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* ] V h Ui jn PB 'SI • f Jl CANDIDATES OF THE PROHIBITIONISTS. H I 1L * , ' Xr , ° Gentlemen to Lend the Cold Water HI I * - * " ' Crowd in tte Coming Campaign. I 1 r % TNTrtANArous , Ind. , May )1. ) Prompt ly " \ h' it 7 o'clock this morning tho national * y jf prohibition convention was called to H tr fi order. After prayer and song scrvico T * J /vL tho committee on rules repoi ted and tho I I I l j L * oporfc wan adopted. It provides for two I I oP sessions daily , from 9 a. m. to 12:15 : p. m. H m X fs'1 and 2 p. m. to 0 p. m : ; debates aro conj fc/T I 4 f * ' > fined to livo minutes to each delegate , Pfri fy * * " and no delegate to speak more than onco B I ; M to each question ; votes to bo taken by Mcp X caH of states , tho chairman of oach del- Hfi ogation to announce its voto ; absent Efe j delogntes to bo voted in proportion to Y f those present. Nomination speeches jr ) \ | are to bo confined to one from each M | * X state for each office. Some discussion HJ I H was indulged in upon tho fivo minute HJ ! S rulo as applied to the woman suffrage HJ I X plank , but it was finally loft unchanged HL A in tho report. HBPT * > - " jnerao"al on the murder of.Bov. H FL 1 " * Haddock was presented by the Iowa j \ J' delegation. HLY | | A collection wis taken up for camj H. I pnign purposes and $25,000 subscribed , HV | | j VVJien a Catholic priest of St. Paul , HV I I , "Minn. , whoso salary is but § 500 per anv HM I / | iinm , subscribed $100 the enthusiasm HB I f I tvos unbounded. At ,12:20 : recess was HV v I 1 rtaken until 2 p. m. HMtj-S- At that hour the convention resumed H ftf 1 its labors , Chairman St. 'John calling HJ I the assembly to order. After some pre6 Hb I f ! liminary business the report of the comq Hh | | U mitteo on resolutions was mado and Hi I - .nearly the entire afternoon was taken HBl \ up in a fight over tho woman suffrage H H JJ plank , but its advocates finalby prevailed HHajPr [ | amid the wildest enthusiasm. The plat- Hb I form as finally adopted asserts that the H B | I manufacture , importation , exportation , H Ht | transportation and sale of alcoholic bev- HHff Qj - craves should be mado public crimes. Hri I . Denounces'the old parlies for expung- HH t m ing prohibition from their platforms , Hi ( 1 and retaining lirpior , thus rendering the HH | I prohibition party necessary to the wel- HJi/ ' fare and safety of the country , demands H fr S the repeal of the revenue tax on liquor , HH I a. reduction of import duties to govern- HH I ment needs , approves civil service in H B | • clerical appointments , declares for equal HH | I suffrage regardless of race , color or sex , H H P demands tho abolition of polygamy and HHj 1 | tho enactment of uniform laws of mar- H HI | tiage , tho suppression of trusts and H H Vh fj combinations of capital , tho observance HHarj g of tho Sabbath. ai\d arbitration for tho HH liS settlement of international questions H HJ9 | After the adoption of the platform the H HJrfM convention adjourned for supper , and H Hm ' M on reassembling proceeded to regular HHVl , . | "business. Tho national committeo H HJ ' chosen is as follows : H Bf Alabama L. C. Colson , L. F. HJ * | | K Whiton. H B J m Arkansas T. J. Eogers , J. L. R'f H Palmer. HJ. ) - California T. P . Stewart , Jesse Yarf HJ | -fl HHp j jB Connecticut G. P. Bogcrs , Aaron ' H B' . Moorehouse. H B. H Deloware TV. S. Brown , J. J. Boyce. HJllfl Florida I. J. Morgan , S. H. Cum- Hjjl | Georgia Sam Small , A. Murphy. H H'H ' \ Illinois J. B. Hobbs. J. G. Evans HH' * H Indiana Sylvester Johnson , S. I. 'JJH Iowa G. Farnham , James Nichol- HJ fHj HJj fF\ Kansas A. W. Bichardson , Mrs. C. > m& Kentucky G. W. Bunnells , William HHr HJBI Matthews. HH , M Maine N. T. Woodbury , "W. T. i Enstis. HHvi Marj'land William Daniel , M. L. H Hf \ § 'Thomas. H I'IM Massachusetts B. F. Startevant. HH | | lm Michigan John Russell , Samuel HiIm Dickie. HHTl&til ' Minnesota J. P. Phinkham. Hugh ' HHT' - Ib Harrison. H BJpkI * Mississippi J. B. Gambril. Hfif M Missouri W. H. Craig , W. C. Wil- HHTCijIi Nebraska A. C. Wooftonberger , H gM Oeorge Scott. HHf W $ New Hampshire J. M. Fletcher , D. HlFaH abcock. Hi 1 JfL | - Xew Jersey W. H. Nicholson , C. L. H IWF Parker. HH'Wl ' New York H. C. Bascombe , W. E. H M North Carolina D. W. C. Benton , H tm Honoy Shaffer. HH im Ohio B. S. Hinckley , J. A. Dickson. HH IM Oregon J. W. Webb , J. G.Warner. HHp J m Penusj'lvania A. G. Stevens. W. M.l H' H Bhode Island H. S.Woodward , J.W. B ) " . | | "Williams. HHf i 'm ' South Carolina James A. TateW. A. H B | 3g Smith. H i Yermont-Clinton Smith , C. W. Wy- H ( B Virginia James W. Newton , lv. H. HI I West ' Virginia Frank Burt , T. B. B I Wisconsin S. D. Hastings , E. W. H j 1 Dakota D. B. Grovcr , Mrs. M. H. H i ) 0 Montana Messina Bullard. HBK ( | 1 District of Columbia J. A. "Wneelock , ' H ] I Clinton B. Fisko was nominated for HHJ' * t president and Bev. John A. Brooks , ol j HBM. § 3Iissouri , for vice-president. H H' ' § Considerable rontine business was HJ' I iransacted , and at 11:15 p. m. , with the J HJ J singing of "America , " tho convention H V Jt adjourned sine die. H I Verdict for a Walking Delegate. H I Chicago dispatch : William Stallk- H. ' , § necht , a walking delegate , obtained a 1 V I verdict to-night for$7,500againstBoths- Hp § .child & Son , furniture manufacturers , Ht 1 1 who had him arrested on the charge of [ B [ I ; k inciting a strike. Stallknecht visited the ! HHjrj r M * factory one day , and two weeks later a HHi ! ah * strike followed. Tho walking delegate | HHfi u was arrested at 11 o'clock at night and [ Hit | j -taken handcuffed to a detective agency I HJ R I -that had been hired bj * the Bothschilds. HJ I. I Stallknecht claimed that he went to the HJ fj ) a .factory to deliver a private letter , not to [ Hjl j ad\-ise a strike , and the complaint HJ x i against him was dismissed next day by I HJ j jj a justice of the peace. When the