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AN INDEX
FIRST PAGE
Washington specials I
The Methodist conference
SECOND
Summary of the news
THIRD
Beaumont budget
Texas news
FOURTH
Porclgn news
General telegraphic
FIFTH
Gcncial telegraphic
SIXTH
A sketch of Captain Tom a San Jacinto
veteran i
SEVENTH
Potentates In rlnaforcs
forecasts by roster
EIGHTH
AnMln budget
Oil news
NINTH
Sporting news
Galveston budget
TENTH
Texas news
ELEVENTH
Railroad news
TWELFTH
George Ados Tables i
THIRTEENTH
The Dot contost
iOURTEENTH
Local courts
Munis count road building
FIFTEENTH
1irnl new
SIXTEENTH
Ixicul now
SEVENTEENTH
Out of tho Ordluary >
Shliipj Dare on BeAuiy
EIGHTEENTH
rdltoilalg
Washington letter
NINETEENTI
Notts and Views of New Books
llcmnikable Itlsc of Novelist Iord
1h Doeothy Vernon of Value In Fiction
TWENTIETH
ivumnrrilul news cotton financial llvo
Ktni l grain and prolsions
TWENTYFIRST
Commercial news oil stocks Houston
wholeale
TWENTYSECOND
Want nds
TWENTYTHIRD
Want add
TWENTYFOURTH
Want ad
I he Language of Ilowors
TWENTYSIXTH
Cunertt Topics and Their Literature
Ml collnny
TWENTYSEVENTH
JlUwllunftrr 4 ff J < >
TWENTYEIGHTH
IJxMnihhahJohli arant cxcorlhtcs nooso
cll v
TWENTYNINTH
The World of industry
THIRTIETH
Social News from Texai Town
THIRTYFIRST
rirclnl News from Trxii Towns
The musical department
THIRTYSECOND
The fashions Illustrated
THIRTYTHIRD
Local hccldy
THIRTYFOURTH
Hoiec Jlagie Illustrated
THIRTYFIFTH
llappyhiuumei lettfta
THIRTYSIXTH
Ihiuglitci of the fonfedctacy
CONTRACT HELD GOOD
Whereby Arkansas Hired Out Three Hun
dred Convicts for Ten Years
Utile ltock Alk Slav 17 The Arkansas
supiemo comt loduy ufflrmed the valid ty
of n contract hereby 300 State courleti
weie lilted Out for ten ycari Tho Htito
penitentiary boaid passed a resolution in
nulling tin contract and the lower court
enjilned the bond from eiiirylng out tne
lOKilutlon a deeMuu nhleli til supreme
eotnt now iiphlds Gmeruo favls waB
the leader In the movement l > ittinul the
i eiitraet whli h was enteied Into tnrep jcir
ago dining the adniluUtruiluu of Governor
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HOUSTON DAILY POST
XYII1TH YEARNO 44
ISSUE FAIRLY JOINED
War Claim iMallcr lias Been Reported
to the Conference
TUESDAY IS THE DAY SET
When It Will Be Taken Up and Set
tlemcnt Is to Be Had
A VOTE IS FULLY A WEEK OfF
Majority Want to Keep tlic Money the
Minority Would Return It
REPORT OF LATTER NOT TO BE PRINTED
It Is Said by tho Editor of the Official
Church Organ to Do Violative of tho
Stringent Law of Tetfas
Dullax Totas May 17 The war claim Is
sue IK ot last squarely before the general
emifiieneo of the Methodist llplscopal
cinirrh South for llnnl settlement Kiontal
nttiuRa and Hunk nimrmcntH arc at an eml
himI tho glefee operations begun to continue
mitll the besieged surrender lineondltton
nMy 1111 11 tlunl ole or the liMilegers ictlrc
I eaten by the ntnjlng nunlltles and force
cl numbers of the men they aie trying to
li jee In onpltnlnt
At Ibis distance from the final vote
which Is piobnbly n week offIt lookn bs
If the besiegers will ttlni They are the
men who belloo deception nilsrcpresenta
tlnn nud lobby uoik f tlio woildly kind
were lesolted t In order to procure the
nppropilatlou from eougriw They do not
bolline that 111010 than 100000 was a
legitimate fee for the services of an at
torney to collect aS5000 from the gov
ernment They favor the proposition that
the church leturn the entire sum to tho
United State Eoxernment nnd thus pio
vent eMii the shadow ot taint from at
taching to tho good name of the church
they are the men who are Known In the
secular eetIou of the pro box nt the
conference as the Insuigents Their op
ponents who aie being besieged are Ilia
legulars uho sny It Is nobodjn IniMl
nes what the ehunli did with Its inouoy
ihey bclleie In keeping the coin and glv
Ing n eertlfleato of diameter to eorybmly
on their side
The matter reached elnse to n illmnx
today when the committee on publishing
Inteiests submitted two reports 11 majority
report Klgned by twentyfour meinbem nnd
a minority repqrt signed by nineteen mem
bora Thorn wcio four absentees tho full
