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w t00Mrt"GtMIftAl THE KKI) CLOUD 0UI1W, JLWIDAY, MAY 15, 18!)G. 2 d m i j . 'PH KM. K. CONFMIMiNCKi STATUS OF THE WOMEN CAUSES ANOTHER SPAT. llmlt'd Wrmitt'i' Oiiiim -l'.JT.irt- In Vlrlti nlly Niilllfj I lie Voir liy Which tlir I ilr 10i'i;iiti' Wrni lit ;;nli-d Hnfi-ilril Aftrr u Kuril tril'4i;!r. rr.r.viMN-n, Ohio. May 0 Though tho Methodist general conference fcecuu'd yesterday to have settled Hid question of womii'ii delegates for tin; present by voting to admit t In four elected, but referring the qiicstlo" of future rights to tin district confer- tMICCS, ll( SOOHCr llilll till" Conference p-issed rosnl in ions this morn mg thank ing thu people of ( levelitnd for their iilmlly iceeption, Hi. in Mrrris Sharp Of Ollil) plOSOIlU'd .1 resolution to ex cuse t lie women delegates, In that they had relinquished their seats, mill providing Hint their expenses bo p:i!il lo 111" iliitu1 of llit'ir withdrawal. Dr. Nee'y of Philadelphia presented h Mllinitlltt) in winch UlU WOIII0I1 WITH invited to iciinin us honored guciiu of the confcr.'iiL'c aii'l their expenses ordered paid. J)., i ninstun asked for it ruling by tin' cliuir a to thu present status of women in the conference unit I'.isliop Jlnis'., decided that it was n.it. a point, ol i tor, hut was :i mutter of inter pretation for thu holy nml ruled tlr.tt Dr. Ncelv hud the lloor. .lust lifter Dr. Neely begun speak iiii', Dr. Frysingur of Pennsylvania appealed fl'oiu the dcclsisou of thu 'li.iir and Dr.Cran.ston'.s point. Ilishop llur.t put the question as being on the appeal of Ilr. Cranston and great eou'ision existed. A motion to lay Llie cntiiv matter on the table was lost by n vote of '.'Is to I'M. Dr. Kynctt raised the point of order that the ipiestloti had been improperly mil, but I'.isliop Hurst liehl that Dr. Neely hud the lloor and Dr. Kynctt appealed. Itishop Hurst declined to enicrUiln the appeal utid a doen men were on the lloor sliouting for recog nition, liishop 1 1 u f-t declined to rec ognize nny one, but pounded with hi.'! gavel and shouted: "Dr. Neely has I he lloor. ' Dr. Neely made himself heard ahovo the din unci said he desired tow lib draw hisp.ipcr. ISishop Hurst would :ot permit, this and thcdiu eoiitinueil. Finally, foiced bv the conference, Itishop Hurst said he ruled that both j:i iors ivero I ofcr i the house and ho would entertain the ii pal. Mr. Sharp ashed to withdraw h!a resolution, lint hu was not permitted lo do so. In the midst of intense ex 4'iteineiit the vote i.n l!ie appeal was taken and the ruling of I'.isliop Ilur-l was sustained by a vote of '."'a to -HI. As soon as it was deeded that tho pipers were before the house Dr. Neelv and Mr. 'Sharp both withdrew their papers and Hie most violent Btritgi'lo of the llrst wee',- of the con ference was over .1. M. King of New Yorli presented a resolution, which was timiiiimously adopted without discussion, opposing tin practice of sectarian appropria tions for Indian education, it Htutes that this general conference, repro sen ting the membership mid constitu ency of the .Methodist Kniscopal church, rciteiates its ei.uvietiou that the cure for these sectarian and ec clesiastical i.ggiessinns is to be found in Hid adoption of the propo-ed six teenth amendment to the I'uited States constitution, drafted and pro mulgated bv the. National League for the Pioteelion of American Institu tions. TO SEEK UNCLE SAM'S AID. Armour Iti'.nly to I !i t J il t a tint Tlirr.it- I'tieil l!o) cull. l'vxs.s ClI'V, Mo., May II Tho labor organizations of tho two Kansas City's nro considering the advisability of declaring a universal boycott against the products of the Armour picumg plants as u means ot aiding the striking tin men to win their tight against tho company. Tho Armour pen, lie have pieparations all inado to unjoin the strikers from decltirin' tho liu;. cottj they nro watching every inoiu made by the strikers and when the lirst delluite step is made toward declaring tho bovcott. applications for injunctions will be tiled .simultaneous ly w it.lt United States Circuit Judges Foster at Topoka ami Phillip-, at Kiuibus City. BOSTON DIVORCE RECORD tllty l':im I'iuii-iI I'p.iii liy .liuljii Mny wiinl In .lust M Hour. llosiox, May '.' Judge