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THEWATERTOWN REPUBLICAN
By G. W. NORRIS.
WAIERXOWN, WISCONSIN.
Policemen on the streets in Ham
burg- are instructed to watch the cars
eharply, and if they find a car which
carries a single passenger more than
the car number allowed by law the
conductor is fined 72 cents.
The Minnesota Valley Historical
society has decided to build a granite
shaft, fifty-two feet high, to the mem
ory of the Indians who befriended
the white settlers during the Sioux
rebellion of 1862. It will be located
on state land, near the village of
Morton, Renville county.
Prince Ferdinand cf Bulgaria two
years ago ordered a crown designed
by a prominent artist at Munich. At
that time the prince hoped to be pro
moted to kingly rank, but since his
ambition has been disappointed he
refuses to pay for the design, and
the artist has been compelled to sue.
Whale fishing is not extinct in the
United States, but it is gradually and
slowly becoming so. From ISSO to
1575 the annual product of the Amer
ican whale fisheries fell from 100,000
barrels of sperm oil to 42,000, of whale
oil from 300,000 to 35,000, and of
whalebone from 5,000,000 pounds to
400,000.
A dispatch to a London newspaper
from Rome says that the pope has or
dered that about fifteen thousand old
swords, halberds, spears and battle
axes in the Vatican armory be melted
and the iron sold, A furnace for the
purpose has been erected in the Vat
ican gardens- The weapons are use
less except as curios, and cost a great
deal to keep them polished.
Contestants of the will of Mellen
Chamberlain in Boston have executed
a release to the trustees of the Boston
public library of any interest which
they may have in the “Mellen Cham
berlain collection,” which was be
queathed to the library. This collec
tion, which is valued at SIOO,OOO, is
composed of autographs, portraits,
photographs, genealogical, historical
and literary property.
The best collection of Chinese coins
to be found outside of China has been
given to the archaeological museum
of the University of Pennsylvania by
Rev. E. W. Twing, a Honolulu mis
sionary. The collection goes back to
a time over 2,500 years ago and in
cludes those odd, early Chinese coins
which were made *n the form of
spades, razors, keys, shirts and tools.
King George of Greece refuses to
part with a bullet which imbedded
itself in the wood of his carriage
when he was waylaid and shot at sev
eral times at the conclusion of the
war in Turkey. He considered his
escape so miraculous that he had the
bullet extracted and set in his watch
charm, firmly believing that it is
mercifully designed to insure him
immunity from assassination.
Lightning is visible at a distance
cf 150 miles. Opinions differ as to
how far away thunder can be heard.
A French astronomer who has made
observations declares that thunder
can not be heard at a greater dis
tance than 10 miles. An English me
teorologist has counted up to 190
seconds between the flash and the
thunder, which would give a distance
of 27 miles from the place where the
lightning occurred.
Cremation Is becoming increasingly
popular in Paris, and the crematori
um erected at the cemetery of Pere
Lachaise has already been found to
be too small. Additions are being
made, and a third furnace, a large
hall and a columbarium will soon be
ready for use. The latter somewhat
resembles the Campo Santo of Genoa,
and will contain 10,000 receptacles for
ashes. These niches are closed with
slabs of marble, on which inscriptions
may be cut.
About 5,000 women and girls in New
York are employed in making arti
ficial flowers. All grades are made,
from exact imitations of the most
exquisite French productions to the
cheapest violets. The branching and
other difficult parts of the work and
some of the finer grades of flowers
are done in factories, but fully two
thirds of the flower makers are “out
side workers.” Most of these home
workers are Italian women and chil
dren
Ex-Gov. Pillsbury, of Minnesota,
has given 1,000 acres to the state
forestry board for the purpose of
encouraging state forestry reserves
in Minnesota and giving the state
board a chance to experiment with
cut-over timber tracts, with a view
to determining the extent to which
the growth of timber can be renewed.
Mr. Pillsbury specifies tha + two-thirds
of the revenues which may be derived
from the gift must go to the state
university at Minneapolis.
The celebrated Marble Arch, one of
London’s most notable landmarks, is
shortly to be demolished. This in
xeresting object was built by George
IV., at a cost of $400,000, as an en
trance to Buckingham palace, where
it did duty in that capacity for many
years. But as the gateway to the
palace the arch was a failure. It had
the effect of dwarfing the loyal resi
dence, and visitors Who went to view
the royal house from the exterior
saw “plenty of gate,” to quote an old
description, “and a very little pal
ace.”
