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a member of the board of home missions in New York and were directed against the allegation of Rev. J. W. Knowles, of Mount Carmel. 111., who jocosely styled himself •‘Elisha’s successor.” The statement thus denied was to the effect that one of the secretaries of me home mission board in New York was receiving two salaries —one from the board and one from a friend. The denial was explicit, alleging that the statement never was true and is not now true. Over the offer of the original speaker to give his authority there came the first serious parliamentary tangle of the session. The moderator ruled the offer to give authority for the statement out of order. Appeals from this decision were taken and sustained. The authority was then stated to be a member of the committee from the synod of Illinois and Indiana who went to New York to confer with the board of home missions on the work of the board, but his name was withheld. After adjournment considerable indignation v.as expressed by various commissioners that such a mountain should have been made of so small a molehill, and one at least expressed u wish for just such a friend. The General Assembly was opened this morning with devotional exercises, led by Dr. Samuel T. Studdiford, of Trenton, N. J. Among the papers reierred to appropriate committees were four on organization of Presbyterian churches North and South. The regular order of the morning w-as the report of the board of ministerial relief, which, in outline, was as follows: The receipts last year were $160,856; expenditures, $182,264. While the permanent fund is now largo, amounting to $1,551,783, it should be very largely increased, for there was a steady increase in applications for aid, and the aid granted should in many cases be much larger than now given. It was painful to notice that since the centennial fund was raised, in 1888, the: collections from the churches and Sabbath schools had been gradually falling off. In 1887-88 they raised $98,922, and in 1896-97 only $<4,091. a decrease of $24,831 in nine years. Many of the church sessions think because the board had a large permanent fund it did not need annual coilections. The showing was all the worse, iJlnce, in 1888, therq were reported but 722.671 communicants, arid in 1896 there were 943,716. While the church was more than one-fourth larger than nine vears ago, the collections w'ere more than onc-fourth less. And what made the showing appear still worse was that in 1888 but 564 families were under the care of the board, and last year they had 833. The average gifts of communicants had fallen from 13 cents each to about 7*£ cents each. The entire cash receipts from all sources, including Interest w'ere $197,995, a little less than 4 per cent, of the sum being used for the expenses of administration. The board was compelled to report an indebtedness of $29,911 due to the permanent fund. The report of the assembly standing committee on the foregoing was presented by Hon. James A. Mount, Governor of Indiana, lay commissioner to the assembly. After reviewing the work of the year the committee recommended Approval of a change of rule by which legacies will be expended for current work, instead of being invested in a permanent fund. Efforts w'ere recommended to increase contributions to this charitable work. The selection of Dr. Benjamin L. Agnew, of Philadelphia, as secretary of the board, was approved. The inter, sts of the board were presented to the assembly by recently elected Secretary Agnew. The remaining hour devoted to the subject was occupied by a number of speakers, who presented "the matter from various points of view. Consideration of the report on the Presbyterian building in New York occupied the remainder of the morning session, and the sole speech was made by Hon. John Wnnamaker. After speaking of the reasons leading to the appointment of the committee, he went on to give results reached. These W'ere that there was no evidence found that the boards had done anything beyond what was authorized by a former General Assembly; that the men in charge of the boards w'ere men successful in great business enterprises in New York; that these men were full of love and loyalty to the church: that there was no reason to expect a miracle for the special benefit of the Presbyterian Church to relieve it from difficulties which beset the whole business world. The corrimitte recognized the good business ability and sagacity of those In charge, and the speaker expressed the conviction that the boards ought to have moved five years ago. and asserted that the building is one worthy the Presbyterian Church. The remainder of the speech was directed against the minority report, stating that it dealt with a question settled by previous assemblies, and that they cannot be reopened. At the close of the session unsuccessful attempts were made to close the debate and take a vote Immediately. Notice was given that many commissioners wished to be heard, and protest was made against application of the gag. The assembly was declared adjourned until afternoon. The afternoon s<sion was opened by the appointment of a commission to try the judicial case of the Synod of Missouri against Rev. W. J. Lee. a suspended member of the Presbytery of St. Louis. It was decided to continue the discussion of the question of the building in New York on Monday afternoon next as the second order and the report on home missions was made second order for Monday morning. The afternoon’s discussion was of a desultory character, without much plan or coherence, but a great variety of views w’ere brought out. Dr. Samuel C. Logan, of Scranton, Pa., wanted a committee continued in order to investigate further and to report a rule to govern the boards in the use of beneficiary funds. He stated that the ministers needed more information In order that they may present the needs of the boards to their churches. Dr. G. G. Bolton, of Philadelphia, said that the majority of the committee stopped too soon and that the minority went too far. The pow’ers granted to the boards by the assemblies of 1593 and 1894 cannot be withdrawn honorably, he said. Dr Henry P. Bake, of Spencertown. N. Y., introduced an amendment to the minority report, of which he gave notice. Rev. James F. Knowies. of Mount Carmel, 111. caused the sensation of the afternoon, but the opinion of many commissioners was that his speech was aimed at nothing and hit it. Dr. Jay Clisebe. of Mason, Mich., whilo disbelieving in petty economy, advocated the sale of the new building of the boards of missions. The statement that they occupied quarters with rental value of $25,000, he said, would be the effect of discouraging liberal contributions. The assembly then adjourned until Monday morning.

