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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-10-21
CHEAP RATES VIA SOUTHERN ny.
To Columbia. S. c.. Account Of South Carolina
State Agricultural and Meehanlcai Fair

On account OF the above occasion. the
Southern Railway will sell tickets from all
points in state OF South Carolina to Columbia
S. c., and return at rate of one first class fare
plus IS cents which includes one admission
to the fair grounds.
Tickets on sale daily October 24th29th in
elusive, and for trains scheduled to arrive in
Columbia prior to noon of October 30th, limit
ed to return unit! November End, 1903
For full information schedules. etc, apply
to any local Agent Of the Company or,
r w. HUT. D. ?. a.. Charleston, S. C.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-10-21

Jamestown, N. D., Oct. IA mob
today entered the Office Of The Journal
at Kensal, spilled several cases Of type
in the streets and wrecked the interior
Of the Office. Editor G. L. Allen has
been fighting lawless element in his
paper and it is believed the members
Of that gang committed the outrage. :"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-10-21

Middlesboro, KY. Oct. ia feud
on Clark Fork in this county between
the Sowders and Parton families has
resulted in the killing Of James Par
ton. Parton alone deied number of
the Sowders crowd, and was killed.
Several arrests hav, been made, in
clnding three member S2f the Sowders
finally.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-06-13

En- Ia calle de la Virtud, esquina
al Coto, fu6 sorprendida anoche, las
once, una iugada-
Fueron detenidas dieciocho perso-
mas, ocup6ndose doce pesos en- elective,
tres naipes y algunas fichas de hueso.
Pocas horas despues de detendos los Ju-
oadores, fueron puestos en- llbertad. I'll
iuicio Sc efectuara ell martes, en- ell Juz-
gado del Este
-Por disparo de arma en- la noche
de aver. fue multado con diez pesos ell
indivfduo Manuel Fernandez.
-Nuestro amigo don Fidel Frade-
ra, 6ptico cientffico. ha salido hoy para
Coamo, donde permanecera unos dlas
Que tenga buen exito en- su negocio-
Nos informan que nuestro amigo
don Carmelo Maritime. sigue enfermo
de alg6n cuidado.
Hacemos votos porque logre su res
tablecimiento cuanto antes.
-Es probable que dentro de POGO
So orpancen de nuevo las retreats que
sc celebraban en- ell SRecreo Ponceno.1
ESQ vendra amman algo ell decaido es-
pfritu de esta Sociedad.
-Parece que Ia empresa del clrco
Lowande tropieza con algunas dificulta-
DIES econ6mcas desde .su estancla en- Ma
yagiez.
Ell temple catolico Sc vi6 anoche
muy favorecido con motive de la fiesta
reIigiosa que Sc celebr6 en- honor del
Sant1simo Sacramento.
Hoy han sido registrados los 81
guientes nacimientos:
Ana Penna y Penna, Maria Tomasi-
nj y Perez.
--Defunciones:-~Pa Rivera, Pas
cuals Cintr6n, Bernardino Pagan y Sau-
ri, Jose Collazo, Jua9 Sanchez, Merce-
des Garcia Garcia, Teresa Arenas Ma
ria Ginestra.
Ell prominente vecino de Caguas
don Ignacio Berries Sc encuentra en- es-
ia ciudad.
Bienvenido sea.
&El Pitirre> el ~Timonel> son las
mas afamadas marcas de cigarrillos que
consume Ponce y toda la isla. Por su
aroma gusto. No tienen rival. d.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-06-13
GIN Sill Q.

pr6ximo domingo en- ~Las Deliciaso, la
banda de bomberos eiecutara las siguien-
tes pleas:
Paso-doble <El segundo jefea, San
taella; danza <Odalisca7, Rios Ovalle;
selection de <Boccacio>, Suppr6; Idem
xFlorodoraa; polka <Aurorao. Santae-
LA; Idem <La Regenta9, Mil Pager.
Hoy ha salido para Ell Balneario
de Coamo, donde ejercera su profession,
nuestro amigo ell doctor don Pedro Her
nandez que sirvi6 hasta hace POGO una
titular en- esta localidad q satisfaction
del ptblico.
AL doctor Hernandez lie acompaf1a
su distinguida apreciable familia.
A todos les deseamos toda clase de
prosperidades en- su nueva residencia.
-Desde aver Sc encuentra Ell esta
ciudad ell connotado caballero de Come
rio, correligionario distinguido, don Ce-
lestino Perez Rivera.
Reciba nuestro afectuoso saludo.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-06-13
La bandera americana
y los ninos portorr!quef1os 5

