LET ALL THE ENDS THOU AIMS'T AT BE THY COUNTRY'S, THY GOD'S, AED TRUTHS."
WTLSOX, X; G., MAY 141 1896.
BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM.
77
NUMBER 20.
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THE HANGING OF I10L1S
The notorious Criminal Met His
Death Fearlessly. ;
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i UtAO ; 1U1 Ulb DUiH tlUUUO,
DIED PROTESTING fas IlTlTOOElICE
lrMyllnterMVOng Pries
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to All.
Are cutting; the prices on all lines. ofr.Dry Goods which even
;n these hard times must keep the store thronged with' eaer
bargain hunters and economical house: keepers.
We don't want to make the impression that we are doing
business for fun and your special benefit. We are working
for a living and expect by square dealing, courteous atten
tion and giving the best values possible for the. money.:
Till VppV we- ar 0iernS extra values in Holland
H i V CCiv Shades, Lace Curtains and Dra
peries. We have a good Holland -Shade, with spring roller
lor 25c. dace Curtains, 2 yards long, for-50c. . Tinsel
Drapery for 13c, sold elsewhere for 25c.
ean only aDreeiate Lbe; value
hem.
i i i M
v. i 1 J v
goods, by seeing
m
iiirvy trail
:.:v: J. M. LEATH, mcL
Cor. Nash and Goldsboro Streets.
'pUVJllljtLUIUO
Killed by a Fleeing: Robber.
Chicago, May 8. While chasing a rob
ter from his store last night Thomas J.
Marshall, proprietor of " the. Golden Rule
dry goods store, 278-83 West Madison
street, was shoe twice, and died a few mo-
ments later on the sidewalk in front of his
place. The robber escaped after firing sev
eral shots to intimidate the people in the
street. He wounded two other persons'
Alexander Beggs, shot in the left leg, and
jatie Hvnes, shot through both knees,
ice murder was committed in the sight
' a hundred people,, but was done so
Sickly that there was no chance to ap-
viKdu. tae murderer. Miss Hynes may
Ue.
f Lynched by Masked Men. '
BmMiXGi, iM, Ala."; May 11. Redden H.
chains, a white, farmer residing near
anitau,, Grean conn r v. was l-cnnhAh hva
;Jtobof forty.-'masked ; white men.'' 'Will-
;swas wrested last Thursday on the
v;" making a criminal assault upon
!-s loycar-old daughter. At the preiim-
"yiriid.bafiH-d Justice Lyon the evi
aceinawatcd his guilt, and he was held
Double Tragedy in Trenton.
Trenton, May 11. The fashionable end
of Trenton, which is on West State street,
beyond the state house, was startled by a
double tragedy on Saturday. Joseph
Graham, a carpenter, shot; Annie Ander
son, a domestic, in the dining room of C.
I. Baumgartner, a well,known dry goods
merchant, at 193 West State street. He
then put a bullet in his own head, and in
twenty minutes both were dead. The
causeof the tragedy was jealousy. Gra
ham was a discarded lover and the girl
had come to Trenton to get rid of him.
to. t-(-
J'-Ul.
ui I ju;-v and ordered committed
ulay niglit: while: . Denutv
( V ' ' UviU'a l" nigat; while: .Deputy
r. t0a wa.s" tukinsr William's rn'iail nt
Vl-. . " ii uy a moo near nia.su--
u... ' lU uad tii3 nrisoiiir -taken from
aoato the nearest tree. ;
fia? it ,V .,''i'u :i' victory-on' Satur
Dei.. May 11. J. Edward
:.' 1"('i":';;':i I'or delegates to the Re-!
VttJ t'iin V-f1i t-irsn Vrw1 xrrill nmrr
' ' '--"i KUVl HXti J-IW T
Publics st;
"fad t
-Wijju 1,ATi"ia'Vi'ire delegation to St. Lbuis.
ence fopC ;Hs't as to his prefer
ith ;n 7 -:it : aud has. been credited
Uttle(loiiWr f - tof:ird. QW. there is
h1 ' Kinley. The Higgins :
theruP, 7a1I1S'.cIainis of success, but
ill cont i 1101 SUstain thom- Addicks
tWeaty- inair't0 QOnvention by at least
.m. i'',y in Washington.
