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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-01

Governor Powers Of Maine intends soon TO visit
Cuba and Porto RIO taking his STAFF with him.
Many years ago General Gomez first met Generai
Arthur Macarthur The other day he said OF MIN
II do not know many OF the American soldiers IN
the Philippines but know Macarthur. and II ne
cannot win Americas battles no man IN the worio
can"
Senator Frye will make the address at the open
ing OF the new High School in Lewiston Me-
which is named after him. next Wednesday even
ing.
The Rev Dr. willard NJ. Rice OF Philadelphia
who has Just completed his eighty-second year.
has been engaged In literary work In connection
with the Presbyterian Board OF Publication since
1860
f. Jones n member Of the Leeds England police
force sent In three paintings TO the Royal Academy
this spring one OF which accepted The police
m2r-ari,st Is thirty years old and first became in
terested I'm painting while stationed In the Leeds
Ar; Gallery He has had little instruction
President Hyde OF Bowdoin College declares in
The New World" that the current creed OF Chris
tendon is a chaos OF contradictions facts and
fancies. intuitions and superstitIons bound In one
bundle Of tradition. which the honest believer finds
hard 20 swallow whole. and which the earnest
doubtef is reluctant to reject completely
Senator Carter. Of Montana says that In ten
years Montana will be producing annually more
wheat and -four thnn my two States In the Union.
II Will be shipped he adds. TO Asiatic markets.
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DOUBT AND THE cLERGYs DUTY.