ver- HJ i -diet to-night was returned , Hie Boths- HJ ' . -childs immediatelj * entered a motion for \ | J j a new trial. HH M H h I The St. Paul Knitting Works burned I H | -with most of its contents. Loss SI 17.000 ; ; M f .insurance $77,000. H i I [ David H. Colbert , of Chicago , acci- H | f i 'dentally shot and killed his wife. The K J $ f tl ' couple had just arisen and Colbert was H | * j | fooling with a revolver. It was dis- m I " charged and the bullet entered Mrs. Col- H p II ; . bert's left breast. She expired almost im- H V 1 . niediatel } ' . She was only 17 years old I B Vsl and had been married but two weeks. HH I - Her husband , who is only 21 years old , is i H J J / " almost distracted with crief. He was i H fr { ) locked up pending investigation of the Hflm f * x * affair. HJ | J.J / The Appellate Court in Chicago has H J ] reversed the order of Judge Shepard in H' f -the Bawson divorce case , in which ht I H Vh allowed Mrs. Mccbie L. Bawson a large H I * sum of money for temporary alimoDV and [ H | i s iiciior's fees. Mrs. Bawson thereby J | | ; | loses a large amount and Banker Bawson HH W&\ \ gains a decided financial victory. H * a | I Major B. W. Bellamy owns one of tho , L-J'HU largest plantations in the south. It H ilS comprises 8,000 acres in Jefferson conn- , H4V4 | • • fry , Flu , , and employs over 1,500 ne- Hll li I groes , ail of whom ilie major knows by J c JxmniKrtil'imi.nW ) ) , , . . . aT ) . ! , ! , „ , , . Vi , i. < . . . . . . , . mlt i ' S " * ' " ' " V * "W * # yin'l. ' wt..wii i mi I ffy * * * * * * ' - - * K \ 4- ' • " - - - * - I I CLARKS0N THINKS IT WILL BE ALLISON. The Iowa Slaletman't Chances Increased by the Late Letter from Mr. Elaine * „ Nnw Youk , May a0. J. S. Clarkson of Iowa , member of tlio" republican nac tionnl committee , member of tho Iowa delegation this year , and who has supported Mr. Blaino in three na1 tional conventions , said to-day tho lettor from , Blaino simply emphasizes for tho benefit j of the men who havo become candidates on tho faith and candor of his previous letter , that ho meant what he ] said and is out of the contest , "But < , " added Mr. Clarkson , "Mr. ' Blaine is still tho party's leader , and tho now situation can give no satisfation to his i enemiesThe great mass of tho party and tho overwhelming majority of tho national convention are not only friendly , to the policies and ideas in public affairs that he stands for , but are as friendly to him , and it is safe to say the nominee will be one friendly to him and not his enemies , a man who was loyal in 1884and is sound on protection , the great issue j on which this campaign is to be fought. " Clarkson added he thought in tho ( new situation the drift of the party will be toward Senator Allison "whoso fitness and ability for tho presidency , " he ] , said , "aro admitted ; who is without the ; weakness of factional or personal enmities to alienate voters ; who is strong in j : tho eastern ttates because of his soundness on all industrial nud financial questions and on the protection issue , and also strong in tho silver states of the west becauso of tho maimer in which ho saved silver as a part of tho currency without offending tho east or decreasing the volume of gold. Wo believe Allison to bo the strongest man for the polls now , " said Clarkson , " 3'ct wo have tho spirit of party interest controlling us and if a stronger man can be found at Chicago we shall be for him. The first thing this year is party success. " PRESS COJUIENT. New York World : Mr. Blaine is now definitely ] out of tho race. After him , who ? Now York Tribune : This is an act of magnanimous self-abnegation rare in political history and sure to command the t appreciation of his regretful but ad- miring countrymen. Meantime the ro- publican j party is confronted with the i immediate necessity of making another choice * New York Times : We fear there aro i still some of his followers who will re- fuse to take even this declaration as final , but it is nearby impossible that ; tho convention should not take it. The i progress j of "drafting" Mr. Blaine into , the party service would now seem to be i completely impracticable. New York Herald : The withdrawal of Mr. Blaine by which he now rebukes i his narrow-minded and feather-headed friends , by repeating and confirming was , as we said at tho time , notable \ statesmanship. In this , more than in i any other act of his brilliant and varied [ career , he shows calmer judgment than ! his \ followers. St. Louis Globe-Democrat : Mr. Blaino has wisely and finally settled all [ questions as to his presidential can- didacy in a letter to Mr. Beid in which t he reasserts with emphasis tho declare- tions of his Florence letter. He says j he could not and would not accept the nomination. The Chicago Inter-Oceon : The letter i is j like Mr. Bhtine in explicitness and | directness of statement. It is definite and manly , and those who regret that it [ makes more positive his refusal to be a j candidate will confess to an increased j admiration for the man. MEMORIAL DAY IN WASHINGTON. _ _ _ _ _ _ Kxtract , From the Speech of Senator Blander * eon at Arlington Cemetery. The weather was bright and warm t and the decoration exercises at the vari ous cemeteries were largely attended by the citizen soldiery , the regulars , and I the masses in the private walks of life. There were militar3 * and civic parades , and exercises at Arlington , the congres sional cemetery , General Logan's tomb , ' . and elsewhere. Senators Palmer and Manderson delivered the orations at 6 Arlington , where lie buried the many thousand unknown soldiers and where there of little head- l are acres regulation - stones marking the silent abodes of the [ brave 1 boys who fought to preserve the Union. The graves of Generals Hazen , Myers , Lyford , Paul and other well- known officers of the late war were pro fusely ] decorated , while every one of the ] thousands j of graves of privates and un 1 known