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CORONATION REGALIA.
Transferred From the ThrOne-ROom
to the Treasury.

MOSCOW, May 29.-This morning the
imperial regalia which was used in the
coronation ceremonies last Tuesday was
transferred from the throne-room in
the kremlin Palace to their depository
in the treasury. The ceremony attend
ing the transfer was similar to that
employed last Monday, when the re-
gala was taken to the throne room
The regalia will later be taken to ST.
Petersburg to be used in the ceremo-
nies which will take place after the re-
turn of the Emperor and Empress to
the Capital.
A reception was given to the distin-
suished ladies attending the corona
ton festivities by the Emperor and Ern-
press at 1:3O o'clock this afternoon in
the palace of the Kremlin. The weather
continued bright and clear, and the
streets were still filled with visitors
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effect The assembly applauded these
statements.
The discussion of theological semi
nary control was resumed, Judge Hum
phrey Of Louisville supporting the re-
port.
DR.. Agnew Of Philadelphia offered a
substitute for No. 2 Of the resolution.
which suspends the privileges con-
ferred on the assembly by the compact
OF 1870. The substitute urges the seri-
| inaries to take such steps as would
| bring about the adoption of the plan
| of 1895, and he announced that the
committee had accepted the substitute
| as a compromise.
| The seminary control report, with the
substitute, was adopted.
The Committee on Foreign Missions
read a supplemental report recommend
| ing the reelection of trustees whose
| terms expire this year They also re-
ported that three vacancies existed in
the board, for which no nominations
We're made. They announced that these
vacancies be referred back to the board,
on request of the board itself, for ac-
ton. This was also agreed to.
| at the afternoon session DR.. w. H.
Hubbard of Auburn presented the re-
port of the Committee on Temperance.
1t was recommended that each church
session should appoint a permanent
Committee on Temperance.
| The Los Angeles case arising out of
| a division of church, and involving
the right of a Presbytery to divide a
church, was heard on report from the
Judicial Committee. The General AS
sembly sustained the appeal of the
Presbytery from the California Synod
denying such right.
A note of explanation in regard to the
case was also reported, defining the
powers of the Presbytery over the trus-
tees and congregation of church. This
recommendation was made a part of
| the record of the case.
| Moderator Withrow announced the
names of the committee to consider the
proposition in regard to the sale of the
mission house In New York as follows
John Withrow, Chairman; Benjamin
| Harrison, John Wanamaker, James A.
Beaver, Thomas Wing, Cyrus H. Nc
Cormick, Samuel B. Henry, Thomas Nc
Dougall, H. B. Silliman, Alexander Nc
! Donald and Robert F. Williams
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SEARCHING FOR THE DEAD.
Belief That the Number of Victims
Will Reach Five Hundred.

ST. LOUIS, May 29.-The relief COM
mittees formed yesterday were at work
early this morning, and gangs of men
We're everywhere to be seen searching
| the ruins for bodies. No attempt at
relief work beyond this was made the
sole effort Of the men in the employ Of
the relief committees being directed
toward bringing to light the full extent
or death dealt out by Wednesdays
great storm. The city street-car men
| began clearing the streets of dismantled
poles, wires and debris this morning
and greatly accelerated the movements
of the people who are bringing SEM
| blance of order out of the chaos of yes
terday- Hundreds are busy repairing
damaged buildings, and there are many
inquiries for others from concerns who
are anxious to restore their buildings
and resume business. 1t will be many
weeks, however, before business shall
have resumed it's normal condition.
The number of people killed in St.
Louis and the city across the river is
now 33S, and the list is being aug
mented almost hourly. It is believed
that when the search is completed the
death roll will reach 500. and many
people believe there are bodies at the
bottom of the Mississippi which will
never be recovered.
| The injured are legion-their numbers
| being estimated at from 800 to 900 in
this city and at from 200 to 300 in East
| ST. Louis.
| Without cessation gangs of workmen
piled their search for victims of the
| tornado, eight bodies rewarding them.
AT q O'Clock this morning the body of
an unknown man was taken from the
Soulard Market ruins. John Plankman
died ait st. Joseph's Hospital this morn
| ing from injuries received in the tor
nado. Many of the injured are hover
ing between life and death
| Miss Clara Hermann died to-day from
| the effects of injuries sustained. The
young lady and her father and mother
were buried beneath the house they oc-
| cupied. Mrs. Hermann, aged 80, was
| instantly killed, her body being crushed
almost to pulp. Mr.. Hermann was so
badly injured that his physicians say
| his death is only a matter of time
| A great many persons estimate that
over twenty five persons lost their lives
/ in the Mississippi River, and the
chances are that their bodies will never
be recovered. The number of persons
who lost their lives by being blown into
the river from boats and were carried
down by overturned steamboats, is un-
known, and only when a tabulated list
OF missing is made can be known.
Hundreds of people slept in the open
air last night. The public buildings
were thrown open for the accommoda-
ton of the destitute and the unfortu-
nate, and these were crowded to their
| capacity. Food for the hungry was
furnished literally by citizens and keep
ers of restaurants in the neighborhood
of these temporary shelters.
All night and throughout this morn
ing hundreds. and in some cases thou
sands. of people surrounded the tenn
/ porary Morgues, and within heart
! rending scenes were enacted as rela-
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STORM ON THE COAST.
Heavy Rainfall in Nevada-Three Tier
Drowned.

