Evening Star Newspaper, March 7, 1894, Page 9

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MUCH GOOD ACCOMPLISHED —— The great revival mecting at Convention Hall last night drew together one of the largest audiences that has attended any of the meetings. It was an unusual audience, too, in view of the fact that it was made up almost entirely of men. As the series draws to a close, the meeting tonight being the last of the series, the interest has increased to such an extent that Mr. Moody and those who have labored with him decided that it would be best for the accommodation of the crowds to have the women come in the afternoon and the men in the evening. Seats were reserved last evening for men up to 7:30 o'clock, and at that time, as there were a few va- cant chairs, a handful of the women who were waiting outside in the hope of obtain- ing admission were allowed to come in, but of the thousands and thousands who were present only hundreds were of the gentler sex. A Remarkable Series of Meetings. It has been a most remarkable series of meetings in every way. Men and women who are not churchgoers or identified with the cause of religion in any way have been constant attendants at these meet- ings. This was shown more clearly last night than at any other time. A more conglomerate audience it would be hard to Imagine. There were men. of all sorts and conditions; there were members of Congress, lawyers, bankers, merchants, newspaper men, laborers, men out of em- ployment, men who would rather be idle tran work, beggars and tramps. From the platform on which Mr. Moody stood could be seen scores and hundreds of faces of |men who, judging from their appearance, jit were safe to say, have not been on the inside of a church in many a day. But this class of people seemed to participate in the services with quite as much interest and enthusiasm as any. It would be hard to imagine an audience that the speaker would find more difficult to enthuse, it was so thoroughly heterogeneous. 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MAPLEWOOD INSTITUTE, CONCOKDVILLE, Pa. $192 per year; a successful school; one of the best to infuse with energy and to wake up boys to the duties of life; boys under 13 years, $162, J. SHORTLIDGE (Yale), A.M., Principal. S-w,s,m4m* ——————————————————— ee The Iron Hall Moneys. The decision of Judge Hammond of the Massachusetts supreme court, refusing to turn over the $290,000 held by New England Iron Hall creditors to the Indianapolis re- ceiver, was read with great interest by the jarge number of members in Maryland. Judge Dennis in the circuit court of Balti- more will shortly be called upon to decide practically the same question. The mem- bers of the order in Maryland state are divided in their opinion regarding the ad- visability of turning the funds held by the recelvers over to the Indianapolis receiver. Charles J. Wiener, who is one of the Mary- land receivers, has said that he would be in favor of sending the money out west for distribution if he was assured that the members could get more money by so dug. Mr. Wiener’s visit to Indianapolis did not convince him that a transfer of the funds would be desirable. It is urged that the members would get a larger dividend, pro- vided all the money held in the states was lumped together and a distribution made. see - How He Sent the News. An officer who has returned to Paris from Dahomey reports that when King Behanzin found that escape was impossible he summoned his aged mother and sald to her: “I am going to surrender to France. My father must know of it. You therefore shall see him and tell him.” The king thereupon had his mother be- headed, while he cajmly looked on, smoking 4 pe IN TROPICAL CLIMATE A Washingtonian’s Observations in the Far South. A Curious Experience in a Church in Florida—One Way to Force Contributions. Correspondence of The Evening Star. ATLANTA, Ga., March 2, 1894. I have enjoyed a pleasant trip through Florida, where, they say, people live on “fish and sick Yankees,” and truly the! northern money so spent is the harvest of the warm climate. A few people are here for pleasure, but the average is of people who are forced away from their northern home from {ll health and the rigor of a northern winter. It is plain to an observer that this is not the year for the rich, but is the year for people of moderate circum- stances and conspicuous for the absence of northern money; and the cry from the ho- tel and boarding house keeper is “What is the matter up north any way?” It does not seem to enter into the mind of the expectant harvester that such a thing as hard times “up there’’ is possible, and they cannot understand it. A Novel Charch Experience. ‘We met with a novel experience in our travels in Florida by straying into one of their churches one bright Sabbath morn- ing. A handful of natives graced the pews. The sermon over, a gentleman stepped for- ward and very significantly and emphati-| cally requested no one to leave the church, and proceeded to organize a business meeting for the purpose of raising funds to meet a large deficit in the treasury. A very clear statement of the state of their finances was made and the plates passed for contribu- tions. The response not meeting approval, | the speaker warmed up to his subject, and | the polite request was followed by a press- ling demand, which was worded in this fash- |ion: “If we would give generously they would not be forced to lock the doors and call upon us to ‘stand and deliver.’ ” ‘As we had given what we supposed was a liberal donation in the morning collection, we did not feel that we were the parties spoken to, but very soon we became ccn- scious from the glances thrown freely in our direction that it was becoming a per- sonal matter and the indications were that we were the only tourists in attendance. ‘The gentleman went on to state as they found us unresponsive, “that almost ail of the money used in building this church came from north of Mason and Dixon's line, that they kept it cool and ventilated in summer, and warm in winter for us, and they wished us to understand that they expected us to support the church,” and the plate was again passed. The as- surance with which the demand was made provoked us to decided resistance, and to use the mildest expression, the situation became awkward and embarrassing. As we had never been in the building before, and were not Hkely to be again, we bore the persecution in silence, wondering what next would happen. When at last we were \hiberated we could not but comment on the peculiar methods of some localities. There is nothing like travel to find out how “other people do things.” Enjoying the Sunshine. However, they are kind and courteous land we bave enjoyed the tropical vegeta- jiness buildings are large and substantial, | processtonists, | banners flying, marched to a central point, | the head of the line rode a number of mag- tion, the delightful sunshine and the oranges—hardly realizing that cold, bleak winds were blowing not so far away. Quaint old St. Augustine, with its spice of Spanish days and the perfection of mod- ern hotels, brings together the old and new, each more charming for being brought in comparison. Our country is indeed large and one never realizes it so much as when in its extremes that the ice and snow of the arctics and the trees and plants of the tropics are embraced within its borders, From the sands of the desert to the “ever- glades” is a transition from perpetual drought to perpetual dampness—lands con- tinually under water, each bringing forth its peculiar vegetation. We have been treated to a regular blizzard in Atlanta, much to our surprise, but today the snow had dis- appeared and it is mild and pleasant again. Atlanta is a northern city in the south, enterprising and brisk, with many beauti- ful homes and well-paved streets, the bus- and altogether a good place to live. The one objection is the coal smoke, but even that has its advantages, for in the belching smoke of manufacturing chimneys is a sign of prosperity, and while fortunes come and fortunes go through smoke today we are glad to see the sign of activity. ALISAN WILSON, ——.__ & GREAT DEMONSTRATION, Mass Meeting at Buda Pesth in Sup- port of Government Measures. Buda Pesth, Austria-Hungary, was the scene on Sunday of a great gathering of People, who came from all parts of the country to take part in a great mass-meet- ing, the object of which was to declare in support of the government's measure pro- viding for civil marriage, religious Uberty and recognition of the Jewish faith. It is estimated that at least 130,000 persons took Part in the demonstration. Lines were formed in various parts of the city and the with bands playing and where all joined in one gigantic parade. At nates on horseback. A large number of high offictals representative of the towns taking part in the parade were present. The procession moved through Andrassy Strasse, which was packed with spectators, to an open space just at the city limits. | The crowd was so immense that no other | place of meeting could have been had. Prime Minister Wekerle and other mem- bers of the Hungarian cabinet viewed the | procession from the windows of the houses along Andrassy Strasse. They were vo- ciferously applauded as the procession moved by en route to the meeting place. A large number of speakers addressed the great crowd in favor of the government's measure, and resolutions were adopted pledging those present to support the gov- | ernment in its effort to secure the approval of the diet to the bills in question. TRIBUTE TO EARLY. General Order From the Headquarters of Confederate Veterans. A general order has been !ssued from the headquarters of the United Confederate Veterans announcing the death of Gen. Early. The order says: “His name is en- rolled as one of the most conspicuous in the annals of our civil strife, in which he was distinguished for his strong convictions and high order of unflinching personal cour- age. Associated from first to last with the Army of Northern Virginia, his corps par- ticipated in most of the brilliant struggles of that command, and his name will be for- ever associated in history with Lee and | Jackson.” | | | | | things better. | grumble and find fault, you can size him up i last =-||ed his every word with the closest atten- =|\ tion. The singing was a marked feature of (the evening’s exercises, for many of the hymns were of the more familiar sort, and | this great gathering of men let forth a vol- | ume of heavy sound such as does not go up often in sacred song. What Will Be the Outcome? What the outcome of this series