Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 March 1896 — Page 5

THE INDiAKAfOLlS JUUKMAL, TtESDAy, IlAltCE 01, 18C3.

GOV. HUGHES OUSTED

nis stcci:sson appointed iiv prksidct cluvelaxij. Tlie Arliona Incentive Anultel by a Reporter Lamont Oi;oel to f llanorlnn: Cienernl 3I11cj. WASHINGTON. March CO. The President to-day sent to the .Senate the nomination of tfenjamln J. Franklin, of Arizona, to be Governor of that Territory. The term of the "present Governor, L. C. Hughes, would not have expired until April 1, 1807. The appointment of Mr. Franklin Is no doubt the result of a bitter factional fight that has been going on In the Territory In which charge and counter-charges have been numerous. Whether the present nomination U due to the resignation of Governor Hughes or to a removal cannot be learned, as official at the White House and Interior Department refused to discuss the subject. The date upon which the new Governor will qualify la not apparent, but It Is taken for granted that he will assume office as foon as he is confirmed by the Kena.te. The new appointee served two terms In the House of Representatives as member irom - Kansas Cuy, Mo. Later, ur.tler the former Cievela.nct tdministratlon, he was consul to Hangkow, China, ana upon his return settled In Arizona, and recently became a candidate for Governor. Governor, Hughe Aasnultetl. rilOENIX, A. T.. March, 30. Governor L. C.Hughes was assaulted in the street this morning by P. J. Clark, correspondent at Phoenix for the De-aver Times'. Clark struck the Governor in the face, the blow breaking Governor Hughes's spectacle. and causing several face wound3 of small importance. Clark U now In the city prison uwaiting trial. He was formerly agent here of the Rocky Mountain. News, and was dismissed by the paper, so Clark asserts, at the Governor's Instigation for sending telegrams receding upon the executive. 3IILCS XOT fill CAT EXOLGII. Secretary Lament Opposed to Making Jllm n. Lieutenant General. WASHINGTON, March SO.-The letter of Secretary Lamont to General Hawley, chairman of the Senate committee on military affairs, disapproving the bill to revive the rank of lieutenant general of the army, was made public to-day. The bill was known an intended to confer the rank on General Wiles, now commanding the army, though hit name la not mentioned in the correspondent Arrnmnanvlnp the letter are extracts from, the military records of Scott, Grant, B.hcrman, Sheridan and Schofleld. who became lieutenant generate; also of Generals Mile., Ituger and Merrltt, who, under the mil, would be eligiblo to the grade of lieutenaa. general. The Secretary, after acknowledging the receipt of the bill, says that In no Instance ha.H ar. officer attained this rank until he ha'- successfully commanded the whole cr a separate army In battle and active cam-' ViWn. "The grade," he says, "has been revived with the object of conferring complimentary ranlc on generals who had rendered 'eminent and distinguished services or those 'most distinguished for courage, skill and ability In war. Five besides Washington wero thus honored, of whom four had received the thanks of Congress by name for most distinguished military service, while the fifth had commanded a separate army during the late war, had attained the highest regular grade thirty years before his promotion, had held the chief command of the whole regular army for seven years, and had successfully discharged most delicate and responsible civil duties." Secretary Lamont refers to the reorganization act of 1&66. fixing the strength of the army at Uty reglmsnts, and to the fact that four years later this force was reduced to forty regiments, and cays: "At the time of the enactment of this statute forbidding further promotion to lieutenant - general, there stiil survived on active duty several ofilcere who had successfully commanded the whole army, separate armies . or army corps during the civil war, and as such7' had rendered" most distinguished service, but the power to reward by further promotion such men as Hallcck. Meade, Hancock and others was deliberately taken away when It was enacted in 1870. during the administration of President Grant, that the offices then held by Sherman and Sheridan when next vacant, should not be rilled. The present major-generals of our army attained brilliant reputations for gallantry whila commanding subdivisions of army corps during the late conflict, and have added to their laurels since by efficient performances of arduous service on the Indian frontier, but it Is no reflection on these excellent officers to say that the services they have so far rendered are not of that exalted character that has hitherto been regarded as prerequisite to the advancement now proposed. Noting that the grade of lieutenant general has not been regarded as a permanent office necessary to our army organization, and has been conferred only on a few of those officers who have rendered marked services In war; that the complimentary rank, when bestowed, has often been withheld until long after the demonstration of this superior ability, and has only been voted as a reward of great military genius and most conspicuous leadership. the conclusion is reached that whatever the merits and promise of any officers of cur peace establish ment who aa yet have had no opporttunlty ; to demonstrate their genius and capacity as commanders of large armies, by