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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-04-18

S s 1ne Supreme Court OF Tennessee has
s5teeia that the shedding OF tears by
Slaa8yer when pleading on behalf OF his
Sss1ien IS y not only. allowable. bu. is
ssnmong he natural rights Of counsel
ssSsAsiich no Etatute or constitution could
assslss Indeed, says the court.
counsel y have tears at command it
Isss1nalys :9e serious!y questioned whether it
3ssa nos his ofeasionnl duty to shed them
stisysr proper occasion arlses.,,,,
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-04-18

EE r. GGH1LDREN'S SUITS SIZES 4
OCU ~ l6. MADE IN STYLISH
p1 REEFERS UNDER ACE S, AND
rG GhsN DOllBI.E BREASTED JACKETS
CLOTHING WINDOW.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-04-18

isss according to the Lowell News Ia IT
year SOC. 900 song birds were destroyed
sssn This country that women might wear
ahem on their hats. On Cape Cod 20 900
S tern were killed for this purpose. In
the slaughter of bobolinks
a5sge said to nave amounted to 1000 900,
ss s'asId sln parts Of Florida the herons were
en 'l!slT 5exterminated. How can SO cruel
as woman ask for the rlgh,
;sfosyote
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-04-18

The Postmaster General has issued a
fraud order against J. B. kellogg. a New
York broker
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-12
GOME9's LETTER.
Copies of the Two Appeals Sent to
the Senate.

WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE presi
dent today sent to the senate report
by the secretary of state containing
the state departments translation of
the letters written by Gen. Gomez, Of
the Cuban army, to President Cleveland
in February last and to President Nc
Kinley in March, appealing for the
sympathy and support Of the country.
The letters are the same which were
published six weeks or two months ago,
differing only on account of the fact
that the translations were evidentll
made by different persons.
In the same communication the secre-
tary takes up the report that the
Cuban authorities have refused to per-
NIT the consul Of the United States,
at Sagua La Grande, to communicate
with Consul General Lee, at Havana
by means of cipher dispatches. He sayt
the consul did receive such prohibition
from the mayor of Sagua La Grande,
but that the mayor was promptly rep
rimanded upon a protest by Gen. Lee
by the governor general. The secretary
SAYS this terminated the incident and
that since this occurrence neither tho
department or the United States con
suls in Cuba have experienced AMI
difficulty in the matter Of telegraphio
correspondence.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-12
6HLE OF ST. Paul HELD VALID.
Decision of Great Local Interest.

ALBANY, N. Y, May n.-The state
court of appeals today decided case
of great Importance, mot only to the
litigants in this state, but to Minneap-
oils and st. Paul people. The case Was
that of Hannah Nirdlihger ct al.against
Meyer Bernheimer ct al, executors OF
Isaac Bernheimer, deceased. responu-
ents and Augusta Nirdlinger ct al, ap-
pellants, in which the latter tried to
set aside sale of land, upon which the
cities of ST. Paul and Minneapolis now
stand, to the respondents. The court
refuses to do this, and the sale stands.
The story of the case runs back forty
years. In 1855 the firm of .RernhcImer
Bros, New York MERCHANTS t.ons;sl-
ing Of three members thes firm Of Ar
mold, Nusbaum & Eirdlinger, ner-
chants of Philadelphia in which iirm
Jacob Nirdlinger had a one-thir:t inter-
est, and Mayer Arnold, of philadelphia,
entered into an agreement 20 purch ase
an immense tract OF land in Minnesota.
at that date compa rative wilderness
The cities Of ST. PaHlsand Minnea polls
stand on portion of khis original Iur-
chase. In all divisions the profits We're
to be on one-third basis. In 1853 the
parties resolved that ON "a portion Of
land purchased they fwould lay out a
town to be called Chicago City.
In this enterprise Bernheimer Bros
were to have threesevenths, Arnold
Nusbaum & Nirdlinger the same, and
Mayer Arnold one-seyenth. In pursu-
ance of this plan large amounts OF
money were expended in the purchase
of lands and in the development Of
Chicago City. Bernhefmer at all times
controlled the enterprise, but the other
parties furnished the money. The sum
contributed by Jacob Nirdlinger, with
interest to Dec. 81, 1888, amounted t.,
2,072, and a small portion of the lands
was sold to the st. Paul Improvement
company for $48, ,O0O During the early.
years of the enterprise, the various
parties contributed large sums of mon
ey toward perfecting and placing it
upon paying basis. In, June, 1887,
Jacob Nirdlinger. sold his one-ninth
interest in the MINNESOTA purchase to
Isaac Bernheimer for $4,000. Nirdlin--
gers death occurred the following
August. one-half o oathis, or a one
eighteenth interest irEfhe property, has
been recovered by the heirs of Jacob
Nirdlinger. 3
The suit was to sef aside the sale Of
the one-pinth interest, on the ground
that the sale was made by the deceased
without sufficient knowledge of the
value or location OF the lands, and that
his position was taken advantage OF
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-12
CHEROKEE PAYMENT.
An OmciaI investigation Into the
Trouble Begun.

