Punxsutawney Spirit, 1908-05-06

              a*t coLtncr ' wiu bring gtrick tuavmmV TKOOPEKS HTII.Ii lUCMVI.V TWO FIltST (iH \l)E CKHTIPICATES PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 6, 1908 STRIKING MINERS VOL. II—NO. 200 AND OPERATORS TO HOLD CONVENTION BOYS WILL MAKE 2060 MILE TRIP OVERLAND JONES IS CHOSEN TO ' SUCCEED HIMSELF Present County Superintendent Elected for Another Term of Three Years. Il l» Rxpooloil Tlint Orders to ll«>- nun* Work Will Bo. Given us llestilt. Five Bodies Found in Sack Y jrd at Guinness House in Indiana Town. WHOLESALE MQ80EB UIEABTHEBIR LAF8RTE PRICE TWO CENTS CLASS OF 1908, P. H.S., TO HOLD EXERCISES THURSDAY, MAY 14 FORTY-ONE RECIEVE FIRE-BOSS AND MINE FOREMAN PAPERS MiiltmwU- Sermon Will |i(> im>||v ••reel In llaiitisi Clmrcli |,v KrVi MudlcK, Three West End Young Men Bound for Eldorado, Colorado. A Ijirno Prrrnilaxr of TIiom- WIio TimiU Examination* .\rr HAMMERS RE-ELECTEB CITr SOPERINTENDEVT Chosen to Succeed Himself at Special Meeting of School Board. KI.KVEX IX THK < I,.\SS. BH UNCLAIMED *2.*>0.00l» FIRE. JOURNEY WILL BE MME III WKOII UNI ELEGTEl IK IMmillil Mil IICIEMMC H FHI CUE mm FOLLOWED MEEETIIG men Fire floss—Alex. O. Hindi", West End, Punxsutawnoy; Win. Lewis, Jno. O Ilara, Thomas Joseph, John \V. Halls, William A. Lawson, Francis Whlnnle, Horatio; Ahx Moran, Wl.-tha\v; Harry Brown, BSleanora; Thomas KavanauKh. James F. Clark, Elea"ora; John Steel, Desire; John Dak',is J"hn F. Noble, Onondaga; rhomas Murphy, Anita; John Hamnond, John Strattan, Punxsutawney; "homaa Phillips, DuBols; Robert Ma>ney, VVm. Handel, Delancey. Second Kra i,—J{ |jliV|*, Sagninor«; Thomai Williamson. Vullcr; John c. Denne.v. aim Campbell; Michael Fall'y. Aiulrew HaRKerty. Rosslter; o. : K. Johnaton, Yatesboro; David Bond, [ ''"'"futawnev; Robert Maloney, |>' Patterson. Delancey; Robert Huntei. Wlshnw; Arthur M. James, Rlehard Joseph. Horatio; Matthew Crawlord Kr.oxdale; James C. Null G W. Krlner, Sykesvllle; John Chapman. C ulport; Henry Harris, W. F. Har»i*. Punxsutawney. Thomas Williams, Geo. W. Turnlull. Sagamore, William Patterson, Yntesboro, Held second-grade certificates; granted tlmt grade. passed with almost perfect marks. The following is a list of the sue<'»}*sful (Hies: Of the claw of aeventy-llve who recently took the teats for mine und cently bona the teats for mine foremen and (Ire boss In the Municipal Rudding a short time u«o, forty-one "ere successful. Many of the Premutation of diploma." by W. W. VVinalow, Esq. Grumbler, Paul Crlssmar., Recitation, Alice Evans. Oration. Eugene Jenks. Class Donor. Clara Williams. Prophecy, Eflie Prescott. Salutatory, Leila llodle. Jefferson Theater Program:— Class History, Pearl Mogle, Valedictory, Mollle Ernst. | Bacca laureate Sermon:—Prelude; j opening (congregation standing) (lottschalk; Involution; Responsive j Keadlng; Hymn, "Oeu" —Greatorev's • 'i ll; Scripture Lesson; Anthem - "The Lord is Great," Mendelssohn; Prayer; Anthem—"O. Lord, Most Mercllul", from ('oncnne "Mass In F"; An-1 ouncements; OfTertory; Hymn—"Oreutlon"—Haydn; Sermon; Prayer; Hymn—"Now the Day is Over"— Uarnby; Postlude. Following are the programs The "Sweet (Jlrl Graduates" will have their innings Thursday night, May 14, when the usual class exercise.) will be held in the Jefferson Theater. Both functions will begin promptly at eight o'clock. I erclaes for the public schools huvc | been completed by Supt. Hammers, and those who will take part in the exercises that will mark the close of the school year of 1 907-8 have been assigned their parts. The beginning of the end will take place In th« Baptist Church Sunday night, with appropriate services. The Baccalaureate .iermon will be delivered by I Lev. Henry .Mailt.s. sermon and the Commencement Ex- The programs fur the Baccalaureate I.M. f. It KIM Wi FRMMMSII EXPOSITION Boyn Will Hun Mile Stretch From New York to Chicago—Over 1.000 Miles. All hi Hcuriitic** For 0|h-wing of Great Show — Coders 150 Acres. The State Pol Ire will likely b> retained at Argentine until after the aetion of the miners, tailing off the strike. The making, of thp preliminary injunction permanent in the Milliard district gives the operators at Argentine and Ferris protection for a few weeks longer. This war the action of James M. Galbrealh, of Flutler, yesterday, when the hearing to make the injunction permanent or dissolve it was called. The request for the postponement of the hearing was made by Attorney Lev. McQuistoti, representing the miners' union. The preliminary injunction restraining President Francis IV han. fifteen organizers and members of the United Mine Workers of America, in the JJutler-Morcer district, from