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BOOMING 4 REViT.4L.

The Seventeenth street MrthodIAt church
Advertiscs tor SINNERS to save.
The meeting room OF tho Seventeenth Street
Methodist Church has boon the scene Of a re-
Vival meeting every night after O'Clock for the
past three weeks. About sixty persons have
protested conversion within that time but the
attendance has not been very large, and sew
era days since it was decided to see II new life
could not DO pul into the work The neighhor
moot In which the church is situated. between
First and Second avenues, is not cacuated to
produce much enthusiasm over Methodist
revival without special Efforts. and it was
concluded to advertise the meetings widely.
The following announcement appeared in TIE
Sun and other pal ers yesterday:
ZONE AND llEAH Is SlNG
B'e'' Ne l !oTi I'm s'rNpEyy f On 4, The Way"
Gfin 1sSf''f't% i"F5Ha tecu
ietwoen LIST and ID ava
5Tfs,Iv fHF13 nightly
narr.on's sG hymn S S i.G Syy tn. eorno.
START roR "FF fEIRSGS 6 E& %flHF1 To>rGur
Last night there was an increased attend
ance. kevivalist Harrison. the ex- boy preacher.
was not there. but there was conside able ar
nounced that he would be present later A pi-
ano, comet and organ furnished the music
the Rev i. L; keaies, assisted ~ the pastor Of
the church, the Lev A. c, Morehouse; the Rev.
". T. George oil Newark. l. +. Johnson. a mem
Der of Hillmans l'raying Band of Troy: j. H.
Cannon. MIR. Lounsbury. relative of the Gov
ernor OF Connecticut: Mr.. Louis klopsh, aud
MI Cunningham.
DR.. keates, who is here on visit from Eng
land: oIened the services with some stirring
words about the necessity of faith and humility
the speaker referred 10 his experiences at other
meetings.
been working all day in the stock yards of
Jersey City and devotinE oil his nights to meet
Ing Of this sort LED the singing Of the first
armed man. and aroused the enthusiasm OF all
present by walking ranid!y up ard down in
bury who is old and gray bearded. helped on
the excitement by starting another hymn and
coming in strongly on the beginning OF each
II, would have. been better" he said. IF
sS;3,mebody else besides an old backwoodsman
S5 n"S ana NHa S1 oF's sm o. clad F Goa
S sves awMy ssd Rrs
When was a boy couldn't have. bought it,
even at the lowest price bnt | lOok it
heaven q tGe iufurs beeve in n'G hay ins
here as we'll as later. I've got it. praise be to
Wash Me in the Blood" sang gray haired
I ronS od beh siod lynn followed hynn il
topiiu SuccesSiol' anu ~ tue cali ZOE converts
twelve women. two men, and two boys went
up to the front and kneeed down there. The
men on the platform came down,
and while some, Logan talking earnestly
with the kneelinG ones. others went
around among the benches IN search OF
ly sitting In a corner followed their example.
pleading with every one who looked a. all
softened. Weeping women were found on almost
every bench, but not all we're ready to Join the
band Of converts The leaders knelt on the
Alter the converts. had all promised to keep
their new-tound faith. testimony was heard
from them and older converts as to theit 10Y
in salvation.
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those directors were elected: Cornelius YAM
derbilt. VIM. X; Vanderbilt. Frederick ". Van
derbjt. Samuel 7. Ba9Tgel. Chauncey \. Depewy'
VIM. II. Leonard. Francis 7. Freeman, samuel
D.. Bqbcock, A. Van Santvoord, and Robert
Schel.
The Lehigh Valley line has given notice that
rates W rom Huao IS TO St. Paul by way Of Chicago
on the same basis that is used ~ the Lake
ap Rss 6g 1 from SI BTo and not
the seaboard. but unless the trunk lines dis
criminate in favor OF the Lake superior routes.
compete with the Great Northern on through
business from New York and Boston to the
Northwest.
The Orange County Railroad. which has
eSn IN S9gFs 81 aS wear
an important scven-mlle link which connects
tho New Jersey GentIal Bailroad system Es,s at at
Central Now England and Western Railroad
syslem at Campbell Hall The road has been
Interested in the roads named. II is ann ounced
that regular Iasseng,' r and freight trains will
begin running over the new route on Monday,
May 26. between Harrisburg and Boston: Tho
distance il about 475 miles and the schedule
time for the fast passenger trains between tho
railroad continuation Interested In the new
line comprises the, New Jersey Central, the
Hhs s6e and nd 9o and
Western, the New Haven and Northampton.
aud the Boston and Maine roads.
The Buffalo. Thousand Islands and Portland
Railroad Company filed certificate of incor-
poration with the Secretary OF state at Albany
YESTERDAY: The company is formed with a
capital Of $5UO.O0O for constructing thirty
iive-mile railroad. commencing at point on
the line OF the Niagara Falls Branch railroad
eriy and eas,lerly through the counties OF Nj
agara and Erie into Buffalo, with one-mile
branch extending from point on the mai
line in the villa OF Niagara Fails. westerly TO
the Niagara liiver Among the incorporators
ARE Charles Parsons, Joseph 4. LAWYER, lar
ence s. Day. and CHARLES e. Durham Of New
York city, and W. II. Plat. Jr.. W. L. Doolittle
and H. n. Fisher OF Brooklyn.
A Chicago despatch says the recent threat
oats to the hasis Of 90 cents a hundred rounds
Chicago to New York, and to make such re-
ductiOns on provisions, live hogs, &C., was nut
into execution to-day. At the nleeti of the
Chicago Freight C9mmittee Of the Central
Traffic Association the Lake Shore people an
nounced that they would wait no longer 10
meet the competition OF the roads that we're
secretly manipu ating rates and OF the Lake
aud rail lines that cut under the customary
differentials on both oats and provisions.
the proposed conference with the trunk line
managers OF Wednesd day of this week. but as
that conference had been postponed they
would give notice OF the reduction without
lines decided TO take similar action. Begin
ming next Monday, the nll-rai rate on, bulk
meats from Chicago TO New York viii be 30
cents hundred pounds. instead Of 30, rs at
present: or provisions and live hogs it will be
IS cents, instead Of 30, and on oats and oil cake
1t will he 25 cents instead OF 20. The rate. on
these articles to Intermediate points will be
proportionately reduced
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Trenton LegIaIntmra.

