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FOR THE OHIO MAN. ' ILLINOIS INSTRUCTS FOR MA JOR M'KINLEY. Mr. Cfillnm Tarnrd flown — ll« Hn«t All thn P«IHImI Mnrhlnary arid Manipula tor* With llltvi. Hat thn MrKInlny Itoom ( arrlnl Ihn liny With Ewa Hanmroa* Outl»ur*t* of EnthailMin In thn tlfinwnllon. llllnola for MnKInlny. HriunnriRi.il, III., May t.—William McKinley, of Ohio, la the choice of the Republicans of llllnola for president of the United Melee, lie was eo de clared at the Republican elate eon ventlon here yesterday lie waa not only declared I be choice, but the over whelming choice, of the people of tills state who believe In the principles of the Republican party. Every effort and scheme known to politicians was brought to hear upon the delegates to Induce them to name another man, but all the schemes felled. It was apparent thn people whom the delegates represented wanted McKinley, and the delegates could not he Induced to violate the wishes of their constituents. That the people of title Mete were pleased with the choice was made ev ident by thn 14,000 epectatore and vis itors who gathered from all parts of the Mate to attend the convention. As soon as ths name of Major Me Kin ley was mentioned In the convention there was an outburst of applause that surprised even the most ardent admirers of Major McKinley, Nearly 1(1.art MfMinuri mill uliilfi in till? vast throng arose at tins men Lion of the name of the lluckeye statesman and for nearly five minutes shouted and yelled end cheered, Hats were thrown in the air by the more enthus iastic. and for a time it aeemed as If the vast crowd had gone raving mad. » The contest was between the Re publican* who believed Hlieiby M. < ullom should he honored as the standard hearer In the presidential contest by the people of this Htate, on the one hand, and the Republican* who favored McKinley on the oilier. Arrayed on the side or (Senator < ullom was that organization known as the < ook county "machine," and a large number of leading politicians and •talesmen of Illinois, With him were veteran politicians, who, la years gone by, have engaged In many a hard fought political contest. They hud to •Id them one of the most perfect po litical organizations that ha* ever been formed in this Htate; but all their plans went wrong. While Henator ( ullom ahd hi* hack ers met defeat, they met It gracefully, and at the conclusion of the conven tion there was not the slightest ill feeling on their part towards the vic tor* A motion was made to lay the Mc Kinley resolution* on the table, and was defeated by u vote of 60S to H3’J. When the uproar following the adoption of the M- Klnley resolutions had reused the following delegates-at large were elected: It. W. Patterson, editor Chicago Tribune; William Penn Nison editor Inter Ocean, ex Oovernor ll J, Oglesby »t Elkhart, and ex-Oov ernor .1 W, Pifer. TALK ON BATTLE8HIP3 ly Mr. Alien of M*br**ks, Makes Mom* Ilia I'olltleal I'reillcllons Wssiiimotow, May it. —The Hcnato spent another day on the naval appro priation hill without completing it Mr. (lor man further opposed the Item of four battleship# and expressed the opinion tliut the appropriations al ready made would consume the bal ance in the treasury. A determina tion of the number of battleship* lias not yet been reached. Mr Chandler has proposed substituting thirty (urge und fast torpedo gunboats for two of the battleship# Mr. White of Cali fornia. spoke of the need of coast de fense before further uuvnl vessels were built, and Mr. Allen of Nebraska made n speech of over three hours ar raignmg ton tw» old parties. Mr Allan predicted that the Repute 1 D-u>• party would lie victorious nt the next nal loiiul election, and that the Democratic party would go out of power for a third of ncentury. Three months lienee, he said, there would he a great bolt In the Democratic ranks, one wing taking refuge in the Popu* list party, and the rest becoming ••gold bugs." Then turning to the Republican party. Mr Allen accused It of “frying the fat" out of protected Industries, and said that party, too, would go out of power in 1900, giving place lo a party of the people. Mr Allen spoke until 4 o'clock, consuming over three Pour# A *n|iiMl to Au ttlslnhoui* lllvuroe 1‘KHMY, iikla., May S, —bast Decern Mwtr the Itev. (teorge C. ( apron of Massachusetts secured a divorce on aggravated grounds,naming his broth* •r corespondent. The ilivoiced wife nnd the brother telegraphed here to have (he decree set aside, alleging iu*rjury on the pail of the plaintiff \Vhen the mailer came to s hearing last night the chaise was withdrawn. 