ffs&Bsi KW w$T y w- THREE SEPTEMBERS. Note the Adlets' Growth: September, 1890 ....3,967 September, 1891 5,9 II September, 1892 7,681 wk ipmgimm W Note.the Adieu' Growth: Septemberi 890. ..... 3,967 September, 1891- ,.5, 9 1 1 bcptemDer, 1092 ,ooi Diemttrtu v &mms ' SS$$o&MfcK FORTY SEVENTH YEAH. THE DALTONS WIPED OFF- jHE EARTH, They ,Make Their last Baid and Ten Determined Ilea Lose Their liyes. FIVE CITIZENS AND PIYE EOBBEES DEAD. The Bloodiest Bandit Battle Ever Fought in Bleeding Kansas, and Kot Far From WHERE THE BOLD BENDERS KILLED' THEIR GUESTS. Tiro Banks Simultaneously Attacked by the Outlaws and at the Home of Their Childhood. V The Recent False Report of Their Cap ture In Texas by a Bogus United States Marshal Was Probably Spread With This Latest Outrage in View Co ffeyville Citizens Vigilant for a Month, Expecting the Raid The Qangr Recognized When They Enter the Town A Posse Quickly and Quietly Organized While the Robbery Is In Progress The Winchester of One Brave Man Drops Three Robbers In ; Quick Succession Bob Dalton the First to Fall His Two Brothers Also Dead Only One of the Band Escapes, and He Will Probably Be Hunted Down and Lynched A Sketch of the Terrors of the Southwest. COFFErviLLE, Kxs., Oct. & The Dal ton gang has been exterminated wipe doff the face of the earth. Caught like rats in .a trap they were to-day shot down, bat not -until four citizens of this place yielded up their lives. Six of the gang rod e into the town this morning and robbed the two banks of the place. Their raid bad beoome known to the officers of the law, and when the b andits attempted to escape they were attacked by the Marshal's posse. In the battle which ensued, four of the desperadoes were kille d -mtright and" one was so badly wounded hat be has since died. The other escaped, ut is being hotly pursued. 01 the attaok ng party, four were killed, one was fatally and two were seriously wounded. The dead are: SOB D ALTON, desperado, sbot through the head. GRANT DALTON, desperado, shot through the heart. EMMETT DALTON, desperado, shot through the left side. JOSEPH EVANS, desperado, shot through the head. JOHN MOOEE. "Texas Jack." desperado, shot through the head. T. C. CONNELLY, City Marshal, shot through the hod y. L. M. BALDWIN, bank clerk, shot through the head. G. VT. CUBINE. merchant, shot through the head. C G. BROWN, shoemaker, shot through the body. One Other Death to Bo Added. Thomas G. Ayers, cashier of the First National Bank, was shot through the groin and cannot live. T. A. Reynolds, of the attacking party, has a wound in the right breast, but it is not considered neoessarily dangerous. Lais Detz, another of the at tacking party, was shot in the right side. His wonnd is a serions one, but is not fatal. It had been rumored a month ago that the Dalton gang was contemplating an im mediate raid upon the banks of the city. Arrangements were made to give them a warm reception, and for over a week a patrol was maintained for night and day to give warning of the gang's approach. The raid did not take place, and then came the report from Detning, X. M., that United States officers had had a battle with the band in that territory and three of the ban dits had been killed. This report was be lieved here to have been circulated by the Daltons themselves, the intention being to divert attention from their intentions and lull the people of the town into a' sense of security. Still Kept a Close Lookout. The people, however, were not so easily deceived, and when the report of the disas ter to the gang in New Mexico was denied, vigilance was renewed. Still the expected raid was not made. Finally the patrol was withdrawn last Saturday, although every stranger was carefully scrutinized as soon as he appeared on the streets. It was 9 o'clock this morning when the Dalton gang rode into town. They came in in two squads of three each, and, passing through unfrequented streets, rendezvoused in the alley in the rear of the First National Bank. They quickly tied their horses,and, without losing a moment's time, proceeded to the attack upon the banks. Robert Dalton, the notorious leader of the gang, and Emmett, his brother, went to the First National Bank. The other four, under the leadership of "Texas Jack," or John Moore, went to the private bank of C. M. Congdon & Co. Meanwhile the alarm bad already been given. The Dalton boys were born and bred in thiB vicinity, and were well known to nearly every man, woman and child in town. In their progress through the town they had been recognized. The Attacking Party Organized. City Marshal Connelly was quickly noti fied, and almost before the bandits had en tered the bank he was collecting a posse. Be ran first to the livery stable of Jim Spear, a dead-shot with a Winchester and a valuable man in any fight. Then he sum moned George Cubine, a merchant; Charles Brown, a shoemaker; John Cox, express agent, and other citizens who could be con veniently reached. Stationing them about the square which both of the banks faced, faa iaitened U ngnest-his posse by sum Y - moning other citizens for impromptu police duty. While the Marshal was collecting his forces, the bandits, ignorant of the trap that was being laid for them, were proceeding deliberately with their work of robbing the