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BIliLTAYLOR 1IAXGKI)
PLUNGED THROUGH THE
DEATH TRAP.
tly .Weml ttit Si-ignlct Willi Strmly Hipp
mill MppI IIU I'.iIp Wlllimit Mliirtiliitt
A I.rlli'r In (In- t'lllillr Conili'iiuicil .ll:in
l)rilnri lllum-lf Immt'i'lit.
C.uittot.t TKf , Mo.. Ma' '. Rill
Taylor, the nittili'ur of thu Mocks
fntiilly, whose hanging was set for ll
o'clock this morning, was visited at '.I
o'clock tills morning by his attorneys,
Colonel Hale, Virgil Conldieg. Russell
Knuisley and Ralph Lo.ler. lie again
thunkod iIrmii for tlieir tireless worlc
in lil.s liehalf. Taylor asked Mr Conk
ling If lliere could be tu hope, for a re
spite at the last moment. Thu lawyer
imlil there eonhl not.
"Well, If I had thirty layi more I
woulil never bo hanged,'' said Mill.
''They are hanging an innocent man."
IIIVIIS A HI' mi. in. m 10 i in: ft III.IC.
As the lawyers took leave of Kill, he
liamleil Colonel Halo a letter murhed
"To the. Public"
"That's my la it untl only btote
rneiit," he said.
It reads:
"I have only this statement 'o make.
I ought not lo sull'er as 1 am com
polled to do. Prejudice and perjury
convicted ine.
'l!y this louvlctlon my lonely wife
Is to be left a widow, my babies arc
made orphans in a coid world, my
brothers to mourn and friends to
weep. Yon hasten my gray Haired
fitherand mother to their graves.
"Thu mobs and that element have
houniled me to the grave. I had at
least hoped to live till the food peo-
Plu realized tho Injustice dime me, but
am prepared to meet my Coil, mid I
now wing my way to tiie great tin
known. There I believe ecry one Is
properly judged.
"I hope my friends will all meet me
lu heaven. 1 believu I am going
there.
"Uood bye all.-W. P. Taylor."
The doomed man came out of tho
mile door of the Jail through good
Mrs. Ciimmlngs' hltchen. Taylor, car
rying a eriiollK, walked between
sheriffs Allen and .Stanley. Father
Kennedy followed, chanting. Tay
lor's stop win steady. His eyes were
s.'t straight to the fiont. Ile'hiid told
thu sheriff Just before leaving his cell
that he did not wish to say anything
o thu crowd from the scaffold.
Taylor mounted tho steps with
Might assistance and stood in the
middle of the trap. Hi.s face was
ngtd; not a tremor s'nuk his frame.
Tiie women hueltat the foot of the
steps, still praying.
.1. I!. Rossof Kansas City, adjusted
the straps about his tinkles, sheriff
Allen pulled the rope tight about Tuy
Jor's neck. He never winced.
Deputy tuniutlngs adjusted the black
cap ami sncritl Allen drew his hand
kerchief from lih pocket.
Sheriff Mauley pulled the trap nt
10: IT, mid 1E111 Taylor shot through
the trap to deatli Ills neck was
broken. Not a muscle quivered.
Old .Mrs. Meeks. who stood near thu
scaffold, almost fainted. Her moan
ing could be heard nil over tho stock
ade. MIT. r.ONK IS' TMII'.TI'.KV JII.NTTP.'l.
M.v.il'Hv Kl minutes and 1.1 seconds
elapsed between Hill Taylor's plunge
through the trap and the last beat of
his pulse. The body hung, turning
from side to side in the lender spring
oree.'.u. exactly .seventeen minutes, lie
fore Sheriff Allen released the rone.
The crowd, still hold.ng hats lu hand,
puslied'aud struggled lo seu thu dead
man's face. When the black cap and
rope were removed tho face that was
disclosed awed the struggling men.
"Why, he looks us peaceful as if ho
fell to sleep, ' were the exclamations.
Sure enough the dead man's faco was
supremely peaceful. The eyes were
closed. The seam of tho fatal rope
did not show. A purple tinge show
ing through the skin was thu only
trace of a sudden death.
The sheriff and doctors signed thu
eertltlcales required h- law across the
oolllu. Still ihe hats remained olV,
Then tho pall-bcarur took up their
burden and marched out into the
street In the face of a muss of peoplu
which now seemed to number ri.uno.
