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New-York tribune., 1891-04-30
,.,,vro,,xn1ANp NEGOTIATIONS.

London. April o9.-Lord KnutsfoTd was in com
munication to-day with the Newfoundland delegates
relative TO the terms Of the proposed settlement oi te
noints At issue. He promises an arrangement Of the
matter at an carly date
New-York tribune., 1891-04-30
TIE SALON OPENED BY PRESIDENT CARYo.

Paris, April a9.-Presidsnt Carnot today formally
orerod the salon in the Champs Elysees. Tomorrow
,I bo vanishing day. and the exhibition Of paintings
viii lie opened - the public on Friday.
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N IN y = 7
Belgrade April 20.-Ex Queen Natalie Of Serva has
Informed the Regents (Jovan Risttch, General Costa
Protitch and General Jovan Bell Markevtch that She
will weld 10 the influence they have brought to
bear upon her. and will shortly leave servla
New-York tribune., 1891-04-30
MOVEMENTS OF CABINET OFFICERS.

Washington, April 20.-Secretary Tracy returned 10
Washington from Norfolk last right. Secretary fToct~
teft this city for New-YorA this afternoon.
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no pvpFI, UFDREWs FROM ST. PETERSBURG.

TO EXPEL HEBREWS FROM ST. PhIEItoBUI'U'
ST Petersburg, April Ca decree has been issued
ernr the enforcement In ST. Petersburg Of the same
measures against the Hebrews as were recently oe'
creed against the Hebrews Of Moscow The decree
New-York tribune., 1891-04-30

assigns certain places where Hebrews will be permitted
to live in St. Petersburg.
New-York tribune., 1891-04-30