crtnjmltlee membership being fortyov n
lTir tnajoilty report was a compaiatlrclo
brief document It dtfended the church
and mildly censured Its agents and attor
ney
The minority report was no long that
t took ltev James Cannon Jr of Vir
ginia nearly two hours time to read It
The document roUimod In mciy detail the
hlKtoiy of the war elnltn and the legislation
lounected therewith 1 lie irferpneo to tho
book agent and the ntlotney ot tlieibnreh
who eiiglnrered the ihillli Ihrnugli eoil
urew wero of th o nioht acatblng hniac
ter Thej were couched In sueh plain
lingllsh nnd embodied such direct diargcH
that n repicsentutlro of the bioW agents
Islled tho iiress tablea and warned the
newspaper represenlallies that If tho le
poit sM pi luted In full or the nucuaatlona
riuoleil from tho report llin newspapers
would be held responsible In dainnges un
der the libel law
The publlshoia of the official organ of
the gcneial eonfcicree which publication
i iRioptid ns the record of tho confer
eiue was untitled not to print the mlnoilty
icpnrt under pain of llbul
Dr Hoss who Is cmplojcd as editor of
the Dally Ofrtclnl Organ addressed the
confciencc slating thut he must uot bo un
derstood as udvocntlng a suppression of
tho rcpoit or adibdiig against It publica
tion In tho official oigan but tho day tho
lepnit should bo published In tho official
orgnn was the day lie wouhlnot be on duty
as editor he proposed taking a viicntlon
Iho lesult was that tho general confer
ence by an omuhelming v < lei ordeiod
tne report piloted not only In thu official
orgnn but In pamphlet form so that each
member could hae a copy to study dol
ing the pi weeding next week and per
haps the oples will be pieservcd as vlK
nils ns aio frequently the lllumtnatad 1IIU
of furo of a swell hotel for a holiday din
ner Tho eonfeiciicc oted to take tho two ie
yorUi fioui the calendar at 10 oclock next
Tuokday morning and to transact no other
business until the wnr claim Issue shall
liao been finally disposed of
Uishop A V Mlliuitt thu senior bishop
presided todjy
Tho commllteo on episcopacy reported
and recommended that two blihops be elect
ed A inluorlty report was lieu dissent
ing and stating that In their belief no
innie bishops should be elected
The committee on education recommended
that more attcntlvn bu paid to trulnlng
schools
A minority report from tho committee
on finance urgbd farther uld to supcian
minted ptctfehwf widows and chlldnn
being given and that 11 permanent fund be
established
Tho tlmo limit remains n before uccnrd
Ing to tho report of the committee on Itlu
ernry
Dr W I Haven of the American JUblo
society spoke on the gratifying Increase In
the sale of Hlbles
The Cumberland Presbyterian assembly
sent greetings from Springfield Mo
The general assembly of the Presbyterian
church also sent greetings from Jackson
Miss
Tho committee on Sabbath obscrrance
deprecated the Increase of Sunday labor of
08 per cent In the last decade wnllo the
population had Increased but 7 per cent
and also the Increase tn Sunday amuse
ments
Dr Orosa Alexander tntro < 1nrefl a Tfsolu
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P1UOB 5 CENTS
tton dealing with tho question of child la
bor In the South particularly In the cotton
mills of tho South It was urged that n
law bo passed prohibiting tho employm nt
of children under 12 years of nge Adopted
This resolution was afterward on moton
of Dr lloss reconsidered In view of the
statement that there wero 20000 children
under 12 years of ge employed which was
declared to be untrue Hcferred to a spe
cial committee
Tho majority of the publlihlug house com
mittee which was In charge of tho war
claim icported Tho report Is confined Vo
a brief sntiimnry ot the contentions urgvd
In that connection The resolutions con
demn any departure of the attorney from
the explicit Instruction given to hint by
the book committor In regard to the collec
tion of the claim against the goeminent
from which Instructions It Is claimed he
did depart according to his own state
ments mado to the senate committee ap
pointed to Investlgato the matters Con
tinuing tho report disapproves any lan
