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Church Troubles.

The Macedonia Baptist Church troubles
at Hillsdale have reacfted the Police Court,
but there was no trial of the case, for the
reason that no law had been violated, and
the prosecuting attorney thought the case
should be settled in the civil courts.
Warner Waddy and Richard Wright were
complained against by Peter Singleton for
alleged destruction Of private property-re-
moving the lock from The 1oor.
The trouble in the church has been in
vestigated by council of ministers. but
the minority did not accept this action as
final. and the Rev. Mason is still occupying
the pulpit. 1t is said that the case will be
taken into the civil courts.
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The Repetition of the Joke Annoying

From the Lewiston CMe.) Journal
When a prominent Wiscasset man, one
evening not long ago. told an admIring
crowd how, when a boy, he gathered a big
pile of brush for a fire so as to ring The
bell and fool EN-" on the morning OF
April /, but the wind changed and they
didn't dare TO set the fire, but they did ring
the bell Just the same" he felt quite proud
of his youthful exploit. But when, the
next night, which happened to be the an
niversary of his performance, somebody
rang false alarm and got him out of bed
by it, he was SO Indignant that he has Of
fered a reward of $40 for the detection or
the culprits.
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Court of Clafms Judgment.

senator Burrows, from the committee en-
claims. has reported an amendment to the
sundry civil appropriation bill introduced
py Mr.. Harris providing for the allow
ahcs OF several hundred claims reported
~ the Court Of Claims under the Bow
4an act. The claims aggregate about $780,
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anna cannon, through Attorney w. Pres
ION Williamson, today filed a petition for
olvoree from John f. Cannon. The parties
were married at Troy, y. Y, January 4
1876 and Mrs. Cannon charges that bar
~! nus pan, deserted and abandoned her July
-, ioSo. MRS cannon also pfays that she
children, Eva, Emmett and Rupert.
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Denied in Vain.

Eli Jackson, a colored man who believes
in having light was a prisoner in Judge
Miller's court this morning because he stole
lighted lamp from pile Of building ma
terial on Vermont avenue
Il didn't steal the lamp" said Jackson
when l start out to steal I'm going to
steal something better than an old lamp"
He was fined $40 or thirty days in jail,
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No Address.

Carl Weber, a letter carrier, while max
ing his collections yesterday, found a small
lex On the letter box at Sd and c streets
northeast There was no address upon it,
ard so when he reached the Capitol Hill
pest office the box was opened. 1t was
found to contain the dead body of white
male infant The police took charge Of
the body, and removed it TO the police sta
ton. There was no clue to the person who
left the bCX there Coroner Hammett gave
a certificate of death, and the body was
sent to potter's field.
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mass OF delicate machinery, in which, If
one piece gets out of order the whole is
useless. The only thing proven about them
is that if two of them touch each other one
must go down. 1t would be wise to with
hold the untold millions necessary to make
the Union sea power until the gigantic
experiments in the naval line are COM
pleted.
Il want to show the United States flag in
all parts CT the world, too, calculated Mr.
Schurz, in conclusion, but 1 want to see it
TO see it carrying our products, our ideas,
our civilization, and then 1 don't care
whether 1t carries our guns or not
Gen. Howard Loves Manliness
There was great applause when Mr..
Schurz ceased and Gen. o. o. Howard was
introduced by Senator Edmunds as a man
of peace, who knew something about war
as well.
Gen. Howard said he loved manlness
We could never lose anything by a manly
assertion of our national dignity
So far as the navy was concerned. how
ever, there was no necessity for any larger
navy than there was for a larger army
The army and navy were the national po-
lice forces, and the police force of New
York city might as we'll be abolished and
that community expected to be law-abiding
and quiet and peaceful. He was heart and
soul in favor of arbitration, and had given
his whole mind to the work of the confer
ence, and he felt sure that it would be ac-
ccmplished.
One or two other delegates made brief re-
marks, and DR.. Chamberlain announced
that the order of business at the afternoon
session would be the consideration of the
report of the committee on resolutions, and
that the part each delegate would take in
the debate would be limited according to
tie number who expressed their intention
of speaking on the subject. He also an
nounced that the mass meeting tonight at
n he Il
dressed among others, by J. Randolph Tuck
er of Virginia, Bishop keane of the Cath
clio University, President Elliott of Har-
ward College, President Patten of Prince
ton and ]. o. Broadhead Of Missouri.
The Committee of Twenty-Five.
Judge Charles P Daily of New York re-
ported from the committee on permanent
organization the names of twenty-five gen.
tlemen who had been selected as members
of committee to follow up the work of
the conference and provide for the prose
cution of the object desired. They We're as
follows: Charles G. Harrison, Herbert
Welsh ana J. H. Converse of Pennsylvania
Henry Hitchcock of Missouri ]. Randolph
see, ex-Gov Pillsbury of Michigan, Horace
Davis Of California, Alexander P. Hum
phrey of Kentucky, Charles E. Turner of
Louisiana, Simeon E. Baldwin of Connect
cut, Oscar R. Hundley of Alabama, w. II.
Taft of Ohio, VIM. e. Dodge, l.. L. Cham
berlain, John B. Moore, George L. Rives
and Carl Schurz of New York, Lyman J.
Gage, VIM. c. Gray and w. A. Fuller of
Illinois, Chas. Francis Adams, President
Elliott and Edward Atkinson of Massachu-
sets, Josiah Gre shy of Maine, Fleming Du
Bignon of Georgia and Chancellor McGill
of New jersey.
sThe conference then took a recess until J
o'clock this afternoon.
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His EXelusiVeness,