ese pabellon, sabedlo, ninos puertorrl-
que1IOs. la sombra de ese pabeli6n,
acaba de decretarse una ley barbara, or
denando que Sc Os .t}ngele, Y. decldselo
asl Vuestros maEstroS, q vuestroS ms
pectores & vuestro Comisionado: ell
pabeli6n de las franjas y de las estreilas,
ell verdadero pabellon americana, ese,
no permito que ALA, en- Ia Metropoll, Sc
maltratc los animales, v cnanto mas 4
los hombres, Y cuanto m6nos d inocenteS
crlaturaS. .
Levantad vuestras manecitas, levan-
tad vuestros oios, levantad vuestro co
raz6n, h6cia aquel que ell pcimero fue en-
Ia paz, ell prinero en- Ia guerra, siendo
ell primero en- ell coraz6n de sus conciu-
dadanos, decide:
Despierta, Hbertador de tn patria,
danos tu bandera; Ia bandera de la La
bertad de la Gloria, la bandera del
porvenir Y de la dicha, la bandera que
te sirvi6 de guia para luchar Y de allento
para veneer. Venga esa bandera, esa es
Ia bandera que tn entregaste tu pueblo
no la que tu pueblo ha traido aqul ~.
Somos vuestros padres, somos vues-
tros ascendientes Y tenemos obligation
de deciros estas cosas.
Vuestros padres caeran, vuestros
| aSCon016nU6S DAJafaQ al S0puIcTO cOu Id
amargura en- ell alma Ell vacfo Ell ell CO.
razon; pero vosotros quedais y precise
es que principles { conocer vuestros
nuevOs 0n10S.
Nosotros, bajo un regimen absolute
desp6tico por circunstancias de heren-
cia educaci6n, luchamos, no contra Is
pafIa, sino contra ell gobierno espafol
que trataba de humillarnos.
Vosotros teneis ell derecho de le-
vantar mas alta la protesta. pOrque Ia
humiliation viene, no de un pueblo que
con su sangre hered0 la tiranla, slno de
Otro que por su sangre heredo la Llber-
tad
7 ST nosotros fuimos .f4ey'tes, vos-
otros debeis de ser iner0rables.
Honrad, 81, Ia bandera de nuestra
nueva patri>; pero honrad y sbendecid
la que esta ALA, sobre ell Capitolio de
Washington, no la que cubre las impu-
rezas torpezas del palacio de Santa
| Catalina.
Y bendecid la de ALA, no porque
sea la vuestra, porque vosotros, querl-
dos ni1los, no teneis a1n bandera. Para
tener bandera Sc necesita ser c1tlIdG/010
de la naci6n quien pertenece esa ban
dera Y vosotrOs no sOls clU0dd01'0s de
EstGd08 Unld0s, vosotros sois meramen-
te, c11ld00N210S 21tept0TT@Q1te550S.
VOsotros tan solo tents una bande-
ra, Ia bandera de Puerto Rico.
Y esa bandera esta de luto.
Haceis bien EN- no festejarla.
para que?
GINESlLLO.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-06-13
O N @
(NoTIcIAS DIREcTAS J

JUNO y.
Ell Jefe de la compaflfa del trolley
Mr.. Bigelow, march6 para Estados Uni
dos por encontrarse NAL de salud.
Queda en- su lugar Mr.. DAILY.
Sc dice que tambien saldr6 en- breve
para New York, ell superintendent de
dicha compan1a, Mr.. James Asselin.
-Anoche celebr6 Junta general ell
gremio de tabaqueros. asistiendo casi
todos los agremiados. A las doce ter
min6 la reunion,
La primera function del circo Lo-
wande tendra efecto esta noche 4 las
ocho.
Sc nota alguna animation en- ell pd-
blicO para asistir al espectaculo.
-En 10 retreta que Sc yerifcara ell
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-06-13