of meet- | ings will be it would be idle to conjecture. Mr. Moody himself last night said that the work could only be considered as begun. He would watch for the outcome with the greatest interest. During the month that these meetings have gone on a deal of seed had been sown, and it was now time for the churches of the city to go to work and see that the harvest was made ready for the gleaner. “You have done nothing but Msten so far," said Mr. Moody last night, as he gave out the notices of future meetings in various churches. “Now it is your turn to go to work. Washington is a mighty good city. I am pleased with Washington. I have known it for thirty years and in that time it has toned up a great deal. Wash- ington churches are doing a great and good work, If you don’t like them, go in and make them better, but do not become a grumbler. Keep yourself aloof from that clasa of people, for it is the easiest sort of thing to find fault. Any stupid man can do that, but it takes a smart man to make When a man begins to for a light-weight right away. A Remarkable Sermon. In many ways Mr. Moody's sermon last night was the most remarkable that he has delivered during his stay in Washington. It was based on the Decalogue and on the sentence that Belshazzar saw burning on the wall: “Weighed and found wanting Mr. Moody took up the Ten Commandments one by one, showing that they were simpie laws for the government of life, explaining each law in its true significance, and ash- ing his hearers whether they thought they had lived up to the letter and the spirit of the law; whether they were willing to go into the balance before their God and Maker | and be weighed against His commandments. “There is quinine in this talk,” said Mr. Moody during the course of his discourse. It is bitter, and you would not like it, but, just the same, quinine is good for a man now and then, and I would like it very well if I could make you realize where you stand | and to what extent you live up to the laws of God.” His talk was a severe arraignment of people generally, and his conclusion, reached after an eloquent and impassioned address, was that there is no man who could enter the balance and not be found wanting unless he has Christ Jesus on his side. “Do you think I am preaching the truth?” said Mr. Moody. “Do you? Do you?” looking around in different directions at his hearers. “If you do think I am preaching the truth, hold up your hands. Let every man who believes it hold up his hi ." ‘The result was a remarkable spec- tacle. All over the great hall was a perfect forest of hands raised high tn air. Mr. Moody insisted on his hearers taking a part in what he had to say. After he had talked for some time, he turned about to the ministers on the platform and asked them if they thought any one of them could be weighed and not found wanting unless they had Christ on their side, and there was not a sound in response. Then he called for every man on the platform and in the audience to say whether he could be saved by his own unaided efforts, and there wae a perfect torrent of “No, no.” The service of the evening was formally opened with a prayer by Rev. H. M. Whar- ton of Baltimore, in which he invoked in eloquent terms blessing upon the speaker. “Give him this evening the power of con- viction,” he prayed; “and wilt Thou, O God, who didst speak out of heaven to Saul, speak to the hearts of stone in this congre- gation and make them hearts of fiesh and blood?" Mr. Moody Takes Charge. Moody stated in Convention Hall night that a large number of requests had come in that Mr. Jacobs should sing hymn No. 117, “He Can Save a Poor Sinner Like Me.” And Mr. Jacobs did sing it with an earnestness and a sweetness rarely heard in a man’s voice anywhere and not often even in evangelist meetings hke these. And his voice was powerful and went ringing through the hall, up under the great arches and fairly drowning the little organ, upon which Mr. Percy S. Foster played his accompaniment. There were tears in many an eye, for not many can sing even such a hymn as this with the heart-reaching tenderness that it had last night. Then the choir sang hymn 144, “The Gosp2] Call.” As the music died away Mr. Moody asked that all should bow their heads and ask tor a blessing upon each individual heart pres- ent. He trusted, he said, that for the time, all prejudice and unbelief might be laid aside and that each might seek for him- self a benediction of grace and blessing. After a few moments’ silent prayer the voice of a preacher rose clear and firm to invoke divine blessing on the vast assem- blage. It was Rev. Dr. Hamlin of the Church of the Covenant. He prayed earn- estly for those present as men, as fathers and sons and asked that if they had any faults that stood in the way of a sweet relationship they might break away from such habits and begin anew. He prayed Mr. for help for all who were trying to break |from evil habits, especially from drunken- ness and for the young men, who were struggling to free themselves from the net of evil companionship. He prayed that the saloons of the city and the houses of crime might no longer draw in, as into a whirl- pool, the souls of the young men, and these young men should realize that that is the Burest road to the soul's damnation. If there were any men before him who