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The morning times., 1896-07-02

Mrs. Arthur Price has taken a cottage at
Atlantic City for the summer. Her sister
Mrs. L. Starr, and little daughters will
be her guests during July.
The morning times., 1896-07-02

The marriage of Miss Martha A. Lester
OF Mississippi, and MIR. Henry A. Lnea-
weaver. IA prominent young lawyer Of Pits
burg, will take place this evening at s: go
in the apartmentsof Of Mrs. Eugene CluthLert,
at No. 171S Corcoran street
The morning times., 1896-07-02

Miss Sarah Mason of z street will leave
today for Groton, Conn, for the summer
The morning times., 1896-07-02

Rev. DR.. and Mrs. Charles A StaEeiy
have gone 10 College Park for the summer
and Will soon be settled in their new
summer home.
Miss Leta Sta kelly, the weil-known
singer, will join her brothers. family
in College Park Miss StakeIy spent the
winter aud spring in the South
The morning times., 1896-07-02
So and S1.5o Parasols. Csc.

Surah SIX Paraso,s, COACH
ings and with rurfles;
White Dresden Lawn Para
sOls. with white sticks and
Dresden handles also na-
turai sticks-also a lot OF
Linen Coaching Parasols....
The morning times., 1896-07-02
SUMMER OUTINGS
For STAY.AT.HOMES
Many Vacation Consultations for
Those Who Cant Get Away"
Wedding Bells Give Way for a While
tothe ration of Ind
Day-Sundry Society Notes.

People who are lucky enough TO achieve
summer outings are prone To waste an
extraVagant amount OF pity ON the dwell
ers within the citys gates.
Naturally, the "can'Iget-aways" would
prefer the goods the gods haven't provided
ior them, but there is always happy
satisfaction to be got out OF the kpowI-
eoge that things might be worse. So the
woman who can only afford Il weeks holi-
dayln the heart of August, or perhaps not
even days, wisely accepts the pleasures
stiil 10 be CLEANED iD town..
The botanical picnic is The newest diver
SION, and To he absolutely swell the nrty
must be directed bya teacher r-colleee grad
uale, Dy all nieans-aDd each student
must assume for the occasion, If she feels
IL not, an absorbing passion for leaves,
staInens and stems.
Another good idea is to live on the
lawn, or, better still, il you have ore.
out IN the oid-fashiUDed back yard Tens
are sprlngipg up like big white mushrooms
IN nearly every garden in Washington
and rare Is the family side porch where
hammock does not swing. Trolley trips
10 the suburbs, soda water parties, front
step receptions, with fruits and ices at
tached; and endless bicycle spins, ma Ike
up round Of pleasant variety that even
thoseat noun tain md seaside cuu ID scarcely
afford to scorn.
The morning times., 1896-07-02

Mrs. Fred Casaday and her little dauGh
ters, Miilicent and Helen, leave this morn
ing for Ottaway Beach, Mich. where they
will remain until August, when they vii
go to Elmira, n. Y, TO visit Mr.. Casaday's
parents.
The morning times., 1896-07-02

Miss Grace Miller, who spent the wintel
in Florida, has returned, but will leave il
a few days for months trip to Montreal
Canada.
The morning times., 1896-07-02

Hon. Benjamin Butterworth and famil.
will spend part Of the season at the
Brunswick, Asbury Park.
The morning times., 1896-07-02

Miss Lula Barker, who has been the
guest of her uncle, Senator johnson, at
Cambridge. Mass. has returned to her
home No. 3i2 street northwest
The morning times., 1896-07-02

