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ES1'AllLISIIED JUNE 17 , 1871. OMAhA , rIIUESDAY MORNING : - , MARCH 5 , 18nG. ) SiNGLE COPY Inr.lD CRNreS.
RELIEF FOR HUSH TENANTS
. -
Morley Submits the Land Bill to the Rouse
of Oomm. ns ,
UO DIVISION ON In FIRST READING
ImprovCtlntl Nut HI Al'Jmtsel ntnl t'nItI
Ior-I'reo S"lo or Hullnll Allowed
-I'ro'IMlul 10 : Ieet thl Cales
or 1'ldc.1 Tlnnnll ,
LONDON , March 4-In the 10uso of Commons -
mans tOllay John Morley Introduced Iho new
Irish lan < bIll , and In doing so he snhl ho accepted -
cepted Wo declaratIon of belle ( made by
Thomas Wallace Russet that the land ques-
ton was at the bottom of the dIsturbance
atHI Ill ( celn ! In Ireland ] and thal I'arlln-
ment was competent to make Luch laws as
the condition of Ireland re1lulred. The reasons -
sons for asltlg the house of Commons to
ante nIl the acts now was that In October
next tim tenants coull have theIr rents re-
nOIed' for lO\'teen yers 1 was desirable
therefore , to make the circumstances of
these renewals as easy an IJosslble.
: lr. Morley ] defended the report oC the recent -
cent land committee" ridIculIng the Plea that
It vita ont-shle or Issued by n packed ma-
jorlty. In explalnll : the present bill : Ir.
Morley shl that at the foundatIon ol the
government proposals was a broad IJrlnchllo
ol social principles toward land. I general
rnle of protecllng thl ( tenant In ownershIp
I Improvements were iiiado was absolutely
liullapensalile ] In Ireland , owIng to the decisions -
cisions of the Irish courts Wh' ! 1 upset the In-
tenton or Parlament , antI the government
now proposed that all the Improvements on 1
holdIng should bo presumed to have been
done by a lennnt unless ] the contrary was
proven. ThIs provisIon ) In the bill compels
the courts 10 give compensatIon and secur-
fly for Improvements to the tenants , and I
also proposed to ameml the act of 1870 so
as 10 make It perform Its functions In the
way I was desIgned It should COnsequently
I shoulll bo motlfell In a way to prevent the
undoubted intention of ParlIament being lrus-
traled. The compensation to ho pall to n ,
tenant wonlt be In muney or In money's
worth. I was also proposed , by this measure I '
that holdings should bo subject to statutory
condItIons untIl the new rents were fixed
all the statutory condItions thereby revived
I also mnlles lie term or the holdings ten
Instead or fifteen years , nt the enl of which
. . tmo the renlB Ire to be revised.
In regard to hue landlord's right of pre-
empton , thus tenant 'xas to be aloleJ the
freu sale oC his Intcrests , but before sellIng
ho had to gIve cash to the landlord , who
' might purchase the tenancy for the sum
agreed upon When the court fixed a lair
r rent Iho landlord might demand : that the
court specIfy the value ol the holding In case
the tenant wishes to ehl and the landlord
el lanll0nl
wlshe to buy. Where a tenant was In occupancy -
cupancy as n caretaker for live years and had
discharged all the oblgatons Incidental to
the holdIng , ho should at the end or the period
bo deemed to ho the Ilresent tenant again
. wIth all former rights of occupancy. I was
further proposed by Ito bill that all arrac
of rent might bo recovered within the next
two years. After then the landlord ' would be
able to recover two years' arrears only
M. ' . Morley concluded n speech lastIng two
- hours with a final proposal 10 re-cnnet see-
ton 13 of the act 1&91 , with slIght modifca-
tons In order to mcet the que3ton of "vlcte
tenants. lie lien ( made a fervent appeal to
. ' the House to carduly consider the bill. Upon
' the conclusion of his address : the Irish land
r bill passed Its lrst reading without a division -
aba being tallen.
lU I'OHT TiE L1EtlILLt(1NAfltL3r ) OVER.
All the . ' 11:1 R'l.'o'UtIoullStM , ' Have Either
Ilrr"llh'r1 or trDI Ciutnrett.
WASHINGTON March --Accord to a
dispatch received at the SpanIsh Icgaton In
this cIty , ( lie Cuban revolution Is about - over
MInister 1ura un tonight received dis-
patch from the captaIn general of Cuba , of
which the following Is n translation :
HAVANA , March 4.-Thl three bands of
Insurgents who appeared In the provInce of
Malnnzas some das ago ' have completely
. vanished. OC their thrco leaders , ono , Manuel .
uel aarcln , has been killed ; n reeond one , An-
tonio Lopez Colonla , has been captured , and
the thIrd , Mnrrero , has surrendered All the
members of Ihese bands of rebels hava eIther
been captured 01' huvo surrendered. There
Is nut a single rebel ut liberty In the IJrO\-
lucu. The civil guard : has been recalled to
the Cape anll souL to the provinces or PIn-
one , Havana ail Santa Clara. The provInce -
Inco oC Puerto Prlnchlo Is quiet In the
provInce or Santao tie Cuba , lie rebels
have been completely isolated and are lacking -
Ing In ammnnlton and arms 'fhey are hesi-
tating whether ) to surrender or 10 resist lora
a short tIme longer. Commls31ons have been
lornlell In the hope or persuading them to
lay down their nqus , and they have requested -
quested len days to consider lie ( question and
decIde what 10 do. Thin government has
refused to grant this dela ) .
os JtIL\\ I'OL"NU
leoret Conslllrao nflatrlal StldCll to
1'1'0 nut U\'Irc"ll \ ' ( ' ouunry .
TARNorOL , Autralan Gnlcla , March 4.-
The trial ol twenty.slx young 'students and
teachers belonging ' 10 a semInary and gym-
nasium here , opened today The prisoners
f are charged with lese majesle and con-
8111rac
)
According 10 the story current here , one
of thus students confessed to a priNt that he
was engagel In a recent conspiracy , and ho
adllell the priest Induced him to Inform
the Ilolce unit the arrest of the conspirators
folow , th. I semis ( rom a documt'nt In
manuscript which was found at lie ( residence
of ono or the students Implcaled' ' that the
object of this secret society was to effect
In organizaton amung the rural people anll
worltlng classes In order "to free Poland
from the thraldom oC Prussia , Austria and
Russia , " which countries are eserlbed as
being the irreconcIlable eneuuiics of 101Jnd.
In the last eight days members of the
socIety who wihdrew from the society han
been Ihrtltenrt with - - death )
mmBU JX A lI.i J 11 : tT ,
"rnrtth't8 I.ost a Nllber If Sllt on Ihu
1lnl\1 lolltf ( uuiuehh .
LONDON , March 4.-The county counci
election cases have resulted In.n delil heat ,
each sIde electing OUy-nlno membe' . The
dead heat Is due 10 the fact that Lord Dun-
, raven , for the moderates , was elected f
\V4dsworIh. 1'ht progressives , 'however , w I
,
IIVo a 81al majority In the council on
account of ( lie . votes of lie ( alUermciu , wo
( ire , chiefly progresslva i
! nlKI S'nl , t1lrut. . 1111 Siycet.
CONSTANTINOPLE , March 4.-Tho lam-
burg-American lIne steamer , Augusta "Ic-
torla , with a large party ef American ex-
curlonlsls on board , arrived hero on Satur-
day The Bulan sent an alde.de.eamll to
greet tim passengers , and ordered cIgarettes
111 s\7cls to bo dhlribute'l along them ,
lila majesty ate permitted the \merlcans
to visit th , palace Alt the plsengeu of
the Augusta VlctorlJ are In cell health .
" Inl I Illrk I In liu : uhsuid .
