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M'GIFFORT CONDEMNED.
His History Of Christianity Before h
General Assembly.

Winona Lake, Ind. May 25.-The
much discussed book. "A History of
Christianity in the Apostolic Age" by
Prof. A. c. McGiffort OF the New York
presbytery. vas put before the general
assembly of the Presbyterian church
to-day. The case of DR.. McGiffort
came before the general assembly late
this afternoon on reports from the
committees on bills and overtures. OF
these there were three, the majority
and two minority reports. The first ad-
vises that the assembly take no action.
but Ii leaves IL to Professor McGiffort
to explain his position or retire from
the Presbyterian ministry. The first
minority report desires that the matter
be referred TO the presbytery of New
York for action and settlement. The
second minority report recommends no
action. but condemns the
teachings of the New York professor.
The minority report. which was pre-
scented by Rev. DIR. Sheldon jackson.
first recites the overture from the pres
bytery OF Pittsburg. calling the atten-
ton of the assembly to the alleged here
tic teachings contained in Professor Nc
efforts volume Of the international
theological library.
The majority report was signed by
- members OF the committee. the first
minority report by six and the second
minority report by one member. The
reports were ordered printed and the
subject was ordered the first business for
Friday afternoon. Minneapolis was
chosen as the meeting place for next
years assembly.
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and al the latter leaped to his feet the
negro closed In .on him and beat him on
the heod with the butt of his rife until
the stock of the weapon broke and the
sailor lay senseless. The people tina wit
messed the AFFAIR made no attempt to in
terfere and Kitchen escaped.
Sheriff Knight organized a posse and
spent the night in pursuit Of Kitchen. He
was found in a lot early his morning,
but dashed into a doorway and escaped
through the house. The direct cause of the
shooting is uncertain. but II is said TO
have been Kitchens jealousy of his
wife.
The victim of the second crime was
John ]. Dorsey. a reputable machinist of
Manato. Fla, about IS years of age. He
was found dead early this morning in a
vacant lot near the Key West hotel Fol-
lowing a lively drinking bout in a tav-
ern a few yards from the lot where his
body was found. Dorsey left the place and
was followed by Charles Wallace. a
coachman. and leader Of the bottle
gang" an organization of Key West
toughs. Nothing was seen of the two men
until the body was found this morning
with the money gone.
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The Orccon's Great Record.

Washington. May 25.-The Pacific
coast contingent in Washington can
not contain their enthusiasm over the
remarkable performance of the battle
ship Oregon. Representative Hilborn
called at the navy department to verify
the news of the ships arrival. and he
found the officers were fully disposed
to agree with him in all that he had
to say as to the Oregon's great record
He says this performance has silenced
forever the congressional critics of bat
tleships who had declared no battle
ship had ever or would cross the At
lantic. for the Oreeon's run was
fraught with more peril and involved
straightaway stretches of greater
length than the Atlantic passages in
any season.
The locating of the Oregon came
about in a peculiar way by means Of
beach watchers. who are on the alert
for the approach Of hostile ships.
beach patrols continue night and
day. and last night the patrol was
rewarded by sighting the big Ameri-
can battleship. Signaling was begun
by the use of torches. and in this
way messages to and from the bat
tleship were exchanged through the
night
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CERvERA'S INSTRUCTIONS.
To Avoid an Engagement and Ravage the
AtIantfc Coast.

AtI0ut1c SO6et.
New York, May Pa special to the
World from Quebec says: Senior Polo,
before sailing from Quebec for Europe,
confided to a friend the original inten-
lions of Admiral Cervera's squadron. 1t
appears that the Spanish fleet, being
acknowledged to be unable to meet the
American vessels, was to void il and to
cause all the damage 1t could to the
American coast. Among other places to
be bombarded was Portland, and an at
tempt was to be made to blow up a
powder mill near that place. Senior Polo
succeeded in making satisfactory ar
rangements for the coaling of the feet,
but the agreement was broker owing
TO the American influence in the coa
concern and the news of this fact drove
the Spaniards from their original inten-
ton of touching at Cape Breton and
made them take refuge at Santiago de
Cuba. Since then the Spanish fleet has
left on its Journey to Cadiz.
SPANS tactics will be to trust to fever
n the terrible expenses daily incurred
by the American government, n she
will not risk a repetition of the Manila
disaster. I'm the fall" the late ambas-
sador said. Spain win abandon Cuba,
after having made her enemy pay dear
ly for the victory"
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MUST KEEP THE ISLANDS.
various Plans Proposed for the Govern
ment of the Philippines.

