Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-01-21
An Authoritative statement I'm Re-
gard tn ex.Sreaker Biaine's ReIi-
xfouS Faith.


Or. James King, one OF the leading physl-
clans of this city, and widely known IN
Pennsylvania al surgeon general of the state
during the late war, writes the subjoilel
letter which we feel sure will be read with
interest. and which will necessarily he ac-
Cepted as conclusive In regard 10 the inter
estlng topic TO which he refers.
PITTsBURG, PA, January Is, lsI5.
| 10 ihe Editors Of The EittSblgg Gazette:
! observe that anonymous writers In va
Ilous parts OF The country are furnishing
what they term reliable information" in
reg. Id TO eX- SpeakeI Blaines family and
early religious education. AS Mr. Blaine's
name is often mentioned in connection with
public affairs, an authentic statement on the
subject may be of general interest. / give It
therefore over my own name and from long
ana intimate acquaintance with Mr.. Blaine
ard with his family.
1 was member of the Faculty of Wash
iDgton College when Mr.. Blaine was s.u-
dent there. lie entered the Preparatory De
pariment when only twelve years OF age and
from that time until his graduation he was
constant attendant upon the service OF the
Presbyterian chUch which had and still mas
the exclusive control OF the college. There
was no Catholic church in the town. At
tendance upon church service was required
of the students, ami their absence from IL was
noted, and 1t was said, and believe IL to be
true, that Mr.. Blaine never missed attending
church single Sunday during his college
course. 1t was also true that he never was
absent from a recitation during his whole
course; and this boyhoOd punctuality must
have followed him into public life, for have
often seen IL stated in the papers that during
his Speakership of six years he was never
out OF the chair for a single day. Mr.. Blaine
graduated in 1877, before he was eighteen
membertd class.
Mr.. Blaine's father came from a we'll
Known and distinguished Carlisle family OF
the old colonial and revolutionary Stock-a
family specially marked in all its branches
for strict adherence TO the Presbyterian
faith: His mother, talented, beautiful,
widely beloved and truly Christian lady,
was from an equally prominent Catholic
family, and this fact has probably given
rise 10 all the unfOunded gossip about Mr..
Blaine having been a Catholic. No one
knew better than his mother that he was a
firm Protestant, for j very frequently con-
versed with her upon the matter during the
last twenty-five years OF her life-for the
greater part Of which l was her attending
physician.
Mr.. Blaine simply followed the tradition
airy faith of his fathers family, and when,
in his early manhood, he settled In New
England he naturally attended the Ortho-
dOX Congregational Church Of which he has
been member Tor more than twenty years.
AS q Jealous supporter of Mr.. Greeley in
1872, and a Presbyterian, believing in perfect
religious freedom for all, it may well be as
sumed that do not admire or approve the
tone of political discussion that renders
these details in regard TO Mr.. Blaine neces-
sary. But since the question is raised, il is
better that the actual facts he fully set forth.
All papers that have copied anonymous
u.
justice, copy this statement, the correctness
OF which am sure no one will dispute.
Very respectfully, JAMES KISG.
IN THE TRIAL OF LANDS, yesterday,
Alex. W. PiersOn testified to noticing syrnp-
TOMS OF arrangement exhibited by Lands
he expressed his belief ia spirits and spoke
OF seeing spirits in the Tyrol mountains.
Several other witnesses testified TO symp-
toms OF insanity since his return from Eu-
rope. At the afternoon session DR.. Franklin
Lane, the family physician of the Lands
family, testified to Lands having called at
his house in March last, and in an interview
lasting two hours, behaved in a most excit-
ing manner, complaining of his wife. saving
that she was insane, and that he was fearful
OF his own life and the lives OF his children.
The witness ended by declaring the pris-
OEer 10 be an insane man. Other witnesses
testified TO his insane manner.
The RACE OF THE CIrIEs-It is but a
snort time since the grain trade OF Montreal,
Portland, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore
and New Orleans had any existence worth
naming; yet these six ports in the first nile
months OF 1874 handled 81, 900 900 bushels in
flour and grain. and in the same period of
ISIS showed loss from that aggregate of
only 100000 bushels. In the same Dine
months of 1874, New York handled 81. 900 900
bushels, and for the corresponding period of
1875 only 63, Goa loss of One-fourth the en-.
tire amount. New York is thus, in one short
year, shorn of her grand dimensions and
brought down to the level OF the SIX other
ports above named.-BrOOklya argus.
ANOTHER TROUBLED John
James Thompson was held in 81 600 bail in
the lorkville police court yesterday on a
complaint OF entering a young ladyS room
in Irving Place and attempting improper
liberties with her, and, when she cried out .
threatening TO shoot her. Thompson is bout
forty years old, and was born in Orange
county. He said that he was q minister;
that he ''had taken to the missionary busi-
ness in 1eGl," and had travelled in foreign
countries. ". Y. StS', 2oth.
PURSUIT OF A RUNAWAY W1FE,-A
special from Lancaster, Ohio. January 10,
says: Mr.. Gustus Greer came to this city
yesterday, from Circleville, in search of his
wife, who ran away with Oliver Jones. The
police and Greer spent the day searching for
The erring female, but failed TO find her.
THIS morning he got drunk and was locked
mp in the city prison. The mayor fined him
five dollars and costs, and sent him home
this evening.
CUMBERLAND COAL TRADE.-The ship
mentS OF Cumberland coal trade from Cum
berland for the week ending January Is.
amounted TO q 9G6 tons cwt., of which II .. )
tons Is cwt. were by the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad. The product of the mines of the
Cumberland coal regions for the first fifteen
days of January is 42,42i tons 10 cwt., being a
decrease of 500 tons Ii cwt.. as compared wit
the corresponding period of last year.
GONE TO MEET HIS WIFE.-A special
from Anna, Ohio, January Is, says: Joan Il.
Hemacker, a Germ an, committed suicide at
Keppler's hotel, at this place, this morning
He had been married but six months to the
daughter OF l.. Finkelbane, a merchant here
His wife died last week, which is the sup
posed cause for bis act, He left will re-
wife.
pold, the Brooklyn broker who shot himself
on Sunday afternoon. at his residence 14S