The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-11-20

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10 20 1 O'clock. N lsste,s "a Ne,
,,TeSent and = recess VS. tsx.a 81
y. y. when Henry Hl~StT, BE ni.,.,
~sichmzn At Kellogg residence il
1876 tuck the sand and testified re-
2sraipg the visits of returning hosrd
tIic;als to + -llngg's house. TIE vii
ness appeared somewhat nervous. h
heard great deal of tslk bat the only
conversation TO which be csuld swear
positively was that he heard Kellogg
say tina. the b. use of r presentativ
of the State Ies islatnre had gone
Democratic. Blanchard and Jawett
visited Kellogg frequently, and B an
chard told the witness tia; they were
working on election re urns. These
parties ullly came IN the back way.
The eToss-t xsuinstion showed that
the Governor and all who came in cai-
risgcs came 10 the sane way, the Gov
errors iii; &c being mJst accessible by
this entrance Cfoss-e ,min=d, the
witness admitted that be had tried to
get place in the custom houee. and
friends of his had written letters 20
Senator kellogg, to which witness
name was signed, lhreate to tes-
lily before the committee unless
witness got q place. Note-Blst-
chari was at this time clerk in Ks'-
lcgg's office Louis F. GARRETT t.s.i-
tied that few months ago p. G. Dys-
lond, Secretary of the s ate in 1875,
Id him thst the Legislature that cleo
ted Kellogg to the Senate had nc ono
rum, and tia. if he, D-slon !, was not
poor mau, be would make a clean
breast of it and tell all he knew about
the matter. Witaess advised Deslond
10 do so. Witness wrote tn Senator
Gordon about Des lono's dis, fiction to
the r pu6lIcans, repeating in. the let
ter what Deslond had said. Dsslond
seemed sore because he could get
nothing to dc; all be had wss a clerk
ship in the postoffice, which only paid
about $50 per month. Senator
Kellogg objected 10 the admission OF
This testimony on the ground that tie
q. e. S3uate had decided that the
Packard legislature was the only legal
legislature of louisiana, and the ques-
ton cruid not now be reopened.
M-ssrs. Hill and Vance, = majority of
the committee, decided the testimony
admissible. Both the above witnesses
were c. lied by S. oford. Kellogg will
not offer direct testimony.
CLEVELAND, OHIO, November Il -
Ex-U United States Senator B. w. Jen-
ness is dead.
WASHINGTON, November ia de-
cision WAS rendered In the Supreme
Court this afternoon in the three cases
of the United States V. Emil Steffins,
Adolph Wellmsn and W. W. Johnson,
involving the validity and constitu-
tionality of the so-cal!ed trade mark
laws. This court holds that the sts,-
utes here on the question OF establish
ing general system of trade mark
registration and prescribing penalties
for the violation of its provisions, can
not be uphel6, either in whole or il
part, and mat be declared inytlid aud
unconstitutis n,l.
Under the prov ;sicrs Of the trade
mark law, which has been decided ur-
constitutional, as above stated, about
5000 trade marks a'e r g stored at the
Patent OH e aul about 900 applica-
tions for registry ere now p I'D a..
NoRTnEAsTHAM. MAS n ,vomber
l7.-Whk c"mmoLccd On the shore
end OF the cable yesterday and al G p
NJ. was on b ,ard, laid through trenches
dug 10 receive il, aud signals were
exchanged with the Faraday from
temporary building on the beach The
shore end being landed, the fficials
connected with the G ibie company and
American Unlon Telegraph c impsny
and others went aboad the steamer
which proceeded to the shore where
shore. To-day the 6asl splice will be
made md the cable be worked through
out the entire current fr, m Cape Cod
to Brest and be compete, and America
aud Europe connected by another tie.
PHILADELPHIA, n Ivember 1.-THE
court of inquiry continued its inyesti-
cation to-day irto the conduct Of the
officers of the British ship Octayia a.
the time of the collision with the
steamship Champion.
The helmsman of the O, tivis testifi d
that he saw the steamers light before
the collision, and that he did change
his course, having received no orde's
to do 80.
An fort was then made to prove
that if the OTTAWA had been stopped
the collision would not have occurred,
for then the steamer would not have
struck the O,tivis's bowsprit.
Capt. johnson of the Os,svis was
recalled and asked the following q1es-
ton: Taking into consideration that
there is only about seven feet between
where the steamer struck the ship and
where she would have gone clear, do
you not think that II your chief Ufh CT
bad given orders to let go your lee,
fare and main braces when he saw a
collision inevitable the steamer would
have gone clear. with, perhaps, carry
ing away your j bDoom or bowspriI!
Capt. Johnson replied that he did rot
think it would, and e7en if his main
and fore braces bad been let go bis
ship would have carried lis Roadway
some distance AID the stesmer would
have strutk her further alt. There
was no time To ship about.
The inquiry YVES then adjourned for
the day.
RALEIGH, N. c., November IL
Tue colored peoples frat Industrial
Exposition opened to-day with large
number of entries and good crowd.
It will be success.