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Show I CEDAR CITUS" PROHIBITIONISTS, Hold Heart to Heart Conference at Bishop's Storehouse. KEO OF "D1XIC ON THE PLATFORM. I Gntliuslnsni AlUconstrucd by City Alarslml, who Accuses Participants Partic-ipants of Drunkenness. Last Tuosday night a special session of tho "young mon" was hold nt tho tithing oillco. Tho object was not tho paymout of tithing, nlthough thoy woro certainly thoro to partako of tho "spirit.' As tho congregation wns largo, thoy deomod It wlso to not hold tho function in tho intorior of tho building, especially inasmuch as tho door was locked and nouo of thorn chnucod to hnvo tho koy. Tho principal prin-cipal quostion undor consideration wna n flvo gallon keg of "Dixio," whioh Bomo philanthropic individual had prosontod as a contor ploco. Somothing near fifty porsons woro said to bo prosont nnd a gonornl good fooling fool-ing provailod, which found vont in tho vnriouB oxorclsos whioh woro pro-Bontod, pro-Bontod, nnd whioh bad tho mortt of not having boon ut and driod, but woro honrty and.almultanoous. Whilo tho enthusiasm was at its hoight a follow named Urio Thomas Uric who, contrary to tho wishes of a majority of thoso prosont, holds tho potty olllco of city mnrshal, suddenly nppoarod on tho scone. It is n common com-mon thing for this roan to bo poking nround whoro ho is uot wantod by lota of tho "boys," and past oxpor-ionco oxpor-ionco has taught thorn that his pros-onco pros-onco on such an occasion is not do-sirablo. do-sirablo. As thoy know bo would bo suro to mako himself dlsagrooablo, tho most of tbom dooided that if ho waa to bo prosont, thoy would leave, whioh thoy did so suddouly that ho ronlly did not fully roalizo tho stato of thoir foolings till thoy vaishod into in-to tho gloom. A fow of thorn, how- ovor, out of respect for tho ofilaer's foolings, und tho affoctlou thoy folt I for tho afore9Mj'Io"Pixi'e', mi j ' lulJft jPPPBrtSBlTtfinf' to havo trii8lodhiy Ihstoacl of appreciating ap-preciating tho rapoat whioh thoy had shown him, ho it otco neensod them of boiug on a siroe, and in spito of thoir protostatiou of innoconco, ho took flvo' of tho nost outhusinstlo of thorn into custod; nud insiatod that thoy occupy n rooa in tho oity hall. Noxt day ono of hom plead guilty in order to avoid tU hnnoynnco of a trial, ulthough ho lays that ho was uot drunk and had iltnosses willing to substantiate his itatomout. Two othora woro dlsdharjod for want of ovidoijco, and tho ronuiuing two plead not guilty to a ohargt of drunkonnoss nnd woro roleasod toappoar for trial upon giving bonds. |