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ESTABLISHED JUNE 19 1871. OKAIIA SATURDAY MAY 18 , 1895. SUSTGM COPY FIVE CENTS.
JOINED ISSUES WITH COIN
Illinois Olnb Rooms Orowded with People
Anxiona to Hem tbo Two Champions.
HAD A REAL SCHOOL ON HIS HANDS
Ilarvoy Opened the Debate and Prof.
Lnughlln Talked an Hoar nixl n Hull
From tlin Standpoint ( if B
Quid Monometallit.
CHICAGO , May 17. A stirring political en
counter took place tonight , hardly paralleled
In the west since the famous struggle be
tween Lincoln and Douglas , just on the eve
of the civil war. Tonight's platform com
batants were two giants of the opposing sJtv !
In the raging financial controversy J. Lawrence -
renco Laughlln , professor of political economy
In the University of Chicago ; the favorite
authority of President Cleveland , and Wil
liam H. Harvey , author of "Coin's Financial
School. "
Not halt of the people clamoring to be
present could have been accommodated had
the Auditorium Itself been secured for the
meeting of the champions. The rooms of
the Illinois club were crowded to almost suf
focation when the president of the club , Dr.
Homer M. Thomas , announced all In readiness
for the dress suit gladiators. The proposition
to bo discussed was read as follows :
"Resolved. That Ihe United States should
at once enter upon the free coinage of sil
ver nt the ratio of 10 to 1 , Independently
of the action of any other nation. "
Mr , Harvey , It was stated , would speak
for on hour In the affirmative and Prof.
Laughlln an hour and thirty minutes In the
negative , Mr. Harvey then having thirty
mlnutas for a rejoinder. Mr. Harvey was
evidently full of suppressed excitement when
ho catno forward to begin his address , but
ho soon steadloJi himself admirably. Prof.
Laughlin had the advantage of not being the
first to speak. Both men were liberally ap
plauded.
HARVEY OPENED THE DEBATE.
In opening for the affirmative , Mr. Harvey
said : "Tho first reason why I am In favor1
of Independent action by this country [ s that
wo should not bo subjected to the Influence. ?
of the governments of Europe. When our
forefathers declared their political Independ
ence from Europe , It was to free themselves
from the class legislation of those govern
ments , justly termed plutocracies. If people
can bo reduced to poverty and the prosperity
of the United States can be mine * by Jiang-
Ing to the ; financial policy of Europe , then wo
can be reduced to the ramo condition by
financial legislation as a war of conquest
would reduce us. If wo are right and our
friends , the monomctallsts , mostly say : 'We
admit bimetallism would bo good If we could
get international bimetallism. ' Where there
Is n necessity , there Is a remedy. The gov
ernments of Etiropo are plutocracies. They
squeeze the lemon of the people about every
BO often. The few control clasj legislation
and the masses are hewers of wood and
drawers of water for'tho titled few.
If they soy "wo must have the same money
that they have In order to carry on business
with them , " my reply U "that the biggest
business wo ever did carry on with the bal
ance of the world , and particularly Europe ,
was the time when they had gold and silver
as money and we had neither. "
CAN BE INDEPENDENT.
This nation can have an Independent finan
cial system without any reference whatever
to the balance of the world , and can carry
on Its own commerce by ocean and by land
woth the other governments of the orld
notwithstanding. We do not now settle our
balances with Europe In coin except on Its
cotrrnerclal vnhio and by weight.
What we want Is bimetallism , and scien
tific bimetallism Is this : '
1. Free and unlimited coinage of both gold
and silver ; these two metals to constitute
the primary or redemption money of the
government.
2. The illver dollar cf 37lU grains of pure
silver to bo the unit of value and gold to be
coined Into money at a ratio , to be changed
If necessary from time to tlmo If the com
mercial parity to the legal ratio shall be
affected by the action of foreign countries.
3. The money Coined from both metals to
bo legal tender In the payment of all debts' .
4. The option as to which of the moneys Is
to be paid In the liquidation of a debt to rest
with the debtor and the government also
to exercise that option when desirable when
paying out redemption money ,
The mints are now open to the unlimited
coinage of gold. Such portion ot the product
ot thai metal as does not find an Immediate
demand to be used In the arts and manu
factures is taken tothe mints and coined
Into money Into money and becomes at
ones the object for which all other products
seek the market. U thus has an unlimited
market , as the mints are open to all of It
that comes.
LIMITED MARKET FOR SILVER.
This was true also as to silver prior to
J873 , but by operation of section 13 of the
act of that year the mints were closed to
the unlimited coinage ot that metal. Hence ,
when silver now seeks the markets and et-
Irnusts the demand supplied by the arts and
manufactures and the small purchases of the
government to coin It Into token money , the
demand for It ceases.
Gold has on unlimited demand. Silver has
a limited demand. Sliver Is now a commodity
to be measured In gold. It Is an object to be
gored and kicked by bulls and bears. We
would give silver the same privileges as gold.
Restoring to It this unlimited demand would
cause the value of silver to rlso as compared
with gold. This ts what we want ; this Is
what wo would do. We would again make
the standard silver dollar the unit of value
as It was befcro 1S73. It would thus be a
dollar , and the bullion In It would be worth
a dollar , as the number ot grains of bullion
In a dollar would have the right to walk Into
the mint and be coined Into a dolar. No man
would take less for It when he could have It
coined at pleasure Into a dollar. We would
make gold coins ot the value of so many
r silver units or dollars , as the law existed
prior to 1873. Silver Is the people's money.
Gold was and Is the money of the rich.
This was to bo a government ot the people ,
and the people's money was to be the most
favored. Twice when the commercial ratio
between the two metals made It advisable
to change the legal ratio , the change was
made by recolnlng the gold coins. This was
In 1S3I and 1837. The spirit ot our fore
fathers then Ihed In their sons. No change
was ever made In the quality of pure sliver
In the silver unit. There was to be no two
yardsticks. The rich man's money gold-
was recolned when the commercial ratio In
terfered with the legal ratio. This Is the
law wo would re-enact , We would nuke
both legal tender In the payment of .ill lebts.
We would allow no discrimination to be
made between the legal tender character of
the two metal * . We would allow no private
Individual , to dictate to tha govern
ment what Its legal lender money
shquld be. We would give the op
tion to the debtor If there wan any prefer
ence as to which ot the two he would use
In the payment of a debt ,
, RESTORING THE PARITY.