ETOVOsfu . NUe NONeTn.
mens Of the Philippines.
New York. May 25.-A special to the
Herald from Washington says: Major
General Merritt. who is to go TO the
P~hiiippine islands as military governor,
Is 10 govern them as under martial law.
There is very little doubt tina they will
be permanently held by the United
states. In view of the Jealousy among
European nations, many senators and
representatives think 1t would be diff
cult to relinquish the islands In view
OF his conclusion some consideration Is
being given for the islands when the
war Is ended, and the extension of the
territorial system OF the United States
to the Philippines. as IL may be many
years before its inhabitants will be ca
pable of self-government.
The proposition that seems TO meet the
most favor Is to have the government
Of the island administered by a board
OF three commissioners. to be
OF W civilians and n officer OF the
United States army. as In the District
of.Columbia. When the umb in the
islands increases sufficiently. a limited
form OF popular government might be
introduced, to be expanded in the fu-
ture.
Tariff taxes are TO be collected by mill
tary authority and are to be turned into
the treasury of the United States. Az
the war progresses the same system of
collecting taxes is to be applied to such
Spanish territory as may be occupied,
thus compelling conquered territory to
aid in defraying h expenses of the
war.
Until such time as congress shall take
action formally annexing the Philippines
or any other conquered Spanish terri
tory to the United States. all goods COM
ing from such territory will be taxed at
United States customs houses just the
same as goods from other countries.
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Jerry Wants Ia Fight,

Topeka, Kan, May 25.-CongreSsman
Jerry Simpson wants to go to war as
colonel of a Kansas regiment. Imme-
diately after the publication to-day of
President McKinley's call for additional
volunteers. Congressman Simpson teIe-
graphed to Governor Leedy. asking for
authority 10 raise a regiment. n ask
ing for a commission as its colonel. Gov
ernor Leedy is out of town and what
his answer viii be is not known. II is
probable that Congressman Simpsons
request will be granted. Mr.. Simpson
was renominated for z last week
by the populists of his district.
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Hawarden. May 25.-The remains of Mr..
Gladstone were removed this morning
from Hawarden castle TO the village
church. They were carried by half a
dozen old retainers of the family on a
bier on wheels. on which they were taken
over the lawn. past the favorite hooks of
the deceased in the park. followed by the
family. Thousands of people nave been
arriving at Hawarden all day To view the
remains. Several ladies tainted from ex-
cess of emotion when passing the bier and
many men and women dropped on their
knees and silently prayed. The body
starts for London at s O'Clock this even
ing
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A REIGN OF TERROR.
Citizens of key West Want Daartiai Law
Declared.

Key West. Fla. May 25.-Key West is
suffering from a reign of terror. Two
murders were committed during the
night and the best citizens feel that I'M
less the town Ii promptly put under mar
law a state of riot may prevail any
moment.
The police force consists of three men.
and with streets and grog shops infested
with turbulent jackies. negroes and
roughs Of many classes. the danger to
the respectable classes is no mean one. In
consequence of last nights bloodshed
Commander Forsythe has already asked
for a guard of IS marines to protect the
naval station and government dock and
strong efforts are being made by citizens
to have martial law declared
While William Carne. a seaman on the
gunboat Morrill,. and Vladimir
Ichnitski. a sailor on another gunbcat.
were sitting In a Cuban coffee shop last
night Charles Kitchen. a local negro. APP
preached. bearing a rifle on his shoulder.
and without a word of warning he aimed
Il at the sailors and fired One shot struck
the Russian on the back Of the neck. in
fiicting a wound from which he died at
the hospital a few hours later.
A second shot grazed Carne's forehead.
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London. May Pa special dispatch
from Madrid. via Biarritz. says: There
has been IN active exchange Of dis
patches between the government and
the authorities at Havana n San
Juan de Porto Rico on the subject OF
sending coal and provisions to Santi-
ago de Cuba. 1t is alleged tina Ad-
miral Cervera has wired. confirming
the report that Santiago de Cuba Is
cut off from communication with the
interior by strong bands of insurgents.
and that in consequence coal and pro-
visions are getting scarce and dear"
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A ROUSiNG CELEBRATION.
Great Falls Preparing for a Fourth to Bs
~emembered

