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The evening times., 1900-04-30
SAVED FROM INSTANT DEATH.
a Thrilling Incident i'm the PennxyI-
vnuEa Oil Fields

FRANKLIN. Pa. April 30.-The coolness
of the oil well shooter is proverbial, but
one of the most dariag acts in the history
OF Pennsylvania oil fields was performed
yesterday afternoon. when. by presence of
Tairs1, William Bowers. the twenty -year-old
son of Joseph Bowers. Of Housewife. saved
his own life and that of several others.
Young Bowers is employed by the Har-
per Torpedo Company and was sent to
shoot a we'll for William Cormack. a few
miles north of here He filed a shell with
eighty quarts of notroglycerine, and had
just Strengthened the lcng tin tube over the
well, preparatory to lowering is to the bot
tom, when the cap at the top of the shell
loosened and the torpedo dropped.
Lying al the side of Bowers was a can
containing several quarts Of glyeerine. He
knew that even a slight Jar against the
casing meant instant death for all pres
ent The forty foot tube was starting
down the casing like flash when Bowers
threw his arms about the torpedo and held
IL until the other shooter could make IL
fast. In that torpedo was sufficient expIo-
sive TO have lifted the Bartholdi statue
from its base When praised for his bra
very Bowers says: Il wasn't hero. ]
Just used horse sense. We would have been
killed If il had exploded. The only chance
/ had was to grab the torpedo and did
The evening times., 1900-04-30
A FIRE IN WESTMINSTER.
Valuable Buildings Saved After :
Determined Effort.

WESTMINSTER. Nd. April 3O.-A large
barn on the premises of Mrs. Emily j.
Rippard and a stable on the adjoining
premises of George E Matthews. CT Nest
minister, were destroyed by fire Saturday
afternoon. The buildings were near the
centre OF the city and very close to some
CT its most valuable property. including
the Odd Fellows Hall and the New West
minister Hotel, the Methodist Protestant
Church. and a number OF fine private res
licences. The fire originated in Mrs. Rip
pard's barn. A high wind was blowing
and the sparks were carried several blocks
away. causing several ether fires TO start,
which were. however, suppressed. The
fences leading to the OBJ Fellows build
ing were burned, and the FIRE was checked
in that direction by tearing down all the
fences The live stock Of Mrs Rippard
was saved, but quantity of hay, oats.
harness. etc.. was destroyed.
The loss on the building is about 800
and is insured for $500 in the Carroll Coun-
ty Insurance Company. The loss of Mr..
Matthews is about $50. uninsured. Over
a thousand persons Witnessed the blaze.
John H Mitten, Manager of the ..Ameri-
can Sentinel" had his right hand badly
burned in attempting to save some of the
property.
The evening times., 1900-04-30
TO COUNT v1ReINIANs.
List of Census Enumerators for the
Eighth District

