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COTTON BILL'S HARD LINES
Proceedings of Senate and House of
Representatives.
GOULD AND LYTLE LOCK HOKXS
Seasion In tho House Enlivened by
Spirited Arguments and Personal At
' luslons Distinguished Guests Ircs
ent-Tbo Sweetshop Dill.
Special to the Bcraiuon Tribune.
Harrlsburr, April 11. The Cotton bill
o Huhstltute electrocution for hanging
In the infliction or the death penalty
. made a narrow escape from defeut on
second reading today In the house. Had
it not been for the courtesy of Speaker
(pro tern.) Hitter in withdrawing his
decision that the bill falls and allow
ing Mr. Cotton to move- to postpone for
the present the measure would have
been dropped from the calendar. As
It Is the bill can never pass third read
ing unless there Is a decided change
of sentiment among the members.
The bill provides for the Inllictlon of
the death penalty In the sam manner
as required by the New York law, ex
cept that It does not exclude news
paper reporters from witnessing the
execution. When .the measure was
taken up Mr. Fow called attention to
Its provisions and said It was one that
ought not to become a luw. The bill
was voted down by a viva voce vote
and the speaker pro tern, announced Its
death. Mr. Cotton was on his feet be
fore the decision was announced to
move to postpone for the present. Mr.
Ritter withdrew his decision and Mr.
Fow moved to postpone indellnltely.
This was defeated and a motion to post
pone for the present prevailed. Mr.
Cotton may now call the bill up at his
pleasure.
A feature of the day's proceedings
was a reception In the hall of the house
to Mrs. Hastings, wife of the governor,
Mrs. Hartrnnft, widow of the distin
guished soldier and governor, and
Charles Emery Smith, editor of the
Philadelphia Press and ex-minister to
Russia. A recess was taken for twenty
minutes In order that the members
might pay their respects to the party.
Mrs. Hastings, with a party of ladles,
entered the house during the morning
proceedings and took seats In the rear
of the chamber. Soon after three
pages, under the guidance of Speaker's
Clerk Huhn, marched through the hall
to where the ladies were sitting and
presented each with a bouquet of beau
tiful flowers. Just after this Incident
Mr. Smith was escorted to a seat in
front of the chamber. When their
presence became known a resolution
was adopted that the house take a re
cess. After every body had shaken
'-hands with the visitors the house' re
sumed Its business.
The Nlckell Joint resolution amend
ing the constitution to abolish spring
election, which was on the calendar for
final passage on a special order, was
i overwhelmingly defeated. The bill to
establish a state school directors' asso
' elation and allowing directors mileage
' who attend the association's conven
tion, . which was to have been held In
this city annually, was also defeated
on second reading. Another bill which
met this fate was the measure provid
ing for the election of prothonotsVles'
clerks, registers of wills and recorders
of deeds In counties where these offices
are held by one person. A bill to pro
hibit the sale of cigarettes to minors
and the measure providing for Inspec
tors of weights and measures passed
second reading.
-Gould and l.ytle Wrangle.
An exciting exchange of personalities
occurred this morning In the house be
tween Messrs Gould, of Erie, aud Lytle,
of Huntingdon, during the discussion
on tho bill to prevent minors from ob
taining intoxicating liquors and making
It a misdemeanor to procure the same
by falsely representing the age of a
minor, or knowingly or negligently
furnishing Intoxicating liquors to min
ors.. During the discussion Mr. Lytle
claimed that the bill was framed In the
Interest of the liquor men. Mr. Gould, who
had the measure In charge,- replied that
this was not a fact, that the bill was
to protect legitimate hotel and saloon
keepers from being victimized by black
mailers. He said Mr. Lytle's remarks
were entirely uncalled for.
The member from Huntingdon then
took, the floor and attacked the gentle
man from Erie. He characterized iMr.
Gould's remarks as a puny effort and
scarcely worth a reply. Concluding,
Lytle said the attack of Mr. Gould's
was blackguardism. The bill was vot
ed down on second reading. Then Mr.
ould took the floor on a question of
persnal privilege and replied to Mr.