Special Dispatch 10 the Standard
Great Falls. May ga few of the act
i've business men of the city met az the
district court room this evening 10 make
preparations for a Fourth Of July cele-
bration which should BE- In keeping with
the time. w. II. Dickinson acted as pre-
siding officer and J. NJ. Burlingame.s jr..
as secretary.
After a general discussion OF the mat
ter an executive committee to have en-
tire power TO appoint subcommittee and
the like was named. IL was made up Of
the following: r. George Bennett. a
Smith. Dan Tracey. - w. Goodale. r. T..
Morrow. Fred Young. NJ. A. F1.gman.
Professor r. V. Marine. G. l. Herzog. III.
HI. Mstttson. j. ". Richardson. j. r.
Stanford. W. II. Dickinson. sam French.
G o. jerks. 3 r. Jensen. r. Rechle. J.
a. Sweet. 4. II. Clark. :. Atk nson. q. q.
Robbin. ~. Il. Mitchell. W. NJ. Doe.
Charles Wegner. W IL. Clarke. J. "A.
Hall r. J. Fitzgerald. J.. NJ. Buringame.
L. Glab. +. w. Webster. II. o. Chowen.
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FROM hutntng Debris.
From the San Diego Sun.
There are some men in this world who
have to toll for a mere apology for q
living-and then there are others. One
of these latter is Mr.. Luce of Cargo
Muchacho. Luce's experience reads like
a For 20 years he has knocked
o the coast. on the desert. in the
mountains. prospecting and mining. n
finally, by hard work and the closest
economy. managed to scrape together a
few hundred dollars.
One day. on the shores of the Color
ado. some 20 miles north of Yuma. he
met an old Mexican. who told him Of a
deserted mine some ten miles back from
the river. and seven miles north Of
Hedges. Luce's interest was aroused.
and he visited that mine, to find there
an abandoned 20-stamp mill which had
pounded away for many years. and in-
ally shut down. He then learned the
story. The mill was on leased ground.
The lessee had mined the property on
shares and had done fairly well, AL
though the ore was not entirely free
milling. One day the vein was -pinched
out" The mine man was sure he Rad
simply lost the lead. and that IL was
there all right. but the owners refused
to put up a cent to help him find 1t
again. and. tired of living on the desert.
he threw up the whole business and left
Luce examined the property and dis
covered that there was a small noun
tain of tailings. the Accommodations of
years, piled up behind the mill He
tested these tailings with cyanide. Then
he measured the pile roughly. and es-
timated there was over 100. go tons of
the stuff there. That night he wrote
to the president of the company in New
York city. offering them 10 cents per
ton for the tailings on a basis OF 100.-
900 tons. The president read the letter.
n ..--..~A - .-Iu~A - Af>~&-
tors together. They read the letter.
looked wise. tapped their foreheads sig
~nifcantly and laughed to each other.
This poor fellow Luce should be
called Goose" said one.
Deserts proved too much for him
probably gone daft" observed another.
Not one of them thought those tall
ings were worth anything. and they had
almost entirely forgotten that old mine
out on the Colorado desert. But they
answered the letter. telling Luce to 90
ahead.
This was in April of last year. On
receipt of the letter Luce Immediately
about 500 OF his own and his friends
money. hen he hired 10 Mexicans
and Indians and began work on those
tailings. The other day some repre-
%sentatives of the mine company were
returning from San Francisco. and.
passing through the desert, Thought
they would visit the mine.
How are your" a Luce Glad
to see you. BY the way. we might as
we'll fix up our little account now As at
any time and so saying he threw the
astonished Gothamites a check for $10.-
600. Then he explained hat in b e nine
months he had been running the cyan
ide plant he had leaned up $4,000 and
that there was plenty of tailings in sight
to net him $500. 900 within three years.
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GREAT NEWS EXPECTED.
II Is Impossible for Admiral Cervera to
Escape Our Fleets,

