W"" " v THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, .. PAGES 9 TO 24. SECOND PART. THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, SUNDAY, MAT 29. 1892, A STAND-UP FIGHT BetweenParnellites andTheir Opponents in Eyery Coun- ty in Ireland GOOD AS AN ESCAPE PIPE. America to Be Swooped Down Upon by Both Factions, Who Come TO GET HOLD OF HEEDED DOLLARS. How Balfour Secured Snch a Large Ma jority for His Pet BilL EFFOBTS TO PEOTE GLADSTONE WRONG tBT CABLE TO THE DISrATCH.1 I.OXTXW, May 2a Copyright. The ac tion of the various Irish societies in the United States has at length had some effect upon the Irish factions on this side. The leaders continue to bluster at each other in public, but privately they are making ami cable arrangements designed to prevent the Tories winning any seats in Ireland at the general election, now so near, at the ex pense of divided Nationalists. This will not prevent Farnellites and auti-Pamellites hat inc a good Btand-up fight in every con stituency in which their dissensions cannot possibly be utilized by the common enemy," so that there will still be much wholesome blowing off of steam, and possibly some blood-letting, for the benefit of the plethoric body politic. This is as it should be, and nobody will complain except those who are constitu tionally unfitted to enjoy a good rousing fi;ht, or some others who, having a strain of sluggish English blood in their Irish veins, regard the proposed arrangement as a sinful waste of good money winch could be more profitably spent. How Balfour Swelled a Majority. The anti-Parnellites have appointed an election committee upon which they have wisely given Michael Davitt a seat, and the Parnellites are busily engaged in complet ing their work of organization. Both Bides, in trnth, were so engrossed in this business, laudable enouzh in itself, that 30 Irish members stayed away from the division on the local government bill, with the result that Mr. Balfour carried the second reading of that remarkable measure by a majority of 92 instead of about 40, which would have been the number had the attendance been normal. Simple-minded Tones, who credited the Government with a desire to pass the bill, were so elated over the result that they talked loudly of placing the measure on the statute book this session despite Liberal obstruction,bnt Mr. Balfour and other well informed gentlemen on the ministerial bench looked anything but pleased at their unexpected triumph. Theory of obstruction which is to be shouted by every Tory fichter in the coming struggle will lose much of its effect in the circumstances because electors will be unable to under stand why a strong Government, which car ried the second reading of the bill by a majority of nearly 100, was unable to pass it into law, nor will it he so easy to find a decent excuse for dropping the hill, but it will have to be done, and the official an nouncement of the sacrifice will probably be made next week, fiortg to Prove Gladstone 'Wronc Upon the eve of a struggle in which Ire land's dearest interests are involved Mr. John H. Parnell, a gentleman who is begin ning to presume over much on his pa tronymic, has considered it seemly and timely to deliver a lecture in the city cf Cork "for the purpose of proving that "Mr. Gladstone is s knave, fool and liar. Mr. John Redmond is going to 2ew York shortly with the avowed wiew of demonstrating a similar proposition. In cidentally he proposes also to convince Irishmen in America that black i9 white, and that a minority is really a majority. He hopes to return with not less than 120.000, with which to propagate his pecu liar propaganda. The other party think of sending an envoy to warn their fellow countrymen and friends in New York " against the wicked wiles of Mr. John Red mond, who, it will be shown, is no better than a Tory in disguise, prepared to sell Ireland for British gold. If American friends of Ireland be desir ous of helping the home rule cause they will adhere to their wise resolve not to sub scribe a cent to either faction until the leaders have composed their differences, which are due almost entirely to contend ing personal ambitions. The Orangemen are doing their best to maVe a great show at Belfast on June 17, when the Unionists' Convention Is held. They are spending money on it, and already 10,000 have been collected to boom the demonstration. Balfour TTon't Talk to Orangemen. The efforts of the party to secure Balfour to address the convention have failed, so that, though the Duke of Abercorn pre fides, the speakers will probably be of the caliber of Colonel Saunderson and T. W. RusselL The object of the convention is to coerce the nervous English voter bv hold ing up