'"es P,x' May 11. If any official
nshir,' - lvod the government in
0f the AirT .esterdy regarding the case
Coipetitori1CanS caPtured aboard 'the
uedhv the Spaniards, and con
inquifUrtlllarfcial to e shot, dili
e fact th S to disclose its nature.
eredtiJat e Havaria officials have
td is a son CUti0u of ntence to Ma
Jptted ia ti -f ratiflcation to those in
7 belief ri prisoners' fate, and inspires
i0- It i 1 some leniency may be
aybp, , ""prouaoie tnat an ei
S11? 8 in cagFiss during the
PubliC! Mti, Lresolution' to acquaint
outkr facts in the
caso by
JSQesth? P'csident, for information,
WlU Kivo v u8 Aim-to take snoh Rffna "M
condemned men a civil trial.
" A Gypsy Held for Murder.
Trenton, May 11. Joseph - Wells, a
gypsy belonging to a band encamped near
this city, whs held ,for court last night,
charged with causing the death of William
Smith, aged IS, another member of the
band. The gypsy camp is along the Dela
ware and Raritau canal, at Whitehead's
mills, and , in the afternoon a crowd of
gypsies were teaming Smith because; he did
not know how to swim. "Wells picked him
up and threw him in the water. . The lad
struggled, but sank!and was drowned be
fore their eyes. They recovered his body.
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Postoffice Thieve Arrested.
..WASHlxaTN, May 9. Chief Postoffice
Inspector Wheeler was yesterday advised
of the capture of -Doremus, the abscond
ing registry clerk of the Newark, N. J.,
uostoffice Also of the arrest of Superin
tendent McNeil, of jStatioa No. 4, Jersey
City, for emrx'zzlernent of postal and
money ordar frauds. . 'inspector Edgarton,
at' Philadelphia,, yesterday advised the
por.tbffioj? department of the arrest of
Frederick Herbsfc, a' clerk in Receiving
Station No. 15, Philadelphia office, for
rifling registered mail. . . , ,
Don't bolt your food, it Irritates your
stomach. Choosej digestible food and
chew it. Indigestion as ,a dangerous
sickness. Proper care prevents it.
Shaker Digestive Cordial cures it. That
is the long and .short of indigestion.
Now. the question? is : Have you get
indigestion ? tYes,' if you, have pain or
discomfort after eating, headache, dizzi
ness, nausea offensive breath, heart
burn, langour, weakness, fev er jaun
dice, flatulence, loss of appetite, irrita
bility, constipation; etc. Yes, have you
indigestion. To cure it, take Shaker
Digestive Cordial. j The medicinal herbs
and plants of which Shaker Digestive
Cordial is composed , help to digest the
food in your stomach ; help to strenthen
your stomach. . When yours is strong,
care will keep it so. Shaker Digestive
Cordial is for sale by druggists, price
io cents to $i.oo per bottle.
Just Kefore Plunging: Into Eternity - He
Declared He Had 2i Hand in the Kill
ing of Benjamin TP. Pitezel or . Any of tlie
Pitezel Family.?
Philadelphia, May 8. Herman . W.
Mudgett, alias II. H. Holmes, was hanged
in Moyamensing' prison shortly after 10
o'clock yesterday morning. It was fully
a half-hour later before he was officially
pronounced dead. . A half-minute before
he was shot into eternity he made this
declaration to j. the solemn assemblage
gathered about the scaffold:
"Gen tlemen," I have very, few words to
say. In fact I would make no remarks at
this time except that by not sneaking I
would appear. ; to acquiesce in my execu
tion.' I only wish to say that the extent
of my wrong doing in taking huinan life
consisted in the dea:hoi' two womenv they
having died at "my hands as the result of
criminal operations. I wish to also state
here, 'so that there can b3 no chance of
misunderstanding hereafter, that I am
not guilty of taking the lives of any of
tho PitezeJ family the three children and
Benjamin, the father, of whose death I
was convicted v and for which' I am today
to be hanged. That is all I have to say."