. CORRESPONDENT REITERATEs HIS BELIEF
THAT DIsPUTATIoN SHOULD NOT BE PUBLIC
To the Editor Of The Tribune.
sr. Your correspondent, "A Minister" while
acknowledging the justice OF the contention that
doubtful disputation should be reserved Tor pro-
fess,onal circles goes on TO say that IL Is IL mis-
take TO argue that the minister or other profes-
sional man must never state a doubt or raise
question outside OF those circles.
The danger OF such procedure is well Illustrated
hv the very example he cites II he will take the
trouble TO make the rounds of the hospitals ana
dIssecting-rooms II he will take the trouble TO
study this question as It Is presented by the pest
minds of the day can assure MIN that he VIII
draw the blue pencil through the magazine quo
,at,on which Is based the study OF two cases
Let him go further. into the private house and
there he will sometimes find the family circle
broken from neglect to Use the best curative agents
OF the day that neglect caused In many cases oy
public ventilation OF views ga,ereu b ~ sccommo
dates but case two In It's field or view W0uld
nrofession TO discipline such individuals as there is
in the clerical. The public would proht oy IL. ,A
nI tssre end d the se Clergyman The latter bound
bW VOW promise and contract to teach the oe-
and nsages OF the Church he enrolls in. 1t is hs
RICH: and bounden duty to face questions ana aea
WIN When he fnds doubt in his mind. when his
belief runs contrary to that he has promised o., 10
him TO keep silent or withdraw: lie has trust
10 guard namely the faith OF MS Cnurcn D., ana
~ soIth ~ his hearers. according 10 well estaD-
shcd rules and he Will not befog them or weaken
' ,,;,,s teachings We will then cease to hear
in one quarter OF certain Church that there are
two sacraments and IN another some other , as
w. differences People at large are willing,
yea esr that the minister the the the
tntmortal soul should settle such questions our.
side OF the pulpit We lean upon him IOr suppTd
49, v,e ind him exhibiting signs or weakness
OF uhs'e"u'"'' H. A. FAIRBAIRN. NJ. ID.
Rrooklyn April 20. 1899.
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THE ORDINATION OF DIR. BRIGGS.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
S,r Ia the discussion as to the ordination or
~. pr,,cs n the priesthood. IL seems to me that
the main point is overlooked. As regards that car
d,nal doctrine upon which most of Christianity de-
pends. the Episcopal Church has always been
n,ioauy AZ one with Presbyterians. Holy
pla,E,anns, 10 Tho word OF God Now, II was pre-
cisely because the authorities IN his own presny
,nr,a,, body decided that DR.. Briggs was unsound
~ apS 70 this cardinal doctrine that. 40 FAR as
man can Judge ne left that body, and atter a
time sought admission TO the ministry III tue rp's-
copal Church. , .o...,,os ,,.,oh
II he has abandoned the unsound doctrines s, when
no Taught as a presbytcria then the pupnc mas
a right 10 be Informed OF his change OF views IL
not the question IL simply this; Can those very
S.h,rch neople who have been clamoring 80 loudly
os.Inst Riiuaiis,s because they held the HOLY
Ercharist in too great honor. AFFORD TO hold the
jolv scrlntlres In less honor han do Presby
terang? - .,,o nv "N
Nnv- York April ~ 1SN.
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NO MASS, NO CONFESSION.
BISHOP JAEGER FINDS NO BASIS ro"
EITHER IN THE AMERICAN
PRAYER-BOOK.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: I presume you have all the replies you
wish. and much weightier than mine IN answer
10 your questions on Episcopal doctrine nave
been DELAYED by absence, and reply now at 'n's
late date as a matter OF courtesy
In answer TO question No. !. reply that the
doctrine of the mass cannot by any fair con-
struction be found In the communion once Vi
the Protestant Episcopal Church In the United
States Witness that communion office itseii anu
its history. Both the language and the history
are protestant against the doctrine or the mass
Question. No. 2-Confession-If anything IKE
auricular confession Is to be justihed III '"e
Protestant Episcopal Church In the oh''eu
States IT must find its authority IN this ia"-
guage OF an exhortation at the close OF the coni-
munion office:
"A ,ooouso - &c reouisite that no man should
go 70 tho Holy Communion, but with 1uil
trust in Gods mercy ard with quel - -
science. therefore, II there lie any Oh you, W"
nv this means cannot quiet n's own coi'' -,
herer hut reauireth further comfort or coun-
eel LEI him come to me. or to some otner iil,I,s
ter Of Gods Word and open his griel' ma ne
NAV receive such cody counseI ana t aut "a
may Tend TO the quetng OF MS consc'eh.e, anu
.te -omovirr Of all scruple and doubtfulness.
That his language Is no. intended to JUSTIFY
confession a,rears by contrasting 1t WIN tne
,arg,ss &c 90 .he corresponding exhortauon III tine
English Book:
And because Il is requisite that no man sho si
come 10 the ifoly Communion. but wltn lu,'
trust in Gods mercy. and with quiet COR
science; therefore II there he ANY OF you VINO oy
this means cannot quje- his own conscience
herein. but requireth further comfort or coun a
sol let him come 10 me. or to some other uIs
erect and learned minister ~ God WORD anu
omen his grief: that by 'hc ministry OF pon
Holy Word he may receive the beneht OF apso-
luton. together with ghost!y counsel ana au,
yire to the quieting OF bis conscience anu
avoiding Of all scruple and doubtfulness
Here we have a suggestion Of priestly abso-
Iution which las been carefully stricken out or
our Revised Prayerbook.
Sound Prayer book Churchmen VINO are
faithful to that book find neither the doctrine
OF the mass nor that Of auricuar CONFESSION III
f but rather a protest against both In the
whole Shirt OF the teaching.
THOMAS A. jaeger
Bishop Of Southern Ohio
Cincinnati, Ohio. April p. 1899
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,rENErs OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH

To the Editor OF Tho Tribune.
Sir: In view OF this mornings article on Dr.
prtges would Il not be well 10 ascertain whether
or not there IL any authority as TO what are the
dogmas and tenets OF the Episcopal Church, and
obligatory for It's clergy 10 accept? have tried TO
md such an authority. far without success
As the clergy OF raid Church hold on many points
opposite Views, II seems as II such an authority
was needed badly or II Il exists that II IL greatly
neglected GERALD r, ShEfAhD.
New-York. April q, 1880
1.-THE dogmas and tenets of the Episcopal
Church are contained In the Prayer Book.-(Ed
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PERSONAL.

The monument erected by the State OF Georgia
on the Chlckamauga battlefield will be dedicated
on May 4 All Confederate and Federal organiza-
tons In all sections OF the country invited to
attend and a similar Invitation IL extended to
civilians The monument will be presented to the
State by Major Joseph B. Cummings. on behalf cf
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To the lasting memory OF her s'"''
who fought on nis field
Thoss who fought ami lived ana
those who fought and died;
Those who gave much and those
who gave all
Georgia
Erects this monument
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the Memorial Board. Governor Gambler VIII
cept Il on behalf of the State. and In turn pr
W az the representative OF the Oniteu
states The inscription the monument reaos'
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Cincinnati. Ohio. April p. 1899.
THE USES OF THE WORD MASS.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ANGLICAN AND Ro"HN
DOCTRrNF

