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written during tha day. Fltoher unml bit -wits more afmctionally the second time and seemed oonrpietely unnerved at the enforced parting. , XINA TAN lANDT's MUST KISS. When Nina Van Zaadt same Into the Jail at 9:05, Spies waa sitting With both bands on tal head a man bereft of all nop For the first time ia her life Nina embraced and kissed him with all the affection the eould lummon. Spies remained seated and Nina gat herself down in 1 his lap. She then threw both arms about him and talked with him in low bnt impassioned

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Death Warrants Read to the Vic

tims Before Their Removal to the Fatal Trap.

fimiB iirinn . V. wmhIjI afcil?A hia r,t-aliM.rl

or ran her shapely finger through hia hair, but aha did not jrtve way to her emotion. She remained -with,. Spiel for about fifteen minutes, and kiuel elm perhaps a dozen times as she was abcat to leave. Mr. Kngel did not care to bid her husband tanvweU, nor did Mrs. Parsons.

TRKIK APPKMTKS A 1.1. RIGHT. Hearty Sapper Eaten with Relish and Good Breakfast Ordered. At 7:80 Thursday night Sheriff Watson went in person to the four condemned men and asked them what they wanted to eat. Spies and Fischer were in the library. Engel sat chatting pleasantly with two bailiffs in Jailer Foil's private 0IB0V while Parsons reposed in his sell, discoursing treezilv through the open door to the death watch, who leaned against the sash and smoked a cigar. Thn iiHinfn all nmfnBBAd. with an air Of

ftirced cbeerfulnesi, to be hungry. Jinks asked

that for meat

for mutton chops, fried eggs," and coffee, and

n sober wanted the some, Baying mat ior mew he preferred beef-teak. Engel and l'arscas

Tarieat Ways im Which the Four

ABJsrdiiati PaaaedTlirnr Last Wight oa Earth.

Resident Dentist.

Dr. J. W.

OSes in the New Block, np-sUirs,

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fliats U Kafses.

Trr and be strictly accurate hi your answers to the doctor's questions, and

never attempt to hide aBTthmz Jrom

him. Teach yourself to hare an ap

proximate idea of medical qualities, and

be very aeon rare woea measuring meuirines. The fo'lowing is a table every one who icttea ls to anrso should get

br heart: Cms minim era us one

drop; sixty njinims equals one fluid drfcclim, or jone teasjxionf ul ; eight fluid drachms eqnals one fluid ounce, or two tablespoonfnls ; twenty' fluid ounces equals one pint; half fluid ounce equal one tables poonful, or two teaspoonfub. Keep a slate or a piece of Baser, and write down anything yon

may wish to ask the doctor, or that

yon may think necessary to tell him, eo as not to forget. One's memory is

tbtt ant to fail one at critical moments.

and. besidea, yonr strong personal in

terest in 'the patient tends to make you

less olear neade I than the professional nnviin- who. however avmnathetic and

tender, ha? not yonr individual feeling toward the patient And, above all, if von are allowed to nnrse or help in

the nursing, do cultivate sufficient com

mon sense to realize that if yon neglect

vonrown health von wilt only rjve

doable trouble by breaking down and

having to be nnraed yourself, while

yoa injure your patient by failing just

at the lime wu?n, pernaps, your services are most needed. Because you are

not a coward, do not be foolhardy. Be'

member, it is not only for tout own

sake that yon should be cautious about infection ; there are cases where people

in direst contact with the sick have not caught the diseadl themselves, and yet have transmitted it badly to some total outsider. Never go near an in

fections case, if yon can help it, fasting or when thoroughly tire I; and never,

on any account, stand so that the air blows on to you from the patient, for which reason never st.nd between the

sickbed and the fire if there s one.

When nursing or helping to nnrae an

infanliain cn.ee alwavs ksen a solution

of carbolics cid or some other disinfect ant, in which to dip yonr hands after attending to the patient; never go near other people if' yoa can help it in the

clothes you nave been wearing in tne sick room. Never whisper in a sick

room, it is far more exasperating ti the sick than any ordinary talking; do not wear creaky boots, but at the same time do not cultivate a habit of slipping about in list slippers or stocking soles, . or you may give your invalid a most imaectBjary start. Try and be your natural self as -much as you can ; sick people are often, by reason of their sieknass, prone to suspicion, and yon -will lose your influence if they lose their trnst in yon. Especially is this the eass with children, and it is just from these yoa may require implicit obedience and confidence at some crisis ; and if they have learned to doubt yoa it will doable the uphill battle you have to fight Study the sick and learn to manage them by yielding to them. Attend to their wishes and fancies and learn -their idiosyncracies, and by this meant you will treble your usefulness. London Exchange.

The four anarchists, August Spies, Al-

aertK. Parsons, George Engel, and Adolph

Hasher, wera hanged at the county jail in

Chicago on Friday morning, Nov. 11. The occurred at 11:59 o'clock. There was an Hf" of many of the usual f ormannas on the scaffold, the Sheriff reading the death warrant to the men in the library before leading them to the gallows,

wham they perished miserably for their

in the haymarkst txageay.

LAST TAKKirEU.

wttb the gamfHes eT the

Aaarehists Sad Partinja.

During the afternoon of Thursday there were j .tu iil when the aMSlllnll of the

anazettsai came in to say faraWau. At 600 hba! Schwab came to the jail to Ud her hnsfemad what she supposed would be a last fareu em. fesri tewr-i weenhur and her face

aaowad deep suffering. Schwab waa brought

So bia wife, who conversed with aim in low tanas, Ooeaslanally she would reach over and

Smke btefev the band or pat nlm encouragim a. Knt Ma rieid faee never chan

5puty Ohmn is ""'tiy beside them to

both hit upon cream toast and coffee. The orders were served with creditable promptitude tram a neighboring restaurant Spies and Rasher eat side by side upon a pile ot mattresses In the library, utilizing two chairs for tables, anl ate fairly well as they laughed and jested with the bailiffs. Engel ate but little of bia supper, and continually stroked his hn ! t,wt ishitA he emnlced irim German

jokes ..-with his two watchers. Parsons want

throdgh bis meal h artily and said nothing nam, finishing his repast, he brushed the d'jhes aside, struck a match on his flank, and leaned back to smoke and resume goasU) with

the solitary guardsman. . , When the restaurateur went around to clear away the remnants and the crockery service he took the four men's orders for the morrows

nreaaiasi, wmcn waa to uc noeir imearth. Spies and Fischer united on beefsteak, A0a . ...1 mRm ViLranns more daintilv fixed

preferonca on fried oysters and milk toast.

waue JSiURei eturaiiy uwuwiucu . coffee, with the evident view of faring better at breakfast than be did at supper.

