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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-04-25
THE WOMEN LOST.

Ili Not De Admitted as Lay Dele-
to tho General Conference of the
Church.
fIMoRE, Nd, April 23.-The
ntion to admit women as lay
PES to the general conference of
ethodlst Episcopal church has
Fefeated by a narrow margin.
Pte OF the North Dakota confer
fhich has just been received, was
to be taken on the proposition.
hat vote included in the table,
te Is shown to be 1918 for the
eion of women and 2,529 against.
Ping to provision of the disci-
is necessary for a proposition
nge any of the restrictive rules
church to receive the support OF
Fourths of tho members of the
! conferences voting on the prop
and two-thirds of the members
general conference. II was lost
Votes.
Implication Of the question will
nsed by the presence of three
P at the next M. E. general con-
Pc, who have been elected as lay
ties and who will apply for adj
n to the conference. One of
Is the wife Of President Bash
the Ohio Wesleyan university
aware, 0. The women may be
Jed on a simple majority vote, 1t
and If this is done it will settle
hole question in their favor.
will be a large majority in the
fence In favor Of the admission
men,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-04-25
EARLY ADJOURNMENT.
That Is What the Republicans OF
ths Senate Favor.
NAY 10 OR THE FIRST Of JUNE THE TINE.
Nothing New iS the Shape Of Lsgisla-
ton that win Cause Ffdsrsctsd d.
bate win Be Brought Fof<
ward in that Body.

WASHINGTON, April 23.-The repub-
licaus Of the senate favor an early ad-
journment, snd ths earlier, after the
appropriation bills are out of the way,
the better II will please them. This
sentiment was developed this morning
at the caucus held for the purpose Of
determining the order Of business.
After short discussion Mr.. Sherman,
chairman OF the caucus, was author
lied to appoint committee on order
OF business, which will decide upon
what matter, outside OF appropriation
bills, shall be brought up for consider
alton.
The discussion showed that the al
most unanimous opinion OF the repub-
licans was nothing in the shape OF leg
islation that will be contested or pro-
duce prstracted debate should be
pressed for action. An adjournment
should be had, II Is thought, by MAY
IS, and the committee which Mr.. Sher-
man will appoint will bear this date In
mind when it comes to making up the
order of business. II Is hardly be-
lieved that the adjournment can be had
at so early a date, but June is sug'
gested as the day ON which fnal ad-
journment can be taken without difii'
Guilty.
Senators who attended this confer
ence assert that there is no hope for
| tho Pacific railroad funding bill. the
Nicaraguan canal bill, the bankruptcy
bill, the statehood bill or any Other
measure that will bring into debate
conflicting interests. The filled cheese
bill may pass, and It is probable thai
the PETER resolution to investigate thu
sale of bonds may also pass, but be
sides the appropriation bills there i
little chance for anything else being
enacted.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-04-25

PEARL BRYAN MURDER CASE.
Ths Defense Score Their First Victory In
This Noted Trial.


CINCINNATI, April es.--In the jack
son trial this morning the defense be-
gan the fight against the testimony OF
Mayor Caldwell of Cincinnati Col.
Crawford made motion that that part
Of the testimony which referred TO
Walling be ruled out.
Judge Helm said that unfortunate
legislation had entangled the Ken
tucky law upon the testimony which
Joint defendants may offer. The court
held that anything Walling has said
which Jackson denies can not be ad'
mitted as evidence; that 1t would bs
necessary for Walling to make his
statements on the witness stand and
under oath II they ore to weigh
against jackson. This was regarded
as the first victory for the defense.
The forenoon was consumed in cx
pert testimony. DIR. Fishback contra
dicted DIR. Jenkins on several tcchnica
points regarding coagulation oi blood
BEmEADED WHILE ALIVE.
Two physicians, although diffcrini
somewhat in technical points, arr
agreed that Pearl Bryan was beheadet
while she was yet alive. DIR. Jenkin
claimed that had she been dead whcr
she was dccapitsted the blood woul'
not have been SO completely draipe'
| from the body.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-04-25
TWO wIFs-mURDeRERs.
louis r. Herrmaua and Charles fSstoliHs
Eleetrocuted tn New Yo-x.

