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The Portland daily press., 1895-07-27
STEAMERS.

FALMOUTH FORESlDE s EAMB0AI CO.,
PORTLAND PIER.
Steamers Madeleine and Alice.
TIME TABLE.
For Diamond island, Yarmouth, Fa1
mouth and Cousins Island.
On and After June IA.
For Diamond Island, 600. TOO. 800, 9.15 a.
M. 1910, 200. 500, 4.15, 500, 6.1O p. m.
For Mackworth's Island, ZOO, e.16 a. m. 500.
For G Falmouth, M 600, 9.15 a. M, 1910, 400.
500, 6.1O p. m.
For Yarmouth and Cousins lslano, 500 a. ms
Return"Ieaye Diamond Island, $50, 7.so,
s.15, 1O.4O a. M, 1.30, $50, 410, 4.35,
Leave Mackworth's Island, 7.3o a. M, $780,
Leave 'F Falmouth. n,i 5.55, 74o 1o15 a. m loo.
$40, 6.45 p. m.
Leave Cousins Island and Princes Point, 7.2O
a. m, $50, $40 p. m.
Sunday Time Table.
For Diamond Island and Falmouth, s.15 a. M,
Return-Leave Falmouth, 9.15 a. m. and $50
p. m.
Return leave Diamond Island, 9.45 a. m. and
COOP. m.
For Cousins Island, 1.30 p. m.
Return-5.1 10 p. m.
Every pleasant Sunday will make a sailing
trip to Cousins Island and up the Harraseeket
River to Freeport at 130 p. M, stopping at
Gem Cottage one hour for dinner.
Special arrangements for excursions can be
made with Captain of either steamer.
Unavoidable delays excepted and subject to
je13dtr E. r. NORTON. Manager.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-11

IS the revised uSC OF the VICTIMS Oh
Friday nights cyclone which swept
northeastern Iowa. Ten of the dead
and most of the injured lived in the
vicinity of Sioux Center, which seems
20 have been the eliminating point of
the tornado Journal reporter went
over the scene of the storm today. It's
path Is almost as clearly cut as
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
Of Sioux Center are as follows:
KILLED.
GEORGE MARSDEN, teacher.
Mss ANNA MARSDEN, teacher.
ALICE ROSTER, 8 years
TUENS VERHOFF, 4 years old.
JACOB JENSEN.
MRS. JOHN ROSTER.
MISS TILLIE HAGGIE.
MAURICE COOMBS, child.
MRS. BELNAP, Sibley.
MRS. WATERMAN, Sibley.
RUDOLPH SCHEVERDLEEGE
Sutherland.
PETER SIMMER, Laurence.
SERIOUSLY INJURED.
John Waterman and son, Sibley;
5ibley; Rossbury brothers, Sibley
Minla, Jennie and Luella Coombs,
Sioux Center; Nellie Coombs, fatally
Sioux Center; Mrs. J.. 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.
T. Smith, Sioux Center; A. NJ Perry,
aawarden.
Citizens of Souix Center are caring for
the injured and destitute, about thirty
farm house being wrecked The prop
Att Ina xxrim IL =,
~ be estimated at present. Much live
stock was killed, the prairie being
Strewn with the carcasses of horses and
cattle.
The Journals special says: The only
person killed in 2Scaola county was
Mrs. John Waterman, five miles west
of Sfbley. A jOist fel Ion her neck. She
neld 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.
Mrs. Charles Roseburg was blown into
tree, but not seriously hurt. Herman
Albert, Otto and Emma Roseburg We're
injured, but not seriously. Mrs. Field
KNAPP 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
shildren were all saved by taking refuge
IN a cyclone celler. They lost their ho-
use. household goods, barn and had a
horse 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-
nrn's barns were completely wrecked
Fhe barns of Pushak, Kruger, Whit
ney, Herrin Blac5more, Hamblin, Wat
terman and Littlechild were wrecked
The houses Of Waterman and Rose
burg were destroyed.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-11
JAPAN WOULD TAKE LESS.
indications That She is Not Rising to the
Russian Bluff

Washington, May Authorization re-
.eived here today goes to show that
Japan has abated her claims to Chin
csc territory somewhat. Her demand
aow is for the absolute cession of the
extremity of Port Arthur peninsula a.
tar north as and including Ia Lien
Wan. In return for this relinquish-
ment of territory Japan will demand
2onSidera BILE increase in the war in
9emnity. 1t is feared that the conces-
sion will not be sufficient to meet the
demand of Russia. 1t is felt that the
situation is critical and that Japan's
last concession will not alleviate it.
st. Petersburg, May 4.-Japan's ans
Wer to the protest of Russia, France
and Germany, has been made. Of
fcials will not disclose the text, but
those who had expected Japan to yield,
express surprise at the answer.
New York, May A special to the
World from Toxic says: Japan's re-
ply to the protest of Russia, France
and Germany against taking from
China the Lao Tung peninsula is, in
substance this:
When China ratifes the treaty of
peace at Shimoneski, Japan will re
nounce possession of the province of
Manchuria except that part Of Lao
Tung peninsula extending from Port
Arthur to Talien. In compensation for
the giving back of this Chinese terri
tory, Japan will ask a largely increas-
ed indemnity. The responses Of the
three European powers is awaited. Az
reports of Japan's reply inconsistent
with the foregoing are false.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-11

