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that every praiaie 'farmer knows as the dread forerunner of the cyclone, would be heard. Another instant and the storm would have struck, and then all was ¢chaos. Those who heard it early saved themselves in some cases by geiting into their celfars orcaves. In other places whole, families were killed or seriously wounded and their property destroyed. A typical bit of destruction was at the Bailey home, northwest of \Bondurant. There were in the house mne&ople, four of them were killed and the t injured so badly that it is doubtful if any of them will recover. The house was on a hill, high above the surrounding country, and the funnel dipped down 1nto it. House, barns, outbuildings and groves were destroyed alike. Two minutes after the storm struck there wes no trace of the house save the cellar, and in it were piled the chimney and stove and Lalf the furni- ture. The house was torn to pieces; the boards into splinters. They were scattered s0 far that no trace of them can be found save here and there for a mile pieces of broten lumber. This was a freak of the storm. At some places it would twist trees or uproot them. At the Bailey place the members of the family were blown a con- siderable distance. The bodies of the vic- tims were found in the fields, where were also distributed the bodies of a dozen horses, two score of cattle and about 100 hogs that had occupied ‘the barns and other buildings—every animal dead. This was the experience of the fated home of Peter Bolenbaugh s mile further west. What happened will never be known. Noonelivesto tell of it. Mr.and Mrs. Bolenbaugh occupied the home with a little boy. The house was razed so com- pletely that no sign of it can now be seen; the three inmates were killed. Mr. Bolen- baugh had both arms broken, his head crushed in, one leg and several ribs in- jured and his neck and jaw broken. The boy und women were as badly hurt. They were not found till 2 o'clock in the morn- ing. Houses unroofed and barnsdesiroyed, groves ruined and people killed were mere incidents along the path of the funnel. At Valeria where the worst damage was done the storm struck first the house of Charles Phelan, a wealthy farmer, on the edge of town. There were five in the house killed, two or three others with probably fatal injuries. One of the daughters heard the roar and got up to rouse theothers. She stepped into an upper roomn. Before she couid call to them the storm was around the house. She was pulled out of her room through an open window and carried back in the face of the storm about 100 feet, where she was left on the ground unhurt. She started to the house, to see it crumble to splinters before her eyes. With it went the barns and sheds around, and in an- other instant there was the most awful scene of destruction that the storm left in its wake. F.ve in the family were killed; their bodies were found in the plowed fields, where they were in fearfully muti- lated conditions and plastered with mud. Around them were the bodies of horses and hogs and cartle. At Valeria the depot of the. Chicago Great Western road was wrecked. The wires were torn down from that place to Bondurant, and j storm did the most remarkable piece of work. Just near the town the railroad goes over a grade. The track for 100 feet was torn up and scattersd, rails, ties and all. Half a dozen rails were broken inio pieces. At Valeria, the Methodist and Catholic churches were totally wrecked. About a dozen of the business houses were blown to pieces or partly wrecked. A large part of the population want into the cyclone cave and got in its shelter afew secends before the storm struck. The storm spent itself about three miles northeast of this place, but notuntil it had killed one child at the home of Douglas Akin and fatally hurt another, wrecked the home of Solomon Dickey and probably fatally hurt Mr. Dickey and his sisters, Martha Dickey and Mrs. ¥rank Shale, The hom® of William Osborne, in the same neighborhood, was destroyed and four members of the family were fearfully hurt. Itislearned thattwo of them will die. As nearly a complete list of the aead as could be had is as follows: James Max- well, struck by lightning horth of Bondu- rant; Mrs. Robert Bailey, aged 60; Lizzie Bailey, aged 19; Joe Baiiey, aged 22; John Bailey, aged 20; Mary Bailey, aged 18; Peter Bolenbauch, aged 50; Mrs. Peter Bolenbaugh, aged 45; Theophilus Milburn, aged 