Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 May 1894 — Page 1

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ESTABLISHED 1822. INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 10, 1891 TWELYE FAG ES. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.

MURDER OF FOUR,

Gus Meeks, Wife and Two Children Foully Slain And a Third Child Beaten and Left for Dead. BETRAYED AND SHOT DOWN By tho Taylor, Who Are Charged with Other Crimes. The Murderers Afraid of the Testimony of Meeks, "Who Wa to Have Been n Wltu at Ihr Trial The Family Haolrd from Homo by (be Taylor Brother, A mbnthed and Murdered Another Lynch Inn: May De Added to Missouri' Llit The Circumstances Preceding the Crime. MILAN, Mo.. May 11. A most atro- , fclous crime was committed last night rear Browning. Gus Meeks, his wife ;end two children were murdered outright and another of the Meeks children, a girl -even years old, was so hadly injured that she may not recover. The circumstances leading up to the crime re about as follows: There are a number of criminal eases pending in Lynn and Sullivan oounty figalnst William II. Taylor and George Taylor, brother?, the former being a hanker of Browning and the latter a farmer. The charges against them are forgery, arson and larceny. William P. Taylor, Gus Meeks and others were Jointly indicted and Meeks pleaded guilty at the last term tr.d was s nt to the penitentiary. About a month ago he "was pardoned by Governor Stone to i;se him as a witness against the Taylors, who wer, in consequent, anxious to be rid of him. It is said the Taylors had arranged with Meeks to give the latter a wagon and team to get out of the county so that he might not be repent when the case against the Taylors was ftlkd for trial. From Moeks's mother it is learned that yesterday her son received a letter from the Taylors at Browning tolling him to ' r-ady at lrt o'clock last night to go away; that ?ns Meeks and children waited for Taylor until midnight, v hen two men, whom Meeks said were George and Bill Taylor, came to their home in a wagon. Meeks and hi? family pt into the wagon and started for Browning. The details of the crime, as rear as can be obtained, were told by the little ;even-y ear-old girl, who was suffering greatly as she recited the ttory. It arpears that when the Meeks family and the persons accompanying them reached a point near the Jenkins F-honl house in Linn county, a short distance east of Browning, they were met by two men who were lying in wait. Gus Meeks was first shot and Mrs. Meeks jumped. She was also killed; the rrirderTs took stones and beat the brains out r.f tha two children and left the other for dead. The murderers then, it is supposed, landed th" whole family into the wagon und haulel them nearly two miles to th Taylor farm, where they wore buried untW a strawstaek. At 4:39 o'clock this morning the eldest child came to her senses and ma-le her way to the residence of a Mrs. Carter near by. The farter family thn sent a boy to the Taylor farm where he found the murdered family ns stated by the Meeks girl. Tli farter hoy then saw George Taylor and innocently told him of the murder as described by the almost dyirrg child. George Taylor immediately started from Browning on horseback, got hi3 brother William -nd both departed cn horseback. Their departure from Browning was before the knowledge of the murder had reacned there. The people of the neighborhood placed guards around the strawstaek where the dead bodies were found. Upon Investigation It was discovered that a bloody quilt around tho bodies was on fire, the evident purpose being to cremate the bodies. The little giri recovered sufficiently to describe some of tne parties and upon her evidence one Sharon MoCullough of Gould and Georpe Howlett have been arrested as participants in the crime. A jarty of citizn3 from Browning found at the pla.?e of the murder the revolver nnd stone with which the murderers had not and killed the father and mother end beat out the brains of the two children and left the other for dead. The child says that they struck, beat and kicked her Into insensibility and thought her dead. At this writing the Taylors have not been arrested, but it is not thought possible they can escape. Great excitement prevails and if the murderers ere fully identified the law will have to be very strong to prevent summary punishment. BROWNING. Mo., May 12. A hunt for the Taylor brothers, who so brutally murdered the Meeks family. Is not relixed. It is now more a game of hide and seek than a hot chase. The fugitives have not gone fifteen miles since they left Browning Friday morning. Since their escape from the house of F. A. Leonard, a brother-in-law, the Taylors have not been seen. The Taylor have friends who make decoy tracks and do everything they can to help them to escape. A horse George Taylor rode was found two miles from Leonard's and Sheriff Borton think.5? the murderers are clos? by, and that their capture is a ouestion of a few hours. Sheriff Winters from Trenton passed through here Just Hfter dark with three bloodhounds. The coroner's Jury decided that the Meeks family came to their death at the hands of George E. and A. P. Taylor. It Is now evident that the Taylors at first only Intended to kill Meeks himself. The grave at the old straw stack In Taylor's field was prepared for only one person, but Mrs. Meeks, In fear that pomething would happen to her husband. Insisted on going along with her three children. The eldest, a girl of e?vcn years, Is the only survivor of the tragedy. The elghteen-months-old baby was shot through the loweh temple, evidently while In its mother's arms. The surviving girl, a bright and lnters:i:iT child, tells the following etory: "Tr.ey first shot papa and he fell out of ' wagon. They shot mamma and then " -d little sister with a ftone. They '"! me and then struck me on the ..-.; with a stone, and then I went to eleep. i did not know anything more until the men threw us all into the hole. They first kicked us to pee if we were all dead. Then one of them said: 'Yes, they are all dead.' One of the men said something about burning the straw pile.

