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been there not more than 100 people have
been converted.
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Stanley suffers q Relapse.
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an alarming relapse.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-24
TO FIGHT THE SILVER MEN
Indiana's "Sound-Money" Democ.
racy Fear Gov. Matthews
Following.
Leaders Confer and Decide to Organize
and Call a Public Mass.
Meeting.

INDIANAPOLIS IND, May 23.-Thirty
leading Democrats of Indiana who are for
sound money held a conference at the
Grand Hotel this evening for the purpose
OF organizing to oppose the free-silver
sentiment in the Indiana Democracy,
which has gained impetus since Governor
Matthews came out practically for free
coinage. Among those present were Chair
man Holt of the state committee, ex-Con-
gresham Bynum, ex-Congressman Eng
lish, A. G. Smith and others.
Some of these men have been in COM
munication with w. F. Harrity, chairman
of the National Committee, ex-Secretary
Fairchiid and other gold-standard men of
the East, and have assurance that if In
diana can be saved there is no doubt that
the Chicago convention will speak for
honest money.
The conference appointed various COM
mittees to carry on propaganda between
now and the date of the State Convention,
June "a.
They viii probably put a sound-money
man in the field as candidate for Gov
error. There was also talk or opposition
TO the Presidential candidacy of Matthews.
The fruit of the meeting was call for a
public mass-meeting at English's Opera
house next Thursday evening.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-24
WIND AND FLOOD IN IOWA,
Great Damage in Many Sections,
but No Loss of Life
Reported.
Winds of Cyclonic Force and Rains
Amounting A most to
CloudburStS.

IOWA FALLS, Iowa, May pa heavy
electrical storm passed over this city this
afternoon. -Four bolts struck within the
city limits, one prostrating a man and
team and killing one horse. A cloudburst
north of here flooded large sections, doing
considerable damage. A heavy hail in
the same section damaged the rye crop
and stripped fruit trees. The streams are
overtiowing. 1t is still raining here at a
late hour to- might.
ELD0RA, Iowa, May 23.-One of the
heaviest rains of the season fell here this
afternoon, amounting almost to a cloud
burst. One and half inches OF water fell
in ten minutes. Five miles north of here
washout occurred on the Iowa Central
Railway, delaying trains.
BURLINGTON, Iowa, May 23.-A heavy
rain and hail storm struck this county
this evening. Holmes Church was de-
stroyed and the smokestacks of the Atlas
mills molished.
South of this town the storm developed
into cyclone, uprooting trees and break
ing some square off. Crops are consider
ably damaged.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa, May 23.-The
first reports of terrific cyclone storm re-
ceived here were to the effect that Ellis, a
village in the northern part of Iowa,
bad been completely demolished, but later
II was learned that no lives were lost. All
telegraph and telephone wires are pros
trated and details are unobtainable.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-24

association or mem bers of some church.
he emphasized the importance OF doing
TINS early, as only one man in four becams
Christian after his first term in college.
AS preparation he advised the members
OF tne committees to work for new stu
@ u@enss 70 cohIer together, the presidents of
associations to correspond during the sum
mer, ana every body to return to college
early, to be ready to greet and befriend
the new student at the time when ne was
lonesome-a stranger and consequently
open to temptation.
He suggested methods both for before
anu after the new Students arrival. Dur-
ing the summer vacation the assoc;at;on
handbook should be sent ont and ac-
qualntances IN different towns and school
principals should be written to for the
names of prospective students.
The men should cultivate the acouaint-
ance OF students In the preparatory scn ools
near their homes. When the new men
arrive at college they should be met at the
train and given all information in regard
TO ooarding-piaces, registration and
studies. The Young Mems Christian AS
soclatlon's reception to new students
should be supplemented during the first
week by nightly prayer-meetings in an
organized effort to lead the freshmen to
Chrlst: Then the regular work of the year
should begin with a few particularly
strong meetings, led by the best men.
After religious census of the new stu
dents each pastor in the neighborbood
should be furnished the names of those be-
longing to his particular denomination.
Bible study committees and special devo-
tional exercises would follow as features of
the general plan for the college year.
Prominent among the delegates here
are: Atwood, who was Oregon's prize
orator in 1894; MilIar, reputed to be the
cham pion left-guard of that State; Cox.
the president of the State Oratorical Asso-
cation of Oregon and a speedy cyclist; !;
Price, high jumper; .Handsacker, State
superintendent of the Christian Endeayor
in the Christian church, and Simpson, a.
willy end-rush; and among the California
men Hahn of Pomona College, this years
prize-winnerin in the Southern California in
tercollegiate oratorica1 contest; Miller, the
fast mile walker of Occidental College and
the editor of his college paper; Langford
OF California College, the well-known San
Francisco newspaper artist; Arnold, crack
tennls-p player, graduate of Stanford and
now member of the faculty as an in
structor in mathematics; and, perhap s.
most noticeable of all upon their arrival
Crowell and Bott, because they rode on
their wheels from Los Angeles to San
Francisco, a distance of 500 miles, to at
tend the conference.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-24

