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2 ' THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1896. EULOGIZED BY A POPULACE, Martyred Linceln's Name Honored Throughout the Country. TRIBUTE OF ' M’KINLEY. Virtues of the Great Liberator Extolled in Patriotic Speeches, DEPEW’S ELOQUENT PRAISE. Principles Enunciated by the Dead Statesman Form the Basis of Republicanism. CHICAGO, ILw., Feb. 12.—Mingled with homage to the great emancipator, Abra- ham Lincoln, on the occasion of his eighty- seventh birthday anniversary, was a great Revublican greeting to-night to the Re- publican leader from Ohio, William Mec- Kinley, at the tenth annual banquet of the Margquette Club, heid in the banquet halls of the Auditorium Hotel. More than 1100 prominent Republican citizens of this and other cities listened to praises of Lincoln and Republicanism and made the event a memorable one, polit- jeally, by voicing their pent-up admira- tion for the Canton citizen as a Presiden- tial candidate. Standing beneath a portrait of the mar- tyred President, flankéd and framed with the flag he died to preserve, Major McKinley faced a mass of his fellow Re- vpublicans to deliver a patriotic eulogy to the memory of Lincoln, couched in elo- quent and fervid language. Distinguished Americans in public life sat to the right and left of the. chief ora- tor, whose introduction by President Ei- den C. Dewitt of the club was made the signal for an overwhelming outburst of en- thusiasm. While President Dewitt was delivering a brief address he stopped to inform the assemrbly that a crowd of men | was standing on the storm-swept street in front of the hotel and would not disperse until Major McKinley spoke to them from the balcony. Wrapping a coat about him and stand- ing without a hat in the blustering east wind from the lake, Ohio’s ex-Governor | spoke to 100 men from the Michigan-ave- nue balcony a few words about Lincoln. After President Dewitt had spoken under embarrassing difficulties General Arthur H. Chetlain of Chicago spoke forcibly of the duty which faced Republican clubs in the impending contest. Then William McKinley rose to re- ceive the plaudits of bis fellow-Republi- cans, who listened in unusual silence while he spoke to the toast, “Abraham Lincoln.” Mr. McKinley said in part: 1t requires the most gracious pages in the world’s history to record what one American achieved. The story of this simple life is the story of a plain, honest, manly citizen, true patriot and profound statesman, who believing with all the strength of his mighty soul in the institutions of his country, won because of them the highest place in its Government— then fell a precious sacrifice to the Union he held so dear, which Providence had spared his life long enough to save. We meet to-night to do honor to this im- mortal hero, Abraham Lincoln, whose achieve- ments have heightened human aspirations and broadened the field of opportunity to the races of men. While thle party with which we stand and for which he stood can justly claim him &nd without dispute can boast the distinction of being the first to honor and trust him, his fame has leaped the bounds of party and goun- try and now belongs to mankind and the ages. Among the statesmen of America, Lincoln is the true Democrat, and, Franklin perhaps ex- cepted, the first great one. He had qo illus- trious ancestry; no inherited place or wealth, and none of the prestige, power, training or culture which were assured to the gentry or | landed classes of our own colonial times. Yet Lincoln’s antecedent life seemed to have been one of unconscions preparation for the great responsibilities which were committed to him in 1860. Asa man of the masses him- self and living with them, sharing their feel- inge and sympathizing with their daily trials, their hopes and aspirations, he was better fitted to lead them than any other man of his age. He recognized more clearly than anyone else that the plain people he met in his daily life, and knew so familiarly, were, according to the dictates of justice and our theory of Goverament, its ultimate rulers and the arbi- | ters of its destiny. In the selection of his Cabinet he at once showed his greatness and magnanimity. His principal rivals for the Presidential nomina- tion were i vited to sit in his council cham- ber. Noone but a great man, conscious of his own strength, would have done this. : During the Civil War he was a tower of strength to the Union. Whether in defeat or victory he kept right on, dismayed at nothing, and never 10 be diverted from the pathway