1 _____________ Is klial list I unalrt Ouuifcs. WssHiaoroN, May'J. - Iteorescute tlve liarduer of Nsw Jersey lias kuh nutted lo Ihe house the favorabls report of the eiuoinittee on labor In the Mouth wick hill to protect working* incit from vompatttton with Ihe eon viei by infilling the sate of eouvicl made gis-ds to the tliato la whieh they are produced An amendment ex empting menufeetured agrl* ultttial products Was adopted Sbree llas|«4 at Reft • salaS tom Steini, Vita . May I Three wore ,,,usie's from the tudlaa Terri ton i-ant tlae peaelty for shedding naan a bt set upon the old gailp*# d hi ,e i leret roart vesterdar afterc* ■« In. te were John end liasoge IV»».e. white amt ttuhtaer Isaacs, an tudtnn Si liiHkaa'i teal HmU«« flsaa It a »h< so lute Mat • Arrangement* haw been made for the remove I ul the body uf as secretary tlresham from Us preseat resting pi see le Uea woods cemetery, i huego, to Arling ton cemetery, tats etty SHAH OF PERSIA KILLED. Ix>i«i>ow, Msy 2.—The shah of Persia was assassinated by a fanatic this afternoon just as lie was about to en ter the inner court of the shrine of Khali Abdul Aziui, six miles north of Teheran The nsssssin us id a revolver and thn Hist bullet proved the fatal one, passing through the heart. The physi cian attached to thn Herman legation was sent for in haste but before he arrived the shah was dead. In order to prevent public excite ment from becoming too high, the llrst report sent out was that the shah was only slightly wounded, tint an hour later It wu* officially an nounced that the wound had proved fatal almost lusliintly. Immediately after the shah was shot he was carried to his carrlageand con veyed to the |ialacu In Teheran There he was attended by Dr. Thol gran, hi* chief physician, and other physicians were hastily sent for. Hut in spite of their efforts his majesty ex pired soon after his arrival at the palace, or at about 4 o'clock this afternoon. The assassin, who was promptly ar rested, le said to he a say id from Ker man or from the province of that name. It Is believed the murderer has accomplices, The heir apparent, Muz-afTer-ed-DIn, was Immediately advised of the assas sination of Ills father ami will leave Tabrlf, where he was sojourning, for Teheran as soon as possible. Title SIIAfl's UAHKKA Khali Naared-Dln was born In 182V and sueueeded Ills father, Muhaiiiiiied Khali, in IMS, being the fourth mon arch of the dynasty of the Kajara lie was proclaimed heir to the throne some years prior to Ills accession, hut was absent at Tabriz, when hie father diud and had to tight for his rlghta The late Kluth's first notable aet was win suppression 01 a reneinoii m Khorason ami bis next tbe uxtermlnu tioo of tlie seel of tlie liable by sword and lire. In I HW> England declared war against Persia on account of the ial l.r's sympathy with Russia In the Url* in.inii war ami also by reason of tbe cap lire of Herat a year earlier. After a .... rt campaign under tbe conduct of Mir James Out,rum on tbe part of tbe English, tbe Persians were de feated and Herat evacuated. Since that time the relations between Eng land and Persia have been friendly and the shah's disposition of the same character, as In* recenl vlalt to Eng land would Ifuiirate. Nusred If.ti bud i ven previously vi.ltod Queen Victoria i i an amicable spirit and bud loured extensively on the continent as well In 1*72 the Indo-European telegraph line from London through Teheran • id on into India was opened and the * ime yi sr a settlement of the frontier d flicultie* between Persia and Khulat was effected by Hlr E, Oolds/nld and the Keiatan tulaslon Nasred-Diu was sueceasful in tnoat of hi* wars, but it is upon the record of lila civil acta that hi* reputation must rest. He Is universally conceded to have been a humane and intelligent ruler. Tlie new shall will lie tlie eldest son of the deceased, Muxafer-ed-HIn It is Interesting to note that it i* within the power of the Persian monarch* to alter or overrule the existing law of succession and to leave In disregard the claim* of tlie natural heir or any ottier member of Hie family, ONLY TWO™BATTLESHIP3 Tbe Senate Agrees to Mr. Clnrmen'l A mend meet In Keniininr’s Ini crest WASHHfOTOif, May 3.