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HJBLIBHEI* BTERT TBORBDAT By
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QTtETLL, NEBRASKA.
NEBRASKA.
Weepixo Water will have two sa
loons this year.
Howard Rai.ev of Crete was very
s badly injured in a runaway.
The McCook band has been .engaged
to make music for the state fair.
■ Two fatal cases of black diphtheria
are reported in Pawnee county, near
Table Rock.
Kravk Dir.vr.Ai' fell down an elevator
shaft in a (irand Island business house
and was instantly killed.
A i*oor man looked for work for
months and finally found it last week
in Seward. The first day one of his
fingers was amputated by a buzz. saw.
Columbus is afflicted with an epi
demic of measles. New cases are
reported daily. And out of one school
room alone twenty-one pupils are
down.
A gravabv on the farm of A. P.
Shephard, si* miles north of Kremont.
was burned. About BOO bushels of
wheat and 200 bushels of oats, belong
ing to Homer Merrill, the tenant, were
burned.
The body of Andrew Anderson was
found floating on the Uothenburg lake.
The deceased was born near Stock
holm. Sweden, and was 78 years old,
and rather childish in disposition. The
drowning is reported as accidental.
It is denied at the state house that
the legislative examining committee is
making any discoveries in the auditor’s
office. Kx-Auditor Moore says the re
port was started for the purpose of
prejudicing his cases now in the
courts.
Matt IIksch, a Uellwood farmer, had
eight hogs stolen qn as many different
nights. He watched his hog yard one
night armed with a shot gun. The
thieves came, but his aim was: poor
and he did no more than frighten
them away.
Hiram .Smoke, who has been feeding
a flock of sheep at Battle Creek the
past winter, had eighty-three of them
killed last week by dogs. He has se
cured the services of Attorney Kilburh
and- will prosecute the owners of the:
dogs if they can be found.
The crop acreage along the irriga
tion ditches in Lincoln county this
■ Season will be unusually large, wheat
.. and Corn being the principal crop.
' Wheat at present promises a more
' 'abundant yield than at any time since
the ditches were completed.
Two tramps were arrested in the
railroad yards at Beatrice and they an
swer closely the descriptions of the
chaps who robbed the postoffice at
Ames. The authorities have been wired
and the suspects will be held until an
i- officer arrives to identify them.
^ i Wait Powell, a farmer, was found
j® the B. & M. right of way Hear
• Hiltner shot irf the mouth and nearly
* dead. ' Opinion differs as to whether ft
1* an attempted suicide or murder.
Powell is a pioneer resident of Hamil
ton county. The coronet is investigat
ing the case. ■ >
Burglars entered M. Kohn's general
store at Aurora and robbed the money
drawer of 93 or 91 in change and car
ried away some clothing. They evi
dently took fright before completing
their work, as they had dropped a
' bundle of clothing at the door. There
is no trace of therobbers.
A carload of corn of 650 bushels
.was shipped from Pawnee City to New
Yprk City, where it will be loaded into
a steamer and taken to, the starving
people of India. This is only the first
move on the part of citizen^ of Pawnee
count? to.assist In relieving the suffer
ing humanity of India.
P. R. Moroantjialli, a traveling
• liquor salesman, who tried to force an
entrance into the housb of Mrs! Qlaf
Olson at Hartington, was arrested at
Wayne and brought before Judge
• Weed of Hartington. Morganthalli
pleaded guilty and paid fine and costs,
which amounted to 960.
Yur body of Leonard Guy, drowned
in the Elkhorn river on the 4th of this
- ftnontb. was recovered about 150 feet
A from where it fell in. Ills clothes had
caught in a fallen tree . and' the body
Was held under water. Some of the
searchers took a notion to shake this
tree, which released the body.
, At Arcadia the other day when Mrs.
