A. P. A. IN POLITICS.
PRESIDENT TRAYNOR SETS
FORTH HIS VIEWS.
'Advlsca Against Potting Cp an A. P. A.
Candidate for President—Only a Few
Prominent Bepnblicans Have So Far
OpenJjr Endorsed Their Principles—
Waited Lonj for Recognition.
A. P. A. Annual Address.
Washington, .May 16.—The most
■noteworthy feature of yesterday’s ses
sion of the American Protective As
sociation was the innovation made'by
giving’ to the public the annual ad
•dress of President W. J. II. Traynor.
He deals at great length with tho
political phases of the A. P. A. Ho
-says:
"The American Protective Associa
tion is to-day a recognized feature in
American politics, whose favor is
■openly courted by political leaders,
■organizers and postulants for public
•office, wlio,s year or two ago, ignored,
treated with contempt or denounced
it’’
men ne warns tne order against
■eleventh hour converts and says:
“The A. P. P. is a standing menace
to the perpetuity of every party, being
■composed, as it is, of the (numbers of
•*very party. So long as it remains
unmoved by 'threats, unyielding to
the pressure of party machines, it will
be Kated torn respected by every party
■which dares, not incorporate the plat
form of the order in its own.
■ “The great majority of our order
hhve waited patiently during the past'
year for some sign from one or other
■of the political parties, that it has re
ceived a change of heart and is honest
•enough to publicly express it. There
■are n few Republicans, such as Linton,
of Michigan; Gear, of Iowa; liradley,.
•of Kentucky, who have been fearless
in their indorsement of our princi
ples. and while it may be fortunate
that they are Republicans, it is more
than fortunate that they are not
■either the Republican party or repre
sentatives of that body, and the ques
tion should be asked and answered
here and now that while the A. P.
A.isms of these men is tolerated by
the party for the A. P. A. votes which
each of them carries behind him. what
assurance have we that this tolera
tion will not cease the moment the
votes have been d°livered.”
The cniy references to church mat
ters in the address are the following:
“A well meaning and by no means
unimportant section of the order has
arisen which advocates peace with the
priest and his subjects and harmony
between them and the members of the
■order. Some would even go so far us
to negotiate with them politically,
■than which nothing could bo more
dangerous to t he perpetuity of the as
sociation. Others go so far as to take
the position that a member of the oi
dei possesses the right to determine
for himself the question of loyalty or
■disloyalty of any papist postulant for
office, and reserves to himself the
right to persuade others to vote for
said papist. Such n contention is not
only absolutely untenable, but highly
dangerous. The candidate volnntu
rilv renounces the right of private
judgment in this essential when he
becomes a member of the order. It is
a solemn compact which he can
neither modify nor amend. The key
stone of the A. P. A. is the fact that
a papist, no matter liow liberal nomi
nally, is .not a consistent citizen of
the United States. En tire renuncia
tion of the papacy must precede his
acceptance of our association as a
■candidate worthy of its suffrages.”
VICTORY FOR TELLER.
He Had Full Control of the Colorado
Convention—Fully Indorsed.
Puem.o, Colo., May 10.—The Colo
rado Republican State convention re
sulted in a victory for Senator Henry
M. Teller and liis.^followers. Teller
was not only elected delegate-at-large
to the national convention at St.
Louis, but ho was commended as the
“ablest American of them all,” and
the other delegates were instructed to
follow his leadership. Senator Wol
cott, who has said ho would not bolt
the St. Loivisjconveation, was not con
demned, but die was indorsed only in
an omnibus resolution which included
all the Colorado delegation at Wash
ington. Senator Wolcott’s name was
not mentioned, and his telegram de
clining to be a delegate let his sup
porters out of an awkward position.
No mention of a bolt is made, nor wa3
•one suggested in any way.
Pay For a Scalp Wanted.
