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SPAIN AGAIN EXCITED
OVER AMERICAS INTEREST IN
CAPTURED FILIBUSTERS
Gen Weyler Threatens to Resign
Unless the Death Sentence is Car
ried Out Consul General Will
lams Conduct Provocative
Spain Again Stirred Up
Thci e are evidences of growing popular
excitement in Spain over the attitude of
the United States Government toward the
question of the filibusters captured on
board the Competitor
The news of the capture of the men on
the Competitor was received with great
satisfaction and rejoicing It was felt to
be the first opportunity that had been
offered to make an example of those en
gaged in leeding the insurrection The
popular demand for their execution is
strong and is likely to become vociferous
The public feeling on the subject is
fostered by the tenor of the advices re
ceived from Havana Dispatches from
there affirm that Capt Gen Weyler is
greatly irritated at the attitude of the
United Slates on the question of the sen
tence It is asserted that if the Spanish
Government adopts a contrary view
owing to the representations made by the
United States Government Capt Gen
Weyler will resign his post
United States Consul General Williams
attitude it is asserted is the subject of
general censure in Havana and is said to
be very provocative The story goes on
to relate that the United States Consul
General shows himself everywhere in
public places in Havana using irritating
and menacing language regarding the
probable action of the United States
towards the authorities in case the sen
tences upon the Competior captives are
executed
The London Daily News says in an ed
itorial regarding the cases of the Compet
itor captives
The serious news from Cuba places
the Spanish Government between two
tires It is difficult to see how either side
can recede If the Spanish Government
sacrifices Gen Weyler it will probably
have to be prepared to sacr ifice its own
life
The London Chronicle says If
Washington presses the question Spain
is powerless War is an ugly thing at
best and we should be the last to invoke
it But an American ultimatum in the
present case would not be the beginning
of a war but would be the end of an in
terminable guerilla fight
Senor Conovas del Castillo has publicly
stated that America has not protested
against Spains right to puuish filibusters
but only against their summary trial
American citizens are entitled to be tried
in the civil courts under the treaties ol
1795 and 1877 The Spanish Government
is willing to consider the demand and has
cabled Capt Gen Weyler to delay the
executions pending the result of negotia
tions which are actively proceeding be
tween Washington and Madrid to define
the interpretation of the aforesaid treat
ies
The rest of the Madrid press are unani
mous in the opinion that America has
taken an ungenerous and unjustifiable
advantage of Spains difficulties
Lynched a Negro
One of the three negroes implicated in
the cutting of City Marshal Walker at
Fulton Ky was arrested by the tele
graph operator at Arlington Ky a few
imiles north of Pulton who in attempting
rto arrest him shot him in the left lung
The negro was taken to Fulton and
taken in charge by the sheriff but the
mob which had gathered at the depot
rushed madly upon the negro and swung
him up He confessed his guilt The
other two negroes implicated are still at
large
Sight Firemen Injured
Fire was discovered in the rear of the
Metropolitan restaurant which occupies
a three story building in St Louis at 1
oclock Monday morning Before the
firemen could get to work the flames
spread throughout the building and soon
destroyed it The loss is estimated at
575000
Eight firemen who were injured by the
front wall falling upon them were taken
In an ambulance to the city hospital
Adolph Hunt a fireman foreman of one
of the companies had his back broken
City Is Wiped Out
A Panama dispatch says that Puerto
iYia Jo the capital of the province of
Manabi with a population of 10000 has
been entirely destroyed by two earth
quake shocks The shocks were suc
ceeded by floods inundating the city
Many lives are supposed to bava been
lost
Iron Works Destroyed
The Vulcan Iron Works of San Fran
cisco were destroyed by fire early Sunday
morning The loss is estimated at 100
000 insurance 31000 The fire was
communicated to the Reliance Machine
Works causing 25000 damage fully in
sured
Fatal Saloon Row-
In a saloon row at St Louis Ike
burd stabbed Mike Bohan and a man
named Halloran Rohan was killed and
iHaloran cannot live Shelburn escaped
To Probe Bond Issues
The Senate on the 7th passed Senate
Peffers resolution for an investigation of
the Government bond sales with aft
amendment to provide that the investiga
