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miles from Hazard, was standing in his
yard one afternoon caressing one Of his
little children. The other five Of his
little tow heads were playing about
him. Tom Smith, who had secreted
himself in the bushes within a short
distance Of Combs yard. fired on him
with his Winchester and Combs fell to
the ground a corpse, the blood flowing
from wound in the region Of the heart.
When his wife returned a half hour
later from visit to a neighbor she
found her little children, who were to
young to realize what had happened,
playing on their fathers dead body,
with their little hands red with his life's
blood.
Tom Smith, after the killing Of Combs.
went to Knott county and continued
bushwhaclking friends Of Eversole. Tom
and his brother Bill secreted themselves
in the cellar of a house in Hindman,
the county seat Of Knott county, and
in broad daylight assassinated Ambrose
Amburgy.
This tragedy occurred in 1882 The
latter part Of this year everything was
quiet in Perry county and French. hav-
ing moved to Winchester. KY. the
grand jury returned several indictments
against Smith for his crimes. This
alarmed the many-times murderer, and.
gathering a group of his friends, they
visited Hazard one dark night and set
fire to the Perry county courthouse.
A few weeks before this episode he
had became acquainted with Mrs.
Catherine McQuinn. whose lunatic hus-
band. is incarcerated in the asylum at
Lexington. She owned farm on Quick
sand Creek. about four miles from Jack
son. and Smith went there and lived
with her. In February Of this year
Smith conceived the idea that DR.. J. z.
RAIDER. who had a short time before been
released from the penitentiary for hav-
ing shot a man who slew his brother,
carried a large sum Of money on his
person. In order to get this money he
told DR.. RAIDER that he was subject to
fits and that he wanted the doctor to
go out to Mrs. McQuinn's with him and
watch his symptoms 80 that he might
know how to treat the case. RAIDER
went out on the lth Of February and
the next morning HIS dead body was
found on the floor In the McQuinn house
with a bullet hole through his heart.
Bob Smith and Mrs. McQuinn were
arrested and tried for the crime. The
people Of Breathitt county has ex-
perienced q great deal Of trouble ON ac-
count Of the French-Eversolew war. and.
being themselves law-abiding citizens.
both of the accused were quickly tried
for DR.. Raiders murder. Mrs. McQuinn
testified that Smith assassinated DR..
RAIDER while he slept, and he testified
that Mrs. NcQuinn shot him. It seems
that each jury believed their testimony.
for the twelve men who tried Smith
were only three minutes In deciding that
he was guilty and that his punishment
should be death. while the Jury that
tried 1rs. NcQuinn was out but few
minutes until IL returned Q verdict Of
gailty and Azed her punishmsat ct i'm
neisonment for life.
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GREAT BIG JOB IN IT.
Deputy SCHNEIDER Accused Of Working
O0c0 for Snap.