WASHINGTON, May, 11.-Assistant
Secretary of the Interior Ryan began
an inquiry today into the trouble over
the payment to the Cherokee freedmen
or negroes, in Indian territory, which
was recently suddenly suspended after
many vexatious delays had been en-
countered Special Disbursing Agent
Dickson, who was summoned back and
who doubtless will be succeeded shortly
by an army officer; Indian Inspector
Mclaughlin and Chief White, Of the
Indian division, were present. The In
quiry embraced an inspection of the
freedmen's rolls and methods of identi-
fication adopted by Agent Dickson in
making the payment and review Of
the mandamus proceedings, which was
the direct cause of the stoppage of
the payment 1t was shown that Of
the fund the government is charged
with paying to the freedmen, amount
ing to 1891, 900, there remains unpaid
$262, 900. 1t is understood payment will
be resumed in a fortnight or month.
Agent Dickson presented his version Of
the trouble and pointed out the COM
plicated condition Of the rolls and at
tributed the delays to the peculiar
state Of affairs among the freedmen
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-12
C9NADI9N Liberals CABBY QUEBEC
Last of the Conservative Provinces.

MONTREAL, May 1.-THE Quebec
provincial elections took place today
and resulted in the complete overthrow
of the Conservative party. In the. last
legislature the parties stood: Conserv-
atives 80; Liberals %. These figures
have been reversed as result Of to-
days election, the Liberals having
elected fifty members with a probable
.ity of fifty three, and the Conservatives
about twenty Among the prominent
Conservatives defeated are G. A. Nam
tel, commissioner of public works, and
Louis Beaubier. commissioners Of agri-
culture. The Issues Of the campaign
are for the most part local. The LIB
erals fought hard for power, telling the
voters that victory for their party
in Quebec would strengthen the hands
Of the French Canadian premier, Will
fred Laurier Clerical influence played
only small part in the election. al
though q number OF the Liberals elect
ed openly pledged themselves to secure
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-12
MIR. GARY's GUESTS.
Delegates to the Postal Congress
Formally Entertained.

Delegates to the Postal Congress
Formally Entertained.
WASHINGTON, May 11.-Postmas-
ter General Gary gave a reception to-
night to the delegates to the Interna-
tional Postal congress in the spacious
halls of the old Corcoran Art gallery,
where the meetings of the congress
are held. It was the first official fuuc-
ton rendered the delegates since their
arrival in the city and the entire per-
sonnel Of the congress took advantage
of the opportunity to meet socially
the officials of the postoffice depart
ment and the American delegates The
visitors appeared in their full court
dress and insignia, which gave the oc
casion the appearance of a, diplomatic
reception at the White house. The
postmaster general was assisted by
Mrs. Gary, several Of their daughters.
and Assistant PoStmasters General
Heath, Shellenbarger and Merritt, and
wives. Gen. Batche1der, the president
of the congress, made the presenta-
tions. After the reception the dele
gates were entertained at banquet
spread in one of the rooms of the
building About 140 guests in all were
present, the affair being limited to the
delegates Of the congress. Music was
furnished by the Marine band under
the direction of Prof. Fancuilh.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-12
JIlR. DINGLEY EgSES HIS JlIND.