—Mr. Sherman secured tlie passage of a bill in the Huiiate to-day appropriating |7fi,00(l for tlie expenses of the Rering sea commission, soon to inuet at Han Krauulsto. The naval appropriation hill was then taken up, thn tjucatlon being on Mr, (Jorman'a amendment, reducing the number of battleships from four, as reported, to two Without further speeches u vea anil na.v vote was then taken, resulting in the adoption of the Uorman amendment—31 to 31—as follows. Yeas—Republicans, linker. Halting or. Nelson, Pettigrew, Pritchard, Slier mau. Warren, Wilson and Wolcott, Iteiiiocruts, Rates, Merry. Blanchard. I'li11 ton, (ieorife, (ioriiian, Hill, Juno* of Arkansas, Mills, Mitchell of Wis ct nein. I risen, 1‘uirli, I touch, Turple, Vest, Vilss, Walthall tmd White; J'op* ulihU, Allen, Kple, (‘offer, I hi tier. Nays—Kemiblicuii*. Hrown, Cannon, Carter, (.'lark. Dari*. Frye, Hour, Haw ley, l.odyu, Mollride, McMillln. Mu ti tle. Mitchell of Oregon, I’erUius, I’lult, Quay. Sewell, Shoup, Si(tiirc, Teller; lleinoornla, liacon, llluckburii, Itntiiel, Faulkner, ilibaou, Irby; Populists, Stewart Mr. Allen of Nebraska followed with ait amendment striking out all battleships which was defeated—-13 to U ___ HOF. CKFFCKEN DEAD. TUs Ureal Usrnian Aulhnrltf ua Inter. aalluaal l aw tnsldeulalljr Iu>msI«I. Ml'sn ii. May 3. — 1‘rofaasor F. Hat wioh (ieffckeu la tlaad from suffnoa tlou caused by the esploetou uf a lamp Professor (ieffckeu was ons uf thi best auihoritla* uu lu tarnations) law in lha world aud waa lha anHior of a iiinubar of historical works uidudiny “The Coup d'Ktat of laAI." "The Con eikmUoit of the Herman Cstufadara , lloll," "Ihe Alaltama Question " "Hie , lories l |te«ah>omeiil of tin* llelslioti’ liel ween Ihe aisle and the ( Inarch. " l tie Question ol the Itenuhe," nml "Tins Uermau Umpire and the Qua* Hon of tha Hanks'1 Mafwr Hsail la Han *s *l« Tores a, Kan , Mss t — A pr»minenl •Itlsea uf Kmporia, who was In th« ally yesterday. bronplit tha reputi that ou Mnttday iryM a eonfi xwe« was held hi the friends n| Maps# t at yin Hunt! In tha> ally, si winch It wei slater m tied lu present him sysla a» s candidate for I ailed aisles Senator arlsues HspaUMssee spin. i'Hoaau, Aria, Mss If The He paid lee a larrtlurial e»sa*e*tion raded In a *i»Mt. aad MeKialey sad sail McKinley delegates were elected to St U*yu« euaraatlua BILL TAYLOR IS DEAD. I THROUGH THE DEATH TRAP INTO ETE RNItY. II* Aar*rtf!« th* With tlMdy ht*p and M**ta Ilia Fain Without Fltnrhlng —A l,*l»*r to th« fulfil*— Th* ron«l*iiin*fl Man l>*rlar*a lfima*lf Innor*ut—■ M**ka' Mnthar Wltn*aa«*a th* Kmcutlon. lion* to M**t Mr*ha. CABfior.i.TOM, Mo., May !.—Bill Taylor, *■<- murderer of the Meek* family, whose hanging wan net for 11 o'clock tine morning, we* visited at V o'clock tola morning by hia attorney*, Colonel Hale, Virgil Conklipg, Ku»*utl Kncialey ami Ralph Cozier, lie again thanked them for their tlrelc*a work in hi* behalf. Taylor a*ked Mr Couk llng if there could he no hope for a re spite at the le»t moment. The lawyer eeld them could not. “Well, If 1 had thirty day* more 1 would never he hanged," said Hill. “They are hanging an lunocent man." <11VK* A *TA I KMKNT TO TIIK I’UlltlU A* the lawyers took leave of Hill, he handed Colonel Hale a letter marked “To the Public." , “That* my last and only state ment,” ha said. It read*: “I have only thl*statement to make. I ought not to suffer a* I am com pelled to do. Prejudice and perjury Convicted me. "Ky this conviction my lonely wife la to he left a widow, my babies are made orphan* In a cold world, my brother* to mourn and friend* to weep. Yon ha*ten my gray haired father and mother to their grave*. "The mob* and that element have hounded me to the grave, I had at i........ I a.. ll..„ ii.i _ pie re alt/.ml (.lie injustice done me, but 1 am prepared to meet my lloil, ami 1 now wing my wnv to the great un known. There | believe every onu is properly judged “1 hope my friends will all meet me lri heaven. 1 believe 1 am going there. "flood bye all, —W. I*. Taylor," OHM MKICK*' MOTIir.ll ADMITTED At W: 1A o'clock, old Mrs. Meeks, mother of fius Meeks, whs admitted through the cordon of mllllla with her blind son, (I. VV. Meeks, and ap plied to the sheriff for permission to witness the banging. Tile sheriff at first demurred, but later took Mrs. Meeks into the jail dining room and told her that she might stand in tho passage leading to the stockade in plain view of the scaffold while Hill was hanged. The white haired woman seemed greatly pleased with tha opportunity she would have to saa tha murder of her sou and Ills family averigad. Who was very nerv ous and once said: “Oh, I’m so afraid there will he trouble.” “Tut, tut,” said the blind son, “there won't be any trouble only for Hill, and I would give $30 to kick the trap from under him.” unaKits at rnic sioiit or the cornu At l*:4ft o'clock the metallic coffin, which cost was carried through the crowds and placed under the scaf fold. A hoarse cheer burst out from the crowd when they saw the coffin. The cheer was mingled wHIrscreamed jests and laughter. Hy id o’clock tha town was alive with people converging up<>u tho jail. Men with tickets of admission had waited as much us two hours In pa tience. About I,500 persons were (amined In a dense throng along tha Ine of militia bayonets Governor Stone sent a telegram to Captain lllack of the militia telling him to obey the orders of the sheriff. TIIK SPECTATORS ADMITTED. At 10 o’clock the spectators were admitted Into the stockudn. Not over BOO men presented tickets The Inside looked like a “bullpen.” The crouud •'oped from the jail to thu gullows ami formed a tine sort of hillside for the sheriffs and on-lookurs. Tlie crowd outside numbered by 10:43 o'clock some .1,000 men, women and children. They were quiet and pleasant, standing simple in the pres ence of tlie shadow of death that fell on Kill Taylor, Tno crowd inside was also very pleasant. THE I lit HOIl'S I,ALT III I K. At 10:80 o'clock Father Kennedy went Into tlie jail followed by Hr.Tull and a dozen men aud women Tuylor was pacing his cell when they entered. They came this time to offer extreme unction to tlie condemned man A morbid crowd (tacked Itself against tlie iron door. The corridor was tlirost suffocating, iiill's mother iiad been looked for, but site did not come. Fattier Kennedy’s mulodiotls voice could be heard ns he exhorted ills hearers M» heed the example aud take the righteous course MIPS MKMt* I tat ax* Old Mrs, Meeks saw tlie priest when he entered anil she crowded tier way to tlie d»or to listen to ibe ministra tion ami, If possible, catch a glimpse jf the wretched face belitud the iron bare The prteel closed with the laird s prayer Theehauiluf responses »f Taylor aud the women were in leep contras, with tha laughter In the tlreet aud the boisterous talk in the torrhlur. Again the sweet etrslne of * hyum were beard aud Taylor eluod leaning against the bars his body j (halting with eutoiiua Ills fare was 1 udeed wretched and pitiable as Its | looked heavenward and a I as 1 ted the i trueihs to hie breast. the moth of ! the women In the sheriff'* room *s» •hanged to weeping es tha attains of the hymn feti upon their ears far tor an brought out of hie cell at j In ivi )!