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The Iowa State Register from Des Moines, Iowa • Page 3

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MADEUSB "AMDED $15,000 Verdict of Jury in the Celebrated Pollard Breck- inrldjre Case. The-iury Deliberates a t'ouple ol Houri and Keturns a Verdict for i'lftint- iff for Colon tl Brcckinridce Itcrclvea Very Coolly noti lllmscir a New Trlfli Pollard Co bj Nervous Qucd to the Uccllaed. THE IUWA STATE KKUiSTJiK, FRIDAY, Al'lUL 20, 1591-WEEKLY EDITION. wore a but was evidently ill at his face flushed. He fchifltd uneasily in his a couple of minutes, then arose and left the cham- 'POI'I'Anj) VS.

HHEtrKlXItlOGE. VERDICT liCTUHS'EH FOR April 11. Korernan Chas. R. Cole, of the Circuit Court jurv, at 4:45 this afternoon announced the verdict for tbe plaintiff, Madeline Pollard, for damages from Congressman W.

C. P. Ilreckinridge for breaking his contract to marry her, thus emHug the loug and exciting llreokinritlge- breach of uroimst: trial. I'pon the announcement of the verdict an inarticulate murmur started IB the court room, which the bailiffs qnicbly bushed. Col.

Crcckinridjre rose filowly lo his feel. All those who saw his face-saw it nearly as white as bin beard, but his voice was as clear as uautl when ha spoke in a hesitating way: "I do not know the practice of tnis court, but I wish to give the usual notice of a motion for a new He dropped into hia seat bi-side his sun, hsrdiy pale than himself. Miss Pollard was not in the court room, and when a niessuncar reaches her room with the news, she "OH, ISN'T IT GOOD." "Isn't it good." and then burst into sobs. Major llutterworth tail): "Idoa'l care, to say anything." and walked tle- jtetedly nivay "toward his ofliee. There tbie present Mrs.

Ureckinrltlpe wasawait- Thero is no reason to believe that she is about to trv for a divorue. That Miss I'ollard will be financially bettered by the result of the case Is not now probable, because it it. well nmierstoutl and hris said on the triat that has no property. "He hits lived up to ais ititome for years, and althoup-b his wife lias money, it docs not urero HVe'v she will care to caocud it to eatisfy TALKING OF MIS3 "AMJWGtos. I).

April Miss -Madehua 1'oHard is tbe most talked of person to-day, h'iuce the outcome of her long brviich-of-ptoin- iw suit Couerfessman Kreckia- n.i£C. us mtt'bt have been expected with a rroman ol her temperament, the lootr oirain of ihfc trial cuiminatcd in a nervous coUuiHe. and Miss 1'ollard is from uervoua prostration. She was taken last night to 1'roridc-uce hospital, a Catholic ioatitution in a Quiet part of the city on Capiiol hill. Where fclw is atteudvU by the sisters of charity.

he attending do not anticipate apy.seriotM effects from her illness. During tiie trial several communications caina to Miss 1'ollard and to her lawyers from managers of theatrical and opera companies offering high salaries if hhe tvuuld appear in almost anv capacity under their Acting under the atlvice of Her lawyers ihe has paid no attention to anv of the eojnnmnicationfi. Silica the verdict was rendered yes- tcrday afternoon the theatrical man- airers have reitoiibleu their importuni- MCRDERJUilS OEART Sensational Shooting Affray in the haw Office of Kx-Pres- ident Harrison. SherifTCollins and Five Deputies Murderously Attacked by Kioto us Strikers. They Empty Their Kevohers In the Crowd with Disastrous The Ifctfly Wounded.

Two of ihV SIrlkertt Killed and Ollitri Seriously and Companion Killed inaKtn- but John Webber Uent. Louu were not lortana'e. Webber was taken out unconscious. Some of hia ribs were broken, and he also received internal injuries, Lieut. Schraeder had his back and legs hurt The feed house was completely destroyed, the walls all having fallen by )0 o'clock.

