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BLIND GUIDES.
Dr. Talrnage Discourses on Hypo
, , critical Pretenders.
The
croaines of Thoso Who Blake a
Outcry Against Small Sins and
Overlook Greater Ones The Sa-
wr Tlour's itebuke orsucli.
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In a"Iatc sermon at Brooklyn Rev. T.
"DeWitt Talmage discoursed upon the
tendency to formalism in religion and
to hypocritical pretense in society. He
:made a vigorous onslaught upon it, bas
ing his remarks on the text, Matthew
xxiii. 24: "Ye blind guides, who strain
at a gnat and swallow a camel." Dr.
Talmage said:
A proverb is compact wisdom, knowl
edge in chunks, a library in a sentence,
the electricity of manjT clouds discharged
in one bolt, a river put through a mill
race. When Christ quotes the proverb
of the text, he means to set forth the
ludicrous behavior of those who make a
great blustering about small sins and
liave no appreciation of great ones.
In my text a small insect and a large
quadruped are brought into comparison
a gnat and a camel. You have in
museum or on the desert seen the latter,
ja great awkward, sprawling creature,
"with back two stories high, and stom-
ach having a collection of reservoirs for
desert travel, an animal forbidden to
'the Jews as feed, and in many litera-
teurs entitled "the ship of the desert.'
The gnat spoken of in the text is the
.grub form. It is born in pool or pond,
after a few woeks becomes a chrysalis,
and then after a few days becomes the
;gnat as we recognize it. But the insect
spoken of in the text is in its'very
smallest shape, and it yet inhabits the
water for my text is a misprint and
ought to read, "strain out a gnat."
My text shows j'ou the prince of in
consistencies. A man after long obser
vation has formed the suspicion that in
a cup of water lie is about to drink,
there is a grub or the grandparent of a
gnat. lie goes and gets a sieve or
strainer. He takes the water and pours
it through the sieve in the broad light.
He say;,: "I would rather do anything
.almost than drink this water until this
larva be extirpated." The water is
"brought under inquisition. The experi
ment is successful. The water rushes
through the sieve and leaves against the
side of the sieve the grub or gnat. Then
the man carefully removes the insect
and drinks the water in placidity. But
going out one day, and hungry, he de
vours a "ship of the desert." the camel,
-which the Jews were forbidden to eat.
'Thcgastronoiner has no compunction
of conscience. He suffers from no indi
. gestion. , He puts his lower jaw under
thetamel's foot, and his upper jaw over
the.liuinp of the camel's back, and gives
one swallow and the dromedary disap
pears forever. He strained out a gnat;
he swallowed a camel.
While Christ's audience was yet smil
ing at the appositeness and wit of his
.'illustration for smile they did in
church, unless they were too stupid to
understand the p3rperbole Christ prac
tically said to them, "That is you."
.Punctilious about small things, reckless
about affairs of great magnitude, no
subject ever withered under a surgeon's
.knife more bitterly than did the Phari
sees under Christ's scalpel of truth. As
an anatomist will take a human, body
to pieces and put it under a niiero
Bcope for examination, so Christ finds
his way to the heart of the dead Phari
see and cuts it out and puts it under
the glass of inspection for all genera
lions to examine. Those Pharisees
thought that Christ would flatter them
.-and compliment them, and how they
must have writhed under the red hot
vords as he said: "Ye fools, ye whited
Jjpulchrbs, yc blind guides, which strain
out a gnat and swallow a camel."
There are in our day a great many
gnats strained out and a great many
camels swallowed, and it is the object
of this sermon to sketch a few persons
who arc extensively engaged in that
business.
First, I remark, that all those minis
ters of the gospel are photographed in
4.he text who are very scrupulous about
4he conventionalities of religion, but
Tput no particular stress upon matters of
vast importance. Church services
ought to be grave and solemn. There
is no room for frivolitj in religious eon
vocation. But there are illustrations,
;and there are hyperboles like tliat of
Christ in the text that will irradiate
with smiles any intelligent auditory.
