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THT5 MOENING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1000. WHAT TOWNE SAYS OF IT PREFERRED A COXFEREXCE "WTTH THE KANSAS CITY CONVEXTIONS. BRt bm the Fopallsts Saw Fit to Kaa laate Him, He "Will Accept he Hoaer. DUIAJTH. Minn., May 11. Charles A. Towno today made the "following state xnent with reference to his nomination lor the Vice-Presidency by the Sioux Falls convention: "It "was my Judgment that the Sioux Falls convention should appoint a con ference committee to meet "with a similar committee of Democrats and Silver Be publicans at Kansas City, for the purpose of Jointly considering the Vlce-Preslden-tlal nomination. This opinion -was freely communicated to prominent members of the convention before It assembled, and -while in session. In the exercise of Its discretion, however. It decided differently. When the conclusion was reached to nom inate a candidate, the unanimity and en thusiasm with which the convention named mo Is, of course, exceedingly grat ifying. "It must be remembered that many of the strongest men In this country were members of the convention, which was composed of a wise and conservative ma jority of the Peoples party, whose devo tion to the great cause in which all the reform forces are enlisted nobody can question. The indorsement of such a body Is a high compliment, and I deeply appre ciate It. Moreover, it Is an example of unselfishness at this Juncture that ought not to be without good Influence. Neither Bryan nor myself belongs to the Peoples party. To be sure, such a consideration may seem, unimportant when men are en gaged In a great contest against the same ovll tendencies of the Government, but mere matters are still somewhat powerful In influencing political conduct; but we must render all praise to the convention which thought only of principles at stake. "Harmony and co-operation are essen tial this year among the Democratic, the Peoples-and the Silver Republican parties. To preserve their combined strength of 1S95 is the first desideratum. The next is to go into the camp of the opposition and get recruits. If the nominations at Sioux Falls are placed before the coun try with all the reform parties, they will, in my opinion, be ratified by the people of the republic In November." THE TfOMINATIOX IS OPEN. Ilanna Sara Vice-Presidential Can didate Has Not Been Selected. NEW YORK. May 11. The Herald pub lishes the following statement made hy Senator Hanna last night: "The selection of a man for the second place is open, has always been and will so continue until the convention shall have made the choice. There has been much discussion of different men for the place, which Is very Interesting and proper, but when it Is said that any particular man has the preference. It is a mistake. "Governor Roosevelt will not be nomi nated for Vice-President and has not been discussed in that connection by party leaders. The assertions made here and there that the President Is concerning himself with the choice of his associate on the ticket do him injustice. He has invariably declined to take any part. It would be manifestly Inappropriate for him to take part in such movements. "It can be said with emphasis that the Vice-Presidential nomination will remain open until the assembling of the conven tion and then will be determined as the best interests of the party and all con cerned shall require. A number of names have been brought forward and no doubt each gentleman will develop strength. There may be some ballots before the selection can be made, but you can rest assured the man put upon the ticket will be the man the majority of the conven tion wi&h to have there. This will be fair to all. "I have yet to hear from any source within the lines of the Republican party even a ripple of hesitation regarding the rcnomination of President McKInley. The past four year? have given rise to new Issues. There will be bold declarations on these. Four years ago we were prac tically a hermit Nation, isolated from all the world forces which promote Industry, trade and commerce. "The war with Spain, through wise councils In the executive office and the -warlike spirit of the Army and Navy and people, was brought to such a prompt and satisfactory conclusion that it not pr.ly opened the eyes of the world to our Invincible fighting capacity, but to our marvelous advance In manufac tures. It extended our territories, broad ened our productive capacity and extend ed our domestic markets among people whose trade has been a bone of conten tion ameng European Nations for cen