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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-03
And Coffee Goes Down.

New. York, April 2.-The Woolson
Spice company of Toledo. o., have re-
duced the price of their brand of roast
ed coffee to II cents a pound net. 1t
is expected that the Arhuckles will
make corresponding reduction in or
der to keep on the same footing in the
trade
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-03
After, Many Delays, the Mexican
Murderers fleet Their
Fate.
CRIME WAS
COMMITTED
FIVE YEARS AGO
END OF ONE OF THE MOST BIT
TERLY FOUGHT LEGAL
CONTROVERSIES.

Victims of the Hangman Passed
Through the Ordeal Without
Breaking Down, and the Execu-
ton Was a Fairly Respectable
One-Bodies Turned Over to Their
Families-Funerals Will Occur at
the Cathedral on Sunday-The
Story of Their Crime in Detail.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-03
TROUBLES OF THE
BASEBALL LEAGUE
Imminent Danger of a Big Dis
ruption.
PLAYERS VS.. MAGNATES
CURIOUS WAY OF RECEIVING
SPORTING NEWS.

Cam bridge-Oxford Games = Crews
Out on the Thames at Putney-
Oxford Said to Be Sure Winnie
"A Big Chess Tournament-Cy-
clone at Denver Caused by Fitz-
simmons and Corbett-Tips For
Today.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-03
nHooray For Mckinley

New York, April 2.-Levi Samuels
was appointed receiver today for Marx
& Frankel. wholesale clothing dealers
The liabilities are $4,000.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-03
MISSOURI MAKES
A NEW RECORD
notwithstanding This, 1t Is Still
Upward Bound.
DISASTERS LOOKED FOR
SUNDAY WILL PROBABLY SEE
THE HIGHEST POINT.

Around st. Paul, Mimi, and Other
Mississippi Points in That State
and South Dakota the Situation
Remains Serious-Many Bridges
in Danger-Some Trains Delayed
and Others Not Heard From.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-03

The final day of the trial was
fraught with the intense interest which
has attached TO the case from the first.
People thronged the court room in
hundreds.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-03
EDISON GUILTY
AS CHARGED"
Verdict Returned By the Jury
Last Night.
THE DEFENDANT UNMOvED

Sentence Will Be Passed on Monday
Morning-The Extreme Penalty
For Assault With Intent to Muir
der Is Ten Years and the Mini
mum One Year.
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doubt that the defendant, without any
justifable cause or legal excuse, at
tempted to kill the witness Lille OFT,
and at the time of the shooting had
formed in his mind a deliberate, wilful
and Dremeditated purpose to kin her.
and that he shot with the intention of
effecting that purpose: or. if you enter
tain any reasonable doubt as to
whether the shooting was wilful, delib-
crate and nremeditated: and as to
whether the shooting was with deliber-
ate intent on the part of the defendant
that the shots should take the life of
the witness Lille OFT: but if you be-
lieve that the shooting was done with
malice aforethought, then you may
find the defendant guilty of an assault
with intent to commit murder.
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Continued on page s.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-03
INSANITY.

And upon the question of insanity as a
defense the jury are instructed as a
matter OF law that if a person has
capacity and reason sufficient to enable
him TO distinguish between right and
wrong as TO the particular act in ques-
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.ay firm: choice Timothy $3.50 bic
RANK STATEMENT.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

New York, April 11.-Ihere was ire
mendous excitement in the wheat mar
ket to-day. Prices advanced cents a
bushel in little over two hours. Dealings
ran up into the millions. The shorts were
comDletely stamped and their orders to
bnv flooded the market from start to I'm
ish. War news and foreign buying were
factors which Occasioned the tumult.
The latter was by far the heaviest seen
here in long time. No limit was set on
the execution of foreign orders. They
simply said ''buy wheat" and it was
bought in at any figure. During the reg
ular market session May advanced from
1874 to 7Sc. and on the later curb to !S12
cents. To the other influences was added
export demand at the close. Europe took
about 35 loads. The market was at fever
heat all day, and left off at it's widest
point. Total sales were between $780,
900 and 100000 bushels.
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VAR RAISES WHEAT
The Foreign War Does wha'
Mckinley Has Not Done
WHEAT MARKET GOES WILD
AND CLIMBS UP -FOUR oH1' y
WITHIN A FEW HOURS.
rue ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS CLOSED
And But Few Transactions in SnY'n''g
Other Than Wheat.

