T he Y oungstow n N e w s .Vol. V I Y O U N G S T O W N , N. Y.* F R ID A Y , D E C E M B E R 31, 1886. No 44,

AS GOOD AS A NOVEL8 T 0 R Y O F T H E C A P T U R E O F T H E

E X PR E S S RO B BERS.

I n t s r e a t l o g B i p « r U n r « i u f P i n k e r t o n ' s D c U c I I v m W b lla Hit a d o w in g t h e (tin - p e r t e d M e n —Tti«jr » r« O lil ig o d t o T r a v e l O v a r C o n s id e r a b le T e r r i t o r y . B u t Ar* r f « t t h e R ig h t M an t h a K lr s t l im a .

C h ic a g o , Dec. 38.—W illiam A. am i R obert P inkerton rehffxsl N* a rep o rte r yesterday tbe tru e story of the search fo r and cap tu re of •he gang engaged in the robbery of the A dam s express m essenger on a tra in o f tha H t Louis A Han Francisco ra ilroad , Oct. % Im ­m ediately a f te r the robbery tlie P inkerton agency received a dkpak^b from the superin ­ten d en t of A dam s exp ires in Ht. ten iis re- quisiting detectives to com a im m ediately to th a t c ity to take charge of the in vestiga tion R obe rt P inkerton was detailed for the pur- poss an d w ith a force o f operatives left for HCL o u la.

Tlieir first m ove was to secure a list o f all empk)Y<* o f the express com pany who had |xx?n dtixdiurgod d u rin g the year and to ascer­ta in th e ir w hereat outs, (h ie of tlieir d is­charged em ployes nam ed W W . H nlglit waa ■us|iected of being coiwi©cfi*l w ith the nib- bary , and ho was carefu lly w atched. He had been d ischarged on xufcpldon of hav ing taken valiiublos from express packages. H aigh t was found to liuve been in < hicago until ( let. 27, when lie left ostensibly for F lorida, am i th a t si day o r tw o la te r his wife had received a considerable sum of m oney from her husband Ul a le tter

J 'a r t of tho tim e H aigh t liad U rn in ( 'hi* > ago ho luul d riven a wagon fo r Fred. W ith ro-1, a coal and wood dealer on Lake street,

lan d bad also been d riv e r fo r Tom W eaver, whose wife kep t a laundry on W est l*uk© stree t In m aking inquiries ntem t H aigh t in C hicago it was leurnod th a t W ittrock was absen t from liis place of htisineas, hav ing gouo w ith Toiu W eaver, it waa sta te d a t hia place o f business, to Arkunsitx on a hunting expedi tion , ca rry in g tw o valises, a shotgun and un a rm y musket.

Tho detectives were s ta rt led to find th u t W ittro c k ’a description exactly answ ered th a t furnislicd by Kotheriiigliani, the ex pros’* m«v-

i(or, of “J im < 'un lin ings," the mail who ml com m itted th e robbery . Tbey obtained

some of the bills which W ittrock had ren ••red his custom ers for wood an d m a l fu r

iiU b sl, an the*© were taken to Ht. Ix u is and com pared by an ex p ert w ith the “J im Cum m ings" In te rs w hich Imd loon sent to the Ht.l.nuii« Glotx Iiem ocra t, a n d it was decided th a t the m an w ho kind w ritten t i n Id ten* was th e huine one who had w ritte n the coal bills. Thi* m a tte r tx»ing dec id* si, the detective lie- g n n a hunt fo r W itt rock.

They traced h im up th e Missouri r iv e r on th e allege*! h un ting excursion and Also dis- covert*! th a t he had, w ith an o th e r m an, occu­pied room* a t the house of Mra. H arry, a re

ctublu lady of Ht. Louis for more than a •eck. Upon senriddug th e room in Mrs. te rry 's house the men had occupied, a lead al was found stam ped “ Pacific Express

.’ompiuiy, Ht. Cliarles, M o.," and two scra|>s *f red labels w bich wore recognised as j*art f the IcaYmsI used by tin* * xpress ©nm|Kiiiy.On Oct. 25, the day of th e robbery , W itt-

x k , w ho w ent hy the nam e of Kd. W illiam s, d loft Mrs. B e rry ’s house, s ta ting he was

• dug to K ansas ( ’itv. The o th er m an had left fore him. Mrs. B erry nm l her (laughter I closely observed tne “roomers*' and were

ce rta in they would recognize them again. T hey were b ro u g h t to CMoago hy thu d etec t­ives and g iven nn o p p o rtu n ity to l<u>k a t Tom W eaver us lie w ent to and fro from his w ife’s laundry , and they positively recognized him as the “ little m an ” who bad slm roI the room in their Ht. Louts house w ith the m an calling him self Ed. W illiam s.

I t waa decided n o t to m olest W eav e r, b a t t o carefu lly shadow him in th e ho i* th a t he would com m unicate w ith W ittro ck , who luul n o t re tu rned to his cm l businosH iu th is city . It waa found th a t W ittrock hnd oeine to f k i cagn from L eavenw orth and v i e of rre|«ect- aide parentage. He had lieen considered w ild, b u t was th o u g h t to tie honorable. O scar C<M>k, fo n n erly of L eavenw orth , was a t th is tim e in K ansas C ity. He was a w arm friend o f the W ittrock fam ily m id was flash of m oney, claim ing to have d raw n a large sum In a lottery.