banks. Texas Jack's band had entered Congdon's Bank, and, with tljeir'Winches ters leveled at Cashier Ball and Teller Car penter, had ordered them to throw up their hands. Then Texas Jack searched them for weapons while the other three desperadoes kept them covered with their rifles. Find ing them to be unarmed Cashier Ball was ordered to open the safe. Balked by a Time-Lock Safe. The cashier explained that the safe door was controlled by a time lock, and that it could not by any means short of dynamite be opened before its time was up, which would be 10 o'clock, or in about 20 minutes. "We'll wait," said the leader, and' he sat down at the cashier's desk. "How about the money drawers," he asked suddenly, and jumping up he walked around to the cages of the paying and re ceiving tellers. Taking the money, amount ing in all to less than $300, he dumped it into a flour sack with which he was sup plied, and again sat down while the time clock slowly ticked off the seconds and the bands of the clock tardily moved towards the hour of la Bob and Emmett Dalton, meanwhile, were having better luck at the First National Bank. When they entered the bank they found within Cashier Ayers, his son, Albert Ayers, and Teller W. H. Shep herd. None of them were armed, and with leveled revolvers the brother bandits easily intimidated them. Albert Ayers and Teller Shepherd were kept under the muzzles of Emmett Dalton's revolvers while Bob Dalton forced Cashier Ayers to strip the safe vault and cash drawers of all the money contained in them and place it in a sack which had been brought along for that purpose. Bob Dalton tho First to Die. Fearing to leave them behind, lest they should give the alarm before the bandits should be able to mount their horses and escape, the desperadoes marched the officers of the bank outof the door with the inten tion of keeping them under guard while they made their escape. The party made its appearance at the door of the bank just as Liveryman Spear and his companions of the Marshal's posse took their positions in the square. When the Dalton brothers saw the armed men in the square they ap preciated their peril on the instant, and leaving the bank's officers on the steps of bank building, ran lor their horses. As soon as they reached the sidewalk Spear's rifle quickly came to position. An instant later it spoke and Bob Dalton, the notorious leader of the notorious gang, fell in his tracks dead. There was not a quiver of a muscle alter he fell. The bullet had struck him in the right temple, plowed through his brain and passed out just above the left eye. Emmett Dalton had the start of his brother, and, before Spear could draw a bead on him, he had dodged behind a corner of the bank and was making time in tne di rection of the alley, where the bandits bad tied their horses. ' The Other Gang Takes the Alarm. The shot 'which' dropped' Bob Dalton aroused Texas Jack's band in Congdon's Bank, who were patiently waiting for the time lock of the safe to be sprung with the hour of 10. Running to the windows of the bank they saw their leader prostrate on the ground. Raising their rifles to their shoul ders they fired one volley out of the win dows. Two men fell at the volley. Cashier Ayers fell on the steps of his bank, shot through the groin. Shoemaker Brown, of the attacking party in the square, was shot through the bodV. He was quickly re moved to his shop, but died just as be was carried within. The firing attracted the attention of Mar shal Connelly, who, collecting more men for bis posse, and with the few which he had already gathered, ran hurriedly to the scene "of the conflict. After firing their volley from the windows of the bank the bandits, seeing their only safety lay in flight, attempted to escape. They ran from the door of the bank, firing as they fled. The Marshal's posse in the square, without organization of any kind, fired at the fleeing bandits, each man for himself. Spear's trusty Winchester spoke twice more in quick succession before the others of the posse could take aim, and Joseph Evans and Texas Jack fell dead, both shot through the head, making three dead bandits to his credit. Only One Bandit Gets Away. In the general fusillade which followed Grant Dalton, one of the two surviving members of Texas Jack's squad, Marshal Connelly, George Cubig and L. M. Baldwin, one of Congdon's clerks who was out col elcttng when the attack was made, were mortally hit and died on the field. Allie Ogee,the only survivor of the band, succeeded in escaping to the alley where the horses were tied, and, mounting the swiftest horse of the lot fled south in the direction of the Indian Territory. Emmett Dalton, who had escaped from the First National Bank, had already reached the alley in safety, but he had some trouble in getting mounted, and Allie Ogee had al ready made his escape before Emmett got fairly started. Several of the 'posse, anticipating that horses would be required, were already mounted and quickly pursued the, escaping bandits. Emmett Dalton's horse was no match tor the fresher animals of his pur snrers. As his pursuers closed on him he turned suddenly in his saddle and fired upon his would-be captors. The latter an swered with a volley, and Emmett toppled from hid "horse hard hit. He