebels, who are marching on Pekin. If the
imperial troops are again defeated the posi
tion of Pekin and Tien Tsiu will be ex
tremely critical.
UNPARALLELED ATROCITIES.
London, Nov. 30, 3 a. m.—The Chroni
cle's correspondent at Tien Tsiti says: “Offi
cial reports of the Takow masacre oontaln
details almost without parallel, even in the
history of China. Previous dispatches have
giveu’but a faint idea of what happened.
‘‘The members of the Belgian mission
had no opportunity of escaping. The
slaughter commenced with the killing of
tbe native converts, many of whom were
put to death with fiendish cruelty.
“Children of tender years were seized by
the savages, hacked with knives and roasted
at a huge Are.
“The nuns were subjected to the greatest
indignities and brutally outraged by the
fiends, who afterward brained them with
massive clubs.
FATE OF THE PRIESTS.
“The Belgian priests wore crually tortured
but met thoir fate with Christian resigna
tion. One of them had his heart and tongue
toru from his body and was burned by the
savages in murderous frenzy. Tbe most
astounding statement is one to the effect that
after they had beensatiaied without rage and
slaughter they were feasted and feted by
the leading Chinese mandarin in the dis
trict.
"The foreign diplomatic body atPekin are
simply furious. The whole European
colony is boiling with indignation.
THE OUTBREAK IN MONGOLIA.
“The news from Mongolia is increasingly
serious. The rebel forces are reported to be
growing larger and their forward march
has continued so far uninterrupted.
The imperial troops have cot yet got into
touch with the rebels. Further detaoh
meDts of troops have been ordered
forward. The rebels in their southward
march occupied the towns without resist
ance being made by tbe populace. At all
places tbrougb which they passed the rebels
made requisitions upon the inhabitants for
supplies. ’
A dispatch from St. Petersburg gives the
contents of a private telegram about the
Chinese disturbance! received by the Novae
Vrcmya from Vladivostock, and the state
ments mads confirm those of the Chroni
cle’* Tien Tsin correspondent.
ARCHBI-HOP GF AIX CHEESED.
He Has No Regrets and Will Not Be
Silenced By His Fine.
Paris, Nov. 29.—Archbishop of Aix
celebrated mass In the basilica at Lyons
this morning. Tho archbishop referred to
his recent trial. He did not regret what he
hud done, he said, and the fact that a fine
had been subjected would not have
the effect of silencing him. When
the archbishop was leaving the cathe
dral the congregation rose en masse and
railed out “Vive Sculard.” The archbishop
paused and responded to this manifestation.
“Not Vive Soulard,” he said, but “vivo
le Condamne.” The people then taking him
at his word, cried again “Vive le Con
daii.no,’’ until the cardinal drove away in
Lis carriage.
attitude of the pope.
London, Nov. 30, 3 a. m.—The Rome
correspondent of the Chronicle says the
1 ope disaperoves the anti-republican agita
tion by the Catholics in France, arising
from the proseoution of the Archbishop of
Aix, and has instruct 'd the papal nuncio in
Paris to try to suppress the agitation.
FULL TILT INTO A PIER.
A Remarkable Accident That Failed
to Cost a Life.
London, Nov. 29. —A remarkable but
cot very serious accident occurred at Ports
mouth to-day while the harbor was
shrouded in a thick for;. The Britijh troop
ship Crocodile, with 1,430 men aboard, ran
against a structure on which is built au ex
te .sion of the harbor railway. She was
moving at full speed when she struck
the massive supports of the railway
and the force of the shock was so great that
hfty yards of the railway wore destroyed
a id three carriages, which had been stand
ing on the track, were rolled into the sea.
woat ajarra was felt for a time, but no one
was killed, and, singularly enough, the
troop ship escaped damage.
AND THE POPE.
The Minister of the Interior Declares
the Question Closed.
Rome, Nov. 29. — Count Kalnoky’s recent
references in the Austrian delegation of the
papal question have caused intense excite
ment in Rome. Replying to question in the
Chamber of Deputies to-day Signor
-'jieotairo, minister of the iutorior, do
xr.i. , comment on Count
Aalnokys words, which he believed
ere incorrectly telegraphed, but declared
at as far as Italy was concerned, the Ro
, Question was absolutely closed. This
oa was reoaived with unanimous
ppiause in the chamber, and is approved
whole liberal press.
Prance’s Minors.
a/ n RIR ’ 29.— Eight hundred strikers
inoofi 0 (l ° ®‘ r > after holding disorderly
■ tings and parades, to-day captured the
“4orf r i a i „ m *'ie, and re-baptized it the
it™t . mine, in memory of a former
tor!!^* 0 * ‘be Loire district. They intend
resist any attempt to dislodge them. At
Th ‘be situation is improving,
adrme.e ltrati ? n °°mmittee at Arnas has
a series of resolutions settling
8-hni,. anil °‘ber questions, but leaving the
0 hour question untouched.
A War of Revanche.
leave/ 8 ’ , Jsov - ,99, —A deputation of the
rouledn ILa patrlotß ’ beaded by M. De
the ii„ij w reathed the monument on
D*rouUd</ ‘-'bampigny. I„ an address M.
proachin* P re<^lcte 't ‘bat the time was ap
proaching f or a war of revanche.
A Negro Preacher Arrested.
Rf/ 1 / ov - 99.—This afternoon
leading i n^.tf 810r *h Pa *i or of one 01 the
wag "?£T° °burehes in the city,
ino ,°? a warrant oharg
timacy wuh 7 in ? lnal intimacy
llisßler hH th lfe , of 0 brother preacher.
