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LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE
There Was Another Flood of Constitu
tional Amendments
Special to The Tost
Daton Itougc La May SlTncrc was
another eruption of constitutional amend
ments in the Louisiana legislature today
and if half of them arc ndoptcd the con
stitution recently enacted will look like a
crazy quilt
The most important amendment proposed
today was one by Mr Vcntross to permit
the governor to succeed himself In office
It is in reality the first gun In the guber
natorial campaign and Is of deep political
significance It Is aimed nt Judge Illnnch
ard who Is now the leading candidate
and Is in tho interest of Governor Hosrd
who Is dobarred by tho present law from
srceeedlng himself A number of sugar
planters are opposed to Judgo niatiehard
and not having an available man In sight
who can defeat 1dm tb y propose to change
the constitution and support Heard for re
election
A democratic caucus will be held to agree
on a party policy in regard to the proposi
tion to repeal the poll tax clause in the
constitution
Senator Drew Introduced a bill authoriz
ing the city of Lake Charles to appropriate
future revenues for the purpose of crcctlus
i free nubile library
adopted tho house resolution
Inviting Tie William Jennluji Bryan to address
legislature
the
WAR CLAIM MATTER
Methodists Have Come to an Agree
ment on the Matter
HARAIONY IS IN EVIDENCE
And the Matter Was Disposed of
Without Anjj Acrimony
IT IS NOT SATISFACTORY TO ALL
But Is Believed to Be the Best Solution
of It Possible
TUB MONEY IS TO BE RETURNED
To the National Treasury If the Senato
Will Provide a Way in Which It
Can Ba Done
Dallas Texas May 21 The subject that
has chiefly Interested tlio Methodist Uptitro
pil church South for four long years Is
believed tojio finally and forovor sntlled
The splilt of harmony that descended on
the general qHiiiItcnnlnl conference yester
day returned today and there was an ovl
dent dcslie to get together on the part of
u si oat iiinjeilty of tlio delegates
Illshop Gnllowny who while being ono
of the most eloquent men In the chinch U
also one of the finest presiding officers
that ever faced an ecclesiastical body help
ed along the bnrinony movement by his
rapid dispatch of business and tho icsult
accomplished by tho conference while un
satisfactory to many of the delegates of
both the majority and minority Is believed
to bo thebObt thU eonld have been adopt
ed bj the conflicting tendencies with which
tho ciinfeicnco Is permeated
lhe result of the lous cotitiovcrsy on the
war claim Is a compromise between tho
Radicals of tho majority who wanted to
ecp the money and comjoinn nobody and
e radicals of the mlitklty who wanted
rciirn the entire amount of f SSOOO Jo
< 1ircit and condemn cvcryl > odj who help
elto get the claim through
ho preamble of tho rmolutlous offered
bjW W F MeMmij of St Loul which
wiladopted aud uiido pait of the confer
011A action mildly condemn Uaiuio and
Smlj The loKdutlon offrred by Prof T
N ftdnii of Iinoitvlllo approves the action
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HOUSTON TEXAS THURSDAY MAY 22 1902
of A iiighniM In offe rliiR lo return the
iiMUiAand hulds the offor eood nt any tlmo
the sat of the United KJ t < s shall afford
n way or the return at tlfe claim As the
Miiiten altendy lefuscil lo consldci hulIi
m < actli tho end of the battle has come
ltoth r MiMuriys pieatuble and lrof
lordiin esolutlon wcio adopted last night
KepatUi Today they weie adopted as
a whole 1 A motion to tcenntlder Hits ac
tion wiiHWiwIielmlnKly imt n11 delegates
of all shapn of opinion ngtccd to stand by
the conduce action mid let tho whole
biibjeit lei foie cr
A m tloio not publish the report of the
mlnotlty o the committee 011 publishing
heavy majoilty
lutciestH w cairled by a r
nint nil tho < pecthes made deprecated fur away
ther asltatl of tho bitter Issue
Only one Vine In connection with the
wholo inattcrulll remains before the dele
gates It wit declared by many that tho
