Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 8, 1887, Page 4

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TZ8CHUCK, Bubseribed and sworn to before me this 4th @ay of June A. D,, 1887, ISEAL.| N.P. L, Notary Publie. A;uu-r the only men who get better salaries than first-class ball players now- ndays are railroad presidents., ANOTHER train robbery in Texas. The E;ono Star state is snatching the laurel reath from poor old Missouri. b o——1 WE know of but one publication that excels in interest last Sunday’'s mam- moth pink domino edition, and that is the Omaba city director; Tnr six-day walking match at the ex- position building was opened Sunday hight with a ‘‘sacred’’ concert. Weshall next hear of a glove con test being opened ‘with prayer. Cnurcyr Howe is on deck again, o0s- tensibly battling for the Missouri Pacific, but in reality making a still hunt for the man of his choice for chairman of the Btate committee. Church never goes @uck hunting witn a brass band. MR. PorTER seems to be in demand. The St. Paul now wants him ns 1ts presi- fent, and will at the erd of his one-year pontract with the Union Pacific tender him the position. It is hoped that mean- time Mr. Potter will do for the Union Pacitic all that is expected of him, and €hat is a great de: EE————— THE railroad companies haven't lost everything. The supreme court of Mis- pouri has just decided that the St. Louis, Yron Mountin & Southern railroad com- pany is independent of local legislation nnd can use the streets of St. Louis for its tracks at its own sweet will. The value of this right may not be great, but the principle involved is certainly very im- yortant. —— ‘THE president being absent from Wash- Ington the Jacksonian element of the democracy appears to regard this as an opportunity. It busied itself in the trea- pury department last Saturday, where peveral were beheaded, among them two ‘Veterans in official life one of whom had been 1n the harness forty years and the pther twenty. Long and faithful service doosn’t count now. e—— THE bids for the five new ships for the navy, to cost nearly seven million Hollars, will be opened the 15th of Au- gust, and there is said to be just now a great stir among ship builders. These Yessols are to be thres oruisers of the first class and two heavily armored gun- boats. By the time the present adminis- ‘tration goes out of power the country will have a very respectable beginning for a modern navy. e— TRE government is a generous chent, The lawyers who are representing it in « the Pan-Electric telephone suit will, it is + patimated, divide $130,000 between them Dby the time the ease is disposed of, and Ruis is quite as likely to be inside as be- yond the mark. One of the attorneys vulues his services at $16 an hour for every hour of the twenty-four, which is a little more than twice and a half the sal- ary per hour of the president of the United States. He is a wise man who knows his own value and can gett. e PRIVATE advices from the state capital announce that Mr. G. W. Burton is being quietly boomed by the B. & M. bosses for the vacant chawrmanship of the repub- lican state committee. It is to be de- plored that the railrond managers cannot keep their hands off of our political ma- chinery, even in such a comparatively unimportant matter as the selection of a chairman for the state committee. But if this perpetual interference is bound to continue we certainly could commend Mr. Burton as a clever and more unob- Joctionable candidate than Humphrey. E——— . Tng summary removal of John Chris- topherson from the rallway mail service at the Union Pacifio transfer and the ap- pointment of Spaulding in his place was ® piece of civil service reform which no- body in this section of the conntry is will- ing to father. Congressman MoShane says he had nothing to do with it. Post- master Gallagher says he is not responsi- ble and the chiet railway postal clerk disclaims all responsibility. John Christo- ‘pherson was one of the most competent, faithtul and hard working clerks in the railway mail service. No charges were preterred against him and uone could be sustained. Christopherson may be an offensive partisan but Spaulding is & §o0d deal more offensive. The Becretary Talks. Scoratary of the Treasury Fairchild has not been freely communieative regarding the poliey of the treasury in the event of a financial exigency requiring the treas- ury to depart from its customary course. He has received a guod deal of counsel and suggestion from the newspapers re- garding what he may do by virtue of his authority and what he should do, but efforts to ascertain what he would do, should the demand for action become im- perative, have not elicited enything def- inite. A Washington dispatch, however, reports the secretary as having at last broken silence on this very interesting subject, and there is presented in what he is quoted as saying an intimation of his policy. There is evidence also that he is fully alive to the situation, though apparently not apprehensive. There is no indication that he has been in the least degree affected by the views of the alarmists who have descried 1m- pending financial disaster if