DONS DRAWN INTO H DEATH IRAP. SPANIARD'S SLAUGHTERED. Oraphio Detcripton of Otreia'i Victor Or r Kuncr. A npncial dlspntdi from Key Went, Tin., nys: A letter has been r'--i vn.l by n Cuhnn Ica-t-T here, describing a recent battle on tho Cuuto river. In which. Cnllxto Hnrcln 1 feate 1 tlm Spanish gonornl, Nuno.. The letter wim written by I'rank llriirii' tt.u I'cnn sylvanlm. w lio if companl"'! liureia to Calm on Hi" ttrrifiiitn. iti.l t.iok part In the battle. l;i!im tt nun- r- sided here nml Is vll known. letter Is dnt"d in thi' province of San tlngo do rulin. April 2 After describing (lar da's nuir-h from tlm west to Hid east, K:n:ti"t i'iin'i ti tlm battle, which was fought tlilrly iiorih of Mnnznnlllo, Oi'inTiil Nunoz, with SKinliird, was trying to prevent (ir.i''l from crossing tlm ( auto, (tarda lui I ri.iiiMi iimn, ti-1 1 1 I i br Hut columns of liuM ft t Mutyil Ho Irlguc.. J im Ictt'Tsltys. (iar.li I'-u rti-.I Hint tlm Spaniards irM advancing ur'l- ! un l set n trap for tlmm I ' ti 1.001 men Hard i awaited their coining, Hii-t I : m I I mi. I Ko.irig'ic, Willi 'i.iMMi men, WT" ordered . -triko Nuiioz's forces In tin Hank and rctr. I lm S anl.tr. I rami' on, not su-pocting dang, r, and when tlc-v w with In 7. ) iris nf ii", iitrda orlci-cl u to lire, which wni 1. !!-. with deadly effect. I win l rut i n lt tlm galling cun, ami at Mm JIM discharge it M' ini-l t nm that u Imtilr-1 Spaniards were cut ilown. 'Hid Spaniards broke aii'l retreated down tlm ilvor. .lu-t tlmn t!i lumii of Hnhr uihI Hoilrlgim.'. Ktr'.n'li them on tlm Hank und p ar ami '.hey hit I tlm I'uii.'ini on three sides anil tlm tivr on Ih" fourth. We i. min il In several volleys nii'l t'n' Spaniard sum l iiiim J .inl ---t ri. k - mi. Many of tlmm t : t m 1 1 . 1 int . tlm river nml Were ilro -Vlmd. 'I hit S UhluM , With Ml I- ill-'il mi tlii-riviT l ank ami r-t irii'-it only 'i Scattering lire to olll Volley. It !H lllll'illy n Initio, (tiifcT nn'pi of n -iaiKhti r. 'I in-mally got .rry for tlm poor iji-viic. nnl Mint my eyes when I f n I ) I thocrnnk of thi' gulling mm. to i'-im" seeing tin' span lards tumid". It s'emed that pvcry Spmlnrd would ! kiih'il whi n lli- gunboat, which Null"!" Iiii't or.li rod to cit-opcritte with hi.-" fores hovi' in sijjht. Tin' t'iiiil'ont I'l'iran xli' lllm: our " lt I. in ami moli r i'ovit of tlm llr, partialy r fonui il liN nifti. itnr hoi IIitm wri' ani on to liaii.'i'.liiitiiari'la pp-vi'iiti'il m Kaylm.' that wi' "iiiil n mipll-h nothing oiraint thu Kntilm.'it.o " I h hpamarili tli-ti ri'tn'atu 1 ilown thu riviT, i'ihiti iI I'V tlm Kunlioat thi'ir ii:ii aii'l maiiv of thu v ill n i I. Af tor tlm h;.iii'iariH ritii'ali'il. n I'niiiitn.l nmrii than :.H0 IhhIIi j. Wo think mori- than n lintnlri'il SpanlariN W''r ilrowin'il. TIotd Wi'ri- also '.i.n SpaiilapN ho ha lly !hnt th"V ooill'l not walk. Many oth' r wi-n' woiniil 1, unl wi'iit away w it li tlmlr r-t r-nt I live I'oin riiilii. iinr loK.i'w'iit only ;ls kill.'. I nml "J woiiiiiIi'i. noiin of tln'Mi mortally. (nr hiiimII lom wan iliin to tin- fai't that wn font-lit from Hln'lti r, an I MirpriM" I tlm Spnnlnr.l. 1( wo hill foiiu'lit in thu opi'ii of in mi r-o' our lon.i woiihl liavn lii'i n mni'li rr-iitT. 1'iirim.' th" Imttl". whii'li lat''l ahont two lio.iri, Ihri'" hpanlMh loilli-tx paiHi"! through (lari'la'H i'lotlii'4, an I olio of tlm .litily from tlm Kiinl'oiit '.ploii'.l ni'nr him. Imt tho "u ral .how". not a trai'ii of ni'rvoii.mi.i." STONE'S LABOR BILL OPPOSED. Agouti of Btctmihlp Coiipaaii Down On Hli LofUUtioa. It"pr-.pntBtlTe W. A. Ptone fln'Is tho In fliH'ime of tlm Htrnmnhlp ronipnnlin vry rtrmiK RKitlnitt hi.t hill for th further rntri7 tlon of InimlirratloD ty consular Inopivtlon At thn port of dcpiirturw. Thnre I li'tnrtnln'tl ITort to nronmi tlm (Ifrmnn-AniHrl.'nn ritl. Z"iw aualiiM ih Mil, nii'l Mr. riton rwclvi'il Him following from a Gorman npir ml HmIi'mI In l'ltt.K'mrif, nml Iliivn4 to I lank ly owmul l.y thi iiu'i'iit of the Gorman ("ti'am ship 'oiiiiiuil' of that Pity. Thn Mi-Krnm roii'lit: "Von arc niNtiikon In lu'llovlinf that (l"r-maii-Amorl.'iniK inor your I In. Only r pi'titly, tin1 'I'ui nori", of this np.'tlon nuti:!i"r Inu ovi-r ri.lHHi, a'loptpil nioliitl.ir of iftati tiiiin to Mr. linrtholilt nml iirotiviti'il nnln-t pftrh'tivH tin'iuuri'i." Mr. Ktoiiff l. i'iiiil.iMit that tliln tipwpupor iIopb imt ri'pri'f i'ii t th hoiii'iit ci'titlini-iit.-t of tht (ii rman-Anii'rl.'nnn. TIip Iiai-tliol.lt ini'ii tloni'il In tin- ti'li'Krnm latlia Clialriiian of tin1 'ommitt'ii. II", too, li tn'Mevii'l to hnv" tli lnti'r't of Hip xti'nrtnihlp i-ompaiilon tnor at hi'iirt tlnm Iip Iiiih Hip propi'r r"trl. tlon of iiiiili'slrul.l" Iminltrratloti. Mr. Mtorm, In n jilylnx to tin' ti'li'irram itoiit th following: "I i-nn wt'll uii'li r-taml howotmof tin1 pro prl"torn of your pappr, an nK'lit for M'vprnl Kti'iiniKhip i'otiip'iiil"!i'iifiini.i in tlip liiiilin'H of lirimriiiK Immigrants to Hilt country, i opp noil to r-trl"tltiif ImnilKnitlon, ninl I nm ! how, through Ills column, nn l In other pnpprn similarly IntprintPil, iiiiiny hon't icrmiiiis nrp h'il to oppni' tho r". strl' tlono of I'tiniU'ratlomliut I ilo not IipIIpvo that tlm majority of tlm IntplliKPiit tii'rmnn Amcrii'itnn of thli I'onntry ili'slrc to m-p Hi" shipping of Much lartfp niiinl.i rit of unil"!lr ii'il" Immigrant Into t III pntintry poiitlnim. " Ih" ticrmanM nrp n fruiral, mi vim;, liaril worklmr cIiim aii'l inako go l Aiu"rl' nn cltii'iii. I ho ImiuiK'rnnt pau;i"r lafmri-r Irom Soiithi rn I'.uropp i i.l.'r. ' Into illrm't ronipi till. in with th" ticrman Inl'.ri'r,a. wdl n oilii'rx lii rc, ami lut Hi" lalmr mark"t. 