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Close of the Conference.
Tri-Animal Episcopal Con
vention Adjourned Sine Die.
Minneapolis, Oct. 22 ?-The pastoral
address of the bishops of the Protes
tant Episcopal church was given oar to
day. It is largely routine io character,
the most interesting points beiog those
in reference to the massacre of Christian
missionaries in Cbina nod the Sunday
observance law. In refere a ce to the
latter matter the address says :
"Recent events in some parts of our
country compel us to call your earnest
attention to a widely spread aod de
termined attack upon the use and pur
pose of the weekly day of rest known
at the: beginning of the Christian era
as the Lord's day It is declared in the
law of God to be His own day and by
the Saviour of man to be "made for
man "
. It is protected by a divine command
and by the perpetual sanctity of a hu
man right. Man may aod ought to
worship God every day, but for the
greater assurance of this doty one day
in seven has. with the formal sanction
of ail Christian civilization, been set
apars for its due observance. This or
der cannot be disturbed without grave
evils to the individual and the fcmily.
to society aod the State. It seems al
most incredible that our modern life
should be.capable of brioging into play
any powers of evil that could ser io si y
threaten the existence of sol divine
and beneficent an institution. And yet
the peril and disaster of euch a menace
confront the Christian people in wide
areas of the country. We exhort you,
dear brethren, to meet this menace
with unfaltering courage aod resolute
determination, and in no opportunity
that may be presented to decline bar
tie with the insatiate greed of the li
quor traffic, a?d the growing desire for
popular pleasures and amusements,
which, with increasing boldoess, claim
all days alike for their uses."
The convention on this, its last day,
showed an apparent minority of dele
gates present, evidently oalv enough
remaining to constitute a quorum for
the winding up of necessary business
details. A message was received from
the bouse of bishops containing a joint
resolution constituting the missionary
district of Northern Texas. Action
concurred in without debate.
Dr. Elliott of Maryland, by invita
tion of President Dix, addressed the
convention in relation to the meeting of
the convention in Washington in 189P
He assured the convention that the
new diocese of Washington was well
equipped, both in communicants and
material wealth. There are 9.000
communicants iu the Washington dio
cese. They are well equiped io church
es and church property. Everything that
generous a hospitable, a noble Chris
tian people cao do will be done by tbe
new Washington dioce?e for the comfort
and convenience of the convention in
1898
A message was received from tbe
house of bishops to the effect tbat tbe
new missionary district of North Car
olina sball be known as the district of
Aeheville. The Pennsylvania delegates
offered a resolution recognizing tbe
uniform dignity, courtesy and kindness
of the presiding officer of tbe house.
Dr. Morgan Dix of New York. The
resolution was adopted by a rising vote
and Dr. Dix responded in a graceful
atw touching manner.
Dr. Hoffman of New York moved
that a committee be appointed to inform
the bouse of bishops that the house of
deputies has concluded its business and
is now ready to adjourn.
It was announced that the confer
ence eoramittee on hymnals was still io
session aod Dr. Hoffman temporarily
withdraw bis motion. A message from
tbe house of bishops announced its re
cession from its action concerning tbe
binding of the hymnal with the book of
common prayer
Gethsemane church was crowded at
tbe joint meeting of the two houses this
afternoon at 3 o'clock. The pastoral
letter was read aod tbe Episcopal gen
eral conference for 189 closed since
die with the usual services.
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All the messengers in the employ of
tbe American Express company bave
been furnished an outfit of Winchesters
and revolvers to resist any train rob
bers. Tbe company bints tbat in the
near future prizes will be awarded to
the most proficient marksmen.
A Fattened Bear.
What Imman Says of the
Break?He's Now
a Bull
New York. Oct. 22 ?Mr John H.
loman, who i? credited with having
made more than a quarter of a million
dollars our of yesterday's sensational
break in cotton, said io an interview to
dav : "The congestion of cotton,
which has taken plac for the last seve
ral weeks, and which culminated last
Wednesday, was the result or* wild
speculation of Americans to carry the
price to 10 cents.