some- thing were not done immediately to aver it. There is & meusure of reassurance in the freedom from exaggerated solicitude with which the secretary of the treasury regards the situation. The growth of the treasury surplus is a certainty of the future, and the secre- tary thinks it will not be for the next fise cal year less than $100,000,000. Whether it reaches this amount of course depenas upon what congress shell do for reducing the revenues. If legislation for this pur- pose is promptly passed the increase of the surplus may be arrested by the close of the third quarter, and it is not at all probable it can be before. In this caso the accumulation would not be to exceed from $70,000,000 to $75,000,000. But this amount would make a great drain upon the money resources of the country, and as 1t would affect the two most active business periods of the year would un- doubtedly make a somewhat serious im- pression on the trade movement. Thisis the apprehended exigency, very sure to come, which the treasury will be called upon to relieve. There are two methods of affording relief, either or both of which the secre- tary of the treasury has authority to adopt. These are to go into the market and buy unmatured bonds and to antici- pate a year's interest on bonds. The secretary indicates that he would prefer the latter method, but he sees thelobvious dificulty in the way of its success in the quite possible failure of the holders of the bonds to co-operate by accepting in- terest in advance. A great many would probably do s0, but in order to render the plan really valuable as a means of relief, it would be necessary that all should do 8o, since even then the surplus would be reduced to the extent of only $40,000,000. Yet this is undoubt- edly the method which the sectetary will first adopt if the finauncial situation should become such as to require relief from the treasury. The other method, that of buying unmatured bonds, the secretary evidently regards as one to be avoided as long as possible—the last re- sort to meet a condition of affairs that would not stand delay without inevitable disaster. He very properly does not de- sire to encourage speculation in these bonds, whici would be the immediate effect of the government becoming a large buyer. The premium is now as high as 1t ought to be, but it would cer- tainly go mueh higher with the treasury in the market as a purchaser. Secretary Fairchild, voicing doubtless the opinion of the Ppresident, does not think an extra session of congress neces- sary. He does not believe that meeting a couple of months in advance of the regular time would result in forwarding revenue legislation. If it could be as- sured that & session called in October would promptly organize and settle down to the specific duty for which it was called, there would be a good rea- son for an extra session, but there can be mno such assurance. The strong probability is that there would be two months practically wasted, for which the people would certainly have some- thing to pay. The declaration of Secre- tary Fairchild that ‘‘something must be done” for reducing the excessive reve- nues of the government will be very gen- erally acquiesced in. But who can say that the promise that something will be done is any better than it has been dur- ing the past four yoars? It is very much to be hoped that Secretary Fairchild will be able to point out a course which all of his party friends in congress can follow. If 8o, the most urgent problem that now econfronts the country may reach a solu- tion. A Partisan School Hoard. The election of the entire republican school board ticket is hailed by blatant party hacks and political bigots usa glorious triumph of enhghtened ecitizen- ship. Thoughtful and intelligent repub- hicans who realize what a baneful influ- ence partisan management will exert over our school system, view this repub- lican victory with grave apprehension for the future of our public schools, A school board recruited chietly from the ranks of hungry spoilsmen and ward politicians will be unabla to resist the political pressure for a division of school board patronage among the active parti- sans who were instrumental in their nomination. The stream never rises aboveits spurce,and the source of this solid school board is the republican ward can- cus with the Mike Meanys, Wiggins, Paul Vandervoort,John Sahler and that stripe. In this instance the republican victory so called was by no means due to the ex- ertions of ward strikers and professional voliticians. The republican ticket carried the day through the organized and well directed efforts of the fomale school teachers. They fought the campaign on a personal issue, regardless of principle, political honor or the welfare of the schools, They had determined to defeat Charles Con- noyer for re-election months ago, and planned, plotted and schemed with that one object in view. ‘They professed to favor the non-partisan movement, attended the public meetings and helped to nominate tho non-partisan ticket, which they also publicly pledged themse!ves to support. . But on the very evo of the election, they were led to be- lieve by politicals schemers that