Now York. April 17.-As the cotton
romained closed to-day and as
- n.os No cotton news from Liverpool,
49, bos been no market for cotton at
tI;. no;nt to-day. Total port receipts for
tho xreek we're 47,795 bales, against 49,
GOO last week. and 40,O16 last year.
ptortot ;on deliveries were 2O,645, against
1o75O last week, and 21,753 last year.
Consolidated port stocks are now ball.
f1e against 661 .O42 last week and 493,
4O6 last year. Amount on shipboard not
cleared. 117,O29, leaving net port stocks
b24OS4, against 1929 hast year. In
terror stocks decreased during the week
81. O3O bales. Total exports for the week
we're 64,737, against 79.O45 last year.
The visible supply Of cotton shows a de-
crease Of 120,27O bales compared with
last weeks supply by 11O.150 bales, and
smaller than last years supply by 1850
bales.
PORT RECEIPTS.
NEW YORK, April 1.-THE following are
s sne eot sep nes 1885, Galveston. ~:
New Orleans, IGN. sa5: Mobile: 82; ~: savan
nah, S1,07a: Charleston 81. $50: WiimingSo. ,E
York, i'h.sb Boston. ~. dl2; Newport News vs.
eSal: Philadelphia, 3'.3s West Point, ~;
sTnnsTi ill ne; So1 Texas city, e e
cola 6U,iSi: fOrt noydis o'o'S. A'-'
OTHER MARKETS.
Galveston. firm. *. l,2ll bales.
Wilmington, hrm. Z, lS3 bales.
Mobile. quiet, Z l-l6. IL bales
AUGUSTA steady, s l6. 3th hales-
Cincinnati, quiet. *, $50 bales
Louisville, Hrm, TX, = bales,
St Louis, steady. Z IL. II bales
Houston, steady, X, $40 bales.
kALEIGH COTTON MARKET.
RALEIGH. N. c., April 10
Cotton selling to-day at6x@7h.
Market firm.
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GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

Chicago, April 17.-This was one OF
the record-breaking days in the wheat
market. That article closed, after an ex-
citing days business, at an advance OF
~ on the price left of at Thursday
The heaviest and most successful OF the
local spectators in the business were
ON the buying side and shorts were
caught and badly squeezed. Other grain
markets and provisions were compare
lively dull. The strength Of wheat came
almost entirely from abroad.
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LOCAL sTOCk Mask ST.
NEW YORK MONEY MARKET.

NEW York, April II. Money on "a
numinallys ls@la per cent: ASH ioan = -
cent, closed at - per cent. Prime mcr
Camille paper az al per cent. Sterling exchange
strong with actual f'sssiiiess IA ankcTs oi'ls
at 4 ,, Aai IS for demand and S6A ai.ohh lor
XIV uays Posted ,p>f,js 4.>6aai ana i.oca
4.S5a Commercial bills, ASK. MexicAo .iul-
.ars i34. silver ,~.}tiHc,tes -. oar siiter oZ
Go men, bonds firm. state ooaas DUH
abroad bonds ", ak
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Notice by Executor.

Having qualified as executor of the last
ceased. late of Alamance county, n. :, r
hereby notify all persons having claims
against the estate of said Thomas NJ. Holt To
day of February. 1895, or this Eotice will he
plead in bar of their recovery This is also
to notify all persons indebted to said estate
to make prompt payment 10 me.
"A w HAYWOOD
Executor of the last will and testament OF
Thomas NJ. Holt, deceased
Haw River, N. e., h eb. 70. 1897.
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summer yellow 2sx. off summer yellow -.
hntter grades 25has6k; prime white 23hasb,
,ofree-spot, Rio. firm: No. I. inyoice TX:
iobbing s1: mild quiet. Cordova l30l4. 90 ..
Sugar, raw, dull; fair 90. refining 2SS 81:
No. 8. ii Is: No. Z. 4, No. 8, 3b: o.
Q. ak: No. 10. 81, No. II, 3X.. No, IL, 31
No. IL. 35 l6; No. IA. 3k. Mould A. Az, stand
ard A. Az; cOnfectioners' A, AZ, cut loaf
SIX, crushed 5s, powdered ~ :granuiated Ak
cubes AZ.
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Sale of Land.

