AT HEAVEN'S GATES.
ANOTHER SERMON OF RARE POWER
BY REV. DR. TALMAGE.
Twelve Gates amd All ot l'earl-The Door
keepers and the Password--k y-ew Word%
About Bigotry and Secta&rianismu-S,-ome
Rare Pearls.
NEW YORx. April 7.-The bright
spring weather has broulit still larg
er crowds to the Sunday afternoon
services conducted by the Rev. Dr.
Talmage. He took for his subject to
day "The Gates of Heaven," the text
being Revelation xxi. 13: "On the
east three gates: on the north three
gates: on the south three gates; on the
west three gates."
The Cashmere gate of Delhi where
converged a heroism that makes one's
nerves tincle. the Lucknow gate still
dented aia scarred with sepoy bom
bardment, the Madeline gate, with its
emblazonry in bronze, the hundred
gates of Thebes, the wonder of centu
ries, all go out of sight before the gates
of my text.
Our subject speaks of a great me
tropolis, the existence of which manv
have doubted. Standingon the wharf
and looking off upon the harbor and
seeing the merchantmen coming up
the bay, the flags of foreign nations
streaming from the topgallants, you
immediately make up your mind that
those vessels come from foreign ports,
and you say, "That is from Hamburg.
and that is from Marseilles, and that is
from Southampton, and that is from
Havana," and your supposition is ac
curate. But from the city of which I
am now speaking no weather beaten
merchantmen or frigates with scarred
bulkheads have ever come. There
has been a vast emigration into that
city, but no emigration from it so far
as our natural vision can descry.
"There is no such city," says the
undevout astronomer. "I have stood
in high towers with a mighty tele
scope and .iiare swept the heavens.
and I have seen spots or. the sun and
caverns in the moon, but no towers
have ever risen on my vision, no pal
aces, no temples, no shining streets,
no massive wall. There is no such
city." Even very good people tell
me that heaven is not a material or
ganism, but a grand spiritual fact, and
that the Bible description of it are in
all cases to be taken figuratively. I
bring in reply to this what Christ said,
and hemought to know, "Igo to pre
pare"-not a theory, not a. Drmciple.
not a sentiment, but "I go to prepare
a place for you." The resurrected
body implies this. If my foot is to be
reformed from the dust, it must have
something to tread on. If my hand
is to be reconstructed it must have
something to handle. If my eye, hav
ing gone out in death, is to be rekin
dled, I must have something to gaze
on. Your adverse theory seems to
imply that the resurrected~ body is to
beihung on nothing, or to walk in air,
or to float amid the -intangibles. You
may say if there be material or'n
isms then a soul in heaven wlbe
cramped and hindered in its enio.
ments, but I answer, Did not Ad am
and Eve have plenty room in the gar
den of Eden?. Although only a few
miles - Tuld have described the cir
cumfei.:nti of that place, they had
Imple room. And do you not sup
poethat God, in the immensities, can
'uid a place large enough to give the
whole race room, even though there
be material organisms?
Herschel looked into the heavens.
As a Swiss guide puts his Alpine
stock between the glaciers and crosses
over from crag to erag, so Herschel
planted his telescope between the
worlds and glided from star to star
until he could announce to us
that we live in a part of the universe
but sparsely strewn with worlds, and
he pesout into immensity until he
finsa region no larger than our solar
sytem in which there are 50,000
worlds moving. And Professor Lang
says that by a philosophic reasoning
there must be somewhere world where
there is no darkness, but everlasting
snshine, so I do not know but that it
is simply because wehaveno telescope
powerful enough that we cannot see
into the land where there is no dark
ness at all and catch a glimpse of the
burnished pinnacles. As a conquer
ing army marching on to take a city
comes at nightfall to the crest of'a
mountain from which, in the midst of
the landscape, they see the castles they
are to capture; and rein in their war
chargers, and halt to take a good look
before they- pitch their tents for the
night, so now, coming as we do on
ths mountain top of prospect, I _com
mand this regiment of God to rein in
their thoughts and halt, and before1
they pitch their tents. for the night
take one good, long look at the gates
of the great city. "On the east three
gates; on the north three gates; on the
south three gates, and on.the west
three gtes."
In -he first place'I want you to ex
amine the architecture of these gates.
Proprietors of large estates are very
apt to have an ornamented gateway.
Sometimes they spring an arch of ma
sonry, the posts of the gate flanked
with lions in stat~uary; the bronze gate
representation of intertwining foliag~e,
bird haunted, until the hand of archti
tectural genius drops exhausted, all its
life frozen into the stone. Gates of
wood and iron and stone guarded
nearly all the old cities. Moslems
have inscribed upon their gateways
inscriptions from the Koran of the
Mohammedan. There have been a
great many fine gateways, but Christ
sets his hand to the work, and for the
upper city swung a gate such as no
eye ever gazed on, untouched of in
spiration. With the nail of his own
cross he cut into its wonderful tracer
ies stories of past suffering and of
gladness to come. There is no wood
or stone or bronze in that gate, but
from top to base and from side to side
it is all of pearl. Not one piece pick
ed up from Ceylon banks, and another
piece from the Persian Gulf. and an
other from the island of Margarette,
but one solid pearl picked up from the
beach of everlasih light by heavenly
hands and hoiste and swung amid
the shouting of angels. The glories
of alabaster vase and porphyry pillar
fade out before this gateway. "It puts
out the spark of feldspar and diamond.
You know how one little' precious
stone on your finger will flash under
the gaslight. But, oh, the brightness
when the great gate of heaven swing's,
struck through and dripping with the
light of eternal noonday !
Julius Caesar p aid 125,000 crowns
for one pearl. The government of
Portugal boasted of having a pearl iar
r than apear. Cleopatra and Phih p
Idazzled the world's vision with
precious stones. But gather all these
together, and lift them and add to
them allithe wealth of the pearl fisheri
ies, and set them in the panel of one
door, and it does not equal this magni
ficent o'ateway. Ani almighty hand
hewed &is, swung this, polished this.
Against this gateway, on the one side
dash all the splendors of earthly beau
ty. Against this gate, on the other
side, beat the surges of eternal glory.
