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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-01
GENERAL CONFERENCE
 SOUTHERN METHODISTS
A Sketch of the Parliament Of the Church With Its
 Powers and Limitations.
By L R. ANTS in Nashville Banner.

jority of the succeeding General Confer ence.
 Even this first rule. which, it is said, cannot be changed, would not be an ex- ception under certain circumstances. If the church ever comes to the place in her history when the form of doctrine laid out for us by our founder becomes archaic. and the progress of new age demands a restatement of the old truths in the forms of modern thought, the old church will rise in her strength and shake off the grave clothes with which her founders thought to bind her forever and adjust herself to the work of saving the world in the age in which she lives. The more intelligent men of her communion today hold to this idea, and whenever there comes from the constituency a demand for adjustment and even changes, the first rule will be dealt with as the others True, this rule has served us well in the formation of our early history, and has kept Episcopal Methodism from many hurtful changes, but 1t must not be used, and will not be. to stay the progress of the church or to hamper her in her en- deavor to adjust herself to meet the de- mands of this busy age.
 So we see this conference can pass any law make any change (even to chang ing the name of the church) it desires
 
 the vote of the people in the Annual. District, Quarterly and Church Confer cnces
 The Bishops preside at the General Conference. The senior Bishop opens and organizes the body on the first morn ing. After this each Bishop takes his turn in presiding.
 As the coming General Conference, like it's predecessors. will not only enact laws. but also take cognizance of all interests of the church. looking carefully into the acts of it's officers who are entrusted with the management of its affairs. even tho Bishops being subject to rigid investiga- tion by the Committee on Episcopacy. there is no little interest among the l.. 5OO Gi0 Southern Methodists upon the eve of this gathering Our publishing in terests, our missionary operations and our church extension affairs will all come under review
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-01
FAMOUS COMMAND ARRIVES.
Company H. o2nd Infantry Reaches
 San Francisco.

San Francisco, Feb. 2s.--Among the troops which arrived on the transport Hancock from Manila were Captain George A. Detchemendy. Lieutenant Parker Hit and thirtf-four enlisted men of Company H, 22nd Infantry. from Baier, Luson, the most remote station Tn the Philippines It was this company Of sol diers who, after many hardships, ran down the Fflipinos carrying messages from AKuinaldo. Together with Lieuten- ant James D. Taylor. 24th Infantry. they discovered Aguinaido's. hiding place at Palaman. furnishing the necessary m, formation, which was used by Generai Funston in the capture of, Aguinaldo. Ar ter the capture of Aguinaldo these on. ano Filipino troops who were with Aguinal- do last.
 Captain Detchemendy and company were also recently highly praised by Secretary of the Navy Long for. their work in searching for the remains of young Menvflle. who was one of the Gilmore party who was kiiieo by the ra
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-01

The fourteenth quadrennial session of 1.-the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, will convene in |Dallas, Tex, on the 7th of next May. \ To this body the members and minis |ters of the Methodist Church in the South | Ihave delegated the power to act for them Fin the making of laws which shall govern q em in matters ecclesiastical. It is thor oughly representative body, being com posed of one clerical delegate for every forty eight ministers, together with an |euual number of laymen elected by the several conferences These laymen are elected from the rank and file of the mem |bership, the only requisite being that the Representative shall be 25 years old and must have been a member of the church for six years preceding his election. l The laymen are usually the more con servative element in general conter- ence They are slower to take up new flaws. being more inclined to walk in the old paths than the clerical delegates. Be Hing business men, they are not supposed to study beforehand the questions at issue as closely as the clerical members who arc devoting all their time to these mat ters-not that they are not in favor of nroeress and advancement in the church, I lbut they want to be sure that new steps land measures proposed are in reality ad- lvanced steps and for the good of the cause.
 Fl These Iaymen come as rule from our most intelligent and loyal members; gen. .crally men who are accustomed to ap- near in public, and who would be at ease as a member of any deliberative assem- ply. The laymen have equal powers and 3oriyileges in the conference with the min isters where they sit and vote together When desirable. upon vote of one-fifth or tho conference. the lay and clerical vote may he taken separately; but a ma iority of both is necessary to the passage of an act.
 Thus the two classes act as restraints upon each other
 There are certain restrictions thrown around even the General Conference. These are known as the six restrictive rules and form at least a part of the constitution of the church. The first of these rules cannot be altered at ai-at Icest. so says The Discipline. It is as follows:
 "Tbe General Conference shall not re- yoke alter or change our articles of re- ,gion or establish any new standards or rnle of doctrine contrary to our present existing and established standard of doc
 trine." ,.,.,-- The other rules may be altered by the concurrent vote of three-fourths of all the
 members of the Annual Conferences pre-
 sent and voting and of a two-thirds ma
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-01

