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WAREHOUSE
HUNDREDS KILLED
BY THE CYCLONE
A Tornado of Frightful Fury Visits St.
Louis.
THE LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY
Houses Destroyed, lioats Wrecked,
Electric llailuny lanes Burned Out.
An Armory 1'sed as a Temporary
UospituW-Rain Falls in Torrents.
St. Louis, Mo., May 2?. Death and
destructlonmarkes the pathway of a
tornado which passed over this city
shortly after 5 o'clock this afternoon.
The list of the dead in St. Louis cannot
be estimated, until alarming reports ot
loss of life In collapsed buildings can
be confirmed. At least forty lifeless bod
Its have been found up to 10 o'clock. If
the reports are true that 200 girls are
in the ruins of a cigarette factory and
that many were killed In St. Louis, the
list will reach nearly S00. The city is in
a state of panic. Nearly all electric
wires are down and the city 1m in
darkness.
To add to the confusion the torna
do was followed by " deluge of rain,
accompanied by vivid flashes of light
ning, which (Mill colntinues. Telephone
wires are useless and liverymen refuse
reciuests for conveyances on account of
prostrated electric wires.
The scene in East tit. Louis is appall
ing. The tornado struck that city with
terrific effect, and it Is now estimated
that 800 persons are dead in that place
alone as a result of the wind, flood and
llHines.
The tornado was followed by an out
breuk of lire, caused by lightning and
before the llames wore gotten under
control, property to the valu of nearly
tlueem llilon dollars was destroyed. The
tornado passed In an easterly direction
and It Is reported that Vanilalia and
(.'awyville, in Lllno's, suffered sev rely.
At 5."0 p. ni. the clouds that had cov
ered the el'y since noon, broke Into a
furious storm. Within ten minutes the
wind reached a velocity of eighty miles
an hour, sweeping with it dense waves
of rain. The highest speed of wind
previously recorded here was 72 miles
an hour, In August, 187S. The screech
ing of the wind through electric wires,
the crash of debris that swept It In
every direction, the electric flash" from
tangled wires and crashing thunder
made a scene Indescribable. The loss
of life is appalling.
At 7 p. m. the lowest estimate of
fatalities In East St. Louis and this city
is placed at S00.
East St. Louis suffered probably the
goatest. Messenger:! came at 7 p. in.
from there, asking for physicians and
nurses.
The steamer I). II. Pike, with 30 pas
sengers on board, bound for Peoria, was
blown bottom side up in the middle of
the river and a number of persons
killed.
The steHmer Delnphin with a crew of t
bonvd was blown ngaiiist a bridge pier
and broken In two. The ladles and
two of th' crew clun? to the bridge
stonework and were rescued.
The steamer Llbhle Conger with only
Captain Soman, his wife and three of a
crew aboard went adrift. The wreck of
a boat opposite Carondelet Is supposed
to be the steamer Conger.
Ottened's furniture store at Rroadwny
and Sou'ard. was demolished and six
met nr reported killed. A saloon at
01 South Seventh street fell with nine
men In the ruins.
CHURCH PALLS IN.
St. Patrick's church nt Sixth and
Wddle streets, fell and the debris tills
the street. The electric railway line Is
burnrd out. as well as electric plant.
Fourteen fire alarms were sounded
within an hour, and three alarms were
sent in from the poor house, which
building has 1,200 inmates. The roof
of the poor house was blown off atid the
fatalities are great.
During the last race at the fair
grounds, the root was blown off the
grand stand. The crowd had gone to
the open Held for safety and but four
men were killed.
The armory at Seventeenth and Pine
streets Is being used a3 a temporary
hospital.
At 7. H0 p. m. the rain, which had
censed for a time, begun afresh and fell
In torrents. At 8 o'clock the eastern
sky was nllnme with the light of fires
InRnst St. Louis. The metal roof of
the Merchants' exchange was rolled
up like a scroll and fell Into the streets.
The Louisville and Nashville east
bound local passenger train had just
reached Kast Louis when th storm
struck that city. The train was over
turned but miraculously only a few
passengers were injured. They were
taken from the cars by railroad yard
men. The Chicago and Alton east bound
local passenger train, which left St.
Louis at G o'clock, was on the east span
of the bridge when the wind picked the
cars up and turned them over on theit
sides. The iron spans and trusses held
the cars from toppling Into the river,
100 feet below.