8; Charles Pnelan, aged 45; Susie Phelan, aged 18; Michael Phelan, aged 8; Charles Phelan Jr., aged 5; Nellie Phelan, aged 5 months; Dannie Phelan, aged 12; Martha Axkin, infant child of Donglas Akin; John Yates, back broken, will die. The list of seriously injured is not com- plete, but includes as those expected to die the following: Teeney Bailey, aged 16; Johnnie Bailey, aged 12; Solomon and Mrs. Solomon Dickey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dickey, Robert Bailey, Mrs. Charles Phelan and two daughters, two children of Douglas Akin, Mrs. Martha Dickey; Mrs. Shale, sister of Mr. Dickey. Aside from these there were many minor injuries. g McGREGOR, Towa, May 25.—Words are inadequate to fitly describe the scene of desolation caused by last night’s terrible clondburst in historic Bloody Run. For ten miles west of this place everything is in ruins. All the afternoon threatening clouds were gathering and about 1 o’clook this morning the storm burst in its fury, soon deluging the yalley. It swept all be- fore it. Fifteen people were drowned as far as known. The names of the missing are: Mrs, John Maloney, four children of Lawrence Meyer, Mike Havick, John Livac, John Kattlec. Six bodies have been recovered and iden- tified asfollows: Michael Maloney, Mrs. Burke and son, Mrs. Meyer and son, John Malcney. Bome of the unfortunate victimsare sup- posed to have been carried outinto the Mississippi River, in which the Bloody Run empties at North McGregor. About ten miles oi track of the Chicago, Milwau- kee and St. Paul railway has been washed away. A large number of freightcars were standing on the tracks in the west yards. They zre piled in shapeless masses along the valley. The loss to the road will probably reach $100,000. Happy homes with their buman lives were torn away and hurled into the black and rushing waters. The station at Beulah, about nine miles west, was washed away, and the agent and family barely escaped with their lives. Wingen & Son’s lumber-mill was badly damaged and over 100,000 feet of lumber swept away. The valley for twelve miles is one vast wreck,and the damage to mills, houses and farms cannot be esti- mated. OELWEIN, Iowa, May 25.—A cyclone passed through Mingo shortly after mid- night, The following were killed: Mrs. Martha Dickey, Mrs. Whitney, Mrs. Schell and a child of D. Aikin. Injured—S8. Dickey and child, D. and Mrs. Aikin, J. M. Osborne, Mrs. Osborne and child, F. Leaver, Alex Trammett. D. Aikin’s house was totally aestroyed, just east of Valeria the THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1896. as were thoseof Mr. Osborne. Mr. Dickey. Mr. Leaver and Mr. Trammett also lost some of their possessions. The cvclone tore up trees and destroyed everything in its path, and caused great damage to the Great Western Railway, carrying away several bridges and miles of telegraph wires and poles and delaying trains badly. DURANGO, Iowa, May 25.—Mrs. J. M. Clark, station agent of the Chicago and Great Western Railway, lost five of her six children in the flood and cycione last night, and Tom Griffin, a brakeman, went to his death while making an attempt to save the sixth. Mrs. Clark was calied up during the night to report the condition of the track. Accompanied by her chil- dren she had just reached the depot when a terrific rush of water came, carrying the depot away. Five of the children were drowned. Thomas Griffin, a brakeman employed on the road, made a brave but ineffectual effort to save the remaining child and lost his life. Mrs. Clark saved one child, although they were carried some distance by the water. The body of one child has been recovered. A AMID STORM AND FLOOD. Great Loss of Life and Property Re- ported in Many Sections. ORTONVILLE, Mica., May 25.—A cy- clone swept over the northern portion of Oakland County this afternoon. The storm passed about half a mile north of this village. It came from the west and went on a direct line west. Every farm- bouse in its path for a distance of fifteen miles was destroved and between twenty and twenty-five people were killed. Nearly thirty were injured, some of whom will die. The names of some of the killed follow: Daniel Thompson and son, Mr. and Mrs. William Mitchell and two children, Abram Quick and three children, Mrs. Henry Joseph Porritt, John Porritt, ey, Mrs. Heaton, two children of Mr. Howe. Among the injured are: Mr. and Mrs. Woodruff. = Oakwood, the next village north of here, is reported to have been completely wiped out and many persons killed and injured. At Thomas, which is located a few miles east of here, many buildings were destroyed and five persons lost their lives. Metamora, a town a few miles north of Thomas, on the line of the Michigan Cen- tral, also suffered severely. MOUNT CLEMENS, MrcH., May 25.