Linzg s last meal const ilea oi ponuo aaiou, ehiaken salad, and roffee. This ho ate on Wednesday night. When tbe restaurateur reaueated his order for the morning he replied : Tm Tinadnt brins me anvthlns. I shsat eat,

thus evidencing that he even then eontemC ted hia self -destruction before another meal-e.

SPIES AND DB, BOI.TON. The Ex-Editor of the "Arbelter Zellung" Reraaes the Minister's Sympathy.

Mot long after the death watch had been set the Rev. Dr. Bolton, pastor of tbe First Methodist Episcopal Church, called upon the prisoners. The reverend gentleman visited the whole four unfortunates, and his recaption was

almost tne same in every ease, Snlut nuiAlvari him nnietlv and With a Smile.

"I nave called on you. Mr. Spies," said the clergyman, "to help you to prepare for the awful end whiab is now but a few short hoars "spies smiled again, but shook his head slowly. There is no use praying for me," he said, in a melancholy tone; "l need them not; yon should reserve your prayers for those who need them." The two men then discussed matters of religion and social eoonomy, and Spies waxed warm in his defense of the doctrines of socialism as It looked to him. The conversation was

arlong and somewhat rambling one, and finally Mr. Bolton atose, bade Spies adieu, and left aim. When he had gone the latter turned to the two deputies who kept watch over him, and with a abort lauch exclaimed : "Now. what can

you do with men like that' One doesn't like to

insult tnem, ana yet one nnus aara wenuure their unlooked-for attentions. Spies then waxed talkative and aired his opinion freely to his death watch. Deputy John

B. Hartke. speaking ot tne anaremsts' trial,

he said that its conduct and the finding were

mis

without precedent in the history of

trr.

"Why, don't you know," said he, 'that when the jury brought ia the verdiot they were all so

badly frigntenea tnat tney tremoieo, ana toe

Juage niinseni waea no pnmouacew. sue eon-

J0

eee wjaAanthtafwas haadei wire.

1 to Schwab by his

In Lave with a Married

A ffroup of roans ladies were stand

ing on tbe front steps of an elegant

residence, as a gentleman in a siik iiac

and Prince AlLert coat nan :ed bv.

"Ob ! what a handsome, stylish gen

tleman!" exclaimed one of the number,

"why, I'm just in love with him, who

is he, urace? JJo yon snow mm .- "Yes," answered the one addressed as Grace, "but yon mustn't f-H in love

with him for he a married man ; and

yoa know it is wicked to love a married man!" she added solemnly.

"Why, is that so?" inquired another

of the group; "liraee, yoa frighten

me?" "Why?"

"Because I love devotedly and unre

servedly a married man at the present time." "Terrible !" cried Grace, and the

others looked interesting and inquiring. "Add I will not give up loving him!" defiantly. "Is his wife living?" "Yes."

"Welt yon must not do iti it as wrong, it is wicked," growing elo

quent. "I don't care!:r obstinately. "Who h he?" i-ried another. Mv fa her." -Sufidau AViJiomfc

The firsi iroii .r.: to be discovcrel in this conn ry .- found jo Virginia

bjl71o.

After twentv minutes of affectionate fare

well, Mrs. Schwab arose to go from her hus-

nana'S presence, ana men oniy aia we iiuesad break down. He arose as she did, and

ay unnring ootn arms aranna ner ncca, her aflain and again. The Ecene was

In the extreme, and tbe crowd of of-

oeera and reporters were alike affected. Tearing herself away with a mighty struggle, the heart-broken woman turned to leave the jail.

a an suppoeeo, ior tne last time, no worn having been received at that time of the Governor's mercy to Schwab.

so teabs ra Exesrs EVES. Knaal's oldest daughter was the next to ar

rive, and waa shown into Mr. Four's private office, where her father was sitting on the lounge. Aa soon aa she saw him she threw both arms about his neck, and kissed him affectionately. Engel was very little moved by the grief of his daughter, although his eyes snowed signs of torn one or twioe. After remaining with him for about fifteen minutes his daughter left him to hie fate. As aba reached the jail door she was completely unnerved, and was crying bitterly, with bead downcast.

as. spixs ra Bsossir-asASTEO. The visit of Boles' and mother a little before

8 o'clock was one of the most pathetic scenes awwr ill ii MMil in ftbfl ejMmtv oil. Mrs. Snies

was dressed in black, and deep lines of oare and

i were plainly noueeaoie on ner lace.

d into tne lall library, wnere ner

am waa sitting, ass threw herself at his loei, looked up pitifully into his face, and talked rapidly with him in German, until she became quite hysterical. She was led from her son's nresffnee completely broken down and scaroely able to walk, Her daughter Oretcuen awaited

Her oa toe outside oi -sue ounuing w teaa mi away. Miss Spies did not visit her brother. lbs. Fischer came in lo iking stolid and indifferent. She hardly seemed to realize at first that she was visiting her husband for the last time, but after talking with him a few moments the tears began to gather in her eyes, and she

clujw to ner young uuaoana in ueapair. ab " A fcn an TTlanfMir nnllAri ehnrt letter

from hia poeket and handed it to his wife. It waa written in German, and he told her to have Jailer Foix read it to her. She went to Mr. FaH and asked him to tali her what was in it. aH, WW, wflm mmd atlon she took the

letter to an husband and had him translate it

tones, shook like a leaf." This, he said, looked bad.

"I'll tell van." he continued, "in five or six

yean from now the peocle will see the error of

Hanging us, it tney ao not see it sooner. With this Spies, who had been lying on hia back with his hands avove his head, removed

them and turned on Us side with his face to

the wall. The anarchist editor then lay down on the bed, and with his white face upturned, talked continuously with Deputy Hartke about mutual acquaintance a and things and events of days gone by. He never referred to the morrow, and aoemed desirous of keeointr the

tboughta of his approaching execution as far as

posstoie xrom nis mma.

EXOFX.

