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2 TILLMAN ANGRY, HILL SARCASTIC, Fiery Talk of the South Carolinan Causes a Sneer. WARSHIPS AND POLITICS Sensational Turn Taken During the Appropriation Argument in the Senate. “ALL DECENCY OVERRIDDEN.” Denun.ciation of Cleveiand and Car. lisle.Followed by a ‘Prediction of Disaster. WASHINGTON, -D. C.,, May. 1..—The session of the Senate to-day was enlivened by two characteristic speeches—a fiery and impetuous one by Tillman of South’ Caro- lins and a temperate'and suggestive one by Hill. of Néw York. Tillman—wearing in his necktie an emblem of his last speech in the Senate, a miniature gold pitchfork— strode up and.down in the rear of the back seats on the Democratic side of the chamber gesticulating forcibly and in- veighing against thé President, the Becretary of the Treasury and the bankers and money-lenders “of Wall street and threatening the withdrawa: of his State from the Democratic column-if the Chicago convention® should not declare in ‘favor of free silver at 16 to 1. Hill's. reply tc him -was dignified, but sarcastic. He, too, spoke of the Chicago convention; declared that he did not be- lieve that Cleveland was a candidate for the nomination; said that he: was not pledged to him or to any member of his Cabinet; eulogized Carlisle for his public services, while criticizing him for his in- terference against the re-election of Sena- tor Blackburn; and closed a long speech _by -declaring that the policy of the Demo- cratic party should be in essentials unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, . charity. 2 Before the speech-making began a vote was taken on Gorman’s motion to reduce the number of battle-ships provided for in the bill from four to two (a reduction of © $7,500,000 in expenditures) and it was agreed to—ayes 31, noes 27. Another vote was taken on a motion by Allen of Nebraska to strike out the aporo- priation for the two battle-ships, but there were only thirteen Senators in favor of that proposition. An emendment was offered by Chandler of New Hampshire appropriating $4,000,000 for twenty torpedo-boats and for torpedo- boat destroyers, but a vote was not reached upon it. It was agreed, however, that the final vote on the naval appropriation bill shall be "taken before adjournment to- morrow. The Senate bill appropriating $75,000 to carry into effect ‘the stipulations of the treaty of Washington of February 8, 1896, between the United States and Great Britain as’ to seizures of Canadian sealing vessels, was reported by Sherman (R.) of Ohio, chairman of the - Committee on Foreign Relations, and passed. Butler (Pop.) of ‘North Carolina intro- duced a bill to make .the Mexican silver dollar, the Japanese yén and the trade dollar-equal in value to "the standard dol- lar'of the United States and a full legal tender to any amount forall debts and demands, -public or private, and he made an argument in support of it. -The bill was referred to the Finance Committee. The House bill for the disposal of public reservations in vacated townsite or addi- tions to the townsites in the Territory of Oklahoma was passed. After the passage of several private bills the naval appropriation bill was taken up, the question being on the amendment of. fered by Gorman (D.) of Maryland to re- duce the number of battle-ships provided for in the bill from four to two. This is the amendment which has been in contro- versy for the last three days, Withoutfur- ther aiscussion the vote was taken and the amendment was agreed to—ayes 31, noes 27. The vote in detail was as fol- lows: Ayes— Allen, Baker,Bate, Berry, Blanch- ard, Butler, . Chilton, - Gallinger, George, Gorman, Hill, Jones of Arkansas, Kyle, Mills, Mitchell of Wisconsin, Nelson, Pasco, Peffer, Pettigrew, Pritchard, Pugh, Roach, Sherman, Turpie, Vest, Vilas, ‘Walthall, Warren, White, Wiison, Wol- cott—31. i Noes—Bacon, Blackburn, Brown, Can- non, Carter, Clark, Daniel, Davis, Faulk- ner, Frye, Gear, Gibson, Hawley, Irby, Lodge, McBride, 'McMillan, Mantle, Mitchell of Oregon, Perkins, Platt, Quay, Sewell, Sboup, Squire, Stewart, Telter—27., Allen (Pop.) of Nebraska offered an amendment striking out the item for the two battle-ships (seven and a half million dollars). The vote was taken without dis- cussion and tlfé amendment was disagreed to—ayes 13, noes 44. The Senators voting aye were: Allen, Berry, Chilton, George, Jones of Arkansas, Kyle, Pasco, Peffer, Pettigrew, Roach, Vest, Vilas