Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, May 29, 1897, Page 2

The Herald-Revie By E. Kiley. GRAND RAPIDS - MINNESOTA. Our old clothes have lost us some friends, but not so many as our opin- ions about our neighbors. If the eastern hostilities could be re- duced to a war of words the Greek lan- guage would come in very handy in- deed. Give self power to move a moun- tain, and it. will put a big sign out on it to show who did it, as the house movers do, Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria has dis- appeared, and now it will be in order to search the Parisian music halls if his subjects wish to know just who she is. Recent expressions by Cuban leaders indicate that they have lost hope of as- sistance from the United States; but they keep right on fighting, while we persevere in doing police duty for Spain. Sir Isaae Holden, the millionaire member of Parliament from Yorkshire, now nearly 90 years old, believes with John Wesley that phosphates of lime, in which flour is so rich, are good for growing children, young people, and young mothers, but shorten the life of the elderly by making bones dense and weighty muscles rigid, “furring” the large blood vessels like an old boil- er, and ‘choking the capillary arter- ies.” So he eats hardly any bread, his favorite food being oranges, bananas and meat. Such enormous sums are being paid for houses and windows in London along the route of the royal precession next, and so costly are the prepar s made by the people of the metropolis for the celebration of the sixtieth anniversary of the Queen’s as- cension to the throne that during the t three months her Majesty's life been insured to the tune of nearly $5,000,000 by shopkeepers, window bro- kers, house agents and _ speculators, who are anxious to protect themselves loss in the possible event of the venerable sovereign’s death before the date of the jubilee. By the last census it appears that the population of France is now 38,- 228,969, an increase in five years of only 133,819, and this mainly through immigration. For several years past the death rate has exceeded the birth rate. These facts become still more significant when a comparison is made between France and her neighbors. In Germany the increase of population during the last five years has been 2,851,431, nearly 3,000,000, as against 134,000 in France. The contrast is still more striking when these figures are compared with those of the past. At the beginning of the century France outnumbered Prussia three to one. To- day Prussia contains almost an equal population, and as for the whole of Germany, there are five Germans to every four Frenchmen, A cablegram from London says: In consequence of the efforts of the gov- ernment of Massachusetts, the Ameri- can Antiquarian and Massachusetts Historical societies, the Pilgrim So- ciety of Plymouth and the New Eng- land Society of New York, backed up by the desires of the archbishop of Canterbury and the bishop of London, the consistory court of the diocese of London assembled March 25 in the old chapel of St. Paul’s Cathedral in order to determine the question of the re- storation of the log of the Mayflower to the United States. After formal dis- cussion the chancellor said: “I order on the undertaking here given by Mr. Bayard to place the log in a fit place, where persons concerned can have ac- cess thereto, and a proper certified copy being deposited at Fulham that the original be given up to Mr. Bayard for transmission to the President of the United States.” Reports in regard to winter wheat are discouraging. The continuous rains, followed by high water in the streams, have flooded the low lands in many portions of southern Illinois, so that what wheat was not winter killed has been utterly ruined by water. Reports from nearly half of the counties in the state, including almost all of the win- ter-wheat growing counties, are that two-thirds of the wheat seeded last fall —1,749,000 acres was winter killed or destroyed by floods, and the condition of the remaining third—589,000 acres— is so poor that under the most favora- bie conditions only one-third of an ay- erage crop may be expected. The out- look is that little more than enough wheat for seed will be harvested in lllizois this season, and the people will have to depend on other states for wheat for consumption, a condition that has occurred but once in the agri- cultural history of the state, > Weyler says it is all over, and the Cuban rebellion is as meek as a whip- ped child. Gomez says