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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-04-26
Grover Cleveland is the only Gle,

Grover Cleveland is the only clergy.
mans son who has ever been elected Presi-
dent, though Arthur's father was clergy
man. He was not, however, elected Presi-
dent. The fathers Of the Virginia Presi-
dents-W ashin2ton, Jefferson. Madison
and Nonroe-were planters. John Tyler's
father was n lawyer and a statesman, and
John Adams, the father OF John Quincy
Adams, was by profession q lawyer.
Grants father was q tanner. Hayes father
. merch ant, and the fathers Of Garfield.
Lincoln, Pierce, Fillmore, Polk, Van Buren,
and jackson were farmers. The chances
for the Presidency in the rast have thus
been with the farmers boys, and out Of
the eighteen Presidents elected by the peo-
pie only one has been a parsons son. Presi-
dent Cleveland never went 10 college, and
Washington, Jackson, Van Buren,, Taylor,
FILLMORE, Lincoln and johnson had no
college training. John Adams was edu-
Gated at Harvard, Thomas Jefferson stud
led Latin at William and Mary and Madi-
son probably used pony TRANSACTIONS while
he was at Princeton. Monroe and Tyler
were also students at William and Mary,
at Williamsburg, aud John Qaincy Adams
graduated Ut Harvard Harrison was col
Iege-bred. Pierce was good mathemati-
cal student 1t Bowdoin College, and Blu
chanan went to school at Dickinson Col
lege. General Grant was the only Presi-
dent who had military education. Ruther-
ford Hayes was educated ut Kenyon Col
lege. Garfield studied at Williams. and
Arthur was schooled 1t Union College.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-04-26
FOREIGN NOTES.

General Bouianger ii"otcd as lie Enter.
the Chamber OF Deputies-Sentence. In
lrcland-Otter Notes.
PARIS. April 2O.-General BOulangcr yes
ter,iay ignored the appeals OF hundreds Of
friends TO avoid pu blicIty. On entering
the Sales de In Paix Of the Chamber OF
Deputies crowd OF deputies craned for
ward to see HIM, and thinking they mani
Tested sympathy for him he smiled. The
storm instantly broke, the deputies crying:
"A has ic dictateur! "a bas B"ulanger ~
KOys were used AS whistles. and for time
pandemonium reigned. Anger convulsed
every face For q moment the General
finched, but he Immediately regained his
self possession ana entered the Chamber
laughing, taking u seat near NJ. Pyxtt.
SENTENCES IN IRELAND.
DUBLIN. April 2O-The sentence OF Rev.
Father McFadden, who was condemned to
three months Imprisonment for holding
anti-lardlord aud anti police meetings, on
appeal was increased tn six months. He
will be treated "a. - first class prisoner.
The case OF Alexander Blanc, IL. p, who
was convicted OF melting tenants to vlo-
lcnce, was heard on appeal to-day and his
sentence was increased from four months
to six months Imprisonment.
The sentence Of Father Stephens was
confirmed. In February last no was con-
victed at Falcaragh Of advising tenants
not to pay their rents and was sentenced
to three months Imprisonment.
Mr.. Smelling. the delegate Of the British
Anti-Coercion League, who was sentenced
to six months imprisonment, had his sell
tence reduced TO two months without hard
labor.
THE SICK EMPEROR
LONDON, April Y.-A dispatch from
sent ut midnight, says:
"rhc En,pcror's condition is again critical.
He is able to sleep, but he is teverish and
brcathes heavily. The canula has some
times to be cleaned at intervals Of three
miuutcSn
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-04-26
THE EASE.

