FHE OMAHABEE. .
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THE NATION'S LOSS.
'Sadden ' Death of Timothy 0.
Howe , Postmaster Genera1 ,
The Veteran Senator Pauses
at KenosbaWJB- |
coneiu.
Brief Bketou of Hia Eventful
L fa from Ohildhcod to
the Grave ,
la tha Cabinet
Shocked 1 > y the Sad In-
tolligonor.
'Special Dtipttchei to Tna Cn.
MrtwAUKEK , March 25. A Kono-
aha dispatch Bays : Hon. T. 0. Howe ,
postmaster general , died at 2:20 : thla
afternoon at the residence of his
nephew , Ool. Jas. H. Howe. Ho con
tracted a severe oold a week ago at
Green Bay , retimed to Kouosha and
was very 111 Saturday , when he seemed -
od to Improve. Physicians pronounced
It pneumonia. Ho was taken worse
'Saturday night and sank 5 rapidly ,
passing away peacefully this afcoi-
noon.
TUB FATAL ILLNESS.
Howo'a illness was the reault of a
aevoro cold contracted by walking half
half a mile throngh a bad atorm at
Green Bay laat Sunday , which , on hia
arrival at Kenoaba on Monday , devel
oped into pneumonia , Dr. Isham , of
Chicago , was called in , and under his
care ho Improved , but last evening a
change for the worse ensued , and ab
sent members of the family were sent
for , his daughter arriving from Wash
ington at 11 o'clock. Up to that hour
ho waa conscious , but his mind after
that wandered , and at 2:20 : p.n. . he
.passed away without a struggle.
The funeral will occur at Green Bay ,
but no arrangements have yet boon
.made.
8KBTCU or HIS LIFfl ,
Timothy O. Howe was born In Llv-
ermore , Maine , fob. 24 , 1810. After
receiving an academic education he
eindicd law and was admitted to the
bar. Hb was a member of the legia
tnro of the state of Maine in 1845 , in
the latter part of which year ho re
moved to Wisconsin , whore ho waa
elected judge of the circuit and supreme
premo courts. Ho was elected to the
United States senate as a union repub
lican to succeed Charles Dnrkeo , and
took his seat in 1861 ; was re-elected
to the oenato In 1867 and in 1873
Daring those eighteen years ho hold
important committee positions , bolng
ono of the moat prominent and Influ
ential members of that body. His
term of offica expired March 3 , 1870.
The famous triangular con
test , in which the election
of his successor was
involved , and in which Judge Howe ,
E. W. Kees and Matt Carpenter were
tbe particlpants , a. contest -which
finally ended in the election cf Cur-
panter , will bo recalled. Jndgo Howe
then retired to Green Bay , where he
had made his home since his removal
to this state. He was not permitted ,
however to remain long in retiremqtit
and was tendered by Pronldanc Gr-
field the appointment as member of
the board of oommlssloneru , sent by
the United Spates to represent
this government In the Inter
national monetary congreaa at
Paris , his associates being ix Sen
* tor Thnrmau of Onto , and
William M. E/arts , of Novr York.
'Ho remained abroad about six months
Soon after his return he began to ba
prominently mentioned as a possible
member of President Arthur's cabinet
K In December , 188 L , he was tendered
the postmaster generalship , whloh ho
accepted , to the duties of whloh ho has
elnce devoted his attention. Ho
trongly favored the reduction of
postage made by the last congress ,
and has been largely Instrumental in
securing Improved mail facilities
throughout the country.
Judge Hore'a wifa died in 1881 ,
and the only surviving relatives are
his son Frank , his Daughter , Mrs.
Totten , his nephew Ooluuel James
H. Howe and nelce , Miss Grace
Howe , of Konoaha.
KECEITIONS rOSTFONKD.
WASHINGTON , March 25. The
president received thla evening tele
graphic Information of the sudden
death thla Afternoon , at his homo in
Wiaconaln , of Poatmaater-General
alA
Howe In consoquonoo cf this sad
unexpected event the dinner which ;
was to have been given Tuesday by
the president to ex-President Diaz and !
company , who are to arrive In Wash
ington Monday morning , as the guest
of the nation , will not take placa.
The reception to have been given a.bo
the same distinguished gnost by Sac-
rotary Frellnghuysen Wednesday will
not take place.
UELATIVIS Or THE DEAD.
Colonel Enoch Totten , son-ln-hw
of Postmaster General Howe , left for
Wisconsin this evening , aojompanlei
by Mrs. Tntton and Frank Howe , son
of the dead postmaster general.
Oal. Totton said this oveilog , after
ho had heard of tha death of PosS-
maator General Howe , that when that
gentleman was in Washington two
vrooka ago , he was in butter health
than for seventeen years. Private
business called htm to Groan Bay , and
returning from that plooa ho stopped
at Kanoaha , whera ho contrasted tbo
fatal illness. The first nowa of his
clcknoss reached hero Friday
last , and Mrs Totten ,
Judge Howo'a daughter , Immediately
tuado preparations to go to him. She
left Saturday morning and h supposed
to have reached Kenosha about noon
-to-day. Hia son , Frank , was prepar
ing to leave to-night when news of his
father's death reached him. The '
family in this city have heard nothing
AS to the funeral arrangements , but
Ool. Totten believes the body will betaken
taken to Green Bay for Interment
Ahore , where the family burial lot U.