the only way to inmsure tho defeat of Connoyer was to throw their en- tire intluence ' and support to the re- publican ticket. They turned their backs on the non-partisan movement without the least compunotion, and deliberately deserted the candidates they bad helped to nominate. Suoh politioal treachery by any organ. ization of male voters would justly be re- THE OMAHA DAILY BEE:¢ WED garded as infamous, but in view of the veculiar circumstances it ean be con- doned. With the founder of tha order of Jesuits these school teachers—turned politician—adopted as their motto, *“Ihe end justifies the means,"’ Their exertions have crowned the re- publican ticket with success, Unfor- tunately for the future of our public schools, this partisan triumph is liable to seriously cripple the efliciency of the schools. A Knotty Que: n. The question of the rights of the United States in Behring sea, which must sooner or later be determined, may be- come before 1t is settied a subject of sharp international controversy. The claim or assumption of this government to the same extended jurisdiction in Alaskan waters that was maintained by Russia, on the ground that all Russian rights were transferred by treaty at the the time of the purchase of the territory by the United States, is very certain not to be allowed, and it transpires that our vosition is rerdered untenable by our own course with respect to Russia's claim of jurisdiction. Since this ques- tion was raised last summer, in conse- quence of the seizure of British vessels found taking seals at long distances from the land in Bebring sea, research has been busy 1n ascertaining what record, if any, this government has made regard- ing this matter. T'he resultis the discovery that in 1821, when Russia by a uknse as- serted supreme power over Behring sea, John Quincy Adams, who was then sec- retary of state, protested against the as- sumption of Russia and asked an ex- planation, It is furthermore shown that by the treaty of 1824 between the United States ana Russia the latter power made no assertion to sovereignty over Behr- ing sea, nor did it ever do so at any other time except in the ukase which called out the protest from Secretary Adams. The simple fact appears to be that while sovereignty of the sea by Russia was practically exercised, it was not conced- ed but merely tolerated. It is hardly probable, however, that this toleration will be continued in favor of the United States. The seul fisheries are attracting the cupidity of other countries, and they are likely to do 8o still more in the future. In order to mamtain our control of the best of these fish- erics we must clearly ostablish the claim we have set up or be prepared to surrender a share of this valuable in- dustry. On the whole, the promise of our being able to sustain our position cannot be regarded as very substantial. —— Where Will the Mayor Stand? ‘Will Mayor Broatch range himself with the police commission as against the council, or will he take his stand with the council—against the commission? This is a question propounded by one of our local contemporaries. As chief executive of this city Mayor Broatch is expected to do his duty and execute tho law as embodied in the char- ter and interpreted by his legal advisor, the city attorney, or the attorney general of the state. If the law ofticers of the city and state sustain the assumption of authority by the council to exercise the co-ordinate powers with the police commission in the government of the police Mayor Broatch will be compelled to sustamn the council. If on the other hand the charter 18 interpreted by the law ofticers, divests the oouncil of all authority over the police force excepting alone the right to levy taxes and provide means for its support, coupled incidentally with the duty to enact into ordinances such rules and rogulations as the police commis- sion shall see fit to adopt for the proper enforcement of discipline, then Mayor Broatch will be forced to take his stand with the commission as opposed to the attempt of the council to exercise powers which the charter has vested ex- clusively in the board. . __ ___ _____}] THE late legislature of Connecticut would probably never have been referred to outside of the little coramonwealth but for the passage of one law among a num- ber of singular enactments. This was an act of the ‘‘blue laws” variety forbidding the running of railway trains within the borders of the state at certain hours on Sunday, except to carry the mails and for the uses of mercy or necessity. The re- sulvis that the New York Sunday papers are shut oft from all parts of Connecticut east of New Haven, and also from Rhode Island and Massachusetts. This curtail- ment of the territory tributary to the New York Sunday newspapers 1s troub- ling in about equal degree the publishers and the excluded readers,and the question has been raised as to how far a state can go in thus interfering with the aflairs of another state. Thereisan earnest appeal made to the people of Conneoticut “to elect another legislature composed ‘less extensively of cranks and noodles than the last legislature was, but what is to be done in the meanwhile is