'Ilii! what ki'cpt th" prlco of common liilmr ilown ninl put it at tlm morcv of cap ital. "I. w ith many otlmn who havclii cn wurk ItuMo r.-tri.'t liniiilfratloii. nm of (Icrman il"i'i'iit an. I hiic a common riifht to ipi ak fur Hip ( i'Tllilin-A IIH'ri''al. " I'lm-p puiiai,'" I In tho iiiIiipk4 of lirlm; im; chi'iip pnupcr lalmr Into thi country chri willy think Hint If they nrniy Hip ti -r-maii-Aiiiprlc.iiin iitfnli.Ht Hip movcmiint to r Mrl' t Immlk'nitloii, thpy will to IrU'hti'ii tlm two crciit parties In HiU country that Hmy will imt ilaro to piiHt n rc-trti'tlvp law. 'l in y havp i. i Inr en cj that If midi IckI'Ih- Hon (iilli in tills l oncri'sH, It will do l i'i'iiu-i tin' t iprman-Amcrlcium an1 IippvpI to lm Imiviiii; all ' 'o-'n'i'-t It, ami to that piu! nuiim ticrmiiu new paper iiuvp -oil onrn. "Hut I tin not lii'llcvii that thu lii.rman Ampiii'an.x ar" airaiiiit It, ami I ln r"l.y In vit" tin icrman-Ami'rlciinn of my district mi. I of th" state to wilt to hip ami to other im inliers of ( oinfri Hs, kIvIhk their vIcwh on this iuestiin. I woiil'l like to know If Hmy are really opposed to restricting InimU'ra Hon." t'harlcs It. I.ln-oln, .Jr., of rittslmrif, at tempte'l to eominlt siiI.'IiIp at Urintoii ! shooiim; liitn-i'if. Mi" youiirf n. an Is a crip pp nml ilesperati'ly In Iovp with Miss Naniil" lloylP. His crippled coiiditiou prcVPIite.l him from seciirlnt; employment, and th" ulrl'n mother forl.ad" her daughter kw'liif cuiupany with him. PROGRESS Of ME CUBAN Pi ORDERED TO DESTROY ALL. MISS BARTON FULL OP HOPE. Oomej'i Initrnotiooi Art CtrrUd oat moit Under Woyler't Koi. Al- INDIANA REPUBLICANS Declare For Horn it Money and Endorse Me Kinlcy For freiii'.ont. The Indlanii Stat" lli'pulill.'an Coiiventloti Diet at Indianapolis on tlm 7'.h. The ilc!ci;aies-at-larKP were lnstruct"il for ! Mi'Klnlny. There wiw opposition, hut the Olilo iiiun hitd a 'liorltv. ' Its r,pC. stor .n un party n ! .nir.i ration .f m.rnhaui KlnniiiK Lincoln tu tlm close of fiat of lleiijaniiii Harrison. Of thu latter he says that the experience of the last thiol " us tiring out in a clearer llclit thu ex. 'eli. n. e of his splendid ailii.liil-lralioii, under which we nttaiued a measure of pros perity iini'iiiiati'il in the history of the nv priiii.eut. rin platform declares that the repul.ll.'iins of lndiann are in favor of pro. tectlou and demand a tarilT that will imt only secure the in s-ury amount of rcveium liut' will alt'ord niciiiute mid certain prot tlon to the whkp earin rs nml producers. On the uiom y iiicstioii the platlorni says: "We am llrm ami emphatic in our demand for holiest money. Wo tielieve that our money should not lie inferior to the money of the most enlightened nations of the earth. Wo are minlterniily opposed to the scheme that threatens to dVlmsP or depreciate our currency. Wef.ivor Hip iip of silver a- curri'iic'v. l ot to tlm I'Xteiit only and under such regulations that its parity with Kild can I.p in. iititiin eil. and in coiis"iiciice nro Oppi si'd to Hie tree, II 11 II III Iteil IIII'I I ll'lepell. 1- t'ut lolnii),'" of ilvr at a rutloti of 10 t j 1. THE WAR IN CUBA. TO PREPARE THE ROLL. Ctrter Innei a Call for a Meeting of th National ReDn'j jt.n Committee. hPTiator '';;i,.r ehairman '' tin llepul.li ciiu Natlo-,,,1 ooiiiinitlep, Kii'out the follow ink; Tin' P.ifmhpra of Hip l;pmi''llcnil National i Pommilt,.M r re,uiiHtei 0 meet lit Hid nolllliern hotel, ill Hie clt.V OI i' Wedii'-s .lVi t, iii.i, ... juu, noon, for ii,,. i .u. .v.. kii ioiaiim'rsuli or (tin cotiVPii tlon. and for Hip transaction of such other business as may require the ttclloii of tlm oiiiiuittpp. It iippeariiiK priil.alile that an unusual IiiiiiiIht of coiite-tcl cases will ho presented to the Illliittci) for OollHldPrntloll In coniiectloii wiih tin preparation of thn temporary roll, It Is deemed ii.lvl.-al'le to call special attention to the followlm; cliiunu In he cull for tlm convention: "Ail nutlet of contests must lie filed with the secretary of Hip National committee, In writing, acciimpaiiieit hy priiited statPUiPiits of the ground of the contest, which will he made puhllc. rrelereiicc In Hip order of heiirlnn and deterniinllnt coiitests will ho Kivcn hy the committep in n rdaucw with tlm dates of lllllil? Niidi notices uud .-tlllc-meius w ith Hip spcretary. "All per-oii di'siriiik' to present matters for tlm consideration of tlm committep un dcr tlm foregoim; clause arc rpiiiected to lm prepared to present their caseu on the n si'iiiiillnt; of the enmiuittco on tho dato uOovu d .