the measure heretofore required, the existing conditions do not demand Us revival at this time." . GEOLOGICAL SIHVEYS. Scientific Ilraulta of Invest! gntlooi Made Last Yenr. WASHINGTON, March 30. The geological survey has reported to Secretary Smith on the operations .'of the survey during the field season of last year. In, West Virginia important scientific results were obtained that will have an interesting bearing on the development of tha'coal resources there. Investigations In the upper Michigan peninsula fall to give promise- that newly outlined "Huronlan" troughs will yield; workable deposits of Iron ore. Investigations of the mineral resources of the Uncomphagre and Uintah Indian reservations showed deposits of hydrocarborf compounds of the asphalt series covering 13,500 square mi'.es in Utah. At Newlln Gulch, southeast of Denver, gold in apparently paying quantities has been discovered In the gravcld of an ancient stream" bed. . It Is probable that other ancient stream beds will be found that can be profitably worked. The so-called tin deposits 'at the southern extremity of the Wet mountains in Colorado were examined, but no evidence of such ores found. Discussing invsstigations in the Alaskan gcli fields, the report says many small veins of rather rich ore occur on the southern side of the Silver How basin, about three miles northeast of Juneau. The old lake beds there are successfully worked for gold by the hydraulic process. At Seward City, fifty miles north of Juneau, there also are veins extremely rich at wme points and yteld gold. On Admiralty inland there are promising veins, and mining will le commenced In the sum:rer. Near Sitka, especially along Silver bay and in the country to the southeast, there are numerous veins, pome of which have yielded a little poll. Near DelarofT bay. on the Inland of Unga. in the Shumagin Archipelago. 1,0X miles southi Awarded e Illjfccci Honors World's Fair, (SEHEAJvII WHS: MOST PERFECT MADE. A pure Crape Cream cf Tartar Powder. Tres Lc:n Ammonia, Alum or my other adulterant, YCAr THE STAKDARD.

west of Sitka, the Apollo consolidated mine U now yielding at the rate of Ti.OCO a year. The report of Dr. Dall. the expert who investigated the coal resources cf Alaska, says that large fields of a fairly good quality of brown coal exists on the eastern shores of Cook inlet and that veins of economic value exist on the south shore, of the Alaskan peninsula. A FAITHFUL liMPLOYH.

Speelnl Appropriation for Joel CJrayon, llniue Document Clerk. WASHINGTON, March CO. At th opening of the present scss'on of Congre3 it was pointed cut to the doorkeeper of the House In, these dlsajcaea that he could, make a scnsibl'? stroke by appointing Joel Grayson, the most experience! and efficient member of the foree-dn the Hcuse document room. Its fjperintenJent. The document " rcom force war to be reorganized anyway; but Grayson, who was the author of the present mode of tcrirg documents, and whose knowledge of tha geography of all the stuffed crannies Is such" that he could find the best-hidden report In the dark, was so. strongly Intrenched In the good will of everybody who dkl business there that he would naturally be retained, as he had been for go many years, regardless cf the fluctuations of parry. The doorkeeper had other plans, however, and Grayson, though remaining on the pay-roll, was not promoted to the chief place, which he had earned by long years of intelligent Frvl?e. But the House had a more Just appirv'ir.ion, cf h.i value. After strujcslinj: for two months or more with the delays and detraction incident to tryirgr to et documents at the, hands cf a hcrde of untrained c!rrk. it inscribed . in. its own department of the legislative appropriation bill, in a paragraph all by Itself: "For employment of J eel Grayson in document room. $1,500." This ia the o.ia personal tribute In the whole bill, and probably the only Instance known where one employe of the House document room was sinle,t out to be mentioned by name in a bUl which deals only with offices and classes. It, was a well-deserved honor, and even In the Senate not a voice was raised to question its propriety. Mixed Reciprocity Comrulnnlon. WASHINGTON, March 30. Mr. Smith today Introduced in the House a Joint resolution providing for the appointment of a mixed reciprocity commission of five members, of which no more than three should be of any one political party, one to be appointed on account of his distinguished diplomatic or consular service, one on account of his experience in administration of the customs and three for their ability in commercial or manufacturing pursuits. The resolution provides that the commission shall meet In Washington and devote Its time to originating and perfecting trade treaties with European powers and governments of the western hemisphere for submission to the President and by him to be submitted for ratification to the Senate. Gold Reserve Kow 128,711,035. WASHINGTON, March CO.-The gold reserve, as officially reported to-day, is $128,711.&36, the highest point yet reached during the present administration. The total amount of gold so far received on account of the last bond sale is $106,139,071, of which i3 for principal, $10,166,964 for firemlum ard J14S.737 for interest, which eaves approximately J3.000.000 yet to be paid under the conditions of Secretary Carlisle's circulars Dietrich' Nomination Confirmed. WASHINGTON, March 30.