DEATH'S SUMMONS. Came Suddenly to President ol Mormon Church. Lorrnzu Know, Wbo for Hull' a Cen tury \Vm Prominent In Ike Affairs ol' I lull, ■>!<-« ut Suit Luke, S7 Yfart-A Sketch of Ills Career. Salt Lake, Utah, Oct. 11.—Lorenzo Snow, fifth president of the Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, better known as the .Mormon church, died unexpectedly at his private resi dence, the historic Heehive house, Thursday afternoon, after an illness that had been serious only since Wed nesday. The immediate cause of his death was hypostatic congestion, su perinduced by aggravated bronchitis. (Several weeks ago President Snow contracted a cold. He was at his desk, however, attending to business as late as Tuesday. Wednesday morn ingl he was seized with an attack of nausea, which continued at intervals •throughout the day. Wednesday night his physicians were called 'and remained in constant attendance until death came. The church authorities became alarmed at his condition and most of the leaders, together with such mem bers of his family as could be sum moned by telegraph, remained in the sick chamber until the end. President Snow's death caused a shock to the entire community and is •deeply deplored, as he was regarded as a broad-minded man who desired the upbuilding of Utah as well as the progress of the Mormon church. President Snow's death dissolves the first presidency, of which he was ■the head, his two counselors being Joseph Smith and Rodger Clawson. I'ntii his successor shall be chosen, ■which may not be until the annual conference next April, the leadership ■of the church will devolve upon the council of 12 apostles, of which bodj- Mr. Smith is the recognized head. Unless death should come to him in the meantime, Mr, Smith will be the next president of the church. President Snow leaves a large fam ily, the members being scattered' throughout the world. Lorenzo Snow was born in Mantua, Portage county, Ohio, April 3, lsi 4, and secured a classical education at Oberlin college. lie became a con vert to Mormonism in 1536 and imme •diately began proselyting. Since then he has been one of the most ac tive and prominent members of the church organization. lie has been on numerous foreign missions. the .most important being that to Great Hritain in IS4O. where he became president of the London conference. In IS4B at the head of a train of 100 wagons, he made the overland trip from Illinois to the present site >f Salt Lake City and in all the work of founding and building up this city lie was a leader. For .'in years, com mencing with 1352, he was a member <>f the territorial legislature, chiefly as presiding officer of the upper house. In 1855 with 51) families he founded and named Urigham City, in northern I'tah. which was his home for many years. In l>sc. during the agitation against the practice of polygamy, he was convicted of unlawful cohabitation and sentenced to three terms of six months each, but later was released on a writ of habeas corpus. On Sep tember 13, 18!I6, he was chosen presi dent of the church in succession to Wilford Woodruff. THE MYSTERY DEEPENS. New Development* in (ho < a*e of* the Siippofted Jltirder Near l£o>al Oak, iflleli. Detroit, Mich., Oct. 11.—The mys tery surrounding the finding of a wo man's body buried in a shallow grave under a log in ine woods near Koval D:;k, a village 12 miles from this city, became deeper a-- the result of yester day's developments. It was thought probable that the body was that of Lizzie Jeffries, who has been missing from Birmingham since last June. 71 r father and brother came from Appin, Out,, yesterday to examine the remains. Just as they expressed their belief that it was Lizzie's 4>ody a telegram was received from Appin stating that •a letter had arrived from her which was posted in Detroit Wednesday nigln. The letter said that the girl could be found by inquiring at the general delivery of the Detroit post office. Nothing is Known of the girl at the local post office. A Nervy Itohtn-r. Columbia, S. C., Oct. 11. —Near "Branch ville, on the Southern railway, at the same point where a Southern express car was robbed about a year ago, a single robber made another at tempt Wednesday night. He was surprised by the conductor and train men when on the platform between the passenger and express cars, but ■with a pistol in their faces held them back till he stopped the train and es caped. ■ir»ii£ht » Trust to Time. Muneie, Ind., Oct, 11.