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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-26
MR.. BL4IyES CHURCH RELATIONS.
A LETTER FROM HIS FORMER PASTOR.

To the EditOr Of The Tribune.
SIR: May answer through your columns
the many inquiries and letters that come TO
me respecting Mr.. Blaine's church relations.
Mr. AMI Mrs. Blaine unitsd eli confession
of faith with the Old South Congregational Church
Augusta Me- in 1853. DR. f. b. Webb now of the Shaw.
NUT Church. Boston, was then pastor He Dr. Webb
not only had taken TO lovely and gifted daughter
Of his venerable and veneraed predecessor Dr. Tappas
but also taken to heart his athernlsws substantial
theology and judging from his recent action at tue Oli
South installation III Boston may be there no
flaw in the evidences sfthe young couple. They vera
no doubt "soundiy converted The Congregational
Church does not the idea OF falling from grace,
so they must be "perseyering saints" to this day.
However that may be- they are greatly beoyesald hoa-
ored in the church sull they and their household
and their guests always in their places Oh Sundays
The children the sabbath-schoo. And, ones
more they contribute generously to the support OF the
church. by their gifts, their influence and their wiss
cousses.
Mr. Blaine has stated his own signature, the pr
vate letter being male public, taa his father was
Presbyterian aud his mother Catholic He was trained
in a Presbyterian college, and "sat in Presbyterian
sunday-seh DOL cass with OF the who try
ing to forget the fact just for a Mrs. Blsus
comes OF the old New-England stanwood stock, which
has been Congrc gstional fro a the pertaining
Now having stated the facts positively for the benefit
OF some OF the wrongheaded organs proceed to state
them negatively. Mr. Blaine is not PTesbyte rian. .
Nation will please take OF this item, and recall IT'S
Swelling squib about " Blanes Prssey teransm and
how he playing bait catch the unsuspectinS
Presby terans of Pennsylvania. Some ought 10 tell
The Nation that it IS bad enough To beprase
false premises. but it Is downright vilany 70 abuse
premises. The Ndf,0n ought know that
man caught Presbyterian fish with Congregational
bait Mr. Blaine is not Catholic and from tho
above citation Of facts t4s plain Inc has been since
coming mans estate III little child he took his
mothers hand and walked with her church why there
good Protestant day OF Judgment coming which will
no doubt purify by fire the touch OF that mothers hand
SEINE the city papers and of the country papers,
will please take note OF tns tsct- MI Bane y, not q
Catholic. but asht-out, New-Ensland, orthodox
Cengregationaist
II any one asks for my authority Ii is this: From 1872
1881 pastor of the chrck ia Augusta of which
the Baiues members II further proof required
refer to Dr. Webb OF Boston, TO Dr. Alexander Mckea-
ze Of Cambridge former pastors OF the church and TO
the Rev. Arthur Skeele, its present pastor; although
tsese gentlemen may not thank me for diyerng stream
of letters and inquiries from myself upon them.
Albany, n. T., June Is, 1854. JAMES H. Econ.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-26

medical attendance. What he calls the nor'''"'
purity and health and longevity OF the race,
was in reality normal impurity, Ill health anu
premature mortality. The discovery OF Jenhcr
was blessing of incalculablc value to man
kind. 1t has stripped one of the most deaalY
and dreadful diseases of its worst terrors. pc
fore .Jcnner's time about one face IN three, ''ii
over England. was Scared with smallpox NO"
such marks are rare As to the assertion that
vaccination has introduced other diseases INTO
the system. there is no evidence for 1t. Statis-
tics show that the general health OF ciyilzed
people is sounder to- day than it has been during
the period of careful observation. The blils OF
mortality are lower, the standard OF longevity
is higher. TO all these Improvements Jenher
contributed largely, and the researches OF las-
tcur and Koch may result as beneilciaily III
their turn.
Mr. Bergh will do well to confine himsei 10
subjects he understands. BY making binu tilts
against the facts of history, by abusing the great
scientific bcncfactors of the world, by lgno-
rantly disparaging the fruits of their research,
he can only weaken his own influence IN regard
to those questions upon which he ought to
speak with authority.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-26
IN OUTBREAK OF PL5G UE

