Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 34, Number 28, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 August 1888 — Page 8

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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15. 1888.

A TICKET TO BE TR0ÜD OF.

6TANDARD BEARERS OF DEMOCRACY. The Men "Whom the Tarty of the People Present for the State Offices in Indiana Tried and True, The j Are a Credit to Tarty and fatate. The etate conventions of all the parties have now been held. The Sentinel has been liberal in its biographies of all the candidates. It now seems proper to present those men for whom The Sentinel i3 asking the suffrages of the people of Indiana. The three candidates for the 6uprenio judgeships come before the voters ot tha state with the prestige of distinguished services on the bench, where they aspire to remain. Tho supreme court of Indiana, largely through the learning and industry of these men baa attained in more recent yeare an eminence ainoDg the courts of last resort in tho various Etates which is not generally appreciated at home, but which is fully recognized throughout the country. An investigation of the authorities cited in the leading text books as American leading cases shows that the amount of final law established by Judges Niblack, Howk and Zollars is far above the average. "So higher compliment could possibly be paid a judge. Tho judiciary is pre-eminently recognized as the department of government in which conservative men with records are desirable. The democratic candidates for tho supremo bench have records. The two M's who head tho executive part of the ticket are also tried men, not tried in the particular positions for which they are candidates but tried in many other positions of honor and responsibility. IV)th went to the front when the war broke out end staid at the front until the war was ended. Neither has the TOE HON. C. C. MATSON. ar record ol the republican candidate for lieutenant governor, and both will poll more soldier votes because they have not. The chairman of the hou.e committee on pensions has proved himself indeed the friend of the soldier, because he lias been his friend in need, bis friend, not on the stump but on the battle ground and his friend in congress. This friend, w ho entered the war as a private and came out as a colonel, togt ther with tho other soldier's friend who alsoentered a& private and came out as captain, will not be forgotten by the soldiers of Indiana on the 6th day cf next November. The blood v fchirt cannot be waved in the faces of 6uch candidates. If the democratic nominees for auditor and for secretary of state had nothing eis to recommend them than the fact that they had never incited and led mobs, they ought tobe elected. Democracy and mobocracy will never be associated in the conduct of Indiana's public trusts. Nor will republicanism and mobocracy be very much loneer associated in the state offices, for Mr. Miers has already shown his abilities as a winner in the race for tho legislature, and Mr. Munson, with a grand 6o!dier record, has onlv Bruce Carr to run against. The Hon. John II. Wilson is not, would not be, tho politician that Michner is. Michner 13 not, could not be, the lawyer that Wilson is. People gcnerallv hire a lawyer for legal ability, anil the best evidence that Indianians will hire such a one in November is tho fact that no lawyer, republican or democrat, can le found at the bar where John Wilson practices who will not admit his extraordinary leiral talent. When he goes into the office, business, not politics, will rank Cr.t; ho will be attorneygeneral, not his $10 clerk. Popular Tom llyrncs is another candidate who is distinguished for his business qualifications rather than for his political cunning. And as for John W. Kern well, when republicans give ademocrat an office, either something is wrong or that republican is very remarkably qualified; and when they do it four successive times, the last alternative alone remains. Starting with the first candidate in order and going clear through to the last, the democratic nominees seem to be men who have been trained up for exactly the positions they are now oskinsr clear through to the lastfor Prof. Griffith has given all his lifo to the Htudv, in this country and in Europe, of educational pystems. If there is one quality common to all the candidates besides their fitness, it is their running qualities. It will be instructive to republicans to consider how many of the democratic nominees have run ahead of their tickets, and how many times they have done it. If the ticket could have been made stronger tho weakness is not yet apparent. The enthusiasm over tho nominations did not end as the delegates left the convention last April. In the language of a distinguished republican who would not like to be quoted, the ticket is "brainy, compact and popular." Sketches of the men who make it "brainy, compact and popular" are subjoined. THE HON. C. C. MATSON. From tbo Ranks to Colonele j Thence to Congress and the Governorship. The Hon. Courtland C. Matson, the nominee for governor, was born in Brookville, Ind., April 25, 1841. After a coursa in the common schools he studied at Asbury university, where he graduated with high honors. Immediately after his college commencement he went to the front as a member of the Sixth Indiana, After a year's service he was transferred to the Sixth Indiana cavalry (Sixty-first regiment of volunteers), ana for his intrepidity and gallant conduct in battls finally became ita colonel, having risen to that position from a private through all the gVadations of rank. At the close of the war he studied law with his father, the Hon. John A. Matson, at Greencastle, and was three times elected county prosecutor. He engaged actively in politics and became a leader among the democrats of Putnam county. He was elected to the Forty-fifth, Foity-eighth and forty-ninth confesses, and was re-elected over Chase, republican, to the Fiftieth congre two ears ago. His services in congress have rnJUecttä. credit upon hiiEa&if &nd

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the democratic party. He at present occupies tho important position of chairman of house committee on pensions. CAPT. W. R. MYERS.