He wan found to lie the m an who m ailed th e le tte rs to the G loba D em ocrat signed J im C um m ings. H aigh t, w ho w as in Nashville, was also shadowed. He had gone into the rooting hudmvw an d wn* d<dng well. D uring a ll thin tim e th e wb -eabouU of W ittro ck could not he learned. His residence in th is c ity on Lincoln s tree t was cioeely wutcheil, an d last Tuesday night a m an was seen to n ite r who wan Iwliovwl to bo W ittrock . The lionw* was closely guard**l tw o days aud n ights, bu t W ittrock did not leave.

t in F rid ay Torn W eaver en tered the house an d rem ained some time. ’ To w an ts noon W tU rock’s brother-dn law, K inney, cam e o u t of the house, an d a f te r looking carefu lly around , m ade a signal as if to show W ittr rock th a t tin* coast wns clear. A few m in ­u tes la ter a large m an cam e o u t of tlie house an d walked quickly tow ard Madison street H e was joined hy K inney and th e p a ir were foliowed by the detectives w ho were satisfied tbedarge m an was the long sought-for W itt- rock.

The dekectivee succeeded by some m an cvwivering in beeping W ittro ck am i K inney hi sight with*mt them selves being KUM|ic*‘te«l of a shallow. T he thieves hav ing reached Madison stree t enter**I a “dago" sah*>n a t the co m er o f Lincoln s t r e e t Tba th ree detectives consulted and agreed to m ake tlie a rre s t iu th e saloon. As th ey were ta lk in g K inney cam e out and w ent l a r k tow ard* the hou* on Lincoln street. Tho detective dodged hai'k u n til lie was o u t o f sig h t and then en tered the saloon W ittrock was in the center of the sak>m ta lk ing to a m an who was a t once rec­ognised as the m ysterious shadow.

W ittrock turn**I suspiciously as the detec b v es entered and tuade for the front dors* I 'lu k e rto n was a t tlie c igar stand , and as W itt­rock passed he graH ied him. The th ief ra n his hands in to ht* pocketa, h u t before be could ac t one of tlie o jieratives had a pistol a t his breast w ith an o rder o f “hands u p * There was some scuffling, w hich sho rtly ended in bo th W ittrock and his shadow being ironed together a t tlie bar. ln tho fo rm er’s pocket w ere found tw o forty*four-calibre gu n a W hen asked w hat he was arre sted for th e tit- trc tiv e re n te d for a b u rg la ry on W est M adi­son street, w toem ipoa tbe th ief looked re ­lieved. H e said “ Pm a business m an, m y nam e is F red W iti rock and 1 ru n a coai y a rd ct* Lake street " *ie had a red pocketboek concerning • 110 . .Te was asked tb e uaute of

the m an who had Just left him , and answ ered a t once, “H u nam e is K inney, and he will p rove who 1 am *

P ink erto n w aited quietly till K inney cam e ba< k, when be, too, a f te r a scuffle was ironed to tbe o ther two. I b e shadow proved to be a harm less fellow nam ed B urnham , who had no idea of the w ork lie was a t He was let go. W ittro ck picked him up tw o weeks ago n ea r S avan n ah , O a K inney was found to have a $l,(J0u package of bills in bis pocket, am i around his waist a belt m ade of four old stockings, each con ta in ing $l,0UO—$5,000 in all. He and W ittrock were tak en to tho P in k erto n head q u arte rs 'They liad been a r rested on a w a rra n t issued by J ustioe Lyon, s n o iiad a iso Issued search w arra n ts for tne coal office an d house.

In the fo rm er place F rid a y afternoon W eav e r was also arrested. In th e house Mrs. W ittro ck was found. On her person were found tw o rolls of bills con ta in ing $490 and a fine d iam ond of four karats. The woman m anaged to j»a*s a sk ir t to a fem ale confed­era te in the housa Tbis wua recovered and found to lie lined with #1,900 m ore in bills. In th e Itasem ent o f W eaver’s house, sealed up in f ru i t Jars, $3,000 m ore was discovered The w rappers on all th e bills were the sam e as those-on th e money tak en from Kinney.

W illiam P inkerton concluded the n a rra ­tive “The p rem atu re and in accu ra te pub lega­tions in the prew* S a tu rd a y m orn ing forced us to h u rry up and we a t once ordered H aig h t’s a rre s t in Nashville an d Cook’s in K ansas C ity H aight is the m an w ho planned tne job and ( 'ook is the go-betw een who mailed the C um m ings letter**. I t wns he to whom W ittro c k passed th e m oney and it was he who carried the m ost o f it la c k to C hicago to Mrs. W eav e r ami W ittro c k .”

“ How al*>ut F o theringham , is he exoner atodf”

“ I haven’t heard an y th in g yet th a t exoner atee h im ,” tlie detective answ ered. “There is still #40,(NN) ou t n o t ye t accounted fo r.”

T he prisoners are Iwlteved to have been taken to Ht. Ix>uis, w hither the scene o f action is now rem oved. The P inkertons will not tell w here thoy art*.

I

SENATOR JOHN A. LOGANA N O T H E R N O TA BLE NAME ON T H E

DEA TH R EC O R D FO R 1886.

RIO TIN G IN SAN FRA N CISC O .

M tr lk ers A t t a c k t h e K tr ee t C u n — N ton eaa n d r in to l* F re e ly t ’sed. b u t F o r t u ­n a t e l y D o N o H r r lo tis I n j u r i e s .H a n F r a n c i s c o , I>ec. 28. -T h e first c a r

th a t cam e in to the city on tho d e a r y S tree t Cable road yesterday m orn ing w as a ttacked a t d e a ry and F rank lin streets by a num ber of strikers, fo rm erly em ployes o f th e road. The conductor and g rip inan were driven off am i the car windows sm ashed Th© crow d also stoned the polio©, who in terfered . An officer responded hy firing several shots, •ligh tly w ounding tw o persons in the crowd. A U nit the sam e tim e an incom ing car on the R u tter stree t line was attacked in th e sam e w ay hy an o th er crow d, the g rip inan and con­d u c to r lining d riven aw ay hy stones an d rluIm.