to him the mighty things the" Ulster men will do if home rule is conceded to the Irish Nationalist party, while the religions scruples of the non-conformists will be worked upon bv prophetic examples of what will befall Irish Protestants it priests get the upper hand. A month or two ago the Foreign Office was engaged in a lively controversy with members of Chambers of Commerce who complained that British traders are always placed at a disadvantage with their competi tors, especially in remote countries, owing to the laziness and indifference of Ministers anil Consuls who will not move an Loch to help a fellow countryman in securing a con tract for getting access to a market The Foreign Office maintained that the com plaints were not well founded, but promised to inquire as to whether anything further could be done. The row since brought about by the Persian tobacco concession is not calculated to encourage the Foreign Office to excessive effort on behalf of BritiBh traders. The Tobacco Monopoly In Persia. Early last year a gentleman named Tal bot obtained from the Shah for a considera tion, the concession of a monopoly of trad ing in tobacco throughout Persia. The Per sians, generally so docile, kicked with un precedented vigor against the monopoly, and, encouraged by their religions teachers. e en resorted to Western methods of riot ing and boycotting. Finally the Shah was compelled to cancel the concession, and the Foreign Office, laudably as one would think, set to work to obtain compensation for the aggrieved concessionaires. The Shah offered 300,000, but ultimately had to pay half a million sterling. The phenomenal activity of the Foreign Office in this matter aroused suspicion, with the result that certain inquisitive Radicals discovered that Mr. Talbot is a relative of Lord Salisbury. England's For eign Minister as well as Premier. His lordship was forthwith accused of nepotism, and he and the Foreign Office people gen erally were indignantly denounced in the newspapers and in Parliament. The Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs blandly ex plains that the British Government merely acted as mediators, and admittedly wronged the concessionaires, and tbat Mr. Talbot's family connections counted for nothing in the matter. The Radicals are not satisfied, but they can do nothing effective in this moribund Parliament. LONDON SOCIETY SHOCKED. Sweating Establishments Fonnd In the Heart or the City's fashionable West End Americans Faying High-Class Prices for Slop Shop Work. tBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. IiCHTDOir, Mav 28. The Evening Kewt and Jbst, an enterprising Tory half-penny pa per, which has from the first led the move ment for restricting immigration of desti tute aliens to this country, has discovered that the evil of the -'sweating system" in the tailoring trade is by no means confined to the East End of London. The foreigners, chiefly Hebrews, as in Whitechapel, have established a prosperous sweating business in the West End, and their foul workrooms, where men aud women Work long hours for starvation wages, are largely patronized by the best and most fashionable firms in Re gent street and neighborhood. A reporter found two men and seven women at work upon high-class goods in a room 12 feet long, 8 feet broaa ana v or e feet high, situated over stables. The em- plover, of course, was a foreigner, and he contracted for work at sixpence or seven pence per hour, for which he paid his people twopence or threepence per hour. In other words, he was a sweater of the orthodox East End type, and the knowledge of his presence in the West End is calculated to cause a severe shock to the gilded youth of May fair and their American imitators, who con tentedly pay or promise to pay exorbitant prices tor their garments under the impres sion that they are made by the best English tailors. Opinions differ as to a means of stemming the pauper influx. Secretary Flinn, of the London Tailors' Union, thinks that foreign ers should not be allowed to work for less than union rates, but he has no clear idea as to how such prohibition could be en forced. A majority of respectable tailors, British and foreign, strongly advocate an imposition of a poll tax of some kind upon foreign workmen landing on these shores, conpled with a general regulation of immi gration on American lines. A curious effect, by the way, of the dras tic rules enforced in Sew York, is felt in London. Knowledge of American severity has evidently spread throughout Europe, with the result that destitute aliens who in the old days would have gone direct to the United States, now come first to England, with the intention of earning enough money to qualify them to