soldiers were decked with flow ers by tender hands. THE ORATION OP SENATOR MANDERSON. Senator Mandersou's oration was very beautiful ] and was listened to bj * an im mense concourse of people. In the course j of his remarks he said : "How vividly this boj-hood of the year brings to us that other springtime when upon the vernal air of the gentle April morning , into every quiet hamlet , all ; through the countryside and over the bustling j but peaceful cities there came the ' call to arms , the signal sound of civil ( strife ah ! that firing upon the flag of the republic floating so proudly over the J ] little band at Fort Sumpter. It stung like a mighty whip , cracked fiercely in the faces of the patriot men of \ the north. A dazed moment of angry surprise , then a blush of shame for the cowardly \ blow mantled the cheek , and then i a tire flash of indignation from the ejes < and the deepest lines of determina- tion about the mouth. The insult must j be resented. The indignity shall be atoned , for. The honor of the flag must be maintained. The traitors shall be punished. Tho rebellion must be conquered. j The republic shall be saved. The Union one and indivisible ! must be preferved ah ! that magnifi- cent ( , uprising of the people ! The world has never afforded a grander , a moro awe-inspiring ( spectacle. Those who witnessed it , although hardly under standing it , can never forget it. It is . as vivid to us men of 18G1 as though it were | j'esterday. To those of latter days who saw it not , its recital is a blood- sth-ring ! incident. This springing of peaceful people to arms almost in a daj- , tho j sndden and unexpected change from the arts of peace to the quick ac- quiring < of the science of grim visaged I war , is a mystery most profound. The hand of the God of nations was the guiding force , a fact more clearly seen now that we have the retrospect of a quarter ( of a centnry. Of the heroic figures of the war there aro yet left to us Sherman and Porter and Sheridan. God ] grant them health and prosperity j long to live. Our thoughts turn to-day j to i that sick man's couch across the river j and i our hearts aro filled with earnest praj-er ] that the hero of Stone river , Mission Bidge , Winchester , Five Forks and Appomatox may long be spared to the ( country he helped to save. The presence ] of gallant Phil Sheridan was ever i an inspiration to his soldiers. His name ] has ever been a talisman of victo- ry to the republic. " Andrew Carnegie has withdrawn from the New York Century club because of a "heated discussion" with Mr. Court- ! landt Palmer , president of the club , over the relations of capital and labor. A call has been issued for the annual i session of the Illinois State Forestry Con- gress to convene in Springfield , Augtist t 18th. T "V ! _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ MBMBMMM iM'm ' mil 't uii ? ' i m mi . . * - fbimA r.-l. iA ' * 5 \ - ; < . X s ' • * - - SHERIDAN ' IN A MOST CRITICAL CONDITION. -1 Sudden Change for the Worse and Death Momentarily Expected. Washington , D. C , May 30. Sheri dan's condition is now as critical as it ever was at tho most dangerous point of his 1 illness. There has been moro or less 1 recurrence of tho heart trouble , but the exact degree and extent of it cannot be learned at this hour. It is , however , complicated by a severe and dangerous affection of the lungs , and tho greatest alarm prevails among his family and physicians. They were all hastily sum moned and aro at tho bedside keenly apprehensive of what may follow. Tho use of oxygen , which had beon discons tined , has been resumed. Tho first symptoms of tho present atd tack were noticed about fivo o'clock , when tho general was seized with a spell of . coughing. It was not thought at first that his cough was of such dangerc ous character as subsequent events J proved to be the case. As time wont by the coughing increased in frequency and , vigor and grave alarm began to bo felt among tho household. About 10 o'clock the general was seized witly v severe retching cough , which filled within the house with tho gloomiest ] forebodings. This pulmonary affection brought an- other faintness of the heart's action , and his pulse grow weaker and weaker. Mrs. j Sheridan nnd physicians , who had all been called to the general's bedside , did everything that could be done. Digitalis was administered to counteract the | feebleness of the heart.and a cab which ( had beon constantly kept in waiting for ( an emergencj' was hurriedly dispatched for oxygen. Meantime the general's condition ? grew worse , and notwithstaud- ing all waTdone : that was necessary , tho J attack stubbornly refused to yield to treatment. The oxygen gas arrived shortly before 10:30 o'clock and the operator was bur- riedly J shown into the sick room where Sheridan laj' breathing heavily in immi nent danger of suffocation. A jet of gas was thrown into his mouth and ho was i allowed f to inhale it for a few seconds. 1 , The gas made him flighty and irration- al. It was then discontinued and other remedies J applied , only to givo way at frequent 1 intervals to a renewal of the oxygen treatment. For some time the general appeared to bo ver3' much like a drowning man , and it was feared that the end had come. By extraordinary exertion , however , the patient was rallied and at 12:30 he had improved to some extent. His breathing was still labored and heavy , and not a person in the room left his bedside. ' Colonel Kellogg came out of the house for a minute to send the cabman off. His face was solemn and sad , as if apprehensive of the worst ; and in response to an Associated Press reporter's iuquiry he merely said , "Bnl- letm \ will be out soon , " and hurried back into } the house. The most intense anxt iety | pervaded the entire household , and there ] was again an all-prevailing air of the j nervous fear which has character- ized the attendants at the house whenl ever ( Sheridan has been at his worst , One ' of the