The at tack ing jx irty wore mask* and are as ye t unknow n. The tra in , which w as in charge of C onduc tor W righ t, contained tw o police­men and one pniuiehger. No in d ica tions of troub le were noticed u n til th e tra in reached F ran k lin s treet, w hen the m asked m en ra n ou t nm l bom barded the car w ith stones. Con­d u c to r W rig h t, I n ith policem en an d the grip- inan were struck. Th© m en then boarded th© car and a fight fo r its ixswessioii ensued. In the melee ( ’om luctor VV r ig h t tore thn mask off one o f the m en and recognised him a* G eorge W. K elly , a striker.

The dum m y in tho m eantim e h ad tieon u n ­coupled nml s ta rted dow n grade, b u t one of tlie imliceuien chased it and jum ping a lx iap l b n s ig h t it tv. a stop More police appearing , the a ttack in g p a rty left the car a n d were p u r ­sued hy the police firing as they ran . All the m asked men escaped except K elly, who was caugh t and jailed. I t » not though t th a t an y of th e shots took effect, as no one was seen to f a J an d uo IJlmxI t ia c k s were found.

D avid Thom as, F rederick N nshautn, G eorge Sm all and W illiam M orrison, all strikers, Imve lieen arre sted on suspicion of lieing POfnvrantl in (he r io t am i an* now in ja i l Kelly is held tm a charge o f rio t, as wiult w ith in ten t to m urder aud felony. 'I he a ttack was to ta lly unexpected. The gri|»- m an , Bow m an, kiap|)eneil to see a pile of lum lier on the tra c k am i stop|Msl the dum p v to clear the ro a d J u s t as th e tra in stop]* 1 the m asked m en ran out. B ow m an v* •* kiuM'ktnl dow n and so te rrib ly beaten th a t he is now in the hospital.

T he conductor fled and escaped the pu rsu it of severa l of the maskers. The crow d then uncoupled the dum m y and the ca r and *t them going dow n the grade. They a tta im >d a frig h tfu l Hpeed, Imt wero kept *mi th e rails by th e grip. The dum m y w ent tow ard the rom im ny’N shops and crashed th rough a bum per s t tlie end of tb e line. Tlie c a r was sent dow n the o th er g rad e and crashed into an o th er tra in , sm ashing a durum v an d being itself broken to piecea. No tra in s were ru n on th e lines last n ig h t and th ere w asnochaiK 'e for fu rth e r troub le T he com pany say they U*T will not be in tim ida ted by the occur­rences, b u t will ru n tra in s as usual to-day.

R e lic o f (ll« l T a m m a n y H a y s .N x w Y o r k , Dec. JK - Among the num er

ous su its resu lting from the regim e o f W il­liam Tweed, w as one b ro u g h t ag a in s t John I). W elch for consp iracy to d efra u d o n o rr ta in cou trarU . W elch fled to K urope, fo r­feiting a |>er4onal Itond o f #N,(IUU to stand tria l on th© al«ove charge. H e died abroad and on a sale under forecksm re of i*ertam real estate of his by the M anhattan Havings bank th'-n* was a balau e o f £1,317.7V cximiug to W’ek'b w Inch, hy o rder c f the **ourt, wns placed in charg* of the c ity cham berlain . A ssistant D istric t-A tto rney P u rd a y m oved y es te rla y lief o re Ju d g e B arre t th a t th is m oney lw fiaui into tlie d is tr ic t-a tto rn ey ’s offliv) on account o f tlie forfeited bond m entioned above. H e was op|*mcd by cininsel fo r W elch's so il Tbe judge reserved bis deciskon.

T l i e G o v e r n o r T a k in g T h in g s K a sy .N xw Y o r k , Tk***. 29. —G ovarnor H ill, wbo

is stopping a t th e H offm an bouse, ts spending his tim e very qu ie tly He received a half doxeii calh-rs, personal friends, y esterday and f<*r an kamr enjoyed a stro ll an d a c ig a r unac­com panied by any one.

T he gov ern o r w ent to the th e a te r las t even m g. “ You h av e a htam liug in v ita tio n h i v isit P residen t C leveland, hav# you n o t’ was asked of th e governor “ You d o n 't see it stan d in g a ro u n d any w hsre , do you!* was his rep ly , w ith a m erry tw ink le in his sh a rp g rey e y sa

Gen. W ylie o f his staff, Jo h n T. Agnew, H ubw ay Com m issioner D avid L. Gibbon*, Col. R T. W ood am i C o l B K. G o tt U B rooklyn were am oug those w ho c«. led on G overnor Hill y «terday.

h e n s t o r Ix> gan P a s s e s A w a y A f t e r T w ot i s c k a I l lu e s s — H is l l e s t i i Ho H oon w a sVTn e s p o r t e d * — H o Is S u r r o u n d e d bjr H isF a m i ly a n d H y lu p a t h ls ln g F r ie n d s

W a s h I r o t o r , Deo. 2 7 .— S enato r Ixvgan died a t bis home here a few minute* lieforeS o'clock yesterday afternoon , surroum led by tbe m eniljcrs of hD fam ily and a g rea t num her of his political awsM iates. His death adds antAher nam e to tlie a lready long list of con­gressmen and p rom inen t public men who have died d u rin g th e past tw o years. A lthough the senato r had been sick for some tim e, and his condition for tlie }su»t day o r tw o was known to be c ritica l, death w as not looked for so MM>n. In 1 a c t everybody hoped th a t w ith his robust constitu tion , ho would be able to recover. His cose was regarded as hopeful by bw (diYMicians up to F rid ay n igh t, hut then it becam e apj«uient th a t he was sinking rapidly. F rom th a t tim e on rheum atic fever affected his brain an d b ro u g h t on frequen t periods of stu jior an d unconsciousness.