grammar of i Mcllurry picuinblc and of
toe Jordan rcilutlon ercii thoush It was
Wit
university wtf faulty and a motion to
have a commlec nppolnlcd to coricct
ginmmntlcnl liccmacles and make the
whole matter rryrent without Injuring Its
sense was adopts lloth Dr McMurry and
Prof loidau nrfn the committee named
by ltlsbop CallowV and the report of their
woik will be reij early tomorrow As
they arc not allota in any way to alter
the sense of the Solutions no trouble Is
anticipated when tiy exhibit their product
of llulshed Fugllsh
In short the lon blttcr controversy Is
thought to have beptforcver burled by to
days nctlou For ic years It has been
nn Irritant and a dlurbcr In U entire
denomination All t delegates and all
the bishops legard tt one of the most
unfoitunatc Incidents I the history of the
church and all have leu praying for nn
amicable adjustment of c wide differences
that have existed It Itfokeii that the con
fciimeu will not be In rtnood at any time
liereaflcr to havo the olovounj reopened
THK 1ItOVIHIONH
OF THK SUI1STITUTB 1
The principal provision tho McMurry
substitute are a mild cen o of any agent
of tho church who may ha used Improper
methods before congiessvhcn the war
claim was pending ratlflc hc former ac
tion of the college of bishop in their offer
to the senate to return thrcntlre sum of
tho war claim If that body Svotcd niakei
tho action of the bishops t legal action
of the general conference nmlf the Metho
dlst Fplscopal church South This latter
provision Is embodied In vvhahj known as
tho Jordan nmendment wblcWcatcd de
bate last night and during tl mornings
session
Very few of the delegates femed per
fectly satisfied with tb < l wonU of thn
Jordan amendment and Vfter ft amend
ment and the MeMurry paper tin whole
had been adopted today n spcelilcommlt
confeiW
tec by vote of the general was
authoiized to be appointed by U bishop
presiding whose duty It shall be revIso
and make more perfect and clear e pro
visions of the entire document was
stated in explanation of the ncccsy for
the creation of this committee th the
paper had been drafted hastily coined
many grammatical errors and some tra
dictory provisions and might be ensemble
of misconstruction because of thcade
ect8i
Tomorrow the new toUaep and tnefpa
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A REM OF TERROR
Fort de France and Kingston Ter
rorized by Mont Pelee
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GREAT COLUMS OF VOLCANIC MATTER
RAINED DOWN UPON THE ISLAND
City Seems Doomed and If Crater Resumes Activity
a Scene of Horror Is Expected American Ves
sels Are Doing Heroic Rescue Work
Fort do France Martinique May 21
Yesterdays eruption from Mont Telco was
the most extreme Colossal columns of vol
canic matter were ejected from the volcano
which rained hupc redhot boulders tinny
feet In diameter on tho ruins of St iHerre
and the country near It from enormous
elevations and with fearful cloclty The
voi nilc clouds advanced until they
reached Fort dc France
The spectacle was appalllns and beyond
description The whole population of Fort
de France was thrown Into a frensy of
panic during which soldiers police men
and women all tcnorlml frantic weep
ing and praying rushed through tho
streets while o > crheod the glowing Dory
clouds rolled rolcntlewly and lalncddown
stones still hot nmld the swirling ashes
AMKHIOAN VFSSUtS DOINO
thi msrun woiuc
The steam launch of tho United State
cruiser Cincinnati took some refugees to
tho French cruiser Suchet and nenrly a
bundled persons sought rcfugo on the Cin
cinnati and on tho Unltrd States supply
steamer Iotomae At 10 oclock the 1oto
rnac went to lno tlgate matters and all
reports say that Lieutenant llcnjamlu 11
McCormack the commander of tho steam
er did gieat work He went In close to
St Ilerie and found that city had been
bombatded with enormous stones from the
volcnno and that tho utlns left standing
after tho first great disaster bad been
nearly rased Millions of tons of ashes
then cohered the city
