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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-06-20
IyVENTOR ROGERS BRINGS SUIT
SEEING TO RECOVER HIS PATENTS FROM THE
PAN-ELECTRIC COMBINATION.

sEEtiNG TO RECOVER HIS PATENTS FhOM lhE
PAN-ELECTRIC COMBNArIoN.
WASHINGTON, June 10 (SpecidD.-J. Harris
Rogers. the Pan Electro inventor. to-day flied 10 the
United States Supreme Court OF the District OF Column
bia bill In equity against A. H. Garland rsham q.
Harris, Casey Young. Joseph Johnston. and j. d. C.
Atkins TO recover from them the patents transferred
under the agreement OF March 49, 1893 together with
the stock and franchises OF the Pan-Eectrc Company
and the Pan-Electric Telegraph Company. and to ac-
count fo all moneys received from the sale OF stock aud
licenses Tie complainant recitss the history OF the
original transactions OF which spralg the two COM
panies named, and forth the obligations by which
the benencisries became bound upon the receipt
from him o. the inventions and interests Aforesaid Tne
complaint follows closely the line Of facts eoped by
the testimony OF Witnesses bc.ore the Pan Electric In
vestigstlng Committee
The complainant states that "realizng the difficulty
OF giving the stock be issued and sold national repu-
tation and Of selling It throughout the whole country
without more ustriOus names TO promote 1t than those
which he had first obtained he tried secure other add
tona associates having nation reputation ami who
could Influence legislative Dody to grant the CON-
pany comprehensive charter with its valuable
franchises, ana who could by their ustrious names
guarantee sales OF the stock where the complainant
and first associates unknown. The
complainant that after company
was Organized the defendants neglected
and finally refused to obtain the comprehe nsve charter
needed, and Instead OF carrying out their agreement
they refused allow the OF the parent company
TO be placed upon the market but d grant licenses 10
local companies, VINO required 10 Issue stock.
part Of wh,n by the terms OF the licenses became the
property OF the parent company. Instead OF devoting
the cash received the sale OF license" to carry out
the original aud defend suits which might
he brought against the local companies. hs associates
divided 1t among Themselves, and IN fact became a
patent agency. the complainant further says that
when May "a. 1888 he called upon the defendants,
Harris, Johnston. Garland aud Yoln- to aid
him procuring Government suit
to cancel the Bell patent they refused
do he believes because he wished It 70 be done
IN an open. bold aud manly while defendants pro-
posed dubious methods especially the said Harris ana
Young 10 sign secret contract with one Van Bennuy-
their influence TO do the and sign for the
whole company without complainants knowledge or
consent. aud ny doing involved him In new Credit
MObilrr scandal OF which he WAS perfectly innocent,
and also Involve his enterprise in the same and caused
II to lose It's former prestige which cannot be reg4ned
until he gets rd OF SAID defendants by the decree OF this
honorable court
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-06-20
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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-07-03

THE Berlin municipality has voted
100000 marks for the exhibition to be
held there in 1888.
THE Washington ID. CO. granite cutters
decided on the 26th to accept the bosses
offer and go to work at nine hours a day
and forty cents per hour.
THE King of Portugal will visit England
in August.
ROBERT HILL and wife, Of Chillisquaque,
Pa, were run over and killed by the cars
on the 9th.
CARDINAL MANNING has pronounced In
favor of home rule for Ireland.
AN unknown, well-dressed man COM
mitted suicide by drowning at Blackweu's
Island, N. Y, on the 9th.
SENATOR BECK admits that his bill for
bidding Senators to act as railroad attor-
neys, will be defeated.
A DESCENT was made on the Starr gang
at Webber's Falls, l. T.. on the 9th, and
three were captured, including the noto'
rious Belle Starr.
GLADSTONE has called on John Bright tt
retract or produce proof of his recen
charges that Gladstone formerly opposed
home rule.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-07-03
XLIXTH CONGRESS-.

