Pike County Democrat, Volume 26, Number 43, Petersburg, Pike County, 6 March 1896 — Page 2

€Hu Gmmtjj Jmocrat B. lUa 8TOOPB, Editor ud Proprietor. PETERS BUBO. - - - INDIANA. Attorset-Gexebax Siftox'b resolution protesting1 against contemplated federal inteference in Manitoba school matters was carried in the Manitoba legislature, on the 27th, by a rote of 31 to 7. ACcBAXflag waving over the office of / the Petit Parisian, in Paris, on the 26th, attracted a crowd of angry Spaniards who cheered for Spain. They were dispersed by the police, and some of them were arrested. Toe suit in Philadelphia of the United States against former Postmaster-Gen-eral Wanamaker, to recover a penalty of $1,000 for violation of the contract labor law, ended, on the 26th, in a verdict for the government. The house judiciary committee agreed to and ordered favorably reported, on the 2«th, a bill to abolish the fee system as to United States district attorneys and marshals, and to substitute therefor stated salaries. Gen. Madison Miller, a veteran of the Mexican and the . civil wars, died suddenly of apoplexy, on the 27th. at his home in St. Louis His body was discovered by his wife on her return ^liome more than an hour after his death. A dispatch from Havana of the 24th •tales that according to returns made to Gen. Weyler from the various commanders in Cuba, there are fully 20.Q0Q Spanish troops, with their arms, equipments and ammunition, unaccounted for. 31. R. Shaxklan. executive clerk of the seuate, died at Round Hill, Va., on the night of the 26th. from the effects of an attack of the grip last winter. He had been connected with the executive office of the senate for 34 yi>ars _? The commencement exercises at the Indian industrial school at Carlisle, Pa., began, on the 26th, and were largely attended by people from all sections Of the country. On the 27th Gen. Fitihugh Lee made an address to the Indian graduates. The resolution of the committee on foreign affuirs. as amended by the addition to it of Senator Cameron's resolution declaring for the recognition of Cuban independence, was adopted by the Uuited States senate, on the 2Sth, by the practically unanimous vote of 64 to 6. The posyt office appropriation bill for the coming'fiscal year, as agreed to by the house appropriations committee, on the 2*>th, dairies an appropriation of $91,56^,443, being $3.2.'»2.4r>2 less than the estiniMtes. and 82,519,445 over the • mount carried by the^bill of the current fiscal year. Cl'ran revolutionary clubs in New York city celebrated their first anniversary, on the 24th, by a grand mass meeting at ( bickering hall, and the plaee was crowded to its utmost capacity. Many of those in attendance were ladies. There was a large contribution to the cuuse. “ Henry C. Bowks, editor andproprietor of the New York Independent, died •t his home in Brooklyn on the 24th. Mr. Bowen was 82 years old last September,. He had been 1n poor health fora longtime, and during the last three weeks his condition grew steadily worse until the end came. Minister Andrade, of Venezuela, received a cablegram from his government. on the 27th. announcing that the original documents, maps and records obtained bv the historical commission appointed by President Crespo would be sent forward at <*»ice for delivery to the American high boundary commission.

J. II. Wiboko, Jans |i. Peterson and l\ Johansen, the late captain, first mute and second mate, of the steamer Horsa, were convicted in the United Plates district court at Philadelphia, on the ‘.•'•th. of engaging in a Cohan filibustering expedition. Sentence was suspended pending a motion for new trial. Ex-Cox G tUtSSM A X lklCRKK CoCKRAX is not booked for a monastery, as at first reported. It is true, however, that he has recently applied to tjie College of the lloly Cross, at Worcester, Mass., for admission as a seminarian. 11$ will, it is said, study for the priesthotsi, and seek in the seclusion of the cloister absolute peace and earthly oblivion. There was introduced in the Ohio •enate. on the '.'6th, and promptly adopted, a joint resolution authorizing the attorney-general to nolle prosequi the indictments against Col. At Ik Coil, of Washington Courthouse fame. In Payette county, unless the people of that county deposit a 960,UQO indemnity bond with the state auditor • to secure the state frojnfc; costs. Ox the 26ith the high court of the South African republic confirmed the Int rdictory proclamation issued by P’-csident Kruger regarding the mining shares and other property held in the rand by the persons who were arrested at Johannesburg and taken to Pretoria for trial. The proclamation declares the property mentioned forfeited, in the event of the conviction of the owners thereof.