A Soldier, Vote-Getter. Who Always Bons Ahead of Uli Ticket Cant. Myers, tho candidate for lieutenant governor, was bom in Ohio fifty-two years ago. His parents settled ' in Madison county this state, shortly after his birth. Alter receiving a common school education ho studied law, but had barely begun the practice when the war broke out. lie fromptly enlisted as a member of Co. G, "orty-se'venth Indiana regiment, and saw four years of active service, during which he participated in all the engagements of his regiment and rose from private to captain. When he entered politics early in the seventies, his popularity at home and his rare ability as a speaker immediately pushed him to tho front In 1S73 he made his first raco for otlice, being nominated for congress by the democrats of the old Sixth district. His competitor was Gen. William Grose of Henry countv, and tho district usually pave ä republican majority of 1,300, but Capt. Myers made a gallant race and was triumphantly elected by 000 majority. Ho was a distinguished member of congress, but owing to a gerrymander of tho ttate his county was placed in a new district, and be returned home to find himself renominated aguinst Godlovo S. Orth, then one of the most prominent republicans in Indiana, in a district overwhelmingly republican, lie aain demonstrated his ability as a votegetter by running 1,000 ahead of his ticket, being defeated by only 400 votes, while Albert G. Porter carried the district by 1,4W. This the captain regards as the best race he ever made. In 1802 ho was nominated for secretary of state and was elected by 10,i00 votes,' leading the ticket. He was renominated in 18b 4 and again elected. Capt. Myers is one of the roost successful canvassers in the state, and has invariably led his ticket. JUDGE W. P. NIB LACK. A Tried Jurist of Distinguished Ability, Pro found learning and Great Reputation. Judge W. T. Niblack is so well known and stands so high as a jurist that the story of his life needs neither rehear?al nor eulogy. "o ono opposed his nomination. Dorn near Yincennes about sixty years ago, he has sicnt almost his entire life in that part of the state, lhiring two years of his youth he attended the Indiana university, his graduation being prevented by his father's death. After leaving college he immediately began the study of law, and when twenty-one y ars old was admitted to tho Martin county bar. In lsto he was elected to the Inciana legislature, an 1 in 1&V) he went to tho state senate. During his term as senator the code of the ptesent etate constitution was formulated and adopted. He took an active part in tho work. In January, lX-")4, ho was appointed circuit judge, to till a vacancy, and served until the following fall, when be was elected to the position for a terra of six years. This circuit embraced eleven counties in the southwestern part of the state. In 1837 he was elected to congress to fill the vacancy made by the death of Judge Lockhart of Evartsville. In 1SÖS he Mas re-elected to congress and served until 181. During lSf2 and 'C3 he served in the Indiana legislature. In 18G4 he was reelected to congress and nerved continuously for ten years, until 1S75, as member from the First district. In the summer of 1870 he was chosen, without any solicitation on his part, for the position of judge of the supreme court, to take tho place of Judge Iiuekirk, who was withdrawn from the ticket. In 1882 he was re-elected to the same position, and consequently is now serving the last year of his term. JUDGE GEORGE V. HOWK. A Man Who lias Made Law That IIa Hecome C1le. Judge Howk was born in Charlestown, Clarke county, Ind.. Sept. 24, 1S2L The Howk family trace tlieir anecstrv through eminently fine German stock. The father of tho nominee m the erst of tho Lunily

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born in this country. nis family moved from Massachusetts in lSlf. Judge Howk was educated at Asbury, now DePauw university, Greencastle, and graduated in the class of 1846 with ex-Senator Booth of California, James P. Luso, at ono time editor of the Indianapolis Journal, and Prof. Tingley of Asbury university. His preceptor in law was Judge Charles Dewey, one of the mostdistingushed jurists the 6tate has known. He was admitted to the bar in 1847 and his legal success has been uninterrupted. His six years service on the supreme bench have established for him an enviablo reputation as a judge. THE HON. ALLEN ZOLLARS.