The refinery and store house went next, and by.II o'clock thi-re was nothing left lo the mammoth establishment but a' tottering- walla. Tlit plucose works nerd -owned and controlled by C. J. Hatnlio, the famous trot- hone- and SODH. VICTIMS 01- THE BLTFALO F1HE.

IiurrAl.i>, April the eight? men at work when'tbe broke out, some leaped from the windows and were buried "under falling walls and others iqto the canal and were buried in the mud. scaling ladders reached the sferenth floor and rescued a who were at tics, aud several U-Iegrains have come t. MUs Pollard ottering her astonishing surut to go upon the statue at once. An Associated Press reporter called at i'heek. and Copelana then battered li the head with the revolver.

When General interfered. Cope- shoot him. Coptland was fopcland on entering began sboot- ias at limning without a The first two shots broke the arm of Hon. A. C.

Harris. attorney, the third flicted a dangerous wound in Uruui' ing' tho JVoi-idence hospital to-dav, and being lohi that Miu 1'ollanl was'nnable to receive callers, sent to her a note ing about her plans for tbcfutiire. The note was answered in person by her brother, Mr. J. 0.

1'olbnl, a youny man. of about years. "My sister has made 1 he said, "ami what intends tu plans for the we" cannot tell do. She ask WtUon, in the course of liss clo-ing called attention to the fact tb.it his client corroborated by a number of witnesses on various points of ihe the defense depended entirely on the word of Hreckin ridge. had confessed others about his plaintiff, and xvns quite probable Imd in this case trliuu put i that ho lied relations that corner? me to say to you most emphatically that she uerer entertained anv intention going on the stage- could be further from her thoughts or intentions.

It is-aUuni. 'It is true that tele- on the subject have come to her to-diiy, but no attention will be paidto them. AH she usks for now is rest and FOR A SEW TRIAL FILKD. April motion for thi land tried arrested. He is au ex-member of thi legislature.

Copeland arrived in the city this afternoon and spent tbe entire evening- trying- lo secure a bond for her husband. She confirmed her story that the cause of the attack was the fact that only that momincrshe told her husband that yeans ago her brother bad "attempted to assault tier. Harris and Itruaing are not dangerously wounded. Tut; question involved in the suit was the division of the estate of John limning, father of Clara Copcland aud William H. Kruning.

The estate is very are missing and are supposed to have perished in the flames: JOHN BLUME. JOSHI CASBEB. MICHAEL UISTEH. IXI7BBEK. HERBERT ZOKBA, TONY HOFFMAN.

JAMES LOBIAK. FOR, THE BLOOD IS THS People become thin, pale, puny and ne: i'he best remedy is to be not i mra, londlv recommended, which only worse," but in a medicine -which BLEEDING FROM LUNGS, MALE5KI. JOHN ADESKA. JOIiX TBUBEM. JOHN PINGKR-- ELEcritic' DESTROYED.

SACKAME.VTQ, April The electric plant of the Capital (Jas Cora- pain- the largest ana most'expen- sive on the coast, was burned this morn- iag. Loss 5300,000. It bad contracts for lightiug the citv and running the street cars. Unless the car company can secure horses the people be entirely without transportation facilities. ruin -A HOTEL.

OR, April started in the Merchants Hotel this morning-. mj Tie flames web up through tbe four lanre. Copehtnd married Uruninir's sis- stories to the r-jof verv qnicldv. The ter'in Tbu family opposed his marryinir Clara. While Copelnnd from the windows aod cw trial in ii was filed to-day.

ID addition to usual irrounils. the comments of limning visited her and threat- an ened to kill her husbam were panic stricken, and i-as visiting relatives at Pleasant, Hrartley evidence Wilson proceeded to point out the points defendant's testimony, which- looked like lying. was written on tablets of stone: "Thou shalt not commit adultery;" nlso, "Tlum shalt not bear faise witness." If a man violated one and was caught in the toils, might he not violate the other? He declared the statement that there was a. mutual understanding that the contract of marriage was not be carried out was "clean shaven, bald headed, obscene falsehood," manufactured to fit tha cnse. He asserted that the letter produced br the defense was forped, ami that Attorney Stoll, for the carried the letter from which the iorsrcry was made in his pocknL THIS STJIlliED STOLI, UP wordy interchange followed.

