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The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-04-28
THE DALTON GANG.
The Reported Fight Between Deputy Mar
shals and tho Outlaws Confirmed.

Tho Reported Fight Between Deputy Mar
shals and tho out!aws Confirmed
GUTHRIE, Ok, April 21.-The report
received of a battle between the Dalton
gang and deputy marshals near In
gals. fifty-five miles from this city, is
confirmed. The fight occurred at the
house of Bruce Miller, one of the out
laws. The officers surrounded the
house, all of them armed with VIM
cnesters, just before daylight. Tho
Dalton bandits were inside. No shots
were fred until one &c the desperadoes
came out. just about daylight, to feed
the horses. He was held up and told
to take a look around the grounds and
then return to the house, tell the BAN
dts to come out one at a time, I'M
armed, and surrender, or hostilities
would be commenced.
After looking over the field, and find
ing in shooting distance of the house
twenty men we'll armed, the outlaw re-
turned to his companions Fully n
half hours consult alton was had by
the bandits before a stir was made by
either party, and then the officer in
command of the party ordered his men
to begin firing.
The house is a simple weather.
boarded structure, and not plastered,
and the shots from the 1narshals' Win
chesters quickly perforated the sides
of the building. The bandits returned
the fire and poured u rafting fire on
the officers through the Windows aud
crevices of the house.
At 10 o'clock Mrs. Miller had been
wounded, left the house aud crawled
to where one of the marshals was To-
Gated behind a tree. She had received
a flesh wound and begged that she
might be permitted to ride to Ingalls,
for a doctor to attend herself and also
her baby and hired man, who were
10th wounded.
The woman was permitted to saddle
a horse and leave. She would not
state how many outlaws were killed,
but admitted that Bill Dalton and Bill
Doolan had been seriously wounded.
The fight was kept up all day during
Wednesday.
Volley after volley was fred into the
house by the officers, and the constant
crack of the bandits Winchesters told
of their Diet er1nination to hold out 2ad
refuse to surrender. Shortly after
nightfall, during a lull in the firing.
the bandits made Il break from the
house and fled, pursued by the deputies.
They went in the direction of the Creek
Indian country.
The messengers who brought this
ton and Doolan had been killed, but
were told that three fatally wounded
bandits were left in Miller's house after
their compan ions had broken through
the line of officers He states that two
of the officers posse were killed and
three wounded.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-04-28
CAVALRY AND GOLD STEEL.
An Attack of Troops with a Light Artillery
AccOrnua ntlnent.

An Attack OF Troops with a Light Artillery
Accom- anflnent
If you allow a cavalry soldier to for
get the value of cold steel, and rely on
fire-action, you destroy the dash and
elan which make him for1nida BILE, and
should be his characteristic. There
fore Frederick one hundred and thirty
years ago ordered his troopers always
to attack, and while he dlScOunte-
uanced the use of carbines, gave them
the necessary support which fire lends.
by organizing a light artillery to at
tend their movements
Napoleon has told us that ''cavalry
cannot reply to fire, and can only fight
with the STEEL" and fully recognizing
men, he gave them an auXiliary in the
from hampering their movements,
added to their boldness and enterprise
when acting indepe ndently ahead OF
his vast armies. The corporation OF
the two arms was also then found to
work in another direction to the benefit
of both, for while projectiles loosen
compact formations and render the at
tack of squadrons more dangerous, the
cavalry force the scattered units to
draw together and present an easier
target for the guns Especially was
this noticeable during the pursuit Of a
beaten foe. A battery, bold and we'll
placed, may deny d whole road to the
retreating columns, and long lengths
of train may have to be abandoned
on the inroad of a few accurately di-
rected Enthusiastically Review.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-04-28
REVIEW OF TRADE.
The Strikes and Shutdowns-ExportS of
wheat-E'AilureS.