There are men like those blind guides
of the text who advocate only those
things in religious service which draw
the corners of the mouth down and de-
.nounce all those things which have a
tendency to draw the corners of the
nnouth up, and these men will go to in
stallations and to presbyteries and to
conferences and associations, their
pockcLsfnll of fine sieves to strain out
the gnats, while in thejir own churches
at home everj- Sunday there
arc fifty ;people sound asleep. They
make thftacKjucles a great dormitory,
.and theirj fjbiuilferous sermons arc a
cradle, and t&Idrawled out hymns
a lullaJvTvhllejbome wakeful soul in a
pew Tfjith her fan keeps the flies off un
conscious persons approximate. Now,
I sajr it is worse to sleep in church than
to smile in church, for the latter im
plies at least attention, while the
former implies the indifference of the
licarers and the stupidity of the
speaker. In old age, or from physical
infirmity, or from long watching with
the sick, dowsiness will sometimes over
power one. But when a minister of
the gospel looks off upon an audience
and finds healthy and intelligent peo
ple struggling with drowsiness, it is
time for him to give out the doxology
or pronounce" the benediction.
The ' great fault of church ser
vices to-day is not too much vivacity,
Unit too much somnolence. The one is
an Irritating gnat that may be easily
-.strained out, the other a great,
.sprawling and sleepy-eyed amel of the
dry desert.' In our Sabbath schools, in
all our Bible classes, in all our pulpits,
we need to brighten up our religious
messTget with such Christ-like vivacity
-.as wc find in the test.
I take down frown my library the
biographic Qf ministers and writers of
past ages, inspired and uninspired, who
have done the most to bring souls to
Jesus Christ, and I find that without a
single exception they consecrated their
wit and their humor tojphrist. Elijah
used it when he advised the Baalites,
as they could not make their god re
spond; telling them to call louder, as
their god might be sound asleep or gone
a hunting. Job used it when he said to
his self-conceitd comforters, "Wisdom
will die with you." Christ not only
used it in his tot, but when he ironi
cally complimented the putrified Phari
sees, saying: "The whole need not a
physician," and vhen by one word he
described the cunamg of Herod, saying,
"Go yc and tell that fox." Matthew
Henry's commentaries from the first
page to the lat coruscated with
humor as summer clouds with heat
lightning. John Banyan's writings are
as full of humor as they are of saying
truth, and there is not an aged man
here who has ever read "Pilgrim's
Progress" who does not remember
that while reading it he smiled
as often as he wipt. Chrysostom,
George Herbert, Rolx-rt South, John
Wesley, George Wlutefield, Jeremy
Rowland Hill, Nettleton, George G.
Finney and all the men of the past who
greatly advanced the kingdom of God
consecrated their wit and their humor
to the cause of Christ. So it has been
in all the ages, and I say to these young
theological students, who eluster in
these services Sabbath by Sabbath,
sharpen your wits as keen as scimiters
and then take them into this holy war.
It is a very short bridge between a
smile and a tear, a suspension bridge
from eye to lip, and it is soon crossed
over, and a smile is sometimes just as
sacred as a tear. There is as much re
ligion, and I think a little more, in a
spring morning than in a starless midnight-
Religious work without any
humor or wit in it is a banquet with a
side of beef, and that raw, and no con
diments and no dessert succeeding.
People will not sit down at such a
banquet. By all means remove all
frivolity and all pathos and all light
ness and all vulgarity strain them out
through the sieve of holy discrimina
tion; but, on the other hand, be
ware of the monster which over
shadows the Christian church to
day, conventionally, coming up
from the great Sahara desert of cc
clesiasticism, having on its back a hump
of sanctimonious gloom and vehemently
refuse to swallow that camel.
O, how particular a great many peo
ple arc about the infinitesimals, while
they are quite reckless about the magni
tudes. What did Christ say? Did He
not excoriate the people in His time who
were so careful to wash their hands be
fore a meal, but did not wash their
hearts? It is a bad thing to have un
clean hands; it is a worse thing to have
an unclean heart. How many people
there arc in our time who are very
anxious that after their death they shall
be buried with their feet toward the
east, and not at all anxious that during
their whole life they should face in the
right direction, so that they shall come
up in the resurrection of the just which
ever way they are buried. How many
there are chiefly anxious that a min
ister of the gospel shall come in the line
of apostolic succession, not caring so
much whether he comes from Apostle
Paul or Apostle Judas. They have a
way of measuring a gnat until it is
larger than a camel.