Protest His Innooenee and Doesn't Want

Religious Sympathy,

Engel grew a little more serious as the night wore on, and when be came t be more familiar with tbe death watch, be talked with them

about the cause for which be was about to die. He nrotested his innocence over and over acain

and told the story of the Haymarket riot, and

alt ne anew ox is. Tbe Rev. Mr. Bolton called on Engel as he did on the others, but with the same unsatisfactory result. The wretched En-el dwelt with

bitter emphasis upon the fact that it waa .she

informer waller, wno anerwara swore nil nie

away, tnat nrst iniormea nun oi tne massacre

I was drinking beer and playing cards with nv neighbors when Waller called and taunted

me with not being down in tbe Haymarket

flcht," said Kneel, as a big lump seemed to rise

in his throat, "and ha afterward swore my life away, bnt I die for a just cause. " Engel slept

none until l o cloox, nut at mat nour, ust as the death watah was being removed. he turned

round in hia oonch and dropped into a light

slumber. PARSONS AND FISCHER,

Both Refnse Spiritual Comfort Parsons

Insults the TlsMlna; Ministers.

Fischer's last Bight was quietly spent. He talked but little, but waa restless. His death-

watch said though he did not much. . be aDDewred to take the

ble ordeal put upon Urn with

composure almost Indifference. He,

sleep terrf-

great

too.

her slowly, which be did Tbe letter waa as coldly repulsed Dr. Bolton's proffered spiritual agsetltmats f stittiI' to " whjoh he haj i U, Though bis sleepless eyes tiered vacantly

at the will of his cell, he talked but little. Nd sign of norrousness or fear tjould bo traced on the bard, clear-cht feature. He was evidently Sropared to meet hit fate unflinchingly and to le boldly. When it. Boltou oalled upon Parsons ha was received with the same courtesy which has always dUtiuguiil.ml that erudite anatchist. The condemned man, however, did not seem to t ike kindly to the pro-Tercd ministrations of the

Clxwunare welcome, Dr. Bolton," he said; "pray, what can I do for you?" Tl,. visiter eviilained bis mission.

and too old cynical expression stole o .er Parsous' fa?e. "rretJohers are all l'harissss, he answered, "and you know what Jesus Christ s opinion of tbe Pharisees was. Ho called them a generat ou of vipers, and likened them to whited seiu;cliers. I don't dosire to have anything to do with either." Dr. Bolton ro mount rated a little, and finally Parsons appeared to be relenting oinewbat. "Well, well," he said, "I will say that while I do not absolutely refuse your kind attentions, I will impress on you the fact that I did not want A desultory conversation ensued, and the minister, on leaving, told Parsons that he would pray earnestly for him during tbe night. The anarchist's hard Gray eye grew moist, and he murmured, hoarsely "Thajlk you," but added : -"Don't foraet, though, 1 didn't so:.d for you," THURSDAY NIGHT IN THE JAII How the Prisoners Rested Parsons' Death Song Testing- the Gallows Preparations " for'lKe Kxi-cutlon. How did the comlomned men pass tbeir laat night on earth-how did they sleep? Not very well during t'lo first part of the night. At H o'clock Parsons was still awake, tossing uneasily on bis couch. Spies could not s'eop, ii appeared. He nmained twisting abJUt with wide-open eyes, and naturally bis sense of bearins waa acute. C. rtainly he must h ive heard tuo sound made by tbe carp uters when they urn nnttinv uu the callows. That could not

have escaped him very well, 1 ecause it was distinctly audible eieu in tbe jaiiofflce, and the door there was closed so as to shut out all

atm-nn that iii'tfht diatlir.i tUO QOOmeU UlSU.

At midnight tile silliness oouiu not nave o

eater, l enec. (uiuinure ijuicvjmb ulv the bissina uole oi til i burning gas was

heard. A fow minutes before Parsons, moved

to the i.tt rtuost of feeUnr.'aug "Annie Ijaurie. The eu uds were in hie co.t at the tims. They mml 'nt e.T wonldn't rrevent bis singing : bul-

as his voice weut up in mat om s as a '

waa noted tu the ceils on eitner blue oi mur

derers' row. The prisoners were awakened

Thov listened, their heaas proppou up ou

their elbows to the homely but pathetic ditty, and more than a tinge of sadness characterUed tbe plaintive voice of the singer. He wrB singing his death-song. Mayhap in years

agone ue sang .muio iuio m uw vu. at home. It was a favorite air of his, for at all events it was the last one he would sing before

lying down for bis last rest. He slept welL 8o did Engel and Fischer. Two guards were

in the cell ot eacn man. viner guant

were outside tne ecu; ouuiao u corridor were other guards, more guar In m the iail vard. and still more of them

were outside and alt around the Criminal

Court bui'ding. xney an reit preay secure mr

only that afternoon. All afternoon civil engineers had examined every street and thoroughfare adjoining in a quest after explosive mines. The engineers finished their examinatflU toward nightfall, and their assurance was "S er,, t,t riManlta nil tulll trt the rou.

V W ' . trary, there was no anarchist mine in any of I the street leading to the jail or Criminal Court before midnight, and while the anarchists were either sleeping or feigning sleep, the gallows were put up. They are the ones used in the execution of Muikowsky and the three Ital

ians. About 1 o clock Friday morning tney were tested, just as had been done in tbe case of the Italians, and they were found to operate without any hindrance. A bag of sand weighing 180 pounds was swung off four times, once from each rope, and with no other effect than to stretch the rope a trifle. The ropes were of excellent quality, and endured the test to the best advantage. Experts who were present said there wasn't a doubt but that the ropes could be depended on.

At two o'otoea mere waa absolutory nutuintf undone A waon bad been driven up

to tne jail some time before, and four coffins were taker, out and deposited in the basement

adjoining tbe kitcben. mat was tne very last preparation for the impending tragedy. The officials who were to perform the execution slept, the men to be executed slept. Two guards watched tbe slumber ot each of the doomed men. From midnight forward till daybreak alienee reigned in tbe jail.

FRIDAY MORNING,

Hravado of Spies and Parsons--Tho Xst

Brwaafaat Other Incidents of the Morn-Inr.