WARRENTON. Va. April 30.-Supervis-
or OF Census Robert R. Campbell VIII off,
eialIy announce today the appointment %
the following enureTauors Of the census
for the Eighth Congressional district:
Alexandra City-JOseph l. Lash. Edgar
Snowden. R. T. Cook, Charles II. Appich.
William c. Herbert. William II. Quinn.
John T. Hunter. and John T. NOrmoyle.
Alexandria County-C. II. Burroughs. St.
Elmo; r. 4. Hipkins. Arlington; s H.
Kincheloe Alexandria
Culpeper COvnty-R R. Maokau and
Albert l. WhitestOne. CuIpeper: Edgar
Wayland. Crooked Run; c. ". Marsh
Mitchell's: George r. Payne and G. W.
Rixey. Rixeyville; r. NJ. ApPerson. Nor
man; J. ". Colvin. HudsOn's Mill: T. L
Allison. Richardsville; G. ". Hume. Rae
coon Ford.
Fairfax C0unty-C. J. MohIer Centre
Vile: E. II. Jackson, Great Fails; George
A Haisht, Chantilly; f. A Hirst AMMAN
dale: J. C Chichester. Fairfax: J. J. Sang
ster, Burke's Station; n NJ. Davis. Alex
andria: Charles " PidgeOn. AccOti1k: r
r Buckley Clifton; Sta II. Hawkhurst.
Fairfax
Fauquier County. r. Grant. Auburn:
Daniel Shumate. Calyertoa: L F. Hans
borough E F. Kloman. and W T. Follen
L. r
Bealton; William F. Marshall. Markham.
c. NJ Smith. DelapIane; c. Il Moore. Or
lean: William Skinker The Plains: C W.
Talbot. Marshall; J. VI. Scott, Upperville,
T. c. Payne. Shiloh.
King George County-W J. Rogers. Os-
so; F. L. Ashton. Owens: E W Mason.
Comcrn; j. F. Jones. Amber; S. NJ. Weech
Alden.
Loudoun County-C. ". Hutchens. Ash
burn; NJ. F. Wrenn. Waxpool; G. w
Adams Hillsbcror: C Shaver. Waterford.
J. w H Grim and J. c. Hough Lucketts:
ID. r Head. Leesburg. l. c. GruDb. Tay-
loTstOEn; G. W. Taylor. Middleburg: J. d.
Moore. Aide; Edward Potz. Middieburg:
G. W. Hcse, Lincoln; E c. Sine. PhiIo-
mont; E. F. Powell, Airmount. District
No 81 UOudOun county 10 be supplied
Louisa COunty-R. B. Winston. Eiscr:
W c. Massie. Oakland: L. l. Loyal VIII
lowbrook; c. W. Hancock; Trevillians p
II. Quarles. GordonsviIle; Thomas MeGhee
TreYillians; 2. II. Meredith. Inez; c. r.
Bagby. Locust Greek; L. ". Care. Bibb;
G.. ID. NJ. Hunter and +. NJ. Cunningham
Louisa Court House
Orange County-Thomas Barber. Somer-
set; N T. Barley Burnt Hill; r. S. Bev-
nard. Madison Run: J. w Johnson. Or
ange. William I. Jones. Rapidan: Il IL
Martin. Unienville; J. G. Terrin. Lahore.
Prince William County,. d. Muller.
NokesTille; E. T. Wright. Yoy; J. Fl. Reid
Forestburg; C. A. Hulfsh, Haymarket; c.
G. Tyler; Hickory Grove; o. p Merit and
W. w. Davis, Manassas; J. B. Black, Oe-
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Stafford County-Charles T. Stone.
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and J. H. Ball, Montiethyille: A. " Stew
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mouth; II. 81. Folsom. Stafford's Store
The evening times., 1900-04-30
THE EcUMENIcAL CONFERENCE.
Medical Missionary Work In India
the Days Topic.

NEW YORK. April 3O-Tbis mornings
meeting OF the Eeumenicsl Conference IN
Carnegie Hall was opened by prayer after
which the a1die1ee Joined in singing. DR..
j. Chamberlain. the presiding officer. fol-
loved with a short talk on medical mis-
sionary work in India
The chairman then announced that the
Rev. George z. Post. NJ D.. who had pre-
pared paper On Medical Work in Reia-
tion to Mission Work" was unable TO be
present and that his paper would be read
by L. l. Scudder, N. n. Of India. DR.. Post
is professor of surgery in the Syrian F-o-
testans College in Beirut In his paper he
said in part:
we believe that the first aim of medi-
cal missions should be the relief OF sffer-
ing from motives of brotherhood. Nothing
is clearer in the story Of Christ's life than
the fact that human suffering appeals 70
his sympathy and that the sight OF il
stimulated him to the exercise, Of his pow
err"
Other speakers were: C. F. Hartford Bat
tersby. NJ D.. Livingstone Medical Col
lege. England; F. Howard Taylor NJ D..
China Inland Mission; o. Ravison, NJ D.,
Seoul, Korea, missionary, Presbyterian
Church. United States Of America
The evening times., 1900-04-30
The Truth and the Friar