From the Chicago Record.
You don't read novels as much as you
used to. Mr.. Beverly
mo. there are SO few women in fiction
nowadays that are fit to associate with"
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ELOQUENT ON THE THEME.
Addresses by Carl Schurz, Edward At
'kihson and President Angel.


An auditorium probably never held so in
telligent and thoughtful a gathering as
that which assembled in Metzerott's Hall
last night in attendance upon the session
of the international arbitration conference
The representative men from all parts of
the Union who are actively participating
in the deliberations of the body were REIN
forced by hundreds of men and women who
were not less earnest than the delegates in
their desire for such an ameliorating in
fuence on the future relations of nations to
each other as the attainment of the object
Under consideration would exert.
The floor and gallery seats were fully oc-
cupied when ex-senator EdmundS called
the body to order and proceeded to intro
duce President Angel of the University of
Michigan in complimentary terms. When
the presiding officer learned that the order
of speaking had been changed, and that
Mr.. Carl SchurZ would make the first ad-
Dress he declared that everything he had
said about President Angel held good
about Mr.. Schurz.
The Humanity of Arbitration.
The latter's address was a thoughtful and
scholarly dissertation upon the principle of
arbitration. which, history taught. was the
most humane and economical method of
settling International differences. While
admitting that many great and beaefcent
things had resulted from war, the existing
conditions between the civilized nations of
today and the intercourse established be-
tween them largely precluded war as an
agency to be exerted in behalf of salutary
objects. war between civilized nations
today meant general disaster.
!. After describing the object Of the present
movement, which was to make arbitration
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From Truth.

Westerner-"A man can't travel on his
face In this part Of the country"
Easterner-"Oh, yes he can, II he has
enough whiskers on it. Look at PETER"
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Political Notes.

The fourth West Virginia district republi-
can convention met at Huntington yester-
day. There was big fight for instructions
for Mckinley, but the EIkins force were
largely in the majority, and no vote was
taken.
The first Michigan district congressional
convention at Detroit yesterday adopted
strong Mckinley resolutions and elected
David E McCiennity and Freeman b. Dick
erson delegates to the national convention
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Notes of the Conference

Mr. Andrew Carnegie accompanied his re-
grets at his inability to attend the con-
ference with a check for 81 600 toward pay
irg its expenses. A resolution. offered by
John Doliphan Of Missouri, to decline
the contribution because the donor was en-
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Army and Navy Small Enough.

