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S Murder trial In ju.st about to be
ri In Brooklyn in wliirh tin*
3 mdentihe detective talent* of Slier
lock Holmes ml«lit bo utilized
with gniUfyittg remilta.
The legal battle will not bo be¬
tween til© detective and a dos
perate criminal, It will bo a
long tilt bot woo = doctors and
Hcloiilists over a 7? »\v faded blood
Htains. When it in all over and the
prisoner lias been sent to the electric
• hair, or sot free, some* deeply inter¬
esting problems in the iimn.igcnu nt and
powers of the nd< Toacopc uGlI have been
set (led. It will practically l»e a tost
of the respective abilities of the Sher¬
lock Holmes hie,t of seiontifie detective
work and the plain criminal chasing
work of the detective policeman. Right
her** it should be said that Sherlock
Holmes is an interesting gentleman in
,'L book, but (lie damage be might do it
lie were a reality and were permitted t.<>
dablde in important criminal eases with
his scientific theories is something too
great for the Imagination to picture.
But this murder trial will settle tin
tpieslion. IVelt.y nearly the whole conn
try has rend something about, the mur¬
der of the old miser. Henry, who was
hacked in more than a dozen places with
sonic sharp instrument. 'Phis instrn
incut has never been found. The old
miser had a son named William, who Is
now in jail and who wtill probably be
put on trial on the charge of murdering
his father, although a coroner’s jury
has already acquitted him of the crime
I tut tli outidenee of (tie police that
W illiam killed tin- old man has result
cd In extraordinary menim being adopt
t d lo keep him in jail.
A great deal of blood was smeared
around when the murder was being
done, and the police presumed that some
of it fell upon the murderer during the
struggle which the old miser made he
fore giving up his life. They arrested
William and non relied his clothing foi
Idood stains Something that looked
like blood was found upon one of his
shirt sleeves, and the sleeve was re
moved and sent to a scientist, for mi
eroseoph examination Weeks were
spent by this gentleman In examining
the status and eventually the results
obtained were made known. The police
hoped that lie would find that the blood
corpuscles were those of the murdered
man. 'The prisoner claimed that tin
stains came from a cut on his own arm
which lie had received sometime befoia
the murder A recent sear on the nrn»
corroborated in part his statement.
The police will rely almost entirely
upon these blood stains to prove the
guilt of their man, and to show Just
how Idg a task they have undertaken
some facts gained from one of tin* most
famous microscopic experts in the cuun-
11 y w ill be given .
\\ lint lliiiiiiin IUoimI In
Human blood tlHclf is an almost col¬
orless fluid, having circular, floating
bodies called corpuscles, red and whit**
in color Tile re are 10t> red corpuscles
to one whltt*, thus giving the ml eolor
generally culled blood red in the sit me
blood taken from one person, the size
«»f the corpuscles varies considerably,
and for this reason only an average can
be math* The accepted average of the
size of tin* human blood corpuscle is
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dr
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11 ii 111,1 it IIIimhI .
I'rom n l' 1 ioto„ni|ili.
one tlilrtj two liumlreiltli of mi Inch, 11
particle so small that only I In* most
powerful niirrosuoiio can enlarge it for
nienmiretlient purposes
While expert mil roseopisls accept
this measurement as eorreet, they tie
knowledge that there is no imsitlve way
of determining that the corpuscles be
long to liniiian blood I'lie reason is
this The blood eorpuseles of many
animals average the same as those ot
tinman blood. This Is notably the east
with dogs. If some of the blood of a
healthy dog and iff a healthy human
th ing were given to an expert, he would
probably have considerable trouble in
telling which »tis which, as the tin as
uremeiit test is the only safe rule to
go by For this reason it Is a scion-
tltie Impossibility to assert after mi¬
en seopie examination that certain drops
of blood come from the body of a par
tteular Individual There Is praetl-
>ally no difference in the corpuscles ot
healthy human blood, and the whole
thing becomes a matter of guesswork
>«t « t.iHiil Test.
Yet some pretty positive assertions
were made by the scientist in the
Henry murder ease, although he worked
under almost impossible conditions foi
a cornel analysis. For Instance, tin
blood examined by him was nothing
more than faint s'tiins on a shlit which
bait liecu washed. The action of the
blood on the red eorpusel-s is to cans
litem to swell and sometimes to burst
ou in-count of the specific gravity dit-
f ere lives between blood serum and water
'J'bis makes It a i|Uestlon whether there
were any Idoml eorpuseles at all upon
the shirt sleeve, and, even if there were,
they would I s' so enlarged by the* act led.
of the, wtiter that by the measurement
test it would l»e» impossible te> say that
they belonged to human blood.