Thk j body of Lamiari Rath Moree Fheloika niece of I*rof. Morw. inventor of the telegraph. was cremated in Sliicago on the £»th. Twenty-one year* •go she founded tae Occult and Mystical Order of tl»e Hermetic Brotherhood of A. L. u*d E. for the study of ocevJbt literature. The order Is closely •Hied to theosophy, and has now between two hundred and three hundred Vtffibfrs to this country.

] 4.4 4.4.4.4.44*4 h 4 A 4 4 4 MARCH—1896. Tm. Wed. Thor Frl. 8 10 11 12 13 15 16 17 18 19 20 122 23 24 25 26 27 * 29 30 31 14 21 28 *++*+ttt++*+»+m * m »* m r< CURRENT TOPICS. THE HEWS IH BRIEF. > LIV. CONGRESS. (First Session.) IH the senate, on the 2ith. Mr. Morgan (dem.. Ain.) continued his speech In. support of the concurrent resolution for the recognition of Cuban belligerency. The Lodge resolution for an inquiry into the facts and circumstances of recent bond issues was taken up and discussed tilt the close of the morning hour, when it went to the calendar without notion — In the house, in the course of the consideration of the Indian appropriation bill, an amendment was adopted. W to 04. prohibiting the secretary of the interior from spending any of the money appro- J printed for education of the Indians in sectarian institutions. Speaker Reed announced that he had signed the urgent deficiency and diplomatic and consular appropriation hilts. In the senate, on the 25th, Mr. Morrill renewed the attempt to hare the house terifl) bill taken up for consideration: but the proposition was defeated by a vote of 23 to 3S. the solid democratic vote being supplemented by those df five silver republicans and five populists. Three hours’ -time was given to the further consideration of the Cuban belligerency resolution .....In the house the Indian appropriation bill was passed, without further discussion,Sand consideration of the Van Horn-Tarsney contested-election case was entered upon, majority and minority rer ] ports having been presented. Is the senate, on the 'Xtb, Mr. Carter (rep.. Mont) assumed the leadership of*’ the silver senators making a long speech in defense of himself and other republican senators who had voted against taking up the house tariff bill, the Cuban belligerency resolution was under consideration tor some time without making any perceptible progress,.In the house nearly all of the long day's session Was devoted to consideration of the Yah HornTarsney contested-election case w ithout arriving at a1 conclusion. Minor matters occupied the remainder of the session. In the senate, on the STth. Mr Vest idem.. Mi') made an impassioned ad lress Jn favo^of Ouh3n independence. Senator Proctor (rep.._! Vt.) spoke in tyvor of land fortifications in preference to the creation of a powerful navy. A bill appropriating JSW.OOO for two first-clash revenue steamers for the Pacific coast was ipassed. as was the army appropriation bill. carrying f23."O0.iW>.In the house the Tars-pey-Yan Horn contested-election case was decided In favor olj the contestant, and Mr. Van Horn was immediately sworn in. Unanimous consent for the consideration of the Cuban resolution was defeated by Mr. Boutelle (rep.. Me.), who demanded less precipitation in the passage of a measure of such grave import, involving possible war with Spain. Is the senate, on the iS*th. according to programme previously agreed upm. th-’ Jttours up to four o'clock were occupied in debate upon the Cuban question, senators vicing with each other in praise of the Cuban patriots and in denunciation of Spain. At four o'clock the vote was taken on the resolution of the committee on foreign relations, as amended b? the addition of Senator Cameron’s resolution for the recognition of Cuban independence, and it was passpd by a vote of 84 tod.....jin the house the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill was considered in rommiti tee of the whole. 21 pages of it being disposed of. The conference report on.the general pension appropriation bill was agreed to. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. TiiE.Betlilehem (Pa.) Iron Co. was, on the 25th, informed bv Secretary Herbert that the ’government had awarded the company the contract for furnishing eight sets of 13-iAch gun forgings. The Midvale Steel €0. got the contract for the 8-iuch gups. w A BOYAL decree was isstnnf in Brussels. on the 27th. accepting the resignation of M. DeBurlet from the office of prime minister, minister of the interior and minister of instruction, and ' appointing M. Favereau as his sucees- ; sor. The decree also appointed M. De- [ liurlet minister of state.

