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Vol. I. No. 113.
SECOND EDITION. RALEIGH, N. .jjuDAYrMORNg MAY 21. 1897
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mnlcd Under the
J c - - t-
Hoofs of a Runaway
i Team.
RE SEIZED1H
II
SAVED
THE LIVES OF
CHILDREN,
SEVERAL
But Was Kicked Down and Run
Over by a Heavy Truck It is Not
Thought That He Will Recover.
ial to The Tribune.
u York, .May 20. While trying to
;i t.am of maddened
runaway
a heavy empty Hour
1 - lUiUUUfe
rw-k in Pike
slip last night Patrol-
..,-tn James
Lyons, of the Madison
rr,-t-t Station, was
probably fatally
jpjui.cl. Although only six. months on
f..n-- Lyon's deed of. heroism is
v'i.itliv of the "Old Guard." " ,
Th--"truck is owned by the Hecker
j ,n. .--J' u ell Company. It was halted
i t tr .nt f the mills at Cherry and Pike
i. aU"Ut .:J0 P. M., while the driver,
jf-n'y Hoyk'. of X. 74 Pike street, went
int.. "the "office to report upon his de
liveries. Suddenly the horses broke in
to a isia-1 gallop down the street to
i'i-i in. where they are stabled every
Th
!- is a steep grade at this point
ih' slip is the playground after
warehouses are closed for the chil
i t.t the teeming tenements In the
hboi Iviod. About a score of the
th-
dl'rl
Hell
i.u!
iv )
i in
' 1.
iji-s were playing marbles and I
.s nn the cobblestones directly in!
i ot tne team.
the
man Lyons was standing at the
t Water street. As the horse's
1 iovn he knew that death or
; Merit niight happen to some
i
1 1' li
u:-y were unchecked. Dashing'
- i- aduay, he seized" the reins i
! th
stai!.
i:;.., n
li- hi
ff horse. Maddened by being
l in its llight to its corn bin and
th- t reature beat its fore hoofs
the h.i iceman's body and legs.
bravely on until, stunned and
nj4' from the iron hammers, he
f to the ground. '
t;!'!
DVt'l
fslt'I s.
his
body pounded the iron ham
theji came the missive. iron
' 'h Hie two off ones passed over
lain tiiaconaliy from the left lower ribs
i" th-1 right shoulder. Then the horses
f- ntmih 1 on their gallop to the stables.
.men McXulty and Hayes, who
liK'l witnessed the accident from their
p'ists. rushed down. Lyons was lying
n his Lark, bleeding profusely from
UV. ne.se. His uniform was almost
Turn to laeees. The hair was nearlv
all torn auay frorn the back of hfs
f. aa as a result of lrLs having been
uragged over the roughstones for seve-
uo ir ei. i nere was nkn
a
the h.-a.l.
in
-!Hl tr
a priest." murmured the
man. "I'm dying."
iintitrtujiate
Hayes tried
to utter a few words nf
.1. unne-McNulty rushed off to ttyn
in an am!ulanee call anri o-ot a rrr,r
nan
Uutg.
roni St. Theresa's Church in
IS Street. Tnthfii' T.tJ-r-Vk v-c-n A
and after receiving the rites of the
ii.jt.li Lyons sank back unconscious.
J1"'1 h,J was tenderly lifted into the
n, Milan and carried to Gouverneur
""-! 'Ual. There it wa fmmH thof ViJo
l.Mi.ly w
is a mass of wounds and bruis
tace almost cut to pieces.
(,f his ribs and collar bone
There were also evidences of
his
V) ;ll
I'Mken.
Jarful
Hi' night
Ji-eman
He is
internal injuries. It was not
last night that the brave po
eould recover.
thirty years old. unmarried.
an.l
Man
lives with two sisters at No., 57
lilt Street. hrivpr Rnvlo wa a nnt
anvsted
SKIPS WITH $600.