LONDON , : arh 4.-Severe weather has
returned In Great Urllln and In the north-
ore hart of the continent . Yesterday there
" Was a bard frell and 10W Is falling tolay
) in ( lila city and S'aris
Amcrleul " . .cltInnl 'I'roiiiles .
4 ' OANNI , Ms h 4-Mr 1611ry Alien's
1lcrl:1 : yacht Dakota woo the Oplen goblet
sail James Gordon Denlctt clsUcnge cup I I
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No. 2 today at the Mediterranean I Yacht club
regatta.
The first heal of the match for the nlch-
ard Winslow enp , value , 2 : ( ) francs , was
I'on by the Delanagh , owned by Mr Ualour
Nel or Belfast.
CUlAN lhVO1.UTltThjuTi "IC'OHIOUS ,
IltlUfn Ir $ hlflI'lhi'I'roop % Put to Flight
Near llnl"lo ,
JACKSONVI.LE ) In. , March 4.-Tho following -
lowing are specials to the Jacksonville Ciii-
zen :
KEY WEST , Fla , March 4-News reached
hero tonIght lint nn engagement bas oc-
clrrcil between 300 Insurgents and a battalion -
Ion of In
Spanish regulars near Manzanlo
the southeastern part , of Cuba. The Span-
lards were routed The news Is Posted to-
night In the Cuban club and places of resort
luudreds of Cubans are on the street re-
joiehng.
TAMPA , Fla. , March I 4.-Genornl Maxlmo
Gomez Is with henry Brooks and 3,000 Insur-
gents near Guantnmo , on the south const of
Cnba. An American engineer of note Is wIth
them lie has been In the pay oC the revolu-
tonary committee for many months lie
has traveled over every IJrt of Cuba , study-
hug the topography all posItions of strategIc
allvantnge. Ho hiss visied nil the Spanish
fortifications on the island and has prellarell
111ans : oC attack , for the revolutionary com-
manilers. 10 has designed In the moun-
Inlnous part of eastern Cuba , 350 mIles from
havana , n central supply staten , general
hosllltnl and headlluarlers Since February
2t , when the revolutIon was declared , all the
availublo : Insurgent volunteers have been en-
gaged In fortifying the camp under the di-
recton ol the engineer.
The reported deCeat and wounding of Gen-
oral Ln Chnlbra , governor of the eastern do-
Ilrtlent oC Cuba , has been confirmed. A
letter Cram Havana today received by a prom-
mont Cuban states La Chambrn has dIed from
wounds recelvcd at the encounter with the
forces ol Henry Brooks near Guantamo
This Is a serious loss to the government and
will greatly encourage tim revolutionIsts.
The same letter brines news that the revo-
lotion lt working westward and toward the
Ilrovlncc of Plerto Prince
MADRID , . March 4.-In the Chamber or
Deputes today Senor Oamn questoned the
government regarding the report that Americans -
cans had been arrested In Cuba and quoted
from an interview pUblshed a few days
ago with Senor Manuel de Gespedes Yqesada ,
son of General Gespedes , the revolutIonary
leader , who was Idled In the last Insurrec-
ton ( In Cuba. Senor Grolsearm , minister of
foreign affairs , replIed that advices received
by the government showed that three Amerl-
cans lund been arrested at havana and that
'tho American ' consul general there had
made applicatIon regarding them 10 the au-
thoritIe . Senor Grolsearm further sold that
tIm government supported the attitude or I
Captain General Galeja , It consIdered that '
the Sllanlsh-Amerlean protocol of 187 afforded - ,
forded no protccton to Americans who con- :
spired agaInst the government of Cuba. For-
elgncrs were subject to the same laws as
the Cubans , except that they could only be
tried by ordlnuy trlbpnals , and not by
court-martInis. -
court-martals.
MiinI ) nobatn In the 1tehchstng.
BERLIN , March 4.-The
- debate on the
mlltnl' ' estates was resumed In the Helcbs-
taG loday. Herr Llehnecht , socialist , again
urged that the German army be converted
Into a militia force , which , ho claimed ,
would form I guaranty of liberty and pence.
Herr Enneccel'ns , national liberal , strongly
cpposell the proposiion , declaring lint Ger-
many Possessed n dtFelplned nut ! absolutely
trustworthy arm ' , and that she did not In-
tend to deliver It UI 10 the socialists.
QII'cn "Iotrh , \hla London ,
LONDON March 4.-Queen Victoria has
returned to London from WIndsor In order
'
to be present at tomorrow'a drawinG room
: t Bueiclngbam palace. She appeard In
good health , and In spite or the cold
weather . , drove to the railroad staUon . Her
majesty was dressed In black ,
& 'hnnc.'hior's Son Uotrutho"
BERLIN , March 4-Prlnce Alexander von
Iohenlobo , the youngest son of the rhan-
ocher , Is betrothed to the 'Princess Elan-
nela whlow of Prince Georg of Ralm-
Shrunr Iz The prince was born In 18j : and
Is I membe of lhe fleichatag.
Fiiert Ilalnrcs lt , Jaffs. "
JAFFA , Pale3Une , March 4.-The Hamburg-
American line steamship Fuerst Damarck ,
which left New York January 29 with a large
party of American excursionists , arrIved here
on Sunday. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Itelelurig 1.jc.t ' . n "Clrrnmclt r."Dn.
BERLIN , March 4.-The nelchstag has rejected -
Jected the goverment's request for a credit
of 2,400,000 marks , with which to build
torpedo boats.
U"\U'c J""I\'r ( rum 1111"111.
LONDON , March t-Hon Thomas F.
Bayal'l , the American nmJmsdlllor who
was recently ataclcl by Intuenza , has re-
covered _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Sir \llluI S 'VII' " . Url" .
LONDON , March 4.-Slr Wilam Scovie
S.vor ) ' , F. R. C. S" , ate ] presIdent or the
Royal College or Surgeons . , Is I dead , aged 69.
OIIW.IIO LI/SI HONOR I .Ujl Tl' .
l.ttrgtt Gitthierlag Which Ever Atended a
ImIIL\ ) C.'hbrIUnl.
CHICAGO , March 4-Dy far the largest
Irish gathering ever scout In Chicago In
honor of Robert Emmet and probably the
greatest celebration of tim kind on record on
either side of the Atlantic , look place at the
A UUlorlum tonight. Every scat. In the huge
amphlhealer was reserved lays ahend. lun-
drelh of people were standing In the aisles
and lobby long before the hour sot for the
exercises , whie on the streets , at the en-
trance , hundreds of others were waiting for
admittance. lIon. John F. Flnnorty lire-
sided . The orator of the occasion was Alex-
ander Sullivan. Pending his appearance
there wns a characteristcaly eloquent ad-
Iress hy Chairman Flnnorty , followed by
: lr Geneva Johnstono Bshop , a escend-
ant of the Ulster rebels , singing the "Star
Span/lel Banner. "
Mr. Clarence Eddy , one of the row per.
formers Invle to play on the great Troca-
tern palace organ al the Paris exposition ,
rondpred on the magnificent Auditorium
organ a number of fascInating examples of
the authentic music of Ireland The scene
when Alexander Sulvan came on the stage
was a memorable ono. The vast nudlence
seemed to sUllenly rise en masse , cheering
frantically again and alaln In a way seldom
witnessed except at n great national conven-
tion . I was Mr. Sullivan's initial appearance
before an Irish n\llencB In SOle 'ears. Ho
confined his remarks 10 I forceful Iretent-
ment of EmmetL' deeds and hirhnclphes The
speaker was frequently interrupted by out-
bursts of nlpiatlse and on closing was given
another remarkable ovaton.
V. 1' , UP 'IVI. ' 1 , " ] IUl''I.1."l
Two hnportnlt CISC to ISo U.llr.1 Within
the Next low ' Dayiu .
PORTLAND , are" , March 4.-Unlled States
Senator John ! I Thurston of Omaha , general
solicitor of the Union Pacific s'stel ; , , , S.
