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THE INDIANA JOXJBNA J Vr.Z-LT KSTAPLTSHED is:x DA I LT EST A ULISHEI) i VOL. LI-NO. 137. INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 17, 1901. PRICE 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE r SLIGHT RALLY ms. m'kinley rerouted a trifle better last muht. IVn Near Dcntli'n Door Early In the Morning, hut Wn Itevlwd by Heart Mimuliinta. PRESIDENT WAS DESPONDENT am) ca.xcklkii all arrange sients i uii receptions. Kotlfled All Mr. McKinley' Relatives of Her Condition nntl Steeled Himself for the Worst. CHANGE TOWARDS EVENING WHEN the patient RALLIED A.D aski:d foii nourishment. Improvement Continued Dnrlne the .Müht, anil the Ihylclnn Aut Home at Ten o'clock. CONDITION STILL CRITICAL BUT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY SUB 31 AY UK RESTORED TO HEALTH. Sorrow in San Francisco. "Where ! tlvltien in Honor of the President Were Sadly Terminated. SAN FRANCISCO. May 16 Mrs. McKin ley Is in the shadow of death and may pass away at any moment. This morning, shoit ly before dawn, she sank rapidly and it was leared she would die before restoratives could be administered. The new treatment for low vitality salt injections Into the veins was admlnistreded to Mrs. McKin ley. She responded to the treatment, und during the day she Improved to such an extent that the hope of her recovery, slight though it was, revived, taken no solid 'food since she reached here on Sunday, and the physicians do iiot be lieve she could survive another sinking spell such ai those she lias experienced this morning. She suffers little and. bears up bravely. During her periods of conscious ness to-day her mind has been clear. The President is constantly at her bedside, and, although worn by his long vigil. Is standing the terrible strain with remarkable forti tude. Every banquet and every public function planned In hla honor here has been abandoned, and the city, with heavy heart, is watching Mrs. McKinley's battle for life. If the end should come the President and his party will be ready to start back with the remains within twenty-four hours. The train which brought them here will be used cn the return trip and all the arrangements have been made to go back by the shortest route the Central and Union Pacific to Chi cago, and thence by the Pennsylvania to Washington. If Mr. McKinley Improves It Is not believed she will be able to travel be fore a week from the coming Monday. All the members- of the Cabinet, with the pos sible exception of Secretary Long, will re main here to the end. The latter's daugh ter Is very ill at Colorado Springs, and he Is very apprehensive that he may be called there at any time. decided mm o v e m e xr. Secretary Cortrlyou'n Latest llnlletln Phyaician Ileaed. SAN FRANCISCO, May H. At S:15 p. m. Secretary Cortelyou gave out the follow ing statement: "Physicians In attendance on Mrs. McKinley report her condition as decidedly Improved since morning. Pulse and temperature satisfactory. Patient rest ing Well." At 9 o'clock to-night all was quiet round the Scott home. About two hundred people were assembled In Iafayette square await ing developments. There was a feeling of relief Vihn Secretary Cortelyou summoned the pre reporters and gave to them the bulletin Announcing that the physicians reported Mrs. McKinley' condition de cidedly improved since morning and that their patient was resting well at that hour. A large detail of police was on duty keep ing pedestrian? and team. from approach ing nenr the house. Inside the house two telegraph operators ar being kept busy answering the Presi dent's correspondence. Outside in the pirk a. telephone booth Is being erected to facili tate communication between the different newspapers and their representatives, sta tioned culside the house. At 13 p. m. Dr. Hirschfelder and H. T. Ecott ift the Scott residence. Dr. Hirsch felder went home for the night. He said he felt that Mrs. McKinley was decidedly Improved. Mr. Scott said he felt rruch pleased over her condition. Secretary Cortelyou announced that no further bulletins would.be given out to right unless unexpected developments take place. Among the callers at the residence to right were Admiral Casey and Captain WH on, of General Shatter's staff. At 10 o'clock the lishts In the building were out with the exception of the one In the telegraph room. 11:30 P. M. Secretary Cortelyou states that no mere news regarding Mrs. McKin ley's condition Hill be Kiven out to-night. hay of anxiety. Mrs. McKinley Wa Very Lou and Not Expected to Recover. SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.