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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-17

IL month ana given ruiz charge. l'Nhhts
costing S17S,OOO are rich plums for cleo
tricai manufacturers and there were
naturally many bidders present when
bids were opened. The manner OF
awarding many of the contracts led to
n storm of protests from the unsuccess-
full concerns. The lights We're awarded
10 the highest bidder, at cost of $40
per lamp i'm excess of the next bidder.
Considerable OF Il row was kicked up
over this contract, and also over that
for the dynamOs. Long before the plant
was started 1t became apparent there
We're many defects, ana 1t appears the
Altgeld commissioners tacitly admitted
this.
They seem to have felt badly over It.
At all events, they left as legacy to
their successors dispute with nearly
every contractor, ana the present COM
these and the problem of how best to
cure the defects of the plant In the
course of their Investigations they
found out that in order to supply the
1,4O0 lamps needed-there now being
but S27-they will have to change the
building II the present lighting plan
Were carried out. Only one or two of
the contractors have been fully settled
with. The bonds of the rest are re-
tanned by the commissioners, as well rs
u percentage of their bills, varying
from 10 to 40 per cent.
PRESIDENT SUDDARD TALKS.
A month since the commissioners
employed Mr.. Dow to advise them.
One purpose was to locate the RESPONSE
bllity for the failure of the plant, hay.
lug In mind defense II litigation with
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-17

Within year the mails between New
York and Brooklyn will DO whisked
back and forth through pneumatic
tubes, running from one government
building, to the other. The pipes will
be large enough to admit small pouch
es, and 1t Is said the cost will not eX-
coed 100000. The pneumatic deliv-
cry of parcels also Is under consldera.
tiOn In several large cities.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-17
SAY qHB SYSTEM IS BAD.
CHANGES NECESSARY IN WEST
PARK ELECTRIC LIGHTING.

President suddard, Of thc Hoard, Al.
n,its That the Cost Of EixinE the
Plant will He over s35,OOO-lt May
Hun Up to $4,000 -rccuiiaritics Of
the Lights and Their Operation
Engineer Ba,n says Repairs Can
Easily Ec Made.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-17

DR.. Ferguson has been working on his
invention for six years. Its superiority
over tho graphophone consists In tho in.
destructablc quality 1. the records. and
they can be photographed without
loss OF power.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-06
PLAGUE SCARE nv FRANCE.
The Many Vessels Arriving From India
Cause Panic at the Port
of MarseiIies.

MARSEILLES, FRANCE. Feb. 5-Many
vessels from India arrive at this port and
the ravages from the plague in that coun-
try have created a very lively fear that
some of them will be the means of intro
ducing the disease here.
The most vigorous precautions have
been taken by the authorities to guard
against such an occurrence, but nothing
they have done has served to ailay the
panicky feeling that pervades all classes
The authorities have appealed to the
government at Paris to support them in
their endeavors to prevent the disease
from entering the city. but doubts have
been expressed as to whether the central
authorities will give their sanction to
some of the measures taken by tbs local
officials through excess of fear.
The steamer Caledonia, bound for Lon
don, arrived to-day from B ON bay, having
on board seventy-seven passengers, ma
iority of whom intended to travel over
land to England and thus escape the dis
comfort and loss of time that would be
occasioned by continuing on the Gale
donia. The steamer had a clean bill of
health, but this fact had no weight with
the health officials. who forbade anv of
the passengers to land. The appeals of
the passengers from this decision were
many, but the officials were obdurate and
the passengers will be compelled to pro-
ceed by sea to London.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-06

to represent certain interests in San Fran
cisco-the searchers of title-and that
wanted to lay before them what l consid-
cred to be objections 10 the bill. That IS
the only representation 1 made to any
Senator, and the only influence that
used-sim ply to point out the constitu-
tional and other objections to the bill and
its doubtful efficiency. In so doing
have not, believe, violated any law or
been guilty of any professional impropri-
ETY.. l think every Senator will vouch for
the fact that my conduct has been
straightforward and open.
II would like to say one thing more;
that is, when Senator Bulla asked me what
my interests were in the matter l told
him that was here as a paid attorney,
EN- ployed by certain searchers in San
Francisco to oppose the Torrens land act
which he had introduced"
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-06