-The Senate In executive session to-day confirmed the followingnominations; Clement J. Dietrich, of" Indiana, to be United States consul at Nantes. France; Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Albert Theaker, Fourteenth Infantry, to be colonel. Also a number of other promotions in the army. Xew Governor for Arlaonn. WASHINGTON, March SO.-The President has sent to the Senate the nomination, of Benjamin J. Franklin, of Arizona, to be Governor of Arizona, General Notes. WASHINGTON. March 20. The conference of the Senate, and House committees on the Pacific railroad bill was heli to-day, but. In the absence of several members, resulted In nothing but informal discussion. The Secretary of War to-day sent to the House the report of the survey for a canal connecting Lake Superior with the Mississippi river. The cost of such a canal, the report says, will range from J7,C30,000 to J3u.000.000, according to the different routes and the sire proposed. The route costing the least is decided to be the mos feasible. In the Senate to-day Mr. Davlsintroduced a bill providing for the election of a delegate in Congress from Alaska. Representative Corliss, of Michigan, today submitted a favorable report on the resolution providing for the election of Senators by a direct vote of the people. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. The strike at Wheeler's shipyards, at Bay City, Mich., has been declared off, the men finding that Wheeler & Co.'s checks were Just as good as cash everywhere. William Paul, the Brown county murderer who was to have been hanged at the Ohio State penitentiary last night, was granted a respite by Governor Busanell to April 2D. Clark Hasten, a mule driver In Kelly's coal mine, near Danville, 111., was Instantly killed yesterday by being run over by a runaway train of loaded mine cars. He was twentynine years old. The steamer City of Detroit, of the Detroit and Cleveland Steamship Company, left Detroit for Cleveland yesterday. If the trip Is successful the regular schedule will begin Wednesday night. Capt. J. Norman, a shipmaster, of Port lanri. Me., has been shot and Instantly killed at Tampico, Mexico, by Harry Boston, an American boarding-house - keeper. Captain Norman was a member of the New York Pilots' Association. . At Moss Point. Miss., yesterday, the boiler of the tugboat Isabella exploded. Capt. Fritz Llenhand had his right leg broken and received other injuries; Samuel Taylor, engineer, received several bruises, and flreman Miles Brown was severely If not fatally scalded. . '. . The A. P. A. .Injunction case of Edward J. Heffran, fire marshal of Rockford, 111., from 1S91 to against Mayor Amasa Hutchlns. elected as the candidate of the A. P. A., during the fierce rellgio-polltlcal fight In that city, in 1803. has been decided in favor of the Mayor by the Supreme Court of Illinois, v Losses jr Fire. MOBILE, Ala.,' March. 30. Fire broke out in the Battle House, the leading hotel of this State, at 5:30 o'clock this morning. The flames were checked before serious damage resulted. Fifty guests were panic-stricken, and Constantine D. Lifieratl. a Greek, representing Italli Brothers, cotton buyers of New . York and London, received fatal Injuries by falling . from the fifth story. He was attempting to reach an adjoining building, there being no fire escapes on the Battle House front. The fire was caused by a defective flue. . Livlerati died at 9 o'clock to-day. CHICAGO, March 20. Fire this afternoon destroyed the interior of the four-story and basement brick building. 338 to 314 Wabash avenue. The loss Is estimated at about $72,000. . About $15,000 Is on the building and the rest is1 divided between the different tenants.' The heaviest losers were the Davis Sewing Machine Company. $30,000; Oxford Merchandise Company, $10,000; Walker estate, owner of buildings, $2,000; Iascelles & Schroeder, stained glass, $4,700. None of the other, tenants last over $3,000. NEW YORK. March 30.-Dock No. 5. of the Erie railway, at the foot of Pavonia avenue. Jersey City, burned to-day, together with three lighters, also the property of the Erie railway. The loss U about $."A000. Patrick Hagan, one of the lighter hands, was so badly burned that he may die. BURLINGTON, la.. March SO.-The Harrison elevator, the property cf the National Unseed Oil Company, has burned to the ground. Less, &Q,0Cr0; Insurance. J27.0M. Printer Clnrk Honored. '. OMAHA, Neb., March 30. Charles E. Clarc. a printer who has worked in the city for a number of years, has been appointed superintendent of the Childs-Drexel Printers' Home, at Colorado Springs, Col. He will succeed Schuman. who has heli the position for some time, but against whom charges of Incompetency have been made. TJie r-w appointment was made by th committee . which ha3 the management of the home in charge. An Illinois Law Invnlld. OTTAWA, Ills.. March 30. Tha Suprema Ccuxt to-day declared the law unoorvSt'.tutianal which was passed by the last Legislature requiring ail coal m're owners shipping coal by . rail cr water to keep a check Welshman t the mcuth cf the yhaft. Th? court held that the law forbade contracts between employers and c-mpbyes. and dlcrlmiitcd between mines fhlpplrg coal by rail or water and these not so doing. . Ilrown'n Hrouclilal Troche Are widely known u ait ahnlrable remedy tor Bronhi. I., Hoimce, Lougli4 and Throat trouble, Sold only tu UKB.