Spain is about to give it up as the toughest job she ever contractod for. And between the two are the trocha, yellow fever, small- pox and a brand new bicycle track for those on either side who like to scorch. The shameful charge is made in Bal- timore that school commissioners and politicians are selling appointments of teachers. If there is any truth in it, the offenders richly deserve to be fined and imprisoned. : PARTS OF THE WORLD, A Comprehensive Review of the Important Happenings of the Past Week Culled From the Tel- egraph Reports—The Notable Events at Home and Abroad That Have Attracted Attention. The Nation's Capital. vdge A. B. Montgomery of Ken- tucky, one of the five members of the Dawes Indian commissicn, by request. has presented his resignation to the president. The president has finally decided to go to the Nashville exposition next month. He has fixed upon the 12th as the date, and will be accompanied by one member of his cabinet- People Talked About. Senator Joseph H. Earle died at his home in Greenville, N. C. ‘The Marquis Maffai di Boygio, the Italian ambassador to Russia, is dead. Joha G. Graff, one of the publishers of Tobacco Leaf, died at Chicago yes- terday. Olof Hansen, United States vice con- sul at Copenhagen, and a large ship owner, is dead. \ Thomas F. Bay: ambassador to Great Britain, bas ar- rived in New York. Gen. W. F. Draper, the newly ap- pointed minister to Italy sailed on La Bourgogne, J. Williams Thorne, who was con- spicvous in the ranks of the Abolition- ists. died at his home in Sadsbury, . aged eighty-one years. 1. P. S. Rucker of Oklahoma ci weighs 497 pounds, and hag taken the premium as a fat man at every terri- terial ‘Th. Due d'Aleacon, who lost his wife in the shocking fire of the charity ba- zar in Paris, is not yet out of mourn- ing for the death of his father, the Luc de Nemours. Kostaro Ixr the chief of the Cre- tan irsurzea s 100 years old. He has fought in four Cretan -uprisings, rs the scars of many Turkish wounds on his body- Pre Berkiey. colored. of C in ty, South Carolina, is a can- or the consulship at Stuttgart. s Gernan find French tlu- He sy ently. The marriage of Gerald Du Maurier, son of the author of “Trilby,” and Miss Sylva, the actress, will take place dur- ing the summer. Both made their American debut as members of Beer- bobn: ‘Tree’s company last fall. Paul Lindau, the well known Ger- mak novelist, playwright and newspa- per correspondent, and the present “in- tendant” or director of the Meinegen theater, was recently arrested in Atheis as a spy- Mrs. William Caynor, who was the oldest resident of Greene county, and perhaps the oldest. woman in Missou- ri. died recently at Strafford,’ at the age of 100 years. Mrs. Caynor’s age was rot so remarkable as the num- ber of her descendants. She was the mother of thirtenn children, and three years ago she had Y95 grandchildren, great and great-zreat-grancchildren living. At the time of her death she weighed 220 pounds, and had been an inveterate smoker tor sixty years. Accidental Happenings. Olga, the six-year-old daughter of Ole Modive of Eau Claire, Wis., fell down a steep embankment into the ‘hippewa river and was drowned. Mme. de Laume and her daughter have succumbed to the injuries they received at the charity bazaar fire at Paris. ‘The brigantine Galilee, which ar- rived at San Francisco from Tahiti, brought confirmation of the news that young Lichtenstein, a wealthy Englishman, together with a mission- ary, had been killed by cannibals and eaten. Crimes and Criminals. John Coomer, aged seventy, a farm- er living six miles north of Hubbard, Iowa, committed suicide by hanging. Mr. Goomer has been troubled with cancer for‘'a number of years. Ely Peterson, a young man well known at Spencer, Iowa, has disap- peared. He has been acting rather strange of late, and told one of his friends he was going to hang himself. Harvey Adams has been fined $506 for gambling without a license at Havre, Mont. Adams has been ope- rating a sure thing establishment, and when business became dull conc ad the idea of “peaching” on other gam- blers fer ane-half ihe fines. William H. Hamilton, a contractor, his wife, Mrs. Catherine Hamilton, his | son, Lee Hamilton, age nineteen, and | his daughter, Elizabeth Hagus Hamil- ton, aged eighteen, who lived in Denver until recently, were murdered near Helena, Mcnt. State Senator McMullin, who, a few days ago at Little Rock, Ark., attempt- ed to kill Editor Smithee, of the Ga- zette, on account of criticisms of the senator’s action in