When brou d chf e , on fft al “ d pißtol on h “ P er son
fought to the station house.
BLBI3HINQ IN VIRGINIA.
Seven or Bight Inches of Snow at
Norfolk.
Norfolk, Nov. 23.— Norfolk ia a winter
city to-day. A blizzard of a severity almost
unknown in this section struck the city, be
ginning about 2o’ciock this morning, accom
panied by sleet, which later turned into a
heavy snow, which now lies seven or eight
inches deep on the level, and has drifted
muoh deeper in places. For the first time
in several years sleighs are on the streets
to-night. Street car travel has been inter
rupted and the semblance of a schedule is
only kept up by clearing a way by a snow
plow. The bay steamer arrived a little be
hind time this morning, but will not go out
to-night.
A HIGH WIND.
The wind, which at Cape Henry reached
fifty miles an hour, is off Bhore and there
fore no disasters to shipping are expected.
The coast telegraph line to Kitty Hawk is all
right, and as nothing has been reported it is
supposed that no wrecks have occurred.
This is the earliest snow-storm in No folk
since tbe signal office was established here
in 1871, and tbe heaviest ever known to take
place before New Year s. It is colder to
night, with the sky still heavily overcast,
and the indications point to more snow.
At Fortress Monroe it has been snowing
since midnight .Saturday, and is the worst
storm seen there In years.
Reports from Staunton, Harrisonburg
and other places in Virginia speak of the
snow and unusually cold weather.
SNOWING IN NORTH CAROLINA.
Wilmington, N. C. t Nov. 39. —A heavy
snow-Btorm for this section is reported from
various points to-day.
At W T eldou seven inches of snow fell, at
Battleboro six inches and at Rocky Mount
five inches.
Snow fell all along the line of the Wil
mington and Weldou railroad.
The snowfall was light here and at points
farther soutti. It is very cold here to-night.
FLAKES AT AUGUSTA.
Augusta, Ga.. Nov. 29.—Just before 9
o’clock to-night pedestrians on Broad street
had their attention attracted by snow-flakes
plainly visible in tbe light of the electric
lights, but not numerous enough to show
upon the ground.
BLAINE A WELL MAN.
Hla Phyaioian at Philadelphia Bays He
Is Sturdy for His Years,
Philadelphia, Nov. 29.—The Press to
morrow will say: “To oonsult his medical
adviser was the prime reason tor Secretary
Blaine’s trip to Philadelphia. ‘Secretary
Blaine is a well man.’ This is what Dr.
Madison Taylor, physician to the Secretary
of State, said yesterday in an interview.
Dr. Taylor thoroughly examined Secretary
Blaine during the letter's visit to this city,
and he has been asked to muke this state
ment to put a stop to the many reports to
the contrary. ‘Secretary Blaine is in better
condition—a gr eat deal better condition—
than six months or a year ago,’ added Dr.
Taylor; 'and so far as I can
definitely say from careful observation of
his condition and what has been told mo of
what it was before I began to attend him,
Secretary Blaine enjoys better health than
he did three or four years ago. Six months
hence he will be even better than be is now.
Secretary Blaine is a well man. For his
years be is sturdy.
ONCE IN BAD CONDITION.
“' When I began to attend Seoretary Blaine
last spring he was suffering from acute ill
ness. He was in very bad condition and
completely broken down by overwork. I
did not know what the outcome would be.
Now there ia no doubt in my mind, for
Secretary Blaine’s health is excellent. He is
back to bis normal weight, a very good
weight that. He ha3 a good appetite and
sleeps well. Secretary' Blaiue has got well
by the exercise of common
sense, not medicine. He conscientiously
observed my advice in the matter of
exercise, and now we are both very' much
gratified. Before bis illness Secretary
Blaine was not a man who would take much
exercise; now he is the opposite. He has
grown to like it. He wrote me two weeks
ago that he walked two miles each day, and
sometimes a mile at a stretch.’ ”
A SLAVES OP THE PACIFIC.
Tho Vessel Seen Bottom Up—Her 291
fc'ouis Probably Lost.
San Francisco, Nor. 39.—A dispatch
from Manzanille, Mexico, says the Ameri
can steamer Roseville has arrived there and
reports passing the brig Tahiti. She was
floating bottom up and the captain of the
Roseville says she must have been capsized.
The rigging had been cut away on the
port side, apparently to prevent this. The
Tahiti had 370 Gilbert islanders, practically
slaves, on board. It is almost certain that
all on board have been lost, a* the ship’s
boats were still with her and nothing has
beou heard of any of the survivors. The
wreck must have happened at least a month
ago. The vessel carried officers and crew
of twenty-one.
AFLAME IN A GALE.
A Large Part of the Business Portion
of Tracy in Ashes.
St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 39.— A special to
the Pioneer-Press from Traoy, Minn.,
says: “A large portion of the business part
of this place is in ashes from a fire which
broke out this morning. The wind was
blowing a gale, and the flames
spread rapidly. All the buildings be
tween Third and Fourth streets, ex
cept the state bank, were destroyed.
Help arrived from Marshal and the fire was
brought under control. Every hotel in the
place is gone. There are suspicions of in
cendiarism, but nothing definite is known.
It is impossible to estimate tho loss at pres
ent.”
FLAMES IN AN ELEVATOR.
Flour Sheds. Docks and Coal Pits
Also Taken in by the Fire.
Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 29.— A special
to the Sentinel from Ecambio, Mich., says:
“Fire started in the big grain elevator
owned by the “Soo" road at this place this
morning, which, together with 150,000 bush
els of grain, was quiokly destroyed. The
fire department was powerless and the flames
communicated to flour sheds, docks and
coal pits. There were 10,000 barrels of flour
in the sheds, and on the dooks were 40,00)
tons of coal owned by the Lehigh V alley and
Pioneer Company, all of wuich were de
stroyed. The losses and insurance have not
yet been obtained, but the losses may ex
ceed $250,000.”
Buying Indian Lands.
Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 29.-A special
tc tho Journal from Tahlequab i. TANARUS.,
snvs- “The oommiltee of the Cherokee
council has completed its negotiations for
the sale of a public strip with the United
Htates-Cnerokee commission. 3he com
mission agreed to pay $8,700, 000 for the
strip, about $1 40 per acre, or 16 cents per
acre more tfcan they ever offered before.
SAVANNAH, GA., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1801.
DR. JOHN HALI, FIKEI) ON
THREE BULLETS FLATTEN THEM
SELVES AGAINST HIS HOME.
The Trigger Pulled by a Real Estate
Agent Who Claims to Have a Griev
ance Against the Clergyman, Dr.
Potter and Judge Hilton—The Doc
tor Refuses to Talk.
Nsw York, Nov. 29.—As Dr. John Hall,
pastor of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
church, was passing from tbe church to the
parsonage adjoining, just after the olose of
the morning service to-day, a man named
John G. Rath, a German 66 years old,
stepped from behind a wagon on the op
posite side of the avenue and fired threo
shots in quick succession at the reverend
gentleman as he was about ascending the
stops of bis residence. The first shot struck
the stone stoop of tho doctor’s house, the
second perforated one of the glass panels of
the front door and the third flattened itself
against the side of the house. The
shooter ooolly put his pistol, a 5-chambered
revolver of the pattern known as “The
Young America,” in his pooket, while A. E.
Right, a member of Dr. Hall’s church, and
tbe sexton jumped upon him and held him
until the arrival of an officer. He made no
resistance whatever and was locked up.
Shortly afterward Dr. Hall went to the
police station. And preferred ojoomplalut
against tbe prisoner.
A CRAZY REAL ESTATE DEALER.
Rath bears the appearance of a well-to-do
business man. He gave his business as that
of a real estate dealer. About fifty people,
mostly Dr. Hall’s parishioners, followed the
officer to the station and saw that tbe pris
oner was lauded behind the bars. The
prisoner was evidently not in his right
mind. He muttered about a oonspiraoy
which he linagiued existed against
him and papers found on his person showed
the bias of his imagination. There were
two of these documents, one in manuscript
and the other printed, but both were sub
stantially the same. The document inti
mates that Dr. Hall, Dr. Potter and Judge
Hilton were the chief conspirators. Mrs.
A. T. Stewart was, it was intimated a good
friend of his. Tho prisoner stated after his
arrest that Dr. Hall was the chief among
those conspiring to do him bodily and
mental harm.
RATH’S LODGING PLACE.
Inquiry at the address given discovered a
cheap restaurant and lodging bouse ia tho
tenement house quarters of the city, patron
ized by a transient ciass of very poor people,
mostly foreigners. The landlord said that
Rath had oocupied a room there for about
four months. Ho had been in this country
twenty years, and had acquired a fair
knowledge of the English language.
Dr. Hall, when seen, deelined pos
itively to converse upon the
topic. He admitted that he had
known Rath for some time and had received
letters from him, but he declined to say
what was the nnture of the matter written
to him, or whether it was replied to. The
prisoner was reticent, and though out
wardly calm seemed to be laboring under
suppressed excitement. The police declined
to permit reporters to talk with the pris
oner.
DAVIDSON’S CONTEST.
He Arrives at Washington Armed for
the Fight.
Washington, Nov. 29.—Ex-Representa
tive Davidson of Florida has arrived in the
city, bringing with him documents which
he will use in his contest against Senator
Call for a seat in the United States Senate.
Mr. Davidson said to-day that his conten
tion was, that in electing a United States
senator a quorum of each branch of the
state legislature was nsoessary, and that he
would prove that the Senate lacked two of
a quorum when tho balloting began on the
seuatorship. A quorum of the Senate and
House together, he would maintain, was not
sufficient.
TOLEDO’S CRASH.
The List of Fatalities Increased to
Seven.
Toledo, 0., Nov. 39.—The results of last
night’s accident on the Lake Shore road in
this city have been more serious than at
first feared. In addition to the two killed
outright, five more have since died,
and several . others cannot sur
vive. The wounded also sustained
more serious injuries than was supposed at
the time. Nearly all were frightfully
burned and scalded about the face and
hands, and many will be disfigured for life,
The list of dead so far as reported is as
follows:
Mrs. Barah McCoy of Ransom, 111.
Two CHILDREN of M. J. MoDonald of
New York.
H. Vaughan of San Fernando, Cal.
Thomas McQueen of Elkhart, Ind.
Miss Ella Myers of Cleveland, O.
Maude McKenzie, aged 13, of Chicago.
Called to His Door and Killed.
Birmingham, Ala.. Nov. 29. Near
Oneonta, on Friday night last, an unknown
person called Stephen Cooper, a well-known
farmer, to his door and shot him to death
without a word. No cause whatever is
given for the deed, nor have the officers
succeeded in catching the assassin.
Wrecked Near Summerville.