Pierce , solicItor for the first mortgage holder I
of the Oregon ; Short Line & Uah Northern :
General J. C. COIln of Omaha , special
counsel for the goverment : E . I. . I.omax ,
general lassenger agent , and George It ,
Pegram , chief Inlneer of the Union Pacifc ,
arrived hero today In two private car to bo
present at the hearing for 1 separate receiver -
celver of the Oregon Short Line & Utah
Northern case and a n\odltcaton of the order
appointing B , McNei receiver of the Oregon
Railway and Navigation company fO a to
absolve him from the payment of Indebled-
ns contracted by the Union PacIfic In Its
operation of ( the Oregon Railway and Navlga-
lon compny : , The latter case wIll probably
be heard first , I will come before United
States District Judge Dalnger tomorrow ,
The recelvcrsblll case vhih
Indlllendent wil como
before UnIted States Circuit Judge Gilbert
Gibert
later In the weel Senator Thunton will
rate the point Ihat acton for a sepal ate r-
celver for tIm Oregon Short 1.lno & Utah
Northern should properly bo brought In the
United States circuit court lt Omaha , which
he caims la a court of privacy and jurlldlc-
ferml lion. II Omaha vIhh uk to have the case trauts-
a
INVOLVES lANY MILLONS
Justco Rnrlan Hands Dow Opinion of
Importance to Inventor
LIMITATIONS TO TiE LIFE OF A PATENT
Amlrlcnn l'ittcnta K"Itre nt the Saute Time
ni Those 1suei , In R l'orelgn
Counlry for lie Satan
In"C\on , , .
' WASHINGTON , March 4.-Tbo case of the
Date ' flefrigerator company against Francis
SUlsberger & Co" , upon which lie queston of
American patents expIre when foreIgn patents
have been previously ] Issued , was decided to-
lay In an exhaustive opinion by Justce
harlan. I Is estimated that ninny millions
of capital hinges upon the decision , which
determines lie status of many valuable
palenls.
The court hehl that the Invention for which
Inventon
Bate received a patent was previously
patented In a foreign country and that the
UnIted States patent did expire with the
foreign patents. The decision Is against the
electric and other patents Involved In the
decision of this caso.
Tim case Involvcs the construction ol sec-
ton 4,887 ol the nevlsell Statutes , which pro-
vitle that "Every patent granted for an invention -
. venton which has been prevlously patented
In a foreign country shah be so limited as to
expire at th same tune as the foreign patent ,
or , If there be more tItan one , at the same time
as the one having the shortest term , and In
no case shall It be In force more than seven-
teen years. "
Among the patents affected are three Is-
sued to the Western Union Telegraph company -
pany on applications filed by Thomas A.
dlson , as follows :
Patent No. 471,230 , applcaton flIed April
17 , 1877 ; Nos 474,231 and 474,232 , applca-
tons fed July 27 , 1877 , and March 7 , 1893.
Patent No 492,789 was Issued to the same
party on an application fed by the same I
party on September 5 , 1877. These inven- :
tons became the property of the American
Del Telephone company by the consolidation
contract November I , 1876 These Edison
patents are clalmul to QO fundamental and
they with the Berlner patents now In hiti-
gaton and which remained In the patent
office from 187 to November , 1891 , expire
at the date or the expiration of the foreign
patents. The inventions have been In use
since 1878 The Edison inventions were
patented In England , France rind Canada In
187 : In Belgium , Autrla.Hungary , Italy ,
Germany and Spain In 1878 , and In Prussia
In 1882 They are free In foreign countries ,
and under the construction now given ol
section 4,887 are made free In this country.
Substantially the decisIon will affect In the
same way the uadruplex patents which were
applied for In October , 1S74 , and Issued December -
cember 12 , 1873. The incandescent lamp
patents flied by the General Electric company -
pany are also Included In those which will be
affected by the decision. .Thera was no dls-
enton of opinion.
The decision at first reviews the patent
laws since the foundation or the government ,
tracing with minuteness the provlslens as to
foreign and domestic palents. I sums up
the laws thus :
From this history of the several acts of
congress appears : relating to patents for inventions It
INTENT OF CONGRESS.
1. Tat all the above acts of congress
had In mind the date or an application
for a patent , the date of the filing or speci-
fctons and the date or the palent
te
2. Tat under the act or 18G , I patent
ptent
, could not he granted Ir It appear that the
applicant was not the original and first
inventor ' or discoverer or that any part
tat
of that which was claimed \ IS new had
leroro been invented or discovered or pat-
exited or described tn any foreIgn publca-
ton , its use tn this or any foreign coun-
try ; yet an original and true Inventor was
not to be deprived or I patent for his In-
venton by reason or hIs having previously
taken out letters patent thereror In I for-
eign country , and the same having been
published at any time within six months
next precedlJG the filing or his spcclfca-
tonl and dl wings. '
3. That under the act of 189 an Inventor
whose invention his not bean Introduced
Into public and common use In the United
States prior to the application for a patent ,
should not be deharrell from receivIng , a
patent by reason or his invention "havtng >
been patented In foreign
pntenttd a country more
thnn sIx months , "
prIor to his applcnton
4. That under the act oC 1870 an inventor
whose Invention had not been Introduced
Into pubic use In thc United States for
more than two years prior to the applca-
ton , should not be debarred from receiving
a patent by reason of Its having been first
patented or caused . to be patented In 1 for-
eIgn counlr -these words not being qual-
iliad as In the act or 1839 by any reference
to the date or the application.
6. That when nn American . patent :
granted In conformity with the Gth section
or the act of 1839 for an invention "patented
In I foreign country more than sIx months
prior to his application , " It expired In
every case at the end of fourteen years
from the date or republication or such foreign -
eln letters Patent : all when In conrorm-
Ity with the 25th section or the act of 1870
n Patent was grunted for an Invention "first
patented or caused to be patented , In I ror-
eln country , " I expired at the same time
with the foreign patent , or If there bo more
than one nt the same time. - - , with the one
having the ) shortest ; r1.-n-
: LIMITATIONS ON ITS LIFE.
G , That under the revised statute , whIle
a patent for an invention could not bo
wlhhfld nor teemed invalid "by reason or
its having Irat been patented tn a foreIgn
country , unless the same has been tntro-
ductd into public use In the United Stntes
more than two years prIor to the application ,
yet every patent granted for nn Inven-
tion previously patented In a foreign country -
try shah be so limited as to expire at the
same time with the one having thl shortest
term-In no case 10 remain tn force loner
Ihan seventeen } 'earl. "
The decision then takes up the legal conten-
( ion of the plaintiff that when the same invention -
venton Is patented both In this country and
'abroHI the American patent remains In force
for seventeen year front its date , If the
foreign patent was Issued after the applca-
ton for , nlhoulh prior to th late of , the
American patenl. The interpretation placed
upon the act of 1870 by the patent office
and the court la minutely considered and
copious decisions cited and the decisions say
hits ( court mar well adopt that construction
which Is In harmony wih settled ptaetce ,
anll under Judicial decisions which may be
disturbed or destroyed by the announcement
or a new rule The decision then says :
\Vaui the Bale invention patented abroad
before It was patent ' 1 In this country ? I
so , the American patent expired wlh the
foreign patent , an.l thereby lie ( American
Public becnme enttel to the use of the invention -
venton tr.m the tme the foreign ) Iuble
wera permitted to use It. Congress , In
effect , Iy the eibtIng laws , says to an inventor -
venlor eeklng elbtnq oy thin exeluslvo use !