In the Senate on the 22d the only impor.
tRnt matter considered was the bill repeal
Ing the Pre- .emptlon and Timber. Culture
acts. No action was taken save to
discuss the measure......In the House
nine veto messages on private pen
SION bills were received from the President.
Mr. Morrison called up the proposed change
Of rules concerning the consideration OF
pension bills, and debate ensued. lasting
through the entire session.
In the Senate on the 23d a bill was passed
for payment of expenses of steamboat in
spectors by the government. The vote by
which the bill prohibiting Congressman act
ing as counsel for land grant railroads
was passed, was reconsidered. The bill
repeal ng the Pre- .emption and. Timber Cult
ure laws was debated until adjourn
ment. In the House the day was spent in
| filibustering to prevent consideration of Mr..
Morrison's proposed change or rules relat'
ing to pension legislation.
! IN the Senate ON the oath the bill for new
district Judge in Alabama passed; also the
bill repeating the Pre- emption and Timber
Culture laws, after which the FitzJo Por'
ter bill was taken up, and the Senate ad-
| iourned, Mr.. Logan havingth floor, In the
| House Mr.. Long, for correction OF the
Record, made lengthy speech defending
| Charles Francis Adams from charges ma de
| by Mr.. Henley. The morning hour was dis
|
| priations bill was taken up in committee oil
| the whole, and its consideration consumed
| the rest of the days session.
IN the Senate on the 25th the entire day
was taken up with debate on the Fitz Johr
Porter BILL Mr.. Logan leading off with an
energetic speech in opposition, and
being followed by number of other
| senators in the same line After the
rejection of several amendments the bill
was passed......In the House several veto
| messages on private pension bills were re.
| terred to committees, after which the Sundry
| civil Appropriations bill was taken up IN
committee of the whole and debated during
the entire session.
THE Senate was not in session on the 18th
In the House conference report was sub
mitted on the bill requiring Immigrant rail
roads to pay the cost of selecting and con
veying their lands. AS agreed K
by the conference and adopted by
the House, the provisions of thu
bill apply to all land grant roads
The House, in committee of the whole, Mr.
Reagan (Tex.) in the chair, resumed consid
Grafton OF the Sundry Civil Appropriation
bill, and after completing the consideration
OF half tllS ~ tie, 's1pnEaittee } ose and thu
House dd3Jdrned.'
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-07-03
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

THE grand jury of Warren county,
Miss, returned fifteen indictments on the
Goth, making eighty in all, principally
for gambling.
FIFTEEN shoe firms at Stoneham, Mass,
are discharging men daily, work being
very dull, but those selected as victims are
generally Knights OF Labor who were
prominent in the late strike.
REASON STAMPER and Mrs. Hattie Din
kins were married on the night of the 26th
at Ashland, Ky. While the couple were
being congratulated a woman named
Frances Piles rushed in and attempted to
shoot the groom.
LOUISIANA members are watching and
waiting for an opportunity to got the vel.
low fever bill up in the house. There seems
to be no prospect of any serious opposi'
ton now, and they hope to get action on
it at an early day.
THE executive committee of the Empire
Protective Association is considering the
question of soon ordering a tie-up on every
street car line in New York, Brooklyn,
Jersey City, Staten Island and West Ches-
ter county. There are $4,000 men in the
Organization.
INDIANS attacked mule train loaded
with freight near Becon, Mexico, on the
oath instant, and killed two men and cap.
tured thirty mules.
A VERY general belief prevails in New
York that the sentence of the Oyer and
Terminer Court, in the case Of Alderman
Jaehne will not be sustained, which means
that Jaehne will 90 "scot free" and resume
his seat in the Board of Aldermen.
THE Dublin Methodist Conference by a
vote Of l57 to % has resolved not to inter-
fere in politics.
TIE total imports of merchandise at the
port of New York during the week ending
on the 26th were valued at $6,5O9, 1926, and
of dry goods at 81, 745, 1869, and the amount
thrown on the market at 81, 629,S0S.
ADvICEs from Chilli show that fifty
persons have been killed in the election
riots.
JIM EDWARDS, colored, who was at Bir-
mingham, Ala, on the 2Sth, for attempt
ling to pass counterfeit silver half dollars,
says there is nest Of counterfeiters ia
the mountains Of Blount county.
TIE storehouse of John Phelps & Co., at
Kosciusko, Miss, was struck by lightning
On the 18th, and set on fire. The building
and entire contents were completely de-
Itroyed.
Two brothers, Adam and Alphonse Reed,
fought a duel at 0pelousas, La, on the
18th. Adam was twice wounded-in the
ace and bowels, it is thought fatally.
The issue of standard silver dollars
rom the mints during the week ending
'une 26th was 1904
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-07-03
PUSHING PENSION BILLS.

