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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-05-19
A WATERSpOUT
Weakens q Bridge on the st. Louis
and Hannibal Road
The Engine Passed over in Safety, Nut the
Tender NJ d combination Baggage and
Mail Car Went Through-A Dozen
Persons Moro or Less Injured.

HANNIBAL, Mo-, May 11.-Passenger
train No. on the St Louis & Hannibal
road, which left here Thursday morn
ing, went through bridge over PEN
non creek, about two and a half miles
south of Frankford. There was a
waterspout in that locality Thursday
night and one end of the bridge was
undermined.
The bridge looked as usual to Engi-
neer Powrie, and he went over it at q
speed not exceeding ten miles an hour
The engine passed over in safety, but
the tender and combination baggage
and mail car went through. The coach
remained on the track. No one was
killed, but R. W. Cobb, the express
agent, is in precarious condition, and
DIR. Prewitt has been summoned from
St Louis
General Manager Jordan and chief
surgeon went to the scene of the wreck
by special train at once, and brought
the injured to this city. The list of in-
jured is as follows:
r. w. Cobb, express messenger, Han.
nibal, skull fractured, cut on forehead
and bruised. 1t is impossible to say
what will be the result of his injuries
until he has reacted from the shock.
c. II. Harris, postal clerk, Hannibal,
cut on head, rib broken, hand burned
and body bruised in many places. Will
recover
j. A. Lane, Quincy, ILL.,, commercial
traveller, leg hurt cut on head and
bruises.
f. Cartright, Liberty. Mo-, CONNER.
cial traveller, arm and face bruised and
one tooth knocked out
Dan Hafner, Of the Elliott-Dulaney
Co., Hannibal; slightly bruised.
ID. Welch, Hannibal; left wrist and
leg bruised
Ed Toner, fireman; leg injured.
John Garland, brakeman; bruised.
Mrs. s. M. Hartsook and two chill
dren; bruised. The lady is the wife OF
the agent at New London.
All trains on the road were aban.
doned Thursday.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-05-19
A KANSAS MOB.
Two Men Who Caused the Murder of An
other Lynched.

Two Men Who Caused the Murder of An.
other Lynched.
TOPEKA, Kan, May 1O.-Two of the
murderers of H. S. Corley, of Wallace
county, Kan, were lynched by the cit
liens of Sharon Springs on Monday
night Corley was killed on April 80,
with garden hoe. Fred Mckinley
made full confession of the crime,
and implicated his father, William Nc
Kinley, and his elder brother, Louis
Mckinley, who planned the murder,
leaving the execution of it to Fred, the
younger brother.
The three men We're arraigned in
court on Monday, where Fred pleaded
guilty, but his father and brother de-
MED all knowledge of the crime. Will
liam and Louis Mckinley We're placed
in Jail at Sharon Springs, from which
they were forcibly taken at late hour
on Monday night and hanged to rail-
road bridge near the town. Fred Nc.
Kinley had previously been. removed
from the Jail and pla ced under a special
guard or he would probably have
shared the fate of the others.
The murdered man had recently mar
ried daughter of Mckinley, and it is
stated that he agreed to pay the father
5000 for his consent. After the mar
riage he declined to make the pay.
,nent, and the relatives prevailed upon
Fred. who is only II years old, to kill
him
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-05-19
A SOUL IN COURT.
Curious Will Case Awaiting Decision IN
Buffalo.

Curious Will Case Awaiting Decision IN
Buffalo.
BUFFALO, N. Y, May 1.-THE surro-
gate of Erie county will be compelled
to pass upon the question of the i'm.
mortality of the soul, by reason Of
will contest just brought in his
court The circumstances are that
one day last January, Mrs. Catharine
Baclus, a resident of the east side, died
leaving $1,000 in the bank and several
adult children. In her will she be.
queathed the whole sum IN trust to
Nicholas Dashman to be used by him
to pay for masses for the benefit of the
soul of the deceased and her husband.
The children contested the will, the
attorney raising the point that the soul
of Mrs. Baclzus can not receive any ben
eft from masses; that even if it could
soul has no standing in temporal
court and the trust is illegal because
it is not for the benefit of any living
human being. That the existence of n
soul is not subject to proof and that
any trust for the benefit of something
which may not even exist is not war.
ranted by law. That in any event the
money would not actually go to the
soul, but to some church, thus giving
the trustee too much discretionary
power.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-05-19
MILLS STAND.
The Texas Senator voies Against Specific
Duties--.Line of Policy of Both Parties
In Disposiur of Amendments Outlined.

