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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-10
BASEBALL YESTERDAY.

Richmond, April Q. Boston defeated
Richmond to-day by a score of 5 to i ia
a pretty game.
Portsmouth, Va. April 9-Ports-
mouth won to-day's game from Balti-
more. Score: Portsmouth z. Baltimore
8 q innings).
Norfolk, April 9.--The locals defeated
the Hampton-Newport News team by
a score Of IS to nothing.
The record-union., 1896-12-22

pleasure; punished at the discretion of
the Captain General, they would be
less than men if they We're contented
with their condition.
Spain is a country of coupes de etat
and pronunciamentOs. The all-poWer-
full Minister of War of to-day may be
a fugitive tomorrow. With the forms
of a republican government, it is in fact
a despotism sustained by the bayonet-
a despotism tempered only by frequent.
violent and bloody revolutions. Her
financial condition is one of extreme
embarrassment.
Senators Morgan and Mills continue:
Spain is not the mother country of
Cuba even in the sense of having sup
piled that island with a large part of
the ancestors of the present population.
She is a cruel stepmother, whose intro
duction into the Cuban family has been
the immediate cause of the robbery OF
the stepchildren of their inheritance
and their cruel persecution TO keep
down revolt. The committee were en-
gagged in 1853 in providing for the pur-
chase of Cuba by negotiation with
Spain, and were as gentle in their de-
scription of Spanish rule in Cuba as a
decent respect for the worlds knowl-
edge of the truth of the actual situation
of the people would permit. 1t is dark
enough without the illumination of
rhe fires of devastation that succeed
ing years have interposed in Cuba"
After quoting the speech made in the
Senate February II, 1859, by Hon.
Judah p Benjamin, which they consid-
er a more complete statement of the
condition Of the people of Cuba and the
methods of the Spanish Government
in that island then than is stated in
the report of the committee in 1919,
they continue:
THE relations of Spain and the
United States were not then strained
ticn in Cuba. a they were afterwards
from 1868 to 1878 and have been almost
ever since, and are now by excessive
and inhuman abuses of power in Cuba,
to which no limit can. be anticipated
either as to the time when they will
end or the increased cruelty, which is
now a settled feature of the present
Spanish war of determination. The
President recognizes that the present
war is for independence on the part
of the Cubans, and not for the gratifica-
ton of personal ambition or alone for
the redress of personal or POLITICAL
grievances with which the painful his
tory of their sufferings is crowded. For
the sake of liberty and the independ-
ence of their country they are willing
TO forget the recompense that is due
them for their individual sufferings.
Hon. r. Estrada Palma was duly
accredited as diplomatic delegate
plenipotentiary to the United States un-
der an appointment by the Constitu-
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The Supreme Court Declares That the
Law Was Properly Enacted.
Also Sustains the Validity of the Late
Election.
Terrible Fate of a Mine Superin-
tendent's Wife in MADEIRA County
Accidentally Sets Fire to Her
Dress, and So Badly Burned That
Death Results Few Hours Later.

SALT LAKE (Utah), Dec. 21.-The
Supreme Court of this State this after
noon handed down an unanimous opin-
ion sustaining the validity of the late
election in Utah.
The election was contested principally
on the grounds that the Acts of the
Legislature regulating elections had
not been properly passed, for the reason
that the minutes of the legislative
bodies did not show that they had been
passed by yea and nay vote; also that
the Acts We're unconstitutional because
they did not fully conform to the State
Constitution in regard to the form of
the Australian secret ballot system,
under which the election was held, and
that the use of party emblems on the
ballots was illegal.
The court held that the enrolled bills
signed by the Presidents 70 both houses
and the Governor was the best evidence
that they had been properly enacted; /;
that the ballot system was secret, the
method providing for tracking ballots
being only applicable to fraudulent bal
lots and that the use of party emblems
on the ballot was improper.
This decision is most important, as
If the court had held otherwise Utah
would have lost her Presidential vote,
had no representation in Congress, only
Cne United States Senator, no State
Legislature, and the county officers
elected would have been knocked out.
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DEEP.WATER HARBOR.
The Federal Commission Begins the
Taking of Testimony.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 21.-The Deep
Sea Harbor Commission met IN open
session for the first time to-day. Ad-
miral Walker, who presided, announced
that testimony in favor of Santa Mon
lea would first be heard, to be followed
by that favoring San Pedro. after
which both sides would be heard In
turn.
E. o. Corthell, a civil engineer, read
a number of extracts from speeches de-
livered by United States Senators beaf-
ing ON the location of the harbor. he
then gave the result of his own oo-
servations of both harbors from an en-
gineers point of view, giving it as his
opinion that Santa Monica was the
most desirable site for harbor, owing
to it's geographic position, While san
Pedro was exactly the reverse.
Chief Engineer Hood of the Southern
Pacific explained that the Southern Pa
cific Wharves had been constructed at
Santa Monica in preference TO san
Pedro, because the latter harbor was
exposed to severe southeast gales, ana
vessels were rocked to such an extent
that their cargoes gould not be un-
loaded with comfort. Furthermore,
there was a lack of holding ground for
anchors at San Pedro, the bottom being
rocky and conducive to the develop
ment of kelp beds, which We're a men
ace to propellers. Mr.. Hood was suf-
fering from a. cold and excused himself
until tomorrow, when he will resume
his testimony.
The record-union., 1896-12-22