ana some one else said it was too wet. They covered us all over with straw, and I thoupht I would smother, but when they went away I crawled out over papa and mamma and went to Mr. Carter's house." A mounted courier arrived at Linneus about midnight from the scene of the chase. lie reports that the Taylors are surrounded on a rocky gulch about twelve miles from Browning. The bloodhounds tracked them to this point and they will doubtless be captured by daylight If not before then. LA PLATA. Mo., May 14. The Taylor brothers were located iseven miles west of here this afternoon. Sheriff Walte of Macon is here with twenty Springfield rifles, organizing a posse to meet the sheriffs of Lynn and Sullivan counties, to capture them. The Taylors are armed with rifles and revolvers, and will not be captured alive. A fight is expected and soma one will doubtless be killed.

LEHIGH VALLEY WRECK. Several Teraon Bndly Hart and One Killed Near Oiwgo, X. Y. OSWEGO. N. Y., May 14. An accident caused by an insecure rail occurred this afternoon to a passenger train on the Lehigh Valley road. The train, while running at regular speed, went down an embankment. There were thirty passengers In the day coach. 'Willie Mahan, aged ten, was killed outright and his father was injured. The other casualties were as follows: E. H. Conger, president r,f Graton bridge company, was injured about the face and head. A. Baker of Blnghamton. badly bruised. V. A. Eldredge of North Falrhaven, scalp wound. C. L. Trice of Auburn, right hand injured. Mrs. Andrew Campbell of Groten, face cut and bruised. J. R. Williams of DeRuyter, head and back injured. T. E. Thompson of Cortland, head cut. Mr. Charles JI. Grummons of Newark Valley, head and side and hand badly bruised. Charles Nearight, baggagemaster, Oswego, back hurt. L. Waldo of Berkshire, face and arms cut. J. T. Ropers of Binphamton, face and side injured. Mrs. Charles II. Grummons of Newark Valley, head, side and hand cut. THE MINERS' CONVENTION. Scale Committee "Will Make Its Report nt Today' Meet Ins. CLEVELAND. May 14. The miners' convention was called to order by President John McBride at 11 o'clock today in Bank-st. hall, with about two hundred delegates present. A committee was appointed, composed of one or two delegates from each district, to hear reports from the various mining sections represented in regard to any grievances and as to what action they desire taken i:i rapard to the svale. Nothing of importance wis accomplished at the afternoon session of the convention and It was decided to hold another session in the morning at which the scale committee will make a report. Each delegate who is a member of the scale committee will state :he rate of wages p'-u'd in his district before the strike and at present. These reports will be taken down by the secretary and will form a basis for the scale which will be presented to the operators. It is utterly impossible to predict the result of the conference tonight, for in the a'osenoe of any agreement on the part of either the miners or operators it cannot be said how far each side is willing to go in the way of making concessions. MINERS KILLED, Dynamite anil tin C'tiiine the Loss of Three Lives. ASIIALD, Pa., May 14. Two fatal mining accidents Involving the loss of three lives and the maiming of several others occurred near this place tonight. At East Bear Ridpe colliery exploding pas killed John Hartenstein of this city and severely injured Michael Ryan of Colorado, Robert Dalton, Mahoney Blane and William Mining of Ashland. Ryan and Dalton are so badly hurt that their recovery is doubtful. Hartenstein head was blown from his shoulders and his body otherwise horribly mangled. The mine Is owned and operated by the Reading coal and iron company. At the Locust pap mine a charge of dynamite exploded while being tamped, killing John Franks, aged forty, and John Paul, aged thirty-two. Henry Ernal, a laborer, was seriously injured. STRUCK WITH LIGHTNING. Fonr lerons Nearly Killed 11 u ring a. Storm ut Cot inp ton. COVINGTON. May 14. Special. One of the heaviest rains in years fell here this afternoon. . The storm was accompanied by more than the usual amount of lightning. During the storm four members of Smith Cofnng's family of this city were struck by the same bolt. Just outside their door they stood together and all fell in a heap. They were Mrs. CofTing, her daughters, Mrs. Graham and Miss Carrie Coffing, aged fifteen, and also Leona Graham, aged six years. Mrs. CofTlng and the child