-Durlng last r.Iiht the Preldent did not leave Mrs. Me Klrdey's beJ.ide. Shortly before midnight, wfetn Dr. .Hirschfelder and Gibbons de parted and Dr. Rixey laid down for a little rest, there was hope that her life would be spared. All day the President had watched tho faces of the doctors and the nurses for a sign cf encouragement, and they had urged him not to despair. Mrs. McKinley had appreciably rallied during the early hours of the night and at 10 o'clock was so much better that the President had gone in next door to show himself for a few min utes at a little reception which was being held there. After midnight for hours there was no sign of life in the Scott mansion except the night lamp burning low in Mrs. McKinley' room. The fog had drifted in with the coming of the sea wind and the city lay swathed In it as in a shroud. At 5 o'clock thl3 morning the police pa trolling on tiptoe outside and the little group of newspaper watchers on the corner opposite saw a stir In the house. Lights flickered here and there, a carriage with rubber tires rolled swiftly up to the door out of the gloom and Dr. Hirschfelder alighted. The word was whispered that Mrs. McKinley was sinking. For a time it was thought she wa3 dying, but powerful artificial heart stimulants revived her slightly. When daylight came the doctors held another consultation and the news of Mrs. McKinley's sinking spell was given out by Secretary Cortelyou, who spoke no word of encouragement. Formal notiflca tion was mado that all arrangements of the remainder of the President's stay in San Francisco were canceled. The Presi dent no longer had the heart to hold out false hope that he would be able to attend any of the functions arranged here in his honor. His only thought was for the wife who was hovering between life and death He directed that all of Mrs. McKinley' relatives be advised of the critical con dition of her Illness and steeled himself for the worst. FELL- LIKE A PALL. In the city the bulletins at the newspaper offices announcing that the festivities of the week were abandoned fell like a pall upon the multitude. Not until then was It fully realized that Mrs. McKinley was at death's door. Joy was turned to sadness. The people no longer waited the President's coming. Their voices were hushed and they stod in groups on the streets discussing the tidings from the sick room. The flags and banners all about seemed a mockery. The committees in charge of numerous en tertainments Issued bulletins that every thing had been abandoned out of respect to the President. Meantime an air of death itself pervaded the Scott residence. Servants flitted about like shadows. Messenger boys with tele grama and cables from all parts of the world Inquiring for news of Mrs. McKin ley's condition passed In endless streams to the door, which opened noiselessly at their approach. The President could not be persuaded to leave the sickroom, and he remained there constantly with the doc tors and nurses, seemingly incapable ot fatigue. The room in which Mrs. McKinley lay Ir a sunny chamber at the southeast corner cf the residence, but the flood of sunshine was excluded lest the bright light might dis turb the patient. Gathered In the adjoining room were the ladles of the Cabinet. Miss Harber. Mrs. McKinley' niece. ICON ThNUKU ON PAGE 4. COL. 2.) ARMY SCHEME ADOPTED RHOHRICK'S HP FORM PLANS AI'. I'ltUVKl) BY THH COMMONS. Sensational .Statement by Mr. Ilalfotir, Who Showed the fioveriimeiit Was ot Prepared for War in IMll). LONDON, May 16. In winding up the de bate on the army bill in the House cf Commons to-day A. J. Ralfour, the govern ment leader, denied there was any large tody of opinion hostile to the scheme of Mr. Brodrick, the secretary of state for war. Mr. Ralfour contended that It would be impossible to get unanimity among sol diers on any scheme of reform, and satd the objections to the proposed scheme were fantastic and groundless. After further debate Mr. Rrodrick's scheme was adopted by a vote of 03 to I'll. In the course of his speech Mr. Ralfour mad) the sensational statement that, at one moment toward the end of 190, there were in Great Rrltain only 3,300 rounds of small arms ammunition, with no reserve of artillery ammunition except what was actually with the guns retained at home. Mr. Ralfour made the revelation In an at tempt to fasten on the Liberals negligence in the matter of military supplies, pointing out that the last Liberal government went out of ofllce as a result of the Conserva '.'es revealing the insufficient supply of small ammunition, which was then 3l"0.Oi;) rounds. Instead ot 1 4K.ono.OU', which the of ficials regarded a.s the nominal reserve. He declaied that the Conservative government had raised tills reserve to lTO.uouJoo rounds before the war broke out. With reference to the dark period of the war. Mr. Balfour said: "I went through that period and, to far as I am concerned. 1 never mean to go through a like period nor to throw on my successors the risk of such a stain.' Tho Liberal papers seize upon Mr. BaJ- four's sensational statement in the House, referring to it a "as ainazins discretion." The Dally News says: "This shows how near to ruin Mr. Chamberlain and his col leagues brought the country." "To such light-hearted gentlemen," ex claim the Daily Chronclle, "are the inter ests of a great empire committed." The government's Immense majority for Mr. Rrodrick's scheme Is not regarded as representing the opinion of the House of t'omrr.ons. There was no crops voting, but Mr. Winston Churchill and a few other Unionists abstained from voting. The de bate had an artitteial character, the gov ernment having made the question one of confidence. Many opponents of the scheme voted for it and even the government or gans are inclined to express dissatisfaction. It Is understood that the scheme will be considerably modified in the subsequent stages of discussion. TEXAS OIL STILL BOOMING. Nerr Company Chartered, with Capital Stock of l.tW4,lH0. AUSTIN, Tex., May K-The largest oil charter ever incorporated under the laws of Texas was filed to-day in the secretary's department. The charter is that of the J. M. Guffy Petroleum Company, of