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THE OMAHA DAILY DEE: FIUDAY. MADCII 10, 1!)00. 1 PROSECUTION BY THE STATE Witnen Gifei Other 8!ds of Difficulties in Ooeur d'Alena Distrio'.. MILITARY ASSISTS CIVIL AUTHORITIES rronrciMliiK Attorney Mntr. olill-ri Mnilc o Arrest on 'I'hclr Ouii .'Motion DurliiK the Trouble WASHINGTON. Marrh 15. Although the direct testimony In tho Cocur d'Aleno In vestigation beforo the hotine committee on military affairs Is not yet closed, the prose cuting witnesses temporarily gave place to day to tho first witness not identified with those- bringing the charges. This was J. 11. Forney, tho special prosecuting otllrcr who dlrcetod tho cases befote tho coroner's Jury nnd tho grand Jury at the seat of tho dis order. Ho said he had been a prosecuting official for seventeen years and was specially appointed iu this case by the attorney gen eral of Idaho. Tho witness unlit the coroner's Investi gation, which was mueh criticised on tho direct examination, was conducted In tho usual way and In connection with tho law. The Jury not only Investigated tho deaths resulting from tho riot of April 29, but also tho conspiracy leading up to that demonstra tion. Tho theory that a conspiracy exlstcl gave the Inquiry a broad scope. Mr. For ney said, however, that no force, violence, or Intimidation was used toward the wit ness. Concerning the prisoners In the hull pen Mr. Forney said they were not held under any specific charges, but by virtue of the governor's proclamation declaring that thu county was In a state of Insurrection. This was In nccordanco with the law. he said, which provided In case of Insurrection tho governor can appoint a special officer with an armed force, to take charge of affulrs. Tool; I'liice f .illlltln. flartlctt Sinclair was appointed as this of ficer In charge and as tho state mllltlu was In the Philippines, the governor called on tho federal government for troops. Tho witness said tho I'n-ltcd States troops ftsslntcd tho stnto authorities In making ar rests, but so far ns ho knew thoy did not make arrests or discharges Independent of the stato nuthorltlo. Ho specifically denied that ho had authorized tho appropriation refcrrej to by Witness Slmpklna, relative to Implicating two minora In the blowing up of the mill. Mr. Forney was asked ns to the "permit system," under which men were not allowed to work without an oinclal permit. Ho said Governor Steuncnberg had told him that the system was not now, that tho Miners' unions had compelled tho mlno owners to take out permits and that "this was an Inning for the other side." After soir.o controversy Mr. Forney asked that this last phrase be stricken out. but Mr. I-cntr. objected. Mr. Forney then added to tho phrase that It was "an Inning fur tho other side, so far as this was neccs nary to preserve order In tho Coeur d'Aleno district." Mr. Forney said tho counsel for the ar cuned domanded tho names of parties In dicted and copies of the testimony, but this Information was not given n it would have been ngainut tho ends of Justice nnd would have usslstod eunpectetl parties In escaping. Hall was not denied In bailable- cases, he said, but the men In the "hull pen" were not ball able, being held not under tho usual law process, but under tho proclamation of tho governor. Forney In Crosn-12 villained. Mr. Sulzer conducted tho cross-examination. Ho brought out that Mr. Forney did rot live In"' Shoshone county when appointed special prosecutor, and he then read a stat ute of Idaho to the effect that no pcrnon shall be eligible- to a county office unless he ha been an elector of tho county for six month. The witness explained thnt this law applied to an elective office. He was closely nuttitloncd as to his alleged efforts to . secure testimony from Slmpklns. Ho said It was reported to him Slmpklns had dam aging testimony to the effect that three of tho prlsonors In tho "bull pen" participated in blowing up tho mill, but ho was afraid of his llfo If ho gave this testimony. He (For ney) then assured Slmpklns of protection and nald that ho would recommend to the court his exoneration, but Slmpklns would make no rstntement. The witness said ho was nn attorney for tho Hunker Hill mine about a year prior to tho disturbance and now ho was attorney in a caso ngnlnst It. The witness was examined at length on the legal rights Involved; tho suspension of the writ of habeas corpuw. He hnld thu writ had not been suspended In Idaho, al though tho action of tho governor and tho holdings of tho court might havo had thnt practical effect. Ho nialntnlnod, however, that