were only stunned. The others, after a long time, repained consciousness, but it is duubtful whether they will recover. LARGEST ON EARTH. An Ohl Ca Well with n Capacity of .10, 00,M0 Feet u Day. TOLEDO, May 14. The largest gas well in the Ohio or Indiana fields was drilled In the Wallace farm, three mile3 west of Fostoria, today. It came In at 4 o'clock this afternoon and When the tools were thrown out the workmen had. to run for their lives. The drill stem and rope were thrown fully 500 feet. The well is estimated at 50,000,000 feet of gas per day, the largest well on earth. The gas caught fire from the forge and the derrick has been burned to the ground. The woods are blazing in many places and flames can be seen shooting up 109 feet above the tree tops. One curious feature is that In more than 100 places water Is spouting through the ground to the hight of ten to twenty feet. The Had Feellnq; 1 bone. WEBB, Ind., May 6. I was nervous and had no appetite and thought I would give Hood's Sarsaparilla a trial. Since taking it the bad feeling has all gone. LUE WOOD. Hood's Pills cure elok headache.

ONE WE CHICE

For a Decision in the Indiana Tax Cases Before the Supreme Court's Summer Vacation. WILL SIT AGAIN MAY 26. Suspicion That the Justices Have Diverging Views, Which Afford Cause for Further Deliberation. Important Det'lion In Olher Canes Affectingthe State Tax Law In Tennessee und Ohio The Talmetto Copyright Case Dismissed for Lack of Jurisdiction Other Decisions. BUREAU OF THE SENTINEL,. WASHINGTON. D. C, May 14. The supreme court did not announce a decision in the Indiana railroad tax ca.es today, as expected. This delay, it is believed, indicates that the court is divided and that no agreement has been reached. The court will meet once more before taking the usual summer vacation, May 2'j. The case of the Mobile & Ohio railroad and the Farmers' loan and trust company against the state of Tennessee anJ. several counties thereof, was decided by the supreme court today. Justice Jackson delivered the opinion. The Question involved the right of the legislature to amend the charter of the company, which exempted the capital stock forever from taxation, exempted the road and fixtures for twenty-five years and provided that there sho-ild be no taxation which would reduce the dividends below 8 per cent. On the other hand the state constitution provides that all property shall be taxed according to its value and taxation be equal throughout the state. In February, suits were brought against the company for the taxes from 1W." to lSf Inclusive. The or-iniou held that the case hinged on the 8 per cent, clause of the charter referred to. The manifest intention was to interest persons in the railroad by giving" it unusual advantages. Justice Jackson held that the state had the power to levy discriminating and exempting taxation when it granted charters. Corporate charters were merely contracts between the state and the corporation. Therefore, the supreme court of Tennessee was overruled, thi decision being in favor of the railroad corporation. Chief Justice Fuller dissented from this opinion opposing the doc-trine of a right t discriminate in favor of individual corporations in the matter of taxation in granting charters. With the chief justice m his dissenting opinion, which stood by the supreme court of Tennessee, were Justices Gray. Brewer and Shiras, so that the lower court was reversed by a bare majority. Taxes aggregating about $330,000 were involved in the decision. The ca.se of Ashley vs. Ryan, secretary of state of Ohio, was decided in an opinion delivered by Justice White. It involved a question of taxation of great importance. Under the law of Ohio, the stock corjKrati'ns is taxed one-tenth of 1 per cent. Several branches of the Wabash railroad in several states have been consolidated. The otfieers tiled articles of the consolidated incorioration in the office of the secretary of state tendering $70 which would have been the tax on the Ohio branch of the corporation but the secretary compelled th. payment of $,"2,frt, a tax on all the branches of the consolidated corporations. This the company contended was a state tax on corporations outside of the state. Tho court held th;t the right of a company to be a consolidated corporation rested within the will of the stitte; that the railroad in preferring the aiticK'S of incorporation and tax was voluntarily placing itself within the jurisdiction of the law and sustained the state court's decision. In the