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THE RECORD-UNION.VOLUME XCTII.-KO. 140. SACRAMENTO, MONDAY MORNING, JULY 12, 1897.?EIGHT PAGES. WHOLE NO. 17,438.

ENDEAVORERS TOVISIT THE OLD WORLD.

London Will be the Meeting PlaceTnree Years Hence,

Quite a Spirited Contest tor the Conventionin 1898.

Sunday a Busy Day for the En-

deavorers. Many Meetings of a

Devotional Character Being

Held?A Great Gathering at the

Mechanics' Pavilion, Presided

Over by President Clark.

BAN FRANCISCO, July 11.?LondonIn liHJO?that is to be the rallying cry

of the Christian Endeavorers for thenext three years. It is the ambitionof President Clarke and his millions offollowers to show the" Old World some-thing of the strength of their organiza-tion. Nashville has already been

chosen as the place of meeting in IS9S.and at the annual meeting of officersTuesday morning the selection of a

convention city for 1889 will be dis-

cussed. But the question may not be

settled then, for the offers of a num-ber of places are to be considered. Den-

ver has put in a strong bid, and bothSt. Louis and Cincinnati are anxiousto have the young Christians visit

them. Alt that can be said now Is thematter is unsettled, and all applicants

have an equal chance of success.Morning dawned with a cloudless sky,

the atmosphere not cold, nor in theleast too warm for physical comfort.Never before has the California cli-

mate received so effective an adver-tisement, for, as though ordered for

convention week, the weather has beenperfect every day since the arrival ofthe delegates and the thousands who |came in their wake. The visitors are

already beginning to depart, but it will jbe more than another week before the icity will resume its normal appearance,for the decorations will remain, andmany of the strangers have announcedtheir intention of spending severalweeks in the vicinity.

All of those who attended the variousState rallies last night are enthusias-tic in their expressions of delight. Af-ter the formal receptions they were lit-eially loaded down with flowers andfruit by their generous guests.

This has been a busy day for themembers of the organization manymeetings having been held, all, how-ever, being devotional in character,business affairs not interesting theEndeavorers on the Sabbath.

The topic for the early morning pray-er meetings was "Prayer for ChurchServtce*« and Pastors." Alevery church was the door closed be-fore the beginning of the services, sogreat was the throng of earnest wor-shipers. The principal meetings wereled by the following clergymen: FirstBaptist Church. Rev. A. M. Dawson,Cincinnati; First Congregational

Church, Rev. W. A. Humphrey. Guth-rie, Oklahoma: Starr King, A. M. E.Zion Church, Rev. C. C. Pi<rce, Chel-sea, Mass.; First Presbyterian, George

E. Copeland, Worcester, Mass.; WestSide Christian. John It. Clements, Bir-mingham, Ala.; Westminster Presby-terian, C. C. McNeil. Burlington, Iowa;Third Congregational. Albert A. Reed,Bould, Colo.; Grace M. E., Rev. D. E.McLaren, Alexandria, Ont., and at theFirst Congregational Church in Oak-land. Rev. Ralph J. Lamb of IndianTerritory.

The daily hour for Bible study wasconducted by Professor Herbert L. Wil-lett of Chicago at the Central M. E.Church, his topic being "Habakkuk?amessage of endurance and hope." He 'Concisely summarized the teachings ofthe book of the prophet, and aptly ap- iplied them to affairs of to-day.

At the First United PresbyterianChurch Rev. R. F. Y. Pierce of Phil-adelphia demonstrated in a practicalway the use of the blackboard in Chris-tian work.

At the regular morning services ofworship the pulpits of all of the Pro-testant Evanselical churches in the |city, except the Emmanuel Baptist, the iBCene of the Durrant murders, of jwhich Rev. J. George Gibson is pas- |tor, were filled by prominent preachers 'from all parts of the world. Mr. Gib-I

ties. In several instances overflowmeetings were held, that in the exten- isive basement of the First Congrega- Iliana) Church, addressed by Rev. W. |H. Temple of Seattle, being almost as 1large as the gathering in the main au-ditorium, at which the sermon waspreached by Rev. Nehemiah Boyntonof Detroit.

AT MECHANICS' PAVILION.The great gathering of the day was

the afternoon meeting in Mechanics'Tavilion, presided over by PresidentCiark. "In the Interest of the Lord sDay," was the general theme of a seriesof eloquent addresses, which ranktimong the best of the convention. Thou-F;mds who sought to gain admittance tothe auditorium lingered regretfully inthe streets long before the "No Morej:oom" sign was hung outside.

