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one slue or tine other would secure con-
troNand bind the minority to something
of which tney disapproved.
Afternoon Session.

Afternoon Session.
The afternoon session was devoted to
the papers on the Relation of Agricul-
ture to Trusts. Dudley Wooten acted
as chairman for the session, but pre-
sided over delegations even thinner
than they We're during the forenoon.
The eastern delegates slept through the
entire session, a pronounced example of
ennui, which affected many others to
lesser degree. Governor Pingree was
in attendance and at the close responded
to clamor from the pit to speak. He
merely observed that he was opposed to
trusts, for reasons, he said, which he
would tell later. Samuel H. Greeley of
the Chicago board of trade, spoke on
fsThe Protection of American Grain
Markets from Railroad and Warehouse
Monopoly" He was followed by ]. @.
Hanley of st. Paul, delegate from the
National Farmers Alliance and Indus
trial union. Aaron Jones of South
Bend, Ind. master Of the National
grange, declared that the farmer was
opposed to no other branch of industry,
including trusts. The last speaker of
the afternoon was Major Benjamin r.
Tucker Of New York, editor of an an
archistic paper. He gave his view of
trusts from the view point of the an
archist. The speakers with one accord
overstepped the 20 minutes allowed
each speech. At the close an opportu-
nifty for discussion was offered but
motion to adjourn was overwhelmingly
favored and was carried.
Pingree enthusiastically Received.
Enthusiastic interest. and q crowded
hall put last nights session sharply in
contrast with the forenoon and after
noon gatherings. Central Music hall
was packed with an audience that rep
resented nearly every class Of people.
Governor Pingree of Michigan was
the star attraction. The governor was
received with applause SO fervent that
it was several minutes before he could
proceed with his address.
The house was divided against itself
dnring the next address, Former Gov
ernor Charles Fosters of Ohio. 1t
finally became SO demonstrative in in
terrupting the speaker with questions
and remarks that a delegate asked the
chair to clear the galleries unless inter-
ruptions ceased.
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TELEGRAPHIc BRIEFS.

California may establish quarantine
against consumptives.
An unknown steamer is reported
ashore near the Alligator Reef light,
Florida, by the east coast steamer Cocoa.
Captain Leary, the governor general
of the island of Guam, has reported his
arrival at his post on the steamer Yo-
semitic. under date of Aug. 8.
The concluding meeting of the Ma
tional Association Of Mexican War
Veterans was held in Indianapolis
Thursday. Cincinnati was selected as
the next meeting place.
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The vote on the location of the next
conference was taken up and the First
church OF Boone was chosen,
The bishop announced draft from
the chartered for s22O 90 and S12 "A from
the Book Concern.
by 10 =. m. the time had arrived for
the election Of the delegates to the
General Conference in Chicago in May
1900. The bishop appointed six mini
sters as tellers. In the first ballot cast
there were 43 candidates and their vote
ran from to 11S votes each. E. NJ.
Holmes led With 11s, and w. F. Smith
came next with III. Both of these men
were declared elected. Among the
others receiving q good vote were VIM.
Stevenson "a, w. HI. W. Rees and T..
NICK. Stewart "A each, Emory Miller
66, j. II. Senseney So. D. G., Franklin
50, E. l.. Eaton 46, w. f. Bartholomew
So.
The following class Of young men
were elected to elders orders: A. B.
Adams, VIM. NJ. Blood, a. E. Fouch,
Fir. NJ. Jackson. c. II. Miller, Charles
Knoll. Frank NJ. Ewing, A. w. Har-
nard, w. H. Gable, s. T.. Weaver and
j. Kirkendale.
AT 1880 the lay electoral body was
presented to the bishop as body and
and the bishop delivered a very elo-
quent address to them in regard to the
interests of Methodism in Iowa.
w. FL. Berry ct Indianola addressed
the conferepce in the interest of Simp-
son college. and F. T. Gatchel spoke in
behalf of the Iowa Protestant Hospital.
When the vote of the lay delegation
was announced great enthusiasm was
manifest aud the elected delegates
were brought forth and introduced to
the conference.
There were three important reports
presented this morning, which will ap-
pear in full in our next issue. At 1890
the conference adjourned to meet at 2
p. M.
In the afternoon session ballottinp
for delegates was continued. Rev.
VIM. Stevenson of Osceola and 7. Mex
Stewart Of Des Moines were the next
members elected.
After considerable further ballottinp
Rev. e. l.. Eaton of Des MONIES and
j. H. Senseney Of Des Moines were
elected to complete the list Of minis
terial delegates.
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DEN1soN PASTORAL HISTORY.

