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wi T'ltr' * THE OMAHA DAILY BMD : THURSDAY.MAY 20 1887. PLANNING FOR PITCHERS , The Omalia Team Negotiating with Larry Corcoran and Ilynn. LEAVENWORTH DOWNS OMAHA. A CHy League The Western League Games The National IjenRUO NC\VH and Other SportIng - Ing Invents. After Now The Omaha team Is to bo strunethcncd by the addition of another pitcher. Vouni ; Mnckoy , tlio crack man of the Chicago city Icnjnio , wont to Loavcnworth yesterday , and will probably play with the Omaha's to-day. The proposed transfer by which O'Lcary will KO to the National league , us already men tioned In these columns , has been practically arrnnued. Instead of coliiB to Chlcnio , as was at llrst stated , O'Lenry will b sinned with the Indianapolis team nnd Oinnlm will get Larry Corcoran In exchange. Corcoran pitched ttwni ball in the Southern league la t year , nud Is doing good work now. 'I lie management of the Indianapolis warn IM stuck on O'Leary. hencti the proposed ex change. The negotiations ! nro still pending between the management of tlio Omaha twain and the Chicago's for Fly mi's release and transfer to Omaha. With Corcoran , Hynn and llcaly the Omaha team would bo In shape to win some games , as the team Is the equal of any In the lenguu outside of the pitcher's box. The Omaha's play at Leaven worth to day nud to-morrow , and then go to at. Jo seph for tlnoe games. ACirVIKAOtIK. A mcotlnc ot the representatives of the va rious ball clubs of the city will bo hold nt O. II. ( lordon & Co.'s store at No. 430 .South Fif teenth street tills evening , to take steps look ing to the organization of a city leaeue. ThoroaroseAPii or eight good amateur clubs In the city and the oigani/atlon ol a nerlcs of cliainplonsliH ) cnmes would doubtless prove an attractive sport TIIK I.OCAt. CIIAMPIOXBIIir. Next Sunday nnd Monday the Unto City and the Maynb base ball clubs will play games nt Athlutlc park to settle the micstlou of the amateur championship of Omalia. The Western LKAVKNWoitTir , Kan. , May 25. The first of the Oiimlia-Leavenworth series of games resulted In a victory for the homo team. The game was won by a stroke of luck in which the homo team scored ten runs in the second Inning. The score stood : Loavonworth . 1 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 Omaha . 11 00 0 a 0 1 05 City vs Denver. KANSAS CITY , May 25. The homo team easily defeated the Denvcrs in their first Kamo to-day. The score stood : Kansas City U 5401000 0-13 Denver. 1310 3 l 0 0 0-a Topckn VB UrtHtlnirs. ToriKA ; , May 23. The Topekaf had a wrlknwuyvlth the llasUugs team to-day. The result was : Topeka 4 0000032 3 14 Hastings o oooooos o 3 Ht. Jonopli vs Lincoln. ST. JOSEPH , Mq. , May 25. The Lincoln team was defeated'hero to-day by the follow ing score : St , Joseph 0 2 l 1 2 10 0 0 0-10 Lincoln 0402 3 0 0 0 0 'J The American Association. CINCINNATI , May 25. The game to-day be tween the Cincinnati and Athletic clubs re sulted as follows : Cincinnati 0 00011200 4 Athletic 0 5 Pitchers Serad and Seward. Base lilts Cincinnati n , Athletic 0.Errors Cincinnati3 , Athletic 8.Umplro-Ciithbort. CI.KVKI.AND , May 25. The game to-day between Cleveland and Baltimore resulted as follows : Cleveland 1 10011120-7 Baltimore 3 4000103 * 13 ritchors Pechlnoy and Smith. Base hits Cleveland 17 , Baltimore 16. Errors Cleve land 0 , Baltimore 6. Umpire Valentine. LOUISVII.I.K , May 25. The Rome between Louisville and Brooklyn to-day resulted us follows : Louisville 0 100003002-5 Brooklyn 0 100110010 4 Tf > n Innlncs. Pitcher * Itamsey and Porter. Base hits Louisville 13 , Brooklyn 5. Kirors Louis ville 5 , Brooklyn 1. Umpire McQuade. ST. Louis. May 9.5 The game between St. Louis and Metropolitan to-day resulted as follows : St. Louis 1 1440000 0 10 Metropolitan 0 31000000 3 Pitchers Kine and May. Uaso hits St. Louis 20 , Metropolitan 7. Errors St. Louis 7 , Metropolitan 0. Umpire Magnor. National Longuo Guinea. BOSTON , May 25. The game between the Boston and Chicago teauis to-day resulted as follows : , , .Boston 0 00003002 4 | r Chicago 0 00000020 2 li Pitchers lladbourn and CInrkson. Base | { hlta-Boston 8. Chicago 12 , Errors-Boston If S , Chicago 5. Umpire Quest. WASiiiNOTON , May 25. The Washington- Flttsburg game was postponed on account of rain. Other Games. DBS MOINKS , la. , May 25. Vea Molnes 5 , Oshkosh 14. Latonta Knees. CINCINNATI , May 35. At Latonia the weather was flue , the track In first-class con dition and an excellent attendance : Mile and one-half furlong : War Sign won , Alfred second , Uncle Dan third. Time -1:54. : For maidens , two year olds , five furlongs : Cruiser won , Ocean Wave second , Bob Thomas third. Time 1:07 : , Vor throe year olus , seven furlongs : Clar ion won , lllnda second , Katie A. third. Time Three year olds and upwards , nine fur longs : Jacobin won , Kaloolah second , O'Fallon third. Tliuel:57K. : . In the race for three-year-olds , ono mile , while at tbo post Fuzato delivered a vicious kick on the upper lott foreleg of libretto , the winner of Monday's Derby , nnd the Injured colt was withdrawn from the race. Unite won , Pearl L. second , Tugato third. Time The accident to Libretto is said by F. B. B. Harper , his owner , to consist ot a flesh wound only. While ho does not regard it as permanently serious , it is sufTlclent to imt the horse out of training and will disqualify him from running at the St Louis Derby , In which be Is entered. If Prominent Cattleman Arrested. It. DATJ.AB , Tex. , May 2.1. fSpeclal telegram I'Jv to the BKK.J The arrest at San Anselo yes terday by Sheriff Lewis , of Dallas county , of W. D. Lewis , late president of the Colorado rado Cattle association , upon the charge of obtaining money under false pretenses , was the subject of comment In cattle circles to day as Mr. Ixiwis has heretofore had an un- BUlllsd reputation for honorable and fair dealing. The charges against Mr. Lewis were prepared by Koyal A. Karris , ot the National Exchange bank of Dallas. In an Interview Mr. Karris made the following statement : lie said that In October lost ho obtained 10,000 from the Exchange bank for which ho executed a time deed of trust on 8,000 head of cattle In the " 172" brand , loca ted In loin Green county , The money was payable In February of the current year. 1)111- nnt search brought to light only 318 head of cattle In the brand aforesaid. These arn worth 83.AOD. leaving the bank In the lurch to Uio extent of go.600. Htcnniahtp Arrival * . NEW YORK , May S3. Arrived The Phlne- land , from Antwerp. PLYMOUTH , May ! ! 