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WELCOME TO TORONTO
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LEAGUE IN
SESSION
ANNUAL
Twenty Thousand Delegates from the
United States and Canada Attend the
Convention Uaptist loiin People
Meet in Chattanooga
Greeted by Canadians
Thoro is scarcely i city of importance
In tli United States or Canada that was
ziot at the bifj Epworth
League convention in Toronto By the
time ihe onvention was opened shortly
after noun Thursday there were fully
20000 delegates in Toronto and they
were still arriving It was the largest
convention in the history of the league
and it is almost safe to say it was larger
than any previous gathering ever held in
connection witli the Methodist Church
The contingents from New York State
mid Illinois were the biggest Brooklyn
went a huge delegation Cleveland sent
delegalts While the delegations
from thse States nearer to Canada were
the largest many came from San Fran
cisco and a strong delegation came from
Boston The far Western States sent
Jarge comingc iis and the Southern
Suites v re well represented while Mex
ico sent a number
Reception of the Visitors
The welcome in behalf of the city and
Canada generally was most spontaneous
and enthusiastic Baptists and other de
nominations turned out to receive the vis
itors Ihere was a big meeting in the
Massy ball to welcome the dcleirato An
address was del ered by A S Hardy
ihe premier and attorney general of On
tario lie welcomed them for the cause
they represented and which they had
come to stimulate and because already
100000 Canadians belonged to their so
ciety and had taken the same vows and
subscribed to the same pledges as the
3 70000 ot Epworth Leaguers in their
own countiy Xo one he said could look
pon the work accomplished during the
last seven or eight years by the league
otherwise than with amazement It read
like a fairy tale
It was understood that some of the prin
cipal aims and objects of the society were
in short helpfulness to themselves and
to others or in detail greater culture
more per onal piety greater service to
others and a more thorough knowledge
of the Bible among the members chielly
composed of the younger members of the
Methodist Church He welcomed them
also berau o they were neighbors and rel
atives and because they came as friends
They represented the pick and llower of
the youth of that active and powerful
church which is scarcely less influential
relatively in Canada than in the United
States and which through its activity
zeal and spiritual life is adding constantly
to its millions of members and adherents
Some lime a warlike feeling would Hash
up between England and America but
would subside on sober second thought al
most as rpiiiy as it had been aroused
There could be no war between these two
foremost Christian nations of the earth
The moral forces of the two countries
would in the last resort prove too strong
for war
Other Words of Welcome
Jf
The Tiev Dr Carman the general sup
erintendent of the Methodist Church of
Toronto in an eloquent address of wel
come said
Methodism was providentially prepar
ed for America as this American conti
nent was kept for popular enfranchise
ment and personal freedom You south
of the great lakes and we north equally
possess cherish and guard them both but
under different forms You have chosen
monarchical methodisni in the great re
public we are working out republican
methodism under the imperial standard
of Great Britain Our doctrines are the
same We greatly admire and love the
nation of Washington and Lincoln of
Ulysses S Jranr and Stonewall Jackson
heroes both of Motley and Parkham
of Longfellow and Whittier We delight
in its freedom we triumph in its moral
victories and we count it an unspeakable
favor and honor to greet its noble sons
and daughters in this grand Epworth
League convention
Eloquent l espouses full of the spirit of
brotherly love and good fellowship espe
cially between the people of Anglo Saxon
blood and of the Christian faith were
iinade tv Bishop C C MeCahe for the
Methodist Episcopal Church the Rev
lames Thomas of Little Rock Ark for
the Methodist Episcopal Church South
and the Rev H A Crane of Bombay
on behalf of India
The most important feature of this con
vention was the fact that arrangements
were made for the evolution from an in
ternational to an intercontinental conven
tion This year the Rev Simpson John
son representing the Wesley guild of
Manchester England came expressly for
the pu pose of transforming the three fold
convention to a four fold one and the
next convention will consist of delegates
from the Methodist Episcopal Church the
Methodist Episcopal South the Methodist
Church of Canada and the Wosloyan
Church oi England
A message from President McKinley
was received by the Epworth League offi
cers It was read by Dr Berryman of
Chicago Then at the call of the chair
man ihre hearty cheers Avere given for
Queen Victoria and three for President
McKinley These were followed by a
combined cheer for the two great rulers
God Sve the Queen and America
were then sung in alternate verses the
effect being most impressive
Forty families of Polish Jews number
ing over IdO who were lauded at Xew
York by the steamships Sicilia ami Veru
dam will be deported because they are
in a destitute condition and are therefore
subject to exclusion as persons liable to
become public charges
The members of the old Western
