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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-05-14

Our contemporary of the Bedford "Star
and Sentinel" will have seen ere this that
we have done Hon. John W. Daniel the
fullest justice by obtaining through our
Washington correspondent his own views
from his own lips, and publishing them.
But the question of national aid to educa-
ton has been narrowed down by circum-
stances to the Blair bill or nothing
Even to amend the Blair bill in the House
would be equivalent to putting an end to
it. To pass the Grain bill which does 80
little for the South and so much for the
North and West would be no step forward,
for it would never get through the Senate.
1t has been said that the Republicans of
the Senate are not in earnest in voting
to aid education, and that they let the
Blair bill get through as political trick
hoping to make political capital by its
rejection by Democratic House. Very
we'll, if that is SO, now is our opportunity
to beat them at their own game by taking
the Blair bill. The apprehension that it
is tentative effort in the direction OF
Federal control of State schools will never
rest in any mans mind who gives the bill
a careful reading. There ism It the minut'
est tentacle to be seen in it feeling for a
crevice in State rights. Again; il The
friendliness of the Republicans In the
Senate is. all assumed, then it is beyond
contradiction that the Grain bill vii
never get through that body, no matte
what majority the House may give it,
This is the middle Of Nav, and Congress
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-05-14

Judge Garrison, County Judge :of Ac-
comac. has made decision of much in.
terest in localities where licenses to sell
liquor have been taken out for year. but
where local option has not yet been voted
on, as in Staunton and Augusta. The
court held that licenses were not contracts
made by the Commonwealth, but were
police regulations and subject as such to
be annulled at the pleasure of the State
through its proper authorities. Accomac
having gone dry at the recent election the
Judge revoked all liquor licenses granted
in his court, and directed orders to be
entered for the return of the money paid
by those who had obtained license. 1t was
a test case made up to settle the matter.
Some similar case involving an amount
sufficient, will doubtless be taken to the
Court of Appeals for final settlement.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-05-14

The General Conference of the Southern
Methodist church is in session at Rich
mond and the great men of that church,
clerical and lay, are gathered there. Some
days the proceedings look almost like re-
petition of the recent session Of the Balti-
more Conference in Staunton, so familiar
are the names-McTeiyre Harrison, Will
son. Kelley, and that wonderful old man
McFerrin-that we see mentioned. Last
week a strong and eloquent speech was
made by DR.. Chapman, layman, of Mis-
souri,, in support OF this resolution:
Resolpe1, That this General Conference
shall elect Committee of seven, four of
whom shall be clerical and three lay dele
gates, who shall meet like committee from
the Northern Methodist Church in 1888, look
ing to the reunion of the two Churches.
The resolution was referred to the Com
mittee on Fraternal Relations.
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CLEANED FROM THE MAILS.

