LATEST
"2, ,
lllaaalera. Arrlrtrnt nnil I m Dries.
At Marshal I:.iin, Colo., Anthony Bcrrs
made a tuisiti-p and plunge 1 M the bottom
of the shaft in ili.. Fnion mine. Ho virus ter
ribly crti-he 1, having struck on bis head,
and lived but a rhort time.
Lightning struck the hoimef W.K Bailcv
at D. nli.ti, Tea , an I killed his 3 year ol J
daughter while she was asleep.
Mike Michel, while returning home from
AVavi r!y, Iowa, during a heavy storm, drove
Lis team oira small bridge and was drown
ed. Hingling Brothers' in
rd near Atchison, Kun.,
rre killed.
M train was wreck
and two person
Nelson Packard. Martin Windward and
an i!d fisherman named Beunhoflf, were
drownc I in i. ;i riV(.r at t'refc, Neb ,
Mmnly. BcimholT wn rowing across (be
riveran I bis mat was caught in Hie current
and carried over the d.im. I'nekard mi l
Woodward were in a mill and jumpe I intoa
boat below the d.im and tried t'i a--it him,
but their boat js caught in tin c Idy and
(lashed to pieces.
By the rapiizin .'..fa boat on the Dowd
dan-, Mi rnlton, Aik . H.imp Wilson, olor
si, four women and li v.; children were
drowned.
A deMrii live tornado swept over the
western t art of Hamilton comity, Ohio,
Wednesday afternoon. Jlouies, barns and
Iree.s were b'viled an I several people seri
ously injsired.
Mrs. Benjamin Van Laden, of Iroipmi,
Mich., sacrith ed her life in rescuing her six
children f r-tin their burning home.
At Fairfield, Cal., Joyce's hotel wn total
ly destroyed by lire. Two litis were lost,
OIkmiiiiii.ii hlarksmitli from Ibd Bluff,
named Charles Bailey, and a section man
nanus James I.inn, of San Fr.imi-co.
An engine and 12 cars were derailed
Zanesville, ., on the li. ,t ). llailway
"ign r and lip-man Jumped, but
nesr
. 'ilia
were
filially injured.
Tin factory of the Aetna Pyrotechnic
company, JIartfor I, Conn., blew up and six
people wero killed. The bodies i.f J. I.. It.
fcibley, paymaster: Fmin.i Tarhox, Kiniiia
Tregunz. and Maggie upen were recovered.
Two bodies are Mill in the ruins. A number
of persons were .-eriously injured.
Capital. I.nbiir unit Imliisirlnl,
At a meeting if tanners of New York
Ftate last Veek, it was decided to shut down
fort'mday. All the principal tanneries,
numbering about 1JI, will be u Heeled. The
reason hi ven ibr tlii-shut-down Is overpro
duction and dull .rale.
One of the greatest labor troubles that
Kivi ti.' v - ,'m..L.'jpi'. 1.7. T I t
iw ien t'wjutuu HU'OKC
Satnr
Mai
i.iwRt?Wt.iiVioyc
i - vsj itin b
Aou.
jjof Villiiinisj)ort liud
i.iTe eacli year Iroul
i.muary 1, Ih.sU a 1 of from May 1, os has
lu the cui ;u. A conservative estimate
pla i sthc number of locked out quarry men
at 1-M .). 'iheylive mainly in llo-ton,
t) i my, Mo ivii. i:...kport and Milfor l,
Mass.; t'oiico d S. il ; llwalowetl, Water
ille, Clark's Mills ami "ortland.Me.; l'.arre,
Vt.; Westerly, 11. I.
The buildini; business In New York is j
completely prostrated by the strike of the j
irraiiite workers in New I'nj,'land. It is es- j
limaled that fully :- men are out of
Work.
About l VM'bb ao granite i iitters struck
to help tlo ir fellow-wort incu in the K.i-t.
I'hil.id.-lphia granite cutters have struck
ae:aiiiM handling; nuu-uni n granite from
New llnland.
Two Imndred and lifty I. it hers struck at
riiiladelphla orl T"i per I.Hbs. iiu i
two -thirdsof the boss plasterers compile 1
with the di iiiandi).
l rom May .' to M iv . '.'1! contract
laborers hae 1 ecu barrel f n mi miter
ilic; the Tinted St.itci at New York.
Another tin c tiu ot the striliin ; I'urh iui
Coal miners was bald at London, A vote
was taken on the Ue-ticu ! resuming
work, but a majority of the delegates voted
in favor ofc mtiuunu the strike. Tbisr-trike
lias now l i eu .iih n for over two months,
and the greatest s iReriiij? i sists. not only
aiiiOiic the nrners tbetnselves, but anion:;
the factory bands, ironworkers and others,
w hose places of wo: k have 1 n clos.sl in
consecueine of the impossibility of prucur
ili' fuel.
Local Assembly M..0, KnU'hts of Lubor
New York, ami the New York State I'.nt;!
Iieen' Society, pase.l resolutions rotestin(
against the action of the labor le.i U-rs in
tailing out mi.ooo granite ((uarrynicu on ac
count of an alleged j.ievaiu-e of si x i,'ranit
b'.o k cutters.
Many plasterer.!, ho learners and brick
lavcrnof 1'itlsbur are striliin :. and build
ill); as a coiise.penee, is .lelaye 1. The bu.l 1
Ini; trades have three strikes on hand and 01
mils for injunction-,.
