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LONG DEBATE UI 1 DIVORCE' '
United Preabyterknls Glvo the SubJect Some
Ocneral Ocrn idcration. .
MEMORIAL FROM ALLEGHENY STARTS IT
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Itequesl tar nn ttlernacc on Ike
1'plr Itesulte tt n C/IsItprurt1IMe
1)eelslun Ilnsed on Ilie
. Confession.
The quesllon of granting to persons di.
forced for Infidelity the privilege of remar-
i , f riaga came up when the United Presbyterian
general nsaembly began its morning session.
- A memorial on tlds subject nnd submitting
the question hod Como from the Allegheny ,
Pa presbytery , and a report on this wns
made by the judiciary committee , to which
! t had been referred. The committee recommended -
ommended slmpl ) that the question be ant -
swered in the ntnrmntive ,
t
I , It was thdght nl first that the subject
was one witch would not require discussion ,
but Dr. J , C. Lloyd of the Monongaheln presbytery -
bytery , In his support of the committees
recommendntlon , having branched off onto
the mysteries of Infant sulvatlon and datfan
lion , by way of analogous reasoning , it
brought Pro. John A. Wilson of the Ails-
' glteny senhlnnry to his feet with an oppor-
. to ity to oppose the report. Dr. Boyd bad
I refuted the charge against Calvinism that it
' put In hell infants not n span
long , " oil Dr'llson's answer to
this tvns that Infants were saved only If
they were among the "elect. " Just suck lax
treatment of the question of marriage and
divorce , said I'rof Willson , was filling the
) dud with divorced persons. The law of
the church was the bible , and the West-
tninisler Confession of Faith , and from his
poldt of view their position against remarriage -
marriage of divorced persona was unmis
tnknbla.
Still , In the opinion of Dr , \ \ ' . H. McFar-
land of Muskingmn , where the offender was
truly penitent , he should be forgiven
and accorded the same slandhng as others
, of the elect. In the same vein Itev. Daniel
Harris of lelnware argued as follows :
n Did not David in most flagrantly in Clio
; matter of the wife of Urish , the Ilhttlte.
Yet ( ro(1 ( pardoned that sin , and our Lord ,
! n Ills human nature , was a descendant from
m David'slnarriago with Urlalc's wife , Are
t We not told : "If thy brother sin against
' I tlile and repent , thou shall forgive him not
only seven times , but seventy times seven. "
, } Again : "If we confess our sins lie Is faith-
I rut and just to forgive us our skins and to
s : cleanse us froni all unrlghteousn. ss " Fur-
timer , "The blood of our Lord , Jesus Cifrist ,
clennseth us front all unrighteousness. "
Would not an oaender , upon repentance , be
forgiveu as David was ?
M 1111 Iiitxll ) ' Bispoxed or ,
The formidable array of scriptural au-
thoritles and quotations contained in Mr ,
Ilnrrls' argwnet was not without Its ef-
fect. Dr. Samuel Martin of India arose to
propose a compromise , but had to surrender
i the iloor temporarily to an opponent of the
t privilege of remarriage , Ills conipramise ,
when he got an opportunity of stating It ,
was for the privilege to be granted upon
sulfelent evidence of repentance , but Itev.
] t. II , Park of the Allegheny presbytery and
Ir. Wilson had some strong contentions left
i among their argumentative ammunition
agnhist anything snot setting its seal of disapproval
approval unequivocally upon divorce.
Mr. Park offered as a substitute for the
"
Committee's report a denial point blank of
the quosllon in the memorial , instead of an
affirmative answer. So far as David's sin
m and repentance were concerned , and God's
attitude toward him , Mr. Park recalled what
the prophet , Nathan , said to the penitent
king : "The sword shall not depart from
thy house forever. " .Nor did the sword depart -
' part , said the speaker , until the death of
i the Master on Calvary , and it has not yet
left' the house of David , for the word is
"never , " he reasoned further. The conse-
iuenco of the sin of Moseotho barring of
the great llebrew leader from the Promised
Land-was also among the instances alt -
t tuded to by Mr , Park in his effort to show
that though the sinner may be forgiven , yet
he is not saved from logical consequences
, ' M his transgression.
( The substitute offered by Mr. Park was
sntertnined by a big vote and found a zeal-
sus advocate In Dr. Wilson , He was somewhat -
what cynical In his views of sorrow for sin.
j t Said he :
+ Let us look it a parallel case. A man is
, ' - a bigamist , but he snys he is "sorry , " and
the United Presbyterian church says : "It
is all right ; yeti can have your two wives. "
Why , sorrow Is one of the cheapest of
'things. In our civ'U law no man wIthout
clean hands can , any standing In court ,
and surely in the law of the United Presbyterian -
terian church we should ho etlually as strict.
Let us Insist upon clean hands ,
When Dr. Marlin found a chance to ox-
, I plain the comprmItso ho had desired lie
replied to Dr.'ilson's sarcastic doubts of
{ professed penitence by explaining that the
sessions would be the judges of the peal-
tent's repentance ; anti the sessions In turn
are subject to the presbyteries , the presbyteries -
tories to the synods , meth ] finally all are subject -
' ject to the general assembly. It was not
so easy to impose upon the church ,
1o Del Ieraaer leuex5nr > .
The last defender of the conmlttoo'sposi
I tlon was Dr , W , \\'ishart of the Allo
gbeny presbytery. Upon the point that In-
Jtdolity is the only ground .upon' whdch there
can ho divorce according to the words of
Jesus In the gospel of St. Matthew , he
PEJL10DS or PAIN.
2.