Mayuard, at the Hull'olk Superior court divorce session yesterday, passed on a list that contained an even tlfty divorce c.ikcs, At adjournment none of the fifty waa left, all having been disposed of. The court sat just sl hours, and this gave an average time limit of just seven minutes and twelve seconds o.ich. Divorces have been granted in less time than tint, but seldom, if over, have tlfty consecutive cases been lieatd and disposed of so rapidly. A l'lo.i fur the NU-.ir.iKiui ('unit. N'AMliNflroN, May 0. --(Jovernor McCorcklo of West Virginia appeared he.foio the House committee on com merce to-day to advocate tho construc tion of t liu Nicaragua canal lie spoke in bwhalf of the coal Interests of his own and adjacent states, de claring that thoM'otlon lie represented would be able to control tho coal mar Jirts of the Pacille coast of North and South America with the shipping facilities which would bo afforded by Jte canal. lit piilillr.in Ni'Krii I.vaarur. ,lKi'j'i:itso C'irv, Mo., May 0. Tho Jlepiiblicun Negro League of Missouri met hero yesterday In tho hall of tho House of Ueprcftontatlvos with about 30D delegates present. Dr. ,1. N. It. Cropland, of St. Joseph, was re elected preslitent; I. 11. Murray of St. l.ouls, vico iiresidctit, and J. Sllaa Ilarriiof Kansas City, secretary; Dr. .1. JsT. It. Crossland of St. Joseph, Kov. 1'. V. Dunnavaut of Jellorsou t'ity, J. Silas Harris of Kansas City and V. Til. 1'armur of St. Louis were chosen s delegates to tho National racial wuvciUloti, to bo held ut Hoston, Ilfaai., August 13. vest reads the riot liitliii'ilf-4 Tlmt lis" luy Hull tlif 'ill-nan I mix iiIIiim - "mi Olllrliil Hit liitliin. VnisnTov. May (. The (irst'fight of the silver and gold factions of tho Democratic party for control of the ( hlcatio convention was the subject of an unlimited debate in the Sun ate yes terday. Senator I'almer in opposing the l'ctrcr bond Investigation resolu tion, referred to thu inudeipiauies of the platform declarations of Is'U on the Jimitieia! (ptustion, ami declared that they were not satisfactory at tho present time. Kcfcrencu win made to the "snap" conventions lie Id at 1'crtlo Springs, Mo., and Spilngllcld, III., last j ear at which tho Dcmoe ratio, party was committed to silver. '1 Ins brought Senalor-i Vest nml Cockioll of Missouri to their feot. -itul tile former delivered a speech of char acteristic vigor and o.xplosivone-s. Ho charged that tho iccent .Michigan Democratic convention which declared for sound money, was controlled bv federal olliclals, who were instructed for silver, but voted for a go'tl stand ard declaration. After denouncing the itilliienccs brought lobear on con ventions In general Mr. Vest con cluded with the following startling declaration of his own podtion: "I am a delegate to tho national convention,"' he said, "an unwilling delegate, elinieii l-.v my lieoplc, nnil I servo notice now that if that coven tmn at ( hicago is lo bo made up of oihco-liolilers tostltlo and prevent tho c.sprosiiiiu of tin will of tin people, then It is no Democratic convention to me. The Democratic narty is tho party of honorable eprcss'on, not of federal patronage." Mr i--t spolce witli grea' earnest ni's. and his unlooked-for declaration ere tied much comment, lly some it Is intcrpictcd to .nean that If the Chica go convention shall declare for sound money, the Missouri Senator will not feci bound to abide by ilsaction. Mr. I ockrcll is also a delegate from Mis souri, but he made no declaration uj to his position. Sir Vernnti Iliirronrt Siori'-i llliinli- anil Cli.iiiiliirl.tlii itiiiluli' fur 111 in. Lcinhon, May '. Tho House of Com mons was crowded this afternoon and the pcer.-i' gallery was packed, because the cote on the colonial estimates was to be taken, and it was to lie made tho occasion of an exchange of iueslious and answers upon South African af fairs. The Liberal leader. Sir William Har- coiirt, llrst asked the government to malic a statement regarding the raid into tlio Trau.sviiai. 