A Courtly Gentleman A Successful Lawyer A Distinguished Judg). The Hon. Allen Zollars, nominee for supreme judge, was born on a farm in Ohio. There ho remained until he was about sixteen years old, attending tho common schools. Ho graduated at Dennison university, at Granville, O., in 1SG4, and proceeded to the 6tudy of law in tho office of Judge Buckingham of Newark, O. Threo years subsequent to his graduation, that institution conferred upon him the degree of A. M., and in June last the degree of L. L. D. In March, 18G, be graduated at Ann Arbor law school and received from that university the degree of L. L. B. IIo then began a very successful practice at Fort Wayne, which has continued ever since, interrupted occasionally by political preferment. Ho was a member of tho general assembly in ISt'.S and .1800, and was city attorney of Fort Wayne for six years, as weil as county attorney for a' considerable period. Also a delegate to tho democratic national convention at Cincinnati in 1880. In 1877 bo was appointed superior judge by Gov. Williams, but resigned soon afterward. In 1882 he was elected to the position ho now holds. THE HON. R. W. MIERS. Another Candidate Who Invariably Cuts Down Republican Majorities. Tho Hon. Ii. W. Miers, nominee for secretary of etate, vras born in Decatur county in 1843. Early in life ho began tho practice of law, in which ho has been signally successful. II was twice elected prosecutor of ins county and, on the death of Judge Wilson, became judge of the circuit court. Despite a republican majority in Monroe he was elected to the legislature in 1878. He is a graduate of the state university, and is now serving his third term as truetee of that institution. CHARLES A. MUNSON, The Popular Caudidate for Auditor of State. Few men in Indiana have lived a more industrious lifo than the subject of this sketch. He was born in the city of Fort Wayne in 1S43. His father dying when Charley was fivo years old, and his stepfather at eleven, young Munson was obliged to seek employment to support his widowed mother und her little family. He ' clerked for various firms until 1S50, when ho entered the office of the Ohio & Indiana telegraph company, now forming a part of the Weetern Union. From 1SÖ9 until 18G2 he wqs engaged in purchasing grain upon the 6trects for Little & McCulloch, and during the winter months of those years he attended the public schools and was a zealous and industrious student. In 1832 he enlisted in the U. S. navy and was Assigned to the receiving ship Clara Dolson of the Mississippi squadron. Soon aftrrwnrd he was ordered to the ironclad Chillicothe, then in tront ot Louisville prepared to defend that city from the approach of Brack's army. After tho battle of Perry vi He his vessel was ordered down the Mississippi river, where he participated in the perilous boat expeditions up the Yazoo and Sunflower rivers, and took an active part in the long, patient but successful siege of Vicksburg. A portion of tho time he served on the "lied Kovcr." On the morning; of his twentieth birthday he was ordered to the flag ship Black Hawk, and was commissioned master's mate, United States navy, by Admiral Torter. The hard service, torrid climate and nnwholesomo wtter of the Yazoo river and bayous, had so injured his health that after the opening of the Mississippi he was granted a furlough to return home, and upon the certificate of Dr. William II. Brooks that ho was unfit for service his resignation was accepted. After tho close of tho war he went South, and for the period of a vear he was employed as brakeman and baggage-master on the New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern railroad. In 18fS he was etnploved by the wholesale firm of Huestis A Hamilton of Fort Wayne as a travelling salesman, and from 1S08 until 1870, and during the period between the years 1880 and 1884, he was one of the most successful and popular "drummers" on the road. In the year 1876 be was nominated and elected sheriff" of Allen county, renominated by acclamation in 1873, and led his ticket nearly 1,000 votes. After the expiraiion of his term of efiicö ho ro-Ctcre4 tho eorvico ol Huwtis