Again: My subject photographs all
those who are abhorrent of small sins
while they are reckless in regard to
magnificent thefts. You will find many
a merchant who, while he is so careful
that he would not take a yard of cloth
or a spool of cotton from the counter
without paj'ingfor it, and who, if a bank
cashier should make a mistake and send
in a. roll of bills 5 too much, would dis
patch a messenger in hot haste to return
the surplus, yet who will go into a stock
company in which after a while he gets
control of the stock, and then waters
the stock and make 100,000 appear like
$200,000. He only stole 100,000 by the
operation. Many of the men of fortune
made their wealth in this way. One of
those men, engaged in such unrighteous
acts, that evening, the evening of the
very day when he watered the stock,
will find a wharf rat stealing an evening
newspaper from the basement doorway,
and will go out and catch the urchin by
the collar, and twist the collar so tight
ly the poor fellow cannot say it was
thirst for knowledge that led him to the
dishonest act, but grip the collar tight
er, saying: "I have been looking for
you a long while; you stole my paper
four or five times, haven't you? you mis
erable wretch," And then the old stock
gambler, with a voice they can hear
three blocks, will cry out: "Police, po
lice!" That same man, the evening of the
day in which he watered the stock, will
kneel with his family in prayer and
thank God for the prosperity of the day,
then kiss his children good night with
an air which seems to say: "I hope you
will all grow to be as good as your
father!" Prisons for sins insectile in
size, but palaces for crime's dromedari
an. No mercy for sins animalcule in
proportion, but great leniency for mas
todon iniquity.
It is time that we learn in America
that sin Is not excusable in proportion
as it declares large dividends and has
outriders in equipage. Many a man is
riding to perdition postilion ahead and
lackey behind. To steal a dollar is a
gnat; to steal many thousand dollars is
a camel. There is many a fruit dealer
who would not consent to steal a basket
of peaches from a neighbor's stall, but
who would not scruple to depress the
fruit market; and as long as I can re
member we have heard every summer
the peach crop of Maryland is a failure,
and by the time the crop comes in the
misrepresentation makes a difference
of millions of dollars. A man wno
would not steal one peach basket steals
fifty thousand peach baskets. Any
summer go down into the mercantile
library, in the reading rooms, and see
the newspaper reports of the crops from
all parts of the country, and their
phraseology is very mufti the Sana, and
Itne same men wrow; uiau, .,.i...v.u.vv
and infamously carrying out the huge
lying about the grain crop from year
to year and for a score of years. After
a while there is a "corner" in the wheat
market, and men who had a contempt
for a petty theft will burglarize the
wheat bin of a nation and commit lar
ceny upon the American corn crib. And
men will sit in churches and in reform
atory institutions trying to strain out
the small gnats of scoundrelism, while
in their grain elevators and in their
storehouses they are fattening hugo
camels which they expect after a while
to swallow. Society has to be entirely
reconstructed on this subject. We are
to find that a sin is inexcusable in pro
portion as it is great.
I know in our time the tendency is to
charge religious frauds upon good men.
They say: "O, what a class of frauds you
have in the church of God in this day,"
and when an elder of a church, or a
deacon, or a minister of the gospel, or a
superintendent of a Sabbath school
turns out a defaulter, what display
heads there are in many of the news
papers. Great primer type. Five line
pica. "Another Saint Absconded,"
"Clerical Scoundrelism." "Religion at
a Discount," "Shame on the Churches,"
while there arc a thousand scoundrels
outside the church to where there is one
inside the church, and the misbe
havior of those who never see
the inside of a church is so
great it is enough to tempt a man to
become a Christian to get out of their
company. But in all circles, religious
and irreligious, the tendency is to ex
cuse sin in proportion as it is mammoth.
Even John Milton in his "Paradise
Lost," while he condemns Satan, gives
such a grand description of him you
have hard work to suppress your ad
miration. O, this straining out of small
sins like gnats, and this gulping down
great iniquities like camels.
