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The Portland daily press., 1892-05-17
E1ks' Benefit Tomorrow.

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Elks' Benefit Tomorrow.
The Elks have added another fine at
traction to their entertainment to be
given in City Hall, tomorrow evening by
securing Cain and Loreno, ateam of very
clever trapeze performers. This team
comes from Dockstader's nainstrels and
are favorites everywhere. The indications
now are that City Hall will be crowded
when the curtain goes up on the Bow
doin minstrels, who are to begin the pro-
gramme with catchy music, new jokes
and fine array of vocal telent. Don't
miss seeing Little Tuesday, who will ar
rive here from New York tonight on the
Pullman. The enterprise of the Elks in
getting this charming little lady to visit
Portland should be well recognized.
The Elks have also secured Bonney
Thornton, an English lady brought to
this country by Tony Pastor 1t must be
borne In mind evero attraction offered by
the Elks will positively appear.
Nothing like the Elk beuefit, with it's
large aggregation of well-known per-
formers, has ever been seen in Maine
before. The Maine Central and Boston
& Maine give half fare to all coming
from out of town. Get tickets at Stock
bridges.
Hermann.
Holders of Stockbridge tickets, No. g.
are informed they must exchange them
for Herman tickets. 1t does not follow
that by the exchange they will get the
same seats they held in the Stockbridge
course, so if they desire good seats they
must get them now. The performances
will be given Thursday and Friday.
The Portland daily press., 1892-05-17
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
Alvin JosIin.

The old play with Mr.. Willard in the
title role, was presented at Portland
Theatre last night to fair-sized audi
ence. The representation was not very
acceDtahIe
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-10-15
uHN. ORHsPo.

Caracas and la Guayra Now Under He
Control-His Triumph Over tho Govern
ment Forces Is Complete.
CARACAS, Venezuela, Oct 10--Caracaa
has fallen. The triumph I'd Gen. Crespo
over the government forces Is complete,
The revolution is victorious. After
defeating the army of the government
Mt San Pedro, Gen. Crespo began his
march on the capital.
Three thousand of his troops, CONF
manded by Generals Guerra, Rodriguez
and Fernandez, entered the city Of
Caracas Sunday night. Gen. Crespo,
with the balance of his army is at Cali
vira, n short distance from the city. He
will enter the capital Monday.
La Guayra is also in the hands of the
Crespoists. Gen. Crespo has triumphed
all along the line Members of the
government have either left the country
or are trying to get out as fast as they
can.
Before Crespo's detachment arrived
La Guayra was filed with rioters. Tho
news of the defeat of the government
forces created something of panida
that had not got fairly under way be-
fore the town began TO fill up with
refugees and stragglers from the army
of the Pulido government that had met
its Waterloo, and adherents of the gov>
ernment who fled from Caracas so as to
be out of the way when Crespos men
got there. There was a lot of incendi.
ary material gathered in the town. Pill.
lage and plunder soon became generak
Many houses were looted and there was
much wanton destruction of property.
How far things might have gone it is
impossible to say, if Admiral Walker,
acting with admirable energy and de.
cision, had not landed force of sailors
and marines to hold the mob in check
and preserve order. The sailors were
warmly welcomed by all who were not
themselves seeking plumber. There is
no doubt that much property and, per-
haps, many lives were preserved by the
landing of the men from the cruisers
Chicago and Kearsarge.
Fugitives from Caraccas tell me that
the roads between here and the capital
are almost impossible. They are filed
with people who are fleeing they hardly
know where, and are seeking, many of
them, to take their portable property
with them.
Stragglers and camp followers are
hurrying and scurrying to get to the
seaside, thus adding to the general
confusion.
1t is rumored that Pulido and the
members of his cabinet embarked from
here and got safely on boalN some ves-
sells that will carry them all beyond
Crespo's reach.
The advent of the Crespoists was
hailed with delight. They met with
no resistance. There was no organized
force to oppose them. The remnant of
the government forces that had reached
here was without officers to command
it. The officers had deserted.
Amid the confusion one fact stands
out as clear as the MONDAY sun-the
revolution has triumphed =,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-10-15
DRUNKENNESS
Existing Among Queen Victoria's First
Ladies.
IL Causes No End OF Gossip in Old England
The New Fashion of Young Girls
smoking Cigars Spreading at
AN Alarming Rate.