5. Arrived The steamer Waesland , from Now York for Antwerp. HOVILI.E , May 25. Arrived The steamer Bolivia , from New York for Glaxcow. LONDON. May 35. Arrived Tha Greece , from New York. . QUKKNSTOWN. May 25. Arrived The Indiana , from Philadelphia. A Grave Convention. DK * MOINF.S , la. . May 25. The State As sociation of Undertakers began a session here to-diywlth the largest attendance of Its history. A welcome sddress was Klvtm by Hit mayor , and then the association for- Mllr organized , but , th main work of the Miilrm will be < iu to-morrow. BAPTISTS IN SESSION. Interesting IlcpnrtH and Statistics Koroljtn Missionary Work. MINNEAPOLIS , May 25. This morning the Women's Homo Missionary society of the Baptist church held Its llnal services. Nomi nations were made as follows : President , Mrs. . ) . X. Grouse , Chicago ; corresponding secretary , Mrs. M. O. Unnlette , Chicago ; locorUIng secretary. Mr * . II. Thane Miller , Cincinnati ; treasurer , Mrs. H , 11. Donnelly , Chicago , and twenty-six vice presidents. The Baptist Publication society held its first session this morning and the usual standing committees were appointee ! . Dr. Goodman presented the report of the board of managers. He called attention to the supplemental report announcing a defalca tion ot over 330,430 by two bookkeepers and subsequent recovery ot part of the money. The shortage had been re duced to S22.000 , and possibly maybe bo reduced to 820,000. The report continued : "The gross receipts for the year In all departments are SO J4.14U.43. The busi ness shows nil Increase oC $ I7CH.B9 over last year and 31"tC. . * ) > .l'J over the average of the last ten years. In the missionary depart ment the gross receipts nro fS.Osi.cj ) less thnn last year , mainly because of tlio diminished receipts from churches , schools and Inillvld- uali of S7,5'JS.4M ' , whilst S4M.S. ( ) * > mote was paid this year for missionary work nt homo nnd 1 > 78,6U Ies for foreign work. The blblo department receipts are Sllfliu.r l less than last year. The receipts are on tire InsuHlcient lor tlio work. One hundred and nluety-rour new publications were Issued during the year nnd iKU.riUO copies printed ; 7700 ! ! copies ot now edition ot former publications were Is sued , an Increase for the year ot 2'Jby,25G , copies ; seventy-eight missionaries have sowed 19,031 dajs ; they sold 37..VW hooks , nnd gave nwny 2,170 ; distributed 3,011,0-j ; ) tracts ; preached IS.ilO sermons : baptized 7lu ; con stituted forty-three churches , nnd organized 311 Sunday schools. Vice Picsldcnt Good man announced the committees. lUiv , John A. Hioadus , professor In the Baptist Theo logical seminary nt Louisville , delivered a doctrinal sarmon. At U.o afternoon session the committee ( > n finance was named. Dr. llenion , of Chicago , read the report of the committee 0:1 : missionary work In Turkey. The report recommended that the Baptists lake up nud carry on the woik. its ON TUIATJ. Oponluc of What 1'romlncn to. . He n Sensational Cnsc. CHICAGO , Mays. * . Tun last man of the twelve who are to try the couuty "boodlers" was secured this morning , and immediately upon the jury being sworn General Stiles made the opening address for the piosccu- tlon. tlon.Tho The Introduction of the first witness for the state caused n sensation. It was no other than Nic Schi.oldcr , the contractor who has been missing ever since the boodle Investigation begun some four months ago. He has been under detective earn all this time. Schneider was prompt and direct In his testimony relating how Kn- glnoer McDonald ot the county hospital nnd secured him a boodle job on the snnui condi tions as other contractors were getting. Forty per cent ot the proceeds had to bo paid to "square" Warden McGarlgle , besides several commissioners. Ten of Schneider's bills went tluoueh the county board , the tirst ono for 81,500 being paid before a parltclo ot work had been done. While Schneider was testifying a scene was caused by an apparent attempt on the part of McDonald , the noted political ! and ex-gambler , nnd brother ot Engineer MbDonald , to catch the informer's eye. State's Attorney Grlnnell quietly warned him to desist or he would bo publicly de nounced nnd ejected from the court. The Union ! AC I tie Pool. BOSTON , May 2 * . The Union Pncilie In vestigation was resumed to-day. Frederick L. Ames testified that ho was formerly a stockholder In the Union Pacliic railway. "Jay Gould was Instrumental In buying up the Kansas Pacific Bccurities In 1870. 1 owned no securities that entered into that pool. I received two certificates tor 650,000 each. I have not these In my possession now. Tliev were turned over to Homebody. Those certificates were probably Issued to every member of the pool. 1 think I paid 3100.000 to the Farmers' l eau te Trust company. " Mr. Antes then testified as to the manner In which the business of the pool was con ducted , a copy of the consolidated mortgage being Introduced In evidence. " 1 do not re member , " ho said , "that 1 ever contributed the 8333,000 funding bonds named in this mortgage. I was a director In the Kansas Paciiie road In 1879. I cannot explain why the bonds were Issued to persons having claims against the road nt a rate which would aggregate its Indebtedness more than 81,000,000. I do not remember that In 1880 S2l50,000 ! of preferred stock was issued to Jay Gould at 75 when the bonds wore worth 94. I do not know how the Kansas Paeilic came to bo Indebted to Jay Gould lor 82,000,000 at this date. AH the directors were Intnvorof consolidation except Jny Gould. The final consummation was reached at his house. A naper was signed by all present. The basis of consolidation was 550,000,000. " Anglo-Turkish , Convention. LONDON , May 25. The Anglo-Turkish convention relative to Kgypt provides for the maintenance of all existing firmans , the neu tralization of the Suez canal , guarantees in ternationally the inviolability of Egypt , that the British shall withdraw from Kjypt In three years unless the country Is threatened wltn danger , either Intcranl or external ; that linulaud shall , after the withdrawal of her troops supervise the whole Egyptian army for the further two years with the right to reoccupy - occupy , with or without aid. If order is dis turbed or Invasion feared. England and Turkey jointly Invite the powers to adhere toltno convention and proposed raodli- catlous of the capltnlntions. Certain branches of the Egyptian administration will bo es pecially settled without fresh discussion. All the powers except Itussla co-operate with Eneland to expedite a settlement. England made every possible concession to arrive at an undorstandlne with Turkey. The con tingency of eventual military movements by way ot the Sue/ canal will form the subject for future < llcusslon. The convention was received with favor in all quarters at Con stantinople. _ _ Black Hills nallroad. ItAi'iD CITY , Dak. , May 25. ( Special Tele gram to the BEE. I Articles of incorpora tion for the Itapld City , Wyoming & West ern railway were forwarded to-day to Secre tary McCormack at Bismarck. | The directors named In the articles are Eugene B. Chap man , of llapld City , John C. Greene , of Omaha ; John II. Chapman , of Hannibal , Mo. : AdelbutWIIsle , John II. King , Andrew J. Simmons , of llapld City. The latter three represent eastern capital. The capital stock pt the company Is S 1,000,00) , and is all paid in. 