The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 23, 1895, Page 1

VOLUME LXXIX.—NO. 23. SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 1895. 23, PRICE FIVE CENTS. RELIEF PLEDGED BY THE HOUSE. Legislation to Preserve the Country's Credit Is Promised. TARIFFS TO BE RAISED. The Secretary of the Treasury Will Be Authorized to Issue Bonds. PROGRAMME OF THE SENATE. The Holiday Session in the Upper Cham- ber Expected to Be Unproductive of Results. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 22.—For the first time since the short session of the Forty-seventh Congress in the winter of 1882-83 Congress will enter oliday week to-morrow with the in- ion of sitting through the session ally devoted to recess. The occa- ion for this apparent zeal and devo- tion to public interests was President Cleveland’s message of Friday last, which asked the Congress not to take 1ts usual respite from labor at this season of the year, but to remain and provide the neces- sary legislation lo relieve the financial sit- uation of the Government. The House will enter upon this work probably to-morrow, through its commit- tees announced on Saturday. The Ways and Means Committee will meet at 11 oclock and proceed as rapidly as may be with the consideration and preparation of a bill or bill to meet the condition which confronts them. The measure of relief which it is ex- pected the committee will propose will in- clude, either in one bill or several, as may be deemed most expedient, brief amend- ments to the tariff law, not involving gen- eral tariff revision, such amendments to expire at the end of thirty months; au- thority to the Secretary of the Treasury to issue a 3 per cent bond as a popular loan to maintain the gold reserve and for no other purpose, with a proviso that the re- deemed greenbacks shall not be used to meet current expenses, but be retained as long as necessary as part of the redemp- tion fund; authority to issue to National banks ulating notes up to par of the bonds Geposited as security therefor and reduce the tax on National bank circula- tion, and atthority for the issue of certifi- catesof indebtedness to meet the temporary deficiency in receiptsuntil the revenue can be provided. It-is estimated that these proposed tariff changes will add from $30,000,000 to $35,- 000,000 to the income of the Government. One suggestion was that the Reed substi- tute for the issue of gold bonds, made in the last Congress when financial schemes were being considered, should be reported and passed. While it is not probable that the com- mittee will be ready to report tothe House before Wednesday or Thursday at the earliest, there will be no adjourn- ment for more than a day or two at a time until the proposed relief shall have been enacted. Should this be accomplished this week the House will probably then indulge in three-day recesses over the New Year holiday. In the mean time the Committee on Banking and Currency will be at work on a bill to remodel the financial system of the country in the hope that it will be ready for report to the House when busi- ness shall be regularly resumed in Janu- ary. ‘Although the Senate will be nominally in session this week, it is believed there will at no - time bea quorum present. A financial debate may be precipitated Tuesday if Vest presses the resolution for W be asked immediate consideration Saturday. This resolution directs the Sec- retary of the Treasury to coin the silver bullion in the Treasury and apply the . gilver dollars so coined tothe redemption of the Treasury notes issued in payment for the bullion purchased under the Sherman act. If the Senate should be in a humor to permit the resolution to come to a vote, it will surely pass, for the silver men are in the majority by at least a dozen and possi- bly fourteen votes. The - resolution of Butler (P.) of North Carolina, airecting the Secretary of the Treasnry to meet the obligations of the Government with silver, whenever that money is of less value than gold, is also on tie table, and may be made the subject of a speech at any time. It is likely that the Senate will meet only at intervals, for, as all legislation re- Jating to finance and the revenue must originate in the House, until some meas- ure is'sent over from the House there will be little occasion for the Senate to remain’ in session. Now that the holiday recess has fallen through, the Republicans may urge the Democrats to at once fill their committee lists, but there is little proba- bility of this being done until the new year is inaugurated. Taken altogether, the coming week in the Senate promises to be unproductive, unless the unexpected happens. ANOTHER BOND 1SSUE. Decision Reached at a Meeting of the Csbinet. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec, 23.—A Sun special from Boston, Mass., says: The Globe’s Washington correspondent to- night sent the following: Another issue of bonds will be made. This is the result of a conference at the White House yester- day afternoon between the President, Sec- retary Olney, Secretary Carlisle, Secretary Lamont and Attorney-General Harmon. During the past forty-eight hours the President, through his friends, has been carefully feeling the pulse of Congress to ascertain whether the legislative depart- ment would comply with the request con- tained in his special message on Friday, and without delay take steps to properly protect the treasury by the passage of ad- equate financial legislation. He has become convinced that no legis- ation can receive the assent of Congress, or at least not such legislation as the emergency demands, and that Congress is more concerned in playing politics than it is in protecting the country. Under the circumstances there is only one thing left | open to him. | Mr. Cleveland holds it to be his duty to protect, at all hazards, by every means in his power, the gold reserve, so as to save the country from repudiation and going to s silver basis. He is firmly resolved to do this at any cost, and to carry out his pur- pose he will exhaust every means piaced in his hands by law. To replenish the gold reserve in the absence of further legislation he can do | only one thing and that is to sell bonds. | This will be done, and to-day or to-morrow the negotiations which have been pending during the last few days will be concluded. The utmost secrecy in regard to the new bond issue has been maintained, and at the present time not. a dozen persons, 1n- cluding the members of the cabinet, know of the White House conference yesterday | afternoon or the important decision which was reached at the meeting of the Presi- dent and a few of his advisers. S O Fl DRIVEN FROW THEIR HOMES. British Greed Forced Venezuelans From Their Own Territory. FORT WAYNE, Ixp., Dec. 22.—George K. Torrence, a prominent real estate man of this city, spent two years in Cartha- gena, one of the largest of the Venezuelan cities. In 1874 and 1875 he anda his wife were permanent residents of that republic, and they are very familiar with the boundary question now in dispute, as the same misunderstandings as to territorial boundaries were in controversy at that | time. In speaking of the boundary dis- pute Mr. Torrence said: “When I was a resident of Venezuela in 1875 the boundary question was in dis- pute, and out of my own curiosity I looked the question up. I talked with both the English and American Consuls, and also with Guzman Blanco, who was then Presiaent of Venezuela, but who is now a sort of exiled citizen, with a home in Paris. I learned that the terntory of British Guiana was originally a Dutch province, and, according to a treaty, or rather an agrecment, between Holland and Vene- zuela in 1691, Guiana extended as far west as the east bank of the Essequibo River. If you look at the map now you will see that Guiana, which is now a British col- ony, extends far west of the Essequibo River, which was at one time its most western boundary. The British occupied Guiana, and in every *way possible have ever since endeavored to extend their province into Venezuelan territory. *The reason for extending the province is that the British have discovered gold in the streams and mountains west of the Essequibo River. The poor, indolent and half-civilized natives and the Indlan tribes have been driven back from the frontier— not forced in a warlike manner, but have been comvpelled to leave their homes be- | cause the Britixh would squat on them and cleim them a few weeks later as their own personal property. The ignorant natives and the better informed residents of Vene- zuela were alike thus driven from territory they had called home for years. “These British subjects in their greed for gold did not stop in their encroach- ments upon Venezuelan territory, but as soon as the new gold fields were discovered the natives were driven away or dispos- sessed of their lands.” e g SAILING ORDERS DELAYED. Postponement of the North Atlantic Squadron’s Cruise. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 22.