• walked with a firm tread. Sheriff Mlaatey followed the guards in j pith the death warraul. lae priest •outlawed hi* ntlntet ration* aesittwu tna to tin wsaasnt. Ntaniev began reading the depth werreat in In* jad at ,u pi I tjrtts listen*.I uum-Mvd. hi* eye* reeling a pot* the abet iff * tips lather hen I *ed t and the women iiateeed to the I reeling M ai of the w»«e*w butted i the it faaea in their hand* alter iff Stanley mounted the little I gallows and made a math He said j '"daat!emeu I*tease e ■ «o an aieie fur the advance of the prisoner. Please remove your hate when hr cornea and remain uncovered while the body la suspended hn»* until pronounced dead." ‘•We will,” cried the crowiL Outside in the Street a fakir tang: Al> in lit imlv fr on ilrow.iiii. At the fn »t f Jrnbinfl lull, To k ic i this awful murit.ir, >'y tha Taylors tla.irv’ anil Hill This doggerel, aang to the tune of “Joe Howell” and accompanied by banjos, mingled with the sacred , atralna which the Catholic women sang In Hill's cell. IliK M A HI 'll To T|| K. O At,IOWA. The doomed mi,in came out of tna Side door of the Jail through good Mrs. Cummings'kitchen. Taylor, car* rylng a crucifix, walked between Sheriffs Allen sml Stanley. Father Kennedy followed, chanting. Tay lor'* slap waa steady. Ills eyes were aet straight to the front, lie had told the sheriff Just before leaving his call that he did not wish to say anything to the crowd from the scaffold. Taylor mounted the steps with alight assistance und stood In ths middle of the trap. His face waa rigid; not a tremor shook Ills frame. Tun women knelt at tha foot of the steps, still pruvlng. J. H. Kossof Kansas City, adjusted ths straps shout his ankles. (Sheriff Allen pulled the rope tight about Tay lor'* nrck. He never winced. Ifsput.y Cummings adjusted ths black cap and (Sheriff Allen drew his hand kerchief from Ills pocket. (Sheriff Htanley pulled tlm trap at 10:47, and Hill Taylor shot through ths trap to death Ills neck was broken. Not. a muscle ipilvered. Old Mrs. Meeks, who stood near the scaffold, almost fainted Her moan ing could he board all over the stock ade. X.IJfK «ONE IM TIIIHTKK.N MINUTES. Kxaetly lit minutes and lit seconds elapsed between Hill Taylor's plunge through the t rap and the Inst heat of hla pular, Thu body hung, turning from aide to side in the tender spring hreu/.e. exaet.lv seventeen minutes, he fore HlmiilT Allen released ilie roue. The crowd, still holding hats In hand, pushed and struggled to see the dead man's face. When the black cap uud rope were removed the face that was disclosed awed the struggling men. "Why, he looks as peaceful a* If ho fell to sleep, ' were the exclamations. I Mure enough the dead man's face was supremely peaceful. The eye* were closed. The seum of the fatal rope did not, show, A purple tinge show ing through the skin was the only trace of a sudden death. The sheriff and doctors signed the certlllcaics required by law across the coffin. Mtltl the hats remained off. Then the pall-hearer* took up their burden and marched out into the street in the face of a mass of people which now seemed to number (1,000. Captuln lllnck called "Attention,com pany, shoulder arms," and a squad of we* received with murmurs; then jeers and laughter and clapping ed I died through the throng. The troops . pushed their way through the jolting mss*of humanity, men, women, chil I dren and babes in arms. A vortex of struggling men streamed behind. The doors of the undertaker* fall to and the multitude went to dinner. Many of the crowd which remained behind in the stockade still nad their bats In their hands while they cut sliver* from the gallows as mementoes. CONTEMPT DEFINED. Senator Hill I’ressnts * Mew Measure to (.'over til I’oMlbto Oasos. Washington, May l. — -Hnnator III11 from the committee on Judiciary to-day submitted a report upon the bill in relation to contempt* of United States court*, presenting a uew bill as the result of the commit tee’* deliber ations. It dcHncs direct contempts to be those committed during the sitting of a court or a judge In chambers in Its or his presence, all other contempt, being indirect. It providek for the immediate uud summary punishment of direct contempt without writteu accusation. The provision for the punishment of contempt committed not In the court's presence, as in the Debs case, Is s* fol lows: "That upon the return of an officer or a process or an affidavit duly 4(1...I .. t._I.. ......