ft writ of habeas corpus in particular cases did not operate as a general suspen sion of tho system. Tho crc-examlnatlon by lentz and Sulzor was directed to show ing that tho attorney general of Idaho de murred to tho Application for habeas corpus and In effect held that the writ -was sus pended. Mr. I.entr. ll imtlieiMiten, A heated controversy arose over tho hypo- thctlcal question by Mr. I-entz as to whether if a Hlster of charity had been put In the "bltll pell" she would havo secured u writ of habeon corpus. The- answer was that no such condition could havo existed. When bentz pressed tho question, Stevens of Min nesota sharply protested that tho question ias "absurd-and nonsensical. I.ontz declared tho witness was seeking to evado tho question, whereupon tho wit nets turned to tho Ohio member and said: "I am perfectly honent, In this matter. -want you to understand, sir." Tho witness Anally declined to answer tho question fur thpr.- - representative Hay of Virginia raised tho point that this placed tho witness in con tempt and asked for n. voto on holding tho witness to bo in contempt. A controversy of half an hour followed, bringing frequent sharp and rather pcrsonul exchanges bo- tween Marsh of Illinois and Lcntz. Tho question was finally changed and tho con troversy closed When the ivltiuss was asked as to his politics. Jott of Illinois Inquired if tho In vestigation wan to bo on political lines. Marsh answered that In his opinion tho In vestigation was conceived nnd executed for political purposes SCHURMAN ON PORTO RICO Vrrnldrnt of Cornell I'nl vernlly Write of Our Duties Toward 'Annexed Territories. NEW YORK, March 15. The following letter from President J. 0, Schurman of Cornell university, president of tho old Philippine commission, to a personal friend Is published hero today: "I nsreo with you that tho United States la under obligation to extend its tariff laws to the Island of I'orto Itlco. Hut I cannot accept your contention that this obligation is derived from tho constitution, which. In my Judgment, does not of Its own forco apply to nnuexed territories. Tho obligation Is moral, not constitutional. As tho president said, with equal truth mid felicity, it Is our pluln duly. "Wo aro bound to this course by solemn promises. The supreme and Irreslstlblo rea son for removing all customs barrier be i n nen thn United State and Porto Rico Is ,ho prml-H, made by Genera. Mile, when the Umo rtiJlHn .r ronihient French first landing was made by American forced lu, m llf ,,, ,vrttIU Huniune uu- on the Island, that tho Porto Rictus should ilcty ot France at the cxp" itku, On ihta unders-.andlng tho I'orto Hlcnns tie i repled American Hoverelgnty. not only with out opposition, but with Joyful trust ana con fidence. Thu present Issue 1. simply thin. Shall r repudiate, or shall we fulfill the national engagements? Shull this great re public break fnlth with the little Island of I'orto Hlc'o'' Having secured the fruits of (leneral Miles "promise, tihall we now re nounce the promise?" BERNHARDT'o L'AIGLON A HIT Itonlnnil'N I'lny Dt'lili'tliiu (lie I'nflicllo Miirj of Nil 1 1 I i i .Son Mrunul) l'icu-iitcil. PARIS. Mnrch IB. It Is the opinion of competent Frcn.ii critics thut the first per formance Inst eenlng at Mine. Bernhardt', theater of "I.'Alglon" murks a date In theaterlcal annals. For u number of days public Interest has been raised to a high pitch by newspaper articles and the greatest curiosity was manifested ns to tho manner In which M. Itostan I, the celebrated author of "Cyrano de Hergerae," would treat tho pathetic story of the duke of Reichstadt, king of Rome, son of the greut Napoleon nnd Mnrlo Louise, whoso subrlquet, "Tho Kaglet," gives tho tltlo to the piece. Thero was much speculation as to how far Bernhardt would be successful In acting the tltlo rolo ns compared with her work on former occasions when sho has taken such malo parts as Hamlet. Kverybotly dis tinguished In the worlds of literature, art and politics was present to witness her per formance and repeated bursts of applauso proved that sho had added one more brilliant success to nn already long list. Melancholy, despair, Irony, nnger. en thusiasm and tenderness nil found In the rolo of Reichstadt ho Interpreted to per fection. Tho play, which Is In six acts, consists of a suecitislon of brilliant pictures, open ing with a room In tho roynl chateau In Austria, In 1S30. shotting the frivolous Mario Louise surrounded by her ladles of honor and thoughtless of her lort crown nnd fallen husband and ending with u sceno In tho duke's apartment In the Imperial chateau