The outbreak of disease resembling cholera
has excited alarm throughout Europe. The ac-
counts given Of the origin, nature and fatality
of the disease are conflicting, but apparently it
is a serious epidemic. Ii has appeared III a
filthy city where sanitary precautions have been
Systematically neglected. AS cholera is now
prevailing in few seaboard towns in China and
Japan, the more reasonable hypothesis points
To the introduction of the disease from that
quarter rather than from Egypt. 1t is not I'M
likely, however that the epidemic will prove to
be local in origin and development and not the
Asiatic type. A year ago great alarm was
caused by "a similar outbreak i'll Egypt and for
many weeks it was supposed to be Asiatic
cholera, but the medical experts eventually de-
cided that it was local epidemic induced by
neglect of sanitary conditions. Toulon is one of
the dirtiest of Mediterranean cities. There
is no system of house drainage worthy of the
name, and there are few il any sewers. 1t is
the breeding place of epidemics Of all kinds,
and there is strong probability that the
present outbreak is of an ordinary type, and
will be confined to the city. Marseiles seems
to be entirely free from contagion.
Precautions should not be neglected on the
American seaboald. Official information from
the United States Consul at Toulon has not
been received, but if the alarming reports from
the infected city are confirmed and the disease
proves to be a genuine form of Asiatic cholera,
quarantine restrictions should be rigldly en-
forced against all vessels and cargoes, especially
Of rags, arriving from the Mediterranean.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-26
MP. BEEGH our or BIS DEPTH

Mr.. Henry Bcrgh has done much good in his
day by protecting animals from cruelty. But
being an enthusiast, he is liable to accesses OF
fanaticism, and he 5 also tempted to dogmatze
upon subjects with which he is not familiar.
Having read a newspaper account OF a cruel
method of killing dogs practised at Marseilles,
he has Just written n letter to the President OF
the Paris Society for the Prevention OF Cruelty
to Animals, in which he takes occasion to run
q muck at vaccination, reviling Jenner, accus-
ing him of having "hopelessly detcriorated the
human race y; declaring compulsory vaccination
"the greatest wrong ever practised on the
British people" and furiously abusing NJ.
Pasteur, who is made TO figure III this curious
epistle ms "merclless empiric," guilty of
atrocities and detestable q iminal.
That Mr. Bergh should dislike NJ. Pasteur be-
cause Of his fondness for vlvisectiOn, is 10
doubt TO be expected. and on the question of
yiyisection great deal may be said on either
side. But when Mr.. Bergh denounces Jenncr in
the way cited, and charges him with having
hopelessly deteriorated the human race, he is
altogether out of his depth, and talks nonsense.
Not that he is alone in this. A great deal of
nonsense has been written about vaccination by
those who should have known better, and prob
ably it is from the professional assailaItS of
vaccination that lie derives his wild and pre-
posterous assertions. AS matter of fact sus-
ceptible of easy proof, the health of civilized
mankind has been improving steadily ever
since the birth of modern medical science. Be-
fore Jenner's time sound health was the excep-
ton. disease the rule. Bad food, an excess of
sailed meats, filthy personal habits, close and
fetid habtations, a neglect of hygicnic laws
which seems almost incredible now, combined
to keep mortality high and the standard of
health low in every country ia Europe. Dis
eases which occur seldom and only in isolated
cases to day, then ragged as epidemics. Scrofula
was so general that it Tas matter for comment
when any one was wholly free from it. Small
pox, plaques, sweating sickness, cholera, scarlet
fever, and many other complaints, swept
through the land like coniiagratons, decimating
the population.
The Black Death carried of thirty millions of
people in Europe alone For centuries disease
was everywhere, and the most loathsome skin
complaints were so prevalent as to excite no re-
mark The poor in those halcyon days. so re-
GREETED by Mr.. Bergh, died like sheep with the
rot. Even the rich could obtain no trustworthy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-26
TALKS ABOUT TOXIN.
FAVOR OF GENERAL HANCOCK.

n Y VI' UT y 'I@IF'EI' IT,
Ge9rge ~ lIo,-e eracmbcr OhO LegiStai're-N estern
Democrats do not want Cleveland. They are iireu ol
hlvinc the representatives Of NewN0rk pocu ohQ"oS
forced upon Them As delegate TO st. Louis eight years
AGO. WAS di,gisted with Tidens methods and op-
posed him then aud during the compaigu Yet l am a
Democrat have never been anything but Democrat
think there will found many others with the same con-
yicons through the West do OBJECT to an Eastern
man ~ the candidate In fact, believe, the strongest
man the party could put before the country to meet
blaine. Is Genera Hancock.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-26
GcNERAL BUTLER's SENSE OF DUTY.