—Secre- tary Herbert had a conference to-day with Rear-Admiral Bunce, commanding the North Atlantic squadron, in regard to the sailing of that fleet for the West Indies and near-by South American waters. The admiral was at the department Thursday 1o receive verbal instruction preparatory to the sailing of his ships, but owing to the absence of the Secretary in New York failed to get them. He was notified, how- ever, tc meet the latter to-day for a confer- ence. In the meantime, as suspicion would likely attach at this juncture to the sailing of the squadron for the vicinity of the Venezueian coast, Secretary Herbert, of course, consulted with the President as to the best line of action to be adopted. The interview between the Secretary and the admiral to-day lasted for quite a while, the latter having come on | from Fortress Monroe, his squadron being anchored in Hampton Roads. The ad- miral was orieginally given sailing orders for Saturday last, but they were subse- quently amended, and it is learned to- night that the time of the departure is in- defizite. The present composition of the fleet will be augmented by the addition of the Maine ard possibly the Texas, both battle- ships. Asthe Texas will have to undergo enother trial trip and the Maine is not yet fully provisioned, it can be seen that the sailing of the squadron will not be for some time. e R1JSSO - AMERICANS PLEDGED. Aid Promised by the Officers of the _National Society. SHAMOKIN, Pa., Dec. 22. — John Glowa, president of the Russian National Society of the United States, stated that at a meeting of the officers of that associa- tion last evening it was resolved to lend all aid possible to President Cleveland in case the United States became involved in war with kngland. There are said to be over 200,000 members of the society in this country, many of whom are trained soldiers. DR. HARPER’S VIEWS, The Great c£duc..or Indorses the President’s Message. CHICACO, Irv., Dec. 22.—Professor H man von Holst of the University of Ci cago isbeing roundly scored by the faculty for his recentexpressions against President Cleveland and his attitude on the Vene- zuelan question. The officers of the uni- versity fear that Professor von Holst's opinion will be interpreted asan expression of the university, which, in fact, is directly opposed to that of the German student of American politics. President Harper, Professor Judson and Secretary Goodspeed have given out signed statements, the following being President Harper’s: “The message and policy of President Cleveland on the Venezuelan situation meet my earnest approval. Whether the Monroe doctrine is or 1s not a part of the system of international law, is immaterial. It is a part of the settled foreign policy of the United Sta tes. “Whether the President’s interpretation of the doctrine in the present case can be found in the phraseology of the message of 1823 is mere pettifogging. His inter- pretation is a logical deduction from the spirit and purpose of that message. The United States cannot permit the forcible extension of European territory on this continent. That must be resisted by all means in our power.”” gt TESTING NEW GUNS. Ordnance Board Pleased With the Driggs=Schroeder Type. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 22.-—The re- ports of the ordnance board, charged with conducting tests of four-inch rapid-fire guans submitted for acceptance by the army, have been received by the chief of ordnance, and show that two of the guns tested burst during their trials. The other gun presented — that of the Driggs- Schroeder type—stood the test well, and as aresult of its inspection the ordnance | board reports that the gun has shown itself | to be a simple, safe and efficient mechan- } ism for a rapid-fire gun of this character. i In the rapidity test the total time for the twenty-five rounds fired was 2 minutes and 34 seconds. ey FORM A NAVAL COMPANY. St. Louis Men Ready to Serve Along the Guif Coast. CHICAGO, Irn., Dec. 22.—A special i : A local naval com- STILL BLIND T0 THE SITUATION. London Papers Tell of a Reversal of American Opinion. CONTINUE THEIR JEERS. They Profess to See a Backdown Because of the Flurry in Stocks. PROFLIGATE IN ADVISING. They Are Confident the People of This Country Will Rebuke Cleveland. LONDON, Exc., Dec. 22.