The usual song service, conducted by-Robert Husband of San Francisco wasfollowed by devotional exercises, led bythe Rev. A. D. Kinser of Lions. lowa.The first speaker. Miss Matilda Kay ofNew York, had as her subject, "Wo-man's Part." She spoke particularly «>fthe Woman's National Sabbath Alli-ance, which had its birth in New YorkCity two years ago. at which time eigh-

teen consecrated women took the fol-lowing pledges, which outlines the wo-mens' part in securing Sabbath observ-ance to-day:

"We. women of America, recognizingthe American Christian Sabbath as ourUghtful inheritance, bequeathed to usby our forefathers, as the foundation of

our national prosperity, as the safe-guard of our social, civil and religiousblessings, as the conservator of therights of the wage earners, do hereby

pledge ourselves to resist by precept andexample whatever tends to undermineSunday as a day of rest and worship,

such as the Sunday secular paper, Sun-day social entertainments, and Sunday

driving and traveling for pain or pleas-

ure; and we further pledge ourselves touse our influence to create a right sen-timent on all aspects of the Sunday

Question, especially in reference to thetraffic of every kind on that day."

In conclusion, Miss ivay spoke of RosaBonheur, of whom Victor Hugo oncesaid: "As a creative artist, I prize herworks above thos« of all other women,because she listened to God and not to

man.""May that be said of every woman

here," said the speaker, "that she lis-tened to God and remembered to keep

his day holy."At this point a number of people left

the pavilion, and the musical directorfacetiously suggested the song "SpeedAway." which was sung with enthusi-asm by the remaining throngs.

"Modern Forms of Sabbath Observ-ance" was presented by the Rev. W. H.G. Temple of Seattle, who, after elo-quently painting the perfect Sabbathday, discussed three forms of desecra-tion of this day of rest. Godless ration-alism, greed, which is evidenced in Sab-bath industry and unaanctified pleasure.

Relative to the latter part, he was toldthat in London actors and actresses hadpleaded for rest on Sunday because ofthe degraded type of auditors on thatday.

Following two selections by the Uni-formed Policemen's Glee Club, the Rev.Josiah Strong spoke of the "Civic Sab-bath." He made distinction between thedivine Sabbath and the human Sab-

bath, which are unlike in origin and au-thority. He urged freedom from labor

ou this day of rest, not only from a phy-

sical standpoint, but because the liberty

ot rest can only be secured where thereis a law of rest. He also deprecated

certain forms of amusement which are

detrimental to public morals. At the

same time, he said, certain forms of

amusement, which a Christian Endeav-orer could not conscientiously indulge

in, should not be prohibited by law, butthe devotees of such pleasures should,

on the other hand, be educated to a holy

Sabbath observance. "No country canturn its face toward liberty," he said inconclusion, "when it turns its back to

Gcd."The Rev. Robert Johnston of London,

Ont., six>ke with intense enthuiasm ofThe Claims of God?Keep It Holy."

He urged the audience not to applaudhim, as he came from a country where

it was not customary on Sabbath."There are two institutions," he said,

"without which no nation can growgreat. They are the family and theLord s Day. Both had a beginning in

the Garden of Eden,' and both formthe basis of all social and religious lifeto-day.

The speaker declared finally that thechurch must say the desecrated sev-enth day\

After the "Mizpah" benediction theaudience separated for the "quiet

hour," devoted to prayer.

AT WOODWARD'S.A mass meeting for men only was

held at Woodward's Pavilion in the af-ternoon. It was a success in every re-spect, and the sight of thousands ofmen, many of them gray-beared, ex-citedly waving their handkerchiefs ingiving the Chautauqua salute, will long

be remembered. As guests of honor at

EMS meeting the following T»rominentcitizens were named: Hugh Craig, Pres-ident of the Chamber of Commerce;

Rev. E. R. Dille, Judge W. W. Morrowof the United States Circuit Court, Ir-ving M. Scott, C. R. Bishop, J. J. Val-entine, I. W. Lees, Chief of Police;

Edward Coleman and Colonel C. F.Crocker. The sudden and serious Ill-ness of the last-named gentleman,

which prevented his attendance, wasalluded to with many expressions ofsympathy.

After singing by the male chorus, ledby A. M. Benham, Rev. J. WilburChapman of Philadelphia spoke of theevils of dissipation, his remarks being

blunt and effective. R. A. Elwood,

the Philadelphia evangelist, rendered"Saved by His Grace" as a solo.