Captain Mack called "Attention, com
pany, shoulder arms," and a squad of
Company A full lu beforu and behind
the little cortego. At first the sight
was received with murmurs; then
Jeers and laughter and clapping ed
died through tho throng. Tho troops
flushed their way through the jolting
nasi ? humanity, men, women, chil
dren and babes lu arms. A vertex of
struggling men streamed behind. Thu
dour.s of thu undertakers fell to and
thu multitude went to dinner. Many
of the crowd whkh remained behind
in the stockade still nail their hats in
their hands whllo they cut silvers
from the gallows as mementoes.
GERMANS AGAINST V.'OMEN
0H'ii Talk of a Klillt In (ho MptlioilUt
Sert ir 1'ulr Doli'oLn Win.
Ci r.VKi.A.vp, Ohio, May hTho
Cerman delegate to tho Methodist
general conference are leading the
opposition to the admission of wmnuu.
some of them have said that If tho
four women who have been elected
delegate to the conference are ail
nutted, all the Cerman lav members
of thu church will secede. They have
issued a strong protest, and somo of
the prominent ministers recognize the
fact tltat'lhi) opposition threatens the
unity of the church.
wTtltlull fur I'rotlilent.
.T.U'K.sox, Miss., May 1. Tho Dem
ocratic Statu convention declared
for five silver, and instructed
Us delegation to vote for no man for
President or vice- President who is not
fill iv anil unequivocally In favor of
that principle. A resolution Instruct
ing the iL-'egatcs for Senator Wulty
hull. for PreMdont was adopted.
A MimiIIimi ('orpin i'r lliiji Cltr.
Haws Cm. April .so. A headless
body of a man was found In tho hillu
twelve mill's northeast of Iliiys City,
The shortil' uml coroner ure holding' au
inquest.
REFORMERS ONLY TOOLS. '
i:Idriirr Unit lllc" llrltlsli Will UN Murkril
llm It.ilil.
PllKinutA, May 1. Iturghcrs of
Inlluence are gathering from all -Ides '
null Ill-KKIUK niuKvi-imiiuiittwujt,nij,
abolish thu .sentence Imposed upon
Hammond, Rhodes, Phillips, I'arr.ir
am! tlio other so-called reformers.
What iullueneu this will have upon
President Kruger and his advisers re
mains to be seen. though it Is eui rently
reported that the executive court has
ileii.iliui to initios.! n sent.-nee of Hv.'i '
vears' penal servitude and banishment I
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for lire iinon tie tour loaders, to,"""'""'
justify such .severe treatment, It Is '
said the executrv couueil refers to'
the records of the trial.
Telegrams were put in evidence
whmh, from a cipher key found lit i
Dr. Jameson's baggage when he was I
made prisoner by thu Itoers after the
light .it Dornkoop, tiroved beyond i
doubt, it was c'aimed, the complicity j
of thu lirilish South Africa company i
with the .lohaunesburg reform leaders ,
ami Dr. .lumcsous lalil. I he company,
it is alleged, opened a credit of S-'.')')!),-(Mo
iu the nami) of t olonol Francis
Rhodes In .lohaunesburg, to be used
to orgaul.e Hie raid, and sent a ities
sagu inserting that the Times of Lon
don had a cable dispatch from ('ape
Town saying that to delay the .lame-
son affair would be imprudent
It is also claimed that fie Trans-1
vaal government is in possession of
additional .b.cuiuent.s. not produced at !
thu trial, which compromise notable
iMM'sonagiM ami ollicers In South Africa
and elsewhere. It has been proved
that telegrams In great numbers weru
exchanged between the four reform
leaders and Cecil Rhodes, then premier
of Cape l olony, ami Rutherford Har
ris, secretary of thu lirltish l bartered
South Africa Company at Capetown,
and Dr. Jameson, when the latter waj
at Pitsatii.
A press repreientattve wai allowed i
to visit thu prisoners last evening.
He found the three Hiigllshmou well,
but Hammond's health U causing con
siderable anx.ety to his fr.ends. Ilii
sentence caused a reaction after tha
great nervous strain he had been
under for so long, but to-day he h
said to be as veil as possible under
the circuiuilancos. lie may be allowed
to procure better food and other com
forts. Thu fiir are confined in n
small room and are treated with con
sideration. I u view of tiie bad state
of Hammond's health every possible
inlluence is being brought to bear on
President Ki'iger In his behalf.
Mrs Kruger. wife of tho president,
has sent messages of sympathy to the
familie.' of the condemned mou.
CONTEMPT DEFINED.
Sculler 1 1 1 1 1 l'ri-M'iits :i Nnr Mr nun, ti
I'iiiit All I'lUlltlll. Cues.