and Walt- hall. Gorman voted “no.” ' Chandler(R.) of New Hampshire moved to insert an iterz appropriating $4,500,000 for torpedo-gunboats and torpedo boat destroyers with a minimum speed of thirty knots and for thirty boats with a minimum speed of twenty-six knots. At the suggestion of Hale (R.) of Maine Chandler modified the amendment by re- ducing the number to twenty and the amount to $4,000,000. _ Perkins (R.) of California argued that the provision already in the bill for- thir- teen torpedo-boats was amply sufficient. Tillman (D.) of South Carolina admitted the wisdom of the proverb, “In time of peace prepare for war,” but he believed there was no danger of war “unless. the United States, in pure cussedness, pro- voked some eountry to a quarrel.” Leaving the question of ships, he pro- ceeded to criticize one of the speeches made some time ago by Hill (D.) of New York in gefense of. the administration in issuing bonds. He characterized® Hill’s argument on that point as “the tyrant's plea of necessity."” “With the representatives of the people in session,” he continued, “‘the President overrides all decency; overrides the will of his own party and accomplishes by in- direction what he has not authority to do directly.” 5 . A spirited and somewhat amusing col- loquy took place between Tillman and Hill. Tillman declared on behalf of the agricultural classes that they would re- pudiate both the principal and interest of the bonds recently issued. 5 “And if not,” Hill said with sarcasm, “we will have bloodshed I suppose.” “You can force the bloodshed,” Tillman shouted excitedly. ‘I tell you that weare desperate.” “That is very evident,” Hill interposed with a sneer. - “Yes,” Tillman retorted, “and before it is done with we will make somebody else desperate, my friend. I know whereof I speak. There is a greater feeling in the States west of the Mississippi against the bondholding people of New York and the East than there ever was against the peo- ple of the South., To paraphrase the re- mark of Charles Sumner, ‘gold monomet- allisth is sectional; free silyer is Na- tional.”"" Tillman went on to contrast the two Democratic leaders—Calhoun and Cleve- land—and said that Calhoun stood up for the people, while Cleveland was the ex- emplar and tool of the money classes and represented only the almighty dollar. He sneered at Mr. Cleveland’s veto of small pension bills while he *‘turned over $10,- 000,000 to one Jew. [Laughter.] Tillman declared that Mr. Cleveland had no finan- cial policy except of Senator Sherman, and said that Secretary Carlisle and Sena- tor Sherman had. exactly the same no- tions. . Whenever bhe mentioned Carlisle he meant Sherman, for they were inter- changeable, except that the one was hon- est to his friends, the bankers, while the other had proved treacherous to bis party. He quoted some extracts from Carlisle’s recent speech in Chicago ana from Secre- tory Herbert's speech yesterday in Cleve- land, made, Tillman said contemptuously, *‘to some commercial combination; to some bond-clippers,” If silver coinage were established by Congress, he said, when he got on an- other tack, ‘“‘there would be an effort by the shylocks to foreclose their mortgages and thus reap the fruits of their roguery. They are now swallowing us by degrees, and I would prefer to be swallowed at once, like Jonah, and be done with it.” [Laughter.] “But where is it going to end? Ican see what is coming. I may beone of those Cassandras wbo see what is going to hap- pen, although nobody else will sing in Greek over what they say. It hasbeen the historv of the world that the oppressors never see anything. Belshazzar never saw anything; Nero never took warning. “They go relentlessly and blindly for- ward to their doom. The.only consolation I have got is that I hope and believe there 15 a God in heaven who has some regard for this country. We need other things besides a rectification of our finances. We need the purification of our official life. We need a constitutional convention to take new guaraniees and to tie up the bands of tyrants and thieves who now govern the country.’ Continuing in this style of speech, Till- man referred again to Senator Hill as ““my friond from New York, whom I dearly love,” [shouts of laughter] and said that Hill had labeled him, as the newspapers also did, as a Populist. He had no fault to tind with the word *‘Populist.” It meant the greatest good for the greatest number. It meant the rule of the major- ity. It meant local self-government; it meant, in short, the principles of Jefferson and Jackson. “The Senator from New York had de- parted from that faith and prated for hat money. “had the slightest idea that the Democrats would win in the next election. On the one side were Cleveland and Carlisle and Bherman, and on the other side were Jackson, Jefferson and Lincoln. “The Senator from New York,"” Tillman continued, ‘‘asked me what I was going to do with South Carolina at Chicago. I will say this to him: 1 expect to go to Chicago as a delegate to the National Convention. I expectto do my level best as a Democrat to keep my party back out of the woods of Republicanism and to throw off all the slough and rottenness that it has accumulated during the last three years." But if boodle is to win at Chicago, then I am willing to take my hat and bid the Senator from New York and all like him a long farewell.” This sentence was delivered in such a ludicrous manner as to provoke a general laugh throughout the chamber. “As to where I will go,” Tillman con- tinued, “I do not know. I will not go to Populism; but Popalism is simply an ex- pression of wrath and anger on the part of the disgusted Democrats and disgusted Republicans. The Populists were in error at the last Presidenticl election; they spattered themselves on the wall, [Laughter.] “Those of us Democrats who have not been debauched or who don’t allow gold to-control us will iine up somewhere, but will not be. after the election, under the gold standard. If we don’t get a recogni- tion of silver at the Chicago convention, Then the Democratic party is dead and gone forever. A new party will spring into existence. If we cannot beat you this time, we will serve notice on you that we will haye America for Americans and ‘to hell with Great Britain and the Totries.’ [Laughter.] If wedon’t beat you in 1896 we will interest you in 1900.” Hill (D.) of New York spoke of Till- man’s speech as a remargable perform- ance, which did not call for any special re- ply from him. It would have been wiser, perhaps, when that Benator gave to the Senate and to the country the spectacle which he did the last time he spoke never to allude to anything he said. Possibly he (Hill) erred to-day in noticing some of his suggestions. The Senator from South Carolina had not wholly addressed Lis re- marks to the appropriation bill, but had spoken of the finances, of the bond issues and of the bond investigation, and had finally wound up by forming a new party *‘all by himself and South Carolina.” [Laughter.] ‘With much that he had said he (Hill) had concern. To his criticisms of the ad- ministration he did not propose to reply. He had (as the Senate and the country knew) little in common with the present administration. He had not been the re- cipient of its patronage or favors, There- fore, he did not propose to notice except briefly some 6f the gratuitous, uncalled for and undignified remarks of his “friend from South Carolina who loved him.” [Laughter and applause.] If his friend, he added, was not on the straight road which led to Populism he was on the straight road to some other place. > He did not know exactly what his friend meant when he spoke about the Popalists “spattering the walls,”” but he had said that he was not going to the Populists, He would hold his friend from South Carolina to that promise. He (Hill) was not going to prophesy in these troublous political times. ~ “We are changing rapidly,” he con- tinued, “day by day. The present politi- cal campaign is unprecedented in both parties. There has been a cyclone sweep. ing through the country in Republican circles, which all its leading statesmen have been unable to check. “A nomination is likely to ocour— No one,” Tillmsn continued; ' THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1896. strengthened by the events of the last few days—which six weeks ago no one could foretell, Changes are likely to occur re- peatedly. Even they are likely to occur in the Democratic party which may change the present situation. I therefore decline to make a prediction. ButI say to my friend from South Carolina, if he has that love for Jefferson and Jackson that he professes, that I hope he will haveno oc- casion to leave a party which he bas served well in the past. “I do not vropose at this time (because I hope to have the opportunity in the sweet by and by) to