—The Daily News to-morrow, under the caption of = . REAR-ADMIRAL LESTER A. N N N N " % Wl W \ N \\’\y WA \\\ 7 BEARDSLEE, U. S. N, The man who commands the Pacific Squadron. [He received his baptism of fire in the action with the Chinese at Pei-ho in 1857 when his commander, Commodore Tatnall, rushed into the fight to aid the British fleet, ezc laim- ing, “Blood is thicker than water!” Beardslee served all through the War of the - Rebellion. He was attached to the Wachusett when she captured the Confederate privateer Florida in the harbor of Bahia, Brazil, in 186}, and was sent home in com- mand of the prize. He was in the thick of the van in the naval attack on Swmter, and distinguished himself in numerous other engagements. He is a New Yorker and was born in 1833. Admiral Beardslee arrived ajfter a cruise to our morthern ports.] in port on the Philadelphia last Saturday pany is to be organized in St. Louis. State Senator F. W. Mott, R. E. Bain and John A. Laird, engineer at the water works, are the leaders of the movement. A real man-of-war will be towed from the Atlantic and anchored in the Missis- sippi River. The naval officials at Wash- ington, D. C., have encouraged the move- ment, provided that in time of war the members will enlist to serve along the Gulf coast. An annual appropriation of $25,000 is made by Congress for the support of naval companies. The Government furnishes the men-of-war, guns, etc., and for any additional support the companies are ex- pected to solicit 8id from merchants and others interested. The promoters of the scheme in St. Louis are confident they can organize a company of 100 men on short notice. Ao SCHOMBERGK’S CAREER. Formerly a Clerk in Philadelphia and Boston Stores. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 22.—An in- teresting fact in connection with the famous Schombergk line, which has es- caped observation, is that the man who provided the British Government with that boundary came to this country from Germany when he was 22 years old, and after working some time as a clerk 1n Bos- ton and Philadalphia became a partner in a Richmond (Va.) tobacco manufactory in 1828. Thefactory was burned, and Schom- bergk drifted to the West Indies, where, after unsuccessful ventures, his botanical work attrac.ed the attention of the London, Geographical Society, and secured him means to explore the unknown region of the Orinoco, where he traveled from 1833 to 1839, when he discovered the Victoria Regia lily and numerous plants. This work led the British Government to commission him to suggest a boundary between Venezuela and Guiana and to make further explorations. The line was drawn and he was knighted by the Queen for bis services. Schombergk, until hisdeath in 1865, con- tinued in the British Consular service, but devoted himself chiefly to geographical studies, being a member of the principal American and European learned societies. Won by the Husband. DULUTH, Mixx., Dec. 22.—The divorce suit of Mrs. Luther Mendenhall against her husband, .which has been going on here for a month, ended this afternoon in a verdict for Mr. Mendenhall. Thecharge was _improper intimacy with Miss Kate Hardy, principal of the Hardy School. Miss Hardy is well known in educational circles. S $ ““Sober S8econd Thought,” will discuss the situation in that light. It will say: ““It would be improper and ungenerous to attribute the change of opinion to the chilling influence of a financial panic on a people so seli-reliant and courageous as the United States. They woula never be turned from any supreme object of pa- triotic effort by misgivings respecting their own power. No American can have stronger belief than we in the potency of the great country and its people. It is be- cause we so strongly believe in the power and will of the American people that we rejoice in their rapid change of opinion.” The paper then proceeds to blame Mr. Cleveland, and says that the sooner his language is forgotten the better it will be for all parties, including himself. The commission, it adds, will be regarded, not as an international tribunal, but as a form of domestic inquiry, designed for the bet- ter information of the American people and their rulers. Itmay be positively use- less. Its very appointment is in one sense an admission that the State Department believes that the Venezuclan claims are exaggerated, and that further action could not wisely be taken until Washington dis- covered some firmer basis for negotiations than the shifty statements of the little military despot at Caracas. It adds that there is every reason to believe that three Americans of credit and standing would propose a very different line of demarca- tion from Venezuela. ‘I'he Times will to-morrow say: ““Although the reaction may not yet be triumphant, 1t is satisfactory to find that the Ameri- cans, whether they dislike us or not, are hesitating to incur the guilt of breaking the peace of the civilized world for such a contemptible cause and in vindication of claims repudiated