■Washington, May 10.—The bill in
troduced by Mr. Curtis of Kansas to
pay to the Chippewa Indians of
Franklin county, Kan., 840,000 due to
them from the srovernment, and also
to authorize the patenting of the lands
belonging to them, was reported fa
vorably yesterday from the Indian
■committee, as was also a bill asking
*0 investigation of the claim of R. M.
MeUee of Excelsior Springs, Mo., for
810.0C0 for his scalp, which was taken
by the Brule Indians Several years
»go. • ■
*.Louisiana Da m oora ts Eleeted.
"" ISiTON Rooufc, La., May 16. — The
'two houses, in joint session yesterday
received the returns from the late
■election for State officers. A protest
was "presented from Captain J. N.
Pharr, fusion candidate for governor,
against the returns as tabulated. It
was laid on the table and the count
proceeded with, resulting in the
■declaration that the entire Democratic
State ticket, headed by M. J. Foster
Xdr gdVtetmdr was elected.
The Beechei Trial Split Healed.
New York, May 16.—The Manhat
tan and New York and Brooklyn con
ferences of the Congregational church
have united after a separation of more
than twenty years, occasioned by diffi
culties growing out of the Beecher
trjal.
Kentucky's Quintuplets AU Dead.
Mayfield, Ky., May 16.—The quin
tuplets born in this city April 29 to
Mrs. Oscar Lyons, are all dead. The
-doctors think death was the result of
worry caused by the enormous visit
ing crowds
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THE COLO PROBLEM.
Eleven Millions Decrtai In Two Weeks*•••
The President May Act Sharply.
Washington, May 18.—May 1 the
pold reserve in the treasury stood at
$123,000,000; to-day It is a trifle over
$114,000,000. In twelve working days
$11,000,000 in gold has been taken
from the treasury, and there is not,
it is said, the slightest in.
dication of any abatement in tho ex
port of the yellow metal. The last
payments of the recent popular loan
have been made, and the gold reserve
can, therefore, expect no accretions
other than those which will come to
it in the ordinary way. While the
withdrawals of gold are not enough
to be a positive menace, they are
causing anxiety to the treasury of
ficials. If there is anything like a
steady increase in the amount of
withdrawals it is expected Mr. Cleve
land will make an effort to secure legis
lation tocheckit. Congress expects to
pdjourn some time between June 8
and 10. Thereisalongstretchbetween
that date and the first Monday in
December, in whie'n the president
would have to aet without the aid of
Congress should the conditions of last
fall be duplicated. The administra
tion has for some time been consider*
ing the probability of just such a
situation developing after the ad
journment of Congress. Should the
conditions warrant the measure, it is
said the president will send a message
to Congress on the eve of adjournment
insisting that Congress furnish some
measures of relief to the treasury be
fore adjournment. ,'
rCm A WORLD’S COINAGE.
The House Committee Acte on the Scheme
of Air. Stone of PennsjIrani*.
Washington. Way 16.—The House
committee on coinage, weights and
measures decided by a unanimous vote
yesterday to authorize a favorable re
port on a resolution introduced by
Representative Stone of Pennsylvania
authorizing the president to invite
an expression of opinion from the
other principal commercial nations of
the world as to the desirability and
feasibility of the adoption of interna
tional coins to be current in all the
countries adopting them at a uniform
valne, and be especially adopted
for invoice purposes. If the
expressions that are thus obtained
from other nations are such as, in the
judgment of the President, to render
a conference desirable, he is author
ized to invite it at a time and place to
be designated by him to consider and
report a plan for the adoption and use
of such coins composed of gold or
silver or both. The President is au
thorized to appoint three representa
tives subject to confirmation by the
Senate.
CONFEREES FAR APART.
Sectarian Schools and Dawes Commission
Causes in Dispute.
Washington, May 10,—The action
of the Senate in referring back to the
conferees on the Indian appropriation
bill all of the points heretofore agreed
upon, means a prolongation of the
struggle, which may last until the
close of the session. This afternoon
work in committee was resumed, bnt
the differences between the ' two
Houses are so distinctly outlined that
it is merely a fight to see which will
win.