Miss Kate Smith, of Prospect avenu
gave a card party Tuesday evening
honor OF her guest, Mrs. A. B. Miles, {
Tennessee. Tie prizes We're wor by MFR
B. Zell. Miss Marian Leslie and Mrs. ].
Smith.
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intruder question. by giving the courts
power to eject them from the lands
they are WrOngfully Withholding from
the Indians; TO protect the so-called
common Indians by aIlOting to them
their right to use and occupy their part
OF the lands to break up the monopoly
Of 1ands-and which has reached enor-
nous propOrtiOns-that now exists in
said territory, to secure to the tribe
the income from the rich mineral de-
pos1ts and prevent that which right
fully belongs to them from being alb
sOpbed by a few enterprising 1nd1V1d-
uals; to provide for the laying out of
towns and for the establishment Of
schools and churches; to assure the
people of that country the protection
and relief they are entitled to, and to
protect the interests Of all tribes 50 far
as possible.
Your committee is of the opinion
that IL this bin is passed there VIII be
no further complaint that the criminals
OF this country seek the indian Terri
tory as safe refuge from the officers
Of the law, and it is fair to say that
white people who are there in good faith
and large proportion of the Indians,
are anxious to secure protection against
the lawless classes who have forced
themselves into that country without
invitation 1t will also do away with
the conditions that exist there now,
which have, according to the evidence
produced before your committee permit
ted those who have committed crimes
to escape without punishment, for the
had no Jurisdiction on account of the
citizenship Of the person committing
the crime and the Indian courts have
refused to exercise Jurisdiction
Your committee is Of the opinion that
the passage Of this bill viii go a great
way toward the correction and settle
ment Of the conditions now and here
tOfOre existing in the Indian Territory,
and that the several tribes in said ter
ritory viii avail themselves of its pro-
visions to the extent that they viii ap-
ply to congress of their own vOlitiOn to
enter into new treaties which will can
eel so much of their present treaty
rights as today permit them to carry
on a form of government contrary to
the provision of our constitution and
laws, and viii bring them into closer
union with the people of our country
by the adoption of such laws and
forms Of government as exist in the va
rious states of the Union, and viii
eventually end in adding that country,
which is rich i'm mineral deposits and
contains thousands of acres of as good
farming land as the sun shines upon,
to the galaxy of the Union as one of
our brightest stars.
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FROm GOMEZ



war in Cuba.
WAsHINeToN. April IL President
Palma, of the Cuban delegation in the
United States. has made public the
following letter received from General
Gomez, the insurgent leader, regard
ing war conditions on the islands:
THE war continues more active and
hard, on account of the fierce charac-
ter which General Weyler has given
to it. Our wounded are followed and
assassinated cruelty He who has the
misfortune so fall into the hands of
the Spanish troops perishes without
fail.
"Give as cartridges so that our sol
diers can fight, and you can depend
that in the spring campaign the
enemy's army viii be greatly reduced
ano it viii be necessary for Spain to
send another army, and do not know
whether it would be rash to say that
Spain has not the money with which
to do it. We have a great military
advantage over the enemy ia the in
capacity of the majority Of General
Weyler's generals. The fake official
reports of supposed victories, with
which they cynically pretend to de-
ceive themselves, their government
and the world, contribute to the
speedy triumph of the revolution"
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JOHN A. COCKRELL DEAD.
The Famous Editor Passes Away at
Cairo Egypt.

CAIRO, April l1-Colone1 John A
CockerilI, the well-knowp newspaper
correspondent, died last night Of ap-
oplexy, in Shepherds hotel
John A CoekeriI was born at Day
ton, Ohio, IN ls45. His father was
man Of means. and intended to give
his son a college education but the
war broke out and the lad entered the
army as a drummer boy. After the
war had ended young COcl1erin be-
came a printer, and did his first work
on the Scion Of Temperance. After
ward he was appointed a clerk of the
Senate He next became partner of
Clarence L. Vallandingham in the
publication Of the Dayton Empire, at
that time the organ Of the MontgOm-
cry county Democracy. Later he was
a reporter on a paper in Hamilton,
where he attracted the atten tiOn of j.
B. MeCullagh, editor Of the Cincinnati
Enquirer, who offered him a position
on that paper. He afterward became
managing editor He subsequently
edited the Washington Post, Balti-
more Gazette, St Louis Post Dispatch,
New York World and New York
Morning Advertiser. He went to
Japan a year ago as the New York
Herald's correspondent.
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GEO. R. PECKs INFLUENCE
Gets disappointment at Washington in
Furman Bakers Place