A break In the commercial parity causes
the dinner metal to be used , This Increases
the demand-for the cheaper metal. This In (
creased demand restores the value of the
metal that had thus fallen below a parity
and brlugs It back to parity. To give the >
option -Id the creditor causes the1 dearer metal '
to be demanded , and It thus grows dearer
nd drarrr and a parity Is permanently [
broken and the gap grows wider juid wider-
When the debtor has the opttoiflhe two
metals will oscillate close to a parity. This
oscillation is the elasticity that bimetallism
glvps lo primary money. If one becomes
Kctrcn the other Is used. If one U cornered ;
the otter takes Its place. Either answers
for nione-y. A true knowledge of bimetal- '
Hun nd the simplicity cf that system died
with our ancestors. Stlfiihnets ( talked Into
the American congress at a , tlmo when
metal wa being utfd as primary
money our primary money was then paper
money.
Silver at that time was at a slight pre
mium over gold. By this act the mints were1
closed to the unlimited coinage of sliver , except -
copt the trade dollar , which was overvalued
by eight grains and Intended only for export
to China , and It was shut off by the act of
"
876 , except as the secretary of the treasury
might permit It to be coined. Silver had
hen begun to fall as measured In gold , and
ho breach In the commercial parity of the
wo metals , as was natural , gradually
Idencd. With resumption gold asserted Its
mportance , and silver correspondingly de-
illned.
Under the Bland-Allison act of 1878 credlt-
rs began to make their notes , bonds and
lortgages payable In gold to the exclusion of
11 other forma of legal tender money. This
ncrcnsed the demand for gold. Silver had
eased to be primary money. That elasticity
which the altcrnato use of silver with gold ,
hat true bimetallism gave to our primary
money was now absent. If the demand for
; ; old became too great tp supply the normal
ocds of primary or redemption money there
ivas nothing to take Its place as such. Cred-
tors would demand tlio dearest metal and
he law had given them the right to do so.
AT THE GOLD MAN'S MERCY.
If gold was cornered neither the United
States treasury nor the debtor could put
illver In competition with It. They must go
o the men who have the gold and get It
and submit to their terms. A corner on
gold could not , as It does now , seriously
hreaten the credit of this nation If silver
ivas In competition with gold as primary
noney.
How long Is our reserve stock of gold to
ast ? How arc wo to replenish It ? There
s only ono way that Is to borrow from
those who hava It , and that means England ,
and that la what we arc dolnc. Dut how
are " \vo to pay these debts to England ? It Is
"n this way : Restore silver , put It In com
petition with gold on a ratio of-1C to 1 ; re
peal all laws allowing a discrimination be
tween the two metals ; stop gold notes from
being taken. Put sliver In competition with
; old as quick as possible. Where gold con
tracts docs not exist silver will
go at once Into competition with gold
and this will take some of the demand
off of gold. To that extent It will lower the
value of gold. The extra demand for silver
will raise Its value.
When a great government like the United
States says : "Hero Is equal change , 16 to 1 ,
gold for silver , " a man In France Is not
going to part with his silver for gold unless
ho gets that much for It , unless ho gets
as much for It as the United States
will pay for It , less the cost of exchange.
So that when n government Is big enough
to talco all the sliver In the world. If It
wants to test Its capacity , a demand Is cre
ated by an Influence that Is able to sustain
that demand , so that n man nowhere In the
world la going to sell his silver for gold for
any less than ho can get for It In the Un'ted
States. Hut wo will not haveto go It alone.
Wo would start with the western hemis
phere , with China and Japan on the east
ern hemisphere , and with Prance with the
United States.
PROP. LAUQHLIN REPLIES.
Prof. Laughlln , replying for the negative ,
said :
Apart from the .well understood use cf
money as a medium of exchange , money Is
used like a common denominator of value
with which other articles are compared. As
a measure of value It serves In a similar way
as a quart cup may serve as a measure of
capacity , and as there Is not needed a sepa
rate cup for every quart of milk 111 existence ,
no one can measure hundreds of thousands
of varieties of goods by comparing with the
same standard of measure. There Is no
need of an amount of money equal to all the
goods In existence. The measure of value Is
that In which prices are stated and debts are
paid , provided the measure of value Is also
made a legal tender In any country. It Is
evident then that the quantity of measures
Is not so material as the unvarying stability
of the standard df measure. There Is no
more essential need of an Increased 'amount
of measure with which to compare goods
than there Is or should bo a number of yard
sticks equal to the number of yards of cloth
In n store. The absurdity of supposing that
much money Is required In order to hav.e
something with ; whlch to measure goods Is
as absurd as to suppose a community must
Imvo hearses In number equal to tlio popula
tion. Oneor two well regulated hearses may
do the work of burying all the community
because they may not Inconveniently all dlo
at the same time. So with gold. All goods
are neither exchanged at the same time , nor
ore they offered In catuparlson with the
standard at the same time.
NECESSITY FOR MONEY.
What Is Important to point out Is that
goods , when expressed In terms of
a common denominator of value , are
dally exchanged In enormous quan
tities , mainly wlhtout the use of any
money. Per the exchange of these goods ,
therefore , money Is not needed In proportion
to the transactions. This function Is that of
the medium of exchange. The necessity cf
an Increasing quantity of money Is growing
less Important * with the development of this
system of exchanges. From 92 to 95 per cent
cf transactions are performed by this ma
chinery , wlthput the use of money , and , re
cent Investigations made by the comptroller
of the 'currency show that 54 per cent of
retail transactions are similarly performed
without the use of money. Dut some one
might say : "This vast system of currency
must bo liquidated In actual coin and money ,
so our business system rests like1 an Inverted
pyramid on the vortex of a email reserve of
coin. " Now this Is wholly untrue. We express -
press the value of goods In terms of money ,
but then we really exchange them almost en
tirely by means of the deposit currency. The
translations expressed In terms of money
are based , not upon coin , but upon the goods
bought and sold. The system , therefore , Is
as brond as too transactions and Is ultimately
resolved Into goods and Is based upon goods.
The transactions In goods are the reason for
the existence of the checks and deposits.
The checks and deposits are not the reason
for the existence of the transaction. The
redemption Is ultimately In goods , and not
In coin. Coin only Is a means of going from
one set ofjjoqds to another.
DEPRECIATED ONE-HALF.
Prices since 1S73 have not fallen because
of the lack of money. Sliver has fallen
about CO per cent , as compared with aery
mode < t fall In the price of commodities. Sil ,
ver docs not have the sam'o purchasing price
In 1891 as In 1S73. Hence , free coinage can
not be urged as a just means of paying debt.
Moro so-called redemption money by the
amount of $1,092,000,000 Is In existence today
as compared with 1873. and yet prices have
fallen , and sliver has fallen still more. Prices
unmistakably have fallen because ot the
cheapened cost of production. Since wo
undertook the purchase of silver In 1S7S It
has fallen about one-half In value , although
we have purchased about $ COO,000.000 , luts
perfectly evident there is no use of lo
United States acting alone to bolster up be
prlc ? of sliver when we have failed , oven
Ii.concert with the. Latin union. Free coinage -
ago of tllyer at 1C to 1 means the single pll-
\e > r standard or silver monometallism. Today
tha market ratio between gold and silver
U nearly 31 to 1.