'I ho i ('sponsible directors of tho I'.ritish Chartered South Africa Company at t apetown and Johannesburg were the authors of the raid and Dr. Jameson was only their Mihordiuulc. Tho government was responsible for the acts of the Cunrtercd Company before the nation and the world. Mr. Chamberlain said tnat while Cecil llhodeo'.s recent actions were uni versally condemned, his past herviccs hliould not bo forgotten. Cut for Mu glishmen like Khndcs, Hnglish history would be much poorer and the ltritish dominions would be much .smaller. I!ith the Kuglish ami the Africanders of the Cape thought Cecil lihoilcs the greatest benefactor tho colony had ever had. Tho government believed the proper course to tollow would bo that a joint committo of both houses should iu'iuire into the whole .situa tion, including the I'lliiiinistration of the ltritish Chartered company. The policy of the government was to pre- ent aiisiiiutely the recurrence or the regrettable proceedings, to continue by every legitimate means tho eflurts tu secure a fair and equal tr-'atnient for ltritish subjects in t lie Transvaal and to restore amity between tho two races tlie.v. AS MR. HARRISON WISHED. Tlio liiillinii Iti'piililli-in ('mi t i-rit Inn'! Aitliir. Mil. I tu In' .lust Klylit. I.NDIAXAI'OI.ls. Itul . May '. P. T. llo.its, who presided during the greater part of yesterday'sconvention and who Is very close to ex-President Harrison, made to-day the following statement tcgardlng the signllicanco of yester day's action: "Tlio question has been frequently asked what siguilicancc attaches to Mr. Harrison's absence from the convention in answer it may be said, his absence Is a continua tion of his statement, 'There never has been an hour since I left tho White house that ldosiied to return to it,' and further, fives him from tlio charge that might have luen made.iu- sincerity. In answer to the question what will lie the eticct of the resolu tion instructing for McKiuloy, it can bo truly said it must bo lenellcial for all concerned. First, it Is a truthful rctlectlou of tho sentiment of the voters of Indiana concerning McKln Icy which has crystalli.cd since Mr. Harrison's letter ol February last, and if the unexpected should happen at St. 1. mis. and tlioro sho'tld bo a call for the ox-President, he would be in n po tation to accept such a call, and tho followers of MeKlnley would be the supporters of lluneral' Harrison since Indiana in no uncoi-tain terms has in structed and declared for McKiniey at her Slate convention." Cliic-lniMtl' Witi'i I.Ut i:ii'vrii, Cixi'ivs.wi, Ohio, May 'A The workmen have now so far removed the wreckage from the buildings destroyed by the LMsoliue explosion of Monday night lli.it it is apparent that no more I'uiiies ate io im found Tim death list, thnrufoie, Will probably remain it eleven. " lo 1'iinHli tlio ru.itulii'lrs. Cai'KIOws. Maj 0. Cecil Ilhodo'!, w ho lias been delayed at Clwclo with with,liis column on hi road to llulu wayo.mado tin addrs-j to tho people of flw'olo yobterday, In which ho said they should loie no time in thorough ly thrashing the rebels and giving ! them an cvei'lastini' lesson Kiuinnit ('tincrt'Cutloaallils Meet. L.vwr.f.NCB, Kan. , May 'J Four hun dred Congrcgatlonaiists from all over the state met horo yesterday after noon In the forty-second annual set kIou of the Congregational society. mccUngs will clow to-morrow. act-harris wins the fight. Mil' ntlnu.'i Asplr ml Niiiiiln tlnl Alrr 'Inn. It-lllllN. liUvitt vfK, Kan., May 0. When tho Ttepublican convention of the Second Kansas district adjourned last night it had taken .seventy-live ballots for caudidatu for Congress, witli tho deadlock apparently llrmly llxcd. During the night tho contending fac tious hold frequent confluences, and when the delegates reassembled at n o'clock this morning a bet'er feeling prevailed. Iluchati and Harris hail imido some sort of an urrango inent, which induced the former to get back Into the contest. ami when tho roll was called for tho seventy hlxtli ballot, lluchari secured the vntoi" which he had received on the llrst bal lot Douglass county's 1 1, I of John son's and 'I of Linn's. !y those changes Metealf lost 11 votes, l-'unston 1 and I. owe :i A summary of tho Ictllot was: llucl'tin, H; Metealf, s: Trick ett, I't; lowe. Ill; Harris, .'; I'nnston, II. . Ten ballots were taken with this result, when a recess was taken until lo o'clock. The convention reassembled at 10 o'clock and took thirteen more ballots without any change, when another recess was taken till 1 o'clock. Then balloting was rciumed until tho 1 1 1 tli was taken, which resulted: l!u chan, IT; Triekclt. I'l; Lowe, II: Har ris. '.M: I'unston, II. Adjourned until n o'clock After the last recess, the ll'.'th bal lot was cast ii ii 1 1 "Jack" 1'. Harris was nominated. The vote stood: Allen county, I'unston fi; Anderson county, Ilariis 7; llourbon county. Harris i't); Douglas county. Iluchan ll; Franklin county, Harris '-, Johns-m countv, liu chan I, Harris -U I, Inn countv. Iluchan :i. Harris A; Miami countv, Hani'. 