TRENTON. May 20. President Nevius OF the
Senate and Acting Speaker Marsh are both
anxious for adjournment on Friday or Satur-
day next at the latest The session is the
longest on record in New Jersey. The charges
against the condition and management OF the
Trenton Asylum fell to the ground to-day in
consequence Of a report rendered by the Joint
that they had visited the Trenton Asylum
investigated the management. and found
everything in 4 satisfactory condition. They
abundance Of wnter on hand In case fire
SHOULD occur. and complete system of
exits by stairways, The ventilation Is as per-
fcct as can he. The sanitary arrangements
are FIRST class The committee renort on the
whole that the Institution is well managed and
IN rs good condition as any other Of lis kind
In the country The report has been acce pied
and 300 copies were ordered TO be printed
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The MINERVA AND AIRls TO RACE.
A Large Cash Prize to Reward the Winner.

"A Large Sash IrlEe 10 heWnrd the winner.
IL is now a settled thing that the keel sloop
yacht Lirs, owned by Messrs Wetmore. Mather
and Hoyt. and tho cutter Minerva. recently
purchased by John Lee Carroll. Jr.. from Adj
miral Charles Tweed OF the Corinthian Yacht
Club. are to sail a series Of match races under
the management of the Larchmont Yacht
Club. William Gardner. who designed the
Liris. was seen at the Seawanhaka- Cornthian
Yacht Club house last night. He and others
verified the report of the coming matches
AS the Lirls was the only boat that gave the
Minerva a close race last season. these events
will prove very interesting. also because OF the
great difference In the shape OF the boats and
OF their sail plans.
square loot. That OF the Minerva is 1850
square ieet. The formers racing length is
4I.72 feet and the Iatters lG,22 ieet. Accord
ing to the Seawanhaka rule of time allowance
the Iris will allow the Minerva minutes 40
seconds for 2O-mile course. and minutes
for u 3O-mile course 1t is understood that the
courses for the match races are TO be: First
race. ten miles % windward or leowHrd and 10
turn Tho second race will be over the regular
30-mie course Of the Larchmont \ acht Club
and the third, il ono is nece. sary, is % be over
the same course as the second one. The prize
Is to be, II cash ono OF large amount and the
club will add u purse or prize to the private one
Tho Minerva is now lying Off Stapeton.
Staten Island; gettinG ready ior the coming
VIII BE- ham in her IS hove Sos
and her crow OF last year. The Minerva viii
appear with her old crew, and Bryan Alley at
Tho sail plan of the Iris has been reduced
900 square feet. In all other particulars she
will sail as she did last season. except that she
will have suit OF Lapthorne sails from Eng.
The dates have not yet been fixed for the
matches but II Is understood that they viii
take place between the Larchmont annual
races in July and tho cruise OF the New York
Yacht Club, which begins early In August.
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Gov. L. S. Ross OF Texas Col. A. H. Belo Of
the Galveston and L0IHS NerS. J. S. Arm
strong, President of the State Fair anil Dallas
Exposition. Il. A. Ferris. President OF the Dali
las Consolidated Railroad. Col W. F. Hughes
of Dallas. Congressman Kilgore, and W. S.
Sterett arrived at the Filth Avenue Hotel yes
terday. The purpose Of their visit Is to invite
ex President Cleveland to attend the opening
OF the State Fair and Dallas Exposition at Dali
