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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-09-14
CONFERENCE LOVE FEAST.

In the beautiful Sabbath quiet OF
Yesterday morning the tent at
9 o'clock was nearly filled with
preachers and laymen come to partlc-
mate in the conference love-feast'
Rev. Jacob Tanner who has been a
member OF the conference for thirty
eight years had charge Of the meet
Ing. After bread and water had been
passed around the relating OF health
full religious experiences Of the past
wear we're interspersed with the sing
ing of appropriate songs. No costa,
tically emotional spirit pervaded the
gathering but all seemed to be I'M
bued with a deep religious, fraternal
spirit. Father H. Fiegenbaum, the
nestor of the conference, touchmgly
told how this had been the fifty-third
successive conference love-feast he
had attended.
BISHOP MERRILL BREACHES.
About ten o'clock crowds OF people
came pouring in from town. and from
the neighboring country and towns
lin the 40x60 tent was filled to over
flowing. Rev. John Kracher, presid
ing elder of the Enterprise district
presided at preaching service begin
ming at 1890 o'clock. Rev. Henry }
Duecker a visiting brother OF TN
Southwest Kansas conference, clio
ouently pronounced the opening
ing PRAYER. Prof. J, H. Asling o
Central Wesleyan college read
Scripture lesson in German and DR.
f. S. Havighorst Of Mt Pleasant Ger
; man college read one in English. In
well trained conference double quar-
tette then effectively rendered a song
Thereupon Bishop S. M. Merrill I
I D.. LII. d.. arose and preached a yer
I; clear and powerful sermon on "Ih
Q Man Of Nazareth, the Divine Teacht
n Sent Of Cod His discourse shove
& great fund Of knowledge on Il
T. subject and a remarkable grasp
e thought. His style was clear an
e simple yet forceiul and pungent' II
T. expression of his deep thoughts left
e profound impression upon the who
, large audience.
ORDINATION SERVICE.
At three o'clock the large crow
had again returned to see the sOlem
Is " sacred ordination ceremoni'
'e After the bishop had carefully c
u planned the meaning and import
the deacons' elders and bishops {
der, he, assisted by several OF
i. prominent brethren ordained b.
. Wagner, G. G. Rheinhardt, A.
NJ Rocker. S. NJ. Buechner and W.
D, wolstemeyer to deacons' order a
IN II. Z. Rampel to elders order.
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,yan PROSPERITY IN THE WEST.

DR.. W. Koeneke, president OF the
trustee board Of Central Wesleyan
college, then spoke to the conference
in the interest Of education.
LAY ELECTORAL CONFERENCE.
The Lay Electoral conference met
in the Academy chapel. Of their
temporary organization G. Hoffman
was elected chairman, j. D. LANCE
secretary. Committees on credentials
and resolutions were appointed BY
the chairman. They then discussed
various church matters which the
committee on resolutions should In
corporate in their resolutions, these
serving as instructions to the dele
gates to the general conference linen
they adjourned till this afternoon
EDUCATIONAL MEETING.
Circumstances necessitated the in
terchanging Of the of the program o
last evening with that Of the previou
evening. Accordingly the education
al program was given last night il
the tabernacle with Rev. G. j. KalI
! Of Cameron, Mo-, as presiding officer
On the platform there were the lead
inc educators Of the conference. U
Enterprise Normal Academy ther
we're Professors H. L. Humfeld. "
G. Baab and R. Barg; of Centr'
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Rattle Of San Juan

will be one Of the features Of the
Corn Carnival at Atchison' Sl'SS
for round trip via Santa Fe }, route,
Tickets on sale Sept. 20 and H. good
for return Sept. %, 1899,
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@CONfBRfNCB ENDS.
BISHOP MERRILL MAKES Ar
p0INTMENTS.
Interesting Sunday Services at the
West German Methodist Confer J,
sncs at Enterprise -Epworth
League Meeting.