Wasiii.miio.v, Miy 1. Senato:
Hill from the committee on judlciarj
to-day submitted a report upon the
bill In relation to contempts of United
States courts, presenting a new bill as
the result of the committee's deliber
ations. It detlnes direct eontcmpti
to be those committed during tli
sitting of a court or a judge iu
I'liiiiiibcrs in its or his presence, all
oilier contempts being indirect.
It provides for (he Immediate
and Miinuury punishment of direct
coiiteinut wit.mut written accusation.
The prov.s'on Mr Mm punishment ol
contempt committed not in the court's
presence, as m the Hebs case, Is as fol
lows: That upon the reluin of an
ollieer or a process or an atltdavlt duly
Hied showing any person guilty of in
direct contempt, a writ ot attachment
or other law ful process may issue
and stub person lm arrested ami
brought befoie the court; ami
thereupon a written accusation, set
ting forth succinctly and clearly tho
fact alleged to constitute such
contempt shall bo tiled and tho ac
cused required to answer the same
by an order llxing the time and
place of hearing and the court mar
on proper showing extend the time
so as to give the accused a reasonable
opportunity to purge himself of
such contempt. After thu ans.ver, or
iu ease of refusal to answer, thu court
may proceed to hear the accusation
upon such testimony as may be pro
duced, If tho accused answer, the
trial shall proceed upon testimony
produced as in criminal cases and he
shall bo confronted with the witnesses
against him, but such trial shall be by
thu court, or In Its discretion upon
application by the accused, a trial bv
jury may be held as lu any crimlua'l
ease. If found guilty, judgment shall
bo entered accordingly, prescribing
the punishment."
The bill allows appeal to the Su
preme court.
Mm. Itmitli-Tiielii'r Sorlomly III.
Sa.v FitANi'isi'o, M iy :. Mrs.
Ilooth-Tuckcr Is very ill and it Is now
doubtful whether she will be able to
keep her engagements in California
and Oregon. Willie iu India she had
the Asiatic cholcta and, although
recovery seemed complete at the
time, she has been asutY'i-er annually
from the elVeetft of the disease. Her
physical ailments, united to the great
nervous strain sue lias been under
since her arrival in this country, tho
lossot her cliild and the defection of
her brother from the army, have
earned a complete breakdown.
Tim I'.nrrld, K.in., I)i!st-"A Itriikrn,
KriiKK, Kan., April 90. Tho dead
lock iu tlio Republican judicial con
vention was broken this morning on
the 207th ballot, T. L. Davis of tins
pity bulng nominated. The ballot
stood H for Davis and 1 i for Scott on
tho SOiHh ballot. A caucus was held
and .ludgo Aiken withdrew from the
raoj. llutler county then gavu votes
to Davis and '.' to Scott.
A Srw Ivn AAtr t Mt'vudu, Mo.
Nkvapa, Mo.. May L A now pest
made its appearance hero yesterday
in the form of millions of ainall green
worms. They appeared to spring out
of the ground, and In un hour many
trees were denuded of their foliage.
They attack all kinds of trees, maple,
elm. fruit and ush, with equal vo
racity. Tito Hundred IVr-oni nrnuueil.
Siianohai, May 1. A collision oc
curred at Woosuug Thursday morning
between tlio steamers Now Chwang
und On Wo. Tho latter sank, and over
200 persons, mostly Cuttica.. wera
drowned.
CRIPPLE CREEK IN ASHES.
llm Fiiiiiiiii Mlnliu; t'uiiip Wlpnl Out of
IliUli'iii p fourteen Killed.
CmiM'i.K Ciikiik. Colo., May I.
ji!lBt Saltirduy's horrors were repeated
t ,rL.ef,J t(. dCStrUCliOtl l)V U SCO-
otul lire yesterday afternoon. To an
Increase In the amount of property
destroyed on Saturday, the lire of yes
terday adds the loss of life, and loaves
from .t.oiii) to l.tiOO people homeless In
a city of desolation, with no homes to
'""' '' and no food to supply the dally
wants. Now, Indeed, Is Cripple Creole
! I.....
The business portion of the cite left
standing Is less than would cover a
city block. The residence section it
con lined to what were formerly the
suburbs on '.he placers east ami west
of the old town, to the northeast, ami
a portion of Capitol lull, on the south.
When an alarm of lire sounded from
tho Portland hotel at i:!!0 o'clock it
was quickly responded to. Almost in
' stantaneously the building was bin.
! lug from a doon places In front.
i .streams of water worn turned mi
quickly, ami the llrcmen fought feebly
I for a few moments iu an attempt to
put out tho lire
' litiililings lu advance of the tire
were blown up lu a futile attempt to
check Its speed. All about the burn
ing blocks the streets weru jam-med.