general's aides came out about ' 1 o'clock and handed the 12:35 : bulletin ' to a group of reporters. It showed \ that the general's condition was immensely : critical. The aide said he knew ' nothing much beyond what was in the ' bulletin , but his manner showed plainer 1 than words could tell the anx- iety : and alarm he felt. At 1:30 o'clock word came down that the general's con- ! dition was the same as indicated in tho bulletin. _ _ The following report has just been is- sued ' : " 12:46 a. ni. At 10 o'clock Gen eral ( Sheridan was suddenly threatened with suffocation from pulmonary eSn- sion i , and for awhile was in imminent peril. The attack was mastered with difficulty. At this hour the immediate danger has apparently passed. Bobert M. O'BeiiiTjY , Washington Matthews , Henry C. Yarrow. BRIEFLY TOLD BY THE WIRE. Frederick N. Toye , township clerk , and his wife and three children were . cremated by the burning of their res- idence at Gravenhurst , Ont. . William Quinn , an engineer on the Louisville & Nashville road , was killed in a wreck near Louisville , Ky. , and i Firemen Bichardson and Brakeman Farley fatally injured. Mrs. Allen , a widow residing near Osceola , Tenn. , was outraged and murdered , and one of her children also killo'l last Sunday. Three white men an' " a iegro have been arrested on sus- pi < ion Mr.s. Dennis MulKns was brutally murdered in Pittsburg in the presence of her little children by a neighboring German named Scholer , who is in jail. The murder was the result of a family quarrel. Five drunken brutes broke into the resideuco of Edward Leslie at Wilkes barre. Pa. , and after binding and gagg- ing him. outraged his wife. She is not expected to livo. The brutes were ar- rested and jailed. Instructions have been issued to al ] division superintendents of the Penn- sylvania railroad , on the lines east of Pittsburg and Erie , to discharge all em- ployes whose service can be dispensed with. About 5,000 men will lie dis- charged. A steamer has been sent to Hayti , where a revolution is imminent to pro- tect American interests. She is the smallest vessel of the North Atlantic squadron , and should her force prove insufficient , tho Atlanta will be ordered to follow. At Laredo , Tex. , Lee Pope , a wealthy young stockman , quarreled with Juan Bosealas , a saloonkeeper , and each opened fire with revolvers. Pope re- ceived a bullet through the heart , dying : instantly. Bosealas was hit in the i bowels and lungs and died soon after. Tho railway officials in Pittsburg ridi- cule the story that originated in New York to the effect that the Pennsyl vania railroad management was negotia- ting for tho purchase of the Chicago , Burlington and Quincy railroad. The rumor is supposed to have been started from tho fact that Yice President Mc- Crea and General Passenger Agent E. A. Ford , of the Penns3'lvania com- pany. had been making a tour of the far west. Beports havo reached Memphis of a most diabolical murder in Mississippi' county , Arkansas. Mrs. Stokes Allen , a widow lady who with her two children lives near Osceola , the county seat , was found with her skull crushed and near her was her son similarly injured. It is apparent that Mrs. Allen had been rav- ished. Three white men , Jack ' Matthews , TomFieldand George Cur tis , and John King , colored , have been 1 arrested on suspicion. , Governor Beaver of Pennsylvania has : given $1,000 of the 21,000,000 pertnan- , ent fund for ministerial relief that is , being raised by the Presbyterian church. Mr. Allan Arthur , son of the late ' President of the United States , was pre- . sented at the levee of the Prince of J Wales. May 11. i " l * f ' I1 - , ' ' ' ' , w l:1 : I n i' iinl lpli ! ! - - | r . ITiiinnTi - i ii ? i i r"T 7-T" riHTwiMiriiM FELIX AND THE HANGING. , Southern Hospitality That Resulted In a Remarkable Report of an Exn ecutlon. Opio P. Read in Chicago 3Iollv I had acquired the habit ol "writing up" hangings , and had becomesoiden8 tified with that indulgence that whenever a hanging was advertised to take place within a radius of 15 miles of Little Rock , Ark. , I was sent to catch the last words and to com1 ment upon the last appearance of Mr. So and So. One day I received in structions from the managing editor to repair at once to Buck Snort and describe the sudden though unexpect- ed death of a notorious negro named Cruinp. A railway train carried me within about thirty miles of Buck Snort. The rest of the journey must bo made on horseback. I experienced some difficulty in securing a horse. , One old fellow of a moralizing twist of mind said that he could not let his horses 1 : be ridden to a hanging. "Espe- cially , " ho added , "as Idon'tbTevein this here capital punishment nohow. " Just then a man who was looking for a suitable location for a distillery mounted ono of the old fellow's horses and rode away. Finally , a negro , who had ; annouced himself us a candidate for constable , told me that if I would write him a few lines , stating his fitn ness for the position , he would take his horse from the plough and let me ride him. • * I aint saddle " he got no , says , . "but 1's got one o' de best sheepskins in : de county. I agreed to his proposition , wrote a strong endorsement for him , mount- ed his old horse , and rode away. I had not ridden far until I discovered that the animal was afflicted with ex- treme and painful leanness ; and , up- on a sudden turn in the road , when the horse stumbled , I fancied that his , backbone had cut through the sheep- skin. Great flies , that only flourish in j the woods where the ground is damp , came out in annoying swarms , and knit flies those stingless insects , the very buzz of which frightens , horses nearly to death kept the old nag in a constant state of abject and stumbling terror. I had travelled about ten mile3 when I came to an old-time planters's residence. Turkey gobblers strutted in the yard , mules brayed in the lot , and on the long gallery , where the vines