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The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-08-24
HANGED BY A MOB
Desperate Hawkins Dragged
from Jail by 500 Men.
NOT ALLOWED TINE TO PRAY
His Body Soon Dangling from a Tree
Near the Prison,

Several shots Fired Into His Breast and .
the Deed was over-Tho Mob Immedi- .
atoIy Dispersed-Tho Earnest Brothers
Arrested After Long Chase Enragcd
People want to Lynch Them.
suE1BYvGLLr, Ind, Aug. 24.-Charles
Hawkins, noted desperate, shot and
fatally wounded City Marshal Dan Bruce,
yesterday afternoon, and at midnight
mob took Hawkins from the Jail aud
hanged him.
Hawkins had been drinking and was
having a quarrel ON South Harrison
street with a man named Chambers,
when Bruce came upon the scene and re-
quested them to ceuse their disturbance,
whereupon Hawkins retorted that he
would do as he pleased. Bruce was then
about six foot away and, stepping pace
toward Hawkins, told him he must be
quiet or he would be compelled to arrest
him,
Hawkins then fired three shots in sue
cession at Bruce each bullet taking
effect in the right breast. Hawkins was
soon afterwards placed under arrest. At
midnight, when Bruce was reported to be
dying, 500 armed men marched to the
Jail, and after having bound and gagged
the sheriff, began the search for the muir
derer. He was in a rear cell, and when
/ the mob reached that portion of the Jail
/ Hawkins was seen covering in the rear
: of the cell The door was quickly opened,
and despite the terrified wretch's appeal
( for mercy, or for time to pray he was
! tied hand and foot, a rope placed around
his neck, and in a moment the men were
/ tearing out of the Jail with their bowling
victim trailing after them on the ground
The Victim Tried to Pray.
About twenty feet from the Jail door
tree was found, and a rope was throw
over limb. Fifty men seized hold O
the end, while the prisoner fell on hi
knees and tried to pray
care you ready?' asked leader Of tn
mob. The answer was n yell
"Up with him then, and with anothe
yell of rage the fifty men gave a rush ant
Hawkins body was twenty feet from tn
ground No sooner had he been pulle
up than a volley of shots from rifles an
revolvers rang out on the night air an
the murderer's struggles were over. Tn
mob then quietly dispersed.
1t is said that Hawkins deed was pre-
meditated. A week ago the marshal al
rested Hawkins l2-year-old son, who ha
been throwing stones through some plat
| glass windows, and Hawkins told Redi
Dorm that he came to the city prepare
to get even with Bruce. He had sough
trouble with several persons, but all wer
afraid of him and avoided him.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-08-24
CROWDS VISIT ALMY.
An Uncle of the Murderer Says He Is
George Abbott.

George Abbott.
HANOVER, NJ H., Aug. 24--A large
number of acquaintances of George w.
Abbott, alias Frank Q. Almy visited
Hanover during the day to see the noted
prisoner.
Since Almy's identity has been estab-
lished there are some, Of course, who
claim that Almy is not Abbott. They say
it is preposterous to suppose that a man
with reward hanging over his head
would remain in the vicinity so long as
Almy has but ON the other hand it is
pointed out to these unbelievers that
Almy pursued the same tactics after hi
crime that Abbott did While officers
were hunting all over the country for him
he was in hiding within a short distance
of where his crime was committed
Further proof of his identity was fur
nished by E. E. Wilmont, Of Olcott, Vt,
a brother of Abbott's own mother He
visited the prisoner, and when questioned
said: 81 have not seen George Abbott
since he was in Windsor prison, but the
man ON the cot upstairs is he"
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-08-24
TROUBLE WITH A CIRCUS.
An Angry Crowd Tear Down the Tent an
Arrest the Manager.

