DOCTOR BRIGGS.
The Celebrated Case Is
Opened.
And m Vary Irate Woman Wnl
Hatband.
ARGUMENTS ON BOTH SIDES.
Ir. Briggs Argues Agalust the Juris
diction of the Conference Dr. Kirch
nuil Colonel MeCork State the Case
Against II 1 in .
1'oktland, Ore, May 20 The trial of
Professor Briggs, of New York, begun in
the general assembly yesterday was con
tinued this morning. The church was
crowded at an early hour and Dr. Briggs
and Dr. Birch, the head of the prosecut
ing committee, eat on the platform. Dr.
Young, the moderator, announced that
each side should occupy an hour and a
half discussing merely the constitutional
questions without entering at all into
the merits of the question. Dr. tsircti,
in a clear, distinct tone, read bis argu
ment, lie claimed that the appearing
of the prosecuting committee at the as
sembly was strictly constitutional, al
though it was general to go directly from
the presbytery to the synod. Dr. Birch
anzued further that the case was of in
tense interest to all Christendom and
that no other questions in the history of
the Christian church had seen more im
portant or touching a more vital doc
trine, viz. : The authority of the holy
scripture. While Dr. Birch was reading
there was a funereal stillness all over
the house, and not a rustle was heard
till he had finished.
Dr. Briggs arose at 10:10 and also
read his arguments. Iu beginning he
addressed the house formally, closing
with ladies and gentlemen." Ibis ex
pression was met with cries of "no, no."
As the assembly was then sitting in the
form of a judicial Dr. Briggs mentioned
Drat his embarrassment
Persaaation of the Jews Not Permitted
by Leo.
Seattle, May 26 Bloodcurdling cries
of "murder," "police" and "help" rent
the air at 10 oclock last night, ana
brought Officer Harry Fawcett to the
corner of Second and University streets.
A woman who proved to be Mrs. L.
Sapp, stood in front of the Brooklyn
lodging houBe, and upon seeing the offi
cer she nearly went wild and shouted :
"Officer, there he goes 1 bee him I
He's turned the corner," and a phantom
figure disappeared in the gloom a block
away.
A crowd of people stood around, ana
from every window in the three stories
of the Brooklyn were poked the head
and shoulders of a curious lodger.
'It's Mr. Sapp, who runs a saloon at
the corner of Front and Madison
streets," excitedly explained the woman,
as she pulled at the officer's buttons.
I'm Mrs. BapD, his wife: be was with
another woman in room 26, upstairs. I
played detective and caught them, lie
is scared to death. The woman her
name is Maud she's gone. He hit me
with a glass," and she rubbed a lump
over her left eye.
The officer accompanied the exctteu
woman to the third story of the lodging
house, and, standing in front of a large
broken pane of glass in the door of
room 25, she said :
"I broke it. A woman named Maud
wrote Mr. Sapp a letter and was to meet
him here and I found the letter; I found
it and I'll keep it. I came here fooled
them, ha, ha, I played it rich. See! I
slipped up stairs and, standing here, I
heard them talking. 1 smashed the
glass. It flew in alt directions. The
woman, she screamed. Mr. Sapp, he
was scared ; his eyes oh my ! He hit
me with this glass and it broke as you
see it. He ran away. The coward ! to
run from a weak, unprotected woman,
and that woman his wife !"
At this juncture the landlady of the
house appeared on the scene and addres
sing the policeman, said :
"There was a poor, lone woman in
this room, and this female, without
cause, smashed the door in and "
"Did you say she was alone?"
shrieked Mrs. Sapp.
' There was only one woman in there
in nnnoannff
here. He said that he ought not to empnaucaiiy snapped v ne landlady,
come here to defend the action of the! "Vou speak the truth," returned Mrs,
presbyterv. Dr. Brown, his colleague,
or Dr. Thompson, of New York, he
would have preferred to speak for the
action of the presbytery, but for reasons
which he would not narrate they would
not do so. He said he had many rea
sons which he could give, but would
confine himself to oue line of argument,
namely, rule 102 of book of discipline,
which provides that appeals are several
ly to be taken to the judicial immedi
ately superior to be appealed from.
Ho argued that there were no valid
reasons for entertaining the appeal and
that there were inseparable reaaons
why this should be entertained. If
their case were a good one, he said, they
should go directly to the synod, and he
' insisted that grave injustice was done
to the lower body by this action. Dr.
Briggs next showed that the entertain
ment of the appeal would be an injus
tice to himself. It would give a judg
ment while no charges were pending
against him. It had not vet been
shown that there are errors in his ad
dress, and he appealed for justice. The
assembly cannot do anything with the
merits of the case yet. Turning now
and then to the table at which the
members of the prosecuting committee
sat, be said that they were re
sponsible for the present disturbance;
if they were desirous of a speedy
settlement they might have acqiesced
in the action ol the presbytery dismiss
ing the case. They made haste, but not
speed. The case had been begun with
great haste at the beginning. The in
vestigation was begun in his presbytery
while he was ill. All law protects the
innocent as the defendant might desire
a speedy trial, but the prosecutor had
no such reason for hastening the trial.
Dr. Briggs said he stood today with
his presbytery behind him and he be
lieved that his synod would do the same.