Charleston, S. C., Nov. 29.—A train on
the South Carolina railway was wrecked
near Summerville last night. The fireman
was killed and the baggagemastor, ex
pressman and three passengers were in
jured. irail was misplaced, it is supposed,
by a discharged employe of the road.
Denmark’s King at Potsdam.
Berlin, Nov. 39.—Emperor William met
the King of Denmark on his arrival at tho
railway station at Potsdam to-day. Cor
dial greetings were exchanged. A grand
reception was given to the king at the
castla
A Morganatic Wife Dead.
Vienna. Nov. 29—Baroness Waideck, th 9
morganatic wife of Archduke Henry, bns
died of inflammation of the lungs in this
city. Archduke Henry is dyiug of the
same disease. He is at this hour uncon
scious.
Nominated for Congress.
Manassas. Va. , Nov. 29.—The repub
licans yesterday unanimously nominated
John Ambler Brooke of Culpepper for con
gress to succeed Gen. W. 11. F. Lee, de
ceased.
An Earthquake at Seattle.
Seattle, Wash., Nov. 29.—At 8:21
o’clock this afternoon two Bhocks of earth
quake, lasting about five seconds each, were
felt here.
ATLANTA’S LIVELY FIGHT.
Tbe Anti-Barroom Campaign in Fall
Blast on Sunday.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 29.—W elnesday the
municipal anti-barroom election occurs.
To-day the theaters, as well as the churches
and club halls, were utilized by the auti
barroom leaders in “making votes.” At
the First Baptist eburoh, in his morning
sermon, Dr. J. B. Hawthorne, tne pastor,
who took a very prominent part in the
past prohibition campaign, again came out
forcibly against the barrooms. He dis
cussed the recent at tacts upon Rev. Sam
Small and President Murphey at
the Prohibition Club, saying tuat in this
day the loaders of reform should be eu
dowed with physical strength and courage
to defend themselves whan assaulted by
some villain with a club, it was tacitly
agreed at tbe beginning of the campaign
that the ministers were to take uo active
part, aud l)r. Hawthorne’s ntteroncei to
day were somewhat unlocked for.
MURPHEY AGAIN AROUSED.
At the 1890 Club hall, in the afternoon,
Sara Small and President Azmon Murohey,
who was attacked by the two Journal men
a few days ago. oreated a sensation by de
nouncing an article ia this morning’s Con
stitution as a lie. Two Constitution
reporters were in tho audience, and they
urose and resented the chargo. Mr. Mur- •
phey apologized for any reflection that he
might have made on the newspaper men.
amid a scone of confusion. The attack on
Mr. Murphey by the Journal men was the
result of a somewhat similar hot charge of
untruth by the anti-barroom leader.
SENATOR BUTLER’S BON DEAD.
A Sudden Attack of Congeetlon of the
Brain Ends Fatally.
Augusta, Ga., Nov. 29.—William Wal
lace Butler, second son of Senator M. C.
Butler, died at the Arlington hotel to-day
after an illness of twenty-four hours. He
came to the exposition on Carolina day,
w hich was Thanksgiving day, and has been
in Augusta since then. He seemed in per
fect health. Yesterday, while standing in
the office of the Arlington, he was seized
with a sudden attack, and throwing his
hand to his bead fell prostrate to tho floor.
He was curried to his room and several
physioians wore summoned. They pro
uouncel bis illuess congestion of the brain,
and declared his condition very critical,
liis relatives were summoned and Senator
Butler, his father, arrived from Beaufort
last night. Mr. Butler died at 11 o’clock
this morning. This afternoon the remains
were removed to the resideuoe of Stewart
Phinizy and to-morrow will be carried ti
Edgefield, where bis funeral will take place
Tuesday.
He was 30 years old and was associated
with bis father in practicing law. He had
traveled in Europe and was cultured aud
handgomo. He was captain of the Edge
field cavalry company and very popular
amoug his friends.
FIRE LICK3 UP A CHURCH.
The First Presbyterian Rdkflce at Oo
lumbua in Ruins.
Columbus, Ga., Nov. 29,— At 2 o’clock
this afternoon the First Presbyterian church
was destroyed by fire. The ohuroh was the
costliest in the city, being valued at bo
tween $50,000 and $75,000. The cupola was
160 feet high, and was soon in a mass of
flames. A brisk wind was blowing to tbe
south, and for two hours it looked as
though the flames would sweep
over the block south, in which
is located the Odd Fellows’ hall, Springer’s
opera house, the market house aud other
buildings. Thousands of people gathered
about the burning building, and all eyes
were centered on the cupola, which was ex
pected to fall momontarily. When it fell
a beautiful magnolia tree in the yard was
in its path and was literally crushed to
pieces. The firemen finally succeeded in
getting the flames under control.
The residence of Dr. Phelps was badly
scorched and damaged by water.
The fire originated from a defective
flue.
The insurance on tho building was only
$15,000.
Immediate steps will be taken to re
build the church, os the congregation is a
large aud wealthy one.
DERAILED AT A TRESTLE.
One Man Killed and Others Have a
Miraculous Escape In Florida.
Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. 29.—A speoial
from Pensacola to the Times-Union says:
“Asa west-bound train approaohed the
Escambia bridge on tho Pensacola and At
lantic railroad about 0:30 o’clock last night,
the truck sunk several inches
in a ‘‘fill,” causing a truok about
midway of the train to jump the track.
Tho train was running at full speed, and as
it reached the trestle leading to the bridge
the coupling broke and four cars and tho
caboose were precipitated into the water.