-ifjniited." THE WOMAN QUESTION. to th Annual A mi fjom Havana via Key Went tlx, fJnttO'l May 6th, contain thi follow Ill8: ' "To Colonel Jol t Aiilrr, Cut, an H'opratlni; army, r.on.) of (Juiiunhacrt: You will procppil Immediately to destroy all towns and village within your jurisdic tion. I. ease iiothnn; unilesiroycil. Io not fall to commence executing this order in utautly upon receipt of this uutimrltv. ooMk." Thl order recnive l at tlm camp of I.on I'nlo April 20, ami Atf'iirrp ln,medinlely Khvp iiotlPH to the peopp of thp towns in Ills jurisdiction that Hit order would ho carried out to tlm letter. Ou.uiiihaeo Is not yet destroyed, Aeulrr" Im-Iiii; too lilisv In other dlreclioiin, hut lis turn In pxppetpd any day. It means that Oompf! wants a clear path across thn pr. tinen of Havana for his westwnrd niar. h. If there Is no town or villain to Kuard there W ill lie no Soldiers to oppose his pro- Kress. His men will linvn rest from lUlitlmr ami will 1st reinlorced hy troopn of lusur tfents who are now roiiinini; aimlessly over Hie provllic Oouie. w nuts a larirn force under his n Hvp commainl. He now has in the imltdiLor hood of 'ri.iHiil iiipii. nml will pl"k up fully 15.IHM) more hefore lie reaches. Ins lijectlvit point. What Oonmz proposes to do daily liecouies ii greater m vtcry. l"tn" think til ls Kollltf to Hie relief lit Maeei). others thiiik Maceo Is drawing the parn-li troops into the troclia In order to give Oomez an opporliinlty to attack tlm city of Havana. Nmirly every nvailalile S 'niii-h column Is how at tlm troclia, and Havana city could almost lie iestroyei hy the so I. Hers. Nev -r was there a Is tter opportnnlty for the In-ii r ents to stride at the capital of ( ul'ii. If (ionic, should appi ar in tlm out skirts of Havana to-night tim city would lm mi piiv prey. If his oliject is to attack Ha vnnn, that'wlll he tlm master-trokp of tlm war. nml if tlm city fell Into his hands It would prol ahly sound tin) death kimll of Spanish rule In this Island. Two-thirds of the population of Havana hope that Is tlm commainler-lii-ehief In tention. Thousands of young men in the city would rise up In arms against Hip hpiiu-i.-h at Hip llrst sound of the Insurgents' gun in the outskirts of Havana. Whatever his ol.ject may he. he !s milking rapid time from tlm east. Last night his advance guard, under Son ran ( laimlmz, win at II. ma liana, on the I, order, f Matanus and Santa t iara provlnci'S. 1 Iip main army is in '.Iip imigliliorhcint of J u I. a 'no, in the Monte ro inoiiiitains, I( they continue westward as rapidly as they have hi-n coming Hmy should lm In the Mil. I. II. of liavaiiii province I In ID days time. I At present Uiiumz's troops are engaged In I destroying ruilroals, telegraph linos and property in this district. Last Sunday night ! I.imiO Insurgent advanced . close to Havana i city as I'tinta llrava, a .own of ;nu houses and 1,'JDU situated three miles west of this i city. I Colonel A cost ii, thn lender of tho reljpl forces, divided his men Into two groiij .One ' division took cure ol tint horses outside of the ; city, while the other gave .iittn to the sol I illcrs. Two forts of thn town werp tiiki-n ! with case, and i'.u Spanish soldier were com pelled to surr "iidcr. W lulc the light lasted a ! child ran in rossthe line of lire and was kill 1 ed. After silencing the forts tlm tusiirgeuts took possession of the yiiuipuu'iit of tho iiol dlur. The Cubans foiiud tlm merchants had i closed their slon s, ami that tlm termrstrlok I en Inhuliltaiils were III. ling in ail sorts of daces. ' hn rehplg coinisdled torvi to n. nn 'onllscat- cauglit tlm resiliences nml saturated every house In town, uftcr which tlm torch was applied. Tlm IiIiixp was plainly ppu from tho root of 1 1 u VII lilt houses, (ii'neral Wcylcr hurr!"d a largn forcn of men to I'uiita llrava, hut when thpy arrived tlm town w is In ruins and the InsureiitH far away. Spanl-di prisouen captured In tlm forts had I wtut ll's-rty. I'll ' people of I'uiita liran are now domiciled in Havana, adding to the already congotcd population of rolugecs and iiipudh auts. FIRM IN FINANCE. I The Exportation of Much Gold Hai Canted t No Flurry. No Turning Back From Bar Great Belief Work Tt Miss Clara Barton, In a letter from Con tnntlnopln. datixl April 14, to II1 Crow of ficials. rwplTPil In Washington, May 6, dis pones of ths fpars exprosspil aomo tltna ago that her mission would fall, on account nf ths opposition of Turkish authorities, and shows that aim has no Idea of alininlonlngthe work, now so successfully Inaugurutnl. friends misled hy reports of thn dlftlcultlps shn was encountering, hnd urged hnr to ru turn, and in reply she writes: l T hiiyp n liody of relief on these flelds.hun dreds of miles nw.iv In the motintaius, a thousniid miles away from me, that 1 could not draw off In six weeks. Th" iest we could do would 1st to ai audon 1U.WH) poor, sick, suffering wretches to a fate that ought to shock the entire World; dying, sick, foodless, nnke.i nml not one doctor among tlieimwholn cities scourged and left to their fate, without a hand raised save the three or four ri-solutn missionaries, tired, worn. Hod-serving at their posts until they drop. The elvllixed world Is running over with skilled physicians and not one there; no one to arrange to Ret them there; to pay expenses; take espivlal charge and thus make It posslhlc for them to "And we, seeing Hint state of things, hold ing lu our grasp the relief we had been weeks preparing and orgimllng In antici pation of this, to turn hack, draw off our helpers, send hack th doctors already start ed, give up all, lipcnuse somebody hnd said so, the press had circulated It, the world ha I believed