Oh, the gate, the gate: It strikes an
infinite charm through every one that
passes it. One step this side of the
gate, and we are paupers. One step
the other side of the gate, and we are
kings. The pilgrim of earth going.
through sees in the one huge pearl all
his eaty ear in crytal. 0 gate of
light. gate o' pai. zate of neaven, for
our wn y so,, i at last swmng ix open.
W hen haI these eys" th t heaven built wa!!s
Ard peativ t tes behl id;
Thv uks with -alvatiom .tron
A::d rt-et-, of shining g.d
i,. heaven is n.ot a dull place:
Heaven is not a [contracted place.
Heaven is not a stuped place. "I
saw the 12 gates, and they were 12
pearls."
In the second place, I want you to
count the number of those zates. Im
perial parks and lordly manors are
apt to have one expensive gateway.
aid the others are ordinary. but look
around at these entrances to heaven
and count them. One, two. three, four,
five, six,'seven, eight, nine, ten, elev
en, twelve. Hear it all the earth
and all the heavens. Twelve gates:
I ndmit this is rather hard on sharp
sectarianisms. If a Presbyterian is
bigoted, he brings his Westminster as
sembly catechism. and he makes a
gateway out of that, he says to the
world, 'You go through there or stay
out." If a member of the Reformed
church is bigoted, he makes a gate
out of the Iieidelberg catechism, and
he says, -You go through there or
stay out." If a Methodist is bigoted,
he plants two p4'sts. and he says,
-Now, you crowd in between those
two posts or stay out." Or perhaps an
Episcopalian may say, "Here is a lit
urgy out of which I mean to make a
gate: go through it or stay out." ' Or
a Baptist may say "Here is a water
gate: you go through that, or you
must stay out." And so in all our
churches and in all our denominations
there are men who make one gate for
themselves and then demand that the
whole world go through it. I abhor
this contractedness in religious views.
Oh, small souled man, when did God
give you the contract for making
gates? I tell you plainly I will not go
in that gate. I will go in at any one
of the 12 gates I choose. Here is a
man who savs, "I can more easily and
more closely approach God through a
prayer book." I say, "My brother,
then use the prayer blook."' Here is a
man who savs, "I believe there is only
one mode of baptism, and that is im
mersion." Then I say, "Let me
plunge you." Anyhow, I says, away
with the gate of rough panel and rot
ten posts and rusted latch when there
are 12 gates, and they are 12 pearls.
The fact is that a great many of the
churches in this day are being doctrain
ed to death. They have been tryim
to find out all about God's decrees, and
they want to know who are elected to
be saved and who are reprobated to be
damned, and they are keepinga on dis
cussing that subject when there are
millions of souls who need to have the
truth put straight at them. They sit
counting the number of teeth in the
jawbone with which Samson slew the
Philistines. They sit on the beach and
see a vessel going to pieces in the of
fino, and instead of getting into a boat
an< pulling away for the wreck they
sit discussing the different styles of
oarlocks. God intended us to know
some things and intended us not to
know others. I have heard scores of
sermons explanatory of God's decrees,
but came away more perplexed than
when I went. The only result of such
discussion is a ozreat fog. Here are
two truths which are to conquer the
world-man, a sinner; Christ, a Say
iour. Any man who adopts those two
theories, in his religious belief shall
havmy right hand in warm grip of
Christian brotherhood.
A man comes down to a river in
time of freshet. He wants toget across.
He has to swim. What does he do?
The first thing is to put off his heavy
apparel and drop everything he has in
his hands. He must go empty handed
if he is going to the other bank. And
I tell you when we have come down
to the river of death and find it swift
and raging we will have to put off all
our sectarianism and lay down all our
cumbrous creed and empty handed put
out for the other shore. "What." say
you, "would you resolve all the Chris
tian church into one kind of church?
Would y'ou make all Christendom
worship m the same way, by the same
forms?" Oh, no. You might as well
decide that all people shall eat the
same kind of food without reference
to appetite, or wear the same kind of
apparel without reference to the shape
of their body. Your ancestry, your
temperament. your surroundings, will
decide whether you go to this or that
church and adopt this or that church
polity. One church will best get one
man to heaven and another church
another man. I do not care which one
of the gates you go through if you
only go through one of the 12 gates
that Jesus lifted.
Well, now, I see all the redeemed of
earth coming up toward heaven. Do
you think they will all get in? Yes.
Gate the first, the Moravians come up;
they believed in the Lord Jesus; they
pass through. Gate the'second, .the
Quakers come up; they have received
te inward light; they have trusted in
the Lord; they pass through. Gate
the third, the Lutherana come up; they
had the same grace that made Luther
what he was, and they pasthrough.
Gate the fourth, the Batsspass
through. Gate the fifth, the Free Will
Baptists pass through. Gate the sixth,
the Reformed church p asses through.
Gate the seventh, the Congregational
ists pass through. Gate the eighth,
the German Reformed church p asses
through. Gate the ninth, the Metho
dists pass through. Gate the tenth,
Sabbatarians pass throughi. Gate the
eleventh, the Church~ of the Disciples
pass through. Gate the twelfth, the
Presbyterians pass through. But there
are a great part of other denominations
who must come in. and great multi
tudes who connected themselves with
no visible church, but felt the power
of godliness in their heart and showed
it in their life. Where is their gate?
Will you shut all the remaining host
out of the city? No. They may come
in at our gate. Hosts of God if you
cannot get admission through any
other entrance, come in at the twelfth
gate. Now they mingle before the
throne.
Looking up at the one hundred and
forty and four thousand, you cannot
tell which gate they came in. One
Lord. One faith. One baptism. One
glassy sea. One doxolgv. One triumph
One heaven: "Why Luther, how did
you get in ?' "I came through the third
gate." "Cranmer, how did i ou vet in?'
"I camne through the eig'hth gate."
"Adohiram Judson, how did you get
through ?" "I came through the sev
enth gate." "Hugh McKail, the mar
tyr, how did you get through?" "I
came through the twelfth gate."
Glory to God, 12 gates, but one
heaven.
In the third place, notice the points
of the compass toward which these
gates look. 'Ther are, not one side,
or on two sides. or on the three sides,
but on four sides. This is no fancy of
mine but a distinct announcement.
On the north three gates, on the south
three gates, on the eastthree g'ates, on
the west tre gates, What does that
that mean? Why, it meeans that all
nationalities are included, and it does
not make any difference from what
quarter of the earth a man comes up.
