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HERC? -EVEN FOR O'BRIEN.

v*E CT1ABGE AGALNSTHM WITHDRAWS.

THE IRISH APVI5KD DY MR. DILLON TO CONTINUE

TU*. PLAN" <»E CAMPUliN ANO THE BOYCOTT.

Dublin*. May 4.-William O'Brien, who wau

Kntcncedat Loughrea yesterday to turee mouths'

imprisonment for inciting the people of a pro¬

claimed district to join the National League, was

Uken to court again to-day to lie tried on the

charge of inditing the people to hold a ImmWBB jneet-ing. The Crown counsel, however, announced that

this char-re would be withdrawn.Mr. Dillon, in a speech at Kilmurry, County

Limerick, today advised the people to adopt tile

Plan of t'limpaiRn and to boycott nil persons who

take evicted farms. Though the people, he said,were bound to obey the commands of Kome in

matters of Church discipline, they would not have

politics dictated to them hy Italians." The Freeman's Journal" says that Mr. Parnell

-j-rill make an important pronouncement at the

Eighty Club dinner, on May 8. Mr. Parnell be¬

lieves, it fays, that the agrarian movement in

Ireland may be conducted with suflloient effect

srithout collision with the religious feelings ofIrishmen. He desires tliat the Irish people shall

-rive due weight to the wishes of tbs Vatican in¦¦Usn ol laith and morals, while at flic same

time inseting on their claims that politically,Irish opinion nnd |fldg_MBa must be supreme.Mr. I*ariieH's hssKh, the paper says, is improve il.though it is still necessary for him to bc verycareful. Ile hopes to be tully restored in a fewmonths.

London. May 4..Joseph. Chamhcrlain. in a let¬

ter in reference to the inerni-..- of sentCDON in Irland in eas i wbleh mvra baan app« led, says thelum nilli! ai sentences on appen] i- nure" bonesed|_ the bnnch tlKm in tbe obsrtvnnce.

The people of a number of parishes in Irelandhave warned the priests ihnl if the popes reacrii-t. gainst thc League is read in the chaiiels they willprotest against it hy leaving.

THF. EMPEROR GAISING STRFSOTH.XO MORE BUI.I.r.TINS TO TiK I.-SUKD UNLESS HE

sikurs a nrr KW**,Berlin. May 4..A bulletin Issued this mernina- says r

"The Emperor was free from fever this morning, andwas able to risc. His strength ls gradually Increas¬

ing No further bulletins will be issued unless the

Emperor relapses."Emperor Fioilwltlt this evening dined with thc*

Crown Prince and Princess, the Empress, and his three

daughters.The Emperor was less feverish this evening. The

pre-cut favorable symptoms give ground to hope thatho will soon overcome the weakness remaining Tiltiathe recent crisis. The WM.MSI SSfSClally afTects hislegs. He made slight attempts lo walk to-day. Ile

passed much time In tho tower saloon. Tho weatherstill prevents his taking outdoor e_crclse. The Em¬peror makes himself understood moro tlian formerlyby whispers and signs, bal ta uses no phonetic system.HM -Yusslcche Zeltiing"* says li has learned from a

trustworthy SONICS thu.t the local disease In th" Km-Beroi*! throat has little Increased since tho Emperorleft San Kcmo.

FATAL EXPLOSION IX A TUNNEL.I1X ITALIAN WollKMK.N KULKI) AXP MANY FATALLY

INJURED.London, May 4.An explosion of gas occurrrd

t<i day In a tunnel In course of construction near

Messina. Six workmen were killed and nani nu rc

fatally Injured, seveal of whom wore rescued In a

dying eondltlon. At the time of tho accident 350workmen were In tbe tunnel.

ABUT AND NAVY INVESTIGATION.London, May 4..In the Hons- of Commons to-day

Mr. Smith, Government loader of the House, replyingto a question by Lord Charles Beresford regaining the

dangerous weakness of the army and navy, deniedthat either was Inefficient. Still, sn Inquiry Intoth'lr eondltlon was desirable, and therefore a Commis¬sion would be appointed, with Lord Hartington as

president, to report upon the civil and profes-lonaladministration of both services and ihelr relation toeach other and to th" Treasury also, wiiat changeswould tend to promote economy and cihrlency.

REBELLING AGAINST THK PORTE.Constantinople, May 4.-The porto will dispatch

troops to f"uell the disturbance at Monastlr, Macedo¬nia, where the (Servians and Greeks havo rebelled

against Turkish authority.--«-

GOLD DISCOVERED IN NORTH WALES.London, May 4.-(.old kat been discovered at Kesfln-

log. North Wales. The quartz that haa leon assayedyielded five ounces of gold to the ton.

A WOMAN MIKllF.KF.Il AND ROBBED.St Petersburg, May 4-Mlkluorho Mai-lay, aunt

of the New-Guinea explorer Maclay, has been murderedby robbers, who secured 10,000 roubles from her apart¬ments. Two persons suspected of complicity In thecrime have been arrested.

OPPOSED TO THE CHA F. COPYRIGHT BILL.London, May 4..At a .-onlerence to day between

representatives of the printing and allied trades anda section of the London (bamber of Commerce, theInternational Copyright bill now before tho I'nltedStates Senate was denouncod. Mr. Kltchle, presidentof the Local Government Board, who received thedeputation, was asked to Invite other chambers utcommerce to co-operats w-lth (hem to prevent theadoption of auch a law.

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BP.IAR-ROOT WINS THK THOUSAND GUINEAS.London. May 4.-The race for the One Thousand

5ul neas Makos at Newmarket to-day, one mile, was

ron by Douglas Baird's bay Illly Briar-root. I<ordTalthorpe's chestnut lilly Seabreeze was second aud C.Perk1n-"s bay filly Belle Mahone C.lrd. There werefourteen starters. The betting was 12 to 1 againstBriar-root, ri to 2 against beabreeze, b to 1 atari.-tBelle Mahone.

A STEAMER TRANS1-ORTED ON MULKBACK.Panama. April £5..A steamer has been put on the

cT*auc» River, having already made four trips from Calilo Carthago, a distance of P_0 miles. This steamer was

taken In sections Into the Interior to Call on muleback,and has now berni mm,ins- satisfactorily for twomonths. She ls owned by Call capitalists and was builttu England.T'NION OF REFOKMF.Ii i.PISCOPAL CHURCH Iv*.Ottawa, May 4.- An el'ort ls being mad.- at the Synod

pow sitting here, io bring abo.it the r.< ,,rnor;it|.n of aunion of the Reformed Episcopal Churches of Englandand Canada. Tho lat'cr church ls irlbntary lo Iho rie-(oi ir.i'd Episcopal Church of iho Cnited Slates. BishopSt-vens. of Charleston. S. c.. ls here nroidinz over thedeliberation-.. A satisfactory anai.gi'iuciit will likelybe made.

