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For short he wai called Lul-:", !tn 1 iu my text, although fctpnoyrapby had not yet been born, he re ports verbatim a sormon of Christ which ia one paragraph bowls the round world into Ihe iiK'iit of the millennium. "They shall come from the E:.st, and from the West, and from the North, and from tho South, and ehnll tit down." Nothing more Interested me In my recent 'ourcty (iround the world than to see tho whip captain about noon, whether on the Pacific or the Indian or Bengal or Me li iterranean or K ;d Sea, looking through a nautical instrument to tlnd just where wo with sailin"-, and it Is well to know that, though the captain tells you that thtra are thirty-two points of division of the compass curd iu tha m-.rini'r's compass, there are only four cardinal points, and my text haila them the North, the South, the East, the Witt. So I spread out before lis tho map of the world to see the extent of the gospel campaign. The hardest part of the field to bo taken is the North, because our gospel is an emotional gospel, and the Nations of the far North are a cold-blooded race. They dwell amid icebergs and eternal snows and everlasting winter. Greenlanders, Lap landers, Icelanders, Siberians their vehiole is the sledgo drawn by reindeer, their ap parel tho thic 'est furs at all seasons, their existence a lifetime battle with the cold. 1 ho wintti charges upon them with swords of icicle and strikes them w.th bullets of hail nnd pounds them with battling rams of gla cier. liut already the huts of the arctic- hear tho songs of divine worship. Alreaiy the snows fall on open New Testaments. Al ready tho warmth of the sun of righteous ness begins to be felt through the bodies find minds and souls of the Ilyperboreans. IJown from Nova Zembla, down from Spitz bergeu seas, down from the land of the mid night sun, down from the palaces of crystal, down over realms of ioe and over domin lonj of snow nnd through hurricanes of eloet Christ's disciples are coming from the North. Tho inhabitants of Hudson Bay are gathering to tho cross. The Church Mis sionary Society In those polar climes has been grandly successful in establishing tw. nty-four gospel stations, and over 12,000 natives have believed and been baptized. The Moravians have kindled the light of the gospel all up and down Labrador. The Da nish mission has gathered disciples from among the shivering inhabitants of Green land. William Duncan preaches the gospel np in the chill latitudes of Columbia, deliv ering one sermon nine times in the 6ame day to as many different trihes who listen, and then go forth to build school houses and churches. Alaska, called at its annexation William IT. Seward's folly, turns out to be William II. Seward's triumph, and it is hearing the voice of God through the American mission aries, men and women B3 defiant of arctio hardships as the old Scottish chief who, when camping out in a winter's night knocked from under his son's head a pillow of snow, saying that such indulgence in luxury would weaken nnd disgrace the clan. The Jeannette went down in latitude seventy-seven, while DeLong and his freezing and dying men stood watching it from the crumbling and crackling polar pack, but the old ship of the gospel saigas unhurt in lati tude seventy-seven as in "our own forty de grees, and the one starred flag floats above the topgallants in Baffin's Bay and Hudson'i Strait and Melville Sound. The heroism of polar expedition, which has made the names of Sebastian Cabot and Scoresby and Si-hwatka and Henry Hudson immortal, is to be eclipsed by tho prowess of the men and women who amid tho frosts of highest lati tudes are this moment taking the upper shores of Europe, Asia and America for God. Scientists have never been able to agree as to what is the aurora boroalis, or northern lights. I can tell thom. It is the banner or victory lor Christ spread out in the nothern night hoaveDS. Partially fulfilled already the prophecy of my text, to be completely fulfilled in thenoar future, "They shall come from the North." But my text takes in the opposite paint of the compass. The far South has, through high temperature, temptations to lethargy nnd indolenoe and hot blood which tend toward multiform evil. We have through my text got the North in, notwithstanding its frosts, and the same text brings in thi South, notwithstanding its torridity. The fields of cactus, the orange groves and the thickets of magnolia are to be surrendered to tho Lord Almighty. The South t That means Mexico and all the regions that Will iam H. Prescott and Lord Ktngsborough made familiar in literature ; Mexioo, in strange dialect of the Aztecs; Mexico con quered by Hernan Cortes, to be more glor iously conquered ; Mexioo, with its capital more than 7000 feet above the sea level look ing down upon the entranoement of lake and valley and plain ; Mexico, the home of ca tions yet to be born all for Christ. The 8outh! That means Africa, which David jji vingsxone consecrated to tjod wnen he Uled on his knoes In his tent of exploration Al ready about 750.000 coav rts to Christianity in Africa. Tha South! That means all the islands strewn by omnipotent hand through tropical sws Malayan, Polynesia, Melane sia, Micronesia and other islands more numerous than you can imagine unless you have voyaged around the world. The South ! That means Java for God, Sumatra for God, Borneo lor God, Siam for God. A ship was wrecked near one of those isl ands, and two lifohoat9 put out for shore, but thosewho arrived in the first boat were clubbed to death by the oannibals, and the other boat put back andwassomehowsaved. Years passed on, and one of thnt Tory crew was wreokod again with others on tho same rocks. Crawling up on the shore, they pro posed to hide from the cannibals in one of theoaverns, but mounting the rocks they saw a church and cried out : "We are saved ! A church, a church !" The South ! That means Venezuela, New Granada, Ecuador and Bolivia. The South ! That means the torrid zone; with all its bloom, and all its fruitage, and all Its exuberance, the redolence of Illimitable gardens, the music of boundless groves, the lands, the seas, that night by night look up to the Southern Cross, which, in stars, transfig ures the midnight heaven us vou look up at it all the way from the Sandwieh Islands to Australia. "They shall jome from the South." But I must not forget that rny text take3 in another cardinal point of the compass. It takes in the Eat. I have to report that in a journeyaround the world thern is noth ing so mucii impresses ono as the fact that, the missionaries divinely blessed are taking the world for God. The horrible war be tween Japan and China will leave the last wall of opposition flat in the dust, ttar Is barbarism always and everywh"?