An Angry Crowd Tear Down the Tent and
Arrest the Manager.
THoMPsoNvLLE, Conn, Aug. A.--The
performers engaged with Harper Bros.
circus struck Saturday night after the
audience had filed the tent here, where
the circus was exhibiting, claiming that
the managers owed them from three to
seven weeks pay.
1t was then announced that there would
be no performance and money would be
refunded. The crowd became excited,
however, cut the guy ropes, smashed seats
and set the tent on fire, doing In all about
50, 800 damage. Thereupon Manager Har-
per refused to refund the money and went
to Springfield, Mass, where he was ar
rested for obtaining money under false
pretences. He will have a hearing at
Thompsonville this afternoon.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-08-24
BIG GRANT TO CAPITALISTS
a Kansas Company Given 1000, 900 Acres
of Land In Nicarnugun.

a Kansas Company Given 10000 Acres
of Land In Nicarnugua.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24-The Bureau Of
American Renublics has just been in
formed that the Nicaraguan government
has signed a concession of 2,000,O 900 acres
Of land in the departments of Matagalpa
and Segoyia to a company Of Kansas capi-
talists
The consideration for this grant is that
the capitalists shall colonize 3, coo families
in the departments named and build a
railroad from MonOtombo, on the north
western extremity of Lake Managua, to
some point on the Rio Grande which
empties into the Gulf Of Mexico.
The company also agrees at any time
after twenty years from the completion
of the railroad to sell it to the government
at the original cost price, assuming that
it will take five years to build it. The
Grande River Is said to be navigable for
100 miles from the coast, but it will be
necessary to dredge the bar at the mouth.
The company has also been granted
wharfage facilities at Corinto on the Pa
cific coast, and it will build a telegraph
line.
The departments Of Matagalpa and
Segovia are regarded as the most fertile
in Nicaragua, and there are already
under cultivation 1000, 600 coffee plants,
which will yield hn about year and a
half. In a short time it is predicted that
! it will become the coffee centre of the re-
public. Many Of the settlers are citizens
of the United States, some Of whom have
been in the country twenty-five years
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-08-24
On the Rench Without Fond.

MARQUETTE, Mich, Aug. 24-The
Brainard party from New York had their
steam yacht Cruiser driven ashore at Pic
tured Rock, fortunately striking Chapel
Beach, A man got through the woods to
Munising yesterday and reported the
whole party, consisting Of three ladies
and four men, on the beach without food
since the wreck. A heavy sea makes it
impossible for boats to venture along
that shore, and provisions have been sent
by guides through the woods.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-08-24
Now orleans to Get the Trade.

AUSTIN, Tex, Aug. PAT is stated that
the cotton rates proposed by the Texas
Railroad Commission will have the effect
Of turning the cotton and other trade from
Galveston 10 New Orleans. In respect to
the praoticability Of the change the con-
census of opinion is that New Orleans pos
sesses many advantages over Galveston
for handling ocean freight.
The berry-piokers' harvest is nearly over
In this section.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-08-24
IN TgRRleLE SUSPENSE.


New YoRK, Aug. 2l-Sad and mex
pressibly pitiful were the scenes around
Chambers Street Hospital NIL day.
From early morning people began coll
ing at the hospital and asking piteously
for news Of missing dear ones. Little
consolation could be given them, for Of
all the people in the building only ten
lived to be carried to the hospital to
make mp the mournful injured list.
So little but pity could be extended to
the agonized friends of missing people
employed i'm the building. All that
could be said was that there were only
two people tossing in the pain and de
lirium of ghastly injuries In narrow little
cots in the institution. The other eight
had been claimed by their friends.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-08-24
10000 Persons at the Love Feast.

AsgURY PARK, N. j., Aug 24-Fully
20, 900 people attended the services of the
Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association
yesterday, The first meeting began at
6.40 a. m. At S;45 there was love feast
at which 10000 persons were present.
The morning sermon was delivered by
Bishop Joyce Of Chattanooga, Tenn, and
heard by 5000 people.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-08-24
salyntionists Attacked.

LONDON, Aug. 4-The Salvation Army
continues its demonstrations at East
borne, where the people have generally
declared the army a common nuisance,
and are determined to suppress it, Yes
terday a mob OF several thousand Mt
tackled the Salvationists as they marched
through Eastborne, broke their drums,
ana attempted TO storm the Salvation
barracks. The police protected the army,
and succeeded in dispensing the crowd.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-08-24

PATERSON, n. j., Aug. 24.-While cross.
ing the bridge which spans the Passaio
River between Little Falls and Paterson
last night John Murphy and his son were
struck by an express train of the Lacka-
wanna railroad. The father was instantly
killed. Young Murphy escaped with a
few slight wounds,
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-08-24
An Asbury Park Drug Store Raided.

