Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 October 1886 — Page 2

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THE ADYENTISTS Discnss Sabbath-School Work and Edacatiou —The Law and the Gos t ’*, Bpeclal to Indianapolis Journal. Wabash, Oct L—ln spite of the weather the campers keep in good health and spirits. The tents arc furnished with small stores, and are as oozy as need be. People are still coming in, and by Saturday a large representation of the Ad ventists of Indiana will be here. This morning was devoted to the discussion of Sabbath-school work. Elder D. M. Canright is an enthusiastic worker in this branch, and laid bare some of the mistakes common to Sabbath-schools. He insisted that no Sabbath-school could be a success with tardy members, with poor Binging and a kind of lukewarm interest in officers and teachers. It should be made a living thing. Every faculty should be exercised to invent new methods to promote an intense interest in the children. It takes the best and brightest of minds to deal successfully with the little ones, and the most loving of hearts to influence them. You may beguile some old man or woman into the opinion that you have said something if you talk a good deal; hut you can’t palm off your stale ideas on children. A successful superintendent and teacher must be a reading, thinking, loving person, all alive with his work and leaving no stone unturned. Helps must he employed—maos, hooks, blackboards and objectteaching. It is one thing to be called a teacher and another to be one. No one is worthy the name who merely reads over the lesson a few moments before school and and then goes as teacher. A boy eouid do that Th rk of the Sabbath-school is too important t , be thus treated. Eternal interests are at stake. The officers and teachers should feel this. They should pray, and visit, and study, and teach in the fear of God. Many a soul is lost and turned into infidelity because the teacher failed to look un an answer to a simple question. This is criminal. A terrible but precious responsibility is laid upon Sabbath-school workers. It was voted by % the convention that four Sab-bath-school conventions should be held during the year. A number spoke in favor of advancing the work and of following out the plans suggested. At 2:30 the tent was filled to listen to a discourse on education by Elder D. M. Canright, of Michigan. He took for his text the words of 11 Timothy ii, 15: ‘‘Study to show thyself approved of God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” He said:

Those who have studied know the value of it. Paul was a icholar. His brain was active; his powers weil diecipliued. He was a masterly reasoner. His logic was faultless; his wit and tact uneqnaled by any man this side the Savior. See, where he was brought. Into kings’ courts; before the learned of the earth; before multitudes. His polished eloquence held them spellbound. His subtile tact saved his head many a time. His mind was so well trained that he could turn it in an instant from one train of thought to another as a well-developed athlete can turn his bedy. Was it only chance brought him to the front? Only chance made him the chief and leader of the gospel work? By no means. God could use him in these places because be had fitted himself for them. The leaders of God’s work in both dispensations have been men of education and devotion. Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egy tians. He bad been brought up in the court of Pharaoh as prospective King of Egypt, and the wisdom of the Egyptians was no small wisdom. The eminent philosophers of the past visited Egypt to add to their store from its*books of lore. Moses knew its best advantages. His manners were refined, hi 6 mind cultivated, and God chose Moses to deliver His people, to commune with Him faoe to face and to receive His law. God is the source of wisdom. Everything around us tells us of His vast intelligence. Can it be that God loves ignorance? Paul was a man of such studious habits that it was said to him, “Much learning doth make thee mad.” Luke was a physician. Matthew, Mark and John were not illiterate men. Their gospels are models of literature. Look at the men God has used since apostolic times: Luther, Wvcliffe, Hubs, Jerome, Tyndal, Knox, Whitefield and Wesley, all men of culture. Ignorant men are used sometimes, but it is not on account of their iguorancs, but in snite of it There is no virtue in ignorance. In my text Paul addresses Timothy, a man who had been in the ministry thirteen years, and exhorts him “to study.” Some ministers.think they need no-such advice. There is a great deal nf intellectual laziness in our world, and I believe it is more hateful to God than physical laziness. We find men and women everywhere who read nothing. They say they have no time to study the Bible, no time to read the best books. Mark those men and women. They have time to visit and gossip. They can spend a few minutes here and there in trivial matters. They can waste an hour at the grocery store or the depot—lie abed in the morning, make crazy quilts and argue by the hour. It is the little habits of life that make the difference In men. One man goes to seed like an uncultivated patch of weeds: another digs, and plants, and cultivates till he is a fruitful garden. He has a book at the depot; his Bible is in his pocket; he reads while others are laughing; he prays; he studies; when he speaks men listen and become convicted and converted. Study means work. It means concentration. It is digging through obscurity into light The most precious things have to be toiled for. Gold and silver are under ground. The treasures of God’s word are hidden. We must investigate. This is for our good—to develop us. Character is God’s object in us. We must unfold our abilities. The power is in us, we must exercise it. God was pleased when Solomon prayed for wisdom. His wisdom was proverbial, yet in his latest years we find him studying. Eccl. xii, 9, 10. “And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge, yea. he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs. The preacher sought to find acceptable words.” Are we beyond Solomon? It takes work to seek out and set *n order. “Acceptable words” does not mean ungrammatical sentences and ignoble illustrations. Paul says: “Study to show thyself approved unto God.” A workman that needeth not to be ashamed rightly dividing the word of truth.” “We are workers together with God?” A Christian has no business to remain ignorant If we are workers with God let us learn of Him. God notes how wo employ our tinje, talents and influence. We are responsible for the improvement of all He has given. Paul writes to Timothy aeain: “Neglect not the giii that is in thee * * * Meditate upon these things. Give thyself wholly to them, that thy profiting may appear unto all.” “God alone can measure the'possibilities of the Unman mind.” How do we know what we might be if we improved what we have? God says, “To him that hath shall be given.” Meditate upon these things; not for self, however, but that “thy profiting may appear unto all.” It is that others may behold what a man who communes with God may become. A holy influence must breathe about you. Love must be the motive that actuates your labors, and they will be gold, silver and precious stones You may shine as the firmament if you shine for Jesus here. The command of Christ is to “shine”—not smoke or flicker out, but to shine. Let your abilities be polished. We have a great work to do. Onr message is spreading. Soon \re will have to appear before kings. Oh! that we might be as well prepared a* Paul. Oh! let us study to show ourselves app roved unto God. and workmen that needeth non to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. It won’t do to divide the word with coarse words, with unrefined illustrations. The disciples of Jesus will manifest his grace and polish. Even rough Peter became courteous, and he writes to us, “Be courteous.” Let us go to work and overcome the ain cf intellectual laziness. When we have done all that we can, then let us depend upon God for success. The devil would like to get us to divorce religion and education. Let us not separate them. Let us use every power for God, and let us polish them to the utmost for the Glory of His name and the salvation of souls. Elder Underwood preached in the evening on toe subject of “The Law and the GospeL’* He took for his text, Rev. xiv r 12: “Here ia the