An Insight Into the Manner in Which Spec
cial Pension Bills are Pushed Through
the Senate A LIBERAL Minded Senator
Who Has a Penchant for the Business,
Has a Little Bureau of His Own.
WASHINGTON, June 2S.-0f all the
pension bills reported to the Senate dur
ing the present session, Mr.. Sawyer has
himself reported more than half. Sena-
tor Mitchell, of Pennsylvania, chairman
of the committee on pensions, has been
absent through i'll health, and the work
of the committee has fallen into the
hands of Senator Sawyer. While Mr..
Sawyer has reported favorably on so
many hundreds of pension bills, he has
reported adversely upon single one.
Mr.. Sawyer does the work of the whole
committee.
Generally speaking, the committee, as
q whole, never undertakes the investiga-
ton of pension claim. The bills are
referred to individual members of the
| committee for investigation, and the COM
mittee simply indorseS the report of the
| investigating member. Mr.. Sawyer, in
| his boundess sympathy with the old sol.
ders of the Republic and their heirs, has
been eager to take the consideration Of
the pension claims that come his way,
and fellow-members of the committee
nave been perfectly willing that he should
be kept busy. Consequently the Senator
has employed a staff of assistants to
help him with the work.
The Senate refers the bill to the COM
mittee on pensions, the committee refers
them 10 Mr.. Sawyer, and Mr.. Sawyer
distributes them among his assistants,
whom he generously pays out of his own
pocket, to investigate and report. One
of these assistants Mr.. Sawyer is alleged
TO be especially proud Of. His quaifica-
tons for making these investigations and
reports the Senator thinks are without
equal. This highly qualified assistant
was at one time medical gentleman OF
some promise in the West, and came into
prominence as an expert in the case Of
Guiteau. On the adjudication of the
Guiteau expert the pension bills referred
to Mr.. Sawyer by the committee are fa-
vorably reported to the Senate and
rlshed through without debate at the
rate of three to five per minute.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-07-03