tive committee. The report was. adverse,
and was adopted without discussion.
On motion of DIR. J. n. Murdoch the
convention adopted a resolution approyy-
ing and indorsing the efforts being made
to have all matters ofinternationai contro-
versy submitted TO arbitration.
w. Wilkinson of Massachusetts re-
ported for the committee on finance.
The report said that 100000 should be
raised by donations this year In order to
discharge the big debts and carry on the
work OF the union. It was stated that un-
less this money can be raised during the
coming year foreign mission work must be
curtailed. The report recommended the
appointment of a committee on syste-
matte benevolence to unity and consoli-
date the collection of donations and de-
wise plans for raising the money needed.
Ihe report was adopted.
-, The special feature of the afternoon was
the address of the Rev. DR.. Macarthur OF
New York on foreign missions.
At the evening session the Rev. Thomas
J. Vlllers spoke on 1.-The Purpose OF the
Ages
a resolution expressing to the President
OF the United States the belief that the peo-
pie OF this country will sustain him in the
most efficient measures he may take in de-
tense OF the lives, the property and the
rights of American citizens in Armenia
was adopted
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-24
The PopuliSt Senator Gets Into
a ColIoquy With Gray
of Delaware.
TO IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT.
Charges Made by Howard of Alabama
Against the Chief Magistrate
Are Cast Aside.

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 23.-The
House filled cheese" bill was taken up in
the Senate to-day and gave an opportu-
Aity for the offering of various amend
ments on which votes were taken. The
first was offered by Mills of Texas, pro-
posing an internal revenue tax of per
cent on all manufactures of iron, steel,
copper, zinc, wool, cotton and other ma
terials. The second was offered by Allen
of Nebraska, proposing an annual tax OF
81 barrel on beer. The third was offered
by Gray of Delaware, proposing an i'm
port duty of 10 cents pound on tea. They
were all, on motion of Sherman, laid on
the table-the first by vote of 42 to Is,
the second by a vote of 80 to % and the
last by vote of 81 to 10.
The amendments reported from the
Finance Committee fixing the license OF
manufacturers of filled cheese at $40 per
annum instead of $500, and on wholesale
dealers in filed cheese at 5000 instead OF
$3.50 were agreed to.
The morning hour expired at , P. NJ. and
the Butler .prohibitory bond bill was laid
before the Senate, Allen (Pop.) OF
Nebraska addressing the Senate in favor
of it.
Before Allen began his speech, Sherman
asked unanimous consent TO have the
filed cheese bill made special order fer
Monday next, but objection was
made by Harris Cd of Tennessee and the
bill went to the calendar.
Aliens address was principally on the
subject of the free coinage of silver, in re-
gard TO which he and Gray CD of Della
ware maintained long and amusing col
loquial controversy, the debate later de-
veloping into an exchange of personalities.
Baker (R.) of Kansas having interposed
a remark which was not relished by Allen,
the latter referred to Baker as 1.-The gentle
on the prairies of Kansas" and who pro-
fessed 20 understand the question.
Baker retaliated by speaking of Allen as
"his friend from the sand districts of Ne
braska."
At the close of Aliens speech the bill
went over till Monday and number oil
bills were taken up from the calendar and
passed.
Unanimous consent was asked by Cock
rell (D,) of Missouri to have printed as a
public document a speech OF Governor
Altgeld of Illinois in reply to Secretary
Carlisle's Chicago "sound-money" speech
heretofore published) and after consider
able colloquy, unanimous consent was
given.
A joint resolution was reported by Hale
from the Committee on Naval Affairs ex-
tending to stewards in the navy the bene-
fit of three months pay on re-enlistment
after honorable discharge, as to all other
enlisted men, and it was passed.
The calendar was cleared of all the pri-
vate pension bills and the session was spun
out so as to give an opportunity for the
signing OF the river and harbor bill and
sending it to the President. 1t was re-
ceived from the House at $50 and imme-
diately signed by the Vice. President.
At 5:45 the Senate adjourned until Mon
day.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-24
MENDOCINO SNAKE DENS
Caverns Inhabited by Hundreds
of Vicious and Venomous
Reptiles.
A Ukiah Hunters Vain EndeavOr to
Depopulate One Of the
Nests.