junction permanent, pending the final decision Of
the courts in the case.
Holmes. in an affidavit which was read TO the
court. said that Gilman defrauded his partners by
Systematically falSiiying the accounts and by forg
o., As has been said. the full amount of the
defalcation was S222, ,03i 80. There was due to
Gilman at the time OF his death the sum OF
S6l2l 80 from the profits OF the business Gilman
Genosited thc money which he stole from the hrm
in the Seventh National Bank and the Mechanics
Bank, of tbs city, and the Flushing BANK ana
tLe Queens County Bank, of Long Island City.
lie drew il all out again before his death. how.
ever, and no trace OF IL can now ne loulI' Id Id
81 900 which Gilman had stolen from the hrm
directly 10 the insurance companies 10 pay the
premiums the policies
Charles s. Crowell, who was bookkeeper IN
the firms employ made an affidavit in which he
soid that he had made false entries in the firm
bools under the instructions of Gilman. At the
time the entries were made he was not aware
that they were fraudulent, but supposed they
were made with an honest purpose They were
such entries as false sales and purchases.
Gilman in his lifetime was eNceedlhgly popular
and well liked by nearly every one VINO knew
him lie was q member OF great many cluDs,
and was free with his money NJ the tme OF
his death he was thirtYsiN years OH. pnAy q
few years before his death he married MISS BESSIE
Lawrence the daughter Of Etingham Lawrence;
Gilman was the eldest son OF tne htV, EuWnIu nnd
Gilman. who occupied several important places
in his calling. .. .,
Tie Young man was an excellent muSiclan' and
for "A long time before he was warred ne was
,he organist of ST. tieorge's Church al lllshilg'
and for n while OF church in this city. lie was
n member of the Union Club the Calumet CluD.
the Racquet Club, the New-Y0rk Yacht GluD' the
| Iarchmont Yacht Club, the Lawyers Slub, tne
| PLAYERS Club. the Reform Club, the New'foFk
Whist Club and the Tuxedo Club. 1880
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Rabinovitz recited the Forty-ninth Psalm.
subsequently rendered 10 English by the
1abbi.
The latter then made the closing address.
He read the well-known verses from the
fourteenth chapter of the Book of job
Man that is burn of a woman" etc.
We have assembled on this sacred mound
to-day for the purpose of consecrating this
cemetery to the holy reception of the re-
mains of our dead and to lay this corner
stone OF the mortuary chapel wherein shall
be held the services appropriate to such &C.
casons 1t is seemly on such an occasion
that we should attune our hearts for mo-
ment and listen to the philosophy of life,
since in it we may learn something of the
mystery of death. Not the dead can praise
God; not they who go down into the deep
reeesses of the earth, but we, the living, may
testify by our acts how to serve our God,
that when we die we may leave some me-
mortal to the human family that it shall
have been blessing that we have lived.
$50, my friends, we have come out here TO
commune about death and to speak of life.
To tell, for instance, of the first death the
world ever saw. That was when Adam and
Eve looked on the dead of their child, know
ing not what it was. My friends, il is re-
corded in one of our most sublime tradi-
tons that the birds of the air brought leaves
from the trees and covered up the remains,
so that nature seemed to weep at the grave
OF the first dead. Thus was learned the first
lesson in tenderness in laying away the dead.
The birds of the air, the messengers of song,
husned their music, silenced their song and
covered with natures leaves the remains of
one of the earliest inhabitants of earth.
Even SO as we trace the lines of sacred his
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as they stepped on the new and unex-
plotted turf of Beth Israel Cemetery, where
the wicked cease from troubling and the
weary are at rest"
1t was thus and So with considerable
shiyering as the Cemetery train" had pro-
ceeded on its route Some few spoke en-
yiorsly of the lot of the seals recently let
loose in Lake MERGED. They (the SEALS
were acclmatized to the cold and not one OF
the visitors was in love with Deaths I'm
mortalizing Winter" In shortitwa day to
make some few feel that they might want a
lot in the new cemetery themselves if the
grippe epidemic maliciously held out
The visitors climbed up a slope still swept
by the north wind. They decided, with
out prejudice TO real estate interests, that
it was a good place in which to sleep after
LIES itful fever There was no mistake
about that All the new cemeteries were in
line Right away, nearly to San Mateo
town stretched miles of graye-yards. In
point of fact, too. the new cemetery is the
nearest in San Mateo County to the city
boundary line.
The new Salem Cemetery was, strangely
enough, purchased from the Catholic
Churh, through Archbishop Riordan. 1t
was not a question IF the bitterness in
death bat OF the eternal peace"
'The New Salem" burial plat includes
thirty-fye and a third acres, of which
twenty acres are to be for the present de-
voted to burial purposes. Just 81, 900 was
paid for the land, and the contract for the
erection OF the entrance gate and mOrtnary
chapel calls for $500 more. MesSrs. Peter
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when it was year old. and that did not
take dust from anything that travelled in the
middle oil field.
The man was drilling for was sick and
sent me word to come to Butler aud lie
would pay me for work done on his four
wells that month. | drove over bright and
early and got check for Sl100. | met
several friends, and being in no special
hurry i drove around town until nearly time
turned L saw man eying the money so
greedily that an involuntary shiver of fear
passed over me. | forgot the incident and
monkeyed around in tie town until nearly
10 o'clock that night. when l started for
home.
Half way home was piece of dark
woods in which the body OF the young pop
maker had been found. As | looked at the
side of the road | shivered with appreheu-
sion in spite of the Dutch courage had abb
sOrbed that evening, as | saw some one
trudging along in the road ahead of me, but
felt relieved when l saw it was woman.
The woman stopped and in a hoaIse voice
explained that her daughter, who lived UP
the road, had been taken suddenly sick and
she was on her way to visit her and asked
for lift.
Glad to have company, | helped her into
the sleigh and offered to take her muff, but
she kent it in the other hand. Jolting over
rough piece of road she pulled one hand
out of tile muf. and my heart grew cold
with fear | caught the glitter Of steel as
the moon sh0ne through an open place in
the woods. With presence of mind |
wonder at TO this day l cut the horse saw
agey with the who and dropped it by the
side Of the road. Explaining to the woman
that the hirse could not be held by any one
hat my elf, begged her to get ont and pick
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ana DID, Therefore public sentiment was
al against her, and conviction certain. l
called upon the French Custom-house Off
Ger, and with him and one of my assistants,
was soon on the way to the village. On our
arrival we found the customary dances had
ceased; dead silence reigned in the village.
overcome by excitement and fatigue of the
fetish dances, every body was sound asleep
save the poor victim, who, by clever
medicine man, had been doomed to die on
the following morning. We found her
securely fastened 10 the middle pillar of
the 'Muarsa,' or palace house, fastened in
a kneellng posture m such a way that no
limb nor the body could be moved. She
was surrounded by about thirty to forty
men, strangers in the village, who were
aroused from their sleep by the loud cries of
the poor woman, who alone had noticed us
coming. and no doubt in her fright over the
sudden appearance of the CHASTITY faces Ghe
average African trader looks more dead
come to fetch her.
Having carefully inquired, 1 found the
ringleaders and fetish doctors were known
to me. SO aided by lanternlight, we
caught one before he had time to escape to
the bush with thesotEers. We found him
to be an old chief from a distant country
who had come as prosecutor, this woman
having been accused of having witched
one Of his family. The village chief him
self was found in his hut and soon over
po"ViSu' nc lllsHt OFeT LHe Suuu6n
appearance of white men was so great
that no one even offered resistance. With
out even the stroke of whip we had
secured the desired chiefs aud would-be
murderers. All others fled. After a
thorough search of the village for arms and
other articles of value to the natives, where
with we hoped to entice some to the Porte
TO give evidence, we arrived near midnight
with the two prisoners, the supposed witch,
ten loaded tiintlock guns and numerous
idols. The fetish doctor was absent from
the village at the time, and fled afterward,
on hearing what occurred, to the woods, but
was captured later on by our men. The two
chiefs and fetisheur are kept in chains at
the Porte as warning to others. The poor
woman, whose own sons are said to have
been participants of the fetish rites, was
sent to the mission at Loando, for in her
native country her life is not safe.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE.
DR.. Easton Talks on The Subject of Mar.
riage md Diyorce