FRENCH ARTISTS WANT PROTECTION.Paris. May 4..Tho Friendly Industrial. Commercial

and AltlftiS Society, after a banquet at the Hotel Con¬tinental to-night, discussed the uncstion of fraudulentimitation of works of art In America. Louis Hottotpresented a report dealing wah the uuestion in an ableand vigorous mintier, lu which he advises that asgocia.Hods should be foi med for the protection of Frenchartistic and Industrial property. Amonj- the nealawera MM. Gounod, Duma*. Boufoonau. Lefevre DletiMonia. Berger, B-lcEc-iin:. Sando*. Ubach auiiDon/el.

grBSCRIPTTO^S TO THE EGYPTIAN LOAN.London, May 4.-The ivw Egyptian loan has been

tubserlbcd for twelve times over.

ROYAL ACADEMY EXHlBmOIT.L-ondon, May 4.-The annual exhibition of the

Royal Academy was opened u, Bmw, xhe concensusvf opinion ls that tho collection ls above the averagoin excellence.

REMOVED BY TUE 0OYMRMOM OF MICHIGAN.Grand Rapids, Mich., May 4..As the outcome of

the charges against the jfBSItollsg attorn**)-, SamuelI). Clay, on WBtOk he ww recently trud »nd foundguilty. Governor Luce has decided to remove (lay fromhlseffl<e. ihe chart*"-; against (lay -f-re preferred bythe Superintendent of Police am others, and were tothe effect that (lay gare eiders to permit certainsaloons to keep open contrary to law, solicited moneyIn tonsideratlon of quashing prix er-ding-, aralnst a cer¬tain physician for nialpraetlce aud manslaughter, andalao etidaavored to induce sporting men to give him'SOO to permit a prize fight to proceed The charges.;£_. . ve-"S»ted before the Pro hal* Jude-! and re-.erreu to tho Governor, who doc lares the office TSffSBt

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UNWILLIXG TO BE SHUT OUT OF THK DIOCESE.

_,-_0"DI*'h1*- S- C., May 4 fSpeclaB.-Jt ls tii,de,-cto,.l: ** *.*-*¦ oolorod churches viii i.oi cotueut to the reso¬lution pumo ,n fhe wmimsooal Convention yesterdayproviding -or th6 jep^.^^,, ot tho m<w )|)(0 ,_o

to'CSBU-l.. _tay tc1"m tn,u ",c> ,-«v8 ^e rightw aa representea In tho conventlou of thc diocese.

EUMORED SALE OF TUE "FRISCO."-

THE ATCHISON SAID TO BE PUKCHAFER.

THE IIMUO QUK6TIOXK0 BrCAUSK THE STOCKOF THK SAN FRANCISCO ROAD IS HELD AT TOOHIGH A RATK.

IBT n-i.»c;K_r:i to this THimtia. 1

St. Louis. May 4..if the Atchlson, Topeka andSante "re Railway Company has absorbed the St. Louisaird San Francisco Railway, lt has been done --ruboutthe knowledge of tho San Francisco representativeshere. The report created something of a sensation,but was uot altogether a surprise. For several yearsthe Atchlsun people havo been trying to secure con¬

trol of the ?an Francisco property In order to com¬

pete more thoroughly with the Missouri Pacific. TheJoint control of the Atlantic and Pacific by the Atchl¬son and San Francisco has brought about friendly re¬

lations and amicable business arrangements. It th?

bargain ls made, lt will be a matter of congratulationfor St. Louis. Since the completion of the chicagodivision of the AtchKon, the whole Southwest hasbeen tributary to the city by the lake, but tho absorp¬tion ot the San Francisco will bring Into this elty tho

largest railroad system in tho West and the most pow¬erful rival of the Missouri Pacific. About a yearMo a prominent official of tlie Sau franniSOS saidthat Jay Gould wanted tho road and that he wouldultimately purchase it. Vlce-Pifsident O'ji.iy, of theSan Francisco, says: "'I don't bsttOVO that tho Ati-hi-son can absorb the 'Frisco. The first preferred stuckof the 'Frisco ls worth 114 1-2 and the prelercd stockabout 70 cents. What ran the Atchlson oder for lt I

Not new stork, for thc S.in Francisco people am sat¬isfied with what they have. President Winslow, ofthe San Francisco, will lie In tho city to-morrow.*A prominent railroad oiliclal said: "I hardly be¬

lieve thal tile Atchlson will absorb the 'Frl-eo, al¬though I understand tha: the Atchlson peoolo own

a great deal of stock la the 'Prism and they haveincreased theil holdings, but I believe thc fact lsthat the Atchl?on has bought out the 'Frisco Inter¬est In the At'antlc and Pacific. The two Interestshave been trying tovell out to each other for a longtime."

The published dispatch from Boston thal thoAtchlson. Topeka and ."santa Fe waa about io absorbtho st. Ixwls and San Francisco and tho a Ham lo

and PactHe Rairoads was denied on all sides fSStWday. President Strong, of the Atchlson. and Presi¬dent Winslow, of tho St. Louis and San Francisco,aro Ht the West lu a'tend tho r.nniial meeting*-, buttho denials wero not less prompt and authoritativeon that account. Jesse Scllgnian, of the ran Fran¬cisco Company, said that the story waa mado out ofwhole cloth. " There ls no foundation for lt," he

laid, "and the matter has never been contemplated.It looks lo us as If such a result would bo a clear case

of the tail wagging the dog. But we do not care to

buy the, AtehisMii or any other line at present. Woate perfectly satistlod with the presont condition and

prospects of our company.¦Private dispatches received from Bost* stated

that /tenison officers denied the truth of tho rumors.

It was hinted, however, tl at some of the directorshad been talking vaguely about possible alliance- fnra lew days and that this fact was the only foundationfor the published story. Tho purposo could bo onlyto affect tho price of the sloe lt

A1TACKING NEW-YORK AND NEW-ENGLAND.Bl-ARS Off A Rl'MOR IHATTIB NKW-YOKK, I'KOVIa

M*r\CE ANO BOSTON HAS M EN I.KA8KD.

Rumors were circulated yesterday afternoon In WallStreet to the oiTect that an agreement had been reachedfor the leasing ol the New-York, I-rovldencc and BostonRailroad and Its leased lines to tho New-York. New-Haven and Hartford. Tho Providence road a few thjtago SOMiOd a lease of the Providence and Worcester

road, which, of course, was Included In tho sllafSd" deal"1 of the New-Haven road. The New-York. Provi¬dence and Boston's direct lino extends from New-Lon-don, Conn., to Providence, and It has several smallbranches tn Rhode Island. It also owns a controllingInterest In the ITovldenee and Stonington steamboatline. The property would bo a valuable acquisitionto the New-Haven Railroad, and at times there has beentalk of an agreement of tho two Interests.