At6 o'clock Spies' guards came off duty for a moment or two. One of them, Deputy Sberiff Hartke, said Spies bad slept well ever sinee 8

o 010CK, nut mat neiore tnat time ne was awaae, though he pretended to be asleep. Any little noise disturbed him, but the guards were warm

in praise of ws nerve, wnen spies turneu in

1UU

wilh the fatal documents authorizing tno execution. About '. o'clock a bail I IV camo in anl told tbe Shcrtfl tKi HxA- ParHoui desired admission to see tier husband, butlhe Sheriff could not permit nor tecomo ill at thai ilmo7 At tli -j Mrae time a Ittter was rtloeivod at the

iail iwnaarkei ,ew torn, ana nauresseci: "Ttreuthers Hides. I.incir uitd CoinrHdoA, Chica

go Jail." and on from Madisou, Wis . addre s d to "T.ia Cond railed Anarchists. " Both letters

win scntto th) men. t'l -oolojk a crowd of women dres.-cd in

deep mourning, nccoinpanied by tAro children aluo iu black, innrclied down Clar s'ro-1 to the roi'si serosa Slioli ga-i (.troot and oko I the officer itMiolii a i street t ) bo ell iwed toco iuto the jail. The crowd included Mrs. Parsons,

handsome, though it was very pale. When he st 'pped upon the gallows he turned partially sideways to the dangling noose and regarded it with a fixed, stony gase oae of mingled surprise and curiosity. Then he straightened himself under the fourth noose, and, as ho did so, In turned hts big gray eyes upon the crowd below with such a look of awful reprotch and sadness as could not fail to strike tbe Innermost chord of th" hardest hoart there. It was a look never to be forgotten. There was an expression almost of Inspiration on tbe wiiito, calm face, and the great, stony eyes scsmed to burn into men's hearts and ask : -What have I doner 'Ihero they stood upon the scaffold, four white-robed iiguroi, with set, ktoioal faees, to

was clad in a neat black suit, but had enly am undershirt on. When all the bodies had been arranged in the coffins the physicians made another examination, and then the lids were placed on the osf. fins and the work was done. The condemned men directed that their bodies

be turned over to their wives, except Spies, who

wanted Ms body given to nis motner, xneir wishes were respected, and Coroner Harts directed that the body of Lingg be given to Mrs.

Kneel and tbe carpenters' union, in accoraance with Lingg'a request, so that they might all ha buried together.

THE STORY OFTHX CRDDC

How the Haymarket Meetli,-Id to Vari

ous Traced lee, The Haymarket riot octtrrett on May 4, ISM,

and was the result of a serins of attempts made by tho anarchists to JodubOodshed. During the st ire that occurred April W, 1889, Fielden and Parsons were familiM,fures among the dissatisfied men, urging thera'to resort to aim

as a solution oi tneir grievances, as tne asceee.

ir strikes in July, ihu, ana tne tovor

strike in Febiuxry, 1886, Spies and Parsons took the initiative in Inciting the idle men to deeds

of violence.

CIlimXAl COt'BT SDlbDlHO AND JAIli DSXUliOll.N AVENUE MONT.

Mrs. Kngol, Mrs. Fisher. Tdngg's swootbeart, Mis. Ho'.mes, Mrs Spies. Miss Spios, and a ninuber of tueir female friends, and the children were the son and daughter of A. K. Parsons. Tbe policeman told them his orders that they could not advance aud tney moved oa to

Illinois street, whero they repeate 1 their do-

apt, uuuoara ana Litem, jnwnasnu.

The same thing was told them by these omoers

He

his boots on

he was smokinir a ebrar.

and did not undress. Turning to tbe guards, while Hlnwlv nnfflnr at his ciffar. Soiea said :

"Boys. Ill be just as steady to-morrow when this little matter oomea off as I am now " The police were out early. At 8 o'clock

promptly 400 of them were in line in front of the Criminal Court building and ranging along on the sidewalk of the jail on Illinois street. Small details of police were put on duty in the court -yard of the jail, more were assigned to positions in the alley, and others affain were drawn un on Dearborn ave

nue alongside tbe jail and Criminal Court

building. At tbe same time ropes were stretonad along Clark street from both sides of Michigan and Illinois street and along Dearborn avenue, likewise on Illinois and Michigan streets. On all these thoroughfares traffic was stopped. On none except Clark street was traffic permitted

mi alter me execution. As the morning wore slowly along the bustle in the jail increased. The deputies and reporters who were on duty all night were relieved, and new men took tbeir places. Seven o'clock came and the twilight of dawn had brightened into tbe full beam of day. At mat hour the anarchists wen already astir. Engel awoke with a start, and in an instant sat bolt upright. He began to talk socialism to hia guard, bnt hia haggard face revealed the straggle that was going on inside. At 7 .-90 two waiters from Martell's restaurant brought to the prisoners their breakfast The edibles were carried in a large, new clothesbasket, and tbe linen and tableware looked bright and clean. A little incident occurred whan Parsons stepped ont to wash himself, which was described by lieutenant I.aughlin. All the other anarchists contented themselves with washing at the tap, but when Parsons walked up to the basin he exclaimed : "I see no wash-basin here. I am accustomed to washing in a basin, and I want one now." His manner was extremely defiant, but though he reiterated his request for tne' basin in gruff tones he did not get the desired utensil. He, by far, exhibited tbe most bravado of say of the anarchists. Sheriff Hatson reached the jail at 7 35 o'clock. He looked haggard and depressed, and said but little to the reporters. Altera glance through the interior of the jail ha came out and went to his private office. He had at that time received no news from the (Jovernor, or any other source. Tbe Bev. Dr. Bolton arrived at 7 :4S, and, after depositing bis satchel on a chair and hanging up his oierooat in the jail office, passed into the oeU-raom. Passing first into Parsons' cell, he attempted to engage the doomed Texan iu religious conversation. Parsons had not yet finished breakfast. What passed between them is unknown. In the meantime Spies had called for paper and envelopes, and when they were furnishea him, be began writing. He was interrupted by the Sheriff, who accosted him, and stood In front of the cell door while they talked. The Sheriff took notes of the conversation and then passed on. After a stay of eighteen minutes in Parsons' cell, Dr. Bolton emerged, and walking to Spies' door, stood looking at that individual, who glanced at the clergyman and continued his writing. Dr. Bolton remained standing in front of Spies two or three minutes, but receiving no recognition he walked away. The olergyman then passed arouud into the north corridor, and from the gallery overlooking tbe scaffold took a view of that grim structure. Then he returned and paced nervously backward aud forward in front of the cells containing the fated four. It was now 8:30 o'clock and not thirty fett away from the coining victims the massive iron-barred door was clanging constantly, admitting crowds of newspaper men and Deputy Sheriffs, crowding the little room almost to suffocation and indulging in a loud buzz of conversation that could be beard plainly iu the cells. Nearly everybody in the room was smoking, and, what with the fearrul feeling of depression felt by lh moat hardened, the place was nearly unendurable. Meanwhile tbe Bev. Mr. Bolton, who had walked down the Hue of cells and reoelved but oold recognition from the men inside, betook himself to the northeast corner of the jail-yard, where fie gallows stood. The reverenu gentleman closely scanned it from the gallery and then retumed again and looked iuto the cells, but did not talk to the occupants while they were writing. Following the example of ( pies, Persons and Fischer called for writing material and were busy writing when Mr. Bolton returned ou bis second visit. Dr Gray, the Assistant County Physician, called on the prisoners about 8 .'! o'clock and aked them if they required any stimulants. .Parsons, Spies, and Fischer refused, but Engel

uranx tnree giassos or port wine.