Southern Railway Ticket Agent Goes
Wrong. ' : ;
Social to The Tribune.
Richmond, Va., May. 20 It n is be
ved here that the right name, of
i nomas K. Stewart, the young man
Reused of defaulting in the sum of
wo. as assistant ticket agent of the
'Hithern liailwav in Manchester, is
ready William Hawley, formerly of
n.hana. Hawley was in the employ of
rail!., ad company at Jeffersonville.
nat Mate, some years ago, when he is
1 to have become" involved in debt
' samhling. He afterwards skipped
town with ahnut nnn nf thA rall-
. ,
far
a. His; fripnHo In TnrlianEi Afi
'"t hear from him after his departure.
.t,nt two. months ss-n a erentleman
Person ville met Hawlej" in
"id. called him by name, and
him if he had ever settled his
ili'-lin
asked
i:tt'e .i
Han
his
'"vuiut-i, in jeuersoii nie.
y replied that he had. but ask-
Ineivd not to mention that he
r?- He added that he was going
the name of Stewart and was
l" do right.
CLOWN TO PIECES.;
Engineer Turns Water lntoa Dry
Boiler.
te
rgyl. Pa.. May 20. An engineer
Crown State Company named
'Bartholomew was blown ' to
this morning by the explosion
r. It is supposed that Bar-
en fell asleep and on awakening
the boiler rirv anrl turned on a
r.f
.thr,j,,!r
'ii nd
dllll
i rte of water, which caused tha
' ' b explode. Parts of .the' explode
'' i' were blown a distance of twro
! yards. A Hungarian who was
in.g a hundred yards from where
;-Mdosion occurred, was struck by
'eg missile and is thought to be
y injured.
"tholom'ew's sifter "Rmma at-
d
a e
faf;
Ik
ten
l Ud to commit suicide when she
rd of her brother's death, by throw-
herself into the burning engine-
ing
HORSES
BOS
tU!l.v.l. , ,
NO CONCLUSION REACHED.
By the Senate Sub-Committee on Interstate
Commerce on Pooling Bf1l.
Washington, D. C, May 20. No final
conclusion, was reached to-day by the
sub-committee of the Senate 'commit
tee ou Interstate Commtrce, appointed
for the purpose of considering the pro
pnety of the pooling bill. Another
meeting will be held before any recom.
mentation is determined upon.
It is probable that the sub-committee
will embody the suggestions of the
commissioners, and hope to report
their conclusions' at the next regular
meeting of the full committee.
MIMI K KG ' GENERA L";COXEY.
Eugene v. Debs to Lead
an Indusltial
Army.
Special to The Tribune.
t l. : ' t.i - .
v.uicago, in., aiay 20 Eugene V.
ueos. tne president of the
iKxunay l nion, comes to the front with
a unique proposal. He has announced
nis intentron to establish a co-operative
society of the "Unemployed ofHtnh
im win leau an "inoiistria Armv" f
, 3 ...M I I - . , "
nair a million souls out of lanri e
bondage' across the mountains to the
new promised laml.v -Ti.i c o
the Industrial Army" will evacuate
Chicago the latter part of June,
New Recruits to the Striking Tailors.
Special to The Tribune.
New York, May 20. The Lithuanian
Tailors' Union, numbering fifteen hun
dred men. joined the strikers tndnv a
a meeting of the Progressive Tailors'
nion, held this morning, thev urtrd
their .two thousand members to. strike
immediately.
Tkhe fifth day of the sweat-shop strike
shows no decrease in enthusiasm. There
is no weakening of the soiid front they
present to the manufacturers.
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I
VAN AUKEN WAS BETRAYED BY AN AC
TRESS. Sad Story-of a Washington Boy Who Was
Out., in High Life Arrested on Several
Chatges of Forgery.
, . . . . .