Beau mont; capital stock, J!5,iuo. This is more than JlO.OOO.oOO greater capital stock than any of the oil concerns tiled In this State. It meana u consolidation of the Guffy Galey holdings, which are the mot ex tensive in the Texas oil fields. All of the Mock. It Is said, ha3 been passed in. The Ineorporators are J. M. Guffy of Pitts burg. A. K. Lucas. R. F. Drexel. Perrv Wtlss. H. W. Greer and R. A. Ureer of Beaumont. The holdings of the Guffy com pany embrace more than ten million aerei ot land, scattered over eastern and south ern Texas In large tracts lying In thirty counties. The company owned five flow ing well in the Rraurr.ont field, has pu down a pipeline to Port Arthur, where storage tank are located, and is under contract to fink wells at a number of points within the next ten month. Several dor rlckö are now being erected at selected pointj In tho country tributary to Houitoa. OFFICERS CAPT. GARRIGUS, OF KOKOMO, IS THE G. A. U. C03IMANÜEH. Rodney Swain, of Lognnaport, la the Senior Vice Commander, and C. AY. Drown, Indinuupoliri, I Junior EASY VICTORY FOR WINNER DEFEATED CANDIDATE 3IOYED TO MAKE VOTE UNANIMOIS. Succcftiif ul Close of Mont Sncccmiful Encampment nitd Meeting of A IUI inted Societies in Yeurs. NO PREJUDICE AGAINST COLOR ELECTION OF C. W. RROWX A TRIO UTE TO THE NIMiltO 11 ACE. Capt. Gnrrlgns .Name II. 31. Smock for AiMtuut Adjutant General Only One Resolution Adopted. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LOGANSPORT, Ind.. May lß.-The mos successful encampment of the Indiana De partment of the Grand Array of the Re public which has been held for years passed into history to-day, adjournment bein taken at noon. The attendance was muc larger than had been expected, the roll call on the vote for delegates to the Na tlonal Encampment showing a total of C33 delegates present. Those who attended are more than pleased with the success which attended the sessions, and the resident of ' Logansport are equally pleased with their success in entertaining the veterans and members of societies affiliated with them. Chief interest In to-day's session centered in the election of officers, and of course the election of department com mander held the center of the stage in thi; respect. The lines had been well defined however, long before tho vote was taken and before the balloting had proceeded very far Erie Georgia, of Muncle, the mi nority candidate, moved that the election of Capt. Milton Garrigus, of Kokomo, b made unanimous, which was done. The officers elected and delegates to the Na tional Encampment are as follows: Commander - CAPT. MILTON GARRI GUS, of Kokomo. Senior Vice Commander RODXEf STRAIN, Logansport. Junior Vice Commander CHARLES W. BROWN, Indianapolis. Medical Director DR. WARREN S. KING, Greenfield. Chaplain REV. R. F. SHEPHERD. Pleasantvllle. Council of Administration John F. Ham- mil, Madison; M. C. Rankin, Terre name; W. R. Harris, Indianapolis; J. D. Rraden, Elkhart; II. A. Root, Michigan City. Representatives to the National Encamp mentAt large, Benjamin Starr, Richmond; First district. Stephen R. Reidomann, Ev ansville; Second, J. R. Mulkey, Rlooming ton; Third, Philip Lester, Little York; Fourth, J. R. Mount. Madison, and J. F. Spencer, Moore's Hill; Fifth, James S. Necley, Terre Haute, and Charles M. Tra vis, Martinsville; Sixth. John W. Ro.s, Connersvllle, ami A. R. Ryman, Cedar Grove; Seventh, Smiley N. Chambers, In dianapolis; Eighth, John M. Holloway, Geneva, and L. O. Leach, Muncle; Ninth. John S. Kercheval. Sheridan, and L. R. McCamrock. Crawfordsvillo; Tenth, J. H. Roach. Montlcello, and Cleorge W. Worrell, Laporte; Eleventh, Benjamin F. Williams, Wabash; Eleventh and Twelfth, Dan D. Diehl. Rutler; First. Third and Seventh. D. R. Lucas, Indianapolis; Twelfth, David S. Redelsheimer, Monroeville; Thirteenth, F. W. Raskett, Plymouth, and Charles Rrod rick, Elkhart. Alternates At large: Dr. A. R. Tucker; First district, Charles Meinhartt. Peters burg; Second. J. Lockwood, Sullivan; First, Second and Seventh, George Callahan. Sul livan; Third, W. E. Edgman; Fourth, W. H. Aiken, Hope, and J. F. Kesler. Seymour; Fifth, Lawrence Rurgett, Terre Haute, and H. M. Pierce, Rrazil; Sixth, J. N. Ames, Greensburg. and A. M. Weston. New Cas tle; Seventh. Dr. C. A. Boynton: Eighth, W. H. Gregg, Rluffton. und Jonathan Zeublln. Ptndieton; Ninth, A. M. Robin son. Geetingsville, and John W. Foster, Pittsburg; Tenth, John A. Burnham, Mon tlcello. and George W. Steely, West Leb anon; Eleventh. Jacob M. Rarnard, Marion; Eleventh and Twelfth. Henry C. Gemmil, Markle; Twelfth. W. II. Keyes, Hamilton; Thirteenth. James Veivry, Argos, and Con Smith, Millersburg. An Incident Indicating that there Is no prejudice against color in the G. A. R. took place when the naming of candidates for Junior department commander was reached. The First district put Charles W. Brown, of the Delaney (colored) Post, of Indianapo lis, in nomination, and every other dlstrlot seconded, the enthusiasm rising as each district announced its choice. He was elected bv acclamation. Mr. Brown has made Deianey Post one of the most ef fective in the State. It is a singular fact that the committee on resolutions reported against every reso lution offered but one that commending Comrades Foster and Murphy, who havj served until recently as directors of the State Soldiers' Ihme. The resolution rela tive to a pension appeal board was