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Show "tIIK METHODISTS. I lllil.opl Aik I he Omaha (onfcltlico to licllne a Utile I'onarnliij Voting. A SATiarACTOnY SUNDAY SCHOOL PAPCn VVANTCO. Tho llltrliilliio reils I jplanatlon. A Healed llicualon About ' the l-nilles. Iiy VeleersKhlflltieawa. m.riiniiiHi- miirnrNcr. Hi. llelecsle. KMII ll.e.l al n.vk Cur Ihelr ll.l.teli. OMAitA,NebMsy 10. lllahop Hunt presided at th. Methodlil Condreucu this morning. Tho bishops tont In a communication asking for a tloltntllon of th. rule specifying that a cill for a vote by ordtrrt than bo mad. by a third of either ordir; whether It meant a tlilr J of all th. members e'eited.or a third of those present and voting, Itelerred to the Judiciary committee. The North UerniMi Conferenco aeut tu it resolution calling for n more tatla-factory tatla-factory luveiill. Hunday uliool iar than thoe. now pullltbrd by the church. Itelerred to th. commutes on tiooU concern. Dr. llargut, of Fhlladelplila, pre. acutid a ri solution to make clear Ihea. (aragraphaof thedlaclpllnr, viz. W to itJlnclualM, mrntlni; to the plan of lay representation. Ho wauled thoto partsof tho discipline which wer. con stltullonal t araled from those whlrh weroalatulory. After several vigorous vigor-ous spcecbta tli. resolution was laid on tho tabic, Dr. Hwtndcls ode red a reiolullon aakliigCongresatotako action to provide pro-vide a competent and snfllil.nt num. birof chaplains for tho army and navy, and appolnllnga board of thiee bishops to rues upon th. nullifications of all thu Methodist mini. tola apply, tug for chaplAlnahl; protesting nialnat thu tro-jsed cliangu In tho atmr rulia under which chaplains shall b. hired the sam. ai teamsters, cooks, etc. lteferrrd to llio comtnltteu on temporal iconomy. A resolution was presanlvd from tho Women's .S's'louul Couni.ll, 1st session ses-sion at Chicago, asking th. conference tocumoout si(uarcly in favor of the admlsalon of women Into tholeglilatlvo councils of (io church. A hiatsd dla-cutslou dla-cutslou followed, alter which tbo leiolotlon waa referred to the commit-Ire commit-Ire of lay dtlegatis. A resolution calling forachang. In lhodlclpllnt,su as to mako a retulust-mi retulust-mi lit of the law rclatlvuto boardtnnd class leader, and for tbo tectmenl of members ol theofllclal board whoprov. unworthy, waa rclerrel to th. corn-Idlttroonrevlials. corn-Idlttroonrevlials. Tli order of th. day, the completion comple-tion of th. memorial aervlcea begun Friday, was then resumed. Msrnotlal nddntiitweio then mad. In memory of lliv. Christian lllynu. liar, (leorgu H. Hare, D. I) , Itov. M. U llovard, I). D., Ilav. V. Holla, D. D., and ltov. J. H. Hmart, II. 1). Dr. Itankln from California aroeo aud said that th. memoir of Chancellor llaitson had been overlooked, and he then foro moved that a memoir prorated pro-rated by one el lit friends In California Cali-fornia Leread. Dr. Itankln was Instructed to read tho memoir. Chancellor Hartaon was not an educator. edu-cator. Ills first nauio was Chancsllor, but h. was a law) er and a f roralnent and very Influential gentlemau of California. Tho piper wsa au ablo and fitting trlbut. to his uiiolleul iual lilts. Then, after a sharp Utile struggle, In which Dr. Xeeley eLdeavortd to have the matter imttponuJ, Ur, lluckley pre. tented the report of tlio committee on Kplsco) acy. The report recommended that lllehora Taylor and Thlrburu b. retained as mlailonsry bishops In Afrlnanml India reaiectlv.li. That part of th. report was adopted without dlicusalou. 