—A cyclone struck here this evening. About twenty-five houses were demolished, but as far as can be learned nobody was killed. Mrs. Pohl and three sons were seriously and perhaps fatally hurt. The cyclone has done an immense amount of damacge to the surrounding country, many farmhouses having been demolished, and. it is feared later reports will show that many lives have been lost in this section of Macomb County. LAKE VIEW, Micu., May 25.—A small cyclone struck this place this afternoon destroying crops, trees and buildings of all kinds. A large barn on Robert Edear’s place was demolished and one occupied by Fred Edgar was moved from its founda- tion and crushed. No one was killed, so far as learned. DULUTH, Mi~~., May 25.—What was probably the tail end of the Iowa cyclone passed over Duluth this afterncon. Sev- eral chimneys were blown down and some houses were unroofed. A sailboat con- taining a pleasure party of four persons capsized on Lake Superior and after hard work by the life-saving crew they were rescued. MOUNT CARROLL, IvLL., May 25.—Thke bardest storm ever experienced in this sec- tion broke last nightand continued four hours. Carroll Creek rose twenty feet in half an hour. The J. M. 8hirk Company’s milldam broke, flooding the electric-light plant, Lebeker’s carriage manufactory, the Mount Carroll tannery and all the build- ings along Galena avenue. The fire alarm was rung at 1 o’clock, and people were rescued on improvised rafts. Two hun- dred feet of the Chicago, Miliwaukee and St. Paul Railroad track was washed out. Hundreds of cattle and horses were drowned. The damage in Carroll County alone is estimated at $100,000. OELWIN, Iowa, May 25—A terrible wind and rain storm last night through Deleware and Dubuque counties caused great damage. The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, Illinois Central and Chicago and Great Western railroads are washed out, bridges and culverts destroyed ana the track torn up for miles. The storm was most severe between Oneida and Da- buque. A firm of contractors at Graf lost a complete outfit of tents, wagons, tools and thirty-five or forty horses. The rail- roads are unzble to move any trains through this section. PONTIAC, Mich., May 25.—Reports from Ortonville, Oakwood, Oxford and Thomas, which are located in Oakland County, north of here, say that a cyclone swept those sections this afternoon. Ortorville and Thomas were nearly wiped out of ex- istence. It issaid that fully a dozen per- sons lost their lives at Ortonville, while at Thomas four were killed. CHICAGO, ILL., May 25.—A storm of wind, rain, thunder and lightning struck Chicago this morning. Over aninch of water fell inless than ten minutes. The sewers were unable to carry off the water and basements all over the city were flooded. The pressrooms of the three morning papers were flooded, and fire engines had to be called to pump out the water before the second editions could be sent to press. Mucb damage is reported. The storm extended south into Will and Kankakee counties. All telegraph wires are down in this vicinity. On the lake there was a tremendous storm. It 1s prob- able tbat many wrecks will be reported. Thousands of persons living in the South Shore suburb of Ravenswood and Lake- view narrowly escaped death by inhaling illuminating gas. The aistrict affected ex- tended from Jullerton avenue to Edge- water. The pressure in the mains was reduced just enough to extinguish the lights in houses, where jets are kept burn- ing all the time, and the escaping gassoon filled the rooms. As soon as the police learned of the danger every officer availa- ble was sent out to notify the sleeping people of their danger. The aroused peo- vle thought the town was afire, and many were so much overcome by the fumes that several hours in the fresh air was necssary to restore them. While Policeman John McGann, of Lakeview was at work saving other people his children were lying at home inhaling the deadly gas. Mrs. McGann was aroused by the storm. She aroused her sister, and the four children were revived in the oven air. The sleeping occupants of the