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 corpse, the blood flowing
from wound in the region of the heart.
When his wife returned a half hour
later from a 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 1ife's
blood.
Tom Smith, after the killing of Combs,
went to Knott county and continued
bushwhacking 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 1889. 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-tfmes 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. e.
RAIDER, who had 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 so that he might
know how to treat the case. RAIDER
went out on the 4th 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 a great deal of trouble on ac-
count of the French-Eversole war. and,
being themselves law-abiding citizens.
both of the accused were quickly tried
for DIR. RAIDERS murder. Mrs. McQuinn
testified that Smith assassinated DR..
RAIDER while he slept, and he testified
that Mrs. McQuinn 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 Mrs. McQuinn was out but few
minutes until 1t returned a verdict OF
| guilty and fixed her punishment at i'm
| prtsonment for life.
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that Yes, 1 feel like God has forgiven
me for all my sins and I'm happy. Yes,
sir, happy.
Smith is about feet s inches high,
will weigh about 140 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 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-
pIice in the murder of DR.. RAIDER, for
which he is to hang, and for which she
is sentenced to a 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 man
than a woman, and her voice is in keep
ING with her features. She had no hest
fancy in telling about the killing OF
RAIDER, but she professed to have taken
40 part in the crime.
Thomas Smith, the murderer of eight
men, the incendiary, the horse-thief,
and robber, was born in Perry county,
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 80 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-Iaw Of Joe
Eversole. and a 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 for
| 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 ac-
knowIedged leader of the French forces
| In the famous French-Eversole feud OF
Perry county. He planned nearly all
the assassinations that marked that
bloody and cowardly war, and in many
| Instances he was foremost in execut-
ing these assassinations. In 1887 he de-
| coyed Joe Hurt. young man, to his
house and shot him dead, the Winches.
ter bullet going through his heart Nc
one saw him commit this crime but
bis wife and little children. and FL
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-11
though an effort was made to bring IAN

though az effort was made TO bring Am
to justice it proved abortive.
On April Is, 1885, Tom Smith. his
brother Bill, Joe Atkins, and Elkana
Kernot, learning that Joe Eversole. the
leader of the Eversole faction, was to
pass along a certain road that day,
secreted themselves behind some bushes
five miles from Hazard and awaited
Eversole's coming. without suspecting
any danger, Eversole and young man
named Nicholas Combs, both on horse
back, approached the ambush. They
were talking cheerfully, and when they
arrived opposite the place of conceal
ment three Winchesters and a shotgun
belched forth a deadly hail of lead, and
Joe Eversole fell from his horse
corpse, riddled with bullets. Young
Combs pitched over his horses mead
into the deep mud, bleeding from three
wounds, either one of which would have
been fatal The horses dashed down the
road, and Smith, springing from the
bushes, was soon at the side of Combs.
The boy had tainted and believing him
dead he stopped over the body OF Joe
Eversole and rifled it of money and
ValuSbles. AS he finished robbing the
body Of Eversole and was in the act
OF searching the pockets Of Combs. the
latter opened his eyes and said:
ooh, Tom, why did you do this awful
deed?"
For answer Smith drew his revolver
and cooking it took aim at Combs
head, when the boy, who was even then
in the throes of death, and weak from
the loss of blood, looked his slayer in
the face and in a low voice he pleaded:
"Oh, Tom, Tom; don't shoot me any
more, for I am killed and dying fast
enough"
Smith, with his pistol still leveled,
said in his most cruel tones:
Mick, I can't afford to leave any
living Witnesses
AS the last words were uttered he
pulled the trigger and the bullet en-
tered the boys right temple, coming
out through his left temple. The mis-
sile passed so close to his eyes as to
cut the muscles that held them in place,
and they rolled out on the victims face.
Smith told these CHASTITY details to
woman, whom he thought would not
repeat them, but she could not keep
the bloody secret For this crime he
was tried before Magistrate lack Flu
gate, as the county judge, who was a
brother to Joe Eversole, was afraid to
go to Hazard to hold court. The county
attorney was also absent, and as Smith
spirited awaited away the witnesses,
Squire Fugate could do nothing but re-
lease him.
Several months after the murder Of
Joe Eversole and Nicholas Combs,
Shade Combs, who lived about eight
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OF May.