The House decided against any aid
for sectarian schools, while the Senate
gave the Indian schools two years in
which to prepare for the discontin
uance of aid from the government.
This is one of the points of difference
over which the conferees can reach no
agreement. ■>,
There is also a marked difference of
opinion over the failure to clothe with
proper power the Dawes commission.
X RAYS AND DIPHTHERIA.
Successful Experiments With Gnlnea
l’lgg at Missouri State University.
Columbia. Mo., May 10.—The ex
periments that have been going on at
tl-e electrical laboiatory, testing the
effect of the Roentgen rays upon
diphtheria bacilli, all confirm the
theory that the germs may be de
stroyed by the rays. The last experi
ment was made with a live gninea
pig, probably the first experiment of
the ki~ 1 upon a living animal ever
made ... this country. Two guinea
pigs were inoculated with a culture of
diphtheria. One of the pigs was ex
posed to the Roentgen rays for four
hours. After seventy-two hours this
pig shows no signs of diphtheria, and
is just as lively as before, whereas the
pig which was not exposed to thet
rays died in twenty-eight hours after
the injection ami the post mortem
showed that its death was due to the
injection of diphtheria. Further in
vestigations are being made on this
and other germs.
MORE ARMOUR MEN OUT.
Obcharge of Employes at the Dl| Plant
Continues.
Kansas City, Mo., May 16.—The
Armour Packing company, which has
been cutting down its forces of em
ployes since the labor organizations
declared a boycott against its pro
ducts, laid off 100 more men tc-day.
This makes a total of about 1,000
Armour employes who have been
thrown out of employment since Mon
day. The big packing house, how
ever, is in operation with between
1,500 and ;,8uo men and women at
work. Nearly all of the men who
have been laid off or discharged are
union men. This fact has added a
bitterness to the fight, and has given
rise to the beliof among the labor
leaders that the company intends to
non-unionize the entire house.
Commissioner Lochren to Become m
Federal Judge.
Washington, May 16.—The Presi
dent sent to the Senate to-day the
name of Commissioner of Pensions
William Lochren to be United States
judge of the District ’of Minnesota.
The vacancy was caused by the resig
nation of Judge Rensselaer Nelson.
The president also nominated Dom
inick 1. Murphy of Pennsylvania, now
first deputy commissioner of pensions,
to be commissioner of pensions, vice
Mr. Lochren, and Napoleon J. T.
Dana of New Hampshire to be first
deputy commissioner of pensions, vice
. Mr. Morphy.
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TOO OLD FOB WOKK
BISHOPS BOWMAN AND FOSTER
ARE RETIRED.
The Venembie Methodist Divines Appear
Before the General Conference and
Accept the Decision In a Pathetic
Scene—The Pastorate Limit Issue—M.
El Conference Work.
Two Bishops Retired.
Cleveland, O., May 15.—At to-day’s
session of the Methodist Episcopal
general conference,there was the larg
est attendance of the session, both of
delegates and spectators.
After some minor committee re
ports had been made. Dr. Buckley, the
chairman, made the report of the com
mittee on episcopacy. This stated
that, in the opinion of the committee,
Bishops Bowman and Foster were too
old to stand the strain of the duties,
the end of the conference as non-ef
fective, and that three new bishop!
should be elected. In the list of the
bishops returned as effective were all
the other bishops, with the exception
of llishop Taylor, whose name was not
mentioned because of his request to be
allowed to continue his work in Af
rica. A generous appropriation waa
urged for the two retiring bishops,
and the respect felt for them was fully
set forth. Bishop Bowman is 80 yeara
old and Bishop Foster 70.
As soon as the report was read,
Bishop Foster advanced, and the en
tire audience arose and received him
with applause. In the midst of a most
impressive silence the low tones of his
voice were heard. He said that he
simply had a request %> make. He
knew the question was one of great
delicacy, and he begged to be permit
ted to retire. Cries of “No. no” came
from all parts of the hall, but he ex
tended his arms, saying “Please
please.” He spoke for a few moments,
and the conference, by a rising vote,
granted him his request.