Special to the Reflector -
ENTERPRISE, Sept. S.-owlng 10
the sudden change Of the weather.
the missionary meeting last night
was held in the church instead OF IN
the tent. Rev. W. 7. Smith, D. d.
corresponding secretary Of the mis-
.sionary society, delivered the ADDRESS a. 81
His theme was: Christ the World
wide Redeemer." In his peculiarly
sorce,ul manner he showed how Christ
belonged to no people or age but 10
ali nations and ages and came W
earth to bring universal atonemen'
to humanity. The incessant prsacn'
inc Of such gospel, be said' was the
secret of the marvellous growth OF
Metbodism. Then he indicated now
ne ministers Of the gospel going
forth imbued with this great thought
and with the consciousness Of 'ne
over nresent Christ were bringing
christianity to all the lands OF the
earth. Hereupon Dr. Smith proceeded
to indicate how the principle was De-
inc carried out in the Methodist
church.
IN SIXTEEN TONGUES.
In our own country the Missionary
society is preaching the gospel in SIX
teen different tongues. OF the $685.
100000 which have been received
since the society was founded $lo'-
600. 900 or As per cent has been eS-
neuded for the work in the onl'ea
States. In passing he paid a hlsn
tribute to the stability and integrity
of the German character. tie also
said that the German Methodlst'
we're more liberal than their Amer
can brethren in so much as they paid
thirty cents per capita more to mis-
sions and it was very gratifying tf
learn from him that. the Enterprise
district in this respect was ahead o
any other district in German Metno
dism. After this the speaker with
series Of special maps vivlaiy pre-
sented the missionary work OF tn
church in Europe, South America
India, China, Japan and Africa. Ate
Z bis address he distributed grea
deal Of literature among the preach
ers.
A FAMOUS CHARACTER.
In the person Of Rev. H. D. fishel
m. the conference has a remarks
ble visitor. For over forty years ID
Fisher has been an important iacto
in both the civic and religious deVe
onment Of this State. He had prov
idential escape from the Lawren(
massacre, was personal coadlutf
q, John Brown and was chaplain
Tim Lane. At the general conferenf
in 1864 he in conjunction with d
Mast and others was instrumental
securing separate German COME
ences. In his very readable Doc
"Gun and the Gospel" he has with
somewhat philosophical insight I'M
the development of the State and IN
vivacious style modestly told his Co
nection with the thrilling incldeh
of the early history Of Kansas
REGULAR BUSINESS.
Bishop Merrill gave an exce'le :,
lecture today on "a Ministers b
bayior." The class for admission
the conference was examiner ~
other routine business transacted
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Junction City } Hammel.
Larued, Kingsley and Greensburg-
VIM Pommerenke.
Lyona-H Bruins.
Medford and Cherokee-.H Seibold
Oklahoma City Buthman.
Orlando and Compton, Scheu.
Otis and Albert-Adam Quenzer.
Russell and Ellis-W II Stein.
Saliua-to be supplied
Topeka-G J Jaiser'
Wichita l. Hessell
HIS Humfeld, Enterprise Normal
Academy; W G Baab, assistant
KANSAS CITY DISTRICT.
Charles OF, presiding elder Kan
sas City.
Arley and Liberty f Crepin.
Booneyille-A B Stuekemann.
Cameron-C W Lauenstein.
Cosby-Samuel Buchner'
Concordia-J L Sternberg.
Corder and Alma-H H Peters.
Dalton-W l. Meyer.
Eudora-Jacob Kraettli
Higginsville-G G Grassmuech
independence and Armourdale-
Jacob Tanner.
Kansas City, Kas. -First church U
Hermann; Second church, l. II lrm-
niger
Kansas City, Mo.-First church.
F Husser; Second church, I + Brink
Lake Creek-F H Wippermann'
! Lawrence-G J Kolb.
Lexington and Napoleon-H Hchen'
valid.