General b. r. Blcr, Of observation-disclosures ana
irresponsible power will always lesito abuse aud cruelty
Tewksbury is nothing but type. There are miniature
Tewk>buIys IN every county in this Land. Nothing but
a sense OF duty could have prevailed upon Inc TO
spend hours every day for sixty days III the nyestSa
ton of that iniqity. Twice before had been nvest
et but il was too strongly mtrenched for ordinary
We d. 1t required all the executive protection cast
around witnesses prevail upon them to reveal what
fhcY know.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-26
nEMocRATs coNrNG our FoR RLAINE.

Er-G0rerTor Stone, Of Io1d tou NJ OOorado).-There
is no trouble about the Republican ticket 1t gives
satisfaction erywhere The little dsafecton here will
be more than Offset by accessons from the Democrats
have been several days. and have taken occasion
TO Inquire as practical situation. In a downtown
restaurant yesterday the cashier showed me eleven Of
his employees who have always been Democrats who
pronounced for Blaine In hardware store the chief
clerk told that he had always voted the Democratic
ticket but since 1iidcD Withdrew he hac made up his
mind 10 vote for Blaine These indications OF what
have found IN eYeTy DIRECTION.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-26
THE NEWs TaTS MORNING.

FoREIGN.-The State of Florida Cont of Inquiry
in Glasgow found yesterday that Chief OGcer
Thompson was responsible for The accident. -
Mr. Sargent was entertained at a banquet in Lon
don -- The examination of Cashier Roberts OF
the Second National Bank. continued in One
bee -= Five deaths from cholera were reported
in Toulon - Adrian Lewis Richter, celebrated
artist is dead -= The BarhOdi Statue Will be
delivered 10 Mr.. Morton on July :.
IoNGErsS.--Senate considered aud amended
Legislative. Executive and judicial Appropriation
bill. -- House decided the Chalners-Manning
contested election IN favor of Chalmers and he
was sworn as a member.
DoME- sIC-Several persons killed by lightning in
NeN-York. Pennsylvania, Ohio and Wisconsin.
60 HarvaId-Coumbiab boat race postponed. --
Commencement day at Yale, Harvard, Union and
other colleges. - democratic conventions in
Indiaua. Ohio, Missouri, North Carolina, Arkansa as
and Florida. == lac wooden bridge over tine
Delaware River at Trenton burned +.
CITY AND SUBUkBAN.-Members of the National
and 4 ite Repaid ca Can N ts,s were gathering
YESTERDAY. == The Columbia Yacht Club held
il, Ivc tia 60 Park Commissioner Wales gave
Testimony about gravel uSed by his department
-- Commencement exercises were held at the
CITY Normal College, the Newark Normal
School. and several city grammar schools
=- 4 convention Of deaf mute teachers
began IFS session - Gold value Of the legal
,oader SILVER dollar (4l2i2 grains) s4.75. -
Stocks huctuated feverishy but declined and
closed weak.
1By WgATsyR-TErsUNH local observation in
dictate rain followed by cooler partly cloudy and
clearing weather. Temperature yesterday: high
est, 81; lowest 64o average. 77A0
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-26
RLAISE SURE TO CARRY YEw-YoRK.

john T. SD,yh, Of Ai6any-Mr Blaine is certainly 60
ing TO carry the State of NewYork The question of the
Democratic nominee is not important in detemin-
ing that matter Ihey hopelessly at that they
will not able unite any All the local
dltioms IN New-York are favorable to Mr. Blame. Why.
he Will carry albany County which ten thou
sand gainst Mr. Folger.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-26
cANcELLING LoAN CERTIFICATES.

william A. camp, manager Net1 IorL Clearing House.
How ARE the banks nowl They all right; easy
An old shoe The trouble with them is how 10 lend their
money | hear a good deal about tight money outside
but the banks don't know anything about 1t. We
are oanoeng the certificates issued during the May
MAMIE not one has been issued within two weeks and
are canoe ling old every day. We have got things
down TO such smooth working order that the loan COIN
uittee no longer meets every day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-26

