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FIFT7-PIFTT CONGRESS.
Extra Session Called by President
McKinley Convenes,
' SPEAKER REED IS RE-ELECTED,
B? Gets 199 Votes to 114 for Bailey, the
democratic Candidate, an.l 31 for Bellthe
Choice of the Populist*-?A Fine
Floral Display in the House?New
Tariff Bill Presented?In the Senate.
Washington, D. C. (Special.)?The Fiftyfifth
Congress assembled in extra sessioa at
noon in pursuance of the call of President
MoKinley. Although the preceding Congrea
bad expired only eleven days ago, and th?
Senate had been in session within a weelc,
taere was tne usuai eager luietcsi iu oc<= iut
aew Congress launched upon its work. Bj
leren o'clock the Capitol was well filled
THOMAS B. SEED,
(Re-elected Speaker of the House.)
The crush usually Incident to opening days
urns avoided by reserving all galleries and *
requiring tickets for admission. Even with
tbis precaution the crowd filled every available
seat and overflowed Into the corridors.
The main Interest centred at the House
end of the capitol. Great crowds were attracted
to the galleries hours before noon.
The most striking feature of the scene on the
floor was the number of new faces.
Of the 357 men wbo constitute the mem- |
bership of the House, 132 have never before
erved in that capacity, while sixteen moro
have served in foraier Congresses, making
altogether 148 new members and "209 who
served in the last Congress. Politically
classified ?here are 20G Republicans, 122
Democrats, and twenty-nine Fusion, SilverItes
and Populists.
In the members' lobby, back of the House,
there was a perfect conservatory of flowers.
All the tributes sent to the members were
placed on the large tables tbere, to await rne
drawing of seats. The large room was oversrowdecl
with the flowers, and it seemed as
If the Men Is of the new members were trying
to outdo all other openings of Congress
by sending larger and handsomer floral
Offerings than ever before.
Immediately after the calling together ot
Ibe House by the Clerk, Thomas B. Heed, of
ftfitine, was re-elected Speaker, the vote
stunding:
Be*d(liep., M<\) 199
Bailey (Dem., Tex.) 114
Bell (Pop., Co:o.) 21
Newlanas (SiI.. Nev.) ]
After Mr. P.eed's election the members
were sworn in and organization completed
by the olection of the Repubiicuu caucus
late, us folio its: Clerk of the House, Alexander
McDowell, of Pennsylvania; Sorgeant-atArms.
Benjamin F. llussell. of Missouri;
Doorkeeper, Wlllian J. Glena, of Now York;
Postmaster, J. C. McElroy, of Ohio, an I
Chaplain. Henry N. Couden.
The rules of the last House were next
adopted, and the members thon drew lots for
uoats. after which the President's message
was read. At its conclusion ther~* was a
bur*t of applause on the R^publicnu side,
which was rvpeate 1 in still stronger volume
as Mr. Dingiey rose, and. "in response to
the message which bad just beeu read" offered
thetarilt bill.
Committees wnro appointed on Rules,
Ways and M?Hns. aud Mileage, and the
Hoqsj then adjourned.
In the Senate.
Thr> extraordinary session was opened in
the Senate by 1 eadiug the President's proclamation
convening it. Sixty-e'g'u Senators
answered to the ro.l call and the galleries
were filled to overflowing.
air. VY. A. H irrls (Kaus.) was sworn in a?
successor to Mr. PefTer.
The ere lentials o( Henry W. Corbott, appointed
hy the Governor of Oregon to succeed
John H. Mitchell, the Legislature bav.
inu failed to oiect, wure presented by Mr.
MuBride (Ore.), who siid thit Mr. Corbett
was pre-^nt an I ready to take the oath of
office. Upon motion of Mr. Gray (Del.), Mr.
Coroett's cr-dentiais were reiorrea to tno
Ccimiittee oa Privileges aud Ele.-tions. The
President's message w;is then received and
read, after which the Seuate aJjourned.
: EXPLOSION ON A WAR VESSCL
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Fifteen Men Killed and Many Injured bj
the Bursting or a Gun.
A terrible accident occurred on board the
Bossian warship Sisoi Veliky, while in Cretan
waters. The ve53el was practising outside
of Suda Bay when one of her turret
guns exploded, owing to the breech not having
boen properly close L The noise of tho
explosion was terrific, and its results were
most disastrous.
; The turret was blown to pier-e3 and overy
one of its occupants was killed. The turret
and cupola in falling killed a num'ier of
others who were oa deck. The killed number
fifteen, including two officers. Thirteen
men were so badly injured that thev could
ot recover, while a number of others received
less serious injuries.
The wrecked turret weighed 20,000 pounds.
Large pieces of it were hurled hundreds of
feet.
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Father and Son Both Dead.
About two weeks ago a mad dog ran
Ihrough the streets of Duryea, Penn., and
bit a number of people. Among the number
was John Cramer, aged flfteeu, son of Jacob
Cramer. After terrible suffering the young
man died. The father, Jacob Cramer, whc
had been away, wiis summoned home by
telegraph. When he arrived aad saw his
son's sufferings he dropped dead.
Suicide of a Horse.
A horse belonging to W. I. Rice, who lives
near Ukiah, Cal., committed suicide. The
animal had been sick for some time, and had
beea turned into a pasture to die. No sooner
had the horse entered the pasture thau the
beast deliberately trotted to the creek and
lav down in the water. No effort could induce
the animal to get up and leave the
stream, and tho horse was soon drowned.
Acain the Murderer's Uullet.
William Drossel shot his wife and than put
a bnllvt through his own brain. Drossel died
insraatly an ! the wo:n;iu was fatally woun 1ed.
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Prominent Peoplo.
Dr. T. Edward Hays, a n itivo of Charleston
and formerly a resident of Savannah, is
now the physician in chief to the King of
Siam.
Miss Jessie Langford, of Duluth, has a
clean record as a licensid pilot. She has
served more than ten years on the great
Jakes.
Miss Minnie F. Clay hits been appointed
captain of a steamer on Lake Sebago, Me.
She passed the examination for pilot and
navigator.
Carlottn, Maximilian of Mexico's widow,
whose physical health during her long insanity
has been good, is said to be now rapidly
declining.
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the news epitomized
Waghlnrton Items.
i np i-oroisju neiiuious v/uinmuiee ui iuo
Souate ordered a favorable report on the Arbitration
Treaty with Great Britain.