'Iho men putting up are eastern parties of means , Tim Hue Is surveyed seventeen miles west of Rapid City , and the location has commenced. Grading will start about the middle of June , The line will run west In Creek county , Wyoming , and through rail Klver , Custer , Ponnlnirtoii , Lawrence and But to counties. Dakota , thus penetnUlnic the entire Black Hills region. The head quarters of tlio company are at llapld City. K. B. Chapman is president. Thirty miles are to be In operation in eighteen mouths. Those Terrible Trumps. CLKVKI.AND , May 3X This morning twenty tramps boarded a freight train near Dent , O. , and helped themselves liberally to fruit and provisions with which the cars were loaded. At Hunt the engineer ran the train on a siding and the local police officers cap tured seven nt the tramps. Tbo others took to tdelr heels. Later on the remainder ot the party attacked and overpowered the crew 0.1 a local train nt Kent. They climbed Into a box car and were locked up by the con ductor. Just before reaching Akron the tramps kicked the door open and jumped from U while it was going at full speed. A largo party of citizens is searching the woods for the miscreants. The German Edison. BnnuN , M y 25. The German Edison company to-day adopted the report of the council of administration declaring a divi dend of 4 per cent The capital ot ttie com pany will bo Increased 7,000.000. The Battle * of 187O. BKIIMX , May 25 , The anniversary of the battles of 1870 around Metz will bo celebrated this year with unuaual eclat Veterans will assemble at Metz frooi all prta ot Germany .totakouart. TALKING FOR TOE HEATJIEN , The Presbyterians Consider the Needs of liotno and Foreign Missions. THERE ARE MILLIONS IN IT Tlio Assembly Ooea to Lincoln Satur day MliHlonnrlcs Describe Ijlfe Among the Lowly In the India and in Other Clinics. The Presbyterians. Dr. Marquis , from the committee on bills and overtures , read the substance of u number of overtures from different presbyteries. Some were noted upon while others were referred to certain committees. One of these was from the presbytery of Cincinnati , suggesting that the constitution bo so amended as toglye the assembly power to establish other boards if found necessary , but not with out the consent of a majority of the presbyteries. Ur. Patterson wanted the subject placed on the docket for future consider ation , on the ground that it warranted moro careful attention. Dr , Marquis held that the merits of the question could not here bo tiotonninnd ; that those should bo brought out in the presbyteries. Dr. Childs hold that that was a mis take , and too frequently had mutters been referred to this presbyteries without having at all been considered by the as sembly , and these subjects had gone to the presbyteriesapparently ! with the ap proval of the assembly , which gave to them n false importance. These subjects ought first to lie considered in the as sembly. Dr. Marquis said that Dr. Patterson held that the assembly was the fountain of power , ho did not. Dr. Patterson disclaimed that ho held the assembly to be the fountain of power. Dr. Patterson's motion to defer was lost. lost.Tho The order of the day was then called and cut oil' further action. At the request of Dr. Marquis , the re port of the committee on bills and over tures , adopted yesterday , was referred to the joint committee. The subject of the report was unity between the churches of different denominations. Mr. Harsha , chairman of the commit tee on arrangements , obtained the lloor for a moment to say that , in courtesy to the citi/ons of Hastings and Lincoln , the assembly ought to determine whether it would elect to accept the invitation of those cities on Saturday. If accepted , the expenses would bo bbrno by the citi zens of both towns. If the assembly de cided tospend only the afternoonitcould go only to Lincoln. To go to Hastings and Lincoln would require the whole day. day.Dr. Dr. Stewart moved the invitation to Lincoln for the afternoon bo accepted. Dr. Parks , of Kansas , moved that the stated clerk bo authorized to tender the thanks of the assembly to the citizens of both places , and state that the duties of the commissioners would not allow them to accept the invitation. Dr. Jackson , of Alaska , said that if the members worked hard all the week until Iriday night , without taking recreation on Saturday , they would bo so tired as not to bo aulo to worship on Sunday. Besides , the commissioners had not seen the great interior plains of the country , and hn remembered when St. Louis , after ono assembly , had sent the dele gates on an excursion to Denver , and that that excursion strengthened the church in the mountains. An excursion now to Lincoln and Hastings would have n similar effect. Dr. Hays said before voting upon the matter , ho would like to hear from the treasurer of the assembly. The chair then insisted upon the order of I the day which shut off further consideration , The order was the report of the com mittco on foreign missionary board.- The report was read by Dr. Harden. It showed that during the year eight mis sionaries had died. The progress of the missions in Japan was remarkable. That country was the light of the nineteenth century. There was there a yearly in crease of converts of 35 per cent , The gospel was as welcome as the light of civilization. In foreign mission's during the Ust quarter of a century the presby- tcrian church was second in success among those working in the field. To Africa they owed a debt which should be paid as early as possible. Siam was theirs by a gift of providence. The board had been in debt , the arrears being about $50,000 and at ono time it had been $98.000. lint the week of prayer came , and the missions wore remembered. , The debt ivas expunged. The need for next year would not bo less than 11,000,000 , which would represent but three cents per week per capita. Ur. Ellingwood. secretary of the mis sionary board said the appropriation for the year bad been but $710,000 but they had received $784,000. This was an ex cellent showing for the close of the first half century of the existence of the board. This had not been done by means ot special gifts or bequests. 