RENO, May 29.-The heaviest rain
and hailstorm- in years visited Reno
this morning. Hailstones three inches
in diameter fell, and very few whole
skylights remain.
The Truckee River was the highest
known in fifteen years. The Truckee
meadows about Glendale are under
water.
A great deal of damage was done to
the crops.
Three men were drowned in the river
at Prosser Creek. Their names cannot
be learned. The bodies have not been
recovered.
STORM AT SANTA ROSA.
SANTA ROSA, May 29.-This section
was visited this morning by the heavi-
est electrical storm known here for
years. 1t commenced about o'clock
and continued for nearly two hours
Lightning flashed and peal after peal of
thunder followed each other in rapid
succession. Rain fell in great abund-
a1lce for some time and there was a
roaring sound that frightened many
people. The rainfall for the storm was
nearly quarter of an inch, making for
the season 2S32 inches.
HAILSTONES BIG AS WALNTTS.
CLOVERDALE, May 29-An un-
usually heavy electric storm struck this
vicinity about 1 o'clock this morning
lasting until daybreak. Some of the
hailstones were the size of walnuts Not
much damage was done to the growing
crops.
CARSON (Nev), May 29.-At 4
O'Clock this morning a terrific hail
storm, accompanied by rain and thun-
der, visited this city. Hailstones nearly
an inch in diameter fell in abundance
The rain also descended for hours in a
deluge. The roads were badly damaged.
but crops will be benefited where not in
jured by the hail.
SEVERE ELECTRIC STORM.
UKIAH, May pa terrific thunder
storm prevailed here this morning last
ing from about until o'clock During
that time "a of an inch of rain fell. The
sky was brilliantly lighted by intermit-
tent flashes of lightning. No damage
was done grain.
PETALUMA, May ga severe cleo
trio storm passed over Petaluma last
night beginning shortly after 10 and
lasting until ) o'clock. The storm came
from an easterly direction The inces-
SAINT flashes of lightning and loud peals
Of thunder were phenomena unusual
unusual in this se0tion of California.
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The Prescription Case.