Furtheretuore, the Brooklyn seieutlsi
siatt'd that he s raped ihe stained shirt
sleeve witth a knife ami then examined
the dual tliurt collected under a micro¬
scope, The geuerally accepted method
for the examination of blood is to mount
the specimen in some fluid medium gelt
, rully recognized. The ordinary way
in fresh blood Is to prepare a single lay¬
er on a glass slide, nnd when it is dry
to place it under the microscope. The
I nlfe-Hcr.iplng process resorted to In
Brooklyn would destroy the dimensions
and contour of the corpuscles, and ren¬
der them unfit for correct analysis.
Science iin ii Detective.
Another fact which goes to show that
H'ience us a detective nan hardly be
relied upon is tills To obtain a cor¬
rect average measurement of human
blood corpuscles at least four hundred
eorpuseles should lie measured. In tin-
d'lHl hi- riiping* taken from young Henry’s
shirt no mention has been made ot
the number found or examined, but on
1 hose imlltions tile number could not
have been large.
Reproductions of photographs ot
greatly enlarged blood corpus'lcs taken
from human nnd dog blood are shown
here, mid it can easily be seen (lint to
distinguish one from the other is a
test too great for the mind of man.
The old-fashioned sleujli detectives
lire taking a great deal of interest lti
the Henry ease as they are anxious to
see what science will do to fix the
crime. Here it should be said that the
average detective has little use ffor
science, perhaps because he knows noth
ing about II There is one thing about
science in crime which always fortes
the police to oppose it. and that is the
ease with which the arguments of one
scientist are torn apart by tbe other.
The average jury know Is little about
the matter, and the wrangling* of the
, vperls leave them in doubt, and doubt
in the jury in eases of capital crimes
makes lie duly a difficult one.
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On (Iii> otlirr hand, acinic* in th**
flint's of I'-irkio Harris and Hr. Bti-
«jiaimn. both \vif<* poisoners, baa
something to do with their oouvi< tiori.
Both of ilicsf men \v *r * unusually well
einiowt-d mentally, and their (Times hail
to Ih* met. by unusual means Vet tin
seienfists produerd on both sides Mtth
< outradleted one nnoth r It was the
work of t Ii** police detectives in show¬
ing up the previous ret ords of the ireir.
(heir evil inclinations and general bad
character (hat had the most weight
with the jury. Science unaided by these
facts would never have secured the
convictions.
In speaking of the science In the Henry
cam*, one of the detectives who in the
old days had been the right hand man
of Inspector Byrlies, when the latter
whs at the head of the Central office,
said that it whmld never secure a con
vietion. The famous 33d degree resort¬
ed to by Byrnes, he said, worked more
surely with (In* average criminal than
all the science in (In* world. The ten
deucy of the nowadays, he said, was
" call the of
to in use science to the de¬
triment of the old methods, which were
much more certain and convincing to
a jury, as they were based upon facts
which could not he disputed by antago¬
nistic experts.
Hurion, !\'o< Hli«ry Anil.
To the Editor of The Sun—Sir: Marion
seems to he giving the amateur philolo¬
gists a good deal of trouble. Tin* French
word Is a popular pet form for Marie,
made by tho addition of the termination
on likt* Suzon. Nanon. Madelon. Kranclh
Ion, Eouison, Manon. The termination is
also used with other derivative word*, as
violon, Haucisson, cordon. Marion is as
old as tin' twelfth or thirteenth century,
occurring in the paiUourelle of “Robin et
Marlon." Aw for the analogous English
forms in "Maid Marian" and “Mariana
in the moated grange," they are probably
also derivative** of Mary, like the Italian
man's name, Mariano.
No doubt many living Marlons were
christened Mary Ann. That doe* not affect
the derivation of the name; it is an affec¬
tation that has sprung up within the
last few years, of the kind that gives 11 *
Idly for Eliza. Ray for Robe ecu, Jacques
for Jacob, from persons ashamed of the
names their paivnts thought good enough
for them. —.
New York. July 29.