7, I'uiiston 1; Wvandotte count v. Harris In. Totals Harris t,l); JSuchnti H, I'unston 7. ! A motion to make tho nomination unanimous was put and tho vote taken by u rising vote. All stood bat tho Douglas county delegation. Harris was declared the nomiu"n and a committee was .sent to bring him to the hall. J. I'. Harris is .17 years old and has lived in Kansas since the territorial days. He served as sergeant in tho First Kansas battery during tho war. At the elese of the war he returned to his home in Franklin county and be came a fieighter. Afterward ho went to farming and in Is7a became president of the People's National bauk of Ottawa. He is a ticli man and h's possessions are estimate 1 at from Sion.o.i'i tuSIO'i.nuK. After all the planning to accomplish a nomination without the aid of tho Trlcketl delegation that delegation was able to name the man and tho Wyandotte men are very much elated over it. UNITE TO OUSJT STEVENS. Iti'tallatliiii on tin' A. I'. A. l.c.nlrr for Attarhlm: MrKlnli-y. Kansas Cm, Mo .May !. When the supreme Council of the A. 1'. A. meets at Washington net Tuesday the mem bers of that body w!naro friendly to MeKlnley will make an effort to deposed. II. D. Steven, who has been leading the tight on the Ohio candi date for the presidency. The Western members have organized to oust him and unless Stevens gets support from unexpected sources, the icpresenta tives from his own Slate expect to come homo with It's otlicial seal). Ilesldes being State president for Missouri. Stevens Is chairman of tlio national judiciary board ami of the political committee of the national advisory board. He now aspires to be national piesideut. Kiins.is DruinmiTs In CmniMitliiii. Kai.i.w. Kan.. May ). The fifth annual session of tilt; grand lodge of commercial travelers of Kansas opened this morning with a parade by mem bers of Suntlowef council of Saliua atid other iuei"licrs of subordinate councils, escort'ng tho officers of the, grand lodge to tin new Masonic tem ple. Mayor James T. Hayward deliv ered a brief address of we'eonte. drand Counselor Claud Duval of Hutchinson responded. Secretary of State I'M wards spoke concerning tho upbuilding of the State ami enlisted the support of the traveling men in turning immigration into Kansas. Tnu grand lodge then formally opened in secret session. This afternoon a parado was hold. Ion ii Will I'lmt 1'liire. Toi'iKA, Kan., May 0. A. M. Cloud .if Lenox college, llopklngtou, Iowa, was given tlrst place lu the inter-Stato oiatorical contest here last night, Fred Klllott of Monmouth college, Monmouth, 111., took second place. Wisconsin sent two representatives, each claiming to be legal. They were botli thrown out of tlio cmtest. Tho i.tates represented are: Colorado, Nebraska, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. Kitiisn I'liiikeri In Troiililn. tioopi.AMi, Kan . May '.). M. H. Tombliu, president of thu defunct Sherman i county name, and also a member of tho State Irrigation board, and Presley I. Lancaster.vlee president of the samo bank, were arrested yester day afternoon on complaint of County toininissiouerdeorge Austin, charged with receiving deposits after tlio bank was in a failing condition. At their pielimiuary trial they weru bound over io the district court in tho sum of -l,U'0) each. Dr. .loueA i:.oiii'ralt'il. Wichita. Kan., May &. The cor- uier's jury in tho case of the drowned i.iby, entirely exonerates Dr. L. J. Jones. The investigation showed that hu child died a natural death. 