UKIAH, CAL, May 23.-Joe Hunter, for
many years resident of this place, but
who has within the past year removed to
Graveuy Valley, small settlement on Eel
River, about forty miles northeast of this
city, has brought to the city the rattles
and buttons OF six as fine rattlers as ever
swung their tocsins to the breeze and ter
rified the stockmen. The story of Hunters
experienc ce with den of rattlers near his
place Is best told in his own words.
About two weeks ago." he said, 81 ran
short OF meat and went out to see what |
could scare up. l took my Winchester
and enough cartridges TO do me until
l could kill buck, which are numerous
IN that part of the country. That morn
ing, though for some reason or other, my
luck was not with me and after roaming
about for several hours / assembled rocky
point near the top of the ridge, and
thought from there to take look about
the country. | was standing on a large
flat sided bowlder, and as l started to turn
heard the warming swish of rattler.
Looking down the hillside saw the head
OF snake showing from crevice in the
rocks. cut it from the body with bull
let. When dragged the dead reptile from
the hole another took its place. This 1
succeeded in killing with one shot. This
continued until / had killed six.
Then / ran short of cartridges and de-
clded to Investigate before l wasted anv
more lead. l kept my stand at safe dis
tance and watched the reptiles as they
emerged from the crevice in the rocks
until there was a roll of rattlers squirming z
on the hillside at least as large as man IS
body. The stencil from the cavern out of
which the rattlers emerged was nauseat-
ing. concluded had seen all the snakes
wanted for one day and left"
Hunter evidently encountered what is
known in this part of the country as a
snake den." There are several in this
county, and one not very far distant from
this town. About three ana half miles
from Ukiah to the east, in the hills back
OF the State Insane Asylum, is snake
den, and it is said large numbers of rep
tiles have been dispatched there, but their
mum Der does not seem to grow less.
The largest and most horrible of the
snake dens in this part of the country is
the one in the hills near Boonville, about
ffteen miles from Ukiah. 1t was acci-
dentally discovered by hunter several
years ago, and since then many have Wis
ited the spot. Attempts have been made
to photograph the den, which is simply a
large hole in the ground, the bottom OF
winch Is one creeping, crawling, Shiny
mass, but no one has as yet had the hardi-
hood to endure the stencil which arises
from the hole for sufficient length OF time
TO secure picture of the place. There are
numerous smaller dens in The hills, and
the one Hunter ran across is evidently one
of them.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-24
BUSINESS BEFORE
THE PRESBYTER|ANS
Third Days Session of the
General Assembly at
Saratoga.
MINISTERIAL RELIEF.
Overtures Asking for Reduced
Assessments Are Also Made
and Referred.
TITLES TO CHURCH PROPERTY
An Attempt Made to Place Them in
the Hands of Deacons Instead
of Trustees.

SARATOGA, n. Y, May 23.-The Pres
byterian General Assembly opened its
third days session this morning with the
usual service of prayer. Saturday busi-
ness in the assembly is confined to a morn
ing session, as ministerial commissioners
are anxious to get to the neighboring G
churches where they are 10 preach to-
morrow. Owing to this and to the length
of the document the theological seminary
control report has been deferred until
next week.
The report on ministerial relief was the
first order of the day on the regular
docket.
Rev. DR.. Cattell, secretary of the board
of ministerial relief, made the customary
address in presenting the report and it was
adopted.
A number of overtures asking for a re-
duced assessment were referred to the
committee OH bills and overtures.
The report of DR.. Craven, secretary of
the board of publication and Sunday
school work, shows profit in the business
department in the board for the current
year of $31,146. This is a sum less than
last year by S5653.
The discussion on the report of the COM
mittee on church temperatures proposing
a change in the constitution, placing the
titles to church property in the deacons
chosen from the membership of the church
instead of in trustees, was resumed.
Elder Thomas McDougall wanted the
title of church property vested in the
Presbyterian church itself. He moved the
recommittal of the report with instruc-
tions to the committee to make its report
to the next General Assembly defining the
term church temporalities, and specify
ing exactly the duties and powers OF trus-
tees and deacons.
Judge Robert n. Wilson of Philadelphia
supported the motion to recommit.
Chairman Fox defended the report and
opposed its recommitment. The substi-
tute to recommit was adopted.
The assembly adjourned at l o'clock
until Monday morning at o'clock.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-24

