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Smyrna times., 1897-08-18

The Christian EndeavOr Society, of
the Presbyterian Church and others,
had a very enjoyable Lawn Party at
the residence of Miss Eunice Anthony
last evening.
Smyrna times., 1897-08-18

The failure of the peach crop has very
materially interfered with the plans of
the tramps who have heretofore infes-
ted the Peninsula in the month of Au-
gust and in the early part of Septem-
Der. About this time in the season
there were usually found hundreds of
them in the lower part of this State.
Smyrna times., 1897-08-18

Go to Cummings, photographer,
Post Office building, for finely finished
cabinets, mantelles etc. Here every
Wednesday. II
Smyrna times., 1897-08-18

Bethel A. NJ. E. Church will have a
church camp, commencing Sept. 5th
holding a week, attended by prominent
ministers. A similar camp will be held
at Blanco, the same date.
Smyrna times., 1897-08-18

The farmer, as a business man, is
now on top. Since the "wave of pros
perity' has come, no successful far
mer roosts in the lower branches.
Smyrna times., 1897-08-18

If the humid atmosphere this sum-
mer has given us lots of mosquitoes,
the sun has not got in its blistering
qualities of last summer.
Smyrna times., 1897-08-18

Reuben Ford, near Brenford. has
shipped "a half barrels of cantaloupes.
They brought him in New York 81. so
per half barrel.
Smyrna times., 1897-08-18

Frank l.. Wright, collector of school
taxes for the year 1896, wishes it sta
ted that after August Both, he will col
lect all taxes according to law.
Smyrna times., 1897-08-18

John w. Tucker went to the city
yesterday to lay in a stock of clothing.
There will be four races to-
morrow on the track of the Belmont
Park Association.
Go to Cummings, photographer,
Post Office building, for finely finished
cabinets, mantelles etc. Here every
Wednesday. II
Reuben Ford, near Brenford. has
shipped "a half barrels of cantaloupes.
They brought him in New York 81. so
per half barrel.
If the humid atmosphere this sum-
mer has given us lots of mosquitoes,
the sun has not got in its blistering
qualities of last summer.
Frank l.. Wright, collector of school
taxes for the year 1896, wishes it sta
ted that after August 3Oth, he will col
lect all taxes according to law.
The farmer, as a business man, is
now on top. Since the "wave of pros
perity' has come, no successful far
mer roosts in the lower branches.
The Christian EndeavOr Society, of
the Presbyterian Church and others,
had very enjoyable Lawn Party at
the residence of Miss Eunice Anthony
last evening.
VIM. NJ. Lewis, who has taken the
agency for the Deering Corn Harves-
ter, is expecting to soon see them oc-
cupy the same relation to corn that the
reaper does to wheat fields.
We are now in the full tide of mar
ket prOducts-co corn, tomotoes, cabbage
and melons, about everything but
peaches, which have been scarce at 10
cents a quart. This seems odd, con-
sidering we used to have them by the
1O0 OO0 boSkats.
Smyrna times., 1897-08-18

B. Shapiro, who has been doing
business in the L. A. Cotton property
since the early spring, left Saturday
for Cordale, Ga. The house may go un-
tenanted until the confirmation of it's
sale, next October.
Smyrna times., 1897-08-18

John w. Tucker went to the city
yesterday to lay in a stock of clothing.
Smyrna times., 1897-08-18

There will be four races to-
morrow on the track of the Belmont
Park Association.
Smyrna times., 1897-08-18

The following came to hand by this
mornings mail: The Steamer Eliza.
beth Van Solver" of the Philadelphia
and Smyrna Transportation Co., went
to Riverside, N. J. on Saturday last
and took out large excursion of the
NJ. E. Church of that enterprising
little town. The people express them
selves as highly pleased with the boat,
its crew and especially the kind and
careful attentions of Captain Curry.
Smyrna times., 1897-08-18

The position of Minister to Russia,
which was expected by Gen. James H.
Wilson, of Delaware, has been offered
by President Mckinley to Ethan Allen
Hitchcock, of st. Louis, and accepted.
Smyrna times., 1897-08-18

William Richardson for cursing his
brother, and Joseph Evans for threat
ening the life of Mary E. Lord, all
colored, have each been fined so cents
and costs ($2.92) the past week by
Esquire Cooper.
Smyrna times., 1897-08-18

The excursion of the Presbyterian
Sunday School on the steamer evan
Solver" on Wednesday last, seems to
have been a day of real enjoyment to
the participants. They made land
ing of from two to three hours at Penn
grove for dinner, and were met or SER
enaded by a brass band of the place.
We are pleased to say though the
early morning was lowering, the ex
cursion sustained no loss financially.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-25
The Telephone Monopoly.