tion be made by the Finance Committee
by a vote of 61 to 6
Tobacco Trust Officials Indicted
The erand jury has found indictments
against James B Duke and nine directors j
of the American Tobacco company of
New York charging them with con-
ducting a monopoly in the paper cigarette
Wade
REVIEW OF TRADE
The Business World as Seen for the
Past Week
K G Dun Cos Weekly Review of
Trade says That exports of 5850000
gold this week have produced no mone
tary disturbance is at once proof of the
soundness of financial conditions and of
the prevailing confidence of better things
to come
Print cloths are cent higher but
some other grades have declined so
that the average of all quotations is
slightly lower Woolen manufacturers
find prices of wool sagging both here and
abroad the decline at London having
reached about 5 per cent while the
average of quotations by Coates Bros of
Philadelphia was nearly 1 per cent lower
Mayl
Mens woolens show no improvement
but there is more active business in flan
nels and the demand for fancy dress goods
is encouraging though for plain goods it
is but moderate
Mens woolens show no improvement
but there is more active business in flan
nels and the demand for fancy dress goods
is encouraging though for plain goods it
is but moderate
Traders in wheat have lifted prices a
little Western receipts are still 40 per
cent larger than last year while Atlantic
exports flour included as wheat are for
the week 943667 bushels against 1615
051 a year ago After a fall to 68o the
price rose 2 cents Corn is lower but
without definite reason Cotton specula
tion has lifted the spot price to 881 cents
and profits have been realized from the
men who have sold cotton they did not
own
Failures for the week have been 238 in
the United States against 227 last year
and 24 in Canada against 84 last year
AMERICANS ON TRIAL
Court Martial of Alleged Filibusters
Begins in Havana
The trial of the men captured on board
the alleged filibustering schooner Com
petitor began before a court martial at
Havanaon the morning of the 8th The
statement on behalf of the proseoution did
not materially differ from the accounts of
the capture already published The pro
ceedings are being closely followed at
Washington and there is ground for the
fear that unless the matter is handled
with great discretion it may result in
straining the present relations and ami
cable friendship between the United
States and Spain Strong representations
have been made to the State Department
on the subject and the department cer
tainly will not fail to intervene in the
case if it shall appear that the Americans
under trial are not treated with all the
privileges accorded by all the rules of
civilized warfare An insistence on this
point would oblige the Department to re
fuse to sanction execution of the Amer
icans and although it is not believed yet
that there is disposition to carry the case
to extremes there is some danger that the
Spaniards may feel disposed to go further
than prudence permits in the effort to dis
courage American filibustering parties by
harsh treatment of these the first to fall
into their hands
BUT FEW ARE LEFT OUT
Civil Service to Take in 30000 More
Government Employes
The long expected order of the Presi
dent including in the civil service most of
the offices now remaining outside of the
classified service has been issued The
order will include within the civil service
80000 additional government employes
Practically the only persons left outside
the civil service will be the assistant sec
retaries heads of bureaus and in a few
cases private secretaries and laborers
The order takes effect immediately
Damage to Crops in Kansas
The Kansas City Star says The grain
men on change received many com
plaints lately from Oklahoma and Kansas
of damage to the wheat crop Some re
ports say cinch bugs are doing the dam
age but the great majority say no satis
factory reason can be given The wheat
is dying at the top so that the fields pre
sent the appearance of suffering from
drouth Yet there has been plenty of
rain
Boy Train Wreckers
Watson Hildreth the boy train wrecker
of Rome New York was sentenced to
life imprisonment and his companions
Plato and Hibbard to forty years im
prisonment each these boys all under 18
and sons of well to do people wrecked
the New York Central express near Rome
last November for the purpose of robbing
the passengers The engineer was killed
and the fireman badly injured
Southern Baptists Meet
The Southern Baptist convention met
at Chattanooga Tenn last Friday nearly
100 delegates being present Judge Jon
athan Haralson of Selma Ala was re
elected president The convention was
opened with an address of welcome by
the mayor of the city and a representative