In this country of his Invention for lie term
prescribed by ) law : "It 'our invention has
not been introduced Into public use tn the
United States for more than two years you
tony , upon eomlll'lng1lh the conditions
prescribed , obtain an American patent Ind
'on may If you can obtain tt foreign
torelm
patent. lut the American patent will he
granted Iut the conllton that If you obtain
the foreign patent tr t , your invention fh'al
bo tree to the American peopie whane\'er
L ) ' reusn of the expiration or tha torflgn
patent < becomes free to people uhroad :
but In no case & 1111 the lerm of the AmerIcan -
lean palent exceed seventeen ) 'ear8 , " ' 1bls
we deem 10 LI a sound interpretation M this
statute , giving to the words used . the mean-
Int rQulrft by their ordinary ) Itgnilca-
tion. In our julgm : nt the language ts so
Illnln a refusal to rocogrzo its natural , obvious -
vious meaning , would be justly regarded as
Indicating a purpose to cmnge the law by
judicial action , based upon some supposed
pOlc ) ' of congreS8.
l'ItOMlSE WAS NOT A SOI.U'1 [ .
I Is also said the Urilcd Stales I'rmlsedl
the inventor when n111ing bin Ifpleaton , .
10 give him u patent for the full I term or.
seventeen years from the lale of his patent ,
if . upon cXlmlnaton , I was found that he
was entitled to one at the iliac or such
application , and , consequently , a curtail-
fluent or that term by reason of something
occurring after the tlog or the applcaton ,
and for which he may net be responsible , ts
nol consistent wih good faith upon the
part of the government . or course this
court wo'.ld hesitate to aecelJ any con-
Itructon or UI1 act or congress thai would
woull
imply bad faiths upon the par of any branch
of the government But the ( cmlenton Just
referred to assumes the very matter In this-
pute . I nsumes that Ihe- f0llse to lie
inventor \a. not accompanied by any con-
b
11ton authorizing the govelnent ) to limit
the term or its Patent to 1m\ Period hess
than seventeen } 'enr front I ! < ate. I the
Promise 10 Issue n patent Is Inalle With the
reservation In the statute containing the
promise that the pntent when issued Ihouhl
be limited . 10 expire \111 any foreign patent
pre\.lously issued for the same Invention ,
then there Is no basis for the suggestion
sleston
hint the enCorement of hint condItion \10-
hates any Ilromls mUllo 10 the taventor
A good deal can be sahl about thin In-
tenton oC congrest' . ns manifested by its
legIslation , 10 deal liberally with inventors ,
and especially those who wore citizens oC
the Unlell Stnlt ! This II true , but I hi
for congress to prescribe the conditions upon
which It wi secure 10 Inveltol the ex-
1111lve rl h to theIr inventions. What may
be tIne to Inventol Is I mater about which
there may wcl exist differences of liniOfl )
I II the province or the legIslatIve branch
( r government to say wilds n patent 10
an Inventor shall expIre , anll , therefore ,
when the publc may enjoy without chhrle
Ihe benefit of thr invention covered by it.
Wo can very well unlertsnnd how the ex-
Istn ! statute may In some circumstances
operate unjust 10 an American Inventor
where , In addition to the exclusive rights
granted to him In this counts ) ' fur the term
or seventeen years he wishes to secure a.
monopoly for his Invention before obtain-
hag one here , lie American patent is 'lint-
Iell by law , whether I , II 'so expressed or
not In the hiatent Itself , 10 expire with the
foreIgn Illent , having the shortest term
This 19 the ea e ns it appears from the
standpoint or the Patentee without regard
to ( hue Interests oC the American puhle ,
UR mD\ LIES 'WITH CONGRESS.
\Ve need not SlY whether these consldcr-
atoml were or were not BUlclent to In-
duce the change made by ' ( IsO 2th secUon
or the net of 1870 , and by Ihe existing
stattite . They arc referred to only af show-
lag \\'hnt congress iniuy have hll In view
when It provided , nM It did , that nn Inven-
ton covered hy a foreign 113tent , which the
Inventor obtained , or caused to he obtained -
tained , before receiving nn American IItent ,
should be free to the Amclcnn Public 11
soon ns It hecame free h ' reuson of the
IOOn
expiration of the foreign patent to lie pco-
pIe of other rountrles If this pllnclplo
operates harshly upon Inventors In certain
cases , It II for congress Whose discretion
Is ! not subject to judicial control ] to make
provision for those cases , t It Is Possible
to do so without such Injury to the PeoPle
of our country as ought not . to be Inlctcd
upon them.
The rule prescribed by { he 2hthi section
of the act of 1870 , havlnk been reproduced -
duced In section 4SS7 o-t the Revised
Statutes , and the later sedton never hav-
lag been amended , we ought not , after the
lapse or nearly twenty-five years ' from the
passage of the act or 1870 , \ place upon Its
45th section , or upon secton 4,88 , of the
Hevlsed Statutes which took Its place , any
( nterpretation other than whIch the ordinary -
nary , natural meaning of their words Im-
port. Our answers , therefore , to the ques-
tions certified are that the Invention for
tons
which UnIted State patentee , Bate , was
Issued was udel the fat stated , IravloUsly
patented In 1 foreign country , withIn the
meaning of those words tn section 4,887 , of
the Revised Statute , and that the United
Stntes' patent to him expIred under the
terms 0 fa'ent section before the expiration
of seventeen years from IL , date .
Let It be so certified to the cIrcuit court
of appeals.
The supreme court has ro'erso. . the opinion
or lie lower court Involving lhe validity of
the patent of the National Cash Register
company. The decision Is In favor of the
company. I
The Georgia case of Cnnningham et at
against the Birmingham raIlroad was decided
by the suprslO court of the , United .lates
'
loday. Justice White delivered ; , the opinion ,
sustaining the court In dlmls lng the bill .
The case of Francs 1 and Percival D.
Coffin , who were Indicted In Indiana In
1893 on three counts for complicity In the
failure of the Indlanapolf bank , was decided
In an opinion by Justice White. The canton-
or the defendants that. not
ton that no one an
officer or the bank could4b JH\vlctCd for :
complicity wee not sustainedbut the rerusl
or the judge to charge that there existed a
presumptiOn or Innocence svtiaoverruled , and a
new trial ordered.
The case of ( lie Norfolt Western Railroad
cso Rairoad
company , complalnnt In errpr , against Edward -
ward S. Pendleton , was decide In nn opinion '
or .Tustico Shiras. Pendleton sought to recover - I
cover penalties for charges Iq excess of the
law , of the state. The supreme court of
Vlrinla was sustained , '
HITS THE DELL COMPANY HARD.
NEW YORK , March 4-The decision of the '
supreme court of the United
States , handed dow today , unan
measly sustaining' the decision oC the
lower conrl In the' case ot the Bate Rerrlger-
attng company against Sulzberger . Is probably -
ably moro far reaching In its influence and
.arleeLq a lager amount of property than any
docllon of the court slnco the
"Greenbaclt" Cse were disposed of.
This decision not only Bettld the
controversy between the' parties directly
Interete , vlz" , the General Electric com-
pan and tho. American Del Telephone company -
pany on the one side and , \Vestinghoue
and lie ( anti-Bell Telephone company on the
other side , but also disposes of a very large
number of other patents which the public
have assumed to have expired under the
ruling or the lower court , but which would
have been revived I the decision of the
supreme court In this case had been the
other way , and It ale shortens the life ol
a great many patents which have not yet
actually expired. The decision Is agJlnt the
poItlon alien 'y the General Electric company -
pany and the American Del Telephone company -
pany and those associate with them In the
appeal , and affirms the decision previously
rendered by the United States circuit court
'
In _ this circuit. This decision terminates three
Edison patents for the erbon tansmiter
owned by the American Del Telephone company -
pany , by which It hope to extend its control
for twonly.fvo years more , as would have
been time car had the decision been re-
vorsed.
, I conlderablo number of very broad pat-
oats owned by the General Electric company
are ale disposed of by this decision , Including
Mr. Edison's patent upon lie Incandescent
lamp , regarding which there hiss been so
much litigation , anti ale his patent on the
multiple arc system of dlUrlbuton and his
patent on the socket for incandescent lamps ,
which was recently held to bo valid by Judge
Cox .