The passengers were thrown into a
confused mass. The work of rescue
was made dilllcult and dangerous, but It
Is thought ull will be got out uninjured.
The east span of the east bridge Is bo
badly wreeked that It will take three
days to allow trains to pass. The re
ports or rutalltles In Kast St. Louis is
hourly Increasing, and at 0 o'clock it is
estimuted that the loss of life will ex
ceed 150. It Is Impossible to cross the
bridge or river to get particulars.
OIL WORKS IN FLAMES.
Lightning struck the Standard Oil
works and (lames were soon pouring
from a dozen buildings. The fire de
partment was utterly powerless to cope
with the conflagration and It Is feared
nearly the entire business nnd a great
portion of the residence section will be
destroyed by flames, if not already so,
by the wind. Among the principal
buildings already in ruins are the Na
tional hotel, the Standard Oil works,
East St. Louis Wire Nail works, the
Crescent Klevator, Uasel Elevator, all
freight depots and stores and residences
on St. Clair avenue.
At 9 o'clock tonight no wire can be
obtained to surrounding territory in
the western and northern portion of
Missouri, but it is feared that the loss
of lite In these sections will be ver?
large. The damage to property In St.
Louis Is estimated at 11,000,000, and the
loss in East St. Louis is already $2,000,
000 and the first Is still raging.
TWO CYCLONES.
There were really two cyclones. One
came from the northwest and the ott
er from the direct east. Both met on
the Illinois shore of the Mississippi
river and Joined in a whirling cloud of
death and destruction. The list of
dead In St. Louis I beyond present
computation. ... ,
A startling report has Just reached
police headquarter that 200 girls are In
the ruins of Llggltt A Meyers' cigarette
factory t Tower Grove park. Alarm
ing reports of great loss of Ufa in tht
southern portion of Bt Louis from the
railroad tracks to Carondelet have
been received.
The following identified bodies are
at the morgue: Wallace Bradshaw.
colored, aged 11; Katie Cluypot. aged 7;
both killed in a building at Kadlng and
Scott avenues; Josephine Martini, aged
25. killed in a saloon at 302 South
Twelfth street: Henry Beslcher. aged
20. killed at 301 South Second street;
John Nolta. aged 40. killed at Four
teenth and Poplar streets.
The winds swept away the roof of
the , exposition building, and that
structure Is badly damaged by the flood
of water. The greatest anxiety Is felt for
the safety of passengers on the differ
ent excursion boats which were on the
river when the storm broke. The levee
Is packed with people, groping through
the darkness and eagerly imploring
information of loved ones on the river.
DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY.
Theamountof the destruction to prop
erty will not be learned until daylight.
The Annunciation church, at Sixth and
La Salle streets, was totally destroyed.
Father Head, the pastor, was fatally
Injured. Michael Dawes, a driver, was
blown from his wagon In the vicinity
and Instantly killed.
The middle span of the roadway
above the railroad track on the Kails
bridge was blown completely away. It
is not known whether any persons lost
their lives while crossing the bridge.
The Plan flour mills, and the works
of the St. Loula Iron and Steel company
were destroyed, und the big Cupples
block of buildings was partly demol
ished. The dead and Injured are being taken
from the ruins of the various buildings
and manufactories. Waters-Pierce oil
works were destroyed by fire and build
ings In several parts of the city have
been burning all night.
H. t. Mice, the manager of the West
ern Union, at the relay depot oft the
East sides, reports a wreck of terrible
proportion. He said the National
lintel, Treinont house, Martell Rouse,
DeWolfe's cafe, Ilazle Milling com
pany's mill, Horn's cewper shop, and a
large number of dwellings east of that
section were swept into wreckage. The
Baltimore and Ohio and Vandulla
roundhouse, the Standard Oil works.
East St. Louis and Crescent Elevaors,
and a dozen freight houses were caught
In the vortex of the cyclone and reduced
to debris.
A cyclone destructive of life and much
property visited East St. Louis in June,
1S72. The principal destruction was
along the river front and in the railroad
yards and between Blxty and seventy
lives were lost.
The cyclone happened the eame time
of the day as today's awful second vis
itation as well us nearly the same time
of year.