The Cabinet declde l that the neutrality
laws must be vigorously enforced in the case
of Cuba.
Secretary of the Interior Bliss appointed
Forest Raynor, of Brooklyn, N. Y., Private
Secretary, vice Price Lane. Mr. Raynor was
the Campaign Secretary to Secretary Bliss,
and was formerly connected with the Fourth
National Bank of New York.
Vice-President Hobart has appointed
Frederiok Evans, Jr., of Newark, N. J., as
his Private Secretary, and Harry Eastienelli,
of New Jersey, as his messenger.
The credentials of Mr. Henderson, the appointed
United State.* Senator from Florida,
were referred to the Committee on Privileges
and Elections.
The newly-appointed Ways and Means
Committee began consideration of the Tariff
Dill
Senator Pettlgrew announced his intention
of offering an amendment to the Tariff bill
providing that all articles controlled by
trusts in this country shall be admitted free
of duty.
Chairman Dingley. of the House Ways and
Means Committee, estimates that the next
tariff will add 8112,000.000 to the revenues.
It is claimed that $21,000,000 will be gained
in sucrar. aad *44,000,000 in wool and manufactures
of wool.
Speaker Reed was renaminated at the
House Republican caucus without opposition.
In the Democratic caucus the old
leaders were bowled over, and Joseph W.
Bailey, of Texas, was nominated for Speaker.
The nomination made Bailey the Democratic
leader In the House.
Consul-General Lea was not asked to remain
at Havana, although the President desired
him to do so until his successor could
be appointed.
Domestic.
Mrs. Fannie Shank, one of the best known
teachers in Philadelphia, committed suicide
by inhaling luminating gas. Mrs. Shank
taught her class as usual the night before
and seemed in the best of spirits.
At Indianapolis, IncL, John Parshall, an
ex-soldier, died very suddenly of heart failure.
Parshall was one of the six men intrust
ed with the final disposition of the body of
John Wilkes Booth, toe assassin of Lincoln,
all of whom registered an oath never to reveal
Booth's last resting place. Five of
these soldiers are now dead and the secret so
far has been religiously kept.
Broaie Williams, a professional high diver,
broke his neok and died Instantly while
making a dive at Palm Beach, Fla.
After careful preparation to conceal her
identity, th? daughter of Gustavo Strasslnger,
a wealthy resident of Webster Grovo, a
suburb of St. Louis, oomrnitto 1 suicide by
shooting herself in the head at her boarding
house in Chicago.
Mayor Strong, of New York City, issued an
order removing Police Commissioner Andrew
D. Parker from office on charge# of neglect
of duty preferred and investigated last
summer. The Mayor's Secretary took the
| order of removal to the Governor for his ap
proval. Along witu ltttie jaayor sent a long
letter, reciting the evidence sustaining the
charges and explaining the reason why he
had not taken action earlier.
In a saloon brawl at Carson City, Nev.,
"Dick" Bradford, a Montana miner, who
backed Fitzaimmons, was fatally shot by a
stranger named Smith, who took Corbett's
side. Smith is in jail.
Miss Emille Grace Briggs, the first woman
to be graduated from a Presbyterian Theological
School, received her rating at Union
Seminary, New York City, standing second
j in the class. She is a daughter ot Professor
I Briggs.
The big steel mills of the McCormicks and
the Baileys in Harrisburg, Penn., are to be
consolidated.
Frank D. Steger, the Secretary of the Mutual
Assurance Society of Virginia, is short
in his accounts over $34,000, and has left
xuuumuuu, Ll 19 UUIUC, oio^ni xo a uiwiuwi*
in-law of ex-Congressman Tazewell Ellett,
and one of the best-known society men. He
bad been connected with the Mutual for al- |
most twenty years.
West Virginia i3 out of debt and has a large (
surplus In her treasury.
Miss Blanche Bernrd, daughterof a former
professor of the United States Military Academy
at West Point. N. Y., who has been
Postmaster at that place since 1855, has resigned
her position owing to sickness and
the infirmities of age.
Two Anti-Trust bills were, introduced at
Albany, N. Y., as a result of the Lexow Investigation.
General James M. Warner, or AlDany, N.
Y., while attending the performance at
Daly's Tneatre, New York City, was seized
with an apoplectic lit and died shortly afterward
in the foyer of the theatre. His son
and daughter-in-law were with him when
he died. He commanded a brigade In the
Civil War.
An entire family of colored people and one
white child were drowned in the rising
waters near Marlon, Ark.
The old whalers of Amagansett, Long
Island, sighted and captured another whale,
the second within a month.
Payment of duties at the New York Custom
House on Monday amounted to $2,667,979,
the largest sum ever taken in one day.
About fifteen war vessels of the United
Sfofna Ttrill ha loH iin tn rnoarxra nnil if- la
expected that a large saving of monev will
be effected.
Fire in a big bulldinc in St. Louis, oc-.
cupled bv tho Ely Walker Drygoods Com- (
pany, did an estimated damage of 31,000,000.
The Attorney General of Ohio has instituted
suits against nine insurance companies to
prevent their doing business in that State,
on the charge that they have violated the
anti-trust law.
The Interstate Commerce Commission has
decidod that the milk rates of the railroads
entering New York City are unjust and unreasonable.
and an order has been entered
reducing the rates.
A passenger train on the Southern Kailroad
pluncred down an embankment of sixty feet
near Rome, Ga. Several persons were fatally
iniured.
Heavy storms caused the Mississippi to
rise higher than ever before known. The 1
towns of Marion and West Memphis, in
Arkansas were inundated.
Dr. W. Godfrey Hunter received the caucus
nomination of the Republican members
of the Kentucky Legislature, which virtually
assured his election.
A race riot over the attempt of officers to
arrest a colored burglar named Hunter occurred
in Birmingham, Ala. Hunter died
in jail from his wounds; a little white girl
was killed by a pistol shot; an officer received
a bullet in his jaw, and about twenty other
persons were injured.
William E. Colerick, one of the most eloquent
young lawyers of Indiana, and Mis:Mae
Hall, his fiancee, committed suicide a",
thelatter's homo In Fort Wayne, during the
absence of the girl's mother in St. Paul to
get married.
Engineer, fireman and a passenger were
killed, and five other men injured by the
ditching of a train near Hiawatha, Kansas.
Forelim Not?*.
The Governor of Havana, Cuba, Senor
Porrua, has been recalled to Madrid at the
request of General Weyler.