ORIGINAL LITIGATION LOST SIGHT OF
'fho history of the case of tim Iato ne-
frlgeralor company against Sulzlrser Is
very Inlorestng , I Involves directly a very
unnaIl sum of and the
Bmal money , a 11 complainants
would probablY have never thought It worth
while to bring the case to ahearlng had It
not been that tins lawyer of the General
ElectrIc anti Del Telephone companies Ils-
covered hint this : directly Involved the
point In which : ( lucy were s9 vitally Inter-
ested and would furnish the [ earliest oppor-
tuniy of bringing It beforci ' the supreme
court The result was that ' the complainant
loon found itself representel In court 1)
such eminent and expcnslyo counsel as
James C. Carter , James J. Slarrow of Dos-
ton , counsel for the Bell company , and ex-
Commissioner of Patents Chisqica E Michel
Of New York , counsel for the General Elec-
trio compan . No sooner al\ \ these eminent
counsel put In an nppearanc Ulan the de-
fendant. Sulzberger , found himself repre-
seated b ) lie ( equally emlnqot counsel retained -
tamed by the Wostnghluse , ElectrIc company -
pasty and the ant.Bel Telolhone Interests ,
Including Wheeler H. I'ccilbam , dmund
Welmore , Ben Ii. Drlstow anl Leonard Cur-
ts , all of New York ,
From this tme on the battle was one between -
tween giants , The quoston"as elaborately
argued before lie circuit equrt of appeals
for this circuit , JUdges Wqlaco , Shipman
and Lcombe sitting , but till , cpurL declined
10 take the rOlponslhltf of deciding the
question , and certified It up ' 10 the supreme
court of the United States This court
treated the case as one of fO great Impor-
tanco that It took the very unusual couro oC
assigning It for hearing som6 three years In
qd\anco of the regular order , and also alow-
lag abut double lie usual tlmo for argo-
ment. These oral arguments were by James
C. Carter and ex.-ommlnloner or Patents
Mitchell for lie General 1 IFctrlc and Del
Telephone interests , and by 4mund " 'et-
more and Wheeler 11. Peckham for the
Westinghouse and ant-Del Telephone in-
crests , and I large number of brlef were
fled on behalf of \'arlol\ other In'erul af.
rected , I'robably there hai brn 10 case
before ( the supreme court I n' tma ou'broak
of the war In the o\tcole ( r ltan )
lawerl were Interested ,
POLICE TO BE INVESTIGATED
Police Oommissioner Will Ao in Accord-
nnco with Grand Jury Report.
GENER\L PLAN TO BE DECIDED TONIGHT !
-
Chler SC\T , 1'Clllnl tie InIIUlr , " .t
Stan.1 Sumheiiuht'ul at Ilk
SU'I'C'11l.1 lt II own He-
llilCst-Littut Eveuuluig's Ii-
cUAAlnn by the 10" rlt.
- .
Omaha Is 10 have nn investigation of the
police department front top to bottom , to
cover the ( hue since the Board ol , Fire and
Police Commissioners was created down 10
the present.
Such Is the intention Of the board , as ex-
pressed at lie ( meetng last night In n resolu-
ton introduced by Commlsslonor Smih , and
which seemell to meet with the aIJlro\tl ( or
Commlsslonors Harlman and Coburn , besides
that or the mmiover
Commissioner Siriekler IntroducCl another
resolution , which was more restricted In its
scope. Beth resolutions , however , wert ] allen
on thin table ] until after I meeting which
will be held tonlghl. To this meetng the
county attorney anll tIme members of the
grand jury , especially the foreman , will be
invited , and from the information that will
bo obtained from them Ihe plan of the investigation -
vestgaton will bo laid out
Pending the investigation Chief Seavey
wi bo relieved rrom duty at his own reqtiest
board lie sent : the following communication to the
I have the honor to request that a thor-
ough antI full investigation of my actons
ns chief or polce all of the actions or mill
ni
other temb rs ol the Police department be
made. Pending this Investigation I have
the honor to request that 1 be relieved from
duty.
As soon ns the communication was read a
motion was made that I be consIdered In ex-
eeutvo session , all this passed unanimously.
What was done behind close doors was not
disclosed , but when the members of the board
appeared they announced that time chief
would bo relieved from duty until further
orders from the board. Whie hue ( coml1nl-
caton did not say so In so many words , the
board thought that the chief would not care
to return -td hl ! duties until he was ordered
to do so after a full exoneration.
RESOLUTIONS ORDERING IT.
The preambles to the resolutions or both
Strickler and Smith clttl the portion or the
report ol the grand jury In which certain
unnamed members ol the polce department
are charged with receiving from
wih money gam-
blng houses anll other illegitimate sources In
return for protection. The report stated that
the only reason for not returning indictments -
ments was because they were barred by the
statute or lmitatons , From this poInt the two
resolutions diverged , Smith's proceeding as
follows : ,
Resolved , Tat this board proceed
promptly to investigate thoroughly the
prompty Investgnte con-
Llton or lie polce forCe front top 10 bat-
tom. from the ( line or the creation of this
board , lowlt : May , 1887 , down to the pr sent -
ent time ; that such Investgaton be public :
pULlc
that the seopl or such investigation he un-
lmited , and that nil persons whomsoever
having ' any complaint as to the Inteerlt
impartiality or elclency or any member of
, the police force during such period be re-
' quested and urged to alllear before ' the
b arc and gIve evidence In regard Ihereto.
Resolved , That In order rearl such investigation -
vestgaton may bo complete and thorough ,
his board urgently request the attendance
and assistance of each member of such
grand jury , of the county attorney , or such
assistant county attorney ns he may designate -
nate , of the Municipal league or such committee -
mittee us It may .appoint , or .he ' : c l.u.el- .
clal cub , or such committee as It may appoint -
point , and of all other persons Interested tl
the Integrity and efclency or the members
or the police deparlment.
Strickler's resolution Ivas ' as follows :
Resolved , That this board invite and re-
quest the county attorney and the foreman
or the grand jury to meet with this bau'd
nt Its next meeting , for the purpose of gIv-
InG the necessary Information 10 that the
board may know who arc the members of
report the police : , force who were referred to tn Its
Resolved , That every such member or the
police force so referred to In ( he report or
the grand jury be immediately dIsmissed
STIUCKLEIt'S MODIFICATIONS.
Strickler introduced his resolution 1m-
me lately after Smith Introduced his. In ex-
planaton ho said that ho was opposed to
Smith's resolution becau" It propose such
an investigation as the board could not make
because It had not the authority to compel
the witnesses It summoned to attend and
testify . Neither did time board have money
enough to pay witnesses , nor the power or
the grand jur ) ' . Such an investigation , lie
held , as It must be necessarily superficial ,
would be nothing more than a farce and Instead -
stead of nrlvlng at the conclusions tIme grand
jury reached , the board would bo compelel
to exonerate all thin members of the ( orc (
But tie grand jury had had the power to
compel witnesses to testify as It had the
state behind it , and IC I would give the board
the ' results of the testimony It heard the
later could act Intelligently arid fairly.
At any rate the board could find out to
whom the jury referred In its report Mr.
Strickler stated that he had acm the county
attorney yesterday and time later had told
him that ho was willing 10 appear before the
board and divulge all ho knew
Explaining a point raised by Mr. Hariman ,
Mr. Strlclter said his resolution would take
up the results reached by the grand jury
If evidence before that boly was strong
enough to warrant conviction , It was strong
enough to warrant dismissal from the force
Members Smith and Coburn were In favor
of the fuller Inquiry called for by the Smith
resoluton. Harlnan was ale of that opin-
ion Evidence had before the grand jury
might not 10 avalablo before a police
board investigating' committee . On Strlct- ]
lor's motion the ( mater was laid over until
this evening.
GAMBLING STILL GOES ON.
Chief Seavey , answering a query from the
board , asking If there was not less gam.
