THE ASHEVIELE 'CITIZEN.
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Associated Press
Leased Wire Reports.
VOL. XXV. NO. 210.
ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 18, lJK)y.
PRICE FTVE CENTS.
0HIN SQUIRMS BROKERS FAILED
Ah Look Who's Here.
E
ANNIVERSARY OF
TO COMMEMORATE
MANUFACTURERS
UNDER PIN PRICKS
THROUGH VENTUR
CHARY 0F ATTACK
IN PARIS TAXICABS
CHURCH'S RIDER
U UNIONS
OF EOITOR'S PEN
Mr. Holllngsworth Finds Him
self iTarget for Fierce
Editorial Onslaught
PROMPTLY SQUELCHED
BY SPEAKER CANNON
Tried to Stir up Old Sectional
Discord And GotOnly Ab
use of Hlnself
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, May 17. A ruling
t Speaker Cannon today prevented,
pcrhups, the re-opcnlng In the house
.if old wounds of the civil war. Mr.
i lolliriKHWorth of Ohio, sought to jus
tify as a matter of privilege, his rt-
. nt resolution objecting to the plac
oik of the portrait of Jefferson Davla
on the silver service to he presented
t- the battleship Mississippi, because
of editorials in certain Mississippi
i.cwspupers hurling all sorts of epi
thets at him. The editorials were
lead. The speaker declared that as
the editorials did not attack Mr. llol
luiKsworth in his representative ca
pacity, he could not continue. TIk
Jesuit of Mr. Hollingsworth's attempt
was to pet Into the congressional rec
ord a whole lot of uncomplimentary
H inn Hi about himself and with noth
ii. g to off-set them. Ah the editorials
were road in turn the house was con
vulsed with laughter.
Were Rough on Him.
"An ass of the first mannltude":
' perhaps one of Sherman's bums who
t'lblied defenseless men and women";
"contemptible little whelp"; "a pollt
:eal nonenity from Ohio"; "a pale
laced lumirary"; "a pusillanimous pig
my from Ohio."
These were some of the character
izations of Mr. Holllngsworth, in the
editorials. Other editorial accused
him of "waving the bloody shirt," and
appeared In The Dally Clarion Led
er of Jackson, Miss., The Southern
Sentinel, Hepley, Miss., Shreveport
cnucauslan, Shreveport, La., and one
other paper, name not given.
Finally Messrs. Bartlett, of Oeor
cia. and Fitzgerald, of New York, ob
jected to further "lumbering up the
lecord." Mini demanded that the speak
it rule on the question of privilege.
In an elaborate opinion Hpeaker
c .union held that Mr. Holllngsworth
I
'Continued on page four.)
MRS.TAFT ILL; WILL NOT
BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE
CHARLOTTE FESTIVITIES!
!s Taken with Nervous At
tack After Visiting Her
Sic): Son iu Hospital.
IS NOTHING SERIOUS
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. May 1 ". Mrs,-Taft
fullering from a slight break-down
"as taken ill today while on her way
Iron) this city to Mount Vernon on
tlie 'jacht Syllph with u "party of
ti lends and was hurried back to th"
whit- house. It was said at the white
li"iise lhat there is no cause for alarm
and that Mrs. Tuft probably will be
all right again in a few days. She
was unable to be present at an of
ficial dinner at the white house.
Pie.-'ideiit Tuft himself tonight lire
I u. .I tin. statement in regard to Mrs
T.iit's vundition:
Airs. T;it is suffering from a slight
iiiTMiiis attack. She attended the
'. ear und ithroUt i hospital this
morning where Charlie Taft under
cut a slight operation on his throat.
Mie was with him for several hours.
She then started with the president
"'hi a small party of friends on t!i.
NMph lor Mount Vernon. The excite
ment, heat and exertion were too
much fur Mrs. Taft's nerves and the
Party was obliged to turn back before
' a. bed Alexandria. Mrs. Taft was
'luiekly carried to the white house
The doctor says that after a few day:
"! ei.mplete rest Mrs. Taft may "h
able to resume her social duties. lr.
Ii'laney is in attendance. Mrs. Moore
Mrs. Taft's sister, acted as hostess at
the of tidal dinner at the White house
tonight."