In Justice Davis court yesterday the
case of j. d. Lands was continued till
Monday next. Landis is the merchant
at Tenth and K streets who was ar
rested on the complaint of the Secre-
tary of the State Board of Pharmacy,
who claims that Lands is violating
the pharmacy law by putting up pre-
scriptions.
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seems universal here. 1t does not ap-
pear to be braggadocio, but serene con-
hdence in the ability and disposition OF
st. Louisans to care for the storm vic
Tins.
There is one particular unidentified
body in the morgue that tomorrow VIII
be inferred in the potters field, simply
because it is too badly mangled to be
of service to the anatomical demonstra-
ton class of any of the local medical
colleges; that the injuries which re-
suited in the victims de h are not at
tributed to the ornedo "e rather
a sequence of the horror. A couple CT
hours after the power house of the
South Side Electric Line had been lev
eled, with nine employees in the ruins, a
trampish looking individual put in an
appearance and volunteered to assist in
the search. During the night four bod
les were taken from the debris and laid
side by side. Then, according to local
citizen who told his story at the morgue
to-day, the volunteer, availing himself
of what he thought was a favorable op-
portunity, proceeded to rifle the cloth
ing of the dead. He was caught in the
act by one of the searchers, and without
warning he was felled with brick.
Then, with cry of Lynch the thief, y
the entire party fell upon him with picks
and with blows from boards and scant-
lings. When they paused for breath
the ghoul was dead. An oath of secrecy
was quickly passed around, the ambu-
lance was sent for, and the body con-
veyed to the morgue under the suppo-
sition that it was that of victim of the
power house wreck
This story, if it is founded upon fact
narrates the solitary case of lynching
that marked the aftermath of the
storm.
Less ghastly, but in the same ghoul-
ish line, was the story told in the Po-
lice Court to-day. and which resulted in
Jacob Veins and Joseph Woods being
fined $50 each on the charge of dis
turbing the peace. Early this morn
ing they burrowed through the ruins Of
St. James Lutheran Church, on Cali
fornia avenue, to the basement, where
they had learned that several bottles
of communion wine were stored. After
drinking them fill, they loaded their
arms with bottles, and, seating them
selves on the sidewalk, invited the pass
ers-by to drink the consecrated liquor
to the tune of blasphemous toast. Po-
liceman Keeble and Sergeant Hanna,
both of whom were in plain clothes,
were amongst those who were invited
and when they undertook to arrest the
depredators Woods drew knife and
attempted to stab them. People in the
crowd came to the assistance of the
officers, and the men were disarmed and
taken to the station
From detailed reports received by the
United Press from official sources up
to $3.50 p. M, the following statement
is prepared Identified dead in St
Louis, 176; unknown dead in ST Louis,
:; fatally injured in ST. Louis, IS; miss
ing in ST. Louis, 40. Identified dead in
East st. Louis, 142; unknown dead in
East st. Louis, 3; fatally injured in
East st. Louis. 1. Total fatality, 3SS
Injured in St Louis (estimated), 1000;
injured in East st. Louis (estimated,
300
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Herr Scores a Point.

Judge Johnson yesterday overruled
the demurrer interposed by the City
Trustees to the complaint of G. w.
Herr the Sanitary Inspector, who re-
Gently applied for writ of mandate
to compel that body to audit his sal
ary claims.
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Friday, June 21st. The question of
changing headquarters from Washing
ton to some quiet, cool place, was
brought up, but its consideration was
postponed in view of the non-receipt of
expected representatives and docu-
ments which the members of the Com
mission are anxious to examine before
leaving town
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Jackson Denied a New Trial.

CINCINNATI, May pa motion for
new trial was overruled by Judge
Helm this morning and June Both set
as the day Of execution of Scott Jack
son, convicted of the murder of Pearl
Bryan Later stay of sixty days was
granted
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Treasury Gold Reserve.

WASHINGTON, May 29.-The Treas
ury gold reserve at the close of business
to-day stood at S1O1 ,403, 434 The with
drawals for the day were S1,919,70 in
sold and there was deposited in gold
by banks in exchange for currency
81 600 600
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Granted a Divorce.

The case of Lubin VS.. Lubin. an ac-
ton for divorce, was tried in Judge
Hinkson's department of the Superior
Court yesterday with closed doors.
David Lubin was granted a divorce and
given the custody Of the children.
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Turn Verein Excursion

Tomorrow the Turn Verein will have
their excursion up the river. The boat
will leave the Pioneer Mill wharf at
$50 a. m. The Militant Band will ac-
company the excursionists, and a good
time is assured to all
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To Set Aside Personal Property

F. w. Menke. an insolvent debtor,
has petitioned the Superior Court for
an order setting apart for his own use
certain personal property. The petition
has been set for hearing ON June 9th.
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Maher-Slavin Fight Postponed.

NEW YORK, May 2J.-Maher- -Slavin
fight has been postponed until next
Friday night.
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Ministers Fined for Being Drunk.

MIDDLETOWN (O), May 29-Tke
surprising announcement was made to-
day in the synod of the western district
ot the Evangelical Lutheran Church
that Rev. Andrew Popp of Stanton
Ind, and Rev o. T. koblitz of Hope
Vile. Mercer County, o., had been fined
for being drunk and disorderly by the
police magistrate. The ministers were
Immediately expelled from the synod.
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Venezuelan Commission.

WASHINGTON, May 29-The Vene-
zuelan Commission had am important
meeting to-day and adjourned until
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Decoration Day viii be One Of
Sadness to St LOuiSanS.
Patriotic Marches Will Give Place to
Funeral Drges,
When the Remains Of Victims Of the Tor
nado Will be Laid at Rest

Official Reports SO Far Given Out
Place the Total Number of Fatali-
ties in the Two Cities at Three
Hundred and Eighty-Eight, Which
1t is Relieved Will be Augmented
to Five Hundred When the Search
is Completed, and the Injured at
Thirteen Hundred.
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Deficit in the Treasury.