Then came a unique and striking

feature of the services?singing by thePolice Choral Society of San Francis-co, all the men being in full uniform.They rendered "Throw Out the Life

Line" in such a perfect manner as to

evoke the most tumultuous applause.The officers were not allowed to retire

until they had responded to several en-cores. Hereafter, In the eyes of theChristian Pmdeavorers, New York haslost her title to "the finest." Themembers of the force who participatedare: J. F. Redman, T. B. Walsh, W.S. ymour, R. T. Graham, G. B. Bald-win, O. Tuchler, J. L Nelson, P. C.Peters, S. Rankin, P. H. McGee, L. Liv-ingston, T. L. Bailey, M. O. Anderson,

W. Wilson, O. B. Merrick and MarcusAnderson.

A strong address was made by Rev.Ford C. Ottman of Newark on "Infi-delity," and after several other musicalselections. "Morality" was discussed inan able manner by H. J. McCoy of thiscity. He held the cloise attention ofthe audience until the close of the meet-ing.

MEETING FOR WOMEN ONLY.A meeting for women only, presided

over by Mrs. Francis E. Clark of Bos-ton, was held during the afternoon atthe First Congregational Church. MLfsKatherine M. Jones of New York spoke

on "On Woman's Power," and "OurReasonable Service" was the subject

of an address by Mrs. G. W. Coleman of

Boston. Dr. Kineca da Silva, a Jap-

anese lady from Alameda, made a few

remarks on "How to Reach the Heartsof Oriental Women." Speaking of "theAwakening of the Africo-AmericanWomen." Mrs. Victor Earl Matthewsdelivered a forcible address, notable foreloquence and fervor.

The "quiet hour" was conducted by

Charles Studd of London, England.During the evening regular services

were held in all of the city churches.

DAVE SULLIVAN.

Ready to Meet All Comers at OneHundred and Fifteen Founds.

NEW YORK, July 11.?"Spike" Sul-livan says that as Jimmy Barry ofChicago has refused to meet his broth-er. Dave Sullivan, at 11.") pounds, thelatter claims the championship ofAmerica in that weight, and is ready

to defend it against all comers. Insupport of this claim, "Spike" depos-

ited SI.OOO in the hands of Al Smithto bind a match in the event of a chal-lenge. Negotiations are now pendingto bring Dave and Pedlar Palmer to-gether before the National SportingClub of Ivondon for ?r»,000 a side and apurse of $?"».(KJtt If they meet it willbe during the last week of Septemberor the first week of October.

MOST ALL THE PITTSBURGCOAL MINERS IDLE.

Beginning of the Second Week ofthe Big Strike.

Gives Promise of Being One of the Greatestof Wage Struggles.

Operators in No Hurry to Have theDifficulty Adjusted, at LeastUntil They Are Enabled to Dis-pose of the Stocks on Hand at

the Advance Which is Sure toFollow.

PITTSBURG, July 11.?To-day marksthe beginning of the second week of theccal miners' strike, and already it givespremise of being one of the greatestwage struggles in the history of thiscountry. Eight days ago the coal oper-ators in this district and the minersihemselves little dreamed that withinone short week such an era of generalsuspension could be wrought as now ex-ists in the bituminous mining industry.

Then the mouths of the many coal tip-ples that dot the Monongahela, Youg-hiegheny, Allegheny and Peters CreekValleys and the valley of Toms andMillers Run were open and turning outthousands on thousands of tons of thebest coal that enters into the competi-

tive markets of the world. Now all ischanged. The vast caverns are like somany graveyards. On nearly every rail-road track leading to the mines therestands empty cars, apparently anxiousto be loaded that their burdens may becarried to the ports along the laks*>.

The success that has attended themovement has greatly elated the miners,and during the next few days every ef-fort will be made to bring out the menIn the few mines that are still working.

This will be a difficult task, but theyexpress confidence in their ability tomake the suspension complete beforethe week is forty-eight hours old.

From the best information obtainablethe Pittsburg operators are in no hurry

to have the difficultyadjust-d. Many ofthem had stocks on railroad sidings

which they held for an advance. Muchof this was disposed of Saturday at arood urofit.

A prominent operator said to-day thatit would take another week to determinethe exact state of the market, and by

that time a general cleaning up willhave taken place. All interested willbe ready to begin business on a newbasis, and probably a much higher price.

'This whole thing will result in acompromise," said another operator.

"The operators are in a position to stand

it for some time, and I believe the mnersare in about the same condition. Itlooks wM Uiough both will brighten up.11nd in that event the operators will beable to get prices, and the condition ofbusiness and the condition of the minerwill be simultaneously improved."