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TELEGRAPH NOTES.
4ptcl t Dlir kl M ta Tni Un.
David Ujvls and bride are at Atlanta ,
Georgia.
The MalnB sy envoys leave Now York
for Uoeton Tuextay.
P * trick Kgan , treasurer of the Land
League , it in Chicago , "
The deficit of Kx-Stats Treasurer
Churchill , o ( Arkansfta , footn up $2'3,600
Th i straight democrats of Rhode Inland
resolved to put a state ticket In the field ,
in opposition to Sprague.
The printers' union , of New York , yester
day decided on thirty-five cents { > or thou
sand cms aa the scale. No strikes will bo
inaugaratecf.
J. A. Ulackman , oic-memuor of the Kan-
ifta lepltUturen , ntul a postal clerk ou the
Missouri I'iC'flj ' , has been arrested for em-
bczzllng samples packages of merchandise.
William Asblftou , brother of Colonel
Frank .AnbUtjn , well kuonrn in California ,
died at Idithn Spring ) , Colorado , of moun
tain fever , He ie \ea n family In England ,
The United States double turreted iron
clad "Torror , " reconstructed , was launched
at 1'hlladelphla Saturday. The unvies of
the old world will now make for havens of
safety.
Billy Madden and his English pugilist ,
Charles Mitchell , who defeated Tug Wil
son , arrived in New Hfork yesterday. He
oxpreaied a desire to meet cither Sullivan
or dlade.
The Cornell Memorial M. 13. church , in
New York , was dedicated yesterday. Ad-
drOKsea were delivered b/ Bishop Simpson ,
of Philadelphia and Jilohop Warren , of
Atlanta , Georgia
Joseph U Il'U'orsttck has nppllel for
letters of administration upon the estate
of hia brother Wilbur , killed by George
W. Oonkllng , Jr. , In New York. He
values too oxUta at not over $1,200.
Missouri Pacific train No. 4 , east bound
WAS wrecked at Monten station by a broken
switch. Tne engine , mall and express cars
were totally destroyed. The fireman ,
Frank France , was slightly injured ,
The Tennessee house of representatives
baa passed B bill making it-felony to keep
a ( tumbling house or establishment of
patnes of chance , such as faro , monte , etc.
The bill will piob bly pasa the senate ,
Judge Donahue baa decided that Conk-
ling , who murdered Haverntlck , In New
Yorir , is entitled to bail m a reasonable
mount , and directed that be bo taken be
fore the police magistrate for hall purpose ! .
Conkllng was admitted in $500.
The governor of Missouri approved the
Downing high license dramshop bill , not
withstanding thf strong pressure waa
brought to bear bv the opponents of the
measure. He prefers that the constitu
tional questions Involved be settled by the
courts.
BThe republicans of Chicago have com
bined with the k dependents and jointly
out in nomination Kngene Otry for may or ,
EinilDettch for city clerk , both republi
cans : and Dennis O'Connor fur treasurer
and A. < . iUcholson for city attorney ,
both democrats ,
The milk war resulted in a gain of 1J
cents over tbo year previou ; . The price *
agreed upon for the year IB as follows :
April 3 cents. May and Juno 2J , July and
August 3 , September and October 3J ,
November , December and January 4 , Feb
ruary 4 , March 3J.
An agent of Salmi Morse was in pin-
c'nuati three days of last week , quietly
arranging for a production of the Passion
Play , He made application for Music
Hall for two months beginning May 23th ,
The trustees on Saturday gave him a sim
ple refusal , giving no reason for their no
tion.
tion.Two
Two troops of cavalry , one of Infantry
and a party of Indian scouts left Fort
Assinaboine early Friday morning , under
direct order of District Commander linger ,
to intercept the marauding'band of Creek
Indiana before the latter reach the Ca
nadian border , toward whloh the Ravages
ueem rapidly proceeding.
Iron ore has been offered in the Pitts-
burp market during the past lew days by
the Republic Ore company f r $8 50 per
ton , delivered at Cleveland , 91 50 per ton
lea * then last year. Thla it is believed will
will break the ranks of ore producers , who
for thrte months have been nnited In hold
ing up tne price and fighting the blaxt fur
nace men ,
the postmasters at Ashbury Park and
Ocean Grove , N , J. , have received official
notice that owing to lack of necenary ap
propriation they will receive no allowance
for clerk hire 'his yetr. List vear the
A'htmry Park ctfhe paid the government
97,000 , while the salary la 81,600. The
postmasters will resign unless the decision
is reversed.
