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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-17
An Emperor ID EightI.Three.

an GAApcNOr az ElButy"Anfees
London Telegraph, March 2p.l
Yesterday was the eighty-third
birthday of the venerable German
emperor, the Doyen of the worlds
reigning monarchs, and the object OF
an even more enthusiastic hero-wor.
ship throughout the Fatherland than
that formerly accorded to his redoubt-
able ancestor, Frederick the Great.
Upright, uddy-cheeked, vigorous and
sprightly, this imperial patriarch has
Outlived all the friends Of his youth.
and has seen pass away generation
after generation of the men whose first
commissions in the Prussian army
were signed by his father When
he had already risen, by long and
faithful service, to generals rank,
and who, having attained the top
most height Of their professional am
bitiops, have died off. one after an
other, full Of years and honors, while
he has remained, apparently un-
touched by the scythe of old time.
Those whose privilege it is to see and
speak with him daily are never weary
of expatiating upon his clearness O!
mind, cheerfulness of spirits and
extraordinary capacity for endurinQ
physical fatigue without visible in.
convenience. He rises early every
morning, is indefatigable in the trans.
action of state and military business
eats with undiminished appetite, and
inspeets his favorite regiments peri.
odically on horseback or on foot, sit
ting firmly in his saddle for hours at q
stretch, or striding briskly along the
frent Of far-reaching line Of troops
paraded in the SchlOss- -Platz Of Pots.
dam
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-17

AS the democratic state conven-
tion of Arkansas meets at Little Rock,
on the I'd of June, the time of holding
the press convention at Batesville, has
been changed to Monday, the 7th of
June.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-17

New YORK, April l6, 1915 p.m.-
Cotton openedquiet; ordinary, 81 good
ordinary, lO5c; low middling, lllc:
middling, lite; good middling, 12lc:
middling fair, be; fair, 13s. Futures
opened steady at a decline. now
steady at a point or two over last even
lng's closing quotations, as follows:
Deliveries for
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-17
THECinoinnati Commeroial bitterly

THE Cincinnati Commercial bitterly
opposes third term, but neverthe-
less, says: The tenor of the speeches
made by Gen. Grant in Mobile, Vicks-
burg, Memphis and other cities show
that if he were president again he
would disappoint the stalwarts in his
policy even more than president
Hayes has done. He goes to the
extreme of Cancellation.
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The American IIoihschiId.


Washington Special to the Cincinnati Com
merciall .nr-1 r...
When the last quarters checks for
interest on four per cent bonds were
sent out the first of this month. VIM.
II. Vanderbilt had registered in his
name four per cent bonds to the
amount of Sl 100000. Since that
time there have been received from
Vanderbilt fOr registration in his
name four per cent bonds to the
amount of $20,0OO,0OO, which makes
him at this time the owner of S5l, :
600, 600 Of that class Of bonds. 1t is
reported here that it is Mr.. Wander
bilt's purpose to invest in four per
cent bonds the money which he will
receive in a few days in final settle
ment for the New York central rail-
road stock sold to the syndicate. II
is said that IL Vanderbilt should sell
all his Central stock he could become
the owner of $l00,0O0,000 of govern
ment bonds, or about onc-fourteenth
OF all that are in existence. As it is,
he owns more than one man ever held
against this government, aud il
amounts TO as much as the entire an.
nual expenses of the government some
years before the war. The checks for
interest which he will receive for in.
terest every ninety days will amount
to over 5000, 900, or over $1,000 a day
! While being wise, keep straight
Never be crosswise. II Boston Trans.
cript. ti7gsi t's laae'anI
A bellies ante .bellum days are those
before marriage N Philai Chronicle. a
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-17

IT is estimated that the candidates
for Office in Alabama would make
twenty-seyen regiments of one thou
sand men each, and they are all
colonels.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-17

Cheap passenger rates east via boat
to Cincinnati or rail. }. D. MOORE,
39t Basement, 278 Main.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-17

"A motion for new trial in the
Thomas murder case is before the
criminal court. All of the late Jurors
are summoned as witnesses, and il is
limited some of them have been t Tx.
Ing too much.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-17

In is stated that majority Of the
mail contracts in Mississippi have been
awarded to northern men.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-17

