Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-10-05

hI1NNEApoLIs, Oct. 2-Slx branches Of
the Baptist church favoring open com.
munion but differing on minor points arc
represented in convention here by dele.
gates from all parts OF Canada, New
| Brunswick. Nova Scotia and United
States. The convention is held in tho
Free Baptist church. Called to order by
Rev. o. b. Cheney d. d. president OF
Bates college, Lewiston, Me. Committee
on organization reported as follows
President. o. p. Cheney, Nc; first vice
president, W. p. Hale, Ind; second vice
president, NJ. Is. Allen, Ills; secretary
S. p. Crawford, Ills; assistant secretary
G. D. Dudley, MINI. The remainder Of
the afternoon session and evening was
devoted to reading and discussion OF
papers of interest to the church.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3-In deciding the
case of Daniel Hayes VS.. Haltcn Parker
and the N. p. railroad COMPANY, the sec
retary of the interior holds that there can
be but one legislative withdrawal under
the map of general route when, there
fore, several trial lines are treated as such
by the company have been made before
the general route is finally decided upon
and determined Withdrawals made under
such trial lines will be regarded as eXecu-
tive Withdrawals, and entries made upon
odd sections IN good faith be!>r notice
| of withdrawal under such trial lines was
decided at the local offices Will be main
tanned, and lands covered by such entries
will be held TO De excepted from the
grant. In the case of the N. P. r. r..
Co. VS.. Geo. Pressey, the secretary holds
that settlement is made upon odd sections
within the limits of the railroad grant af-
ter notice of withdrawal was received at
the local Offices the department can af-
ford no relief to the settler IN such case
| The railroad company takes Tie land by
virtue of the grant, and the fact that the
| line of the general route was changed
after settlement IS immaterial provided
the tract fell within the lines OF the gen
eral routes. Where Improvements have
been made before survey and hy- mistake
placed upon an odd section TIE case is
not changed. The department has no
power to relieve settler from the conse-
quences of his mistake. a 2
DETROIT, Mich. Oct 2-Seventy- fourth
annual meeting Of the American board of
commissioners for foreign m issipns assem-
bied in this city this afternoon and was
called to order by the venerable ex-Presi-
dent Frank Hopkins, Of WilIla;ns College.
Rev. DR.. E. K. Alden, of Bos: in. Home
secretary OF the board read The annual re-
port of that department, giving 4 general
survey of the work of the collection funds
administration; also embodyng report of
the presidential committee, touching the
work of their deputation sent 20 investi-
gate affairs IN connection witt! the mis-
sion IN Turkey. This was followed by a
report of the foreign secretary of the
board, Rev. DR.. N. &. Clark, giving
comprehensive survey of the work done
during the year in the fields occupied by
this veteran missionary organization in
foreign lands and summary of results
which were highly encouraging.
Treasurer of the board, Langdon S.
Ward of Boston, then presented his annual
report, showing receipts during the year
s59O,996. Expended in carving on the
direct work of missions s557, ,245. Cost
expenses 50 ,007, cost publications $3,323,
cost administration $40, ,69l, leaving bal
ancetin the treasury at close of the year
of 81 1922. The appraised value of secur-
tiles pertaining to the Otis found still re-
naming on hand is s318, 8,406. The gen
eral permanent fund amounts to $63, 3,O47.
Permanent for support of officers $780,
COS. Each of the last two funds received
a small addition during the pastyear
The annual sermon before the board
encc of large audience by Prof. VIM.
Barlbom, b. b., of Yale College. There
are some two thousand attendants upon
the meetings of the board In the city.
Sessions continue until Friday.
PTrTsBURG, Pa, Oct. 3-The magnii-
cent buildings Of the Pittsburg eXposi-
tion society on the north bank of the
Allegheny river have been totally de-
stroyed. Immense structures, with q
variety of exhibits illustrative of every
branch of art, science and mechanical
skill, which we're yesterday visited by
thousands of people, and since the open
ing Septem Der 9th by hundreds of thou
sands, is now mass of destruction. First
discovered at 2 O'Clock this morning in
the boiler room attached to machinery
hall at south end of the building and be-
fore the watchman could give the alarm
the flames spread to floral hall, machin-
cry hall and main building, and in less
than ten minutes the buildings were on
fire from end to end and when the fire
department. arrived on the ground the
flames were beyond control. Nothing
could be saved and the tiremen turned
their attention to saving adjacent proper
ty, many of the residences on South
avenue being frames, and succeeded in
saving all these. Origin of the fire is
still uncertain. Numerous theories have
been advanced but so far most of them
have fallen to the ground. 1t IS known
to have started in the boiler house and
may have been caused from sparks under
the boiler or the accidental lgnition of
some contiguous substance from gas
jet left burning in the boiler room. Loss
Will probably reach 81 900, 900. Secretary
Patterson places the value of the build
ings destroyed at Sl5O. 900, the insurance
being $40, 900. Exhibitors will sustain
loss of about 100000. An irreparable
loss, however, was occasioned by the
destruction of the relic department. Cash
value of articles contained therein did
not exceed $40, ,0oo,. hut many of them
cannot be replaced. In the annexed
building was the "Arabian.'' the first
locomotive ever run II the United States.
1t was also destroyed. The attendance
at the exposition yesterday was the lar
gest of any previous day IN its history.
had the conf1agration occurred last night
at 9 O'Clock, considering the rapidity
with which the flames spread, the loss of
life would have been appalling, as it
would have been almost impossible for
even q part of the crowd TO escape. The
buildings destroyed were erected in 1875.
About seventy exhibitors will lose goods
IN the sum of 81 900 to $40, 600 each. The
exhibitors whose losses are less than
81, 200 number several hundred Among
the rumers current concerning the origin
of the fire is ono fhat IT uae raucod h,-