The Texas Senator voics Against Specific
Duties--.Line of Policy of Both Parties
in Disposing of Amendments Outlined.
WASHINGTON, May 12.-The line OF
policy to be pursued by both repub.
licans and democrats in disposing
of the amendments to the tariff
bill reported by Senator Jones,
of Arkansas was indicated in Fri.
days session with great clearness.
Any substitute or amendment to Mr..
Jones' schedules offered by repub.
lican was laid on the table by the ma.
jority. When the vote was reached on
amendments reported by Senator
Jones, the republicans supported them
as being an advance of duty over the
rate fixed by the Wilson bill and the
bill reported by the senate finance
committee.
Where an article originally on the
free list in the democratic bills was
given specific duty, Senator Mills, oi
Texas, voting mo-" but when an ad
valorem rate was provided, he answer:
ed AYE" with his democratic col
leages, for its adoption
This course will be followed through.
out the consideration of the amend.
ments pending before the senate until
the final vote upon the adoption of the
bill, when the republicans will vote
against the measure as a whole and
will hope for enough democratic aid tc
bent it
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-05-19
INDIANA LOYAL LEGION.

Gen. Lew Wallace Is Elected Commands
for Next Year.
ANDERSON, Ind, May 12.-The an
nual meeting of the loyal legion o.
Indiana was held here Friday evening
Officers elected are:
Commander, Gen. Lew Wallace, o.
Charlottesville; senior vice commander
Maj. c. Il. Doxey, Anderson; junior
vice commander, Capt. d. Z. Allen
Frankfort; recorder, Capt. b. b. Peck
Indianapolis; register, Capt. John NJ
Boge, Indianapolis; Capt. Horac,
Mckay, Indianapolis; chancellor, Capt
j. II. Munzy, R,rshville; chaplain, Maj
E. r, Lucas, Indianapolis.
At the Hotel Doxey, at 7:3O o'clock
Maj. Charles I. Doxey rendered th'
loyal legion n complimentary dinner
Then followed pretty reception at tn
Anderson club.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-05-19
OoxEY IN OoMMrTTnA
0e Has his Little Talk on the Nc eGans
Resolution.

| WASHINGTON, May 10.-Thers was
an unusually large attendance Of mem.
bers Of the house committee on labor
at its meeting Wednesday, drawn
there largely on the expectation
that Gen" Coxey probably would
be in attendance to speak on
Representative McGann's resolution
for the appointment of joint
committee of the senate and house to
investigate the canse of the prevailing
industrial depression. The general was
early at the capitol in company of Col
A. L. Redstone of Washington. Mr..
Coxey presented petition from the
commonweal army that he and Carl
Browne be permitted to address the
committee in behalf of Coxey's bills
for construction Of good roads and for
the issue of non-interest-bearing
bonds.
Coxey supplemented the reading Of
the petition with brief statement,
and then answered questions put to him
by members of the committee. There
are, he said, billions Of dollars worth
of improvements throughout the coun-
try to be made, and there are millions
of men to make them. There is but
one thing standing in the way, and
that is money. The passage of his two
bills would solve the industrial depres-
sion and set all men at work.
He asked for 90 per cent. of the peo-
pie the same privileges as were enjoyed
by one per cent-the national banking
class, who alone are represented in
congress. Mr.. Ryan 3D., Of N. W
pressed Mr. Coxey for proof of this as
sertion.
Have you any showing to make, my
proofs to offer, that you represent 90
per cent OF the people?" asked Mr.
Ryan.
NO." said Coxey, after thinking o
moment, 81 don't claim that
This closed Coxey's hearing and the
general retired.
]. e. Dean, a member of the execu.
tive committee of the Farmers ALI.
ance, followed with recital of the de-
pressed condition of labor.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-05-19
A SHOWER OF BADGES.
Relics of tho Presidential Campaigns
Thirty Years Ago.

Relies of tho Presidential Campaigns OF
Thirty Years Ago.
New YORK, May 12.-Workmen tear
ing down a rear two-story building
near the northwest corner of Twenty.
third and Fourth avenue were greatly
excited when a shower of what
looked like gold eagles fell upon them
on the timber. Work was suspend
ed, and there was rush or a general
scramble for the treasure. 1t was soon
found, however, that the shining disks
were not coins. They were campaign
badges of a generation ago. They were
tokens worn by Lincoln men and Nc.
Clellan men in 1864 and emblems of the
Grant and the Seymour followers in
1868. Altogether, there were about so,
600 of them Some of them had tiny like.
nesses of the men in whose honor they
were worn, and others had various de.
vices which would stir the blood of old
time politicians who have long ago for
gotten them. George II. Boyer, owner
of the premises, had the badges boxed
up and removed to safe place. The
building was occupied for several years
beginning in 1874 by man named
Montrell, who made fortune by man
ufacturing these badges He disap
peared several years ago
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-05-19