Mrs. Taft's illness probably will no'
interfere with the president's trip to
lvterhurg, Va.. and Charlotte. X. C
on Wednesday and Thursday of thi
week, but Mrs. Taft will not be abb
t" accompany him. She had already
decided, after visiting' the hospital
this morning,, to' abandon the trip,
as she felt that she should remain
here with her son. The operation
p- rformrd on Charlie was not of a
serous nature and he will be taken
tomorrow to the white house.
Well Known Firm of Tracey &
Co. Goes to Wall With
Liabilities of Million
NO OBLIGATIONS ON
THE STOCK EXCHANGE
Receiver ,'Appolnted for Firm
By Bankrupt Court on Petl
tlon of Creditors
(By Associated Tress.)
NKYV YORK, May 17. m the ap
pointment today' of a receiver for
Tracey & Cu . members of the New-
York stock exchange and the Chicago
board of trade, Wall street had a
million dollar failure with an inter
esting variation from the usual. Tax
leabs, not stock manipulation or mar
ket conditions, are said to he Indi
rectly responsible for the firm's trou
bles. While no announcement as to
tile exact cause of the failure has
been made, E. A. Henedict, the re
ceiver, said tonight that he under
stood that money lost in backing local
taxicab concerns llgured In the outside
ventures. The llrni has no stock ex
change obligations.
The local liabilities are estimated
at I.OIHl.uou. the assets at half that
amount. floth these sums, however,
are approximated.
News of the firm's failure came
out with the tiling of an involuntary
petition in bankruptcy in the HTnited
Sates district court this afternoon, but
as it was rather late In the day no offi
cial notice was received at the stock
-.xchunge. Mr. Henedict wan guickly
. amed as receiver and gave bond for
jr.o.ooo.
There were but three petitioning
creditors and their claims are stated
ire iuitB Inconsiderable. They are
Henry F. Woodward $3,000; William
a. Austin $100, and William A. Scott,
1300.
Was Not s Surprise.
The firm of Tracey & Co., was or
ganized In 105. It consists of Wil
liam W. Tracey. It. D. Covington nnd
Frederick W. Parker. Mr. Parker,
was the board member. Messrs Tra
cey and Covington were In conference
with the receiver during the afternoon
but they declined to make any sate
ment. Mr. Parker has been abroad
for several months.
Anions stock .exchange houses with
Chicago connections the embarrass-
i Continued on page four.)
'SPRECKLES TELLS WHY
I HE FOUGHT THECflLHOUfJ
STREET RAILWAY GANG
Boldly ( lues mi Stand to Re
fute Insinuations of lTlte
rior Motives.
ONLY lTliLIC SPIRITED
(lly AsKNH'lutcd Press.)
SAX KK A NCI Si 'i I. May IT Itu
dulph Spiei'Mc. a San Francis,.,
banker who contributed tluu.uuu to
prosecute an inifiiiry into municipal
conditions In riot: was called to tie
witness stand today In flic bribery
trial of President 1' iti i. k Calhoun of
the l'niled railioails. lie gave a de
tailed account of his reusoiis fur op
posing Mr, Calnoiin's plans for street
railway development and of tlie man
ner in wbi' h he became a supporter
of the prosecution.
Assistant IMstrut Attorney ibney.
replying to a statement by on.- of the
attorneys for the defense, declared
that he had thrown down the bars,
bad summoned .Mr. Sprecklcs as a
witness for the first time in any ol
the bribcrv trials, and that he st ml
ready to meet any line of irupiirv
tile defense might choose.
"We have b. n trying .Mr Calhoun
and no other," said Mr. Ileney. ' hut
from the time we began the selection
of the Jury the defense has endeavored
to try lludolph Spreckles and James
P. Phelan at the same time You
have insinuated, tinies without num
bs r, that Mr. sprecklcs nan buck' of
the prosecution for a malicious pur
pose, for his personal gain and profit,
ami in an effort to gain control of the
I'nited railroads. You made this Is
sue. Surely you are riot afraid to
meet It now that he Is on the stand
prepared to meet your questions. "
Mr. Spreckles testified that he first
came into conflict with the I'nited
railroads in 1905 when he learned ol
a proposal to substitute the over-h'-ad
trolly for the cable on the Sutter street
system. Ab an owner. of property on
this system's lines and as a member
of ithe ttutBer iStreet Improvement
club. Mr. Spreckles said he actively
opposed the change and that he met
(Continued on paffe four.;
General Assembly of Presby
- terlan Church Convenes
y
at Savannah
DISTINGUISHED MEN
COME FROM ABROAD
Special Addresses on ( alvin s
Life And Work Will be Made
by Prominent Speakers
(By Associated Pre.)