Wibuk F. McCormick. a cnwk. confined in the jail at Newark.^0., on the 26th, locked Turnkey Haziest in. the cell and escaped. Hazlett yelled for an hour before being released. Juikjk. Brown, of New York, liauded down an order in the- United States circuit court, on the 20th, directing the removal of George Carson and Sidney Ycnnie, the alleged post office robbers, to Springfield, 111., to answer to the charge of having robbed the post office on April 3 last. . < The governor of Pennsylvania issued a proclamation, on the 20th, designaling April 10 and 24 as Arbor days, the choice of dates being left to the various sections of the commonwealth. Mr. G. J. GpectlKX, first lord of the British admiralty, speaking at Leweston, on the 26th. said that conciliation negotiation and arbitration "might be valuable, but woe to the nations lacking courage or means to back their opinions. The police of Omaha. Neb., have information that Clanyeomb, the man taken back from I)es Moines, la., for body-snatching, made a contract with the medical college at Ik's Moines to furnish it 75 dead bodies at $T»0 each. SiMCEt EdiIos. father of Thomas A. Edison, theinventor, died at Norwalk, O.. on the 26th. aged 82. - Tue minority of the house committee on foreigu affairs say that in their ‘ opinion there was nothing in either of the Bayard speeches mentioned that calls for or justifies any censure by congress. Grx. Lewis Mcrriix died, on the 27th.' at the Presbyterian hospital in Philadelphia, of an affection of thekidneys. Deceased was a native of Penh- ’ syl vania, 62 years of age and a gradui ate of West Point. He was a eomImander of cavalry throughout the entire war of the rebellion and was several times promoted for gallant services. \

Ox the 27th thy president approved the urgent deficiency hill; the act granting leave of absence for a year to homestead settlers on the Yankton i Indian reservation, S. D., and the act j amending the act for the relief and civilisation of the Chippe-va Indians in • Minnesota.

Gold has been discovered in the City Creek canyon, within the city limits ol i Salt Lake, Utah. Assays are reported running as high as 9500 gold and #40 in silver per ton. Rear-Admiral a a Carpkhteb, ! United States navy, lately commanding the Asiatic squadron, was placed j upon the retired list of the navy, on the 27th, being 62 years of age. Alexander Rhimks, aged 75, of Pulton county, Ind., applied, on the 87th, for a divorce from bis ninth wife, to whom be was married on January 17 last, two days after he had secured a divorce from wife No. 8. He has another wife in view now. United States Minister Terrell received information from Marsovan, on the 27th, showing that there had been no massacre there as had been reported. An outbreak had -occurred at ! Adana, in which 12 Armenians were killed and 40 wounded. Dr. Carl Peters, the African explorer, who was recently elected president of the German Colonial association, is about to undertake a new exploration of Somaliland in the interests of a number of wealthy Americans. ■ '|- The Iowa house, on the 27th, killed the resubmission of the prohibitory amendment by defeating the resolution and tabling a motion to reconsider. The action of the post office department in refusing the use of the mails to various bond and investment companies was sustained in an opinion rendered by Attorney-General Harmon. At an adjourned meeting of thp annual, meeting of the New York Yacht club, on the 27tli. with 40 yacht owners i present, and about 600 membeyscrowd- 1 ing the clubhouse, laird Dunraven was expelled from membership in the club by a vote of 39 to 1. H. A. Poingpestrk's big barn, twc miles south of .Leavenworth, Kas., was burned to the ground by an incendiayy tire, on the 27th, and stock and implements valued at #20.000 destroyed. Among the horses -that perished were two valuable racers, Altitudf and Director. Judge Grosscup declined to change the sentence of Joseph Dunlop, late editor of the Chicago Dispatch, convicted of sending obscene matter through the mails, and fined S1.000, and given two years iq the penitentiary. . - — -■ Herbert Hathaway, aged 16. was captured at Cherokee, la., on the 27th, while placing obstructions oh the track with the intention of wrecking the . Illinois Central express. He is in jail. The W. C. T. U. of Chicago declares that Robert G. Ingfersoll shall never desecrate Willard hall unless he goes to confers his sins and renounce his pagan doctrines. Harley Ephrf.t was fatally injured by falling down the shaft of the Ehrleck mine at Seeleyvillle, Ind., a distance of ?0 feet, on the 27th. The house committee on reform in the civil service ordered a favorable report, on the 28th. on a bill making it a misdemeanor to discriminate'against any person on aceount of political af* tilation for appointment to any position under the civil service. The law is also made to apply to persons after appointment, and violation is made punishable bv fine or imprisonment or both. ' . Failures* throughout the United States for the week ended on the 28th, as reported by R. G. I)un «Sc Co., were 278, against 250 for the corresponding week last year. For Canada the failures were 59, against 38 last year. LATE NEWS ITEMS. 1 hf: senate was not m session on the 29th.In tints house the bill authorizing the leasing of School lands in Arizona was passed—200 to 38over the president's veto, innate amendments to the army appropriation bill were disagreed to. and the ! bill was sent to conference. The