In the notice of Lexington Presbytery's $685.
sion there, the Harrisonburg "People" says
''Rev. DR.. Halves, of Staunton, was little
rough at the Presbytery yesterday, on secu-
larized church papers. He thought their re-
igion was getting thin-better all be blotted
out and start again. His audience greeted the
remarks with the smile of approval"
East Hanover Presbytery held its session at
Norfolk last week. Rev. J. W. Rosebro, for
merly of Augusta, was chosen Moderator.
The Brooklyn Magazine" prints number
of letters from ladies of prominence on 'sWhen
shall woman marry -" Mrs. Helen Camp
bell, formerly of the Augusta Female Semi
nary Faculty, pleads for twenty-five as the
earliest limit Of age. Mrs. Lucy Stone thinks,
thirty is the right time. Mrs. Baker thinks
early marriages, from eighteen to twenty -one,
are the best. Miss Peabody thinks middle-life
best, and Mrs. Rebecca Harding Davis de-
clares that ''the time for a girl to marry is
when she meets man who heartily loves her
and whom she heartily loves, if she is old
enough to be helpmeet to him, and not a
dead weight"
That venerable instructor of girls, Rev. DR..
up the Episcopal Female Institute at Win
chester, its has been purchased by Mr.. A.
Magill Smith, for 1000, and will be CONT
nued as school.
The Pocahontas (W. Va.) 'Times," says
that R. Sam. Turk, formerly of Augusta, is
prominently spoken of as candidate for
member of the West Virginia Senate, from
that district. Mr.. Turk is gentleman of
ability and progressive mind and would make
good representative for any constituency.
They are catching bass in plenty at the
junction of North and South rivers. CORE
spondent of the Harrisonburg esprit, :"
writing from Lynnwood, says Mr.. H. Clay
Palmer of Greenville, was down last week and
took forty home with him.
81. c. Teller, formerly clerk of the Virginia
Hotel in Staunton, is now engaged at the
Queen City Hotel, Cumberland, Md.
Mrs. Elijah Koiner, with her son, of
Waynesboro, is visiting her father, Mr.. Thos.
Read of Newmarket.
The Alexandria ttGazette'' says that several
bonfres were lighted in different parts of that
city the other night in honor of the nomina-
ton of Mr.. Leonard Marbury for Common
wealths Attorney at the primary election.
Thel Mikado tea-party given by the young
ladies at the University of Virginia for the
erection of a chapel there, yielded $500. Rev.
Geo. B. Taylor, Chaplain of the University,
is to lecture on s'Rome," in Warrenton, May
21, for the benefit of the same object.
DR.. James F. Harrison, for many years
Chairman of the Faculty of the University of
Virginia, has resigned that position. Prof.
Charles S. Vsnable has been elected Chairman
of the Faulty. DIR. Harrison recently received
the compliment Of being chosen President Of
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When Maj Nelson H. Hotchkiss, of the
Chesapeake & Ohio, arrived at East st.
Louis on his hunt for cars, the great strike
was progressing and the military were In
charge of the railroad yards. He went to
the General commanding and said, 81 am
an old Virginia rebel andIwant your per-
NIT to 60 in the yards and hunt up our
cars" The General replied: can old Vir-
ginian well. you just 60 where you -
please; anywhere my troops are in possess
sion." The Major transacted his business
amid the Calling guns Of the troops.
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Us viii end lust "

vs. Will end lust Wa
Aye begun. Without the support Of the
len OF reason throughout the country
Without provocation for their disorder, and
without any practical line of action to
pursue they will end as they have begun,
as criminals, and meet the fate of such.
It will be impossible to make head way for
such an organization in hostile country.
The large cities, which are their homes,
are few in America, and the strength of
the nation lies in the country. The State
troops of this Republic outside Of the
cities would form an immense army and
form peace preserving force that projec-
ted upon any point would instantly re-
store order. at Cincinnati the other day
when disorder was threatened, some three
thousand Ohio State troops from other
points were sent with lightning speed to
that point, and the sound of their drums In
The suburbs soon gave the assurance that
order was to be preserved. Where the
foreign anarchists came from, the govern
ment was hated and men were ready to
die in resisting 1t. In the United States
:he government is loved and the people
are ready to die in supporting it. There,
it was the government of the Kings and
aristocracy; here 1t Is government set
up by the people themselves and changed
whenever it suits them.
There is but one way to end this for
sign demonstration: on American soil
and that is to meet it on equal terms. To
armed violence, oppose armed order; to
bomb-t throwing. mobs, oppose the bullet;
to assassination, the speedy gallows; to
the slightest evidence Of disorder, let there
be opposed a stronger evidence OF the
power of the people, shown through their
laws. This Republic has guaranteed to
every man who lands on her shores,
'slife, liberty and the pursuit of happi-
ness,'' if it is for these things be comes;
out if he comes to spend his.li In idle
ness, If his idea of liberty is an invasion
of the rights of others. and If his conception
Of the pursuit Of happiness is throwing
bombs and numbering citizens in the
streets, then this Republic withdraws her
guarantee and stands ready to confiscate
as much of all three as he brings with
him.
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occurring
~ I. people. No one
LOTS that Mr.. Daniel is honest, frank
and manly in public as well as private
life." but the people while proudly recog-
nizjng these qualities in this great Vir-
ginia orator, also want the quality
of useful added to the list. We know that
Mr.. Daniel will vote for the Blair bill,
but we would be better satisfied that 1t
would win if we could hear that he was
working for it and using his undeniable
ability in its behalf-for We cannot help
believing that all OF that ability he may
best0w on the Grain bill will be but wasted
time.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-05-14