SAVANNAH, May 17 The gener
al assembly of the Presbyterian
iiurch in the I'nited States will !
held lii the First Presbyterian chinch
In this cjty from May Sloth to May
-9th inclusive. in connection with
this meeting will be held the iiia
rai l ntemilal celegiation of the liirlli
if .John Calvin, the founder of - t'u
Presbyterian church. The Joint as
semblieH will bring to Savannah some
thing like three hundred delegates.
They will come not alone from many
points in the I'nited States but from
foreign countries.
The people of HuYunnah irrespee
tive of their religious beliefs hav
made .-xcelteiit preparations for tin
entertainment of the visitors during
their stay in Savannah. Hundred."
of homes w'll be opened to receive
delegates ml J as the railroads havi
made cheap rales for the occasion it
Is believed that the attendance will h1
larger than that upon any church
convention held hn-rc for several
years.
Highest Court of Church.
Tlie general assembly Is the highest
court In the Presbyterian church and
brings together something like 2 10
or 300 of the ablest ministers und
most prominent laymen In the South
as Its delegates. In addition to the
delegates there are usually a large
number who attend the assembly as
isitors. This year, however. It Is
expected there will be a larger at
tendance than usual because of th
observance of the birth of the great
Protestant leader.
Much of the time of the convent!
will be taken up with the discussion
of the subject of missions and the
raising of n milion dollar mission
fund during the coming year. The un
ofllclal congress of Presbyterian lay
men recently held at Birmingham.
Ala . w hich made this work u feature
(Continued on page two.)
CONTINUES STRUGGLE
Cumberland Presbyterians
Will Hold General Assem
bly in Arkansas.
COURT DECISIONS
(By AHWM-laU'd PmtH.)
ItK.VTOVVIU.K, Ark.. May 17.
Iuring I lie present week men promi
nent in l'i tsh t'Tijtn affairs will tftith-
r at Itentnnville from many Bectlonn
f Iht I'niteil Stabs, to have, a part
in the third freucrul HHWinbly of the
t'urnhcrland Presbyterian church, that
fart md h rr fii; i t t nt i into
thf amalgamation of th ( 'urn berlund
hurrh with the PrHhy terian church
.f th; I'mb-d StattH, more popularly
known an the church of th north,
which wan brought about three yearn
i.gn. While the Cumberland church
' VronK,,t in the central pouth and
south went and f rum these Htatem the
greatest number of detcgatcH will
come, Indiana, Illinois. Ohio, TennHyl-
viinia and the western states, aa far
as California will send representatives.
Tlie initial iiegHjon will b on Thurit-
lay. the meeting to extend over ix
days. The denominational ladles miB
:ion society, an auxiliary organization,
. il be in session at the same time.
It is planned to bring matters of
v:lal import to the church before the
assembly. The principal theme, how
ver. will be the controversy between
he. Cumberland church a.nd those who
entered the opinion as to property
rights of the differing organizations,
a controversy which is now having its
jay in court in several slates. While
i is possible that an effort may be
made to arrange a compromise this If
rardly probable. It is more likely
that plans will be laid for a con
tinuation of the contest, now more vig
orously than ever.
Courts Ie'iioii.
In the highest court to which the
Fsuf has been brought, th Supreme
court of Tennessee, the faction which
retained the old name, has been vic
torious. It was held by the court hat
the church named still remains an
independent organization of which
nly a portion has dissolved their
connection and identified themselves
with other ecclesiastical organisations
(Cuntlnved on page three.)
GRANT BRIGMAN SLA YS HIS UNCLE
IN DISPUTE OVER SMALL DEB1
Escapes to Woods After
Night. Both Slayer and
In h dispute over H0 worth I
lumber, (IrHtit Brlgmnn nil"! "d klll-
d hla until?. John llrlifninn, t-arly
ycBtcrday nmrnltig. Thf tragrdy oc
curred about 6 .20 o'clock near the
BrlKmanH' home In the Uig Ivy sec
tion about three mll8 from Harnarda
villn on Dillingham reek.