I legislative, executive and judicial up- | propriation bill was further cousidj ered under the five-minute rule. Au t >t\U r was agreed to relieving'the sen- ; ate from the operations of the rule which prohibits the addition of new legislation to appropriation bills. Tuk steamship Ailsa, of the Atlas line,was sunk at the south mouth of ! the Narrows approaching New York harbor.'on the 20th, during a dense fog. by the steamship La Bourgogne, of the General Trans-Atlantique line, bound for IIa\ re. it is charged that the French steamer kept on her course without making the slightest effort to aid the disabled vessel, und that the crew of the latter deserted in a boat and left the passengers to their fate. They were later rescued!from the rigging of the sunken vessel by the tug llarold. * 1 , * Tuk statement of official receipts | and expenditures of the government for February, made public jou the id. i showed receipts for Febjruary in round figures 826.000,000, and expenditxires I S2j.OOG.oOO. or an exeess of receipts over expenditures of less than S2t»,O00. I Vuff.KST outbreaks aid h'ostile demonstraiious against the! American consulates in Madrid. Barcelona and othei Spanish .cities took place, on the 1st. •upon receipt of the news by the populace that the United States senate had passed a joint resolution look ing tothe recoguitiou of the belligerent rights to 1 Cuba.

I hk city oi naytqp. O . was aroused aM»»st to a stale of pan^e. on the 1st. j by the aunouueemeut that there were -*3 weil-defiued eases of small-pox in in the city workhouse. There are ovei 1 one hundred prisoners in the institu- | tion besides Supt- Martin, his family*, the guards and other employes. Alien bishop Ike land made an impassioned add ress to an audience which packed the Metropolitan opera house in St. Paul. Minn., from pk to gallery, on the 1st. in protest against tht atrocities in Armenia, and in appeal for aid for the sufferers from Turkish barbarism. Ho.v W. W. Rick, ex-co ngressmar and brother-in-law oi Senator Hoar I died at his home in Worcester, Mass, on Um 1st

INDIANA STATE NEWS. The other morning a west-bound Lake shore freight train broke in two 13 miles east of Waterloo, and the two sections collided- Ten cars of coal oil ignited, and the flames spread rapidly, doing great damage in destroying surrounding properly. All traffic was suspended for hours. At Muncie Mrs. Roby, the other night, presented the 55 members of the Muncie fencibles medals as a token of her esteem and appreciation for their services during the great strike of two years ago. The fencibles were stationed at Hammond. The annual O. A. R. encampment of Indiana will be held in South Bend on May 13 and 14. Already preparations are being made to entertain the veterans. It is estimated that 10,000 visitors will attend. Sixteen oommittees besides the executive committee have been appointed. Joseph Kemper, a Mfla^n freight conductor, while trying to board a train at Orleans, the other day, had his left foot crushed. He had been railroading S5 years, and this was his first aocsdeot. The February term oi oourt met at Columbus, the other morning. Among the cases to be tried are 1* divorce cases and eight $5,000 damages cases against the Pennsylvania railroad. Chairman Gowdy having succeeded1 in securing the signatures of a majority of the members of both houses of the legislature to agreement regarding the enactment of a fair apportionment,, law, called on Gov. Matthews the other day and presented a memorial asking that the legislature be called to meet iit special session. Twenty-eight of1 the 80 republican senators and 01 of the S3 republican representatives have signed the agreement. The governor has announced in advance of the visit that he will not call the legislature. So that the presentation of the memorial will lx* a mere formality, which will 'be followed immediately by a suit to set aside the legislative apportionment laws"still in force., * A sai.oon at Newburg. west of Brazil, was burglarized the other night. The thieves secured a roll of money, and then turned on all the faucets in the room fairly flooding the premises with liquors. The Hartford Bicycle Co., of Morrow, O.. was located at Anderson, a few days ago. The company will incorporate with $1,500,000 capital. Contracts will be let for the brick and stone buildings immediately. They are to be done aud half of the plant ready for operation May 15. Isaac Lucas, aged 76 years, ex-sher-iff of Owen county, and for many years a justice of the peace, fell dead while reading a newspaper in the Rogers house, Spencer. Heart disease was the cause. He owned the hotel property and formerly operated it under the name of the Lucas house. Eva Mm.i.er. an eight-year-old girl, daughter of a poor family, was burned to death the other night by the explosion of a lamp at Terre Haute. Her eyes were burned out and she lived for two hours in great agony. John Mii.t.en, the 16-year-old son of William Millen. residing eight miles southwest of Edinburgh, commit te suicide the other morning, about eight o'clock by shooting himself through the heart with a revolver Young Millen had been keeping company with a daughter of Chri5tm>her‘Coy. a girl oi about his own age. The affair was con- ; trary to the wishes of the boy's father. -The other night he visited his sweetheart and the next morning, on his return home, his father commenced te chastise him. when the young man rnn out into a field and in plain view of his father shot himself, dying almost instantly. The Dean brothers, who have 200.000 peach trees in Jefferson county, have investigated the damage of the recent ■ cold snap and announce that ail are safe and the crop is promising. Mbs. S.vrba Thomas died at her home in Richmond a few days ago. She had been a resident of the city for ! many years.