From Our Special Correspondent
Washington, April Thurman Bak-
er, Topeka, kan, who has had
some time held q position ia the senate
folding room. was one of those affect
ed by the Republican Reorganization
of the senate and viii return to Topeka
soon.
He and Mrs. Baker have gone to New
York to visit Mrs. Stricken, Mrs. Bak-
er's sister, and from there they viii 90
to Kansas.
The man who got Mr. Bakers place
was put in by Senator Baker and hasn't
been in Kansas for fifteen years. He has
been hanging around the Kansas dele
ton for weeks trying to get them to
tied Washington he was unsuccessful.
1t seems that the man whose name is
Steuven has been kept in Office off and
on through Mr. Peck's influence He
lived in Winfield once years ago, and
tried to get Representative kirkpatrick
to help him but citizens of Winfield
protested against his being credited to
that place as he hadn't been there for
fifteen years. So he got no help from the
house side.
Then he went to the senate and tried
Senator Baker. He didn't appear to
be very successful there as Senator
Baker had promised this place in the
senate, as soon as he could get it, to q
Kansas man who had always gone
home to vote But it is said that while
Geo. r. Peck was in Washington he
said something to Senator Baker and
forthwith the applicant on the ground
went into the senate folding room and
the man whom Senator Baker had
promised the place, whose home is
still in Kansas, had to go hunting an
other job.
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a MODEL CLUB HOUSE.
Delights of Country Life for
New York MiIIiOnafres.
Magnificent Ardsley Casino Soon to
Be Opened on the Hudson's Banks

Early next month there is to be open
ed on the banks Of the noble Hudson the
finest and most complete country club
house in this or any other country. 1t is
known as the Ardsley casino, and ft has
been erected by a syndicate Of New Y ork
milhOnaires, many Of whom have coun-
try homes along the east bank Of the
river. Their idea in combining was to
build a clubhouse Of such magnifcence
as would please them and which should
be so located that the members would
be afforded an opportunity Of enjoying
every kind Of outdoor sport with con-
genial eompanionship.
The idea has been carried out as only
men with unlimited means and a refined
appreciation Of the good things Of life
could do it. In the first place, a larg
tract Of land which once comprised part
Of the 10, 600 acre estate of the late Cy-
rus w. Field, near Dobbs Ferry, was
purchased. 1t was part Of Ardsley park,
that beautiful estate on which Field had
hoped to spend his declining years sur
rounded by his children. The land itself
needed but little addition to its attract
iveness. In the midst of the baronial es-
tate has been erected a clubhouse that is
a marvel of comfort and elegance.
The casino is a building $50 feet
square, its roof bristling with dOrmer
windows and odd towers. The chief
charm about it is the broad, deep veran-
das, from which the members, 1Olling
in big, comfortable chairs, can look out
across broad, rolling lawns to the blue
stretch Of the river as it widens out into
the famous Tappan Zee The verandas
are to be inclosed with glass in the win
ter to form sun parlOr
In the basement, which is finished in
hard wood, is to be found every conven-
fence for the millionaire athletes and
sportsmen There are besides a large BIZ
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President Cleveland Acts in the
Rebels Behalf.
Only Motive a Desire to Bring
Peace.
SPAIN MUST RELENT.
Independence Not Asked For by
Uncle Sam.
Most Important Diplomatic Doc
ument Lately Framed.

WAsHIEGToN, April 1L-At last
President Cleveland has taken action
IN behalf of Cuba. He has made to
Spain a formal proposition that the
good Offices OF the United States be
accepted in mediation between that
country and her rebel1ious colony in
the West Indies This proposal was
made in a cablegram OF instructions
to our minister at Madrid, Mr. Hannis
Taylor, which was dispatched yester-
day
No diplomatic dispatch of equal i'm
portance has left this capital since
Secretary Olney's note to the British
government on the Venezuelan bound
airy question was sent last summer. 1t
brings to crisis the relations between
the United States and Spain, which
have been unsettled since the out
break Of the Cuban re belliOn.
The note thoroughly explains the
attitude of the United States and the
reasons which have led to this action.
The principal points of the dispatch
are:
The note recalls the correspondence
between this government and Spain at
the time of the ten years war, when
President Grant and Secretary Fish
proposed mediation and the Spanish
government, though declining to &C
cept it, promised certain reforms in
Cuba. The fact that the United States
was in part instrum entail in bringing
bout that settlement, and the charge
that the Spanish government has not
kept its promises IS given as a reason
why the United States now has a right
to be heard in the case.
1t is pointed out that the present
re bellion in Gu ga has assumed a much
more serious aspect than any former
insure ction, the insurgents having,
apparently, taken possession of all Of
the island except HAVANA and a small
section of the country round about.
Spain is assured Of the fact that the
United States is actuated only oy dis
interested motives and by a desire
through friendship to bring about
more pacific state Of affairs in the
island. Spain is urged to accept our
good Offices in the spirit in which
they are rendered, and the hope is ex-
pressed that the Spanish government
will see its way to gran ting reforms
in Cuba The President does not ask
Spain to grant the independence Of
Cuba. nor does he suggest that home
rule be accorded the people of that
island. He leaves all these questions
of methods to be discussed after Spain
shall have expressed a willingness to
accept mediation.
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DUN's REVIEW OF TRADE
The Demand for Consumption Is sim
Below Expectations.

