6
THE QUIET HOUR.
Thou knowest all our trials, I^ord,
Each sin and need and grief,
Arid Thou hast promised in Thy Word
Sometime to send relief
But Thou hast set a task for each.
As soldiers in a war.
Who storm some point, the height to reach.
Through battles' thunderous roar.
Help us. for we are faint Indeed!
Our little strength increase;
With manna true our spirits feed,
And bid our fears to cease.
From Thy great white throne far abov»
Thou dost our conflicts see;
O God of power. Thou God of love.
Our Friend and Helper be.
■Let purity and truth be ours
While here we dwell below,
Accept and consecrate our powers,
Makp every virtue grow.
Lead Thou through each perplexing strife,
Be with us all the way,
Lift up our hearts from death to life,
Crown Thou each passing day.
Oh, when our hope is burning low,
Its oil is well-nigh spent.
As up the rugged path we go—
The rocky, steep ascent —
Be Thine the voice clear
With victory's thrilling ring,
To teli Thy people Thou art near
The needed aid to brin«!
—Anna M. Woodfln. in Union Signal.
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a >tirrm-• »tory
At-My Li j-e In The j
"iCopyright, 1899. by F. Tennyson Neely.]
CHA PTEK XlV.—Contixued.
No time need be wasted in telling the
fffect of this "assignment to quarters."
Prolific a source of squabble us is the
custom ashore it becomes intensified
afloat, and, when coupled with it came
a shaking up and rearrangement of
seats at table, all hope of harmony van-
on the instant. The two brave
young army girls still retained their
6eats at the captain's table; but two 1
most estimable young women, Red
Cross nurses, were dropped therefrom
and transferred to that of the second
•officer on the port side, much to the
comfort of a rather large percentage
of their sisterhood who had regarded
their previous elevation with feelings
of not unmixed gratification. Then
officers who had been seated with the
general's staff had to vacate in favor of
Mrs. Frank and Dr. Prober and Lieut.
■Billy Gray, whose father and the chief
were long-time chums, and the lied
'Cross nurses who had been at the first
-officer's table fell back to that of the
third. It was every bit as good as the
other, but it didn't sound so, and they
■couldn't see it; and there were faces
sour as the product of the ship's baker
when that evening all hands went down
to dinner, and the silence maintained,
or the ominously subdued tone of the
Calk, at the other tables w as in marked
contrast with the hilarity that pre
vailed where sat the gray-haired, ruddy
cheeked old chief and the laughing
coterie that listened-to the fun that fell
from the lips of Witehie Garrison.
Armstrong, silent and somber, at the
captain's right, looking forward from
time to lime, saw only one face at the
general's table that was not lighted up
•with merriment; it was the face of the
hoy he envied, if envy of this kind ever
entered into his heart, and he wondered
as fie looked at Billy's curly head what
could have come over that glad young
life to leave so deep a shadow on his
handsome face.
One night, just one week later, Arm
strong's eyes were opened. More than
•once iu the meanwhile he had invited
the young oHirer's confidence, and Billy,
•who three months earlier had been all
gratitude •ankness, protested
there was nothing on his mind. lie had
been very ill, that was all. As to
Canker's charges they were simply rot.
He hadn't the faintest inkling what had
become of the purloined letters any
more than lie had of the whereabouts
of his Delta Sig friend, young Morton,
now officially proclaimed a deserter.
But Armstrong heard more tales of
Witcbie's devotions to him in his ill
ness, and the slow convalescence that
ensued, noted how the boy's eyes fol
lowed her about the deck, and how
many a time lie would seek her side,
even when other men were reading,
walking or chatting with her. Arm
strong looked with wonderment that
was close allied to incredulity and pain.
Was it possible t hat this blithe lad, who
had won such a warm interest in the
heart of such a girl as Amy Lawrence,
•could be forgetful of her, faithless to
her, and fascinated now by this selfish
and shallow butterfly? It was incred
ible!
But was it? The days had grown hot
ter, the nights closer, and the air be
tween decks was stifling when the sea
rolled high and closed the ports. Offi
cers had taken to snoozing up on deck
u* steamer chairs. By an unwritten
faw the port side of the promenade
deck was given up to them after 11 at
night; but the women folk had the run
of the starboard side at any hour when
the crew were not washing down decks.