discuss.the bond résolution, Then I can express my views fully on the great question involved—the, tremendous, momentous question—as t!: whether we shall have a Senatonal investi- gation of the bond issues of the Govern- ment by the present administration.” Hill went on to speak of the regular Democracy of the State of New York, ang said that it would mpt be charged with.re- sponsibility for the nomination of Mr. Cleveland in 1892. “T recollect,” said he, ‘‘that State after State.in the South instructed their dele- gates for free silver and Grover Clevelal?d. They have not got free silver; but (with sarcasm) they got Mr. Cleveland. [General laughter.] The regular Democracy of New York protested against it; but after the nomination was made, loyal Demo- crats as they are, they went back and I joined them -in giving New York again to the Democratic column. And, sir, no matter what might be in store for us in the next campaign, come victory or defeat, come sunshine or shadow, come weal or woe, I will ‘be found again in behalf of whoever may be the Democratic' candi- date—and in behalf of whatever may be the National Democratic platform. [Ap- plause.] From this point and for two hours longer the discussion continued in the same excited style, Tillman very frequent- ly breaking in with his caustic remarks and Hill retorting in kind. At last the presiding officer (Frye) insysted on the ob- servance of the rule that a.Senator who desired to interrupt should first address the chair. Tillman promised that he would comply with the rules, but Hill had not gone on another minute before Tillman again broke in—to the great amusement of the Senators and audience. Soon afterward Stewart (Pop.) of Ne- vada desired to ask a question, but Hill | told him he would have to draw the line upon him, and said that he would discuss the bond question with him when the bond resolution came up. “You never will discuss it with me,” said Stewart. *‘You dare not.” Further on Tillman made a remark as to Hill joining the Republican party. “If youdo not go to the Populist party.” Hill retorted, “until I go to the Republi- cans you will never get there. You could not kick either of us out of the Demo- cratic party.” Another remark interposed by Tillman was: “The member for Ohio (Sherman) wants toe keep the greenbacks in the treasury; Mr. Cleveland wants to pay them off and burn them. Therefore the Senator from Ohio is a better Democrat than Cleyeland, and he is a better Demo- crat than you (Hill), I believe. [Laughter]. “The Senator from Bouth Carolina,” Hill replied, “is defending, as I under- stand him, the Democracy of Sherman.” “Yes, as compared witu yours,” Till- man snapped back. “There is where I wanted to get you,” Hill said in a tone of triumph. “The Democratic pazty never was a. greenback PRI At this point Hill noticed that Stewart (Pop.) of Nevada was whispering some- thing to Tillman, and remarked ironically that he supposed Stewart was whispering some Democratic ideas. Stewart offerad to state what he had been whispering and went on: *“I said, and I repeat here— *‘Oh, don’t repeat it,” Hill begged, and there wasa general langh. But Stewart went on at some length, which caused Hill to break in again with, “You did not whisper all that, did you?” {Laughter.] Speaking of the Chicago Convention Hill saia: “I will go there with my party. I will go there expecting to speak my sen- timents and to abide by the result when the convention shall be ended.” Then he said in another connection: “While we are washing Democratic linen we might as well wash it out.” In connection with the Chicago conven- tion, he added: “Iam not pledged either to the head of this administration or to any member of it who may be a candidate for public position. While the Becretary of the Treasury is an able, thoroughly honest and competent man, and one who has reflected honor on the section of coun- try which he represents, I think he made a mistake In his contest before the Ken- tucky Legislature against the re-election of Senator Blackburn, who was the nomi- nee of his party caucus.” Allen (Pop.) of Nebraska got into the discussion, Hill remarking that he knew that Allen could not be kept out of it. In reply to a remark of Allen’s, Hill said something as to the free silver question and added that he paused for a reply. The pause was not long, for instantly Tillman answered the question, saying: “I want 16 to 1 or ‘bust.’ “My friend will bust, then,” Hill calmly replied. Hill alluded to Tillman’s atiack upon the President because, he said, he had ve- toea pension bills for some deserters and tramps, and he added: “In my humble judgment he is not a candidate for re-elec- tion. Why trouble ourselves in regard to him? Let us prepare for the conflict against our common enemy. Letus not quarrel among ourseives. We should pur- sue this policy: ‘In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, char- ity Hill closed his speech with these words amid applause: Thedebate had lasted the whole day and up t0 5:30. Hale (R.) of Maine, in charge of the bill, suggested that the session be continued until 7 o’clock, or there be an evening session; but he accepted a counter offer by Gorman that the final vote on the naval appropriation bill shall be taken be- fore adjournment to-morrow, and with that understanding the Senate, at 5:45, ad- journed until to-morrow. Revolt Among the Boys. NEW YORK, N. Y., May 1L.—A revolt took place yesterday among the boys in the House of Refuge on Randalls Island. A _boy named Berlin, 18 vears old, at- tacked one of the gllll’dl with a knife, and ‘he and several of his friends, armed with knives and baseball bats, defied the au- thorities. It was only after several shots had been fired over their heads that they yielded. —_— Death of Colonel Bliss. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 1.—Colonel Alexander Bliss, stepson of the late George Bancroft, the historian, wnose Sec- retary of Legation he was while Bancroft was Minister to Germany, died to-day in his sixty-ninth year. —— Warships Are Coming. HONOLULU, Hawax, April 23 (per Mi- owera, via Victoria, B. C.)—The United BANKRUPTCY BILL BEFORE THE HOUSE Defeat of an Attempt to Ex- empt Corporations From the Law. TALE ON THE MEASURE. Involfiutary Provisions Are Ob- jected To by Stone of Penn- sylvania. MACHINERY FOR COLLECTIONS, Practical Defeat of the Proposed Ad- mission of a Delegation From Alaska. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 1.—Most of the session of “the House to-day was occu- pied in discussing under the five-minute rule and in committee of the whole the section of the bankruptcy bill reciting the causes for which proceedings may be be- gun againsta debtor. Two amendments were proposed, one by W. A. Stone (R.) of Pennsylvania, abolishing altogether the involuntary feature, and one by Broderick (Pop.) of Kansas limiting to three causes, all criminal or fraudulentin their nature, for proceeding against a debtor. The propositions were pending when the House at 5 o’ciock under the rules took a recess until 8 o’clock, the evening session to be for the consideration of pri- vate pension bills. By a vote of 39 to 32 the committee re- fused to take corporationsout of the opera- tion of the bili. The bill to give Alaska a deiegation in Congress was discussed briefly, and by a vote of 60 to 44 the House voted against the engrossment of the measure—a prac- tical defeat. A bill was passed to admit free of duty articles of foreign manufaciure intended for exhibition at the Nashville Exposition in 1897 and to admit persons engaged to care for the exhibits. Elections Committee No. 3 reported this morning to the House thatJohn L. McLau- rin was entitled to his seat from the Sixth District of South Carolina and George W. Murray (colored) was entitled to his seat from the First SBouth Carolina District. The first report was agreed to. In Murray’s case, the minority of the committee was given ieave to file their views and the case went to the calendar. Scranton (R.) of Pennsylvania called up the bill authorizing the election of a dele- gate to Congress from Alaska, reported from the Committee on Territories. Scran- ton said the Committee on Territories had agreed that the admission of a delegate was the best thing that could be done for the people of the Territory and had recom- mended the passage of the bill in a report, part of which he read. Perkins (R.) of Jowa opposed the bill, which was amendsd so as to provide for the election of the first delegate to the Fiity-fiith Congress, and then by a vote of 44 to 66 the House refused to orderittoa third reading. The House then went into committee of the whole to consider the bankruptey bill, general debate baving been closed the bill was read for umendment under the five- minute rule. An unsuccessful effort was made to arnend the first section, on mo- tion by Miifer (.) of Kansas, by