Dr. li. Ai.i.ex a prominent «em<> cratie politician of Bartholomew county. died at his home at Waymansville. For the last two weeks he has been ill with congestion of the lungs, and his death was not unexpected. f-n 1894 he made the race for county coroner and j was defeated by a narrow margin. Pkof. Howard >am>isox, vice presii dent of the state normal school and i late president of the state teachers’ | association, is very ill with pheu&onia. Several times it was thought ’^e was dying. Prof. Gillum, of th» normal school, has been administering oxygen with the apparatus from the school laboratory when it seemed that Prof. Sandison’s respiratioq ha.I almost ceased, with the result that there was immediate improvement. Emily J. Guxrit of Farmland, widow of an old soldier, vras notified a few days ago by the pension department that her application had been ! favorably acted on and that‘she would I hereafter receive $14 per month. U&r husband was a prominent I. 0. O. F. and G. A. R. worker. The following figures in. relation tc the schools of Madison county are authentic. There are enrolled as pupils in that county 17.806 children. The attendance is .11,000, showing 6,8t'G children who do not attend school and who are of school age There are 21)l, teachers, whose salaries for this yeax aggregate $125,00u. The cabinet of the Ep worth league of the Richmond district of the M. E. church met at Richmond the olhei night and decided on Greenfield as th» place for the district meeting, June 2 3 and «.

The Indiana window g-ia.ss lactone? have resumed operations after a six weeks? shat down, and all the old men went to work again. The proprietor?* saj the ontlook for the coining spring demand is very encouraging. Tul Clinton County Agricultural society ias organised wiith the following officers: President, D. F. Maish; ricepresident, C N. Petty; secretary, Dan