Bloomlngton, III., May 27. Word
reached the Chicago and Alton rail
road officials this evening that a cy
clone had demolished the village of
Rush Hill, Mo., twelve miles from
Mexico, in Audrian county. The cy
clone struck the town a few minutes
before 4 o'clock and blew down the
school house, crushing lt3 Inmates.
The report was to the effect that fifty
pupils had been killed and a number In
jured. NEW EVIDENCE APPEARS.
Rev. Hermann, the Salt Lake Preacher,
Sold the Clotuinz of His
Alleged Victims.
Butte, Mont, May 27. Rev. Francis
Herman, the Salt Lake preacher, who
Is charged with the cremation of two
bodies in the furnace of the Scandina
vian church In Salt Lake City, was In
Butte subsequent to the dates of the
dlt 'appearance of Henrietta Clausen and
Anna Samuelson, his two alleged vic
tims, and left in this city what seems
undoubted evidence of his crime. He
arrived In Butte with two trunks, one
a yellow leather trunk and the other
a flat top zinc trunk. The former con
tained his personal effects and the latter
he told Rev. Mr. Melby, had belonged
to his secoud wife and was full ot
her clothing. He told Mr. Melby that
he wished to sell the trunk and the
clothing In It as he had grown tired of
carrying it about the country with him,
although he disliked to part with them,
owing to the tender memories associat
ed with them.
Mr. Melby suspecting nothing wrong
offered to accompany him to a second
hand store and the outfit was sold for
112. A. S. Blnnard, the purchaser, has
sold nearly all of the stuff, but some ar
ticles remain which were today Iden
tified as having belonged to the Sam
uelson girl. Rev. Melby of the Scan
danavlan church In Butte, knew both
the Clauson nnd Samuelson girls and
distinctly remembered some of tne
clothing found today as having been
worn by Miss Samuelson.
HARRITY'S STATEMENT.
Wives His Opinion That the Two
thirds Rule Ought to Continue.
Philadelphia, May 27. It seems to be
the general belief here in political cir
cles that the sliver delegates to the
Democrntlc national convention will
try to set aside the two-thirds rule In
the convention. Chairman Harrlty of
the national committee, on the eve of
his departure to Washington wrote out
this statement:
In my judgment temporary conditions
will not justify the abrogation of any well
eslubllsheil rule that has been found to
work satisfactorily in the past. The two
thirds rule as applied to candidates ought,
In my opinion, to be continued. It has
usually been the case that candidates who
obtained the support of the majority of
delegates to the Democratic national con.
ventlon were able to command the other
number under the two-thirds rule.
(Signed) V. F. Harrlty,
Chairman Democratlo National Com
mittee. NEWSPAPER POET MISSINQ.
Hobert G. Hall, of Klmira, May Have
Com mil ted Suicide.
Elmlra, N. Y May 27. Robert Em
mett Hall, a well-known newsnauer
man and poet, has been missing Bince
Friday. His friends believe that he has
committed suicide, as lately he has
been despondent and often spoke of
drowning as the best means of ending
life.
All efforts of the police and his
friends to locate htm have been fruit
less. He came here from Chicago two
years ago.
Yacht Abandoned.
London, May 27. While tho Meleor, the
new yacht built for Emperor William, of
Germany, by the Hendersons was pro
ceeding from Plymouth for t'owes, Isle of
Wight, in tow today, the weather became
so bad that the tug having her In tow
was obliged to abandon her. The yacht
was abandoned off Start Point and her
present whereabouts la unknown.
Boy Hangs Himself. -
Flemlngton, N. J., May 27. Harry Rlt
tenhouae, about 13 years old and living
with his father, Hiram Rlttenhouse, near
Harbertown, Hunterdon coun.'y, commit,
ted suicide yesterday by hanging himself.
No reason can be assigned for the net
othor than that he was told be ought to
go to school ,
ASSEMBLY OBJECTS
TO PROF. PEDRICK
The Foreign Mission Committee is Over
whelmed with Protests.
HIS NAME WILL BE WITHDRAWN
Chairman Mutehiuorc Out us the Di
russion on Seminary ControlNext
Flare of Meeting Will lie Derided
Between t'ulii'oruiu and. .Michigan.
Saratoga, N. Y., May 27. In the gen
eral Presbyterian assembly this morn
ing Professor R. M. liurdlek. of Co
lumbia college, was nominated before
the committee on foreign missions to
fill the vacancy In the foreign board
caused by the resignation of Kara M.
