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New-York tribune., 1890-03-31

tlcshp Of the circumcision Paul again. Hebrew
Of the Hebrews et at the same time native cllcnlst
versa apostleshp, and 80 the Spirit III in was
mighty toward the GentileS7 SO also we account for
times in the history Of the Church by such different
men as Athanasi9s Augustine Bernard Myskie
a host Of Others. These were all men possessed OF
marked individuality and easily distinguished from
each other and from other men,
TO GOD BELONGS ALL THE Gil EY.
". But now advancing another step. remark In
the fourth place that the actual result in all cases Is 10
be traced the operation Of the Spirit of God through
our individuality The man is the instrument, but
the spirit is the hand that works with 1t, ana the
glory is due not to the instrument but - Him who
uses il and gives 1t efficacy. When Theresa. whom
the spanards call saint, started ont to bnild Ia. a
hospital with nothing but three haifpcnce, and they
wondered at her raShncss, she replied; theresa
and three half-pence nothing, but God and three
half pence are sufficient and she carried II through
T6 sum up these. LET us distil the cssensc III our
discourse into these two lessons: tlrst, l'cspert
your own individuality. BE content TO be yourself
Int Get that self be purified enerczcd and Inhabited
by the Lord Jesus Christ Do not attempt u ior'c
yourself into the mould Of tie experience oi an0lcr
BE not concerned il your Christian experience siOniu
be different from that Of Others. Come 70 thr.St IN
your own way only that II Is Christ that yon
come t.. Live your own life. but he sure IL i d
Christian life DO your own work. bnt take good
heed that it be Christian work. stand in yonr r:St
great man does his work by imposing his ma xms on
his disciples. He wakes their life lie awaRrns
them to be THIS Is tS wna, CrsS au"an "tI 'o of
their being ard cu lets the stream OF iils lnnnehc
flow thence through their individuality Let Him 10
Then in the second place, give God all the glory y
for what you and have done II Is ne Una, tha,
worketh I'm You to will and to do. lie Is the hop's,
preacher who Is dstinctivcy himself initiating no
yet ne breaches not Aimsclf but Christ. And that
vet Christ Is and felt 10 be living III tiii' sell
and working through it,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-10-18
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

THE Michigan Supreme Court has
sustained tho local option law in test
case taken to it by John w. Teck, who
wanted to open a saloon in Van Buron
County, which he'd voted dry. The court
decides that the Law is perfectly consti-
tutional
HUGu j. GRANT has boon renominated
for mayor of New York by Tammany
Hall.
TIE Mississippi constitutional con-
vention on the 10th defeated tho elec-
tive judiciary scheme by q vote of 80 to
80. This is blow at the Farmers Alli-
ance.
ROBERT ScHILLING, the well-znown
labor agitator, has been nominated for
Congress by the Union Labor party in
the Fourth Wisconsin Congressional
district
THE engagement Of Miss Winnie
Davis, the daughter of the Confed-
eracy," to Alfred Wilkinson, of Syra-
cuse, N. Y, which was announced less
than six months ago and which created
so great surprise in all parts Of the
country, has been broken. Intimate
friends assign as the cause the ill-health
of the young lady.
Hon. COLUMBUS DELANo. for many
years president OF the National Wool
Growers Association, has rendered his
resignation, owing to advanced age and
sickness in his family.
PROF. AUSTIN PHELPS, OF Andover,
Mass, father of Elizabeth Stewart
Phelps, died after long illness at his
Bar Harbor Me cottage on the 18th.
THOMAS P. MURPHY, of North Con-
way, N. H., who twenty years ago was
organist in the house of the Earl of
Gainesborough and who clandestinely
married and came to this country with
Lady Blanche, the earl's eldest daugh-
ter, died at Boston on tho 18th of typhoid
fever.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-10-18

leader among Re- JUSTICE MILLER.
publicans in that State. He, however,
declined the nomination to numerous.
State Offices, devoting his time and
efforts to his profession, in which he.
took high rank.
In 1862 President Lincoln appointed
him Associate Justice of the Supreme,
Court of the United States He was at
the time of his death the Oldest Justice
in continuous service on the Supreme
Court bench-Judge Field, who was ap-
pointed by President Lincon in 1868,
coming next and Judges Bradley, ap-
pointed in 1870, Harlan, Gray, Blatch-
ford, Lamar, Fuller and Bre wer follow.
ing next in order of seniority of service.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-10-18
EORE!CN,