EXULTANT CUBAN3 Oalf Aws)Un)[ the Accwdtnf of BalllgW* eat Bights—To Begin a Vigorous War on Spain—Entirely Confident of Their Ability to Crush the Spanish Army In Cuba and Secure the Independence of Their downtrodden People. Philadelphia, March 3.—The fact i came out in Philadelphia yesterday afternoon that the C^ib^yparty has all ; its plans prepared for a vigorous pros- | | ecution of the war against Spain immej diately cn the according to the patriots ! of belligerent rights by this country. The Cubans do not expect recognition of their independence at the present stage of the struggle for freedom; I indeed, they are candid in saying they® can get along very well without such recognition. They declare they have [ ample funds for securing such supplies | as will enable them to end the strugi gle within the next six months. They are entirely confident that belligerency will be given in the next few days, and they are arranging now for an immense mass meeting to be held in this city to-night, when they ; will ,state to the world plainly and frankly what they desire for Cuba and what is the present condition of their affairs. / “The first, thing that will happen after belligerency is accorded," said Marcos Morales, one of the Cuban leaders, “will be the departure of Cu- ' bans from thiX country for the buttle ; ground. Of the 25.000 Cubans here who are able to«bbqr arms, there will ! not be 5,000 remaining out of gunshot reach of the Spanish forces. “They go to give Spanish tyranny its death blow. We will instantly pur1 chase vessels, for we have all the money we require, and we ask no fa- j vors from anyone. We have at our command all means requisite to obtain arms and amtuuuition. The ves-H sols we buy will be such as are espe- 1 ciujly suited to the- safe transportation'of arms and men to the island.' The war, of course* will still by carried on by laud mainly. “There is no heed for us to fight Spain at sea. If our cruisers happen to meet Spanish ships that cauuot be evaded, they will have to tight; that's ‘ a*r ' 4 THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT J Takes Measures to Protect the I'uited: States Legatiou iu Madrid. Washington, March 2.—The state department has been officially advised ! that the Spanish government, as j precautionary measure agaiut any pos-' sible outbreak of violence arising from the excited feeliug of the people of ; Madrid in regard to the reported , action of the United States senate on Cuban affairs, has taken measures to guard the United States legation. The newspapers have published only carefully-worded abstracts of the purport of the senate resolutions, but pubj licatious in Paris and elsewhere have ! j given a sufficiently full statement of \ i the feelings of the United States congress on tae matter to cause anxiety and precaution. .it is recalled that twice previously j foreign legations have been attacked i iu Madrid. In 1ST 1 the residence of ; the papal nuncio was assailed andin \ 885 the Herman legation was attacked on account of the Caroline islands dis>ute. It is recalled, also, as a matter Of his- j ory, ; hut the Spanish consulate iu I ■ New Orleans waif attacked by a mob, j snd the United States made prompt apology and reparation to Spain lor j this insult to its flag. It is to prevent any. such occurrence against the .United States legation iu Madrid that | the precautions of the'Spanish govern- j men have been taken Minister liaanis Taylor, though deI voting most of his time to historical studies and takiug little part in the diplomatic life of the Spanish capital, except so far as urgent busiuess compels him, is not personally unpopular in Madrid. The cdurse taken by the Spanish ministry iu placing a guard over the l uitedf States legation has not been adopted at his request, but as a measure of abuudanc precaution by.the Spanish government at its own instigation, and partly in recognition of the vigilance displayed by the United States in the seizure of the supposed filibustering steamer Bermuda. Xo advices have been received at the Spanish legation here to indicate any serious danger. Minister de Lome says he has abiding faith in the good common sense of the American people, and that he feels certain nothing Will happen to interrupt the friendly relation existing between Spain and the ! United States.

THE FOOLISH DONS Aparins a Whole Lot y«f Trouble fot Themselves ami Their 4?oTerty-Sirlekea Country. Barcelona, March 2.—As the news i of the action taken by* the United States senate in I favor of Cuba began to reach the public ear the populace gathered in immense crowds and listened to impassioned speeches; from exeited orators, until they became so inhumed With passion j that wiser counsels could not restrain them. When, proceeding to the United States consulate, amid cries of “Long live Spain!” and “Down with the Yankees!” they began throwing stones, with which they badly defaced the building. They also tore up- several United States flags which fell into their hands. The mob was charged and dispersed i by the police. The anti-American feeling ruus very high, and talk of war is freely engaged in.

TALLY FOR CUBA. fh« Steamer Ilermuda Released and Captured Arms Restored. New York. March 2.—A ljerald special from Washington says: The government has acknowledged failure again in the case of an alleged filibustering expedition. The steamer Bermuda has been ordered restored to her owners; the arms and amunition which were captured on the tug Stranahan will be restored to their owners and the proceedings against the men engaged will probably ba quashed. Proof was lacking.