Charges of Hfty pounds ami mere of
powder were put in 1 he explosion
l',r.',w ,'0,,,!'!h i1'11' '"'V lllu ,r lul il-
felling felled men right and left.
lien the smoke cleared awav, tlia
' streets were covered with men unable.
j to rise. Others rushed to the assist
I unco. Ilefore the unfortunates could
be dragged back the second charge
i went oil' and half a doen other men
were added to the list. The crowd
i surged forward and all were taken
I away as the flumes began to consume
I the bul'ding. Dr. Liggett ami Dr.
Crane, of Pikes Peak hospital, took
charge of the injuiod.
The sight was one to make tho
crowd that gathered turn sick at
heart. Willi such headway ns the lire
had gained It looked impossible lo save
the town. The wind" was blowing
almost due north, and in its trade lay
the heart of the business section. All
water turned on the Humes had no ap
preciable ell'eet. The llrcmen weru
unable to make the least impression
upon the Portland, which lu a very
few minutes was a ma hs of Humes. To
the north, across Meyers avenue, was
the big furniture establishment of tiie
Iloolti Company, to the east of
tho four story brick Masonic
hall block. The alarm, the arrival of
the hose carts ami the worlc of clean
ing out the ltooth concern wero
ill most Instantaneous.
Iu fifteen minutes from thb time tlin
alarm sounded ll.imcs were showing
Irom the cornice of the Month estab
lishment The lire had spread to the
west on Meyers i venue, taking thu
Chicago cafe 'rest an i ant. adjoining tlio
Portland. Cartridges lu the Wright
hardware store in tlio Portland block
were tiring a fiiMImle and Meyers
avenue was a furnace. To light thu
lire from that point was beyond
human power. To the west of thu
ltooth building the immense lumber
stock In the Kl Paso yards was catch,
ing and the llrcmen hud the block
bounded by I'irstaiid Second, lleuuett
and Meyer's, for a lleld.
Ceorge Crilllth's head was blown
nearly olV.aml he died iu half an hour.
The others, whllo seriously hurt, may
all recover.
All the principal buildings are in
ruins ami nothing is left of tho town
proper except the railroad stations
and a few scattered bouses. l lie tiro
raged llercely all tho afternoon, and
only died out fur lack of fuel on whieii
to feed.
The origin of the fire appears tf
have been purely accidental, although
tho general belief is that it was in
cendiary. There has been talk credit
ing Saturday's llro to such origin, and
this one coming so close upon it gives
rise to suspicion. Thu facts appear
to discredit the suspicion.
PETERS PRAISES MORRILL.
Tlio llutlucHs Itorcinl of tho Uiiihus lior
irnnr I.:imlnil.
Toitka, ICan., May I. P.-C'on-gres'iinau
S. K. Peters this forenoon
gave the newspapers the following
statement declaring his loyalty to
Hovel nor Morrill t candidacy for r
luiminatlon: "The administration of which Cov
entor Morrill is tho head has been a
business record equaled by few, if
any, of the prior Stato administra
tions. Personally, I huvu been in
favor of Covernor Morrill's renomliia
tiou, and havo supported his candi
dacy, uud shult continue to do so, and
use" my Inlluence to secure for him
and the other members of the admin
istration the indorsement which I
think they deserve.
Spixlu In Danger of lniultir.
Mahiiiii, May 1. A mooting of tho
cabinet was held yesterday to con
sider the serious condition in Spain
duo to drouth which has almost de
stroyed the cereal crops. It was de
cided lo enter upon the organization
of relief work Unless there is rain
beforu the middle of May tho loss
from drouth will amount to $1S0,0Q0,
00,). Thu cabinet is considering tho
advisability of abolishing tho duties
on foreign grain.
I'lrn Mint liy an Aclnr.
Hautioi-.p, Conn., April VS. Ed
ward K. Ilcthel, a member of
the "iloodman Uliud" company now
playing at the Criiud opora house,
lloston, attempted to shoot his wife, u
member of the William II. Crane, com
pany, now playing iu this city, at tho
Hotel Heubaliu, late this afternoon.
Vive shot were tired, but none of them
took effect.
Hound Moiiry Won In .Mlclilgitn.
DinnoiT. Mich., May L Sound
money won a comploto victory when
tlio Michigan Democratic Statu con
vention adjourned shortly after 8
o'clock lust night. On tho questions
Tvlilidi wore closelv eoiitpsted ibis vic
tory was accomplished by the narrow
'margin of SS majority, out of a total
of somo HW votes,
American Mcclinnloi I.oio tir Clro.
Piiu.ADKiii'iiiA, May'.. The six
story brick building of the Junior Or
der IJui'ud American Mechauics was
cntiroly destroyed by Qro last night.