of the Chattanooga Baptists and respon
ses
To Shoot Filibusters
Dispatches from Havana say the Amer
ican newspaper man Hamilton captured
on board the schooner Competitor will be
released but that the others captured at
the same time will be shot in spite of the
protests from Washington
Many Killed by an Earthquake
A New York Heralds Guayquil Ecua
dor dispatch says the province of Manabi
suffered terribly from an earthquake in
Puerto Viejo Houses were thrown down
burying many persons alive in the ruins
and injuring many others
Girls Wore Tights
Bittar factions divide the fashionable
congregation of Grace Protestant Episco
pal Church in Jersey City because in an
operatic entertainment given recently by
the young people of the church three of
the girls wore tights
To Adjourn the 18th
In the House on the 6lh on motion of
Mr Dingley chairman of the Ways and
Means Committee a resolution for the
final adjournment of Congress on the 18th
inst was adopted without division
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SHOT BIT A ROBBER
Chicago Business Man Killed and
Two Other People Injured
While chasing a robber from his store
the other night Thomas J Marshallpro
prietor of the Golden Rule dry goods store
Chicago was shot and ded a few minutes
later on the sidewalk inrfrontof his place
The robber who was a young man en
tered the store and while a confederate
engaged the attention of Marshall he ap
proached the cashier and demanded what
money she had She screamed and Mar
shall came to her aid chasing the fellow
out to the sidewalk Just as Marshall
emerged from the door the robber turned
on him and fired twice both bullets enter
ing Marshalls breast causing his death
before he could be carried into the store
Just as the shooting occurred a cable car
stopped in front of the store Many pas
sengers jumped up to see what the matter
was The murderer thing they were
about to intercept him emptied his re
volver at the crowded car One bullet hit
Miss Hynes in both knees and another
struck Mr Beggs who was walking along
the street nearly a block away The fel
low ran up a side street and escaped ar
rest Later it was said that Miss Hynes
was very badly -injured and her death is
probable
SALVATION ARMY CAVALRY
Brigade Organized to Work in the
Rural Districts of Pennsylvania
The unique scheme of a Salvation Army
cavalry brigade in which girls as well as
men will ride on horseback after sinners
whom they hope to convert is projected
by Brig Wm Evans of Philadelphia in
command of the Atlantic coast division
The summer months are to be utilized by
expeditions which will travel all over the
country comprised within the limits of
the Atlantic division
The cavalry force of girls will be organ
ized to travel on horseback from town to
town in the country stopping for several
days at those places where they may re
ceive the greatest encouragement Enough
musicians will be among them to form an
organized band and a few of them who
expect to lead in the singing have been
well instructed in music
The organized cavalcade which seems
to bear a ctrong resemblance to an Arab
caravan crossing the desert will be in
charge of Staff Captain Blanche Cox who
has had experience in this sort of work in
every part of the world Much of her
time has been spent in India and later
she had charge of the Colorado division-
the army
BANK ROBBERS FRUSTRATED
Attempt to Loot an Illinois Institu
tion Proves Disastrous
The little town of Washburn Woodford
County Illinois was the scene of a raid of
bank robbers the other night and as a re
sult one of the desperadoes is lying in the
county jail at Metamora severely wounded
in the neck and back
The craksmen entered the town and
stole a team and carriage The moment
they entered the private banking house of
Ireland Son the burglar alarm started a
gong ringing in the house of the junior
member of the firm who immediately
raised a posse of a dozen men and sur
rounded the building
The first explosion blew out the tumbler
of the lock only and while the men were
making ready for another blast the posse
made a noise and the three men dashed
out the back door to be met by a volley of
shots and bullets They stood the first
crowd off with a volley from their revolv
ers but as they turned the corner of the
bank another squad fired into them and
one robber fell with nineteen large shot
in his back and neck The other two
men got away although the trail of blood
showed that one of them was wounded
Potatoes for One Cent a Bushel
Potatoes are selling on the wholesale
market at Plainfield Wis at as low as 1
cent a bushel for Early Rose varieties the
lowest price ever known in the history of
that great potato belt Prices for other
varieties are as follows Kings 2 cents a