made unnecessary by the recommendation of the department commander in his address. The dollar-a-day pension resolution went down amidst a shout of noes. There was no attempt to introduce a resolution having any hearing on the case of Col. Russell Harrison. Another incident occurred during the in stallation of officers that was significant. When the department eommander-eloct was asked to name his assistant adjutant general. Captain Garrigus responded in emphatic voice, "Comrade Richard M. Smock." which evoked hearty applause from the veterans. A resolution warmly thanking the people of Logansport for their generous hospitality and the raiiroaas ior witir special rates was passed by a rising vote and the en camrmcnt adjourned. The New Department Commander. Sri.1 to the I.ndUnaroHs Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., May 16.-Capt. Milton Garrigus, of this city, who was elected de partment commander at the G. A. R. en campment at Logansport to-day, is a native Indlanian, having been born in Wayne county in l&Td. He came to Howard countv in 147. Re fore the civil war he tausht rchool seventeen terms, was county super intendent several years, and was postmas ter of Grecntown when he enlisted. Re frerved four years In the army, as private ir Company D, Thirty-ninth RcKiment. ad jutant of the Onc-hundred-and-thirty-scv-nth and captain of Company I. One-hun-tired-and-forty-second. He has since served the public as county auditor, state senator and in other places of trut. W03IAVS RELIEF CORPS. Committee Report Show the Work of the Offleer la Well Done. f pedal to the Indianapolis Journal. LOOANSPORT. Ind.. May 15.-The con vention of the Woman's Relief Corps, like the encampment, wai unusually large, the NEW roll call showing SS5 delegates, and 3T3 were reported by the credentials committee, rep resenting 103 corps. Reports of the com mittees on officers' reports indicate that the work of the organization the past year has been well and faithfully performed- In addition to the otllcers elected yesterday Mrs. Laura Iiower, of North Manchester, was elected Junior vice president. A spirited discussion was held on the subject of reducing the price of the presi dent's testimonial from W to $30. The mo tion favoring the reduction was lost. A resolution to appoint a committee to de vise plans for reducing the expenses of the department was adopted. By vote of the convention the money borrowed from the Christmas fund to pay the expenses of the administration of Maria Schlater. of Lo gansport, is to be replaced from the general fund. Sickle for Cominander-In-Chlef. NEW YORK. May 16.-Gen. Daniel E. Sickles is willing to be elected commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic at the National Encampment to be held in Cleveland, O.. in September. A. G. Peter son, of St. Louis, is sending out a circu lar letter asking veterans for their sup port for General Sickles for the ofllce. . COL. 1IAKHISOX ItETtltNS. He Did .Not Ak the Grand Army to Adopt IleMolutiona. Col. Russell B. Harrison returned yester day from Logansport, where he spent a day in attendance upon the G. A. R. encamp ment. To a Journal reporter last night he said: "I regret that several newspaper corre spondents at Logansport assumed without inquiry that I was presenting the matter of my unjust discharge from the army for their assistance in righting the wrong. I nm nrf i riemher of the G. A. R.. as I am of the two other organizations, and did not make any request or ask any action. I at tended the G. A. R. encampment for the reason that I have been out of the country for three years in Cuba and Porto Rico, and naturally desired to embrace the op portunity to meet again my very large circle of friends and acquaintances among the old soldiers of Indiana. One of these correspondents further erred In stating that 1 was interested in the election of officers or the appointment of members of the com mittee on resolutions. Colonel Stormont is and alwavs has been a friend. To classify him as otherwise places him in a false posi tion, and I desire on his account to make correction. "Yes; the unusually harsh and unmilitary treatment I have received from the War Department very naturally excited much discussion and comment among the vet erans of the civil war. and I was over whelmed and deeply touched with expres sions of sympathy and encouragement in my fight for a hearing and justice. The de sire to assist by G. A. R. action my father's last efforts in righting the wrong was very general. The old soldiers thoroughly un derstand what a soldier should receive from the War Department when discharged from the military service." FEARS WAR IN FAR EAST VICE ADMIRAL BRIDGE DISCUSSES CONDITIONS IX CHINA. Merely a Little Friction Required to Start n Conflnicratiou Among; the l'otvera, He Saya. NEW YORK, May 16. Vice Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge. K. C. B., who arrived here on the Oceanic yesterday, left to-day for Vancouver, B. C, on his way to Peking to take command of the British China squadron. Speaking of the present condi tion of affairs in China, he said: "Matters In the far East, so far as Britain and Rus sia are concerned, have somewhat cleared. The situation, however, is not yet robbed of its gravity for the powers who took part In the march to Peking, and it would not bo surprising even yet if there was a conflict between two. If not more, of