Loss about S-lO.OGU
SIIAIIOFPKJISIADEAI)
ASSASSINATED WHILE IN
THE SHRINE.
)li-il A I limit lntititly I'riitn ii Shut llrril
tir n I'uiuitlc -Tim IIiiIIpI riiTi'Pil tin"
lliiirt of dm Oriental Killer Sltetili of
I lie Dr.ul .lliiimn li's Hirer.
London', May 2. The shah of Persia
was assassinated by a fanatic tills
afternoon just us he was about to en
ter the inner court of tho shrlno of
Shah Abdul Ax.lm, six miles north of
Tchuriiu,
The assassin iisjd a revolver and
the llrst bullet proved the fatal one,
pasipg through the heart. The physi
cian attached to the Cerman legation
was sent for In hastu but before he
arrived the shah was dead.
In order to prevent public excite
ment from becoming too high, the
first report sent out was that tiie
shah was only slightly wounded, but
an hour later it was otllci.illy an
nounced that the wound hud pioved
fatal almost instantly.
Ijnmcillately aflertheshah wasshot
lie was carried to hlscairlagcand con
veyed to tho palace in Teheran.
There he was attended by Dr. Thol
gean, his chief physician, and other
physicians were hastily sent for. P.ut
in spite of thelrelTorts his majesty ex
pired soon after his arrival at the
pilace, or at about I o'clock this
afternojii.
The assassin, who was promptly ar
rested, Is said to be a sayiil from Ker
man or from the province of that
name. It is believed tlio murderer
has accomplices.
The heir apparent, MiialTer-ed-Din,
was immediately advised of the assas
sination of his' father and will leave
Tabriz., where he was sojourning, for
Teheran as soon as possible,
iin: hiiaii's caiii:i:il
Shah Nasi ed-Din was born in H'.'l
and succeeded his father, Miihammcd
Shah, in Hi, being the fourth mon
arch of the dynasty of the Kujats.
Ho was proclaimed heir to tho throne
some years prior to his accession, but
was absent at Tabrii when his father
died and had to light for his rights.
Thu late Shah's llrst notable act
was the suppression of a rebellion iu
Ivhorason and his next tho extermina
tion of the sect of the Ilabis by sword
and lire.
In I SIC I, n gland declared war
against Persia on account of tho hit
ter's sympathy with Russia iu the Cri
mean war and also by reason of tho
capture of Herat a year eat lier. After
a short campaign under the conduct
of Sir .lames (liilram on the pait of
thu Kuglish, tlio Persians wero de
feated and Herat evacuated. Since
that time the relations nelween Hug
land and Persia have been friendly
and the shah's dlnnositlon of the sumo
character, as his recent visit to Kng-
laud would indii-.it'. Nasred-Diu had
even previously visited tjuecu Victoria
i i an amicable' spirit and had toured
extensively on the continent us well.
lu IsT'J the Indo-Kuropeaii telegraph
lino from London through Teheran
it-ul on into India was opened and thu
s'linu year a settlement of the frontier
ditllcultlcs between Persia and Khelat
was effected by hie P. Coldsmid and
the Sei.st.ui mission.
Nasrcd-Din was successful in most
of his wars, but it is upon the leconl
of his civil nets that his reputation
must rest. He is universally conceded
to have been a humane and intelligent
ruler.
The new shah will bn the eldest son
of the deceased, Mu.afer-ed-Diu. It is
interesting to note that it is within
the power of the Persian mouarchs to
alter or overrule the existing law of
succession and to leave in disregard
the claims of the natural heir or any
other member of the family.
ONLY TWO BATTLESHIPS.
llm KiMtuto AgrciM to Mr. (.iiriinin's
AtiiHtiilmmit In rriiimtriy's Itilori-t.
Washington', May '-'.Mr. Sherman
secured the passage of a bill lu the
Senato to-day appropriating ST.'.OUl)
for tho cxpunsos of the lleriug sea
commission, soon tu meet at San
I'rancisio.
The naval appropriation bill was
then taken up, the question bulng on
Mr. Cormau's amendment, reducing
the number of battleships from four,
us reported, to two. Without further
speeches a yea and nay vote was then
taken, resulting iu the adoption of
the Cormaii amendment .11 to -", as
follows.
Yeas Republicans, Raker. Calling
er, Nelson, Puttigruw. Priteharii, Slier
man, Warren, Wilson and Woleott.
Democrats, Rates, Horry, lbauehard,
Chilton, Ceorge, Cormaii, Hill, Jones
of Arkansas, Mills, Mitchell of Wis
ernsin, Pasco. Pngh, Roach, Turpie,
Vest, Vilas, Walthall and White; Pop
ulists, Allen, Kplo, Poller, Hutler.