Pyrmont and Florence-W u
Wostemeyer.
salisbury-H f Rompel'
4 Sedalia-J II Fielder.
. Smithton-F D Rademacher.
t J. H. Asling, professor Of Central
: Wesleyan college.
/. NEBRASKA DISTRICT.
JIG Leist, presiding elder, Lincoln
Beatrice--D G Meyer.
Clatonia-P c Schramm.
q Cortland-Henry Seibold'
:, Friend-John Schaum.
, Graham-L D Wagner.
Humboldt-Conrad Eberhardt.
Jansen and Gilead-H + Ahrens'
Kramer and Flat A Nigg.
Lincoln, First church-John De
mand,
Ii Oregon-John Sauer.
y Sprague and Highland D Ham
mel.
l. Sterling-H H Hickman,
u st Joe-Chas Harms.
l. Swanton-J J Steininger.
j. Wathena--- -- Schultz.
'e White Cloud-Henry Sieckmann'
D. Gustav Becker, professor MI
= Pleasant German college,
d NORTH NEBRASKA DISTRICT
q Edward Sollenbach, presiding elder
l. Lincoln.
r Arlington and Tremont-h
- Trieber.
r. Boelus and Ainsley-CH Schnaci
q enberg.
D. Culbertson and st Francis-W
y Tonat.
he Denver, First church-John Kohle
er Second churchill G Leist.
go Duncan and Columbus-C II Su
"e brock.
OF Eustis-John Twink.
nd Grand Island, Palmer and Scotia
n' + Reichardt.
Macon and Oxiord-H } Dlercks'
ole Nebraska City-G J Muller.
Omaha-Fredrick Kaltenbach.
Osceola-A J Ross.
IDS Pappillion-H G Elfeldt'
On. Rushvile-M Kuech.
os West Point-M II Hermann
Pueblo-K + Bauer.
eA' South Omaha and Portsmouth
oi J Haas. 4.
or. Waco and Seward-P W Matthai
the -
Battle Of San Juan
will be one Of the features OF
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Wesleyan college there was ffol'
Asling; and Of the German college al
Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, there were fro-
fessors +. L. Havighorst, D. D., and
Gustav Becher. After the opening
song Prof Baab led in prayer ana
Prof, Becker read the Scripture les
son. The chairman thereupon intro
duced Prof. +. l.. Havighorst, D. d.
president Of the Mt. Pleasant college,
DR., Havighorst delivered scholarly
and eloquent address on the "power
and Purpose Of Education.
After the lecture the following new
officers of the conference educational
society were elected: President p C.
scbramm; vice president, F. D. Kade-
macher secretary, j. l.. Sternoerg'
treasurer, H. C. Elfeldt. A collection
to the amount of $lS 30 for needy
0tuaeuts was then taken. The meet
inc was closed with prayer by Prof.
Aslinp and benediction by DR.. Havlg-
horst.
DELEGATES CHOSEN.
The lay electoral conference TINS
morning elected the following Dele
ates to the general conference IN
Chicago next May; c. Hoffman Of
Enterprise, and G. bitner' Lincoln
Neb.
After reading and adopting the
minutes the ministerial conference
proceeded to the election OF delegates
to the general conference 1ohn p'
mand Of Lincoln, Neb., and Charle'
OFT Of Kansas City we're chosen Y
Herman of Kansas City, Kansas AM
Edward zallenbach Of Lincoln Neo'
we're elected reserve delegates
PATRIOTIC RESOLUTION
The conference adopted the follow
inc resolution which speaks for itsel
as to the patriotism Of the conference
"Resolved, That although we llv
in land Of freedom OF conscience
which everyone may live accordln
to his religious convictions we pre-
test on moral grounds against ID
seating in congress Of Roberts, u
manifest polygamous congressman
elect Of Utah and declare that "
shall unllinchingly stand for mon
gamy as the foundation OF our mo-
ern society"
MEMORIAL SERVICES
e This afternoon at three o'clock w
7 held a memorial service Tor u
j preachers and preachers wives pass
: away during the year.