This subject does not give the picture
of one or two persons, but is a gallery
in which thousands of people may see
their likeness. For instance, all thoso
people who, while they would not rob
their neighbor of a farthing, appropria to
the money and the treasure of the pub
lic. A man has a house to sell, and he
tells his customer it is worth $20,000.
Next day the assessor comes around and
the owner says it is worth 15,000.
Described in the text are all those who
are particular never to break the law of
grammar and who want all their lan
guage an elegant specimen of syntax,
straining out all the inaccuracies of
speech with a fine sieve of literary criti
cism, while through their conversation
go slander, and inuendo, and profanity,
and falsehood larger than a whole cara-
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ran of camels.
Such persons are also described in the
text who are very much alarmed about
the small faults of others, and have no
alarm about their own great transgres
sions. There are in every community
and in every church watch dogs who
feel called upon to keep their eyes on
others and growl. They are full of
suspicions. They wonder if that man
is not dishonest, if that man is not un
clean, if there is not something wrong
about the other man. They are always
the first to hear of anything wrong.
Vultures arc always the first
to smell carrion. They are self-appointed
detectives. I lay this down
as a rule without any exception,
that those people who have tho
most faults themselves are most merci
less in their watching of others. From
scalp of head to sole of foot they are
full of jealousies and hypercriticisms.
They spend their life in hunting for
muskrats and mud turtles instead of
hunting Rocky Mountain eagles, al
ways for something mean instead of
something grand. They look at their '
neighbors' imperfections through a mi- l ia(i so enthusiastically supported Mr.
crope and look at their own imperfec- j jhhs for speaker being present. Mr.
tions through 'a telescope upside down. ; juns s;lt Jlt tiie desk formerly occupied
Twenty faults of their own do not hurt i by Senator Chilton, which was covered
them half so much as one fault of some- j witH several beautiful floral offerings,
body else. Their neighbors' imper- ; There was also a large crowd in the
fections are like gnats, and they strain 1 galleries, composed of some of the ad
them out; their own imperfections are j mirers of the Texas statesman,
like camels and they swallow them. j Senator M ills was escorted to the vice-
But lest any might think they escape ; president's desk by Senator Coke and
the scrutiny of the text, I have to tell . the oath administered to him.
you that we all come under the divine j
satire when wc make the questions of ,
time more prominent than the questions
of eternity. Conic now, let us all go j
into the confessional. Arc not aU :
tempted to make the question: "Where j
snail 1 live now?" greater man mo
question: "Where shall I live for
ever?"' "How shall I get more dol
lars here?'' greater than the ques
tion: "How shall 1 lay up treasures in
Heaven? the question, How shall I pay
my debts to man? greater than the
question, How shall I meet my obliga- the chamber extended their congratula
tions to God? the question, How shall tions.
I gain the world? greater than tho ! Kansas rKOPLn's PAirrv.
question, What if I lose my soul? tho j Topeka, Kan.. March P.L There will
question, Why did Goillet sin come into be but one people's party state conven
the world? greater than the question,
How shall I get it extirpated from my
nature? the question, What shall I
do with the twenty or forty or seventy
years of my sublunar existence?
greater than the question, What shall
I do with the millions of cycles of post
terrestrial existence? Tine, how small
it is! Eternity, how vast it is! The
former more insignificant ia comparison
with the latter than a gnat is insignifi
cant when compared with a camel. Wo
dodged the texL We said, "That doesn't
mean me, and that doesn't mean me,'
and with a ruinous benevolence wc aro
giving the whole sermon away
But let us all surrender to the charge.
What an ado about things here. What
poor preparation for a great eternity.
As though a minnow were larger than a
behemoth, as though a swallow took
wider circuit than an albatross, as
though a nettle were taller than a Leb
anon cedar, as though a gnat were
greater than a camel, as though a minute
were longer than a century, as though
time were higher, deeper, broader than
eternity. So the text which flashed
with lishtninir of wit, as Christ uttered
it, is followed by the crashing thunders i
of awful catastrophe to those who make
the questions of time greater than tl
questions of the future, the oncoming,
overshadowing future. O, Eternity!
Eternity! Eternity!
aY; m. r ; :? u.",, icaucus in this congressional district del
TTnrttttfnin ne i TrM f-m TV.