nt Schoenbrunn. where "I.'Alglon," full of despair at the discovery of the plot to regain tht French throne. Is stretched on Napoleon's camp bed, at tho point of death. Tho dramatist represents the duke, who died of consumption In opening manhood, as for a long time hcultatlng to conspire, but at last consenting, nnd one of the most ad- mlrablo scenes Is that In which ho is seen on the plain of Wngram waiting for horses with which to Jcavo Austria and return to France. It was hero that Bernhardt made, her great hit in the passage In which M. Rostand. In Iinpauiloncd verse, pay a n tribute to Napoleon's glory. The play, which Is destined to have n long run. is staged magnificently. Bernhardt appears In two costume' dressed for riding nnd In tho white uniform of nn Austrian colonel. UNHEALTHY IN MEXICO CITY Dentil Itnle Kiinnln Thnt of llomliiiv Improvement i:i''ti-it from c,v llrnlmiKi' ('mini. C1TV OF MKXICt). March 15. Prepara tions are going on for tho formal opening of the great drainage cannl on Saturday. Sir Went man Pearson, who Aullt tho canal, has arrived and will be the honored guest. Ono new main drains the. city's sewer sys tem nnd tho main drains will empty Into the grnnd canal. How Important tho re formed drainage of tho city is has been shown this week by the publication of the mortuary statistics of tho City of Mexico. Tho deaths in ISO!) wero 17,783 and, taking tho population at a fair estimate of 100,000, tnis bnowB a ucatn rato or over 4 per l.flOO. about tho same as that of Bombay. Tho births wero only 14.31U and tho city, while growing marvelously, has been rs c nil tod from rural Mexico. Sanitarians bo llovo that with the- now drnlnago system tho death rato will fall one-half, or to tho same rato as for New York City. I'liiicoNM IIoIiIh it 1 1 rim Iiikiooiii. LONDON, March 15. Tho princess of Wnles held tho second drawingrnoni of thu season at Buckingham palace- In behalf of tho queen today. There was u limited num ber of presentations nnd the attendant crowd was smaller than usual. Tho Americans present wero Mrs. I.afayetto do Frleso and Miss Ida Hungerford. both of New York, and Mrs. Joslah Pierce and Miss Pierce, Amer ican residents of London. Tho United States charge d'affalrs, Henry White, and other members of the embassy wero present. Anxiety Over KiiknIii'n Itrftmnl, CONSTANT1NOPLK, March 15. There is great anxiety in official circles hero re garding tho Russian government's refusal to modify Its demands regnrdlng railroad concessions iu Asia Minor. The Turkish government advises against submission and tho sultan is nwnitlng a military report on tho strategical aspect of tho question before giving a decision. I'll mlii'lilm Atlili'leN Win, CAMBRIDGK, Eng., March 15. In tho athletic games between Cambridge nnd tho London Athletic club today tho former won by seven events to three. Thero wero no notablo performances. STOCK EXCHANGE AS A TRUST ItiTi-l vi-r Asked I'or Indlnnnpolls Assocliit Ion of l.lvr Mock Deni er x on Thla liroiinil, INDIANAPOLIS, Intl.. March 15. Suit for a receiver for tho Indianapolis Live Stock, exchange, composed of tho stock dealers at tho I'nlou ttock yards, was filed today In tho shape of quo warranto proceedings by tho prosocuting attorney. The state charges thnt thu exchange Is not a corporation, though pretonding to be. After stating that there tiro numerous other men associated In the pretended cor poration betides tho defendants named tho complaint alleges that tho real purpose c.f thu association is noj only for tho nctual benefit of Us members, but that It exists for tho purpose of preventing competition mid for maintaining a monopoly In thn busluccs of buying and selling live stock on commission at tho Union stock yards. It Is charged that, although the expenses of the corporation aro only nominal, tho annual dtuu of $10 on each membership certificate aro now collected and tho fco for membership has been Increased from $5 nt the dato of organization1 until now n, cortltlcnto of membership will not be Issued except on tho payment of a feo of $500. Tho plaintiff states that tho directors of tho exchanga will not allow a member to transfer his cortlflcato of membership. It is claimed that tho officers of tho associa tion havo assessed lines of $100 on mem bers who havo sold live stock nt a lower prlco than that fixed by thei corporation. Mcmbersblp In tho exchange, says tho com plaint, Is necessary In order to securo equal advantages whllo doing business nt tho Union stock yards and It Is Impossible for persons not members of the exchange to en gage In business nt the yards. l-'roiicliuirii Honor Viiierlcnn Heroine, FORT WAYNK, 1ml. March jTi.