Observation-Disclosures.
New YORK, April 2l-Bradstreets
Review of Trade to-day says:
With the exception 0. the prospect for still
further extension OF strikes ana other labor
disturbances, plainly retarding influence IL
about twenty-three additional strikes, In
voivins % 0o0 people This brings the total
number of those now on n strike. or idle be-
cause of strikes, up to 6O.OJO. The week also
furnishes eleven shut-downs OF important In
dustrial establishments, more than Offset By
assumptions OF thirty.two others which FUR
nish emrloy nent to 5000 operatives although
seven important est bfshmeat IS announce re-
auctions in wages
coasts this week amount to $4,000 bushels, a
gain OF 80 per cent over the preceding week.
In like week of last the total expor ton
was 3.v7l,CO); two years ago, $4,000 bushels,
and three years ago it was 2.222 0O)
Cincinnati Louisville Duluth, Minneapolis
and ST. Paul report hardly as favorable trade
first two cities announce business duner
while i'll the northwest the railway strike
md wet weather arc in part responsible: On
the other hand, Cleveland Detroit, Mllwau-
.kee and Kansas City announce considerable
improvement in tho jobbing demand. and in
several instances among manufacturing in
dustrics At Omaha trade is checked, due to
the revival of farm work following the good
rains throughout Nebraska, which was to be
expected. No material change is reported
from Chicago ST. Louis. the volume OF bust
tess in staple lines being about an average;
fair summer trade anticipated
FAILURES OF THE WEEK.
New York, April ar. G. Dun &
Co., concluding their weekly review of
trade say:
The failures OF the past week have been
somewhat more important than usual, but
year, and Is in Canada. against = last year
For the frs, half OF April liabilities reporte
have been -, 16s.4l6, OF which s., $50 were
OF manufacturing, and 1894 s57 OF trading con-
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-04-28
KELLY At OMAHA.
LnhorinR Men Show Their Sympathy fol
the 'Com mon " eoiers''-In a 0unndsry.

l.nhoring Men Show Their Sympathy for
the ''conm1 NV II, 2 2" .,
thousand laboring men marched out of
Omaha yesterday with banners flying.
bound for the camp of Gen. kelly's
commonwealers at Weston, Ia, four
teen miles east of Council Bluffs. At
o'clock the signal agreed upon
Of the Central Labor union
the ringing of church bells
and the blowing of whistles-was
given, announcing that Kelly's army
was still at Weston unable to secure
a train for the east. Inside Of five
minutes 1000 men had gathered at
Jefferson square and were quickly or
captain for every ten men.
The march was then taken up
through Sixteenth street to Farnam,
where the column proceeded to the
city hall and countermarched. At
every street recruits were received, and
when the column reached the Paxton
hotel there were $500 men in line
Each company was provided with an
American flag, and fast recruits
joined they were formed into compa-
MES and provided with banners
Gen. Kelly had consultation with
President ST. John, of the Rock Island
load, and was told that a train could
not be furnished the men. The army
then took possession Of a train and the
railroad company commenced to tear
up the track, but were prevented from
doing SO. Kelly would not let the men
ride on a captured train, as he said this
would place them in the attitude of
law-breakers. The army again went
into camp.
coxEY LEAVES HIS MEN.
HAGERsrowN, Md, April 2L-Gen.
Coxey left his army at this town last
night for four days absence in New
York, during which time he will at
tend the sale of some of his Kentucky
thoroughbreds.
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A DOUBLE KILLING.
a Tennessee Saloo.lkeeper Uses ShOtg'
with Deadly Lnert.

a Tennessee saloonkeeper Uses a Shotgun
with Deadly Effect
NASHVILLE, Tenn, April .21-The
saloon kept by Thomas Ramsey and To-
ca ted at the corner of Market and
Demon breun streets was the scene of Il
double killing last night. Riley Fore
man and Thomas Pagan. two young
men, were shot by Ramsey, the weapon
used being a doubled arre1ed shotgun
loaded with small shot Both received
the fatal wound in the breast, and
death was instantaneous. Ramsey was
in1lne diately placed under arrest and
taken to police headquarters, while
Deputy Coroner Combs irnpaneled a
jury of inquest and examined several
witnesses.
The evidence was to the effect that
while Foreman and Pagan were in the
saloon, two boys became involved in a
quarrel, and they attempted to pre-
vent Ramsey from interfering: This
brought on Il quarrel, during which
Foreman drew knife, but the matt er
had apparently been settled, a I'd
Foreman and Pagan were walking
through tho saloon toward the front
door when they were killed. Ramsey
standing near the end of the bar.
and Pagan was in front of Foreman
Ramsey first fired AT Foreman, and al
most simult neously shot Pagan. Fore
mans knife was found beside his body,
but Pagan had no weapon. The jury
simply returned verdict that both
had come to their death at the hands
of Ramsey.
Ramsey, who is about 45 years old,
has been engaged in the saloon business
for n number Of years, and has fire.
quently been before the police court on
various charges Foreman and Pagan
were about 2S years old The former
was Il fisherman and the latter stone
mason. Both had been drinking pre-
vious to the tragedy.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-04-28
CONDENSED RAMS.

