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MAI. HAMILTON MURDERED.
The Famous Hero of Libby Prison Shot
III u Drunken Row. 4,

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Lexington. KY, April Cat Reedy-
vile, Butler county, Samuel Spencer
shot n killed Major Andrew J. Hamil-
ton. a gallant union soldier. Major
Hamilton was nearly 60 years old, and
had been an honored citizen of Butler
county nearly all his life. During the
last few years he had become addicted,
to drink, and while under the influence
of liquor last night he met Spencer and
n man named Alfred Belcher. They
went to a saloon on the outskirts of the
town n spent several hours there
drinking and playing cards. About 1
o'clock this morning Hamilton started.
home, the two men leaving the saloon,
with him.. When within a short dis
lance Of Hamilton's house they got
into a quarrel, Hamilton being very
drunk. While he was talking to BelcherI
Spencer walked UP behind him and with
a big pistol o him in the back of thei
e The old soldier, VINO had fought
all through the war of the rebellion, fell
forward on his face a corpse.
Spencer ard Belcher were arrested
about daybreak and lodged in Jail. The
officers had great difficulty in reyen
ing them from being lynched. At first
poth men declared they We're innocent,
of the killing OF Hamilton, but Belcher
finally finally broke down and told how,
Spencer had killed the old man while
his back was turned. J,
Major Hamilton belonged to the
Twelfth Kentucky cavalry and was no.
ted for deeds of daring while fighting
for the union cause. He was
by the confederates and confined for
months in h famous old Libby prison.
Being of an intrepid and
bic nature he conceived the idea of tun-
ueling out of the prison. He swore $50
picked men to secrecy, and they worked
Tor months in e~xcavating the tunnel
under the canal, by which 104 of them
escaped. This occus:ed in 1864, and,
although the time for which he had en-
listed was out. he continued to serve
his country until Lee surrendered at
AppOmattoX,
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CONVENTION OF TURFMEN
Sporting Men From All Parts Of tho
Country Meet at Cleveland. T.

JloA I'LL @ASA sAh Va AAI
Country Meet at Cleveland.
Cleveland, O., April 9.-Representa-
tive turfmen from all parts of the
try assembled here today for the pur-
pose Of bringing into existence an or
ganization which will probably be
known as the Sporting League of Amer
lea. 1t is probably the most important
convention of turfmen that has ever
been held in this country. The partic-
ipants, including presidents of national
itrotting associations, delegates from
over twenty driving park associations.
breeders, owners and representatives Of
agricultural societies and horse show
associations. The call for the gather
ing originated with the Cleveland Driv-
ing Park association, and its object Is
explicitly outlined in an address signed,
by a large number of prominent turf
men. In this they say:
I'VE meet for the purpose of organic
ing a league. to protect our manly
sports, pasrimes and recreations of our
people from hostile legislation and keep
them on so high "a plane that just criti-
cism of an adverse character will be im-
possible. We recognize the fac hat
there are abuses TO correct and that an
VI ciiiRoSN ~ ISitS !
and active participants in these recre-
atoms n the legitimate business Inv
cident to them will be powerful to ac-
complish the corrections, and at the
same time stand as a stone wall against
the unjust assaults of those who have
other interests or pleasure or an over
whelming desire to NEEDLE with the
conduct of their neighbors. We trust
hat every community, feeling a pride
In the history and honorable character
of our pastimes. will cooperate for the
establishment and maintalnance of
healthy regulations consistent with
personal liberty and the law of the land.
With such an organization, having its
friends on guard everywhere. we will
have less to %appreherd in future from
the periodical crusades that have been
so unjust to us in the past
Kentucky is represented by p. P.
Johnson, president of the National
Trotting association; H. c.. Mcdowell,
president Kentucky Horse Breeders as
Camden. From New York city and
state are Andrew Miller, president New
York Driving club II w. B. Fassig:
from Rochester. George Archer, presi-
dent of Rochester Driving park, and
w. Bowman, Nhe noted lawyer; While
from Buffalo, c. j. Hamlin, the famous
breeder is here. Other cities represen-
ted are Chicago. st. Louis, ST. Joseph,
No, Hartford, Conn.,, Des Moines, Ia,
Springfield, Mass, Saginaw, Mich. and
Tiffin, o. The convention will be in
session for at feast two days.
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Huron, S. D., April 9.-While in the
city Saturday, Hon. John l.. Lockhart.
commissioner of school and public
lands, stated that in salecting lands for
the state embraced IN the YanlSton In
dian reservation, he had ~endeavored 10
comply with law, Notwithstanding the
criticism of boomers" The selections
made are in accordance with law and in
structions from the department and can
in no way be interfered with. Filings
have been made upon 34.5S5 acres of
school indemnity lands in the Yankton
and Sisseton reservations; he la also
filed upon 24,12a acres of endowment
land embraced in the Yankton resTva-
ton. These lands are divided between
the state university at Verm:llion, the
state agricultural colls,ge at Bookings,
the deaf mute school at Plankinton, and
the state normal schools. Sixty thou
sand acres of endowment lands yet re-
main to be selected " Hr
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A P%osroFFlcE ROBBED.
stamp. to the Value of $4,000 My..
teriously Abstracted From the y.u,t.