AsBURY PARK, N. J., Aug. "a The drug
store of Samuel B. Mcintyre was raided
by the police and Frank Hutchinson
clerk, and several customers were arrested
and Jailed Those belonging here were
released on parole The Others were held
for hearing without bail. NJ. A. McNutt
Of WlIsesbarre, Pa, who was refused
bail, threatens TO sue the town for dam
ages for false imprisonment.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-08-24

BERLIN, Aug 24.-The Kaiser has
never been greeted with such enthusi-
asm on his return to Berlin as this time.
The people who lined the streets sent up
cheer after cheer, and the Kaiser showed
himself deeply gratihed with the evidence
of loyalty An impression prevails in
Berlin that the Kaiser viii take the side
of MIGUEL in the dispute regarding the
corn duties, and that relief will shortly
follow the sovereign's return.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-08-24
suiciJe Of n ProfessIonnI Nnrse

NEW YORK, Aug 24-Julius Rosen-
thal's professional nurse, aged Al years,
committed suicide at his home in this
city by injecting poison into his blood by
means of a hypodermic syringe. In a let
ter left by the suicide for the coroner, he
states that sickness and suffering and the
neglect of former friends have caused him
TO take his life Rosenthal rendered effec-
tive service in Memphis during the yellow
fever epidemic of 1878.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-08-24

ST. LOUIS, Mo, Aug. "a Dispatches
from several points In Missouri indicate
that the storm which did such damage at
Atchison, Kas., and Kansas City, Mo,
played havoc with the grain in stacks
and standing corn, as well as doing i'm
mense damage to houses, barns and out
houses. At Steelville the rain fell in
sheets and the streets were submerged in
places deep enough to swim Il horse Not
a bridge remains standing.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-08-24
A BOY BiGAMIST.
Although Only 1S Has Three Wives and
Has Been Divorced Once.

Although only lS HAS Ihree wives ana
Has Been Divorced Once.
BUFFALO, Aug. "a 4-Harry j. Thorner,
the 18-year-old son Of a wealthy Buffalo
merchant, is locked up IN Jail here on a
charge of having three living wives. The
police have been looking for him for some
weeks.
About a year ago he represented him
self as Harry Hamlin, the Delaware ave-
nue. millionaire, and married a pretty dry
goods clerk The girl found she had been
deceived on her wedding trip, and three
weeks later she secured divorce. Since
then Thorner is said to have married
three times.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-08-24
Labor Delegates Leaving BRUSSELS.

BRUssELs, Aug. 24-Most of the Brus-
sells Labor Congress delegates have left
for home, many Americans and English
expressing themselves much dissatisfied
with the selection of the lst Of May for
the eight hour agitation The next con-
gress is to be held at Berne. Chicago was
Objectionable to many for obvious reasons.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-08-24
Largest Paper MIN In tho world.

DENVER, Col, Aug. 24-To-day the
machinery Of one Of the largest and most
complete paper mills in the world was set
In motion in this city. Leading business
men and officials of the State were in at
tendance, and the ceremony attending the
formal opening was quite impressive.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-08-24
nls necomnosed Rodv ronnd.

LoCKPoEr, n. Y, Aug 24-The body
Of Charles w. Steele, much decomposed
and partly consumed by worms, was
found yesterday in an outbuilding, where
it Is supposed he had crawled to die
Steele was once a rich distiller an n man
of influence in the community, He lost
his property through drink
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-08-24

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 24.-Rev. Johu
Patrick Byrne, pastor Of ST. Joachim
Roman Catholic Church, Frankford,
Philadelphia, died last night of heart
failure, Father Byrne was born in Ireland
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-08-24
BASEBALL SCORES,
AT ST. LOUIS.

st. Louis.........3 0 9 o.
Columbus. .,......1 0 0 0 0 x-7
Batteries-McGm and. Darling Gastright
and Donohue.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-08-24