Vim. Joe Thompson
Mrs. Joseph Thompson, president of
the Woman’s Department of the At¬
lantic States and Cotton Kxpositlon,
arrived In this city yesterday morn¬
ing and is now at the Waldorf. To
the group of reporters who met and
overwhelmed her with questions, Mrs.
Thompson was charmingly emphatic
in her explanation that she was in
New York for pleasure and that her
trip had little or nothing to do with
her work in connection with the ex¬
position Nevertheless, she talked
freely about the latter, and was es¬
pecially enthusiastic over the achieve¬
ments of the women of this State.
Mrs. Thompson is an exceedingly
beautiful women who understands the
art of dressing Y esterday morning
she wore a black crepon skirt with a
waist of black chiffon, which was com¬
bined with white Valenciennes lace
and insertion A jaunty toque of
black and white harmonized with the
costume. She is tall and stately, with
fair hair, regular features and dark
blue eyes.—New York World.
A Hitt Increase.
The decrease in earnings reported by a
number of railroads for the third week of
July was due to the crowding of two or
three weeks business last summer into
one week. Many lines were th*d up by
strikers during the first half os' the moffth.
The month’s traffic as a whole shows a
big increase. St. .Louis Republic.
Spuin'# Contract.
Spain seems to be waking up at last
to the fact that she has a heavy contract
in putting down the Cuban insurgents.—
Boston Herald.
JOHN AND
PETER ARE GIRLS.
VKT AS MBS Til BY UOIIKBII toll
tVEEK AT CMOS ISLAND.
THI MILIMi Til BI It BICYCI.BS Til
SAID TUBY WUHE COLLEGE
StiMleiilM Seeking Employment
Amusement During Vacation
They arrived at Glen Island on Thurs¬
day, July It They had their hieycles
with (hem, and described themselves
as John and Peter Cnrlston, college
students from Pennsylvania. John
walked into the cafe, and applied to the
manager for work, saying:
"My brother and I want a job. We
just came over from New Rochelle,
where we arrived this morning. When
we left Pennsylvania we decided to
get a job at a summer resort and re¬
main until September. This is the way
we wish to spend our vacations, and in
the fall we will return to college. By
working at a seaside resort we can en
joy the sea breezes and pay as we go.
We don't care how small the salary may
be. so long as we get employment that
will pay our board. We would prefer to
work as waiters, as we bad experience
last summer at Cape May. You will
find us honest, willing, and obliging.”
”1 might be aide to give one of you
young men a situation,” said the man
nger, "blit I can’t place both of you.”
“But,” said John, “I could not accept
a position unless my brother Peter got
a job here too. You might give half my
salary to Pete and let him work for his
board.”
John pleaded so urgently that the man¬
ager agreed to find employment for
both John wes put to work ill the
<• afe, nnd Peter was sent lo the aqua
rinm where he wn a -- igned to feed tIn¬
lisli mid do chores about the place. In
accepting the jobs John and Pete slipti
lilted that they • l.oiild sleep in the same
room in the building with the rest ot
the help employed on tin* island Tin
manager agreed to lliis loo. and a week
ago yesterday John went to work in the
eafe. He wore a dark blue suit, eon
sisting of a cutaway coat and trousers,
and in the morning, before the arrival
of the 11 o'clock boat he wore short
knee breeches, and took a spin.on iiis
bicycle. Peter, while off duty, amused
himself in a similar manner Of the
two Peter was the better looking, al¬
though John was not homely by any
menns Both were lightly built, of
dark complexion, and both had dark
eyes and short eiirlv hair The other
employes In the cafe referred to them
as the Cuban brothers, owing to the
fact that both were dark skinned. Both
Wore glasses, ami both were considered
diidish in their actions.
When the employes had a swimming
match, on Monday, John and Peter were
invited to join in the contest. Both re-
fused. John said ho bail m, utr for
wnter except to wash in Peter said
he couldn't swim V waiter named
Case offered to teach refer to swim,
saying:
“We’ll go in before the crowd comes
up from the city, and then we won’t
need bathing suits.”
Even this offer could not induce Peter
to go into the water.
"You fellows swim, and we’ll ride our
bikes." said Peter, and with bis broth¬
er he went spinning away on his wheel.
They returned in time to see the swim¬
ming match, and seemed greatly inter¬
ested in the result.
On Sunday there was an unusually
large crowd at Glqn Island, and busi¬
ness was brisk in the eafe. John had
a run in with the head waiter, who
threatened to discharge him if he did
not do better work.