Hat u n lay his condition rem ained un­changed, b u t so critica l wa* his condition in the evening th a t Dr. H am ilton , one o f his physicians, rem ained u t his residence all n ig h t E arly in the n ig h t he grew w eaker, an d hi* en tire fam ily, together w ith Gen. Beale and Congressm en Hymes and H all, remain**I by his bedside. A t in te rv a ls d u rin g the n ight the senato r w as conscious and seemed to rally. Alxm t m idn igh t, d u rin g a conscious m om ent, his wife leaned over him am i spoke to him. He m urm ured “M ary .” an d tins was the last a r ticu la te I u tte ran ce th a t pnseed bw lq* . al though he seemed to recognize some of those alxiut Ins bedside as late as 5 o'clock in tlie m orning. He sank g rad u a lly , and a t three m inutes lief ore 3 yesterday afternoon died w ithou t a struggle.

GEN. J O H N A L FX A N D R H I .O f iA N ,

Called hy his old com radm “ Black Ja ck I/> gan, wa* born in Ja< k on coun ty , 111., Feb. 9, 182fi; received a public m IukiI e*lu**otion; served in the M exican w ar &v a d ju ta n t of tlie F irs t Illinois in fa n try ; studied law w ith Lis uncle, A. M. Jenk ins, and a t Ike U n iv ersity o f Ix>uisville; tirtn g ad m itted to the b a r in 1852, he im m ediately com ­m enced p rac tice ; w as e ledod pr*MSH*uting a tto rn ey o f the th ird judicial d is tr ic t o f II i n«»is in 1862; served in tho s ta te legislature from 1852 t*> 1858: was electtsl to ***ngr« s from lllimdH in 1K59 n- a Douglass denicM r* , serv ing till 1*61, when he resigned to out* r th e U nion a rm y ; w as com m ission 'd colonel o f tb " T h irty -firs t Illinois volunteers, dis­tinguishing himself at Belm ont, F o rt Donald- feou, P ittsb u rg la n d in g , V icksburg , C h a tta ­nooga, A tlan ta , and as cornu winder of the a rm y of the Tennessee: he was prom oted 1 iriga*Iier general in 1862 and m ajor general in IH&J. l ie declined in 1875 the m in istry to Mexico tendered him by P resident Johnson ; was a delegate to the soldiers' notional con­vention a t l'ittN burg in l>dfi; represented Illi­nois in con rress for tw o term s, from 1807 to 1871, when he w as elected to th e senate, se rv ­ing his sta te in th a t < «|>a< lty till 1877, wlten he w as defeated fo r re-elc**tK)n hy David Davis. H e re en tered the senate In 1879, and nnd his presen t term would have expired this fea r.

It was claim ed for Gen. l» g a n th a t he was tii© I s a t general officer in th** a rm y w ho en­tered in the service from civil life He was an o b jec t of g rea t in terest and affection te a ll the soldier* of the coun try .

W a sh in g t o n , Dec. 30.—A rran g em en ts for the I>ognn ol**e*fUi©* are com pleted and tlie a tten tio n of everybody In W ashington the next tw o day* wiil lie d irected tow ard paying th e last tr ib u te o f respect to th e dead senator This forenoon his body, w bich since Hunday n igh t has lieen in the im m ediate charge of m einliers o f the G rand A rm y of the Republic a t Calum et Place, was placed in a beautiful casket, am i under escort o f the G rand A rm y of tli© R epublic g u a rd of honor will be taken to the ro tu n d a of the cap ito l, w here it will lie in sta te fro m 2 p. in. until 11 a. m. to m orrow

An hour la te r im posing funera l cerem onial will hrgin in the senate cham ber, a t the con­clusion of w bich tho rem ains w ill b» t ken to R*«ck cem etery w ith m ilita ry and civic es­corts and there place*I In a vau lt until the final resting place lias lieen determ ined upon and arrangem ent* fo r |H-rinaneut in term ent in C hicago an* rom ple t *i. In v iu tio n s to a t­tend the funera l on S a tu rd a y have t e n sent to the j resident, th** cab in e t officers, the speaker. Justices o f llie suprem e cou rt and m any o tb e r public officials and a r ra n g e ­ment* a re ab o u t complete*I for tlie accom m o­dation of a vast crow d of propj© in the senate cham ber.

Gen. H heridan. w ho was requested to tak s charge of th e funera l p rocrouon fn v n the capito l to th e cem etery , has been in consulta tion all day w ith the officers o f m ilita ry and civic organ izations a rra n g in g plans for an Im posing dem onstration . M em bers of tb sG. A. I t posts, Lwyal Legion m en, veterans of the M exican w ar from W ashington and d is ta n t plat's* by scores and hundreds will be her* te fall in line an d follow th e rem ains of th e dead to ld ier and senato r to the cem etery.

S y m p u t h j f e r t h e h f s a t s r 1! W id o w .B o s to n , Dec. 30. —The follow lug telegram

has I*en ie u t to Mrs. L ogau by Mrs. R F. B a rk er, |ias t national president and chairm an of the W om an 's lb lift i o* jw:

“M aij* x n , Mass., Dec. 2». “ Mrs. M ary A. L ogan ,W ash in g to n :

“M aj.-Gen. H iram G. lle r ry . Belief C orja No. 6, au x illia ry to th«* G. A. H , )<srru. will* deep horn w of the dea th of the g rea t general, g ran d sta tesm an , sol ,iar f iie u d and c ‘ am -

pkm of the cause in w hich we a re latm ring T be G rand A rm y relief corf a , tbe nation aial hum anitv have suffered w ith yourself an i r ­reparab le loss, and 50,000 m em bers of o u r o rd er will sorrow w ith you in the kiss of your soklier husband.