and all except Mrs. Holmes and Mrs. Parsons movel away. Mrs. Holme 1 denounced the execution as a murder and the policemen as murderers. M. -Parsons continued to beseech and demand admission, aud the polio:) continued obdurate. At 10 o'clock she was still on hand, but under the closest surveillance. At about 9 iS9 o'clock Mrs. Parsons suddenly determined to make one last desDerate effort to

see hor husbaud. Dragging her children at her j side, and obediently followed by Mrs. Holmes, I she endeavored to push through the line of police. Her resistance was so stubborn when j opposed that CapUin Buckley was at laat compelled to order hor arrest. Every effort of gentle

restraint, persuasion, argument, anu entreaty was employod to ne effect. Finally a call was sent in for the East Chicago avenue patrolwagon. The four prisoners were led to the corner of Illinois street and Dearborn avenue.

where the wagon dnw up. Utile Albert Par

sons, Jr., and nis still smaller sister were lifted in, and, while breathing sentiments of commingled rage and despair, Mrs. Parsons was

assisteu to ascenu. isrs. rtoimes aisuameu assistance and mountid the wagon with a show of offended feeling. A tremendous crowd bad centered at that point, and it was only after a squad of officers ha rushed upon the throng with drawn clubs that the wagon was able to pass out. Onoe at tke station, the prisoners were given seats in the basement registryroom. They were not booked nor koked in a call. Clothed la deep black, with her bonnet and f aoe enveloped in a heavy crape veil, Mrs. Parsons sat brooding over the children at her side, the very picture of desolation. Mrs. Holmes paced tragically back aud forth, and aa Lieut, yuinn politely approached demanded: "Do I understand that I'm detained?" The Lieutenant mildly replied that such was the case to the best of his knowledge. Mrs. Parsons, raising her bead, with flashing eyes said: "Oh, they'll keep us here till their murdering spree Is finished, and than they'll likely let us go." At about the hour Mrs. Parsons was arrested Kiua Van Zandt, accompanied by her mother, was driven in a cab from their reaidenoe toward tbe jail. As the line ot police which blocked the avenue at Illinois street appeared tbe driver reined in, but was urged onward by the ladies. The police began signaling the cab to turn back, but the driver, obedient to hia passengers, pushed on. As the eab aimroached the rooea with no

evidencing of intention to halt an officer

darted forward and throwing up his musket barred further progress. Lieut Larson advanced, and aa gentlr as possi

ble Informed the ladies that they eould not

proeeea ana couia not oe aamittea to tne jait. ThA cabman than, turned about, and Nina.

bursting into tears, fell upon her mother's shoulder. In this attitude they were driven homeward. Nina fairly flung herself into the house, and could be heard from without sob

bing arid moaning. Crowds were not allowed to stand. Throngs of curious people were being kept moving up and down Clark street and Dearborn avenue, THE FATAL DROP. Hurrah for Anarchy! " Shouts Engel Parsons Choked Off in the Middle 'of a

Sentence. ' Parsons was given a cup of coffee a few minutes before the march to tbe scaffold was began.

which it would seem no Influence could bring a tremor of fear. And now a ba'lilf approaches, and, seizins Spies' robe, pas sod a leathern strap around his anklos. In a moment they were closely plniined together. Envoi's legs wero next strapped together, and when tbe official appnnclied Fischer the latter straightened up his tall figure ti its full heigbt and placed bis ankles close together to facilitate the operation. Parson's was the lost, but he was the first around wbose nook tbe fatal sard was nlacad One of tho attendant bailiffs

seized the noose in front ot Spies and passed it deftly over the doomed man's head. It caught over his right ear, but Spies, with a shake of his head, cast it down around his neck, and then the bailiff tightened It till it touched the warm flesh, and oaref ully placed the noose beneath the left ear. When the officer annroaohad Fischer threw

back his head and bared his long, muscular

throat by tbe movement.

nestled suugl:

Fischer's neck was very long and the noose

arouua it.

When it was

i'AV t IBm, '"y sai'' -iMBI nsy k KmMW '.?'-A?5 BHEBirr HATSON, THE BaXOMaX.

Dr. Gray asked if more was required, and relived an answer in the negative He. bow-

ever, left three more glasses of wine beside the

doomed man. Parsons, Fischer, and Spies were still busy writing when Dr. Oray's visit was made, and their chirography waa aa steady and firm as if they were merely inditing a letter or an article to the Alarm or Arbeiter ZMuny. Not a tremor eould be detected iu one of tho characters. At 8:5 Deputy Sheriff Burke came out and announced that all who had passes to wftness the hanging must now give them up. The request was complied with by the two-score reporters and others who were then present. Though the execution, it was understood, would not take place until after 10 o'clook, this announcement was looked upon as a pretty slg. nifioant hint that the awful hour was very close at band. a 8 20 a. in. Cb(et Dfsuty Glsaaoa arrived

tightened around his windpipe Fischer

turned around to Spies and laughing

lv vhfanAr-! nmethim' in hia ear.