M. F. Oliver, a boilermaker of this city,
was killed by the fall. Conductor Pons
and three trainmen went down with the
train, but escaped without serious injury.”
MAJ. WILKINS’ LAUNCH.
The Little Craft Being Put in Shape
for the Trip to Savannah.
St. Auoustink, Fla., Nov. 29.—Maj.W.
A. Wilkins of Waycross, George J. Baldwin
and W. Cummings of Savannah, are a
happy trio of Georgians waiting at the
Alcazar for Capt. Eddie Allen to put in
Bhipshape the furniture of Maj. Wilkins’
beautiful naptha yaoht Moselle for the
journey to Savannah, via St. Augustine,
Fernandina and thence by the “inside
route.” to Jekyl Island. After stopping
at the latter named place the Moselle will
again take the ocean route for Savannah.
The Moselle is 40 feet long, has 7 feet beam
aud draws about 50 inches of water.
Von Caprivl’a Peace Talk.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 29.— Russian
newspapers lestify to the excellent Impres
sion produced by the German chancellor’s
speech in the Reichstag. The Novosti says
that the speech deprives hostile articles in
German-Russophube papers of all their im
portance. The visit of M. de Giers, suys the
Novosti, has had a valuable result in dis
pelling the clouds between Germany and
Russia and France.
Fired by a Tramp Printer
Knoxville, Tknn., Nov. 29.—A disas
trous fire occurrod at Morristown early this
morning. Three large business houses
were burned, another torn down and a fifth
crushed by a falling wail. The loss is
is $35,000. The property was insured for
$25,000. The fire was earned by the pipe of
a tramp ’ printer in a newspaper oflioe,
where it originated.
Columbus’ New Mayor.
Columbus. Ga„ Nov. 29.— Managers of
the primary election held yesterday for the
nomination of mayor and ten aldermen did
not finish counting the votes untsl 10 o’clock
this morning. Capt. J. J. Slade defeats
Mayor Dozier by 250 votes.
ST. LOUIS’ AGED BISIIOI'.
CELEBRATION OF HIS GOLDEN JUB
ILEE IN PROGRESS.
Distinguished Catholic Prelates From
Every Section of the Country lu
Attendance The Venorable Object
of the Demonstration 85 Years of
Age—Programme of the Ceremonies.
Bt. Louis, Mo., Nov. 29.— T0-day began
the celebration of the golden jubilee of
Peter Richard Kendrick, bishop of the arch
diocese of St Louis for the past fifty years.
Solemn services of thanksgiving wore held
in all the Catholic ohurcbes of this city. In
most of them sermons germane to the oc
casion were delivered by visiting orators.
At St. John's church Archbishop Kyan
celebrated the Pontifical mass, and Bishop
Keane of Washington preached the sermon.
At St, Francis Xavier’s church Aroii
bishop Janssens of New Orleans said moss,
and Bishop Moore of St. Augustine, Fla.,
preached the sermou.
Tho celebration which began this morn
ing will be in keeping with the noble char
acter of the venerable prelate. No event lu
the Cathoiio church lu America has brought
together as inauy distinguished dignitaries.
All the church eoclesiastlos will be present
aud the pope has seut a representative with
a gift. In St. Louis tbe interest has not
been confined to Roman Catholics. The
jubilee mass and other oereuonies will take
place to-morrow.
ARCHBISHOP IRELAND’S SERMON.
Archbishop Ireland’s lecture at Muslo
ball to-night was a prominent feature of
the day’s festivities. Tbe distinguished
prelate u one of the most forcible speakers
in the Cathoiio church. His subject was
“The Church and the Workingmen.”
The jubilee mass to morrow will take
place in the old cathedral on Walnut street,
which has stood there since 1834.
Owing to his advanced age, 88
years, Archbishop Kendrick will not
officiate as celobrant, that duty beiug
assigned to his eminenoe Cardinal Gib
bons. The jubilee sermon will be delivered
by bis grace Arohbishop Ryan of Phila
delphia.
Tho jubilee banquet will taka place to
morrow afternoon at tbe Lynden hotel, in
honor of Archbishop Kendrick and his
gueets, the visiting clergy. Invitations have
been issuod to the arohbishops, bishops and
other leading dignitaries of the ohurch and
It will be aolerical affair throughout.
A TORCHLIGHT PROCESSION.
A torchlight procession to-morrow night
is expected to be a splendid affair. Between
25,000 and 30,000 men will participate.
Tuesday morning at Musio hall several
thousand children will raise up their voices
in bymus of rejoicing and praise, and in the
evening all the Catholic choirs In the city
will unite to render one of the most magnifi
oent musical compositions ever produced.
The Cathoiio Knight's of Atlanta will
tender a reception to Arch bishop Jansseus
of New Orleans, supreme spiritual director
of tbe organization, Wednesday evening at
Musio Hall, in the axposilion building.
SECRETARY NOBLB’S REPORT.
A Bulky Volume Full of Valuable
Information.
Washington, Nov. 29.— Tho annual re
port of the Secretary of the Interior has
been made public. It is a bulky volume but
contains a great doal of valuable informa
tion. The following are some of tho points
treated in the report.
PENSIONS.
The secretary refers to tho pension act of
June 27.1890, and says:
It is shown that while the benefits of the
pension system have by this act been ex
tended to a larger class, tiie average amount
of first payments hasi decreased and the
average of auuual payirauts to each pen
sioner lias also deoreased. The rousou for
this is that under the old law tbs claims had
been pending for years awaiting oomplianoe
with the requirement of proof more diffi
cult ouch year to procure aud when allowed
the first payment covered the wholo period
from date of discharge or from date of
filing the olaim, if not filed prior to July 1,
188 J. Under the aot of 1890, the pension
commences from date of filing the olaim
subsequent to the passage of that act.
