THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1900. ki lo t fcril0)Vv4vvt' 3 I A Matter if Signs 1 I U-Jn- "I NI3VHH knew such lmpudcnccl He wouldn't daro do It If tliciu were a man on the place. I nin KolnR to take It down tills minute" Slie rushed from the room nnd the "banging door drowned her mother's remonstrances. "Call her hack. Mil tlldu. We can't tell what she may do, and It wih unwise to offend Tuylor un necessarily." "It Is too late, mother. She Is lialf wuy ucross the cornfield now. Good Braclous! She Is clmblnp; the fence, and there Is the Rate not ten ynrda away." But ten yards -was a lone distance when Jo wns In a hurry. Over she went, nnd on breathless, across an other field which ran parallel with the railroad track. At Its edpe, In full view of passlnp trulns, was a large barn, Its away-back roof inthcr the worse for lack of shingles, and on one side an enormous red sheet of canvas, with starlnrr white letters which announced, "Grand Barbecue at Scrubs' Station," and concluded with the democratic In vitation, "Come One, Come All." A man was putting the last tack Into the canvaswhen the phi accosted him: "Hello, what arc you dolus?" The reply catno from the top of the ladder: "Nothln', I'm done." And he began to descend. "But I must Insist upon your taking It down." "What's tho matter with It?" His Insolent manner crimsoned her cheeks to the color of the hIeii she suiveyed scorn fully. "A great deal; chief of all Is the , linpcrtlnencoVjf placing It there with out our consent." "Well, them's my orders, and It's done. If you want It took down, you got to see the boss. Hero lie comes now." And he placed hln ladder against the barn nnd went off without further parley. "How d oyou do?" was tho nonchal ant greeting of the newcomer, stand ing at ease In the road beyond. Tho girl walked to the fence with a de termined air. "Good afternoon," she exclaimed, sillily. "I was just order ing tho man to remove this sign from our premises, but ho declined, refer ring mo to you as tho 'boss,' "her pretty lip cut led "and I must ask you to see that the obnoxious thing is taken down at once." "Well, ically, that Is beyond me just at present. It was put there by order of the committee, of which I am only an Insignificant mem ber, and" "Will you kindly Inform mo by ihat right tho committee ordered It put upon our barn without our consent?" Ho was civil and self-possessed as ho replied: "Why, It was rather cheeky, wasn't It? But I presume they look your con sent for granted. Anyway, it you don't mind I'd like to have It remain there till tomorrow, when I can arrange with the committee. I'm awfully sorry If you object." Ho smiled across the fence at her, with frank, handsome eyes. Jo uas mollified and recognized the fact with horror. In an effort to be ns dig nified as she felt she ought to be, she went to tho other extreme. "I most certainly do object, and furthermore, It will not bo necessary for you to see the committee.' I am perfectly nble to take tho sign down myself." And with a haughty toss of her bate head she went to tho ladder. She was strug gling witli It and had half-dragged it to waul the sign, when It was seized with quiet strength. "Allow me If I am not mistaken this Is my ladder" "And your barn, too, I suppose you wero going to add" She stood pant ing with childish rage. "The rent has not been paid. I know, but it will be aa soon as possible. In tho meantime, pray bo genet ous enough to spare us further Insolence." There was silence while ho carried tho ladder to tho fence, thtew It over, and hlmBeir climbed to the other side. There, lie turned a face white with suppressed feeling. 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It was dusk nnd the star. were dim points of light In a somber sky when Jo's tnll, thin figure emerged from the barn. After her trailed a long, rickety ladder. She paused In the ef fort to raise It. Somebody was sing ing a popular air. The loud, but un certain, tones came from the railroad track. Going to the fence, she peered over, and In tho lialf-llght saw a man walking the ties, his step icellng and slow. Jo recognized a hired man from tho Taylor place, whom she had often seen the worse of liquor. Still singing, he came nearer. Then ho tried to walk the rails, chuckling foolishly as lie balanced himself for a second, then fell, full length ncioss tho track, and lay quite- htlll. Jo, who had bent low cautiously, hoping ho would pass without seeing her, rose now, with a quick ciy of alarm. Climb ing to the topmost rail she watched him Intently while he made no sign, but lay like a