las on Oct lS. Gov. Ross said that the pros
citizeps were anxious to let tho world see what
they were doing. The State revenues have
been so large that he wanted to remit all taxes
tax of 90 cents on 800 of property. Gov
Ross has also been in Washington to see about
States Supreme Court TO decide whether Greer
county, on the border OF Indian Territory, be-
longs to the United states or Texas. The Tex
ans will call on Mr.. Cleveland to-day.
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until the Chairman OF the special committee
was heard; The motion was carried. on the
nndeet standing that Pr Agnew, that, man OF
the ,board OF Publication, should also have an
inning.
Mr.. Simmons OF Summit. y. j.. Chairman Of
the special committee. began by exhibiting
volume OF $40 type written pages of sttni-
0Ns Sr notes OF interviews held with mem,
thought was an answer 10 the &c commitees
complaint that no conferences had been held
hese notes REPRESENTED members OF the Bust
ness !onmlttco declining 10 answer many
questions which wore asked them and deciar-
ing that they wrre not supposed . be acuunint;,
ed with the dntnils MI. simmons concluded
with these deliberate statement:
Every. fact contained in tho report OF the
the Board OF Publication. We are prepared 10
prove every statement contained in tho report.
The estimates alluded to in il are not made by
straw bidders. We ourselves are ready to
make good any Of them. 70 made these state
ments on our own Knowledge. Il is no, guess
prove all that we have said. This eport con-
tnins the truth, the whoIe truth. and nothing
but the truth
Mr.. simmons having said he was ready TO
answer any question District Attorney Graham
tried to destroy the effect Of his presenlment
by getting him 10 make admissions which he
had already anticipated in his speech, such as
the figures OF one OF tho smaller discrepancies
Before the Assembly adjourned DR.. Agnew
said this as an Offset t" Mr., Simmons's speech:
contained in the report OF the special commit
tee are not stated as in OUT books"
Tho matter will be taken up again to-
morrow
Among tho resolutions offered to-day WAS
one by Delegate Morrow OF Bloom ington ask
ing for the appointment of a committee to con-
slider the ways and means hy which he Pres
byteran Church could be repre- -ented AT the
Worlds Fair is to its history, progress. and re-
ligious influence.
don't understand" objected another dele
gate. Explain how could the Church be rep
resented in tho exhibition"
by the Westminster Confession" somebody
said,
The resolution was referred 10 committee.
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The Engineers Club ga"o rcccutiOn Inst
night at their house. 10 West Twenty-nnth
street to the officers OF tho army ard navy
stationed in and about this cit. among the
two hundred guests were Admiral Bralne.
Commodore LorinG. Chief Engineers Gowine.
Roche, DUNCAN. Heaton, and Wood Capt. j. y.
Miller. Drs BloodGood. Gihon, NcMurrri", and
I{oGGrt; Cbanlnin E"yc% hassed hssiistnns
Engineers Wcavrr, onGnt, and Bennett OF lho
navy. Mr.. Bcnpett Is the Young onIrer who so
successfully resisted the tactcH Of LAWYER
Choate at the Nc, ala trIai. There we also
Commodore Waikiki" OF the Innnn lire, who, Is
City or Paris is ropairinG, ard Chief Engineer
Gc4rinG + tho Gi,y p sew York G"a; Whlpple
and Gov KinT MiiI"tt IonI' Capt 4erglHnd.
Darme,t, and jerry, and MAJOR Randolph OF
Fort Hamilton
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A Worm BIehtrne PENNSYLVANIA Grass

READING, Pa, May 2O-Farmers throughout the
schuylkill valley In state OF panic tho ap
pearanco of mysterious and bliEhting grass worm,
which threatens to destroy their entire hay crop this
season Grass anu clover nelds which were yividly
green week ago are now black as a result OF tho
worms operations On some farms they have literally
covered the zelda at SHUTDOWN utterly killing the grasA
and next day have totally disappeared
~ us i Fox, secretary of the lennsyyana state hs
soclAt0n OF Agricultural ~Ociutrs. declares that he
knows name for this grass worm, and can advise 10
iemeay prev its II las not been seen III
this state Euti now since twenty years ago when It
wrought great In lie lis III III" south Asern
counties n, is very nernilaT in It's habits II is
about three rilh's II inch long extremely slender
and Of hrht gray color II goes into the ground At
nieh and cool weather but emerges again Ss soon
The sun warns the surface. 1t craNls to within a
quarter u; inch Of The .op OF blade Of grass and
twines around II all day Wherever IL mas touched
blight and GesOuliOu follow.
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PLANTING NET FORESTS.
Views Of PbysIcinns on the Need of In.
cren-inG the Timber Area.

Views of ThysIcinns on the Need of In.
cren-ins the Timber Area.
NASHVILLE. May 20.-The National Confer
once OF state Boards of Health reasscmbe
this morning.
DR.. L. H. Eryce of Canada read an interest,"
ing paper on the Preservation OF Our Forests
as a National Sanitary Measure"
Drs. Bryce Formente and Plunkert were ap-
pointed n committee to draft resolutions based
OH the paper. The committee reported the fol-
lowing, which was unanimously adopted:
That. recognizing the we!l-known evils re-
sutinG to the whole nation from he disastrous
floods which within recent years have taken
place along the valleys OF our great rivers. and
from the destructive cyclones which from tirno
to time occur. both of which evils have been
pointed out to be due mainly TO the cutting
down OF the forests on the mountains ard along
the hillsides where orr great rivers take thor
origin, and the violence which the wind storms
obtain. blowing over the great tract OF prarios.
this national conference OF health officers de-
sire most earnestly to bring these evils to tho
attention Of our Fedora! Government, our State
and PROVINCIAL legislatures and scientific anl
commercial bodies. and oar enlightened res5.
urging them to take such comprehensive action
as. TO wit:
Il. Cause survey to be made Of the gathering
ground OF our great rivers to preserve and TO-
plant II necessary these acres with protective
"2. Establish schools whore the principles
and practice OF forest tree culture will be-
taught:
-. Make recommendations to our towns
and cities to form park associations for the
planting ~ trees ana Obtaining tracts OF waste
lands TO be Rradnal II rnoicsteu.
a. Protect by the most stringent egsla-
ton the results ofthe aforementioned work"
\. DR.; BENJAMIN Leo OF Pcnns v.vania offered
the following. which Was aiOutci;
. R"Solr"i That this conference resrert-
fully urges upon tho suh-Coum.ttce on Tor
estry of he Committee On Public Domains Of
the Congress OF tho Init d States to lass such
laws as shall check the reckless destruction Of
trees on public lands"
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The examination In the case of Thomas RiordAn, John
O'Connell and JAmOa Casey of tho Ale and Porter
Brewers Protective Association, who are charged with
criminal libel by Charles Quinn, former member Of
the association, was begun before Justice Hogan in
Jefferson Market yesterday afternoon Quinn stated
that on April - At meetngof the Grievance Commit
tee OF the Central Labor Union, paper read by
. Council setting forth that Quinn was spy and that
he had been seen At Police headquarters In conference
with tho chef Inspector and Detective SerRoanls
Eyanhoo aud Mallory Quinn was expelled although
ho asserted his Innocence and asked for AN opportunity
20 prove H.
Further SKSmin4 In the case was postponed until
Thursday TO give Qunns counsel chance TO subppna
InsDsetOr Byrhe1 and Detsetyes ENanhOe and alorI
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about 10 years old Vas found lying In front ot
FaDers Hotel near tho Lutheran Cemetery Middle
Village l. h. on Monda' niEht with blood flowing from
wound in his forehead. IIe WAS taken to tho Court
House IN Newton ami attended by bra Rooth and Wick
ham c SAN that his name was scherZlnGer and that
he Nad IN New York ite RAID lie shot himself AC ri.
1enia.y Tho nv tore Through tho flesh on hs fore
head aun glanced OH The WOuNd was not dauKerouh
lie sent word to hts suniH law George Hilrnbe a
barber who lives IN the third story OF ISL Reade street
this city. Tho latter took him away. '
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THE CORINTHI4N>' BIG RUN.
Vincent w. James Wins the Raymond {
for the second Time.

Vincent w. James Wins the Raymond Cup
for the Second Time.
Whatever doubts the members of the Games
Committee OF the Corinthian Athletic Club of
Staten Island entertained regarding the ability
OF Vincent W. James OF the Mortified Athletic
Club were completely disnelled last night.
when for the second time. that sterling athlete
succeeded in winning the C. NJ. Raymond cup
from a capital field of starters
Sixty-three athletes, representing the North
field, Pastime. New Jersey. Puritan. Titan,
Staten Island, Manhattan. Union Nonparel.
Clinton. st. George. and Corinthisn athletic
clubs. and the Prospect Uarriers entered for
the event. among their numl er being some OF
the best cross country runners in this
vicinity. ;, The course was a little over
he nHe ssa5t Was mHGe em
brighton; thence to Broadway, to the Point
House; thence down Glove and Columbia 10
the Shore road. and return TO starting point.
The following were the officials:
1 Relere e, +; Il; BIoomer Mortified A. c.
and y orell. Corinthian A'C. Distance judges
t lnt6iap IA, 4: {: cIimekeeperE Il. EaynoPa,
oshten and w. il Tendleton stnen 1slsnd
The prize was the c. NJ. Raymond cup. which
was held by W;lIRodRers Of the Acorn Athletic
Association whose disqualification by the Ma
uonal cross country Association the previous
night, put h m out 81 tho competition for the
prize AZ the previous run for the cup Jamos
run tho race over aga In as they thought hat
he rode part Of the distance. His victory last
vious win was not gained hv such neans.
hen the result was announced the North
field A. &. members sent up shout OF Joy.
which reverberated against the New Jersey
The order OF finish follows: McGrcgor. tho
scratch man. made the fastest time over tho
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"rcenporr's New Church.

The new Methodist church in Greenport L. L. was
dedicated yesterdRv 10y Bishop Andrews of the New
YORK Fast Methodist Conference IN the presence OF
large congregation Presiding ELDERS william A. War
dell and Il. Adams. ami tho Kew, Me,srs g. b
pusinDerre, frank = Townsend IS u Thorn SON C. T.
lisCON q. Martin and Gthers ool part In The dedcA
tory services Tle edtce stands the Of the
first Methodist church in hreenpnrt which built
lAa4 II IL OF wool with largS stained glass windows
II has lowers IN 'front.' one of which has " Hplre
sixty feet hgh wings are built out both sides OF
The church with gable ends The properly Is worth
about SlHVO.
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What q Deaf and Dumb Blind hoy MAY
Learn.

The annual meeting OF the New York Institution for
the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb was held yeser
day and the officers and those directors whose terms
had expired reelected At tho close of the bust
ness meeting an exhibition by the pupils OF the inSti,u-
ton was given in tho chapel. Its most remarkable
feature WAS the performances OF OrrlB Benson,
yearold lad from sullivan county. who deaf. dumb
and blind. In his year N the Institution he has nc
CURED vocabulary ~ about u hundred words These
lie oan read BY raised or depressed letters and CON
mnncRte either By writing or the use Of tho ri. Ian
Ruage When noun was given him In raised letters
card he would write II on the bAckbOar and thru
choose tho object 1t represented from several table
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Packard. business College.

The graduation exercises of PackardS Business Col,
eGe and School OF stsnogrAphy were held last night at
the METROPOLITAN Opera House THO big theatre was
crowded. tappS Seventh REGIMENT Band furnished
the music. Tho exercises were opened by prayer by
the Rev llr. Charles H. Eaton followed by addresses
y Gen; Wager Swayno, Edward SmmonG the Rev
Dr. John II. Paxton, and Gen Clinton II Fisk Mr.
Packard presented the 10 graduates with their diplo
mRS Two ladies graduated from tho business school
and forty from that OF stsnoKTADhy,
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Elections In 1T. Louis.

ST. LOUIS, May 20.-In special city election
to-day for President Of the Board of Public
improvements George Burnet QDem.) was
elected by i,l91 majority over J. Ii. joyce
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MARSHALL, NO. MAY 2o.-A mare belonging
to William Barnes. near Emwood. this county,
foaled THO OF Goals this morning. The trip
let's are doing nicely 1t is believed to be tho
only case on record