the perplexing problem, THE revort of the national legislative committee of the Knights of Labor is a very direct and explicit arraignment of the democratic majority of the last con- gress. Some of the leaders singled out for adverse criticism will hardly relish the prominence thus given them. Mr. Springer, of Illinois, is charged with hav- ing antagonized the letter carriers’ eight- hour bill in favor of the trade dollar act, characterized as in the interest of specu- lutors, and also of having thrown all the obstruction he could in the way of the Blair educational bill, while Mr, Carlisle. is referred to as the absolute dictator, during the last four weeks of congress, of 50,000,000 people, as far as any legisla- tion they desired was concerned. The failure %o pass a number of meusures brought forward by the house labor com- mittee is sharply criticized. After such expressions of dissatisfaction the demo- crats will hardly be able to impress the' Kuights with their claim to being the particular friends of labor, — Turrepublican state committee, which meets at Lincoln to-day, for the purpose of clecting & new chairman in the place of the late Hon. A. J. Weaver, is liable to commit a very serious blunder if it lends itself to the gratificution of versonal spitework against Governor Thayer by blatherskite Humphrey. The party is not in position at this time, or at any other time, to foster factious dissension in its ranks to heal the wounded sensibil- ities of irrepressible and disgruntled oftice seekers. Let them elect a olean, reputable and diguified chairman, who bus no friends to roward or enemies to punish, but will content himself with an impartial and faithfal discharge of the duties of the posifiott. ————— Tre Knights of ‘Labor committee to arrange for a Foutthof July celebration mtimate that the expenses will not ex- ceed from $1,000 to $5,000. Not the least dificnlty ought to be experienced 1 ob- taining this sum, dnd if the amount will enable the city to have such & celebra- tion as it should have, the money will be profitably expended, The whole coun- try is moving for & great celebration this year. Omah# must not be at the rear of the column Tue democrats who clamored for straight party nominations for the school board have been taught & wholesome lesson and the BEE has no tears to shed for them. It was an outrage to force a division on party lines in a school board election, and a stupid blunder for demo- cratic politicians to engage in such & contest. Tue board of public works must look after the inspectors, Unless the inspec- tors are competent, vigilant and honest, contractors can use inferior materials, slight their work and perpetrate frauds and impositions upon the city without check or hindrance LARRY DONOVAN, the New Yorker who jumped from London bridge on Sunday, refused to receive any collection, He isn't a bounty jumper. FORTUNE ANL W. H. Doane, of Cincinnati, makes §20,000 a year writing hymns, and there are some evangelists who are said to make nearly as much more by singing them. Mrs, Kate Chase Sprague is growing wealthy by tae advance of real estate values, having but recently been offered 150,000 for her Edgewood property near Washington. Mrs. Colonel Chapin, of Los Angelos, Cal., some time ago purchased 200 acres of land near Riverside at $200 an acre. Lately she sold it at an advauce which netted her a clear profit of £30,000. James Lick died in San Francisco ten years ago, leaving In the handsof trustees an estate of about £3,000,000, to be divided among various charitable and scientific so- cleties. The estate is yet unsettled, but the trustees have drawn over $100,000 in salaries, and have paid out nearly $200,000 in lawyer's fees. Gen. George A.Sheridan says he got more money for less actual service than any other man who ever served in congress. tie was not admitted to his seat until about three hours betore the expiration of his term, and he drew salary, mileage, etc., amounting to about $14,000. ~ He was also at one time the lucky holder of arloflice at Washington witha fat salary attadhed, and when asked what were his oilice hours, replied: *‘From 2 to 8 overy other ‘fuesday afternoon.” Jubiles Juggins Istlfe name of one of the most reckless betters on the English turf. He begun his sporting career a fow months ago with a fortune of £500,000 left him by his father, an ironmaster in the Midlands, Thou- sands ot it were llmfflell at the Derby, for the young man shines as the heaviest plunger in England. An intimate friend caleulates that the plugger, 1f his luck is not 00 bad, may last six months longer. AR U Gould 1s Like a Tramp. Washington Critic, Jay Gould is like the American tramp. He takes nearly every road he comes across. e How Adams Was Silenced. Detroit Journal. A few years ago one®f the stanchest crit- fes and assallants of the power ot railroad corporations was Charles Francis Adams, of Massachusetts. His papers, his utterances, were bold and scourging. He wus fearless in his attacks upon the rascally methods by which railroad wreckers and speculators ac- quired their fortunes. 