Freight Via flic Association disrupted last
spring by the United States Supreme
Court derision have made a new agree
ment which provides heavy penalties for
iMiy road -which shall violate the schedule
7T rates
It is said that Richard Mansfield has
a new piay by Oscar Wilde which was
written while the latter was undergoing
is term of imprisonment in England
Chancellor ITohenlohe of Germany de
nies that he has any intention of resign
ing Ills oflicc
BAPTISTS AT CHATTANOOGA
The National Convention Elects in the
Southern City
The seventh international convention
of the Baptist Young Peoples Union of
America began in Chattanooga Tenn
Thursday morning with about 4000 del
egates and some of the most prominent
Baptist leaders in the country present
The handsomely and elaborately decorat
ed City Auditorium was completely tilled
at 10 oclock the hour of opening Each
State delegation occupied quarters reserv
ed for it On the rostrum were seated
the ollicers and speakers and in the gal
lery above was the excellently trained
choir of 300 voices
The convention was opened with a
short suig service led by Dr L L Ilen
son of Fort Wayne Ind formerly secre
tary of the board of managers The im
mense audience joined enthusiastically
with the choir in the singing and a great
wave of inspiring harmony floated
through the building At the close of the
song service Dr Henson read the 40th
psalm and delivered a fervent invocation
after which President Chapman arose to
deliver the opening address
Following the president addresses of
welcome all eloquent and interesting
were ilrn delivered as follows On be
half of the churches of Chattanooga by
Dr R R Jarretr pastor of the First
Baptist Church on behalf of the Baptist
Young Peoples Society of the city and
State by the Rev M D Jeffries of
Knoxville Tenn on behalf of the citi
zens of Chattanooga by Mayor George
W O hs Dr J W Conley of St Paul
Minn responded to these welcoming ad
dresses
The report of Treasurer Frank Moody
of Milwaukee showed evidences of great
er economy and better tinancial condition
than before For the year ended June 150
1MI a omparison of assets and liabilities
showed a deficit of S4KU02o For the
year ended June Hi 1M7 after a con
servative estimate of assets the delicit
is reduced to 517SS17 showing a gain
for the year of sUS2 An examina
tion of the report of the business man
agei a gain during the year in ac
counts receivable of So877i plus a
reduction of indebtedness to the amount
of SolTrO
The board of managers recommended
some changes in the constitution which
were accepted and approved by the con
vention These changes led to a most
complete Miion of the forces of the Baptist
Young Peoples Union of America with
the Southern union by which the forces
of both are consolidated and in making
this new relation with the Southern ie
partnient separate departments were pro
vided for the North the South the East
and the West to be known hereafter as
the Baptist Young Peoples Union North
Baptist Young Peoples Union South
etc instead of as heretofore by depart
ment colors
SPANISH JAPANESE
ALLIANCE
Meant to Carry Both Coasts of
the
Union in Case of Hostilities
A dispatch from Paris to a London
news aj ency says that inquiry at an
American embassy there has elicited a
continuation of the rumor that the Gov
ernments of Spain and Japan have ar
ranged an offensive alliance against the
United States The terms of the under
standing ihich is for the mutual protec
tion of Cuba and Hawaii provide that
in the event of an active aggressive move
ment on the part of the United States
tending toward interference in Cuban af
fairs or persistence in the annexation of
the Hawaiian islands both Spain and
Japan shall declare war simultaneously
against the United States and shall make
hostile demonstrations along both the At
lantic and Pacific coast lines of that
country
At Washington little credence is plac
ed in the statement that the Spanish and
Japanese Governments have entered into
an offensive alliance against the United
States for the mutual protection of Cuba
and Hawaii Mr Day the first assist
ant secretary discredited the report and
regarded it as too improbable to discuss
The State Department has no informa
tion concerning the reported alliance
he said and 1 dont believe there is any
foundation for the statement that one
has hivn entered into Both the Span
ish and Japanese ministers are away
from the city
KICKED TO DEATH AND BURNED
Fate of the Negro Murderer of Missj
Williams at West Point Tenn
Xear West Point Tenn Tuesday af
ternoon Miss Rene Williams was found
brutally murdered in the woods -near her
home Thursday afternoon Anthony
AYilliams her murderer was captured
near Pruitton and at night he expatiated
his crime in the streets of West Point
in the presence of ot people Williams
was riddled with bullets and burned in
the streets of West Point his body heing
burned to ashes Before a shot was fired
the negro was knocked down and stamp
ed to death Then the crowd fell back
and those who had pistols fired volley
after volley at him The crowd then
gathered wood and building a lire over
him watched the pyre
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How much does a hundred pounds of
ice weigh
Pay in the coal industries is really a
matter miner importance
Now arent these nice days for any one
to be called upon to worry over the price
of coal
The Dallas News says that wild oats