fre- quented such places he did hope that they might realize the error of their ways and turn before it was too late. ‘Then Mr. Sankey sang the hymn, “Over the Lin which tells in beautiful verse how a young man stepped boldly over the line that separates good from bad, and came out firmly on the side of Jesus. Mr. Moody read the 20th chapter of Exodus, the one that contains the decalogue, and these simple but all embracing Ten Commandants he regd in a plain, uneloquent manner, as though he were laying down a rule of life so right and clear that it needed neither stress nor explanation. After Mr. Moody had spoken a few words regarding the meetings that are to be held in this city after he goes, the congrega- tion, under the leadership of the great choir, sang “Rock of Ages.” Weighed in the Balance. Mr. Moody took for the text of his 4is- course the 27th verse of the Sth chapter of Daniel, “‘Tekel, Tekel, thou art weighed in the balances and art found wanting.” Mr. Moody said that he was going to try to weigh his audience and find out what they were worth, and if they were found to be wanting and light in weight and did not like it they might get up and go out. Belshazzar was giving a great feast when on the wall appeared the words of his doom and Belshazzar offered great rewards to any man in the realm, who could read the writing on the wall. Daniel came in and told the great king of the doom that was hanging over him, and that night there was blood mingled with the wine, for retri- bution came swift. Belshazzar, said Mr. Moody, sinned, but he would not compare him to modern sin- ners, for he did not sin against light and knowledge. He had no Bible, as we have. We sin knowing what we do, and we know clearly what is right and wrong. “And now,” said the preacher, “I want to take you all and weigh you. ‘What with?’ you jask. With the ten rules for the conduct of jlife that I have just read to you. They | | are very simple laws, and many a congress and legislature is re-enacting them. We have laws against murder, and theft, and jadultery, and no man, believer or unbe- liever, can say that they are too severe or in any way not right. Take the first law of all—“Thou shalt have no other Gods pat me.” Isn't that a good law? ‘Yes,’ I hear lyou, say, ‘but we have no idols here.’ No jidols? What difference does that make. | Why, brethren, I tell you you don’t have to |go to China to get false gods. Why, to |many people, the acquisition of wealth is their only divinity. It doesn’t make any difference to Satan whether your God ts of jbrass or of gold, so long as you don’t wor- ship the true, the living God, Jesus Christ. | “*Phou shalt not take the name of the Lord ‘thy God in vain, for the Lord not hold him gulltless that taketh His name in vain.’ Brethren, I don’t believe any bi: phemer can enter the kingdom of God or would want to if he could, unless he re- pents. Heaven is a prepared place for pre- pared men, and I don’t believe God can jmake an evil man enjoy heaven. Blas- phemer, step into the scale tonight and weigh yourself against this law of God. Have you taken the name of the Lord thy God in vain this day? then how can you raise your voice in prayer tonight?” Against Work on the Sabbath. So Mr. Moody went on to take each one of these laws of God in turn, and showed his hearers what it meant. He was par- ticularly urgent and firm in the matter of | the observance of the Sabbath, and called | their attention to the fact that as soon as a | nation loses its respect for the Lord’s day | just that moment that nation begins to go |down the scale. He was very severe upon corporations and other employers who work on the Sabbath. He did not like to speak in favor of strikes, but he did wish that when the next great strike comes it increase the profits of employers and the size of dividends by working for them on the Sabbath. “I have never known a young man who lacked respect for his parents but what came to the lowest depths. Are you kind to your mother, my boy? How often Go you write home? Are you really good to the dear old lady who has loved you and cared for you, and now, in her old age, only wants your love? Are you willing to step into the balance and be weighed against the law of the Lord? Don't you think it would be “‘Tekel, thou art found wanting?” “Thou shalt not kill.’ Oh, you there are no murderers in your midst, cud mandment. Do you think so? Why, I want to say right here that we don't hang our worst people. If a man should come |into my room tonight and kill me for the |sake of my watch and a little money. the | chances are that he would be hanged. Yet jthat man is a nobleman and a prince among men compared with the young man | who comes home at night drunk, every night, and breaks his father’s heart. My friends, I have two sons, and if they want to do me harm I would rather they would Kill me with a knife, and do it quick, than have them take five years by living a drunken and dissolute life, and bring me to my grave with a broken heart. “Are you a drunkard? Then are you will- ing to enter the scale tonight? Brethren, I do not believe a drunkard can enter the kingdom of heaven unless he repents and Wants to be saved.” When he reached the commandment, “Thou shalt not commit adulter: Mr. Moody was particularly severe on all th who had violated the law, He