log. Without hesitation, she ran to him. Just then she heard a distant rumble and the slnlek of a whistle. The train! With desperato strength she shook the prostrate llgure. "Got up! the train Is coming! Oh, got up! Quick'" But there was no movement In response. "Wake up, for heaven's sake." Then down upon her knees, with all her strength, she tried to drag the limp, unconscious man from tho ties. She raised hi! head and her hand was wet. The hor rible dampness sickened her; tho croak of the frogs In the meadow near was maddening; the sound of the train grew more distant, and still the heavy, clumsy body lay where it had fallen, now held half upright In her arms. She rose, staggering under the bur den, tripped over tho ties, and stum bled over the steep bank. Down they sank Into a mass of wild clover bloom that enveloped them in its cloying fragrance. A frightful shriek ind g!a-e, a deaf ening tumble just over her hood, thii all was silence. She was alone, with the night and tho stars; alone In worse than solitude. 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Will you watch by him Just a moment while I summon aid?" Ho returned shortly with two servants, who bore tho wounded man awny, leaving Jo nnd tho hated son .of the landlord together. There was nn cmbairasslng pause. He picked up a hat which lay battered und out of shape upon the lulls. "Ho would have been like thls.but for you," he said, softly, and led her, still shak ing with nervousness, away; back to where tho sign loomed red and white In Its disputed place. Quickly she Jumped the fence and to her surprise ho followed. "With your permission I will see yoti to your house, but first mav I finish what I had begun when I heard your cry for help?" He went to the barn, where a second ladder his ladder tested near tho ono she had brought. Placing It In posi tion, lie mounted and she ran to tho foot. "What are you going to do7" "Komovo tho sign. I have reconsid ered mydeteimlnatlon." And he smiled down into her eyes. And so have I reconsidered mine. Come down, or I'll shake you off," and still pale, but laughing gleefully, she grasped tho ladder by both sides, nnd shook It a trllle. "Come down nnd don't bother about that old sign." Again on terra flrma he placed his ladder so that It leaned upon hers af fectionately, and together they went toward the house. "By what good fortune did ou hap pen to bo so near when I was In trouble?" she asked, looking up at him us ho made a pathwuy for her thiough the inquisitive coin, "I came to take down the sign. And you?" A smile and quick blush. "So did I," she said. Exchange. THE CLEVELAND-DANA FEUD. Colonel McCluro Tells for the First Time How It Began. In a seiles of at tides In tho Saturday Evening Post on "How Wo Make rtcsidents," Colonel Alexander K. Mc Cluro, whom Lincoln called the ablest man ho over knew and who has been actively in national politics for a half century, says: "Charles A. Dana, tho editor of tho Now York Sun, became estranged from Mr. Cleveland the year beforo the presidential election of 1RR4. He had earnestly supported Cleveland for gov ernor in 18S2, but when a movement was made by Mr. Manning to organize the stato for Cleveland In 1SS4. Dana was Implacable In his opposition. I met him soveial times before Cleve land was nominated, and lie always discussed tho question with an un usual degree of aeiimony. "Soon after Cleveland's nomination I was spending a few days at Sara toga, and was watching Dana's paper with much Interest, for ho was verji much disgruntled. He did not at first declare himself aggressively against Cleveland's election, but one morning at Satatoga in taking up the Sun 1 found one of Dana's terrible deliver ances against Cleveland that left no possible chance for a reconciliation. I telegraphed to Mr. Dana and asked him to meet me at his office" at 3 o'clock that afternoon, and called there on my way home. Mr. Dana had gone too far to recede, but I tried to temper his bitterness, as I thought It would do great harm, not only to Cleveland but to his own newspaper as well, then ono of the" most pnwpeious in tho countiy. "Mr. Dana was petulant nnd violent In his expressions against Cleveland, and bald that lie had decided to sup Ixu t General Butler. "Churles A. Dana was tho ablest edi tor ever developed by American jour nalism. Horace Gteeley was mote pungent and telling In his political ar ticles, and Henry Watteison Is more btilllaut, but Chat leu A. Dana was tha strongest edltoiiol titer this country has ever produced. "It was not until I met Cleveland at Albany, soon after his election, that I