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ANOTHER EXECUTION.
Thomas Samou, the Laconia Murderer,
Hung in Concord, Friday.

CONCORD. \. H, April Il.
Thomas Samon passed the night in the
msfron'S room. from which he was taken to
the scailold tins forenoon. He evinced no
d, sire to talk and what little he did say had
no reference to his terrible crime, but rather
to his early life and folks in Ireland. About
! O'Clock last night he ate supper and from
that time until the deputy warden left him At
IL o'clock he remained silent and calm. The
warden remained with the doomed man until
early this morning. At II o'clock last night
Samon asked for coffee and cigars, which
were furnished him and he afierwa ards slept.
At o'clock this morning he arose and
dressed in a new suit of black, and then
dropping on his knees continued in prayer
long time.
At $50, Rev Fathers Barry and Henning
went t. the prison. and remained with him
until the last. They engaged in prayer. and
before Samon left to go upon the scatiod, the
last rites OF the Catholic Church were admin
istered. He ate no breakfast.
Atlll0 the Warden delivered him to
Sheriff Story. who read the death warrant to
him in the matron's room.
At IL 20, the prisoner, accompanied by the
sheriff, walked out The priests appeared
and walked upon the scafiold. The priests
offered a brief PRAYER. Sheriff Story then ad-
justed the moose and Father Barry pronounced
final absoution. During all the prayers, Sa-
mon appeared uneasy. and there was ner-
vous tremor about the eyes. His face and
hands were puaple. Immediately before
Sheriff Story adjusted the black cap. he kissed
the orucitix and Father Hennng, and at ii rs
the fatal spring was touched. Samon tell
about five feet. and died easily. his pulse
ceasing in 6.l2 minutes.
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the house to sanction vote of credit When
this is requested We will state how much
money is wanted and what IT is wanted for,
and then shall probably be able to cover the
entire question fully,
The government has received from Gen.
Sir Peter Lumsden full particulars or the bat
tie of March S0th, between Gen. komarofi q
forces and the Afghsns on the Kushk river.
In this il is stated that Gen, Komarotf WAS
aware a, an early date, March 2Sth, of the
understanding agreed upon March l7th. Ac-
cordins 10 the terms of this understanding,
England was 10 deter the Atghsns and the
Gar was to deter his troops from advancing
beyond the positions then respectively occu-
pied till some subsequent agreement could
be reached, The battle on the kushk was
fought, therefore, several days after Gen.
komaroh had been made aware If the agree
ment to not advance.
Sir Peter Lumsden's present report
appears to warrant the inference that
whatevec Gen. komsroti knew officially about
ST. Petersbures agreement with London, he
kept it to himself. Mr.. Gladstone, being
asked If the government protested against the
recent occupation of Penjdeh by Gen. Nom
sroff, and his establishment of the Russian
administration there, answered that the gov
ernment mad not vet made either occurrence
the subject OF official communication With
Russia.
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FROM WASHINGTON.
4 Proclamation by the Prc>ia.ht-Ap-
pointment by Secretary Manning-A
Colored Delegation Calls on the presi-
dent.
WASHINGTON, Aprill1,

WASHiNGroN, Aprl Ia,
President Cleveland. TODAY. issued a proc
lamation prohibiting the entry and settle
ment on the "old Winnipeg reservation and
Crow Creek reservation" After r,citng the
provision ~ the executive order Of Feb. %,
1889 which proposed To npen these lands for
settlement and the opinion of the Attorney
General thNt the Executive was without law
ful power IN the premises, rs the lauis are
clearly embraced within the limits Ut the In
dian reservations, the resdcnt declares and
proClans said executive order of Feb "a,
1885, to be in coniravrntion OF the treaty oh.
legations Of the United States with the Sioux
tribe of indians, and therefore To be inupera-
1--WE and of no effect, and he further declares
that the lands intended to be embraced there
in are existing in the Indian resery ations and
AS such are available for Indian purposes
alone, and are subj ct t. ladan inteicours
acts of the United States He further warns
and admonishes all persons now in occupa-
ton of sald lands, under the color of said cx-
ecutive order, and all persons intending OF
preparing To enter and settle on the same,
hereunder, that they will neither be per-
united To remain or enter upon said lands,
and persons there, are hereby required To va
cate and remove therefrom, with effects
within 60 days from date, and in case the due
regard of, and voluntary obedience to the
laws and treaties of the United States aud
this admonitiou. varn,,, h.. mar .,,B,;,.,, 90
effect the purposes and Intentions ,s horoin
declared. all the power of the yo,ernmen,
will be enployed TO carry into nrnrer ex.cn.
tion, the treaties and laws of the United
States, herein ref,rrcd to,
secretary Naming TO-DAY appointed B.
FRANK anoelt OF Ne" jersey, chiei of divis-
ION IN 'he once oi the auditor of the treasury
for tb. H.. La.
'or 'ne postonnee department vice Mr.. Wild
u''o"pe ., MarYi"hd resigned oN request.
secretary manning ACTON IN thus hliing the
|"'0e o9 "pP'in'heHt rom outside instead u
py promo''oh' Is regarded as important by
.ne cNh service teiormers since 1t Is thought
10 oe Tue ih"hcAtion OF 10. policy which the
ADMINISTRATION VIII pursue with reference to
apIoln'"''n,s ,i,, 10 M PAGES "f chiefs OF d.
VISIONS En'rts nave been made, Il is said.
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ENGLAND AND RUSSIA.
Gladstone's Opinion OF the Situation
AnIiOnsIy Awaiting DeveIope.
ments.