; E. Hill lighted the gasoline stove to
prepare supper, the stove and tank
■ •which feeds it became enveloped in
Barnes. Mr. Ilill was present, and
with remarkable presence of mind
, Wrenched the tank from its supports
I w»d threw it'into the street. He then
threw out the stove. Mr. Hill's hands
were slightly burned, but the house
m navcu. * , t, ..j ^
■ Osk of I'ncle Sam's l»rge navkl 'gum
Passed through Columbus westbound
last week and attracted much atten
, *i°n while in the Union Pacific. yards
for about an hour. It was a ten-inch
breech-loading rifle of the telescope
pattern, was thirty-two feet long and
was transported on a specially built
flatcar supported by eight pairs of
, trucks. The gun throws a projectile
weighing «00 pounds a distance of
seven miles. '
AW abiiinotox dispatch says the lands
comprising the abandoned Fort Ran
dall military reservation in the O'Neill
land office district in Nebraska will
shortly be appraised preparatory -to
being opened to settlement. The'res
ervation includes about 35.000 acres in
. Nebraska and. something like' OO.OOt)
acres in tioutli Dakota. In the latter
the state has one year in -which to
select lands for educational purposes.
Until that is completed the appratae
, went and opening of the lands will
V; not take place.
-. The postofHce at . Arapahoe was
V broken into last week liy burglars;
They entered through a window in the
rear of the building, drilled through
the safe, bryke tUe combination and
Secured about fl40 in silver. There is
®° clue, bot It is supposed, to be the
•• ... work of .tramps.
!<■
’8am D^yih, the fake advance agenl
for Ringllng • Hros. circus, whe
swindled some Nebraska City mer
chants and left with one of Levi Jlros.
burses and buggy and was captured it
^Shenandoah, la., had his hearing be
.flora Judge Eaton and was bound ovei
. to the district court oil the charge 01
,|k0ra« stealing in the sms vf 9S0Q.
PHILADELPHIA’S MONU
MENT UNVEILED.
PRESIDENT OFFICIATES.
Mr. MeKlalejr P.yi Tribal* by Act and
Word to the Pint Chlrf Magistrate
of the Nation—The Parade, and
Ceremonies In Palrmoant
Park — >0,000 nieycle.
In tha Parade.
PitiLADELmrA, May 17.—The mem
ory of Georgo Washington was hon
ored here to-day at Falrmount park in
monumental bronze and the cord
which released the flags which veiled
t he figure of the first ruler of the re
public was drawn by its latest execu
tive while, surrounding him, were men
in whose veins runs the blood of those
first patriots who battled' shoulder to
shoulder with Washington and with
him made possible the scene enacted
to-day—a scene conceived and planned
by those very comrades in arms and
completed by their Bons in peace.
Major William Wayne, president of
the Cincinnati, who formally presented
the monument to the city, traces his
lineage straight to "Mad” Anthony
Wayne, and William W. Porter, the
orator of the day, is a grandson of
David Uittenhouse Porter, twice gov
ernor of Pennsylvania and a great
grandson of General Andrew Porter,
who was on Washington's staff in the
revolution.
At sunrise cannon from the batter
ies of the United States troops camped
in Fairmount park aroused the city,
and soon steady streams of people be
gan to move toward the Green street
entrance to the park where the monu
ment stands. The decorations through
| out the city were lavish,and decorated
stands were erected all along the line
of the parade.
The ceremonies proper began at
noon, when the parade moved from
Urosd and Spruce streets, nnder com
mand of Major General. Snowden, and
at'the park passed in review before the
PRESIDENT M’KINLEY’S TRIBUTE.
The unveiling ceremony was im
pressively simple. Bishop Whittaker
opened with prayer and Major Wayne
followed with an appropriate address.
Then came the unveiling by President
McKinley, marked by the national sa
lute of twenty-one guns by the artil
lery and by thp foreign and American*
war vessels in the Delaware. This con
cluded, President McKinley spoke as
follows:
“Fellow Citizens: There is a pecu
liar and tender sentiment connected
with this memorial. It expresses not
only the gratitude and reverence of
the living, but is a testimonial of affec
tion and homage from the dead. The
comrades of Washington projected this
monument Their love inkpived It.
Their contributions helped to build it'
Past and present share in its comple
tion and future generation's will profit
by its lessons. To participate in the
dedication of such a monument is a
race and precious privilege. Every
monument to Washington is a tribute
to patriotism. Every shaft and statue
to his memory help to inculcate love of
country, encourage loyalty-end estab
lish a better citizenship, tlod blesses
every undertaking which revives pat
riotism and .rebukes the indifferent
and lawless.