Armstrong had been fur forward about
two o'clock one breathless night to see
for himself the condition of things in
the hospital under the forecastle. The
aiaui deck was crowded with sleeping
forms of soldiers who found it impos
sible to stand the heat below; so on his
return, instead of continuing along the
gangway, he decided to climb the iron
ladder from the main to the promenade
deck. It would land him at the forward
end of the starboard side. There he
could smoke a cigar in peace and quiet.
It was high time everybody was asleep.
But as his head and eyes reached the
•level of the deck he became suddenly
aware of a couple huddled close to
gether in the shelter of a canvas
jscreen, and under the steps leading
nljft to the bridge. He knew Gray's
voice at once, and Gray was pleading.
He knew her tones of old, and she was
imperative, and listening with obvious
impatience, for, almost at the instant
of his arrival she spoke, low, yet dis
tinctly: "Do as 1 say; do as I beg yon
when we reach Manila, and then come
—*ind see how i can reward."
CIIAPTFR XV.
Manila at last! Queen city of the
archipelago, and Manila again be
sieged! The loveliest of the winter
months was come. The Luneta and the
l'aseo de Santa Lucia, close to the
sparkling waters, were gay every even
ing with the music of the regimental
bands and thronged with the carriages
of old-time residents and their new and
not too welcome visitors. Spanish
dames and damsels, invisible at other
hours, drove or strolled along the road
way to enjoy the cool breezes that
swept in from the beautiful bay and take
wistful peeps at the dainty toilets of
the American belles now arriving by
every boat, from Hong-Kong. All the
Castilian disdain they might look and
possibly feel toward the soldiery of
Uncle Sam gave place to liveliest inter
est and curiosity when the wives and
daughters of his soldiers appeared
upon the scene; and there was one car
riage about which, whenever it slopped,
a little swarm of officers gathered and
toward which at. any time all eyes were
directed that of the White Sisters.
Within the old walled city and in the
crowded districts of Himondo. Quiapo
and San Miguel north of the I'asig. and
again in I'nco and Krmita to the south,
strong regiments were stationed in
readiness to suppress the first sign of
the outbreak so confidently predicted
by the bureau of military intelligence,
in a great semicircle of over 20 miles,
girdling the city north, east and south,
the outposts and sentries of the two
divisions kept watchful eyes upon the
insurgent forces surrounding them.
Aguinaldo and his cabinet at Malolos
to the north had all but declared war
upon the obstinate possessors of the
city and had utterly forbidden their
leaving the lines of Manila and seeking
to penetrate those broader fields and
roads and villages without. Still hug
i ging to its breast the delusion that a
semi-Malaysian race could be appeased
by show of philanthropy, the govern
ment at Washington decreed that, de
spite their throwing up earthworks
against and training guns on the
American positions, the enemy should
be treated as though they never could
or would be hostile, and the privileges
denied by them to American troops
were by the American troops accorded
to them. Coming and going at will
through our lines, they- studied our
force, our arms, equipment, numbers,
supplies, methods; and long before the
Christmas bells had clanged their
greeting to that universal feast day,
and the boom of cannon ushered in the
new year, all doubt of the hostile senti
ments of the insurgent leaders had van
ished. Already there had been ominous
clashes at Hie front; and with everyday
the demeanor of the Philippine officers
and men became more and more in
solent and defiant. Ceaseless vigilance
and self-control were enjoined upon the
soldiers of the United States, nearly all
stalwart volunteers from the far west,
and while officers of the staff and of (he
half-dozen regiments quartered with
in the city were privileged each day to
stroll or drive upon the Luneta, there
were others that never knew an hour
away from the line of the outposts and
ihcir supports. Such was the case with
Stewart's regiment far out toward the
waterworks at the east. Such was the
case with the Primeval Dudes on the
other side of the I'asig, lining the banks
of the crooked estuary that formed the
Rubicon we were forbidden to cross.
Such was the with Canker and the
—teentli in the dense bamboo thicket to
the south, and so it happened that at
first Armstrong and Billy Gray saw
nothing of each other, and but little
of the White Sisters, probably a for
tunate thing for all.