The free coinage of silver under such con
ditions as exist today would not mean the
concurrent circulation of both gold and sil
ver. It would mean the Immediate adoption
of the single silver standard. Frci > coinage
nf silver would not Increase the quantity of
money. Since gold must be Inevitably driven
out , the free coinage of ill\er would result
In a diminution of the quantity ot money.
May 1. 1895 , the official reports of the gold
circulation arc $5(13,000.000. ( To adopt free
coinage of silver at 16 to 1 , when the market
ratio It about 31 to 1 , would mean the in
stant rctlrcpient frpm circulation of nearly
JGOO.000.000 of gold circulation.
EFFECT ON THE LABORER.
A free coinage of silver would Inevitably
result In a rlsn ot prices , so U would 1m-
mediately result In a fall of wages. Its first
effect would be to dlmlnHi tha purchasing
power of nil our wages. The man who gets
1500 nr $1,000 a year as a fixed rate ot wages ;
or uMary will find he can. buy just lml ( KB
much as now , U had been one ot the undisputed -
disputed fact of history that when prices
rise the wages of labor are the l t to ad-
vance and wh n prices fall the wagej of labor
_ J etho _ first to decline. Free coinage of sll-
( Continued em Third Page. ) |
SILVE MEN ARE CONFIDENT
Encouraged by the Action of the Prussian
Home of Lords ,
CALL FOR A CONFERENCE EXPECTED SOON
Enough Vote * Already Pledged to Pas * the
Murbacli Itcsolntlon In the llclch-
Btng Cabinet MlnUtcrs
Favorable.
BERLIN , May 17. The Bundesrath Is now
considering the resolution calling upon the
German government to take them Initiative
for a conference for the International useof
both gold and silver , which was passed by
the upper house of the Prussian Diet yester
day. It Is expected the Bundesrath will coin
j
cldo In the motion and will ask Franco and
America , or all of them , to join In a call.
Next week the Reichstag will also pass a
similar resolution. The blmetalllsts have al
ready received 20C signatures In the Reichs
tag , which will .give them an absolute ma-
Jorlty In that body.
Count von Mlrbach , who Is the author of
the resolution adopted yesterday and Is the
leader of the great agrarian Interests , Vas
asked by a reporter of the Associated press
for an expression of his views on the battle
for bimetallism. Speaking of the action In
the upper house of the Prussian Diet yester
day , he said : "It was the first time that the
Pfdsslun House of Lords has ever disavowed
the advice of the chancellor and Instructed
him. how to act In the Bundosrath on behalf
of Prussia. Chancelor von Hohenlohe Is
slow and conservative and Is wedded to the
old gold Idea , but Frelherr von Marshall , sec
retary of foreign affairs ; Count von Posa-
dcskl , secretary of the Imperial treasury ;
Herr Hammerstcln-Loxton , minister of agri
culture , and General Bronsart von Schellen-
dorf , minister cf war , are with us , as Is also
the entire agricultural Interests. Those en
gaged In duties dealing with the sliver coun
tries also , and the whole of the centrists , are
blmetalllsts. "
Baron Manteuflel , the conservative leader ,
was also asked for an expression of his
views , and he corroborated the opinion ex
pressed by Count von Mlrbach.
Dr. Otto Arendt , who Is the editor of the
organ of tbo blmetalllsts , the Deutsche
Wochenschrlft , was next seen. He said :
"The chances tor bimetallism are better now
than ever. The government Is confronted
with the alternative of calling the conference
or of encountering a conflict with the entire
right. The decision of the Prussian House
of Lords has amazed political circles. "
Chancellor von Hohenloho was last seen
and asked to express his views. Ho said : "I
have nothing to odd to the declaration I
made yesterday In the upper house of the
Prussian Diet , that the government would
submit the sliver question to further action
In connection with the federal governments ,
and was also willing ultimately to meet the
other powers and to discuss the measures to
be In common. The Bundesrath will forth
with consider the resolution ot the Prussian
House of Lords , and If their decision upon
It Is favorable , the conference will soon be
called. . * '
TIK.MS : OITEKEU TO NEWFOUNDLAND.
Legislature nt St. John * Likely to Iteject
Thorn Unmitraouily.
OTTAWA , Ont. , May 17. Hon. O. E.
Foster stated before the House of Commons
the terms ot the confederation which the
Dominion had agreed to at the conference
between the Canadian and Newfoundland gov
ernments. The terms are as follows :
1. Canada Is willing to assume the present
debt of Newfoundland , $10,350,000 , which Is
equal to $50 per capita of her people.
2. Canada will pay as yearly allowance
for legislation $50,000 , a subsidy ot SO cents
per head of her population , up to 400,000 )
( which at present amounts to | C5,000) ) , the
payments to bo made on the population ieDf
each.decennial census after union ; allowance
for crown lands and rights of metals and
minerals and timber therein and thereon
$161,000 ; total , $650,600. inof
3. Canada will maintain all that class ol
service In Newfoundland which falls under
the head of general or Dominion service ,
these comprising : Governor's salary , cus
toms , excise , savings banks , public works
( of a Dominion character ) , crown lands , administration
ministration of justice , postofflce , steamship
service , marine and light houses , fisheries ,
penitentiaries , weights and measures and gas
Inspection , arts , agricultural and statistics ,
quarantine and immigration , Insurance in
spection , geological survey.
I. Canada Is to maintain In regard to the
steamship services , passenger and mall com
munlcatlon In at least as efficient a manner
as present.
B. In lieu of expenditure for mjlltla In
Newfoundland and until such time as Par
liament may deem It necessary to Introduce
a more general mllltla system , Canada wIL
grant $40,000 annually toward the mainten
ance of a police constabulary , this force to beat
at the disposition of the Dominion govern
ment for use anywhere In Canada In cane ot
emergency.
ST. JOHNS , N. F. , May 17. The terms
offered by Canada to Induce the Newfound
land government to enter the Dominion are
KO unsatisfactory It is expected the legisla
ture will unanimously reject them. The
whole proceedings of the Ottawa conference
have been tabled. But for the necessary
legal formalities they would have been
thrown out.
IN TUB INTIiltlMT OF UKKT OROWKKS.