The 3u!tan of Morocco has practically in- ,
suited the entire Diplomatic Corps in Tangier
by telling them to mind their own busi- '
ncss. I
In Havana, Cuba, it is admitted that the i
filibustering expedition of Genenl Roloff !
landed in Pinar del Kio with 8000 guns and i
ammunition, and then the steamer started i
for some other port of the island.
Abie battle has been fought nt Sabann, 1
near Saucti Spirit us, Cuba, between the
forces of General Gomez and a Spanish
column 2000 strong. The Spanish official
report of the battle giws no details, but the
report is current that the Spaniards suffered
a terrible defeat. Tho news has created a
great sensation. i
A duel with swords was fought publicly in 1
Paris before at least 500 spectators.
Tho American chess- player Stemitz has <
been released from the Russian insane asy- {
lum where he was confined after his mental
breakiug down under the strain of tho chess
match at Moscow.
A dispatch from Bombay, India, says that I
1500 houses in Mandalay have been des- |
troyed by'fire. Seven thousand persons have i
been rendered homeless by the conflagration, i
The loss is placed at ?100,000. i
PRW.Hn IBSSiGE.
McKinley Urges Congress to Pass a
Tariff Bill Without Delay.
MORE REVENUE IS NEEDED.
Be Say? a Deficit Han Existed Now for
Three Years? Borrowing for Ordinary
Outlay?No Reference 3Iade to the
Cnhnn or Othur Forelcrn Oaestlons?
Tariff the Only Question Discussed.
Washington, D. 0. (Special).?President
McKinley has sent his first message to Congress.
He says:
"To the Congress of the United Statea:
"Regretting the necessity whloh hii9 required
me to call you together I feel that
your assembling In extraordinary session is
indispensable because of the condition in
which we find the revenues of the Government.
"It is conceded that its current expenditures
are greater than its receipts, and that
such a condition has existed for now more
than ihree years. With unlimited means at
our command, we are presenting tbe remarkable
spectacle of increasing our publio debt
by borrowing money to meet the ordinary
outlays incident upon even an economical
and prudent administration of the Govern,
ment. An examination of the subject discloses
this fact in every detail and leads inevitably
to the conclusion that the condition
of the revenue which allows it is unjustifiable
and should be corrected."
The message then gives figures to show
that during the past three years the Government's
expenditures have exceeded its revenues,
and that in consequence several bond
issues have been necessary. Continuing,
the President says"It
may be urged that even if the revenues
of the Government had been sufficient to
meet all its ordinary expenses during the
East throe years, the gold reserve would still
ave been insufficient 10 meet the demands
upon it, and that bonds would necessarily
have been issued for its repletion. Be this as
It may, it is clearly manifest, without denying
or affirming the correctness of such a
conclusion, that the debt would have been
deoreased In at least the amount of the deficiency,
and business confidence Immeasurably
strengthened throughout the country.
' Congress should promptly correct the
existing condition. Ample revenues must be
supplied not only for the ordinary expenses
of the Government, but for the prompt pavment
of liberal pensions and the liquidation
of the principal and interest of tho public
debt. In raisins; revenue, duties should be
so levied upon foreign products as to preserve
the home market, so far as possible,
to our own producers; to revive
and increase manufactures; to relieve
and encourage agriculture; to increase
our domestic and foreign commerce
to aid and develop mining and building,
and to render to labor in every field of
USOI.ll OCCUpitllUU luu nuoiai ?u?? uuoquate
rewards to which skill and industry
are justly entitled. The necessity of the
passage of a tariff law which shall provide
ample revenue need not be further urged.
The imperative demand of the hour is the
prompt enactment of such a measure, and to
this object I earnestly recommond that Congress
shall make every endeavor. Before
other business is transacted let us first provide
sufficient revenue to faithfully administer
the Government without the contracting
of further debt or the continued disturbance
of our finances. William McKixlet."
PLACUE SERUM A SUCCESS.
Of 2341 Persons Treated In India Only
Two Were Attacked.
It was announced in the British House of
Lords that Dr. Yersin, the French export, be.
gan the Inoculation of plague patients oo
March 6, and that while the effect on fresh
cases was good, it was of small benefit to
DE. TERSIN.
The French expert who has gone to India
to conquer the plaotue.)
ong-standing case3. Professor Haffkine'f
>erum had been administered to 2341 per
sons, of whtch number only two had been
ittacked. and neither of these had died. The
people were coming in more freely to be injculuted,
and the Government of Bombay
(?as organizing depots for inoculation.
Dr. Yerein ha9 had a large experience with
jriental plagues and has fought contagious
lisease in such noted centres as Hon? Kong
vnd Canton. He is utterly fearless,
=>OSTMASTERS TO HOLD FOUR YEARS.
Decision of the McKlnley Administration
?Removal Only for Cause.
Postmaster-General Gary has made the
leflnite announcement that the Administra;lon,
after deliberation, has decided to adlere
to the four-year-tenure-of-ofllce policy
or all postmasters. He stato l that, excapt
n a few cases where removal for cause was
required on account of delinquency, incompetency,
or other Instances of unsatisfactory
onduct or administration of the office, all
postmasters, fourth class as well as those ot
Presidential appointment, would bo allowed
:o serve out a term of four years. This offisial
statement of policy, one of the most important
so determined u?on by the Adminis:ratiou,
has been awaited with great interest
3V the entire corps ot postmasters, and bj
:he patrons of 70,675 postofflces throughout
he country.
WARSHIPS FOR CHINA.
Thrco Protected Cruiser* Building for the
Celestial Empire.
At the Vulcan Shipbuilding Yard, Breiow,
near Stettin, where the Chinese torpedo
gunboat Fei Ying was built in 1893. three
protected cruisers for the Chinese Governmental
in hand. They are sister ships of
2930 tons, 32S feet long, with 41 f?et beam
ind 1C>? feet extreme draught. Protection
is giveu by steel decks, varying in thickness
between 1% and 2.'^ inchcs, and the gun.'
tire to have steel shields.
Found a Jar o.' G ild Coins.
While plowing in a flol-l which had beon
under constant cultivation until last year,
ti colored farmer of HognnsviHe, Ga., uncovered
ajar, buried beneath two big stones
rind an iron plate, containing ylG.OOO iu
gold. Apparently the money had been
stolen. The burial place was markod by
a circle of small Held stoneS.
Minister Killed by u Train.
