Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 June 1889 — Page 3

THE NEWS OF THE WEEK.

i DOMESTIC. ■ St. Louis is warning the gamblers. ■ A great iron and coal discovery is reBiorted from Colorado. ■ A tornado swept over Roann, Sunday, Bind did considerable damage. ■ Five houses were etmek by lightning Bnside two hours at Decatur, 111. ■ Newton Moore, of Lake City, Colo., Bnurdered his bride and killed himself. B It is believed Governor Foraker will ■be renominated by the Ohio Republi- ■ A disastrous cyclone visited Albany. ■Mo., Friday and killed and injured sev■erai people. ■ The New Hampshire Legislature, ■Tuesday.elected W. E. Chandler United ■States Senator. I An Englishman named S. C. Coombs, ■was swindled out of SB,OOO at San ■Francisco, by the gold brick process. I General Butler broke lose in another Communication, Sunday, seeking to ■prove that Admiral Porter is a coward. | Four blocks were burned in VanIcouver, W. T., Sunday. The buildings ■were small, and the loss will net exceed K 70.0 0I Four pleasure seekers, two young men Hand two young ladies, were drowned ■while boat riding in a Philadelphia ■park Sunday. I Mrs. J. Ellen Foster denies that there ■was an even or fair fight in the recent ■Prohibition contests in Pennsylvania ■and Rhode Island. I Gen. Simon Cameron was prostrated, ■Thursday, at his home, Donegal Springs, I with paralysisof the right arm and side land his condition is critical. I The Standard Oil Company is leasing ■ the right of way between Lima, O.,and I Detroit for an eight-inch pipe line to I convey oil to that city for fuel purposes. I Frank Miller, eleven years of age, I son of George J. Miller, a cigar-maker I living at 114 Beebe avenue. Dutchkills, IN. Y., died Friday morning of hydroI phobia. . • -- , - I A large number of hogs have died of I cholera near Lima, 0., during the past I few days, and the. State Board will be I called upon to devise means to stamp I out the disease. I The schooner Baltic, of Provincetown, I Mass., reports having been fired on last I May at Simona Bay, Santo Domingo, I where she put in for water. The men I who did the firing were Haytians. I Two miners were killed and nearly I a hundred injured at Birmingham, I Alabama, Tuesday, by the train .being I thrown from the track by which they I were being conveyed to the mines. | The fire-works establishment of Heyer I Bros, at Sumner and Hawley streets,BosI ton, burned Friday night. Three dead I bodies have been taken from the ruins. I Five people are supposed to be killed. Albert Fink, chairman of the Trunk I Line Association, formerly the Trunk I Line Pool, has tendered his resignati«n, I to take effect July 10. He has held the I position since June 15,1877, at a salary of $25,000 a year. Private letters received at Cape Hayti from Port-au-Prince stated the city was in a very excited condition. Legitime refused to leave the city or capitulate and great fears were apprehended of an insurrection in the city. Having been asked to protest-against the appointment of Patrick Egan, to be Minister to Chili by the British American Association, Governor Thayer of Nebraska, warmly defends that gentleman in an open letter. A dispatch from Kansas City, Mo., says: Mrs. Lizzie Lind died at her home Friday from burns sustained the night before. She quarrelled with her husband because he returned home so late. She blew out the lamp and a moment later set her clothes on fire, having saturated them with coal oil. Her husband attempted to put out the flames, but before he could do so the woman was fatally burned. Saturday afternoon Mrs. Lucy Hayes, the wife of ex-President Hayes, was stricken with apoplexy at her home in Fremont, Ohio. The attack came between 3 and 4 o’clock in the afternoon, while Mrs. Hayes was sitting in her room sewing. Paralysis of the right side resulted, rendering her speechless. Medical help was at once summoned, but efforts to restore the lady to conscioumess failed. Messrs, O. Facquet and A. T. Noquin, editors respectively of the Comet and Sentinel, rival newspapers in the town of Thibodaux, Mississippi had a shooting afiray Sa urday in front of St. Joseph’s college, in Thibodaux, in which Mr. Noquin was shot in the body, dying from the wound in less than an hour, while Mr. Facquet was wounded in the head, but not dangerously. The difficulty arose from a newopaper controversy which has been going on for the past week. Senator Chandler having denied that Senator Blackburn pulled his ear, Senator Faulkner, who was present at the time, now comes forward and declares that Blackburn did twist Chandler's ear. The latter sat perfectly still, and did notattempt to resent the indignity offered him. Senator Blackburn occompanied his performance with the remark: “Damn you, I can’t strike you while you are sitting down, but I can •how my contempt for you by twisting your ear.” John Lewes, the phenomenal fat man who weighed 640 pounds, died at his home in Elmira, N. Y., Tuesday from erysipelas. He was bom in England and was about forty years old. He was a blacksmith and worked at his trade up to about three years ago. At that time he weighed but little more than 200 pounds, but began rapidly gaining in flesh at the rate of about five pounds per week. Everything known to medical science was tried in his case, but it baffled the skill of the best physicians. The reports from the Northwest are very satisfactory to those who favor the opening of toe Sioux reservation. It was expected that the commission would Encounter a great deal of opposition, and no one cognizant of the facts and the character of the Indians thought that it would be possible to induce any great number to sign the treaty for some time to come. Th? reporta received an- . nounce tLat Red Cloud has at last attached his signature, and causes great surprise, because it was generally believed that he would be one of the Indians to hold out to the last. The wisdom of the President in assigning a place on the commission to General Crook is now seen. The long time con-