According to Arthur llrlgman the
son of John Brlgmn who wa with
hlH father when the hootln(r occurred
he had gone with hla father with two
wagons after some of the lumber
whk'h had been ro!outy bought by
them. The lumber Is midway be
tween the home f Grant Brlgman
and the old homestead of Joel Brlg
man the father of Urant Brlgman und
the brother-in-law of John Brlgman
While the son. Arthur, was unhitch
ing the teams from the wagons his
father climbed upon the lumber pile
and begun throwing off mime planks.
At tlila time (Smut llrlgman cume up
to the lumber pile with a. shot gun In
his hand.
Warned Him to Stop.
firnnt had previously, it Is under
tood. forbidden Ills uncle to move
the lumber, cluimiiiK that there wux
t J40 unpaid on the whole lot As
Irani approached the lumber pile he
told John Brlgmnn to get off the lum
ber plh'. This roiniiiund was repeated
three times, and according to the son
of John Brlgman the Inst request was
accompanied with a threat. John
Brlgman after this threat suggested
that they stop and talk the niattei
over. It is said that tirant llrlgman
became angry at this sugg.stion and
stepped back u' '! forty feet from j
INVITES DEATH MAY
NOT COLLECT POLICY
Heirs of Man Who Sought
!)ud and Was Killed Loscj
8ui or Insurance.
NKVV OULKANS, May IT. A w 1.1
c or lit-ir f ;i nun kllletl Ui a tin I ,
r a llKht that h- han sought, mvonl-j
ing to u decision t"day by th I7nttpl ,
StateH court of App'-alH cannot cullcci
Insurance on a poll, y held by tb man
KIIUmI.
The case In whdh the (leclnion wa
r endereil camp up f rm the northern 1
district of Texas und was fftyled Mrn.
I-ee Manor vb. The Penn Mutual Ufej
Inaurance comia ny. Their record h
show that the huftmnd of the plaintiff,
Or. Franklin B. Mam-r. of Hill county
Texa; wan shot and killed In a utreet ,
duel In 1905 by K. K. Griffin with i
whom he had (u;irrtded. The de- j
renne contended that the duel waH pr-
fpitated by Miiior and on thin Krouncl i
louKht the ciiwe. The amount of ItiKur-;
ance Involved wan 1100,000. The de-1
. 'fcfon of the owr court wax in favor,
of the Innurance company and this de
cision wan MURtatTM'tl by the Court of
ippealH.
wm
WASHINGTON. May 17. Forecast:
Fair and moderate temperature Tues
day and Wednesday: light to moder
ate variable winds.
Tragedy and Had Not been Captured at a Late Hour Last
His Victim Well Known
Their Neighborhood.
the lumber pile, raised the gun and
fired. He then dropped the gun und
ran to the woods. The uncle who was
shot dropped from the lumber pile to
the ground He lived for fifteen mln
utes after the affair.
lteMiri of Suicide.
The sheriff's office here was notified,
of the tragedy early yesterday morn
ing and Deputy HherllTs Williams and
Jordan hurried to the scene of the
shooting! which Is some twenty mtlos
away. They searched the neighbor-;
hood all day for Grant Brlgman but
war unable to find, any trace of him
and returned to town late yeathrday
afternoon leaving the scorch to loral
deputies In Hint neighborhood. At a
lute hour Inst night, according to the
reports of the officers. Grunt Brlgman
was still at lurjc';
A message was received at The Citi
zen office, however, after the search
hud been Klven up by the officers for
Hie diiv thnt tlrnnt Itrlgmtin hnd com
mitted suicide und Hill I his body had
been found In the woods near his
house. Iiupilry at Itnritai'ilsville, Dem
ocrat und Mnrs Hul over the telephone
fulled, however, to confirm this nies
hiiki'. ;unl the latest reports from those
places w;ii thnt nothing more had
been heard of the slayer.
Otlyr Near At Time.
At the Inquest yesterduy afternoon
nlioni one hundred nnd fifty No. :i
shot wert found in the body of John
ilrigtiian on the right side between the
hip lllll HllOUliler. y
The onlv witness to the nffulr was
Arthur HriKinnn. who Is IH years of
:iKe. Two men. J. Clinton und John
Banks were passing along the road
WOMANMURDERED WHILE
ASLEEP BESI CHILD
!Insl;ml WIm Was N-jmra-;
t'd from Her Anrslnl
Charged with the Crime.1
(By AsMfH'laU'ri Pre. )
AI'III S'IA. ;.. May IT. -Mrs.
t firui' lluri?i' w an miirlt-rfd nirly
ilay y a nmn who rr-jit In lh w i r I -uf
h'-r lied wliil h Bl'-pt. and f-u'
hir thrriat with a razor ll.-r hiiK
lanil Ij iinlT arrc'St fhari?f(l will)
Hi" kllliiiK.