“A* Critical study of Washington’s
career only enhanoes our estimation
of his vast and varied abilities. As
commander-in-chief of the colonial ar
mies from the beginning of the war to
the proclamation of peace, as president
of the convention which framed the
constitution of the United States, and
as tlie first President of the United
States under tliat constitution, Wash
ington has a distinction differing from
that of all other illustrious Americans.
No other name bears or can bear such
a (elation to the government. Not
only by his military genius—his pa
tience, his sagacity, his courage and
bis skill—wss our national independ
ence won, but he helped in largest
measure to draft the chart by which
the nation was guided, and he was the
first chosen of the people to put in mo
tion the new government. His was
not the boldness of martial display or
the charm of captivating oratory, but
his calm and steady judgment won
men’s support and commanded their
confidence by appealing to their best
and noblest aspirations. '
WASHINGTON S CHARACTER.
■ “And withal Washington was ever
so modest that at no time in his career
did his personality seem in the least
intrusive. He was.above the tempta
tions of power. He spurned the sug
gested crown. . He would have no
honor ■ which , the people did not be
stow. An interesting fact—and -one
which I love to recall—is that the only
time Washington fovmally addressed
the constitutional convention during
all its sessions over which he presided
in this city he appealed for' a larger
representation of the people in the
national House of Representatives,
and his appeal was instantly heeded.
Thus he was ever keenly watchful pt
the rights of the people in whose
hand* wfts the destiny of our govern
ment then and now.
“Masterful as were ,his military
campaigns, his civil administration
commands ' equal admiration. Hfs,
foresight was marvelous, "his concep
tion of the philosophy of government,
his insistence upon the necessity o(
education, morality and enlightened
citizenship to the progress and perma
nence of the republic cannot be con
templated even at this period without
filling us with astonishment at the
breadth of his comprehension and the
scope of his vision. His was no nar
row view of government.. Theimme.
diate present was not his sole concern,
bnt our future good his constant
theme of study. He blazed the path
of liberty. He laid the foundation
upon which we have grown from weak
and scattered colonial governments to
a united republic whose domains and
power, as well as whose liberty and
freedom have become the admiration
of the world.. Distance and time have
not detracted from the fame and
force of bis achievements or diminished
the grandeur of his life and work.
Great deeds do not stop in their
growth, and those of Washington will
expand in influence in all the centuries
to follow.
BEQUEST TO CIVILIZATION, >
“The bequest Washington has made
to civilization is rich beyond computa
tion. The obligations under which he
has placed mankind arc sacred and
commanding. The responsibility he
has left -for the American people to
preserve and perfect what he accom
plished is exacting and solemn. Lef
us rejoice in every new evidence that
the people realize what they enjoy and
cherish with affection the illustrious
heroes of revolutionary story whose
valor and sacrifices made us a nation.
They live in us and their memory will
help us keep the covenant entered into
for the maintenance of the freest gov
ernment on earth.
“The nation and the uame of Wash
ington are inseparable. One Is linked
indissolubly with the other. Both are
glorious, both triumphant Washing
ton lives and will live because of what
he did for.tho exaltation of man, the
enthronement of conscience and the
establishment of a government which
recognizes all the governed. And so,
too, will the nation live victorious over
all obstacles, adhering to the immortal
principles which Washington taught
and Lincoln sustained.”
The oration was delivered by Mr.
Porter. . The formal presentation of
tho memorial by the society to the
city was made by Major Wayne to
Mayor Warwick, with short addresses
by both, and then the mayor trans
ferred it to the Fairmount park com
mission, which body exercises Juris
diction over the great pleasure ground,
Thfi niffht Will In varinnc
phases of celebration apart from the
dinner to the President. The wheel
men’s parade, with nearly 30,000 in
line, was the principal feature.
APRIL’S GREAT IMPORTS.
They Were 70 I*«r Cent Larger Than
Those of a. Year Ago.
Washington, May 17.—The April
comparative statement of foreign trade
issued by t}\e bureau of statistics
shows: Merchandise, domestic ex
ports, 970,170,997, increase as compared
with April, 1890, 80,770,000; imports,
8101,303,101, of wliicn nearly 5o per
ccnt.was free of duty. Compared with
April, 1890, there was an increase in
dutiable imports of over 830,000,000
and of over 833,000,000 in non-(lutiable
merchandise. The imports last month
were 70 per cent larger than in April,
1890.
.. For. the ten months the exports of
domestic merchandise exceeded those
of the same period of 1890 by over
8131,000,000. The imports of merchan
dise during the last ten months, how
ever, were over 800,000,000 less than
for the same period lust year.. The
total‘exports for ten months amount
to 8000,103,441, and the imports, §600,
163,441.
The amount of gold exported during
April was 80,039,419, and the imports
8018,433. During the last ten months
tho excess of gold imports over the ex
ports was 838,833,106. .
The exports of silver during April
amounted to 84,896,895, and the im
ports 8387,134. For the last ten months
the exports of silver exceeded the im
ports by 843,313,092.
General ronythe Retiree.
Washington, May 17. —Major Gen
eral James B. Forsythe, commanding
the Department of California, was
placed on the retired list yesterday,
on his own application. He was con
firmed in his present, rank Thursday.
The nomination of his successor as
major general will go to the Senate
Monday, and it is the common under
standing that Brigadier General Bliss,
commanding the Department of Texas,
will receive the nomination.
Bold Bootlegging.
Fort Scott, Kan., May 17.—C. E.
Carroll of Fulton, Kan., was arrested
last evening, charged with bootleg
ging whisky at the door of the court
house office of County Attorney Shep
ard, who i*ecently closed the saloons
here.
For Maying His Boa.
Skdaiaa, Mo., May 17.—Eddie Brink,
the 14-year-old son of W. N. Brink, a
well-known Kansas Seventh Day Ad
ventist, was shot and killed yesterday
morning on Muddy creek, west of
town. The circumstances of the kill
ing were so suspicious that the father
of the hoy was arrested aud lodged in
jail, pending an investigation. Uriuk
for a number of years resided at Louis
ville, Kan., three miles north of Wn
mego, where he was engaged tu the
hotel and butcher business.
*>ew Kail aad Wire Trust.
CirrsBi KO, IV, May 17.—Manufac
turers of wire nails, wire and rods are
about to form a grand combination to
control the market for all three pro
ducts. If the hew combination Is a go,
it will practically drive out all com
! petition in the manufacture of wire
j nails. All the tirins who were in the
| unit pool have signified their williug
j'ness to enter new combination.
i More Honor fur Mr. Davis.
| 'I :'of. May 17.—Assistant
i -Mieretarv of the Interior Webster l>a
j vis lias been invited by the local G. A.
K- organizations of Washington to de
liver the Memorial day address at
Arlington, the uaUoiiaLcethetery.
-'C
PBESIDI5NT WILL ACT
M’KINLEV TO MpVE IN CUBAN
MATTERS.
A for Mniarei to Re
lieve Suffering Americano, an the
, Island Will Come First — The
Special Mission of Mr.
Calhoun.
Facts Concerning Cabo.
WashinotoS', May 15.—The Presi
dent is moving steadily and with all
the speed that safety and sound judg
ment warrant in the collection of facts
touching the- conditions' that exist
upon the island of Cuba to-day. To
this end Mr. Calhoun is now in Cuba,
officially on another mission, but also
charged with the observation of the
conditions that prevail. When he shall
have reported to the President and,the
latter shall have gathered what he re
gards as a sufficient store of informa
tion, based on facts that cannot be
questioned, he will be ready either to
take action himself or to suggest to
Congress such a course as these facts
may warrant. Meanwhile he’ has
under consideration the best means of
affording- relief to American sufferers
as a result of the condition on the
island, and it is said that he will ^end a
special message to Congress Monday,
dwelling upon the sufferings of
Americans on the island and suggest
ing an appropriation by Congress' for
their relief. The’ amount to be asked
will, it is declared, be about #50,000,
and the message will, it is said, be
accompanied by consnlar reports as to
the suffering on the island.
The cabinet met at 10 o'clock this
morning, an hour earlier than usual,
to discuss the Cuban situation. Sec
retary Sherman brought over from the
State department a bundle of docu
ments, presumably reports of Consul
General Lee. Assistant Secretary of
State Day arrived latef with some ad
ditional papers. The Cuban situation
was gone over in detail as shown by
the latest reports from the island.