not £etUiiK satisfactory answers to ins questions, intimated that he would call WitsofPto a personal account out- i-idc of court room. He would not say v-lial he should do then. It was reported that Desha bait carried a cballetig-c from Stoll to Wilson. When asked about it young Breckinridg-e said: "The code provides that a gentleman may carrv a challenge from one eenUenian loan'olner, but 1 can not do that, for Wilson is nopentle- iflftn As court reconvened ItuUur- was seen in earnest expostulation with Wilson. The result was apparent at the opening- of the afternoon session, when Wilson stated that ho had no intention of charging- Stoll with a guilty knowlydpe of the loreerv.

CASE GIVES TO TUl; JCRV. In his charge to tho jnrv Judge Bradley spoke tirst of the pofhuioc of the cxso. It was inaccurate to say the community at larg-e was.the third party in the case. It was only a question whether a contract to marry existed and whether, broken, there was excuse for breaking- The verdict was not to vindicate the character of either pnrtv. After reviewing the contentions of "the two parties briefly, he read the legal instructions granted, which are alreiidv prinic-d.

Col. lireckinridge sal between Major ISutterworth.and his son Desha, with y- his chin resting on his hand while tho THE CHitlSTUx LEAGUE'S AJTEAL. NEW VOBK, National Chiistisn League for the Promotion of Social Purity to-day issued a'statement regarding- its altitude toward the ease of Congressman Itreckiuritlire. The statement correct certain published reports of the meeting.of 24, and denies that the president said the league would appeal to congress to depose Colonel Breckinridge, 'whether there was any law for it or not: or that the league would ask Mrs. Ureckinridpe to leave her husband.

The Ktatemeut then proceeds: Jttitfrvt. Tlidt the National Christian Le.iftiie fur ifce Promotion of Sovial Purhv appeals hereby tti laanuood and woraan- hooil of Xation to in W. C. P. Brtckiiiridfje a common enemv of the Church, of tbe home, of the itate and of society at ami thai they be urged as an Imperative duty as "well as a ru-ilepe.

both by preconcerted action and inilivlrfiiftl effort, lo teach lesson thai the way of tbe tranfiirressor is hard, and thus make his life stand out au example and ivarnifiF, levt.condonation leads to cor- iption Hnii saps the vlutitv of ihe churcb injures society, imuerils strays the Nation. ihe home and de' Lany Apents Salary 515.00 weekly. Address with itamp. The Rnss unless sue turned over to Kruuinrr propertv Evansville -worth South Bend, Ind. iciirjictiqns were read.

The jurv retired at seven minutes after o'clock. At twenty-live minutes before 5 tlierc court room. jnrv entered toward th IJnuHey and the one door, Colonel nis SOD. and Colonol Phil- Thompson 't the other. There was some delar in for the other partis.

Fivemin- pasKcd before Attorney Carlisle, repreaentiiifi- Mibs entered. Judge Uraiiley nuinesteil the peopla to refrsiirfrom demonstrations. Then the rerdict'of for plain tifT was an- noimccd. There was DO expression of approval or disapproval from the crowd. TOOK MATTKK3 COOI.Y.

'-oloncl was vcrv cool liter the verdict was lie away with his counsel, talking 'Uh, them, but declined to speak for publication, as did his attorneys, 31 Us I oilard was ioniftwbat exritt'il, but was hysterical, while awaitiuff the resiilt. and, as a woman alwavs does, ftwke into tears when sho heard She declined to be interviewed, and net attorneys said she was anxious to eoace herself from public sight as far as poswbie. now the was ended. The, jury took fifteen ballots before reaching a conclusion. The difference mainly- over the amount of damages 10 be granted, and there was but one on lUu ur who a ore( i Hie dt fen 'u the tirst ballot one juror OIIAIIA, April trial of "Sop IfOnacnm, of'tho Koman Catholic church diocese of Lincoln, bepan here to-day; behind closed doors.