the legislature, has been indicted by the grand jury on the charge of aggravated assault. Foreign Gossip. ‘There is a financial panic at Caracas, Venezuela. A movement is on foot to erect a monument to Henri Vieuxtemps, the famous Belgian violinist. The monu- ment will be erected at Verviers, the birthplace of the musician. Queen Wilhelmina and her mother have left Amsterdam for Stuttgart to pay a private visit to the Wurtemberg court. Their majesties will subsequent- ly visit Vienna. Mgr. Allen, who has just been ap- pointed bishop of Shrewsbury by the Pope, was one of the stenographers at the Vatican council, twenty-seven years ago. The Rt. Hon, Robert Barry, lord justice of appeal for Ireland since 1883, who as solicitor general for Lre- land, conducted the Fenian prosecution of 1868, is dead. He was born in 1825. Greece’s national hymn, taken from , [THE NEWS RESUME —— | DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM ALL Dionis Salomo's “Hymn of Liberty,” was first written and published in Lon- don. ‘The first part of the original poem was an eulogy of the land of Washing- ton. Mr. Fairchild, head of the South Afri- ean department in the British colonia} office, and the one man who probably knew the whole truth about the at tempted outrage in the Transvaal, di recently in Italy. Psittacosis, the peculiar form of brua- chial pneumonia communicated by par rots, has broken out in Genoa, fourtee« cases, eight of them fatal, being traced to a single importation of two sick Bra- zilian parrots. The reichstag has passed the bill in- troduced May 13 by the Radicals, So- cialists and Semites, providing that “Germany associations of any kind may combine with each other, and re- pealing all laws to the contrary.” The Princess of Wales fund, started at the suggestion of her royal high- ness to provide a dinner or some sub- stantial meal during the week of the jubilee for London’s poor, has re- ceived an anouymous contribution of $125,000. Drs. Seguy and Quenisset of Paris, who have made a special study of the effect of X-rays, advise all persons with weak hearts to keep away from the rays. The doctors say the rays produce an unendurable palpitation, which is apt to cause fatal trouble. Arrangements have been completed by the Canadian governmert for the construction of the Crows’ nest Pass road into the gold fields of the Kootenaj region. For building the road the Can- adian Pacific receives a subsidy of $10,- 000 a mile—about $3,250,000 in all. The 3-year-old-child of Frank Floyd of Arroyo valley, Cal., while playing in the sand attracted a rattlesnake. The father made an attack with a club, but before he dispatched the intruder the snake darted at the little one and in- flicted a bite from which the child soor died in convulsions. Princess Alice of Bourbon, youngest daughter of Don Carlos, has been mar. ried at Venice to Prince Otto Victor o1 Schoenburg-Waldenburg, who was con- verted to Catholicism two years ago The Schoenburgs are mediatised Ger man princes, whose landed property is chiefly in the kingdom of Saxeny, near Dresden. Otherwise. The Texas legislature has passed the uniform text book bill. The court of appeals at St- Louis hae decided that bi s are not baggage. Twenty thousand people are gath- ering the strawberry crop at Sarcoxie, Mo. Sharles Case has been appointed re- ceiver of the Eastern Rubber company at Trenton, N. J. The discovery of placer gold on the town site of Nelson, B. C., has caused considerable excitement and brought in a number of gravel miners. The senate has confirmed the nom- ination of William W. Morrow of Cal- ifornia to be United States circuit judge of the Ninth district. August Belmont has ordered a $5,000 statue of his favorite horse, Henry of Navarre. He is a generous patron of the turf, and can afford it. According to the Salt Lake Tribune. a body of ore has’ been’struck in the Emerald mine which yields as much as seven ounces, or $125 in gold, not to mention the argentiferous values. The gunboat Alert will leave San Francisco for Sitka in a few days te tow the old war vessel Pinta from the North to the rotten row at Mare Is land. The fine farm house, barn and much grain and hay of John Gassney of Jef: ferson, Iowa. has burned; loss about $4,000; insurance, $2,500. A lantern exploded. it is reported that the death of J. A. Rhomberg will result in the con: solidation of. the two street railway lines in Dubuque. Neither of the lines is making money. . N. J. Jefferson, of the attorney gen- eral's office at Madison, Wis., has