are now sown by machinery5 This is
harrowing
Actor Ratcliffe is strongly suspected oJ
a desii e to change the sex of the mother-in-law
joke
The Buffalo Courier says There is one
more punch in John L Sullivan About
every ten minutes
Aiioihor hot wave is coming Will the
brethren please rise and join in singing
Jfrom Greenlands ley Mountains
June was the coolest month of roses
ths country has seen n many years but
thats no reason why July should get hot
about ir
A Dallas hack driver says he has had
a glimpse of hell and knows that there is
such a place Where in Texas has that
follow been
PE1CE NOW IN SIGHT
STRIKE OF COAL MINERS
SOON END
MAY
Agreement Between Men and Opera
tors 2b Near Basis of Settlement Is
Famous Uniformity Acreement
Report on the Competitor Prisoners
Strike May Be Settled
The end of the great strike of coal min
ers seems in sight W P De Annit
president of the Xew York and Cleveland
Gas Coal Company which concern has
been freely blamed by rival operators as
responsible for all the mining troubles
of the last three years has come to terms
with the arbitration commission Conces
sions have been made both by him and
unofficially by other operators His fam
ous uniformity agreement has been in
dorsed by representatives of the strikers
and in turn he has receded from his posi
tion demanding the signatures of 05 per
cent of the operators in order to make it
effective
This agreement was approved at the
conference in Pittsburg by President Pat
rick Dolan and Secretary William War
ner of the United Mine Workers of the
Pittsburg district They promised to so
licit the interest of the miners in the plan
and to rse every influence to secure the
required number of signatures A clause
will be imerted in the agreement binding
the contracting parties to enforce it in
case it is found to be impossible to se
cure the indorsement of 93 per cent of the
operators
President M D Ratchford of the Unit
ed Mine Workers was called to Pittsburg
from Columbus to confer with the local
officers and it is freely predicted that the
result v ill be a general return to work in
the near future
Under the terms of the agreement Mr
De Armit consents to sign a contract
which wiil bring about a condition of true
uniformity in the Pittsburg district ac
cording to the plan formulated but which
failed eighteen months ago The con
tract proides that there shall be no com
pany stores honest weight fair screens
and the icmoval of other evils long com
plained of by the miners
The agi cement moreover provides for
an assessment of one tenth of a cent on
every ton of coal produced by the oper
ators This money will create a fund to
be used for the purpose of protecting the
operators inside the deal against those on
the acts of reparation which ought to be
demanded should be the release of these
captives Secretary Evarts is quoted to
sustain this position
GREAT PEACE POW WOW
Sioux and Chippewa Indians Bury the
Bloody Hatched
Sioux Indians marched from their Da
kota reservations to White Birch Wis
where a two weeks peace powwow was
held with their old enemies the Chippe
was
For hundreds of years the Sioux and
Chippewas have been implacable foes
making Avar upon one another at every
opportunity and conducting reprisals with
a brutal savagery that would shame even
an Apache Death by torture of the most
horrible kind was the certain fate of cap
tives and knowledge of this caused their
long warfare to be marked with demoni
acal fury The original home of the Chip
pewas was in the lake country now divid
ed into the States of Wisconsin and Mich
igan Here the western branch of the
famous Algonquin family ruled in force
noted for bravery and military skill of a
high order On the west where now is
Minnesota and the Dakotas was the
home of the powerful Sioux nation
Bloody raids were of frequent occurrence
until finally after long and disastrous
warfare the Chippewas gathered in force
and drove their enemies into the Minne
sota country from Avhich they were re
moved to the Dakota reservations by
Federal troops in 1SU3 Time and chang
ed conditions have mellowed the redmeiid
passions
The Chippewas have settled down to
peaceful pursuits in northern Wisconsin
and Minnesota where many of them have
farms bile the Sioux are held in control
on reservations far beyond the Mississip
pi Being unable to come together in con
flict as of old owing to the supremacy of
the whites these Indians now want peace
It is years since they met in actual war
fare and the head men have come to the
conclusion that as further fighting is im
possible a formal treaty of amity might
as well be ratified This is the excuse for
the peace powwow held at White Birch
Two hundred Sioux have made their
way across Minnesota and Dakota to the
rendezvous at White Birch traveling on
ponies and encamping out in aboriginal
style These met in little bands at Bis
marck N D and there consolidated in
one body under the leadership of Chief
Red Face In this party are a number of
notable characters including Sitting
Bulls daughter and Chief Black Bear of
Custer massacte fame
First in the ceremonial part of the pow-
WSSy
ROAST DOG FESTIVAL AT THE BIG TEACE TOW WOW
the outside The miners in turn will
adopt suitable measures to protect them
selves and their employers from the same
source of danger
No Fear of a fcliortajrc
A rutsburg dispatch says The fear
of a coal shortage which caused a scram
ble for the black diamonds and a heavy