The street car drivers at New Orleans went
eut on a inke because the companies refus
ed to recognize the union.
liovernor I'lowcr, of Nevv York, has sij;n
rd an important bill tfoveruin,; (he worki;;t;
faoursnn Hteam surface railroads la New
York State. The new law provides that no
m.h eoriHiratioii shulJ Denial or rcuuireanv
conductors, engineers, traiuuieii who have
worked !! hours to jto a;;ain on duty until
be baa had at least eight Iioum' rea(. Ten
hours' work s'rfornicd within 1-' conrecu
live hours shall constitute a day's work on
all Wiaju surface railroads.
( rime and IVnutilrs,
William Wilkin, of Nicola. 111., owned a
yi ious stallion, w hich iittaekeil and severely
bit him. Wilkin subdued the animal by
roping him und then picking out the iini
Iiial's eyes with a nee Jle. llu will be held
to the jrrund jury for cruelty.
nrud
I fCV
Frank Crane, a Cincinnati, 0., talesman,
shot Hsttie Haedon and then suicided, be
cause she would have nothing to do with
him. Hho will die.
A Kirl about 1H years old, ditgulsed as a
calf, was shot at Lakn Creek, Idaho, w Idle
stealing ore. Several thousand dollars worth
was tnised Isrfore the girl was shot.
In a fncht between IV) union ore trim
niersxif I-'.s-iitiaba, Mieli., an.l apanitof non
onion workmen, ton of Hie Non-unlnnlsts
were shot, one perhaps fatally. After tho
liisitini; the union men fled.
Jra Mullen, a desperado of Norton, Va.,
was shot from ambnsh. Ilia wife, brother-in-law,
the driver ami two Siorses were also
killed.
The residence of linn. J. 8. Cannon, one
of the llnest in Muscatine. Iowa, was raided
y burt-lars. The whole family were held
Hp.
For the second time New York Slate's
ft jrinal electrical execution apparatus was
used Thur lay in Auburn, and in the cluiit
where Keinniier was experimented upon
Joseph I,. Tice was electrocuted, being tho
State's ninth victim. He met death bravely
and yet not with any bravado, on j so far
as human ingenuity or science can discover,
lie died instantly mid without pain. The
execution lasted but a few secomK From
the time the Warden notitlaj him in his
cell that all w hs in readiness until death was
announced was two and one-half minutes.
The 'piickext rope execution in this Stato
has been timed at :M minutes.
About T.".o M granite workers throughout
tho country are now on strike, and the light
l only jut lnyun.
Oliver Curtis Perry, the train robber,
pleaded guilty to four indictment in court
at Lyons. N. Y.. and w is sentenced to 4 'J
years: at hard work in Auburn prison. A
the Judge Hms.,l gpi-akiug the piisoncr
etaguercd, ami it was with great effort that
be retained bis standing position. If ,u be
haves well in prison and secures commuta
tion he will h a free man October '-'i. l''J-'!.
lie is J'i years old now, ami w ill be upwards
of ."" w ben be gains his liberty.
A lhissian Jew labo.er naiueit N'onkow is
Ui, t-li.it mid killed his wife at Newark, X.
J., ami then committed suicide.
The two fioulds convicted of swindling
the Albany I X. Y.i National bunk by false,
bookkeeping were at Kochcstcr sentenced to
six years in prison.
It now transpires that fie same nii'ht the
four murders werccjniuiitp.-1 at Peiniis.in,
'J'ex , another Woman w is shot by, it n su
posed. the same partii s.
At rbiladelpbi i, Pa , I.uigi Cicanuie, an
Italian, who on February I'l last kibed bis
wife by .-cabling her. w as convicted of mur
der in the second de-rco and sentence. 1 to 11
years' impr.'oiimeiit.
Charles Stewart, a prisoner in tho jail at
Morrillton, Aik.. struck Deputy Sherilf
Holmes with au iro:i l,ar, killing him in
tatitly. All arioe I bmlv of men or.i, ., I
to the Jail, and, seizing Stewart, banged
biiu to the nearest
An attemM
m ade to w reck a Hock
Is
TITb1 POT V"'1,r Molnis.
were Iib"l,a4i
rck-i-
a utopp' - fsi(. ,
,AorK't-v5eru,i'..inr5rT. kuM-
tloiiul and apurtiiifr i Buloon
Keeper, Unrber or Ch au uf-
ford to be without 'jui
iiiin i-rs a:l Mie. i.ii acvin i.. -u "x
"M -STK.fl l-l II I r ..
made u desperate resistance, and the former
was killed, while Coxe was seriou-!y wound
ed. The robbers jumped from the train
without seiuiing anything. A posse is in
pursuit.
Isaac IV Talb.it, at Hardiner, Me., shot hi
wife and then coinmittcl suicide. He also
tire-1 shots at bis siter and brother-in-law
Cau-e, a family ipiarrcl.
I eimri s.loiuil Nionlnnlleiis.
The Sixth district Ohio Democratic con
vention at Love 'and, O., re nominated Hon.
M. I'attison for congress.
At the Deiiocra:ic, Congressional Conven
tion of the Filth. North Carolin.i. district,
A. 11. A. Williams was nominated by accla
mation to succeed himself.