DR.. Easton Talks on The Subject of Mar
riage and Divorce.
at Calvery Presbyterian Church last
evening, DR.. T. c. Easton, treated the sub
ject of Marriage and Divorce" as the
fourth discourse in series now under con-
sideration, entitled Dark Shadows of CITY
Life"
In introducing his subject last evening he
spoke briefly of the condition of affairs
which calls for criticism, and said that the
pulpit had been too long silent on the vital
questions of the day, a proper understand
ing OF which is the only true method OF in
stitutingsa reform. He then went into a
history of the institution of marriage. con-
sidering the blessings and abuses from
ancient times down 10 the present, and,
continuing, said:
Sociology is going to be the study of the
twentieth century. The world is confronted
riddle of nlythology-not to answer is to be
destroyed. How shall we preserve the
homep What is to he done in this great
social crisis? are questions forever being
put to our civilization. A blow to the
home. anything that tends to weaken the
strength or mar the sacredness of the family
relation, is a stroke at the church and State
alike"
After touching upon the 'present demorali-
cation OF society resulting from the loose
divorce system now in vogue" the preacher
substance is a total reconstruction To
effect this he would have uniform laws in
all the States relating to marriage and di-
yOrce-sOmething to stimulate a higher
moral sentiment and more rigorous treat
ment of the question by the churches.
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MoRTuARY oAAPE1-s1DE ELEVATION

tory we find repeated evidences of this SUI
of death.
when Abraham sought to find tomb for
the mother of his only begotten son he SAID:
Sell me burial ground, where | may bury
my dead. But the people to whom he
spoke said: Nay, but choose for myself.
We viii not sell unto thee And Abraham
said: No; sell 1t to me that no human being
can usuIp this ground for their purposes
And so Macpelah was purchased, and there
to-day, under that sacred sod, lie all that is
mortal of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob.
There lie all their wives. Even The Mo-
hommedans hold sacred the spot where the
everlasting lamp burns over their ashes.
when Jacob died in Egypt he made his
sons swear that they should bring his body
unto the land of his fathers. Even SO
Joseph desired when the last day came that
they should carry his bones to his burial in
Jewish burying-ground. Even so Saul,
when slain in conflict with the PhiliStines,
desited to be inferred in 4 Jewish burying-
ground. Even SO Matthias, the Maccabean,
desired To be buried with his fathers.
Jewish burial Las ever been a sacred and
grand trust 1t is not for you Hebrews to
say how much you shall pay for Jewish
burial. 1t Is grander to live as a jew than
to die as such, consequently let your lives
be such as Jews and Jewesses that when
your bodies are brought here your souls
may live and your acts may testify as to the
grandeur of your life and bespeak you
ideal creatures made in the image of God
your Creator. Let it be reserved for us
who survive, that in this house and in these
grounds we may have to record works of
charity exhibited in your lives and ask
others to emulate you that your death may
lie Bless ed,"
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THE MUFF WAS LOADED.
An Oh Dealers Narrow Escape From
Dose of Cold Steel.