DIES MONIES, May 1.-THE patent
issued TO f. Berliner, of Washington,
ID. c., Nov. II, '01, for Il years is the
subject of much litigation and news
paper comment. The application was
filed June 4, 1877, and consequently
was pending in the L. $. patent office
il years The law allowed two years
delay for the applicant to reply to adj
verse action of Examiner and this i'm u
measure accounts for the interval be-
tween the date of filing the application
and granting the patent.
The present rules limit action by
the applicants to six months in place
The validity of the Berliner patent
has been sustained by the highest
tribunal that has jurisdiction and the
claims are generic and broadly cover
essential features of the Bell tele-
phone that is in general use and sup
posed to be public property after the
expiration of the original Bell patent
The Bell telephone company, as as
signee of the Berliner patent will
thereby endcavor to maintain the
monopoly of the telephone ten years
longer.
Our practice is not confined to Iowa
Inventors in other states can have our
services upon the same terms as
uawkeyes.
THos. G. AND J. RALPH ORwIe,
Solicitors of Patents
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-25
NEWS OF THE WEEK

An Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
passenger train went through a trestle
and over twenty-foot embankment
near Ardmore, !. r.. 4 few days ago,
and fifteen persons were injured,
some of them fatally
Philadelphia monument to George
Washington was unveiled few days
ago by President Mckinley in the
presence of thousands of people.
Judge Gibbons, Of Chicago, has de-
cided that the tobacco trust has no
cgal standing in Illinois.
Stephen r. Mallory was elected
United States senator by the Florida
legislature on the twenty-ifth ballot.
Mallory was member of the Fifty
second and Fifty-third congresses.
He lives in Pensacola, where he was
born in 1S4S.
Gen. Rivera, the Cuban leader con-
lined in Cabanas prison, is said to be
geriously i'll with fever.
The tipple at the ore mines at Pincll-
ney, Tenn, collapsed few days ago,
killing ten men and boys and seriously
iniuring several others, some of whom
will die.
Severe earthquakes have recently
visited Australia.
Gen. Lonos Spanish army was car
rying food and supplies from Man
zanillo to Bayamo When they walked
right into trap set for them by the
Cuban forces under Generals Garcia
and Rabi. The slaughter was awful,
the rout became general, and but a
very small portion of the army man
aged to escape. The Spanish losses in
killed, wounded and prisoners was
about 1000 1t is regarded as the
most important battle since Cacar-
iiicara.
4 The reply of the Transvaal govern
ment to England, insisting upon the
observance of the London convention,
is defiant in tone. It insists upon the
right of the Transvaal to demand the
arbitration of questions in dispute,
also upon the right to pass an alien
immigration law, and asserts that if
this right is disputed arbitration is the
best means of arriving at the settle
ment of the question.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-25
LITERARY NOTES.

sThe Spirit of an Illinois Farm and
THE Little Renault" by May Hart
well Catherwood, author of "The Lady
of Fort st. John" ''Old Kaskaskia,'
The Chase of st. Castin,'' etc, have
just been issued by Houghton, Mifflin
& Co., Boston and New York. The
first is strong story of frontier life
in the early days of Illinois, and those
who have read the former products of
Miss Catherwood' pen know how we'll
she can write n story of that kind.
The Little Renault" is an episode of
Tonty's life in the Illinois country and
is also quite captivating.
miss Archer Archer" novel by
Clara Louise Durham. also comes
from the press of IIoughton, Miffln
q Co. Mrs. Burnham's large circle OF
readers will gladly welcome this new
story. The scene is partly on the
coast of Maine, partly at al old ''be-
fore the war; homestead in Virginia.
Some chapters take in Fortress Mon
roe, Hygeia Hotel and Washington.
Mrs. Burnham, with her charactcris-
tic generosity, gives us two heroes
and two attractive heroincs; how they
happened to be where they were, how
they, came together, how the love drama
was very pleasantly acted, and things
resulted so as perfectly TO satisfy the
actors-this is the story of Miss
Archer Archer" aud host of readers
will take great pleasure in it.
The June number Of the Delineator is
called the Early Summer Number, and
it's presentation of warm weather
fabrics, dress trimmings and millinery
is made brilliantly attractive by the
handsome color plates. The literary
features include contributions by Il
quintette of famous women. "Sister
Angeliquc," daintily humorous story
of life in Il Louisiana convent school,
is by Molly Elliot Seawell, author of
THE Sprightly Romance of Marsac,"
the New York Herald's $4,000 prize
story. In the fourth number of the
series on social life in American cities.
Anne III. Wharton, anthor of Through
Colonial Doorways, discusses with
authority society in Philadelphia.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-25
FEVER AIDS WEYLER.
THE DISEASE is ORIGINATING
CUBAN NON-COMBATA
Yellow Jack ana Smallpox, Conformity
with Starvation, Are Thinning Out
the Hated Observation-Disclosures Can
Not BE Procured for Those Stricken.

