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No Blanks In this Competition.

This is a competition of rather an unusual
nature 1t is common to offer prizes for the
best story, or picture, or architectural plan,
all the competitors risklng the loss of their
labor and the successful one merely selling
his for the amount of the prize. But the
Press Claims Companys offer is something
entirely different Each person is asked
merely to help himself, and the one who
helps himself to the best advantage is to be
rewarded for doing it. The prize is only
STIMULUS to do something that would be well
worth doing It, The architect whose com.
peti:ive plan for club house on a certain
corner is not accepted has spent his labor on
,)methng of very little use to him Blu, the
.erson who patents a simple and useful de,
rice iu the Press Claims Companps Compe-
tition, need not worry if he fail to secure the
prize He has substantial result to show
for his work--one that will command its val
de in the market at any time.
The plain man who uses any article in his
daily work ought TO know better how to I'M
prove it than the mechanical expert who
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PRIZES ON PATENTS.
How to Get twenty-five Hun
dred Dollars for Nothing.
The winner has a Clear GILT OIL"
Small Fortune, and the Losers
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The Press Claims Company devotes much
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ands of applications for Inventions, E 9r,o. ~
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needing nothing but courage m en-
Z" nroJuce practical results. That encour
seement the Press Claims Company pro-
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V1,T 50 HARD ASST SEEMS.

patent strikes most people MS ah upp"h
ingly formidable thing. The idea IS that an
inventor must be a natural genius, ike Eol-
son or Bell that he must put years to delving
IN complicated mechanical proolems ano
that be must spend a fortune on delicate ex.
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a patentable degree of perfection. THIS de-
luslon the company desires to dlspe!' IL de.
aires to get into the head of the public clear
comprehension of the tact that 1t ls not 1ne
great. complex, and expensive inventions
mat bring the best returns TO their authors
but the little, simple, and cheap ones-the
things that seem so absurdly trivial that the
citizen would feel somewhat ashamed OF
bringing them to the attention Of the fatent
Office. .;.oa
Edison SAYS that the profits he has received
from the patents on all his marvellous lnVen,
lions have not been sufficient to pay the cost
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ceiyed the idea of fastening bit OF rubber
cord to a child's ball, so that 1t would come
back to his hand when thrown MADE LOT
tune out of his scheme. The modern sew
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product of the toll of hundreds OF busy brains
through hundred and fifty years, out inc
whole brilliant result rests upon the simple
device of putting the eye OF the needle al 'he
,o;,+ ;nctaod Of the other end.
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THE LITTLE THINGS THE
MOST VALUABLE.

Comparatiyely few people regard tlienl-
selves "a inventors, but almost everybody
aas been struck at one time or announcer
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some of the little frictions OF HE. Csualy
such ideas are dismissed without lur'her
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never had to work oyer stove, or ne Wouu
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.Hang such collar button y grows the
man who is late for breakfast "lfl were in
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Of my neck"
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thing else If they would sit down AT the
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A TEMPTING OFFER.
To induce people to keep track of their
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twill also advertise the In
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Every competitor must obtain patent for
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pense Otherwise he will be expected to
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ent IN the regular way The total expense
including Government and Bureau fees, will
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GA. R. MOTTO

We take this opportunity Of informing
subscribers that the new Commission,
Pensions has been appointed. He is au
soldier. and we believe thatsoldiers and
heirs will receive justice at his hands.
do not anticipate that there will be any
ical changes in the administration of pen
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We would adyise, however, that U. 8!
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make application at once, if they haye no
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of the early filing of their claims in case
should be any future pension legislatI
Such legislation is seldom retroactive. Thu,
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sible date.
IfU. 3. Soldiers, Sailors, or the1
Widows, Children. or Parent
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tiers, they should write to The Pres
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The Redwood gazette., 1895-06-06
HE COLIMA WRECK
WENT ON THE ROCKS IN A
STORM.

