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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-06-29

The New Emperor q Germany Addresses
His People.

The New emperor q Germany Addresses
Isis People.
BxRLIx, June ls.-The Emperor's proc
clamation was published to-day. Il u -
follows:
PROCLAMATION 10 rHK rnrseIAS PEOPLE
the grave mad scarcely closed over Willtam
before Frederick was called away. Frcder1ck
bore bis hard fate with hreoic Christian resis-
nation, and remained faithful 70 hts kingiy
duties In the few months allotted 70
him 10 rule. he exhibited all the noble
qualities Of his mind and heart. His virtues.
hi~ victories on the battlefield viii Be remem-
bcred a. long - German hearts continue 70
heat. I have taken the government upon my
seIf looking M 20 the King Of al f<inRs Tor
Al Iprav God that like my beloved father
NAV Be Z just and element Prince
that may foster piety and the
fenr 81 God: that may guard the
rrace ana promote the welfare " our land;
shas rmny Be the helper Of the poor and dis'
sre~~cd: the arm guardian Of the right and that
Imay ever thrive In the execution Of my kingiy
duties. in unison with my people. who In good
ana n evil days have stood true 70 thciI
tinrx count upon the ndelity o.
nv people in the CONSCIOUSNESS
thax / shall return heartily q . true
| Prince 10 . true people. both equally ready q
\ make sacrifices for the Fatherland- ! derive
| eon fdence from this belief. I pray God 70 lend
/ NJ strenrfh and wisdom 70 discharge my king
1 " once for the welfare Of the Fathcrland-
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vhs ..Farners' Rssiew" weshsy Summary
q ehs Crsp Oaslsek u she West -"
Northwest.
curc<oo. June 1s--The frnfrs' ~
~iesc prints tho following crop summary;
Our crop correspondence Tor ne past
week enables us % offer some fresh par.
ticulars from the rural districts. For In
stance. an endeavor has been made 20 OBJ
tain some reliable data relative q the
acreage 81 max compared with last year.
and like information about the amount OF
land planted with potatnes. Asthe severe
drought az last year caused serious
shortage % fodder for tho winter
feeding. Il was naturally 70 be
supposed that farmers would take
lesson from the drought AMI
provide against any possible shortage
from che same cause this year by setting
apart an increased acreage 81 their lands
FOR the cultivation Or fodder corn. The
following summary % the reports 81 our
correspondents on this sui ject gives the
average by States of land planted with
ensilaee and fodder corn ~ compared
with last year:
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-.~,~ c~..s~ -m~.1m~ns. a. thc
-. va. ~, rc--rr,.rl,o. N ! nrldrr over
80. -r+------- $500 -c.r xnoxx,lI.. were con
49, 49,. $50 <.., ~, - ---~rt 4 r,unI> az
<@<F. - - r--<- -. .,-.-,l "a (, - u,n.e
te...- Va ~ ss-.>~~:~- $1,000 |. resolution
<--.-.s ~ ~. 800 NJ r-r-.ror k'rei.
- $3.50 - - ~ $3.50 v-r.:- r,,'s \.
- ~---'-- 'r.,,.- rur,,., s~x.s.., !, 49,
- y" 49,. ~ ..~.,.,. --..,.,. n.,l.
S---s~ - ~ n, 1890, 4, ~ iesh
- 800 s.-.--.s-,, .r,,cn Al me
- - r.e,~ 49, 81 4, ~. 49, Hrrrcn-,.-
- @.~--s-. x..nr-r "A n,lis
- - 49, <-.-. 80 ~.~.-.,s rommstt.e e.
80 srse- 80. ,.,-~~ A-o,, shen
- 49,. ~ 80 r..s.. $780, "a -
'-r -s-s~ - 49, r,r~,r,t,.nsl :eodetis
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Dubious ChisIey Gust back from
Europe) Amy thing fresh since ] left,
old MANI" Grimes" No. Chisley;
nothing fresh since You were here
The Idea
SCI never had boarder complain
OF my coffee before. Mr.. Timpkins,"
snapped his landlady- II think have
more than sufficient grounds" was
rimpkins' weak reply. y. Tribune.
Il wrote sweet poem 70 lovely Louise.
The faire>t for whom lover could sign;
And when II was printed. the printer had
The dear dsrlins's name BY dropping me
Washington Critic.
-.What do you know Of interest
70 day. Mr.. Chinkerr' asked reporter.
while nosing around for news. Same
- usual. seven per cent on good secu-
rity." was the brusque reply. -Aer-
chant Traveller.
