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MANY WERE SLAIN.
Awful Work of tho Rocont Cyclono
Down South.
ywonty-Tlirco rorsoiiR Killed In tho Mil"
--Isslpl Viilloy Fropcrty Worth 82,
000,000 Ittiltiod In Indiana
nml Klsowhcro.
num and nitATir.
Memphis, Tcnn., March 25. Tho
damages done by Thursday's cyclono in
tho Mississippi valley is onormouk
"While tho loss of life is not as groat as
at first roportod tho dainngo to prop
erty will roach S2.000.000. Tho tel
egraph wires aro still demoral
ized and reports aro "coming iu
slowly from tho storm districts and it
will bo several days before tho full ex
tent of tho disaster will bo known.
Tho death list at midnight foots up
twenty-three, while tho list of Injured
will run up into tho hundreds.
Tho majority of those killed and In
jured arc negroes.
In tho Wnko or tho Storm.
The first heard of tho cyclone ..was in
north Louisiana and southern 'Arkan
sas. It crossed tho Mississippi a few
miles above Greenville, devastating
plantations, wrecking farmhouses and
uprooting giant forest trees. Tho path
of the storm was about half a milo
wide, and nothing was left standing in
its track.
A Whole Fnmlly Killed.
Tho first fatality occurred near
Shaw's Station, Miss., where the house
of Drury Sumrall, a prosperous
and industrious colored farmer,
was leveled to tho ground, kill
ing tho cntiro family of nine per
sons. The cylono passed through
the suburbs of Shaw's and demolished
several residences and small stores,
but no one was killed. The hurricane
then changed its eourso slightly and
traveled the right of way of tho
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley rail
road until it entered Cleveland,
. Miss., where the public school
building aud several stores and
resiliences were razed to the ground.
No fatalities occurred at Cleveland, but
several people were struck by Hying
timbers and more or less injured.
Itlllll lit Tllllicn.
Leaving Cleveland theeyclone passed
within a mile of Clarksdale, a town of
i,000 inhabitants, and next struck
Tunica, tho county seat of Tunica
county. Nearly every building
in the place was wrecked. Tho
newly completed courthouse went
down beforo the wind's fury.
The colored school building was
wrecked and over thirty children
maimed und crippled, some of them be
ing fatally injured. As the cyclone
left Tunica it divided, one portion
traveling in a northeasterly direction,
while the other took a northwesterly
course and again crossed the .Missis
sippi river into Arkansas, where it
bpread ruin through three counties.
Throe Towns (Illicitly I.eirlcd.
Tho towns of Cnnvfordsvillo and
"Vincent were nearly wiped off the face
of tho earth and the storm then took a
northcastly course, reaching Kelly,
ldiss., about 4 o'clock in the after
noon. Hero the greatest damage was
done. Six peoplo were killed out
fight and scores injured. Not a build
ing was left standing, the fragments
being strewn over the country for
miles. Physicians from tho surround
ing towns hurried to the scene and ren
dered all possible aid tp the sufferers.
Temporary hospitals wcro fitted
up in farmhouses that es
caped the path of the storm,
nnd those who were fortunate
enough to escape uninjured contributed
nil in their power to aid the sufferers.
The damage to property in tho vicinity
of Kelly will reach S150.000. After leav
ing Kelly tho cyclono passod Into
Tennessee, tho next place to
Jail in its path being Spring
Creek, a small town in Madi
son county, where several peoplo
were injured, but no one was killed.
Ho reports of damage have been re
ceived beyond Spring Creek except a
suburb of Nashville. The path of the
storm after it left Madison county was
through a country remote from tele
graph lines, and it will bo several days
before the complete details reach the
outside world.
Ituln In Indiana,
Indianapolis, Ind., March 25.--The
tornado of Thursday night struck
tho village of Alexandria about 9:30
p. m., damaging residences and busi
ness houses and destroying the Llppin
cott glass factory. The wind struck
tho south end, crushing it down upon
tho machinery and employes. Tho
damage will reach 85,000 to tho fac
tory alone. John Andle, Jr., was
instantly killed. Frank MeShaferty,
Peter Shaklin, Ernest Frcy, James
Ucrnham and some others, whose numes
have not yet been learned, woro seri
ously injured. Three hundred aud
fifty men aro thrown out of employ
ment until the factory can bo rebuilt.
Some of the injured men remained in
the debris from tho time of the storia
till 8 o'clock Friday morning,
Indianapolis, Ind., March 25. A
storm which assumed the proportions
of a cyclone beforo it departed visited
Indiana nt'J o'clock Thursday night and
left devastation and suffering in its
track. In Indianapolis fifty houses
wero wrecked in one neighborhood, in
the northwest portion. Many families
wcro rendered temporarily homeless.
The magnitude of tho storm ws not
, known until day dawned.
At Tuxedo, a suburb, many houses
wore wrecked, and soveral of the
Etnallor ones' woro carried away
piecemeal. Many of the residents
nassod tho night in thoir cel
lars. The storm was accom
panied by a heavy, fall of rain
nnd a fantastic play of lightning. The
Corallno mills on tho northwestern
edgo of the city, a three-story brick,
Buffered much damage, its walls being
wrenched and its roof taken off. Ono
employe received a broken leg,
The Capitol City coffin works lost its
first story, and 150 men aro made idle.
Along Full creek a dozen of giant for?
est trees wore uprooted.