The first California distritt has re-nominated
Thomas J. Geary for Coujicss, the
Second ill- trii't re-uoininated A. .uuininet
ti. the Fourth district nominated .lames G.
M.i",iire and the Fifth district nominated
John F. 1 yland.
At the lb -publican convention at Media,
Pa., Hon. John I'. Kobinson wa i.oininatcd
for Congress without opposition.
iialilnuioii Ven.
Secretary Foster has given b;s pndori
titeiit of the plan to issue ln.ooooio fifty,
cent piis-cs of a special design lis t-juvenir
of the World's l air.
The total collections of Internal revenue
during the first ten mouths of the fiscal year
ending June :io, IviJ, were l-Vii,oil, an
iucrcae of ,!. Ml, compared with the
tollcctionsduring the corresponding period
of the previous fiscal year.
Mr. Aldrieh offered a resolution in tho
Senate, which was agreed to, abolishing tho
ollb'e of principal executive clerk of the
Senate, and placing the entire clerical force
of the Senate in the Secrctar's office.
Tho president issued a proclamation an
nouncing the reciprocity ugreemeut with
iiuatmcuiiiula.
Senator Welcott, of the Coniuiitieo on
Civil service and Bet rencliment, reported a
joint resolution proposing nil amendment
to the Constitution, making the term of
President and Vice-President six years, ill-
Head of four, and making a Prc-iidcut ln
elicible for re-election. The change is to
take effect March i, lviT.
A petition wa presented to Congress,
signed by il'i.O' h i merchant tailors, praying
for a law prohibiting tourist from bringing
back more than two miiu of clothes undone
over garment of foreign manufacture or
workmaubhip, freo of duly from foreign
countries.
Itellgloii.
The thirty eighth annual Kesjiou of the
Western Fnitariau Conference began at
Chicago. Resolutions Hi-king that the
World s Fair be opened on Suuduy will be
laid Iwfore the Conference.
At the J'pi-copal Convention of the Dio-
1 (eseof M ti sachiisetts. Huston, a motion
i that the by-Uws be change 1 si at to admit
' wouir u an lay Jc'.catcn was lout, 61 to t&
The Presbyterian General Awemblyialn
ernion at Portland, Oregon. !
The regular session of the Flfty-aecond
Cumberland Presbyterian Onetal Aiwembly
conTened at Memphis, Tenn. j
At the recond day'a procee.Ung of the
Pouthern Presbyterian tieneral Assembly at
Hot. fspriiigs, Ark., report of committee
consumed the time. 1 luring tl4 year mis
sion treasury receipts from all siurces were
l:jn.2732, being 17,.t.i S.I in e: cess of re
ceipts of any previous year. 'I ho amount
contributed by churches and lie! vidtials ex
reeded that of the previous year ky 1:I,.mJ.
41, the total amount having beetj t7i,2.
The Uaptist Congress, at Philadelphia, Ta.
during tne second day'a meeting discused
the question: "Is a union of various llap
tint bodies feasible?" Uev. It. B. 'Jlcr, D. I).,
read a paper viewing the subje.f from the
standioint of the Uisciples' sect, (expressing
the opinion that it is not only feujiblo but of
prime importance. He favored a union like
that of the Primitive church, nk doctrine,
but personal in its nature, llev. A. A. Iew
is, editor of the Subbnth Oitfwilr, believed
the union couhl be brought aboui, but con
fined his argument to defemling tlie practice
of his own sect, the Seventh Da Daptists,
(n observing the Sevcuth day aa tile Sabbath,
Prof. J. A. Howe, P. P., a FrecWill liap
tist, of Cobb Divinity School, otgu e.1 that
tinliiii was possible by cordially freeing to
Ocsl's law of variety in unity, by allow
ing every church to preach whal it prac
tices, and practice what it preachts. A pa
per from W. H. NVyatt. D. I)., of ilie South
ern Theological Seminary, was reil, which
declared the probabilities against jn organic
union, on account of the greater tendencies
to scatter among religious bodies, the fre
quency of theological disputes anfl the ten
acity wih which men cling to tlieir opin
ions. I Irra
Twenty-five horses were creainkted In
lire at the lied I.iou Stable, PittHtnlrg.
The cavalry barracks at Fort McKlnncy,
IVjoniing were burned. 1-oss tJV,00").
At AllM-rt I.oa, Minn., the large flouring
mill of the Albert la-a Mill and Klevator
Company was burned, laws, 'jJ, (; insur
auce, ri.oi.
A big lire at Oswego, N. Y actlcally
wiped on i )swego s milling and delator In
tere.ts. Only one elevator is le In t,
harbor, the Northwestern, owned by tiay
lord, Downey ,t Co. The tire was the hot
cst and fiercest xin-e the tiro thai awept
the same site In HVI, and the property de
troj ed could not be replaced for : 1, 000, 'WO.
I'ollllml.
The DcmocraMc Territorial conv-1 ition at
rucsnn, Ariz., selcctisl ddei:atea to ho Chi
cago national convention. The convention
indorses Marcus A. smith (is do cgaito con
gress; niso drover Cleveland.
