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Til© Fir© Was Siilulueit In Tim© to Sax© Other*-—City of Augusta to the Kesviio. The Mallory line steamer Leona, which left her pier at New York on Saturday, bound for Galveston, took tire at sea, put back and arrived in port Sunday night with sixteen corpses on board. The dead were thirteen steerage passengers and three members of the crew, who succumbed to a terrible lire which occurred off the Delaw are coast Sunday morning. Details of the horrible story are meagre. Those who are dead were penned up below decks, and althoitgli frantic ef¬ forts were made by the officers of the vessel to save them the lire bad gained such terrible headway before the dan¬ ger was discovered that all escape was cut off. The steamer carried in her cargo many bales of cotton. It ,is not cer¬ tain how the fire originated, but when it was discovered, it burst forth with such fury that it was impossible to reach the steerage. Even the steer¬ age passengers apparently were un¬ mindful of the danger, else the smoke and flames had not reached them. The saloon passengers were first aroused, and in such a manner as to occasion little alarm. When it became apparent that the fire had cut off the steerage passengers the captain and his men poured great quantities of water down tho ventila¬ tor and heroic attempts were made for the escape of those penned up. In this way eight of the steerage passengers made their escape. The dead steerage passengers are: Bridget Sullivan, R. Caliane, Miss Guzza, Mrs. G. C. Guzza, Miss Han¬ nah Solomonson, Mrs. Valiricks, Miss Valiricks, Sophie Schwartz, Marie Wade, two unknown children, and two unidentified. Of the crew: Alfred Hardy, waiter, forty-one years old, New York; Alfred Lang, waiter, nineteen years old, New York; H. Hartmann, butcher, twenty- seven years old, New York. Captain Wilder was in command, with First Mate Wallace and Second Mate Sweeny assisting. The chief en¬ gineer was below with three assistants and a crew of about seventy-five men, including firemen and deck hands. After a hard fight the flames were finally subdued. The surviving passengers were trans¬ ferred to the steamer City of Augusta, of the Savannah line, which came upon the scene in answer to signals of distress. ROBINSON STEPS DOWN. Agricultural Department Ila* a New Sta¬ tistician from Nevada. Henry A. Robinson, of Michigan, of the agricultural department, tendered his resignation to Assistant Secretary Wilson Saturday. Mr. Robinson is a free silver man, and says he deemed it only right that the administration should have the office at its disposal. The office pays $3,000 per year, and is protected by the civil service law. John Hyde, of Nebraska, now ed¬ itor of the year book of the agricul¬ tural department, has been appointed to succeed Mr. Robinson. DISASTROUS RESULT OF FIRE. Horses Bun Into a Railroad Trestle and Wreck a Freight Train. At Manning, S. C., Friday night, fire destroyed Bradham’s ginnery, the county dispensary with its entire stock, Shradham & Thomas’ big stables and two big warehouses, one full of ve¬ hicles. Two horses from the stable ran down the railroad and, becoming fas¬ tened in a trestle, wrecked the night freight, pitching the engine in Black river and wrecking three box cars. No lives were lost. Want Six Millions Indemnity. A dispatch to The Morning Post (London) from Constantinople says it is possible that Turkey will demand a war indemnity of over XG,000,000. CAPT. STRONG ASSASSINATED. Wa* Known a* a Famous Fighter In Kentucky. Captain William Strong, aged 72 years, was shot and instantly killed near his home in Breathitt county, Ky., Sunday morning by unknown persons. He had left home to go to a neigh¬ bor’s and when not more than a mile away was fired upon from ambush, seven bullets entering his body. A large number of his friends are searching the mountains for the assas¬ sins, and if caught they will be sum¬ marily dealt with. Captain Strong was one of the most famous fighters in eastern Kentucky. He was a captain of the federal army, serving four years under Woolford. ULUETALLU COMMISSION SAILS. They Go To Confer With Head. or Karo- t>»*an <iovernmentH. Ex-Vice President. Adlui Stevenson, General .T. C. Paine anil United Ststes Senator Edward O. Wolcott, who were recently appointed by President Mc¬ Kinley as a commission to confer with the heads of European governments relative to the holding of an interna¬ tional bimetallic conference, sailed from New York Saturday for Havre on the French liuer La Tonraine. Before their departure Mr. Steven¬ son said that the commission would go direct to Paris and, after conferring with the French government, would visit. London, Berlin, Vienna and the capitals of other European govern¬ ments. He expected that much good would he accomplished by the commission and did not anticipate any trouble in inducing the governments to ap¬ point delegates to tho contemplated conference. HILL A HANBON CRETE. It. port That Greek* Will Gradually With¬ draw From the Inland. Advices of Sunday from Athens, says: “The government has informed the ministers of the powers verbally that following the recall from Crete of Colonel Yassos, twenty-five