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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
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HHp j jB Connecticut G. P. Bogcrs , Aaron
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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-
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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.
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-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
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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
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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.
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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
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FELIX AND THE HANGING.
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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.
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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
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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
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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 , ,
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[ 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.
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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 .
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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heads and they were licking my H
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hands. V M
My theory was then and ia f > 5
now , that early in the chase /M
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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
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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
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