iionaI Assembly of the Republic of
Cuba. He appears to have been re-
ceived informally, for the purpose of
presenting the cause of Cuba to our
Government, on December 9, 1895. He
addressed a note to the Secretary or
State, accompanied by statement Of
facts i'm which the case of Cuba is set
forth officially. That document has
been printed by the order of the Sem
ate and is appended. In the papers
that accompanied this note the dele
gate stated the causes of the revolu-
ton in Cuba; that it had reached that
stage in which the issue between the
contending parties is ~ peace or eX-
termination The recent message or
the President is claar or the point
that he has beer forced 10 the same
conclusion. A coinparison .. this mess
age will show that II agrees with the
statements of every President who has
alluded to the subject, and it further
shows that the same spirit of tyran-
nical domination now prevails in CUBA
that has kept the people of that island
in despairing servitude during the en-
tire century
'"The message of Mr. Cleveland, who
has no aversion to Spanish rule IN
Cuba, confirms in all important state
nentS the truth of the charges made
and communicated by Estrada rama
against Spain in the exposition OIL the
case fof Cuba, which he presented TO
eur Secretary of state. The only d1f-
ference in the situation IN CUBA as 1t
is described in the Senate Committee In
1S54 and a c described IN the Presidents S
message of 1896, thirty seven years
later. is that as time has progressed the
wrongs of Cuba have been aggravated,
and the means of repression employed
by Spain have grown into a war
against humanity-a war of extermina-
ton of the native population If the
firm purpose of our predecessors TO put
an end TO this condition of affairs in
Cuba. in the comparative mild form of
tyranny that existed fifty years ago,
has degenerated into doubts and mis-
giyings as to our duty to our own peo-
pie and the demands OF Christian civ
iiization let the responsibility for this
lapse from the true spirit of the Amer
lean liberty and our love home rule and
irdependence rest where it Justly be-
longs, and not upon the people, through
the indifference of their will on the
part OF their representatives in Con-
gress.''
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RECOGNITION OF
CUBAN INDEPENDENCE.
Continued from First Page.)