- fapecia1' to The Tribune
Washington, May 20. J. E. Van Au-
ken, a 19-year-old boy whose father,
Mr. F. L. Van Auken, is a well-known
real estate broker on P street, is under
arrest in New York city on several
charges of forgery. He was taken be
fore Justice Mott for a preliminary
hearing Tuesday afternoon, anc held
for trial under $500 bail.
Van Auken left here for New York
about two months ago with a company
of variety performers, who had been
playing at a local theatre. He had no
money, and, it is said that in order to
obtain the means to travel he fre
quently signed the name of his father
and another relative to checks. These
were cashed and nothing was said
about them, but recently Van Auken,
not content with simply signing his
father's name to the checks, forged a
certification of its genuineness, using
the name of C. P. Williams, cashier of
the West End National Bank of this
city. Two such forgeries were com
mitted it is said, the first check having
been passed on the First National Bank
of Brooklyn and the second on the Citi
zens' National Bank of Meriden, Conn. J
Vam Auken is ahead of several of the
large hotels of New York, it is said, to
the extent of many dollars and, under
the name of Boston E. Van Renssa
leur, ran bills at restaurants, livery
stables, and florists'. His arrest was
caused by a young woman Who is con
nected with the. variety stage in New
York and who claims 'Van Auken prom
ised to marry her. He took her to the
atres and gave her flowers and swell
suppers, but she decided finally that he
was deceiving her. She heard that de
tectives were looking for a man who
had sw indled the proprietors . of the
Hotel Imperial out of $50 and she sent
them a photograph of Van Auken. It
was the right man, and they went im
mediately to her apartments to arrest
him. When they arrived the woman
had accused Van Auken. of deceiving
her and was thrashing him over the
head with a stout leathern belt. The
police locked, him up, and he is still. in
custody.
While in New York Van Auke sent
for a companion, who lives in Alexan
dria, named Ernest Milburn, The lat
ter joined Van Auken in New York
and, it is understood, participated in
some "of his escapades. Milburn re
turned home last night. Van Auken's
father said yesterday that he liad not
heard from his son, and unless he did
so would not communicate ,,w;ith the
New York authorities. He said his son
had been, in delicate health for .a long
time and subject to morbid spells, dur
ing which times he had no control over
him. A short time before the inaugural
ball young Van Auken asked his father
for $50. The request was refused, and
the bov walked out of the house and
did not return. That was the last seen
of him by his family.
OATES DODD NUPTIALS.
The Editor of the North Carolina Baptist
' Weds a Well Known Winston Lady.
social to The Tribune.
Winston-Salem, May 20. Today
cioMTit home of Rev. and Mrs.
at
H.
A Brown, on Second street, there oc
curred a marriage which was of mora
than r-assing interest. The groom wa
Editor John A. Oates, of The North
Carolina Baptist, and the bride was
Mrs. Emma Estelle Dodd, sister to Mrs.
Dr. Brown. . ,
Only intimate friends were in attend,
anie and the ceremony was performed
by Rev. Dr. Brown tne
estimable lady, and has a
miring friends in the city.
Vi" i well known
bride is an
host of ai
The groom,
throughout
Sate 'as the able editor of The
North Carolina Baptist, one of the Bajv
ri5l" nf thp State.
tlSt OrgUiia- ..ill cnt flhlll
Mr. ana
Mrs. uaits n --
ion riavs on a
bridal tour to.puiuit. oj.
and are
to be at norae auii
Vnri. at Fayetteville.
fThe Tribune
tions and best
Mtends congratula-
wishes to Editor and
trusts that theirs may
lois and happy wedded, life.
1
be a
nn
lit
V
Murders Kis Wife and
0
Casts Body Into 'Vat
of Quick Lime.
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STRONG CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVI
DENCE A6AINS1 THE MAN WHO
IS UNDER ARREST.
Airs. Luetgart, the Murdered Wo
man, Left Home Accompanied by
Her Husband Saturday Night The
Authorities Alaklng Investigation.