The Democratic central conn
Ittee Oi
I lab has elected as delegate to the
'idea go
c, and
convention O. W. Powers, of. ialt La
rreil J. Kiesel, or Ogdcn.
l-lnnnelal nntl ('oniiiirrclaU
Dennis Leahy A Co., wholesale dejlers in
woolens, Chicago, have failed. The MNeta
C3 Sar2$2?E3.tTXei!'Et,-3 8 57
5 S gS 5 gf K J'IrJApXai POLITICAL C
rtSPhftw ss blue
fish at Fort Monroe,
V.i. Mm. Harrisxin con-
tinues to Improve.
Uev. Dr. T. Dewltt Talinage Intends to
embark on the steamer City of New York
on June l.' for I.iveipool, and w ill engage in
s preaching tour through Fn0l.iud, Scotland
and Ireland.
niiltnr'.
The Pennsvlvania Military Academy at
Chester, Pa., has been closed tor the season
ps a precautionary measure, as another citsu
! id tvphoid fever has been discovered uuioug
tl") i iidcts.
Turf ew.
Sunol will eat bay that cost ?:I7 pi-r tor.
The price was H pert on at I'leasanton,Cal.
uul the freight to Meadville tJI.
Muilu.irv.
Mrs. S. K. l'ullnmn. mother of the in
ventor of the Pullman Palace Car, is dia l.
I lups.
The rice i ron of the I'nite l State! this
year will be .'si per cent, heavier than last
year.
The l.enuiie Itrrnril.
The following table show the standing of
the various base ball clubs :
W. I.. 1ST.
It, ,s,in '-'" 7 .711
ltr.oklvn...l7 ! J-'-l
W. I.. 1VT
Pittsburgh .1H 1 51d
New York..FI It ftnO
Chicago... ,17 12 ..'Mi
Phila bl l' 40
Wtisbingt'ull Pi 4-'3
Ciuciiinati.il II
Cleveland.. H bt ,Mi
Louisville., lft 11 ..".17
st. Louis it -ii :no
Baltimore... 0 111 2'
THE
PRESBYTERIAN
ASSEMBLY
GENERAL
Now in Session at Portland Oregon
MoNi'AY At to-davs' session of the Gener
al Assembly ( f the Presbyterian Church the
report of tlio committee appointed to revise
tlie Confession id' Faith was presented by
Dr. W.C. Huberts It contains two chapters
one relating to tlie work ot tlie Holy ."spirit,
nud the other to the .Missionary snirit
Besides these new chapters, HH sections m IK
other chapters have been ciiangea. M-veral
ol the members of the committee have sign
e-1 the report, but have made exceptions to
cer'aiu parts ol it.
Those who have opssed revision from
the outset intend to make a fight on the con
stitutioiiality of this Ass.-nibly taking def
inite action on the report, claiming that lv
a new rule of the law made ul Detroit, bust
vear. this report must go to a i-peclal com
inittee, who shall divide whether the changes
proposed shall be recommended to the
rrcsbvterie for adoption. Though the eon
M-rviitives were defeated two years ago, it is
liossdile that they liniv defeat the entire
worK. us tne couiiniuce iippoinieo in mis
meeting to receive tho reiKirt may decide
that the revision is unnecessary or unwise.
"What Flouring Mills Are Doing-
The .iirlhu-enltrn HUfar says: The group
jf mills which wVre shut down the first part
of lust week did not d j as much on closing
by half a was expo "o I, and tho total out
put showed a proiKirtinate decrease. The
aggregate production for the week was ll'.i,
Wo barrels averaging 2i,lM burreU daily,
aguinst 178,0V) the previous week: 141,71)
for the corresponding timu in lS.il, and
740 barrels in lH'J). Fuurof tho live mills
referred to aim, given as being idle lust
week, have started again, and on Wednes
day IS were in motion, producing ut the rate
of about 30,0 m barrels per '.'I hours. The
flour market for week back has been fur
from active.
LATEST NEWS WAIFS.
Oot. Holes will Issue an appeal for 1200,
000 for Ploux City flood victims.
The secretary of war has authorised the
nse of military supplies for flood sufferers.
At Meridian, Miss., the First Baptist
chun h was burned. Ijss, i000, partly
insured.
At Brighton City, Utah, a number of bum
inesa houses w ere burned. Loss, 1100,000.
Kifiteen students in the canton of St. Gall,
near Berne, were boating on Lake Zurick
when their Ixmt was capsi.ed and seven of
them were drowned.
The loss of the Brazilian w arship Solimoeii
Is officially confirmed. The vessel whs too
close to tho shoro and struck some sub
merged rock.
The Government has awarded a large
contract for LM.otm.ooo double postal cords, a
new device which ha long been considered
by the Postofllce Department The card
will lw ft) by 3) inches, and will be folded
In the middle, presenting four surfaces. The
outside surface Is for the address and the in
side for the message. At the fold the card,
s perforated, so that the recipient will tear
oil' one-half and then answeron the other.
John B. lluchtel, founder of Huchtcl Col
lege, Akron, O .and well known throughout
Ohio as a philanthropist, died at his home
in Akroq of paralysis.
The Prohibitionists of Iinenster county,
Pa., nominated Joseph llro-ius of Little
Britain for congre. M.irriot llro-ius is the
Kcpulilican coudidate.