yielded by the house bill. For example
the amendment returning to the free
list argols, certain acids and Oil paint
ings and statuary for private use and
reducing the duties on liquors, tobacco,
precious stones, ETC., lose more revenue
than could be obtained by the duty on
tea.
"Undoubtedly the contingency which
would exert the largest influence In
diminishing the estimated revenue
would be delay in the passage of the
proposed bill, in consequence of which
there would be large importations OF
such articles as wool, woolen goods,
sugar, ETC., on which 1t is proposed
to increase the duty. If the ways and
means committee had supposed when
they made the statement March Is
that the bill would be delayed as long
as now seems probable, they would
have said that such delay would In
evitably result in largely nullifying the
revenue qualities of the bill the first
year, through importations Of wool,
sugar and other articles before the new
duties should go into force, unless such
retroactive provision as was placed
in the bill by the house could be main
tanned The anticipatory importa ttons
of such articles already arrived and
on their way exceed the fears OF the
ways and means committee when they
urged pIOIlpJ dCIlou ny tLC AAOhSS ~
prevent loss Of revenue, for the first
year"
Continuing, Mr. Dlng1ey said:
'.Amendments reducing the duty on
clothing wool and increasing the duty
on carpet wool would also diminish the
revenue The amendment increasing
the duty on opium from $6 to So per
pound would not increase the revenue,
in the judgment of the administrators
i,,fo od a and
means committee that Sc was the point
which would yield the largest revenue.
The proposed duty on hides and a few
other amendments would increase the
revenue somewhat.
'Of course, the estimate of an in
creased revenue from sugar, through
an abrogation of the treaty with Ha-
wall, has nothing to do with the tariff
legislation, for this could be done as
well as by accepting the house sugar
schedule as the sugar schedule pro-
posed. The ways and means committee
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-12
did not even consider the question Of
abrogatdng this treaty, because they

did not even consider the question of
abrogating this treaty, because they
took it for granted that If 1T was con-
sidered desirable to abrogate this, or
any other treaty, it would be done in
by the treaty itself. The fact that the
senate finance committee recommend
an ad valorem duty on sugar, appar-
emily a little higher than the specific
duty of the house bill, does not insure
larger revenue, as past experience
with ad valorem duties has shown.
In our judgment the revenue from
setting aside the question Of abrOgat-
ing the Hawaiian treaty, would be
larger than under the senate amend
mentS.
1.-The proposed temporary duty on
tea would increase the revenue, al
though not SO much the first year as
estimated because of the large stocks
on hand and the short stocks that
would be maintained with the knowl-
the free list, and the proposed increase
of internal revenue taxes would also
increase the revenue to the extent es
timated. But the other proposed
amendments would, as a whole, dimin-
ish rather than increase the revenue.
SIltIClSIIl has peG1ls IIldQ6 On Tile
estimates Of the ways and means COM
mittee as to revenue that would be
produced by the tariff bill as 1t passed
the house. These criticisms overlook
the fact that the ways and means COM
mittee estimates Of the revenue that
might be expected the first year were
based on the assumption that the bill
should become a law on or before May
1. The committee in their report ex
pressly said that, while there could be
no question that the house bill would
in any event yield sufficient revenue
to carry on the government and leave
a surplus the second year of it's opera
tion-which nobody even now contra
dicts-and probably sufficient for the
first year, if it could be promptly put
in force, yet, if there should be a delay
in its enactment before May 1, antic-
ipatory importations would inevitably
cause a serious inroad in the prospec-
tive revenue for the first year. Here is
what the committee said on this point:
What the actual revenue will prove
to be in the year following the enact
ment of the proposed measure into law
is, Of course, dependent upon contingent
c1es which cannot be forecasted with
any approach to certainty, and will
therefore be subject to varying esti-
mates.''
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-12

n IF}

WASHINGTON, May u.-The first
statement which Chairman Dingley.
of the ways and means committee,
whose name is borne by the new tar
iff bill, has consented to make, regard
ing the bill since it was amended by
the senate finance committee, was made
by him today to the Associated Press
Mr.. Dingley was requested to give
some statement as to- the probable
additional revenue that would be yield
ed the first year by the senate tariff
bill, as we'll as by the house bill, and
he spoke as follows:t
.It must be borne in mind that there
is no senate bill as yet. What is inn
properly spoken of as the senate bill
is the house bill reported to the senate
blythe finance committee, with certain
amendments recommended. What the
senate bill will be when that body
shall have made it, nzseone can as. yet
say. While the amendments of the
house bill, recommended by the SEN
ate finance committee about 700) ap-
pear to be multitudinous, yet about
200 of them are mainly syerbal-such as
amending the spelling of asbestos by
substituting 90 for ',I,, leaving about
500, which change rates. This is about
the number of amendments to the
Mckinley bill adopted by the senate Of
$780, and of these remaining 500, a
large proportion involve nothing of con-
sequence. There are, however, many
amendments which are important, not
only on revenue, but, other. grounds.
I do not propose now to speak of these
proposed amendments, except as they
affect revenue.
"The effect Of these amendments as
a whole-outside of the amendment i'm
posing duty on tea for two years
and half and the amsndment increas-
ing the internal revenue tax on beer
forty-four cents per barrel for the
same period, and the increase pro-
posed on tobacco and .lcigarettes-is to
produce less revenue than would be
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-12
THE 9[IlEBICaN FLAG FIRED upon
By Nicaraguan Man-of-W War.