turies. "The Republican convention, in Its plat form declarations, will have to meet all these new problems of public policy by taking advanced grounds." BOER SYMPATHY PLAXK. Lautcrbacli Will Work at Philadel phia to Secure One. NEW YORK. May 11. Edward Lauter bach created a sensation at" a meeting last night of the citizens committee which is arranging for the entertainment of the Boer envoye who are expected on the Maasdam next Tuesday. Addressing the meeting, Mr. Lauterbach said: "Neither bf the two great political par ties has taken any definite action on the position of this Government with respect to the Boer War. My own party has not seen fit to define Its position. It is equally true that no other nation has done to. But Judgment hae gone by default against England in all civilized countries because of her action in South Africa. In our own country and In my own party I believe there is a latent fire that will re quire but a small amount of fanning to cause It to break Into a vast and powerful flame that will Inspire the people who love Justice, freedom and all that tends to a high civilization and right. "I believe the Republican party is irre trievably lost if it leaves to the Demo cratic party the first opportunity to in sert In its National platform a plank that will declare for the South African repub lics. I am a delegate to the convention, and I shall struggle and work harder there for a Boer plank In the platform than 1 worked and struggled for a gold plank in the platform that was made up at St. Louis." Rev. Father Ducey. who preceded Mr. lauterbach, said: "This country cannot afford to go to war over this question. We can talk now and arbitrate later. What the Boers want is eympathy and ar bitration." A committee was appointed to go down the bay to moot the envoys. The com mittee ,wlll conduct them to the City Hall and Introduce them to the Mayor. POPULIST NATIONAL COMMITTEE. Sejmtor Batler Was Re-EIccted an Chnlrman. SIOUX FALL.S. S. D.. May 11. The Populist National Committee' met here to day and organized by the election of the following officers: Chairman, Senator Marlon Butler. North Carolina; vice chairman. J. H. Edmlnston. Nebraska; treasurer, W. F. Washburn, Massachu setts; secretary. J. A. Edgerton, Colorado. The new executive committee Is as follows- General J. B. Weaver, of fowa; Senator William V. Allen, Nebraska; J. W. Breldenthnl. Kansas; Eugene Smith. Chicago; E. V. Way, Arizona: I Tracey, Texas; Robert Schilling. Wisconsin: Ma jor Bowler. Minnesota; Dr. C T. Taylor, Pennsylvania. , Chairman Butler will make his head- quarters In "Washington during the cam paign. He accepted the position again on the condition that a vice-chairman be chosen to assist In the work. Sarvlvor ef First Convention. NEW YORK. May 1L A special to the Herald from Washington says: Survivors of the first Republican National Conven tion are to be the guests in Philadelphia next month. Invitations will be sent to them next Monday. Only 15 survive of all those who assembled In Pittsburg, Penn., on June IS. 1S56. to enunciate the new principles and to bring Into existence a new party. Of these only one con tinues a prominent figure in politics. He Is Representative Galusha A. Grow, who was the joungest member of the lower House when he. first entered It and who is now its oldest member. The guests of the National committee will bo given prominent seats on the platform. SCHOOLS FOR PHILIPPINES. The Xecesslty of Educating: the Masses Oatslde of Manila. Manila Times. Tho approaching school vacation might, if circumstances are found to admit, be utilized by the energetic director of the education department, in making a tour of the eettled and pacified districts of the islands, to study the varying require ments, difficulties and possibilities of ed ucational advancement in the archipelago, for the purpose of reporting to the annual conference of the National Educational Association, to be held at Charleston, S. C, in the second week of July this year. Wo offer the suggestion with all diffidence, well knowing that Mr. Anderson has bad a session full of hard and trying work and will probably be In need of rest. But he has the Interests of his department so thoroughly at heart, and is each an en thusiast in the noble cause of promoting knowledge, the most elevating of all in fluences and- the highest and best work that can be undertaken by governments or individuals, that he will probably regard an additional task as only an additional pleasure. Without going into the question whether anybody Is to blame, or whether It is cause for gratitude, the