'The bulk of it hud come from the body of the church' . The Sunday school donation during tbo year had increased $15,000 , while that of the women had increased $34,000. Wil- 11am Rankin , the aped and trusted treas urer of the board , after a stewardship of thirty-seven years , was about to'lay down his otlice. Ho had often smitten the rock for pecuniary support , and now felt that ho had more than caught a sight of the promised land. He did this after handling , during the year , not less than three-quarters of a million of dollars. During his incumbency ho. had managed about $13,000,000 , and in the same time had contributed one-fourth of his salary to the collections , amounting to $30,000. They had now thirty-four missions in seventeen different countries. They had 500 missionaries from this country , 289 native mission- ' arics , with teachers in different grades swelling the number of their dependants to 1,500. The board owned hundreds of * thousands of dollars' worth of churches , schools , academies , collages , all property held by association for the uses of the heathen , and as a showing of the- first half-century's work of the board of for- cign missions. For next year , $1,000,000 were asked for. Dr. Chatturjoo , of India , was next in troduced. Dr. Ellingwood said that the former's name was given by his mother , was that of the goddess of destruction , whoso symbols was a string of skulls. The doctor was realizing the idea of the name by dealing destruction to idolatry in the name of Jesus Christ. Dr. Chat- turjeo is a tall , pleasant looking gentle man ; with regular features.swarthyfaco , iron-gray hair and a ( lowing beard. Ho dresses in a long black robe like a priest's cassock. His volco is low , but agreablo. Ho speaks English with but a slight accent , and with exceeding ease , making use of classical words and turn ing his sentences with skill and grace. He said the thanks of the Christians of India were duo to the people of the United Slates , and especially to the Pres byterians. They had been the recipients of many favors from the British , under whoso government they wore , but they bad received no such kindness from them as they had from the Americans. Ho bold that there was no reason why Americans should bo disheartened. India was a country 1,000 miles long and 1,800 miles wide , with a population of 203.- 0000,000. Tbeio were throe different races , the Kalarian , the Klavldian and nulcb. Inhabited a BOO- tion of' the country. ' TJicso wore divided into two larger classes , the Hindoos and Mohammedans.Uf \ ! , the former , there were about 170,000,000. and of the latter , but 40OOOjBO < r. The llrst mission aries were those who' ' arrived in the coun try In 181J1 , the nfc'it'wuro ' those from the United States in tJJ31 , when Dr. Lowery was in charge. nil8" > 3 there were but three missions In the country. Now , with that enormous tr-.ict of land they had Irss than sixty missionaries. When the missionaries wenfrtlrcro first they had to do all kinds of work. They were com pelled to translatq , ' the bible into the native tongues , anttiithon carry on the work by means ! Of direct preaching to the people , conducting schools and prac ticing medicine. Later , the press was being utilized and found to be an invaluable - valuable aid. The means utilized at the present time were about the eamo. The number of converts in the country now was about two thousand five hundred , about ono thousand ono hundred of whom are communicants. The greater part of these are from the lower classes , possibly one-sixth only being from the upper classes. There are now twenty ordained missionaries of the natives. Ono native prince had been converted and was now loading n prac tical Christian life. Iho had also con verted three .subordinate magistrates , one barrister and two or three pleaders. Caste was ono of the greatest obstacles in the way of conversion. It divided the population into two classes. Ono of these classes might think , feel , act as it would , provided it have no Intercourse with the other ono. Nevertheless , there was a levelling process going on which is being gradually recognized. Young men who were educated under foreign influences are ashamed to bow down bcforn idols , and idolatry is dying away. The Hindoo who acknowledges Christianity sutlers a social death , because it separates from him. all who had previously .been his associates. Seven yearn , ago o'no of that class was convertcd.and immediately ho was abandoned by his family. For several years , however , ho continued to pray , and but recently his family relented - lented , rejoined him and now all of them were living happily together. Another case was found whore the sons of a widow , who had acknowledged Christianity , were driven by her from home. She was unrelenting , and the young men were cured for , one of them going into one of the colleges. Yet , caste was gradually loosing its force , us was also Pantheism , which was ono of the essentials .of Brahmanism. The doctor felt that the assembly had no reason to feel discour aged with the work in India , and urged it to renewed effort in the matter of re claiming that land. Dr. Kankin , the retiring treasurer of the foreign missionary board , was called upon for a few remarks by the moderator. The doctor said that it was time for a man's obituary to bo written after his death. Ho was still treasurer of the board and would be for a year. All letters - tors connected with that office should bo directed to him. It was evident that the aged gentleman dnhjnot relish the idea of being superseded. . Ho then detailed an account of lus'visit , to some of the Indian missions tw'only-nino years ago. among them being those of the Otoes and Omahas. At that tlriio the mission house of tlio latter was located at Bcllovuo. That has since been destroyed and the Indians have been ? 