the countries engaged In what is really police duty at present. Russia, It seems, is mak ing herself extremely disagreeable In the legion of Korea to Japan, and that virile Eastern empire Is said to be preparing for the struggle which, from the present out look, seems inevitable in the near future. The Czar's government robbed Japan of what were considered her legitimate spoils of conquest. The Muscovite practically compelled the evacuation of Port Arthur, and Japan has never forgiven that un Irlcndly act. "The powers are still in an attitude of antagonism, and a little friction would bring about a conflagration. The dangers o a conflict between the two powers are not to be lightly regarded by other na t'ons interested. I nave no doubt that France, if her interests are menaced, will side with Russia if Russia and Japan wero ever to come together." BOXERS TO HE PUNISHED. Another Party of (iermniu to He Sent on a Killing Expedition. LONDON, May 17. Dr. Morrison, wiring to the Times from Peking, May 15, says: "The CTcrman staff have notified the allies of their Intention to nend another expedi tion to suppress 'Roxers' n tho southern part of tho province of Chi-Li, beyond C'hing-Ching, and have invited the co-operation of the allies. The departure of tho French troops has been countermanded." Xo Interference with Relief Parties. NEW YORK, May 16. In response to cablegrams sent out by tho Christian Herald. Baron Mumm Von Schwarzen stein, the German minister at Peking, m behalf of Count Waldersce, cables that tnere 13 no danscr whatever of any Inter- ftrence on the part of the military author- HICS Willi lllti vt l tili:! l'pt I UUUIIS Dinirous I'tplonion. BERLIN. May 36.-The War Office has received a dispatch from Peking concern ing the explosion at the arsenal in Kalgan and naming Lieutenant Kummer as the officer wounded. The dispatch characterizes the explosion as very serious, saying seven cavalrvmen are reported missing or found dead, and that three men besides Lieut. Kummer were seriously wounded. JULES C AMBON HONORED. Banu.net nnd Reception fiiven the French Ainbnsaador at Chicago. CHICAGO, May K M. Jules Cambon, the French ambassador to the United States, was the guest of Chicago to-day, and from the time of his arrival over the Pennsylvania road, at 3 a. m., until late in the evening, when a banquet given in his honor at the Union League Club was concluded, he was the central figure in a scries of receptions and feasts. M. Cambon came to the city to ofllcially recognize. In re half of the republic of France, the Union or the Alliance Franca lse with the Univer sity of Chicago. The Alliance's purpose i.s to increase the u?o and study of the French language in all counttles. The French tri-color and the stars and stripes shared equally in the dtcoratlons of the banquet hall of the Union League Club to-niRht. ulney . Foster, president of the club, presided, and on his right sat M. Cambon. the guest of honor. Formal ad dresses were given by Ferdinand W. l'eck. commissioner general to the Fans exposi tion; Prof. Paul Shoroy, of the University of Chicago; Thomas R. Bryan. Herman II. Kohlsaat. Harry J. urber. president of the Chicago branch of the Alliance FrancaUe; M. Henri Merou, French consul to Chicago, and Samuel E. .Moris, of Indianapolis, for- mr consul general to Pari. Commissioner Itockhill also cables as fol Icws: "Will see to purchase and distribu tion of aid. Li Hung Chang requests me to express to organizers of relief his sincere thanks; also thanks of Shan-Si famine stricken for American benevolent action." MINT ON CHOSEN CA LI FO It NT AN ELECTED MODERATOR RY PRESBYTERIANS. Received S.TT Vote to 27C Cast for Rev. George T. Pnrves, DD., LL. D., of .cw York. OPENING OF TEE ASSEMBLY SERMON BY REV. CHARLES A. DICTv EY, RETIRING MODERATOR. Each Commissioner Presented vrlth a Handbook Containing; Phil adelphia's Greeting. "PEORIA PLAN" TO BE TRIED STORM OF TROTEST OVER AX AT TEMPT TO X ULLI FY IT. Southern nnl Cnmberlnnd Presby terinim Minnionary Societies Oth er Religious Gatherings. PHILADELPHIA, May lC.-The Presby terian General Assembly, which began its one-hundred-and-thlrteenth meeting hero to-day, disposed of two Important matters during the afternoon session. Rev. Henry Collin Minton, D. D., of San Anselmo, Cal., was elected moderator, and by an emphatic vote the assembly decided to accept the "Peoria plan" of choosing standing com mittees, though an effort was made to ob viate the system. Rev. Dr. Minton's only opponent was Rev. George T. Purves, D. D., LL. D., of New York, and of the 15 votes cast Dr. Minton received 221 and Dr. Purves 27Ö. The opening session of the General As sembly was called to order by Rev. Dr. Charles A. Dickey, tho retiring moderator, at 11 o'clock in Calvary Presbyterian Church, where all the business meetings of the assembly will be held. Of the 650 commissioners there were but few ab sentees, and most of these will doubtless arrive to-.norrow, having been unavoidably detained. The entire nave of the church was occupied by the commissioners and the galleries were crowded with spectators, a large number of them women. Calvary Chapel was given over to the various local committees, who established headquarters in the building in order to be within easy access of visiting delegates. The registra tion of commissioners began at 8:30 o'clock this morning, and from that hour till con vening 'time