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Bv Clem. G. iihoure.
VOL. XVI.
WORK IN CONGRESS.
THE MOST IMPORTANT MATTERS
CULLED AND CONDENSED.
Notable Events in the Legislative
and Executive Branches of the
National Government.
Monday*
Washington, May 2.—The Bryan bill,
providing for free binding twine, was
passed in the house by a vote of 1S3 to 47,
three Republicans voting for it, and two
Democrats (Covert and Coburn of New
York,) voting with the Republicans, The
passage of this bill furndhes additional
proof that Democracy is the friend of the
farmers.
T itetulay.
Washington, May 8.—The proposition
maile by the house postoffice committee in
the postal appropriation bill to reduce the
compensation of land ^mnt and subsi¬
dized railroads from carrying mails from
SO per cent, of the rate allowed to non
aided railroads, as the law at present pro¬
vides, to 50 per cent, has awakened vigor¬
ous opposition from laud grant railroads,
and they are protesting against the pro¬
posed legislation as unjust and unreason¬ number
able. Today representatives of a the
of these railroads appeared before com¬
mittee and stated the reasons for their op
position.
Wednesday.
- Blount Washington, has saved May the government 4. - Repre^ntative .ji J '.otxt
in reductions. He secured a reduction of
255,000 on the report of his own committee
for the appropriation of the consular ser
vice. He equally defeated the aoproveil
appropriation of for continuing
n ork on the inter-contmeut.il railwa) ,e
twedh the United States and South Amer
ica.
in the bouse, Mr. Geary, of California,
presented the conference report on the
CUinese ex. lusiou bill. Geary demanded
the previous cues! ion on the adoption of
the report, ami notwithstandmg the pro
test of Hook of Mississippi, it was ordered.
rhiirsdav.
IV AsiiiMjTON. icmvcTAW May o. K-Vi«i v ice President iresmeni
Morton , announced in the senate that e
had signed, among other bills, the amend
ed house Chinese exclusion bill, which
now goes back to the house and thence to
the president for his approval. the
After reference : of a few senate bills, ,’i
, bouse went . into . „ a committee _ oi! tbct , whole Wl1fi
on the river and harbor appropriation lull,
General debate was limited to two hours,
and Hulman of Indiana, took thefloor m
opposition to the measure.
Friday.
Washington, May 0.—The senate spent
the day in listening to eulogies on iho late
Senator Wilson of Maryland.
In the house, the urgency deficiency biil
wan debated.
Saturday.
Washington, May 7.—The house went
into committee of the whole on the river
and harbor bill. The pending amendment
was that offered by Mr. Whiting, of Mich
igan, striking out the appropriation for a
•b lp channel connecting the waters of the
great lakes between Chicago, Dulnth and
Buffalo, and inserting in lieu thereof a
provision authorizing the secretary of war
to appoint a board of engineers to whom
Shan be referred the report of Colonel O.
M. Poe upon the subject of a twenty foot
channel from Duluth to Buffalo through
the great lakes. The board shall also re
port as to the practicability of raising the
water level of the lakes and connecting
'.arbors by damming up the Niagara
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senate . .
1 litre was no session.
L«t u llaaeball Game Decide It.
Chattanooga., May, 9. —The most
singular baseball bet on record was do
c’u.e 1 here by the game between the
New Orleans and Chattanooga clubs of
ssssr., T cx;r,: s s
that if one withdrew the other would
win. The rivals, wnile In this city,
went to the baseball park, where a
method of settling who should with
draw from the matrimonial race sug
gested itself tothem - They agreed to
leave the decision of the question to the
result of the game, and each backed his
judgment by the selection of a club.
One chose New Orleans, while the other
backed Chattanooga. The Mew Orleans
backer is very sore over the result, and
a light may yet end the matter.
lilalne*a Irish*American Visitors.
Washington. May 9.-—Colonel James
u R. IVB OBeane .^,1 and if_ Mr. fpL Thomas Ctr St. John T s
Gaffney of New York, acting in compli
ance with the request of the Political
Prisoners’Amnesty association of Ire
land land, called call-1 or on Secretary secretary Blaine Illume, hv py at ap.
poiutiueut, to ask the friendly interpo
sition of this government in th-matter
of obtaining the release of Irish-Ameri
can citizens now held as prisoners in
the United Kingdom. who They saw Secre
tliry Blame, manifested interest in
toe matter, out in aavance or a J^gai
presentation or the case the secretary
was not willing to indicate what action
be would take regarding it.