Deputy SCHNEIDER Accused Of Working His
O0co for . Snap.
Minneapolis. May "A prominent
citizen Of Rolla. N. D.. telegraphs the
Journal that the Indian difficulty
there has been fomented and stirred
up by the scheming Of deputy United
States marshals to get fees and mile
oge. He charges that there would
never have been any trouble II Deputy
SCHNEIDER had not caused a great num-
Der Of arrests on fictious or trivial
charges for what there was In it.
SCHNEIDER devotes a good deal Of time
to looking up supposed irregularities.
swearing out warrants and taking
supposed offenders on long railroad
trips to Bismarck or Grand Forks,
where occasionally they plead guilty.
are sentenced to a few days in Jail.
and are then released. He Is charged
with procuring the sale Of liquor to
half breeds in order to trump up cases
and even arrests his own friends and
relatives when they want a trip at
government expense. An investiga-
ton by Washington authorities Is de-
handed
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Its fueds and its innumerable killings,
out up to the first Of this year nobody
las ever been convicted Of murder In
the first degree. During the holding Of
Circuit court in Jackson. prior to the
building of the railroad. there was al
ways one or more fights on. and on
several occasions the governor of Ken
lucky had to send troops in order that
court might be held
bad Tom Smith," the man who IS
to be hanged. was seen in the new Jail
by the writer recently. He readily con-
scented to have his photograph taken
and He has given me assurance Of His
He said:
L do not fear whatever fate is in store
for me. I have prayed to God for aid
and He has given me assurances of his
help. 1 am the happiest man in
Breathitt county today. 1 reckon. yes
sir. the happiest man. No. I've got nuth-
in aginst the men that swore agin me.
I amt no murderer. Yes. I've killed
men, but always killed 'em when they
wuz tryin' to kill me. I'm willin' to go
out yander" (pointing to the spot where
the gallows will be erected), land stand
what the law says 1 have to. One thing
I'm glad of. When the judgment day
comes thar won't be no holdin back of
anything. Tho whole world will know
that Bad Tom Smith as they call me.
wuz not nothin' like what they ac-
wife and two children? Because she
sympathized with the Eversoles, and I
couldn't live with no woman that dun
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TOM SMITH.