‘•WILD RIDER OF THE SIERRAS.” J)r. Sheldon Jackson “the Buffalo Bill of Presbyterianism.” WARSAW. Ind., May 22.—“ Wild rider of the Sierras.” “The Buffalo Bill of Presbyterianism in the wild West.” Such r.re two of the cognomens of Rev. Dr. Sheldon Jackson, who has been eleeted moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly, says the correspondent of the Chicago Times-llerald. From the rough and ready missionary work in unknown and untried fields to the position of moderator of the Presbyterian Church in the L'nited States is a far cry. Y'et there is not a Presby*erian in the country who will say that Dr. Jackson has not earned this high position, not oniy because of his work in building up the church, but because of the learning which years of toil away from civilization has not been able to dull. The career of the new moderator has been similar to that of the brave pioneer who fought his way through virgin forests and through hostile bands of Indians in the early days of the West’s awakening. His was in the religious field, however, while the pioneers fought for home and comfort. To Presbyterians Dr. Jackson is the rough heroic figure of the century. He is the pioneer of the church, the man who has done more riding for Christianity and who has won more fights for Presbyterianism than any other member of the church. He is of the militant type. No minister in the churcu can show such a record as can Dr. Jackson. He has organized hundreds of churches. In some eases the seed has fallen on barren rock and after a brief season of nloom has perished iu the burning sun. But a hundred churches, some of immense influence, flourish exceedingly, owing only a large debt of gratitude to the wild rider of the Sierras. Afoot, on horseback, any way to get there, he went and left a trail of Presbyterianism behind him in the West. His presence in a region was recognized by a trail of dust in the air raised by the heels of nis bucking broncho. Dr. Jackson was born at Minaville, N. Y., in 1834. He was graduated from Union College in 1855, and from Princeton Theological Seminary in ltssS. He. was ordained in the same year and chose Texas as his field. His wife went with him. but he was soon taken away from Texas and sent to western Wisconsin to build up the church there. During a part of 1863 he served Under the Christian commission in the army hospitals in Tennessee and Alabama. His rough riding for Christianity came later. In 1870 he was given charge of nearly everything between the Mississippi and the setting sun. He was appointed superintendent of missions for lowa, Nebraska, Dakota, Wyoming, Montana and L'tah. All he could do then was to engage three missionaries to help him. He guaranteed their support out of his own means. Within the year he had ten in the field besides himself, and all were paid. His field was widened shortly afterward, for he was made superintendent of missions from Nebraska to Nevada, and from Canada to Mexico. This was a big commission, but the Presbytery knew its man. During ihe period of his work Jn the West D.\ Jackson traveled 605,000 miles In what-

ever way he thought best and quickest in the cause of the church. It is said of him that while he was riding across the prairie he found a woman whose grandmother had been a Presbyterian. He organized her into a Presbterian church, and then rode on his way. His career as a pioneer missionary was remarkable. He on more people by his rough and ready simplicity than any other missionary of the Presbyterian Church. He carved out the West for the church w'hile the professors who are now' famous in the presbytery were learning the first rudiments of the Westminster Confession. Early in the ’Bos he was sent to Alaska, and was the first missionary to make his appearance there. Here he developed the talents of the statesman and the civil economist. He had a fight on his hands immediately with the corrupt officials. He found no sort of government in Alaska, and started to lay the beginnings of administration. He was always the most incessant, plucky, cool-headed and warmhearted missionary that ever rode a broncho or swam a river to preach the gospel. He found the problem of starvation awaiting him. He was made United States agent for education in the far northern territory and w'ent to work at once. The Alaskans could not get enough to eat. So Dr. Jackson started in to feed the natives and then to convert them. Long before his advent in Alaska large herds of reindeer used to, roam over the marshy, moss-covered tundra of the northern peninsula. These were exterminated by injudicious slaughter. Walrus, whale and seal were also rapidly disappearing owing to the inroads of the rapacious hunters of the United States and Great Britain, and it seemed only a matter of a short time when the natives of Alaska would be face to face with starvation. In this emergency Dr. Jackson suggested that the government should transport from Siberia the domesticated reindeer that are to the Siberian what herds of cattle are to the Texan. Dr. Jackson’s plan met with favor. He bought and transported to Alaska a herd of about seven hundred reindeer, which he thought would furnish food, clothing and transportation to the 17,000 Eskimos who inhabit Alaska and its adjacent islands. In one year the herd increased more than 200. It was at first placed in charge of a colony of Laplanders that was Imported from Siberia. They speedily became homesick, and Dr. Jackson employed William A. Kjelmann, of Madison, Wis., to officiate as superintendent of the reindeer station. The plan followed w r as to lease small herds of twenty reindeer to the most substantial residents of the Eskimo villages with the understanding that in five years one hundred must be returned to the United States government. At the end of five years it was calculated that the Eskimo should be able to return this number and still have thirty or forty reindeer of his own. Dr. Jackson’s experiment w'as a success. The reindeer are multiplying and Dr. Jackson has just received news that one of his associates made a 1.000-mile ride to the Yukon river on a sleigh drawn by three of the imported reindeer. When he began carrying out his plan Dr. Jackson was told by George Kennan and others that on account of certain superstitions the Siberian natives would on no account sell the government reindeer, and that even if they did the deer would not eat food that had been handled and would die in a few days on board a steamer. Both predictions have proved untrue. Dr. Jackson’s work had scattered many of the native superstitions. His work in building up the Presbyterian Church in the West, where noble structures testify to his arduous toil in behalf of the church, and his struggle in Alaska against corrupt officials make Dr. Jackson one of the most prominent figures in the church to-day. His election as moderator is considered as a reward for the many years of toil in the far West.

