Show DURFEE IS PARDONED Charged With Embezzlement Embezzle Embezzle- m ment nt While Managing Man ging R road Railroad in Cuba y l IA MATTOON Ill April 2 Former Former Former State Sen Senator or Isaac B. B Crain Cram has rece re- re ie- ie ce ved advices from Wa Washington hington stating stat stating stat stat- ing that Oscar S. S Durfee has been pardoned Durfee Dunce a Lieutenant of v volunteers in Spanish-American Spanish war var was appointed appointed ap ap- ap- ap pointed manager of the San railway in Cuba Christmas night 1300 1900 he was arrested charged with embezzlement of of government government government govern govern- ment funds in his capacity as manager of military road He protested his innocence and Mr drain Crain United States Senator Allison of Iowa and others carried the case to Secretary Secretary Sec See of War Root who ordered the evidence of the trial forwarded from Puerto Principe and Durfee's pardon followed He has a wife and nd four children children chil chil- chilI I dren in this city I |