that. Yes. feel like God has forgiven
me for all my sins and I'm happy. Yes.
sir. happy
Smith is about feet 6 inches high.
will weigh about 40 pounds and Is
rather good looking. He has dark
brown hair, a cold blue eye. large
brown mustache. Of which he seems to
be very proud. and he speaks in a soft,
and rather musical voice, which does
not indicate that he is really bad man.
but he has eight murders to his credit
Mrs. Catherine McQuinn. his accom-
plice in the murder Of DR.. RAIDER. for
which he Is to hang, and for which she
Is sentenced to life term in the peni-
Tertiary, was somewhat averse to hav-
ing her picture taken at first. but was
soon persuaded to sit for her photo
graph. She is a large. coarse woman
with black hair and dark eyes. Her
features are more like those Of a man
than a woman. and her voice Is in keep
ing with her features. She had no hesi-
fancy in telling about the killing Of
RAIDER, but she professed to have taken
no part in the crime.
Thomas Smith, the murderer Of eight
men, the incendiary. the horse-thief.
anu IOVUSIs "dS OOAA Ia SAAy SOOASys
Kentucky. of humble. but respectable
parents 80 years ago. He received no
education, owing to the poverty Of his
father, From his earliest boyhood he
was classed among the widest. rudest
and most overbearing boys in the neigh
borhood.
When so years old he engaged In his
first serious fight. 1t was in the town
Of Hazard. the county seat Of Perry
county, and on election day, when he
seriously wounded Eli Combs. one Of
the fighters. From the day Of this fight
he seemed to have a burning desire to
shed human blood. and to direct his
thieving propensities toward a higher
plane.
The first horse he stole belonged to
Ira Davidson. the brother-in-law Of Joe
Eversole. and q son-in-law Of Judge
Josiah Combs. who was shot down in
cold blood not long since in front Of
his own door at Hazard. For this Of
tense he was tried in Hazard in 1887
and acquitted upon some technical
point. Not long after this he robbed
James Davidson. who Is now In the
penitentiary serving out sentence Tor
killing his brother by holding him up
on the highway and relieving him Of
his watch. He was arrested for this
crime, but by threatening witnesses
with death he and his older brother
william succeeded in preventing the
case from coming to trial.
About this time he became the &C.
knowledged leader Of the French forces
In the famous French-Eversole feud Of
Perry county. He planned nearly an
the assassinations that marked that
bloody and cowardly war. and In many
instances he was foremost In execut-
ing these assassinations. In 1857 he de-
coyed Joe Hurt, . young man. to his
house and shot him dead. the Wlncheo.
ter bullet going through his heart No
enc saw him commit this crime but
biz wife and little children. and q.
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II
solves Talking ef "Ffst" Money.
| Chicago, May 4.@Three hundred Dem
ocrats were present at the banquet OF
the Wabaunsee club tonight when the
monetary question was discussed from
| the sound money" standpoint. Pres
ident Vincent, In his opening remarks.
| declared fatty against free silver and
! was greeted with loud applause as he
| did 20. Senator Juhn n. Palmer made
cracy and Money" and got back In
vigorous fashion at the free silver
Democrats, who denounced him and his
attitude on the money question at the
convention this morning. Professor J..
L. Laughlin Of Chicago university fol-
lowed with a talk on "Silver and
Prices" Richard w. Knott, proprietor
Of the Louisville Post, spoke at some
length on Currency and Commerce"
His speech was an out and out dectar.
alton against the free coinage Of silver.
He declared that at last. after thirteen
years Of falsehood and chicanery, Of
compromises and makeShifts, Of double
dealing and demagogism the two parties
are face to face with the money ques-
ton. 1t is to be settled, he said, not
compromised. AS Democrat, he look
ed hopefully toward the Democratic
party, which, he added, must rise to
the situation or perish. He said:
IF men who believe, and know why
they believe, that fiat money in all its
forms is q deadly delusion. will face the
multitude and proclaim the truth. the
intelligence and the conscience Of this
country will awake and the American
people will trample down the hideous
doctrine Of reputation.
The free coinage Of silver. under the
present legal tender law, is an attempt
ed reputation Of half our debts. public
and private. By such an act. we sur
render our position among first-class
nations and place the United States
on a commercial level with Mexico
and China. Proclaim as we will. that
sixteen ounces Of silver are worth an
ounce of gold. England's negative ut
tered every day in Lombard street
overthrows every proposition based on
that false utterance.
Speaker Crisp has been telling the
people Of this country that they could
not get rich by taxation. that q pro-
tective tariff was robbery; that though
legislative act could alter prices, It
could not alter values. He was right,
and yet today in his home in Georgia.
Mr.. Crisp says the people demand the
free coinage Of silver at 16 TO /, and
that they intend to have it.
Free coinage of silver and protect
i've tariff alike impugn the intelligence
of the American people, and it is only
a question of time when they will re-
ject both absurdities.
Where do we stand today? The presi-
dent of the United States is the leader
Of the forces Of sound money. The
speaker Of the house puts himself at
the head Of the southern silver men.
They are Democrats, both of them.
Which flag are we to follow? That in
the hands of Cleveland, or that in the
hands of Crisp?
1t is a party crisis of supreme i'm
portance. AS a party men, We have to
meet it.
The speaker asserted his belief that
the Democratic party would follow the
lead of Cleveland.
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Sioux City, Ia, May Fifteen kill
ID an two score more or less injured
. the revised list Of the victims Of
Friday nights cyclone which swept
northeastern Iowa. Ten of the dead
and most ofsthe injured lived In the
vicinity of Sioux Center. which seems
20 have been the eliminating point OF
The tornado. A Journal reporter went
over the scene of the storm today. Its
path is almost as clearly cut as a
wagon road and evrything in Its path
was observation-disclosures. house, trees.
ETC.. strewing the country for miles.
The killed and injured in the vicinity
II Sioux Center are as follows:
KILLED.
GEORGE MARSDEN, teacher.
MSS ANNA MARSDEN. teacher.
ALICE ROSTER. years.
TUENS VERHOFF. 1 years old.
JACOB JENSEN.
MRS. JOHN ROSTER.
MISS TILLIE HAGGIE.
MAURICE COOMBS. child.
MRS. BELNAP. Sibley.
MRS. WATERMAN. Sibley.
RUDOLPH SCHEvERDLEEGER
Sutherland.
PETER SIMMER, Laurence.
SERAOOSL1 I'M u hlED.
John Waterman and son, Sibley;
sibley; Rossbury brothers. Sibley;
Ainla. Jennie and Luella Coembs,
Sioux Center; Nellie Coombs. fatally,
Sioux Center; Mrs. L. Warie and baby,
Sioux Center; John Henry and Matilda
Haggie. Sioux Center; L. Devorts,
Sioux Center: the two sons Of T. De-
Door, Sioux Center; two children of R.
dawarden.
Citizens OF Souix Center are caring for
che injured and destitute. about thirty
arm house being wrecked. The prop
srty loss will be heavy but 1t can hard
" be estimated at present. Much live
stock was killed, the prairie being
strewn with the carcasses Of horses and
,attle
The Journals special says: The only
person killed in H.ceola county was
Mrs. John Waterman. five miles west
Of Sfbley. A joist fel Ion her neck. She
1eld her baby in her arms and the baby
escaped injury. John Waterman, her
husband. was injured in the breast and
FACE seriously. William Waterman, his
son. had his right arm broken and left
shoulder broken. Charles Roseburg
was badly bruised. Henry Roseburk
mis- son, was cut badly about the head
. tree. but not seriously hurt. Herman
Albert, Otto and Emma Roseburg were
injured, but not seriously. Mrs. Field
knap was not killed as reported last
night.
The Melcher and Whitney school
houses were both wrecked. Miss Marie
Good, teacher of the Whitney school,
closed twentyminutes before the storm
struck. John Coughlin, wife and ten
children were all saved by taking refuge
N q cyclone celler. They lost their no
use. household goods. barn and had a
aorse killed. The well pumps were pull
ed out at Rosburg's and Freis'. The
destruction in Osceola county was in
the western tier Of townships. Wilb-
lrn's barns were completely wrecked.
The barns Of Pushak. Kruger. Whit
ney, Herrin. Blackmore. Hamblin, Wat
terman and Littlechild were wrecked.
The houses Of Waterman and Rose
burg were destroyed.
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FOUR KILLED IN ILLINOIS.
Village OF St. Charles is Visited by Small
CYclOre.