A few weeks ago the puddlers in Coo
per. Hewitt ftCo/a mill , Trenton , N. J , ,
had runmitted to them the Mternative of
a reduction in wagtB from 81 per ton to ;
$3 5U or a temporary shut-down of ido
mill , The latter alternative was accepted
ani 1,000 men were thrown ont of work.
Friday tha superintendent called the pu I-
lers together , and , after a free Interchange
of view * , they agreed to accept a compro
mise and resume work at $3 76 a ton.
It la stated by authority that U. F.
Royee , for 25 years superintendent of the
Iowa division of the Rock Island road ,
beco-neiiABaUtant general manager of the
whole line , with headquarters at Daven
port. General John Givens , superintend
ent of tbe Keolcuk and Dea Motnes line ,
succeeds Mr , R > yce , and removes to Dos
Molnea. Gen. Given' * successor U not yet
n.med , and it is understood no changes
will be made In subordinate positions.
GENERAL FOREIGN HEWS.
Special Dlapktch to Till Bu.
LONDON , March 25. During the
service at St , Paul's cathederal Satur
day , a well-dreaaed man ran up the
altar stepj with his hat on , leaped up -
on the altar and daahed the cross can
dlestlcks , vases nnd flowers to the
ground. Tbe dean and several chor
isters nrcurfd the man after a strng
gl . and gave him in custody of the
police. In the excitement many per
sons loft the church horrified at the
sight.
The health of Emperor William con-
tlnnen to Imprcvo.
* Thn second ballot taken In Gam-
botta' * district In Paris yesterday , ie
united lu the election of M. Slglauioad
Lacroix , radlol.
IVo strangers , In Havre , supposed
5to bo English detectives , vainly tried
decoy John Walsh on board a veaaol !
bound for Southampton ,
P/lnco Bismarck ia Buffering from
sciatica.
Ejaparor William refuses to accept
the resignation of Vica Admlr\l
BiUch.
Ganoral Von Oaprlvl , the newly > .
appointed chief of the ministry of
marine , has requested to remain in his
former command , owing to the opposl-
tlonto his appointment. sihe
The sentence of death against the
Poltzar brothers , Brussels , haa been
commuted to life-long penal servitude ,
'J ho eruption of Mount Eina ap-
pears about to cease ,
Queen Victoria remained In doors
all day , although the weather was
fine. Her knee Is stiff but her health
Is good.
Volcanic ashes have been falling at
* * . . . . iclm , Norway. It Is snppos d
an eruption of Mount Hecla has oc
curred.
Two thousand Infantry have boon
ordered to protect public buildings In
London. The Cold Stream guards
have boon posted In the parliament
building and Buckingham'palace.
LONDON , March 24. The Times
saya the evidence on the part of the
government adduced at the trial cer
tainly lenda foroo to the government's
alleged representations of hostile
speeches and writings of Irish Ameri
cans. Two nnarchlata named Gats
and Dnbrlx , arrived hero , and their
object is to arrange for it great conference -
foronco of socialists in London. Du-
bris left Paris to avoid arrest.
The Manchester Guardian cays : The
queen , who has heretofore attended
tno parish church at Ooborne , i ar
ranging for the c&tabllshmunt of n
private chapel there end says the
change is due partly to increasing
fears of her majesty and nlao to the
precaution forced upon all prominent
persons by the Irish troubles.
LONDON , March 24 Oapt. O'Shoa ' ,
homorulo member of parliament for
the county Clare , has notified Sir
William Harcourt that when the
commons iieneinblcs after the Eister
holidays , ho will ask whether Ltd ?
Florence Dixie formerly hoaxed the
public bv the Invention of a letter
from Cotowayo , and whether as the
reuult of the Inquiry Into the alleged
assault upot. her at Windsor , the po
lice have concluded that Lidy Flor
ence la an impostor ,
LONDON , March 24. The Times
poluta out that the jury which yoator-
day at Belfast rendered a verdict of
guilty upon Nugent anditwelvo other
members of the Armagh assassination
society , who were charged with con
spiracy and murder , accepted as an-
thonlo the diary kept by the plotters ,
In whloh it was said that the man had
sworn at the request of the land league
to kill a landlord named Broono.
PAHIS , March 24. Throe soldiers
of the 108th regiment , who were ar
rested on tbe charge of socialism , have
been found guilty and sentenced to
join tholr regiment in distant p arts of
Algeria.
HORRIBLE CEREMONIES.
Beastly Religious Rites of a New
Mexican Soot.
Special Dispatch to Till Bn.
DKNVKU , Ool. , March 25 The Her
mane penttont Is a fanatic religions
sect , numbering about 2,000 , in the
territory of Now Mexico , who boiievo
In periodical atonement of ain by in
flicting ou the body agonizing tortures.