of duty. 3 The crowning glory of Lincoln’s administra- tion and the greatesi executive act in Ameri- can history was his immortal proclamation of emancipation. Mr. President, it is not difficult to place a correct estimate on the character of Lincoln. He was tne greatest man of his time, especially lpgmved of God for the work he gave him todo, -« 3 Witnessing the Government as we do to-day, with i1s debt-increasing, bond-issning, gold- depleting, labor-destroying low tariff policy, the words of Lincoln, written more than half a century ago, come to us in this hour and emergency, Asfar back as March 1, 1843, at & Whig meeting in Springfield, Lincoln offered & series of resolutions relating to the tariff which could well be accepted here to-night. Let me read to you the Lincoln platiorm on tariff, adopted on May 17, 1860, by the second Republican National Convention. Hereis what it said: Resolved, That while providing revenue for the support of the general Government by duties on imports, sound policy requires such an adjustment of these imporis 25 10 encourage the development of the industrial interests of the whole country: and we recommend that policy 6f National ex- changes which secures to the workingman liberal wages. to agricultuce remuneraiive prices, to mechanics and manutacturers an adequate reward for thelr skill, labor and enterprise, and to the nation commercisl prosperity and independence. Better protection no Republican could ask or desire. The Republican party is competent to earry this policy into effect. Whenever there is anything to be done for this country, it is to the Republican party we must look to have it +one. We are not contending for any particu- lar tariff law or laws, or for any special schedules or rates, but for the great principle— the American protective policy—the temporary overflow of which has brought distress and ruin to every part of our beloved country. Senator Thurston followed the ex-Gov- ernor f Ohio, speaking to the toast, “The Impending Contest.”” His stirring elo- quence on behalf of Republican doctrines was punctuated with rounds of applause, and when he said that ‘‘the glory of the McKinley tariff will give victory to the Republican party’” a thousand men rose from their seats and repeated the scene which followed the presentation of Mc- Kinley. Mr. Thurston said in part: There are so many impending contests just at present that Iam mnotat all certain asto which one my tosst refers, but whatever the contest may be, if it involves the honor or dig- nity or welfare of my country, the maintenance and permanency of American institutions or the prosperity and happiness of the American people, I am enlisted in it. Iem reminded that thereis an impending contest to take place in this city next July. The contest which takes place in the next Democratic convention will furnish a spectacle for gods and men. The Democratic party is rent asunder. Half of it is for gold monomet- tallism and the other half is for silver mono- metalism. Ouf Lemocratic friends console themselves with the thought that there is the same con- test pending in the Repubiican party asin their own, but nothing could be further from the truth. The Republican party of this coun- try stands to-day practically united, pledged to the policy of American bimetallism. But I have an idea that I am expected to speak to-night of that contest which is not im- pending, but which is now on between protec. tion and free trade. The great political gon- test of 1896 will be fought on the same lines as have all other recent contests betiveen Demo- cratic and Republican parties. The protection of American industries, American markets for American products, American prices for American labor, is the battle cry of the Repub- lican party for the coming ccmpaign. Two million idle men in the United States demand & chance to vote upon this issue in the full knowledge of bitter experience. The free coinage of silver must wait for the free coinage of muscle. The opening of Ameri- can silver mines can wait for the opening of American manufactories. Since the Republican party went out of power there has been a shrinkage of atleast 25 per cent in the manufactures of this coun- try. This meansa reduction of one-fourth of the labor forces of the United States and the withdrawal of one-fourth of the wage money of the country from daily circulation. The funds in this country which were formerly used for investment in agricultural products hav been diminished in exact proportion to the | shrinkage in the American labor market. The