Cyclore.
Aurora. ILL.,, May 4.-The village OF
st. Charles was visited by cyclone
today with fatal results. The old
stone postoffice building standing on
the east side of Main street, occupied
by Mrs. Church as millinery store,
was blown down and Mrs. Church was
killed. Two young ladies had apart
ments in the building and one of them
who is missing is supposed to be in the
ruins. The other. Miss Augusta An
derson, was killed. The falling walls
caught and killed a passing horse and
driver was seriously injured. Two
other men were struck by flying tim
bers and were quite badly hurt. It is
reported that several other persons
about town received injuries more or
less serious. A man named Luther
Caustin had one leg and an arm brok-
en-. Andrew Johnson of Elgin had his
back broken. The killed are:
MRS. HATTIE e. CHURCH.
MISS AUGUSTA ANDERSON.
CHARLES JOHNSON.
JOSEPH THOMPSON.
Later-Luke CauSton died tonight.
The women who were killed had
apartments in the Osgood building. The
men who were killed had stopped at
the side Of the Osgood building and were
crouching in a group to escape the fury
Of the passing storm when the wall
tippled over on them. It Is thought
that another man is in the ruins. The
Osgood building was a substantial
structure, but the force Of the falling
wall utterly demolished 1t.
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ACCUSED m HIS WIFE.
Citizen 81 Cec-gi. shoots Himself Through
the Heart.

Atlanta, "a. May "A special from
Quitman, Ga. to the Journal says: W.
w. Guess. q citizen of Brooks county,
living seven miles west OF here COM
mttted suicide by shooting himself
through the heart with rife. He was
accused by his wife of being criminally
intimate with their eldest daughter, q
beautiful girl Of 19-years. He had been
threatening to kill himself for some
time. This morning taking his rife and
accompanied by his two children, he
left home saying he was going to kill
an alligator. When he reached the
pond he sat down on a log and in the
presence Of his two children deliberately
placed the muxzle Of his rifle to his
heart and pulled the trigger. dying In
atAutly
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NOT ALLOWED TO TELL.


