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THE DUNKARDs.

The Hair, Beard and Tobacco Questions Oc-
cupy the Time Of the Conference.
WABASH, Ind. May 23.-At the National
German Baptist Conference. this morning. the
committee on publications reported. DR.. vani-
man stated thar, according to the rules Of the
meeting. it was not In order to move the adop-
ton OF the report.
d. Miller explained that the present owners
of the publishing houses were not anxious to sell
the property to the church. but would do 80 II
desired. A motion to defer the matter two
years. giving time for all members to become
familiar with the plan, then prevailed.
The report OF the auditing committing OF 1887.
on the treasury of the mission hoard, was or
dsred placed on the minutes.
A petition Was read from districts In Nebraska
and Illinois, asking the meeting to decide that
all church officers be elected by majority instead
OF plurality vote, as heretofore, which ELECTED
much discussion. the ablest speakers being In
favor OF the request, but it was tabled
A request was read that brethren who wore
full boards trim back their mustaches. 90 that
the salutation Of the holy kiss may not be at
tended with unpleasantnssa
b. b. Whitney stated that the position Of the
church on the mustache question was not calcu-
lated to produce harmony. A general and warm
discussion followed. wherein was shown the
need OF . reform. Elder Jno. Farney opposed
the proposed change. as man IL made ia the i'm
arc or God, and his work should not be inter-
fered with. The request Was adopted as read.
This afternoon the frat. question related 20
Studabatsr complained that members take 3D.
VANTAGE of the scriptural teaching relating TO
the apostles declaration that 1t 10 . shame for
man to wear long hair.
John Wise moved that the question be- adept
%, which Was agreed to- snd thsEsfers 10
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TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

William Patterson. who was to be hanged
May %, under expiration OF Governor Bucknefs
ninesy-dsy respite, has received . second re-
prisvs till June p.
James W. Sohooler, colored, of Nicholasville.
was yesterday admitted to practice before the
Kentucky Court Of Appeals. He is the first
colored man to attain this distinction.
The case or Allen o. Myers, charged with be-
ing implicated in the tally sheet forgeries OF
1885. at Columbus. o., has been contnued to
June 7 on application Of the defendant.
1t is expected that to-day Mr.. NJ. c. Conn
Vile, receiver Of the Metropolitan Bank Of Gin
einuati. will be chosen agent to receive the as
sets Of the bank for the governments, prepare
tory TO It's reorganization.
Private Hoolahan. of Company A, Eighth In
fantry. stationed at Fort Niobrars, was fatally
shot. on Tuesday, while on target duty. He
had arranged the target, and was in the act OF
backing away from 1t, when he received the
fatal shots in the arm and body.
At St Joseph, No., while playing on the COM
mons, on Tuesday. Lizzie and Lena Baker, aged
twelve and thirteen. were struck by lightning
during . severe thunderstorm. Their clothes
were torn from their bodies, and the older child.
Lizzie. who wast struck on the head, will die.
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Views of Ro.veu g. Horr.