The ecclesiastical court is presided over by Archbishop Hennessey, of Uubiique. Pome fiftv priests and nuns aro present as witnesses. The trial was" opened by the readinjr of the charges filed by priests of the bishop's diocese. Thev number fifteen, with 115 specifications, including- maladministration, tyranny, inciting- to strife, blander, libel, arbitrary exercise and abuse of power, misappropriation, ialse iand speculation, lavor- iteism. scandal, gambling-and incitation to perjury.

As reading of cliartre after cuarg-eand specifications progressed, the archbishop declined to consider the principal ones on which the action was based, and stated, cmphaticallv that Iia would hear nothintr but grievances. 1 Exception! were taken to all of the archbishon'i rulings, and at the conclusion of the reading the complainants filed a general execution and appealed the case to 3t Sa'tolli. So ends the tbird act in the celebrated case, bulk is not the last act by any means. The complaining- priests declare if they do not pain their point with Algr. batolli the vrill be carried to Korae and pushed with all ihe vigor possible.

They also assert the case -will now be given-full swing 1 in the civil courts, for as they, have not been able to secure a hearing before the archbishop, they propose when the injunction case comes up-at Nebraska Citv next week that the public shall knovr the inside history of the cage. afraid hc.woald keep his word andsijrnetl the deed: The suit" now pending is to regain possession of the property. RIOTOlix STKIKEKS. CONFLICT WITH TUE ACTHO'IITIES. DETROIT, April Wavae county sheriff lies hi a precarious condition to-night, his body -lacerated bv- tbe shovels of enraged rioters.

Two Polisti laborers are dead and the number injured is not yel known. These uofortuoaie conditions are the result of a confiict which occurred to-day between some 400 Poles and Sheriff Collies and five deputies. The riot was brought about by a diiTerence of opinion over the watres to be paid the laborers bv the cit-v commissioners for dig-jring trenches. No actual outbreak was anticipated, but us a -precaution Sheriff Collins and five deputies went to the scene to protect those who wished to work. Shortly before noon, however, the rioting- befjau aud the crowd started to annihilate the officers and handful of laborers at work.

Tha oSicers drew revolvers and fired over the strikers' heads, but the mob came on and the next volley was discharged into the crowd. Then the pfiieers retreated, firing as they went. lowed, one man iff 1 a vicious" blow the aliog sher- head ors WAnt I to give the full amount Ulcrs thought'that damages would serve to cy PresMheir opiuion that the congress- KUKCKKN-mnoR ABASHED. ros thp ton ie house for Waii me since tilfl owning of his co oro enuring hr went to hin room an tllc speaker's room, 1 rtelin fs (vas ma(lfl to lhe private lobb of the RWMO to 111! ICM. Hi -Ifr.

J. r. Coio Like a Lump of Lead Distress in the Stomach, Nausea, Etc. Mood'a Sarsaparllln Cured. TTifl following comes Irom Mr.

J. F. Gilo, with 0. A. Cole, tlto well known Ifc.msfotcloscconfinement tuffercril from indigestion nm) thai tired C.

I. Howl js "TMthmi; any hesitation I can reoonimcml As I have worked ns ft Ti-atrh maker nuil Jeweler anil liave been closelj- loiny hiulncss, wnj) aoreettme slr.co Troubled With Wy Stomach. It seemed as was a blj lump nt Icxd In II. ami I was ima'jlo to tafco a Ions breath. F.v.irjihlnB 1 me verj- nttich tnd ranvKi me many stek spcth.

I conlrt not sleep and would un in the morning feeling worso than when IKPnt lo lied. I had no r- I Annllr tried a bottle of HooU's. It Helptd Me lo Much (fist I got nnd I now- tjtkf fnnr boti.l» ami 0. K. I can ulecp itell and eat flue to flood's J.

F. Cotg, Wtnterafft. lowo. Hood'i NliouiMM, rith a shovel. The other o3icers, workers and an £rcniny Xcira.

reporter escaped, all being pounded more or ICES with shovels, but the helpless sheriff was brutally attacked. The mob then scattered, leaving the sheriff unconscious on the ground. The dead are: Andrew KarnotEki and another name unknown. Those injured are Sheriff Collins, cut in the head nnd leg- and severe body bruises; Cathey. city emnlove, raanv and bruises; unknown L'ole, shot in the back: Quadmnski, shot in the breast; Latirenz Kulwicki, shot in the hip: Tonr Gerkewiak, shot in the thijjh; 3Iic-" hael Kanofiski, shot, will probably die; Detective AV.