(Is.. „ f I .... "'V I .. direct contempt, a writ of attachment or other lawful process msy Issue and suuli person he arrested aud brought before the court; and thereupon a written accusation, set ting forth succinctly and dearly the facts alleged to constitute such contempt shall he tiled aud the ac cused required to answer the same b.v an order tlxmg the time aud place of hearing and the eourt may on proper showing extend the time so as to give the accused a reasonable opportunity to purge himself ol such contempt. After the answer, or | lu esse of refusal to answer, the court msy proceed to hear the aceusallon 1 upon stieh testimony as may be pro duced. It the accused answer, tha trial shall proceed upon testimony produced as in criminal oases and hs shall be confronted with the witnesses against him, but such trial shall baby the eourt, or In its discretion upon application by th* accused, a trial by Jury msy lie held as lu any criminal case If found guilty, Judgment shall ; be entered accordingly, prescribing the punishment." Tbs bill allow* appaal to th* Hu proms eourt. PATTIIION IIOO MED. r*«*»lt»sMle la,4ur«es Uaeed IS«eef sa4 Ikl Si SsiMseTl IisiUSmi. • Alias tows. !*• , May I -Hubert loin try I'attWou was yesterday unani mously and eel busiest uml e indorsed as tbe ahwiee of tbe liemueraey of I'-nasytraui* for th* t'resnteuttst ipuitlnalton at t'htesgu. I’be sound m>«u*y gold staudsr-l ptattorm pro tiled fur him to go before tbe people upon pledge* tbe sisiy four delegates t** earnestly support Mr Iblttsus Is t> nrentn-u National t’hairmsa tt iMtam ¥ Her ritv aehteved a |wrs***al triumph saw t-nd out* to that of Mr htllites Tier*thing he ashed for he got, and but 'Unit rule, * lutiruettug th* dele get** to t'hteego to abide by tbe Mill of the esjulif. went through with e»*st less upp-Hilbie thae had bee* s spouted BLAND BOOMERS Hla Campaign Committee Annotinnmf by floveruor stone. JsrrrnsoN CtTT, Mo.. April 30. — Gov ernor Stone yesterday formally an nounced the following as members of the (Hand free eilver egeeutlve corn | inltLee, which was elected at the St. Louis caucus held on last Saturday! lent V. Stephens. Ueorge W. Allen, Nicholas M Kell, Joseph 1C. Rickey and Joseph W. Mercrr. Governor Stone was added to the committee, on motion, and made chairman. The Governor has written the members of this committee suggesting that Allen act as secretary and Mr. Stephens as treasurer. The Governor alan nomi nated the following as ineinbera of the finance committee J. T. Kradshaw, Lebanon; M. G. Wetmore, St. ieiilla; Louis lloueW, Cape Girardeau; Scott J. Miller, < hllllcoihe; James M. Wilcox son, i arrollton; James Hughes. Jtieli inond; J. H. Showalter, Lexington; I). I) Hums, St Joseph; J. W. Halli burton. < art huge; I . A. Harbour, Springlleld; John A. Knott, Hannlhal. Others will be added to this commit tee hereafter, MARQUETTE STATUE, ft Is yiirinslly Aeeepieit by tbs Hensta — I’almer anil Mltehall Speak. Wasiiinotom, April 30.—The naval bill was temporarily laid aside when the Senate met to-day, to allow of the acceptance of the statue of Marquette, presented by the State of Wlaconsln, and now In atatuary hall. Mr. Kalmar of Illinois presented a resolution ex messing the thanUs of Congress to Wisconsin "for this statue of the re nowned egplorer ami discoverer of the Mississippi river,” and formally ac cepting the gift. Mr, Mitchell of Wis consin then iiiede a speech recoup ting uin tviccs or roarquenc mining win Indian* of the North west, After several other speeches the Senate passed without opposition the resolution accepting the Marquette statue, _ _ WOLCOTT WILL BE TRUE. T!i« I olomifu Haiiafrir Haulnrwi Vila f*of mltf to ll«|mil»lla»filain WasiiinotoN, April 80.—Senator Wolcott of Colorado lias written a let ter defining his position In regard to thu St. Louis convention. 