Urc- snu vrftn. ~ .,e-' ~. ,ss,ra. ,s-s
III the t2th cav = March ies In ~ $40 teA
Proceed,lgip Wake upett.r .ssit. i,, ore
the ri r. in rsss+ euttIted Jantct \ 40, ma
administrator of Reuben Y, ung dst.Sed
agains "ar en- Young AID ~ n TVS, l Will sell
on the 18th da> nj April, l,Sz. 1T ~ o'cl<ck IA
ON ThE PREMISES
IN Panther r'sDch T sbip. Wake Goa ntx
the following H. scritit-u ltst9.~ os Ia q:
+ fst ] act certain t'hes mr. ge,Ns4i ~
Ard ly tea. Ia the - ATE .sf Nurit S;nft4lBpr, 20
Wake G u"fr, uprn the ,uraS de ,,i ttIs
nth p',lg Oi 81 4, rreeK H. ia, aS,Ou faces
Branch. beslnrt AZ piue , the C unity
line. II ence u h the said iiue tho w, iTH potes
TO a stake, thet ~ north $50 y. ~ poles tn rcd
'sak. R'nk's corn r. iteHce west IL poles ~ q
hlars OK. ience tS, u e oegiis cling, coo tn Va
ing forty acres.
s>ets,,.d Itaci -fsegins at . inapie ia P,sse's
Bfnpch, a. the nituh of ssnait drain, Ny
all ofber. thence up the yarsous cs,6rNe~. u,
said branch to- white YAK tn said Mats
iinf, thence with saiu v ATS line to q blprk
ok. thence in a direct course to tive arst ssa-
a. n. 500 atuiDg by estimation zs acTee, aid
being th- tao tracts OF land conveyed by
Noah Messer 10 Reuben Young coy d4ed ds. "a
iulN al. IS52. End RECORDED in the offlce ( the
Regisis De ds tor Walk s-sHnar la no III
q, page @G Terms of saie. me hs II ycslsts ts.-
spc" tnsS a'rn H. with taserxra tspreOa ea
per cent per annum
JAMES a. ADAMS, Ux.s,.
March u, iss..
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NAVAL STOt ho

st ady; strained $l.35 good si.,0; reoe'pts 90
barrels.
s ,iriIs turpentiue firm at ~; receipts 81
casks.
lar firm at So.
Turpentine quiet; hard $l.30; soft N.eC;
yivvtn
SAVANNAH. Ga, April l7.-Spirits turpen-
tue ir.u . .oA Saiee oil, feceip .,%b-
ltosIl urn receipts 80, ..e z,,57 a, D.,
C.. D.x4Er SLAB; 81. o y $l.bo. =, $3.50,
l, $l.75: K, Sl.oU; NJ, SEQ; N. " ID, Mind. "
gisss >2.25.
CHARLESTON s. c.. April 17.-Ros firm;
safes -: a. l, e. ID, Il. Sl.4U; Il, ;, g, 81 D,
II, gi6j. si.6a. X, 81 ~, 81, s. %, N, also,
window glass W. ~.
TurpenLlne firm at 26f.
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NOTICE.

Having qualified as administrator of
the estate Of Seth Penny, late Of Wake
cunty, this is to notify all persons nav.
ing ciniins against said estate to present
them to me on or before February LIST,
1893, or this notice win plead in bar If
their recovery, and all persons indehted
to said estate Will please make payment.
M. G. PENNY, Admir-.
Garner, N. @.
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OaIeA0O, April II.
Opening. Closing.