present some additional reasons for
agreeing to it. They quote the report of
the Committee on Foreign Relations in
1859, when that committee was consid-
ering the Senate bill making appropria-
tions to facilitate the acquisition of
Cuba by negotiations, and make this
comment ON that report:
THAT report covers period of fifty
mine years, and sets forth the political
conditions and the disastrous effects Of
Spanish rule during that time. They
are the same in their leading character
istics that existed at the beginning of
the insurrection that was set on foot by
the native population in 1869 in the
outbreak at Yarra, which was followed
by ten years of internecine warfare
attended with horrible butcheries The
causes that provoked the uprising of
tbs. native Cubans are the same that
are stated in the report of the commit
tee made ten years previously, in 1859"
The summing UP of that report is
then quoted. as follows: There can
be no doubt that an immense majority
of the people of Cuba are not only in
favor of, but ardently desire annexa-
ton to the United States. 1t would be
strange, indeed, if they We're not SO.
deprived of all influence even In the 10
cal affairs of the island, unrepresented
i'm the Cortes; governed by successive
hories of hungry officials sent from the
mother country to acquire fortunes to
be enjoyed at home; having no sympa-
thy with the people among whom they
are mere sojourners. and upon whom
they look as interiors, liable to be ar
rested at any moment on the most tri-
fling charges; tried by military courts
or submissive Justices removable at
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this morning filed their brief in support
of the motion for new trial. The brief
contains review of the testimony given
at the trial, and the evidence Of the
witnesses for the prosecution is han
died vigorously The witnesses them
selves come in for the same sort of
treatment as does the daily press of the
city, which is charged with having done
it's best to railroad an innocent man to
the gallows.
In reply the Acknowledgement depre-
Gates the statement that the verdict Is
contrary to the evidence and the ten
dency to question the veracity OF Wit
nesses, and commends to the considera-
ton of the court the extreme care with
which the case was tried. Tae record,
he declares, is remarkably free. from
everything approaching prejudicial er-
ror, and every right was fully accorded
the defendant. He therefore asks that
the Judgment order appealed from be
affirmed.
Ten days were granted the defendants $
attorneys in which to submit reply TO
the Attorney General The case VIII
then be finally in the hands OF the court.
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BURNED TO DEATH.
Terrible Fate of a MADEIRA County
r1ine Superintendent'S Wife.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21.-C. w.
Haskell, Superintendent of the Savar-
nah mine at Grub Gulch, in MADEIRA
County, arrived in this city to-day with
the remains of his wife, who was
burned to death last Thursday night.
The body will be placed in vault here
preparatory to sending it to New York
City for burial in the Trinity Church
graveyard.
The lady was the daughter of the la te
DIR. Livingstone of New York and a rala-
tive of the Vanderbilts and Kissams
She was married five years ago in Dem
Yer to Mr.. Haskell, who is a graduate
of the United States Naval Academy al
Annapolis, and was for a number of
years connected with Government en-
gineering in various parts of the coun-
try.
Mr. HaskelIs hands were badly
burned in attempting to smother the
fire in his wife's clothing. She had
placed a candle on box in the kitchen
of the house and got up on another box
to get some food to prepare a little
luncheon. The bottom of her clothing
touched the candle, and in a moment
her dress was in a. blaze. She ran
screaming out into the yard toward her
husbands office, where he was engaged
writing a letter. Selling a blanket
from a bed in the office, he ran to his
wife's assistance and tried to smother
the blaze. He was only partially sue
cessful in this effort and only sue
ceeded in extinguishing the flames with
a bucket of water. He carried the dy-
ing woman into the house and at
tempted with remedies at hand to al
leviate her agony, but she died twenty
four hours later
Mr. Haskell said tonight: "T'he fate
of my wife was awful but I wish you
would mention 10 her many relatives
and friends in the East that after the
first half hour she suffered but little,
and died a peaceful DEATH
The record-union., 1896-12-22
OAKLAND RACES.
Three FavOrites in the Front at the
Finish.

OAKLAND. Dec. 21-Weather fine,
track slow. Favorites finished in front
on three occasions:
Six furlongS, purse, Mahogany won,
CadenZa second, Examiner third. Time
-1:11$4.
One and a sixteenth miles, selling,
Strathmeath won, Kamsin second,
Elmer F. third. Time-1: :3O12.
One mile, selling. Osric II. won,
Draught second, Personne third. Time
-1:4412.
One mile, purse, st. Lee won, Adolph
Spreckels second, Chartreusse II. third.
Time-1 :43.
Six furlongs, purse, Weinberg won,
Meadow Lark second, Lost Girl third.
Time-1: :161a.
The record-union., 1896-12-22
Death of a Former Sacramentan.

CHICO, Dec. 13.-Deputy Coroner
Burroughs to-day received telephone
message from Nord stating that the
corpse of a man had been found on
Montgomery Island, in the Sacramento
River. The Coroner went to the river
and brought the body to Chico. 1t was
identified as that of John Russell, late
Of Sacramento.
The record-union., 1896-12-22
Suicide at Tacoma.

TACOMA (Wash), Dec. Plat noon
to-day the wife of Municipal Judge w.
H. Reid shot herself through the heart.
dying instantly. She had been under
medical treatment for a long while and
was subject to hysteria. She made an
attempt on her life nine years ago, while
residing at Keyport, n. J.
The record-union., 1896-12-22
A Rancher Found Dead.

