"iETHODISTGONFERENGE
M. E. Conference at Oma
ha Getting Down to Work.
TheViME ON MLMOIKS LIMITED.
Bishop Fester Reads tha Voluminous
' Quadrennial Report to the Con
ferenceStanding Com
mittees Appointed.
irvn" Thursday's Daily.
I fThe Methodist conference that is
Wjfli session at Omaha is getting down
IKt WUin. lino uiui uiii d j
Dr. Sanford Hunt moved that a
committee on memoirs be appoint
ed. It was carried.
Dr. Buckley spoke upon the sub
ject holding that some restrictions
. i j i t . n.,ii
-1 Snare nlloted to all written memoirs.
IIs said that the matter of produc
ing memoirs had at some of the
previous conferences become a sort
of bore, all out of proportion and
entirely inconsistent with.the object.
The memoirs should not be biogra
phies, lie therefore moved that
fifteen minutes, and no more, be al.
lowed for presentation of memoirs
for each of the distinguished dead.
Dr. Leonard moved that the time
'. be extended to twenty minutes, inn
r he received no second. lie believed
that it would be shameful to allow
only fifteen minutes for the presen
tation of the memoirs of the illus
trious officials of the church who
had passed away. He thought that
fifteen minutes would not be enough
for a memoir ot Dr. Buckley him
self. The fifteen-minute limit for me
moirs was finally adopted.
x ue ioi iuwui ii.uin a wi n-
nounced as having been placed up
Ajm the standitigcomiuitteeon rules:
jfC. C. Carpenter, Iowa; Dr. J. M.
A Buckley, New York; Dr. T. B. Xeely,
Philadelphia; II. K. Haines, Minne
sota; William Lawrence, Ohio; Karl
'raiislon, Colorado, and K. V. Cun
ningham, Kansas.
The hour of 10 o'clock having ar
rived the conference decided to
proceed with the order of the day
which was the hearing of the epis
copal address to be delivered by
Bishop Foster.
The galleries were well filled and
i Bishop Warren admonished every-iL-hody
present, delegates and all, to
'Kkeep perfect silence so that every
word ot the important message
could be heard by all.
-Bishop Foster said that his voice
would not be very clear or strong
for a few minutes but it would ini
prove as he went on. The reading
' of the report was attended clo jy
by the delegates and the visirs.
Its intense interest to the church
workers and members was attested
by the deep attention given, and
mauy notes were made as particu
larly important points or timely
suggestions were made.
A lengthy discussion ensued on
the question of how many copies of
1 the bishop's address should be
printed. It was finally ordered
printed in the Daily Christian
Advocate and oth official papers
of the church, and 3,000 copies were
ordered printed in pamphlet form,
each delegate to have ve for distri-
butien among his friends.
U At this juncture the chairman
. called the attention ot tne comer-
ence to the matter of a committee
on deaconess work, which was not
decided Tuesday. The original mo
tion was that the committee consist
of a minister and a layman from
each conference district aud one
, . member at large. A substitute pro
j vided that matters pertaining to the
I deaconess work be left to the cotn-
" mittee on state ot tne cnurcn. vt lien
the matter was brought up Dr.
Pearson moved as an amendment
that the committee consist of one
member from each conference dis
trict and five nt large. On motion
of Dr. Cjueal the latter was laid on
the table and after considerable
' discussion the original motion pre
vailed. Dr. Kdwards of Michigan, offered
a resolution providing for the ap
pointment by the chair of a special
committee on conference claimants
to consist of six ministers aud three
laymen.
Mr. Twindell thought that these
matters should be referred to the
committee on temporal economy.
Dr. Hammond of California, was
of the opinion that the matter was
of exceptional importance and
should be considered by a commit
tee on which all conferences were
represented. He olfered as a substi-
tute a motion that the special com-
;niittee consist of two delegates from
each conference and one at large.
" The report of the board on con
Terence claimants, a lengthy
printed document, was read by the
cretary, and the question of what
puld be done with it was again
imed.
te milk of the cocoanut, so far
as that matter is concerned, is right
here.- Some of the conference dis
tricts are rich and have a large
fund on hand with which to care ;
for superannuated and worn out '
preachers.