the other hand he has given no on e the
smallest reason to think ne would.
Logan C. Murray of Louisville, who was
here to-day, is authority for the statement
that General Alger told him that Colonel
}. }. McCook OF New York is a very strong
Cabinet possibility. The impression pre-
walls that Colonel McCook, who is we'll
known lawyer, may be made Attorney
General for the reason that his appoint
ment would not be opposed by either wing
OF the Republican party in New FORK.
Judge Emory Spear of Georgia is also
talked OF as a Cabinet possibility. in case
General Golf of West Virginia does not
accept a portfolio. II is Major McKin-
ley's wish to give the portfolio of the In
terror Department to Judge McKenna OF
California, and this will probably be done
j. Addison Porter of Hartford, Major
McKinley's private secretary, came to
Canton tIis afternoon and will remain
here till Sunday.
Ex- Congressman Bellamy Storer OF
Cincinnati, who is an applicant for for
eign mission, was also caller.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-06
SOUTH oARoLINA,s rorE.
There Viii BE Protest Whe,. the Hous
Begins the Coani.

There Wtu Be "a Protest When the House
Begins the CoWni.
NEW YORK. n. Y, Feb. 5.-A Herald
special from Washington says: South
Carolina is preparing to spring a sensa-
tion at the counting of the electoral vote
in the House of Representatives next
Wednesday, when the counting of her
vote for Bryan and Sewan will be pro-
tested.
Representative George Washington
Murray, the colored member of the House,
who represents the Charleston district,
has just returned from South Carolina
where he was in consultation with leading
Republicans.
He is armed with a monster petition
signed by thousands OF Republicans o.
testing against the counting of the cleo
toral vote, asking for an investigation of
the election laws and the State constitu-
ton.
The claim is made that the election
laws and that the State constitution upon
which they are based are not in accord
ance with the Federal legislation.
While the dispute over the vote OF
South Carolina cannot in any way affect
the result, it may give rise TO compllca-
tions of a serious nature.
The best authorities agree that the Pc
tition cannot be ignored, and the lnvesti-
cation of precedents shows that when
such protest is entered the count must
immediately stop until the question is set
tied. In fact, the law expressly antici-
pates and provides for such a dilemma.
Nearly all of the South Carolina Con-
gressional elections for the next Congress
have been contested on the very grounds
set forth in the petition, so that if the
House should so decide that the protest
against the electoral vote has no founda-
ton, it will be precedent which may
preclude the next Repu blican House from
seating the Democratic Representatives
and hold the prima facie certificates of
election.
The debate is therefore likely to be ex-
citing and of an intensely partisan nature
both in the House and Senate.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-06
claims against the State before they are

claims against the State before they are
allowed.
There was strong talking of going into q
thorough investigation of the matter
summonlng witnesses in this city and
from Bakersfield, but after considerable
heated debate it was decided TO report in
favor. of the bill appropriating the $751;
600.
There were nine out of the ten mem
bers comprising the committee present
Those who voted in favor of the appro-
priation are: Linder, Franck, Smith,
Henderson and Flint. Those who op-
posed it are: VOORHEES,, Wolfe, Luch-
singer and La Rue. The absentee was
Langford.
There promises TO be further interesting
DEVELOPMENTS. and there is possibility
that the committee may reconsider it's
action and bold an investigation before
the bill is reported back TO the Senate. 1t
is admitted that many of the coyote
bounty claims are just, but to what ex-
tent the fraud made known by the Gov
ernor has been practiced is not possible to
determine.
1t is not for a moment suspected that
Secretary of State Brown is implicated
even in the faintest way with McCalvy's
action, and for that reason it is expected
that the head of the bookkeeper may be
cut off,
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-06
AMBITION OF A
WOMAN LAWYER
Mrs. Manila NJ. Kicker
Will Try to Secure a
Foreign Mission.
Files a Petition With the Presi.
dent-E.ect to Be Sent as
Minister to Colombia.
This Talented Lady Was the Pioneer
SuffragiSt in the State of
NV Hampshire.