"You’re too slow,” s;ii,l the head
waiter, "You walk around as if you
were treading ou eggs. Aud then you
must be more attentive to our lady
customers, You spend too much time
talking bicycle to those men in the cor-
nor You’re here to wait, uot to chin.
tly’cr understand ”
“Yi's," said John; “I’ll be more care
fill in the future.”
Oil Monday John received a second
rebuke from the bead waiter. On Tues¬
day morning John and Peter spent their
leisure time assisting Prof. McComaek
in stalling some birds for (he Glen
Island museum.
On Thursday a well-dressed elderly
man entered the hotel, and taking a seal
at one of the tables, called tile head
uniter.
"I want a porterhouse steak, well
done, some fried potatoes, and a cup of
coffee," be said.
The head waiter called an assistant.
The customer said;
"1 don’t want that waiter: give the
order to some one else. I want a young
man to wait on mo. Have you any good-
looking young men here? You have.
Well, let him bring my order."
The head waiter gave the order to
John, nnd John came from the kitchen
fifteen minutes later, carrying a tray
filled with dishes.
“That gentleman in the corner." said
the head waiter, pointing to the man
who had ordered the imrterhonse steak.
John was within a few feet of the eus
totner when the man looked up from
behind his newspaper.
"Oh!” exclaimed John, dropping the
tray and dishes on the floor. Turning
about be ran out of the dining room
nnd darted across the lawn.
A policeman ran after him, shouting.
"Get off that grass!"
The elderly customer started out after
John, and the head waiter chased the
elderly customer. No one knew what
it all meant Joint ran to tbe Aquarl-
i'm and got Peter Then Peter anff
John darted up to their sleeping room
nnd locked the door. By this time the
head waiter had ennght the elderly cus¬
tomer and demanded an explanation.
"That waiter is my daughter Tillie."
said the elderly man. “She is masque
raffing in men’s clothes."
The head waiter would not believe the
story, and a policeman was called. He
went in search of John, and found Peter
and John in their room. They were
locked in each other's arms, weeping.
“Yes, sir, I’m a girl," said Peter, teut¬
fitly
■And so am I,” said John; "this man
is .ttr father.”
r Jhc elderly man explained that he was
ifeiry Cnrlston, and that he lived in
f’he-ago on West Lake street, near Oak
Prk.
‘I uni employed in the auditor's ele-
pirt ii lent of the Chicago and Northwest¬
er! Railroad,” he said. "These are my
daughters. The one who lias assumed
fh' name of John is Matilda. k*0 yenrs
oil, and tin 1 one you call I’eter is liar*
ri t. aged IS.
I lay this to the bicycle cruse,' he
emtinned “Both girls insisted on hav
ill! bicycles, and then got to bloomers.
Fnully they have adopted male atlire
entirely A month or six weeks ago
they left home, intending to visit rela¬
tives in Providence, They went there,
and left Providence on July saying
I ley were going straight home We
r-eeived several letters from them, the
list being from New York In this
otter Til lie wrote that they were going
o lie away alt summer, and would ro
turn to Chicago in the full •She said
hey were all right and were having n
food time In one portion of her lettei
die referred to the beauties of Glen
slarnl I decided to come on to New
York and hunt them up I arrived in
llie city on Tuesday, nnd failing to find
them after a two days’ search. I made
np my • mind that they had got situations
i s waiters at a summer resort, for they
bad done so n year ago, going on an
rseapade similar to this, Remembering
that was said about Glen Island In
Tillin'* letter, I decided to come here.
When I arrived I made inquiries nnd
learned that two bicycle riders were om-
ployetl hero. Tlien I went into the
cafe and saw Tillie when she came in
with the steak I ordered. But they are
’nod girls, nevertheless, nnd know bow
o take care of themselves. Thank
God. no harm has befallen them ’
When darkness set in “John” and
"Peter” appeared in dresses, their fath¬
er having sent, for their trunk, which
was in New York He had received the
trunk from Providence on Wednesday
1'he three left Glen Island on Thursda.r
night and remained in this city until
yesterday, when they took a train for
Chicago. foi
\ fti'.l report of the matter was
warded to Chief Clerk Graham, in
charge of the Statin transportation of
lice at the foot of Cortlandt street,
With it came a statement to the effect
that there was a week’s salary due
John and Peter which they forgot to
collect.— New York Sun.