-MUh Jennie Creek of Mill tirove, a comely girl of If, will weir tho star of the Frenrii Legion of Honor mul attend the Purl ex position ns her reward In saving a I'nn linmllo World's fair special from being wrrcked September 10, Wii She discov ered thT railroad bridge near her home on tiro nnd t.iklnc off her red tlannel skirt Hugged tho swiftly nniirnaelilng train In HIGHWAYS OF THE PIONEER; Few of the Overland Trails Market! by Modsrn Towns. R MLROADS A FACTOR IN TOWN MAKING Why Trull I'oIIom nl tin- llluliliiuil. mill ItiillrimiW Sotmlit tin- nl lej i l'ii.lnu of I In- (Mil Order of Tlilim-i. Replying to a question by a nemlemrui who Is writing n history of the fur trade, to designate tho routes of the old trails aerois Nebraska by means of tmmett of existing towns. J. Sterling Morton answers In tho Conservative that tho thing In not feasible, for the reason that the two do not coincide. Continuing, he snye: Where the old roads ran Is not where the towns are found at present. The roads did not nold the towm. for there wero nono tu avoid; nor would It be entirely correct to say that tho towns avoided the roads. Novertbeless, there are, throughout tho entire length of those famous highways between tho Missouri river and tho Rocky mountains, only two spots marked by the sites of modern towns, those two be ing Mwrysvllle, Kan., where the Kansas City trail crossed tho Big Blue, nnd Ash land, Neb., whero tho old "military." "emi grant" or "California" trail from Nebraska City crossed Salt Creek, both crossings be ing effected by means or fords. That the romalnder of these routes, lying for n good pnrt of the dlstanco through thickly-settled communities, should bo wholly barren of towns or villages, Is so curious n phenom enon as to Justify n few words of comment. In accounting for it, the reason that will cover tho greatest part of the ground U this, thnt most of tho modern towns are the offspring of tho railroads and the routes of the railroads nnd ot the freighting trails weie selected on opposing principles. The trails always followed tho high land, keeping along tho ridges of tho divides between par allel river valleys nnd going around tho heads of the minor tributary streams. It was immaterial whether the road was level or not; thero was no objection to a rolling country provided Its surface In detail was even; tho object was to avoid the crossing of water courses, which, even If dry, offered serious Impediments to ox teams Iu the steepness ot their banks. Inline lire of (In- Itiillromln, When the railroads came to lay out their routes, however, they wero directed by pre cisely contrary considerations. A level grado was tho great desideratum with them and they therefore followed tho river bot toms wherever It was practicable to do to. Whereas the freighters found It easier to go around n gully than to cros It, the railroad flllril It up and thought nothing of it. And whereas. In tho few cases whero local cap ital took In hand tho Improvement of some part of n trail It was thought cheaper to avoid a si renin than to bridge It, the rail road, building for the future, would bridge It ns a matter of course. So that It may bo laid down ns a general rule that tho freight ing roads are found upon tho ridges and the railroads In the valleys. This statement will apply equally to the two classes of freighting trails, which may bo called tho natural and the nrtllclsl. Tho origin of somo ot thiso highways must al ways be a matter of conjecture. If they were not always there, they are at any rate so old that no ono can do more than guess who matin them. Senator Denti-ii, in nn often-quoted statement, uttrlbuted them to tho doublo annual migration of the buffalo who, in thnt case, having a good section of geologic tlmo on their hands, would havo been Inexcusable If they had not In tho long run hit upon the easiest routes anil the moit rcllablo fords. Granting that the buf falo made a trail of this sort frcm cast to wcjt, nothing could be moro natural than that tho Indians should accept their guld ance, the French trapper that of the Indian ami tho Amerlcnn Immigrant that of tho trapper. In this way it Is possible to ex plain tho existence of tho ready-mado high way which Pathfinder Fremont trod across Nebraska in 1SI2. Other roads again were laid out in later days by the surveyor In the Interests of cer tain settlements. Of this klntl was the orlg Inal steam-wagon road, which was devised to facilitate travel frcm Nebraska City to Fort Kearney, nnd tho route of which lay across untrodden new