THREE negro men, charged with burn-
ing the barn of G. King, near Leighton,
Ala, were taken from the Jail at Tus-
cumbia., on the 21st by about 60 masked
men and hanged to a covered bridge
over Spring Creek, in Tuscum bia.
A RACE war is on in Madison Parish,
La, and so far one white man and one
negro have been killed, one white man
badly beaten, and thirteen negroes are
now in captivity charged with murder.
THE Walker County miners of Corona,
Ala, 500 in mum Der, on the 21st joined
the strike now on in that district. This
increases the strikers to nearly 10000.
At meeting of tho dispensary State
board of control of South Carolina, on
the 21st, orders were sent out closing
all dispensaries in the State.
The immense canning factory Of G.
w. Dunbar's Sons & Co.. at New Or
leans. was destroyed by fire on tho 21st.
The loss is 100000, partially insured.
Several hundred employees are thrown
out of work.
HENRY WoRLEY was shot dead in his
field in Murray County, Ca, on the Goth.
No one saw the assaSsins, but there is
no doubt that they are members of the
Murray County whitccaps, most of
whom are moonshiners. He was for
y
A BLOODY battle to the death was
fought near Perry, Oklahoma, on the
10th between six members of the no
torious Dalton gang of outlaws, headed
by Bill Dalton, and a force of United
States marshals. The bandits were
wiped out of existence by the bullets
from the Winchesters of the posse which
has been trying to effect their capture
for some time.
JIM ROGERS, aged 1s years. has just
been convicted of holding up the post
master at Hayden, Ok, at the point of
Winchester, and robbing the post
Office. He gets three years in the re-
form school.
The Tillman State dispensary law
has been declared unconstitutional by
the Supreme Court of South Carolina,
two justices concurring and one member
of the Supreme Bench dissenting from
the opinion.
On May LIST the State Of Massachusetts,
will pay off the last of its war loans.
The entire lean, known as the bounty
loan, and dated May 1, 1864, amounts to
So, 400. 1As, of which 81, O22, GAS is a sterl-
ing loan, and the balance. "a, 379, 500, ts
payable in u,aited States money.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-04-28
l:roke the Blade in the Wound.

ST. JOSEPH Mo. April 21.-John Don
ovan has long harbored grudge
>gainst Mike Stark, and yesterday
morning the men met at the corner of
Fourth and Messanie stree is, when a
quarrel stated. Donovan had been
whipped by Stark and at once drew a
knife, slashing his enemy frightfully
about the arms, face and body. Final
ly he plunged the knife into Stark's left
side over the heart, and the blade was
broken off in the wound. Stark was
taken to his home and is in a precar1-
BUS condition. Donovan escaped across
the river into Kansas and has not been
ga nt11red
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Tramps Killed In a Vyreck.

VAssAR, Mich, A pri1 21.-A bad wreck
,:curred on the Bay City division of
the Michigan Central railroad at
o'clock this morning by which two men
were killed and another ia tally injured.
The train consisted of thirteen cars and
left Detroit at midnight. When half Il
mile from this town u fiat car next to
the engine dumped the track and was
followed Ivy six other cars. all of which
were badly smashed. Three tramps
were riding on fiat car and fell under
a heavily loaded merchandise car.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-04-28
GEN. wEAVER.
A Iumor Says He Is to Make Kansas His
Erpt,v

a Rumor Says He Is to Make Kansas His
Future Home.
Dies MONIES, Ia. April 21.-Gen. j. B.
Weaver, the silver-tongued orator OF
populist fame, is about to pack up his
worldly goods and move to Kansas
Gen. Weaver returned Thursday
night from trip through Kansas,
Arkansas and the southwest He made
several speeches during his absence,
but it is understood the object of the
tour was the selection of a place to set
up a. new home. 1t was rumored he
had decided to move in to the Sixth dis
trict in Kansas and run for congress
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-04-28

The fears of a commercial crisis in
Buenos Ayres have subsidized. The rise
in the gold premium is due to the tenn
porary suspension of the exports of
produce owing to the low price of
wheat abroad, which has caused a
scarcity OF good BILLS OF exchange The
treasury holds reserve ct $40. 100000.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-04-28

