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a TEKnIBLE TRAGEDY.
James Young Murders His Wife and Then
Kills Himself.

James Young Murders His Wife and Then
Kills Himself
BRAZIL, ISD, April S0.-An atrocious
murder aud suicide occurred this morn.
ing, which caused tho greatest excite
ment. ATT o'clock James Young, jani-
tor at the courthouse, was seen on horse
back galloping wildly south from here.
At0 o'clock no came dashing into tho
city and ran hastily to his room in tho
basement Of the court house. lie placed
n revolver on each side OF his stomach
and fired. Before Youug's body was
cold IN officer rode up to arrest him,
stating message had just been re.
ceived from Hoosierville, four milcs
south OF here. stating that he had mur.
dered his wife. Young and his vile
qunrrelled and separated last January,
aud he accused her OF infdelity, swear.
ing he would kill her and then himself.
This morning he borrowed two revol.
vers and rods to the home OF AIrs. King.
his wife's mother, on farm south OF
Hoosicrrille. His wife saw him coming
and stepped out on the porch to meet
him. Without word he drow re-.
volver and shot her through the heart
He then stopped over her PROSTATE
body and fred two more balls into her
breast. He then spraug on his horse,
rode to the city and killed himself
Young was fifty years old and his vile
forty.Uye s-.
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RED MEMS COUNCIL.
Tho TwontJ-Fifth Annuni TO DO Held In
Charleston, Mny I. VIZ

ShuricAtoh, may z.
Tho great council otWost Virginia OF
this order will klndlo ita Twonty.filth
annual council fro in tho city oiChar.
lcston on Tuesday, tho seventh uun OF
Flower moon, G. S. D. 40i 9th May,
1885, and will romain in acasion for tho
rest Of that woek.
Tho order numbers thirty.nino tribca
distributed NIL over the state, with u
membership Of 1000, who will bo repro.
sonied by. delegates. Tho Great Chiois
are: J..H. Carwithon, Grent sachem,
Charleston; DR.. II. ". Sterling, Great
Senlor Sycamore. Paiatins; Col. A. s.
McDougal, Great Junior Sycamore,
Harrisvillo; A. n. Barnhouso, Great
Prophet, Grafton; II. G. Urich, Great
Chief OF Records. LazearvilIe; John
Schneider, Great Keeper OF Wampnm,
Wheeling; DR.. G. W. Shepherd, Great
Sannap, Spring Hill; LOWS Shcmrich,
Great Miahinewa. Benwood; J. ]. Kranz,
Great Guard Wigwam, Maiden; b. I.
McCurdy, Groat Guard OF Wigwam For
est. Huntingdon; L. NJ. Noel, Great
Representative to tho G. @. U. s., Ben.
wood.
The tribes in Charleston and Ka.
nawha county, where tho order is
strongly represented. have made ar-
rangomenta to receive their visiting
brothers in great style, aud corn and
venison will be plentifully provided.
The delegates from this section will
leave on Monday morning next ovcr
tho Ohio River railroad, which has
granted special rates for tho occasion.
In this connection the Chief OF Rec
ords OF tho order writes the following
about the famous kickapoo club Of this
city, which will bc read with apprecia-
tive interest by Chief Much Tonnage
and bis braves. Ho says:
Having frequently noticed your re-
ports OF tho proceedings OF the Kicka.
poos, OF your city, q friendly tribe whose
wigwam 10 located under tho shade OF
the Long House with the Big Injun
eign, where tho pipe Of peace Is smoked
in the dusk OF the fading sun. l venture
to send you an enclosure which may be
OF interest to you. Not that I wish to
teach you tho medicine OF Indian
phraseology, for that thou hast down
fine, but it may be OF interest to some
OF your pale face friends who scan the
speaking signs in your esteemed paper,
and also to let all OF tho various tribes
in tho reservation Of West Virginia
know tho great event that is to happen,
aud that they remember to bo on hand
when the pipe is passed around"
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TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.

Another wreck on tho Intcr.O Oceanic
railroad In Moxico occurred at Iemo.
malta. Fourteen are reported doad and
several injured.
The Indians at St. Johns, N. D., havo
arisen and aro burning sot.lors' cabins.
An appeal to tho United States marshal
for mid has boon nado.
Tho q. A. r. oncampmcnt, depart.
mcnt OF Colorado and Wyoming opened
at Denvcr yesterday, with monster
military and civic parade.
Tho Indiana bituminoua minora mud
operators hold q joint conforonco at
Tcrro llautu aud discussed tho situa.
ton, but reached no conclusion.
Theodore Roosevelt has resigned ns n
member OF tho United States civil sur-
vice commission to accept tho position
OF police commissioner Of New York
city.
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TROUBLE IS BREWING.