The Ill I'ated Pacific Mail Steamship Sank
So Quickly That Only One boat Got
Safely Away-Only &c Of the e13 on
Board Survived. Se
SAN FRANCISCO, June An Exam.
liner special from Manzanillo says:
The number of survivors from the
Colima is 26. Three passengers and
two sailors who were thought to be
dead appeared at point on the coast
near Manzanillo and will reach here
soon. Their names are unknown. The
Colima bore 213 people all told, and the
death list has now gone up to 1877 by
official count. This is heavier than
heretofore reckoned. The boat making
the rescue is the Roman Rubio, be.
longing to the government which found
them at Coahuayana. The rescued
passengers and sailors now on her will
be borne to the north by the steamer
Baracoutah. The remaining 81 will
have already left for the north with
San Francisco as their ultimate desti'
nation, by the steamer San Juan.
The Colima is apparently total loss,
and lies at the bottom of the sea- about
80 miles below Manzanillo, beside the
coral reef which stove in the side OF the
vessel. The steamer lies on her side in
600 metres of water. The Colima had
on board 100000 in Mexican dollars,
shipped from Mazatlan. f
A Dangerous Coast.
The coast in the neighborhood OF
Manzanillo seems fatal spot. Nearly
all the wrecks on the Panama route
have occurred within 100 miles north
or south of Manzanillo Three vessels
have been lost in that neighborhood,
and these are the only large vessels OF
the Panama line that have been
wrecked. Another remarkable fact is
that all were lost in still weather, indi'
eating some peculiar condition OF the
currents setting in at this point and
driving the vessels in upon the shore.
The first and most noted of the losses
was the wreck of the Golden Gate
which was burned and wrecked
only a few miles north of Man
zanillo. In this wreck the loss
of life exceeded 200, and it has
gone down in history as the greatest
marine horror of the coast. The cause
of this wreck has never been definitely
settled. 1t occurred in 1862. The
Granada went down June %, 1869, at
Point Tejupan, some miles north OF
Manzanillo. No lives were lost, but the
vessel, which in rounding the point
went ashore, was a total loss. The
Nicaragua, one of the Mexican coasting
fleet Of the Pacific Mail company, was
driven ashore ON the Salvador coast
near Acaiutla, by wind and currents.
The Redwood gazette., 1895-06-06
ONE HUNDRED DEAD.

French Steamer Dom Pedro Founders on
the Coast Of Galicia.
CAD1z, May 29.-The French steamer
Dom Pedro, bound for Garlic, Spain,
was wrecked off Galicia. Eighty OF
those on board were drowned. The
disaster was caused by the bursting of
q boiler.
Later details of the wreck of the
French passenger steamer Dom Pedro
are being secured with difficulty. The
number who have perished in the dis
aster is now ascertained to be 103, and
only 38 were saved. The survivors
have taken refuge in the little town Of
Villagarcia. The rocks of Cobos, near
Cor$abddo, upon which the i'll fated
vessel struck, is rough headland
which forms the northern limit of the
bay of ArOsa.
The Redwood gazette., 1895-06-06
INFERRED At CHICAGO.
The Funeral Services Simple but I'm
pressive.

The Funeral Services Simple but Inn
pressive.
CHICAGO, May 81 The remains Of
Walter @. Gresham were laid in the
vault in Oakwoods cemetery during
the afternoon, there to remain until
the members of his family have decided
upon place of final interment.
The services, conducted by the
Rev. S. J. Mcpherson of the
Second Presbyterian church, were
impressive, but simple, consist
ing merely of scriptural readings, a
hymn by the choir and prayer.
At their conclusion the remains were
temporarily deposited in the receiving
vault of the cemetery.
No salute was fired, the ceremonies
concluding with "taps.'
The train had been held at Sixty.
third street, and the presidential party
returned to it and at once started on
the return trip to Washington.
The Redwood gazette., 1895-06-06
Iowa'a M ulCt Law.

DEs MONIES, June 1.-The supreme
court has decided the mulct saloon law
case of tho State VS.. the Ashert:: and
Savery Hotel company, throwing the
burden of proof of suficiency of petit
tions under the law upon the saloon
men. The petition was fled with the
county auditor and accepted by him,
which was held to be evidence Of its
sufficiency. 1t is now decided other.
wise. Saloons here may have to close
unless they get petition.
The Redwood gazette., 1895-06-06
GOES BACK TO CHINA.

Important Decision on the Chinese Immi-
grafton Law.
NEW YORK, June LIN the United
States circuit court Judge Lacombe
entered final order sending Lee Yuen
back to China on the ground that he
had entered this country as laborer.
Lee YueL had been in this country be-
fore and returned in August, 1894, by
way of Burlington, VT. He was ar
rested in this city while at work as a
cigarmaker. 1t was held on his behalf
that Lee Yuen was merchant. Judge
Lacombe's precedent is a decision by
Judge Coke to the effect that China
men engaged in unskilled labor are
laborers within the meaning of the act,
no matter whether they own an inter
est in store or not.
The Redwood gazette., 1895-06-06
A NARROW ESCAPE
ST. PAUL NEGRO JERKED UP BY
AN ANGRY MOB.