New YORK, May 23.-The activity Of the
political forces here increases a. the time for
the assembling of the national con- ention APP
proaches. One Of the latest arrivals 10 Hon.
Roswell G. Horr. Of Michigan. who talked to
the interviewer as follows:
1.-THE Republican party" be said yesterday.
twas never in better trim for an aggressive and
successful campaign than they are to-day
throughout the entire North. Unless we CON-
nit some eeregious blunder 1T Chicago We will
name the next President at that convention
"How about Blaine7 Ithought you Michigan
men had always been for BlainsF'
$50 we have been, and 90 W. would DO now
were he in the field. But Mr.. Blsines friends
in Michigan believe In him, and when be de-
clined to be a candidate and advised the cleo
ton of some other man. we took him at his
word. and at once commenced TO look about for
a good candidate. Other States have done the
same. Not q single man has been mentioned
in opposition TO Mr.. Blaine. but every one in
compliance with his advice. He could have had
the nomination almost by acclam alton. He knew
that very well. and knowing IL. he withdrew.
Has any one had one syllable from HIM in
timating that be has changed his mindf That
he does not desire the nomination 10
very clear from his letter. Il is also
very clear that he thinks the wise thing for the
Republicans TO do is to select some one else. !
believe . majority or the delegates will follow
his advice. am very sure I shall. IL seems 10
me best that we should nAme some man who is
confident OF success, and who himself has faith
In the wisdom Of the selection. or course. X
any one of Mr.. Blaines friends shall appear ia
the convention authorized 10 state that Mr..
Blaine will accept any kind Of a nomination.
that will change the situation. Until
that IL done, 1t seems to me no true
friend Of Mr.. Blaine will name him in that con-
vsntion. To vote for him is to name him just 90
much a. formally to nominate him. His lestsr
il not a mere play upon words; it 10 the honsss
statomeut of a great leader who has et heart
the success of his party, and who laid aside all
personal ambition and deliberately marked out
the course which seemed to him most surely to
lead to success. / shall be very much surprised
if the delegates to that convention do not make
an honest effort TO follow his advice and select
some good Republican whom We can all Join
with Mr.. Blaine in giving . hearty. telling sup
nortn
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but the bright spring dresses of their wives and
daughters and Of the guests from the city made
bits OF color chat relieved the general sombre-
ness The expectation Of seeing the President
and Mira Cleveland was the attraction
with a considerable portion Of the
other denominations besides the Presbytsrians.
Rev. DR.. Mcyicksr. OF Holy Trinity; Rev. DIR.
George Dana B~oardnsn and Rev. Joseph
Welsh. of the Methodist Episcopal Church; ex-
President McCosh. of Princeton Collsge; DR..
Theodore L. Cuyler. of Brooklyn, and other
lights were attracted by the assembly.
Governor Beaver gave 90 sddress OF Welcome,
Bullock, the moderator CT the Southern assem-
bly,, for whom the audience gave three cheers
The President and Mira. Cleveland entered the
academy by . side entrance. and it was some
time before many in the room became aware OF
their presence. Then there was . great rush
toward the room and the jam IN the central
corridor was frightfui. The police arrange
menta were inadequate, aud the
crowd in consequences was much longer in pass
ing by tho President than 1t should have been.
Mrs Cleveland, apparently wearied by the re-
ception, made no effort to shake hsnds with
the endless line Of people passing be-
fore her. but smilincly watched her
smiling determination. She chatted pleasant
ly with Governor Beaver and others on the plat
form. and contented herself with that. About
half past 10 o'clock the President declared that
he was exhausted, and escaped from the hat
rooms. The reception came to an end shortly
after.
The President will return to Washington to-
morrow morning, but Mrs. Cleveland will re-
main in the city, to attend the centennial cele-
bration services in the Academy OF Music to-
morrow. On Thursday she will 20 to Princeton,
N. j., and return to Washington next week.
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CHICAGO, May 23.-The convention of the
North American Turnerbund bled this
morning, at 10 o'clock. Ex-President Seward. Of
New York, acted as chairman. The radical ele-
ment. which received q setback in yesterdays
meeting, were not az enthusiasts as whom they
had things their own way. Many Of them did
not make an appearances. Resolutions on the
Schurz. member Of the executive board, were
adopted.
Editor Boppe offered . resolution to the effect
that the executive board contribute the sum of
5000 for the maintenance of the National Ger
man-AmericAn Teachers' Seminary, and $500 az
q tuition fund for such scholars as are willing 90
become teachers of turning. The resolution was
carried.
The committee who had charge Of the body Of
Delegate Krieger, telsRraphed that they arrived
safely in Dayton, o.. and that the body Of the
Turner would be cremated in Cincinnati to-mor-
row.
The national executive board was authorized
to appropriate 81 500 for the maintaining Of
travelling lecturers.
The Turner'S Of Switzerland sent invitations to
the American Turner's to attend their conven-
ton at Luzerne. The executive board was
instructed to issue delegate cards to all who
wish to attend.
Ex-Mayor Walber, Of Milwaukee. invited the
delegates to the Cream City. whore he proposed
to show the breweries TO the visitors. The con-
vention extended a vote of thanks to the Chicago
Turner's for their hospitality and the excellent
arrangements tending to the comfort OF the dele
gates. President Lieber delivered the parting
address. in which he thanked the delegates for
their action during the convention. and prom
ised to perform his duties to the best OF his
ability. The convention adjourned to meet one
year hence in New York city.
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change win be made in the matter Of wearing