The Rev. George H. Wells, of Dovor, III.,
Ufty-eight years old, anu unmarried, was
Icilled by a train, half a mile west of Wauivatosa,
Wis. He was a patient at the sani:arium,
and it is believed he conu*>i"?l
juici le.
AMBASSADORS NOMINATED
John Hay to Repre sent Us in Great Brit*
nln, Horace Porter In France.
The President sen': to the United States
| OODIllQ tUO 1UI1UW1UK uuuiiunuuu..'j
To be Amba33ndo*3 Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of the United 8tate3:
John Hay, of the District of Columbia, to
Great Britain.
Horace Porter, of New York, to France.
Henry White, of Rhode Island, to b? Secretary
of the Embassy of the United States
to Great Britain.
n:vp/
JOHN HAT,
(Npminated for Ambassador to Great Britain)
John Hay was graduated from Brown
University in 1857, when he was not yet
twenty-one years of age. HLs birthplace
was 8alem, Ind., and all ot his early boyhood
was spent in the West. Afler leavi :ag
college ho studied law with Abraham Lincoln
at Springfield, 111., and grew to be a
close friend of thesoon-to-be President, later
becoming his private secretary. After Lincoln's
assassination Mr. Hay went to Paris
as Secretary of Legation, being afterward
transferred to Madrid, where he wrote (,Castilian
Days." In 1872 he became an oditor
on tD9 new iorK inuuau, iwvu^ uo
to become Assistant Secretary of State under
President Hayes. Mr. Hay is wealthy,
and noted as a writer. His "Life of Lincoln,"
collaborated with former Consul-General
Nloolay, brought him 559,000.
General Horace Porter was born at Huntington,
Penn., August 15.1837. He was prepared
for college at Lawrenceville, N. J.,
and entered Harvard in 1854, leaving to go
to West Point during the following year,
where he was graduated in 1860. He served
through the Civil War with distinction, being
twice wounded, and later held the post
~aAA?nt.a?.ff a! Wo f nnHfir frranf.
U1 A93isinui gouiticnj Vi. ??* ?. ,
Ho Is a member of all the prominent New
York clubs and of the Chamber of Commerce,
and has always been a prominent
Grand Army man. For a number of years
he was Vice-President of the Pullman Palace
Car Company. Ganeral Porter has written
extensively, his flrat published book buing
"West Point Llfo."
QUEEN OF CREECE.
Jlfa is Tall and Stately and Populn*
With Her Subjects.
Quoen Olga of Greece is the most popular
queen In all Europe, and after her plucky act
the other day in defying the Russian throne,
there is not a native of Hella who would not
die for her. Queen Olga is a Russian princess,
and was an honorary Admiral In the
Russian fleet. Sne has just returned her insignia
to St. Petersburg, with the remark
that she cannot hold rank in a fleet that has
flrad upon the Greeks. Olga is the eldest
daughter of the Grand Duke Constantino o?
Russia, and a niece of the late Czar Alexander
II. She is tall and stately and realizos
the traditional ides, of a queen in her appearance
and manner. She is a blonde, with
brown hair, regular features and a beautiful
neck and shoulders. She goes about Athens
unattended, even by a maid, aud dresses in
the most simple fasnion. Ou state occasions
QUEEN OLOA, OF GREECE.
she costumes herself royally. She is verj
fond of pearls, and has a small fortune ic
these ornaments. She never deports hersel'
in the manner assumed by royalty in general,
and, while dignified, is gentle, affable and
lovable. Olga i3 a great scholar. She love?
soieuce and tha classics, and can speak fluently
in Rusdan, Italian, Greek, French,
German and English. JL.aieiysne nas mar
tered Albanian also. She is interested in
music and art, devotes much of her time tc
charity and public education, and has founded
one or two prosperous schools in Athena
Release of Americans in Cuba.
Oscar Cespedes, the American who landed
in Cuba with a filibustering expedition last
June, and was captured and imprisoned in
San Severino Castie, Matanzas has been released
upon condition that he leaves the island.
It is understood that nearly all the
other American citizeus now in confinement
will be released.
Woman Elected Tax Collector.
In Holden (Mass.) town meeting Mury ?.
Hubbard was elecced Tax Collector,
receiving 91 votes to 81 for Levi W.
Howe and 75 for William J. Prendergasr.
So far as there is any record, this is the first
time a woman has ever been elected to that
office in Worcester County.
Auctioning; Off a Truat.
Joseph Colt, in the United States Circuit
Court at Boston, ordered the public sale of
the Atlas Tack Corporation, known as the
Tack Trust, now in th i hands of a receiver.
It owns five mills and has $200,000 cash iu
band, besides a large sum in bills recivable.
Its properties are mortgaged for 4900,000.
Train Dynamitcil in Culm.
The Spanish report General Gomez seriously
wounded. Cubans dynamited a troop
train in Pinar del Rio, tilling or injuring 25 J
soldiers.
Kentucky nep:il>llcant) Win.
The five new State Senators, four Republicans
nnd one Democrat, were sworn in at
Frankfort. Ky. The Blackburn Senators attempted
to rofer the credentials, but they
were outvoted. This means that the Republicans
will be able to elect a United States
Senator at this session,
Minor Mention.
The Steel Tirod Wluel Company, a cork
poration to control steel car-wheel produc.
tion in the United States, has been formed,
Rbodo Island started out to erect a $1,500,rO)
capitol, and is now informed that
$1,074,489 more is needed to complete the
buildiu:.
REV. DH TALMAGE. i
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SUNDAY'S DISCOURSE BY THK
NOTED DIVINE. i
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ouujeci: "a -uignty wanare.
Text: "In the name of God we will set up 1
our banners."?Psalms xx.. 5.