“ R F l o r x n c b B a r k e r ,“F o r Relief C o rf* N a 6 ”

S u b sc r ip t ions to th s l .o f in F u n d .D e t r o i t , M ich., Dec. 3 0 .- Frederick B il­

lings of the U nion Pacific road telegraphed #1,000 subscrip tion (or Mrs. L ogan’s fund to G overnor A lger yesterday. Ex G overnor B aldw in of D etro it gives #250, Jam es NcMil- Ian #1,000, an d the A nn A rbor G. A K #DJ0, in addition to the #l,oU0 subscrip tion of Gov­ernor A lger and M. S. Hiinth.

T H E BOG US B U T T E R BILL-

An O pen I . r t t e r F ro m H on. I ^ v l F. M ur-tu o — H r F a v o rs A ny l^ogU latlon to F ro ­te e t th e H airy In te rs s ts .Nxw Yo u k , Dec 30. — Mr. I^evi !* M orton,

a candidate fo r tlie U nited S ta tes senatorshlp. in answ er to a te tte r from a fa rm er or F rank Un county , as to his views upon the question of o leom argarine legislation, m ade the follow ing re p ly :

“ N xw Y o r k , Dec. 28, 1888.*‘R H. Munson, F rank lin , D elaw are county ,

New Y ork:“My I tear Hir—I a in in receip t of your

fav o r o f tlie 27th w hich I have read w ith in­terest. I note y our desire to obtain my views u)ion th e sub ject o f oh-oinargarinc legislation a n d b ig to avture you th a t w hether elected te th e senate o r n o t you can rely U|x>n m y earn eat and ac tiv e oo-operation in fo rw ard ing and perfec ting an y consisten t legislation in tlie in U*r«*tM of the dairy m en of th e country.

“1'lie o leom argarine law imismmI by th e lcgis la tu re of th is s ta te in 1HM was in |>art lxtae<l uj*on th e princi[)ie in opera tion in the sta te of MisHouri, w hich absolutely p rohibited the inanufa* 'ture of o leoiiuirgarine in any form This principle was *ui»taiiie<l by the courts of M iwouri mid by a decision o f the circu it court of tbe UniU'd Htatea. T be cou rt o f appeals of 1 o u r ow n sta te , how ever, held th a t its language j was too broad and th a t th is Nectionof th e new law was unconstitu tional. The subw queiit law paused in 1K85, and again ainen<ted in 1888, p rohibited th e m an u fac tu re anil sale of oleoutargm mie in tlie sem blance o r color of Imt fer, of w hicb i t had lxx*n, am i is now, a dangerous I'oantei'feit. Ko fur as tho courts have a lready ruled, 1 u iu ierstaiu l (b a t th is has lieen upheld, and those best qualified te I judge a re nf opinion tl^&t the lugfa»t cou rts will n ia in ta in the (’onst-ituUonaiity of the law as anejnded.

“ AsHiimtng tills to l»e eo th is law would g* fa r tow ard sa tisfy ing the dairy in terest of tlv- shite, were it no t th a t um ier i t tlie bogus artic le m ight !*© n ianufurtur* *1 in o ther sta tes whom the sam e law has not lieen passed. To . m ake a law th a t should U* upphcalde te every | •tab*, an d to efftM lnally preven t the nianu fact lire a is l Hate o f tiie artic le iu color o r ; seinhlanc** «»f b u tte r tlie frtend* o f the dairy in terest Kiught to o b ta in an ©nactnK*nt th rough coiigress, wrbicli should practically p roh ib it such m an u fac tu re in im itation of , n a tu ra l bu tter, an d the m ost Im p o rtan t p ro vision o f th is profmscd federal law was a tax of 10 cents jier pound on the artic le , he.dde o ther restri* tioiu* as U> the m ethod and m an Her of sale.

“Before its final |la v a g e th rough the houae of re|>r©Hrutativ « th is tax was reduced to 5 ( cents, and In tlie senate the influence brought to bear by the o leom argarine m anufactu re r* j was so strong th a t the tax was l in t her cut : dow n to 2 cs nta. I t is believed by m any who have studied the su b je c t th a t thi* low lax will not m ateria lly p rev en t o r reduce the innnu fac tlire o r sale of th e u n ic le fo r b u tte r, and a s trong feeling hns liecti show n l.y the m iiuU-r of r**so'utions |>asar<l by dairy assoc inti ou.- th a t the tax should be a t least 10 cents j e r pound.

“ 1 am heartily in accord w ith an y proposed legislation th a t will pr«»fect th is iu i|«ortaul in ­d u stry and lieg to say iu coiiclttsion th a t 1 should deem it m y d u ty to earnestly sppfmrt the |»n«saye o f any Inw cal* ubited to supprtv-s fraud iu the im ita tio n of product* tl a: go in to daily consum ption , especially those from the dairy , in w hich industry so large a nu m ­ber of o u r |t©oplc a re engaged. I tx-ltevs th a t a f te r the experience we have h a 1 of tho opur- a tiou of the pi«HM.*nt law rongn-wi would con­sider favo rab ly a proposition to m ake such changes in it as would m ore effectually pre vent the sale of o leom argarine for n a tu ra l b u tte r in tho fu tu re . V ery tru ly your**,

“Levi P. Morton."

Xcw Y ork C ity P r im a ry F le e t Ions.N xw Y o r k , Dec. 3U —Tlie county d e

ii o c ra ry o rgan iza tion last n igh t held p ri­m ary election* in each of the 812 election dU ti lets o f the c ity to choose del* gates te th*-

1 d is tr ic t com m it **©* of tb« several a*^r*ml)lv d i'tr ic ta . C m itrury lo all pre«lictioiis the elei - tiou in the F ifth av em ld y d istr ic t w«u c h a rac ­terised by little o r no excitem ent. Dr. [>onlin had th ings all hi* own wayand a solid Dtwilin delegation was r« turned. Daniel Patterson p r sided a t the h ead q u ar­ter* of the E igh th avaembly d istric t, Mr P a tte rso n ’s b«'iK'hui**n said there hod no t been a single contest. M r Diehl claim s severalirregu larities how ever, and th e whole m a tte r will prol*ahly lie re fe rred to the general com ­m ittee fo r in te*tigation .