Bat the latter either did not hear him or else was too muchocoupied with other thoughts to pay attention. Engel smiled down at the crowd, and then turning to Deputy Peters, who im.rrlml him. he smiled gratefully toward him

and whispered something to the officer that

seemed to affect him. Parsons face never moved as the noose dropped over his head, but the same terrible, fixed look was ou his face. And now people wore expecting that the MMfliiiii for whir.h the four doomed ones craved

twenty minutes each would be delivered, but to every one's surprise the officer who had adjusted the noose proceeded to fit on the white cap without delay. It was first placed on Spies' head, completely hiding his head and face. Just before the cap was pulled over Fischer's head Deputy Spears turned his eyes up to meet those of the vA,,n0 anarchist. Fischer smiled down

on bis guard just aa pleasantly aa Engel did on aia, and he seemed to be whispering

7KB JAIL 1BOPEH - ILLINOIS STBEET VSONT

It was exactly 11 SO o'clock when Chief Bailiff Cahill entered the corridor and stood beneath the gallowK, He requested in solemn tones that tile gentlemen present would removo their hats. Instantly every head was bared.' Then the tramp, tramp of many footsteps were heard resounding from the central corridor, and the crowd in front of the gallows knew that the condemned men had begun the march of death. The (low, steady inarcb sounded nearer and nearer. The anarchists were within a few feet of tbe scaffold. There was a pause. Tbe condemned men were alpout to mount the stairway leading to the laat platform from which they would ever speak. Step by step, steadily they mounted tbe stairway, and again there was another slight pause. Every eye was bent upon the metallic augle around which the four wretched victims were expected to make their appearanoe. A moment later the curiosity was rewarded. With steady, unfaltering step, a white-robed figure stepped out from behind the protecting metallic screen and stood upon tbe drop. It was August Spies. It was evident that his hands were firmly bound bebind him underneath his snowy shroud. He walked with a firm, almost stately, tread across the platform aud took his stand under the left-hand noose at tbe corner of the scaffold farthest from the side at which he bod entered. Vorv pale was the expressive faoe. and a solemn, far-away light shone in bis blue eyes. His tawny hair was brushed back in the usual crisp waves from the big white forehead. Nothing could be imagined more melancholy, and at the same time dignified, than tbe expression which sat upon tho face of August Spies at that moment Tho chin was covered with a freshly budding beard that

nart allv concealed the expression or tne

flimly hardly

cut mouth. Tbe lines were a littlo

y drawn around tno coruers, nuwever.

ana heanoke tn-eat internal tellB.OU. 110

stood directly behind the still noose, which reached down almost to his breast, and, having first cast a momentary glance upward at the rope, let his eyes fall upon the '.w faces that wero upturned toward him. Never a muscle did be move, however: no sign of flinohing or fear conld be discerned in tbe white face white almost as tbe shroud which it surmounted. Spies had scarcely taken his place wheu he waa followed by Fischer. He, too, waa clad in a long white shroud that was gathered in a.' the ankles. His tall figure towered severe: inches over that ot Spies, and as he stationed himself bebind his particular noose his faoe was very Eale, but a faint smile rested upon bis lips, ike Spies, the white robe set off to advantage the rather pleasing features of Fischer, and as the man stood there waiting for his last moment bis pale face was as calm as if he were asleep, Next came George Engel. There was e .-uilily glow upon the rugged countenance or tro old anarchist, aud when ho ranged lilmtolf along, side Fischer he raised himself to his lull heignt, while bis burly form seemed to expand witbjthe feelings that were within him. Last cams Parsons. Hi face looked actually

Hnim waa then the editor of the Arbsilar XaU

eutur. and when not disseminating nil Vtetooa

editorials he and Parens were haranguing meet- . . . . , . i, - - -

lugs 01 Btnaera iuv wi awvreuj Mevwvwvi at the "speakers' call. All these revolutionary attempta thus far had proved failures, and it was not until May 1. 1886, that another suitable opportunity for sowing anarchistic principles was afforded Spies aud hie-tentlngeBcy, for by this time Spies was the rocognizsd leader of the revolutionary movement.

At this time there waa a general strike all classes of laborers for eight hours to

tute a day's work. It was me greatest strike ia

the annals of Chicago, and me immense number of idle men and the extent of the dissatisfaction furnished an excellent opportunity for inculcating inflammatory doctrines. The anarchist leaders perceived this opportunity and made the most of it. On the 3d of May the strikers from MoCormick'a machine-shoDS gathered on Bine Island

avenue, near that establishment; proclaiming their alleged wrongs. Spies appeared in the throng and baranzuod the crowd in an Inflam mat ry speech, urging thsm to resort to arms.

in,, nan MtnitnmAnt ensnaa. anil uw enraareei

strikers attacked the shops. The appearance of

the police prevented, any aisastroux resuite, tliaunh dnrini, that dav aaveral more attemnts

were made to demolish the building, Seven! workmen were injured by the efforts of tho pe

nce to proserve oraer, ana tars sosuea v egBiwvate the prevailing discontent. xriAr tiii iitntnrnancA hud falrlv been set la

motion Spies fled to the office of the ArbeiUr I , . , .. .1 lc, A nnfcnrfnn, "1T.VIIM

circular. It began: "Bevengel Workingnjen, In.nnil' Anil nlnaad with "TO armsl We Oil

vrxn ti ,mil Tht lircnlAT WSS distributed

among tbe belligerent strikers, and was thought to have had a tremendous influence in nerving

the men for the subsequent iray at tne joay

market.

On th fnllnwlnfr dav. tfav 4. infuriated WOt

InimiMi AnntJnnnfl to nrawl ATTlUnd tOe neigh

borhood of the McCormlok shops, and were only restrained br the presence of the police. A cir-

uniar ARaertAil to have been written, crintod.

and circulated under tne supervisisa ot opwe

aud his allies, was scatterea among toara.

Thl nlrniilar was addressed to Workingmen

m.nA announced a mass-meeting to take place

on the following night at Haymarket square. The strikers assembled early in response to this call and packed the square with eager

socctators. The sneakers did not appear tall

early 9 o'clock, when they mounted a wagon

on Desplatues street at me norta eawnuxcw

to the square. It waa esumatea tn two thousand people were present when Spies,

U.r.nn. ami h'tAKUn HUH. 1 110 in

first were surprisingly mild in their utterances. This is accounted for by some

by the presence of Mayor Harrison, wno a nniAfl to nmhibtt the meeting. When it

came to Flelden's turn to speak he wrought his

amiitnra to a tifffn niton or excitement or OH

inflammatory words. He advised them to -throttle and kill the law." Capta. Bonfisld and Ward, who were holding police In read- ...... ,A ..nail anv dltttnrhance that should take

place, constaereti uiu niw wuy -

action. At tne utw ut wim T

panics, aggregating xra men, toe -tains marched ud Desplainee street to

(h. anuafrnra' WA0O11. Fielden. fWeinST thC

.mui, .mm im ! 1 1 mRmmai. , i m a pwa

bloodhounds 1 You do your duty and 111 do

mine I" Capt. Ward then gave tne oraer to perse peaceablv." "We are peaceable," replied Parsons, and at that moment the deadly bomb

was thrown and expioaea witu a roar wsi a.irttiti. ror two tnilAB Officer Matthias J.