LANDED HER CARGO

STUASIKK COMKODIIE'S FILIIirSTIiRIXG 3IISSIOX SUCCESSFUL. Didn't Throw Her Cans and Ammunl. Hon Overboil rd, an Reported Cuban Leader Shut . in Prison. WASHINGTON, March 30. The Treasury Department has evidence tending1 to show that the steamship Commodore, which recently-cleared from the port of Charleston, S. C. with arms and ammunition, did .not less her cargo in a storm at sea, as reported by her captain, but landed it on the ccast of Cuba. Tht collector of customs at Charleston; 'in a report to the Secretary of the Treasury, says that the Commodore, cleared that port on the 9th Inst, for Tampa, Fla., with a manifest Vhowing arms, ammunition and artillery. On the 22d she returned without her cargo, and cn the following day s?he entered as from sea. Her captain mada a wreck report, wrath says that he encountered a severe gaia-Aul that her cargowas thrown overboard a rxl ihe whole power of all the pumps used to keep her afloat. .This statement, the ooUeoior says. Is contradicted by one of. the Commodore's firemen, who stated that the care 3 was successfully landed on the ccapt of Cuba. Other evidence In support of the fireman's story Is promised, and. In case It Is p-cven to be true, the vessel, it Is said at the eepartment, is liable to forfeiture to tho government for violation of the inaviatlcn laws- relating to clearance papers. , PRESS CISXSOR'S IlKPORTS. 9Iany Insurgent Killed in Vnrloua EngnsementH ifltk Spuntnrd. HAVANA, March ' 30. Colonel Merceda, reconnoitering hv-Me vicinity of SigunI, province of Santa Clara, has been engaged with the insurgent n who left eight killed and thirteen wouncunL The troops also captured 150 fine horses. The Insurgents recently attacked the vill vse and part of Sumidero, in the provlr.e? of Plnar del Rio, but were repulsed .wlt!i ?. lob3 ,of eight killed,' and retired with thf.ir wounded. The Insurgents have made another attempt to pass thrnigh the military line drawn across the province of Plnar del Rio. This time they tried to get through In the southern part, but vere repulsed. The Insurgent leader, Agulrre,, after burnlng Pepe Antonio, tj engaged near Bainao by General Melquizo. The hitter's cavalry charged the Insurgents and killed twentyfive of them. The troops had two officers and five soldiers wounded. Colonel Segura has been engaged with an Insurgent band at Villas. The enemy left seven killed and ret'rel with numerous wounded. The Insurgent leader Perfecto Gulnones' has surrendered at Guira Melena. The insurgent leaders Vicente Nunez and Eduardo Garcia, with a force estimated to number about 1,500 men, are encamped at the plantation, of Magdalena, district of Santa Ana, province of Matanzas. They have burned fourteen houses belonging - to the little colony of Estrella, near Palmlllas, province of Matazas, and have destroyed a number of cane fields In Central Felicia and Alfonso Doce. t The Insurgent leader. Angel Castillo,- has burned, near Puerto Prlncip, a fine farm and a number of houses at Panta Maria, San Miguel la Carbonera, La Joscfina. Santa Rosa, and other places which had good houses. Smallpox prevails to ah alarming extent In the province of Puerto Principe. iRamon Serpa, the Insurgent leader, has been killed In an engagement with the troops near Sanctl Spiritus, province cf Santa Clara. Abelerdo Font, who was taken prisoner on the Olivette last week, has been sent to the African penal colony. The Insurgents have made an attempt to pass by the military line Into Plnar del Rio, but they were repulsed. A detachment of troops from Cavajayabos has killed three Insurgents. The garrison, of.. San Luis, in Plnar. del Rio, has repulsed an attack by the insurgents, killing- three of them. The 'troops had two wounded. Columns of troops are pursuing' Maceo without ceasing In the mountains of the Sierra Cuzco, in the western portion of Plnar del Rio. At Guinea, in Havana province, a party of I egro insurgents have hung a white man named Ceferino Perez. The insurgents have burned thirty houses In the village of Jamanltas and tne farm of Lihermlnla, near Marianao. They have also burned 635 tons of suear cane near Palmltas. in Matanzas. The Insurgents suffered a loss of twentythree killed and twenty-seven wounded In an engagement at Yagueycito on March Tho Spanish crjiser Alfonso Doce while eff the coast recently at night sighted the Spanish steamer A lava. The commander became suspicious of the steamer and fired on her. She sallei away In the wind and rain without the result of the shot becoming known. The cruiser continued the pursuit and fired five solU shot3 at the Alava, which thereupon stopped and gave an explanation. It is reported that Maximo Gomez, with only six hundred followers, has passed Into Santa Clara. It ' is said that he passed by , Plapetas in thed irectkm of Sancti Spiritus. Twenty-six prisoners have been sent , to the iortress of Cabanas, inclu Jingr the ex--Mayor of San Nicolas, Ignacio Pizarro, who is charged with conspiring with the