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The diamond drill., 1888-03-24
THE TELEPHONE SUIT DECIDED


The great event of the Capitol in WASH
ington on Monday was the cision
by the Supreme Court Of the tele-
phone cases, which has been so long In COM
ing and has been the source of much anxiety,
controversy, and speculation. The number
Of people directly interested IN this decision,
including the stockholders In the various
corporations involved, was probably greater
than In any case that has been decided for
many years, as the value Of the cndre tele.
phone interest. reaching almost every town
OF size in the world, was affected. The Bell
patents were sustained, however, as was ex-
pected by almost everybody but the at
torneys and stockholders In the rival COM
panics. In fact IL was fight OF all the
other companies combined against the Bell.
The crowd In the courtroom was unusually
large, and the opinion, written and read by
Justice Blatchford, although the longest that
has been presented 10 the court foi years and
occupying nearly an hour and three-quarters
in the reading, was listened TO with the
greatest attention.
This decision settles the entire controversy
While IL does not prove, as Justice Blatch-
ford said, that Bell was the original discoy-
erer Of the fact that articulatc sounds may be
transmitted over wire, IL establishes the
fact that he was the first 20 adapt the dis
covery 10 the wants OF his felow-men, and Is
entitled 10 the full value OF the invention.
One hundred and twenty-one CT the best
lawyers in the United States have been en-
gagged in this litigation, including Senator
Edmmds, ex-senator Conkling, Postmater-
General Dickinson, Robert q. Ingersoll, and
many others almost as famous, and IL Is esti-
mated that seve raj millions OF dollars have
been expended In counsel fees and other
court expenses. The Bell monopoly Will
now have its own way and the stock of that
company, which has fluctuated widely on
account OF the constant litigation, will have
a fixed value until the expiration Of the pat
ent. Justice Grav did not sit in the case for
the reason that different members OF his fam
lily hold q large interest In the Bell company,
and Justice Lamar because he did not hear
the argument
Justices Bradley. Field, and Harlan dis
scnted. Their dissent Is based upon the
Drawbaugh claim, and they are of opinion
that the evidence overwhelmingly shows
that Drawbaugh was the first inventor OF the
speaking telephone, although he was uncon-
scious Of IL and was not aware Of It's import
ance. Justices Gray and Lamar did not sit
In these cases and the court stood TO 3 In
tayor Of the Bell patent.
The diamond drill., 1888-03-24
THE %" STRIKERS ONLY HOPE.
re SITS ON the Idea That the Road
Cannot Get Along with the
New Men.

At the Burlington strikers hcadquartc
the situation has settled down into an exhibit
tion Of staying powers. II Is evident from
repeated statements made by Chairman
Hoge and others that the principal hope Lof
the strikers now rests In the inability OF the
company to conduct its business with the
class OF men Il has engaged. An active cor
respondence Is kept up between headquart-
ers and the various divisions OF the road, and
he smallest details OF inefiiciency or destruc-
tlon OF property by the new hands are eager
ly reported.
IL is claimed by the brotherhood that after
one payday has rolled around the ranks of
the new engineers will be considerably
thinncd. All hopes of mutual compromise
on any basis has been abandoned and still IL Is
claimed that not single brotherhood engi-
neer has returned 20 the service of the COM
pany, and that the strikers are as firm and
united as on the first day OF the strike. The
grievance committees oflthc various eastern
and western roads still remain In Chicago,
ostensibly 10 be on hand In case of any emer-
gency arising which would necesstate
prompt action on their part.
The diamond drill., 1888-03-24
BURIED UNDER BRICKS.
a Half Million Dollar Fire at MIL
waukee started by nm Ex-
plOsi0n.