TWan and an anarchist named Kiatler

were killed outright Six more were , mor

tally injured and sixty others received injuries

In..n.irifibl thnm fnr dutv for

weeks. Neighboring buildings were shaken' to It.. fnnnHnni and for a moment the TlOliOO

xney wumi

,n

were driven in confusion

INDIANA STATE NEVvU

some words of forgiveness. Engel and Parsons boob donned their white caps after this, and now the four men stood upon the scaffold clad from top to toe in pure white. All was ready now for the signal to let the

drop fall. In the little box at the back of the

stage and fastened to the wall the invisible executioner stood, with ax poised, ready to cut the nord that held them between earth and heaven.

The men bad not noticed this, but they knew

the end was near. For an instant there was a dead silence, and than a mournful, solemn voice sounded from

behind tbe first right-hand mask, and cut the

air like a wall oi sorrow ana or warning, nines waa sneaking from behind his shroud. The

words seemed to drop into the col 1, silent air

like peuets ox nre, itere is wnat ne saia ; -It is not meet that I should speak here,

where my silence is more terrible than my ut

terances."

Then a deeper, stronger voice came out with a muffled, mysterious, cadence from behind the white nail that hid the face of Fischer. He

only spoke eight vords: "This is the happiest

moment of my lite But tho next voioe that catches up the refrain is a different one. Itjwas firm, but tbe melancholy wail was not in it. It was harsh, loud, exultant. Engel was cheering for unarouy. "Hurrah for anarchy! Hurrah I" were the last words and the last cheer of (ieorge Kngel. But now the weird and ghastly scene was brought to a climax. Parsons alone remained to speak. Out from behind bis mask bis voioe souudod more sad. and there was a mote dreary, reproachful toue in it than even iu Spios . "ifay I be allowed to speak I Ob. men of America 1" h cried, "may I be allowed the privilege of speech eveu at the last moment? Hurki'n to tho voioe of the people " There was a sudden pause. Parsons never epoke a word more. A sharp, oroaklng noise, a crash, a sickening, craokling sound, and Spies, Parsons, FiBoher, aud Engel were no more. When the pulse-beats ot all became imperceptible, which was about 12:10 o'clock, tbe physicians sat down and tho bodies swung baok and forth, while the deputies stood above them. '1 here was a continual shitting ot scats after the nbysiolans left tbe bodies, and nearly all who could get away wanted to be allowed to do so. The Sberiff opened a door at the west side of the building and a great many of the spectators left. At 12 :S Spies' body was let down and placed In a coffin, while the doctor examined him and found that bis nock was not broken. He wore a dark gray flannel shirt and dark pantaloons, but no coat. His arras were confined by a strap, as were those of all the others. Fischer waa next cut down. His neck was uot broken. He .wore a blue flannel shirt and gray trousers. Kngel came next He had a blue flannel shirt and woro a collar His neck was broken, but the spinal cord was not severed. Parsons wat the last to be takes down. He

,iiami.i, honrAVAr and. after using their re

volvers and batons so freely as to fifl tbe ate with groans of the wounded, suoceeded in queu

ing tue uisturoance. . . Bnt.. Rhwnh nnd Flaeber were arrested the

following moming, and ou May 17 a grand jury, charged by Judge Sogers, found indictments against Spies. Parsons, Fielden. Sohnaubelt, Fischer, Lingg, Engel, Bob web, Neebe, Anton mvaAhA-ffAr and .Tnlm Anel. The two last end

Schnanbelt were released, though it is now unnoied that Schuaubelt threw flu bomb. The

rest were held without bail.

The trial began on June 2L Judge Gary presiding. The leading counsel for the prosecution was JuUus 8. Qrinnelli for the defense ii..,,. w n rttair On the first dav of the

trial Parsons' surrendered himself. Till July 13 wan eonaiimel in imnaneling a jury, and

evidence was heard till Aug. 11. On this date annnivt imunn to Arffua the case and con

cluded on the 19th, when the case was given to tbe jury. At 10 o'clook a. m., Aug. 20, ISM, the jury returned a verdict of guilty, flxitfg Meebe s punishment at fifteen years In the penitentiary and sentencing the others to be hanged. A mnMnn waa ImrnnliAtAlv made bV the COtUt-

sel for tbe defense for a new trial, but i Judge Gary refused to grant it. They suceoeded, bowever, in obtaining from Judge Scott of the Supreme Court a supersedeas on Nov. 87. TBS mm waa than artrnod at great length before me

Supreme Court of Illinois. Unfairness was charged tbe State in the selection of jurors and the seizure of private papers that Judge Oary admitted as valid evidence. The Supreme Court rendered its decision on Sept 14 1". sustaining the decision of the lower court. The next step waa to get the case before the united States Supreme Court. This application was made on the charge that the defendants were not accorded due process of law, and that the mi. ..i. law was unconstitutional. Gens.

Pryor and Butler and J. Randolph Tuoksr ar. Sued the case for the anarchists, but the court eolared the jury law to be constitutional ; Oat it did not havo jurisdiction in the case, thus sustaining the deoision of tbe Illinois Supreme Court, sentencing the seven anarchists to be

hanged on ov. it. Miss or Mrs.

So much has been said in regard to ilia noiuuaitv nf ft ivronoun in Kntrlish

equivalent to the French on without accomplishing anything whatever that it seems of no especial use to point oat

the deficiencies of the language; dui there is often a certain satisfaction in stating difficulties, and so we all keep on. One of the annoyances of correspondence is the utter Impossibility of telling from the signature of a letter whether the unknown correspondent is Miss or Mrs. A note is signed by J ane Smith, bnt how in replying is one to know by what title to address the writer? Of course, the epistle itself will sometimes contain a clew, but there are instances enough where the recipient is absolutely unable to deoide, and he always runs the risk of offending by a wrong address, an awkwardness which is by no means pleasant, and he is exposed also to the more serious danger that a letter may miscarry through a blunder in the use of the title. There are people who are wise enough to give some indication, some bracketed (Miss or Mrs. besides the signature, or some indication in the body of the note. If this custom could be made general it would save muok perplexity, relieving letter writers from the doubt involved in the question reported in JPunch when a servant asks her uew mistress, "In the course of conversation shall I address you as 'Miss' or Mum?' " Of old all ladies, married and single, were addressed aa Mistress, a custom which at once did away with the whole diffiouHy, and which perhaps might be worth reviving. Some such device might easily be resorted to, and seems to be necessary unless one follows the example of a New York editor who said he always in case of donbt addressed his letters to "Miss or Mrs. Jane Smith," a method more clumsy than satisfactory-. if os ton GourUr. Produced by Evaporation. "George Gulp," said his friend, warmly, "is one of the salt of the earth. "I believe you," replied the other man; " he's dry enough to bo all of it." jBttrtieie.