ed and vastly superior to the forces
of the Honduranean government.
News was received in this city sew
eral days ago that the tug boat Lucy
B., converted into gunboat by the
Nicaraguan authorities, had left Blue
fields under the command of Gen.
Reyes, armed with two unmounted
cannon and manned by fifty banana.
cutters whom Reyes had pressed into
service by taking them from the plan
tations on the Rama river Reyes left
for Port Cortez with the avowed in
tention, it is said, of assisting the gov
ernment Of Spanish Honduras in the
task Of recapturing Port Cortez, oper-
ating in conjunction with the Hondur-
anian- forces which were supposed to
be advancing upon the port from the
direction of Omoa. 1t was the Lucy
B. that fired upon the Rover, and
without provocation. while the Rover
had the American flag flying at the
masthead.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-12

free public schools to be controlled by
the people alone, and in this way an
tagonized the clergy in several parts
of the province. Both parties were
pledged to an extension of the public
school system in the province and the
expenditure of a much larger sum Of
money for this purpose than has
heretofore been expended. The victory
Of the Liberals in this province today
puts the party in control of the pro-
vincial legislatures of all the great
provinces of the Dominion, as we'll as
the Dominion government itself
Late advices from Gaspe county say
that the Conservative premier, E. J..
Flynn, has been defeated by a small
majority. Final returns show that the
next house will stand: Liberals 81;
Conservatives 20. Mr.. Marchand will
be the next premier. He reached this
city at late hour tonight and re-
ceived tremendous ovation. The de-
feat of Commissioner of Public Works
Nautel is not conceded by his friends.
They claim he is elected by a narrow
majority.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-12

NEW ORLEANS, La, May 1.-THE
steamer Rover, plying between this
port and the ports Of Spanish Hon.
duras, was fired on by a Nicaraguan
man-of-war, May 6, while four miles
from Port Cortez, and narrowly escap-
ed being hit amidships. The Rover,
which came in tonight, also brought
the information that it was rumored
in Omoa and other government points
that the American consul at Port Cor
tez, Mr.. Alger, had been shot, but no
paticulars were obtained. The fact
that flags were not flying when the
Rover left the port is taken as an in
dication that this is really SO, and
that possibly Port Cortez has passed
into the hands of the government, al
though tits also said that the revolu-
donists at that place are principally
Americans and Englishmen, well arm
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-12
Mr.. Newell
CONFIRMED
The Senate Approves of the
Selection of President
Mckinley.
CASTLE ALSO SAFE,
Two of the Minnesota 40
pO1nfeeS Have Run the
Gauntlet.
BIXBY IS LEFT OUT.
Action Remains to Be Taken
in His Case.
BIXBY IS LEFT OUT.
Action Remains to Be Taken
in His Case.

WASHINGTON. May 1.-THE senate
today confirmed the following nominal
tons: Stanford Newell, of Minnesota,
to be minister to the Netherlands; Cas-
sdus M. Barnes, governor Of Oklahoma
territory; Henry A. Castle, Of Mime
sofa, to be auditor for the postoffice
department; Thomas Richards, Indiana,
agent for the Berthod agency in North
Dakota.
The president today sent the follow
ing nominations to the senate:
To be Consuls Of the United States-AI-
bion w. Tourgee, of New York, at Bor-
deaux, France; Sidney B. Everett, of Mas
sachusetts, at Batavia, Java.
Interior-Henry P. Cheatham, of North
Carolina, to be recorder of deeds District Of
Columbia; Ephriam H. Smock, Of Wyoming,
to be receiver Of public moneys at Buffalo,
Wyo.
Postmasters- Mary Redfeld Newlands.
at West Point, N. Y.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-12