I hate war. In our boyhood we may have
read the biocraphy of Alexander or of some
Revolutionary hero until our young hearts
beat hizh and we wished we had been born
over 100 years ago just for the glory of striking
down a Hessian. For rusty swords hung
up on the rafters and bullets cut out of log J
houses in which they were lodgod during the j
great strife we had unbounded admiration, '
or on some public day, clothed in our grand- J
father's soldierly accouterments, we felt as J
brave as Garibaldi or Milttades. We are '
wiser now, for wo make a vast distinction *
bftween the poetry and the prose of war. 9
The roll of drums, and the call of bugles, *
and the champing of steeds foaming and t
pawine for the battle, a hundred thousand *
muskets glittering among the dancing e
plumes, ,;God Save the King" waving up r
irom mariners ana trumpets ana runs? DaeK e
from deep defiles or the arches of a prostrate c
city. distMnt capitals of kincrdoms illuminated 9
at the tidings, generals returning home un- c
der flaming arches and showering amar- *
anths and the shout of empires?that is ?
poetry. a
Chilled and half blnnketed, lying on the t
wet earth, feot sore with the march aud ?
bleeding at the slightest touch, hunger pull- h
ing on every fiber of flesh or attempting to 0
satisfy itself with a scanty and spoiled ra- a
tion, thirst licking up the dew or drinking
out of filthy and trampled pool, thoughts of
home and kindred far away while just on the n
eve of a deadly strife where death may leap s
on him from any one of a hundred bayon?is, 31
the closing in of two armies now changed to '*<
a hundred thousand maniacs, the ground
3lippery with blood and shattered flesh, fall- P
en ones writhing under the hoofs of un- "
bridled chargers maddened with pain, the
dreadfulness of night that comes down when i<
the strife is over, the Htrm?orlo nf the wr?iinri?d T
Dues crawling out over the corpses, the long. d
feverish agony of the crowded barrack ana p
hospital, from whose mattresses the frag- a:
ments of men send up their groans, the only h
music of carnage and butchery, desolate tl
homes from which fathers and husbands and h
brothers and sons went off, without giving T
any dying message or sending a kiss to the fl
dear ones at home, tumbled into tbesoidiers' u
grave trench, and house? \n which a few a
weeks before unbroken family circles re- "
joiced now plunged in the great sorrows of tl
widowhood and orphanage?that is prose. 0
But there is now on the earth a kingdom tt
which has set itself up for conflicts without rr
number. In its march it tramples no grain- a<
field; It sacks no cities; It impoverishes C
no treasuries; it fills no hospitals; it bereaves tt
no families. The courage and victory of 0
Solferino and Magenta without carnage?the tt
kingdom of Christ against the kingdom of T
3atan?that is the strife now raging. We will gi
offer no armistices. We will make no treaty, st
Until all the revolted nations of the earth in
aball submit again to King Emmanuel "In It
the name of God we will set up our ban- er
aers." at
Every army has its ensigns. Long before tfc
(he time when David wrote the text they ti
were in use. Trie hosts of Israel displayed in
them. The tribe of Benjamin carried a flag hi
with the inscription of a wolf, the tribe of sc
Dan a representation of cherubim, Judah a is
lion wrought into the groundwork of white, ju
purple, crimson and blue. 8uch flags from
their folds shook fire Into the hearts of such tb
numbers as were in the Hold when Abijah ga
fousrht agaiust Jehoram, and there were fl<
1,200,000 soldiers, end more than 500,000 ig
were left dead on the field. Thest ensigns er
gave heroism to such numbers as were as- ni
serabled when Asa fought against Zerah, and Bi
there were l,580,d00 troops in the battle. The gi
Athenians carried an inscription of the owl, h(
which was their emblem of wisdom. The sn
flags of modern nations are familiar to you nf
all, and many of them so inappropriate for ly
the character of the nations they represent til
It would be impolitic to enumerate them, ai
These ensigns are streamnrs borne on the cc
point of a lance and on the top of wooden |y
shafts. They are carried in the front and en
rear of armie?. They unroll from the main th
topgallant masthead of an admiral's flag- CI
ship to distinguish it amoncr other ships of
the same squadron. They are the objects of gt;
national pride. Tho loss of them on the Hold to
Is ignominious. w
The three banners of the Lord's hosts are fa
the banner of proclamation, the banner of b'
recruit and the banner of victory. When a sp
nation feels its rights infringe! or its honor rn
insulted, when it? citizens have in foreign th
climes been oppressed and no indemnity has us
been offered to the inhabitant of the republic er
or kingdom, a proclamation of war is uttered. e\
On the tops of batteries and arsenals and m
austom houses and revenue offices flags are pi
immediately swung out. All who look upon th
I hem realize the fact that uncompromising m
war Is declared. Thus It is that the church ht
of Jesus Christ, jealous for the honor of its o"
sovereign and determined to get back those Tl
who have been carried off captive into the pi
bondage of satan and intent upon the de- to
struction of those mighty wrongs which at
have so long cursed the earth and bent upon h>
the extension of the Saviour's reign or bi
mercy, in the name of God sets up its banner th
of proclamation. m
The church makes no assault upon the th
world. I do not believe that God ever made 9t
a better world than this. It Is magnificent in UI
its ruins. Let us stop talking so much against st
the world. God pronounced it very good at w
the beginning. Though a wandering child (j
of God, I sei? in it yet the great Father's
lineaments. Though tossed and driven by vi
the storms of 6000 yopxs, she sails bravely tr
yet, and as at her launching in the beginning V(
hn mnrninif ctflrq co n f* tncpthpr nnHflll tU
30ns of God shouted for joy, so at last, when 3t
coming into the calm harbor of God's mercy, c<
she shall be greeted by the huzzas of glorified Rf
kingdoms. It is not the world against which a;
we contend, but its transgressions. What- rti
ever is obstinate in the will, degrading in ftpassion,
harmful in custom, false in friend- ?
ship, hypocritical in profession?against all ^
this Christ makes onset From false profes- q
sion he would tear the mask. From oppres- tb
sion he would tear the rod. From pride he XI
would rend off the plumes. From revenge he h,
would exorcise the devil. While Christ loved r0
the world so much he died to save it, he hates
sin so well that to eradicate the last trace of ge
its pollution he will utterly consume Fi
the continents and the oceans. At the gate ar
of Edeu the declaratlbn of perpetual enmity
wa? made against the serpent. The tumult su
roundabout Mount Sinai was only the roar r,
and flash of God's artillery of wrath agaiDst te
sin. Sodom on lire was only one of God's pt
flaminpr., bulletins announcing hostility. pC
Nineveh and Tyre nnd Jerusalem in awful
ruin mark the track of Jehovah's advance- to
ment. They show that God was terribly in tb
earnest when he announced himself abhor- is
rent of all intquity. They make us believe
that, though nations belligerent and revengeful
may sign articles of peace and oome to an ^
amicable adjustment, there shall be no cessation
of hostilities between the forces of light rD
and the forces of darknojs until the king- ID
doms of this world huve become the king-'
doms of our Lord. Affrighted by no opposi- ,
tion, discouraged by no temporary defeat?, 01
shrinking from no exposure, every man to
his position, while from the tops of our Pn
schoolhouses and churches and seminaries 118
and asylums "in the name of God we will set
up our banners." Jj'
Ther-i are nonprofessors who have a very
correct idea of what Christians ought to be.