the hair.
The next question related to changing the
name OF the order. Petitions and queries from
thirteen district conferences on the subject were
presented aud read, and on motion. 1t was
agreed to take up the paper from northwestern
Kansas. which opposes . change. ID. Vaniman
stated that the title, German Baptist 10 not
appropriate. Ii applied appropriately to
in Germany, where the church was organised.
but now IL is confusing. In France the title
French Baptist' would be az appropriate. The
members of the church were not all Germans
and the work was hindered and embarrassed IN
some sections of the world where \ prejudice
exists against Germans People were led 70 sx-
poct services in German from the title.
r. II. Miller. of North Manchester. opposed .
change. claiming that it would endanee the
power Of the church. which cannot depart from
its original stand. II was agreed By others that
the title German Baptist cannot be found in
the Bible. It was decided not to change the
names.
The Kansas conferences asked tho mission
board to appropriate money for the poor
in Denmark, which brought ont . vigorous dis
cussion. s. S. Mohler argued that . benevolent
board should Do created for the benent of the
poor in Denmark and Sweden. This was re-
ferred to the mission board for disposition.
A petition from q Kansas district Was read.
asking that the matter Of taking oaths be con-
sidered. so that the principle Of no swearing
can DO maintained in all States. since in some
States the affirmation 10 simply, . modified oath.
Members were duly cautioned in regard to this.
The request for . revision of the hymn-book
was deferred two years.
The Southern Kansas district requested that
unnecessary Sunday work be avoided hereafter
At annual conferences. Referred to . commit
tee.
A petition was read from Southern Missouri
district, that ministers who use tobacco be pro-
hibited from assisting in church adjudication;
also, . paper from Southern Ohio district, asking
that persons using tobacco who apply for mem
bership must promise to abstain before being
received. All the former decisions on tobacco
using were reafirmed and abstention recon-
mended.
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P~IrrsBURe. May GA A. Carlton, q mem
bsr of the general executive board of the K. of
L., arrived in the city this morning and lsft this
afternoon on . tour OF the Southwest He re-
Gently returned from an extensive Western
tour. and says that the condition Of the order is
now most excellent He most emphatically re-
flutes the charge that they are bankrupt and
that the general officers have not been able to
secure their salaries and expenses incurred in
travelling. BE says that the general executive
board, just before he left Philadelphia, expended
49, 900 in the purchase of q new printing press
and will hereafter DO ;hcir own printing 1.-THE
order Is not Weakening; we have to-day q mem
bership In good standing Of q half million.
There are more good meh IN the order today
than ever before. Last November. when the
general twenty-fve-cent assessment was levied.
about 200, 900 members dropped out but they
have joined the ranks again, or their places
have been filed BY. others. The PROFESSIONALS of
Chicago. those who bolted after the Richmond
convention. are not making any hsadway now.
A majority Of them have come back into the
fold. The provisionAls only have . Membership
Of l20.s
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Rotrook,s Conditional Pardon.

TOPEKA, Kan, May ga pardon has been
Issued, by Governor Martin, to Charles B. Rot
rock, OF OTTAWA county. who killed his wife, .
number or Yeas ago. while under the influence
OK liquor. The peculiar feature Of the pardon
IL the faat that the Governor issued it upon the
condition that kotrock will forever abstain from
the use OF Intoxicating LIQUOR. Snch . condition
mas never been imposed by . pardon
Issued by . Governor OF this State.
The Snpreme Court Of Iowa has held
thai the Governor may impose any condi-
ton ne chooses In granting . pardon, and that.
In case the condition 10 ever violated. che person
pardoned may be rearrestsd. on the order 81 thu
Governor. and made TO serve the balance Of his
penalty. Attorney general Bradford hss advised
the Governor that such . condition az imposed
In hotroek's pardon would be sustained by the
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ST. Louis, No.. May 23.-This afternoon
Policeman Hutton broke open the door on the
second floor Of the two-story building at 80
Chestnut street and found the dead bodies of
John F. and Charles G. Fuhrmann, two broth
ers, VIII leased the building and subjected all
but two rooms to other occupants. The two
men have carried on . Matchmaking business
in one OF their rooms for the past thirty years.
There were no marks OF violence on the bodies
and the suicide theory 10 entertained by tho
police. The men were industrious and of an
apparently happy disposition. The suicide idea
Is secuted by many who knew them we'll, but
as yet no other cause can be ASSIGNED, and their
death is shrouded In mystery. Both the Fuhr-
MAINS were single mon.
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FATAL RAILWAY WRECKS.
Two Freight Trains Plunge Into q Washout
Seven Men Killed and Three Injured.