Bishop Bowman said that he would
make the same request, as he had just
learned for the first time in his life
that he was not effective. A call was
ihade for a few remarks from him, but
he declined to say anything, and the
two white-haired fathers left the hall.
Bishop BoWman lives in St. Louis,
Mo., to which place he will probably
retire to spend his last days.
The committee on itineracy will
recommend that in rare cases the five
year limit may be extended one year
by an appeal of the congregation to
the quarterly conference, where it
must have a three-quarter vote, after
which it must receive the vote of a
majority of the cabinet of presiding
elders, including that of the presiding
elder having charge of the church,
and then the bishop must consent.
This may be done year after year for
five years, making the longest possi
ble pastorate ten years. A minority
committee report asking for the abol
ishment of the time limit will be sub
mitted to the conference and will
probably be supported by the laity.
SCOTT JACKSON GUILTY.
Convicted of the Wilful Murder of Mis*
Pearl Bryan.
Nkwpokt, Ky., May 13.—The Scott
Jackson case went to the jury at 10
o’clock this morning, the judge’s tpye
written instructions, the bloody
clothes, the letters and other articles
that were shown in evidence being
placed in the hands of the members.
At 12:03 o'clock the jury returned
to the court room and the foreman
handed the verdict to the clerk, who
read as follows: “We, the jury, find
tlie defendant, Scott Jackson, guilty
of murder in the first degree and fix
bis penalty at death." . ‘ ■* *
The judge had previously announced
that no demonstration of approval or
disapproval by spectators would be
permitted, and deputies had been
placed throughout the room with in
structions to, bring before the court
any person disobeying this iristruction.
to be punished for contempt. Conse
quently the verdict was heard with
silence, but immediately upon the ad
journment of court the spectators
rushed to the jurors and shook their
hands heartily.
Jackson himself received the ver
dict with no manifestation of emotion
except ashen paleness of the face.
None of his relatives were present.
lhe aged father of Pearl Bryan and
her brother, Fred Bryan, were pres
ent when tile verdict was rendered,
Tho usual motion for a new trial
was made, and then Jackson was
taken to jail, surrounded by half a
dozen or more officers, although there
was no demonstration to indicate a
necessity for such care.
rttne. rlUIVIc.d N EARLY SURE.
The Senate Indian Committee Reports
the Flynn Hill.
Washington, May is.—1The Senate
committee on Indian affairs to-day
considered the House bill providing
for free homesteads on public lands
in Oklahoma for actual settlers, and
after ameqding it so as to make it ap
ply to all the states and territories
agreed to report it favorably. As
amended it suspends the homestead
laws in all the public land states and
also suspends the land laws in the
territory hitherto known as Greer
county, Texas.
The committee also agreed to a fa
vorable report on the Senate bill de
fining the rights of mixed blood In
dians, declaring that all persons who
have Indian blood and who have main
tained tribal relations with any tribe
of Indians are Indians and entitled to
all the rights and privileges of full
bloods._
A Recount Ordered.
Washington, May 15.—The House,
after one of the hardest fought parli
amentary battles of the session,which
continued until almost 9 o'clock last
night, recommitted the contested elec
tion case of Rinaker vs. Downing,from
the Sixteenth Illinois district, to the
committee on elections, with instruct
ions to recount the ballots in dispute.
Drouth In Central Missouri Broken.
Mexico, Mo., May 15.—The drouth
' in Central Missouri was broken last
evening by a good rain. Wheat and
! oats have been damaged slightly, but
i corn has not been hurt.
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BADLY TORN UP.
Colorado Republicans Far From Being
Harmonious.