'friiiir-irn lli'iiiiirrum. Nasiivii.i.k, Tcnn., May '.). Tho largest 'Democratic state convention ever held in Tennessee has met and adjourned. It was a ID to 1 free sil ver convention from start to llnish. Hx-llovcrnor Robert L. Taylor was nominated for governor by acclama tion. rrlriilt'iiin In OUliitiiMiui. (iriuuu:, Okla., May '., Petroleum of good quality has been found eight miles cast of this city, and there is much excitement. A largo area of laud has been leased and a company organized to put down wells and thor oughly test the tlchL COXKKliKNCK WORK. VARIOUS MATTERS OF IN TEREST. 1'iili.irrn t'r Dimiiiiiiii-i-iI riili'rallnn Willi liu- I'P III U lll'4lllll(IIH- ('iiiiiiiillli-i- ut Unrh. The Oni4tIiti of siiiilliirn Itrutii Ii -'I lie i:pl. nip.it' Ci.KViir.AM), Ohio, May 1 1. Wheu ltlshop Niude called the general Meth odist conference to order this morning fow delegates were In their seats. (J. I. outlier of the Southwest Kansas con ference Introduced a resolution de nouncing tho use of tobacco In a preamble and recommending to minis ters, Sunday school superintendent.'! and Kpworth Leaugc presidents total abstinence. A resolution was Introduced by Mer ritt Hurlbiirtof the Wilmington con ference recommending that the Senate and tho House of Representatives sc amend the constitution that it might recognize the Deity and in the pream ble insert tho words. "Trusting in t!od." It was referred to tho commit tee on state of tho church. Secretary Monroe read a communi cation from the secretary of the Meth odist F.piscopal conference, South, in regard to federation of the two bodies. It reviewed tho great advantages of concerted action of tlio ciiurchci and recommended a conference of the church and mission', of liritaiu and Ireland, of the I'uited States, of Aus tralia and its branches, and i f Canada ami its missions: or that u committee be appointed by all tho various con ferences, tn consist of three bishops, three ministers and three laymen. Themnt'r was taken up liy a resolu t'on, but It was decided that no ac tion should be taken by the confer ence until otlielai iiotllicatlou should be served. Dr. llroadbeck, on behalf of tins eommltt'oon missions, then Mibmltted his report out of ils order. Jt related to the reception of pastor t from oilier ilcuomln ilious into the Methodist church. W luL tt was general, it was explained that it refoired to a special ease lu tiermany, where the (iermau Wcslevans desired lo incorporate with the Mctholtrt Lpiseopal oh'.-reh. The resolution was unanimously adopted by a rising vote, and a cablegram was sent to the WesUyan synod now in sc'sion, A resolution was Introduce 1 which provided that changes in the c institu tion c mid be made without tin pres ent 'wo-thirds vote of th. conlerenco and the three-quarter vote of t!-e an nual c inferences. D was Mtdotrackcd to the committee room. The committee on letnprval erin omy decided to submit to the confer I'll 'c a proposition curtailing the powers of the inl-t. stars, wivie.i will probably be oppo-ed by the latter. This is 'that hereafter it shall be un derstood that the congregations anil not the ministers shall chouse the local church otlleors. ll has been the practice to have tho class leaders ap pointed bv the ministers, nml in throe-fourths of the churches tlio pastors make out lists of whom they want for stewards and trustees, and they are chosen h- the n. embers. The lie v. Dr. Mootv says that the four women delegates have decided not to resume their seats in the eon feicnce though they ate probably en tilb'd to them, llo and the other advocates of women delegates fed that they made a long stride toward their goal in securing tlio voto in favor of the constitutional amend ment. DICKINSON ANSWERS VEST I'li.irsiM ('onreriiln-; Mlrtil'jiin JIaitti In the SiiKiti' Stronsly Di-ihiuuciiI. Dr.runtr, Mich, May 11. Kx-Post-master (ieneral Don M. Dickinson, replying to the stricttttcs of Senator Vest ami other free silver men as to the alleged corruption of the late Democratic Slate convention by office holders, denies thai Mr Stevenson (Dickion'.s law partner) or any body else issued a circular to ollicoholders in connection witli the c invention. Through free nicer congressmen, ho says, free silver men were put in all tho otllccs of their dis tricts, and in both county and state conventions outnumbered tho others two to one. According to tho law the places of delegates coul 1 not bo tilled by proxies, as state I by Mr. Vest. Tho Id to l men never