.Measure to Chance the Taxation ot Sujtvr
In the German
BERLIN , May 17. The long expected de
bate on the proposed changes In the- taxation
of sugar with the view ot affording relief to
the sugar growers of Germany was commenced
In the Reichstag today. The secretary of the
Imperial treasury said that the bill was not
brought In In the interest of the sugar manu
facturers , but In the Interest ot the bee
growers. Its rejection , he addid , would In
crease the agitation now existing among the
agrarian classes. Continuing , the secretary
said that the government had gradually re
duced the bounties on sugar and contemplate *
their entire repeal , but so longas other
states continued to grant , bounties to ex
portersi Germany could not 'be without them
or her trade would bo supplanlul.
MCAUU1UA I'.VYS T.tK b.HAUT MO.NKY.
Had Several Umjf Yet Itemnlnlnir < n Whlcl :
to Make the Agreement Good.
LONDON. May 17. In compliance with th
agreement under which the British men-ot
war were withdrawn from Nicaragua on con
dltlon that the "smart" money demanded by
Great Britain for the expulsion of Consu
Hatch be paid Jn London within fifteen days
the money was yesterday covered into th
treasury of Great Britain In behalf o
Nicaragua by Senor Chrlsanto Medina , mln
ister to London for Salvador , who lias pete ;
for Nicaragua throughout the episode J'ls
closed. Nicaragua had until May 20 to pa
the Indemnity under the term * of ogreem.'iil
SPANISH SHIP LOST IN A TVPI.'OON
Meatnor Gratlan Sank and All bat Tire on
lloird Were Protrncil. .
LONDON , May 17. The Spanish itcame
Gravlna , bound from Antwerp for Lisbon , wa
lost off Capones during a typhoon , and enl
two of those on board- were caved.
Storms on the North tea.
THE HAGUE , May 17 , A severe storm
has been raging along the Holland coast fo f
several days past. The alulccs have bee ]
closed. Largo tracts of country , however
have been submerged , and the peasanti 1
other districts btve prepared to more the
cattle and effects.
irKLL vtonitt c'tdcirtrATiNa
Far East Now the. Most 1'roMuAiff One for
American Entcrtttlini'
WASHINGTON , May 17.-3j3iisul General
Jernlgan at Shanghai , China1 , devotes some
space In a report upon the foreign trade of
China to a quotation frop the report of 1891
of Mr. Kopsch ot the Imperial Chinese cus
toms service. The latter says thit there Is
no .Indication of recovery from the retrograde )
movement In the staple articles ot Import
from gold standard countries. This he as
cribed to the appreciation of gold enhancing
prices and curtailing demand , 'which also
characterized the trade of 1893. Ot the ex
port trade Mr. Kopsch said :
"Steadier but lower exchange benefited ex
ports and enabled shippers ot Indian produce
to lay It down In gold'standard countries at
unparalleled low cost. Several articles now
find market abroad which did not formerly
leave China , and the present high price paid
for gold bars entitles that commodity to rank
after tea and silk In aggregate value of any
article enumerated In the table of exports. "
Commenting upon this , Mr. Jernlgan says :
"It certainly can not be expected that the
consumption of foreign fabrics will attain to
the level recorded when the exchange was
high , unless the gold valueot silver Im
proves and tael prices are thereby reduced tc.
rates within the means of eastern consumers.
It Is true-that the Imports show an Increased
value of 10,740 taels over 1893 , but in a great
measure the value of these was enhanced by
the further appreciation of gold. . "
Mr. Kopsch Is quoted' upon the subject of
Importation of piece goods , In which ho says
10 exports advanced Insignificantly , but not
ufflclently to show ' 'that the falling oft
aused by the appreciation of gold had been
rrestcd. "
Other reports show1 that the sale of Man-
tiester goods has been restricted , though
ie demand for supplies has created a slight
bnormal demand.
The North China Dally News , an English
ournal , commenting uupn ( he report of Mr.
Copscb , says the export trade In all
ranches Is benefited by the low rate of
terllng exchange , and that under existing
ondltlons there Is every prospect that
Chinese wool , "when Imphwed In quality
may become a formidable rival to the Austra-
an product , as the ! wool growing- resources
f China are still undeveloped , and with sli
er at the prcsenl , , price China would defy
ompetltlon from all gold standard coun-
rles , "
Continuing , the News speaks of the tea
rade , saying that It has proved very re-
nuneratlve' , "for though a higher price has
ad to be paid hero than in 1S)3 ! ) , the fall
n exchange covered this , and as there was
o corresponding fall In gold prices In Eng-
and and the United States the trade In
China reaped the benefit. " * .
Speaking cf other exports the News fays
hero has been an Increase In raw white silk ,
. falling off In yellow'silk , while that of
cfuse silk surpassed all records. Straw
braid trade continues to expand. Exports
n other directions have .Increased. The
alnc of the gold exports amounted to 12,744-
00 taels , equivalent to 2,044,025 , which Is
ar In excess of the previous year , due to the
disposal of gold holdings , whtcli the high
price leads the holders to dUpos'e of. The
mport of sliver bullion was ' 37.120,000 taels ,
.gainst 20,687,000 taels In 1832.
Reverting to particular ports , Mr. Jernl
jan comments upon the offetjt "of the war
upon Chinese trade. It appears that the
Chinese flag has practically disappeared from
.he port of Shanghai , many Vessels of the
Chinese merchant fleet being" transferred tea
a foreign flag. The' number oT'ships have
mmaterlally decreased , but the tonnage has
slightly Increased. The jjxp'ortatlon of gold
ins decreased , but a large amount of silver
mlllon remains In port rurtposed to be the
result of war loans and subfiles * The same
; eneral conditions In trade 'appertr at other
wrts , but only forelgWshlps enter Tle n
Tsjn. There has beenla decline at the ports
of Formosa. There was an Increase of Im'-
ports at southern ports. '
Mr. Jernigap closes his report by urging
closer and more favorable trade relations' be
tween China and the United States. He
speaks of the .favorable Impression which
he six modern war vessels flying the United
States flag In Chinese waters has produced
and American residents have fell secure ,
ile comments upon the fact that In China
and Japan there Is not published a single
lournal under American Influence , while the
leading Journals are under British Influence
and advocate British Interests. He adds
that newspapers under American Influence
could do much good. He suggests a paper ot
this kind at both Yokohama and Shanghai.
JUaTIGC FIELD'S UIIKAT AMBITION.
llo Hopes to Remain on th * rinprcmo Ilcnch
Still Apothcr Year.