Wing In the city now than In lormer year ,
all , If not , why fewer arrests were made ,
said while ho did not believe there were
fewer persons engaged In gambling now ,
there was less money handled , owing to hue (
stringency of lie times . Several reasons
were given 10 account for the fact that ar-
rests are f&wer Dulclly In securing ovl-
dance was the main reason
Chief Detective laze sent In a report
recommending that "unknown" detectives tie
10
oJployelY to secure evidence against gam-
blers .
an motion of Slrlckler the finance commit-
tlO of the board was Instruclell to draw a
voucher for $50 echu month and present It to
the council , I the money was obtained It
was 10 bo expended for obtaining evidence
against gamblers and keepers of gambling
rooms ly the chief , who was Instructed to
preLent a statement monthly as to how the
money was sl > ent. Strickler said that aI-
( boughs past finance committees of the coun-
ci were opposed to such an expenditure , the
present one seemed to be . In favor ol I ,
S.
S1ell Orlli tor "mUh akot I "rmnrA.
Y ANK''ON , S. D. , March 4-Speclal ( Tele-
grarn.-Two ) hundrell Yanllon county
farmers appeared before the Ynnklon
county hoard of commissioner today and
appled for wheat , oats antI barley seed for
spring planting . I Is estimated that one-
third of the ( armors of the county will ask
for seed grain this month. Fifteen thousand
bushels of email grain wi be required to
1eet time demands , and the county com-
J1lssloners will supply everybody , 'rite
) 1he
shortage tn seed arose front the feeding or
install grain to hogs during time winter by
( armemut . Small grain harwHt'as first -
class In Yankton county last year , but the
corn crop was short , and In order to keep
the hogs tor breeding for
! or the coming season -
sel-
lon farmers were obliged to teed small
I grain. Wheat worth t cents per smal
the market was worth $1 per bushel for fat-
I tfnhg P' 'rk ' , aol , farm.ra general ) ' adopted
this plan for preserving IhQlts , Seed II I-
"
sued to farmers by chattel mortgage on
crops cent Interest ot 1S95. , The mortgages draw 8 per
F1JIIr oi'in 2'1ti 1f.U1.ItO.i11 hILL.
Report of the South lztltota I.egIlativn
Uoiiiultteo , ( uttlIuum it thaw ,
PIERRE , S. D. , March i.-Speclnl ( Teic- ,
grnnt.-Thiis ) afternoon iii the house it reso.
htmtion s'as sprung which eatuseml consul.
craluie excitonient nail which will heath to a
vigorous iighit tomnorrow A conimnittce of
thtlrteemi nhpointcd by the reptubhieauis to Iui-
troduce a new railroad bill which muhiotild
luicfl5o the peClilc' , took occasion iui its reliant
to nccui ; ! the u'aiiu'oitd commissioners of
willful neglect of iltuty. Today lowtlehl In-
tt'oitiCetl a resolution cIting ( lie language of
( lie cosnuuittee amid calling ittCittion to ( lie
fact that suds neglect eomistlttmtes mnlsule.
nieanor , anti ( ho house couicuru'eth In the
chjtrge by nulohitlng the comnnhiltee's report ,
amid orderIng ( lie attormicy general to forth-
witii institute proceedings ngiiluust the cousi-
utilsalomiera ,
Tue repubhienuis are eaticuitiutg on the Istat-
tel' tonigiut anti iii e hut doimiit s'hiat action
to take , l'robnhly ( tie ) ' will vote ( liii ifltMiit-
tire miowui , A vigorous Protest is teiuig ustaiho
litton t Ii t' mtes' bill , iviiichu lusts been fouuuui to
be muierciy a hiaraldirase of existluig liiwa.
Its tInhuotmse a bill creating a commission
to revise the statutes vas reported favor-
itithy. lhtirhce iuttrotluecth a resoltmtious offc'rlmmg
a re'nrO of 13.000 for time capture of Taylor.
'l'lue bill hia5si'tl giving couluity cotirts junla.
chictiout lit smutaller civil anti criiniuial cases.
l'uibhic Ilxnmiiiuier lyers hits rt'portetl that
lie hind foumiui ( lie iioolt nnd accounts of ( lie
auditor and treasurem' correct.
Ntit it ' trong ( 'muSt , . . aImuat Me' .
I'IEllRE , S. 1) . , Mnrcht 4.-Speclnl ( 'role-
grauuu.-Tho ) state today PracticallY con-
clumiled its testhmnouty ngaimist McCoy. Most
of time tlune was takeit tip 1mm a shiaqi legal
nrgtuuitemit as to the legality of evideutce , but
Jtustice Ynritcil iii utcuirhy every case t'uheil
with ( lie stuute amid gave the wiiiest hatlttutle ,
ndmnittiuig uiot only legal eviuieuice , but mu
great mien ! of hienrsity. Thin general hut-
pression Is thunt the state bout futiled to inakut
out a strong case. Tim witnesses vere ; At-
toruley General Crawford , , Toiiit E. Diimontl ! ,
George A , l' ttigtew , amid unemmibers of thto
imtvestigatlng coniunittea. The nttormiey gao-
oral will call omuly omiti or two atone witnesses -
nesses , iund then vIhI rest , Time defense wilt
prohiably i a ( moth mice usa evidence , bust 'ihl
siuiiphy argule ( lint it case has stat beemi unade
otut , It is likely that Mccoy vlli be bottuid
over. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
5'wctt Got ( Silo i'oiuuhtst Vote.
BOISE , Idaho , March 4.-The haUnt for
United States senator today was txcitIng ,
aitliotighi. there was but a slight chunuige.
Sweet's utiuteteeti liuth agreed to dIssolve at
I ; o'clock tomiighit If thiero was no itetion.
The result was a last heroIc effort to get
the voliuhists' support. McCiirthiy , the chittir-
uiiait at thm hiohtuihist caucumsvims WOui over
iy a telt'gramn fronu Scuiuutor l'effcr uuging
lulmu to support Street. 'i'hie baiiot restimteti :
Shiouup , 20 ; Sweet , 19 : Ciaggett , 12. 'rhieui
caine a test of streuugthi out a unutiout to nih-
jotmniu. It was carried 113' tIme Shioup unen by
a vote of 27 to 2i. 'rite Sweet men linve
not given up tIme light.
latv .pmiici ii ) Au.
ST , LOUIS , March 1.-lit the case of the
Missouri , Kansas & Texas conilmany , up-
pealed ( rain tIme jtmdgmneutt of the federnl
district court of casterut Kansas , In favor of
nut employe of that road , ( am. ' htJiities re-
calved Iii a colllslomi , .Judge Caldw'hl toihity
overruled the contention ( hint thit "fehio'
servant" law of Kiimteas did not apply to
raIlways iii the hiauitls of receivers oiuti .j.
taluied the judgiiint in favor of the
plaintiff.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
STILL .SO.UI1 1'OI'L , 20 Jill SETTT.BI )
Vabah-.tIton Dlrulemilty Threatens to uk.
rupt ( lie % 'esterii ( 'onirnttet' .
CHICAGO , MaccIt 4.-Thie committee of
the western hues which 'was appointed on
Saturday to consider the formauomi of ( liii
auhcomntlttees wltiuimt time 'Western Truuihc
Line Passemiger commIttee met today. It
, waa the qrlijiuiai iumtention that ( lid commit.
tee shioulti meet oit Friday , but it was
decided tiui unornng , to hold the general
mncetliug today in ordol' to poruitit thin corn-
niIttee to report at the genem'ai uuieettng to-
morrow. 'I'he committee will report ( lint
I local associations be ( orated ii lirOjeCteti
at the time of the formatIon of ( lie Trunk
Line comnuittea. These ama the eastermm autO
transcontineuitai comnunlttees , wittu head.
nuarters at ChIcago , ( lie western at Den-
vr and ( lie isouthiwestern to be ( ornied of
hues nutmtnlng out of St. Louis amid to have
headquarters lii ( hint city. The territory
of thia eastern committee , -which was orig-
Inahly only extemided to tue Missouri. river ,
wait exteunicul so as to cover tint emitire
states of Hnmisas autO Nebraska.