H. Iturch, ribs broken; Joe bullet wound in the breast Turnkey Stcyskal, W. E. Frix, Andrew Boersing- and John R. fisher, a reporter, were nUo more or less hurt.

KOHBEHY. CASHIKK COM1T.U.ED TO HAKD OVER. ClIADIlON, April this afternoon while Albert Whipple, cashier of the Crawford banking comnany of Crawford, was aloue in the b'ank, a stranger attired in a cowbov jjarb entered and shoving a i shooter in Whippie's face demanded money. gave up all the cash on the counter, amounting to about The robber then compelled Whipple to enter the vault and looked him in, where he was found twenty minutes later bv the Dree- ident. Two men, one of whom answers the description given by Whipple of the robber, were noticed riding- leisurelv out of town a little before 4 o'clock.

Several parties ure out after the robbers, and Sheriffs Handv and Bartlett have just left for Cawford. MASKS TORS OFF AM) AKRKST FOI.LOTVS. OI.XEV, April house of Joseph" Johnson and wife, an aged couple. Hvtng- about- sis miles norihweit, was entered by burglars last niitfit. Johnson g-are his Docket-book, containing a dollar, btit the old lady made -stout resistance and succeeded in tearing off the mask from the face of one of the men, who proved to.

be Andy wood, town clerk of Xoble township, and the others was T. T. Miller, ex-town clerk of the same Sheriff Wilson wci though-no lives were lost. A CL.O CIIM KST. DAMAGE TO I'KOI'EBTl" JS" TESAS.

WACO, April from Troy, thirty miles'south, state a terrible cloudburst flooded Creek boitom, washing-away the crocs for miles and totally destroying- them. Many houses were wished away and much stock drowned. SifOW 5TOBU iy COLORADO. pESTEB. April wind, rain and hail storm from, the north began last night, changing to enow to-dav and driving AN OKLAHOMA CrCLOIE.

CCTHRIS. 0. April cycloi'e passed over the country, thirty miles east of here" this morning, doinir great la Lincoln cbuatv, fouVhoases were demolished antt seveVal people injured, and in Pottawattamie countv a dozen houses were wrecked and two oeo- ple killed. CONFLICT. COMPLETE I'OE THE DCSTEE.

April Supreme Court has -just granted a writ of ouster against the old Fire and Folice Board and ordered thorn turn over the office to-their successors apppiotea bv Governor at noon to-raorrow." This is a complete, victory for the governor. Since the supreae court rendered the decision the members of the old board have decided tq Keep the agreement to abide by the. decision the court, and are already making preparations to leave and turn over the offices required. DE.VVEB, April new police and fire installed in accordance with- the" decision of the Supreme Court. it-I wish to to yon thst D-.

ree'sGolde-a Medical Die- wn-ery save-1 ray life and nas made a man- ray home-pfajsirfan eayq I am I-ir forty j-eers yei. life au-i acd all ofm" friends were sure it was a tJisc of death, viiiil 1 eorn- bfiltle of jledlca! was very murfi tetier, acd IEO bleeJJag from mvlunse Eiot-ped. and before I i-a'fl BAD COUGH, difficult from (Bif( rcan and ready Anfi TWW I fed that It a duty that I qwe 10 my lellotrrnsn to TV- toaiiscmi to tfco Medieal Dfect.v- cry and Dr. Sacre's Ca- larrh Remedy, which Kived rov hfe wbei ar.a all oilier faUed to do me ttuy ll send to TOU -with of ay pbo- one was a lew weeks before this lett me to ritts "I tooS sick and vrent to 'Golden Medical err' fcz-e After a -while I pot umi! three ttiiners exr jroE s'ck EO I not do enythiar. and 1 to you giving tay asked you alxjut icy ease.

