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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-10-07
IN WESLEYS NAME.
Tbo Grcntost Gathering of Meth.
odists Evor Witnessed
WILL BEGIN ITS SESSION TO-DAY

!, ,,lr National Cnpital...Thc Great
rcumcuiCal Conference, Which Is
Comnoscd all ofthc Hranclcs In the
World---Outllno Of the Work to DO
tuuc...ElaB0rato Preparations for
the Two Weeks Ucctiug...A Signln.
cant Feature.
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sr. pErrRsnuRd, Oct. G.-The desti-
tutc peasGntry in district Of shohino
arc subsisting almost wholly upon
bread made OF stitchwort, and even that
is beginning to iail.
In the Province OF Samara in the
eastern part OF Russia the government
relief for the starving people has been
restricted to pound and u hall OF bread
daily to each person.
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Killed In nm Elevator.

CINCINNATI, Oct. G.-At 9 o'clock this
evening the Rev. Samuel Benedict, for
many years the beloved rector OF St.
Paul Protestant Episcopal church OF
this city, was killed in m elevator. lie
was sixty-ninc years old.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-10-07
THE NINE WORKERS.
Tho Executive Board Decides to Organize
Certain Districts.

CoLuMnUs, O., Oct. G.-The National
Executive Board OF the Mine Workers
OF America has concluded its work in
this city and in an official statement
particular attention is given to disor-
ganized districts and tho demoralized
condition OF the miners in Maryland,
Virginia, West Virginia, Clay county,
Indiana, Illinois, and large portions Of
various other States, the inability to
maintain prices. The Board suggests
the organized miners should refrain
from calling for the services OF the na-
tional officers where it can possibly be
avoided, SO all available organizing
forces can be sent into disorganized dis
tricts.
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REPUBLIC, Mrcu., Oct. O.-Nels Lund-
strum, lumberman, was found shot
through the back and dead upon the
railroad track yesterday. Robbery was
evidently not the motive OF the crime
as considerable amount OF money was
untouched on the body.
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SUDDEN DEATH

or the First Lord os tho British Treasury,
Hon. william Henry Smith.
LONDON, Oct. G.-Thc Right Hon.
William Henry Smith, first lord OF the
treasury, warden OF the Cinque ports,
and the government leader in the House
OF Commons, who has been i'll for some
time past, suddenly suffered relapse
this morning, and died this afternoon,
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PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Oct. G.-The sew.
enteenth annual convention Of tho
Young Mems National Union con-
vened here this morning. Three hun
drcd and fifty delegates are present
from all parts OF the country.
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LONDON, Oct. G.--Of Newburg, Scot
land, to-day a vessel wes seen to be on
fire. An explosion resulted and vessel
and crew were blown to atoms, it is be.
lievcd.
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THE GREAT MATCH
Botwoen Direct and Hal Pointer
Not Finished Yesterday.
DARKNESS OYERTEKES THEM

Aitcr the Second Heat, And the In
wardncss Of 1t Comes Out Latcr-..
Direct Wins the First Heat and Hal
Pointer by Magnificent Work Wins
the Second by II Nosc.-.Graphic De-
scription of tho Contcst-.-T0.day
VIII Decide the Race.
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WA.IiYGroS, D. G., Oct. Gin the
name Of John Wesley and OF the great
c,rse Of which lie was the father, will
he gathered in Washington tomorrow
the most distinguished body OF Meth
odists that has ever come together on
the American continent. Men in the
foremost ranks OF religious, political,
professional anh business lifo will bo
here IRON every quarter OF the globe
20 DO honor, in the great Ecu;ncnical
Conference, to the founder OF Method
Inn, to discuss tho scct's wonderful
pr5uess, and to consider how its
interests may be advanced. There
will be bishopa, college and
university presidents, editors, great
pulpit orators, governors, sena-
iors, cOngrcssmcr, members oil Parlia-
iaent, judges and noted lawyers, physi-
clans. scientists and business men to
the number OF 500. They will repre-
sent every branch oi Methodism save
one, the Evangelical Association.
The delegations are divided into two
divisions or sections, the larger, num-
beriny 800 delegates, representing the
western section, or the American hcmi-
sphere AMI the other, having 200 dele
gates, represents all the Methodist So
cictcs OF the eastern hemisphere. Tho
total number OF delegates is small, con-
siIering the vast constituency they rep
resent, but it Is necessarily 80, for il the
membership of the Methodist church
WIS represented in anything like the
proportion that is usual in delegated
conventions or conferences there would
he 10 building in Washington, to say
nothin, OF the Metropolitan church,
where they will assemble, that would
hold the delegates. 1t is estimated
that the actual membership OF Method
ist churches throughout the world ap-
proaches six millions. This represents
apopulaiion OF nearly twenty-five mil
lions OF people with Methodist tenden-
,iYs
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THE GREAT DEBATE
Botwoon Campbell and Mckinley
ct Ada Tomorrow.
EVERYTHING is IN READINESS