ONLY INDEPENDENCE WANTED.
New York, May 15.--A Cuban cor
respondent of the New York Journal,
who has Just returned from a visit to
General Gomez and the other Cuban
leaden, brought the following state
ment by General Gomez to the Amer
ican people: •
wiivajiuimcuv uuw iu our
camp has requested of me a statement
of the attitude of the Cuban republic
on certain questions likely to assume
more or less importance when our
struggle for liberty shall have been
concluded.
“The question of our acceptance of
the autonomous terms offered by Spain
has already been ably answered by
our distinguished representative in the
United States, Mr. Estrada Palma.
Neither the terras of autonomy nor the
act Of offering them is worthy of se
rious consideration on the part of Cu
bans, who have be'come familiar with
the treachery and duplicity of Spain
and .worthlessness o{ her promises.
We do not. believe we shall ever have
to call a special convention to consider
the framing of a peace treaty with
Spain. Only a eoncesston of absolute
independence Will be regarded as a
sufficient basis for treaty negotiations,
and this the Spanish government will
not grant..
“It is difficult to discuss without
embarrassment the question of our at
titude towards any proposition look
ing to the annexation of Cuba to the
United States in/the event of our ulti
mate victory, as there • had developed
in the United States a strong anti-an
negation sentiment before the Cubans
have indicated in the slightest degree
any desire for this closer relationship.
Among the men now battling for
Cuba's freedom there is a strong senti
ment against annexation‘to the United
States, although our feelings towards
your country are . of the friend
liest and most sympathetic character..
We arc lighting for absolute freedom,
not only from Spain, but from any
government not of our own making.
We will stand ready to form with the
United States any alliance calculated
to mutually strengthen our two coun
tries, 'commercially or otherwise, but I
do not believe there is a sentiment in
either country in favor of annexation
strong enough to warrant the hope of
the ultimate union of our two coun
tries in the relationship contemplated.
to tlio granting, of our independence
upon the payment to the Spanish gov
ernment .of a sum large enough to
cover the expenses of the war will he
rejected by. the. Cuban republic. . AVe
can- wrest our independence from
Spain with our swords without in
cumbering our new republic With un
enormous war debt. .
"In this communication I wish to
•gain call the attention of the civilized
world to the warfare condncted by
General AVcyler, now in command of
the Spanish forces in our island. The
horrors of far off Armenia are not as
deserving of the attention of the
American Congress as the barbarous
and atrovioiis conduct of this general. ‘
Grrnnnc, Olcia., May 1 .—A report
reaches here from Lincoln county that
two traveling men attempted to ford
the Deep Fork river and were carried
down in the swollen current and
drowned, as was also'the team.
No Universal Postage Stamp.
Washington. May l.Y—The move
ment to secure the adoption of a uni
versal stump hv the Postal congress
lias collapsed. There are too many
difficulties (the chief being that of cur
rency fluctuation) in the way, ami the
general committee after considering
the subject briefly abandoned it as im
practicable and will make an adverse
report to tho congress.
Judge I.owell Dead.
Boston, May l.Y—Judge John Lo
well, tlie distinguished jurist and au
thor, died at his home in Brooklyn
shortly after 1 o'clock this morning. , i
TALKS OF BOODLE.
Tillman Makes n Lively Attack In th«
,' C. 8. Senate.
Washington, May 14.-Mp. Tillman
of South,Carolina, in the course of a
debate.Id the Senate to-day on bring
ing Elverton R. Chapman, the Sugar
broker who refused to answer Senate
Sugar trust questions, before the bar
of the Senate, said the Senate should
not go after Chapman, but should
learn whether Senators had speculated
in sugar stock. There were published
charges that Senators had speculated
in sugar stock within the last week.
Instead of looking to Chapman the
Senate might better call on Havemeyer
and other Sugar trust grandees. Re
ferring to the last investigation, he
said: “We want to know whether our
committee was bought and punish
them and the men who bought them.”
Debate on the Chapman resolution
proceeded for some time and was
finally referred to the judiciary com
mittee. , .