pass through Uncle Sam's jealously guarded portals. THE DECAY OF WEALTH Shown in the Fallen Fortunes of the Bar ings and Mariettas Forced Sale at Sftcrlflee Prices of the Lattcr's House hold Goods and Family Mansion. BY CABLE TO THE DISPATCn.J London, May 28. Early in the last century Francis Baring, a poor Lutheran pastor from Bremen, set up in business in Devonshire as a wool merchant. Four of his decendants are now peers of this realm the Earl of Northbrook, Lord Ash burton, Lord Revelstoke and Sir Evelyn Baring, a British resident at Cairo, who has jnst been elevated to the peerage. The fall of the firm of Baring Brothers has shattered Lord Revelstoke's health and ruined his fortunes, but the reconstructed firm is said to be doing welL The Muriettas, who once aspired to equal ity with the Barings in the financial world, are also in perilous condition now. This week the old French furniture and objects of art collected from all parts of the world by the chiefs of the family in the days of their prosperity, have been sold at auction. Good prices were realized, as much as $12.000 having been paid fora suite of Louis XV. carved and gilt furniture for a salon, and $3,000 for a set of four Louis XVL carved nnd gilt fauteuils. Dresden and other china fetched prices which proved that in spite of bad times there is still plenty of monev in London, f The Messrs. Murietta's great town man sion was also put up at anction this week after an ineffectual attempt to sell it pri vately to an Ambassador said to be Mon sier Waddington, of France. The house occupies one of the finest sites in London, being situated at the extreme east end of Carlton House terrace overlooking the Horse Guards parade, and commanding a view of the whole of Hjamess Park. It is held on a lease direct from th.e Crown for an unexpired term of 69 years at a ground rent of $433 per annum. Its first tenant was the Duke of Hamilton, who sold it to the Duke of Newcastle, from whom it was purchased by the late Earl Granville. Mr. De Murietta paid the Earl 60,000 for it in 18S7, and in five years spent another 20,000 on the house in decorations, elec tric lighting, etc. The highest bid the auctioneer could get was iou.uuu, ana the property was with drawn, but it was sold by private contract vesterdav for 55.000. the purchaser has secured a bargain. xi is cqnsiuerea mat CHEAPNESS OF SOME GKEATNESS. Two Jack Sbeppard Souvenirs Sold for the Low Prloe of a Guinea. tBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. J London, May 28. A couple of mahog any tables, which were souvenirs of the no torious Jack Sheppard, were offered on Thursday afternoon forpnhlic competition, among other articles of furniture at the old Blackjack, Portsmouth street, Lincoln's Inn Field. This house has a history of its own. It was a favorite resort of Joe Miller, who died in 1728, and the first edition of his jests which have rendered his name so famous was published jn the course of the year lollowing. The Blackjack, which is almost directly opposite to the reputed but not sufficiently authenticated "Old Curiosity Shop" of Charles Dickens, derived an alternative nameof "The Jump," by which it was long distinguished, from the circumstance that Jack Sheppard upon one occasion foundit daringly expedient to jump from one of its second-floor windows in order to evade the officers of justice, otherwise suggestively described as the emissaries of Jonathan Will. It is a somewhat cruel illustration of the evanescence of the interest taken in the fortunes of departed greatness that a single guinea represented to-day the value put upon the tables to which traditions so famous are attached. KEELY AGBEES TO A TEST, He ITHl Attempt to Care Six of Eng land's Crack Dipsomaniacs. tBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. London, May 28. Keely, the drunkard renovator, is in London for the purpose pf establishing a shop here. With this end in view he consulted that well-known philan thropist, Colonel Tom Ochiltree, who advised him to prove the efficacy of his cure to Henry Labouchere, M. P., editor of Truth, before bringing it before the British public, as Truth is the most powerful newspaper in England, either to champion a good cause or to down a sham. Keely called on Labouchere yesterday, and agreed to prove the quality of the bi chloride of gold system by curing any six drunkards Labouchere might produce. Labouchere has agreed to meet Keely's demand, and the experiment will be made at once. A Reward or 82,500 for O'Brien. TBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. London, May 28. Minister Lincoln has made a public reward of $2,'500 for the cap ture of Tom O'Brien, who escaped from the French police at