MTenstrnntion , the balance wbeol of
% volnatl'n life , is also the bane of exist-
J , duce to umny because it tneuns n time of
I great su1Tcrhmg ,
I \1'hlleuovvomausentirely $ free frotn
I periodical pain , itdocsnotbCCnitoitavo
I been an-
taro's plan
thntw'oawn
olliorsvis0
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lienlthy t"
slipuld suiTcr ; '
7 so aut0rely. , k
, Lydia I'1 , Pinlt n :
i iliun'n VOu
ialICCoin. ' .
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tut' Inmasttt l0 ' ; . . 1
Illl'dielll 64'3
I duce , Itrellevestltucondltionthatpro-
ducessomuch ndiscomfortandrolls men.
strunliun of its terrora , here Is proof :
IAAit : Mrts , 1'11KlltM ) low can 1
i milk you etongli for vvbut you have
done for 3110 ? SY'hen I vroto to you I
\s as sdITerhig untold pain at time of
nenstruatlua ; vas nervous , bud head-
uebu nil the thou , no appetite , that tired
I ieeliud , nnd did trot care for anything ,
I have talceu three bottles of Lydia fl.
T'inlchnm's Vegetable Compound , ono
Iiood Purifier , two boxes of Liver
fills , and to-day I nn ) asvell person. I
would lhco to hove those v'ho suffer
lcnosv that I urn one of thu tunny who
have been cured of female complaints
byyour tvondcrf nl medicine and advice , '
-Miss JRNNI > It. MIld:8 : , Leon , Wis.
( ) If you arc solve ring h ) this luny , swito
ns Miss Miles dad to Mlrs , Pinkhain at
Lynn , Mluss , , for the ndvico mvhch ( she
A1rere free of charge to all wouteu ,
argued that this being the cute , a divorced
person is absolutely single and has the
name right's na other stngh persons. "Why
then should there be An eternal dl + nhlllty
put upon him , " he asked , "when there nle
other equally heinous sins , no matter how
mach n man might repent , and to say Lin
can never again resume the marriage re
lotion ? ' (
At Inst Dr. lloyd came to tIm rescue ngnin , I
but with a compromise substitute that leaves
the question just where it sloes before the
general essembly's attention was called to
1t hie In a member of the judiciary com-
mittee. Ills substitute he proposed to take
the place of Mr. Park's , and it reads thus :
In answer 1o the memorial of the presbytery -
tery of Alleglienyi I
Resoivcd , That no deliverance ( on this
question ) Is necessary , as lima the declare-
tion of the Confession of Faith is sufciently
explicit :
Dr , Boyd's substitute was entertained by
an overwhelming majority and was at once
easily carried :
Ilnesllnn of I'reshyterinl Power.
The same committee's report contained a
decision on the cause of contention between
the Iowa and Illinois synods over Monmouth
college maintenance. It was made on the
quesllon put by members of the Iowa
synod : "Whether it In in accordance with
church law that one synod invite the pres.
bylerien of another synod to take action
nulifying the action of their own synod , "
Since 1869 until last year , under' a compact -
pact with the Illinois synod , the Iowa synod
had contributed toward the maintenance of
Monmouth college. The Iowa presbyteries ,
however , of Cedar Rapids , Keokuk , Des
Moines nod Le Claire continued to contribute -
tribute and the Illinois synod took action
allowing thrn to do so. The committee
was anxious to pour oil on the troubled
venters nod its opinion was that the Illinois
icyrtod was not blameworthy in this matter
but had acted in good faith , but it recommended -
mended greater carefulness in such natters -
ters , and a study of the -'things which
make for pence. "
This manner of peacemaking was far
fromn satisfactory to Itev , S. E. Marlin of
the College Springs , Io , presbytery , lie 1
saw the whole question of Presbyterian law
involved , and offered an amendment defining -
ing the jurisdiction of synods , and the relations -
lations between presbyteries and synods. Its
object is to restrict the jurisdiction of synods -
ods to their own boundaries. lie would
have the clause in the Rook of Government
anti Church Disclplbue to declared.
The chairman of the judiciary committee ,
Dr. It. \Vllllamson of Troy , N. Y naturally -
rally came to the support of the committee's
mild method of disposing of the question ,
In his explanation of the general status of
things ho said the synod of Iowa had crone
Into the territory of the synod of Illinois
to found and maintain a college and when
it withdrew from the relations between the
Iowa presbyteries and Monmouth college ,
they were not in the least disturbed. "Why
now have a dividing line ? " he asked ; "why
have one synod to remain on one side of the
river and the other on its side instead of
enjoying mutual interest and co-operation ?
Time Iowa presbyteries have the sane privilege -
lege of supporting Monmouths college as the
Iiflnols presbyteries have of supporting the
Tarkio college , "
He thought Mr. Marten's amendment , Instead -
stead of helping matters , would really produce -
duce discord. Itev. R. E. Lackey of the
Cedar Rapids presbytery also reasoned that
there should not be nay sharp line of dlvt-
sion.
"Iowa would always be debatable ground
between the Monnmouth and Tarkio
l ) , es ; argued Dr. W. T. Campbell of Mon-
uiouth. "The charter rights of Monnoulh
college permit It to receive support from
other territory and also other ecclesiastical
bodies than the Illinois synod. "
Itev. D. E. Smlth of Pawnce City contended -
tended for the amendment , however , because
It was necessary to settle a question of
Presbyterian church government , in defining -
ing the relationship between presbyteries
and synods.
The amendment was then put and was
carried by a vote of 103 to 44.