LONDON. April II.
London special says that several DAYS
must elapse before the government will be
able to make definite statement of the re-
suit Of the treating with Russia.
There was large attendance at Parliament
last night, in expectation that Gladstone
would make reassuring statement, and de-
spite the indefinite nature of the statements
he made, hopeful feeling continued TO pre-
vail the belief being that the Gar will be
Influenced by urgent advices from the Emper-
or of Germany to maintain the peace. At the
same time. politicians agree that peace can
only be temporary.
Gladstone, in the course Of his remarks,
said:
We asked Sir Peter Lumsden for full.
consecutive account Of the events Of the Both
Of March. A telegram from him has arrived
since we sent our request. This dispatch i.
in cipher. and is nov being deciphered We
shall be unable TO say anything further upon
this branch of the subject until the dispatch
Is fully deciphered The fact that the Rus
sian commander was aware Of the agreement
of the 18th Of Ma:ch before the Both Of
March, and the question a. 70 whether or not
he acted upon his instructions Or contrary 10
instructions concerning that agreement would
form the subject Of future Communications
between the government and Russia.
IL regard TO the reported establishment by
the Russians of an administration at Peni
deh, the government knew nothing officialIv
and must await fuller information
Gladstone concluded by saying: The gov
ernment will Monday or Tuesday next, ask
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The Drop Falls at 1904
and Life Pronounced Ex-
tinct After Twenty
One Minutes.
The Story Of the Crime Revived
Scenes in and About the
Prison.
The story of the Crime.

Early in the evening of September :, 1883.
Pasquae Coscia, an Italian laborer employed
on the Mount Desert branch of the Maine
Central Railroad, was murdered in Burr s
woods, in Brewer, two miles from the city of
Bangor. The body was discovered early on
found near the middle of the back, another
just behind the right ear, and the face was
broken in and horribly mangled, apparently
having been beaten with club. The dead
mans pockets had been rifed, leaving no
doubt that the motive of the crime was rob-
berry. Shortly after the discovery Of the
body circumstances led to the arrest of Car
mine Santore and Rachael Capone, Italian
were charged with the murder. Immediately
after the arrest, each of the accused, neither
of whom could speak or understand English
signitied desire to make a communication.
him, each of the prisoners confessed to hav-
ing been implicated in the commission of the
crime, and each endeavorei to shield hlmse Elf
by charging the other with having actually
committed the murder. After preliminary
hearing, both men were committed for trial
In February, 1884, the accused were in
dicted and tried for murder, in the Supreme
Judicial Court for Penobscot County. The
accused were tried separately, Capone being
retained in Jail until the trial of Santore was
concluded. The two cases occupied the 10th,
20th and 2lst of February. The evidence in
both eases was very direct. Several of the
three men, Coscia, Stntore, and Cap0ne, to-
gether near the scene of the murder, and to
having
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Heard Pistol Shots