The following data is taken from the
General Minutes of Methodism, and
contains information which will be of
interest to the reading public Of Craw-
ford county.
ence was held in Keokuk, Ia, and the
Rev. Robert Laing was appointed to
'.Mohona, Crawford and Carroll" The
Rev. E. Lathrop was Presiding Elder
on Seargent's Bluffs District.
The Iowa Conference was divided in
1856, forming the Upper Iowa, and this
region fell into that Conference.
In 1856 it was styled Sac, Carroll
and Crawford" with William Black,
pastor, and Landon Taylor, on Sioux
City District. In 1857 it was styled
simply !" Crawford" with the same pas
tor and presiding elder. In 1858 George
Clifford was put on the District and re-
manned four years. The s- pastors We're:
Billings, 1859; Smith Knickerbocker,
1S6O-61; Daniel Fisher, 1862, with Daniel
Lamont on the District; Eden r. Latta,
1868.
The Des Moines Conference was orr
ganized in 1864, and the boundary lines
changed, SO that this region fell into it.
From that time on the Charge has been
known as Denison. The pastors names
and years of service are as follows:
Mahlon Day Collins, 1864-65; William
T. Smith, 1866; John w. snodgras,
1867; William E. Smith, 1868; Benjamin
Shinn, 1869; w. w. Granville, F. A.
Goodrich. 1870; w. w. Granville, H. j.
Baker, 1871; g.. G. Waynick, 1S72-73; ia
cob Fegtley, 1S74-75; Emerson w. Sage,
1876-77; Asa Sleeth, 1878: James A. Will
son, 1879; William ]. Beck, 1880; Dins-
more Austin, 1888; Asahel Thornbrue,
18S4-85; James r. Welborn, 1868;
Joseph Benson Harris. 1898; Joseph S.
Wright, 1S94-95; Elmer Ellsworth ngen-
fritz, 1869.
The Presiding Elders have been as
follows: j. F. Goodman, 1864; w. Nc
Kendree Cain, 1S65-66-67; Samuel
jones' 1868; Joseph Knots. 1S69-7O-71;
BENJAMIN Shinn, 1S72-73-74-75; Benja-
min Franklin Wilson Cozier. 1876; A. j.
Andres 1S77-78-79; William Spearing
Hooker, 1sSO-81-S2-s3; William Thomas
Smith. 1884 So So 81 $3.50; w. S. Hooker,
1890 1-92-93-94-95; d. c. Franklin, 1896
97-98.
In 1868 the Charge was in Boonesbor-
ough District; also in 1877-7S-79.
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THE CONFERENCE.
CONTINUED From Page one.)
AN EXPLANATION.

The REVIEW, wishing to give as COM
plete report of the conference as,pos.
sible, was forced to call into reQuisitton
the use Of type setting machine at
Council Bluffs. Owing to the fact that
it took Uncle Sam thirty-six hours to
take q letter from Uenison to Council
Bluffs Thursdays proceedings are
omitted from this issue although the
paper has been held fourteen hours
awaiting them. They will appear in
Tuesdays paper. No one regrets this
more than the editor, who has worked
very hard in order to give the best &C
count of the conference possible.
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+ RAlNMEN MISTAKE ORDERS

Collision Results, Causing Loss of Two
Lives and Injury OF Two People.
P1rTsBuRG, Sept. 10. Two men were
killed and two injured in a collision on
the Pittsburg, Virginia and Charleston
railroad near Baird station last night
between the pay train and the freight
train. The killed: ~
EDWARD REHBACHER, eng neur.
CHARLES BETT1G, fireman. -. -
Injured:
j. K. Aiken, paymaster.
Unknown tramp.
The injured will recover. The acct
dent was caused by misunderstanding
of orders St
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Van wyck Denounoes Moss.

van Wyck DenOunCeS NIOSSe
NEW YORK, Sept. 15.Mayor Van
Wyck occupied the witness chair yester.
day before the assembly committee
charged with investigating the various
departments of the municipal govern
ment., From the outset the examina-
ton of the mayor by Counsel Moss took
the form of an acrimonious colloquy, in
the course of which Mr.. Van Wyck in
timated that Mr. Moss was seeking to
reach seat on the supreme bench by
pressing a partisan investigation and
sneered at counsel's attachments as q
lawyer.
NORFOLK, Neb., Sept. 15.-Former
United States Senator William v. AL
len was nominated for judge in the
Ninth judicial district by both Populist-
Democratic conventions which met here
yesterday.
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WIN Stand by rransyaal.