Klngsley, treasurer of Union semin
ary. Professor BurdlcK Is an elder In
Rev. J. Balconi Shaw's West End
church. In New York city, which Dr.
Briggs attends. Dr. Shaw Is an Influ
ential member of the foreign board,
and It was his Influence that caused
the nomination. Professor Burdlck la
also one of the executive committee of
the Presbyterian league, an organiza
tion whose avowed object, according
to its constitution. Is "to bring about
sooner or later the reversal of the bur
densome and unjust action" of the
general ussembly. As soon as It be
came known that Professor Burdlck
was to be so nominated, the foreign
mission committee was overwhelmed
with protests from individual commis
sioners to remove his name. Certain
members of the New York delegation
threatened to make a fight against
Professor Burdlck's name on the tloor
of the assembly. Dr. Shaw was urged
by telegraph to withdraw his elder's
name. So strenuous were these efforts
to secure the removal of Professor Bur
dick's name that the committee have
laid over the whole matter of election
of trustees for further consideration.
The overture relating to the Scotch
church. New York, troubles was, by
order of the assembly, referred back
to the signers, with recommendations
to submit the case formally to the
presbytery of New York for trial.
The assembly committee on next
place of meeting, after considering the
claims of several cities, resolved to
submit the claims ot San Francisco and
Pctoskey, Mich., to the assembly for
decision.
ON SEMINARY CONTROL.
Chnlnnan S. A. Mutchmore, of Phila
delphia, opened the discussion on sem
inary control.
He urged tho adoption of resolution
one, reaffirming the plan of control of
1805 and of resolution two, suspending
tlie exercise of power conferred upon i
the general assembly by the compact ;
of 1R70 of disapproving professors-elect j
In the seminaries falling to Incorporate '
said compact In their charters. He ex- ;
plained that the committee had tried to 1
get the seminaries to come under the
proposed plan of control but that It had
failed to do more than tlnd out the
true relations between the assembly and
its' seminaries. It had laid the basis for
future relations, and nrw they asked
to be discharged until these new rela
tions were established. He then recited
what had been accomplished In each
seminary. Princeton, Alleghany, Du
buque. Omaha. Danville, McCormnck
and other seminaries have Indicated
their rendlnesB to make tho necessary
changes in their chnrters to bring about
the required relations with tho assem
bly. He explained that the great ques
tions of civil trusts was staring the
church In the face. It was a larger
question than the trusts of seminaries.
It applied to the ownerahlp of every
piece of church property In the land.
The assembly adjourned with Dr.
Mutchmore still having the flooor.
The consideration of the seminary
control report will be resumed tomor
row afternoon.
The Joint committee of tho assembly
to whom was referred the. proposition
for the sale of the Presbyterian mis
sion house In New York, reached a de
cision late tonight. It was. learned that
the committee will make a unanimous
rerort tomorrow when the matter
comes before the assembly. What that
report will be cannot be said, but It Is
understood that It favors propositions
to remove the boards back to the Lenox
mansion and sell the new building at
Fifth avenue and Twentieth street.
SIX PERSONS AlURDERcD.
Terrible Crime Committed fie at San
Jose--Col. SIcGlincy's Family the
Victims.
San Jose. Cal., May 27. Colonel R. P.
McGlincy und wife, their daughter, Mrs.
James Dunham, James Wells, a son of
Mrs. McGlincy, a hired woman, Minnie
Schessler and a hired man, Jnnies Bris
coe, were killed last night at Campbell
by James Dunham, a non-in-law of
Colonel McGlincy. who made his escape.
At about midnight a neighbor named
Page heard shots In the direction of the
McGlincy home. Almost Immediately
thereafter came the sound of galloping
hoofs on the rond. Hurriedly dressing,
Page went to the home of tho McGlin
cys, and was borrllled to find tho body
of McGlincy lying In an outhouse In a
pool of bloood. Entering the house, he
found the bodies of James Wells, who
had been shot; Mrs. McGlincy and her
daughter, and the hired man and girl.
Mrs. McGlincy and the two servants
hod been hacked to death with a hatch
et. The Interiors of the rooms where
the bodies of tho victims lay were spat
tered with blood, and there was every
evidence that the dead persons hnd
made a desperate struggle for their
lives.