Farther south smaller stones had de
stroyed the houses of the brave villagers
who had stuck to their homes
Iileutcunnt McCormack took on boaul the
Iotomae and brought to Fort do Franco
lfcn refugees the oldest of whom was 72
years and the youngest three ilavs This
work of rescue was difficult Bnu < dnngcroun
It Is rcpoiled that the whole population
of tho Island Is fleeing toward Fort do
France Tho consternation prevailing Is
Indescrlbnblc Mout Ielco la hUII my
threatening
FltUNCH CHFISFlt Din NOT
ASHIBT IN IinSCUR WOJIK
The French cruiser Suchet went on an
other tour round the lBlaiidsa d did not
akc part In the rescue work of tho Poto
mac
The United States steamer Dixie Is ex
pected here this afternoon from New York
Governor I Huenp In on > onrd the French
crul er Huchct Comparative quiet Is re
stored but every one Is trjlng to leave
uio Island which the Inhabitants believe
to be doomed Should the volcano again
resume activity scenes of panic and hor
ror
vvlll surely occur No further relief
needed Tlio people want to got
iiDAIi WAVfi
t fout m FitANcn
Castries Island of St Lucia May 21
iteports received hero today confirm tho
dlsputehes announcing that a panic pre
vailed at Fort de France Martinique yes
terday The town wiih coveted jvlllinshes
stones vvcro falling and a tidal wave added
to tha terror of the population which was
fljlng to the hills
Three hundied refugees havo Just ar
rived here and thousands havo embarked
for the nelghboilUB Islands
The people aro verv much excited and
seem determined to make vigorous icslst
once to tho entrance of tho army of tho
iitittmti
The general belief is
ncctlonal oEIcers of the church will be
elected A night session Is expected to ba
necessary in order to complete the work
Dr fi B Hoss continues to bo tho faTorlte
among the candidates for bishop It Is
admitted however that Dr Hoss vigorous
opposition to the minority to the commit
tee on publishing Interests has lost him
some strength Four years ago at Haiti
more ho got a majority of tho delegates
As there were
ns a candidate for blflinp
only two to be elected however tho two
wno received most votes were Installed
Tomonow will be another day of much
Interest and tho big attendance of yester
day and today Is expected to be repeated
MMuititAY sinisTiTirrn
WAS ADOPTED
rioth delegates and visitors were slow In
assembling today and there were many va
cant seats In the auditorium when Dr
Kenny of the Paclfle conference opened the
mornings devotional exercises After singing
of the minutes
ing prajcr and the approval
utes Illshop Oalloway took th cbalr
A motion to adopt the McMurray substi
tute was made Prof Joidan whose com
promise amendment was adopted last night
lose with new resolutions They changed
slightly the veibtnge nnd tho meanlug of
the matter adopted last night They were
read but not offered
A motion to lay the wholo of tho Mc
Mm ray substitute the Jordan resolution
and oil on tbo table was defeated by a big
majority A motion to adopt the Mo
Murray resolution vas made nnd ll verb
iage was read aguln lhe pending question
was ordeicd and put on Its passage It was
carried by o big majority
There were statements from all parts of
the house that tho Substitute was not word
cd grammatically Dr Godby moved that
a committee of five to correct grammatical
errors etc be appointed and the motion
carried
Dr O C Itankln arose to a a tlon of
personal prlrllcie lie said the substitute
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ttiat If Flrmtn persists In big Intention to
attempt to force an entry Into Tort nu
Prince a sovcro engagement will take plnce
As this dispatch Is scut the beating of
drums can bo heard on nil sides aud armed
men are gathering for the battle
The members of tho diplomatic corps as
sembled here this morning and decided to
protest against the entrance of the northern
armv Into tho capital Unfortunately this
piotost Is not likely to have much effect
as tlero are no foreign menofvvmr In the
hnrbor Uegret Is especially expressed at