Failure OF "a Grain Operator.
NEW YORK, April 17.-William
Blanchards, grain operator, has failed.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-17
LOTTERY.
Louisiana State Lottery ConDaIV

ms institution was regularly incorporated
by the Legislature Of the State for Educational
ana Charitable purposes in 1868, for the
Term OF twenty-five years. to which con-
tract the inviolable faith of the State is
an Overwhelming popular vote, seeming ifs
franchise IN the new constitution, adOpted
december 2, A. ID. 1879, with a capital of
A,OOO,eVO, to which it has since added a re-
,erye fund Of 700. Its Grand Single
NumDer distribution will take place
,ciles or pOstpones. Look at the following
distribution: 'O-i' " 'Ns
CAPITAL PRIZE, 100000.
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fixed. 1t was Immediately hauled up
cut open, and there lay in its stomach
the lost ring.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-17
To Get Hitched.

John Hayden and Mrs. Maggie
Jones, also John W. Roberts and
Sarah Jewell, were licensed to get
married yesterday afternoon. To-day
James Christian and Margaret Miller,
also Fred. Bradshaw and Mary Lee
were licensed to do the same.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-17

| AM offering great bargains in new Milli-
plumes, new Beads, Straws, Laces, Red and
Yellow Flowers, Vielets, etc.
In llair Goods, Braids Of all sizes, Coquets
nom. Sc, SeOllops, six for Sl.26, Roman
Braids. the latest culture, from IS, with
Ourls, etc. -
In Fancy goods have tho latest novelties.
jet Goods, Ivory Combs, Jet Garbs, etc.
I.haye bought large oonsignments for cash
and will give the people the prohts by selling
honest goods at honest prices
Buy at Lavigne's, the largest assortment
and the lowest prices in the city.
f.. Is a " I G. NJ IA.
$50 Main Street.
1Ooxxx10e
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or same person at --'''
No. 3le Broadway, New York.
or =, ID. l.. Gillespie,
No 6 West Court street, Memphis, Tenn.
All our Grand Extraordinary Drawines are
under the supervision and management Of
Gems; G. Z. Beauregard and Jubal A. Early'
N. b. This Company has no agents In she
BRITISH POSSESSIONS, gnd all persons pretend.
ing 70 be so and soliciting orders BY circulars
or otherwise are SWINDLERS.
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90 &C CAPITAL ,T:I PRIZE, $4,000.
AVVSVOO lIckets, at 1--WE Dollars Each
Half Tickets, One Dollar,
LIST OF PRIZES.

,So7 Prizes amounting 10 aOO
Responsible corresponding agents wanted
will be paid.
Write, clearly stating full address, for fur
ther information, or send orders by express or
in 2 Registered Letter or Money Order by
mail, addressed only to
M. A. DAUPHN,
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-02-10
TERRIBLE CRIME.
BRUTAL MURDER AND OUTRAGE
a Young Man Murders His Aunt
and then Attempts Suicide
Revolving Confession.

Londonderry, N. Y, Feb. "a fear
full tragedy was enacted near this place
yesterday, in which Mrs. Sarah, age 33,
wife of E. V. Dillingham;, a respecta-
BILE farmer, was the victim, and a
nephew of the husband, Frank
Dillingham;, aged about 20, was the
criminal. Frank went to live with his
uncle last April, and yesterday Mr.. Dill
lingham went to Manchester, leaving
his nephew at work near the house.
During the afternoon William Wallace,
a brother of Mrs. Dillingham;, called to
see his sister, and found the doors
locked and the curtains drawn down.
Supposing her to be asleep, he returned
home.
Soon after, Frank called at the coun-
try store of David Barns, only about
forty rods from the place of the TRACE
dy, and called for Frank Barns, who
came to the door, and young Dilling-
ham said, 81 have shot Aunt Sarah.
He was Immediately taken into custo-
dy by persons in and about the store,
who took him to Dillingham's house.
Upon entering, fearful spectacle
met the gaze Mrs. Dillingham; was
lying on the floor in the front room on
her back, with several garments thrown
over her head and body. Upon exam
inatioD they found rope drawn tight
ly around her neck. Her clothing was
disarranged and her face purple from
severe choking, produced by a rope.
A bullet hole was discovered OF the
skull, the bullet having passed through
the brain. Physicians were immedi-
ately summoned, who pronounced the
case fatal, and death is momentarily
expected.
Frank says he was cleaning revol-
yer which was accidentally discharged,
but does not attempt to account for the
rope around his aunt's neck, or for the
disordered condition of her under
clothing. He says he went into the
woods back of the house and tried to
shoot himself with the same revolver,
but failed, through lack of courage or
some other cause, though an ugly bullet
hole was made in his forehead, the ball
penetrating the skull.
Mrs. Dillingham;, the victim of the
terrible affair, is comely, modest ap-
pearing young woman, very highly re-
spected. The conclusion can hardly be
avoided that the unfortunate woman
was ravished, either before or after the
shooting and choking, and that her as
sailant, then seeing the fearful crime
he had committed, hastily fastened the
door, pulled down the curtains and re-
turned to the forest in the rear of the
house with the intention of ending his
miserable existence. His wound is not
thought to be fatal.
Dillingham; confesses that he first
shot and then outraged his aunt. The
officials here haye taken him to the
Portsmouth jail.
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The Failing Isthmus.