bushel Hebrons 3 cents a bushel and
Burbanks 5 cents a bushel Farmers an
spreading their potatoes on their farms
as fertilizers
For a Cable to Japan
The Senate Committee on Foreign Re
lations has agreed to the compromise bill
for a cable to Hawaii and Japan The
bill authorizes the Postmaster General to
enter into a contract on behalf of the
United States with any company which
may lay a cable and to pay subsidies not
exceeding 160000 per year
Three Republics United
The New York Heralds correspondent
in Salvador writes that Congress has ap
proved of the treaty of Amalaha which
unites the republics of San Salvador
Nicaragua and Honduras which will
hereafter be called by the name of Re
publica Mayor de Centro America
WTould Increase Pensions
The House Committee on Pensions has
ordered a favorable report on the bill in
creasing pensions of veterans of the Mex
ican and Indian wars and their widows
from 8 to 12 a month
MARKET QUOTATIONS
Sioux City Cattle Stockers and feed
ers 275 to 385 Hogs Prices ranging
from 5315 to 325 Grain Wheat 4Sc
to 50c corn 18c to 21c oats 14c to 15c
rye 20c to 25c hay 450 to 550 but
ter 14c to 15c eggs 7c
Chicago Cattle Beef steers 345 to
450 stockers and feeders 300 to 395
Hogs Prices ranging from 815 to 375
Grain Wheat No 2 spring 62c No
3 spring 59c to 62c No 2 red 67c to
67c corn No 2 29c to 29c No 2
yellow 29c to 29c oats No 2 19c
No 2 white 21c to 21Kc No 3 white
20c to 21c rye No 2 36c flax seed No
1 87c timothy seed 380
Kansas City Cattle Beef steers 300
to 420 stockers and feeders 300 to
340 Hogs Prices ranging from 250
to 340 Sheep 250 to 403
South Omaha Cattle Beef steers 325
to 400 stockers and feeders 285 to
400 Hogs Prices ranging from 325
to 345
Minneapolis Grain Wheat May
60Kc July Sc to 6l2fe No 1 hard on I
track 623c o 1 Northern Ola
OF A GJREAT STATE
NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF
NEBRASKA
Tekamah Officials Vigorously Pros
ecute Alleged Fish Pirates Would
Like the Omaha Game Protective
Society to Take a Hand
Will Protect Game Fish
The preliminary hearing of alleged fish
pirates George and William Brown and
Albert Palmer took place in the county
court at Tekamah and they were bound
over to await the action of the district
court They endeavored to escape by
claiming that their net was only used to
catch chubs and shiners for bait It was
shown by testimony that they have made
shipments of live black bass to Dr Geo
L Miller of Omaha and there is every
thing to prove that their net was used in
the capturing of these fish Tekamah
people would like to have the Omaha
Game Protective Society take a hand in
helping to protect this lake which is one
of the greatest fishing resorts in the state
It is not likely that the prisoners can
furnish bonds and if not they will have
to remain in jail until fall when the dis
trict court will be in session
Should Not Have Paid It
Ex Clerk Baker of the Lancaster County
district court has just been obliged to pay
the sum of 20045 under rather peculiar
circumstances Some time ago John
Peterson had property sold under fore
closure proceedings The sale left some
money on hand with Clerk Baker which
belonged to Peterson A creditor of
Petersons named ODonnell sued the
former in a justice court and garnisheed
the money in Bakers hands Baker paid
it to ODonnell and now the district court
says that the money should not have been
paid over only upon an order from the
district court and accordingly enters
up judgment against Baker for the amount
above stated
Fifty Thousand Short
Notwithstanding the vigorous kick
registered by Attorney D G Courtney
against the employment of the law firm of
Lambertson Hall to assist County At
torney Woodward in the suit to be insti
tuted against the bondsmen of the late
Maxey Cobb the Lancaster County treas
urer the county commissioners announced
that they would stand by the contract
made with Lambertson Hall and that
they knew of no good reason why they
should not do so Examiner Fodrea has
reported that the deficiency in Cobbs ac
counts amounts to nearly 50000
Alfalfa Culture as an Art
Alfalfa culture is getting to be one of
the prominent features of Cass County
farming and is receiving a great deal of
attention from progressive agricultural
ists County Commissioner J P Falter
had on exhibition at the court house a
bunch of this product of this springs
growth which measured twenty two
inches in length which is considered an
extraordinary showing for this early in
the season Mr Falter says that the
secret of success in raising alfalfa is to
plant enough seed to get a firm stand
Nature does the rest
Refused to Pay the Tax
Stanton is practically a prohibition
town The other night the city council
met and among other matters considered