For the third time within eight weeks
Milwaukee has been visited by disastrous
fire, with damages amounting 10 nearly half
million. At an an early hour Thursday
morning fire was discovered In Atkins &
Ogden's boot and shoe mandatory on West
Water street, just off Grand, which resulted,
In few hours, in the loss Of S425, 900, and
the death OF two fireman and fatal injury OF
half dozen others. just before the blaze
was seen terrific explosion was heard, and
when Fire Chief Foley arrived in front Of
the building another explosion occurred,
which shattered all the windows In that and
adjoining buildings.
The fire spread with amazing swiftncss,
and before water could be got into the build
INK flames were through every window,
fronqhnd rear, from cellar 10 roof With the
factory extending 10 the river, tho fircmcn
were powerlcss 10 reach the rear, Milwau-
kee being still without fire tug. Chief
Foley hoped that by lighting the fire from the
front aud north side 10 confne the fire 30 the
shoe factory. lie would probably have sue
ceoded had not the walls fallen within half
an hour after the fire broke out The north
wall fell out and crashed through one story
extension 10 Gimbcl Brothem' dry-good
store, adjoining the shoe factory. Two COM
panles az the time were at work In the rear
OF Gimbel Brothers store, and when tho
roof and wall came through half-dozcn fire.
men were buried beneath the pile Of debris
For a,time the faint cries Of the buried mon
calling for help were piuful. Everything
had suddenly been turned into darkness, and
the store Immediately filed with smoke.
Policemen and fircmen, however, worked
heroIcally In rcscuing the imprisoned men,
all OF them being removed 20 neighboring
drug stores, where medical aid was sum-
moned.
The cause OF the explosion which started
the FIRE Is mystery. Some.are Of the opinion
that II was caused by the explosion OF par
afiine cement used In the shoc-factory IL IL
highly explosive. Another theory Il that II
was caused by escaping gas and the super
heated air.
The diamond drill., 1888-03-24

The Engiseers and Ffrcmen Directed
60 Report for Duty by Chair
man Conroe.

The Santa Fe strike Is over. The follow
ing official notice was issued from Kansas
City at q o'clock sunday evening 10 the
engineers and firemen on the Santa Fe sys-
tenn:
Kansas City, March IN, lsss-To THE
ENGINEERS AND FIREMEN ON THE SANTA
FIX SYSTEM: am advised by our grand
chief 10 request OF YOU that you return 10 your
respective. positions at once; further, that
repair 10 Chicago and adjust all misunder-
standing. 1. CoNRoH.
.ChaIrman General Grievance Committee.
The trains ON the Kansas City, Fort Scott
and Gulf road went out on time Monday
morning with no indications Of trouble. On
the Burlington the trains are all running on
time. The depot presented deserted ap-
pearance all day. as there was little interest
taken In the movement OF trains, and the
general feeling was that the strike was over.
AS one OF the men mounted his engine TO
take out his train an old engineer standing
In the group near by turned TO his compan-
ions and said
"Well, boys, fall In. The last man TO go
back Will be the one who gets left. II 10
only matter of time now"
His prediction was verified when at @
o'clock Chairman Conroe's notice was IS
sued. The men took the matter phlosoph-
ically, and nearly all Of them applied 20
Asst. supt spoor Tor orders, transporta-
tion, etc.
At ALBUQUERQUE, Las Vegas, and other
points I'm the southwest the engineers were
Informed by wire OF the order from Chair
man Conroe, and the men at once began
TO make preparations 10 return TO work. All
along the southwestern line the news was
hailed with delight, as at many places the
people were not prepared to meet extreme
measures. The order also applies to the
striking engineers and flremcn on the Allan
tic and Pacific road.
Chairman Conroe returned from Topeka
sunday morning. where he had been in con-
ference with Gov. Martin and Santa Re off,
cials. He at once called a meeting of the
company here, and II is understood that the
preparatory steps toward issuing the notice
were taken at tins meeting. Chairman
Conroc quietly boarded the Rock Island ex-
press for Chicago at 4:30 o'clock and was
fifty miles out OF the city by the time his no.
tice was promulgated. The prevailing opin-
ion here Is that the conference at Topeka
had considerable influence toward bringing
about a settlement. The ex-strikers here
assert that the company has agreed not TO
haul Burlington freight.
The diamond drill., 1888-03-24
HENRY BERaHs WILL.
The Friend or the Dumb Animals
Charges His Nephew Co Garry
on Hf. work.