'To spike his guns he was made president of the Union Pacific road. He has never fired a shot since. Victoria's Fifty Yecars' Reign. Philadelphia Press. Here is a concise summary of the effect of English misrule in Ireland during the relgn of Queen Victoria. " Died of famine, 1,225,000, Evicted by lanalords, 3,000,000, Emigrated to otner lands, 4,150,000, 1f the aim of the tory government has been to depopulate Ireland—to make a wilderness and call it peace—there can be no doubt of its success. e The Old Books, Andrew Lang. Deep in the past I peer and see A child upon the nursery floor, Holding a book upon his knee, Who asks, like Oliver, for more. ‘The number of his years is IV, And yet in letters hath he skill. How doeg he dived In fairy lore! ‘The books I loved, I love them still, One gitt the fairies gave me—three They commonly bestowed of yore— ‘The love of books, the golden key That onens the enchanted door; Behind It Bluebeard lurks, and o’er ts kill, '8 stored 'he books 1 loved, 1 love them still. ‘Take all, but leave my books to me! ‘I'hose heavy creels of old we love We tind not now, nor wander free, Nor wear the heart that once we wore, Not now each river seems to pour His water from the Muse’s bill; Thouzh something’s gone from stream and shore, ‘The books I loved, I loved them still, ———— STATE JOTTINGS, The asscssor’s rcturns of valucs in Plattsmouth shows a total of §820,340, an increase of $100,000 over last year. The Congregationalists ot Fremont chivped 1n last Sunday and wiped out a debt of $4,400 on their beautiful new church. The assessed valuation of Beatrice has reached the million point. The total is §1,114,801, an increage over last year of $178,353, “Rehable 1nfor Nemauha City that an eye on that tow! division station. The clam che! from the Crete '* hides cracked fr The pop valve wal corkserew. The threatened tween the sanita: and Colorado wi with an_eloquent odors. - Pitchforks rect thing, McCook’s wide ing ideas tequire two more bridges the Republican, That is about the size of the epidemic raging in _the democratic camp in this vicinity. The party would pay a lavish sum for even a foot-bridge over the re- publican. The Denver News says ‘it reminds one of the bond-voting era in Colorado, now hi P! , to read” of the jubilant by which the Missouri Paoific MVF ared a bonus of $125,000 in Hastings. ‘‘W Lien it comes to paying the interest on the bonds year after year the crowds will ?dn 1ill the streets, and like as not Hon. ames L. Laird will address them, on the old-time principle that ‘‘people are al- ways right,” M. F. Rhotte, & young man aineteen ears old, and » shoemaker by trade, liv- in Decatnr, fell desperately in love with Agnes Guthercole, a beautiful young girl of seventeen summers, the daughter of a well-to-do farmer living in the same ion” has reached Santa Fe road has a site for a freight s returned home " s0 full that their nternal pressure. 1d in position by a arantine duel be- ards of Nobraska loubtless fill the air icty of barnyard Ppaces is the cor- | well be dispensed with, L i e s DAY. JUNE 8. 1887, vicinity. The mother of Agnes died about a year ago, and upon her devolved the care of four younger children in the family. Mr. Gathercole had forbidden Rhode paying attention to his daughter, whose services in the family could not It is the same old chestnut. Gathercole sold his farm rocently and made proparation to return to England, his native country., This was too much for the lovers, and they ac- cordingly agreed upon flight. They started last Saturday, crossed the Missouri river and reached Sioux City with the old man in hot pursuit. With the assist- ance of the officers he hunted up the pair, flourishing a revolver dramatically. A compromise was finally eflected, the father to postpone his trip to England and the girl to remain at home for one year, when the marriage will take place. - THE LUTHERAN SYNOD. Another Day Spent in Legitimate Word and Thought. After a half hour spent in devotional services, under the leadership of Mr. J. H. Lyday, of Newton, Iowa, at 9:30 the business session opened with prayer by Rev. P. G. Bell, of Altoona, Pa. Rev. L. E. Albert, . D, treasurer of the Pastors’ Fund society, read his report showing that the fund had reccived from various sources, since the last roport, $4,504.49, $2,800 had been disbursed to beneficiaries of the fund, $6,600 are invested, and the balance on hand is $507.34. This benevo- lent society, while not entirely new, is yetn its infancy. Dr. Albert presented the claims of the aged and superanuated ministers, setting forth the importance of caring tor them. J. .