T he was a sp irited contest in the . d istrict. Tbotnos W . B yrnea M the A at- ; tion against Ja m e- M cC artney, who hi t con- I tro ik d tl»e d is tr ic t t or y e a ra Bothp a ities claim ed a v ic to ry , b u t all tbe enthusiasm was a t B yrne’s h eadquarters, 1 w here lights b u rned un til a late hour. Me t Cartney** q u a r te r , a t the Jefferson club were • deserted a f te r 10 o’clock. The M iC 'ertney " faction clann thu t tb e etecUons in some dl» 1 tn c ts were no t regular.

A f i r n n k r n F ire m a n C anses T ro u b le .G a i j u w r o , 11L, Dec. SO —Tb© G aW burg

ojiera lanise block w as com pletely g u tted by 1 fire last even ing In add ition to the opera hou*© au d ito riu m the block was occupied by N A F C. B rechw ald , whotesole and retail iiquofs, G. D C rocker, grocery*, and Ben Altine. b illia rd p a rlo r T ota l ka* #*^',000; tnoormDoe $46,000. Cal O re r , on© of th© fire men, w bo is sakl to have b e n me in :o n ated

! witki soiv »of Bq^ors res*-ii*xi from tin* fire, d rove a B ast t a r t a t break-neck apeed

' through th e crow d ao tb e sqaure, runn ing . over flve o r six persons, one of wbom, lU**b

s rd Da via, is iu a precarious condiuon. Tw o o th er persons w ere bad ly In jured

U ea tli of a W e a lth y ( mIiforntw n.S a n FR A N tiaro , Doc. 3u.—p tv u r H ather, a

well-known c a p ita a s t an d scle ow ner o f th t bank of S ati * i A Co., of t l i* c ity , u a d al h o rroatetic* a t O akland y eeu rd ay afteruQ ou j

THE THIAL FOR HERESY.C O N TIN U A T IO N O F T H E ANDOVER

C O N TR O V ER SY .

A A y w o p sls o f t h o A d d ress o f P r o f e s s o rSuty tIt l o H U O w n l> e f» u s e -» H • C la im sa C o m p le te A r q u l t ts l—% V e r y HoundA rg un* s u t U lu u l ng H earty A p o l s u s e .

BoXTOX, Dec. 30 The A ud-'vsr heresy tr ia l was returned yesterday tiuxn ing . P ro femnr S m yth then re u in o l his own defense. Tlte follow ing is a «ynovels of Professor H m yth’s additSB: “ I bey charge th a t 1 tea* hth a t men a re no t sint e rs wbo have not heard of Christ, or, a t an y ra te , a re no t in d anger of being lost. Now on )Mig©a 44 and 47 of *l*ro grew*!ve < Yrtbodoxy' em fu lm -s Is predicted o f m an universally Tbe quo ia th x is tbey m ake in sup|x»rt of this ch a rg " a re garb led , like so m any o tber of tlieir quotA iaaia*

Profm aor Hiu>th read n any e x trac ts show ing tlia t tbe Imok plainly teach** exactly con t r a ry to w hat is charged. He claim ed full lilw rty under tlie creed to hold in these m a t ta rs w hatever view M*©m<* te him co rrec t The creed rontaiiiH no exp licit d<*< In ra t ion ui*ori th e question a t iic<ue; it says noth ing abo u t tbe condition ol men w ho uie w itnoat opp»>r tu n ity to hoar the goaj^l o r to accept o r repa't an offered savior in tlie in term ed ia te stage U-twecn death and ju d g in e u t

I h e artic le cited does not aasort th a t the •■ffe* tually called a re called in th is life, nor deal w ith tlie nuiulier of tlie elect. It becomes evident th a t its in te rp re ta tio n by com plain ante is a forced one and m akes the artic le con­trad ic to ry to th© s ta u d a n is of which it o rig inally form ed a p a r i, and pu ts it ou t of hartnonv w ith the creed te which it lias bran transferred .

Professor Kmytli a r ^ u td tlu s queation a t length nnd then said th a t upon every one of th© charges which a re p roperly in issue the com plainan ts have failed to nhow th a t he holds, m aintain* and inculcate* in his office as |irof*<hsor an y th in g not in harm ony w ith, o r an tagonistic to, th© creed and s ta tu tre of the sem inary , and th a t he Is en titled to com ­plete acqu itta l. Th© profeKMor* a re en titled a t the hands of the hoard to som ething m ore th an a t**« hnical a* *|Uittal The profresor said th a t he a**«vpted tlie outcom e of the creed as a w hole, b u t denied tlie force o f each in ­d iv idual s ta tem en t tak en a|*art from otiier statement*. The creed m ust be BO inter|H*rte*1 as te avoid contradiction*

He went te the netnltutry w ith th© under standing th a t the in te rp re ta tio n of tlie creed w as w hnt he now believe* it to lie, and th a t was the |>o*itioii of his father-in-law , Uie fo rm er cha irm an of Uie txAard of visitors. He m ain ta ined th a t he luul not violated h it obii gallons, even u|xm a technical construction of the i rv»'d. and if, as he lx-li©v(«l wan the csw , the creed is a sum m ary of principles which a re to he dev©k>|x«! from generation to genera tion, he had done som ething te t te r “'11m* en tx l ad m its by ita siien*'©,” he concluded, “and still m ore by its p rim iid© as a leg itim ate inqu iry , ali th a t has teen contended to r l»y me o r by uiy aNSociate* in the A ndover R e­view and in progressive o rthodoxy, and I off* r th is a* a clear, com plete and full ju stifi­cation agains t all the < barges of Uie com- phiinnnt* ”

The Rev Dr. N ew m an Hm yth of New H aven and Prof*»aor H a rr i t were ta iled and U‘stifi«**l tliat in the usage of An* lover sent in a ry . and by th© sanction of the team ! of visitors, tlie creed waa signed ns a whole. Tl*© w itnesses and m any other* could not have sub cribed te tsrlis*|iAixt4* clause

Professor H in d u wiui tlie flrxt w Iummsi a t the aftern*x)n sresion, and said th a t when lie signed tlx* at ti* Ire he was to ld Uiat it was ne**» a iry te believe tbe creed verbatim el litera tim .