- We hol up our hands in amazement at the massacre at Port Arthur, as though Christian Nations could never go into such diaoollsm. We forget Fort Pillow ! We forget the fact that during our war both North and south re joiced when there were 10,000 more wounded nnd slain on the opposite side. War, whether in China or the United States, is hell let lcose. But one good result will come from the Japanese-Chinese con flict These regions will be more open to o vd'ization and Christianity than ever be for When JH?pinnaryCrey put t-efor-nn assembly of ministers at NorthnrnDtton h a project for the evangelization of India, they laughed him out of the house. From Cal cutta on the east of India to Bombay on the west there is not a nelgbtxyhood but directly or indirectly feels the Rospel power. The Juggernaut, which did its awful work for centuries, a few weeks ago was brought out from the place where It has for years been kept under shed as a curiosity, and there was nd one reverentially to greet it. About 8,000,000 of Christian souls in Indlao are the advance guard that will lead on the 250, 000 00. The Christians of Amoy and Pelt- mcf and Canton tare the advance guaM that will lead the 310,000.000 ol China. "They shall come from the E;tst." The last mosque of Mohammedanism will be turned Into a Christian church. The last Ba Idhist temple will become a fortress of light. The last idol of Hindooism will be pitched into the fire. The Christ who came from the East will yet bring all the East with Him. Of course there are hich obstacles to be oVercome, and great ordeals must be p is3ed through before the consummation, as witness the Armenians under the butchery of tho Turks. May that throni on the banks of the Bosphorus 3oon crumble 1 The time has already come when the United States Government ant Grat Britain and Germany ought to intome the indignation of all civilized Nations. While it is not requisite that arms be sent there to avenge tho wholesale massacre of Armen ians, it is requisite that by cable under the seas, and by protest that shall thrill the wires from Washington and London and Berlin to Constantinople, the Nations an athematize the diabolism for which the Sul tan of Turkey is respoos-'bl?. Mohammedan Ism is a eurse whether in Turkey or New York. "They -shall come from the East." And they will come nt the cail oi the love liest and grandest and best men an-l women of all lime. I mean tho missionaries. Dis solute Americans and Englishmen who have gone to Calcutta and Bombay and Canton to make their fortunes defame the missionaries because the holy lives and the pure house holds of those mfssionarios area constant re buke to the American and English Iiber:ine3 stopping there, but the men and women of God there stationed go on gloriously with their work. People just as good anl self denying as was Missionary Moffat, who, when asked to write in an album, wrote these wor Js : My album is in savage breasts, Where passion reigns and darkness rests Without one ray of light. To write the name of Jesus there, To point to worlds both bright and fair. And see the pagan bow in prayer, Is all my soul's delight. In all those regions are men and women with the consecration of Melville B. Cox, who, embarking for the missionary work in Africa, said to a fellow student, "If I die in Africa, come and write my epitaoh." "What shall I write for your epihiph V" said tho student. "Write." said he, "these words : "Let a thousand fall before Africa be given up." There is another point of the compass that my text includes. "They shall come from the West." That means America redeemed. Everything between Atlantic and Pacifla Oceans to bo brought within the circle of holiness and rapture. Will ti be done by wordly reform or evangelism? Will it be law or gospel? I am glad that a wave ol reform has swept across this land, and all the cities are feeling the advantage of tho mighty movement. Let the good work go on until the last municipal evil is ex tirpated. Abot't fifteen years ago the dis tinguished editor of a New York dailj newspaper said to me in his editorial room : "You ministers talk about evils ol which you kmw nothing. Why don't you go with the officers of the law and explore for yourself, so that when you preaah against sin you can speak from what you have seen with your own eyes?" I said, "I will," and in company with a commissioner of polioe and a captain of police and two eldsrs of my church I explore I t heden3 and hiding places of all styles of crime in New York an l preached a series of sermons warning young men and setting forth the work that must be done lest the judgments of God whelm thie city with more awful submergement than the volcanic deluge that buried Heroulaneura and Pompeii. I received, as nearly as I can remember, several hundred columns of news paper abuse for undertnking that explora tion. Editorials of denunciation, double leaded, and with captions in great primer type, entitle l "lho .b all of Ta image, ' or "Talmago Makes the Mistake of His Life," or "Down With Talmage," but I still live and am in full sympathy with all movements for municipal purification. But a movement which ends with crime exposed and law executed stops half way. Nay, it 6tops long beforn It gets half way. The law never yet saved anybody, never yet changed anybody. Break up &U the houses of iniquity in this city, and yon only send the occupants to other cities. Break down all the policemen in New York, and while it chnnges their worldly fortunes it does not change their heart or life. The greatest want in New York to-dny is the transform ing power of the gospel of Jesus Christ to change the heart and the life and-uplift the tone of moral sentiment and make men do right not becauso they are afraid of Ludlow Street Jail or Sing Sing, but because they love God and bate unrighteousness. I have never heard, nor have you heard, of any thing except the gospel that proposes to re generate the heart, and by the influence ol that regenerared heart rectify the life. Ex ecute the law most oertainly, but preach the gospel by all means in churches, in theatres, in homes, in prisons, on the land and on the sea. The gospel is the only power that can revolutionize society and save the world. All