So far as can bo learned here, however, the rumors

of the new lease are at least premature. S. Dh Bab¬cock, president of the New-York, Providence and BSStMroad, ls In Washington and will not return until the endof next we^h. H. D. Babcock, of Homeys ct Babcock,brokers, at No. 18 Wall st., In which firm S. P. Bab¬cock ls a special partner, said yesterday that ho knewnothing of tho truth of the rumors. Ho admitted thatho would be likely to havo such knowledge If a leasehad been effected. '"Such an Important transaction."he added, ''would hardly be consummated In the nb-sence of the president of one of th" roads concerned."1From another source closely connected with Vice Presi¬dent George M. Miller, of the New-York. Pro'id nee andBoston, the statement wai received that there was uo

truth In the stories afloat.The bears used the rumors of the lease to found upon

them an attack on New-York and New Li,gland.Friends of that road said that In the event of such alease no harm would bo done to their property. Ithu-, an Independent connection with Kow-London andcontrols tho steamer lino from that port to New-York,and 'ne loase would not Interfere with Its Boston or

New-York and Hudson River connections, (in thocontrary, such a lease would hasten the JWOMI Ol com¬bination now going on In the. New-England BtStes andbelli lo bring nearer the time for closer union of theNeil Unveil and the New-York and New-Kuplandsystems.

New Haven. May 4 (Special)..The prevailing Im¬pression among railroad men and brokers ls that theNew-York, New-Haven and Hartford company haspractically completed negotiations for leading thoNew-York. Providence and Boston. E. H. Trowbridgeand J".. M. Reed, resident directors, say that the lcasohas not been effected.

THK GRAND TRUNK CUTS DRESSED BEEP RATES.Tho announcement by dispatches from Chicago thlt

the Grand Trunk of Canada had made a year's contractwith prominent dressed beef shippers for carrying theirfreight io Boston (or Ab cents per 100 pounds, againstCo cents by the other trunk lines, caused no surpriseIn railway circles here. The existence of the contractwas stated privately In disp'itchos from tho Wast to

officers of the trunk linos here a week ago, but Com¬missioner link domed that these statements Mere cor¬

rect, probably resting upon some technical denial fromthe Grand Trunk people. The American roads, how¬ever, aro satisfied that a contract has lieen made, andfor the protection of shippers who uso their lines andwho cannot compare with tho Grand Trunk shippersat such a difference In freight rales, Ihey cannot sub¬mit to the toleration-til such a contract. A meeting ofthe trunk line presidents and the Central Traffic Asso¬ciation will bo held probably next week to take the

subject under discussion.This contract has been extorted from the Grand

Trunk by a combination of Chicago shippers who have

tatt <*1 Wm weeks to ship dressed beef over the (.rand

Trunk, evou at tho differential rate allowed to lt bythe American roads. By paying higher rates tempora¬rily to the other roads, the big dressed beef men havo

teemed a pledge of ruinously low rates for a year fromty. i anasiiaii road. Tho American line* aro not un¬

willing to permit the Grand Trunk to pick up a fairthara of the traffic which it has been totally withoutfoi a long lime, but the lUppen of tho other mais

complain thal tln-r cannot compote at the difference intates v, iiicji tho foreign road seek* to establish In favorol Its patrons.

-BOM SAMBAS OTT TO SAVANNAH.Springfield. Mo., May 4 (Special).-A deal ls now on

foot between tho Georgia Central Ballway and the "Gulfleoine,"' out of which will probably grow s traffic ar¬

rangement that will place Kansas City and SavannahIn direct railway communication. E. P. Alexander,president; M. g, Belknap. g-ni ral manager, and theoilier oflloers of the Central Georgia Kallroad and Bank¬ing Company, with General Neilla'on and other Gulf(.mela's left this rlty this morning for Kansas City,whore tho deal win bo connnniate-l Tbs Georgiaand (Juli people have been makins an lnspectln| tourof tbe enure line, (topping in Ibis city to ohservf thelocation of tho main shops and road he adc-ii ai ters.Thors ls Utile doubt but thal I Im ananceinelit soughtfor by the dull will be made within a few days.

TAKING (ARK OK BUFFALO'S INTERESTS.The executive conmdttee of the trunk lines met yes¬

terday to receive a coininitt-se of eighteen membersof the Buffalo Merchants' Exchange who presented a

complaint that Buffalo w_* being discriminatedagaln.it by the railroads. The conference lasted two

hours. The railroads win further consider tho case.

The members ni the merchants' committee were: lt. B.Adams, president of the K-ir^ange; John N. Rcatcherd,chairman Transportation Committee; George P. Saw¬yer, O. 8. Laycock, Alfred Haines, and E. 1. Botts,representing Ibo lumber t/ade; Prank II. Tyler,' baric Kennedy and W. P. Andrews of the polatrade; N. 97. Ransom, John 0. Kerr and M. U \\ it d-nrof the live -.'os-!, (jade; Seth O. Spencer. A. I". .Ishim,(¦(inge Urban. ';., and If F. Shuttleworth of the flourtrade and J. C. W. Haly, secretary ol ihe frci»'iitbureau.

PROPOSED NEW ROUTE TO ALASKA.Wlntdpeg, Mau., May 4.-MaJor Rogers, tbe dla-

coverer of the Obnadlan I*nclflc peas through IboRocklen, leaves for Alasha In order io report IO the

American synilrate the feasibility of a scheme to

build a railway from some point on tho NorthernPacific to Alaska by the wav of Calearrj'i Edmonton,and tho Peace River country.

NOT DISTURBED HY THE DECISION.THI Mlt-SOUIU, KANSAS AND TF.XAS COMMITTKK

TASKS ANOTJirR TACK.The committee of the security holders of the Mis¬

souri, Kansai ami Texas was not disturbed by tbe

abrogation of tho lease of the International and GreatNorthern, but Immediately obtained an Injunction to

restrain tho Merran Hie Trust Company from transfer¬ring the stocks and bonds walch had been given to

the Missouri Pacific as collateral 60ctuily for advances,real and prospective. A momber of the committeesaM yesterday: "This action ls precisely what wa

expected, but the committee can do nothing moreat prese'.f. That lt could be overturned In the courts

< italn, but the committee oannot enter upon a

long litigation without further Instructions from the

block aud bond holders. At the annual meeting of the

Missouri, Kansas and Teias, we shall recover our own

or as much of it as tho present management maychoc to lc-ava. It may be only two streaks of rust,but the committee will have accomplished then all ltundertook to do. When the property has been re¬

gained, the owners can determine what ls boat to bedone."

lt was learned that thc International and GreatNorthern stock with other securities In the Missouri,Kansas and Texas treasury, io tho extent of severalmillion dollars, had been given to thc Missouri Pacifict,, wean notes ra demand for about $*(/>,OO0. Thestorks were put In the name of Mr. Gould, and thenotes and securities deposited In the Mercantile TrustCompany. It wa- not aseertaifisd that money hadbeen borrowed on them, but apparentlv they are Intho bands of Innore-it holden, lt ls probable that a

lively litigation will follow.