decrease in American consumption has, of course, increased the amount of agricultural products offered to the foreign market, and the Tesult has been a constantly downward ten- dency in the foreign and American prices. There are thousands of people who insist that the tariff question has been settled per- manently; that the Wilson bill will be per- mitted to stend; but the Republican party has never consented to the settlement of any great question until it has been settied nightiy. The Republican party will never consent to the settlement of any great question until every American factory is reopened; until every American can find re-employment at a decent wage; until every American home is once more filled with the comforts of life. But, Mr. Toastmaster, the impending con- test between the Democratic and Republican parties on the issueof protection is notenough of a contest to dignify the name. There is not an intelligent American who does not know end rejoice in the knowledge that the Repub- lican party is coming back into power to re- build the edifice of American prosperity. Mr. Thurston closed by suggesting as the proper man for the next President and leader of the Republican party the Hon. ‘William McKinley of Ohio. 5 NEW YORK’S TRIBUTE. Depew and Foraker Praise the Acts of Abraham Lincoln Before the Republican Club. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 12.—The guests and members of the Republican Club cele- brated to-night the birthday of Abraham Lincoln with a dinner at Delmonico’s. A large portrait of the martyred President, draped with American flags, hungover the chairman’s seat. Covers were laid for 300 diners. ‘When the sumptuous menu had been dis- cussed and the coffee and cigars were be- ing looked after, acting Chairman Root arose, and after brief remarks introduced Chauncey M. Depew, who was received with applause, After paying a glowing tribute to the memory of the martyred President Mr. Depew, continuing, said: To-day, for the first time since Lincoln’s death, the 12th of February is a legal holiday in our State of New York, and it is proper that the people should, without regard to their party affiliations, celebrate in- & becoming manner the birth and the achievements of this savior of the Republic. But it is equally proper for us who are gathered here as Repub- licans to celebrate also the deeds and the achievements and the character of the greatest Republican who ever lived. This party to which we belong, this great organization of which we are proud, this mighty engine in the handsof Providence for the accomplishment of more for the land in which it has worked than any party in any representative govern- ment ever accomplished before, received its teachings and inspirations more largely from the statesmanship and utterances of Abraham Lincoln than from any other man. The first speech he ever made was a speech for that policy which wasthe first policy of George Washington, the first policy of the greatest creative brain in Revolutionary periods, Alexander Hamilton, the prin- ciple of the protection of American in- dustries. With that keen and intuitive grasp of public mecessity and of the future growth of the Republic which always characterized Lincoln, he saw early in life that this country, under a proper system of protec- tion, would become seli-supporting; he saw thata land of raw materials was necessarily a land of poverty, while a land of diversified in- dustries, each of them self-sustaining and pros- perous, was a land of colleges and schools; a land of science and literature; a land of re- ligion and law; a land of prosperity, happiness and peace. Abraham Lincoln was the emancipator of the slave, and the Republican party from its or- ganization in 1856 down to-day has been the organized force for larger liberty to the people of the United States. Abraham Lincoln wasan American of Amer- icans and believed in America for Americans. The Republican party,in the policy which fosters business, employment and wages, which stimulates immigration and the distri- bution of wealth throughout the land, which encourages the construction of railroads, the digging of canals, the opening of mines, the feunding of States and the building of cities, is the party of America for Americans. Abraham Lincoln stood, as no other name in our history stands, for the Union of the States, for the preservation of the Republic; and the Republican party—his party—proudly boasts that po member of it ever fired a shotat the flag or did aught against the perpetuity of eur Union. 