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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-12
LITTLE BOY DROPS DEAD.
Chas. Kraversky, Aged Ten, Was
on the Way to the Groccr's.

Charles Kraversky. 10 years old, whose
parents live in Granite City. H., dropped
dead last night at the corner OF Nagei ave-
nue. and Broadway In Carondelet while on
an errand for his grandmother. Mrs. Mar
garet Kraversky of No. 71ls South Broad
way. Heart failure is supposed TO have
been the cause.
Mrs. Kraversky asked her grandson to 60
to the corner grocery to get her some but
ter. He left the house In excellent health
and spirits. but when he reached the corner
of Nagel avenue. he sank 10 the sidewalk
unconscious. Doctor Reber of No. gig South
Broadway was summoned and pronounced
life extinct. The body is at the home OF
the grandmother
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GENERALDOA!ESTIC-

Roosevelt appealed 20 the voters Of South
Dakota to vote as they shot, and not as
their Senators had talked.
Democratic campaign leaders are much
srat!fieG by the result OF the Maine cleo
tio,:, showing Republican loss OF about 10
per cent and a gain for Democracy OF about
- per cent.
The three fusion conventions OF Colorado
met yesterday and transacted preliminary
work. 1t Is expected that fusion will be ef-
Iected to-day or tomorrow.
The Democratic State Convention of New
York met at Saratoga yesterday and ap-
pointed committees and adopted resolutions
and then adjourned until to-day.
The transport Lawton has departed for
the Alaskan Coast to bring back the desti-
tUte miners OF the klonGika and Cape Nome
regions.
A demented Kansas youth buried q hatch
81 in the brain OF his aged grandmother.
Ills family knew his mind was unbalanced,
but did not consider his mania dangerous
Two persons were burned alive and five
others seriously injured in Chicago tene-
ment house fire.
The cotton market is quiet again, the bull
= fever having been allayed by a rush OF sell
Ing orders.
Two children played with coal of and
matches at FL Paso. Tex. and were burned
TO death.
speech on trusts. expansion and the McKin-
ley administration at Streator, Ill. yester-
day.
The hurricane which caused disaster IN
Texas reached Illinois in modified form,
causing much damage to crops in the coun-
try and inficting slight damage to a num-
Der of buildings In the towns.
Beardstown was cut of from communl-
cation by the storm yesterday. 1t is re-
ported that the town was in the path OF q
tornado which passed in that direction
A Syracuse, n. Y. school teacher. who has
been trying for years 10 recover possession
of silver mines IN Mexico, valued at many
millions OF dollars, IS at last about TO be
rewarded for her perseverance.
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lowing dispatch was received from them,
Mech sympathy Galveston disaster,
Please pay over to relief fund f1Oo''
Soliciting committees are at work among
the various Industries Of the city, and there
Is every evidence that their labors will nee.
with generous response.
KANSAS RELIEF work.
REPUHIIC SPECIAL
Topeka Kas.. Sept 11.-Governor Stanley
was the first Governor to appeal to his peo-
pie for aid for Galveston sufferers. He is
sued this appeal this morning: He said:
Il request that the Mayors OF the different
cities and towns Of the State at once take
such steps to procure from their communi-
ties donations Of money. and that a collec.
tion be taken in all OF the churches OF the
Stste Sunday, the 18th.
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WHOLE NATION is JOINING
IN THE WORK OF REIlFF