SAN DIEGO, Dee. 21.--L. NJ Willets,
a well known rancher of Ell Cajon Val
ley, was found dead by two Mexicans
this afternoon on the road four miles
south of Ell Cajon. 1t is believed that
Willets' team ran away, and he was
thrown out of his wagon.
The record-union., 1896-12-22
St. Joseph's Academy.

At st. Joseph's Academy, Ninth and
G. streets, the pupils of that institution
will this evening give a musical and
literary entertainment. The entrance
will be at Eighth and G. streets.
The record-union., 1896-12-22
THE NoNPAREIL.

Handsome Silk Suspenders, nickel
and gold mountings, kid tinishings,
drawers supporters, etc. Prices,
81 %, 81 10, 81 and 81 90.
The record-union., 1896-12-22
DURRANT CASE.
Brief in Support of Motion for a New
Trial Filed i'm the Supreme Court.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 21.-The at
torneys for w. H T. Durrant. convicted
OF the murder of Blanche Lamont at
Emanuel Baptist Church in April, 1895,
The record-union., 1896-12-22
ITEMS Silk Mufflers.

Make a pleasing gift. Large, hand
somely brocaded, heavy Silk Muff-
lers, in white, black or cream. Prices
81, 81 - and up to 81 %.
The record-union., 1896-12-22
HandkerChiefS.

Mems Fine, Pure-Linen, Initial
Handkerchiefs, q in a box; 1-inch
hem, with handsome worked initial
in corner. Prices, 81 to 81 90 per box.
Ladies' Pure-Linen, Unlaundered
Hemstitched Handkerchiefs; hand
some hand embroidered initial in
corner. 13-inch hem. Price, 162sc
each; Six for 81.
Mems Fine, Silk Hemstitched Ini-
tiaI Handkerchiefs; 1-inch and =
inch hem, large size, with handsome
initial in corner. Any initial desired.
Prices, soc, 15c and 81.
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Surah Refers.

.1-inch Long, Black or Cream Su-
rah Refers; q heavy twilled silk
neck scarf; just the thing for a pres
ent, and for protection from these
foggy mornings. Prices, 81 80, 81 10
and S3 10.
The record-union., 1896-12-22

People who use tobacco 70 a great de-
gree are rarely sufferers from cholera
The record-union., 1896-12-22
CHRISTMAS LINENS.
About 100 Tea Sets.

SllNlo MAO LllNLl\o.
About 100 Tea Sets.
From 2.to 3 yards long, all about
J yards wide, dainty colored bor-
J ders, plain fringe; one dozen nap
J kins to match: German Linen.
J Price,
So so, So, So so Set.
Large-size Dinner Set.
Fringed, Pure White, Floral Pat
napkins to match; about fifty de-
signs. So 50 Set.
Fine Dinner Sets.
High-grade Bleach Scotch Linen,
yards wide, yards long: hem
stitched; one dozen napkins to
match. 81 SO Set.
Fine Bleach Dinner Set.
} High-gra Irish Linen, Full
Bleached, plain center; heavy satin
} damask stripe border; 2l2 inches
} hemstitched; size 2x21a yards; one
dozen napkins to match.
SIP so Set.
Fine Bleach Dinner Set.
High-grade Irish Linen Lawn
Bleached, 21a yards wide, 31a yards
long, 2R-inch hemstitch; one dozen
napkins to match; "a inches square.
Fleur De Lis Pattern.
SIS Set.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-04-23
CIRCUIT COURT .
Grand Jury IN Session with Plenty
Of Wolt ii Sight.

Circuit Court for the spring term IL
now in session ct the court house. On
Monday evening Judge +. q. Smith Of
Yankton, and the accomplished court
reporter, Miss East. arrived to begin
the work Of the session. There has
been an unusually large attendance Of
lawyers from out Of town, although the
calendar 10 not ~ heavy a. usual. On
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock, when
the session opened, the grand jury was
sworn In, and William Barrett Of Sphinx
made foreman. J. Jenson. Of Virginia,
Franklin McIlvana, Of Prairie; A. w.
McCcnville, Of Big Springs, and John
Bratt. with the foreman, consti tute
the grand jury. The amount OF work
In store for them 10 not large. The
most important cases hail from Alces-
ter-with regard to the Tubbs- Wallace
affair. Alcester has thirty.four Of her
citizens here - Witnesses, and has sub.
scribed the sum OF q, $50 to assist, II
necessary, In the prosecution OF Wal
lace and the protection Of Tubbs. The
town Is practically one-sided on the At
fair, believing that the interior ence Of
Wallace. was unjustified. Mr.. Tubbs 10
q highly respected citizen and believes
that his sworn duty IL q paramount L.
sue, requiring prompt and decisive &C
ton. The particulars Of the Tube
Wallace episode are we'll known 10 all
our readers. The grand jury 10 inves-
tigatiug the affair, and NO doubt the
proper and just adjudication will be
reached, as the jury Is composed Of high
minded and honorable men.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-04-23
The Thosaas Olsoa Case.