On the other hand some of the
other conferences are poor and the
exporters who are worn out in the
cause find it pretty rocky sledding, j
as there is little money on hand j
with which to help them. It is the
proposed plan to throw all the con
ferences together in this matterand
make all chip in to a common fund.
That's where the rub conies in.
The rich conferences don't propose
that the money that they have
saved up for their own shall be
peddled all over the face of the
face of the globe, not if they can
help it. The poor folks thiuk it
would be a snap and of course they
are after it. That U why there was
so much discussion over it and it
isn't over yet. The friends of the
Crcpsus conferences want it all re
ferred to the committee on temporal
economy, but the other fellows pro
test that in that case a string with a
stone at the end would be tied
around its neck and it would never
come to the surface. They insist
on a special committee, without
which they claim they will have
no share.
The debate waxed long and loud,
and the hour of adjournment
chopped it in two in the middle.
After dinner the opening exercises
were in chargeof Dr. Spragfte, pres
ident of the Wyoming Conference
Seminary.
The committees were appointed
and continued by the conference,
after which an adjournment was
taken.
Kentucky Judicial Humor.
The Mount Vernon Signal tells
this story of Judge Robert Boyd of
the Fifteenth judicial district: "A
woman who had disobeyed a sum
mons was arraigned before him to
show cause for such disobedience,
and she shook the court house with
her boisterous eloquence. In t'l"
midst of it Colonel Bradley w.tiiicd
in and asked Judge Boyd what the
woman was charged with. "Well. I
don't know, but I think she's
charged with dynamite."
Judge Boyd is the man who ruled
in a case that a man was not a dis
turber of religious worship simply
because he stood up when a
preacher asked everybody to stand
up who wanted to go to hell. The
judge held that there was no sense
in the question in the first place,
and that there was, in the second
place, no law against a man going
to hell if he wanted to. Louisville
Corrier-Journal.
Sorting Wrecked Mail.
V'en the mail car of the wrecked
ii. M. train took a tumble Sunday,
ibout .",1)00 letters that were in the
rack were scattered to the four
winds of heaven and a good deal of
the mud and water underneath.
They were gathered up jvith care
by the clerks, and even this fur
nished a grewsome incident. As
one clerk pushed his hand down in
the mingled, muddy mass, he
brought out a bloody fragment of a
human leg, once a part of one of
the tramps killed.
The letters were brought to Lin
coln, and then it was found that a
hard job was on hand. Nearly all
the letters had been soaked, and
the addresses in mauy cases almost
obliterated. Inspector Steen, his
chief clerk, and six other clerks
worked all day yesterday and got
through about half of them. A
great many had to be opened to
find out the addresses, and many
drafts and remittances were thus
sent on to their owners. Nearly all
the letters had to be re-enveloped.
One letter picked up bore in
place of the stamp the words
"A kiss for you." The address was
gone, and it had to be opened.
Under the "Brer yours, Nell" was a
"P. S. Look under the stamp."
That girl little dreamed that a fatal
railway accident would reveal her
loving little scheme to send a kiss
by letter rates.
It will probably take all day to
day t(5 finish the task of sorting and
remailing the muddy letters, but
very few letters will go astray by
reason of the accident. Lincoln
Journal.
Chas. Ingalls returned from Weep
ing Water last evening.
Sam Shumaker was up to Omaha
this morning on business.
The Hastings base ball team came
in from Fremont on the 12:35 train
last night.
Miss Anna Kussell came in from
Weeping Water last night on the M.
P. train.
Clark & Grimes are moving their
law office from the Dovey block to
the front rooms up stairs over
Clark's groc ery store, next to the
court house.
The'followingcascs were filed with
the district court to day: Lulu M.
Wagner vs. Wm. Wagner, Henry ;S.
Sawyer vs. Louisville, and Klisha's.
Carroll vs. Wm. Bennett et al.
From Krlilay's Putty.
Hon. W. B. Shryock, of Louisville
is in the city to-day.
ir8. TunUH IYpperberg was
an
Onuha visitor to-day.
D. A. Youn of Murray was in the!
city to-day on business.
Fred Shroeder, the Cedur Creek
miller, is in the city to-day.