Special to The Tribune.
Chicago, May 20. Adolph I. Luet-
gert, the well-known sausage raanu
facturer of this city, is locked in a cell
at the police station charged with the
awful crime of murdering his wife by
casting her into a vat of quick lime
The murder was carefully planned and
executed "in Leutgert's sausage factory
in Diversay avenue about 10:30 o'clock
Saturday night, as heretofore stated in
these dispatches.
The remains ot Airs. .Laietgert were
partially consumed by quick lime and
then cremated in a turnace alter her
husband had choked her into insensi
bility. Of course this evidence is only
circumstantial, but the olficers an
nounce that it' is sufficiently strong to
warrant Luetgert's incarceration.
Two rings have been found in the vat
where the body was partially consumed,
and have been identified as those worn
by Mrs. Luetgert. A sediment of dis
solved flesh
torn of the
smokehouse
uated some
were- found,
and bone was in the bot-
vat. In the furnace of a
near where the vat is sit
portions of a human skull
together with remnants of
the larger joints of a human skeleton.
The knowledge that .Mrs. Luetgert,
accompanied by her husband, went
from their residence to the factory at
10 o'clock Saturday night when she
was last seen alive adds weight, to
these particles of evidence. That night
Luetgert securely' fastened the doors
leading to that part of the basement
where the vats and smokehouses are
located, and later on in the night turn
ed on the steam in the vats. The steam
that Snakes the houses a' secting fur
nace was turned on also. After spend
ing the night in his factory, Luetgert
told his children their mother had left
the city on a visit.
The above is an outline of the story
as told by the assistant State's attor
ney. .
Luetgert has expressed a willingness
to talk if the police "will give him a
chance. . . .
Several days after the disappearance
of Mrs. Luetgert, her relatives called
on the police authorities and reported
her missing. Luetgert also offered a re
ward of $200 for her discovery. He also
w ent so, far as to threaten to bring
suit for abandonment against his wife.
This aroused the suspicions of the au
thorities who began an inquiry which
resulted as above. , -
The arrest of Adolph Luetgert, presi
dent of the Luetgert Sausage and
Packing Company, for the murder of
his wife, has recalled and may lead to
the investigation of a murder which
took place eighteen years ago. At that
time Luetgert was a saloonkeeper and
had a place : of business at Cylbourn
and Webster avenues. The victim was
Hugh McGowan. whose only son, James
McGowan, now resides at No. 58 Lewis
street. .-''
Additional developments in the mys
tery surrounding the death of Mrs.
Luetgert have led to the firm belief
that if Luetgert killed her, he did so
without any help. There will be no
attempt to find any accomplices or
make further arrests. A witness was
found today who Is said to have told
the police he heard screams coming
from the sausage factory the. night
Mrs. Luetgert is believed to have been
killed. ,
As a result of, their search today the
police claim to mive discovered a blood
stained chisel in Luetgert's sleeping
room in the factory, and stains having
every appearance of blood on the wall3
of! Luetgert's office in the factory.
A piece of dress goods partly eaten by
acid was found in the vat adjoining the
one in which Mrs. Luetgert's wedding
ring was found. -
About half way between the vats
and the furnace was discovered what
is "firmly believed to be a small portion
of the w oman's body".
Near the vat in which Mrs. Luetgert's
body is supposed to have been consum
ed were found pieces of burlaps partly
destroyed by acid.
Luetgert was arraigned in court to
day. At the request of the State's at
torney a continuance was granted for
five --days to give the police time in
which to finish their quest for evi
dence of the murder. The court re
fused to release Luetgert on bail, and
he was taken to the county jan.
4Fatal Wreck of a Hand Car.