LAWYER MARsH's sanity is questioned by
the Park Commissioners Of New York.
ALLEGATIONS Of fraud have been made in
connection with the late Rhode Island cleo
ton.
MAYOR O'BRIHN, Of Boston, has vetoed
the grant OF wire conduit twenty year
monopoly to Cobb and associates
THE New York Assembly has passed by
. vote OF Sc to the bill which substitutes
electricity for hanging.
7. C. LOOMS, mayor OF Olean, N. Y,
cloped with Katharine Hodges the other
day, leaving Q wife and two children.
FRANK HURD addressed the students Of
the Yale Law School at New Haven, Conn,
recently on tariff reform. He also touched
upon trusts, which, he said, were made
possible only by the present protective
tariff.
PENNSYLVANIA Rcpu blicans are instruct.
ing for Don Cameron for President.
TwELvE stores and dwellings in North
Braddock, Pa. were destroyed by fire the
other day. Loss, $4,000. Fifty persons
were rendered homeless.
THE number OF saloons in Philadelphia
are being reduced about nine-tenths.
EX-SENATOR Roscoe CoNKLING died at
New York on the morning Of the 18th, the
ninth day after the operation on his ear.
He was born in Albany, N. Y, October 30,
lS29.
DR. AGNEw, the eminent New York
physician and surgeon, died on the 18th.
WILLIAM DINsMoRE, PRECEDENT OF the
Adams Express Company, died at New
York on the 2Oth with an affection OF the
liver. He was seventy-eight years old.
The development Of the American express
business was due in great part to lis
efforts during the last half century.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-04-26
A ST. LOUIS HOLOCAUST.

Burning of the Bethel Homo and = Nuu,-
Der of Lives LOst-Narrow EscAps of
MS0y az the Lod.ers.
ST Louis. April IA thorough search
of the ruins Of The Bethel Home on the
levc., which, burned last night, resulted
in the finding Of the bodies Of three
men. Their names are unknown. In the
hospital. burned and bruised. are George
Miller, hands burned; Frank Henken. legs
hurt; Alex. Webb, knee hurt; James
Smith, badly burned about the body. Tho
pecuniary loss TO the Bethel Home IS
$3.50: to Collier & Tate. on the build
ing, 50. go; to others. 81 $40: fully insured.
The fourth and fifth stories were occupied
10y about seventy lodgers forty Of whom
were co!orcd. sleeping on the fifth floor.
Yesterday seems TO have been u day of
decauch, for most Of the men were aroused
from drunken stupor with difficulty AM.
found their exit cut of from the stairway.
Bill Anthony, u negro found rope ut the
fifth story hail window asd gave t,dings to
others imprisoned rs he slid out OF the wiz
dow to the pavement There Was u general
scramble TOR th-. window and half u dozen
men at IA t,me came down the rope hand
over hand while there was a general s:ruy-
gle at the window OF frantic men pursued
py smoke and fire. AMY White was
Knocked down aud tramplcd on in the rush
for the W ndow and found others under
MIN. When he got out Of the window his
clothing was on fire.
The last man to come down the rope was
J. Malone, the night Waterman. who was
one Of the first TO learn OF the fire. He ran
through the building ar"usIng the men
and found his escape cut oil. In making for
the window he stumbled over Alex Webb,
IL cripple, who was lying almost in the
flames, bruised and nearly sufYocatci. Ma
lone was burned in taking up the man, but
he held bravely to his charge and came
safely down the rope with him.
When the fire WAS at its hcrcest man
was seen by the assembled crowd in the
fourth story to come toward the window.
In An instant he faltercd. then fell back
into the flames. All the dodgers have been
accounted for.
Further investigation strengthens the
impression that the fire was inccndInrv
and not from the pipe Of a bnardcr. The
fire started under the stairway Of the
second floor and spread through the upper
floors, the emily l'art OF the second floor WIS.,
tied by the flames being the hall and starr
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-04-26
MurSfarar lian1ad.

LEBANON, Tenn, April 2O.-N. B. Lester,
the murderer Ut Lieutenant ]. T. Lane.
paid the penalty Of his crime to-day at
Lebanon. the scene OF the murder. He
made disconnected and senselesx speech
before hanging, explaining why he
committed the crime. Lane having.
he said. destroyed the happiness Of
his family and made q prostitute OF
his wife. He declared he was ready
to die and was going straight to Heaven.
On Tuesday morning, the 18th day OF last
July, Lester shot and killed Lieutenant
Lane in this city. Lane was a lawyer ano
had sat down just outside his cffice door,
when Lester stepped up and empticd both.
barrels Of shotgun into his victims body.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-04-26
NeDrnSlxA Labor Men.