There Is not case out Of the thirty
one on the calendar in which there IL
more local interest than In that OF I'm
the Matter OF the Person and Estate Of
Thomas Olson. Incompetent" It Ia,
wolves the transfer OF 347 acres Of a.
good land as there can be found Ia Un.
Ion county. the legality Of . marriage.
the mental condition Of q man Of "a
years Of age, and whether or not the
sons and daughters BY the first mar.
riage shall be deprived Of their patrl.
mony. When the first case-there are
four Of them-was called up before
Judge Smith on Tuesday, . motion was
made BY Attorney Ericsson for con-
tinuance. He stated In an afiidayit
which he fled with the court, prac-
tically e. follows:
Thai John ns 2: VOID y material and necessary
without he testimony they cannot .asely pro.
VI enpioysd ~ snd lived Il the of family Ip q
1894 and 1895, and while % living hxd special op-
Sd mental condison & Thomss ns o. SSnd sSss
NJ. Void. u present, wOnld testify thxt Thomas
Olson, was about q years Of ags and worry Zee.
unable TO transact his business; that for sev-
eral years be was especially weak minded and
0emensed wnn Ie1erence % women, that while
un0er snc aectce q lncompetency 4nd largely
Claims to be his wife the. old gentleman, afser
GOln9 SO scvelat pIace6 IoT tno purpose Of mar
rylng ner; 49, Dcing unable g nave t1e core
nony pe!.Odim ss, vent @ uay county. south
oeang snen ABOUT Is years OF age; that soon after
occasions, 6e driven OUT 81 his own = hoss snd
locked out. and although n : feeble condition Of
nes s ne ~ ccmpeec g sleep ogs q doSrs q
:, vie ss' iockinT MIN ous. - = NV sn0sea
Thas Mr. Void would further testify that a.
sT sd IA ~ oisoa pIior 60 the a.
property, yee he permitted his Sileeed Ma -
squander the same, and that immedleteiy after
Sa ,e, s ~ h sne commenced g solicit
tinued such solicitati dnrine the III ti.,e II
vold's residence "a the family until finally he
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-04-23

n ~ mr. rokt Of the 0ay We would
61ooA ~ latter part q the day keep
n h6lne, md, when the weather would
sporImit - would divest ourselves Of
or nArnu0nte, and pick from them =
al,nll insect ! lineal descendent from
ILfboS prison, valgafly known as grey
bocjC1, tho latin name Of which ~ are
unable ~ give,
Az 3 O'clock at night, November 80,
~ lift this place, and about 10 o'clock
Ca1no 70 quite = large plantation with .
hall doGen slaveo' houses about the
premises. In ono Of these there WAS .
light md Il was full d negroes who
were having party. Moses spoke Of
this plACe, saying the dArkfes were oil
right and that Ne should see Bob, who
W1s the bOes and would give us s0me-
thing 70 eat. We Cfept near the door.
and alter while = dArky came out. up
On our calling him up 70 10 and telling
him true story ~ TO who We were, as
10 did every other negro We met, he
went Ia and came out with Bob. Bob
WAs2 glad 10 go 10, o least he said 80,
and took ~ into the house. II Was full
81 colOred men, women and children.
They gave 10 our supper, after which
W remained quite awhile, they dane
ing for u, and listening to our stories
about the war, etc. They were quite
anxious 70 hear about Abe Lincoln, and
raid the strictest attention to all We
had 10 say. Captain Page was quite 3
singer, and when he would sing king
dom Coming Il would bring down the
house, and e would make Us laugh to
ooe the darkieS laugh. Some Of them
.-.~..9A nisnx.~A ..s.l4> ~ It .~hr>4~<~~ns~e~.
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