WASHINGTON. May 29.-The regu-
lar monthly statement to be published
next Monday will approximate as fol-
lows: Receipts, $24, 100000; expendi-
lures. S2l 100000; deficit for May, So
100000; deficit for eleven months, $26,-
GOO 600
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Two HOUSE BILLS
PASSED In The SENATE,
One Relating to the Tax on Alcohol and
the Other on BrandieS.
A Vote On the Bond Bill to be Taken
Next Tuesday.

House Members Resort to Filibuster-
ing Tactics to Prevent Action Be-
ing Taken on a South CaroIin2
Contested Election Case-COnfer-
enCe Report on the Naval ApprO-
priation Bill Agreed to.
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Continued on Eighth Page.)
The sun., 1896-10-17

While Mr.. BRYAN was making a speech
Mt Breckenridge, Mimi, some impertinent
person interrupted him with the inquiry
Cant you give us a word about the plank
in your platform that condemns the Presi-
dent for enforcing the law 81 On reflection,
we withdraw the word "impertinent." 1t
is possible that the interrupter had been
instructed by the orator to ask the question
for the purpose of calling forth this charac-
teristic piece of BRYAN buncombe:
"our platform does not complain OF any enforce.
ment OF the law and is afraid OF my election
because he Is afraid will not enforce the law. What
they afraid Of is that Will enforce the law
the big violators OF the law"
Mr.. BRYAN did not specify what laws the
"big violators" had violated. He could not
All he meant to do was to win cheap ap-
plause by the stale demagogic device of as
suming that wealthy lawbreakers are not
punished and poor ones are. This use of
demagogic devices is too common to deserve
much comment 1t may be worth noting,
however, that in denying that the Chicago
platform complains of an enforcement of
the law, he distinctly and braZenly bryaned.
If the Federal interference plank in the Chi
cagO platform does not mean to condemn
Mr.. CLEVELAND and the United States
courts for enforcing the laws in the time of
the DEBs rebellion, and to promise that, IL
BRYAN is elected, the right of private war
shall exist in the several States, and the
United States Government shall take no
measures to assert the authority of the
United States over the mails and Interstate
commerce, then that plank means nothing,
and DEBs and ALTGELD and SOVEREIGN
are grossly deceived.
Every man who intends to vote against
BRYAN believes that BRYAN would not en-
force the laws il he should be elected Presi-
dent, and if an outbreak like the Chicago
riots of 1894 should occur
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TIE zxeLroAx ORDERS.
An Episcopal Clergyman Replies 70 the
Rev. Dr. Brann.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir: In an
swer to n recent correspondent in your paper.
permit me to say that IL is absolutely and ut
tcrly untrue that "the Anglican Church has ad-
mittcd the validity of orders conferred by other
Protestant sects. and has recognized as her
ministers men who were never ordained at ALL"
This statement has often been made, but never
proved. English Churchmcn have, on the other
hand, demonstrated conclusively that episcopal
ordination has always been consistently re-
uuired as requisite for minsterinE In the Eng
lish Church. That disloynl and ill-informed
Anglican occasionally arises TO assert the con-
trary does not prove anything. Is Rome bound
by whatever ono OF her priests may chance to
hold or assert?
Your correspondent alleges that Whitgift,
Archbishop of Canterbury l5S3-l6o4, was
himself a aCalvlnist, and recognized the validity
OF orders conferred at Geneva" Let mo cite
some Of the acts of Archbishop Whiteift:
When ho was Vice Chancellor of Cambridge
University he deprived Cartwright OF his pro-
fessorship for impugninE tho doctrines and dis
cipline of the Church, and of his fellowship be-
cause Cartwright was only deacon and de-
clined to take priests orders. In 1885 he
stopped Walter Travers's preaching at the
Temple because he had only Presbyterian
orders. which led to Hooker's writing tho
Laws Of Ecclesiastical Polity," which stoutly
Whitgft was ampooned by the Puritans In the
MARTIN Marpreate Tracts !" for his determined
insistence upon the necessity of episcopal or
ders, and It was In reply to these tracts that
Bancroft, Whitgift's successor in the see of
Canterbury preached sermon asserting that
to deny that the government of the Church by
Bishops, priests. and deacons was OF Divine
origin was equivalent to denying any portion
of the Christian faith.
Yet your correspondent alleges that Whitgift,
Bancroft. and others were favorable to Prot
estant orders, SO called. II they were 1t would
not fasten their opinions upon the Anglican
Church: but they were most strenuous uphold
ers of episcopacy and the necessity OF episcopal
ordination.
When your correspondent says OF the ritual
istic clergymen who believe in the sacramental
character OF order" that the Papal decision
strips them OF their gorgeous vestments and de-
clares their mass to be a sacrilegious travesty."
he merely expresses his personal wishes. The
effect which his fantastic imagination pictures
does not follow from the decision of group of
Italian Cardinals. which is as ineffective and in
operative In the Anglican Church as the railing
OF an A. p. A. orator is in the Eternal City. We
are perfectly confident that we are priests. that
we consecrate a true Eucharist, and feed our
people with a real sacrament. and offer the sac-
rifce as truly as does any priest OF the Roman
obedience. WIN. WRIT MILLS
CAMDEN, y. j.. Oct. Is.
The sun., 1896-10-17