' MI ;/ fi ET’S have fewer er-
Ofa h Try to make each
V BwPql Better than the for
i As we go our way;
Har tnt s ,dle u:k ‘
'. And commence to
do—
Sponge the slate all over,
Let’s begin anew.
Let’s be better neighbor*.
With a willing hand
Help to lift the fallen
To a higher stand;
Do some good for others,
Say ill things of none,
Have an easy conscience
When the day is done.
Let’s try smiles for frowning,
Scatter wide the seeds
Of good thoughts and kindness.
Reaping noble deeds;
Put In daily practice
What we often preach;
Truth and right and justice
Let us try to teach.
Let’s think less of dollars.
More of our own kind,
That we may be wealthy,
Not in purse, but mind;
Shun the false and evil,
Clasp the good and true—
Sponge the slate all over,
Let’s begin anew.
—J. Gordon Temple, in Chicago Chronicle,
VVfien^ty
I ! ! 1 New Year’s.
j l night; the clock
I was' on the last
stroke of nine, and
—' John Kimball was
on his way home. He was not hurry
ing home; indeed, he was proceeding
rather leisurely for a man who had
been married only six months. But
John was meditating, and when a
man meditates and walks at the same
time he generally forces his feet to
keep pace with his thoughts.
John had just parted from a crowd
of his old friends of bachelor days, such
dear old fellows —I don’t mean dear
old bachelors, but dear old friends, for
John was only 25, and none of his
friends were much older than himself.
They had given him such a cordial
invitation to go with them to the
rooms of the Bachelors’ club; they
were such jolly good fellows, so free
and easy and so utterly devoid of
care, that they made John feel as
though he were one of them again,
and the parting from them had caused
his thoughts to meander slowly back
to the time when he was one of them.
John was thinking of those sweet
old days of bachelorhood, when he
didn’t have to go home early at
night; when it didn’t really matter
much whether he went home at all.
He was thinking of the wonderful
games of poker he used to play, and
the funny stories that w r ere so often
related, at the club, but he was think
ing more particularly of the boys
who were up there now, celebrating
another anniversary of its birth —or
suppose I say its origin; clubs cannot
boast of parentage. He was think
ing of the rare old wines that were
being drunk and the fragrant odor of
the imported Havanas. He was think
ing of the various ridiculous resolu
tions that were being made, and he
smiled as he thought how recklessly
they would be broken.
A year ago he was a member of the
Bachelors’ club, and a year ago he
had repeated, for the fourth time, his
ironclad oath to always remain a
member of the Bachelors’ club. But
a year works many wonders, creates
many changes, and makes many mar
riages.
When John took his fourth iron
clad oath, a year ago, to the effect
that “he would live and die a bache
lor,” that “he preferred single bless
edness to married cussedness,” and
that “a wife, next to a mother-in-law,
was a nuisance around the house,” he
was perfectly honest in w T hat he said.
But six months had hardly passed be
- he had “fallen like other fools,”
as his bachelor chums expressed it.
Of course it was a hard blow to the
fraternity, for John was one of its
charter members and stanchest sup
porters; but the club rallied, passed
red-hot resolutions, and posted a
memorial: “To the memory of a de
parted brother,” on its bulletin-board,
and rocked along just as usual, with
out the presence of Mr. John Kimball.
Now, John Kimball wasn’t a de
praved man by any means' —women
think all clubmen like wine and cards
better than women, and are, there
fore, bound to be depraved.; John, by
uniting himself in marriage to a
woman, had shown, much to the dis
gust of his club-mates, that he pre
ferred the society of a woman to the
society of his friends and wine and
cards.
But recollections of old times,
brought so forcibl3 r to his mind, and
remembrances oi fond ties, so recent
ly broken, brought him to a point
where he found himself —like many
men before him —debating a question
that should have been settled forever,
long before he took unto himself a
wife, namely, which did he love best,
his wife or his club? He loved his
home and he adored the little woman
who presided over it and endeavored,
with all her might, to make it the
happiest, dearest place on earth, for
him, but he could not banish from his
mind the sweet recollections of the
old days. And the more he thought
of them the stronger became the
yearning for his old associates and
surroundings.
He felt like a social outcast. He
had never before quite comprehended
how good it is to be free. True, he
was still the “autocrat of his own
breakfast-table,“ but not quite “mon
arch of all he surveyed,” and, be it
said to his disgrace, if he hadn’t found
himself so near his own door he might
have wandered back among tne boys.