fact remains that the Filipinos at large have been left In utter Ignorance of any language ex cept their own native dialects, in which practically no literature exists, and the country people are therefore In a state of moat abject Ignorance. There are a few, perhaps at the outside a thousand or two out of six or eight millions, - who have escaped from the slavery of Ignor ance, but they are only the exceptions that prove the rule. The Filipinos at large are woefully uneducated. We will not quarrel about the reasons which were formerly sufficient to Justify this state of affairs; the old order changeth, and by gones are bygones. The new order un doubtedly must bring a general spread of education within the reach of the poorest peasant child. If the native languages are to be made the basis of education, then it will be necessary to get a large corps of translators to work, putting not merely school primers but large numbers of books of every sort Into all the principal dialects. If this Is not found to be a good plan, then preparations must be made to teach the English language to all, so as to place at the disposal of the Filipino people the greatest literature in the world. It is not the work of a day. but of years and of whole generations. It Is the greatest civilizing "agency known since the creation of the world; and the spreading of civilization Is the only Jus tification for a white race to dominate another. Probably it will be found, as time goes on, that the best 'plan Is to systematically Introduce the English language all over the Islands, and at the same time, s-'de by side with it. Introduce as much as possible of foreign literatures Into the na tive languages, so that those of the na tives who are past the school age will not be without good reading. This latter, even If selected as the sole cause, will ultimately prove of only temporary util ity, as In the case of Japan, where. In spite of a vigorous patriotic and even rab id antl-forelgn sentiment, the people find they have to learn English, xhey arc not ordered by anybody to do so, and they have great libraries, in which the beat known works of Europe and America are to be had In the Japanese language. For example, the big Tokio library has about GOOO foreign works translated, and they are always In constant use; yet It only whets the appetite for more, and the Japanese are everywhere making English a regu lar part of the educational system for the sake of the Immeasurably rich field It opens to them. And that is in a country of 40,000,000 people all speaking and read ing cne tongue. Much more, therefore, will It prove to be the case In this coun try, where there are six or eight millions speaking six or eight different languages and mostly reading none. For the pur poses of the Philippines there could not possibly be a more valuable example of progress than Japan. It was E0 years ago, possibly not so backward no the Philippines, but at nny rate a total stranger to anything modern. It Is now one of the foremost nations of the earth. It is now ahead of several European na tions. It builds big ocean steamships, and trains men to navigate and engineer them; it could never do that with only the native language. It builds huge factories, mak ing great quantities of merchandise for home use and export, and developing new Industries every day. It could never do that with only the native language. It contributes to the world's store of useful knowledge In the prevention of dis ease as it never could have done with the native language alone. These are the du ties of civilization; these are the oppor tunities which it would be sinful to neglect. It Is everybody's duty and every nation's to do something to bene fit the world, to produce goods, to preven diseases, to enlarge knowledge, to Incul cate high ideals and show how to live up to them. And all of these things re quire the vehicle of some widely-known language. It might have been German or French or Spanish or Italian or Rus sian; It happens that the most widely known language Is English, and most abundant In literature. The others also are good; all contribute. But no Asiatic language Is of use outside of Asia, and no Asiatic is educated until he knows some world-language. Several of the Asiatic languages have given to the world gems of thought, or rare beauties worth trea;urlng for the. elevation of mankind. Persian. Sanscrit, Arabic. Hindustani. Japanese and even Chinese have made the world the richer and nobler. But the world nevor heard of Tagalog. Possibly there are gems In It, but they have never een brought to