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FOH HEW BISHOPS The Methodist General Conference Begins the Work of Selecting Eight Bishops. DEPORT of the book committee PRESENTED TO THE CONFERENCE. flu* fipiipriil l*riui’iplp of 1 nifyinu I (if llook ( oiumtii l»y f oiimoI Idn t iuu It* Mn n n fnct it r| ii u iii<*iithi I ii«1pr Uni* Management Is \ ppro\ piI. u >s Angeles, Cal.. May 19.—The cr<;wd :hat besieged Hazard s pav. 11 on Peking admittance to the Methodist conference in order 10 observe the bal ]o!ing for bishops.which had been fixed a_. >he special order of the day, was un usually large. Every seat was Piled by nii.e o'clock and hundreds were turned away, although offering all sorts of l>rh**s P»r seats. TIip conference took up the call nl the annua! conferences for memorials immediately after the regular devu i/ii.al exercises and most of th“ entire morning in hearing resolutions. Then was nothing of striking imjporance in any of the resolutions, and the deie seemed anxious to refer every thin-' without dehate in order to rea 1 the balloting. Km. was taken at 10:4" ard upor rea-'t-mlding. Bishop Hamilton. wh< preseh-d. asked tne delegates to devote un minutes to prayer. seeking div.n guidance in the important duty before them. Tellers were then appointed and the first ballot for bishops wa: cast The result is not yet known, a. u 1! r- quire considerable time foi the tellers to tally up the votes for th‘ many candidates. It was the opinion of many delegate; that 'he work of selecting th' eigh' tnsl.op will require several clays’ pus sit ly a week. The report of the book committ** pr s, nted to the conference, is as ful low s: Re-i)l\ (1. first, we approve the general principle of unifying the book concern by consolidating its maim fai*ur;ng departments and placing t! ■ ni under one managum nt. ' Second, we recommend that the ! ish ips he requested to appoint a com n 'I-.' of one from each general con fere nee district and one or two a' lary. -o as to provide an uneven num ber it: t,:.' convention, and not includ ing therein members of the hook coni mittee. fmt at b-ast half the persons so appointed shall be laymen, to which si,ail tie referred the report of the book committee, with power. Third, that afh r having duly con - dere i the recommendations of said report, the committee, if it shall adop a plan, shall proceed to outline and determin.- the same for consolidating tie manufacturing departments of the book concern and for their future ad mir.. tratiun under one official man agement. Fourth, that upon the completion ef said general plan, the book com mittee shall at once proceed to carry the -amt' into effect, and shall pre sent to the next general conference the nee. ssary disciplinary changes. Fifth, that if the commission fails to ad nt a plan of consolidation, it shall make a complete report of all Its do digs to the general conference of 19uh.” CUTTING OFF RACING NEWS. h,r \\ i-iffrit ( tiion Order K\trnded I • <> t lilenuo, Atlanta unit San i'rn iM'i *<-<>. N‘< v 'l l irk. May 19—Following hi* a*!il ' -n discontinuing to ail subscrib er" .n this < ity a rei*ort of the racing a' varoi’i,. tracks in this country. Ccd. Helen C Clowry has notified the sren <ra': upe rintendents of the company at New York, Chicago, Atlanta and Sar I rat is to that the collection and dis 'Rion by the Western I'nion Tei egra; Co ((f horse race reports would te discontinued forthwith. The text of the notice to the superintended* feci Is as folicjws; it has been decided to discontinue forthwith the collection and distribu • I this company of horse race re I - rt You will please aot accordingly Acknowledge receipt. [Signed] “ROBERT CLOWRY. i’rt.-ident and General Manager.” DEMENTED mothers deeds |I"H Her Three-Year-Oltl Child In to the Hen tluineo Klver and 'lumped In Her««klf. Dps Moines, la. May 19.