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& Hamilton as a commercial traveler. In the year 1875 he wrs elected councilman of tfio Fourth ward and served as chairman of the finance committee. He was a member of the democratic state central committee of 1S79 and 1880. In 1S84 he became one of the firm of Lillie fc Munson, manufacturers of lime, at Huntington, and dealer of builders' supplies at Fort Wayne. During the campaign of 18S4 he was a member of the Allen

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county cieculivo committeo and commanded the famous " Jefferson club," the largest and most cllicient political organization in Indiana. He was nominated for auditor of state in 18.S0 and wa3 defeated with the balance of tho ticket, but Charley ran ahead 1,10 votes in his county. He was re-nominated at tho last state convention for the same ollice, and is a candidate at the coming election. Mr. Munson is a member of iSion Bass post G. A. 11., the largest post in Indiana, lie is an Odd Fellow, member of tho encampment K. of P., and has received all tho degrees in masonry, including knights templar and the Scotti.-h rite, including the thirty-second degree, lie is one of tho oldest members of the Commercial Travelers' association of Indiana, and a member of Post A, Travelers' Protective association. As a democrat Charley Munson is a good organizer and an indefatigable, untiring worker, popular with the masses of both parties, and has perhaps tho largest personal acquaintance of any man in Northern Indiana, He is a pleasant, atfaWc, every -day sort of a man and has the respect and esteem of his fellow citizens, lie will be elected. THOMAS BYRNES. A Successful TtimlneK Mnn A Good MUcr The Mrst I'uliMc onto. Mr. Thomas Byrnes, the candidato for treasurer of state, was born in Newark, N. J., in IS 41. He has resided in Kvansvillo since 1802. His success in tho tobacco business in that citv has been very great. He has been a member of the democratic state central committee, but has not held a public office. Ho was defeated in 182 for the nomination by Mr. Cooper, but two years since he was made tho candidate. He is a man of fine capacity, high character and unbounded popularity, and in every way gratified fur the responsible and important position for which he has been named. THE HON. JOHN R. WILSON. So Republican Will Dare Gainsay nis Re.' umrkuble Legal Ability A Sure Winner. John R. Wilson was born in Cumberland county, Virginia, March 1G, 1851. Ho received an academic education at Hampden Sidney college, and after graduating there took a degree in law at the university. In 1873 he came to this stato and began the practice of law at Indianapolis, lie rose rapidly in his profession and now ranks among the best lawyers of the Indiana bar. He was elected to tho legislature of 1SS3 from Marion county and filled, with credit to himself, the position" of chairman of the judiciary committee durthat session. He has held the office of jurv commissioner for the U. S. courts of Indiana since the law creating that ollice has been in force, and was for a time one of the lecturers of the Indianapolis law school. Mr. Wilson is a man of unusually wide reading, and is especially versed in political economy, science of government and American historv. As a speaker he is clear, loprical and convincing; ns a writer he is forcibl-3 and exact. Iiis ability and integrity havo made him friends wherever he is known, irrespective of party, end his nomination was received with expressions of congratulation and esteem by the local republican press as well as by that of his own ptrty. JOHN W. KERN. John L. Griffiths Is a Good Speaker, Tint Kern is a Better One. Mr. John W. Kern, nominated for re porter of the supreme court, was born in Howard county in 1840. Ho was educated at Ann Arbor, graduating when ho was nineteen years old, and from that timo had been engaged in an active law practice at Kokomo. until his election in 1884 ns reporter of tho etipreme court. In this election he ran ahead of tho ticket by fcbvui 1,100 yo'ics. A criuxiaal lawyer