For What VIII Be Battle OF tho
Giants..-Campbcll Gets tho Opening
and Closing-.-Arrangomcnts Made
for Full Press Reports OF the Inter.
csting OCcasiOn---Both the Mcn VIII
Rest To-day In Order to be Fresh
To-Morrow.
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AMERICAN METHoDISM.

A"t hO'IGtiiut EjLOSlcSs III AIucTlCl
is due more than anything else to the
social conditions that exist hero, these
being peculiarly adapted to the growth
oi such system OF religion rs
MethOdism. Then again when Meth
odl:m was born this country was new,
%nt Wesley himself looked toward it as
the land where the new doctrines OF
salvation by faith, Christian perfection
and Il personal religion would find its
fullest development. This feeling was
confirmed by his missionary visit here
IN !'S], when he spent nearly three
year: working among the Indians in
the colony OF Georgia. While Metho-
Gstic doctrines have spread 10 a won.
deriGl degree in England and through
the East generally, they have had 10
contend with great prcjudices and the
opposition OF State churches. These
causes have prevented the church in
'he East IRON reaching its fullest de-
yie!.opmcnt, it being estimated that
British Methodism has not more than
oAe'!llth OF the total membership OF the
Whole, Notwithstanding this its repre-.
SeNtation at the conference is to be in
lhc ratio OF tWo-fiiths OF the whole.
ArroETtoSMENT OF DELEGATES.
me apportionment OF delegates was
made bYa joint committee, which met
IN Philadelphia last November, Bishop
Cyrus D. Foss presiding. The repre-
sea'at!on OF the American churches
was liked as follows: Methodist Epis.
,%9,paI Church, l24; Methodist EPISCOPAL
ThHrch South, 81; African Methodist
LpisSG9pal Church, IS; Methodist Epis.
G:pa! Aion Church, 10; Colored Metho-
Tist Episcopal Clutch, 8; Evangelical
ASSOCIATION, .; Union American Meth
Cuisi Episcopal Church, 8; Union
Ane!ican Protestant Church, 8; Metho.
Tis' w. Protestant Church, 8; American
',, 'M,,esleyan Church, G; Free Methodist
CS;nutcn' ); Independent Methodist
CS,Hufch, }; Congregational Methodist
SnufSh, ); Methodist Church OF Can
3Ga y; United Brethren, 8; Primitive
Methodist Church in the United States
SnT u ~ Uan9da, 3; Bible Christian Church,
three. '"'0r"' 0tiuie ieii'
me representation of the English
SWnufchGs WfGIs will be as follows: Wesleyan
VI. cticln9dist church, IS; Irish Methodist
I,S"'Tn, "a. E, L; Methodist New Connection,
iiiii,d M FFimltive IN Methodist church, 80:
5Tan V."ie christian church, IL; United
WiiS,ii,oG!st WS,iGi!!st Free church, 81; French
Iis,"T,a'st Iis, a, church, p; Australian Mctho-
church, ,; Wesleyan Reform Union 4 :.
T TSaih African Methodist church. l..
vest est Indian Methodist church, 9.
yit;,a. ttE .HG entertainment OF the foreign
.,; .I;,.ors the American Mcthodists have
viii %iIeG sIo,OVo, the greater part Of which
Go,o, , TG I;,, expended in the payment OF
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-, lneconfcrencewill n! acknowledgement
y" "a Wednesday M morning at 10 o'clock in
a, sre NetFoOolitan Methodist Episcopal
church. OF which Rev. DR.. G. II. Corev
~ pastor. 1t will continue for two
"iiss' "yTns' 1t is a handsome brownstone
ro,l.Se uo.,S at D and Four and a Hall street
;;t,Oo''hwest, ;,o and has numbered amonn
CS;oi ~ trustees ex-President Grant and
I.l,e. mel Justice Chase. Gen. John A
maa, vsIh was for long time ono of its
tt5temoeTs, t5a oT and Mrs. Logan viii attend I'd
vas; ~'e conference sessions and assist in The
Way ;i.Gus entertainments that will be pro.
,nre ,,rea Tor the visiters. Tho social len.
The IT'es ;, o! the conference will be marked,
lcce1,; r~S most elaborate OF these is to be the
,rvSpllGn anoa at tho opening OF the confer.
nSs' snJ W Thsc!, ; will be given by cx.Nlayor
La",Nrs' L1" Mrs Matthew G. Emery Mt tGeir
ii.4T5Gsome iS Tn;ome residence on / street, which
sa,Ias ,GISlns planned on scale OF elegance
ln"oIna lS,""na seen even In Washington. Mrs,
inss isII a. viii assist Mrs. Emery in rcceiy-
W.i.ne NJ ine guests. 1t will take place on
srrNnHssaay evening. When the first
N'Sl'caI conference was held in Lon.
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For West Virginia, Western Pennsylvania and
easterly winds. rs
TEMPERATURE YESTERDAY.
es furnished 5y c, scuSErF. d;ugsts. opar,
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don ten years ago, tho delegates were
entertained by Lord Mayor Macarthur.
On the following Monday theao will
DO special reception at the White
House, where the visitors from abroad
will bo treated to the sight OF the Prcsi.
dent OF sixty.hve millions having his
arm worked pump-handle fashion by
nearly Il thousand persons, and with
true Democratic simplicity appearing to
enjoy it.
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es furnished 81 c.
House corner:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-15