charact-r- ized as one of the foulest blots on our civili- zation the manner in which the world treats a woman after she has been seduced by sweet words and fair promises, while the man goes unscathed, and is regarded as a reputable and decent member of £o- clety because he has wealth. Of the com- mandment aimed at the bearing of false witness, Mr. Moody said that if one-haif of what is sald about them is true, there is not a man in public life in Washincton who should remain there. The same holds with ministers; everywhere there about our neighbors. “And now,” said Mr. Moody, in closing, “I think I can hear some one out in the audience asking if I am ready to enter the seales tonight and here. I say, yes; | em. If an archangel should come down from heaven right now and say: ‘Moody, how about yourself? Are you ready to be |weighed” I would jump into the scales with a shout, not because I am a |perfect man or anywhere near it, | because Jesus Christ is on my side. I would like to ask you ministers here on the platform and you God-fearing men over the hous¢, would you like to be tes: unless you have Christ on your side?” There were cries of “No, no,” on all sides. Mr. Moody said that as the series of meetings drew so near to a close he had a great feeling of regret. he enjoyed preaching more than thirty days he has been in Washi but soon all will be over. and it remains to be seen how the work thus begun shall be continued, and how much of a harvest is |to ripen for the reaper. He asked al! to join with him in an earnest praver for a Dlessing upon the seed that had been sown. Then the more formal vart of the service closed with the singing of the nymn, “Christ Receiveth Sinful Men.” though the choir sang a humber of other hymns while many workers went about among the audience, speaking here a word and there a word to doubting and hesitating men. Yesterday Afternoon’s Meeting. ‘The afternoon meeting of the Moody series women, although a few men were allowed admission, just as a few women were ad- mitted in the evening. There was a crowd that tested the capacity of the hall to fis Imit and there was also a larger attendance of the chorus than at previous afternoon meetings. Prayer was offered by Rev. Dr. Bartlett of the New York Avenue Pres terfan Church, Rev. Eptscopal Church, } the evangelist, and the Sankey and Mr. RB. Mr. Moody Jacobs. address was reference to Christ as the Shepherd of His (people, and he read the thirty-fourth chapter an eloquent iu) compel their employes to do unnecessary | will be made on this very line, a refusal to | think, | that I might as well pass over this com- | ts too} great a tendency to spread evil reports | but | yesterday afternoon was devoted entirely to | TO ADVERTISERS, Advertisers are urgently re quested to hand in advertisements: the day prior to publication, in order that insertion may be es- sured. Want advertisements will be received up to noon of the day f publication, precedence being Siven to those first received, | of Ezekiel, beginning at the eleventh verse, | to show what the Lord had promised to do | for His flock. By reading the entire chap- | ter, he said, it would be found ; a | were twenty-one things that the | had promised to do for His sheep. He cone cluded his address with a passionate to his hearers to follow their eternal herd and to know the peace and comforts and the joy of His guidancé. ——_—_ ELECTIONS IN NEW YORK. Results im the Towns Throughout the State. Charter and town elections were hel@ throughout New York state yesterday, end results are received as follows: Albion—The democrats elected everything but police justice by big majorities. The common council is now solidly Gemocratia. Auburn--The result was a sweeping re- Publican victory. The new board of super visors will be composed of twenty-four re- Publicans and nine democrats. Brooklyn—Augustus C. Fischer, the re- Publican and independent democratic cane didate for supervisor of the eighth ward, was elected by a majority of about 100, Catskill—The democrats elected nine sue Pervisors in Greene county and the repubile cans five. This is a republican gain of twe, Elizabethtown—This town has gofie ye Publican by 230 majority. Jay has gone democratic. ‘Ticagoranda has 408 majority for the re publicans. a Point elects the republican can@i- es. Essex is republican by eighty-six majority, Chesterfield, republican by 191 ity, West Port—Republican by thirty-seven majority, and Wellsborough republican by eighty-three majority. Moriah elects the republican candidates, Geneva—The entire republican ticket was elected by an overwhelming majority. The Meyer ballot machine was used with satis- faction. Gioversville—The elections resulted in the choice of Howard Dewey (rep.) for inayor | by 78 plurality. The board of aldermen is | entirely republican, Litue Falls—The entire republican ticket was elected. Lyons—Wayne county has elected fifteen | Tepublican supervisors. Last year the board | stood twelve républicans to three demo- crats, There were large republican gains |im every town. Middietown—W. K. Stansbury (rep.), for | mayor, was elected by 20 majority. Four republican supervisors were elected, against two last spring. All the five aldermen elect- ed are republicans. Three democrats were elected last year. Plattsburg—The elections throughout Clin- ton