LONDON, Oct. S.--A sharp and proba-
bly, salutary shock has been given to
high social circles by the startling eX-
posures in regard to the prevalence of
drunkenness among aristocratic ladies
made by Lady Frederick Cavendish and
the duchess of Bedford, at the Church
congress, Hitherto allegations of wide
spread drinking practices among women
of rank and fashion have been deemed
prejudiced gossip, but nothing that ru-
nor ever suggested equals the out
spoken revelations made by these highly
placed leaders of society.
Lady Frederick Cavendish said that
she had been recently staying at a
country mansion where roomy dining
room chairs were still used, the seats
were deeply curved to save the gentle
men from falling out after dinner; and
although heavy drinking had been
abandoned by the men, the
women were becoming inveterate
tipplers; that many ladies have
recourse to picli-me-ups at II
a. m., brandy and soda during the
day, wine at dinner and something hot
at bed time. She said she knew a young
lady who could not get through the ex-
ertions of the London season without
taking cordial" pretty name for a
dram, kept handy at tea; and that after
a certain morning concert lady beside
her called for q ''whitecup," a deceptive
name for champagne cup.
Lady Cavendish protested especially
against the new fashion of young La
dies, and old ones, too, accompanying
gentlemen to the smoking room after
dinner and sharing not only cigars, but
also the spirits. She said that dis
tinguished physician had assured her
that many ladies who were living
idle lives had consulted him for ner-
perfect unconciousness on their
part, condition of alcoholism
bordering on delirium tremens; but
that alcohol was not the only fashion.
able failing, as chloral, chlorodync and
morphia were taken in secrecy in
boudoirs, and were adding to the
maladies of modern life. nThe duchess
of Bedford, taking up the theme, put
the blame for these evils on the strain
ing of nerve power through the sup
posed eXigent demands of society unit!
the nerves required FLIP. The argu'
ment of the necessity of stimulation
she said, afforded but the very slightest
protection against temptation. The
real remedies were avoidance of mis-.
chievous forms of excitement, together
with total abstinence. The Duchess
maintained that moderation" was
a very elastic term, and would
not meet the evils like abstinence
1t was a serious thing, she said
for Christian workers pledged to
fight the drinking practices of society
to reject the practice of abstinence; and
she besought everybody interested to
avoid the banter and jesting too com.
monty used in reference to the greatest
evil of modern life.
The wife of Archbishop Benson, Sir
VIM. Herschel, the dean of Rochester,
and others, continued in similar
strain. The whole topic is deeply stir.
ring the social elite.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-10-15
THE DALToNs.
'Bob" whhed to surpass the Jesse James
Record To DO It His Band Must Rob
Two Banks at tho Same Time.

"Bob" Whhed to surpass the Jesse James
Record--To DO It His Band Must Rob
Two Banks ut tho same Time.
CoFFEYvILLE, Kas, Oct. 7.-The
streets were packed Thursday with
crowds of excited people from all parts
of this section, attracted by the terri
BILE Dalton tragedy of Wednesday. On
every street corner, in every alley,
stand groups of citizens easily discuss
| ing the attempted bank robbery of
Wednesday, with it's attendant tragic
results. At the city Jail an awning has
been improvised, under which lie the
four dead bandits in coffins provided by
the county, with a guard to see they
are not disturbed. Since morning
procession of sight-seers, which seems
to be never ending, has viewed the dead
outlaws.
The stairway leading to the room
where Emmett Dalton lies is at all
times surrounded by crowd of men
and women, who do their utmost to
persuade the guard to let them pass up
the stairway to the wounded man. All
sorts of reasons are advanced by these
people for their requests but, with
few exceptions, they are not complied
with.
Through the courtesy of Sheriff Cal
| lahan, reporter was allowed to enter
the ROOM Emmett was weak from loss
of blood, and talked little. He said: 81
met the boys last Saturday near Tulsa,
and in the course of their talk they
asked me how much money mad. re-
piled $50. They said they had 5000, and
then told me of their plan to rob both
banks of Coffeyville in one day. Bob
said he wanted to lower Jesse James
record. l tried to persuade him not to
try it, but did not succeed, as he had
a grudge against the town, and wanted
revenge for what he had heard
the people here were saying and trying
to do about us. l had no money to
leave the country on, and l also did not
think we could get away if we came. 1
finally consented. We knew the lay OF
the land thoroughly, and it was agreed
that Bob and 1 should take the First
national and the others Condon's bank.
Bob thought he and l were better than
any six of the others, and, knowing the
| First national to be the hardest to rob,
we selected that and assigned Condon's
to the Others"
He stated that he was an own cousin
of the Younger brothers, and until he
knew that the other boys were dead he
refused to say anything, but when their
dead bodies were carried up to him for
inspection, he identified them as Bob
and Grattan Dalton, Tom Evans and
Jack Moore. He shed tears as he gazed
on his dead brothers.
The names he gave to the two latter
men are not the names they are known
by in this section, but they are not
their real names. These are withheld
from the public for good reasons, but
their names are known.
The dead bandits We're buried here
Thursday afternoon in the city cem-
etery in q lot owned by the Dalton
family. The bodies were carried to the
grave in transfer wagons, without a
single mourner or sympathizing friend
to assist in the last rites. Cashier
Ayres was resting easy Thursday night.
He will probably recover.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-10-15
THE DEAD SHOT.
Whenever Liveryman Spears, of CofTey
vile, Kan, Pulls Il Trigger Something
success.