hung in perfumed profusion , there sat an old man. A glance told me that he was typical of a day that is gone ; that he was the lingering echo ot a once vigorous shout. I dis- mounted j , tied my horse , approached the old fellow , and asked if I could get a drink of water. "Come in , " he said , arising. "Sit down here , Drink of water ! Who in thunder t wants a drink of waterr Here 3 , Bill ( calling a negro ) , make two mint juleps. " I sat down. The juleps were brought l , and , while we were sip- ping them the old gentleman said : "Why do you go through the country riding such an outrageous critter. " , I explained my difficulty in securing transportation , and added that had it not been for the extreme urgency of my business I would not have taken the old Horse. "What is your business ? " "I am going over to Buck Snort to report j a hanging , and must get there by to-morrow morning. " "Let the hangin' go an' stay with me. ] My folks are all gone to a Borfc of camp meetm' , and I am sorter lonesome. ] " "No , I must go , " I pleaded. "No , sir , " he replied , reaching over and j placing a band on my shoulder , "You stay here with me and I'll send a [ nigger over to report the hangm' . Bill : , go tell Felix to come here. He's the man to attend to that business. " I began to protest , declaring that the negro could not do the work. "You don't know him , " replied the planter. "He's as smart as a fox. Why , when I want a colt broke , who breaks 1 him ? Felix , sir. When I want anything ( delicate done , who does it ? Felix ; , I sad , sir. When I want to 1 be rubbed down with a co'n cob for 1 rheumatiz , who does'it ? Nobody but 1 Felix , I gad , sir. And now you tell ' me that Felix doesn't know how to 1 see a nigger hung ? You don't know what ; you are talking about , sir. Here , Felix ( the negro had made his appearance ) , ketch old Bob and go to Buck Snort and tha- over see thanig - ger hung and hurry back here and tell us , all about it. " "My dear sir , " said I , "nothing would give me more pleasure than to remain with you , but it is absolutely necessary that I should report that hanging. j " "Bill , the old fellow shouted "take that i skilletin of a horse out there and hitch ] him in the stable. Sitdownthere ( turning to me ) . Oh.you mustn't fool with me. This is one of my julep days and j the old marster sent you along here ' to keep me company. " I could not ge t away , so great was the old man's importunity , and , in- deedso ' threatening was his aspectso ; , placing ; a vague trust m Felix , I sur- renderedThe j old gentleman was de- lighted. i He told bear stories , and [ related , with many a watery wink , his gambling exploits on the Mississippi River. The hour was late when we went to bed that night , but the old fellow was so loth to re- lease me , so interested had he become with his own past that he went with me to my own room , sat on the foot of ' the bed , talked the candle out , and then occasionally struck a match to shed ' a glare upon some point that he desired ' to be impressive. Felix returned about three o'clock the next day. "Come here , now , and tell me all about it , " said the old man. Then , addressing me , he said : "Get out' your book now , and take down what ; he says. " I did so and this is his report : "Neber seed the like o' folks. Da peered to come from ever'where. Ar- ter while de sheriff an' some udder : genermen tuk dat nigger outen jail , da : did put him in er spring waginan * ' hauled him out in er ole fiel' whar da ; had put up or sort o' erulatfo'm. De s nigger he didn't'pear to Deskeered , a bit7 an' he walked up dem steps an' ' looked down like er preacher in a pul- pit. I tell you he wan't skeered , no he wan't ; but I diden't feel jes' right , , i [ an' w'en de folks gunterr sing my knees gunter hit tergeder. 'Dis wouldn't do me , ' thinks I. 'Couldn't * tan' no sich progickin ez dot. Donp' want no man ter come puttin' er rope roun , my naik like I wuz er ca'f. ' Bnt that nigger looked at dat rope an' sorter smiled , he did. Uh , huh , " thinks I , you ain't got es much sense ez I is ter stan' dar smillin' at er rope dat gwrao chokede life outen you. ' Den der nig- ger gunter talk ; knowledged dat ho killed de man an' lowed dat he rranter meet us all. Den er ole black 'oman says 'Oh , Lord. ' an' one tereV \ she Iowa. 1 'Ah , Lawd , w'en dis yor cup gwine ter pass ? ' t "Den da put er black thing ober de Man's head an' fixed the rope roun't lis naik. Didn't say er word , but I lowed < ter merse'f , old feller , you ain't got es much 'umin natur' in 'you ez I is , for I'd be beggin' dem men monf strous , I tell you. Den de right han' 'oman snuflle like she got er bad col' and de lef han' 'oman sorter whine , an' jes' ez 1 wuz wonderin' w'ut da gwine to do nex' , ker flip ! down come de nigger an' de fuz stood out on do rope. Dar he wuz hanein' dar , wid his head sorter on one side like er blackbird's. Den de wimmin' gunter to ' holler an' I looked roun' an' says , I did : 'Ladies , dar ain' no u'sen hoi- ierin' now , fiir de man's dead. ' Dat wuz all dar wuz o' de 'formance , an' I says < , 'Hump , I doan want no sich progickin' 'bout me , ' an' I doan nuther. Come er snatchin' er man roun' dat way. Ack like er man ain' human , da do. " I took down tho report , word for word , and sent it in , and as it con- tained none of the professional re- marks incident to the conventional hanging , people were at first surprised , but after they had realized that I was attempting to create a reform they again admitted me into reasonably fair society. > i o How Ohio Hangs Her Crlmi- nals. Three years ago Ohio passed a law requiring that all persons condemned to death be executed ; n the State Pris * on Yard at Columbus. Tho law pro- videa that condemned persons shall be removed at once after sentence to the execution-room , known in tho prison as the "Annex , " and kept there until the day fixed for the execution. To accommodate such guests an iron cage was