You have soon members of the church who
were as proud as Abab and lied as badly as rI'
Ananias and who were as foul hypocrites as *lf
Judas. You abhor all that. You say follow- ''Tr
era of Christ ought to be honorable, humble
and self denying and charitable and patient P?
and forgiving. Amen So they ought. Come Ia
into the kingdom of Ohrist, :ny hearer, and ^
be just that glorious Christian that you have
described. Every church has enough stingy er
men in it to arrest its charities, and enough t>n
proud m>u in it in grief e away the Holy
Ghost, and enough lazy men In It to hang on '*?
behind till its wheels, like Pharaoh's char- P"
i.jts, drat heavily, and enough worldly men
to exhaust the patience of the very elect,aud
enough snarl}' men to make appropriate the
Bible warning, "Beware of dog*." if any oa
<.f you men on the outside of tlio kingdom sh
expect to make such Christians as that, we he
do not want you to come, for the church has trl
already a million members too many of just Ki
that kind. We-do not want our ranks ba
crowded with serfs when wo can have them tr<
filled with souaves. w<
There are men now. as in Christ's time, CI
possessed of seven devils. In some instances \V
it seems as though at conversion oniv six of en
these evil spirits were cast out, while there nn
remains still one in the heart?tho devil of it
avarice, the devil of lust or the devil of sp
pride. .Men of tho world, if you would be ca
transformed nnd elevated by the power of of
tho gospel, now is the time to come. It Is an
no mean ?*nslgn I lift thlB hoar. It 1b a e
time-honored flag. It has been In terriflo t
oattic. Draggled In the dust ol a saviour's a
humiliation from Bethlehem to Calvary, c
Bent by hell's onslaught, the spears of a h
maddened soldiery and the hands of men h
whosald, "Let him be crucified." .With this f
jnsign in His bleeding hand the Saviour I
scaled the heights of our sin. With this He t!
mounted the watts of perdition, and amid its 1:
pery smoke and'flame and blasphemy He s
waved His triumph, while demons howled b
with defeat and heaven t
,b
Thronged His chariot wheels e
And bore Him to His throne, t(
Then swept their golden harps and sung. ? ?
The glorious work is done. a
a
Again, when a grand victory has been won, tj
t Is customary to announce it "by flaw float- q
ng from public buildings and from trees and
rom the masts of ships. They are the siglal
for eulogy and rejoiclnpr and festivity. 4
Jo the ensign which the church hoists is a j{
>anner of victory. There was a time when
he religion of Christ was not considered re- n,
pectable. Men of learning and position u
rowned upon it. Governments anathema- ^
ized its supporters. To be a Christian was rc
o be an underling. But mark the differ- c,
ince. Religion has compelled the world's ^
espoct. Infidelity, iu the tremendous n,
iffort it his made to crash it, has compli- _(
aented its power. And there is not now a
inglo civilized nation but in its constitution 8t
ir laws or proclamations pnvs homage to ce
he religion of the cross. In the war in In- R1
Liu. when Sir Archibald Campbell found, in j
n hour of danger, that the men he ordered ei
o the field were intoxicated, and asked for a
he pious men whom the Christian Havelock w
ia-l under his management, he said: "Call jt
ut Havolook's saints. They are never drunk, al
nd Havelock is always ready." That Chris- Pr
ianiiy which gathered its flrst trophies from j0
be fishermen's huts on the shore of Galilee
ow has Samsonian strength thrown upon Its jj,
boulders and has carried off the sates of
eience and worldly power. We point not to the
irtresses and standing armies and navies as |r
lie evidence of the church's progress. We ln
olntto the men whom Christ nns redeemed U1
V His blood. cr
What if arsenals and navy yards do not be- ^1
>ng to the church? We do not want them. Cj
'he weapons of our warfare are not carnal,
ut spiritual and mighty through God to the pi
ulllng down of strongholds. The world ^
nd satan have no idea of the strength and m
eroism which God will yet let out against aE
le forces of darkness. As yet they have to
ad only one round from the first regiment. f0
he Lord of Hosts will soon appear lu the mi
eld at the head of his troops. Depend
pon it that when God inspires the scul with m(
new life be puts In it tne principle of re,
Dover give up." In ail ages of the church
lere have been those who have had a faith ^
iat was almost equal to sight, looking ?r
irough persecution and reverses with as
>uch expectation as through palpable q(
ibievements. There have been men for
hrist who have acted as did the favorite 8{j
oop3 of Brleu, attacked bv Fitzpatrick of ^
ssory. The woundedsoldlers begged that ?e
ley mtgnt enter tne ngni wun tne otners.
hey said, "Let stakes be stuck in the ^
round and suffer each of us, tied to and
lpported tiy one of these stakes, to battle ^
i the rank? by the side of a sound man."
Is said that 700 or 800 men, pale and W{
naclated from former wounds and thus wj
lpported by the stakes, struggled through on
le combat. Thus has it been that multt- Dp
ides of the children of God, though feel- f0]
ig themselves weak and wounded?per- q.c
ips in body, perhaps in estate, perhaps in jja
iuI?supported by the staff of God's prom- ga,
e, have warred it up to the hilt In the sub- jg,
gatlon of n world of wickedness. j>li
We are mighty in this cause, for we have gt,
le help of the piou3 dead. Messengers of j
.Ivation from high heaven, they visit the trl'
sld. They stand behind us to keep us from s^,
nomlnious retreat. They go before us to flj,
icourage us in the strife. The McCheynes, gjj,
id the Paysons, and the Martyrs, and the
rainerds. an uncounted multitude of the <?
orifled, are our coadjutors. Have you
)ard the Swiss tradition? The herdsmen tyi
y that three great leaders of the Helvetic
ition, though seemingly dead, are only tj0
ing down under the ground in their old 0{
ne dress, refreshing themselves with sleep, on
id that if at any time the liberties of their
mntry are in danger they will immediate- q0
spring to their feet aud drive back the ift.
temy. May 1 not have the thought py
at if ever the church of the blessed jn(
urist shall be threatened with destruction 0f
r the foes which seem too great for her 80t
rength the Lord himself will not only come 80l
the deliverance, but those great ancients jj0,
ho have seemed to be sleeping among the
jad shall immediately hear the trumpet j|
ast of the church militant, and,full armed, ^
irlng back to their old positions in the
,nks of God, with the battlecry, "More
an conquerors through Him that loved C
!?" Although we have already much to R?