THE USES OF THE WOhD MASS"
n,rrrprNcE BETWEEN ANGLICAN AND ROMAN
DOCTRINE.
To thc Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: In the communication in your paper OF the
o-tb signed Anglican" on the question OF the
doctrine NJ the mass / think the writer evades the
true point OF Inquiry. The object - 10 Ieai"
whether the advanced ritualists in ne hplS-
copal Church do do not hold Roman oa'n-
Ollie doctrine The word mass is strictly teen
p,,ai one and must be taken to represent the no
man Catholic doctrine. and the question 49, ~
those priests In the Episcopal Church VINO use INC
word hold Roman doctrine? That there is reai
adherence between Roman and Anglican doctrine
cannot be denied The Roman doctrine II r'sn'-
" translate the decree Of the Council OF Trent Is
IN tho Eucharist: 1T Is one and the same victim
offered by the ministry Of the priests VINO oneieu
Himself upon the Cross. the only dHerehce oei"e
In the mode nature) OF Offering.
The Anglican or American prayer OF cohseG IRA
tion in the celebration OF the Holy mp6n the
CrcsaS fli perfect and sufficient sacrifice for the
sins Of the whole world" The difference is mani
fest and 1t is a difference which al tneo1s, re7
viii recognize as unfortunate; and any FRANK rep
resentation Of he question should plainly state
this difference. The excitement which has pro,
duced the crisis' In the Church OF England arises
from the fear of q rentroductlon OF rtonhHnlslI';
and this fear is by ne and the use
OF II is say the least, cause o! ,S "a
sion and charity would suggest that II be aVoiueo
" The Exclamation of the word "transubstantia-
ton BY your correspondent linus, IN the same
Come prejudice against It, as showing that 1t does
not necessarily imply all that It has been supposed sea
word n allowed 10 put his meaning upon IT.
The writer OF this Ia not member OF the AhBuc.an
Communion. but may be allowed 70 s4 Ics, nm
sen New. York April %. 1899
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ENVOY

But remember, when we've ceased
Giving praise and reckoning odds.
Man shares courage with the beast,
Wisdom cometh from the gods.
Who would win on land or wave
Must bs wise a. well ~ bravo
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-01
DEWEY AT MANILA.
Robert Underwood Johnson. in The Independent

Twas the very verge Of May
When the bold Olympia led
Into Bocagrande gray
Dewey's squadron, dark and dread
Creeping past Corregidor,
Guardian OF Manila's shore.
Do they sleep who walt the fray?
That our cruisers battle-gray
Melts into the misty light? .
All, the rockets fash and soar!
Wakes al last Correeldor!
All too late tfeir screaming shell
Tears the silence with It's track;
This Is but the gate OF Hell,
We've no leisure TO turn back.
Answer. Boston-then once more
Slumber on Corregidor,
And as. like a slowing tide,
Onward still the vessels creep,
Dewey, watching. falcon-eyed,
Orders-"Let the gunners sleep;
For we meet foe al four
Fercer than Corregidor.'
Well they slept. for we'll they knew
What the morrow taught MS all
He was wise las well as true)
Thus upon the foe to fall
Long shall Spain the day depore
Dewey ran Corregidor.
May is dsncing into light
AS the Spanish Admiral
From a dream Of phantom fight
Wakens at his sentry's call.
Shall he leave Cavities lee.
Hunt the Yankee fleet at scar
O Montojo. to thy deck.
That to-day sha | foat it's last.
Quick! To quarters! Yonder speck
Grows hull OF porleni vast.
iIlther. toward cavities lee.
t'otuss Yankee rs,ft nE tnce'
Not for fear OF hidden mine
Halts Our doughty Commodore.
He. OF old heroic line
Follows Farragut once more.
Hazards all on victory
Here within Cavities lee.
II he loses. all Is gone;
He will win because he must.
And the shafts Of yonder dawn
Are nC. quicker than his thrust
soon Montojo he sha DO
with thee In Cavities lee
Now, Manila TO the fray!
Show the hated Yankee host
This Is not holiday
Spanish blood is more than boast.
Fleet and mine and battery,
Crush him In Cavities lee.
10. Helrs geysers at our fore
Pierce the plotted path vain
with the memory OF the Maine!
Now AT last our guns are free
Here within Cavities lee
's;ridley." says the Commodore
I"Ycu ma" hre when ready" Then
Long and loud. like lions roar
When q rival dares the den,
Rreaks the Bwfu, cannonry
Full across Cavities lee.
who shall tell the daring tale
OF our Thunderbolts attack.
Finding when the chart should fall.
Bv the lead his dubious track.
Five shps following faithfully
Five times Ger Cavities lee;
or our gunners' deadly aim:
OF the gallant foe and brave
Who. unconquered. faced with flame.
Seek the mercy OF the wave
Choosing honor In the sea
Undernea Cavities lee!
Let the need the vctors gain
BE the measure of their task.
Less Of finchng. stouter strain,
Fiercer combnt-who could ask?
And SURRENDER" a word
That Cavite ne'er had heard.
Noon-the wofui work IN done!
Not "A Spanish ship remains.
but .of their eleven, none
Ever wns so truly SPANS,
Which r. prouder. they or we.
Thinking OF Cavities lee?
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-05-04
PROVING DREYeus' INNOCENCE.
The Nes Slowly But Surely Drawing Around
French General staff.