SOUTHERN ASSEMBLY. Action Taken Regarding AVomen Lecturer!* After a Long Debate. CHARLOTTE, N. C., May 22.—The assembly to-day, after the usual devotional exercises, received and referred various communications. The committee on bills and overtures made a partial report. They recommended that women be forbidden the use of pulpits for public addresses to mixed audiences, and that it be pronounced improper to give notices of such meetings. This precipitated a lively debate. Dr. Pizer took the position that, while the Bible absolutely forbade female ordination, it did not forbid all kinds of public testimony by women. Dr. Walden and Dr. Smoot strongly advocated the adoption of the report. The order of the day put an end to the debate. Dr. McLean, of the American Bible Society, made a stirring appeal in behalf of the institution, whose labors, he said, were essential to the doctrine and activities of the church in America and abroad. Tne assembly then listened to Dr. Daniel on policy and w'orship in connection with the Westminster celebration. The w'eather is charming. Crowds of people are attending the services, which are deeply interesting. Ten ex-moderators are present as commissioners or visitors, adding much to the general interest. The assembly is strongly conservative. At the afternoon session the discussion on the question whether or not women shall lecture from the pulpits to mixed audiences was resumed. Dr. Smoat made a strong and witty address in opposition. He regarded women lecturing from the pulpits as unscript ural and degrading and as a wedge towards the church’s sloughing off. It was not, he said, a question of courtesy, refinement or culture, but a scriptural question. It was a departure from the Bible, and such women Christ did not need in His work. Urs. Walden. Mailer. Shearer and others followed in the same line. Dr. Petzer, of Washington, could see no impropriety in female missionaries testifying on their return from foreign lands. The discussion occupied a great part of the day. Dr. Beatty, from whose presbytery (West Lexington. Ky.) the question came up, offered a substitute "that the assembly refer the overture to former clear deliverances which settle the principles and which should guide us in all our church sessions and in our procedure.” The substitute was carried by a vote of 71 to 62. The communication from the Prohibition party of North Carolina in reference to some utterances of the assembly along this line provoked heated argument. The committee on bills and overtures, to which it had been referred, reported as follows: “That this assembly is forbidden to inf* rmeddie with political parties or questions and the constant and Scriptural attitude of our beloved church on temperance and intemperance. as shown by past deliverances, is on record.” The r* port of the committee was, after much debate, adopted. Dr. Dabney addressed the assembly this afternoon on ministerial education, and the assembly then adjourned till Monday morning. Cumberland Preshyteriuns. CHICAGO, May 22-At the third day’s session of the Cumberland Presbyterian General Assembly resolutions were adopted expressing sympathy with the American Bible Society and promising the co-opera-lion of the Cumberland Church. Rev. E. B. Smith, superintendent of the Bible society, addressed the assembly on the work of the organization of which he is the head. A resolution was presented by Rev. J. R. Goodpasture, of Tennessee, asking that the numercial strength of the different churches be ascertained, and it was referred to the proper committee. Rev. J. M. Cott. general manager of the committee of the board of publication, submitted the report of that committee. It showed that the balance to the credit of the committee up to the present time is $215.61. The balance up to the first of the year was $1,502.94. The receipts during the past year, including the balance on hand, are $3,966.49, and the expenses, including the cash on hand, just equal this amount. The circulation of Sunday school periodicals during the past year has amounted to 124,333. On the Cumberland Presbyterian paper the report stated that the result of the year showed a loss of $2,153. This afternoon the conference heard the reports of the committee on ministers and on the organization of Christian Endeavor. Reformed Charch General Synod. PITTSBURG, May 22.—When the General Synod, Reformed Presbyterian Church, resumed its session this morning the subject of foreign missions was taken up. and Rev. Dr. George W. Scott spoke again on the work In India. Some of the stations, he said, were self-supporting, and the Christion Endeavor Society had been started, with the help of the natives. The report of the treasurer of the board of education, which was n< xt presented, showed receipts of $5,246.04. Os this amount SI,OOO was the Gibson bequest for the Ccdarville (O.) College. The committee on finance, appointed to raise an amount sufficient to d* fray the expenses of the G. n* ral Synod, advised that each congregation be assessed to pay the expenses of the delegates, and that a special taxation be made pro rata upon the membership of the churches. Toll-Gate Raider Mortally Wonnded. CINCINNATI. May 22.—A dispatch from Owingsville, Ky.. tells of a fight last night between a mounted mob of toll-gate raiders and a sheriff’s posse of twelve men. The sheriff and posse were guarding a tollhouse when twenty-five mounted men, heavily armed, ordered the keeper to chop the gate down. The sheriff ordered them to surrender. The mob fired and the sheriff’s posse replied. After several volleys the men withdrew and the posse found David Johnson mortally wounded. It is reported that another man, Charles Jones, was seriously hurt.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, MAY 23, 1897.