fore- closed on the light guard armory at Eau Claire. The state holds a mort gage of $10,000. In the Seven Devils’ distrist in Ida- ho, to which several railreads are con- templating the building of branches for the business of hauling the copper ores. it is claimed that there are in sight 75,000 tons of ore in one mine. Southern Oregon will have an im- mense fruit crop this season. he country around Ashland ‘alone will produce 160 car loads of peaches, and in all there will be 2,500 carloads of fruit to sell., A Rawlins dispatch says the firm of A. J. Knollin & Co. of Omaha anda Kansas City, is sending a representa: tive to Oregoa to purchase 100,000 sheep, to be trailed from Oregon te Kansas and Nebraska. Cornelius Curran of Baltimore and C. E. Dunn of Huntington, Ind., both delegates to the conductors’ conven: tion at Los Angeles, have mysterious: ly disappeared, leaving absolutely no clue to their whereabouts. D. B. Martin, manager of passenger tratiic of the Baltimore & Ohio, con- firmed the rumor that D. S. Wilder, of the Big Four, would become division passenger agent of the Baltimore & Ohio at Columbus, Ohio, on June 1. Centracts have been let for a second system of electric railway in Milwau- kee comprising 100 miles of road, be ginning at Waukesha and going through the city to the northern sub- urbs. William S. Reed & Co. of Chi- cago secured the contract. The greatest strike ever made in the camp at El Dora has been encountered in the Enterprise, which gave a return of about $103 in a two-foot width, and subsequent returns gave a running of $500, in which the vein is growing | stronger and richer with development. The new law of Idaho as to placer locations provides that the locater must place a post or monument at each corner, and within fifteen days after making thd location make an ex- cavation of not léss that 100 cubic feet for the purpose of prospecting. A London syndicate has purchased, for $600,000, from A. E. Humphreys, J. D. Farrell and Capt. M- D. Moore, all of Spokane, and W..C. Yakeys of Detcott, Mick.. a group of mines com: posed of the Idaho, Alamo, Cumber jand. Concentrator and Tramway, lo eated in che immediate vicinity ot ‘Three Forks, in the Slocan district. _ peared for the defense. HAVEM MILLIONAIRE SUGAR KING BEFORE THE BAR OF JUSTICE. His Refusal to Answer Questions of the Senate Investigating Com- mittee Is the Offense for Which He Must Answer—Vrominent Sen- ators Are Witnesses — The Case Attracts Considerable Attention. Washington, May 26.—The trial of H. O. Havemeyer, president of the American Sugar Refining company, for refusing to answer a question pro- pounded by the senate sugar investi- gating committee in the spring of 1894, began before Judge Bradley. There was a large crowd in attendance. No trouble was experienced in securing a jury, only three peremptory chal- lenges being made by the defense and none by the prosecution. District Attorney Davis conducted the case for the government and Nathaniel Wilson, John G. Johnson of Philadelphia, and John E. Parsons of New York ap- Elverton R. Chapman, the New York sugar broker who is serving a thirty days’ sentence in the district jail for the offense of which ‘Hayemeyer is being tried, was present as a witness, but did not testify. The witnesses were the file clerk of the senate, the committee stenographer and Senators Gray, Lodge, Davis and Lindsay, who were on the investigating commitiee. The line of defense as disclosed is that the question asked, which locked to the production of data as to the political contributions of the sugar company to state and local elections, was not pertinent to the inquiry. This was shown by the repeated development of the fact that Mr. Havemeyer an- swered the ¢ on as to the national campaign a to the election of United Sta tors before the leg- islators. ‘Tf e of defense was an- ticipated son hat by the district at- torney- Constderable stress was also placed on the attempt of the defense to show that Senator Allen's question (which Mr. F eyer declined to an- swer) W ual, not a commit- tee que: the testimony went to prove (iat the query w propound- ed by the divection of the committee. THE GENERSI ASSEMBLY. Presbyterians Dispose of Laportant Question The Two yterian genera two important questions. The f not to sell its building in New York city and the second to have only one secretary of heme missions. ‘The lat- est echo of the controversy over Dr. Briggs and the Union seminary came up in the report of the judicial com- mittee which extended to all Presby- teries the the order to exclude students of that seminary from their care. It Was apparent that few commissioners knew what they were voting upon, as the motion came uy on appeal from some-unnamed actica of the synod of New York, the name of the case alone being given. HIS GRIEF WAS GREAT. Wealthy Lawyer Shoots His Son and Then Himself. New York, May 26.