Havre' after doing the same service for the authorities of Clinton prison. O'Brien's description has been sent to Scotland Yard and all the newspapers, and it is almost impossible that he can land at any English port without being arrested. GOSSIP AB0DT ROYALTY. Prince George Daly Made flnke of Tork The Little King of Spain Having a Sec ular Plcnlo The Gaekwart Extensive Suite and Name on Their Way to Eng land. BT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. London, May 28. Copyright Prince George of Wales has been duly created Duke of York. He will celebrate his 28th birthday in Copenhagen, and then return to England and gradually accustom himself and the people to his new position as heir apparent. Apartments in St. James" Pal ace, prepared for his late brother, are be ing made ready for him upon a scale which indicates that he is not expected to occupy them for any length of time alone. The Princess of Wales, by the way, sleeps nightly at Copenhagen in the very room and bed which sue occupied when a girl. It is said that the little Kine of Spain. now in bis summer quarters at Aranjuez, is having great fnn with a pony and bicycle. He is growing tall, strong and self-willed, and needs a brother to keep him in order as in the English royal family, when Prince George of Wales used to knock the conceit out of Albert Victor. Christian Edward Alfonso "XIIL unfortunately has only womenfolk about him, including two sisters, whom he terrorizes, and a mother of whom he is not a bit afraid. The Gaekwar of Baroda is coming to England, notwithstanding faraway hints that his company is not hankered after. Worse than thatj he is bringing one of his wives, the Marthanee Chimnabal Soheba, whose name will have to be mastered by the unhappy major domos. Together with this fearsome collection all members of the fam ily, Shrimant Sampatrao Gaekwar Shrimant Anchitrui Gaekwar Shrimant Bajoobeai, Hebedar, Rajessei Samorth, Prince Fattes ingrao, Prince Jeysingroo and Batura Nar ayer Kale. The Gaekwar's following will include three valets, charged solely with the grooming of His Highness; five cooks, who alone may prepare his food, and 20 or dinary servants. According to present in tentions, he will mercifully stay only three weeks. POET WINE A DRTJO. Too Hncb of It on Sale ia London to Keep Up the Prices. rBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. 1 London, May 28. A great sale of port wine in London this week, the biggest on record, has not produced such prices as were anticipated. It was thought that 10,000 pipes would fetch about 40 a pipe, pro ducing a total of 400,000. The prices hitherto secured, however, are about 30 or 40 per cent below the estimate, and it is not thought the sale will produce more than 250,000. The decline in the price is attributed to the fact that 1,600 pipes were disposed of at a sale last week, and that the market has therefore been to a certain extent fore stalled. The magnitude of this sale may be gathered from the fact that the 10,000 pipes, which covered acres of ground at the docks, are equal to 7,000,000 bottles. BECIPE0CITY WITH ATOTBIA HOW. What the Ist Commercial Treaty With a Foreign Nation Provides. Vienna, May 27. The reciprocity treaty between Austria and the United States has been signed at Washington. Austrian sugar, molasses and skins will enter the United States free of duty. In return, Austria gives the United States favored nation treatment. Fltfnl Flashes From Afar. FocnTxxir Eusslan Provinces report Dad harvests. The Spanish tariff proposals have been finally agreed to at a French Cabinet coun cil. The prohibition against the entry of Rus sian Hebrews into Germany has been with drawn. A moscsiest of Garibaldi was unvetled at Palermo Friday. Ex-Premier Crlspi de llveied an address. Six brigands, who have been terrorizing Turkish Eplms,were killed in an attempt to kidnap a Greek Bishop. Sevesteew Arrab slave traders have been sentenced to be hanged for holding a slave market in German territory in East Africa. The King of Portugal has accepted the resignation of the whole Cabinet. and has charged Senhor Ferreira to form another Cabinet. The report that James 'Welbregg, of New York, had committed suicide at Monte Carlo after losmg $20,000 at the gaming tables, is a canard. The Melbourne authorities have decided that all the statements, letters to the press and other documents written by Deeming sball be destroyed. It is expected that the Italian opposition will propose that the chambervote supplies for only two months, in order to hasten the holding of general eleotlons. The London Privy Council has upheld the Bishop of Norwich In his refusal to instal a clergyman because he was nominated to the living at