Dr. W. H. Roberts was kept busy receiving credentials. The opening hymn, "I Love Thy Church, O.God," was sung by the vast assemblage of delegates and spectators. Within the chancel with Rev. Dr. Dickey were Rev. Dr. Wilbur Chapman, of New York; Dr. Samuel Nicolls, of St. Louis; Rev. Dr. Her rick Johnson, of Chicago; Rev. Dr. Roberts, stated clerk; Rev. Dr. William R. Noble, permanent clerk, and Rev. Dr. J. S. Par ham Jones, pastor of Calvary Church. Rev. Dr. Nicolls offered prayer. He made touch ing reference to tho illness of Mrs. McKin ley. Then came the sermon of Dr. Dickey, who spoko for two hours on the coming of the kingdom of Christ. At the conclusion of his sermon Dr. Dickey constituted the assembly, the commissioners standing dur ing the Invocation. ELECTION OF MODERATOR. Recess was then taken till 3 p. m., when the roll of commissioners was called. Nom inations for moderator were declared in order, and Rev. Dr. W. C. Roberts, of Dan ville, Ky., placed the name of Rev. Dr. Purves before the assembly. In making the nomination Dr. Roberts spoko in most glowing terms of the qualifications and capabilities of Dr. Purves. The nomination was seconded by Rev. Dr. James E. Moffatt, of Cumberland. Md., and Rev. Dr. Herrick Johnson, of Chicago. Rev. Minton was placed in nomination by the Rev. Hugh K. Walker, D. D., of Los Angeles, Cal., who paid a high tribute to the character of his candidate, lie askea for Dr. Minton's election also on the grounds of Justice and fair play, claiming the West was entitled to the honor of pre senting the moderator, as that high ofluc had in the history of the Presbyterian Church been held by only three men west ot the Mississippi. President James D. Mof fatt. ot Washington nnd Jefferson Colle-ce, in seconding Dr. Minton's nomination, said the time had arrived when the General Assembly should be mado a continental congress. Rev. Dr. Edgar P. Hill, of Port land. Ore., and Hon. F. T. Roots, of Con r.ersvllle, Ind., also seconded Dr. Minton's nomination. No other candidates were placed In the field and, the roll beniif called, the vote resulted as above stated. Dr. Minton was escorted to the pulpit by Dr. Walker and Dr. Moffatt and made a brief address. He said: "Fathers and Brethren You will believe me sincere when I say I thank you with all my heart for this expression of your confidence. I am sure I do not underesti mate its dignity, nor your generosity and kindness. When I remember that you must have passed by the beloved and distin guished brother whese name was coupled with mine, 1 must be pardoned for express ing my genuine surprise at my election. I thank you in the name of California; In the name of home missions. I am bound to throw myself upon jour indulgence. My faults will be many and obvious. In the kingdom of the world they are greatest who rule. In the kingdom of Christ great est are they who serve and serve well. I hope the spirit of brotherly love will pre Fido over all our deliberations." A motion by Rev. Dr. Nicolls to non concur in the "Peoria plan." which places the appointment of standing committees with the assembly Instead of the modera tor, and which was adopted by St. Louis assembly, raised a storm of protest. As this Is the first year of the plan the ussemblv decided to give it a trial and Dr. NIcoIIs'b motion was laid on the table. Ry "th" Peoria plan" the church is divided into election districts, each of which decides who of Its members shall be placed on the several committees. The commissioners se lect their own chairman, leaving the mod erator without authority in the matter. The committees uill h selected to-morrow and presented to the assembly on Sat urday. At the suggestion of the committee on arrangements the assembly decided to meet dally at 9 a. m., 2:Z p. m. and R p. in. There was no business session to-nifiht. the com missioners participating in sacrament at Calvary Church. As ach commissioner and alternate hand- eü In hi. certificate to-day he was given . I Vkt.. .... a book ssuea uy me I'nuatleipnia, com mittee on arransements containing all the Information necessary to those attending the assembly. The fly-leaf bears the fol lowing inscriptions: "lTOM'.rl. Philadelphia welcomes the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United State of America at the opening of the twentieth century. The Presbyterians of the city in which the General Presbytery GTi'S). " the General Svnod 1717 and the "Gener il As sembly (17) were organized tender cordial jreetingu to th representatives of the church In the two hundredth year since the lutallation of the pastor of the Flrt Pres- byterian Church of Philadelphia, and the one hundred and ninety-sixth year since the establishment of a supreme church judiciary." Southern Assembly. LITTLE ROCK. Ark., May 16. The forty first annual session of the Forty-second Presbyterian Assembly was opened to-day by the retiring moderator, Judge Joseph W. Martin, of Little Rock. Dr. Neandcr M. Woods, of Memphis, preached the opening sermon, and was assisted in the service by the venerable Dr. G. W. Hoggs, of Holly Springs, Miss., who was a member of the first Southern Presbyterian Assembly at Augusta, Ga., in 1S61. Upward of two hun dred commissioners were present at the opening. Dr. N. M. Woods, of Memphis, was this afternoon elected moderator by acclamation. A question that will excite deep Interest Is that of abandoning the international system of Sabbath school lessons for an other which makes a more graded and con nected study of the Rible. The question of the marked decline In the number of candi dates for the ministry will cause grave study. The assembly will be asked to ap prove the consideration of the work of theological education in Kentucky. The Danville Seminary, under the. control of the Northern Synod of Kentucky, and the Louisville Seminary, under control of the Southern Synods of Kentucky and Missouri, have previously consolidated, subject to the ratification of the two general assemblies. North and South. United rresbyterian MUion. MONMOUTH, 111., May 1G. The Women's General Missionary Society of the United Presbyterian Church elected the following officers to-day: President, Mrs. II. T. Jack son. Stronghurst. 