county for supervisors resulted in the election of nine republicans and five demo- crats. This is a gain of two for the repub- licans. Saranac Lake—Franklin county turne@ out a big vote, and present indications show large republican gains. Whitehali—A large vote was polled in Be- sex county. Fifteen out of eighteen towns elected republican supervisors and show in- creased republican majorities. In Rochester the republicans are jubilant | over the outcome of the election, their can- | didate for mayor having been elected by @ majority of probably 3,000, In Little Falls not a single democrat was elected. xe county shows re- democrats lose three Every town in W publican gains. The Supervisors. The returns from Rockland, Washington, Clinton and Greene counties all show that the republicans have either held their owm or made gains. Bitter Fight at Oswego. In Oswego the Gght was between Cleves land democrats, Hill democrats and Piatt and anti-Platt republicans, The returns in the mayoralty tight are so badly mixed that an official count will be necessary to decide as to the winning candidate. There is great excitement over the result, and the | office of the city clerk and one of the poll- | ing places are under police guard. The anti- Platt republicans elect four aldermen against two each for the Cleveland demo- |crats and Platt republicans, In the new | board of supervisors the anti-Platt repub- licans will have a majority of at least | four. ° The new Duchess county board of super- Visors will have a republican majority of thirteen. Last year the democrats elected fourteen supervisors. Yesterday they eleet- ed seven only. | In Lansingburg the democrats did not | elect a single candidate. The same condi- tion of affairs prevailed in the town of Saratoga and Ballston, The republicans gained six seats in the board of supervisors. Late returns show that the board of su- pervisors of Washington county will be the same as the last board—thirteen republicans and four democrats. In Oneida county the republicans have gained one seat in the board of supervisors, In Ithaca the republicans elected all their candidates for the boards of aldermen and Supervisors, except in the third ward, where the democrats held their own, The democrats in Rochester gained three seats in the common council. The new board of supervisors will be about the same as the old one. In Monroe county {t ts considered proba- ; ble that the republicans will capture sev- eral seats from the democrats in the board of supervisors. | The election at Troy was a quiet one,with the exception of the fatal fight in the eigh- teenth ward. With a few districts missing, the vote for mayor shows that Molloy, the | regular democrat, has defeated Whelan, the independent, by 1,400 votes. | ANXIOUS FOR A Friends of Professor Shortlidge Hope to Efface the Charge ef Marder. Prof. Swithin C, Shortlidge, who shot an@ killed his wife in Media, Pa., on Decem! 31 last, and is now confined in the Nortis- town Insane Asylum, will probably be | brought to Media during the present term | of criminal court for trial, He is under $20,000 bail for his appearance at the pres- ent term to answér the charge of killing bis wife. |, His friends and counsel are anxious te | have the case heard and the charge hanging | over him removed. They believe that under the evidence there can be but one result, @ verdict of not guilty on the ground of in- sanity, Prof, Shortlidge’s condition does not ime Prove in the asylum, and he is now thought to be hopelessly insane, When his case is heard it will be necessary for him to be | brought td Media to appear in court. | Judge Clayton said yesterday that if the counsel could agree upon some day next Week for the trial they would begin the case early in the day and endeavor to finish it in oné day, so that Prof. Shortlidge would not have to be kept im jail over night, He could be brought from Norristown im the morning and taken back in the aster- | Roon if the verdict was acquittal. | The court has appointed Henry C. How- jard, president of the Delaware County | Trust Company, guardian of the tive niinow | children of Prof. Shoruidge. Their names | are Swithin, Lucretia, Wentworth, Raphael and Ernest, 7 TRIAL. soe Disastrous Fire at Lancaster, Pa, Fire last evening wrought destruction tm | the heart of the business portion of Lam jcaster, Pa, when the large three-story building an East King street, occupied by H. M. Meyers as a picture frame and novelty store, and by Miss Mary Rose @ dealer m umbrellas, caught fire from an unknown cause. The flames originated im the cellar. Meyers carried a stock of goods | Valued at from $10,000 to $12,000, compos- {ed of pictures, bric-a-brac, picture frames, looking glass: early all of which is yed by fire, smoke and water, 'S stock of umbrellas is algo cum- ruir : insurance of tried insurance, but it will not cover The building was insured for $4.00 ‘he adjoining buildings of Myers & Tahfona and Watt & Shand, dry goods and clothing, were also damaged. While the flames were at their height @ fire broke out in the tobacco warehouse of C. G. Herr, less than a block away, aad the of the fire department was tempor. arily diverted. The flames in the latter | building were subdued with a comperatives | ty small loss. | Indorscd by all, De. Ball's Cough term, pletely $2,000.