MisrnrxANFors railway intelligence.The fast freight line runnln',* over the "Soo" mute,

composed of tho New-York, Ontario and We*torn, the

Rome, Watertown and Ocdeiisburg. the Canadian I'a-dib. and the Minneapolis, Sault St. Marie andAtlantic Railways, ha- opened for buslnc** fromNew-York. Thi« following rates- to St. Paul andM.i neapolls arc In effect : First class, 91 cents per1(H pounds : 2d, 75 rid. 6s!; ttl bt;; roth, .ld ; and Ciihcla-s se rents. Those rare* are lower than the regulartrunk lin" schedule.

Chicago, May i.-Tho Niagara Falls Short Line to-daym.-idr> a further reduction In lt* passenger rates lo Beuton,dropping the price of its thiough first-class tickets to

$10 lb. This was an unexpected move, but was tho directresult of the action taken by thc Chicago snd Grand TrunkIn meeting th" Short Llne"s former cut and putting intoeffect tho *18 rale. The Short Line's allowed lilfTereDtlalon Boston business has heretofore been $1 25 below the

Grand Trunk's regular rate, md its latent cul was promptedby a determination le preserve this difference. A meetingcf the Kasthound ras«enger Committee was called this after.noon tn consider the m;itrer. After considerable discus¬sion lt was decided i" Iel tlie mator rest for ihe proOMtithe Grand Trunk an'l ihe Chicago and Atlantic agreeingto make no fur her rut to meet the Short Lino'* rateswithout giving notice in advance.

Ottawa, Ont, May 4.-The bill of Dr. nickey, M. P.,for tho construction of thc Ottawa. Waddington and New-York Railroad was thrown out to-day by the -RailroadCommittee of the Mena le.

Springfield, Mass., Mar 4..A special meeting of thestockholders af the Connecticut Ricer Railroad Companyivas lick! at the company's ofllce in this city this after¬noon to ace, If they would agree to accept the provisionsof the act of the Legislature allowing them to pun-liasotho stock of the Ashuelot Satined C'm. pa ur, and to unitei'tid consolidate, with that company, and io IncWSW theConnecticut River mad's eetltal «t,,rk. li n.e unani¬mously voted to accept the art and authorize the directorsio effect the trai.fer of st.uk ind tn take action to sveuraprop.r legielltleo for thi) consolidation.

Denver, Col., May 4..At UM annual meeting of thestockholders ef the Denver, Texas and Kort Worth Rail¬road held here, the billowing board of din dors was electedfor the cunning srrar Sidney liiUon, John Evans, s.

Tllghroan, I'. K. 'Hain, Jame* stillman. W. J. Wallers,llenry _cvls, Morgan Jones and T. W. Pearsall.

PROTECTING READINGS EMPLOYES.

ITS MKN NOT TO BK COF.RCKI) INTO MF.MBKRS1IIPIS" LAHOR OltGAXIZATIOXS.

Philadelphia. May 4 (Sr.e.iali.-The fellowing circu¬lar was Issued this morning by vice-President andGeneral Manager McLeod, of the Philadelphia andReading Railroad Company.

Notlco la hereby given to employes that lt will not be

permitted to any man In the employ of this company to

attempt to use undue or Improper Influence with our men

for the purpose of securing memliers for labor organl-a-tiona. After tbe strike of last winter lt was found that

many empl#e. nh. desired io icmaln Independent iudbeen compelled to join labor organizations In order lo pro¬tect themselves from Ul treatment and possible loss ofsituations. We will discharge every man lu the employ ofthis company who la guilty of such action hereafter. Our

experience with labor organizations during the last twelvemonths has not been of such a liiuiscter as leads us tolook with favor upon members of them as against goodmen who prefer to icmaln independent.

TlIK ARBITRATORS HAVE ENOUGH EVIDENCE.At yesterday's session of the Hoard of Arbitration,

William A. Miles, president of the Ale and PorterBrewers' Association took the stand and was ex¬

amined by Mr. Grady. Ile said he knew of a con¬

tract violated by the Journeymen brewers In the case

of George Ehrct, who was boycotted whllo having a

contract with tho uulon. Ho said there would nothave been a lockout If the union had not Imposed a

bovcott beforehand. Commissioner Purcell luformelcounsel on both sides that the Investigation wouldrlosc; with tho day's session. The evidence will nowbe read over by tho board and a decMon given as

soon as possible.-mDROWSED WHILE 1 RYISC, TO ESCAPE.

FATAL ATTEMPT OF TWO HOYS TO CROSS HELL GATEix a woopi-.N moron.

Two bovs tried to escape from the House of Refugeon Randall's Island to Long Island lu a watcrlng-trough about six feet bv two. vcstenlav. As the ferry¬boat Werhawhen was passing through Hell Gate abouttnid-dav the people on board heard cries for helpfrom Ihe boys, whosa trough had capsized. The Wee-bawken at once went to the assistance of the hov whowas In mid stream. Rubes wero thrown to him and a

boat was lowered, but he sank lust as they wore

trying to haul him Into the boat. The other boy waa

last seen near the Lone Island shore, and lt ls notcertain whether he reached the shore or was alsodrowned. Nothing has been heard of him In Astoria.The boys were Fiord Headv. an orphan, MVOntOMyears old. born at (forth salem. N. Y.. and WilliamJachson, also an orphan, sixteen years old. born atI'alenvllle. N. Y. The Cornet was romanltted to theHouse of Refuse from White plains for errand lan-env.and the Inlier from (i-,(on lake for horse st-sallug.Ployd Heady has a brother living at snuthburr,(cnn., and Jackson has au uncle at ( atsklll. IC. a..lames Sage, thc gardener on Randall's leland, leftthem working In the garden at 10 a. BX. and when hereturned at noon thev had *_saPMared with thowooden trough. Thev crossed little, Hell Cate, whichdivides randall's Island and Ward's! Island. In safety,and were seen carrying their trough on Ward's Island.

NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS FOR PHILADELPHIAPhiladelphia. May 4 (S-peclall..In thtlr presentment

to Judge Hare tins morning, the Grand Jury had thisto say about the proposed elevated lino of thc RcadJugRailroad:

The pmnosltlon ls so .clearly In the line of neededprogress, that Councils should give -ui necessary leglslatlon for Its speedy completion, as lt will not only addto the comfort and convenience (,f citizens, but »,)that of strangers a- weil. The building of an elevatedMusennr railroad on Umad-sr.. the completion of thePublic Buildings, the abolition of the wretched cobble-atones, which have almost mada om side streets Im¬passable, and the unnecessary tearing np of ourbtreeis. are measures that should receive the Quickestattention possible.