Just now the greatest obstacle in theway of the success of the miners is theactivity- of the diggers in West Virginia.They are working night and day, andare getting ready to supply all the coalthat is needed. They are repeating

what they did three years ago, when ageneral suspension was declared. Atthat time there were a number ofopera-

tors in the mountain States that were onthe verge of bankruptcy. The generalsuspension was declared, and therecame a great demand for coal at pricesthat insured a big profit. The operators

rallied around them a large number ofmen, whose friendship and support they

have encouraged ever since. The opera-tors profited by thousands and thou-

sands of dollars. When the season hadfinished and the strike was declared afailure, they balanced their books andfound thousands on the proper side oftheir ledgers. They realized that they

owed much of their profit to theirminers, and rewarded them for it. Oneach succeeding pay day the faithfulminers were paid bonus, in the shape ofgeld pieces, and naturally the best offeeling prevailed between the employer

and employes.

REFUSE TO JOIN THE UNION.MASSILON (Ohio), July 11.?The mass

meeting of miners held at Dillonvale forthe purpose of inducing the Wheeling

and Lake Erie miners there to join theunion failed. The men refused to join.They will not. however, resume work,because of fear of the union men, It issaid. Several prominent officers of the

union were present at the meeting.

DESTITUTION AMONG MINERS.CHATTANOOGA (Term.), July 11.?A

special to the "Times" from Jellico,Term., says that there is great desttu-tion among the miners in that region,

many of them having large families andnot knowing where the next meal iscoming from. Some of the miners havegardens, and they have been able to

make the truck raised on these supply-

absolute necessities. The relief com-mittee recently abroad to get help hasleturned and reported that they hadmet with poor success. Committees areto besent to East Tennessee in the hope

that aid may be had while it is sorely

reeded. The miners and operators have

had no meetings since May, and theredoes not seem to be the slightest pros-pect for an amicable adjustment of thewage question.

The men at these mines have had little

work for nearly two years, and as aconsequence they have nothing laid up

for a rainy day.

This is the condition of affairs whichthe organizers who will go into theWest Virginia district this week willhave to encounter. It is argued by theminers that there are more men outin that district than there was threeyears ago, and they express great con-fidence in bringing them out if they canget their ears. This failing, the rail-road organizations will be appealed to.This plan of campaign has been out-lind by the national officers, and the de-velopments of the week will be watchedwith interest.

There are a number of operator* inthe Pittsburg district who have ex-pressed a willingness to pay the pricedemanded, but the miners have saidnay. They will insist that a majority

of the operators in the district pay the69 cents rate per ton.

The new features in the situation to-

day were the meeting to-night of theOhio and Indiana State Board of Arbi-tration, the meeting to-night of theUnited Labor League of Western Penn-sylvania and the report that a move-ment is on foot to import new men totake the places of the strikers at thePittsburg and Chicago Companies'

mines.The strikers at the mines of the Pitts-

burg and Chicago Gas Coal Companywere greatly excited to-day over a re-port that Owen Crouse was in that re-gion, and that an attempt would bemade to resume work with importedmen. Secretary Warner of the UnitedMine Workers said that if this waadone there would likelybe trouble, andhe feared there would be a lynching.

The only news from the West Vir-ginia fields received here was that theBaerwood's mines, 100 miles south ofMorgantown, had started up full, andwere advertising for non-union men.

MORE MINERS TO STRIKE.SPRINGFIELD (111.), July 11.? To-

morrow morning 1,600 miners who havebeen working in the Spring field districtwill refuse to return to work. This ac-tion was decided upon to-doy at a dele-gate meeting held three miles from thiscity, which was attended by over 100delegates and 500 other mine workers.Only three mines in the district wererepresented.

ON THE DIAMOND.

GAMES PLAYED EAST AND INTHIS STATE.

Sunday Baseball Inaugurated at

Cleveland? Corkers Go Down

at Fresno.

CLEVELAND, July 11.?After win-ning a victory in the courts, the man-agement of the Cleveland BaseballClub was not Inclined to abandon the

game scheduled for to-day, eventhough the grounds were sloppy and adrizzling rain fell during nearly all ofthe nine innings. This was the firstprofessional game of baseball ever play-

ed In Cleveland on Sunday, and 1,500people took the chances of getting wetto see it. There was no attempt on thepart of the authorities to interfere withthe game. Score: Cleveland 15. hitsliO, errors 2; Washington 4, hits 13, er-rors 4. . Batteries?PSwell and Criger;

German and McGuire. Umpire?O'Day.

ST. LOUIS, July 11.?The Browns tell

down to-day, and Baltimore scored aneasy victory. Donohue and Colemanwere both pounded out of the box. Car-sey did well, though the game was lostwhen he went in the box. Attend-ance, 12,000. Score: Baltimore'-''2, hits23, errors 4; St. Louis 4, hits lU, errors3. Batteries?Pond and Clarke; Car-sey, Coleman, Donohue and Douglas.