—Charles K. Hill- yard, fifty years old, a well known lawyer of Brooklyn, shot and killed his thirteen-year-old son William and himself. Their bodies were found in a bed room in Hillyard’s elegant home. Mr. Hillyard’s wife died: last October and since then he has been subject to melancholy, and ‘sometimes made vague threats of taking his own life, although he never mentioned the boy in this connection. He was always devoted to his son, and after his wife's death this fondness grew into a pas- sionate affection which seemed great- er during his periods of mental de- rangement. THE SPANISH MUDDLE. Liberals Still Absent Them- selves From the Cortes. Madrid, May 26.—The president of the chamber of deputies, Senor Pidal, in the name of the majority, has begged Senor - Sagasta, the Liberal leader, to persuade the Liberals to re- sume attendance upon the sittings of the cortes. Senor Sagasta replied that the question was between the govern- ment and the Liberals and not be- tween the Liberals and the majority. Consequently the chamber of deputies met without the Liberal members. The minister for the colonies, Senor Cas- tellane, read a bill introduced to pro- vide for the expeuses of the war in Cuba and the Philippine islands. The A QUICK Di Mittman Shoots Himself and Falls 180 Feet. Chicago, May 26. — A man while walking around the thirteenth floor of the Chamber of Coismerce building, corner of La Sallie and Washington streets, suddenly drew a revolver and shot him: He then threw himself 2% into the court, thirteen 2 narrowly missing pedes- trians in the crowded main lobby of the big structure. It is thought the man was dead before he struck the pavement. ‘The corpse was horribly crushed. The fall was a distance of 180 feet. A letter in the suicide’s pock- et showed him to be W. F. Mittman, a dancing teacher. TH. w. P. Gatling Gun Factory Sold. Hartford, Conn., May 26.—The Gat- ling Gun company is to remain in Hartford. ‘The offer of the American Ordnance Company of Bridgeport to buy out the company was declined, and on Monday the stock, patents and good will of the company was pur- chased by the Colts Patent Firearms Menufacturing company of this city- The Gas Trast Bills. Springfield, Il, May 26—The gas frontage bill and the gas consolidation bill, supposed to be the pet measures of the Chicago gas trust, passed the senate—31 to 18. The bills have yet to pass the house. Cycle Path in Iowa. Waterloo, lowa, May 26.—Work has begun on the bicycle path to connect this city and Cedar Falls. The proba- pilities are that the path will be ex- tended to Waverly and other adjoining | towns. _. BYER TRIAL]. IT’S A GREAT START. pening of the Minnesota Dairy Board of Trade, 4 St. Paul, May 26.—In the presence of an eager and excited crowd of Eastern buyers and creamery men from all sections of Minnesota and the two Da- kotas, the Minnesota dairy board of’ trade was thrown open for business. and inside of ten minutes over 200 tubs of the finest butter in the land were offered for sale. It came from everywhere in the state and was shipped in big lots in every instance, showing that the creamery men of the state have confidence in the board's success, and mean to make a big thing of it from the start. CARVED UP THE F' Relief Commissioners Divide State’s $10,000. Moorhead, Minn., May 26. — The commission appointed to divide the $10,000 for the relief of the sufferers by the flood in the Red River of the North in all the ‘Minnesota counties where such loss was sustained, has ap- portioned the relief money as follows: Clay and Norman counties, $500; Polk, .280; Marshall, $3,075; Kittson, $3,- 145. ‘The expenditure of the amount from each county was left in the hands of the commissioners, who draw vouchers, properly attested, in each case. D. the Forced Into Failure. Fargo, N. D., May 26—Ike Sternberg, a clothier, has made application for the appointment of a trustee for his property and named the Red River Bank of Fargo, the Geriman-American Bank of St. Paul, and his father-in- law, Sternberg of St. Paul, as pre- ferred creditors. This action was caused by an attempt of New York creditors to force bankruptcy and the appointment of a receiver