guage used by the book agents In their tele
grains to Senators Pasco and Nate which
may have misled them us to the amount ut
tho fee tho attorney was to lecehe for his
services In collecting tho claim
The proposition of the blshopa to take
proper steps to hnvo thu entire rmouut re
turned to the government If tho isonatc
by nffii ninthc action declares that th
passage of the bill was duo tu mlslendllijl
Ntatcmcnls la appined
In view of the fact that the senate nftor
receiving this proposition discouraged the
return of the money nnd furthermore
alrieo the senate had declared that the
elimch Is absolutely blameless In the whole
transaction It Is recommended that this
bo cousldeied a final sultleincut of tho
question The report is signed by James M
ltolmrtson chairman
The mlnoilty report took an hour In alts
reading ind condemns tho actions ot Ctlo
ncl It It Stnlilniaii tho Nashdllp attor
ney tn most vigorous language Dlrcttlv
nnd by lnfeience tho book tgent ml their
attorney nro severclr dealt with
The resolutions appended nio as fol
lows Wp believe ttut the ret ullon of
this money It a dlstuiblug factor In the
pence and haimony of tho church at pre
cut and 11115 disquiet the uieinbcnritlu In
the future
Thciefore In order thnt there may be
pence and hurmenj within the borden of
our beloved chinch and that It may do no
net that could call In question It god
name we recommend the adaption of tho
following resolution That tho entire sum
collected viz 288000 be ictuiesi to tho
United Stntea goenilnent That it commit
tee of nine members of thu general con
fuenee bo appointed who shall report tn
this conference at as enily a date iu pos
slide n practicable plan tor carrying Into
execution tlio atone 1 evolution
That wo henrtlly ludoisn the loiter wilU
ten by our blshopa u the senute of the
tnltcd Ktnton it ahowtd their Jealous cute
of Ihe good name of the church and In
dicated n wlsn Kollillon of the matter
The resolutions are signed by Jw ioas Can
non Jr of Virginia uimlrman
Both reports ncre ordered printed ntor
much discussion ThMar olalm mattor
will come before the eonfeionco next Tuea
day nt 10 oclock and bt continued until the
matter l sottcd > <
Ajljourncil until Monday 1 d
HARRIMANS MEXICAN TRIP
Has Isaued Orders for the Exlaiition of
the International
Sun rriinclsco May 17 The Ihnwilelo
suya It has turned out that the trip made
liv K II lliiiilman Into Mexico whllo on
Ida war to California waa uot mode puiely
for pleasure The act developed j outer
day that 0110 of the phrpoWH of lilt Mexi
can trip was to Investigate perxonnlly tho
proposed oxtmislim of the Mexkiin Interna
tional road from Diiiiingo Mexico to
Jn7Btl11n on the Pacific count n distance
of about HO nillea and he biicam so lm
pronsed with tho advantage of the exlen
alnn thnt he baa Issued orders for the com
mencement of the work without futther de
lay
THE MONON MERGER
Tho Details Being Arranged by J P
Morgan Co
New York May 17J P Morgan Co
It was stated today linte repurchased
enough atoek of the Chicago Indlannpdla
and Ioiilsvlllo railway to glvo them indis
putable control of tho property Tlip plan
for financing the purchase by turning over
control to tlio UiuInvHIo and Xastullle nnd
tho Southern railway to bo jointly exor
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HOUSTON TEX
PEARSON WILL ACT
President Kedps Putting Off the RcpV
resentatlves of the Boers
EVIDENCE IS INCOMPLETE
He Says When Asked to Make a De
cision as to Clialmette
MATTER TO DO TAKEN INTO COUlU
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And the Testimony Submitted to ther
Supreme Tribunal v
DELAY OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
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Has Been So Great that Matlors Are
Getting Deapefnte With the Dutch
Says General Pearson
Special to The Po t
Washington May 17 Oneval Tcwon to
day mado another nppenl to tho proatiVjlit
for hl ruling on tho rppoft mcantly rifid
by Colonel Crowder eonrcrnlng tho xonfjl
tlons nt Clialmette
1 hnvo mado several appeals to the presl
lleut said General LoArMiH Ills answer
has always been thnt the evidence Is uot
yet complete nnd consequently can nontax