—The action of the American Co-operative Window Glass Manufacturers' association in refusing the overtures ol' the trust to delay the resumption of their factories two month.;, brought the trust to time. Ail order has been sent from I'ittKburg to all Vmeriean flint factories to start fires November 1 and the two factories in Muneie are getting ready to resume. Automobile Kuces ut Detroit. Detroit, Mich., Oct. 11.—Six thou sand people at the Qirosse Pointe ■track yesterday saw Alexander Win ton, of Cleveland, drive his heavy racing automobile a mile in 1:12 2-5, lowering the world's track record for an automobile for thfs distance 1 3-5 ■seconds. The time was made during a three-mile exhibition at the first meet of the Detroit Automobile asso ciation, and the entire distance was covered in 3:42 2-5. The feature of the afternoon's racing was the ten mile event between Alexander Win ton, of Cleveland, and Henry Ford, of Detroit, which Ford won in 13:23 4-5. THE SCHLEY COURT. It Continues to l>r«j{ Alone-Hodsioii and Poller Are Amonjf llie Wit" lienwi Übo Teallt/> Washington, Oct. s.—ln the Schley court of inquiry Mr. Rayner, chief of counsel for Admiral Schley, asked Judge Advocate Lemly to summon Admiral Sampson as a witness in the case. The request grew out of a dif ference in the construction of a sen tence in Sampson's letter to Schley, written from. Key West May 20 while Schley, with the flying squadron, lay off Cienfuegos. This is known as the "Dear Schley" letter, and in it, as printed in the navy department docu ments, referred to the senate, the ad miral said, expressing his opinion re garding the dispatch that the Span ish squadron was at Santiago, it were better to continue to blockade Cienfuegos and Havana. "We shall continue to hold Havana and Santiago until we receive more positive infor mation." During the examination of Com mander JJodgers, this dispatch was under consideration when Mr. Kayner expressed the opinion that the word Santiago had been inadvertently used by the commander-in-chief, assuming that he meant to use the word Cien fuegos, as better corresponding with the context. As the document was printed there was a parenthetical ncte, to which Admiral Schley's ini tials were attached, saying that evi dently the wrong city had been men tioned. Mr. Kayner asked Judge Ad vocate Lemly to make this concession, but the latter declined to do so, say ing that he would produce the orig inal of Sampson's dispatch to prove that he had said Santiago. Then Mr. Rayner said: "I cannot take that word Santiago to mean anything but Cienfuegos. it is an imputation upon Schley and I cannot permit it to rest without summoning the au thor of that dispatch," to which Lem ly responded: "I have told you once before you can summon any one you please." "Then," retorted Mr. Rayner, "sum mon Admiral Sampson." While Commander Rodgers was on the stand Mr. Rayner submitted a computation of shells from the Amer ican fleet which had struck the wrecked vessels of Cervera's squad ron, showing that at least 34 per cent of them were fired by the Brook lyn. Washington, Oct. S. —Lieut. Com mander Hodgson on Monday occupied the greater part of the time of the Schley court »112 inquiry as a witness. He was followed on the stand by Capt. W. M. Folger, the commander of the .New Orleans during the Spanish war. Commander Hodgson repeated and extended his story of the battle of July 3, giving the opinion that Com modore Schley's conduct on that occa sion was such as that of a command er-in-chief should have been. Capt. Folger said that tin; bombard ment of the Cristobal Colon on May 31 had been successful in developing the strength of the Spanish shore bat teries. and had show n them to be very weak. He also said that if the Span ish vessels had attempted to escape at night they could not have been seen by the blockading fleet in bad weather. Washington, Oct. 10.