% Otherwise.
Milwaukee. Wis. May fudge Sea-
man OF the United States court today
granted q permanent Injunction re-
straining Dr.. Leslie z. Kelley from re-
vealing the fomula Of what Il known ~
the Kelley double chloride Of gold rem
edies. The action was brought by the
Wisconsin Kelley Institute company
against the Dwight company.
Granting the order. viii place the
Keeley company In . peculiar position.
~ DR.. Kelley has been ordered by
Judge Myers Of the state court ct
Leavenworth. Kan. to appear and make
known the formula.
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with the senatorship.
The first debate between represent
atives of Kansas University and Ne
braska University took place at Law.
renee last week, Kansas winning ON .
very small margin. The Kansas par.
Elephants were T. J. Madden. j. E.
Little and T. NJ. Brady. while Nebras-
ka was represented by e b Sherman.
A. J. Weaver and Z. McNeal. Each
speaker on each side was given fifteen
minutes to express his views and then
q ten minutes rebuttal speech was
made by each side. For Kansas this
was made by T. J. Madden and for
Nebraska by A. j. Weaver. The
Judges for the debate were President
John w. Cook of the Illinois State
Normal school at Normal. ILL.,. Princi-
pal John T. Buchanan Of the Kansas
City high school.
The probate court OF Lyons county
has issued - licences to marry in the
last three months. The tremendous
spring hammock trade at Emporia in
dicates that these figures will be great
ly surpassed this fall
The happiness of marriage 1T Bel.
vue 10 estimated BY the popuiace &C.
cording to the number Of silver and
china weddings present
Two divorce suits are about to rend
the peaceful society Of Delphos and
give housewives an excuse to run owes
and borrow . cup Of sugar.
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TAKEN TO TIE COUNTY JAIL
Ourraut Occupies . Cell which Has Hold
Some Famous Murderer.

Some Famous Murder0fs.
San Francisco. May 4-Theodore Du-
rrant has been transferred from the
city prison to the county jail. The cell
to which he has been assigned Is that
occupied by nearly all the murdererS
whose crimes have been notorious In
San Francisco during the last fifteen
years. In response to Durrants daily
requests since his arrest. but hitherto
refused. he was today permitted the
services Of q barber. his Identification
having been made by all the prosecu-
lions Witnesses. Adolph Oppenheim-
er, the pawnbroker, whose testimony
created such q sensation In the police
court yesterday. said in an interview
today that he is positive as to the iden-
ttty Of both Durrant and OF the little
diamond ring which Openheimer says
Durrant wished to sell. and which Is
the one worn by Blanche Lamont and
subsequently returned to her aunt.
Oppenheimer identified the ring by the
peculiar setting.
eutisa ON His Hands.
4, Sing Sing. N. z. May 4-This after
noon there was In the desk Of Warden
ed envelopes containing Invitations to
attend the death OF DR.. Buchanan ON
Wednesday morning At IL o'clock. It
had been the intention Of the warden to
mail them this evening. He did not do
20, however. and Buchanan's execution
II postponed for an indefinite time.
Unless some court orders the execution
to proceed. Buchanan viii not die on
wednesday.
Warden sage said tonight that he
saw no way out Of the muddle and
tould leave all further movements "a
the lawyers interested In the case.
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WICKED FOM SMITH.
MURDERED EIGHT KENrUCK-
IANS IN COLD BLOOD.
ON SEVEN OCCASIONS HE ESCAPED
m THE GALLONS.
But the Eighth Time Outraged JUS
tlce Demanded Retribution-Wm Ne
Hung by the Neck on tho Lest Day
OF May.
| HE FIRST LEGAL