—Swinging i,( r three-year-old baby girl alnnit her fmad, so as to give the body the great est momentum, Mrs. Trussler. a de mented woman from St. Paul, threw |fr offspring from the Walnut street ■ridge into the muddy waters of the !t‘s Moines river. '1 hen, deliberately Waiting until the waters had closed <a*-i the little form, she climbed upon *'* titling, stood poised for a moment ai, ‘ leaped close to the spot where her 1' ' ‘ wput down. A riverman saw the e’ - rowed to the scene and was ena bled to rescue them both. The child may die. oil llonrtl a Train. Home, May 19.—The dowager grand Paulne of Saxe Weimar, while ,-ar.* a lra'n on her way from Rome r' enice, fainted when the train • cached orte and died suddenly in Lite tar' She was Z2 years of age. THE ILLINOIS REPUBLICANS No Indication of a Break In the Ranks of the Contestants I lir«*c P'roitlcM Hu I lot* Were ’* liken nn«l Then tin* t mi trillion Took ai It<*«’<**». Springfield, 111., May 19— Fifteen minutes before the reopening of the republican state convention, the Low den delegates from northern Illinois formed a procession and marched into the hall, led by a band. Fach carried a big placard with the motto ‘ Lowden Forever.” This demonstration was for the pur pose of offsetting a story to the effect that Lowden was about to withdraw from the race. Chairman Cannon called the conven tion to order at 11:12, and at once di rected the clerk to call the roll for the thirty-ninth ballot. There was an out burst of applause when Adams county voted "Twenty votes still for Yates*.” The thirty-ninth ball * as officially announced, stood: Yates, 483: Lowden, 39(1 Vfe; Deneen. 44212: llamlin, 112; Warner. Sherman, 2; Pierre. 30. The fortieth ballot (official) result ed: ^ ates. 4X2; Lowden, 390(2: Deneen, 4401 j.; Hamlin, 111; Warner, 40; Sher man, 2: Pierce, 30. The forty-first ballot (official) result ed: Yates. 4X4; Lowden, 399L>; Deneen, 433tj; Hamlin, 111; Warner, 41; Slw-r man. 2; Pierce, 31. At 12:4n p. m the convention took a recess to 3 p. m. Republican state conventions* were in session, Wednesday, at Des Moines, la.; Columbus. O ; Lincoln, Neb.; (Irand Rapids, Mic h , Madison, Wis.. Sacra mento. Cal . and Laramie, Wyo. IT CAME JUST IN TIME. A Hhh1> Donation of l'orl> Tltou Mantl Dollar** Sn\ a < on tl i I ton al 11 OM ]> i t II 1 I'timl. New York, May 19.—Discouraged by their inability to raise sufficient funds from their projected new hospital building, on the eve of renouncing $12.',nun in conditional donations, the hoard ( f directors of the Manhattan eyi . e:>r and throat hospital have re ceived from Edward U Thomas JIU.immi a* a personal memorial to his father, Gen. SamtK I Thomas. This unexpected gift will secu.re for the institution the conditional gifts which were about to he returned, and make , possible the erection of what the directors predict wii] i. ’lit - fine.-: special hospital in the wi rid" The Thomas family, a year- ago. donated to the same hospital the sum of JfiU.UCii. \ Hn|M‘leM* Ciiiu*. St, Louis. May 19 -Richard Carey, a ci a! miner, of Glen Carbon, 111., was brought to St. Louis for treatment for a st If-inflicted wound in the abdomen. He was taken to the Mullanphy hospi tal. where his case is considered hope less, OTHERWISE UNNOTICED Cool weather is retarding crops. Irat the general state of cultivation is re ported good. Hon Harry H. Meyers, of Monroe, was unanimously nominated by the Ar kansas republicans to head their state ticket. It is thought the suffrage question may disturb the serenity of the Gen eral Federation of Women's clubs’ elec tic n at St Louis. Mexican health offic ials will co-oper ate with the I'nited State-s Marine hos pital service to pi event yellow fever this year Although weather conditions have been unseasonable in portions of the Mississippi valley, i lanting has made lcir progress. George O. Beal, aged 24 voars, com m.tted suicide at Colorado Springs, Col . by drinking carbolic acid. Beal’s parents live in Kansas City. A Columbus (O ) woman fied her five-year-old daughter to her and leaped from the bridge into the Scioto river. Both were drowned. Judge Parker says prohibition cf use of the American flag for advertis ing purposes, as affecting properly rights, is unconstitutional. St. Louis detectives arrested Rufus Woods, a noted