patience of the saints; here are they that keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.” He said: The Jews rejected the gospel and clung to the law. It was their destruction. To-day the tendency is to reject the law and cling to the gospel. This is just as fatal. The devil does not care which position we take. One is as damaging as the other. The key-note of the plan of salvation is “Repentance toward God and faith toward onr Lord Jesus Christ” (Acts, xx, 21.) Why repent toward God? Because God is the law giver, and we have sinned, and “sin is the transgression of the law.” Why have faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ? Because He is our advocate, the sinless one who mediates for us. The only remedy for sm is the gospel. The antinomian would abolish the law. But “where there is no law there is no transgression.” “Sin is not imputed where there is no law.” “By the law is the knowledge of sin.” Rom. iv, 15; vi, 13. Then, if you abolish the law you do away with sin, and if there is no sin there is no need of the gospel. Therefore the antinomian abolishes both law and gospel. James speaks of the law as a mirror. The glass reveals the defects ia appearance; but it does not cleanse the spots or arrange the toilet We must resort to water and soap. The law detects our sin. The blood of Jesus Christ cleanses. The law is the rule of character —it measures us, it detects the places when we will not fit in God’s plan; but it does not straighten. The carpenter would be considered crazy if he tried to straighten a board with his rule. The saw, the chisel, the plane must do that work and bring the board up to the standard. EccL xii, 13, says: “Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.” When Adam was placed in Eden his duty was to obey the law of God. He knew no sin. There was no need of the gospel. But by and by he transgressed. The disease of sin took hold upon him. The law diagnosed bis case, and the death sentence was pronounced. Adam was incapacitated for doing his duty. To illustrate: A man is hired to work in a certain field; but he leaves it and goes to another. The river rises before he returns. He cannot swim. He cannot do his duty; but his employer forgives his neglect and provides a boat for him. The man gets in. He soon rides over and continues his work. So it was with man. He breaks God’s law. He cannot do his duty now, for “the carnal mind is not subject to the law, neither indeed can be.” He must - have help. Christ pays for his past transgression and furnishes him the gospel boat The man gets it; two oars are there. One is faith, one works. The antinomian will try faith alone; but he makes no progress. He whirls in the midst of the tide of iniquity. The Jew will try the law of works alone, and he is in the same condition; but the true child of God grasps both oars and goes safely over. Some complain of God because He will maintain His government. Law maintained is government. What would you think of a state which would not sus tain its laws. What did our brave fathers and friends die for in the late war? To maintain government. Three things could have been done wheu man sinned.. The law could have been abolished; bnt the whole universe would have been plunged into chaos, and God’s government destroyed. The sinner could have suffered the penalty of the law, and man would have been eternally lost and the race extinguished. A substitute for man could suffer the penalty and save man. God provides a substitute in His only begottenson. What was this? A testimony to the perpetuity and righteous demands of the law. Christ magnified the law by His death. We are, through His merits, freed from the condemns tion of the law, but not from obligations to it. We are under grace, unmerited favor, and are on this account thus under more obligation to keep its precepts. Jesus said it was “easier for heaven and earth to pass than for one tittle of the law to fail. ” He says “whoever, therefore, shall break one of these least commandments and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven, but whosoever shall do and teach them the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.” The law and the gospel eo band in hand. One convinces of sin, the other provides the remedy for it One shows us what we must attain to, the other helps us to reach the standard. Sin is worse than acancer, worse than the most dread leprosy. One takes you to the grave, the other eternal ruin. Seek the remedy, poor, sin sick sufferer. Go and be healed and sin no more. “Kei> the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.”