Wave- land Flats in Lakewiew were panic- stricken when the police awakened them to their danger. Some ran out in their night clothes, thinking the building was on fire. The forty families were aroused in time to save all from asphyxiation. ROCKFORD, Irv, May 25. — General Hildebarand, bis wife and daughter were killed near Monroe Center and Miss Rhinehart lost her life at Leaf River. Monroe Center was severely damaged in the storm, but information is meager, It Oscar Granger, Lewis Porritt and Archie is said one woman was be! ‘the cyclone. Davis Junction was also. a vie- tim of the storm to a serious extent. In this city the storm raged for more than an hour, filling the air with balls of electric fire, afd flashes of lightning followed with frightfal rapdity. The city. however, es- caped the destructive force of the storm, the chief damage being to houses struck by lightning, first floors and basements flooded and telephone wires prostrated. In the northern part of the county therg was a vicious downvour of hail, which ruined crops ana made roads impassnb_le. Thousands of store and residence win- dows were broken and the railroads into the city were prostrated by washouts, while all wires are down. The tracks are strewn with the wreckage. All the win- dows in the Northwestern train were shat- tered as it pulled in here and the passen- gers had to be transferred. ROCKFORD, Ir., May 25.—Several people were killed and many thousands of dollars damage was done to property by a storm of wind, hail and rain which swept upon this region last night. Other persons were injured, some fatally. The storm was most severe southeast of the city. At midnight a cyclone struck one mile south of Egan City, wrecking the residence of Mrs. Isora Bird and killing her instantly. Her two girls and two boys were badly hurt. The oldest girl’'s arm was fractured and she was internally in- jured. Itis not believed the youngest girl will live. Big trees were torn from the earth, crops ruined and other damage done. BURLINGTON, Ia., May 25.—This city was struck by a furious storm last night, rain and hail being the predominating element. The wind destroyea a church, part of the Atlas mill and many smok: stacks. South of the town a cyclone de- veloped, tearing up trees and destroying crops. INDIANAPOLIS, Ixp., May 25.—Two inches of rain fell here this morning and the streets were flooded. The wind blew a hurricane, destroying shade trees, and hail did some damage to fruit. The sewers were not equal to carrying off the flood and many cellars were deluged. SUGAR BOONTY CASES Funds to Pay Claims Are Made Available by the Supreme Court Decision. Over Five Million Doliars Can Now Be Disbursed in Bounties to Growers. WASHINGTON, D. C.,, May 25.—The effect of the decision of the suger bounty cases by the United States Supreme Court will make immediately available for their payment more than $5,250,000. For the payment of the cane, beet and sorghum sugar claims, Congress appropriated $5,- 000,000. These claims amount to $6,111,- 505, and are classed as follows: Louisiana 473 claims, $5,591,617; Third Texas District claims, $123,812; Fiorida 9 claims, $5,- 655; California 3 claims, $293,208; Nebraska 1 claim, $45,087; Kansas 2 claims, $62 Utah 1 claim, $45,862; total, 502 claims, $6,111,505. All these claims haye been approved by the Commissioner, and as the total amount allowed is larger than the appro- priation the claim will have to be pro- rated or an additional appropriation made to meet them. When the bounty was re- pealed certain sugar-producers had com- pleted their production and presented claims for bounty, and these claims, amounting to $238,286, remain unpaid. Of this class of claims $121,738 worth were for maple sugar, distributed through the Eastern States. In this same class were thirty-three claims for bounty on sugars other than maple, as follows, cents omitted: First California District, six claims, $71,804; Louisiana, twenty-two claims, $25,029; Nebraska, two claims, $14,826; Third Texas District, one claim, $1234; Florida, one claim, $30: Kansas, one claim, $436. Total, thirty-three claims, $116,503. All these claims of every class have passed through the office of the Commis- sioner of Internal Revenue and have been approved. They will now be forwarded to the Auditor and then to Comnvtroller Bowler for his signature. It will probably be July next before any of the claims wiil be paid in the ordinary trsasury routine. PR OF INTEREST TO THE COAST. Neither White Nor Perkins Object to Huntington’s Allowance. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 25.—The appropriation of $1,542,989, to pay the transportation claims of the Southern Pacific Company, was passed In the Sen- ate to-day, and although both Senators ‘White and Perkins were present, neither lifted his voice in opposition to this appro- priation. The California representatives have successfully opposed the item from year to year, and Judge Maguire says that he will fight it when the dericiency bill re- turns to the House for concurrence in Senate amendments. Both the California Senators seemed to be ignorant of the fact that this amount is provided for as an “offset” in the Pacific roads funding bill. Pensions have been granted as follow: California: Original—George W. Trask, Rocklin; reissue — Ezra E. Washburn; original widows—Mary J. Dillon, San Francisco; (speci May 18) farah M. Bennison, Santa Paula. Washington: Original, original wid- ors, etc.—Nancy Lena Small, Buckley. Syl BAPTIST MISSIONARY WORK. An Interesting Report Made at the As- bury Park Meeting. ASBURY PARK, N.J., May 25.—The sixty-fourth annual report of the execu- tive board of the American Home Mission Society for the year ending March 31, 1896, was delivered here to-night. It began with a debt of $108,000 and closes with a debt of $86,000. The total receipts for the year, including conditional and perma- nent trust funds—mot including church edifice louns repaid—have been been $505,- 469. The whole number of laborers, mis- sionaries and teachers supported wholly or in part by the society was 1116, The afternoon session was the eighth anniversary of the Baptist Educational Society. President Hurington delivered the annual address and presided. John H. Harris, LL.D., of Bushnell University delivered an address on *The Day of Prayer for Colleges,” and a long discussion followed. The election of officers of the Educa- tional Bociety resulted as follows: President, J. P. Green, Missouri; vice- presidents—E. B. Hilbert, Illinois; J. B, Camorell, Georgia; recording secretary, Rev. E. M. Poteat, Connecticut; corre- sponding secretary, Rev. H. L. Moore- bouse, New, York; treasurer, E. V. Casey, New Jersey. At the request of the National League for the Protection of American Institu- tions a resolution was adopted approving the action of the House of Representives in refusing appropriations for sectarian schools among the Indians. At the evening session of the Baptist Home Mission Society it was decided to accept the invitation of Pittsburg and meet ia that city next year. MANY MILLIONS ARE APPROPRIATED Final Passage of the Gen- eral Deficiency Bill by the Senate. AMENDMENTS ADDED. Considerable Tacked Oa to Pay the Freanch Spoliation 3 Claims. BUTLER'S BOND RESOLUTION. An Unsuccessful Effort to Cause Fur- ther Consideration of the Measure. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 25.—The lastof the general appropriation bills, tue deficiency bill, engaged the attention of the Senate to-day. Asreported it covers 1tems ag:regating $9,000,000, about twice the amount it carried when it came from the House. In its progress through the Senate the aggregate was still more in- creased by the appropriation of over a million dollars for providing in the French spoilation claims of over half a million dollars for findings of ihe court of claims under the Bowman act and $174,445 for the Choteau claim in building an iron steam battery in 1864. At the close of the routine morning business Hale (R.) of Maine moved to con- sider the deficiency bill—the last of the general appropriation bills—and it was taken up. Among the amendments re- ported were the following: To pay $8750 to the widow of the late United States Minister to Mexico, Isaac P. Gray; appro- priating $6517 for all outstanding claims against the World’s Columbian Commis- sion; appropriating $45,000 for the leasing of a suitable building and equipment for the sampling and assaying of imported silver ores and other ores contgining lead; appropriating $2566 to compeusate the owners of the Norwegian steamer Peter Jebsen for damages from collision with the United States revenue steamer Rusu in San Francisco harbor in March, 1896; appropriating $:,542,979 to pay transportation claims of the Southern Pa- cific; $159,600 for three deaths and for the injuries of Government employes at the Ford's Theater disaster in June, 