It, our disappointed rommllteisj had lost lmnrt and grown sore struggling with an occupation rHtlmr new to them, and the people had taken alarm nml failed to sustain them, was this all there was of xin't No jiiirpose of our own t lu the name of (oil and humanity this Held must ! carried, tlmse people must be rescued, Skill, Pare, ineiliciiies and food for the sick must reach tlmin. And It is a glad sight to mv soul to think of Turkish troops taking these bands of doi'tois on to Macascli. Thev hnve done It, and are at this verv hour marching on with them to their Held of labor. W hat does one care for criticism, di iaiiproval or nii- itoviiI under i'lr.'Uiiitiinces like these 1 'ou t be troubled. We can carry It We re fair lliuinclars. not dismnved and Ood "elplng, eail S.'IVP olir hospll.lls." "Miss I '.art on reports Dr. HiiblsU party at Miiraseh and Mr. W Wars at Orfn. She says It is Impossible to describe tlm Joy of Hie desolate people in , welcoming the relief parties. A BIO FEDERATION. The Six National Order of Railway Man to Be United. On" of the most Important meetings of rnllwiiy employes ever held to place at the hen liUiirters of the ord"r of Hallway Con ductors, nn Market street, near Seventeenth St.. st. Louis. It represented olllelully six national orders and brotherhood. I u fact, they may . called liit'Tiiatloiial, as the membership of of each Includes men employ ed on lines iCnuinlii and Mexico. K I". Sargens, gr iiid-ma-tcr of the Dri.llierliood of Locomotive l lrenieii. a nnpanled by Frank W. Arnold, grand secretary and treasurer of the order, came from l'eoi'la, HI., to attend the meeting. 1'ntrl. k II. Morriswy.of linh's burg, grand master of the llroth'erhood of Hallway Trainmen, was there, as was also E. K. ClarK, grand chief conductor of the order of Hallway Conductor. (iriind Master Arthur, of the lirotherhooil of Locomotive Engineer, was unable to come, but was rep resented olllelully, as were tlm chief olllcer of the Switchmen s l iilon of North America and the order of llailroad 'Iclegruplmrs, and menibers of the grand lodtfe of ein-h of the six orders attended the convention. There were some tioO pree'lit. The chief result of the convention wai the ad iptiou of a ri'ilutlou to form a fmloretlou of the six orders named. TI" move eut had no opposition, ever- 'av H i ue leileraiiou and every man present io tig for It. The ou'y differpnee of opinion wu on the qiieetloii of ailmittlng the American Hallway liilou. As llrst submitted the proposition Included Eugcn e V. Debus' or der, but an amendment to strike It out was carried with only to or thrive dissenting Votes. Tlm otlleeri of the grand lodges of the six orders represented at the meeting were authorized and Instructed to formulate a plan for uniting the six under a general council, similar to the governing body of the Federation of Labor. The convention adopted resolutions favoring arbitration and appeals from tlm dcplsions of the federal court, after which the convention, adjourned rill" die. CANNIBALISM. Minister Eagatta i Inclined to Side With General Wcyler. Commenting, on the ileelarntioiis of Gen eral Wcyler lespectliig the duration of the Cuban war, l'renilcr Cuiiovos says: "It Is natural that tlm commiimlcr-iii-chief of an army In a campaign should abstain from optimum, which might entail many respoti hlhilltii II his promise failed; hut I think, fortune helping, that tlm war will end uiii"!i sooner than in two years. Hemic was talk lui of two years wlmn lm left Madrid. Wcy ler, I think', meant the winter campaigns, of w hich one is new ending." To supplement this Information, Minister Hagiista was visited, who said: "I cannot see tiny reason for optimism on tlm part of the government. Wcyler assures me ft needs two years at lea.t to end the war. No Insur gent band hasas yet alum loiied the Mold, and although Ma 'co Is shut up lu I'iuar dd Hio, we don't know that lm wishes to leave that province. Tlm burning of property still con tinues and It is only when Spain puts down tlm Insurrection in'tlm provinces of Havana, I'iuar del Hio and Mataimi thus forcing tlm insurgents Into Hie en-tern department of tlm Island, that the n-pect of war will have uia orlully changed." INSURGENTS REPULSED. Several Small Engagement! Claimed by tn Bpauuo ai Victoria!. Two rebel I. nn. Is attacked the town of Guunajny, but were repulsed with heavy loss. Heavy lirlng has bocu heard near j Catianas, but no details of any IlKhllng at i that place have been received. Col, Tort reports that hi command has- had ; an engagement with tlm rebels under Agra nioutp, ii' ar San Nicholas, province of Havana. The rebels lost seven killo.l. The troops lost u surgeon uud ouo private wounded. Col. Delgndo report Hint he has captured a rebel camp near Hodas, In the Cleufuegos district. Ten rebels were killed ami one cup-tun-d. The troops lost only one killed. Insurgents have trlt'd to destroy w ith dyna mite tlm tracks, bridges and culverts of the railway between Malanas uud ilavuua. It Ha Been Referred Back Conference. Hy a vote of 42.1 to tH the Methodist Gen eral conference decided that tho four womeu delegates muv retain their seats. This does not ineitii that tin-woineii have wou a com plete victory. The decision was reached simply as the result of a compromise, uud