A rrmiirkal'l1 fi-aluri (if the rn
Is lh.it the Klayrr. afl.r kllllnn tin
woman Mi kcil up hi r iliirli-'-n ni'irnh
old lialiy from rradlc and f-rv-nl-ly
kiw('d it before runniiiK from t Ii
room. It N alle(re,j that HurK' who
haji separated fr'im hlw wife, threat
ened her with violence If nhe d(l not
Klve him ruHtody of Ihelr baby.
Three other rhlldrt n of MrH. Hu ri
M step-children of Bur' were
asleep In the room at the time. Frank
Uriiton, the eldest of these was glluhl
ly cut by hiB mother's slayer, wli'inl
he flaims he recognizes an hl step
father. Hurifc wan arrested at his board
ing house. The police claimed that
he had Mood on his shirt sleeve, bur
he said ir was merely dirt Me -aid
that he could prove an alabl.
TIRED OF I.I1T: Ql'ITS.
(ny AftMOciaU'i I'rese. )
HOT 8PHINGS. Ark.. May 17 I
M. Rosen, a former merchant of this
city, committed suicide by firing a
3-callbre bullet through his brain
at Spring Lake, a summer resert near
here today. Rosen made a will a
wek ago giving all his property to his
wife and two rhlldren, residents of
Philadelphia -and from wUbi he had
separated. , A note left hyWosen ad
dressed to his attorney stated that he
was tired of life.
Men and Prominent in
..
which Is about sixty yards distant at
the time. When asked about the
shooting they said they suw a man
raise a gaun and then they heard tip
shot. They had heard very - little
talking.
IfcHb Well Known.
Grant Brlgman Is a man of medium
height and about ii years of age. He
has lived In that neighborhood all hla
life. He Is a cripple and bears a good
reputation. Hla father, Joel Brlg
man, was one of the early settlers In
that locality and the Brlgman family
la a vary large one. John Brlgman
who was shot Is about 'fifty yean of
age. He has also lived there all his
I If, Both of the men were well
known and It was not known that
there hud been any previous misun
derstanding or disagreement between
them previous to the time of the
shooting.
Grant Brlgman has a family of five
hlldien. nil of them under twelve
years of age. Mr John Brlgman
leaves a family of three children and
Wife.
Coroner's Verdict.
Dr. K. It. Morris, county coroner,
was untitled of the tragedy yesterday
morning and went nut to the Brlgman
home to hold an liutuewt. Ho Im
panelled a Jury w-ho aftr viewing the
remains, and lifter heating what ev
idence hey could llnd rendered
verdict that "John Brlgman cauiM t
his death from a gunshot wound In
the right tilde Inflicted by Grant Brig
num."
The only evidence adduced by tic
jury was In substance the facts men
tinned above.
iHAINS WILL BE TAKEN TO
PENITENT!, T
Will Bogm Honing Ilin Kon-
tonce rending an Appeal
to Supreme Court.
(lly AmuxIuIciI Trews.)
I U'NIII.W). N. Y. May 17 I'n
le.S Mollie lllllooked for leKBl otiStacle
Is lull rposed. Captain I'eter r. Jlalnn
Jr., r. H. A . who was convicted of
maiislntikTliter In the Hist degree for
killing Will In in AiiiiIs at the May
side Yacht club last August will h
taken to Hlng Sing tomorrow and at
once will begin serving a Hcnlcm
Impost il toilay by Justice riarretson
In the Huprcrrip court. The senten
Is tin intermediate one, under which
1 he minimum period of Imprisonment
will be eight years and the maximum
sixteen years. And his time In prison
must be spent at hard labor.
Counsel for llalns late today prac
tically agreed to their client's Imme
diate transfer to Hlng Ring when th' y
announned after a consultation with
(ieher.il Mains, his father, and Ma.lor
John P. Mains, a brother, that no
application would be made for a cer
tificate of reasonable doubt to act as
a slay for execution. An appeal,
based on the general court record In
the case, will b taken In regular
course, however
RABIKS AJTKIt TWO YEARS.