insurgents to enter his village. Rfiports received here indicate that the Insurf ents in the province of Puerto Principe are in a disheartened and disorganized cop-! dltlon. . , It is reported that General Pan3o, who is commander of the Santa Clara district, will return to Spain. . - j Five negroes, ccnvlcted of murdering fam-; II lea at Cayajayabo. will be garroted tomorrow. - t A guerilla captain named NIguero, in: combination with the crew of a gunboat.: landed at Manse Anillo. fought a band -of insurgents at Rlncon, near Cabo Cruz, killlng six Insurgents, among them being the leader, Corvino, who came with an expedl-; tio.i from Jamaica. The salt mines at that point were then destroyed. The authorities of the war courts are investigating and gathering all the facts In the case rt Wa'ter Grant Dygert, the American who has been Imprisoned for working with the Insurgents ana whose caso hs been the subject of representations by the United Stages government. The authorities are striving to clear the matter up In order to determine whether to indict Dygert or not. Rumors of he recall of Captain General Weyler are pronoci ced to be untrue, ani he Is said to continue to enjoy the complete confidence of the Spanish government. Confirmatory news has been received of the engagement of the battalion of Wadras at Tenorla, near Gulnes. The insurgents, it is reported, lost 72 killed and 300 wounued. Maceo Is evading the pursuit of the columnsof General Linares. Colonel Ynclan and others through the mountains, abandoning many horses. The government authorities belleye that It Is Maceo's Intention to try to escape by sea. General Arolas Is organizing a night service fcr outpost and ambush duty. Tho troops are to ret during the day in buildings protected by iron. The trees and bushes in the space about the forts are being felled. The military forces of Jucaro and Moron hjve commenced to fortify those places and to set up electric search lights, rendering i: Impossible for an enemy to cross the ppace In and about the town without being seen. SHOT IX PRISOX. Ilrnve Insnricrnt Lender Pnt to Dentn by Spaniard. NEW YORK, March CO. A dispatch from Havana says the Insurgent leader Enrique Aleman, a brother of the . celebrated Insurgent leader of the same name, was shot this morning In the fortress of Cabanas. A reporter took the news of the execution of Aleman to the Cuban headquarters. The greatest sorrow was expressed by those present. Senor Joaquin Castillo, who acted as spokesman, ?ald: "It is Just as we expected. Poor Knrique Aleman! Poor Cuba! Another patriot gone, but the cause I safe and we will win eventually. General Weyler has adopted the same tactics that prevailed during the ten years' war. when Cuban patriots, after being made prisoners, were considered bandits and incendiaries, which charges meant death the moment they were brousa: before a drum-head , ccurt-martial. Rnrique Aleman, who is a brother of ChrHtooal Aleman, a colonel of the Insursent army in the province of Santa Clara, belongs to one of the best known families In Mitanzas. He was captured by the Spanish troops about three or four weeks ago in a battle near Mitanzas; from there he was transferred to Havana and confined In the fortress of Ca,bina?.r He was tried by a military commltjiee which Is better knojvn hy the name of

court-martial, and .sentenced to be shot. Enrique was a thorough FDlJler, and, I am confident, met his fate noblv aa a soldier and h patriot." Proponed AnIYnnkee Alliance. MADRID. March 30. El Liberal to-day prints an article ascribed to Senor VaUra, formerly Spanish minister at Washington, urging, In view of the attitude of the UnlteC States, which he ays apparently aims . at imposing on Spain-another ' shameful yoke, that Spain should enter into alliance with France. Great Rritain and Holland respecting colonial affairs. He argues that these powers wouldr willingly conclude treaties with fc'pain on the subject. , The ltermudfi nt n Honduras Port. PUERTO CORTEZ, Honduras, March SO.The Dritish steamer Bermuda, from New York, which, it is alleged, landed arms and ammunition and a filibustering expedition off the coast of Cuba, arrived here yesterday. ' ' A VOTE FOU WOMEN

THC 31. li. CONFERENCE PLACES TIIE3I OX AX EiU'ALPTY WITH 3IEX. Next Animal North Indiana Assembly to Be Held at Kokouio-Ulsliop Douman PlnnU n Tree. . , Special to the Jndianapolls Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., March SO.