BALLiNGTON BOOTH And HU Wife Imo« a Statement to fho Presa—They Bcco*nt«« a Higher Call tbaa that from Condon, and WUI Continue to labor for the Strentbeninj; of Blthtwma Principle* and the Extending of Cod’s Kingdens. , Moxtclaik, N. J.{ March 2.—Commander and Mrs. Ballington Booth last, night issued the following’ statement, to the press: “Being continually pressed upon all sides to state definitely the action we shall take in the future, we now desire to make known our present position. i. 'V “First. We did not wish it said that we had taken the Salvatiou Army; that we had, through ambition, swept the organization in this country out of the generaTs Hands, or that we had taken property which we had- acquired while owing allegiance to him;, furthermore, we did ; not want to influence those under his authority through their loyalty and steadfastness to us, nor have it said that we had proved faithless to a trust reposed in us, so far as the administration wasconcerned. We l*ad no alternative bub to accept our dismissal, which closed ; our relationships and negotiations with. London. Since then we have allowed those in authority full scope, neither 1 appearing in public uor counselling any beneath their command to leave. “Second. We cannot, however, close our eyes to the fact that we have another allegiance* we are not our own and cannot dispose of qur lives and influence to please ourselves. God hascalled us to work for him. We dare not, therefore, remain idle. We have also at heart theinterest of our country that so loudly called to us to coil- - > tinue in action. .Seeing that the people of the United States of America in an urgent and unmistakable manner have voiced their desire that we should inaugurate a "movement .affording us an opportunity to continue our labors for the uplifting of the uncherished; and uuehristened * people of our country; and as there ; - appeared to us no alternative between this course and retiring from public a service, we have decided upon the latter action. It is farthest from our desire, that such a new and independent, movement should be hostile to the one we labored so long and - so^hard to upbuild. The United States with its vast ; and 'ever-increasing-population should afford ample room for sueh effort without any unchristain warring. , “Third. It would be premature here to decide upon the details of our f future labor. We seek above all else God's.leadirfg." An organization cannot be formed in. a dav. and one that owns Christ as. its head eaunot.be formulated on the opinions and enthusiasms of the moment. We shall probably have but a small beginning, and gain step by step. 6 Fourth. We shall assuredly, under any circumstances, stand for the principles we have hitherto upheld, having for our aims the. saving of souls, the unity of effort in work, scriptural plainness and self-sacrifice, and simplicity and distinctiveness of dress that speaks of out-and-out Christ follow- , • iug. . ■ -- ‘• Fifth. We bannot, at this perplexed juncture, overtired in body and over- J strained in nerve, give the date when we shall be ready* to commence public work. Indeed, it will be seen to bo wise to do nothing in haste lest it should l>e ill-done; but to do “all with forethought, that it may be well and permanently’ done. We are most anxious not to act on impulse dr under strong pressure, but as (loti shall ’guidesus through circumstances, and with eopl./caim judgment as to what we believe to be right. . ’“In closing, we desire to assure all who are interested in this matter that we have earnestly consecrated our lives to the service of strengthening righteous principles and extending \ God's kingdom in America. \ [Signed] Bali.inotox Bookh, .\l,u t) B. Booth.”, THE AMERICAN LINER NEW YORK

Which Went Anhore lit the Quickstep Bell Buoy. Again Afloat. s New York, March 2.—The American line steamer New York whieh went ashore at the Quickstep Bell Buqv, near Swinburne island, in the lower bay during' the dense fog prevailing Saturday, came off the bar with the assistance of six tags, at S:30yesterday morning. Health Officer Doty visited the steamer to inspect the steerage passengers. While this inspection was going on the transfer boat John Mbore * was receiving the passengers to take < them to Ellis Island. Before the inspection was completed the New York - floated at S:30 a. m. and proceeded up the bay. The stevedores worked unre- p mittingly all night on the vessel, discharging 1,700 pieces of cargo into three lighters About seventeen hundred pieces are sti 11 in the steamer's hold. The tugs commenced work on the vessei at high water Saturday evening, and succeeded in moving her about fifty feet, pulling her head out toward the channel. Yesterday morning at seven o’clock every effort was made by the tugs and the New York worked both screws with all her power. The New York heeled suddenly to port and floated in deep water at £30. The tide was an unusually high One and the ship was assisted by the heavy easterly swell which constantly sweot in from the ocean, moving the vessel very perceptibly.

stained-No Damage Whatever. ( ‘New York, March 2.—The New York arrived at her dock at ten o'clock yea- - terday morning. She sustained* nc damage whatever, - and will sail on Wednesday morning. The com party attaches no blame to anyone for the accident, and Capfc. Grant will command her on her outward voyage. For a Branch Sint at Chicago. Washington, March 1.—Mr. Hopkins (rep-, HI.) introduced in the house a bill appropriating 5500,000 for the establishment o* » branch mint at Chicago.