KANSAS CITY, May PA railroad wreck. fol-
lowed in ten minutes by another wreck. occurred
this morning at a point Ave miles from this city.
The accidents happened about 3
o'clock, and resulted in the death of four men
and the injury Of three others. one of whom will
die. Last. nights terrific rain had washed away
a bridge over . ravine, and the first accident CO.
CURED when an east-bo und Rock Island freight
train was thrown into the ditch. Y. Royston, .
brakeman, OF Edgerton Junction, Kan. was on
top of one Of the cars that went Down into the
debris. He was crushed beyond recognition.
Immediately afterward. Edward q. Armstrong,
q brakeman, was sent ahead to flag the Hanni-
bal freight. He mistook the tracks and was
walking along the Wabash road, when q Wabash
freight dashed around . curve and instantly
killed him. The Wabash train met the same
fate az the Rock Island. 40 the two bridges were
only two feet apart, and were connected, ami
the heavDAArs plunged down on the wreck Of
the first train. Two dead bodies were taken out
soon afterward. Neither Of the men could be
recognized. and It is supposed they were tramps
Engineer Ben Mcclellan. of the Wabash train.
was badly hurt Ia jumping. and Ben Norris, q
negro youth. Was so badly hurt that he 10 ex.
psctsd to die. John Snyder, the Rock Island
fireman. also suffered slight injuries. II will be
rome time before the tracks can be cleared.
Meanwhile. both roads will use other tracks,
LATER-It now appears that seven lives
were lost in the wreck. Benjamin Norris, the
negro who was fatally injured, says thas an old
man and his son were in the box car with him.
and they have not yet been accounted for.
There is also said to be another tramp buried in
the ruins. One hundred men are at work for
the Rock Island, clearing away the debris, aHd
sixty-ive are engaged in the same work for the
Wabash.
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New YORK, May 23-About 5 o'clock tonight
q building ct the corner Of Broadway and John
streets. 10 the course Of demolition. caved in,
buryine five men in the ruins. The
fourth floor had been entirely removed, and the
men were at work tearing down the second
and third floors. The foreman felt the building
shake and ordered the men 60 come down, but
before they could do so the building fell. carry
ing the foreman, Daniel Mahoney, and four
others, with il to the cellar. Mahoney
was taken out dead, and the
four others, named Cornelius OLeary, John
Sullivan. James Lynch ard james Swseny.
were seriously injured, and removed to the
Chambers street Hospital. The accident was
apparently due to extreme haste and lack Of
precaution in the work Of demolition. The con-
tractor has been arrested.
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Badly Ipjured by Bees.

XENIA. o., May 23.-Georcs Hamill. . young
farmer residing two miles north Of this city,
was attempting to hive . swarm OF bees, yester-
day, when they settled on his head. face and
neck. He immediately began to fight them, and
they began TO sting him. In q short time he Was
brooms he Was nearly dead. As 1t Was, he be-
came unconscious and remained that way for
some time. mis- head and hands swelling up so a.
70 make him unrecognizable. He is In q serious
condition.
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He Never Said the Convention Must Not Nomi-
nate Him. and the Question Can Only Be
Settled BY q Friendly Consultation.
The Illinois Democrats Nominate Gen.
John N. Palmer for Governor,
And Make . ~Blue-Ribtou Display Of Gall on
the Pension Question-Scott's Psnnsylvar
mia Machine Instructs for Cleveland.
MIR. BLAINE's ATTITUDE.
He Never Told His Party that II Ought Not q
Nominate Him.