The striking carpenters ma le a final ap
peal to I.aughcad, MiMliscttc Co.,of Fnion-
town, Pa , to lay otr W. A. Ci-ter. tho sns
Js'tKled memlN-r of the trados council. The
firm refused and said that Custer could stay
as long a they had work for him to do. As
A final resource all the union workmen of
all trade wero ordered out. A prolonged
strike is anticipate,!.
At Arkansas 1 ass, Texas, by I he capsizing
of a bout a party of three, coiiitiiigofT. C.
Tinghom and wife and the; !W-year-old
daughter of Charles Hickney,w re drowned.
Tlieir bodies were swept out to ca by strong
ebbing tide.
Indianapolis. Ind.. felt a district shock of
earthquake Tuesday. Xo damago was done.
HerrSchenck, managere of J tho St. Gall
br audi of the Federal bank, has been arrest
ed at Berne, Sw itzerland, fc ir embezzling
the funds of the institution. ) The amount
that he ha taken is at least Hjt.-sHi.ouO franca
und probably .I,,Vi,imi. The k iiibezzlement
was accomplished by keeping'.fulse records.
Cbehallis, Wash., was destr
JVeil bv liro.
Sixty-two buildings were bunlied
The divers at work on the s unken Cotton
Belt railroad wrecked train at ('rook Bayou,
Ark., recovered nine of the bi dies on Sun
day night.
The tin and sheet iron work ers and cor
nice maker ot Chicago decid. d to go on
strike for an eight-hour day an I a ininimuin
rate of .'Ij cents au hour.
J.'iVslW4-
I.- "-.It.
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CONVJEN
TriKoK. Ariz. The. U i ntorlal Dcmocratio
Convention here ele. t -1 delegau to the
Chicago conventioo. iliV.' indorsed G rover
Cleveland. .,-.
Dovi-u. Dm.. Th" lv in ratio State Con
vention hero elected - ii gates to the Na
tional l 'onveiition. Cleveland's administ'a-
tiou was reterred to as a blessing to tlie
who e country, which di!Tued a spirit ol
restored brotherhood throiiglnait a union of
co-e.pial States and liuiiiitained peace ami
Honor, wiinolll tuie alio cosuy ouiiiivs.n nu
foreign natt-uis. 1 ho delegates win go to
Chicago unitistrncte I, but they are
for '
Cleveland.
An. ST i. G . The State Democratic Con
vention was held here. I he platlorui
adopted ib-man Is free ami unlimited coiu
1 i ...i. ...i.. i a i .. ... .
line oi ooiu silver iiuti pn i. j io-n- w.,
big light between the Cleveland and anti
t leveland factions, but the former captured
theconventioii and the National delegates
elected will vole solidly lor Cleveland.
Coi.i MiiiA. S. C The State I iemo.-r.it ic
Convention met ami passed resolution!) n1
ittliruiing the principle set forth in the
ocala platform protes-mg in the strongest
terms against tlie nomination oi i icveiaini
for president. Delegates at large were elect
ed.
FluNo. Cm.. The Democratic State Con
vention here adopted a platform, which
strongly advises Cleveland's nomination, in
structs delegates to vote a u unit, favors
paritv between all coins as u circulating
medium, declares for tho elation of I'nited
States Senators bv a direct vote of the peo
ple, favors tho Nicaraugua canal scheme,
mid denounces the .Mckinley bill.
Uuauoii. N. C 'Jbo State Democratic
Convention here nominated F.lias i 'arr, of
Kdgcomb, for governor on the sixth nuiiot.
A platform was adopted by acclamation
which demanded the free coinage of silver
nud other financial reforms. Of the
eighteen delegates elected to Chicago by
congressional districts tho majority are said
to lavor Cleveland. Xo instructions were
given.
KicuMoMi, . The Democratic State
Convention met here. The Cleveland men
were in control, but agreed to divide the del
egiition-iit-liirge with the Hill faction to
insure harmony. According to the compro
mise bi of the dclegiiti s to ( biciigo are lor
Cleveland ami 11 uuti-Clcvcland.
Kinokisiii.h. O. T. The Dcmocratio
Convention met here. The National dele
gates are uuinstriicted, but Cleveland und
Ills administration were indorsed.
S.M-T Lvkk City. The Heimbllcan Terri
torial Convention held here indorsed Harri
son's administration and declared for free
silver c3inngo.
Danvii i K, li t.. The State People's Party
Convention met here. Delegates to tho na
tional convention at Omaha and electors
were chosen. They were instructed to pre
sent the name of Colonel s. Norton of Chi
cago as tlie choice of Illinois for the presi
dency. Ocean Oieyhounds Uac.
Nkw Yoiik, May 2H The steamers Alaska
and Aurauia arrived Sunday from Liver
pool. They had a very exciting race acrost
the ocean. Both ships wero very near each
other, and plainly in sight each day. The
Alaska, howuver. kept the lead alltueway
and came in ubout an hour in udvuuca of
the Aurauia.
The First Wheat of tne Ssawon.
Pas Fhancisco, Muy 21 The first carload
of new wheat of the season arrived at the
Call-board warehouse at Port Costa, Cal.,
from Delano, Cal., and was disposed of on
't'huiigout 11.521 percental.
THE METHODIST CONFERENCE
FOLLOWERS OF JOHN WESLEY
Assemble
Omaha.
la General Conference at
Summary of Procteddnga.
TcrsnAv's srto?i.