"Prices were carried so high last
week that it was perfectly apparent ro
any sensible man who is accustomed to
deal in ootfon that if he wanted to ope
rate at all, there was oothiug to do but
shut his eyes and pell Regardless of
what the crop is likely to he, cotton
was carri* d entirely too high, at least
for the time being. Reactions came
more quickly and sharper than any of
us expected, but with this enormous
liquidation the atmosphere will gradu
ally clear, and the movement of prices
will uow be regulated by the volume of
receipts and tbe probable outcome of
the crop. If the crop is only 6,000,
000 bale?, as many honest and well
informed men appear to believe, cotton,
in my opioioo, will work back to the
neighborhood of 10 cents before tbe
season is over On the contrary, if
we have 7,000,000 bales, as some other
standard authorities estimate, the crop
we are now selling is at a fair valuation.
"I thought for some weeks that the
market estimate of the crop which we
can make is the mean of these figures,
tbat is 6.750,000 bales. Holding this
view ? believe that after this sbake up
is over wc will have gradually harden
ing markets and laod near 9 cents if
1 was a consumer of cotton, or spinner,
I would commence at this price and
gradually accumulate my stock of cot
ton for tbe season.
"It is difficult to guage tbe amount*
of weak long cotton yet to come on the
market, but my judgment is that what
ever there is will come out at some time
this week. While I expect no sharp
rally, I do thiok that the lowest prices
we will have for tbe next months either
took place yesterday or will take
place between now and the coming
Saturday. The consumption of Amer
ican cotton throughout the world is
enormous, and at to-day's prices I do
not think a single spinner will stop,
whereas at the ?gures of last week,
1 1-8 to 1 1-4 above to-day's market
large numbers of spinners in Europe
would have become idle. Tbis break
? will accelerate the movement of cotton
to Europe, and if the crop becomes dis
tributed, and once in the hands of the
consumers, then the speculation will
take bold of it and put it to a figure
which has perhaps not been reached.
It is one thing to undertake to corner
cotton in October when the volume of
receipts is enormous and another to
take up a bull campaign in the spring
of the year, when the crop has been taken
up and is out of tbe way, stocks then
being very small.'"
Supreme Council of Masons.
Washington, October 22 ?The an
nouncement ie made that the Coen
cil of Inspectors General. 33d de
gree, Ancient and Accepted Rite of
Free Masonry, Southern jurisdiction,
has elected Thomas H. Caswell, of
San Francisco, Grand Commander, to
the vacancy caused by the death of
Gen. Philip C. Tucker, of Texas ; O.
S. Long, of Charleston, West Vir
ginia, lieutenant Grand Commander ;
E. T. Carr, of Leavenworth, Kansas,
Grand Prior; Samuel E Adams, of
Minneapolis, Grand Chancellor; Mat
tin Collins, of St. Louis, Grand Min
ister of State ; Frederick Webber, of
Washington, General Secretary ;
Gilmore Meredith, of Baltimore,
Treasurer General, R. C. Jordan, of
Omaha, Grand Almoner, and S. W.
Todd, of N'ew Orleans, Grand Au
ditor.
A special committee on the cen
tennial celebration of 1901, which
will be held in Sc. Louis, was ap
pointed
The Provincial Grand Lodge, of
the Royal Order of Scotland, for the
United States, although not officially
connected with the Supreme Coun
cil, always holds its annual session
when the latter Order meets, as the
majority of ils members belong to the
Rite.
The lodge to-day conferred the
royal order on nineteen candidates
from various parts of the country.
The Supreme Council, 33d degree
Masons. Northern jurisdiction, also
commenced its three days' session to
day The acting Grand Commander,
W. A. Ilerehfeher, of Columbus,
Ohio, read his annual address, show
ing the Order to be in flourishing
condition and declaring that not alone
in the East was a marked improve
ment noticeable, but that all over
thecountry an astonishing revival was
going on.
Lightning Railroad Run. j
World's Record for Long j
Distacce Speed Broken.