Aver tarde ceIebr6se en- esta ciu-
dad, como seguramente en- toda la Isla,
Ell aniversario 1869 de la adopci6n de la
Bandera Americana, por ell Segundo
Congreso Continental de FiIadelfia.
Y alineados en- correcta formation,
llevandO.cada cual sobre su cabeza So
bre su pecho, la insignia sagrada de Ia
libertad dc un pueblo, desfilaron ante
nuestra vista. como parte integr&nte de
una generation esplendente que Ia nue.
va vida de la aurora empieza, infinidad
de ninas Y de ninOs, con sus rOstrOs de
angeles purisimos, Y en- sus pupllas re-
feiando el destello de un alma inmacula,
no empanada aIn por la niebla del do
lor, nj por ell vaho mortal del desengano.
ALA fueron festejar una ban
dera:
La bandera americana;
La bandera de Washington, de Lin
coin y de Grant;
La bandera que supo libertar los
colonos redimir & los esclavos;
La bandera que sc tih6 una Y mil
veces con Ia sangre de los patriotas, sir
viGndoles de sudario:
La bandera que desde un pueblo
vfrgen, la America, onde6 para avergon-
zar otro pueblo viejo IL Europa;
La bandera que signlfca paz, frater-
nidad y progreso;
FL pabeIl6n de las franjas y de las
estrellas .
ALA fueron 6llos ... Nuestros hi
JOS, ell porvenir de nuestra patria y la
algeria de nuestros hogares.
Pero, lah!...... que esa bandera que
fuIsteis festejar, no es la bandera anne
ricana.
Esa bandera no es la de Washing
ton, de Lincoln de Grant. .....: esa
bandera es Ia de Allen, de Hunt y Mr..
Lindsay.
Esa bandera no es la que libert6 &
los colonos redimi6 4 los esclavos esa
bandera es la que oprime los colonos,
convirti6ndolos en- esclavos.
Esa bandera no es la que Sc tin0 una
tas, sirviendoIes de sudario: esa bandera
es la que indiferente VIC que Sc derra-
mase sangre puertOrriQuena, permltlen-
do que indefensos y bonrados cludada-
nos, cayeran bajo Ell punal 8 atravesados
por las balas de los asesinos.
Esa bandera no es la que desde ur
pueblo virgen, la America, ondeo pare
avergonzars un pueblo viejo, Ia Euro
pa: esa bandera fu6 la que ondear vino
sobre un pueblo civilizado, Puerto Rico
para avergOnzar 4 un pueblo libre, Es
tadOs Unidos.
Esa bandera no es la que significs
paz, paternidad y progreso esa bander'
significa Odio, ignorancia y despotismo
Ese pabell6n no es ell de las franja'
y de las estrellas, porque q la sombra d'
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-06-13
Junta EscoIar de Camuy

En- session celebrada por esta Junta
en- e' dia de aver, acordo eumplimen-
tando 10 que precept1s la Sccoi6n 81 de
las Leyes Escolases dar un plazo hasta
ell dia 25 del actual, para que los macs
tros que aspiren ser contratados para
ell proximo aflo escolHr del 1908 1904
presenter sus solicitudes debidamente do
cumentada4 en- las ofoinas de esta Junta
Eseolar antes de 6icho dia
Camuy 10 de Jnnio de 1908
ARTURO UMPIERRE.
juno DE JESUS Presidente
Secretario. 5~-2
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-06-13
RAFAEL R. PALA0OS SALAzAR
O6ci1aa de 0sauetos generates. -Ap0r-
tt1CZO de COrreOs .A212.

San Francisco 60 Gltos.-San Jetan, p e
Propag andsta del cultivo. exper
to en- "a Classification del algodon.
Venta de ganado para Ell exterior.
Presenta ell cafe en- condiiones para
ell consume, en- los Estados Unidos
Ageote de hipotecas.
Sc ocups de la yents arriendo de
terrenOs.
Information del oultivo y venta de
frutas.
Agente de maqujnaria de todas ella,
ses.
Agente de seguros de vida incendio.
Information general y comercial de
Puerto Rico.
Acepta poderes, represe ensaciones
actda como arbitro en trans aoiones de di
ferencias, peritages pleitos.
Tiene en- vsnta mat as de flores 6nf
simas, en- Santurce.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-24
STRENGTHEN OUTWORkS
Colorado Democrats Build More Bar
y1cndes to Keep Out Republicans.