If his heart is right, there is a gate op
en before him. On the three gates.
That means mercy for Lapland and
Siberia and Norway and Sweden. On
the south three gates. That means
pardon for Hindustan and Algiers an
Ethiopia. On the east three gates.
That means salvation for China and
Japan and Borneo. On the west three
America. It does not make any dif
ference how dark skinned or how pale
faced men may be. They will find a
gate right before them. Th )se plucked
bananas uud'r a tropical .uc. These
shot acr-ss Russian snowsb, hind win
deer. Fr-om'i Mexican planteau. from
Roman campania, from Chinese tea
lield. from Holland Dvke, from Scotih
bighilands, they conle, thiey come.
kIeaven is not a monopoly for a few
pree'ous souls. It is not a Windsor
castle built only for royal families. It
is not a small town with small popula
tion. but John saw it, and he noticed
that an angel was measuring it. and
he measured it this way. and then he
measured it that war. and which ever
war lie measured it it was 1,500 miles,
so "that Babylon and Tyre and Nine
vah and St. Petersburg and Canton
and Peking and Paris and London
and New York and all the dead cities
of the past and all the living cities of
the present added together would not
equal the census of that great metro
polis.
Walking along a street, you can, by
the contot r of the dress, or of the face,
guess where a man comes from. Yoiu
say, "That is a Frenchman; that is a
Norwegian; that is an American."
But the gates that gather in the right
eols will bring them in irrespective of
nationality. Foreigners sometimes
get homesick. Some-of the tenderest
and most pathetic stories have been
told of those who left theis native
clime, and longed for it until they
died. But the Swiss, coming to the
high residence of heaven, will not
long any more for the Alps, standing
amid the eternal hills. The Russian
will not long any more for the luxu
riant harvest field he left now that lie
hears the hum and the rustle of the
harvests of everlasting light. The
royal ones from earth will not long to
go" back again to the earthly court now
that they stand in the places of the
sun. Those who once lived among the
groves of spice and oranges will not
long to return now that they stand
under the trees of life that bear 12
manner of fruit.
While I speak an ever increasing
throng is pouring through the gates.
They are going up from Senegambia,
from Patagonia, from Madras. from
Hongkono. "What," you say, "do
you mntroduce all the heathen into
glory ?" I tell you the fact is that a
majority of the people in those climes
die in infancy, and the infants all go
straight into eternal life, and so the
vast majority of those who die in Chi
na and India, the vast majority of
those who die in Africa go straight
into the skies-they die in infancy.
One hundred and sixty generations
have been born since the world was
created, and so I estimate that there
muit be 15,000,000,000 children in
glory. If at a concert 2,000 children
sing, your soul is raptured within you.
Oh, the transport when 15,000,000,000
little ones stand up in white before
the throne of God, their chanting
drowning out all the stupendous har
monies of Dusseldorf and Loipsic.
Pour in through the 12 gates.
Oh, ye redeemed,banner lifted,rank
after rank, saved battalion after saved
battalion, until all the city of God
shall hear the tramp, tramp! Crowd
all the 12 gates. Room yet. Room on
the thrones. Room in the mansions.
Room on the river bank. Let the
trumpet of invitation be sounded until
all earth's mountains hear the shrill
blast and glens echo it. Let mission
aries tell it in o'oda and colporteurs
sound it across tie western prairies.
Shout it to the Laplander on his swift
sled, halloo it to ~the Bedouin career
ing 'across the desert. News: News! A
olo'ious heaven and 12 z'ates to get
into it! Hear it! Oh, you tmiin blooded
nations of eternal winter-on the
north three gates. Hear it! Oh, you
bronzed inhabitants panting under
equatorial heats-on the south three
gates.
But I notice whenl John saw these
gates they were open-wide open.
They will not always be so. After
awhile heaven will have gathered up
all its intended population, and the
children of God will have come home.
Every crown is taken. Every harp
struck. Every throne mounted. All
the glories of the universe harvested
in the great garner. And, heaven
being made up, of course the gates
will be shut. Austria in, and the first
gate shut. Russia in, and the second
gate shut. Italy in, and the third
gate shut. Egypt in, and the fourth
ate shut. S in, and the fifth
ate shut. F ce i, and the sixth
gate shut. England in, and the sev
enth gate shut. Norway in, and the
eighth gate shut. Switzerland in, and
the ninth gate shut. Hindustan in,
and the tenth gate shut. Siberia in,
and the eleventh gate shut. All the
gates are closed but one. Now, let
America go in with all the Islands of
the sea and all the other 'nations that
have called on God. The captives all
freed. The harvests all gathered. The
nations all saved. The flashing splen
dor of this last p earl beg'ins to move
on its hinges. Let two miighty angels
p ut their shoulders to the gate and
heave it to with silvery clang. It is
done. ~ It thunders. The twelfth gate
shut.
Once more I want to show you the
gatekeepers. There is one angel at
each one of those gates. You say, that
is right. Of course it is. You know
that no earthly palace or fortress
would be safe without a sentry pacing
up and down by night and 'by day,
and if there were no defenses before
heaven, and the doors set wide open
with no one to guard them, and the
'icious of earth would go up after
awhile, and all the abandoned of hell
would go up after awhile,and heaven,
instead of being a world of light and
oy and peace and blessedness, would
ethe world of darkness and horror.
So I am glad to tell you that while
these 12 gates stand open to let a great
multitude in, there are 12 angels to
keep some people out. Robespierre
cannot go through there, nor Hilder
brand, nor Nero, nor any of the de
bauched of earth who have not re
pented of their wickedness. If one of
those nefarious men who despised
God should come to the g'ate, one of
the keepers would put his hiand on his
shoulder and push him into outer
:arkness. There is no place in that
land for thieves and liars and whore
mongers and defrauders and all those
who disgraced their race and Lought
against their God. If a miser should
get in there, he would pull up the
golden pavement. If a house burner
should get in there, he would set fire
to the mansion. If a libertine shouldl
et in there, he would whisper the
abominations standing <E the white
oral of the sea beach. Only those
who are blood washed and prayer lip
ped will get through. Oh, my brother.
if you should at last come up to one of
the gates and try to get through and
you had not a pass written by the
rushed hand of the Son of God, the
atekeeper would with one glance
wither you forever.
