The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 19, 1900, Page 2

o 2 THE SAN FRANCISEO CALL, SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1900 —— e HOPELESS GROWS MONTANA TANGLE Governor Smith Now Names Mar- tin Maginnis as the Successor of Clark. — Disregards the Lieutenant Governor’s Action in Appointing the Senator to His Former $eat. the resolution prese and Elections affectipg his title to by the Committee on 18 —Governor my mind indicate collusion and fraud. yduct in attempting a _resignation and g a e ent under the condl he did, if the matter would bave been considered rt on his part. 1, therefore, cc and the Renate will h to by his own resignation, and that amed Martin Maginnis of He he va nor giv pinion that the ap- lark by ai he Governor s s for investigation, and that I be per- 1 10 make & more complete and detailed to-d: S 8] TO! here | to-day ment disp: Kroms Sy $ & o to protest against the methods ator W. A. Clark, tor « ars y {n securing an_appointment af | . chairman of the Comm! Priv- | the har f the Lieutenant Governor during sence from the State under circumstances wasg before a | ATTEMPTS TO RUN CARS CAUSE SOME FATAL RIOTS Street Railway Magnates of 'St. Louis Discouraged by the Failure of the Police to Protect Them and Think Militia Is Needed. ment of facts cc ppointment of Mr. (¢ language of the resolution of the rittee directing Chairman Chandler ess the resolutions as presented fol- Ived, That the ) a vote the resolution reported to the f the resolution was pre- cussion of the various in the controversy, in- proper course to be pursued 11 arik’'s credentials to the 7 was, 0 directi g the resolution hitherto from th « ir. ed to & sea ote on the in t v resolution stood ¢ Bt 08 e tors Pritchard. Harri . their votes in the negative. or any idea of JBe cpinion_that k had the e the Democ the case, and that ‘ ralled upon to take ler, Hoar, Bur- urley took ssion was times. the ques w m of ference of the credentials under the 1ant Governor's appointment, but is no doubt that the committee e ence should ‘be adopted, he re view rpor-Smith’s HINGTON, May 1 An agreement } reached between members of the rs Pritchard and Harris express- . Privileges o the refer. s of Seniitor Clark they arrive, o over until Mon- fn3he Lon: t Il be made ences to the ¥ ark by the Lieutenant . opinion_on that it ring a seat in the £ H. Spell- 204; D. H. Moore, WS It resulted as foll 32 F. Berry, 29 J.'W. E. Bowen, thers from 1 to 12 ta a choice, 465. resulted follow: Berry 3%, D. H. ton 248, T. B. Neely C. J_ Little 13, oth- nécessary to choice e eighth ot pelilmeyer re W. T I W DANCING AND Dr. 8. F. Upham, from the committee on Ler: h Thus the Report of the Methodist Conferenee of the book of dis by .~zir|klng out sul ng in lieu thereo: several ‘harg, nually.” is ; fect, abolished the time-honored rule of C(}mmlttee. the Methodist church that no pastor shall oceupy one p! : pit for more than five the rears liveliest kind of debate resuited. yrits report was also read, provid- vear pastorate could be ex- 3 = request of three-fourths of ibership of the quarterly confer- ce g a pastorate in no case could extended for more than a second term Declares by a Vote of Forty-Five to Twenty-Five Against In- dulgence in Certain Amusements. paragraph in the minority re- roviding for a ten-vear limitation | battle was wage Dr. G. E. n of the Alabama conference | 1\ eloquent argument in favor of | sdment. Dr. Buckley favored the | of the minority report as amend- in t removed the time limit, d of a three-fourths vote arterly conference, remeve the time limit without restgictions,” said he, “‘you will be the most detested General Conference in the of Methodism. Three-fifths of | hodism is rural or semi-rural, and all ough those districts the people want time limit. To remove it entitely i be regarded by them as in a way egislation in favor of the larger | Method! ~The report of he paragreph to be inserted is as follows Dr. Buckley was heartily applauded as he concluded. The eighth ballot was then | read tant Secretary Penn of the ¥p- o withdrew the name of D n, the colored candidate for EC v. The ninth ballot was then The result of the ninth ballot will be Known to-morrow morning. | OF INTEBET»:I‘J THE COAST. | Pensions, Postoffice Changes and | Work of California Congressmen. Special Dispatch to The Call WASHINGTON, May 18.—Pensions for of the Californians: Restoration and increase— Bishop for Eastern China, | James T. Snuth‘ard.