nection of that officer with the red men, and the thorough knowledge of their character which he possesses, makes him invaluable in a matter qf this kind. Many of those who acre loudest in asserting, a few months ago, that there was io possible chance of the rati7cation of the amended bill throwing the reservation open to settlement, now admit entirely changed, and these same men are preaictmg that within a very tew weeks ported to Congress to insure tTa opening of that vast expanse of land which is now practically useless. If this could have been done, this year it would have made a material differenc&dn the population of South Dakota when the census ■ shall be taken next year. As the matter now stands, it is not thought that there will be enough immigration into the Territory before the first of June, 1890, to insure any very great increase up to the time that the enumertion is made. FOREIGN. Adelina Patti is seriously ill. Matters cn ibe Isthmus continue tn wear a gloomy look, and one which will last until thousands more of the men now there are removed. Many have gone, but, as already reported, there are many who should be afforded the means of reaching some place where work is to be had. » A railroad from Congo Falls to Stanley Pool, 262 miles, is a project being pushed by the Belgian government and wealthy capitalists. C. P. Huntington. the railroad magnate, is one of the projectors. It is not expected that the road Will be a good financial investment, but it is being buik more as a matter of sentiment. One-half of the important city of Le Chan, in the province of Szechuen, China was recently destroy ed by fire. The conflagration raged four days. It is estimated that 1,200 persons were killed. Most of them were crushed in trying to escape from the narrow streets. Ten thousand persons are homeless. A fund has been started for the lelief of the sufferers. ' . ' ■ ..

THE CRONIN MURDER.

Mart in Burke has been arrested at Winnipeg as an accomplice in the Cronin murder. The police pretend to believe they have important evidence against Burke, principally that “Burke was frequently beard to say that Cronin ought to be removed.” The sensational incident of the Cronin Grand Jury Tuesday morning was the refusal of Wm. E. Bell, of the Western Union Telegraph Company, to obey an order of the jury to produce messages passing between Alexander Sullivan, Dan Coughlin, P. O’Sullivan, John J. Maroney and G. W. Mellville. Mr. Bell maintained that it was against the rules of the company to produce such messages and that the statutes of the State of Illinois imposed a fine of $5,000 upon a telegraph company for disclosing the contents of any peisonal or business messages pjissing over its lines. After all attempts to induce the witness to obey had failed, the jury, headed by State’s Attorney Longenecker, repaired to Judge Shephard’s room and appealed to his Honor to issue an order directing the witness to answer under pain of contempt and' commitment. The Judge fully sustained the State’s attorney, and an order was spread upon the record airecting the witness, under pain of contempt and commitment to jail, to produce any and all messages, cablegrams or copies thereof in the Chicago office, passing between Alexlanaer Sullivan, Dau Coughlin, P. O'Sullivan, John J. Maroney, G. W. Melville and Chas. McDonald either under their true names or any alias, or between either of these men and any other person since first of March last. The witness then complied. Martisen, the Chicago emressman who carted the goods to the ‘Carleson cottage, arrived at Winnipeg, Friday, and Friday night identified Burke as the one who engaged him to move the goods. The identification was complete. Fitty-two persons were gathered inthe jail yard, among them being Burke and several citizens in plain clothes. They were placed in 1 ine and “toed off.” Martisen walked slowly up and down the line. Burke stood with his hands in his pockets and with his eyes averted from the Chicago man. After a consult ation with the authorities Burke’s number was taken down, and it was openly stated by counsel for the prosecution that there was no necessity for further identification. Martisen is accompanied by Chicago detective. Burke has employed additional counsel and will fight against extradition to the very last. Although having only S6O when arrested, it is said that he will not lacs for funds for his defense.