Matters between Russia aud Japan Com
ing to n Crisis-Tho Powers Preparing
For Emergencies.
LONDON, April 30.-The Times to-mor.
row will publish q dispatch from Kobe.
dated April 90. saying that thero is no
mistaking tho fact there ia evidence OF
a serious crisis in the relations between
Japan and Russia.
Information reaches mo from re-
liable source at Hiroshima that the
ministry have adopted resolute atti.
,ude against Russian dictation. They
deny Russia's right to interfere, and
even contemplate defiance on Russia,
believing that tho Russian military
forces in tho cast arc not powerful
enough to enforce her demands.
"The foreign warships arc assembling
at the ports Of Japan. and the French
vessels have been ordered 10 prepare
for emergencies"
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DURASI'S HEARING,

DIR. Barrctts Testimony ns to tho Cause OF
the Death of Minnie wiilinms-Durant
Refused BaiL
SAN FRANCISCO, April 30.-The owl
dcnce in the preliminary examination
OF Theodore Durant for the murder Of
Minnie Williams ia all in, and Police
Judge Colon will deliver his opinion
next Thursday morning. Io denied,
for the time being, motion OF defend
ants counsel to dismiss the case; no
also refused to admit Durant to bail.
When Durant was taken TO tho cour /
room to-day he looked pale. his con6ne.
ment apparently beginning to tell upon
his health.
Dr.. J. q. Barrett. who performed tho
autopsy on tho body OF Minnie viii.
iams, was on tho stand and was cross.
examined for hours by tho dcfondant's
attorney. Ho stated aliss Williams
died frcm asphyxiation and honor.
rhngc, tho former caused by rags forced
down her throat, and tho hemorrhaga
bv sevcring OF the arteries in her wrist
Other wounds on various parts OF her
body were inflicted alter death.
c. Hills testified that n man re.
aembling Durant met n woman answer.
ing TO Miss Williams description noar
Emanuel church OIL Good Friday night,
walked rapidly down tho street and dis.
appeared inside the dark church.
lie watched ,hem intently, because,
as he testified. ho thought tho woman
was his wiio keeping an appointment
with another man. Whom he went
home. however, ho found his wifo there.
He examined tho entrances and exita
to tho church next day and found tn at
the pair could not have loft tho church
while he watched, and huve escaped
obscryation.
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TIE MINERS, SrkIKE.
Secretary Mcllrydo Investigating tho Situ
alton ut Pittsburgh.

Secretary Mcnrydo Investigating tho Stu.
alton at Pittsburgh.
PITrsBURGH, Pa, April 30.-Pat Nc
Bryde. secretary-trensurer OF the United
Mino Workers OF America, is here in
vcstigating tho strike in tho Pittsburgh
district for tho purpose OF making n re-
port to the nationa! convention in
Columbus tomorrow. 1t Is thought
that a great deal will depend upon the
action OF this convention. The Ohio
minors have also been making IN in.
vcs,igation OF the status OF affairs
through their president, John Nurent,
who was here for several days looking
over tho fold. The miners OF tho
Shawnee district also sent delegate to
20 over the situation.
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A RIG IIAUL

or Moonshincrs by Deputy ninrshnla-Loo
Ward Killed In tho Fight.
HUNTINGTON, W. Va, April 30.-The
moonshinors that havo run things to
sui. themselves in Logan, Wyoming, Nc
Dowoll and Mercer counties are cowod.
Marshal Doc Smith and squad of
deputies started ont TO capture Loo
Ward, who has been selling liquor
Illegally. Ward opened fro and Smith
put four shots into him in quick sue
ccsson. and he died in few minutes.
This cowod tho moonshinors. and the
dopGtics to-day brought in 100 OF thom,
including twcnty women. They were
taken to Jail ut Charleston. st.
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MILWAUKEE, Wis, April S0.-Fivo
largo Touring mill plants OF Milwaukee,
were to-day merged into n combine or
trust with tho object OF reducing OK.
ponsos by doing away with eastern rep.
roson,at!voS and travelling agents. Tho
mills in tho combine nro tho Sandcrson
Milling Company, Phoenix Daisy Mill,
owned by tho Allis Company, Mangold
Milling Company, d. Stern 4 Com.
pany's Jupiter Mills and tho NMasobutg
Company. Only two plants nro out Of
tho combine, viz: Faint. Krauso &
Company unQ tho EaslO Mills.
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A TENNESSEE FEUD
Results In Shooting AHrny In Which
Four nro Killed.