by all the nations of the Old World. President Cleveland’s mani- fest incapacity to understand the effect of what he was doing when he sent such a warlike message to Congress has shattered the confidence felt in him as a pillar of sound finance and a mainstay of the pub- lic credit. The renewal, therefore, of his proposals of currency reform, after he himself has made them impossible, has dashed the hopes of his friends and set his opponents to work to turn his errors to account, It is now clear that Mr. Cleve- land’s financial proposals have no chance at all of passing. “‘Deeply as we must regret that the con- troversy has arisen, we can, at all events, rejoice in the demonstration it has afforded of the unity of our national senti- ment, especially the attachment of our Canadian fellow subjects of‘ the crown. Good may come out of evil if the incident should lead the Canadians to strengthen | their organization for defense and admon- | ish us at home to sttain every nerve to re- | tain thatindisputable command of the sea | on which the empire depends.”” The Chronicle will say to-morrow that the namesof the gentiemen suggested as members of the Venezuelan high commis- sion are above suspicion for intregrity, experience and good judgment. Unhap- pily, the body is in a diplomatic sense hors de concours. Its findings will not be recog- | nized by GreatBritain. The Stanaard, taking its text from the financial situation that has resulted from | President Cleveland’s message, will in its | issue to-morrow lecture the United States on 1ts economic policy. It predicts that unless America abandons its present fal- lacies and dishonesties the day must come when it wiil be neither able to borrow nor pay. This, itadds, would be only an epi- sode in the history of a great peoble, but the sufferings of a generation having to bear the burden would be great and memorial. e FEARS OF A PANIC. London Brokers Anticipate a Crisis or the Exchange. LONDON, ExG., Dec. 22.—The rate of discount during the past week for both three months’ and thirty days’ bills was 1 per cent. The crisis doubtless accentu- ated the ease of the money market. The outlook is regarded as exceedingly uncer- tain, and few persons ventured to prophesy what the outcome would be. Silver was | somewhat improved on the week, but fell | yesterday on American selling. | As reported in the daily cable dispatches of The United Press the market for Ameri- can railway securities was demoralized following the receint of the President’s Venezuelan message to Congress, but yes- some quarters. The prices of these se- curities recovered somewhat during the week, but they were not sustained at the close. The other markets closed better on an improvement in the price of consols. This advance was taken as an indication that ininfluential circles it was considered thatthere had been a lessening in the political tension. There was, however, a feeling among those looking beneath the surface that there was a possibility of a worse crisis here than that which followed the Baring failure, unless there should be an improvement in the political situation. This crisis, should it occur, will be due not alone to the ‘decline in the prices of American railroad stocks, but to the fall- ing off in the values of American railroad bonds, which are not only held by private persons in England, but by insurance companies and similar institutions. As pointed out in these dispatches yesterday these bonds are already unsalable here. On the whole, it can be said that the market closed with a more hopeful feeling. Louisville and Nashville declined 11; 1llinois Central, 9; Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe A’s, 7{; Denver and Rio Grande preferred, 63{; Lake Shore and Michigan Southern, 6; Wabash, 8t. Louis and Pacific debentures, 5; do preferred, 43{; Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, 33{; Northern Pa- cific, 334 ; Central Pacific and Missouri and terday there was a more hopeful feeling in | that so far as the executive is concerned everything in honor will be done to avoid the profound misfortune of war between two such countries as the United States and Great Britain.” R e REJOICING AT COLON. Enthusiastic Demonstration at- the American Consulate. COLON, Coromsra, Dec. 22.—There was a grand demonstration last night at the American consulate here in honor of the United States for its attitude in support of the Monroe doctrine. Many prominent Colombians, and also Venezuelans, who either reside or are visiting here, were present. Much enthnsiasm was mani- fested and the American Government was, through the Consul, heartily commended for the action it had taken. The streets in the vicinity of the consulate were filled with cheering crowds. ——— BRAZIL WILL ACT. Pan-American Congress to Be Called by Her Statesmen. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 23.—The Her- ald’s special cable from Buenos Ayres says: Rio Janeiro advices state that the Brazilian Foreign Office has been in corre- spondence with Minister Mendonca in relation to a South American conference, in which all the Pan-American republics shall take part. The subject for discussion will be the Monroe doctrine and general matters affecting it, raised by the new issue in the Venezuelan boundary ques- tion. It is understood that Brazil will take the { iniative in the calling of the conference. g gRae Cannot Fathom American Sentiment. ROME, Itavy, Dec. The Popolo Romano commenting on the financial ef- fect of President Cleveland’s message on | the Venezuelan affair, says it is of the | opinion that the commonsense of the American people will punish the Presi- dent’s imprudent effrontery. e o G War Would Be a Blunder. LONDON, Exe., Dec. Henry M. Stanley, M. P., the well-known African ex- vlorer, declined to accede to a request for his opinion on the dispute between Great | Britain and the United States. He said he | hoved that all would end well and that a war would be a crime and the biggest blunder of the age. THRDNN 0 THE LA Rough Treatment of a Chicago Business Man by a Footpad. He Is Knocked Down, Driven to the Beach and Tossed Into the Water. CHICAGO, In, Dec. 22. — William Jones, a well-to-do business man o! REAR-ADMIRAL THOMAS O. SELFRIDGE JR., U. S. N, The man who always prays before he fights. [There is no officer in the navy who has a more brilliant record than Admiral Selfridge. He was in command of the gun-deck battery of the Cumberland when she was attacked by the Merrimac in Hampton Roads in March, 1362, and fired the last guns with his own hand while the old frigate was sinking. ironclad that was blown up by a torpedo his vessel got aground, and was attacked by mounted cavalry. He beat them off, and killed their commander and 400 men. Selfridge is a sincerely religious man, and Five months later he was in command of a river near Vicksburg. In the Red River expedition y a Confederate battery and a brigade of dis- Admiral always offers up kis prayers to the Throne of Grace before a battle. “I know it is right, and 1 fight all the better for it,” he says. He is now in command of the American squadron in Turkish waters. If the Britishers ever tackle “Tom” Selfridge, his friends say they will catch a tartar.] Kansas and Texas, each 23{; Denver and Rio Grande, 2)4; New York, Lake Erie and Western, Union Pacific and Norfolk and Western, each 13{. pica s s PRAISED BY GILDER. President Cleveland’s Attitude Is Courteous and Just. PARIS, Fraxce, Dec. 22.—Richard Wat- son Gilder, editor of the Century Maga- zine of New York, has communicated the following to the representative in this city of The United Press: “Nothing in President Cleveland’s career bas been more marked by a deep sense of justice than his attitude toward foreign countries. He has been firm and courteous in treating with powerful na- tions, and always magnanimous in treat- ing with weak nations. In the present in- stance it is evident that he acted with a strong conviction of justice and right. His record and character are assurance Chicago, is to-night in a dangerous con- dition as a result of an encounter with highwaymen last evening. Mr. Jones was held up at the corner of Maple and State streets and robbed. He was knocked down and thrown into a wagon and driven to the lake, where he was dumped into three feet of water and left. He was revived bv ihe cold water and managed to get to the shore, and afterward managed to stagger a couple of blocks from the lake, where he was met by a policeman, who, after hearing his story, called an ambulance and sent him to his home at 349 Dearborn avenue, where he now lies. It is expected that he will recover in spite of serious injuries. There is as yet no clew to the robbers. i ot Zimmerman Beaten. MELBOURNE, AustrRALIA, Dec. 22.—A. A. Zimmerman, the American bicyclist, was to-day defeated separately by Pither of New Zealand and Walker of Victoria in two races at a mile each. Both were scratch events. . SEAMONS ON THE GRAVE CRISIS, Christians of Two Nations Deprecate the Thought of Strife. PLEA FROM THE PULPIT. Arbitration Urged as the Just Tribunal of Civilized Countries. SOME WARLIKE UTTERANCES. America’s Defense of a Weaker Nation Not Without Champions in the Church. LONDON, Exa., Dec. 22.