‘ Sa‘n Francisco, $6. In- Acting under the advice of the Board | Crease—Archibald C. Tigner, Los Angeles, | 88; Charles Clark, Halleck, $8; Robert | | Clark, Soldiers’ Home, Los Anegles, $8. | “Oregon: Additional—Gearge Chapin, Le. | land, $8. Increase—Fred Grob, Talent, $12; Herrin J. Finch, Baker City, $8 | Washington: increase—Pinkney C. Cole Called upon | Olympia, $8; George L. Nelson, Orting, $12. The offi-| The postoffice. will be discontinued on tern Asia | May 31 at Danby, S8an Bernardino County, , China, and | Mail should be sent to Blake. Lawrence 1d four months in| 3 gcholl has been commissioned Post- t Korea each year. | master at Hubbard, Or., and Mary V. | presented to the Gen-| Ruhera at Tahoe, Cal F. Adams has row. The commit- | heen appointed Postmaster at_ Lancha Switzerland, a8 | pjano, Amador County, vice B. H. Earle e for Burope. | removed, and A. he of Bishops, e on episcopacy, at its meetin decided to recom- mend to the General Conference that an additional Bishop be elected to take fihlrgo of the work In three Jspan and one mc The action wil El ! . L. Mason at Lodog: Bishop M who occasioned con- | (5 v 7 siderable surpriss several days. ago by | SO County, vics W. H. Ragain, r | preparing and giving out for publication e Comptroller of the Currency has | Phs»—"vr‘h- cal resolu ferring 10| approved the application to convert the | the ou X the Bish- | Commercial National Bank of Berkele ops, ma cens conference | Caj., into the First National Bank o for his nan J. M. ! Berkeley, with a capital of $100,000. Buckley nmitiee on | = Representative Kahn_introguced a bill | we Bishop Moo | rovlding payment to Gottlich Groczinger | of $1047 taxes paid on ‘brandy destroyed by fire. Representative Waters introduced a bill increasing to $27 the pension of Alice W, Fitch. Also a bill removing the charge of desertion from the military record of Ben- Conference. He laid the case before the sub-committee on administration of Bish- | ops, together with »y of the resolu- tions t t the trouble. The sub-commities considered the matier at @ secret session and decided 1o follow the » ch. eavice of Dr. Buckiey and make & thor. |20 1 Gorsuch. ough investigation. Bishop McCabe will, it is said, be summoned before the commit- | xmosn(m EXPLOSION. ‘Three Persons Bldiy Burned in -l Chicago Boarding-House. tee. E The result of the sixth ballot for two additional Bishops was announced this morning to the conference, as follows: Henry Spellmeyer, 308: J. F. Berry, 264.| CHICAGO, May 18.—Twenty persons at 2. H Moore, o J. W, Hamilton, 23! | the digner tabie in Mrs. Anna Smitn's W. V. elie; : J. V. E. wen, 57; r -] 't B e B athi on T boarding-house were startled last night when, following an expiosion In the kitchen, the proprietress of the piace ran into the dining-room wrapped in a sheet of flames. Screaming for help she rushed | into another roomy fled back again through the crowd of alarmed boarders and fell unconscious upon the floor of the kitchen. & The guests started to her rescue, but hat for family reasons the editor of the When the door leading into the cooking- Methodist Review uested his friends | room was opened it was found to be in tc no longer vote for him, Amid consid- | flames algo and they retreated in fear. erable confusion, the seventh ballot wes | Two other persons were burned during | each. A buzz of excitement came from the delegatés when the heavy increase in Dr. Spellmeyer's yote was noteth. put- ting the Newark (N. J.) pastor for the first time far ahead in the race for the episcopacy. 3 M. Buckley, as chairman of the York E: delegat. then with- ew V. Keiley'® name, saying erning the resignation » | chairman be directed to however, | * ® + ®eioi e s T. .LOUIS, May 18.—There .was no conference to-day between repre- sentatives of the striking street-car employes and of the St. Louis Tran- sit Company, although FPresident of the Board of Police Commis- <joners, tried to get the two parties to the strike controversy together in still,an- other meeting. The Federal Grand Jury was in session all day to-day. It had under consideration the hindrances and obstructions to the United States mail, caused by the present street-car strike. Rioting broke out afresh to-day in va- rious parts of the city and several casual- ties of a severe nature were reported. At noon a crowd of 400 or more men, women and boys ngregated along La- between Grand and Theresa ave- nues, and stopped the cars as they ap- proached by means of