Ever since that memorable night on
the Queen of the Fleet, Gray had stu
diously avoided his whilom t fiend and
counselor, while the latter's equally
studious avoidance of Mrs. Garrison
had become observed throughout the
ship. The dominion and power of that
iiutle lady had been of brief duration,
as was to IJC expected in the case of a
woman who had secured for her undi
vided use the best, tlie airiest and by
far tlie largest. room on the steac.sr —
a cabine de luxe indeed, tliat for a
week's voyage on an Atlantic liner
would have cost a small fortune, while
here for a sea sojourn of more than
double the time under tropic skies, and
while other and worthier women were
sweltering three in a stuffy box below,
it had cost but a smile. The captain
had repented him of his magnanimity
before the lights of Honolulu faded
out astern. The general began to real
ize that he had been made a cat's-paw
of and, his amour propre being wound
ed, he had essayed, for u day or two
majestic dignity of mie.ii that became
comical when complicated with the
qualms of seasickness. There was even
noticeable aversion 011 part of some of
the officers of the Dudes who, having
made the journey from"the bay" to
Honolulu with the women passengers,
army wives and IJed Cross nurses, nat
urally became the recipients of the
views entertained by these ladies.
Quick to see if slow to seem to see, Mrs.
Frank has lost no time in begging one
of the young soldier wives to share her
big stateroom and broad and comfort
able bed, and the lady preferred, the
heat and discomfort between decks to
separation from her friend. Then Mrs.
Garrison tendered both the ruiftof her
cabin during the day and evening; sug
gested, indeed, that on hot nights they
come and sleep there, one on the bed
and. one on tlie couch; and they thanked
Iter, but—never came. She coddled the
general with cool champagne cup when
he was in the throes of mal de mer, and
held him prisoner with her vivacious
chatter when he was well enough to
care to talk. But, after all, her most
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY. JUNE 21, igcx).
serious trouble seemed to consist in
keeping Hilly (iray at respectful dis
tance. lit* sought her side day after
day, to Armstrong's mild amaze, as
has been said; and when he could not
be with her was moody, even fierce and
ugly tempered —he whose disposition
had been the sunniest in all that gray,
shivery, dripping sojourn at the Sail
Francisco camp.
But once fairly settled in Manila, the
White Sisters seemed to regain all the
old ascendency. Col. Frost had taken
a big, cool, roomy house, surrounded
by spacious grounds, down in Malate
and close to the plashing waters of the
bay. Duties kept him early and late
at his office in the walled city; but
every evening, after the drive and din
ner, callers came thronging in.and all
Witcliie's witcheries were called into
play to charm them into blindness and
to cover Nita's fitful and nervous
moods, now almost painfully apparent.
Frost's face was at times a thunder
cloud, and army circles within the outer
circle of Manila saw plainly that all
was not harmony betwixt that veteran
Benedict and that fragile, fluttering,
baby wife. The bloom of Nita's beauty
was gone. She looked wan, white, even
haggard. She had refused to leave
Hong-Ivongorcome to Manila until Mar
garet's arrival, then flew to the shelter
of that sisterly wing. Frank Garrison
had been occupying a room under the
same roof with his general, but both
general and aide-de-camp were now
much afield, and Frank spent far more
days and nights along the line of block
houses than he did at home. The com
ing of his wife was unannounced and
uterly unlooked for. "Did I consult
my husband!" she exclaimed in sur
prise. when asked the question one day
by the wife of a veteran field officer.
"Merciful heaven. Mrs. Lenox, there
was no time for that except by cable,
and at four dollars a word. No! Jf
any doubt of what Frank Garrison w ill
say or do exists in my mind I go and
do the thing at once, then the doubt is
settled. If he approve, well and good;
if he doesn't—well, then I've had my
fun anyway."
But it made little difference what
Frank Garrison might think, say or do
when Nita's need came in question. It
was for Nita that Margaret Garrison so
suddenly quitted the Presidio and has
tened to Hawaii. It was for her sake,
to be her counsel and protection, the
elder sister had braved refusal, difficul
ties, criticism, even Armstrong's open
suspicion and dislike, to take that long
voyage to a hostile clime. That she
braved, too, her husband's displeasure
was not a matter of sufficient weight to
merit consideration. She was there to
help Nita; and until that hapless child
were freed from a peril that, ever
threatening, seemed sapping her very
life, Margaret Garrison meant to stay.
For the letter that came by way of
He knew Grau's voice at once.