They inhabit principally but four
counties In the territory. Great care
is taken to prevent discovery of their
identity by spectators and all are
masked while conducting the annual
pouanco. A body of the ponnnta re-
aide at Ii3B Gclegos , a smill Moxlcuu
village near Alberquerquo. Friday
morning the ceremonies were Inaugu
rated by Introducing a prooeaaion con
taining about thirty men nnd women ,
The procession of purification
by torture began at 10
o'clock. Five men , naked
to the-walstp barefooted * nnd
black hoods to conceal their identity ,
were seen to issue from an adobe
lodge housaof thosectledby | the master
of ceremonies carrying a veritable cat' '
o'-nino tails. Two huge wooden
crosses , weighing two hundred and
fifty pounds each , were placed on their
naked shoulders of the two self-tortur
ers , tbo sharp edges cutting Into the na j.
ked 11 jshcausing the blood to sport ont
and drop to the ground. One penitent
produced a sharp goad , which he
thrnat Into the flesh of fellow sufferers
from time to time while the procession
moved up the street , to a wild gibber
ish chant in Spanish. Halting once ,
the crosses were transferred to others'
shoulders , the attendants apply
ing the rawhide whips mercilessly 'i
each blow taking off the akin and biia
of flash. The procession took .its
way to a good half mile away. Dor-
Ing the march not a groan was heard
or a word spoken , but just before
reaching the goal , a small adobe hut
the ordeal encountered tried the
nerves of the boldest. For some dis
tance before the door cactus had been
strewn thickly on the ground , and as
the barefooted cross bearers approach isi
ed It one hesitated. Instantly a half
dozan whips descended on his bare
shoulders and with a bonnd he sprang |
into the cacti. His every stop and
that of hia followers waa > marked
with blood. As the torture
grow more terrible the chant
grew lender , and the lashes fell with ;
moro vigor. Reaching the door of
the house they were , lost sight of.
Sentinels guarding the entrance and
only broken whips and pools of blood
bear witness to what transpired with
in. Issuing from the house , the pro
cession reformed and turned" to the
honae ot worship , and ao the horrify
ing exercises wore continued , one
batch of penitents succeeding another
until night , when a grand procession
and chant wound np the exercises for
the day. During these marches to i\nd
from the boose of rofngo the scene * at
times was too sickening for dea'crlp-
tlon. Powerful men submitted tholr
bodies to ba most mercilessly flogged ,
until iu some Instances the bare mus
cles had been IBry
seen , covering every
blow. The whole proceedings were rya
Biva o attempt to honor the Easter
season. Hitherto the men made no
attempt to check the wild exorcises ,
althoneh one penitent , who throw an
other bearing a croaB Into the rlvor
near San Juan and drowned him , was
lynched by Infuriated witneascs.
the MUiiislpnl Flood.
Special Dispatch to Tui Um \
NEW OULKANS , March 25. The
Picayune's Thobadeaux special says
the crevasses arojoloaod. But little
damage waa done the town. It will
soon be free of water ,
Officers of the s'eamboat Alexandria
report the water pouring over the
levee at some plantations , covering the
fields. This seems to Indicate that
the flood level below
Bonnet Carre haa
been raised.
Consignment of "onion sets" will
be sold cheap. JOHN G. Wiius.
m20-Gt
REVELATION A DHIR FAOT.
The Religion of Christ Com
pared with To-dayVi Ma-
tertaltem. " *
?
Unbelief the Moat "Desolate ,
Dismal and QhoBllSelT'bf
Time's Phenomena.
Iieotnro of Father Calww.at Holy
Family Church
Rov. H. M. Calmer , 8. J. , < of St.
Louis , delivered hia lecture on "Re
velation , a Divlno Fact , " In the
ohuroh of the Holy Family last bvon-
Ins Dosplto the unplua&antcondition
of the atrcota , the nttondano'o waa
largo , Indeed filling the opa'qloaa body
of the church. It was an excellent
tribute to the ability cf the gentleman
Father Calmer has not boon unoccu
pied eince hia arrival In this city ! lie.
,
aidea hia looturo on St. Patrick , and
the ono of which a oynopjls la herewith
presented , the rovnrond gentleman haa
delivered several oormona at Intervals
during the Holy Week , just closed , In
all of thcao his shining qualities as an
elocutionist , ntudont and orator/ / have
boon greatly displayed.
In the Icoturo last evening .thoeo
features wore not losa notlceab'lo ' than
In hia previous efforts. Fatherjp lm-
or returns in n day or two to St. Louis ,
Ho will long bo remembered by many
of our people , as ono of the tuoaVsno-
coraful of the pulpit orators who have
visited us.
In opening hia lecture , Father Calmer
mor said : It Is a singular fact , that
free-thinking has made no original ad
vance. The difference proposed ] and
the arguments If assertion ! iipado
palatable to the crowd by saroaHO and
broad faced humor can bo called hu
mor are aa threadbare as a well-Worn
garment. What the infidel of to-day
advances Is a rehearsal of what Thos.