LINCOLN, Neb.. April 2l.-The State con-
vention Of the Union Labor party of Ne
braska ia called to meet at Lincoln on
Wednesday. May 2, 1883, in Fitzgerald
Hall, at ten o'clock u m, to elect eight
delegates 20 the National convention,
(Which meets at Cincinnati May Is, for the
purpose of nominating a Presidential
ticket), TO make arrangements to organize
the State, and il thought advisable, to
nominate State ticket. The convention
will DO composed of So delegates. sppor-
toned among the counties of the State &C
cording to population, AMI in addition each
local assembly Of Knights Of Labor, each
Grange, each Farmers Alliance, and every
other industrial organization in the State
- requested to send one delegate.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-04-26
JOnSdMl0'S Trip.

WINNIPEG, Man., April 2O.-Lord Ions
dale's adventurous trip 10 the Arctic circle
was a nine days wonder in Winnipeg dur
ing his stay here. Yesterday interest was
again quickened by the return OF his valet
with the larger portion Of his outfit. His
only companion was dog. He explained
that he bad parted company with Lonsdale
at Green lake, north OF Prince Albert, ow-
ing to the impossibility OF securing trans
portation for q full outfit. 80 he had come
back with part Of it. Lord Lonsdale, he
said, would proceed northward in company
with his Indian and half breed guides and
he had no doubt the lordly adventurer
would accomplish his trip successfully.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-04-26
ANDERSON'S PLAN.

The Kansas Congressman Introduces -
Railroad Bill With Very Stringent Pro-
visions.
WASHINGTON, April 21.-Mr. Anderson,
of Kansas. one of the committee that in
vestigated the Reading strike. has intro
duced in the House bill which embodies
his views OF the Legislation necessary for
securing to tho public regular service by
railroad companies. The Reading was
taken as the type of railway that is
wholly within one State, and therefore
held to be free from Congressional legisla-
tion, since Congress had jurisdiction only
over Interstate commerce. The bill was
referred to the Commerce Commit: ee. 1t
is entitled "a bill to declare the duties, en-
force the obligations, and regulate the
service Of railroad companies as carriers
of Interstate commerce." 1t provides
that the jurisdiction OF State ceases with
its territory. No State railroad can be-
come a carrier of Interstate commerce
except by the permission and authority of
the United States. An old act Of 1885,
which gave this authority, is SO amended
as only to include such State corpora
lions as accept the provisions of this
bill, and ali others are prohibited
from carrying Interstate commerce
uuOCi PCAGsAlASo. EsS0i i0iAA Ohu SuO
ject to the bill. for which private property
has been taken by eminent domain, is made
public highway Of the United States. A
corporation holding the franchise Of col
lecting tolls. or Of operating public high
way as q railroad, is declared to be Gus
todian and trustee Of public property, and
bound to maintain and operate it for the
interest OF the public, subject only to its
charter rights. The duties and obligations
OF the holder Of these franchises are de-
clared to be distinct from and prior to
those Of o common carrier, and their per-
fornance is enforced under penalties. The
Interstate Commerce Commission is re-
Quired TO execute the provisions Of the bill,
and is given corps OF inspectors. In the
event OF a failure by company to run its
regular trains, the COmmiss on is required
to promptly investigate the facts and to is
sue such orders as will secure the regular
service. If, after seven days, the service
is not performed, the Acknowledgement is
required to procure the appointment Of a
receiver, who is to operate the road rs for
the United States and may employ the old
force. Companies are given the right to
connect their roads with others and are
prohibited from engaging Ill mining or any
other business than that OF a carrier and
stringent prohibition is made OF combina-
lions Of competing lines or of rates.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-04-26

Young man. never preserve Above
letter. The sweets keep slowly ebbing
out of it till it gets to be as stale as
fourtcenth-century witticism; and then
like as not your wife will get hold OF
it, and go and take all of the paris
green you were saving for the potato
buys.-BurlinQton Free Press.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-04-26
CONKL,NG At REST.