-So far as the North Indiana Conference .of , the M. E. Church is concerned, the great question of admitting women as delegates to the General Conference has been settled. By an overwhelming vote to-day" the body took a stand in favor of admitting women delegates. There were not more than half a dozen opposing votes. This places both the lay and the clerical conferences on the. same footing on this question. ' At the morning, session to-day the Rev. C." II. Browne, of New Castle, conducted the devotional exercises. The question of where the next conference shall be held came up and caused an interesting scene. The Rev. L. A. Beeks, of Hartford City, presented the claims of that city, the Rev. W. D. Parr the claims of Kckomo, and Mr. Bollnger, of North, Manchester, the claims of that place. Before the vote was taken the name :of North Manchester was. withdrawn, and the vote then resulted with' eighty-eight for Kokomo and eighty-six for Hartford City. Rev. J. A. Lewellenr presiding elder of the (Warsaw district, presented hh report, which 'showed the following: Number of churches, ,89; value, $239,600; parsonages, 26; value, $34.250; probationers, 1.07D; full members, 7,725; deceased, 95; sermons preached, 4,814; pastoral visits, 23,390; revivals held, 80; Sunday schools, SG; officers, and teachers, 1,228; attendants, 8,335; cpnverslona from the Sunday schools, 340; twenty-three Junior League chapters with 1,244 active members and 110 associate members; three intermediate chapters, with a membership of 135; senior -chapters, 36; active members, 2,241; associate mvmbeTs, 417; aggregate amount for support of pastors, $19,902; average salary, $65; collected for missions, $2,fcl. Miss Allle Llnan,. a member cf the church at Warsaw, has been sent as a missionary to Poochow, China, under the ausploes of the W. F. M. S. The church at Warsaw is also suporting-A sub-pastor in India. Wabash supports a teacher in Japan, and the churcn at Ninth street, Marion, supports another sub-pastor in India. The committee on education submitted, a report which was approved. It approved the manaeement of DePauw University and apportioned $2,000 from this conference for the annual expenses of the university, and urged liberal contribution to the endowment fund, practicing economy in the moantime. The Rev. S. Ught, of Warsaw, and the Rev. M. S. Marble, of Kokomo. were arpolnted, visitors for two years to this Institution. The Rev. C. J. Hudson, of Elkhart, wa3 appointed a trustee to succeed himself; the Hon.1 Hugh Daugherty, of Bluffton, to fill out the unexpired term of the Hon. C. L. Henry, of Albany; the Rev. M. H. Mendenhall,-of -Union City, to mi out the unexpired term of the Hon. T. B. Redding, cf New:Catle, deceased. .Hon. J.- T. Kllrott; of Loanport, was appointed a new trusUe ufiderjthe-new apportionment of trustees to the different conferences. The report commended the plan to 1 build the American UnlverBlty, the moat of the board of education of the church and the work of Drew Theological Seminary. The Rev. H. J. Nonis, cf Ltfgansport, and the Rev. J.. K. Walts, of Auburn, were appointed visitors to the Gam tt Biblical Institute; the Rev. E, E. New, of Peru, a visitor to the Drew Theological School, and the Revs. F. M. Stone, of Noblesvillet A. A. Beatty, of Llgonler, and L. - M. Krlder, of Portland, visitors to the DePauw School of Theology. The committee on the Freedmen's Aid and Southern Education Society reported that the society now owns forty-rive" institutions of learning, twenty-three of them devoted to Christian education of the American negro, of whom 4,815 were in attendance In 1894 and 1895. Twenty-two of the schools are for the pocr white people Df the South, of whom 3.278 were in attendance ' the same year. These Institutions are sendlny out converted young men and women. The real estate owned by the society Is worth $2,000,000, and it has sole charge of i the religious education of 547,000 communicants living In the territory covered by thirty-five conferences. The amount apportioned' td 'this work by this conference was $2,l82i . The report of the committee on the American Bible Society showed that in the sixty years that it has existed has printed and largely circulated more that 61,000.000 copies of the Bible. They were sold at cost, and given to those not able to buy. Every county In the conference has an auxiliary of the society. The Bibles are printed in -242 languages and with raised letters for the blind. A memorial to th.e General Conference was Introduced. asking that the ritual be changed so as not to express baptismal regeneration, in which the church does not believe. It was also' requested that the expression, "Holy Catholic Church." be changed so as to need no explanation. The memorial was laid on the table. Resolutions were introduced approving the work of Christ- Hospital, Cincinnati. The committee on temperance voiced a belief in a growing sentiment for prohibition; that the conference will stand, upon the action of the General Conference In Its declarations on this question; that no member of the M. E. Church can consistently contribute to the saloon. The growing cigarette habit was also deplored. The resolutions on, the W. F. M 6. and tho W. H. M. S. expressed the willingness to co-operate with them, and that a special service in their behalf will be held at each charge during the year. The resolutions on popular amusements were stringent, and declared against abolishing the "black list," which contains the names of those who overtepthe rules In this regard. These resolutions will be forwarded to the general conference. The report of the Sunday school committee showed SO.IT schools. 