An Oh Dealers Narrow Escape From a
Dose of Cold Steel.
A party of well-known oil men, who have
followed the producing business from its in
fancy and have worked in all its different
branches, from dipping oil to running sew
eral sets of tools as contractors, were at the
Union Depot waiting for the train on their
way to the Mcdonald field Sunday. when
the talk drifted to OLD times and narrow es-
capes they had seen, and personal reminis-
cences. One of the party. who had quietly
listened to the talk. pulled nervously at his
toby and remarked:
Talk about scares. boys, did 1 ever tell
you OF the Scare l had in the '7Os, when /
was running the tools in the Milerstown
held? You know the time that young fellow
VINO came up from Butler and started a pop
factory in Millerstown, and after making
COLLECTIONS in Butler of over $500 was way
iaid on the road, Shot through the head, and
his BODY found in the woods, where it had
been dragged by the murderer, with the
pockets of the clothing rfled and no clew
to the thief. 1t was short time after that
In the winter. There had been heavy
snow and the sleighing was splendid, and /
had a four-year-old colt that cost me $3.50
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CORN FOR MEXICO.
A Failure of the Crop Admits the Am,
lean PrOduet.

A Failure of the Crop Admits the Amer
lean Product.
Carlos Sepulyeda of Mexico, who is at the
Baldwin, says that the corn crops in the
northern portion of the country have been
such a failure this season that the Mexican
Congress has passed an act allo wing the
free Importation of corn from the United
States.
"a large amount of English capital is
coming into the country, the greater portion
being distributed in the Sta ties of Oaxa and
Chicapas. A syndicate of Englishmen has
recently invested ei50.000 in mine at Zaca-
tecas, which is being worked with excellent
prospects.
President Diaz" he adds, sis partial to
Americans, whom he likes as a nation, and
he prefers to grant concessions to capitalists
from the United States to those Of any
other country.
''Bull-fghting has been prohibited in the
city of Mexico. and the sport is dicounten-
anced by the authorities there, but the scene
of the sport has simply been transferred TO
Pueblo. ninety miles distant"
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WITCHES IN AFRICA.
An Old woman's Narrow Escape From
Death.

An Old Woman's Narrow Escape From
Death.
Carl Steckelman, the young Indianian
who is now in Africa. in letter published
in the Indianapolis News gives some facts
about witchcraft among the natives which
will prove revelation in America. He
says:
The natives firmly believe in witchery
and are much excited because the white
men will not allow innocents to be MUIR
dered. They claim that now witches are
protected by the powerful white man
everybody will soon be killed by witchery.
However, 1t is certain that this kind of re-
ligiOus executions will to some extent cease
now, at least in the immediate neighbor-
hood of European station.
Weeks ago. one evening between and 10
o'clock, was informed that a woman of a
nearby village had been accused of having
caused by witchery the death Of a recently
deceased neighbor. The woman was poor
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A FORTUNE AWAITS HIM.
The Welcome Intelligence Received by
ST. Paul FL Man.