else Is half and half work and will not last. In New York it has allowed men who got by police bribery their thousands and tens oi thousands and perhaps hundreds of thou sands of dollars to go scot free, while some who were merely the cat's paw and agents ol bribery arc struck with the lightnings of the law. It reminds me of a eoane in Philadel phia when I was living there. A poor wo man had been arrested and tried and im prisoned for selling molasses candy on Sun day. Other lawbreakers had been allowed to go undisturbed, and the grogshops were open on the Lord's Day, and the law, with its hands behind its baok, walked up and down the streets declining to mole9t many of the offenders, but wo all ros-i up in out righteous indignation, and calling upon all powers, visible and invisible, to help us, we declared that though the heavens fell no wo man should be allowed to sell molasses candy on Sunday. A few weeks ago, after I had preaohed in one of the churches in this city, a man staggered up on the pulpit stairs, maudlin drunk, saying, "I am one of the reformers that were elected to high office at tho las' election." 1 got rtd of that "great reformer" as soon ns I could, but I did net get rid of the impression that a mm lik that would cure the abominations of New York about as soon as smallpox would cure typhoid fever or a buzzsaw render Haydn's "Creation." Politics in all our cities has become so cor rupt that tho only difference between the Republican and Democratic parties is that each is worse than the other. But what nothing else in the universe can do the gos pel can ana win aeeompiisn. "iney snail come from the Wesv'and for that purpose the evangelistic batteries are planted all along the Pacific coast, as they are planted all along the Atlantic coast. All the prai ries, all the mountains, all the valleys, all the cities are under more or less gospel in fluence, and when we get enough faith and conseoretion for the work this whole Ameri can continent will cry out for Uod. "I hey shall come from the West." The work is not so difficulty as many sup pose. You say, "There are tue foreign pop ulation?." Yes, but many of them are Hol landers, and they were brought up to love and worship Go I, and it will take but little to persuade the Hollanders to adopt the re ligion of their forefathers. Then there are among these foreigners so many of the Scotch. They or their ancestors heard Thomas Chalmers thunder an I Robert Mc Cheyne pray. The breath o God so often swept through the heather of the highlands, and the voice of God has so often sonnded through the Troasachs, and they all know how to sing Dundee, so that they will not have often to be invited to sojept the God of John Knox and Bothwell Bridge. Then there are among these foreigners so many of the English. They inherited the same language as we inherited the English in whioh Shakespeare dramatized, and Mil ton chimed his onntos, and Henry Melville gospelized, and Oliver Cromwell prorogued parliament, and Wellington commanded Ms ncrer hosts. Amone these foreigners are the Swiss, and they ware rocked in a cradle under the shadow of the Alps, that cathedral of the Almighty in which all the elements, snow and hail and tempest and hurricane, worship. Among these foreigners are a vast host of Germans, and ther feel centuries afterward the power of that unparalleled spirit who shook the earth when he trod it, and the heavens when he prayed Martin Luther ! From all Nations our foreign pop ulations have come, and they are homsiek, far away from the piac of their childhood and the graves of their ancestors, and our glorious religion presented to them aright will meet their needs and fill their souls and kindle their enthusiasm. They shall conw fror?. amid the wheat sheaves of Dakoti. nni from the ore beds of Wyoming, anl from the silver mines of Nevada, an 1 trom the golden gulches of Colorado, anl from the banks of the Platte, and the Oro,'on, nu I the Sacramento, and the Columbia. "Thy shall come from the West." But what will they do after thoy conies Hera is something gloriously consolatory that you have nevjr notice 1. "They shall come from the East, an-l the Wes-, an 1 th ' North, and the 3outh, an 1 shall sit down." Oh, this is atiral world ! Th? most of peo ple are kept on the run all thoir lifeii.-n-. Business keeps them on the run. Trouble keeps them on the run. Rivalries of life keep them on the run. They are running from disaster. They are running for re ward. And those who run the fastest and run tho longest seem bast to succeed. But my text suggests a restful posture for all God's children, for all those who for a life time have been on the ran. "They shall sit down i" Why run any longer! When a man gets heaven, what more can he get? "They shall sit down." Not alone, but picked com panionship of the universe; not ernbT- rassed, thouzh a seraph should sit down on one side of you and an archangel on the other." There Is that mother who, through all the years of infancy and childhood, was kept running amid sick trundle beds, now to shake up the pil ow for that flaxen hoad, and now to give a drink to thoe parched lips, and now to hush the frightened dream of a little one, and when there was one less 'of the children, because the great lover ol children had liite 1 one out of the cr oup iuto the easy breathing of celestial atmosphere, the mother putting all the more anxious care on those who were left, so weary of arm and foot and back and hea l, so often crying out j "I am so tired ! I am so tired!" Her work done, she shall sit down, and that business man for thirty, forty, fifty yeara has kept on the run. not urge I by selfish ness, but for the purpose of achieving a livelihood for the household. On tho run from stora to store, or from factory to fac tory, meeting this loss and discovering that inaccuracy and suffering betrayal or disap pointment, nevermore to be cheate 1 or per plexed or exasperated, he shall sit down, not in a great armchair of heaven, for the rockers of such a chair would imply one's need of soothing, of changing to easy pos ture or semi-invalidism, but a throne, solid as eternity and radiant as the morning after a night of storm. "They shall sit down " I notice that tho most of the styles of toil require an erect attitude. There are. the thousands of girls behind counters, miny such persons through the inhumanity of employers compelled to stand, even when because a lack of customers there is no nu l that they stand. Then there are all the car penters, and