1893; $1235, for payment for interior finish of courtouse and postofiice at Denver, Colo. ; $15,000, for a road near the National Ceme- tery in Pulaski County, Ill.; increasing the appropriation for the survey of lands in California from $20,000 to $40,000. At 2 p. M. the prohibitory bond bill came up as the unfinished business. An appeal was made to Butler (Pup.) of North Calo- lina, author of the biil, to let it go over until the appropriation bill was finished. That was refused, and then efforts were made to Lave an hour fixed on Wednes- day or Thursday next for taking the vote on the bond biil. Objection was made by Palmer, who stated very positively that no such agree- ment could be made. Fnally unanimous consent was given that the bill be pro- ceeded with. At 2 p. . the copsideration of the de- ficiency bill was suspended and the bond bill was laid before the Senate as the un- finished business, but Butler finally yielded so far as to allow the deficiency bill to be proceeded with. The bill as passed by the House appro- priated $4,793,5%0 und as reported by the Senate committee, $8,986,208. The Senate amendments, having been all disposed of, the bill was open to general amendment. An-amendment to one of its items, Ford’s Theater disaster, offered by Pugh (D.)of Alabama, provoked a long discussion and was eventually defeated—ayes 20, noes 25. An amendment to insert an item to pay the claim of John Roach, the ship-builder, was offered by Mitchell (R.)of Oregon, and was after a long discussion ruled out. An amendment to pay $2500 to Mr. Dupont for counsel fees, time and ex- penses, in prosecuting his right to a seat in the Senate, and $2500 to the three coun- sel engaged in opposition to bim, was offered by Mr. Mitchell and agreed to. An amendment appropriating $1,027,314 for findings of the Court of Claims in 341 of the French spoilation claims (exclusive of insurance claims) was offered by Warren (R.) of Wyoming as a report from the Committee on Claims, and was, after dis- cussion, declared to be in order by a vote of 32 to 14. Various other amendments for claims found due under the Bowman act were effected and agreed to. Several of these amendments having been offered by Cockrell (D.) of Missouri it was sug- gestéd by Chandler (R.) of New Hampshire bumorously that Cockrell’s object was to load down the bill with private claims, so as to make it odious and cause all of them to be thrown out. Cockrell declared that if he were to be on the conference committee the Senate would not recede. He would rather keep Congress in sescion till the 4th of March next. Chandler twitted Cockrell with having shown a want of temper and with not act- ing with his known judgment. Cockrell retorted that the Senator was showing a want of balance and a resentful feeling and that the Senator’s insinuation was unworthy of him and one which he ought never to have made and mnever would have made if he had kept his temper. [Laughter.] Hill, in a humorous vein, offered an amendment appropriating $30,000 for 50,- 000 copies of the United States Red Book publiehed by James B. Lyon at Albany, N. Y. He said, in answer to inqiries, that the book gave the likeness and bi- ography of ali the Senators—the finest body of men in the country. [Laughter.] A point of order was made by Hale, and Hill expressed the hope that “the good- humored Vice-President would do with it as he had done with the French spoliation amendment, and submit the question of order to the Scnate. The Vice-President promptly submitted the question, and the Senate ruled the amendment out of order. Finally the bill was passed. The conference report on the sundry civil abpropriation bill was presented, and ordered printed. 2 SESSION oF E HOUSME. Discussion of a Bill to Repeal a Section of the Tariff Law. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 25.