To entertain the appeal now would de
prive him of a right. Still another rea
son was that 114 ministers and elders
had signed a complaint against the
decision of the presbytery and in
behalf of hiinaelf and his co-complainants
be protested against any action
that might deprive them of their rights.
The appeal cannot be entertained,
because the complaint, which was
tiled, with the stated clerk of the
synod, acts as a stay upon
the matter. There is also pending in
the synod a complaint against the de
cision as an interlocutory one. In clos
ing he pleaded for justice and asked the
assembly to refer the case to the synod
of New York; asked for time to submit
objections to record.
At half past eleven, Colonel John J.
McCork began his reply to Dr. Briggs
and spoke until the hour of ad
journment, lie answered the state
ment of the defendant that he was ill
at the time of the examination of his
inaugural address, by reading a
letter from Dr. Briggs saying
he would decline to appear before
the original committee of examination,
because he understood that the commit
tee was appointed to examine his ad
dress and not to listen to Iub explana
tions of it. He then took up the argument.
A Lawyer Condemned to Death .trguet
His Own Appeal.
Memphis, Tenn., May 25 On Thurs
day will be presented in the supreme
court of Tennessee at Jackson the curi
ous spectacle of a distinguished lawyer
arguing his own cause, an appeal from a
verdict which condemns him to death.
The man is Colonel II. Clay King, of
the Memphis bar, who is under sentence
to hang for the murder of David II.
Poaton, a brother lawyer.
The crime was committed on the
streets of this city on March 10, 18D1,
and was most deliberate and unprovok
ed. The appeal was taken on points of
law which are in themselves of unusual
interest. By the rule of the supreme
court attorneys are United to two hours
for argument, but Colonel King has
taken his case entirely out of the hands
of counsel, and owing to the peculiar
circumstances attending it, the court
has agreed to allow him three hours.
Lawyers from every part of Tennessee
and from other States will be there to
hear him.
An Atrocious and Ingenious Forgery.
New York, May 23 Chauncey Depew
in an interview declares his firm belief
that the alleged letter from Grant to
Conkling made public at Columbus,
Ohio, in which the writer argues
against a second or third term
is an atrocious and ingenius
forgery. He says it will as a boomer
ang. Depew says he had an interview
with the man who arranged Conkling's
entire correspondence. That letter was
not among them. Hon. George C.
Gorham in a letter to the
Sun takes the same position
and adJs that he had the assurance
from Conkling himself after the con
vention of 1880, that he had not received
a line from Grant on the Presidency or
the nomination since his return from
his trip around the world.
Sapp, "there was only one woman, but
there were two persons. Ob I here is his
diamond collar button on the wash-
stand. He forgot it didn't have time.
Here is his hair brush. I gave it to him
last Christmas. Alone, was she? How
came she by these articles? I will keep
them, and Mrs. Sapp put them in her
pockets.
wnue Airs, oapp was caning an in
ventory of what was in room 25, the
landlady took the policeman aside and
informed him that Mr. Sapp had not
left the house, as his wife supposed, but
that he was in an adjoining room in
hiding, The ollicor did not feel called
upon to make any arrests, and so in
duced the woman to leave the place and
return to ner nome.
Half an hour after Mrs. Saop left the
Brooklyn Mr. Sapp went to his saloon,
at the corner of Front and Madison
streets, where he was seen a little later.
Said he
"Well, you see, it's this way. This
woman, who calls herself Mrs. Sapp, is
not my wife. We have been living to
gether, and for a time wo lived very
nicely. I introduced her as my wife,
and, "well, I suppose then she must be ;
but we were never married. About
three months ago Bhe caused a scene on
the street while I was walking with a
lady, and I haven't had much use for
her since. I have been rooming. at tho
Brooklyn, and this woman, whom Mrs.
Sapp accuses me of knowing, has a room
across the hallway from mine. After 1
had retired this evening I heard a thun
dering crash, and, jumping out of bed,
opened my door and ran out into the
hallway. By jingo, tnere was Mrs.
Sapp. The other woman, she had re
tired too, came-chasing out into tbe
hallway, and we were accidentally
thrown together in front of our rooms.
1 couldn't make Mrs. Sapp believe any
thing, and so T watched my opportu
nity and got away. I never hit the
woman with a glass or anything else.
It must have been another fellow."
Rome, May 25 Cardinal Ramp alia
papal secretary of State, has given an
interview to Jesse Seligman, the banker,
of New York, on the Bubject of the
treatment of the Jews. Seligman was
introduced by the rector of the Amer
ican college in Rome. Seligman asked
that tbe Vatican should use its influence
in favor of aiding and protecting the
Jews from the persecution to which
they were subjected in certain
countries. Cardinal Ropalla replied
that tbe pope always protected the Jews,
ana tnat wnen tne jews were perse
cuted everywhere else they were secure
in Rome, under the guardianship of the
Vatican. He would be glad, he said, to
do all be could to aid the humane and
praiseworthy cause of saving and rescu
ing the Hebrews from persecution.
Seligman was deeply gratified with tbe
cordiality of the reception and the une
quivocal stand taken by the carJinal in
behalf of the fair treatment of the He
brew race.