The Platform All flight
The following paragraph ought to be
[or it made its appearance on t.he edl-
true Macon Telegraph
torial page of both The
and The Savannah Press
“Tom Watson will run for Congress in
the Tenth district on the Griffin conven
lion platform.” The , Telegraph. _ , . ,
Whv should that worry lot
Didn’t it support Charley Bartlett
Congress in 1X!M and doesn’t he stand on
it? Didn’t he, like the brave, true Demo¬ __
crat that he is, help to make the “Griffin
convention platform?” And doisn t A.
O. Bacon, whom The Telegraph helped to
make senator, also stand on it? Isn t it
entirely in “acSord with orthodox Demo¬
cratic ideas"—to quote from a Telegraph
editorial?
And why should Editor Stovall worry
over it? Isn’t it entirely In line with the
votes of his congressman? Why, it seems
to be cut out, bodily, from some of those
eloquent free coinage editorials which he
used to write for The Augusta Chronicle!
And why shouldn’t everybody, who runs
for Congress, run on a platform of such
noble origin? No Georgian can make a
mistake. If he run for Congress, in mak¬
ing lhe. race on a platform embodying
principles so heartily indorsed by these
able editors, when they were young and
virtuous.
But The Ishmaelite can tell The Tele¬
graph and The Press of several men who
will not run for Congress on the Griffin
convention platform.” Boutelle and Tom
Reed, of Maine, will not stand on it or
run on it Hoar, of Massachusetts, and
Sherman, of Ohio, are both bitterly -op¬
posed to it. So also is Bill Chandler, of
New Hampshire. So also is Aaron Alpe.
oria Bradley, in fact, no orthodox Re-
publican, in oi out of the State of Geor-
gia will allow himself to De caught on th,
Griffin convention platform, because it
wages war on the financial policy which
John Sherman inaugurated and which
Grover Cleveland is trying to carry out.
That is the sort of crowd with which
these gay young editors are now con¬
sort ing. on the financial question.
In order to give these Sherman prose-
lyten something to think about, The Ish-
maelite will say that J. C. C. Black will
also run for Congress, in the Tenth dis-
met, on the Griffin platform It will
aid, that no Democratic candidate hao
beer. nominated for Congress, in any
Georgia district, on a platform indorsing
ihe policies and principles denounced in
the preamble and resolutions of the Griffin
con ven tion! If there ever has been, it
will be an easy matter for The Telegraph
and The Press to show it. The Ishmaelite
challenges them to do so.
If from the days of Andrew Jackson
down to the present lime, no Georgia
Democratic convention, either State or
district, has ever antagonized the princi¬
ples laid down in the Griffin platform,
why Isn’t li good Democracy, from the
Georgia standpoint, to stand upon ii?
These fickle young men will learn one
day that it takes more than the turning
of a few coats by either the silly fn n *
reprobate to change the great nda-
mental principles of a party! The Griffin
platform is all right, and no man who
opposes it has any right to claim to lie a
Democrat. There cannot be any such
monstrosity as a John Sherman Demo¬
crat !—Sparta Ishnnelite,
A FATAL At HECK
Three Trump* Killed nnd Six Ilndly
i Injured.
By Southern Associated Press.
Canton. O., Aug. 2.—A freight train on
Ihe Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago
railroad broke in two on a heavy grade
near Stark Hiding early this morning. The
rear < nd crashed into the first section and
ten care were wrecked A dozen tramps
were riding in a furniture ear which was
smashed to splinters. When the train men
came up they were horrified to see arms
and legs of human being sticking from
all parts of the wreckage. T. Collins, of
South Bethlehem. Pa., lived just long
enough to give his name and address.
Three others, badly mangled were taken
out Two of them were dead, and the
third died on the way to the hospital
Michael Moran of Cleveland, had his
head out open and may die. Adolph Suden
of New York: John Lugen. of Chicago;
Charles Ecker. of Philadelphia Louts
Simpson, of Pittsburg. Wm. McCoy and
Charles Wilson, of Soho are badly hurt.
Hurruli for MU»l»»ll*I'l■
It would be interesting to know at thie
lime where ’’my dear Catuhlnge , Is at.
The country would also be glad to hear
from Governor Stone, who was recently
made the medium through which Mr.
Cleveland informed the federal comfortable papsuckers
i hat they could not retain bestirred a ihun-
hold on office unless they
selves tor the gold standard.