Bishop Bowman preside 1 to-day. F-ich
Bishop has presided one dov now and the
list will be gone through again. The Com
mittee on the State of the Church indorses
the formation of a National Sabbath Fnion.
Its second rejiort condemns the Southern
outrafesdcinandsthnt congress take suitable
action to suppress these growing unjust and
inbuiiMii acts, and calls Um the secular
and religious papers to unite in putting
down the evil. Dr. Payne, of New York,
denounced the Jim Crow car and detailed
the ill-treatment of colored and w hile min
isters. The great Church should protect its
own membership. During the lost veur
l.'si negnx-s were lynched, seven burned
alive, one flaved alive and one disjointed.
He thought that the Methodist F.pisropal
Church should emphatically place itself on
record. The resrt whs adopted,
wi:ii.esim y's session.
Bishop Foster guided the Conference this
morning. Several resolutions declaring t he
Conference in favor of equal representation
of ministers and laymen, and asking that
the Conference be divided into two house
wero received and referred to the Commit
tee on Kqual Bepn-sentation. Tho Balti
more Conference asked that the next Gen
eral Conference devie some means to modi
fy tho function of tho oilier of Presiding
Klder, in order to secure greater proficiency
at less expense to the church.
The action of some tucmliers in hissing
Dr. Tigert. the fraternal delegate from tho
Methodist Fpiscopal Church South, was dis
cussed freely, ami many unfavorable com
ments were heard. The' hissing was canse,
by a remark by Dr. Tigert that "the South
ern whites are the host friends of the color
ed men." The dark-skinned delegate and
tin ir sympathizers did not believe ibis, and
groans and hisses were directed at the speak
er. It is the consensus of opinion that the
liisuit ollereil Dr. l igert will delay tho pro-jsi-ed
consolidation of the two churches.
t 'onsideruhlc discussion took place on tho
report of the Committee on itinerary, but
no decision on the subect Was reached.
The tnaority ri'tMirt favor the removal of
the time limit, believing Methodism could
be better subserved bv the rmancnt loca
tion of ministers. Tlie minority opjHise the
removal of the time limit.
It is a great surprise to thoe who have at
tended the Conference to be Informed of the
excitement created by certain reported no
tion by this body on the subject ol dancing.
The fact is no action has been taken. A
memorial was piescutcd ami referred to a
committee on toe general subject of amuse
ments. The re xirtcil remark of one of the
bishops In approval is without foundation.
It i to be remembered that this si bject ha
not befn presented to the Conferci:c i by the
committee and i not likely to lie beard of
(luring the si-swion. The resolution us re
ferred briellv said:
Acsored, That all specifications of amuse
inents not to he taken be stricken out of the
discipline so that it shall rend instead, "tak
ing such amusements as are obviously of
misleading moral tendency or in disobedi
ence to the order and discipline of the
church."
tiicrshavV howick.
Bishop Merrill, of Chicago, presided. II.
B. Willis, of Iowa, ollered a resolution ask
ing that the bviiiiials be abridged to -lis)
hymn, ami sold to tho po.irer churches for
Anient per copy. The Central German Con
ference asked that the presiding Klder of an
Annual Conference and it-s laymen consti
tu'e an Advisory Board or Cabinet, to assist
be Bishop to station tlie ministers of the
L 'iJ'stf ipS p ui loT.';r Vaiiiea K. lln'ggs pre-
? ' uli'ution adopted bv the entral
' m. pI,-l demanding that the editors of
! I ? . .Ill paers discontinue making them
1-itA'iicy for the promuu(Voni of thoir
maile an olllclal paper. It will pronumjf uo
accepted. Cleveland. O., ismiikingo bard
pull for the next Conference, lhe loiiow
Ing olllcrs were elected : Dr. C. W. Smith,
editor of the Pittsburg Aiirvnitr; J. B.
Young, editor of the St. Louis Adrorate ; B.
K. Creurv. editor of the San Francisco Ad
roeofe; Albert.!. Nast, editor of the Christ
ian AfMiln-h't ; K. V. llammotnl, editor of
the Southwestern Adrttritt (Negro).
kkipay's skssios.
C. H. Bavne was elected secretary of the
Board of euuiation. The Conference decid -ed
to elect two co-ordinate secretaries, and a
ballot w as ordered to till the offices. The
roinmilteo on Columbian Kxposition pre
wnted its revised report on the World's Fair
nidi the words in the Preamble. "Lincoln
swung a transparency when Richmond fell
that could tic seen live miles away, eiiuu
I tinted. The committee on Temperance pre
j tented resolution denouncing the liipior
1 trallic and those engaged in it, and stating it
lobe the judgment of the Conference that no
political party has a right to expect the sup
port of Christian men so long as it stands
Minmitted to the license policy, or is not in
'pen hostility to the mlooii. A resolution
isking that the Conference reconsider it
action in deciding not to elect more Bishops
whs quickly H'juclchcd, being laid on tho
table with a rush.
StTt ltnW's SCSSloN.