case of the Eagle insurance company against the state of Ohio, the insurance law of Ohio is held to be a police regulation to which corporations must conform. The Palmetto copyright case is dismissed for want of jurisdiction. In the case of the Chicago deposit vault comiany against John MoNulta, receiver of the Wabash railroad company, the court held that Receiver Cooley had no authority, without the approval of the court, to bind the- funds of the receivership beyond the time the leased premises in dispute should be required by the receiver. Chief justice Fuller announced today that the supreme court would sit onco more, on May before the final adjournment of the spring. CAUSES A COMMOTION. Two lluplint llrotlirrx nt Dallas Declare War on Governor Northen. DALLAS, Tox., May 14. Much ill feeling bns been aroused between what is kr.own as the Northen and Cranfiel wirgs of the baptist convention because of the setinons preached last night by Dr. Fulton of New York and the Rev. Mr. Cranliel of Texas, both directly assailing Governor Northen for appointing Patrick Walsh to the United States senate. Fulton announced that he was a member of the A. I. A. and in full sympathy with its anti-catholic attitude. Cranfiel declared that he would not vote for a catholic for any office under any condition and that he had no confidence in a man who would vote for one or aid one in getting into office. This thrust is considered as being so plainly intended for Governor Northen that it is expected he will reply. The Sonlhern M. 1'. Conference. MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 11. Pishop Fitzgerald presided over the Southern methodist general conference today. A petition addressed to all the leading governments, praying for the settlement of -all international disputes by arbitration, was introduced and received many signatures. The movement is under control of the peace congress. The Rev. Dr. Sutherland, fraternal delegate from the Canadian conference, addressed the assemblage In favor of a triple union of the northern, southern and Canadian churches.

TRAIN STEALING AS AN ART

A CONSPIRACY REACHED ITS CLIMAX AT 1IA31MOMJ. JmlRe Johnson and Ids (ianjr Captnrinir Delejrntlon Wht a Fine Corporation Congressman the Jiifl:e Wonlil Make, to He Sure Indignation at the Train Lootln Ilald In Tuluskl County The Delegation from That Connty "Who Will Vote for Johnson War to the Knife. HAMMOND. May 12. Special. This township, entitled to twelve delegates to the republican congressional convention, will send contesting' delegations. Johnston and Landis factions each organized for special trains to go to Crown Point. Johnston's train was to go at 10:30 this morning and Landis's train at 11:30. When Johnston's train pulled out the train crew quickly stopped on a side track, coupled onto Landis's empty cars and took them with them to Crown Point. An hour later when the Landis delegation of 300 men went to the station the agent fad mysteriously disappeared ,and the office attaches would answer no questions The Landis men repaired to the opera, house and selected twelve delegates and formed strong resolutions denouncing the trick of the Johnfetonites. The Landis delegation Is headed by M. M. Tcwie, the millionaire banker; Stephen Ripley, superintendent of the nail mills; Editor Maxwell of the Tribune, and Attorney A. F. Knott. No fight between democrats and republicans has ever teen as bitter as this Johnston-Landis contest. HAMMOND, May 13. Special. After the Johnson men had stolen the train Saturday the Landis delegation met here and passed the following: "Resolved, That vie enter our solemn protest against such methods as have been employed and denounce them as unAmerican and unrepublican, and which, if permitted to go unrebuked, will, in our judgment, result in the defeat of the republican ticket in this congressional district. "Resolved. That we appeal to every honest and fair-minded republican of the Tenth congressional district and pray that the delegated selected in this convention be recognized at the congressional convention to be held the 24th inst." HAMMOND, Ind., May 14 Special. There is no disguising the fact that the train stealinr episode here last Saturday places Judge William Johnson, whose desire to go to congress has become a passion, in a dec idedly unenviable position. Latest developments show beyond question that the theft of the train was the climax of a conspiracy between the Johnsonites and the officials of the Chicago & Erie railroad. It now