1aK: No. 3 spring nominal: No. ? rcd sexas3x.
ScsS No sS ~ si No. II; Nj h,s si Ne
8 az. Barley. Nc; nominal; No; s e p
Prime Ttmethy seed ssaksss.? os - Ae.s p OF
s sSSa COED o sssS: slors cies1 de.
Sboxedl lx@5. whisksy dtstallsr' snhh
81. Yo.x. April Hzylour stro q e. ~ y.
fers SalOas7O winter patents y 45et.W; do:
stfaights eAO6a4 q; do. winter extras l>d.lb0
go: winter low grades 9 66s2.D
sRys. sSur: irm; 'uperhne 'ssas@; nancy
Csrn neal steady; yellow western .: CITY
rye ste.dier: No. . western u; car lots,
s.rley nrmer; western feeding 2; mating
Wheat, spot. stronger: No red t. o. b. 90;
shard winter +. Q. s anoat; options. No. 2
Fss 4 June eos1s x Closed 7x aSS
rs ,elesed 7eX: August =: September AGn
s54, closed 7,x; december 76xa77A, closed
Corn, spot quiet: No 2. ssx in elevator:
- adoai: yellow =: options, April closed
rs Ma, ,as ssasxs eptembe1 Closed Sue closed
No. y delivered -: No. 2 white q: NO. 8
vhlte %; track mixed western :las3; track
White gas ga options May closed AK; July
Hay steady: shipping 55Geo; good to choice
Hons quiet choice to common 1895 crop 2ka
9, 1898 crop 5(alOK. Pacific coast, 1895 crop "a
Hides arm; Galveston. aOa25 lbs, IA; Buenos
Ase IT,. or i, california. siaS lbs 10 '
Leather steady; Hemlock sole Blenos Ayres
llgh, t, ueav, Weights, 2oa2l; acid. D0SS;
Woo firm; domestic fleece. l0azi; pulled
Beet steady; family 50 5oalo 50 extra m ,ss
E.oOao.vo o.e. nams Saa.Ssassy; paczeo so'o's
Cut m ,ate irregular; picked Deilles BABY !;
do. pionied -nouIdeis ha5A: DO. mans 9asr
steaay, w rensd steaav: aontne at
sseo: a.. American - % compound l%a,A.
PORK quiet. ia .nees &c, 'ya9 ~ shoiI GEAR
s16a n..o. ami $9.75al0 80
~. factor sai-. fleinsI liz alo III u ION
Q 'amery llal5: State dairy iaai7: d. cream
or l3a ~
cheese steady: large State 9al24 small
fey salsh' part skins 4g'H; hi'E SKINS
Eggs steady: State and Pennsylvania 10;
western iresn 10A al0k; southern .a5A.
iaiiow dull; city Is per pa' hage) ~ a
s*;coantry packages free) 3Aa5A, as to
Petroleum dull, United clo:ed at = bid,
Bait NOR" " N, do W bulk S3.bJ.
Hosn steady; strained, common to good
q.
Turpentine steady at 2ska3O.
Ric Mn, oolneStic, fair to extra 4H0
81, Jdpau tsD,4.
Molasses steady; New Orleans, open kettle
good to choice, ajs:U.
Peanuts stea y; fancy hand-picked TASK
other domestic "a al.
+ eli shts To- Liverpool weak; cotton by
et.,lI ll-52 "a II 10y steam 2hd.
Pig iron quiet; southern ylo.Uvall.OO; north
arm $40 HalZyEc exchange
copper quill: brokers su.35; exchange
E1l3aals50
Lead steady.brokers $3.50: exchange s. 3Oa
aS7k
quiet.
CuJton e.ed Oil quiet; prime Grade 80 +;
mills l5Aa16: OF crude -, prime
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SPECIAL RATES VIA sEABoARD

On account Of Southern Interstate Con-
ference. Southern Pines. N. c.. April
q. Tickets on sale April 26 and q, on
basis Of cents mile one way for
round trip. good returning May i.
Round trip from Raleigh $40.
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TENNESSEE CENTENNIAL A.
NASHVILLE, TENN, MAY / TT
nCvp0pLD On

OCTOBER 30.
Round trip tickets on sale at very low
rates. Call on SeaboaM Air Line ticket
agents for all rates and limits.
Remember the Seaboard Air Line runs
double daily trains, and commencing May
LIST, will operate through sleepers via
Portsmouth and Washington. d. c., to
Nashville, Tennessee. Quickest time and
no extra charge on vestibule limited
trains, Call on or write.
Fl. s. LIZARD, r. p. A,
Raleigh, N. G.
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BALTIMORE

BALTIMORE, April 1T.-Four quiet; weste,
family $39O14.25; winter wheat patents ~ Aha
4.65; spring do. $4.0Ec4.25: spring wheat
straights $l95M4.10
Wheat strong and higher; spot and prli
IS: May 7eaT5k; July 20 asked southern
wheat nv sample 7Sa7p; do on grade -;
Corn st ady; spot and Arri z'Aa "a Wy
28a2sk: July 90 a23k : steam" m 'eo o ga
,,aU, steady: No 2 white western 2oa2o; NO.
2 m yei -3$. .o,,, .,.
Rye firmer; No. 2, nearby. 69a391; west
HAY firm: choice Timothy $3.50 bid
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TO THE MATRON.