Philosophy of Commerce.

Gov. Larrabee denies that the charge of hostility to railways can be truthfully made against lowa. “The hostility,” he said, “has only been against the abuse practised Uy the managers. About $50,060,000 has been donated toward building the roads of lowa, and the people only ask to nave them operated ip a fair and equitable manner.” “The interstate law,” said he. “needs perfecting to prevent discriminations against this State from outside corporations. There is v ja constant tendency to lower prices for every thing produced by labor. Capital at lower rates of inteiest is abundant. New lines of low grade and light curvature are now projected, and the maintenance of high rates will cause the early building of these lines, which, together with the lines of that character already built, will compel lower rates of interest and smaller dividends for the pld roads, which now strive to monopolize the buaineflfi of the country. The sncce&aful manager of the future will depend less upon combinations and gentlemen’s agreements and more upon the efficiency of the service and the good will of the patrons. No backward step should be taken, and wo should not permit any equivocation by our public officers who have to deal with these questions.”

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A MIGHTY WEAPON.

THE GOSPEL AS AGAINST - WORLDLY PHILOSOPHY. The Teachings of the Bible Cannot be Weakened—lnfidelity is QuailBeforq ,Tdf Must Join Hands With ChristianRev. Dr. Talmage preached at the Brooklyn Tabernacle last Sunday. Subject: “The Mightiest Weapon is the Gospel.” Text: L Samuel, xxi., 9. He said; ::: I want, as well as God may Kelp me, to show you that many a weapon which has been used against the armies of God is yet to be captured and used one our side, and I only imitate David when I stretch out my hand toward the blade of the Philistine and cry: “There is none like that; give it me!” I remark, first; that this is true in regard to all scientific exploration. You know that the first discoveries in astronomy and geology and chronology were used to battle Christianity. Worldly philosophy came out of its laboratory and out of its observatory, and said: “Now, we will prove, by the very structure of the earth, and by the movement of the heavenly bodies, that the Bible is a lie and that Christianity, as we have it among men, is a positive imposition.” Good men trembled. The telescope, the Leyden jars, the electric batteries, all in the hands of the Philistines. But one day Christianity, looking about for some weapon with waich to defend itself, , happened to see the very old sword that these atheistic Philistines had been using against the truth, and cried out “There is none like that; give it me!” And Copernicus, and Galileo, and Kepler, and Isaac Newton came forth and told the world that, in their ransacking of the earth and heaven they had found overwhelming presence of the God whom we worship; and this old Bible began to shake itself from the Koran, and Shaster, and Zendavesta with which it had been covered up, and lay on the desk of the scholar; and in the laboratory of the chemist, and in the lap of the Christian, unharmed and unanswered, while the towers of the midnight heavens struck a silvery chime in its praise. Worldly philosophy said: “Matter'is eternal. The world always was. God di d not make it.” Christian philosophy plunges its crowbar into rocks, and find's that the world was gradually made, and if gradually made there must have been some point at which the process started; then, who started it? And so that objection was overcome, and in the first three words of the Bible we find that M ises stated a magnificent truth when he said: “In the beginning.” Worldly philosophy said: “Your Bible is a most inaccurate book; all that story in the Old Testament, again and again told about the army of the locusts —it is preposterous. There is nothing in the coming of the locusts like an army. An army walks, locusts fly. An army goes in order and procession, locusts without order.” “Wait!” said Christian philosophy; and in 1868, in the south western part of this country, Christian men went out to examine the inarch of the locust. There are men right before me who must have noticed in that very part of the country the coming up of the locust like an army; and it was found that all the newspapers unwittingly spoke of them as an *army. Why? They seem to have a commander. They march like a host No arrow ever went with straighter flight than the locusts come—not even turning aside (or the wind. If the wind rises the locusts drop and then rise again, after it has gone down, taking the same line of march, not varying a foot. The old Bible is right every time when it speaks of locusts coming like an army; worldly philosophy wrong. Worldly philosophy said, "All that story about the light turned as clay to the seal’ is simply an absurdity.” Old time worldly philosophy said, “Wait a little while,” and it goes on and makes discoveries and finds that the atoaosphere curves and bends the rays of light around the earth, literally “as the clay to the seal.” The Bible right again; worldly philosophy wrong again. “Ah,” says worldly philosophy, “all that illusion in Job about the foundations of the earth is simply an absurdity. ‘Where wast thou,’ says God, ‘when I set the foundation of the earth?’ The earth has no foundations.” Christian philosophy comes and finds that the word as translated “foundation” may be better translated “sockets.” So now see how it will read if it is translated right, “Where wast thou when I set the sockets of the earth?” Where is the socket? It is the hollow of God’s hand—a socket large enough for any world to turn in. Wordly philosophy said: What an absurd story about Joshua making the sun and moon stand still. If the world had stopped an instant the whole universe would have been out of gear. “Stop,” said the Christian philosopher, “not quite so quick.” The world has two motions—one on its own axis and the other around the sun. It was not necessary in making them itapd still that both motions should be stopped—only the one turning the world on its own axis. There was no reason why the halting of the earth should have jarred and disarranged the whole universe. Joshua right ana God right;infidelity wrong every time. I knew it would be wrong. I thank God that the time has come when Christians need not be scared at any scientific exploration. The fact is that religion and science have struck hand in eternal friendship, and the deeper down geolgoy can dig and higher up astronomy can soar, all the better for us. Tne armies of the Lord Jesus Christ have stormed the observatories of the world’s science and from the highest towers have flung out the banner of the cross, and Chris-