Mr.. Davis went to Chicago as a delegate
to the Republican convention OF 1860, and
more than week prior to the nomination
1e had in connection with other friends of
Iuarters at the fremont House, Chicago,
where and throughout the city, whenever
delegates were to be found, he labored day
and night almost sleeplessly, throughout
the long contest, working with zeal, as
siduity and skill never surpassed, il ever
euualed. And when those labors eliminated
in the choice of bis trusted friend his feel.
ings so OverpOwered him that not only then,
but for hours after, in grasping the hands OF
congratulating friends he wept like a child,
In 1861 Judge Davis was one OF three ap.
pointed by President Lincoln to investigate
the management of the Quartermaster de-
partment ut st, Louis The investigation
was thorough and laid bare the corruption
and mismanagement of affairs at st. Louis.
In 1862 Judge Davis was appointed by
President Lincoln one of the associate jus.
tices OF the supreme Court of the United
States.
In 1877, after memorable session, the ILL.
nois legislation elected him United states
Senator over General Logan. He had not
sought the honor, but he accepted it, and
resigned his position on the Supreme Bench.
Immediately upon his retiring from the Sem
ate he went to TOrkay, n. c., where on
March IA, 1883, he was united in marriage to
Miss Addie Bum, who survives him. His first
wife died on November 8, 1879.
In personal appearance he was about five
feet and eleven inches high, had large,
commanding form, broad, expansive fore
head, blue, penetrating eyes and a rather
prominent nose. He had a very pleasant
address and superior conversational powers.
In his manner he was disposed to be famll-
lar, particularly toward those who were
modest in their demeanor and seemed to
need encouragement. lie was very COM
panionable man and much devoted to his
friends. He was straightforward business
man, and mad the best judgment In nnanclal
matters.
He leaves two children by his first wife,
Mr. George Perrin Davis and Mrs. Henry
Swayne, both of whom reside in Bloomington
The latter is the wife of a son OF Justice
Noah Swayne, OF the United States Supreme
Court The Judge leaves comparatively few
relatives. He has aniece. Mrs. PielrepOnt, liv-
| ing in Chicago; a niece, Mrs. John Hughes; q
cousin Mrs. Lyman Belts, and a half broth.
| er, Mr.. Lyman Belts, of this city. Mr.. John
Davis, who lives near Heyworth, in this
county, is nephew
The degree of Doctor of Laws was con-
! ferred upOn him by the Illinois Wesleyan
! College, Beloit College and Williams College
! of Massachusetts.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-07-03
An Unprovoked Murder.

CHICAGO, June 2S.-Christopher Stein,
Jr., young man residing at $40 Park
avenue, was assaulted by John Fleming,
a coupe driver, in front of Geo. Hankins'
saloon, near the corner of Clark and
Madison streets, at four O'Clock yester-
day morning. The assault was apparent
ly unpTovoked. Fleming struck Stein
with blunt instrument of some kind
and broke his skull besides beating his
face into jelly. Fleming was arrested
and Stein removed to the county hoSpi-
tai. He was unable to talk, although he
groaned terribly. Death relieved him
from his sufferings at half-past two
O'Clock yesterday afternoon. Fleming is
held as a murderer.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-07-03
4 Question of YerncItY.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, June 2S.-At the Bed
Rock camp meeting yesterday afternoon
the evangelist Sam Jones denied the
newspaper statement that he had asserted
on previous day down in Georgia, that
the Lord didn't object to the use of to-
bacco, asserting his statement to have
been that the people of Georgia didn't OBJ
jet to 1t. Calling for Using vote of
those whose memory supported his dec
laration, several persons stood. He then
asked for a showing for those who
thought he had been correctly reported,
wherein the reporter criticised mounted
a table
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-07-03
INC DESTRUCTIVE ChInch Rur.

VANDALIA, Ill, June 2S.-Farmers liv.
ing in the eastern and southeastern parts
of this (Fayette) county, where the
chinch bugs are completely destroying
the corn, have agreed not to sow any
wheat for three successive seasons, be-
lieving that by so doing these trouble
some pests can be effectually exter.
minated. Up to the commencement OF
wheat harvest, when the chinch bugs
left it aud went to the corn, the prospect
for large corn crop was very fattering
indeed.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-07-03

1t is stated that Senator Jones, of Flori =
da, will not seek re-election to the United
States Senate, nor even return to his old
home.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-07-03

DESPITE the papal precepts the Montteur
and other organs of the Vatican vigor-
ously support Mr.. Gladstone's scheme for
granting autonomy to Ireland, and eulo-
gize the British Premier.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-07-03

IT is said that Colonel Lamont intends
shortly to erect a residence near the Pres
ident's country seat. Colonel Lamont,
when asked about the matter, said: "That
is rather premature. When l decide to
build out there III let you know" That's
just like him.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-07-03

DR.. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES on the
25th received from the University of Edin-
burgh the degree Of LII. D. The title
was conferred in the presence of a most
distinguished company.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-07-03