with the understanding that it should not prejudice the claims of women In the future or establish a pr h-nt for future eoufer- euees to follow. Hut by the same vote by which tlm women were'given seats, the con ference also decided to submit to the annual conlereiicps a proposed amendment to the constitution providing that hereafter all gen eral conference delegates shall be over 23 years of age, and that they shall have been members of the Methodist church for at least live years prior to their pIpcHou. It also pro vides that no conference shall bo debarred from nt least one ministerial and one lay delegate. The constitutional amendment Is to be sub mitted to the nn ii tut I conference u ml miwl receive n three-lourths vote to be adopted. The amendment is construed to menu that women as well us men, will be eligible us lay delegates, the word "layman" not being used. Tlm members of' the committee on eligibility who signed tlm compromise report were evidently of tlm opinion that the ques tion could be settled bv the Geucral I oliler ciice, as it was only one which Involved tlm kroner luteriTcliiiion of the constitution. , However, it was deemed better to ullow the . iiiinuiil conferences decide the matter, hence the proposed change lu the constitution was submitted. to b 1 After Fact of War. ' -igli I.ce, new consul-general i imp'iuieii to hi post gular army, Major !. Major Hayes um. I . Jt:"- t tasl -'-- Burned for Witohoraft. News by mull from Freetown, Sierra Leone Is to the ettect that the American mission-1 arles nt Tlmpany report that eleven natives were recently burned alive there on the score of witchcraft. Deolared Innocent. The jury in the ease of Ohio v ex-State Senator John L. (leyer, of l'auldiiig, Indict ed for alleged solicitation of bribes, returned a verdict of not guilty. BRIEF MENTION. Itussin has offered Korea a big cash loan in return for permission to pacify the kingdom l.y force of arms. The il' lilted States gunboat Concord which has been stationed with the Asiatic aquudrou for the Inst live years, urrived lu Han Fran cisco Sunday. Murderer Michael Mcltea, hanged at Ozark, Ala., Saturday, stated on the scaffold that a man hanged two years for complicity with liitu was Innocent. l'lshop W. Johnson, colored of the Kansas district of the Mount Ion church, was ar rested at Ft. Scott, charged with making false pension affidavit. j That exports of $.,C0.0.M gold last week has caused no monetary disturbance is at ou 'e proof of the couii'luess of llnniicial conditions uud of the prevailing cotilldence In better things to come. Much of the hesi tation at present Is due to temporarily re do I demand lu some Industries, and lu iron and steel the power of the new combi nation is hi-ini; generally tested by refusal of orders, so that production exceeds con sumption, but consumption exceeds new buying. The general Irregularity of prices and slackness of demand for llnlslieil pr.nl- u.'ts do not prevent Hi" marking up of prices by coml.iiiiiliolis.but are largely dim to doubt whether such prices us are llxeit can ne maintained, l'ik- iron Is weaker at tlm F.ast uud also at I'lttsburg, and most llnished products are wi nk, with remiirkably nurrow demand. Minor metals are Inactive, with copper weak; till hteaily and slightly lower, and Amerlcun tin plates auc neiow foreign. Truders in wheat have lifted prices a little nml vet liiibodv oucstlolis the Correctness of western reports Indicating more than or dinary yield of winter wheat, ana unusual progress in planting of spring wuent. The narrow stock, usual at this season, a specu lation for advance always has many oppor tunities, but western receipts are still 4U per cent, larger than last year, win!" Atlantic ex ports. Hour Included, are for this week 1 07 bushels, against I, (115,051 bushels u year ugo. After a full to tKt, the price rose about J cents. Corn Is also a shade lower, but without dellmte reason. Cotton specu- latiou lias lilted the spot price to tt.Ulc, and prollts have ln ' ii rculic.l from the men who liavi) sold cotton they did not own, but it is still a fact that tlm outlook for next fall's crop is unusually favorable.wliile stocks here uud abroad exceed all possible deiuuiids until September 1. Failures for the week have been h lu the l iilted States, against '221 lint yeur, uud -I In Canada, against ft lost ) ear, WOOL MARKET DULL. Quarter Blood Touoh Their Loweit Mark In Hlitory. The Iloston Commercial Bulletin say of the wool market: The market continues ex ceediuglv dull uud listless on the eastern sea board. The only purchases of note have been by the 1'ucille Mails. Their buyers In this market aud in Ft. Wayne, Ind., hnve been taking on large line of quarter-blood lit ll'n 15c. Tim Manchester mills hnve been looking out for similar wools in Missouri. Quarter bloods have touched the lowest prices known lu their history. Ohio XX I L'e higher than last year, and ordinary Hue western wools lire from 1 ,c to le higher. Lust year. how. ever, Hie lm mediate future was bright, this year It I uepressiu;;. The sales for Hi week are 1.327,000 pound domestic uud iOS.WX) pounds forugn, agalust l,i:is,lHXJ pouoils uomeHtic ami -rji.uuu poutiu foreign lust week, uud LIH7.4DO pounds do mestic and U'Jtf.Ooo pounds foreign for same week lust yeur 'I he