ST. LOUIS, April 81. - Landlord
William Richmond has novel way of
settling with delinquent tenants.
Emil Wis. a striking member of the
Bre wers' union, was behind in his rent
for an upper fiat owned by Mr.. Rich
mond. After repeated fruitless efforts
to secure the money, the owner sent
carpenters to the house and had the
stairs cut down. Mr.. Wills was away at
the time and on his return was una BILE
to climb up to his family and they were
equally prevented from coming down to
him.
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VIENNA, April 21.-A national expo
sition for the display of all kinds Of
articles in the departments of econom.
ica1 food, army and navy supplies and
protection of life and transport, to-
gether with special display in con.
nection with sport. was opened with,
elaborate ceremonies to-day. The ex-
position will continue until the middle
of June.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-04-28

DALLAS, Tex, April 2l.-Ex-Gov. and
ex-Congressman j. w. ThroclSmorton,
in bad health for several months. is
now confined to his home in Mckinney
with serious kidney trouble and is not
expected TO live longer than a couple
Of days
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-04-28
VIII Average All Right.

Pegg-Sometimes the absolute faith
my boy has in ~ wisdom makes me
almost ashamed of myself.
Potts-You need not worry. It will
average up all right by the time he
Is twenty he will think you know nctl.-
ing ct ll-Tit.Dita.
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MowEAQUA, ILL.,. April 21.-In turn.
ing the soil in this vicinity number
of farmers have discovered large num-
bers of 1ocustS Of raordinary size.
This appears to confirm the rapidly
spreading belief that we are to have
the scventeen-year locusts this year.
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Eligible.

Mamma-Edith, it is announced that
the young man with whom forbade
you to dance the other night has en-
bezzled two million dollars.
Edith-Well, I suppose you'll admit
now that your judgment is not always
infallible. Town Topics.
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Mr.. Gladstone Feeling Better

LONDON, April ala statement was
issued last night that Gladstone was
elightly indisposed during the past few
DAYS. He was much better yesterday
and was allowed to come down stairs.
He hopes to resume his ord mary habits
in a day or two.
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SOUTHERN oLEANiNos.
An Alligator Story from Georgia
An alligator story which beats the

An Alligator story from Georgia.
An alligator story which beats tho
record comes from Early county, Ga
Some negroes were at work in turpentiue
farm near Damascus cleaning the trash and
straw away from the boxes Deparatory 20
burning on the woods when they came across
alligator who had crawled out during tho
warm spell to put on his n ew spring suit. bus
who was knocked back into . state OF dormancy
by the cold snap. The old fellow was lying
there still. hard, nottonless and crusty. ana
the negroes decided that they would make an
turpenttne out OF the boxes and covered him
over with that substance and then heaped pine
straw on top of him. ana then poured more tur'
pentine on that
When the fire began to blaze, his alligator.
and hoar frosts into what he supposed was the
land Of perennial summer. where the bad ga.
tors GO: Nevertheiess; instinct was stso :s,
even though Eo were in hades. he would split
for a pond He splitted, and through the pine
woods no went. leaving a long streak OF fire.
His rapid flight TO the pond gave him the ap-
pearance of a gorgeous meteor floating away,
leaving behind it q tail OF fame.
A minute later the gator rolling over
and under in the cooling waters of o cypress
pond. but the woods were burning.
Tho festive darkies. who q minute before
were waiting and watching In unfeigned Elee
to see the gator burn were now busy hshtins
ting 1t out. but ten crops OF boxes had oeon DO
stroyed-
ItalIank for the Delta.
Italian i'm grafton into the Yazoo-
Mississippi delta has received a sudden
impetus.
This is caused by propositions mac by Capt
G. II. Williams. OF Greonville, to the Italian
authorities, and which have met with their ap.
prevail Capt. Williams, who is we'll backed
by many large planters in Washington and ad
1acent counties, offers to furnish all immi.
grants with families. upon their arrival
In this country. with land on easy
lease with privilege OF
chase at the end OF Two years to sell them
land. to be paid for in ten years He says he
supply q practically unlimited number OF
Immigrants with homes in this manner, and
that his princ pals will advance them supplies,
as is done with negro tenants. 1t is under
stood that mono but families able to pay their
passage desired The demand for
such tenants is very large, and comes from all
parts OF the delta.
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dis '7stch ~" ETasGIn@ton, .. Q,
says:
Tho b tslr -prcrr, oIllHc 5las published
port fro u g. Ei7l vVsu3- JY.lket. consul %
Charlest raising II South Ca-o'tSaa.
in which declares that urrtUg the CHI
matte ccGtl.tron~ that rarE Of South Cscoiisia
where tie riaEt has been cuir.vateass gives
promise % -co.-r SUCCESS "a the production 81
ten thcrr Nriaio-.- Ct experts ;tgiyca
which ST - 80. the product ranks raryzsis;.l.
being wor-h = y. 'cHts 10 80 GEGts~ . Esca1S
wholesale, l0d "a. i.1a season apott 97H
pounds % eT-ed = G=r ssru wasere ses:tred
The plants s;ii! yuun-. a.,s. sln ncsiNfrtter
results - confidently u"ciictaG.
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Did Not See the "Hca1er.S