country. But oven In such a caso the surveyor took u leaf out of the buffalo's notebook; or rather, their in tercBts being identical, they wero led to the same results; nt all events, both tho prim itivo nnd tho artificial trails kept to the ridges, l'liiltc Valley Homlx. This applies of course only to the country between tho 'Missouri river towns, where the storv begins, and tho Platte. Onco within tho marches of that slipshod, but elllclont stream, and buffalo, Indian, bull whacker nnd railroad surveyor hail alike their eholco between tho same two things either to cross Its dubious cuannel or to continue nlong bcsldo It. So that hero freighting trail and railroad must practically coincide, except In so far as tiiey elected to follow opposite sides ot the river. Having then these two dlametrlcall opposed systems, It Is easy to understand the history of tho towns that spraug up along the routo of ench. The stage stations tiled with tho destruction of tho freighting bust ness, and tho railroad towns are the ones that appear upon the map today. They have lived because the railroads brought) tho farmer, and tho farmer must havo his postoflice, his store ami his shipping station. Tho others died hecauso their location was adapted only to tho peculiar service for which they were established. When the stage coach and tho ox train censed to pass, thero was no longer any reason for their existence. They were not calculated for permanency In the first place; merol)' a placo where tho stage driver could change his horso nnd the pnssenger securo tho square meal for a dollar, of which ho always wroto so pathetically afterward. If there was anything like a store. It was designed, not for a stationary surrounding population, hut for tho passing stream of humanity rushing to tho mines or tho Indian country. When this traffic ceased, on the opening of thu Pacific railway, the tinek country lay vacant for a time; and when, with the ex tension of tho rntlroad system, towns of tho now ami permanent klntl wero located, thero was no object In reviving tho old sites, In convenient for the now order of things, and no doubt nlrendy half forgotten. As to tho Platto valley, thero may bo towns on tho Union Pacific east of Kearney which had local habitations nnd names be fore tho railroad was built, but that routo was not ono of tho great freighting trails. Omaha lay too far up tho river, and the difficulties encountered on tho north sltlo of tho Platto were too great. Much If not incut of the travel on that route crossed to tho south sl.lo as soon as Shlun's ferry was reached; this place was a few miles won of Fremont and has vanished like the rest. And since tho Union Pacific adhered throughout to tho north sUe of the Platte, whereas all the freighting enmo sooner or later to tho south side, our main statement holds good, that the towns of today are the children of the railroads, whllo the older places have disappeared. Other ('mini'. Unquestionably other causes have con tributed to tho separation of tho towns from tho trails. Tho first agricultural settlers In thn Interior of tho stato clung to tho bot tom lands along tho larger an I smaller streams, it was long before any of them vonturod upon tho uplands wher'e the trails lay the laud was thought not to he good uougu lor their us"s, Then, too, uhtru wis "m!;! an antipathy from the start between fniahteis and the serious settlers naturally be supposed that a peaceable fanner might fall to appreciate the pianr esque qualities of the bullwhatkers and emi grants sullltlentlv to desire close and con stant Intimacy with them, and so might with draw to n little distance before undertaking to raise crops nnd a family. But one does not at firt sight understand why the freighters objected to the propinquity of the settlers. That they did so Is evident from editorials found from time to time In the contemporary newspapers, which may be called the official orguns of tho freighting business. Good enough reasons appear on closer Inspection. The settlers claimed property rights In what had hitherto belonged freely to all comrrs. hence arose controversies, painful to tho bullwhackers' sensitive natures. Tho farmer would not allow them to camp In their accustomed spot, If it was on his ground, nor turn their cattle loose In Ills high grass: he was apt to cut the grass anil put It In his barn when they most needed It, and his stock would often make trouble among their beasts; disputes as to owner shin would also nrlse at times, and he had furthermore a villainous way of fencing In nnd plowing up the sacred soil of the trail. For these