for his prop- erty: Sale of Electric Plant. Black River Walls, Wis-, May 26. — The electric light plant of this city, owned by Rf. C. Foster of Cleveland, has been bought by Supt. Robert Ma- son, who has run the plant for the past ten years. Mr. Mason will at once move the entire plant nearer the power and have many necessé im- provements made that will give the city much better lights than at pres- ent. Consideration § D. Newton, Iowa, May 2 Perry Neale, aged 13 and 11, liv’ Mingo, quarreled over a pet bird at their home. The younger boy took a gun and shot the elder in the side, causing instant death. He then took a cloth, wiped up the bleed and went out on the street to pla No clue to the murder could be obtained until midnight, when the boy confessed his crime. Reprimandea and Di: Rush City, Minn. -—Special Agent Murphy, of the Paul & Du- luth, rounded up Charlies Besett, thir- teen years old, who pleaded guilty to having pushed a flat car from the track at Dowlan’s siding onto the main line fifteen minutes before a train came along Sunday. The boy was al- lowed to go after being reprimanded by the justice. harged. ‘The Minnesota Y, M. C. A. Northfield, Minn., May 26—The an- nual summer outing and conference of Y. M. C. A. workers for the state will be held here July 15 to 29 inclusive. The encampment will be at the camp- ing ground of the local association at Union lake. The grounds will be put in good condition and the several cot- tages will be refurnished for the oc- casion. Corn for India to Sell in Hutchinson, Minn., May - two cars of grain left here for the starving people of India. Religious ceremonies were held at the train. Only one car was called for here, but the people re- sponded with two, ‘besides donating quite a sum of money. 'The Biggest Cargo. West Superior, W: May 26. — The steamship Crescent City of Duluth has cleared with 185,000 bushels of wheat, breaking the Carnegie’s record by 3,000 bushels. This is the biggest car- go ever carried on Lake Superior, be- ing 5,550 tons. Floated to Shore. Lake City, Minn., May 26. ‘he body of Henry Heller, who v ecidentally drowned in Lake Pepin on Nov. 8 while in the employ of a government dredge, floated to shore. The remains will be sent to Fountain City, Wis. for interment. Legal Squabble Ended. Winona, Minn.. May 26. — ‘The city council has settled the squabble be- tween the city attorney, George T. Simpson, and D. BE. Tawney. judge of the municipal court. by ordering the attorney to make out all complaints. Injured by a Cave-In. St. Paul, May 26. Jacob Hammer was injured by the falling of an em- bankment at the Nichols gravel pit on the Omaha road near Mendota. His left thigh was fractured and he was otherwise iajured. Died at Albert Lea. Albert Lea, Minn.. May 26. — D. W- Hayes. one of the city’s oldest settlers and a busine. an for years, is dead. His death was very sudden, although he bad been ill for a year or more. The Bowling Record. Portland, Or., May 26.—A. B. Cross- man, of the Multnomah Athletic club, has smashed the world’s bowling record, niaking 86 out of a possible 90. Suicide of a Young Lady. Mora. Minn.. May 26. — Miss Ida Wilson. aged eighteen. daughter of Matt Wilson, committed suicide by takiug carbolie acid. Good Indians, Good Roads, Ashland. Wis., May 26.—One of the first movements for good roads in Northern Wisconsin has been institut- ed by the Bad River Indians, who have begun work on a twelve-mile road be- tween the reservation and this city. Took $5,000 for a Leg. Duluth, Minn., May 26.—In the dis- trict court Isaac N. Hill was given a verdict against Winston Bros of Min- neapolis for $5,000. Hill lost a leg through a caye-in on the stripping con- tract on the Auburn mine. CHANNELS Fé FUNDS TO FLOW Ree New Lines Pro : om of Home Misssions—Considerath romoting Har Board snd t Misssion-- of Methods for P mony Between the Presbyteries—A Baptis ary Causes @ Sensation. —— Eagle Lake, Ind-, May 26 Te sions of the general assem) ae opened with devotional besa Sat by Elder Kiliaen Van Re eter New York. By general consen' aon ence to the parliamentary fh Saturday, regarding the Ene aires building, was omitted from the ne utes. Fraternal greetings phe ae ceived from the convention 01 jes United Brethren at Toledo, oe aus from the general assembly 0! en Southern Presbyterian Sree nore Charlotte, N. C. Replies were au pk ized to these, and greetings Bie ~ to the Cumberland assembly, an} = eral synod of Reformed churches; 20 in session. : The first regular order was the eee port of the board