Suddenly, pausing in his medita
tions and glancing at his surround
ings, he saw that he was within a
block of his lit'tl© home. His con
science smote him; he felt as if he
had brought unhallowed thoughts on
hallowed ground. He looked sheep
ish for a moment, then tried to
change the current of his thoughts
by whistling a love-song that he knew
his wife admired. He was still
whistling when he turned the night
latch and entered the door, to be
greeted with a kiss from the little
woman he had sworn to “love, honor
and protect.”
She was one of the dearest, sweet
est little creatures in all the wide
world —a woman must necessarily and
naturally 'be very uear and very
sweet when she is able to capture a
clubman —and her first thought was
for John’s health and weP-being.
After the kiss of greeting the first
thing she did was to exclaim, not in
a tone of reproof, but of solicitude;
“Oh, John, dear, you will catch your
death with your overcoat unbuttoned
in the cold night air—andi did you
walk home?” Now that alone was
enough to make John feel like a cul
prit, but he smiled and said some
thing about “needing exercise.” and
“not feeling the cold,” which was all
probably very true, and together they
walked, arm in arm, back to the cozy
little dining-room, which a’so served
as sitting-room for the little fami'y.
Another reproof smote John’s con
science the moment he entered the
room. In front of the cheerful little
hearthstone, where a bright fire was
burning, stood his easy chair. Across
the back hung his smoking-jacket. By
one side were his slippers, and by He
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"WHY-ER-I WAS—THINKING OF TH E WAY SOME FELLOWS SPEND NEW
YEAR’S NIGHT.”
other, on a table, was his pipe, that
he loved next to his wife.
John felt abashed, to say the least
of it, and it was fortunate for him
that his wife was at his back at that
moment, assisting- him in removing
his coat, instead of looking in his
face, otherwise she might have asked
some questions that he would have
found difficulty in answering to her
satisfaction.
Mrs. Kimball hung her husband's
coat on its proper peg, helped him on
with his smoking-jacket, chatting
gayly all the while, and paused only
for him to take his seat. John seemed
to suddenly realize that the time had
arrived for him to do something, and
he accordingly sat down, very clums
ily, in his chair and stared, very va
cantly, at the fire. His wife’s voice
aroused him, and he jumped like a
man who has suddenly and unex
pectedly come in contact with the
business end of a pin. “John, dear,”
she was saying, “won’t you remove
your shoes, put on your slippers, light
your pipe, and let me finish reading
to you that little story I began the
ether night? —or are you too tired to
hear it to-night?”
“'Certainly, Helen, I’ll take pleasure
in listening to you. There is, really r ,
nothing that I enjoy more. I —l was
so busy with —er —my own thoughts
that I quite forgot myself.” And
John proceeded to divest himself of
his shoes and don his slippers in the
greatest haste.
“Of what were you thinking,
John?” she asked, coming over and
placing her hand fondly upon his
shoulder.
John’s face crimsoned, and he tied
two hard knots in his shoestring be
fore he realized what he was doing.
“Why—er —i was thinking of the
way some fellows spend kew Year’s
night.”
“How do ‘some fellows’ spend Xew
Year’s night, John, dear--more pleas
antly than you do?”
John had just succeeded in untying
the two knots in his shoestring when
his wife’s last question frightened
him into tying three others. She no
ticed his embarrassment, but could
not account for it, and, without wait
ing for his reply, she said: “Come,
John, you’ll never get your shoes off
at this rate; let me help you, and
when we have finished you can tell me
‘how some fellows’ spend Xew Year’s
night.” And before he could enter
protest, even if he had possessed the
courage to try, she was down on the
floor untying his shoestrings.
John's face, if it were possible, turned
a shade redder, and he squirmed uneas
ily in his chair. All married men hav#
occupied the same position, have ex
perienced the same feelings that John
Kimball occupied and felt when his wife
kneeled by his side and assisted him
in removing his shoes, and for their
sakes I will refrain from elucidation.
For the benefit of unmarried men, I
will say that John felt like a young
fellow who had just been requested to
purchase a marriage license for his best
girl and another fellow; I think they
will understand. And for the benefit
of the fair sex, I will say that John felt
like a girl who has proposed to a
young man during leap year, and been
rejected; I know they will understand.
“Small,” I think, defines John’s feel
ings about as well and about as thor
oughly as any word in the English lan
guage.