striking “corporations” out of the bill. It wasde- feated by the close vote of 39 to 32, Most of the remaining portion of the time was given over to a discussion of the section reciting the causes for which the bankruptey proceedings may be insti- tuted, the question at issue being the mo- tion made by W. A. Stone (R.) of Penn- sylvania to strike out the involuntary feature of the bill. The generally ex- pressed objection to it was that it created a machinery for the collection of debt and that, it was contended, was not a good or wise thing to do. Broderick (R.) of Kansas oftered a sub- stitute for the involuntary provisions of the sections establishing three causes for involuntary proceedings instead of the nine named in the bill. Closing the debate on the two proposi- tions, Henderson, who reported the bill, deprecated the attitude taken by several of the speakers who represented Western dis- tricts asserting that the people of that sec- tion wanted no advantage over those of any other section. There was nothing partisan nor sectional in the bill, and he hoped it would be considered in that spirit by all who discussed it. Referring to a telegram read by Wood (R.) of Illinois from several merchants in Terre Haute, asking him to oppose the passage of the bili, Henderson said he had received this matter from a distinguished citizen of that State, from which he read this statement: “I think the impression that some of our Western boards of trade had upon the bankruptey question was that by reason of the nearness of our merchants to their customers they had an advan with the failing debtor over the distant creditor and that this wounld be sur- rendered under a bankrupteybill. it teems to me to be a uhomigh‘d view of the question. “That is from no less a distinguished person than ex-President Harrison,” con- tinued Henderson, “who always and everywhere, whether as President or private citizen, stands for the whole American people.” [Applause.] Without disposing of either proposition the committee rose and at 5 o’clock, under the rules of the House, took a recess until 8 o’clock. Among the bills ordered to be favorably reported to the House at the evening ses- sion was one increasing the pension of the widow of General W. H. Enochs, a mem- ber of the Fifty-first Congress, to $50 a month; one increasing to the same amount the pension of the widow of Benjamin L. Beall, late colonel of United States cavalry, and one granting a pension of $17 a wonth to Ada A. Schwatka, widow of the late Lieutenant Frederick Schwatka, the famous Arctic travel NO LONGER 4 PRIEST. S0 Mr. Dillon Will Go Into the Station- ery Business. AKRON, Omro, May 1. — Ex- Priest George Francis Dillon of Pittsburg, Pa., with his brother, is in this city, where he States gunboat Bennington sailed yester- day for San Francisco. The U. 8. 8, Con- cord sails this afternoon for the same port. \ will open a stationery-store. Dillon was for several years priest oi St. Thomas’ Church in Braddock, Pa., in which town he v.g“u‘ifl" l:on Cecelia ’)i‘%noun, a pre egraph operator. ey were much taken with aasl: other and {ut No- vember were secretly married. In December Dillon was transferred to 8t. Bridget’s Church in Pittsburg., Two weeks ago he fell ill and was taken toa Catholic' hospital. Miss Donovan at- | tempted to gain admission to the patient, but was refused, whereupon she presented ber marriage certificate and triumphantly gained her point. When the facts be- came- known Dillon was dismissed from his priesthood and came to Akron. s i REGULATING CONTEMPY caSES. Hill Reports a Substitute From the Ju- diciary Commiit, WASHINGTON, D. C., May ‘.—In the Senate yesterday Hill, from the Commit- tee on Judiciary, favorably feported:n substitute bill for that before the commijt- tee relating to contempvu.of court growing out of the Debgfcase. The bill defines direct contempt#as those committed daur- ing the .m?,éf acourt or of a jddge at chambers in its presence or g0 near as to obstruct the'administration of j others are,indirect contempts. * 1 tempts apb made summarily without writ- ten accueation. 