Finished manufactures form the chief features of the imports into the United States from Germany and foodstuffs and manufacturers' materials form the chief features of our exports to Germany. Su- gar, chemicals. cotton manufactures. silk manufactures. leather and manufactures. toys eartheu. stone and chipaware. wool manufactures. iron and steel manufac- lures and cement are the principal items in our imports from Germany: while raw cotton. corn. wheat, four, pork and beef products. mineral oils, tobacco, oil cake and meal, naval stores, wood and manu- factures thereof and copper form the chief features of our exports to Germany. Tn few classes of manufactures, how ever. notably iron and steel, the exports to Germany are considerable, but, as above indicated. the bulk of the move- R1ent from the United States to that country are composed of articles required in Germany for food or manufa curing and which 1t does not produce in suffi- cient quantities at home: while. on the other hand, the bulk of the imports into the United States from Germany are foodstuffs not produced at home or the higher grades of manufactures, such as sugar. wines, coffee. rice, chemicals. gloves, laces and knit goods, woolen dress goods silk dress goods. cutlery, porce- lain and chinaware and toys.
 The following tables show the principal imports into the United States from Ger many and principal exports from the United States to that country in the fis- cal year 1901:
 Principal articles imported from Ger
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-01
BURNETT TRIAL BEGINS
oProsrNo COUNSEL MAKE OPEN. ING ADDRESSES.
Attorney for the Defendant Attacks Character of Hrs. Nichel-SAys
 Prisoner Was Drunk at Time of the Suicide.

Chicago, Feb. 3.-Opposing counsel In the case of Dr. Orville s. Burnett. charg- cd with being an accessory before and after, the fact of the self-murder of Mrs. Charlotte Nichol. made their opening ad- dresses to jury Tn Judge Bakers court today. The prosecution charged that Burnett, a former college athlete, and already married had not only violated his own marriage pact. but had broken up the home of an honest and respectable gentleman. He had agreed to die with her when the woman found that they were to be~Separated. He had purchased morphine for her and deliberately allow ed her to swallow 1t in his presence. Then ssid the prosecutor sarcastically, Ito carry out his end of the bargain he scratched himself with pin"
 Mir. Nichol the wronged husband. the lawyer declared. lay Ill in his Tennessee home. his health shattered by the acts of the defendant and unable to appear against the man who had wrecked ms life.
 Attorney o'Donnell. for the defense. at. tackled the character of Mrs. Sichol. Il was she, he said. who brought about the acouaintance between herself and pr Burnett. She sought his company tnces' sanity and borrow cd money to secure ths apartments at the Marlborough Hotel where che was later found dead,
 Dr. Burnett did not purchase morphine for her; he did not know she contem. plated suicide, although even before sn' had met him she had threatened to dc away with herself. He was intoxicated on the night of the tragedy, but he had no thought of suicide. He went to sleep under the influence of the liduor he had drunk and when he awoke Mrs. Nichol was lying dead. Some of the morphine which she had taken remained, and ne took the poison and then. still more des- perate. he stabbed himself and then turn ed on the sas. All his attempts were futile, said the attorney, and he was left to face what hts folly, not his crimfn' ality, had in part brought about.
 pr. R, w. Carter, who attended Bur- nett when he and the dead woman were discovered together in the hotel, was the first witness. Dr. Garter refused to ad- init that Burnett was daxed or In any way apparently insane at the time.
 H. W. Julian, a druggist. partly ioenti- fled Burnett as the man who purchased the vial of morphine tablets from him on the afternoon of October 20
 Sylvia Bryan, a colored maid at the hotel testified as to Burnett and Mrs. Nichol renting a suite of rooms. She never saw Mrs. Nichol there before, but said Burnett had been there several times.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-01