;1'ablo UUNOZ.
Ha Violated the Neutrality Law aud
Will Be Punished.
San Antonio, Texas, May 26 Pablo
Munoz, colonel of the "Faithful of Zar
agozo" division of tbe constitutional
army of Mexico, of which Catarina
Garza waB commander-in-chief, has
been found guilty of violatin the
United States neutrality laws. The
prisoner is seventy years old, and is a
typical frontier Mexican in appearance.
Judge Doarman deferred sentence until
tomorrow. It ia generally believed that
Munoz will receive tbe maximum pun
ishment for his offense, which is three
years imprisonment and $3,000 One.
His extensive ranch iu Texas has been
deeded to tbe attorneys who defended
him. This is the first conviction of
neutrality law violation made in the
United States in sixty years.
Oeorge C. Ituuifaoe Weds a California
Opera Hluger.
Boston, May 25 A verv quiet wed
ding in this city several days ago has
just been announced. The groom was
the veteran actor and former leading
man, George U. Boniface, of the Boston
Museum block Company, and the bride
was Miss Noma .tenner , ot Los Angeles,
Cal.
Miss Feimer, it is said, will go on the
stage as an opera singer, having been
educated with that end in view. Mr.
Boniface is past 5 ) and a widower, his
first wife having been an actress. He is
the father of Stella Boniface (Mrs. H
A. Ever, Jr.) and of tbe comedian
George Boniface.
The Revolutionists Will Ujntluue l
Fignt Kven If l.-futuil in La Victor
Palae oe Successor Will b Choxt
by Congress.
UNU'BD IN DKV11I.
GENERAL CRESFO.
Ie is Opposed to
British Influence.
The Cireer of Loa Rot hum D'Eun.4 at
Seattle Hy Voun; Man.
IKES .THE UNITED STATES,
They Mset In Convention at Albany
New York.
New York. May 21 A
bello, Venezuela, dispatch says: Iu an
interview General Crespo makes Borne
interesting statements in regard to the
hargethut tne revolutionists wereaiuea
by Great Britain and were ready to
make certain concessions in return. He
said: It is truj that we do not iook
to England for help; we look to the
United States."
"What policy would you advise lor
our country and the United Mates
Seattle, May 25 Lou Rothain Den
nis, a dapper yourg man with a tender
black moustache, who came West about
a year ago and was for a few months
employed us a reporter on the Press
Times, is in jail upon a charge of obtain
ing money under false pretenses.
it is said that Dennis has wealthy and
respected parents in North Carolina,
who, years ago. tired of his wild ways.
cut him off without an allowance until
he should reform. Six months later, he
landed in Seattle, he was in very needy
circumstances. He secured employ
ment on the Press-Times, and, though
he claimed to have had experience in
newspaper work on the Omaha Bee, he
did not last lone.
From Seattle Dennis went to Portland
Puerto Ca- anui filing in an enorii iu eucuiu cm-
ployuient on the Oregonian, went to elected.
Ualitornia. six weeks ago ne reiurneu
to Seattle with a girl of tender years
whom he registered at several hotels as
his wife. What became of his real wife
no one Beems to know. While he was
in Seattle a man arrived fro-n Tacoroa
and notified the police that Dennis had
eloped lrom that city witn ins young
sister. Dennis, learning that the irate
brother had threatened to shoot him on
sight, left for Port Townsend, where he
remained about ten days. While there
he was arrested for pasaing a worthless
check, but the matter was patched up,
and upon his release he returned to
Seattle.
On May 5th, it is charged, he irave two
checks for $5 each to John C. Wilson, of
this city. The checks were drawn on
the Pacific National hank of Tacoma,
and were signed "Lou Rotham D'Ennis."
They were transferred by Mr. Wilson to
L. Champoux, who discovered, upon
presenting them for payment, that
neither D'Ennis or Dennis had any ac
count with the bank.
Albany, N. May 20 The first
colored Democratic convention ever held
in any Northern State will meet in this
city this afternoon. The organization,
known as the New York State Cleveland
League, was formed in 1882 when Cleve
land ran for governor, and has con
tinued in existence ever since. It baa
members in every county in the State
where colored voters exist in any number.
Some delegates did not arrive when
expected, and the time of meeting was
changed from 1 p. m. to 2:30 p. in.
About 175 delegates are present, and
the convention work will be finished to
night. A complete platform is to be
adopted, and an executive campaign
committee to take care of colored Dem
ocratic interests during tbe campaign
HOW ITS A BLIZZARD.
The Waters Continue
to Rage, Too.
HOMELESS IN THE SNOW.
The Missouri and the Father of Waters
are Still on the Kampags, But the
Dee Moines Shows Signs of Quieting
Down Cold Weather.
I he Sail it urk of Iteuoveruig the Budles 1
tleguu.
Spokane, Wash., May 24 The fire
department played on the Binouldering
ruins of yesterday's fire all night long.
This morning the work of searching for
the bodies ol victims began. It is now
known that four men perished in the
fire, and it is feared that others lost
their lives. The missing men are Adolph
Scbultze, L. H. Cornwall, Richard
Butcher and a man named Cunningham.
The charred remains of the first named
were taken out of the ruins of the Spo
kane Mill company this morning, the
search being continued for the others.