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csteem'at his home in Kokomo that tho republican council elected him for four successive terms to fill the ollice of city attorney. PROF. GRIFFITH. All nis Lire Given to tho Treparation for the Ofllco He will Occupy. Elmer E. Griffith, the democratic nomineo for state superintendent of public instruction, was born on a farm in Switzerland county, Indiana, His father, the Rev. J. D. Griffith, is well known in southeastern Indiana as a baptist minister. Mr. Griffith, after taking a course in the country schools, graduated from tho Yevay high school. Ho immediately entered tin Mate university, where, niter a four year's course, ho graduated with high distinction. President Jordan of llloomington, speaks of him as having been a "very brilliant, careful and accurate stuJent, aud moreover a man of creat personal popularity both with tho students and tho professors in the university." On leaving college Mr. Grillith be came a teacher in the Indianapolis high school. Two years ago Mr. Griffith was railed to tho superintendency of tho Frankfort city schools to succeed Prof. li. G. Boono of "the stato university. IN HOVEY'S COUNTY. No Knthusiasm MnnlfcMnl and K very body tSeeui to be Mad. 3It. Vernon, Aug. P. .Special. At this time everybody in this county, in tLe home of Gen. A. r. llovcy, the republicnn nominee for governor, is informed of the action of the conv 1 lion. So fur ulolutr ly no enthusiasm hs bcea manifested, indeed, our republican friends arc not happy. They all believe that llovcy would have made a cod race for conprress on account of Lis eolilit r record, but apparently do not have much faith in his success in the race for governor arninst that matehlesx soldierstatesman, CoL C. O. Matsou, and besides, there is general dissatisfaction in this district omonc; the friends of the. other aspirants for places on the etate ticket. They say that they made the caovass of the state in pood faith, expecting Hovey to keep out of the way and pive them a fair 6how. The Hon. William IIoj?att, of Boonville, who was a candidate for reporter of the supreme court, was here a few days ncro and expressed himself freely. He said he expected to withdraw from the race because he was satisfied that no friend of Judge (iresham would be recognized by the Harrison machine, and he had no faiih in Indiana goins republican this year. Capt. James V. Harter, late editor of the Sun, the republican organ of this county, said to-day: "It is an outrage, the sacrificing of Judtje William P. Edson, candidate for judje of tho supreme court, for a man like Ilovey, who could not have been re-elected to congress and cannot be elected to the governorship, lie was an accidental congressman, having been alcctcd on account of a democratic quarrel. He has never doue anything for tho republican party." MURDER WILL OUT. A Conpla of Munlercrs Arrested TwcntjrNine Years After the Crime. Chicago, Aug. 9. A dispatch from Salt Lake City, U. T., Fays: U. S. Deputy Ma-rhals Franks and Cannon have made an arrest of two accused murderers who, twenty-nine years ago, shot a man in cold blood upon the streets here. The principal in the murder is Howard O. Spencer, and his accomplice is George Stringham. Their victim was SergL Pike of the Ü. S. army. The murder was committed in 1S59, when Albert Sidney Johnston's regiment was in Utah at Cnmp Floyd. Howard O. Spencer, then a daring and quarrelsome younj man, went down to Camp Floyd and got into a row with the soldiers, fckrgt. Pike gave him a thrashing. Some time later Spencer saw Pike coming from the hotel and shot hira in the back, killing him instantly. He was never even indicted, and has siuce held a Mormon bishopric in the southern part of the territory, where for many succeeding years he lived. July 4 Wardon Prutt saw the man in Liberty park, in this city, in the employ of the municipality, ami recotrnized him. He kept a watch on hua every day until the necessary papers to make an arrest were procured. The alleged abettor in the crime, George Stringham, has Jso been arrested. 