HE FIRST LEGAL.
hanging to occur
In eastern Ken
lucky will take
place here on Fri
day, May 81, at
Jackson, that state.
Breathitt county,
Of which Jackson is
the seat Of govern
ment. like all other
counties of eastern
Kentucky has had
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IT KILLED FIFTEEN.
LIST OF THE IOWA CYCLONE
VICTIMS REVISED.

eorty are Named In he Elss Of Injured--
Ton Of the Dead and Nearly all of tho In
jurod Lived Near Sioux Center.-TE1ck Of
the Storm a. Bare - Q Road.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-08-02
MRS. CHASE HOMELESS.
she Daughter Of the FAmess CHIEF yusti,
Tells Of Her TrsubIss.


shs Daughter Of the FAmess CHIEF yusties
Tells Of Her Trsabiss.
NEW YORK, Aug a-Mrs Kate Chase
has arrived In this city from Washington,
and is stopping at hotel here. In con-
versation Mrs. Chase said:
80 many, somewhat contradictory,
stories have appeared Of Late throughout
the country in regard 70 my undertakings
Chief Justice Chase, that 1t Ia wise, per-
haps, for me to state that the moment has
not yet arrived for me to give 9 full and
complete history, embracing the real facts
that have lead to my financial smbarrass-
ments. Perhaps / am not the only in
dividual whose resources have been i'm
paired during tho last three years. re.
gret the tenor Of these articles, for they
cannot fail to be misleading.
1.-THE cooperation u number Of prom
inent men and women Of large wealth to
save Edgewood, . valuable historic land
mark. as testimony of their appreciation
Of the valuable public servlcesof Secretary
Chase, and to relieve the urgent pecuniary
needs Of his daughter, has been liberal.
AS TO the part Ohio people have taken In
the matter, may say that . great num-
ber have expressed approval, but have
not heard what has been accomplished in
that state. have noticed names Of men
as participating who, to my own knowl-
edge, have not been approached.
! "The trust company that foreclosed has
seen fit to insist that and my children
should vacate our homo and give them
absolute possession. have been com
PEELED 10 find domioile for my invalid
daughter and her companion, and am
now actually with9ut home. The fund
necessary to clear Edgewood is not suffi
cient. and I make this statement that
those who may care to interest themselves
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-08-02
NUGGETS OF NEWS.

In the Durant trial at San Francisco
only six Jurors have been drawn as yet.
In the Sisterville oil field, In West Vir.
ginia, /, 400 barrel we'll has been struck,
and there is great excitement.
The Tammany elections yesterday in
New York the Croker Grant combination
won, defeating Purroy and Gilroy.
Sir t. 3. Wade, z. @. D., died yesterday
at Cambridge, England, aged f5 He
gained distinction in Chinese diplomacy.
Coughlin and George, horse thieves and
murderers, had q desperate battle with
officers near Salt Lake City. The outlaws
escaped.
At ChaneyvIile, Tex, mob brutally
beat Ben Guinan, who had been acquitted
on a charge of assault. The Judge was
also knocked down.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-08-02
Maryland Prohibitionists.

GLYNDoE. Nd, Aug e.-The Prohibi-
tion state convention which met here yes.
terday was well attended. The platform
adopted declares against licensing the
liquor traffio and in favor of tariff for
revenue and equitable commercial rela-
tions with other nations. 1t says the cur
renoy of the country should consist of
gold, silver and paper, all of equal Value
and secured by the government. 10 in.
dorses civil service for the state as we'll as
the nation. 1t declares In favor Of the
election of United States senators by d.
rect vote Of the people, for the restriction
Of immigration, for proportional repre-
sentation of political parties in legislative
bodies, against sectarlanism in tho schools,
for a reassessment Of the property Of the
state in favor Of Sabbath rest against
child labor, and for equal suffrage. The
following ticket was placed ip nomina-
tion: For governor, Joshua Levering Of
Baltimorej comptroller, DR.. J. L. Nico-
demus Of Frederick county; attorney gen.
eral, w. Frank Tucker of Baltimore.