interfering with the employes of the operatorS of mines at Argentine, will remain in force and effect until the June term of court. The question of hours was conceded by the miners' representatives. This means that the nine-hour day is already tix.Hi. The wage lor. nine-hours I was the knotty problem. The operators contended for the old wage of $2.43 for the day men. Vice-President White asked fur ::n inereas;» of a few cents. This the opera'ojx did not concede, though at one time in the Greenville joint conference last week the conceded $2.45 for a ninehour day. At the Mercer conference yesterday the members of the operators' joint committee stood pat throughout. They asked that the old scale be renewed and that at once, so that work might be started without delay. j in* district will come- to a crisis tomorrow, when the scale committees of the two contending forces will hold a convention at Urove city. The purpose of this convention Is to take up the matter of resumption of work anil it is expected the order to resume will he passed unanimously as It has the sanction of Vice-President White and District President Feehan, who orisinally called the strike. The trouble between the miners and operators In the Butler-Mercer mln- rOUNG HID OLD THIEVES Clilckons, Pigs and Fishing Turkic— Carcass of Squealer Fou ml. Unless a storm should Intervene the start will he made tomorrow morning promptly at three o'clock. Rnroute they will be known a-i "Tom Falls" Keller, "Reddy" Morgan, and "Stony" Orlbbln. Reddy t will be the hostler, Tom Falls will be the cook, and Stony will be the I chambermaid. I The party Is made up of young men who have been employed generally In the coal mines, but who are anxious to try their luck in the gold and silver mines of the West. If conditions nre not favorable In Colorado. they may extend their trip to I he coast. to hunt and tlsh where the conditions are favorable and now and then work a. day or so. where employment will not necessitate a long stop. They expect complete the journey. The "train" will proceed from here to Kittanning, and there will head for I'olumbus, Ohio, via Butler. New Castle and Youngstown. From Columbus the cmtgranters will take the nearest road to Eldorado, Colorado, traveling through Ohio, Indiana. Illinois, Missouri, and Kansas, a distance of approximately 2,000 mlle«. At the rate they propose traveling It will require about six months to Adam Clawson's big 1,300-pound bay mare, "Gin," which the trio recently purchased, will furnish the motive power. She is a powerful, wellbuilt, sedate animal, und will not be expected to go more than twelve or fifteen miles per day. On the sides will be painted in largo letters "Punxsutawney, Pa., Emigrant Coach." The vehicle will be slocked with bedding, cooking outtlt, and provisions for several days, and In the basement will be carried a tent and camping outtlt. tall, the baggage man. It Is built up in the air, and there Is plenty of room between the bottom of the bed and the axles for carrying paraphernalia. It has a substantial cover and porch to protect the travelers In ease of storms, and can be closed up on all sides for sleeping apartments. The wagon was formerly transfer N'o. 7, and belonged to William Pan- will leave for an overland Journey of J.000 miles. The irlo will travel in a one-horse covered vehicle that Is not unlike the coaches that were in vogue during the settlement of the far West. tomorrow morning at three o'clock, men of West End, Punxsutawney, who gan and James Grlbbin, three young Back to the days of the emigrant train for David Kellar, Samuel Mor- 181 DELEGATES PRESENT Over in Indiana County the directors elected Prof. James P. Chapman, principal of the Indiana public schools, over Prof. H. D. Condron, principal of the Blairsviile schools, and C. A. Cam pbell. It required five ballots to secure an election. The tlrst ballot stood:' Chapman, 9G; Condron, 71; Campbell, 67. In -the succeeding ballots the two leading: candidates grained with each vote, and on the fifth ballot, after Campbell had withdrawn, Chapman received 121 votes and Condron 104. The result of the ballot demonstrates that the directors! are satisfled with the conduct or the olllce by Prof. Jones, who was selected last year to till the unexpired term of Prof. R. B. Teltrick, who was appointed deputy State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Outside of Punxsutawney. which Is an Independent district, there are 19!i directors, and It will thus be seen that all but ten directors were present and voting. One the first ballot the vote was as follows: Jones. 