Judge Kamsey granted a permit
to wed to day to Win. M. Perry and
Miss Harriett T. Smith.
Mrs. Kd Fitzgerald arrived home
from Louisville this morning, ac
companied by her mother.
Frank Knolls, after visitinir in the '
city for a short time, returned to
Council Blutfs this morning.
John C. Lehman and Miss Ixmisa
B. Hepner of Weeping Water were
granted a permit to wed at Lincoln
yesterday.
The construction train of the M.
P. passed over the new bridge yes
terday for the first time with a train
load of stone.
Sidewalks about the city that have
long needed repair are now receiv
ing the attention of street commis
sioner and it makes traffic much
more convenient.
Louis Kgenberger is flitting up
the building west of Ilendee's hard
ware store and will put in a cigar
store and factory and will employ
several hands.
Frank I lager, who has been round
house foreman at this place for a
long time, has been appointed mast
er mechanic at I lolyoke and shipped
his household goods yesterday. He
will leave in a short time to take
charge.
(). II. Snyder has bought the jew
elry store of II. M. Ganlt and has
now in possession. Mr. Snyder
has placed Harry Jamiette in
charge and he intends to put in a
much larger stock of jewelry than
has heretofore been carried.
John Doherty a brakesman on a
freight train and son of conductor
Doherty, fell off his train at Orenpo
Its this Morning breaking his nose
and otherwise bruising himself.
Mr. Doherty was taken to Omaha
where his wounds were dressed. He
was not seriously hurt.
From Saturday's Dully.
Dr, Dcering will be located at the
court house Monday morning.
Judge Kamsey is now located in
the court house as is also the sheritT.
Mr. and Mrs. F. S. White and
daughter were Omaha visitors to
day. Miss Anna Russell returned to
her home in Weeping Water this
morning.
Mr. and Mrs. John Leyda went to
Weeping Water this morning to
spend Sunday.
Charles W. Ingalls returned to
Des Moines this morning, after a
week's visit in this city.
Street Commissioner Geo. Poisall
is putting a drain across Washing
ton Avenue on Fight street, to run
the water into the sewer.
Otto Lmbson, Dovey's delivery
boy, was kicked in the face yester
day by one of the mules he drives.
His face presents the appearanceof
having come in contact with dyna
mite rather than the sporty end of
a playful little mule.
Real Estate Transfers.
Following Hre tbe real estate
transfers for the past week as com
piled by Polk Bros., abstracters
and publishers of the Daily Record:
W S Walker to W H Gilbert, lot f,
llk 7. Fleming & Knee's Add to
Weeping Wuter wd
I M Alexander and wife to 1) M.
UtiucketibiiHli. lot 208. aft lot 307.
3U0 W)
Greenwood w d ... 730 (0
O P Coltiy to J S Enuerson. w!4 of
nw3-l(m-wd 3,20100
C D Copelund and huxlmnd to R
Murphy.ptof seof wi' llt-M-wd ) On
John Hons and wifetoAOoll.pt lot
5 to 7, lilk 4, Thnmusun's Add to
I'lattsmouth-w d 250 00
Board of Education.
The board of education held their
first meeting last night since the
election and organized for the new
term.
The meeting was called to order
by President S. A. Davis, after
which the minutes of the last meet
ing were rsad and approved.
The board then proceeded to the
election oi omcers, resulting in
L. D. Bennett being elected presi
dent and J. I. Unruh re-elected sec
retary.
The secretary was instructed to
correspond with several good
architects, asking for plans and
specifications for a new school
house. The board have decided to
build a new school house just 'as
soon as arrangements can be made
and said building not to cost less
than ifo.UKJ.
Mr. Hoffman, a gentleman suffer
ing from paralysis which prevented
his talking, while on his way from
St. Joe to West Point to live with
friends, and be doctored, was put
off the train here Monday for lack
of funds. lie was well educated and
told friends by writing his story.
He was sent on his way rejoicing
on Tuesday morning, a night's
lodging being furnished him ami
money enough given him to take
him to West Point. Weeping Wa
ter Republican.
THE CHARM 15 BROKEN.
The Ball Team Has at Last
Struck a Winning Gait.