pickpocket, in the Hotel Jefferson lobby He carried dia monds in his shoes and opium pills in his pockets. Approximately 1.000 members of the medical profession of Missouri are in St. Louis for the annua! me>-ting of the Missouri State Medical associa tion. Jesse Lewisohn. the New York bank er, who refused to testify in connection with the gambling crusade, has been indicted on the charge of criminal con tempt of court. The remains cf Sir Henrv M. Stan ley were buried in the churchyard of the old Surrey village of Pirbright, after impressive funeral service at Westminster abbey. The battleship Rhode Island ra” aground shortly after it. was launched at Quincy, Mass., Tuesday, running upon a mud bans o hard fhat half f. dozen tugs could not pull it off until high tide. Sir Hugh Gilzean-Reld caused a great dem< nstration at the national editorial convention, in St. L< uis, when he sai l that England and the I’nited States are one in blood, language and industrial rivalry. The Jefferson guards at ‘he World's fair are forbidden to partake of any intoxicating beverage while on duty It cost Carrie Nation $U to find out that President Roosevelt ib not a user of tobacco in any form. THE ELECTION IN DENVER The Returns Indibate the Election of the Democratic Ticket. Th«- Iti'|mil>lU-a n«. Who \1I of l'r»iu«l, |)fflnr<' IIm*> " 111 ( onlmf. Denver. Col.. May 19.—On the face of the returns, whtch are still incomplete, the entire democratic ticker has l>et n elected in this city. Robert \V. Speer-' majority over John \V. Springer. r • publican, for mayor, probably will ba o\er fl.OOO. The board of supervisors is solidly democratic and the democrats will have nine or ten of the 10 aldermen. Out of 70,000 names on the registration books, more than 5£,o00 were voted. Republican leaders intend to con test the result. It is asserted that over 2,000 registred voters were disfran chised through having had their names purposely omitted from the lists, and that thousands of votes were cast by repeaters. Hallot box stuffing was not so prevalent, it is admitted, as at previous elections. As the supreme court has the election under its juris diction, and will receive a report re garding the conduct of the election commission and those under it. the ac tion of that tribunal will determine the first steps to bo taken in the courts re garding the election. I nder the new charter the city offi cers elected no*- are to serve f<yj years. The voters approved a bond issue of $400,000 to build an auditorium and other bond issues <o refund the out standing bonds ami pay the floating debt. * A TERRIFIC HAIL STORM. Tlirep Inc lie* of llcnvj Unit I'pll, TiipmiIii > , nt Molln. Mo., n n il \ I elai i t > , l>ol n 14 t.r.-nt Dnmiuc. Rolla, Mo., May 19.— This section was visited Tuesday afternoon by a disastrous hail storm. Hail half the size of a hen egg fell to a depth of three ini lies on the level. Fruit and shade trees were badly damaged. Gardens were completely demolished. Wheat and other grow ing crops were injured greatly, and the damage will be hard to estimate. After the hail storm a heavy rain be gan to fall, which lasted for over two f.ours. A; night the temperature showed a drop of 25 degrees. It was the worst hail storm in this section for 15 years. Sni«*l<l«* li> \.v|»|iy\lfition. New York. May 19.—Hudson Gang dom a graduate of Oxford, who en tered upon a stage career under Sir Henry Irving, many years ago, and achieved considerable reputation as a tragedian, was found dead in his apart ments here. He had committed suicide by inhaling gas. I mler Su r v el 1 In nee. Chicago, May 19.—Mary Riszak, wife of Stephen Biszak, the man supposed to have been strangled and thrown into the Illinois and Michigan canal, last Saturday, has been set free by the Brighton Park police, although detec tives still are seeking evidence against hef. Stave of flu* Rivers. i ’hangv K i in f.1 i! St itions. G luge 21 hours in 21 hrs Pittsburg . 6.7 —0.1 .26 Cincinnati . 11.5 —0.6 .04 St Louis . 21.5 0.0 * St. Paul . 6.4 —0.2 — Davenport ... s.:l — 0.1 » Keokuk . v.