Paris, May 3.-SlOvly bui steadily
the net is losing around III, French
general staff in the preyfus revision
inquiry. Gen. Mercic". who was min
ister Of war at the time Dreyfus coil
demned. on being called upon by NJ.
DeFreycinet. the present minister Of
war. to produce the report regarding
the secret dossier which Lieut.. Col. DG
Patty DeClam testified he had sent L.
Mercier. replied that he had discovered
it; and he called Gen. Gonse as q Wit
ness to the truth of his statement. In
fortunately for Mercer, Gen. Gonsc
had already testified before the court
of cessation that although Mercier de-
stroyed the original he kept copy.
Another anti-Dreyfus argument has
received its death blow. Gen. Iurlin-
den military governor Of Paris and
others. while testifying before the court
of cessation attached great Importance
to the closing sentence of the Border
cauX. Il am starting for the manouc-
Nres," as proving the guilt of DreyfuS
and the innocence of Esterhazy, mas
much as the staff probationers were
only notified, Aug. %. that they would
not be required to attend the manoue-
vrcs. 1t has not been proved that this
notification was actually dated May Il.
Therefore Dreyfus could not have
written II am starting for the manoue-
vres' in the following August.
1t is rumored that it was Lieut.. COT
Patty ID. Clam himself who communi-
Gated to the Figaro the dispositions
made before the court of cessation.
..ly-tNN
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-05-04
Howard Crosby &C.,, Il hs.'"s. es"s:;;:s:, s...:
MARKET REPORTS.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
The Features Of the Days Dealing in kII
the Leading Stocks.

New York. May 3.-The market moved
in an uncertain manner, today, aud left
off generally lower, with the declines
most dCccatuated in the COalcrs, CON
solidatcd Gas and Sugar. Commission
house buying was small ana London ana
Il number Of professionals realized profits
On stocks bought at the low figure. yes
to-day. Much Of the buying appeared 10
Dc covering ~ shorts. The carly trading
cont rucd The strength of yesterday <
closing, but realizing and sales on the
theory that the recovery mad been too
rapid, Took tho snap out OF the murket.
The weakness Of the CDalcrs was on sales
by q prominent interest who had been
carrying long llnc Of these properties.
The steel ana Wire stocks displayed firm
pending 70 consolidate a number Of these
properties Although nothing positive as
10 the details could be learned. it was
said that a capitalization Of over $500,
Iun 200 was contemplated. Brooklyn Rapid
Transit fiuctuatc widely ana closed with
over point advance. TeOpleS Gas and
Pacific hail were also strong. The gem
cral railway lls, was fract.Onally lower.
Consolidated .Ias recovered somewhat On
covering, but on the increased cutting Of
gas prices again broke several points ana
closed nearly two Oft on the day. The
arrangement 10 retire the first preferred
stock oI Minneapolis q 81. Louis caused
rise oI over 4 points IN the second pre-
fcrrcd. The closing was weak. Most OF
the prominent bond issues scored i'm
marked u some eases. Total sales 81
iJ1en. United States IS coupon and the
new IS coupon advanced = in the bld
uTirr.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-05-04
FROM CUBA.
Health Conditions Improve Gross Mismarage
ment Charged in Havana Jail.