by the purchaser, who was thoroughly
aware of the great bargain he was Sc
curing. Another significant feature of
the controversy is that, when the ac-
ton was begun in 1883, the property
was far less valuable than now, and
Bernheimer was willing to account tc
the heirs of Frederick Nirdlinger for
the gains of the property held in trust.
The decision of the referee on the first
trial in this action was made in 1888.
Since then the land has wonderfully in :
creased in value, many Of ST. Pauls
business blocks were erected upon It..
and Bernheimer appealed to hold the
land as his own. The court decides
against Nirdlinger and in favor of the
heirs of Bernheimer.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-12
national gold convention to be held in
lanUor Il1lU z


Denver July Z.
"It is a mistake" he said to an AS
sociated Press reporter, Ito think Colo
RADIO is wholly devoted to silver. While
there is a large silver interest there.
it is small compared with the gold in
terest. Colorado has been producing
more gold than silver for months and no
state in the Union could better stand
a gold standard. The disposition of
our people is to stop all agitation of
the silver question and to give the
present administration the fullest pos
sible opportunity to restore prosperity
upon its own lines. If 1t fails there
will be no need of further agitation as
the people are already sufficiently edu-
Gated, and if It succeeds in restoring
prosperity Colorado will applaud it as
strongly as any state in the Union.
Out state is in betted financial condi-
tion today than it ever has been. The
object Of the gold producers convention
is to demonstrate to the world the
boundless resources of the Rocky noun
tain region outside of silver mining and
it PROMISES to he a great SI1cceSS -
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-12
STEVENS SATISFIED.

Hopes the Republicans Will Be Able
to Restore Prosperity.
CHICAGO, May 1.-THE Hon. Isaac
N. Stevens, who was in reality the
chairman of the National Silver party
executive committee in the last cam
paign, was in Chicago today on his way
home from the East, where he had been
looking into the prospects for the inter
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-12

The boroughs of Greater New York
have fallen to quarreling over the
name of the new municipality with a
population of over 100000. In New
York, it is claimed that the new name
is too long and really ridiculous. The
people there want the big city to be
known as New York, but the other bor-
oughs find 1t difficult to hear the plea.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-12
Earl of Dartrey bead.

LONDON. May 11.-R.chard Dawson, Earl
of Dartrey, is dead. The earl was born
Sept. T. 1877 and was made peer of the
United Kingdom in 1866 From 1855 to 1865
he was lord in waiting. In 1871 he was
appointed Lord Lieutenant of Monaghan, and
he has his country seat in that county. The
family is one Of the great ground landlords
Of the United Kingdom, owning about SO, 900
acres.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-12

One Of the queer things of the week
was the fact that q New York auc-
tioneer was unable to get a single bid
for famous Monmouth park, which was
fitted up a few years ago as a great
race track at q cost of million dollars.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-12

A new use has been found for the
bicycle on Long Island. Two rival
coroners over there have created much
amusement in their races for bodies.
The other day one of them purchased
bicycle and was getting all the busi-
ness, when the other fellow bought a
tandem and, with the aid of his clerk
on the rear seat, is now getting his
share. if not little more. of the busi-
ness in his line.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-12
Northwest Pensions.

WASHINGTON, May u.-Northwestern
pensions were granted Monday follows:
Mnnesota-Original: john w. Nelson, Mors-
land; John W.. Whey dead. Renville. In
crease: George R. Bates. Princeton. Widow:
Harriet Louisa Williams, Morris. Wisconsin
-Restorat and reissue: Hiram H. Britain
dead, Sextonville. Widows: Emma Norton,
Wh.ttelsey; Esther A. Britton Sextonvie;
Anna Stewald. Milwaukee; Harriet S. Cane,
Stevens Point; Carrie May, Boscobel; Francis
r. Hoover Waterford. Reissue: Emily
Johns, Burlington.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-12

If Fitzsimmons doesn't kill his dog
Yarrum it can easily be seen how he
may yet die a poor man. Yarrum
frightened a Pittsburg man into
faint, and the Pittsburg man sued
Fitzsimmons for S25O0O damages.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-12

This starting telegram comes from
Honduras: ''The revolution is ended,
and the country is peaceful" Hon
duras is industrious, however, and an
other revolution may be in full blast
before the end of another fortnight.