—To- day’s session under the rules was devoted to District of Columbia affairs. The cal- endar was soon cleared, however, and the remainder of the session was spent in com- mittee of the whole, considering the bill to repeal that section of the tariff law pro- viding for a rebate on alcohol used in the arts and medicinal compounds. Evans of Kentucky, on bthalf of the Ways and Means Committee, offered an amendment providing for the appoint- ment of a committee of three Senators and three Representativss to ecorsider the question relating to the use of alcohol in the arts and manufactures free of tax and to report to the next session of Congress. In advocating the passage of the bill Evans stated that no regulations could be framed by the Treasury Department, as the language of the section directed, that would protect the Government and that the Government stood to lose be- tween $250,000 and $300,000 in claims every day since it was enacted. Russell and Hill spoke in opposition. The latter gave notice that he would move to strike out the repeal clause and insert instead an amendment for a committee of investigation. The bill was not disposed of, when at 5 o’clock the committee arose and the House adjourned. The report of the Elections Committee on the case of Martin (Pop.) vs. Lockhart (D.) from the Sixth (N. C.) Djistrict favor of Martin, the contestant, was pre- sented and ordered printed. NOT ALLOWED 10 HUNT. Decision of the Supreme Court as to the Rights of Bannocks. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 25.—In the case of John H. Ward, Shenff of Uintah County, Wyo., vs. Race Horse, a Banrock Indian, involving the treaty with the Ban- nocks, giving them the right to hunt on unoccupied public lands, the Supreme Court of the United States to-day decided that the right to hunt on these lands could not be exercised in contravention of the State law forbidding the hunting of wild animals. Race Horse was arrested for violating the game law of the State, the arrest being part of the incident which led to the Jackson Hole trouble Jast year. Justice Brown dissented from the judge- ment for the reason that it violated the terms of a treaty between the United States and the Indians. NEW BISHOP TO AFRICA Dr. Hartzell Elected by the General M. E. Church Conference. The Long Delayed Fight B:tween Lay and Ministerial Delegates Comes Up. CLEVELAND, Onro, May 25.—The Gen- eral Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church to-day elected Dr. Joseph C. Hart- zell of Louisiana Bishop to Africa. But four days of the session rémain, and all speeches were Iimited to five minutes. Trustees of the new university at Wash- ington were named during the morning. They are all Eastern men. The long- deferred fight between the lay and minis- terial delegates came up when the com- miitee on constitution reported the new constitution. The majority report want a referendum to be composed of ministers, while the minority report demanded that the lay members be given a voice in the referendum. Dr. A. J. Kinnett of Phila- delphia made a strong argument in favor of laymen. R. 8. Warthout of Michigan declared that the report of the ccnstitutional com- mittee was a failure. ‘“What a miserable farce was the consideration of the woman question by this body. We first considered the question as a judicial one, and then compromised it by virtue of our legislative powers. That kind of work makes our conference ridiculous. I am opposed to the report because it gives nothing new.” A motion to amend the report was lost. The committee on Epworth League recommended that certain members of the board of control be appointed by the General Conference instead of by the rep- resentatives of the league. The recom- mendation wus adopted. Bishop Hurst presided over the after- noon session and agsin showed himself utterly deficient in parliamentary law and in curbing the restless spirits of the con- vention. The scenes of disorder were only equaled by those which occurred when he presided over the convention in its dis- cussion of the woman question. Nomina- tions of an additional secretary of theFreed- men’s Aid Society were in order, and out of a field of four M. C. Mason of Savan- nah, Ga., colored, was chosen on the first ballot. e PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY. Plans for the Union of AUl Young Peo- ple’s Societics. SARATOGA, N. Y., May 25.