120; Wilson, 30; Conrad, 25; Stahlman, 14; total, lx». Prof. I,. Mayne Jones, the present Incumbent, was nominated by Director j. p. Jones (no relation), of Summervllle, seconded by Dr. Suyers, of lieynoldsville; Prof. j. p. Conrad, of Punxsutawney, by A. E. Clawson.' of Bell, and 11. H. Woodrfng, or Sykesvllle; Prof. c. E. Miller, or Brockvvayvllle, by Brumbaugh, of Brockwayvllle .anil E. I!. Stroup, or Wlnslow; Prof. Stahlman. of Ringgold, by Bowman Shannon, of Worthvllle, and N. P. Stahlman, of Blchardsvllle. follows: i he candidates for County Super- Intendent were then nominated as The convention was called to order by Dr. J. A. Newcome,, of Slgel, chairman of the Jefferson County Directors' Association, with P. H. SehalTner, of Warsaw Township, In the secretary's chair. The school directors of Jefferson County yesterday met In the Courthouse at Brookvllle and elected Prof. Mayne Jones County Superintendent for a term of three years. Intendent a resolution to change the place of holding the County Institute so as to alternate between Brookville and Heynoldsvllle, was offered by Dr. J. H. Murray, or Reynoldsvllle. The debate which followed resulted in considerable confusion and when a vote was called for a dispute as to the count of those voting for and aaginst arose. In the confusion which followed the directors faded away without having definitely decided the matter and the resolution was recorded as "lost". ollowlng the election of a super- 300 KILLED McHhmHsi (General Coiifciviuv in ScnmIoii ut Baltimore—(Jifiilfsl lllslory of Church. Remains of Francesco Corn I la Will lie &lilp|M><l to Stat«* Anatomical Society. Mgliaii ami British Forces l'<iiR»iEe In l>«'s|H'ruto Struggle. The Franco-Prit»sh Exhibition occupies a tract of nearly 150 acres at Shepherd's Bush, a suburb of North London. Scattered over this vast area some twenty huge exhibition palaces dedicated to the science, art and Industry of France and Great Britain. The buildings are spacious and artistic structures, built for tinmost part of steel, iron, concrete and plaster. The giant of the palaces is the Machinery Hall, which is -said to be the largest building- of its kind ever erected. Ii covers an area of over six acre-, nnich, with the balconies gives it a total floor space of | over eight acres. The next hngest edifice Is the Indian Court, for the display of the products « f the Indian 13m pi re. The hanging space for pictures in the Fine Arts Palace Is greater than that at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. Th«re will also be various amusement features, Inclu(t'l'r an Irim village, scenes from French peasant life, and an Indian viP. ge from Western Canada. LONDON, May <». — After months of preparation, the Franco-British Exhibtion is practically complete and ready for the opening. All london and Paris as well, is looking forward , eagerly to the event. The exhibition is the moat ambitious affair of Its kind that has been attempted in Eng- J land since the great Crystal Palace exposition. I Special to The Spirit. SUNDAY SCHOOL WOltKI KS. The man has a brother living, but t» this time he has not been located, and arrangements will be made today for shipping the body. To date no one has claimed the body and unless some one uts in a i appearance before tomorrow the remains will be shipped to the State Anutomical Society. Italian who was shot in the neck at DuHols last Tuesday, and who died Sunday in the Orube Hospital, still remains in the Robinson undertaking rarlors, where it was taken shortly after death. The body of Francesco Corulla, the Monday morning. Erie. The longest run forn single association to cover Is from Buffalo to up to Saturday at ten o'clock, and will be resumed again at two o'clock The race will be conducted day and night training of expert directors. as it has fully 100,000 boys under the arrange and safeguard such a race, be glory enough to enlist the best boys of the department. No other or- ganization than the Y. M. C. A. could colors. There will be no medals or prizes. The order of the selection and the record of the time made will izatlon will be selected to bear Its boys who will do credit to the orgun- ed. and after a careful physical and run and train for weeks, and then the medical examination The Hquad will boys for the race, only boys from 15 to 17 years of age will be select- road to Chicago are trying out their automobiles. The Young Men's Christian Association physical directors along the sage to bear oil Northward. Then the New York contingent will come back to the city in a procession of I sing gown at the office of Mayor Mc- Olellan and receive a message from him at the door, drop his dressing gown and make the first lap of the Arrangements were