sIkd sisG. n, T.. April s1-There
was a double execution at the state
prison here this morning.. Tae Victims
we're Louis p. Herrmsnu and Charles
rustolIsa botli Of New York city, and
both wife-mufdeters'
Hermann asked as a spseisl favor
that he be executed first, aud Warden
Sage granted the request, though he
had originally intended to send Pus-
tolka 90 the chair in advance of his as
sociate victim. as Pustolks was of a
highlysnervous tenipcramsnt, as it was
feared that he might make u scene In
the execution chamber, while IEerf-
mann was stolii and apparently indif.
ferene to his fate, aal no trouble Gas
anticipated IA his cas-.
The two victims OF TIE law did not
sleep much last night, though in IL c
ease Of Hermann there was apparently
no dread Of his approaching doom.
Pustolka was unnervei, and was una
bls to obtain any rest until about the
time that Hermann awoke, when he
fell asleep through sheer eShaus.
tion. both of the prisoners had
callers yesterday. lterrmann was
visited by his brother from
Philadelphia and his brother-in-law
from Brooklyn. Pustolka's visitor
was the youngest of his five daugh'
ters, aged four years.
Hermann was brought into the clcc
trocution chamber at il,l6. aud al
1l:i7:30 the current was shot through
his body. After 80 seconds II was
turned OFF, and DIR. Irvine, the prison
physician, made an examination. as .
result Of which he announced that the
man was not dead. At 1919 the cur
rent was again turned on at full forcs
for five seconds. Another examination
was made by DR.. Irvine, followed by
the other doctors present, and at ii:a
Hermann was pronounced dead.
Pustolka was brought into the room
at ll;ia lie did not make the expect
ed scene, but walked firmly to th'
chair. At i1;i3:so the signal was givei
by DR.. Irvine, and the current was ap
piled for so seconds. After littl'
more than q minute II was turned OF
again for five seconds, and at ll:46 tho
doctors declared the second victim
dead. both executions were pro
nounced entirely successful.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-04-25
ARE FICTITIOUS.
Dent Throw Money AWAY In the Fischer
aud JRsgsr Estates.


WASHINGTON, April 23.-Mr. Henry
w. Robertson, United States consul at
Hamburg, has informed the state de-
partment that ut his request the au-
tborities there investigated the sup
posed existence of the Fischer or Fisher
estate, to which American citizens
have made claim, and reported to him
that after q most careful search
they have been unable to find any
thing bearing upon the persons or es-
tates of Stephen Fischer beyond the
records of few marriages and deaths
of parties bearing similar family names.
The same answer was given with re-
gard to the supposed estates of Benja-
min and Cornelius jaeger or Jaeger.
According to the Hamburg authori-
ties, both these estates are fictitious.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-04-25
THE LOUIS lana ELECTION.
TIE situation said to he Improving for
the Democrats.

New ORLEANS, April s3.-As reports
Of the elections from over the state are
received the situation Is improving for
the democrats. Fosters majority in
New Orleans Is now certain to be
5000. The democrats will have a
good working majority lin the
legislature. Later returns indicate
the defeat of ex-Gov. Yarmouth, who
was running for the legislature in
Plaquemine parish. For The first time
since the war that parish has gone for
the democrats. Fosters majority in
the state will be over 2o,00l The
Pharr people are still talking of con-
testing the election and of going to
Baton Rouge to be sworn in.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-04-25
IN. c..e cf Kenpctt- HonE,u. a Co.

CHICAGO. April 2a.-Judge windes
this morning decided the famous Ken
nett Hopkins & Co. petition for man
damus to compel the Chicago board oi
trade directors to restore the firm .te
It's former membership. The conrt de-
clined to issue mandamus as to Fran
ois ]. Kennett, but granted one to j
+. Harris, Kennett's former partner.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-04-25

KANSAS CRY, Mo-, April 2s.--J. A.
Probes, who was private in the reg
ular army, and who was shot through
the lungs at the battle of Wounded
Knee, attempted to commit suicide at
independence, Mo-, by drinking car.
bolic acid. The drug burned his throat,
mouth and face terribly, but his stom.
ach rejected the poison, and he will
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-04-25

CHAMPAIGN, ILL.,, April %. AT a
meeting of the board OF trustees OF tne
University of Illinois they accepted the
Chicago college of pharmacy and nere
after that institution will be conduct
ed as Chicago department Of the uni
versity. The real estate And equip
ment Of the college of pharmacy Is val
ned at $40, 1000, and 1t Is given 70 the
state on consideration that 1t supper.
n The deal has been on since ias'
December.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-04-25