< —e.2 .16 Kvansville . Pel —0.1 * Memphis . 21.7 —15 .14 Louisville . 5.5 —0 2, • Cairo.....! 2S.:i —1.1 • New Orleans 16.3 —0.1 •Trace. -Fall. THE MARKETS. THU RSDAY. May 13. Gi n I n uiiil I'rm iMioiiN. St. Louis — Flour Patents. $1 S.Vo 1 35; other grades. $.i >v-il vV Wheat No 2 re.l, $1 0x4 Corn N<». j mixed. 52VdO;k\ Oats—No. 2. 42l2c Hay -Timothy. $10 • *! frl4.6b, prairie. $7"»iT3 »«> d«\>r. $s •*•*/ 11.00 Hard—Choice steam. *•« . Pork -New mess. $11 50. Bacon Breakfast, ‘>W12*4C Butter Crixamery. 1*m/21c ;dairy, U#16c. Kgga—Fresh. 144/I6'ac Wool— Tub-washed. J»^a31c; Missouri and Illinois combing. 21 #21 Sc; other grades. i:i'ci2o,^<;. Chicago—Closing quotations: Wheat May, 96\c; July. x£ftHc. old. 87\e. Septem ber. 80V»c; old. Sl^c Corn- May. 47 V; July. 48c; September. 47V; December, 42Ho. Oats—May. 4L\c; July. 38*%c; Sep tember. 3Q*4c; December Pork —May. $11.25; July. $U.354f11.37V Septem ber. SI 1 <i 11 57Va Lard May. $»; 37 V July, $6.47^s50; September. $6.65; Janu ard. $6 45 Ribs May. $*>.4*>. July. $*i.5»>; September, $*.65. Uv**—May. 73c, July, *V*ic, September, ©c; August. 67c. Indianapolis—Wheat- No. 2 red. $1.05; No 3 r»-d, $1.08 Corn No 2 white, $1%^; No 2 yellow. 5Cc. Oats No. 2 mixed, 4t*\c liay—Timothy. $11,001/13.00. Live 8tork Markets. St. Louis-Cattle Fancy export s. $5 OiV^I 5.65; butchers*. $3,5<Hi5.6n. stockers $3.<*Hi) 4 35; cows and heifers, $2.5o4*4.*2> Hogs - Packers. $4 7f»'/4.x5; butchers’. $4xJU'M '.*»); light $3.7*hr4.x2l-». Sh• ■••p~ Mutton sheep, $4.251 if) 50; lambs, $4,501/5.45; spring lambs, $f. t*ir«i7.50. Indianapolis — Cattle Good to prim* steers. $4 731*5.15. Hogs Rest heavies, $4x54*4 91*; medium and mtx‘*d. $4 75o4 v5. Sheej> Good to choice. $3 ..>1/4 50; lambs, $4 75#6.25; spring lambs. $5.i**4*x Kansas City - Cattle — Native steers, $4 uhl/6.25; southern steers. $3,754*4 5 ; southern cows. 251*3.75; native cows and lo iters. $2(o#4x5. stockers and feeders, $3,254*4.7*4; calves. $2 751/5.0". western steers. $4.«»*1|4.:<i'. western cows. $2 0^-/1 25 Hogs — Heavy. $4 751/ 4 x5. packers. $4,654/ 4.v*; pigs and lights. $4 .n»4i4.«5. Sheep— Mut tons. $4,504*5.2.5; lambs. $5.o*4j*; *.5. range wethers, $4,754*5.25; ewes. $3.5**1/5 .<»>. Chicago—Cattle- Good to prim* steers, $5.1 hi*6.65; poor to medium ?4 2»4|5.«>»; stockers and feeders. $3 254*4.5*. row.' $1 5o 1*4 30; heifers. $2,254/5.25: canners. $1 5*>4|> 2.60; calves. $2 2.M/5 2”*. Texas-fed st> • rs, $4 2Hogs Mix'd and butchers’, $l 7o4i4 '">; good to choice heavy. $4 *d/ I 1C.; rough hcav>. $4,654*4 x5, light. $1,661*4*5. Sheep—Good to choice wethers. $5 o/*/'» 65; fair to choice mixed $3,751/4 75; western sheep. $4.tiftff 4.65; native lambs, woobd, $4 504/6 lo; western lamb-, clippe i $4.75-ji 6.10; western lambs, woole i. $* 2.7 i ’.35 < otton. Quotations for middling range as frl lows St Louis. 13 *c; New Yurk, 13 C5c; M*-*mphi&. 13\c. 1 TRUE ELEPHANT STORIES. ionic Popular Beliefs About t.ie Ani mals Are Exploded by an Ex perienced Traiue.. He was a cheery, redcheeked man >f the Herman type ami had Just set led himself for an after-dinner smoke. He had probably turned 4n and at eas half of his years had been devoted ° elephant-training. To look after he welfare of 40 elephants, which he mist, does not appear an attractive iob but there were no lines of care in his face nor his straight up-and iown frame, relates the Chicago Chronicle. I lie best part of my life has been ’pent In the company of elephants and nearly every day somebody tells me things about them I don't know, "hat makes me most tired is the fool Question about bad elephants. A bad 'lephant is a freak and is seldom come up with. The big beast is as domestic as ,l,c horse, although a little too umbersome for the same uses. When in elephant gets a little cranky there is always some light-headed attend ant. it seems, to fly off ami say he is crazy Ninety-nine times out of a hundred the poor elephant has been bad 1 v treated, and as he cannot talk ie does about the only thing he can io and trumpets Ills disgust, ami may 10 "as's his feelings by taking a . rack wi,h his trunk at