Stamps to tho Value of $4,000 Mys.
teriously Abstracted From the Vaults. J
Springfield, ILL.,, April 5.-The Spring.
field p%ostoffice has been mysterIously
robbed of stamps of various denomtna-
tions, aggregating about $4,000 In value.
The robbery was probably committed
about / o'clock. but was not discovered
until S O'Clock. The stamps were taken
from a vault in the private room OF
Postmaster Ridgely during his absence
at dinner, and what makes 1t appear 50
mysterious is THE fact that the door
leading to the room. the inner door OF
the vault from which the stamps were
taken. and both windows OF the room
were locked, and no violence was used,
No evidence that the room had been
Entered was discovered until S o'clock.
when Assistant Postmaster McMurphy
entered the vault and made the dIscoy-
cry that the stamps were missing, and
that one or two drawers had been car
fted away. A clerk in the revenue office
heard some n in the vault about 1
o'clock. but thought nothing OF 1t. as
he supposed 1t to be some of the post
office people. The robbers evidently
worked with keys. as no locks were
picked or broken. No money was in
the vault. as $500 had been taken
therefrom last evening by the postmas.
ter and deposited.
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SIX PEOPLE IN The RUINS
Four Story Brick Building Col
Iapses at Wheeling, W. Va.
Carries Down the structures on Either
stde-The Debris Catches Fire
Heartrending Scenes as the
Victims Arc Rescued.

Wheeling, w. Va, April st. T.
Hutchisson's big brick four story
wholesale hardware building on Main
street collapsed this morning about $3.50
o'clock, carrying with 1t the w. II.
Chapman & Sons and A. L. Rice & Co.'S
buildings on either side. Six persons In
the Hutchinson building were killed, be-
ing carried down in the ruins and Rev.
Father F. H. Park, a prominent Cath
Ole clergyman, who was going up the
alley at the side of the building at the
time was also buried in the ruins. The
buildings adjoining caught fire. but at
1890 o'clock the lanes are being got
ten under control. One hundred men
are hard at work rescuing the victims
and thousands of people are gathered
at the scene. The relatives of those
lost are numerous and many heartrend-
ing e are being witnessed. The
money loss will each 5000, 600. The
greatest excitement prevails.
AT 500 the employees heard an m
nous cracking, the big structure gave
a convulsive ttremble and with a a
the south wall fell, tearing down the
flooring and structural work. AT the
same time G. w. Clifton, a carpenter at
work at Chapman's, noticed the sand
falling out of the wall separating the
two buildings. He Immediately gave
the alarm and started for the door. Be-
fore he had cached 1t bricks and NOR
tar were falling down in showers. and
just as he got outside the crash came.
Vim. H. Chapman. Walter Chapman
and Newton Wilson, the proprietors,
also, escaped without Injury other than
being bruised by the falling bricks.
The ruin caught fire which made the
work of rescuing very difficult.
At noon the following bodies had been
recovered:
Father F. II; Park, vicar general.
W. Va.
Those thought to be In the ruins are:
Eugene Burke, an employe of Hutchis,
, son & Co.
Robert Wincher, boy, employe of Hut,
Harry Cowl, Western Union messen,
ger.
William Crabbe, cabman.
Michael Koran
The injured are:
chisson & Co. one rib broken and internal
Injuries: will probably recover.
o. Z. Williams, carpenter, severe cut on
head: not serious.
G.. w. Clifton, carpenter, severe cut on
head; not serious.
NJ. j.. fOrQ, salesman, mp proken.
Charles Halter, hookkeeper, and III. Blum
| escaped unhurt.
The cause Of the accident was the defec,
| tive construction of the Hutchinson build,
Ing. The loss is $l50.N0.
At 1870 only one body had been taken
out, that of Pritchard of Buchanan.
1t Is now positively known that the bod
les of Wincher, Horan, Cowl, Birch and
Father Parke are still buried in the
ruins and if they were not killed by the
crash they have surely been suffocated
or burned to death. William Crabbe.
the eabman reported missing this morn
ing, turned up this afternoon. He had
been driving outside of the city, II
not returning by the required time was
given up for lost. 1t is said that a cab
and its driver was caught in the alley,
but it is not known who the man a
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FORTUNE is BURIED IN INDIANA
Owner Is Dying and Can't Tell he Hid
ing Place Of lis Treasure.