icourase us in the work of the world's
rangelifetion, yet we must confess that
uch of our time has been consumed In ^
anting our batteries aud getting ready for ^.n
,o conflict. We have not yet begun to tra
each. We have not yet begun to pray. We yn
ive not yet begun to work. On the coast Me
' heathendom are missionary stations. ig ]
tiey have scarcely yet begUD to accom- im
ish what they propose. It takes some time Au
dig the trenches and elevate the standard Cul
id direct the great guns. From what I
'&r I think they are about ready now. Let vol
it tne great uaptain wave iuo sikdui, nuu all
e ringiug of celestial weaponry shall quake ?
rery dungoon of hell and sound up among 0n
ie thrones of heavfen. Pagodas and temples rat
ia.ll tumble under tbeshoct and besotted Crc
itlons shall fly from their idols and super- ter
itlons, shouting like the confounded S(*
orshipers of Baal: "The Lord, He is the re(
od! The Lord. He is the God!" To
We go not alone to the field. We have in- ms
ncible allies in the dumb elements of na- th?
ire. As Job said, we are in league with the
jry stones of the field. The sun by day and tio
ie moon by night, directly or indirectly, it
lall favor Christianity. The stars in their tra
>uraes are marshaled for us, as they foucrht wfc
jainst Slsera. The winds of heaven are now fui
i certainly acting in favor of Christ as in ne:
(formation times the invincible armada in th<
s pride approached the coast of England, stn
9 that proud navy directed its guns against tiv
le friends of Christ and religious liberty, jei
od said unto his winds, "Seize hold of ^i
tem." and to the sea. "Swallow them." j
tie Lord, with his tempests, dashed their ho
ills together and splintered them on the an
icks until the flower of Spanish pride and ch<
ilor lay crushed amons: the waves of the 19 nbsach.
All are ours. Aye. God tho clii
ither, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost sh<
e our allies! du
The Mohammedans, in their struggle to co^
ibjugale the world, had passages from the vir
oran inscribed on the blades of their scimi- th?
rs, una we nave muuiug to iciir n, ?\>- an,
oachiag the Infidelity and malice that op- nn;
>se the kingdom of Christ, we shall have bui
lttering on our swords the words of David nu
the giant, ''I come to thee in the name of
e Lord of Hosts, the God of the armies of
rael, whom thou hast defied."
Now the church goes forth bearing pre- sil
cms seed, but after awhile it will be the
eaf bindiDg, and reaper angels shall shout
0 harvest home. Now it is tents and march- I
g and exposure, but then, in the ranks of La
ostrate iniquity and on the very wal's of est
'aveo, "in the name of God we will set up cor
ir banners." of
The earth sends up its lone, deep groan of tra
lin and clanks the great chiins of its bond- he*
;e and cries by the voice of sea and land Th
id sky, "How long, 0 Lord, how longV" am
1 ere was a tridltion on the other side of the
o water that the daughter of Lir was ten
informed into a bird of the air and that I
e wandered for hundreds of years over anc
rer and lake until the arrival of Cbr s- fou
inity and that at the stroke of the exj
st cathedral bell her spirit was freed, het
^counted millions of our race by the Thi
iwerofsin und satan have been transformed 1 hi
to a state of wretchedness, and they wan- ma
r like the poor daughter of Lir. but they roa
all after awhile he released. When the
eat church of Christ shall in those darken
lands from its tower ring out the giad
lings of the gospel, then million* of wanring
souls shall find rest in a Saviour's
tyanda Saviour's love, transported from
e kingdom of satan into the kingdom of G
>d's dear Sou. Stn
By and by you would hardly know the nib
nh if you saw it. The world us a whole oft
all be as greatly improved as the individual or'
art by conversion. Fraud, leaving its COfl
irkery, will go to work foran honest living. cot
mvery shall begin to make righteous P?'
rgains. Passion shall answer to tlio con- tar
)1 of reason. Scoffers shall be changed i^to vri
>rshipers and skeptics into Bible lovorn. leu
irist shall begin His reign on earth, the
hether He shall descend on to the
rth in person and establish a govern- J
nt at Jerusalem, I cannot say, but oul
will be an era of more than Augustan pas
lemlor. That is enough. Knowing this, we wa
n never despair. But as we see the church rot
Christ putting on her beautiful garments boi
id arising to shine we will say, with the rea
inthnslaam of Oliver Cromwell, who,standing
>efore his sick and famine-stricken m>ldleq
it Dunbar, saw the sun rising oat of thl m
aormng mist and, pointing to It witli 9
ils sword, uttered a prayer wblch hurled
lis men upon the orusbed foe like a skj
nil i\f ?htin/lA?V\AUai f f A **4aa A Aa/11 6
vtn vi luuuuuiuutioi ai lau, v viuui
jet thine enemies be Mattered." With ^
be ear of faith I catch the sound of th<
itter day glory. Church of Christ, unheath
thy sword and this moment into the
attle! In the name of Christ, march on!
rpon every school and hospital, upon eyerj
anker's desk and merchant's counter, upon
very chemist's laboratory and astronomer'!
3wer, upon shepherd'! hut and woodsman's t
abin, upon ship's deck aud sailor's bamlock,
far out on the sea and high up in the
lountain, before the gaze of nations, under
ie plaudits of heaven, "in the name of
rod we will set up our banners."
My subject has taught you that in this conist
we are not without ensigns and colors. *
ii we want now is men to carry tnem. j&e>re
I sit down I must propose to each of you
lis great honor. Becoming a Christian 1a
ot so Ignoble a thing as many have thought
. "It makes a man stoop," yon say. I
aow^t, but It is only the stoop of an belr of
>yalty who on his knees is to receive a
own of dominion. We want standatd
carers in ail pulpits, in all places of busissfi?everywhere.
