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The evening times., 1900-05-01
CLOSING THE CONFERENCE.
Final Days Session of the New York
EeumenicaI Convention

NEW YORK. May 1.-Tnif. according to
schedule. was the eighth and last day Of
the Ecumenical Conference on Foreign
Missions. and. wishing to make the most
OF it. those In charge OF the convention ar
ranged for more than the usual number
OF meetings. In all. they planned for nine
from morning to night, and they said that
IL was altogether probable that arrange
ments would be made for holding a spe-
cial meeting in Carnegie Hall tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock
In the opinion of all the delegates to
the Conference, and the missionaries who
came to speak and to hear. the various
meetings have been very successful. They
have been well attended and the audi
enees have responded enthusiastically to
the words OF the speakers. When the
convention was planned it was thought
that almost 1000 delegates would be in
attendance, hut the 2.000 mark was passed
early last week and the managers said 10
day that almost 5000 had been in attend
ance.
Probably never before was there such 4
great gathering OF missionaries in any city
They came from every corner OF the earth
and they ali had the same stories TO tell.
stories OF success and advance
The programme for today was arranged
as follows: Carnegie Hail. $50 a N. de-
votiOnal service. leader 5. B. Capen. IL
D.: home work for foreign missions. "Ef-
feet on Church OF Supporting Foreign
Missions" the Rev. A. ]. F. Behrends, D.
D., Brooklyn; Reflex Influence OF Foreign
Missions on Other Benevolent EnterpTis-
es,' the Rev. David Fl. Greer. d. D.. New
York; "Enthronement OF the Missionary
Idea" the Rev. George Wilson. Edinburgh:
Possible Power of Pastor" the Rev.
George f. Pentrosts. D. D.. Tonkers. Dis
cussion-
The noon hour was occupied By mis-
sioraries and delegates in minute ad-
dresses, giving expression to what they
have experienced through the Conference
nd hi ehnlrIa l1.
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A Literary Shon.
From the London Chronicle.

The demolition Of the block Of houses at the
junction OF Tottenham Court Road with Oxford
Strnet reminds us that the little passage on the
west side Of the block, called Boilers Court is
not without its associations. Here fifty wears
ago. Mr. Westell. who. belve is now the
oldest bookseller in London, had a shop which
is mentioEed in Lord Iytton's my Novel, In
Book VII Chapter Of that work we read:
zone day three persons were Sanding before an
old bookstsll in passage leading from Ok
ford Street into TOttenham Court Road .
Look said one Of the gentlemen to the other
I have discovered here what | have searched
for in vain the last ten years-the Horace OF
1859. the Horace Of the Forty Commentatorsp
Tie shepman, lurking within his hole
like a spider for flies. was called out - The
shopnan who lurked the esteemed Mr.
Westel, who perfectly remembers seeing the
Lyttons, father and son, walk into his shop one
day, not TO buy 1850 Horace. but to enquire
the price Of some three volume novels
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POLITICAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