Nays Republicans. Crown, Cannon,
Carter, Clark, Davis, Fryo, Hoar. II. w
ley. Lodge, McP.rlde, McMilliu, Man
tle, Mitchell of Oregon, Perkins, Plutt,
CJuay, Sewoll, Shoup, squire, Tellor;
Democrats, Rncon, Rlnukbiirn, Daniel,
Faulkner, Ulbson, Irby; Populists,
Stewart.
Mr. Allen of Nebraska followed
with au amendment striking out all
battleships which was defeated 1.1
toll.
Hill Dunlin Imllctml fur Tlir.'o MunlcM.
l'j-.miv, Okla., May 2. Rill Doolin
was Indicted at Stillwater lato last
evening for tho murder of Deputy
United States Marshals Lafn Shadley,
Rlchurd Sheed and Thomas Postou at
Ingalls, forty miles east of bore, Sep
tcmber i.lnri.i. There are from twenty
to forty charges hanging over Doolln,
lairnpo' I.ubur D.ijr Quiet.
London, .May .. i.aiior day seems
to bo passing us quietly ns usual here.
Tho only Incident out of the usual
run was a gathering of Socialists in
Hydo Park, but the attendance was so
small there was nothing more than
thu disorder natural to largo as
semblies. Mr, (Ireili.im' l.-H Itcitlns I'l ten
WAsiiiNinOjX.May 2. Arrangements
have been inailo for tho removal of
thu body of ox-Secrelury Orcshnm
from its present resting place in Oak
.vouds cemetery, Chicago, to Arling
ton cemetery, this city.
ILLINOIS IS FOR M'KINLEY
I)plr3.itpi-iil-l.iri;n Iintriietpil for llm
lliuki')!' st.itpstiinii.
Sritt.vnfiiiM), 111., May 3 .William
McKiuloy, of Ohio, is the choice of I ho
Republicans of Illinois for president
of tlio United Stales. He was so de
clared at tho Republican stato con
vention here yesterday He was not
only declared the choice, but the over
whelming choice, of the people of thhi
state who believe In the principles of
the RcpublKin party.
I'.very effort and schemo known to
politicians was brought to bear upon
the delegates to induce them to name
another man, but all the schemes
failed. It was apparent tho peoplu
whom the delegates represented
wanted McKinley, and the delegates
could not be Induced to violate the
wishes of their constituents.
That the people of this Statu were ,
p eased with the choice was made ev-
imciii ov ine i-,uiiii spccmiois iiiui vis
ltors who gathered from all parts of
the Mate to attend the convention.
As soon ns the iiamo of Major McKin
ley was mentioned In tho convention
Micro was an outburst of applause
that surprised even the mot ardent
admirers of Major McKinley Nearly
every man, woman and child lu tho
vast throng arose at the mention of
the name of the lluekoyo statesman
and for nearly live minutes shouted
and yelled uud cheered. Hats weru
thrown in thu air by the more enthus
iastic, and for a lime it seemed as if
the vast crowd had gone raving mad.
The contest was between tlio Re
publicans who believed Shelby M.
C ull'jtn should be honored us the ,
standard bearer lu the presidential!
contest by the people of this State, on j
the one hand, and thu Republicans
who favored McKinley on the otuer.
Arrayed on the side of Senator Ciiilom j
was that organisation known as thu
Cook county "machine." and a largu '
number of leading politicians ami j
statesmen of Illinois. With him weru
veteran politicians, who, in years
gone by, have engaged in many a hard
fought political contest. They had to
nid them one of the most perfect po
litic it organizations that lias ever
In.,,,, f.it.M,..l if, llilc Sntn, lint n 1 1
their plans went wromr. !
wiiiin .,n.,t,,,. I'uiiiiM, rimi ill iifii.ir !
ers met defeat, they met it gracefully,
and at the conclusion of tlio conven
tion there was not the slightest ill
feeling on tlieir part towards the vic
tors A motion was made to lay the Mc
Kinley resolutions on the table, and
wasd'efeate I by a vote of r.OIt to S.l'J.
When the uproar following the
adoption of tho McKinley resolutions
had ceased the following deb'gates-at-large
were elected: R. W. Patterson,
editor Chicago Tribune; William Penu
Nixon, editor lnterOcean, ex-Covernor
R .1. Oglesby of Klkhart, and c.-Cov-crnor
,). W. Pi for.
NO DOUBT OFTHEIR GUILT.
All tliiclnnd CiiiivIih'piI Tlnit llm Trun
in it I'lut Was ii Prep Our.