Many thousands of claimants, despairing of
their ability to conform to the requirements
of the old law, have elected to receive tho
benefits of the new, and to take the lesser
sums accruing thereunder.
There were 222,521 first payments made
during the fiscal year, requiring $38,552,-
274 31, being loss in amount by $09,592 thau
the 180,514 first payments of the previous
year Required. The nverage value of first
payments in fiscal yoar of 1890 was S4BB 71,
while the average value of 1891 of first pay
ments in all olaims was $239 33, and first
payments of claims under the act of June
27, 1890, was only s7l 28. The present issue
of oortifloatos is aDout 30,000 per month,
and it is thought that the penslou bureau
will be able to carefully adjudicate 350,000
olaims during the present year. The work
at this rate will allow all lawful pension
claims within the next thirty months, and
of course all first payment* will then have
been disposed of. This alone will oause a
drop of $30,000,000 in the appropriation,
and the list will thence on constantly dimin
ish by natural causes. It is predicted that
tho pensions will, when the highest point Is
reached, not exceed very greatly the present
sum, and be subject to a great decrease im
mediately after. The estimate for 1893 is
$144,956,000.
The secretary gives a statement of the
course of a claim through the bureau, and
expresses the opinion that the foroe em
ployed in tho important work of adjudi
cating these claims perform their duties
faithfully to the claimants and with loyalty
to tho government. There is probably no
bureau in the whole government where a
olaim is more closely scrutinized—it has to
pass three legal experts, three medical ex
aminors, a board of examining surgeons,
the war record, the medical referee and the
commissioner. Many penalties are inflicted
and enforced for any fraud.
PATENT OFFICE.
The work of the patent office shows a
slight failing off as compared with the
previous fiscal year, Tho number of appli
cations received was 43,016, as against 48,-
810 in 1890. From the fact that the number
of applications awaiting action at the end
of the fiso.il year was greater than at the
close of the previous year it is evident that
the maximum limit of efforts on the part of
the examining force was reached during the
previous year, and that it could not be sus
tained consistently with the high degree of
care in conducting examinations which the
patent system requires when properly ad
ministered. A surplus of receipts over ex
penditures amounting to $157,291 69 was
turned into the treasury to the credit of the
patent fund.
ARIZONA.
In Arizona an estimated increase of 10,-
000 in population is claimed, making the
present population about 70,000. The tax
able property is valued at $28,270,466 38,
and toe average rate of taxation lor all pur
poses is $3 28 ou the 3100. The total terri
torial, county and municipal debt amounts
to $3,400,092 71. Many valuable recom
mendations made by the acting governor
(Murphy) are approved. The funding of
this debt at 5 per cent, in 50-year bonds,
as authorized by congress, has not yet been
consummated, but efforts are being made
to complete iu In New Mexico much relief
is expected to be derived through tbe land
oourt bill passed at the last session of con
gress. This legislation is deemed of
primary importance to the progress of the
territory in settling tbe claims arising un
der Spanish anil Mexican grants. The
otatseies presented in tbs unsettled condi
tion of titles to these lends, preventing set
tlement and improvement find the invest
ment of capital necessary to the develop
ment of the natural resources of the terri
tory will be removed, aud it is predie'ed
that every fertilo acre will be quickly
brought under cultivation aud the best class
of immigration attracted to the territory.
Tho governor claims that tho territory now
has a population of 153,076, entitling it to
admission as a state, and appeals for tho
passage of an enabling act under whloh a
constitutional convention can be bald in
July next.
MORMONS,
Referring to the declaration of the Mor
mon church, through its president, in Bep
temher, 1890, that plural marriages are not
encouraged nor solemnized by the church,
and calling upon its members to rofrain
from contracting Ruch marriages, tho gov
ernor of Utah luolines to the belief that this
action is sinoere, and should be so regarded
until there is reason for thinking oth.-rwise.
The majority of tbe Utah commission, in
their report, do not concur in tbe-views of
the governor on this subjeot. They doubt
the sincerity of the Mormon church in its
declarations against polygamy. They refer
to the fact that the Mormon church hat de
nounced the commission through all the
years it has been administering the laws of
congress directed against polygamy, and
has strenuously opposed every effort made,
whether through these laws, the action of the
courts, or of the oommission, to put down
polygamy, and express tbo opinion that
while the declaration of tbe cbttrcb may be
accepted as a progreesive step, it will do no
harm to Utah or to the nation to wait
awhile and see what this sudden conversion
will bring about. Commissioner MoClor
nand’s minority report is also cited and the
proceedings of the late council of Latter
Day Saints set forth. The seoretary finds
in those reports no suoh claim for statehood
for Utah as would seem to require favor
able consideration by oongreas. The terri
tory is progressing most favorably in
material wealth and sooial elevation under
the present conditions. No doubt the time
will come when it may be admitted into the
union with pride and safety, but it is be
lieved that that tirao is not at hand.
NICARAGUAN CANAL COMPANY.