light. Mr. Anderson, In the short time he has been In charge, has accomplished a great deal for the schools of Manila. But Ma nila Is not the Philippines. It Is less than a 20th part. The provinces need a course of educational revivification such as the capital has had and Is to have. The work Is only Just In Its Infancy: It Is a great and valuable work, and a man's life could not be better spent than In this. This is the "white man's burden" to lift away the black pall of helpless ignorance and bring the powerful and beautiful light of knowledge to a poor people. The Fili pinos, whatever their faults, are excel lent pupils, eager to learn and as apt as any. They may not feel grateful for hav ing their chimerical dreams of a toy Re public dispelled, but they will undoubtedly bo grateful, sincerely and permanently, for the dlspellng of their clouds of fog and darkness .and the introduction of a generous education. A Superfluity. 'Tm very fond of whist," said Mr. JaeeK ton. "Henrietta and I play It a great deaL" "I have Just been reading up on the game." "I never look at such books. They affect me like downright Impertinence. The men who wrote some of them seem to think, they know more about the game than Henrietta docs." Washington Post. THE TRADE REVIEWS COUXTRT RECOVERING FROX RE CENT HIGH PRICES. Small Proportion of Works and Hands Unemployed The Metal In- dastrles Bank Clearances. NEW YORK, May 11. R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade will say: say: With wholesome promptness the coun try is recovering from the embarassment of naturally high prices. In some lints the great manufacturing associations have taken tho lead, in other reductions are still deferred because the entire produc tion capacity Is engaged at high prices for some months to come; in others, it comes in spite of resistance because buyers hold back for orders for their own protection until material concessions arc made. No disturbance nor stringency of credits re sulted nor any sign of alarm, and the movement is perhaps more healthy than It could have b'een If entirely controlled by tho competition of many small con cerns. The proportion of works and of hands unemployed is yet quite small, and the volume of business transacted! though less than last year In New Eng land and in the Middle States cities. Is larger than ever before at 54 out of 63 clearing houses in the entire region west of Pennsylvania and south of the Poto mac. Production stimulated by high prices rises above consumption retarded by them. The weekly output of pig iron May 1 was 293,893 tons, against 2S9.4S2 April 1, while unsold stockc not held by the great steel makers Increased 44.645 tons. This would indicate a dally consumption of 40,641 tons against 41,642 in January, hith erto the largest, but for the fact that considerable stocks have also accumulated In the hands of consuming concerns. Bes semer pig at Philadelphia and Lehigh Val ley No. 1 here are quoted at $22 per ton, and market wire has been reduced in correspondence with barbed wire and plain. Considerable Increase of business Is reported, resulting from recent reduc tions, but demands for higher wages, and also for closing of some Iron works two months In the year, whether there Is bus iness or not, causes some hesitation re garding further contracts. The Smelting & Refining Company has reduced lead to 4&c, and copper declined an eighth to 1Sj4c for Lake, while tin Is also lower at 23c Wool yields -a little more, chiefly In the finer grades. A decrease of nearly 10 per cent, at the London sales Is one cause, but a more potent one Is the continued abstention of manufacturers who do not find the market for goods at the advanced prices named this year at Falls City, ex. cept for a few staples. Cancellations cause some trouble, and slow payments some, and prices of many grades are Ir regular. Cotton goods are also irregular, and In unsatisfactory demand; prices av erage only JO per cent higher than they were November 1, while cotton has risen 33.9 per cent, from 7 to 9?4 and is sup ported by foreign buying Silk, on the other hand, has fallen sharply, 23c to 50c for the different grades, and from the highest point In January G5c on Italian, $1 10 on Japanese, 75c on Shanghai and $1 05 on Canton, imports from China hav ing greatly Increased. The opening of Philippine ports has also reduced the price of hemp from 15c last November to lie Shipments of boots and shoes from the East for the first week of .May were smaller than In the corresponding week of every year save one, since ISM. Ac counts indicate that dealers' stocks