The kilograms mere presented show wha.
is being done in other cities for the stricken
people OF Texas. From New York TO Cali
fcrnia the cry OF distress from Galveston
and the neighboring suffering towns has
aroused public sympathy and impeIIed
prompt action In providing relief
New York. Sept. u.-Mayor Van wyck to-
day issued an appeal to the citizens Of New
York for help FOR the sufferers OF Galveston,
heading the appeal with a 500 subscription.
Ten doctors and twenty nurses from
Bellevue Hospital have volunteered to go
to Galveston and help care for the injured
and sick They let New York by special
train tonight.
SPECIAL TRAIN.
Chicago. Ill, Sept. IA Special freight
train OF fifteen cars. running on a passen-
ger time schedule, and laden with food and
clothing for the Texas sufferers, will prob
ably start from Chicago within forty-eight
hours.
The offer to furnish the train was made
by the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Railroad to Mayor Harrison and the Mayor
accepted 1t to-day. Aside from necessi-
ties contributed. it Is estimated sl5,0oo has
been donated. The Rock Island road has
disO "Heu rOVerr0r Sayer5 10 GraW on the
company for si0o0 for the relief OF the suf-
ferers.
MAYOR CONTRIBUTES.
San Francisco. Cal, Sept. 1.-Meyor Phe-
Ian announces that he viii receive at the
City Hall contributions of money or goods
for the Galveston sufferers and forward
them to the Houston Relief Committee. His
personal contribution Is si00.
All OF the theatrical managers IL the city
have announced their intention OF giving
the gross proceeds of one performance each
to the relief fund.
KANSAS CITY RELIEF WORK.
Kansas City. Mo-, Sept. u--Governor
Sayers of Texas was authorized by teIe-
graph this morning to draw on the Kansas
City Star for s2,g7i for the relief of the
storm sufferers at Galveston and other
points on the Texas coast. More than $1,000
was subscribed by stockmen. The local
grain men have already subscribed $780,
Proctor & Sons, grain dealers OF Liverpool.
England, gave 500 to the relief fund to-day
through their agents In this city. The fol-
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West one day out and ran In toward Carys-
fort Reef. When she was between Jupiter
'and Fowly's Rock the clouds came down
iii they fairly rested on the water and
there was heavy swell.
The wind then set in. constantly increas-
ing. and the clouds seemed suddenly 10
have been turned into solid water. The
downpour was terrific and the wind IN a
vicious mood. II ripped off deck awnings
and dashed the sea. The little Salamanca
was tossed almost helplessly about. Tho
blow lasted thirty-six hours.
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LOCAL AND SUBURBAN.

The naval militia, which will give GRIN
.,ghtlv at the Exposition. gave preiini-
nary gun-practice drill at the Armory.
TIL. Missouri Trust Company. when has
been IN business in seddlia foE t"env
y.ars. has Incorporated IN ST LOUIS i'r
the purpose OF extending its business
Alfred Foreman, who ran away from his
Seta In home with another boy, intending
"a seek fortune in the Wild West. was ar
r,sted In St Louis.
James b. Case. president Of the Lincoln
Trust COMPANY, died suddenly al Battle
creek. Mich.
ST. l.nujsans raised more than SEQ" 'or
the relief OF Texas storm sufferers
Mrs ]. T. Barnridge nearly lost her NE
by fire.
Louis J. T. Schneider. years oio' Is
ST Louls's infant barber.
Frank Kibarz. an order clerk. was Killed
by falling down an elevator shaft.
Special Patrllman Roemer save bond To
appear in court to answer the charge OF
assaulting three girls.
4 fire on the TOP fooC % the -Four Courts
was extinguished with small loss
Thieves broke into Clerk Wagenman's o.
fee at the -Four Courts and rified the cash
drawer.
Great crowds attended the second day of
the Belley5lie Street Fair. Mayor Ziegen-
hein viii attend tomorrow.
Michael Churchill was appointed Consta-
rie in Justice Spalding's court to succeed
Ben Brady.
Arrangen,ents are completed for the re-
cep.ion OF William J. Bryan ia this city
mex: saturday.
Louis Parker. jealous of his bride OF a
week. told her he had taken poison. but he
hadn't.
The first rehearsal OF the ST. Louis MU-
steal Festival Chorus vas held at the Oieon
.l7d was a su cess,
It. Louis was visited by the frayed-out
remnant of the Texas hurricane, causing
some discomfort from dust, but doing no
damage.
Thomas J. Redmond celebrated his TWEEN
;y-first birthday by marrying Sarah f.
Byrne, aged Il.
The Missouri State Council Of the Cath
Ole knights of America IS IN session IN St
Louis
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T. T. Walsh Receives sc, 6,50O,GO0 for
His Colorado Property.
SPECIAL. BY CABLE.