The rock bottom truth concerning the
relations of the religious orders in the
Philippines 10 the questions of property
and government in those islands, may be
known to a few high Government officials
and ecclesiastics. AS far as the American
people are concerned the matter is one of
much mystery On the one hand. native
authorities on the subject-those at least
whose statements have reached the public
here-appear TO agree that the repeated
instructions which have occurred in the
archipelago during the past century, have
been principally caused by the oppression
of the common people by these orders.
Distinguished visitors, official and other
wise, like Prof Dean c. Worcester. and
the Anglican Bishop OF New York como
home from the Philippines with stories
which seem to eorroborate the assertions
OF the natives.
On the other hand equally inteIlieen.
Catholic witnesses deny at once the state
ments of the Filipinos and of the American
Protestants who have, or think they have
investigated the question on the ground
In New York yesterday, the Rev Father
McQuaid. OF San Franc SEQ, who is return
ing to his parish from Manila, after a So
journ there Of seven months, preached a
sermon on The Catholic Church in the
Philippines in which he Iauded the work
Of the friars. and severely denounced the
reports concerning them disseminated by
Bishop Potter and Others Referring to the
The evening times., 1900-04-30
EN- ROUTE TO THE CONFERENCE
BaItimOreaEs 10 Attend G5urchmen's
Meeting in Chicago.

BALTIMORE. Md, April 30.-The BaIti-
more Conference delegates to the General
Conference Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. to begin in Chicago tomorrow, lef.
here today. These are Rev. DIR. John F.
Goueher. President Of the WOman's Col
lege, who has been a member also OF the
General Conferences of 1855, 1892. and 1896
Rev. DIR. John Lanahan. Rev. DIR. William
S Edwards. Mr.. ]. S. Rawlings. of Balti-
more; Rev. Joel Brown. Westminster, Nd;
Rev DR.. Frank NJ Bristol. Metropolitan
Church. Washington. D. C. and Mr.. L n.
Bacon. Philopolis. I'D.
All the delegates expect to attend the
conference. There was some doubt or DR..
Lanahan's being able 10 90. but he decided
that II viii be possible for him 10 attend.
The aIternates appointed from the Bal
timore Conference are: Rev J. c NiehOl-
son, pastor of Harlem Avenue Methodist
Episcopal Church; Messrs- W c. Bishop,
summerfeid Baldwin, W II. Thomas p. 2
Bennett. Baltimore Rev l. B. Wilson,
Washington. ID. C; c. c. Gorsuch. West
minister. Nd: d. p Miller. Cumberland.
Md. Alexander Ashley. Washington. D. c. 4;
T. r Carskaden. Keyser. ". Va.
II Is probable that besides the bshOp 10
be elected 10 I'll the vacancy caused by the
death OF Bishop John p Newman. who
died during the year, other bishops will be
elected Ministers mentioned prominently
for the Office are:
Rev DR.. Joseph r. Berry. editor OF the
"Epworth Herald Chi ago. III.
Rev. Or. Henry ". Syellmeyer. pastor OF
RossviIle Church. Newark, y. J.
Rev. Dr. John r. G0ueher. President OF
the woman's College. Baltimore. Nd.
Rev. DR.. Charles J. Little. president OF
the Garrett Biblical Institute. Evanston,
III
Rev Dr. John ". Hamilton. secretary OF
the Freedmen's Aid Society. Cincinnati,
Ohio.
Western Christian Advocate" Cincinnati.
Ohio
Rev. DR.. Abraham J. Palmer. secretary
Of the Missionary Society. Methodist
Church New Terk.
Rev Dr. William Y Kelly. editor Of the
Methodist Review New York
Besides the routine business Of the con-
ference a number Of anniversaries Of the
different church organizations viii be held
and several interesting lectures viii be
given The regular sessions viii be held in
the Aud .torium. which seats 6.0C0 persons.
and the Studebaker. Auditorium Recital
and University Halls viii also be used.
Bishop Hartzell viii give lecture on The
Briton and the BOer in South Africa A"
Mrs Maud Ballington Booth VIII lecture.
and Congressman J. p DOIliEer. of Iowa,
viii lecture on The Nation OF America
The Apollo Club. OF Chicago. viii give
the OratOriO Of Elijah
The evening times., 1900-04-30
FIRED BY A LOCOMOTIVE
Maryland Timber Lands swept d,
the Flames