352.G27 officers and teachers, 2.585,178 scholars; 132.697 were converted In 1893 from the Sunday schools. The organization of normal classes was recommended and the work of the Indiana Sunday School Union approved. The sum of J765 was appropriated for this work. ' The lay conference at Its closing session took steps toward a permanent organization. A committee wan appointed representing each district, and1 this committee was ordered to report to a mass meeting to be held at Rome City some time during the assembly there this summer. C. C. Binkley, cf this city, was made temporary president, and J. W. Sale, of Bluffton, temporary sectetary. This Is only one more evidence of the fact that the lay brethren are pushing to the front, and demanding that they be placed on an equality with the clerical brethren. Rev. M. S. Marble, presiding elder of the Kckomo district, called up the matter of transferring ministers to the conference from others, against which the conference passed a resolution. He wanted Dr. John E. Earp. of the Southwest Kansas Conference. admitted to transfer. and this was granted. Dr. Gohin. of DePauw University, was Introduced and speke of the condition of thschool. He ?ays tha endowment fund Is bein; guarded. The students of that schoo: will is.ue a circular in behalf of the institution In an endeavor to work the enrollment up to 1.200 next year. Dr. Gohin does noi feel alarmed over the organization of the Indianapolis University, but eays tint1 if DePauw krtps up her distinctive spirit she will still have pitronage. . - The conference voted in favor of an amendment by which the General Conference shall not allow more than one ministerial representative for every fourteen members of an annual conference, -nor a less membership than one for every flxty-flve. The purpose of this Is to reduce the membership of the General Conference. This afternoon about 5 o'clock Bishop Bowman went to the city park, in company with tJ'e pirk commissioners and a few ministers, an! there planted a tree. It Is a small ash Aapllr.s. ani is located very close to the tree that General Harrison plmteJ thre last -ssrinz. whil he was attaii& tk Morrison

will case. Like It. the tiee which Bishop Bowman planted will be placed within a wire Inclosure. This evening the Revi Holllnssworth, of Greencastle, conducted the closing Pentecostal service. The conference, it is believed now, will close to-morrcw at noon, with the reading of the assignments. COVXTIXO A QUORUM.

Hovv Speaker Reed Came to Do This Great Act. Washington Post. It is not known to five out of a hundred statesmen in Congress how Speaker Reed came to count a quorum in the Fifty-first Congress. It Is known to still less that the only man in the Speaker's confidence on the subject was Joe Cannon, chairman of the committee on appropriations in the present Congress. Mr. Reed conceived his purpose to count a quorum as the only alternative of maintaining his authority in the House and the position of the Republicans at a very early stage of the session. His only confidant was Cannon. He and the Speaker were closeted on the proposition for several days. Everything was considered and every chance was carfully weighed. Reed knew that he was taking a desperate responsibility, and that nothing was sure as to what the position of the Republicans would be. The fact that without consulting his party associates he determined upon his first-conceived purpose, is an illustration of his fearlessness. Cannon, after a long session, approved the programme, and promised to stand by the Speaker, but kept hi counsel. It was to be a surprise alike to the 'Republicans and the Democrats. There was to be no council of war of the leaders, with prospects of friction and division, but a coup d'etat, pure and simple. If it succeeded it would prove a great thing in parliamentary history; if It failed everything was lost. In short, the plan was to risk everything on the hazard of a die. What occurred when the Speaker counted a quorum in the contested election case then pending" Is known to every reader. The Republicans were panic-stricken. They thought Reed had gone daft. In the supreme moment of the uproar and confusion which ensued Representative Anderson, of Kansas, a Republican member, rushed up to the Speaker's desk, and In the greatest excitement said: "Reed, what in Heaven's name are you doing?" Reed smiled coldly and told him he was counting those as present who refused to vote. Anderson was too dumfounded for a moment to speak. Then he said: "It's the riskiest piece of business I ever saw, but if you have made up your- mind to do it, by the gods, I'll stand by you!" In discussing the matter with a friend afterward the Speaker said that the words of Anderson convinced him that the Republicans would support him in his position. He was right. There was a