The Russian government intends to
construct a ship canal connecting the
Dnieper and Dwina rivers, forming q
line of communication between the Arc
tic Ocean and the Black Sea and Medi-
terranean.
PILLOW &c HERsY's rolling n ills at
Montreal burned on the 18th, entailing
a loss of $50, 900. A fireman and three
workmen were badly hurt by falling
walls.
THE bark Melbery, from Quebec for
Creenock, has gone ashore at Little
Harbor, n. s. The captain and nine OF
the crew are reported lost.
DISPATCH on the 18th from Havre
states that Messrs. Dillon and O'Brien
have landed on the Brittany coast and
are journeying to Paris
A DISPATCH from Shanghai says the
increased tax levied by the Government
on native opium has aroused much op-
position and the attempt to collect the
import has led to rioting in different
parts of the country. AT Hollow many
persons, while engaged in one of these
riots, were killed. In Liang Hu the
Viceroy refuses to permit the collection
of the tax within his jurisdiction.
A FIRE at London on the 18th de-
stroyed four-story building on Middle
street occupied by Eowley & Brock, hat,
cap and helmet manufacturers and gov
ernment contractors for military head
gear. Six persons were burned to death
and thirteen were seriously injured.
A PROCESSION numbering $4,000 per-
sons marched through the streets OF
Dublin on the 18th, in honor of tho
memory OF Father Mathew, the apostle
of temperance.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-10-18
DEATH AMID FLAMES.

SIX Lives Lost in n burning Hat Fnotory
Women Killed by Jumping Into tho
Street.
LONDON, Oct 14.-Fire Monday after
noon destroyed fourstory building on
Middle street, occupied by Rowley &
Brock, manufacturers of hats, caps and
helmets, and government contractors.
for military headgear. Six persons lost.
their lives by being burned to death and
thirteen were severely injured.
The fire started in the workshop on
the upper floor at one o'clock. At the
time there were thirty persons in the
building. Within two minutes from the
time the fire was discovered the build
Ing was wrapped in flames, which spread
so rapidly that the employees found
every avenue of escape except the win
dows shut off. Through these a number
of them jumped to the street. Five OF
the women employed by the firm were
killed in trying to effect an escape in
this manner.
Several persons confined in the upper
rooms of the burning building tied
sheetings together and, in u umber of
cases, successfully descended to the
street. In some instances, however, the
material gave way and the unfortun ates
fell to the pavement and were more or
less seriously injured.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-10-18
LARCENY AND ExToRTIoN

Charged Against Famous Insanity Ex-
pert Who is Mixed Up in a Murder Case.
New YORK, Oct. 14.-Dr. Walter M.
Fleming, one OF the most famous ex-
perts on insanity, was arrested here
Monday on two indictments charging
him with larceny and extortion. His
arrest is the sequel to the apprehension
of General Milton S. Littlefeld in Bos-
ton on Thursday last. Both are charged
with being in collusion for the purpose
of extorting money from Mrs. Josephine,
Stephani, a wealthy Cuban widow whose
son is awaiting trial for the murder Of
ex-Judge Clinton G. Reynolds, some
months ago.
Littlefield secured S. from Mrs.
Stephani on the pretext that he could
get her son released on the plea OF in
sanity. DR.. Fleming was appointed on.
the commission to inquire into the mem
tai condition Of young Stephani. Be-
fore the murderer was declared insane
1t is charged he received money from
the widow. The checks are all in pos
session of the District Attorney.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-10-18
IN a DEATH TRAP.
Tour Victims of Fire In n Chicago Hotel
Three Men Burned to = Crisp and y
Wotnpa Fatally Injured.