It is thought that one or two men
were drowned In the river. The fire waa
seen long distances in the Bur rounding
country.
is I. u
A Phlludelptilan Comes Out Alive After
Going Over the Falls.
Rondout, N. Y, May 20 A thrilling
scene was witnessed at Rillon, Ulster
county today.' A young man from Phil
adelphia, who refused to give his name,
but who is interested in a phonograph,
went sailing on the Wallkill creek. His
little craft got into the current, and its
occupant loaing all control it drifted
hopelessly toward the falls at Uitlon.
Just as the boat reached the falls, the
man gave a jump over the falls, clear
ing the rocks below and striking deep
water. Those who witnessed the scene
were horrified, expecting never to see
the man alive again. Tbe stranger after
going under the water three times struck
out, and reached the shore in an ex
hausted condition. The boat was dash
ed to pieces.
The young Philadelphia)! is the only
person who has ever gone over the falls
and has come out alive. When the water
is low in the creek the falls are 45 feet
high.
REVISION.
He Commits Suicide because tils Sweet
heart Died.
Atlantic, N. J., May 25 Early thi
morning Ralph D. Hewitt, 22 vears old
a clerk at the Mount Vernon hotel
Washington, committed suicide by
shooting himBelf. The death of Miss
Batsford, daughter of Judge Batsiord, to
whom ne was devotedly attached, is re
garded as the probable cause of the
suicide.
The D sabled Crew Arrives at
Franoisoo.
San Francisco, May 25 The crew of
the ship St. Charles, which -was
blown up at sea off the
coast of Oregon on the 17th inst..
, arrived here today on the steamer Wil
lamette Valley. The St. Charles lett
Nanainiu with a cargo of coal
May 13th and experienced heavy
seas for three davs. On the
morning of the 17th the second mate,
Mike Flinn, and Charles Lenberg, a
sailor, went to the forehatch to get
some potatoes, taking with them a ship's
lantern. Louis Strandberg, a Bailor,
spoke to the men and saw the mate pass
Lenberg with tbe lantern, was reaching
through a hole in a forepart of the ship
and was about to crawl through when the
explosion occurred and Flinn was
lifted bodily in the air,
He fell at Standburg's feet,
whose beard was singed by the flames,
which shot from the hole following the
roar of the explosion. Ned Kiley, a
sailor, who was on deck at the tune,
states that when the explosion occurred
the ropes, hawser and main hatch were
hurled from the deck by the force and
the deck opened wide from the after
part of the house to the stern. Her
spanker boom was carried away with
the wheel house.
The rigging was on fire and the
pumps would not work. Captain
Chapman was found pinned to the
floor in his cabin under an over,
turned Bofa and book case. His
spine was broken and he was in great
agony. Men extricated him with diffi
culty from among the timbers,
then made baste to get into
the boats as tbe vessel was
sinking. There were 10 men divided
among three small boats. The St-
Charles' mainsail was afire and the
"Reciprocity. I think well of that,
like the United States. I intend to
isit the exposition at Chicago and shall
take mv family with me. The regen
erated Venezuela will have a worthy
exhibit there. I want you to say that
the people who fight under the insurgent
banner today are opposen to uriiisii in
trusion in Venezuela. We do not now
nor will we ever recognize the rights of
the Entrust! naa on Venezuelan ten-
torv. If we cannot speak for the rest of
South America, we can Bpeak for Vene
zuela."
As to what would happen it he were
defeated at La Victoria Crespo answered
that the revolution would keep right on.
'This rising," be said, "is a growth ol
years. A Dattie or two lost to ua woum
not destroy our cause, we wouic iukb
to the mountains and wear out the gov
ernment which cannot be continually
borrowing without resources.
"In the event of the success of your
armies, will you succeed to the presi
dency 1"
"No, I would not accept the office, nor
could anything induce me to do so. As
soon as I can attend to it, my private
busineBS , interests will demand nil of
my attention."
"Who will succeed Palaeio aa presi
dent of the republic?"
"I shall leave that to Congress. I
shall bo satisfied if he is a good man
with no dictatorial ideas."
Havs They Can't Cueat Hi-r.
Nkw York, May 20 Judge Truaxe, of
the supreme court, this morning dis
missed the action of Anna Dickinson
against the members of tbe Republican
National 'committee of 1888. on the
around that the contract made for lec
tures in aid oi the election of Harrison was
illegal. After hearing the verdict Miss
Dickinson said : "1 shall begin action
They cheated me out of $12,000 and my
expenses once betore alter a long cam
paign in the Molly Maguire districts of
Pennsylvania, where no man dared
speak; but they shall not cheat me this
time.
Another Cleveland Convention,
Nashville. May 2U The Democratic
State convention met this afternoon. A
thousand delegates are in attendance.
Hon. Ernest Pillow, a strong Cleveland
man, is temporary chairman. The
mention of Cleveland's name in his
speech of acceptance was rapturously
cheered. Alter the appointment of com
mittces a recess was taken.
ilut the Snortiiiieiito Is ttooming an I
May Ovim II w.