Four nro Killed.
NEwnEESE, TENN April sO.-Thcre
has been n general ehootng ARRAY be.
tween the Fulghams and Townsends at
this place. Tho row started over an old
feud existing since two years back. On
last Friday evening Murray Fulgham
assaulted Avery Townsend with nm axe
handle, whcreupon Townsend had
warrant issued. charging Fuleham with
assault and battery with intent to kill.
Young Fulgham Immediately left
town and went to Madison. but was fol-
lowed and brought back by his fcther
and Constable Towncs to trial. Tho
case came up this evening and Fulcham
was fined $50 and costs. About s clock
the parties got together, words passed,
pistols wero drawn and firod mpidly,
resulting in tho almost instant killing
OF r. W. Townsend and his son Beaure.
gard and Abb aud John Fulcham.
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AXIOM, ONO, April S0.-Tho pottery
combination known as tho Akron. .Can-
ton stoneware Agency, which has sold
moro than two.thirds of tho pottery
goods of tho United States for tho past
ton years, hns been broken. Tho break
cnmo at the regular meeting OF tho
thir:eon companies Interested, held
horo in tho Office OF tho pool. 1t is snid
tho immediate result OF tho disruption
will be q sharp decline in pricca on all
kinds OF pottery goods.
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TIL; GREAT TUNNEL
rs Hs.HFrh tEr'E ---
or tho baltimore " Ohio Mt Haiti mo

OF tho baltimore y Ohio mt baltimore
!. .t,E Now Opened for liusincn.
BALTIMORE, Nh, April 30,-Tho Dalti.
moro & Ohio belt tunnel will DO oponod
tomorrow for business. Tho tunnel,
$500 foot long, hua boon hyo yoara build
ing, and coat SG,OG0.O0O,
s-iTho frat train Will sbo scnt through
tho ,unnoI to Now York "Wednesday
morning. q hall hour after midnight.
This Baltimore & Ohio tunnel, much Of
m opon cut, will materially lessen
time Of travel and tralir between Now
York and Washington.
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pact with each other looking to
tho construction Of this great
maritime highway Grout Britain, upon
tho slimmest OF protoxts. tho most nb-
burd OF excuses, makes demand upon
tho government Of Nicaragua that she
does not expect. to DO compiled with,
nnd all in tho hope that through tho
default Of tho weaker government sho
will DO enabled 10 establish sovereignty
over tho territory and thus control tho
future development Of the canal. Some.
body has got to stop In and bo disagree.
able. and this seoms to DO u worry good
opportunity for tho United States to
assume that rolo."
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!. WAGES On SIN.
Awful Tragedy Makes Dosolato
Two kentucky Homes.
SON OF GOV. JOHN YOUNG. BROWN
Ia shot to Death By Fulton Gordon
In Louisville.
TIE BEAUTIFUL WIFE OF GORDON,

Who Was browns Pardnor In Guilt,
Also Killed by tho Outraged Illus.
banda Terrible Duel In n Room.
Tho Awful Sight That Told the
story of tho Climax of n Fearful
Domestic Drama, In Which Thrco
OF tho Most Prominent and Aristo.
cratic People of tho Bluo Grass
state Wcro tho Chief Actors.
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LONDON, April 3o-It is learned from
official sources that there has been no
change in the attitude OF Great Britain
towards Nicaragua the British govern.
ment having no alternative but to insist
upon n settlement OF its demands and
not to listen to any offers OF ompromise.
The United States, 1t is added, is not
intervening in the matter.
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POTTERY: MEN
Claim that tho Jobbers lInvc Brolscn
a., Faith With Them.

PirrsnuRGu, Pa, April SO.-Tho
whito granite and somi-porcelain waro
manufacturers, to tho number OF thirty.
arc in conference here. VIXEN tho Will
son bill wont into effect tho jobbers
agreed to give tho preference to Amcri-
can wares ii tho manufacturers would
tako their sales agents Of tho road.
This was done, but the manufacturers
claim tho iobbers havo broken faith.
To-day they decided to sell their pres.
ont stocks at n sacrifice to gain control
OF tho market again. Thoy will pu,
agents on tho road ut onco and intend
10 unlcrsoll imnortnd Marns.
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CAUsTlC STEWART
Pays His Compliments to President Clevo.
lands Foreign Policy.