Whenever Liveryman Spears, of Coney-
Vile, Kan, Pulls Trigger Something
Drops.
CHICAGO, Oct. ST. know Liveryman
Spears, of Coffeyville, Kas., whose
deadly aimput three of the Dalton gang
out of the way Wednesday, very well, :"
said r. A. Dixon, of Kansas City, to a
reporter at the Palmer house Friday,
and can fully subscribe to all that the
dispatches say relative to his skill as a
marksman. have been prairie chicken
hunting with him on several occasions,
and he invariably missed less shots than
any other man in the party. Indeed, it
was SO unusual for him ever to miss
shot that when he did it was
always the subject of inquiring COM
ment He was without exception the
quickest shot 1 ever saw. Repeat.
edly l have seen him when the
wagon chanced to run on and
frighten birds drop the reins,
seize his gun and kill couple of
birds while the rest of us seldom got in
more than one shot. "The rifle, how,
ever, was his favorite weapon, and his
skill with it was truly remarkable. The
only wonder to me is that Spears did
not kill the whole crowd of outlaws be-
fore any one else had q chance to fire q
shot"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-10-15
TIE DEAD POET
England's Poet Crosses over the River
Ills Passing Away Was Calm and Peace

England's Poet Crosses over the River
Ills Passing Away Was Calm and Peace
ful.
LONDON, Oct. 7.--Lord Alfred Tenny.
son died at 1885 Thursday morning, AT
his house in Aldworth Surrey. Sir
Andrew Clarke, DIR. Dobbs and the
poets family were at his bedside when
he breathed his last
His passing away was calm and peace
full. Sir. Andrew Clark, who attended
the poet in his last hours, said, in an
interview with a representative of tho
International Telegram Co., just after
leaving the death chamber, that Lord
Tennyson's end was beautiful.
'In all my experience" said the emil
nent physician, II never witnessed any
thing more glorious. There were no
artificial lights in the chamber. All
was darkness, except for the silver light
of the full moon, which fell upon the
bed and played across the features of
the dying poet like the halo in one OF
Rembrandt's pictures"
Hallam Tennyson, the poets son, said:
1.-THE end was beautiful, calm and pain.
less. He passed away as if in sleep.
The watchers could hardly distinguish
the final moment"
Twice during the night the dying
man smiled upon those around the bed
side, indicating that he was conscious
and recognized them, but he was toe
feeble to speak.
Lady Tennyson bears her af1liction
with fair degree of fortitude but is
nearly Frustrated by grief and fatigue.
Soon after the poets death the sky,
which had been clear, became clouded
and the light of the moon was obscured.
Shortly afterward rain fell heavily, and
the scene contrasted strongly with that
which had illumined the parting hours
of the great poet.
The last words spoken by Lord Ten
nyson were few affectionate utter
ancCs addressed to his wife about an
hour before his death
Throughout his illness Lord Tenny-
son showed grateful appreciation of
every kindness and attention extended
to him. Until he became too feeble to
speak he frequently thanked the doc
tors and nurses as well as the members
of the household who ministered to his
wants.
When the queens kilograms of in
quiry as to the sick mans condition
were received, Hallam Tennyson read
them to his father, who listened with
evident pleasure.
About 1880 Wednesday evening the
dying man swallowed with apparent
difficulty some brandy and milk given
to him by the physicians. This was the
last nourishment ne was able to receive.
Thereafter he gradually grew weaker
until the heart censed TO hent
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-10-15
Mrs. Hlarrison's Disease.