Four Victims of Fire In n Chicago Hotel
Three Men Burned to Crisp and y
WoinHn Fatally Injured.
CHICAGO, Oct 13.-Three men lost
their lives and woman was fatally in
jured at q small fire which occurred
shortly before two o'clock Sunday morn
ing in j. r. Putnam's European Hotel
at Nos. 1G3 and 165 East Adams street.
Tho dead are: Edward Payton, col
ored, twenty-six ye ars of age, porter of
the hotel; unknown man apparently
about thirty-five years of age; unknown
man, twenty-six years of age, of slight
stature. The injured are: Mrs. Minnie
Robinson, jumped from the fourth story
to the sidewalk, legs broken and side
crushed. Her injuries are fatal
The fire was caused by the explosion
OF kerosene lamp in the hall on the
fourth floor. Tho burning oil set fire to
the stairway and soon a sheet of flame
burst from the rear windows. An alarm
was Immediately turned in and second
followed in five minutes. The guests of
the house were awakened by the noise
of tho fire engines, and rushed from
their rooms to find the hallway filed
with dense smoke. The scantily attired
inmates CROPPED about to find way OF
escape. Several were cool-headed
enough to resort to the fire escape that
runs down the front of the building,
Those were mostly men and they got
out safely.
In the hallway, struggling and blinded
by the smoke, were several women.
Mrs. Robinson, with her child, was
amongst them. She became crazed with
fright and rushing to the window leaped
to the pavement with her child in her
arms Her body was frightfully man
gled and she was just alive whom the
patrol wagon took her to the hospital.
During her awful fight through the air
she held on to the baby and, wonderful
to relate, the little one was entirely Nm
injured. When the mother fell her
body acted as cushion to break the fall
for the child.
At two o'clock the fire was under con-
troll and the firemen began search of
the house In a room on the fourth
floor Edward Payton. the colored porter
of the hotel, was found burned to a
crisp. The search was continued and
the fremen soon found in another room
on the same floor the charred bodies OF
two unknown men who had been caught
in the trap and burned to death. Tho
total loss on building and contents will
not exceed IS, 600.
Mrs. Robinson died at the County
Hospital from the injuries she received
In jumping from the window in her
room. The two unknown men who were
burned to death were identified as I. B.
Dowler, of New Orleans, and Kirk
Salms, of Calumet, Mich. Dowler was
professional gymnast and formerly a
teacher of athletics in New Orleans. OF
Salms little is known, but he was sup
posed to be a travelling salesman.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-10-18
WORLDS CHAMPIONSHIP.

Arrangements Made for Series to De-
eide the Superiority of League and As
sociation Leaders.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Oct. 13. 3.-President
Byrne and Mr.. Parsons met here Satur-
day night and made an agreement to
govern the coming worlds champion
ship games. 1t was agreed to play
series of games not to exceed nine in
number. 1t was also understood that
the club winning majority of such
games shall be called the worlds cham
pions of 1891. The umpires agreed
upon to offlciate are John McQuaid, Sc
lected by the Louisville club, and Wes-
ley Curry, selected by the Brooklyn
club. The following is the schedule of
games: In Louisville, October 16, II, IS
and 20, Tuesday, October 81, to be left
as an open date. In Brooklyn, October
2S, "a, 25 and 81. If the ninth game is
necessary to decide the series the place
and date Will be determined hereafter.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-10-18
THEIR BOAT CAPSlZED.
Five Men Drowned in the River Near
kinkora, y. j.


KINKoRA, \. j., Oct. 13.-Five persons
were drowned in the river near the
sluice and the Knicberbocker ice houses
at this place Sunday by the capsizing of
boat. The names OF those drowned
are: solomon, John and Angelo Fletch-
er, brothers; Cheafus Merry and Alonzo
Cannon. All five lived here and wero
employed at Dobbins' brick yard. The
men were bringing twentY-three large
pilings, each alb out fourteen feet long,
from Silver Lake ice house in an open
boat with single sail.
In attempting to make land between
the ice houses the bowsprit of the boat
struck one of the dogs of the former.
The shock and the swift current of the
waters of the sluice caused the boat to
careen and the heavy pilings to shift to
one side, overturning the craft. The
men sank at once and the attempts made
to save their lives by onloohers were un-
ayailinp
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-10-18
LATER.

Mrs. BooTu, wife of General Booth,
of the Salvation Army, was buried in
London the other day. Tho remains
were followed to the grave by more
than 100000 persons.
Four men were severely burned on
the 18th by an explosion of gas in No
slope of the Susquehanna Coal Company
at Nantcoke, Pa. The concussion was
very severe and the timbering in tho
mine was shattered to splinters.
THE Iowa Supreme Court on tho 14th
brought the celebrated Billings murder
case to a final conclusion by reversing
for second time the decision of the
District Court. The Sapreme Court holds
positively that Kingsley committed sui
eide.
BREADsTUFFs exported from the
United States during September past
were valued at S7,1e4,S against So.
799, 304 during September, 1889.
CONGRESSMAN JOHN L. WILSON, who
returned to Spokane Falls, Wash, few
days ago reports the loss of his pocket
book containing $4,000 in securities;
$3.50 in greenbacks and gold and other
valuable papers.
THE National Cordage Company has
made application to the Secretary OF
State of New Jersey for authority to in
crease it's capital stock to SlS, 500, 900. 1t
is reported that the company has effected
n combination on harvesting wire, with
headquarters at New York.
FIRE caused panic in the Elkhart
County Ind. Jail on the 14th. One of the
lu TO 1nf OF
bedding In his room and the smoke soor
filled the whole building. One prisoner
was nearly suffocated before rescued.
Two boys named Ira and Lawrence
Rucker, aged respectively twelve and
fourteen years, were arrested at Sey-
mour, Ind, for robbing the Evansville
& Richmond mail car few weeks ago
Some Of the stolen property was found
in their possession.
THE only son of Colonel Charles
Crocker, second vice president of the
Southern Pacific railroad, fell over the
banister in his fathers house at San
Francisco on the 18th and was killed
He was but ten years of age and would
have inherited the bulk of his fathers
estate, said to be worth S15,000,o0
The Navy Department has awarded
the contract for building coast line bat
tleship No. to thu Union Iron Works,
OF San Francisco, at S3.223, 333. Work
will begin at once.
TIE public census OF New York was
finished on the 14th. and the coun.
makes the population 1,710,715. The
regular census figures were 1878, SOL,
which Is over 1e7, 900 short OF the police
count
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-10-18
Died In the Wreck.