tianity to night, from th« observatories of Albany and Washington, stretches out its hand toward the opposing scientific weapon, crying: ‘‘There is none like that; give it me!’* 1 was reading ihie afternoon of Herschel, who was looking at a meteor through a telescope, and wneu it came over the face of the telescope it was so powerful he had to avert his eyes. And it has been just so that many an astronomer has gone into in observatory and looked up into the midnight heavens, and the Lord God ias, through some swinging world, .l imed upon his vision, ana the learned nia cried out: "Who am I! Undone! Unclean! Have mercy. Lord Godl” Again, I rem ar a, that the travelina disposition of the world, which was

averse to morals and religion, is to be brought on our side. The man that went down to Jericho and fell amiJet thievss wasa type of a great many travelers. There is many a man whom very honest at home who, when he is abroad, has his honor filched and his good habits stolen. There are but very few men who can stand the stress of an expedition, Sixweska at a watering place has damned many a man In the olden times God forbade the traveling of man for the purposes of trade because of the corrupting influences attending it. A good many man can not now stand the transition from one place to another. Some men who seem to be very consistent at home in the way of keeping the Sabbath, when they get into Spain, on the Lord’s day always go out to see the bull fights, i Plato said that no city ought to be built nearer to the sea than ten miles, ■ lest it be tempted .to commerce. But this traveling disposition of the world, which was advene to that which is good, is to be brought on our side. These rail trains, why, they are to take our Bibles; there steamships, they are to take our missionaries; these sailors rqshing from city to city all around the world, are to be converted into Christian heralds and go out and preach Christ among the heathen nations. . The Gospels are infinitely multiplied in beauty and power since Robinson, Thompson and Burkhardt have come back,and talked to us about Siloam, and Capernaum,and Jerusalem,pointing out to us the lilies about which Christ preached, the beach upon which Paul was shipwrecked, the fords at which Jordan was passed, the Red Sea bank on which were tossed the carcasses of the drowned Egyptians. A man said: “I wept to the Holy Land an infidel: I came back a Christian. I could not help it.” I am not shocked at the idea of building a railroad to the Holy Land. I wish that all the world might go and see Golgotha and Bethlehem. If we can not afford to pay muleteers now,perhaps when the rail tram goes we can afford to buy a ticket from Constantinople to Joppa, and so we will get to see the Holy Land. Then let Christians travel! God speed the rail trains, and guide the steamships this night panting across the deep in the phosphorescent wake of the shining feet of Him who, from wave cliff to wave cliff, trod the stormed Tiberias. The Japanese come across the water to see our civilization, and examine our Christianity, and go back and tell the story, ana keep that Empire rocking until Jesus shall reign, Where’er the gun Does his successive journeys run. And the firearms, with which the infidel traveler brought down the Arab horseman and the jackals of the* desert, have been surrendered to the Chur ch, and we reach forth our hands crying- “ There is none like that; give it to mer So it has also been with the learning and the eloquence of the world. People say; “Religion is very good for women, it is very good for children, but not for men.” But we have in the roll of Christ’s host Mozart and Handel in music; Canova and Angelo in sculpture; Raphael and Reynolds in painting; Harvey and Boerhaave in medicine; Cowper and Scott in poetry; Crotius and Burke in statesmanship; Boyle and Liebnitz in philosophy; Thomas Chalmers and John Mason in theology. The most brilliant writings of a worldly nature are all aglow with Scriptural allusions. Through Senatorial speech and through essayist’s discourse Sinai thunders and Calvary pleads and