BIoEMFoNrE1N, Orange Free State,
Sept. 15.-The members of the raad of
the Orange Free State have been mott
fed to be ready to be summoned for an
extraordinary session at moments
notice. The burghers of the Orange
Free State at a meeting just held passed
a resolution to stand shoulder to shout
der with the Transvaal in case of hos
tilities.
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Robert j. Burdette Stricken.

HANFoRD, Cal, Sept. 15.-Robert J.
Burdette, who was engaged to open the
Hanford lecture course, appeared be-
fore large audience last night. He
had proceeded but few moments when
he was stricken with vertigo and the
audience was dismissed. Mr.. Burdette
is in the care of local physicians at
hotel.
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serlous Floo<isI IL Austria.

VIENNA, Sept. 16 The floods in
Austria are most serions. No doubt
not tenth part 81 the damage is yet
officially reported. Nothing definite rs
known as to what has happened at
Ischl. which is cut OF, all railroad,
telegraph and telephone communication
having ceased. Many towns have been
flooded. The waterworks here are in
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Eight Hundred Homeless.

ST. THOMAS, Sept. 15.-Advices re-
ceived at st. Kits yesterday from the
island Of Anguilla, one Of the British
West India islands. Leeward group,
say that hurricane during the night
of Sept. 8, destroyed 200 houses and
rendered 800 people homeless. There
was considerable loss Of property and
similar damage at st. Martin.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25

the colored people are betterinp tb,,.
material condition. Some of them b...
become small planters; Others bav.
attained prominence in various oco,,
pations and won honor in the conorr
nifty when they have abstained Yron.
politics. The condition Of the sor,u
as a whole has improved wonderfu,h,
since the war, and this could hard,y,
be if the laboring class had deterior,
ated or even remained stationary.
DR.. Curry laments that the coloroa
people have not moved more rapidIv
but it may be questioned if he il M,
making unreasoIa BILE demands unon.
them. A generation, is too brief q ia.
riod for the redemption of an entir.
race from aboriginal superstition and
primitive improvidence. The several IN.
dustrial schools, like that at Harm.
ton and Booker Washington's Tus.
keegee institute, are constantly leav.
ening the lump, and though the infu,
sion of new blood may seem .Ineagn.
it is not without its effect upon tbA
whole. The growing industries 81 tia
south tend to influence the blacks In
similar direction. There is call in tina
south for trained white labor, but ons
of these days, the blacks must newt.
ably enter this field. Already they ara
of use in Alabama mines, and. Il was
the threat of transportating them to
Illinois that provoked Gov. Tanner to
his notorious Calling gun speech.
If the elevation of the blacks is hope.
less, then the condition of the south
itself must be hopeless, and the RAGS
| problem the most momentous ths
country has to face. The progress
made by the south within the pas.
thirty years forbids the belief that Il
has no future Patience and forbear.
ance are the virtues most to be incul'
Gated among the whites, for a greateI
obstacle to progress than the igno'
rance, improvidence, idleness and
moral debasement of the blacks is ragl
prejudice, and this is unhappily to b
found not only in the south but "
every section of the country.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25
NOT SO BAD rs IT LOOKS.