learned the cause of the estrange ment between Cleveland and Dana, and the statement given by Mr. Cleve land was subsequently conllrmed by Dana. Dana had vety earnestly sup potted Cleveland's nomination and election for governor In 15S2, ana after the election ho wrote a personal letter to Cleveland asking the appointment of a ft lend to tho position of adjutant general. Cleveland received that let ter as he received thousands of other letters recommending appointments, Instead of recognizing the clm Mr. Dana had upon him for tho courtesy of an answer. Beeeher had a candidate for the same position, and Cleveland gave it to Beecher's man without any explanation whatever to Dana, whi felt that he had been discourteously treated by Cleveland. "Mr. Dana gave no open sign of his disappointment, but soino time after Cleveland's Inauguration, when It be came known that Dana felt grieved at the governor, some mutual friends In tervened and proposed to Cleveland that he should Invite Dana to join with some acquaintances to dine at tho executive mansion. To this Cleve land readily assented. Dana was In formed that Cleveland would tender such an Invitation If It would bj ac cepted, and he promptly nssented. Cleveland then beenmc Involved In th pieshlng duties of tho legislature) and allowed the session to closo without ex tending the promised nnd expected In vltatlon to Dana. Mr. Cleveland told mo that ho was entirely to blame for neglect In both Instances, ns Dana would doubtless have been satisfied ir he had courteously Informed hltn of his convictions which icqulred hltn to appoint another for adjutant general, und ho had no excuse to otter but that of neglect for not Inviting Dana to dinner. "Dana naturally assumed that Cleve land had given hlin deliberate affront, and Cleveland could make no satisfac tory explanation. Ah go vet nor and as ptesldent he was first of all devoted to hie official duties, which ho discharged with lure fidelity, and he gave little time even to tho common courtesies which most governors and presidents would recognize as Justly belonging to their friends. Efforts wero mado to conciliate Dana, but ho never would discuEM the question. When Cleveland's election was announced, and the Itj puhltcans were disposed to dispute tho vote of Now Yoilc, Dana came out boldly and declared that Cleveland was elected and that no violent mea sure should be tolerated to deprive him of the honor conferred upon him." Wasted Energy. My fricnl lie runes lonir with ma 1'ntll tin iUy giows dim; With me I Know WW ne'er agree, And lit not yield to Mm. A life's success 1M win, no doubt, If time tn work I fnent A fieri) as I U it out In useless argument. YVjalilnslon Star. w ' - wwi LIVELY DAY AT THE CONFERENCE ICoiuhnleil from I'hro 1.1 Bomo misunderstandings', II, L. Mor gan nominated George L. PcVk.of Hydo Park: A. D. Decker, cf Waverly, was nomlnnt"'! by Mr. Itowatd, nnd George K. I'owpII wus nominated by George S. Bennett. Two ballots were taken, re sulting In the election of Pierce B. But ler and W. J. Welch- while on motion, G. P. Heynolds, Georgu K. Powell and A, I. Decker were elected provisionally upon their being seated, a provision whlc't almost amounts to a certainty. Later a special session was held to elect nltet nates They wero as fol lows J. W. Thomas, of West Pitts ton: A. J. Dibble, Blnghamton, N. Y., Daniel Powell, Dunmoro: Geotgo Peck, Scranton; Sylvnnus Mooie, Oxford. It was also decided to nppolnt a com. mlttec of thirteen laymen to meet with ministerial and lay delegates at Har tlsburg next fall, when all Methodism of the stato will ho represented. The membeis from Scranton arc J. O. Shepherd, B. T. Jnyne nnd O. Tt. Clark. The cntly morning session was large ly devoted to the reports of presiding ddcis. They all showed an unusual activity In spiritual affairs nnd nn equally prosperous condition of finance, (lev. Dr. Austin Grlflln gave an excel lent tepott of Wyoming district. WYOMIXO DISTRICT BBPOBT. A very impoifcit record, Indeed, of the faith ful Kcrvitp rendered hy the vvnrlen In WjomlnB lltrltt ami the fruits if their lahur ran he ilironlrleil in the lirlef report I thall now read. The complete record is on high. Although the liisliop made twenty-six pastoral ilnnRes in the district at the last conference, they were so wisely and judiciously adjusted that the relations between the patorfl and the churches luo lieen most happy. The only one exception is lh.it of the Mieimnn Street mission in the city of WWces-Iiarre. In this church there has been a iiihnlnitlon of previously existing difficulties, causing the pistor a