Immediately Dr. Cmnpbeil wanted the
four Iowa presbyteries constituted into a
separate synod. Dr. Spalding of Spokane
then made a motion charging the College
Springs , la presbytery with being
guilty of the same offense imputed
to those of Cedar Rapids , Keokuk , Des
Moines nnd Lo Claire , in that it had sup-
portcd Tarkio college for ten years , while
the Iowa synod was pledged to the support of
Monmouth college. As the hour for the
noon recess hail arrived , this emotion was
simply doclcoted. Afterward Dr. Spalding
withdrew his motion.
to the Juilicinry Report.
Many other subjects were embraced in the
judiciary committee's report. It recommended -
mended cutting up the present presbytery
of Egypt Into four and constituting them
the "Synod of the Nile. " This was agreed
to ,
As to the temporary licensing of students ,
It recommended that temporary Iicensuro
should not give the sane liberty and authority -
thority ne the regular Ilcehsure and It therefore -
fore urged the repeal of the action of the
assembly of 1885 ; also that no lieeases
should ho granted until the student had
completed two years at the seminary , and
it left to the Judgment of the presbyteries
the revocation of time licenses whomever the
Ilcuntiate was considered objectionable.
These recoeniendations were all agreed
to by time assembly.
Time Rock Island memorial neking for
modification of the Book of Government and
Dlsclpii o in regard to admission of church
members was , in accordance with the cent-
nnltteo's report , referred to Drs. Grier , Mc-
Gill and Witherspoon ,
Iii the case of the complaint of C , I' ,
Idoredilh against the synod of Iowa , whose
cause was that in giving him a letter of
disimlasion limo synod omitted to state that
lie was an elder and refused afterward to
amend the letter , the committee advised
disnmissnl of the complaint "as it was based
upon a mere teclmicahity" but it also
added tun hderpretallnn of the law of the
church on such an elder's status-ho still
remains an elder , but is not a member of
any session unless duly elected and In.
stalled. On fir. W , T , Meloy's motion this
whole natter was referred to n commisslon
of ten ,
\VerIL \Voouan's Board ,
For the afternoon tine work done by the
women's auxiliary branch of the church and
the report of the committee on the tobacco
overture were true special orders ,
The report of the committee on the
women's board gave it great praise for Its
zeal nnd success , Notwithstanding the
financial stringency of the last year , the
women's board dlebursed $66U80,15 , a bal.
auco of $0,422.1 remaining in the
treasury. It supports in the foreign
eign field thirty-seven umleslomary
w on1en at a coat of $10,100. Tina medical
work lad bent very encouraging. In India
the two phy'sieiaus had treated 10,181 par
Hunts , In Egypt time tune of the two phy-
eiciaus there had been largely taken up In
acqulrimg the language ; still they had maim.
aged between lessons to treat ) ,661 patients ,
to the home field the board had assisted
in every dt'parlrnent of church work , It
has ton laborers scattered over live states ,
which includes the missionaries among the
Indians and the female missionaries. Ile-
sides helping tine board of ministerial re
lief It had supported fifteen leachers among
the colored freednmen , and had also aided
the church exteu ton work to time tuuaunt of
over $10,000 to enable needy congregations
to procure parsonages.
A healthy growth of membenbip was
recorded. The 1149 missionary societies had
a total nmemnbership of 23,040 ,
The committee therefore very highly
commended the women's board ,
On the matter of lhQ salaries of the med.
Ileal misslnnaries , n Jigt committee , Drs ,
John Willimmnsnn ( College Springs ) nod T.
1I Turnbull ( Argyle ) , re commended that
lice detail of reimbursing medical missionaries -
aries for extra cxpcnsea incurred be left
to time women's board ,
hxplnhiiiii Their \Vork ,
Mrs , W. J. Reid , the secretary of the for-
eign work , and Mrs. It. C. Campbell , secretary -
tary of the home work , were then called to
the platform , and each made an address
covering her epeclnl department , Mrs.
Campbell explained how the home work was
conducted , One of its fruits , through Mrs.
Westerfield , hail been the South Omaha congregation -
gregation , Of the total membership of the
pelted l'reshyterlnn church 70 per cent were
women and their self-denial had largely
enabled the women's board to disburse almost -
most $67,000 , Ono of the items put down
in the board's ledger as a debit was $25,000 ,
but it was n debit in favor of investments ;
that is , seven Loma congregations had been
assisted to needed proper church accommo-
datlons through this channel.
Spenicing of time work among the freedmen -
men she said time board had proceeded on
the theory that limo best way to help the
colored brother wns to help him help hin-
sb1f.'Ith this in view a 603 acre farm had
been purchnsed in Alabama , and it was '
meeting with much success ,
Mrs , Campbell Is one of the proniment
Pentcsylvanla temperance workers. Renil-
nlscently she wee ( hack to time general assembly -
sembly of 1880. It ( net in her city , Allo-
glceny , and then for the first tuna in time
history of the church n woman was called
to time platform nnd nmade tp , look Into limo
faces of the delegates , T'mat year rho
women's board was organized ,
Slso was followed by Mrs. Reid , who told
a story of time experiences of a nurse engaged -
gaged in ( lie Christian eonnulssion work
during the civil war to illustrate the success -
cess which must attend time missionaty work.
The most effective work , she said , Is being
done by time women of the church Settlug
Into the ) cones of the superstitious heathen.
The number of single women engamed ; lu
misslom work in the foreign field has greatly
increased. Resides ministering to souls
thei/labors included relief for the sick.
1'i ; for Medical altxxiounrlex.
Discussion ensued of the plan of retn-
bursemeut for time female medical missionaries -
aries , which it was proposed , to leave to the
women's board to look after. Dr. W. W.
