Reports were read and ree-'ved from
committees on Bible cause and the district
Education will lie the principal subject
for discussion by the conference tomorrow
at 10 o’clock.
Brewton, Ala., was chosen as the place for
holding the next annual conference. Brew
ton. w;-s selected over Troy by a v->te of
72 to 62. The vote was made li-c.nimous.
A special ses: ion of the conference was
held this afternoon tor the purpose of elect
ing elerii al and lay delegates to the eener
al conference. The following were ele< t-d
delegat : I Laird, B. M Washburn, cler
ical delegates. Lav, A. J. Lamar, J. O.
‘ner, J. M. Mas on, \ S S ndrews. One
other cli-ri :<l delegate and three other lay
delegates will be elected the first thing’
tomorrow.
The conference will close Monday and the
appointments will probably be announced
in the afternoon.
I Vevv Ulsimese Ts-enfv,
San Francisco, December I”.—Ly Wing
Yow, Chinese consul general at San Fran
cisco, has been summoned to Washington
to confer with the Chinese minister regard
ing a new treaty soon to be submitted by
China to the United States. He departed
for Washington last night. He would s.iy
only when interviewed that the present
treaty is far from satisfactory and that
the Chinese have not settled on the terms
of the treaty which they intend to pro
pose as a substitute. For one thing, how
ever, the Chinese government will not op
pos the new registration law.
PLUNGED TO DEATH,
Fifty Men Fall with a Bridge in the Ohl
River-TO Dead ami Missing.