Mr.. Fryan Reiterates.-Again Mr.
Bryan feels called upon to defiEe his atti-
tude toward the platform he is to be given
to stand on this year He was asked tbs
question yesterday: will any change te
made in the Chicago platform to oo2cf,iatc
the Democrats who are coming ha-il to
the party?" Mr.. Bryan's prompt answer
was mo. The Democrats who are coming
back must not expect single departure
10 be made from the position taken by the
party in 1895. First, because the position
then taken was right; seeCnd, IL wculd o.
be wise TO ALLEVIATE those who were with
US in 1895 in order to please those WI o
were against u.s." Mr.. Bryan and all Ct
his leading supporters in the West and
South have so often declared thems1fyes
in this vein that 1t would seem there
should be no doubt as to their firm in
tention to reafirm the Chicago platform
at Kansas City without yie ding a hairs
breadth to the boilers OF four years ago
II is thought here that the Nebraskan
is speaking out on the subject at tf is
time in order to fully impress the Eastern
element with the importance IN the ir-
terest of perfect harmony at Kansas City
in July, CT their making no effcrt in their
State conventions TO stir up st:i.e by tie
selection OF delegations not in harmony
with the Chicago deliverance. In other
words, it is thought that he foresees
possible effort on the part OF gentlemen
enSmored of the Dewey ilea TO send 10
Kansas City a sufficient number of unia-
structgd delegations to seriously menace
the harmony which he so much desires 10
prevail there. The suspicion is strong In
the minds OF stanch friends of Mr. Bryan
in Washington that preparations are b=Ing
made to work this scheme OF opDos tion
in New York. Maryland. Ohio and New
Jersey. Only a few DAYS ago Representa-
tive DAILY of New jersey, who SvOws un-
bounded admiration for the Nsbrsskaa
and a determination TO guard closely his
interests in New Jersey. told a group II
Westerners at the Capitol that in s
opinion Bryan Sould get fewer votes east
of the Allesbenies this year than be
eeived in 1896 unless he agreed TO drCp
silver and make the campaign on en-
tirely new issues II is believed tiEt
talk like this recently has been repeated
TO Mr.. Bryan and that he has concluded 10
encourage AS much as possible the free
silver forces in the Eastern States in their
fight TO control outright the delegati1ns
TO the National Convention. Senator
Jones, Chairman OF The Democratic NJ
tional Committee and candidate fer re-
election 10 that responsible position could
not be induced today to discuss MIR
Bryan's latest interview on this interest
ing question.
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The following bodies were received,
death occurring at sea:
MEXICAN COTTON INDUSTRY.
An Immense Improvement in the
Care of stock

Consul Griffith. of Matan0ros. under
date Nf March %. says:
M Nico contains a great many hacieu-
das admirably adapted and almost exclu-
sively devoted to the raising Of cattle. A
fact which is attracting general interest
here is that every season shows an i'm
prOYement in the care taken OF the animals
and also In the class imported. The stock
men throughout this country are taking
such an interest in this direction and have
imported so many pure-bred cattle from
the United States that on many haeiendas
cne may find animals which compare IA
vorabiy with those on noted breeding
farms in the North
In former years. they consisted exclu-
siyely of the old. long horned. Spanish and
Mexican types. which have large bOIes and
frames and long legs. but are deficient In
flesh This deficiency is certainly 10; due
10 the country, for the climate grIss, wa
ter. and general topography are ecideIIy
favorable 10 animal growth and comfort
ana. while il is a generally recognized fact
that Mexican stock is inferior TO United
States animals. Il is the prevailing opIn-
ion that cross between the pure blood o.
the North and the COW acclimated here pro-
duces large. healthy, vigorous offspring
with an unusually compact muscular de-
VelOpmeut''
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ENTERTAINED IN MARYLAND.
Postmaster General smith Attends n
Rural Free Delivery Raaque4-

Rural Free Delivery Baaque1-
WESTMINSTER. Nd. May l-Postmas
ter General Smith and number OF his as
sociates in the Postofice Department. with
other public men. visited here last even
ing in honor Of the introduction OF rural
free delivery in the county as the first ex-
pertinent in system projected by 4. ".
Machen, who is its superintendent The
trip was made In response to an Invitation
- a banquet given by a number OF ciJi-
zsns, 10 celebrate the triumph of the new
system and 10 show the appreciation OF the
people CT the county for the proceeding
which made this the initial point ia the en-
terprise that appears 10 fOreshAdow reVO-
luton in the mail service or the country
The guests were: Postmaster General
Smith Perry s Heath. First Assistant
Postmaster General; A. W. Maehen, Su-
perintendent OF Free Delivery:
Clarence Dawson. Private Secretary to the
Postmaster General; George Allen Pm
vate Secretary 10 Mr. Heath: E. II. Hath
away. Special Agent OF Rarai Free Deliy-
cry, Eastern district; H Conquest Clark.
Special Agent Of Free Rural Delivery,
Southern district; Representative Loud.
Chairman OF the Committee on POstefices
and Post Roads. and other members OF
Congress
There was a banquet at Hotel West
minister and former State Senator T Her
bert Shriver, presided. The tcasts were
as fcilews: THE President Of the United
States.' Postmaster General Smith; ''Ru-
raj Free Delivery George ". Allen:
What We Think of Rural Free Delivery
IN Carroll County" Joshua W. Herring
State Comptroller; The Press William
E. Curtis. Of the Chicago Record" Pos
tai Service. Past and Present A. W.
MaeheE, Superintendent Free Deliv-
cry Of the United States: Free Delivery
Frcm a Congressional StandOoint,~ Rep
resentatives W B. Baker OF Maryland and
Nehemai Sperry OF Connecticut: What I
Think OF Carroll County" E H Hatha-
way and Edwin c Madden. Third Assist
ant Postmaster General.
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FOREST F3ES RAGING.
Reports of Destruction in WIscon-
sin aad Michigan.