perfected In New York yesterday for what will be without doubt the longest organized relay race against time, proposed by the Boys' Departments of the Young Jinn's Christian Associations, to be run from City Hall, .V. Y., to the May- I or's office, Chicago, beginning at pre- I clsely ten a. m., July 15. The best runner and the best all-round boy of the 23d Street Branch will appear I clad In his running tights and a dres- j sontatIve of The Spirit, and Directors Lloyd Mehrlng, Stephenson. Harl. Davis, Means, Winslow. Robinson, Mitchell and a repre- I thousand-mile run. One mile up I :°rv Picks. I Broadway the second runner will I An hour of shop talk and repartee I await him to seize the message and I vv'*h the Hammers parlor as the fo- I speed on. At every mile post up to I n,m« concluded what the directors es' Yonkers, N. Y.. a boy will be ready toem ono the most enjoyable times to leap forward. Judges will ac-1 their lives. company the runners and pick them J The fortunate schoolmen were: W. up as they complete their sprints un-I l» Sutter, president. John F. Jenkins, til the Yonkers boys take the mes- I secretary. George C. Brown, treasurer. J Hammers to show the way, the directors dined and chatted, speechified anJ Joked two hours away, toppjiip the function off fn a puff of choice Fac- The school commissioners of th« borough of Punxsutawney last night held a special meeting In the directors' chumber In the new Jefferson Street school building, and elected Prof. A. M. Hammers, city superlntendent, for a term of three years, at $1,800 per year. There were three applicants for tho position, the other two being Francis Pray, superintendent of the schools of Kune, and Norman Smith Murphy. [ i rlncipal of the East Brady public schools. Prof. Hammers received the unanimous vote of the board. Although the selection of the balarce of the faculty will not be made until the June meeting the personnel of the corps was discussed at seme length, and the advisability of adding a teacher of drawing was debuted With the weight of evidence In vor of the additional chair. Other than the elcctln of Prof. Hammers there was little buslnevs that received official attention. The directors signed the diplomas that "111 be presented to the High School t induuVs on commencement day. and approved the programs for the bact alaureate serines In lilt l aptis Church Sunday night, and the commencement ex.>ivlues In the Ji ITersnn Theater Thursday night. May 14. Then the directors encountered a surprise In the neture of an Invitation to accompany Prof. Hammer* somei where. The genial Superintendent save the school fathers a little airing laiound the block, "fetching" up at Ithe charming Hammers home In the Harry block. Mrs. Hammers, aa soo-i as the school men had had time to catch their breath, led the way to ho dining room, where another aur;.rise loomed up. And :i more sumptuous and agreeable surprise was never prepared outside of Dolmonlco's or Sherry's. The viands were not only the choicest of the season, but they had been prei iired and were served with all of the I nunnciiig of the culinary art. It was a delicious feast, graciously served, Prof. Cerl Hammers, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Hammers, assisting his 1 mother. With such surroundings and with such a prince of entertainers as Prof. About the Michnlkandach block house is where the fiercest lighting centered. The nutlve Indian troops who are in the Knglish service, showed the greatest gallantry, charging desperately up th" precipitous *lope upon which the Afghans clung. Cutting thorn down in u hand-to-hand bat, th , they tlnally succeeded In dislodging the entire force. By United Press. LONDON, May 6. — Three hundred were killed and many more wounded In Sunday and Monday's lighting, when Sir James WUlcock's British force at Khyber Pass, en- I countered the Afghan forces. WEATHKIt INDICATIONS. BOMS THffOWEB FAILS PITTSBURG, May 6.—The weather forecast is: Rain tonight asd Thurs- BERNA UDSVILLE, N. J.. May 0.