}’ Douglas, W. H. Rumple, and A. C. Knollenberg were nppomked to audit the report. Prof. E. 8. Breidenbaugh moved to a point a commit to whom the resol tion on this subject, offered yesterday b Mr. Rice,of Baltimore, might be referred, the committee to report two '8 hence. Upon this resolution Mr. Rice addresed the synod, maintaining that the support of aged ministers is a duty of the church, and the acceptance of such aid is in no sense the receiving of charity. Rev. E. J. Wolf, D.D., spoke on the question as related to justice, takin, ground that ministers should be men. It was wrong to accept the theory that causes people to give discounts to preach- ers when they make purchases. The pas- tors do not raceive what is their due, and 1t is not right to attempt to make this up w!ilh a little charity toward the close of tife. Professor Breidenbaugh’s motion was unanimously adopted. The Parent Education society of the general synod then held its biennial meeting, Mr. ‘Theophilus H. Smith, pre- siding. Rev. A. W, Lilly, D.D., Rev. W H. Dunbar and Mr. C. 8. Weiser were ap- pointed to nominate officers. Rev, M. Valentine, D.D., treasurer, read his_report. George H. Helfrich, Robert Weidensaul and 5. Shaffer were appointed auditors. The old society which once conducted the work of aiding students for the min- istry in the Lutheran church, has been largely superseded by the beneficiary ed- ucation committee of the district synods, which annually expend many thousands of dollars in this way. The reports of the treasurers showed ©X nditures amounting to $1,405. table resolutions were adopted re- fering to the death of D. A. Buehler, of Gettysburg, Pa..for many years an oflicer of the society. Resolutions were adopted thanking the publication for their dona- tion of $1,000. Rev. J. D. Severinghaus moved that the society be instructed to use this money forthe support of Ger- man students in the theological semin- nrf at Chicago. This was referred to the executive com- mittee of the Parent Education society. The following were elected as oflicers of the society: President, Rev. E. Breiden- baugh; vice president, ‘I, H. Smith; ro- cordln%secretnry. C. A. Hay, D.D.; cor- responding secretary, Prof. L. H. Croll treasurer, Prof. E. S, Breidenbaugh; au ditor, Mr. Amos Eckert. Executive com mittee: E. J. Wolf, D.D., C. A. Ha D. D., Prof. Breidenbaugh, Prof. Croll Prof. Himes and Prof. Bikli, M, Val- entine, D. D, Rev. P, H. Hanson asked that $300 be used for the education of Scandinavian students. This was also referred to the executive committee. 3 ‘The business of the Historical societ; was then taken up, Rev. M. Shuleigl presiding. Rev, H. 8. Cook acted as secretary of this society. The Historical society is an organiza- tion within the general synod for the purpose of making a collection of all writings of Lutheran ministers, publica- tions, manuscripts and facts tending to throw hight on the history of the Luth- eran church in this country. The society has a valuable collection” of books and manuscript in the care of the Curator, Rev. Dr. Hay, at Gettysburg, Pa. Rev. 1. Springer, D. D., Rev E. H, Domblazer and Mr. J. A. Speelman wera appointed to nominate officers. Rev. Dr. V|; entine read the curator's report for Rev. Dr. Hay who was not present. A room has been fitted up for the library in the old theological seminary at Gettysburg by the liberality of a gen- tleman’in Baltimore who withholds ~his name. A donation of $500 from the pub- lication society made it possible to pur- chase. Dr. Sheeleigh's collections of American Lutheran publications and now the library contains the finest col- lections of the kind in the country. The following persons were elected as officers for the ensuing term of two ears: d President—Rev. J. G. Morris, D. D, Vige Presidents—Rev. M. Sheeleigh, B., Rev. 8. A. Ort, D). V., Rev. P. Fel . D. Corresponding Secretary—Rev. M. Val- entine, D. D. Recording Secretary—Rev. H. 8. Cook. Curator—Rev. C. A. Hay, D. D. Treasurer—Amos Eckert, Esq. On motion of Rev. H. D. Baugher, D, D., it was resolved to request Rov. Dr. s of Philadelphla, Rev. E. T. Horn of Charleston, S. C., Rev. Dr. Peipker of St. Lous, Rev. Prof. Schodde of Columbus, 0., Rev and Prof. W, H. Frick, of St. Peter, Minn., to act as corresponding members of this society. Resolutions were ndnvlwd thanks to Rev. Dr. Hay, the curator, for his labor 1n arranging the library of the society and for his courtesy in rendering assistance to all who seek information or desire to consult the library. Resolutions thanking the Publication s?‘mety for the gift of $500 referred to above, The regular business of the synod was resumed, and President Ort “took the chair. Messrs. J. W, Rice, C. Homrick house, Theophilus H. Smith, D. R. Hos- terman, C. 8. Weiser and Sylvester Shaf- fer, were appointed a committee to con- sider the subject of Mr. Rice's resolution for the appointment of a new board of support of aged ministers. The synod adjourned with Rev. H. Belmer, of Peabody, AFTERNOON SESSION. At 2 o'clock Rev. G. C, Cochel made the opening prayer. 