5 Upon the return of any process showing any son to be guilty of indirect con- tempt, itdg provided that a writ of attach- ment may“issue and’ such person be brought before- the court. A written ac- cusation setting forth all the facts clearly’ must be filed and the accused required to answer thereto. After such answer or refusal to answer, the writ may proceed at the time fixed to hear testimony and determine such accu- sation. Upon the application of the ac- cused in the discretion of the court a trial by jury may be granted. Provision isalso mufie ior the exceptions and review upon direct appeal to or by writ of error from the Supreme Court. BRAVE STAND OF WOMEN Determined to Remain as Dele- gates to the M. E. General Conference. stice; all irect con- Preparatory Steps Taken to Elevate Colored Clergymen in the Episcopacy. CLEVELAND, Onro, May 1.—The Gen- eralC onference of the Methodist Episcopal church, to remain in session for a month, was called to order in the Central Armory this morning at 9 o’clock. Bishop Bowman, the oldest Methodist Bishop, opened with brief devotional exercises. The roll was called and the delegates recognized and seated. The usual com- mittees were then appointed. There are four accredited women dele- gates to the conference. Their admission will cause one of the hottest fights ever waged in the conference. The woman question came up immediately after the appointment of the committees, and the battle then began. The woman question was first breached during the rollcall. When the name of Lydia A. Trimble was called, the oppo- nents of the admission of women made their opposition and moved that the name be taken from the rolls until it was ascer- tained whether the person named wes a member of the conference or not. Bishop Bowmzn refused to entertain the motion on the ground that the conference was not yet organized. The announce- ment was greeted with applause by the champions of the women’s cause. The Rev. Dr. Monroe was elected secretary. The woman question was precipitaled by the Rev. Dr. Buckley of New York, who read a challenge signed by promrinent opponents of women. It gave twelve reasons why women should not be recognized, prominent among them being the refusal of previous conferences to recognize them. 1t was moved that a committee on eligi- bility be appointed to determine the eligi- bility of the four women delegates and that the committee report Monday morn- ing. At to-night’s session the principal sub- ject discnssed was the negro claim to rep- resentation in the episcopacy. Although no official action was taken, it may be stated with ceriainty that an assistant bishop to ‘thogoraylnr of America will be appointed m the African M. E. Chureh, and that 1n addition to his duties in Africa, he will have partial jurisdiction in the Southerh Statesof the Union. This will be the paratory step to the eleva- tion of a colored clergyman to.a full seat | in the episcopacy. = e Village Scld at Auction. ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 1.—The village of Naylor, Ripley County, Mo., was sold at public auction yesterday by United States Marshal Lynch to satisfy Eastern credis- ors, whose claims ageregated $60,000. The vroperty sold was 7000 acres of land, $7000 worth of merchandise, $2000 worth of eat- tle, $17,900 worth of lumber and several store buildings and fifteen dwelling-houses. The successful bidder was an agent for the Horton Land Company, owners of the property. Serss s — The Government Defloit. WASHINGTON D. C., May 1.—Official Treasury figures made public to-day make the Government deficit for the ten months of the fiscal year to date $23,455,590. As compared with the corresponding months of 1895 the receipts show an increase of $14,000.000 and the expenditures a decrease ALL THE FACTS ARE AWAITED, Snap Judgment Will Not Be Taken Regarding Venezuela. RECORDS ARE VERIFIED, Delay Caused in the Translation of Copies of Old Spanish Archives. AGENTS MUST BE SENT ABROAD Meanwhile There Is- No Ground for the Rumors Relatiog to a Settlement, WASHINGTON, D. C. May 1.—Mis information as to the Venezuelan: Com- mission multiplies on both sides of the Atlantic. The latest developed 1dea, that the work of the Venezuelan Commission is being delayed through the influence of the United States administration in order that it may carry out some undefined plan of settiing the boundary dispute by diplo- matic negotiations, thus avoiding any sharply defined decision on the contro- versy such as the commission was in- structed to make, appears to be as wholly unsubstantiated as many previeus rumors on the same subject. Noris there any firmer foundation for the guess that the trend of opinion in the commission is adverse to Great Britain. The administration has never interfered in the