Umpire?Hurst.

CHICAGO, July 11.?The Colts wereunable to hit Dunn, went to sleep onbases and played in poor form gener-

ally, the result being an easy victoryfor Captain Griffin. Attendance, 14,-

--100. Score: Chicago 2, hits 8, errors5; Brooklyn 7, hits 10, errors 1. Bat-teries ?Griffith and Kittn-dge; Dunnand Grim. Umpire?McDonald.

CINCINNATI. July 11.?Cunningham,who held the Reds down with four hitsthe last time he faced them, was touch-ed up to-day for sixteen hits. TheReds piled up seven runs in the secondinning, and won easily. Attendance,4,200. Score: Cincinnati 9, hits 10, er-rors 2; Louisville 4, hits 13, errors ti.Batteries?Dwyer and Vaughan; Cun-ningham and Wilson. Umpire?Sheri-dan.

GAMES IN THE STATE.FRESNO, July 11.?The Corkers of

Sacramento were the victims of theFresno "Republicans" to-day. Score:Republicans 6, hits 12, errors 6; Cork-ers 2, hits 7, errors 4. Umpire?Bur-leigh.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 11.?Fivethousand people saw the CaliforniaMarkets defeat the Will & Fincks to-day by a score of 13 to 11, after a veryhard-fought game. The Will & Fincksgot the lead and held it until the eighthinning, when the California Markets,by bunching their hits, succeeded ingetting six men over the rubber, amidstgreat excitement. Batteries: Ibergand Peters; Smith and Scott. UmpiresGagus and Carroll.

SANTA CRUZ, July 11.?A closelycontested game of ball was played thisafternoon between the Violets of SanFrancisco and the Santa Cruz team.The game resulted in a victory for thehome team. Score, 7 to 5. Up to theseventh inning the score was 5 to 1 infavor of the visitors. In that inningand in the eighth the locals made sixruns.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 11?TheHeesmans baseball team of Oakland de-feated the United States Regulars atthe Presidio Athletic Grounds to-dayby a score of 9 to 7.

LOS ANGELES, July 11.?The localteam defeated the San Diego ball play-eis in the "Examiner" contest game atAthletic Park in this city to-day. Thescore was 10 to 0. Jefferson and Mondsof San Diego were easy marks for theheme team.

CYCLE RECORD BROKEN.

Elmer Davis Rides 316 Miles inTwenty-four Hours.

BALTIMORE, July 11?Elmer C. Da-vis of this city to-day succeeded inbreaking the American twenty-four-hour bicycle record, which was held byHenry Smith, also of Baltimore.

Davis covered 316 miles in twenty-four hours, ending at 5 p. m., which isjust two miles more than Smith's rec-ord-breaking performance of May 9thlast over the same course.

Although breaking the twenty-four-hour record, Davis did not succeed ingetting any of the smaller records thathave been made by Smith. Davis' rid-ing for the last ten miles is regardedas a wonderful exhibition of nervousenergy. He is 2o years of age, andweighs 105 pounds.

Tinplate Works to Resume.CLEVELAND,July 11.?Work will be

resumed to-morrow at the Crescent tinrlate works with non-union men. Thecompany it is said is willingto pay thewages fixed by the scale, but will notsign it. Something Ike a dozen non-union men have been imported, and it issaid that many of the old men will ac-cept work at the company's terms. Itis believed there may be trouble at theworks in the morning.

Electricity moves 288,000 miies persecond.

FORECAST OF CONGRESSTHE PRESENT WEEK.

No Prediction Can Be Made as toEvents in the Senate,

Unless the Conference Committee Reportsthe Tariff Bill.

A Disposition to Do Little in the

Way of General Legislation Af-ter the General Deficiency Ap-

propriation Bill is Disposed of

and Will Insist on Adjourn-

ment as Soon as the Tariff Billis Passed.

WASHINGTON, July 11? Beyondthe fact that the general deficiency ap-propriation bill will be passed, and theSenate will stand ready to take upthe tariff bill at any time that a re-port may be brought in by the Con-ference Committee, little can be pre-dicted of the coarse of events in theSenate during the present week. Thedisposition is to do little in the way

of general legislation, and there is aproposition under consideration by theleaders of the two sides of the cham-ber to adopt the plan now in vogue inthe House for sitting only every thirdday after the deficiency bill shall havebeen disposed of.

This suggestion has been made inview of the possibility of pressuie totake up th ? matter of the appointmentof a Currency Commission. The im-pression about the Senate is that theHouse will pass such a bill on the sub-ject as the President may recom-mend, but there is no probability thatthe Senate will take the matter up se-riously. They desire to make this in-tention clear by infrequent meetings.