2 Y ‘I'ne unfinished foreign missionary busi- ness was the special order for the first hour in the afternoon. On the motion to adopt the body of the report Rev. G. W. Miller asked for fur- ther particulars in the matter mentioned in the report where it is stated that Rev. C. Schnure had been discharged from the service of the board. Rev. Mr. Schnure is_still in Indis, and declined to return when he was ri led. Mr. Miller moved that this section of the report be referred toa ial commitiee of five, who shall hear statements of the members of the board and others, reporting at another time to the synod, supporting the motion D. ts, expressing rayer by Aansas. by the statement that the missionary who had been recalled was entitled to an op- portunity to let everyone know the rea- son, This was necessary, too, in ordet that the best 1nterests of the work of the board, Dr. Banm moved to amend by referring the subject back to the board that they may impart any further information on the subject if in their judgment it should seem proper. Rev' P, A. Heilman, of Denver, was acquainted with the whole subject, being an intimate friend of Rev. Mr. Sehuure, and he stood by the board, though he thought 1t would be best to appoiut the committee. S. D, Schmucker, board had no secrets. People scem to confound the recall of Mr. Schnure with another matter upon which 1t is not dependent, The decision of the matter pertaining to the character of another missionary will not affect the recall. The case of Mr. Schnure is this. Three years ago differences arose between the missionaries as to the distribution of the work, and we always found that Mr. and Mrs. Schnure were always on one side and all the rest of the missionaries, male and female, on the other. After repeated efforts we failed to ree- oncile this trouble and in order to do the properly it was favorably thought best to recall Mr. Schnure without censure. 1t was for the purpose of having harmony among our mission force, and we se- lected the one to recall because he was in the minority, and that course seemed right. We promised to provide for him here, but he was disobedient notwith- standing our forbearance, and refused to return. “He did come to America and ap- peared before the board, and after a fra. ternal conference told us that it would be impossibie to revive harmonious nc- tion between him and the rest of the missionaries. We ratified all his official actions up to date, and he promised to telegraph to his wife to turn over all mission property and come home. In consideration of ~ his promise we agrecd to pay his salary to date and bring his family home. He however went back to Indin, and remains there in deliance of m«h board and refuses to vacate the field, We did not think it best to publish all these facts, and hence gave no particu- lars in the report. Suppose it goes to a committee and they decide in favor of the board, the matter will stand just where it does now. Suppose it goes against the board, you will destroy the authority of the board, which is so necessary to the proper ad- ministration of the trust committed to them. No one man should stand in the way of the progress of our work in the India field, and no such a man must be with- drawn from that field. We cannot work that field with a divided force. Mr. Alex. Gebhart moved as a substi- tute that the action of the board be ap- proved, which was immediately and unanimously carried. The statement_that Rev. W. P. Swartz had returned without the knowledge of the board and expressing the hope that he would return soon, called forth eome inquiries as to whether the board ap- proved of his course. The answer was that the board had as yet taken no action. The resolution concerning the estab- lishment of the college nt Guntsor called out an eloquent address on the propriety of the establishment of such an institu- tion on the mission field from Rey. H. L. Baugher, D. D., professor in Pennsyl- vania coile)zc at Gettysburg. Tho resolu- tion, together with one appropriating $60,000 for the work of foreign missions during the next ten years. It was resolved that the undertaking of Rev. W. P. Swartz in publishing two maps of India showing the location of all the Lutheran mission stations in India. The unfinished church extension busi- ness was then taken up, and the resolu- tions considered, baginning with the fifth, conccminfi the employment of an agent to secure lots for church purposes Secretary Zimmerman said thut in view of the remarks yesterday charging that the board were pnfiinx too much money for the services they were receiving by secretaries and agents, he wished to state that at an expense of $63.50 per month salary and $14.50 for expenses for nine months, the speeial representative had collected on the ground $4,018, and by that means had obtained lots to the value of $8,000. Rev. Dr. Kuhns said that he had in an early day obtained eighty-seven lots. He fiot the idea from a railroad man twenty- ive years ago and had acted on 1t hefore the church extension board thought of it. Some of these lots are to-day worth thousands of dollars. Dr. Kuhns gave his experience in the work of securing these lots, some of which was quite amus- 25q., said that the ing. g(uv. Mr. Zimmerman called on the treasurer to tell how much it cost in two years for a special secretary. He ans- wered that the cost for salary was $2,625 and for expenses $088. Mr. Zimmerman went on tosay that the income of the board in the two years previous to the appointment of a paid secretary was about $28,000. The 1acome since the ap- pointment of & sccretnr‘y{ was more than double this amount. He only remained in the service of the church in this capac- ity because it seemed to be his dut: before God. ~The treasurer of the boar stated 4hat the secretary had recently re- ceived and declined an invitation to a church that would have paid him a large annual advance over what he was now receiving. The resolution