Pukrt.o, Col., May Is.—The dele
gates to the Republican state cohven-'
tiou which will meet here to-night,
are split up In several factions, and
unless some middle ground may be
found upon which all may come to
gether, there will be a bitter fight
which may result in a bolt
While it is agreed that Senator
lellor shall be elected by acclamation
as the first uelegate-at-Jarge, friends
of Seaator VYolcott threaten to bolt
and send a contesting delegation to
8t Louis should any stigma be cast
upon the junior senator in the resolu
tions or otherwise. A strong section
of the party insists that Wolcott shall
be condemned and his resignation as
senator demanded in consequence of
his course regarding the silver issue
and the Venezuelan question.
Delegates from forty-one of the
forty-two counties held a caucus this
forenoon and agreed upon the follow
ing, which will be incorporated in the
platform, and undoubtedly adopted:
“We hereby indorse the course of our
representative members of Congress
on the silver question, and heartily
indorse the Hon. Henrv M. Teller in
his stand and notions in the United
States Senate on the tariff in main
taining that no tariff legislation bo
passed by Congress nntil silver Is re
stored to its proper place in the cur
rency of the country and there is free
coinage of that metal at a ratio with
gold of IS to 1."
Should the Wolcott men bolt, the
delegates who remain will adopt a
resolution demanding his resignation
as United States Senator.
RIVER AND HARBOR BILL.
It hm the Senate by t Tote of Only
Mine Negatives.
Washington, May 15.—The river
and harbor appropriation bill was
passed by tha Senate after an unusu
ally stormy experience lasting many
days. As finally passed,the bill makes
direct appropriations of $12,300,000,
and authorizes continuing contracts
of $64,000,000, an aggregate of about
$76,000,000. During the debate the
statement was made that this was the
largest aggregate for a river and har
bor bill in the history of the govern
ment. Mr. Gorman sought to secure
an amendment to the bill limiting the
contract expenditures to $10,000,000
annually, but the amendment was
tabled—yeas 40, nays 33. Mr. Frye,
chairman of the commerce committee,
closed the debate on the bill bv a
statement showing the remarkable
development of American commerce
and the consequent decreasing freight
rates. On the final passage of the bill
nine Senators voted in the negative. ■
A number of House bills on the cal
endar were passed during the day, in
cluding the bill requiring a years res
idence in any territory as a requisite
to divorce. The Dupont contest comes
up by agreement to-day.
CLUB EXPELS A PRINCE.
Itnrblde, tbe Mexican Claimant, Dropped
by the Metropolitan of Washington.
* Washington, May 15.—It is said
that Prince Iturbide, who claims to
be heir to the Mexican throne, has
been expelled from the Metropolitan
Club.
It seems that society women here
received letters composed of clippings
from printed matter threatening to
inform their husbands of alleged in
discretions on their part and contain
ing charges against their husbands.
Prince Iturbide and Henry May de
clared that the anonymous communi
cations were the work of Miss Will
iams, who has a number of friends in
the club. The board of managers in
vestigated and found that a proposal
of marriage by Iturbide to Miss Will
iams had been rejected by her and
that he had made ugly threa.tsagainst
her. What more they learned to
justify the expulsion of Iturbide is
not known.
McKinley A. F. A.’s Active.
■Washington, May 15.—Whenever
the A. P. A. supreme council shall
take up the executive council’s attack
on Major McKinley, it is probable that
a pamphlet, in which Judg'd J. D.
Stevens, the head of the order in Mis
souri, aua the originator of the war
on McKinley, is accused of all sorts
of mjsdeeds, will figure largely. The
McKinley men here say that Stevens
was the employe of the anti-McKinley
combine in securing a decision of the
executive council against the Ohio
governor.
Iowa Silverlte* Claim a Majority.
Pks Moines, Iowa, May 16,—Up to
date, seventy-eight out of ninety-nine
counties in Iowa have held Democratic
Conventions.-. The free silver men
have elected 512 delegates, the gold
men 224, six delegates only being
doubtful. The silverites claim a ma
jority of ninety-one in the State con
vention at Dubuque, even if the gold
men should elect all the rest of the
delegates from the twenty-one remain
ing counties.