Siloam sparkles. Our Sunday-school newspapers and walls are adorned with pictures of Joseph in the Court, Daniel in the den, Shadrach in the fire, Paul in the shipwreck. Christ on the Cross. Oh that we might,in our families, think more of the power of Christian pictures! One little sketch of Samuel kneeling in prayer will mean mere to your children than twenty sermons on devotion. One patient face of Christ by the hand of the artist will be more to your child than fifty sermons on forbearance. The art of the world is to be taken for Christ What has become of Thorwaldsen’s chisel and Ghiriandajo’s crayon? Captured for the truth. “There is none like that Rive it me.” So, I remark it is with business acumen and tact When Christ was upon earth the people that followed him. for the most part, had no social position. There was but one man naturally brilliant in all the apostleship. Joseph of Arimathea, the rich man, risked nothing when he offered a hole in the rock for the dead Christ. How many of the merchants in Asia Minor befriended Jesus? I think of only one. How many of the castles on the beach of Galilee entertained Christ? Not one. When Peter came to Joppa he stopped with one Simon, a tanner. What power had Christ’s name on the Roman exchange or in the bazars of Corinth? None. The prominent men of the day did not want to risk their reputation for sanity by pretending to be one of His followers. Now that is all changed. Among the mightiest men in our great cities to-day are the Christian merchants and the Christian bankers; and ff to-morrow, at the Board lof Trade, any man should get up and malign the name of Jesus, he would be quickly silenced or put out. In the front rank of all our Christian workers to-day are our Christian merchants; and the enterprises of the world are coming on the right side. There was a farm willed away some years ago, all the proceeds of that farm to go for spreading infidel books. Somehow matters have changed, and now all the proceeds of that farm go toward the missionary cause. One of the finest printing presses

ever built was built for the express pur. peee of publishing infidel tracts and books. Now it does nothing but print Holy Bibles. I believe that the time will come when, in commercial circles, the voice ol Christ will be the mightiest of all voices, and the ships of Tarshish will bring presents and the Queen of Sheba her glory and the wise men of the east their myrrh and frankincense. I look off upon the business men of our cities and rejoice at the prospect that their tact, and ingenuity, and talent will, after awhile, all be brought into the service of Christ It will be one of the mightiest of weapons. "There is none like that; give it me!" Now, if what I have said be true, away with ail downheartednessl If science is to be on the right side, and the traveling disposition of the world on the right side, and the learning of the world on the right sfde. and the picture making on the right side, and the business acumen and tact of the world on the right side—thine, 0, Lord, is the kingdom! Oh, fall into line, all ye people! It is a grand thing to be in such an army, and led by such a commander, «nd o» ibe wav to such a victonu__ll

' what I hare said is true. then Christ is going to other up for himself oat of this.world everything that is worth anything, and there will be nothing but the scum left. A proclamation of amnesty goes forth now from the throne of God, saying: “Whosoever will, let him come.” However long you may have wandered, however great your sins may have been, “whosoever will, let him come.” Oh, that I could marshal all this audience on the side of Christ He is the best friend a man ever had. He is so kind—'heis so lovely, so sympathetic. l ean not see how you can stay away from Him. Come now and accept His mercy. Behold Him as He stretches out the arms of His salvation, saying: “Look unto me, all ye ends of the earth, and be ye saved; for I am God.” Make final choice now. You will either be willows planted by the water courses or the chaff which the wind driveth away. '

PROHIBITION DEFEATED.