Funeral Ser vices In New York City-Cere-
monies ut MIR. COnkiing's Home In Utica
-EntomDed.
NEW YORK, April aO-Funeral services
were held in Trinity Chapel to-day over
the remains OF Roscoe Conklng. From
early morning, dropping rain. sodden hags
hanging at half mast ON the city hall aud
numerous public buildings as well as pri-
vate, reminded the citizens of the metropo-
lis that New York was to bid farewell TO-
day to all that remained of the dis:in-
guished statesman and jurlst, whose pres
ence here had been so welcome TO the
citizens.
AT 9:45 O'Clock the coffin was borne to
the hearse by the under;aker's assistants
Walking on either side were the pail
bearers. dressed i'll black with broad white
scarfs from the shoulder to the waist
They were Judge Shipman, Mayor Abram
S. Hewitt s. L. NJ. Barlow, Clarence NJ
Seward, Manton Marble, Senator John P.
Jones, Senator j. Don Cameron, Judge
William A. Wallace, Walter S. Church and
Isaac II. Bailey. Eleven carriages con
tanning relatives and intimate family
friends followed to the church.
Every one in the vast edifce remained
standing till the chant of tine choir boys
was finished and then bowed their heads
in PRAYER with Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix, who
was the officiating clergyman. The services
were simple and no sermon was preached.
The entire assemblage arose af
ter prayer and joined in sing
ing Rock Vi Ages" This finished,
the choir Buys rose md walked slowly
down through the aisle to the music OF
Felton's chant, followed by the under
takers assistants, the pal.-bearers aud the
mourners.
The remains were then taken to the spe.
cial train for Utica
At Utica.
UTICA. N. Y, April 2l.-The day on
which the citizens OF Utica are bidding
farewell to all that is mortal Of Roscoe
Conkiing opened with clouds ard threaten
ing rain. The principal delegations from
abroad arrived during the night, but the
trains Of the morning have brou ght throngs
of Official and unofficial friends from all
parts Of the Nation.
The remains OF Mr.. Conkiing lay in state
from twelve to one o'clock. Before noon q
very large number of friends Of the de-
ceased had assembled IN the vicinity of the
house and during the following hour con-
'A"oOu' 'tASohA VI PSoPAO pesooCu ihto tHS
residence 10 take a last look at the features
Of the dead. The floral tributes were very
numerous and OF unusual magnifcence
The funeral services began at two O'clock,
being conducted by Rev. A. Il. Goodrich,
d. ID. During the passage of the funeral
procession into the church the rector read
the opening sentences of the beautiful and
impressive burial service Of the Episcopal
Church, commencing: ~ am the Resur-
rection and the Life" When all were
seated the burial anthem taken from the
thirtieth and ninetieth Psalms was ren-
dered responsibility by the officiating clergy
man, the choir singing alternate verses.
After q brief but impressive service the
procession moved to the cemetery, where
the commttal service of the church Was
held in the conservatory.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-04-26
-Stiltunp explains his habit,

-Stiltung explains his habitual
reticence by saying that he doesn't
care to talk to the majority of people
he meets. because they aren't worth
wasting his wisdom upon, and it SO
happens that the people he would like
to talk with are invariably persons
who show q decided disinclination to
listen to him.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-04-26

Mrs Hetty Green, the money
queen of America, is the daughter of
AN old Nantucket sea captain. from
whom she inherits many shrewd traits
of character Her fortune Is estimated
at $40, 600, CO.,
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-04-26

Among the Japanese engravings
which are now exhibited in London is
one in which is shown little boy ex-
posing his body to the attacks of mos
quitoeA so that his parents may Be-
spared the bites
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-04-26

RANDOLPH jerks cotton warehouse,
Philadelphia, was damaged $4,000 by fire
recently.
BRIEF services were held over the re-
mains of ex-senator Conkling at Trinity
Chapel, New York. on the Goth. after which
the funeral party left on a special train for
Utica y Y
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-04-26
p.nnletop Attacked with Apopl.xy.

New YORK, April 20-Francis K. Pen
deton, q lawyer OF this city, has received
q cable dispatch from WIesbaden inform
ing him that his father, George II. Pendle-
ton, Minister to Germany, sustained .
slight apoplectic stroke, but his condition
was not at any time considered dangerous.
nor was danger feared now.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-04-26
THE LAAESI.