ihhuh Foreign fohcy.
KANSAS Cry, No., April 30.-Tho
Journal tomorrow morning will
print lcngthy and extremely caustic
latter written by Senator William NJ.
Stewart, OF Nevada, to President Clevo.
land, and which has been mailed to tho
chief executive. The lettor, which
dcals principally with tho Presidents
foreign policy, 10 in part as follows:
"When l last wrote You | did not sup.
poso that l would DO called upon 80
soon to reuew my congratulations
for your conspicuous bravery in pro-
noting tho policy Of the mother coun-
try. Tho joint success OF yourself and
Lord Kimberly in planting the British
flag and excluding British rulo over
Nicaragua Is admired and applnuded by
every loyal subject OF the queen aud
will secure for you the love and respect
Of oil true Englshmen.
"siav we indulge the hope that your
fidelity to tho British crown has secured
you such influence as will enable you
to induce the mother country To take
charge OF aud regulate our commercial
relations in such manner as will re-
move all the unpleasant and unnatural
disagreements between the two countries
with regard to tariff legislation. Why
should England be moro unwilling 10
regulate our customs duties than 10
manage our foreign relations and to
control our financial policy?
n
keep an oye single to the glory and
reuown and tho inperishable name you
will leave to postority by achieving n
union OF l25,O0Oo0o Enelish.spcaking
people undcr the benign and unse!dsh
rule OF the British crown"
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For wcst Virginia. iair; cooler In extreme
northern portion; uRsIctly winds
For Western pennsylvania, partly cloudy;
cooler In southern portion. caStcriy winds. -
For Onto, fair; cooler IN eastern portion; east.
orly winds, ','.ls
TIE TEMPERATURE YESTERDAY.
as furnished py C, ScllSEpr, druggist corncr
Market and Fourteenth streets
u in...".'."....".r 6ll p. m.".".....o......, a
Va bSl p. m."..,.,....-........ IL
!: O. m.~.-...".,.."..- 5iWeathcr-C!oudy.
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blood oozod from theao wounds, pro.
sontinG sickoninr sight Tho fealnros