For the Democratic deluge Is on In
Mississippi and it has not left this gold-
_
bugs a raft to stand on, much less an ara
of safety McCabe, the goldbug candl-
date for Governor, has withdrawn from
rhe race, leaving the field open lo Mc>
Laurin, the Democratic free coinage can¬
didate. McCabe's withdrawal was timed
iso as to save himself the humiliation of
an over whelming defeat in his own coun-
ty Democratic deluge
The nature of the
may be imagined when it is known that
every county in Mississippi has declared
for the free coinage of silver and hm<
not only sent delegates favorable to the
nomination of the Democratic , free coin-
age candidate for Governor, but has re¬
nominated none but free coinage repre¬
sentatives to elect a senator. Thus have
the Democrats of Mississippi vindicated
iheir name and character and put to
shame those who have been persuading and
them lo desert Democratic principles
indorse Republican doctrines.
"My dear Catching*,” who was a ram-
pant free coinage Democrat three years
ago, is now just as rampantly in favor
of John Sherman’s demonetization
scheme. Governor Stone, who was in
the Democratic boat until recently, con-
eluded no step out and go fishing up the
Republican financial branch These men
made great promises to Mr. Cleveland
and there was a beautiful interchange or
compliments and congratulations.
Bui all that. Is past and gone now.
.
John Sherman’s Republican doctrines are
stranded in Mississippi, and the so-called
Democrats who have been trying to de-
cleve the people are stranded with , them.
As it is in Mississippi so it will be in
Georgia and in every State wher the
people remain true to Democratic prin-
clples.—Atlanta Constitution.
Mr. Smith's CampBlgn.
Brunswick Times The latest freak of
discussion in the gold craze organs is: Did
the people of Cordele have a right to in¬
troduce Livingston to the same people dis¬
coursed to by Secretary Smith? Colonel
Smith cannot avoid debate when he comes
to Georgia He had better stick to the
business for which he gets his salary.
Gwinnett Plerald Messrs. Carlisle and
Smith, both of w'hom until recently were
bitter opponents of the gold standard, ate
now the Southern prophets of this theory.
Since entering the cabinet their eyes have
V>e-*n opened and they have about faced
and the same denunciation they hurled
against gold is now marshaled against
silver Mr. Carlisle says he has changed
his mind, and has the right to do so. Mr.
Smith says he had not studied the ques¬
tion when he wrote the Peek letter. Prob¬
ably when they study it a little more they
may change again. Who knows?
Sparta Ismaelite: There is nothing but
wind in Hoke's howl . There was nothing
else in it when John Sherman originated
it. It was a dismal prophecy of evil that
wa-s to follow the enaotrsent of the Bland-
Allison law, and It was a false prophecy.
Not one of the predicted evils followed.
And now Hoke Smitn is revamping as
original with him this oarne old howling
prophecy of evils untold, that shaky John
Sherman has croaked out every time the '
free coinage of silver has been under dis-
cussion since 1873! Hoke Smith knows but
liwle about the present, s-till less about
the past, and nothing at all about the fu-
ture llis statement that calamities will
follow free coinage is ridiculous second
hand rot tt Is all assumption. He knows
nothing about the future—not even what
financial views it will be to his interest to
espouse next year In the opinion of The
Tstimaelite, he is an unmitigated humbug
Secretary Hoke Smith should have
charity to believe that the silver men de-
sire to be right on the financial question.
They have his authority 'for saying that
free coinage of silver and even a modified
subtreasury are good Democratic objects.
Now The Atlanta Constitution shows thait
the business of his profession—which he
says required so much of his time that
he was not able to properly investigate
the tsilvor question—continued of the same
pressing - character up to the time he went.
into President Cleveland’s so-called cab.
inet; and as he became a voracious cold-
hug immediately upon entering that poli¬
tical menagerie, the new light which he
received on the subject must have Been
almost blinding 'o cause a conversion so
sudden Now it would be only fair to
us who he says are in error to give us an
inkling of what did cause his conversion
Perhaps we could also get right—especial¬
ly if a good office were thrown in.—Butler
Herald.