John has never been able to quite rec
ollect just when his shoes came off, and
just when his slippers went on. He
was in the act of lighting his pipe—
his wife had taken her seat on the
other side of the fireplace, and was
turning the leaves of her book in such
an abstracted manner that he felt en
couraged to hope that she had forgot
ten something—when she suddenly
asked: “How do some fellows spend
New Year’s night, John?”
John forgot to light his pipe; he held
the lighted match between his fingers
until it burned their tips, and then
he blurted out; “Why, my dear, these
fellow’s I w*as thinking of assemble in
a large room, drink cigars--! mean,
drink wine, smoke cigars, tell vulgar
tales, make ridiculous resolutions, and
tack home at three a. m.” When John
finished, he looked as if he had been
invited to attend his own funeral, and
had accepted the invitation, under pro
test.
His wife laid aside her book, and
coming over she seated herself on the
arm of his chair, and. throwing her
arms around his neck, she asked: “Why
should my John think of such things?
You never spent a New Year’s nloht in
that manner, did you, John?”
“Yes, Helen, I have,” he answered,
and there was a tremor in his voice,
“and I have been thinking too much
about those nights. They sa\’ ail ‘open
confession is good for the soul;’ hear
mine, Helen, and judge me as you will,’
and with his wife’s arms still clinging
fondly around his neck, and with her
eyes looking straight up into his, he
told her all about his temptation. And
when he had finished he tenderly re
moved her arms, and, with his right
hand upraised, he said: “And now,
Helen, I want to make one more Xew
Year’s resolution, and while we both
live it shall never be broken: ‘Resolved,
that I shall never allow my thoughts
to wander backward, as the}- have to
day; and resolved, further, that my
feet shall never stray beyond the
threshold of my own domain, in the
pursuit of pleasures, so help me God!”
“Amen,” murmured his little wife,
between her sobs, as she flung her arms
around his neck. —Copyright, by Les
lie’s Weekly, and printed by permis
sion of the same.
HOBSON’S CHOICE.
Col. Whiteman Well, Uncle Dan,
what are you to have for your Xew
Year’s dinner —chicken or turkey?
Uncle Dan —Chicken, sah. Ease none
ob mah neighbors don raise turkeys.
Incomprehensible.
Cobwigger —Women are incompre
hensible.
Merritt —What put that into youi
head ?
Cobwigger —My wife spent sls for 8
smoking-jacket for my Christmas pres
ent, and on Xew Year’s she was crying
her eyes cut because I didja’t sweax of
smoking.— X. Y. Truth.
DEN IS DISCOVERED,
Prison of Young Cudahy Found by
Omaha Reporters.
The Lad Ag-ain and Has No
Difficulty in Recognizing the
Place—Location Fit One
for Crime,
Omaha, Neb., Dec. 22 —The World-
Herald reporters Frida}* afternoon lo
cated the house in which Eddie Cudahy
was held prisoner at 3604 Grover street,
a point about four miles southwest of
the city. Absolute evidence as to the
identity of the house was obtained, and
further corroborated by Eddie Cudahy,
who appeared during- the time the re
porters were making- observations.
The house is an isolated structure, situ
ated on a promontory commanding- a
full view of the surrounding country
for miles about. It is a two-story con
cern, and has the rickety stairway and
other features described by the kid
naped boy. On the second floor was
found a new* well bucket containing
water from which the millionaire’s son
had quenched his thirst. About the
rooms were found hundreds of ciga
rette stubs and burnt matches and a
small quantity of sugar and coffee.
A Ticklish Situation.
While making observations, the re
porters were surrounded by Chief of
Police Donahoe, Capt. Hayes, Council
man Burkley, Edward Cudahy, Sr., and
his son Eddie, the kidnaped hot*. One
of the reporters, with a lighted lamp
in hand, was surveying the basement
of the house when he discovered Chief
Donahue intheact of reachingforhis re
volver. Realizing the situation, the re
porter ducked his head and retreated
behind a partition, and informed his
coworkers. The other reporter, not
comprehending the gravity of the sit
uation. left the house by a rear door,
when he. too, was brought to bay by
Capt. Hayes, who, with revolver in
hand, followed by Councilman Frank
Burkley, swooped down upon him.
“It’s a good thing you were recog
nized,” remarked Councilman Burkley,
when he recovered his breath sufficient
13* to speak. “We thought you were
robbers,” said Capt. Hayes, “and had
3*ou dead to rights. You can thank
your luck}* stars, boys, that there was
no shooting done.”
Corroborated by the Boy.