The Riddleberger law is not in the hands
OF it's friends but its enemies The Demo-
cratic party to-day would rather have some
law passed which would give ''better terms to
the creditors, I" but it knows the people will
crush it out of existence if it make the at
tempt. At heart that party is hostile to the
Riddleberger settlement, as evidenced by the
above.-HiQhland Recorder.
Our cotemporary's editorial is Of the
vintage of 1882. Since then the two par
ties have exactly changed positions. Ev-
cry Democrat whose official position gives
him the opportunity, isenforcing the Rid
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-05-14
the murder was not his property.
THE CONVICTION


1t was on Tuesday night, June 18th,
nearly two months after The deed was
committed, that Cluverius was convic-
ted. Each juror, something unusual in
grave cases, put in ballot of murder IN
the first degree on the very first ballot.
For the sake of appearances they staid in
the Jury room a few minutes longer. When
they came in with their verdict and 1t was
announced, Cluverius did not finch nor
move muscle. A great crowd followed
after the carriage in which he was taken
back to jail, shouting vociferously. He re-
marked to.an officer ''They shout as If
John w. Daniel was speaking" AS he
entered the Jail voice in the crowd cried
s'good night, Cousin Tommie!' Cluve-
RUS turned and gave a CHASTITY smile but
said nothing. His conduct in the Jail af-
ter conviction was as imperturbable as
it had always been. He was sentenced to
be hung in November, but heard his SEN
tence as calmly as he had heard all. the
other proceedings in his trial. When he
heard of his appeal having been rejected.
he was unmoved as when he heard his
| sentence.
THE REJECTION OF THE APPEAL.
The opinion of the court rejecting Gu
verius' appeal rejected all Of the bills Of
exception presented by his counsel. There
were nine of them. One because jury
man was rejected by the judge because he
had made bet about the result of the
trial; one because of the rejection of
juror for having expressed an opinion
| about circumstantial evidence; one as to
J the manner Of impanneling the jury; one
| because the torn note written by Lillian
and addressed TO T. j. Cleuverius had
been admitted as evidence; another be-
cause the Laura Curtis" letter had been
admitted; and four others Of not great
Importance. In the opinion Judges Faun-
tleroy and Lewis fully concurred, Judges
Richardson and Lacy copcurred as to the
result, and only Judge Hinton d1ssented.
| The following are the closing paragraphs
of the opinion which were delivered by the
first named Judge:
We have reviewed this most voluminous re-
cord of the proceedings of the Hastings Court
in this protracted and difficult trial, and we
find no error of law, or of fact, which would
justify this appellate court in interfering with
the verdict of the jury or the judgment of the
court.
The prisoner has had a fair and impartial
trial He has been defended both in the
Hastings Court and in this court of review
by able, experienced and most faithful coun-
sci; and the law has been INDICATED in the
result.
Justice to the prisoner, and mercy to all
the innocent public, whom the impunity and
second offence of the prisoner would ''after
GALL" alike demand that he shall now pay
the penalty of his crime, and answering with
his life for his foul deed, live not to act an
other
] The judgment of the Hastings Court is
affirmed.
THE NEWS CARRIED TO THE PRIs-
| ONER.
+, Before Judge Fauntleroy had proceeded
far in reading the opinion, which it took
several he
| sJlprcs8
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Every Republican whose OF
position gives the opportunity. is tr
to defeat the operation of the Riddle. ;.
ger bill from the United States Supreme
Court down to the Republican Hastings
Judge of Richmond. How the rank
and file stands, our contemporary can infer
from the factlthat every man (b,n taoo) wto
has rendered coupons in augusta county
to Treasurer Mcfarland Is Repub-
lican, and was accompanied to the
Ireasurer's office by q prominent Repub-
lscan laaoger and party manager. Which
party is sat heart" hostile to the bill
would you think from this showing? We
believe about the first gentleman to tender
coupons after the summersault of the
Stanley Matthews Supreme Court on the
Virginia debt question, was the Republic
can ex-County Treasurer of Augusta, who
rendered them in settlement of his account
as collector Of State taxes. Let us look at
the list Of the enemies of the Riddleber-
ger bill The Republican g. 8. Supreme
Court, the Republican Judge Bond of the
US. Circuit Court, the Republican Judge
Hughes of the U. S. District Court, the
Republican clerks Of the Federal Courts
who receive coupons from Virginia tax
payers lin violation OF the law and certi-
fy that their taxes are paid. And
now look at the friends of the Riddle
berger bill-the Democratic Governor who
has issued his proclamation calling on the
people to sustain it by not paying in cou-
pons; the Democratic State officers who
refuse them. the Democratic city and
county treasurers who refuse them; the
Democratic tax payers who refuse to us e
them in tax paying. The whole trouble
Virginia is now in, comes from de-
cision of a Republican United States
Court-a decision made by one man on it,
the Republican Stanley Mathews, revers-
ing the opinion he held year ago. The
Republican party in Virginia Joined the
Readjusters for political success. The
Readjusters having achieved their pur-
pose, having no further use for the Re-
publican party left it and it fell back into
its old minority. 1t is now looking around
for another employer-the Prohibitionists,
the English dholders-anYbody to help
1t into power. and if the failure of the
Riddlebergsr bill would aid that end we
believe it would welcome it heartily.
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FRIDAY MORNING. MAY. IA. 1885
WHAT SORT OF "AMERICANS y
DO IT?