Vou 31oiJa-J Disoav- 1 'ffi irouid not ixty to-sevbfjura: I -wouJd some tetters, would heltt tta ASTHSA. Ten Jtcctors FaUei Corel ISAAC LoniAy. of or ten urbo fea not to cured. to at cp at nlgtt. h- eot eo short r.f ce snffered feai-Jnl besdacae anil had a bad cqugo.

After takics-Dr Force's Golden JlEfdical Discovery PJ did be tt: retKipc (stsapa to pay ifsrlf IssocMiL'-. 1 1 township. Deputy nt to Noble and ar- rested them and brought them to this city where they were lodged in jail. Fin's itEtofm. IMMENSE GLUCOSE PLANT DESTROYED.

HiiKFALo, April The immense plant of the American Glucose Company was destroyed by tire to-nig-ht. Loss 5900,000, insurance Several firemen and employes were hurt. The plant consisted o'f an cloven -story manufactory, eiyht-story power hous'e and cattle feeding- product manufactory, eight-story refinery and store MOTHER ASD DALT.nTfR FATALLT BrRTED I'lTTSBURG, April natural cus explosion at JlcKeesporl to-dav wrecked the dweJHntr occupied by Wfllian and- fatally burned Jlrs. Malseed and her 12-yearrohl daughter Eftie. JT.OSOIS MA'S KILLS HIJltELF.

QiiMrer, III- April B. leading- cigar manufacturer, killed himself this morninp as the re- snlt of a quarrel with his brothcr-in- la'w, Alfred Krogrnah. TBIPLS- 11V A. FARM KAXft COLLISDFHG, April here this morning Frank Crews, a farm hand, mortally wounded Thomas Murrell, hia employer, and cut throat, killing- her when she came to her husband's assistance. ihirrell died at o'clock.

made a dyinp- statement that Crews killed him as the resultof a quarrel over waives. After the'munier. Crews robbed Murrull of his money- and watch, then stoic a horse and went to ihe house of Morgan Murrell, ton. of the murdered man, three mUes and- without a word of warning- shot him down in the field. crossefl-lled river into the Indian ai-2 o'clock this afternoon with Sheriff AYare and a pcsse an hour behind him.

MISSOURI ESECUTKD ST. Louis, April Wisdom, colored, was haoged to-day for the murder two years ngo of E. A. Brexlcr. The crime was.committed -while Wisdom was" trying to rob Drexler's cicar 'itore.

MURDERER GETS A LIGHT 5SSTKSCS. CHICAGO, April I.i;—Charles Goodrich was to-day sentenced to -the pent tentiary for five years for-thc murder of Mrs. Cron JTorember FATAL On, TAXK EXI'LOSIOX. April car on the this morning took fire from a hot journal and the tank exploded, scattering- death and destruction among-the crowd which gathered to see the fini. boy named Charles Mullen bnndred voices warned them the citizens were determined that blood wonld Soiv the prisoner woald be surrendered.

Sheriff Sullivan, who was in command of the soldiers, was informed that there were sis dynamite cartridges under the calaboose, and if any attempt made to fire, a gun or fix a bayonet the baild- ing- and tbe prisoner would be blown into eternity. After, parJeving- for a time the sheriff.decided coald do nothing-, and the ordered to return to on 3 promise from the citizens that tbev.woald care for the prisoner and that no harm carue -to him. The troops left at o'clock. At- the mob iade a raid on the calaboose. The bailding was overturned aud the straggling negro quickly taken from it- A rope had orocured.

A noose was pet aboat neelc of the. trembling wretch and he was dragired to a cotton wood -tree about 100 va'rds distant. Very little was said, and no opportunity was giyen to the prisoner-to make a confession or statement. A dozen willing hands grasoed the rope and tbe negro was swung into the air. AS bis body rose above the mob the air was rent with the shouts of the men.

and women who had assembled to witness the lynching-. As soon as. the work was nnished the mobdispersedandouiet was restored. EXGIXEEfi FIT-EUAN- KTT.LED- hous In ten minutes tho "whole eleven iloors were on lire and the flumes were burstmj; through tho windows and darting from the roof. Ptsrhnps men, were at work.