Honolulu had told' the elder sister of
increasing jealousy and suspicion 011
the colonel's part, of his dreadful rage
at Yokohama on learning that even
there —the very hour of their arrival —
when the consul came aboard with a
batch of letters in hia hand, he had one
for Mrs. Frost. She had barely glanced
1 tit its contents before she was stricken
with a lit of trembling, tore it in half,
and tossed the fragments on the swift
ebbing tide, then rushed to her state
room. There she added a postscript to
the long letter penned to Margaret 011
the voyage; and the purser, not her
husband, saw it safely started on the
Gaelic, leaving for San Francisco via
Honolulu that very day. That letter
beat the ordinary mail, for the Queen
was heading seaward, even as the Gae
lic came steaming in the coral-guarded
harbor, and a little packet was tossed
aboard the new troop ship as she sped
away, one missive in it telling \\ itcliie
Garrison that, the man whose life had
been wrecked by her sister's enforced
desertion was already in Manila await
ing her coming, and telling her, more
over, that the packet placed in Gen.
Drayton's hands < ntained only her
earlier letters. In hi.- reckless wrath
I.atrobe had told her that those which
bound her to him by the most solemn
pledges, those that vowed undying love
and devotion, were still in his hands,
and that she should see him and them
when at last she reached Manila.
Three mortal weeks had the sisters
been there together, and never once in
that time did Nita venture forth except
when under the escort of her black
browed husband or the protection of
her smiling, witching, yet vigilant Mar
garet. Never once had their house been
approached by anyone who bore resem
blance to tin readed lover. All along
the Calle Ileal, where were the quarters
of many officers, little guards of regu
lars were stationed; for black rumors
of Filipino uprising came with every
few days, and some men's hearts were
I failing them for fear when they
i thought of the paucity of their num
bers as compared with the thousands
of fanatical natives to whom the taking
of human life was of less account than
I the loss of a game chicken, and in
whose sight assassination was a
' virtue when it rid one of a foe. Already
many officers who had weaUy yie
to the importunity of a de.oted wife
was cursing the folly that led him to let
her join him. The outbreak was im
minent. Anyone eould'see the war was
sure to come—even those who strove to
banish alarm and reassure an anxious
nation. And when the call to arms
should sound, duty, honor and law
would demand each soldier's instant
answer on the battle line; then who was
to care for the women? The very serv
ants in each household, it was known,
were in most crises regularly enrolled
in the insurgent army. The crowded
districts in the city, the nipa huts sur
rounding the wealthy homes in the
suburbs swarmed with Filipino soldiery
in the garb of peace. Arms and ammu
nition, both, were stored in the great
stone churches. Knives, bolos and pis
tols were hidden in every house.
Through the clergy, in some instances,
and foreign residents in others, the
statement was set afloat that every
American officer's residence was mapped
and marked, that the Tagals w re told
oil by name—so many for each house in
proportion to the number of American
inmates—and day after day, awaiting
the signal for their bloody work, were
native devotees greeted with servile
bows and studied the habits of the of
ficers they were designated to fall upon
in their sleep and slay without mercy.
Even women and children were not to
be spared; and many a woman, hearing
this grewsome story, trembled in her
terror. For a time, in dread of this new
peril, Nita Frost almost forgot the
other; but not so Margaret. She
scoffed and scouted the rumor of Fil
ipino outbreak. She laughed at Frost,
who all too evidently believed in it and
was in hourly trepidation. lie begged
that the guard at his quarters might be
doubled, and was totally unnerved
when told it might even have to be re
duced. Not so Mrs. Frank. She made
friends with the stalwart sergeant
commanding; always had hot coffee
and sandwiches ready for the midnight
relief; made it a point to learn the
name of each successive non-commis
sioned officer in charge, and had a win
some smile and word for the sentries as
she passed. It wasn't Filipino aggres
sion that she feared. The men won
dered why she should so urgently bid
them see that 110 strangers—Americans
—were allowed within the massive
gates. There were tramps, even in Ma
nila, she said. When the sisters drove,
their natty little Filipino team flashed
through the lanes and streets at top
speed, the springy victoria bounding
at their heels to the imminent peril of
the cockaded hats of the dusky coach
and footman, if not even to thq seats of
those trim, white-coated, big-buttoned,
top-booted, impassive little Spanish
bred servitors. The carriage stopped
only at certain designated points, and
only then when a group of officers stood
ready to greet them. Not once had they
been menaced by anyone nor ap
proached by any man even faintly re
sembling poor Latrobe; and Witchie
Garrison was beginning to take heart
and look upon that threatening letter
as a mad piece of "bluff," when one day
the unexpected happened.
