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The San Francisco call., 1895-05-22
PRESBYTERIAN SUBJECTS,
Reports Show That Much Has
Been Done Among the
Negroes.
At Present No Change VIII Be Made
In the Communion
Cups.

PITTSBURG, Pa, May 21.-In the Pres
byterian General Assembly to-day DR..
George Norcross of Carlisle, Pa, presented
report on Home Missions" Among the
interesting recommendations was one con-
tinuing DIR. Thomas S. Hastings, president
of the faculty, and John Crosby Brown,
yice-president of the board of directors of
Union Seminary, as members of the home
mission board. George E. Sterry of New
York moved that the nominations be re-
ferred back to the committee SO that the
New York Presbytery might be heard on
the subject. The motion was laid on the
table by large vote, and the motion
favoring DR.. Hastings and John Crosby
Brown was carried by a standing vote with
none in the negative.
"A resolution was adopted committing e
the church to contributions of S., ,25O, 900
next year. The first Sunday in June was
designated as day for the special purpose
of raising the debt of the home mission
board.
The opening of the assembly this after
noon was devoted to partial report of the
committee on bills and overtures Among
the matters disposed of was one in regard
to the use of Individual cups at commu-
MON. By standing vote, with very few
in the negative, the church decided not
to make the change contemplated. The
regulation OF young peoples societies of
Christian Endeavor was relegated to the
individual churches. An attempt to effect
reduction Of the expenses of the mis-
sionary boards was discussed, with no
answer.
The report of the board of relief for
disabled ministers was presented by DR..
Jesse Forbes of New York Receipts
amounted to $176, 900 and the expenses to
$17S 900, which has been distributed to 1856
persons, of whom $40 were ministers and
419 widows of ministers. The average ap-
preparation was about 5000.
1t was stated that there were over 800
churches which had not contributed to the
relief fund, and that the probability was
appropriations would have to be cut down
rather than increased in spite of the reso-
lutions of the assembly to raise $500, 600
during the coming year for the purposes of
this board.
DR.. John A. Blackburn of Covington,
KY, presented report of the work of mis-
slons among the freedmen of the South.
He said that the receipts and ex-
penditures of the board had been reduced
over $4,000, being now little over $22, 900.
The board has maintained 175 missiona-
ries, 306 churches and missions, with 7O3
communicates, and 81 schools, with TO-
529 pupils. DR.. Blackburn said the colored
people have come to stay, and that they
will soon hold the balance of power in some
of the States. The question as to how the
negro uses his power at the polls was de-
clared to be one that the church can an
swer by it's influence.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-22
BALFoUR TO BE PREMrER.

Gossip Caused by the approaching Dis
solution of Parliament.
LONDON, Eng, May 21.-The afternoon
newspapers of this city to-day have
devoted much space to the scare caused
by the report of the approaching dissolu-
tion of Parliament.
The Westminster Gazette says the next
Conservative Ministry has already been
agreed upon at the Carleton Club, the head
quarters of the prominent Conservatives.
1t is added the Right Hon. A. J. Balfou1
viii be Premier. The Right Hon. Joseph
Chamberlain Is slated for the office OF
Secretary of Home Affairs; the Marquis OF
Salisbury is likely to be the next Secretary
for Foreign Affairs. and the Hon. George
n. Curzon, at one time Parliamentary
Under Secretary for India, Is said to have
been selected for the Office Of. Secretary fo,
India.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-22
PLAGUE AND REBELLION.
Chinese Troops Tiolent Orer the Ceding
of For,nos6.

Chinese Troops Violent Orer the Ceding
of FormosG.
VICTORIA, B. c., May 21.-F. H. May,
aptain-superintenden of the Hongkong
police, DR.. P. B. C. Ayres, late Colonial
surgeon at Hongkong, were passengers
from the Orient on the Empress of India.
Both took prominent part in stamping
out last years black plague. They state
that in many places in the vicinity OF
Hongkong the plague is as bad as last year
and the authorities are having much diff
Guilty in keeping the villages clear. Both
Portuguese and Chinese at Maceo have
been attacked blythe dread disease, ,and one
report says two hundred deaths occurred
there in seven weeks. There were fifty
five deaths in three days.
In Hongkong the disease broke out in a
number of over-crowded houses early in
the month. The authorities have made
the same arrangement for the disposal OF
the dead and dying as last year.
Reports from Formosa give further par
ticulars of the trouble among the troops at
the time it became known that the land
had been ceded to Japan. The Governor
packed up his valuabIes and was sending
them away. The troops created serious
disturbance and got into a row with the
officers. The Chinese general and seven
teen Chinese were killed and many on
lockers wounded. The Chinese generals
and troops demand compensation and
state that they will raise the standard of
rebellion on the main land as soon as they
go home. They say:
Because the Northerners are beaten that
is no reason why the territory of the South
erners should be given away" and add,
1--WE will make it hot for those responsible
for surrendering the island without giving
the defenders chance TO measure swords
with the enemy"
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-22
"SOONERS I" ON THE RUN.
There Will Be a Great Rush
for the kiCkapoo
Lands.
Boomers by Peculiar Tricks to Shut
Out Many Of the Proposed
Settlers.