— Somerset Inn, one of -the most beautiful ttuntmcr resort hotels 111 Northern New Jersey, was burned to the ground early toduy. The fire is said to be of Incendiary origin. Loss Is estimated at $250,000. The letter written In Norwegian and Is from Carl Peterson, of Waupaca, Wis. Ho writes that he is sorry he cannot meet tier requirements as to his financial conditions, but he is respectable and worthy in every way. ; He says he hopes she will be able to tind the right kind of a man, one who will make her a good and true husband and one who will be a father to hor children. to Mrs. Guinness. After leaving Chicago, Mrs. CSulnness moved to La Porte, and here she was united In marriage to Peter Guinness. One day Guinness was struck on the head with a meat chopper and the wife explained to the coroner that it had fallen from a shelf and had killed him. Although her story was questioned the investigation was never carried any further and her story was given sufficient credence by the authorities to drop the case. That. Mrs. Guinness was evidently contemplating still another marriage Is believed by the officers as the result of the receipt of a letter Wedrt sday by Executor Fogie, addresse i The discovery of the bodies led expressmen to tell of the delivery of five trunks to the Guinness farm during the last six months and this fact has caused the authorities to work on the theory that the place was a clearing house for murderers. They suspect that wealthy persons, after being lured to Chicago and killed, were packed In these trunks and sent to LaPorte, ard disposed of. The developments of yesterday and today also caused the authorities to recall that the two husbands of Mrs. Guinness died under suspicious cir® cumstances, both meeting violent deaths. The first, Max Sorenson, was insured for 18,500, and the second, 1 Guinness, for $3,500. This insurance! was paid over to Mrs. Guinnes3 by! the companies. til Ind., May 8. — Noth- K ln* so gruesome In the history of the r State has transpired an that dlscoverf eil here yesterday, when the bodies of f five persons, all them murdered ( were found In the yard of the home of Mrs. Belle Gulness, who, with three of her children, were burned to death on the night of April 28. So far, only two of the bodies havs • been Identified. These are Andrew Helgelein. who came her from Aberdeen, S. D.. for the purpose of marrying Mrs. Guinness, whose acquaintance he had made through a matrimonial bureau. The other Is that of Jennie Olson Gulness, a Chicago Rlrl, who hud been adopted by 'Mrs. Guinness. She disappeared In September. 1906, and It Is said had gone to Los Angeles to attend school. | The other bodies were those of two I men and a woman. None of them ) lias been as yet Identified. The body of Helgelein was dismembered, and the arms, legs, trunk and head were buried In different ports of the yard. It Is believed by the authorities that Guy Lumphers, who has been under arrest since the burning of the Guinness home on the charge of murdering Mrs. Guinness ar.d her family, committed the Hel geleln crime, Lamphere is a carpenter and the manner in which the body of Helgelein was dismembered leads i lo the belief that It was done by tome- Jbody familiar with the use of a saw. J Lamphere, against whom a strong 'case of circumstantial evidence exf lsts in connection with the burning r of the Guinness home and the death of Mrs. Guinness and her three children, denies all knowledege of the bodies found today. The Starch by which the bodies were found yesterday was instigated by John Helgelein, the brother of Andrew, who has always believed that his brother was murdered, and that he had never gone to Norway as claimed by Mrs. Guinness and Lamphere. While questioning Joseph Maxson, a hired hand on the Guinness farm, John Helgelein learned of the mysterious digging of holes by him, all of them being filled at a later date by Mrs Guinness. The remains were only four feet underground and were enclosed in a gunny sack. day. r.vrroN chosen in ahmsthong DUBOIS, May 6. — At a meeting of the borough board last evening Professor J. H. Alfeman was re-elected city superintendent of the public schools for a term of three years. The salary was continued at the former tigure—$2,000 a year. of the public schools of Armstrong i County for the ensuing term of three j years, by the school directors of the : county, assembled In convention at { the Court House Tuesday afternoon. Academy, was elected superintendent KITTANNINQ. May 6. — Prof. W. A. Patton, principal of the Elderton Chicken thieves are also especially active In and around Punxsutawney. He Is known to the proprietor' and will, no doubt, settle when his attention is officially called to the oversight.Yesterday a Hungarian from an adjoining mining town went into Freas' Cyclery to make some purchases. He left by a rear door, neglecting to settle for a pair of new tires that had been placed upon his wheel' recently. Plfer & Rowan's bicycle shop on North Findley Street has been miss- Ihg supplies also, and one day r»> ijeivtly Mr. Pifer, rapturing one of the miscreants In the act, booted him from the premises. The of the eleven youngsters were obtained today and the matter has been placed in the hands of the local police. A Rang of eleven boys had been operating on the cyclery window. While