officers and two companies of sappers, the gradual withdrawal of troops from the island of Crete will take place. After a brief delay the powers will offer to mediate between Greece anil Turkey. The powers will insist, how¬ ever, that Greece shall confide her in¬ terests unreservedly to their hands.” The correspondent of the Associated Press at Athens learns on the best au¬ thority that Greece has made a written application to the powers, through their representatives at Athens, for mediation. All the representatives have prom¬ ised in their replies to use their best, offices, except tho German minister, who has merely acknowledged the re¬ ceipt of the note from the cabinet. The porte is inclined to support the powers, with a view to the facilitation of negotiations, hut it declines to con¬ sent to an armistice, on the ground that this would enable Greece to reor¬ ganize her forces. GOVERNOR TAYLOR TO RESIGN, Teiim»»He©’H Chief Executive Will Koturn to lecture Platform. A report is going the rounds that Governor Taylor will resign October 1 st and again go on the lecture plat¬ form. Under the constitution Hon. John Thompson, speaker of the sen¬ ate, will succeed to the governorship. It is known that Governor Taylor has contemplated this action and tho fact that he entered into the lyceuin convention with Hon. Henry Watter- son, General John B. Gordon anil others some weeks ago seem to indi¬ cate that he will return to the lecture platform, where he made ten or fifteen thousand dollars per annum, while his salary as governor is only four thous¬ and. While the governor refuses to talk for publication concerning the reports, his it is known that be has so made tip mind, anil has told several gentleman that the reports were correct. MINERS SIGN NEW CONTRACT. A Reduc tion of Two and One-Half Cent* a Ton I* Accepted. Representatives of the 3,000 coal miners working for the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company at, Fratt mines and West Pratt, met with Gen¬ eral Manager G. B. McCormack, of the company, in Birmingham, Ala., and signed a contract for mining to begin on May 10, 1897, ami to extend to July 1, 1898. The minimum price to he paid for coal mining will he 374 cents per ton, which is 2i cents below what is being paid now. adopted again The sliding scale was with No. 1 foundry pig iron, $7.50 per ton, as a basis, and for every 50 cents advance of 2J cents per ton on coal. The company agrees to abolish the sub-contract system anil regulate other complaints in mining objected to by miners. A representative from each mine at the i>\naeii named signed the contract. The miners working for the same company at Blocton, Ailger, Johns and Sumter have refused to accept any re¬ duction and will not consider any new contract until the expiration of the present one. THREE MEN BROWN. A Tuff and Schooner Collide With Fatal Kenult*. The tug Paoll, Captain Harding, brought news to Vineyard Haven, collis¬ Mass., Sunday afternoon of her ion with and sinking of the schooner Annie E. Rudolph, of Camden, N. J., off the Nauset lights early Sunday morning and tho loss of her skipper, Captain Gardiner, Mate Snell and a Norwegian seaman called Bob. An Invitation To Gage. " Secretary Gage has accepted an in¬ vitation to attend a dinner at the Union League club at Philadelphia on May 1-i, as the guest of Christopher S. Pat¬ terson. VOL. V. NO. 40. T1IE SABBATH SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR MAY 16. ti’iwon Ti-xt: ‘‘Caul Preaching to flic G«nllIefi, M A ctf* xiv., 11-22 — Oohleii Text: “I Have Not Thee to he a Idfflitof the Gentiles,” Acts xlll., 47—Comment*. The power of God was so manifest In Ills word through the apostles at Antioeh that the next Sabbath almost the whole elty cume together to hear the word of floil (xiib, 44). This filled the Jews with such envy that they contradicted anil blas¬ phemed and raised suoh persecution against Paul and Marimbas that they were expelled from the elty; not, Idled however, with joy before and many with believed and were the Holy Ghost, and were encouraged to continue in the grace of God. From Antioeh they went to Ieonlum, and so spake that n multitude both of Jews and Greeks believed. But they were there compelled and by persecution to line from Derbo also, preached so came to l.ystra and and the gospel. During the preaching a man who was tame from his birth and had never walked was perfectly healed by the Lord through Paul, and here our lesson begins. 11. “Tho gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.” These were the words of the people when t hey saw the man that had been lame leaping and walking. They saw a supernatural event in the healing of this Impotent man, and knowing only of the mythical gods, such as Jupiter and Mer¬ curies, of which Jupiter and Romans was the and supreme Mer¬ god of the Greeks cury tho god of eloquence, they visited supposed that their gods hail actually them. Let us alter their words just, a little, “God lias come down to us in the likeness of man,” and what u glorious truth we have, and one fully proved by John i., 14; I Tim. ill., 16: Heh. il., 14. 