selves greatly. We came for pleasure. and we have certainly found 1t. We have been in California. the South, W0hing- ton, and have finally reached New York. We sail soon now for Gibraltar. I must confess that do not find New York the most beautiful or the most interesting part of your country. California easily carries off the prize as the finest sec ton of the sUnltsd States. I have been surprised at the number of Americans who do not know their own country. sur prised because so many of them do know Europe. There are plenty of Europeans who do not know the other countries of Europe. but then they do nor know ,Amer- lea, either. Americans arc good travel CTS. but they miss great deal when they do not see their own country first think that the French, English and Germans are every year coming more and more to realize that they. too, have much to learn from tho United States and are coming over here in great num- bers. A trip through the United States should be a part of a European's edu- cation. But it should also be a part of an American's education"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-01
ENEMIES FOR JAPAN.
Bad Feeling May Be Engendered by
 New Treaty.

Victoria. B. C.. Feb. 2S.-K. Sunisto managing editor of the Japanese Times of Tokio was a passenger on the steam ship Shinao Mafu, which arrived last night In an interview he sad that the Anglo-Japanese treaty would certainly make enemies for Japan, as Great Britain was none too popular in the far West but she could afford to do so with Eng land behind her. Manchuria, he said was very rich, and it was the policy of the United States, England and Japan tc keep the country open to the world and prevent Russia holding it for Russians only.
 All talk of Russia seizing a port in Korea has ceased. Japan is taking quiet possession of the Peninsula. build ing railroads and telegraph lines and colonizing the country. while Russia is losing prestige with the Koreans.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-01
A Printer Greatly Surprised

"I never was so much surprised in my life, as I was with the results cf using Chamberlain's Pain Balm,'' says Henry T. Crook. pressman of The Ashevile (N. e Gazette "I contracted a severe case of rheumatism early last winter by getting my feet wet. tried several things for 1t without benefit. One day while looking over The Gazette. I noticed that Pain Balm was positively guaranteed to cure rheumatism, go bought a bottle of 1t and before using two-thirds of 1t my rheu- matism had taken its flight and I have not had a rheumatic pain since" Sold by E. c. Fowler, Druggist. adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-01
RAILROAD TELEPHONE TEST.
Illinois Central Officers Talk Over
 Ordinary Telegraph Wire.

Chicago, Feb. S.-Officers of the 1lli- nois Central Railroad experimented last night with telephone designed to sup plant the telegraph instrument in the transaction of railway business. The test was made between Chicago and Kan kakee. fifty miles of which Is said to be the worst line along the road. The tele- phonine Is done over an ordinary tele- graph wire and without interrupting tele- graphic messages. The tests lasted an hour and was declared satisfactory de- spite the rainy weather.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-01
PLAN DIRECT SETTLEMENT.
Chile and Argentine May End Their
 Differences

New York. Feb. 2S.-It is consistently reported, says a Valparaiso, Chili. dis patch to The Herald that the Chilian and Argentine governments are secretly plan ming a direct settlement of the boundary controversy in which Colonel Sir Thomas IT. Loldich is acting as the expert for King Edward. the arbitrator.
 Nothing can be gathered in official cir cles regarding this rumor. which most of the newspapers frankly welcome as a sensible way of averting war and Of re- ducing the budgets of both countries.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-01
REMOVED HIS BRAIN.
Wonderful Operation in Baltimore
 Patient Being Well.