A Sorrow Escape
From a circular issued by -Mr V. S
McClatchy of the Sacramento (Cal.) Bee,
and general manager of the Pacific Asso¬
ciated Press, it appears that the Chicago
Associated Press has treated the nows-
papers on the Pacific coast just as it
would have treated the Southern Asso¬
ciated Press if its plans had been success,
fill that is, It would have got it in its
power and then raised the assessments of
its members Fortunately for the South-
ern newspapers, they made a fight upon
the Chicago concern as soon as they dis
covered that It did not intend to abide
by its contract, and eventually severed all
business relations with it.
The newspaper men of the Pacific coast
however, allowed themselves to he be¬
guiled by the oily longues of the men who
manage the Chicago Associated Press, and
today they are paying for trusting them.
The story as told by officers of the pacific
Associated Press shows evert worse
breaches of faith than those shown in its
relations with the Southern Associated
Press.
After the newspapers became attacnea
to Mr. Stone's national news-gathering
scheme, that gentleman, it appears, start¬
ed out to readjust their weekly assess
ment*. and fix up the news reports to suit
himself Mr. MrClatchy's circular s’muld
be read by every newspaper man in the
South, and especially some of those who
have tieen disposed to listen to representa¬
tions made to them hv the Chicago Asso-
elated Press or its agents. —Savannah
Morning News.
They Spend Money.
Dr. Webb's home cost $3,000,000.
On Broadway there are twenty lawns
each worth $1,000,000.
John Jacob Astor has bestowed a $1,-
000.000 piece of jewelry on his wife.
Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt received $25-
000 worth of bouquets at her coming-out
party. in
William C. Whitney has a ballroom
which the panels of pink Italian marble
cost $5,000 each.
At the Burden-Sloane wedding here
were 150 millionaires, with the aggregate
pile of $1,000,000,000.
The jewels worn by New York women
on an opera night some time ago were
estimated to ho worth $1,385,000.
Cornelia* Vanderbilt has gates from
France, stone from the West, a gardener
from Berlin, and plants from Italy.
George Vanderbilt tias spent $5,000,000
on his country seat in Carolina, an* ex¬
pects to spend as much more in furnish¬
ing.
Pianos costing from $tn.a,io to $15,000 are
common in the homes of these people, and
are not regarded as luxuries.—Chicago
News.
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A Pennsylx-anlu. Trencher Arouses
■ ndinnation in Ills Town
The refusal of a minister in Allen¬
town to go to the bedside of a dying
woman because she was not a mem¬
ber of his denomination has caused
considerable comment and an explan¬
ation from the pulpit by the preacher.
Last week the wife of Henry Both,
a letter carrier, died, While on her
deathbed she asked for a minister to
otter prayer The Rev. George W.
Richards, pastor of Salem Reformed
Church, of which Mrs. Roth was a
member, was sent for. He was not
at home, and it was then decided to
ask the Rev. J. Steinhauser, pastor of
St. Michael’s Lutheran Church, The
reverend gentleman refused to go to
the bedside of the dying woman, and
Mrs. Roth died without religious con-
solation.
The Rev. Mr. Steinhauser’s declina¬
tion set the people talking. The story
got to the ears of St. Michael’s con¬
gregation, and notwithstanding the
fact that an attempt was made to
hush the matter up, the Rev. Mr.
Steinhauser became aware that his ac¬
tion caused considerable adverse com-
ment. Sunday morning, before dis-
missing the congregations, he made
an explanation, something which he
said he had never before been forced
to do He said he would not mention
the incident, but he desired to tell the
people that he was called to Allen¬
town to become pastor of St. Michael’s
Lutheran Church only, and not to
minister to the entire city; that it was
his duty to minister to the souls of
St. Michael’s, and not those belong¬
ing to other congregations.
The congregation is divided on the
question as to whether the Rev. Mr.
Steinhauser did right in refusing to
respond to a dying woman's plea for
religious consolation. Others side with
him, and say that he only adhered to
the rules of the Lutheran Synod,
which, they say, require a pastor to
minister only' to the flock to which
said minister is called, except in ex-
treme cases The other side is ask-
ing: “Was not this an extreme case?”
—Philadelphia Press.
Khi-elive Courts Sultan
By Southern Associated Press.
Constantinople, July 2.— It i* rumored
that tile Khedive of Egypt, who arrived
here on July 18, has brought to the Sultan
a present of 500,00*) pounds with a view
of eliciting more active sympathy on the
part, of the latter in the Egyptian ques-
tion Tho reapproachrm-nt brought about
between Russia arid Turkey amt the ex¬
isting good relations between Russia and
France have, it is thought, prompted the
Khedive’s action.
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