'Iho second rt stated tut all th. present bishops were etll cleut and should bo retalc.J. Adopted. Tho third part of tlio repoit r.com-mended r.com-mended that no moro blihopa bu elected at present. This lausod another thaip struggle, Dr. iS'e.ley endeavor lug to scelirH aiiostponemunt. Hut tho ri iort was finally ndojitcd unautmoiia. ly. The fourth part of tho report ru tommeudeil that no colored bishops bo elected, for th. reason that uo more bishops wer. needed at present, and w lion tho tlm. should arrive for moro blslio, tho question of color should not loconslderid. 'Ihlspart waa also adopted. Tliu last art of tlm report, recommending recom-mending that all presunt l.plsrops' rrsldtnces be retained, and Uplbcopsl rtnldeucts located at Detroit, In tlio Btato of Washington, aud In Japan, was then priaentcd. The pros lilou for un l.pltcopal roaldenca In Japan waa stricken out and th. report then adoptid. Die Il.llli.iort -.11.1 Ohio Tliealrlral Hate C'Nte. Wabiiimitu.n, May 10. A Judg-meet Judg-meet of grtat lulenat, In lit construction construc-tion of what, unKrtbo Iiiterttat. Commerco ac, la conildertnt uulawful illirrlmlnatlou, was lendered by the United titatea rluprem. Court today lu tho ibso conimouly known as the lltltlmor. and Ohio theatrical ralo cose. Involving th. rights or tho railroad company to tell at reduce, J rates tlcLcts to parties of ton or moiu pwtou. The court, In an opinion by J uslle. llrowu, sustalued the dsolalon or Judgu Jsckson, rufutlng tb. latulng of an liijuucllou to restrain thu rail road company from conllnultg the til. of arty rate ttokots. Th. general grouul of tho opinion Is that It Is not nu unjust dlaorlmlcallon for arallronl (.mil nuy to tell tickets at wholesale (htsr than at retail. Tho taio urlgluutcd lu n complaint mad. by the l'aubanllo against tho lliltlmoro i Ohio. llllllr.1 H lliiile raiullf. ItlCllllo.NI, Va., May 111. A special from Norton, Wis. county, says: Ira Mullens, a lawlrta character, while driving aprons Fond gap from Court Ug, lAtcher county, Kentucky, was flrsd ui)ii from anicuali. Jlo was ao companled by wis wife, brollier-lii-law end child and driver, all of whom, with hluu.lf, were killed. There It uo claw to tho uiurdeturs. A Hob rr,la llir I'rl.o.er lfrll-A, Ala.. May I0--A mob ol fitly men gained ndmbslon to Iho (Jreeuo county Jail jetlirday morning and carried away a Mgro prisoner Janus Jones, wbD had been brought from PiiLtuscouiily for tafe-keeplng. Bhsrlfl Meredith aasimbled a jsi. and uvortook Iho 'nob, unJ, nller llitialeulng them with a fight, tho irltoutr was relumed. A llolilli fuller Hie llonae f Tee.l. Cliiriiio, May 10. A morning paper saya that bomb wis found under tho liouso of tho allege-l Messiah Mes-siah Td, at WMUIiigUni Heights. An examination, It Is aalJ, revealed thai It waa of a very deitruitlvo character. char-acter. Thodlsoovery was aicldeutal, and It It bellovcil to Inllralu Ihat tliu thrratsa.tBlr.lt tho lelhlelitu of Teed nto not of an empty character. llAiitiirlrne.nblllAitllnlie. DnnotT, May 15. All arrange inenta nro complvled for IheLaurjnet of Itepubllcan c libs at Ann Arbor, Tuesday Tues-day ovsnlng. Delegates from colleges Irom Malnu lo California will met In III. miming on that date, rho organ-litllou organ-litllou of th. American lltpubltcan Collige l.caglle will ba eLTccted. Tblrtylour colleirea will tend dele gatis. Th. banquet under tho auspices aus-pices of the University of Michigan llriiubllcau club will be held In th. .veiling. Ovi r 800 covers will l laid, Tho siak.rs Include (Joveroor Mc Klnleyof Ohio; UeneraIl A. Alger of Mlchlgau, Hon. A. II. Huniphtey, si cretary of llio National lteUhllcaii League; lion. J. Hloat Fssiot ol New York, Hon. John M. I.angjton of Virginia. |