Page, finding that all were beyond
help, notified the authorities In this city.
One of the officers who has returned to
the city said: "The scene at the Mc
Glincy home is fearful, almost beyond
the powers of description. In the recep
tion room was found the body of Wells.
Evidently a terrible struggle had taken
place between Wells and the assassin.
Wells was shot two or three times. In
the reception room adjoining no bodies
were found, but the furniture was lit
erally smashed into fragments, show
ing that a fearful fight had taken place
there. Adjoining the dining-room was
the apartment occupied by Mrs. Mc
Glincy. There she was found literally
cut to pieces with a hatchet. Blood
was everywhere, and as In the room of
Wells, there was evidences of a terri
ble struggle having taken place between
the poor woman , and her son-in-law.
The other victims were found In other
apartments."
The last seen of Dunham he was
riding rapidly towards San Jose on
horseback. Family troubles are said to
have caused the murder. The only
poison In the house who escaped olive
was a baby one month old the child of
Mrs. Dunham.
Colonel McGlincy was one of the Cali
fornia commissioners to the World's
fair at Chicago. J
Williams a Candidutc.
Wllkes-Barre, Pa May 27. The Record
wllV tomorrow contain an authorised an
nouncement that ex-Senator Morgan U.
Williams has decided to be a candidate for
.congresa before the Twelfth dlstrlot Re
publican convention. , .
THE NEWS THIS MOfiMXG.
Weather Indication Today
Fair; Followed by Showers.
1 (Telegraph) Hundreds Killed by the
Cyclone.
Probibtion Convention,
t'onl'ercnee Opposed to Endcavorera.
J'reibyli'rlan General Assembly.
3 (Telegraph) Proceedings in National
Senate and House.
The Business Outlook.
3 (Loc'il) End of the Conclave.
Barber Asphalt Case Before Court.
4 Editorial.
Press Comments.
C (Loral) End of the Conclave (Conclud
ed). Francis Will Case on Trial,
6 (Sports) Pane Prill Games.
Tame Boxing Affair.
7 Suburban News.
Market and Slock Reports.
8 News Up and Down the Valley.
AGAINST ENDEAV0RERS.
The Methodist Conference Decides That
the Church Must Cling to Its Own
Particular Forms.
Cleveland, Ohio, May 27. The feature
of this morning's session of the general
conference of the Methodist church was
the adoption of the resolution provid
ing for an immense church Insurance
company to compete with the great
companies of tho world. The session
wa exciting.
The conference adopted a resolution
providing for a constitutional commis
sion. It will be composed of six min
isters, six laymen and three bishops,
and will report to the general confer
ence of i!no.
Resolutions calling on the United
States to negotiate with the nations of
Kurope for the relief of stricken Ar
menia wore adopted.
A paper signed by T. B. Neely, of
-Philadelphia, and seventy others, was
ordered spread on. the Journal. It pro
tested against the action of the con
ference of Tuesday In admitting lay
delegates to foreign annual confer
ences. It was decided that the question of
loention of next general conference be
left to the book committee.
A report was adopted deprecating the
organization of any societies of Chris
tian Endeavor in the Methodist church.
The report says that the great Meth
odist church cejinot afford to and will
not have any societies In Its churches
known as Epworth leagues or Chris
tian Endeavor. "We must cling to our
own particular forms." says the report,
"for we believe It to be for the best
Interest of our church and young peo
ple." The conference debated the ouestlon
of having an assistant secretary for the
Epworth league, to work among the
cniovea people of the south.. It. was de-
cuiea to nave one. !
Bishop Vincent presided over the af
ternoon session of the conference.
Bishop Hurst reported to the confer
ence in accord with the Instructions of
the Omnha conference regarding the
matter of conference examinations, the
report recommending a required stand
ing of 70 per cent by the candidates;
The report was accepted.
In the report ot the judiciary com
mittee, a proposition to five of the pre
siding elders ot the, district power
to say when nnd where the trial of nn
accused member shall bo held, brought
forth much debate.
Many elders held that this was too
radical a departure from the estab
lished rule of the. church, and would
institute a dangerous precedent. In
that It would give to the presiding el
ders too much power. The clause re
lating to this matter was stricken out
and the report was adopted.
INSANE MAN'S CRIME.
Ira Sunborue Tries to Kill His
Daughter-in-Law and Then At
tempts Suicide.