was unanmimously adopted. The rest of the resolutions ap- pended to the church extension report were adopted, including the one appro- priating $35,000 annually for the next two years for church extension work. The entire report was adopted as a whole. Secretary Zimmerman presented the greetings of the Women’s Missionary So- ciety of the General Synod recently ir session at Wooster, Ohlo. The reecipts in two years were $2°,078.23, The following committees were an- pounced: To nominate Board of Foreign Missions —Reys. J. C. Kauffman, M. L. Beard, J. N. Morris, J. W. Swartz, C v, 8. G. Shannon, and Messrs. Sylvester Shaffer, Samuel Garver and E, D.” Miller, To nominate board of church exten- sion: Revs. J. C. Kohler, D.D., A, 8. Hartman, J. H. Menges, J. N. Kiefler, J. H. Zinn and Messrs. T, D, Altmun, J. H. Lydny. F. M. Easterday. The committees appointed to audit the reports of the treasurers of the board of foreign missions and church extension reported that they had found the accounts correet. Rev. W. P. Ruthrauff moved that the hymn book publishing committee be re- quested to publish a cheap edition of the Book of Worship, and to reduce the price of the Book of Worship with tunes. After hearing the report of the mileage committee, the synod adjourncd until Thursday morning at9 o'clock. Rev. Dr. Baum wade the closing prayer. EVENING SESSION, T he anniversary of the historical so- ciety occurred in the evenmf. Rev. M. Shceligh, D. D., presided. Rev. J. F. Hartman, of Ghent, N. Y., conducted the opening services, assisted by Rev. I W. Owen, of Hagerstown, Md. An address nad been prepared by Rev. Dr. Morris, of Baltimore, but he was unable to be pre- sent, the address was read by Rev. P. H. Miller, of Loveutsville, Va., who had been requested to do so by the author. Over fifty years ago when I wade the first list of books by our ministers 1 found less than lifty covering s period of 00 years, Now there are more than 50 each year. We have made great progress in that time in literary publication. When 1 entered the mlnl-tr;wthem were in tho country less thun ministers, now there ure 4,000. The address went on to en- umergte the increase in various ageucies, institutions of learning and - church buildings; everything is increasing excep! candidates for the ministry. It isclaimed that there are too many unemployed ministers but most of the men who are not in the work are either too old or too feeble to be efficient in the pastorai work. We should have a historical magazine. The address enumerated the proper con- ents of such a magazine and referred to the labors of the curator, Rev, Dr. Hay telling in detail what be had been doin, during the year past, and speaking o his courte N answering inquiries. ‘The gospel is preached in this country in eight languages, soon there will books and papers in each of these languages, furnishing a large amount of literature, Remarks were made com- mending the publication of parish papers for circulation in single congregations. All who write or own Lutheran books were entreated to donate them to the so- ciety. The society 18 not local or synod- ical but general and denominational. It belongs to the whole church and as such may and should be supported by us all, The address was brief and the entire ser- vice only occupied thirty minutes. The benediction was pronounced by Rev. F. W. Conrad, D. D._ This is the last of the anmversaries and the remaining eveng ings during the conyention will probably bo occupied in the transaction of busi- ness. After the adjournment the audience reo- paired to tho Sunday school room and spent an hour in social intercourse, hav- ing been tendered a reception by the the Young Peoples' association of the Rountze Memorial church. After refresh- ments were served pleasant addresses were_made by Rev. G. W.Enders, Rev. Dr. Baugher, Rev, 5. B. Barnitz, the pastor of the United Presbyterian church in_this_city, Mr. Robert Weiden- sall and Rev. Dr. Kuhn, The company dispersed a few minutes after 10 o'clock. ‘The Omaha board of trade has ox- tended an invitation to the members of the general synod to take a ride around the city on the belt line. A committee, ting of Robert Weidensall and ev. Sylvanus Stall, was appointed to re- port on the time for the acceptance of this invitation, The hospitality of the pepole of the different cities of Nebraska 1s 50 generouf that the synod will searcely haye time to accept all that is offered. To-dny the members of the synod all go to Lincoln and Beatrice on a special train provided bY those cities. The day will be spent in inspecting these places and enjoying the hospitahity of their citizens, ‘The excursionists “will leave the B. & M. railroad station at 7:30 a. m., returning, as Rev. Mr. Detweiler an- nounced, in the “cool of the day."’ The Rocky Mountain Excursion. Thirty-one persons have signified their intention of going to Denver and other points of interest in Colorado, startin at 11 a, m. the day after the final ad- journment of the general synod, The party will go by the Union Pacific road, some of them returning to Kansas City and others to Omaha by way of Chey- enne. 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