sale to dutu show a doorcase of 12.S30.17II pounds domestlu and bT3,000 pounds foreign from the sule to the same dutu lu 1895. The receipt to date show decrease pi '..,308 boles, By Musionariei and Trader Butchered Malayta Savage The steamer Monawt, arrived ut Sun Fran. Cisco, brings news of the wholesale massocre of traders and missionaries by natives of the Wine Is of Manning Straits and the Holomons M.tinwa cuvuges butchered a whole boat crew of men from the brig Hio Log" at ltubi aim, two French undone American trader be. Ing slaughtered. The mission of the island has been nttacked and the missionaries escaped with difficulty, going back to Sidney bv the llrst shin. The murders on tlm islands of Manning Straits were followed by a 'ts of cannibalism. A small trading schooner, owned bv a French trader, was attacked, uud the owner nml Ins American assistant and eight peaceful na tives were lured ashore and beuteu to death, nml the tnt ling station was sucked. Two llrltlsh missionaries lire missing and It is supposed they were also murdered. The mission of lou mm island lias neeu anamiou ed as the result of utrocities of the natives. IMS? FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE- "a INTENDED TO SEIZE KRUGER. London Troth' LaUit Information garding Jameaon' Raid. Re- London Truth claim It I credibly Inform ed that President Kruger possesses evidence that the Intention of Dr. Jameson was tu march upon Pretoria first, to seize President Kruger and then to proceed to Jonannesburg with the prisoner. Truth further an) It Is ear that the raid was planned by Cecil Miotics, Alfred licit and the aoeretray of thn the chartered South Africa com pan y. The article then proceeds to compare Cecil llliixles toJnber. ltalfour and concludes: ' "Had Cecil Hhodcs remained premier of Cajs Colony. I am convinced that as soon ns Insulted his purposes he would hnve turned onus (the llrltlsh government I and sought to cut the chain which binds us to Mouth Africa. Sir William Vernon Hnreourt, Liberal lender In the house of commons, spenklng at the banquet of the National Liberal club enid he would support the government In probing the discreditable business of tho Jameson raid. CONGRESSIONAL was occupied In the consideration river and harbor bill. In which pin.. DEEPER INTO IT. A Blacker Cai Againit th loath Africa Company. The Imlly London Telegrnph has a dis patch from Cape Town which tndicntes Hint thn conspiracy to over the Transvaal had a still whlcr rs iii I Ileal Ion. This dispatch says: "It Is stated that nil of the telegrams from the Chartered South Afjlca Company in Cape Town h ire the stump Min the company ser vice.' From copies of the letters w hich the Transvnnl obtained from I'r. .fiimc.son (upon Ills ca lure) It seems that orders had been given to prepare everything lu Matabelclaiid for nn Invasion of tlm Transvaal." A ill-patch from lvtorla, also to the Pally Telpgiitph. says: "President Kruger keenly sympi'hles with Colonial Secretary Chum berlal i's dilemma nml is convinced that he was q ilte unaware of the Intrigues going on. The e.eeuttve council's decision in reward to the s. ntences of the reformers Is delayed by the tuhborn objections of lien, .loubert. comnnnder-ln-cliicf of the Transvaal forces nml i member of the executive council, that then lioiild be a unanimous oplulou on the ques i." PERSIANS GRATEFUL For Tl vey lea frlei the n. that, cruel under WOllti II uds from and uud Con age of Sympathy Received from thi Country. rslun Prime Minister desires to eon he Ciovemment ninl people of Amer decp sense of gratitude for their messages of sympathy, prompted by ler of the Shah, nml to assure theiii lie now almost heart-broken at tlm nt. he hopes to surmount the trial le new regime and to pursue tlm iaths of peace and prosperity, lie nfort lu the sympathetic expressions i great republic which will renew 'iigthen the existing bonds of amity d will between the two nations. VOICE OF THE FARMERS. .t loe; iaio Eosli all t . svo titer t , t Ictlol, , L ' lent . p' id-. II htr DISEASE RAVAGES IN CUBA. At Thi Healthy Seaioa They Ar Very Great. The United states Marlue hospital lupec tor at Suiitiiirio do Cuba, Is his latest otllclul report hays: "Yellow fever is still riiglnir nmong the new recruits from Spalu, und the govern ment llllS lit lust seen the WI:ldom of building seiiarate barracks, where the sick from thu fever are now coiiliimo. L' lilted States Consul H valt. ut the same nort. rcnorts to the stute depurttuent "Smulii'ox Is eiiiileiule lu many purls of einitern Cuba, and between the luck of sani tary discipline nud moving troop mils tuir to continue until. Is-tweeu the disease uud vaccination, the Held Is exhausted." The significance of these reports at a tlmo when Cuba Is healthier than ut any other tiortioit of the veur iudlutes whut U to be ex nected when the hot season udv amies and Hie full cITects of the negle 't Incidental to the revolution commence to operate. Spain Will InveitlgaU. The protest of the United State govern ment against l lie summary execution oi ciu zens of this country, captured ou thu Com. pntltor off the Cuban coast, has had Instant effect on Hie Spanish official. The Spanish government cables that the proceedings of the court martial that condemucd the Com petitor' crew to