The Orthodox Friends* Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Richmond, Oct 1. —The sense of the Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends was reflected in the disposition of the report of the temperance committee, as being in favor of prohibition. The report recommended teaching temperance principles in the public schools, indorsed entire prohibition as the only radical cure, and an addition was made to it before its adoption, unalterably opposing license laws, while a futile effort was made to also oppose liquor tax. In twenty monthly meetings the report stated that seventyseven members used intoxicants, one sold them and four sold grain for their manufacture; 574 used tobacco at a cost of over S6OO, six raised it and twenty six sold it. Mary T. Wilson, secretary of the home mission committee, read an encouraging report. The answers to queries from quarterly meetings were to the effect that of 52.800 meetings for worship and discipline, all had been attended except fifty-two. as were First-day (Sunday) meetings, but the mid-week meetings wero not. Members were duly instructing their children in Christian principles, but simplicity was not observed as much as was desired. General respect had been paid to contracting no debts or other obligations to bring reproach, but some members had been careless of the reputation of others, and efforts to restore those in fault had not been timely in all cases.

SHERMAN ON SILVER. The Path of Honesty and Prudence—Silver as a Basis for Bank Circulation. Cincinnati, 0., Oct. 1. —Senator Sherman visited the exposition this morning, and in the afternoon was received with enthusiasm at the Chamber of Commerce. In the course of a brief speech he said: “But the greatest question of all, perhaps, is the silver queston —how to make it equal to the cold dollar—for there should be only one standard. I have gone through one process of redeeming Uncle Sam’s money, and I do not want, to go through it again. You might have put more silver in your dollar and made it equal to the gold, but then it would be too big, as it is bow. But, anyway, it would be a good thing to go to market with. A dollar must be a dollar, and enough silver must be pat in a dollar to make it a dollar, though it be 100 or 500 grains. That is honesty and prudence. If I had my way, I would stop the coinage of the silver dollar, gather it into Uncle Sam’s great vaults, and then issue the certificates and let you handle them. These certificates would form the basis of our national bank circulation, and preserve what I believe to be the best system of banks in the world. The tariff and other great issues would, in a great measure, regulate themselves; .but the silver question is the great one of the future. One dollar of one value wo must have before we can have that stability necessary to national security and success." Mr. Presburger’s Serious Troubles. New York, Oct. 1. — A Newark, N. J., special says: “Manuel Presburger, a prominent clothier of this city, who came into prominence, some weeks ago, by the arrival of his wife and three children from New Mexico, who found him married again, is in more trounie. He is now in jail and unable to get bail. The complainants, Max Meyer. Morris Seise, Charles H Schwab and John W. Burns, Chicago merchants, claim that Presburger swindled them out of $2,200 worth of shoes. In 1885 Presburger kept a general store in Trinidad, Col., and heavy buyer from the Chicago firm. Last November he purchased a bill of goods amounting to $2,200, agreeing to pay in December, but in that mouth the firm received a letter from Presburger saying that he could net meet the bill at present, but that in January his partner would square accounts, but January passed and no partner appeared. An investigation showed that Presburger bad flown after disposing of his entire stock.” Take the news home to Mary, and tell her that my rough has gone and that a twenty-five-cant bottle of Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup did it

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1886.