(lly Associated Prew.)
WINHTON-8ALKM. N. C. May 17.
Miss Maude Klmel, sixteen years
old, daughter of a Korsythe county
farmer, who was bitten two years ago
by a rabid dog and who for the past
two days has been manifesting signs
of hydrophobia, was declared today by
attending physician to be suffering
from 'tr-at dr4d disease. It Is sa!d
she can live but a few days.
Resolution Condemning
Gompers And Union Modi
fied to Condemn Methods
ONLY ONE MEMBER OF
COMMUTE DISSENTS
Severe Arraignment of Lead-
ershlp of Unions Held up
Through His Objections
(lly Associated Press.)
NKW YOKK. May 17. All attaek
nn the "methods of orKunlied labor
oroko llio otherwise calm routine of
ihe tlrt days' session of the National
Association of Manufacturers, whluh
onvciied today at the Waldorf Aalor-
a. This arraignment or certain
phases of labor unions, Ineluuln a
ning at Hamuel dumpers, president of
the American Federation of Labor waa
embodied in a report of the commit
tee on Industrial education of which
nlbony Itlner, of Bt. Louis, la chair
man. After consiueraoiu aiscussiun
the report was referred to a special
committee after the committee had
gone on record as endorsing not an
attack on organisation labor per ae.
but "the methods of organised labor."
The attitude of the delegate waa
made clear when the motion to refer
the report to a special committee waa
made. Then Mr. Ittuer rose and of
fered a suggestion "that this commit
tee to which th report Is to be re
ferred have the power to emasculate
anything In the report that might ap
pear to the member as improper
an unfair attack upon tabor." He
added that "we do not fight th la
bor organisations by themselves. W
consider" them beneficial, ' but w
fight the method of organised labor
and some of thsm are damnable.
HI statement were followed by sp- .
pis use and the motion, waa adopted.
One Member Objenta. -Before
the report waa read it be
au in known that Frederick W, "Jen-
yer, of Milwaukee, a member of the
ommlttee hud refused to sign it on
vhe ground that It contained unwar-
untiid attacks on labor and further.
n his opinion, the personal views of
the chairman of the committee to the
xcluslon of other member.
The reference to Hamuel Oompers
to which Mr. Benyor particularly ob-.
Jecled reads as follows:
'To put organized labor In charge
of a movement In the Interest of In-
ltiHirlal education nnd trade training
voiihl be like putting the lamb In the
ure of the wolf or the chicken In
are or me nawa. witness tne enorts
f Mr. (lumpers and his lieutenant to
secure cIiihh legislation in congress,
their utlacks on the power of the
courts tu Issue Injunctions and their
proposed amendment to the anti
trust law.
"We see the president of the Amer
ican Fedciutliin of Labor defying the
highest court In the land and that
loo while he was under Jail sentence.
Who Is there amongst u that would
assume the task of teaching Oompers
the error of his way?"
The committee on currency recom
mended that the" association endorse
'he Kowler currency bill and advo
cate Its passage by congress.
If;ii(isfs ('lost; Convention
with Strung Resolution
in Favor of Prohibition.
I.dl l.SVII.I.K, Ky May 17 Firm
v for prohibition, the Houthern Bap
tist convention adjourned In this city
tonight, after a. meeting of five days
MiiiomI the ilnni act of the thousands
-.f deb-gules from every state In the'
south was .the passage of a set of
strong resolutions endorsing the
south a light against whiskey.
Appointment were madi-lurttig
day sesHlon to complete the home und
foreign mission boards and the re
port of the committee on estlmutes
'in reusing the apportionments for
these boards was adopted.
The convention chose two years
ahead Its convention i ity, ufler Hultl
mioii; was ctuiMcn for lulu, the con
lention recognized the brave light of
St. Joseph, Mm., and will meet there
In I 'Jit
In today's session It wus announc
ed that ti e total apportionments for
home mlrslons were from $325,000 to
243, 5U0, and the total fur foreign
mission from 1600.000 to $5f0.000.
The following full roster of the
missions board were approved and
adopted at the session:
Foreign Mission board, headquar
ters Richmond, Vs..: president J. B.
Hutson. Virginia: state vice-president
include Joshua Levering, Maryland;
rv. A. Ifobson, Florida: W. C. Tyree.
North Carolina; R. B. Garrett, Virgin
,a- E. Her. Hwem, Washington, D. C:
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