Denver. JAN 23.-The House. wnich aoJouIheu oN
Wednesday until to-day. held brief session TINS
afternoon No steps we're taken toward ufseatiIs
any more Democrats A motion TO adjourn uhti tO-
morrow morning carried by 70 10 % Nios' oi
the anti-Wolcott Republicans and the Democrats
voted for the adjournment, while the Wolcot' men
lined up in opposition. asserting that IL was the
intention OF the "antis' to permit the Democfauc
session to elect a Senator. This is denied by the
anti Wolcott leaders, who say that the adJoufh-
ment was to effect a Republican agreement
Radical measures have been adopted by the Re-
publican Senate which held executive session
to-day I'm the Lieutenant Governors office 70
abrdge the authority OF the rival body and accom-
plsh the removal OF it's officers. Resolutions were
adopted informing the State Treasurer and Auditor
that w H Adams President pro TEN; Charles y.
Sprague secretary; J. Dooley, sergeant-at-arrns
and his assistants have been removed from once
and are entitled to for their services as OF
fcers and employees of the Senate from January is.
A motion was unanimously carried that notice be
given to the State Printer not to take anything TO
print. except at his peril from any body as
suming to be the Senate of Colorado, except that
which is certified by the president of the Senate.
Lieutenant Governor Haggott or the secretary Of
the Senate, c. F. Haggar.
resolution was adopted providing for joint
session of the Senate and House in the House cham
ber at Tomorrow to vote for a Senator. Lieu
tenant Governor Haggott and Senator Cornforth
said that there no doubt about the final recog-
milton of the Republican Senate by the House. s.
After conference to-day with Supreme Court
Justice Campbell and D. B. Farley. of the Republi
can committee. the Governor announced that over
being made to settle the fight in the Re-
publican ranks but declared that he would take no
hand in IL.
An additional barrica1e is being erected for the
protection of the Democratic Senate Carpenters
were at work to-day putting up heavy doors in the
corridors leading to the cloak rooms of the Senate
chamber Part of the guard will be placed at these
doors. should an attack be made the chamber.
The Democratic members of the House met In
caucus this afternoon and signed agreement
that if any Democratic member wilfully abSeuts
himself from rocali the others will join the Re-
publicans in unseating him
w. H Kelley, the Democratic member Of the
House who disappeared yesterday. returned home
this morning He attended the joint session Of the
Democrats to-day. and said that he was absent
Yesterday because he did not know a session was
being held. The joint session took no ballot to-
dav owing TO the absence OF a quorum.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-24
SHOTS AT THE RESTAURhDOR.
Venezuelan Indignation Asserts Itself at La
Guayra.

La Guayra, Jan. 23.-The former Nehezueidii !
s,Tnboat Restaurador, now in the possession Oh
the Germans arrived here at O'Clock inns
afternoon from Porto Cabello and anchored near
the shore Her presence caused great popular
Indignation At 3 o'clock several rifle shots
were heard in the distance. Shortly after"AI u
the Restaurador left her anchorage ana noNeu
10 q posftion outside the harbor and under the
protection of the guns of the British cruiser
Tribune.
The Restaurador har been armed, equipped
and manned by the Germans since her capture
Her anchoring close 10 the shore was taken o!
the popuiace, in view of the Maracaloo '00Ul
rerces a. a direct provocation to retaliation. II
!. not known where the rifle shots OF thls AFTER
noon were fired. but il is believed that the pre-
caution Of the Restaurador IN moving away
from the shore was timely, as the hungry ui-
ar,orlo,-ed ropulace of La Guayra, excited oy re-
cent events and driven TO evaporation D! tieii
condition. had applied 20 the local authorl'ies
for arms and purposed making night aI'aoh
ON the sunhoat. Excitement against Germans Is
running high here
New-York tribune., 1903-01-24
ITS SURPLUS OVER $5,oO0,OOO.
Fifty-eighth Annual Statement of the Mu-
tual Benefit Life Insurance Company.

The ffty-eighth annual statement OF the Mutual
Benefit Life Insurance Company. Of which Freder-
lex Frenghuysen Is the president. shows that
the receipts OF the company In 1902 s5 OILS 81
while the total expenditures of the year
s51 o. including ss6Ss.ssi o. paid policy hold
ers The statement shows that at the beginning OF
1902 the company had balance OF T4.ISS 1856 IT, and
that at the end OF the year the balance SO
oo4 Al Ii appears that the company maintains a
reserve fund, amounting at the beginning OF this
wear TO s7 46l 2e3 which is regarded liability
In the account. and that the surplus the begin
ming of this year is figured at s5.Sla,ol5 70.
The statement gives the number OF policies issued
or revived by the company in 1902 20 232 and the
total number of policies In force at the beginning
OF this year as 1918 The total amount of the
company's insuring is placed at s3l4. .25e.0
New-York tribune., 1903-01-24
FURLONG RE ARRESTED.
This Time He Is Charged sOlth
Misuse of tile Mails.