Hmr He Gone UvjMiblicanf
Atlanta, May 9.—A special to The
Constitution from Columbia, S. C.,
-ays: Mr. John L. Weber of the edito¬
rial staff of The News and Courier, is
in Washington city, making every ef¬
fort to secure the appointment as civil
service commissioner to succeed ex-Gov
ernor Hugh Thompson, who resigned
the position to accept the office of comp¬
troller in a New York life insurance
company. Mr, Weber surprised a good
many of his friends, when the fact leak¬
ed out here that he was professing Re¬
publican faith in national politics to se¬
cure the appointment be desires.
Au;ustii'» Prohibition Campaign.
ACGTsTa. Ga., May S».—Aireafly the
prohibition campaign is creating bad
feeling, an l the hitherto latent animus
is creeping out. it is learce 1 that a
lady boycott-! him a grocery of firm and re¬
fused to give any her patronage
as long as iiquor is sold m that bouse.
It is said that thi- grocery bouse is in a
position to retaliate, for the firm can
decline to buy any more goods from the
lady's hn-band, who has supplied the
firm with large quantities of staff.
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ir% Crfttpfcrwillc Oemocrat
AT BIRMINGHAM.
AllUnrc PresldmiU ami Other OfflofT*
Moot a«f«l Iatsuo »tu .Wlilress.
BinitiNoHAH, Ala.. M .v 6.—Tile con¬
ference of Allianc - presidents and tut-ir
executive boards of the southern slates
was held without serious friction at any
point in the proceedings, and p<riVct
hrr.uony se.nu to prevail.
Of course, differences arose upon the
poli y to be pursued on sever 1 q u-s
tiuus. The People’s party ha i s.roug
’lacking, and quite a large propurtioa of
the conference favotvd the adopt: .a of
its principles, and launching the party
bodny into the sea of politics
Enough of wise and jndicirl counsel the
was present, however, to overcome
pressur-, and it was abandoned.
.
ports from different states upon the sit
nation, prevail and perfect harmony seems to |
and wise conservatism that will j
prevent am* radical action, governs the |
entire woriV. All present express « de
tevmiued support of Alliance principles (
by their constituents, and seem to bo
disposed to keep the onler entirely free
from am-partisan estrangements
V» or<N of \ il v o«*.
Following is the text of the address:
To the Iirotberiv -i 1 of National Farmers’
Alliance and Industrial Union.
We, the piei-id. nts and executive officers
of the states of Tennessee, Kentucky. Mis
ai|l | Florida, together With the members
of our national executive committee. ua
tional legislative committee, national i a
dlciary committee and President Folk,
having been called together in council to
b believed seriously threatened that
harmony, brotherly love and unity of ae
tion so necessary to the success of our
cause, and success to our order in these
states, after counseling together and Uear
jug detailed • ..-ts rejoice to sav to you
determined tb ,' . .!mlid spiriroi'^nity'and principle which
avi.voreuce to i
pervades the order in* nearly every one of
these bined states, notwithstanding enemies the seeds com¬
efforts of our to sow
of discord in our ranks, pending heated
polit i ca i cont ests, iocal and national.
We, therefore, people feel it our duty, standing as serv
an ts of the we represent,
upon t lve out posts and watch t owers of
this, the greatest. political revolutmu that ever
known to the nation, to say to you we
J^ve entered of the crucial period in the hi*
torv f our great reform movement in
wh ch the Kru;iU , st camion, earnest deiib
eration an J strict adherence to our priuci
pies, are necessary to preserve intact that
organization which stands today as the
fS?
lmmanitv It You
are eongratnlated upon tlm great irninuy
a ,„i unity of sentiment in regard to the
I Alliance principles which prevails wii bin
your ^XirtbitS. U>rd*r*
i.^.0“^ stand
bers of tlie order in .......states
squarely upon t-neir deinan-i . w.tli the
avowed determination pf holdiu < de otion
to them abo. e th.o to miy m . ,o l of ae
tion, and endorsed t bat today principles the number of the of those Alii
who so the
j s "j, 1 ‘.‘j, 1 j t 1 \‘ist5nt r 1 d B nmLmd
uizilt ” js the greatest of all modern
m
f orces f or the spread of reform perpetuated education.
and that its work must be
and encouraged in this high entanglements, sphere entire
ly free front any partisan
w ^ h f 0 u"rLttm"f .uS^^pros'^rity lack of’thc of"theorderam f uUestdeveY
those which attend the disposition of a
few men and papers to publicly their method, criticise
and condemn others for
j Thisisnot of sufficient extent to damage
, ^ich' spirit
; all concerned and is contrary to the
! 0 f brotherly love and forbearance that
should prevail. Another evil which fortu
nately prevails in very few localities, IS the
disposition of me. ubers their to seek brethren, political for
office at the liands of
getting that principle of Alliance doctrine
which declares that the office should seek
the man and not the man the office. In
consideration of these views as to the situ
aaa«aisaa < i.ggs
| ‘y a spirit ol harmony prevail and
let unity of action be the rule, bet none
1 condemn a brother who stands squarely
! by principles of the order, or speak m any
i ; (j‘r “etiuXjf enforcing our honesty principles, of
ant to every brother pur
. pose. bet fealty to the principles of the
2. and of member
order be the true only test
ship and let those who value partisan
1 nrformwi ,, tliat their' , offierdo
mauds strict and full devotion to its priu
! ciples methcxl.s, and leave but. each that to his method owu choice m no as
to can
ease control principle and, therefore, all
who affiliate should accept as supreme the
principles of the order.