HIM INtiS V I KY M: K I.V Ml T I 01 I .
The Home T am Won Its First Vic
tory Yesterday Grand Island
Beat Fremont and Bea
trlceClven the Gam
at Lincoln.
PUUsmouth 9, Hastings 2.
The pennant winners went out 10
the ball park with blood in their
eyes yesterday and came back with
the scalps of Rohrer's aggregation
of pumpkin buskers hanging at
their belts.
As predicted in yesterday's Hf.k
ALI), the team has struck a winning
gait and are going to win the next
four games.
The base ball club had their mas
cot on the grounds yesterday. Hank
McMaken furnished the mascot by
dressing up one of his grandchild
ren in a base ball suit, and setting
him on the players bench.
Myers was vety effective, Hastings
getting only six base hits and they
were scattering.
Hastings failed to cross the rub
ber until the seventh inning, when
they made two runs, while the home
team scored in nearly every inning.
This was the way it was done.
Ah usual the home team went to
bat first. Green was the first man to
face Mr. Johnson, Hastings' left
handed intehcr. and he succeeded
in cutting three big holes in the air,
then retired in favor of
Long, who held his bat out in front
of the first ball that came ulonguiul
galloped down to first, stole second
and was advanced to third on J.
Patterson's out at first. Sam Palter-
terson maile a base hit and Long
scored. Kennedy and Maupiu were
each given base on balls. Reeves
Hew out to Wallick.
Hastings came to bat and Tiiiiine
hit a grounder to John Patterson,
who let it go by. McKarland then
came up, ana, alter attempting to
see how hard he could hit space,
took his seat. Childs hit a slow
grounder nnd died before he
could reach first, while Johnson
flew out to Green.
In the first half of the second the
home team were out in one, two and
three order. Hasting in their half
failed to reach first base.
The third was productive of three
big runs for the home teaili. Long
went to bat but was caught on a
fiy to first baseman. John Patter
son followed with a corking base
hit and went to secoud on an error.
Sam Patterson picked out a good
ball and made a two base hit, scor
ing J. Patterson. Kennedy followed
with a drive down to center on
which Sam scored. Maupiu failed
to find the ball, but Reeves hit a
high one that was muffed by Shan-
ot and Kennedy scored. Johnson
ended the agony for Hasting by
fanning out.
In Hasting' half Wallick nnd
Timme fanned out, Childe hit a
high one, but Myers muffed it, and
McKarland then hit a liner to John
Patterson, which he gathered in.
In the first half of the fourth the
home team failed to reach first
Hasting got one man to second iu
their half, but he went no further.
In the fifth Mr. Johnson presented
John Patterson with first base; then
he was mean enough to steal sec
ond while Sam Patterson was fan
ning out, as also did Kennedy.
Maupiu found the ball for a base
hit, scoring John Patterson.
Reeves flew out to Shanot, which
ended the scoring. Hastings again
failed to see first base.
In the sixth, after Johnson and
Myers had struck out, Green was
presented with a base on balls,
stole second, went to third on an er
ror and scored on a wild throw.
Long retired the side by striking
out.
In Hastings' half of the sixth
McFarland hit safe, Timme flew out
to Green, Childs was caught out by
Sam Patterson, Johnson hit a sky
scraper, which Kennedy failed to
hold, but before any other damage
could be done Clark retired the side
by striking out.
In the seventh, after John Patter
son nnd Sam Patterson had fanned
out, Kennedy hit safe, stole second,
but got no further, as Maupiu was
put out by a fly to Wallick.
Here was where Hastings saved
herself. The score now stood 6 to 0
in favor of Plattsmouth. But Mr.
McKibben the boy who had his
father prepare an affidavit to the
effect that he was under age, iuord
er to declare his contract void with
this city hit the ball for one bast
Schanot hit a score but was caught
at second, Wallick followed with
safe hit, scoring McKibben and
Wallickcrossing the rubber shortly
afterwards. This ended the run get-
LOST
; 22 veer
matism r : . hip.
St. Jaco- Oi ..
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m '''iif-y-Vv.:-.