jear of distress, and no nniall degree of anxiety and trouble for the presiding elder. To protect our Interests and save the church, we have been lompelled 10 ad minister discipline in somewhat diastlo measure. The ranks of the effective men have not been broken by dentli, or their work Interrupted by hcriotis Illness. Two of our retired brethren have gained the homo land. Ilrntlier .1. K. Pick was suddenly translated on New Vear'H eve from tho pulpit of our church in Kingston to his corona tion above the skies. In a wonderful glow of Mini rapture, while words of thrilling eloquence hopped fioin his life as of greeting to the saints lubed nnd weplercd, ha extended Ids hands as though In response to the immortals and ex el ilmed, "All Hall!" In a moment he was with them and his rapt vision became reality. Dr. I,. W. Peck, another honored and beloved Mipcramiuated member of our conference, only Hie other da) (olxiut three weeks tinee) finished his course nnd entered into rest. In the death of )r. I'eck the last star fades from a constella tion that has been very conspicuous in tills con fucnie from the beginning nf its history. I he IhIiivpcI wife of llrother .1. V. Newell, wuiy mid worn with many jears of pilgrimage in the Hlnrltilicv, beard the lather toy: "Come home thou faithful tollci." and mi from the paisouage nt Yatesvllle she slipped uvvay and wus iiorti to the ulace of the King. Little Keimoilli). blithe, hiiglit, beautiful, the .voting! ht and pet lamb in the home of Dr. and Mis. Simpson, after a brief illness, left the As bur.v pirsonage in Hie city of Scranton and be .tiiie u companion of the holy ones. Wo think he finds the changed life so congenial that be would not desire to return, and because this is so his pirents pay, "It is well with the child." it nffords me inexpressible pleasure to lie able tn fi.ty that, mi far as I know thero is not even it vvhii-pcied suspicion of a taint of heresy or false teaching against one of our pastors. Our pulpits ale resonant with the divine, Clod-honored Mving truths of the gospel of Jesus yiirist, ns these truths were1 emphasized, illustrated nnd cufoiccd In the ministry, experience and lives of the people lalled Jlethodists; to wit: Heart conversion, the witness of the spirit, clear, per sonal Cluistian experience, positive testimony, entire consecration to Oml nnd holiness without vvhidi no man shall see Cod. I am also must happy to say that, sn far as I know, these fifty-one pastors stand before nngels and men with untarnished ministerial and Chris tian character. Vow to make good my boast the following facts me in evidence. MATKIUAL IMPROVEMENTS. A new church nt Mull in the Noxen charge, the church in Nnxcii seated nnd refurnished, church nt LojaUville, In the Maple drove charge, painted, a new well at the parsonige, tupplving n loug-fclt want. A new and beautiful parsonage nt I-ehman Kleitrlc lights in Hie church and parsonage at Aldeison. Tho old parsonago at Cenlremoreland complete ly renovateit Tiinlihamiock church has been re-carpeted, elec tric lights Introduced and otherwise improved. Went i'iltston church radically changed, floor Inclined, pews remodelled, new platform, ear pets, steam heat, stairs leading to audienco room changed, new organ, painting, etc., estimated cot alioiit $11,000. Old l'ittston church will be greatly improve 1 this coming year; a good sum of money already in hand for the work. Lackavvann church New basement, pews, fur nace, organ, painting, carpels, etc., costing about ifJ.OOO. A new beautiful and cory parsonage at Mooslc. Clark's Summit parsonage completed and nice 1 furnished and grounds beautifully terraced and graded. Waverly church raised and fine basement con structed. Clark's flrecn church, In tho same charge, thoroughly repaired and beiutified. TH)lnrville- The church walls painted. ( Jiverton New barn erected and well drilled about one hundred feet in the solid rock, afford ing an abundiiice of the purest water. Plains I'urnaic in parsonage and electric lights in the church. l'arsoiu Ulectric lights in church and a new parsonage purchased, wrinkles come To many a face which should still be smooth and fair. Worry doesn't bring them. There arc no cares and anxieties 1 t furrow the face. They are the signs of physical suffering, graven by the hand of Pain. It is the saddest result of the diseases which af fect the womanly organs that they write plainly the sad record of suf fering on the face and form. The skin becomes sallow, the cheeks are sunken, the eyes look dull, the body falls away. No woman who values her health or good looks should