city departments, for instance the Public
Works, or the Parks, have their wages hxea
by act OF the Legislature. To change all
these different wages to meet the cuttih2
down of n dollar to 30 cents, as free silver
would cut it down. would require other acts
OF the Legislature and the approval OF the
Governor. They could not he passed over
night, and IL passed at all, they would be
against the influence of powerful pubic op-
position. 1t would be Il long time before the
desired reimbursement could be effected thor
oughly, and the wages of public employees
made once moro as good rs now
Between what is fixed by law, Ike the
wages of municipal employees and what Is
fixed by custom, like the wages OF other
men, the difference is not radical One OF
the strong arguments urged by labor organ
izations TOR tho high wages paid to public
employees is that they serve largely as a
standard and prop for private wages
With BRYAN and the free-silver cause
triumphant, there would be greater delay
in raising the common wage standard to
meet free silvers cut in the value of the
dollar, than in raising wages fixed by law
History has proved how sluggishly wages
rise in comparison with the prices of other
things. The future will prove it again
IL necessary.
The sun., 1896-10-17
Cheap Money In New England

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: During the
past three months. when so much has been said
and written about the evil effects OF unst liable
have been surprised that no mention has been
made of the rag money" craze OF the period
Just following the Revolution and its culminat-
ing point in the "Shays Rebellion" This craze
though brought about by entirely different cir
cumstances from the present. yet has many
points about II that are perfectly applicable to
the present situation. On pages 1913 to 1873 of
Fiskes Critical Period OF American History"
is a very terse description OF these times and
how they earned for the State OF Rhode Island
the name OF "Rogues' Island" on account
OF its attempt to foist on the people
its inconvortible paper money. which event.
ualy sold for its bullion" q value
and how this shrinkage in value served
to the people of Massachusetts so good an object
lesson, that We see n little later OF the coun-
ties of the old Bay state pettioninG the Legs-
lature for an issue of paper money, and in order
that it might have a more certain value it was
to be worth dollar to-day and ninety cents to-
morrow. and so on until it was down to nothing
AS the petitioners aRreed-"in this way the
people will know what to expect" On these
same pages mention is made of the injury
caused by the iemaGoEues who went about the
country making speeches to the people-trying
to show them how they would be benefited by
cheap money.
Have VIC parallel case to-day? Mention is
also made OF the fact that OF all people of a
country the laborinE man is more than any
other interested in n sound currency.
The sun., 1896-10-17
For the Skulkers.

We address the few Democrats, who offer
squeamishness against protection as an ex-
cuse for not joining the enthusiastic and
rapidly swelling army engaged in fighting
reputation under the leadership of the Re
publican candidate, WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
These gentlemen forget that as Democrats
they voted for the doctrine of protection
substantially full fiedged, twelve years ago
in the Presidential canvass of 1884, and
again four years later, in 1888, when the
platform of 1884 was reaffirmed. Protec-
tion NAV be wise or foolish but in this
country it is rs old as the Government, and
Democratic platforms as well as Republican
platforms have given countenance to it.
The political principles on which BRYAN
was'nominated at Chicago have never been
practised in the United States; they have
never been tolerated by any reputable po-
litical organization, and they are abhorrent
to American institutions, The Democrat
who, confronted, as all Democrats are now,
by n choice between the sane and honorable
politics of MCKINLEY and the destructive
Populistic politics of BRYAN, does not choose
10 uphold MCKINLEY, is about as poor a
patriot as n genuine repudator.
The issue is between the good and bad
name Of the United States, between its honor
and its shame. The candidate of American
honor is WILLIAM MCKINLEY. Vote for him !