constructed in one of the main corridors.about thirty feet long , twenty wide and twenty high. This . . is ! provided with a few plain articles ' ' of furniture. The occupants are at all times under the watchful eye of a guard , whose seat is never vacant day or night. The law originally provided that the sheriff of the county in which the crime was committed should exe- cute the prisoner , but after one year it was amended , makina the prison warden ex officio State execu ioner. The scaffold is in a small room , con- nected with the "cage" room by anar- row passage leading from the second story of the cage , and by a common doorway on the first floorway. The first one leads out upon the scaffold platform. The Ohio law provides that execu tions must take place between mid night and sunrise. The custom is to do the hanging as soon after midnight as the arrangements can be perfected. In order not to disturb the other oc cupants of the cage who might be asleep , the unfortunate man who is to be hung is taken out of the cage and locked , in the cell on the second tier , not a dozen steps from the scaffold. This provision as to the hour of ex ecution in this new law brought up a serious question when it went into ef fect. Under the old law the custom was for judges in passing the death sentence to order the execution to take place "between the hours of 10 a. M. and 2 p. ar. " There were two persons under such sentence when the law j went into effect. The new law applied to them , but the sheriffs were afraid that hanging them at any oth er time than that specified in the sent ences would be murder. The point was finally got around by having the I Governor respite them for a few days , , when the new law could apply with out legal difficulty. The execution-room proper has not more than 16 feet floor area. The scaffold is of the simplest kind. A platform projects out from one of the side walls about. 10 feet from the ground. In the centre is a single trap door , opening downward. From a strong iron hook directly over it hangs the noose. That is all there is to Ohio's machine. The fact that j ' there is only one trap in the platform , ' while there is room for three , indicates that it is not the intention to hang more than one person at a time. When the law was new the people of Columbus objected strenuouslv to it. They resented the idea of a "human slaughter-house" j in the city , but that , has all subsided. The law limits the i number of those present at execu tions to about a dozen. The unpleas ant work is done when the people are all asleep. There is no excitement such as prevails in the averase coun ty seat for days preceding an execu- ' tion. There is absolute safety. The culprit cannot get out nor can a mob break in. The law insures security , certainty , decency and promptness. It is a success and is generally so rec ognized in the state. New ] Apparatus for Transmit ting Force. Burlington Hawkeye. A French engineering professor , M , Raymond ] Snyers , of the Louvain uni versity , has invented an apparatus ; I for j transmitting force between bodies ' moving at greatly varying velocities without accompanying disadvantage , of a violent collision. The method . ' consists in furnishing the contact sur- I [ i ace with steel brushes , which , by the entanglement of their "bristles , " ar6 i enabled to grip one another. In I this I way the swiftest motion may be ( imparted i gradually to o , perfectij- stationary f body , and a maximum ot shock i can be arranged for which can never i be exceeded , be the impelling force i and velocity what they " may. The ' inventor has in view chiefly the ; requirements j of quickly moving lifts , railway : trains and other bodies mov- ing : at high speed and with ureat mo- mentum : ; and if it be possible to pro- duce i in this way an effective brake , or to obtain an automatic working of [ railway : signals , much will be done to i minimize some of the most serious perils which at present threaten lite [ and limb to industrious occupations. - ' < . ' - I I' ' M I M Fteeing I Before Bloodhounds. In .as nearly his own languago as I can Tomember it , this is tho story , ! and I ha-ve no doubt the true story , j that j Petor Landis , a clerk at the East St. Louis stock yards , told to me. People whd picturo a bloodhound as a Mastiff magnified about two diameters ( , tawny-colored , with a muzzle like a keg , and paws tho size of small hams , havo derived their idea from Uncle Tom's Cabin troupes , and know nothing about the real article. Bloodhounds aro used in the penal institutions of all the Southern \ States , but nowhere as extensively as in j Texas , where the raising of thorn and their sale to Sheriffs and WarJj dens forms quite an industry. I hap- • pen to know a good deal about the j beasts , although I was never a dog fancier or an officer. Tho truth is , 1 was a convict. 1 look back on it with sorrow , but without shame , for I was convicted for { something I do not consider a crime. I had been employed as a cow- puncher on a ranch south of Fort \ Worth , on the Rio Grande , and we were taking a bunch of cattle north to the j Panhandle district. At a little town called Hayman Junction a Sheriff's posse stopped us to search for \ some stolen horses , and one of the deputies claimed my pony. I had raised the animal from a colt , but the deputy was obstinate ; so we had words , , and he finally snatched < up a Winchester. I protest I had no wish to \ hurt tho man , but I believed I was in j danger , and , to make a long story short , 1 shot him in the shoulder , was arrested , tried , and , in spite of all my friends j could do , sentenced to the Northern ] Penitentiary for two years.c The charge was "assualt with intent to j do great bodily harm , and there was , considerable prejudice against cowboys in the place where I was tried.v I had never beon a bad young fellow , and this was heartbreaking to me , but ] I still Had my self-respect and de- termmed I to serve out my