,Tack-Of course, but what if her . i&. rcrelefJ ZJTttS
,ni won't consents-Truth. P to for national delegates who faor .
POLITICAL POINTERS.
The Democratic ConsrreMlonal Campaign
Committee Organize Senator Culloua
Withdraws From the Presidential Race
Honors to MUlt-Other Political Items.
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE.
Washington, March SI. At a meet
ing of the democratic congressional
campaign committee John T. Mitchell,
of Wisconsin, was elected chairman;
Lawrence Gardner, of the District of
Columbia, secretary and J. T. Norris, of
the District of Columbia, treasurer. The
chairman was autnorized to appoint the
executive committee.
The following are the names of tho
state members of the committee as far
as they have been furnished: Alabama,
John II. Bankhead; Arkansas, Thomas
C. McRae; California. Thomas J. Geary;
Colorado, A. B. McKinley; Florida,
Stephen R. Mallory; Georgia, Charles
T. Moses: Idaho, Joseph S. Straughn;
Illinois, William S. Fonnan; Indiana,
Charles O. McLellan; Iowa, Thomas
Bowman; Kansas, S. F. Ncely; Ken
tucky, James B. McCreary; Louisiana,
Samuel L. Robertson; Michigan, Justin
R. WhHing; Minnesota, Mississip
pi, T. R. Stockdale; Missouri. Seth W.
Cobb; Montana. W. W. Dixon; Nebraska,
W. J. Bryan: Nevada, George W. Cassi
day; North Dakota. William B. McCon
nell; Ohio, John G. Warwick; Pennsyl
vania, William Mutch ler; South Dakota,
S. G. Johnson; Tennessee, Benton Me
Millin; Texas, Joseph W. Bailey; Mr
gjnia, William A. Jone; Washington,
Hugh J. Wallace; West Virginia, John
D. Aldersoii: Wisconsin. J. T. Mitchell;
Wyoming, James C. Baird; Arizona,
Marcus A. Smith; New Mexico, Antonio
J. Bush; Utah, John T. Caine; Okla
homa, Dudley B. Madden; District of
Columbia, James T. Norris.
SENATOR CCLLOM WITHDRAWS.
Washington-, March 31. Senator Cul
lom has sent the following self-explanatory
letter to ex-Mayor Roche, of Chi
cago: United States Senate. Washing
ton, March 2S, 1S92. Hon. John
A Roche, Chicago My Dear Friend:
Your favor of the 25th, in which you
inquire concerning my wishes in refer
ence to the selection of a delegation to
be chosen by the republicans in the sev
eral congressional districts and by our
state conventions, to represent the
party in the national convention to be
held at Minneapolis in June next, has
been received, and I take pleasure in
answering you frankly as to my posi
tion: I have said to republicans who have
written to me and to the gentlemen
representing the press who have inter-
t .- . T ,1 .- ?i
viewed me that I would esteem it a
high honor to have the support of the
Illinois delegation in the national re
publican convention for president of
the United States, and would be
pleased to have such delegation do all
that honorably could be done to secure
for me the nomination.
To the people of the state of Illinois,
who have honored me repeatedly with
their consideration and whom I have
served officially for many years. I am
grateful. I desire, however, that my
name shall not be longer used as a can
didate for the office of president. The
people seem to favor the renomination
of President Harrison, whose adminis
tration has been able, clean, courageous
and patriotic.
With respect, I am very truly yours,
S. M. Cui.lom.
HONORS TO MILLS.
Washington. March 31. The s;ene
was remarkable in the senate when
Roger Q. Mills was sworn in. The ipaco
on the democratic side of the senate
chamber was packed with members
fmm tho hnnsi- nonrlr all those who
Whcn he had returned to his seat his
old colleagues of the house, headed by
Gen. Charles H. Mansur, of Missouri,
formed in line, and as they passed by
the seat of the distinguished Texan
they stopped one by one and extended
their eonoratiilations.
I Young Sherman Hoar and Gen. Tracy,
of Acw lork, were particularly enthusi
astic and their affection for the Texan
was very manifest. After the members
of the house had taken their departure
most of the senators on each side of
tion in Kansas this year and that will
be held at Wichita June l."5.
The state central committee met here
last night and decided upon this altera
long and heated discussion.