- DShuS Nv SHh Iell Ine l1tu.
ing Place of His Treasure.
Columbus, o., April 9.-John Swim, a
wealthy old man who mas tramped over
many states, is dying from a stroke Of
paralysis on a farm a few miles from here.
Neither the n age nor the amount of
his wealth Is definitely known, but 1t is be.
lieved he is near the century milestone.
Much of his wealth is buried. where will
never be known except by accident. Some
years ago while sleeping in a fence corner
near kenton, O., Swim was robbed, he
claimed. of $4,000. and he had two men ar
rested. He employed General W. B.
Walker to prosecute the case. To demon
strate that he a money Swim exhibited
to his counse a roll of bills the total value
of which vas $4,000. He announced his
intention of bury!ng the treasure, and
after the men arrested were discharged
Swim wrote Genera Walker saying that
the money had been planted. The hiding
place is believed to be at some point in In
diana, and the old mans mind is now in
capable of locating the spot. Swim's guar
dian has about $780, 900 OF his cash Invested
and besides has possession of two farms.
A large number of people claim relation
ship to the old man, and a long legal fight
for possession of his wealth Will ensue.
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FINANCE COMMITTEE.
The Choice of II Successor to senator Mo
phcrson

phersOn.
Washington, April a.-While there Is
little doubt as to the craftsmanship of
she finance committee of the next SEN
ate-it being conceded to Mr.. morrill, or
Mr.. ~Sherman-the probabilities are very
great that the republicans will have no
attle difficulty in choosing a successor
On the committee to Mr.. Mcpherson.
The filling of this place will in all proba-
bility be the first contest in the next
congress between the silver and anti
silver men, and the fight will be none
the less fierce because fought under
over. The silver men now have a ma
iority of one in the committee. five Of
the six men constituting this majority
being democrats. The silver men are
also in the majority in the senate, but
will be in the minority in the republican
caucus Under ordinary circumstances
the caucus would control, and in that
event, if left free to act untrammeled,
there is no doubt an antisilver man
would be selected for the The
silver republicans have, however, all
ready given notice that the place must
be i1lled with a man from among their
ranks, and say that in case of failure
to make this concession they will leave
the matter with the democrats, who
would probably fill the vacancy with
a free silver man.
The names most prominently heard
IN connection with the vacancy are
o of Mr.. Cameron of Pennsylvania,
MI. Wolcott of Colorado and Mr.. Platt
pr Connecticut, the first two being fa-
vorable to silver and the last opposed
to 1t. Mr.. Wolcott's name is also men
toned in connection with one of the va
cancies in the committee on foreign
relations and it is considered probable
that, in view of Mr.. Cameron's lone
service in the senate, and of his atti-
tuue IN of a protective tariff pol
icy as well as of silver, Mr.. Wolcott's
friends may agree to a compromise
which will give the place on foreign re-
lations to Mr.. Wolcott and that on
finance to Mr.. Cameron. 1t has been
suggested that in order to make a place
Nj the committee for Mr.. Plat the
committee membership shall be in
creased from eleven to thirteen. This
would permit the appointment of both
a silver and an antisilver advocate by
the republicans and also the appoint
ment of another democrat, and the
change may be made
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TEXAN HERO ON HIS DEA7HeEp
Rev. ". c. Crawford, Last of the Sign
ers OF Tho Articles OF Indep.,a