The presidout of the Nicaraguan Canal
Company reports that during the past year
muoh progress was made in the actual work
of construction. Many of the access .Py
works have boon extended and ia some oases
carried to ootnpletioo. Tho railroad from
the Atlantio port to tbe divide has been
completed, equipped and is now In opera
tion for a distanoo of eleven miles. Machine
shops have been enlarged and well provided
for all work incidental to the construction
of the oanal. The jetty or breakwater to
proteot tho harbor entrance on tho Atlantio
nos been extended 1,000 feet into the ocean,
aud a second breakwater against northerly
storms has beeu commenced ou the west
side of tho harbor. About 3,000 feet of
actual excavation along the canal has been
made forming a channel from 159 to 230
feet wide aud about seventeen feet deep.
Since tho organization of the ootupany
10,145 sharee of the capital stock have been
subscribed for at par, amounting to $1,014,-
500. Receipts from other suuroes amount
to #27,216 12. Tho company lias expended
and issued for property,labor, materials and
administration expenses #803,840 21 In oosh,
and 27,800 shares of tho full paid capital
stock of tho liar value of $2,778,090, and it
is obligated for #5,953,000 of its first mort
gage bonds. It has also issued 180,000
shares of stock (par value $18,000,000) in
payment for concessionary rights, privi
leges, franchises, and other pr >porty. The
liabilities consist of the amounts still due
under concessions grauted of the $5,953,000
of bonds, which are due the Nioaraguau
Canal Construction Company for labor and
materials in construction of the canal, and
of outstanding liabilities not to exceed
$30,000.
The report, referring to tho Nicaragua
Canal, concludes as follows:
It seams appropriate that this great rail -
way for the products and manufactures
from and imports to tho United Stato
should be conueoted with tho department
of the interior. It is being built at the
same time that the great waste places of
the oountry are being opened to settlement,
the faotorivw increasing, the railroads ex
tending, and the population rapidly multi
plying. Boon our commerce must reach not
only the Btatei of South America and Mex
ico, but China and tho east by tfiis west
ern route. It is gratifying to note that this
short passage to some of the greatest com
mercial markets of the world will be ready
by the time a demand for it becomes im
perative.
BUREAU OF BT!AM ENGINEERING.
An Increase in the Force Needed—Nor
folk’s Navy Yard.
Washington, Nov. 29.—Commodore
Mslvills, chief of the bureau of steam engi
neering, bas submitted his annual report to
the Secretary of the Navy. The importance
of providing traveling cranes and suitable
means of moving heavy machinery is
pointed out, and the establishment of small
storehouses attached to the machine shops,
is recommended.
The League island navy yard is recom
mended as the boat place for building iron
ships aud parts of ships. Attention is called
to the climatic and other advantages of the
Norfolk navy yard, and it is said tho yard
already possesses a ship-buildiug plant capa
ble of turning out iron and Bteel vessels
of any size, but the shops
and tools under cognizance of this bureau
are not well adapted for the construction of
modern marine engines and boilers, though
most repair work can be done, being
specially deficient iu modern boiler making
tools and facilities for many heavy weights.
To placo the yard in proper condition for
this work will require the erection of a
shop into which heavier tools, together
with some new ones, can be placed, and an
overhead traveling crane fitted; a com
plete set of powerful modern boiler making
tools and overhead cranes in the boiler shop.
To carry out the above wilt require an ap
propriation of at least $49,795.
PERSONNEL OF THE CORPS.
The most important feature of the report
is Commodore Melville's statement touch
ing the personnel of the engineer corps. He
says: “The number of engineer officers is
insufficient for the proper performance of
the duties belonging to them, and unless
the number be increased we shall before
long have a painful awakening by a serious
breakdown or accident on some of our ves
sels.” There is, he says, a limit to
even a naval engineer’s endurance,
and while the officers of the
engineer corps will do their best
to make all needed repairs and keep in
efficieut condition the magnificent ma
chinery of tho new vessels, from which the
country justly oxpecte so much, and In
which it takes proper pride, they can go no
further than the limit of their physical
strength; when this has been reached the
machinery must take oare of itself. He
recommends an annual addition of twenty
to the oorps, half to be taken from the
technical schools.
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ATHAXKSGIVINTt sermon
REV. TALMAGE’S TEX TIKEEPING
WITH THE SEASON.
Ona Day Not Long Enough In Which
To Give Thanks for tho Manifold
Blessings of a Year—Bundles of Joy
in the Animal Kingdom That Testify
to God’s Goodness.
Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 29.—Dr. Tal
niage’s sermon this morning Lad a dis
tinctly Thanksgiving obaracter. Tbe ap
pearance of the Tabernacle was in keeping
with it. The specimens of fruits and har
vest products with which the pulpit and
galleries were decorated for the Thanks
giving day service were still in their places.
Cotton, rice, wheat, sugar cane, rye, oats,
corn and fruits, and products from north,
south, east and west put before the audienoe
as by an object lesson the abuudanoe of the
national harvest. The doctor's text was
taken from I’salm cxlvitl., 10,12 and 13:
“Boosts and all cattlo; creeping things and
flying fowl; both young men and maidens; <
old men and children; let them praise the
name of the Lord. ”
What a scone it was whon last Thursday,
at tbe call of the President and governors,
this nation assembled to chant tne praises
of God. But tbe day was too short to cele
brate the divine g oduess of such a year.
The sun did not rise over Brooklyn until,
oue minute before seven o’clock that morning,
and it sot four o’clock and thirty-live min
ute* that evening. What a small space of
time in which to meditate upon twelve
months of benefactions. 8o I add to that
day this Sabbath morning serrioe, and with
tho fruits and harvests of tbe earth still glo
rifying the pulpit aud tho galleries, ask you
to continue tho rehearsal or the divine good
ness.