OUTDOOR SPORTS. Games Played Yesterday by League and American Association Ball Clubs. Washington, Oct I.—The fielding of both teams to-day, in the game between the Chicagos and Washingtons, was wretched. Houck was in bad condition, and played miserably. Every run made by the Champions was on errors, not one of them being earned. In the second inning the visitors won the game, after the chances had been given to the other side, on a base on balls, errors of Shock and Houck, two singles and a triple. The weather was cold and totally unfit for ball playing. The game was called after the visitors bad made a run in their half of the seventh inning, on account of darkness. Score: Washington 1 0000 l 2—4 Chicago 1 5 0 1 0 0 I—B Earned runs—Washington, 2. Home run— Shock. Two-base hits —Kreig, Williams. Threebase bits—Anson, Knowles. Passed halls— Hays, 1; Hardie, 1. Wild pitches—Henry, 2. First base on balls—Washington, 1; Chicago, 5. First base hits—Washington. 8; Chicago, 8. Errors—Washington, 4; Chicago, 6. New York, Oct I.—Before 2,500 people, today, the Detroits defeated the New York3 easily by batting heavilv and playing a close and sharp fielding game. Score: Detroit 3 0 0 4 1 0 0 o—B New York 0 O 0 1 0 0 0 o—l Earned runs—Detroit, 6; New York, L First base on balls —Detroit, 1; New York, 1. Twobase bits—Ewing, Dorgan. Three base hits — Connor, Richardson. Passed ball—Deaslv, 1. Wild pitch—Welch, 1. First-base hits—Detroit, 13; New York, 4. Errors—Detroit, 2; New York, 7. Philadelphia, Oct. I.—The Philadelpbias defeated the St Louis to-day by free hitting and almost faultless fieldine. Their only errors were a base on balls and a dropped fly by Daily. The visitors’ fielding was rather unsteady, and at the bat they were completely outwitted by Ferguson, who retired them with three bits, one of which, however, was a drive over the fence by Seery for a home-run. Score: St. Louis 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 o—2 Philadelphia 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 * —o Earned runs—St. Louis, 1; Philadelphia, 1. Home-run—Seery. Two-base bit—Farrar. Passed balls—Mvers, 2. First base on balls—St Louis, 1; Philadelphia, 1. First-base hits —St Louis, 3; Philadelphia, 9. Errors—St Louis, 8; Philadelphia, 2. Boston, Oct. I.—The Kansas City club put King in to pitch to-day. He was very wild, and was poorly supported. The only men of the Kansas Citys who made no errors were those who had no opportunity of so doing, and, in fact, the team seemed badly demoralized. They were unable to hit Radbourne with any effect, except in the fourth inning, when they pounded out two doubles and a single, which, aided by a wild Ditch, yielded them two runs. Score: Boston 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 o—l 2 Kansas City 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1— 3 Earned runs —Boston, 3; Kansas City, 1. Twobase hits—Morrill (2), Rowe, Briody and Whitney. Passed balls —Briody, 1. Wild pitches— Kine. G; Radbourne. 1. First base on balls—Off Radbourne, 2; off King, 1. First base hit3 — Boston, 12; Kansas City, 6. Errors—Boston, 3; Kansas City, 15.

Pittsburg, Oct I.—Galvin’s effective work in the box. to-day. resulted in the Pitlsbures agaiu defeating the Brooklyus. The weather was too cold for good fielding, and the attendance was only 500. Score: Pittsburg ...O 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 I—7 Brooklyn 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I—2 Earned runs—Pittsburg, 1; Brooklyn, 1. Twobase bits—Brown, W hitney (2), Phillips. Passed balls—Carroll. 2; PeoDles, 2. First base on balls —Off Galvin, 3: off Terry, 5. First base on errors —Pittsburg, 2; Brooklyn, 2. Struck out—By Galvin, 2: by Terry, 7. First base hits—Pittsburg, 10; Brooklyn, 4. Errors—Pittsburg, 4; Brooklyn 2. Base-Ball in Indiana. Special to the Indiana Dolls Journal. Richmond, Oct. I.—The game between the Athletics, of Philadelphia, and the Henlevs. of this city, to-day, was a good one, and resulted in a score of ten to two in favor of the visitors. A League of Colored Ball Clubs. Pittsburg, Oct. I.—A movement lias been started here to form a national league of colored base-bail clubs, and a meeting will shorter be held in this city to perfect an organization, u’he league will embrace clubs in the cities of Washington, . Baltimore, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Pittsburg and Trenton, N. J. The projectors are confident that they will make the venture a success, and propose to put first-class nines in the field. _ Match Shoot lug at Muncie. Special to the lrdlauapolis^JournaL Muncie, Ind., Oct. I.—The Muncie Gun Club held a shooting match at the Water-works Park yesterday afternoon. The wind blew a perfect gale during the entire afternoon, and shots were made under the greatest difficulty. For this reason no very good scores were made, and for the further reason that several of the participants are amateurs. The following are the scores, shots being made at from 15 to 18 yards rise: Shoot No 1; six clay birds. A. Kleinfelder 000001—1 A. Gough 111101—5 E. Gough :.... 101100—3 J. L. Simmons 111000—3 J. Swigert 100100—2 ,J. C. Clark 000 Hi—3 Chant Helm 000100—1 J. Truitt - - 000111—3 A. Gough, first; in shooting off tie on three for second at three birds; Simmons won; J. Swigert, second. Shoot No. 2; six clay birds. A1 Gough 110011—4 Simmons 010011—3 Swigart 010100—2 E. Gough 111101—5 Kleinfelder 000000—0 Garner 010001—2 Clark 111101—5 Helm 101011-4 E. Gough and Clark divided first; Helm and A1 Gough, second; Simmons won third. Shoot No. 3; five blackbirds. A1 Gough 10001—2 Garner 11011—4 Kleinfelder 01001—2 Swigert 11011—4 Simmons 01101—3 E. Gough 111:00—3 Holm 11000—2 Truitt 01010—2 Garner and Swigert divided first: Simmons and E. Gough, second; tie for third was won by Truitt in a miss and out. Shoot No. 3; three blackbirds. E. Gough 101—2 Truitt OlO—l Kleinfelder 000—0 Simmons 000—0 Swigert 110—2 A1 Gough 111-3 A1 Gough, first; E. Gough and Swigert, second; Truitt, third. Shoot No. 5; miss and out. Simmons 1111-4 E. Gough 1110—3 Trnitt Ow Kleinfelder......... Ow Swigert Ow Simmons won. Several other “miss and out” shoots were participated in, when the approaching darkness put a stop to the shooting. Fall Meeting of Latonia Jockey Club. Cincinnati, Oct. I.—The first day of the Latonia Jockey Club fall meeting was cold and disagreeble, although the weather was fair. The attendance was light. The track was du3ty, but the time was good and oven. First Race—Purse for three-year olds and upwards: six furlongs. Wanderooled at the start, with Sis Hituyar second, but the latter took first place before the quarter was reached and was never headed, winnine easily; Red Buck second, Skobeloff third. Time. 1:17$. Second Race—Selling purse; seven furlongs. Elsie B. led at the start, but soon lost her place to Ligao, who held it to the finish, winning easily; Elsie B. second, War Sign third. Time, 1:325. Third Race—Purse for three-year-olds and upwards, one mile. Monarch led at the start and was two lengths in front at the half-mile post. At the third quarter he weakened, and the others passad him in a bunch upon entering the