least with the progress made by the commission in developing evidence upon tke disputed boundary and a definite quietus put upon the rumor that Secretary Olney has been able to threaten Lord Salis- bury with a decision favorable to Venezue- la by the declaration of members of the commission that up to this time much of the British contention has not been suc- cessfully attacked by Venezuela, the latter’s claim in turn having been unsuc- cessful. The sole delay that is now annoying the commission results from the slowness with which the Venezuelan copies of Spanish archives are being translated and the consequent loss of time which will be involved in sending an agent to Madrid and Seville to verify the accuracy of all quotations submitted by both contest ants. The lease as far asthe Dutch re- cords are concerned is practically com- vlete, except in its verification, and these broadly combat Venezuela’s claim to any considerable possession as the heir of S pain east of the Orinoco River above its mouth. From an authentic source it is also learned that no unimpeachable evi- dence has yet been forthcoming to sustain any Venezuelan claim east of the Pome- roon River at the coast, as well as to large areas in the basin of the Cuyuni and other western tributaries of the Essequibo. These, however, may be subsequently presented, the Venezuelan case being con- cededly incomplete at present, and the agents of the country are still engaged in preparing documents bearing on the in- terior possessions of Spain when Dutch colonial encroachments were being re- sisted. Iv is estimated that by no possibility can the report of the commission be pre- pared in less than a month after all the possible evidence has been collected and the Commissioners,who are without e xcep- tion making efforts to complete their labors, have no idea that the case will be conditioned for final consideration for an- other month. In the meantime the Com missioners are neither informed. of any diplomatic nego- tiations to render their work superfluons nor have they intimated in any manner, directly or indirectly, to Secretary Olney or to any other person that their decision would be unfavorable to either one of the parties in controversy. This for the sim- ple reason that like all judges they are waiting for a complete presentment of facts. LILLIAN LOSES HER VOICE. It Is Feared That the Talented Miss Russell Will Have to Quit the Stage. NEW YORK, N. Y., May 1l—Lillian Russeil, the prima aonna, disappointed 1000 persons in the Columbia Theater, Brooklyn, last night by her inability to sing in *La Perichole.” It was thesecond time in one week that the voice of the zctress has given out, and among those who have watched her career it is feared that Miss Russell’s voice has left her per- manently. of nearly $7,000,000. On last Monday Miss Russell made her NEW TO-DAY. Apollinaris NATURAL MINERAL WATER. MALICIOUS STATEMENTS having been disseminated - ‘that the APOLLINARIS WATER offered for sale in San Francisco is not the Natural product of the APOLLINARIS SPRING in GERMANY, notice is hereby given that every arrival of APOLLINARIS WATER is accompanied by a - CERTIFICATE from the Proprietors of the APOLLINARIS SPRING stating that the shipment consists of Apollinaris Natural Mineral Water, bottled at the Apollinaris Spring near Neuenahr, Rhenish Prussia. 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The curtain was raised at the usual hour and the prima donna tripped upon the stage as if she were equal to any emer- gency. When the time came for herto sing she began beautifully, but in a few moments there was a silence broken only by the orchestra. The musical director looked at the singer. The audience looked on, not knowing what it meant. There was a look of astonishment “on the face of Miss Russell. The curtain was dropped and the manager appeared. He announced that Miss Russell’s voice had given out and that she would be unable to smng. The audience got their money at the box office. When seen by a reporter she said her inablity to sing was only temporary and that she did not intend to leave the stage. “My vocal chords refused to respond to- night,” she said, “and for that reason I was unable to utier a high note. Iwas hoarse from the work ‘that I have been doing for. the last ten days, singing sev- eral different operas. I will not retire. The trouble is merely temporary. 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