Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-12-29
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 WASHINGTON, D. O., Dec. 24.-A deci sion was today rendered in the Suprem, Court District of Columbia, in 8 SUI
 pending for Dearly two years, brought
 by the American Grsphaphone Com.
 pany, nominaliy against the ColnmbiI
 Monograph Company the real parties
 defendant being Thomas A. Edison snt
 Edison Photograph Works. It was al
 legged by the American Graphaphon,
 Company that the original tin foil pho
 nograph was failure, as the sound rec
 ords it made were not accurate, perma
 nent or capable of being reproduced al
 often as desired, and it could not b.
 reached from the machine, handled anc
 transported and are. as known, created
 by the inventions of Alex Graham Bell
 Chichester A. Bell and Charles s. Tain
 ter, who began work under the suspiceI
 of the Volta Laboratory Association
 and whose patents were afterwards ac
 quired by the American Graphaphont
 Company, and every phonograph, every
 photograph cylinder and every phono graph record became practical and valu. able only so far as it relied upon the prin ciple of engraving the record as distin. guish iros the old method of indent- ing used on the Edison original tinfoll
 paonograph. The tistimony was taken for the Columbia Monograph Co.,, in the case and when the time limit fixed by the court had almost expired the defendant withdrew counsel and allow ed the decree by default. The court finds for the American Grapbone O.. one every point; issued 8 decree of injunction against the de- the auditor of tue court. Other suits are pending in New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Ohio, and Kansas,
 SAN FRANcIsCo, Dec. 23.-The cor oner began an inquest yesterday in the case of Eugene Ware, the yout thfui drug clerk who was so cruelty murdered nearly t~o weeks ago in the pharmacy under the St. Nicholas hotel. The few witnesses who were examined could throw no light on the mysterious tragedy and the inquest was finally con- tinued until next week. Mrs. B. s. Spanler, sister of the murdered boy, was considered the most important though the coroner got nothing from her. When she had concluded her testimony she was asked whether she knew anything more. "I know more," she replied, with siRni- fcant emphasis on the word "know."
 Itremained for the reporters to pursue this point after the coroner's court ad iourned. To them Mrs. Spanier declar- ed that it was ridiculous to suppose that any insane man or robbsr went in of the street to murder her brother by plunging knife into his body nineteen times. Did it not appear to the report ers, Mrs Spanier asked, that the murder had been very deliberately planned and that it had been done by some one who knew just where to strike vital spot? The sister said that there was but one person who would have any object in causing the boys death. He was @ man very intimate with Ware and who had secret which the boy had kept for him for long time. Ware had told his sister about this man and the secret, but the boy had never told the nature of the secret more than that it was that would end the career of of the mRn in question should he ever reveal it.
 Mrs. Spanier knows, however, that Eugene did tell his elder brother, John Ware, all about the secret and for that reason she is very anxious to learn the of her missing brother John, for she is sure that he could throw some light op the murder. John Ware has been variously reported as being in Oregon, West ingtop, Mexico and many other points. The man whom Mrs. Spsnier suspects lives in San Fran cisco. She declares that he was very intimate with her brother, and that his actions on the day following the murder were very suspicious, but this identity she positively refuses to reveal.
 SAN FsANCIsCo, Dec. 23-Competi- ton for the purchase of the Call and Bulletin is growing warmer, and the bids are increasing rapidly in amount. It is stated that the bid so far approxim- ates $500, ,000 for the Call.
 Charles M. Shortridge of the San Jose Mercury seems to be the only bidder outside of the present owpers of the paper, George K Fitch and the Picker ng and Simobton heirs. The two alter interests, it is said, have combin- d, and will endeavor to secure and run he paper. Shortridge declares that he wants the Call and will pay any sum within reason for 1t.
 SANTA CRUZ, Dec. 23-The relatives ,f Mrs. Robert H. Majors, widow and he mother of seven children, believe hat something has befallen her. Mrs. Majors recently brought suit for breach # promise against Harry Oowell, the on of Henry 4. Cowell, the millionaire ime merchant of San Francisco, and vho has kilns here of which the son is uperin tendent. Mrs. Majors swore that Harry Cowell was intimate with her and hat child was the result. On account # the inability to serve the summons n young Cowell, who went to Wash ngton, the case was transferred to the Jnited States circuit court.
 Some time ago Mrs. Majors was visited y 8 man named Patterson, who repre- ented himself to be private detective rom San Francesca and whom Mrs. Ma ors said was looking after her affairs. drs. Majors mortgaRed her property for 600 and gave the sleuth $40 of it and hen left for San Francisco to look after Ter affairs. This WAS a month ago and lnce then her relatives have had no word from her, and foul play is expect d.