Lytle. Mr. Gould said the member
, from Hunttnghon was accustomed to
reading to the members of the house a
lecture and expecting them to be sup
pressed. But he would not be sup
pressed. He accused Lytle of descend
ing to the depths of the lowest pettl
fogers In the lowest court In thus at
tacking him. He disliked personali
ties, but he wanted) to say that he had
long; considered the matter of lntro
luclng a resolution requesting the com
mittee on rules to set apart a portion
each day to permit' Mr. Lytle to amend
and correct his record.
Governor Hastings today approved
the Baker sweatshop bill. This meas
ure provides for eight factory Inspec
. tors to Inspect tenement houses In
Which cigars, .cigarettes and clothing
ire manufactured .
MAY NOT EAT IN BLOOMERS.
Edna Day, a Student, Interfered with Her
Landlady's ingestion.
'Ann Arbor, Mich., April 11. Miss Ed
na Day, of the junior class In the llter
iry department of the University of
Michigan, has doffed her knickerbock
ers. Last October she discarded the
iklrts, which used to accumulate mud
beneath, and dust in their organ pleats,
and put an o series of nameless gar
ments "which were a compromise be
tween the football team's nether gar
ments and those of the oriental dancers
In thl defunct Midway Plalsance. That
he Was the only college maid who did
ihl&Jbnly made her the more deter-
my id to stand In the van of reform
breeches. Her friends admired her
,id the male students of the great
tato Institution refrained from passing;
V marks as he went by. She was wlll-
to be a rartyr, but there arose no
salon for It until today.
) the breakfast table of the board
ing-house kept by Mrs. H. C. Eames,
this morning the landlady Issued a
ukase. She had noticed a certain im
pairment of her digestion and feared
insomnia, nervous prostration and pos
sible paresis. She. laid It to Miss Day's
fin de slecle costume, which she said
was better fitted for the end of the
next century. So she declared herself
by saying to the young lady: "You
can't eat at my table and wear bloom
ers at the same time."
Wlth the alternative squarely beforo
her of skirts and hash or breecnes and
hunger, Miss Day has decided to eat.
SERVICES REJECTED.
Boston Alan Falls to Gain Notoriety on
Champion of Mr. Clcvelnnd.
Boston, April 11. A Boston gentle
man, upon reading Dr. Lansing's apol
ogy for his attack upon President Cleve
land, wrote to Washington, offering to
go to Dr. Lansing to demand proper
reparation.
In reply he received today the follow
ing dispatch from the president:
"While his so-called retraction. Is an
aggravation of his original offense, I
am willing that his further punishment
should be left to his conscience and the
contempt of his neighbors and the
American people. (Signed) G rover
Cleveland."
KOBBER PK BUY ESCAPES.
The Central Train Kobber and l our Other
Birds l ly by Night from Muttewnn.
Mattewan, N. Y., April 11. Oliver
Curtis Perry, the noted New York Cen
tral train robber, and four other pris
oners, escaped from the state asylum
here at a late hour last night. Perry's
companions were: Patrick Magulre
and Michael O'Donnell, both burglars
of New York city; John Qulgley, of As
toria, and Prank Davis, of New York.
All were dressed In the asylum garb
and were without hats when they es
caped. The men had been locked In
separate rooms last evening and were
supposed to be absolutely secure. Night
Attendant Carmody, while making his
rounds In the Isolation annex, was at
tacked and overpowered, tied to the
bed In .perry's room and his mouth
stuffed with rags to prevent him mak
ing an outcry. With keys obtained
from Carmody the prisoners gained ac
cess to the attic over the chapel and by
the aidwf a scaffold easily reached the
roof, which Is about twenty feet from
the ground. The men escaped from the
roof by means of the water canductors.
It Is considered very singular that
while hours have elapsed since the
men left the hospital not a person has
been found who admits having seen any
of them. The fact is strengthening, a
suspiclonthat accomplices have been at
hand who aided the escape, for unless
they are In hiding very near the hos
pital they could not very well have
gone far without being noticed in their
peculiar garb. -
GOVERNOR'S FUNERAL.
The Late Joshnu II. Marvil ll.nld at Rest
at Lmircl.
Laurel, Del., April 11. Never was
Laurel so crowded as today by the
hundreds who came from all parts of
the state to attend the funeral of the
late Governor Joshua H. Marvil.
Among those who attended were Gov
ernor Watson and all the, members of
the legislature, Senator Gray and ex
Senator HIgglns.
The body of the dead governor re
posed In an elaborate mahogany cas
ket and was viewed by hundreds from
early morning until the hour for the
funeral arrived. Company I. National
Ouard of Delaware, of Laurel, acted as
a guard of honor at the house and
church, and also as an escort to the fu
neral procession.
Interment was made In the Methodist
Protestant cemetery, with services at
the grave. The great crowd In attend
ance swelled the procession to the
church yard and remained until the
services came to an end.
MILITARY ORDERS.
Honorable Discharges and Furloughs
Granted Guard Members.
Harrlsburg, Pa., April 11. This order
was Issued from National Guard of
Pennsylvania headquarters today;
Captain Samuel D. McConnell, chap
lain First Regiment Infantry, Is hereby
granted leave of absence from May 1
until Sept. 1, 1895, with permission to
go beyond the sea. First Lieutenant
John D. Worman, quartermaster State
Fenclbles, battalion, having tendered
his resignation, Is hereby honorably
discharged, to take effect March 30,
1895. Captain Alexander Pernent, Com
pany A, Fourteenth Regiment Infantry,
having tendered his resignation, Is here
by honorably discharged, to take effect
March 25, 1895.
JERRY HALL INSANE.
Became tho Heir of a Wealthy Woman,
but Could Not Hold the Property.;
Wllkes-Barre. Pa., April 11. Jerry
Hall, a former Philadelphia liquor deal
er, was taken to the Danville hospital
for the Insane today. He came here
ten years ago and achieved .notoriety
by being made the heir of a wealthy
woman named Hummell.
Her relatives successfully contested
the will, and Hall became Insane.
Silver Token on Subscription.
Des Moines, la., April 11. It Is stated
here that J. S. Clarkson Is organizing a
company to start a newspaper at Chi
cago to be called the Register, after his
old paper here, and that half the capital
stock has been raised. It will be a free
silver organ.
I.exow Kxpcnse mil.
1 Albany, N. Y., April 11. The Lexow com
mittee expense bill Introduced Into the
senate this afternoon provides for the ap
propriation of 11)7,434
ALL ABOUT THE STATE.
The body of Rudolph Dittmer, who has
been missing from MoKeesport, was found
In the Ohio river. '
John Dunn, serving a three years' sen
tence In the Berks county jail, escaped
through the roof of hi cell.
A Berks county jury gave Daniel
Brancher 6 cents damages In his suit for
malicious persecution against Charles
Uletrleh. .' .... ..
Berks county people who are Interested
will send a representative to Germany to
look after the alleged Spang fortune of
jGu.ooq.ooo. . . .
Michael Babol, pardoned last week while
serving a life sentence for murder In the
western penitentiary, died at hi home, at
Braddock, on Tuesday. , '
CQEBEL'S CUI1 WAS READY
The Kcntuchy Senator Shoots and
Kills u Hunk Cashier.
SAXl'OKD HAD THE IMRST SHOT
Goebcl's Response, However, Was Rapid
and Effectual-The Senator Surren
ders Himself to tho Authorities.
Great Excitement at Covington.
Covington, Ky., April 11. State Sena
tor W. K. Ooebel shot and kllleu Cashier
John- Sanford, of the Farmers' and
Traders' bank, this evening In front of
the First National bunk of this city.
Senator Goebel, accompanied by At
torney General Hendricks, of Kentucky,
and Frank Helm, president of the First
National bank, was en route to the
bank. When they reached the door,
there stood Sanford. He shook hands
with Hendricks, using his left hand.
Then he asked (loebel If he wrote an
article that lately uppeared In the pa
pers attacking him. Goebel answered,
I'dld."
Immediately Sanford fired, the bull
passing through Goebcl's trousers.
Wulck as a flash Goebel leveled his re
volver and fired. To do ho he had to
place the pistol beneath Helm's chin.
The ball crushed through Sanford's
forehead, who fell In the doorway of
the bank, blood oozing from his fatal
wound. Helm's chin was badly pow
der burned.
Great commotion prevailed Instantly,
the street and bank being crowded at
the time. During the confusion Sena
tor Goebel walked to the station house
and called up his brother Justus, who Is
a member of the firm of Lowry & Goe
bel, of Cincinnati. Senator Goebel then
emerged from the telephone box, and
addressing the lletuenant In charge,
said: "1 wish 'to surrender myself. I
have shot and killed John Sanford."
Goebel Is unmarried, and Sanford
leaves a wife, a sister of the famous
Tom Marshall, of Kentucky, and sev
eral children, one a grown son, from
whom more trouble is feared.,
Ciochcl I'nder Arrest.
Chief Goodson placed Goebel under
arrest, but allowed him to sit In his
private office. Senator Goebel was calm
at ilrst, but later became visibly ex
cited. At first he refused to discuss the
affair, but under the excitement he
finally gave his version of It.
"Here Is the reason I killed him," ex
he, as he showed where the ball of San
ford's pistol had passed through his
trousers, tearing away a portion of
cloth.
"He was lying In wait for me," con
tinued the senator. ."I saw him when
I reached the gas olllce, about twenty
feet away from the steps of the First
National bank. I was on my way to
the Citizens', National bunk with my
friend Hendricks. As soon as I saw
him reach for his revolver, I reached
for mine."
President Helm and General Hen
dricks give very similar versions of the
tragedy.
The homicide grows out of a business
and political feud of several years
standing, and was not a surprise. Roth
were from among Kentucky's best
known men, being leaders In politics,
business and society. Not since the
famous Goodloe-Swope affair at Lex
ington, In which both of those distin
guished men died, has so deplorable a
murder occurred. It lus created a state
sensation, whlh; locally the greatest ex
citement prevulls us a continuation of
the Ill-feeling that made murder pos
sible Is certain to result In more blood
shed. OIL ON THE JUMP.
Phenomenal Advance In tho Price of
I npamllcd Slnco 15711.
. Oil City, Pa., April 11. The fourth
consecutive day of the phenomenal ad
vance In the price of oil was passed to
day and the boom In oil markets this
week stands without a parallel since
1876. The first quotation on the. certi
ficate oil market today was 150, and
the first sale was 1U0. The market
broke to 158 at 10.30, then advanced to
lGUi-i at 11.15 a. m., amd to 180 at 12.45
p. m., the highest price since Dec. 20,
1877, when 18U4 was touched. It fluc
tuated wildly during the last hour,
reaching 175 bid at 2.30 p. m., declining
to 168 near 3 p. m., and closing at 169
bid. ,
An advance of fifty points per gal
lon on refined oil was quoted from New
York at noon, which was the cause of
advance In May option oil to 180. Re
fined oil In barrels Is quoted at elgMh'
and a half per gallon and 6 cents per
gallon In bulk.
Producers and not speculators are
reaping the benefit of this advance In
oil. Prior to 1890 the oil exchanges
were the curse of the oil producers.
In 1882 and 1883, the last big advance
In prices, the oil country went mad
over gambling on the exchanges. OH
producers would sell their credit bal
ances to buy certificates on margin and
the large producers would deposit their
certificates with brokers to buy op
tions. Now they are selling their crude
and banking the. cash. It Is rumored
here tonight that a conference of some
sort Is In progress In New York be
tween officials of the United States Pipe
line and Standard OH company people.
Just what the conference Is about no
one seems to venture an opinion, but
it seems obvious that it, has to do with
the big advance In prices.
TRAIN GUARD SHOT. '
Musked Robbers Hold I'p a Train at
i Cripple Crcok.
St. Louis, Mo., April 11. A special
from Cripple Creek, Col., sayB that this
morning the overland Wells-Fargq
treasury "wagon from Grassy Station,
the terminus of the Midland road, was
held up by two masked men and
robbed. The robbers shot the guard,.
Robert Smith, and he will die. t
The treasure box Is said to have con
tained $15,000:. The robbers will prob
ably be caught soon. V.
KILLED. HER SON. ...
Brutal Murder Committed by an Insane
. Mother.' ' ,
Wrentham, Mass., Aurll 11. The wife
of John Hobbley killed her 7-year-old
this morning. Mr. Hobbley Is obliged
to start from home at an early hour,
this morning he left his house at 4 a,
m. Shortly after 6 o'clock his wife
called at his place of business. Look
ing him squarely In the face, the wo
man said: "I've killed our son."