the stonemasons, and the blacksmiths, anl the farmers, and the engi neers, and tho ticket agonts, and the con ductors. In m03t trades, in most oc3up i tions, they mu3t stand. But ahead of all those who love and serve the Lord is a rest ing place, a complete relaxation of fatigued muscle, something cushioned and uphols tered and embroiderdd, with tho very e ise of heaven. "They shall sit down." Rest from toil, rest from pain, rest from p3rsecu tion, rest from uncertainty. Bauitifal, joy ous, transporting, everlasting rest ! Oa, men nnd women of the froz m North, and the blooming South, an I from the realms of the rising or setting sud, through Christ get your sins forgiven and start lor the place where you may at last sit down in blissful recovery from tho fatigues of earth, while there roll over you the rapturas of heaven. Many of you have had such a rough tussle in this world that if your faculties were not perfect in heaven you would some time forget yourself and say, "It is time for me to start on that journey," or "It must be time for me to count out the drops of that medicine," or "I wonder what new attack there is on me through the newspapers?" or "Do you think I wdl save anything of those crops from the grasshoppers, or the locusts, or the droughts?" or "I wonder now much I have lost in that last bargain?" or "I must hurry lest I miss the train." No, no ! Tue last volume of direful, earthly exp.n-icncos will be finished. Yea, tha last chapter, the last paragraph, the last sentence, the last word. Finis ! Frederick the Great, notwithstanding the mighty dominion over which he reigneJ, was;so depressed at times he could not speak without orying, and carriad a small bottle o( quick poison with which to end his misery when he oduld stand it no longer. But I give you thjs small vial of gospat anodyne, one drop of whioh, not hurting either body or soul, ought to soothe all unrest and put your pulses into an eternH calm. "They shall come from the East, an I from the West, and from the North, and tho South, andsha'J sit down." Prophecies as to tho Trade of 1893. For a number of years past SaTiuel Bennes, of New York Citv, has issued annually a prophecy in rg ir I to various markets dur ing the ensuii; - r. ,llis prophecies have been right in d ieut number of cases to have createn . i. i-ny yearly as to what he would say. Hi-, forecast lor 1891 declared that there" would be "i-ontinued embarrassed business, bankruptcies, unemployed labor and ruined farmers." For 1805 he says "There Is no promise, or sign, of better limes for the coming year. We may look in vain for any permanent im provement in general business. Wheat at fifty-four cents a bushel at Cnieago, cotton at 52 cents per pound at Cincinuati, and pig iron at $10 a ton at Pittsburg denoto im poverishment for farrn.-rs, cotton planters and iurnaee men. The increase last year of 8100, 00.000 in the I onded debt of tho Gov ernment uoes not signify that the poople are contented, keeping out of debt and making money. "Ever since 1873 values have been shrink ing in consequence of the establishment of the single goal standard, and no one can fathom the depths to which prices will fall. "There is no evidence that we are at the lowest point of depression. There is no property, except gold, which is not depre ciating. "An average crop of grain in this country this year, with fair crops abroad, will send the price of wheat at Chicago, after the next harvest, down to fortv cents per bushel. Prieos for corn next fall will decline to twenty-rive cents a bushel. Fat hogs will be 63 a 100 pounds gross for next winter's packing season. Prices for wool, cotton, iron, cat tle and horses will bo on the down grade during the present year. Common sheep, alter the wool is taken off nest year, wilt seil for what the pelt will then bring, twenty five cents." "Intense" Farming in the South. As an instance of tho difference between the old slavery-days farming and farming by the employment of more modern methods and improved machinery in the South, the lollowing illustration is given : G. T. Doug lass, a youcg I ;ruier of Mecklenburg Coun ty, North Carolina, in 1803. planted thirteen acres of land in cotton and harvested six bales by the old method of farming. Last year he planted three acres of the same land in cotton with the purpose of cultivating it "intensely" as an experiment. Result : On three of the thirteen acres, which yielded him but five bales of .cotton the year before, he harvested four bales of cotton. Differ ence : Under the old system of cultivation his land raised less than one-half a bale of cotton to the acre ; under the improved methods it raised one and one-third bales. Thi3 practice of "intense" farming is rap idly spreading in the State, and the ten dency is decidedly towards smaller and bet ter cultivated farms. No More Bean Guessing. Ass:stant Attorney-General Thoracs, of the rostoffieu Department, has ruled that it is immaterial whether the result of a lottery drawing is published as news without pay or as an advertisement wi.h pay. newspa pers containing the result of the awarding of such prizes are non-mailable. The only cxeptions made are in the cases of newspa pers publishing such matter in order to ex pose the concerns. It is held also that the awarding. of a prise to a person guessu. - nearest the num ber of seeds in a watermelon would be a lot tery, thouirh the guessing of weight of a meion would not constitute a lottery if the guess were made alter the melon had been lift-id. The award of a prizo to one guess ing; nearest the number of beans in a clear fib, ss bottle, set in plain view, is also held to be a lottery. AT HOME AM ABROAD. LATE DOMESTIC AND FOR EIGN TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. Thousands Perished by the Great Earthquake at Kuchan, Persia Terrible Crime of a Father School Boy Soldiers Drill Before Governors Frightful Explosion, A dispatch from Teheran, Persia, gives further detai's of the destructive earthquake at Kuchan. Tho first sboek occurred at noon, Thursday, January 17. This was fol lowed by another. In three minutes the tdwn was in ruins. It is stated that 11,000 persons perished. Most of the victims were crushed to death by falling buildings, but many vvrre burned to death, the ruins in which they were entangled having caught fire. Six hundred wero entombed in a mosque while engaged in prayer. Six hundred other persons perished in the various baths. The survivors could obtain neither food nor water for three days, the telegraph