Edward Cudahy, Sr., had returned to
his buggy for his revolver, to assist the
police in capturing the “bold, bad
bandits,” and returned hurriedly, as he
wanted to get a shot at one of the rob
bers himself, he said. Then the entire
party reentered the house, and Eddie
Cudahy pointed out the exact spot in
the north room where he lay from the
time he was taken to the house Tues
day evening until removed Wednesday
night. He also said he had drank from
the oaken bucket which stood in one of
the adjoining rooms. He also indicated
the broken stair step which he had pre
viously referred to in going upstairs
to his imprisonment. Eddie Cudahy
said he had reclined on the floor from
the time he entered the house until
removed. He said he was only about
an hour, perhaps, going from the point
where he was abducted to the house,
and about the same time in returning
to the point where he was released and
told to go home. Mr. Cudahy, after
looking over the room which had been
described by his son. turned to those
with him and said: “Boys, this is un
doubtedly the place. I am fully satis
fied.”
Well Located.
The house is located in a place of
easy access, but so situated as to til
low the desperadoes ample oppor
tunity to lay and carry out their
plans without molestation from in
quiring neighbors. Within easy com
munication with rail and wagon roads,
leading in and out of Omaha and
South Omaha and on a high knoll
where sentinels could give immediate
alarm in case of necessity, the 1y -
story shack had been admirably
chosen by the bandits. No doubt ex
ists in the minds of the public as to
the identity of the place. The testi
mony of the neighbors also is of a
nature that leads everyone to believe
they have found the retreat of the ab
ductors. Evidences show that they
made a hurried departure when their
night’s work was completed.
A Suspect.
Chicago, Dec. 22. —Chief of Detectives
Colleran re ceived a telegram from the
Omaha police authorities requesting
his aid in discovering the whereabouts
of Patrick Crowe, the police character
under suspicion of being implicated in
the abduction of Edward A. Cudahy,
Jr. Crowe is well known to the Chi
cago police, and was arrested here some
time ago in connection with the “Tow
er W” train robbery on the Northwest
ern railroad. He proved that he was
not in the neighborhood of the robbery
at the time, and was released. It is
said that Crowe left Chicago for Omaha
about two weeks ago. and that several
other well-known characters in his
set are also there. While Crowe was
serving a sentence at Joliet his wife
worked as forewoman in the labeling
department of the Cudahy Packing
company in Omaha, and it is said that
both she and her husband were well
acquainted with the household affairs
of the millionaire.
Won't Be Sold.
Fremont. 0., Dec. 22.—1 tis stated au
thoritatively that Spiegel Grove, the
home of the late Rutherford B. Hayes,
will not have to be sold, as reported.
The heirs of the ex-president have suf
ficient means with which to pay the an
nuity to Charles Birchard in compli
ance with the order of the supreme
court, without selling the famous home
stead.
Britain AVou’t Object.
Washington, Dec. 22. —Great Britain,
it is announced, will not oppose the
United States if the latter decides tc
fortify the Nicaragua canal.
TEE SENATE ACTS.
amended Kny-Pauncefote Treaty I
Rntided— Full Text of the
Agreement.
Washing-ton, Dec. 21—After spend
ing* the greater part of the past fort
night in considering the Hay-Pauncc
fote treaty for the modification of the
Clayton-Bulwer convention of 1850,
the senate on Thursday consumed
only one hour and ten minutes in
amending it, and ratifying it as
amended. During the time there
were six roll calls and several viva
voce votes. The first five of the roll
calls were on amendments offered by
individual senators, and the last one
on the resolution to ratify the treaty
as amended. All the amendments, ex
cept those offered by Senator Foraker
and reported by + he committee on
foreign relations, were voted down
by majorities averaging about 19. The
ratification resolution was adopted by
a vote of 55 to 18.
The text of the treaty as amended
is as follows:
“The United States of America and her
majesty the queen of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, empress of
India, being- desirous to facilitate the con
struction of a ship canal to connect the At
lantic and Pacific oceans, and to that end
to remove any objection which may arise
out of the convention of April 19. 1850, com
monly called the Clayton-Bulwer treaty,
to the construction of such canal under
the auspices of the g-overnment of the
United States, without impairing- the ‘gen
eral principle’ of neutralization established
In Article VIII. of that convention, have
for that purpose appointed as their pleni
potentiaries:
“The president of the United States, John
Hay, secretary of state of the United
States of America, and her majesty the
qusen of Great Britain and Ireland, em
press of India. Right Hon. Lord Pauncefote,
G. C. 8., G. C. M. G., her majesty’s ambas
sador extraordinary and plenipotentiary
to the United States;
“Who, having communicated to each
other their full powers, which were found
to be in due form, have agreed upon the
following articles;
“It is agreed that the canal may be con
structed under the auspices of the govern
ment of the United States, either directly
at its own cost, or by gift or loan of money
to individuals or corporations or through
subscription to or purchase of stock or
shares, and that, subject to the provisions
of the present convention, the said gov
ernment shall have and enjoy all the rights
incident to such construction, as well as
the exclusive right of providing for the
regulation and management of the canal.