12. “And they called Barnabas Jupiter mid Paul Mercuries because ho was tho chief speaker.” Ganon Faussot says that the mythology of Ovid represented Phrygia Mer¬ with curies as having once visited Jupiter, hiH father, and having boon refused hospitality by all hut two old peasants. Hence the simple people the of Lystra cripple, sup¬ that posed, from the miracle ou Paul ami Barnabas were these two gods again come to earth. 13. It was tlio supernatural apostles which power caused man¬ ifested through the these people to attempt to worship them. We may not perhaps have the working of miracles of healing soon In us, fortho Hplrlt divides His gifts to every one severally as He will (I Dor. xib, 11), hut we may all he filled with the Spirit and manifest in us the supernatural life of meekness and quiet¬ ness, of patience and long suffering, with joyfulness, to the glory of God. 14. “They rent their clothes and ran in among the people, crying out.” While wo should earnestly desire the manifestation of Christ in us, we should also tremble lest we get any credit for it. The Lord alone must he exalted and no flesh glory in His presence. Most of us are too prone to en¬ joy a little honor and llattery, hut It must, not be tolerated. “See thou do ft not; wor¬ ship God,” must be our word. 15. “Turn from these vanities unto the living God.” Assuring the people that they were but men of like passions with them¬ selves, men sm-h as themselves but for the grace of floil, t hey tolil them of the one true and living God, the Creator of all things. I have been . greatly Interested In notlelng how often the llrst. verse in all Scripture is used by prophets and apostles—us for ex¬ ample, In Dent, x., 14; Nell. lx., 6; Isa. xliv., 24; Jer. x., 10-12; xxxli., 17; Aets lv., 24, etc., and the connections In which they use it, and I believe wo do not sufficiently con¬ sider it. 16. "Who In times past suffered all Na¬ tions to walk in their own ways.” would While have He draws US unto Himself and us “set apart for Himself,” “kept for Jesus Christ,” “a special people unto Him,” yet If we insist on our own ways He will suffer iih, While to He our is eternal not willing loss in that many any respects. should perish, but that all should repent and bn saved, yet If people insist upon rejecting Ills love He will let them (I’s. Ixxx., 11-14; II Pet. ill., 9; 11 Cor. (I., 15, 16). 17. “Nevertheless He left not Himself without witness.” His eternal power and Godhead are seen in the works of His hands and in His great goodness to all, so that all are without excuse (Item. 1., 20, 21). Paul would direct their minds to the goodness all, for ol God manifest in His dally mercies to all may truly say: “It Is of tho Lord’s mercies we are not consumed because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning” (Lam. ill., 22, 23). 1H. “And with these sayings scarce had re¬ strained they tlie people, that they not done sacriUee unto them.” They saw Paul and Barnabas, but not Jesus Christ. They saw tiie miracle, hut not God. Only tin* opened eyes can see God, but lie Is willing to open the eyes of all who will turn to Him. Only the unwilling must stay blind. “Ye will not come unto me!” (John V., 40.) “And there thither certain 19. came Jews from Antioeh and Ieonium, who per¬ suaded the people, and having stoned Paul drew him out of the persevering city, supposing devil goeth he had been dead.” A about seeking to destroy. If he cannot get the soul lie will do his best to kill the body; but tills we are told not to fear (Math, x., 28), for the breaking of the body only sets the spirit free to be with Christ. Paul was to all intents dead, though in “Whether speaking of in tills experience lie says twice, tell; tiie body or out of the body I cannot God knoweth” (II Cor. xil., dlsolples 2, 3!. stopfli 20. “Howbetf, as the and into round about him, ho rose up came tho city, and tho next day he departed with Barnabas to Herbe.” I do not doubt that the vision described In II COr. xib, 14, was his actual experience while they wore dragging his seemingly lifeless body out of Lystra, and by this experience he was fitted for greater and hotter things for his Lord and Master, concerning whom he could say, “Whose I am, and whom I serve” (Acts xxvii., 23). had preached the 21. “And when they had taught gospel to that city and many, they returned again to Lystra and to Ieon¬ ium and Antioch.” Tho margin says they made many disciples. Ho wherever they went the souls were saved. God glorified and the devil made angry. What couragu to go right back to Lystra where ho had been stoned, and to tho other cities, from whence they had been driven out. Bu1 they knew that God was with them, anil they feared nothing. What denial of sell to turn his back upon his native Tarsui when he was so near home and go the lonj journey over again to strengthen the disob pies! “Confirming the souls of the dlseiplei 22. continue In tht and exhorting them to faltb, and that we must through of God. muck * tribulation enter into the kingdom 7o can only be confirmed or established 20).—Lessoj hi believing God (II Chron. xx., Helper. ANOTHEIl VICTIM. Teacher—Where were you yesterday? Pupil (whimpering)—It was all “Billy” Smith’s fault; he hipnertized me, an’ made me go fishin’ with him.