SPECIAL BY CABLE.
London, Wednesday, Sept. 1e.-CCopyright.
1900. by the New York Herald Company
Mr.. Thomas L. Walsh of Leadville and
Paris, the TIpperary hoy who made hts
fortune IN the gold mines Of Colorado, has
practically sold mis- greatest property at
Camp Bird mine, Ouray County, Colorado,
to an Anglo-American syndicate. The price
paid is s6.5c0.C0o.
This mining deal Is another indication Of
the turn OF the financial tide to the New
World, for in this syndicate are two South
African mine owners Messrs. Werner, Belt
& Co. and Mr.. J. q. Robinson. who never
before invested a shilling in American
mines. Mr.. Alfred Belt, the South African
diamond king. is the moving spirit In the
English end of the syndicate.
Mr.. John Hays Hammond is now on his
way from London to Colorado to make his
final report on the property.
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ashore at French Reef and a bark ana
barkentine ashore at Turtle Harbor. Ihe
Eldorado escaped damage.
Captain T. W. Reynolds Of the saiamah-
ca, an old deep-water sailor. formerly mas
ter OF the ship w. II. Starbuck. said that
IN all his experience he had never encoun-
tered storm of greater severity. 1T re-
minded me-" he said to-day. "of the storms
In the China Sea-
The Salamanca Is a small craft. being only
$50 tons. She WAS from Havana September
4 with q small CARGO She rounded Key
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MORRIS SHEPARD IS SAFE.
COngressman's Son Wires That He
Has Reached Houston.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

hEFUB UBlIC SPECIAL.
Texarkana, Tex, Sept. u.-Congressmsn
John L. Shepard. who started from here
to-day for Galveston in search of his son
Morris, was anticipated at Dallas with the
news that the young man had reached
Houston safely. Young Shepard. who is
supreme banker for the Woodmen of the
World, had been In Galveston Tor ten days
on a lecture tour for The order and was
caught there by the storm.
Congressman Sdepard had not left home
six hours. when telegram reached here
from his son at Houston, telling of his
safety.
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!, FATE OF THE SHIPS
LOST AT GALVESTON.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
q New York. Sept. 1.-THE first news
q Of the fate of the unfortunate ships
q that were lying in Galveston Hsrbor
O when the cyclone broke over them Z
q came TO New York to-day in the =
q form OF a telegram from New Or
Q leans to the Maritime Exchange. II Z
q was as follows:
q New Orleans, Sept. T.--GalveSton
O advices state that the steamer Cum
O berland sank at her wharf.
q Steamer City OF Eyerell sunk at
e her anchorage. OF Quarantine.
O Steamer Taunton iBritish) ts
Q aground on Pelican Island.
. Steamer Mexican CBrit!sh) is fast
. in the mud up the bay.
o steamer Pensacola put 10 sea dur 4
. ing the storm on her voyage to Pen .
. sacola. Fla, and Is supposed to be .
q lost. =
O Steamer Telefosa (Spanish) went =
Q adrift and collided with the British
Q steamer Whitehall.
Q The British steamers HiIaDus. 4
O Roma. Kendall Castle. Red Cross and
O Benedict the Norwegian steamer Z
q Gyller the steamers Alamo and Nor
q ma were driven hard aground on the 9
o fats north Of the city.
r q 4 4 q q q q q Q q . q Q q q
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RELIEF WORK UNDER WAY In GALVESTON.
Continued Fron Page One.

OF the Colorado and Southern road. said
to-day:
The Colorado Southern officers are in
clined TO send free to Galveston anything
shat may be accumulated here for the
Texas sufferers"
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Missing at Galveston.