its fueds and its innumerable killings.
out up to the first of this year nobody
mas 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-
sented to have his photograph taken
and He has given me assurance of His
He said:
Il do not fear whatever fate is in store
for me. l have prayed to God for aid
and He has given me assurances of his
help. I 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.
L 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 I have to. One thing
I'm glad of. When the Judgment day
comes thar won't be no holdin' back of
anything The whole world will know
that Bad Tom Smith as they call me,
wuz not nothin' like what they &C
wife and two children? Because she
sympathized with the Eversoles, and
couldn't live with no woman that dun
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-11
on THE OTHER SIDE.
"SouRd Money" Democrats Scare Them.
selves thinking Of "Fiat, 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 so. Senator Juhn NJ. Palmer made
an eXteInporaneouS speech on Demo
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 ].
L. Laughlin of Chicago university fol-
lowed with talk on ''Silver and
Prices" Richard w Knott proprietor
Of the Louisville Post, spoke at some
length on Currency and Commerce. I"
His speech was an out and out declar-
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 a Democrat, he look
ed hopefully toward the Democra tic
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 a, deadly delusion, will face the
intelligence and the conscience Of this
country will awake and the American
people will trample down the hideouS
doctrine Of repudia ton.
The free coinage of silver, under the
present legal tender law, is an attempt
ed repudiat ton 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
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 pro-
tective tariff was robbery; that though
a 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 l, and
that they intend to have it.
Free coinage of silver and a 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.
Which flag are we to follow? That in
the hands of Cleveland, or that in the
hands of Crisp?
It 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.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-11
GREAT BIG JOB IN TT.
Deputy SCHNEIDER Accused of Working His
Office for a Snap.

Office for a Snap
Minneapolis, May A prominent
citizen of Rol1a, 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 if Deputy
SCHNEIDER had not caused great num-
Der of arrests on fictitious 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-
u1andp6
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ACCUSED BY HIS WIFE.
Citizen of Georgia Shoots Himself Through
the Heart.

Atlanta, ia, May A special from
Quitman, Ca, to the Journal says: w
w. Guess, a citizen of Brooks county,
living seven miles west of here COM
mftted suicide by shooting himself
through the heart with a rifle. He was
accused by his wife of being criminally
intimate with their eldest daughter, a
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 delibera teIy
placed the muZZle of his rifle to his
heart and pulled the trigger. dying In
Stantly.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-11
NOT ALLOWED TO TELL.
That Is, Not In Milwaukee. but In Kansas ii
Ia Otherwise.

Milwaukee. Wis. May Judge Sea-
man of the United States court today
granted a permanent injunction re-
straining DR.. Leslie E. Kelley from re-
vealing the fomula of what is known as
the Kelley double chloride of gold rem
edies. Tie action was brought by the
Wisconsin Kelley Institute company
against the Dwight company.
Granting the order, will place the
Kelley company in a peculiar position,
as DR.. Kelley has been ordered by
Judge Myers Of the state court at
Leavenwcrth, Kan. to appear and make
known the formula.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-11
FOUR KILLED IN ILLINOIS.
Village of St. Charles is Visited by Small
CycIOYe.

SGs
Cyclore.
Aurora, Ill, May 4.-The village of
st. Charles was visited by a cyclone
today with fatal results. The old
stone postoff1ce building standing on
the east side of Main street, occupied
by Mrs. Church as a 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. 1t 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 brol-
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 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 it.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-11
WICKED TOM SMITH.
MURDERED EIGHT KENTUCK-
IANS IN COLD BLOOD.
ON SEVEN OCCASIONS He ESCAPED
sa5s&3 THE GALLONS.
But the Eighth Time Outraged JUS
tice Demanded Retribution-Win BE
Hung by the Meek on the Last 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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Warden Sage Has 3 Candidate for Electro
cutiOn on His Hands.

Sing Sing, N. Y, May 4.-Thts after
noon there was in the desk of Warden
Sage a bundle of stamped and address,
ed envelopes containing invitations to
attend the death of DR.. Buchanan on
Wednesday morning at IL o'clock. 1t
had been the intention of the warden to
mail them this evening. He did not do
SO. however. and Buchanan's execution
is postponed for an indefinite time.
Unless some court orders the execution
to proceed, Buchanan will not die on
Wednesday.
Warden Sage said tonight that he
saw no way out of the muddle and
would leave all further movements to
the lawyers interested in the case.
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TT KILLED FIFTEEN.
LIST OF THE IOWA CYCLONE
VICTIMS REVISED.

Corty are Named in he LIST OF Injured
Ten of the Dead and Nearly all of the in
jured Lived Near Sioux Center--Track of
the storm as Bare as a Road.