BAPTIST ANNIVERSARIES REPORT OF THE COMMISSION ON SYSTEMATIC BENEFICENCE. Condition of the Fund That Is Intended to Wipe Out Ilehts of the Missionary Societies. PITTSBURG, May 22.—The first session of the commission on systematic Christian beneficence of the Baptist Church was called to order by the chairman, Thomas B. Barbour, at 9:45 o’clock this morning. The first business was the reading of the report of the secretary, B. F. Dennison, of Philadelphia. The commission was appointed May 15, 1896, and is made up of members of all the Baptist societies. The aim is to promote systematic and proportionate contributions of money from the churches and members. Chairman Barbour stated that the work of the year had been heavy, but good results had already been attained. Unusual interest was felt in the work of this commission, as it had charge of the raising of about $250,000 necessary to accept the offer of a like sum made by John D. Rockefeller to cancel the debt of nearly a half million dollars now burdening the missionary societies of the church. The programme called for ten-minute addresses by Stephen Greene, the newly-elected president of the home mission society; H. Kirke Porter, of this city, the retiring president; Rev. Dr. E. L. Anderson, of New York; J. S. Dickerson, of Illinois, and Rev. Dr. D. D. MacLaurin, of Michigan. r i he speakers said that they were ail greatly encouraged by the work already done and the prospects for the future. Rev. H. C. Mable, D. D., then read the report of the money pledged to make available the gift of $25u,U00 of John D. Rockefeller. He said some might be disappointed at tne report, but he had strong taith in the future. Last December the first step to meet the great debt was taken. Seventy-three thousand converts were baptized during the four years when this debt was contracted. At the meeting in December it was settled that New England could at once raise ?i 5,090. This vras two months before Mr. Rockefeller made his magnificent offer. Mr. Rockefeller inquired how much would be needed to pay the debts. He was told s2oo,uuo, and Ue raised it to $250,000. We must raise $236,000 in addition to this. In addition to his gift Mr. Rockefeller gave, on last Christmas, $20,0U0 each to two soeieties. in the list of contributions thirty-nine States are represented, and the amounts named are actually pledged or paid, and the total is $199,988.05. The amounts come from the following States: Massachusetts, $52,985.97: Maine, $4,086.60; Connecticut, $2,932.02; Rhode Island, $7,709.17; Vermont, $950.29; New Hampshire, $513.94, making $70,087.45 of the $75,0u0 pledged by New England; New York, $48,944.09; southern New Jersev, $1,489.51; Pennsylvania, $19,229.41; Delaware, $21,743.92; District of Columbia, $1,025; West Virginia, $155.85; Ohio, $12,758; Indiana, $4,703.68, Michigan, $4,007.50; Illinois, $9,387.37; Wisconsin, $180.03; Minnesota, $1,739.15; lowa, $400.36; Nebraska, $1,322.7)0; Kansas, $834.24; Missouri, $25; North Dakota, S3O; South Dakota, $117.60; Wyoming, $45; Colorado, $240.50; Oklahoma, $o; Indian Territory, s2u; Idaho, $42.95; Montana, $67; Nevada, $27; Washington. $140.51: Oregon, $644.15; Britisli Columbia, $105; California, $2,089.39; Arkansas, $2; Florida, $6.50; Georgia, S4O; miscellaneous from offices in Brooklyn and New York, $l,lOO, making a total of $199,889.05, as mentioned. The announcement was greeted with applause and waving of handkerchiefs and the meeting adjourned for lunch. The entire afternoon session of the commission on systematic Christian beneficence was turned over to the Baptist Young People’s Union of America. After the usual preliminary praise service an open parliament w'as held on the topic of young people in missions. UNITED BRETHREN. Members of Boards Eleeted by the General Conference. TOLEDO, la., May 22.—At the United Brethren conference the report of the committee to select and report names for members of the boards has not been received with favor. Some claim the committee has been packed so as to hinder the work of the newly elected officers. The greeting of the conference was ordered sent to the Presbyterian Assembly and Cumberland Presbyterian Assembly now in session. Mr. Shuey was continued with the new publishing agent to settle remaining cases in court. A resolution was passed complimenting Mr. Snuey for his services to the church. It was voted the newly elected general officers should take their places on July 1, 1897. Bishop Dubbs, of the United Evangelical Church, made an interesting address, bringing the greetings of his church. All copyright, it was decided, shall be taken out in the name of the printing establishment. The bishops were appointed a committee to make any propositions thought best concerning the matter of union between United Brethren churches and United Evangelical churches. >At the afternoon session the Illinois and Rock River conferences w’ere authorized to unite if they so desired. The Sunday school report was read and adopted. The following were elected as members of the board of education: Bishop J. S. Mills, R. J. White, C. M. Brooke, L. Bookwaiter. T. J. Landis. J. P. Sanders, Dr. G. A. Funkhousor. Bishop Castle, Dr. T. C. Carter, W. J. Sehurr. G. M. Matthews. Church Trustees—Dr. D. R. Miller, E. B. Keppart, J. P. Landis, W. J. Shurr, S. E. Kemp, W. E. McKnee, J. A. Shauck, G. M Matthews, T. J. Sanders, J. S. Mills, W. H. Jack, N. Castle. Trustees of Publishing House—L. YY. Stahl, George Miller, Dr. G. it. Smith, S. E. Kunler, D. it. Miller, G. M. Matthews, D. W. Sprinkle, Joint Dodds. Trustees of the Church Erection and Missionary Boards—J. C. Albright, John Dodds. L. O. Miller, A. O. Orr, T. J. Harbaugh, S. G. Sickapore, C. C. Bell, B. F. Coughenour, H. W. Trueblood. THE KENTUCKY OAKS.