was brought back to town and died late this afternoon. He made ante-mortem statements, confess ing to the various crimes committed by the gang of which he was a member. Allie Ogee had about ten minutes start of his pursuers and was mounted on a swift horse. At 5 o'clock this evening he had not been captured. All tho Stolen Money Recovered. After the battle was over search was made for the money which the bandits had se cured from the two banks. It was found in the sacks where it had been placed by the robbers. One sack was found under the body of Bob Dalton, who had fallen dead upon it while he was escaping from the FirsVNational Bank. The other was found tightly clenched in Texas Jack's hand. The money was restored to its rightful owners. The bodies of those of the attacking party who were killed were removed to their re spective homes, while the bodies of the dead bandits were allowed to remain where they naa taiien until tne arrival ot the Uoroner from Independence, who hod them removed to the Court House. There he held an inquest, the jury re turning a verdict in accordance with the facts. The inquest over the bodies of the dead citizens will be postponed until the result ot the pursuit of Allie Ogee is known. During the time the bodies re mained in the square they were viewed by hundreds of the people of this and .sur rounding towns, who, having beard of ' the tragedy, came in swarms to inspect the scene. The excitement was intense, and the fate of Allie Ogee, should be be cap tured, was determined by universal con sent. He will be hanged. The other topics which attracted, uni versal comment, were the fulfillment of the prophecy that the Daltons wonld "die with their boots on," the peculiar fat which had AJS&il&i ..-Js WaHMHtliaBls PP - - prcf - lm. 1atHmmmuwmMBrfgriwr j-aT?rqwBa-eBWis' PITTSBURG, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1892-TWELY, PAGES. decreed that thoy should die by the hands of their old friends in the vicinity of their place of birth, and the excellent marksroau ship of Liveryman Spears, who with three shots sent death to as many bandits. ,fc Up to 10 o'clock to-night Allie Ojee hair not been captured, at least it is not known that he has been. The pursuing party are still out and it is believed they are still following the bandit's trail, Ogee bad such a short start that it is not 'believed be will be able to escape, but he is well acquainted with the wild oountty south of here in the Indian Territory, where the bandits had their headquarters. It may be that he can thus elude the pursuers. HISTORY OF THE BAND. Its Career Equaled Only by Those of the James and the Younger Brothers They Begin by Catflo Stealing and End in Bank and Train Robberies. vThe Daltons were a numerous family. There were five boys and three girls. Of the boys two are engaged in farming one in Oklahoma, where the mother of the family lives,' and one near Coffeyville, where three of the brothers met their death to-day. The Daltons were second cousins of the noted James boys, who defied the law in Missouri for so many years, and through them were related to the Youngers, who are now serving life terms of imprison ment in the penitentiary of Minnesota. Bob Dalton was the first of the boys to enter upon a career of crime. While he was scarcely more than a boy ho became a cattle thief and did a thriving business, driving off cattle from the herds on the Cherokee Strip, and taking them across the Indian Territory into Colorado, where he would sell them. He was joined soon after he entered the business by his brother, Gratton Dalton. Their depredations be came so frequent and troublesome that the cattlemen organized to drive them from the strip. A posse of cowboys was formed for that purpose and gave the Daltons a hard chase, finally losing them in the wilds of New Mexico. They Become Stage and Train Bobbers. The next heard of the Daltons was in California, where thev took to train and 'stage robbing. While robbing a stage there one of the passengers was killed in the attact. This spurred the officers on to extraordinary efforts to effect the capture of the gang, and Grat Dalton was finally captured. While being taken to a place for safe keeping, he was rescued by the other members of the gang, the whole partv finally escaping after being chased in Cali fornia and throueh a good part of Arizona. In the spring ot 18W), the gang turned up. again in the Indian Territory wnen UKia homa was opened to settlement, the Dalton boys securing a choice claim for their mother near Hennessey, where she still lives, supported by one of her sons. At the time ot 'the opening, Bob Dalton was a United States Marshal, being selected on account of his peculiar fitness to deal with desperate characters. After the opening he returned to his life of outlawry and he and Grat were then joined by their brother Emmett, the young est of the brothers. They nere at that time also joined by Texas Jacc, and soon gathered about them sevaral desperate char acters. It was then that the most success ful period of the Dalton's career, from their standpoint, began. Foot ramous Express Bobberies. Their attention was first directed to the robbing of express trains and perpetrated many successful "hold-ups," the most noted ot which are the