" = Scudder alias William G. Furlong,
alias William D. Furland, the man VINO Is
charged with conducting a matrimonial oufeau
by means of advertisements IN newspapers III
which he advertised fer man TO marry
woman promising on the day OF the wedolh9 'o
settle $4,000 on the man, was yesterday us
charged from custody by Magistrate Crane IN
the Tombs court, but was immediately rear
rested by Deputy United States Marshal Nc
Avinev. charged with violating Section o.46o Oh
the Revised Statutes, relating TO the misuse OF
the mails.
Scudder was arrested on Tuesday night at MS
offices at No. 80 Wall-st.. where 1t was al
legged he posed as broker, doing business unoer
the name OF the r. T. Simpson Estate
McAviney arraigned his prisoner before
1rr,.ad S+ates Commissioner Shields in the Fed
eral Building. The prisoner was represented DS
Joel P Marks, who stated that ne was hoI
ready TO proceed with the examination anu
asked. that the hearing be ADJOURNED uii'i'
Thursday This request was granted ComniS-
sioner shields in the mean time holding scudder.
or Furland in 50, 800 bail. Having no bonds
man. he was committed to the Ludlow Street
Jail. ,-..
Chief INSPECTOR Thorpe and Inspector Little
snent the greater portion of Thursday afternoon
in going over the correspondence found In the
nrfsoner's office. One correspondent was Coi-
gressman now representing one of the western 1,
States In Washington He descrlped nllrseiL Hi
nereonaIIv and incidentally remarked tnat ms
poIitfcal prospects were of the brightest; tnat
with $4,000 capital TO further his pontlcai II
terests there was no office within the GIT OF the
peopIe of his particular State that ne might hos %
reasonably aspire to. The legislator conciuded
with the sage advice that IT was not iip % ooaD .S
that the "trustee" might himself be Interested
in legislation one Of these days. ana irIehu
seated I'm the halls of Congress might not Oe
bad thing to cling to- now that the oppoi 'Niii''
was afforded him.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-24
SAYS SMALL BOYS ACTED AS sToKERS.
Examiner of Charitable Institutions Recon-
mends Closing of Boys Training School.

DR.. Daniel F. Potter. examiner Of charitable
Institutions. who investigated the conditions
that exist In the Brooklyn Disciplinary Training
School for Boys, has reported to Controller
Grout that the institution should be closed and
the boys transferred to private institutions. DR..
Potter said. in his report. that the odors from
the kitchen suggested tfe proximity Of a sewer.
In the engine room and the hreroom, where
full complement of engineers and assistants was
employed and we'll paid there were found three
boys who had been pressed into service as
stokers and firemen. One of them a child be-
tween seven and eight years old, was discovered
In the act of feeding and cleaning the fire or a
large high pressure boiler. and trying to WELD
heavy iron firing tool.
Dr. Potter urged in his report that the institu-
tion as to cost. management and efficiency was
not creditable either TO its managers or to the
city of New-York. Only two courses were open
either Immediately to enlarge the institution 10
at least three times its present capacity or to
transfer the children tC other and better IN
stitutions and so close the training school, saw
ing about one-half of It's cost annually, and re-
leasing the property for other purposes.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-24
HARRINGTON WINS IN DUBLIN.
Elected on an Issue of Discourtesy to King
Edward

Dublin, jan 23.-Timothy Harrington, Mem
ber of Parliament for the Harbor Division Of
Dublin, to-day reelected Lord Mayor of
Dublin for the third successive time The
keenest interest was taken in the contest The
Municipal Council six months ago selected
Alderman Dowd for the Lord Mayoralty, but
nevertheless Mr.. Harrington determined to con-
test the election The controversy which fol-
lowed threatened to disrupt the Nationalist
forces in Dublin into Land League and labor
sections but the league repudiated its alleged
support of Mr.. Harrington. The labor voters
favored Mr. Dowd. How King Edward should
be received by the corporation of Dublin in the
event Of royal visit to this city was one of the
issues of the campaign. Mr.. Harrington opposed
a reception OF his majesty, and Mr.. Dowd prom
ised to be guided in this matter by the opinion
of the Municipal Council.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-24
roH1 SAN CARLOS "A LoATHsoME HOLE