reasons and many omers mcie was no love between them. So tho settlers kept away from tho roads when they could, and their schools, post- offices and towns sprang up at a distance from them. MUlenilliiK Xnnie. A peculiar result of the chtyigcs that at tended tho passing of tho old order ot things, and one especially misleading to tho Investigator, tt the occurrence of the old historic names attached to other settle ments than those which bore them first. Instances ot this arc very numerou. Thero Is Kearney. Before Kearney was there wns a Kenmey City, which was somo miles away and across the river; before that wero tort Kearney and Old Fort Kearney, nil separate and distinct. Thero Is Julesburg, whbh is the third ot that nnme. All the way tilong tho tier from Kearney westward ono can find the name? of old stage stations and land marks familiar In tho Itineraries of the early daf, but nil transferred to places somo dis tance nwny and ncroFS the river to the north. The Instances of this are too numer ous to be entertaining, but It is noteworthy that tho name Is more likely to be found attached to a township or precinct than to a po3tolllce. This suggests the method which undoubtedly operated In such casea. Tho name of the old station would spread Itself over tho surrounding country and when next a name wns wanted ns organization went on it would bo tho first to come to men's minds. There aro plenty of Instances of these changes nnd of the ups nnd downs In gen oral to which tho early settlements wero liable In our own county. Wyoming was a river town, which nt ono time had hopes, hut Is long since dead. It gave Its name to Its precinct and when a few years ago the Missouri Pacific had a. station to name It called It Wyoming. Palmyra wns a town laid out lu the '50s, n mile pouth of Douglas, whero thero Is now a graveyard. Tho pres ent Palmyra Is many miles away. Worral ton was n pestoffieu on tho Nemnha, south west of Nebraska City: Its location Is now forgotten. liven Syracuse, proud city of the salt waters, whloh were to be the founda tion of its wealth nnd greatneu, fell so low as to loso Its postoffice In 385P, lr.it It was afterward re-established at the lame point. HOW NONTAX GOT ITS NAM 12 t; en em I .1. W, Denver SiiKuexteil 11 to Senator Stephen A, DmiulnN. In the year J8SS, says a writer In tho Helena Independent, 1 wns a law student In the law office of the lato Oeneral J. W. Den ver in Washington D. C. and also occupied tho position of confidential clerk to him. During a conversation between us about Montana territory, the general nsked mo If 1 knew how the territory got its name. I answered In the uegatlvo, and ho remarked: "I am tho only person living who knows," and proceeded In his modest way to relate the Incident to me. Denver had been tho much-beloved terri torial governor of Kansas, which nt that time Included the greater part, if not all, of the present state of Colorado. Ho was very Intlmnto with Stephen A. Douglas. I cannot remember tho exact time of this In cident as given me by Oeneral Denver, but It was nfter Denver had been governor of Kansas territory, and before Douglas ceased to be i senator. Douglas sent for Denver to come to his home, which was In Wash ington, D. C, both 'being there at tho tlmo. During the evening's conversation Douglas stated that ho was going to Introduce a bill to form some new territories, and wanted Denver to glvo him .iu appropriate name. Ho had a map of the country bo fore him. Colorado was tho first name sug gested, but Douglas replied, "I havo selected that name for this one," pointing on tho map to what Is now the stnto of Colorado, "I want a name for a territory I am going to mark out up hero In the moun tains." Denver's life In tho wcHt and service In the Mexican war made him familiar with many Spanish words, and ho remarked, "Why not call It Montana?" Douglas Immediately said, "What doo3 It mean?" Denver replied: "It Is a Spanish word, nnd means a mountainous country." Douglas' wifo was ono of tho most noted linguists of tho capital, and he, doubting Denver's knowledge of Spanish, walked out Into tho hall and calling to his wife, who was upatalts, said- "My dear, tlo you know any such word us Montana'?" to which sho leadlly replied: "It Is a Spanish word anil means a mountainous country." Douglas returned nnd said, "(Jovcrnor, It's Just the word, anil I will adopt It." A bill followed In a few days In which ' Montana" appeared. Tho bill did not pass at that time and. If I correctly remember the story, not In the lifetlmo ot Douglas, hut the name stuck, anil from that Incident Montana cot Its name. General Denver wns a very modest man nnd raroly, evon to lntlmato friends, spoke of events with which ho was connected, and. os ho Is now dead. I may bo the only person who knows of this Incident. I havo given It to you ns related to mo by the general, and 1 thought your people might bo Inter ested, not only in knowing the story, but In pre. ervlng It. Monument to Miilne Vletlins, KHY WHST. Fl.i., March 15.