the absence of n United States warship
from Fort au Prince
Tho United States cruiser Topcka sailed
from Port Hoyal 8 C for Port au Prince
Haytl May Ifl to protect American inter
est She Is due to arrive at her destina
tion tcsliiy
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SOUFniERE AGAIN ACTIVE
Throuohout Sunday the Volcano Rumbled
and Threatened
Kingstown Island of St Vincent Monday
May 10 Another great eruption of tho
Foufrlere volcano occurred Inst night
Throughout Sunday the adjoining districts
trembled and some of the shocks were felt
here Smoke IsMicd from the craters and
llssmcs In tin mountain and the atmos
phere throughout the Island of St Vincent
wnB exceedingly hot While worshipers
were returning from church nt R 30 p in
an nlarmlng luminous cloud suddenly ns
eended many nilleo high In tho north of the
Island and drifted sluggishly to tho north
east Incessant lightning fell on tho moun
tains and ono severe flash seemed to strlka
about three miles fmm Kingstown Thn
thundemiiH rumbllngH In the cratcra lasted
fur two hours and then diminished until
they became mere murmurlngs The re
mainder of the night was clear Ashes fell
from 10 oclock until midnight The In
habitants won frenzied with fear at tho
time of the outbreak Uieadlng n repetition
of the eatiistropho which caused such t r
llblo lo of life on this island
PIXMMi OF KINOSTUWN
FIlBNZinU WITH FUAIl
aTIish ran from the sUcets Into thoopon
country crying and praying for prescrva
ton fiom another calamity No ono on thu
Island of tit Vincent slept that night
lteports received here from tho districts
In the vlclnllv of tho volcano say that the
innibllngs of the cutters were appalling and
that streams of lava flowed down the niouii
tain side The villagers who bad fled to
lvalcnu llellnlr and tleorgelown for slfcty
mo now pouring into Kingstown this being
the furthest town from La houfileie
The royal mall steamer Wear Is bringing
refugees here from Chateau rtellalr
Kingstown Is now congested and the do
mauds on the government are lucrcaolng
rapidly ns more and more people tre
obliged to leave their homes and business
The continuous ogltntlon of thn volcano rnd
the absence of rain has caused tho vicinity
of the aflllcled Tillages to look like Ior
tlons of the desert of Sahara
A thick smoke overspreads the Island and
all business Is suspinded here Tho streets
nro empty and every one Is terrorstricken
Tlio feeling of suspense Is painful
Ashes and pumice are falling lu tho out
Ijlng districts
Hcpoit comes from a credible sourco
that Knbnm mountain near the Marrlaqula
valley six miles from Kingstown an ap
parently cxtluct crater Is showing signs of
nctlvltv
north Into this city
M ai oss M asaaM s M
ndoptcd did not suit him but that ns a
loyal Methodist bo bowed to tbo will of tbo
majority
A motion to reconsider the vole by which
the substitute was adopted was laid on tho
table and tho conference proceeded to
listen to tho rending of routine reports from
the committees
Illshop Oalloway appointed the following
committee to correct Inaccuracies In the
McMurray paper J Oodby of ArkansaB
T W Jordan of Tennessee Paul Wblto
head of Virginia W S McMurray of Mis
Miurl fl H Wlnton of Monterey Mexico
Hcport No 1 of the committee on Kp
worth League was road It Is a very
lengthy document and was taken up scrla
tint and passed The most Important change
In tho report was one making it possible
for a layman to be chosen general secre
tary of the order Formerly laymen were
Ineligible
TIID MINOIUTY TIEFOKT
NOT TO DU PniNTUD
Ufforts to have the minority report of
tho publishing committee on tho war claim
matter printed In pamphlet form ns an of
ficial act of tho general conference were
defeated
Illshop Isaac Lane of Jackson Tcnn frv
Continued on Page Five
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HOUSTON TBX J
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TEXAS REPUBLICANS
May Be Stirred Up by the Appoint
ment of Houston
HE WAS A GREEN MAN
And Distastefulto State Chairman
Cecil Lyon
MDANIOL HAD A GOOD SHOty