Rev. w. G. Crawford, Last of the Sign
ers of Tho Articles of Independence.
Fort Worth. Tex, April 9.-There is w.
ing at the point Of death near Alva,ado
Johnson county, one who has helped mako
history for Texas; one who has fought
with a rope around his neck that Texas
might enjoy the blessing of Anglo-saxon
liberty and the fruits of Anglo-Saxon civ
nization; one OF the pioneers in the church
Militant in Texas; the last survivor of tho
signers of Texas independcnce-Rey. w. G.
Crawford. Mr.. Crawford Is a pensIoner Of
the state. and receives the sum of ss7. 50
quarterly, an amount totally inadequate to
the needs of one who is confined to his bed
and requires constant attention and nurs.
ing. He has but a few days to live and his
spirit will go to Join the shades of Holis-
ton, Travis, Bowie, Rusk, Lamar and other
Texan patriots beyond the grave. There
$ much censure heaped upon the state for
not living the old hero needed aid. A bill
was introduced in the house at Austin pro-
viding for his relief, but nothing favorable
resulted from Ii.
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Spain Comedies the Request.

WASHINGTON. April 6.-The Spanish
government has conceded the request of
the United States that the two Ameri.
a citizens, August Bolton and Gustav
Richilieu. imprisoned at Santiago de
Cuba, be given an opportunity to estab.
lish their innocence before a civil tri.
bunal. These men were picked up in a
small boat near Santiago by a Spanish
cruiser and brought to the town and
placed in Jail. United States Consul
Hyatt secured their release, but they
were again arrested under suspicion of
having landed insurgents on the Cuban
coast. Instructions were cabled to Con.
sui Hyatt to protest against a trial by
the marine authorities and to insist
upon q definite accusation of crime aud
either a speedy trial or a civil trial.
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TO PATCH UP PEACE.
Line Presidents Will Try to Come

Trunk Line Presidents viii Try to Come
to an Agreement with the Ii. s o. $.
New York. April 9.-The presidents of
the various roads composing the Trunk
Lines association are holding an im-
portant meeting today with the object
Of patching up a peace h a will induce
the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern
to reconsider its withdrawal from he
presidents agreement. Unless this is
accomplished the Central Traffic asso-
citation may go to pieces and passenger
rates will go down to %hardpan in the
sramble for business on the part of the
roads. Representatives of this South
western this morning declared that it
will not go back into the fold, and it is
reported that the Baltimore and Ohio
sai:aaaa.. will alSa Iitha Ia VI, -. --- 80
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Anniversary of odd Fellowship.

Huron, S. D., April 9.-1Ion. Harvey
j. Rice of this city. secretary of the
South Dakota grand lodge of Odd Fel-
lows, says that the order throughout
the state will observe April &c. the an
niversary of the establishment of Odd
Fellowship in America. Hon. N. c..
Nash of Canton, grand master, has is
sued a proclamation calling attention
to the date and its observance, and
granting ~dispensation to all lodges
within this jurisdiction to appear in
public in full regalia on that day. It is
probable that the event will be celebra-
ted on a more extensive scale than
aver before in this state.
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A revolution in ~typesetting machinery
is announced, says London Invention.
The machine, which is an English in
v%ention. will, it is claimed, increase the
speed of composition six fold. In deal
ing with ordinary type, it is said to have
none of the disadvantages inherent in
the machines now on the market for the
same purpose, as it affords the usual
facilities for correction and alteration
of matter.
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AFRAID OF AMERICA.
Tin Plate Workers of Wales Fear ouy
Competition.

London, April 9.-In his testimony be.
fore the committee of h house OF
commons, appointed to consider the
ways and of relieving h dis
'tress in industrial circles, Mayor Ed
wards of Swansea testified that the tin
plate workers of Wales We're greatly in
fear of American competition, but that
he did not consider that IA worker in
America was any better off than a
worker at home, in spite of the fact that
American wages We're 50 per cent higher
than those paid in Wales. In his dis
trio. 500 workers We're idle, and 5000
only temporarily employed.
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n. 2. Porter Buys . Paper.

Cleveland, O, April 6.-Robert P,
Porter, ex-superintendent OF the census
bureau, formerly editor of the Ph.ladel-
phia Press. founder Of the New York
Press, has purchased the Cleveland
World, a republican evening paper,
mud will take charge at once. He pro-
roses to make 1t the leading republican
paper Of Ohio, The price paid Is IN the
ne%ighbofaiood Of 100000.
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TWENTY PEOPLE KILLED
Fearful Havoc Resulting From a
Mine Explosion Near Tacoma,
Zen Bodies Already Observation-Disclosures
People Yet iii the wreck-Firs
Damp the Cause-Fun Par
~ticulars Not Yet O%btainable.