FIXING THE APPOINTMENTS.
o Bishop Merrill and bis counc
|. consisting Of the presiding eide'
o meet every afternoon determlnl'
Il the fate Of the itinerants. Inc
pointments will be published as so
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sArIrRnAY's SESSIONS.

ENTERPRISE, Sept. 9.-The sessions
Of the German Methodist western
conference continue to grow IN inter-
cat with each succeeding day. A
number Of visitors from surrounding
towns are present at each session anu
there is an earnest feeling pervadlng
the large assembly.
Yesterday morning the conference
met at 9 o'clock, Bishop Merrill pre-
siding and j. Demand acting as secre'
tary. DR.. Smith, the missionary sec
retary, again gave an address il
which he made a special appeal fol
missions. Then DR.. H. D. Fisher an'
Rev. Knehass from the Central Yves
leyan Orphan Home at Warrenton
Mo-, we're introduced to the CONFER
ence.
DEACoNs ADMITTED.
Thereupon followed the report up
on the examinations of the youn
men in each Of the four classes. Th
following we're advanced to the orde
of deacons and were taken up in fu
connection: W. G. Wagner, G.
Leist. W B. Wolstemeyer, 5. N
BuechnefA nd A. Becher. Th
bishop addre d these, emphasizin
the educstiona. I'd religious qualii
cations, the Importance Of preachin
Methodist doctrine, and the grel
duties Of the pastoral work.
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Cut It Short!

We have thing to say and we say it; Life is
short No time to write whole side OF this
paper to tell you what we do. You KNOW we are
selling
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THE SULUS,
THE SULTAN,
The PEOPLE.
An American officer Sizes up the
Conditions IN Peculiarly SIT.
uated Archipelago.
RESULTSOF OFTHFNEGOTIATIONS
OF General Bates With the
Sultan are Approved by
General Otis.

HELENA, Mont, August 2l.-capt.
Louis P. Sanders. aide de camp on the
stan OF Major General Otis, has writ
ten to his father, former Senator San
ders. a letter describing a trip made
by himself and Colonel Potter under
orders from General Otis to ascertain
the true situation in the sulu archl-
pelago and North Borneo. and the atti-
tude OF the sultan towards the United
States. The objective point Of the
journey was Joloj, the capital of the
sultanate. which was reached May 2s.
Captain Sanders said in part:
1.-THE Moros are altogether unlike the
Filiplnos, There Is no striking feat
ure about the Fillplnos that rivets ones
attention, but the Moro fascinates and
interests you from the start. He is Of
rather dlmlnutive size, sinewy, 1.-THE
fellow broad-shouldered. and thin
legged. with boldness, defiance and
haughtiness in every movement OF his
catlike, staggering tread.
"The present sultan Is thirty years
Of age. he holds nominal sway over
the Moros of the sulu group and ovor
North Borneo, 100000 subjects suppOs-
edly recognizing his power. But his
tenure is insecure, by reason Of the
ambitions Of divers chiefs, or dattos,
as they are called. BY virtue of divers
treaties between himself and Spain, he
receives an annual pension of 32,TOO
Mexican, in consideration OF the iniu-
ries done to his subjects by Spanish
invasion. This, at least, is the consld-
Grafton mentioned in the treaties, but
I think the Spanish were in holy fear
Of him and adopted a clever way to
persuade him to keep the peace.
General Otis intends to continue this
annual payment, and believe It good
policy. The sultan little understands
Americans, and to his ignorant mind
II this payment were cut on he would
conceive US to be oppressive tyrants,
and would certainly wage his uncom-
Portable methods Of warfare. .-
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mained there until Friday night when
started for home Ny weakness, how
ever. compelled me to get OF at old Or
chard, Wher0 rested until Saturday
afternoon before being able TO proceed
Saturday night reached homo. and
have since been constantly growing
weaker. Ny nerves ard spine are bad
ly afIected. Twenty-Five yearu ago
fell and seFi0ualy injured my spine and
Il was only eleven years ago that got
over the eRectE
Those men have undoubtedly renew
ed my injury, and Il viii undoubtedly
remain with me now all the dayp Of my
life.