For the Place but Grants Letter Settled
the Matter
BOOKER T WASHINGTON TOOK A HAND
In tho Matter of tho Texas Mnrehalahlp
There Were a Number of Appli
cants for tho Place j
Special to Tho Tost
Washington May 21 It develop today
that the statement of Dr John Grant
printed In last Sundays Post had tho effect
of hastening the presidents action in con
ucctlon with tho Unstcrn district marshal
ship It had been decided to hold up the
appointment until Judgo Waller Burns and
possibly ouo or two others could get here
Hut when tho president read tho attack
made on him by Dr Grant ho decided to
settle tho matter at once
The Southern district marshatshlp had
been decided some time ago but tho nasc
ent district contest had been narrowed
down to two men Lock McDsnlol and A J
Houston Mr McDaulel was Indorsed by
State Chnlrnian Lyon and It is believed that
bis claluiH would havo been Orgcd by Judgo
Hums had the latter como to Washington
National Committeeman Han ley took no
pnrt In tho Fastern district fight The prcs
ident has been Informed from sevcrnl
sources during tho past two days that his
action In removing Grant and appointing
Houston will havo tho effect of putting
Chairman Lyon nnd the majority of tfie
State committee against him Inasmuch as
according to the statements inado to him
Lyon und Ornnt aio very close friends and
Houston f > ho was a flreen man Is not ae
ceptnblo to the organisation ns a whole
In Addition to McDunlcl and Houston 11 < >
following vvcrn applicants for tho tuatklni
ship James It Foro of Pittsburg W II
Love of McKlnney J A Hurley of Sulpuur
Springs J M Claiborne of Husk J I
Dlckeraon of Paris nnd Wiley Butlci or
Tyler It Is also stated that C M Fi
guson who managed W M Hansons emu
pnlgn successfully would havo accepted the
posllon hnd It keen offered Jilin
> A feature of considerable Interest In con
mctlon with tho matter Is furnished by tuu
fact that Hooker T Washington took u
hand lu the tight rnd sent hs secretary
hero to see tho president In the Interest
of one of the candidates
Oooseneck Hill McDonald a U K
< li ems ifegro lieutenant who is hero on
cue of his periodical mvsterlous missions
thinks that sumo credit for the appointment
of Houston Is due to Orecn but It is likely
that sentiment had moro to do with thi
matter than anything else
STORM AT BIRMINGHAM
Killed Ono Person and Injured
Two
Others at Doll Park
nirrolnghnm Ala May 21 A violent
windstorm followed by a heavy downpour
of rain and ball passed over Hlrmlngham
nt 215 oclock this afternoon doing consid
erable damage aud causing tho desth of
ouo boy the serious injury of another and
tho slight Injury of nn old man The dead
UUOIKIU SWANTON aged X2 year
Injured
Henry Duncan aged 10
M B Cook ground keeper t ball park
bruised about the head
Tho greatest datnago was done at tho ball
park where an entire section of tho grand
Hand wa blown away A crowd of boys
were landing on the outside of tha fence
Just back of the giandstond and Oeorga
Hwanton was caught In the wrcckago and
ciushcd to death Henry Duncan was
fastened between two pleies of ttmbcr but
his Injuries aro not fatal The other boys
ebeaped without Injury
When the storm struck the ball grounds
n large crowd vrns en route to the park to
witness a same between Hlrmlngham and
New Orlcuns und a serious disaster was
uvcrtcd by the park nofuUng open to the
public before a oclock Several bouses
were unroofed
Tho dend boy Is a son of flcorge Swsntou
a atccl worker at Vouugstbwu Ohio
NEGRO STILL AT LARGE
Tho Situation Has Quieted Down In
Camp County
rittsburg Texas May 21The situation
here today has quieted down perceptibly
The negro rapist has so far succeeded in
eluding Roveral hundred pursuers and tho
last heard of him ho was seen four miles
west of Mount Pleasant by negroes Ho
is evidently inalliig for Mount lleisant It
Is a mystery how tho brute has so success
fully escaped his pursuers The btso at
operations has been transferred to Mount
Pleasant from this place 4
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