London', May -.'. It would bo d!f
llcult to over-estimate the sensation
cair.ed In England by the publication
of the substance of tlio telegrams and
documents in the possession of the au
thorities of the South African Repub
lic. The weight of evidence the tele
grains and i.ociimeuts furnish against
tlio persons to whom they were ad
dressed and by whom they wero
signed of being engaged in a conspi
racy to overthrow thu Transvaal is
admitted to be crushing. The opinion
of tho press very generally condemns
them. Rut strong efforts are made to
prevent a sweeping condemnation of,
the authorities of Cape Colony and of
tho Hritlsh Chartered South Africa
Company other than the individuals
whose names are included on the doc
umentary evidence.
A Pretoria dispatch to tlio Daily
Telegraph gives the substance of au
interview with President Kruger. in
which he said that he had commuted
the death sentence nt onco to show
that after tho law hud been vindi
cated there was no vindictive personal
feeling on tho part of himself or the
government. Ho believed, ho said,
that the government's decision would
be announced before the Volksraud
on Monday
TILLMAN AGAIN.
Tho
Sfontli CirnlliiUn Att.irlit Sou iter
Hill nntl llm rrixlilcnt,
WAHiiiNuro.v, May 2. Senator Till
man of South Carolina mado a speech
in tho Senate this afternoon savugely
attacking Senator Hill and President
Cleveland. Ilo declared that Mr. Hill
represented tho bondholders and
bankers and not the people, lie ore-
dieted repudiation of bonds and inter
est if bond issues wero carried much
further, to which Mr. Hill coolly sul'-
gested: "And if you can't have that I
suppose you'll have bloodshed'.'"
Mr. Tillman declared that tho Presi
dent ".stands as thu tool of tho classes"
and represents only tno mighty dollar.
Crover Cleveland, John Sherman and
John Carlisle, lie declared, aru "af
finities." FLED THE COUNTRY.
Cuiillilentliil Mon nf t'lilc.icm Cu-lmr tin
Not Want In (ilvii Testimony,
Ciiicvoo, May 2 Tlio confidential
men of many Chicago packers huvu
lied from this country. Tliev do not
want to sit in thu witness chair and
tell a federal judge what thuy know
about violations of the anti-trust and
i all way laws.
Unci Sam has been vigorous in
laying plans for a prosecution of many
of tho Chicago packers. Evidence has
been gathered, and it will bo given to
tho federal grand jury, which meets
lu a few days.
Ciittnn l'mt in Tun.
OcounuTowN, Tex., May a. Reports
from Kennedy and Range, In tho
tmuthwostorn portion of tlio state, say
the Mexican weevil is playing havoc
with the cotton, and that in some in
stances wholo llclds havo been aban
doned. Swltierlnnir Kiputltlon Opened.
0kn::va, May 2. The national ex
hibition was opened to-day by Vice
President Deucher in tlio presenco of
tho government otliclals, mombors of
tho diplomatic? corps, many foreign
visitors and u lar.v atlendanco of
people.
GIVEN CATHOLIC BURIAL
1'uncr.it
Itlll Taylor irprurs
nt Carroll-
Inn, Missouri.
CAltltot.t.Tor;. Mo., May 2. The fu
neral of 15111 Taylor took place from
thu Catholic church here at ,". o'clock
this afternoon. Tho body was burled
In Mount St. Mary's cemetery, two
miles north of town. It was Taylor's
request that his body be taken to La
clede, forty miles north of here, and
burled In the old Yount burying
ground, where somo of his relatives
lie, but Mrs. Taylor sent a telegram
to Father Kennedy telling Inm that
she wished to have her husband bur'ed
by his Catholic friends. Hill's wife
and mother and Mrs. Ceorge Taylor
and Mrs. D. Minulsand Albert Taylor
came here from llogard tills morning
Tu who responsible for Rill's
,.onverlloll tl tll0 rathoUu church and
and went at once to tiie home ot ur.
the ministrations offered by Father
Kennedy.
The grief of Mrs, William Taylor
seems almost Inconsolable, 'I ho men
tal strain to which she has. been sub
jected caused her to break down
Wednesday and sho left tho bed to
come to tho funeral to-day. She says
she believes her husband was innocent
and she never thought ho would bo
banged. Hill's mother also shows
signs of deep grief. None of them
would talk to anyone except intimate
friends.
Hill's body Iny In a vacant room in
the rear of an undertaker's establish
ment all last night, gnarded by the
employes of tiie place. ' Up to a lato
hour last night a crowd of people
stood around the doors trying to gut
a glimpio of thu casket.