robberies of the Santa i'e at Wharton and Red Rock; the Missouri Pacific at Adair, and the 'Frisco near VlnHa. The Wharton robbery was, perhaps, the most dramatic of all. The robbers went to Wharton on horseback, and, entering the station there, as feed the operator if the train was on time. He replied that he would inquire, and was about to do so, when one of the band, fearing that the operator had recognized them, shot him dead upon the spot without a word of warn ing. When the train arrived it was held up after the regulation manner. After the pursuit of the robbers which followed, Outlaw Ed Bryant was captured at JHmd by .Deputy united mates jsiarsnai isa Short, kndwn throughout the entire Ter ritory as a most brave officer. Short placed bis captive in a baggage car of a Santa Fe train to take him to Guthrie. He had dis armed him, placing his brace of revolvers on a convenient trunk, and had placed the desperado in irons. When the tram reached Adair, Short disembarked to send a tele graphic message. Marshal and Prisoner Shot Dead. When he re-entered the car Bryant had secured one of his weapons, and, holding it in Mb manacled hands, fired, mortally wounding Short. The officer, however, had strength to seize his Winchester and pumped four bullets into Bryant's body, expiring as he pulled the trigger the lost time. There were no fatalities attending the Red Rock robbery, but the Adaic robbery resnlted in the death of two men. The ex press car was guarded on that occasion, and a hot fight between guards and the robbers took place. The place where the train was held up was in the midst of the town. One stray bullet passed Into the room of a physi cian, and, striking the physician in the head, killed him instantly. Another physi cian who, hearing the firing, had run in its direction, was also shot and killed. The last train robbery by the gang was that of the 'Frisco, near Vinita. The amounts secured by the robbers in their various raids will possibly never be known. It was very great, however, and has been estimated at 5300,000. After the 'Frisco robbery the Daltdns seem to have diverted their attention to the robbery of banks. They rode into El Reno one day and attacked .the only bank in town. " The only person in the bank at the time was the wife of the President, who fainted at the first sight of the ugly revolv ers. The bandits leisurely took all the money in sight, and, remounting their horses, rode away. This raid netted them 10,000, which was such a severe loss to the bank that it was forced into liquida tion. To-day's was the next and last raid of the gang, and with it ended the existence of a band equaled only in the desperate charac ter of its undertakings by the James and. Younger bands. EARLY OCTOBER SNOW Falls in Many Pennsylvania and New York Towns and Covers tho Catskllls. Philadelphia, Oct. C. The first snow of the season fell here at 2:10 this after noon. At Frackville, Pa., the thermome ter fell rapidly early this morning. An in creasing coldness as the day progressed brought with it a blustery snow storm at noon which soon covered the ground, prevailing along the whole of Broad Mount ain. The storm has continued unabated now for over an hour, bnt the weather is not cold and it disappears almost as rapidly as it falls. Dispatches from Rochester, Schenectady, Kingstown, Watertown and Buffalo, all in New York State, report light flurries of snow in those cities. The peaks of the CatBkllls are covered with snow, which fell to the depth of two inches. The ground was covered from Delhi to Big Indian, cov ering a section of many miles. , , A 81,850,000 Building Sold. Chicago, Oct. 6. Negotiations have practically been closed for the purchase of the Phoenix building by the Western Union Telegraph Company at about $1,250,000. The present quarters of the Western Union in this city are only leased, i. .'ftfej-" ..1 EARLY VOTES ARE THE BEST In Pennsylvania, as There Won't Be Tickets Enough to Go All Around. THEY CAN'T BE PBINTED. Each of the .Blanket Ballots Will Measura 52 by 22 Inches. Not Enough Printing Offices in the State or Paper in the Country to Get Out tho Job A Development Saturated With Interest to the "Voters of Pennsyl vania Taubeneck Threatens to Give Gresham Away if the Judge Comes Out Boldly for Cleveland Quay More Anxious About His Health Than He Is In Politics $100,000 Wanted by Popu lltes of New York City. IPrEClAL TZUCGItAM TO Ml PISPATCH.l Philadelphia, Oct. fi. Republican State Chairman Reeder received word to day that the Pennsylvania official ballot,' as it has been finally decided upon by Secre tary of State Harrity, would be B2 inches long by 22 inches wide, and in the three columns would be given the Republican, the Democratic and the Prohibition, Peo ple's and Socialistic Labor tickets, the latter three in one column. "Think of a ticket over four feet long, and within two inches of two feet in width!" said the General, "and you have some idea of what is coming." Charles H. Mullen, an extensive paper manufacturer, and who was a national dele gate to Minneapolis, to-day said this about the Baker blanket ballot: "There is not paper of that odd size or enough paper to cut and print one-tenth of the number of ballots, 52 by 22, that will be required in this State this year, and