DR.. ]. L. NJ. Curry, chairman Of the
John F. Slater fund for the education
of the freedmen, presents a gloomy
picture of the condition of the colored
people of the south in his recent re-
port. He declares that the policy of
the federal government towards the
blacks since 1865 has been cruelty in
different and inadequate, and he as
serts that a large proportion of them
are "as poor, as ignorant, as thrift
less, as improvident, as unfit for the
responsibilities and privileges of citi-
zenship and suffrage as were their ar
cestors at the close of the great war"
These are unpleasant tidings. coming
from one whose opportunities for OBJ
servation are unsurpassed. and whose
intelligence and industry in the cause
of redeeming the race are acknowl-
edged on all sides. It adds to +, q
gravity of the problem to find that the
colored people have doubled in num-
Der since the war. Then there were
100000; now, 100000, scarcely 20 De,
cent Of whom We're slaves. They are
not increasing quite so rapidly as the
whites, but considering the part tbar
bear in the industrial economy. the
difference between the races in This
respect is immaterial The colored peo-
pie still constitute one-third of the
population of the south, being a ma
jority in some states and half in
others. They are the one laborine class
in the cotton states, and field Industries
cannot go on without them. Therein |
lies one of the most serious asne-ts
of the situation.
DR.. Curry writes in a tone of dis
couragement but vet it appears tbera
Is reason for hopefulness; and proof
Of it is to be found in his report #
has been well said that material rrc-
sreSs Is the first step towards progress
n social moral or educational ad-
'aneement and there is evidence that
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Robert P. Porter comes back from
Europe with the announcement that
Something is going to drop" over
there, that will vitality affect American
sugar interests. This commodity, he
says, can now be produced in Cuba for
two cents a pound, and when the is
land is annexed to the United States,
that is just what 1t will cost to pro-
duce in the United States. At the
cheapest it costs from three to four
cents in Europe" and foreigners viii
find it to their advantage to give up
bounties and buy their sugar in the
markets of the world. Prophecy is not
Mr. Porters strongest point, but nei-
Their a prophet nor a son of a prophet
is needed to see that the exploitation
Of Cuba according to modern methods
is going to make a disturbance in the
foreign sugar market, and the results
will affect the United States, though
hardly in the same way that Europe
will be affected. American capital will
do all the exploiting that Cuba re-
quires, and American sugar men will
seize whatever advantage there is,
Louisiana sugar planters have foreseen
disaster in competition with Cuba, but
their crop is sure to find a market
nevertheless, and if the new order of
things kills the European bounty sys-
tens, the final outcome might not be
Improbable even to Louisiana. 1t sure
ly would bring new life to all the sugar
producing West hdies.
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Somewhat of a sensation was caused
by testimony given in the Cincinnati
gas investigation, to the effect that the
cost of production was entirely COW
cred by the revenue derived by the
company from the sale Of coke, ammo
MIA and other by-products. The infer
ence is that whatever the company
charges for gas is all clean profit, and
the city might do a good stroke of
business by buying the gas plant out
right. One of the largest stockholders
even goes so far as to make the sug-
gestion. Gas experts elsewhere, how
ever, think the Cincinnati company
must have had phenomenal expert
ence. They know of no other to COM
pare with it. Most of them assert
that they have hard work keeping SOU
and body together when gas is sold
as low as dollar a thousand feet, and
this Cincinnati news makes them I'M
happy.
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ALABAMA TROUBADoURs.

A portrayal of life in the sunny south
by 20 ebony entertainers will be the
entertainment furnished by J. w
Germans Alabama Troubadours at the
lake, as the attraction for the week o.
June 26th. They do not portray tnels
working life. Their pastimes and new
they play are the features OF tnel
performance, and when the AIrv.
American comedian starts in to man man
fun, he can succeed quicker and sure
than any white comedian on earl..
Such special features as the celepIs,
ted Norfolk Jubilee Shouters in canip
meeting songs of the south, and me 10
nous cakewalk, characterize the. @
cellence of this performance.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25

That Sunday should always be the
Partisan day for great race meetings.
dangerous political demonstrations and
almost every sort of festivity or dis
turbance will never cease to seem
strange to American. and particularly
to New England understanding. But the
sentiment there as regards the day is
best epitomized in the expressed opin-
ions Of prominent Parisians when a
great petition reached them from the
good people of England, begging that
the worlds fair should only be open six
days in the week: What, close If -,
Sunday! Why, that's the best day of.
ALL"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25

The employees of the Hotel Manhat-
tan and Waldorf-Astoria have all been
vaccinated. There is no small pox, but
the managers are taking no chances
when the infection is appearing sporad-
ically throughout the east, and hence
there are two thousand tender arms
trembling to welcome the coming and
speed the parting guests at these great
New York hostelries.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25

The report that New South Wales
has at last voted in favor Of Austria
liam federation, indicates that the last
obstacle to the union of these British
possessions has been removed. Her sis
ter colonies have long been eager for
federation, but it was inadvisable if
not impossible while the richest and
most populous of the group refused to
join the others.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25

Nobody expresses surprise that Rhode
Island has for a second time refused to
adopt a modern constitution. Consid
ering the ring influence which rules
the state the wonder is that the leg
islature was allowed to submit the
amendments to the people, yet out
siders may marvel at the indifference
of the cities, which had so much to
gain by the change, and which might
themselves perhaps have caused tie
adoption of the most important reform.
with little or no assistance from the
towns. Scarcely one-third of the whole
vote of the state was cast, and the
cities must continue without their just
and due representation in the legisla
ture. In defeating biennial elections,
the Rhode Islanders did neither more
nor less than their Massachusetts
neighbors. and it was to be expected
that Newport would object to beng
abolished as a state capital. All the
same, the question of equitable re0re-
sentation was the predominant issue,
and if the party leaders had been de-
sirous of granting it, they could have
carried the election.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25

The county towns are furnishing the
sensational news these days. Sterling,
Leominster, Lancaster and other places
have had startling crimes or accidents
the past week, while the city itself has
been relatively quiet.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25

The authorities are trying to ascer-
tain if any "buxom young woman" is
missing with splendid white teeth
that have an unprecedented trick OF
falling out of the jaw and hiding them
selves in the dirt a foot or two under
her dead body.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25

The bad beginning makes ever the
good ending. The Columbia was stuck
in the mud on her first attempt to put
out OF Bristol harbor, but those who
bet on her losing the race for the cup
will be stuck worse.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25

It is feared that old Bill Jones, or
some other equally unimpeachable au-
thority will have to be alive before it
can be shown that those teeth ever be-
longed in the head of the woman whose
remains were found in the Lancaster
Swamn
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25

1t takes three of the adver-
Using columns of The Sunday Spy to
day to tell the pleasant places there
are for people who wish to be away
for day, a week, a month or tie
season during the heated term. Up
wards of 60 resorts are thus Indicated.
covering every demand of taste and
every limitation of purse. This paper
alone in Worcester is sought for by
those who have such accommodations
to offer, because it is read so largely
by people who expect to have
anywhere from "a day off, to several
weeks of recreation during the sum-
mer.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25

With less than two weeks of the
hscal year remaining. it seems clear
that the treasury deficit will not ev.
coed s91'oOO,0OO, excluding from caIcula-
tons the Pacific railroad receipts ~
Sl1, $4,000. the s2O.OOO.OOO Philippine nav
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25

Senator Hoar can continue mis- Eu-
ropean jaunt quite undisturbed. He is
one of the very few men to whom
praise from George Fred Williams
cannot do the least bit of harm.
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ment and the SSOOO,OOO gratuity to the
cuban soldiers. This is some $22,OOo'OVo
less than was predicted by Secretary
Gage, whose estimates Of receipts have
been exceeded by the returns from poth
customs and internal revenue. so lar
as can be foreseen, the secretary
guessed within about $1,OOO,OOO OF the
actual government expenditures for the
year. Remarkably close figuring tha''
The New York Journal of Commerce
has obtained estimates from seVeral
large foreign exchange houses, showing
that the value of American securities
returned to this country since January
1, 1898, is about 1915 100000. This is quite
close to estimates arrived at in other
ways, and 1t helps explain how the
enormous trade balance in our FAVOR
has been settled by European debtors
This is no original discovery, of course
but there is satisfaction in arriving at
something like an accurate valuation
Of the stocks and bonds brought back
especially as our foreign Indebtedness
is reduced in proportion to the interest
paid on them, which is to be estimated
at an average of three per cent for the
whole.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25
FITCHBrRG COURT.

The unfinished case of Josephine i, ~
Kidder VS.. the commonwealth e +,,s ~
on trial in the superior court az -.
burg for two days past VIII " .nrv
sumed tomorrow. This is the last
case of the term. -
John H. Meagher quallneG rIsrk
notary public at the office OF llie
of courts yesterday.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25

The teeth that were in the jaws Of
the body found in the Lancaster
swamp were firmly imbedded, as is al
ways the case, and were those of a
person about 40 years old. Those dug
up three days after DIR. Tobey had
carefully cleared away every scrap CT
the CHASTITY remains, belonged to a wo-
man of about %, all except one, and
that was a child's tooth. That makes
three kinds of teeth to one head. The
woman's jaw must have been even
more versatile than Cristy's.