Then she' went rapidly on and de
scribed her deed. The murder was of
the most brutal description.
Shortly after her husband had gone
to work Mrs. Hobbley arose, leaving the
boy In bed. She went Into the yard and
secured a large stone. Then returning
to the. side of her sleeping boy, she
crushed his head with repeated blows.
Mrs. Hobbley gives as her reason for
the crime the fact that the boy had to
work too hard and would be happier
dead. She Is about 40 years of age, and
has acted strangely lately. The wo
man has not yet been placed under arrest.
TO UNCOVER A MURDER.
Signs of a Tragedy Aro Discovered on a
. Minnesota I'arm.
Long Prairie, Mlnti., April 11. What
is supposed to be a murder mystery is
exciting the people of this section. The
case was brought to light by Frank
Gullus, of Hartford, at the old Guslnd
farm, which hus not been occupied dur
ing the past winter. While driving past
the place, Gallus noticed a buggy
standing near the tumble-down barn.
Going to the place he found a horse,
almost dead from starvation, In the
barn and outside signs which Indicated
that a tragedy had oocurred there.
Today It was learned that a week ago
Saturday Frank Whlttler, farmer liv
ing near Hartford, was visited by a
young cousin from the east, Miss Norah
McManus. She went away suddenly
one day, and Mr. Whlttler supposed she
was visiting with Borne nelthbors.
Since she disappeared she has not been
seen, but a farmer living near here
cluims to have seen a young woman
and a mun driving In the direction of
Guslnd's place, nearly ten duys ago,
engaged In a wordy war. Word has
been received here from Miss McManus'
home that she is not there.
NO MORE DELAY ALLOWED.
Parties Liable for Income Tax Must Pay
. I'p and Look Pleasant.
Washington, April 11. "There Is no
power vested In this department," tele
graphed Commissioner Miller lute this
afternoon, "to extend the time for mak
ing returns under the Income tax law."
The telegram was sent to Thomas T.
Eckert, president of the Western Union
Telegraph company, with the supple
mental Instructions sent to collectors of
internal revenue today together with
the telegrams as to keeping open their
offices beyond the regular hours.
Commissioner Miller has closed up as
completely as he ran his connection
with, the enforcement of what remains
of the Income tax law. Collectors and
those Subject to the law must do the
rest,, and must do It before the close
of business on next Monday, April l,f,
or else be subject to the penalties Im
posed by law, ' .
EXEMPLARY YOUNG MAN.
Such Wiis the Character of Frank Rose
berry. Formerly of Lnston.
Easton, Pa., April 11. Frank Rose
berry, of Omaha, Neb., formerly of
Easton, who obtained so much money
on fraudulent mortgages, reaped quite
a harvest in this section. One mort
gage for $1,000 wus drawn puyable to
Sarah. A. Stryker, of this city, and
another for like amount to her daugh
ter, Mrs. Sharps Shlpmeu, of Phllllps
burg, N. J. Others were to Henry Pur
sell and wife. Phlllipsburg, for amounts
aggregating $7,000, and still another to
Edward Hughes, of Finesvllle, N. J.,
for $3,000.
In addition to these he Invested his
mother's estate, valued at $10,000. lly
this Investment, his brothers and sis
ters, who were heirs with him, will lose
all their Inheritance. Roseberry lef t Eas
ton thirteen years ago, and frequently
came back. He represented thai he
was quite wealthy and owned blocks of
real estate In Omaha, and that he had
an orange grove In California. He
promised eight per cent. Interest on the
money borrowed and for the first three
years paid Mrs. Strjker her Interest.
After that the money was not forth
coming. Roseberry, while a resldeivt of Easton
and Phlllipsburg, was an exemplary
young man.
REVOLVERS IN HIS CELL.
Murderer Is Prepared to Make a Break
for Liberty.
Wichita, Kan., April 11. Anderson
Gray ,who Is under death sentence, was
brought-here from Wellington Monday
evening for safe keeping, the officers
there having dlscorvered a plot to lib
erate him. When Sheriff Woodcock
searched Gray's cell he found two load
ed revolvers concealed In the bed.