IT have been threatened not to say q
word to any one about this trouble AZ
Lisbon Falls I was told that II I did
the chances would be good for having
all my pains removed. This was an
inslnuation that one Of their hirellnga
Wouid DO sway with me.
That man Is simply humbugging the
poor. ignorant, narrow-minded claes.
who have no capacity for doing their
thinking, and who are 30 simple that
they think God has raised up Sanford a.
a nineteenth century Christ"
Counsel has been engaged, and the
indications are that an interesting law
suit win be the result.
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TICKET NOMINATED
By the Pennsylvania Republicans.
Flinn's Kick Against Quay.


HARRISBURG, Pa. August 24.-The
following ticket was nominated to-
day by the Republican state eonven-
ton:
Of Lancaster.
Superior court Judge, Josiah R. Ad-
ans, Of philadelphia.
State treasurer, lieutenant Colonel
James E. Barnett, Of the Tenth PENN
Bylvania regiment
The only discordant note in the COM
Yention was sounded by Senator VIII.
lam Finn, Of Pittsburgh, chairman OF
the antI-ouay organization In the last
legislature. Mr.. Finn opposed the
plank IN the platform endorsing the
appointment Of United States Senator
Quay by Governor Stone. A roll call
was taken on the adoption Of the plat
form as a whole. and II was adopted by
a vote Of 1872 to -. The anti-Quay dele
gates generally voted against the
adoption OF the platform and the nomi-
nation Of Mr.. Adams.
Before the result Of the ballot for su-
preme court Judge was announced, the
friends Of Judge Archibald, OF Scranton.
and ex-Attorney General Palmer, OF
Wilkesbarre, moved TO make Mr..
Browns nomination unanimous. Super
for Court Judge Dinner Beeber, Of
philadelphia, was named In opposition
to Mr.. Adams and received the votes
Of many anti-Quay delegates.
The nomination OF Colonel Barnett
was made by acclamatlon,
Aside from the nomination Of the
ticket and the adoption Of the platform,
new rules were presented and adopted
for the government Of the state organ
ization. The star attraction was the
presence Of Senator Quay as a delegate
from Beaver county. He entered the
convention hall with Chairman Blkln
lust before the essemblage was called
to order. His friends instantly recog-
nIzed him and cheered and npplauded
as he took seat laong the centre aisle.
He remained until after the meeting Of
the resolution committee and then
quietly retired. Senator c. L. Magee,
OF Pittsburgh, was conspicuous by his
absence. He II convalescent from a
severe illness and by the advice OF his
physician he did not attend the conYen-
tion.
Colonel Quay started this evening
with a small party Of friends on trip
to the head of the Restlgouche river in
Canada, where he viii spend three
weeks hunting moose and fishing for
salmon and trout.
The platform adopted by the conYen-
tion endorses the administration Of
President Mckinley and Governor
Stone. commends the executive for his
appointment Of Colonel Quay to the
United States senate. and pledges the
party to q reduction In the eXpendl-
lures Of the departments Of the state
government,
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ct criticism on the part OF the public
present and bodeS ~ for Dreyfus. Not
only Col. Jouaubt. but the other judges
displayed considerable impatlence dur
Ing Labori's Beathing crOss-examlna-
tlon, shltting reHtleEsly in their seats
and drumming the table with the tips of
their angeru.
Gen. Mercier faced Labori's IRE with
callouB demeanor. standing on the plat
form, his hands behind his back and his
face only half turned toward his qnes-
tioner. Once or twice a savage look in
the eyes. an elevation in the tone and
swaying to and fro OF the body re-
vealed the inner fires Of resentment.