COLUMBUS, o., Oct. 1S,-Sat urday af-
ternoon a terrible explosion occurred in
the engine room of p. Hayden's rolling
mill. The roof collapsed i'm medately
afterward and three men we're caught
In the wreck. The work OF rescue he
gan Immediately. John McNerney was
taken out with most of his bones broken
and lived but few minutes. S. d. Mil
ligan was found still alive, lying in the
wreck of the furnace. terribly crushed
and burned. Fire was all about him
and he. died later in horrible agony.
Hafe Freeman, the third victim, was
badly. but it is not thought fatally
sea ded.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-10-18
FOUND DEAD In BED.
General w. w. Belknap, Ex-Secretary of
War, Suddenly Called to His Account
Brief Sketch of His Career.

General W. w. Beiknap, Ex-Secrstary OF
War, Suddenly Called to His Account
Brief Sketch of His Career.
WASHINGTON, Oct 14.-General WILL
lam w. Belltnap, ex-Secretary Of War,
was found dead in bed Monday morning
in his room in the Evans building on
New York avenue in this city. Tho
room in which he was found joined his.
Office rooms and was only occupied by
the General during his wife's absence
from the city. General Belknap was
last seen alive on Saturday ght about
midnight, when he was on his way to
his rooms, apparently in excellent,
health. Mrs. Belknap, who is in New
York City has been notified of her hus-
bands sudden death.
General William Worth Belknap was
born in Newburgh, n. Y, in Septembe
1929. He graduated at Princeton COL
lege in 1s4s and in 1851 removed to Keo-
kuk, Ia, whore he practiced law. Gem
eral Belknap served through the war,
beginning his service as major of an
Iowa regiment, and at the close was
breveted General. In October, 1862 he
was appointed Secretary of War. This
office he retained during General Grants
second administration until March, 1876,
when, in consequence of charges of off,
cial corruption, he resigned. He was
impeached and tried before the Senate
for receiving bribes for the appointment
of post traders and was acquitted on the
technical ground of want of jurisdiction.
The coroner's inquest showed that the
General suffered from fatty degenera-
ton OF the heart and that the immedi-
ate cause of his death was inflammation
of the heart
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-10-18
BOLD, BUT UNSUCCESSFUL.

Burglar on His Way to Prison Jumps
from n Train Running Fifty Miles an
Hour and is Badly Hurt.
AUBURN, n. Y, Oct. 13.--Edward F.
Rich, who is under sentence to serve in
Auburn prison eight years and six
months for burglary and larceny, made
desperate and almost fatal attempt
Saturday to escape from Deputy Sheriff
Wolcott by jumping from the Now York
Central flyer. The attempt was made
just the other side of Canastota. Rich
was handcuffed and shackled, but at
his own request was allowed to walk in
the aisle of the car. Edging towards
the door and before Wolcott could reach
him he darted to the platform and
sprang from the train, which was NOV
ing at the rate of fifty miles an hour.
The train wss stopped as soon as pos
sible and Wolcott found his prisoner
lying insensible alongside the road.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-10-18
Gone to the Wall.