8. Every member who takes the ofiliga
jX and’ DflMtohl^s eondrti.m that pi^sleut follow is
upon which all is to
predicated: jf, -‘That it shall in no way inter
Therefore', rew .j t i l yi ) this u r p 0 order iitic(tlorreligousliberty. such, of its
as or any
branches. 1ms no right to take any parti
san. Weurgeuponthe political or sectarian brirtherhaod religiousi of action. sUrt^
basWl dotea trtb^ei.acS’
uik.u our demands is for the
reservation of /ree institutions of our gov
er aiaeut and to rescue : he masses from de
graded servitude, that they use all honor
able means to socur- the election q men
Slaws rememia-rt),at devotion "
Finally,brethren, emphasize..
Pi our principles is only to i*
and our influence made effective by voting
for our demands at the ballot box.. We
send greeting to the brotherhood m the
them in their efforts for industrial free
dom. and we will stand by tnem in all
laudable efforts to redeem this country
from the clutches of organize 1 canital and
^‘t^.he box for the erTro enforcenient T‘ «n f our mu IwS uemanas.
Signed by all the meuffiers of the confer
enC e
Horribly Ifurnrd \\ bile Hiding.
Baknwell. S. C., May 7.—A horrible
accident iia- occurre i here. W ole Mr.
B. F. Brown an 1 M:--i L ,1a Langley
were out riding, Mr. Brown lit a cigar¬
ette aud carelessly threw the match into
the foot of the buggy, 'Her setting fire to
Mine Langley s dress. clothing was
completely be burned extinguished. off her before Mr. John the
firecouid
Freeman bad bis bands terribly burned lady,
in hi* effort* to save tne young
Miss L&nglev was a Vieaunfnl engaged girl of
18, highly connected, and to be
uumried in only a few weeks. H^rd^ath
is a ternble shock to the community.
“DKVOTED TO 11. l’KOPl K GENERA1.I.Y.
C1LV WLO H l) \ 1LLE, GLOKLI A, FRIDAY, MAY 13J8U2.
THE BAPTISTS.
A GRAND GATHERING OF THE
BRETHREN IN ATLANTA.
Annual Convention of the Southern
Association-Over 1,000 Del¬
egates Present.
ATLANTA. May 7.— The Southern Bap
fist convention was called to order Hon*, by
the pres ; dent of the a-soci at ion,
Jonathan Hudson of Selma, Ala., at
10 o’clock.
This convention is one of the largest and
representative bodies it the world,
has a constituency of over ou« million
of people, residents of the sixteen south-
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JUDGE JONATHAN HA iaLSON.
about six hundred, and tire scattered
over every quarter of attempt-.! the globe. Whcrcv- 1
er civilization haa to pen
trate the benighted hm ,s of he till, n
dom, ttudChristiamt} has held up the
cross to the gaze of .dolatmns and sn
perstitious peo,. , these dev ted men
aml women ot the Smith.!. B P> nt
church arc fmind foiemost in the work, i
istx .SSsas-’s
N.«l, < .ir.li.n. «au k»
Jigious exercises that preceded the Ue
liberations of the body.
i )r ‘ (iwiltnev «*/\ ? r< ad the sixty-fifth
p 1 • d , . • \ )0 morc jf u i to us i,' | and
, ,
t len to l,8e ttnd
Bing • he coronation hymn.
'me great audience of men arose, and
w<i sided" uv l> tu fcs«..r D B. Tower, who V v<
tit ‘ the oV'an tTrriug under their voices in
. ° j. b .u,,, H s mg "All whicli ll iil the
p , , Name " ross
,
Horn the strong lungs of the earnest
men of God and floated outward over
the busy- streets, causing many a toiler
to pause at his work and listen to the
0 pi familiar soug, sung with
stiengUn than they had ever heard it
Bung before.
After the opening devotional exercises .
Governor Northen was introduced and
delivered an address of welcome to the
visitors that must surely warmed the
hearts of every one towards Georgia and
Georgians as they listened to the warm
to‘ expressions of cordial greetings extended
them by the chief ex. cutive of the
state.
