Show A IF I 1 4 11 F E R F b E I 1 III a Import toutant aint Q 1 4 1 lous TO iff BE CONSIL DERED shall the church support n r increased number gimbl L of bishops OMAHA OnA may 2 the botala fco tala baird nr inz bonales and residences of private citizens of omaha are crowded today as they were never naver crowded before this Cv ening the qua drann dratin al assembly asa embly oi of the methodist method t episcopal church batter known an aa the general conference will convie in la new opera houte house nud and tile the has haa brought to this city tile the most prominent and influential ministers and laymen of that delomia jion aon tor for every state anti and territory terri territory tor y of 0 ke union to getner with a perfect of Ilki tors in many r rei ali this gat gathering bering is the moat important ill ci 1 its chara character cler chrt has been bield eld for MARY decades for more titan than a acar 3 ear there have been lumora I 1 change in the policy EJ i 1 tag church sc aima me of thew of a radical character wb winch ch can be ba effected only hv bv ih abt of tha dr df liberat to 10 body of the tha this will he be the ge general conference in alo history of the church tile the first having beia been held in III baltimore talt imore e iu in 1784 1764 abe the chuich was edg OND and the deles ateer teat teris awong among ibe questions w which the conference berc nce 1111 ft ill bo ba called dupea to decide are abo those relating to an ia increase creasA in the number of bishops le be time limit con COB iro versy tho the question of giving i the tha colored brt brethren thren representation on the board beard of cf Us bishops hops and the right of f wo wc a en ell to r rit pit it as delegates the bishop que question lion is ia uppermost and has dm dis wedged the woman question frow first place fourbears four Fou rears ears ao ago the sll all quenion Liu enion aff ioni Metho methodists diEts centered wound mound the sisters aisters were they or were iley nut not laymen for four days the last general enerst conference wrestle d ed debated fuseek and fuff d abcar the women until it was reil red in the face aba delegate delegates deJe gates there were fiva anve of them Kc luding france franbes E waid d nt acro ere not admitted to th the la 19 an cont conf berce the queston was submitted a vete of el the church and was shelved so reo the women wont be in it if lers here the nr oreth ethien Ten had bad to discuss toni ething and so turned from the acil qu tion to tto tho more recent but I 1 f tu illy pot beij I 1 lexing bishop question the problem publia chieh is presented to tle the gen eral conference confer ecce for beaution is mot moie E my atif ratifying ying than sturms theorem or the ll 11 e pons times over there are eighteen sigh teea bis bishai hoi jt on alia fi el i 1 urpal epal board incle the two mi timara hia ota TN jea ife abis 1 yo ro provi provision aion is ia f ti um nn in chebook or liue line ifor for iel iring then unless lor for or some kindred cause some borne of these good bishops are ft nell ell along iu in years three of thero them are eyer 70 and it is said they have survived their 1 period er iod of u usefulness sf s f ulness but they acos ise leavo leave t to 0 differ and do not core to relinquish office beca because tive they hare readi ed the years of three feore ecore and I 1 ten if n it is quite likely that several new bishops will be elected and in addi addition tien daveral bil bahora bi hora iorg one for america eri caone for clax chiaia a and beau and ore one for europe AA about brut a score of men are for there thee places paces dr drees would make inake a capital bi bishop hop for far south america of which P part a rt of the vineyard tint yard he is now dow dr it V catris of san francisco or dr nat nathan ban aikes of offos foo chow could nt net tie d upon by china and jaan dr william burt ozrowe will be con consides sidel cd if it is dt videa to hale a missionary uary burhop in europe A sarc eteng tue ne morial moriat will be pren presented ted to the conference asking it to enact lauh legisla dionas will enable patos to arup mm lera who do not kupp rort the church accordini according to their ability to iu elect buh bith fops ops for eight eiga t years without pi privilege ge of r election to remove the limit for tho th pastorate ate to ta provide for the eh election c lion tf f elders with or without the domination of tho bishop and to give the he catin cabinet et with the bishop the if A alamilla rii akin appointments a majority of the presiding elders being Buffi sufficient clent to determine an appointment sa no more bare I 1 whiskey CHICAGO may 2 tho Gau Gauce gersin rain tue internal revenue bervice of the entire country will find their occupation adne gane today the old method of gauging distilled spirits in order to ascertain the taxable quantity in each ach barrel 0 o an end on saturday evening and the ren new system of weighing went into effect mornin sumo some time ago the en ernal bernat gavenus department to adopt the weighing system a stem and lines cince each district tas has bien supplied with a number of portable scales decales which will be ba used in lieu of f rods roda te hie e empty arkels will first be weighed and nd after uey ney are filled they will bo be weighed acain then the weight eight f P 1 spir spirit it still ue reduced to gallons gallong and taxed accordingly the new system will eis s labor and insure greater ae accuracy curacy arom jf rom the time that a tax was imposed on whiskey izi laging has haa beell the on only Y ot ascertaining the taxably qa quantity of 01 0 manufacture of it was not tn an infallible method however fractions of a gallon in in a arrel wera ivere exempt from a taxation naturally natural y enough whiskey men inea took advantage 0 of this thia and their barrels wale ao 80 I 1 that each one contained a bertan number nu of gallons and a fraction by t this his method they were enabled to nearly half a million dollars every year the whit hey I 1 greatly beatly oppose I 1 6 to trust pe people ople were the le present inar innovation out dut they pro tested a against ginst it in yain vain catri fair naw nsw N ZV YoEK May 2 the great actori fair for the benefit of the actors fund fond of america and which haj hag created tremendous cn controversy iu ia tho the profession ope lel io in madison square garden this afternoon ilia the most remarkable affair of the kind ever hold held in this country th the e immense 9 garden artless has been baen transformed into streets p tj atil ani promenades lined with may poles and oriental of and booth 1 ri I ki eme sold gl hp b in lall L n 1 11 ni 1 tit iti V vleo nio D it s of 01 sim in mi avon av ho home 0 ol of dickens old curio curiosity eitY ear i shop an and I 1 I 1 fumei V other in aach e ach booth fancy articles will be bold by bs well known bem fem female ale members of th the e profession selon and it is expected that f tilli tally thousand dollars ne hundred and fifty received the weeks week the will ill ha be in ia f ata reach 1 orar forty thousand dollars do llara tin mrs including grover cleveland george W chaldis mrs franc Leslie Dr de witt talmage col elliott F shepard Sk epard mrs airs beadal james gordon gordoa bennett jos pulitzer and members embers of the theatrical profession sion here and abroad by the uund hund in louisiana LeBi sim may 2 tha stale quarantine order issued by the governor went into effect tass ill 8 morn morning inz all vessels arriving arriVi at quarantine qu stations in this state together with their crews crew passengers pain 11 rs and cargoes cargo ov will be ba I 1 hect acted d to t a rigid inspection inspect fou vessels en gaffee gaffed g abed in the tropical fruit trade will ba a subjected to an especially rigid inslee ti |