ABERDEEN, s. D., Oct. 14-Tho we'll.
known and old established banking
house of #. ii. Hagerty Sc Co. closed it's
doors Monday afternoon, having as.
signed for the benefit OF creditors As
near as can be learned the liabilities ag.
gregate S240,00O. The assets will run
from $3.50, 900 to $3.50, 900, con sisting of
bills receivable, bank and other stock
and real estate. The failure was not
unexpected, but up to two o'clock yes.
terday afternoon the bank believed they
agement avoid the crash, but several
heavy drafts came in which could not
be mot.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-10-18

THE camera that does the work for
tho rogues' gallery is concealed. The
prisoner hangs his head and refuses to
look up when asked to do SO, or shuts
his eyes and distorts his face. The pho
tographer makes feint with the camera
in sight, takes out tho plate and ex-
claims: "oh, rshaw! that is spoiled!" or
words to that effect, and walks hurried
ly out of tho room. Tho prisoner raises
his head at once and looks pleasant. He
has outwitted the photographer. Then
the concealed camera gots in Its fine
work, and tho rogue is still more SUR
prised and pleased at being .old that ne
Aln 20.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-10-18

JAMES PEAsE, an old resident Of San
Mateo County, CAL, was drowned at
Redwood City on the 18th, while intoxi-
Gated. Poase claimed to be ninety-eight
years of age, and that he went to Cali
fornia in 1919
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-10-18
JUSTICE MILLER DEAD.

Tho Eminent Jurlst Passes Away Peace
fulIy-Brlcf Mention of His Career ms n
Public Man.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.-Associate JUS
tice Miller, of the United States Su-
preme Court, who was stricken with
paralysis severs. days ago, and whose
death was looked for hourly since the,
time of his prostration by the fatal
stroke, died last night few minutes be-
fore eleven o'clock.
Samuel Freeman Miller was born in
Richmond, KY, April 8, 1915. lie grad.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-10-18

uated at the medical
department of tho
Pennsylvania I'm l.
versity in Kentucky
in 1888 and practiced
medicine for q few
years, b u t after
wards became a law
yer. In 1850 Judge
Miller removed to
Iowa, where he be-
came a prominent
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-10-18

cars and both engines were demolished.
TEN business houses in the center of
Usage City, Kan, were destroyed by fire
on the 18th. Loss, $50, 600; partially in
sured.
MATTHEW =. PINcKNEY, who recently
surrendered himself to the authorities
to answer to the charge of embezzling
Sl,700 from the Lake Shore &c Michigan
Southern Railroad Company two years
ago, while cashier, was on tho 18th som
fenced to the penitentiary for two years.
THE report OF the loss at sea of the
American ship Magellan, which sailed
from Boston on May,1O with cargo of
oil for Valparaiso, has been confirmed.
1t is believed that all on board perished.
DANIEL Il. BEATTY has been indicted
by tho Federal grand jury at Trenton,
n. j., for fraudulent use of the mails.
Beatty is an organ manufacturer, and is
charged with sending circulars through
out the country offeri ng organs at
ridiculously low prices, and after the
receipt OF the money refusing to fill the
order till further sum would be for
warded, claim ng that he had run out of
the cheaper instruments.
IN constituting the fruit paragraphs of
the new tariff law. Assistant Secretary
Spaulding decides that lit is only fruits
that are not otherwise enumerated or
provided for in the tariff act that come
within the scope OF the provision in tho
free list" He also decides that grapes
are dutiable at the rate OF sixty cents
per barrel OF three cubic feet capacity,
and plums, whether green or otherwise,
at the ratio of two cents Der pound.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-06-25
MANCHESTER NEWS.
Brief Bits of Information from the South
Side Of the James.

The Manchester Leqder has given an or
der for new cylinder-press, which 1t Is
expected Will he in place III few days.
Miss Annie BrOdnax and DR.. Lawrence
Ingram will be married at Central Metho-
dist church tonight at $3.50 o'clock.
The Union Democratic Club proposes 10
give n grand barbecue at Walkers Glen on
the 18th of July.
Mr. c. ID. Corhis was rendered barbe-
cue day or two ago at Camps Spring on
Swift creek. ,
Several Youthful citizens were arraigned
before his Honor the Mayor yesterday
morning Tor stealing apples from Judge
Clopton's orchard. They were admonished
and discharged.
Judge Hancock has returned from Pc
tersburg. where he has been holding n
term of the Circuit Court of that city, du-
ring which an immense number OF coupon
cases were tried.
HIgh-Constable George w. Brooks is
quite sick. o,
Four persons were received into Cehtral
church on Sunday morning.
The contract for curbing Porter street
between Fourteenth and Cowardin ave
nue. was given out yesterday by the Street
Committee.
a vacation of one month has been grant
/ cd Rev J.. VI. Peterson at such time az ne
NAV select, win ch will probably be III July
or August. Mr. Peterson thinks of spend
inc his holiday III Mathews county.