of missions to bit men. The standing committee on t Hid report reported through Dr. Thomas Lawrence of Ashville, N. C., chairman. ‘After reviewing the work of the Dear resolutions were introduced commen Ing the work of the board. Resolaleee were introduced commending t work and urging the board’s claim on the 4.000 non-contributing churches and individual givers. The second order of the morning was the report of the special commit tee on home missions appointed last year to confer with the board in New York in reference to the heads of the work and retrenchment of expenses- It was presented by Dr. William P- KXane of Bloomington, Til, and closed with recommendations “that the board of home missions be directed to so Te organize its methods of administration that the executive work be placed in charge of one secretary;” that & end- itures be made at once on the ba of ates made from averages from years preceding, and that the policy of the board be to avoid debt- The proposed consolidation of the treasuries in New York and Philadel- phia was reported to be inexpedient. The committee asked to be continued and instructed to “consider the best methods of promoting harmony and co-operation between the board of home ions and presbyteries and synods desiring to support and control : own work, and to report at the pmbly.”” A Baptist Missionary Causes a Pain-- ful Silence. Pittsburg, Pa., May 26.—After read- ing the reports of the Baptist Mission- ary union, Rev. W. H. Cossum, a mis- sionary from China, arose and said he was opposed to retrenchment. “You sent me to China to work,” he said. “and now you retrench me. You can’t retard the work by retrenchment. I say to John D. Rockefeller, or to any man who offers us money: ‘First con- secrate yourself to God; make your gift clean and we will accept it. Oth- erwise we should not touch it.’ I don’t say this about John D. Rockefeller particularly, but to all who make such offers.” This statement caused a profound sensation, and for a moment there was a painful silence, followed by scatter- ing applause. A number of delegates followed Mr. Cossum in opposition to his remarks, but the chairman finally dismissed the matter by saying: “When our brother has been longer in this eountry and becomes better ac- quainted, he will modify his views.” The meeting then adjourned with- out taking action on the report under consideration. May Go to St. Louis. St. Louis. May 26.—There is a strong probability that the Cleveland club will shortly be transferred to this city- The Robinsons have been here in con- sultation with the leading stoeqhold- ers of the St. Louis club, and there is little doubt that the deal will be made. Von der Ahe is anxious to remain with the club, but the Robinsons say that they will not allow it if the franchise is purchased by them. Says He Hus Cinnabar. Chadron, Neb., May 26. — Charles Reische, a farmer living about two and a half miles south of this city, has discovered what promises to be a. maine of quicksilver. He-was digging a well on his farm, and when at a depth of about twenty feet, passed: through a vein about four feet thick. He has sent samples of the mineral to Chicago for analysis. Old miners say the mine is a rich one. Will Withdraw Charges. London, May 26.—The Standard un- derstands that Mr. Labouchre will withdraw the charge he has made in Truth and before the South Africa parliamentary committee against Rutherford Harris, the confident of Cecil Rhodes, and a leading spirit in the British South Africa Chartered company, the stock -brokers upor whom Mr. Labouchre relied for proof” having refused to testif. e Tha Wheeling Is a Good One. San Francisco, May 26..— Th 4 gunboat Wheeling was given aa “orth cial trial hy the trial board over the one mile course to test her machinery. Four runs were made over the course each way. The first run developed a speed of 9 knots per hour; second, 14: third, 11.3; fourth, 15, with a current: about 2 knots per hour setting south- ee Everything worked satisfactor- A es ae ees Methodists Protest. New York, May 26.—At a m . the Methodist ministers of te oe resolution was adopted r s against any allotnicne of Pade a land for a Roman Catholic chapel ac West Point. The protest is to De sent to President McKinley. Gen. Porter Takes Ho: 5 Paris, May 26.—Gen. oraes Porter, the new United States ambassador to France, was received by the French minister of foreign affairs, M. Hano- taux. Gen. Porter will have an audi- ence with President Faure to-morrow- » ® ew a posed for the Board a y