WASHINGTON, Oct Aside from the
usual changes characteristic in com
sumptive cases, there has been nc
particular alteration in the condition OF
Mrs. Harrison since she was brought to
Washington from Loon lake, about two
weeks ago Although critically i'll, and
in condition where a new complica-
ton might speedily prove fatal, her
case is noG absolutely hopeless, and in.
stances are known where persons in a
similar extremely dangerous condition
have SO far recovered as to enjoy COM
paratively fair health for years. Such
instances are rare, however.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-10-15
MOONSHINERS
Kill Deputy Collector spurrier, Fa-
nous Raider, and Others.
Tho Doomed Men Sell Their Lives as Dear
ly as Possible-Lender Patrick, of the
Outlaws, Among the Dead, While
Others Flee TO the Mountains, %

NASHVILLE \ Tenn, Oct. S.-Four
moonshiners ambushed a party of six
internal revenue officers in Lincoln
county, near the Alabama line, early
Friday morning and assassinated three
of them.
The balance fought desperately and
drove three moonshiners from the field,
the fourth being killed in the fight.
General Deputy Collector Joe L. Spur
rier, the famous raider of wildcat dis
tilleries led the revenue officers.
1t seems he was lured into a. trap by
u letter telling him of the alleged loca-
ton of ten barrels of wildcat brandy.
He organized party and was on the
way to seize it. Friday morning he and
five other revenue officers had just
reached the top of a plateau, when a
deadly volley was fred into their backs.
Deputy Collector S. d. Mather fell
dead from his horse with twelve buck,
shot in his head. Capt. Spurrier re-
ceived rifle ball through his spine
that completely paralyzod him and he
will die.
General Deputy Collector c. S. Card
WELL who is brother-in-law of Fight
ing Phil Thompson, of Kentucky, re-
ceived ten buckshot in his left side and
died after reaching Flintville, Friday
afternoon. His body will be taken to
Nicholasville, KY, Saturday. When
they were fired on the three uninjured
revenue officers turned and fought the
moonshiners. Deputy Collector q. s.
Robinson killed the leader, named Pat
rick, and the others then fed. They
were not recognized. All the revenue
men were old raiders.
Joe Spurrier has been in the business
twelve years, and has always been a
terror to moonshiners He was brought
here Friday night in a dying condition.
Deputy Collector S. d. Mather was 43
years old, and an old confederate sol.
dier. General Deputy Collector Creed
Cardwell was sent here from Kentucky
in January to assist in breaking up
wildcatting. The scene of the tragedy
is notorious for desperate moonshiners
The country is rough and sparsely set'
tied, and every season raid after raid
has been made by Mr.. Spurrier with
success He was the most cordially
hated man in the service, because of his
success
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-10-15
MEDAL FOR SPEARS.
His Chicago Admirers VIII Do the Ha

His Chicago Admirers VIII Do the Hand
some Thing by Him.
CHICAGO, Oct. 10.-Liveryman Spears,
who demonstrated his ability as a dead
shot at bank robbers at Coffeyville,
Kas., the other day, has some warm adj
mirers among the banking fraternity in
Chicago. A subscription list was dis
played on Cashier Hoag's desk at
the First national bank, which
stated that the object was to
raise money to present Mr.. Spears
with a gold medal as showing appre-
citation for the dispatch with which he
terminated the careers of the three
desperadoes. The ink had hardly got
dry on the heading of the subscription
list before 1920 was subscribed, and
then the list was closed, as it was
thought the sum was sufficient for the
purpose The order has been placed
for handsome gold medal, which will
have engraved upon one side a picture
of Mr.. Spears with his deadly riHA
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-10-15
INSANE FROM JOY.
A Young Lady Meets Her Long Absent
Mother and Loses Her Mind.