There will oe a password at the gate
of heavena. Do you know what that
password is? Here comes a crowd of
souls up to the gate, and they say:
"Let me in. let me in. I was very use
ful on earth. I endowed colie'ges, I
built churches and was famous for my
btrities, and having done so many
wonderful things for the world now I
come up to get my reward." A voice
from within says, "I never knew
you." Another great crowd comes up.
mi~d they try to get through. They
s.y 'We ere hig-bly honorable on
earth. and the world bowed very low
I before us. We we re very honor-a
ble on tath. and nov we come to get
hontors in heave1." And a voice from
withi' .ays. "I never knew you. "
%.- -.--. very moral people on earth.
very moral indeed, and we come up
to g! .propriate recognition." A
Vo0 alSwers. "I never knew vou."
After zwhile I see another throng
approach the late. and one seems to
be spokesman for all the rest, although
their voices ever and anon cry:
"Amen: Amen "' This one stands at
the gate and says: "Let me in. I was
a wanderer from God. I deserved to
die. I have come up to this place not
because I deserve to, but because I
have heard thi:t there is a savin
power in the blood of Jesus. The
gatekeeper says: "That is the pass
word-'Jesus esus:'--and they go
in and surround the throne, and the
cry is; 'Worthy is the lamb that was
slain to receive blessing and riches
and honorand glory and power,world
without end:"
I stand here this hour, to invite you
into any one of the 12 gates. I tell
you now that unless your heart is
changed by the grace of God you can
not get in. I do not care where you
come from, or who your father was,
or who your mother was, - or what
your brilliant surroundings-unless
you repent of your sin and take Christ
for your divine Saviour you cannot
get in. Are you willing, then, this
moment, just where you are, to kneel
down and cry to the Lord Almighty
for his deliverance.
You want to get in, do you not?
oh,you have some good friends there.
This last year there was some one
who went out from your home into
that blessed place. They did not have
any trouble getting through the gates,
did they? No, they knew the pass
word, and coming up they said, **Je
sus :" and the cry was, "Lift up your
heads, ye everlasting gates, and let
them come in."' Oh, when heaven is
all done, and the troops of God shout
the castle taken, how grand it will be
if you and I are among them: Blessed
are all they who enter in through the
gates into the city.
Governor Ceneral Campos.
HAVAsNAH, VIA KEY- WEST, April
10.-Brig. Gen. Jose Jimerrez Moreno,
chief of the Governor General's staff,
sailed today on the 'illaverde to re
ceive Mariinez Campos. who is ex
pected to arrive by the 15th. Campos
will land at Guantanamo or Santiago,
and by royal decree becomes Gover
nor General the moment he sets foot
on land, avoiding the delay attendant
upon observing the customary form of
taking the oath of office here.
Governor General Calleja will retire
from oflice upon notice of the landing
of Campos and.will sail home on the
20th inst. General Campos is expect
ed to push active operations against
the insurgents in the province of San
tiago de Cuba, which.is the only sec
tion where the insurgents are known
to be in auy numbers. Latest advices
place the number at 3,000, divided
into bands of 50 to 200 men each. Gen.
Bartolo Maso is in command. The
other leaders are Adjt. Gen. Cespedes,
chief field officer, Col. Estaban Tama
vo, Capts. Rabi Perez Estrado, Bello
Guerra. Levis, Capote Suarez Papas,
Vega, Gonzalez, Aramburo and Brea.
The isurgents announce that a syndi
cate has been formed in the United
States to furnish money for the revo
lution, reimbursements guaranteed
from customs receipts when independ
ence is secured. 'Wealthy and influ
ential Cubans here give no aid to the
insurgents and declare the uprising a
mistage. All three parties here pledge
support to the Government. The gen
eral belief is the insurrection will be
short :A'ed.
Gen. La Cihambre, in command of
the Government forces in Santiago
province, reports roving bands in the
mountainous section. but no massing
of insurgents and no rising in other
provinces. All are under martial law.
Troops are stationed at all towns.
Monday a band of forty-eight moun
ted insurgents invaded Puerto Prin
cipe province and were attacked by
Government forces and defesated. One
leader, Panchin Varona, was killed,
another mortally wounded a.nd taken
p risoner and a woman and child in a
hut killed by stray balls, Three of the
party, wno landed near Baracoa with
Miaceo after killing the captain of the
schooner Honora, were captured Mon
day. The others fled to the moun
tains.
The members of the party arrested
Sunday in a supposed attempt on Ja
ruca barracks~were liberated today ex
cept Pedrc Lopez, Giland Francisco
Paz. The others arrested at Puerto
Principe April 5 were also released,
including Marquis Santa Lucia.
THE CI-BAN UPRISING GAINING GROUND.
NEw YoRK, April 10.-The Ward
Line Steamer, which arrived this
morning from Mexican ports and
Havannah, says that it was learned
that while nothing official could be
heard of the progress of the Cuban
insurrection the uprising was general
throughout the island and was gain
ing ground dally. Everything is at
high tension among the people, and
the insurgents have more sympathi
zers than the authorities are willing to
admit.
A Call to Ex-Confederates.
HEADQUARTERS S. C. DIV., U.C. .*,
GREENVILLE. S. C., April 9, 1895. (
General Orders No. 11.
1. The attention of camps of United
Confederate Veterans of this division
is called to the great reunion which is
to be held at Houston, Texas, on the
22d, 23d and 24th of May proximo,and
to the importance of their being fully
represented on that occasion. Business
of great importance will come before
the Convention, and probably the
election of division commanders, (by
State delegations.) as their respective
terms of o!Iice, with nton-eligibility to
re-election under the constitution,
have expired.
2. Railroads throughout the South
have agreed to issue tickets to veterans
at one cent per mile, limised to ten
days, which will probably be extend
ed to t wenty-five dlays, while our com
rades in Texas are anxious to receive
us with warmtest welcome and un
stir: ted hiospitality.
3. T~hc constitution precscribeCs that
each camp shall annually, during or
before the month of April, transmit to
Adjt. Gen. Gieorge Moorman. New
Drleans. La, a comiplete roll of its
membership. with the annual dues of
ten cents for each member.
4. This division now ranks sixth in
the ntunber of its camps, having
thirty-four camps in full fellowship,
and ald soldiers throughout the State,
in e .'ery neighborhiood whcre fifteen
otwety veterans crin be found, are
cordially invited to form camps imme
diately. and provide for' i-epresentation
at the approaching reumtflou.