Barr , corresponding sbcretary of the. foreign
board , tail a number of letters showing that
other denominations did not pay ledher salaries -
aries to medical than other missionaries ,
The effect ought ho to cause a general demand -
mand for a raise of salary by all time for-
elgn inissiounry workers ,
In reply to this Dr. Marlin of India described -
scribed the pecullar necessities of medical
workers in the foreign field , amid Mrs , foul
reminded the assembly that the medical
misstounrles had game to great expense to
acquire a proper education , Site also said
that as the work is being attended to by the
women's board It ought to be permitted to
attend to the disburzdmeut. The dialculty
of securing nmedicnl missionaries at all was
emphasized by both Dr. Martin and Mrs.
Reid , Three very important ( tons , said Dr.
W. Ii. MeI nrland ( Muskingum ) , seemed to
have been obscured by the discussion. Time
cast of preparation for a medical cnreer , the
exposure and hardships suffered , and finally ,
the shortening of their life. Dra. Tutmbull ,
W. T. Meloy and Witherspoon all favored
leaving the ucatter with the woven. They
had raised the money , said Dr. Meloy , mid
certainly ougi , : to have time disbursencomt
of it ; and they had demonstrated wonderful
financial capacity ,
But Dr. Andrew Watson of Egypt argued
that if It were right to reimburse one class
of mission workers , it should also , as a
matter of principle , consider the extra expenses -
penses of another. For example , ho found
Cairo an expensive place to live in.
The result of all time discussion was the
adoption of the committee's recomnnendatior
to leave this financial detail solely to the
women's board.
IIxposing of ' 'obtieco ,
After the matter was disposed of the report -
port of the special committee on the tobacco
question was read. It called attention to
time action of the general assembly of 1888 ,
exhorting ministers and licentiates addicted
to the use of tobacco to abandon it , also
to that of the 1890 assembly , admonishing
ruling elders to consider the effect of their
example and calling upon pastors and sessions -
sions generally to urge upon members time
propriety of abstinence. Accordingly it submitted -
mitted the followhmg resolutions , contnin-
tainiug the questions to ho subtuitted to the
vote of the presbyteries :
Resolved that the following be handed
down to the presbyteries ht overture :
Shall there be added to part II , chapter
11 of our Doolt of Government , a section to
bo nutubered 8 and to be as follows :
"The use of tobacco is sinful and therefore -
fore inconsistent with the Christian pro.
fesslon. "
Shall there be added to part II , clhap
tor VII , article 2 , section 1 , of lima 1300k of
Covernmemt , time following :
"Because time use of tobacco is especially
obnoxious is oincers of time church no one
shall be ordained to either of these offices
vvho will not vronmise to abstain from the
use of tobacco. "
Shall tiero be added to part II , chapter
v , section 2 of the hook of Government
the followttg :
'No student of ttmcoiugy shall be admitted
to licensure or ordained to preach tlo gos
pal of Jesus Christ unless he promises to
refrain front the use of tobacco ! '
Another dehate was started by Dr. Samuel
Colllas of the Klekiminetas presbytery , asking -
ing for time word "habitual" to ho placed
before time word "use" In time first question.
Dr , McFnrlmcd humorously recollected thhat
once fie was a shepherd boy imlmseif amid
bad to dip sheep In a tobacco bath and
that , of course , was "habitual. " Dr. R. D ,
Williamson was well along In a speech In
which lie was opposing time whoio idea of
making rules on this subject and was say-
log , "You might legislate on this question
until doomsday. If the elders want to use
toiaeco-- " whom Moderator Ferguson called
hhn to order , ruling that limo discussion
would have to be limned to whether limo
word "habitual" should he inserted or not ,
\\'hen Dr , Williamson sat down , cries of ,
"question" came fromn all directions.
Iteuulevil n 7'svtl-'t'hirds Vole.
The principal clerk , Dr. W , J , Reid , re-
nludod the delegates that to send down 1
questions hm overture required a tvvo = thirda
tote. The moderator wanted time authority
on that point , tin Dr , Held rend from time
records the action of the general assembly
of 1870 estnblishing this rule ,
The first of the three questions was then
put to a vote and was lost , The vote was
85 to 48 , ) t needed only four more affirmative -
tive votes ,
When time second of time questions was
put it was found that It went through
all right by a vole of 131 to 21 , A vole
on limo third followed hnnmedlately. 1t
stood 137 to 14. Time friends of tobacco had
been growing less , At once Rev , Thomas
M. Chaimers of Cltcago moved a reconsld-
oration of ( lie vote by which the first of time
questions was lost ) and. Dr , liuchanan gave
it his hearty second , but as objection was
raised to Mr. Chalmers' motion arm the
ground lint he had voted with the majority
and under the two-thirds rule time majority
lost , Dr. McDowell moved a reconsideration.
Just how Dr. McDowell had voted was
known best to lsiiuself , but it was generally
assumed that ho must have voted against
the first of the questions. Anyway , his nmo-
llon to reconsider was put and easily carried -
ried and tlmea , when the question was put
to a second. vole , it received 120 votes In
Its favor , Only thirty-nine delegates stood
up against it. All time votes lied been rising
once , and some of the opponents of the report
port grew timid toward-the last stud failed
All Omnbn shmtld go out to the cx.
postlmi ! amt it up their ! lfty clads fur , h
ih s great a 'jig.W'e Can save yell Tl Ki f
tit' fifty otm our ladles' tan shops that
I w'e sell rat Ct.t ) ( ; those are tan lace boots I' '
: ltd could be sold nmyseht're far : t.ft4J )
nnd probably u P , , except light al lrox
L. Siooilnui's ii t' stoi'c'-lLxpovitlau . I
ital'i4 ( 'at ) Jinvu cimmer of serhmg the
grettest $ , t slit' due ever offered-All
11t'sy toes nnd ut'ditlui ( w4'1t sob's-Vast- ' t
I lug toes-plain brown cloth fops aulivicl
kid tops-W'efc1lF11t nnybotly 1vltlt n 3 I
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Drexel.lShoe Co. lul'II' ' '
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Oninhn's lip-to-dale 8hoc House , I I , )
14I ) ,1RS\ML STREET.