TERRrBr, n CRIME.
checking killing Of = Family Of -Four,
hut One Little (siri Escaptne.

hut One Little Girl Escaping.
MILAN, Mo. May. IL. Gus Weeks, his
wife and two children were murdered
in cold blood, near Browning. Another
Of the children of the murdered couple
was SO badly injured that it is not
expected she will recover. She is z
years old.
VIM. +. and George Taylor, brothers,
the former banker in Browning, the
latter farmer, are charged with for
gerry, larceny and arson. VIM. Taylor,
Gus Meelss and others were jointly in
dicted. Meeks pleaded guilty and was
sentenced at the last term of court to
the penitentiary, but Gov. Stone par
doned him for the purpose of having
him used as witness against the Tay-
lor brothers
The mother of Meelss says that her
son received letter from the Taylors,
Mt Browning, pursuant to an agree.
ment, telling him to be in readiness to
go away at 10 o'clock Friday night
The murdered man and his family got
into the wagon which was brought and
started for Browning. En- route they
were attacked and murdered.
On the strength of descriptions fur
nished by the girl the sheriff has ar
rested Sharon Mccullough, of Gould,
and George Hewlett, of Lime county,
as accomplices in the crime. The Tay.
lor brothers have not been caught
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-05-19
BLOOD FLOWS.
4 ScufF,c For Train Precipitates q
Skirmish.
The Coxeyites Retreated, Breaking .
switch and Piling Rocks on the Track,
But Afterwards Removing Them
wild Times In Washington state.

TACOMA, WASH, May 1L-A fight
took place at North Yakima Wednes-
day evening between marshals and
industrials Deputy Marshal Chidcster
and Jollick of Tacoma were shot, the
first named in the leg and the latter
through the bowels. Twenty shots
were fred in the melee. Savage, Wea-
YER and McAdce, all Seattle citizens,
received flesh wounds from revolver
shots Buck" n Seattle Coxeyite, who
is the leader of the crowd, had two
fingers broken with n club.
Great excitement reigns at Yakima.
The fight was result OF the. determi-
nation on the part of the Coxeyites to
not leave a train, which had been held
there since 10 o'clock. The deputies
determined to take the train. The in
dustrials swarmed over the train and
outnumbered the marshals The lat
ter gave up, after two attempts to
oust the army, and steamed back
to Yakima, two miles from the
scene of the scuffle, and side.
tracked. The deputies from Top.
penish responded to Chidester's de.
mands for re-enforcements, and %
more went from Ellensburg. At 2
o'clock Wednesday evening the train
backed to the bridge over the Yakima
river. mile from the town. Half the
population followed. The Coxeyites
boarded the train to the number Of
$50, and one of them attempted to un-
set a brake. A deputy ordered him to
stop On his refusal the deputy pro-
ceeded to pull him away. The Cox
eyites began clubbing the deputy, and
then the shooting commenced. The
CoXeyites retreated, breaking switch
and piling rocks on the tracks, but aft
erwards removing them. AS soon as
the fight was begun stones were thrown
at the engineer and firemen in an at.
tempt to dislodge them. The train
backed into Selah station after the
fight, where it is now. Surgeon
Hill has gone from Yakima to
attend the wounded. Adjt Fit
ting, of Seattle, went to Yakima
from Ellensburg, Wednesday evening,
and demanded food and shelter for
the army. The city council granted
leave to sleep in the city hall Wednes.
day night and food will probably be
given them. Marshal Frake left here
Wednesday night at II o'clock for the
scene. All along the line the army is in
an ugly mood Thirty industrials left
Ellensburg Wednesday night to walk
over the mountains to Wenatcho, on
the Great Northern, where they hope
to get transportation to Spokane and
possibly to st. Paul.
SPOKANE, Wash, May 11.-Judge
Hanford has issued an injunction re-
straining all persons from interfering
with or trespassing upon property of
the Great Northern. Any one so doing
will be guilty of contempt of court and
liable to immediate arrest
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-05-19
OPERATORS STAND
On Prices of Coal In the Pittsburgh Min.
ing District.