111.; first vice president. Mrs. H. H. Bell, San Francisco; second vice president, Mrs. A. M. Campbell, Princeton. Ind.; secretary, Mrs. M. V. Por ter, Wllklnsburg, Pa.; treasurer. Mrs. E. S. Stown, Pittsburg, Pa. Next year's conven tion goes to Xenia, O. This evening was devoted to foreign mis sions. Reports showed that contributions to foreign missions the past year were JJT, 470. The board probably will establish a new school at Luxor, Egypt. It is hoped to have open next fall a home at New Wellington, Pa., for children of foreign missionaries attending school In this coun try. Cnmberlnnd Preshyf erlana. WEST POINT, Miss., May 1C The Cum berland Presbyterian General Assembly met here in seventy-first annual session at It a. m. to-day. The meeting was called to order by Moderator II. Clay Rird. of Union tewn. Pa, The constituting prayer was of fered by Rev. Dr. J. M. Halsell. of Houston, Tex., moderator in liW in IVnver, Col. Moderator Rlrd's sermon, entitled "Iove Assures Righteousness." John xiv, 23. was a vigorous appeal for devotion to Christ :.s a necessary condition to the faithful serv ice and sincerity which are the plain duty of the individual and the church. Rev. E. E. Morris, of Marshall, Mo., was elected moderator by receiving lit vote? to 70 for Hon. John M. Gaut, of Nashville, Tenn. United Drethren Representation. FREDERICK, Md., May 1C At to-day's session of the United Brethren Conference Dr. Matthews read a paper fixing t'he rep resentation to the General Conference as follows: From 1.000 to 3,000, one minister and one layman; 4.500 to 6.000. two ministers and two laymen; 7.500 to 9.000, three minis ters and three laymen; D.GoO to 12,000. Tour ministers and four laymen; 12,500 to 14.000, rive ministers and five laymen; ten confer ences, twenty delegates; twenty confer ences, eighty delegates; ten other confer ences, sixty-six delegates; three confer ences, twenty-four delegates, making a to tal representation of 1S4 delegates. NVomanM Hoard of Home Mllon. PHILADELPHIA, May IS. The twenty second annual meeting of the Woman's Board of Home Missions of the Presby terian Church began here to-day. Mrs. Darvin R. James, of Brooklyn, president, presided. There were forty-six delegates in attendance. The morning session was devoted to the reading of reports. Other Heliuions Rodies. The General Committee of the United Presbyterian Church is in session at AJbia. Ia., nnd will continue during the rest of the week. Delegates from all over the United States are present. Rev. C. H. Strong. D. IX, of Sterling, Kan., was elected moderator. Greetings and salutations from various Congregational ndssionary organizations were presented at yesterday's morning session of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Congregational Home Missionary So ciety at Boston. At the annual business meeting Rev. Newell Dwight Hillls. of New York, was elected president and Rev. Wil liam M. Hollman, of Connecticut, record ing secretary. The following officers were elected yes terday by the Western Unitarian Confer ence at St. Louis: President, Morton D. Hull. Chicago; secretary. Rev. F. E. South worth, Chicago; treasurei, H. W. Brough, Chicago. Directors. Rev. J. R. Efllnger, J. W. Hosmer. Rev. F. C. Southworth. Mrs. Marion If. Perkins, 11. W. Brough, Rev. W. H. Pulsford, all of Chicago; Rev. Florence Buck, of Manic4 ee. Mich.; Rev. C. F. Nlles, of Menominee, Wis.; Rev. Fred V. Ilawley, of Louisville. Ky., and Rev. M. O. Simons, of Madison, Wis. TO ENCIRCLE THE GLOBE GIGANTIC TRANSPORTATION SCHEME CREDITED TO HILL AND 31 0 II G A N. flat One Link Lacking to Complete n Railvray and .Steanmlilp Line Around the World. ST. PAUL. Minn.. May lS.-Th Tinnecr Press to-morrow will say: "Plans for a tran?portatlon pystcm completely to encir cle the Klobe are credited to President Jas. J. Hill, of the Great Northern Railroad, and J. Pierpont Morgan, of New York. It Is stated that but a link to the chain is lack ing", and that before Mr. Morgan's return from Europe, within a week or two. It will be supplied. The great factors In the new system are the Great Northern Railroad. the Great Northern Steamship Company, Mr. Hill's transpacific line, soon to be In operation, and the Leyland lines, iccently purchased by Mr.'Morgan. The acquisition of these, lints and the one mLing link, a line between Alexandria. Egypt, and Hong Kong, China, is said to have been .Mr. Mor gan's special purpose in isiting Europe." To Compete with the Steel Trust. CHICAGO. May 1C John J. Mitchell, president of the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank, of Chicago, has entered into combi nation with John W. Gates, also of this city, and his friends, to enlarge the plant and extend the field of the Colorado Furl and Iron Company, one of the few great tti-el companies in the country that is In open competition with J. P. Morgan's bil-lion-dollar steel combine. Mr. Mitchell re turned, to-day. from New York, where he spent two weeks arranging this and other great business deals. He announced that, in connection witli Blair Co.. of New Yoik, he had piaced the entire amount of a !. ("(0.