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Buffalo. Y.. Oer. 24.?The j
world's record for railroad speed over a j
great distauce was broken today by a
special train on tbe Lake Shore aod
Michigan Southern Railroad, which ran
from Tenth street, Chicago, to Buffalo
Creek. Buffalo, a distance of 510.1
miles in 481 minutes and 7 seconds,
an average speed of 63 60 miles an
hour This time includes stops. Ex
clusive of Mops, the run was made in
470 minutes ami 10 seconds, an
average ^peed of 64 98 miles an hour.
Tbe New York Central record of Sep
tember 11 was an average of 63.61
miles an hour, including stops, and
64 26 mile* au hour exclusive of de
lay .
The train left Chicago this morning
at 3:29:27 a m , central time, and
arrived at Buffalo Creek at 11:30. Four
minutes later the train came to a stop
in the central station in Buffalo.
The train was made up of three
coaches, engine and tender. The
coaches were two Wagner drawing
room cars, a smokor and Dr. Webb's
private car, the combined weight is
304.500 pouods. The weight of the
eugioe and tender was 184,000 pounds,
making the total weight of the train
488,500 pounds.
Different engines were used on each
of the divisions, and the ran of the
divisions were : Chicago to Eikhart,
87.4 miles, in 85 minute.", 26 secouds ;
Eikhart to Toledo, 133 4 miles in 124
minutes, 35 seconds ; Toledo to Cleve
land, 107.8 miles, in 106 minutes, 6
seconds ; Cleveland to Erie, 95 5 miles,
in 85 minutes. 32 seconds; Erie, to
Buffalo, 86 miles, in 70 miuutes, 16
seconds.
Between Chicago and Eikhart tbe
train was obliged to slow down for
railroad crossings eight times and to
scoop up water once The engine
which pulled the train over this divi
siou was No. 957, Markeelood engi
neer. This engine is standard Lake
Shore passenger engine (eight-wheeler,)
built by the Brooks Locomotive Works
at Dunkirk. New York, and was de
signed by George W. Stevens, superin
tendent of motive power for tbc Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad.
The diameter of her drivers is 72
inches, size of oylinders 17 by 24,
weight ou drivers, 65,000 pounds, total
weight, exclusive of tender, 104,000
pouuds.
The East Coast record on the Great
Northern road of Eogland from Kings
Cross to Aberdeen is 523 miles in 512
minutes, or 60 3 miles per hour. The
West Coast iecord on the London and
Northwestern is 540 mile? in 5i2 min
utes or 63 28 miles per hour.
The run from Chicago to Buffalo
was made for a practical object. It
was neither to beat tbe record of tbo
English roads nor to show what ab
solute speed could be attained on tbe
road bed, but to ascertain at what
rate a commercially paying train could
be made to go safely.
continuation of the run.
Albany, Y., Oct. 24,?The Em
pire States Express, which took up at
Buffalo the run of the Lake Shore aod
Michigan Southern leaving Chicago at
3:29 this morning, reached here at
6:55 p. m , completing a record from
Chicago to Albany in 15 hours and 26
minutes
BACK IN WASHINGTON.
The Presidential Party De
lighted with Their Atainta
Trip.
Washington, Oct. 24.?The special
train over the Southern Railway which
conveyed the President and a number
of the member* of his Cabinet to and
from the Atlanta Exposition reached
the city fen minutes after 8 o'clock
to-night. Tbe members of tbe party,
with tbe President and Private Secre
tary Thurber iu tbe lead, walked along
the platform, through the public pas
senger waiting room aod out the front
door to their carriages. Very few per
sons were in the waiting room at the
time and but a very small portion o
them knew the personnel of the disti
guitdied party There was no publi
demonstration. only the occasional lift
ing of a hat by those who recognized
the President and the members of his
Cabinet. Mr. W A. Turk, the gen
eral passenger ag^nt of the Southern
Railway, who accompanied the visitors
to Amanta and looked after their com
fort, returned with them. The Presi
dent's party on the return trip was un
changed, except that Secretary Iloke
Smith remained in Atlanta to mako Ar
rangements to bring his family to this
city for the winter. The travelers were
delighted with what they paw and
heard and expressed their hearty appre
ciation of the excellent service of the
Southern Railway. The President, and j
those accompanying him were particu- I
Urly pleased with tin; ovations tendered
by the people at. the various points
along the line of the road, the largest I
crowds of which appeared at Charlotte,
Salisbury, Greensboro, Danville and
L;. neh burg.