On Prices OF Coal I'm the Pittsburgh Min.
ing District.
PITTSBURGH, May IA largely at
tended and important meeting of rail
road coal operators of the Pittsburgh
district was held, and after n discus.
sion of the strike situation, special
committee was appointed to meet
like committee of the river
operators of the district for the
purpose of trying to effect
an agreement between then
on the question of uniformity. This
joint conference will be held Friday
afternoon. At Fridays general
meeting of river and railroad operator.
the result of Thursdays meeting will be
made known and both parties to the
agreement will take action on what
prices and terms they will insist upon
at the Cleveland convention, to be held
on the 18th inst.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-05-19
RPS DEATH.
The Elephant Dies After Several Hours o,
Agony-A Second Dose OF Cyanide Of Po.
tnssium Ends the Brute's Misery.

The Elephant Dies After several Hours OF
Agony-A Second Dose OF Cyanide OF Po.
tassium Ends the Brute's Misery.
NEW YORK, May IL. Elephant TIP
was unquestionably great sinner in
his day, but he is being greatly sinned
against in his taking off. Park Com
missioners Clausen, Strauss and Bell,
accompanied by Superintendent Smith
and Secretary Burns, arrived at Central
park at o'clock Friday morning, in
company with Drs. Huntington, Allen
and Spitzka. AT 6:5s they gave Tip a
carrot in the cavity of which was two
ounces of cyanide OF potassium. The
elephant swallowed it and then elected
it. Afterward he was given an apple
with similar dose, which he swal.
lowed. Another dosed apple and a
piece of bread charged with cyanide OF
potassium he refused to touch.
New YORK, May 12. Tip. the ele.
plant in the Central Park menagerie,
died Friday afternoon at 4:80 o'clock,
after many hours of agony. Such a
botched piece of work has never been
accomplished by men skilled in tanning
wild animals or in saving wild ami
NAL from unnecessary cruelty and suf-
fering. From 6 a. m. until p. m. the
great king of the forest went shudder-
ing from one convulsion into another,
under the influence of cyanide of potas-
sium, which had been given him.
The first dose of the poison, twenty
capsules, was not sufficient to put a
quick and painless end to his life. AT
ter many consultations between Super
intendent Smith, of the menagerie, and
Superintendent Hankinson, of the So
ciety for the prevention of cruelty to
animals, it was resolved at o'clock to
administer another dose of poison. The
second dose finally proved effective.
Capt. Collins, in charge of squad OF
park policemen, kept the crowd back.
No one was allowed within 200 yards OF
the elephant house. In the earlier
hours of the day the crowd was allowed
within fifty yards of the elephant
house.
Matters at S:15 o'clock Friday after
noon seemed to be reaching a climax.
At that hour fifteen capsules of cyanide
of potassium were given to Tip in q
dish of bran. The great beast went
into convulsions and thrashed about at
a tremendous rate. In his wild strug-
giles he broke the chains which con.
fined him.
The attendants seemed to be panic
stricken. Tip was loose in his pen,
and their lives were in danger. Two
men were Immediately sent for guns
with which to shoot Tip if it became
necessary. 1t was feared that Tip
might break out of his pen.
The reserves were not required, how
ever, for the huge beasts struggles
quickly ended, and as the poison be-
gan to work he fell to the ground and
died.
Tip had killed four men and manned
several others. He weighed about
twenty thousand pounds.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-05-19
MONUMENT TO MARY.
Long Delayed Honor to the Mother of the
Father of His Country.

Long Delayed Honor to the Mother Of the
Father of His Country.
FREDERICKsBURG, Va, May 1.-THE
nation does honor Thursday to the
memory of the mother of the ''Father
of His Country" In the presence of the
chief magistrate of the country, sur
rounded by his constitutional advisers,
by the justices of the supreme court,
by many senators and members of the
house of representatives, and by the
patriotic men and women from many
states, and amid the booming of cam
non and patriotic cheers from thou
sands OF throats, the monument erected
to the memory of Mary, mother Of
George Washington, was dedicated and
unveiled Thursday. The little town
was gorgeously decorated in honor of
the occasion, and nature smiled her
benediction.
The monument unveiled Thursday is
a plai. -lonolith of granite, fifty feet
high and stands upon base eleven
feet square. The base bears this sim
pie inscription: Mary, the Mother Of
Washington" 1t has been paid for by
contributions from almost every state
in the union, and stands at the head of
her hitherto neglected grave, a quarter
of mile beyond the city limits. The
event of the day is the elimination of
the efforts of Mrs. Margaret Hetzel, of
Virginia, and Mrs Amelia c. Waite,
widow of the late chief justice of the
United States. These brought into eX-
istence the Mary Washington Memor.
ial association. They received the coop
GRAFTON of many patriotic northern and
southern women. 1t is five years since
the first subscription was received. Six.
ty years ago Cyrus Burrows, Il patriotic
citizen of New York, offered to bear
the whole expense Of the monument.
The cornerstone was laid in May,
1888, by President Andrew jackson, in
the presence of his cabinet, the su.
preme court and an immense concourse
of spectators. A sudden reverse in the
fortunes of the New Yorker, how
ever prevented him completing his
voluntary task, and the. cornerstone
has long since disappeared before
the invasion of vandals and relic hunt
erS.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-05-19
ALLEN-CoxEY RESOLUTION.
1t Comes Up in the Senate and Senator
Gordon Has Il Few Words to Say.