WASHINGTON, April 2s. = President
Cleveland left Washington Wednesday
night on a special train over the Wash
inoton a. ohio division OF the Southern
railway for Leesburg, Va, on a fish
inc trim He was accompanied by Sec
ret.rv Morton and Commissioner Mill
Ter Of the internal revenue bureau.
The party spent the day in fishing in
Mr. Harrison's fishing preserve near
Leesburg, and returned to the city to-
nipht.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-04-25

HUNTINGTON, w. Va, April %. Tho
Fourth district republicans have
elected Thomas ]. Skies and c. T. Rath-
bone delegates TO st. Louis. Both are
Mckinley men. An effort to instruct
was defeated, and an attempt to intro
duce q resolution virtually instructing
for Mckinley was compromised In COM
mittee by resolutions complimentine
Elkins and Mckinley, which was
adopted.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-04-25
THE CROP CONDITIONS


Wheat Improved.
CINCINNATI, April 2s.-The Price Cur.
rent summary sees the crop conditions
for the past week as follows;
Ohio valley localities SILL lack needed
moisture. The situation westward Is
generally favorable. The average out
look for winter wheat Is not improved.
Last years deficient yield will not
likely be exceeded. Spring wheat seed
ing has been retarded, but 1t compares
we'll with the average OF years. A full
acreage is probable. Oats and corn
prospects are generally favorable.
A special investigation indicates a
two-per cent. gain in the probable sum
mer supply of hogs. The weeks pack.
ing Of hogs amounted to 3l5,000, against
225, 900 for the corresponding week last
wear
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-04-25
LOOK ING FORWARD.
Another Government Reservation On the
Hot Springs Plan.

Hot Springs Plan.
WASHINGTON, April s3.-The depart.
ment of the interior has taken the
initial step toward the establishment
of another government reservation on
a plan similar to that OF the Hot
Springs reservation in Arkansas
Indian Inspector Mclaughlin has
tclcgraphed Secretary lloke Smith,
from the Shoshone Indian agency,
Montana, that he has concluded an
agreement with the Shoshone Indians
for a tract of their lands ten miles
square, embracing the Big Horn Hot
Springs. The government will pay
the Indians 100000 in five annual in
stallments. This agreement has to be
ratified by congress. The purpose Of
the department is to reserve the land
from sale and at some future date TO
secure an appropriation to improve the
reservation.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-04-25

CAPE TowS, April photographic
communication with Bnluwayo mas
been cut off at Fig Tree, small place
nsar Maugwe, southwest Of Buluwayo'
and in view Of the serious cona''ion
Of affairs, 1t causes considerable sn1'
isty,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-04-25
THE FRENCH CABINET.

rres,dent Taurs Accepts Their Resigna-
tlons a. soon as Presented-A Statement
In tho Chamber.
PARIS, April 90. The members of the
bourgeois ministry proceeded to the
Elvsee. the residence of President
Faure. and formally rendered their
designations. NJ. Faure was awaiting
their coming, and accepted the resigna-
tIons as soon as they were presented.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-04-25
|NSYLVANIA REPS,
Eeet in State Convention az
Harrisburg.
BSUE, THEY SAY, IS PROTECTION.
J the Restoration of Reciprocity,
Gold Until International BIZ
ktallism is Established AMI
Restricted immigration.