1t was now necessary to disconnect the
two and trace them separately, and the job
has been beautifully done. The widow"
was charmingly demure, modest and sor-
rowful while before the surrogate, but as
she was leaving she was heard to whisper
to her companion, 81 am - tired of thisW
This was the first "give away"
Mr. L. Allen, the Herald reporter, got
the first conclusive proof at place known
as "Gould's dive" where he saw the
widow" so far overcome with wine that
she boosted of her expectations With the
persistence of his profession he traced her
devious course through the Sums of New
York, and proved her to be Cassie Brooks
"a smart, wicked, blase habitue of thirty
five years. Before the surrogate she had
seemed ten years younger. But the most
remarkable success was in finding the real
Helen Brewer All Windham was positive
she was dead, but the reporter traced her
through all the wanderings of life of
shame, and found her a reformed woman
living under an assumed name in an OBJ
scure inland town.
And who is the arch conspirator' The
lawyers show that the case came to them in
the regular way; the friends" of Cassie
Brooks are obstinately silent or out of
sight The real author of the scheme
seems to be James w. Daskam, the "black
sheep" of fine old family in Stamford,
Conn. His father was well to do, and his
grandfather, Captain William Daskam,
served under Lafayette and received his
discharge papers directly from the hand
of George Washington. James W. had
wrecked his fortune by intemperance aud
other dissipation, and hence the Widow
Robertsonn scheme.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-15
MASCULINE MENTION.

Dorman B. Eaton has beardless face,
long hai- and gray eyes.
The Rev. DR.. Heber Newton is rapid,
logical and eloquent speaker.
General Emmons Clark is slender, very
straight and over six feet in height.
J. w. Dimick, the millionaire carpet
manufacturer, is plain, blunt man"
who enjoys life.
Postmaster Van Colt, of New York city,
is tall, erect and rather slender. His hair,
mustache and eyes are dark.
Ward McAllister has peculiar gait. He
takes long steps, bends his knees more than
most people and never swings his arms.
There are now seven ex-speakers of the
house of representatives living-Winthrop,
Banks, Grow, Blaine, Keifer, Carlisle and
Reed.
Edward Webster Sanborn, the New York
lawyer, is nephew of Daniel Webster, and
has high forehead and deep set eyes like
the distinguished statesman.
Sands Carpenter is a Port Huron (hich.)
character, ninety years old. he supports
himself on $50 year, and one of his eccen-
tricties is to chew tea as he would tobacco.
General Nathan Golf, the noted West
Virginian, looks like Clergyman His
face is always smoothly shaven and he
dresses in a dark rock suit. In spirits he
is as cheerful as school boy
Won Bulow is much more than a musi-
clan. He is an admirable Greek scholar,
he speaks English accurately and almost
without foreign accent, and be knows Ger
man politics from beginning 70 end.
Captain Dunleavy, Of the San Francisco
police, Possesses the most unique police
mans club in the United States IL is
beautifully turned piece of ivory, made
from a wslrus tusk. 1t is about twelve
inches long and weighs five pounds
Sir Edwin Arnold. while living in ia
pan, not only smoked frequently himself,
but even trained his children, including q
little girl, 10 do so. Cigarettes were used
By the young folks, who, strangely enough,
did not seem to be very fond Of the indul-
gence-
Ben Pitman. Of Cincinnati, claims 70 be
the only nan in this country who has ever
shaken q hand that shook the hand OF
John Wesley. The individual in question
was the English poet Crabbe- who was
rector OF the parish in winch Dir. Pitman
was born
Senator Edmunds is the champion onion
eater Of the senate a cabinet officer de-
clares thzt when the senator gees hunting
he eats an immense plstefal Of onions three
times day. He eats them fried for break
fast, boiled for dinner, fined a. evening.
and then he takes several large ones and
eats them raw with ssls and bread for
lunch az night
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Old Wood for vfolins.

When the old Pierce building. that had
stood at the corner of fremont and
Court streets for more than two hundred
years. was torn down six or seven years
ago, got a lot of pieces of spruce joists
out of it to make violin tops. That's IL,
now. Most people think violins are
made from some queer and costly foreign
wood. They are not. The top is Of
spruce boards or timbers. and the strap.
the back and the scroll from curly maple.
The essential. however, is that the wood
shall have been seasoned for generations.
Cheap violins are made from wood that
has been seasoned only four or FIVE
years. want wood 100 years old.
The old spruce Is easier to get than the
old maple. For that we have to seek in
old farmhouses, where there are vener-
able chests of drawers and old fashioned
bedsteads of maple, with headboards
and footboards. We buy these for what
we can, but they cost great deal, for
people usually value them highly rs heir
looms. The posts and frame of the beds
we can work into necks and scrolls. and
the headbosrds. ETC., into scraps and
backs. Here is an old piece of board no
more than two feet long. rs you see. that
/ couldn't replace for five dollar bill
Interview with Violin Maker.
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been organized in San Francisco Most OF
the members are under sixteen years of age.
The lantern slide craze still continues
among the amateur photographers, and for
the last few weeks they have been shown
by hundreds in New York and adjacent
cities.
A recent exhibition given by the photo
graphic section of the Manhattan chapter
of the Agassiz association was success
There were nearly 300 prints shown Of ex-
cellent workmanship.
Two hundred views of Texas scenery and
people were brought back by DR.. John T.
Nagle, of the New York board OF health,
AS the result of month s trip in the south
western country with two cameras.
The excitement created by the alleged
discovery Of photography in colors by NJ.
Lippnan, Of Paris, has somewhat abated
Fuller accounts show that it is still quite
an experiment and unsuited TO the present
gelstiro-bromide plates.
Miss Balfour, who accompanied her
brother to Ireland, returned with a large
number of photographs. While Mr.. Bal
four was speaking To the people and pur-
suing his Investigations she and her pho
tographer were securing the views.
Quite large collection of photographs
has been sent TO the Vienna International
Photographic exposition from the Chau-
tauqua School of Photography, the work
of the students during the last year. Some
fine ortho-chrornatic landscapes and genres
are among them.
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It was lack OF nerve that brought Hugh
c. Miller. the Brooklyn firebug, within the
clutches of the law. He is supposed 10 be
responsible for several cases of arson, and
in one of the blaZes attributed 70 him six
peopie lost their lives. But Hugh, who is
TWENTY-FIVE years old, church member
and the son of respectable parents, was not
suspected until, when passing captain Of
police on the street enc night, he released
his grasp on bottle and let it fall TO the
walk. "Well, I'll have 10 get some more
soda" he remarked, and went on. The
caprain noticed that it wasn't soda but
Kerosene that had been spilled. He ar
rested Miller. ana got from him written
confession of guils. The prisoner Is booked
for long term in an insane asylum or 9
prison
If. on the night of Feb. 8. 1855. John NJ
d. Fanshawe had had the courage to so to
bed after setting fire TO his apartments On
Twepty-ninth street in New York city, ne
would not now be under conviction for AT.
son in the first degree with the prospect OF
a life sentence. Bus it CHANGED that Wnen
the firemen discovered the blaze they also
ran across young Fanshswe, fully dressed
and ready for the emergency. he nad a9
insurance on his furniture, ana neeosa
money 70 satisfY the demands OF an alleged
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-15

He began By illustrating books. BY
studying the small pictures Of the Dutch
school in the Louvre he struck upon the
vein of minutest execution which he ever
afterward persevered in His early pict-
ures were regarded as curiosities. and the
patience bestowed upon each object. as
we'll as the minuteness of the work, were
thought prodigious. However, the first
picture he exhibited at the salon in 1884
was sold for small sum. Though some
of his most brilliant achievements were In
Louis Philippe's reign he only became
famous in 1855. when the late Prince Con-
sort admired La Rixe" at the Universal
exhibition, which Napoleon at once bought
for about 5000 and presented 10 his
guest. Thenceforward, whatever he paint
ed commanded high prices. In 1889 he
accompanied the emperor on his Italian
campaign, and did painting Of Napoleon
III at Solferino, and afterward. under the
inspiration of Theirs History" began
his series illustrating the 'Napoleonic
Cycle" To this period belong 1906,
1897" and '1s14," the last of the three
being the finest of all. In 1854, the jubilee
year of his career, there were some one hun
dred and fifty works of his in Paris. repre-
senting, however, scarcely fourth part
of those he had then completed and sold.
In his studio Meissonier talked inccssapt-
ly, passing to and fro among his sketches.
He retained the extraordinary strength OF
his eyesight till the very last. 1t was his
marvellous vision which enabled him -
produce, without the help of glasses, effects
of lifelike realism in the faces of the size OF
a thumbnail which occur in most of his
pictures. His conscientiousness knew nc
limits When he painted his masterpiece.
entitled 'lsl4," representing Napoleon re
turning from Moscow at the head of bis
staff, he actually had a road made down an
incline, waited for the snow TO come and
then requisitioned battery OF artillery te
make the ruts he set himself to copy.
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The Odd Us. of words.

1t ia amusing 10 note how many words
and expressions we hear every day that
mean something far difcren. from what
they seem TO mean. We are 80 accus-
toned % this that we pay little stten-
ton to It, etcept when we are ia thought
ful mood; and no matter hoy careful vs.
are we gradually drop INTO the habi, Of
following pur neighbor's example, and
in turn setting the example for Others "a
follow.
Thus we find 10 fault with the friend
who tells ca soberly that the clock has
struck ope, when we know that The clock
has never been guilty Of striking an body.
We do Dot protest against hearing ans
ether declare thai be did sone;hina
wrong because he could nos help Il, az
though the wrong. hal 1t been a-isted,
would have committed itself ard s&ved
the actual sinner from all blane. -Har-
oer's Young People.
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A Kansas Ghost Story.

The Atchison Globe says the man in that
town who had strange experience recent
" with his deceased wife's empty chair,
which rocked in strange manner, is hav-
ing another experience that is still more
remarkable Wherever he goes of late he
hears a soft football keeping step beside
him. Every step he takes he hears that
mysterious step joining in with his own.
Walking in the snow the other morning,
side by side with his own footprints there
appeared the prints of awoman's feet. He
is sure that the ghost of his wife is shadow
ing him, and that for some reason it dis
trusts him. He is much worried about II.
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Hum-um-unl.

Said little brown Bee 70 big brown Bee;
'0h! hurry here and see, and see
The loveliest rose-the loveliest rose
That in the garden grows, grows, grows.
Hum-um- um-hum- um-um,"
Said little brown Bee 20 big brown Bee.
Said little brown Bee to big brown Bee:
Much honey must be here, and we
Should beg e portion while We may,
For soon more bees win come this way.
Hum-um-um-hum
Said little brown Bee 70 big brown Bee.
Said big brown Bee TO little brown Bee:
The rose Is not for me, for me,
Though she is lovelier by far
Than many other flowers are.
Observation-Disclosures
Said big brown Bee 70 little brown Bee.
said big brown Bee to little brown Bee:
NO honey cup has she, has she.
But many cups. al trimming over,
Has yopder little purple clover.
And that's the flower for me. for me.
urn-hum-un-um."
Said big brown Bee TO little brown Bee.
St Nicholas
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Breaking 1t Gently.

In the province of Holstein. noted for
its superior breed of cattle, the country
people are not only very thrifty bat ex-
ceedingly fond of their cows. as may bo
gathered from the following character
istic story.
Farmer Jan was walking sadly down
the road one day when the village pastor
met him.
why SO sad. Farmer JAM" said the
pastor.
''Ah, have sad egTand, pastor. said
Jan.
What is it"
Farmer Henrik's COW is dead in my
pasture, and l am on my way to tell
him"
"A hard task, JAN"
Indeed it Is, but l shall break IL 10
him gently
How viii YOU do that
II shall tell him first that il Is his
mother who Is dead. and then. having
opened the way for ssdder news still.
shall tell him that il is not his mother,
but the cow."-Yoath's Companion.