[To Be Continued.]
HUNTING IN CUBA.
.Many Domestic Animal* Have linn
Wild nml Wow AlTortl Excel
lent Sport.
In eastern Cuba Weyler's campaigns
of extermination have led to an un
expected result —a decided and prob
ably permanent improvement of the
local hunting grounds. Thousands of
stampeded pigs, goats and chickens
have taken refuge in the Sierras and
become self-supporting enough to de
fy recapture. Practice has also im
proved their speed. Barnyard fowl
have turned into wood birds and pass
the night in almost inaccessible
roosts—the top branches of tall for
est trees, shrouded by a mantle of
tangled vines. The Spanish settlers
who imported pigs from Andalusia
and Aragon would not recognize their
descendants in the jungles of the Si
erra dc Cobre. Ordinary hunting dogs
can hardly venture to encounter the
fierce boars that rush at every in
truder of their lairs and stand at bay
until their female relatives have scut
tled into pathless thickets.
As natural game preserves both Cu
ba and San Domingo have, in fact
more than doubled their attractive
ness since the time when the compan
ions of Columbus explored the up
lands of Santiago and marveled at the
almost total absence of wild quadiu
peds. Birds abounded, but there were
no deer in the forests, no foxes, bears
or badgers in the mountain cliffs.
There were neither rabbits nor squir
rels, the only indigenous animals be
ing the liuita, a burrowing rodent that
seems to form a connecting link be
tween the marmots and woodrats.—
Indianapolis Press.
He Wanted to lie Acenrnte.
During th.e bombardment of Alexan
dria, in ISS2, I.ord Charles Beresforo
asked a gunner if he could hit a man
that was on the fort. The gunner re
plied :
"Ay, ay, sir!"
"Then hit him in the eye," said Lord
Charles.
And he was considerably astonished
when the gunner replied:
"Which eye, sir?"'—Chicago Journal.
I'nnppr eclated Vocalist.
Clara (an amateur vocalist) —If you
bad my voice, what would you do with
it?
Maude —I don't know, dear; but T be
lieve 1 would give it a holiday till the
man came round, then I would have
it tuned. —Pearson's.
\\!l:it Did MM* Monnf
Slowboy —1 am going to kiss yon
to-night when I go.
Miss Willing— Don't you think t
time you were going?— Chicago Daily
News.
ASKS FOIIEIGN AIT).
China's Emperor Appeals to tho
Christian Powers.
He WiftlicM Them to ■lrpunr llie Kill
prom llowitjicr aurt limaiiiluli lllm
111 Iteal Authority, I utter
Their Protection lla»»u
--tren ol' t'lirlfttiaiiK
< oiitlnue.
Tien Tsin, June 11. —The special
train that went to examine the line
and reeonnoiter returned Saturday
night. The railway was found clear
two miles beyond Yang Tsuh.
The (irst repair train, with Admiral
Seymour and tiis staff, 650 British,
('apt. McCalla's 100 Americans, 4U
Italians and 25 Austrians, left Sun
day morning. A riotchkiss and other
guns were mounted on a car in front
of the engine. The rest of the guns
were mounted in the center of the
train. A second train left with GOO
iiritish, Japanese, Russian and French
troops.
London, June 12.—The last message
out of l'ekin to reach London left
there yesterday at it a. m., going by
way of Russian telegraph through
Manchuria, the Tien * sin line being
cut. It is as follows:
Shanghai, under yesterday's date,
cables that there has been street
fighting in Pekiti since early Sunday
a fternoon.
I'he Shanghai correspondent of the
Daily Express, telegraphing yester
day.says:
"Weng Tung Ho, Emperor Kwang
Hsu's tutor and confidant, who was
dismissed by the dowager empress
after the coup d'etat in 180s, sends
with the special sanction of the em
peror and his party, including the
three viceroys, a message to the peo
ple of the west. In part it is as fol
lows:
'•* His majesty is convinced that the
loval support of many scores of mil
lions ol the Chinese will be accorded
to his proposals for putting an end to
the state of anarchy brought about
by the action of the Empress ILsi Tsi.