FRED GORDER
HAVE A VKRY LARG1J STOCK OF
Harness - and - Bu
AND A rVl.L LINK OF FARM MACHINERY, SUCH AS
H00SiK s:e irs mm. hsbrows. etc.
Wlv CARRY THE TWO LEADING CULTIVATORS
NEW DEPARTURE T0NGUELE8S,
AN
i;
They also mrry a lull Uno of Implements at
llicir Iioiisp in Hrcping Wufcr.
Fred-Gordur & Son.
fi'lattsiiioiilli, -
ting lor Hastings, while the home
team made three more runs in (lie
1 1 i i i 1 1 1 . Following is the score.
I I. A I I'sMol I 'il.
ti, k. h ii'i'o a7 i-TT
(Yre.-H.HH. 7.. 1 1 It '-' :i
I...UU, II 5 1 I 0 II
I I'uiiithoii, 2ti i 'i I :t '.' -
S I'.ill.T-.ni, rf 5 '.' .1 B II "
K ii-.U. :u 4 'J :i 1 I l
Miuipin," c 4 0 1 It I
KVrvfH. ll S II 0 !' II '
J..1MIS..II, i f f 0 0 0 0 0
Myers, p 4 0 1 0 a 1
Total (II II 10 27 II 5
IIASIIMiS.
A II H. II II I' A. K.
4 0 II A 3 II
4 II I 2 II II
4 (I 0 12 1 2
I II 0 2 1 2
I II 2 1 0 0
4 1122
4 0 1 0 0 1
4 1 t H 0 3
4 (I I 0
lid 2 II 27 5 HI
TiiiniH',:u
Mehiirlmiil.rf..
Uiilils. c
JllllllHlltl, )
( l;irK, it
M. Kilil.en,2li..
Slllillol , HH
W all it k . II
Piu kiird, i f
Tut a I .
SCOKK IIV INMMiS.
Photummilli 1 0 3 0 1 I 0 -
HuHtiiiKH 0000 00 300-3
St'?IAKV.
Knriicil rimn-riiittsniiiitti8; IIiihIIiikhB.
Two Ihhl- lilt-J. l'lillerson, S. Tatter-
Him.
Stolen tme- I'lattHinout II ;i; lliiHiuiKH i
llano on balls- PlattHinoutli3.
Hit liv I'iklier Tiinine.
Struik out - Hy Mvers Mj Johnson 12.
I'MHseil lills-Chiiils2.
Wil.l I'iti:h-Myers2: Johimon 3.
Time of kiiiiip -1:50.
Umpire (ireusel.
AT LINCOLN.
Lincoln won yesterday's game
from Ilealrice, but the umpire gave
it to the latter club. It was this
way: In the first half of the sev
enth inning the score stood 2 to 1,
in favor of Lincoln. The ball was
knocked over the fence, and, under
the rules, the captain of the Heatrice
team demanded a new ball, which
the manager of the Lincoln team
declined to furnish, claiming that
the ball he did offer had been ac-
cepted, and had been in play earlier
in the game. The umpire there
upon cave the game to Beatrice,
much to the disgust of the crowd in
the grand Btand, who failed to ap
preciate such nice discrimination
when their own team was in the
lead.
In other respects the game was a
fine exhibition of ball playing and
equal to any ever played on the
grounds. The score:
1 s,.,,i o 0 0 0 2 0
Hentrlce 0 0 0 1 00-1
Earned ruiis-Heiitrice.l.
II itH Lincoln, 5; Huutrire, 5.
Two I nine hits- Keiir, Taylor, Howe.
l.. t 1. II. .u... i
UntterU's Cofttnne uiul l-ear, uowe unu
JoneH.
L'm pi re-
Hart.
AT FKEMONT.
The second game between Haker's
colts and the Sugar City's was
played yesterday, and the visitors
won bv a scratch in the ninth. It
was an even thing to the ninth, and
m that one Fremont drew a blank,
but Grand Island got Bulger home
on a base hit by Stratton and the
day was lost to Fremont. Score:
Fremont 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0
Uruiul IhIutkI 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1
Hatterien-Kimmel and I'ulmer, Sumner
n nil Keefe.
Kiriwk mil Kltiitnel. 4: Sumner, fi.