you can say for me that there is not product or stock enough in the markets of America to allow such a thing to be done. It is a question if all the mills in this coun try, were they to begin on the contract to day, could turn out the paper needed for such a job in time, and I am certain they would not be printed. This is how the final decision brings the matter to a head just now. "Why, do you know what such a job means?" continued Mr. Mullen. "Let me indicate it. The tickets must be printed for 07 counties perforated, gnmmed, num bered and bound in books more than 02 inches long by 22 inches wide. They must be run through a numbering machine twice, and the- law contemplates the work to be done in six days time. .The Secretary of State files his certificates of nomination ten days before election, and four days before election the ballots must be distributed. This is not including the specimen ballots to be furnished by the County Commission ers, an exact pattern of the official ballot. "Bear this in mind: It is simply impos sible to get the paper stock required, or to find a printing press that can do the work. This is the latest development," said Mr, Mullen, "and it is saturated with interest to the voters." QUAY IS VERYANXIOUS, Bat It Is on Account of nig Health, Wot Because, of Poll tics H e Has Had to Stop Smoking Altogether, and Is Still No Better. Philadelphia, Oct 5. Special Sen ator Quay arrived here this evening, taking a suite of rooms at the Continental. He did not register nor give out a single sign of his coming, but, on the contrary, his orders were positive that no ,cards should be sent up to his rooms, as no callers would be re ceived. "I am here to consult with doctor respecting my health," said Senator Quay, "and have no interest in politics until I un derstand what my condition is." "Then vou do not propose to assume con trol of affairs in this State?" "Such a thing is not at all in my calcula tions. Pennsylvania will do all that is ex pected of it, and the management of the campaign is in excellent hands. I cannot sec where it can be' different I will not talk politics to-nigbt, however," said the Senator. "My trip has been a tiresome one, and I do not care to sav anything." "Are you going to New York?" ( "Probably. Certainly not for a day or two. My appointment is in Philadelphia, and if I go to New York it will not be to take an active part in any work over there." Senator Quay is anxrens respecting his present state of health. The extended trip to Florida, while it bronzed his complex ion and gave him the rest be sought, did not relieve his mind respecting certain fears that he entertains, and he wants to be satis fied as to his real condition. This he seeks to know by consulting with eminent medi cal authority to-morrow. As an indication that the Senator realizes something must be done to give his nervous system a chance to build up, he has stopped smoking altogether, and does not indulge in the use of anything that is liable to excite him. The da' when the Senator dropped his ciear entirelr was somewhere last week. and it is understood that the decision is J hnaL TAUBENECK THREATENING. - t Ho Will Give Gresham Away If the Jndgo Conies Oat for Orover. ST. Louis, Oct, 5. Special. H. E. Taubeneck, the picturesque and mysterious chairman of the People's Party National Committee, is violently angered because Judge Gresham is announced to vote for Cleveland. He dares Gresham to come out openly and say he will do so, threatening in the event the Judge does so to make ex posures that will create a national political sensation. Mr. Taubeneck said to-day: "When a committee called on Judge Gresham previous to the Omaha convention he refused to become the Populists' standardbearer, and when General Weaver was made the nominee for President, Judge Gresham wrote him a lengthy letter, wbioh is now in the possession ot General Weaver. ne gave as nis reaauii iut iciusiug sue uuui i nation that it was not a political one, but piivate matters that prevented, and con cluded by saying that at the proper time he would have more encouraging news for the Presidentol nominee and the reform movement "I have letters and other documents near at hand that will place the Judge in a rather embarrassing position. I will admit that Secretary tolJr.9 tht-SUto Commit- &i!i?3j2x!L ? t-- 1 t ffiTrw-rc nArA rsiWAslRiKA.S.vA! TEACHER PEN2TVtho taught you that, tee of Indiana, lied when he gave out the information that Judge Gresham would take the stump in the interest of General Weaver, but I will not believe that Gresham intends to support Cleveland until I see him quoted, and when he is I will be pre pared to give out an Interview that will probably be of interest to Democrats and Republicans alike. " ONLY $100,000 NEEDED By tho People's Party for Use In the City or New York. New York, Oct 5. The managers ot the People's party in New York have ap pealed to the free-coinage-of-silver men for $100,000 to use in the 1,165 election dis tricts of this city. , Committeemen Spencer and Weston have submitted a detailed statement of the needs of the People's party to moneyed men who are in sympathy with the party on the sil ver question. KATE DREXEL TO MARRY. A Niece and Namesake or Sister Katherine to Wed Dr. Penrose