3 : Abraham Lincoln stood for principles and measures which could be advocated in every State as the best for thatState and for the whole country; for a policy that could break thre Bolid South and do away forever with sec- tional divisions and unite the people of the United States _jor their prosperity and progress. The Republican party in 1896 stands before the country as the only National party, with the Solid South broken and sec- tional lines gone. Abraham Lincole would draw the last dollar the country possessed and draft the last man capable of bearing arms to save the Republic. He would use any currency by which the army could be kept in the ficld and the navy upon the seas. When the peril was so great that our promise to pay only yielded 30 cents on the dollar he prevented the collapse of our credit and the ruin of our cause by pledging the National faith to the payment oi our debts and the redemption of our notesana bills at par in money recognized in the commerce of the world. The Republican party stands for a policy whi¢h will furnish abundant revenue for every requirement of the Government and which will maintain the credit of the Govera- ment at home and abroad, up to the standard which is justified by its unequaled wealth, power and progress. 1 All hail the spirit, all hail the principles, all ABRAHAM LINCOLN: ALL NATIONS UNITE IN HONORiNG HIS MEMORY hail the example, the inspiring example, of that man of the people, that wisest of rulers, that most glorions of Republicans, Abraham | Lincoln! President Bliss came in just at the close | of Dr. Depew’s speech, and there was a | scene of wild enthusiasm when Mr. Root resigned the chair to the president. Mr. Foraker, in responding to the toast “The Republican Party,” said, in part: So far as the past of the Republican party is concerned, very little need besaid. Itspeaks for itself. Suffice it to say it is replefe with glorious achievements; 1ts great deeds and great men will forever challenge the admira- tion of the world. As the past is full of glory, 80 is the present resplendent with triumph. No party ever won such victories as we are now enjoying. At the hands of those who defeated us has come our most signal vindication. Three years of Democratic rule has demon- strated that there is no harmony of opinion smong Democrats. They are hopelessly di- vided upon every great question. The elec- tions of next November will return the Repub- lican party to power, and the 4th of March, 1897, will mark the beginning of the second era of Republican rule. No man can speak without qualification of the future, but I take it for granted that there will be a revision of the tariff to the end that the Government may have a sufficient revenue and our industries and lsbor sufficient protection. Mr. Foraker then spoke at length upon the merchant marine and American navy. Said he: N It should be made advantageous to mer- chants to have American-built boats carry their goods. To this end we should discrimin- ate in tonnage and tariff duties. Had Presi- dent Harrison been re-elected the probabilities are that something effective would have been done ere this; buthe was not re-elected, and the tide has relentlessly run against us until now we carry only about 12 per cent of our foreign trade. It can scarce be said that there is any longer an American marine, We must not only recover our merchant ma- rine, but we must have a navy able to protect itand to command respect for our flag wher- ever it may float. And then, as the fit comple- ment ofan American marine and an American navy, we should at once build an American ship canal across Niceragua. These are three majestic works. They are worthy of the party that saved the Unfon and gave to immortality the great names of Lin- coln and Grant. Their undertaking will be & fit crowning of the closing century, and their consummation will bring wealth, power, honor, happiness and glory to the whole American people, and so entrench the Repub- lican party in their affections that neither you norI will live long enough to see another Democratic President. g BUTTERWOKTH SPEAKS. Lincoln Day Obaerved by Philadelphia Republicans. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Feb. 12.—The anniversary of Lincoln’s birth wasobserved with banquents and speeches to-night by two Republican organizations—one the Lincoln Club of the Union League Club, which is composed of members of the league of twenty-five years’ standing and the other the young Republicans of Phil- adelphia. At the Union League ex-Congressman Benjamin Butterworth of Ohio was the vrincipal speaker, and he responded to the toast of “Lincoln.” The Young Repub- lican dinner was held at the Manufacturers’ Club, and Congressman W. E. Barrett of Massachusetts defined “The Issues of 1896.” e At Illinois’ Capital. SPRINGFIELD, Irv., Feb. 12.