New York, May Pa special to the
Times from Washington says: Letters
from Key West convey the impression
that about everything that can steam,
sail or be towed has been forced into
the service to assist Admiral Sampson
and Commodore Schley to box up Ad-
miral Cervera and force him to give
battle If he has not escaped. Not a
word has been received except by way
OF roundabout points, the newspaper
correspondents having been put on their
honor not to give limitations of opera
lions that can assist the enemy in the
slightest degree.
One cabinet officer, who expressed the
greatest eagerness to hear from Samp-
son and Schley, n who has no doubt
that the news, when ii comes, will be
great" admitted to-day that the out
side limit of time in which it was ex-
pected hat the vessels of the United
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Immediate Action.

London, May 25.-The Madrid CORE
spondent of the Daily Mai saws: OF
fetal cablegram from Cuba confirm
the report that Admiral Sampson and
Commodore Schley, with their COM
bined squadrons. are now in front of
Santiago de Cuba, blockading Admiral
Cervera. Ministers consider hat San
tiago possesses sufficient defense to
render null and void any aggressive
action the Americans nay take. The
position of ms American squadron will
cause h government to take immedi-
ate action, though it is unknown as yet
what form this action will take"
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For Honolulu.

San Francisco. May 25.-Adjutant
General Barrett received a request this
morning for $50 officers and men of the
naval battalion. Fifty men and three
officers will go on board the Mohican,
which is destined for Honolulu. The
others will go out or board the three
tugs which are being fitted out for serv-
Ice on this coast. A request for So men
of the signal corps to go to Manila also
came this morning and General Barrett
b busy seeing IL he has enough men
qualified to serve In this capacity.
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warrants Turned Over.
al Dispatch 10 the Standard.

Special Dispatch 10 the Standard.
Boise. May 25-Treasurer Wernicke Of
Lincoln county arrived here to-day with
$4,000 of that county's warrants. which
he paid to satisfy the Judgment secured
by Blaine county against Lincoln in the
suit growing out OF the county division.
The warrants were at once sent to
Blaine's county seat. Haley. This was
the last move in the famous litigation.
covering a period Of several years. IL was
the biggest judgment ever settled in
Idaho
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Salt Lake. May 25.-Two troops of
volunteer cavalry from Montana ar
rived in this city to-day en- route last.
The train was composed Of two freight
cars. seven stock cars, w baggage
cars and SIX coaches, and cache the
Rio Grande Western depot at 1:40 this
afternoon. There were 200 horses and
40 men. The two troops came from
Butte and Missoula, Mont.
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Manila Is Tranquil.

London, May ga dispatch to the
Times from Hong Kong to-day says:
Manila Is tranquil. Foreign cruisers
have united upon concerted action for
protection of foreigners in any emerg-
ency. Aguinaldo, the in%surgent leader.
landed at Cayite May 10. The insur-
gents being without firearms, are de-
laying the proposed attack ON the gar
rison of Manila.
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CERVERA AT ClENFUEGOS.

Copyright 1898 by Associated Press.
Cape Haytien. Hayti. May pa ru-
NOR which cannot be confirmed is cir
culating here to the effect that the
Spanish Cape Verde squadron under
Admiral Cervera, generally understood
to be at Santiago de Cuba. is now at
C~ienfuegos-
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win Float stars and stripes.

San Francisco. May 25.-The Zea-
landi will be prepared to sail with
the rest of the transports. When she
sails next II will be with the stars
and stripes at her masthead. Captain
Howard will lose no time In dis
charging the vessel and preparing for
accommodation OF troops. II is expect
ed she will be ready to sail inside OF a
week.
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NJ p. Phillips. r. p. Ford. - R4UBUun.
J. A. Collins. Frank Coomba- V1n1uu
Cockerell. ". Brunneil. q = H9wG1w
ID. w. Newman. NJ. Strain n O. c..
The meeting then adjourned after -
ting Friday evening at the council chaU-
Der as the date and place for i'm ncxt -
sion. 1t Is the intention to make the CON
ing celebration one that win be remem-
bered In the history OF the city.
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president, said after he came out of the
white house:
From the present outlook, / do not
expect to see h Monterey in these
waters again In 10 years II IL be-
comes a matter of deciding whether
troops shall be first hurried to Manila
or to Cuba. they will go to the former,
as the situation there is vastly more
critical"
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st. Louis. May 5-Kearney SPIEL.
known all over the country Is a .lervy
bridge jumper. dived fro n The merchants
bridge into the Mississippi rive- to-day
and escaped nhurt. The distance was
lbs feet. and the fact th1t uhe river was
very high and running with drif: wood
made the feat more peri ~. Dnty ihrte
persons were present. one II ;nen bel ls
a newspaper man.
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F,rebux., C.~nrdl, ". "a.