SABILLAsVILLE. Nd, April SO.-The
locomotive attached to the train that
passes Pen-Mar about noon scattered fire.
brands in all directions as it passed
through the mountains on Friday and set
fire to large mountain north of Sabillas-
vile in several places. William Naylor
had 1.6e0 fence rails. besides frewood and
growing timber. consumed by the flames,
which were driven by a strong north wind.
His neighbors. Alfred Brown and Samuel
Arenspurger, had great damage done to
growing timber The Pen-Mar Mountain
was fired in a number of places. and be-
fore the fire brigade could be rallied from
section hands the flames had swept a
great distance.
The mountains between Thurmont and
SabillasYille seem to have been fred by
the same agency. and burned briskly Sat-
urday afternoon and night. Farmers com
plain bitterly OF the destruction of timber.
The evening times., 1900-04-30
CHANGE OF PERSONALITY.
Missionaries VI in Japan Have TO ADOPT
Entire Ne~ Costumes


NEW YORK. April 3O.-In the Thirty
fourth Street Reformed Church yesterday
Rev Harman Y. S. Peek gave a iesc-ip-
tion CT missionary work as he found il IN
hago Shima, Japan He has been station
ed in Japan since 1887. and he said that in
order to prosecute his work successfully
he had to acquire japanese personality.
The japanese language said Dr.
Peeke. lis far more difficult to learn than
Chinese and its vocabulary IS continually
shifting. The missionary does well TO de-
vote the first two years to nothing but Ian
ssage study.
The missionary cannot have too h.sh
an ideal The studying Of language is
really acquiring a new per SonaIity. and in
my case il was a Japanese personality.
Even private devotions must eventually
be done in japanese. end the force Of the
Ser i0tares must De felt as strongly IN that
language as in English
In the city il is our custom to rent 4
store frent which opens on the street. We
go there in the evening with our ore IN sas
books The audience is afraid to Z ne in
and sit on the mats to listen. bl sbout
thirty OF forty will stop outside The city
has fifty thousand inhabitants. and We
hope by means of the street preaching
places eventually to get all the people TO
know that theIe is such a thing as Christ
ianity-
This southern part of Kyushu island.
where We are sta .ioned. with the adjacent
islands, has nearly million inhabitants
There are only Lhree hundred Christians
here and less than ter Christian workers.
native and foreign We do not see persons
becoming Christians in great numbers in
Japan, and We cannot expect it The
change of a mans convictions is serious
thing. eminenly so the change Of his re-
ligiOus convictions. which is far more Sc
rious than the change of his political con-
The evening times., 1900-04-30
Alleged Assassin Arrestea in Italy.

PATERSON, N J.. April 3o.-Assistant
Prosecutor Ralph Shaw has received word
that Alfred Cabrino. wanted fer the mur-
der of Seeunda ottino. at Haledon. in Au-
gust last, has been arrested at B al, italy.
and is held there awaiting extradition pa
pers from this country Cahrino. il is al
legged, killed ellog-eountryman. Seeunda
Ottino. after an argument resulting from a
dispute over a gaCe OF baseball. The al
legged murderer Vas traced TO Italy by
Luigi Bossi. his bondsman. Ott.no fingered
a week after receiving the injury, viii, b
was at first thought to be slight and a
simple charge of assault was made agf slst
Cabrino-
The evening times., 1900-04-30
THEATRE FIRE IN SYRACUSE
The Structure Badly Damaged and
One Man FatuHy Hurt