Sauramento, Cal., May 23 Excite
ment was caused this morning by n re
port that the Yolo levee had broken. A
Daily News scout, who was sent out to
recounoitre has returned with the infor
mation that up to 0 :30 no break had oc
curred. Considerable water bad got
through the levee, but this was the re
sult ot seepage. The river still shows
slight advance.
,:cl But
Considerable Pmperiy Uaii
Nobody Hurt.
Faihhaven, Wash., May 23--L. D.
McCoy's powder mazazine. containing
five tons of giant powder, exploded this
morning doing coiiBideraoie damage.
Glass was broken in New Watcoin, three
miles away. No one was hurt. The
damage is about $0,000.
Universal Suffrage and the iteforend nin
for belgiuin
Erusbklh, May 25 The king has ap
proved the legislative resolution for re
vision of the constitution. The revision
proposed touches, among other things,
universal suffrage and the referendum
system to provide against hasty, ill-ad-viBed
legislation.
Better Than Politic.
Dublin, May 25 Timothy Harrigan,
the Parnellite membsr of Parliament,
will soon be married to the daughter of
the late Dr. O'Neill, of this city.
Colonel Broadwater Dead.
Helena, Mont., May 25 Colonel C.
A. Broadwater died this morning. He
was president of the Montana Central
division of the Great Northern, presi
dent of the Monlana National Bank, and
largely interested in other enterprises.
He was also a member of the Demo
cratic national committee.
Receiver Appointed Omcer Arrested.
Tallapoosa, Ga., May 25 In conse
quence of irregularities the Mer
chants & Miners bank has been
placed in the hands of the receiver, and
Vice-President Spencer was arrested.
Cruiser Foundered.
Montevideo, May 25 It is- rumored
that tbe Brazilian cruiser Bahia has
foundered at sea.
Hang Onto Your Skins.
Johnstown, Pa., May 25 On account
of an overstocked market the tanneries
of the United States have decided to
close for 60 days, beginning June 1.
This will take 2,500,000 skins out of ths
market.
Should Be Eight Medal.
Rocuesteb, N. Y., May 25 The Don
ahue comet medal of the Astronomical
Society of the Pacific was yesterday re
ceived by Dr. Lewis Swift, of the War
ner Observatory, for the discovery of
the eight-tailed comet.
ship waa foundering when last seen.
The boats were 200 miles from land
without the compass, but succeeded in
making Cape Foul weather safely, and
there Captain Chapman died. Lenberg
and Second Mate Flinn were taken to
Newport, Or., by tbe survivors, n ho then
came to this city. Fiinn is expected to
die. The sailors believe coal gas ignited
by the lantern caused the explosion.
He Thinks the tfehrlng Sea Controversy
Very Imnortunt.
Boston, Mass., May 25 In speaking
of the Behring sea question at a dinner
given UiBt night T. J. Coolidge, minister
to France, said : "ThiB conference is
much more important than the Alabama
treaty. The amount of money involved
is greater, as you will see by reflecting
that 100,000 seals at $10 a head means
$1,000,000, interest on a much greater
sum than $15,000,000, which was the
award of the Alabama conference, be
sides, it involves more interesting ques
tions of inter-national law.
Tacoma Cricketers Score a Victory Over
tbe Alblons.
Victoria, B. C, May 25 Gannon's
mare, Belle Watts, is barred from racing
here, notice having been received yester
day by the Jockey club that she is in
the Easter forfeit lists to the tune of
$775.
The session of the First Presbyterian
church has presented Rev. Dr. Smith
with a formal address of thanks for hia
services. He goes to Westminster tem
porarily to fill Rev. Scoullar's pulpit.
The Albion cricket team waa beaten
by the Tacomas by five runs in the first
inning, the score standing 64 lo Hi). In
the evening the local team handsomely
entertained the victors at the Victoria
hotel.
Baoon in Spain.
Madbiii, May 25 Of 60,000 cases cf
American bacon imported to this coun
try from 80 to 90 of which were closely
examined, only 41 cases were condemn
ed and in the year 'Hi only six cases
were condemned out of a large number
received by Spain during that time. The
Spanish government has decided that
an American certificate will henceforth
be sufficient to guarantee tbe whole
some condition of articles exported.
Hurlburt Has Betbrmed.
London, May 20 A surprising state
inent was published in London this
morning. William 1 lenry Hurlburt has
been received as a lay brother iu a re
demptoriat monastery in Rome. He
will not be admitted to priesthood.
Want the Fair Open Sundays.
Pitthhuro. May 20 The American
Federation of Labor conies out flatly in
favor of opening the World's fair on
Sunday. Samuel Gompers. the presi
dent, has addressed a circular to all the
trade unions in the United States urging
them to uae whatever influence they
have to that end.
The Anti-Bnap Convention.
New Y'ohk, May 20 Twenty-four
Democratic primaries balloted yesterday
to elect delegates to the Syracuse, or
"Anti-Snap" convention. The nunber
of votes caat was 10,705, which is con
sidered a large showing in a primary
election.
The Editor.
San Francikco, May 20 This is the
filial day of the convention of the
national editorial association and this
evening the members leave for their re
spective homes. When President Cap
peller called the session to order this
morning in Metropolitan hall shortly
after 10 o'clock there was a full attend
ance. The by-laws and constitution and
suggestions lor tbe amendments thereto
are now being considered. Ihis after
noon the business proceeding! will be
brought to a close by ihe election of
officers.