By order of S. S. Crittende2, Major
General South Carolina .Division, U.
C. V. J,s. (4. HI.wvaonNE.
Adjutant General.
Ne' spap)ers throughout the State
are ruspectfully r'eqtuested to copy.
scared by a storm.
HIAvRE, April 11t.-The captain of
the steam~iship Merrimac, which arrived
here from New Orleans today, reports
that on the fourth, he put his chief of
rneer and ten men aboard the British
ship Arnos which had been abandoned
at sea. They will take the vessel to
Liverpool, lie says. The Arnos crew
were taken off in a storm by a Ger
man seamshin, Normannia.
A FIGHT TO THEDEATIJ.
TERRIBLE ENCOUNTER WITH A MUR
DEREr:!N JACKSONVILLE.
A Negro Desperado from ColiminL s. C..
After Killim:. Anothe-r Negro, RuT-- tAY
but is Hiunt.ed Down--He Rid .Definnlee;
to the Police.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA., April 7.-Brit
Glenn, commonly known as "Kid"
Charlie. a negro gambler and desper
ado. ran amuck here early this morn
ing and as a result two nen are dead
and three wounded, one of them pro
bably fatally. The killed are: Napole
on Stucks, 2. negro porter employed in
Ricker's saloon, shot in the throat
and his neck broken; Edward Minor,
policeman, shot through-the heart.
The wounded are: Jim Clemons, a
negro commonly known as "RagJim,"
shotinthe right thigh, artery thought
to be severed and may die; James
Meyers, lieutenent of police, shot in
the right ankle, wound slight; boot
black, name unknown shot in the
right thigh, wound slight.
Stucks was the first man killed by
Glenn and it was while resisting arrest
that he killed Policeman Ed Miner
and wounded the others whose names
are given above. Stucks killed about 1
o'clock this morning in the "Rabbit
Foot" saloon, a notorious negro dive
on West Bay street. A crowd of ne
groes were in the saloon and Glenn
arew his- pistol on a negro named
Willie Manning. Stucks jokingly said
that he would take the pistol away
from Glenn and advanced toward
him. He passed by Glenn, however,
and went toward the "Free and easy"
room in -the back part- of the saloon.
As he neared the door he turned round
and Glenn pulled out his pistol and
fired. Stucks was- standing in front
of the door at the time. No words pas
sed between the two men and no quar
rel of any kind was heard.
As soon as Stucks was shot herushed
out of the front door of the saloon and
and fell dead near the steps. Exam
ination showed that the bullet had
struck him in the throat, just above
Adam's apple, and passed through
breaking his neck. Glenn turned and
fled as his victim was failing, pursued
by a large crowd of negroes who soon
lost sight of him in the darkness.
Shortly after Lieut Minor, Sheriff
Bowden and other officials arrived on
the scene and began an organized hunt
for Glenn. All the negro dives in the
western portion of the city were search
ed and about 5 o'clock this morning
the officers started their game.
Rag Jim. ore of the negroes subse
quently shot, was in front of the pur
suing party, and he found the negro
hiding on a lighter in McCoy's Creek,
half a mile west from the scene of the
murder. When Rag Jim sighted Glenn
he gave the view halloo. The murder
er then ran due east, followed by a
crowd of people. Glenn passed direct
ly by the saloon where - lie had killed
Stucks a couple of hours before. He
headed Jecksonville, probably hoping
to escape in a swamp which lies some
distance beyond the city limits. Glenn
was fleet of foot, and easily distanced
all of his pursuers save Rag Jim, who.
hung on like grim death. This was
about 6 o'clock in the morning, and.
the streets were deserted save for the
fleeing negro and his pursuers.
Finally the murderer, b: a desperate
spurt, succeeded in leaving even
"Rag' Jim" behind. By this time the
chase'had led into East Jackson~ville
and the officers- were gathered near
Hotel Roseland, completely at. fault.
Just as they were about to abandon the
pursuit in that direction -the little boot
black, who v'as afterwards wounded.
came running np an said that he had
seen a negro run into a barn near -the
hotel. At that timneLieut James Min
or, and Policeman Davis were the
only officers present, but they were
accompanied by a large ci-owd of ne
croes, who were as intent on capturing
lenn as the officers, as Stucks, the.
murdered man, had been ~a favorite
with his'race.
On learning that the negro was in the
barn the officers and crowd approach
ed. Policeman Ed Minor and Lieut
Jas Minor were the first to enter. They
found that the negro had climbed up
into a loft in the barn and was lying
behind a pile of lumber which formed
and effectual barricade. Minor called
on Glenn to surrender and the negros
answer was a shot. The officers re
turned the fire, emptying their pistols,
but the negro was effectually protect
ed by the lumber. The Minors stepped
out to reload and "Rag Jim" rushed
into the barn. In a moment he stag
gered out, bleeding from a dangerous
wound in the thigh.
Then the Minors re-entered and the
fusillade ag'ain began. 'Soon Ed Minor
handed his pistol to his brother, the
lieutenant, sayinG, "Jim, T'm shot."
Then the brave fellow staggered-out of
the barn, lay down on the grass and in
three minutes was dead. The jittle
bootblack who had disclosed the hunt
ed man's place of hiding, here entered
the door, only to receive a bullet in
his thigh, which, however, did not in
flict a serious wound. The fusillade
had now continued for ten minutes,
and of the four men who had entered
the barn to arrest Glenn one was dead
and two were wounded. Lieut. James
Minor, however, was still in the barn
firing at Glenn, who lay in safety be'
hind the lumber.
Suddenly Glen-n rose up and fired
and dropped back behind the lumber.
Then Lieut. Minor felt his ankle give
way and knew that he was wvounded.
But the shot that wounded the lieuten
ant had exhausted Glenn's ammunition
and the next moment he called Out:
"Lieutentant, T'll give up if you won't
let 'em kill me." ."All right," replied
Minor. "Throw down your pistol and
come down." The negro obeyed and
the next minute Lieut. Minor led his
prisoner from the barn. As the lieu
tenant stepped forth with his prisoner
the first object that his eyes fell upon
was the corpse of his brother Ed, lyiwg.
near the door of the barn. Until then
the lieutentant did not know his broth
er was dead.