Brantham, Suffolk, by a Catholic Whatever may be the Intentions of the British Government as to dissolution, the Liberals are evidently preparing for a cam paign that will surpass any in the past in the energy and activity to be displayed. The London Ifeict correspondent at Rome says: "The King's unprecedented action in keeping the defeated Ministry in office cre ates astonishment and is held tooonnrm the suspicion that special motives, unknown to the public, exist for not reducing the military budget In the Interest of the Drol bund." The secret military convention signed be tween Slgnor Crlspi and Prince Bismarck has not been renewed, and the new treaty between Slgnor Budint and Chancellor Caprivl contains but one clause with regard to Itily's military obligation to Germany. The latter sets forth that in case of war Italy shall place at the disposal of Germany as many troops as the General in command of German forces shall deem necessary to Insure the success of the campaign. Famous Case Settled. , Bridget McNally threw a bucket of water on Margaret McGin nelly on May 2d and a lawsuit started. These two women are neighbors, living near Twenty-eighth and Sara streets, Southside,. and do not agree very well. The charge states that Bridget McNally got wet from this water, andx that she was otherwise injured in body and char acter. Lawyers were hired and considera ble expense was incurred, but yesterday the case was settled finally by the discharge of Bridget McKally on account of the in b ufficiency of the evidence. Cabka&a Awitihos Don't fall to see them If you want awnings. At Mamaux A Son's, 539 Penn avenue. leL 1972. Carrara Awnings Don't fail to see them if you want awnings. At Mamaux & Son's, 639 Penn avenue. TeL 1972. Take advantage of this time of tbe year and i ave your photographs made by Dabbs, 602 Liberty street. argal loafs'. naoer. this season's goods'. Wx. H. Allen, 517 Wood street, near Firm avenue. Scxtaita Awkikos, new and very brilliant, at Jdamaux & Son's, 539 Penn avenue. B. L. H. Dabbs says he made a number of as fine photographs yesterday as he has ver uiude since he has been in business. STARTLED THE BENCH. Judges White and Magee Surprised by Doctors' Testimony in THE KUHN HABEAS CORPUS CASE. Criticism of the Legal Method of Giving Certificates. MBS. KUHN'S EAXITI ESTABLISHED A hearing in the habeas corpus proceed ings brought by Mrs. Blake to secure the release of Mrs. H. P. Kuhn, her daughter, from the Dixmont Insane Asylum, resulted in tbe writ being granted. The hearing was held before Judges White and Magee yesterday, and in the presence of a large number of friends of all parties concerned. Mrs. Kuhn was present in the custody of Br. Hutchinson. She was dressed in a plain black dress with a shawl thrown over her shoulders. She did not look well, but had every appearance of being perfectly sane. Her entrance to the courtroom was soon followed by that of her husband, accom panied by his counsel, Major A. M. Brown. Willis P. McCook represented Mrs. Kuhn. There was a wait of over an hour, during which time Judges White and Magee trans acted a lot of routine busines. In the mean time friends of Mrs. Kuhn came in by the dozenandshook hands with the woman, whose face was aglow with smiles for everyone who greeted her. Dr. J. O. Flower, who has been her physician for two years, was among those who exchanged greetings with her. The doctor said he was very much surprised when he heard she had been placed in an asylum, for he had never con sidered her insane. ' Trying to liCfect a Compromise. While this was going on the attorneys were discussing a plan for the disposal "of the case. Mr. McCook wanted Mr. Kuhn and Major Brown to consent to the release of the wife, and that she be placed in St Francis Hospital for treatment at the ex pense of the husband. At the conclusion of the conference Mr. McCook presented the proposition to the court, 'I will not agree to that," said Judge Magee. "If the woman is insane she should be sent to an asylum, but this Court has no power to say that anyone shall be confined in a hospital." Mr. Kuhn's affidavit was presented, in which he said he and his wile had been separated since February, 1891; that he bad placed his two boys in a school at Washington, Pa.; 'that since April last his wife had lived in her own house in the East End. The affidavit contained the account of the manner in which Sir. Kuhn had gone to his wife's We have About . One hundred Of the ' Finest Baby Coaches That ar Manufactured. They have to Be sold. How to do it Is in our Usual style Cut the price. . This has Been done, For we must have The room. We say, ' Take them On your Own p Terms, For you Can't buy Them for less Even if You pay The