It will not be, known until a census of the employes is taken lo-morrow whether one man or fifty were cremated. It is known some of the men escaped by the firo escapes, and some of those on the lower stories jumped in the canal. It is known four men were Young-, two Voles, names unknown, were both severely injured, and John Stein severely burned. In twontv minutes the walls begun to fall, and'inside of forty-five minutes but one corner was standing, Tho tinmen crept across the street and ignited tho food Meanwhile the city fish market caught fire. Five firemen were ipside of it to light flames, and A number of stream! were turned on the roof.

roof. (ell and buried Three of them with BO other injuries lew was killed. Patrick Fitzsira- mons, John 1'ouh, and John Kleinfeldt, fatally hurt, and several others more or less injured. A XKGBO IS I.TXCHED IX OHIO. CLKVKiAso, April a necro "with a bad renutation, committed a criminal assault last night woman Know- Ics, living- at Knshsylvariia, Logan county, Ohio." He was captured this morning, but when ihe sheriff arrived from Jfaiiefontaioe to tnke charge of the prisoner a mob which collected refused to give him up; The sheriff summoned a posse, but the mob would not yield.

A call was then made upon tho militia, and a company left belief on Uinc lato this afternoon for "the scene of the trouble. When thecompanyarrivedattlie April train due at Kvsaston at 10:30 last night was ditched half a mile east of here. William Lethbridge, engineer, and" F. H. George, fireman, were killea.

ED HOKKELt. SENTENCED- FKESXU, April Morrell. the bandit -Chris Evans, was to-day sentenced bv Judge Harris to life imprisonment at Folsom for robbery. TWO KILLED AND SEVERAL BADLr SPRISGFIELD Ohio, April afternoon lireece's saw mill was wrecked by a boiler explosion anil "Weaiherby and Frank Itreeee were instantly -kiUeu. Ed.

Everhart, Grant Martin. Chas. Boslingand-Sam Houston were probably fatally injured. SEXTKXCEU TO' THIBTr-FlVE YEARS, Ai.Bcv^EKt;uE, X. April Collier denied tbe motion for 'anew- trial in the case of M.

Folsooi, the banker convicted lasi week of fraudulent entries and issxiint: false statements of the Albwjuerqne Xatio'nai Rank which closed its doors last July while he was president. He was sentenced the penitentiary for ihirtv-five rears and appealed. ROBBED BY AI.OXE his t-wo children, aped 2 and 5 vears re- jtjfa EDcctively, and then took his own life. His.irlfe^-was anseat dnrine the dav and on her return fonnd The bodies hanging from ihe rafters of tbe toose. DOUBLE-MUEUEE AXD SUICIDE Br AK Moaitr.

April -Apache 1 Indian camp at Mount -Vercoa barracks i tarnished a double murder and suicide this afternoon. Hugh Apacae, i shot and mortally wounded one female I Apache prisoner- named Eeille and a i comrade named 2sahtoaans-hnn. Seello then shot and instantlv killed JealousyVas the cause of die affair. 1 DA5IAGE IX ILLINOIS" TOWSS. II Til ft till STEEATOB.nis., April "oleat i IbfjlUlliljl wind and rain sionn visited tins citv-ihis St wlllwlll afternoon, levelling trees and smashing- i windows.

Several small baiMings were I wrecked and a large frame achooLbaild- I ing- being- moved was destroyed. It is rumored the Tillage of Ransom, was al- i most totally destroyed, bnC the can not be Growine Popularux- oi the Oxford. There is nothing more truly a household treasure than a s-ood sawing oa- chine. To be without "it is to be fully deprived of the immense of one of the greatest of all inventions, i It demands no wages, occasions no ex- pense or, trouble and is sltvaysreadv withont moment's notice to render the i work of the laborious hoaserrife tenfold more efficient and expeditions, machine combine thfteic SeaslSd 11 Scieattfic are wita haTfefAUtti'l gc: reliei, eoasnii OUR PESFECT SYSTEM of th A Stnnuivrrt Itoarer. Icsnpnratod nearly hntf A gy ih'n professional Ijrrior- old -Softool of otMicinc, lach Pllterg btarcr.