Dr. Ilatcber of Richmond, Va., re
gpondetl in a speech filled wit h words of
fraternal good will towards tin! good
people oncl of Atlanta and to the brethren
again assembled together.
The first business in order was the
el. etion of officers, winch resulted m
tlie re-election of Judge Haralson presi
dent, Rev. Lansing Burrows, of Angus
ta Q at H inl R.-v. O. F. Gregory, of
Baltimore, secr etaries.
,,a X
Atlanta, May 9.—The great convon
*lon pr. .needed to Its Hecun.l day s dellb
erntions with the same spirit of rover
erice ;in<l businesslike immu-T that
niarked Us former dny’s work, when,
* pr onm.lv at 9 o’clock, Presidoiit H .rai
\ Hy \ s to order
'.sxw -
music' which filled til edifice with a
, n ,-lody mid swoetnoss that m- med to
f ;l ' \i ijk e a benediction upon the whole
pm i,i v . so that, s’ when the regular or
of busim, was taken up, it was
entered upon with a spirit eminently of Cnristfan
unity and love that was fit
ting for the occasion and character of
t De: work.
^ »rroU «»f Texas introduced a
reBO wj on t j, a t inasmuch as the counec
tton had grown to be such au unwieldly
body a committee should be appointed
t o change the basis of representation
and ‘ thus reduce the delegation.
Dr * Burrows of Georgia, took the
?™~ nnw^ r that t he convention wan no anv
mm - ' |
. . , , ,
,
opposed the adoptiori onier of the resolution
the reglar of the day was take.. .
np on Iuot ion of Dr. Eaton, and the res
n w . (8
Ti.e sneakers V tj,.-snliieets of the dav discussed iweo in
. whiei, ie, 1
wsigneoi l ihe.i. 'as lolh.ws ‘ J • •
Tl^Moral iLisLlf' (Jr-en’c. f , „
Kev J. p. of Sr. Louis, on
rp 1 h p ithMi Without R*1 io-i ,'
A } i a ■ T r ^ „ e
^ . 2' > * Xre ... T, t
- .
the 40’s, who bad been present in Au
euifta forty-seven organize.! rears ago, when tbu
Daly 7L was They were :
r u , • iiillt-er ^iWt of Atla,,.-,
W H of MiMissirmi South(‘arolina
, M.Vwrnof^tMMrediua . \»»honev of
Dn
Dr. T. P. Smith of South Carolina.
Dr. H. T. S. Park.
Ail eves were moist and many cheeks
wet with ’ears L the gnat a--m
blv gazed upon 1 these white haired ol i
- , stood .1 hand j uaml j t,, by
men who * __ up in tli;
side of the president while the music of
timXmn- ^ ^ ^ ^
”How Firm a Foundation Ye Saints
of the Lord ”
President Haralson introduced these
veteran w.l.iiers of ti.e cro-sa» sentinels
on the watch tovrer, and prayed that
they might witness man) such reunions
as this on .the further shore.
The afternoon neMion was devoted to
nnfin.siied business- . t ie morning hour
and r ^ivmg iraternal u-legates. Ah
of tne M th list, Preebytenan are, Lap¬
tint . .. . • tie- were thrown open to the
Bap- ‘ r-:..ren, and visiting m-tegates
were »s-:gn*-d to fill their pulpits Bun
day, at tne morning and evening ser
vices.
BIG BLAZE . : NEW YORK.
Two llvtml«r«d anti fty Dollars Worth
of rrrt]H*t^-.if'»fro»etl.
N'v'W York, May i -At 2 o'clock Fri-■
dav morning tin? htefL’ \v ^discovered in the
immense *hm. ? W ise of Swart**- 1
child & Sn’*lw»y > wholesale butch
ers, nt Forty-fifth ft (so by 1 ami Fast river.
The flames spread rapidly that the
second and third {m were quickly
sent out. which t -light to the scene
twelve engines aud t »u* tracks. Despite
this force, the ained rapid head
u u,il ' 1 "»«
* Veinl8 . TC? . '. <V S street am
s to the-v i, <a ,,ris hmhb.ig ,
t) , material i... ri t»‘.e . . !
m . ' 1 ’ ' ' V,,. wl-ma fed LJ•,,'olock «turns to
. ,r “
imi»”»."« : ,
*'”
Occurred qm.blyi. w. d by four oth
which hhook th* joining buddings
almost to their centt . By half pa si
C ^)nV V 5 ? '■ 'i 1 ho space ol
oim SOOx.Mt feet and ai hour it was car
property 1 :i'n Wis\lestX'' ,'vh ° f
At ck too br it the foot of
Lmes Fortv Hfth «C Uia^res , r .,
ran i». the until ih y
= enth ; 8trBtt =r - 0_ vu,w,
.
