The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-05-13
WILL Be TRIED FOR HERDSY.
Kew York prssbytsry Adopts the Majority
Report in Dr.. Briggs Case
Mr.. BLAINES ILLNESS MAY BIZ SERIOUS.
Tn, Premier Thought to be Far From well
Grip Moro Fatal This Year inA"
Last-New York News.
NV YORK BUREAU.
RICHMOND Times.
NV YORK. Nav Y. 1891.

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RICHMOND TINES,
NEW YORK. May II. 1891.
Tho Nav York Presbytery to-day adopted
,bo recom nnendation of the majority of the
committee that judicial proceedings be taken
in the case of Rev. DIR. c. A. Briggs, OF the
Union Theological Seminary. This means
that DIR. Briggs is TO be puton trial for heresy.
The vote was reached after along and general
discussion. in which Dr. Briggs refused 70
! take part further than TO renew pro-
test AGAINST the action Of the committee
and the Presbytery and an intimation that
he should take the matter TO the courts. Dr.
Ncu,a.ne defended DR. Briggs ut consdera-
| he leneth and upon his taking hls seat was
rey.ar,,ei by gre II applause The tresoytery
! tuen spent a half hour trying 70
decide whether 20 condone thiS ~ Vl-
/ Tense and finally cond0ned IT, lie
! m n jrity report was voted down hy % 10 80
an the majority report adopted by vote OF
a. 10 so. Or. Briggs formally protested against
the action Of the Prescytery. A resolution
was tasssd for a committee 10 take III
Briggs case into consideration; ms coh-
mittee will be appointed later, but no acIioh
h expected from them before the OctopeF
meeting.
Dr. BRIGGS PROTEST.
Dr Rriocs' health will probably REQUIRE
him To 90 10 Europe before the June meeting
IN his Protest he laid II want the freooy-
terry +, IN ierstan tIat yesterday en1ereu
n protes. a2a.ns. me appointment o. thls COM
mite al - llve made such a ProOesy
vl protest aee any "ei.be "1'oi ~ LIS
.uas "a snail '-1 rrot"sl q N"V
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/ II t.e country. uo matte. .." ti ,t'
NAV i0se-l- have .D stand alone. VIZ N'
Justice Under tne-. oIrc u B thl-.
make any statements give
vI .t.,l -trl-.en protest a-.il-. fAls a 1. u
Ia -.. synod 81 NoW t3.a .-c w. a % 'A1
A co..ylalt to the next Gene'al Assembly
pLAlSe's ILLNESS MAY BE SERIOUS.
Il WAS announced TO-DAY that Secretary
blaine WAS better but il could not be sad
when be would return 10 Wa-hlngt n In
spite of the favorable reports gwen out 1t
was learned that the Secrel airy bad not been
out of bed yesterday, and had suffered con-
siderable discomfort from pain ana the eX-
II isa ere,t deal more likely that the illness
of Mr. Blaine IL serious than 1t IS that ms
sickness has been exaggerated. FOR long
while he has been in feeble health. slight
stroke of paralysis occurred n his case year
or two ago Its effect has been visible IN the
deliberate slOwness OF in the occasional hest
tation of his speech and IN the systematic re-
gime Of life TO which he has concerned.
GRIPS DEADLY WORK.
A comparison of the records in the bureau
of Vita statistics for the first four months OF
the year shows how much more fatal the grip
was this season than at its first visit 10 Us IN
the winter before last. The whole number OF
deaths for the four months IN 1891 was nearly
a thousand higher than for the corresponding
months Of 1890. The figures are IA, 3O2 against
Is. 262 Besides the grip no other disease was
epidemic during these months; contagious
diseases were at low ebb.
DIR. VAN DYKES OFFER.
If DR.. Henry Van Dyke accepts the chair
of the systematic and dOgmatlc theology IN
Union Theological Seminary 70 succeed Dr;
Shedd. that has been offered HIM, he Will
leave the pulpit of the Second Presbyterian
church at Clinton and Remson streets. Brook
lyn. which he has occupied for thrty-eight
wears. This is the fourth time that DR.. Van
DYKE has been offered a professor
ship, and that it il understood that bis pro-
visional acceptance was secured before the
place was offered TO him. -Four years ago he
declined similar position at Oakland Cal.
DIR. Van Dyke is regarded as one Of the ablest
theologians in the denomination. He has
frequently been a commissioners TO the Cen
eral Assembly. and he presided over that body
when it met in this city. -11@
WALL STREET ECHOES.
The East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
railroad has withdrawn from the passenger
department of the Southern Railway and
Steamship Association on account OF "spat"
with the Western and Atlantic over diferen-
tails The East Tennessee demands lower
rates The Southern Association u considered
the most harmonious IN the country and
never yet has had a rate war. The action OF
the Tennessee has excited some comment,
but il is thought that matters will be adjusted
soon.
DR.. Breyfogle has resigned as assistant Of
the president of the Louisville, New Albany
and Chicago and the office has been abolished.
1t is becoming evident that the gold recently
taken 10 Germany was Ell route Tor ST. Peters
burg. The Russian Government IS SAID 10
have wanted 80, 000 900 and TO have at first
intended 10 take itin Europe but subsequently,
decided 10 draw it from New York. Five
hundred thousand dollars of gold was taken
by the Havel to-day.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
Mr. John Barry member Of Parliament for
South Wexford, Ireland, who was one of the
most prominent members of the Mccarthy
section Of the Irish Parliamentary party, Is
one of the recent transatlantic arrivals IN
this city. Mr.. Barry states that his visit 10
America has no political significance. and that
he is here purely on private business. When
asked hs opinion on the present crisis IN
Ireland he said that Mr.. ParnelPs followers
were becoming fewer every day and that 1t
looked as if by the time the general election
came around that most of the representative
men who supported him would be ranged
against him.
A good deal Of interest is being manifested
over the Stewart will case, which Is being
tried before Judge Wallace Of the United
States Circuit Court here. General Benjamin
L. Butler and William Holt Secor appear as
counsel for the Irish heirs while eX-Judge HOr-
ace Russell and Joseph II. Choate are looking
OUT for the interests of the Stewart estate
The result Of the case is being closely
watched. and the suit will probably prove to
be one of the most sensational cases that has
ever been heard in the United States Circuit
Court.
The directors of the Jersey Central Railroad
Company have elected Walter g. Oakmah Of
the Richmond and Danville Railroad vice.
president. in place Of Joseph 5. Harris re-
Gently resigned.