MARINETTE. Wis. May FOREST
fires are burning north and west of this
city along the Northwestern and Milwau-
kee ROADS and many people have been
made homeless and their property swept
away. The villages OF Ames and Nathan
in Michigan, just across the border, have
been wiped out entirely and the residents
OF the places have gone to Pembine for
safety. About two hundred families lived
in the places. 1t has been impossible 20
get any definite details Of the fires but
Fisher. Mich. reports that the country
to the north of il is all abIaZe.
At Ames and Nathan, numbering toyrs
millions of feet of timber we're DESTROYED
The Wisconsin and Michigzr Railway
sent special train to the towns late
last night and took out of the burning re-
gions all the settlers, and il is not be-
lieved there Will be any loss OF life. though
much cattle and stock have perished.
report has come in from Ellis Junction
that the fires there are spreading. 1t is
also reported from Tabor, large lumber
ing centre containing large mills. has
been wiped out and the worlSmen taken to
Pembine-
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MISSING FROM ATLANTIC CITY.
Strange Disappearance of n Prom;-
nent Philadelphia Woman

ATLANTIC CITY, n. J.. May Miss
Mareella st. Clair Lind. a wealthy and
prominent woman from Chestnut Hill
Philadelphia, stopping at the Berkshz.e
Inn, suddenly disappeared on Wednesday,
She arrived here March "a unattended and
brought only a small grip. She was not
well, but did not complain. Miss Lind
went to the board walk daily in a rolling
chair in the hope of regaining her health
Last Wednesday afternoon, as stated. she
left the hotel mysteriously and there is no
clew to her whereabouts.
When she left she was clad IN a light
colored spring suit In her room was
found a grip containing q suit OF black
clothes but nothing else. Miss Lind is
handsome woRsn; thiIty-fve years old.
The hotel has received numerous enquiries
from friends concerning her health as she
was a sufferer from heart disease. Eer
relatives have heard nothing from her
since her disappearance.
The evening times., 1900-05-01
The Missionary Cry for War.