The general opinion Is that they were
smuggled In to Gray, who was only
waiting u favorable opportunity to kill
the Jailer and make his escape. Gray
murdered Thomas Patton at Conway
Springs.
PLAYED WITH A GUN.
Elmer Met Receives a Jlul!ct in His
lleud.
Vllkes-Barre, i Pa., April 11. Elmer
Metz, aged 15 year, was shot through
the head today at Ashley and will die.
He and two schoolmates, Charles Hard
graver and Harry young, had been
playing with a revolver near their
school house during recess.
, In some unaccountable manner the
weapon exploded, fatally Injuring young
Metz. His companions, on seeing him
fall to the ground, ran away, 'and up to
this evening have not been appre
hended, i
JUST TIRED OF LIVING.
West Bay City Man Commits Suicide In a
Peculiar Manner.
Ray City, Mich., April 11. Walter Da
vis, of West Hay City, went duck hunt
ing Sunday. On his way home he laid
down near the road, saying he was tired
of life, and telling his companions to
go on. . - ;
Tliey did so. With his hands he' dug
a hole In the soft loam and pressed, his
face Into the hole, holding It there un
til he was smothered. ' '..';
Burt Itlanchord Arrested.
Bradford, Pa April 11. A special from
Cleveland, O., to the Era says that a man
supposed to be Burt Blanchard, wo ar
rested In that city today. Blanchard Is
wanted here for complicity in the atro
cious robbery and torture perpetrated on
Mr and Mrs. Child, of Palmer's Mill,
last month. 1
SECOND DAY'S CONFERENCE
Immense Comjreqations Witness the
I'roeccdings in Curbondale.
PRESIDING ELDEKS' REPORTS
They fndlcate the State of Methodism
Throughout the Conference-Preach-ers'
Aid Proceedings-Address of
Captuln May, of Soranton. j
Carbondale, April 11. Undr a bright
er sky and with welcome sunshine the
delegates to the Wyoming conference
assembled at the second session this
morning at 8.30 o'clock, when, after the
preliminary business was disposed of,
the bishop called for the report of the
presiding elders of the various districts.
This forms one of the greatest features
of the conference, constituting brief re
views of the work accomplished In the
various churches during the year.
Tha veterans' meeting In the after
noon and anniversary of the Preachers'
Aid society In the evening were attend
ed by Immense congregations.
Tomorrow's meetings will be as fol
lows: 8.30 a. m., devotional rtcerclses;
10 a. m business session; 10.30 a. m., Wo
men's Home Mission society at Presby
terian church; 3 p. m., anniversary of
Women's Home Mission society, when
an address will be given by Miss Mary
A. Danforth, from Japan; 7.30, annivers
ary of Church Extension society, when
Rev. W. A. Spencer will deliver an ad
dress. A prohibition meeting will be held in
the First Baptist church under the aus
pices of the Women's Christian Tem
perance union at 7.30 p. m., when ex
Governor John P. St. John Is expected
to be present.
THE MORNING SESSION.
Presiding F.ldcr Woodruff Makes a
(ratifying Report. 1 '
At 8.30 o'clock this morning the sec
ond session was opened by devotional
exercises, followed by Rlshop Andrews
calling the session to order. As a pre
liminary the rules of lust session were
adopted, after which the churches un
represented yesterday In the roll call,
were again given the opportunity of re
porting. ,
In the ca?e of the Orwell church,
Owego district, the Rev. P. M. Mott,
pastor, was 111 and bud neglected to
send the returns, whereupon Rlshop
Andrews remarked that "the brother
ought to have the good sense to send
the returns, as he must know that they
are wanted." No returns had been re
ceived from the Oalllee church, and the
bishop remarked 'that the pastor "was
a very bright Methodist preacher."
Presiding Lldcr Woodruff's Report.
In accordance with custom, the bishop
asked If there was anything to be said
against the character of Presiding El
der Woodruff, of the Blnghamton dis
trict, and was soon assured by the vol
ley of replies that the presiding elder
was, like Caesar's wife, above suspicion.
The presiding elder then submitted his
report, from which It appeared that he
had made throe full rounds of his dis
trict and had commenced another.