krsrURe, Pa, April 90. = The
|lvania republican convention
e delegates TO the Republican
ID convention at st. Lonis met
day. In the platform adopted
3clare;
[Hdelity of the principles OF re-
Inism Pennsylvania holds the
blk among all the states. Year
lar it has returned great ma
for the candidates OF that
With no selfish demands for
tion of any of Its own citizens
tional candidate. The time has
Then the state which has SO
d faithfully led the republican
may justly and properly sub
own preference for the
can nomination for the presi-
In the presentation of Hon.
W Stanley Quay the re.
ms, not alone of Pennsylvania,
he entire Union, will recognize
their foremost leaders--wise in
aud brilliant and able in
at once the type of the Amer.
izen, scholar, soldier and states
\ OF all national issues stands
bon, and first among its advo-
have been the republicans OF
lvania. We believe in protcc-
a right to all American indus
ut as n special favor to none. II
be us nearly as possible equal
versal. We are not pledged Ia
hedules, bat we demand n res
OF the policy OF protection,
pledge 1t as soon as the repub-
krty shall be fully restored TO
IN the executive and congres.
divisions of the government,
shall be restored equitably ia
ner and miner, to the manufac-
hd to the artisan"
bemand is made for the rcstora
reciprocity, believes in discrim
duties In favor of American
g, ''in order that the American
restored upon the high seas,
ERE should be no statute Of linn
against grateful recognition by
ernmcnt OF the sacrifices of tho
and soldiers, and denouncc,
sent administration of the pan
reau.
platform further says: Faith
Is record, believing the people
titled to the use of the bcs
and anxious to restore and pre-
he Industrial and commercial
Fifty of tho Union, the repub
party favors international bi
sm, and until that can be es
d upon a secure basis oppose
nage of silver, except upon gov
t account, and demands th,
nance of the existing gol,
I'd of value
1--WE believe in the enactmen
restrictive legislation as will
10 our shores only those immi
who have the capacity and de
become good American citi
following resolution, which wa
lily offered in convention b,
ssman Robinson, was defeated
the event of the retirement o
nnsylvania candidate for presi
dorsed this day, Hon. Matthew
Quay, after all honorable mean
Peen exhausted to promote hi
tion, the delegates at large
bis state are hereby instructed
for and support the candidac.
Napoleon OF protection aud ad
gent of prosperity, Hon. vii
cKinley, of Ohio"
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-04-25

CLEVELAND, o., April e3.--All Is
quiet at the lumber doclss this morn
ing. The demands of the union men
have been acce;led TO and Ave vessels
are being unloaded without interfer,
ence.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-04-25

SAN Francisco April 23.--A. $. Will
lis, United States minister at Homo
lulu, his wife and son wer6 passengers
on the steamer Australia, which ar
rived from Honolulu this morning.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-04-25

LONDON, April 23.-Mr. Labouehere
has given notice that in the house Of
commons to-day he will ask the par
liamentary secretary OF foreign affairs
whether the plan proposed by the
United States government to refer the
Venezuelan frontier dispute to COM
mission, composed of two English,
two American and one neutral member,
or Of the chief justices Of the United
States and England, together with
one neutral commissioner, has been
declined by Great Britain. He will
also ask whether Venezuela was ex-
cludcd from the scheme of general ar
bitration, which Great Britain sub
mitted to the United State; whether
negotiations between England and the
United States still continue, and
whether an agreement is probable be-
fore the American congress adjourns.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-04-25
THE vENszUSLAN AFFAIR.
A Report to the Eneft that tho situation
Is Practically Unchanged -Labouchers
Wants to Know.

NEW YORK, Aprile3.-A Sun special
from Washington says:
II was said at the state department
yesterday, by those vho possess the con-
fidence of Secretary Olney, that, not
withstanding reports to the contrary,
the situation with regard to the vene-
zuelan boundary controversy Is un-
changed. Secretary Olncy and
Sir Julian Pauncefots have con-
ducted all recent negotiations In
person here in Washington. and
have had frequent consultabi ons
on the subject. The report of the
Venezuelan boundary commission will
be ready, It is thought, in about two
months, and the administration hardly
hopes to have the case submitted to
complete an entire arbitration before
that time, but the president and Sec
retary Olney are relying upon the SEN
timent Of the English people to over
ride the hostility of Lord Salisbury to
settlement of ths controversy by ar.
bitration.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-04-25
A statement In tn. Chamber.

PARIS, April 23.--An unusually large
crowd assembled outside the chamber
of deputies this morning and the gal
leries were packed with visitors as
soon as they were opened to the pub
lie. When the sitting OF the cham
her was formally opened Premier
bourgeois read declaration re-
calling the circumstances OF the
vote of the Madagascar credits
which the senate refuses to sanction
thus rendering it impossible to make
expenses which are Indispensable
Whatever the motives of the senate
NAV have been, he said, the cabinet
thought that patriotism imperiously
commanded that they should SUB,
ordinate everything to question OF
national dignity and security, which
no considerations of home policies
ought to overweight.
4 motion for an adjournment OF the
senate was lost by vote OF 2sS to sss.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-04-25