New York. Feb. 2S.-In one of the mos' remarkable operations known to surgery says a Baltimore special to The World the brain of Rev William A. Stark, pas. tor Of the Broadway German Methodist Episcopal Church, of this city, has beer actually lifted from it's bed and the roots of certain nerves that had caused thi clergyman excessive neuralgia were ex. tracted. The patient is said to have stood inc operation well and few doubts of his recovery are entertained. The operation was performed at the Johns Hopkins HOspital
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-01
Man and Daughter Dead.

Ridgeway, Pa. Feb. 2s-Bartel swee- nev an aged farmer. and his daughter, Mary were found last night in their home at Wilcox with their. skulls crush ed and the bodies very much decomposed. Sweeney was quite well to do and the supposition is that robbery was the mo- Aittn
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-01
TWO MEN WERE KILLED.
Furnace Roof Falls and Buries Work
 men Beneath the Debris

Chicago. Feb. 2s-Two men were killed and three were injur d today by the fall ing of furnace roof at the plant of the South Chicago Furnace Company. Tht dead:
 Frank Russell. head crushed.
 Michael Jackular. body crushed.
 While the three men who were injured are in critical condition, 1t is said they have good chance to recover. The ac- cident is- supposed to have been due to the weakening of the steel trusses sup porting the galvanized roofing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-01
woman,s Suffrage Defeated

Des Moines. la, Feb. 2S.-The woman's Suffrage amendment has met it's first de- feat in the House Committee on Amend ments and Suffrage. which decided to recommend 1t for indefinite postponement A motion to report 1t for passage was defeated eight to three
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-01
Greek Minister to Fight a Duel.

Athens, Feb. 8-M. TOpaIis. the Mn ister of Justice. has resigned in order to TRe quarrel between NJ. Topalis and Col onel Roumoundouros was the outcome of proceedings against deputy charged with melting to commit murder.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-01
BIC COMPANIES INCORPORATED
Dupont Powder Mills Consolidated
 A Lad Trust Formed.

Wilmington. Del. Feb. 2s.-The F.. L.. Dupont De Nemours Company for the manufacture of guE powder and other explosives, capital s2o.OOo,0O0. has been incorporated at Dover. The new corpo- ration is expected to take in all of the Dupont powder mills.
 The Forwood Lead Company. capital Sl. 900. .OOO to acquire mining rights Tn New Mexico and Arizona has also filed articles of incorporation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-01
JUDGE REAGAN ILL.
Last of the Confederate Cabinet
 Stricken With Pneumonia.

New York Feb. 2s.-Judge John H. Rea- gan, the only surviving member of the Confederate cabinet, is Ill from pneu- monia says a special from Austin, Tex. 10 The Tribune. He is at his farm in
 Judge Reagan is s2 years old and is Chairman of the Texas Railroad Com mission. He served many years in Con
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-01
RATE CUTTING ABOLISHED.
Western Passenger Association
 Adants Ironclad Resolution.

Denver, Col. Feb. 2S.-The trans-Mis- souri committee of the Western Passen- ger Association. which has been in ses- sion here. has adopted an agreement to sholiah rate-cuttlng It Is iron-clad.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-01
Applicable to New Workers Especially

New York Tribune.
 The Count and Countess C. A. Wach- s;enstein of Paris are at the Gilsey House "Wc have been in this country for over two months now the Count said yesterday, and have enjoyed our-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-01
SPECIAL FOR TO-DAY.

5000 fresh selects, 55c. per hun. dred. Fresh Eggs and Butter Chickens. Turkeys and Fish.
 Montgomery Produce Co.,,
 M. Strauss, Mgr. Phone ASA. Free delivery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-01

The silken thread s spun from two orifices in the nose of the silkworm. the two threads being united by geatlnous substance.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-01
ToDAY-TONIGHT
At McDonald's the Very Funny
 Comedy. "A Breezy Time"

The attraction for today. matinee and night. is the Imaginable comedy. "A Breezy Time" It is full of mirth, music and pretty girls. Matinee. 15, 25 cts; night l5, 25. 50 cts. adv.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-01-17
A WEEKS RECORD
ALI the News of the Past Seven
Days Condensed.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
News of the Industrial Field, Personal
and Political Items, Happenings
at Home and Abroad.
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
CONGRESSIONAL.