New York, Feb. 9.-The Herald has
a letter from Panama, dated January
27, which says: The Panama of to-day
is only shadow of its former self.
Before the Pacific railway was opened
this place as well as Aspinwall enjoyed
long lease of uninterrupted prosperi-
ty, from the time when California's
want first induced the employment of
capital in railroad here until the driv-
ing of the last spike in the American
transcontinental line of the Panama
road poured heaps of gold in the laps
of the people on the isthmus. Now all
is altered; the people of the Atlantic
seaboard states are now within eight
days travel of the golden gate and the
crowds of American travellers that four
times month left trails of money in
their wake. are seen no longer on the
route
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SPORTING.
The Boyd-EIiiot Boat Race-An Easy
Victory.

New Castle, Feb. 9.-Notwithstand-
ing the unfavorable weather, an enor-
nous crowd gathered to witness the
Boyd-Elliot boat race to-day. Rain
and sleet fell throughout the contest.
Boyd was the favorite in betting to A..
A fair start having been made, Boyd
Immediately drove his boat to the front
and led by about one length in the first
forty yards.
Elliot, who started badly, then set
tied down to his work, and when a
quarter of a mile had been traversed,
Boyd only led by quarter of a length.
Boyd then again spurted, and show
ing decidedly superior pace, led by
two lengths at the Redheugh bridge,
half mile from the start.
The race from this point was prac-
tically over Boyd had matters all his
own way, and when a little over two
miles had been traversed, increased his
lead to eight lengths. Afterwards he
settled down to an easy swing of thirty
two strokes to the minute, and con-
tented himself with keeping taree
lengths ahead for the remainder of the
distance, until nearing the suspension
bridge, when he spurted, passing under
it four lengths ahead. Boyd's time,
22:47; Elliot,s, %.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-02-10
Congressional scandal.

New York, Feb. 9.-The Worlds
Washington special says; There are
whispers here of social scandal, i'm
mediately involving distinguished
senator and member Of the house, and,
less directly, several other members of
congress and number of persons en-
ployed in one Of the departments. The
facts may be made public shortly, al
though the matter could hardly be
made the subject of an official investi-
CATION by congress since neither dis
honesty nor breaches of official trust
are involved. There is possible cloud
of divorce suit in the matter.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-02-10
GEN. GRANT READY.
He Is Not n Candidate. Vet willing If
His Country Calls.

New York, Feb. 9.-The Times of
tomorrow Will print the following edi-
torial paragraph: a near personal and
political friend of ex-President Grant,
who doubtless knows whereof he speaks.
authorizes the following as a correct
statement of the generals position with
reference to the presidency. He says:
"Gen. Grant is not now nor has he ever
beeu candidate for presidential nomi-
nation; but, should the republican ma
tional convention nominate him in the
same manner as any other candidate
would be nominated, he would deem it
his duty to the country and the party
to accept. Travelling abroad he was a
stranger to the contest going on for the
presidential nomination, and he has
written no letters on the subject to any
person, and all assertions TO the.contra-
ry are without foundation in fact"
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-02-10

Dublin, Feb. 9.-The Theatre Royal
is completely destroyed, and the fire is
still burning; adjoining houses are en-
dangered. A police inspector and one
workman were injured. The military
are keeping order and assisting the fire
department. There was to have been
day performance this afternoon at
which the Duke and Duchess of Marl-
borough were to be present. The fire
was occasioned by the igniting of the
curtains in their state box.
LATER-The fire is still burning.
The manager of the theater, the prop
erty man, and four assistants perished
in the flames. The lord lieutenant was
present during the burning. The loss
is estimated at .e200,000.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-02-10
BRIEF TELEGRAMs.