I
RtMmNS
PI I II
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Paducah, Ky., May 20. Supervisor tnan her own should have given
Will Alfred was instantly killed. See-j rigidity Her managers talked of "odic
tion Foreman Andy Kellj' fatally j force. and the grave amateurs of
wounded and three others padly in- pSyChical research nodded wise ap
jured across the river from this place proval, but persons of less dignity soon
this morning. The men wereon a hand , came f orward and demonstrated that
car going at a- rapiu bui v.Luia was marvelous oniy tor ner skiii
screw fell from the car in rront or tne
wheels and derailed it. .me uve oc
cupants were thrown headlong from
the car, Alfred being thrown in front
and the wheels passing over his ab
domen. He leave&a-wif e.
The Usual Spanish Declaration.
Madrid, May 20. A semi-official dec
laration is issued to the effect that
Spain will never agree to the sale of
Cuba nor to foreign mediation in a
"miestion which she regards as ex
clusively concerning herself." .
I AIIPIO
A Boston Bank Looking
for Their Mes
senger. fl . NINETEEN KHR OL BOY
WHO WAS ON AN ERRAND TO THE
CLEARING HOUSE.
He Stopped at Different Banks, Made
the Necessary Statements -and
Wound up Alissing With About
$30,000.
Boston, May 20. Albert M. King, the
nineteen-year-old messenger boy of the
JJliVlilUIl AX X LHJlltXl -lKJ.il IV, lO IHlMUlbi
together with about $20,000 in cash and
a $10,000 United States certificate, not
negrotiabie except between banks.
King started for the clearing house at
10:15 this morning to settle the balance
aerainst the bank, and on the way, ac
cording . to instructions, transacted
other business, involving something
liKe S15.000. As he did not return to
the bank by 1 o'clock, the officials grew
anxious and made a search for the
messenger, besides notifying the po
lice, but up to the present hour they
have been unable to ascertain his
whereabouts.
King has been employed at the Boyl
ston Bank about two years, coming
highly recommended, and his honesty
was never questioned. He has carried
as much as $100,000 of the bank's mon
ey at a .time on previous occasions,
and has never lost a dollar. He lived
with his father, who is employed by
the South End National Bank. When
young King left the bank this morn
ing for the clearing house the balance
against the bank was $15,590.71. To pay
this he received an order on the Union
National for $25,000, the remainder to
be -returned to the Boylston Bank. Be
sides thii, King was instructed to go
to the Freeman's National Ba-rik, at
64 Summer street, and collect $20,000,
which lie was to carry to the National
Bank of Commerceand ay it there.
. King appeared at the Freeman's
Bank and drew the $20,000 which he
was tb", pay at the National Bank of
Commerce. Then r.bout half an hour
later he .called at the Union Bank,
where $25,000 'was paid to him, $15,000
in casn, ana a umtea states certincate
for $10,000. About 11:30 o'clock King
reached the clearing -house. He paid
over the $15,000 in cash, which he had
received from the Union Bank, and ih
order to balance the account he had
to take $590.71 from the $20,000 which
he should have paid to the National
Bank of Commerce. Here all. trace of
the messenger was lost.
As nearly as can be figured. King had
in his pocket, when he left the clearing
house the $20,000, minus the $590.71
which he paid to the clearing house,
and the $10,000 certificate. King is, five
feet eight inches tall, weighs 145
pounds, is thin faced and light com
plexion, with light hair. He was dress
ed in a brown suit of clothes and wore
a brown derby.
LITERATURE AND MATRIMONY.
Two interesting Events in a Days History
of the Twin City.
Special to The Tribune.
Winston, N. C, May 20. President
Alderman, of the University, delivered
the literary address at the commence-
lnent of Salem Boys' School tonight.
The attendance was large, the address
excellent and the effect fine.
John A. Oates, Jr., editor of . Thu
North Carolina Baptist, and Miss Em
ma Dodd, both of Fayetteville, -vere
married here this morning. liey..-H. A.
Brown officiated. They left on the 1U:3&
train on a northern bridal tour.
LULA HURSTS POWER.
The Strong 6IN, Now Marrled..WIII.Reveal
' Secrets..