New Whatcom, Wash, April
aas Just been received of a terrible ex.
olosion in the Blue Conon coal mine, on
Lake Whatcom, seven miles from this
city, Ten dead bodies have been taken
sut and thirteen are still in the mine
Every possible effort is being made to
.escue them. A steamer has gone oui
from this city with Superintendent
Donovan. three physicians, ten miners
md press correspondents on board. Tbs
nine was inspected about three weeks
ago and pronounced safe.
Tacoma, Wash, April ga Leader
special from New Whatcom gives these
details of the coal mine explosion:
An explosion from fire damp in the
Glue Canon coal mine, Lake Whatcom.
Silled twenty-one men. w. A. Telford
one of the miners, who has just arrived
from the scene of the explosion. tells OF
what he saw. He was at the n
When the explosion occurred. He went
70 the incline and found James Kearns
at the mouth Of the shaft nearly dead
with exhaustion. Kearns said all in the
mine We're dead. He had carried BeE
Morgan as far as he vas able and then
left him. Morgan, he thought, was
dead. Kearns and Ecklund were tho
only one who had escaped out Of
twenty-three men who We're at work
Tom Valentine n j.. O.. Anderson were
the incline men and they escaped. At
the switch of the gangway, 800 feet from
the mouth of the tunnel, Ecklund and
Telford found the body of George Rob-
erts and beyond were thirty loaded cars,
which nae been blown off the track.
They next found the body of Ben Nor
gan. They were unable to go beyond
room 81, 500 feet from the angle of the
tunnel and gangway. Their safety
lamps went out and the gas drove them
back. In room y they found the bodies
OF Thomas Conlin and James Kirby. 1t
is supposed that in addition to the four
found nineteen persisted. The gas was
so thick that the rescu;ng party was
able to stay only for a few minutes.
The missing men with families are:
D. Y. Jones, superintendent.
James Kirby.
Andrew Anderson.
James McAndrew.
Charles SilVerton.
Mike Zeilinski.
The single men are;
Lucius Latka.
e. P. Chabe.
Thomas Conlin.
George Roberts.
Ben Morgan.
Joh Williams.
Alex Henderson.
William Evans.
Isaac Johnson.
William Lyster.
Charles hamburg.
Samuel Olson. A
]. A. Morgan.
Martin Blum.
Safety lamps were used everywhere
out in the gangway. The tunnel Is 800
feet long and the gangway 1000 feet
long and has twenty-six rooms opening
from it. The fans We're kept running
all the time and the cause of the explo-
sion is unknown.
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Hotel and Restaurant Employe. Meet.

Boston, Mass. April 9.-The executive
board of the Hotel and Restaurant En-.
ployes National alliance is in session
hsre preparatory to III annual conven.
ton of the organization which opens to.
morrow. The board is composed of
August Ruchman, representing the
walters; John Opper, baleenders; Henry
Fahy and Charles Gardner. cooks: and
l.. M. johnson. walters, all of st. Louis;
Charles Kittel, walters, Chicago; T. II.
Albers, walters, Brooklyn; and National
Secretary Hoyt Losky. Most of the
delegates have already arrived.
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The North German Lloyd
started in 1855 with three small steamers
running between Bremen and England.
On the first voyage 1t secured the not
very remunerative patronage of one
saloon passenger. From these small
beginnings it heads the steamship COM
panies of the world in point of size, its
fleet having an aggregate homage Of
e42,S67, the Peninsular and Oriental
having 227, 06O tons.
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Safety lamps were used everywhere
out in the gangway. The TUNE is 800
feet long and the gangway 1000 feet
long and has twenty-six rooms opening
from it. The fans We're kept running
all the time and the cause of the explo-
sion is unknown.
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FEDERATION OF MINERS.
Remarkable Showing Made by Thnt Or.
ganizatiOn

London, April 9.-The annual report
for 1894 of the Miners federation of
Great Britain, the largest body of Or
ganlzed labor in the world, was issued
today. 1t contains some astounding
figures. The great strike and lockout
of 1894 involved an expenditure Of
1923 900, and this entire sum was raised
by levies on the various districts. The
general fund account, separate and dis
tinc't from the strike fund shows a to-
tai income for the year OF S450,o00. and
disbursements sufficiently large to
leave a balance of s25, 900 in the %reasu
er's hands. Hence. this single trade
union received and disbursed nearly
81, 000, 900,