There are, however, some matters onthe executive calendar demanding at-tention, and there may be an effort toclear this calendar off during the week.If such should prove to be the case,there would be more or less discussionin the executive sessions over the Me-Cord, Warner and Goodnow nomina-tions. The friends of the Hawaiian an-nexation treaty on the Foreign Rela-tions Committee also hope to be author-ized to report a ratification resolutionat their meeting next Wednesday, butIt is by no means certain that the com-mittee will be able to reach an agree-ment so soon.

Monday will be devoted to the generaldeficiency bill, particular attention be-ing given to the provision for the pur-chase of armor plate at $42."> per ton.This portion of the bill will be seri-nuf!y antagonized and quite fiercely

debated. Senator Harris of Kansas wiilendeavor to get up his resolution re-garding the reorganization of the UnionPacific Railroad during the week, butin this he will l>e opposed, and is notlikely to succeed.

The tariff conference confidently ex- Ipects to bring in the tariff bill by ;Thursday. The length of the debateon the report will depend upon how jwel:l the Senate conferrees may have ?succeeded in maintaining the integrity

of the Senate bill. The Democrats and 'the opponents of the bill make no se-cret of their intention to oppose theadoption of the report, If it appearsthat the amendments which they wereInstrumental in securing, putting cotton >bagging, cotton ties, burlaps. Parisgreen, etc., on the free list, have beenreceded from. «

The Senate will insist upon final ad-journment as soon as the tariff is dis- ;posed of.

IN THE HOUSE.WASHINGTON. July 11.?The House

will adjourn from to-morrow until;Thursday. Its course thereafter willdepend on the condition of the tariff!bill.

TURKO-GRECIAN TROUBLE.

The Sultan Gets Little ComfortFrom the Powers.

CONSTANTINOPLE, July 11.?QueenVictoria, Emperor William, EmperorNicholas, President Faure and King

Humbert have replied to the telegram

received by them from the Sultan, andall give advice similar to that sent by-Emperor Francis Joseph.

Emperor William says in substance

that he regrets his inability to disasso-ciate himself from the views held by

the other Powers.Replies to the circular of the Turkish

Government to the Powers relative tothe frontier question have also beenreceived by the Embassadors. They alldecline to admit the Turkish preten-sions. The Porte has sent anothercircular to the Powers, proposing that,in view of the disturbed conditions ex-isting in Crete, Turkey send reinforce-ments to the island. To this the Pow-ers have also replied, endeavoring todissuade the Porte from such a course.

This latter proposal on the part ofthe Turkish Government is held to in-dicate that the Sultan does not intendto yield in regard to the frontier ques-tion.

LONDON. July 11.?The "Times'"Berlin correspondent says the Sultan'stelegram to Emperor William asked'the ISmperor "to consider the represen- itations made by the Turkish Embassa- jdor at the German Foreign Office, andto support them in the European con- icert." Emperor WMliam replied thathe would "examine these representa-tions in a friendly spirit." but abstainedfrom giving any assurances of aid.

LONDON, July 12.?The "DailyChronicle's" Athens correspondent says:I have just seen an important communi-cation from the Foreign Minister of oneof the Powers, declaring that no Poweris inclined to undertake coercive meas-ures to bring about a settlement be-tween Greece and Turkey.

BRUTAL MURDER.

An Aged Spanish Woman MeetsWith a Horrible Death.

LAS VEGAS (N. M.). July 11.?Ac-cording to a report received from La 'Cinta, on the Canadian River, Teodoi aSalaz. 80 years of age. was cruelly mur-dered by Antonio Lucero, aged 21, andTeodrore Lafoya, aged 20.

Itseems that Lafoya's sister had been I

ill for some time, and it was claimed thatTeodora Salaz, who was considered bythe ignorant and superstitious natives ofthe neighborhood as a "bruha," orWitch, exercised her wiles over theyoung girl.

Itappears that following the advice ofhis mother, young Lafoya and his com-panion, Lucero, followed the old womanto a place about three miles from SanLorenzo, where, after being frightened,she was prevailed upon to go back withthem to the girl's house and cure her.They placed her on the saddle of Lu-ce ro's horse, young Lucero mounting be-hind. After going a short distanceLafoya pulled his pistol and killed theold woman's dog, which was following,

remarking that he had got rid of one"bruha," and would now get rid of theother (the old woman). He thereupon

threw a lasso over her, and, starting hishorse, jerked her from the animal. Hethen instructed Lucero to attach hislasso to her feet, and then, starting theirhorses on the run, dragged the womanto death, not a vestige of clothing beingfound on the body when discovered.After lingering around the place for afew days the murderers disappeared.