,.r,h,,,S here who trade in Venezuela. While
,,,;-,-- "a exnress their views openly. are Of the
o,i-io, that C5ermanys act in attacking Fort san
Carlos was entirely uncaled for and in1uolclous
one OF them. who is acquainted Win lhe I'i' '1'
+.s ,arnrr,, in the neighborhood. said yesterday
that for one reason he was glad OF the at'acA'
The fort he said had been used by Castro as
l.oa of ir,prisonneEt for political prisoners be-
&c ~ ite los4hsomeness He described ii as
l,ofe 90 rotten that more than one who had peen
,,,carcersted in ii had afterward died OF yelo"
fever.
There had been as many as two thousaho
nersons imprisoned there at one time. IL was
here that General Hernandez (El MochV
vas kept for seventeen months with iron oal4s
weighing forty pounds attached TO MS limos '1eie
also was imprisoned General Paroles, who fought
.gsirst rastro's forces al Porto Cabelo- He said
ne would be glad 10 this loathsome mole oe-
stroyed.
Thar the revolutionists think President Cas-
1ro is responsible for the difficulties in when the
country now finds itself is evident from a letter
written 70 him by J. NJ Penalosa, General Matos
chief Of staff In COPY Of the letter which mas
been received here he says in part;
To-day. forgetful Of the wrongs you have done the
tatherland by the confct you soeI S in1te them
10 support the countrys cause a=gsinst = naIn
and Germany, to chastise the aIeohr 4i f I'm,
rome against this. country. "hicn Is on4y set.
ing over long and painful mishsps That Is not
er,tbo~tv even though yours were legitimate, 10
declare against any foreign PoHeir:. mar
1n9r1tg 9fHo y tsa .as DsfionsI Dsf congrtss
II il is that you would on your par tdr
fee everything on the august aeaf m eouES @ 10 nut
sfo- 10 the bloody process of warfare would you
give back 70 the fatherand all the majesE OF a
free sovereign and independent Hauoh- 'Ho' -
x-oirF
New-York tribune., 1903-01-24
TO FIGHT DIVORCE EVILS
Episcopaiians. Presbyte11ans and
Methodists Organize for Crusade.

Episcopal. Presbyterian and Methodist COM
mittees recently met to discuss a proposal
for common action By all religious bodies
to uniform marriage and divorce
laws. They elected executive committee
made chairman. and the Rev. DIR. W H
Roberts, stated clerk of the Presbyterian Cen
eral Assembly, secretary. The meeting
held in ST. Bartholomew parish house this
city, and there were present Bishop Doane, the
Rev. DIR. David H. Greer and the Rev. Dr.
John Fulton. Philadelphia, representing the
Episcopal Church. the Rev. DTs. Roberts and
Dickey, Philadelphia; the Rev. Dr. McIlvain,
Baltimore; the Rev. DIR. NiccOlls. st. Louis, the
Trenton, and John e. Parsons. NewYork. rep
resenting the Presbyterians:. and Bishop An
drews the Rev DIR. w ". Kelley, and Judge
Reynolds. representing the Methodlsts.
Discussion lasted for three hours. and it is
said that all the delegates agreed that common
action by all the religious bodies in America
was desira BILE to lessen the number of divorces,
and to obtain uniform laws on marriage. The
executive committee will enlist representative
Of other religious bodies.
In San Francisco last year, when the Epis-
copaI General Convention found itself nable TO
adopt anything in the way Of marriage and di-
vorce canons the Rev. DR.. David II. Greer. Of
this city, in order. he said, 70 have some
little tangible result from the long drawn out
debate moved the naming Of joint committee
Of bishops clergy and laity to confer with rep
resentatives of other religious bodies with the
aim Of seeing IL together they could not secure
uniform laws. Methodists and Presbyterians
appointed such representatives. While the con-
IL was said at II that the number Of divorces
was not on the decrease. and that the need for
action Of some sort was even greater than when
the committee was named a year ago