The conflict at Chicago last week be-
tween the police and the foreign anarch-
lists has had the effect of a flaming inter-
rogation mark. Who is it that do IL u
Where will it end ? And by what means
must it be ended The first question is
Important to be rightly answered. It is
not the workingmen of America. neither
the natives of the soil nor those Ameri-
can workingmen Of foreign birth, who
have become Americanlzed. They are
simply idle men who were idlers and an
archists in their own country. and who
came to America with the idea they held
under oppression abroad, that they have
the right to prey upon the property and
earnings Of those who have been thrifty.
and to oppose all government OF
whatever character. Many of them,
and it is a dlsagreable truth which should
be stated, are the scum of Europe, who
have been imported to America by corpo-
rations to lower the wages of other work
men by their competition. They are
Bohemians, Poles, and Scandinavians of
two or three nationalities, who have been
taught in their own country from youth
up, that government meant oppression.
and that wealth meant money Wrung out
of the Door, They neither understand NOR
appreciate what 1t is to be free, and abso-
lutely equal with every other man. nor do
they understand that In a Republic the
one thing that all men Of all politics and
all religions join in suppressing, Is VIC
lence. They have not even learned to
speak our language, and their only infor-
nation, when they can read stall, is gotten
from incendiary papers published in their
own language in the large cities by men
who as little understand the American
lie as they themselves. They do not
tand the American workingman,
cident will show. A number OF
SITS in Milwaukee the day after the
riot were parading the streets.
sembly of the Knights OF Labor
nad stopped work on strike for
eight hours, was in session, awaiting the
result of their strike. The Anarchists
vent to their hall and besought them to
Join the procession, but the Knights re-
fused either to do that, to admit them to
their hall, or to have any communication
with them whatever; whereupon the hall
In which they were holding their
session wss stoned. Since the Chicago
riot. proclamation after proclamation
has been issued by Assemblies OF
Knights Of Labor denouncing the
authors of it. While the Chicago murders
were committed by an element that will
not work in its own country and which
is not fitted to inhabit free country
in which every mans welfare depends on
his Individual industry, they were to a
great extent excited by Che representative
of an element of thought that has given
free America as much trouble as anarch-
given monarchical Europe-the
land fanaticism. While that
the L nioA has given birth
de g. it has almost
cnrns man
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SENT BACK TO THE HANGMAN.
STAUNTON TO BE THE SCENE
OF THE LAST APPEARANCE
OF CLUVERIUS' CASE
IN COURT.