Tho OHer Is Fair.
London, May 20 The Times com
mends the action of the Atchison, To
peka and Santa Fe in cabling the details
of ita income bond conversion scheme to
London, and admits the offer is fair.
Rescuing Bodies.
Mohkilltown, N. Y., May 20 A great
number of people have been rescued
from their flooded homes. A colored
family of nine persona nd three other
colored men were drowned.
Carved Koyalty.
London, May 25 The Count of Paris,
who has been Buffering from an internal
disease, underwent a severe surgical
operation this morning.
Governor Boles to Issue a Proclamation
for Help
Sioux City, la., Mav 23 Governor
Boies arrived here this morning, after
nvesLiiratinz tbe flooded district. He
has resolved to issue a proclamation in
vitimr the people of Iowa ami the
country generally to contribute for the
relief ot the destitute, une proclama
tion will state that $200,000 is needed.
Two more bodies, Oliver lloblit and the
daughter of V. D. Leonard, were recov
ered today.
St. Louis, mo., May ine river
has fallen a tenth oi a foot since last
night. The upper Mississippi has risen
slightly since Saturday. The Missouri
ia rising from the mouth to Herman anu
falling above. There is a slight im
provement in tho nood situation Here
about.
Washington, 1). C May 23 The
secretary of war has authorized the
chief of engineers to use government
boats on all Western rivers to save
human life where the residents of
flooded districts are iu danger.
Mozart, Ark., May 23 Twenty thou
sand acres of farms are Hooded in
Franklin county. Hundreds of families
are homeless. Tho loss is estimated nt
$250,000.
An ftCmpty Uoat aud a Voong Woman
Misiuz.
Aherdeen, Wash., May 2.'! An empty
boat was found floating down the Wish
kah river this morning. The boat con
tained a woman's hat, cloak and one
oar.
It was learned that Ella Beardsley, of
Aberdeen, aged twenty, had been rowing
on the river and was missing.
Two theories are expressed. Some
think it a ca-e of auicid', and others
that the young lady went ashore to
gather flowers and that tho tide carried
the Iwat away.
Mias Beardsley came from Portland,
Or., with her affianced, Dr. Itel, to visit
her parents.
ally ti-.e Arm of Su Anne at St.
J.iuu Ituutlste.
New York, May 24 At the weekly
meoting of the Methodist ministers yes
terday one of the members aaid it was
strange the Protestants should stand
still while a part ot tne alleged arm ol
St. Anne was exposed for the worship ot
the ignorant in the Catholic church ol
St. Jean Baptiste. He thought a pro
test should ba made. There was no
proof, ho said, that the so called relic
was really what it was represented
to be. Others spoke to the same
effect. Monsigiior Berhard O'Reilly,
who was formerly domestic prelate of
Leo XIII. when told of these remarks
said: "The body of St. Anne was buried
according to Bollandist, in the toinb ol
the Bleased Virgin at JeruBeleum. The
legend in South France is that all rela
tives of our Lord and the Virgin Mary
were banished from Palestine, 'ihey
took with them the body of St. Anne. It
was entombed iu a subterraneau chapel
in the cathedral at Apt in the south ol
France by the first bishop of that See in
the first century. When France was
invaded by barbarians in A. D. 772,
the vault was discovered, opened in
the preseuce of Charlemagne, arch
Bishop Turpiuande, and a great com
pany of priests and nobles. On the
cyprus cotlin was inscribed: "This is
the body of St. Anne, mother of the
blessed Virgin Mary." A letter of
Charlamange to Pope Adrian comeming
this discovery is extant. ine Douy lias
been ki pt ever since in the Cathedral of
Apt to the great glory ot that city, ihe
relic recently exposed in thiB c:ty came
from the right arm which waa Bent to
Rome and kept in the monastery of St.
Paul. "In respect to the MethodiBt
ministers who criticised us," said Mgr.
O'Rielly, "1 have only to say that they
should go to the libraries and read for
themselves the historical proola of the
miraculous preservation of tho body of
St. Anne." '
Dying by Thousands,
Calcutta, May 20 In Keringaura
one of the capitals of Cashmere
53,0:jO inhabitants, 500 are dying daily
lrom cholera.
Now He Will Hang r Hie Neck Until
Dead.
Santa Bakiiaka, Cal., May 21 Anton
Vital was sentenced in the suporior
court yesterday to be hung for the mur
der of a Chinese, Wo Lee, in a wash
house several weeks ago. It was a case
of murder in cold blood. Vital, in
couipnny with an lK-year-old boy named
Campbell, entered the wash house with
the intention ot rootling tne inmates.
One room had been entered and con
siderable money had been secured, when
Vital went into anothor room, leaving
his accomplice to keep watch over a
Chinese in another part of tho house.
In this room Vital met with resistance
and shot the inmate, Wo Lee, through
the heart. The men escaped and were
on their way to Santa Barbara when ar
rested. Campbell, the boy, admitted
the crime and was also sentenced to 13
years in San Quentin. Tho charge
against him was burglary
Ihe M tnger uf the Company Als i
Plays a Double Hole.