Ottawa: A shock of earthquake was
felt in this vicinity on Monday night.
Mauch Chunk: Parnell and Dillon
addressed large and enthusiastic
meeting in the court house this after
noon.
Washington: The American congress
sional temperance society has elected
Secretary of the Navy Thompson to be
president.
Havana: A treaty has been signed
between China and Spain, by which
Cinnamon can be contracted for labor
in Cuba as heretofore.
London: Director Gould of the ma
tional observatory at Cordova, tele-
graphs that great comet is passing
the sun in northward direction.
Philadelphia: The Chatham mills, an
extensive brick structure, corner of
Howard and Berk street, burned this
evening; loss S175, 1000; mostly insured.
Rome: A dispatch has reached the
vatican, through diplomatic source,
that the crown prince of Germany is
not charged with any mission to the
pope.
Baltimore: James w. Clayton, for
fourteen years clerk in the house OF rep
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-02-10
Church and state in Germany

London, Feb. "a Berlin dispatch
says: The conditions of peace between
the church and state will probably be
the consent of the vatican to recog-
nize the states right to control the ed
ucation and nomination of Catholic
priests, and in return for this will be
the repeal of all the other clauses of
tee Falk laws which have been passed
for the purpose of coercing the clergy.
The centre party will probably object
to the recognition of this fundamental
clause of the May laws, but as the
same prescriptions are enforced in
other countries the vatican cannot OPP
pose them here.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-02-10
The President ana the Canal.

Washington, Feb. 9.-The presidents
attitude towards the project of con-
structing an inter-oceanic canal under
American auspices, with view of
maintaining exclusive American con-
troll of it, has always been favorable.
A week or two ago he was thought to
be inclined to lend himself to the
Evart's policy, as it is now generally
called.
The opposition in the democratic
caucus last week to Gordon's motion
for the appointment of special senate
committee on canal, was the result of
strictly personal considerations.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-02-10
sciENrrFIC ar1scELLAxy.

Written for the Cheyenne Leader.
The minds of thoughtful people often
revert with curious speculation to that
period long prior to historic times when
the first primitive types of the human
race peopled the earth. What was the
world like then? is question of great
interest. In recent lecture, Prof.
Boyd Dawkins pictured London as it
probably existed in the days Of the cave
men. While the river-drift men and
the cave men were living in Britain.
the hills and valleys in the south of
England presented the same outlines as
now. Could we take our stand in those
times on the Essex heights and look
over the Thames valley in the direction
of London, we should see n dense forest
of oak, ash, and Scotch fir, and the
course of the Thames marked by willows
and alders. A few thin columns of
smoke rising over the tops of the trees
would mark the.camping places of prim-
eval man. In the forests wild boars,
mammoths and rhinocerose, wild horses,
stays and Irish elks would meet our
eyes; and in the summer countless herds
of bisons, like those now ranging over
the plains of northwestern America.
In the winter there were vast numbers
of reindeer and few musk-sheep. In
the rivers were offers and beavers, and
the explorer would be startled by the
snort of the hippopotamus in the reaches
of the Thames near Brentford, Beasts
of prey also abounded-lions, leopards,
hyepes, grizzly bears, wolves and foxes.
If we penetrated to one of the camp
fires, we should have seen the river
drift hunter chipping or using some of
those rude flint implements which lie
buried in the London gravels along with
the remains of the animals which he
hunted. The river-drift man in the
long course of eyes, was succeeded by
the man of the caverns, like him hum
ter, living on the same animals, and
more highly equipped for the battle of
life. In time the cave man disappear
Gu, euc Slhhdlc hhu BcpSiaphy VI Eng
land became nearly what they are now,
and the hunter stage of civilization was
succeeded by that of the herdsman and
the tlller of the ground, and the manu-
facturer Of the Neolithic Age. From
the Neolithic Age through untold CEN
turies to historic and and modern times
the progress of man in Britain and in
Europe has been unbroken, and the
present condition of European peoples
is to be looked upon as the results of
series of gradual changes by which civili-
zation succeeded civilization, and race
succeed race, ''the old order yielding
place unto the new," because the new
order is higher and robler.
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spraguc'. win to be Contested.