Palno said in his "Ago of Ruion1 ;
and the contents of that work is a now
dressing np of Voltalra and the ency-
ole { IK Jlata of the seventeenth century ,
the fore runners of whom were the ra-
tionallsta ot the middle agearhosa
champion of old was Paracelsus , Vhoeo
precursor was ho of whom the -fciso-
man spoakt : "Tho fool hath taicl in
hia heart there la no God. To-day lot
ua crown oursdvos with roses , for to
morrow wo slull o'io. " This'W the
genealogy of froa-thlnklng. BsftTwhy
has it made no original advauc1 * ' ' ' "
advance It has mado. It is a d
dlamal , nay ono of the gbaa' '
time's that the
phenomena , pgvmtuof
of unbelief is making oonverMJP-and ,
to the beat of my knowledge ? * ! ' ntu
not speaking at random. 'It'Sf'teUD
has watchful eyes nnd u wish "to1 ob
serve , let him 0.0 in any eo'cioty' ba-
ypnd that of a sinp.ln st ond\1 ( ; - 11
see the signs all around him of con
versions to the modern apostasy. Aa
some ono has strikingly Bald , that In
tropical forests one can almost hoar
the vegetation growing , so one may
also say that nowadays ono can hoar
faith decaying , The causes of this.
decay , says a late gifted writer , have
been maturing for 300 years , ever
since the Protestant roiormatlon , and
tholr effects prophesied for f > 0 ; indeed
not prophesied only , but In some de
gree accompliahed. But what is now
beginning is their general action ,
Hitherto they have Influenced few
except the so-called professed think *
ers. Now their work la beginning on
the maas of the people , whoae varioua
powers of thinking may bo great or
small , but whoso special occupation Is
not thought. "Thoro seemed to be , "
said the lecturer , "a power In the air
aronud ua , by which faith la paralycad.
They that boast of the progress of the
century imagine that tholr Intellects
have acquired a now vigor and a
clearer vision ; but the result of its
growth is , with many , to have made
it an Incubus and it lies upon all
their deepest hopes and wishes
Like a weight
Heavy aa f rest and deep almost ai life.
Advance , therefore , but why not
original ? This remits partly from
the natural limitations of the system
( If so chaotic a medley as free thought
deserves the name ) as regards Ameri
can free thinking , from the metaphys
ical character of the American Intel
lect. A practical people by eminence ,
we deem it loss of tlmo and power to
speculate about questions , which rea
son tells ns must bo settled , if at all , by
faota and historical evidence. Reve
lation is simply a question of fact , to
bo proved as all fasts are , by oompo
tent testimony. "
"It Is clear that to confuse the fao jt
and record of revelation with the na
tnro of Its contenta , la to bo guilty Df
a sophism. Yet that is what thi
apostles of .unbollof have boon , and
are still doing. The confusion which
euanos from keeping theao two idoai
separate , run throngh all the answpri
and rejoinders which have wearied
the roadorn of the literature of free
thought. The simple question ata
should bo Insisted on , la : Is charity a i
divlno revelation ? In other words , ' la 1
the revelation , of which Christianity I
h the supreme embodiment , and of
which the Catholic church la the con -
crete exemplification , a divine fact ? '
'If , " aald the lecture , "wo are one
convinood that revelation or Chris -
tlanty la a dlvino fact , no matte :
what bo the dlflioultloj , It la mos
rational to eubmlt our intellect id
submit our will to the tenets of Its
belief. "
In support of the affirmative ana wo
to the quoatlon , the lecturer proposed
the argument which , ho claimed , had
never neon answered , that Christianity
or Catholicity is a divlno fact because
Its universal propagation and conservation
vation are the fulfilment of the proph
ecy , and the great standing miracle In
the moral order ,
"It must be evident to everyone
that If God sanctions a religion by
sealing It with hU divine ilgnet ring
a miracle that religion must como
From God , and , therefore , bo a divine
revealed fact , whloh forces man In the
noral order , to submit his will to Its
; onots by an act of faith. Moreover ,
that prophecy la a miracle , and the
[ iilfilmont of a prophecy , aa displayed
in the propagation and conservation of
Qhrlstlanlty , Is a striking proof which
boars along with It the best founded
conviction of the divinity preached to
the world by L0hrlst and Ills apes
tles. "
Thorovorond gentleman then defined
prophecy , which ho claimed to bo a
certain predictm of a future ovoat ,
00w
which cannot bo known through
natural media ; it must , therefore , bean
ai event , the fulfillment of whloh la
dependent on the free action of ninn ;
itni [ Is an event , therefore , the knowl
udco of whloh can only bo Imparted by
God to the prophetic
"If , therefore , God nlono cau
prophear ' , prophecy is , In regard to the
oulirmatlon of u religion to ba Insti
tuted and founded , a positive Inten
tion i by whloh wo are enabled toroobg-
ntzo thu divine origin of a religion. "
It follows upon this brief analysis
of the nature of prophecy that , if the
propagation and conservation of
Christianity were prophcolod , and that
prophecy fulfilled , that wo have in this
faot an [ undeniable and Irrefragable
proof that Christ waa God , and the
religion Ho and Hia apostles preached
to the world was divine in its origin ,
and the doottino it proposed divinely
revealed
The lecturer then enumerated many
of the most notable prophecies , and
showed bow they had been confirmed
by history oven to our tlmo , suppleIf
mentlng the proof by well-known oxsj
tracts from Draper and Macanly.