LABBATT and daughter
DOCTOR sTACkPoLE and family.
H. WHITLEY.
A. r. EDWARDS and family.
H b. CULLOM and wife
l. MINOR. MRS. RHEA and MSS MAMIE
Of Miles County. Tennessee.
MRS. r. J. BERGMAN and daughter.
r. n SMITH Of Hot Spr!ngs Ark. general
pe ssenger agent OF the Hot Springs and Malvern
Railroad
SMITH RLy Of Clarendon, ARK, agent Of tho
Wells Boat Ore Company.
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Injured in Houston.

JOE MEYER, badly injured: wife drowned
TIEODORE DOSSET and family OF eight.
]. ". JACKSON.
- NARKWfTCH-
L. L. CL4ARY.
TONY READING
p. V. NEVENS.
HENRY DECIT-
o. COLYNS.
WILL LINGREN.
JOHN LINGREN.
J. A. HAYAlAS-
TOM BLAZE.
NC JUNONA
ALEC KALYARAvAH
NICK. an oyster man.
TONY ScHOFIEID-
u. Z. SCOTT.
d. III BROWN.
WILLIAM COMMATr.
ALBERT LOCKSTEDT
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RAILROADS..

Definite Information OF the damage to
railroad bridges at Galveston is beginning
TO be received at local headquarters here.
The Louisville Air Line will be sold next
month and bid In by the Southern.
The Advisory Committee of the Immi-
grant Bureau of the Western Passenger
Association Will meet IN New York on
September IL
The Burlington will discuss further con-
solidation plans at the annual meeting on
November Z.
The meeting OF the Texas Railroad Club
which was to have been held at Galveston
this month has been postponed
Judge ". J. Bryant of the United States
District Court in Louisiana has appointed
receivers for the Port Arthur property of
the old Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf
The Missouri! Railroad Commission dis
missed the case against the Chicago and
Alton for changes in trains between Mexico
and Jefferson City.
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ST. LOUIS HURRIES RELIEF
TO TEXAS STORM SUFFERERS

Sc. Louis responds quickly and generously
70 the call for aid for the stcr1n-stricken
Texans
More than $1,000 was collected yesterday
by committees Of the Interstate Merchants
Association. and the sum of $4,000 was
placed at Governor Sayerss disposal Other
committees will make their reports to-day.
At the suggestion Of the Mayor, Acting
President ". T. HaarstIck OF the Mer-
chants Exchange appointed a committee
OF the members OF the exchange to solicit
subscriptions for the sufferers Several thou
sand letters were sent out last night to the
business men of the city. The committee
VIII NEE; tomorrow afternoon to report re-
suits.
Governor stephens has issued proclsma-
tion calling on all citizens OF Missouri 10
contribute quickly and literally TO the re-
lief Of the people of sister State.
Both the Western Union and Postal Tele-
graph lines have promised TO forward free
OF charge ali messages to OF from relief
committees.
Transportation for Supplies.
The Louisville and Nashville and the NJ,
* q; T. railroads have offered TO carry free
Of charge al! sUppits for the storm victims,
and the Iron Mountain will tonight convey
10 Texas two cars OF produce for the suffer
ers, collected through the efforts of Nat
Watzel from commission firms and shipped
in ears furnished by the Pacific and Amer
lean express compan:es.
Mayor NJ. NJ. Stephens OF East 81. Louis
has called a mass meeting to raise a relief
fund. The meeting will assemble IN the
City Hall in East st. Louis tonight.
The members Of the Relief Committee of
the Merchants Exchange are: (. o. Stan
ard, chairman. G. II. Spencer. Jonathan
Rice, Richard Hospes, Bert II. Lang, II. b.
Dula, r. H. WhiIelaw, John 3. Slaughter,
d. Z. Young. |. II. Lionberger. {. NJ. Adams
II. I. Laugenberg, VI. hotany, Jacob
Furth. D. l. Bushnell. c. Marqudrd Fors-
ter, B. B. Graham. Charles r Blake,
Robert Johnston ". H Woodward. WiliIm
H Lee. William NJ. Senter, d. ID. Walker,
Erich Picker, g. H Sampson, Charles A.
Cox, c. p. Walbridge, H w. Phelps, Breck
Jones, Edward Dewey and l.. Garyey.
Subscriptions Reported.
At a meeting Yesterday afternoon Of the
various committees appointed by the Inter
state Merchants Association, the chairmen
reported 10 President Strauss that the fol-
lowing amounts had been received:
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TO-DAY'S NEWS IN BRIEF.
BUSINESS.