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.
John H. McKelvy, president of the
National Lead and Oil trust, is dead.
Conservative men say that we are
nearer war with Spain than most peo
ple think.
Anti-missionary riots have broken
out at Kiung Yen, China. The British
mission Was looted.
Frank H. Harding of Qnincy, 11L,
shot his mother fatally in the back
and attempted suicide. Insane.
Miss Mazie Todd, A cousin of Rob
ert T. Lincoln, was killed oy a trolley
car at Lexington, Ky., while’bicy
cling.
Mike Dwyer bought Ben Eder for
*10,000 from McOuigan, and won the
Clark* stakes at Louisville, worth
*0,500.
A young girl was assassinated on
the street at Unionville, lows. Her
former sweetheart is suspected of the
crime.
German See, the distinguished
French physician, is dead. He wrote
a large number of treatises and de- j
vised a number of Important new I
medicinea
| HONORS TO HANCOCK
[ unveilino op the washings
i ton statue. •
A iArgc Audleneo Participate In thi
Ceremonies—President Cleveland, Vice
President Stevenson, Haprenae Coart,
Diplomatic Corps, Both Houses of Con
gross and Other Notables la Attend*
ance.
Unveiling of the Statue.
Washington, May 13.—The heroic
equestrian statue of Major General
Winfield Scott Hancock was unveiled
here this afternoon before an immense
gathering, which included President
Cleveland, Vice President Stevenson
and representatives of the Supreme
court, the diplomatic corps, both
houses of Congress and many army
veterans and colleagues of the lata
general. Four companies of artillery,
marching as infantry, four, companies
of marines, with the Marine hand.
light battery C, Third artillary, a
aquadroo from the Sixth cavalry, the
full diatrlet militia and numerous
military organization*, including the
Seeond army corps, at the head oi
wkich General Hancock achieved hit
greatest victories, participated in the
parade. Brigadier General Brooke,
commanding the department of the
Dakotas, U. S. A., was the grand
martial of the day.
The exercises opened with a prayei
by the Right Rev. James Y. Satterlee,
bishop of Washington. The principal
address was delivered by Senntoi
John M. Palmer of Illinois, majoi
general of the United States volun
teers during the war. A salute was
fired as the unveiling of the statue
took place.
Senator Palmer's address was de
voted to a eulogy of the manly and
soldierly qualities of General Han
cock and contained a beautiful tribute
to his wife, Who was his biographer.
The statue stands in the heart of
the business district of Washington,
It is the woik of Henry J. Elliott, the
noted sculptor, and its total height is
33 feet 8 inches. The distance from
the plinth to the top of the hat is 14
feet « inches, and the height of the
pedestal from the ground to the plinth
is Id feet 3 inches. The proportions
of the rider are such that if standing
erect he would measure ten feet In
height.
PLATT ON M’KINLEY.
Bays He Is Neither Brest, Well-Balanced,
Educated Nor Politically Astute.
New Yoke, May 13. -Ex-Senator
Platt issued a formal statement yes
terday in regard to the presidential
situation, in which the nomination of
Major McKinley is vigorously op
posed: „ ! if
“My opposition to Governor Mc
Kinley,” Mr. Platt says, “proceeds
almost entirely from my belief that
he will get the Republican party into
turmoil and trouble. He is not a
well-balanced man of affairs, as Gov
ernor Morton is. He is not a great
man, as Mr. fieed la He is not a
trained and educated public man. as
Senator Allison is. He Is not an as
tute-poliiticalleader, as Senator Quay
la He is simply a clever gentleman,
much too amiable and much too Im
pressionable to be safely intrusted
with groat executive oflice, whose
quest for honor happens to have the
accidental advantage of the associa
toin of his name with the last Repub
lican protective tariff. > -
“When the delegates at St. Louis
come to consider these matters their
choice for President will not be Wil
liam McKinley of Ohio. They are not
going to determine the destiny of
their party in any ‘hurrah, boys,’
spirit- Mr. McKinley is still* many
votes short of a nomination,and when
the delegates get together and com
pare notes they will realize that their
candidate should be a wise, temper
ate, conservative, educated states
man, with dcQuite policies, fixed opin
ions and a safe record.”