—The cap- ital city of Illinois to-day celebrated the eighty-seventh anniversary of the birth of Abrabam Lincoln. All banks, State and Federal buildings were closed, and theday was observed with special ceremonies in each of the ward schools. sl e ON THE COAST. Lincoln Day Made the Occaslon for a Reunlion of the Blue and the Gray. LOS ANGELES, CaL., Feb. 12.—There was a reunion at Odd Feilows’ Hall this evening of the Blue and the Gray. Ex- Union and ex-Confederate veterans met to ao honor to the memory of Abraham Lin. coln and to commemorste the eighty- | than to have attende seventh anniversaty of his birth. The hall was crowded and large numbers were un- able to gain admittance. ‘Colonel 8, R. Thorpe, an ex-Confederate was president of the evening. He spoke in glowing terms of Lincoln, whose mem- ory he said the people of the South had learned to revere. Great generals had, he said, walked through blood to a throne and circamstances made them what they were, but God Almighty never created but one Abraham Lincoln. General Johnstone Jones, who served under the stars and bars, also spoke elo- quently of Lincoln. A letter of regret was read from General W. 8. Rosecrans, in which he stated that nothing would have leensed bhim better the meeting, bat his physical infirmities prevented. The meeting was a success in every way, and will do much to promote the'era of good feeling between the blue and the gray. e BANQUET AT PORTLAND. Prominent Men From All Parts of the . Coast Present. PORTLAND, Or., Feb. 12.—The anni- versary of Lincoln’s birthday was cele- brated to-night by a banquet given by the Multnomah Republican Club at the Hotel Portland. Covers were laid for 150 guests, and prominent guests were.in attendance from Idaho and Washington, as well as many Republican leaders from all parts of the State. Amone the §uests was Governor W. J. McConnell of Idaho, who responded to the toast ‘‘State of Idaho.” The old-time Attorney-General of the United States, Geoige H. Williams, de- livered an addresson **Abraham Lincoln.” Governor W. P.Lord of Oregoh followed with an address on the Republican party.. Ex-Senator J. M. Dolph also spoke. Colonel ‘James Jackson spoke on the ‘“Army and Navy.” Among other speak- ers of the evening were ex-Minister to Turkey D. P. Thonipson, Hon. Thomas H. Tongue and Judge Carey. HIGH RATES FOR CYCLERS Accident Insurance Companies Agree That Wheeling Is Dangerous. Double Assessments Will Hereafter Be Imposed Upon the Knicker. bocker Brigade. BOSTON, Mass., Feb. 12.—The confer- ence of mutual accident insurance companies of the United States, which assembled here to discuss the bicycle-rider as an accident risk, has finished its delib- erations. The companies have uhani- mously resolved that bicyclingis a hazard- ous occupation, which they cannot insure against at the present rates of premium, and that in the future the cycler will pay double rates for his insurance or receive less indemnity or give up cycling, so far as his accident insurance is concerned. The following resolution was unani- mously passed: Resolved, That the use of the bicycle should be covered by additional.cost or reduction of death and indemnity benefits, and it is recom- mended that this be provided for by either of the following methods: The adequate increaseof premiums to cover the added risk, or the classification as an oc- cupation of bicycle-riders in a class twice as hazardous as the “preferred” risk; that bene- fits by eccident by bicyele-riding be specifi- cally reduced; the including of bicycling un- der policies to be dovered only by specific per- mits at an extra premium. —_————— ACT OF a4 BRUTAL FATHER, Horsewhips His Daughter Into Insensi- bility at a Social Party. FRANKLIN, Inp,, Feb. 12.—Miss Mollie Coover, 16 years of age, has been keeping company for some time with Thomas Lan- nahan and his attentions have been ob- jected to by the young lady’s father. Sat- urday night;” during Cooper’s absence, Lannahan called and took the young lady to church. ‘When the father returned and heard of the affair he at once drove to Bengal, ehere the young people had gone, ana went {o the residence of the preacher, where a social was in progress. BStriding > into the midst of the merry party he began beating his daughter with a buggy-whip, and did not stop until the whip was worn to a stub and the girl had fallen uncon- scious. The girl’s recovery is hardly pos- sible and threats of-lynching are heard. S o MRS. LEASE A PREACHER. Her Resolution to Enter the Ministry Formed While Hovering Between Life and Death, < WICHITA, Kaxs., Feb. 12.