had a majority ot the delceates elected and tho talk of tlio uso of money by tho sound money men is "puro" anil unadulter ated slander and libi 1." If any money was used, it was in behalf oft. fteo silver syndicate, organized and ex isting outside of this statu and niruisiiiiig m ney lo carry on the campaign in this state. In conclusion, ho says- ! am proud to say tlio party in'tlus Sta'e is prop erly represented by its delegation to Chicago and in favor, by an over whelming majority, of maintaining tho pledges of Congress on this ques tion whenever there has been silver 'eglHlation since 7-i, that tho policy of this government is to maintain tho parity of the inetahi. Our party will not favor repudiation lu any form, or take any chances of favoring a policy that by any possibility would lend to repudiation. The Chicago convention will not favor the policy of free coin age at the ratio of M tn"j." Io iv ii Will liHtrui't for llnli-t. Orn iwa, Iowa, May 1 1. There is now no question but that. Iowa Demo crats will declare for silver and Itydea for President Tnirty-three out of 0', counties have selected '.-.'.S silver and 8.1 gold delegates, nearly all instructed. The suuiu counties last year sont 102 silver and '.'Ot gold delegates. hi'.ilirooliii'-t 'lido of Woe. Nf.w Yor.K. May 1 1. Thomas Q. Scabrooke, the actor, who appeared In the Supreme court yesterday to oppose the motion of his wife, Ulvin Croix, tlio noted r.ctro.ss, for alimony ponding tho trial of her divorce suit, told Judge Prvor that liu had tried to livo amicably with his wife, but her fondness for drink had made it Impossible. Tlirco Kill ml In ii I'lKht. lll,i!i;nr,t.l)s, W. Va., May 11. A fight between negroes and Hungar ians at Keystone resulted in two ne groes and 'one Hungarian being killed. CUBAN COURT martial Trlil of tin ( niiipplltiir Crriv fur rill liiM'rrlns A H in. in Ono of llirin IIavn. May 11. 'I he trial by court marl.nl of the men captured on board of the American schooner, Competitor, of Key West, I'la., by the Spanish gunboat Mcnsajcra, on April L'.:, began In the Court of Justice at the navy yard hero yesterday. Tho prosecutor was Lieutenant Miguel Suarez. A guard of picitcd marine infantry soldiers brought in the prisoners. The llrst to enter the court room was Alfredo Lnltorilo. who Is classed as the leader of the llllbus tcrlng expedition. After La Horde came Dr. Klias lledla; a man named John Milton, .said to be a native ol Kansas; William (lildea. said to bo a ltritish subject, and TeodoroMata. 'I he prosecutor opened tho piocccd ings by describing in detail tno cap ture of the Competitor. llo said that Lieutenant P.utron. in command of the gunboat Mcnsajcra, was notified by .some llshermcn on April "I last, that a suspicious looking schooner, apparently a pilot boat, was oil' Her racos. The Mcnsajcra was headed for that part of the coast, and when with in hailing distance of tho schooner called for her to show her colors. Tho schooner did not do so, and men on board of her jumped overboard and swain for the shore. Two of the latter were seen to go down, and others may have been drowned. In addition, two more of tin so-called tllibusterers wore killed by the rillo lite of the crew of the gunboat while trying to reach thu shore. John Milton, tho Kansas man, de clared he had been compelled against his will to accompany the expedition, which lie had gone to see start, lie added that he believed La Horde, tho commander of the vessel, was not i aware he was talcing a party of till j liitstcrers until it was too late. Mil ton ftu titer said he was going as a " nowspapoi correspondent to the insur ; gent camp in order to interview the i member- of the insurgent govern i uieut. He afterwards intended to return to the I'uited states. The prosecutor classed all the pris oners a-, trait rs, and as assisting lu toe insurrection. The schooner was classed as a pirate, w irth about 51, n 0, an I having on board an insurgent llag Willed at one cent. Tho prosecutor afterwards read a letter addr "ssod by Dinted states t iiitsul tiencial Williams to Admiral N.ivarro. in winch Mr Williams slated loathe had Heard of the ciplurc of tl.e Comprtilor. While waiting the ltd ion f "tlio inirine authorities w ho were to hull lie the matter. Mr. Will