neglect to use Dr. Tierce's Favorite Prescription for dis eases of the wom anly organs. It cures irregularity, inflammation, ulcer ation and female weakness. It lights up the eye, bright ens the complexion, and rounds out the sunken curves of the Iwdy. I take great pleasure EkKS In recommending Dr. Plere.c's Favorite Pre. ccription for female weakness." writes Mri. Riuannah Permenter. of Pauls Store, Shelby Co., Texas. "I was troubled with bearing down paint in my back and hips six years, and I wrote to Dr. Pierce for advice. I tried hla 'favorite Prescription and nix bottles cured me. I feel like a new person, and I thank Dr, Pierce for ray health. Life is a burden to any one without health. I have told a (treat many of my friends about the great medicines I took." Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser, 1008 pages, ecnt free on receipt of stamps to pay cost of mailing only. Send si one-cent stamps for paper cov ered book, or 31 cento for cloth. Ad dress Dr. R. V. Pierce. Buffalo. N. Y. f - - Ashley Parsonage painted and important changes in the church, Nantleoke I'uniacc In parsonage and papered and- painted throughout. West Nanticokc Parsonage enlarged and great ly Improved. I.uierne A pipe organ and recess built In rear of pulpit to receive It aid other ilianges greatly Improving the property. New and commodious parsonage at Oourtdale, A lot has been secured In Wanamle village for a church and parsonage. ' Two lots have been secured for new churches ',ln tho city of Scranton. One on Hyde Park 'avenue, to wnleh the Hampton Street society will remove; very valauble .site. The other at Lincoln Heights. Wjomlng parsonsgo has a new furnace and fcHX) In hand with which p put electric lights or gas Into their church. The crowning enterprise, however, Is the err.l work being done by the Central march, Wilkes Ilarre, led by their Indefatigable pastor. When the splendid structure, church and parsonage combined, is fully completed It will be excelled by very few church In MeJ,hoillm. The amount expended on the; foregoing aggregates $35,000. roitMi:n inluidthdness. Parsons has been tnulcr the shadow of nn em barrassing debt for many years and has paid tho last $1,220 nnd converted the cancelled notes and Judgments to ashes in the presence of a hap py congregation. Pallas has pnld its entire debt, $M7, and Is now fiee. Other churches have reduced their In elcbtedness. Amount paid on old debts this year, $7,000. Two charges, Couridile and Parkersvllle, were united a jear ago and have enjojed a successful jear. Two new charges were formed, Dorrance ton and Old Korge. The fonner has had a phen omenal jear, almost a continuous revival. A very bright fulurc opens to this charge. Old Forge has nlso enjojed a year of great prosperity. Kleven charges advanced their piston' salarj Tvvenly-six charges have Increased their mission ary contributions over last vcar. Klvc charges report a small falling, off. Twenty-live 'charges Incrcascil their list of stdw ribers tn the Christian Advoatc nnd the Northern. The Increase ranges fioni one to fifty-eight by Dr. llraelshaw and sixty by J)r. Mogg. Klghtccn charges have advanced In their contributions to the relief of our worn out ministers. The report will show a fair nd vanccTln all our benevolences. WYOMixo camp MF.irnxo Was well sustained by Hie pastors and conse quently a lielter attendance of the people. The meeting took on something of Its old-time power In "" conversion of sinners and strengthening of the church. Sunday schools and Kpwnrtlt leagues are In the miln well organised and doing wood work. WYOMIXO SKMIXAIIY. Too much cannot be tald in commendation of the splendid work elonc this jear In our sem inary. Dr. Kprague and the faculty, sustained by the hearty and unanimous co-operation of the trustees, have spired no pains or sacrifice to make this the banner jear In the history of he Institution. How well they have tut ceded tho nnuu.il report shows. The twentieth century iuoveiiieiit"has not been nverlookeil. The matter has been brought to the attention of the quarterly conference and the congregations. A local commission has been ap pointed In every charge. With the opening of the jear the canvass will bo prosccutcel in all our churches as vigorously ns circumstances would permit. Dr, 1 oarer has set tho pace for tho district by securing nlready in his churili (first church, W'ilkes-llane) over $07,000. With the amount paid on old elebts and other subscriptions of which I lave' persmiil knowledge it will place us now bejond S2,nfl0. Ilrothcrs, with the splendid showing for the part tors and chinches of the elislrie t in lines of sci xice Indicated, I have lint jet established un case and made good m- lmast. Methoelism lnaj record mighty achievements in ull material en tei prises und slill full in her sublime mission. I should read my report with a breaking heart if. Indeed, I could attempt to read it at all, nnd show onlj' material succession for twelve mouths of life and gracious opportunities. At the be ginning of the jear .n our first ministerial gath ering there seemed to come on us a great hull ger for souls. Some of the olllclal members caught the spirit and encaslonallj- an entire qu.irteily conference went down on their fates beforo (foil. 