He Never 1oId HIS Party that 10 Ought Not %
Nominate Him.
New YORK, May 23.-The Tribune sayE
HALT one moment. Mr.. Boomer. Il Il per-
fectly legitimate for you to say that you prefer
the nomination OF Mr.. A or Mr.. c. or Mr.. Y, Y.
or 2, but you have no business to say that Mr..
Blaine told his party that il could not nominate
him. He did tell his party that he did not want
1t to nominate ~him-which is o very different
thing. Strict truth 10 desirable, and never more
desirable than now. The earnest men Of the
Chicago Blaine Club. whose figures Indicating .
clear majority for Mr.. Blaine on the
second ballot were tslegraphsd the
other day, do not appear to consider
that taere may never be a second
ballot il their impressions are right regarding
the Judgment Of delegates. The frank and
friendly comparison of opinions. which will pre-
cede any balloting whatever. 10 not unlikely to
bring about considerable harmony OF purpose
and action. II that conferences disclosss that
more than q majority Of the entire convention
think, and represent Republican constituents who
think. that Mr.. Blaine is the strongest candidate
who can be nominated, it ia quite likely that
there may never be more than one ballot; but this
conference must first be frank and friendly. and
If II discloses that . majority of the convention
believe and represent constituents who believe
that some other candidate would Be stronger,
the utmost Difference to that opinion will be
shown by those Republicans who prefer Mr..
Blaine.n
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Triple Tragedy Caused By Drink.

CLEvELANp, o., May 23-Late this afternoon
]. Mcfarland. q fireman in the employ OF the
Standard Oil Company. quarreled with bis wife
he took . revolver from its place in . dresser
drawer and attacked his wife. He shot her
through the wrist, the left shoulder and the
body. Turning his attention 20 his little
daughter. three years old. he shot her through
the body and the right hand. One bullet re-
msining. he held the pistol to bis breast aud
pulled the trigger. He fell with . fatal wound
near the heart All three will probably die.
Mcfarland and his wife. until o month ago.
lived most happily together; then their Oldest
child died. and he hss been drinking more or
less ever since.
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DETROIT, May PA cable special to the
Journal from Rome says Rev. DR.. John s. Foley,
of Baltimore, was yesterday appointed to sue
eeed the It, Raw. Caspar H. Borgess. as bishop
Of the Detroit diocese.
BALTIMORE. Md. May 2a-Rsx Dr.. John
Foley. Of this city. who Is reported 90 have been
appointed bishop ot Detroit, says hs has re-
celved no such information. Cardinal Gibbons
said this afternoon that he knows nothing Of
the reported appointment.
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B,shopric Condit,onally Accepted.

nisn"Pric Oonoit'onaAsy AccePeeu.
WASHINGTON, May 23.-Rev. DR.. Leonard, Of
St Johns Church. this evening announced to
the commits appointed to notify him OF his
election by the convention OF the Southern d.
Geese Of Ohio a. assistant bishop. that
he would accept the position II certain
canonical conditions were complied with. The
question of DR.. Jaeeer's position, who IL at
present nominally holding the bishopric. will
have to be settled by the episcopalian house Of
bishops. This body will be specially called for
this purpose in the near future.
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Another Sensation i'm tn. WEIGH Bribery

CHICAGO. May 23.-Thsrs was another sensa-
tionsi scsne In the Welch bribery trial this
morning when the attorney for the prosecution
closed bis sids OF the case with q motion that
Welch DO required 70 give bail for his appear
sncs In court Weleh turned pale. 1--WE shall
also ask the court continued the attorney. ITO
hold sumner C. Welch. G. b. holmes and WILL
lam Starkey TO the grand jury on the criminal
charge Of conspiracy 70 defeat the ends Of JUS
tice.r
Immediately there was . commotion In the
court, which Was Quoted by the postpcnement
OF arguments on the motion until Monday. The
court fixed Wslch's bail 1t 5000. G. B. Holmes
Is the superintendent Of the Chieage city rail-
Way.
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NEW YoRx. May 23-In the. United States
decision In tho suit Of the American Bell
Telsphone Company. against the Universal
Dynsmophone Company, for infrinesmens on
the tslsDneus patsnts- An ipjunetion Ia favor
Of The Bell company Was granted and an 90
oopnting ogdsred-
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oDeclal 20 the IndlanhboHs SourhAI
PHILADELPHIA. May 23--The reception at
the Academy Of Fine Arts. this evening, drew .
crowd that packed the spacious corridors and
galleries most intentionally. The black
coats Of the commissioner from the North
srn and Ssuthsru assemblies preGominassd,