In enlarging upon the divinity of
Christianity , the reverend gentleman
adverted to the unparalleled sncooas
which accompanied its diffusion
throngh successive generations , whloh
BUCCBBS bo hold must convince every
impartial and unbiassed thinker that
Jesus Christ , the man God , was tha
author , Its guardian and protootorand
that the Catholic church , which is the
living organism of that Christianity ,
has the sanction of high heaven and
Is divlno.
If the church were human , wo
would naturally expect to find In her
history the evidence of decay , decline
and dissolution which are mot In all
merely human institutions. Chris *
tiaus , ho claimed , were willing to roat
the issue upon the application of this
test , and were content that oven the
most bitter adversaries of the church
should make the application.
Thu lecturer then viewed tho.church
struggling and triumphing during a
weary pilgrimage of nearly two thous
and years , and pronounced It ovldeuco
of thu most rcsni.tkablo fact In history.
And in confiriintlou ) of this belief ho
reviewed the poachers of Christianity
and contrasted them with the power
ful ouoa on earth. Ho then referred
to the nature of the doctrines they
taught , many of them transcending
thu limited capacity of a naturally
proud and aiplrlng reason ; to the
morality which waa as severe as it was
unbuncur g in 1'u exactions , whloh re-
< [ uir.ed tu Bbcrilioo of every Irregular
pfictlco'nnd'every Inveterate vice.
How difficult the task ! How Impossl-
ole , ia more human ground , for these
apostles , weak and unlettered men in
the eyes of the world , to have boon
successful ! Their triumphs , however ,
was a miracle , beoauso it could only
have boon wrought by the dlvino
power and assistance of God.
The speaker then gave a graphic
and eloquent description of the en
try of Peter to Borne , . the struggles
of Christianity with paganism , the
success of the former and the over
throw of the latter after a contoat of
many oentmiea , Introducing in the
review , appropriate references to later
times , and concluding a folio ITS :
The church has walked patiently
and lovingly , bearing her crown of
thorns like her heavenly bridegroom ;
she has been often scourged aa he waa
throngh many a blood stained Jorns-
lorn ; but , like him , she boars a charmed -
ed life , "Doomed to death but fated
uottodlo , " A pilgrim of faith and
love , with her homo iu 'the heavenr ,
she oaks only a free passage throngh
the world , and though the world and
its powers oppose , Immortality U
written on her brow , and she will wear
for evermore the laurel wreath of
glorious triumph which she has worn
for nineteen centuries.
THE JUNIOR PUMPED.
Senator Mandereon'a Vlewa on Laprod
Land a rants and High License.
Clildifo Tribune.
United States Senator Charles F ,
Mandorson , of Nebraska , was at the
Grand Pacific a short tlmo yesterday ,
on his way home from Washington ,
and was seen by a Tribune reporter.
"There have been some changes In
the Federal officeholders to your
atate , " aald the reporter.
"Yea , a few , " replied the senator.
"Any political algnifioanno In them ? ' '
"No ; none that I know of "
"No paying off of old scorea ? "
"Nothing of the kind. Vou see ,
Judge Post has replaced Judge
Cronnso as collector of internal rev-
onno and D. D , Stnpheneou has boon
made surveyor general In the place
of George H. Smith. The change was
brought about simply because Wraith's
term ha'l expired , and It waa a good
thing to have a little rotalion. And
then Judge Orounso Is a good lawyer
and an ox-member of congress , and
ho can make rnoro practicing law. "
Oh , no ; everybody was satisfied. "
"Will there bo any moro political
swapping of hoadB of ollhes In the
statel"
"I guess none of any Importance. „
LAI'SKI ) LAND (1IUNTH.
"What are your views on the lapsed
land grants question ! "
"I have not given that subject ;
much consideration yet. However ,
the matter of railroad laud grants Is a
serious question In our state , the
railroad companies paying no taxes on
thorn , becauae they allow the title to
remain in the United Btatoa until they
sell them. This works a serious
Injury to tbo Btate , because the rail-
road * are In possession of the lands
and pay nothing towards the support
of the state government from them.
The Union Pacific , the Burlington &
Mlwourl River In Nobraaka , and the
Northern Pacific railroads are the
interested parties. It will require
congressional legislation to make the
companies pay taxes. "
"Will you work to bring this about ? "
"I will , of course. The railroad
oumpanloa rather expect just such
legislation , and It la In the line of fair
treatment , to whloh , certainly , they
cau't object. "
man LICENCE.
"By the way , howdoca high license
operate In your state ? "
"Wo have the best liquor law In the
Unltid States , and Its operatlonsjfur-
ulsh excellent roanlta. The license In
cities for each saloon is $1,000 per
year , and In the little towns $300 per
year. Omaha had 1 CO saloons before
the license law wont Into effect , and
eomo of them were pretty bad , too.
Now wo have only ninety saloons.