the applications for license There were
four applications but no licenses were
granted The council placed the occupa
tion tax at 250 the same as last year
with the state tax of 500 makes a u
of 750 This amount the saloon men in
fused to pay claiming that the business
does not justify so heavy a tax Then
the council became obstinate and refused
to accept less and every saloon was
closed
He Was a Populist
T J Dungeon of Trumbull is a pop
ulist and when he received a sample copy
of a Republican newspaper he took it as
ii insult He sat down and inscribed a
few words more emphatic than eupho
nious and fired it back to the editor The
worst part of it was the paper had to pass
through the postoffice again When the
editor received it he turned it over to the
postmaster and complaint was made
against Mr Dungeon and he will be tried
for the misuse of the mails
Same as Personal Baggage
Theodore M Koehe president of the
Young Mens Democratic Union of New
York has written a letter to Gov Hol
comb in which he says he encloses a copy
of the bicycle baggage bill recently
signed by Gov Morton and trusts that the
Governor will do all in his power to have
i similar measure enacted by the NM
Legislature The New York bui
provides that railroad corporations shall
carry bicycles at the same rates as charged
for personal baggage
Dundy County Crop Prospects
The great activity and revival of all
business so noticeable in Dundy County
this spring can be attributed to nothing
else but the abundance of rain and bright
prospects for crops Corn planting is now
in its zenith and thousands of acres are
being planted and the acreage will be
larger than in any previous year Vege
tation of all kinds is quite well advanced
and the broad wheat fields of from fifty to
200 acres are verdant and rank
Preliminary to Damage Suits
William fl Bond and A J VanBus
kirk have taken out papers in the Dundy
County court asking that they be ap
pointed administrators for Maud Bond
and Charles P YanBuskirk respectively
who were killed at the railroad crossing
the latter part of December This is the
initiatory step for commencement of dam
age suits in the district court in July
against the B M road for 5000 for each
life
Forced Saloon Men to Quit
The seven saloon keepers of the town of
Howells Colfax County have quit busi
ness They say that their town board
board passed an occupation tax ordinance
this spring and as they didnt propose to
pay the tax they closed down their places
of business and the town is now drv
His Wife Refused to Prosecute
It now looks as though the case of D
II Lingle the Beatrice real estate man
charged with shooting his wife with in
tent to kill will not be prosecuted as
Mrs Lingle says she will go upon the
stand and testify that he did not shoot at
Big Shipment of Live Stock
The largest stock shipment Jrom Wil
sonville was made a few days ago when
nineteen ctrs ten of cattle and nine of
liogs were pulled direct from there for
Omaha on a liiroxvzh train
DOUGLAS COUNTY IjOSES
Poor Farm Cases Settled by the Su
preme Court
The supreme court handed down ar
opinion in what are generally known as
the Douglas County poor farm cases
The one case decided which involves them
all is that of Henry M Stenberg againsf
the state ex rel Charles B Keller This
was an application to the district court ol
Douglas County for a pr raptory man
damus to compel respondents the board
of commissioners of Douglas County to
take the necessary steps to cause a war
rant to be issued upon the county treas
urer in favor of relator in payment of a
judgment recovered in said court by Kel
ler and Geo W Doane against Douglas
County for the sum of 483262 and costs
The writ was ordered as prayed for upon
which the commissioners appealed to the
supreme court The court has affirmed
the judgment of the district court of Doug
las County The eases involve several
hundred thousand dollars
A Trowel Causes Murder
Glen Santee met death at the hands ot
W R Welch in a lonely cabing in the
neighborhood of Ida a postoffice about
twenty miies southwest of Chadron
The murderer accompanied by his wile
and two children drove to Chadron and
gave himself up to the sheriff after stat
ing that he had killed his neighbor The
particulars of the tragedy gleaned from
an interview with the accused are abouf
as follows
Santee came to Welchs home about
dusk the other evening claiming that
Welch had a trowel belonging to him
There had been some difficulty between
the men at a previous meeting and San
tee becoming incensed at some words of
Welchs struck at him but Mrs Welch
throwing herself between the men stop
ped the blow which felled her to the
ground Santee then turned to Welch
and the men clinched and after a terri