P.ihop Andrews presided. Tho report on
the F.pworth League present mi nmend
ineiit to the dis 'iplino providing for a Board
i t'ontro! of !," members, one of w hom
shall be a Bishop. It also provided that tho
local leagues shall he under the supervision
of the annual conference with which they
lire enmii-i ted. The amendment also pro-
v!.h.s for the publication of the .'iicofh
ll-ialil iistheoilicial organ. Tho F.xccutive
nillce i located ut Chicago. Therexrt was
adopted seriutum. The name of the organi
sation wus made "The Kpworth League if
the Methoilist Fiiiscopul Church." H wa
decideil to a low the Board of Control to
l,. i ih Sc. rel.irv of tho Fnworth la'ague.
but have the Conference elect the editor of
tho h'jurarth ! r It was also liimliy
decided that all young pcop i-s' sm'iefits con
neeteil with the church, whcihvr Kpworth
I.eiiL'iies or not. should come under the
jurisdiction of a pres ding elder.
Monday's skssiox.
The Committee on Hevisals recommended
that petitions toalMihsh the six mout hs pre
liationary lerm io ocuieo. a miiiumy im
port recomnieiided that tne time ue reiluced
tosix months. The Committee on Tem
poral l-.conoiny recommeiiiied that tne ton-l-crencedeinaiid
an adeuuate number of
chaplains to be appointed in the army: that
they he regularly comiuisioiitTi uuufii met
not niereiontraci men; iiiuv inren uuii
,o select d to recommend suitable candi
dates for appointment in the army; that tho
nearest Sunday to Jin y -t oe Known in me
..Lurch as Army and Saw Duv. and that
services on that day pertain to the welfare
of those bodies.
Dr. l'otts.of Michigan offered a resolution
emp iwering the bishops to nibmit to the
annual Conference a proposition to admit
women as lsy delegates. Mr. Potts demand
.,1 1 hut the Conference act on the matter.
Notwithstanding tho opposition of the
nitlcial iiaier, bo believed the women could
win. Dr. Buckley secured ilrst blood by
raising the point of order that this matter it
tioW before the Judiciary Committee, and
should bo reterred to that committee. Tho
Chair so held amid applause. The matter
was then deferred for the present
The report of the board of missions to
f reed-men showed that 371 missionaries had
been sent out during tlie year, that 'M
churches and missions bad been aided, and
Ml parochial and 14 boarding schools main
tained with a total of U.'i.'ojiiipils. The re
ceipts amounted to over li 2,uuu, with ex
eiiditurcs ulmont ecpiaL
A COM PART has been organic d at Phcstilt,
Arizona, for the ooustruetiuu o.' out) of tui
largest artilleiul reservoir in tho world.
The bslgbt ot the dam is to be ;W I foot, lu
capacity will bs 103,05.0 ,WJ cubio Xoat.
Fim -SECOND CONGRESS.
TrrP,Y In the Senate, Mr. Chandler In.
troduced another bill to Rive American
registry to prospective United State cruis
ers. The naval appropriation bill was
taken tip the pending question bekig the
i'i'"is tor n increase tn inensvy. .Air.
in i nerson, woo iai rrpinv ottered an
amendment to strike out the House pro
vision for an armored cruiser and the Sen
ate provision for a battleship; end to pr
vide for three, instead of one harbor defense
double turret ship of the Monitor type,
modified hi amendment so os to confine it
simply to the striking out part of it. leaving
the number of Monitors oi one. Hejoctef
Mr. Morgan offered an naiendment provid
ing that if the harbor defense ship bs built
on the Pacific coast, an allowance of 3 per
cent, may be made on its cost to the con
tractor, in addition to the contract price, to
"r iiir o-ii oi me transportation oi ma
terial, ine amendment wo agreed to
without a division. The question recurred
on the amendment reported by the Com
mittee on Appropriations. Wit'hout coming
to a vote on the question, the Senate ad
journed. Ai'ter routine business the House went In
to committee of the whole, Mr. M"ter, of
Georgia, in the chair, on the sundry civil
bill.
Mr. Pii kler, of South Dakota, moved to
Int reuse from flJn.oioto 2l0,ip0the appro
priation to meet the expense of protecting
timber on the public land, but it wa lost.
Pendini action on tho bill tho toinuiittea
rose and the House adjourned.
WriKKsPAY In the Seiia'c the considera
tion of the naval appropriation hill was re
sumed, and alter several amendment wero
agreed to tho bill wa reorted from the
committee of the whole to the Senate. The
amendments were all agreed to and tho bill
was passed without a division. Adjourned.
The silver question was tho feature of in
terest in the House today, and,
much to the disappointment of tne silver
ite. the Speaker sustained the point of order
raised against Mr. Bartine's Iree coinage
amendment to the sundry bill, and the
iiouse clinched the matter bv upholding
the Chairman's decision. Lat-r o:i Mr.
iiiami otterc'ian amendment for the coinage
of all silver bullion purchased and now ii
the Treasury into standard silver dollar.
Point of onier were raised against the
amendment, ami the Speaker reserved hi
division, which will lie awaited with inter
est and impatience by the free coinage men
and their opponents alike. After the transac
tion of routine business the House went into
com in ittee of tlie whole, Mr. Lester, of
Georgia, in the chair, on the sundry civil
bill. Mr. Smith, of A rir.ona. inovtsl to in
crease from aiou.ono to to,is) the appro
priation for surveying the public land.
After some debate a compromise wa ar
rived at and theappropriation fixed at 20l,.
t. Pending further action, the commit
tee roe and the House adjourned.