Romance of the Bridegroom In tho "West Official An nouncement of the Betrothal. Philadelphia, Oct C Special A matrimonial engagement of more than ordinary interest, that of Dr. Charles B. Penrose, ot Philadelphia, to Miss Kate Drexel, of New York, was officially announced to-day. Miss Drexel is a daughter of the late Joseph R. Drexel, one of the three brothers lorming the Drexel banking firm. The children of the late Francis A. Drexel and of A. J. Drexel in Philadelphia are the young lady's cousins, and A. J. Drexel, the present head of the firm, Is her uncle. Miss Kate Drexel is very fine looking, a graduate of Vassar, a splendid equestrienne, and is possessed of all the accomplishments which follow in the train of extensive travel, careful culture, great wealth, and in the possession of physical beauty and a bright mind. Few young men in.Philadelphia.are bet ter known than Dr. Penrose. He is a son of DrR. A. F. Penrose and a nephew of Judge Penrose. Senator Boies Penrose is his brother. In person he is unusually tall and distinguished looking. Dr. Penrose has lately figured in public in connection with the war between the cattle owners and the "rustlers" in Wyoming. It was characteristic of him that he should have 'vol unteered to accompany the ex pedition in the face of eminent eril when there appeared to be need for is services. Still, he was not within a hundred miles of the slaughter of the "rustlers," though an unwarranted oharge of murder was made against him and he spent some time in jail. NEW YORK OUT OF DEBT. For the First Time in 50 Tears the State Is Free as Air. Albany, Oot 5. Special Comptroller Campbell to-day sent a communication to the Governor, in which he says he has 'the honor to report for the fiscal year ending September SO, that for the first time in over half a century the State of New York is practically free from debt The only obli gations of the State outstanding are $160, 000 of the canal debt, which matures Octo ber 1, 1893, for which there is money in the treasury to the credit of the canal fnnd to liquidate, and $300,000 of Magora reserva tion bonds, maturing July 1, 1893, July 1, 1894, and July 1, 1895, all of which can be be canceled at any time. The cash balance, in the treasury to the credit of the general fund at the close of the fiscal year was 51, 903,320 11. During the past ten years the State debt has been paid at the rate of $1,000,000 a year, the rate of taxation has steadily de creased, and the last two years it was the lowest known in the present generation of taxpayers. During the same, period the revenues have constantly increased until the last year, when they were the largest within its history. The Comptroller closed his letter with: "In submitting this brief statement I can but congratulate you and the people upon the healthy and prosperous financial condition of the State." HARD TIMES IN THES0UTH. Negroes Driven to Bobhery, When They Are Lynched In a Jiffy. Jacksok, Miss., Oct 5. Special Two negroes were captured here Saturday night for robbery. Monday morning citizens from Rankin rode in and identified tbem as men -who committed a bold robbery in Rankin a few days since. "They were turned over to the Rankinltes, and on their trial at Farmin, confessed their crime. In charge of three deputies they were started to jail at Brandon, but en route were taken from the officers and hung. - Last night, in the southern portion of this countv, six negroes robbed two country stores, killed Joe Davis, one of the proprie tors, and dangerously shot two others. The mnrderers then took horses and escaped, but were captured near the scene of the crime and lodged in jail at Hazlehurt, and two at Vicksburs, 75 miles from where the killing occurred. Times are very hard with the negroes here now, and they are stealing and robbing worse than ever, one of their victims 'recently being an old Indian hunter who had $30 in his belt An S8,000,0do Salt Settled. New Yoke, Oct 5. In the suit of Con gressman James Belden against ex-Judge Stevenson Burke and others and the Colum bus, Toledo and Hocking Valley Railroad, which involves about $8,000,000, Justice Ingraham handed down a decision this morning giving judgment for the defend ants. The rirst Brigade's Luck. Habbisbubq, Oct 5. An order was issued to-nigbt from the Adjutant General's Office granting leave of absence to the First Brigade. N. G. P., to attend the Columbian celebration in New York. An order was also issued disbanding Company C, of the Sixth Regiment, ". . -." , 7- WayneJ You never learned it in this school I A DESPERATE LOYER Kidnaps Bis Sweetheart in Spite of Her Brave Sister's Shotgun. EXCITEMENT IN AN OHIO HAMLET. The Bister of the Stolen Girl Kills One of the Abductors. LOTS OP AGRESTS ON BOTH SIDES rSPXCTAI. TBLEOBAM TO THE DISrATCIT.l Coltjmbtjs, O., Oct 5. The little, vil lage of Maxtown, 14 miles north of Colum bus, was the scene of a great sensation to day, and the country roundabouts is greatly excited. A woman discharged a shotgun, aimed at the abductor of her sister. The shot took effect in the man's shoulders and neck, and he will die. Among the prominent families of the neighborhood are the Bennetts and the Bangs. The former consists of three boys and two girls, the youngest, Sela, being the cause of