lines having been deMroyod. Many who escaped bein": killed by the earthquake perished from hunger and exposure. The weather wns very cold. Nor a single building remains standing in tho town. Since the 17th the shocks have been repeated daily. One shock, which oc curred at fi o'clock on tho evening- of Janu ary 22, was equal in severity to the first one, which caused the destruction of the city. This shock of January 12 was followed by three others, at intervals of from one to four hours. It is pitiful to witness tho terror stricken people liu Idled In groups and exposed to the inclemency of the weather, which continues intensely cold. No shelter of any kind is available. No medical assistance, wiiich is sadly needed, is nt present procurable, but Russian purgcons are proceeding with ail Fpted to the desolated town from Ashkabad. School Boy Soldiers. The Amr ricfn Guard is born. Eight hun dred 1 oys from the public schools of Nrw York City, aitired in the uniform of tho sol dier nnd carrying on their shoulders the Rtmington rifle of the National Guard of New York State, sbowed the Chief Magis trates of the neighboring States what they could do in the way of forming a reservj corps to tli already established military defenses of New York, Governor Hnstintrs, of Pennsylvania ; Gov ernor Brown, of Rhodo Island ; Governor Coffin, of CoDuacticut, nnd Governor Werts, of Nov.' Jersey, wero the ones pres ent. The uniform of the boys is a bluetuuic and trousers of the same material and drab gait ers. It costs each one 10. The drill was not ouly in eompauy formation, but in the battalion also, nn I was conducted by Col onel Percy R. Shield, of School No. 87. He handled his comp.-.nies with the skill of a veteran, and the bayonet drill was particu larly praiseworthy. A great feature of the exhibition was the drill of the uirls from School No. 51. Cap tain Annie Slater was in command, an-l her little company of forty girls prove 1 them selves to be equal, if not superior, to their rivals of tho other sex. Their umbrella drill w-s a poem, while their knowledge of the manual of arms with real guns was marvel lous. Killed by an Explosion. The main building of Hennings's brewery in Meneota, III., was wrecked by a boiler explosion, the concussion being so great that every building in tho city was ba lly shaktn. Tho building destroyed wns live, S'ories in height and filled with machinery. The force of tho explosion completely de molished it, killing seven men nnd badly injuring six others. The killed were : C. Seifert. foreman ; David Wells, fireman; David Glieer, engi neer ; Lemuel De Spase. engin man ; Henry Pert, laborer ; John K. Kennedy, a well borer, of DeKalb. The injured wero : James Love, Chicago, arm broken and hand badly cut ; A. Me Leo J, Chicago, head and face cut ; Geonro Parker, Chicago, head cut ; F. MeCarpenter, badly hurt ; William Long, badly hurt ; Henry Varmore, badly hurt. No moro bodies were found in the debris, and a blinding snow storm stopped work, but it was thought moro men were buried under tons of brick and beams. Tho loss of property amounted to over $100,000, and a large number of men were thrown out of employment. Killed His Child nnd Himself. William II. McGrath, aged thirty-five, shot his eight-year-old daughter Lillian, killing her instantly, then shot himself, in flicting a wound from wiiich ho died. Trie affair happened in the famiiy borne, No. 1222 South Tnirty-sixth fetreet, Philadelphia, Tenn. The little girl and her brother were play ing upstairs, when their father called them to the cellar. They went downstairs and the boy was told to return to the kitchen, gin had scare -ly reached the first floor when he heard two pistol shots in rapid succession. Tho boy called to his mother, who wont to tho cellar and found the little girl dead, her brains being strewn on tho cellar floor. The father was still breathing, but died an hour later. Subsequent developments go to show that McGrath intended to murder both chil dren. Why he changed his mind is a mys tery. A few days beiore he wrote a letter to a newspaper, saying that he intended to mur der hi3 children an 1 then commit suicide, but ho pronounced the letter a forgery when the police investigated the matter. Heavy Gold Withdrawals. The condition of the United States Treas ury was the theme of conversation in Wall street, New York City.when unusually large wlthdrals of gold were announced. On the several exchanges, in the banks, among busi ness men and on the streets, there was but one question asked. What does it all moan? The Clearing House Committee, consisting of Bank Presidents Nash. Williams, Perkins, Baker, Sherman, Hamilton, Tappen, Sim mons and Cannon, met in the afternoon and carefully discussed the situation. Just 7,200,000 in gold was withdrawn from the Sub-Treasury in one day, making a total of 14.500,000 for that week, a record without precedent. Of this amount 47,700 000 went abroad, leaving G,M0,000to ba accounted for on no other theory than that it is to be hoarded in vaults. it was com mon talk on 'Change that gold won l probably go to a premium in a very shon time. Robbed the Cotton Belt Train. Two masked men, supposed to be mem bers of the Cook gang, plundered the South bound Cotton Belt tram near .McNeil, Ark As the train pass-id through a deep cut the men, who were rliing cr: the blind baggage ear. climbed ov-r the renier and covered Engineer Crowley nnd tho fireman with guns, The train was stopped, the messenger. J. W. JIassey, was made- to open tho safe in the express $25,000. car, nnd tha thieves escaped with Death Stilled Their Mirth. As a sleighing party were singing and rnak lncr morrv on their homeward way at 4 a m. at a railroad crossing, near Kramer' Station. Penn.. a freight trsin das he I into them- These persons were killed outright Isaac Rominz. a weaitney farmer ; Charles Tinmini?. twentv-four years old, son of the former. . A dozen others were wounded, four o them, it was thought, fatally. Murdered Her 3Iother. Mrs. Maggie Gill was arraigned in Jeffer son Market police c-urt, New York cuy and confessed to the murier of her mother. Rlie tt-na held without bail. Mrs. Gill and her mother. Mrs. Eilen Mor i.ni. nnarrelftd. which led to a fight. Mrs. am admits that she beat her mother over th head and body, and that she disd as result of the beating. Slaughtered by Surface Cars. Brooklyn street ears killed thirty-four persons during 1894. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. In the Senate. 