Englands Idea of Arbi
tration.
Some of our citizens may be sur- j
prised to hear that Great Britain has !
at last consented to submit tier dis
pute with Venezuela to arbitration.
But whatever of emprise may exist
will immediately change to indigna
tion when it is learned that the terms
which England imposes as the con
dition of such arbitration involves a
practical surrender by Venezuela of
the real question in dispute. Eng
land is always ready to arbitrate if
by such peaceful means she can se
cure more than by her customary
bulldozing; tactics. Diplomacy with
England is simply wholesale brigand
age made easy and safe. This tact is
fully illustrated in the present in
stance
It is understood that the Salisbury
government is now willing to submit
to arbitration the territorial dispute
between British Guiana and Vene
zuela at the intervention of the
United Stales, provided that Vene
zuela recognizes in advance the
British claim to all the territory lying
east of the Schombnrgk line. This
1*6 simply preposterous. If Secretary
Olney and Ambassador Bayard have
favored such a condition as the pre
cedent of arbitration, then they have
clearly betrayed the interests of
Venezuela Since 1814, when Great
Britain acquired Guina from Holland,
Venezuela has been the unhappy
victim of British aggression. Upon
various and equally specious pretexts,
England has made claim to coveted
Venezuelan territory. These claims
have shifted, as to the extent of ter
ritory embraced, as Venezuelan re
sources have developed. According
to the treaty of M?nster, the origi
nal eastern boundary of Venezuela
and the western boundary of British
Guiana was definitely designated as
the Essequibo River.
England subsequently claimed,
however, all territory up to the
Poraaroti River, which is fifty miles
west of the original boundary. Then,
in 1841, she made another claim
based upon the Schomburgk survey.
This was so strenuously disputed
tbat England made another change,
in which she accepted the Morocco
River as the basis of her claim In
18T4 British Guiana placed upon
record her voluntary confession that
there was no foundation for a British
ciaim west of the Pomaron. But in
1881, England again located her
claim west of that boundary, and in
1890 sought to secure the control of
the Delta of the Orinoco. Thus
England designed to gather in by
one fell swoop the richest min
eral district in Venezuela, and
certainly the most valuable ter
ritory on the Caribbean. But in
demanding the Schomburgk line as
the basis of arbitration, Great Britain
carries her claim far north and west,
and impinges upon the banks of the
Orinoco itself. This line runs along
the right bank of the Amacuro, an
affluent of the Orinoco near its mouth,
and thus would establish England on
the right bank of Venezuela's princi
pal river highway.
It is difficult to understand how
England can now fall back upon the
Schomburgk line as the baeis of arbi
tration, after placing herself upon
record as early as 1844 as disavowing
that boundary as the basis of her
claim. The Schomburgk line is not
at all germane to the present dispute,
and has never been, and should never
be. recognized by Venezuela. It is
certain that the United States cannot
afford to give countenance to Great
Britain in making such extravagant
and manifestly unjust demands
These demands are so distinctly
aggressive, within the definition and
prohibition of the Monroe doctrine as
to make it obligatory upon the United
States to resist and thwart, rather
than encourage and abet, this sinister
movement of England upon the terri
tory of our sister American republic
Our cable dispatches to-day indi
cate the degree of sincerity of the
representations by which Bayard and
Cleveland have again been buncoed
in diplomacy. Mr Chamberlain, the
'St. James's Gazette" says today,
has decided that the frontier within
the Schomburgk line shall be held by
force if necessary. It also appears
that provision has been made to pro
cure Maxim guns to defend the fron
tier as claimed up to the Schom
burgk line. Mr. Bayard lias simply
been the recipient of another gold
brick from the shrewd and rapacious
Foreign Office ? . Y Mail (niJ
Express
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Ex-Councilman Deudossat of New
Orleans, sentenced fur accepting, a
bribe and iti whose behalf a groat pres
sure wg-* brought to bear opon 'he
hoard of pardons for a commutation of;
sentence to the parish prison instead or
the penitentiary, has filed an applica
tion with Governor Foster for a ie
pricve Too grounds for the applica
tion : based on the fact that there
being no lieutenant governor his appli
cation for commutation was not acted
upon by a full board.