Detroit, Mich., May 24 Edward A
Oukes, manager of the Jokyll and Hyde
company playing in Pittsburg two
weeks ago, skipped with pretty Kmina
Miller, a 17-year-old soubrette, belong
ing to the company. They went direct
to Albany, N. Y., then to Detroit and
across to Windsor. They everywhere
registered as man and wife.
Yesterday the girl's mother, who oc
cupies a fine social position in Phila
delphia, arrived in town und put the
case in. the hands of detectives. The
pair were decoyed from Windsor and as
soon as Oakes landed on American soil
he struck a pair of steel braces. He is
charged by the Pittsburg police with
taking some of the company's money.
The girl declares they are not mar
ried, while Oakes asserts they are. The
mother and daughter maio up ami
started lor Philadelphia last night,
while Oakes is detained awaiting the
arrival of an ollicer from Pittsburg.
A Formil Iuvllation Extended to Come
Uere.
San Fhancisco, May 24 Some dozen
editors constituting the Oregon and
Washington delegation extended a
formal invitation today to the members
of the National Kditorial Association to
visit those two Northwestern States. P.
B. Johnson, of the Walla Walla Union
Juurnai, chiiirinan of delegation, stated
yesterday that the City Council, Cham
ber of Commerce and Commercial club
uf Tacoma have united in extending a
royal reception to the visitors if they
accept the invitation. The people of
Portland have become no less enthusi
astic in the matter and have already
raised $3,000 lor the purpose of fittingly
entertaining the editors.
General Bussoy Don't Believe It.
New Yohk, May 24 General Bussoy,
asaistnnt secretary of the treasury, is in
the city. In seakiug of the aliened
Grant letter to Conkling he said he had
excellent reasons for declaring the letter
a forgery. He was in New Orleans in
1H80, when Grant returned lrom his trip
around the world, and lie was with him
great deal for ten days, lie encour
aged his efforts in looking to the choice
of such dolegatos as were favorable to
his nomination, saving that his experi
ence as President and bis travels in the
old world made him foel desirous of an
other term in the White House in order
that he might be enabled to carry out
certain plans be had in mind. In all his
conversations ho never uttered a word
that would harmonize with the senti
ments contained in this letter, His
visit to New Orleans iu 1HH0 was just
one month before the letter is supposed
to l ave been written.
Whom Do They Favor ?
South McAllister, I. T., May 24-
The Republicans of the Indian Territory
held their first convention, comprising
delegates from five civilized tribes, who
chose two white men, one Indian and
one negro as delegates to the Minneap
olis convention.
Louisiana Bends Two Delegations.
Baton Rouoe, La.. May 25 The final
attempt to harmonize differences be
tween the Mi Knry and Foster factions
with "as laiieu anu tne contesting delega
tions win ue aeiit to tne j'ciiiucrnue
Nationul convention.
To Try Briggs.
Portland, Or., May 20 A majority
report entertaining the appeal on the
Brigga case was adopted. The hearing
is to proceed immediately.
For the Canal,
Little Rock, Ark., Mav 25 Governor
Eagle has appointed delegates to the
National Nicaragua canal convention at
St. Louis.
Kidnaped by Mexicans.
Washington, D. C, May 24 The at
torney general received information
that Charles Overlander, of Sun Diego,
California, has been kidnaped by Mex
ican ollicials and taken to KiiBonmla,
Lower California, for trial on a criminal
charge. Minister Ryan, at the City ol
Mexico, has been instructed to secure
the surrender of the man provided it
can he shown he ft) an American citizen
taken without extradition proceedings.
Uncle George's Keminlsoenoes.
Alice (aged 7 years) Papa, were there
anv live rebels after the buttle of Bull
Run?
lather Why, ot course, my child.
Why do you ask ?
Alice I'ncle George told me about
the buttle last night, and 1 thought he
killed them all. Harper's Bazar.
Iron Workers in Distress.
London, May 25 A movement is on
foot to relieve the acute distress among
the iron miners and iron workers of
Cleveland, Yorkshire. Twenty-eight
hundred people are idle on account of
the colliery strike in Durham. A piti
ful appeal in behalf of the starving
people has been made to the Queen.
Btiot for Tampering With a Levee.
MiiMi iiih, Tenn., May 20 A private
dispatch from Gunnison, Bolivar county,
Miss., says: The levee guards shot
and killed a man last night who waa at
tempting to blow up the levee with
dynamite at Dennis Landing. They
have his dynamite fuse and pistol. He
was a white man, name not reported.
St. Louis, May 20 The river is sta
tionary, sli . htly over 36 feet, but tne
signal service reports another three-foot
rise coming down tne Missouri anu Mis
sissippi. The raijj has been falling
since 2 this morning. In North St.
Louis 10,000,000 feet of iumber is afloat
and liable to go down the river. St.
Louis county north and west of the city
is still under water. Across and below
the city at East Carondelet, the situa
tion is worse than supposed. Monday
night the levees protecting the towu
broke and almost swept it from the face
of the earth. Many houses were carried
away, but aa far as known no lives were
lost. The true state of affairs was not
learned here until last night. No aid
could be sent because of the high windB,
but today an effort will be made to aid
the 300 or more people now in the sec
ond stories or on the roofs of their
Hooded houses. All roads except the
Ohio & Mississippi are crippled by the
floods.