Philadelphia, May 27. Ira Sanborne,
an ins auo ir.an, aged GS, ea ly this morn
ing beat his daughter-in-law. Belle
Sunbome, aged 2B years, into Insensi
bility as she lay In bed with her six
months old babe by her side and then
set fire to the room. Neighbors res
cued the mother and child with diffi
culty. Both were badly burned. They
were removed to the hospital when the
child died.
After Sanborne had been arrested, It
was found that he had attempted to
end his life by plunging a long needle,
such as is used by sailnuikers, Into his
body In the region of the heart. He
made several punctures, but none was
of a serious nature. Snnborne was
tlnally taken to the Philadelphia hospi
tal. He Is now Insane beyond hope of
recovery nnd Is required to wear n
straight Jacket to prevent him from
maiming himself.
TRANSVAAL TROUBLES.
A Judge Suspended rending Inquiry.
Alleged Acceptance of Bribes.
London, May 27. A Pretoria dispatch
to the Times says: "As an outcome
of the reveatlons of Lionel Phillips'
private letter book Implicating Influ
ential men of the Krugor party in the
Band for accepting bribes from the
mining houses for advancing the Rand
interests In' the Volksraad, the Trans
vaal government has suspended Judge
Dekorte and has asked the Rand to
appoint a court of Inquiry.
"The Transvaal government Is trying
to suppress the scandal and the feeling
Is very bitter. The government pro
fesses to drend tho formation of secret
societies, and the guards around the
residence of the president have been
Increased. Tho police watch the house
of Dr. Leyds, the secretary of state,
and detectives follow hlm whenever be
leaves his house."
VERMONT DEMOCRATS.
National Delegates Aro Instructed
Against Froc Silver.
Montpellcr, Vt May 27. The Demo
cratic state convention met here today
and nominated a full state ticket head
ed by Dr. J. Henry Jackson for gover
nor. Tho following delegates-at-large
wen chosen: Thomas W. Brown, Rut
land; Willis Valentine, Bennington; S.
C. ShurtlefL', Montpeller; P. J. Farrell,
Newport,
The delegates were instructed against
free sliver, .
Inanne Man's Suicide.
Hortlstown, Pn May 27. Joxoph Oants,
aged 33 years, a renldent ot Philadelphia,
and a patient at the Norlatown hospital
for the lnsano, committed suicide by hang
ing last night. (Junta went to Washing
ton several months ago for the purpose cf
killing President Cleveland because
he vetoed a pension bill In which his father
was Interested. Qanta was art-sated, and
declared insauf
PROHIBITIONISTS
IN CONVENTION
Eight Hundred Delejates Attend the
Seventh National Gathering.
MANY INTERESTED SPECTATORS
Platform Committee Report Heaclu
lions Which Declare That No Citi
leu Shall lie Denied the Right to
Vote on Account of Sex.
Pittsburg. May 27. Today witnessed
the opening of the seventh national
Prohibition convention at the new ex
position Music hall, with slightly over
800 delegates and several thousand in
terested spectators and sympathizers
in attendance. From the start the
convention was of an exceeedlngly live
ly nature: several times during the
day's proceedings the tumult on the
tloor caused an entire stoppage ot
business.
Affairs at the close of the session to
day were about at a stand-off, the nar
rows having secured the temporary or
ganization and large majorities on the
two most Important committees plat
form and national while the broads
secured the permanent chairmanship,
and so manipulated, that tomorrow
both platforms will be presented to the
convention for decision after extend
ed debate on the floor.
The .fight on the platform will be a
hot one. Everything Indicates that the
narrows will win with a comfortable
majority. It Is practically oonceded
by the broads that they will be In the
majority when a vote Is taken, and
hence they cannot put their silver ut
terances In the platform; nevertheless,
thev will make a hard flirht.
The Prohibition national convention
met In Exposition hall this forenoon,
the attendance being quite large. Chair
man Castle, of the reception commit
tee, welcomed the delegates as Ute rep
resentatives of 100,000 loyaj, single
hearted patriots audi 600,000 deviated,
consecrated women.
A. A. Btevens, of Tyrone, was declared
temporary chairman. He sketched the
origin of the party, which was due to the
declaration ot the national congress In
1867 that it would defend its business
at the ballot box.
When the convention reassembled In
the afternoon the committee on creden
tials reported 801 delegates present.