throughout the country are unsually large, and many shops are closed, while many more have but little work ahead. Prices asked are practically as high as they were January 1,. though leather av erages 4 per cenf lower, and hides about 10 per cent lower. In spite of good exports, wheat pros pects suffice to cause a decline of l?ic while corn has declined 2ic. Corn ex ports still run much beyond last years'. In two weeks 6,850,500 bushels, against 4, 7(0,666 last year, and Atlantic exports of wheat, flour Included, have been In two weeks 5.199,50S bushels against 5,236,705 last year, with Pacific exports 1,094,697 bushels against 1.0S9.132 last year. Of both grains, the movement from the farms Is large enough to dispel all fear that the supply will run short. Failures for the. week have been 193 In the United States, against 165 lost year, and 15 In Canada, against 20 last year. In Financial Markets. NEW YORK, May 1L Brads treet's financial review tomorrow will say; Irregularity prevailed this week in the movement of quotations for securities. Speculation is exceedingly dull, and con tinues to be almost entirely confined to professional lnteresta This element, as was noted last week, had become in the main bearish In sentiment, and its opera tions for the short account resulted In more or less depression throughout both the railroad list and the Industrials, at tended In the case of certain stocks by a good deal of positive liquidation. The steel stocks appeared at first likely to furnish reason for a further unsettling of the general market, and that part of the list showed decided heaviness last Monday, when the representatives of a conservative banking-house retired from the directory of the American Steel & Wire Company on the ground that tho resignation of the company's1 chairman. Mr. Gates, was not forthcoming, as It was alleged had been promised. Later, how ever, the steel stocks withstood both a continuance of bearish pressure and the news that one of the plants of the Fed eral Steel Company had been shut down. This last announcement was offset In a measuro by the resumption of work at some of the mills of the Steel & Wire Company, and though no reductions in prices for various steel and iron products were announced. It seems that the market had sufficiently discounted the unfavora ble developments in this connection. At any rate, the Iron and steel Industrials de veloped steadiness !n the face of the heavy selling that appeared In railroad stocks Tuesday and Wednesday. There was considerable covering of shorts In the leading members of the group, and later Steel & Wire and Federal Steel advanced on the news that Mr. Gates and other officials of the wire company had resigned ard that the vacancies In the board had been filled by representatives of conser vative financial interests. The pressure upon the railroad share list centered largely In stocks like Balti more & Ohio and Missouri Pacific, which had advanced recently on pool manlpula latlon. There was for a time evidence of a liquidation of large amounts of long stock In thesa securities, and at the same time the market was Influenced more or less by apprehension regarding the labor situation In connection with several Im portant systems. BRADSTREET'S REPORT. Inactive Dcmnml pml "Weaker Prices Are the Features. NEW YORK, May 1L Bradstreet's to morrow will say: The trade situation this week may be summed up In the phrase, inactive de mand and weaker prices. While In many respects the industrial situation is easier than It was. the unsettlcment in the building trades continues marked, the re flex action being exhibited in the unset tled demand for building material and weaker prices for lumber and for many products used in the building Industry Iron and steel buyers are still holding off. most of the business done being for small lots for Immediate consumption. Further declines are noted In steel billets and some finished products, while sympathetic weakness Is reported hi the other metals, such as copper, lead and tin. There was a slight Increase of the output of pig Iron in April and a small gain In furnace and other stocks. Steel rails and structural material are conspicuous exceptions to the weakness above noted, prices for these products being firmly maintained. In speculative markets, dullness has been the feature, wheat after considera ble steadiness, weakening- on the favor able Government crop report, which Is taken to indicate a yield of Winter wheat 100,000,000 bushels larger than a year ago, notwithstanding Immense damage from Winter killing in the central Western