The Morgan Cuban resolution went
over to Monday, and Mr. Gallniger in
troduced a joint resolution appropri
ating *50,000 for the relief of suffering
Americans in Cuba. The resolution
went to the foreign relations com
mittee.
In the House, Mr. Castle of Califor
‘nia to-day introduced a joint resolu
tion for the recognition of the belig
erent rights of the Cubans. It declares
it to be the policy qt the United States
to recognize the beligerent rights of
all oppressed people struggling for
liberty.
PEACE NOT YET ASSURED.
Turkey Proving Obstinate and. Greece
Not Satisfied.
London, May 14.—The correspon
dent of the Daily Telegraph at Con
stantinople says the Sultan resents the
.mediation of the powers and desires
to negotiate with Greece directly. If
this is refused the Turkish demands
will be more exacting. \
The Berlin correspondent of the
Daily News says the Turkish govern
ment demands a war indemnity of
*15,000,000, and the right to 'occupy
Thessaly until it is paid.
Athens, May 14.—The fact that
there is no news of renewed fighting
.must be regarded-as goon news, but
an uneasy feeling exists here.
Greek position at Doraokos, and the
delay- in the .porte’s reply is also in
terpreted to mean that Turkey does
not intend to cease hostilities.
Telegrams from the front report
that both parties are concentrating in
anticipation of an engagement,
The city continues quiet, though it
is believed that the numerous Italian
volunteers and socialists now here will
endeavor to foment a revolution lead
ing up to a republic. But the Greeks
are devoted to the monarchical idea,
and the worst that is likely to happen
will be a change of sovereigns.
The return of Crown Prince Con
stantine to the capital might produce
disturbances, but he is likely to he
discreet enough to avoid Athens tor a
time. .
Owing to .the delay in arranging the
armistice, the government has ad
dressed a strong protest to the powers,
declining to bear the responsibility
should further bloodshed occur. and
lead to serious complications.
As M. Ralli explains, the government
is in a serious predicament. In order
to secure mediation; it has compro
mised itself in the eyes of both Greeks
and Cretans, without obtaining a pos
itive guarantee that Turkey will cease
hostilities. . Should thb war be re
sumed, the position of the government
will be unenviable.
OUT FOR VENGEANCE.
Jk Kentuckian In Missouri A fter the Man
Who Killed His Daughters.
Paducah, Ky., May 14.—John Ray,
ex-sheriff of Carlisle county,. Ken
tucky, is on a man hunt He is how
somewhere in Southeastern Missouri,
searching for a man whose name he
refuses to disclose, pearly five years
ago Ray’s two daughters, aged 16 and
31, went blackberry hunting near
Bard well, Ky. ’Four hours later they
were found dead. Their throats had
been cut and they had been outraged.
Two thousand men scoured the eoun
try for the assailants.
J. Seay Miller, a negro, was cap
tured. He confessed and was hanged
at Bardwell by a mob composed of
nearly every white man in Carlisle
county. -
The father of the girls contended,
that more than one man was impli
cated in the killing of his children.
Sunday he found proof which con
firmed his suspicions. He also discov
ered clues which pointed to a certain
white man.
Ray declares that the negro lynched
.was only an accomplice. He traced
the suspect to Mayfield, Ky. Tuesday
the fugitive fled to Missouri, with Hay •
only a few hours behind him. The
father is terribly wrought up and
swears summary vengeance.
Tbs Tobacca Trait Prosperous.
■ Nxw York, May 14.—At the annual
meeting of the American Tobacco
company in Newark, S. J-, the report
for the year ended December'31 last
showed a surplus of $5,884,548, against
a surplps • of $8,400,372 for the year
previous. The net earnings were
•3,393,107 and the balance, after divi
dends and charges, $864,177.
Kansas Indians Stranded in Washington.
Washington, May 14.—A number of
' Indians of the Pottawatomie and
Great Nemaha agency in Kansas ap
plied to the commissioner of Indian
affairs yesterday for money from their
tribal funds to pay their railroad fare
home and the board bills incurred
here. They were supplied, but the
commissioner warned them that the
funds for that purppse were runniug
low, and that the neat party stranded
at the capltal would probably have to
walk home. The Indians came ostens
ibly to make a complaint, but really
1 for a junket.