transpires that the local agent of the Erie was in secret caucus with Johnson and his people Thursday and Friday nights, when, it is presumed, the plans were laid. Johnson stands In with the Erie, has an annual pass over the road and the exgeneral solicitor of the road was one of the most conspicuous of the corporation representatives from Chicago who attended the Crown Point convention and yelled for Johnson. Scarcely a railroad passes through, th Tenth district that did not have a representative there. Such a fight as Charles B.. Landis, the young Delphi editor, put up against the combination of wealth and treachery must certainly excite the admiration of the barons, who have allied themselves against him. The morning of the convention the East Chicago rolling mill shut down altogether and the men were ordered out like cattle, lined up, and, headed by a brass band, marched to the special train and loaded on board. The Geoige H. Hammond packing company, which employs from 1.500 to 2,000 men. ordered out a contingent of between 400 and 500. it was as variegated an assortment of humanity as ever landec. at Castle Garden. The Midway at the world's fair could not have discounted it. In the pang there were Polocks, Armenians, Turks. Swedes, Danes, . Scandinavians and Hungarians. Few of them could speak the English, langauge. Nine out of ten of them vote the democratic ticket at tho election, but are willing to vote at a primary lor a man like Johnson, especially when ordered to do so by their bosses and assured that their time will go on just as though they were engaged in their usual work. The Johnson ni"n do not deny that they were pushed to the last extremity to secure the Lake county delegation. They acknowledge that had the Landis people gotten to the convention the out townships, ready to rev. It against the rule of the Hammond and Crown Point gag rule, would have given Landis at least half of Lake county. This would have been fatal to Johnson. Hence, means were taken to destroy all show of opposition to the Valparaiso lawyer, who is backed by the attorneys and railroads. If Judge Johnson is nominated it will not do for the republicans to yell about "English pold and greed" in their campaign in this district. The packing company that turned out its motly assortment Saturday is owned entirely by an English syndicate, not a dollar of the stock being held in this country. . Landis may be downed by the railroads, the lawyers, the rolling mills and the packing houses, but he will have the satisfaction of knowing that he has forced his opionent to sweat blood and scatter thousands of dollars of his money. And a democrat will defeat Johnson for congress If he is nominated. . He would simply le pie for the democrats of the Tenth district. AVI NAM AC, May 14. Special. A majority of the republicans of this county is very Indignant at the manner in which the convention was conducted at Crown Point on Saturday last for the purpose of selecting delegates to the congressional convention to be held at Hammond. The two men most prominently mentioned for the republican nomination are Charles B. Landis of Delphi and Judge William Johnston of Valparaiso. On anything like a fair deal Landis would easily win, as the republicans over the entire district are an easy 2 to 1 in his favor. However, Johnston supporters are of the old Dudley school and have been resorting to old-time republican tricks to such an extent that Johnston now seems a sure winner. When the convention was held at this place some few days ago for the selection of delegates to this convention a solid Johnson delegation was chosen by being present and talking loud and long for Landis until they were selected, immediately after which they announced their intention to support Johnston. This of Itself did not ha e a tendency to create very much harmony and today when they learned that the supporters of Johnston in Lake county, who live at Crown Point, had taken advantage of the supporters of Landis who live at Hammond, on Saturday last, and while the Landis crowd were eide-traeked and delayed at a way station between Hammond and Crown Point, the Johnson faction held their convention at their home and not only selected a solid delegation, but instructed them to vote first, last and all the time for Johnson, their wrath knew no bound. It now looks as If thtre will be war to the knife between two factions, which will again result In the election of a democratic congressman to represent the republican district.