Pennsylvania Give* a large Majority Against It. The people of Pennsylvania, Tuesday, voted on a proposed Constitutional Prohibition amendment and it was defeated by a very large majority. A Pittsburg special says: Returns received include every county in the State, and are as follows: For the Prohibition amendment, 54,517; against the Prohibition amendment, 189,710. Majority against the amendment, 135,193. Allegheney county gave a majority of 25,000 against it. The streets were filled all day with amused crowds, waiting for the brassa bands of the antis and the infantile glee dubs of the Prohibitionists. As each would appear, the crowds greeted them with cheers, and it made little difference on which side the people were. Every one seemed to be in a good humor, and the election was freer from fights than any election ever before known. The wagons containing the brass bands of the antis were 'followed by those containing the glee clubs of the opposition, and each alternately filled the air with music. The bands and glee clubs marched all over the two cities, and at many of the polling places groups of women were busy trying to induce voters to take their tickets. Two or three cases of sickness among the children and women resulted from the exposure to the rays of the sun, and while there was a good breeze ?a the lower city the day was very oppressive and hot. At many polls the Prohibitionists had refreshment stands and served lunches and soft drinks to all voters. Both sides were at work early and kept it upall day. There were no disturbances, and everything passed off as pleasantly as a summer day. There was not the feeling between' the two parties that would naturally be anticipated under such circumstancesEach seemed willing to give a point to the other, and harmony resigned supreme. The one feature of the day was the remarkably large so-called “vest-pocket vote” which came to the polls with his ticket in his pocket and evidently had long before decided on which side he would cast his ballot There was not the usual “button-hol-ing” that is characteristic of an election, and people were permitted to go to and from the p«Ua without any molestation. A Philadelphia dispatch says: There was a notable absence of women from the polls, and the distribution of ice water and sandwiches was not so profuse as had been anticipated. In some portions of the city the prohibition folks utilized Sunday-school children to distribute cold water tickets. A number of polls were manned by ministers. The State also voted to-day on the proposed amendment for the abolition of the poll tax. In this city there was very little opposition to this amendment The official figures in Pennsylvania show a majority of 185,173 against the prohibition amendment The fifth amendment to the Constitution of Rhode Island, the prohibitory amendment, was repealed, Thursday, by a vote of 5.469 more than the three-fifths of the total vote necessary to-carry the amendment The total vote is: Approve, 28,449; reject, 9J53. In 1886, when the amendment was adopted the vote,which was about 14,000 smaller, stood: Approve, 15,118, reject, 9,230.

WASHINGTON MOTES.

To a caller syho made some queries of him. First Assistant Postmaster-Gener-eral Clarkson, Thursday, said: “It should be remembered that if President Clevt land had not appointed Democrats in place of Republicans there would be very few Democrats for the present administration ty remove in order to make room for the Republicans now being appointed. There is another thing not generally known, and that is that nearly all the Democratic postmasters who are now being removed are losing their places on the reports of inspectors upon the conduct of their offices, and in almost every instance the inspector who makes the report is a Democrat for the reason that we have few Republican inspectors to make the reports.” Mr. Clarkson added that “the men who are now going out have almost invariably served four years, and it seems that the people, when they had anything to say lately, had voted that four years was about the proper time for federal officials to bold office.” The damage done on the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius by the premature discharge of one of hrr pbeumatic guns during their trial some months ago, has been repaired, and her builders have given notice to the Navy Department that they e>pert to be ready-for official trial of the speed of her.guns, for rapidity of fire, one day next week. The vessel has already had her trials for the accuracy of her guns, and it is expectec that if ibe test for rapidity of Are is up to the contract requirements she will be acccepted. '

A STRANGE LAW OF VIRGINIA.

Owing to a peculiar statute in the Virginia laws the conviction of Mrs. Virginia Taylor of murder in the second degree for poisoning her has been set aside, and instead of serving a sentence of fire years she walked out of jail a free woman. Judge Gaunter, on an appeal, has decided tuat the County Court erred in instructing the jury that , they could find the prisoner gmltv ol any degree of murder, as by the Xir- , ginia law killing by poison is* murder in the first degree. By the same statute ! Mrs. Taylor can not be tried again.