iams protested aalnst the prisoner:! being tried by summary court martial, hiililing thal'they should be tried be fore an oidlnary court, in accordance, with ireaty ob.'gation. The govern ment c mid not accept Mr. Williams' protest because he was in error as to tho right of th- prisoner i under tno laws. Mr. Williams was, however, alb-wed to communicate and converse with the prisoners. Therefore, in the name of the king of Spain, the prosecutor asked that the death sentence bo imposed on all the prisoner Admiral Navarro approved of thu I death .sentence being imposed. Tho I puiccc.liugs were terminated for tho day shortly atter r. ociocic, wiiiiuut a decision being t cached. VOTED SECRETARIES. llnu .lletulHTH Here iflrr to il.m f'lerln llurlii'4 ItiTi'ssrs. Washington, May .;. The mem bers of tho House voted themselves Sl'Jd per month for clerk's hire during the recesses of Congress. Mr. Aldrieh, Republican, of Illinois, said it would involve an additional expenditure of g-Jlil.t'Oo per annum. Thu tesoliitiou was amcudc'l so as to except members and chair men of committees having an nual clerks, and as amended was passed, no to lus An analysis of the voto shows that til Republicans, t; Democrats and I silvertte voted for it, nml :) Republicans, rS Democrats and 1 Populist voted against it. WISCONSIN MAN FIRST. lutoist.ite N'oruml r:Uortrul Cniiti'it nt Wiirri'iMlmrv. Sin WAititKNsiiimi, Ma, May r-.Har- oln D. Hughes, of Wisconsin, was awarded lirst honors and a S10 check in the interstate oratorical contest at the normal chapel last night. I. J. Itradford. of Kansas, came in for sec ond plaeo and receive 1 a check for !; Illinois was third; Iowa fourth, and Missouri last. The decision did not please the audience, and a number of hisses were heard. Many prominent people in tho audience expressed tho opinion that Illinois ami Kansas should have received llrst and second honors, respectively. The next con test will be hoid at'Kinporia, Kan. NEWS IN BRIEF. Tlio increased bauk note circulation consequent to the recent bond issue is H,000,M'l. Irwin Ford, a negro, arrested for tlio murder of little Ulsie Kreglo, has confessed Ills clinic. Tho State bank of Murshfiehl, Mo., is closed. Piesideut Salmon has been arrested livo tlnuM. 'Tho report of the Chicago gns com bine shows that It is carrying over SO.oouv'Di) of bonds. Tobacco trust stock broko badly on the report of the Indictment of tho company's otllcials for conspiracy. Porrv lielmont has gonu to I'M rope to seo Dick Crocker about running for governor of New York. The (ienzberger woolen mills at Louisiana, Mo , were destroyed liy lire. May H will be field day at tho Mis fiourl'stato University. Yulo has challenged tho Missouri University eleven to a gamo next fall. A match race has been arranged bo tween Dwyer'a crack liUey, Cleoplius, and Suiaun. lli'ti'oll t'iir'imitrr4 In StrlUd. Divritotr, Mich., May 11. Six hun dred members of Detroit oarpanters' union have decided to strlko nox' Monday for an eight-hour day. DUBOIS WILL BOLT. 'I he iilalio Senator ThmitwH t Molt fut 1'ii-e Mhrr. How:, Idaho. May 11. The Kvening Mail printed last night parts of a long letter written by i nitcd States Sen ator Dubois to F. A. I'cnn of P.oiso, one of the leading Kepubliciiis of tho atntc, m which he stated: "In tho event the St. Louis convention adopts a gold hug or straddle platform, or nominates a gold bug or straddle can didate, I shall bolt the convention. I believe that I have stitllclent personal following In Idaho, added to tho fol lowing which I will get from tho other parties on the silver movement, to defeat the Republican party in Idaho." Dubois's frienda here arc much ex ercised over the declaration. Straight up Republicans who are expected to go to the Pocatello convention next Saturday say that under such a declar ation they will bolt the convention there if Dubois's friends succeed in securing the adoption of a resolution indorsing the action of the .senator in tho Senate. The bo' tors will elect a set of doleratcs and send them to St, Louis, as a straiirhl Republican dele gation for McKiniey. The Ada county convention hero to-day will instruct for McKiniey. F-'IRST MISSOURI TICKET. I'rnlilliltliiiil-H Nominate Mnto Olllion It. P. I'sirW fur