Chattanooga, May 20. Lula Hurst,
the young woman who performed won
derful feats of strength a few years
ago, is coming in for a share of public
notice again, after several years of re
tirement in which she was almost for
eotten. It is announced that Mrs. Paul
Y. Atkinson, for many years a resi
dent of Chattanooga, but" now living
in Atlanta, will in-a few days present
to the public a full explanation of the
marvelous feats which made her fa
mous throughout the country when a
i voumr eirL Mrs. AtKinson. it win oe
r.impmhprf.i1 wfi? the famous Lula
' Hurst, who astonished people wherever
: she -went by her remarkable exhibitions
of strength.
She moved chairs on which large men
sat heavily, she wrested canes and um
brellas from vigorous hands, and she
Viei-it arm! tn which muscles much larcr-
with which she took advantage of the
Haws for force and motion, for the often
convincing ingenuousness of her claim
not to know the source ot her powers.
Mrs. Atkinson has just completed a
book in wich she relates how all these
tricks were performed, -and goes so
thoroughly into details that any one
can perform them. The book is now
being printed and will make its appear
ance in a few days. ..-It Is-being await
ed with much Interest; by all who have
heard of the seemingly, marvelous pow
jers of the lady. - . ,
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SAGASTA TO THE FRONT.
He Declares the Truce Granted by the Lib
erals Is at an End.
Madrid. May 20. Ex-Premier Sagis
ta, the liberal leader, who presided at
liberal meeting last night, made a vju
lent attack upon the government, dur
ing whkh he declared that the truce
granted by the liberals was at ah end.
,i .VwUnJ up h5s speech by saying
J, . T rollc' ot the government was
.t dangerous, ana that' it must be
vigorously opposed.
Pope Presides Over the Consistory.
Special to The Tribune!
Rome, May 20. The
ope
presided
over the consistoiy
which was hel.t i Hi-
morning for the l ill rrrio r- ,. . . : -
adhesion of bishop in .VV"' " ",mn
onization
of saints. ThiHv ..Qn..i..
' nn- vuiiiiiii; v in.
one hundred
archbishons laii..,. i
the de-
livery of the papal allocution
relativ.
iu me new saints, the
consistory pio
of votes.
ceeded with the
casting
"Coin" Harvey vs. Carlisle.
Special to The Tribune.
Louisville, Ky., May 20. When i
uwuvuiiLcu v v 1 1 1 a. l inc Oliver
Democrats had secured ' Coin" llaivpv
to lecture here next week, the deseinlr
ul nonesi-money put on foot a move
. n i . . . . r -
t""ii io iiiuuie ex-secretary uariish to.
answer Mr. Harvey. It is generally
uuueisiwm inai .ir. Carlisle win accent
tne invitation.
Steinltz Airlves.
Special t6The Tribune.
New York, May 20.-
-Uilliam Steinitz.
the celebrated chess
player, arrived
here ,thisv morning from Hamburg.
1HEY WILL: ESTABLISH MORE
NEW POST OFFICES TO BE ESTARMSHFn
WHERE NECESSARY.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bris-
tow Inaugurates New Policies.
Special to The Tribune.
Washington, D. C. May 20. Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General Bristow
has inaugurated a new nolicv as to th
establishmenfof pdstofllces. The ' last
administration exercised a very con
s-rvative policy in dealing with this,
question, holding that there were al
ready tco many olfices in operation and
that it would be better as .a general
proposition not to have the oitiees toi
close together;
The present regime has determined
to establish offices wherever any rea
sonable ajnount of business can be se
cured with the idea of accommodatina
as many people as possible. Whlk
some attention is being paid to the rul
that offices generally should not be
closer together than three miles, this
is not a fixed limit and many excep
tions have been made. The scheme is
to provide mail facilities wherever
there is a sufficient number of peopU
or amount of business that would m.ikp
it pay, such questions as location near
a star or other route, however, of
course ngunng in the matter.