States, apparently offset, however, by a high condition in the states west of the Mississippi. Relatively good reports come from the retail trade at most centers, notwith standing the backward Spring, but as yet the volume of reorder business from wholesalers and Jobbers has proved disap pointing. Finished cotton and woolen products remain steady. Wool Is weaker, owing to the restricted demand from manufacturers and In sympathy with low er prices set at many grades at the Lon don wool sales. Primary wool markets are higher than in the East. Print cloths, though nominally held firm at Fall River, continued to be offered below the Liver pool price. Coffee Is rather weaker, ow ing to lower quotations In European mar kets, and sugar is also shaded, owing to receipts exceeding requirements. Rela tively a good report comes from the dis tribution trade in shoes, but manufac turers are hanging back In their pur chases of leather, and hides are rather weaker. Relatively the best trade reports still come from the Pacific Coast markets, but better weather conditions at the South have tended to brighten trade reports from that section. Wheat, including flour, shipments for the week aggregato 3,430,574 bushels, against 5,537,022 last week. 3.2S4.1S2 In the corresponding week of 1S99, 3,616,513 In 1S9S, 2.5S3.S75 in 1697 and 1,903,225 in 1836. Since July 1, this season, the exports of wheat aggregate 169,506,006 bushels, against 2O3,05S,7S4 last year and 202,523,004 In 1S97-98. Business failures In the United States for the week number 174, as compared with 153 last week, 169 a year ago, 2C0 In 1S9S. 251 In 1E97 and 285 in 1S96. Business failures for the week In the Dominion of Canada number 19, as compared with 11 last week. 21 last year, 23 In 1SS3, 31 in 127 and 31 In 1S36. Bank Clearings. , NEW YORK, May 11. The following table, complied by Bradstreet, shows the bank clearings at principal cities for the week ended May 10, with the percentage of Increase and decrease, as compared with the corresponding week last year: Inc. Dec New York $1,003,175,000 .... 26.4 Boston U9.8t3.U .... 1S.3 Chicago H7.Zlo,w0 5.1 .... Philadelphia b4.7s6,i0 St. Louis ... 32.OJ3.Oo0 .... 3.3 Pittsburff 3o,5l.t.OJ 14.3 .... Baltimore 24.106.tOJ .... 2S.1 San Francisco .... ld.oi.viO 5.8 .... Cincinnati 15.10S.00J 6.3 .... Kansas City 1o.SJ1.vm) 24.7 .... New Orleans O.O.uGO ..,. 5.3 Minneapolis ll.OUs.o.O 21.5 .... Detroit 8.044.10J .... 11.2 Cleveland 10.058.0) .... 1.2 Louisville S.679.(X.O 15.2 .... Providence 6.6S2,Oj0 .... IL4 Milwaukee 5.449,000 1.7 St. Paul 5.403,000 2.4 Buffalo 5.S25.000 13.6 Omaha 6.005.000 4-7 .... Indianapolis 6,333,003 10.2 Columbus, 0 5.626,001 25.8 .... Savannah 3,102.000 24.0 Denver 4.453.100 37.0 .... Hartford 2,333.000 ... 3.6 Richmond 3.474,000 18.2 .... Memphis 2,530,000 33.9 Washington 2,924.0u0 .... 5.0 Peoria 2,ir."6,0jj 14.6 .... Rochester 2,500,u00 21.0 New Haven I.UT.O'jO .... 16.2 Worcester 1,246,000 .... 24.9 AUanta 1.6C0.C00 10.S Salt Lake City.... 2.105 000 .... 14.7 Springfield. Mass.. 1.22S.00O .... 27.6 Fort Worth 2.224,0.0 i5.4 Portland. Me 1.032,000 .... 33.5 Portland. Or. l,95i,O00 15.8 .... St. Joseph 4.39UX 5S.5 Los Angeles ....... 2;400,000 27.5 .... Norfolk 1,297,000 33.1 Syracuse 1.149.000 Des Moines 1,754.10) 21.3 Nashville 1,252,000 .... 12.8 Wilmington, Del.. S13.000 3.9 Fall River S51.000 .... 2.9 Scranton 1,019,000 14.1 Grand Rapids .... 1,506.000 3.9 Augusta, Ga. 'i 55.000 IS. 5 .... Lowell 505,000 .... 41.4 Dayton, O L15.0U) 7.8 .... Seattle 2,iS3,0CO 51.7 .... Tacoma 915.000 27.0 Spokane 1.1M.0OO .... 7.5 Sioux City L2S9.0CO 24.1 New Bedford .... 4C9.000 .... 20.3 KnoxvIIle, Tenn... 4Si,ux) 8.5 Topeka t51.000 SO.O Birmingham 7S9.000 Wichita 524.000 7.3 .... Binghamton ..".... ZX.0M Lexington. Ky..... 3t2,C00 10.1 .... Jacksonville, Fla. 241.CO0 3.S .... Kalamazoo 419.CC0 10.5 .... Akron 4'i4.M) l,.a .... Chattanooga 392,000 31.3 Rockford. I1L .... 34S.CO0 17.1 Canton, O. 247.000 Springfield, 0 319.000 4.5 Fargo, N. D. 330.000 21.3 Sioux Falls. S. D. 154.100 n.u .... Hastings, Neb. ... 1E9.O0O 2.5 Fremont, Neb 103,000 2.8 Davenport S7S.000 32.8 Toledo 2.2O2.C00 25.3 .... Galveston 5.037,000 Houston 6.110,000 46.3 .... Youngstown ..- ... 27S.CO0 6.3 Evansvllle SE0.0C0 2.9 .... Macon 4S7.0C0 6.7 Helena 519.000 3.8 Little Rock 543.000 14.7 Springfield, 111 37R.0 0 17.0 Saginaw 451,000 00.6 Totals. U, Outside N. Dominion Montreal .. Toronto ... Winnipeg . Halifax .... Hamilton . S $1,651,831,000 .... 1S.0 Y...:.. 64S.703.C00 .... l.S of Canada $ 15.259.000 .... 7.5 10.69S.CO0 .... 11.9 2,024,000 17.1 1.533.000 18.5 S33.0X) .... 16.8 r. B.... 752.000 SiSJW 16.8 714.000 ;.. 32.665.C03 Tz T7T7 St. John. N. Vancouver Victoria .. Totals .. STREET RAILWAY STRIKE. Rioting; Renewed in Various Parts of St. Louis. ST. LOUIS, "May 11. The ojpect of af fairs In the great street railway strike today showed a complete reversal of the conditions prevailing yesterday. The day opened quietly, but as the hours sped by reports began to come In of renewci riot ing In various parts of the city. In one Instance the police fired Into a crowd, and In others used their clubs on those who attempted to Interfere with the run ning of cars. While rumors of casualties were rampant during the day, none of a serious nature had been corroborated. About the usual number of cars were run by the Suburban, while only a few were out on the Llndell division of the Transit Company's system. Poltee protec tion was afforded the lines operating, of ficers guarding each car and (atrolllng the streets on foot and horseback. Arrangements are being made. It Is re ported, for a mass meeting of union labor on Sunday afternoon, when the question of a sympathetic strike will be discussed. By noon cars were running at four-minute Intervals between Taylor avenue and Eada Bridge. About 20 cars were In op eration, and each had on board from six to eight policemen. At 1:30 cars were started on Park ave nue, and the Bellefontalne line of the Transit Companies. Llndell division, and preparations were made to open up every division. This afternoon squads of mounted police and patrolmen were sent to the starting place on each line. The Coroner today held Dan Donovan for the murder of Frank Llebrecht, an Inno cent onlooker in a riot in a suburban train on Wednesday night. Flora Sieg fried, the 10-year-old girl who was re ported killed by a brick thrown at a street-car last night. Is alive and may re cover. Speaking Ahoat Hair. "Your hair is falling off frightfully. You'll be bald soon If It keeps on." "I'll be balder still If It doesn't keep on. Pearson's Weekly. METHODISTCHURCHPRESS WILL STSPEXD OR CONSOLIDATE ALL UNPROFITABLE PAPERS. In the List Is the Pacific Christian Advocate, of Portland Reports to the Conference. CHICAGO, May 11. By refusing to con tinue the publication of the Northern Christian Advocate at Syracuse until the four conferences agree to furnish bonds Indemnifying the Methodist Book Concern against loss In its operation, the commit tee of the Methodist Episcopal General Conference on Book Concern has, by a decisive vote, declared Its Intention of sus pending all papers which have been run at a loss during the past four years. The Northern Christian Advocate was a test case, and the ministers who were anx ious to hae It continued In spite of the fact that it has coet the church $15,140 during the past quadrennium. were voted down In ccmmlttee by a large majority. The pape.-3, which at present are either being operated at a loea or under subsi dies and which are likely cither to be discontinued or consolidated In the inter est of economy are: Western Christian Advocate. Northwestern Christian Advo cate, Central Christian Advocate. Chris tian Apologist. Omaha Christian Advo .cate. Haus and Herd. Methodist Review, Pacific Christian Advocate. California Christian Advocate, Southwestern Advo cate. Methodlot Advocate Journal and Rocky Mountain Advocate. Report of the Epworth League. The report of the Epworth League set forth that the past quadrennium had been marked by an advance movement on prac tically every line of Its work. March 1. 1900, there were 19,991 chapters, with a membership of over 1,350,000. In the Junior League there were 7057 chapters and a membership of more than 400.o:o. The tota. membership Is therefore 27,018 chapters and about 1.750.000 members. There has been a rapid and steady in crease In the membership in 1900, espe cially In tho Junior League Chapters. "We gratefully record a growing spirit of fraternal good will and co-operation between the Epworth League and the Christian Endeavor and the young peo ple's societies of othor churches. They are coming to see that the consolidation of our several young people's societies in to a general organization under the offi cial direction of the church was not the outcome of denominational narrowness or of sectarian rivalry, but rather that the very genius and connectlonal quality of the Methodist Eplscopcl church required that for their larger spiritual growth and use fulness, her young people be trained In the usages, spirit and connectlonal ideals of the church. The Justification of this organization Is demonstrated by its un