Churchill Downs Prise Easily Won by White Fr**t. LOUISVILLE. May 22.—With a fast track, good fields and a crowd of some f.,000 people, attracted by the Kentucky Oaks, to-day’s racing at Churchill Downs v. as an improvement over that of yesterday. In the six events but two favorites landed the money. The gentlemen’s cup race was one of the features of the day’s sport, but Domingo, the favorite, whs not ridden out. The Kentucky Oaks proved comparatively easy for White Frost. Talma. who opened at 3 to 1, was soon backed down and went to the post at U to 5, it being the heaviest play of the day. Hut W hite Frost was never really in trouble. Showing the way from the fall of the Hag to the wire, she won rather handily by a length, Burns urging her a little at the finish. The Debutante Stakes. ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 22.—The feature of to-day’s programme at the fair grounds was the Debutante stakes for two-year-olds at *% furlongs. The stake is worth $1,200 to the winner. After a few minutes’ delay at the post the horses were given a beautiful start. Empress Josephine Was first to get awav, with Crocket second, Lizzie Cavalier third and Goodfrierid fourth, the others close up. At the quarter Marzella was first. Goodfriend second by three lengths and Sorrow fourth. Marzella led into the stretch by a length and a half, with Goodfriend second, going easy. Empress Josephine was third. W arren. on Goodfriend, began to ride, and Slaughter, who was on Sorrow, the heavily backed .favorite, carne up from sixth place. Goodfriend won in a hard drive by a length, with Sorrow second and Lizzie Cavalier, all but out, third. Goodfriend opened at 20 to 1 and closed at 6 to 1. The winner is owned by James Whitten and is by Eolus out of Ruth. Fast Time by Requital. NEW yORK, May 22.—One of the most interesting features of the day’s sport at Morris Park to-day was the trial of Requital, who was sent out a mile and an eighth with Colors up. and was watched carefully by the large t rowd which had been notified of the event. He ran like a true racehorse, covering the distance held hard by Griffin. The fractional times were: : 13:26. :35%. 1:04*8. 1:17%. 1:30%, 1:44%, Lot' 1 -.. He was pulled up in the last quarter. After that came the fourth race, the Ladies’ slakes, in which there was a spirited finish, the two leaders being hard driven ell the way through the last quarter and both responding gamely. Minnie Alphonse led the way for half a -mile and then quit. Thereupon Divide and Lady Mitchell too; up the running and it looked as if the 1a..-

ter would win. but Taral made a desperate drive on Divide and won the race. Jockey G. Clayton Crmhcd. CINCINNATI, May 22.—The spring meeting of the Queen City Jockey Club ended to-day wdth a large crowd present. A special card of seven races furnished some great sport. The track was fast and the betting very lively. In the sixth race, a hurdle handicap. Jockey G. Clayton was crushed by his horse falling on him. Clayton was on Wingfield, And while attempting to clear the second hurdle the horse fell. The jockey is probably fatally hurt and the horse had his shoulder broken. Coast Record Equaled. SAN FRANCISCO, May 22.—After a period of slVen months' incessant racing the season in California finally closed with to-day’s racing at Oakland. The feature of to-ilay’s card was the Fabiola handicap at a mile and a quarter, for three-year-olds and upwards. Wheel of Fortune covered the distance in the remarkable time of 2:06*4. which equals the coast record recently established by Ruinart in the Burns handicap. OUT OF BUSINESS. Accounts of tlic Third National Bank of New York Transferred. NEW YORK, May 22.— Yesterday the Third National Bank practically went out of business. The accounts are being transferred to the National City Bank. In a few days the Third National will withdraw from the clearing house. Officers of the last mentioned bank deny that heavy losses were sustained by the failure of out-of-town correspondents. As to the amount the stockholders will receive when the liquidation is completed, the officers decline to speak. / A report current recently that New York savings banks contemplated reducing the rate of interest, now 4 and 3% per cent., was denied to-day, although managers of banks say that the refunding of standard securities at. low rates of interest has deprived the banks of opportunities for profitable Investments, and that a reduction of th€ interest rate is inevitable, though it will not be made till July. It was inability to profitably employ its deposits that led the Third National to retire. The National City Bank now has the heaviest deposits of any bank in New Y'ork. HISTORIC CHURCH BURNED. Oldest in Georgia, and Founded by John Wesley. SAVANNAH, Ga., May 22. Christ Church, one of the oldest churches in Georgia, founded by John Wesley before he promulgated the Methodist faith, was burned almost to the ground shortly after midnight. The building contained all the records of Savannah and practically of Georgia since 1825, most of which are a total loss. Christ Church square is the mother church of Episcopal communion in Georgia. Christ Church parish was founded soon after the settlement of Savannah. The first edifice was begun in 1743, but was not completed until 1750. In 1796 it was destroyed by fire and was rebuilt upon an enlarged plan in 18U3. The next year it was partly demolished by a hurricane and was not rebuilt until 1810. In 1838 the cornerstone of the present edifice was laid, the old church having been torn down and the building was completed in 1840. The founder of Christ Church was Rev. Henry Herbert, who came over from England with Oglethorpe. John Wesley was its third rector and on the site of the present edifice stood the rude chapel in which he administered as chaplain to the colonists. Other Ftrcn. MONTGOMERY, Ala., May 22.—The Barber memorial school- tor negro girls, located at Anniston. Ala., the gift of a lady from the North as a memorial to her dead husband, was destroyed by fire this morning. The loss is about $45,000, with insurance of $4,500. MANKOTA, Minn., May 22.—Fire to-day destroyed the wholesale grocery house of L. Patterson & Cos., and damaged several other buildings. Loss, $75,600; insurance one-half.