With 1GO saloons the revenue from
them was only $10,000 , and with only
ninety , the revenue Is ? ! )0,000. ) whloh
is so much for the school fund. The
law is of largo benefit to the body
politic of the state , In that It has cut off
all the little low doggeries , whloh
were the ones that mndu our troubles ,
nnd the character of the men who
keep saloons la better. They are moro
careful. They had to glvo a largo bond
$5,000 and no saloon-keeper la al
lowed to go on another saloon-keeper's
bond , so that there Is no reciprocity
between them in this way , which is a
good feature of the lair. Wo feel
good over the failure of prohibition In
Iowa and Kansas , for our hlgh-liconso
system gives us control of the liquor
traffic , and It lessons many of Its evils.
You ought to have just such a law In
your < state. "
"What do yon think of the political
outlook ? "
"It Is yet too early ( o | predht any
thing aa to 1884 There is yet a long
session of congress to Intervene. I
think , however , that the prospects for
republican success are very good. "
civil , BRUVIOB.
"Will the civil service commission
bo of any practical benefit ) "
"I haven't mot any of the gentlemen
constituting it to talk to them linco
they were appointed. It Is the In
auguration of an experiment' There
are a great many difficulties to bo
overcome. The average politician
does not llko civil service reform , but
It Is certainly a stop In the right dlroo
tlon. It relieves , or proposes to relieve
lievo ) | , senators and congressmen from
the t plaaosookcrs , who are really the
bane of a congressman's existence.
Mr. Eaton , the president of the com-
mlaftlon , Is a man who nan. given the
oubjcct much study , and ho Is the best
man In the country to langnrato the
experiment. I don't know anything
about the othtr members of the com
mission. "
PLYMOUTH'S PROTEST.
The Malagaesy Embassy atBeoohora
Church.
Special Dlipatch to TUB IlK .
NEW YOHK , March 25. The mem
bers j of the Malagassytymbauy attend
at - .
Beeoh'erV 'church to-day ; Mr. 'Beech-
er spoke of their oppression and the
Intrusion from foreign source , and
said i , while this country could not In
terfere i between nations of the Old
World , the Christian world should
raho Its voice In protest. After Mr.
Boochor had spoken , the chief of the
embassy replied iu his native tongue ,
which was Interpreted to the congre
gation. j Ho spoke of his nation striv
ing to ralsn in the scale of civilization ,
and prayed that the intentions of
Franco might bo frustrated and his
nation i bo permitted to retain posses-
session i of their Island In peace.
By motion of Mr. Booohor resolu
tions were adopted giving the right
hand j of followihlp to those brethren
andoxprossing"thowarmostsympathy |
for ' "the sovereign citizens of Mada
gascar | In their sttuggle for liberty and
Independence j ; and wo protest In the
name of God , liberty and republican
ism against the interference of any
Christian and especially a state calling
Itself republican with the Internal af
fairs of theialanduf Madagascar. "
A Gronndlen Report.
Special Dispatch to Till Ilia.
OIIIOAGO , March 25. The report
from Plttsburg that the difference between
twoon the Amalgamated Iron and
Steel association , and employes In the
Fourth district , embracing Illinois ,
Wisconsin and Missouri , had been ad
justodon abasia of reduction of33J per
cent , seems without foundation. It
probably grow out of agreement bet -
t ween the Joliet Iron and Stool com
pany and Its men. _ _
The Apoobo War.
Special Dlipatch to 1 ill li
ST. Louis , March 25. A dispatch
from Globe , Arizona , says It Is report
ed and believed there , notwlthstand-
statements to the contrary , that the
Indians now raiding through that
country killing and depredating on
property are While mountain Apaches
from San Carlos reservations ; that
they number some 300 , divided Into a
number of email bands , and are oper
ating In different directions.
TUCHON , A. T. , March 25. A band
of twenty-seven Indians , who attack
ed tbo Winchester party , wore driven
off. They killed twojmon near Win
chester , one said to bo Jndgo Dibble ,
of Tombstone Anothorjman killed waa
near Total Wreak. Agent Wllcdx'
says no Indians are off the reservation.
Oaucht ou the Fly.
Special Iip ! tch to Tint Hsu.
Gmcuao , March 25. John F. Bar-
roll , ox-grand treasurer of the grand
lodge of Masons of Illinois , convicted
at Carllnvllle , Friday , of embezzling
the funds of that body , was arrested
hero last night aa a fugitive from jus-
tloe , Thu arroat was made on the
strength of a telegram from the
Springfield authorities. Ho is lor
ball pending a motion for a now al ,
but nn two more Indictments covering
other than that Imbodled in that on
which ha waa convicted , it was thought <
ho meant to forlot hia ball He ils
illheld pending the arrival of the Spring-
field offioers ,
THE ENTOMBED MINERS.
Recovery of the Bodies from the
Flooded Mine near Barid-
wood , 111 ,
Thousands of Excited People
Flook to the Scene of
the Disaster.