sentence patiently. l The penitentiary was at Huntsville , 400 miles away by rail , and there were eighteen of us to go. The method used in transporting us is j the method still in vogue in Texas , and I challenge penal history , with j the exception of that in the galleys of Toulon i , to furnish a parallel to it in brutality. Iron collars , weighing at- least j five pounds , were rivited around our necks , we were stood in double file { and then linked two and two , to long , chain that ran down the centea Imagine a vertebra with eighteen ribr. and one has a fair idea of the arrangs , ment j , but no words can convey the sense of degredation , the brutalizine horor and shame that even the mosg a llous feelupon becoming part of thist sad and sinister procession. Hand- \ cuffs were snapped on each man , and , bending l and stumbling under our chain ( , we wore driven through the jeering ] crowd up to a smoking car side-tracked for us , and the journey ] began. It was a terrible one. The central chain ' was long enough to stretch from seat ' to seat as we sat , two abreast and i nine rows deep , but if any man moved : his head he would jerk the necks i of those before and behind him , and ' a quiver would pass along the whole line. In fact , the last two men were chained up so short that they could , barely sit on the extreme edge of ( their seat by craning their necks as far j front as possible , and in this pos- ture they rode the whole 400 miles. To i sleep was out of the question , and when one moved the whole clanking , cursing , , miserable mass moved with him. We got some bread and meat once on the trip , which lasted exactly twenty-six hours. When we finally reached Huntsville , I was trembling like a child , tears of sheer agony were running down my face , and I tried as best I could with my manacled hands to hold the cruel collar away from my neck , which it had chafed raw. The rest of the men were in scarcely bettershape , and our joints were so stiff from sitting nearly mor tionless for a day and a night , that we could with difficulty walk. As we were getting out of the car I stumbled and pulled over another man , half strangling myself at the same time. Instantly the nearest guard rained down a shower of kicko upon me. "I've noticed you shamming , " he shouted. "Wait till we get von in the walls. " "The walls" was the slang name for , the prison , and this little episode fixed my status. I was reported as a sly , cunning rascal , fond of subterfuge , and in this light my conduct was view- ed , and all my little mistakes and . failures were prejudged. It was not long before the constant misery of my life blotted out every sentiment , ex- eppt a duly determination to escape at the first opportunity. I was put .to work for a while in the ! stove factory at Huntsville. but as , the summer opened a gang of us were [ let out to a contractor to work in a wood camp about fiftj * miles away. "Be careful of this man , " said one of the deputies , pointing me out to \ the contractor ; he's a slick conniver and apt to make yon trouble. " "I'll bore a hole through him if he does , " replied the other. So with this recommendation I was j introduced to the camp. It lay in the midst of a thick belt of woods , and [ was guarded by a cordon of sentries , exactly as a military post. The men J slept in log barracks , and the work consisted altogether of chopping and [ cording. The tasks were severe , the punishments excessive , and the food L and sanitary arrangements of the place abominable. Although chains J and shackles were dispensed with.there were no escapes , for not only were the guards instructed to fire unhesitating ly in such a case , but in one corner of f the camp was a kennel containing twenty bloodhounds. None of the [ convicts were allowed to give these dogs food or become familiar with them ou pain of a lashing , but I often saw them , and they looked very much like setters , dead liver-colored , small 1 in size , and sleek of hide , with rather sharp-pointed noses. There was noth- ing at all formidable about their ap- Dearance , but dreadful stories were circulated of their ferocity. Fall was coming on and it was get- ting cold , when one evening I escaped. It was unexpected. I had gravitated into a water carrier , and had cone , just about dusk , to a sprins near the outskirts of the camp. Aslnearedit the guard at that point passed me and said as he passed : "Jim , I'm glad you're here. I've been feeling sick. " Then it Hashed on me that he mistook , me in the gloam for the relief guard ; it was a chance that might never come again. I dropped my bucket and quickly walked away. Now , this was my position : I was in a wood in a strange , thinly settled country that I did not know. I had convict'3 stripes on my back , and not t , cent or a weapon in my pocket , and ' * * r * -f . 3 * * .1 i I 1 knew that ray absence wa sara to * , • be discovered in less than an hour , CAfl' , when the roll would bo called. They , * • vH ; were long chances , but death , it spom- % ? \ ed to me , would bo preferable to ro- * \ capturo and punishment. Tho thing was to put as much Bpaco as possible Y * _ between myself and the camp boforor \ < \ the alarm , anti I plunged ahead , tak- J * ing a southeasterly direction from tho stars. I chose tho thick of tho wood ' rather than the open , for lrom the' time I passed the guard Jhe blood- ! & . ' hounds had never been out of my mind an instant , and I know that the trees would seriously embarrass the riders who tallowed tho pack. It is J * generally fapnosed that blood hounds track ana tree fugitives lor hours before tho pursuing party comes up , but as a mattor of fact , the riders * always aim to bo right on tho flanks I of the dogs. Thero was a' good deal I of underbrush and it was bard pro- I gressbut excitement kept me up , andr \ I . never paused until I reached a cloar- K ing ' a good six miles away , where I 11 threw ' mysolf down and listened. The- J jl wind was still