stretch. A cloee finish resulted in Highflight winning by a short bead, Pink Cottage second, Santa Anita Bell third. Time, 1:455. Fonrth Raoe—s3oo stake for fillies two years old; six furlongs. In pools, just before the start, Grissstt was favorite, with Warty second choice. The start was fairiy good, with Katie A. first, Warry second and Grissett third, the others bunched. These positions were maintained until the stretch, when Grissett came up gallantly, passed Warry and made a hot finish with Katie A., who was under whip, winning by half a length; Katie A. second, Warry a good third. Time, 1:17$. Fifcth Race—Kimball stakes, for colts two years; six furlongs. Terra Cotta was beaten at the start, being left far in the rear. Banbury sprang to the lead, with Duheme second and Clarion third: the others, except Terra Cotta, were closely bunched. At the half Banbury and Duheme still held their places, bnt at the third quarter Rigbtaway took second place, closely followed by Goliah, who was a prime favorite in the pools, but was unable to head Rigbtaway. The latter soon had first'place and won without a challenger, with Banbury second and Goliah third. Time, 1:17$. Bicycle Racing at Roseville, N. J. Roseville, N. J., Oct. I.—Following is a summary of to-day’s races in the bicycle tournament: First Race—One mile amateur lap. Won by Crist. Time, 2:53 2-5. Second Race—Three miles pro-qmateur handicap. Won by Hendee. Time, 8:54 1-5. Third Race—One mile professional handicap. Won by Crocker. Time, 2:44 1-5. Fourth Race—Two mile amateur handicap. Won by Gaskell. Time, 5:53. Fifth Race—Ten mile pro-amateur. Won by Hendee. Time. 31:04 25. Sixth Race—Three miles, amateur. W T on by Crist. Time, 7:10 3-5. Seventh Race—Five miles, professional lap. Won by Woodside. Time, 15:29 2-5. Eighth Race—One mile, amateur. Won by Powers. Time, 2:56 1-5. Ninth Race—Two miles, amateur, tandem. Won by Ricn and Gaskell. Time, 6:15.

TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Judge Julius Rockwell, of Lenox. Mass., who has served as justice of the Superior Court since 1859, has resigued. S. S. Hamilton, a prominent citizen and porkpacker of Louisville, fell down the stairway of his Main-street office, yesterday afternoon, and broke his neck. He died almost instantly. At Lvnn, Mass., five boys were out in the harbor in a small boat, when the wind capsized the boat, and three of them—Henrv Sears, Michael O’Neil and Darby Green —were drowned. W. P. Partington was arrested at Omaha, Neb., yesterday, charged with being a fugitive from justice. Ho is wanted for embezzlement of county funds in the sum of $30,000 at Rivergreen, Ala. • At Albany, N. f., David M. Chadwick, aged sixty-five years, was caught by secret service officers and local detectives in manufacturing counterfeit coin, large quantities of which have been shipped to New York and other cities. Isaac Buckingham, an old farmer, was fleeced out of $1,500 yesterday afternoon on the fair grounds at Millersburg, 0., by two thieves. They were not running an open business, but represented to the old man that they were Bible agents and talked about the scarcity of money, aud would bet that he (Buckingham) could not show $1,500. When the money was shown they snatched it and got away. A burglar entered the farm-house of Bradford W. Skinner, in Summit county, Ohio, Thursday night, through a window. Mr. Skinner was awakened by the intruder, and picking up an unloaded shotgun, he surprised the robber, and struck him over the head with the weapon. Backing into a corner, the burglar drew a revolver and fired two shots at Skinner, one of which struck him in the cheek. Grappling with the fellow, Skinner tried to hold hirn till assistance arrived, but the burglar made good his escape. Losses by Fire. Hamilton, Mo., Oct. I.—One of the most disastrous fires that ever visited this city occurred at 9:30 o’clock vesterdav morning, and in a very short time $50,000 worth of property was in ashes. The fire originated in L. L. Grigsby’s hardware store, a frame structure occupying the central portion of a block and fronting on Main street. In a very few minutes the roof was a solid mass of flames, which were rapidly conveyed to the adjoining buildings, which were frame structures. The wind was blowing a perfect gale from the north, and portions of burning shingles were carried several blocks away. The Hamilton Are company and hook and ladder company were on hand promptly, but all their efforts to save the burning buildings proved futile. The Cameron fire company was telegraphed for. but arrived too late to help save the buildings. Ten buildings, mostly frame, were destroyed. The total losses amount to $50,000; insured for $20,000. Clkvelald. 0., Oct. I.—The old Cleveland rolling mill, on the flats, caught fire from the sparks of a passing locomotive, early this morning, and was partially destroyed. The mill had not been in use for several years. The machine shops are a complete loss. The entire loss is about $50,000, which is covered by insurance. Cincinnati, Oct. I.—Shortly before midnight fire was discovered on the top floor of the sixstory building. 84 West Second street, occupied by Reinhart & Newton, wholesale eonfectioners. The establishment was completely gutted. The loss is not known, but it wiil be very heavy.