COMMISSIONER SPARKS continues to at
tract more attention than all the other
officials combined. He is the best abused
man in the country and is convincing the
people that the land rings are even bigge
than any one had supposed
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-07-03

AN American citizen has obtained q
concession to erect theater in Panama
and engages to complete it within one
year 1t is to accommodate seven hun
bred persons. The government exempts
the theater from all taxation for the peri
cd of six years.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-07-03

WASHINGTON CITY is hard at work try
ing to get the National exhibition of 1S9
located there
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-07-03

THE President has approved the bill re-
imbursing Edwin Stevens, United States
Consul at Ningpo, China, for extraordi-
nary expenses incurred during the Fran
CO. Chinese war.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-07-03

A FAVORABLE report has been made on
the Cairo bridge by the House commerce
committee at Washington, but low
bridge is forbidden.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-07-03

THE Radical press of France demands
as reply to the recent manifesto of the
Comte de Paris the immediate expulsion
of all the Orleanist princes and the seques-
tration of their property.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-07-03

NUMEROUS persons were summarily
convicted at Sligo, Ireland, on the 23d, of
participating in the recent riots there.
Others were committed for trial at the AS
sizas
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-07-03

IT is reasonable to suppose that the end
of this session of Congress is slowly but
surely approaching, but Senator Evarts'
promised grafton on the Silver question
has not yet been delivered,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-07-03
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere.

The Dominion Government has given
5000 to the Vancouver fire victims.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-07-03

THE collections of internal revenue dur
ing the first eleven months of the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1886, amount to $1O7,-
1O4, 4S5, being an increase of So, 4O2, 1888 over
the receipts for the corresponding period
of the previous year.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-07-03

ALBERT H. SCOTT, chief of the accounts
and salaries division of the Post Office
Department, has completed the third an
nual adjustment of the salaries of the
presidential postmasters, to take effect on
the LIST proX
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-07-03

A GROUP of Partisan financiers have ad-
vanced 25,OOO,OO0 francs to the Panama
Canal Company as security for the hy-
pothecation of the recent call.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-07-03

REV. HENRY WARD BEECHER and wife
arrived in Liverpool by the steamship
Etruria on the Goth. He will deliver fifty =
1--WE lectures during his stay abroad, and
will be compelled to decline hundreds of
invitations to extend his programme.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-07-03

IT is reported in Berlin that in defer
ence to the wishes of the Gear of Russia
the name of Prince Alexander of Bulgaria
has been stricken from the German army
LIST
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-07-03

IT is stated that President Cleveland, in
his recent trip to sea, sets aOew prece-
dent, no President having ever left United
States territory before during his term of
office
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-07-03

MRS. ROSE MARKIHoFFER, of Brooklyn,
N. Y, on the 23d, gave birth to a baby boy
which had whiskers half an inch long on
each side of its face. 1t died three hours
after being born. Its death was due to
natural causes.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-07-03

SEVENTY SEVEN Parnellite candidates
for Parliament have no opposition in Ire
land.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-07-03

CAPTAIN Doughty of the Portland fish,
ing schooner Ella NJ. Doughty, which was
seized at Englishtown, Cape Breton, last
month, arrived in Halifax on the 22d from
the United States. He was on his way
back to Cape Breton to again take charge
of his vessel, bonds having been given by
her owners.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-07-03

THE President seems inclined to take his
own time in dealing with the bills sent to
him by Congress, and has intimated that
he will not go to the Capitol and approve
bills as fast as they are passed by Con-
gress, without scrutiny, simply to expe-
dite the matter of adjournment.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-07-03

EIGHT companies of the Ninth Infantry
have been for several years stationed at
Fort Russell, Wy. t. They are now
ordered to Arizona, where General Miles
is concentrating a force to crush the
Indians. Fort Russell will be garrisoned
by the Seventeenth infantry, from Dakota.