blood oozod from theao wounds, pro.
sonting sickoning sight. Tho featl,ros
woro distorted.
Mrs. Gordon's body was found on tho
cellar door, face downward, clothed
only In n chomisc and q skirt and was
In stocking icet. Her hair was loose
and was hanging about hor head In a
tauglcd mass. lIer face was calm and
cnvo no siens OF struggle. Hsr bosom
was covered with blood aud her skirt
wns bospat;orsd with the fluid. lIor
hands woro tightly clinchod aud her
iaco was smoared with splo,cl,oa. '' ?.
GoEDoS's STATEMENT.
Gordon is In iail and no ono Is allowed
to SEQ him. lie 10 unhurt, but 10 sui.
tcring from nervous prostration. Cor
don stated that he tried to kill himself
atter tho shooting, but tho cartridge
failed TO explode aud his hand was
nervous.
On his way to Jail Gordon stated 10
tho officer that ho had suspected tho
couple for somo time, and about a week
ago his suspicious wcro confirmed.
ss'Na u'hIu iiV iluu hCpk NhkCu Du lllu
wife, and to-day. learning that shc aud
Brown wero ut tho house on Madison
street, ho wont there and tho tragedy
followed. At 6 o'clock tonight tho cor.
oncr's jury rendered verdict Of justi-
fable homicide. Gordon's case will be
tried tomorrow morning.
Governor Brown, accompanied by
Secretary OF State ueadly, arrived in
tho city from Frankfort at $50 o'clock
and is stopping at tho Gait House. The
governor Is completely prostrated by
tho sad affair.
Whea soon by representative Of tho
Associated Press tonight no stated that
ho did not care to discuss tho mattor.
Mrs. Gordon was n Miss Nellie Bush,
oil this city. and her family Is nne OF tho
boat known and most prominent In
this state. Her mother was once state
librarian at Frankfort, and her grand.
father was Judge Zachariah Wheat,
chief justice OF tho court OF appeals OF
Kentucky, and ono OF tho molt learned
and distinguished Of Kentucky juris.s.
Gordou was at one time manager Of tho
Palmer house in Chicago.
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"'- H-D Ahhs "AA
Gordon was as pale rs n ghost aud
was evidently very weak. Lapaille,
myself and Gordon walked to Lucy
smith's house. Just as we got inside
the front door Gordon staggered and
was about TO fall when I caught him.
Ho wal in fain,ing condition and
somebody dashed some water in his
lace. 4. -..,5. !
II also summoned the ambulance and
"a soon, as tha: arrived wo seut Gordon
70 iaiLn
Lapaille said be had known Mrs.
Gordon by reputation for some time.
She had been going By the numo of
Reese. 4
Never was there's moro sanguinary
battle than tho one fought on the scc-
ond floor OF Lucy Smiths house. Cor.
don had no difficulty in getting into the
ioon, aH the fact that there arc no
broken locks indicates that tho entry
Hay was left unIatchad. As soon n.
9ordou gained egress, a desperate duol
evidently began. Blown had SS.cali-
bre revolver, which was found Qmpty
after tho tragedy. Gordon must have
had two pistols, as ak bullets pierced
BROWNS body aud three that oil Mrs.
Gordon. Il 81. *
The bed on which Brown and Mrs.
Gordon lay was covered with blood,
allowing. that one or both had been
shot while in that poaition! or in tho
esfugcie one or more oi the wounded
had tallon thorc. K
Sordou himself waa covered with
blood, most Of which doubtless was the
result OF contact with his wounded m.
'agonist. What part, IL any, Mrs Cor.
non LOOK IN the encounter hor huabund
10 IN position TO say. IS
The two bulloia are imbodded in tho
door several went through n window
whl,ch laced tho north; three aro buried
IN tlie wall and two In the ceiling. Tho
wa!ls aro smoarod with blood. Tho
diney carpet on the floor Is saturatod
with eorc and tho furniture was badly
brotsn in the aiFtay. +.
TERRiuI.E srdnr.
Browns body pts,outcd a horrible M.
psnrancc, being covered with blood
from head to foot. rhoro was no cloth :
'ngon'the body, except pair OF knit
1raworH md black pal, OF sorks THO
undcrahirt had bscn removed, nna tlo
wound. wofo plainly yisablc. Tbore5
Tofe ttlreo. gun.shot wound. jn,Itho
breast. ono Of them bciug oyor l!ir !rG.
E!on Of tho heart. there wero two
wounds In the lioad, ono being in lilo
centre oil the iorohrad aud there VIVA
nnotilor In tho contre Of tho stomach
aad anotherin tho right arm. Clotlcd'
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LOUISVILLE, KY, April 3o.-At Scpa.
rate's undertaking establishmeutin in this
city lio tho bodies of perhaps two OF tho
most prominent people in tho state OF
Kentucky. Ono that Of Archie Brown,
sou aud private secretary OF kcntucky's
chief cxecu,ive-the other that OF Mrs.
Fulton Gordon. prominent because OF
her remarkable beauty and excellent
family connections. Tho story is n sad
one and has caused one Of tho greatest
sensations this city or state has ever
been called upon to chronicle.
The following telegram, found in Mr..
Browns pocket, no doubt is the direct
cause Of the double murder:
IN irtkis D. BroGa, Gor1nOr'T Prirait Secr,tnry,
FrdHkfurt. A.:
Don't wr'te any more. Como Tues
day. Meet me at s., 10 m"
(Sienedl "P. NJ. c."
Upon receipt Of tho above telegram,
Mr. Brown came to Louisville and pro-
ceeded to the appointed place, which is
lu evil resort a. 1925 Madison avenue,
where. at 1895 o'clock to-day, tho
tr,rely occurrel
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At noon Brown. with Gordon's wito,
knocked at tho front door OF Lucie B.
Smiths Madison street house. They
we're admitted by Matte Ma.tinsly, a
colored woman. and Immediately re.
paired to the upstairs front room which
had been previously engaged. Thirty
minutes later rather tall, dark haired
man knocked q. the door OF the house
and was admitted; this was Fulton
Gordon. He engaged the front lower
room, saying that woman would join
him shortly. The man closed all the
doors, and few minutes later q CON-
motion was heard above, followed by
succession OF pistol shots. Then there
vas hurried movement down s,airs as
Mrs. Gordon fed from the scene. A
few more shots rang out and she tell
dead on the porch in the rear yard.
Gordon left the house Immediately, and
few moments later Browns corpse was
found in the upstairs room.
Police Officers Reilly and Lapailie
were standing at Tenth and Walnut at
ls:S5 o'clock when some negro boys
came, along and told them there had
been a murder at Lucy Smiths house.
The policemen rushed down Walnut
street and saw man running for a
buggy tied to post at the corner OF
West street.
"The man was bloody" said officer
Reilly. "and Immediately jumped at
the conclusion that he was the mur.
deTer. I ran and grabbed him just rs
he was In the act OF jumping into the
buggy. He had already united the
horse when l arrived.
Gordon, for such he turned out to
be, said to me: 4 shot both OF them.
l caugh, them in the act They are
both dead. am shot, too. Como with
me and I'll show you where they u,e.'