1t Comes Up in the Senate and Senator
Gordon Has Il Few Words to Say.
WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE Allen
Coxey resolution coming before the
senate, Mr. Gordon o., Ga.) addressed
the senate. He looked upon the CoXey
movement, he said, from southern
standpoint 1t appeared to him to
teach a lesson over which senators
might wisely and gravely ponder.
The movement had its inspira-
tion in paternalism. Divisions and
corps We're moving on the capital from
every quarter of the compass, save the
south. That was marvellous fact.
The reason of the isolation of the south
was not the absence of poverty there,
but it was that the war and it's lessons
had taught that people Though the
most relentless of all taskmakers) the
necessity of relying on their own man
hood, the necessity of relying not on
government, but on their own right
arms
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-05-19
Richard croser's Resignation.

New YORK, May 11.-Richard Croker,
who has successfully directed the af'
fairs of Tammany hall for the past
nine years, resigned his leadership
Thursday afternoon, as he said ha
would do. His resignation was accept.
ed by the executive committee, and the
action of the executive committee was
ratified by the committee on organiza.
ton Thursday evening. He is now but
one of the $4,000 members of the gen.
eral committee of the organization
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-05-19
Reds Learn HOW to Kick.

WAsHINGToN, May 1.-Two delega.
tions of full blooded and half-breed In.
dians from the Ponca and Usage tribes
in Oklahoma are in the city
to discuss reservation matters
with interior department Off
cials The Poncas are headed by
Standing Buffalo, who with his associ
ate made visit to the bureau of In
dian affairs Friday. They had an un
satisfactory interview with Acting
Commissioner Armstrong, who charac.
terizcd the chief as "a chronic grum.
bier and kicker"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-05-19
immigration.

WAsHINGToN, May TO- Representative
McGann, chairman of the labor COM
mittee, predicts that turn in the tide
of immigration is not far off, and When
it comes it will offer the solution to tho
depressed condition of American la Dor
now existing. The tide of immigration
has been steadily toward the United
States for years said Mr.. McGann,
until the labor market of Europe is
being SO drained that the commercial
classes are awake to the necessity Of
keeping their la Dor at home"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-05-19

Topeka. Kan, May 12.-The train
stenling Coxcyites brought to this city
for trial have been given permission by
the governor to camp on the state
house grounds here. The governor,
Mrs. Diggs and Others, including sec.
rAtary Osborne and Superintendent OF
Public Instruction Gaines, held con-
ference which resulted in this call be-
ing issued: "A meeting of citizens OF
Topeka, regardless OF politics. will be
held Friday night Ut the courthouse ia
consider the problem of the unem'
ployed, who are ON their wav to the
uational capitol"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-05-19

WASHINGTON, May 12.-Among the
representatives of foreign governments
in Washington, none are more interest.
ed in the proposed amendments to the
tariff bill laid before senate Monday by
Mr.. Jones than the German ambassa.
dor. That official early Tuesday morn
ing sent special messenger to the cap.
itol for copy of the amend
ments, and it is quite certain
that before night the German
foreign Office was familiar with the
text of the sugar schedule. 1t is
said ut the ss,nate that the German am,
bassador looks upon this provision as a
direct slap at Germany.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-05-19
AIMED AT THE WEALTHY.
Bill To Prevent the willing of an Estate
Above a Million in Value.

TRENTON, N j., May 10. Assembly.
man Watson Wednesday introduced a
bill which makes it unlawful for any
person to transmit by will, descent or
otherwise property worth more than
81, 900, 600. All property above that
value is to escheat to the state, and the
attorney general is required to see that
the state gets its share of all such
estates
The moneys thus received by tho
state are to be distributed by the treas.
urer among the counties, according tt
population, to be used for public school
purposes, maintenance of roads, and
the support of the poor and insane.
The penalty for conceaiing the exist.
| ence of such an estate is $1,000 fine, five
years imprisonment, or both.