'What I'orter Was to Do. ICourier-Journal. The nomination made, no sooner bad Harrison's friends returned home than they showed the weakness of their faith by at once setting about insuring the nomination of Porter for the governorship in order to pull Harrison through in his own state. Porter! Porter! Everything was for Torte r. They would hear of nothing else. Porter must bo placed on the ticket in order to draw to it or retain those elements which Harrison repelled. Porter was to keep the workingmen from deserting the republican presidenti.il candidate. Porter was to lend the ticket that popularity among the masses in which it is sadly deficient itself. Porter, in short, was to step forward and carry Indiana for Harrison. Had tho rinck of Ills Principles. r"ew York World-1 "No duty on Northern wool" is tho way in which one republican organ seeks to creat a sectional prejudice here against the Mill. bill. Mr. Mills is from Texas, and that state had in l&SQ 2,111,033 sheerj more than were owned in any northern state except Ohio. And yet in spite of his local interest the democratic leader of the house has the pluck of his principles. Only 1 Mttlo Local Affair." EuiSBCRO, An?. 9. Special. A largo polo 133 feet In length was raised here to-night. After which the Hon. George W. Cooper ad dressed an enthusiastic and attentive meeting of bo0 people. It was only a LUld local alhur, out cuufeK uiu 01 tttutiitiiim,

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MAXWELL'S LIFE TAKEN AT ST. LOUIS The Little Chloroformer Denounces the American Government and Declares His Execution an Infamy aud Disgrace to the United States. St. Lous, Aug. 10. At 8:47 a. m. Sheriff Harrington, preceded by a detail of police, entered tho inner :ard of tho jail and the sheriff entered Maxwell's cell, whero he and Landgraf had been placed together, and announced that tho linal moment had arrived. Maxwell paled and pulled hig finders nervously. His was the first death warrant read, and he ftood up and .heard his doom calmly, though he was plainly growing weaker all the time. While bis arms were boing pinioned Maxwell bit his lower lip and pulped several times. Langraf received tho warrant and pinioning as 6lolidlv as Maxwell could. Tho procession to the eeaflbld was then formed, Father Tihan walking between Maxwell and Landgraf, preceded by Sheriff Harrington and deputies and followed by the police, reporters and witnesses. As Maxwell passed through tho upper yard ho walked frra but slow. There was a wonderful change from the epparently unconcerned man puffing a cigaretto and tho ono en route to his death. Iiis face hvkid pinched and drawn, of an ashen hue. and his eyes weie swollen. lie glanced about birn j'iteously, his lips twitching and his ajpearanco was calculated to awaken the pity of even those who wcro liruily convinced he ought to die. Landgraf looked and moved like a log, with a half smile an I half ßneer on bis face. There was no time lost iu reaching tho scaffold, which tho condemned ascended without assistance. Maxwell was placed under tho noose next Twelfth-st. Father Tihan read prayers. Maxwell was then ask if ho had anything to say, and in and almost inaudable tone, responded "Xo." Landgraf merely 6hook his head. Tho black cans wero being drawn, when Landgraf slipped backward but promptly recovered. Thero was an awful look of despair on Maxwell's face as the cap hid it from view and his knees showed weakness. Tho nooses were adjusted quickly and at S:jG tho drop fell. Landgraf never moved, nor did a musclo twitch. Not so with Maxwell. hen ho fell his breast heaved convulsively and lu3 limbs were drawn upward, whilo the spectators were shocked by n stream of blood pouring down the right breast of his coat, which was afterward found to have been caused bv a cut on tho nose inflicted bv tho rope in some mysterious way. ianngrai was pronounced dead in eleven and onehalf minutes. Maxwell's struggles continued for fourteen minutes, when he, too, was pronounced dead by tho attending phvsicians. Landgraf was cut down at 9:22, Maxwell at 9:15. The bodies wero removed to the morgue oihce and photographed, after which the post morjem was commenced. It was 6tated by the physicians that the neck of each man was broken. An immense crowd of curious people had congregated all about the jail, and tho streets nearest the gallows were blockaded. The police experienced great difficulty in clearing the hall approaches, and ttt this hour, 10:30 a. in., hundreds of people still linger in the vicinity of the Four courts. Maxwell met his death bravely, but it was apparent that be would have broken down in a few minutes longer. Iandgraf died as stolidly as he had lived. At the "coroner's office it was stated that the remains of Landgraf would be turned over to his brother," Andrew Landgraf of South St. Louis, and