A WOMAN IN THE CHAIR.
>~waev»e ncpuuiiL'nuil yu»rr«t JJlllUriJ ur
spite a Fair Presiding oncer. .
Denver, Col., May 13.-The Arapahoe
county Republican convention, to
elect delegates to the First congress*
ional district convention and to the
State convention, was in session until
3 o’clock this morning without accom*
plisliing anything more than organist
iition. Although for five hours Mrs.
Carrie O. Kitter was in the chair, the
convention, resembled a beer garden
and numerous personal altercations
occurred. The water and.tramway
companies’ adherents finally obtained
the upper hand and beat Mayor Me*
Murray’s followers. Both sides pro
fess to be in favor of sending Senator
Teller as a delegate to the national
convention_
FRANKIE BREWER DEAD.
rha . Daughter of the Associate Justice
Passes Away of Consumption'
San Antonio, Texas, May 13—Miss
Frankie Brewer, daughter of Associ
ate Justice Brewer of the United
States Supreme court, died here last
night of consumption. Her father,
will arrive Thursday. Funeral ar
rangements have not yet been made.
China Settles Missionary Claims.
Tien Tsin, May 10.—United States
Chairman Reed, the chairman of the
Cheng-Tu commission, has succeeded
la securing payment in full of the
Baptist missionary union claims for
property losses in the Se-Chuen riots.
Thus all the American olaims have
been settled in a friendly manner*
China paying the whole amount de
manded.
Bond Investigators Appointed.
Washington, May 13.—At a meeting
of the committee, Chairman Morrill
sppointed aa the subcommittee of five
to investigate the bond ealea, Senators
Harris, Vest and Walthall.Democrata,
and Platt, Republican, aud Jones of
Nevada. Populist.
Macon’s Postmaster Deed.
Macon, Ma, May 13—Postmaster
Frank A. Dessert died this morning
of dropsy of the heart, at the age of
47. He had been postmaster before,
and a delegate tg nearly every State
Democratic convention for twenty
years.
DEFEND HUNTINGTON.
Senators Frye and T*»| Have Kind
Words for the Railroad Magnate.
Washinotos, May 13—The Call for
nia deep wnt£r harbor project was be*
fore the Senate most of yesterday,but
was not completed. It is seldom that
a local improvement aronses so much
feeling among Senators,, manifesting
itself in a debate of unusual anima
tion and of considerable personal
feeling. Mr. Berry of Arkansas began
the debate, declaring that this pro*
posed expenditure of $3,000,000 was
against the public interest and in the
private interest of C. P. Huntington
of the Southern Pacific. Senators
Vest ana Caffery took the ground
that no appropriation should be made
at present. Mr. Frye, chairman of
the commerce committee, replied to
the strictures on the proposition and
vehemently characterized the criti
cisms of Mr. Huntington as “savoring
of the slogan of the- sand lota ”
Mr. Vest said he could not see the
necessity for this expenditure, either
*t Santa Monica on San Pedro. He
took no stock, he said, in the attacks
on Mr. Huntington because he was a
railroad president and a rich man.
Like other men he looked after his
own interests. Mr; Vest believed Mr.
Huntington was sincere in saying
Santa Monica was the best point for a
harbor. The senator said ne dropped
out of aeoount all talk of monopolies
■ and lobbies,' Any United States sen
ator who would permit a lobby to con
trol him was unworthy of a seat here,
said Mr. Vest. He based his objection
on the fact that the country did not
have a full treasury,.and the river and
harbor bill already reached an enor
mous aggregate.