The convention will nominate a full
state ticket, elect delegates to the na
tional convention which meets at Omaha
.Inly 4, nominate a congressman at large
and ten presidential electors.
One delegate is allowed for each 250
votes. On this basis the convention
will number about 500 delegates.
MISSOURI PEOPLE'S CONVENTION.
Chillicothe, Mo., March :il. Tho
state convention of the people's party of
Missouri will lie held at Scdalia, Mo.,
Tune 21 and 22 for the purpose of nom
inating a full. state ticket and electing
eight delegates from the state at large
and four from each congressional dis
trict to attend the national convention
at Omaha, July 4.
Instructed For Cleveland.
Xewton, Kan., March :u. At the
democratic county convention of Harvey
county held yesterday delegates were
elected to attend tho state convention
at Salina ana were instructed to vote
for only Cleveland men for delegates to
the national convention. This county
is practically unanimous in favor of
Cleveland's nomination.
Instructed for Illalne.
Kociiester, N. Y., March 31. At a
llxine.
BALLOONS IN WAR.
Italians Much ULsturbeil Over the U or
Hal loon lty the ierinaii-Tlie l'art
These Air Ship May Flay li Future
Wars.
St. Pktkrsrurg, March 31. The
presence of balloons over the forts and
encampments in Poland is becoming
more frequent than ever, and tills fact
l causing much indignation among
army officers, who are helpless to pre
vent military secrets from becoming
known to the German officers who are
known to be taking observations from
a height that places them beyond the
reach of any bullets aimed at them.
One of these balloons from the German
frontier recently appeared at Kovno.
It hovered above the fortress there
until the officer in command became so
greatly exasperated that he ordered
some of the soldiers to fire at the bal
loon and if possible to bring it to the
ground. Had the soldiers been able to
hit the silken bag floating so high in
the air and make a hole in it. it would
have meant a horrible death for its oc
cupants, but the range was too great
and the powder burned in the attempt
was useless. The Germans continued
their observations, in no way liothered
by the firing, and when they concluded
tney returned whence they came.
The impression grows stronger daily
that the Germans have at last solved the
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iwny siuiuiu orouicm 01 nenai iiavigu-
tion. These balloons that have appeared
over various parts of Poland are under
perfect control. Thev move in any tie- ,
sired direction and the wi
have no perceptible effect on them. In
fact mat least one instance, it is known ( thirty-five of the men who have here
that the balloon sailed directly against tofore voted for the silver bill refused
a strong wind. Some of the observers to s;pn ;u Among the number were
accounted for this on the ground that jir. Compton, of Maryland, who not
the upper current in which the balloon ( oniv declined to sign the petition, but
was moving was in an opposite direction ! guve notice that if anv cloture resolu
from the current nearer the earth. I t;on ;s brouirht in he will vote airainst
This argument was rendered fallacious
in a very short time by the balloon
stopping over the military camp at
Domhrowico and then maneuvering to
obtain positions from which the camp
could be studied in detail. The motive
power employed and the means
adopted for steering are utterly un
known, but all the facts in connec
tion with the appearance of these bal
loons go to show that they are under
absolute control. The possibilities of a
perfect system of aerial navigation are
thoroughly understood by Russian
officers, but they are absolutely help
less to guard against them
It is the
fact of their utter helplessness that
renders their indignation more deep and
bitter.
A BOSTON FIRE.
Clark' Hotel Itiirned One Person Killed
and Narrow Kscape or Many Other
Iuen.
Boston. March 31. Clark's hotel on
Washington street was badly damaged
by fire which broke out at 4 o'clock.
The guests awakened to find themselves
enveloped in smoke, became panic
stricken and three of them were in
injured. They are:
broken rib, internal injuries, scalp wound and
badly burned: fatally Injured.
Thomas W. Southward, of
both less broken.
J. Stockwell, of Ivaconia,
broken.
A number of other
bruised.
Ombridgeport,
X. II.. oao leg
guests were
So rapidly did the flames spread that
it was impossible for the guests to save
anything, some of them barely having
enough time to dress. In the attics
were six chambermaids, who were with
some difficultj' rescued by the firemen
and assisted down the ladders to the
street.