—Mary E. Lease, the noted Kansas reformer, an- nounced to-day her decision to enter the Chrisuan ministry. She says that she made this resolution while hovering be- tween life and death in Minnesota re- cently. She then vowed that if her life was spared she would become a preacher of the gospel. “My creed,” said she to-night, ‘‘is the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man.” Mre. Lease was reared a Catholic, but a few vears ago she united with the Chris- tian church and she will preach for that denomination. Her initial sermon will be preached next Sunday morning from the pulpit of the Central Christian Church in this city. RS el S INTERESTS THE COAST. Johnson’s Bill Jor an Accounting of Public Land BSales. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 12.—Repre- sentative Johnson to-day introduced a bill authorizing and directing the Commis- sioner of the General Land Office to make a statement to the Secretary of the Inte- rior of the account between the United Btates Government and each of the several public lana States, including the State of California, regarding the 5 per centum of net proceeds of sales of public lands in said States which have not been paid here- tofore by the United States Government, and the Secretary of the Interior shall then submit them to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment. The bill will not apply fo any lands here- tofore sold and paid for by the Unitea States Government, nor shall this include any lands used for college or agricultural purposes, or of lands allotted to Indians. A postoffice was to-day established at Box, Plumas County; Eugene Day was appointed postmaster. The postoffice at Burckhalle, Nevada County, will be dis- continued after February 29. Mail shoula besentto Boca. Special service between Lopez and Harold will be discontinued after February 29. Major Coulter of San_Jase will apvear before the Rivers and Harbor Committee on Saturday to urge an_appropriation for straightening and = deepening Alviso Slough. Messrs. Johnston of Sacramento and Cochrane of Stockton, members of the river delegation,’ are expected Friday. Nothing will be done by those alrea y here until the full committee arrives. Major Joseph B. Girara, surgeon, will be relieved from duty at Presidio, San Fran- cisco, by the commanding officer of that POst, on receipt by him o!g this order, and will then report in peison to the com- manding officer of Jefferson barracks, Mo., for duty at that post, to relieve Major Robert H. White, surgeon. Major Girard will also report by letter to the command- ing general of the.department of the Missouri. Major White upon being relieved by Major Girard will report in person to the commanding officer of the Presidio at San Francisco for duty at that post and by let- ter to the commanding general of the De- partment of California. Pensions for California: Original—Jacob B. Wales, Veterans' Home, Napa. Mexican War widow—Jessie Seabriskie, San Fran- ciseo. gregun: Original—John Bradley, Water- e, % ‘Washington: Original — William T. Yourex, Canto. Renewal and increase— David . Williams, Cbehalis. P S HE SERVED WITH ADAMS. vil Death Removes Aged Ex-Congressman LEmery D. Potter. TOLEDO, Omnro, Feb. 12.—One of the most notable figures in the history of this part of the country passed away to-day in the person of ex-Congressman and ex- Judge Emery D. Potter. The deceased jurist was born in Provi- dence, R. I, ninety-three years ago, and has lived in Toledo over sixty vears. He ‘was a member of the Thirtieth and Thirty- first Congresses, and served on the com- mittee with John Quincy Adansont e Smithson will. ‘In the Thirty-tirst Con- gress he was the Democratie candidate for Speaker. Subsequently, in 1857, he was of- fered a Utah Federal Judgeship, but de- clined. He was elected to the circuit bench and afterward was State Senator. Tne deceased leaves one son, Hon. Emery D. Potter Jr., and one daughter. EAR e WEDDED TO SAVE EXPENSE. Man and Wife Remarried Becauso They Lost a First Certificate. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 12.