A YOUNG WOMAN'S TRIUMPH.
Passes All tne Men In Union Theoloalcal
Seminary
New York, May 20. The Union Theo
logical Seminary last evening conferred
upon a young woman in. her twenty
first year the highest honors it has in
its power to bestow. .
The recipient is Miss Emilie Grace
Briggs. the daughter of the I.ev. Dr.
Briggs, professor of Biblical history in
the seminary, whom the General As
sembly of the Presbyterian Church sus
pended for heresy.
Miss Briggs Is the first woman who
ever was graduated from the institu
tion, which is, perhaps, the foremost
m tne cnurcn, ana neia its sixty-nrM
commencement last night. -
The young' woman carried off first
honors, passing all the men in a larg
class. .;.'..
Not only did she receive her sheep
skin from the seminary, but ehe was
the first to receive the degree df Bach
elor of Divinity, conferred by the
Board, of Regents of the University of
New York ; upon graduates- from the
"Union Seminary for the first time last
night. And with the degree came the
additional honor of "gumma cum
laude." ' ; ":
To those who know Miss Briggs In-
timately the distinction she won, high
as it is. is not unexpected. i Sh was
educated in a private school, but -her
best instructor was -her father. When
she was very young she .displayed a
remarkable scholastic bent. In his long
fght with the ecclesiastic authonti-'s
she was her father's 'confidant and ad
viser. It was-she who gave him his
chief aid in preparing his masterly de
fense. ,
It is rather remarkable that the ut
terances which called forth tne nne
fight were made at a commencement
seven or eight years ago.
Dr. Briggs was regarded as one of
the ablest and most learned members of
the faculty of the seminary. His chair
of Biblical history is one cf the most
important. He was one of the lirst ad
vocates of the higher criticism, -in an
address to graduates he deeiarea,
among other things, that Moses did not
write the Pentateuch, and that isaian
did not write one-hair or tne booK nat
bears his name. ' ,
In these later days such a declaration
would not make such a stir as it am
then. But Dr. Briggs' prominent posw
tion as a teacner in. a grrai uiruiuf.n ii
institution gave his utterances added
importance. .... -
Ttf was tried by the New lork PreB
bytery. The case went before the Syn
od of the State of New York. Then it
went to the General Assembly, which
met in Detroit. ; It was finally disposed
of bv the General Assembly, which met
in Washington in 1S94. Dr. Briggs wa.s
suspended for. heresy.
He was not deposed from the faculty
of the seminary, because his colleague
believed In him. , But while he. retains
his chair, he is not permitted to takfc
an active part in the college's work.
M is daughter has studied constantly
under his direction.
11
Now in the Possession of
Captain Shcppard of
Kentucky,
nr mm- pierce i
WAS WRITTEN TO JEFFERSON
DAVIS AT WASHINGTON
Just Before the War-The Letter
AVas Taken From, the House of the
confederacy's President by
Old Union Soldier.
an
Special to TJie Tribune.
Lawnnceburg. Ind.. May 20.-Captair
Jacob Sheppard. of this city, is the io:
sessor of a rather interesting and his-
loncai iuer. written by an ex-Ire
ex-Pre! -
mi-mi ui me i nitea States to
one "wha
d usequently more
conspicuous in
our country's history.
The ietUr purports to have be.-n writ,
ten by ex-President Franklin PK-rce fo
jen. Layis. uie Confederate chiefta
n.
just prior to the gathering of the w
ar-
ciouus mai culminated in the
battle.
s-torm of
Captain Sheppard purchased the let
ter at Carrollton. Ky.. after the War. of
an ex-soldier, who claimed
ken it from the home of Jeff itavi.
the civil conflict. Following is
copy or the letter, which Is written in
a rather peculiar Ftyle, on rather p en
liar paper.
"Clarendon Hotel, January 6. lgr.ii.