The lieutentant led the negro toward
the city jail, which was more than a'
mile away, followed by an immense
crowd clamoring for the negro's blo~od.
Near the city jail Policeman Ed Hol
land approached with pistol drawu.
swearing he would kill the negro and
avenge his brother otlicer, EdA Minor.
The lieutentant placed his pistol
against Holland's head and said:
-'This man is a prisoner and as such
sacred. If you shoot him I will low
out your brains." So Lieut. Minor
broughit the negro safely to jail. This
was about S o'clock and by 9 o'clock
there was rumors that a mob was
arming to storm the jail and lynch
the necgro. The mob was said to be
composd of negroes as well as white~
men. as the former were enraged over
the killing of Stucks by Glenn.
This rumor proved to be untrue, but
te officers, in order to run no risks,
moved the negr-o secretly fromi the jail,
rowed him across the St. John's River.
flagged down the train for St. Augus
tine when it passed and carried the nie
mro to the Ancient City, where lie was
placed in jail. The ollicers were con fi
dent of their ability to protect the nie
gro, but the excitement in Jackson
v-ille was so great that they feared a
bloody conflict might result unless the
negro were removed to a distant coun
Brit Glenn, the murdere came
here from Columbie, S. C. Ile was
once a train hand on the Columbia
and Greenville Railroad. He is a'out
35 years old and ii noted among the
negroes as a desperado. Policeman
Ed Minor. who was killed in the bat
tle at the barn, was 23 years of age and
was a fearless otlicer who was very
popular in .Jackson ville.
Jim Clemons, or "Rag Jim," who
so persistently pursued Glenn, and
was probably fataly shot, is a familiar
figure in Jacksonville and the white
people are loud in praise of his con
duct.
Lieut. James Minor has been on the
police force only a few years. He is
25 years old, and has captured more
murderers single-handed than all the
other members of the force. His
wound in the ankle is slight.
The battle occurred near the Hotel
Roseland, which was full of guests'
and the shooting caused the greatest
excitement among them. Frequent
shrieks came from the ladies.
The Rabbit Foot Saloon, in which
Stucks was killed. by Glenn, is noted
for the freqency of the murders occur
ring therein. Sticks is the sixth man
kilfed there in two years, and not one
of the murders has been followed by a
hanging. The last one undoubtedly
will be.
NOT VERY STARTLING.
Sterling Morton and a Nebraska Railroad
Man Fxchauge News.
ATLn "A. April 11.-The Constitu
tion will publish tomorrow morning
a Washington dispatch containing
some correspondence between Mr. J.
R. Buchanan, a Nebraska Railroad
man, and Secretary J. Sterling Mor
ton of the Cabinet, and between Secre
tary Morton and Hon. John Dewitt
Warner of the Reform club, New
York. The correspondence is based
upon the sweep of the silver sentiment
in the West and in the South and con
tains the suggestions that President
Cleveland should be re-nominated for
a third term. Mr. Buchanan is gen
eral passenger agent of the Fremont,
Eikhorn and Missouri Valley railroad.
Secretary Morton wrote to Mr. Bu
chanan thankinghim for securing the
publication of an article entitled, "A
Few Facts in Finance," by the Secre
tary. Mr. Bechanan had it published
"in a great many of the patent inside
papers which are circulated out West."
Replying to the Secretary's letter, Mr.
Buchanan states that he hardly thinks
"the very evil effect being exerted by
the so-called free silver interests in
this country is appreciated in the great
centers."
Mr. Buchanan states that he travels
a great deal and meets and sees people
from all classes and places, and he
adds: ":The wave of this baneful idea
has almost reached an epidemic con
dition and unless fully answered in
kind, both great political parties will
be obliged in response to popular de
mand, to either incorporate a substan
tially free silver plank in their plat
form or else a disgraceful straddle."
Mr. Buchanan says he presumes
that the Secretary has -seen "Coin's
Financial School." He proceeds to
say that this book is sold and read on
trains to a disgusting extent. He sees
and hears it discussed everywhere,and
considers it more than any other agen
cy responsible for the spread of the sil
ver sentiment at this time. Continu
ing he says:
"It is sweeping over this couuztry,
and in my op'mion should be answer
ed by some one who fully understands
the subjecL. That answer should be
written with an equally facile pen. I
understand this little book has been
purchased in large numbers by silver
people and distributed crttously.
It seems to me the banking interests
should take the requisite steps to pub
lish a reply in equally attractive form
and put it on the market at the iowest
pricc."
In conclusion Mr. Buchanan says:
"My judgment, from the present out
look, is the Eastern conservatives of
both parties are likely to unite and
possibly renominate Mr. Cleveland,
who will carry the East and South no
doubt: (the East on his able, honest
conservatism, and the South because
they could never vote other than the
Democratic ticket, thus insuring a vote
which would elect) and the West will
undoubtedly support a Populist or free
silverite unless there is a great change.
If this is not done, I feel the election
will be thrown into the House as the
result of three tickets being in the
field, in which case the balance of Dow
er would be with the free silver inter
est. I believe if there was a vote to
day on the naked question of a 16 to 1
silver platform, Nebraska would give
it a majority of 50,000, or near it."
This letter, from which the above
quotations are only extracts, -is for
warded by Secretary Morton to John
Dewitt Warner.
The Secretary explains that his ob
ject in sendino' the letter "is to give
you a jthorougfi going business man's
views of the situation. The letter
shows how fallacies flourish among
the financiers of the West and
South. The letter also points out the
necessity of immediate, coherent and
organized aciton in behalf of sound
inoney. Having read the same (you
may copy it if you desire it), I wish
you would return it, and I will then
write Mr. Buchanan. Possibly our
friends of the reform Club ma bebe
nefitted by seigM.Buchanan's
communication.
Veterans Protest.