—Robert 'W. Roberts of Wales and Pheebe Tilson of Ireland were married in Toronto forty years ago. They have & grown-up family. Some time ago their flat up town was robbed and the family Bible, with the record of the miarriage and the marriage certificate, was carried away. They tried. to get a duplicate of the certificate from the Toronto officials, but were told that it would cost $50. - Rather than pay this sum they decided to get married over again. So they were wed at_the City Hall yes- terday, Alderman Parker performing the ceremony. Roberts gave his age as 79 and that of his wife as 59. The same weadding ring was used that had been used forty years ago. The witnesses were their son, John Roberts, about 35 years of age, and John Williams, an old friend of the family. AR O MARRIED HIS OWN DAUGHTER. One Story That Reveals a Horrible Phase of Slavery. OGLETHORPE, Ga., Feb. 12.—A story which reveals one of the horrible phases of slavery, as it was at one time practiced in the Southern States, has just come to light here. John Mimms, a substantial negro farmer, took to Limself a wife. The ‘woman was much his junior, but it seemed to be a case of love at first sight. They were married, and there was hap- piness in their home until a few days ago, when he and his wife went to visit his mother-in-law at Grangerville. it was then that he discovered that his mother- in-law was one of his old-time slavery wives, and that Lizzie Harmon, the woman to whom he had been married several months, was his own daughter. It is said that the revelation has so preyed on the mind of the old man that he will have to be sent to an asylum. FOUND BY CATHODE RAYS Bullet in a Man’s Hand Located by the New System of Photography. Physicians Able to Extract the Lead After Experimenting With the Shadowgraph, CHICAGO, IrL., Feb. 12.—The first prac- tical experiment in Chicago with Roent- gen's rays was made yesterday afternoon by Electrician Charles E. Scribner and Dr. James Burry in the laboratory of the Western Electric Company. -Caspar Schmidt came to the office of the Western Electric Company yesterday complaining of a sore spot in the region of the palm of the hand. Hesaid he had been shot in the band two years ago, but was unable to locate the affected spot. Burry and ferib- ner decided to use the man for experi- mental purposes. After an hour’s exposure to the cathode rays the sensitized plate, on which rested the afflicted member, was taken to the photographic room. When developed, the plate disclosed a most excellent.like- ness of the anatomy of the hand, and also what appeared to be a buckshot snugly ensconced between the metacarpel bones of the third and fourth fingers, about an inch and a half below the knuckle. A silver print will be made from the negative this morning, and the buckshot will then be removed by Dr. Burry, using the photograph, or shadowgraph, as Dr. Burry calls it, as a guide. . The experiment will be repeated and new methods and’ improved apparatus will be used. The result obtained yester- day not only eclipses all former results obtained by these investigators, but gives credentials to an improved process, which is probably original with the Chicago men. In this experiment a lead diaphragm was used, in which the aperture admitting the cathode rays was increased from one- helf an inch to an inch. In their investi- gations Messrs. Scribner and Burry found that the glass of which the Crookes tube is composed is almost opaque to the cathode ray, while aluminum is translucent. Lead, however, is impervious to these rays. Ac- cordingly a leaden diaphragm was stretched between the cathode rays and the object shadowgraphed for the purpose of concentrating the rays and securing more defined outlines on the sensitized plate. DLl R DENIED BY BONACUM. The Nebraska Bishop Has Not Been Overruled by Rome. LINCOLN, Nepr., Feb. 12.—Reports in circulation at Lincoln and Omaha yester- day to the effect that Bishop Bonacum had been overruled by Cardinal Satolli in his controversy with Priests Murphy and Fitzgerald cannot be confirmed here. Bishop Bonacum was at Nebraska City last night, and a_telegram sent him there brirgs the following response: - ‘‘There is no word of truth in the report that I have been overruled by Rome. The report is a part of the policy of misrepre- sentation so asiduously pursued by the op- position for the past three years,” The Bishop added that 'he had not in- structed his attorneys to dismiss the case against Fathers Murphy and Fitzgerald, further than where they were in conflict with ecclesiastical rules, —— KEELY INJURED. Knocked Down and Trampled Upon by a Runaway Horse. PHILADELPHIA, PA.,, Feb. 12.