"My Dear Friend: I wrote vou nn
unsatisfactcry note a dav or two sin, a
have just had a pleasant interview'
with Mr. Shipley, whose courage and
fidelity are equal to his learning and
talents. lie says he would rather fight
the battle with vou as the stnndnr.1 in
1SC0, than under the auspices of anv
other leader. 1 This feelinir ami ln.lsr.
ment of Mr. S. In this relation is. I ain
confident, rapidly gaining ground in
New England. . Our neonle arc looking
for the 'coming man.' One who is
raised by all the elements T his char
acter above the atmosnhere rnln;iHlv
breathed by- politicians a man natu
rally fitted for thfs emergency by hi
ability, courage, broad fltatesmanhln '
and patriotism.
"Colonel Seymour (Thomas II.)' ar.
rived here this mornimr. and exnrWweri
his views In this relation In nlmr.al Iht
d?ntical language ued by Mr. Ship
ey. - It is true that in the present stat
of things at Washincrton and thromrh-
out the country' no man can predict
what changes two or three months may
nring rorth. Let me sucgest that n
the running debates In Congress public
justice seems to me not to have been
done to the Democracy of the North.
do not believe that our minds at th -
South have any just Idea of the stnt
of feeling prompting at this moment
to the pitch of intense exasperation be
tween those who respect their political
obligations and tho who apparently
have no imputing power but tint which
fanatical passion on the mijdcct of do.
mestic slavery imparts.
"Without lieeusslng. the question of
rieht of abstract power to secede I
have never believed that actual Tilrup
Hon of the Union can occur without
blood, and If through the madness of
Northern abolitionism that dire calam
ity must come, the fighting will noj 1k
plong Mason and Dixon's line merely.
It will be within our own borders. In
our own streets, between the two clash
es of citizen? to whom I have referred.
"Thos who defy law and seout con.
stitutional obligations will, if we ever
reach the'arbitrament of arms, find oc
cupation enough at home. fothing but
the state of Mrs. Pierre's health would
induce me to leave the country now,
although It Is quite likely that my pr
ence at home would be of little Hervlc.
I have tried to Impress upon our peo
ple, especially In Npw Hampshire and
Connecticut, where the only election
are to take place during the coming
spring., that while our union mf tings
are all in the right direction and well
enough for the present, they will not
be worth the paper upon which their
resolutions are written unle we can
overthrow political abolitionism at tlr
polls -and repeal the unconstitutional
and obnoxious laws which. In the caus-
of 'personal. liberty,' have been plaeei
upon our statute books. I nhall lok
with deep Interest and not without
hope for a decided change In this mat
Ur. Ever and truly, your friend.
"FRANKLIN FIERCE.
"Hon. Jeff Davis. Washington. D. C." '
PREVIOUS QUESTION ORDERED.
Balley's'Antagonlsm to Relief-Resolution
' Unavailing. '
Washington. May 20. Th Senafe
rcfolntlnn appropriatlong J50.X0 for the
;ellef of destitute Americans In Cuba
was takn up l.sv the House today. Mr,
Dal7e?l. from th committee on rvle.
reported a rule for the consideration of
tlie resolution. Bailey offered a minor
ity report for the recognition of Cuban
belligerency, but Speaker Reed would
not 1st Bailey submit his report. On
demand for the previous question, th
Houre voted yeas, 113; nays. 81. Ac
tion today Is a fair Indication of what
will happen to ihe Morgan resolution
If it should come over from the BenatoV
Tha, Cuban resolution was brought
tin in'the Senate again today. Senator
Thurston made a speech In favor of
passing the belligerency resolution. Hs
safd: "It Is time for this country to
write a new chapter In International
law, even if it has to be done with can
non and sword."
In the House the pjvlous qu'estion
was orclered. on Ihe debate, which will,
run two hours. when It Is believed the
resolution will pass and go to the Pres-.
iient. ' - - ' "
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