Crushed Poet (going OUT"
thought ! should be sure 70 sell r. "
Editor" What made you % sureP''
Crushed Poet use Great Byron
a. a. expletive in IL, instead Of Great
Scott" Editor" Hold on! Come
back here. Thanks. The cashier will
hand you fifty dollars. lid Bits
-"Ah. Mr.. Dumley." said the wid-
ow, with a gush Of tears. III Il were
not for my children, life would have
for me few charms indeed! You do
not know what mothers love for her
offspring H." "Ah. no. my dear
madam replied Dumley, with tender
-ympathy; II have never been
1other. Havpcr's BHxdr.
81 don't think much Of the scenery
in this part Of the country, said
Western man on . Central Hudscs
train bound north. give me prairi,
cverv time whats the matter
with the scenery in this part Of thu
| countryPr asked = fellow passenger
s.B' gosh. you cant see any. Then
dingcd hills nm mountains arc IN th'
way.'--N " Sun.
-.Good evening. Miss Gobrightly
how did you like the candidate las
| Sunday?" "Oh. pretty well. dcacoi
Whitaker; he gave rs splendid ser
mon. and guess no Is rcal goot
man. but he il too careless In his hab
IL 70 suit me-" why, what make
you think so?" 'sOh, I noticed whcI
he came out Of the pastors room tina
the knees Of his trousers were covcrc'
with dn~t - Springfield linton
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In the senate, ON the 21st brief secret
session was held after which. on motion
of Mr.. Blair, the body adjourned in CONE
memoratiou OF the one -hundredth ami.
versary OF the ratification Of the Constitu-
ton by the State Of New Hampshire, and
the consolidation OF the states which
had up 70 that time ratified tt-..-.--.kn
the House. consideration Of the Sundry
Civil bill was resumed. During the de-
bate on the bill, Mr.. Townshend- 2! ILL
nois said that the most stupendous iie NJ
had ever heard had emanated to-day from
the Chicago convention. which had %.
clared that the Democratic party ma
never forfeited any Of the land grants
whereas Il had recovered s',vv,vv acres
~ the public land Several amendments
| II minor importance were adopted. but
/ considerafiou q the bill was not finished
| up 10 time u adjournment q ) p. m
cuArr.Rs 0rBLrx. the murderer Of Mrs.
Madeline Cock or New York, was con-
vicfed Of murder in the FIRST degree, on
the aist- The jury were out only thirty
minutes.
TIN Tory caucus, IN the 31st which
r,ord salisbury called for the purpose Of
n vestigating the recent government de-
fesfs in and out Of Parliament and o.
suRgestinR certain measures calculated
10 put stop 70 such embar easements h
the future. was y failure.
IL FrArKLxl. Nessi and Barberini. silk
mercha ..ts Of Vienna and Como, failed
for large amount on the 2lst.
DISPATCHES received In London ON thu
zlst from st. Paul Loanda, state tina
several deserters from Henry n. Stan
leyss expedition, who had arrived &c tn
camp Of YumbungA reported that stan
ley, after reversing the country Of IN
Upper Aruwhimi. reached rough mount
ainous country. where he had continuou
! fights with the natives. The deserter'
also state thar he was wounded By q
: arrow. and that he had lost large mum
, her OF his me /. Many Of his people. the!
, say are III. including the Europeans o
> the party. When the deserters let tn
= explorer, Stanley was encampcd In thu
mountains and surrounded by bands Q
hostile natives.
GENERAL SHERIDAx's physicians. q
I nine O'Clock on the night Of the list II
7 sued the following bnIletin: "Gencra
Z sheridan has had q good night aud I
7 comfortable day. His circulation an
/ | respiration are improving. His appctit
I. | II good. and he - able 10 take an Ia
Y creased amount Of nourlshment. Hi
Y sleep Is quiet and rrstful. He Il gainin
I. i'm muscular strength"
The Vanderbilt directors met in Ne
= York City, on the 2lst, and declared
dividend on the Lake Shore Of two p<
I. cent: Michigan Central. three per cent
y and Canada southern, one and quartz
!, per cent
" TINE yacht 0reyling won the annual =
. gntta u the New York Yacht Club
!, sandy Hook on The 2lst; the yacht Kahil
second.
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III. II. Bancroft. the San Francisco
Historian. has the largest private IL
brary in the country. II consists q
10000 volumes and II valued NJ $780,
O00
Mr. Gladstone has accepted tho
dedication Of the English edition u
Prof. Villaris Life Of Savonarola."
This work Il now being translated into
English by Nine. villari.