(The.tywo women referred to' are Mrs. Ger
trude Connor and Miss Emily Cigrand),
It will bo seen that the. words are well
chosen. They were equally well pro
nounced. The voice never quavered, and
the hands clapped on tho dark railing of
the scaffold did noo tremble. The nerve
which had all, along characterized this
. most marvelloiis of assas ins had not de
serted him to the very end. As the . last
syllable fail from his pallid lips he turned
to; his attorney.; Cla-ping the shaking
right hand of the you ig lawyer in his
his own CTanr-firm even at ilia1; terrible
.moment he laid his left on the other j
man s snoulder, aud, gazing straight into
his eyes, uttered in a lou.l voice, "Good
by.i". Then he curef-tilly buttoned his coat,
nodded to the sheriff, and an instant later
shot to his death. .
He was uadoabte-dly. t h mss5.-sto.Ud;.'..o.
any i thaFassemblage of fifty odd meu.
The pallor of hi 4 face vas no deeper than
the ordinary prison bleach, aud he stood
erect, gazing steadfastly before him, until
the horrible black cap shut out his last
look at earthly things.
He spent his last day of life unevent-"
fully. During part of Wednesday Father
Daily, of the Church of the Annunciation;
visited him and said prayers. In the after
noon his lawyer, Samuel P. Rotan, called
for a short time. The balance of the day
Holmes occupied reading his ; Bible and
other devotional books. Father Daily came
again early in the evening and remained
until 10:15 o'clock. " V
After the priest left Hoi me3 wrote letr
ters of farewell until midnight. It is un
derstood that these communications were
addressed to his wives the one in Gilman
ton, N. H., and Georgiauna Yoke, of
Franklin, Ihd., the third wife, whose tes
timony did so much to bring about his ex
ecution. He also penned a letter of in
structions to Mr, Rotan, his. counsel.
At midnight he undressed and went to
bed. under the watchful, eye of Keeper
George Weaver, who was fearful lest the
man in the cell beyond might commit sui
c,ide. But. apparently, nothing was fur
therfromtheabnormalmindof hischarge. .
Holmes - slept the sleep of an innocent
babe, and at 6 o'clock in the morning it
required two calls to arouse him.
At 7 o'clock Father Daily came, with
Father McPake, of the; same ; church.
Holmes received them silently, and knelt
wdth theni while they went over the com
munion service. According to the rites of
the Catholic church, to which he had been
converted during the past week in'form,
at least he had been fasting since mid
night. The service once over, his break
fast was brought in and he fell to with an
apparent relish.
: The only sign of defiance he made , just
after the priests left. ; .
"Am I nervous?" he demanded, stretch
ing his hands but to Keeper Weaver. They
were steady as a rock. Soon after this the
priests returned, and remained- with him
until the end. -
At two minutes after 10 o'clock the pro
cession to the gallows was began, headed
by Prison Superintendent Perkins and
Assi-tant Superintendent ' . Richardson.
Fifty or mora men, with uncovered heads,
made up the solemn parade, and halted
before the scaffold. The platform, which
stood eight! feet above the level of the floor,
was approached by 4 flight of steps. .
Thewitnesses passed around the strn
ture and faced itl An awful silence fol
lowed for a moment. .. Then a murmur of
sound arose from the other side of the
scaffold. It was the prayers of the priests,
who were ' escorting Holmes to the gal
lows. A moment later they mounted the
steps and tame into view. Holmes, a cru
cifix clasped in both hands, upon which
his eyes were fixed, walked steadily be
tween them, v , .
There was a pause after they had reached
the deadly trap, and then Holmes stepped
forward and pronounced his valedictory.
It took him exactly two minutes to pro
nounce what nearly every man there re
garded as the' last of a series of lies. Father
Daily is the only man who knows whether
or not the man went into eternity with a
lie on his lips, for to him Holnies, either
Wednesday night or yesterday, made a
final confession. But that is buried in th'e
secrets of the church.
After shaknsr hands with his lawrer.
who then iefc the scaffold, Holmes turned
and bade farewell to .Superintendents Per
kins and Richardson and the priests. Then
be and the two clergymen knelt in silent
prayer. They arose jat 10:12 o'clock. In
another half mihut the end had come.
lne execution Was entirely successful.
; After the body had been cut down it
was placed in a plain- pine box, the bottom
and sides of which Were covered with ce
ment. This was done so that the mate
rial will harden about the corpse and prac
tically fasten it to thp ljox, preventing any
attempt to steal the body. The body was
taken to Holy Cross jjeiuetery and placed
iin a vault: -Today it was burried with
jrief religious services, a double grave be
ing seemed or the ptirpose, owing to the
In addition.
placed over the
bizo of i ho cemenr,
two feet of 'cement kvas
box containing the IjpJr.