Make good use of to-day; yw are not sure of to morrow.

In. digging a ditch in Montgomery

County, iu the section ot Black Creek, m

discovery has been made by the weckniett

that may prove valuable in tbe future It that section the land Is very marshy, llswl

when a depth of about tea feet Was reached

a whito substance was faund, wjJMk seems to have no bottom. When It is first: da $

up a white, watery substance oozes ow.

After it had been exposed to the -air for

about two days it becomes very Mack, and bums readily, making a bright, warm firej It is supposed (o be coal in the first fevma-(ion-A man who steps in the substance

can scarcely gat out. :

A daring attempt was made recently It

wreck a passenger train hear Hammond. Some one broke open a gwitxihiOti lhemd

land Central side-track, one nwe west of

Hammond. The way-freight running

ahead nnd on the time of the passenger

train, dashad into the cars on the Side,

overturning the engine and breaking some

fifteen or twenty caw. The engine waa

buried beneath the cars. The train -mm . -

saved themselves by jumping. Damage about $15,000. Had tho crowded passenger train been on time, the loss of lift

would have been appalling.

A strong pressure has been brought

upon the Evanaville Police Commissioners to enforce the Sunday-closing law, and the whisky men have made a desperate effort to prevent the enforcement. The

matter was brought to a head by a decision of the Board that the Sunday-dosing la will go into effect Immediately, and every

saloon will also be compelled to close every

night at 11 o'clook. Much feeling ba beep engendered by the agitation, and a strong

effort will lie made at the next election to select a Legislature friendly to a repeal of the law.

Patents have been iSBaed to Indiana

inventors s follows: Charles E. ABtJerson, La Porte, fence machine; Samuel B.

Harsh, Wabash, shafting; Thomas V"

Fisher, Anderson, grain cradle attachment; Alfred V. Huahev. Arcadia, car coupling;

Jacob A. Parker, Terre Haute, car wheel;

David Senior and H. Fethm, SUdlaon,

carding machine; Robert B, Short, Union

Mills, tnilway switch; Oswald bmlth, 'Aeu City, assignor of one-half to W. T. Pyne, Louisville, Ky., feed regulator for roller mills.

At Montpelier Wm. Barnes, the mur

derer of Theodore LemngwelL was found

guilty of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to ninety-nine years in has penitentiary. The crime- for which Barnes..

received the life sentence was the sailing of Theodore Lefflngwell, in that place, last

April. Barnes, who is a large man, -met his victim on a foot-bridge, and, picking up n small boulder, struck him on the head, crashing his skull. The trial lasted five days, and the result is generally approved. A panther of large dimensions is causing qniie a scare among the people residing between Chorlestown and Sellersbarg. One day recently it was seen on the Ganote farm by Mr. Geo. lUchardson, who shot at it, but missed his mark. A number of persons banded themselves together to hunt the animal down, but falleto find it. ' A boy named William Denton, 18 yeits of age, who resides in Harrison County, a short distance from Greenville, was killed recently. The boy waa assisting Mr. Sislolf to saw down a tree, which fell, and the boy was struck by a limb and instantly killed. His skull was crushed and his brains knocked out. - District Assembly No. 3115, Knights of Labor, the oldest assembly in New Albany, at one time attaining a membership of 800, but now reduced to seventy, has decided, without a dissenting voice, to close operations. The charter and secret work of tho order will be sent to headquarters. A freight train ou the Nickel Plate Hallway ran into a freight train n' thf Vandalia. road at Hibbard Station, where both roads cross. Engineer Newt Batiflhman, of the Nickel Plate train, jrunped and alighted on his head, causing a fracture of the skull, prodnoing vegy serfont injuries. Frank Snyder, ot Piercetoo, aged M years, while out hunting, accidentally shot himself, causing death shortly aftwatd, He saw some game and jumped out of a buggy, dragging his gun with him, which was discharged, the contents taking effect in his bowels. Samuel Wright, a wealthy oiUsen ol Farmland, was seriously hurt at gas Well No. 2 recently. Tho well had been !ehoC packed, and piped out of the derrickltnd fired without warning. His face and hands were badly burned. John H. Heyer, a night .conductor on the Cincinnati, W abash and Michigan road.

while assisting to make up ,hh train in tn yards at Anderson, was caught under s freight oar aud crushed so badly that he died. James Langley, residing in the northeastern part of Grant County, commiUed suicide by blowing his brains ont with s shotgun. He was about 30 years old and unmarried. No cause toaastgned for th act. It is reported that De Pasrw Collene, of New Albany, will be put m thorough repair next spring and that it wlB b opened as an adjunct to Do Panw .Balveisity at Greenoastle, with a full faculty. Gas well No. 1, at Madison, ha been abandoned at a depth of 1,004 feet, and work on well No. 8, at the east end of the city, will begin at once. Only a light now of gas waa obtained at a depth of 30(1 feet Articles of incorporation of the Central Indiana Kailroad Company have beer filed at Indianapolis. The proposed' Mm is from Fort Wayne to Terre Haute. I onsiderable interest has been excited by tho discovery of oil within two miles oi Yineennes. The exact location of the find is still a seoret, but its existence is vouched for by a gentleman of high standing, A young son of H. B. Hulett, clerk ol Montgomery County, while trying to gel on a moving freight train at CrawfordsvlUe, was thrown under the train, and so seriously injured ihat he died. Willie Dreier was Wiled oa hit father's farm near Fett Wayne. While driving a team he fell on the heels of th horses, receiving fatal injuries'. While hunting, Isaac Mackay, s wealthy farmer of Milton Township, Jefferson County, shot himself through the heart Death was instantaneous. H leaves a largo family. Howard Taylor, a muter, waa caught under two tons of sand-rock and instantly killed in Whitmoro's mine, at Washington. Ho was 46 years old and leaves a widow and nine children. 1. H. Taylor was shot and mortally woundt-d by some one in ambush whtts etauding in hi-i door at JeifcKOUYille. - Destructive forest fires are raging if

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