Young Lady Meets Her Long Absent
Mother and Loses Her Mind.
WILKEsBARRE, Pa, Oct. Ga sad
story comes from Ashley, this county.
John Barney was divorced from his wife
twelve years ago. He at once went
West, taking his five-year-old daughter
with him. The divorced wife continued
to reside at Ashley. She always ex-
pressed a desire to have her daughter
with her She wrote appealing
letters to her divorced husband to send
their child east. The husband, how
ever, was obdurate. One day last week
he relented and sent her east. She ar
rived in Ashley Saturday Her mother
was at the depot to meet her daughter
Overjoyed at meeting her mother the
girl became violently insane
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-10-15
BroI,e Anotber Record.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Oct. S.-W. w.
Windle rode mile at Hampden park
Friday morning with flying start in
2;02 3-5, beating the worlds record,
previously held by him, in 2:O4 As, and
Nancy Hanks best record of 2:O4 The
trial was made in strong wind, and
he was paced by two triplets, each talk
ing him half mile. Not only did he
beat the mile record, but the half-mile,
the time being O:59 4-5. The record
made is official, the regular corps of of
ticials having charge. Time by quar-
ters: First quarter, 0:29 2-5; half mile,
O;59 40; three-quarters, 1880 40; mile,
2:O9 3-5
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-10-15
BOUNDARY SURVEY.
somo of Our Territory Thrown Into Mex
leo by 1t.

eomo oil Our Territory Thrown Into Mex
leo by 1t.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Oct. 10.-F. P.
Carrollo, a merchant of Frontera, Mex,
which was supposed to be located on
the line between Mexico and the United
States, arrived here Sunday He states
that the international boundary survey
has been completed some distance past
that place, and that the old boundary
line has been greatly changed. The
custom-house at Frontera was found to
be nearly four miles south of the line,
and its removal to the line has been or
iered. Several rich mining properties,
which for the past several years have
been worked under the United States
mining laws, are in Mexico under the
new survey, and the owners are very
much exercised, as it means heavy
loss to them on account of the duties on
the ore, which is smelted in the United
States. Those engaged in making the
survey have suffered many hardships
owing to the lack of water and many
desertions from the laboring corps have
occurred
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-10-15
nonch Me1loIne Exniodos.

ST.. LOUIS, Oct. s. s.-Mary MeclSle, aged
20. and Mrs. Elizabeth Meckle, aged s5,
were killed Friday night by an ex-
plosion at their residence on Howard
street. The woman placed mixture
of camphor and benzine in a closet to
kill some reaches. About o'clock
they went to the closet to see if the
mixture had had any effect. 1t being
dark they lit a match and an explosion
followed. The generated gas canght
fire, the flames communicating to the
women's clothing The younger one
died in fifteen minutes, the other one
lingering for some time. The side Of
the house was blown out
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-10-15
A New Feature in Vessels.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7.-The two naval
ships for which proposals were issued
by the navy department last week will
contain new feature in modern naval
construction, and which our navy will
be the first to adopt. Each vessel will
contain three smoke tunnels 100 feet
high, or higher by thirty or forty feet
than any smokestack on naval or mer.
chant ships, with the exception of the
English merchant steamer Scot, which
has adopted new stack. These stacks,
it is thought. will do away with forced
draft
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-10-15
A SECRET RAND
Was Formed to Free the Tennessee Con-
VictS. SRYS Il Witness.

Was Formed to Free the Tennessee Con-
victs, Says Witness.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Oct. Sd. B.
Monroe, alleged leader of the miners,
now being tried for murder and rioting,
denies in detail having any connection
with the miners in their riotous ac-
tions, and accuses John Hatmaker OF
being the guilty party.
James Degruchy, an Englishman who
has been in Jail here since the riots, and
who gloried in being an anarchist when
arrested, followed. He gave in detail
how Monroe had been initiated as lead.
er, and swore many more of the miners
into the secret organization, who were
all to eXterminate the troops and re-
lease the convicts, no matter how much
blood-shed it would take.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-10-15
Marshal Arrested for Pocket Plolsin,

COLUMBUS, O., Oct. 7,-Walter Hays,
marshal OF billiards, village twelve
miles from here, was locked up in the
county Jail Thursday ON charge OF
pocket picking. Marshal Hays brought
Charles Cox to the Jail Tuesday to await
the grand jury's finding on the charge
that Cox had picked the pockets OF
Frank Winegardner while the latter
lay drunk in a saloon in billiards.
Thursday it was learned that not only
was an indictment found ag ainst Cox,
but also the officer who brought him to
jail. Hays declares he is the victim Df
. conspiracy.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-10-15
Her Life for a pog.l

LANSING, Mich. Oct. 1O,-One year ago
John Hopp was struck by Michigan
Central express train and instantly kill
ed, portions of his body being strewn
along the track for several rods. Sat-
urday his wife, while walking along the
track of that road with flowers to place
upon the grave of her husband, was
struck by apassenger train and Instant
ly killed. She lost her own life in res
cuing her pet dog.