DISCORDANTTDePUTIES.
The itaiiHii (hutiibiti’t > mh Ppr«Hi>~Kii>ir
., , r . •
7 '“n , t? ,, r r n,
Rome, 1A May J.—lu T ..no chamber i of f
deputies, the goveriujeut 8 demanded a
va B (>f confll]e l;e or , A ls fimtn( . inl pro
gram, ..... lite demand b. used u l.uig aud
heated debate, suit ’^en the question
tion Avas put to :t vote the govornment
waH .lofeated, ' 18(1 m, Si hers supporting ' l
H ., llul wull r.-feret!to ,(«, {n , lKNml u . The
, leb , u , xviis lt , Premier di
Kwdini's fiun.ichil s^.mwit. The pro
” heated' tm oughout. and
-,, e(1 / npruaroui, T\ The house was
cron j^Tir^T-Ksr
"d.lcul.it iclr'on.’.'“',T,"ni. tiot.se
hers on each side of C • . xcitedly
rising and exchanging vituperative
epithets with memb 1 t# on the other
side. t
pitch The that uproar premdr findiyf r nched smdi a
the l . officer was com*
1 ‘ ' * *
" ile " l l'»«t *»- retrod , the .. dnbitte . . .
was rosumod, and M’lister Grimaldi
moved a vote of cob«* ! puce in the gov
ornmeut. As soon i, i.o defeat of llm
government was aiinou vi-*d. Bivmier di
^’^VeW mediately ™l't consult w) «t Inadi^ooL c u ,u -■
A- a iv»u«. •»,. nt»* cno-' miu uis
c-uleagUes - i ‘V Tyffi®
hiTfuAi. f, kmU y. * du rt the
resigim,,ou, ot ulllte memlK-te ol the
Laoini.
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FATAL --* SHOOTING.
A Young l.mly ........ iiimracior Hhn
,l ®‘ 511 l » Is Dei«ml«d.
Jackson, Miss., May 4.—The historic
town of < H.nUm, ten miles east of Jack
H „„ ’ jtl thia c.mutv ' 3 ’ has been the scene
, bloody , . tragedy. C ,„ harles , Arm- 4
08 ,l
stead, who came from Vicksburg to
Clinton was met iust as he stepped off
the train In i, Charles Bradley, Armstead who fired
at hjui w.t pistol. r. turn
,..l tlm fi..-, five shots in all being fif'd,
Armist end t.-U, iutally wounded. Brad
lev was unhurt.
Tin- snootin- in lmd its origin in an old
«o:mda, which the tm.iie of Armi
stead wa assoejated with that oi ,\1 ish
Ada Davis ot Bolton, which caused a
great deal of talk at tlm time. Miss
Davis war. :i clinrtlliug y..unc Jadv and
. 7 1H W as 7 \i n,i e u) ’
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•
., V A 1 ° , 1 7 A 3
J . s tf * a<1, - . ,|l<l A h , ? ot *«»». H.iatiermg ,'
,I1H . » r,, L from which wound ho had just
'•>« ! ' ,h «d>ildre». who liv- with ih.-ir
grandmother. Opinion difl.-rs as to who
fired the first shot.
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ROASTED TO DEATH.
Ternnie . , L...1 ,. . of a luilr.m.l ... i... B i».,er . in .
rlnnt«n<x,*«.
,, H , rp , . «, 4 3 y ,, * , ' white . wiri-l.. L '
mg coal cars in the upper switching
yard on the East Tennessee road, two
cars became detached from the engine
, J, lU d started down the st-.-p * grade ” al.m
Tbe f ran f, r f a c I 1,ar J ,,r ;4 gttin
mg tremendoua spesd, sin l critHhed into
«witch engine 70. which was coming
out of the lower yards with u loaded
'’'.i-eu'-tn J. W Roberts jumped
1 « ‘"f ^ M !jli ‘ Lngineer N. r C
Flagg wag . aught and pressed against
the boiler, where ha was literally roast
ed to death. For fifte-n minutes Ids
piteous cries and shrieks could lie beard
He was taken out after two hoars’ hard
work ,.d ........... a horrible appear
anee, jus no >■ having been burned away
and inn *mgl: body jo/isicl to a crisp. He
was a imm, & yearn of age, and
came from Whiteshtirg, Teiin
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THE east TENNESSEE.
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C-tene' H. «’• Wre.. 1 . Ksi«m.I. Ctearte.te.
to the Weekly Pre.. As.oeiatlvn.
Atlanta . , May i. —Mr. Charles U.