F iorresor T ucker also testified sim ilarly und uIm> th a t lie sign© 1 under tlie same e lau s us testified to by P rofessor Hm yth

Mr. Bimeon E. l 'a ld w m then m ade an argt. m ent for the re»fX'Wi*nt*, in w)d< h te* said “F o r the j Mist year a t A ndover th e re has txwn the ut iti* at ha im on v not (x i bafw on the m inor poin ts of belief, Put on Ukmw generiJ pt incipie*, and on the adherence to Uie ere*d th a t lia« )U(m!u*vxI a h itnnonious work ing together f**r the best Intel rets of tb© Institution. Now, how ever, a t tl*© beg- n n ing of the pr* M u t y ea r com© m einliers of th© tevini of tru stees and b ring sw©©|»ing charges against five m n u b en i erf th© fa*-ulty, w hich they have failed to s|x*« iffy as or.len*! by th is board, and have u tte rly tailed to su p po rt by evidence, it is not r* nsonnbl© u> bring su« h charges ag a in s t eatm -st and honret m en who sirnply d o t lie a seventeenth cen tu ry tru th in a n ineteen th re n tu ry drum. Theyb.«ve teen bound te teach tli© word according to Uie tewt revrUiti*>ns g iven Uiern by God and hav© done so in all tie* light of th o u g h t th a t is being constan tly lavished ujxni it. The old C'aJvin>Mtn d*s tn n u disU nctiy held th a t redem ption was fo r th e few, while th* A ndover erred nays th a t Otonem nt In for alt. F o r years tte*se A ndover profemor* have l*ad to s trugg le ag a in s t tli© old C 'alvtnistic erred , and it ba* Is er. a constan t fight off hi*erai o r­thodoxy against th a t «rf P rinceton , and even against the satne feeling a t A ndover I t haa Klrva ly Uwii (Ux-iitMi by tbe .n p rm te «>urt th a t tha Hpminnry liaa Iwrtt fourvlw] un a tawt* broatl rnuugh to Irx ltnla tb* r n * d and tb* .. ak tm in .tx r > atxrhiM ii, 1 u t tt i* a m alktwa- ble to Ua> b tb* * * » l*ti- r rm d Tb* IliM lun. of q i-rtfii thing* in tb* it< ad n iran a* rum b aa w hat It <tlr«*-Uy «1 a t* d Tb* cna-J I* mearil to U> Widr *nou«b to br ing w lthm It all ltn*a of rvai>|rx;ii~a: twli*f I t ia a cruad ft* tb* tlm**- fo r tb la llm * It ta of no ronatquMiO* th a t any p arU co lar helirf aay , for Inataruv tb* iba t r ln a of fu tu r* p robation —waa In tba mind* of tb* fonndr ra of tb* cr**d ur not, b u t tb a queation ta w batbar tb*i« tg any th ing ts tb* craad th a t fo rtrbb an*'h a brlMf. I l l* q tuattou la no t w hat did tboN* worda ommiu than , liut w hat do tbay maan now, an d and** tb* ta a rrb tn g light th row n upon ttxsm t Tbey can n o t bu t moan d iffrrao tly to d ifferen t man. W * all, too. look a t thing* from a d ifferen t po in t of rl*w atwi tlia t w hirb w* am m uat vary w ith tii* po in t from w tik b wa look. Tlx-o w b * b in bT prx ta ilun t n wa to tak*. tb a t of a pro i< u ul acholar w ho baa U m i *ngag*d fo r year* lu unfold ing tb* tru th * of tb a t creed, o r a bigot w bo ha* » rapped h im * lf In ancw-nt diK-triur* a n d refawat to I* enlightened.

> <*r» have U rn all tb* tim e m en a* th e p r w u t pr<a»-

i-utori wbo bav* U - u h a u ^ ln ; on Vi th* a heeia of progrea* and have been eo<b uvr, to stop th r ttev* lupiuetit off tius creed te i u i©_ itiu ia te r»*u lu A Dd UOW let n v ge: U©im n, th a l th is do c trin e of i*tAmUon has u v n fuUM'i IV U» ut MMixi w in u a pow srfol

so©my lo ag»ewt*cism. w hds of all Iks ov ik th a t best us this IS one of the g re a te s t l l Isons of the hardest s ire s to (XsnlxH, hu t U is mot and siienosd hy this th o u g h t of a fu tu reprobaUun. as it i t s ter in no o ther way The old i ’a lin istic theory , w ith tis d o tilu es off r e (h uipUtiu for a few only, ixiuk! not but fall to d riv e men to th s o ther view

t ’s ii these m en lx* blam ed thus fur prresoA- ng to tb s wm id a h reting aivt refuge m aking though tf I nWre the A ndover iv red o sa he sxpouiwird as It has Ui the post, ths b o p « of its founders th a t it t* sx|s*und«d by a ids aad learned ummi canno t he realised If you Us men to narrow aiwl cram ping doctrtiMB, you < aim . 4 g s t Is a r t ms i am i a id s n e t to r ip n in d Ib e u i, and the lusUluUou will iaper in to a fat- iw er in t id «rf a U adsr and tee* her off r e igl<>u> tietugbl. I tru«t there I s n o t u n g re nt.141 »h. tc day who d«*<* not want t*> sot

ih n in ! tu t ion ;:o m ably governed eud It i us J n hn« lie*-n fo r uuknv yeara