Providence, Feb. 9.-The will of
Amos Sprague, a distant relation of ex-
Gov. Sprague, was presented for pro-
bate on Saturday afternoon. The es-
tate is estimated at s200,00O. The will
gives $500 each to two local charities,
divides something over $4,000 in small
sums among relatives, and gives the
remainder of the property to Lieut..
Gov. Alber. G. Howard, who has had
the management of the estate for some
years. 1t is reported that the will will
be contested,
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-02-10
HIGHER THAN HANNAH.
Three Cow Boys suffer the Penalty
OF Promiscuous Shooting.

Chicago, Feb. T. A special to the
Times from LAS Vegas, New Mexico,
dated the 9th, says: The COW boys Jim
West, John Dorsey and Tom Henry,
implicated in the shooting of Carson
two weeks ago, were dragged from their
cells this morning by mob of seventy
five armed men who broke into the jail
or's room and forced him TO gi We up the
keys. The were dragged to the central
plaza and ropes thrown over the beams
of the windmill pump and West was
hauled up and strangled. The impa-
tient mob then began firing and in a
short time Carson and Henry were rid
died with bullets. There was no re-
sistance to the mob. The bodies were
removed during the forenoon.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-02-10
The presldent's Backbone.

Washington. Feb. 9. = Since Mr..
Morton's nomination as collector of
internal revenue for the first California
district was rejected, it has been ascer
tanned that the president in making
this nomination not only disregarded
the protest of the California delegation,
but also overruled written recon-
mendation of the commissioner of in
ternal revenue, who officially advised
him to appoint as collector ext Congress-
man Chas. Clayton, as Higby's success
sor, and that department still favors
Clayton's appointment.
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New York. Feb. "a Washington
special to the Tribune says: The con.
troversy between Senator Gordon and
Representative Stephens, relative to
the appointment of Simmons as census
supervisor, is not ended. Stephens has
sent a sharp letter reviewing Gordon's
course to the Atlanta Constitution. 1,
is not expected that any personal en-
counter will come out of this, although
Ben Hill did once challenge Stephens,
and it is said that the challenge was
accented.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-02-10
IRISH NEWS.
Distributing Relief Fund-Che Public
WorISs-Parnell.


Dublin, Feb. 9.-Though there are
still deplorable accounts from some dis
tricts there is generally more hopeful
spirit among the people. The new ap-
plications for loans by land owners the
past week reached .e200; the amount
applied for ELL, 900; since the 22d of
November e376,000
The board of public works takes care
that the laborers are paid in cash, and
that the amount of the first issue has
been expended in substantial work, be-
fore they give second installment.
Parnell's attacks on the relief COM
mittees are condemned, even by some
of his most ardent admirers. The
IrisIman strongly deprecates his Ian
guage about the Mansion house fund.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-02-10
THEY WANT WORK.
Tho Unemployed of Frisco Address
ed by Mayor kalIoch.

San Francisco Feb. GA large
number of unemployed workingmen
assembled on the sand lots this after
noon, where they were addressed by
Mayor Kalloch. He gave them to un-
derstand that within few days China
town would be legally declared nui-
sance, and that the work resulting
from such declaration would give them
employment. He counseled them to
refrain from any illegal or injudicious
action until they heard from him
again.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-02-10

Denver, Feb. O.-At11:3o a. IN. to-
day the last spike necessary to complete
the branch of the Atchison, Topeka s.
Santa Fe road to Santa Fe, was driven
by Gov. Wallace, Gen. Hatch and staff,
the legislature, and other notables at
tending. There is much rejoicing at
Santa Fe. t4F4..Et lt.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-02-10
Love STRONGER Than Life.

New York, Feb. 9.-Last month
George Beck buried his wife in the
Lutheran cemetery Queens county,
Long Island, and to-day went and laid
down on the grave and committed sui
eide by shooting.