yet , tho night was full of tho interminable stir of tho woods , , ; ! tho flutter of leaves , tho snapping of 1 \l twigs , and the scamper of somo belat- | K ed squirrel , and in every sound I x i fl hear the faint , far baying of the St & hounds. Stories I had heard in camp S M of the savage beasts swarming over Wktm poor wretches and tearing them open a 'l as they fought , came back to me , and Wk if every revolting detail leaped into hor- ! S9 rid picturing in my mind until my 1019 scalp began to creep and sweat start- Wtm ed all over me like water. _ It had ! grown very dark , but 1 dived into the j9f 3 woods again , thrusting my hands in Nrjf front of mo to keep the branches out t M 1 of my eyes. f - X W I kept on pretty steadily all night , - > and when morning dawned it found _ , me on the fringes of the wood belt , with a sparsely grown undulating % • country stretching for unknown . miles before me. There was a thicket { ' near by ; I crept into it and panted f there for awhile , I was dead tired , , and my feet were swollen so that my , shoes seemed bursting ; but I could not ' sleep for the haunting thought of ' those dogs yelping along my trail and * , getting nearer and nearer. I made a club from the limb of a tree , and drag- , ged myself on. It would bo tedious to [ rehearse the experiences of that day and the next in detail. I was weaken ed by punishment and bad food , and fatigue began to tell terribly upon me. I slept in uneasy snatches , waking „ * • - I with a start , and took extraordinary y\ \ pains to break my trail , swinging from a branches of trees and jumping from stumps. My brain was so distraught and preyed upon that often I stopped stock still with the agonizing convic- * - * tion that the hounds were right be- * a _ _ . I * hind me , and at times I could make - % sure I saw them crashing through the underbrush. On the Becond day , when I was half famished , I managed I bygreatgoou lucktoknock overarab- I bit , and ate some of it raw , carrying I the rest with me. On the third day I , 1 had as yet seen no house , but struck y / I iuto a disused road , which made me f i 1 hopeful P J that there was some habita- / \ /J tions ; near. I had determined to { yM throw myself on the mercy of the " * ' - B first man I met. It must have been about noon , H while I was passing through a well- I wooded strip , thatl heard a mounful _ V note that made my heart stand still. It was no hallunciation this time , but > the unmistakable wail ol bloodhounds - M that I had heard often c.ough from i their kennel in the camp. As I stood I A there , terror-stricken and thrilling , * | fl J the baying sounded again , now right M at hand , and an instant later , three M dogs appeared over a little rise and M made straight at me. There was no M tree near that was large enough to M bear me , so I gripped my bludgeon i M and prepared to fight. But when tho • * M dogs came within a dozen feet they K M stopped \ and began to wag their tails. m They were hounds from the camp they wore the Lone Star collar but it : was plain they wanted to be friends fl even with such a poor wretch as I. M Then I noticed that the brutes were 51 starved I and trembling , and I threw , . ; Tj them J half my rabbit. By the time | they devoured it I was patting their M J heads and they were licking my H : hands. V M My theory was then and ia f > 5 now , that early in the chase /M j the ! rest ot the hounds took M the wrong trail , and these three alone M stuck to the right one , Their famish- j H ed condition lent itself to this conclu- | sion ! , and at any rate , I never saw or i H heard of the rest of the pack or any of | the , guards. But I soon found that | bloodhounds are not to be despised M as ' travellingcompanions.for I wander- \ M ed aimlessly for eight day8 longerand M j had it not been for them , would most M certainly have starved. They ran M down rabbits for me , and one day by H great \ chance or dexterity , caught a H ] wild turkey , and thus managed to keep . alive. At night time we all slept in ! a heapand the dogs kept me warm. H Moreover , I knew that it would be im- H possible ] for any one to surprise me ' | before they would give the alarm. L H On the eleventh day out 1 and my * H three bloodhounds walked into a cow "H \ camp , and when the good-natured cow jH punchers heard my story and satisfied H themselves that I had been one of them once upon a time , they undertook f"p-c H to spirit vne over the State line. I Jh H hated to par * vith tha dogs , for we / H had conceived a great-esteem foi each " J" .H other ' ; but the cowboys kept them as ' - . fl loot , and , I alterward learned , sold H one of them for $75 to an English H tourist. After a conple of months of H vicissitudes I made my way North , H and , although theauthoritiesofTexas H have assured me tnat there will be no effort made to prosecute or rearrest me , I have never had any craving to H revisit the Lone Star State. An Interesting Experiment. I She was a fair young girl , but she I dropped her satchel into a vacant I seat at Bichmond and openedthe car window with a bus'ness like air. Be- hind her sat a tall , old man , of rather I delicate appearance , reading "The I Lives of Eminent Saints" in a big green volume. When the train start- I ed and the April breeze came rushing I in the open window , "The lives of I the Eminent Saints" seemed to lose its interest , the old man fidgeted I about , extracted two cinders from his I left eye , and then spread his umbrella M and held it in front of him. Short- ly afterward the oner oi the open window observed the umbrella with I some surprise. I "Does the air trouble you , " she in- I quired. Jj "Not in the least , " he said , shutting fl "The Eminent Saints" with a bang. I "What have yon put up that uni- I brella for ? " | "It's only an experiment , young I lady. 1 want to see whether you'll I catch the pneumonia before the cin- I ders burn uu my 'brell , that's all. " I New York Tribune. I II / j M