D,rBat b. Eni,n, President United STATES Cicd Serrce
Commission II there in the United States that
ought keep OF politics this year, am Ihe hSih
think Cleveland will be tho Democratic nominee. l
remember telling you that had good authority for say
ing tnat while Mr. Blame had not been an active advo-
cate Of Civil Service reform up TO the time he went into
the state Department. he very there the prac-
tlcal need of it, and been heartily in favor or
such reform. think his letter of acceptance viii show
that he heartily indcrses the Republican platform on that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-26

pont these enthusiastic ladies' canvasssd Attic amonss
their 'own setr Aud why should we tradespeope DO
asked to hide our charitable inenaons under oushei
in order that ladies' OF may flnn; theirs IN fancy
cOstumesp
Henry waiterson says ms1 IN the coming rae. can
win 80 IA not for poker ZOE reyeDue aud Yboe "hskers
do not grow o Tie Ia de OF his sbirt cjiab-tse"-
Orleans Pezyune.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-26

marked 10 the minister whohad gone with MN
yotng man In this congregation named bfCaoe WIZ
n fns sjnrer and rye a notion To call him ont, anu
shortly ,fterwari he invited the young man 70 ogine
forward and favor the audience with On appIOpiau
song which be did: and this was. perhaps thn urss
Official recognition gftiIe now famous Chaplain meV"D0
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-26
rnE RIaGEsr CoYUNpRUM OF rHE ACE.

H. D. Marshall, Dfytsn, ohio. DemocraL-The Dom
ocratc party had breath all knocked out OF 1t by
Tudeu's letter OF Withdrawal No, he Will not be nomi
mated In spite of 1t. Ills otter is regarded fnalty
Ills name Will lie mentioned in the convention. Who
will be nominated it is difficult to predict. We all
at sea- and what viii drift out is the biggest cOnundru
OF the age
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-26

gates to Chicago TO vote "a UNI
for ex-senator Mcdonald and to use
all honorable means to secure his nomination.
There is nothing halfway about that declara-
ton. All members Of the party, including Hen
bricks and English, are apparently now uhi'eu
in support of McDonald. Colonel Gray was nomi-
mated for Governor, his chief claim being ti'a'
he was promised the Office four years ago
There will be no stay -at-home Republicans III
Indiana this year as there were in 1857, ana
the State is fairly certain for Blaine and Lo-
gan.
The talk Of Thurman as Preolden-
tial candidate will no doubt receive
new impetus from the action yesterday OF the
Ohio Democratic Convention. 1t chose 1hur-
man and his old associate, General Duroih
Ward, ms two of the delegates large 10 Chl-
cago. There was great unanimity III declaring
that Mr.. Tilden should be nominated at Chi-
caco but further than that the convention gave
no expression of opinion on the PRESIDENTIAL
ouestion. A motion to instruct the Ohio dele
CATION to vote rs a unit was senslbiy Veeea
down. Cleveland's name was not mentioned
nor was Senator PendletOn's whose civil ser
vice reform record seems to have eifectuaily
killed him off with the Ohio Democrats. In
the face of the fact that the Democrats IN Con-
gress refused to rcadjust the duties on wool Ill
fulfilment of Democratic promises made IN
Ohio last year, the resolution of the convention
on that subject seems ridiculous.
The House of Representatives did tardy
act of justice yesterday in seating Mr.. Chalmers.
He was elected to represent the lid District or
Mississippi, but had been refused his seat De-
cause the Democrats were spiteful against him
for leaving their party. The district has re-
manned unrepresented for seven months on
trumped-up charge that Mr.. Chalmers was In
eligible The course of the majority on
this and other contested election cases has made
il clear that some other system of deciding such
matters should be devised Instead of treating
them fairly, inteligcntly and judicially, they
have been regarded by the Democrats in mar
row, partisan sense. Speaking in the Senate
last December, Mr. Pendleton stated what his
party would do in regard to contests on which
no evidence had been taken. He proved to be
right because partisanship, and not justice,
guided his party.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-26
THE CoNEY ISLAND SEASON.