some stood guard the others, with bent wires, fished for fishing tackle through the transom which Is used us a ventilator at 'the bottom of the casing. Tile opeartlon required more than ordinary Ingenuity in the manipulation of the tackle, but the boys were equal to the occasion, and In the manner described succeeded In filching the window for several dollars worth of fishing tacklv. Yesterdn;' the mystery of the missing fishing tackle was solved when evidence cropped out that this morning resulted In the discovery of the perpetrators. For several weeks P. O. Freas had been missing tools and paraphernalia from the garage on North Jefferson Street, and fishing tackle from the show window of the Electrical Supply House on Mahoning Street. owner. With a view of capturing the perpetrators a watch was kept near the scene last night, but no one having put in an appearance at a late hour, the carcass was brought back to the Monday night. Horm Thomas, of I Elk Run, missed a pig and yesterday the animal was found in the woods about a mile distant, with its throat cut and the entrails removed. The carcass had been carefully covered up, indicating that the thieves Intended returning for their booty. Several instances of petty thieving and some of a graver nature have come to light recently In Punxsutawney.So great is the interest centering rn the question of bishops for the difj ferent races embodied in the denomination and the problems especially growing out of the desire of the negro members for greater recognition, that a number of the bishops will make . some statement on this subject. But, | althought their comment is expected j t«. be more than mere suggestions, any j action tending to change present con-j dition* will be taken slowly. oi the church will be suggested. | "The Man of Ihi Hour" U«<B» * ! The Spirit BatuntaJ. °"> ,°f bejt American jtoriee t»M WllMifc By United Prosa. MOSCOW, May 6. — An unsucceaa* ful attempt was made to assassinate l Governor Voronesh today, whan ft | bomb was hurled at the carriage Ml ! which he was driving through Mala Street. The missile missed tile Vafcld#» :j| exploded with terrific vlolanca, a passing woman. C. H. CRISSMAN, County President. as delegates that will bring back t.o the school practical help from the convention. Superintendents and Secretaries should be urged to attend. Pastors are expected t6 be present. Every school should arrange to bring or send Its apportionment of two cents per member for the expenses of the County Association, ndivldual donations are suggested. Please see that this is done promptly and In a business-like way. Watch the papers. More next week. Pastors and Superintendents should hold in mind that the Jefferson County- Sunday School Associations will hold its annual convention at Reynoldsville, June 9 and 10, and take such steps that will bring their schools in close touch with this movement. The County Secretary, Miss Margaret Butler, Reynoldsville, Pa., has sent to each school blanks for statistical reports. In case these have not been filled out and sent In, kindly see that it Is done at once. If cards have been lost, write Miss Butler for another. Such persons should be sent A large number of momentous questions will come up for settlement, among them being the amusement question. Many of the bishops here today have expressed opinions that it can safely be said that in the main ar.y change in the traditional stand of the Methodist Episcopal Church against worldly amusements will be opposed. However a social organisation of the younff and old members Six bishops have died in the last quadranium and six In the last eight years, the leadership therefor shifting a great deal since the opening of Ihe Twentieth Century. Eight or ten new bishops will be elected at this conference and there will thu9 fce another change in the oragnlzation and control of affairs. General conferences have met of- I tener In Baltimore than in any other ' city in the United States, and if the predictions of the bishops and general offleials assembled here can be rel."d on this gathering will go down in the history of church as the most important conference that has yet been held. gates, representing more than three million active members, and a similar number of Sunday School pupils, of the Methodist Episcopal Church in thirty-seven countries of the world, gathered this morning in the Lyric Theater in this city for deliberations that will last a month, and the result of which will be of vital importance to the denomination which John Wesj ley established in this country. BALTIMORE, Mil., May 6. — Seven hundred and eighty-seven dele- By United Press. IPp WmMw* ®ty MM