By a sublime egotism mau hat come to
appropriate this world to himself, when
the fact Is that our race is in a small minor
ity. The instances of human life, as com
pared with the instances of animal life, aro
notoue to u million. We shall enlarge our ;
ideas of God’s goodness and oome to a better
understanding of the text If, before wer
oome to look at the eup of our blossing, w
look at tho goodness of God to the irrational ’
creation.
Although nature is out of joint, yet even
in its disruption I am surprised to find tha
almost universal happiness of the animal
creation. On a summer day, when the air
and the grass are most populous with life,
you will uot hear a sound of distress unless,
perchance, a heartless school-boy has robbed
a bird’s nest, or a hunter bas broken n
bird’s wing, or a pasture has been robbed of
a lamb, and there goes up a bleating front
the flocks. The whole earth is filled with
animal delight—joy feathered, and coaled ,
und horned, aud hoofed. The beoi
bums it; tha frog croaks It; thar
squirrel obatters it; tho quail whistles ltp
the lark cards It; tho whale spouts it. The
snail, tho rhinoceros, tho grizzly bear, the
toad, the wasp, the spider, the shell-fish,
have their homily delights—joy os great to
them as our joy is to us. Goat climbing
the rooks; anaoouJa crawling through the.
jungle; buffalo pluuging across the prairie; 1
crocodile basking in tha tropioal suu;seul
puffing on the ice; ostrich striding ucro s
the desert, are so many bundles of joy, tney
do not go moping or melancholy; they are
not only half supplied; God says they are
filled with good.
The worm squirming through the sod up
turned of plowsharo, and the ants racing
up aud down tho hillock, are happy by day
and happy by night. Take up a drop of
water under the miorosoope, aud you find!
that within it there are millions of oreatures
that sw.rn in a hallelujah of gladness. Thai
sounds in nature that are repulsive to our
ears are often only utterances of joy—the
growl, the croak, the bark, tho howl. The
good God made’these oreatures, thinks of.
them ever, and will not let a plowshare turn
up a mole’s nost, ur fisherman's hook trans
fix a worm, until, by eternal decree, its 1
time has come, God's hand feeds all these
broods, and shepherds all these flocks, aud
tends ail those herds. He s weutons the olover
top for the oxen’s taste; aud pours out*
crystalline waters, iu mossed cups of rock,
for the hind to drink out of on his way down
the crags, and pours nectar into the oup of
tho honeysuckle to refresh the humming
bird, aud spreads a banquet of u hundred
fields of buckwheat, and lets thehouey bee,
put bis mouth to any cup of all the banquet
und tolls the grasshopper to go anywhere he
likes, aud gives the flocks of heaven the 1
choice of all tho grain fields. The sea ane
mone, half animal, half flower, clinging to
the rock in mid-ocean, with its tentacles
spread to catch its food, has tiie owner of
tho universe to provide for it. We ate re
pulsed at the hidoousness of the elephant,
but God, for the oomfort and convenience
of the monster, puts forty thousaud distinct!
muscles in its proboscis.
I go down ou the barren seashore and
say. “No animal can live in this place of
desolation;’’ but all through the sands are
myriads of little Insects that leap with
happy life. I go down by the marsh and
say, “In this damp place and in these
loathsome pools of stagnant water there
will be the quietness of death;” but,
lo! I see the turtles on the rotten log sun
ning themselves, aud hoar the bog quake
with multitudinous life. When the un
fledged robins are hungry God shows the
old robin where she can get food to put
into their open mouths. Winter is nob
allowed to come until the ants havei
granaried their harvest, aud the squirrels
have filled their otdlar with nuts. God,
■hows the hungry ichneumon where id
may find the crocodile's eggs, and ia<
arctic climes there are animals thaa
God so lavishly clothes that they can affor<|
to walk through snow-storms in the finest
sable aud ermine and chinchilla, and no
sooner is one sec of furs worn out thau God
gives them anew one. He helps the spider’
in its architecture of its gossamer bridge,
and takes care cf the color of the butterfly’s
wing, and tinges the cochineal, and help
the moth out of the chrysalis. The animat
creation also has its army and navy. The
most insignificant has its means of defense;
the wasp its sting, the reptile its tooth, the
bear its paw, the dog its muzxle, the ele
phant its tusk, the fish its scale, the bird its
swift wing, the reindeer its antlers, the roe
its fleet foot. We are repelled at the thought
of stir.g, aud tusk, and hoof, but God’s
goodness provides them for the defense of
the animal’s rights.
Yea, God in the Bible announces his care
for these orders of creation. He says that
he has heaved up fortifications for their de
fense—Ps.ilrn civ., 18: “The high hills are a
refuge fur the wild g.ats, and the rocks for
the conies.” He watches the bird's nest—
Psalmoiv., 17:.“As for the stork, the fir
trees are her house.” He soes that the cattle
have enough grass—Psalm civ., 14: “He
causeth tho grass to grow for the cattle.”
lie soes to it that the cows, and sheep, and
horses have enough to drink—Psalm oiv.,
10-11: “He sendeth the springs into the val
leys, which run among the hills; they give
drink to every beast of the field; the wild
asses quench their thirst.”
Amid tiie thunders of Sinai God uttered
the rights of oattle, aud said that they
should have a Sabbath. “Thou sualt not
do any work, thou, nor thy cattle." Ha
declared with infinite emphasis that the ox
ou the threshiug-floor should have the priv
ilege of eating some of the grain as he trod
it out, and muzzling was forbidden. If