—Just as John W. Keely, the inventor of the Keely motor and rediscoverer of the lost Egyptian force, ‘‘apergy,” was crossing Chestnut street, near Ninth, yesterday, he was knocked down by a runaway horse. Mr. Keely was just about to board a car when the frightened horse galloped down the street. One of the hoofs of the horse must have struck the prostrate man, opening a pain- ful wound on the left side of the head. He was taken to Jefferson Hospital, where Dr. Birdsall treated the scalp wound, which was not found to be gerious. Mr. Keely had_bruises on his face and body, but a week or so will find him all right again, JOHN W. A LA JOCKEY MURPHY DEAD. Arhassed a Fortune by His Cleverness in the Sadale. LOUISVILLE, K., Feb. 12.—Isaac Mur- phy, the celebrated colored jockey, died at Lexington this morning of heart failure. Murphy was known from the Atlantic to the Pacific and had ridden fo victory some of the most famous horses in America. Heleaves a widow in possession of about $100,000. e Rear Admiral Dale, assigned to the com- mand of the British flying squadron, first saw active service at the cay‘atnre of the Peiho forts in the China war of 1858. Itis said that his superiors looked upon him as a man who may be depended upon to do nothing rash or inconsiderate. AMATEURS OR PROFESSIONALS Racing’ Wheelmen ~ Must Declare Where They Stand. CLASS B IS ABOLISHED. The National League Puts an End to the Scandal of the Track. CHEERS GREET THE RESULT. Delegates Almost Unanimously in Favor of the Change in the Constitution. BALTIMORE, Mp., Feb. 12.—In conse- quence of the day’s action by the League of American Wheelmen convention there are now but two classes of bicycle racing men. Class B, generally known as pro- amateurs, is wiped out of existence. There are 537 of this class of riders, all of whom will be given the option of either becom- ing amateurs or of accepting professional- ism. This definitely settles an agitation that has been in progress among wheel- men for years, and has taken a most prominent part in their affairs ever since the sport was known. Class B, which is now abolished, was & middle ground between amateurism and professionalism, and* was adopted by the bicyclers’ body at the suggestion of Ha}v- ard B. Raymond of Brooklyn, then chair- man of the National racing board, at the convention in Louisville in 1893, it having previously been withdrawn at the conven- tion in New York the year previous. When cycling began to assume its pres- ent large proportiong and the making of bicycles opened a wide field for vrofitable investment, competition demanded adver- tisement. It was found by the makers that if they could get fast racing men to ride their wheels it would greatly aid their sales, as some of the guileless assumed that it was the wheel and not the man that won the races. The reputation of the great n.anafacturers of thiscountry and England were builded on that basis. The competition then became keen among the makers for the services of the flyers, and the rewards to them reached large propor- tions, and thus started the scandal of bicycle racing which has been wiped out to-day. There has been growing for years a sentiment to class these men as profes- sionals, and to-day’s action is a fruition of that agitation. The immediate result of the action is to remove the cloak of amateurism from professionals. The agitation which led up to the de- cision was most unexpected. Amend- ments to the constitution and by-laws were under consideration and several hav- ing a beering upon class B had been adopted without an effort from “the dire tion of abolishing the class. In the di: cussion of a proposed amendment offered by Chairman Gideon of the racing board several amendments to the amendment were made, until finally Albert Mott of Baltimore made a motion to strike out all reference to class B and to make a new heading in the constitution of *Profes- sional.” The suggestion was debated with growing excitement until the convention was in an uproar. The unanimity of the sentiment in favor of abolishing the B class was unex- pectedly pronounced. Cries of “Voie!” came from all partsof the hall, and Mr, Mott’s motion was carried almost unani- mously. Three cheers were given when the result was announced. Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria is slowly recovering from the recent injury to his foot. He held his New Year's reception in Sofia in bed. The Princess Louise su}?d by his bedside and welcomed their callers. Be Sure That your blood is pure, rich and healthy, fer this fact means health of body and strength of nerves. 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