Discount rates were TO per cent on eau
and time loans. Clearances, s6.Si2oo"; oai-
anres sSa4. .I25. New York exchange. 4oc
discount bid. Soc discount asked: LoulsFllie'
25c discount bid, par asked; Chicago &C "ls-
.c,unt hid 1Oc discount asked: New orleans.
sc discount bid. par asked; Cincinnati &C
discount bid, par asked.
The local wheat market closed higher AZ
T3Ihc Sept, "A b. Oct, 15i.c a. Dee, L4-s4',c
No. . red. Corn closed higher at S'-sc d
Sept. size a. oct, 81 a. Dec, 552sc .. Sest'
4sl,c No. white. Oats closed al Ia q
Ssnt ass.c Dec siiNc b, May. 2.l=a22c No. ?.
The local market for standard mess pork
closed firm at 81 80 for new. Prime steam
lard closed firm al .677iz East side.
The local spot cotton market closed Hrni'
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SYMPATHY IN FOREIGN LANDS.
French Government Cables a Mes
sage of Sorrow TO Washington.

Paris. Sept 1.-THE French Government
has decided to send TO the Government OF
the United States a message expressing
sympathy with the people of the United
States on account of the Galveston disas-
ter
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Marine Intelligence.

New York. Sept u-Arrived: Kenstng-
ton from Antwerp
Moyille, Sept u.-Arrived: Furpessia
from New York FOR Glasgow.
Hamburg, Sept. u--Arrived: Deutschland
from New York
New York. Sept. u.--Arrived: Anchoria
from Glasgow.
New York. Sept u--Sailed: Bowie. Liv-
erpool.
Boulogne Sept. I1.-sailed: Bulgaria from
Hamburg, New York.
Cherhourg, Sept. h-Sailed: Steamer
Princess Irene from Bremen for New York.
Yokohama, Sept. u.-Sailed: Empress Of
India from Hong-Kong. Vancouver.
Gibraltar. Sept. u.-Arrived: Ems, New
York. for Naples and Genoa. Sailed the
10Th: Kaiser Wilhelm II from Genoa and
Naples for New York.
Liverpool, Sept uL-Sailed: Sylvanis,
Boston.
Queenstown. Sept u.-Arrived: Oceanic,
New York. for Liverpool! and proceeded.
Bremen. Sept u.-Arrived: Kaiser Will
helm der Crosse. New York, via Cher
bourg and Southampton.
Rotterdam, Sept I1--Arrived: Rotterdam,
New York via Bologne.
kinsale, Sept. u.-Passed: CaledonIan,
New York for Liverpool.
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At Alvin.
CAMP BIRD MINE SOLD.

". c. ME;BfiAN and wife were zer.ously In
;ured BY flying umbers.
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FOREIGN.

A Paris paper says the French Cabinet is
contemplating resignation In order 20 clear
the political situation.
British people are complaining because
English steamers Go not make as good
speed as other nations. They cite the
Deutschland as an example.
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DISTRESS EXISTS
ALONG THE WHOLE COAST.

''The whole coast country for a distance
OF about eighty miles inland has sustained
irreparable loss. Crops are practically de-
stroyed. The rural districts are hard to
hear from. but along the line OF the Cen
tral road destruction is seen on every
hand.
THE storm seemingly did not rage in ali
its fury north of Hampstead, for Courtney
and Navasota did not sustain much dam
age.
Hampstead severely suffered. Scarcely
a house escaped damage. There the wind
attained velocity OF seventy miles per
hour. Several negroes are reported dead
in the country near by.
''The towns of Turka, Fairbanks Thonp-
son. Cypress, Hockey. Waller and Prairie
View. between Hampstead and Houston.
Jared as badly as did the county seat OF
Waller County. II not worse.
Cotton fields are scenes of sorrow. The
farmers of this section, who were just be.
ginning to recover from Cast years food
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SUFFERERS MUST DE
REMOVED FROM THE CITY.