Great Decrease la lamltratioa
Washington, May 15.—The re tarns
received by the immigration bureau -
during the last several months show a"
marked falling off in the number of.
arrivals. During the nine months,
ended March 3l, there were 143,941, as.
compared with 309,630 for the ' 309* -
period in 1866. During April th. 5eJ ,
ereSse at New York alone was 11,439, /
and during the first eleven days in the
present month 10,800. Commissioner ■
General Stump estimates that the d£%,
crease for the entire country during -
the fiscal year ending June 30 will not.
be less than 93.000. . ■'«
TO SAVE DURANT,
Seneatlonaal Affidavit of a Convict of"
San Quentin Prison. 1
San Francisco, Cal., May 15.—The
odore Durrant, under death sentence
for the Emanuel Baptist church mnr>
ders, through his attorneys, asked:
Governor Budd to-day to pardon.him.
on the ground that the real murderer
of Blanche Lamont had at last con
fessed his crime.
The lawyers declare they have not.
been hoaxed, nor is it their purpose to
impose upon the executive. They in
sist that in John Rosenberg, a convict. ‘
in San Quentin prison, they have found
the man who is guilty of at least one
-Of the Emanuel Baptist church mur
ders. < ■ ?!•'
Rosenberg has made a sworn con
fession before a notary public and' in*
the presence of several witnesses that ■
he killed Blanche Lamont at the insti
gation of a stranger and in considera
tion of the payment of #700 for his
work.
Rosenberg is a Russian sailor. He
arrived here on a sailing vessel from
Hamburg, : Germany, during the last -
week of March, 1895, or on the first
day of April. He is now serving a.
term for horse stealing.
EX-SENATOR COKE DEAD..
An Ex-Governor and for Three Tornw
Member of the Upper Home.
Waco, Texas, May 15.—Senator
Richard Coke died at 1:50 o’clock this
morning. His body will lie in slate '
until Sunday morning, when a state*'
funeral will be held. *
Richard Coke was born at Williams
burg. Va.. March 13, 1839. He- was
educated at William and Mary college,
J J_I A A_1 A _ xL.. 1__«_ .-.x
In 1850 he came to Waco and had lived,
here since. He entered the Confeder
ate service as a private and became a -
captain. In June, 1806, he was.
appointed a district judge, and
was elected judge of the su
preme court by the Democratic
party the following year. After
having held the position one year ho
was removed by General Sheridan “as
an impediment to reconstruction.” In
l:i73 he was elected governor of Texas
by a majority of 108,000. He resigned
in 1877, after having been elected to- i
the United States Senate, to succeed
Morgan Cr. Hamilton, Itepubt^n. He
wa$ re-elected in IfiS.t a~nd m 1889. la*'"
1895 he' was succeeded b$ Senator
Chilton.
Thought without purpose is like seed
spilled upon the ground.
The Telephone Monopoly.
The patent issued to K. Berliner of
Washington, D. C., Nov. 17, ’91, for
seventeen years, is the subject of much
litigation and newspaper comment.
The application wps filed June 4, 1877,
and consequently was pending in the
T. S. patent office fourteen years. The
law allowed two years for the appli- .
cant to reply to adverse action of ex
aminer and this in a measure accounts
for the interval between the date of
filing the application and ’granting the
patent.
The present rules limit action -by the
applicants to six months in place of .
two years as heretofore allowed.
The validity of the Berliner patent
has been sustained by the highest
tribunal that has jurisdiction and the
claims are generic and broadly cover
essential features of the Bell telephone
that is in general use and supposed to
be public property after the expiration
of the original Bell patent. The Bell
telephone company, as assignee of the •
Berliner patent, will endeavor to main
tain the monopoly of the telephone ten
years longer
Valuable information :abont obtain
ing, valuing and selling patents sent
free to anyaddress.
Printed- copies of the drawings and
specifications of- any United States
patent sent upon receipt of 85 cents. . .
Our practice is not confined to Iowa.
Inventors.in other states can have our
service upon the same terms as Hawk
eyes.
l iios. li. -4SD IS Al.lll OKWIO,
Solicitors of Patents. '
Des Moines, la.. May 12, 18117..
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