'moved ' north. The Presbyterian boardt was the first to own land in Nebraska , because in those days no wlnto man who , vyos not married tea a squaw , held a foot of land in this state while the mission Uoard owned G40 acres. Dr. Wherry , of 'China , , then made a warm speech in wlilbh lie showed that the appropriation ! 'even $1,000,000 to which it was to be raised , was miserably small , when considfercd in the light of the four billions of Prl'sbytorlan property which was to bo taxed. It did not represent sent ono dollar in'1 )000. ) Ho then re- for.rcd.to Dr. Atterbury's hospital in Po- kin , which had not' cost the assembly moro than about one hundred dollars.tho rest having been raised by the mission aries and their friends , and the institu tion would bo supported by the gentle man after whom it was named , who re sided in Now York. The woman's pa vilion in that hospital had not cost the assembly a cent , being endowed by Miss Dow , of Albany. Ho closed with a refer ence to tbo magnitude of the work , with 865.000,000 of human beings to save , which would require 1,000 years to ac complish oven if the daily conversions amounted to 1,000. The report of the committee was adopted. An overture was read , from the pres bytery of Idaho , that the proper officers in Washington should be seen to secure a grant of 160 acres for a school to bo under the direction of the Presbyterian church m the reservation of Umatilla. Adopted. Judge Ewing again called up the mat ter of the invitation to Lincoln and moved that it be accepted. Dr. Marquis amended to accept the in vitation for Tuesday , after the close of the session , instead of Saturday. llov. Honey E. Niles , from the special committee on ministerial relief , ap pointed at the last assembly , reported that because of the death of some mem bers and the absence of others it had been impossible to come together for a confer ence. Ho asked that the committee bo discharged , and the same was ordered. A vote was taken upon the Tuesday ex cursion and the motion prevailed. llev. Mr. Harsha said that the invita tion for Tuesday had boon withdrawn. A motion was then made to reconsider and go on the excursion Saturday. It was claimed that the governor had post poned a certain appointment to bo en abled to meet the assembly on that day. Dr. Hayes wanted the treasurer to be hoard from before the vote would bo taken. Several members objected , that the assembly could not conscientiously go on a junketing tour , at an expense to the presbyteries of $1,000 per day , when they wore sent hero to work. Others hold that the presbyteries would not begrudge the excursion if they worked well during the rest of the assembly. The motion to reconsider was carried. A noisy talk , in which half a dozen took part , hero occurred. The question was called for and motions quite numerous ous were shot at the moderator. On motion of Dr. Marquis , the session was extended five mintites. A commissioner on the stage moved an amendment that the invitation to Lin coln on Saturday afternoon bo accepted. The moderator put thaquostion.doclared it carried , but a aumU'.r of delegates said they didn't understand the question. Another amondrnontfto go to Hastings , was made and put to the house and lost. Another vote on the trip to Lincoln was taken and declared carried. Recess. Yc terdajr > Afternoon. The afternoon sess oj opened promptly at 2:30 : o'clock , the 'moderator being In the chair. n01 Dr. Marquis , fronilthe commitlco on bills and overtures , reported an ovcrturo requesting an uniformity in marriage laws. No action was suggested. Over tures from Dayton and other places were received for ibo use of the revised ver sion of the bible. To both of these , the committee reported that the version was still upon trial and that the committee was not prepared to either recommend or condemn the samo. Ono from Wash ington , regarding the transfer of the jurisdiction of ono church from thai presbytery to that of Catawba. The 10- port was adopted. Dr. Hays then announced the resigna tion of Dr. Allison as a member of the board of missions forfrcmlmen. On mo tion , the same was adopted. It was also agreed that the selection of his successor should bo left to committee . on' the frecdinen's board. Dr. Hays then moved that the meeting on temperance , called for Friday night , bo dispensed with , and that the special order for that night be the majority and minority reports ot the committee on judiciary on the protest of the Hov. Mr. Baird against the action of the Presby terian nynod of Pennsylvania in uphold ing the prohibitory amendment to the state constitution ilurinu one of the late canvasses. The report of the standing committee on theological seminaries snowed that there were thirteen theological institu tions , two of which were devoted to the training of ( ierman youth for the minis try. All the seminaries , so far as they had been hoard from , wore in a prosper ous condition , though no report had been "received from either Lincoln or BIddle universities. There were 318 students added to the rolls this year , being an In crease of twonty-threo over that of last year. The Incrcaso In the number of graduates was thirty-eight , and in the total number of students ninety-one. Five seminaries reported n dclicit , that of Union and McUormick being especially largo , and caused by an en tire chan < rc In the manner of Investment so as to utilize to greatest advantage the realty owned by the institutes , At Princeton seventy students had entered for ministerial study and preparation. Union seminary was especially prosper ous in the increase of students. Auburn , too , being successful , having an increase of the same of twenty per cent over that of last year. In McConuio seminary the spirit of sanctiflcntlon was already no ticeable In the nunibor of her students who were desirous of becoming minis ters. In San Francisco the oll'or of a do nation of foO,000 from a citi/.en of Oak land had resulted in a great series of do nations of $100,000 from all the churches on the coast toward bonolitting the insti tution. The schools in Newark and Iu- buque had each received a donation of $0,000. The Germans were doing well in the management of their several institu tions , although they needed a great deal of assistance. An overture was then read asking for the appointment of a chair in all the seminaries for the systematic study of the English biblo. The committee did not recommend such a chair , but , while acknowledging tlio necessity of a moro systematic knowl- > cdce of the bible , suggested that eaoh of the seminaries pay more attention