Tin kspay In the Senate the bill author
izing the Secretary of War to detail for
special duty, in connection wite the World's
Columbian KxoHition, such army otliccr
as may be required (to report to tlie General
commanding the Department of the Misv
ouri) was taken from the calendar and pass
ed. Tho conference rcwrt on the bill to
provide for 'he dissal and sale ot the Kla
math river Indian reservation was presented
timlagrcod to. The river and harbor ap
propriation bill was then taken up, and Mr.
Mcpherson mado the motion, of w liit lf lie
had given notice this morning, to recommit
the bill, with instructions to reduce tho
amount i ISO per cent. Mr. Dolph moved to
lay the motion on the table. Agreed .
yens, 42; iiavs ) (Messrs. Harris, KvIivAMv".
Phetson, Paddock, Palmer and' Vilas)
Amendment reiortcd from the Committee
on Commerce ami increasing appropriation
wero agreed to. All tho committee amend
ments having boon disposed ol'.'the hill
went over till to-morrow, when it will bo
-'r-r-v ..... J0)...
I'lwn.i'j.'imjv nineiKiiitvinriiu i.. :. a:e
ill V.Jt3 11WIISI-. tllU lllllfl llll.''l 7. ovt:Oi
rccogtiiuon mis morning, ami . f tvif .
of Georgia, sent up to the clerk s. J to .-ss
hail read the terse res-dution "t'dir,i m.bttr
Mr. Itoltihoover's ifettlflmYVrr tne "regular
order" orperatod nh an objection. After a
fruitless call ol committees tne nouso wens
into committee of the whole (Mr. lter,
i.i.nriiti in I up i-ii iir i on uiu Kimiirv o
hill 'i im eintir neiivereo ma oiiiuion on Ti fl j
point of order made against tne ameiuniiPtii
offered by Mr. Bland yesterday for the coin
age of all silver bullion purchased and now
in the treasury into standard silver dollar,
the cost of coinage to be puid out of the
seignorage or gain 10 mo government, mu
remaiuderof the seignorage to be covered
into the treasury. The chair wa unable O
see lir.w the amendment wa j'ermt')" to tho
subject of the clause. He sust lined the point
ot order ami ruled out the aiiiendup tit. Mr,
Bin ml iippeab-d from this decision, but the
committee sustained the decision of the
chair by a vote of 120 to 7'. After routine
business the House adjourned.
Fiiipay In the renoto after a little rou
tine business the consideration of the river
und bai'bor bill was resumed, mid various
Htneiidincnts of small importanc e were ol
lered und agreed to. After along political
discussion tlie bill wa reKrted hack to the
Senate. All the amendment agreed to in
n. ... I If. It, irh.hd fltl.1
COlll ill M O t Hvlv "IH nil tl. i - "
the bill was pucd without a division. Tim
following bill were then taken from tlio
calendar and passed: House bill bill to rat
ify an agreement with tho Indians residing
on the Colville Iteservatiou in the Slate of
Washington. SeiiHto bill authorizing tl"'
Miistnictou of u bridge across the Bed Hi v. r
) the North. After an executive sen-ion the
Senate adjourned.
After the call of committees for reports
the House went into committee of the
whole, Mr. Lester, of Georgia, in the chair,
on the sundry civil bill. The iinnounce
mect of the approval by tho President of
the lnman registry bill was received with
applause. Consideration of the bill was
continued until adjournment.
Smi iipav Tho senate was not in session.
Tho House in committee of the whole,
Mr. Lchtcr, of Georgia, in the chair, consid
ered the sundry civil appropriation bill un
til adjournment.
Momiav In the Senate, to day. Mr. est
offered a resolution which wa laid on th
table for the present, discharging the i oin
mitleoii i'liiiince from the further con
sideration of tho House hill to put wool ml
the free list and to reduce duties on woolen
gnod. and directing the committee to rc
isirt the bill back to tho Senate for its ac
tion thereon. Tho Senate bill passed author
U ng the Secretary of War to proe ire ui"
present suitable medals to the survivors oi
tho "Forlorn Hope storming party" of Pert
Hudson, on Juno IS, MA. A number ol
IimuI bills were passed.
In the House another effort wa nia li'!0
. -1 ..... i'ii l. ..;, n
met the objection ot liepressiitaiivo rj
, f k ,,,,,,, I, ..r ,if I, Ills of a
cal character were passed, among thein i -bill
granti g a i-nsion of 2d a inoiitli '.
cx-l'i.ited States Senator George W. .h'lie
of Iowa, who was a drummer boy in ne
of lf12. and s now ii year of vrge; ii!s-'-
Senate bill appopriatliig I5J.1i'ki tor the
troduetiou of reindeer inti Alaska. i
L r
American Pork etable Kverywhert J
Washington, Kay 21. The .&''
meeting to-day wojli uttonded by all ol'V
members except Secretary Noble. B '? .
announced thai; the Spanish GovernniR
had raisea tn.c embargo against auivi"
ork. Our imrk is uov admitted ut K
ports of tin world.
A Terror Undor Water.
New Yor.K, May 2d Tho tost w;th
Destroyer's submarine gun wero M'1''
with more success than tho.ia of Friday
A l.VJO-p.iund projectile wa thrown tii'
three nets of Miiull ropes such as are tl-'
around war vessels to ward oil' tor)
Tha rckults were entirely sutlsfuctury.