I do not ask you how old
ju are nor how young, how weak
f how strong, how dull or how
iarp,nor what your home, nor who your an- i
>stors. Without any condition, without ,
iv reserve.in the name of the God of Israel,
offer you the honor of carrying the church's
lslgns. Do not be afraid of the assaults of t
world whose ranks you desert nor of devils \
ho will oppose you with infernal might. \
were more blessed to fall here than stand
lywhere else. It were more of an honor, \
igaged with Christ, to be trampled under- ^
ot with this army of banners than, oppos- ^
g Christ, to be buried, like Edward I., in IJH
syptlan porphyry. fH
You know in anolent times elephants were H
ained to fight and that on one occasion. H
stead of attacking the enemy, they turned H
ion their owners, and thousands were H
ushod under the strokes of their trunks JH
id the mountain weight of their step. H
lese mighty opportunities of work for H
irlst may accomplish great things in over* *
rowing the sin of the world and beating to ?
eoes its errors, but If we do not wield V
em aright these very advantages will In
igarded moments turn terribly upon as w
id under their heels of vengeance grind us
powder. Rejected blessings are sevenid
curses. We cannot compromise this
fitter. We cannot stand aside and look on.
irlst has declared it, ''All who are not with
a are against me." Lord Jesus, we sornder.
t
ThA nrnnhftfliafi Intimate that there shall
fore the destruction of the world be one
eat battle between trath and unrlghteousas.
We shall not probably see It on earth.
)d grant that we may see It, bending from
e battlements of heaven. On the side ot
1 shall be arrayed alt forms of oppression
,d cruelty, led on by Infamous kings and
nerals; the votaries of paganism, led on
their prleets; the subjects of iiohamjdanlsm,
following the command of
air sheiks. And gluttony and internranee
and iniquity of every phase shall be
rgely represented on the field. All th?
salth and splendor and power and glory of
ckedness shall ne concentrated on that
e decisive spot and, mAddened by 10,000
avious defeats, shall gather themselves up
r one last terrible assault. With hatred to
>d for their cause and blasphemy for the
ttle cry, they spread out orer the earth in
uare beyond square and legion beyond
Cion, while in some overhanging cloud of
lofcndss foul spirits of hell watch this last
aggie of sin and darkness for dominion.
Scattered by the blasts of Jehovah's nosJs.
plunder and sin and satanle force
all quit the field. As the roar of the const
sounds through the universe all worlds
All listen. The air shall be fall of wings
heavenly oohorts. The work is done, and
the presence of a world reclaimed for the
)wn ot Jeeas and amid the crumbling of
rannios and the defeat of satanlo force ;
d amid the sound of heavenly acclama- 1
ns the chnrch shall rise up in the image
our Lord, and with the crown of victory <
her head and the scepter of \
minion In her hand in, the name ot ]
id shall set up her banners. Then Hlma- |
a shall become Mount Zlon, ana the I
renees Mcrlah, and the oceans the walk- \
j place of Him who trod the wave crests \
Galilee, and the great heavens become a , ^
mdlng board which shall strike back the
md of exultation to tbe earth till it reitnH
B<mln to thfi throne of the Almiffhtv.
gels of the Apocalypse, 07, fly! For who
It stand la the way of thy might or resist
> sweep of thy wing?
JEMAND FOR AMERICAN WHEAT.
asons Why There la a Good Market Id
Australia.
["he reason why so large a quantity of
n tfhflof txtuq. imnArtfid Into Ana.
Ha last year i9 explained by Daalel W. 1
iratta, United States Consul General at
Ibourne. It appears that wool growing
regarded by Austialians as much the most
portant Industry, and in pursuing that the
stralian farmer is often led to neglect the
itivation of wheat. As a rule, the larger
luatters," or ranchmen, do not care to de- _
te their time to farming, preferring to give *
of their attention to sheep raising.
'The consumption of wheat in this coly,"
writes Consul M.'irattu, "Is at the
;e of six bushels to the a<-re, and as the
>p last year only yielded four and healths
bushels to the acre, it will readily be ->>.
in that the colonists were short of theli N>
lutrements nearly two uusueis iu mo b?o.
meet this deficiency, the first for a great
tny years, large imports were made from
) United States. These shipments were
ide from San Francisco, with the excepn
ot one or two vessels from New York."
is becoming a common custom among Aus*
.linn ranchmen to rent their land for
teat-growing on shares, the ranchmen
rnishing the land and the seed and some
Ighbo^lng farmer doing all the work. As
3 wool-growing industry, however, is con,ntly
tending to crowd out the wheat culatlon,
there is a prospect that increased
mands upon America for wheat supplies
tl be made in the future.
Ur. Maratta says: "It has been wondered
w it is that Australia can produce wool,
d, for that matter, sheep, so much more
saply than America, ana the answer, too,
?ery simple. First, the advantage lies lnthe
mate. Here you have a climate where the
3ep can, and do, safely spend every night
ring the year in the open air and without
coring. Then the pasture is unlimited and
tually free. The oost of labor Is cheaper
na afatinn Hvinc is oheaDer.
d all these things comblno to cheapen the
imal. Yoa can purchase at a retail
tcber's here In Melbourne prime lamb and
ttton at from tivo to six cents per pound.'
A CREAT WACON TRAIN.
:ty Horses Haallug It to the De La Mar
Mines in Utah.
\ B. McKeon left Mllford, Utah, for De
Mar the other day with the heavlteam
train ever undertaken under like
idition of roads. With seventy-flve miles
very muddy roads he is attempting to
nsport with sixty horses 60,000 pounds of
ivy machinery loaded on three wagons.
Is outfit is accompanied by other outflt3,
i as the train pulled out over thfi hills to
i west it looked not unlike some circus atipting
to invade the w 'Stern country.
t will require an immense amount of oats
1 hay to feed the teams, and will keep two
r-horse teams busy hauling water.* It is
>ected that for miles the axles of the
iviest-loaded wagons will drag the ground.
Is machinery is for the De La Mar mines.
a new plant consists of many carloads ol
ehlnery, nearly all of which is now on the
,d bstweenMilford and the mine.
NEW ARMY POLICY.
d PnbHc >"o Longer ti? Be Allowed to
Visit Forts.
reneral Miles, commanding the United
tes army, has issued a general order pro- \t
iting, in the strictest terms, the admission i
my person, except officers of the Navy J
Government employes, to any lake oc sea I
ist defences without a permit from the f
nmandant of the place. Moreover, such \
mits are to be given only for true miliy
purposes, and under no conditions are
Ittou or pictorial descriptions of such desos
to be made without authority from
i Secretary of War.
ohn Corbett, of Indian Fields, Ky.. put
: a flr?> in a railroad trestle and flanged a
sponger train in time and received as a rerd
an eighty-day pass over the line. He
le around, carrying farm produce to nelghring
towns where he sold It for cash, and
Jlzed a nice little sum.