Conference Officers and Commit tees.
The vice presidents of the conference are:
Oscar r. Hundley of Alabama, L. NJ. Rose
of Arkansas, Charles Dudley Warner of
Connecticut N. P. Hill of Colorado, John T.
Valentine of California, w. j. Boardman
of the District of Columbia, Ignatius c.
Giubb of Delaware, V. b. Lamar of Florida
N. ]. Hammond of Georgia, Cyrus H. Nc
Corrick of Illinois, Gov. Claude Matthews
of Indiana, Right Rev. William Stevens
Perry of Iowa, Gov. E. w. Morrill, of Kan
ses, James P. Helm of Kentucky, Charles
E Fenner of Louisiana, Ferdinand c. La
trobe of Maryland, Charles l.. Eliot of Mas
sachusetts, Gov. John j. Rich Of Michigan
Charles A. Pillsbury of Minnesota, Josiah
Crosby of Maine. r. B. Fulton of Missis-
sippi, Henry Hitchcock of Missouri, Guy
William II. De Witt Of Montana, Abram S.
Hewitt of New York, Charles E. Green of
New Jersey, Julian S. Carr of North Caro-
lima B. A kimbal of New Hampshire
Alvin Saunders Of Nebraska, J. w. Adams
of Nevada, H. c. Simmons of North Da-
kota, Daniel p. Fells of Ohio, ID. S. K
Buick of Oregon, H. w. Scott of Oklahoma,
c. c. Harrison of Pennsylvania, Rowland
Bazard of Rhode Island, w. H. Brawley of
South Carolina, Right Rev. w. H. Hare of
South Dakota, Richard B. Hubbard of
Texas, d. M. Key of Tennessee, George
O. Cannon of Utah, U. A. Woodbury. of
Vermont, William NJ Thornton of Virginia,
Gov John H. McGraw of Washington Gov
w. A. McSOrkle OIL west virginia, Samuel
D. Hastings of Wisconsin and Gov w. A.
Richard of Wyoming. The secretaries are
John Joy Edison of this city, Dr. Josiah
Strong of New York and w. r. Thompson
Of Pittsburg.
The committees of the conference are as
follows:
observation-disclosures B. Angel of Michigan.
J. B, Moore of New York, Horace White of
New York Henry Hitchcock Of Missouri, ].
L. M. Curry of Washington, z. W. Batch
ford of Illinois, Charles E. Green of New
Jersey, G. S. Hale of Massachusetts, N. j.
Hammond Of Georgia, Henry H IngersolI
of Tennessee, John A Kasson of Iowa.
William Lawrence of Ohio, Joseph Packard
of Maryland, John ]. Valentine of Califor-
MIA and J. NJ. Woolworth Of Nebraska.
Order of business-Rev. L. T. Chamber
lain of New York, Cyrus Mccormick of
Connecticut, J. L. Billings of Pennsylvania,
w. B. Payne of Boston and j. c. Norris of
New Orleans.
Notes of the Conference.
Mr. Andrew Carnegie accompanied his re-
grets at his inability to attend the con-
ference with a check for 81 600 toward pay
irg its expenses. A resolution, offered by
John DOliDfan 0f Missouri to dao,na
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the civil service commission and the higher
officials of the departments favor the
scheme as If that should have any weight
in determining whether it should become a
law and be enforced. Has this commission
or these higher officials any interest in
the matter? Do they contribute any of the
money to create or sustain the fund?
I'm reply TO Mr.. Campbell of the War
Department, l will say that the figures
given in my communication to The Star of
the 9th instant were not my figures but
those Of Mr.. Mortimer of the Post Office
department, an advocate of the measure
therefore. there Is nothing unfair about
them SO far as am concerned; only I do
not think they have been accepted, if T
understand the scope Of the Tawney BILL
+ History of 1t.
An interesting contribution to this gen.
eral subject is the followiLg communication
on the history of the retirement idea, which
comes from an old clerk:
Feeling diff1dent about troubling you on
much-worn subject, but knowing that 1t
may be interesting to many of your readers
the writer ventures to give you the genesis
of the plan to retire civil service employees
Mr.. Collamer Of Vermont, years ago. whilst
ne vas the Postmaster General, partially
pI epared plan; but it was never thorough
ly formulated. In 1877, at the request of
Mr.. Cox of New York-'Sunset'-the writer
drew bill to legalize such measure Mr.
Cox was heartily in favor of it and devoted
much time to its development; but the bill
was never introduced nor printed. He gath
cred many statistics, and, after he died, a
number of elaborate documents bearing
upon the subject were found in his effects
In 1891 the writer had long correspond
ence with the late George William Curtis
On the subject. He was as enthusiastic
about 1t as a man could well be, but his
death put an end to his efforts.
The latest statistics, brought together in
1881. showed that that fiscal year So, CTS, 26O
were, appropriated to pay 1888 government
clerks in Washington city. Their pay
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1896-01-31
Keepan's Latest Story,

PROVIDENCE, Jan 81. - Lawrence c.
Keegan, who was last week sentenced for
the murder of Mrs Emily Chambers, and
had previously stated he had never known
Mrs. Chambers nor Mrs. Laird, whom, it
is claimed, he attempted to murder few
days before the disappearance of Mrs.
Chambers, now states that he knew Mrs.
Chambers and was with her the day be-
fore she disappeared He also acknowl-
edged that he went on the Fall River boat
with Mrs. Laird, us she testified, but
claims he was hired by her husband, the
plan being to ship her out of the coun-
try" on IL sailing vessel from Fall River.
This testimony, damaging to the appeal
for new trial. has been submitted to the
attorney general
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Many Narrow Escapes.