CAPTAIN Mckenzie. Manhattan Beach HotL-We arc he
ginning what viii prove think, the most successful sea
son the Island has FOR years. We are having fun
house every Sunday. The oriental Hotel mas bet"cen
three and iour hundred guests its books already ana
nearIv two-tbirds OF those will remain through the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-26

If the Democrats would nominate Mr. BaYard'
they would be sure OF a Jealous support from the
old match monopolists, if gratitude lives IN human
breasts. For years he acted as the attorney oi
this monopoly in the Senate. and by his opposition
to the removal of the tax caused everybody TO pay
outrageous profits to the few persons VINO con-
trolled the price OF matches The millohs
who endured the wrong, however, might remember
it. as well as the few enormously enriched match
makers.
The National Democratic Convention can scarcely
do better than to insert the following tariff plank
in its platform: ReSo'red That we noticed win
feelings too deep for utterance that the New ork
Democratic State Convention, responding to the
cowardlce of its lack of CONVICTIONS declined TO
say ANYTHING about the tariff and inasnuch as the
rest of us are troubled with the same complaint,
we heartily adopI the tariff plank OF the NeW-lorK
Democracy rs our own.
The DEPENDENTS who claimed to he governed by
high moral principle in their hostility TO the unit
rule in Republican conventions, propose to SMASH
the PARTY if they can as soon as it has abolished
the obnoxious rule and given the people 1uli ana
free representation in the choice Of candidate In
order 10 better Themselves these boilers go over to
the Democratic convention, whore both the unit
rue and the two thirds rule are in force, ana
depend upon that for candidate. But let us no'
Judge them too harshly Their vice is not deliberate
hypocrisy 1t is only u most inflated SENSE Oh
their own moral altitude.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-26

Persons lcar,ng torn for the season, End sum
mailed 10 them, postpaid, for Is cents per
month. with or WithOM Sunday paper,
he address being changed as often as desired.
THr DAILY TRIBUNE pW be sent TO any address
in Europe for 81 80 per month, ph,ch includes
Tie ocean DOStdqe.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-26

The members of the Republican National
Committee now ia the city are unanimous in
the opinion that the nomination of Blaine
and Logan has awakened uncommon
enthusiasm throughout the country. The
only hint of disafiection is that met with here
in the East, whore few Free Traders are
making great deal OF noise. The National
and State Committees will both organize to-
day. and the work of the canvass will at once
begin.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-26

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-26

Indiana Democrats are entitled to the credit
Of giving their favOrite son strong Endorse
mentn for the Presidency. The State Con-
yention Yesterday instructed the dele
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-26
snnes 10 ADVERTISEMENTS.
bnsmcss Nsllres.

APRoFITA ISvFsTMENT-Each 80 doubled
Within 20 iavs impossible Hinsdaie Ctty adjoining
beautiful Garden and CroednoOr Rihe srh
buidng SURROUNDING depot ~ - each inonhH
payments 50 Circulars r. WILSON Attorney SSo bioAu
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-26

CosrAR'S DETERMINATIONS destroy Bedbugs
poscies rats Nice Moths F1eas Ants Cockroschs
Is anfaIhle remedios Not poisonous 400 Broome-st-
20 Maflen.ane AL stores.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-09-17
The western Idea of a Live Town.

"Well, Dodge City may have been a
rough place. reckon 1t was. But it
never came up to Newton. Why, New
ton had as many as half a dozen first
class murders in one night. The man
that didn't carry pistol was of no ac-
count in those days l recollect once
sleeping in a room with thirteen beds,
two men TO each bed, and pistol under
vest or a pair of pants placed beneath
the pillow every time. That was when
the cattle drove to Newton. Most every
building in the town was full of bullet
holes. My father bought a dance house
building and moved it down to Hutch
inson for other purposes, and people used
to walk round it and look at it and ad,
mire the round holes in the window
panes. There wasn't a whole light in
the house. Then when Newton ceased
to be a great cattle-shippiug point the
rough business came along to Dodge
City. 1t missed Hutchinson for the
reason that it was temperance town.
But there's saloons enough in Dodge
City. Why, the mayor is a saloon
keeper, his bar tender is city clerk, the
two marshals are ex- dance house men,
and the school directors are some of them
in about the same fix. ."-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.