When the charmer whispers to you
Words that set your brain awhirl-
Tells you that you look as youthful
And rosy as girl,
Do not listen-do not suffer
Him to captivate your mind,
For the chances are, good woman.
That there is an Ak to grind.
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AXES TO GRIND.
TO THE MAN.

When a siren comes up slyly
And proceeds to f1atter you
Tells you that your work is grander
Than your rival e'er can do
Don't bow down to her in worship.
Though you may be so inclined.
For perchance-there is no telling
She may have an AK to grind.
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TO THE YOUTH.

When a world-worn woman tells you
That you are ga heartless man,"
That she wishes to forget you,
But, "ah, that she never cam"
Then. dear boy. get up and scamper-
Pray for wings to cleave the wind,
For tits certain that there's some one
With a cleaning Ak to grind.
Cleveland Leader.
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NOTICE.

Having this day qualified as the aa
ministrator of the estae Of Perrin H.
Cover, deceased. this liz to notify &C
persons having claims against this estate
to present the same to ne for payment
on or before the 18th day Of April, 1893
or this will be pleaded in bar of recovery.
All persons indebted to the estate viii
please settle with me without further de-
mand. II. Fl. COVER,
Admir- Of Perrin III. Cover. de<'d
April Is, 1897.
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RALEIGH TOBACCO MARKET.

Smokers, Common. ....................., 5N
0OOu... ..st....s..s.s..ss...... 10
Fine OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. k016
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Az s1fs,s, ssuesAs aesoescs eoa ss,s

Destrsbu tn move to ttio ciEy oftes tor
sale my place near Raleigh. 1t contains
,o.,t = hnudred aud sixty acres ,,p
witch r. II small on'.-stniN dwelling hn1ss,
etc, anu AN elegant new ,wo-seory {. welIins
house OF ten rnnisrss Eth watsr.rlosets aud
other noGerp ffiisSNTTementS. This "a che
prettie~t p,ace a. Wake county peiightful
" Summer "'>nit''res Bile In winter AID with.
In thre, M. the Capitol over a maca.
a,nigrd ro4G Teins easy Title perfect
APlEE WHITAKER
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~ TIE sUpERloR COURT OF wAKn
I COUNTY.-A. B. Young ct a., Directors Of
the North arolina State Penitentiary,
against The North Carolina Phosphate Com
pany ct al Notice to creditors.
To the creditors OF the Nerth CaTUlin&
hosphate Company:
In pursuance of an order duly entere0 tn
the above entitled action at February term,
1897, Of the Superior curt of Wake county.
notice ts he reby Riven to all creditors Of thu
North Carolina Phosphate Company 70 coHa
In and make themselves parties to the above
entitled action at or before the April terra,
1887, of said court. being April ~, 1897.
% Fl. YOUNG,
Clerk Wake Superior Coprk-
March "a. 1897
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OPP wAKN
i COUNTY.-C. II. Belvin, cashier OF the
National sank of Raleigh, for himself and al
other creditors of the Raleigh Paper ,om-
pany, who shall come in and make themselves
parties to this action. agai, st The Raleign
Paper ompany, ). N. Holding, lessee, and v,
VASE. trustee.-Notice 70 creditors.
To the creditors of the Raleigh Papee
ompany:
n pursuance of an order duly entered sg
the above entitled acth'n at February term,
1897. of the superior count OF Naie COUNTY
notice is hereby given to all creditors eff the
Raleigh PAPER 'mpany to come in aud make
themselves parties tn the nj owe entitled &C
ton on " before the FIRST day of-April, 1897.
d n YOUNG,
Clerk Wake Snts.rior Cou8t
VI. rcii IL 1885,
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 90, 1897.
Notes of the Dav.