BOSTON, MASS, Feb. 5.-Mrs. Manila
NJ. Kicker, the well-known woman lawyer
and equal rightist of Washington and
Dover, n. H., has filed with President
elect Mckinley petition for appointment
as Minister to the Unite d States OF Colon
bia, which position is now filled by the
Hon. Luther Mckinney of Manchester,
n. Il.
For some time Mrs. Kicker has been
collecting recommendations from inf1u-
entail men. She is the first woman who
has ever aspired in any practical way to
the high position of an EN- bassador of the
United States. To reporter to-day she
declared her determination to leave no
stone unturned in her quest for embassa-
derial honors.
II ask for the place." she said, 'Tor
think the time has come when women
s6ould be recognized in the diplomatic
service and because ] believe have ability
and strength of character enough to war
rant my appointment.
IF Luther Mckinney can fill the posi-
ton am free to remark that can over
flow it. 1 am not over-sanguine of getting
tllO dPpOihtiAChty VI SOulcC, pQL dul
going to be heard in the matter, and the
world shall know that one woman, at
least, has courage enough to undertake a
line of work hitherto left to the exclusive
prerogative of m en-
Mrs. Kicker was admitted to the Su-
preme Court of the District of Colum bia
IN 1882, standing at the head of her class,
in which there were eighteen men. She
was admitted to practice before the SUI
preme Court of the United States at Wash.
ington in 1891. She opened the New
Hampshire bar to women in June, 1890.
AS to her political activity, she was tie
first woman in the country who tried to
vote. In March, 1870, she went before the
Selectmen of Dover, n. H.. and asked to
have her name put on the checklist. She
went to the polls three days later and
offered the straight Republican ticket.
She has done much political work in New
Hampshire, Iowa. California and Massa-
chusetts. She stumped the west from
Iowa TO the Pacific Coast for Harrison
during the Harrison campaign.
Mrs. Kicker has done CAMPAIGN work in
Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Lodi and Los
Angeles California
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-06
PROPOSED REFORMS FOB CUBA.
Regarded as the Host Comprehensive
Home-R Measure That SPAN
Can Grant

MADRID, SPAIN, Feb. 5.-A full ab-
stract of the proposed reforms for Cuba
and Porto Rico approved by the Queen
Regent will be promulgated tomorrow in
the official gazette. The Ministry regards
them as being as com prehensive a meas
ure OF home rule as can be granted under
existing conditions. 1t is stated that
some of them infringe so much upon the
rights belonging to the Ministry in regard
to the colonies that it will be necessary to
submit them to the Cortes before they can
be put into effect.
The most striking features OF the new
reforms-which have not yet been an
nounced-relate 10 the management of
the finances of Cuba. The Council of
Administration OF thirty-five members
will be constituted as already announced,
of twenty-one members elected directly
by the people. nine chosen from the COM
mercial and educational societies of
Havana and five from ex-members of the
Cortes from Cuba who have beea elected
the greatest number of times. The Coun-
Gil of Administration is given large pow
ers in regard to the framing of the tariff
and the budget.
They are to frame the tariff within GER
tain fixed rules prescribed by the home
Government, and subject to the condition
that provisional tariff shall be promul-
gated by the Minister for the Colonies
pending the organization of the machinery
of the Cuban Government.
The essential condition upon which the
Government insists Is that the differential
tariff of not more than 20 per cent in favor
OF Spanish products shall be imposed upon
certain articles, principally articles OF
Spanish manufacture
The tariff will consist of two columns,
one being the uniform revenue rate levied
upon the products of all countries and the
other the differential rate in favor OF
Spain levied upon certain articles to be
named by the Government, but in no case
TO exceed 20 per cent of the value of the
article.
The proposed reforms deal also with the
question OF reciprocity treaties, which
may be made for Cuba, distinct from
treaties relating to Spain, and which will
be framed by the home Government upon
consultation with the Cuban Council of
Administration.
Provisions were also made for the ap-
pointment of employees by the Governor
General, who must be born Cubans or be
Spaniards who have resided at least two
years on the island. These appointments
will be made in most cases with the con.
sent of the council of administration.
Provisions are also made for the exten-
sion OF the power of the municipal gov
erning boards ana for the appointment of
municipal judges by the members of the
municipalities.
The new reforms are to 20 into effect as
soon as they have received the approval
of the courts and as soon as the state of
the island " i'll permit.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-06
RELEASE OF PRISONERS
Ttco Anierio1n Citis-ns Ia Cuba Are Set
ut Libertu.