(m'j bond issue for the Colorado company, and that he would enter the directorate it the company at once. The Uolorado com pany will at once expend H.,."" in erect ing new tin-plate and wire mills. "Will the company light the Morgan combination?" Mr. Mitchell was asked. "It will be In active competition, but there will be complete harmonv, neverthe less." Shot Wife, Rnbe nnd Self. NEW YORK. May 1J. Glolona Brusoto, an Italian barber, last nh;ht shot his wife, s cievcn-months-old daughter and then turned the revolver on him&elf. shooting Mmscif through the head, dlng at nw The child Is dead und the mother Is in the Presbyterian Hospital, in a serious con oltlon. So far no motive can be learned for tu crime. IS SHED SHOOTINC AND RAYONETIN; FOLLOW A DAY OF PEACE AT ALBANY. New York Militiamen Obey Orden When Aftaulted and Fire Into a frond of People. TWO HER CHANTS FATALLY SHOT HIT RY III LLETS INTENDED FOR DIS TURBERS Or THE PEACE. Cheek of Another Citizen Ripped with n Bayonet and n, Fourth Citi zen Badly Wounded. NONUNIONIST'S SKULL BROKEN AND ANOTHER 'STRIKE BREAKER SHOT UY THE MOB. Hundred of Persona Clnhhed and Cat, but Not Serioonly, During: the Riot Excitement. CITY UNDER MARTIAL LAW MILITARY FORCE TO RE AUGMEXT ' ED DY ANOTHER REGIMENT. ClaIi Late Lat MkM, bnt No Shota Fired by the Troop Deatli of One of the Day Ylctlms. ALBANY, N. Y.. May 1G.-Five hours of conference to-night with all the warring elements represented failed to settle the Albany strike of street-railway employes. The strikers waived all the demands for the removal of the nonunion men. Th executive committee of the. United Trac tion Company will consider the proposition In the morning and may accept It and set tle the strike. Meantime Major General Roe Intends to take every precaution, and at midnight or dered out the Ninth Regiment, of New York. It will arrive here to-morrow after noon SO0 strong, and If the stril Is not set tled will assist In opening up the oth-r nnes of the traction company In this city: William Walsh, one oftie nVn wounded j by a bullet from a squad oflhe Twenty third Regiment defending a car, died at 10:13 to-night. Leroy Smith, shot In tho same melee, was slightly improved at mid night. The shooting of Smith and Walsh had a very depressing effect upon the mem bers of the Twenty-third Riglment, and to-night when stones were hurled at the picket men around the 'Quail-street barn they did not fire in the dark. Two privates were hit and hurt, but they did not care to take a chance by firing. It was held by the ofticers and men generally that the or der to fire was entirely jusfified, but there was general regret at the consequences of the volley. With the addition of the Ninth Regiment to-morrow there will be over 2.VO0 guards men in Albany. RIOT IN THE EYENTNG. .i 1 1 1 1 1 ii hi 1 . ... - - - - - - nnd Wound Seertil Person. ALBANY. N. Y., May K Three men fa tally wounded, huiidred3 of others with broken heads and cut faces, cars running merely as arsenals, with no patrons, the city under martial law, with its citizens In j a frenzy of excitement and the city au thorities and leader of the ftrikers try ins to get the railway company to come to an amicable settlement was the situation whi darkness put an end to the ttrlfe growing out of the street car strike to-night. Thoao fatally wounded arc: WILLIAM WALSH, a mcrrhnnt. rhot by National Guardsman. Died to-ni;ht. LEROY SMITH, a merchant, rhot by Na tional Guardsman. WILLIAM MARSHALL, a nonunion mo torman, situll fractured. Others mo-t seriously Injured arc: tiEOUr.i: BOOZE, citizens, cheek ripped open by bayonet. WILLIAM ROONEY, citizen, shot by Na tional liuaid. GILULUT HALL, nonunion motorman, thot liy mob. The bloodshed came after a day cf pace. From early morning the crowds had melted away before bayonets and shotguns; cari hau been operated under heavy guards and there was an impression that the .plrit oi turbulence was waning. There had been some minor demonstrations, particularly In North Albany, but not a shot m bten fired, ünd as the day passed the running of cars attracted but little attention. The vol Ivy fired on Broadway by a squad of Twenty-third Infantry, in which I'roy Smith and William Wal.-h, well-known citizen, fell mortally wounded, changed all that. It stirred anew the feeling of hatred ax th exciting tidings swept through the city and the guardsmen were bitterly denounced. Neither of the men had been guilty of an offense, but were caught in a crowd, omi mernbt r of which had stoned the guards- men, and by n.bchance were hit. The d! turbance was not a serious one, and "mur der" is the ytle applied by Inflamed putKo sentiment to the thoutins. The guardsmen seem to have followed their duty as sol diers, for they were uiuhr orders to $h vjt If. assaulted. The bright prospect of a set tlement of the strike has not served to al Uy the growth of viadkUe Xtclk: and tf BLOOD