obstructions piled on the tracks.” Persons in the crowd com- menced throwing stones and s were fired. One of the bullets struck J. R. Richardson, a conductor, on the head. He is probably fatally wounded. A special offieer on one of the cars was dragged off and badly beaten, and several motormen and conductors were assaulted. While the turmoil was 2t its helght a de- 1 of police came dashing up and charged the crowd. Two imported employes of the St. Louls Transit Company were shot while in charge of street cars. In neither tase is the assailant known. e Guy Ficks of Decatur, Iil., employed as a guard, was shot through the thigh, at Twenty-first and Morgan streets, at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon. me shots | Some Lively Shooting. John Kenna, a saloon-keeper on Gratiot street, was probably fatally wounded and Robert Nelsen, colored, and Emergency Officer Jacob' Hollingsworth slizhtly Wounded ‘to-night in a riot at the south end of the Fourteenth-street bridge, | Kenna had been drinking hard for several days and to-night as a car on the Chou- teau avenue division of the Transit Com- pany was rounding the curve at Four- teenth and Gratiot streets he stepped up to it and' drawing a revolver attempted to shoot the motorman. The car was gfllnf too fast for him and he missed his mark. He then began shooting at the conductor and Special Officer Hollings- worth, who were platfarm. ‘The officer jumped from the car and walking toward the intoxicated saloon-keeper began &hooting at _him. Four of his bullets str Kenna's body | Kenna continued to ot at the officer and the last shot he fired struck Hollings- | worth in the left hand. One bullet, which went wide, passed through Nelson’s ear. Kenna was taken to the hospital, where the physicians offered no hope of his re- covery. Patrolman Henry E. Barton was shot and painfuily fwounded to-day on Jeffer- | son avenue, mear Geyer. Barton was on a car of the Jefferson avenue line as a guard. As the car passed Geyer avenue a few stones were-thrown and then sev- eral shots rang out. One bullet struck | Barton in the head. A riot call was sent in and a squad of police hurried to the scene. The crowd ‘which had gathered dt the sound of tie shots was dispersed without trouble. Barton was taken to a drugstore, where an examination showed that the bullet had only made a scalp wound and had glanced off. A number of men in houses near where the shoot- ing occurred were arrested and sent to ‘Police of St. L‘ouis.Guarding a Trolley Car. | | { | | standing on the rean|t R e e e i o S o e e S i L i e e ] 3 + e I R SRS SRS S S D R % mwqu‘i :he police station pending an investiga- on. Cable Strands Severed. Shortly after noon to-d cars started east from the of the Fourth-street railway eenth street and Park avenue. At Fourth street and Chouteau avenue the ears sfopped and upon investigation it was found that the cable had been cut. When the free end of the cable arrived at the power house it. was found that all the on Eight- strands had been severed, presumably by | a steel saw. The task of. splicing the cable and running it through the conduits will be a difficult one, and the road prob- ably will not be in shape for a day or wo. . General Manager Baumhoff appeared discouraged to-day over the conditions prevailing. said, “to see how little protection a big corporation can obtain for its property. In my judgment, the militia should be called out, for the police have demon- strated, to my satisfaction at least, that they are not willing or capable of pro- tecting our property. However, 1 shall not request that the militia be ordered out, as I have become tired of making requests.” - The Ho of Delegates at its- meeting lo-dai', passed the Kelly ordinance annull- ing the franchises of all the street rall- ways in St. Louis unless they run their ears in compliance with the terms of the city ordinances. Sympathetic Strike. 'ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 18.—At a meeting of 100 heads’ of labor unions called last night, it was resolved at 12:3 this (Sat- urday) morning to recommend to the controlling central bodies that a sympa- thetic strike be inaugurated of all the labor unions in St. Louis. the fire, which originated from the ex- plosion of a kerosene can. The victims are: Mrs. Keeper of the boarding-house. Her clothes were ignited by burning oil. Her face, hands and body were severely burned. She was taken to the hospital and will die. Leo Leahy was asleep on a couch in the kitchen when the explosion occurred. His clothing was ignited and his hands, shoul- nd face were severely burned. He may die. £ Edward Leahy was burned and his hair was singed while rescuing Mrs. Smith from the burning room. o Jih SENATOR SPOONER MAY NOT NOMINATE WKINLEY Republican Leaders Believé the Up- per House Will Be Too Well Rep- resented at Philadelphia. Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON. May 18 —Republican managers have taken alarm at the sug- gestion recently made that the United States Senate promises to be too much in evidence at the Philadelphia conven- tion. Probably some other man than Senator Spooner will be selected to make Annie Smith, | the speech nominating McKinley. According to the programme hereto- fore arranged five Senators are booked for conspicuous places in the conven- tion—Senator Wolc as temporary iding officer, Senator Lodge as per- Senator Spooner to make the nominating speech, Senator Hanna as chairman of the Natlonal Committee, and Senator Foraker as chairman of the committee on resolu- tions. These Senators, together with many manent chairman, | others who have been appointed delegates at large from their respective States, would give the Senate a much larger representation In the convention than is deemed judicious by many Republicans, who fear a repetition of the old charge that the rich men of the Senate are dominating the party. BRYAN THEIR IDOL. / Chicago Platform Democrats of Illi- nois Outline Plans. NEW YORK, May 15.—M. G. Pallise, one of the leaders of the Chicago platform Democracy, which will hold a State con- vention to-morrow, to-night outlined the plan for the convention. “It is our purpose,” he said, “to reaffirm the Chicago platform, add to it planks on anti-imperialism and_trusts, call on the regular Democratic State Convention to instruct its delegates to vote for Bryan and then adjourn until June 6. If the reg- ulars do_not instruct for Colonel Bryan at the Academy of Music convention on June 5 we will meet agajn and send a contest- ing delegation to Kansas City. “There will_be 300" delegatés from all paris of the State Xt our convention to- morrow, and they will represent true Democracy.” —_— Kaiser Orders Another Drama. BERLIN, May 15.—Captain Lauff, au- thor of “The Iron Tooth,” has been or- dered by Emperor William to write an- other Hohenzollern drama for 1901, when will be celebrated the bi-centenary of the Kingdom of Prussia. The drama will treat of the great eiector. A conference between Captain Lauff and the Emperor on the subject lasted until 1 o’clock in the morning and resulted in settling the whole pian of the play. WN‘W Next Sunday’s Call will contain a sensational feature in the story of a San Fran- cisco man who ‘was once Rev- enue Colfector of this port and is now working as a stevedore on the water front. + 4444 +4+444 | | SEAOFICE -~ BLOCKED WAY T0 CAPE NOME Steamer Alpha Obliged to Put Into Dutch Harbor for Coal. | Mail Steamer Which Plies Between Sitka and Unalaska Long Over- due and It Is Feared She Is Lost. S 5 Special Dispatch to The Call. VICTORIA, B. C., May 18.—The big tramp steamer Hero, engaged in the coal carrying trade between Van- couver Island collieries and Una- laska, arrived from the north this morning, having left -Dutch Harbor on May 10. Tha vessel brings news that 150 miles to the northward of Dutch Harbor there is a sea of ice which no vessel could break through. The steamer Alpha, on her way to Nome trom Victoria, has heen prevented from completing her voyage and on the Tth inst. had put back Dutch Harbor to renew her supply of coal after lying off the fce for twenty davs. She salled again on the 9th and will await her first oppor- tunity of making headway. The Alpha had been thirty-four days out from Van- couver on her arrival at Dutch Harbor and had contended agalnst pretty bad weather, such as prevailed at the time of the.Hero's departure for the south. The whaters Alexander, William Bailliss, Bel- vedere and Belega and the barkentine Pit- cairn, bound for Nome with freight and glusengers. were at Unalaska when the ero sailed and the officers gave it as their opinion that the Alpha would not teach Nome till on toward the last of According to the officers of the Hero the little mail steamer plying between Sitka and Unalaska is missing, being a month overdue at the latter port when the Hero was there. One of the Alpha's passengers, who re- turned on the Hero, reports that there was much suffering among the passengers on the steamers which made an early start on account of the lack of accommo- dations and the cold. SOVEREIGN ADDRESSES MINERS’ CONVENTION Declares Employers Were Responsi- ble for the Trouble in the.Coeur d’Alenes. - DENVER, May 18.