—In the Schley court of inquiry yesterday Lieut. Mark L. Bristol completed his testi mony anil three new witnesses were introduced. They were Rear Admiral Taylor, who commanded the battle ship Indiana during the war with Spain; Lieutenant Commander Potts, who was navigator of the battleship Massachusetts during that period, and Lieut. Kdward F. Leiper, who was on the New Orleans during the war. Admiral Taylor related incidents of the battle off Santiago on July 3, in cluding the Brooklyn's famous turn, lie said that none of the Suanish ships had made any effort to ram the American vessels when they came out of the harbor at Santiago. Commander l'otts' testimony dealt with the bombardment of the Colon. Answering a question as to the con duct of Commander Schley during that engagement, lie said it was that of a man laboring under great men tal excitement. Mr. Kayner secured permission from the court to introduce as evi dence the order of Secretary Long to Admiral Sampson, dated April 0, in which he was admonished against the exposure of the American vessels to the lire of strongly fortified ports. "Washington, Oct. 11.—Just before the Schley court of inquiry adjourned yesterday Judge Lemly introduced Lieut. J. 11. Holden, formerly watch officer on the Scorpion, as a witness. Lieut. Holden signed the entry in the Scorpion's log. giving the particulars of the receipt of a message for Com modore Schley from the Eagle which that vessel had brought from Capt. McCalla on May I'.), ISOS, when the flying s(|iiadron, then bound for Cien fuegos, fell in with Capt. McCalla's sub-squadron, which had just left, that port. The government had sought to show that by this message Commo dore Schley had been notified that the Spanish fleet was not in the har bor of Cienfuegos, and Lieut. Com mander Sout.herland, of the Eagle, had testified that he had megaphoned to the Scorpion that there were only a torpedo boat and several cannon ieros in that harbor. Capt. Lemly told the court yesterday that the log of the Scorpion did not show the re ceipt of the message in this form and that he was prepared to admit that the Eagle did not carry that message to Commodore Schley. Jones Stlrreil Tliem l,'p. Chicago, Oct. 10.—The harmony which lias marked the meetings of the national purity convention was ruffled by Dr. Jenkiu Jones, of Chicago, who last night announced himself as being opposed to Isms and distinctive or ganizations in Christian effort, and declared that the work of these asso ciations was properly that of the church. He defended flic legitimate drama and the various kinds of ath letic sports, and at the same time de nounced Sunday golf and the desecra tion of Memorial day by century bi cycle runs and race* CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1901. INCREASING CHURCH FUNDS. Qaerr Method Sngneilrd by nn Kng linU Parson for Replenishing Ilia Treuiiury. Clergj-men in charge of small and poor congregations frequently find themselves hampered by want of funds with which to carry on their work, but it is doubtful if even a fron tier missionary, who is generally ac knowledged to be the most hampered of American ministers, would adopt the method for increasing his re sources which an English parson is re ported to have pursued. This clergy man is in charge of a church at Mill wall and is quoted as offering to give any West end church a thorough spring cleaning, *he payment togo to his own church funds. In his letter announcing his offer the clergyman says, according to a paragraph in a HON. GEORGE R. PECK. Statesmen and publicists who have heard George R. Peck speak In public pro nounce him the foremost orator of our day and generation. Mr. Peck, who now Is general counsel of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway, with headquarters at Chicago, began his legal career in Independence, Kan., in 1!>72. Two years later President Grant appointed him United States attorney for the district of Kansas. He was reappointed by President Hayes, but resigned in 1579. Ho then became connected with the Santa Pe railroad as general solicitor, and in the fall of 1535 accepted the Chicago appointment. Scottish journal: "With the practical experience I have acquired I can now beeswax and polish a floor, or varnish floors with anybody, and my wife is A 1 at painting and decorating." The wives of some American clergy men, particularly in frontier stations, could and do tell tales of hardship and trial, but it is safe to assume that no matter how low the church treas ury might be they would hardly be ex pected to aid in its replenishing by lur ing out to do church cleaning, even if it were simply "painting and decorat ing," and not the regular scrub work. GREAT BETS IN HISTORY. Some of