OKLAHOMA CITY, o, May 21.-
The Kickapoo country, which will be
opened to white settlement Thursday
noon, is full of "sooners" and more are
going in every day. These men are very
bold in their declarations and there can be
no doubt that the most shameless acts of
"soonerism" will be practiced on all sides.
The news of the Presidents proclamation
has not penetrated much beyond the towns
lining the railroads. In the inland towns
and on farms are many people who have
been waiting for years for the opening of
the Kickapoo lands, and these will hardly
receive the news in time to get ready and
get to the country by Thursday.
The people of Chandler and Tecumseh,
who, several times during the past two
months, were fooled by couriers riding into
the town with the announcement that the
Kickapoo country was open to settlement,
and who rushed pellmell into the reserva-
ton and staked off claims, have discov-
cred that under a strict construction Of the
sooner" act of 1889, every man who went
on these false alarms is ssooner', and
barred from taking land. They have
found that an organization of the old Kick
apoo boomers, who have been camped on
the line for years, have all the
names, date of runs and the To-
cations of the claim, each one
staked to be useful in proving them
''sooners," and the false alarms were a
scheme Of the old-timers to shut off much
competition in the real opening. There is
much bad feeling and there may be trouble
between the two factions on Thursday.
As yet, however, nothing real has hap
pened to mar the universal feeling of hap.
piness that prevails along the border lines
of the new Ell Dorado, and great expecta.
tions are harbored by many of the old.
ii mers, who know the lay of the land per.
fectly, and each of whom has long age
picked out some particular fine claim that
he hopes to secure.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-22
THE MONTEREY rs THERE,

To Protect Anterican Interests During an
Election la Peru.
LIMA, PERU (via Galveston), May 21.-
Arrival of the United States steamship
Monterey at Callao was welcomed with
great enthusiasm. The Monterey is to
stay at Callao until after the Presidential
election in Peru, which is to occur on the
first Sunday in June, and if there is any
outbreak consequent upon the election she
will assist in preserving order.
The election is to choose stable Consti-
tutional Government to take the place OF
the Provisional Government chosen
through the intervention of the papal
nuncio after the success of the revolu-
tionists.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-22
Ia GASCOGNE OYERDUE.
Once More the Big French Liner II
CaMsiRl AnTietu.

NEW YORK, N. Y, May 21.-The
French line steamer La Gascogne, due last
Sunday, has not yet been sighted off Fire
Island. AT the offices of the company con-
fdence is expressed that the steamer which
was SO admirably handled under trying
weather conditions last winter will reach
port in safety, there having been no storm
at sea since she sailed from Havre. The
fact that the course usually taken bv Ia
Gascogne contains at this tim numerous
ice bergs may have prompted the captain
to take longer route or to move slowly
and cautiously.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-22
MAR0UIs AssAIIs LORD.



Queensberry Gices HIS Son Black
Eye.
LONDON, ENG, May 21.-The fashiona-
bic afternoon promenade in Piccadilly was
well filled with aristocratic spectators to-
day when the Marquis of Queensberry met
his son, Lord Douglas of Harwick, near
the corner of Bond street. A few words
passed between them and then there was a
brief but very determined conflict. The
police Immediately separated the combat
ants and took them both to the police sta
ton.
The young Lords countenance was dis
figured with black eye. Neither the
father nor son preferred charge against
the other, so they were merely charged
with disorderly conduct. They will be ar
raigned in the Marlborough Police Court
tomorrow
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-22
Murdered and M,.,ilated.