A REvrru oF THIS CELEBRATED CASE
THE PICTURES OF THE SLAYER AND
HIS v,cTTM-THE WEAK SIDE OF THE
PRIsoNER's CAsE-WHAT THE COURT
OF APPEALS FINAL ACTION is LIKELY
TO BE.
&C.. &C., &C.
TOorrespondence of the Staunton VINDIcAToR.]
RICHMOND, May 1O.-1 have before me,
two photographs taken from life. They
are small. and on the back there is printed
"Card pictures, S1.0O per doz., and on the
face is the warning written. copyright
secured One is the picture of Thomas
J. Cluyerius, a name now familiar all
over the country. The face Is handsome
one, too young yet to show much OF char
acter either good or bad. and of the latter
the only touch is a bad mouth, drawn
down in faint sneer at the corners and
a sensual fullness of the lips amounting
almost to a pout. Otherwise, it is the
calIow, beardless face of man Of twenty
two-straight nose, we'll arched eye-brows,
black hair parted to one side and brushed
back. and round chin. The dress of the
bust, for it is only bust-picture, is
check cloth coat, caught together by the
ton wooden button over the chest and eX
hibiting spot of white shirt front, sur
! mounted by white collar turned down
over a check butterfly" cravat.
The other photograph is that of his
cousin and tie woman he murdered
Fannie Lillian Madison. She is small
woman, evidently below the medium size.
The face is plain but pleasant one. The
forehead is unsymmetrically high, a defect
which is sought to be concealed, not by
banging the hair as is usual. but having
it drawn down in crimps which partly
cover the forehead and pass around almost
over the ears. The cheeks are full to
heaviness, the nose is small, so are the
eyes, and the lower lip, which is very full,
seems to be drawn in into better shape
seemingly for the taking OF this picture.
The dark dress has plain body Clos
ing with single row Of jet buttons IN
front, and the skirt is much pleated around
the bottom, while over it is polonaise.
lQ6E9 Is ldC0 AZ tu6 WIjStS. duu dlouuu
her neck she wears very tull white lace
handkerchief caught together by a jet pin.
In her ears she wears very small drops.
The dress is short, street one. The lady
stands with her hands resting rather
awkwardly On the back of gaudily en-
broidered chair. She was little woman
and the back of the low chair comes up to
her waist. The unfavorable pose, a
foot being thrown too far forward, the
awkward position of the hands, and the air
of self-consclousness give the beholder
the impression of very young woman OF
very little self possession. This picture
was taken about two months before her
death. These photographs gather new In
terest from the fact that the Supreme
/ Court of Appeals of Virginia. last Thurs
| day, decided, by four to one, that the con-
viction of Thomas j. Cluverius of the
murder in the first decree of Fannie Lii
! liam Madison. by the Hastings Court, was
| warranted by the evidence and thst rs
| defect in the trial
/ IL . e
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ing was o.
to the Jail to acs
He found that he already knew it. CluYe-
RUS in reply to the City Sergeant said he
already knew it and that he was surprised
at 1t, that The had hoped for different
result" He was dressed in light Spring,
grey suit and was sitting at a desk in the
Jail dispensary. He was calm. The Ser
geant told him that he would now have
to be more closely confined and that an
officer (the death watehl would hereafter
sleep in his cell with him. The only
emotion that Cluverius showed after the
rejection Of his appeal by the Court OF Ap-
peals was shown in an interview with
reporter of the dispatch" The
reporter at his desire went into his
cell, g. having expressed wish to thank
him for the fairness with which that paper
had treated him. On going IN, the prison.
er rose and tears gathered in his eyes as
he said: II thank you; know you would
not expect me to have anything to say"
That was all. Since the news,the prison.
er sleeps and eats we'll, as he has always
done.
FOUR MONTHS LONGER LEASE OF
LIFE.
On Friday, Judge Crump of the sprison-
er's counsel made motion for the re-
hearing Of his case. After some consul
tation, in which it was at first thought
best to hear the argument on the motion
at the term of the court at Wytheyille, it
was finally determined to hear it at the
term at Stanton which commences on
september 10th, by which time the coun-
sci are required to have their petition
printed. When the Court meets in Staun-
ton it will hear the argument for the re-
hearing. A rehearing will not be granted
unless one of the judges-Fauntleroy
Lewis, Lacy or Richardson-the four
who voted for affirming the action of the
lower court, should vote for it. If a re-
hearing should be granted then the case
is open again for decision in favor of new
trial for the prisoner-an issue very i'm
probable. however. from the fact that the
court stood four to one in favor of reject |
ing his appeal.
r. D. W.