In Uncut of Ravens. Bradford Torrey, in June Atlantic. For some hours we had been traveling thus, and were now corny tq an open place in the town qf Hamburg, so the driver told me. Here, all at once, I nudged him with a quick command to stop. "There it is!” I cried, as I whipped out my opera-glass. “There’s a raven!” "Yes,” said the driver, “that’s the bird.” He was flying from us in a diagonal course, making toward a hill or mountain; at a comfortable distance, in the best of lights, and most admirably disposed to show us his dimensions, but he was silent and in tremendous haste. I held the glass on him until fie passed out of sight—a really good look, as time counts under such circumstances. Yes, at the last moment I had seen a raven! Another thing I had accomplished. I had supplied three ma % Hamburgers with abundant material for , week's gossip; for even in my excitement I had been aware that we had halted almost directly in front of a house—the only one for some miles, I think —in the yard of which three men were lounging. I looked at the bird, and the men looked at me. It gave me pleasure afterward to think what a story it must have made. “Yes. sir; it’s gospel truth; he pulled out a spyglass and sat there looknig at a raven. I reckon he never see one before.” I spealc of excitement, but it is a wonder to me how temperate my emotions were, and how quickly they subsided. Within a half mile our progress was blocked by a large oak tree, which the wind had twisted partly off and thrown squarely across the road. The driver was obliged to go back to the house for help, leaving me to care for the team. Straight before me loomed the Balsam mountains, a dozen peaks, gloriously high and mountainous, not too far away, yet far enough to be blue, with w’hite clouds veiling their lower slopes and so lifting the tops skyward. I looked at them and looked at them, and between the looks I put the raven into my notebook. For the day it kept its place unquestioned. Then, long before I reached Massachusetts, I punctuated the entry with a question mark. The bird had been silonl ; its apparent size might have been an illusion; and my assurance of the mopient, absolute though it w'as, would not bear the test of time and -cold blood. Obituary. BOSTON, May 22.—Dr. Benjamin Eddy Cotting. for fifty-five years curator of the Lowell Institute, died to-day. aged seventyfive years. Dr. Cotting had diplomas of membership in medical societies in Rome and Athens, was consulting surgeon to the Boston City Hospital and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. ABILENE, Tex., May 22.—Gen. John Sayle, well known ex-Confederate commander. author and jurist, died this evening of heart failure, aged seventy-seven. He has written more hooks on Texas law than any other author in the State, and his works are found in every library. He was born in Vernon, N. Y., 1825. Out in the Cold World. Cleveland Plain Dealer. “Come,” said the kindhearted officer, “you can’t wander about here all night. You must go home.” “Home,” echoed the unfortunate, bitterly, “w'hat is home to me?” “But you have a home, a warm, comfortable, cheerful home.” “I did have such a home, the very home you have painted, but now, ah, heaven, but now—” “But now' what, sir?” “My wife is house-cleaning.” Movements of Steamers. NEW YORK, May 22.—Arrived: Umbria, from Liverpool: Zaandam, from Amsterdam. Sailed: Massachusetts, for London; Werra, for Geona; Maasdam. for Rotterdam; Campania, for Liverpool: La Champagne, for Havre; Ethiopia, for Glasgow; Hekla, for Stettin. GENOA. May 22.—Arrived: Kaiser Wilhelm 11. from New' Y'ork. QUEENSTOWN, May 22. Arrived: Etruria, from New Y'ork. Crevnsse Closed. VICKSBURG. M : ss., May 22.—Hundreds of mules were sent back to plantations in the delta from here to-day. A transfer scene, as wonderful as any spectacular drama, is being enacted In the overflow region. and all is activity with planters and tenants. Camp Warren will be emptied by Tuesday and the bents folded and stored away. The two crevasses below' Greenville, Deerfield and Promised Land, are closed, or will be in the next few days, the falling waters making this an easy task. Bishop Mullen Dying. ERIE, Pa., May 22 —Rt. Rev. Tobias Mullen, bishop of the diocese of Erie, Roman Catholic Church, is dying. He was stricken with paralysis last Thursday, and has been slowly sinking ever since. Ihe V ery Rev. Archbishop Ryan, of Philadelphia, and a large number of priests are here. Bishop Mullen came to this country from Ireland fifty years ago. He celebrated his golden jubilee three years ago and his silver Jubilee as a prelate two years ago.