to the subject in the future. Kev. Mr. Schuellto said there were 110 German missionaries in the east nnd west , and they had 150 German churches. These were regular blue-stocking Pres byterians , from head to foot. And yet , they were not satisfied. They needed money to educate Gorman young men , and it was necessary to have Germans , well educated ones , too , to carry on the work. For this purpose they required $100,000 , and that is all they would ask. If that amount should bo given them , they would show the board what a great deal of work could bo done among the Germans. The Lincoln excursion again came , a yoto being a third time taken , finally settling the question that the assembly will go to Lincoln on next Saturday afternoon , there being but four votes in the negativo. The judiciary committee declined to take action in tlio dispute , as mentioned in an overture , between J. 1) ) , Carlisle and the synod of Pennsylvania. The records of the last assembly were ordered bound. Franklin L. Sheppard , from the com mittee on Sunday school publications , said that an indebtedness of $3 ( ,011 should awaken every Presbyterian to re move that burden. Colporteurs had been reduced n n consequence of the debt and tlio number of the publications had to bo diminished. There were now sev enteen colporteurs engaged andthesohad distributed 87,300 volumes. 22,041 Sab bath school papers , 3,01)4,419 ) tracts , and visited 55,2r > 2 families. Three thousand six hundred and seven churches had re fused to contribute. The total receipts were $311,037.87. All this business had been carried on at a loss of but $113 for bad debts. Judge Wilson spoke on the report. Dr. Warden was called on to speak , but said that as he had already spoken in the hall a few evenings ago ho would not now say anything further , preferring to wait till next year when they might have some better Sunday school work to speak about. The report of the special committee on the eligibility of the ruling elder to the position of moderator was unfavorable to a change of the rules necessary to ef fect such u change. It was based upon the vote of the presbyteries , forty-six being ing in the aUirmativo and 110 in the neg ativo. The same committee reported on an overture introduced at the last assembly , touching the annulment of section 4 , chanter 24 of the "standards , " which re lates to degrees of consanguinity in mat rimony. The amendment sought in the overture was the striking out of the words : No man shall marry any of his wife's rela tions nearer than his own , and no woman shall marry any of her husband's relatives nearer than her own. This clause means that no man shall mrtrry the sister of his deceased wife , and no woman the brother of her de ceased husband. " This overture was sent down to the different' presbyteries , and answers as follows woro'received : In favor of the striking out , 100 , and opposed it , eleven prosbyterics. The report of tlio committee was adopted. Permanent Clerk Moore said that ho did not think that the assembly had accom plished what'it intended to accomplish , lie held that if , , under the section as it stood before the action was taken , it was impos irlo ) for a man lo marry his deceased - ceased wife's sister , it was not less possi ble for him to do , so since the amend ment , % On motion of Dr. Cameron , the subject was recommitted to the same committee to BOO if'it wore not possible to have some action suggested by. which the object of the church might bo secured. A commissioner moved that the dca- cons'bn preferred as members of boards of trustees , Carried. On motion of George Shields , the elec tion of E. U. Craven , of Newarkas sea- rotary of the board , was unanimously adopted. On motion of the same gentleman , the board of publication was authorized to take stops to have the corporation name of the trustees of the Publication society corrected so as to bo in accord with that already adopted by the assembly. The committee on polity of the church stated it was not prepared to endorse all the ideas advanced in the report of the committee on peace and arbitration , and recommended that no further action betaken taken open the subject. Adopted. An ovcrturo was acknowledged from Pittsburg relating to the disposition of property of churches which have gone out of existence ; another overture asking as to who should take ohnrgo of church property whore the church has become extinct. On both of these the committee recom mended that where the laws of the state In which the property is located do not forbid , that the presbytery take the man agement of the property. They also rec ommend that the matter be referred to a committee consisting of two ministers and three elders to report at the next as- somblv. An overture from West Chester , relat ing to the eligibility of elders , to sit in presbyteries and synods as elders , pro vided they bo legally appointed , was reported - ported upon unfavorably and the report was adopted. An overture from the synod of the At lantic asking for the division of the same into two synods , the dividing line being taat botweeu North and South Carolina , was recommended. It was decided lo call the now synod Catawba , nnd to hold the first session on November 1. An overture from Hoelicstcr presbytery asked if the laws of Now York empow ered trustees to dispose of the property of defunct churches by the action of the trustees. The committee reported that the ques tion was one relating to civil and not ec clesiastical law and that the proper place to tcsl it was in the civil courts. Adjourned till to-day at 0 o'clock. Mloslon Meeting. Last night them was an ruiillcnco of about 3,000 people In the exposition building , in attendance upon the meeting in the Interest of the foreign mission of the Presbyterian church. Dr. Addison Henry of Philadelphia presided. Ho said he did not know he had boon selected for the position but ho stated that ho had years ago , when ho was appointed minister of the church over which ho now presides , acted on one of the home missions of the association. The first gentleman introduced was the Nov. Mr. Gosheon , of India. Ho referred to the earliest missions in India , and incidentally substantiated nil that the Hov. Mr. Chaturjco had said about thorn in the morning's session of the as sembly. He dosiredto oonllno himself to the section of India in which he had operated. "When I arrived upon the scone , " ho said , "onu of the three mis sionaries was dead. Another had lost his mind. Myself and my wito reached