Fiamos in Pelzer.
Williamston*. Oct. 22 ?Fire broke
out in T. J. Martin's store in the
dress making department at Pelzer
about 10 o'clock tin's morning and
rapidly spread to W. W. Griffin's
drug store, Minor's barber shop,
Wideman's stables, Collins' jewelry
store and Saxon's shoe shop, all of
which were consumed. The Union
church, hotel, Evans' drug store, Dr.
Hair's dental office, Wideman &
Childs" general store were saved by
heroic efforts. Martin's stock was
valued at $35,000; insurance ?16,
000. From ?3,000 to ?4,000 was
saved, but badly damaged by fire,
water and handling. W. W". Griffin's
stock, ?6,000 insurance $3,000; sal
vage not known Collins & March
banks' stock, ?1.500; insurance $500.
Wideman had no insurance. His
building with 10,000 bundles of fod
der, 300 bushels corn and several
buggies are a total loss The insur
ance was mostly with the Continen
tal and Lloyds. The fire is under
control .Maj Biiggs rendered effi
cient service.
Synod of South Carolina.
Rock Hill, Oct. 22.?The annual
sessions of the Synod of South Caro
lina will convene to morrow night in !
the First Presbyterian Church in this
city. This year promises to be one
of special interest, judging from the
members expected by the congrega
tion that is to entertain the synod.
Last year at Greenville 140 were en
rolled as members, while there have
been 190 to advise the committee of j
entertainment of their coming this !
year. According to the reports of
the Presbyteries to the general as
semby last spring there are in this
synod 122 ministers, 10 licentiates,
44 candidates for the ministry, 247
churches and 18,512 communicants
The last ecclesiastical year ending
May 1,1885. this synod contributed to
systematic beneficence of follows, viz:
Foreign missions, $10,806; home mis?
sions, $7,086; evangelistic work
amongst the colored race, $585;
invalid fund, $1,000; education, $3,
979; publication, $490; Bible cause,
$474: presbyterial, $1,189; pastors'
salaries, $65,248; congregational,
?39,856; and miscellaneous, ?46,697
Total $135,410, an average of $7,31
per member.
The Rev. T. H. Law, D. D., Spar
tanburg, is stated clerk of the syeod.
The Rev. Alexander Sprunt, is
pastor of the church in which the
synod meets this year, aud Messrs.
A. H. White, F. Re?d and J. .
Miller are the committee of entertain
ment.? The State.
SYNOD OF SOUTH CARO
LINA.
The Annual Meeting at Rock
Hill?Opening Sermon?
T?e Missionary Ses
sion.
Rock Hill, Oct. 24.?The Synod of
South Carolina, the chief council of the
Presbyterian Church in this State, met
here last night at 7.30. By request of
the Rev. S. M. Smith, the last modera
tor present, the Rev. J . H. Sum
merall, of Anderson, preached the
opening sermon. The Synod was then
called to order by Dr. Smith, and the
Rev. J. G. Richards, of the Pee-Dee
Presbytery, was nominated and unani
mously elected moderator, and Mr. L.
N. White, the representative of the
Abbeville church, was elected assistant
clerk. There are present about one
hundred and 6fty ministers and dele
gates and several visitors, making in
all about one hundred and sixty. Dur
ing to-day's session the narratives from
Presbyteries have been read and re
ferred to a committee, and some reports
received and referred to the proper com
mittees.