Muse hits-Krpinout, 5; (irand Island, 7,
Krrorx-Krcmimt, 5; drand Island, .4,
re mom, u; tiriiiitl isiiiiiu, ...
rims- Fremont, 1. (irand
Kiirned
Ilond.2.
StandlnK of the Clubs.
J'luycd. Won. Lost.
ii Ct
Heatrice 3
Fremont :i
1 lM
Lincoln . .. .
(iriiuil Island.
Pluttsitioiitli .
Hiistinic
..Tin
it: ,
SON
ggies.
ftVhrnMka.
SMOKELESS POWJiER IN WAR.
II (Uvea Many .tilviiiilaeii tn Ilie Kills
MuUiuu (lie AltiiiU.
The introduction of sinola lens iowd(T
lma liiul coiisiileruMo to (lowuhii ehango
uf tactics im tho field ef biiltlu. In Uio
absence of tlm siiiol;n screen on both
sides, the company nllieers not only find
it easier to work toL-i ther, but can eon-
trl their men innl iudno 1,1 iu olTnct of!
their lire on the enemy to a far greater
decree, than was formerly possible,. Fron.
their point of view this increased power
of control nioro than coinM'nsatea the
attack for the increased facility of con
cealment, smokeless powder confers or
the defense. It is true that the- latter,
also profits by tlmsuinn increased owcr!
of control, but theyirgue that from tlm
nature- of thinx the defense, (driving
only to prevent licing lieaton, whereas'
the attack tight with the determination'
to win, the latter is In a position toinako
far better use of this new powder than
tlm former. Put in another fori, it
comes to this: Tlm heavier and mors ac
curate the lire whistling over n trench,
the harder it is to innko men raise their
heads over it to take aim. Smokeless
powder makes it easier for tlm attack to
deliver such a-lire; heiicH the diflleiilties
of tho defense will ho increased.
Further, in tho ubsenco of smoke,
men stationary on tlm defense cannot
escaie the depressing influence of tho
dead and wounded lying around them,
but the attack leaves all these evidences
of the fight behind it. Ho here uguiu
the advantngo is on its side.
With reference to the question of the
use of smokeless powders by the artil
lery, the general idea seems to be that
It was all a gain to the side which
thought more of killing its euumy than
of avoiding being killed itself. It enor
mously facilitates tho maintenance of
Are discipline within the buttery, permits
of continuous firo even at the most rapid
rate, for no smoke interferes with tho
laying of the guns, and above all things
cheers tho hearts of tho men by enabling
them to see the results of their fire.
As a means of concealment it Is of no
use at all, for even at extreme ranges of
6,000 yards and upward the flash of dis
charge is always distinctly visible, and
at fighting ranges the flash enables one
to note exactly the position of tho ene
my's guns. This was not always possi
ble with the old powders, for the smoke
obscured tho object and prevented oue's
picking up an exact point to aim at.
The artillery will bo far from regret
ting the loss of the two clouds which
hung, the one in front of their own and
the other in front of the enemy's guns.
Smoke, is a cover added to that furnish
ed by tho ground, and no one has ever
boeu anxious for his opponent to have
covers which he himself could not turn
to advantage. If both are deprived of
this cover victory will Ixdong to him
who, all else being equal, can most
skillfully supply the deficiency.
Maneuvers will hereafter probably
take place over larger areas before ac
tual fighting begins, and something of
an Indian's craft and natural keenness
will be needed on the part of Btaff offi
cers, smoke Una been so goou a cover
w. ......... ny.n ninnd ( l.nt . cl ahamioa Uritl
JU limiljr IHWKliVim LUdl 1U3 Rum,nvw Tint
impose new conditions, and natural
cover will have to be much more ex
tensively utilized. With the vanishing
poetry of the smoke battlo the prose of a
new era will begin, in which combat
will be more like a game of chess in
view of the pieces as a whole, and new
disjiositioiis of old qualities and virtues
will be wanted. Iron Age.
Tho electoral college of lt2 will be
composed of 414 members. There will
lie 3,")(J representatives in tho nest Iioum).
Tho busis of representation is ono mem
Imt for each 17:1,000 of population, or a
majority fraction thereof.