ut Liberty.
HAVANA, CUBA, Feb. 5.-Senora Eva
Adam Rodriguez wife of rebel colonel
who was brought here yesterday as a
prisoner on the steamer Manuela from
Nuevitas and lodged in the house of
refuge, was released to-day She is an
American citizen, and at the time of her
arrest, the Government promised that she
would be set at liberty. Upon the rep
resentations made by Consul General Lee.
she was released from custody.
DR.. Gaspar BetaEcourt who, it was an
nounced yesterday had been liberated
upon his acquittal of the charge of aiding
and abetting the rebels, is still under ar
rest and will remain in prison until GER
tain formalities are complied with. 1t is
said, however, that he will be released in
a day or two.
The full reforms granted by the home
Government to Cuba are still unknown
here. What little informs ation the local
press has on the subject was obtained
from private sources, and consequently
the newspapers have nothing on which to
base their comments. They make some
reference to the matter. and ma ior;ty of
them express themselves as favorable To
the schemes so far as they are known TO
them.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-06
HANNA YIsIrs MCKINLEY.
So 1t Is Hoped He Biu Yet Consen. to
Enter the Cabinet.

CANTON, OHIO, Feb. 5.-Chairman
Mark Hanna spent three hours with Major
Mckinley this afternoon, and then, con-
trary to original expectations, returned to
Cleveland. Mr.. Hanna said there was 10
warrant for the report that he had ac-
cepted the position of Postmaster General.
His talk with Major Mckinley was very
pleasant one, and it is believed by the
politicians here that Mr.. Hanna will ulti-
mately yield to the desire of the President
elect to have him in his Cabinet.
There are no fresh developments in the
Ohio Senatorial situation, and Governor
Bushnell. who holds the key to it, re-
mains mute respecting his intentions. He
has not said he would not appoint Chair
man Hanna to the Senate of the United
States to succeed John Sherman. and on
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-06
CONS UL-GkA TO PARIS.
The Pres ident- Elect Makes a Diplon, attic
appointment.

INDIANAPOLIS, IND, Feb. 5.-John
h. Gowdy, chairman of the Republican
State Committee during the last cam
paign, returned from Canton this evening
and announced that he had been ap-
pointed and had accepted the post of
Consul General to Paris, the place now
held by Samuel f. Morss of this city. Mr..
Gowdy was one OF the original Mckinley
men of Indiana. The new Consul-Gen
eral to Paris is a farmer, about 55 years
aid, who was born and raised in Rush
County, this State.
He was private soldier during the war
and has been in politics for mum Der of
years, having served as Sheriff and Audi
tor of his county. He has been chairman
OF the Republican State Committee in In
dia ma since 1880.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-06
CITY Of 4tarr Lost az Sen.

LISBON, Eng, Feb. 5. - The British
steamer Omega, in passing Peniche, Por-
tugal, to-day, signaled that the British
steamer City of Agra, CAPTAIN Lyderson,
bound from Liverpool for Calcutta, was
lost at sea, and her captain was on board
the Omega. No mention was made OF the
Agra's crew.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-06

Who'll pull her out ?
Big John Stout.
Oh what naughty boy was that
Who tried to drown poor pussy cat,
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-06
MOTHER GOOSE UP TO DATE.

Ding, dong, bell,
PuSsy'S in the we'll
Who put her in
Little "Long Green"
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-06
RECENT AAGAGEMENrs.

Sharp Fighting in Which Rebels Are
Said to Hare Been Beat~n.
HAVANA, CUBA, Feb. 5.-Further de-
tails of the operations of Colonel Arajno
at Juan Criolla, near Ciego de Avila, in
the Santa Clara province, have been re-
ceived here. The rebels were found in
strong parties and made stout resistance
10 the Spanish troops, but were dislodged
from their positions by the use of artillery
and cavalry and bay onet charges.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-06
Mrs. Henry Hnrd Be-cher Dysno.

STANFORD, CONN.,. Feb. 5.-To-night
Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher is reported to
be failing rapidly, and her attending
physician says that she cannot live more
than a day or two longer.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-12-19