With one exception, ali the pastors
had been paid. At West Nicholson fif
ty conversions were reported, forty
have been added to the church. West
Vestal, $500 had been spent In Improve
ments; Union Center had witnessed' a
wonderful year, there being 115 con
versions recorded." Susquehanna, al
though the railroaders had been work
ing but lwenty-four hours a week on an
average, showed material progress. At
Rush a movement was on foot to pro
vide a new church; at Nicholson, eleven
conversions were recorded and a par
sonage purchased on the Instalment
system; Montrose was referred to In
glowing terms by Hhe presiding elder as
a "health resort with ah abundance of
ozone," where material progress In
church work was recorded; at Great
Rend llfty conversions were reported
and $ir0 of the debt had been dis
charged, and a prospect of the balance
of $600 being paid at an early date. A
branch mission had been established at
Hallstead, where a church was-being
erected at a cost of $1,800, and would be
completed at mid-summer. At Fac
toryvllle seventy conversions had been
reported, and the year Just closed had
been an unusually prosperous one; a
new parsonage was In process of erec
tion. Rev. J. R. Angel, of Dalton, was
highly commended for his energy and
perseverance during the 'past year,
which represented fifty conversions and
benevolences . which exceeded the
amount raised last year by $40. The
outlook for the future was regarded as
very ihopeful.
. The pastors of the district were then
called up6n for the, reports of the con
ference appropriation and amounts
raised In their churches, when Rev
L. C. Floyd moved an amendment that
the number of conversions and acces
sions to the Individual churches be
also stated, Rev. C. A. Benjamin, of
Honesdale, argued against the arrange
ment. '
. The amendment was lost, after which
a further amendment that the sta
tistics for the previous year bo
jiot included was defeated by 62 against
47. , .
Among the changes in the pastors
of the, Blnghamton district it was an
nounced that Rev. George M. Colvllle,
late of the Centenary church, Blngham
ton, had accepted a call to become the
pastor of the First Presbyterian
church, Jamestown, N. Y.; and permis
sion to withdraw was given.
An F.xplnnotlon Wanted.
When the case of Union Center,
Brown county, N. Y., was recalled It
was announced that Rev. Charles L.
Rice had not taken charge of the
church, and the bishop asked for an ex
planation,' whereupon Mr. Rice ex
plained that he had been an Invalid,
and that the church had released him
from his responsibilities. Rlshop An
drews referred to the severe manner in
which tha law of discipline dealt with
such cases, and asked the wishes of the
Conference. Upon the motion of Rev.
Manley V.. Hard, the explanation was
accepted and tha case, referred to the
committee on relations to conference.
Professor Raymond, of the Wesleyan
university, Mlddletpwn, Conn., was In
troduced to the conference and deliv
ered an address on the work of the
university. ;, ' '
Presiding Elder Henry M. Cryden
wlse, of the Chenango district, present
ed the annual report of. his district,
from which K appeared that over $8,000
had been raised for church work; $1,300
had been devoted to the Preachers' Aid
society; all the pastors had received
their salaries a.nd the money raised for
missionary purposes was sufficient to
bring them within the million and a
half line. The year which had Just
closed was the happiest In his life and
ministry, and he thanked the pastors
and laymen for the great and valuable
assitance accorded him.
Chaplain MoCabe was prevailed upon
to make an address, In which he asked
the meeting to help him in procuring
240,000 subscribers to his missionary
periodical, so that he could command a
large patronage of advertisement. A
large number of subscription pledges
were made. j
.Methodism in Rome.
Rev. W. H. Pearce spoke of a visit
paid by Mrs. Pearce last summer, to
the Methodist church now being built at
Rome, In which the chaplain was In
terested, and urged that assistance
be given toward defraying the cost.
William Connell was Introduced by
Bishop Andrews, and, as treasurer for
the conference (trustees made an ex
planation with regurd to a request from
the trustees that the conference would
sanction the payment of ithe salary of
Rev. A. Griffin, the agent for Preachers'
Aid society. Mr. GrIln was appointed
one year ago, but under the by-law's,
section 7, article 3, It was necessary that
conference should sanction .the expendi
ture. The jtjequesti was unanimously
granted.