ble struggle Welch got his revolver from
his pocket and shot Santee through the
breast The wounded man staggered out
of doors and fell dead on the threshold
Santees father is in business at Woon
socket S D and Welch formerly lived
in Carroll County Missouri
Stole His Brothers Wife
About a week ago a man giving his
name as G W Spicer arrived at Shelton
accompanied by a woman supposed to be
his wife The man secured work on a
farm near tnere and they lived together
as man and wife The other evening
John Spicer of Leon Iowa arrived at
Shelton and caused the arrest of the man
and woman claiming that they were his
wife and brother and that they had run
away together G W Spicer resides at
Salem 111 where he has a wife and seven
children He claims that the woman left
her home voluntarily and followed him
while husband says that his wife was en
ticed away The woman also says that
she did not come of her own accord
Burglars Rob an Auburn Residence
Burglars broke into the house of Hon
Thomas J Crummel the other ninht at
Auburn while the family was asleep and
took about 23 in money from his pocket
and his gold watch They also ransacked
the dresser in the room of Miss Belle
Crummel and took all of her jewelry in
cluding adiamond pin but left her watch
a valuable one lying on the dresser in a
plush case After helping themselves to
a good lunch in the pantry the party left
through the front door which was locked
with a night latch The loss will amoun
to 250
For the Good of All
On the 28th inst there will be held at
Norfolk a convention of the county com
missioners and supervisors of the state of
Nebraska for the purpose of discussing
matters of public interest and for the
adoption of uniform methods for the trans
action of county public business by the
county boards throughout the state Much
interest has been expressed by commis
sioners and supervisors in the coming
meeting and indications are that the at
tendance will be large and much benefit
will result The railroads have made a
fare and one third rate for the round trip
Railroad Man Hurt
J C Stowell firemau on the Chester
branch of the B M while loading a
heavy car spring at Fairmont met with a
bad accident lie lifted the spring onto
the tender and supposing it was safe let
go and stepped back It fell and struck
Stowell in the breast crushing him to the
ground and it was ten minutes before he
could get a natural breath When the
engineer got to him the spring was lying
across his breast It weighed 150 ponnds
Hardware Store Burglarized
Thieves forced a window m the rear of
Fullers hardware store at University
Place They made a haul of pocket
knives fine silverware razors revolvers
and ammunition to the amount of about
300 They made a clean sweep o the
show cases R E Peterson who owns a
stock of jewelry and runs a watch repair
stand in the same room was saved from a
similar fate by having taken all his
jewelry to his private room
Suspicious Characters Jailed
James Sullivan and Hale Perrine the
two men arrested by the Omaha police as
suspicious characters and turned over to
Sheriff flalloway of Cass County on sus
picion of having robbed the store of Ed
wards Bros of Louisville were ar
raigned before Justice Archer and bound
over to the district court in the sum of
500 each They were unable to furnish
bonds and were remanded to jail to await
trial
Died from Poisoning
Little Edith Schrandt the 9-year-old
daughter of Charles Schrandt of Gordon
died from the effects of poisoning About
three weeks ago the family ate of canned
corn purchased of a local dealer and
several of the household were taken ery
sick
An Omaha Suicide
Minnie Gentry a colored woman of the
burnt district of Omaha committed sui
cide by jumping into the Missouri River
at the foot of Jones Street
Misused the Mails
Harvey Becker of Nehawka will plead
to the charge of sending a questionable
proposition to a young lady by way of the
postoffice
Where Crops are Good
Prospects for crops are the finest ever
known in the vicinity of North Bend A
large acreage will be put in of both corn
and small grain There will be about 250
acres of beets planted and 210 acres of
Chicory which makes the outlook prom
ising for all concerned as this will em
ploy a great many men
Sneak Thieves at Beatrice
The residence of D W Cook of the
Beatrice National Bauk was entered by
sneak thieves the other night and quite a 1
little property appropriated
HOLMES IS HANGED V
ARCH
CRIMINAL PAYS
DEATH PENALTY
H H HOLMES
THE
The Author of Many Crimes Exe
cuted in Moyamensins Prison Phila
delphia On the Scaffold Protests
Innocence
End of a Fiend
H HHolmes convicted on circumstan
tial evidence of the murder of Benjamin
F Pitzel wns hanged in Philadelphia
Thursday The execution took place In