Washington, May 1S.-There have
been so deaths from yellow fever IN
six cities of Cuba since the first of jan
uary. This appears from the most re-.
cent reports of American consuls AMI
sanitary inspectors. 1t represents onl.
part Of the truth.
The mortuary officials in Cuba are
accustomed to conceal yellow fever I'M
der other names during the winter AM
spring months. They admit these %!
deaths from the most dreaded conta,
gious disease.
What the real number has been can
only be guessed Those i'm charge OF
the quarantine OF the United States arc
aghast at the conditions which these
latest reports show. They feel that tn
danger from infection is great
In Havana the deaths from various
causes are now more than $50 a week,
Smallpox seems to be yielding first
place to yellow fever. In the shor:
month of February ISL residents o.
Havana died of smallpox, but in March
sEC uCtthS llDii tiitJ CAUSE u1Opptu ~
$40.
The deaths in Havana during March
reached 1880. Dysentery and bowel
complaints, aside from fevers, claimed
l61. Part of the yellow fever mortality
was successfully concealed, according
to the Spanish custom, under the cover
of ''pernicious fever"
Captain-General Weyler looks upon
these dreaded diseases as allies and
uses them, in conjunction with starva-
ton and exposure, to decimate the
ranks Of the helpless and hopeless
thousands of noncombatants whom be
has forced to huddle together In the
cities.
Selling or giving medicine to a Gu
ban is an offense punishable by death
under Weyler's law, and so the poor
people are dying like sheen. Among
these arc many American citizens.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-25
Tribute to Heroism.

Springfield, ILL.,, May 19.-The Illinois
Battlefield Monument commission met
Monday night and decided to erect
nine monuments each at Lookout
mountain and at the north end of Mis-
sion Ridge to the Illinois regiments
which participated in these battles.
Plans were received for a granite
monument 100 feet high which it is
proposed to erect on the top OF Mis-
sion Ridge,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-25
Rebellion In Vruyuay Ended.

Montevideo, May ia battle last
ing six hours has taken place between
Uruguayan troops and the insurgents
under Lamas and Saravia. The gov
eminent forces were victorious, ac-
cording to the official report. Later
in the day it was officially announced
that the insurgents had been complete
ly routed and that the revolution is
considered ended.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-25
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
Recommends the Appropriation of $780,
900 for Relief Of Americans In Cuba.

recommends the Appropriation or S5O,-
900 for Relief of Americans In Cuba.
WASHINGTON, May ls.-Following is
the presidents message Gu Cuba: TIC
the Senate and House OF Rcpresen-
tativcs of the United States: Official
information from our consuls in Cuba
establishes the fact that a large num-
Der of American citizens in the island
are in state o. destitution and suffer
ing for want OF food and medicine.
This applies particularly to the rural
district of the central aud eastern
parts. The agricultural classes are
forced from their farms into the
nearest towns, where, without work
or money, the local authorities
OF the towns, no matter how
kindly disposed, are unable to relieve
the needs of their own people and are
altogether powerless to help our
citizens. The latest reports from Con-
sui General Lee estimate that from
six to eight hundred Americans are
without means of support. l am as
surcd by him that provision can be
made at once TO relieve them. To
that end / recommend congress to
make an appropriation ofnot less than
$4,000 to be Immediately available for
use under the direction of the secre-
tary of state. 1t is desirable that ii
part of the sum which may be APP
propriated by congress should, in the
discretion of the secretary of state.
also be used in the transportation Of
American citizens who desire to re-
turn to MS and are without means to
do SO. Signed
WILLIAM MCKINLEY
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-25
Royal Decree Reaches Havana.