—At to-day’s morning sesslon of the convention of the Western Federation of Miners action taken on several amendments to the constitu- tion, two of which are quite important. In future the Federation will pay the ex- penses of one delegate from each union to the annual conventions. This is done for the reason that many locals are too k to feel justified In bearing the ex dent to sending a reépresentative —sometimes thousands—of imlles, so that these small unions often have no dele- gates in aitendance. The other amend- ap men&xwvvue- that a rity vote of | coat. the executive rd be sufiicient to sanc- |- sti of thirds tion X a James R. Sovei addressed the v;t:: spoke vmuu!ornhofin}‘:u.hflr. He of the Coeur d’Alene strike and of the investigation at Washington, where he was a witness before the Congressional committee. He declared it his belief that the mine owners themselves were respon- sible for the blowing up of mines and mills at Wardner. iy The Western Labor Union ndo&ned reso- lutions inviting all union organization to affliate and a resolution advocating the broadest possible liberality consistent with the proper conduct in the recogni- tion of union cards, and rruvmlng that all possible assistance shall be extended to holders of union cards. The union labels of the principal organizations were indorsed. SCOUT BURNHAM PRAISES BRA/VE “B-P.” LONDON, May 19.—The Bloemfontein correspondent of the Daily Telegraph gives un interview with Mr. Burnham, the | American scout, who discusses the char- acteristics of Colonel Baden-Poweil, with whom Burnham served in Matabeleland. The scout says: “While as my chief I would naturally stick up for him, apart from this T have the highest regard for him. I hold him to be the true iype of the soldier of the fu- ture, one of those who should and must command armies If victories are to be won. As a soldier his tact and resources are remarkable. This could not come by accident. They are the result of a careful garnering and accumulation of minute de-/| tails to advantage. Where people have imagined him reckless Col. Baden-Powell has really been cautions. You know ‘he was criticized for wearing rubber shoes and for prowling about the rocks at\night instead of leaving the task to others. We nicknamed him ‘Old Rubber Shoes,’ but he was right, despite all the poking of fun. He s a wonderfully able scout and quick at sketches. I do not know another who could have done the work at Mafeking if the same conditions had been imposed. All the bits of knowledge he studiously gath- ered in twenty years have been utilized in saving that community.” ABANDONED THE SIEGE AFTER BOMBARDMENT PRETORIA, May 18.—It was officially announced to-day that when the laagers and forts around Mafeking had been se- verely bombarded the siege was aban- doned. - LONDON, May 18.—From the mention of the laagers in the Pretoria dispatch it is understood here that prior to the raising of the siege of Mafeking the Boer laagers around that place were vigorous- ly bombarded by the British relief col- umn and the burghers practically com- pelled to abandon the siege. 4 —_— STEYN IN PRETORIA. PRETORTA, May 17—(Thursday)—Pres- ident Steyn arrived here last night and is now in close conference with the Trans- vaal Government. '!'ELH; AT WORK. § Operating in the American Section at the Paris Fair. PARIS, May 18.—A skillful thief has been operating at the United States offices at the exposition. Olivier Hine, an expert in the section of liberal arts, was about to proceed to the payment of the staff of employes .when he discovered that his ethook, con! ng 1800 francs notes and a chec! (or‘ 700 francs, J'.'dbfi{‘.'_‘ peared from an inside pocket of his Fifteen ns were waiting thei; to be pald around him At the s all asked to be searched, but no trace of ‘the missing property could’ be found. turn a; ““It is very disheartening,” he | . After the Earthquak it was severe along the cogst. A tidal siderable damage was done In the State submerged, boats were swamped and The seismic movement, which was fre 1:35 o'clock in the afternoon on the Paci The duration of the movement generally ance was most severe it lasted only twc uary last were further opened by the she Justice. URGE AGAINST - DESECRATION OF Presbyterian Delegates Ap- peal for Better Sabbatn Observance. e | Praise President McKinley for Hav- ing Caused American Pavilion at Paris to Be Closed on Sundays. S s ST. LOUIS, May 1S.