Barker, rorre ponding secratary of the
G-orgi . We sly Pres, Association, is in
correspondence with all railroads
enrout- to Mexico, asking the courts
,,f the several lines to the associa
u „ on it, nroixwwl summer trip.
C- lom-l 11. W Wreun, ot the East
Temie^-.ee. rr . «r Virginia . ,• , and . Georgia, .. , _ , has
been the first to respond, and the follow
«*« “ ^ hX'Ks^y T , 1 > u2%U
f . w .
Weekly press Ass n
Di ••;: -hall -!k »*- Replying ghvt u, your the. letter of
2>1. to pass mm.leni
of your as-.g-iation over our line enroute
to - Mexico. Please advise me as to. date
and other atrangements a« soon as you
can do »o. ^''jjTLj™G.
1 I ' A
f Itargs* Against .iu.lge Ilsarinaii.
WifH NGTo.v, May 9 Tho r S‘' a
against Judg-- B » innari, of 3L* / > aifa,
who is h *? inv V'tli'ute i in
: ret n*“'i report ir >ut tne com*
I ill tf lit. t c ■ i for t- ii days.
THE METHODISTS. i
THE TWENTY-THIRD QUADREN
• eoMUPfii’MpL 1
XTT mAh A , tUNfcLKEN ...
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It Has Convened in Omaha, with
Oval’ 600 Delegates and Four
. Rishmvs Present
Omaha, May 5. — iiie quadrennial
Methodist conference convened in its
twenty first session at 9 o’clock at the '
Boyd opera house. It was a notable as
aembly composed of someot the great- ■
“.lent in the civilised ;
world.
Bishop Bowman of St. Louis, as the „ •
"»wr inembwr of the body, presided.
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HISHOV BOWMAN.
ternl seventeen Idaho,,., ropw
semntiv.....f tin great K.mqicim powers
in the church. 1 In stage presented a
scene of capeetancy and ,,r. m.i.ou for
rs,a,r.orial work. A scon, ,4 re,, -sen
tat.lv, s of tin various ..(Tlcial table! rs of
the church surrounding on the
fTrrrr;w'«fr 't i'iiO ,!m.| .ll’dot.li "*
TO, re
served for tin .Id gates and others hav
ing work to perform in tin. conferenoe,
while the v.m.ors sod ...... were
seated in the balcnv. Tied „ X ,. H were
occupied by the wives -,l the Bishops
and other prominent ladies of tin,
church.
fulled To Order.
Shortly after 1* i >clock Hishon Bow
nl .,n rose to h i tempoary pulpit and
H uiil t<i the bretbt tl that now I ho hour
|,„,| „„w.i for opening tlm HeHsiou of Um
0cu ,,r “' < B.almp Newman
read 1 irmu John VVositiys own Hilile
with bin lyonented autograph on 1dm the page, Hon. which H. D.
Wnddy ;vms df .m'lJu: by
L ■
»« g U ; whpu hoy
tet us go into tlionous, oi tn< I. id
were tlie hist wolds »Inch Stiuck tiui
eye Of tneiJirtliop.
After the opening hymn I)r. iVarne
of Ohio prayed for the smile ol JYovi
deuce upon the conference, the Presi
limit, the Govern.-r, yen, oven mile. very
subject of i he tunnee, wealth; for the
,lX ‘"‘ :x 1 f h".
11,1 who came within the ) scope of , the
Lor-dV lu<-xsiti r.
Bi ;.»qi M> uni read a •. iptur-lesson
witlia preim— to it n.i.l tlm m i:. .-on
P'"" « " ! j 11 ;' 1 '"'"' M, ! :: ;l 'v ''f"’!
J 1 ' '' }\ 7
1 ' v 1 i '* '' , i,
; ’ -
nn.-s >t; tor ev-ry .Met uo.ltst i there was
in good voico. It vvtn a (dull May morn
ul'/o a jmffit'wli, ‘ 1m !jv*»7ory in "flo^ and
, . . f , Lr- J 1 prayer }
. . ,
, H ’
’
l ‘" ’ 10 1 f
tUv , !' ir ' ■ f i-ln-e, then cried
t ie-leal l.iisltioss <d the coiif.Teiie.. at
U:‘,10 bv' entering iijmm f ie* roll fall. It
w»ih n long o m, and t,«>olc r ‘mHid‘*rsih o
imt. moat everybody w;i,
([ ]it , , v „ r , , r . |tt r .,\ rt >,,
After the elect ion ol a m.-.ary the
i.ennuiieut seating of deli r iles was in
order. Imtnediutel.v tin- old trouble be
tween the lay nod oiinisterialdelegnt.es
came to the Mirim e. Tin, lav delegates
had held a m eting and deetje, to ask
tlie .miitcionce to bo .mat. 1 by then.
solve .opui,;'o ! >•> i the minister
thinking by tin - m s to secure great
er recugitiUop t -an they now have, and
they were pre-.cn > ii li f.li ir request.