The police were this morning nves-
tigating a report that some miscreant
had attempted to set fire to a residence
in the Parrot addition and hat a blaze
was started. but was discovered and
put out before IL had gained any head
way. The name of the family occupy
ing the residence could not be learned
An attempt was made by Detective
Murphy and Officer Mathews to cap
ture the firebugs. but without sue
cess
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San Francisco. May 25.-The British
collier Ming Chau has arrived In port
with a cargo of coal from Puget
Sound. The government has been ne
%gotiating for the charter of the collier
for several days. and II is possible that
she and her cargo may be sent to the
assistance OF Dewey's fleet. A big
cargo OF coa already purchased by
the government has arrived here on
the Peter Jebsen. which may also go
to Manila.
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Didn't Threaten Dewey.

Berlin. May 25.-It is semi-oficiany
denied there is any truth in the story
from Manila regarding the German
consul threatening Dewey for not per-
hitting h landing of provisions from
German ships.
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from states (first call). 1885, 900 men:
three cavalry regiments at large. 1900
men,: 10 infantry regiments United
States volunteers (immunes). 10000: en-
gineers at large. $500: volunteers called
for to-day. 5000. This makes a total Of
27S, 500 men.
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Couldn't Find Time.

Washington. May 25.-General Gros-
venor. chairman Of the republican eau
Gus of the house uf representatives. said
to-day, after the adjournment of the
house. hat no caucus on the Hawaiian
question would be held this week. as a
majority of the republican members
could not find time for a meeting before
Tuesday next.
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Key West. May 25.-The associated
press dispatch boat Dauntless arrived
to-day from off Havana, and reports
the situation remains unchanged on the
blockade from Cardenas. east of Ma
.tanzas. to Mariel. west of Havana. The
lights at MORO castle AVE ceased to
burn at night.
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AN UGLY AFFAIR.
Sailors and Marines Threaten to Lynch
The Negroes.

Sailors and Marines Threaten to Lynch
the Negroes.
Key West. May %. 9:45 p. m.-What
threatens to develop into an ugly af-
fair, IL not a %lynching, occurred to-
night, and at this writing the situa-
ton is decidedly serious.
A report was circulated this evening
that a marine had been she and killed
by a negro from a second story win
dow. Nobody seemed to know what
had become of the victim or his ssail-
ant, but the eport has reached the
sailors and marines, the latter of
whom were enjoying their first days
liberty since arriving here, and they
formed a linz and marched to the jail.
Sheriff Knight met them at the door
and parleyed. assuring them that the
negro was not in custody. The nva-
ders drew off a short distance and Sc
lected two bluejackets and one marine
to go through the Jail. The sheriff
was powerless to resist n made no
attempt. Twelve negroes were found
In the Jail, but as the identity of the
supposed murder was a mystery the
party was halted.
Some of the more turbulent spirits
suggested a lynching of a negro on
general principles, but upon the sheriff
IN " iIlu III DIVuutt tlt as
s~ailant, if the story were true. the party
left and secured the town in the hope
of coming % their victim. The feel
ing among the jackies and marines
against the negro population is intense,
aggravated by last nights ARRAY.
IL p. m.-While returning from the Jail
the party met another Jackie" who
thought he could identify the supposed
murderer. Another march on the Jail
followed, and the nan looked over the
colored prisoners, but failed to identify.
There were some cool heads among the
marchers, and they advised giving the
sheriff a chance to get Kitchen and two
other suspected negroes named kidd
and Spencer. Commodore Remey, who
is in command of all the military forces,
issued an order at 10 O'Clock to lave all
the marines taken int camp and the
sailors to their ships. Squads of the
men from the camps n ships were
sent out to bring them in.