COM MITT INO RIGAMY AS A FAVOR.Schuyler 8fymu«, a member of the 12th Regiment,

who wa* married In July, lrn7, Ui Mary Smith, plead¬ed guilty yesterday to bigamy In marrying sarahFreeman In October of Ile same year. The secondmarriage wan bro.'.-ht al out hy Monds .f >a,rah I'ree-man. The IMMll br.,th«r waa aU.ut to have hursent to a charitable Institution. She objected, andasked her friends If they e(,uM not find some one tomarry her. They undertook the mlsialon, and thoughthey knew stymtts was already married, they Inducedhim to ait a- a bridegroom. Judge Glldeiileeve, be¬fore whom he appeared aa a wltneta i_,t month onthe trial of Um reentai woman fc-r wedding a manwhom she knew to be married, called fitymi.s " thenu*; accooiaiodatirig man hs ever hoard of." Recorderl-nivth heard statements as to thc good ebarartcr ofs: linus and allowed him to go under ¦utpenalon ofsentence.

ll IRPER SUSPECTED HY TILE CORONER.Coroner Kidman held an Innuest yesterday In the

cane of Thomas Mclaughlin, a sUlrbtillder, who wa*found unconscious uu a sloop at No. 447 Second-ave.on March 7, and « l.o KM c.<m after his removal toIhe atailou. The Invostlff-ttloil brousfcl out several(acts uhi.h lend to h," u,tt Mclaughlin was mur-dercl. Sec nial witness.--, testa,ri that n... was drunkun that night ami ht ui-.es trtta found on bia body. Thocoroner adjourned the Inquest to enable the police loAnd come witnesses who ara wanted.

TO HAVE HIS SISTER KILLED.ABRESTED WHILE IIIULNG AMDRDEKEIt

SINGULAR FLOT OF A RF.AI. ESTAT16 BROKER IN

BOSTOX.SUOOXSTHCO A DARXING-XRRDLK AS AWEA FOX.

Boston, Mar 4..Chief Insnector Hanscom and In¬spectors Gerraughty, Houghton and Collins last nightarrestod iMt0 -*., Holman, a real estate broker at No.2(i«l Washlngton-st., on a chargo of conspiracy to causethe murder of Miss Emeline B. Holman, who lives atNo. 17 Prtilt-it.. Worcester. In December. 1837. Hol¬man's father died, leaving property valued at »r2.r»,000.Miss Emeline B. Holman, who ls a half sister to LukeW., wai appointed executrix, and Holman, theprisoner, waa to be allowed the use of $7,000. MissEmeline wis keeping company with a gentlemanand Holman conceived tbe Idea. so hesays, ihat tho two would be married andthe property left by the father squandered. Inorder to prevent this, Holman conceived the Idea ofeither mirdertng his sister himself or getting someone to do so. Holman h.v two horne*, one at theAlaine House in Court-st., In this city, and one atNo- 1 Gold st-, Worcester. He could not nerve him¬self to do the deed and so he cuiie to lx-ton In searchof some pei-son who would carry out his plans. Hefound » man who agreed to get another man to do thekilling. The man disclosed the matter to Chief In¬spector Hi-MOOM It was arranged that Holmanshould meet tba mau who was lo do the murder, on

Bostoa Common, on Ral 1. Holman wau promptlyon hand at tho appointed )K>0! and so was InspectorColllm, Hie latter bein-* disguised as a rulTian. Hol¬li.an shid he wanted to Imve Mitt Emeline put out ofthe way. Ha told the ofllccr where she lived, (ravehim a key to her roora, handed him her picture, toldhim on which side of the bed she generally lay, shehaving a lady room-mate, and also Rave him a planof the roora. Ho also suggested that as there WOMBthree gold watches In the room, he should take them,to that robbery would be suspected, and he also sug¬gested as an easy way to kill tbe woman that a damingnoedlo tie run through her heart. The murderer was

to receive SI,OOO. Inspector CoUtM agrred to the

plan, and a socond meeting was arranged for la«tevening. Holman was again on hand andIn company with Collins waa InspectorHoughton, who wan to act the part of a second ruflian.Tbe plans for the murder were again gone over. The

Job was to be done this evening, and the money was

to be paid on May 15. Holman was to be In Spring¬field when the Job was performed. Holman thentnrned away and was immediately arrested. I'ponHolman was found a 44-calibre revolver and a slung-shot. Ho declares ihat he was indue -I fo po imo thoplot by certain persons who had purposes of their ownto accomplish. He added: "The wholo matter ls a

conspiracy against me pm up by some gamblers Inthe city, and pei haps the man who ls kcplng my sis¬ter's company ls mixed up with lt. I have a wife andfive as good children an live on earth, and I do nut,care for myself personally, but 1 don't want my familyto suffer.*

This afternoon Holman was arraigned In the Muni¬

cipal Court, and held In f'_j,000 bonds for the GrandJury. In a brief Interview with thief InspectorHanscom, Holman said be did not think lie was doinganything that would render kim liable to punishment.'.I thought the blame would all rest upon the man

who did the Job," said he. " I did not think it wouldget me mixed up In lt any smro than hiring a man

to cut wood."Inspector Gerraughty, who llrst heard of the plot,

said that riolinan llrst tried to get a member of thel'addy Gaines pane* to work for him. lie representedthat he wanted a man to break Into a house and secure

some papers of value only to him.Emeline B. Holman, whose murder ls said to have

been planned by her brother, Luther W. Holman,was found In Worcester to day and professed entire Ig-norsnee of the matter. She was aware of no possiblemotive for tho deed and was greatly shocked at thetidings.

Mrs. Charlotte Holman, wlfo of the prisoner, wasbed when she heard the story- Ibero was no

ill l.s-nui,' between him and his sister. She siioMof her husband as a good mau of whom no such thingcould be truthfully said.

Deacon Vc llsou, om of the executors of Moses Hol¬man's will, laid: " Luther was entitled to $2,000 minushis Indebtedness to bis father. This debt waa a note for11,720. Luther claimed that lt was Invalid, as hehad Roue lido bankruptcy two years beforo his tither'sdeal h. This matter ls still in dispute, althoughLuther has already received tho full amount due him."'Luther, ho says, has nover beeu eutlrely self-support¬ing. _m_

FAMILIES DRIVEN TO THE ROOF.

A TENEMENT-HOUSE FIIlE IX SEVENTn-AVK..NOLIVE8 I/'ST.

A fire started in tho basement of the double tene¬ment house. No. 340 Seventh-ave.. early yesterdaymorning, when seven families In the house were

asleep. Before tho flames had got un Into OscarKrause's drug store and Edward Holokowskv's cigarstore, the smoke awoke the Krause and Holokowskyfamilies. In rear rooms on tho flrst floor. Escapefrom theso rooms and from tho rooms of Henry Stock,owner of the house, on the second floor, was easy.