the place after a drive through the country , during twenty-six hours of which , my wife had not tasted water. She never rallied from the deprivation , and two years later died. When wo reached the place the brethren burst out into tears as they welcomed us. Wo met with very great obstacles , indeed. The Brahmins are a very self.suilicient , self-opinionated class. They arc noted for their boasted spirituality. You may , perhaps , remem ber Mr. Goshco , who visited tills country a couple of years ago. Ho was one of this class. A short time after ho com menced to work in this country , 1 re ceived a letter from him in winch he stated that ho had done all he could agahist our missionaries because my wife and myself had succeeded in con verting his wife. In India , we were sub mitted to every indignity from these Brahmins. Once when I was preaching in tlio streets to a large audience of the lower caste , one of these Brahmins hired a man to come tip and assault me. to knock off my hat and threaten mo if I did not stop preaching that stiill' . "On another occasion , I was invited to visit some of the schools which wore then under the conduct of natives. I told two of my Indians who were engaged ns teachers under me , of the invitation , and asked them to accompany mo to the school. When I had entered I found that my native friends were not with me. 1 looked around and found that they were pecking around the corner of Uio en- traaco. I told the man who had invited me that my friends were outside and ho said : 'Those men are of a lower cast nnd if I associate with them , they will defile mo. ' I told him that they and 1 wore of the same class , and if they could dclilo 1 must also defile , and looked around for my hat. But he excused himself and finally brought into the school the men who had come along with mo. "Onco when I was preaching in my chapel , a Brahmin jumped up and said : 'The man is a liar ; there is no God. ' I told him to cit down nnd asked him to come and see me after the services were over. But ho didn't come. Next Sunday 1 hoped that the man would bo present. I preached upon the text , for his benefit , 'Iho fool says in his heart , there is no God. ' Ho was present , and after the ser mon was over ho came to me , and with a smile , which meant that he knew' I had referred to him , said ho would be a friend of mine. "Tho most interesting feature of our work is the educational work. I wish vou could see these dark faces lighted up with intelligence of the of the word of God. Sometimes these little people come to us naked. WQ gather thorn in our schools , put teachers over them and teach them the bible and the catechism. If they cannot pass in these , wo do not go any further for the timo. On Sunday we gather them around us , and if you could see the tears that roll down their cheeks when they hear of what God has done for them , your heart would melt with sympathy. J\'ly wife has a class of seventy-live children , and once when she asked thorn if they bo- liovcd what they were being taught , ono of them said : 'Yes , wo believe , and when wo are men we are going to bo all Christians.1 Another ono said , ' 1 am a carpenter , and when I got to bo a man I am going to build a temple for our God in this town. ' " 1 know people toll you how much it costs to continue these foreign missions , aad how much it costs to make conver sion. But I do not believe that Jesus Christ measures it in that way. " "When wo received word that wo would bo required to cut down 'our ex penses 13 } per cent it made us fuel sad. It made us go down into our pock ets and sec what wo could give ourselves. As a consequence some of the schools had to be closed. The Hindoos knew what that meant. Those schools are still closed. Wo go back , wo hope to reopen them and try to keep them open for the good they can do. "The creatost misery rests upon little girls and old women. Some of these aged people have come to mo with tears in their eyes , bogging for assistance , and almost at the point of death. Some of these we have been compelled to allow to die , almost at our foot , and they died happy , knowing that they had found compassion in Jesus Christ for all their sufferings when they had failed to receive from the people , after living lives of utter dobasemchl. Twenty-two million of those people cry to you to-night. They abhor the idea of widowhood. They are subject to indignities which I dara not mention here to-night , Ono case will perhaps snflieo. A wife once hoard a Brahmin doctor say In an adjoining room that her husband could not live very long. She went out , throw herself in a well and died , rather than stand the debasement of widowhood. These mothers and sisters need our help. I remember another instance , though of a uilfurent character. The mother was the wife of a prince. Her child had died , and siio sorrowed over it greatly. \ \ hen the child was born the parents weighed him and gave his weight in gold to tlm church. My wife know tlio bereaved mother and said : 'Will you never sea your chilu again ? ' The mother said : 'Oh , ho , never ; he's burned. ' My wife re plied : 'Yes , wo will meet in heaven. ' 'Heaven , ' the mother nxclaimcd , 'where is that ? ' My wife gave her the blblo. The wife of the prince was intelligent. She read it. She is reading still , and it is the only thing that gives her comfort. " The speaker then detailed other ex periences , illustrating life union ; ' the various classes of India. Ho was followed by Mr. Wallace , of Mexico. Dr. Wherry , of China , and Mr. Mur ray sang In Chinese "My Faith Looks Up ' to'Thuo , " after which Mr. Luster , of San tiago , and several others delivered speunhos of iiftucn minutes' duration. IICOtlMOl UlV ! ( I. Judge McCulloch issued marriage li censes yesterday to the following par ties : Name. Hesidenco. Ago. I Klmer Matson Omaha I Inured Johnson Omaha as i GeoreoK. Klshcr Omaha -IS ) AIIKIO A. Fuller Omaha -l | ( Mnrtiti Chlttlck. Omaha 37 { llaB..KIIU ; . . .btuart , la VI A VERY ATTRACTIVE MAP Showing Buffalo County , Nebraska , in Admirable Stylo. PRINCIPAL FEATURES SHOWN , The City of Kearney A llallroart Center - tor nnd Prosperous Place Its | R Cnnal-A ItrlKht Out look. A lirgo now map of Buffalo county which is displayed In the main cntranco of the Mlllanl hotel has been attracting a great deal of attention , not only from Omaha people , but from eastern visitors now in the city. Tliu map is nine feet and two Inches long and four feet and ten incite * wide. Tlio work was evidently done by the skilled