liim-riinr. Skdai.ia, Mo.. May 11. The Mis souri Prohibition convention con cluded its work last evening. Tho fol lowing State ticket was nominated: For (iovcrnor II. P. Paris, of Henry county. For Lieutenant Ciovcrnor J. M. Ritchie. Newton. For .Secretary of State I!. K. Mc Clelland, Pettis For Auditor John O. Itoulf, St. Louis. For Treasurer Rev. -Mr. Hull, Greene. For Attorney (ieneral J. C. Hughes, Richmond. For Judge of Supremo Court Louis Adams, McDonald. For Railroad Commissioner W. U. Sullivan, Ihichnuau. liltlicrt llie Cliaiiipliin Mint. Ni;w Yoi::., May 11. Tho four days' shooting tourney which began at tho liiittcnhurg race trad; lust Tuesday, was completed ycstcrd.'V. Tho prin cipal feature of the tournament win the championship contest which was Introduced for the purpose of deter mining who was entitled to the honor of being tho champion target sit of America, and after an exciting ml well contested series of twelve events the title and the silver cup were won by a Western man Fred (iilbert of Spirit Lake. Iowa, with a score of '.'ii'i broken targets out of ilili'. Fill ford of I'lica and Hlliott ot Kansas City tied for second place, witli Hollo llcikcs of Dayton, Ohio, a close fourth. .t .llttt'il I.iiiit tmunill- Stili-Idi'. Spi.haxi:, WaslL, Mayl I. A. M. H Hiigard, nephew of Henry Villard, t young attorney who represented sis mortgage companies here, has become dissipated lately, and received n nolu from his intended bridu Thursday, breaking their ei.gagetnent. Ilu ro'su beforo daylight 1 rulay morning, wrote four notes to i datives and friends, went to tne Post Street bridge, which spans the river neai the falls, shot himself in the Iicau and fell about llfty foot into the stream. Tho body was carried over thu falls ami has not been recovered. tVus I 'nrti iter llulilml ft'.' Sr. Lot is, May ll. The Republic charges in an article lo-day that tho bitter attacks on Major McKiniey made by Judge Stevens, chairman of the advisory board of the A. P. A., were inspired liy Commander-in-chief Walker of tlio (. A. R , a brother-in-law of Senatoi'-elect Foraker of Ohio. It says that McKiuly's friend claim that Foraker qmetiy advised his brother-in-law to get 'after McKiniey, and Walker ordered his managers in SU Louis louse Stevens and thu A. P. A. for the purpose. Vt'liat (ilrls UMi In ). Cou-MiUA, Mo., May 11. The girls of this year's graduating class at Christian college here were requested by tho president to write their respec tive purposes in life. Ten of tho girli said they desired further education, especially in music and art; three pre ferred to remain at homo and mako pleasant tho declining yours of their parents; one aspired to be a physician, another a nurse, and still another a. missionary. One admitted that mar riage was her object. A It-ill n nl Cuiiiliiflii.- Miinlnri'il. Si'itixoriKi.t)., 111., May '. I. .1. K Rroiiker of Havana, a conductor on tho Rig Four tailroad, was found ly ing dead on tho Wabash railroad tracks in Lilchliold last night. Tho coroner's jury returned a verdict that ho came to his death by being shot by some unknown person and that his body had afterward been thrown on tho track. The object of the murder was apparently not robbery, as lliook er's watch ami &- were found on lib person. IHistim'-i Death u HiirprUu. PtTTsuriiu, Pa., May 11. A fow weeks beforo his sudden death, while lu good health apparently, Hamilton Disston, the Philadelphia saw manu facturer, increased his life Insurance, S0u,iii)0. Ho passed tho physical ex amination, but an autopsy revealed that hu had been atllleted with heart disease for some time. Insurance men were surprised at Disston's death, Miirty-Mno .MurrlrH I'trty-Haven. K.soxvii.i.i:, Tcnn,, May ll. Michael Farmer, aged On years, anil Angelina llopshaw, aged 7, aro receiving tho felicitations of their friends. They woro married a few days ago at Thorn Illll. fiiaingor county, and are spend lug the honeymoon with relatives of thu groom near this city, t'lilnrli Hiii;h ut Worli in ailMiiiirl. toi.r'iniA, Mo., May 1 1. Reports received here at tlio Missouri expert ment'il station from all suctions of the State show that chinch bugs sur vived tho wlntor and aro now serious ly threatening tho grain crops. MR. ri5 i n Ii c n "fttfsr i...' .