August is on the homsstrelch.
The Portland daily press., 1891-04-03

iuiiy rather coarsely, wrought. with many
touches of verify. 1t Is not, however. hook
" alofd pleasure or profit to the reader.
MISS Lathrop's translation is fairly good,
not without occasional awkwardness and
even some lapses into incorrect English.
Inc Illustrations In photogravure are stiff.
New York: Worthlngton. Price 80 cents.
Phil and the Baby By Mrs. Lucy G.
Lille. Mrs. Lille is one of the most re-
hned and charming Of writers for young peo-
pie. Her stories have not the high degree of
attraction-a trifle deliberate, often-of Mrs.
Burnett's work; but there is in them SYM
pathetic sincerity and a freedom from posing
that win constantly the readers good will.
Mrs. Lille evidently writes from reserve
fund of genuine accomplishments, without
strainiDg for effect; and the influence of her
books is very desirable for young readers.
Phil and the Baby Is story with plot suf-
ficiently elaborate to hold the interest from
first to last; two lost children, a case of in
terrupted memory, stately gentlewoman
waiting to take her rightful nephew to her
arms. the kind little Australian queen, pet
of the circus-these are hints of the variety
of material. Another story, False Witness.
is bound together with Phil and the Baby. to
complete the volume. 1t is sketch that
ought to be read for pleasure as well as for
its gently pointed moral. by all the girls
whose tongues are apt to run faster than
truth and good taste would impel them.
The volume is prettily bound in dark green
and silver. and is well illustrated. New
York: Harper & Brothers; Portland: Lor-
ing, Short & Harmony
The Portland daily press., 1891-04-03
The Boston Adyertiser has !

The Boston Advertiser has recently gath
cred some very suggestive facts with regard
to the losses to labor and capital by strikes to
and lockouts. which.ought to be pondered by
every laboring man and every employer of
labor From 1881 to 1886 inclusive 2,214
lockouts occurred in this country, entailing
direct loss on employers lof $3,462, 26l and to
the workmen $S.157,717. During the same
period there were 22,304 strikers, of which
1885 were successful, 1904 partially success
full and 500 entirely unsuccessful. The loss
entailed upon the strikers and help involved
was So, ,723 and upon the employers
$780, ,552. Assistance was rendered the
strikers by outside workmen In the sum of
$3,S24.557 At the conclusion Of the strikes
25,7SS of the strikers lost their employment.
For the six years the total loss to employers
by reason Of the lockouts and strikes was
$34, .S13 and to the men employed $59, 972-
44O. aggregating $94,1S6.256 squandered in
these labor disturbances from 81 to Jan. 1,
1887. The losses which these strikes and
lockouts entailed upon workmen no9 directly
engaged in them by reason of their being
called upon to assist by contributions,
amounted to nearly $5.0OO,000. But these
losses to not tell the whole story. In addi-
tion was the suffering which they brought
to women and children, and the many crimes
whose origin can be directly or indirectly
traced to them.
The Portland daily press., 1891-04-03
No Cause for Complaint.

We do not thing that anybody who fol-
lowed the testimony in the case of Judge
Hamilton will be surprised at the unanimity
OF the verdict of the jury who sat on his case,
or VIII question Its justice. The strange and
inexplicable thing is the Judges refusal to
avail himself of the privilege of resigning.
OF course that would practically have
amounted to confession that some of the
charges against him were true, but that
would have left him in better shape than
the proof which has now been given that SUBJ
stantialIy all Of them were true 1t is diff
cult to imagine by what process of reasoning
he arrived at the conclusion that it would be
better to stand trial than to resign.
The Portland daily press., 1891-04-03

have been denied none Of the rights and
privileges granted to natives, If the family Of
a native shot down by mob in Louisiana
should demand of the Federal government
that the leaders of the mob be punished, the
reply would necessarily be, first that the
FEDERAL government had nothing to do with
IT, inasmuch as it happened upon the soil Of
the State Of Louisiana and came within the
Jurisdiction of:the courts of that State; and in
the second place, that II the Federal govern.
ment could in some way get jurisdiction of
the case 1t even then could not promise the
punishment of the offenders, inasmuch as
they would still be entitled to trial by jury
and could be punished only in the event of
conviction. This reply which would have to
De made In the case Of native. has been
made In the case of an alien because it
was the only reply that could be made,
while our form Of government remains what
1t is today.
The Portland daily press., 1891-04-03

Concerning the need of new insane hos.
pital at Bangor in the near future there is no
doubt. The only question is whether the ex-
igency is such that 1t must be built immedi-
ately, or whether its construction can be
deferred few years until Names finances
are in better condition. The Augusta hos.
pital is full no doubt. but among the patients
are good many imbeciles who are beyond
treatment. and only require confinement.
They can be provided for, temporarily at
least elsewhere
The Portland daily press., 1891-04-03
CURRENT COMMENT.