Two families on tho third floor got out by way of thefire osoaprs In the rear, without help. John Kon-nedy. a milkman, who went to the house at that

hour, ran up stairs to the ton floor, and kicked In thedoor of John Sabatleris rooms, after flrst kicking a

hole lu the ball partition, where ho thought Om dour

ought to be. ne helped Sabatler and his wlfo to es-

cape by way of the roof. Francis Lelong. a walter

employed at Delmonico"*, was on the ton. floor, withhis wife and child. lie han.led tho child up to Ken¬nedy on tbe roof, and then helped his wlfo down a

ladder after the flreaien arrived.Thero was some delav In scuding an alarm to the

firemen. A Blgnal-box was out of order, and tim callwas sent by way of the West. Thirtieth Street Stationand Police Headdnariers to lire Hall bv telephone.An attempt to get cheap durr ">n^ awamt bf Roundi-man Shields, of the Nineteenth l'recinct. who claimedto have rescued four children fruin the burning house.Inmates of the house said that the police did not getthere In time to resrne anybody. The flames causeda loss of about M.000 to Kr_u-e. while IlnlokowsKylost about #1.000. Block's loss. Including the damagelo tbs building^ was about 81.500. AU the propertywaa Insured.

HEAVY DAMAGE TO FREIGHT BY THE FLAMES.Philadelphia, May -L-An east bound frelf-ht train

on the Pennsylvania Railroad consisting of three oil

tanks and fourteen loaded frelgh' cars was almosttotally destroyed by fire at Wayne Station about no,,n

today, caused hy tho derailing of one of the tankcars. A largo portion of tl,- freight was destroyed,and the total loss to the railroad company ls estimatednt botwMn seventy five and one |"W*J"i^SX***}dollara. Brakeman H. M. ^'bronlst. of Hanlsl, c..vca~ terribly burnell about the face, hands and bodyand will probably die.

WAHKEWIM PARTIALLY DtfTBOTBXXPhiladelphia, May 4 (Sp-claD.-Karly t©-4ejr fire

destroyed the cotton storage house of Charles 0 Nell«C Sons. Nos. Sf) and 41 North Water-st.. with the

stock lu the salt warehouse} of Hood, Somers ct Co.,No. 40 Delaw arcs ave., adjoining on the cast, whichwus damaged by smoko and water *Jthe*jL**_t__about trioS. Insured. The wholo loss will not extern

$10,000, fully Insured.- »-..

COLONEL BLOOMER BEFORE A COURT MARTIAL.Albany, Mar 4.-The court martial to trv Colonel

William M. Bloomer, of the 74th Regiment, of Buffalo,on charges unbecoming an ofllccr and for makingMM parade returns, made bv the Inspector-GeneralsDepartment, began Its session In the Adlutent Gen-

eral's Mles this morning. Malor Stephen II. Olin, ofthe First Brigade, was designated Judge Advocate for

tho court, and read tho charges. Tho court ls com¬

posed of General Fitzgerald, of the tua* Brigade: Col¬onel Grecno. of the Third Brigade: Colonel Jones, of

the lath Regiment: Colonel partridge, of the J.Jd Rc#Uncut, and Lieutenant Colonel Fitch, of the Tenth

Bal tallon. Colonel Bloomer was renresenied by I .-roy

Andrus and W. F. Sheehan, ol Buffalo. I hari.-s A.

Hess, of Now-York. and Horatio C. Klug, of Brooklyn.He pleaded gulUr to ilgnlng rfgbtesn papers Whiehwere falsified, but declared that he signed them withno wilful intent or knowledge that they were wrong.

At the recjuest of the accused man. an hour's recess

waa taken. Then these witnesses wero examined:William D. Leonard. Colonel rn B. Tet.bioerk, Allan

Brown, quartan-eater's sergeant, and (.barlee P. Cha-pln, sergeant malor. _. tn .,,._. .__.

Malor ("Un said that he had evidence to »how thatColonel Bloomer did alter returns when thev came

from tho adlutaut. with full knowledge of wnat hewaa doing. "*_

A LIBEL SUIT DISMISSED.Lockport, N. Y., Mav 4 (8pecial>.-Tho libel -mit of

I louies U Nichols agalnrir W. E Tuttle, elty editor of

"Tho. Lockport Dally Journal," and Mcvuis. Weed andKr,|( 'lerWker. of Syracuse, bufoia tne Supreme Courthare to day resulted In a verdict for tho defendants.

SUICIDE OF A WIFEBEATBR.Scranton, Penn., May --Joseph Kreig, aa tomato

of the Lackawanna County Jail, committed suicide thismorning by hanging himself to tho bars ot his celldoor with his suspenden. He waa arreeted lor wile-beatlng.

A CURBSTONE BROKERS SUICIDESHOOTING HIMSKLF IN A CORRIDOR OP TH* WASH

INGTON BUILDING.William Field, son of Cyrus W. Field, was sitting In

bli office on the seventh floor of the WashingtonBuilding, No. 1 Broadway, ai I p. m. yesterday whenan elderly man. with Iron gray hair aud inu-tache,.ntered and presented a sealed note. Mr. Field recog-nl-sed the man as James H. Hunting, a broken-downspeculator In a small way, to Whom he had loanedmoney occasionally. .. Good afternoon,"* said Hunting,"please read this at your leisure.** Then Huntingleft the office. Mr. Field barely had time to breakthe seal of the letter before a pistol shot rang out inthe corridor. Men rushed from several offices on

that floor io find Hunting lying on his back near the

passenger elevator. The man was bleeding from a

wound In the light temple, and he had ahot himselfwith such a steady aim that he died almost Instantlyfrom the wound. His body was 999tajBBBBt by Mr.Field, who had rushed Into the corridor Just after thefatal shot was fired.Homing had written to Mr. Held as follows:Dear Will H seems almost Imposable for me to suc¬

ceed. As a last favor, will you eecl my body to Madison,N. 3. fer burial, aa cheaply is possible 1 I have no otheirfriend but you. JIM.

Mr. Field said he had loaned small sums of moneyto Hunting and the dead man had paid thc moneyback wita tho oxceptlon of *30, which he borrowedrecently. The letter to Mr. Field was written in thebusiness office of Controller Myers, at No. 45 Ncw-st.In the dead man's pockets wero il 53 and pawntickets for a walch and "some Jewelry. His bodyvc a; ivmuved to au undertaker's IMP by permission ofa coroner.

Hunting was wealthy at one time and wa* Juniorpartner In the flrm of Firle ,t Hunting. Jewellers, atNo. 10 .lohn-nt. H|j business was Injured In warlimes and he afterward lost, all his property In un¬

lucky speculation. In recent ycais he was a curb¬stone broker and had some employment In the Jewelrystore of Hurand A Co. His home w»> (laid to be atNo. 2<ib Lexington ave., Brooklyn. It «as said thatho was married, bul had been separated from his wife.

ANGRY AT SENATORS PLUMB AND VEST.

THE CHICAGO BZr.r PACKERS DF.NT THAT THERE

IS A COMBINATION TO FIX PRICKS.