the LnrKCNt Waster* of Which There In Any KxlMtiu;; li coord. Lord George Bentinck, in 1843, in bet ting on his horse Gaper, for the Derby, Btood to win £ 150,000 ($720,000), but APACHE INDIAN PLAYING HIS FIDDLE. The Apache Indians have a fiddle that, in a way, Is a highly-developed instru ment. It consists ot a short cylinder, made of soft wood, hollowed out and painted. The string, of horsehair, is nearly as long as the entire body, and at one end. some times at both ends, winds around the turning peg. Under it there is a slit through the body which acts as a sound hole. The bow is strung with horsehair. The music produced on this instrument is not as sweet a•> it might be, yet Indians pro ficient in the musical art manage to extract many sweet and melancholy tunes from its simple strings. saved himself upon Cornerstone, and netted £30,000 ($144,000), says the New York Herald. Another time a bet of £!)0,000 ($432,- 000) against £30,000 ($144,000) was booked between old Lord Glasgow and Lord George Bentinck. The marquis of Hastings bet and lost £303,000 ($4'J4,000) on the Hermit's Derby. Bell & Co., of Wall street, in August, 1000, had $2."j0,000 placed in their hands to bet on President McKinley's reelec tion, at odds of 2i/ a to 1. Their offer j was absorbed in fractions. Lord Dudley bet £24,000 to £B,OOO on Peter in a race at Ascot with a book maker named Morris. I'etcr was beaten. A syndicate headed by a man named j Latnbert won £90,000 on Don Juan in j the Cesarewitch at Newmarket in 1883. i KEEP BATS IN THE HOUSE. People \\ 110 Think They TJeMroy Sloi. uuitura anil All Other luiiects In (he Air. "Down in the Neck." raid an old "esident of Long lane, recording to the Philadelphia Record, "the people have no terror of bats, not even the ivomc-n folk. In fact, bats are en couraged just a3 soon as the mos quitoes make their appearance in the early summer. "Now, there's Mrs. Young, who lives in the lane. She says she is really fond of bats. She had two sheltered behind picture frames in her parlor all last winter. When spring came and she heard them rustle, she moved the frames and let them out of the window at night, and recently they came back with a fam ily of three young ones. In one night they cleaned out all the mos quitoes from the second story, and the next night she shut the second story windows and opened those on ' the top floor. The bats came in and devoured all the mosquitoes there. "Old Neckers never drive a bat out of the house, for, contrary to popu i lar belief, the creatures are quite | harmless and keep the air clear of | all insects. They are not covered with ! vermin, as some people think, but, on the contrary, have a fur as soft as j sealskin, with a clean skin under neath. I'd rather have bats in my house any time than mosquitoes." Rejuvenated Potato. The supercilious vegetarian, sneer ing at the ease with which mutton for lamb and horse for beef can be palmed off on persons whose intel lect is dulled by a long course of flesh-eating, may now be retorted upon with the imitation new potato. Late in the season the gardener plants his crop, digs them up just before winter, and buries tliem. When the potato season arrives the tuber is dug up and renews its youth in a bath of boiling lye (appropriate name!) solution. Their appearance is hereafter faultless, but lye solu tion somehow does not impart the flavor of new potatoes. Stumped by It* I'liline**. An amusing controversy has sprung up in Paris over the gender of the ! "automobile," which the French acad emy has solemnly declared to be mas culine. One disputatious writer would like to know how "automobile" can be masculine, while "locomobile" is fern inine. To this the answer is triumph, j antly given that the automobile is too j ugly to be feminine. With this gallant aud unanswerable argument all de [ bate ceases. A NOTABLE TURF EVENT. Onward Silver Willi the Tranijl« tuiila Stake After a Stubborn Con tent at Lexington, Ky. Lexington, Ky., Oct. 11.