Simon Davis. a well-known farmer of
Kerr county. Tex, went to San Anto-
MO to be treated for heart disease by
Don Pedrito, the so-cal1ed Mexican
saint. Owing to the large crowd at
Don Pedrito's home Mr.. Davis could
not see the wonderful healer, and had
just entered hack when he dropped
dead.
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Geu. Johnson's noay sssr,

The Georgia Pacific OFFICIALS have
given r....a,l ri ,-"s.psess Of TndianciGt,
Miss, t, -.tLenL fho cor.lseaesatss veter-
ans reuni'pn a. BIZ min ssssiarp. Ala
william, Cact Is sa nes.s<s sshcs syns tic
body servant Of Gen. Aa,:ets sstsneys oi,ssos,
during tEe tTexran rsssess,, tae war betvvesss
from his nor uD,. 1,iae by
this raitErai old scr~snt. William is q Grc.t'
favorite with tho cid o.dle~s. pai they wiii
give him royal tretrrn"a. durluT his stav IL
Birmingla
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Crushed by a Falling Tree.
a sad incident occurred near Syla-
cauga, Ala, the other day.
a. J. Bowaen. accompanied by his son and
his fathcr-in- law. went out In the country in a
wagon heavy storm arose while they were
route home The timber was scattered
right and left. and finally n large tree wos
blown across the wagon Bowden was fs3lless
instantly. his head being mashed almost tn
pulp his son fatally injured. and his fnther.in
law seriously hurt.
a BOY Swallows a Tin Whistle.
Quite serious accident happened to
the little son of Mr.. w. D. Porter,
cashier of the Merchants and Farmers
ba nix of Oxford, Miss.
He was blowing little fat tin whistle,
when he swallowed it. 1t has caused no
trou BILE yet. but the physicians think that
there is dan ger until they succeed in getting
it out.
Children burned to Death.
The ca bin of John Duncan, a negro.
about 5 miles from Pineville, KY.
caught fire and burned down. cremat-
ing three small children. The children
had been left in the house alone, and
were too small to get away from the
burn ing building.
Looks Suspicious.
The mutilated remains OF w. III.
Rutland We're found in the ashes or
his residence near Madison Station,
Tenn. Neighborssb believe it was muir
der and robbery.
Fatal Exhibition.
A student at Blount county (A1a.)
college shot himself fatally while hold
ing n pistol in his mouth and showing
ladies how far he could pull the trigger.
Why He Was Lynched.
Henry Montgomery, colored. was
lynched at Lewisburg, Tenn. Mont
gomery had served a term for larceny,
and threatened to burn out whites
Called to Another Field.
Prof. r. S. Ricketts,, for twenty yeara
! with the Whitworth college, Brook
F.; haven, Miss, was elected president OK
McGehee college, Woodville, Miss
"Eewnre or the viddcrs."
| Mrs. Fryer, a widow, OF Clsrksville,
Tenn, found that w. NJ. NcNeelY, who
had been wanting her to inarry him.
was rnarried. aad had him iaileds
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..rewere of the viddcr,

Mrs. Fryer, a widow, OF Clarksville
Tenn, found that w. NJ. McNeelY who
had been wanting her to marry him
YEAS rnarried. aad had him jailed
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Prof. r. S. Ricketts,, for twenty yeara
with the Whitworth college, Brook
haven, Miss, was elected president OF
McGehec college, Woodville, Miss.