Havana. May 19.-The royal decree
putting into force the reforms which
the government decided on March 10
should be established in the provinces
of Santa Clara, Matanzas, Havana and
Pinar del Rio arrived from Spain Mon
day. FL Pals, the organ Of the autono-
mists, and all the other dailies con-
graduate the queen regent on the
event, which is coincident with tho
birthday of AlphOnso XIII.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-25
CONGRESS AL,
SEN ATE

SENATE
Washington, May IL. The sugar investi-
CATION of 1894 was recalled by the intro
ductton of resolution 10y Mr.. Allen, of
Nebraska, proposing that Elverton T..
Chapman be brought to the bar Of the
senate to purge himself of contIlmacy as "a
prerequisite to pardon. II went over No
business OF Importance was transacted.
SENATE
Washington, May l3. The senate dis.
cussed Aliens resolution directing that
Broker Chapman, held in contempt for re-
fusal to testify before the senate sugar in
vestigatiug committee, be required to
purge himself of contempt before he re-
ceiye executive clemency. Tllman urged
an investigation of the charges that SEN
ators had specuiated III sugar stock within
the past week The resolution was referred
10 the judiciary committee. Adjourned
till Monday.
HOUSE.
The Indian appropriation bill was dis
posed of 10y the house to-day, with the ex.
ception of the provision for opening the
Utah gisonite lands, which was postponed
until Monday. The conference report
which establishes an Indian warehouse at
Omaha, ratifies the lease of the Seneca Gil
lands, and adds one judge to the Indian
territory courts, was adopted by vote OF
ii to AZ.
SENATE.
Washington, May 17.---Cuba engrossed
the attention of the senate to-day The
presidents message urging an appropria.
n ha of IF cuff
Americans in Cuba was received and the
appropriation was voted. Morgan's Cuban
resolution came up and a heated debate
ensued, but it went over without vote
being reached.
HOUSE
The house confronted the Cuban cues
ton, made party Issue o. it, and finally
adjourned without taking any action.
The presidents message was received and
read with enthusiasm, and on its heels Mr.
HIT asked unanimous consent for consid-
GRAFTON of bill in response to the pres
ident's request. Bailey, of Texas, asked
for consent to consider in connection with
the bin an amendment which embodies
Senator Morgan's resolution for recognition
of the Cubans as belligerents Opposition
at once developed, aud without action ad.
journment was taken until Thursday.
SENATE.
Washington, May lS.-Cuba again oc-
cupied the attention of tho senate and
drew large crowds to the galleries Two
notable speeches were made. one by Mason
of Illinois, in favor of the Morgan resolu-
ton, and the other by Hoar, of Massa-
chusetts, in opposition to it. Mason's
speech was an eloquent one nd was loudly
applauded. After explaining the true
condition of affairs in Cuba, Mr.. Mason
exclaimed, "Mr. President, if We did not
have ship in the water and every gun
was melted into piowshare, if every
bayonet was buried, if every ship we ever
had was sunk in the middle of the sea.
there is no nation in the world, much less
Spain, that would ever dare strike our
cOlors on American soil" A vote was
not reached.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-25
Confessed, but Was Innocent.

San francisco. May 1S.-Chief of Po-
lice Lees has completely punctured the
story Of Convict John Rosenberg If
San Quentin, that he murdered
Blanche Lamont, and was ready to be
hanged for the crime for which Theo-
dore Durrant is soon to die. Chief Lees
has found that Rosenberg was not in
the country when the murders of
Blanche Lamont and Minnie Williams
were committed.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-25

Chamberlain, S. d., May 18.-The
rise in the Missouri river has up to
Sunday evening reached total of two
tionary. 1t is probably the prelimin-
airy to the so-called June rise, which
usually commences about the 25th and
which is this spring expected to he
greater than for weave
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-25
Havemeyer Trial Is POSTPONED,