hand of an artist as well as of a civil engineer. At each end is a pic torial border showing over thirty promi nent buildings , among which are the leading business houses , churches , school houses , mills , factories , gas woncs , water works , etc. , of the city of Kearney , to gether with important statistics and in- lormiitior. regarding Kearney and other towns in Itutl'alo county. The principal towns of the county are given , together with the line of road or roads upon which they are located , and their population. The map is divided into twenty-four townships , upon a scale of two inches to tlio mile. The county has nearly ISO miles of railroad completed or in process of construction. The ranches of the Nc- brasKa Land and Cattle company , T. 1) . Early , W. C. Tillsou , T. H. Platter and others are outlined , showing the size and location of each. At the bottom of the map is the Platte river , showing tluf numerous islands and their dimensions , as well as the railroad and wagon bridges across the stream. Each school house in the county is repre sented in its proper location , and each voting precinct is numbered. This ma ] > is complete in every respect. It is to be lithographed in Chicago. To Mr. A. E. Aitkcn , a leading business man of Kearney , is duo the credit for this en terprise , lie has invested $1,500 in'tho map , and there is no doubt that ho will get his money back , as every citizen of liuflulo county who has the welfare of his county at heart will purchase a copy. Buffalo , by the way , is ono of the rich est and most prosperous counties In Nc- brasa. It is located nearly in the central part of the state , on the north sidu of the Platte river. It is thirty-seven miles in length from east to west , and averages twenty-six miles in breadth from north to south. The area of the county is 1)00 ) square miles , containing 570,000acres. , The Union Pacific railway extends the length of the county on the north side of the Platte river , on which are located the following towns : Sheltnn , ( iibbon , Kearney , Odessa and Elm Crook. The Omaha As Republican Valley rail road company of Nebraska follows the South Loup river through the northeast ern part of the county , crossing the Grand Island & Wyoming Contra ! rail road at the town of Nantaskut. This railroad extends acro.ss the northeastern portion of the county , passing through the towns of Saint Michael , Nantaskot and Kavonna. The Omaha & Republican Valley railroad company has built a branch road from Kearney to Milldalc. This line passes through Wood river val ley , ono of the most fertile valleys in the state of Nebraska. The Union Pacific has a line graded from Kearney to Callu- ! way , in Ouster county , and is about to lay the track and put it in operation. The Missouri Pacific will in all probability bo extended to Kearney this fall from Hast- jugs , and the Northwestern is also heading - ing for Kearney from the northeast. Buffalo county contains a population of 30,000. KKMINKV , THE COUNTV SKAT , has a population of 8,000. As shown above , it is an important railroad center. It has a iino system of water-works , gas-works substantial public school buildings , handsome churches and elegant homos , while the business buildings are solid and attrac tive. Among the public buildings now being erected is a five-story hotel , con structed of Colorado sandstone. Its cost will bo $50,000. A large and handsome Masonic temple is also being erected , and numerous first-class business houses are going up. Kearney lias three national banks , several good newspapers , and everything else that goes to make up a city. city.One of the most important enterprises undertaken by the people of Kearney is the construction of THE KKAKNEV CANAL upon which $100,000 has so far been ex pended. It is sixteen miles long , and the point of beginning is over a mile higher than the site of Kearney. The water is taken from the Platte and carried along the bluff's until it reaches the top a hill near Kearney. On this hill are the res ervoirsfrom which the stream flows down Into the Platte again with great power , thus supplying unlimited water power for manufactories. The Washburnns , of Minneapolis , propose to erect at Kearney an immense flouring mill to bo operated by this water power. Besides - sides its immense value for furnishing thousands of tons of crystal ice , its three large reservoirs arc largely used for boating and pleasure purposes. The canal is forty feet wide and ton feet deep. It runs through a rich country and can bo navigated by boats capable of trans porting the freight of the region tributary - tary to it. There is no reason why Koar- ncy should not become n large city. It certainly holds out great inducements to the home seeker and the Investor , while Buffalo county is one of the most at tractive and productive agricultural sec tions of Nebraska. Ilulliline Permits. Superintendent Whillock issued build- ing permits yesterday as follows : George Benson , tliroo-story brick block , Douglas and Twenty-ninth. . su.ooo J. A. Harvey , one-story frame dwell ing , Ohio , near Thirty-eolith ! JOO F. H. Jirayton , two-story frame dwell ing HiniUiy htreet 3,000 Willis 1'iukor , two-story frame htore , Thirtieth street 1,000 Albert Dufour , two-btory frame cot- tnu'i'j Km oka 1,000 C. IS. Watson , olio-story frame barn , Twenty-eighth and Leaveuworth. . . 2,000 Barkffr linn. , six-story brick olllce hulldln ; , Kiftocntli and Kninntn. . . 45,000 S. H. Drown , four-story brick store building. I&OS Capitol avenue 25,000 L. I' . 1'ruyn , six one nnd adult-story frame dwelling , Nineteenth and Cortiv 7,800 J. O. Corby , two-.story fratrw stores and llixtH , .Sixteenth anil Ohio 3,000 Mrs. BlaKely , two one nnd n hall-story frame dwellings , King street and P.itrlck nvenuo 2 , WO G , \V. \ Mosoath , two-story frame resi dence , Smith unil Frances 3,500 Twelve permits , aggrcgatlnic S102,9CO The Nebraska Society. The Nebraska State society was called to order by Dr. O. S. Wood and Dr. W. H. llanchctt as secretary on motion. Dr. Wood was u kud by the State society to give the address of welcome to the western acapomy of medicine and Dr. Sprague the address of welcome from the society of Omaha. Dr. C. G. Spragno and W. H. Ur.nohott were chosen cen sors for the society. For membership to the State society the names of JOr. Mary . ) . Brcckenrldgo , Dr. ( J. W. Wil liams , Dr. E. T. Allen , and Dr. W. II. Parsons were chosen , The society then adjourned to meet in joint meeting with the western academy of medicine ,