something within rea, h Elephants are as kind-hearted and tender as women and respond to little attentions in the same wav, and in the same way Just like a woman, when they g,.t soured it take- a long While to sweeten them again, if ,t ,an be done at ail. . Reeause the elephant is such a big animal most people think he must be lu.i Hi ganger, i his is all nonsense. Did you ever notice how fond tin v are of children? Who ever heard of aii ele phant hurting a child? Why, in our ".liter quarters the boys and girls will pet them and walk among them and the elephants enjoy it. They will move so as to make room and never step on their feet This is more than can be said of horses. In their jungle homo the babies always run under their moth pi « buoy when any danger approaches, ami explorers say that no matter how panh K\ tiie stampede they have never found more than two or three crushed bab> elephants. This may account for the fact that elephants never make the mistake of stepping on a friendly foot. The animal is really of a loving dis position and very gentle and obedient. “An elephant cannot Jump. He can not even cross a trench six or seven feet wide, although the step of a large one is more than six fe-1 long. There are times in the movement of a circus when it would he impossible to get on without him The big. heavy cages used by Rlngling brothers never could be set in place on time without his powerful help. I have seen a heavy stake and chain wagon stalled in mud up to the bub. where horses could not budge it. Then his trunk and tusks at once be came a lever, screwjaek. dog-hooks and crane With hts aid the wagons were pushed out of their trouble and those that were tipped over were righted, so that work could go on in the necessary quick way of a circus. The elephant's head, protected with a pad. is a ram of immense force. Thfse things show tiiat he is a mighty useful fellow in our world and not half a3 bad as many peo ple think. The real elephant the one I know— is the best natured wild animal in the world. He Is affectionate, loyal, obedi ent and as ready to learn as a child. He looks on the cheerful side of things and will play with his neighbor, even when ;o old that bis bones are stiffened with rheumatism. They have a family feei ng and when one is sick it would do your heart good to see the others give it attention. They will bring bundles >? straw over to make its bed, will toss wisps of hay over its back and body (a practice elephants love) and save the choicest of the food they may pick up for the ailing elephant When one of them dies, even if it happens in a remote quarter, they seem to know it intuitively and their sorrow is as plain 0 the eye as a human b-ing's At such times their trunks hang limp, their eyes overflow with water and their bodies lose that swinging motion which they <eeru to be forever enjoying Their 'ondness for a baby elephant is almost human The little one owned by Ring ing Brothers is a wonderful comfort to the big herd. This youngster is now o\er 1 year old and Is as full of mischief as a young colt. We gi,ve him the liberty of the big barn, because if we didn’t he would w hine and whimper so as to get the whole elephant family Into the dumps. He gets the best of everything hat is fed to his elders, and is selfish enough to take it all. even If he can't ;at It. It ts fun to see him try to hide things he doesn't want, just for the mere take of keeping them. I am at a little oss to figure this out. because his Tiother was an unselfish beast, and his 'ather was a jolly, good-natured fellow, who would let any of his mates lick up his bran without any kick. ” 'The daughter is best at her father in-law's house, and the elephant is best at the rajah's.’ is the Indian way of say ing that daughters ami elephants are an expensive luxury. But however that may be. and all good things after all come under the head of cost, don’t let any body lead, you Into the belief that an ele phant belongs to the savage class tome writers claim.” An Apt Description. 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