JACKsoNVILLE, Fla., April 11.-A
special to the Times-Union from Pen
sacola, Fla., says: At a meeting today
of Camp Ward. Confederate Veterans,
the following resolutions were adopt
ed: Whereas, the Legislature of the
State of Florida. at its present session,
has passed a joint resolution known
as Senate resolution No. 13, requesting
the Congress of the United States to
purchase the site of the battlefield of
Appomattox for a national park and
to erect a joint monument to Generals
(rant and Lee upon the spot where
the latter surrendered to the former,
Whereas, the battlefield of Appo
mattox is known only as the spot
where the hopes, aspirations and in
dependence of the Southern Confed
eracy were forever crushed: and
Whereas, a monument to Generals
Grant and Lee at Appomattox is not
desired by the Southern people; and
Whereas if a monument should be
erected at Apuomattox to Generals
Grant and Lee the movement to that
end would more gracefully orioinate
with the victor thxan the defeated: and
therefore, be it
Resolved, by Camp Ward. Confed
erate Veterans. No. 10.
1. We regret and deprecate the intro
duction and passage of Senate resolu
tion No. 13.
2. We urge 9ach and every camp of
Con federate 'Jeterans th roughiout the
State to join with us in expressing dis
approval of said resolution.
3. That the Governor of the State of
Florida is requested to veto said reso
lution.
4. That the adjutant of this camp be
and is hereby directed to send a copy
of these resolutions to the Governor
of the State of Flo: ida, a copy to the
Southern Associated Press and one
copy to each camp of Confederate Vet
erans+throughout the State of Florida.
INCOME TAX DECISION.
[CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.]
ed. The judgment of the Courts, as
far as it related to the payment of the
tax on rents and State and municipal
bonds, was reversed. In the Moor case
the effect of the Court's action is to
affirm the refusal of an injunction
against the commissioner of internal
revenue.
Justices Field and White read inde
pendent dissenting opinions.
Justice Field devotedl some time to
a review of the provisions regarding
rents and denounced the principle
sought to be establisted by the income
tax law. Many of his conclusions
were in conformity with those express
ed by the Chief Justice. He also at
tacked the law on account of its lack
of uniformity and dwelt upon its ex
emptions andthe many discrimination
found therein. Taking up the exemi)
tion of mutual insurance companies,
he declared that they were conducted
on lines identical with those on which
large corporations were -conducted
for the mutual benefit of stockholders
He inveighed against the exemption of
saving and building associations,
which were not charitable in'stitutions,
but conducted for either money-mak
ing or money-saving. All these ex
emptions stamped the law as class
legislation of the most pronounced
character. The law .violated every
right and comity guan teed under the
Constitution. That there shouldbe any
doubt about the subject surpassed his
comprehension. If the census figures
did not convince one of the magnitude
and injustice of the exemptionshe did
not think Congress could be convinc
ed, "though one rose from the dead"
to convince it. The law was also in
valid in that it levid a tax upon the
salaries of the one hudred and one
Judges of the United States, many
of whom received small salaries.
If the provisions of the Constitution
could be set aside by the arbitrary act
of Congress, were, he asked, would
this power end? It was but a stepping
stone to other a greater acts that would
eventually open the way for a war be
tween the poor and the rich. Such a
power assumed by congresses and per
mitted to go unchallenged would
mark the hour when the decadence of
the nation would commence. If the
limit by the exemption could be fixed
at $4,000 future Congresses might fix
it at $15,000 or $29,000, thus compell
ing one class alone to pay the tax. Or,
the limit might be fixed at an amount
as a board of walking delegates might
determine to be necessary.
In conclusion Justice Field announc
ed his opinion that then hole law of
1894 should be declared to be null and
void.
Justice White prefaced his dissent
ing opinion with the statement -thai
thecustom of rendering long dissent,
in a Court of last resort was more
honored in the branch than in the ob
servance. Their only effect was tc
weaken the efficacy of the opinion
of Court. Justice White saic
he should not speak to-day
but for the fact that the Court
had overruled and set aside establishec
precedents and the settled and uniforr
doctrine of the supreme Court dowr
to the present time. He regretted thai
at this late day this Court should thu
over throw and nullify an Act of Con
gress, supported and affirmed by all
text writers and by every decision of
the Supreme Court of the United
States.
When the fathers constructed ouw
from of government they gave it. no1
limited, but uinlimited power to levj
taxes, with but one exception, that o
taxing exports. The assertion tha
the constitutional power of Congres
was limited was, he thcught. the fund
amental error in the reasoning of th
majority of this Court. - The . greai
question before the Court was, is the
inom tax a direct tax? That question
was practically decided a hundred
years ago, and he did not deem it nec
essary to enterintoanelaborate review~
of the cases that had been decided. In
briefly reviewing the cases presented
to the Court he observed that the ar
guments made and the citations used
in this case were the same as those
brought out in the Hyton case, and
now this Court was asked to again
take up the qjuestion adjudicated by a
unanimous Court a hundred y-ears
ago.Justice Harlan was of the opimion
that a tax on gains, profits and income
derived from rent of lards was not a
direct that under numerous decisions
of this Court the income derived from
municipal bonds was not the subject
of speific taxation in any form by the
United States. In other matters he
was in accord with Justice White.
At 2.35 the Court concluded the
reading of opinions.
Upon the question of the Constitu
tionality of the taxation of incomes
from State and municipal bonds the
Court was unanimously in the nega
tive. Upon the question of taxation of
rents the Court stood as follows: Af
firming, Justices Harlan and White;
agaist the law, Chief Justice Fuller,
Justices Field, Gray, Brewer, Brown
and Shiras.
Upon the gneral question of the
constitutionality of the law the Court
is said to be divided as follows: For
the law, Justices Harlan, Brewer,
Brown and White; against the law.
Chief Justice Fuller, Justices Field,
Gray and Shiras.
The President was informed of the
income tax decision shortly after it
was rendered by the Supreme Court,
and at 1:30 he summoned Secretary
Carlisle to the Executive Mansion and
the two discussed the matter for some
time. Other members of the Cabinet
dropped in later, among them the
Attorney General. The decision was
a disappintment, but the Administra
tion w'i at once issue instructions to
ollectors of internal revenue to con
form to the emasculated law. Secr-e
fary Carlisle followed his well defined
custom not to discuss the matter for
publication.
Attorney General Olney said the
overnment would not ask for a re
hearing, but would accept the decision
as rendered. He was not surprised at
that portion of it excepting munmcipai
nd State bonds from taxation.. but
expressed the hope that the questior,
of renms might be brought before the
Couit in some other shape when lie
ntertained the strong belief that the
>resent attitude of the Court would be
revised.