Only a few persons asked permls
ion to see the body to-day. It re
mained at the undertaking e'stablish
maut until a few minutes before tho
hour set for the services at thu church
Father Kennedy preached a short ser
mon at the church. Mrs. Taylor ex
pressed much gratitude to Mr. Tttll
nu I his niece, Mrs. VonArb, for tho
interest they took lu his religious wel
fare, uud she told them tiiat she was
glad he had chosen tlieir faith. Tho
simple
t ceremonies marked tho
R. M. Knelsley, Ralph Loz.ler,
burial
R. P. Kueon, Charles Patti'on, Charles
Kelly, John follopy, Charles Clceson
and Adolph P.rocksmith acted us pall
bearers. The funeral was attended
by otilv Intimate fricndsaml i chit Ives.
Tho complete story of Rill Taylor's
cipher ccdo has now burn disclosed.
Letters written In this cipher between
Hill uud his wife were a means of
communication between Rill, locked
up in the Jackson county jail, and
Cieorge, at large. Rill was thus in
formed of plans for hisieseuo and this
was one of the reasons for his remark
able composure and hopefulness.
However, the cipher was unravolcd.
The otlleers discovered twico, by
reading the cipher letters, tho where
abouts of (ieorgo Taylor, but failed to
capture him, although posses of men
went out, only to ilnd tho bird had
tlown. Furthermore, they learned of
a plan to rescue Rill from the Jackson
county jail on Tuesday night, April
.1, and frustrated the plan.
METHODISTS IN COUNCIL.
Tim Cleveland Oiiiiilrlriuilal Conference
CiiIIpiI to OriU-r.
Ci.kvi:i..m, Ohio, May t'. The garol
of the venerable Rishop Howmun fell
this morning at 0 o'clock, and the gen
eral quadrennial conference of tho
Methodist Episcopal church waa
opened in Central armory. Three
thousand people wero In tho hall, and
on tho lloor wero white men and black
mcIli ,iciejrIltu, fr0m Norway and
Sweden and from India nud Japan,
and nearly every other country oa tho
globe.
Rishop Bowman announced that the
btble which will bo used in thu ser
vices was the onuused by John Wesley
iu his study In England, and presented
to the conference some years ago.
Hishop Niude read from this book
the told Psalm. Hishop lucent read
tho hymn, after which prayer was
offered by Hishop Foster, that per
sonal ambition might 1)0 stilled and
that harmony should rule. Tho Rev.
William Hurt of Rome, Italy, followed
in a reading of tlio Scriptures, after
which Hishop Taylor of Africa road
the hymn. Tho Rev. Dr. Upham of
Drew Theological seminary offered
prayer, which closed the devotional
services
When the dovntlonal cvercises wero
over. Secretary Monroe began to call
the roll. When the name of Lydia A.
Triinblo was announced a delegate
was immediately on his feet with a
motion that her name he ommitted
until a committee should dcteriuiuo
whether her election was legal. For
a moment it looked as if the light had
started; but Hishop Ilowmau refused
to entertain the motion, as hu declared
the convention was not organized.
The tumultuous applauso which fol
lowed the ruling of the chair indicated
the strength of the woman suffrage
faction. As tho names of tho other
women delegates were called no ex
ception was taken. The conference
decided to till the vacancies from the
rescrvos, and to adopt tho rules of tho
last con ferpuco.
McKiuloy ami Ciilmon.
Mausiii'iiii.I), Mo., May 2. The Re
publicans of tlio Thirteenth congres
sional district indorsed McKinley for
president and Cahoon for governor.
Charles Parsons of St. Francois, and
C. J. Root, of Wright, were elected
delegatus to thu St. Louis convention.
A n-Veur-Olil lllcycllst'. Itrcord.
Four WoitTii, Tux., May 2. -Charles
McAdams, jr., tlio fi-ycar-old cham
pion bicyclist, to-day mado one-quarter
mile In -IH l-a seconds, lowering his
former record of 48 4-f seconds made
at Evunsvillc, Intl., October G, labt.
Mnrrlrit on night nt At chimin,
Atchison', Kan., May 2. II. F. Agoo.
a Doniphan county farmer, and Airs.
Sarah Harmon of Van Iluren, Ark,,
met for tho first tlmo lu Atchison last
Wodncsduy and wore married, They
became acquainted through u matri
monial paper. Doth havo boon mar
ried beforu. Agcu is fit) jears old and
tho bride is 2".
nrouelit Dlatreii In India,
Simla, May 2. Tho distress owlnrr
to tho drought in the Northwest
provinces Is unexampled. It is cstl
mated that 1100,000 persoua aro em
ployed on relief work.
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