ST. JoHNsBURY Vt, Jan. VA fire
started in IL room at the Avenue House at
43O yesterday, and spread with great
rapidity throughout the hotel, some guests
barely escaping with their lives, 7. @.
Spencer was burned about the hands and
face, in escaping. G. D. Bagley cut his
hands in breaking the window and COM
ing down on a rope. The Avenue House
burned to the ground in about three
hours. 1t WAS valued at $4,000. FL. l..
Doyle, the landlord, lost $780, The first
floor of the Avenue House was rented to
GtOrnS
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Minus an Office.

NASHUA, n. H., Jan. 29-The city gov
eminent last night held sensational
meeting, during which City Solicitor
Wason was removed from office, although
his party, Republican, has an overwheln-
ingly majority. The opposition to Wason
was the claim that he held too many Off
ces. His resignation as member of the
board of education was ignored, the office
being declared vacant
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Big Rally Promised.

Boston, Jan. 25-The arrangements for
Christian Endeavor day rally of Massa-
chusetts societies next Thursday are Off
cially announced today. Bishop Arnett
of Wilberforce O., will speak in the even
ing. The other speakers will be Rev. Dr.
G. A Dickinson of Boston, Rev. DR.
French of Maiden, Rev. q. H, Johnson of
Lowell, Rev. DIR. f. E. Clark Rev. DIR.
Wayland Hoyt of Philadelphia aud Mrs.
f. E. Clark. Mr.. Somerby will lead the
chnrnS
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The final score was: Emanuel Lasker
won l1H, lost 81; w. Steinitz won 91S.
lostsN; H. H. Pillsbury won 8, lost 10;
M. Tsch gorin won z, lost II.
The ST. Petersburg Chess club had the
following expenditures in carrying out the
tournament: To Lasker total in purse,
$3.50; to Steinitz, 1870; Pillsbury, 1896;
Tsehigorin, $235. Travelling expenses to
the first three named players, 5000; hotel
and other expenses for the players. 5000;
sundries, 800 Total, $3040
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Succeeded In Killing Himse,f

Boston, Jan. 29.-John Poulin, aged AZ,
attempted to murder his wife last night
at their home in Edgerly place, and ihen
shot himself, dying almost instantly.
Poulin was jealous of his wife He fired
four shots at her, taking effect in the
neck, the left arm and in each side, then
turned and shot himself in the mouth
His wife was taken to the city hospital,
and will probably live.
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Bolts Was Rad.

NASHUA, N H., Jan. 25.-During dis
pute at Hotel Dexter, yesterday. j. A
Bolts, a colored member of w. S. Cleve-
lands MINISTRIES, attacked E, @. Royal,
another colored member, with razor
Bolts was knocked down. He then Sc
cured revolver and threatened to kill
Royal, He was placed under arrest
Royal had interfered with Bolts torment
ing of a boy in the company.
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Hub Sues Contractors.

Boston, Jan. % -Civil suits have been
begun in the superior court by the city
government against Collins & Ham, con-
tractors, to recover a considerable sum
of money alleged to have been overpaid
for work and materials. This investi ga
ton may bring out much new matter in
addition to that elected by the investiga-
ton which was suddenly stopped just
when public interest was most profound
in the inquiry
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Dwight Moody's Mother Dead.

NoRTHFIELD, Mass, Jan. %. Mrs.
Betsy Holton Moody, mother of Dwight
Lyman Moody, the famous Evangelist,
died yesterday morning at fer home, aged
DO About week ago she contracted
slight cold, but was about the house until
Saturday morning, when she was COM
PEELED to remain in bed. She failed
rapidly from then until her death
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Arbitration Aoo.ntahI..