. Unfortunately, said Mr. Vest, Mr.
Huntington is a political {actor in Cal
ifornia. Not even a town meeting
can be held there without asking if
this man is a Huntington man1 and
that man is an anti-Huntington man.
In view of the state of public feeling,
.Mr. Vest said, he did not believe in
settling this question and making the
appropriation now. * (
A. P. A.S IN CONVENTipN.
Credential! Heine Examined and Speeehen
i Heard—Lively Contest! Expected.
Washington, May 13.—The suprema
council of the American Protective
association held an informal meeting
this morning:, but no business was
transacted except the appointment of
a committee on credentials, which at
once began making up the roll of the
council.
Supreme President H. J.' Traynor
declared that if the old party refuses
to recognize the principles of the A.
P. A., a call will be issued for a na*
tional convention to organize a new
. party which willbe joined by citizens
who are tired of ring rule.
A meeting of the full advisory board
will be hold to-night, when the action
of the executive committee of that
b&ard on McKinley's candidacy will
Reconsidered. •
THE FEDERAL PRISON.
n>« House Judiciary Coramlttuu Reports
Favorably the House HUL
Washington, May 13.—The House
committee on judioiary to-day ordered
a favorable report on the bill to es
tablish a site for a federal peniten
tiary to cost not exceeding (150.000,
bn tho military reservation at Fort
. Leavenworth.
QUAYLE WENT TOO FAR.
Hensae City Vetbodlit'! Attack on *n
- dearoreri Aromas tho Confsrsuce.
Ci.evei.and, Ohio, May 13.—At the
meeting of the committee on the atata
of the church of the Methodist gen
eral conference yesterday evening,
the Rev. Dr. Quayle of Kansas
City, in the conrse of hia
remarks about .the Christian Bndeav
orers, in thslr, attempt to secure a
recognition of the Deity in the
United States constitution, is quoted
by the morning papers as having said:
“Not long ago that organization not
only made itself ridiculous and all the
churches which it represented, hut
actually made the religion of Chriet
ridiculous by praying for the redemp
tion of Bob Ingersoll. Do you think
that the Methodist church would ever
be guilty of such an act of absolute
Idiocy?” ’ V
To-day in'the Methodist conference
F„ J. Clieny of Central New York pre
sented a resolution which recited.the
fact that the local morning papers
had quoted a member of the confer
ence ss above, and disclaimed any re
sponsibility for such sentiment by the
general conference, and also Indorsed
the Endeavorers The resolution re
pudiating-the purported language of
Dr. Quayle oy the conference was
adopted after a hot discussion.
A Colored Secret Political Order.
Pbankfokt, Kan., May 13.—It is re
ported that a new secret political or*
der has been formed among the ooU
ored people called the Mystic Band of
the (treat Emancipator. It is said to
have originated in Leavenworth and
Atchison and to be for the polities!
and social benefit of the coloted people
of Kansas.
Government Crop Report.
Washington, May 13.—The May
returns of the statistical division, of
the department of agriculture on the
condition of winter wheat show an
increase of 5.0 points above the April
average) being ?3.7 against 77.1 last
month, and 82.1 in May, 1895. The
averages in nine principal whiter
• wheat states are: Pennsylvania til,
Ohio 55, Michigan 90, Indiana 85, Ken
tucky 7.7, Illinois 90. Missouri 81, Kan
sas 90, California Ion. ,
DEPUTY SHERIFF KILLER
■ • , . ... i '
Shoe Bows wails Trying to Make aa
Arrest- ■
Kansas Crrr, Mo., May la.—William
Conway, a deputy sheriff of Wyan
dotte county, Kansas, was shot and
killed at 8 o'clock last evening whilo
trying to arrest two men supposed to
be ehicken thieves. The shooting
took place at Whita Church, a station
on the Northwestern road ten mllea
from Kansas City, Kan. Although a
dozen men saw the shooting and fired
volley after volley at the murderers'
both managod to escape.