ED Anti-Breckinridge Meeting at Lexington, Composed of the Bast People of the City. SOME ROUSING SPEECHES la Denunciation of the Congressman's Course. Great Enthusiasm Manifested by the Audience. A Renolntion Asking; Senator Illaolihiirn to Come Home and Take the Stump Against the Colonel's ReEleetlon He Is Expelled from the Union League Club of Chicago Why the Action Wai Taken. LEXINGTON, Ky., May 14. The best people of Lexington and Fayette count-, including several hundred ladies, turned out today to the anti-Breckinrldge meeting at the opera house. There were no hoodlums present and the meeting from a standpoint of morality was a tremendous success. The opera house was filled and five hundred people were turned away. Prof. J. W. McGarvey, an eminent minister of the Christian church, was the first speaker, and he showed Col. Breckinridge up in no favorable light. He held that it would be a disgrace to the district, to the state and to the country to return such a man to congress and closed Iiis Fpeech by a strong appeal to the young men to vote against him. The other speaker was Judge M. J. Durham, who denied that Col. Breckinridge was the only man who could represent the district in congress. The speeches were both well received and made a good impression. ' Resolution were adopted denouncing Breckinridge's morals and calling on the good people of the district to raise up in their might and vote against the "silvertongued persuader." but when Harry C. Clay got up and offered a resolution not only denouncing Breckinridge's morals, but asking that Senator J. C. S. Blackburn be asked to obtain leave of absence from the senate and come home and from the rostrum speak against Breckinridge, the audience went wild. The cheering was deafening and 'it was plain to any observer that the Breckinridge boom started here by the silver-tongued himself a little more than a week ago was badly strained, if not broken. The following are the women's resolutions adopted: "Whereas, W. C. P. Breckinridge has announced himself as a candidate for re-election to congress from the Ashland district notwithstanding his confession, under oath, of flagrant and habitual licentiousness and hypocrisy, therefore "Resolved 1, That we, women of Lexington and Fayette county, Kentucky, do solemnly protest against his renomination as the representative of this district. "2. We believe that such an indorsement of W. C. P. Breckinridge at the polls would be a disgrace to Kentucky, a shame upon manhood, an insult to womanhood, a sinful example to youth and ii menace to both society and the home. "2. We earnestly implore our fathers, husbands and brothers to wipe out the stain that W. C. P. Breckinridge has brought on the fair fame of the Ashland district." The resolutions passed also by the men are similar, and they add one recommending the calling of such meetings by ladies in every county in the district. Judge Jerry R. Morton, who could not be present to preside, sent a letter in which he stated that in his opinion the re-nomination of Col. Breckinridge would be disastrous to the best interests of the Ashland district, the state of Kentucky and the democratic party of the nation. The reading elicited much applause. The meeting was purely anti-Breckinridge. Not a word was said in favor of his competitors. Lxpelled front the liiion Leugne Club CHICAGO. May 14 The board of managers of the L'nion league club this afternoon voted to expel Congressman W. C. 1. Breckinridge from the roll of honorary members of the club. The vote was taken without discussion at the meeting and not a single member of the executive board voted against the motion to expel. In the absence from the city of President Wilson, Judge C. C. Kohlsaat preside !. Mr. Breckinridge will be notified at once of the action of the club and will be given ten days in which to make a defense. The Union league club is one of the most influential and wealthy organizations of Chicago. Its membership is large und includes msny of the best known residents of the city. Mr. Breckinridge was elected to honorary membership in the club several jvars ago as the result of a brilliant speech he delivered in Chicago. Some of the members objected to taking action against him until after the congressman's political fate should have been determined at the coming election but the sentiment for expulsion was general and no opiosition to the action was made. RIOTING OCCURS. Incidents Preparatory to the Elections In .ewfo midland. ST. JOHNS. N. F.. May 14. Rioting continues at Pay Devorde, but a speedy termination of trouble is considered certain, as the English man-of-war Cleopatra, which arrived here this evening, will sail for that place tomorrow. The whole district is in commotion and fights are frequent. Colonial Secretary Merine was attacked at Broad Cove on Friday night, but drew a revolver and threatened to shoot if any one attempted to lay hands upon him. He then got a peaceful hearing, though he was attacked again under cover of darkness after the meeting closed and was somewhat injured. Several other government speakers were attacked in other localities. The Whitewayites were attacked and assaulted at Fresh Water, Perry's Cove, the platforms from which they were to speak were demolished and the speakers were driven from the village, followed by yelling crowds. It is impossible to conjecture how the election will terminate. World's Columbian Exposition Will be of value to the world by illustrating the improvements in the mechanical arts and eminent physicians will tell you that the progress In medicinal agents has been of equal importance, and as a strengthening laxative that Syrup of Fig is far In advance of all others.