Cash. l ' if' 1 1 " PiWir f. t u)" cr L- ? Ji -A' " Lri I -J&L & $ hi'i MiriY " " && kfLtkY - r$JW&i - Xt'f-i rjjk, ''fi jyiTlihri"1"" - afaMJMstainJMsaBsBbiifcAaA 'S'ut.j.. iMBssssWi,'isPSsWMlisBtlssslsssHsM I F3 i TWO'S house last Monday, taking Dr. Nelan and Dr. Emmerling with him, and how, after the physicians had made an examination of the woman, 'Squire Kegley had been ap plied to for a committment to Dixmont, which was granted. Drs. Nelan and Emmerling eorroborated what Mr. Kuhn said in reference to their visit to Mrs. Kuhn's house. The two Dhv- sicians were questioned rather severelv by the Court. Judges Surprised by the Physicians. Judge Magee You say you examined Mrs. Kuhn but once and that was last Mon day, and yet you signed a certificate attest ing to her .insanity. Don't you think you could find traces of insanity in any woman who has been separated from her husband and.her children taken away? Judge White Dr. Nelan, you knew Mrs. Kuhn's mother lived in the neighborhood. Did you, after finding the woman in a weak and half-famished condition, endeavor to communicate with her mother? Dr. Nelan I did not consider it my duty to do so. Judge White Dr. Nelan, I am surprised. Judge Magee questioned Dr. Emmerling, who also admitted tbat he had not seen Mrs. Kuhn until Monday. Judge Magee And yet you, at the re quest of the husband, signed a certificate of insanity. Such a proceeding is an outrage. Major Brown The law has been ob served. Judge Magee Then the law is wrong. No Alderman could send a criminal to prison on the testimony of two witnesses without giving the defendant a chance to be heard, and the law should not give him the right to send anyone to an insane asylum without an order from court. Mrs. Blake was then put on the stand. She said she did not think her daughter was HOUSEHOLD H5MIN OUR NEW 414 OF THE GREATEST PARLOR SUIT SALE Ever held in this or any other section. Last week we furnished hundreds of Parlors for the economical housekeepers in this city, but we still have too many suits, and so the knife has again been sharpened and keeps relentlessly at work for your gain and our loss. -CASH CAN DO NO MORE THAN CREDIT THIS WEEK-- So if you have not the cash don't stay away on that account, but come in and we will make the terms to suit. ' A few more Odd price and terms. SSKtTJITO CASH- BUYERS, We keep 125 styles of Chamber Suits on our floor, ranging in price from $ 1 5 to $125. See them. HOUSEHOLD CREDIT CO. 414 WOOD STREET. 414 Pittsburg's Leading Cash and Credit House. COMPANY. insane. ne had been In pi a long time, and had worried because her children were taken from her. Showed No Signs of Insanity. Dr. Hutchinson said that While Mrs. Kuhn had been in his institution she had shown no signs of insanity, and he thought with proper treatment, she would fully re cover. Mrs. Blake again took the stand, and said her daughter's married life had been very unpleasant. major urown then said his client was willing that Mrs. Kuhn should be released from the asylum and placed in a hospital. Judge Magee What assurance have we that Mr. Kuhn will not again have his wife declared insane? Major Brown He has said in his affidavit that he does not want her property; all he asks is that she receive proper treatment. Jndge Magee Yes he, without consult ing his wife's relatives or friends, has her prononnced insane and thrown into prison. What right had he to take a physician and break into her room when by his own state ment she had been living alone for over a year? Mrs. Kuhn was then called. She answered all questions in a plain, straightforward manner. When asked by Judge White how she would prefer the case to be disposed of, she said if she were permitted to go back home she would have a nurse and take good care of herself. Judge White asked if she would be will ing to go to a hospital, and she replied that she was. The Court then granted an orderproviding for Mrs. Kuhn's treatment in St. Francis' Hospital subject to further order from the Court. In making the order Judge White remarked that he hoped Mr. Kuhn would call on his wife and make her life as pleasant as possible. WOOD STREET. Continuation 50 PAELOE SUITS GO AT 60 PAELOE SUITS GO AT 75 PAELOE SUITS GO AT 80 PAELOE SUITS GO AT 90 PAELOE SUITS GO AT 100 PAELOE SUITS GO AT 125 EUG SUITS - ' GO AT Suits, of which we, have ASKED FOR A TENTH. An Attempt to Introduce the Old Mo saic Law in the U. P. Church. WAHT THE ELDERS TO GIVE TITHES Chnrehes Must Eeep race With the World to Hold the Young:. DEMAND FOE KOBE TEMPEBAKCE WORK At yesterday afternoon's conference of the elders of the General Assembly of the TJ. P. Church, a resolution was adopted to petition all the elders in attendance fo their