deuth have been ordered acta to Madrid for examination by a higher tribunal, thus staying the hand of General Wevler's executlouer. The cniituln-Keneral of Cuba, It la reported lu Madrid, together with two other high officials, are determined to resign It the deuth sentence is interfered with. CAPITOL CHAT. No active step In the bond ale Investiga tion will probably be tukeu before Congrowt adjourns. Comptroller Eckel hn called upon the na tional bank tor a atutetueut of bualuea up to May 7. t of Depretilon and Want Horn Pro. duct Protected. T ntrons of Husbandry of Central Pot nnia, through a newly established pa ake this appeal: 'i ntiUuod deptraslon among the agrl cul of the count ry Is growing In In teuslty. The farmer 1 confronted witn , .. for his products wnlcn are oelow me cost or production. The receipts from hi farm have been reduced, in many Instances oue hulf, whilst hi necessary expenditures have been Increased. The result is loss Instead of prolit, and great deprivation In the value of land. We disclaim, for the tanner, rosponsiiuity for existing conditions. Sir far as legislation Is concerned the farmer la not responsible, except Tor Ins neglect In securing a larger and lulrer representation oi agriculture irom mining those who are directly associated with this all Important industry oi our coun try. If prosperity comes again to this coun try, It must commence at the louutuin, wntcn Is agriculture. We long to Bee the Hum when every manu facturing center shall be u hive of industry, giving employment, ut good wages, to all who desire to' work -these workers tu be fed aud clothed by the honest, llliailulteruteil nroducts of American farms, uud the surplus of farm and fuetorv to be carried abroad lu ships, manned by American seumeii and Homing under the stars ami stripes, tnero io he exchanged for such urticles as ure not produced lu our own country, nudcr such treaty regulations as will not operate to the dlsudvautuge of the American producers. WORKING THE RAILROAD. Commercial Traveler' Scheme for Free Baggage Transportation. The Pennsylvania lluilroad has drawn a a line on a custom recently Inaugurated by many commercial travelers at tlreeusburi?. The Pennsylvania people aud tho Jeniinette and Oreeusburg Electric Hullroud company have been spatting for some time. The practice of tho commercial men, lu folun over their routes, was to have their iBggage chocked ot the Pennsylvania rail- roud station for Jenunette, and then ut their leisure the traveling meu would board a street oar and K to that town, saving there. by the dlffereuco In fare, yet the Pennsylva nia company would tlelivcr their sample trunks. The porters of the hotels usually attended to the checking, and when n dis pute arose the porter generally had lu Ills Iiossesslou me truveiing suii'biuuu s iiiueugu took. The rennsvlvnnla com puny watched the proceedings for a tlnm, uud then its foot was with a good deal of force placed upon the clever trick. Orders were promptly Issued to the effect that sample trunks of commer cial travelers and others bo not chocked mi les tho agent had ample evidence that the owtier thereof Intended to ko to Jenunette over it Hue. A Death Llt of Eleven. The workmen have now so fur removed the wreckage from tlm buildings destroyed bv ex ulosiou on Monday night on Vt ulnu.t street. Cincinnati, that It Is apparent that no more bodlc are to be found, niihougn men have been rumors of aeverul person wno were mbmliig who might have been caught lu thedlsustt r. The bodies already found are those In different part of the liulldlng, as well as on the sidewalk, aud It Is not likely that any oae not connected with the places would be eo remote irom tne otners as to litlll be bidden. The death list, therefore, will probublv remalu at 11. Summary of th Moit Important X Presented la Both Honut 120th oat. Th time prior to S o'clock, when t' resolution came up as unfinished progress was made, The opponents of four battleship ed an overwhelming defeat fil t,, tne House to-dny on tan propositi ,r eept the Senate amendment to the r, " proprintion bill reducing Hie nuinu . 1'JlTH DAT. The House today passed a Joint r fixing May H as the date for Until . meut. May M was the date origins the Ways and Means commlili., v portinl the resolution, but It was el,. the former date at Speaker Uec.lV . Mr. llped is viry anxious for adj. and siivs thi-rp Is no earthlr rcnoit , gp's should not close on May l.. During the long debate tu tlm S. day. on tho bond resolution, S"iu was a most conspicuous person. j. dulged In a hot attack mi Senator whom he belabored with shafts 0: and sarcasm. Senator Wolcott finally enme to t!. rescue, only to feel the sting of ; York Senator's running coinini... disposing nf these gentlemen, n.,' took up the defense of the Hel.r. . li'iu DAY. I!y th decisive vote of fil to r, ti inaugurated an Investigation to I... ed by the senate committee on llm thp fitcltt still ef rpiitiiutitti...t ..,,!.... the sab of United States bonds by jj tary of the treasury during tlm , P years. Congressman M'-fall, of M:i Introduced a resolution in tlm h. the committee on rules to bring in order setting npurt tn'xt Snturdav 3 o'clock Munday afternoon for th. iitioii of bills from the comtuitl"" grutiou and naturalization. l'Jtril pay. Anioni? the dozen or more Mil- passed by the Senate to-day I... werd unobjected to, was one pen. erection lu Washington of a m .i honor of Samuel Hahnemann. tic : the medical school of hoiimo uthv . printing 4,ooo to iietniy tin foiinilatioii. Theonlv restrl the bill is that the moinimi placed In the cnpitol ground-. 