- The unveil ing of tho monument dedicated lv citizens of Key West to those among the Mnlne vletlins who were burled here look plnie this ntternnon. Over lO.OoO people were prevent. A procession composed of a de tnchment from the gunboat Maehlas, two companies of the First artillery, rcurcsen-t-tiiviM nf the iv f"il ""v and '"l' M'- cials, local civic nrgnnlzatlinn nnd hun dreds of school children, murched from tho naval Htnilmi n the icniiut'o . At U" cemetery Colonel tleorgo (1. -Patterson, In behalf of lilt) monument committee, pr - senlcd the monument to Commander l ltnpey. acting for the Navy denartmeiit Rev. ('hnrlPH V. Frnzer. orator of the day, made a speech mul benediction, was pro , nouncetl by Chaplain Lo Roycc. After tho 1 iinvcllliiL- hiiiiilri tlx of school children cov ered the graves with wreaths ami (lowers. SteplieiiN N it III fn l)eli'mitf. .IF.FFKRSON (MTV, .Mo.. March lS.-Gov-ernor Stephens today appointed ten prom inent i lllzfiis of MlHHtiurl delegates to rep rcHent this Ktute at the Trnnsnilsslsslnid congress, which will meet hooii nt Houston. Tex. At the head of Hie delegation I" former Governor l ll. I'Iiiihih, who win tell of the work of the world's fulr to be hebl In St Louis in V.3. In comniPinoratlon of tho iwith anniversary of the Louisiana purchnsu. Itiillcj Will Cunt iihm i'l-inx. WASHINGTON. March 15. Represonta tlvo Bailey of Texas left for his homo stato today to begin nn extended canvass for tho United States senatnrshlp to succeed Senator Chilton, who will be a candidate for reelection. TERRY WINS IN TWO ROUNDS' Vanquisher of Diion and Gardner Easily Whips a Philadelphian. LENNEY MAY HAV BEEN A QUITTER HI. I'IiiIkIi Huh Hint iirn rn nee Kiioi'Ueil lliniii Three Time In the Second Tom Minrlic) Will pi it Tenn. PHILADELPHIA, March 15. A largo crowd naw Terry AlrGovern defeat Ktldle Lenney of Philadelphia at tho Industrial Athletic club tonight In the second round of what was to have been a six-round con tost. Lenney was completely outdated nnd in tho finul round wa knocked down three tltimi In tho one minute and forty-live set -onds consumed. Lenney's finish, lu tho opinion of tho fighting 'inen pi'tent, had tho appearance of his having quit. Tho first knockdown was the only hard punch of this round, being a swinging rlgln on tho local man's Jnw. He took the full ten seconds nnd MrOovern then rufheJ nt him with his usual speed and with a couplo of light body blows sent him to the tloor again. Thu local man again took the full tlmo In toeing tho mark. when, nfter a couplo of pastvtf, Terry landed a light b.idy blow and followed It up with a right on tho Jaw. Lenney was then counted out Tho first round was without Intercut Thero wero no hard blows struck, Mrtlot cm taking his time, apparently waiting nn opportunity to land heavily. Tho seml-wind-up was between Tommy Fcltz of Brooklyn and Jack Ionising of Camden nt 10S pounds. It wns tt spirited struggle from ftart to the end of the fifth round, when tho Brooklyn lad forced Lan sing to tho etlgo of I ho ring, and with a light punch sent tho Camdenito through the ropca anil ho fell to the floor. Feltz had clearly tho better of tho go, his body blows especially being effective. Slmrkey AVIilps n Teton. HARTFORD, Conn., March 15. Tnm Sharkey knocked out "Texas Jim" Mccor mick tonight nfter thirty-eight second" of fighting In the ColUeum before the Nut meg Athletic club. 'A left to the body nnd a right hand uppercut sent McCormiik down nnd out and he was groggy when he was nsslftctl to hla feet. He did not stand a chnnco against the sailor. He landed two hard punches full In Sharkey'B face, but tho latter did not mind the blows. At the start Shnrkey rushed matters nnd did not let up for an Instant. Iti'Hllltx on (he It ll it it I ll mt Trncka. SAN FRANCISCO. March 15.