Both Mrs. Pitezl ajad Iter lawVer place
bo belief in Holmes Vast declaration of
innocence! Lawyer KoUui believe he died
hn innocent man.
One ox the Quiintiiiiets Dead.
Mayfield, Ivy., May H One of the five
oy-'babies'! uor'u aievrf days ago to'Mr. and
Mrs. Oscar Lyons. f this city, is dead,
the ethers afe enjoying good health. .
Death Sentences Referred to Mad
rid for Confirmation, i
SUMMARY EXECUTION NOT FEAEED
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.www :
p?te Filibustering Steamer Again
; Bound for Cuba.
TEE DETECTIVES; EASILY POOLED.
ST
A LS if ft
jllow the Cargo of a iJgTiter, Probably Con-
sisting of Arms antcl Ammunition, Slys-
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teriouslv Disapieared While the Sleuths
Were on Its Track.
New York, May
-A
srreat
deal of
While General Weyler Thirsts for the
Blood f the Coinp-t:tor's Men, It Is Not
Likely. Tliat the Saish Government
Will Consent to Their .Execution.
Madrid,; May lr. There arc evidences
of growing popular excirement in Spain,
ovr theattitude of the Uniteil States gov
ernment, tpwards theiquestiin of the fili
busters da)tureon board the Competitor.
Tup riots and outbreaks of popular hatred
towards Ithe' United States at
the
timo of
titp passage through congress of the reso-
oas favorihg the recognition of -.the
Cubans us bel jigerents have not been for-;
gotten, ari'4 the sentiments which caused
thom are but smoldering.
The Spauisli government has on ail pos
sible occasions expressed its appreciation
of and satisfaction with the efforts made
by,the United States government to pre
, x'ent as far as law in its power the giving :
! of unlawful aid to tlie Cuban insurgents
by citizeus'rthe United State. But tho
widespread sympathy felt for the insur
gents iii. the. United States is well recog
nized by the Spanish people, and the news
of Expeditious from the United" States
landed from time to time in Cuba creates
intense irritation. -.-'. 1 .
The news of the capture of the men on
the Competitor .was ! received with great
rnystery surrounds the movements of the
American steauiship ;Laurada, which came'-,
into port Saturday aiid anchored oil Llb-
ty Islau;l. It was generally believed.
fchat the Laurada hivd been chartered bv
the Cuban junta forj the purpose of con-
rveyiug another filibustering expedition to
Cuba. - T '.
When the Lauradlacame into port it was
observed that she was drawing very, little
water, and was apparently in ballast. The
news of her arrival was soon made, known
to t he Spanish consul general, who hur
ried to the'barg.3 office, where, he is said to
have held a conference with United States
Marshal McCarthy. ' j
"Meantime it appears that the consul
genferal hadcomTuancated with his subor
dinates, who kept a close watch on the
leaders of the Laurada. They learned that
a lighter,! the name of which could not be
ascertained, had made fast at pier 11, East
river. The d3tectives vvatched the tleliv
er of inauy boxes and cases on board the
ligliter. 'All this timie a tug was in wait
ing for the detectives at pier 8, East river.
At the barge office jtha revenue cutters
liudson and Chandler were also under
' After the lighter had received her cargo
he steamed up the river and took a posi-
ion off Corlear's Hook, - where she
anchored. The tug containing the detec
tives! followed in her wake, and lay in the
middle of the river until the lighter, hug
ging the Brooklyn shore, went down the
river, passing through Buttermilk, chan
nel. ",;1 i' ' j :
i As the lighter was going by Governor's
Island, by way of the channel, the tugput
back for pier 3, where, ic is said, the, de
tectives met Consul General Baldesano
md Marshal McCarthy. They were evi
dently instructed to continue their pur
suit of the lighter, las tlie tug steamed
across the river through Buttermilk chan
nel to Atlantic Basin, where the lighter
was found warped to 'a dock. Her cargo
iad been removed. j
The tug then proceseded over to where
;he Laurada lay, and dropped anchor to
:he south of Bedloe's island. Smoke was
souring from the funnels of the steam
ship, andthere was much bustle and ac
ivity on deck. Haf an hour later the
' Liaurada steamed down the bay and passed
out a? Quarantine. 1
The Laurada was met off Montauk Point
3y the tug Commander, with the barges
Relief and Green Point in tow, and about
;i hundred Cubans, together with' several
;ons of arms and ammunition, were trans
ferred to the Laurada, which at once put
out to sea. 'y -
Says Cleveland Will be Xominatetl.