An Inefficient Quarantine. Chicago, Oct. I. —This morning some of the owners of the cattle quarantined at the Phoenix distillery loaded up a quantity of the baled hav, which is also under quarantine, and started to drive off with it. Special Deputy Sheriff William Taylor interfered and ordered the hav unloaded. A young man named Ryan, after cursing the State officers, the veterinarians and everybody connected with the quarantine, knocked the officer down. A crowd of cattle owners gathered, and the officer was again knocked down and badly bruised, while the wason with the bales of hay was driven away. Two special guards wearing sheriff’s stars were near by, but did not come to the rescue. No arrests have yet occurred, though the penalty for the offense is a serious one. “I shall not kill an animal that we have not the money to pay for,” said Commissioner McChesney to-day. “It may be that after we get the thing within bounds where we are sure it will not spread, the general slaughter may be delayed till the meeting of the Legislature, or until the number of sick cattle becomes small enough so that the present appropriation will cover the value of the animals killed.” Obituary. Cleveland, 0.. Oct. I.—Rev. W. R. Wilson, president elder of the Canton district of the East Ohio M. E. Conference, died to day at Canton. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Evansville, Ind.. Oct I.—Wm. H. Haves, one of the oldest and best known printers in the county, died here to-day, at his home, after a lingering attack of consumption. He was presi pent of Typographical Union, No. 35. and of the Trades Assembly. Deceased was fifty years of age, and leaves a widow and four children. Another Outrage by Mexicans. El Paso, Tex., Oct. I.— Two Mexican policemen to-day pursued a native whom they wanted to arrest across the Rio Grande into the United States territory, and a little beyond the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe depot they came ud with him, aud being both armed with rifles, they fired at him, wounding him seriously. Then they seized the disabled man and dragged him back to Mexican territory, fording the river to do so. Great indignation is expressed here over this wanton outrage. The Death of Pugilist McCarthy. New York, Oct. I.— William Donovan, who caused the death of McCarthy, the pugilist, by knocking him down with a blow of his fist, was discharged from custody, to-day, the coroner’s jury having found that McCarthy’s skull was fractured by contact with the pavement, and that Donovan acted in self-defense. For Charter Oak Creditors. Hartford, Conn., Oct. l.—The court to day ordered that the creditors of the Charter Oak Life Insurance Company present their claims to the receivers before Jan. 1, in writing; otherwise they will be barred.

A BIG LOCKOUT COMING. Tlie Chicago Packing-Houses Decide to Return to the Ten-Hour System of Work. Chicago, Oct. L—The statement is published this afternoon that a great lockout at the stockyards has been decided upon, some time during this month, when the packing-houses will all close down aod remain closed until the question of eight hours or ten hours is settled. One of the large packers said this morning: ‘‘Trouble is, of course, expected. It will be a long fight, but we can’t run on eight hours with the other houses around us running on ten hours. So the trouble might as well come all at once as to drag along until we are compelled to shut down by losses. It is likely that several of the houses will start up in a small way on the ten-hour schedule, and make the fight.” The Chicago Packing and Provision Company has already shut down for repairs. That is what all the packing company officers say, and this is probably the secret of the denial of the packers that this is to be a lockout. The houses will shut down one after another —for repairs. When they open it will be on ten hours’ time, or not at all. At this time of the year it is customary for all the houses which have been running all summer to shut down for repairs. This October, however, ’the 6but-down will be significant It will afford the houses the opportunity to throw on their men the onus of the fighting. The houses will be closed. Those who apply for work can eo to work at ten hours, or they can stay out. Meanwhile, all the houses at Kansas City, Omaha, Milwaukee, Springfield, St. Louis and elsewhere will be running day and night. The fact of the lockout is authoritative. So is the fact that the packers are all acting together. There is no doubt at all about there being concert of action. Yet the packers are reticent, and some of them deny the fact so glibly that to one not versed in their ways their denials would be accepted. There is, however, no doubt that the lockout is agreed to, and preparations are going forward to make a long and stubborn fieht for the ten-hour question. A hog-buyer said this morning: “There is plainly something in the wind at the stockyards, but just what it is no body knows. The houses are going to close down verv soon. They can better afford to make the fight in October than in November. Hogs are high now. and by shutting down and forcing the ten-hour fight the packers would really make their expenses by the depression of the price of hogs.” By the great lockout 20,000 people will he deprived of employment. It is expected that they will offer a stubborn resistance, and it is not thought improbable that the fighting will lead to bloodshed. District Master Workman Butler, of District 57, Knights of Labor, to which about eight thousand of the packing house employes belong, said he had not heard of the proposed lockout. and hoped it was not true. Mr. Butler stated further: “The men, I am sure, are desirous of a peaceable settlement of ail difficulties. They want no strike, and would submit to any decent compromise to avert a lpckout. If the packers are losing money at the present rate of wages, let them reduce wages, but main tain the eight hour system. I am siye some compromise can be effected, and that the men will concede what is right. If we are locked out it places us on the defensive, and there will be lively times, as we are in good fighting condition.” Mr. Butler added that the employes believe the packers have been striving to make them strike in order that they might go back to the ten-hour system with a plausible complaint to support them; but the men have been careful, and have been unwilling to originate a strike.