Maxwell's remains would be interred in Calvary cemetery by Undertaker George N. Lynch. LAST HOURS OF THE CONDEMNED. Maxwell KestleM and Nervous LnndgTnf Stolid and Indifferent. St. Louis, Aug., 10. The morning dawned clear and cool, and as the first light of Maxwell's last day on earth entered his narrow cell it heightened the sickly pallor of bis face which had increased during the night. Shortly after daybreak Maxwell turned to ono of tho deputies and said : "I wish that telegram would come." "Po3"OU expect a telegram?" was the repponse. "1 do, and I know it will bring me good news." Soon after making the remark Maxwell threw himself on the cot ia bis cell, but remained there only a few minutes. He then arose, lighted a fresh cigarette and sat down at the table, making a poor attempt to read. He was plainly ill at ease and occasionally glanced furtively out through the gratinjrs of the narrow windows of the cell and out into the inner yard of the jail. At a few minutes before 5 Maxwell performed his morning ablution and donned his funeral clothes. The outer garments were of plain black with a neatly fitting Trince Albeit coat. At 5:18 Father Tihan arrived add entered the cell, the door of which was closed and those within tho jail moved away to five all the privacy possible. Father Tihan then administered communion to the condemned. At tho conclusion of the religious services in Maxwell's cell, liko offices wero accorded Ilenry Laudgraf by Father Tihan. Landgraf had occupied "his cot a greater portion of the night after 11 :S0 and appeared cool and collected. He was neatly attired but bis annarel was of coarser texture than that of tho principal actor in the the double execution. hue tho father con lessor was administering tho communion to the condemned, the deputy sheriffs wero engaged on the scaffold prepar ing tho apparatus lor its work At 5:50 Maxwell and Landcraf sat dowu to their final meal, which had been prepared bv the jailor's wife. Fach was served with liko dishes aud the breakfast consisted of fried Qietcra. fxicd e. Lot

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biscuits and pan-cakes, with jellv, bread, butter and coffee. Landgraf ate heartily, while Maxwell partook of the repast quit sparingly. As ho eat at the table it was plain to We that all of his assumed indifierenee bad departed and bis face was blanched, while a troubled, hunted look had taken possession of his keen eyes. He was evidently growing weaker, and had lost all hope of Ptaying the executioner's hand. Landgraf maintained the same old Etolid look. At 6:0ö Sheriff Harrington arrived r.t the jail and announced that tho execution had been postponed two hours.' The only reason assigned was that the postponement had beea granted at the request of Maxwell's attorneys. Sheriff Harrington also stated that under tho law the men could be hanged at any timo between the hours of 7 and 11, and that they would leave their cells at f- o'clock. Maxwell received the news of the twt hours' postponement calmly, though an expression of great relief was plainly visible on his features. Landgraf paid no attention to it in any "ay. The crowd on the honse tops surrounding the jail-yard where the execution took plae, remained patiently in their elevated positions from 5 a, m., till the hour of execution. The view was clear and unobstructed from the roofs of dozens of building in the . vicinity, and hundreds of people took advantage of tho t ime. Th number of spectators admitted to the jail was unusually small. For the first time in the history of the St. Ixniis Four courts, telegraph" instrumenta were placed in the building by the Associated Fress and the leading papers of the city for the prompt transmission of