quick rally among hi3 party associates, and in a short time the political lines were tautly drawn on the question of sustaining the Speaker, and he won. - Eaater and Rabbits. Xew York Mall and Express. It was in front of a candy shop window that I heard a mother snub a youngster (or asking an intelligent question. I fancy she was one of those mothers who thdnk a child's questioning ought to be done during school hours, where there are people about who are paid to instruct them. My sunny-haired laddie wanted to know "Why the candy shop's window was full of eggs and rabbits?" His mother Informed him, oracularly, that "the eggs were Easter eggs, and the rabbits were not rabbits at all, but March hares.". And. then he was told not to ask any more questions, and he didn't. But he looked as if his small, unfatlsfled soul was still puzzling over that Mwhy." Maybe he happens to read this column sometimes, or, if not, his. mother, and perhaps she will be willing to Inform him that: Easter eggs, or Pasch eggs, are symbolical df the creation, or recreation, of spring, and have no wider significance than the fact that Easter is a spring festival, taking ltsiame from April April, once upon a time called Os'ter-monah, "The month of the east wind." The practice of presenting eggs on Easter originated with the Persians, but has always prevailed among Jews, Hindus and Egyptians. Hcrw the pretty custom of coloring Easter eggs came in I do not know, unless it is a variation upon the practice of the early Christians, who colored the eggs red to typify the blood of the redemption. The March hares which the sunny-haired laddie asked about are also typical of the vernal season. Hares are proverbially shy and nervous during the month of- March, ana from that fact we have "mad as a Marcn hare," which, I am sure, is just exactly what the mother who snubbed her boy for wanting to understand things will be should she stumble over this contribution to hts knowledge box. I dote on children who are full of "whys." .i.Steele Opposes It. Washington Post. Congressman George W. Steele, a volunteer soldier of the war, and fcr ten years afterward an officer of the regular army In command of frontier posts, and at present a member of the board of managers of the national soldiers homes. Is opposing the bill to confer the rank of lieutenant general upon General Miles. Said General Steele: "Ths bill will not pass this Congress. It may be reported 'from the committee on military arfairs, but unanimous consent will be required for its consideration in the House, and I will object. I am opposed -to the bill because General Miles is no more entitled to the honor than many others. We might as well throw down the bars and call up the dead and confer the honor on every man who has been a major general. General Howard's friends are now waiting for the bill to pass, when they would ask the sime consideration for him. He is as much entitled to it as General Miles." Congressman Hardy, of Indiana, is the aui thor of the House bill to confer the rank on General Miles. He has talked with members of the Senate and House committees, and expects a favorable report from both in a few days. Ilooth-Tueker Aocnwed. ' Cable. Special. Hev. W. J. Gillespie, a missionary In India, charges Mr. Booth-Tucker, recently appointed to the command of the Salvation. Army la the United States, with grossly misstating" the strength of the Salvationists in India, Mr. Booth-Tucker stated that tho army r.dherents in Gujerat numbered 75,000 and that the genuine converts numbered 10,000. Mr. Gillespie declares that. If Mr. Booth-Tucker will produce 100 converts he will subscribe a rupee a head for the lot. In another part of India where the Salvationists boasted of their great work another missionary named Thompson could not And a single Salvation Army convert". All Good 31 en. Philadelphia Telegraph. It is to be noted with extreme gratification that In personal character Senator Allison, Speaker Reed, Governor McKirJey, Senator Cullom, Governor Morton and Governor liradley are all men of the highest character. There will be no "mud slinging" this year, and the Republican party, if It Is true to Itself and the great opportunity presented, will lead the way In the battle for the restoration of national prosperity and good government with a standard-bearer and a platform which patriotic citizens who believe in the principles of this great organization can unitedly sustain with a clear conscience. There will be no repetition either of 1875 or 18S4. Ha-Hn! Kansas City Journal. "If half of Colon has been burned," says the Boston Journal, "a semi-colon mu3t remain." If it was the top half the town must be at a full stop. Expensive Philadelphia Press. The Indiana is at last docked, and so is Uncle Sam. Some $100,000 for the privilege of having a South Carolina hole-in-the-ground. . Sweet Moments cigarettes are made of finest Virginia and Turkish tobaccos. 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