Dividing with Employes. Pittsburg, Oct. L —The Rochester Tumbler Company have notified their employes that a part of the concern’s profits will be distributed among them at the end of the term beginning Oct. 4,188 G. and concluding Oct. 1, 1887. It is proposjd to distribute about $4,000 among the men as a recognition of faithful services. The money wfli be paid as a bonus for making big wages. The employe earning the largest wages will be given $l5O, the second $125. and so on down to the tenth man, who will receive S4O. The shop making the largest turn will be given SIOO, to be divided among the men, and the boy who is not absent a turn will be presented with S3O. .. Strike Averted. Cleveland, 0., Oct. I.—The threatened strike of the brakemeu of the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio railroad is believed to have been averted, temporarily, at least. A committee of hrakemen to-day waited upon General Superintendent Shaler and Division Superintendent O’Brien, and at the request of these officials it was decided to postpone further action until a reply can be had from New York to the demands of the men. which were forwarded to the Erie’s headquarters bj T General Superintendent Shaler. INDEPENDENT MISS MOORE. She Makes an Interesting Acquisition—Working at Her Home. Pittßlmrg (’orrespondence Philadelphia Press. “I have jus£ cot anew pair of pantaloon3,” said Miss Nellie Nevada Moore to the reporter, this afternoon, as she stepped from under a neat little house at Swiss vale, which she erected during the summer. Miss Moore, who was busy digging a cellar, explained that she hoped to have it completed before winter set in, and # spoke learnedly of stone walls and other recognized essentials to well-equipped cellars. The new “pants.” to which she caiied attention, were striped affairs of the ready-made order, and were purchased by Miss Moore herself at a wellknown establishment in this city. When buying them Miss Moore told the clerk she wanted them for herself, but confessed she didn’t like to carry them home. Miss Moore is the chief architect and builder of a handsome little house which admits of a view of the Pennsylvania railroad and a stretch of the country extending beyond the Monoogahela river. Her latest success is the erection of a kitchen in the rear, which is lathed and ready for such further advancement as she may think advisable. Miss Moore's appearance in male costume in Svvissvale no longer attracts unusual attention in that neighborhood. She is greatly pleased at this, because, she says, she adopts the male costume when at work not from whim or eccentricity, but for convenience sake. When Chopping or entertaining her friends Miss Moore, who has a comfortable income, always wears female clothing. Since the first publication of the fact that Miss Moore wears breeches the lady has received many letters from gentlemen in different parts of the country congratulating her on her originality and independence. Some of the letters came from men living in the far West, who desire to correspond with her with a view to matrimony. The letters were all consigned to the flames. Miss Moore said she bad been tempted to join a New York theatrical company to renew her acquaintance with the stage, but will not do so now, as she and her sole companion, Miss Morgan, are enjoying life at reading, making odd knick-knacks with their carpenter tools, and improving their home. Failure of the Third Party. New York Independent. The election in Maine settles the future of the third party. It is not to be a serious factor in American politics. It has no future before it. Prohibition has a great future, thank God! but not the Prohibition party. * The prohibitionists are never weary of comparing their party of “moral ideas” with the early antislavery party, under its name of the Liberty party and the Free-sod party, which were the ancestors of the Republican party. But the antislaverv party showed a very different growth from this Prohibition party. In Maine the antislavery third party had 194 votes in 1840, 4,836 in 1844, and 12.096 in 1848, and 67,379 in 1850. being a majority of about 25.000. * * * The Prohibition party nowhere shows any evidence of taking hold, as did the earlier third party, of the conscience of the people. If we may then say that the Prohibition party is a substantia! failure, the question must next be answered : Why is this so f Will not the people respond to an appeal for prohibition ? Certainly they will, and It is chiefly because they wish to fight the saloon by prohibition and in every other way that they refuse to accept the