THE STATE CAPITAL.

Civil-service Commissioners Lyman, Roosevelt and Thompson arrived In the city Tuesday and begdn an examination of the post-office here. The ekamination was Very rigid. The newspaper WSaboutWfiHhmFto observe the civil service rules is tne cause of the visit. If there are any abuses an effort wilt be made to correct them. It is known to the commission that while Mr. Jones was poetmaater the applicants for admission to the service were really all Democrats, while now the Republicans are the majority of the applicants. It is the intention of the commission to break this up. Mr. Roosevelt says emphatically that there can be no talk of observing the law, “as far as possible; it must be observed in its entirety.” No evasions of it will be tolerated, Mr. Roosevelt says that the President himself before the commissioners started to Indianapolis, raid to them and autherized them to report that he meant exactly what he said when he declared that civil service law should be observed in its letter and spirit “I am,” he said, “ready to co-operate with the commissioners to prevent any evasion and to punish any violation of the law.” “The investigation began with an examination of the records. It was found that since August, 1888, 208 persons have filed applications for examination by the Local Civil Service Board. The investigation included all the appointmenta made by Mr. Wallace, the postmaster. Tne commission decided that four appointments bad been made in violation of civil service rules and the appointments were therefore void. Mr. Wallace explained his conduct of the office and Mr. Roosevelt, of the commission, said: “It is only fair to yon, Mr. Wallace, to say that we recognize you have peculiar difficulties on account of the general character of this posteffice. tis not as if you succeeded in a postoffice in good working order and in good trim. We have none of us the least doubt of the honesty and integrity of your intentions.” The Supreme Court Thursday refused to reopen the Riley and Carson cases, pertaining to the position of the gentlemen as trustees of the institution for the t»luid and insane hospital, respectively. The Governor will therefore issue a commission to Riley, that to Mr. Ccrson paving been issued on the decision in his case in the first instance. “I fully concur,” said Governor Hovey, “in the dSsShting opinions of Justices Berkshire and Coffey, who deny the right of the General Assembly to elect trustees of the benevolent institutions, but, inasmuch as Justices Mitchell, Elliott and Olds concur in sustaining this power as to such institutions, I am compelled to regard those opinions as the law of the State. I have no desire to retard the action of the officers elected for such institutions, ana will issue the commissions for the same when demanded. The cases involvingthe right of the General Assembly to the offices ot Geologist, Mine Inspector, Oil Inspector, Chief of the Bureau of Statistics and custodian of the State-house are believed to involve different questions, which I am anxious to have settled without delay. They might be decided next week if the deendants would consent to present them to the Supreme Court. The two cases pending in the U; 8. court against Hiram Miller, ex-county treasurer, and Smith Williams, superintendent of the poor farm, came to a sudden ana unexpected termination Thursday. The proceedings took place quietly in Judge Woods’ room in the presence of the defendants and their counsel. The defendants each entered a formal plea of guilty to their respective indictments, and thereupon their statements were read in extenuation of their acts. After carefully listening to the special pleas filed, Judge Woods imposed a fine of $250 and costs against Miller and a fine of SSO and costs against Williams, which they paid. The court did not intimate what the law was with reference to the right of lunatics or idiots to vc te. He expressly left that an open question. He did decide that an inspector could not lawfully disregard a challenge, though he might well mow that the person whose vote was being objected to had every qualification of a legal voter.

One of "Tom” Ochiltree’s Latest,

Ochiltree’s story (of a bunch at the Clover Club) was a brief one. A man in Texas was accused of stealing a horse. It is scarcely necessary to say that immediately there was a lynching bee. At the conclusion of the entertainment the participants found that they had hanged the wrong man, and the high minded citizens who had managed the affair were filled with remorse. They determined that the dead man’s memory was entitled to vindication, and therefore a committee was appointed to wait upon the widow. They found herjweeping. The chairman, withan awkward wave of his slouch hat, said, in a somewhat embarrassed tone: “Marm, we banged yonr husband; but he was the wrong man. Marm, the joke is on us.” ,

Obituary.

John Gilbert, the well known actor at Boston. Rev. Dr. Hosmer, a conspicuous figure in anti slavery agitation at Auburn, N. Y.

THE MARKETS.

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