LONDON, ENG, May 22.-The Times
has dispatch from Teheran which says
that the Lieutenant-Governor and six Off
cials were murdered and mutilated at
Kutchen during the disturbances due to
the premature collection of taxes. The
Governor escaped.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-22

row its retrenchment policy. Much in
dignation is felt at the grant for education
purposes being reduced 25 per cent, while
no salaries are reduced more than 20 per
cent and these only for officials who are
paid high salary.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-22
VERY CRITICAL at SEOUL.
Serious State of Afdirs No,U ETisfs IN
Korea.

YOKOHAMA, JAPAN, May 21.-Advices
from Seoul, the capital of Korea, dated
May 20, say the situation there is critical.
The Premier has resigned and the Minis
ter of the Interior has applied to represen-
tatives of the powers for assistance. The
residences of the Regent and the Kings
father, who is also leader of the anti
japanese, are surrounded by the police.
Entrance to or exit from their dwellings is
forbidden.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-22
BIcYcL1sr 1ENz,s MURDER.

The Five KMrds Who Killed the Troseler
Are KN0scs.
CONSTANTINOPLE, TURKEY, May 21-
Armenian advices say the names of five
Kurds who are said to be the murderers of
Frank G. LEM of Pittsburg, Pa, who was
killed while attempting to ride around the
world on bicycle, are known. 1t is an
nounced that William A. Sachtleben, who
has gone in search of the missing bicyclist
in the hope of recovering his body or OBJ
tanning definite information as to the cause
of his disappearance, has arrived at Err
zeroum.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-22
.Scho5seld at Neso Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS, La, May 21.--General
Schofield, o. S. A., accompanied by mem
bers of his staff and number of veterans
who will journey with him to Houston. en-.
joyed the hospitalities of the city to-day.
They were received at the depot by Mayor
Fitzpatrick and others.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-22
Aired TAYLOR Conricted.

LONDON, ENG, May 21.--The jury re-
turned a verdict of guilty in the case of
Alfred Taylor. Sentence was postponed.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-22

Retreslctp.ent iss Newfoundland.
ST. JOHNS. N. F., May 21.-The Gov
ernment is expected to announce to-mor-
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-22

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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-07-22
SHE MORIGAGED THE MELON.

Ii was at dinner at Fields Point yes
terday afternoon. He sat between two
women, and the trio had evidently but
recently eaten clans in Boston, for one
woman said: "Do you think these clans
better than Duxbury clans? We have
heard SO much about Rhode Island
clams.''
81 don't know about the clams," re-
piled the man, "but this watermelon is
the best j ever tasted"
Immediately, the other woman jabbed
her fork into the six pieces of melon re-
naming on the general plate, evidently
conscious Of the deliNcy most people
have about eating food that has been
handled by other forks than their own.
The ruse worked well. Nobody wanted
any OF that watermelon but the woman,
and when she had eaten another plaUeful
was brought on, which she directly
secured for herself in like manner to the
first. Her neighbors inwardly hoped
that she would have TO order Jamaica
ginger before morning.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-07-22
DEFENDER.

The yacht Wasp, owned by the
LIPPrrrs OF this city, is peerless in her
class. She is HERREsHoFF boat, and
the huge Defender is not unlike her in
proportions. With Colonia, rival of
Vigilant in 1893, and Wasp, the HERE
sHoFFs doubtless learned much to guide
them in modelling and rigging the new
cup defender, and we firmly believe the
beautiful boat can outsail any other that
was ever launched, not excepting, of
course, Valkyrie III.
Defender barely saved her time allow
ance in her trial race with Vigilant on
Saturday, but there is no reason to believe
that she cannot beat the elegant champion
of '93 quite handily before she is through
with her. Defender was handled and
sailed quite indifferently on Saturday, and
besides she is going to spread a great
deal more canvass than she at present
carries. The centerboarder maintained
its reputation for running quite well,
while the big keel boat outpointed and
outfooted her in windward work. But
before the trial races are over, we expect
to see Defender outsail vigiiant on every
point.
Meanwhile, we should do nothing less
than applaud Vigilant for the fine show
ing she is making. She is darling boat,
and the American people, we guess, are
particularly fond of her. Let her make
the best record possible, say we! And
not surrender until she has to! She is a
gallant boat, and we shall be bit sorry
to see her finally vanquished.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-07-22
AN EVERYDAY PASSENGER.