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PEIX0T0 CUTS PORTUGAL

BRAZIL 5l"iPi:D5 iu:lvtios AVITII THE LITTLE EI ROPEAV TOWER. The Affair the Outgrowth of the Action of the I'ortaKuese Men-of-Wnr in Harboring Brafilian Refugees Mendonca "Will Not Talk. WASHINGTON. D. C, May 14. Senor Mendonca, the Brazilian minister, today j received the following cablegram from his government: "RIO DE JANIERO. May 14. 101. "To the Brazilian Minister. Washington: "The president of the republic has suspended diplomatic relations with Portugal, giving passports to Count Paraty and the personnel of the Portuguese legation in Rio, and ordered the Brazilian legation in Lisbon to withdraw. This rupture of diplomatic relations is the direct result of the action of the Portuguese naval commanders in Rio in affording asylum to the Brazilian rebels. When da Gama abandoned his fleet in the harbor, March 13 last, he took his followers aboard the Portuguese mn-of-war Mlndello and Alfonso de Albuquerque, where they wre sheltered. The Brazilian government made a demand for their surrender, holding that, as the refugees were taken aboard the Portuguese vessels within territorial waters, they could not claim asylum, and should be submitted to trial by the Brazilian courts. The Portuguese commanders refused to surrender the rebels, and the next day failed away to the river Platte. The refugees were the cause of much trouble to their hosts, for. after some ugly complications with the Uruguayan authorities, growing out of the violation of quarantine regulations, the Portuguese commanders permitted a number of refugees to escape on an Argentine vessel. They were recaptured, but this involved the Portuguese in a dispute with the Argentine government, the result of which was that they were obliged to give up their prisoners, who attained liberty on Argentine soil. Meanwhile Brazil had not abated her claim, and insisted that Portugal return the refugees. Clearly this could not be done, so the result is as announced in the foregoing cablegram, a nipture between the parent country and Brazil. What the outcome will be cannot be predicted. Minister Mendonca, when seen today, avoided discussion of the future course of his government. The rupture of the diplomatic relations is sometimes tantamount to a declaration of war, but it is scarcely likely to be so serious in this case. It is difficult to see how the Portuguese government can conciliate Brazil, although this might be accomplished by the surrender of Admiral da Gama, who is reported to be en route to Portugal, and an ample apology. Portuguese pride, historical in its obstinacy, will probably stand in the way of any such concessions, and it is more probable that the two nations will continue to stand in an unfriendly attitude toward each other until time mollifies the outraged feelings of the Brazilians. PLOT BY CONVICTS To Blow Ihe- Mickigun Stale Prison. JACKSON, Mich.. May K. A determined attempt was made last night to blow up the state prison with dynamite, and but for the prompt action of Deputy Northrup and Guards Horning and Murphy it would have succeeded. Some 1.10 convicts from the west cell block had been out attending a literary society. On their return, just before entering their cells. Guard Horning was attacked by one of the con-iets. A lively struggle ensued, participated in by three convicts and three officers. While two of the convicts were struggling with the guards a third sprang into a window and attempted to light a fuse attached to four sticks of dynmite. He was restrained and the prisoners locked up. The principals in the affair are Edward Huntley, sent from Detroit for twenty years for burglary and who was shot in the lower portion of the abdomen while attempting to escape a year and a half ago; John Demann, sent from Grand Rapids on a fifteen-year sentence for murder in the second degree, and Arthur Lawrence, colored, sent from Eaton county for ten years fT burglary. Warden Chamberlain believes that others were interested in the affair. Where the dynamite came from is a mystery. An entertainment which was to have been held in the prison tonight was declared off. It is believed this is because the officials think that many other convicts are implicated in the plot for escaping, and that they suspected an attempted outbreak tonight. A slip of paper was found in the convicts' diningroom, on which was written: "Lawrence d d fool. If he'd waited till today we'd all be free or in hell." DIES IN THE ELECTRIC CHAIR. Execution of Luciii P. Wilson in the Auburn Prison. AUBURN, N. Y., May 14. Lucius P. Wilson died on the electric chair in the penitentiary in this city at 12:45 today. At his own request he was photographed in his cell today. All through tho morning he preserved an unruffled demeanoi. He refused to see a clergyman. Wilson's crime was the murder of Detective James Harvey July 21, 1SW, in Syracuse. Wilson's statement was made public this afternoon. It declared that Charles Wilson, now confined in the Onondaga county jail on joint indictment with the writer, is a brother, and that he is entirely innocent of the charge. He says that Charles was not the man who was with him when Detective Harvey was shot. Another note was addressed to Chief of Police Charles It. Wright. It said: "Please deliver all articles found on my person at the time of my arrest to my brother, Frank L. Wilson guns and everything." To Frank he sent the following note: "Take things a.s cool as possible and try not to grieve more than is necessary. Tokens to the folks." BANK TELLER SHORT. Vounj; llilleaet of St. Lnolt Embercled the Funds. ST. LOUIS, May 12. Edward B. Hilleget, receiving teller of the Fourth national' bank, was taken before the United States commissioner this afternoon to answer to the charge of embezzlement. His mother secured his release on bond until Monday, the day set for Hilleget's examination. A United States bank examiner is looking over the books of the Fourth national in order to ascertain the amount of the embezzlement. A shortage of $2,000 has already been discovered and the total amount supposed to have been taken by the paying teller will, it is said, amount to at least five times that sum. The young man is the only son of a widow and is said to havo been, leading a at Uf.