1 'ration of the river nml harbor I eluded with the exception of olm i Involving the bitterly contested ,, the location of a deep water hurl ern ( alllornia. Senator lilt", i f Hiblressed the senate III npposlti coiniiiitiie ameiiiiment chnnglng i from San Pedro to Santa Monl a not finished his nrgumciit when ; nt .1:15 p. m. adjourned until to-:i; Heprt'st'titative W. K. liarntt sachusetts. Introduced in Hi" l..u.. resolution proposing nn iimeu.l i. Constitution of tlm United Htm. -, that "Congress shall have power priate legislation to limit tlm th which persons limy be dully e manufactories of textile frubrlei it Industries. Hills were passed a the construction of life saving - Point Honlto, Ciil., ami port llur appropriating t.').(HM) to enable tl to deport about Mm (Canadian ( lu Montana to the border aud il. to the Canadian authorities, mi l .P 1 pension bills. ' ViZiu IIAV. . Dubois (Hep., Idaho) ercit' Hurry on the bond iiiestlon ii t-dny by asking Immediuti joint rpsomtion providlngtl.. uds shall Is- issued by any .' resident has communicated ; ecesslty for the bonds, thu . sue, uud until Congress li:i thu , avmeiit of the bond. Issued. whs passed for (ioverniui .t nurt tl-i 1'u-i.-.u,M fi t.itt. i. n... T. J 1 ex. .ent u .1 Oilveniment Commission to (lovernment exhibit. Aptiroprleti IM)0 ton a Government building an. for a (lovernment exhibit were m slderatlon of the river uud burb theu resumed, 120th The Semite had another Sun Pedro uud Santa of the members of the Commit! merce opposed the amemlmci.t In ,j, Santa Monica as tlm place for (is rs I harlior in California. Senators iyr j:,, and Cullery skoke against the nftb" ' t Mr. Vest urgiied ngainst miikliit: id t i',. atioii for a breakwater either at t r t trr the other. tark c The chairman of the comnilu - ka ipti of Maine, coiniiicnced tho task mien th nil the nbjpctioiis to the coiuu.' fci I. jj,.. meut, but had not llnished win i. Ire In . By'i laid aside till to-morrow, but, u:rjeu tdst Mr. (iorinun, of Maryland, gav I Ethna . amendment limiting tlm annual mdantr I under the pending ami lormcr n in confirm bor bills to 10.UUI),(HHI. HlQa reet At 5:35 tlm senate adjourned Jdaonht 'i row. r' hrist Miscellaneous business was : fer. Itjn , the House today. Hill were pa- - been right of way over puhllo laii.N bat, tin und Wyoming, except Y"llowst Wnrovvit oil pipe lines und authorizing t' I' vial of the Treasury to issue uud en! r ato, Hons for the sufety of passemp' l." 8o nt uny regatta or yacht race on : fla D04..11I wuters of ttie United States. f ort ol herln4 t'li JERSEY PROHIBITIOS-'Pvli I" . MV III rut Id 'or no I the the the J r ni DAY. It i lotlmr uopflh . Monica to- s NOTES OF THE DAT. The United States (fovernmeut presented a reulumutiou to Spain protesting agaiust the court martial of the Competitor llllbusters, who were aeuteuoed to deuth. Oeneral Marlot, a Cuban insurgent leuder. haa notified all augur planters who grind cane that they will be hanged without trial. This was to offset the order of Weyler to re sume grinding. Ex-Congressmun McAleer may be the Democratic nominee for the old Third dis trict ot Philadelphia, which be once repre sented a the auooeaaor of tba late Congrea- m uu (UndttU. Delegate to th PitUburg Eleoted at Trenton The New Jersey prohibitions State convention in Trenton fr of delegate to. the uutloual Pittsburg. About !HM) represi'ir. party were present. Hobert .1. Moiitcliiir, chairman of the Su: called the convention to order ary organization was effected I of Hev. Charles 11. Mead, uf chnirinun. The temporarv organization nuiiient uud after recess the cm Its electoral ticket from tin" uud two electors-ut-lurgo. IV" dollars was subscribed for ' - pottPS, ufti-r which Hie plutforn 1 unit adopted. It arraigns I parties for truckling to Hi' ' uud declares for woman s s 1 evening delegates to the unti' "' were chosen. M KINLEY IN CONT? California Republican DeclvL tree euver The McKlnley enthusiasts o tured the itiipulillcau statu though the district delegates Fourth congressional dlstn pledged aud were avowedly ers. After eulogizing the Amen tariff system as advocatcl William McKtutey ttie I'.-'j;-cully Indorsed McKiule I '' was' as follows: "We favor the free a ,i :i. ot silver at the rutin ol i j0 f lug oi sliver as wen as I KO.i payment ot ull debts, 1 tn,tl vale. The n utform demur I led 1 1 sectarian free public icb puiillo aid. Among the delcgut SpreckuK John T. for lleutuuuut-govern Another Bond Those who buve flnnnulul event say will be foroed ti auo tew mouHjSj Woiil,! ' this i foiiri ;ne. loll I 1TP! I met mi: lini U"k rs. a pi tin a lit rv.K tile I rati, -pen lll.'l . lllll rele .'Jlii.i 'Tin -ress soul t'th tu l.y w Wllllt niai: I bi-ttoi f'nd o un u reus. I"' Km the , frt th 'l; Pi P"due !"ld su rcuun III' 1)111 hi bill iv 7r, new. V.clx toi 'I I U 'e vrer In . .. ; :w '. V ' te .-V ' I 1 "wWei f.-r Artn 6 ,. m . iv- , r- v' ft' ..vti 0V t A a 5
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