" 'The government of China being
virtually non-existent, the emperor
proposes that the foreign powers
whose troops dominate the capital
shall remove his imperial person from
the palace in which his majesty is
confined a prisoner, shall declare Em
press Hsi Tsi and her ministers to be
usurpers and shall bring Emperor
Kwang Hsu to Nanking, Wuchang or
Shanghai, whichever tin; foreign
powers deem to be the most suitable
situation for the new capital of the
Chinese empire, under the new condi
tion.
"*lt is proposed by his majesty and
bis aavisors that the foreign powers
should declare a joint protectorate
and undertake the task of governing
the country through his majesty.' "
London, June 13. —Sixteen British
marines, reconnoitering in advance of
the international column marching to
Pekin, fought and chased 2,000 Box
ers on Monday, killing 20 or 30.
The Times in an extra edition pub
lishes the following dispatch Uom
l'ekin. dated June 12:
"The chancellor of the Japanese
legation. Sugivama Akira, while pro
ceeding alone ami unprotected on offi
cial duty, was brutally murdered by
soldiers ol' (lie favorite bodyguard of
the empress, al Manigatc railroad
station yesterday."
London. June 15. —A dispatch from
Shanghai says:
"A report has reached here that
tin- liritish, American and Japanese
n>ini>'ers in IVkin favor the restora
tion i.l' Kinpci'or Kwang Sn, but that
the French and Russian ministers in
sist upon the powers taking charge
of (Irina. It is further reported that
the respective divisions of the coun
try have already been assigned. The
belief is thai the withdrawal of the
British ships from the Ynrgtse-Kiang
is an indication of Great Britain's dis
claimer of the 'sphere theory.' "
Later reports from Tien Tsin con
firm the news of the burning of the
Japanese legation, but the rumor
that i minisler has been murdered is
not confirmed.
Fifteen hundred Russians, with four
guns, have arrived outside of l'ekin.
This makes 4,000 Russians who have
landed.
Brussels, June 15. —Confirmation
has Ixen received of the report of
the massacre of one Swiss and two
Italian engineers employed on the
Belgian railroad in North ( liinn. The
sister of the Swiss engineer was also
killed ail two other persons are miss
ing.
The whole Chinese empire seems to
be in a ferment. The intentions of
the empress dowager are still equivo
cal, with a balance of testimony on
the side of a determination to expel
the appropriators of a part of her
country or to lose her throne in the
attempt. It is related of her that on
Monday, following the murder of the
chancellor of the Japanese legation,
she was roused ton sense of danger
and wenl to the lung-Ting gate of
l'ekin. where she advised the rioters
to disperse. But she took no steps to
apply force and the appearance of
things is more threatening than be
fore.
The Times publishes the following
dispatch from Tien Tsin, via Shang
hai. June 14:
"A serious engagement has occur
red between the international column
and the Mohammedan troops of Cien.
Tung Full Siang, near l'ekin."
|<'rclicliitiaii Won the Stace.
Paris. June 15.—The international
automobile race for the James Gor
don Bennett cup. from Paris to Ly
nns. was won by M. F. Charron, of
I'rnncc. Alexander Winton, of Cleve
land. participated in the contest, but
his machine was smashed on the road.
llriaii'K Nomination AsMiiretl.
Chicago. June 15. By the action of
he democratic state conventions in
California. Missouri, Kentucky. Geor
gia and Vermont yesterday, lion. VV.
I. Bryan i assured of the nomina
ion for president on the democratic
ticket.
SITS AS A COURT.
Republican Kattonal Committee
Moota at Philadelphia.
( oiilrMtaiil* lor Srala 111 tin- I vnven*
(lull l'ri'«Piil Tlu-lr < latin* Tlio
Alabama Feo|»lc arc Turned
HOH II HleriU 111 ibe < nite
ol' (>■■<; Dialrlrl.
Philadelphia, June 14.—The repub
lican national committee met at the
i lot el Walton yesterday and began
the investigation of contest cases pre
paratory to the formation of the tem
porary roll for the national conven
tin. Chairman lianna was not pres
ent, when the committee convened
and Henry Payne, member from Wis
consin, presided in his place. Sena
tor iianna came in later, but lie did
not assume the duties of the chair.
The entire session was devoted to
hearing testimony and arguments iu
the contest from Alabama. There
were seven contests from this state,
including those over the representa
tion from the state at large and those
from the Second, Third, Fourth,
Fifth, Seventh and Ninth districts.