The Will OF Henry Bergh was fled in New
York on Monday. In IL he bequeathed the
land and buildings ~ Warren street, to the
Society for the Prevention OF Cruelty 10
Animals. To Elbridge T. Gerry he be-
qneaths Russian painting In oil, "a Nymph
on the Sea Shore" To his nephew, Henry
Bcrgh, he bequcaths his wearing apparel'and
jewclry; and TO his nephews, Henry and Ed
ward Bergh, sons OF his brother Edwin, he
bequeaths all the rest OF his real and personal
estate, subject 10 the dover OF his wife,
Catherine Matilda Bsrgh. There are two
codicls which are void as they are only
signed by one witness. In one Of the codl-
ellis he says:
al affcctionately aud earnestly request
him [his nephew, Henry Berghl 10 devote
the remainder OF his life TO the humane
work In which the society founded by me In
this, our beloved country, Ia employed.
Recognizing his past fidelity 10 tho cause OF
protecting inferior animals from cruelty and
abuse,.I pray him In the charge Of his of
fetal duties should he be appointed 10 sue
cecd me. ever to exercise zeal tempered
with discretion and Justice mingled with
forbcarance, and may God continue 10 pros
per the sacred and civilized work."
The diamond drill., 1888-03-24
DOWN TO DEATH.
IL - Dashed 60 Pieces on the Ground
BeIow-26 KILLED and 80 Hurt.


A terrible accident causing the death OF
twenty-five persons and the serious injury OF
about forty more, happened on the Savannah,
Florida Great Western railroad at Black
shear Saturday morning. The yestibule fast
mail called the "Cuban" train, which runs
through from New York 10 Tampa, Fla,
went through the trestle at Hurricane river
and plunged forty feet TO the ground be-
meath. The wreck was a fearful one, every
car except the private coach OF Il. Ii. Wilbur,
president Of the Lehlgh Valley road, being
crushed 70 splintcn. George Gould and his
wife were on the train, but were not badly
hurt A son OF President Wilbur was killed.
The accident, Il Is supposed. was caused
by the baggage car getting OF the track.
The people wounded are, many OF them, still
at Blackshear and at waycross. Some ofthe
dead have been sent 70 their former homes,
and others will be embalmed and sent. The
most severely wounded are still at Waycross.
The trestle Of Hurricane river Il 500 feet
In length, and the break includes 400 feet at
the west end, the tender and engine lodging
against the abutment The baggage car left
the track on the trestle, which accounts for
the accident The ties show where the
wheets cut deep into them. IL was this car
that by its strain, dragged the tender down,
the engine having slowly crossed over.
Had IL not been for the presence OF mind
OF Engineer Richard Welch much more
horrible fate would have been In store for
the wounded. Hurriedly dispatching the
engine with fireman TO Blackshear he ran
down 70 the wreck, and, with the assistance
OF the porter OF the Pullman car Minerva,
eytinp1lehed tho fire which had broken out
In the baggage car.
The part or the trestle which was destroy
ed Is being rebuilt. The accident Is the
first Of the kind that has occurred on the
road since IL was built thirty-fye years ago.
The diamond drill., 1888-03-24

"A remarkable case OF woman's ven
geance has just been disclosed. A
young artist, who is comparatively
well known, lived for time with a
milliner who fos some months has been
dying Of consumption. During her
illness female friend OF hers used to
visit her and sit by her bedside. The
patient soon perceived that an intrigue
was on foot between her lover and the
friend. Accordingly, she raised her.
self suddenly In bed one evening while
the pair were talking near her and
pushed a petroleum lamp on them.
The flames caught the dress of the
hated rival, and she was almost burned
to death. When the ncighbors came
the dying woman told them that she
had fully intended 10 set the room on
fire so that she. her lover, and her rival
might perish In the flames. Parts
Letter.
The diamond drill., 1888-03-24

A strike Of engineers and frcmen on the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe system was be-
gun Thursday afternoon at all points on the
lines. II Il feared that strikes will also take
place on the Union Pacific and Kansas City,
Fort Scott and Cult lines.
The diamond drill., 1888-03-24

Fire at Milwaukee, Wis, carly Thursday
morning, starting In Atkins & Ogden's
shoe mandatory, extended through an on
tire block, causing an aggregate loss to \
large number Of firms OF si25, 900; insured for
about s275,0o0. A side wall fell. burying a
dozen flrcmen IN the debris. Herman Lccher
aud Richard Langton were killed, and three
Others fatally injured
The diamond drill., 1888-03-24

Thomas Il. Bayard is the only living
man who was balloted for in the st.
Louis convention In 1876.
The diamond drill., 1888-03-24

Farmers at Winchester, O., wednesday
night tarrcd and fcathcrcd two Norman
elders, and then chascd them 20 the Ohio
River, which the fugitiyes safely crossed.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-29
I'll EST MORT"
The GuilIOtine in Paris.
Execution Of Prado for the Murder
of his Mistress, at Daylight
Yesterday Morning.