“The high contracting parties, desiring
to preserve and maintain * the ‘general
principle’ of neutralization established In
Article VIII. of the Clayton-Bulwer con
vention. which convention is hereby super
seded, adopt as the basis of such neutrali
zation. the following rules, substantially
as embodied in the convention between
Great Britain and certain other powers,
signed at Constantinople, October 29, ISSB,
for the free navigation of the Suez mari
time canal, that is to say:
“I. The canal shall be free and open, Jn
time of war as in time of peace, to the ves
sels of commerce and of war of all na
tions, on terms of entire equality, so that
there shall be no discrimination against
any nation or its citizens or subjects in re
spect of the conditions or charges of traf
fic. or otherwise.
“2. The canal shall never be blockaded,
nor shall any right of war be exercised, nor
any act of hostility be committed within it.
“3. Vessels of war of a belligerent shall
not revictual nor take any stores in the
canal except so far as may be strictly,nec
essary; and the transit of such vessels
through the canal shall be effected with
the least possible delay, in accordance with
the regulations in force, and with only
such intermission as may result from the
necessities of the service. Prizes shall be
in all respects subject to the same rules
as vessels of war of the belligerents.
“4. No belligerent shall embark or dis
embark troops, munitions of war or warlike
materials in the canal except in case of
accidental hindrance ot the transit, and in
such case the transit shall be resumed
with all possible dispatch.
“5. The provisions of this article shall
apply to w’aters adjacent to the canal,
within three marine miles of either and.
Vessels of war of a belligerent shall not
remain in such waters longer than 24
hours at any one time, except in case of
distress, and in such case shall depart as
soon as possible; but a vessel of war of
one belligerent shall not depart within 24
hours from the departure of a vessel of
w*ar of the other belligerent.
“It is agreed, however, that none of the
immediately foregoing conditions and stip
ulations in sections numbered 1,2, 3, 4 and
5 of this article shall apply to measures
which the United States may find it nec
essary to take for securing by its own
forces the defense of the United States
and the maintenance of public order.
“6. The plant, establishments, buildings
and all works necessary to the construc
tion, maintenance and operation of the
canal shall be deemed to be part there
of, for the purposes of this convention,
and in time of war as in time of peace
shall enjoy complete immunity from at
tack or injury by belligerents and from
acts calculated to impair their useful
ness as part of the canal.
“7. No fortifications shall be erected
commanding the canal or the waters ad
jacent. The United States, however, shall
be at liberty to maintain such military
police along the canal as may be neces
sary to protect it against lawlessness and
disorder.
“The present convention shall be rati
fied by the president of the United States,
by aud with the advice and consent of
the senate thereof, and by her Britannic
majesty, and the ratifications shall be
exchanged at Washington or at London
within six months from the date hereof,
or earlier if possible.
“In faith whereof, the respective pleni
potentiaries have signed this convention
and thereunto affixed their seals.
“Done in duplicate at Washington, the
fifth day of February, in the year of Our
Lord one thousand nine hundred.
“JOHN HAY.
“PAUNCEFOTE.”
Sentence Commuted.
Washington, Dec, 21. —Corp. Samuel
A. Nelson, company F, Twenty-fifth,
infantry, was convicted court-mar
tial of murder committed in the Phil
ippine islands and was sentenced to be
executed b3 r hanging. The president
has commuted the sentence to impris
onment for life at hard labor in the
United States penitentiary at Fort
Leavenworth, Kan.
Pardoned.
Washington, Dec. 21. —The president
has pardoned William H. Huntley,
postmaster at Pomeroy, 0., who was
convicted and sentenced in June last
to eight months in the county jail for
embezzling mone3 r order funds. The
pardon will take effect December 24.
Struck by a Train.
Cedar llapids, la., Dec. 21. —A Bur
lington, Cedar Rapids & Northern pas
senger train struck a buggy contain
ing three young men, named Reinsell*
near Shell Rock, Thursday evening.
Two were instantly killed and the third
fatally injured.