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' ( 'he ynltle of tlraperj' depends more on
ila heutty : thiui anytlihig else-tee
higher tit' I ru't' th ( mote artistic the der
144t .
sign-turd enlurlms-s-ire hove its hue a , c ' 1 { w. I ,
lint of ( lrnperies i s you ctui Ilu(1 ( in all
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Omaha-at all prices-except lt'gil- f y ' ! }
hastily nlmtl duality nil thlrngh the stack
-w e Imve no old or dtunaged ktech to
stork aG 0a you rat cat pclces-but good ' ' s y
.
ibis. Lamest goods at Just the right r .
j nlees -\Ve like to shasv our ti'np4'r'ils. i ti f
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OtnahaCar $4j3
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Uuutht's l " ' ' " "
xcltislyu Car set house t
1515 Dodge St ,
to get up on their feet. The nmmoutcce-
ment of time result of this inst vole was
received whim loud clapping of hatuls ,
There was seine further pulllug and itau- ( i
lag of the matter before a float vote on 1
the report as a whole was taken , Elder
Robert Crawford of New York-ho who read
the Erskine poem aim tobacco the day pre.
vlous-said , "worse sins had been contnllled
by the assembly than time use of tobacco. "
He accused the assembly of " 11arrow-
nludedness , "
But the vole on time whole patter was
loud in time nfilrmntlve and not one negative -
tive voice then was heard.
1115 null Over ( ures. I
i
During the evening proeeedhmgs the report -
port of the committee on bills and overtures
was acted upon , The assembly agreed to
Its recommendatlou , in response to the Chicago -
cage tlthespayers' convention , of a question
to be sent down In overture obligating time
church umcmberstokeep up their coatrlbu- '
teens 'according .to scrlplurnl requirement.
The reconnrecd { Ion , , in accordance with
a memorial frohYtmn Alleghen ) presbytery
of steps looking toward a revision of the
cburcls psalter , ntenf through. On the Mc-
Caughan complaint against organ voluntar- ,
lea on the Sabbjgh dyty , the commmittee took
the position tiny" turf general assembly already - t
ready massed onIcthiAf point when it permitted -
ted a ' 'limited of chants and an-
thems" th the } egmmlar psalter. This met
with the assemblyis ) approval also.
The Des Moines plan for aiding , In the
shape of five-year not-interest ( bearing loans ,
young mom prepating for time ministry ( notes
to bear 0 per eecimafter maturing until paid )
was voted dowif aim'ibe matter had already
been covered by assembly action.
A reportslnsK4ext.read fromthococmnlt-
tee on Sabbath schools , Rows. W. A. Spalding -
ing , J. T. Adams dnd $ . P.'Darackman. With
regret it had to record that the growth of
the Sabbath schools ] tad not kept pace with
time church. While time enrollment is 111,1D4 ,
limo average attendance ! s only 72,275. The
loyal army plan of marking or grading
scholars had not worked successfully , The
comnlttee recommended more zeal in Sabbath -
bath schooi work. Rev. J. C. Boyd of Pitts-
burg followed with an argument dwelling
upon the importance of this branch of work ,
No further action was taken at time time ,
the time for time special order of the evening -
ing having arrived ,
\Vorlc of lime Vommrr People ,
Tito report of Dr. D. F , McGill of Alle-
ghocy , Pa the general secretary of young
people's work , consumed the rest of the
evening. "One of time great Influences inak-
Ing the United Presbyterian church a praying -
ing , working and giving church , is the
Young People's Christian union of this denomination -
nomination ; ' said Dr. McGill , lie elaborated
upop Its general effect on the denomination.
The speaker told of some of the dlfilcul-
ties that had attended the preliminaries ,
transportatlot ram partlcular , for the annual
convention to be held at Saratoga , N. Y. ,
In August. lie ) cad secured rates of about
1 eott a mile , A plan for time convention
had already been placed it time hands of the
assembly for its approval. The general
committee has extended invitations to the
young people of ti1o Reformmed Presbyterian
synod , the Glassis of time Holland Reformed
church and the synod of the Associate
church to participate is the convention ,
After Dr. McGill linlehed Dr , T , 13 , Turn-
bull amid Rev. W , S. McEachiron enumerated
time advantages offered by Saratoga for time
convention , .
Assemhly Notes.
The Westminster alumni met at noon.
The Alumni of the Muskingum college
imd a banquet at the Young Men's Christian
asoociation rooms during time evening re-
cess.
' 1'o complo his reimtntement as pastor
at Jamestown , I'a a lawsuit Is threatened
by Rev , J , R , Wallace of the Frankfort , 1'a. ,
presbytery against time trusters of- the as-
sembly. The matter is In the lmands of the
judiciary conunlttee ,
Some doubt is felt as to whether the assembly -
sembly will he able to finish Its labors to-
tiny. Many of tlmo delegates are growing
tired. It will have been in session a week
this evening , Cll + k Rend says Il Is barely
possihlo that it cam /idsh / by tonight ,
Time name of Rtlv.)1C IT. DIcMillmm of Allegheny -
legheny , I'a Litt ) 1gr ent representative of
limo assembly ln' the board of trustees of
the Uultcd Soclotrj'qt Christian Endeavor ,
will probably be codlnued in that capacity.