Washington, May 1S.-The trials of
Messrs. Havemeyer and Searles, presi-
dent and treasurer respectively of the
American Sugar Refining company, for
refusing to answer questions of the
senate sugar trust investigating com
mittee have been postponed until Tues
day. Nav 25.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-25
Law is VALID.
Another Important Decision n the I'LL

fHPUTtaHL DctIsIOn !. the IIlI-
nois supreme Court.
Chicago, May 13.-News of an i'm
poftant decision by the Supreme Court
mas been received from Ottawa.
In the case of Charles L. George, an
attorney, convicted OF embezzlement
and sentenced under the indeterminate
law the lower courts arc sustained.
Inc constitutionality OF this law, which
has been called in question, was upheld
by the court, Justice McGruder raising
the only dissenting voice.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-25
HITS TOBACCO TRUST.
Judge Gibbons Decides American Com
pany Is Illegal.

pany Is Illegal
Chicago. May 17.-Judge Gibbons
made decision Saturday declaring the
American Tobacco Company an Illegal
corporation and prohibiting it's agents
from carrying on it's business within
the confines Of this state.
Representatives of the tobacco trust
were in court when the decision wa2
read and declared their purpose TO give
notice of an appeal to the Supreme
Court
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-25
WILL NOT INTERFERE.
Gov. Leedy win Allow Saloons in Mauy
Kansas Cities.

Topeka, Kas., May 1S.-Anent the
present fight being made on a resump-
ton OF the open saloon in Kansas a
prominent state official, speaking of
the attitude Of the administration said:
The policy OF Gov. Leedy and At
torney-Generai Boyle will be to let tho
larger cities have all the liquor they
wan,. This is particularly true Of
Leavenworth, Wichita, Atchison and
Kansas City, Kas. The sentiment in
those cities is overwhelmingly in IA
vor OF the sale OF liquor and the collec-
ton OF license. That has been the
program in those cities. In the small
er cities and towns Gov. Lcedys adj
ministration will let the people handle
the question themselves
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-25
Chicago Board OF Trade.

Chicago, May 17.-The following Ia
BILE shows the range of quotations on
the board of trade today:
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-25
Preeident McKinIey at rhiladelnhla.

Philadelphia, Pa, May 17-Presidcn.
Mckinley, Vice-President Hobart and
the members of the cabinet, with tho
exception of Secretaries Sherman and
Long, arrived here late Friday after
noon to attend the ceremony of unveil-
ing the Washington monument in Fair
mount park this afternoon. Repre-
sentative Bailey of Texas and Secrc-
tary Porter accompanied them. At
night a banquet was given at the Union
league by its president and directors in
honor of the president. vice-president
and cabinet officers. About fifty per-
sons were present.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-25
Senate Drops CHAPMAN.

Washington, May Ex-senator Hoar
reported from the judiciary committee
Monday in favor of taking no action on
the Chapman resolution as Chapman
has made no application for pardon.
without debate the report was adopted
and the resolution went to the table.
Tombstone epitaph., 1897-04-25

Were all tie ohice-seekers in Ari. zons te eschsw politics and direct like energies to legitimate pursuits, min- inl fer instance, the time would not ks distaut when the territory would bs rsskoaed as the weslthisst in the Uaisn. We have here the epportu- mites for aspiring aenius-opportu- nisies, which, if taken advantage of would ct snoe write the man down as capable of caring for the interests oi others ter, if he cannot succeed in his svn behalf, he is not . fit person to handle the fruits of snsthsIs labor and snsrxy. This is ene of the several reasons why R. A. F. Penrsse Is locked upon with such general favor as the sns nan most capable of furthering the interests sf the public. Ar. Pen rsss has one of the largest producing z ninss in Arizona; he has worked tt iron the grass roots down, demon strati,g ,hst he has confidence in our county, and showing that he is net sn sdvsntursr, but business man in whom the public can and do repose confidence. By their iruits shall ys knew tnen."
Tombstone epitaph., 1897-04-25
DANCED TO DEATH.
A Grief-Stricken Aborigne
 Finds Solace in Death.

rtculiar death occutr d here last week, says g Parker, Arz ,corIespond- ent cf the Yuma Sun. Tomoko, Q st'rekt eper ia the Camps and & singer in the tribe, ir.nZed with grief st the death of his chIld, commenced the death dance, accompanying it with the singing oi a dirgs and Iatsiing of gourd. Around and around his desd cbI.d and in and out sm0ng the dusky mouiners n,arched Tomeko. Hours possed al d 't.li he kept up his wierj incsntati9ns. Suddenly he form swayea so and fro, one awful grosn burst from his lirs, and he dropped dead. He had sunE his own
 eQuiem.