DEXTER. the celebrated race horse, owned
by Robert Bonner, died recently, aged
thirty. For several years Dexter's trotting
record Of 2:l7H was unbeaten.
REAR ADMIRAL CHARLES STEWART Boeas
died at New Brunswick, n. j., on the 22d,
Of paralysis and general debility. He leaves
q widow.
CLEARING house returns for week ended
April q showed an average "crease Of 10. 3
compared with the corresponding week Of
last year. In New YORK the decrease was
1865.
TIE Senate was not in session on the
2lst. The River and Harbor bill was be.
fore the House.
DISTRICT JUDGE TowNs, Of Austin, Tex,
has decided that the Texas Traffic Associa-
ton is contrary to law.
MAX STRAKosH, the impressario, had an
acute attack OF paralysis Of the lower limbs
ut New York recently.
WINONA, Miss, was almost destroyed by
fire on the 21st. Loss On the city hall and
other property amounted to $3.50, 0OO; in
surance. $4,000.
GENERAL WILLIAM DWIGHT died in Bos-
ton on the 2lst. He was appointed Briga-
dier-General December l. 1867, and served
in the department Of the Gulf and with
Sheridan in the Shenandoah.
NARY HEM, her brother, sister and
lover, Andrew Biebiel, Of New Ulm, Mimi,
were crossing the south fork of the Crow
river In q boat recently, when they were
upset aad Biebiel and Mary Hem were
drowned. but the others were saved by
clinging to the boat.
The large roller mills and seven other
business buildings at Carlisle, Iowa were
burned recently, cntaiiing loss Of sc, wv,
with So, 500 insurance.
The European money markets were all
depressed during tae week enced April 81,
the principal cause being the uncertainty
concerning the sickness Of the Emperor OF
Germany.
THOMAS DCaAN and c. A. Bidd, promi-
nent hotel proprietors Of Springfield, O.,
have been fined $50 and costs each and SEN
fenced to ten days in jail for using oleomsr-
garine on their tables without posting no.
tice in their dining. rooms.
BIZ the explosion of q tug boat boiler OIL
Long Island City, N. Y, the other day two
men were blown to atoms and q man on the
wharf fatally injured.
CHICAGO bakers, numbering about 100,
struck on the ed because Of the refusal
Of the bosses to recognize the union. The
strike speedily ended, the bosses coming
to terms.
AFTER q lockout of over year caused
BY the refusal of the Boston granite cutters
to accept a ten per cent reduction Of wages
and longer hours the employers surrend-
cred to their men.
ABour fifty Democratic clubs met at the
Hoffman House. New York, ON the 2lst tc
consider the advisability Of forming q
National League. It was resolved to hold
convention as Baltimore, Nd, but the
date was not fixed,
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-04-26

SrRISGrIELD, O., April 22-Thomas Du.
gan and Z. A. Bidd, prominent hotel pro-
prietors, have been fined So and costs
each and sentenced to ten days in Jail for
using o!eomargarine on their tables with
ont posting notice in dining rooms.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-04-26
THE SOUTH.

JAMES L. DOND anu 1Oul DOnO, the Cnle1
conspirators in the West Virginia insur.
ance swindles, have been captured in Ala
bama. Governor Richardson will issue
acquisitions for them.
b. F. AsKEw, Republican candidate for
Congress, living at Magnolia, Ark, was
terribly bitten by a mad dog recently. He
went to Paris for treatment.
NEWS has been received from Leoto,
Miss, that tho levee one mile south OF
Grand Lake, Ark, had given way and that
the water was running with terrific force
through the gap. A crevasse was also re-
ported near Eunice, Ark.
The marines and blue jackets partici.
pated in q sham battle ut Pensacola, Fla,
on the 18th. Five blue jackets and ma
rine were wounded. 1t is supposed that
the material in the cone Of q shell had
hardened and tore OF the metal cone.
wounding the men.
TIE Louisiana State election occurred on
the 18th. The majority for Nichols, Demo
crat, was variously estimated between 20,
GOO and $4,000
AT the monthly meeting Of the Balti-
more & Ohio railway at Baltimore recent.
ly, Charles o. Scull, assistant general pas.
senger agent, was promoted to be general
passenger agent. A semi-anuual dividend
OF four per cent on the Washington branch
was declared, but no dividend was allowed
on the main stem.
ARUNA S. ABsLL. founder Of the Balti.
moro Sun, died in that city on the 18th. He
was born In East Providence, r. l.. August
10, 1896. He founded The Philadelphia
Ledger. the first number Of which appeared
March IS. 1881. The following year he
went to Baltimore. and May II, 1882, he
founded the Baltimore Sun, of which he
was continuously director and publisher
up to his death.
, INDICATIONS on the 10Th were that the
majority for Nichols, the Democratic can
didate for Governor Of Louisiana, would
be $4,000 over Yarmouth, his Republican
opponent