We are again assured that tee deplora-
bic friction between this and another
hitherto friendly Mohammedan power, has
not YET reached the ultimatum stzge Of tie
proceedings. and fer this everybody ought
to be thankful. Probably the extreme de-
sire Of the Sultan of Turkey to meet our
views without bringing the Concert CT
Europe down en- him. combined with tie
scattering of the missionary council
lately sitting in New York. may exert sn
emoIiient effect upon the situation.
1t is. more or less surprising feature
OF the affair that while the Pres Si6ent and
Secretary of State are net inclined 20
make var on Turkey. or even TO indus
In meaacing naval demonstration of t: g
Syrian Coast. it is asserted that the mis-
sionary element in the country is lsudiy
demanding Ottoman gore and in that de-
mand is being backed up BY many minis
'ers of the gospel Less pious p-o1'e
agree =ith the authorities that. as Ing
as Abdul Hamid is willing 10 hand over the
cash. even though under cover. he shou. d
either be allowed to do so or be let alone.
Seriously speaking. the position OF tie
Turkish Government is a delicate and un
enviable one in this matter To openly
meet the American Armenian claims which
do not of themselves amount to much
would be TO invite the instant foreclosure
OF debts which the Porte owes to every i'm
portant nation of Europe Ii has not the
means TO gay these or any considerable
portion Of them. concerted demand
would bring the Eastern question once
more TO an acute stage. and very likely
end in general partition OF Turkey in
Europe. CT a general war.
Considering these circumstances. il would
seem that. instead Of resenting the Sui
tan's desire to settle with the American
missionaries. in perhaps the only way he
can without risking destruction. we ought
TO help him cut If he desires TO make =
friendly deal with the Cramps. what is
there in morals or in ethics TO render that
improper? 1t may be a little irritating 10
the Administration to feel that It's own
methods Of providing for political contin-
eeneies are observed and understood as
far away as Constantinopie: but after all.
Imitation is the sincerest fattery,"
AHs eOuAty Is uhder oOigatlons 10 the
Sultan for the exercise of his good Offices
in the Sulu archipelago But for his as
suraIce to the ruler OF that Moslem island
empire that the Americans we're not Chris
tians, out only Presbyter;ans. no one can
tell what terrible religious war we might
have had on our hands. Republics are no
toriously ungrateful; but empires are not
so. necessarily. The obvious moral Of the
situation is that We should help rather
than hurt Turkey at this critical period In
her history
The evening times., 1900-05-01
a Great butterfly Collection.

NFf"hf tAe LoiQon GlODe-1
Ent0mOlOgists went to Covent Garden from
all parts of the country on Tuesday and yester-
day, when the celebrated collection Of BUTTERFLIES
and moths made by the late Samuel Seveus
r. L. 3. F. F. s.. was sold by his nephew. the
well-known auctioneer. Mr.. Stevens had con
tinued his Tork Of collecting. breeding. and buy.
ing for sixty years, and many specimens were
already historic, having come from other noted
collections The prices established a record
Th' large copper" butterfly long since become
extinct, always attracts bidders. but GO given
tJr an exceptionally fine male creates a record
and even for one Of the females &C 5s was bid
A specimen OF the common painted LADY, aso
fetched IS, while another of the same species
cost its buyer SO los. 4 handsome red ad-
miral, which IS perhaps nearly as often seen as
the small t0TtoisesheiI.'' was sold for s. To-
while a peacock With twenty EYES on its
wings vent for e5-
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Burial Rights at sen.
(FrOm the New York Worldly

Has a who dies at sea any rights concern
ing the disposition Of his body which the captain
l. hou2d 10 respeet2 Or have his family any rights
in the natter
A lawsuit is in contemplation by the family Of
the late A. J. NOrmser, a son of the banker to
settle these questions
Ar. Wormser died at on April O. on board
the steamship Allegheny. lie did not die of an
infectious disease, and his physician. who at
tended him until his death. protested against his
body being cast into the ocean Nevertheless the
captain insisted on immediate burial. and
though the ship was within f0rty-eigft hours of
New York the body given to the deep
The NorIuser family call this ''an Outrage -
and really II looks very like one on the face of
the facts as they state them. The result of their
appeal to the courts. if they make il. will be OF
interest TO all ocean travellers
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1t is Illuminating to observe that all the
Administration organs describe the Dewey
reception in Chicago as polar frost: while
ali other journals picture il as something
too hot TO 90 near without a covering Of
asbestos There is not a doubt that
frosty feeling pervades Administrator civ
cles at this time; but it does not follow
that the cause is an iceberg on the shore
OF Lake Michigan. 1t may come from the
glacial formations in Porto Rico. the Phil
ippinss and Denmark
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a BuIlet Hole In nis s.nn.