Roget's Antics.
Gen. Roget faced the court with an
air Of unblushlng enrontery. His hand
some, but unsympathetic, face ezpreSI-
ed the bltterest seoru as he spun round
on his heel and with arms crossed faced
Laborl or the audience or Jouaust. He
Is extremely vain, and is always strik-
ing attitudes for the benefit Of news
paper artists, quite a number Of whom
regularly attend the sessions.
His impertInent behavior was strik-
lugly illustrated to-day when he inter
rupted II. Labori's examination OF Gen.
Chamoln, which had resulted in La
BORIS scoring heavily against Mercter
with the exclamation; "This examina-
tion is a waste of time" AS a matter
Of fact the examination OF chamoin
showed MercIer in a very bad light, as
It brought out that he had privately
communicated to Chamoin on the first
day of the secret sessions a report on
the PanlEzardl dispatch for insertion In
the secret dossier. Gen. chameln sd-
mltted that he did wrong in accepting
the report, but pleaded ignorance in tn-
dlcial matters.
The report consisted of three pages
of which the second and third, chamoin
declared, contained fantastic and' in
fact, false representation.
NJ. Labori brought Gen. Mercier to
the bar in reference to these. Mereier
admitted that the report emanated
from Du Patty de Clam, but claimed
that he himself did not understand Its
contents, though he thought It would be
interesting and perhaps useful to Cha
moln. This explanation was regarded
as very lame, and combined with other
shady actions, would damn Mercler as
witness in the eyes Of any impartial
tribunal.
The correspondent Of the Associated
Press saw Madame Labori this after
noon and conversed with her regarding
her husbands condition. She said he
was progressing rapidly though stu
suffering considerable paia. "The way
he is recovering" she exclaimed
"seems to me almost miraculous"
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LONDON, Aug. 2I.-conslderable
alarm was created yesterday evening
by man throwing letter into Queen
VlctoriR's carriage as she was driving
into Osborne, Isle Of Wight. A rumor
spread TO the effect that the letter con-
talned explosives. but this turned out
to be false. The police arrested the
man whose letter was only an appeal
to her majesty to secure for him new
trial OF u civil suit which he recently
lost. The prisoner was found to be n
German. who was not aware that his
notion was ngninst the law. AS 1t was
evident that he had no intention to do
any harm, the man was released.
The queen was surprised when the
letter fell into her lap, but she be-
frnYnd no nlnrn
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AFTER INFORMATION
ofGrcat Value TO Dreyfus--.hnboris
secretary Secures II at Great Slave
,.TsCo Nortbyvcst TERRITORY. :,

ofGrent Value TO Dreyfns--.LhborFS
Secretary Secures II at Great Slave
Lake, Northwest Territory.
SEATTLE, Wash. August a. = N.
Bureau, the secretary of NJ. Labori'
leading counsel for Dreyfus, who has
been In Seattle, visiting the French vice
consul, Dr. Monad. has left for Paris.
In an interview. N. Bureau admitted
for the first time that his trip to the
northwest was for purpose Of securing
information OF great value to Dreyfus.
He has obtained It, and this explains NJ
desire TO reach home without loss Oh
time.
in the northwest territory" said NJ.
Rureau, "after Information connected
with the Dreyfus case. l hope TO reach
paris in time to hand 1t over to NJ. La
boT before the cssc closes. but even u
I do not, Il will be still OF value. !
am unable 10 state the exact nature OF
the Information / obtained. for, you
know, we must guard against every con-
tingency in this case, future, as well as
present
"The impression that there was a con-
splracy among the high army officers
against Dreytus, prior to the time he
was condemned, Is not In conformity
with our belief or contention.
at ia true that the proceedings by
which he was degraded were Illegal, but
we do not think that any deep-dyed
conspiracy hasbeen hatched against him.
1t was case OF an innocent man being
prosecuted, while the real criminal was
In the background"