In the Adams house, adjoining the
burning building, nearly ."00 guests were
asleep at the time of the breaking out
of the fire. They were promptly
aroused and every preparation Was
made for saving their effects in the
event of the fire penetrating the heavy
partition wall.
The loss on the burned building,
which is owned by Edward Bangs, is
estimated at S2.V000. The lessee. Mar
cus C. Clark, suffers a loss of $20,000,
insured.
Charles Green & Co.. tailors.
5S.1 Washington street, lose from $5,000
to ?10.000 by smoke and water, partly
insured.
AFFECTING THE UNION PACIFIC.
United State Circuit Court Kemlent an
Important IlecKIon In Favor of the Cov
erntnetit. Washington, 'March SI. Justice
Brewer of the United State
f the United States supreme ,
ting as a judge for the circuit I
ibracing the district of Xe- j
court, sittin;
court. -mLH.ii;iii" tiiu untiitt jl ...- i -
braska. to-day rendered a decision in that an early adjournment of congress
the suit brought bv the United States is possibe, antl accordingly discussed
arainst the Western Union Tele-, the adjournment question to
graph Co. and the Union I-aeific some extent yes ter day. o conclusion
Railway Co. to have de-1 eh hn the ff Rt.Lme"tf
dared 'illegal and annulled the con- t lavorable to June I as the .late of final
tract lictweentbe Western Union ami adjournment. Tins is an unusually
., ,. . ., .,. , , .,. i early date for adjournment and there
thelmon Pacific bv wmen the former J
., . , . ,. , . tj,! are man v persons who believe final ad
operates the telegraph line along; tne ; -5
,.'.,, -, " r,,,, .!.. ; ,?;: 'inurnment will be delayed many weeks
line of the railroad. I he decision u in , J
, ,1 i'.,;i...i t..... ...t -i,?.. after the date named, but still the senti-
favor of the I mtctl ta.es. sets, asiac .
A t rmct 1. .-,... ti... t- munt expressed )y the majority mem-
the contract of lbbt botween the to vs o l&u mnaml mean-, committee
companies and direct-, the l mon l -ci- ; Ls s!rnjfioant s showing what they be
lie henceforth to operate its own teie- , licve js potable.
graph line by its own agents and not
through the instrumentality of the
Western Union.
Mibt Employ American..
Chicago. March SI. United States
Immigration Agent Stitch received
notice that the treasury department
has decided Canadian
can no longer "lie
seamen J
employed j
on lake vessels living the United Suites
flag, but must make way for American j
seamen. The decision nsults from the
jirrvst of CanL E. Baushaw
here last
snamer for violation of the
labor law.
contract '
IIImI From Katliiff Hall-Stone.
Coia-mrus. Ind.. March SI. Miss
Delia Chitwood. of Scottsbnrg. died yes
terday evening. She was aged M). Last
Saturdav she ate freely of hail which
.n fallen durinjr a storm, and it is sup
posed to have been the cause of death. I
as she took ill soon after eating the j
bail-stones.
A Lunatic's Work.
Berlin, March SI. A lunatic named
Hartjcn. who had escaped from an
asylum in Bremen, crept into his wife's
i..,e, i.,ik tht; woman's threat, threw
the body on the bed. set fire to the bed. j
clothing andescaped. i
NO FREE SILVER.
Probability That the Free Coln:iK Kill I
Dead No Cloture Knlo Will lie Ke-
portod.
Washington, March 29. Unless Mr.
Bland should be able to get the signa
tures of the majority of the democrat
of the house to a petition asking the
committee on rules to report a cloture
resolution the Bland bill will be laid on
the shelf. He will not lie able to secure
the required number of signatures.
The silver men have understood that
a special order bringing in a cloture
rule would be reported to the house to
morrow and telegraphed to all their
men to be in the house to-morrow.
This morning Speaker Crisp informed
them that no special order would lie
brought in unless a majority of tho
democratic members of the house signed
a petition that a cloture rule be
brought in.
Mr. Bland was very downcast over
the news that he might not be able to
force to a vote the measure he has
worked for so long. He admitted that
the report that the silver bill had met
w;ti, .inother set back and one which
j practically meant its death without a
jjnai votc" was wcn founded, but said
tj,.lt tne mattcr was not absolutely set
tied.