—The Rev. Mr. Waller, president of the Wesleyan confer- ence, preaching at Liverpool to-day, said that every lover of their kindred would strive to averta war which would be un- natural, monstrous and wicked. The Archdeacon of London, preaching - at Canonbury, said that for the branches of the Anglo-Saxon race to plunge into- a war for such a cause would seem to be a disaster whose magnitude, compared with the slightness of the occasion, removed it from the region of responsibility. A give- and-take policy, he added, would soon set- tle the difficulty. Canon Newbolt, preaching at St. Paul’s to-day, deplored the fact that the peace and good will of kindred nations had been disturbed in the Christmas season, but he thanked God that the spirit of {ruth and honor animated both. This was the best pledge of a just and amicable settlement. The Rev. Hugh Price Hughes in the course of his sermon at St. James Hall said that the two most distressing specta- cles for any lover of peace were the Sultan of Turkey and Mr. Cleveland. The latter bullied Great Britain and rudely threat- ened her with war, but awful as a conflict was to contemplate, he hoped that those answerable for the conduct of the Nation’s affairs would not allow him to dictate where the frontiers of the Britisk Empire ended and began. At the Tabernacle the Rev. Thomas Spurgeon prayed that the Almighty’s hand would guide the statesmen of both countries and that he would endow them with wisdom and patience to bring the trouble to a happy issue. The prayer was greeted with fervent amens. e CENSURES CLEVELAND. Bellicose Utterances From a Pulpit at Toronto. TORONTO, OxT., Dec. 22.—The Rev. Dr. Grant, principal of the Queen's University, in his sermon to-night dealing with the President’s proclamation, said: “‘President Cleveland’s handling of a very unimportant matter was offensive,and had any other power but the United States taken similar action the British Embassa- dor would have been recalled at once.”” Dr. Grant also referred to the Bering Sea award, which, he said, bad not been paid by the United States Government. ST IN GOTHATM CHURCHES. Clergymen Plead for a Peaceful Set= tlement. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 22.—President Cleveland’s message regarding the bound- ary dispute between Venezuela and Great Britain, which has given rise to so much “war talk,” was referred to by many min- isters in their sermons to-day. All the divines spoke in favor of moderation in the discussion of the question with Great Britain, and some went so far as to say that the very thought of a war between the United States: and Great Britain was criminal. The Rev. Dr. Rainsford in re- ferring to the international - situation, HEN they a man in {lls‘,’.he cannot follow his %nitnnl inclinationa, 8 enjoyment of life is limited. He cannot eat what he wants to—he is ited to a very diet. He is alive to be sure, but life doesn’t possess very many advantages, Are not all these things equally true of a dyspeptic? For all of the real enjoy. ment he gets out of life, he might as well be in jail. He cane not eat what he likes, nor as much -of it ag he would like. If he transgresses any of the rules of his diet, he is punished for it. He suffers much, gets little sympathy. Dyspepsia starts with indigestion, and may lead to almost - anything. Indi i = .tion means a variety of things—it shows itself in many ways, At first, perbaps a little heaviness in the stomach, a little sourness, windy belchings and heartburn. Headaches begin to come pretty soon after that, and biliousness and a foul taste in the mouth in the morning. Chronic constignt‘hm is almost inevitable, and it is probably the most serious trouble that ever takes hold of a man. Its seeming simplicity is the thing that makes it most dangerous, because it leads to neglect. Constipation means that the body is hold- ing poisonous, impure matter that should be gotten rid of. The poison is being re- absorbed into the blood and the whole ly is being filled with it. Impurity in the blood may lead to almost any disease. ‘There is no telling what may come of it. Constipation is the start of it all. And yet people are careless about it. It is the most serious thing in the world, and the easiest to cure if you go about it right. Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets cure constipation. Cure it positively, certainly, infallibly. Cure it Bo it stays cured. Cure it so you can stop taking medicine. And that is something that no otheg wiliK do. 1 femedy in the world