After a lung wrung..-, during wide .
many amendments and < milder mol o..s
aliow W V"’ tho 'j<»de, lay tim delegate** con .Ten. who ..... bo ! de»»ir ' I 1
to -el a-l. «c«ih :-,epara'G fi .m t < in n -
p r »i deb-gab**.
oimoti-:. of Dr I'.ilhiiai, »ri-t;..i.
„( | m || was *4 ... ri for l Ik av
delegates and tie ., the • uorno of v"
hy ' 1 ""J. 1
U n: ,1 7:30 in the evening, wh-i , the con
feret.ee udj irned before the drawn : of
lots lad been completed. |.-1 I’:■,»
') . .,i■ r. nee ,. -. |o at
sit on Hail, where all iutur.- <■ o
| Srougn w .,| held, and attempted !,g to get
the task of .< -a. A
. |..-< i brother. It v. R !'. Gill'mm of
MihhouH, ' rv-ciir-d t •- ■: -d, arni
( took Urn fir-A. on** in in- 5 mnu\
much languor, 'i'he di.t-.v - ' *>t h<*h
| p;ogre,,.eT Ut„, took but F. J be« ... . .
uml-rag. i ;T
came not, and plainly stated.that her*
whs some seenanigan with Urn oat,
and quite a heated colloquy ensued.
Two hours afterward all tlie seats
■ bs( , ; Wri nss^ned, and quite a
l^r insinuated that tney were not g«t
ting a fair shake of Urn hat
Among the questions which the con
lerence will tei called ujerti to decide are
th o*e relating to an increase irr the
number of b. - hops,_ the tiuie-lnmt con
troversy the 4uestlonof g1vmg t1ec.il
iire<\ - brethr^ i r^pr*M6DtAtioD on th<s
, hoard or , , msn ■ ■ ys and in i tlie me right rg ot . wo- .
| “a st’rm.gteSsT will b. il^te presented
I such legislation as wBUnk\ will enable te pastors to
drop members who do not support»he
1 . according their ability; to
church to
elect bishops for eight years without
, lection; the
privilege of re f to remove
for the pastorate; to provide for
1 the election of presiding of the bishop, eiders without and to
the nomination
give the cabinet of the bishop tne pow
er of of the making presiding appointments, elders teiug tt sufficient majority
to determine.
!
Hefoinl bay
Omaha, Neb., May 6.—Bishop Merrill
convened the foil > v is oi John Wesley
in tlio abse c# of Bishop Bowman. In
calling the confeivi <*« tooixlcr, he ex
pressed the hope that the day’6 exercises
would he conducted with a greater de
groe of harmony than chin t* t r zo l
deliberation!. To this <<h
jeef wisdom"’ Ue JelmTeJ an mV "Almighty,''imt ^yor|h«t
ivom
scarcely was the crisp prayer delivered
than a <loz«n members were ou their
f«*t. *•«*'•>» from t h»pc
„f yj^mlav liad broken'loose a:,ain, and
even in a worse form. They wanted
the record corrected in reference to
” “^vcraJ cormdions were
H <1« in the mi n„u.H ,,f the first day.
Among other tlungs suggested the was dm n
change in the arrangement of
e ii»li*>e. No material change was re
coll „ lu , n d tH l in the rules or in the wovd
much betier iOv .......
Ttmai.,,,.
Bisliot) Foster read th»* annual
nnoi t Two hours’time was iriven to
ntatell The L.Tbe.u pant uuadrenniuui the olTe report
a pmspenniR ^ib, for
ill., church, liters 1hesn no deaths
among the bishops. Fifty thousand as
signm.mts of ministers had made
with but little, dissatisfaction. The
Krs^5aB S.2«2.0H co„mi.iidc , .aci 44S.O.M fc sas: souls
n n»si
^
Ep worth league received the great Sun*
praise as a mediator Church. between
day school and the
"Tlie chtirch demands an American
i*ed franchise as well «s a naturalicod
fvauc.h sc, " said the bishop. "The con
tinnat ion ot foreign languages and ous
toms in this country is wrong, and wo
arc opposed to the teaching of foreign
languages in our schools. We believe
">‘,t the elective franchise should be
'»'*•' Ifuarded and that foreigners si ould
* required to serve a We longer regard mam- .lie
WisUt ices hip to secure In it. «;lnd# Chi
oil congress to
»•«•«•'«« Th.ce ilralization of
wrahh >» demmuced. ,u..l the .ledum
, *££’» T*.l
«>,• f miotlom. jlmtao,,,,.
j*«ratlve and complete state proh.bitn,..
is urge.. . dccla.es that . . l,s! «'*««" «[ ,
1 ho report ....
the chimd. ...»th and smith t» drifllug
olojer, amt t is not an imooss.lnlity Its hand of
«■"] the north still holds out
welcome.