WORK ON A WAGE SCALE RATES THAT WILL BE ASKED BY THE AMALGAMATED ASSOCIATION. * Slight IncrcnneK, bnt No Radical Change*—Riot at Homestead— Other Labor News. DETROIT, Mich., May 22.—With the exception of the sheet-iron and tin-plate items, the general wage scale of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers has practically been settled so far as the association is concerned. The entire scale has been revised and the rates of wages on a few kinds of work have been slightly increased, while on others there have been reductions. Owing principally to the condition of the times and the breaking up of manufacturers’ trusts, no radical changes have been made. The following somewhat general changes show the progress of revision to date: The boiling rate on 1 1-10-cent bar iron has been left at $4.50 a ton, the same as last year. The scale has been graduated up to $5.50 on 2-cent bar iron, while for boiling dephosphorized iron the rate is sl.lO a ton extra. Regarding the regulations for boiling, the charge in the furnace should not be more than 560 pounds per heat. Five heats are to constitute a day’s work on double time, six heats on single time, and either four or five heats on treble or eight-hour time. The scrapping scale on 1 1-10-cent bar iron has been reduced from $1.55 to $1.50 per net ton, and the scale grades up to $1.85 on 2-cent bar iron, which is the same base as last year. There Is an increase in the scale on heating slabs and shingling. Last year the rate was 60 7-10 cents, on a basis of 1 1-10-cent bar iron, but this year the rate agreed upon by the delegates is 50 cents and the scale graduates up to 77ti cents on 2-cent bar iron. The stales on pipe iron and skelp, bar and nail plate, Rubbling, those on wages in plate and tank mills, in guide mills, ten-inch mills, hoop-iron mills and cotton-tie mills remain unchanged in the revision so far made. There yet remain undisposed of the wage scales on sheet iron and tin plate. Foreigners Attacked. PITTSBURG, May 22.—Enraged that work which they believed should have been given to them instead of imported labor, a half hundred idle men at Homestead last night laid siege to two large shanties in which were sleeping an equal number of Italians brought here from Virginia to work on the extension of the Homestead and Highland Street Railway. The attacking party was armed with sticks and stones, and the foreigners, frightened almost to death, tied precipitately from the houses. A hand-to-hand scrimmage followed, during which a number of the Italians were seriously injured. The attacking party then withdrew, and two hours later the Italians returned. A second attack was made on the shanties and an attempt made to burn them, but this time the foreigners drove their assailants off. Thiswnorning the Italians went to work under protection of officers, but the feeling against them is so strong that more trouble is expected. The imported men are working under contract at 75 cents a day. Costly Strike Declared Off. PITTSBURG, May 22.—The strike of the American Flint-glass Workers’ Union, which was inaugurated four years ago, has been declared off. The dispute was over working the “unlimited time,’’ and of the 7,500 men connected with the American Flint-glass Workers' Union. 1,900 struck The strike cost the Glass Workers’ Union over $1,000,000, and during the four years four hundred strikers died. Now that the strike is over, it is thought the United, States Glass Company will reinstate a large number of men. Railway Trainmen. TORONTO, Ont„ May 22.—The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen will be more particular as to who is admitted to membership in the future. Men who have lost one or two fingers will be doubtful candidates, as the loss of another or two puts them on the disabled list. Which city will get the next convention will not be decided till Tuesday. Peoria seems to have the lead at present, though the delegations from the other cities are far from being discouraged.

Wage Seale Rejected. CLEVEVLAND, 0., May 22.-The tinplate manufacturers’ association, at its meeting to-day rejected the wage scale presented by the tin workers and a committee was appointed to meet a similar committee from the w rkers at a conference to be held in Pittsburg at some time in the near future to decide the question of wages. HIS HOUSE IX A TREE TOP. The Aerial Home or an American Settler in Nicaragua. New York Sun. “I had heard of old man Wildeson’s house in a tree almost from the day I set foot in Nicaragua,” said T. F. Drew, who recently returned from Central America. “Later, when business took me to Rama, on the Rama river, I not only saw it, but was a guest in it for a day and a night, besides taking several informal dinners and breakfasts there during my stay at Rama. That H. Wildeson is a good deal of a mechanical genius is shown in the construction of his strange aerial home. It is a three-story house, built in an ebo tree, sixty feet from the ground. The w-ood of the eb<? tree is like iron for strength and solidity, so the branches make a safe and sufficient support for the structure. The house is built about the trunk, which stands in the center as the mizzenmast of a ship rises through the cabin. I recall a dinner there to which I was invited and unexpected guests arrived, so that the table ordinarily used was not large enough to accommodate us all. and a specially constructed table was set completely 'around the tree trunk. It answered the purpose very well, except that no guest could see the one opposite to him; but we had a very enjoyable dinner, all the same. “The house, while not precisely spacious,' contains a kitchen, dining room, sleeping rooms, and a bathroom, supplied with w-ater from the rain caught in the tree top and stored there in a tank. The furniture is good, though simple, hammocks, after the fashion of the country, taking the place of beds. To get up and down between the ground an elevator is used, so constructed with blocks and tackle that the person using it raises himself or controls his descent by means of a rope. The house is built of jointed boards, firmly bound by a wire cable, and further secured by wire strands passing about the structure. “Mr. Wildeson’s idea in building this lofty and novel house was to get above the malaria. It seems to answer this purpose, and has other advantages. Mosquitoes and flies will seldom rise to such a height, and the house is practically free from those forms of insect and leptile life that in this country infest houses built upon the ground. It is cool in summer, and the view it commands is superb. The owner, an