27th Day. The credentials of Sonator e'eot Thurston, of Nebraska, were presented. The morning hour was consumed by a discussion of Hawaiian matters. 28th Dvr The Senate receded from its income-tax amendment of the Urgency De ficiency bill.- Mr. Lodge introduced reso tions favoring the laying of a cab'e to Hono lulu and declaring that Immediate steps should be taken to annex the Islands to the United S ates. Mr. Gray defended the pr-' Kent's Hawaiian poliey.and Messrs. Frye a jd Chandler criticised it. The Fortlilea- t'.on Appropriation bill wasthon'aken ap.rwi 1 an i pissed, with Senate amendrr ents. The amount of the Holism bill w.n $1,879,057, ami the amount of the Senate bill as pawed is 1.935,557, as aeainst tai3 year's appro priation of 2,427.004. 29rn Dav. Discussion of the Hawaiian resolutions was continued. Mr. Gray again defended President Cleveland's Hawaiian policy,nl Mr. Ilawley withdrew his allega tion that the President had conferred with royalist delegates. The debate over the Nicaragua Canal bill was continued. 30th Dat. Messrs. Jones and Smith each introduced new financial bills. Mr. Bur rows took his seat as Senator from Michi gan. Mr. Turpie spoke oa the Nicaragua Caaat bill. 31st Dat. Tho Hawaiian resolution eamo up again, and Mr. George consumed all the morning in defending tho Administration. At 2 o'clock the Nicaragua Canal bill enmo up, debate upon which was closed. 82o Day. Mr. Mills in his speech on the Hawaiian revolution defendel Frosideiit Cleveland's policy, and charged the Sugar Trust with responsibility for the Hawaiian troubles. The Nicaragua Canal bill passed by a vote of 31 to 21. In the House. 32n Dat. Rev. Henry T. MeEwen.of New York, acted as chaplain of the House. The House disagreed to tho Senate amend ments of the Pension bill. Mr. Cannon has been appointed a member ot the Rules Committeoof the House, and Mr. Grosvenor, of Ways and Means, to succeed Mr. Burrows, elected a Senator from Michigan. Consid erable asperity develop:! in tho debate over the sending of a war ship to Hawaii. 33n Dat. Representative James u. Richardson, of Tennessee, was elected Speaker pro tern, in the absence of Speaker Crisp, who went to Ashevilie, N. C, to recuperate. Two resolutions directly concerning Hawaii were introduced. Mr. Warner introduced two new bond bills. Tho bill to build new postofflce Iu CMc.igo wa finallv passod by a vo'e ot li'J to 51. it limits the cost of tho building to $4,000,000 nnd extendod the time of completion to three yoars. Bills were also passed for public buildings at Newport, ivy. ; iirocsiou, iuie. : Faterson, N. J. ; South Omaha, Neb. ; Potts ville, Penn., and Cumberland. Md. Thes.-last-named bills carry no appropriations. 84th Day. Mr. Wilson's report in iavoi of repealing the discriminating duty on sugar imported trom nounty paying couu tries was presented. Tho Indian Appro priation, the Urgent Deficiency and tht Gettysburg .National nir unis wi-rn 35th Day. rne Munury jivii App. onu- tions bill was considered. Mr. Dingley in troduced a bill for the extermination of the seal herd. 3CTn Day. Two private pension bins la vorably reported by the Committee or th Whole were passed. The House then, ir Committee of the wnoio, resumou cousiuer ation of the Sundry Civil bill. 37th Day. The Sundry Uivu Appropria tion bill was passed. GIVEN UP FOR LOST. Fate of the Steamer hicora on Lake Michigan, A dispatch from South Haven, Mich., says : The fate of the lake steamer ( hicora now seems settled beyond doubt. Mr. Morton gives ber up. He is just in, having been out with a aearohing party ami brought In frag ments of cabin door frame, bed rails and numerous other objects establishing ner identitv. The Vandalia officials at tho general offi ces of the company firmly believe the Chl- cora to be lost. i ne ioat carried fourteen carloads of freight consigned to tho Vandalia for Eastern points. The following folegraui was re ceived from South Haven: "Port side and forwnrd nnner bulwarks five feet wide and twelve feet long and inside shutters to pass enger gangway, all belonging to the Chieora, wero found about a Kile out in tne ice. A messago was received from Ci plain Graham, ono of the boat's owners, by An drew Crawford, one of the l.nieago owners of the steamer. It was from St. .Joseph and read: "Chieora lost beyond doubt with all hands." The complete list of the officers an 1 crew of the Chieora is as follows : E 1 Stim-. Cap tain, St. Joseph ; C. D. Simons, First Mate, Benton Harbor ; Benuio Stlnes, tne Captain's son. Second Mate. St. Joseph ; Joseph Markn, wheelman. Benton tiarbor ; i nomas Robertson, watchman, Baltimore; John Hodges, watchman, Baltimore i- jlt decK hands, names unknown. Detroit ; Robert MeClure. chief engineer, Dulroit ; A. W'.rtz, second engineer. Detroit: Grant A. Dow ney, oiler, Detroit; two liremen, names unknown; one coal pa ser, name unknown ; Nate Lynch cook, St. Joseph ; Joseph Malone, pantry man, Chicago ; W. W. Morgan, head waiter, Benton Harbor : Jesse Davis, porter, Renton Harbor ; James R. Clark, clerk, St. Joseph So far as known there was ouly ono pa senser aboard. Joseph Pearl, of the drug firm of Howard A Pearl, of Sr. Joseph. The los9 of the vessel, exclusive of the cargo. amounts to S160.000. and the cargo, of thirty-eight carloads of flour, was valued at $20,000. A RIVER PACKET SINKS. The State of Missouri Strikes a Rock in the Ohio. A terrible disaster occurred at the mouth 3f Wolf Creek, twenty-two raues irom Stenhensoort. Kv.. by which at least thirty- 3ve lives were thought to have been lost. The big Now Orleans packet, State of Mis louri, struek a rock on the Indiana side of the Ohio River near Alton, Ind., and went nn-r. r. fiftr fr nf wi.ter. She gave a arv lrireh fnrward and sank rapidly. Four passengers were picked up near the Konnie'.-v shore. Thev swam for life on planks and reached the willows. One reached the shore and others remained in a raa mnnv hnilr Until re?CU')d. Two were W. C. Leathers, from Hopkins riountv. Kentucky, and a man named Greg rr nt o.a n-Rock. III. These passengers report that the boatjstruck a rock near the Hum ond ,ravH n. midden lurch forward. A y iwl was launchei, but fo many peop.e irowdel into it that it was soon sunk. Leathers was able to keep afloat until he reached the willows. He saw four men but -.-as powerless to aiin uu - n -.