precedented growth and spiritual power, and by Its achievements for Christ and the church." National City Evangelisation Union. The report of the National City Evan gelization Union contained the following: "The annual meetings of the friends ana workers In city evangelization have af forded a gauge of progress. Aims have become each year more definite; methods of work better understood; the needs of the cities moro Impressive and Imperative, and the alliance of the brotherhood of lay men and ministers more sympathetic and helpful. A study of the themes dis cussed at these several meetings will reveal a constant broadening In the range of thought and a deepening consciousness on the part of all of the tremendous Im port of the problems with which men are engaged In the cities of America. Dur ing the four years it has become very evident that none too soon has the Metho dist Episcopal church concentrated Its at tention upon the needs of the cities, and the church may well be grateful to the earnest men a large number of them laymen who have voluntarily devoted themselves to the vrprk of lifting to the.r true place among the great fields of the church's endeavor these vast centers of population. In which now fully one-third of the people of our Nation dwell. "While the quadrennium has shown Its chief advance In the large Interest and more clearly defined Ideals, it records also the organization of a number of addition al local societies. At present there are 46 such societies in a? many cities, more or less actively engaged In this co-ordinate effort to carry on the aggressive work of the denomination. An average each year of from $1S0,000 to J200.000 has been raised through these societies for their work, a total for the quadrennium of nearly 5750,000." Woman's Home Missionary Society. The report of the Woman's Home Mis sionary Society showed that the Income had steadily Increased since 1SS3. when it was $27,303, it being for the last four years $804,403, of which $527,725 was cash, and $276,663 supplies. The educational work being almost exclusively for girls and young children, the amount contrib uted by the pupils themselves cannot be expected to be very large. The receipts from this source during the four years were $77,210. During the last quadren nium the deaconess work of the society has progressed rapidly. It has now 31 institutions, including three National training schools for missionaries and dea conesses and three local schools for the same kind of training. It also has three rest homes, two hospitals and one or phanage. The property of the society Is steadily Increasing In value, a conserva tive valuation being $068,862. The be quests amounted to $34,022, the endow ments to $19,633, and the society has also received annuity funds amounting to $6i65. Twentieth Century Thank Offering-. The report of the 20th century thank of fering commission contained the follow ing: "Much of the work done has been pre paratory plowing and sowing, but a har vest has been already gathered large enough to greatly encourage us and the promise that 'If we sow bountifully we shall reap bountifully, leads us to hope for ultimate and complete success. The presidents and financial agents of our colleges and seminaries have reported at the central office over $2,000,030 subscribed for Christian education. More than $2,500. 000 has been subscribed for debts on church property, and at least $750,000 for .philanthropies and charities. If all re ports were In, they would, we think, show that one-third of the $20,000,000 has been subscribed. Every day this move ment Is growing In intaest and favor with the church." mp Report of the Trustees. The report of the trustees for the four years showed receipts of $120,575 and dis bursements of $10S,96t, the cash on hand being $11,609. The accepted trusts and bequests now amount to $266,477, as against $126,263 four years ago. Snd Memories Revived. A Chicago showman recently advertised a "piano-playing elephant," and drew a crowd for the first performance. After a preliminary "spiel." describing the talents of the beast and his education, the ele phant was led Into the ring. He stepped up to the piano, ran a scale, stopped. lift ed his trunk ana ran, bellowing, from the tent. The showman stepped forward. "Ladles and gentleman." he said, "an unfortunate occurrence prevents the Intel ligent animal from continuing the perform ance. I am sure that you will all respect his reason. He has Just recognized his dead mother's teeth in the piano keys." San Francisco Wave. 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