st. Paul Elevator Man.
When Max Whitman entered Elevator l
Mt the City Hall at noon to run it for the
rest OF the day, he found a large square en-
velope. bearing foreign pOstmark and
stamp, sticking in the electric register. In
the upper left-hand corner, according to the
ST. Paul Pioneer Press, were the coat-of-
arms OF the King of Bavaria aud the seal of
the royal notary. 1t was a busy hour for
MAX, so he put the letter in his pocket, and
Tor ever TWO hours he wondered what the
Kings notary could want with him.
AS the elevator slowly assembled and de-
scended Max thought and thought. 1t
can't be notice for me to come back and
serve my time in the army" was the
Thought uppermost in his mind, "for i got
my papers relieving me from the draft be-
fore emlsrating." From this his mind wan.
dered to many other things that he thought
The letter might contain. As consequence
he became nervous. About o'clock the
point was reached when he cou d stand the
strain no longer and opened the letter. ---
1t was notice from the royal notary Civ
Ing information of the death of Mrs. Witt
mann. Max's stepmotheI. which occurred in
the farmhouse in Bavaria the latter part
OF October. 1t also notified him that in
order to settle the estate, which is quite
large, his signature was needed.
When he had finished reading the letter
tears OF JOY for his good luck and sorrow
for his dead mother stood in his eyes. For
some time he could hardly realize that he
was heir to considerable property. for hav-
Ing left home he thought the other children
would get his share. Max put the letter in
his pocket, but IL did not remain there long,
for the good news had TO be read and re-
read.
The afternoon passed very slowly to him.
for he has sister Frances who lives on
lglehart street. and he wanted to rush off
and notify her OF the windfall and let her
share his joy.
Max and his sister will appear before the
proper authorities and make affidavit to
their being the Interested parties, thus send
ing to Bavaria the signatures that will
bring to them snug, sum. how much Max
Dies not know, as it Ia nine years since he
left his home in the old country to take up
his residence In the United States. Most Of
this period has been passed in ST. Paul, and
since the opening OF the new City Hall In
1889 he has been at work about the building.
most Of the time In charge OF an elevator.
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THE ENTRANCE GATEWAY

The Speaker paused and repeated with
considerable emotion, after repeating the
text concerning the perishablenesS of human
things: ''Be man rich or poor in this
ground his body shall find rest. without
money or price. The congregation Beth
Israel. true to its history. shall be the friend
OF the human family. rich and poor. Ii the
Almighty Father builds not the house the
builders build in vain. If God be not with
us, then is our labor vain. We turn to thee
God. in consecrating and defeating this
ground, and ask for thy blessing, thy help
and thy support, even till the last day,
amen"
The assembly silently dispersed and re-
turned to town after just enough delay TO
note with satisfaction the beauty of the
surroundings of New Salem, the home of
rest and peace.
The chapel, entrance gate and Superin-
tendenrs residence, which arc all included
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up my whip She carefully deposited her
out. AS soon as she struck the ground 1
shouted to the colt. who, unused to the whip
and spirited, went like a shot from gun.
AS he started i heard an unmistakable
masculine oath behind me. and, expecting
bullet In the back every minute, l crouched
over in the sleigh. The ride was the longest
l ever had before and since until the
jangles of the bells brought my wife to the
door put the horse up, and as took out
the blankets picked up the muff and car
rled 1t into the house. Inside was revolver
OF heavy ealiber, with all six of its chambers
fully loaded. l staid awake all that night
and in the morning paid off my men."-0il
City Derrick
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OF needed improvements and against the
abandoning of Mission street as a county
road. Better streets, sewers and electric
lights are also required
Another meeting will be held soon and an
attempt made to secure united action of all
pr0perty-0Wners in required improvements.
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HAD A SICK CHILL
Alameda.


The missing pieces of the Park-street
bridge have finally arrived and the celebra-
ton, which has been postponed from time
to time, will take place week from to-mor-
row evening, the 2Sth inst. this date having
been fixed by the committee having the Gel
ebration in charge.
The graduating class of the Alameda High
School wil'giye its party this evening in the
gymnasium of the Olympic Club, on Ala
media avenue
A class in fencing. boxing and turning
has been organized among the members of
the Alameda Olympic Club, and it meets
every Wednesday evening. Professor Rouse
is the in structor.
The Improvement of PARK street will no
doubt receive the attention of the City
Trustees this evening. The action of some
of the owners in refusing TO have a new
sewer laid. and declaring themselves in IA
yor of remacadamizing the street. will be
communicated to the board. The street is
now covered with several inches of mud,
and tile merchants say its bad condition is
hurting business.
The "old maids" of the Alameda Flower
Mission have issued Invitations for re-
cepton and dance on New Years eve in the
Masonic Temple.
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nIIssIon improvements.

Supervisor Taber was present at the meet
ing OF the Mission-street property
Saturday night. He and P. j. Cody spoke
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It outstrips them all. Salvation Oil. the great
pain destroyer. Price only rs cents.
For the mseries OF cold DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup. The peoples remedy. rs cents.