news lo the public, unuual interest being manifested iu the execution. At S:10 Mr. Martin received tho following telegram which was delivered to MaxWell: Ji:ff ersox Citt, Anj. 10. Tt lion. John L Marun.: Silt. Governor received another telegram from Minister West, hut he persists in the same position. Hold as long as possible, &1 WO may hear in time. My liearlMt sympathy to aceused and bis loved ones. Wire his father. .signed. P. W. FACNTLEFwOY. Tho receipt of this telegram created quite a tensation, ns it was the general opinion in and about the jail that tho governor would grant at least a brief stay. Tho message was immediately conveyed to Maxwell. He received it indifferently, tho ashen hue on his face growing deeper. TO THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND. Maxwell Addren.se Them a Letter Bertt tnir American Justice. St. Louis, Aug. 10. At an early hour this morning Maxwell gave to the press the following address to tho people of En gland : To the People of England: m Mv En-'lish countrymen will doubtless r ' momherthe bonsts that have now and at ail times been made by the American people in rccara to the ta;r otul just war m which ther tr-. ut all people, atistid that you are not f-r. quaintcd w uli the nnJawtul, unjust na un.ir wav in which I have been treated sinrtfToa are accustomed in England to 6eejucead- ? .11? ' . ininiMcroa impartially in courts. jf examination of the records in my ca"5 will s'iow that the prosecution re5orted to every unfair means in their power, even to crime itself, for they procured a check to be forced, had tho man p.rrestcd who presented it, and placed hita in jail. Afterward the prosecution placed hin on the witness stand to testify. Iiis evidenc wa3 a tissue of lies from one end to the other, in f;ict, upon the witness stand he Raid he M'ould lie ns far as he considered necessary and the prosecution said in open court that they had paid !K0 for paid services. Tiiis is oc Fnecinient of the boasted American justice. 'liiis is only one of the means used by th prosecution, and Lad 1 time I could mve To numbers of them. The trial has been do nomiced as travesty on ami a misearriaee of justice by lending lawyers here. 1'root that one ot the jurors said thai he was poinj on the jury to ,convicl was pteseuted to the governor. The British government interfered and requested an in q iiiy, l ut was refused by Gov. Morehouse on the cromid that he had no ri?ht to do so. andT that it did not really intend to interfere; tha of the fact, ns to the prejudiced juror btine made before the governor, fie said the fact did not amount to anything. I am made to uüier the penalty of the law without bavin? a fair trial ns iruarautoed to every one by the state constitution. The prosecution 6tated in th papers that the povcrnor ousbt to disregard the request of the lriiih eovernment on th croitnd that 1 was an ln;lihman and that th Jiriti-sh rovernmeut had not taken any notice of the L nited Mates interference in the O Don ncll case tried at the C. C. C. lllGH M. BEOOXS. Maxwell Thanks His Attorneys. St. Locis, Aug. 10. Ju;?t across the ptreet from the jail, in the office of Martin k Fauntleroy, Maxwell's attorneys, eat John I. Martin and A. J. P. Garesehe, the latter tho attorney who voluntarily went to Jefferson City and made a plea for Maxwell to Gov. Morehouse. To an Aspociated Press reporter Mr. Martin said: "We aro waiting dispatches from the Pritish government; t'.iat is all I can sav. If we do not receive them our last hope i gone. I havo so informed Maxwell. "I don't hope for anything now." gaid Mr. GarcFche." When Mr. Martin left the cell of his condemned client, after having notified him that all hope was gone. Maxwell desired him to personally thank Mr. Fauntleroy for him, and gave tho following letter to Mr. Martin for Mr. (iaresche. The letter was written in a clear, bold hand: St. Lous. Aug. J, 1SSS. A. J. P. Gr-che: Dear Sir remit me to express to you mi heartfelt thanks for jour assistance rendered to my attorneys in endeavoring to obtain jus tire lrem Ciov. Morehouse. I pray God that hi may bless you for the services you have. ren dcred me. 1 remain yours very trulv, HrGii iL liKOOXS. Maxwell' Dying Statement, St. Lons, Aug. 10. To-day Maxwell furnished a document which he called hii dying statement. In it he reasserts hi! innocence of the willful killing of Charlei Arthur Preller, and then gives an cpitoma of tho statement of the case as heretofore fmblitdied, beginning with the acquaintorrued in Liverpool with Preller, detailing the death of Preller, his own borrcr and ftl.'ht, the pursuit, capture, trial and conviction, and closing with bitter denunciation ot those whom he asserts have been instrumental in dragging him outo! tho highways of justice into the bypath" of mob law and making bis execution an, infamy aud Uiijracc to tho United UU