inndo public
One thing Is certain Wo mutt havo
some Kind of action bv the oxccutlip depajt
megc within a short time us things era >
getting desperate
On being asked what action ho proposed
to tnku In the event tho decision of tuo
president Is against his country lonerol
Pearson said If something U not done
within n very short while we shall bo com
pelled to take the matter to tho soprano
court of tho t nllcd States for a dcclslen
With the evidence collected by Governor
Ilcaid of Unilelann to which will be added
11 great deal collected by my elf I u ardly
think there will be any doubt ai to ttoa
outcome W wnnt to glio tho executive
department nil tbo time In rrnson but > Is
said at the outset wo are getting desperate
nnd miiKt takn action nt the earliest prwml
blii inmnunt
0 EXPERIMENTS PROVIDED FOR
In an Arficndmsnt to tho Naval Apiwya
priationn Bill <
Special to The Post
Washington M y 17 When ue section
of the muni nppioprlatlons bill relating to
tho bureau of steam engineering was
reached thin afternoon Itepiesentatlvo
Cooper culled up and had adopted nn
amendment piovldlng for nn aprcoiirlntlon
of tSOOOO lo be used to defray thn costot
experliurntH looking to Ihe use Of Teils
oil ua fuel In the vessels of tho navy Thin
item It will in remembered was recom
mended by the chief ot the buroou oti
steam engineering but the ast nltalra
committee did not Include it In thebill as
n iifult ot pressure brought to bmir Uy tho
coal tntconts on the Hiibconnnltleo whUli
had eliRige ot ihe mm ter There wan no
objection t the amendment this afternoon
hnd there Is no reason to belloro that le
will uot bo Included In tbo bill which will
eventually bo enacted Into law Inasmuch
its the oil to bo used in the experiments
will bo fmulshed free of charge hey can
bo carried on noug more extcnsUo lines
than would otherwise be nostdble >
RIVERS AND HARBORS BILL
Mr Burton Thinks tho Confereos Will
Get Together
Special to The Post
Washington May 17 Chairman Bui tort
of tho rivers nud harbors committee tnd
The Post correspondent today that the eon
feicuce coniinlttee would hardly get to
gether again before Wednesday next Sen
clsed Is now being fiii niulnled by the firm tm McMillan Is expected to return to
Tliti proposal nt the present time i 111 Washington on Monday but It hi not
the hands of the counsel for tho flrwl nnd
of tho Southern railway A to tho tci ns
which will be finally agteed upon It Is add
that Infinite statements can uot now be
made
WEATHER INFORMATION
Probabilities
Washington May 17 eastern TeinU
Partly cloudy Sunday with showers nnd
thunder storms nud cooler In tho Panhandle
Monday fair brisk to high south to west
winds
Oklahoma and Indian Tcrrltorlos Partly
cloudy Sunday showers nnd cooler nt night
or Monday brisk to high south to west
winds
RUSH ON A PASTURE
It la Claimed that Lease of Sugg Bro
Has Lapsed
Ran Angelo Texas May 17 Settlers hafo
made a rush on tho pnBture of 15 C Sugg
A Urn In rlon county nnd located on slxty
Uvo sections herein claiming the land la
bold under n lapsed lease nnd other irreg
ularities It Is believed tho matter will be
nuibbornly contested
thought that n meeting can bo nrraugvd
for the following day Mr Burton seems
rather more hopeful than otherwise of
reaching an agreement without much fur
ther loss ot time During his couorsn
tlon with the correspondent he pointed out
thnt whllo mime differences yet existed they
were by no means an serious as thoo
which have existed in other confercnccaJii
the past ami which hayc been satisfactorily
tettlciU
Scuntor Culberson and Messrs Duncan
and Cowiirt representing tho Trinity river
project conferred with Mr Burton thls >
aitcriiaou
Bowser Thomas of Bonham an exmember
ot tho Texas legislature Is hero on bust
net
TO KEEP A HOUSE COOL
Weather Chief Moore Has Applied for a
Patent on It
Special to The Post
Washington May 17Wlllls Moore rhlt
of tho weather bureau has applied fp
pateut on 11 novel house cooling apparatus
He says It mean the cud of summer suf
fering as rooms can bo Kept at 70 degrees
In tlm hottest weather
The Sick Mans Paradise
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