WASHINQTON , May"litJustice Field
ivlll next Monday , celebrate the thirty-second
anniversary of 'hte entering upon the duties
of a member of , thov United States supreme
court. He was appointed to tlio office on
March 10 , 1863. by President Lincoln , but
did not assume the , duties of the position
until the 20th of May fallowing. He was at
the time ot his appointment chief justice of
the supreme court of the state of Califor
nia and ho desired to finish the business
which had been begun in that court before
transferring his labors to a new field. The
eighty-second anniversary of his father's
birth also fell on the 20th of May , which was
another reason for selecting that date for be
ginning his services In the national supreme
court. Counting from the date ot his ap
pointment only three Justices have been
longer on the supreme bench than Mr.
fields. Thcso were Justice Marshall , Justice
Storey and Justice Wayhe , Chief Justice
Marshall's term covered thirty-four years ,
five months and five days ; Justice Storey's ,
thirty-three years and nine months , and
Justice Wayne's thlrtyrtwo years ; and five
months. When Justice Field went on the
bench Judge Taney was chief justice. He
lias therefore served with four different chief
justices ,
It Is said to bo Mr. Field's ambition to extend -
tend his term so as to make It the longest
on record , and he bids fair to be able 10
accomplish the result , notwithstanding he is
now almost 79 years old. Ho admits , when
the stories of his Intended resignation , which
are quite regularly carried to him , that he
hopes to remain on the bench at least ono
year longer. Justice Field has already made
known his Intention of going to tbo. Pacific
coast , where his circuitJs Ipcated , during the
conilnff vacation of thajsupremo court as has
been his annual practice wth.\comparatlvey ) )
few exceptions ever since" hli.appointment ,
notwithstanding the Ian requires visits to
the circuit only once every two years.
: IN INTKKNA' ' * ' JIKVESUK.
. '
Past Ten Months Show im XraproTcmont
Over the 1'rovloui , Y nr.
WASHINGTON. May 17A treasury state
ment of the receipts from Internal revenue
during the ten months cndeil' ' A.prll 30 , 1895 ,
shows a not Increase ofr $ i511f724 ; over the
same period In 1894. The amounts ot the
receipts from the several , source * of revenue
during the last ten months ara given as fol
lows : Spirits , $69.355.51 ? , increase $120,385 ;
tobacco , $2l578,98fi , Increase $393,743 ; fer
mented liquors , $34,884,124 , decrease $59.502 ;
oleomargarine , $1,261.93 $ , ejectisie $288,712 ;
miscellaneous , $498,278 , Incrtsse $372.646 . ;
total Income , tax receipts to ( date , $73,164.
The Increases and decreases /during April ,
1895. as compared with Aprjl. 1894 , are given
as follows : Spirits , decrease $760,374 ; tobacco ,
Increase $42,10S ; fermented liquors. Increase
$249,712 ; Income tax , -Increase $44,506 ; oleo
margarine , decrease $26,519 ; miscellaneous ,
increase $12.107. r
The decrease In the fecslpts from the tax
on whisky during the la&t month was $731-
761. During the month of August and Sep
tember of the present fiscal year , the re
ceipts were about $15,000,000 In excess of
receipts for the sarncKpcrlod of ( be prerlotta
year. Today's statement shows that about
$13,500,000 of this 1 surplus has been wiped
out ,
Cotton Mill Burned .Down.
METHUEN , Mass. . May 18. Fire broke
out In Clouls cotton mill about r 0 a. m.
and In spite of the combined efforts of the
departments of Methuen arid Lawrence , from
where aid had been tent , ( hi building vras
burned to the ground. The loss will be he * " " I
-r
Workmen Had it Up on Timbers Building a
Etory Underneath.
PITCHED FORWARD INTO THE STREET
Three 1'orsoni Instantly Killed nnil Clcrrn
Injured , Some of Them Fatnlly
Firemen Cleared Awny
the Uului ,
PROVIDENCE , R. I. , May 17. A two and
a half-story wooden tenement house , owned
by Joseph Le Maine and occupied by several
French families In Coventry , In that part
known as Jericho , seven miles from this
city , collapsed this afternoon and three per
sons were killed and eleven Injured. It Is
thought that two of the latter are fatally
hurt. The building had been raised to per
mit the building of another story beneath It.
The killed arc : Mrs. Mabel Gucrtln , CO
years old , occupant of the house ; Asa Aldrlch ,
65 years old , workman employed In raising
the house ; 214-year-old child of Louise * Le
Molne , occupant of the house.
The Injured are : Mrs. Joseph Lo Molne ,
aged 70 years , crushed , bruised and Inter
nally Injured , probably fatally ; Noah Rich
ards , workman , scalp wounds , side crushed ,
Injured Internally , probably fatally ; Mrs.
Louise Le Molne , 35 years of age , seriously
Injured about the head ; Fred Blatch , 10 years
old , scalp wounds , unconscious ; Frank Lc
Molne , 18 years old , leg fractured ; Joseph
Le Molne , 85 years old , serious contusion ;
Gosselln , 10 years old , scalp wounds ,
shoulder crushed. Two children named
Gaulnere were alto Injured ; one , a boy , was
cut about the head , the other , a girl , frac
tured leg.
The building was about fifty feet long , with
a frontage of twenty feet. The lower portion
tion was formerly a store , and the owner
recently decldeJI to raise it twenty feet and
use the lower stories for tenements. The
two families In the upper stories did not move
out. About 4 o'clock this afternoon , while
the men were working at the underpinning ,
the building , without warning , slid off , the
piles on which It rested , and pitched end
wise into the street , striking the ground
with a terrific crash. As It was split and
smashed into a mass of kindling wood , there
rose from the ruins cries of the Injured and
dying , and the passersby and others at once
began the work of rescue.
The Centervlllo fire department was sum
moned and rendered valuable assistance In
tearing away the debris. An alarm was
rung upon the mill bells , and soon thoa ands
had gathered at the scene. Meanwhile' the
rescuers were tearing apart the mass of
splintered beams and boards and soon came
upon the body of a woman lying In the street
under the second floor. It was crushed al
most unrecognizable , but from the clothing
It was Identified c.i that of Mrs. Guertclne , a
widow , who lived on the second floor. A
short distance away , the body of a child was
found. The neck was broken and the lower
parts were badly mangled. Half an hour
later , the body of Asa Aldrlch of Arctic Cen
tre was found. His back was broken and his
head crushed Into pulp. Aldrlch was In the
act of moving a heavy Jack under then build
ing when It started on Its downward plunge.
Mrs. Joseph Lo Molne. wife of the owner of
the building , and Noah Richards , a workman ,
were .taken from the ruins so badly Injured
that they will die. Half a dozen others , .In *
eluding several children , who had been play
ing about , were Injured.
OJMltCT 10 1'llK KKA8K
Wyoming Penitentiary MnniRoroent tlolnR
by stnto Ofllcluln.
LAHAMIE , Wyo. , May 17. ( Special. ) Af
fairs at the Wyoming state penitentiary In
this city are In a somewhat tangled condi
tion. The lately appointed warden , N. D.