WHEELING. ". Va. May 1-At 1
o'clock todayEthe body CT Patrick Sweeney.
thirty years OF age. unmarried was fcrnd
lying at thea foot OF Fifth Street. Death
had evidently occurred twelve or fifteen
hours before. Beside the body was ore
empty beer bottle and three full ones. No
trace Of violence was TO be found and TIE
only wound was q bullet hole IN the skull.
There is no clew 20 the murderer.
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A GREAT DAM IN DANGER.
Two Billion Gallons of Water
Threaten Colorado Ranckmen

Two Billion Gallons of Water
Threaten Colorado Ranckmen
DENVER, Col, May 1.-The rainstorm
of the last thirty-six hours IN Denver and
the surrounding country has been severe
Apprehensicns are felt regarding the safe
ty OF Castlewood Dam, at the head Of
Cherry Creek. thirty miles from Denver.
The dam holds back 2.0O0. .OO0. 600 gallons
OF water. and should it be let loose. il
would cause great property damage and
probably loss Of life. Owing to an IN
founded report that the dam had broken
ranchmen. dairymen. and others living
along tic creek fed from their homes last
night.
Tie Platte River in this city was thirty
inches higher this morning than it has
been before in eight years. Many people
living in the river bottoms have ben
forced TO leave their homes, but so far no
loss of life is reported
The evening times., 1900-05-01
Killed ON a Hunting Trin

CHARLESTON. w. Va. May I-Satur-
day, after William Strickland, a farmer
on Gable Fork, Of Big Sandy River. let
his home on a hunting trip in the mcun-
tains, he failed to return at the proper
time and his family sent persons to search
for him- Yesterday his dead bcdy was
found in the woods, half q mile from his
residelce. with a bullet hole in his right
side. The gun was found some distance
from his body. His death Is believed 10
have been accidental.
The evening times., 1900-05-01
THE CUBAN EXHIBIT.
Spnce Mt the PnFis Exposition Said
to BE Inadequate

to Re Inadequate.
Senor Quesada, President OF the Com
mission in charge Of the Cuban exhibit at
the Paris Exposition. was at the War De-
partment yesterday and made representa-
ticns to Secretary Root that the SPACE for
the exhibit Of Cuban products at the Ex-
position is entirely inadequate and urged
that steps be taken to induce the Expo
sition authorities to assign additional
floor ROOM Secretary Root promised 10
do what he c2uld IN the matter
Senor Quesada's action was taken as the
result OF a cablegram from Secretary Al
bertini, OF the Commission. saving that
much of the material from Cuba cannot be
exhibited on account of there being no
place to put it, According to the te!e-
gram the Cuban exhibit is one of the
finest at the Exposition. Senior Quesada
will sail for Paris next week
The evening times., 1900-05-01
The Cost of a Sneeze.

lFrOm The C1lC1gO ITibune)
Il tell yuh said Br1Ss Knuck Bsil a coed
sneeze is wuth dollar, when yuh want to saeeze
right bad
'.fIit cost a heap more'n that to snecze
Frunst . remarked Crib Crackin' Jake u tried
10 keep il back. but it had 10 come. an it woke
up the fsmbiy The man lad gan. an he got
the drop me. That snceze cost ne four years
in the pen
The evening times., 1900-05-01
A Rad Guess.

Grom the Chicago News.)
Mrs stubb (resdingl-John. who ere the Cold
stream GuSTts2
Mr. Srubb-I guess they must be fremen.
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Her Stage Name.


From the philadelphia PrcssJ
Tcss-So she Is geiGg on the stage1 7 s-IDDosc
She exnects 10 make a name for herself
Jass-Oh, yes; she hopes 70 eventually. bat
She has looked through any number OF society
novels for one and she hasn't found one yet that
osfife srlits her
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A Shnrn Girl

(FroH the OTnaha Worid-HeraId)
he (muSingly)-Well, man proposes. but
She (meaTingiy)-NO. he don't; he just keeps
making one think he Is going 70.
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no doubt speaking within bounds wiEen he
intimated that, in one particular case. the
Administration would stand by The old
declaration. even 10 the extent of war. II
the Standard Oil Company is Interested il
the matter, Of course it would, and will
But. to be consistent, that Hay-Paunce-
fote Treaty ought to be withdraw. Mr..
Rockefeller and MIR. Rogers should see to
this at once. Then Mr.. Mckinley would
be in position to do his plain duty with
out embarrassment. 1t would be suFine on
the part OF this Government to permit
Denmark to break its contract with "one
OF our best business interests" Rather
should We send Sampson and the feet un-
der his command TO Elsinore, there to
seize and carry of the grave OF Hamlet.
The evening times., 1900-05-01
CURRENT HUMoR.