A resolution pledging the convention,
not to abate its resentlesa war on tha
licensed rum power, was ordered tele
graphed to various religious bodies now
in conference, also to eongresa. and to
Mrs. Frances Wtllard and Lady Somer
set In England.
Mrs. Helen Gougar, chairman of the
committee on permanent organisation,
reported the name of Oliver W. Stuart,
of Illinois, one of the broad gauge rs, as
permanent chairman.
Mr. Ferguson, of New York, presented
a minority report on behalf of the nar
row gauge men, recommending the con
tinuance of Mr. A. A. Stevens in the
chair as the permanent chairman. A
tangle over a point of order threw the
convention Into a scene of confusion,
which lasted for more than half an
hour.
Much 111 feeling developed and Chair
man Stevens himself was for a long time,
refused a hearing, but when at lost he
gained the attention of the disturbing
elements he said that though he be
lieved he had been put forward as a
representative of the element In the
convention which believed In prohibi
tion and nondlvlslve issues and though
ho believed In a call of the states, he
would be sustained, he desired to with
draw his name. This announcement
was received with cheers and the ma
jority report of the committee was then
adopted and Mr. Stewart was escorted
to the chair, Mr. Stevens retiring with
the thanks of the convention. Mr.
Stewart on taking the gavel sold It was
not part ot his duty to outline the plat
form of he party and he promised fair
treatment to all.
A motion mode made by Mrs. Gougar
to hold a mans meeting tonight, in lieu
of a business session, was carried, after
considerable opposition and at 6.15 the
convention adjourned until tomorrow
morning at 9 o'clock.
FEMALE SUFFRAGE PLANK.
The committee on platform tonight
agreed to report a series of resolutions
which recites the evil and corrup
tion of the liquor train c In the govern
ment and home, and declares that "no
citizen should be denied the right to
voto on account of sex."
A minority report will be submitted
by the broad guage faction of the com
mittee embodying plnnks favoring free
silver; the election of United States sen
ators by a direct vote of the people;
government control of railroads, tele
graphs, etc., etc
A majority ot the new national com
mittee has determined to continue Hon.
Samuel Dickie, of Michigan, as Its
chairman.
Mv. Dickie has filled the place since
1S87 and was voted oft the committee
yesterday by his delegation because of
his refusal to obey the free silver In
structions which the Michigan state
convention imposed on its delegates.
The proposed action of the majority is
violently opposed by the broad guage
faction of the committee, who will con
test the election, but virtually conced
ed that It is Inevitable.
ARBITRATION TRIBUNAL.
Resolution Adopted by the Co-operative
Congress nt Woolwich, Eng.
London, May 27. Tho co-operative
congress, of which the Earl of Wlnchll
sea nnd Nottingham is chief promoter,
in Its annual session, just held at Wool
wich, passed a resolution setting forth
that in tho opinion of the delegates
present the English speaking peoples
should settle their national differences
without resort to the sword, and that a
permanent tribunal for the settlement
of dispute's between the United States
and Great Britain should be estab
lished. Steamship Arrivals.
New York. May 27. Arrivad: Stuttgart,
from Uremenj Spree, from Bremen and
Southampton; Schiedam, from Amster
dam: Mujpstlc, from Liverpool and
Queenstown, Sailed: New York, for
Southampton: Kensington, for Antwerp;
Britannic, for Liverpool. Arrived out:
St, Paul, at Southampton; Spaarndam. at
Boulogne; Edam, at Amsterdam. Sailed
for New York: Steamers Lann, from
Southampton ; Auranla, from Queenstown.
Sighted: Bond, from New York for Bre
man, passed Beaeby Head, May lid; Mis
sissippi, from New York for London,
passed Scllly; Rottordnm. from Naw York
for Rotterdam, pasued Prawle Point.
Herald's Weather Forecast.
Nw York, May 28.-In the Middle states
today, fair to partly cloudy and sultry
weather and llijht to fresh easterly lo
southerly winds will prevail, with slight
temperature changes and local rain or
thunder storms In the lake region and
probably op the coasts In evening or to
night. On Friday, partly cloudy to fair,
siishtly cooler weather will prevail, with
frevh and light southwesterly winds, pre.
ceded by local rains In tl aprthern dls
trlnu. followed by rising tetawerature.
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