'The sen ator's position Is radically different, from tli0 position of his colleague, Senator Teller, as Senator Wolcott in dicates his Intention of remaining with the Republican party, whatever action It may take on the currency question. IOWA PATENT OFFICE REPORT. . .. ..mmamm Dae Moisrm, April km. Patents have been Issued to the Parson’s Hand Cut ter and Self fender (Vi., of Newton, Iowa, for the attachment for threshing inaehlnes for wliluh they have prior II. S. patents. They report 700 sold last scnsoti. Their factory Is on# of the most important and successful es tablishment* in Newton. Itcv. J. D. Stockman, financial agent of Drake University, has been allowed a patent for a humanitarian device adapted for fastening bed clothes so that children cannot get exposed to cold while sleeping, ltlsmadsof wire and readily applied as required for practical use, A. J. and A. U. Wilson, of Houston, Texas, hiive Imcn allowed a patent for a rotary engine, comprising an approx imately spherical chamber, a rotabla shaft extended eccentrically through aaid chamber, an approximately spher ical piston set on said shaft with lta surface in contact with the chamber at a point extending longitudinally of the ahaft, induction and exhaust porta on opposite sides of said contact point and a disk shaped piston of a sir.e to nor mally engage the inner surface of the chamber at all times, slidlnglv mount ed in a central longitudinal slot In the shaft. J. W. Kckerd, of llloomfleld, Iowa, has been allowed a patent for a water elevator and carrier, mechanisms connected with a line of fixed posts to carry and direct a bucket trom the house and into a well at a distance to l.« Rllu/I uml mu tusnsil f n i In, Konaa Kir turning u crunk to wind a rope, to which thn bucket is attached, upon a drum. Valuable information about obtaining, vululng and aelling patent* •ent free to an.v adore*' Printed copies of the drawing* and specifica tions of iiny United States patent seut upon receipt of 2S cent*. Our practice is not confined to Iowa. Inventors in other state* can have our service* up on the same terms as the Itawkeyes. Tuomah (i. ash J KAi.ru Om aiu. Solicitor* of Patent*. L1VK BTOI H ANO I’HOUUCK MAKKKTN Quotation* I rout New York, Chleaau, at. Imula, Omaha and »■ laewliera. OMAHA. Ilutter-Creamery separator in <£ 14 Ilutter- I »ir t« itiwal country ID * U fcftga—Preah ..... * 9 l'iiuUry--l.lv*ban*, per4 .... 7‘y;# • I eutnu* Choice Meaalnaa ... 17ft QIIU ■ 'raiiite* I't r hok .. 8 o S# 4 74 Honey | unry white, tier lb . hi "• 14 Apple* Per uhl.I Ml «|N Potaim-a varlnu* (trade* ... . 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I »#« Pa* bo xitMi. ■ *tv*e *»ti*• >it«>i 4 VZL S*IU" II _ HANkAOVlrV Wheat kw t hard ... ... ft A M ialiS5 POPULAR SCIENCE. The air pressure on a person of ordl- « nary size Is sixteen and a half tons. The highest mountain In the world Is Mount Kverest, In the Himalayas— twenty-nine thousand feet, or five and three-fourths miles. In the normal state a dog executes twenty or thirty respiratory movements a minute, hut while be la excited or running In the beat of the sun this In crease* to 300 or 3SO. It has lately been established that tba temperature of the carbon In the elec tric arc la about 7,600 degree V., or about forty times the difference of tem perature between the boiling and freez ing water. The camel's foot Is a soft cushion, pe cullarly well adapted to the atones and gravel over which It Is constantly walk ing During a single Journey through the Sahara horses have worn out three sets of ahoea, while the camel's feet are not even sore. The frog deposits Its eggs In shallow water, where the warmth of the aun promotes speedy batching. The com mon snake often selects a bed of decom posing vegetable matter. The croco dile and the clumsy sea tortoise go ashora to lay their eggs. When the common earth worm Is cut In two to ths tall there grows a head and to the head there grows a tall, and two animals are formed. As the wound heals a small white button la formed, I which afterward develops Into rings fllllj U |ivi| rsuviiiii,/, Tin' dural Ion of aunsblna In tba var ious countries of Kurope waa recently discussed at a scientific mealing In Ber lin. It waa ehown that Spain stands at tha bend of tba Itat, having on an average 3,000 houra of sunshine pur year, while Italy haa 2,300 houra, Oar many 1,700 hours and ttiigland I,loo hours. Madrid haa almosn three time* a a much sunshine aa l,oudon. INDIGESTION. The ItlwikM