Several Bodlei Brought to the Sur
face in a Horrible Condition.
A Horrlblo Gravo.
Special DltpAtch to Tun Cm.
CHICAGO , March 25. A Braldwood
special saya early Saturday morning
tho' boss of the diamond mlno
descended to the bottom , and after
exploring for a short distance in
different directions , finding several
places whore the mlno onvod In from
the effect of soaking by water and
discovering black damp plentiful , ha
wont Into the south working , which
was found in bettor condition than the
others. About five steps from the
starting point ho discovered the
body of ono of the drowned
minors , water soolnd and bloated
beyond recognition , and a little
further on another In the same condi
tion. Without proceeding further ho
returned to the enrfuoo and on con
sultation It was decided to keep the
matter qalot for fear of largo crowds
assembling before the regular search
party entered. The secret leaked out '
to The Tribune correspondent , however - ,
over , and the story was told In that H
paper [ to-day.
BIUIDWOOD , III , , March 35. There / j
are marks of the destroying augol I > '
plainly visible In the little town of \
Diamond , whore at midnight to-night , <
were brought to the surface the bodlea ; '
of the minors who lost tholr lives by I
the terrible cataatropo of Fob. 1C. * - . . -
Frcm the earliest hour of the morning - v. * " * " - >
ing , np to the tlmo of the recovery of
the bodies , the roads leading to the
scone of the awful disaster wore '
blocked with excited people. Last
night it was announced the bodlea
which had boon found by the ex
ploring party would bo brought
to the surface and placed
in the morgue. By 10 o'clock a. m.
2,000 people had gathered about the
shaft , discussing the probability of
Identification of the bodies. The
water waa virtually ont at midnight
last night , enough no as to permit a
party of workers to carry on the prep
arations of removing the soapatono and
debris that had fullun In the passage
way. When first ontranca was made
ta the main shaft , It was ascertained I
the roof had caved to a Blight extent.
This canted great excitement among
those abovo. It was then determined t
It would be Injudicious to bring np the
bodies In the morning , as It was first
proposed. During the day private
search was instituted and a thorough
examination mado. While in the
onth workings of the mlno the party
oamo across the trap-door , which waa
partlyembedded inthe caved roofs. , ,
J3antiBg.\op a tbe doer th Jtpart r./VAt ; i kU , ) . ,
made an oxtranoo Into the1 pasMga iBV ' jj
spite of the black damp that almost
choked them , and discovered , not far I
ahead , two bodlea , both lying
upom 'heir face. Proceeding
further two more bodies , and still fur
ther two moro. Upon two of them wore
huge piles of soap store. Without
removing or In way touching them the
party retreated before the black damp
that was coming upon them faster and
faster. At 8 o'clock thia evening a
searching party secretly prepared for
the journey to the depths below.
Without attracting attention they
were lowered to the cage plates at the
bottom , where stood nine inches of. .
water. Proceeding to where the bodv
ies lay , they were placed upon canvas
stretchers and borne to the
mouth of the main shaft , where
they were to remain until
midnight when they were to be en
cased In wooden boxes and hoisted to
the surface. Special trains that were
running during the day have been
heavily laden u 1th passengers curious
to gaze upon ( ho discolored feature *
that it was expected would bo brought
to tbo surface , At midnight two great
soft ooal torches were , lighted and the
party below instructed to send np the *
first body. A slight puffin ? of the
engine , a gentle glide of the cage up
from the gloomy shaft , and a
body waa at the surface ready
for removal. A party of willing
hands seized the box and it waa borne
to thjB morgue where It waa placed
upon the floor and crowd allowed to
pass , Around and view the dead | n
hopes that some ono wonld Identify
the corpso. , Nearly half the crowd.
had passedwhen ( a small boy looking
into the box. recognized the f eat urea
of hia father , ana cried out , "it la
my father. " The childish identifica
tion proved correct. It was tha body
of Paddy Wall.- The face waa In a tl \ ]
terrible condition , the fleah be- < J
Ing red and white and the
scalp badly bruised , Othea bodies
were then raised and .two. of them
identified as being William , Johnson
and Jno. Hnber. Developments are
expected to-morrow , Two shifts will
bo at work all day , working their
way through the Immoaao plica of
soapatono that haa fallen from thereof
roof und blocked the passages. The
.ooarohvrs , though in great danger of
'their own lives , an far have mot with *
no accidents. Largo crowds and groai.
excitement will bo witnessed hero to *
morrow ,
Secretary FcJgev'i Condition
Special Dispatch to Tus iJu.
WAHUiNQTOJi , March 25. Secretary
Folger'a physician reports at a lata
hour to-night that the condition of hui
patient Is Improved. It li tine that
the secretary la suffering from eryiipo
las In the faao and head , brought on
by a severe oold , The disease IB aggravated - >
gravated by the lowered vitality and
Impoverished condition of the blood ,
duo to overwork and want of proper
nutrition ; but it U not thought thera
is ai yet any roMOU ( or 0 p ouUppr ,
' " *
henslon.