The Demand for Consumption e sim
Below Expectations.
NEW YORK, April 1L-R G. Dun &
Co.'S weekly review OF trade says:
THE volume Of business has not on
the whole increased, nor have prices
appreciablY advanced since April 1.
when the range for all commodities
was the lowest ever known in this
country. Breadstuffs and iron pro
ducts have risen slightly, but some
other articles have declined and 1Ee
root of the matter is that demand for
consumption is still below expecta-
tiOns The number OF hands en-
ployed has been slightly 1essened by
strikes in some establishments and by
stOppage or reduction in force IN
others, but the change during the
past week has not been relatively inn
pOrtant The weather has not favored
active distribution of spring goods,
and uncertainty as to continued en-
Ployment affects the purchases by
hands in q large number Of estab1ish-
ments
The injury done to winter wheat by
storms and frosts in the West would
appear, from reports of State officers,
TO have been considerable. Remarlka-
bly, low estimates of condition are
published by some State authorities,
ana Wnlle TINS may be the customary
exaFgeration, there has evidently
been much actual loss, which tends at
present to lessen purchases of farmers
and of dealers in farming districts
But the reports are not more gloomy
than a year ago, and the quantity of
wheat that has come from farms since
August has been l63, 1854 bushels,
against l2O, o76, 400 at the same date
last year.
Failures for the past week have
been 209 ia the United States against
2o7 last year, and 80 in Canada, against
p last year.
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IT COST MUCH.
The Expense OfsSGeneral'' San
ders' COmmOnweaIers,
Who Invaded Kansas Two Years
Ago, Figured Up.
IT REACHES $4,000.
Much of Which was a PureW aste
Of Money,
As the "JOurmal'' Stated at the
Time.
II REACHES $4,000.


From Our Special Correspondent
Washington. April IA reminis-
cence Of the march Of Gen. Sanders
Commonwea1 army into Kansas has
come up in congress in the shape of
letter from the acting secretary Of the
treasury transmitting the report Of the
attorney general of payments made
from the appropriation for protecting
property in the hands of receivers Of
the United States courts.
The report gives the name of every
person employed by Marshal Nelly
and the amount he received. 1t shows
that the total expense of capturing
the CommOnWealers and keeping them
under guard at Leavenworth amount
ed to S26 059 43.
Five hundred and eighty-eight per
sons or firms received amounts running
from 50 to $3.50 The largest amounts
for personal service being S210.
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The Shooting Of Colonel slarsaeIs.


ST.. LOUIS, No, April I1.-Colonel
John A Cockerin came to this city in
1879 from Baltimore, and became man
aging editor of the Post Dispa tch,
which position he held until 1883. In
the latter year Joseph Pulitzer as
sumed control of the New York World
and made Colonel Cockerill its manag-
ing editor In 1882, the contest for
congressional honors in the Ninth
Missouri district, between John NJ.
Glover and James Broadhead, was
fought. 1t became very acrimonious
as the campaign proceeded, and
many sharp things were written and
said on each side by the opponents
and their friends. The Post Dispatch
supported John NJ Glover. and its ed-
itorials made it hot for his opponent
Colonel A. W. Slaybac BrOdhead's
partner, replied in person to the
structures Of the Post Dispatch. This
led to a bitter fight between him and
the editor Of that paper. Finally, on
the evening of Octo Der 10. 1882, ac-
companied by w. H. Clopton, now
United States district attorney here,
Colonel Stay back called on Colonel
Cockerill at his office They had but
a few minutes conversation when
COcleril drew a revolver from his
desk and shot SIayback through the
heart, killing him instantly He
claimed he did so in self defense, as
Stay back had drawn his revolver with
the intention Of shooting HIM. The
case never came to trial.
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LOUISVILLE, April I!.-There will be
two sets of delegates from Louisville
and jefferson county to the State Re
publican convention, which meets
here April Is, and two sets of dele
gates claiming to represent the Fifth
Congressional district viii demand ad-
mittance to the St. Louis convention.
This is the result of the attempt to
hold the district convention in this
city last night. The Mckinley men
had control Of the convention, and the
Bradley men bolted.
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SENATE TAKES A HAND
Question Of sectarian Appropriated Up
ia That Body.