McDonald , and Miss Nellie Marsh , who Is
In charge of the Institution , as the repre
sentative of her father , James Marsh , the
lessee , are having a controversy to decide
which of them Is In charge. McDonald
recently dismissed an employe and appointed
another In his place. To this Miss Marsh
objects , claiming that the warden -has no
authority to dismiss or hire employes. The
warden , on his part , complains that the
food furnished the prisoners by the lessee
Is unfit to eat , and that spoiled meats and
vegetables are purchased for consumption
at the penitentiary. An Inspection of ths
affairs nt the penitentiary Is In progress by
Governor Richards and State Treasurer Hay
of the board of charities and reform , and
Attorney General Fowler. The situation Is
complicated by the fact that the present
lessee has a flftcen-yeur contract , made by
a previous state administration , for running
the penitentiary. There IB a strong feeling
In favor of nullifying Marsh's contract on
account of the unsatisfactory manner of
conducting affairs at the penitentiary. It
Is further claimed thnt nt the time of the
giving of this contract to Marsh a state ofll-
clol , who was a member of the board
awarding the contract , was Interested In It.
During the past year four convicts , two
of them murderers , have escaped from the
penitentiary. One of them was John Tre-
gonlng , the murderer of George Ii. Hender
son , n wealthy stockman of Cheyenne. The
present state officials are determined to
remedy the abuses , and unless the lessee
can , by force of law , hold his contract , some
radical changes will at once be made.
Clirjrenno citizen * eiettlnc ISveu.
CHEYENNE , May 17.-(8peclal.-A ( com
mittee of three merchants of this city has
been appointed by a business mens' meet
ing to ascertain whether or not the Union
Pacific company Is fulfilling Its contract
made with the city In regard to working-
the shops here. It Is claimed that the town
Is being discriminated against , so far as the
employment of men In the shops Is con
cerned. Other towns with smaller shop
plants have larger forces. When the shops
were built the city Incurred an indebtedness
of $20,000 , vacated a large number of streets ,
furnished the company free water and
made other concessions In return for which
the company agreed to Invest a certain
amount of capital In shops and to employ
men to work them. For the past year the
shops have been almost deserted , while
those In other towns have been worked to
their usual capacity. The citizens of Cheyenne -
enne now propose to learn the exact status
of the town with the company.
Openlne Nt-w Wyoming ? Mine * .
RAWLINS. Wyo. , May 17.-Speclal ( Tele
gram. ) W. J. Crane from Arlington , Neb. ,
president and general manager of the Inter
Ocean Mining company , came In from the
east yesterday , bringing with him several
men and teams and a car load of supplies.
He leaves tomorrow for West Spring creek ,
about forty miles southeast , where his com
pany owns a larie amount of placer ground
which Crane estimates will run about <
cents per ruble yard In course gold. A bed
rock nume of several thousand feet will be
put In at once and active mining' operations
begun early In midsummer. Mr. Crane Is
also Interested In Jack Creek placers , where
a large amount of work was done last sea
son. The company he represents are all
Nebraska capitalists , except J. G. Honkln
of this city.
Union I'Hclflo Mini a Cm * .
CHEYENNE , May 17.-Speclal ( Telegram. )
At the close of evidence for the plaintiff
In the suit of John Hartley against the
Union Pacific for 110,000 damages , sustained
by the death of his brother , while In the
company's employ. Judge Itlner Instructed
the jury to brlnir In a verdict tor the de
fendant , the plalntfT not having made out a
case. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Oonm l.ako blocked with Trout.
SHERIDAN , Wyo. , May 17.--(8pclal.- )
Dome lake , thirty-five miles from this city ,
was stocked with GO.OOO young trout Satur
day. The fish were brought 1,000 miles by ,
rail from the- state hatchery at Laramle ,
with the loss of not more than a dozen.
The location where the fish were planted n.la
one of the finest In the Rocky mountains.
Herd of n Demented Womxn.
CHEYENNE. May 17.-(8peclal ( Telegram. )
Nora Haley , an unmarried woman of V ) .
Committed suicide here this morning by
locking herself In a closet , pouring kerosene
aver her clothing and setting lire to It. She
was partially demented over the lefusal of
her sister , who Is In good circumstance * , to I
support her. 1
THVllSTOX lttfT.R8 flXISIl WKJ.t.
Mndn Their llent Hlitmlng In Cln A
Vr trr < l T.
MEMPHIS , May 17. The weather last
night was of a kind to try the fortitude of
the soldiers nt Camp Schofleld , but they stood
It bravely and there were cases reported for
the hospital this morning. Since 8 .o'clock
the temperature has risen slightly and the
sun has come out , making a more cheerful
prospect. This morning there were exhibi
tion drills by all the United States troops In
camp , under command of their lieutenants ,
and practice drills by the companies that
take part In the competition this afternoon.
This was followed by Inspection of the differ
ent company quarters to decide the discipline
prize.
The event of the forenoon was the arrival
of company II , Uniformed Rank Union
Veterans , from Arlington. They were met at
the depot and escorted down town by the
Morton cadets of Washington , D. C. , headed
by the band of the Third United States
cavalry. Among the veterans were several
stumping along on wooden legs , but keeping
their places In line. The procession was
greeted with great cheering along the whole
route.
' . Competition In the Interstate drill was
closed ' at oMntgomery park this afternoon ,
when the four remaining companies In class
A contested for the $3,000 purse. The first
to appear \\cro the Morton cadets , the young
company from the national outlets which
created such a favorable Impression by their
drill In class 1) ) , That these boys are rea
sonably sure of a first prize In the three
classes In which they are entered U conceded
on all sides.
They were followed by the champions , the
defenders of the Oalvcston cup. The Fcncl-
blcs got through with six minutes to spare ,
but It was then found that Captain "Domer ,
In turning the leaves of his program ,
had skipped one. omitting a number of
movements. During the six minutes re
maining the company executed a number of
their movements In double time , but the
judges did not score them , and the effect of
this unfortunate oversight on the Fenctblcs'
score Is an open question ,
They the Seeley Rifles of Oalveston , a
great favorite , marched on the field and com
pleted the program In fine style , with seven
minutes to spare. They arc strongly touted
tonight as having an excellent chance for
first prize.
The Thurston Rifles , competitors In three
dorses , made their best showing In class A
today. Captain Scharff got through the pro
gram laid down for him and exhibited some
fine skirmish drills for the benefit of the
judges and the crowd.
Tomorrow Is veterans' day. The only
Chlckasaw Guards , cx-champlons , will drill
In Upton tactics against two companies of
confederate veterans.
Lieutenant General John M. Schofleld , ac
companied by Colonels Sanger and Schofleld
of his staff and Mrs. Schofleld , will reach
this city In the n\ornlng. The general will
review the troops Monday afternoon , after
which he will proceed on his journey to the
southwe&t.
3iEAi > i2 AITAVKRD Jittt HOHT.
Ifnlcrtulnod by .Minister Hnzoltnu ,
Ulidin lid declared Wu Itrunk.
NGW YORK , May 17. B. B. Sinallcy of
Vermont , who Is Minister Hazelton's bicker
In the present trouble which the Venezuelan
minister U having , owing to Admiral Mcade's
charges , Is at the Fifth Avenue hotel. Mr ,
Smalley has been In Washington looking after
the Intere-sta of his friend. He Is now on his
way honve.
Speaking ot Hazelton's case he said : "I
understand that Admiral Meade has accused
Mlnlittr Hazellon" of'belng Intoxicated. I was
nbt there at the time the offense was com'
milled , and it has narrowed down to a ques
tion of veracity between the two men. I will
.say this you cannot make any person In
Vermont believe that Mr. Harelton Is In the
habit of getting drunk. I have known Mr.
Hazelton for twenty years and I can truth'
fully say that I never knew of his taking a
drink. I must confess that I don't understand
Admiral Meade. I don't know whether he
was there ns an admiral or as a spy , but It
seems very Btrango to. me that tha admiral ,
after being entertained by Mr. Hazelton as
his guest , should have hurried around and
made charges against him.
"I don't know what disposition will bo
made of the case. Mr. Hazelton met Assist
ant Secretary of State Uhl and had a talk
with him. Just bsforo I left Washington I
got a long telegram from the governor of Ver
mont In the Interest of Mr. Hazelton. Others
arc at work and we hope to help him
through. "
WASHINGTON , May 17. It Is stated at
the Navy department that the Meade case
stands where It did , without any change ,
since the action of Saturday , when the secre
tary made a statement of the case , and the
permission to Admiral Meade to go abroad
was revoked.
TllK JtKllS TO TE1131S
Yunkton Intllnns Heine Deprived of Their
Am lent Rights.
SIOUX FALLS , S. D. , Mny 17.-Speclal. ( )
In these dispatches a few days since v ns
chronicled the news of the Institution of
the first bigamy case ever brought against
nn Indian. Now conies the news of a noble
red man getting a divorce. This fact JH
not so strange , only thnt the decree was
granted by a Judge of the state circuit
court. Since the ratification of the treaty
with the Ynnkton Indians , whereby the lat
ter gave up the lands to the government
with the exception of the land taken In
severally , the Ynnkton Indiana have been
citizens of the United States and of the
state of South Dakota and are therefore
amenable to the laws of the state. Judge
Smith granted the dlvorcs to the Yankton
Indian.
Little 131k , sergeant of the Indian police
on the Rosebud agency , has been arrested
for bigamy. He 7s the second red ever
arresled on this charge and the threat
made by the authorities at Washington
that the practice of the reds of having
any number of wives must be stopped Is
apparently bflng executed. Little Elk gave
the $300 bonds requlrjd by the commis
sioner. A squaw from Pine nidge , accused
of assault with Intent to kill , was bound
over to the United State's grand Jury In the
sum of $30) , which she furnished.
James McKloskey , a buck Indian from
Rosebud , has been arrested for cuttle steal
ing.
Dentil ot ( * . V. fHrpontrr.
SIOUX FALLS , 8. D. , May 17.-Speclal. ( )
C. C. Carpenter , cashier of the Dakota
National bank of this city , died at Albion ,
N. Y. , today , where he went n few weeks
since on a visit to relatives. Ho was 0
of the strong financial men of thin city.
RAWLINS , Wyo. , Mny 17. ( Special Tele ,
gram. ) The Carbon County Building asso
ciation was organized tonight , with ex-aov-
ernor John 15. Osbornc as president. Clurk
U. Dodge vices president , D. T. Dunlnp sec-
rctary and J. T. Klnsford treasurer.
Toaacl Hojtlnc In the MUiniirf.
ATCHISON , Kan. , May 17. ( Special Tele
gram. ) The body of a woman , 19 or 20 years
of ege , was found In the Missouri river , at
Iowa Point , Donlphan county , Kan. , lust even-
Ing. The body was very well dressed , the
shoes being expensive and the stockings being
silk , The woman had evidently brcn vtry
good looking. No marks of violence were
found upon tlio person. It was thought the
body had been In the water three weeks , as
the hair wui dropping from the scalp.
Cold and Hunir la
LONDON , May 17 , Cool weather ac
companied1 by snow U reported from various
parti of England and from ths continent.
Movements of Ocean Mttamert , May 17.
At New York Arrive ! Wlttekiud , from
Bremen ; Normannia , from Hamburg ; Thing-
vslla , from Stettin ; Danla , from Hamburg.
At Genoa Arrived Kaiser Wllhelm II.
from New York.
At Hamburg Arrived Bohemia , from Jlal
llmore.
At Queenstown Arrived Indiana , fron
Philadelphia , for Liverpool.
At London Arrived Ontario , from New
York.
At New York Arrl.ved New York , frou
lAlura ; Cufic , from Liverpool.
OMAHA AND DUBUQUE AGREED
Only Two Schools Accept the Proposals
Made by the General Assembly
OTHER SEMINARIES DO NOT WANT CHANGE
Lengthy Report Prctcnteil to tlio ( loiioraj
Asuoinbljr of the I'rcibytorlan Church
niul ( tin Appointment of Another
Commlttfo AtliUeel.
PITTSBURO. May 17. The Presbyterian
general ( assembly surpassed Itself this
In j , bringing Important business quickly to the
front. It Is unusual- for a matter of such
widespread Interest as the control ot the
denominational seminaries to como to the
fore within twenty-four hours of the delivery
of the opening sermons. The questions at
Issue have not yet been dcclde.1 , but the dis
cussion has begun , and It Is to be continued
tomorrow without interruption until the end
Is reached. The report was read this morning
and an Interval of three or four hours given
for Its perusal and digestion. In the after
noon an hour and a half was given to debate.
Three speakers took part In It niul at the
close an attempt was made to set aside a
time for the decisive vote , but It was not
adopted. Its effect would have been to limit
the time of each speaker to ten minutes.
Tomorrow the debate will wax hot und tbo
fur will fly. The opening speech will bs
made by Hon. E. K. White ot Columbus , O. ,
the ne ly elected president of the directory
of Lane seminary nt Cincinnati , which re
jected the attempts of the general assembly
to gain control of Its funds for the purposes
of the church.
Dr. W. L. Mowan of Pittsburg , for the com
mittee on arrangements , delivered an address ,
of welcome , In which he spoke of the synod
or Pennsylvania being the largest In the
church and alluded to the fact tint It has
moro members , sends out more missionaries
and contributes more money for their support
than any other Presbyterian synod. Ho then
presented the moderator with the gavel made
from wood from the holy land.