and loud talking in the woods that evening,
Human blood was found on Capone's cloth
ing. and both men were identified a. having
offered large bill in payment for some pastry
at a bakery, on the morning after the murder.
In Santore's case the jury was out about
thirty minutes, when verdict of guilty of
murder in the first degree was returned. The
jury in Capone's case vas out an hour and a
quarter, and returned similar We rdict. The
convicted men were given an opportunity to
make their statements before sentence was
passed. Both men avaiIed thems elves of it.
The scene was highly dramatic, each openly
accusing the other of the crime for which both
stood convicted. Ssntore, in his statement,
own, but that Capone did all the shooting,
and also used the club. Capone, he asserted,
also took the money from the body of the
murdered man. The murder was proposed,
he said, by Capone, but he dissented. He
afterwards agreed to fire a second shot al
Coscis, if Capone would fire the first. In
stead of shooting at Coscia. however, he as
serted that he fired into the air, hoping to
attract attention to the scene. Capone af-
terwards returned to the murdered man and
fired one shot into his face and then beat him
over the head with a club. The three men
were walking together when Capone stepped
back and fired the first shot into Coscias
aack. After Cosca was dead Capone took
the formers money, amounting to sixty-fve
dollars, and gave thirty of it to Santore
Santore took the money because, as he said
he was afraid of Capone. The next day how
ever, he returned the money to Capone
Capone's story
was that he was walking along with Coscia
when Santore came up and deliberately sho,
Coscis dead, also beating him over the head
with club. Santore then placed the pistol
to Capoue's ear and compelled him to take
the money from the dead mans pockets
Then Santore gave Capone ihirty-three dol
lars.
Judge Emery then sentenced them both to
be hanged on the First Friday in April. 1885.
Before being taken TO jail Santore completely
broke down. but Capone waved bis hat to the
throug as he left the court house.
After the trial Capone made many con.
flicted statements. Among the Italians much
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Railroad Men in FarmingtOn.

FARMINGToS, April II.
The Maine Central railroad officials ar
rived in Pennington, Friday noon, on their
tour of inspection The party includes Ar
thur Sewall, president, OF Bath; Payson
Tucker, general manager, of Portland; Com
msssioners j. +. Anderson, A. w. Wildes,
and ID. N. Mortland; Cival Engineer w. A.
Allen; Managers Secretary F. w. Aiken ;
Bridge Inspector Booker; Roadmasters
Nevins and Wagg and others
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Exciting Prize Fight.

Bosros, April II.
About four hundred persons packed them
selves into room scarcely large enough to
contain one hundred and fifty, to witness a
glove fight tonight between Pete Mccoy and
Geo LaBlanche, the Marine" for a purse
Of $500.
LaBlanche had the best of the fighting in
the hrst round, getting in some terrific blows,
one of which hoored Mccoy
In the second round the tide turned slightly
IN McCoy's favor. but he was knocked
against post, cutting his head and starting
the blood. The police then interfered and
stopped the fight 1t was a slugging match
from the start, and was the fiercest fight
seen in Boston for many a day. LaBlanche
was generally conceded to be a better man Of
the two.
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FROM PORTLAND,
More Applications for Camp Quarters

portland, April II.
The executive committee Of the Grand
Army received Friday morning applications
Tor camp-qnartera from John A. Hawes post
of East Boston, for sixty men; from John +.
Appleton post, of Pennington. Me, for sixty
men.
The officers and men of the department of
Ne" Jersey, many OF them accompanied by
ladies', were assigned to the Preble House
Isaac G. Campbell post, of Pembroke Me.
has applied tor camp quarters,
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FEELING BETTER.
Gen. Grants Condition Much Improved
His Physicians Think He
May Recover.

New YORK, April II.
A bulletin issued at s so A. NJ. says;
BULLETIN.
Gen Grant has had a very refreshing sleep.
He said he had rested better than for many
nights and feels strong enough TO get up aud
dress for the dav. He has taken nourIsh-
ment without pain in swallowing and has not,
siace midnight, been disturbed BY coughing.
Ills pulse and temperature are unchanged.
(Signed) G. +. SHRApr, NJ. ID
Gen. Grants progress towards Gonzales
ctnce for the past two days has been truly
phenomenal His physicians now openly ex-
press their opinion tha; he will recover.
BULLETIN.
u.30 P. M.-Geu. Grant passed most of
the evening in the library with his family.
He retired ST 10. He had some pain in his
throat. but was not troubled in swallowing.
He is now sleeping quietly.
(Signedl j. ii. DOUGLASS.
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4 Sad Loss.
EIISMnRIH. An