States Commissioners at present holding
Office to expire on June so, 1897.
These were the principal matters in dis
pute. The bill carried total appropria-
ton of S21, $40, S22-less than that of the
bill for the current year by the sum ol
$3.50. 895, and $s44, ,229 less than the esti-
mates. The total was $140,057 less than as
passed by the Senate and $106,972 more
than as passed by the House.
In statement explaining the report
General Bingham showed that the saving
resulting from the changes made in the
bill regarding the fees and salaries OF
United States attorneys and marshals and
United States commissioners would be
more than $750000 year.
After further debate Bingham moved
the adoption of the report. 1t was agreed
to, but before the question was settled
KEN (Pop.) of Nebraska raised the point
of no quorum and Speaker Reed had to
count one.
Sherman (R.) of New York presented
the supplemental report of the conferees
on the Indian appropriation bill agreed to
by the Senate yesterday. The matters
still in dispute were the appropriations for
sectarian schools made by the Senate, the
continuance of the Dawes Indian Commits
sion, the Cherokee outlet money and the
Cherokee old settlers fund.
Sherman moved that the House recede
from its disagreement to the amendment
of the Senate making appropriations for
sectarian schools, and concur therein. Il
was lost.
A resolution was offered by Hainer (R.)
of Nebraska instructing the conferees to
insist upon their disagreement to the
Senate amendment and upon the Linton
provision in the original House bill, and
the previous question was ordered on its
passage.
Against this Fitzgerald (D.) of Massa-
chusetts protested. because it denied him
the opportunity to be heard upon vital
question in behalf of his constituents.
The Speaker raped the young Represen-
tative, whose face was flushed with indig-
nation, to order, TO which he responded
''Mr. Speaker, 1 think 1 am always in
order when voicing the sentiments of the
people of the United States"
The resolution was passed-Ayes 155,
noes 90.
At $50 P. NJ. the House adjourned until
Monday.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-24
CONFERENCE OF MErHoDIsrs.
an Election of officers and the Retire.
naent OF a Bishop.

an Election of officers and the Retire
rncnt or "a Bishop.
CLEVELAND, OHIO, May 23.-Some i'm
portant reports of the committee on epis-
copacy were discussed and adopted by the
General Conference of the Methodist Epis-
copal church this morning. Bishop War
rem presided. These officers were elected:
Treasurer of the missionary societies,
Homer Eaton; assistant treasurer, Louis
Curtis; editor of the Southwestern Chris
tian Advocate, 1. B. Scott, to succeed E.
w. S. Hammond; editor of the Haus und
Herd, +. L. Naylor OF Cincinnati; editor
of the Epworth Herald, J. f. Berry of De-
troit; trustees OF the Methodist church for
eight years, Luke Hitchcock, Lewis Curtis.
John Pearson, G. B. Johnson, J. n. Gam
bier; for four years, j. d. Hearner Will
liam Newklrk, w. f. Boyd.
Bishop William Taylor, the missionary
Bishop TO Africa, was declared non-effec-
tive.
DIR. Buckley, in presenting the report.
said that the committee had carefully
gone into the retirement Of Bishop Taylor.
and had decided that the Metho dist
church could not longer trust its work in
Africa in the hands OF a man so old. 1t
was hard thing TO do, he said, but it
must be done.
IL.
but no attempt was made to prevent il on
the floor. He was recommended to the
generous consideration of the Book Con-
cern.
The report of the committee on episco-
pacy, recommending additional mission
Kynett of Philadelphia. He said the great
work of the church in foreign lands de-
manded more Bishops.
After three hours debate the report was
rejected and it was decided to elect O.
Bishop for Africa only.
Monday morning was fixed as the time
for electing Bishop to Africa.
1t was ecided that the General Confer
ence should adjourn next Thursday at
p. NJ.
The committee on Epworth League of
the General Conference will adopt re-
port providing that fourteen members of
the board OF control OF the league be elected
by the General Conference. Ii adop,e by
the conference it will shut the young
people off from all say in the leagues gov
ernment.
The committee also decided that the
Methodist church should not recognize in
any matter of legislation the Christian
Endeavor societies now existing in the
church or sanction In any manner the
utilization of some of these societies wit b
the Epworth League.
During the debate Rev. DR.. Lewis said
the members of the Christian Endeavor
Society in the Methodist church are rap
idly going to the devil by reason of the
fact that they are. playing cards, dancing,
going to progressive-euchre parties, at
tending theasers and indulging in other
questionable amusements
Four cities are asking for the next gen.
eral conference of the Methodist church
They are Chicago, Kansas City, Ocean
Grove, N. j., and Saratoga, n. Y. Chi
cago has the best chance for the confer
eIce.