—The Pres- byterian General Assembly resumed its session to-day withi the usual half-hour’s devotional exercises. The Board of Freed- men’s report was considered and recom- mendation in regard to its work adopted. The report of the special committee on young people's societies was again taken up. This matter was raised at Pittsburg by a request for the formal indorsement of the Christian Endeavor Union and for the establishment in the Fifth-avenue Presby- terian House of a young people’s society and headquarters with a board of secreta- ries. A special committee was appointed at Pittsburg, and a plan for the supervision and government of such societies as al- ready exist in the church was prepared and reported to the assembly. The consideration of a8 proposal to pre- pare aplan for the union of all Presby- terian young people’s societies was then taken up. Rev. Dr. Lane of Westchester County opposed the clause, and argued for the discharge of the committee on the ground that the proposal of a denomina- tional young people’s society to take the place of the Christian Endeavor was un- wise. Recess was taken with the matter still undecided. At the afternoon session Dr. William H. Hubbard, editor of the Assembly Record, read a series of propositions regarding the Presbyterian mission-house and offered a resolution looking to the disposition of the property on Fifth avenue, as it was not a paying concern. It was decided to report the matter to-morrow. The report of the committee on educa- tion was then read and received. Rev. Dr. Joseph Smith then read the report of the special committee on church unity. The report of the committee on church unity which was before the assembly before was laid on the table and the assembly ad. journead. —_— Sale of tha Northern Pacific. MILWAUKEE, Wis., May 25.—It has been decided to bave the judicial sale of the Northern Pacific take place at West Superior, Wis., July 25. Master Cary, who will conduct the sale, will pmceed from that city to other points in several lll:‘lws to sell the railroad lands along the e | HUSSELLNAN, THE B0LD BGANIST, The Gay San Franciscan Is Wanted at Wooster, Ohio. WEDDED MANY WOMEN. So It Comes to Pass That Several Wronged Wives Are on His Trail. NOTED AS A SMOOTH FELLOW. Matrimony a Pl:asant Diversion in His Prolonged Career of Bare- faced Swindling. SPRINGF1ELD, Onro, May 25.—A San Francisco man is at present badly wanted in Wooster, Ohio. From developments it appears that he is a bigamist of unbounded ambition. ‘The story is this: Four years ago there arrived in Wooster a tall, heavy set man, evidently about 55 years of age. He was » man of zood ad- dress, and as he seemed to have plenty of cash he was not long in gaining a stand- ing in business and society circles. He represented himself as the patentee of a wire fence, of which he said he had sola hundreds of miles. He gave his name as Samuel B. Hussellman, and through hav- ing once met Jehn Kunert, became ac- quainted with Kate Kunert, his widow. She had some money and a cozy home op the leading residence street of the city. Hussellman proposed to and wedded Mrs. Kunert at the home of a friend in Dallas, Tex. On returning to Wooster Hussell- man had the home of his wife torn down and replaced by a fine $5000 mansion. It turned out later that he had used his wife’s money in doing this, besides using a great deal of cash and leaving a mort- gage on the premises for $1300. About the time the house was com- pleted Marshal Ellsperman received sev- eral letters from a woman in San Fran- cisco who claimed to be Hussellman’s wife and mother of four children. She was anxious to have him prosecuted for bigamy. Hussellman learned of the receipt of the letters from California and suddenly left Wooster. This was two years ago. Nota great while after this Mrs. Hussellman re- ceived letters from Auburn, Ind., which showed apparently that there was 8 woman there who also claimed to have wedded him. Since that time she says she has learned that there are several other | women who claim to be wives of Hussell- man. Nothing has been heard from him for over a year until a few days ago, when the Washington (D. C.) papers contained a long article telling of Hussellman's transactions in that aity, and of his ine dictments for swindling in selling deeds for a patent wire fence to which he had no claim. 2 ’ The® Wooster wife on hearing of his be- ing wanted offered to furnish a full de- scription so he could be identified. The woman is nearly crazed through the vil- lainy of Husseliman, having let him use up all of her ready cash and signed mort- gages which she is sorely pressed to pay. Her beautiful home may soon be sola as a result of Hussellman's scheming rascality. Cregan and Becker Coming. NEWARK, N. J, May 25.—James Cregan and Charles Becker, the bank forgers, were formally turned over to the Califormia authorities this morning. A writ of babeas corpus applied for by M. T. The true solace for your dis- SOLACE. SOLACE. SOLACE. SOLACE. SOLACE. SOLACE. SOLACE. SOLACE. SOLACE. SOLACE. SOLACE. 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