ELLsw0RTH, April II.
Rev, Israel Hathaway, a Methodist pastor,
of Swans Island, aged G5 years, who was i'll
with catarrh of the liver. died, Thursday,
while being taken from his house to Swans
Island landing, to join the steamer Rockland.
The remains were taken aboard from South
West barber, where a coffin was procured
They will br forwarded to East Machias, his
late home.
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together. which was done very expeditiously
Fathers Boniface, Peterson and Harrington
stood on the platform leading TO the scaffold,
from the carriage shop. Father Boniface
said word or two to them in Italian now
and then. >antore espied his old overseer of
the paint shop in the group in front of the
scatfold and sung out Good bye, good bve
boss"
Mr.. Feehon waved his hand and replied :
Good bye, Santore" The wa-den's clerk
stood in the group and Ssntore sang out to
him Good bye, clerk, and the clerk an
swered
few seconds later Ssntore shouted
Good bye, boss; good bye every man.,
meaning to convey his farewell to his old
comrades in the shop.
Santore made dying statement which the
Italian priest translated to the crowd as fol-
lows: 'Santore says he forgives everybody
without exception
As the priest said this he cast significant
glance at Capone, who did not show any sign
of emotion.
Then the priest went on: "Santone says
he is ready to die TO satisfy the law"
Father Boniface repeated a prayer with
Santore in Italian. Santore spoke in very
firm voice.
The priest then said in a peremptory
voice; "Capone." and Capope went through
a prayer with him. He spoke in lower
tone than Santore, and could plainly be seen
to grit his teeth between the passages He
seemed to be trying to smile, and while he
could not do that, there was not a trace of
seriousness in his look. His manner was
strikingly different from that Of his compan-
ion. The prison officials were of the opin-
ION that Capone's bravado would not last so
long, aud predicted that if either of the two
broke down, it would be Capone. Both men
trempled slightly as they sood on the trap,
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PenObscOt Free From fee,

The ice left the Penobscot opposite this
city this afternoon. but is jammed about a
mile and half below It was clear up 10
three miles Of the city before the ice left
here The river will probably be open by
morning
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Accidentally Drowned.

son OF +. VI. Sterrell, of Sullivan, aged
eleven years, was accidently drowned to.
day
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" kAI'ElER REPORT.
Indications for tn. Next - Hour.
War Denarfmeut

var department.
Ofhce of the Chief Signal Officer.
washington, ID. c., April Isl A. N.
For New England and Middle States,
fair weather; northerly winds; falling pre-
ceded in the eastern portion by rising barom-
eter slight changes in temperature.
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FOREIGN NEWS.
CENTRAL AMERICAN WAR.

Authentic Report of the Burning of
Colon-Horiible Scenes Enaeted-C Che
Intense Suffering of the POpulace-Oue
Hundred Rebels Carried Out TO Sea
and Thrown Overheard.
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NAME DiSPATCHES.
FROM BANGOR.
sympathy for General Grant.

BANGOR, April II.
Resolutions of confidence and sympatbv
with Gen Grant were unanimously adopted
by b. ii. Beale Post, No. u, G. A. r., and
forwarded to his home in New York
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NOTICE.

u preyen,, preya, Meeting OF the Augusta Society for
lie Nstah " cruelty te Animals, will be held
uArril. ins, arner Office ON Monday, the Goth
a,csfs ussg at four o'clock p. NJ, for the election
hs q ana Tor the transaction OF such other bust
p'optfly come before the meeting.
Aasusia !" NJ. b. LAPHAM, Secretary.
Ap'n IL 1873. aprlSdlw
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PANAMA, April IL.

PANAMA, April II.
The following is an authentic report of the
burning of Colon and the scenes attendant
thereupon:
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but both were more composed than anybody
would have thought, and Capone was the
less effected of the two.
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"A Household Necessity"

GF One Bottle prove. our elm inns and costs
but Fiity t"nts. je sure you get remedy -
aIst q P%' - iii .E nIe iSr
patht Y N'lrrr, T. tkrr a CO., Portland. Me and il
J1p dugnl>i dealer ocs not have II. he may obtain
hiotyn Of luy Wholesale druggist In New England
10 Satisfaction Guaranteed !-S7
MAURICE. BAKER a. co. Chcni.ta
truprf,oy. and Manufacturers, Por tiaud. Me.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-05-15
Spears III Warfare.