iries over dlssaic, when the old abjfrci that the do-phllowphy which snnotloneil ihc strmlon of violent remedies when tho cuia none, which laid down unnUerjtfele i blooi) letting, rlolfut vurcmtlon. the ertplortncnt ol eorroxlr.) Riimnlntire In s.1 tuple casts of llrer niAlarf.M complaint, wa-i hi ftl -t the wont rontrafj- fl and of a chilis MP. April The down stage from Angels Camp to Milton was robbed this mornintr bv a masked highwayman at Wells- Fargo's iixn box was" opened and the contents, ,000 in silver, taken. TOl'jfo LADY KILLED. SrKtxr.FiET.D, Ills-, 1 April- Miss Florence Thompson, a prominent and highly respected" yonng a dv of this citv, was run over killed by "a Chicago 7fe Alton, passenger train to-night while crossing the track.

DETECTIVE AND COMPAXIOX KILLED IXEZ, Frank who figured prominently in theHatfield- McCoy feud, and Uevins, a detective, had a battle with the 1'ickctt bovs, who recently killed man West Virginia. Phillips and Kevins were both killed. TWO FIREMEN LOSE THFJR LIVES. ST. Loris, April firemen of the St.

Louis department Jost in libersl Combination all the best tea- tures introduced is tbe Oxford Sewimr Machine, made by the Oxford Manufae- turing- Company, Chleatro, with stitch, shuttle runniag- lig-bt and quiet. These maehlaes have the portent features: Cheapness," oerfect. self-adjnsting- and fejision, i are under control of the operator and are always positive In their working- They are entirely self-threading in all points, including-the shuttle. The needle 3 is the attachments are quickly and easily placed and fastened. The shuttle has an easy oscillatinc- motion, causing- it to keep its place acamsc the race.

TheirOiford, HomeandColum- bia machines, with awarded the medal premium at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago. ELMIKA, y. April Drake, traveling- salesman for the ford. 111., watch company, and related by marriage to President Price, of th: All Business for book ASOreworeaUon. Capital Insurance BIdg 418 FOURTH company, died snddenlr at the Kathbun ilouse.

RUILASD, April Orange Ferris dropped dead to-day while sbav- ng himself at his residence. XEW YOSK. April Dudley Field died to-day. He returaed from Italy last- Wednesday, where hs had been to visit his danghter. Lady 31us- i grave.

He was in guod heakh'for a man of his age. S9 years. He contracted pneumonia Wednesday night and never i rallied. (' ST. Lons.

April "ii. Davis, accounted his estate day. aged the richest maa in Missoari. ralued at 525,000.000. died to- tie was a wholesale -ii iy.

ng-eu o-. tie was a wholesale drv 'iyn early this mornioif after a week's illness of pneumonia BKOOKLYX, X. April funeral arrangements were partially com- their lires to-day and one was badly-in- and fallen to th'- frounct. The men the while directing a stream. Tom Dolan, aj v'annon was killed and mer citcher for the Su Loulu fatally injured, lien Shiveley was badly burned.

WIFK MUKDKR ASD SL'ICIDr MKXOMISEK, April Kriegershot wife on street thit afternoon and put a bullet through his own caaae CQltpVBX Ann V1HHI.F hi HOLMS, IOWA. MOXFOS, 12. ISS ing. to for Hernia If on llth daT of Vovem- her, IS93, Dr. A.

S. Mjjrail iUPTURE ClTV, April (Jopornor and ex-l7nited States Senato'r James M. IJarvey died at midnight. UALTIMORC. April J.

Knabe, the well known Diano manufacturer dead. X. April remains of Senator Vance were to the frrave to-uay by conconrie of 10,000 people. kl In ItoO intnxiuced, iheir cuw for bu bw triuhfolly say I got better than I now Jo, it ein rtcemiacad Dr. A.

S. Mfgatt. VBH ntll cured, for examiaktlonerce Rooia 3. ont I DR, Dawnport Rupture CorirS Writ, lor.

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