pledge to give one-tenth of their yearly income to spread the word of the gospel in heathen land. The resolution came up at the close of the session which proved to be one of the most interesting ones yet held. The Conference was held in the First TJ. P. Church on Union avenue, Allegheny. There was a large attendance, and the programme was interestingly car ried out A W. Graham presided and led in the devotional exercises. The first topiowas entitled: "The duty of the eldership in regard to tbe promotion of spirituality in the congregation." The dis cussion was opened by G. G. Wallace, who held that .this duty devolves on the elder as much as it does on the pastor himself, it not even to a greater extent The character of the elder ship in a church is one of the strongest points in the stability of a congregation, he held, and is the foundation from which spirituality is radiated and its influence carried among the people. The life of an elder must be pure, that it can be as an example to the children and youth as well as to the older members of the church. Must Slake the Church More Pleasant Dr. McClung followed, and spoke of the duty of the elder to the baptized youth of the church. His argument folio wed closely in the line of thought that characterized the remarks of Elder Wallace. He dwelt par ticularly upon the necessity of setting an example worthy of emulation, and believed in makjng the church service so attractive that young men would derive the same pleasure they do in worldly ways. S. H. Kasley discoursed entertainingly upon "the example of the eldership as to Christian giving." He said: "Christian giving is consecrated giving. It is not the extent," he continued, "but the spirit and the proportion of it to the prosper ity 'that men have. The widows' mite was a fortune in one sense, and Jesus said: 'She has cast in more than CREDIT CO QUARTERS N5- but one and two SPECIAL NOTICE all.' Give according to your incomes. believe we all should give at least onej tenth of our Income to spread the word of the Gospel in heathen lands that all souht might be saved. I would be glad if every elder here would make a pledge to . tha General Assembly to give one-tenth of hit yearly income, and I here offer it as a re30. iution that we do so." The resolution was amended slightly and, read that a committee of three circulate & pledge among the elders for their name that aU might know which ones promise at least the one-tenth. It was adopted, and nt pursuance Messrs. Ferguson, Wallace and. Smiley were appointed. The members of the General Assembly attended during the afternoon the free organ, recital at Cagnegie Hall. Want More Temperance Wort At the General Assembly of the church, in the morning the letter of Mrs. H. 3. Ellis. Secretary of the W. C. T. T7., id, wnich she urged the introduction of tem perance lessons In Sunday schools, wasl referred to the Committee on He form. The report of the Permanent Committee on Beform was referred to thd Committee on Beform. The report of the) Ways and Means Committee was ordered printed in the minutes, and that the clause) relating annuities be referred to the Finance Committee to formulate, ami that the ap-t pointment of the Committee on Ways and, Means be referred to the Committee on Ap pointment After the reading of the report of the) committee on the Board of Ministerial Be lief Dr. McKiraghan said he thought tha committee should seek out indigent minis ters who, notwithstanding their need, re frained from applying for aid on account of timidity. The matter of disposing of certain mission; property in India, roughly estimated at a, value of 141,500, was referred to the Com mittee on Foreign Missions am', the assem bly adjourned until 9 o'clock Monday moru ing. Hose Carriage Damaged. While the Hazelwood No. 13 hose can riage was turning the corner at Smithfield and Carson streets, yesterday afternoon, tho wheels refused to leave theirposition on tha rails of the street railway, and, in conse quence,one wheel of the carriage was torn off, throwing hose, driver, and all upon tho street They answered the alarm of the fire at Robinson's foundry, near Panhan dle depot, which was extinguished by No. 17, of thi Southside, as it was returning from the fire at Water and First avenue. Ohio Commercial Men Slept. Toledo, May 2a The United Commer cial Travelers' Association of Ohio is r i session here, 1,000 being present At tha secret session 30 candidates were initiated. J. C Whitaker, of Dayton, was elected Grand Counselor. Oirrx Awanros Entirely now and fastinl colors and exquisite in designs, at JlamauxJ I & Sou's, 533 Penn avenue. TeL 1972. i Di Witt's little Early Risen. 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