Mr. Pierce was i
, little more confident.
Dllt jie anrt In uiantl said they would
'. .. . ... ....
, ilaYll nothnio- to do with the circulation
of any morc petitions. One of the other
' sjlvcr mcn however, attempted to get
ve in any tie- signers to a petition of the nature sug
ind currents ' jested by the-speaker, but met with
voor MjCCess, for, as already stated.
-lU Tne nnti-silver men are exultant
over the change in the situation, but
the pronounced silver advocates are ex
ceedingly irritated and angry and do
not hesitate to indignantly protest
against the treatment they have re
ceived. ALL SERENE.
The Troubled Ilehrluff Sea Water Appar
ently Calmed Lord Salisbury 1'oiirs 011
the OH and the President ami UN Cabinet
(Sreatly I'leaied.
Washington. March 2$. It is said on
good authority that the president and
his cabinet are well pleased with the
conciliatory tone of Lord Salisbury s
' . t ..,, ' a ,1 r. r..
note of the iOth inst.. especially as it is
held to concede the point that has been
the principal cause of contention, viz:
j A renewal of the modus vivendi of the
' last year for the protection of the seal
fisheries. This alleged concession is
believed to be implied in his proposition
1 to agree to a modus in case the treaty
of arbitration is ratified, under the con
1 dition that the United States goverxi
j mefltshall guarantee the other for dam
ages in causing suspension of scaling
' operations,
j The official, who has licen consulted
l lr tVir nr;i(l.nt-. 5n rofr-irtl tn tin- ruri-
tuitions, sanl he was especially pleased
VJ ...w j. ......... w --o - O"
with Lord Salisbury's admission that
j Great Britain would hold itself liable
' for damages resulting to the United
' States because of the modus vivendi in
the event that the verdict of the arbi-4
! tration is adverse to the contention. It'
is said that
i Salisbury's n
taken all together Lord
..s-fct.. ic t-ttt;i'inljti. ot It, tit.
caung a goou prospect ior an amituuiu
settlement of the questions at Issue.
Lord Salisbury's last communication
to the president stating the grounds on
which he would consent to renew the
modus vivendi was laid before the sen
ate soon after it went into executive
? t a. r t. I.I..
session. In transmitting the paper to
the senate the president added to the
formal letter the statement that Lord
Salisbury's reply was satisfactory to
this government and he was preparing
' a suitable response.
POSSIBLY BY JUNE I.
It Is Thought That Coiigro" May Ailjoum
IJyTlmt Date.
WASHiNOTON.March 21). The Springer
free wool bill will be brought to a vote-
J April 22 or 2:; unless there should be a
' hitch in the present programme. I he
binding twine and cotton bagging bilLs.
will then be pushed to a vote us
soon as possible to be followed per
haps by other specific bills attacking
separate items of the McKinley
law. With these measures disposed of
in the house and the appropriation bills
in excellent shape so far as the bonse is
" ..--"---"l ."."- -;
concerned, the democratic majority of
the ways and means committee believe
Reduction or Tin rhsle Ilety.
Washington, March 23. Thu ways
and means committee- to-day deci
ded to report favorably to the house
the.Uuntins- bill, which reduces the
duty on tin plate froai 2 2-10 to L
per cent, per pound. The bill also pro-
vides for the payment of a rebate equal
to the difference between the present
and the proposed duty on unbrokeu
packages of plate Issld by importers or
consumers October next, when the uct
or
t
would go into effect. A further prwi.-
sion makes tin plate-duty free after e
Uber 1, 1S5M.
Annoying Jay Gould's Family.
Nkw York, March 29. John Iznde-
mann, the crznk, who on Decerdaer
last demanilrd the brains of Cornelius
Vanderbilt and who was committed as
tonissanxtv, is again in trouoie. tor
a
fa
week "he has been annoying tho
family of Jay Gould by ringing tho bell
and demanding to see Helen, the eldest
daug'ater of the financier, -whose lover
he c4eclarcd himself to be. Yesterday
he was arrested as he was entering Mr.
Gould's residence and was committed.
In court he was very violont and was
bound in a straight jacket before, ha
could be removed.
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