the tragedy to-day. Samuel Bangs, a trifling sort of fellow, has been a suitor for the hand of Sela, and has been strenu ously opposed by her brothers and sisters. She has not been strongly inclined to Bangs, but accepted his attentions. Bangs took advantage of the absence of the Bennett boys from home to-day and concluded to kidnap the girl. He got his brother Edward and Quince Van Tassell, a friend, to join him, and they proceeded to the Bennett homestead with a view to tak ing Sela away by force. The girls saw them coming and, barricading the doors, went up stairs. Finding the doors all locked the men secured a ladder and placed It at a window. They were warned to keep away. Edna, the elder sister, secured a shotgun, and as Van Tassell came in the window she fired,-the shot taking effect in Van TaSsell's face and neck. The injured man jumped through the window and escaped, while the Bangs boys caught the girl and prevented her firing the second barrel of the gun. Sela was seonred and dragged from the bouse and spirited away. Van Tas sell was taken to the nearest physician and the work of removing the shot begun. Over 60 shot were taken from the mangled flesh. - There are factions in the neighborhood, and as they are taking strong sides, many threats are heard. A posse made a search for the girl this afternoon, but failed to find her. The Bennetts have secured warrants charging abduction and assault, while the Bangs and Van Tassell have warrants for Edna Bennett, charging shooting to kill. MURDER AT THE POLLS. A Democratic Negro Shoots and Kills a Third Party Brother. Atjotjsta, Ga., Oct o. Isaiah Horton, colored, was shot and killed by Dan Bowles at the Poor House precinct, six miles from this city, to-day. A number of Democratio negroes, led by Bowles, were marching to the polls, when eight or ten Third party negroes, led by Horton, rushed into the Democratio line. Horton ran up and struck Bowles twice, knocking him to his knees. He had his hand on Bowles' collar, and was preparing to strike him a third time, when Bowles drew a pistol and shot him through the heart A Coroner's jury, composed of four Democrats and two Third party men, ren dered a verdict of justifiable homicide. RABIES KILL A BANKER, A Very Peculiar Case of Hydrophobia In a Saburb ofNew York. New Yobk, Oct B. William Lincoln, formerly paying teller ot one of the largest national banks of this city, died last even ing of hydrophobia at his resi dence in Morrisania. The doctors agree that it was a genuine case of rabies. Last Thursday Lincoln complained of a strange feeling, and he was unable to sleep all night On Sunday morning Mr. Lincoln passed out of one paroxysm into another. Yesterday morning the doctor decided that it was rabies, and last night the man died. "When I close my eyes," said Lincoln, "I hall die. As long as I can keep them open I can live.-" Suddenly the eyes closed spas modically and he was dead. SUING FOR A METEOR. The Iowa Supreme Court Decides It Be longs to the Owner or the Farm. Des Moines, Ia., Oct 5. The Supreme Court of Iowa has affirmed the Winnebago meteor case. In May, 1890, an aerolite weighing 06 pounds fell on the farm of John Goddard. Peter Hoagland dug it up and sold it to H. V. Winchel as his own for 5103. Goddard sued, claiming that as the stone fell on his land it became his and Hoagland had no right to it The District Court decided in Goddard's favor, holdine that the meteor became part of the soil. The defense was that it was movable, and being unclaimed by the land owner belonged to the finder. Twelve Sailors Probably Lost. Pobt Hubon, Mich., Oct 5. The barge Ryan, which was in tow of the steam barge Nashua, arrived here to-day and reports that the latter foundered off Goderich yes terday. The Grat wick searched for the Nashua for four hours, but could not find nothing of heo or the crew of a dozen men. Irish Landlords Meet. Dtjblik, Oct 5. A convention of Irish landlords was held in this city to-day. A resolution was adopted demanding that the Government's Eviction Commission be fairly constituted and that its inquiry be thorough. It was denied that the landlords were issuing ejectments for the purpose of embarrassing the Government. i&x&'i '.Ji-.&AciSKb.J'i,. asjSakivtJkL, -r. - - THREE CENT& A HEAVY CLOUD AT THE CAPITAL The President andHis Friends Eealize That Mrs. Harri son Can't Becoyer, WAITIM FOE THE END, And Doing All in Their Power to Make Her Last Days Peacefal. An Awful Trial for tho President, Es pecially Under Present Circum stances A Mental and Physical Strain That Can't Be Appreciated How tha Sick Room In the White House Is Guarded Programme of the Dally Life at the Executive Mansion Mrs. Harrison Is as Cheerful as One in Her Position and Condition Could Possibly Be. rsPXCML TILXORAM TO TOT DI8PATCH.1 Washtngiox, Oct 5. A heavy cloud of despondency has gathered about the Legislative Mansion, and the President his family and his intimate friends realize that Mrs. Harrison is beyond recovery. They have fought against the belief for many weeks past, and the physicians have sought to hold out hope, but the truth has at last been faced, and they feel convinced now that no earthly skill can bring the distinguished and patient sufferer back to health. Tbe mental and physical strain upon