SYRACUSE, N Y, April 3O--The .Dun-
fee Comedy Theatre. on South Clinton
Street was partly destroyed by fire which
broke out at 2:10 o'clock this morning. The
fire is believed to have started in the dress
ing-rooms under the stage. Before the
flames we're extinguished $4,000 damage
was done.
Captain Phillip Kantz. of Engine Com
pany No. l. was perhaps fatally injured ey
being overcome by smoke and falling into
the cellar. The damaged theatre is owned
by John Dunfee. contractor and local
politician. II is valued at S25, 600. Messrs
Bagg and Watson of Buffalo. had recently
secured the management of the house.
The evening times., 1900-04-30
London Women's Fad Tor Walking
(From the Chicago N-ws)

II is becoming the fashion for smart women OF
London to do their shopping OF morning walk
ing, and, in fact, walking is now looked upon a.
heaith-giving exercise, and is greatly indulged
in by all degrees For instance the Duchess of
Devonshire makes a point Of walking for a couple
Of hours every morning. The Duchess of Portland
too- generally takes her constitutional Lady
Alwyne Compton. whose husband has Just gone to
the front, is great walker: and Mme. Van
Andre and Lady Randolph Churchill are also firm
believers in the walking cure. Lady Claude Ham
hton, who walks almost better than any woman
IN London, is more often to be seen foot than
driving
The evening times., 1900-04-30
Coins of cromwcIr. Trooper..
From the Birmingham Post1

remarkable discovery of coins has been made
at Hoghton. midway between Blackburn and
Preston, at a farmhouse belonging TO Thomas
Crook. near HOghtOn Tower, the seat OF Sir James
De nogbton, and the scene of of the Cron-
wellisn advances. The coins which number hftE.
Eve, OF silver varying in value and dated near
the end OF the fifteenth and the beginning Of the
sixteenth century They were discovered under
the thatch Of roof. where il is eonieetured they
were placed for safety from plunder by Crom.
wells troops. They are in = remarkably good
state of preservation, and were in curious bag
Of wash leather.
The evening times., 1900-04-30

Wallace to Be DePO-ted.-It is
more than idle rumor in the report that
Gen Lew Wallace has been asked by The
President to go to CouStantinOple and
collect the small debt owed to Uncle Sam
by the terrible. turbaned Tzrk. Minister
Straus left the Sublime Porte IN high
dudgecns a month or more ago and Il is
an open secret that he refuses 10 return
TO his post Until the willy Sultan dis
gorges- Genera Wallace has been in high
dudgsons. too, ever since the Oxnard
Tariff bill was fastened on Porto Rico
and he has been creating quite as much
of stir among the HoOsiers as Minister
Straus has managed to bring about among
the Turks. Like EsOst old men, General
Wallace is said TO talk nearly all the time
and il is stated that he never fails TO get
an appreciative audience when be walks
around among the Hoosiers. The PROPOSE
tion now is TO utilize to the best possible
advantage this irrepTessible garrGlousness
of General Wallace. AS il is desired that
men like him should be abroad in HOosier-
dom at present. and as il is advisable TO
send somebody to CDHstaDtinople who E-ili
talk until the Grand Turk coughs up.'
there is excellent reason why General
Wallace should be despatched to the
Sublime Porte post haste. II is believed
the old gentleman will fall into the trap
set for him II he is the only Arneri an
citizen who can collect the money from
the impecunious Sultan without a fight.
then General Wallace will dare not refuse
to answer his cOuntry's cau to duty.
The evening times., 1900-04-30

Probably it may be regarded as provi-
Dental that General Merriam has the
Occur dAlene situation so well in hand
that he could be spared for other duty.
II that were necessary. The threatened
strike on the New York Central system is
a warning TO the Administration that more
of its friends and supporters are likely to
require military assistance.
The evening times., 1900-04-30

(From the AtclGson Globe)
There Is only oue family in town extravagaut
enough to hire tutor. and he also takes eafe Of
the furnace.
The evening times., 1900-04-30
Considered FaStIdIous.

lFrom the Philadelphia Bulletin)
''Mrs Clump says her second husbands awful
fussy about his eatin- -
Don't her cookin' suit himf''
- 'Taint that but good land. he wants a clean
napkin twice 4 week and another plate Fr his
pie"
The evening times., 1900-04-30
Double RacketS.