—A very consider- ’able part of to-da session of the Pres- | byterian General Assembly was spent’in | considering the report of the special com- | mittee on Sabbath observance. During | the discussion high praise was accorded | to President McKinley and Secretary Hay for the instructions sent to Commissioner | Peck of the Paris Exposition and to Em- | bassador Porter at Paris touching the | closing of the United States pavilion and office at the Exposition on the Sabbath. | e attendance of commissioners | The attend f ner delegates was greater than during a number of belated ones having ar- ed. There are several fullblood Indians in the assemblage as delegates, among | them being Thomas H. Aungie and Rev. Henry T. Selwyn of Greenwood, S. D., both of whom are opposed to a revision | of the creed, and Stephen Weston, a Choe- taw. | Rev. Mr. Dickey, the new moderator, | called the assembly to order and appaint- ed James H. Converse of Philadelphia vice moderator. He announced the ap- | pointment of chairmen of the following committees: Committee on bills and over- tures, Rev. Robert F. Sample, New York; judicial committee, Dr. Wiliiam McKib- | bin, Cincinnati; polity, Dr. Daniel Web- ster Fisher; missions, Dr. Richard 8. | Holmes; Yoreign missions, Dr. Charles Cuthbert Hall; education, Dr. George B. Stewart: church erection, Dr. Willlam H. | Clark; theological seminaries, Dr. David R. Kerr; freedmen, Dr. E. Trumbull Lee; aid for colleges, Dr. Willis H. Craig. Synodical papers were presented. After action by the committee on bills and over- | tures these papers will be reported on | later. | " Provision was made by the General As- | | sembly to'place the clection of a perma- nent clerk in the hands of a committee composed of one commissioner from each | synod, to be named hereafter by the mod- | erator. This committee will give a hear- ing to all who wish to nominate candi- | dates and will eventually present two names for consideration by the General | embly. | Among the candidates for the position | of permanent clerk are Rev. W. B. Nob! Dr. John Branch, Dr. John Miller, Dr. G. W. F. Birch and Dr, W. B. Gemmill. | Twentieth Century Fund. Reports of the various special commit- tees were presented and read. Among the recommendations made "by the spe- cial committee on the celebration of the twentieth gentury, provision for a memo- | | rial fund was suggested, to be known as the “twentieth century fund for endow- ment of Presbyterian collegiate and the- | | ological institutions, for the enlargement | | of ‘missionary enterprises, for the erec- | tion of church buildings and payment of debts on churches and educational insti- tutions, and for other work of the boards at the option of the donors.” It was sug- gested that provision be made for the | appointment of a central committee to consist of four ministers and three elders, with headquarters in Philadelphia, to| have general supervision of the work. | | “Majority and minority reports were | | made by the special committee on the | | method of apportionment of standing | | committees of the General Assembly, The | majority report recommended that the | standing committees be appointed by the | | moderator, assisted by a_committee of | minfsters and elders, the latter commit- tee to be also appointed by the modera- tor, This is the method now in vogue. The minority report thinks it advisable to divide the territory covered by the General Assembly into twenty-two elec- tion districts, equal in size, by combining | the smaller synods and dividing the larger presbyteries when necessary, for the election of the standing committees, each committee to select its own chair- { man. Just_before the adjournment at noo: Rev. Frank W. Sneed, chairman of m’; committee on arrangements, welcomed the assemblage to St. Louis, and present- ed Moderator Dickey with a gavel made | from the = we of three historical churches of this city. The advertising in and reading of Sun- day newspapers on the Sabbath was de- | clared to be one of the worst forms of | Sunday desecration. Dr. Jackson of Jer- sey City offered a resolution requesting the proprietors o the daily newspapers to refrain from printing reports of the Assembly in Sunday editions of their| papers. The resolution was adopted. Commends President McKinley. At the