-Weather cloudy nntl track fast. Tanforan results: First race, one-half mile, for 2-ypnr-old-pure: M. F. T.irpy won. Combermerle se. -mid. LucliLa third. Time: 0:IS. Second race, six furlongs, selling: Fln inora won, Afnniada second, Ollnthus third Time: 1:11. Third race, one mile, handicap: The Fret ter won. Krwin second, Klnsteln third. Time: 1 :13. Fourth race, one and one-slxtccnth mile.", selling: Topmti"t won. Sardonic second, Tnppan third. Time: 1:43. Mfth race, heven-elghths of n mile, sell ing: Fl.tmora won, Perseus second, Afghan third. Time: 1:27',4. Sixth race, one mile, purse: Socialist won. Constellator second, Cromwell third. Time IM. Seventh race, seven furlongs, selling Sister Alice won. Gold Baron second, Rosal bra third. Time: 1:2S. NHW ORLUANS. March 1.'.. Weather rainy and track heavy. Results: First race, seven furlongs: F. W. Urode won. Prince of Veronla second, Hen Chance third. Time: 1:3.1. Second race, four furlongs, selling: mink won. Francis Hels second, Dlonysla third Time: 0:506. Third race, one nnd one-eighth miles, sell. Ing. Judge Steadman won. George B. Cox second. Can I See 'Km third. Time: 2:01. l'ourth race, seven furlongs, hnndlcnpl Aratoma won, Acushla -second, Tom Collin third. Time; 1:31. Fifth race, six furlongs, sidling: Kcrlv ener won, John Hoono second, Kilt third. Time: 1:19V. Sixth race, one mile, selling: Prlneo Real won, Hldcc second, Sorrel Rose third. Time; i ;ta'4. Notv Shoollnu' Iteeoril. NF.W YORK, March 15 -Jack Funning, tho crack wing shot of California, created a new continuous match record nt the trnprf on Madison Square Garden roof to day, breaking 175 Inanimate targets straight. This record wns accomplished without u rest. Although Fnnnlng's record of 175 straight kills has been surpassed It has never ac complished before In a contlnuou match. The best record of straight kills Is 212, but tho record wns made In different events! that Is, the .shooter made Ktralght kill In several different events, resting between each event. Fanning' record was accom plished in tho face of a blinding- snow storm. His miss, tho 17th straight, was comparatively easy, but wus lost through carelessness. I'recilliliiii'N Sluiintiiri' Withheld. NRW YORK, March 15.-There has been no change on the local baso ball situation slnco Wednesday. Tho New York club managers declare that If thev cannot se cure tho players asked for they will do nothing to strengthen the team until the Cincinnati, Itoston and Louisville vlnhs consent to release certain players to NVw York dub. .Mr. Freoiliuun today returned tho clght-clul agreement unsigned to President Young ot" the league. WAINRIGHT TAKES CHARGE An nunc-. Ills Untie ux Superintend ent of the .Nut ill Aeiuleniy ll t Alinnpolla, . ANNAPOLIS, Mil., March 15. Commnndor Richard Walnrlght at noon today assumed his now duties as superintendent of the Naval acadamy nt this pluce. Tho ceremonies consisted merely of tho hoisting of tho superintendent's pennant at tho peak ot tho ship Santec, upon which ho and his family aro quartered, and thu filing of n saluto of thirteen guns. Superintendent Walnrlght will remain In his present quarters on tho Sant?e until nbout April 1, when Admiral McNalr will vacato tho superintendent's hnuso on shore. FIRE RECORD. Tin ('nn Factor. . DAVRNPORT, In., Mnrch 15. Fire do stroyed the tin tan factory of the Davenpcrt Canning nnd Manufacturing company today. Lofs, $110,000, fully Insured. A gas explo sion started the blaze. The factory had been iu operation but one week. MfMNlllll" Wl-l-li lit Ill-lhllll.V. L1NDSBORG. Knn., March 15.-(Speclal i Bethany college at this place Is making extensive preparations for Its annual rendi tion of Handel's "Messiah," by the lli'lhnny Oratorio chorus. The pcrformam-m thl year wld take plate on April 10, II. in and 15. This year the chorus number "50 voice, and the orchestra numbers forty Instru ments. Two of the soloists, Misses Clar.i anil Sophia AVallenthlne, will enme rrom Boston. MahS., to take part. The railroad, have made special rates and larjje crowd.s aro exiiected. DIkiiiImm lli-ntiiiirniit :'roirli-lor. NKW YORK. March l!i.-ln the Jefferson Market police court today Magistrate f'ornell summarily dlsmlrsed the leader, of the orchestras arrested last nlshi at t'hlef Devery's order In some of the uptown hotels anil restaurants mul afterwards dis charged INi managers nrrested lie I'al-I the arrtsts were an outrage, one of t!m- urn-ftcd 'i to bring .i mI1 vtilt iiciIuhI t'hli f Devcry for being arrested. TRY GRAIN-01 W GRAIN-0! Ask your (.Tocer today to show yo.i a package of OHAIN-O. the new foaJ lr nk that takes tho place of coffee. The children may drink It without Injury, as well .n. t in adult All who try It, like it ORAIN-O has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but It Is made from pure grains, and thn mo?t delicate stomach receives It without distresi. U the price of coffee 10c and -vC per ptici-jcc. 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