advance in prices is over and unless the
miners strike continues for many months
si famine is not now expected There is
at present an abundance of coal in the
market and thousands of bushels seem to
be available Operators are in daily re
ceipt of letters from the mines east and
north of Pittsburg offering them large
quantities of coal at from To cents to
125 at the mines on freight rates vary
ing from 33 to 50 cents While the visi
ble supply on the Monongahela between
here and Brownsville does not exceed
7000000 bushels the operators say calls
can be made on the Clearfield district
where coal can be obtained without diffi
culty and at rates as reasonable as could
be expected The present quotationsfor
coal run from the mine are from 125 to
150
BLOW IS DEALT SPAIN
Trenchant Report on the Competitor
Prisoners Case
Another blow was struck at Spain Wed
nesday It is in the form of a report from
the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
and it virtually asks the President to in
terfere in the case of the Competitor pris
oners
Senator Davis chairman of the com
mittee reported the following joint resolu
tion That the President be empowered
to take such measures as in his judgment
may be necessary to obtain the release
from the Spanish Government of Ona
Melton Alfred O Laborde and William
Gildea and the restoration of the schoon
er Competitor to her owner and to secure
this he is authorized and requested to em
ploy such means or exercise such power
as may be necessary
The report recites all the facts that
have been brought out in the Competitor
case her ownership capture and the citi
zenship of the three men named in the
resolution together with the proceedings
thus far had by the Spanish authorities
the trial sentence etc
The leport characterizes it a mockery
of a trial The affidavits of the parties
are cited to show that they were coerced
into Spanish waters in which case they
were not amenable to Spanish jurisdic
tion They were not subject to piracy
and intended no act of depredation on the
seas nor were they subject to the Span
ish authorities on account of alleged re
bellion
The report then says Irrespective of
any of the foregoing considerations the
conduct of Spain as hereinbefore detail
ed constitutes such delay and denial of
justice and such an actual infliction of
injustice upon these men as to make it the
duty of this Government to demand rep
aration therefor irrespective of any act
which these prisoners may have
up to the date of their capture Annng
wow came the formal burial of the toma
hawk in token of the end of the war and
strife All the Indians were seated in a
circle aiound an open grave and while
the musicians made discordant noise with
their tom toms the singeis chanted a peace
song This over two young bucks march
ed about the circle bearing with them a
large hatchet made of wood Behind them
the braves of the two nations foil in line
and indulged in howls and gestures sup
posed to indicate their great pleasure at
assisting in the ceremony Then the med
icine man signaled for quiet and the tom
ahawk was solemnly lowered into the
grave and covered with earth The mo
ment the last spadeful of earth was put
in place bucks and squaws jumped up and
began the peace dance which was kept
going for three days and nights without
intermission Day and night the dance
was kept up big fires being built as soon
as darkness fell and the weird effect of
the half naked painted Indians circling
about in the
flickering lights was one
never to be forgotten
IN A TEMPORARY DEADLOCK
Tariff Bill Conferees Are a Long Way
from an Agreement
The conferees on the tariff bill found
themselves Wednesday apparently fur
ther apart than they were at the begin
ning of the conference There was no
immediate prospect of agreement and
more than one member stated that the
entanglement was such that the settle
ment might be indefinitely prolonged
A Washington correspondent says that
from all that can be learned there has
been a general recession from the partial
agreements made on the more important
articles until sugar wool hides etc can
be definitely fixed Sugar is still the prin
cipal contention The best reports repre
sent the House conferees with Speaker
Reed behind them as holding out for the
House sugar schedule without any change
whatever and the Senators quite as ele
termined not to yield to this extent The
House conferees insist that this schedule
must be definitely fixed before other
j tions shall be taken up
One of the other questions of secondary
importance upon which sharp differences
have arisen is the Senate amendment for
a stamp tax on stocks and bonds The
House opposed the amendment but the
Senators while not wedded to it insist
I upon it as necessary for revenue The
House is also resisting strenuously the 20
per cent duty placed upon hides and is at
the same time persistently holding out
for a restoration of gunny bags cotton
ties etc to the dutiable 1st
A Seuator who talked vth some of the
conferees said They a e ij a temporary
deadlock and are tied up all along the
line It looks as if the situation might
remain unchanged for a week
While this appears to be a correct out
line of the situation the prevailing im
pression is that a settlement of one or two
important schedules would be speedily
followed by a complete adjustment of all
other differences
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