'rite geuieniii passenger agents of tue Alton
and Wnbaaht himuvo failed to u'euch nut agree-
niemit , oi , rather , are fearful thoU they Cnn-
not reach one , on the Knuisas City-East St.
Louis rate luu'obleun , . and the general unmmn-
agers of the two lilies wlii taRe UI ) ( lie
matter tomorrow evening , Tue Alton assorts -
sorts that East St. Louis is a
local point on its iine and thud
It. has the right to uiiahce the rate
25 cents less thinut ( Ito St. bouh rate. 'Fhie
Waiash contends thunt tIme rate to both
points should lie tIm sanue. The completion
of the Western Trunk Line I'assemiger ns-
sedation hinges largely out tIle , outcome
of thIs thing. The Wabash declares thtat it
cannot becoune a member until thiq matter
is settled , anti the Missouri l'aciilc s'hitchi
has eXpressel a. wliiingness to stfgut the
committee agreement when ( lie Wahiaslu Is
in , will not become a inemiiber before ( hint
line has signed the agreement.
H il'RiIJCJNG J'0 I.I .VCE tiN A IR. I I TOIl
inita Imidhuuums ( ) mject to ( limo of Their Numn.
hr Ohvimig lii mimi , st's'tnteiut.
WICI1ITA , inn. , March 4.-A special to
the Eagle ( rain I'eu'huins , Old. , says : The
Iowa Indians in this country are in a state
of great excItement and are talking of talc-
ing summary amid violent macnuts to do away
with omie of theIr nuniber , John Amble , vhio
lives live niiles southeast of this place ,
Some time ago tile authorities decided to
assess the property of all tIle hmidiaiis for
the pumpose of taxation. 'I'hie imidians mit
omice proposed to resist tub plaum , and an
agreemeuit was made auuiong ( tie sitembeus
of the tribe not to allow uumiy vahtsuitioui to
be made. l.ast Sattmrday John Aunble broke
this agr&'entent , and ( lie hmidiamis , it is reported -
ported , are goimig to deal t'ithu hilmu as a
traitor , after their ovmi fashion-torture ,
This is the first attenipt made by tIm authorities -
ities lut Oklahoman to tax the Indians. 'l'lie
authorities chaim tiuat ( hut Imuhians enjoy all
the lirivileites of citlzenshuli ) utah chuotuiti hi
subject to taxation. 'rite lmuhiauus reply that
they utrc uiothilmmg snore tlsaui shaves of
Uncle Surn , amid in suibstauttiation of tlii
hiolmit out that an Indian camimmot make a
visit to a uneunber of another triio t''ithuout
securing a Passport fromut thu huidian agent ,
'un luimhian oft hui reservation is suhiject to
arrest , head ChIef Ilighueatl amid liecutmmui
ChIef Tohuec have nppeaietl to the United
i3tittott attorney at Outline , antI hula advice ,
it is said , Is ( or thin lntilamis to get out an
injunction against the tax ,
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Cimuingo in iichiooI Yi'mum' ltvoomisitiered.-luthuI
Eu I a nut ii uuieiit l'ruhi I lilt eh ,
At a meeting of thu hoard of Edumcatlemi
last evenimug the previous action of the Dearth
making the school year nine unonthis instead
of ten wait reconsidered , aumil ( lie term fixed
at nine and a half unonthis , The preseuit
year term will , however , be nlmue snontims ,
The old bills of ( lie Fuhler & Warren coat-
pany for furnistiimig heating apparatus for
tue Frankhia antI Colombian tschioois , amount. .
lag to 2,700 , tvero allowed , closing the long
disputed account. between thu board and the
company ,
A resolution by Mr. Tukey ltrohmibhtiniz eel.
iectiona in the schools and tue hioldluug of
emutertalnmnents In ( lie school buidings to
whichi adunisslon is charged woe passeti ,
'a
( hit'yeiixu a : ut a ruler Trial ,
ChEYENNE. March 4.-Speciah ( Teie.
gram.-'rhe trial of C'hiaries Bouiteu' on time
chimirgo of murder in ( lie second degree ( or
shooting Tluommis anti Michael O'Neahh , two
railroad ernpioys , ' the forrneu' fatally , November -
vember 22 , wan teguti iii time district court
totiay. It svlil require three or four days to
try the case.
Itobbeil ii f Cu s Ii mm mol I a ma nun ii ml a ,
Johimi Lord reported to the police last
umight ( lint ito hail b'cn robbed of SiP in
cash and a dinmnmmd stud valued at 110 at
the Oxford liuUh last iiigimt ,
tmmoyemiusluls of ( leash mitCaimicna , Stiurci ) 4.
At New YorkArnivetihIurgundy , front
Marseilles ; Massachuusett4 , from London ,
At AntwerpArnl'edhlrt'unerhiavep , from
New York.
At New Youlc-.Amnlvel-4iueS'ia , from Na.
iiiee ,
At LondonArrivedMissouri , frzun Phil.
aulelpliia ,
DIED COIPARATlVELY EASY
Only One Litto ! Bxush Marketi the Olosing
oencs iii the Senate.
APPROPRIATIONS WLLOUT ( OF1IIE WAY
Call .intteq mi i'emsatcuut % butt hmmtlln Rffor
tim ( let lhl l.ottery lnvt'stigmmiumut l'hroughu
-Utuuui 'u'to of Thmimikii to thu 'ico
I'rcslicmil amid ' ' ' '
I'rcslulotui. l'rti 'I'etmm.
\\'ASiIINGTON , March 4.-At noon today
time UnIted States semuate closed its dual
sessiomu of ( hue I1ifty'thmiril comugress amid
crowded galleries , coimgratuiatory resolutions ,
it lmartiulg worl frammi l'resimieumt Clevehamid
amid a brief valedictory fromit ( hue vice Prcsi-
tleuut , The wouitetl diguilty of the seutato
.
\s.ns Preserved to ( lie enil , except , for tito
rush of buisluiess imicideuit to ( hue last hioturs of
a sessiamu. 'I'hie semuaters vero at work by 9
o'clock , after hiavlmug reinaimieti 1mm the clmamui.
her until 4 a. mum. They clearly shuoweul the
fathgtue of ( lie long miessioum , lasiitmg front
Saturday uiooum , amid their ranks were too
thilmi imp to it o'clock for the tramisactiomi of
amuytluiiig boyoatl forumial busiuiess. By ( hint
( lame thuero tvcrn few vncamit seats on thmo
floor of (1w scmuate aliti ( lie galleries t'ero
literally packed , time crowds ilhlIumg ( lie semi.
ate , liUshmllmg iimto ( lie aisles ammO overiiowimig
In lutes ilowut ( ito corridors antI stair.
ways. Maiiy mncmmibors of ( lie dlplemumatie
corps occtmpieil the ; ahIery reserved for ( hoist.
By 10 o'clock the last forimtaiitles emi the two
rouimaimmlumg approtniation bills-naval mmml do-
flcleuicy-i'ero comicludeul , amid ( lie macnatures
started to ( lie executive unamtsiomt , Then
was no dhspositloum to ( alto tip muon' hitishmiesa
ammO two efforts to consider qtucstiomis affect-
imig the Bering sea 'era cult off by olmjcctioums.
A feature of the Inst mnonients of ( hue sessloit
was ( lie tumnulttuous laughter whelm greeted
( ho aminoumuceuimemit of Mr.'earhioea of ( ho
comimunlttee to wait out ( Ito lireslihemit ( hint
( lie hatter temiulereti his commgratmmiatiomiuu to
comigress out time close of its labors. Vice
l'reshticnt Ste'emisoui closed ( hut , sessioum vhthu
a few well chosemu words. autO , as lie stated ,
the work of ( lie 'Fifty-third congress imassed
into history.
l'htI\'ATEI BILLS PUShED THROUGh.