(From the Chicago News.)
There seem to be smiles al over your face this
morning
''NO wonder. There's new baby down at Our
house"
HIM"
'.And new piano"
''WelI, you'll get precious little rest in the fu-
ture.''
Don't YOU believe Il, The piano, makes such a
racket yoa can't hear the baby"
The evening times., 1900-04-30

Conditions in South Africa are not vet
rejecting much glory on Lord Roberts
With fully an hundred thousand men 10
cover a triangular area with sides about
seventy miles long. he has allowed ten or
twelve thousand Beers 10 cut in on his
tianks, clean up the great wheat harvest
Of the Wepener district. and get away with
it. The vices of the British Army orgaui-
zation and system do not appear to have
been vet cured
The evening times., 1900-04-30

II is doubtful if an American naval DEM
onstratiou of the coast of Syria would be
tolerated by the Concert of Europe Ger
tainly not in advance of an explanation of
speech.
The evening times., 1900-04-30

Otis seems sure to come home. for he
has accepted an invitation TO dinner in
his native village Of Rochester. y. Y. to
be eaten on June Ia He will have the
unique pleasure of being able to tell the
other diners about war a year long, no
event or episode of which he Wit
messed. and which he conducted entirely
by telegraph and telephone. II is not only
the ROchesterians but the whole American
people who will be glad 10 have the cid
lady back. He should never have started.
The evening times., 1900-04-30
CURRENT HUMoR.

She Won't Have to Jein the Club.
(From HaFPer's Bazar)
--Now honestly, Maud, didn't Jack propose last
evening
why y-e-e-es, But how did you gltessY-'
Il noticed that YOU didn't have that worried
lOOk this morning. "
The evening times., 1900-04-30


Docs your wife take 10 horticulture Biiiy2-'
Yes. indeed: she gets out every nee cay with
the hoe and chops the head Of something I've
The evening times., 1900-04-30

Their gentle action and good effect the sys
TEN really make them perfect little pill They
please those who use them CzgteT's Little Live
Pslls nsay vel be termed .-Perfection-''
The evening times., 1900-04-30
Hanna Hasn't Given Up-In spite q,

Hanna HASN'T Given Tp.-In spite oF
all the recent discoUragirg developments
in Congress, Il is evident that Af Hanna
has not yet given up hope OF pushing
through the Ship Subsidy scheme at this
session He made a characteristic speech
at Pittsburg Saturday night in which he
laid down the law 20 his party on the Han
na-Payne Bill. He complained that more
than S2o0,o0o,oc0 annually is wrung fem
the commerce Of this country by foreign
shipOwneTs. and pointed out how all Of
this could be saved 10 the home shipper
by the bOunties he proposes to give Amer
lean navigation companies. He also spoke
eloquently Of the flag and Of the duty i'm
posed by ,i>stiny upon this nation OF Chris
tIauiziug me world. Mr. Hanna does not
present these arguments on the floor Of the
Senate. though he Is supposed 70 DO so al
committee meetings. II is believed. how
ever. that his Pittsburg speech is fore
runner Of a great. Effort along the same
line he vii, make in the Senate within the
next month. Certain IL is that he intends
10 exert his full strength in favor OF the
ship Subsidy scheme from now until the
close of the session. and il is thought that
if he should plead with the Senate for the
ChristlS.i=sng Of the world through the
means of ship subsidies he would be lis
tened 10 with close attention