New YORK, Dec. 2S.-An extra World
gives the following details of the execu
ton OF Prado, the mistress murderer, in
Paris. The death of Prado was witnessed
by TWO hundred artists, newspaper men,
actors, lawyers and politicians who pos
sessed influence sufficient to obtain ad-
mission within the sentry lines to the
Place De La Rouquette. He lied with
much the same bravado as Pranzini, his
70 mer chum and counterpart.
Prado in walking from the prison to
the guillotine showed no signs OF fear
His arms were pinioned tightly behind
his back, so tightly, indeed, that his head
Was drawn far beyond perpendicnlarity
His heavy locks, seen to such advantage
in the court room when he confronted
and shook them at Nj. Guillot, the Judge
d instr uction, were gone. His apparel
SET mingly consisted of a heavy wooden
undershirt and dark trousers. The shiit
had been roughly cut away from abou,
the neck and shoulders.
In front of the guillotine board stood
upright to the height Of five feet la the
top OF it was lunette AS Prado neared
this board most dreadful series OF Incl
dents followed each other with the rapids
ity OF lightning.
The trembling able stepped apart.
Four burly m n. dressed in b ousts Of
blue and white striped ticking, who had
not been seen before, sprang forward, ,
seized the condemned man, hurled him
onward against the upright board, flung
themselves upon him and by their
weight bore the struggling victim, face
downward, to the top of the low pia,-
form.
That board worked on swivel and ran
on rollers,
In an instant it had been wheeled for
ware until the neck was under the gls-
tening knife, upon which the morning
light had begun to gleam.
NJ Deibler, who had stood like man
OF stone at the right OF the guillotine dur
ing all this terrible scene, now reached
forward and fixed wooden collar over
the back OF the prisoners neck.
| Then the knife was sprung, and the
keen steel struck the neck as it might
have collided with rubber car spring.
1t went through and the head OF Prado
lay among the shavings beyond.
Ike surgeon placed bis hand on the
trunk and said: III est mort"
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-29
Yesterdays Fires.

CAIko, ILL, December 2S.-A fire al
Dongola, HI, at o'clock this morning,
destroyed business block Of eight
houses on the east side of the railroad
track. The fire is said TO heve started
from defective fue in Mrs. Poor's dwell
ling 1t was gotten under control at II
o'clock Loss and insurance not obtain
able at this hour. The town was with
out fire engines and the fire burned it,
self out.
SHARRoT LAKE., ONT, Dec. 2S.-Perry's
Hotel was burned this morning. Joshua
Frazer, a boarder, perished. Other per-
sons narroIly escaped with their lives.
Loss $4,000.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-29
Indian. He is a docile, teachabIe

Indian. He is a docile, teachable
human being, and progressive withal
under white example toward high,
and better estate. His ignorance,
his pity dishonesty, his tendency to
sloth try us sorely, as also do his sub
servience to the worst political infu-
ences; but he is inevitably, in great
degree thus, because he is not on the
average more than five generations
removed from depths Of African saw
aaery, whence we t ok his father aud
mother by force.
The sense and humanity and spirit
of kindness and torbearance of the
Southern white man will not sane
tion the colonizing schemes; annihi-
lalion; either by the "bleaching pro-
cess" or butchery. ere abeut equally
revolving to men of right fee'iug and
culture.
Let the race prob EN- alone. 1t
will settle itself; the laws of progress
and natural selec ion will gradually
remsve its undesirable features
White immigration and the drift of
the blacks to the lower cotton belt
are even nov rapidly working out
the Grace question" Let these forces
have full play, and our granGchl>
dren will have little or nothing Of
the kind to trouble them
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-29