Prohibition party. They have common sense, and they see that prohibition has hitherto gained elorious victories by moral agitation, and that the political methods of the third party actually endanger prohibition. M e believe that it will be found very difficult to get up a really vital party for temperance, or honestv, or chastity, because such duties will appeal to honest men in all parties. We lielieve it will be more than difficult—it will be impossible --to put any vitality into this so-called Prohibition party, not because men love their old parties so much, but because the policy of the leaders is unintelligible, and is hostile to the cause it purports to serve. The Ambitious Tennessee Taylors. Nashville Correspondence Philadelphia Times. While neither brother will admit it at present, the governorship is sought only as a steppingstone to preferment in national political circles. If Bob wins, as the presen indicates, he will be overwhelmingly elected to succeed Whitthorne as United States Senator by the next Legislature, the latter having accepted a nomination for the lower branch of Congress. Bob pretends not to know this, but he does know it, and his friends know it and are doing their level best to compass his success because they know it. A dozen or more old politicians who are not Bob’s most earnest friends, are working with mieht and main to accomplish this result, as each one of the dozen hopes to be Speaker of the State Senate and step into Bob’s gubernatorial shoes when he is elected to the Senate. Alf expects his campaign, whether successfnl or not, to make him irresistible in the First congressional district, in which he lives. Butler, who is the present Republican candidate from the district, will have the hardest kind of work to pull through, as his record is very unsavory. He waa convicted on a former occasion of selling his West Point cadetship ouiside of the State, and an investigating committee, of which Garfield and Logan were members, recommended his expulsion. He belongs to the very worst class of spoils politicians, and all that is needed for his overthrow is the appearance of an honest and popular Republican leader in the district. This leader will appear in the person of Alf Taylor, after the present novel contest is over, and Butler and his colleague in boss politics, Pettibone, will go down before his determined onslaught. Verdict Against a Railway Publication. St. Louis, Oct. L —The libel suit of W. B. Shattuc. of Cincinnati, general passenger agent of the Ohio & Mississippi railroad, against the editors of the Railway Register, of this city, for $50,000. was given to the jury to-day. The plaintiff alleges that the defendants published in their journal certain libelous charges against him. among others being that of appropriating his employer’s money and devoting it to his private use, and of compelling the brokers handling his tickets to divide their commissions with him. The evidence taken in the case failed, it is said, to substantiate the charge. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $3,000 damages. The Third Murder in One Family. Louisvible. Oct. I.—A Courier-Journal special says: “Col. J. W. Hr.wkins was shot and killed some time Thursday night, near Harrodsburg, Ky., by unknown parties. His dead body was found in his country store on the Versailles pike, this morning. There is no clew to the murderers, as none of the valuables about the store were disturbed. Colonel Hawkins was a well-known citizen of Mercer county. Two of his sons hav4 been murdered in the last three years.

Steamship News. Queenstown, Oct. L —Arrived: Baltic, from New York. Southampton, Oct. I.—Passed: Steamer Eider, from New York, for Bremen. New York, Oct I.— Arrived: Allsr, from Bremen; Helvetia, from London. Fixing Things in a Georgia County. Atlanta < onstitutiou. The Democrats of Oglethorpe have grown tired of the demoralization which exists in the party in that county. In consequence it has beeD resolved to hold primaries for the nomination of county officers; and to limit the suffrage to known Democrats. It is hoped that in this way independents and Republicans may be suppressed. ■ A Disgusted Organ. Philadelphia Record (Dem.) There is no use m sending complaints of Mr. Harrity’s [the postmaster| official shortcomings to the Record. Mr. Harrity would not be admonished by the Record though it wore edited by Apostle Paul. Send the complaints to Mr. Harrity’s official superiors, who made him postmaster and are responsible for him. A One-Sided Flap. National Republican. A free trade contemporary gleefully remarks that “general joy in Democratic circles will greet the nomination of Frank Hurd in the Toledo district of Ohio.” This is slightly extravagant. One wing of the Democracy will flap with joy, but the other wing will not permit itself to get excited. When Democrats Are Wanted. Philadelphia Times (Dem.) When Democrats are elected to oflico here, it is not because the people specially want a Democrat. but because they specially want to defeat an offensive Republican. A Political Conundrum. Philadelphia Inquirer. If the Prohibitionists could have their way there would be no more saloon-keepers, and then what would the Democracy do for legialativ® candidates? A Beautiful Present. The Virgin Salt Company, of New Haven, Conn., to introduce Virgin Salt into every family, are makine this grand offer: A crazy paten-work block, enameled in twelve beautiful colors and containing the latest fancy stitches, on a large lithograph card having a beautiful gold-mounted ideal portrait in the center, given away with every ten-eent package of Virgin Salt Virgin Salt has no equal for household purposes. It is the cleanest, purest and whitest salt ever seen or used. Remember that a large package costs only 10 cents, with the above present Ask your grocer for it

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