Havana, May 3.-The most recent re-
ports regarding the health of Havana
population show a great and contihu-
ing Improvement, with death rate
only tvo-thirds of that officially re-
corded for the corresponding period OF
last year. Not a single case OF vel
low. fever is known to exist. The
health of the American troops through
out the island is exceptionally good.
The Havana Herald publishes a SEN
sationaI article. today, charging the
erossest corruption in the management
of the city Jail. 1t asserts that the
nrison officials take money from priS-
oners and then place them at
liberty under a pledge to return if
they are ever asked for.
on the Constancia plantation, near
Cienfuegos. Santa Clara province.
bandits have burned 1000, 900. arribas
of sugar cane. (The arroba is Il Span
lsh weight Of - pounds.)
Major F :. Dodge of the pay depart
ment. who has been selected by the
war department to disburse the $1,000
coo allotted by the government for the
payment Of the troops of the Cuban
army. arrived here, today.
The United States hospital ship
Missouri arrived. this afternoon, bring
ing 4 number OF sick troops.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-05-04

Gen. Otis made no mention IN Ms Is
port to the department, today, OF the
progress of the negotiations with the
insurgents for the cessation of hostlll-
ties. but the fact did not abate the con-
fdence of officials in the ultimate sue
cess Of the pending attempts to arrive
at an understanding. There is belief
1T the war department that the Fill
pino leaders are thoroughly discourag-
ed and it is suspected tnat the next
step in the peace negotiations Will be
4 wholesale effort on the part Of the
individual Filipinos in the insurSent
ranks to make terms for themselves
without reference to others. Mean
while there may be some small engage
ments between the outposts. but nothing
like general battle is expected.
The reported junction effected be
tween the forces Of Gems. LaWton and
nales forces gives great satisfaction
to the officials here. They have been
apprehcnsivc over the length Of the line
Of communication between LIWton ana
Manila but with short route open
now to MalolOs on the railroad there is
no longer any reason to fear that his
supplies can be cut off.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-05-04
Howard, Crosby & Co.'S Letter.
Boston, May 3.

Boston, May 3.
Yester-
Chicago. Opg. High Low Close day
July wheat 1874 1875 729,-7s I27s-1S .2ai
Sept. :" 122s-it 127s 12is 12is-Lb. 12is
Wheat opened somewhat firmer. from Is
70 l4c. higher than yesterdays closing.
helped by the unexpected advance in
Liverpool and also by more rumors of
Russian drouth. Foreign houses operated
on both sides of the market and 1880
bushels OF No. ! Northern spring Were
taken from New York. The Missouri
weekly crop bulletin says: Wheat con-
tinues TO improve and is growing finely
except in some of the Northern and
Western counties, where ii is too badly
injured, TO recover" To offset this there
was a wire from Minneapolis which sad:
Seeding in North Dakota is al stand
sun owing 70 unfavorable weather, with
less than half done ANA half Of the Red
ilNer valley under water Wheat was
quiet at San Francisco, opening lower
but afterwards Steadying. The trade
!ooEs forward with interest 10 the coming
government report and the situation in
me Northwest looks bullish.
Inc stock market. this morning, opened
steady and showed 5 gns of laSSitude,
winch usually succeeds such violent 1uc-
tuduoES as that Of The lasJ TWO days.
Inc range Of prices at first was com
pd:atNely narrow and trade light. hut
tNth4nSc weakened materially ana the
statement that there Will De no gold ship
inculS d"ain helped to turn the mlrket-
i.HlnnSiun II The order Of the day. money
N rts.v. ana W. look for better market.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-05-04

The Missouri House, Wednesday,
passed ard sent 10 the Governor fog
his signature two bills intended to give
the attorney general almost unlimited
power in the prosecution Of trusts.
One permits that official 10 require Of
fees Of corporations who he may be
lievc have formed a trust and against
which companies he may desire to pro-
ceed. to appear 70 give testimony. The
penalty for failure to appear is inn
prisonment for contempt. The other
enables the supreme court to fix 4
place in the state where the officers Of
the corporations against whom the at
torney general is proceeding for vio-
lation Of the antitrust law can appear
and testify. This bill is intended to
prevent the necessity for the attorney
general 10 60 all over the United States
to take testimony as was done in the
recent suit against insurance com
paHie=.