—After try ing for seven hours, Ernde uf Vice Admiral be lie« vlved-Tlie Naval Ke»ervc. Washington, Oct. 12. —In his annual report to the secretary of the navy. Hear Admiral Crowninshield, chief of the navigation bureau, speaks of the reduction made during' the past year in the strength of the Asiatic fleet. It is said that the operations on the Asiatic station were marked by uni form success and that the conduct of our sailors and marines in China was all that could be asked for. The American fleet, in conjunction with the army in the Philippines, has ham pered materially the inflow of arms and munitions to the islands. A new system of recruiting the navy was adopted, recruiting officers going to different parts of the coun try instead of waiting until the men presented themselves at receiving ships. The system is said to have been an undoubted success. .Much attention lias been devoted tf> gunnery training and the report says that the department is about to un dertake a long cherished project and establish two gunnery training ships on the Asiatic station. Admiral Crovvninshield declares thafc the time has come when, in the inter est of the health of the sailors, of their correct drilling, of their com fort and of economy, the United Jstates navy should follow the ex ample of every first-class navy and provide barracks in place of receiv ing ships. It is figured that the gov ernment would save annually by this course nearly $130,000, or the inter est on twice the sum required to pro vide barracks for 6,000 men. It is recommended that congress appro priate for such barracks at New orlc SSOO,OOO, and for League Island and Mare Island $400,000 each. Sailors were enlisted during the year to the number of 9,.596, making the total men in service 15,825. From this number there were 3,15S deser t ions. Touching'the naval academy the re port indorses the superintendent s recommendation that no cadet be appointed under 15 or over is years of age; that the course shall be four years and that a 3,000-ton practice ship be provided. Six civilian in structors to take the place of line offi cers are recommended. In connec tion with the naval training station it 'is recommended that $150,000 be appropriated to fit out the historic Constellation at Newport for a train ing ship. Admiral Crowninsliield already has given warning to congress of the al>- solutely imperative need of the navy for more officers and men. Now he adds some startling figures to support his renewed recommendations. lie says if the department were called upon toman the ships for war serv ice, it could not. meet the demand. There are not enough officers toman, the shics already constructed. Another striking recommendation Is that four vice admirals be created, reducing the number of rear admirals to 14 if necessary. It is said that the United States often has been placed in a humiliating position on import ant occasions abroad by reason of th«? low rank of its naval representa tives. The report closes with an earnest recommendation for the cre ation of a national naval reserve. A Fatal Cranli. Hay City, Mich., Oct. 12.—A heavy framework of girders, supporting the roof of one of the buildings at the Michigan Chemical Co.'s new plant, in process of erection, fell 1* riday af ternoon. One man was killed and three seriously injured. '1 he dead: Frank C. Hence. 2S years old, mar ried. lie lice was at work in the basement of the building, when with out warning the framework of beams above collapsed. The mass struck him squarely, fracturing his skull and causing internal injuries. The injured men were at work on the timbers and went down with tlia wreck. Will Travel In Style. Washington, Oct. 12. —The delegates ■to the international conference of American states to be held in the City of Mexico will leave Washington this afternoon for Mexico. The start will be made via the Pennsylvania railroad. A special train lias been placed at the disposal of the dele gates. The train is composed of the best type of the modern Pullman cars and is luxuriously equipped. Hie special will arrive in Sr. Louis Sunday evening and will arrive in the City of Mexico on Wednesday. The total distance to be traveled is 3,351 miles. Seal-ell lor Hrlisaiidn t) Constantinople, Oct. 12.—Tn compli ance with a request from Washington the search by Ottoman troops for the abductors of Miss Stone, the Amer ican missionary, has been abandoned, it being feared that the brigands would kill her should they be closely pursued. Arrangements are now be ing made to pay the ransom. Tex i" Town Fire-Swept. •Dallas, Tex., Oct. 12.—Nearly jill tho town of Alba, 100 miles east of Dallas, was destroyed by an incendiary tire Thursday night. Only two business houses of the 17 are left. 3