the Moyamensing County jail The drop
fell at 1012 oclock It was not untiL
a half hour later that he was pronounced
dead His neck was broken by the fall
The marvelous nerve of the man never
deserted him to the end Even on the
scaffold he was probably the coolest per
son in the solemn assemblage In a few
well chosen words he proclaimed his in
nocence of any murder including that for
which he was convicted and hanged He
declared that the only wrong doing in the
taking of human life for which he could
be held responsible consisted in the death
of two women who had died as the result
of criminal operations at his hands He
did not name these victims
Holmes spent the greater part of his
last night on earth writing letters At
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midnight he went to bed and slept sound
ly until 6 oclock in the morning It took
two calls to awaken him Promptly aris
ing he received a visit from his spiritual
advisers Fathers Daly and Macpeak of
the Church of the Annunciation They
administered the last sacrament and did
not leave him until nearly 9 oclock Dur
ing their absence he ate a hearty break
fast of eggs dry toast and coffee
At 1002 oclock the Sheriff called to
gether the official jury and after each
man had answered to his name and sub
scribed to the certificate the solemn
march to the gallows was begun As the
gathering stood in intense silence before
the gallows Holmes accompanied by the
two priests mounted the fatal scaffold
A moment of prayer elapsed and then
Holmes stepped to the front of the scaf
fold and resting his hands on the rail
before him made his statement of inno
cence
It was received in absolute silence
Two minutes later he had finished his
valedictory Then at a silent signal from
the priests he bent to his knees his eyes
fixed on the crucifix clasped in his hands
Until 1012 the prayer continued Imme
diately afterward he arose shook hands
with the priest3 and his lawyers and in a
firm voice bade them good by
Without an instant delay his hands
were bound behind him and the black cap
adjusted Sheriff Clement placed the
noose about his neck and after an instant
of terrible stillness the crack of the bolt
rang out like a pistol shot and the man
had fallen to his doom
Consciousness left him instantly said
the doctors although his heart continued
a feeble beat for fifteen or twenty min
utes After an examination had been
made by several physicians Holmes waB
pronounced dead and the swinging corpse
was cut down
WINTER WHEAT
Condition of the Crop as Reported by
the Farmers Review
Reports have been received from the
correspondents of the Farmers Review
in ten States on the condition of winter
wheat and on the loss to that crop from
freezing and thawing
In Illinois the total loss from freezing
and thawing has not been large taking
the State as a whole though there are
counties where the loss from this cause
has been great With the advent of the
recent rains there was a change for the
better and the plant is now rapidly push
ing forward Fair will express the gen
eral condition of the crop in Indiana The
loss from freezing and thawing seems to
be heavy at this date The late sown
wheat seems to have suffered mo3t In
Ohio the wheat is slowly starting up
The cool weather and lack of rain in the
early spring retarded development The
present outlook for the crop in Ohio is
poor The prospect in Michigan continues
fair and the loss from freezing and thaw
ing is generally about 10 per cent The
loss that was reported in Missouri from
freezing and thawing has been partly off
set by recent good rains In Kansas and
Nebraska the prospects are quite good
especially in the eastern part3 of those
States In Iowa the crop is fair Wis
consin conditions have not improved the
recent loss from freezing and thawing
being considerable
United States Consul Keenan at Bre
men in a report to the State Depart
ment on importation of American horses
into Germany says that while this busi
ness has attained great proportions it is
generally hampered by many underhand
operations inspired by the local horse
dealers who have united to break down
the American competition
McEwan Bros Cos sawmill narow
ly escaped destruction by fire at Bay City
Mich Fifteen hundred cords of slabs
west of the mill were destroyed The
entire department was called out and the
fire got under control Had there been a
high wind the mill and a million feet of
lumber would have been destroyed
Mrs Emma Van Horn a traveling phy
sician dropped dead after eating a hearty
breakfast at Edinburg Tnd She was
about 45 years of age She gave her resi
dence as Indianapolis and relatives at
that place have been notified
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