Presiding Elder Thorpe, of the Hones
dale district, presented his annual re
port. In which he said:
"Honesdale district Includes ninety
seven different preaching places.
Sixty-nine of these are In our own
churches, three In union churches,
two In halls especially provided and the
other ' twenty-three In school houses.
This field during the year has been
manned by twenty-eight members of
the conference and seven supplies.
"The average salary paid the regular
pastors Is $.100 and parsonage, the pre
siding elder being privileged to live In
"his own hired house," at the cost of
two hundred (.dollal-t p?r yea'r. The
salaries on several charges ore supple
mented by donations ranging from
twenty to one hundred and fifty dollars.
"The highest salary Is $1,200, the low
est $300, excepting two special arrange
ments made with supplies.
"The amounts expended on church
and parsonage improvementsrfand re
pairs exclusive of $6,000 paid by Car
bondale on their debt, $3,500 by Peck
ville $1,000 cash by Girdland and $1,000
cash In the Wuymni't parsonage, aggre
gates fully $5,000.'
"The letter and Bplrlt of the economy
of Methodism Is being regarded so far
as the peculurltles of rural territory
will allow. The devotion and labors
of pastors and c-iiurehes In many In
stances promised larger results than
will appeur on the face of the reports.
Seven hundred and forty-seven have
been reported to me as the accessions
by probutlon during the year."
THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
Lnthiislustlo Meeting of Veterans of
llntllcficld and Pulpit. '
"Old Glory" was supreme at this
afternoon's meeting when the veter
ans of the battlefield and pulpit held
a meeting givat In numbers, enthusi
asm and loyalty to the Union.
The veterans on the platform were:
Revs. J. F. Williams, M. D. Fuller, G.
C. Lyman, O. L. Severson and P. L.
Ruckman.
After devotional exercises an excel
lent musical programme of battlefield
remlinlscewei was rendered by Mr.
Moon and party, of Carbondale. By
special request Rev. Manley D. Hnrd
sang "The Sword of Hunker Hill,"
which was rendered with much feeling.
Rev. G. L. Lyman, In a neat ad
dress, Introduced Rev. O. L. Severson,
Ph. D., who delivered an address on
"The Battle of Gettysburg." Tho rev
erend gentleman. In a spirited manner,
discribed the march of the Army of the
Potomac from Chancellorvllle to Fair
fax Court House In Juno, 1863, and In
graphic language pictured the weary
march under a scalding, burning sun,
and how, out of fifty men, but seven
stacked their arms together that
night. After a brief Introduction he de
tailed the entry on the field of Gettys
burg. His company fired their first
shots on the historic field on July 1,
1863. Subsequently, overpowered by
numbers, they were driven back Into
the town of Gettysburg by the Confed
erate army, until they reached Ceme
tery Ridge.
Whirlpool of tho Wnr.
The word picture drawn by the rev
erend gentleman of the "wild, fiendish,
demoniacal, hellish cries" of the rebels
pursuing them, was very realistic. On
July 2, early In the morning they
awakened, and ordered to retreat to the
woods, where by the diplomacy of Gen
eral Sickles the enemy were held In
check for three hours, and here It was
where the brave sons made what was
celebrated In history as the "Whirlpool
of the Battlo and of the War."
The history of the great battle was
given in a manner which absorbed the
interest of the large audience. The
narrow escapes from the Jaws of death
were recorded In thrilling language,
and showed that Mr. Severson was
thoroughly familiar, to the least detail,
with the movement of the memorable
day.
The charge of the Louslana tigers,
where 1,200 out of 1,700 men were
wounded and lay within a space of Cut
square feet, was also desclrbed with
great faithfulness. In one instance
15,000 of the Confederates crept through
the brush and with nn unearthly cry
burst upon the northern- army and
made six consecutive charges upon
them. The details of the terrific con
test werei listened to with eagerness
and sighs of relief were heard when
the speaker described how the northern
army achieved success.
The afternoon meeting concluded by
the benediction, which was pronounced
by Rev. M. D. Fuller. ,
Continued on Page 3.
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today the Stoval resolution requesting
congress to enact a law for the free Coin
age of silver at a ratio of 16 to 1 was adopt
ed by a vote of 14 to 10, nine not voting.
The resolution was much discussed. -
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