General Manager Quinlan OF the Houston
and Texas Central Railroad, who has made
his headquarters temporarily In Dallas
since the Galveston calamity. has been ae-
tive In the relief work His own and other
railroad systems have been carrying pro-
visions and the necessary committees 1or
relIer work free. He said this evening:
My policy would be to take nobody into
Galveston except such persons as are abso-
luteiy needed to minister to distresses.
Thousands OF persons OF Galveston ought
to be brought out of there as fast as boats
can bring them to the mainland and estao-
ush them in charity or detention camps. on
high ground where they can get pure air
and waller and receive attention that cannot
be given them on the Island
81 hope Governor Sayers viii find author
,ty to enforce come such policy. This relief
work is going to be all winter work"
A special correspondent that left Dallas
this morning for Galveston reached Texas
CITY. ten miles north OF Galveston. this
evening. and tonight wired the following
from Houston:
ever since incoming trains began 20 ar
rive after the dreadful coast storm OF Sat
urCay, Houston has been the Mecca 70
which grief-stricken husbands. fathers,
brothers, relatives and friends have tfav-
eied. The city Is crowded with strangers as
II some great convention we're at hand, but
in the entire throng there are very few
smiling countenanees. All look forward to
the possibilities OF disaster which may con-
front them directly as soon as the complete
list Of dead and injured Is received from
the island city.
This morning 4 train went to Texas
City. where those fortunate enough TO gain
passage took boat for Galveston Sup
plies are being sent by this route and also
by steamer direct from Houston While
the world at large at first turned attention
to Galveston. that is not the only place oi
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SPORTING.

inuendo and Old Fox ran dead heat in
the third race at Kinioch Park yesterday,
and other winners were Donna Bell. Henry
OF Frantsamar. Peter Duryea. Amelia
Strathmore and 81. Cuthbert.
Commando won the Junior Champion, six
furlouys IN lib IS
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stops the Cough

Laxative Bromo-QuiIiine Tablets cure a cold
Ia one day. No Cure. No Pay. Price 25 cts
Evening journal., 1900-06-23
LINcoLN AS A LAwYER.
How the Immortal Abe Won His
Early Successes at the Bar.

How the Immortal Abe Won His
EARLY Successes at the Bar.
A suit was brought in the United
States court in Springfield against a
citizen for an infringement of patent
right Mr. Lincoln was employed to
defend it. Mr.. Lincoln went to the
most skilled architect in the city. in
quired how he spent his winter even
ings and received the reply: "If times
are brisk, sometimes work Otherwise
l have no special business.
Mr.. Lincoln said: Il have patent
right case in court. want you as a
partner and will divide fees. l know
nothing about mechanics-never made
it study. want you to make a list
Of the best works on mechanism. as /
don't suppose they can be purchased
here. / win furnish the money, and
you can send to Chicago or New York
for them. ! want you to come to my
house one night each week and give me
Instructions. In a short time he had
witnesses to meet him. and they were
thoroughly drilled
When the trial commenced, Mr.. Lin
coin put his questions at the cross ex-
animation so scientifically that many
Witness were bothered to.reply When
his witnesses were put on the stand, so
skillful were his questions that the
court, the jury and the bar wondered
how Abe Lincoln knew so much about
mechanism. His witnesses could reply
promptly. He gained the suit and a
reputation such that Mr. Lincoln was
sustained in every patent right case
brought into that court up TO the time
he went to Washington. He went to
Chicago. st. Louis. Iowa. Ohio, Ken
tucky and Michigan to trypatent right
cases. and the last year Of his practice
did little else. Thomas Lewis "Recol-
lections of Lincoln" in Leslie s'Weelly