III Il calculated by "Applcton's
Literary Bulletin" that the increased
price 81 books. II any. consequent upon
tho passage Of the International Copy
right bill. would fall solely on new
books 81 u popular character almost
exclusively. In fact, upon reprints of
English fiction
-Ex-Secretary Boutwell's reminis-
ccns'es III Rufus Choate. Daniel Web
ster. Abraham Lincoln andU :. Grant.
entitled 1.-The Lawyer. the Statesman
and the Soldier" Is a valuable book.
because Of is aufhoritativeness. Mr..
Boutwell, rcproduces what he person
ally saw Of these distinguished men,
Sir Edward Baines Is said 10 be the
oldest active journalist In Europe. He
u cighty-eight years old. and his paper
Is tho Leeds Mercury. He began his
career as = journalist three years after
the battle Of Waterloo. but was present
as reporter for the Mercury ut tho
battle Of Peterloo in 1919. and has been
continuously in newspaper life ever
since.
Mrs. Harriet Beccher Stowe
wishes IL distinctly understood that no
one but her son Is In possession Of let
ters and papers TO serve a. basis for
an authorized version Of her life.
Mrs. Stowe has no interest in The biog-
raphy now being written by Florine
Thayer McCray. Of Hartford. Conn.
Mrs. Stowe, In fact. has never met
Mrs. McCray. In spite Of contrary
statements which have been mysteri-
ously spread abroad.
Seth Green. the well-known fisher
man and naturalist, il out with letter
in defense Of the English sparrow. In
stead OF being = nuisance. q destroyer
Of song birds. and deserving Of ex.
termination. the English sparrow. &C
cording To Mr.. Green. Is q most useful
member OF the fcathered creation. III
presence here. he says. has no mors
connection with the disappearance O
other birds than IL has with the scarci
| ~ Of cats.
Colonel Elliott F. Shepard. the new
proprietor Of the New York Nail aHt
Express. prints Mt the head Of the edi
torial page. daily. verse Of Scripture
| giving a. his reason that "men who Ar
| necessarily much absorbed in business
/ should be reminded OF the words Of tn
! Heavenly Father" He Is undaunte<
| BY sneers. and says: 1T Il God they
! ridicule. not me-" and declares that III
shall continne the practice - long a
/ he owns the paper.
The Garden 81 Eden. II II nov
| claimed. was located IN Central Amer
! lea. Nine. Alice lie Plongeon. wife Q
4 an eminent man Of science. 10 TN
prophet Of the new belief, and she Y
also : believer In the submerged CONT
nent OF Atlantis. She says that among
the manuscripts Of the Mayas. the pre-
historic inhabitants Of Yucatan. Il ~
account Of the sinking Of Atlantis
which once joined America 70 the west
ern coast Of Africa and Europe. Othe
Maya writings give "a, she asserts. tn
whole history Of the intellectual devel
opment Of the human family.
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ssmple psus Affecting Funeral Services q
Possdam Over the Remains u the Late
EMPEROR.
BERLIN. June la-The cerenonials at
Potsdam to-day at the funeral Of Emperor
Frederick was grncei bv every evidence
OF public grief and affection Of the PEG.
pie. Al nine o'clock this morning . rain,
which had been falling until that hour,
disappeared, and the sun shone. The ex-
press train soon brought the last Of the
mourners. who assembled in the jasper
gallery q little before ten O'Clock. The
young Empress, Victoria Augusta, accom-
panied BY several princesscs, had
driven BY the San Souci road
70 the Friedenskirche. and were
there IN . retired corner before the
procession arrived Near the close Of the
ceremony the Empress and the Prince
and Princess II Wales drew near the cofs
On and the three knelt and prayed. The
Emperor wept sorrowfully throughout the
services. Empress Victoria, unable 20
bear the strain Of the ceremony In the
church. drove with her three youngest
daughters 20 Bonstadk arranging her
drive 90 a. % return when all was over.
Court Preacher Persius read special
service for Empress Victoria 1t Bon
Gfadt, 10 which no one hut she and her
three daughters were admitted. Whom
they returned 70 Potsdam. the widowed
Empress went 10 the church unattended
and prayed beside the CONN.
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These figures are most important, show
ing. as they do. that the lesson from last
years drought has been more or less
taken as . warning. resulting IN an aver
age increase Of 35s per cent 81 acreage
planted to ensilage aud fodder corn In
eight States.
But there was not only shortage In
fodder last year, the potato crop was also
seriously short in production; hence
prices rule high, and. as consequence.
II might be expected that this years acre.
age IN potatoes would be considerably
greater than last. The following sum-
mary Of our reports in regard % the acre.
age planted 70 potatoes gives the average
per cent. BY States Of the acreage As COM
nnred with last year:
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There Il not much change 70 report In
the condition Of the growing crops The
recent warm weather has quickened the
growth OF corn, but most other crops arc
again needing rain.
Reports Of injury by insects are mo re
common now with the advent o. warm
weather. Fruit prospects are generally
improved. but meadows and pastures re-
main unchanged
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NEW YoRK, June 1s.-The Suns Berlin
correspondent sayss The result q the
post mortem examination Of Emperor
Frederick has been accepted BY The Ger
man press as triumphant vIndicasion %
the position taken bv tho German doc
tors. prot. virchow's dissection showed
ene complete destruction Of the larynx By
cancer. Emperor william has ordered
-. Mackenzie % write complete history
81 the late monarch's illness. DR..
Mackenzie said yesterday that he admits
ehat che disease was cancer, but ass
serts that e was very dimcult "a
make . diagnosis % account d
abnormal conditions Of the late Empers
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That the acreage planted to corn this
year is more extensive than last 10 again
demonstrated by the subjoined summary
o. the reports from our correspondents.
Average OF acreage BY States compared
with last year:
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HuwARD Russ<x.L and dozen 81 the
more prominent English war correspond
ents are engaged in writing their me-
uo{r<-
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These figures indicate an increase OF
acreage Of ii 3-5 per cent. for ten States.
The acreage seeded to fax Is mot very
extensive except in some Of the States. but
our summary gives good idea Of the
acreage seeded this year In the States
mentioned as compared with last:
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Mosr o. che Paris papers regard I'm
peror williams srders to the army q
having warlike tone, contrasting sin
guiarly With the rescripto Of Emperor Fred
orick.
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EuPEnoa FREDERIcK went from Berlin
q Potsdam. on The yacht Alexandria %
he lst He was enthusiastically cheered
By ~ populac& The "Trip seemed - %
him cod
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Wusss~ WAIrra PnErPs wants % be
senator frsn New Jersey. and il Eos
candidate FOR he vice. presidency.
u.~.-, Rr~~rrI nnd 4 dozen Of che
$50 r~.,-rin.u. Enrli<h war correspond
~rt~ 49, eur.rrd II writing their me-
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Pine wn< a TIE same day proclaimed
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MOST q the farts papers fekeu ~.
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~u,.r1r v,fh rhe rrscrips Of Emperor Fred
Srick.
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FrSEsAL services - ncn'r g -
ssessd Emperor q os - 49, 1 p,s ia
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1890 - .xe~;~hs rc<tcred bv rest and
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fHE supreme Court o. Cairornia- On
the 18th amrned the decision q ne lover
court in the case Of pr. ,. Milton roSers,
conv1rfed o. ne murder % nAs nc ~no
$50
81cnKfAnr bArAnp. owing @ press q
cmcinl duties, Vii remain - asnin ~n
during the summer season out ne in1enas
every Saturday % mare 2 lying mp !"
Wilmington % spend ne oaooAth
- prr~id@nt q Ire 18Th. approved
Ne o1ll Tor tne erecuon Q! Poo',e c-l.a'
ing q Hoboken- - = ana ne sa .n1-
1ng pension q 3I1 monsn % tne Sloov
e Ma5or-0eneral James = hicketls-
wv~v-vx .un- we're fired An London. a
AI6e~~hos - n Ire Other stations and
Sc~e~ --r~r.IIv throurbout Eneland. On
Dc 18Th - : mark O respect TOT tns
memory q the late oerman EMPEROR
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TINE President sent The following nomi-
na'ion~ % the senate On the 5Dth: John
y. PhiIlIps. 81 Missouri % Be United
yates District Judge for che Western
D:<frie: o. Missouri; James Q. yenkins.
- Wisconsin. % - United States Dis
srlct Judge for The Eastsrn District u
Wisconsin; Edmon Malles, = New Yosk,
- be . In1ian xnspecooss
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MINUTE guns we're fired In London q
Aldershot and q the Other stations and
forts generally throughout England On
the leeh, - . mark Of respect for ths
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-06-29

ASSISTANT SECRETARY NArxAnD Of he
Treasury, On the 18th. informed the Col
leeeor q Customs q Pittsburgh. n y,
thnx Gull and infuse sawed spruce lumber,
intended for The manufacture Of paper, Il
entitled . free entry.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-06-29

BoxD purchases up % TIE lsth- under
The April circular. aggregated 81. s4ss51
- and <,,sDe.l5o lsG These cost Tie
Governmenf <3s.Es, 16l. which amount 4
&1.ss5. 501 less than they would have
cost had interest and principal been q.
lowed 70 run 70 maturity.
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EnPEnoR wTLLEAn- on the 3oth- tale
graphed 20 President Carnot Of France,
thanklng him for his message Of condo
lence on the death Of Emperor Frederick
md expressing the hope that the good re-
,axions nov existing between France and
Germany may confinue.
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d. MARrIxkAU. On The 3Oth, received
~ Oxford the degree Of Doctor q Laws.
A. Marfinean Il the most eminent living
English Unitarian- and hAs spent his
whole life attacking orthodoxy, A. - con-
sidered remarkable sign u the times
shst De y thus horored ~ a orthodox
center like Oxford.
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TnE schools q The Indian agency q
OAKLAND yeb-. have closed. and the
agency b practically quarantined Afew
cAses Of measles broke ont some few
weeks AGO. Since ther n epidemic has
Taged, and forty papoosss have died
n1nc< a. Sommencemenf
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II the scaling match between reemer
Hosmer, Hamm md Mckay, On the Della
ware river, af Philadelphia, on the 18th
1sener took the LEAD q thsestsrf and
maintained IL to he finish, mailing ~
three miles With turn IN 2I:40; Hosmer
second. a 81
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Two men we're arrested on . freight
train near Croker station Ia, on the
lsth- on suspicion Of robbing IN unknown
nan o. <.lso- They answer the descrip-
don gfven- OEe q he men hnd p61- - On
hfa uernou- fhe other <1D.A
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CoCx1 Anco-vALLKr, he German Mn
lister. ssnf % Speaker Carlisle, through
she Secretary q State. On the 18th, he
thanks Of the German Emperor for the res
olufions Of respect 20 the memory Of En-
peror Frederick III BY The House Of Rep
Yesenfafives-
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1. II a ! reasonable service 70 s'Se N
selyes 70 God, 70 obey His will I'm,
Z. There u great advantage 70
profcssion Of our allegiance 70 ~" ID
3. God covenants 10 give 70 'ho ~ ID,
love and obey Him great blessings -
and eternity. x-..,ashir
~ hirhest hone, 10Y. oad glory q 49, 's;au
& Blessed ~ they who zee me '
4 ~ conmuniou with God The Wv. se% y
- sAIner q daily life ere ssnc
GlDri1oA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-30
CH4RGED WITH SOLICITING PROXIES

NOW = n PHILLIPS SECURED HIS ELECTION AS
PRESIDENT OF THE FITcHBURG ROAD.
po,,o, Sent 29-The case of Asahel ". sawyer,
ct-al vs. f. B. Phillips, president OF the Fitchbnrg
pouroad for soliciting proxies, was resumed to-day.
sorsl Witnesses testified to receiving blank proxies
t rho last annual meeting which, II IS alleged, were
cent ot for the purpose OF securing Phillips election.
9 A. Anthony au empioye OF tho COMPANY SAID
that on the morning OF tho last election he had
tasen packages oil proxy votes aud distributed them
10 aid not give any votes to persons who were not
connected with tho company. George J. Fisher
rurchasng agent Of the road tschhed that he hired
brx AZ tho post oflce in obedience 10 the command
=, .uporor ooicars The money for tbs box he had
paid out Of his own pocket.
gnry Peterson, agent Of the Industrial Aid ec-'e.y,
testified that he had besn approached by Mr. Fisher
who aeked him for q number ct men to 60 to tho
ooics Of the road and vote. About thirty had gone
% the office The business OF the Office with which
he was connected was to find employment for the
unemployed witness sent men 10 the station on
election day. Had seen some of these men paid later
I'm the day Arthur Fisher, travelling agent OF the
road admitted that he had assisted n securing proxy
votes He secured about fifty men, and they were
maid from ten to fifty cents. This money he paid
nut Of his own pocket. but got 1t back James H. Watson
general passenger agent, said that the previous witness
had told hia there was a movement on foot IL have
a new passenger agent employed. lie had not voted
himself nor requested any employc TO DO so. Wit
ness caused a little stir by saying that Mr. Pratt
had assured him that II he gave his testimony freely
he would be well taken care OF by the new manage
ment.
Messrs Robert Goldman ID. !. kmball and Rodney
wallace directors OF the Fitchburg Railroad testified
for tho defence Their testimony was similar, AM
TO the eject that the plan OF securing proxies wa