Springfield, O., May 11- John W.
3ookwater, the Democratic candidate for
governor of Ohio in 18a7, predicts that
'jrover Cleveland will be nominated for
uhe fourth time at the Chicago conven
tion in July.. He eulogizes the president
us the leader of tariff reform, and says he
'.a now-wanted as the leader of the war
party in this .country. Mr. Bookwalter
believes that the conditions in foreign af
fairs, especially with Great Brition and
Spain, will be such two months hence as
to compel the Democracy to take up Pres
identvGleveland, and that the war senti
ment will be in his favor in November.
He says the administration will be heard
from at the proper time on the Cuban
question; and also on the Venezuelan
boundary and then it will be Cleveland's
call. '-? . - '.- ' - " '
To Investigate Boud Issnes.
WASHCfQTOK, May 8. By the decisive
Vote of 51 to 6 the senate yesterday inau
gurated an investigation to be. conducted
by the senate committee on finance into
tlhe facts and circumstances connected
with the sale of United States bonds by
the secretary of the treasury during the
last three years.. The . six adverse votes
were cast by Senators Caff ery, Faulkner, .
Gray, HilL Mitchell and Palmer, all Dem
ocrats. The resolution directing the in
vestigation Is very explicit.
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CONSUL GENEKAL RAMON O. WILLIAMS,
satisfaction and rejoicing. It was felt to
be the first opportunity that had been of-'
fered to make an example of those en
gaged in feeding the insurrection. The
popular demand for their execution is gen
eral, and it is likely to become vociferous.
Little account is taken of tha refined ques
tions of treaty interpretation involved in
the protest lof ; the United States govern
ment! against the execution of the sen
tences. The accion of the United States is
regarded rather a an expression of sym-
pathy with! the insurrection, and there
; will be a strong popular clamor to disre-,
I gard it. j . 1" ! '
I A dispatch from Havana this morning
I confirms the report that Captain General
! Weyler has threatened to resign his pbst
unless he sentences are executed. Several
' papers publish the report that besides Gen
eral Weyler Generals Ochando and Ahn
mada, who hold important commands in
Cuba, have, also threatened to resign if the
judgment q.? the court martial is quashed.
Allegations are made in these Havana
dispatches of very extraordinary conduct
on the part gf Mr. R.imon O. Williams,
the United States consul general. If these
I are not true they are nevertheless certain
; to add fuel to the fire of popular indigna-
tion in Spain; ; Mr. Williams' attitude, it
is asserted, is the subject of general cen
sure n Havana, and ii said to be very pro
evocative. The story goes on to relate that
the United States consul general shows
himself everywhere in public places in
Havana, usiiig irritating aud menacing
language regarding the probable action of
the United States towards the authorities
in. case the sentences upoa the Competitor
tap:
:ives uro executed. . ' ,
lxtth by
'the public vrdd the press over tho landing
of the latest .1 Bermuda expedition, which
lhas been announced in a highly sensa
tional manner by the newspapers here.
No Summary JCsecutlons.
Havana, JNIay 11; The Spanish govern
ment has been asked to approve the scn
tences.of death passed by & court martial
upon the men captured on board the Com
petitor on a charge of piracy and rebellion. :
The men sentenced are: Alfredo Laborde,
said to be the leader of the party, and
claiming American citizenship; Dr. Elias
Bedia, also claiming American citizen- v
ghip j William Gjldea, said to be a British
subject; John Milton, a native of Kansas;
Teodora Mata. This places the fate of the ;
men in the hands of the authorities at
Madrid, and insures that they will not bo
executed without an order from the Span- i
ish government. It has become known
that the. British consul has also inter- i
vened in the name of his government on j
behalf of the Competitor's captives sen- -tenced
to death. He invokes clemency
for the prisoners.
As the strength of a buildirg depends
upon the solidity -of its foundation, so
health depends upon the condition of
the blood. To expel impurities and;
cause the vital fluid tot ecome vigorous
and life-giving Ayer's Sarsaparilla is ih ;
most powerful and effective, medicine
in use. - .
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