Ills imamme was sent'1Iesterday to the teem
Inating coumitteq
t' '
In the Mercmlit.CA9e time following coum-
mission was nppaiuted to nmect at Moim-
moullt , III Juuo 'S ( McKenzie Cheimmd ,
Esq chalrmaim ; ' Repo. Thomas if. Henna ,
D , I ) . , Andrew dtenwlck , J , F , Jamleson ,
Riley Little , Robert.Yost and S. V. Kyle ,
and Messrs. W , Pi. , Veir , Hugh Moffet au'l
it , AVllson ,
A pleasant fea ptq of the assembly was
time meeting of time Allegheny alumni during -
ing time noon receti. imreslded over by Pres.
Ident Jolinelon of ' Muskingum college ,
Speeches were made by Ir. Wilson , Rev ,
S , E , Martin and Dr. D , F. McGill gave ovl-
dence of much Interest in the new building
to ho erected for time Allegheny institution ,
Congratulatory resolutions were adopted ,
and resolutions of gratitude to God ,
TRY ALLEN'S ' FOOT-EASE.
A powder to be shaken Into the shoes ,
At ( his season your Poet reel swollen , nerv ,
ous , het , and gut tired enplly. If you have
smarting feet or tight shoes try Allen's
Fpot Ease , Il cools the feet qnd makes
walking envy. Cures swollen and swat-
hue feet , blistsrs and callous shots , Re.
ieaves corns and bunions of all main and
gives rest and comfort. Try it today
Sold by all druggists and slmdo'utores for
:5c. Trial packuge l'It1:1Address Alien
S , Oinet.d , Lu Roy , N ; Y , I
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DIES IN TURKISH BATH ROOMS
, Jtllitl5 Itnslnuxseu of Colauibti5 , Sib
Snddeml ) ' 1'nllx Ih nil Uteri )
I'hls ltttraimr ; .
.t . mnn , judged from correspondence In
hits pocket to be Jultus Rasmussen of Co-
Iluuibus , Neb. , died suddmmly at 2 o'clock
this nmoridug' lu the Turkish bath at FIf
teeitlm omd Douglas streets. Ills dentin resulted -
sulted probably front heart failure , but
there was a possibility of polsouing amid the
coroner will ) cold mm Inquest today. Rns-
uuissos entered the bath about 1 o'clock
ninth had proceeded ns far as time sweating
roonm when an nltcimdant notleed that lie had
become ill , Time man was carried into an
outer roam nod efforts were umnde to aid
hini with time means at hand , but they were
and he died 111 a few- minutes ,
There was a letter In his pocket Indlcnling
that ] te wns emlo'ed ) ) In the office of the
Union Ptmcille Railroad concpauy at Columbus -
bus and mmother contaluhmg an invitation
fron his niece In tlihs city to visit tien
during the opening of the exposition. The
address , 013 South Slxteoth street , supposed -
posed to be time nddress of time niece , was
also contained in his pocket. The dead
umn urns about 40 years of age and well
dressed.
iteeittl by lira. Cotton'x Pupils.
A recital was given by the puplls of Mrs.
Colton lit the First Congregational churchc
last night to show to their friends the
progress made durlug time wfuter. The attendance -
tendance was unusually good , time body of
the ckurcli being filled as well as the an-
dieuce roam opehhig on the left , A small
adndltance fee was charged for the benefit
of the Visiting Nurses' association and over
$60 was taken In for this purpose. The
progrntn was mole mncsually long as it is
limo only one Mrs , Cotton has offered so far
this year nnd it was thoroughly enjoyed.
'l'hc nccompmmtments wore by Mrs. Cotton
and ! Inns Albert. 't'hose who participated
111 time program were as follows : Mesdames
J , A , Cnnseron , Alice Smith , C. M. Wilhelm ,
Ida S. Seybert , M. P. Learned , F. Moriarty ,
S. T. Wysockl , Charles ICountze nod J , W.
Thohms ; Misses Clara Palmer , Gertrude
Kountze , Saralm Bowen , llelen Burnham ,
Jean Boyd Mullen , Partlcenia Bowman , Anna
Hungate , Mayme Sullivan , Cora Chatiee ,
Louise Holtorf , Fay Cole , Alma Andreen ,
Helen Peck , Anna Shiverlck , Bessle Towle ,
Jessie Lobman and Geuevleve Snodgrass ;
Messrs.Vlll Godso , Will Manchester , W , S.
McCune ,
Uorriz , i' Llcemi t' .
The following marriage licenses were issued -
sued yesterday by the comity judge :
Name and address , Age ,
Dwight \Vlllianis , Otnaha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Edith Baker , Omaha. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Jessie D , Smitlc , Onmalta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Anna Larson , Omaha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Chance Campbell , Omaha. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Marie Pelersots , Omaha. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
( itistaf Gustaferson , Otnaha. . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Ellcn C , Jel1hson , Omaha. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
floury T. Wettenberg , FIoreuce , Nob. . 24
Mary J. Redmmc , Florence , Neb. . . . . . . . 17
Josiah B. Redileld , Omalha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Margaret C. lloey , Onc ana. . , , . , , . , 22
Ilemiry G. Llenenmoum , Soutls Omaha. . . . 39
Maria W , Barhe , Omaha , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 27
iCarhnt'h 'III One'rt'ii fur l'ruhate.