The latest reports from Madrid and other
European centers of diplomatic inforna'
ton completely corroborate The Times
view of The woodford-Tetuan conference.
According to these, Gen. wooaford Oh
served to the foreign minister that things
like the war in Cuba were always de
piorable. and that the American Govern
nent, if asked la do SO, would not in the
least mind seeing what could lie done 10
fix matters more pleasantly. That is
exactly the kind of an antepenultimatum
we always expected MIR. Mckinley to
hurl at the head OF the 1berian buZzard
a month or so prior to the Ohio election.
But " hile woodford is waiting TO Ice asked
10 use our good offices, Gomez, Garcia
and the rest Of them are utilizing their
own. on Monday the brilliant young
cavalry leader, Arrange, cleaned up the
brigade OF the Spanish general, Molina,
a: Pinar de Picardu, short distance from
Havana. few days before, Weylers
General LuQue sustained the latest OF a
continuous series OF defeats at the hands Of
calix.o Garcia, in Santiago de Cuba prov
ince, which the unfortunate Luque is try.
ing TO re-cohqucr by the novel means OF
getting thoroughly thrashed every time
Garria eau get at him. Spanish disasters
are reported from Santa Clara and Pinar
del Rio. IL must be a proud satisfaction
10 wcyler to know that, withstanding
Ids Notorious stupidity and cOwardice,
which are only equalled in degree 10y his
fiendish brutality. Prime Minister Az
carraga gives him a vote OF confidence
every few days. Weyler is the wild bull
that Azcarraga has hold Of by the tail.
IT is destruction to him to hold on, but
death 10 let col
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-23
PARDoNs By THE PRESIDENT.
Mr.. McKIuley Has Granted Seventy.
Three Up to Date.

/ 1uree Up 10 Ohtcs
Although in the consideration OF appeals
OF convicted criminals for clemency Presi--
dent McKfnley's sympathetic nerve Is not
10 abnormally developed as Clevelands
was, cxtenuating circumstances, IL elo-
| Quently presented, are not without effect
occasionally at the White House these
| days. The applications for pardon that
reacn the President refer mostly to insig-.
| nificant cases, pension frauds, thefts from
the mails, Inoonshining, and offenses In
| the Territories, the latter alone being OF
a capital nature. Until recently bigamy
cases from UtaL We're quite common, but
| the Edmund law has led to a more equablo
distinction OF the sexes, and toward the
| latter part OF Cleveland's term what was
called the Utah offense fell into innocuous
desuet,Ide.
Mr. Clercland used to be most conscien-
tious about the Presidential pardoning
power, invariably inJorsing his reasons for
whatever action he took upon the jackets
CT each case. always iaboriously writing
1t out in his minute chirography. He never
LEFT the consideration of such matters to
Others, hut spent hours studying the in
finitcsimal details of the conmonest APP
plicatioa Tor even "a smaN misdemeanor.
Mckinley inaugurated a wide departure
from this He goes over the cases In confer
encc with the Attorney General and writes
merely granted or denied" upon them,
never making any explanation His first
pardon was not granted until March 13,
nine days after the Inauguration, and up
10 date he has granted but seventy-three
and denied fifteen. Cleveland's proper
.ion was Just about the reverse OF these
II guTes, ne denied mole than he granted
Cieyeland's pardon mill ground out some
thing every day. Mckinley takes the cases
up only az they accun ulate In large num-
bers, and thea he refers great nurube:
back to the Department OF Justice for fur
vher Information.
From July 20, when he pardoned Henry
hammond, of Utah, convicted OF murder
In the first deeIee, until September 22,
nearly two months, he was deaf 10 all ap-
peals, ami gave no consideration whatever
to the petitions for respite of liberty.
OF tie seventy-three cases Mckinley has
already granted the majority simply
remit the fines or brief imprisonments ana
restore citizenship. Not over a dozen
or them are real pardons, but In nearly
al! Of these the exercise Of the Presidential
prerogativc was brought about by sheer
sympathy.
Cleveland never could resist the appeal
of a wife )r sweetheart of a convict, il
they promised To reform, and in his eight
years he sternly refused To interfere with
the sentence of any man who had been un
kind to {, woman. Mckinley has not yet
bac a fair trial at the pardon min, the
officeseekers have been too prevalent with
him. bet next year, according 10 those
who have known him long and intimately,
he may be- relied upDn To temper justice
with mercy in all deserving cases.