While considering pension legislation in
the senate on the Sth Senator Gallinger.
chairman Gf the committee on pensions,
said that none but absolutely meritorious
cases would be presented to the senate for
its consideration. The nominations of Les
lie NJ. Shaw, of Iowa, for secretary of the
treasury, and Henry c. Payne, of Wiscon-
sin, for postmaster general were received.
lin the house debate on the Nicaraguan
canal bill occupied most of the time. Bills
were introduced for the payment of PEN
sions monthly instead of quarterly. as at
present and authorizing the secretary of
the treasury to loan the federal surplus
TO national banks at two per cent. interest.
In the senate on the 9th in executive
session the nominations of Leslie NJ. Shaw
20 be secretary of the treasury and Henry
c. Payne to be postmaster general were
confirmed. The committee on census agreed
TO recommend the passage of a bill to ere
ate permanent census bureau. Adjourned
TO the 18th In the house the Nicaragua
canal bill was passed by vote of COS to 2,
every effort to introduce the Panama canal
as n feature being defeated. The coinage
committee agreed upon bill to maintain
silver at a parity with gold.
There was no session of the senate on the
10th. lin the house bills were introduced
providing a salary of 81, 600 year for ex-
presidents of the United States. and to es-
tablish pneumatic tube mail service in the
large cities. A bill was passed to give the
widow of the late President Mckinley the
franklng privilege during the remainder
OF her life After debate the bill providing
for a permanent census bureau was recon-
mtted to the census committee The PEN
sion appropriation bill was reported. II
carries slS9 go. Adjourned to the 18th.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-01-17
LATER.

! The Southern Pacific Railroad Co.
is preparing to send broadcast over
the north and east from 600 to 1000
immigrant agents whose business
will be to induce homeseekers to
come to Louisiana and Texas.
Gen. S. G. Griffin, veteran of the
civil war, died at his home in Keene,
n. H., on the 14th, aged AZ years. He
took part in 90 battles, as well as in
number of skirmishes. He rose
from the rank of captain, being
named brigadier general in 1864
and major general in 1865.
William Fife, of Fairlie, on the
Clyde, is to build Sir Thomas Lip
tons next challenger for the Amer
ica's cup. At a conference held re-
Gently between Sir Thomas and his
advisers, definite arrangements were
made for the construction of the
Shamrock Ill, and an order for the
new yacht was given to Mr.. Fife.
Oscar S. Straus, of New York, for
merly United States minister to Tur-
key, has been appointed as n perma-
nent member of the committee of
arbitration at The Hague. The APP
pointment is to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of ex-President
Harrison.
Notice has been served upon the
Illinois steel branch of the United
States Steel Corporation that it must
pay into the treasury of the state
of Illinois from sos, 900 to $4,000, re-
quired under the foreign corpora
tion act for the privilege of doing
business in Illinois.
A pneumatic tool combination in
opposition to the recently formed
Chicago pneumatic tool combine is
organizing at New York City. The
unique ! 'inciple of the new combina-
tion is to be that it's preferred capi-
talization will be upon the basis of
the real valuation of its stock and
equipment, and that the common
stock will be guaranteed a II per
cent. dividend.
Joseph Elliott, superintendent of
the money order department of the
post Office at New York City, has is
sued the annual statement of his de-
partment for the year just ended. 1t
shows that 3,5l2,527 domestic money
orders were paid, amounting to SPA
295,517, an increase in number of
4s5,546, or 16 per cent, and in amount
S4,256,531, or 25 per cent. over t..e
year 1900.
The feature OF the senate proceedings on the
18th was speech by Mr., Hoar in advocacy o
. congressional investigation of the condiIio.
that ptevail in the Philippine Islands. An a6-
dress was delivered by Mr.. Mason in favor o.
reciprocity with Cuba. The house spent the
day in debating the pension appropriation bill