- frc ratui thaf wm unset bv the frantic passengers was full of women and children r?ht to have been lost. There were fifteen cabin and thirty deck passengers, and a crew of sixty on board. The surviving passengers thought that at least thirty-five were lost. In less than ten minutes from the time the boat struck she ha 1 gone down. Later Reports. Later and complete reports from Wolf Cree on tne Ohio River regarding the io3S ot life by the sinking of the steamer State of Missouri place the loss of life at eighteen. This include; the cabin crew, the carpenter, one passenger irom Pittsburg and one from Barneld. The five lady passengers were saved. Five roustabouts were lost. Two children playing ea3t of San Louis Potosi, Mexico, tiiacoverod a cavern. Sev eral men explored the cave, revealing an Iron chest filled with Spanish gold coin, amounting to between f 250,000 to $ 350,000. It is believed that the monoy was placed in .he cave by Franciscan monks. A colony of thirty-five families of Finns has arrived in .Bertie County, North Caro lina, and has bought 2500 acres of land. They are the first of this race to settle in North Carolina, HOPELESS OF HAW AIL Princess Kalulaiil lias Abandoned Her Royal Claim. Theopblle Davies, who acompnntM the Hawaiian Trincess Kaiulanl to the Un to.l States to protest against the overthrow ! the Hawaiian throne and who now live- in London with his ward, was nskod by a re porter for bis views about the reeeut at tempt to restore the monarchy. He said : "I oaiinut make any statement. The time is past f.r this. I a:u deeply grieved by the jji orv llllNCKSS KAiri.AM. last news from the Hawaiian bliiinb, and espeeia'iy nt iu oea'u -i .mi. art-r, iur wiioai 1 personally bad a w arm regar t." s Mr. Davies is the guardian ot Princes Kaiulanl. his remarks may be taken as evi dence that the young woman lias abandoned any idea of further claiming her rights. The nneef-s, ttiiougn -ur. J'avios, declines to speak. PROMINENT PEOPLE. Thk Queen of England has a royal income tf about $2,000,000 a year. The Rev. Samuel F. Smith, wrote. "My Country 'Tis of Thee" In 1832. Glaphtonk Is soon to resume his seat in the British House of Commons. Episox has no use for overcoats, lind never wears one, no matter what the weather may e. Dr. Alfbkp L. Loomi, the famous Now York physician, died a few days ago from pneumonia. The literary earnings of Robert Louis Stevenson in tho last night years were not less than ?2 0,0.10. The Emperor of China, has Issued'a'manifes- to In W'lich ho says ho prefers death to tho disgraco of defeat. Goverxok UrnAM, of Wisconsin, is said to have been robbed of a diamond nt his first official reception. Coronet., Shfkvinoton, a Scotchman, is now at tho head of tho Hova army fighting iho French In Madagascar. Mrss Elizabeth Brat Downixh, the sweet heart of Pott Wblttier. died after a brief Ill ness at West Newbury, M:iss. E Senatou Jacob H. Gallisof.r, of New ampshire, used to work as compositor and reporter on a Cincinnati paper. The new President of Franco is an undo ot E. J. Faure, who was at one timo editor of the Augusta (Ga.) Evening News. QuEF.y Victoria's eyesight has become much wors", anil she will b attended by nn oculist from Wiesbaden during her sojourn at Nice. An interesting sight to promenaders in the Thlergarten of Berlin one day rocontly was the pectaolo of the Lmperor snow balling with his two eldest sons. Governor Morton, of New York, believes in having some timo to attend to his busi ness undisturbed, and haw given orders taat no one shall bo admitted to his office be tween 10 aud 1. Lee MAjiTT-K, the new Republican Senator from Montana, wns born !n England forty- . . i one yoars ago. lie was a inrm nana uu-i then a telegraph operator in this country be fore ho made money in mining nnd real es tate. W. A. Clarke tho Montana mine owner, is building a million dollar palace in New York. His fortune Is estimated at from 820,000,000 to $40,000,000. Thirty years ago Mr. Clarke arrived in Montana wiih a pick on his shoulder. Dr. Talmaoe was sixty-thre years old tho other day, und declared thnt he had never felt better in his lire. The secret oi nis goon health, he said, was proper oare. Since eighteen he has never missed a cold bath In the morning, a run in the parks and a walk in the sun except when circumstances abso lutely prevented. Colonbl W. Sewabp Werb's uniform as Aide-de-camp on the staff of Governor Woodbury, or Vermont, has been completed, and was worn by him at the ball of the Old Guard in New York City. It cost 1500. Th braid is of gold, and the lace came direct from PariB. The Bword Is a Damascus blade, has a diamond in the hilt, and cost the Colo onel 1 2700. The Sultan of Turkey has been the means of establishing 50,000 schools throughout his empire, not only for boys, but for girls also, which is a striking departure from the tra ditional usage of hid race. He rises at 6 o'clock everv moraine, and devotes his days, in the seclusion of his palace and his gardens, to personal attention to rne af fairs of state laid before him by ters. his ro lnls- INCOME TAX SUIT. The Decision of Judge Hagner Handed Down at "Washington. Judge Hagner, at Washington, dismissed the application of John G Moore, of New York, for an injunction to restrain the Com missioner of Internal Revenue from collect ting the income tax. The case will be car ried to the District Court of Appeals on amended application. Judve Hagner held that there was prac tically no duplication of tax on dividends of corporations, but evon if there were it whs settled law th-it vexatious as duplicate taxa tion w;is, it wus not possible to avoid it In fvery cue. He also hel l that the conten tion that the tax was unjust because it taxed nnir lnnmM over a certain amount f!l within the discretion given to Congrras by the Constitution, and was beyond the con trol of the judicial authority. The claim that the tax whs unconstitutional because aliens were inclu led in it, the Court said, was of benefit rather than detriment to the com plainant, and did not supply a grievance calling for an injunction. As to the fifth and last specification, that aseriments were to be made upon incomes that had bm earned and received prior to th date of th act taking efT-set, Judge Hagner decidod against the contention. Judge Hagner also held tba, claimant bad the right to recover taxes ilT-gally collect el. It was also neld that the eouns were with out authority to grant an Injunction In such a cae as this, bocaus-i of a provision in tho Revised Statutes toat "no suit for the pur pose of restraining the assessment or collec tion of any tax shall be maintained In any court." A DEFAULTER'S FATE. rreasurer Scott's Body Found In the Niobrara Kiver. The body of Barrett Scott, the defaulting freasurer of Holt County, Nebraska, who ! jras taken from O'Ntil by a party of dls i pulsed men on the night of December 31, j has been found in the Niobrara River, with ' rope around his neck. The man had undoubtedly been hanged oy his captors and the body thrown into ihe river. W 1 - LATER NEWS. Is New York City Bond-Forger QuisW was sentenced to fifteen yviM nn I U month-' lmpri'"n:n-nt I r K v.ir br lloff. Sarah Silb.