the President during the past two months has been very great, and has left its mark upon him. Mr. Harrison is a most domestic man, and his devotion to his family is one of the beautiful features of his life, second only to his religion and his duty to his country. Since the day he first realized the fact that his wife was critically ill,the President has been a constant watcher at her bedside. After her return from Loon Lake there was an apparent change for the better, but the President was among the first to discover that the improvement was but temporary. The End Not Very Far OfK In spite of the encouraging reports and the softened expressions of Dr. Gardner the devoted husband instinctively knew that the end must come and that at no distant day. Yesterday at the Cabinet meeting Mr. Harrison for the first time gave out word, evidence of the great affliction which is hanging over him. His advisors saw it and considerately withdrew, seeing that ha was too deeply moved to discuss the affairs of state under such trying circumstances. The strain upon President Harrison has been almost more than he could bear. The anxiety for the fate of the woman who has been the constant and loyal companion of his manhood was rendered doubly acute by demands made upon him by the exigencies of a Presidents! campaign, as well as by the Important affairs ot State that have called for consideration and adjustment Another Trial for tbe President. The meeting of the G. A. R., the grand est and greatest in the history of that or ganization, was an event looked forward to by no humble soldier with more eagerness and boyish enthusiasm than by the Presi dent ot the United States, who would have deemed It, a3 he himself says, one of the proudest acts of his private or political life to march down the historic avenue side by side with his com rades of 30 years aso. Here comrades marched by his door and tramped about his official residence, day after day, and yet he who had been one of the most gallant and patriotic of them all was compelled by a sad duty to hold aloof from their marches and their campfires. .Now the President has been forced to an nounce that he cannot participate in the coming great celebrations in the East and the West in commemoration of the great and most important discovery the world has known. He is a man who does not carry his heart upon his sleeve, and the world will never know how he has suffered. With the shadow of death hovering over the one nearest and dearest to "him. he has eona about his daily tasks with a composure and dignity that excites the wonder and admira tion of friends and foes alike; bnt those who aro nearest him know how deep his sor row is. Care Taken of the Invalid. The chamber of the distinguished invalid in the west wing of the historic White House is kept as quiet as careful watchers can make it. The patient is as cheerful as it is possible for a brave heart to be, but much of her apparent liveliness and interest In what Is going on about her is assumed in a noble attempt to lighten as far as possible" the burden lrom the heart of her husband, well nigh weighed down as he is with a sense of his bereavement and by the physical weariness of his long hours ot patient watohing at her bedside by night and his faithfulness to his public duties Dy day. A trained nurse is constantly in attend ance; beside Mr. Dimmick, Mrs. McKee, Mrs. Russell Harrison and Mrs. Lieutenant Parker are always ready to assist io the sick room. Mrs. "Attorney General Miller, an old Indianapolis neighbor, and several other intimate personal friends of Mrs. Harrison, have volunteered their services, but it is one of those cases where there is little to do but to watch and wait. Rev. Dr. Scott, Mrs. Harrison's venera ble lather, shares the despondency of tha President and the other members ot tha family. The old gentleman wanders about the big house anxious ana saa. Bassell Harrison as a Messenger. Russell Harrison spends most of his time at the White House, occasionally making flying trps to New York to carry out cer tain directions of his father in connection .with the Presidental campaign. The little folks, the children of Mrs. McEee and Mrs. Russell Harrison, are Bent out into the grounds every day, or into the play room, in charge of the German governess, so that their playful noise may not disturb or penetrate the sick room. Mrs. McKeo ana Mrs. Russell Harrison have bravely as sumed the duties of mistress of the mansion during their mother's illness, and they are as cheerful as they can be. They reoelve a few friendly callers each morning In the sitting room upstairs, but only the most intimate friends ot the family venture to do more than call at the front door and leave a card of sympathy. Recently the President has been per. snaded to keep his mind occupied in other channels as much as possible, and he has been advised to take a little exercise as often as convenient He has taken several drives of late under protest, for he is never comfortable while absent from the house. The Delaxnater Jury Still Out. Meadville, Oct 5. The case of the Commonwealth vs. G. B., G. W. and T. A. Delamater was given to the jury at 11:33 a. m. to-day and the jury is still out. '
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