Chicago, May 4 (Special).. Evei, farmer through¬out the Non ti wost and every shipper of cattle andhogs to the Chicago market ls ready to Indorse thestatements made In the speeches of Senators Plumband Watt In regard to the packers' combination fogfixing prices. The big packers, here today are greatlyexcited over the debate In the Senate. G. IL Webhter,of Armour Co., said of the statements:

"There ls no corni inai lon here bel ween the buyersof cattla for any purpose. Each house requires bo

many cattle for Hs day's work, and the buyers are In¬structed to buy that number at the loweM price. Theprice of cattlo ls regulated by the supply. Whenthere are plenty of cattle In the yards the price lslower, and when the supply ls light the price ad¬vances. This would not be so If there was a combi¬nation to manipulate prices. There ls no combina¬tion among the packers now. There never has been.Tlie statement that packers know Just how many cat¬tlo may bo coming Into the janis and what theirQuality Is. ls not so. The difficulty with Mr. Plumband Mr. Vest ls that they assume to represent thecattle raisers' interests without knowing anythingabout the business. Hence they make mistakes.Every Important allegation in both those speechesas printed ls untrue."

John Wlgelsworth, who ls the Chicago represent**-Hvo of George H. Hammond Co., of Hammond, Ind.,tho pioneers In the dressed meat, business, said:

"These gentlemen's statements prove their igno¬rance of the situation. Hero Mr. Plumb charges thoChicago men with being In-1 ru men lal lu depressingthe prices ot the cattlo that annually reach the ab-batfoi» in New-York. Now, if they knew anythingthey would know that thi New-York people have en¬deavored Hmo ami again to braek np tbe dn-s-sr-d beefbusiness of Chicago. I have he-n represeriJiig H'.m-niond ,t Cu. in this market for the last eighteen years,and In all that Hme there has never been any attemptto make a combination to control the prices of cattle.It could not be done."

In spite of these protestations, however, shippersthink otherwise.

DEADLY CONFLICT WITH ARMED NEGROESSEVERAL MFN KILLED IN A FIGHT WITH THE

SHKUIFF'S FORCE.TROOPS OHDERFD OCT.Montgomery, Ala., May 4..A special to "Tho Ad¬

vertiser" reports a bad condition of affairs In LowndesCounty, growing out of tho recent Ivnchlng of a negromurderer by a white mob. The negroes havo beenthreatening vengeance, lt ssems, and to-day the SheriffMlth a posse went to Sandy Ridge and arrested fifteenMgmsn On tho way back to Haynevllle. the enmityseat, tho posse encountered a mob of armed negroes.*Iwo white men wore wounded and several negroeskilled. After several volleys the negroes dispersed.They are reported to bo assembling again lu largonumbers, and the Sheriff telegraphed to the Governorfor troops. Four companies from Montgomery aronow leaving for the scene, Including au artillery andcavalry company.

COULD NOT END URI' THE CIJARGE.CHARLES J. RUTGER.**, A CO-RESPONDENT IN THEWILLIAMSON DIVORCE CASK, HANGI WTtlBWLW.Trenton, May 4 (Special)..charles J. Rutgers, a

well known lawyer, age fifty-two, committed suicideto-day by hanging himself at his lodgings In EastHanover-st. He had been moody and depressed owingto the fact that he was made a co-respondent in thoWilliamson divorce caso. the trial of which took placohere a short time ago. He wax seen to enter hismom at 1 o'clock, but ho was not discovered until 7this evening. T)r. R. R. Rogers, living near by. was

called, and he cut the body down. Rutgers made a

nooso out of his white silk hankerehlef and hangedhimself on tho door hinge of his room. He was a

bachelor and cimo from Middlesex County, ne win

a broker In Wall Street when a young man and. If lssaid, lost a big Inheritance. Ile was admitted to thobar In 18S7, and has been practising In this city sixor seven years. The evidence In tin divorce case

proved nothing araln'f him. The suicide was In 1*77Judge of the lil-ttict Court In .Ww Upi ns wick and losthis position a year later when the court was abolishedby tho Legislature.

GROUSE TO DEATH BY A LOCOMOTIVE.

ONE MAN KILLED AND ANoniKR FATALLY INJCBEDBT A rASSKNC-Ell TRAIN*.

Yesterday morning at Rye Station on the New-York,New-Haven and Hartford Railroad, George Sutton,who was In chaige of the working force engaged Inthe cotistructiiiti of an Iron bridge over the tracks atRye, was talking with his assistant, Michael Curran,about the work. They were standing on one of thotracks at the time and the engineer of an out boundfreight train warned them of their danger. Suttonand Curran heeded the warning and at once steppe!over to tko west side track. They had hardlyreached a safe place, as they thought, when the 8:Ma. m. passenger train to New-York stmek them. Mr.Sutton was ground undet" the wheels, his head MB|totallv crushed and severed from his body. Curranwas hurled Into the air.

Curran was brought to St. Francis Hospital, andlast night was still alive, but llttlo hope was enter¬tained of his recovery.

CARLOADS OF WVtTMMSWM FOR PITTSBURG.Pittsburg. May 4 (Special)..Two carloads of btitter-

lne are brought to Ilttsburg from Chicago every weekand disposed of at the market house at the same priceat which good creamery butter Is sold. Honest deal¬ers aro beginning to complain that the law ls a d*adletter. One said today that he wa.s liming «?;.,0O0 a

year while an agent for tko bogus butfr waa makinga yearly profit of -JtoO.OOO. The law does not pro-vent tho bringing of buttcrlne from oth-r States buttho sale and offering for sale. Before the law was

passed buiterlne sold for DI and 17 cents a pound.Now customers, who think they are getting the genu¬ine article, are paying from -5 to 35 cents a pound forlt. The law has had ths effect of making people paya higher price for a prohibited article. Ward con¬

stables are criticised for not making quarterly returnsof the Infringement* of the law aa provided by the** _.-

THE GRAND JURY AND ILLEGAL VOTING.K. W. E. Welling and W. H. Shortt, members of a

committee of the City Reform (lull, complain that the

April (.rand Jury did not fully examine the facia inrelation to the chaises of illegal rc-titration andvoting In the Vlllth Assembly lillirie*. The GrandJurors reported tbat they werta unable to elicit .mydirect legal evidence to warrant the finding of an

Indictment- The Kr foi m Club committee say thatthey found that the Grand Jury would not have timeto mal.e a full Investigation of facts, and therefoiewithdrew the list ut witnesses furnished to that body.

RIGHTS OF WOMGIN U_tliJ_U.

TUE DEBATE IN TUE CONFERENCE.

THE CONSERVATIVES HOLD THEIE FORCESWELL IN HAND.

TnTWO IN VAIN TO CLOSK THC DEBAT* ON MONDAYNOON.LAY DELEGATES COME TO THE FRONT

¦fOB THE FIRST TIME.INSISTINO THATTHE QL'FCSTIOVS SHOULD OO TO

THE ANNUAL CONFERENCES.After the vigorous demonstration made In haa

b'alf of thc women of the Methodist Conference on

Thursday, the con_er\ alive element apparently,felt called upon to gather their forces more cam*

fully for yesterday's deliberations. Their speaker**were on thc alert in all parts of the house toclaim tlie Hour when an opportunity presenteditself, and if they did not always receive thorecognition of the chairman, it was not from an**1

lack of effort. The discut-ion, without resultingia any actual settlement on either side, was car¬ried forward moro equally than on thc previousday. The same ground was fought over and thoadvocates for the admission of women to thoGeneral Conferenco showed quite as much zealas in thc controversy of the previous day and evenmore aggressiveness.