Fourth liny.
Dr. Moore of (’incinntili, offered n
n*soluti<*n nakiii^c for *$ oouimittoe of
fifteen of Urn committee on judioiary Dr. to
oounider linked nil that appeal* the committee uni law*. In*
Moore ap¬
pointed by the conference iimtcutl of by
the bUliopu. lie imule the point that H
not cooii law for /» court of appeal# to
jhf Hpt»% I ’ ’ Ly D l.HA^sr MooV^h S V pO*»* «f*lM UVM
‘to bo OtyrjnweO. Dr. motion
caused h Hoimation, ami a shnrp]y c'on
testeii ii^ht was the rtmult. Dr. Buck
ley alleged that the position of Dr.
Moore wan fallueiotiH and defended the
preHerifc manner of appolntiii|< the coin
inittoe.
Dr. Neely, of Pliiladelphia, changed instead
hin raaolution to read nominate
of appoint. His change wa* accepted,
and the motion then prevailed without
opposition. enc.itped
Another fight, wiih narrowly
when t he following from the Chicago
(Term hi i conference vvuh offered:
” Whei eaM, tiiu oath* of /ill who join
outhho’ind orgamzat.ioiiH are contrary to
the commundmcnt, ‘Thou whalt not take
the nuuie of the. Cord, thy G »<1, in vain,
hereafter b“ it
"Jiexolved, That a member of th •
MethodiHt church cannot belong to such
organization without violating hi*
faith. M
Debate wjih cut off hy referring it to
the coiiniiitt.ee. Varloim committee i <
ports were then read and the conference
a<ijouriied.
DEEMING'8 TRIAL ENDED.
T ’"-" y ::::::::: "':s: ......'*•
Frederick Daily Deeming for tlm n.iir
dor of liis wife was re-nined in tlio ctn
tral criminal court. After some testi
mony l.v Dr. clear Springthurp tk prisoner llist did of not the
in any way
crime preferred against him, the dr
fens., announced that ns case was
closed. D'-omiiig’s couus.d then appeal
, I to the jury to give that the they prisoner might the
lieuefit ot nuy doubt en
tertain mi to Ins sanity or insanity. Thu
courtroom was literally hear packed the with
people who wisie d to jury an
noiinee their decision No one thought
it would tako th<m long to decide the
fate of the scciiHcd.
Outside of the courthouse a large
crowd assembled and they wste clamor
„„ H iy impatient, lor the verdict. 'I hey
finally became so demonstrative and
noisy that the police 1 were retired, forued and to
clear the streets. he jury
as tliey (il.-.l back into the room a few
moments later Deeming the shitted unoas.- Tin
iy, tint smiled at foreman.
foreman delivered to the judge tlie ver
diet of guilty Do/ining M ohsrged in white the lndiet
meet. to»«d and
trembled aa the judge him turned the towards
him and passed upon Ment«n«e
of death. Tbe judge criminal* said that had in uH his
t-xiieiieiice with he never
Iwlore sfceu rucb a comminute wretch as
the prisoner
lie spoke of Deeming’n shamel* of
iroiitery during the trial, and remarked
that the jury had rightfully ignored the
{ prisoner’s clownish attempts to judge prove
pronounced mjl »e lf irresponsible. words, As "to the Is: hanged
Ly the
the neck until dead. ” Deeming gasp
ed and tottercl, but recovered himself
enough to nod with assninvd indiffer
enee. He then sank om:k In las seat,
• The audience in the court room applaud
ed the vt l.ct and sentence,
C fiin'i Itloody llmifl,
La Mi/NT, Dh, May !». Kuis rintendent
William W.-lla, ol tbu Illinois Stone Com
party, a well known au4 highly murdered respnetefl
citizen of this village was n
co.d blood by Mediae,1 < am, onei of tin
employes of tne WesP.rn Stone oinpa*
ny, aud the inhabitants are in a fever ol
excitement over the deed,
Mr. Wells was on his way to the qnar
fie-, when be was confronted by Cain,
with whom he had some words a few
days ago. tVeils endeavored to pass him
pleasantly, but Gain at once drew a re
volver and fired five shots, four of which
embedded themselves in Well's body,
killing him instantly. Cain was lodged
in jail.
Terms: $1.25.
N( >. 20.
GEORGIA RAIi_ROAD
Stone*Moontaifl*-RoBte,
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