old Louisiana planter, came to Rama many years ago, took up an estate and began the raising of bananas. To this he has since added the planting and culture of the rubber tree, and from this industry he bids fair to realize a fortune. He has prospered from the first, and already is well to do. One of his enterprises is an ice plant, from which he supplies buyers with ice all up and down the river. “Below- his house, suspended from a limb, is his chicken house. The chickens run about on the ground through the day, picking up their living; at the end of the day they come to the elevator to be hoisted to the roost in this dangling house. A thing that struck me curiously was the sight of an twelve-foot boa constrictor gliding about on the ground at the foot of the tree, climbing over the roofs of the laborers’ cabins, even entering them, and in general making himself perfectly at home on the plantation. “ -Nobody’d think of harming him,’ said the old man to me when I spoke to him about the big snake. ‘He’s perfectly harmless to any one, and he keeps the place clear of mice and moles that eat the roots of my voung banana and chocolate trees. Eat chickens! Never knew him to do such a thing. Still, while they’re little, I don’t put temptation in his way. but keep them in a snake-proof coop of wire netting.” A Fri*e Story. Detroit Free Press. “ ’Bout th’ closest call I ever had.” said the long-iegged man on a backless chair in front of the grocery, “wus when I wus emigratin’ to Caiiforney in ’49. There wus ’bout fifty of us started together, but didn’t agree very well, so ten of us sep’rated frum th’ rest an’ run a experdition of our own. We got along all rignt till we got among them Apaches. They was soon hangin’ on our trail an’ one day they s’rounded us. They wus fifty to our one an’ all we could look for’ard to wus to die a fightln’. They kep’ a circlin’ an’ a circlin’ an’ a gittin’ nearer all th' time, an’ us stan’in’ with our backs together waitin’

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till we could shoot to kill. Jist when we wus a whisperin’ good-bye to each other them red devils took to their heels like th’ United States army was arter them. It wus an airthquake done it an’ we wasn't troubled no more.” “Wus they a volcaney near there?” asked the little man with high shoulders and a weazened face. "Naw. What’er you talkin’ ’bout volcaneys? I said airthquake.” “I heerd you. But 1 went through that same deestrict that year. Them Apaches got arter us an’ we hustled up _ into tn' crater of a volcaney so as to stan’ ’em off. We built a kin’ ot a platform inside an' they couldn't a took us in a thousand years if we’d had grub. One mornin’ when we wus iist about starved that ole volcaney kirn to life, cut loose like a dynermite explosion an’ we wus blow-ed ninety miles to th’ west afore we landed in a sail’ hill. Not a durn one of us had a scratch.” The long-legged man reached for his weasel skin, took on a sickly grin and said: “What’ll you fellers take?” Saved From the Wreck. New York Journal. Everything had been swept away in the crash—stock of goods, business house, homo —even the household furniture, and now the ruined man and his wife stood with drawn and blanched faces as the auctioneer sold to the crowd of grasping and curious strangers their household goods and treasured heirlooms. Presently he hi?ld up a rocking horse, battered, scratched and paintless—the favorite plaything of their golden-haired boy, now, alas, without even a roof to shelter him. The woman turned pale, and the man started forward and cried hoarsely: “Not that. Oh, not that!" A sudden silence fell upon the gay and frivolous crowd of buyers, and the auctioneer, with a suspicion of moisture in his eyes, turned and handed him the toy. There were fathers and mothers among that worldly and chattering assemblage, and that one touch of nature in the cry forced from the pareht’s heart softened every soul present. The man seized the faded rocking horse and hurried, with the pale woman clinging to his arm, from the room. They went to another part of the house, and he sat the horse lovingly and tenderly upon the floor. “How could you forget it?” asked the woman reproachfully. “I Intended to hide it again,” said the man, "but I had no opportunity.” He drew out his knife, cut a slit in the horse’s neck, anti drew out seventeen one-thousand-dollar bills neatly folded. “Some day,” said the woman, “your carelessness is going to ruin you.” Intelligence of the Poodle. New York Tribune. As to the poodle's mental qualities their excellence has been recognized longer than have the proper physical points of the breed. Every one is familiar with the trick poodles of the circus and of traveling showmen. Not only do the little creatures pick up all instruction quickly, but they seem to take a genuine delight in exhibiting their cleverness in public. They have the true spirit of the actor, and are as proud of applause as any player on the stage. Often they originate little tricks and games of their own. and in such instances the trainer immediately takes advantage of this faculty and teaches them to do by word of command the things which they have already volunteered as their own invention. Mr. Trevor says that in his opinion the poodle is the most intelligent of all the many breeds of dogs. It has proved an excellent watchdog, and is constantly gaining in favor, because of its affectionate nature, as a household pet. "Why Should They Smoke? Philadelphia Inquirer. The Inquirer pleads guilty to an utter lack of sympathy for the New' York World in its protest against the confinement of smoking to the rear seats of ordinary street cars. It is quite true that such a regulation renders it impossible for a man who is escorting women to indulge in a cigar when the rear seats are filled, but why should a roan insist upon smoking at such a time and under such circumstances? The odor of a good cigar is agreeable to a great many women, and few of them object to smoking in their presence at the proper time and place, but those who really like an escort to smoke when they are walking on the street or are riding or driving in a public place are decidedly few in number. It may ir. New York be the custom for gentlemen to do this, but it is not the custom here. We are a trifle too slow for that. Failure of n Distiller. LEXINGTON, Ky„ May 22.—William Tarr, a noted distiller, made an assignment this afternoon to R. P. and J. S. Stoll. Assets. $6u0,000; liabilities unknown. The William Tarr Company also made an assignment to the same persons. 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