The mother of Lafoya was arrested,

she having told the officers who called ather house that she had told her son andLucero to kill the old woman.

REPUBLICAN LEAGUE CLUBS.

The National Convention WillMeet at Detroit To-morrow.

DETROIT, July 11.?The hotel lob-bies are crowded to-night with the ad-vance guard of the delegation to theconvention of the National League ofRepublican Clubs, which commencesTuesday.

The chief topic of interest among thedelegates already on the field is the elec-tion of President. The prominent can-didates for President are Marcus Pol-lasky of Chicago, Colonel George Stoneof San Francisco, L. J. Crawford ofNewport, R. L, Edward H. B. Green ofDallas, Texas, son of Henry Green, andLieutenant-Governor Timothy E. Wood-ruff of New York.

Secretary Dowling also says that hemay he a candidate for President if theMinnesota delegation desires to present

his name.The favorite is easily Marcus Pollasky

of Chicago. His badges are everywhereto-night, and from present indicationshe seems to have the inside track. Hehas received positive assurances of sub-stantial support from nearly every Stateard Territory. Mr. Pollasky is at theCadillac to-night receiving his friends.

The cities who will compete for the

honor of entertaining the next conven-tion are Kansas City, Omaha, Dallas,

Chicago and Baltimore. Los Angeles

and Fargo, N. D., also claim to be in therace. Hotel men from most of these

cities are in the campaign for local in-terests.

Delegates are expected to arrive to-morrow faster than they can be chron-icled. Among the celebrities billed to

arrive in the morning are General Lew

Wallace and Senator Mark Hanna.

ROCKEFELLER SUED.

James Corrigan, the Vessel Owner,

Wants an Accounting.CLEVELAND, July 11.?John D.

Rockefeller has been sued in the Com-mon Pleas Court here by James Corri-gajt, the vessel owner, for an account-

Corrigan, who was in Rockefeller'sdebt, gave the latter as collateral se-

Standard Oil stock. 'Later that stockwas credited to Corrigan on his indebt-edness. He now insists that he wasnot allowed what the stock was worth.The petition is not filed in court, butit is said the stock was credited at therate of SI4S a share. It sold yesterday

Corrigan dec-lined to-day to discussit. He said he had asked for an ac-counting, and when asked the amountof his claim, he said: 'I cannot tell.I don't know how much it will be. Icontend that I was not allowed whatth<- stock was worth. The StandardOil Company is a trust, and I was onthe outside."

TRAGEDY IN MASSACHUSETTS.

A Farmer Found Dead in the RoadNear Fall River.

FAT,Li RIVER (Mass.). July 11.?Holder Alonzo Tripp, a farmer of West-port, was found dead in the New Bed-ford road at a late hour last night, andJerry Manchester, another Westport

farmer, is under arrest in this citycharged with murder.

Tripp had as his mistress a womannamed Mary Reagan. About a weekago Manchester, who was infatuatedwith the woman, married her. The mar-riage caused much jealousy and badfeeling between the two men. About1 :.\0 p. m. the last car on the New Bed-ford and the Fall River Electric line,when one mile out of the city, ranacross Tripp's l>ody in the road. Mrs.Manchester was holding the injuredman's head in her lap, while her hus-band was standing over them. Trippexpired l>efore a physician could besummoned. Manchester says that Tripp

must have killed by being thrownfrom his wagon. The police say that jthe men quarreled about the woman, !and that Tripp was kicked to death.

THE LATE SENATOR HARRIS.

Preparations for the Reception of 'the Remains at Nashville.NASHVILLE (Term.), July 11.?To-j

morrow morning Governor Taylor, his >staff and committees of city and State Iofficials will meet the train carry- jing the body of Senator Isham G. Har- jris to Memphis, and will convey the jbody to the Senate Chamber of the!State Capitol, where it will lie in stateduring the day. The United States Itroops encamped at the centennial and !the local companies of the State GuardWill act as an when the body Iis removed from the Capitol to-morrowafternoon. A detachment of the StateGuard will act as guards at the Capitolduring the day. Governor Taylor anda large committee of officials and citi-zens will accompany the remains toMemphis and attend the funeral. Acommittee of ladies has decorated the

ers. A large number of prominent menfrom all parts of the State will be pres-

Severe Fighting in Uruguay.LONDON. July 11? A dispatch from j

Montevideo says that severe fightingbetween the revolutionists and Govern-Stent troops has occurred at Acegua, in |the province of Cerrolargo. Accordingto the Government report, the rebelswere obliged to retreat. 1

CONSIDERATION OFTHE TARIFF BILL.