We are pleased to clip from the
columns of the Chattanooga Daily
Times of Dec 18th, the following
complimentary notice of the deserv-
Hsouruur VI our spicy .cnntempn-
rary' The JUSTICE"
Edwin F. Horn, editor of Justice,
the colored organ of this city, is a
candidate for the position Of record
er of deeds in the District of Colum.
bia- The place has been held by
colored men several years and none
of them, in our judgement. were
more competent than Mr.. Horn.
The present incumbent, appoint
ed by Mr.. Cleveland, is a bright
mulatto, and Washington lawyers
and others having business with his
office pronounce him a competent
and agreeable official, but he is not
Horns equal in education, appear
ance or address Justice, under his
management, has been courteous and
conservative, not by any means
extreme as partisan. His course
for two or three years in Chattanooga
has been beneficial to the colored
people. He is a native of this state,
though he has live l in Indiana, and
New York and other great cities of
the country.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-29
JDdge Allen RI covering

NASHVILLE, Dec. % DIR. Duncan Eve
said to-day that Judge Allen, who wa
severely burned in the Christmas ev.
fire, was doing very well, and felt some
what better than he did yesterday. The
doctor said tat it would be NC ssa,v t.
amputate the little finger OF the rieht
hand. This operation will be per-
:ormed to day. The other fingers are
very badly burned, but it is thought
they may be saved.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-29
NEWS and SENTIMENT.
(From Colored Exchanges }

January 1st should be generally
observed as Emancipation day.
B. K. Bruce wants the appoint.
ment Of Register OF the Treasu-
ry.
The Home for "Aged Colored
Women" in Boston has been bequea.
thed SIS, 900 by the late Miss Abby
w. May.
Miss Ada Gray Of Cincinnati, has
been chosen Vice President of the
Junior Dental class Of the University
at Ann Arbor.
1.-THE cerLer stone Of a $4,000
church was laid by St. Johns A. M.
E. church. of Kansas City, Rev. M.
w. Beckley was assisted in the GER
emony by several lodges Of the
Knights Of Labor.
The Pennsylvania society for the
abolition of slavery, will hold their
quarter century celebration Of free
dom, on Jan. 2, 1889 in Philadel-
phia. The Rev j. G. Price, Mr..
Geo. w. Clark, Hon. Fred. Doug
lass and Brooker P. Washington
have been invited to be present.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-29

Char otte, N. G., Dec. 1S-The
corner stons OF the Good Samaratin
hospital for colored people was laid
here to day in the presenc of quite
number of people, both white and
eolored. The building Of this hos.
pital has been undertaken by white
people entirely, and is under the
Of the Episcopal Church.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-29
FROM SUAKIM,
British Troops Reconoitering.

SUAKIM, Dece mber 2S.-Gen. Grenfell,
at the head of the Welsh regiment, cav
airy and the Soudanese troops, made a
reconnaissance four miles into the inte.
rior this morning. A few rebels on
camels We're seen in the distance, but
they retired at the approach oil General
Grenfells force. After filling up the
rebel wells the force returned to Suakim.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-29

WHATEVER be the policy Of the
new Administration man must con-
tinue to earn his bread by the sweat
of his brow, or 60 needy for idleness.
The policy most needing your atten-
ton just now is your individual pol
icy for the best method of pursuing
and obtaining health happiness and
prosperity. Look after home affairs.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-29
REV. JAMES BOYcE.
Death Of the President Of the Bap-
tist Seminary

LouIsvILLE. KY, December 2S.-A
cablegram received this morning an
nounced the death at Pal, France, OF
Rev. James Petigru Boyce, LII. D. D..
President OF the Southern Baptist Theo>
logical Seminary, in this city. He was
sixty years old and left here last August
for two years trip to recruit his shat
tered health.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-29

Little Lille 4 five yoar-old
daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. Albert
R IS, living about siz miles north
west Of the city, while alone Friday
Dec. l4th, acvidently caught fire and
was burnt to death.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-29

We look to the next Republican
congress for many things, but we
look for nothing more earnestly than
the passage of the Freedman's bank
bill for the relief Of the defrauded
depositors.