Moderator Booth then responded respecting
the gavel with a pleasing address , The rest
ot the session was then taken up and the
standing committees were announced as far
as they have bosn made up. When th ? report
of the committee on seminary control , ap
pointed by the general assembly of 1891 , was
announced every commissioner was In his sal
and there was great Interest manifested , as no
one was given an Idea beforehand as to the
nature of the report. The raiwrl waa rrad by
the stated clerk.
UEPORT ON SEMINARY CONTROL.
The committee was constituted ns follows :
Ministers : William C. Young. D. D. ; Sam
uel A. Mutchmore , D. D. ; Charles T. Haley ,
D. D. ; Alexander O. Wilson. D. D. ; William
A. Bartlctt , IX IX ; George D. linker. IX D. ;
John Dlxon , D. D. ; T. Ralston Smith. D. D. ;
Richard S. Holmes , D. D. Elders : Thomas
McDougall , Samuel A. Homier , John J. Mc-
Cook. Dnvld Wills , George II. Shields ,
Charles Geddcs and John Hcebncr. During"
the year Judge David Wills of Gettysburg1 ,
Pa. , died. The committee held two meeting * ,
one nt Saratoga , N. JYIn August , Ib'JI , mid.
one nt Pltuburj ? . * Pu. , May 11 and 15 ,
1S95. liy subcommittees It lias held confer
ences with the following seminaries : Two
with the Princeton boards ; two with the Mc-
Corinlck boards , and on a with each of the
following : Auburn.i western. Lunc , Dan
ville. San Francisco , Newark and Lincoln
universities. Imm'MllaMy nfter-the- meeting ;
of the committee at Saratoga , It addressed
a letter , through Its chairman , lo each of
Its seminaries , and the answers received
arc appended to this report ,
At the B.ild conferences the committee ,
In expressing the ? meaning und effect of the
recommendations , said that "A" ' ( which Is
us follows : Thnt all of their funds and
propjrty , subject to the terms and conell-
tlons of existing or specified tiusts nlis.ll
be declared to be held bv them In trust for ,
the Presbyterian church in the Unit d State )
of America , for the purposes of theological
education , according to the standards of
aid church , and that no part of the funds
nd property so held shall bo used for any
ther purpose than for theological cducn-
lon In the doctrines set forth In the Stand-
rds of the Presbyterian chinch In the *
United States of America ) , Involved no
hnngo of title * , trust , ownership , munace-
nent or disposition of the property held by
he various seminaries , conferred no trust ,
Itlc , ownership or power on the general as-
embly directly or Indirectly , or to Its
isjency , or confeired no right of control ,
nanngemcnt or Inlerfercnce In nnv way , dl-
cctly or Indirectly , with any of the said
iemlnarles ; that It was simply a d'clarallon
jf the use and purpoHej for wlilcil the funds
ind property were held by the respective
Ivll correspondents holding the Fame , and
ts adoption was to mnko plain that the
nmls and pioperty of the respective civil
corporations weie held by them and them.
ilonc and exclusively for no other purpose
nun for theological education according to
, ho standards of the Presbyterian church
n the United States of America.
ELECTION OF OFFICIALS.
As to < ( B" ( which Is as follows : That th
election of trustees , directors , or commis
sioners , or whatever the bodies governing-
he teaching or property shall be named ,
'hull ' be subject to the approval of the next
succeeding general assembly , and thnt no
. lection shall take effect until approved by
ho general assembly ; failure of the general
assembly to which said election ! ) are re-
lorteil for approval to act thereon shall be
regarded ns uppioval of said elections ) , the
committee stated thnt substantially the
lowers hero sought to be confened on the
jeneral assembly are now possessed by It
over a majority of the seminaries , and that
the adoption of "H" simply made plain by
charter provision and effective by rharter
[ tower the right of the general assembly to
; > rotect what she thus possesses.
As to "C" ( which Is as follows : That the
election , appointment or transfer of all pro
cessors anil teachers In all seminaries phall
be submitted to the succeeding general ns.
sembly far Its approval , and that no such
election , appointment or transfer shall take
effect , nor shall any piofessor or teacher bo
Induct ? . ] Into oniuc until his election , ap
pointment or transfer shall have been ap
proved by the said general assembly ; full-
uie of the general assembly , to which the
said elections , appointments or transfers
are reported for approval , to act thereon ,
shall be regarded as approval thereof , ami
that nil of said professors and teachcis shall
be cither ministers or members In good
standlnp of the Presbyterian church In tha
United States ) , the committee stated that
this was In substance and In effect what la
known as the agreement of 1870. It la In
formed that two questions as to the legality
of the agreement of 1S70 had been raised
one an to the power df HIP seminaries to
make the nureemcnt , and the other as to
the powers of the general assembly , which
Is not a legal entity to make any such
agreement ,
RELATING TO HERESY.
As to "D" ( which Is as follows : That * In
event of violation of any of the terms of
said umendmentu , or the misuse or diversion
of the funds or property held by them , then
the general assembly shall bo empowered
to provide against such violation of the
provisions of said charters , and for the en
forcement of the same , and for the protec
tion of the trusts In which said property
and funds ore hold. In such manner , and
In the name of mich perxon or corporation
as It may direct by resolution , certified by
Its clerk , In any civil court having jurisdic
tion over the corporations wheru charters
are to aim-ndtd ) , your committee stated
that this conveys no title In the property ,
and vests no trust In the general assembly ;
that It does not empower tha assembly di
rectly or Indirectly to Interfere ! with th
title to or management , use and disposition
of the funds and property of the respectlvs
seminaries. In the case ot heretical teach
ing on the part of any professor no valla
action could be taken by the Keneral assem
bly until that teaching had been adjudged
heretical , according to the constitution ot
our church ; and In rase of the violation
of a charter , no nullclent ! remedy exlsta In
the Independent action of the civil author
ity , which lm the r'.i lit to Interfere , but
which cannot be compelled to do to ,
OMAHA AND DUBUQUE ACCEPTED.
In view of the answer of the * seminaries , at
published In the appendix , the committed
report * that Omaha and IJubuque hava
adopted nil of thn recommendations of the
general ncvembly ,
Thn dlrcctora nml trustees of Princeton
declare Hint they " < 1o not antagonize , but
on the rontiury cordially ucqulrscr and ure
In the fulltst sympathy with the scntl-
mrnts of the i evolutions contained In the
report nf the general assembly's committee
nf I'nnferw * * with th * theological Bm-
Innr.eH mml * to the general unsembl/ Ita
r CD-ik n I 1331 , viz. : That the church should