St. Louis, May 20 The signal service
reports the river fallen two-tenths here,
half a foot at Alton, a foot at Hermann.
Brooklyn, III., May 20 Opposite the
North end of the city, is under two feet
ol water. The Hood in South St. Louis
has thrown over twelve thousand people
out of work by shutting down the fac
tories, etc. Thedaimgein this portion
of the city will oxceed two millions.
Pine Bi.ufi', Ark., May 20 The river
is Btill rising. Reports bring news of
great destruction all over Arkansas val
ley. The water is the highest ever
known. Tho cottou crop is damaged
fully 25 per cent.
Kansas City, Mo., May 20-The Mis
souri and Kaw rivers are now about on a
stand and a rise of only two or three
inches more is looked for. The rise dur
ing the night has increased the area un
der water somewhat but did not mate
rially nhamre the situation with tbe ex
ception of Harlem across the river from
Here, which is an unuer water uuuevmy
inhabitant haa gone from it. Burling
ton bridge which connects Harlem and
Kanaas City, looka like a Noah's ark,
being crowded with animals, men,
women and children, all driven there by
the flood in Harlem.
OiTi.iMWA, Iowa, May 20 The water
in the Des Moines river is receding
slowly, the danger past. The electric
light resumes tonight.
Omaha, May 20 The Missouri river
has lalien six inches since last night.
Van nf a flood have subsided. The
weather is cold and snow fell at inter
vals all the morning.
Keokuk, Iowa, May 20 No casual
ties are reported from the broken
Egyptian levee district. The break was
anticipated and the inhabitants reached
places of safety. The damage to prop
erty and stock cannot now be estimated,
but it will be very large. The bottomB
aro covered to the width of eight miles.
The Des Moines river is falling slowly
far up at Ottumwa, but another rise is
anticipated. Ihe Mississippi ia still
rising.
Minneapolis, May 20 The Missis
sippi has risen two feet in the last 24
hours, and is still rising an inch an
hour. The fl ita below tho falls are al
ready submerged. Il the rise continues
great damage will result.
St. Paul, May 20 Reports from Pipe
stone, Faribault, Sleepy Kye, Minn.,
New Richmond, Wis., and other points
say a severe snowstorm ami ouzzara nas
been ratting since uiiunigni and sun
continues, with the thermometer below
freezing.
Sioux City, Iowa, ilay M Bad
weather has gieatly complicated the
task before the city. liain began fall
ing at seven this morning ; ut ten there
was a per ect blizzard, high wind with
snow, it has Deen snowing nna sieet-
iug since. The men quit work on the
streets the middle of the forenoon
though two dollars a day is offered. Ihe
Floyd river is still vory high and has
not fallen since last evening, xne cold
weather has caused many again to
apply for aid, the women and children
who would return to their homes were
compelled to seek- uhultur in warmer
places. Ihe railroads are making great
efforts to clear wreckage, but it is Blow-
work.
Two bodies have been rocoverel to
day. Frank Henderson and his wife;
tbuir three weeks old Daily was drowned
but the body was not found. Four are
still missing. Henderson's parents live
at Spruce Creek. Mrs. Henderson's
parents live at Charter Oak, Iowa. The
citizens raised If 10,000 to provide for im
mediate necessities. Oilers from other
citieB have been received. Governor
Boies has wired for information about
the situation. Tho homes in the inundated
district are being cleared up amidst a
blinding snow storm. The railroads
hope to make schedule time tomorrow.
The packing houses at the Union stock
yards will bo rebuilt larger than before.
The market cannot open until next
week.
Si'ENCiiii, Iowa, May 20 A snow
storm almost equal to the Juiiuary bliz
zard is crossing this section of the coun
try this morning. A vory cold northwest
wind is driving Ihe blizzard.
Fort Dopuk, Iowa, May 20 A cold
wave struck tho city last night. The
DesMoiues river is now receding, having
fallen throe feet last night.
M'. Paul, May 20 Lnst night's snow
was general in Minnesota. It is several
inches deep in some places. The report
that the dam in the Mississippi at St.
Cloud has gone out und much damage
waa done provea untrue.
Cleveland, May 20 The bicyilers
carrying General Miles' message from
Chicago lo .New York ar ived here at l)
o'clock this morning, six and one-half
hours behind time, though nearly half
an hour was mude up between Elyria
and Cleveland, with the mud deep and
the couriers compelled to dismount and
push their wheels much ol the way.
Akhtahula, Ohio, May 20 The bicy
cle relay riders arrived here at 9:45,
having tost fifteen minutes on the jour
ney from Madison, Oiiio. The roads are
execrable.
And She Fired rive Shots Into the
Women.
Paris, May 23 A sensational shoot
ing, recalling the Deacon affray with a
change of sex, occurred here Saturday
night. Tho names of the parties are
carefully suppressed, though tbe papers
refer to one as Mine. L., and her hus
band as a prominent club man. She
suspected him of intimacy with the wife
of a high government official, watched
and found them together in apartments,
and fired five shots into the woman,
killing her,