'I lie camp meeting helped on the work. Kvcrj- gathering of the pastors had In it a toucli of pentecost. Xearlj- every charge in the district reports conversions. Notably the following: Melerson, M; Ashley, 40; Carverton, tr; Centremorelind, V); Claik's Summit, 10: Dallas, V.; Dorranceton, 85 i l'orty Port, 20; Kingston, 21; I.ie"k.iw.mni, 40; Lcmhan, 1B0; Luzerne, Maple drove, It; Jloosic, 41; Nanticokc, 3J0i Noxen, It: Plains, 00; Pialnsville, 20; Pljmoulh, 51, Ash street, Siranton, 78; Cedar nvenuc, 52; Court street, Wl, Kim Park, 75; Hampton Btreet. 18; Simpson, 200; Wiinomle, 2U; Waverly, M; West Nanticokc, 10; West l'ittston, 40; Central, Wilkes-Ilarre, 125; Herr Memorial, 05 1 Pirst ihureh, 100; Par rlsli street, 70; Wjomlng, 50; Yatesvllle, 21. The work has been done by the pastois and their people with veiy Utile foreign aid. We asked iod for 2.000 souls. He has given us 2,437 souls Of these there have united with ns on probation, l.S'il. Tho Nanticokc meeting was remarkable, first, for tho number converted, 320; second, the classen reached almost exclusively lietvveen 18 and M; third, that Dr. llraelshaw bad Btrcngth to average a scrmen 11 djy from Jan, 1 to April I. 1 deslio to reiterate the conviction expressed In my report a year ago that our church has a special mission to the unsaved thousands of foreign tongue that uovvil tho Wjomlng and Lackawanna vallcv and it must not bo much longer elclajcd, l'liially. the Methodism of this hislorie district Is not tho descrepit relic of .1 former glorious era. The spectre merely ol the heroic past. She is proving herself a vvoilhy descendant of a splen elid aneeslrj-. Her foundations aic of hewn stone nnd bear the marks of hammer and chisel in the fcands of Asburj-, Peck.Nelson and others of a soul winning ministry, who, with tho Bennets, Svvet lands, Pettibone, Wadliams and Shoemakers of the laity were fiod honored master builders. Wo iiru'bulldlng 011 the foundation they laid. With firm adherence to the faith of the fathers, with purpose of ceaseless activity, with wise adaptive ness to existing conditions, credentials renewed by the victories of the past. With a consuming real to help save men, with personal knowledge that the blood of Jesus Christ cleansetli from all slu, sweetly conscious of a personal divine companionship, witli the banner of conquest un furled in the oprn heaven, wn halt nt the sum mit of the old conference jear ami at the bsse of the new await tho older of Ood as spoken through His church. AFTHUNOON SESSION. Tho afternoon session contained manv Impiesslvo scenes. At 2 p. m. tho church was filled at either sldo leaving the body of the auditorium for tho laymen, who were expected to como over from the Uaptlst church, where they hnd been In session. Thero wns some little delay, and tho assembly, employed the time by blnBlnfr hymns. When tho blp delegation entered with Hon. W. J. Welsh at tho head, the lino was Just being sung: "Sincu I must fight if I must win, s I11e.1c.1sc my courage, Iord." And the singular appropriateness o the sentiment nearly convulsed every body. Someono had proposed singing "See tho Mighty Host Advancing," but as tt was recalled that the next line runs; "Satan leading on," Dr. Van Cleft and others objected to this method of greeting tho brethren. The vast audienco rose und tho bisho: came forward to give a greet ing. Messrs. AVelch, liutler, Decker, Reynolds and Powell occupied tho front seat. Tho bishop mado a happy little address of congratulation. Captain Cyrus Shaw spoke briefly and to tho point, and then the delegates wero called upon to make speeches. Hon. Mr. Welsh cume to tho platform, IIo Is a credit to tho conference, not only In appearance, for he Is a man of the most distinguished presence, but he Is also ait eloquent speaker. Ho was fol lowed by Pierce H, Hutler, who mado an extremely good address, George K. 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