An application for the appolntnmmt of
et admlulstrator for the estate of the late
Peter J , Karbach Ins been filed ht the pro.
bate court. Licht of the estate ask that time
son , Arthur P. Karbaclh , be named for time
position , The property Is scheduled at
$10,300 , $9,000 of which Is real estate mmd
time balance personal property.
! 'ort Arthur Stoma's c-mv 'Prnla.
This morning the first through train on
the Kansas City , I'ittaburg & Gulf road will
arrive in Omnhn , The train left Kansas
City at 0 o'clock lint evening and will arrive -
rive ! n thus city at 730 ; this morning , The
train is to run dally hereafter and wlll be a
'rite gittes nttl nprBand every'tidug F
gels lllc1'4'ti piilllas fin rat jtl'i
IIt'vel' bofart' Bent's of sllgiIl , ' ii ( Si
plnnos..dhnI ( tt nrn pianos- now pnucros. ! ,
but dropped frdnl rntninguc--tu't' guiII
lit prlccs ttevet' es'clt dt'cunrd of befulu
-shelf pImi ins ns tlu'su ht IIi I + snit'-121111 ;
I bdl ; Ii twat-11'hihu'y pia n os-tldrkerlug 1 1
es-Scbub4'rt iluus-i'rell ihtuns- iJL4 , fr
linirnrd plitttis--II11124' phttiv--Tense I + + . ¶
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plains--llnliet & 1)tvis , i lauos-ltoynl
pinuas - ( 'oluntliin humus - - Iut'rsoht
1 ) ) anus-Our hints me ms easy its the
t
lu c loss'naver brave yuiim miii such r
a pinmo buylug ehamcc its this beforti ,
A. HOSP - ' , r r
MVSIc a111 n ' 1513 Dougills
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t
IIin'e y0tt seen the packet kodak-
Meaures " _ 9ix24xitr4 ? nod ) tinke.t pie.
ttur I3 11x2 1111(1 ofdyelglis' live meet's
-'ruts little canit'ra is just its perfect Take
1111(1 ( w'111 take Just as goad plcttu'es as
tie' large' ones-1Ye have bceu add ii
to n11r plinhagrapllle supplies until nett'
tvc it I' ( ' prepared t0 fit t'misli flit' ii malcin' Your ,
nuylliing meedt'd fur tic' tnkhmg--dt'vt'l '
aping-prhtlmg-nut ihdsithhg of -
ttu'es-Yotl will hunt um' Irnow'It'dr pii-j (
ways al your service maid our > ; nppiy ijfl
pec : ( ' $ to be the lusvest ,
i he Aloe & Penfold Co Pictures
.lntntror 1'hnto Supply Jlouse. Y
1444 Farnnni Street. OPIiAHA
Opposite Pazlon Rotel. '
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solid vesllhuled trait w'itli sleepers , conches
nnd chair cars. The chair cars will he seme-
vshat of an iunovatlon containing lit addition -
tion to the usual cltnlr seats two comnpart-
mots for the use of fanillles. On hoard
time initial train will be a party of proud-
) rent Kansas City people who conic to at-
I tend the opcuhcg exercises of time Transmis-
sissippi Exposition. The gpposlte train will
leave Omalin al 8:30 : a. m , and arrive In
ICausas City lam time evening , This trail
slll hot interfere with the present St. Louis
service of mho road , wlticls will continue as
heretofore.
highl School ( Tess of 'tiM.
The commcucutneht progreu of the Omaha
high school 1mcs been sumewiat changed ,
I According to the rearranged program time
connmeucommment exercises will tnlco place at
Lloyd's theater oh the eveimiug of Juue 11 ;
time sermon will lie delivered by Re' Dr ,
blarkay ! n All Saints clutch of Sumlay ,
Jtmo 12 ; time ahthmhl reception will occur on
the evening of Jimmie 13 and time class day
exercises will be held of the school gronuds
I on Juue 15.
The fifth divlsiom of the senior class celu
bruted Scotch day yesterday. A mice pro-
graum vvas rendered under the direction of
Mss ! Grace Porter , who acted as chnirnan ,
'r'ime program lucluded the following num-
I hers : Plano solo by Ellznbetli Kerr ; essay
by Miss Ilerberta Jaynes , recitntleu by Aubrey -
brey Porter , vocal solo by Miss Sadie Bowen ,
essay by Miss Victoria ICilinn ( , rectalioh (
by Miss JeminnVise and n pinno solo by
Miss Grace hancock ,
Pnlou 1'neitie Otlcinl ) Aytuintnenl5 ,
Some important changes in time arrangement -
ment of the freight department of time Union
Pacific were aunouaced last evening. Time
changes Involve the creation of two new positions
sitions , in the freight department ; , but they
are to be lulled by ( not already identified
Ivvltii this brauclm of time service of time coni-
i pahy. Effective June 1 , Elmer I1. Wood
becomes general freight agent of the rout ) ,
C , J. Lane first assistant general freight
agent and \\'llllnm H. Garrett nsslalant
freiglmt agent.
Extra copies o1 this souvenir expositiom
nunmber of The Bee can be had at The Bee
business oalce at 5 cents per copy ,
LOCAL BREVITIES ,
The Marine hand arrived In Onalca yesterday -
terday nmurhung , part of time orgtmmtizatiomm
coning on the Milwaukee and part on the
Northwestern ,
A carload of rubber binnkets which the
government is sending to the troops that are
outfitliug in San Francisco passed through
Omaha yesterday.
Peter Johnson , teamster for the South
Omaha Ice and Coal cohipany , was thrown
from ifs wagon yesterday afternoon amid
badly Injured In the hack ,
S , G , Davis , alleged to have been time her-
son who robbed the store of J. A. Kervtn of
a quantity of cloth , was nrrrsted last nlgimt.
