Show WITHIN TWO MINUTES That Was Miss Bonds Guess She Wins the Kodak Yesterday morning a few minutes past 9 oclock The Herald received a telegram from Mr Thurber President Clevelands private secretary announcing an-nouncing that the statehood proclamation I proclama-tion had been signed at three minutes I past 10 oclock Immediately the guessing coupons filed in The Heralds guessing contest for scholars in the public schools of this city were examined and it was found thai Miss Nannae Bond residing at 2459 Adams avenue was the lucky guesser She filed guess No 78 stating I stat-ing that the president would sign the I nroclamatlon at 1005 am January 4 1896 this being within two minutes of the exact time The next nearest guess was No 3 20 fed by George W Goddard who resides re-sides at 2049 Adams avenue and he thought the proclamation would be signed at 10615 on January 4 1896 A creat number fixed the time at 1030 but the tw > mentioned were the nearest near-est estMiss Miss Bond Is therefore declared the winner and will receive the prize I |