CFrom the Argonaut.)

(Fron The ATgonaut-)
Henry James was once praising the work Of
fel0w-suthor. you are kind to him" said one
present, '-for he says unpleasant things about
your work"
All" said Mr.. James. 'but then both Of Us
may be wrOng."
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THE DEAD FROM MANILA.
The Transport sherman Arrives a
San Francisco.

The War Department has received the
following list OF names Of deceased SOL
diers whose remains arrived at San Fran
cisco from Manila on the transport Sher-
man:
Edgar F, koehler, first lieutenant, Ninth United
states Infantry; William q. Burns private Com
p2ny J.. Ninth United States Infantry; Henry Fitz-
gerald, private. Company r. Ninth lairsd States
Infantry; Patrick DowdalI, sergeant, Battery z,
~ nited StaIes Artillery; AbSst KnitIel- pTi-
yate. Battery o, Sixth United States Artillery;
William Wood, private, Battery L. Sixth Uaited
States Aftliery; EdWafd Barth private. q npaay
g. Twenty-iTst Urfted States Infantry. Tilden A
logan, private. Company B. Twenty ninth United
States Volunteer Infantry; Pinkey Finn p.ivate
company J.. Thirty y-seventh United States kolun-
teer Infantry; Sylvester =. Rothwen. Sergeant,
company +, Thirty seventh United States feiun-
teer Infantry; Charles l. SlOc,Im, artificer Co
h, Thirty-seycut United States Volunteer Iafan-
try; James Thompson. private. Company ID. Forty
eighth United States Volunteer Infantry; Zepa
Parker, musician, Company l. Fcrty-eiShth Uni
led States Volunteer Infantry; George Corgo, pri-
yaie. Company u. TweEty-seyenth United States
Volunteer Infantry: Edward G.. Rodday. PRIVATE
Company ID, Thirteenth United States Infantry:
Edward Baurnan private, Company F., Third Unit
ted States Infantry; William Tape. private, Com
nany NJ. Twelfth United States Infantry; Harry
B Str1nahan. private. Troop n, Third United
States Cavalry; AbTsham r. Mauk. private, Troop
l. Fourth L. : Cavalry; David A. Ferguson.
private, Troop l. Fourth L. 5. Cavalry; Theodore
ted states Volunteer Infantry William Boese, phi
Vate. Company II, Fory-sixt United States Vol
Gnteer Infantry, and Frank Apson, private, Com
pany G, Forty fTst United States Volunteer In
fantry- a.
The following bodies were received,
death occurring at sea:
Fr Ek l.. Lake. sergeant. Company H. Thir-
teenth United States Infantry: Frederick A Nil
Ter. private Company A. Fourteenth United states
Infantry Archie {. Byers, private. Company c.
Fourteenth United States Infantry; Charles r
Stewart. oorporai Troop NJ Eleventh United
States Volunteer Cavalry. and Homer H. Bateaaan.
private. Company II, Thirty ninth United States
Volunteer Infantry.
The remains of First Lieut.. Edgar F.
koehler. of the Ninth Infantry viii be
sent TO this city for Durial at Arlington.
Lieutenant Koehler held the commission OF
a captain in the Thirty Volunteer
Infantry al the time Of his death. having
been appointed July 3. 1899. He was trans
ferred from the Fourth Artillery. He was
a graduate Of West Point. having been ap-
pointed from Illinois.