The hearing in the main consisted
of recitals of petty acts of bribery
and intimidation tfrom both sides of
the controversy and in some cases
affidavits were read in which t lie wit
ness had testified on both sides of the
case, giving absolutely contradictory
testimony. The principal develop
ment of the day, however, consisted
iu bringing out the fact that the fed
eral officeholders in Alabama and
some of those from the state who are
employed in Washington had been ex
tremely active in shaping the result
of contests for delegates.
So palpable did it become that fed
eral patronage was the principal ob
ject in view that the committee de
cided to practically exclude all the
contesting delegates from the tem
porary organization of the convention
except those from the Ninth district.
In fact the contestants had hardly
left the room when Committeeman
Manley, of Maine, offered the follow
ing resolution as the sense of the
committee:
"Resolved. That the committee de
clines to place on the temporary roll
any contesting delegates or alter
nates from Alabama except in the
case of the Ninth district, and in that
district that A. 1). Wimbs and.l. \V.
Hughes and their alternates be plac
ed upon the temporary roll."
This resolution was adopted and
then Committeeman I'ayne introduc
ed the following resolution:
"Resolved, That this committee re
quests the president of the I niteil
Stales to direct the proper officers to
cause an investigation into the acts
of certain federal office-holders in
Alabama in connection with the elec
tion of delegates to the primary con
ventions and to the state and district
conventions held in said state to elect
delegates to the national convention
to be held in Philadelphia on the 19t.h
inst., and if the facts as stated in tin
hearing held before said committee
regarding the contest in said districts
and state be true, this committee
asks, not in the interest of the repub
lican party, but of the country, that
such action shall lie taken as the pub
lic interest requires."
In presenting the resolution Mr.
Payne said that he introduced it be
cause of the evident pernicious activ
ity of the office-holders in the cam
paign and that he believed it would
be a serious mistake for the commit
tee to fail to ask that official recog
nition be taken of this infraction of
the laws of the country. The com
mittee had. however, agreed to take a
recess after the disposal of the Ala
bama cases, and the committee dis
solved for the lime. Mr. i'ayne re
questing that action be postponed.
The evening session of the commit
tee was devoted lo the Delaware con
test, Waller 11. Hayes appearing for
the Addicks, or "Union" republican
contestants, and Levi ('. Bird for the
Dupont or "Regular" republican dele
gation. The committee continued its
session until 12:13, when a decision
was reached to refer the Delaware
controversy to a committee, with in
structions to harmonize the differ
ences of the two parties if possible.
Philadelphia. June 15. —With :;ll tile
work prelimiiKiry to the entertain
ment of the republican national con
vention and its attendant throngs
practically accomplished, Philadel
phia is now contentedly awaiting he:
visitors. Prom the big conventioi
hall down to the detail thorn
charged with the responsibility fee
that they have the situation well ii
hand and the completeness of tin
preparations seems to justify the be
lief. As yet however, the hospitalit;
>f the city is by no means taxed.
Ihe most interesting event in th
national committee yesterday was th
scaling of the Warmouth delegate
from Louisiana after a very spirite
contest occupying nearly all dav
Ill's is an overthrow for the feden
office-holders of Louisiana, ten <
whom were on the delegation heade
|by Wimberly. the collector of th
port of .New Orleans. Although Win
berly is a member of the nation,
committee and made the stronger
possible presentation of the case, tl
committee by a vote of 25 to is d
eliired in favor of his opponer
Among the men thus denied seats i
the convention is William Pitt Ke
logg, ex-governor and at one tin
United States senator from Louis
ana, who has been a delegate to cvei
republican convention since ISo
tl<'(li<>ili»i .Missionary murdered.
New York. June 14.—-News has bet
received in this city of the murder
Dr. Edna. (!. Terry, in charge of tl
station of the Methodist Missiona
society at Tsilng-lliin, China. Tl
tidings came in the shape of the f<
lowing message to Dr. Terry's brot
er-in-lnw: "Dr. Terry murderr
Rrcak news gently." Later the Met
odist board received this messaf.
dated Tien-Tsin. June 12: "llopki
and Mayner safe." The persons na
;?d are missionaries at Tsung-iii
There is one other Methodist m
jionary at the same place.