Will Crssta the Symptoms of Heart IIIimm, Kidney lllsesse, Kte. From the Htandnrd-Unlon, Brooklyn, N. T. Few women have had a more mis erable existence and lived to tell the title limn Mrs. Anna I,. Kmlth of 311 1'ulaskl A venus, Brooklyn. With all the comforts that money affords, with all tit" happiness that many loving friends can give, the Joy of Mrs. Hmlth's life was blasted for years by ths terrible ravages of sickness Thi story Is most Interesting as told to a reporter: "I was an Invalid for years, suffering first with ons complaint and then with another. The thing which caused me the most discomfort and made me of fensive to my faintly was the worst case of Indigestion Imaginable. I had the beat phyeMan we could find, and occasionally his prescriptions relieved me temporarily. But the pains and misery would all soon return again. I became desperate, and started In to try remedies of whleh I read. Among them were the Pink Pllle. I took the pills and followed out the direc tions to the tetter, and before many days I began to feel like a differ ent woman. For six weeks I took the pills regularly, and I can truthfully add after I hat I was as well any one In the family. This change for the bet ter In my condition has caused my relatlvee and friends to take the pills. We buy them from the drug store of John Duryea, at the corner of DeKalb and flumner Avenues. "I assure you It was tmposslbls for ms to oversee my household for three yeara. Now I visit my kitchen every day, do my own marketing and shop ping; In a word, look after everything connected with my home and family. “Oh. yea, I still keep taking the pills. I take one dally after dinner. Preven tion, you know. In better and cheaper tiiHU Wilt*- • vr» 11/ WMiivvo wiiw unit of the women who are suffering from the Ills which our sex are heir to would be up and well If they oould be In duced to give the Pink Pills a fair trial. I certainly reoommend them heartily and and feel grateful to the physician who put them on the market.” Mrs. Hmlth la a woman of some means and standing In the community and, therefore, her testimony will b# accepted without question by all thoughtful people. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain all the elements necessary to glvs new life and richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They may be had of all druggists or direct by mall from the Dr. Williams Msd. Co., Schenecta dy, N. Y., at 60 cents per box, or six boxes for 12.60._ Ootid Kosds Scheme. Tbs latest schema for good roads, that of laying tracks of broad steel rails along country roods aud city streets, for the wheels of vehlolss to run on, thus greatly increasing the traction power of horses and the gen eral comfort sod convenience of driv ing end trucking, wns suggested by (iov. Werts, of New Jersey,In his last message lie anya n horse will draw on such n steel track twenty times as much as on n dirt rond end (tvs thuca ns much ns on macadam The unani mity with which drivers of nil manner of vehicles in the city atresia lake to the car tracks clearly Illustrates the idea. laws'* Ueagvfwse Isaswiatslkl Iowa hi the proud possessor of a elti •ea who has dreamed a dream aud sprung upon an admiring common' wealth a seherne tor a §4.uou,mm later national palace, to be built above I Niagara's bask, with a mean height of «M feet and a central tower of l.ww foot, the building to average forty-eU eburiea Iowa should not permit this teuius to escape Niagara can scare >m. but his unlive stale cannot New York Mad and Kspreo* Would Mot bat tbs Via« An lug liehmau In M asking ton st ' dinner declined te eat ea ice ft ween in the shape end color uf the American | Nog This he did hoes use he hold it to kehad form to sleurk the national ear ■ Mem the lacideat was tiguin, sui oe showing the dtstiaetkn and the differ •srs between the ftrltteh ides of pelri el test sni wm ears lulhkars lilt ! their hats when 'hot# dog m worried j past and use * Men the national sn Ikem ts stayed la theetrvs and musical kalis Nairn* Brim* In trad* or oat of 11 wuald see th* Nag vt his ewaatry fur advetUsing pnrpeMa ~*lh*eioa Ua , sett*