afternoon session of the assembly Rev. J. W. Hathaway of New York Ciiy ‘took the lead in the consideration of the | report of the special committee on Sab- { bath observance. Dr. Hathaway is a { member of the committee. He heartily i commended President McKinley and Sec- | retary of State John Hay for instruc- tions sent to Commissioner General Fer- | dinand W. Peck and Embassador General | Horace Porter to close the United States pavilion and offices at the Paris Expo- sition on the Lord’s day and to endeavor to secure concerted action of the Amer- ican exhibitors to the same end. He dep- recated the action of the French author- itles which have dented to the American | section of American exhibitors the right to close thefr exhiblkl on the Lord's day and have consented fo the closing of the United States pavilion only, which is dis- tinctly the property of the United States vernment. The resolutions contained in the report were adopted ome by one. They recom- | mended among other thin; that the Presbyterian church of the United States abstain from the more popular and dan- gerous forms of Sabbath desecration, such as advertising in the Sunday newspapers, the purchase and reading of them and from all forms of excursions, sSports. games and amusements on the Lord’s day and _also unnecessary secular work, traveling and visiting, etc. A plea was made to the railroad companies of this land to abandon Sunday excursions so as to secure the minimum of transportation THELORD'S DAY TEMBLOR’S SHOCK AND TIDAL WAVE Lives Lost and ‘Property Damaged in Cities on Western Coast of Mexico. Great Column of Water Sweeping Shoreward e Submerges Houses and Swamps Boats. Special Dispatch to The Call. CITY OF MEXICO, May 18.—Reports from the towns on the Pacific coast show that while the earthquake on Wednesday was comparatively slight in this eity econd shock. Con Houses were wave succeeded the rs of Colima and Jalisco. veral residents were drowned. »m southeast to northwe: occurred at flc coast and at 1:37 o'clock in this city. v was one minute, but where the distu ) seconds. Cracks which were made in buildings In this city by the earthquake in Jan- veks of Wednesday. damaged are the National Palace, Church of San Francisco and the Palace In order to prevent danger these buildings must be repaired. The structures most t the pro he different ia flipinos. ok of Jersey C ing the ution the St. Louis ¢ newspapers from printing reports of the assem the Sunday issues of the papers. T resolution was adopted by an overwhelm- ing vote. PRt LA PR Cumberland Presbyterian Assembly. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., May I18.—4 to-day’'s session of the Cumberland Pres byterian Assembly the moderator ap- pointed the standing committees and on motion a new standing committee was formed, to which will be referred all mat- ters in connection with the $1.000,000 en- dowment movement. A report was made showing that in the past y thirty-nine ministers have died. eight demitted, two four deposed and been. suspended, rty-five gained. Southern General Assembly. ATLANTA, Ga., May 18.—The most im- the Southern Ge esbyterian church leration of the over- portant matter befo 1 Assembly of the ay was the con tures from the vnods of the 3 call for radi church management other bearing directly on the affairs of certain and matters presbyteries. These will constitute the work of the assembly and will likeiy be taken up separately. el Elected Bishop Coadjutor. MOBILE, Ala., May 18.—The Episcopal Council to-day unanimously elected Rev. Robert Wood Barnwell of Selma, Ala., Bishop Coadjutor. Rev. Mr. Barnwell was | formerly rector of St. Paul's at Selma. BLOODSHED UNNECESSARY. Germany and Congo Independent State Have Settled Dispute. BERLIN, May 18.~The Foreign Office to-day admitted that a diplomatic agree- ment was reached a month ago between the Congo Independent State and Ger- many regarding the disputed territory in the Lake Kivoo district, thus showing | that if hostilitles have broken out as re- ported between Belgiaps and Germans there it has been without authorization. ———— ADVERTISEMENTS. Pale d & Weak Women Beauty and strength women vanish early life because of monthly pain or some menstrual irregularity. Many suf- fer silontly and see thelr best gifts fade away. be- cause it makes their en- tire hm;l o ism healthy. wo~ men szloly the th about this The truth a l:. told In the letters from m mmta-dy. 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