The stolen goods , aggregating in value $ , 0 ,
were recovered.
A broken drawbar on a work train on time
motor hue yesterday caused a forty-five-
mluute delay In the cars ou the cross-town
Ines anti a delay of twenty minutes on the
Tenth street tine ,
James lion , colored , was brought before
1 United States Cotntnlsstoner Anderson on a
charge of selling wldsky to Iadinms. The
case w as contamned mall lonorrow and hiwn
was released wider $500 boss ,
Thomns Norris and Frmlc Lnferty were
yesterday moring hmeld to nu grand jury
fn bonds of $ ( ,000 each for the larceny of
tools to the value of $70 1 the blacksmith -
smith shop of Arthur Karinch , May 4.
Loris w'axeuburg , a newshoy living al
Twelfths and Dorcas streets , reported rat line
police staliom yesterday that a stranger imd
attempted to pnss a bogus 5 cent piece upon
hire 1mm return for a paper nnd dent ho
wished to bring proceedimgs against him , A
man giving the nnmo \\'llllant Saunders ,
when time boy Indicated , want thereupon ar
rested on time clmargo of passhmg counterfeit
money ,
RULES ON MAXIMUM RATE CASE
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Unlletl States Supreme Court Autends
the I'urun'r Itthlu µ toile in ;
tJle CnSC ,
\VASIIINGTON , May 31.-Special ( Tole- '
grnnm-Tho ) supreme court today , aim nip-
pifcaliou of the attorney general of No-
braskn , modifled its decree lu the muaxhuutn
freight rate cases ns lu'uyed ,
The opimmion was by Justice limit-hunt , The
nmotiou was to strike out the words 'And
bolon' those now charged by said couia {
ales , " armd also the words " , \ud pnrtlcnlnn ly
from red cittg its present rates of chm'grs
for t ansporlittlom of freight to those art'-
sented In said act , " in the case of Sisltli
agnhmst Snmlth.
Dm gramting the nppllcalieu to cllininnle 'r
time court said :
Tune geuernl questlem argued before us on
the orighul Itetring wins whether tim rates
established by the Nehrmlus statute , haul-
tag at thou as entire , w-arc so mmreasou-
nbly low us to ii reveit the rnllroad cunt-
pain fes front eaeuhng such comm Pc it stmt loin its
would be jus ; , having duo regard to time
rights of 1,011 the public rand co napalm los.
] m our exnumiuatfou of tint question It vvas
approprinte mul necessary to lugtmire ns to
the earnings of the respective companies ml-
der the rates established by them , looking
at tacit rates as an entirety.Vu do not
Intend by nn nillrmmmmce of the several tie-
croes to adjudge that the railroad companies
should not at nay tiame in time future , it
they saw proper , reduce the rites under
sehict : they wereconducling busimmemis at time
duce tto final decrees wia o rendered nor
tint the State Board of Transperttlon
shmodd not reduce rates eu specific o par.
ocular articles below the rates wimiehm time
companies were charging on muclh articles
.mien time decrees were entered. We did not
pass judgement upom time reasonableness or
unreasonableness of lie rates an tinny particular -
ticular article prescribed by the statute or
by the railroad companies. If time state
simould by statute , or thruugim Its board of
lranspertntlon prescribe a new schuduir of
ales rho gmmesliou will arise whetimer munch
rates , tnktng into censlderstlun the rights
of the public as well am thu rights of car.
tiers , me comsistonl ivltlt the principles an- '
imouuced by this court Of course the run- "
somallant.sa of a schedule of rates nmst bo
determined by time facts ins they exist wince
mach schedule Is put unto force.
The deere , as orlgimally eulered , not oily
enjoined the State hearth of Trnnspnrlntlun
( roan enforcing the mmumchuum rates , but also
enjol0ed time officials of the railroads trams
dunking rates lower thin those in fora , at
tin tide the decision svgs mendo ed , It warm _
this latter provision that time attorney gent-
ormul desired to have m'mickem front the iudg
utt'nt of the court and to thus time muprcuuu
court nssouted , Am the case now tammcls time
Stale hoard of Transportntion Is ecjolat'd
fronn enforcing the rates prescrlbetl In tune
naxhnuum , rate law , but time ofileinls of tto (
roads are left trot' to ncnko wlmlever rates
th t'y wislm , providing llhuy do net conlllet
vhli laws regardlug discrhnmbnatlom ,
\\'Ith ICnire' nnd it etoh'er ,
A. C. Burris , foreman in the Minus timid . : .
btlniig btllding at the exposition , and Mor-
gmm Brown , u vvorkmmn , are under arrest.
An nltercallom occurred last night In which
iirosvn drew u knife and iiurria llred n ahot ,
am he claims in self-defence , until olllcura
gathered both of them im.
ICmnon' I'ne5 the intliu' , ,
le. Knnow , time Jnpaneso inmportt'r win
mail n dimputu wltln Ir. Miner , collector of
tlo port of Omaha , concerning the duty
wlmichm hu mlmould pay on certain Jnpnuesu
Imports , llnally pall time dlilereumee of $1
svldch caused the double nuA appealed the
ease to tire general appralser inn New York ,
llavrnieo/s of 1)eeno 1'ess'I,4 , , % iiiy 81.
At New York-Snllod-Gcnrgic , for Liverpool -
pool , Arrived-Kaiser Wu11121m der ( bromine ,
fronm Irenson ) ,
At Liverpool-Sailed-Culic , for Now
York ,
At Gibraltar-Sailed-Fulda , for New
York ,
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