Professor M n \th » p k » fou* an d a half hours, and wa* listened to w Lh ahmxit Ix re th - le«s a tten tio n by a \e* y h u g s au Iten v Al lb© d m* of th© a^!dr«we tte-re was an ou t­burst of s p | Uuw whn h met w ith a stern r e ­buke from the ch a ir i h New mnn S m yth wa- colled as a witneo* and said th a t w tire he wa*» nauithi as ^irof«a»>f lie said he would b u Imm i ib© t e the A ndover erred as a whole, but m»t accept tte* p»Uit »rf fmterol headship Iw -s u m te* had texui ta u g h t by Dr. P a rk 11*4 to believe ill :L

Dr. G eorge H arris objected fo x m s erf tha |xunte in the A ndover creed wh©n Ik* wax ap- pututed ptxrfireor ill l-vtt Aiuoug th«we p r re en t were fcderal b rad liip and limit.'*! stons- m ente H© ac -wpicl tire A u d o w r i r»wi as exprevhiug sul. t a n . .u i . \ ttv© s>*t.in of t ru th ta u g h t in Uie Holy S crip tu re . ‘I lie question w as rhlMxl lirforc th© I c i d of v H ' c n u I s tli© protean»n of t h o c not w ith in r «e*h «rf the gospd It was de*’Ule«i in suiwtauc© thut cisr- gyinen m ight In I I, as u privnt opt den. th a t pnd w tlo n exU-nded bero ild tliix life f« r t ln re I m ts o iis it m i^h t tx* wi II no t to tevrfi it.

Profuasor H incks’s tesUtnony w .c* t.s <01111# in suliMtatic© as th e ott»« r pi *

Professor T ucker d id n * nt vi th i- rd of v isitors wlu-n he wa* ©I© de I t v n y.«ars pre­vious to Professors H arris aiwl III Ij# (WUNe he was no t a k e i to do mi A t hi ia

• au g u ra tio ii he publicly ncci-pbit th © c re d and rvMul a sta tem en t te th a t effect. 3 h© X ' a i off the iW'iMHiJt nU was then c!*m*«1.

Professor Himeoti R B aldw in t te i i c<km- I meiiced tiie sum m ing up for the profewHmx

Ju d g e T ha tch er’s decuikm w»»» refe rred to and lie insistixi tiiat tlie sem inary w as teum d to

1 adm in iste r th s U u st of the N orris 's legacy ac­co rd ing te tis* lit**rai principles off tlw t rssd inter pretaticm laid dow n in th a t case.

E N G LA N D 'S PA ST AND P R E S E N T .

H er M ilita ry ( .lo ry an d I te r I *%«lusl 1 Iss. T h e C om ing ( J u t r n 'i J u l i l l s s * A I s i s *Ib m o f th s I r i s h P ro b le m .IxiNisiN, Dsc :n» Mr GhMtet«Hi© in an ar>

t id e published in tlie N ineteenth ( > n tu ry r e llnll nnd tte -Ju td le e ,” a f te r |w ai»

lug tlie laureate 's verse, and d re lin g w ith Itas a touching pw rn , adm iU tiust uo grwator cwlarnity could happen to a |xxqds th an break ing U tterly from It* Jia^t, w hich applias. how- sver, m ore to the ag g reg a te th an tn th s Im m ediate |tast In tlie tlr*>t thro© de* ad -s of ilia o m tu ry E ngland, though greet in reejjecd off m ilita ry g lory, e tc ., was in iheconditkrfi of bar industries b ro u g h t te tlie lowest p a n t of d a r n id a tio n Mr Olndston© iSMitrasta th is |Mnriud w ith tb© h istory of the lasv fifty years, very m uch te the a d v an tag e of th© la th f . and ex* prrs<*es th© teqxs tlia t bin artic le w.ll show tlia t Fmgland is still young , though old, and tu her latest h m no t ten*n unw orthy of lierw If J u s ­tice, he sa>s, f*»rbids tliat the jubibs* of tha queen should l<* m arred hy trn g te to n ss

Mr John Mor lay al*o wriUw au a rU d a in reply te D©rey'» te«»k 011 Ire land atnl argue# tlia t th e Irish question U not a tbooiem , but a problem It is not a m a tte r , l>w says, off p rov ing a thesis, bu t of < u rm g a m al dy. If bofne 1 uie is too m ischievous to lw to lerated so ia avery th ing else th a t has b m i proposed a« a ad o !j *n of th s Irish <|u«sti*»u

To establish I rd a m l a (Town colony would be disunion to g ra n t an Irish rrf«re#*ntativ# body would bs disunion. A pn.vli© .si sg te la tu re a fte r the iruxid of O n tario nr (juebs# would I*© worse tb an a r©|t©al of th# union, while local governm en t would cu rs notldng but d is tu rb every testy Mr. Mur Icy in tends Ui w rite s second arUd© »n tbo i>ul>j*Pt U> •..•-•'-..fulljr U rinl*. *t* h i . d*«lliiK* w ith l i ' luii'l 1^ * ^ ll*il ilol|ib C hun hill it nlr** tJw r a m n r y In th* cal tr»*t tu I* Hit«il by lb* * iy .*n 11tu* 11 o f * cu iia*r.* tlv* nml in t im a te tlm t hi* (u tu r* * t tltu .1* tuw*r>l tb* k<iv< r iiin .n l wtli ib-i—inl taf g .ty upuu tb* d**t*io!i u f Uu* niiiilctry ta th a t n iatb-r

TELEG RAPHIC CONDENSATIONS.

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