The number of shakers in support of each sidoof tho issue was the same; but the advantagesfr.iir.ed by either side were tempered by the introduction of a new feature in the discussion whicHwas sustained by thc same array of strength*This was a kind of compromise which was pro*sented by Dr. Neely, of Philadelphia, in an amend*mpnt to submit thc whole question of the digi*hi I it y of women ur delegates to thc (Ieneral Con¬ference to the Annual Conferences of thc ChtircAamid let the approval or disapproval como fruinthem to thc Conference. Tho proposition,whether or not it met with the favor of the momconservative members, was not opposed by them*While it did not cali out any pronounced attacHfrom those who argued in favor of thc admissionof women, and was regarded by them as a partialconcesoion to their views, it did not meet withtheir approval. Thc support*** of tbe women

delegates recognize that they hare thu popularside of th* controversy; they art inclined to regard«ui thing that leola like a concession with passing»ppm val, but they ma.in._na that no concessioncan be accepted 'ay them that does ant rw-wgni-Othe claims of the ti\« women who havu keonelected to scats ia the (-resent Conferral*-.

Dr. Neely had been ciit-sci with them. Htnpresentation ef this new measure, which was se-*onded and supported by the kw. Dr. Graham, olthe Troy Conference, was evidently a surprise*and diverted somewhat from the force of thenown attack. Alden Spear;, a prumi ru-ut lay dele¬gate of the New-England Conference, announcedhimself in favor of the admission of women, buturged that the measure should receive the sanc¬tion of bhe Annual Conferences first. Then thoKev. Dr. Frttnk K. Kristo!, the young pastor olTrinity Methodist Church of Chic***jo, and fromthc district which elected Miss Willard, in ngraceful and effective s-ieech liappily presentedthe same v iew, and its i nil nonce, which wns onlj*¦artiiUly offset by President Louis li. Fiske, olAlbion College, Michigan, who argued for the nd*mission of thc women, when the time for adjourn-*ment arrived.The lay delegation took for the flrst time :»

prominent part in the debate, (ieneral Samuel F.Hurst, of Ohio, a brother of Bishop Hurst, gavoun effective and humorous review of the objec-tions whioh are brought against the admission otwomen. Oneral Hurst, who ls tut eloquenttalker nnd au active temperance worker in hisStat-?, as well as a strong opponent of thc extremaprohibition views of the Iiev. Dr. Leonard, foundhimself in linc on this question with that minis¬ter Dr. Leonard's remarks were the most ag-I r,s>ive durincr the sosMon. He began with an at¬tack and ridicule of thc arguments of Dr. Huckle*!"on Thursday, and turned from this to commentfreely on the position taken by the bishops intheir address, which he defined as a subtle efforts¦nd calculated to form a precedent in the directionof the Conference which the bishops have uot beenaccorded as a body. Dr. Janies lt. Day, formerlypastor of St. Paul's Church, in this city, made a,strong argument against the admL-sion of the wom¬en as dd'gates, and drew a more vivid picture a|>-par» ntly than he had intended on the evils whichwould follow the iidmission of German, Scandi¬navian aud colored women in the capacity of lay,delegates. The ineligibility of women was main¬tained by Dr. John Miley, of New-York, and thoGerman view from the same standpoint was pro.sented by the Rev. Dr. Kottowieler, of Cincinnati.Leslie M. Shaw, a lay delegate and a lawyer, fromDes Moines, took up the argument vigorously forthe women aud iu opposition to the Episcopalopinion, after stating that tlie Methodist Churchdid not receive its opinion ex-cathedra.

The attempt which was llnally made to limit thodebate to Monday noon, on the motion of GovernoiLouiesbury, of Connecticut, brought up only a con¬flicting series of motions and counter-motion*whioh had the effect of adding zest and variety tothe day's proceedings and indicated tliat tine Con¬ference wa.s not yet ready to bring the discussionto a positive issue.

CONTINUING THE LONG DEBATE.THE WOMAN QVtCTUM UKI MIS OUT MANY SPEAK*

ER8.AUOUM-NTS AND WITTICISMS.Colonel Elliott F. Shepard looked placidly down

on the procced'ngs of the Conference yesterday fromthe box of Genet al (Huron II. Fisk to the right ol thostage. Tho study was apparently an luteri*»ting oneto him; ho apiM-arcd to note carefully tho flying text*ut Scripture that were frequent In tho discussion, asof value for future editorial use. Near him sat MissAnna Gordon, the private hecretary of Miss France*ft Willard, and General Fisk's discerning eye subse¬quently detected the presence of the Rev. ltr. Kobert S.MacArthur, of the Cul ca ry liaptist (hinch, among thainterested auditors of tbe Conference, and Invited hintto a seat In his box with Mr. bhepard. The audience«._> wu hand quite t_ cally as UM delegates and showellaa unflagging UHStOOl lu tho proceedings throughoutthe sens lon. The aisles and the entrances were alllilied with spectators a: 1 the scats In the gallery weroall occupied.

Ii.hiy Foss mvie a determined effort to restrainthe applause of tho delegates and tue audience, butnot with marked success. Ho admitted that thoramight be an Involuntary movement of tho muscles olthe face lu laughter or approval when the feeling*were touched, but he thought that au Involuntarys.;i;^m of the muscles of the anus resulting in clappingvi as unnecessary. When General Hurst waa be (or jtho Conference, however, and by ono of those out-mWttt which tho Ohio stump orator falls Into uncon¬sciously. Illustrated his argument for women, with are'ei-ence to tho fight for another principle withmusket and sword, tho Bishop uttered a fervent andInvoluntary ** Amen," and forgot to check the applause.T-TOTO to catch th;: chairman's RiThe most laborious work done In tho Conference ls

hy th'< delegates In the rear of tho house In theirattempts to secure tho eye of the chairman. As tholimit of a speaker's time approaches hundred*] of eyesare centred on the gavel of the Ulshop, and aa ltdescends fifty delegates spring to their feet and shoutfor recognition. Some of tbe delegates were sufferinglast evening from this species of calisthenics whickhad been continued for two sessions. Pre-H-eatFiske, of Albion College, who lt a tall man. withgr*y beard and hair, had been untiring In thew et«forts for two days, when they were crowned withlucees-i by recognition, and greeted with good humoredlaughter by the Conference, which took in the sltua--tlon. The delegates to the right and to tho left of thostage are conlldent that tho llishops have no east latheir eyes because, they say, io tew glance* arothrown ...Mcwajs.

Dr. Snotty, who ts one of tho smallest delegate*In slie, has the best success In catching the chairman'*eye .von before he has bs-en recognlted personally,whllo some of fhe larger delegates who are twice hi*slea and weight have not yet been able to secure a

hearing. Whoa Governor Uuuibury, of CooneetieuU