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Republican Senators Caucus on the Tariff Bill, I But Fail to Arrive at Any Definite Conclusion. MEMBERS ARE ALL AT SEA Owing to tho Wide Divergence of Opinion, No Two Senators Harboring Similar Views. Alclrieh. l'rye and Their Afil- Make Idle Una Ms Wild Talk That There Are even Democrn t le Members of the Sennte Wim Will Vote Agalntt the Tariff Hill Nothing of Any Consequence as a ReMult of the Meeting1. WASHINGTON, May 11. The republican members of the s-r.ate were ia cauou.3 at Senator Sherman's house tonight from S o'clock until lliCO. The caucus partook more of the nature of an informal conference than a business meeting, and whil-- it was called for the purpose of arriving at a conclusion as to the method to bi pursued by the republican party in the senate, it closed without eliciting anything in the way of a rarty declaration. There was no vote on any proposition whatever, and tha proceedings consisted i:i a large number of speeches. There were about twenty-five of the thirty-seven republican senators present, anl every one thre had something to say in the course of the evening. There was a great dhei v. r.ce of views. Indeed, the accounts of the meeting agree that, while tit. -re w-ie probably twenty speeches, most of them, cf course, brief, no two of t'.em were on the same lines or advised the same manner of proceeding. There was r.o agreement except upon the one point that the bill should be beaten if possible. On general lines the greatest divergence of opinion was on the ability or" tne republicans to beat the bill at all. and while there was no formal decision which would permit of accounting, the caucus appeared to be about evenly divided in sentiment upon this question. A statement that eastern senators were favorable to the continuation of the opposition to the lines which are n"W being observed and that western senators were opposed to any effort to secure delay, for delay's sake, would be in a generai way correct, but there were exceptions on both sides. Senators Alirich, CLar.dler, Frye and others contended that the bill could be defeated, and sail that all that was necessary to demonstrate the correctness cf this assertion was to give the democrats time to widen the breach which they asserted now exists. Some of them declared that four or five democratic votes could be counted on as opposed to the bill, w hile one of those present went so far as to say that he was assured of the opposition of at least seven democratic senators. No names of democratic, senators were given, however. The opposition element contended that there was no ixsitive assurance of any democratic support in opposition to the bill and that the only means of testing th' truth of rumors of democratic dissatisfaction was to let the voting go on. There was much talk a.s to the general demerits and inconsistencies of the bill, and some of the silver republican senators did not fail to call attention to th lack of sym;athy which had been displayed on the part of the republican senators when the silver repeal was before the senate lat fall end to intimate that they had no desire at this time to heap coals of fire on the heads of that lenient in the pirty at this time by doing kindness in return for what they termed ine r.s:d-rator:ess. They agreed in the main with their republican -ol-leagues as to the un desirability of passing the bill, but declared they would not filibuster especially in view of the strong pn babiiity of the parage of the bill despite any oppofiti-jii that m!gut be made t it. The lr.'.re radi'-il opincr.ts of the bill replied that they hud no desire or intention of filibustering but asserted that the bill was ore whi-di could be opposed by legitimate methods for a 1 ng time. There was also an -xrha.igs of views on the policy of republicans voting f r the dem cratic amendments to the bill, but the nly agreement reached ui-n this i -i n : . as upon the other, was to allow, f,.r the present, individ'ial republican senators to act in accordance witli their own Inclinations. Sumo of the senators expressed the opinion at the close of the conference that another meeting of the party in the senate would be held a: an early day. DYING FROM REMORSE. The C'nac of l'nther i'Crndy Who Shot Mary . il mart In. CINCINNATI. May 11. The Charcot that Father Domlnick O'Grady, who shot Mary Cilmartin on the street April 23, will ever suffer the legal penalty of hia crime are remote. The man seems to b dying from remorse. He has lost all interest in life and is living in a semistarving state. Today, w he n bi ought into covirt, ho had to be supj-orted in walking and when seated his head hung in a listb ss manner. It is now claimed that the offense for which Tanuc-r. the grand juror, wa.H-. imprisoned in Indiana waa petit larceny and that it does not disqualify him in this state. The judge will decide the question tomorrow. Awarded Highest Honors World's Fair. DU-

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