-riu 'i"ter g t tw-:ity-ftr. y.p ml I.oiii l'.it!i-na:i fifteen yar f r settinj lire to a hv.i. rxnrp SrTE MisisTrn Witi.p writ Mint rn-sd ient lo!o is glad th ro tri-rvi no fvreign w.nvilpi slo.iof tin reoeiii pabllc a ch inoe at 11 in dual on th" o.v:i uprising, a It gavo tb l'. to show that it can st.in 1 alone. Tur bill pledging tho f ilth of th United it'it-Mo the oon-trii tion of th i Ni.'ursiiu Canal p:se i the S.n ito by t io vot of 31 yeas and 21 nny. It direct tho 1hii of 570,000,0 H) can vl bon Is gu.irantd and :V.oOo.Ood lo:i N unprM'Vto I by th Gov ernment. GrTEMU.A Inst rueful her envoy In Mexioo to mike eono.-s.sion If h" o-uld "t no further d.'l.iv. BANKS CLOSED. . wo Institution Y.. it Itiiigliiimton, N. Fall. Bank Eia;niner Proseott lux el. --l th doors of tho Chenango Valley S.iings llink in Blughnmton, N. Y.. fen Hug nn InveMlgn tlon. The Treasurer, I'raey K. Mrgitn, h.n oonfosscl n defuloition of flpo.OOO. Ill notion was proeipit ited by nn -tT irt on the part of M rg mi an 1 President l'.rown son to oarry aw iv the I n k of tho bank about midnight. In tl:"i:n building and undr l he i:n. man igeni'-nt 1 tin Broome County N iMon tl I'. ink, .vlileh wn examined lat month by H.iuk l'.xvniii'T Ba-kns.md pronouneM ritit. State B ink i'x.-tminor I'.iek.i In InW.-n charge of t he Broomo Count y Nitt tonal It ink, acting under tho order of the Cu uptro'li-r of tho Currenoy. The b ink b i I nn nn ihorized cireul.ttti.n ot r .'i'.o :o .in I w ot o-ipi-talized nt fclO.1,000. All th securities and e nh of l!i" h iv.ii,h bank were placed In the v.iults of ttto lltng himton Saving ltiuk. loieot!v. Robert Stevenson w-ia scut to watch the building. 'AlHut 5.30 next morning bo :uv l',r.iwuoii 'and Morgan emTgo from the bank, carry ing a bushel basket between th m. It wis 'filled with books and paper, and oue!i man (Carried a largo bank bo.ii. under Ids arm. Tho officer nloppo I tho moil and insisted that tho property bo re turned to tho bunk. Alter Homo argument Brownson mi l Morgan vrrl"l :tho property b.ick. Dink KxamlutM-s Hack us and Mooney were Immediately called ;iti I snt for uu attorney. Reoor lor Robert. Mr. Morgan whs tol l thnt lo miiHt not tnk-i 'any property away from the bank. Bank Examiner ii n'kus Maid : "I foun 1 tho books of this bank In a horrible condition. !lt will bo a iong time before they ar tl rulght ned our. Shortly after I eatn-i hero I mt week 1 found out tint some ouo hud been 'defaulting. I Intimated to Mr. .Mor gan in a mild wny that !so wiih b blame, aud he falil nothing. Lnter I took the bull by tho horns tin I directly chargo.t him. with it. Ho admin I bo had taken Itho fun-la of tho ban . I was taken sick at the hotel, and Morgan nnd Mr. ' Brownson camo to hmj me. 1 finally got Morgan to admit that ho ha I tu';en tho funds of the bank, but I am not Ht liberty to t!l all that ho told tne. I then cau tioned both men not to go hour tho b.ink and against touching one of the books or papers. Morgan promised to kop away, but utrtjequeut events proved that 1 was Justified in taking tho savings bank fun-Is and socurltles to tho Blngliamiou S:ivln-s Bank. "Morgan and Brownson aro liable for burglary in entering this bunk and taking out the books. If 1 had not ha 1 tho build ing watched, I (.hould have no books hero to-day to work on. I certainly never found a bank in such a con tit ion. "I can't say how tin uff.ifrs of the National Broome County Bank Maud and I do not knew whether or not funds from the saving bank hato been transfi-rrod totho National Bunk. 1 cannot stnto how heavy tho defal cation has boon. I hopo it has not been uf flolontly large to tirenk the. bunk. It bx-iuno absolutely necessary to elos this bank until we could find out how its finances stood." The last statement of the navingH bank showed a surplus of over cC7,000. There was a heavy run on tho other sav ings banks In tho city ail day, but money came in on every train, and tht New York banks said they would put tl.OOO.roo Int'i the city if nocossnry. Traoy R. Morgan has been Mayor of Blnghamton, nnd, during ItU thirty yo-irs' residence, has b.mu looked upon as an up right citizen. H" is about Seventy-nliieyivirH old. Tli bank examiner has found that during tho p wt thirty yoir. a correct trial balance hud nov -r bis-n taken In that bank. Thequeetlou Is what has Morgan done with the money. It Is not known that ho was ex travagant or had any vice. Not one of tho employes knew anything of ids aocounin, with tne exception of a voung girl, who has for several years been Morg.m's chief helpor. CULL0M WINS. Elected United States Senator From Illinois. Ballots for United States Senator wero iaken in both bouses of tin Illinois L"g!s ature nt Springfield, resulting In the re election of Senator Shelby M. Cullom. The two branches balloted with this re fult: In the Senate Shelby M. Culiom, 32; Franklin MacVeagb, 12. Absentees Republican. 1 ; Democrats, B. Ttn House Culiom, 00; MicVeagh, CO. Absentees Republicans, 2 ; Demoerrt, 1. Destitctiov In W-fstem Nebraska is on the increase. The National Farmers' Allianoe has Issued an appeal for aid for deetltute farm ers in Nebraska and South Dakota. The Arkansas Legislature will snip a train load of corn to the suff-irers in tho western part of the State. Twenty thousand doll i as' worth of new maohlnery ha arrive i at 3Iid lb-s'jorough, Ky.. from Boston, for tho South Boston Iron Works, and the plant will soon start up. It is the only gun and ordnance pUnt la th South, and employs VJO skilled workmen. Kuboeon-Genehal Tvbon has procured a supply of anti-toxine, the new diphtheria remedy, lor distribution among m v States naval hospitals nnd utatlous. As order vas given the Herroshoffs by C. Oliver Iselin !or an American Cup defender. It will be a keel boat uu 1 probably navn a centcrboard slot. The Duke of Orleans pretender to the throne of France, has issued a nianifto asking the people to return to a monarchy. The Texa Cotton Palace at Waco was de stroyed by fire, causing a loss of betweer 9 55 000 and 75,000 to the palaoe usioclation. SHEI-BY W. r.CXLO!.