He Attempted Criminal Assault, But Was
Frightened Away and Csptured-Hi'
Neck Saved by the Entreatjes Of the
Women He Would Have Outraged.
ST. PAUL, June 3.-About daylight
Sunday morning a negro giving his
name as Huston Osborne had narrow
escape from lynching. He climbed in
the window of a little cottage, 1895
Ielehart street, in which slept Maggie,
Frieda and Katherine Ketchell. His
object was criminal assault. He was
discovered in the attempt, and the
screams of the frightened women, who
rushed from the house. aroused their
brother, who slept in the cottage next
door. In an instant he was out, and
discovered the negro in flight. Divin-
ing the situation the brother gave
chase, attired only in his night shirt.
On his way he was
Joined by a Cowboy
and others who were abroad, and after
one of the most exciting and remark
able chases for a man that ever oc-
Cured the negro was captured and
brought back to the scene OF his in
tended crime Here, in the presence OF
all, he was strung up to the big tree in
the yard of the brothers house, and
had it not been for the entreatles OF the
women he would now be corpse. he
was taken to the Rondo street station.
He admitted his object and gave his
name as Huston Osborne, admitted
having served time in prison for bur-
glary, and said that for the last two
weeks he had been an extra writer at
the West hotel, in Minneapolis.
The Redwood gazette., 1895-06-06
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER KILLED.
Deed Supposed to Have Been Done by
Discharged Lunatic.

Discharged Lunatic.
M1NNEAPoLIs, June "a terrible
tragedy occurred in the room over
Hurst's drug store, 1929 Nicollet ave-
nue.. The rooms were occupied by Mrs.
Martha Elias, widow 55 years old,
and her daughter Annie. Shortly after
o'clock a. IN. a young man III the
drug store heard a pistol shot. This
was followed by another shot five or
ten minutes later.
A policeman coming up at the time
the two went upstairs. They forced
the door open and the bodies of the two
women were found ON the bed. The
girl was under the clothes, the mother
on the outside. The girl had been shot
behind the ear. The upper part of Mrs.
Elias head had been shot off. The
shot had entered between the eyes. 1t
was at first thought to be case Of
murder and suicide. Later develop
ments, however, indicate that
1t Was a Double Murder.
Loren D. Elias, son of Mrs. Elias, is
suspected of committing the crime. He
was discharged from the St. Peter
asylum May /. He was not known to
be dangerously insane. There is evil
dence, however, to connect him with
the crime, His grip contained $1Os
and some clothing marked with his
name has been found in the rear of the
Elias apartments. A curtain in the
kitchen of the suite, which is at the
extreme rear, has been found badly
torn. There is other evidence to show
that, instead Of sleeping with her
daughter Mrs. Elias when she retired
went to bed in a room between that in
which the bodies were found and the
rear of the house. The fact that the
revolver was not clutched in the hand
of the dead mother also points to the
supposition that the shooting was done
by third party. The son was ar.
rested for the crime, but denied it and
accounted for his movements.
The Redwood gazette., 1895-06-06
FIGHTING IN PROGRESS.
Japanese Land Troops at Kee Lung ON tn
Island Of FormOsa.

Japanese Land Troops at Kee Lung ON the
Island Of Formosa.
LONDON, June IA dispatch to The
Times from Hong Kong confirms the
news contained in the Associated Press
dispatches from Hong Kong, announc-
ing that hostilities between the Japa-
nese and Chinese republicans on the
island of Formosa have commenced.
According to The Times dispatch, the
Japanese forces landed at Kee Lung, in
the extreme north of the island of For
mosa and fighting between them and
the rebels commenced. The dispatch
10 the Associated Press from Hong
Kong announced that private advices
Received there were to the effect that
the Japanese were bombarding Kee
Lung.
The Redwood gazette., 1895-06-06
FUNERAL OF GRESHAM.
Military Honors paid to the Dead States
man 1T Washiugton.