YORK, April 23.-Mme. Eslantine
r. of Woodcliffe, N. j., after
OF hard work, has suddenly
herself heiress to the enormous
e OF sl7,0o0,000. It Is left her
4 godmother, Emile Pinaud, of
Fnia, the widow of Frenchman
rs made an immense fortune In
america. Nine. Gaudin came
rance many years ago.
Took Rough On Rats.
cHEz, Miss., April 20. Mrs. D.
member Of q prominent Jewish
Vi Natchez, committed suicide
ing Rough on Rats
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-04-25

ourcAee, April 2s.-The mysterious
a,s.rrsaranco of Patrick 0'Donnell, a
,sbolesale and retail butcher, who had
been missing for several weeks, was
cI cleared M this morning when his body
,.os found floating in the lake At the
W., W. - twelfth street. II Is supposed
.Dot ,Do oDonnell committed suicide
while Will his mind was doranged' through
sitting % up at night caring for ,.,''. sle,'
sl.s"s s.,'.. o.Tpopnell was very wealthy
Da'J -. fortune being estimated at nearly
u, 900, ooo
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-08-21
DO Diamonds Breed?

One of the queerest of the old-time
superstitions was the one that is re-
sponsible for the notion that pearls
and diamonds breed" like animals do.
A writer says: "As for what l know
concerning the reputed story that pre-
ciGus stones are divided into sexes
male and female, just as are plants
and animals, and that they breed like
the latter do. relate the following
which came under my own knowledge
A certain princess Of Luxembourg had
two diamonds, the colors OF which be"
tokened that they were male and fe'
male. The princess laughed at the no
tion until one day she was startled by
finding tiny speck of diamond IL
her casket. She put the two large dia'
monds and the little one away together
and they had whole family in reas'
enable course of time. Elk.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-08-21
An Enormous Pie.

Under different skies jubilee and cell
ebrations partake of varying charac"
tcristics. In Yorkshire, and in some
other parts of England also, every oc"
casion for rejoicing is marked by the
baking of huge pie, which, after be-
ing exhibited, is devoured by all the
inhabitants.
At DENLY Dale. Yorkshire hamlet,
for instance, the other day. the people
celebrated the fiftieth anniversary Of
the repeal of the Corn laws by con-
structing an enormous pie six feet nix
inches wide and ten feet six inches
long. The dimensions of the indigo S.
ton which followed are not given.
This is not so large as the pie that
this same village built on another an
niversary some years ago, which was
drawn through the place with thirty
one horses, headed by three brass
bands, and was afterward put away IN
der the waistcoats of the DENLY Daiers
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-08-21

tie man in tho nsSligee shirt. Ibid you
az length succeed In aIlaying this ter
riDle thfrDt?'
We'll" said the tall, heavily butt
man, after moments reflection, Il
found that old rye whisky as a STEADY
thing kind of softened 1t down ana
quieted it about as much as anything l
tried. When / found the thirst ano
the burning desire for a drink coming
on, l would go and take about three
fingers of old rye, and the thirst would
pass away"
Then all the bystanders smiled, for
which the little man in the negligee
shirt paid.-From Up-to-Date.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-08-21
Cremation In Paris,

A special service of sanitary police
looks after the health of the city. A
series of disinfecting stations is main
tanned, with modern ovens and other
appliances for treating articles brought
from infected homes. Parisians de-
mand that their cemeteries be within
walking distance of the city. AS the
city is very old, millions of people have
died within its narrow limits. This is
the most difficult problem that the
health authorities have to deal with.
They are trying to do away with the
obstinate, ignorant prejudice against
cremation. About 5000 cremations a
year take place now. The municipali-
ity encourages this innovation as
much as possible.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-08-21
Runs In the Family.

A Henry county, Ky, girl who eloped
and was married at Jacksonville, Ind,
the other day is the youngest daughter
in a family of twenty-one children,
and all of her ten sisters have eloped
to the same town in the last three
years and have been married by the
same magistrate. The bride is but 10
years of age, and stated that she had
heard sc much of the squire in ques-
ton she would allow no one else to
marry her, and she eloped in opposi-
ton to her parents wishes and despite
the protests Of her husband. She en-
braced the squire as soon as the cere-
mony was over. Anyhow, the old man
oughtn't to kick. He is in the cost of
ten weddings.