1t is said that Florida is likely o q
to become an important center for
the production of camuhor. Supplies
Of camphor have heretofore come
o China, Japan and FormosI. but
OF the vast camphOr forests that once
existed III those countries but few still
remain. This is the direct result OF
the wastefui methods Of obtaining the
gum from the trc5.
C%amphOr is usually obtained 10y
boiling the chips Of the wood and
roots and bark in great kettles with
water. and condcnsIng the yolatilized
gum on PUSHES suspended over the
kettle. In this process the entire
tree Is cut down. and even the roots
dug M, but i'll Florida it has been
fOund that the gum can he CONNER
cialiy produced from the leaves and
twigs, ~ pounds Of which yield one
pound Of gum. Hence the bearing
tree need not he disturbed or injured
in any way. rs the foliage it bears is
very dense, and may he thiuned down
onc-half with perfect safety. The
tree, besides bears a great amount Of
pruning without injury. ], is an
evergreen. and makes three rrOwtlIs
Il ycar-im April, June and October.
According tn II. G. Hubbard, spn-
cial agent of the United States dc.
pIrtmcnr ~ agriculture. tho :rcc re-
moves nothing from the sol, the gum
being formed entirely from the gas,s
Of the atmosphere, aud hence the
leaves. when deprived Of their cam
phor and returned Ia the soil, con.
stantly enrich the soil, which. in time
requires no fertilization whichever.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-12-19
lFROM DAILY
SALNIAGUNDl.

Mrs. j. r. Henry came in from
Mound Valley this afternoon,
Mr.. w. II. Crane is in town with a
big load OF Nye county apples.
John llibbcts circulated one OF Col.
Moor's petitions today. Every body
in town to whom it was presented
signed it.
Mr.. f. L. Edwards OF Mineral Hill
passed through ycshaday on his way
to Massachusetts, where he is called
by the death OF his wife, who was on
Il visit to her relatives.
The longest stretch OF straight
railroad line in America is on the
Lake ShOre railway, beginning nj Il
point three miles west OF Toledo, o.,
and running 60 miles without u
curve.
Dr.C.J. Hood, assisted 10y DR.. W. IL.
Hood, Of Battle Mountain, DR.. Ohm
stead Of Wells, DR.. q. NJ. Gardner
and Walter Henderson, performed Il
surtiical operation on Mrs. Lnndon
ycstor lay and removed large tumor
The patient stood the operation well
and is resting comfortably today. She
will soon GOV il no unforeseen
complications arise.
An exchange prints a funny story
OF the order known as grcwsnme. \
poor man lay dying and his good wife
was tending him with homcly but at
%fcctionato care. -Don't You think
yOu could eat a bit Of something.
John? Now, what IL | get FOR you?T
With IA wan smile he answered fccbly:
well, seem To smell a ham Il cook.
ing somcwhercs: | think thnt ! could
do with Il little bit of that" -Oh. no..
John dear she answered promptly
-iou cant have that; that's for the
funeral
Arthur Matthewson and his two
sons arrived today from Omaha
where they had been with ii ship
mcut OF cattle. While they were
laying at Grand Junction one right,
ou the way East, Mr.. Matthcwson's
oldest son walked 81 the top 81 II
freight car in the dark and fell on the
track. Ills ankles were badly
sprained, but luckily he was not
otherwise injured. lIe is all right
nov. Mr.. Matthewson and the boys
struck ont for their home at Hamil-'
ton this afternoon.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-12-19

This Monday noon as the editor of
the lHDErESDENT WAS III front Of the
Commercial Hotel going to his din
ncr lie was aCcustcd 10y DIR. &. T.. Will
son., the dentist, who threatened Ia
put "a head on the editor il his name
was published IN connection with the
brutal assault on Mr.. Cox or The
statement made 10y Mr.. Cox pub
lishcd. Tho readers Of the INDE-
Pendent will SEQ this mans name
published and his identity fully cs-
tablishcl under the caption Of "a
Brutal Assault and in this article.
la the course al his abusive TRADE he
made the remark that he was "A dcs-
pcratc nan. Desperate man u; not
lie docs not run the town mor con
trul the smallest r"~tiOn of space in
the columns Of nmis paper. Our
reasons for not publishing the state
mcnts of the principals in the brutal
assault are fully given IN the account
printed elsewhere. lila threats cut
no figure ill their omission.
II DIR. G. T.. Wilson. the dentist,
docs not wish to have his name APP
pear in the columns OF this paper IN
connection with any violation OF
the law all he or any other citizen has
Ia do IL to keep out Of fights and
romport himself M Il law abiding
citizen. II hc does that his name
will not appear in connection Will,
any violation Of the law or otherwise
except rs II news item or he puts ~
the cash.
1t has come to pretty pass IN
Elko IL men like DR.. G.. r.. Wilson
the dentist can openly violate tn,
law and escape publicity through
threats to whip the editor Of u papc.
whose duty it ia to give tho news nnt
uphold the majesty Of the law. Tina
time Inns not comc yet and DIR. g. f.
Wilson, the dentist, might as vel
make up his mind to that effect.