KICKING AGAINST THE PRIcKs is FOOLISH.
Ellsworth Americana
To kick against the inevitable, as some of
our Maine newspapers are doing, is not the
part OF wisdom; not to accept the situation
which is forced upon us by events entirely
beyond our control. Is poor philosophy; to
lost cause for which there Is no help, Is an
unwise expenditure of writing paper and
ink; and finally to .'cry over split milk" is
worthy only of a numbering boy. Already
we have had far too much strife over this
measure; now. gentlemen. ''let us have
peace" The bitterness and undue excite
ment which have crept into speeches made
on either side of this question, have gone
into the past and cannot be recalled. The
present moment Is ours and we hope that the
future will be. Let US use them Wisely and
guard them we'll,
The Portland daily press., 1891-04-03

The Rhode Island election has resulted In
favor of the Republicans. Rhode Island is
small state; but there is a good deal of Sig
nihcance and encouragement in this result
nevertheless. When the Republican party in
the nation met Its great reverses last fall the
Democrats were very prompt to shout that
the grand old party was really done for.
Cool, hard-headed men in both parties saw
that the Democracy had won their victory
by proiting by one of those senseless panics
that occasionally will stampede the best
disciplined army or party. But the clamor
Of the unthinking carried with it a certain
amount of weight; and some Republicans,
even, have been despairing. The fight which
the Rhode Island Republicans have made
shows that the grand old party has been
rallied. and that its ranks are as solid as
ever. Rhode Island is particularly good
state to reckon by. There has been nothing
in the present campaign Except some local
jealorsies to give the Republicans any
special advantages. The newspaper that
has almost the entire monopoly of the field in
Rhode Island, is the Providence journal,
formerly Republican but now conducted in
such way as to do the greatest amount of
damage to the Republican party. The aboli-
ton of the property qualification in the state
few years ago admitted to the suffrage a
large number of new voters who have been
considered hostile to Republican principles.
Everything has seemed to be against the
party; but 1t has come up with its oldtime
vigor, and won what is really great vic
tory. 1t is evident that the people have re-
covered from their panic Of last November.
They have found that the Mckinley bill has
not made any material increases in the
prices Of articles Of common use, while, by
removing the duty on sugar, it has effected
real, large, and permanent saving for
every family in the land.
The Portland daily press., 1891-04-03
STATE OF MAINE.
BY THE GOVERNOR.
A PROCLAMATION.

In conformity with a venerated custom ~
ancient origin which has been tenderly cherished
by Christian people. do hereby, with the advice
Of the Executive Council designate and set apart
Thursday, the 10th Day of April Next. ,.
Day of Fasting and Prayer.
Let US upon that day refrain from orr cnstom.
airy vacations, and by our firesides and n,aces =,
public worship, make humble ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS NJ
OF our dependence upon Almighty God. NAV we
In humility OF spirit make confession of orr own
unworthiness, and earnestly supplcste He
strength ana guidance that we may walk the
more accepiaDly In His sight and the better per
form the duties we owe to ourselves and TO orr
fell0wmen. '" 0u'
Given at the Council Chamber at Augusta. this
twenty-sixth day of March, in the wear Of onT
Lord, one Thousand eight hundred and ninety.
one, and OF The Independence of the United
states OF America, the one hundred and
BY the Governor, EDWIN G. BURLEIGH,
NICHOLAS FEssENDEN, Secretary of State,
The Portland daily press., 1891-04-03
In other States bills are pending to give
the following amounts:

In seven States the legislatures have re-
fused to appropriate; but it is not too late
for some at least Of them to reconsider their
action before the beginning of the fair
These States are Alabama, Arkansas, Kan
sas, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee and
Texas. Sectional feeling may account for
the refusal on the part of the Southern
States; and they will probably come into
line later. Forty thousand dollars will en-
able Maine to make very good showing
beside her sister States; but less sum
would hardly do.
The Portland daily press., 1891-04-03

Names proposition to give $4,000 to Sc
cure representation of the State at the
Worlds Fair is generous enough, and about
what Will be expected of us, Many other
States have contributed greater sums; but
they are larger States. The statement of
the amounts appropriated by various States
will show that Maine intends to do as well
as other States of her size.