The spear and its history, says ~ Eng
ish paper, Is coeval with man ever since
the days Of our cave-dwelling ancestors
and their burned tipped sticks. It's va
.-icties are almost innnmerable. from the
Macedonian sarissa to the Roman plum,
from the Zulu aesagai 10 the heavy Sou
danese weapon. For cavalry the spear
for the lance is only an aristocratic form
OF the same weapons, as il is so oftcn
termed, the queen Of weapons. The
saber has to give place to it when the
question OF supremacy is at issue. 1t was
those terrible twelve foot Uhlan lances
that In the Franco German war scattered
dragon, hussar and chassenr d'Afriuue
before them in almost every fight And
before that time, in the war Of 1918, tho
Cossacks of Plat0ff owed no little OF
their prestige to their fifteen-feet long
lances. Perhaps the most sensible step
our authorities ever took in military or
ganization was to keep up the Indian IT.
regular cavalry as originally constituted.
Each squadron of the Indian cavalry is
armed, the front rank with lances, the
rear with sabers ready to rush in close
after their comrades and use their more
handy sabers with effect upon the broken
ranks of the enemy. The sword needs
but few words, developed as it has come
down to our times, from the long point
less blade of the primitive savage to the
short cut-and- thrust two feet long wea-
pom affected by the legionariesof ancient
Rome and the rapier of more modern
times. The Soudanese two handed
sword is simply the two handed sword
of our own good old times lin the days
of den-adapted to suit Oriental
handling. Play of wrist is unknown
among Eastern swordsmen; sweeping
cut with the whole arm from the shoulder
is invariably Employed sharp blow
with drawing cut.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-05-15
FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS.

Far more women than men fall victims
TO cholera.
Cigars were not known until 1918. Be.
fore that time pipes only were used.
It is said that . buzzard will not eat q
dead Mexican, because his body is 90
thoroughly saturated with red pepper.
Coffee was first used as beverage in
Abyssinia, next in Paris, then Arabia
then Egypt; all before the beginning Of
the fifteenth century.
The great FIRE in London extended
over 430 acres; in Chicago, 2. 125 acres
in Boston, sixty-fve acres. The London
FIRE destroyed 13, 200 dwellings; Chicago.
5000: Boston, 446.
Engineering in China has achieved a
notable triumph in the bridge at La
gang, over an arm of the China sea- This
structure is five miles long, built entire
" Of stone, has three hundred arches
seventy feet high, the roadway is
seventy feet wide aud the pillars are
seventy -fve feet apart
In the Island OF Goa, near Bombay,
there is a singular vegetable called 1.-The
sorrowful tree, because it only hourishes
IN the night At sunset no flowers are
to be seen, and yet after half an hour it
10 full of them. They yield a sweet
smell, but the sun no sooner begins to
shine upon them than some of them fall
of and others close up; and thus it con
tinucs Towering in the night the whole
year.
The English billion-a million millions
has set Sir Henry Bcssemer to calcu-
lating, He rcckons that billion sec
onds have not elapsed since the world
began, rs they would reckon 81, 67S years,
seventeen days. twenty-five hours, forty
five minutes, five seconds. A chain of
billion sovcreigns would pass 1876 times
around the globe. or lying side by side.
each in contact with its neighbor, would
form about the earth golden zone
twenty-six feet six inches wide. This
same chain, were it stretched out straight,
would make limo fraction over 1S, 1928, :
455 miles in extent. For measuring
height, Sir Henry chose for a unit sim
gleIsheet Of paper of about one three
hundred and thirty-third of an inch IN
thickness. A billion of these thin sheets.
pl bssed out fiat and piled vertically upon
Ae,tch other, would attain an altitude of
.34s miles.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-05-15

There is variety IN tho letters received
Mrs. Lydia +. Pinkham, testifying to
cures effected BY her Vegetable Compo
and the great relief afforded to thousands
women in ali sections Mrs C
Toronto, says: II have taken three bott
with very gratifying results Mrs steph
B.. Of Shetilngton, Quebec, says ~
now using the fourth bottle and have deris
great benefit already Sarah c.
Eugene City, Oregon, says: ct is the 81
medicine Tor the female sox | have ev
found Mrs. c., Of Santa IL,
s'Your Compound has done me great lie
Of good. Mrs II. S. D., Of porslan
Me, says: ut has done for me alI Il y ainl
to and / cheerfully recommend Il to all Sd
fering as have donen Mrs d. II b.
of lexington, Va, says: Il have taken ii
bottle and ! assure you / feel great Dc
better, feel strong as ever and I've new
felt pain in my back since the second dose