MARLBORO, Mass, Jan. %. - Several
,hos manufacturers in this city have petit
toned the state board Of arbitration for
,beir services, as a result Of the recent con-
,roversy here in relation to wages paid.
T,bs employees Of the various firms have
.I.o agreed to allow the matter to 20 be-
fore the board
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Becoming Common In Boston.

Boston, Jan. 27.-Mrs. Ida kinncar of
South Boston died Saturday under sus-
picious circumstances, and Emma Il.
Swan, alias DR.. K nina l.. Huntley, is
under arrest for alleged alpractce. The
deceased is the mother of two children,
and lived apparently happily with her
husband. A nurse employed by Mrs.
Swan is held as "a witness A charge of
manslaughter will probably be brought
against Mrs Swan
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Inve-tigating Infant's Death.

AMEsBURY, Mass. Jan. %. - Medical
Examiner Hurd and Drs. Cooper and
Adams performed an autopsy on the body
of the 6-weeks-old son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Ash, who was found dead in bed
yesterday. While the child's organs were
In healthy state. there were evidences of
lack of food. A further analysis of the
Ttomach has been ordered.
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Death Roll OF Fifty-si1.

CARDIFF. Wales. Jan. 29.-The explors-
zion of the coal mine near Tylerstown,
which was wrecked Monday. has been COM
Dleted, and it is found that the total num-
Der Of killed amounts 70 %.
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CHESS TOURNEY ENDED.

Emanuel LasIser Comes Out First In the
Great Contest.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 28.--Dr Lasker
has been declared the winner in the inter
national chess tournaments in which
Messrs. Pillsbury, Steinitz and Tschi-
gorin, besides himself. took part.
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THE NEGRO IN AMERICAN MUSIC.
A Characteristic EIe That Will
Found a school.
Philadelphia Record.

Philadelphia hecOIU.
The New York Age is authority for the
statement that Mrs. Jeanette NJ. Tnurber,
the founder of the American Conservatory
of Music, has been Sc impressed with DR..
Dvorak's ideas concerning the development
al value Of the negro '-spirituals' as founda-
lions for true American music that she will
found a special scDSJl for the encourage
ment and study OF negro music. The Age
further declares that the proposed school
will be conducted by. as well as for. ne
groes, and will have a large permanent
a pupil of DR.. Dvorak. This project is the
most Important result yet noted as following
the great Bohemian composers recent So
Df. Antonin Dvorak came to this country
as the confessed Champion IF a new school
Of American music. Soon after mis- arrived he
composed his now weli-knoWn American
symphony In r minor, From the New
World" This symphony is the crystalliza-
tion of Dvorak's impressions of what he
considers the native element in American
tine sole exemplihcation of MS the
CRY that there is a sufficient basis in
the indigenous music of America to serve
as q foundation for a new and distinctly ma
tional school. His method was not to treat
reflect the unique spirit of the music of the
new world. Thus he chose the syncopated
rote, SO prominent in such songs as the
Old Folks at Home and also the penta-
tonic phrasing. Objections have been urged
against this procedure on the ground that
the "Old Folks ar Hcne.' and many of the
InCSl pOpuidl cO-NdltCQ iclOulc were
not written by negroes at all, but by Steph-
en- j. Foster, the Pennsylvania song writer.
Then. too. ii is claimed that the phrasing is
as mucl Scotch as American. A tender por-
ton OF the symphony describes Hiawatha's
wooing, and DR.. Dvorak has promised us
an Indian opera on Longfellow's theme.
In a recent article on Music in America, I"
In Harper's Magazine. Dvorak thus COM
mentei on his own theory:
"A while ago / suggested that inspiration
for truly National music might be derived
from the negro melodies or Indian chants.
1 was led to take this view partly by the
fact that the so-called plantation songs are
indeed the most striking and appealing mel
oiies that have yet been found on this side
OF the water. but largely by the observation
that this seems TO be recognized. though
often unconscicusly, by most Americans.
. = q The most potent. as we'll as the
most beautiful, among them. according to
my estimation. are certain of the So
called plantation melodies and slave songs.
all of which are distinguished by unusual
and subtle harmonies, the like of which
/ have found in no other songs but those
of old Scotland and Irela1d."
Whatever criticism may be made in or
position 10 Dvorak's rythmical ard fgural
theories. there can be little doubt that Amer
lean music has much To gain in the devel-
opment OF the Ethiopian spirit In song and
symphony.