Question OF sectarian Appropriation Up
ia That Body.
WASHINGTON. April 1.-THE Senate
took up the question Of sectarian In
dian schools yesterday, but did not
complete it. The debate was very
temperate, and no reference was made
to the organization which has been
active in opposition to sectarain
schools. MIR. Carter Of Montana pro-
posed to strike out the provision di-
recting that no money should be
spent on sectarain schools. This led
to a general argument in which Sen
ators Carter, Lodge, Gray, HOar, Haw-
ley, Allison and Gailnger partici-
pated. An important bill passed at
the close of the day was that provid-
ing for Trans Mississippi and Inter
national exposition at Omaha. Neb..
in 1895
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ST JOSEPH. No, April I1.-H. T..
Preston. editor Of the Kansas City
Sunday Sun was arraigned in court
yesterday at st. Joseph, on the charge
of publishing and disseminating i'm
moral literature. HIS bail was fixed
at 81 500, which he gave and left for
Kansas City ia the afternoon. The
case viii be called at the June term Of
the criminal court. Preston feared
assassinatiOn and was guarded by Of
icers.
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WA8HINeroN, April l1-The United
States department Of agriculture's re-
port on the condition of winter grain,
April o, 1895, shows the condition of
winter wheat in nine leading states
as follows: Pennsylvania, Ga; Ohio,
So; Michigan, s.; Indiana, ~; Ken
lucky, 10; Illinois, 81; Missouri, IS;
Kansas, IS; California, 81. Average
for the entire country, 77-1; last year,
SIS, and Sc in 1894
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KANSAS CITY, No, April 11.-John
A. Jones was shot and almost instan t.
" killed shortly after II o'clock last
night by George Fremlin, a Salvation
army recruit The murder was the
outgrowth of jealousy and anger over
real or fancied wrongs on the part Of
Mr. Jones
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CONsTANrINoPLE. April 1L-An
official note has been issued by the
Turkish government categorically de-
nyiag that the Rev. George p. Knapp,
the American missionary, who is Wis
ting the vail Of Bitlis, is imprisoned
there, as has been reported. The note
also states that the threatened ex-
clusion Of other missionaries from
Asia Minor is devoid Of foundation.
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PATHs IN THE SQUIRE.

Samuel Dolman Has the Contract to
Make Walks About the Capitol
The executive council has awarded
the contract for the excavations for
the drives and walks in the state house
grounds to Samuel Dolman & Son for
81 1926.
The other bidders were: A H. Noon
ey, 81. $50; D. 1IcNair. 81. 500; Boss &
HolcOmb. S1.782, and Abe Fulford. ST.
$500. Besides the excavating this
work calls for the grading and the
other work in connection with the
preparing of the new drives. The work
will commence Immediately.
The council also approved the bond
Of John B. Vincent of Hutchinson,
lately appointed member Of the live
stock commission.
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WuKEsBARRE, Pa. April 1i.-PFilip
G. Killian died at his home in West
Pittston yesterday. aged SO. He was
with the famous F'ifty-second regi-
ment, Pennsylvania volunteers, and
served four years and four months in
the rebellion. He was the Union
soldier who cut down the rebel flag
which hoated over Fort Sumter.
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IN GOOD COMPANY.
Congressman Blue Has Changed His
Office From Capitol I'm.

From our Special Cores ponlent-
Washington, April 11.-Congressman
Blue has changed his Office from Capt.
tol Hill TO 112I Fourteenth street. Mrs
T. W. Ball, formerly of Kansas wo-
man. who is q great friend of Mr.. Blues
also lives there. Mr.. Blue decided to
make the change because it was more
convenient and so he could be in good
Kansas COMPANY he said.
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Murders His Sweetheart.

ST LOUIS, No. April Il.-As the re-
suit OF the dissolution Of their engage
nent by Blanche Simpson, a pretty
I9-year-old girl, George PrOutman.
aged p, shot and killed her late yes
terdav afternoon
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eorernor d go D..

SAN Francisco, April -L-Governor
Jones of New ada died at the Palace
hotel in this city last evening Gov
ernor Jones has been i'll for severa1
Eonths and came to this city for med
ical treatment.
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Bank Clearlnra

NEW YORK, april 1.-THE follow
ing table compiled by Bradstreet's
shows the elearaDces at the cities
named and the percentages Of increase
or decrease as compared with the cor
responding week last year: