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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-07
KILLED BY A STILLETTO.
James Daugherty Murdered by an Italian
Workman.

Greensburg, Pa. Feb. 6-James
Daugherty was stabbed and killed by
Angelo Riegori. an Italian, near Dono-
hue station. this evening Both We're
employed by the Pennsylvania railroad
as section hands. The Italian had a
grudge against Daugherty, and about
r o'clock they became involved in a
dispute as to their abilities to lift heavy
ties. Riegori struck at Daugherty with
pick, of which he WAS quickly de-
prived by Foreman Seaman. Riegori
then drew long and keen stiletto
from his breast and plunged 1t twice
into Daugherty, who died in a few
moments.
The Italian fed and has not yet been
arrested. Daugherty was married. but
was separated from his wife, who is
now living in Pittsburg. He was 40
years old and resided with a sister on
Huckleberry hill.
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WALL STREET REVIEW.

New York. Feb. 1.-THE financial mar
kets better today. the heavy subscriptions
for the new government loan having had
a strengthening effect ON securities of ali
kinds. According TO bankers, the good
effect OF this will be reflected in IA fur
ther Improvement. not only at the STOCK
Exchange. but in the commercial world as
well. The features OF the speculation We're
the Industrials. the Grangers. Metropoii-
tan Traction and Southern Hallway. SUI
gar was again in sharp demand and rose
to Ills. Speculation closed firm in tone.
Net changes show gains OF ~ per cent.
Sales were 3l6, 800 shares.
Furnished by WILLIAM LINN. ALLEN
& CO., correspon dents for a. T.. CAMP
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STUART NOT ALARMED.
Says the Law Against Prize Fighting Will
Not Affect Ills Carnival

El Paso. Tex. Feb. 6.-When word
reached FL Paso today that the house
of representatives had passed a bill
making prize fighting a felony in the
territories. Daniel Stuart said the bill
would have no effect on the coming
carnival II il became a law.
The Ministers union and other par
ties opposing the fights are confident
that the legislation of today, If it be-
comes law. ruins the last chance that
Stuart had of keeping his word with
the sports. They claim to have posi-
tive assurances that Governor Ahuma-
da, of Chihuahua, Mex, will not under
any circumstances allow the fights in
his state. and that the doubtful strip"
talked of Is ridiculous.
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special Meeting Of stoe xhoIaer. rs.

DY DIRECTION OF THE BOARD OF
ID Directors Of the Scranton Glass Com
pany there viii be II special meeting Of the
stockholders OF said Company held at the Of.
in the city OF Scranton. Pa. February 10th.
1896. at 10 o'clock a. IN. for the purpose OF
authorizing the Board Of Directors Of said
Company. and its proper officers. to sell and
conv-y the lots Of real estate Of the company,
situate In the city Of Scranton, Pa, not en-.
numbered by mortgages hy the company, and
also certain lot Of lard situate in the city Of
Trenton. N. j., and transact such other busi.
ness as may properly come before said meet.
ing. q. b. WARREN, Secretary,
Scranton. Pa. Jan. II, 1906
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Toledo Grain Market.

Toledo, o., Feb. G.-Wheat-Receipts
5000 bushels: shipments, 5000 bushels
firm; No red cash. 75c. May. 7Glhc.
July 72lac.: No. 3 red cash. &c. Corn-Re-
ceipts. l3, 900 bushels: shipments, 1900 bush
els: quiet; No. mixed cash. 2sc.; May
3l2sc.; No. 3 yellow cash. 2Sc.; No. 3
white, 27iac.: No. mixed. 271sc. Oats
Receipts, 1000 bushels; shipments, l,0Ol
bushels: nominal. Rye-Dull: No. cash,
40c. Cloverseed-Receipts, S07 bags: ship
ments. l,0Oi bags; quiet; prime cash and
March, $i.42isc.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-07

Roberts was never In better health than
he IS today and the ease with which
his long experience and ability en-
ables him To handle the important
questions which arise daily In transact
ing the business of this great corpora
tion bespeak for him many additional
years OF active service.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-07

Buffalo. Feb. 6.-Cattle-None on sale;
market steady for good grades. Hogs
Higher for mediums and heavy grades;
Workers. S4.4Oa4.45; pigs. s4.S5a44O: medi-
ums. s4.45a4.5O; heavy. $40: roughs. $3.6ja
q: stays. $3a3.50.. Sheep and lambs
Steady: good lambs, $.sJa5; common to
fair s4.25a4.75: cuils and common. $2.S5a
3.75: mixed sheep good to choice. s2.90a330;
common TO fair. S225a2.S5 culls, $la2;
export sheep, $325a3f0
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-07
MILLIONS IN MATCHES.
The Diamond Company Invading Europ,
with Its Patented Machinery.

Chicago. Feb. 6.-At the annual meet
ing of the Diamond Match company
here today President Barber reported
that France, Belgium and Italy were
to be 'farmed out" in royalties with
the use Of the patented machinery Of
the company. Extensive operations
had been begun in England. and large
factory there will be running in June.
BY improved machinery the cost of
manufacture had been so reduced that
competition had been so reduced that
competition had been made physically
impossible. The profit for the year was
$1.457.04O The total surplus and profits
were l. G44.763. The old directors and
officers We're elected. and the regular
quartrly dividnd of 2ls per cnt. de-
clared
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-07
FIGHTS A MOUNTAIN LION.
Boy Puts Five Bullets In the Bcast's Body
and Saves His Own Life.


Laramie. Wyo.. Feb. 6.-Chub Nelson,
boy OF 16. living at Rockdale. had a
lively fight with a mountain lion yes
terday, In which the nerve of the boy
saved his life. While hunting on
Cooper mountain Nelson met the lion
and shot at 1t. The lion jumped into
the air and started to escape. The boy
fired q second shot. hitting the lion in
the shoulder. This shot changed the
course of the beast. 1t turned and
came toward the hunter with angry
bounds. Nelson started to run. but re-
alizing that there was no chance of es-
cape by flight turned and fired several
shots at the rapidly approaching ami
NAL. The last one took effect in a vital
spot and the lion fell dead almost at
the boys feet.
The lion proved to be one of the lar
gest ever killed In this region. There
were five bullet holes in the body, every
shot fired by Nelson having hit the
mark.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-07
UPH0LSTER FURNITURE
Clean Carpets,
RenoVate Feathers,
Make Over Mattresses,
Make and Repair SprinA
Sell Iron Beds,
Make Fine Mattresses
'}5i;;jI|1|d'IlgIl!51'
Nov. Il. 1856.

Nov. II. 1886
Train leaves Scranton for Philadelphis
and New York via d. 4 H. r. r. at 7i3
z. m, R.G. i;2o 2Ss and il;Ss .. m. via D.,
I. Z W. R. r.. 600. 500. l.@ q. m. and In
p. m.
Leave Scranton for Pittston and wilkes.
Barre. via D.. l.. 4 W. n. r.. soe. sos. ll.2e
Leave scranton Graz; On. K scr ~ whit. Haven. Ha.
zieton. Potteville' and all points on the
Beaver Meadow and Pottsville branches.
ii. r. r s,7t5 M a. ~ m n' is 4 is% % sss ssa 4OS >.
m. vie q. L. & W. r. n. soA sos. 20 q.
m, l.s0. go y. m.
Leave Scranton for Bethlehem. Ea.ton.
Reading. Harrisburg and all intermediate
points: via D. & H. r. r. 145 a. m. nG.
In. ~, 100 ll.3S p. m. via D.. l.. 4 W.
NJ ~; ~ Sos; li;0 "a. e. m; Snna. lS9p; m ~,
wanda. Elmira, Ithaca, Geneva and all
intermediate points via d Z H. II: r., s45
q m. l2@ and H. p. M. via D., l.. & W.
r; r.. SO. S55 a. m, l.So p: m.
Leave Scranton for Rochester. Buffalo,
Niagara Falls. Detroit. Chicago and all
points west via d 4 II. r. r.. $40 q. m.
and Pittston Junction. SOS, a55 q. m. $50.
$50 p. m. via L. 4 W. v. r. r.. -s.li p. m
For Elmira and the west via Salamanca,
via 2. II. r. r., 845 q. m. 1905, sos p. m.
VIZ p: L. 4 W. r. r.. so. s.Ss m. l.so.
Pullman parlor and slssping or L. V.
or o1 ~ snS New YORK
philadelphia. Buffalo. and Suspension
RoLL1N II. WILBUR, Gen. supt.
CHAS. 8. LEE, Gen. Pass, Agt., Phila.. Pa.
A: w. NONNEMACHER, Asst. Gen.
Pass. Agt., South Bethlehem. Pa.
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Erie and Wyoming Valley.

Trains leave Scranton for New York
and intermediate points on the Erie rail.
road at 100 a. IN. and % y. m. Also Tor
Honesdale. Hawley and local points al
100, $40 a. m. and 329 y. m. t.
All the above are through trains to ana
from Honesdale.
Trains leave for Wilkes-Barre at G3s =
m. and 3ly y. m. 5vs
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-07


Fourth week January. ss2,Gi9 Dec. sil9
Montn .................. 2G6,65l Inc. l.3S,
From July 1............ 1,2os.9O Inc. 10.g9O
Chairman Caldwell has notified West
ern lines Of his Intention to make a
series of tests to discover If the rules
regarding the transferable fea-
ture Of mileage books is beig observed
John X. Cowen, the new president Of
the Baltimore and Ohio. has made him
self popular at the outset with news
paper men by announcing that he had
set time each day at which he would
receive reporters and give them such
information as they may ask as far as
consistent with theinterests of the COM
pany.
The rumors which have been given
publicity to the effect that George B.
Roberts was about to retire from the
presidency of the Pennsylvania rail-
road were emphatlcally and authOri-
tatively denied at the office of the COM
pany yesterday. The officers and d.
rectOrs of the com pany are unanimous
in the hope and belief that Mr. Roberts
will long continue at the head Of the
corporation, In which they take so much
pride. and 1t Is safe to say that there is
no business enterprise which has a
more homogeneous organization. and
where the spirit of loyalty and fidelity
Is marked In q higher degree. Mr..
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-07
phi,adcIphia Te,,ow Market.

Philadelphia, Feb. 6-Tallow is dull and
unchanged. We quote: City. prime. in
hogsheads, 3aic.: country. prime. in bar
rels. 3Ssc; do. dark. in barrels, 3i4a3iac;
cakes 4c.: grease, sac.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-07

General Superintendent Mathews. Of
the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg
has resigned. 1t Is given as a reason
for his resignation that the directors
wish to cut down the expenses of the
general superintendents office and
that here after the duties of that Office
will be assumed by the vice president
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-07
SpeelaI Motleea.

ssvI,HE SOLDIER IN OUR CIVIL WAR"
You want this relic. Contains ali Of
ing the forces IN actual hattie, sketched on tie
spot. Two volumes, 2,0UO pictures, sold on
easy monthly payments. Delivered BY sx.
press complete. all charges prepaid. Address
p. o. MOODY, C22 Adams Ave, Scranton, Pa.
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RAILROAD TIMETABLES

~r~~s~~~.~~~~N>rN~rS~|~T~'S
Central Railroad of New Jersey.
Gehigh and Susquehanna DivisionD
Anthracite coal used exclusively, insur-
ing cleanliness and comfort.
TIME TABLE IN EFFECT NOV. II, 1895.
Trains leave Scranton for Pittston.
Wiikes-Barre, etc at $50. s.15. II. 80 a. m.
i.2O, 200, 305. 500. 7.10 p. m. Sundays. s.o0
a. M, 100, 2l5, 7.l0 2. m.
For Atlantic City. SO a. m.s
For New York. Newark and Elizabeth.
$50 (express) a. m.. 1.20 express with Bur
fet parlor carr, 3.05 (express) p. m. sun
day. 2.l5 .. m. Train leaving 1.20 p: m.
arrives at Philadelphia, Reading Terminal.
4. 2i n. m. and New York 645 p. M.
For Mauch Chunk. Allentown. Bethle-
hem. Easton and Philadelphia. $40 a. m.
l,2O, 3.O6, 500 Except PhiladelphiO p. m
For Long Branch. Ocean Grove. etc. at
S.20a. m, 1.20 p. m.
For Reading. Lebanon and Harrisburg,
via Allentown, SO a. m, 1.I, 500 p. m.
Sunday, 2.15 p. m.
For Pottsviile, $50 a. m, 10 p. m.
Returning, leave New York. foot OF Lib
erty street, North River. at slO (expreSs)
a. M, 1.1o, 10. 4.3O express with Buffet
parlor carr D. m. Sunday. $50 a. m.
Leave Philadelphia. Reading Terminal.
900 a, M, 200 and $50 y. M Sunday 67
Through tickets to all points at lowest
rates may be had on application In ad-
vance to the ticket agent at the station.
Gen. Pass. Agent.
J.H. oLHAUsEN. Gen. supt.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-07

pLANK BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, NA0A-
ID zines. ETC.. bound or rebound g Tar
TEIBuHn ofac& Quick work Reasonable
ps'o
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" Trains will leave Scran-
ton station for Carbondale and interme-
Siate points al 2.20, t.45. 7;o0. 10 and 10 10
a. m. 1900 220. 3.55. 5.ls. s.ls. 1.sS. $40 and
A'So Eor y Farview, waymart and Honesdale
~, Soo a5 and TO- 10 q. m. 1900, 20 and 5. Is
p. m. o.o,o~o th. Adtrora,oL.
"a Montreal at 5.45 u. IN. and go p. m.
Ear Wilkes Barre and intermediate
points at i.45, S.45. saS and 1915 q. m. 1s.O5.
i.2o. 2sS, AGO. $40. sos s.l5 and il.Ss p. m.
Trains will arrive at Scranton station
from Csrbondale and intermediate points
nj 4 40. $40, 9.Sl and 1910 a. m. 1900. LII.
"a $40. l54. SIS. 7.A5. 9.n and LIS y. m.
view at S.3l q. m. 1900. LII. 140. SIS and
From Montreal. Saratoga, Albany, ETC.,
at l.b and II. .33 p. m.
From Wiikes-B Barre and intermediate
peints at 9.1k, aA, 1e.W and 1l8 Q. m. lie
xil, So. $40. so. 10. 90 and Ills p. m.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-07
MEXICAN CONCESSION.
Dan stuart said to Have Offered the state
Of Chihuahua $40. 600 In Gold.

Mexico City, Feb. Gel Globo saws
the prize fight managers have offered
the state Of Chihuahua $4,000 in gold
for permission to have the contests
take place on Mexican soil.
The Permission, adds FL GlobO, will
positively not be granted.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-07
RAILROAD NOTES.

The follOWig Is the monthly report or
the New, York, Ontario and WESTERN:
-:-.-
The authority of the board of man.
ayers of the Joint Traffic association. 1t
is stated. has already been personally
felt by several trfficic officials who have
unsuccessfully applied for permission
to make special rate.
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Help Wanted-M ale.
help Wanted-FemaIes.

HeTo Wanted-Fe males.
WANTED-GIRL 70 no GENERAL
w housework; small family and good
wages; must have references. MRS. GEORGE
BENORE, lt0 sjonth Main ave.
"ANTED-l.ADY AGENT IN SCRAN.
w ton to sell and introduce Snyder's cake
icing; experienced canvasser preferred: work
Particular at once and get benent Of holiday
trade I. H. SNYDER & CO, Cincinnati, o.
WANTED IMMEDIATELY-TWO ENER.
w Retic saleswomen to represent Us.
Guaranteed 81 a day without interfering with
other duties. Healthful occupation. Write
for particulars, inclosing stamp. Mango Chem.
ical Company. No. ~ John street. New York.
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CONNOLLY & WALLACE.
Stu uatIons Wanted.

SITUATION WANTED-BY AN EXPERI-
- enced man a. salesman. bookkeeper or
shipping clerk; best references; Wholesale
trade preferred. Address @. A. L., Tribune
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-07
DELAWARE AND
HUDSON RAIL-
ROAD.

Commencing Monday,
July 30. all trains will
arrive at new Lacka-
wanna avenue station
as follows.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-12-11

The company's elegant steames give
daily service Sundays excepted) between
The Dalles and Portland.
Steamer Regulator leaves The Dalles
on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at
80 a. M, arriving in Portland at 5 p.
m. Returning leaves Oak-street dock
on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at
6 80 a. M, arriving in The Dalles at
p. m.
Steamer 'tDalles City, leaves The
Dalles on Tuesday, Thursday and Satur-
day at Z 80 a. M, arriving in Portland
at 5 p. m. Returning leaves Oak-street
dock on Monday. Wednesday and Friday
at 6: 80 a. M, arriving in The Dalles at
5 p. m.
PASSENGER RATES:
One way Observation-Disclosures 50 90
Round trip. ............. 90
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There Is Nothing So Good.

There is nothing just as good as DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds, so demand it and do
not permit the dealer to sell you some
substitute. He will not claim there is
anything better, but in order to make
more profit he may claim something else
to be just as good. You want DIR. Kings
New Discovery because you know it to
be safe and reliable, and guaranteed to
do good or money refunded. For Coughs,
Colds, Consumption and for all affec-
tions of Throat, Chest and Lungs, there
is nothing so good as is DIR! Kings New
Discovery Trial bottle free at Blakeley
& Houghton's Drug Store. Regular size
so cents and $1.00. t2)
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Subscribe for The CHRONICLE and get
the news.
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The description of the condition
of India, printed on our local page,
conveys an idea of the awful suffel-
ing already endured by the unhappy
people, but at the idea of what is
yet to come the heart turns sick.
Yet, such is the nature of humanity,
even while contemplating their ca
lamities, we speculate on the price of
grain, and as to what effect their
misfortunes will have upon our mar
kets. India will export no wheat
next year, but instead millions of
bushels must be imported to sustain
its teeming millions of famine-strick-
en- people. The plague that always
follows famine conditions has made
its appearance, and is bringing sud
den death to thousands who other.
wise would starve.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-12-11

For full details call on o. r & Co. s Agent
Th9 Dalles, or address
w, H. HURLBURT, Gen. Pass Agt
Portland, Oregon
E. M'NEILL President aud Manager.
New Schedule.
Train No. arrives at The Dalles AS
a. M, and leaves 4 80 a. m.
Train No. 2 arrives at The Dalles 10 10
p. M, and leaves 10 20 p. m.
Train No. s arrives at The Dalles ] l :55
p. M, and west-bound train No. Z leaves
at p. m.
Train % and "a will carry passengers
between The Dalles and Umatilla, leav-
ing The Dalles at 1 p. m. daily and ar
irving at The Dalles 1 p. m. daily, con-
Meeting with train Nos. s and from
Portland. E. f. LYrLE,
Agent.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-12-11

The purchase of the Barlow road
by the state will be a good thing,
il it can be purchased at anything
like the figures that would be asked
private corporation trying to buy
it. It is about the only road across
the Cascades that can be travelled,
and it should be free.
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sometl,1ng to Know.

1t may be worth something to. know
that the very best medicine for restoring
the tired out nervous system to healthy
vigor is Electric Bitters. This medicine
is purely vegetable, acts by giving tone
to the nerve centres in the stomach,
gently stimulates the Liver and Kidneys,
and aids these organs in throwing eff
impurities in the blood. Electric Bit
ters improves the appetite, aids diges-
ton and is pronounced by those who
have tried it as the very best blood puri-
fer and nerve tonic. Try it. Sold for
SOC or $1.00 per bottle at Blakeley &
Houghton's Drug Store. (2)
Subscribe for THR CERoNIc1E and gel
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THE FOREST RESERVE.

The opening of the Cascade forest
reserve to pasturage is one of the |
most important questions to Eastern
Oregon. Several propositions have
been made concerning it, one of
which is the reduction of its area by
setting apart two or three, or perhaps
more, small reservations, around Mt.
Hood, Crater lake, etc., and the
throwing of the balance open. An
other is to have entirely new regula-
tlons made for the government of
the vation, permitting the pas
turing of focks thereon unUer the di-
rection of superintendent and such
rules as he might prescribe, one of
which would be the taking of bond
securing the government against loss
by fire, set or permitted by flock
owners or herders. If the latter plan
could be adopted it would probably
be better than having the area of the
reserve reQuceQ.
The protection of our forests is of
the utmost importance, and the sub
ject has awakened an intense interest
in the East, where people realize
what the destruction of the forest
means. 1t is from them, and not
from our own people the greatest OBJ
jections to allowing the reservation
to be pastured will come. It will
come from them because they think
the same conditions exist here as
formerly existed there, but this is a
mistake. Our forests are entirely
evergreen, and in this respect differ
The young growth of our frs is not
injured bv sheep, and the tramping
out of such underbrush as the sheep
destroy is of benefit rather than
harm to the forests, in that it de-
stroys the means by Which fires run
through the forest. Another thing
is that the pine lands of the East do
not so readily recover themselves
with forest growth as do our fiji
lands. There great areas remain
barren, and the same thing occurs in
the pine forests of California; but
here Nature is more kind, and
ground cut over or burned soon
starts another growth, a growth sc
prolific that a young fir forest i:
practically impenetrable.
If these different conditions were
understood in the East, there Yoult
be but little difficulty in getting
some modification to the presen
regulations. 1t would be a goot
move to have our coming Legislature
memorialize congress on the subject
And in the meanwhile the news
papers of Eastern Oregon should no
be idle.
The taking away from the sheep
men of the summer pasturage of th'
Cascades, is virtually confscatiol
of their focks, and this means th
destruction of the sheep industry il
Eastern Oregon.
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Some good legal member Iof the
legislature can find congenlal work
and do good thing for the frater-
nifty, as well as everybody else, by
compiling an entirely new probate
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system. The miocene formation of
the present probate aggregation needs
to be set aside and something modern
put in it's place.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-29
PLEAS FOR MERCY.
Johannesburg Reforms Ask That the Edge
OF the sword be Not Used Against Them.

Johannesburg Reforms Ask That the Edge
OF the Sword be Not Used Against Them
Pretoria. April 2S.-In view of the
plea of guilty entered by the defenInts
ir the trial of the National Reform
Committee Of johannesburg, for compii-
CITY in the Jameson raid, there was
nothing in the way of cross-eXamina-
ton to elicit testimony on the question
of the ultimate responsibility for that
ill-starred movement. But counsel for
the defense read a statement, which
was signed by Messrs. John Hays Ham
mond Iieael Phillips. George Farrar
and Col. Francis Rhodes, leaders OF the
Reform Committee, who have plead
guilty of high treason.
This statement reviews the history of
the futile agitation for the redress of
alleged Utlander grievances in r,e
Transvaal. The statement admits That
in face of the rumors current that she
Beers were going to attack Johannes
burg, the signers had asked DR.. Jane
son 10 come, but that they deploTsd the
mistake he had made in coming when
there was no urgent need Tor his pres
ence. They maintained that their ac-
ton throughout the crisis had not been
hostile to the republic, its officials hav-
ing been protected and life and prop
erty having been generally preserved.
They sent officers on December 27, the
statement says, to forbid the move on
Dr.. Jameson's part.
In addition to this signed statement,
kilograms were handed in which had
passed between Mr. Bait, Of the Chart
cred South African Company, and DR..
jameson, Col. Francis Rhodes and
others.
Following the presentation of these
documents, counsel made a speech of
two hours duration in behalf of the
defense. concluding as follows; "If the
edge of the sword is to be used, it will
cause eternal misery in the republic;
but should the fiat side be employed,
it will usher in peace and good will