There is a question in the minds Of
many as TO just who is the owner of a
pretty pug dog that makes trips nearly
every day on the steamers of the Conti-
mental line. The canine has been named
"Pug'' by the officers of the Mary Watts,
and seems to have formed an attachment
for all of them. Pug gets aboard any
boat that comes handy, with the excep-
tion of the Day Star, and whether from
instinct or not, is not known, for 1t is a
well-known fact that this craft goes to
Newport.
rhe first stopping place for Pug is at
Fields Point, and here IL Is supposed
that he has found an intimate friend,
who sees that Pug is treated like all who
call at that popular resort. Then Pug
will get aboard of another boat, get into
a cool corner and enjoy a nap, until just
before the boat reaches Rocky Point, and
when all have gone ashore Pug will go
of the gangplank and sniff the delicious
salt air for a few hours. return TO the
city, and get lost among the other dogs
until the next morning. Pug went down
the river today on the Tourist.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-07-22

In a little French church-St. Jean
Baptiste-in New York City relic OF st.
Anne, mother OF the Virgin Mary, is now
on exhibition and thousands have sought
the church to pay their devotions to the
relic, many of these reverent persons
seeking a restoration to mental or bodily
health, and amciioration OF infirmities,
through the miracle-worklng power Of
the sacred relic. II is said that many
hundred pious people have had their
prayers answered, and that something
not unlike miracle has been performed
in such cases. Today there are piled up by
the shrine, in a spacious rack, crutches,
walking sticks and quantity of surgical
devices for aiding distorted bodies. They
are OF all sorts-some large, some small,
some poverty stricken in their appear
ance, some seemingly from the luxurious.
They reveal by their mute witness today
the cures wrought for those who once
depended on such clumsy aids. The sticks
especially are reported to be of remark
able variety, for they include the rudest
stats and the most pompous gold d-headed
canes. 1t must be a wonderful sight.
Tributes and tokens of gratitude, like
wise, are not wanting. A New York re-
porter saw all about the pedestals OF the
statue of st. Anne heaps of material to-
kens of gratitude from those who had
received comfort. There are watches and
rings, brooches and chains, necklaces and
bracelets, and all the other varieties of
ornament into which gold, silver and
jewels are wrought, and by and by these
will all go to the forming OF a great
crown for the Saint. From st. Anne's
hand hangs suspended by its chain a
handsome watch, the hasty tribute OF one
suddenly healed. On the retable stands
in quaint relief phial, half filled with
medicine, the triumphant donation of one
who, until he had come there, dared not
be without it close at hand. Fastened to
the reredos is unique collection of spec
tacles and eyeglasses pinc-nez and lor-
gnettes.
The list OF cures is aid to be too long
for publication.
There is evidently some extrao rdinary
influence at work in that little French
church. 1t may well be called miraculous.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-07-22
SIMMER READING.

We know of no finer summer reading
than the series OF detective stories now
running in this newspaper. These novel
Iettes, written 10y some OF the most emf
nent authors of two continents in compe-
tition for $1,000 prize, offered by a
syndicate of newspapers OF which THE
NEWS was one, are delightful. Some OF
them are better than any literature of the
kind that has ever been turned out.
They are all good, wholesome, inspiriting
reading.
On August we shall begin the publi-
cation OF the story that won the first
prize-s20oO. The title is "The Long
Arm," and it is an Accordingly inter-
esting novelette,. Miss MARY T.. WILKINS
is the fortunate author, and she is a
particular favorite in New England.
We guess no one who keeps sup" on
modern literature win care to miss the
feast this fine novelette, will offer.
This series of stories will be continued
into the fall, the novellettes being
selected from the hundreds of competing
works and paid for, copyrighted and
published exclusively in Rhode Island
in THE NEWS
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-07-22
PROVIDENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

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REAL ESTATE.

The boom in real estate which has
swept in from the suburbs and struck the
center of this beautiful city is an inspirit-
ing thing. A great deal of property has
changed hands recently, and we expect
to record a good many moro stable
transactions before snow falls.
Outside capital is being invested in
Providence real eatate and local capital is
discovering the advantages this city
offers for investments OF this character.
The city is a fine one with backing OF
magnificent industries, and 1t can do
not hing else but grow. The real estate
activity is healthiul sign. IL is likely to
be overdone, perhaps, before we are
through with IL, but IL the transactions
should overreach themselves with the
growth OF the boom, the effect of the
over-stimulation will only be temporary,
because the city will surely develop up
TO il. These are lively times for our
friends, the capitalists, and we don't
think any mistake can be made in local
investments OF this kind-not yet awhile.