In the treasury department Assist
nt Secretary Curtis declared that the
ondition of the treasury was good.
nd the revenues amply sufficient to
meet current expenses. --
Commissioner Miller and the offcia
of the income tax division held a con
ferente tonight of several hours dura
tion at the treasury, discussing the
bearing of the decision upon te in
ome tax machinery in operation. and
changed it when necessary to meet the
changed conditions. These ins true
ions will De ready for publication to
morrow or next day.
A monument has been ereeted ove
the graves of the 6,000 Confederate
soldiers buried at Chi cago. It will be
dedicated on Decoration Day with ora
tions by General Gordon, of Georgia.
nd Wade Hampton. The flowers for
the decoration are to be sent from the
South, and several refrigerator car
loads have already been arranged for,
enough to cover every Confeidrate
g~rav in Chicago
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Absolutely Pure.
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Highest of all in' leavening strength--Lt
test United States Government Food Be
port.
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106 Wall St., N. Y.
FOR ~~EMPERANCE WORKERS.
Usefull Suggestions from. an Iminois
Editor.
In a recent article, addressed more
particularly to members of the order,
the Illinois Good Templar says:
Every member in our Order has
promised to do "all in his power to ad
vance the cause of temperance..' Do
we realize how far-reaching and signi
ficant this promise is? Are we doing
"all in our power to advance the cause
of temperance?" 'While we are edu
cating the young and persuading the
moderate drinker to forsake his habits,
we must not overlook the drunkard,
because he is in need of our most lov
ing solicitude and consideration. Tru
ly, as Paul srvs: "We must be all
things to all men that we may save
some." It is this thouoht in our mind
that impels us to ca71 attention to a
line of work much neglected, but
which might be taken up by almost
every lodge in the State with compar
ativelv little offort; that is, the treat
ment of inebriety as a .disease. Any
lodge can. by a series of entertainments
or lectures, easily raise the sum of
money to be used for this special pur
pcse, to be known as a "Rescue fund."
This is to be used for defriaving the
expenses of the patient while taking
a course of treatment at some Keeley
Institute. The patient, when cured,
will, of course, be required to refund
the loan as soon as possible; and when
i-epaid, it can be usedagain and again,
aud thus be a permanent fes e.of4
work with practically no expense to the
lodge after the original fund is raised.
Several Good Templar Lodges have
been working along this line for some
time, and with great success. On the
return of a patient, he should be in
it'ated into the'lodg6 an lths mi
should endeavor to make it pleasant
for him, ih..s by their influence in a
social way making it possible for him
to start life anew with brighter pros
pects.
We refer to the Keeley Treatment
adviedlv because it is undoubtedly
the best known of the many remedies
for the cure of iriebrotes -and because
of its uniform success, statistics show
ing that out of over 200,000 patients
treated, ninty-five per cint. were per
maneniy cured, and have been return
ed to socieLy, not as a charge, but as
zelf-supporting, respectable citizens.
It has bee a introduced into the Sol
diers' Homes and the redar'rmf.
Colorado. Louisiana and Maryland
have laws providiuo for the treatment
to beadraiinisi~ered tlie'habitual drunk
erd at the expense of the-State. -Bills
looking to the enactment of similar
legislation are pending ini the legisla
tures of Illinois and eight other Sae
in some of which they have been pass
ed in one branch and reports are en
couraginig that they will become
laws.
From personal observation among
friends and acquaintances who have
taken the Keeley treatment we can
heartily recommrend it as. bing all
that is claimed for it. ..
How successful it has proved in the.
Soldiers' Home can be seen; from the
latest official report of Col. A. J. Smith
Governor at Leavenwor'th, which will
be found in another doliumn.
The'treatment thus highlycominend
ed is successfully administered, at the
Keeley Institute, Columbia. S. C.
.Japan's Terms of k'eace
WASHINGTON,. April 10. -The cable.
announcement that seven of the eight
Japanese conditions have been accept
ed- by Peace, Commissioner Li Hung
Chang is very gratifying to diplomats
here, who have no longer a~ doubt.
that a peaceful termination w'l speedi
ly result. As understood in Washing
ton the eight conditions were as fo~I
lows:
1. Independence of Corea.
2. Cession of Formosa.
3. Cession of Lian Tong Pionion
tory, including Port Arthur.
4. War indemnity.
5. Admission of machinery into
China and permission to foreigners to
establish factories..
6. Modification 'of likin tax and ex
tension of system of transit passes for
imports.
7. Opening certain Chinese rivers to
commerce, including the Yang-tse
iagto Chun-g King, the Siang from
Han Kow on the Yang-tse to Siang
Tan Kiang, -Cainton River to Onacho'w
and Woosung and its canals as far as
Suchow and Hang Chow.
8. Railway privileges and similar
concessions to Japanese and foreign
capitalists. to thes
In aditon o teseconditionsits
believed certain promises have been o
will be exacted from China, the terms
of which are to remain secret. The
condition which, it is thought, has not
et beeni accepted by Li Hung Chang
s that numbered three above, provid
ing for the occupation of a portion of
the territory known as the Regent's
Sword and Citadel *of Port Arthur.
l'hat this would be most strenuously
pposed by China has all along been
audoubted. and it has been predicted.
hat it might prove a stumibling block
f such di:niensionls as to prevent peace
nlers saaeu compromise could be
greed upon as to the lengath of occupa
ion. the Chinese~ being likel'y to insist
hat it. should not be permanent. .All..
> ther cordit ions, except that of indem
ail'treaty Powers are as deeply inter
estedi in them as Japan has been. .The
nited States have been particularly
active in urging the abolition of the
lkin tax. whiel., is not unlike the oc
ori of I'rance. thugh less r'easonable.
ma loss liinited thani the French sys
en. The independence of Corea hias
aw:-a been in contention, and the
nhed. States ha:ve ;irmly maintained
hat Ciorea was to be treated as an'in
ependent nade:'n since her minister at
Wasunagton was recognized ten years
ago.
;:tie,.j in)Demand, in China.
Sminman. Coni., April 11.-Before
bhe New York east conference, Dr.
tunt reported that 100. t00 Bibles had
een distributed in China during the
ast four' months. A copy- of the New
lestament was presented to the dowa
er empress. and at his own request a'
opy of the Old Testament was given
o thle emperor. In .Japoin. 70.000
Bibles have been distributed to the
oldiers and Chinese .prisoners, and
he emperor has appointed Christian