The night session was begun by a
conference on foreign missions, at which
the Rev. J. G. Hall, long a missionary
in Mexico, presided. Addresses were
made by Rev. W A. R Martin, presi
dent of the Imperial University, Pekin,
China, and by the Rev Dr. S. H.
Chester, the Assembly's secretary nf
foreign missions After this Dr J.
Lowrie Wilson, of Abbeville, made a
report in behalf ot" the permanent com
mittee on foreign missions. This was
a very able document and was heard
with deep attention. A collection was
taken for foreign missions, amounting
to fifty dollars. Syno-1 then adjourned.
-?^*mm*~ ? - himm?.
Linen Paiier. ruled and plain, twenty cents
apouod at H. (i. U?teen k Co's Book Store.
Highest of all in Leavening Pcm
THE MONROE DOCTRINE.
Englishman Who Real
izes That Uncle Sam
Means Business.
London, Oct 24 ?Mr. W. T. Stead
has a long article this afternoon in
the Westminster Gazette on Monroe
ism, during the course of which he
says :
"Englishmen would do well not to
belittle the ebullition of American
sentiment on the question of Venezue
lan afiairs. It must be taken with the
usual discount, and no doubt due to
the system by whicli foreign affairs
are discussed by bantling journalists
rather than by suave diplomate; but
it iseerious, nevertheless. Its gravity
consists in two facts, neither of which
have anything to do with the merits
of the question in dispute. In the
first place, for the first time since the
civil war, the Americans have built
a navy of which they have some rea
son to be proud, and which sooner or
later they will use against somebody.
In the second place, it is equally sig
nificant that the American press as
sures the United States that the Mon
roe Doctrine has been informally
adopted as a national fact by the
American people, and the dispatch
sent to the New York World (referring
to the reported Bayard Salisbury of
terview) probably has a basis in
truth.
"Considering the disreputable char
acter of the Venezuelan government,
it seems extraordinary ihat any civi
lized power should contemplate such
a crime as a peaceable region under
the rule or government of Spanish
American adventurers, whose only
claim to the sympathy of the United
States is that they call their anarchy
a republic and fly a flag which dees
not fly outside the Western hemis
phere.
"We do not fear arbitration, but be
fore it begins reparation that must
be made for the highest handed viola
tion of the territory governed by
England."
It Looks Like War,
London, Oct 24.?A special dis
patch from Shanghai says that a Rus
sian squadron of fifteen ships has leit
Vladivostock for Chemulpo and
Fnsan. The Japanese fleet in For
I mosan waters, it is also slated, has
been recalled, and it is announced on
excellent authority that several Brit
ish warships have been ordered to
sail for Corea It is slated at Shang
hai that Japan's reply to the demand
of Russia that the former evacuate
Corea is couched in pacific but firm
language, and protests against dic
tation by Russia in Corean affairs.
It is regarded at Shanghai as cer
tain that Russia will permanently oc
cupy Fusan.
The Shanghai dispatch also says
that the situation of affairs is most
grave, and that preparations for the
expected stuggle are visible on all
sides, but it is hoped that a solution
of the difficulty will be found in Rus
sia and Japan agreeisg to divide
Corea.
Would She, Indeed !
London, Oct. 23?The Central
News has a dispatch from Madrid saying
that the government has decided upou
the arming of the Spanti Trans-At
lantic company's steamers and 'he con
version of the old cruisers Nu mancia
and Victoria into modern warships. The
steamers Reina Maria Christina, Alfonso
XII. Leon , Montevideo and Pdeso
Trustegui will be armed wirh 14 centi
; metre guns by the beginning of Decem
I ber and will be sent ro Cuba
? Thi* action on the par? of the gov
j ernmcnt is generally n-garded as a pre
: paratory measure against the recogni
: tioo of the infurg^iits as belligerent*
I by any American government It is
I accepted as a certainty that Spain
1 would regard such recognition on the
j part of any government as a violation
'of international laws and would imme
diately placo the nation upon a war
I footing and authorize Spanish vessels
to capture upon the sean merchantmen
belonging to the nation t-a recognizing
the insurgents
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