Military Honors paid to the Dead States
man 1T Washington.
WASHINGTON, May SO.-The remains
of Walter @. Gresham, the dead secre-
retary of state, accompanied by Presl-
dent Cleveland and by members OF his
cabinet and the sorrowing family, left
Washington at 1915 o'clock on spe-
cial tran for Chicago, where the final
interment will take place. The funeral
service here was devoid Of ostentation,
but this fact only served to deepen the
profound impression which it created.
In life Secretary Gresham had loved
most the military career of his ardent
youth, and of all his titles had been
fondest of that of general, which he
had won upon the battlefield. In death
he was wrapped in the stars and stripes
and given soldiers funeral. The
whole city
Mourned the Nations Loss.
Every department. of the government
was closed; every flag in Washington
at half mast. All the regular troops in
and about Washington-cavalry, artil-
lery and intantry-escorted the re-
mains to the railroad station. Mrs.
Gresham, the stricken wife, was so
overcome by her grief that she was un-
able to attend the services at the White
House. The casket was borne to the
executive mansion through the files OF
military, and there deposited in the
East room, Mr.. Cleveland and his
cabinet, as honorary pallbearers, &C
companying the remains thither. The
East room had been draped with pro-
fusion of American flags and decorated
with palms and potted flowers. The
black cata.alque and the black seal rug
on which it rested were banked with
The Rarest and Most beautiful Flowers.
The assemblage was of the most dis
tinguished character, and all were pro-
foundly moved by the simplicity of the
service. 1t consisted merely OF the
reading of the funeral service OF the
Methodist Episcopal church by Bishop
Hurst, personal friend of the secre-
tary. When the benediction was said
the strains of Cardinal Newman's
beautiful hymn, ''Lead Kindly Light, :"
trembled on the air, and it was over.
With bowed heads those present took a
long, last look at the well known fea-
lures and departed. AS the funeral
cortege emerged from the White House
grounds, the scarlet coated Marine
band played
"Nearer My God to Thee"
The military then took their places un-
der command of Major General Ruger,
and slowly led the way down the av-
enue to the station, preceded by a
band of 40 pieces mounted on heavy
horses. There were four troops of cav
airy from Fort Meyer, the marine corps
from the navy yard, three companies
of infantry, four gun batteries from
Washington barracks and four batter
les from Fort Meyer, in all about 1900
men. AS they swung down the av-
enue to the solemn strains Of the fu-
neral dirge, the sidewalks and every
available bit of space in the windows
overlooking the avenue were lined with
people. While the casket was being
conveyed to the train, the Marine band
played "Safe in the Arms Of Jesus. )"
AS the funeral train left the station,
the military departed and the city be-
came quiet and its streets almost de-
serted.
The Redwood gazette., 1895-06-06
lUMBERMEN DROWNED.

Thirty-three Men Lost Life ON the Spanish
River.
OTTAWA, Ont, May 31.-A local
paper says a terrible accident has oc-
Cured on Spanish river, by which 80
men lost their lives on Wednesday last.
A courier just arrived here could give
only meagre details. He says a party
Of lumbermen were camped on a crib
of square lumber for the night. 1t was
moored near the head of the river and
broke from it's moorings and carried
them into swift running water.
The Redwood gazette., 1895-06-06
BOILER EXPLODED.

Twenty Eight Fatally Injured on an
Ecuador GunbOat.
NEW YORK, June Ia special from
Guayaquil, Ecuador, says: The boiler
of the Ecuadorean gunboat Sucre ex-
ploded, killing the commander and IA
men, and injuring II more. 13 fatally.
At the time of the accident she was
carrying troops to Machala to attack
the rebels.
The Redwood gazette., 1895-06-06
Want to Fight Chilli.

WASHINGTON, June 3.-Reports from
the Argentine Republic show that there
is a very active war party which is
agitating the prospect of war with
Chill. The Argentine boundary COM
missioners have returned from Chill
and reported satisfactory progress, but
the Argentine press keeps up the talk
of war.
The Redwood gazette., 1895-06-06
SHOCKING SUICIDE.

A Woman Saturates Her Clothing With
Gasoline and Applies Match.
ELLSWORTH, Kan, June 3.-Mrs.
William Irwin of Freeport, Ills., who
for several months has been living here
with her father, a prominent citizen
named Leavitt, committed suicide in a
shocking manner. She was insane and
had been carefully watched, but during
the evening she eluded vigilance and
stole into the cellar. There she satu-
rated her clothing with gasoline and
applied match. When found she was
enveloped in flames and died few
minutes later, in intense agony.
The Redwood gazette., 1895-06-06
General NIason Retired.

WASHINGTON, June 3.-Acting Secre-
tary of War Doe has issued an order
retiring General Mason, after long
and meritorious service, distinguished
by many deeds of bravery. Lieutenant
Colonel Page, as previously tele
graphed, will succeed Mason.
The Redwood gazette., 1895-06-06
An American in Command.

INDIANAPOLIS, June 3.-A private
letter from Honolulu under date of May
20, printed in The News says among
other things that McLane. late of the
United States army and navy, who had
charge of General Grants funeral pro-
cession has been made colonel Of the
Hawaiian regiment. Colonel McLane
arrived on the last boat and took charge
at once.
The Redwood gazette., 1895-06-06
Deficit Not So Large as Expected.

Deficit Not So Large as Expected.
WASHINGTON, June 3.-Treasury
officials are now confident that the
close of the fiscal year one month
hence, will show deficit Of not more
than 81, 900. 900 and possibly not more
than $43,0OO, 600, which is at least
s., ,OOO, 900 less than was predicted only
a few weeks ago, and $3,000,00O or
$4,000, 900 less than the present
figures.
The Redwood gazette., 1895-06-06
raylor,s Bondsmen win Appeal.

PIERRE, s. D., June 1.-The suit
against Taylor's bondsmen has closed,
Judge Gaffy directing q verdict for
the full sum claimed, $344,277, but ex-
pressing doubt as to the amount in ex-
cess Of the statutory bond, $3.50, coo.
An appeal will be taken.