A nuimmmber of bIlls ( hat 'cro unobjected to
\vore hiascti by ( lie senate this mimornimig , imi- '
eluding tile fohiowiuig : Ileuso bills for thmo\
relief of Charles Deal ammO for ( lie relief of
J. 10 , hilhhimigs ; for ( lie relief at Kate Eberet ,
ami Iumiiiaui wouiiauu ; granting a pension to Mmty
Jane Yymun ; nuuthuorlzuuug the Dyersburg amid
MissiSsllli River luaprovemnont comiipammy
(0 bridge ( lie Ohio river , Tennessee ; for tIme
relief of John W. Kemimiedy ; for the relief of
BasIl Morciamiul , amid grammtlmig a pension of
$20 a uimoutthi to Mrs. Mtry II.'ise , widow of
Lieutenammt Colouioh F. 0.Viso ,
Out muiotion of Mr. l'latt. of Comimiecticut the
house bill sine passed auitcmmdimig the copyrIght -
rIght law by limiting the severity of tue
penalty imposed on newspapers for uumintemm-
tionahly violatIng the law in reproducing copy.
righted photogruiphus , etc.
Mr. I'ettigret' , of South Dakota offered a
resuluioit ( directing the secretary of ( hue In-
tenor to furnish imiornmation ! as to time num- 4
her of Indian ahiotmuient agemmts eiimpioycd In
' 1893 amid 1S34. Agreed to.
At , 4 o'clock this aiprnin SenatOr iub is
introduced thus fohiowthg resolut1on :
Resolved , Tlimit Iaragraiuht 1 of rule 16 of
tile standing rules of tue senate be miunended
by striking out the words "iuil general up-
propriatiomis , except bills intiking opImromrimL-
( louis for river musud harbors , wlmicht hmmil be
referred to ( he coniniorco committee , " and
immsei'tiitr the following : ' 'The geiuenitl a't-
propniatfomi bills shall be uctmred to the
coniunitteo as foitows : 'Pa tIle committee
on appropriations. the bills for legislative ,
executive amid judicial expemises , for sundry
civil expenses and for mull deilciencies ; to
thm commmmnittea out ngricuulture , ( lie bill for
( liii Agm'icuituiai department ; to the foreign
relaIons contmitlttee , ( Ito comiauuimtr anti diplo-
unntic lull : to ( lie conimsuittee oil uitihitutm'y at-
fairs , the bill for tIm mnihitary ostabuiithment ,
Isicluding the milItary academy ; to time
uias'al committee , ( lie bIll for ( lie siaval as-
tabhishintent ; to the committee au htostoifices
autO post roads , tIme postoihice aluiiroiiriation
lull ; to the eomnmltee emu Indian affairs , time
bIll for Indiana and Indiitn tribes ; to thin
commerce committee , tIme 1)111 ( or rivers and
himtrhers ; to the committee on Coast defense ,
the fortification bill ; to thin eomnuuiittee on
( lie District of Columbia , the bIll making
appropriations for the 1)istrict ; to ( lie corn-
mitten emi tionsions , bill malttuig appropriation -
tion for pemislons. "
Ito could only secuiro consideration at. the
tinue by tinauuimoums consent , and as Senator
Aldrich objected ( lie resolution fails for this
congloas. Its Iumtroduction created comisltl-
crahiho iumterest , however , especially as time
senator front Idaho gave umotic that ha '
m'ouhil reacts' ( lie resolution on the first day
of tue FIfty-fourth congress and press its
coutshderation early and hate. There has for
somiie ( line existed a latent feeling lit ( hue
tenato that ( lie aipropniatiomi conirnitteo luau
too great control of ( ho affairs of ( lie senate.
When ( lie senate then , at 1:05 : a. in. , took
a recess tiuitil 9 o'clock it was with an unuder-
stamuuilmig that no business was to be ( ruins.
acted mimiit 11 o'clock except Iui connection
with the confereuuce reports.
Only three senators-Mandersout , Pettigrew
and Mitchell-were at ( lieu' mhesks when the
vice president rapped for order at 9 o'clock
( hula uumoniihmig , after a recess of less thami five
hours. Observing ( lie shimuiesa of ( hue attendance -
tendance Mr. Mandersomi coinmuemited on this
tact that " ( ho other side seemed to be him a
disiiial uiiiuuorly" nail a recess was taken for
fifteen umilmiutes , There vero perhiais at this ' 1
( line 100 lieoplo in ( lie galleries , ( lie crowd of
a closimig session hiaviuug takesu possessIon of
the capitoh.
JUST A SAMPLE SIAT.
The octogemmriaui , Merrill , amid the silver-
Iuaireuh Siicnmiiaui , micithier of whom lund no-
ntalnthl throughout ( ho night , caune in muhuerty !
after. Thumice whuo hind remained in ( lie
chiamiiber until early ilayhighit showed iii their
jaded faces ( tint thio straIn was telling out
thuemim , M r. Cochcrehi , i'iio , as chiairrnaim of the
appropriutieims comiiniitee , hiatt borne a large
part of ( lie burden of ( lie forty-eight heart ,
of comitimmuous struggle on ( lie appropriations
buhl , was amuuong ( hue late arrivals ,
At 9:10 : , when the satiate proceedings svera
resuuiied , ( lie vice president nummuomiutceil lila
signature to time naval appropriatIon bill. It
wait the last feriniultty betoro thin taking of
thus lau.t iuiiportatit liteasuro to the Itresident ,
At 9:45 : flue vice Itresidemit auinoumtt'ed hula
sigiuature to ( lie dcflcieuucy huh , 'flils was ( lie
last of tlto approhiriatiomm hills and thus nil
of the great mocautures for carrying on the
goverunuemut were either at. ' lImo exeemutive
mmuiunsiomm or aim their way them ,
Little tas douto before 11 o'clock , umiani-
ntoua Coumsemit having bowl givemi Ia confine
( lie business to coutferemuco agreemuiejuts , Not
knowing thIs , Mr. Ciii of Florida uimoilo a
parting effort to hauitchi a cenatoriaj imiveati.
gaiouu ( of ( lie aihegeil lottery Iniquities In
Floniula. Ileimug imiforsiued ny Mn , Harris of
the agreemnemit , Mm , Call wanled to limuow
what tiia reiiato Iirohioselh to do at 11 o'clock ,
"it will do what it pleases , " caid Mr.
horns , ivithu hii usual oxhiheuivonees ,
'On the contrary , " rcorted ( Mr. Call , " ( lie
semuato never does as It Ihenses , mit what a
tow please. "
"It , ut'ldomn does what hue senator from
Florida pleases , butt aiu'ays what it pleases , "
aduied Mr , harris.
Then ( lie senators lapsed into immactiomi ,
waiImig for the concluding hour to arrive ,
At 10:15 : Mr. Voorhecit offered a reuioiution ,
which tvas auiolted , for ( lie aplolanicmit ( of a
joint counniitcu of ( lie two iioiita , two
semuators and two mnc'mnbers , to wait upon time
president of ( lie United States and iiifonmn
him ( lint couigrcss , having completed its busi.
nest , watt ready to adjourn , 'rho vice preal.
dent nasiteul Mr , Voorhieca and Mr , Sherman
as ( he senate members of ( tie courimittee ,
The Ilerhmig sea question made ibm appear.
once briefly viien Mr. Gray , democrat of
Delaware. ckcd unauiirnouus comisemit to ( alec
UI ) the huh already passed by ( lie house con-
'erzming Bering sea rc'gulaiomia ( , whuichi ito said
were eesemitiai to ( lie Preservation of the fur
seals.
Mr. 2tloTeati , democrat of Mabanta. tibair. .