Oonferrees Hold a Four-Hour Ses-sion on the Sabbath.

Anxious to Reach a Complete Agreement atan Early Date.

Although None of the Real Impor-

tant Problems of the Bill Havoas Yet Been Solved, Several

Hundred of the Minor Amend-ments Have Already Been

Agreed Upon.

WASHINGTON, July 11.?The con-ferrees of the tariff bill held a four-hour session to-day. The anxiety toreach a complete agreement as soon aspossible induced them to meet on theSabbath, and to-night both the Houseand Senate conferrees appear satisfiedwith the progress that has been made.Several hundred of the minor amend-ments have been agreed upon, many ofthem changes of phraseology, and on alarge majority of them the House con-ferrees naturally yielded.

None of the real important problemsin the bill, however, have as yet beensolved. All of them have received moraor less consideration, and there hasbeen a free exchange of opinions. Thetemper and disposition of the Senateand House conferrees on these import-ant matters have in this way been as-certained. In several cases the con-ferrees are very close to an agreement.Both sides show a commendable spiritof conciliation, and, while in each in-stance, each side seems to be holdingout strongly for its contention as torates, there has not yet appeared onthe horizon anything which portendssuch difficulty as would not in time besurmounted.

There is the best of reasons for be-lieving that several of the main pointsof contention will be compromised.

ber, hides and wool, and possibly sugar,though on the latter the House confer-rees are standing particularly firm fortheir schedule. On the subject of reci-procity, the drift of opinion seems to bein the direction of the substitute, butwith certain of the House provisions?

that is, the list of articles which can beused as a basis for reciprocity treatieswill be broadened, but that the Senateprovision requiring th:; ratification ofthe treaties willbe discarded.

Several of the eminent lawyers inboth branches of Congress question theconstitutionality of the power con-ferred on the President by the Senatereciprocity provision. The stamp taxon bonds and stocks, provided for inone of the Senate amendments, has notyet been affected. The revenue fur-nished by it serves as a strong argu-ment for its acceptance, in view of theheavy anticipatory importations, andthere is talk or widening its scope so asnot only to include a tax on actual .transfers, but on all recorded sales.The necessity of revenue also furnishesa strong argument for the restorationof the House rates on imported to-bacco.It is'impossible to estimate yet when

a final agreement will be reached, andalthough various dates are given to thelength of time the bill will remain inconference, ranging from Tuesday to aweek from to-morrow, one of the mostinfluential of the conferrees said to-night that all arrangements were pureguess work. He said decisions on themore important matters of the bill wereso independent that ultimate- decisionon one might involve a complete agree-ment on others, and that the finalagreement might come at any timeafter the rest of the matters of second-ary importance were out of the way.

When the report is completed it willat once go to the House, where it is notlikely that more than one day will beallowed for debate. The anxiety to getthe bill on the statute books and thegreat loss of revenue involved in eachtwenty-four hours' delay, it is argued,justified the Republican managers iiideclining to give more than a singleday for discussion.

Condition of Winter Wheat.WASHINGTON, July 11.? The fol-

lowing are the perc atages of condi-tion of winter wheat on July Ist Inthe principal winter wheat producingStates, as shown by the monthly reportof the Statistician of the Department ofAgriculture: Pennsylvania 101, Ten-nessee 101. Kentucky ]ul, Ohio 88,Michigan 7M, Indiana 65, Illinois 40,Missouri 52. Kansas SO, California 78,Maryland 111, Virginia 110, Washing-ton 105, Oregon 02.

Presidential Pardons.WASHINGTON, July 11.?The Pres-

tenced in Kentucky to eighteen monthsfor possessing counterfeit coin; G. W.

Pardons have been denied to FrankCallahan, sentenced in the District ofColumbia to three years for larceny,and Justm Dudley, sentenced in Utahto fifteen years for incest.

Death of a Railway Official.PITTSBURG, July 11.?John E. Da-

vidson, the Third Vice-President of thePennsylvania Company, controlling andoperating the Pennsylvania lines westof Pittsburg, died at the Hotel Lincolnin this city at noon to-day from the ef-fects of an operation performed lastThursday for appendicitis. The fun-

eral arrangements have not jret been

Severe Storm in Ohio.MASSILON (O.), July 11.?A severe

storm visited this section Saturday ev-ening. Hail as large as walnuts fell,

and in some places the ground was cov-ered to a depth of eight inches. Cornand vegetables were almost ruined. Af-ter the storm farmers brought buckets-full of hail to town for exhibition.

Nordica Slightly Improved.LONDON, July 11.?The condition of

Mme. Lillian Nordica, the prima donna,shows a slight improvement.

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