Advices from all parts of tho stato
indicate much property damagod and
some persons maimed. Tho loss, whllo
not accurately known In this city, will
amount to many thousands of dollars.
No lives wore lost in this city and only
a fow kiiurcd, and thoso not seriously.'
At Loogooteo tho thrco-story flour
ing mill wos wrecked and part of tho
debris was thrown against tho Central
hotel. Tho Catholic church and tho
City hotel woro also badly damaged.
Tho loss on tho flouring mill will reach
soveral thousand dollars.
At McCordsvlllo tho farmhouso of
James McCord was blown to pieces and
Mrs. McCord was fatally Injured.
Coul Mines Flooded.
At Urazil, Ind., tho storm raged
furiously. Tho outbuildings and'
fences wero leveled to tho earth and
trees wcro carried great distances.
Several coal mines woro flooded. Tho
Swamp Angel mine, belonging to tho
Iloosler Coal company, was flooded so
that it can never bo reclaimed. Tho
loss will bo many thousands.
In (Southern Imtlnnn.
Evansvillh, Ind., March 25. Lato
information concerning tho effects of
tho violent storm that swept over this
part of tho stato Thursday night indi
cates that tho damago will bo very
groat. A number of persons aro known
to have been seriously injured, but as
yet no fatalities have been reported.
At the farm of Henry G. Graf, near
this city, a sale had been in progress
and a crowd of men woroon the prem
ises when tho hurricane burst. They
sought shelter in tho barn. It was
blown to fragments. Henry Angmier,
Frank Schmadel, Henry Linch
and George McDowell were buried in
tho ruins, but were extricated
promptly. Several horses and cattle
were killed. The country for miles
around was devastated. Dwellings and
barns were lifted from their founda
tions and many are wrecks. Trees,
fences and smaller buildings at various
places .were laid low.
The Center Methodist Episcopal
church of this city was completely de
molished, only its foundation remain
ing. At the southern hospital for
the insane a frightful panic pre
vailed for nearly an hour. The
end of the east wing of the in
stitution was blown in, causing be
tween S3.0CO and 4,000 damages. This
wing is occupied by female patients,
all but two of whom were fortunately
at supper when the disaster occurred.
The two escaped with slight injuries.
The new and pretty dummy station at
the hospital was entirely demolished.
The spear of the flagstaff was found
several yards away sticking in a tree.
Heavy Losses In Kentucky.
Louisvim.i:, Ky., March 25. Tho
heavy storm Thursday night did great
damage at Howling Green and the sur
rounding country. It was in the na
ture of a cyclone. At Howling Green
the roofs of between fifteen nnd
twenty houses were blown over. The
most serious damage was that to
GLADSTONE AND HIS BILL.
PANIC DOWN SOUTH.
A Ills Mnu Meeting of Ireland' FrlomU
In Now York Cables nn KncourngliiE
Metango to the "Grand Old Ainu."
Nkw Yonrc, March 27. A messngo
was cabled to William E. Gladstone
Sunday night by tho National Federa
tion of America pledging him thoir
most vigorous support in his efforts to
carry through tho homo rulo bill and
expressing allko the sentiments 6f tho
thousands who had gathered at tho
academy of music to indorse this ac
tion and the tens of thousands of Irish
men throughout America who aro loyal
to thoir motherland.
Tho messago was as follows:
"Wc, tlio citizens of Now York, in mass meet
ing nsnemblcd, lender you -our heartfelt sym
pathy In your efforts to nchlovo for Ireland tho
long-sought-for uioasuro of Justice which wo
trust God will cnublo you to speedily curry to
a successful termination, nnd wo pledge you our
vigorous und continued support through tho
Struggle, THOMAS ADDIS EMMET,
"MOIIOAN J. O'HlllEN,
"JOHN BYIINC."
Tho audience could have been no more
enthusiastic if home rulo were a thing
of tho present. Congressman Pourko
Coekran, who mado tho principal ad
dress, spoke in such a hopeful strain
that his hearers wero kept busy shout
ing approval of his well-rounded pe
riods and seconding his finely-put mo
tions for the support of tho Gladstono
bill. Then the prominent persons in
tho audience put down their names for
a proposed subscription of 850,000 to
holp the measure along, and a, big. sum
was realized.
Mr. Coekran said in part:
"Novor In tho history of Kngllsh statesman
ship has there hcen n triumph so grcnt us that
of William Ewart Gladstone it was not a
triumph of blood, entailing tears and suffering,
but 'a triumph of peaceful statesmanship,
Rlorlous with tho promise of freedom;
it was not ti conquest of ter
ritory, but a conquest of hearts. Wo
aro not assembled hero to discuss the measure,
but to voice tho approval of tho whole civilized
world on tho measuro which Gludstone has
proclaimed and which tho English peoplo have
decreed shall bo accomplished. To-night wo
meet to indorso thu policy of emancipation
which has been substituted for tho policy of
oppression.
"England has nt last awnkened to tho feeling
that tho moral law Is binding on a nation as
well as on an individual No ono can violate
tho conditions of nature without suffering tho
penalties. Eunland has abandoned the policy
f violence, the last chapter in tho long, sad
story has been written, tho informer and thu
hangman are no longer tho exponents of Eng
land's policy to Ireland, the jail and the gibbet
bavo ceased to play a part in tho struggle. God
bas at last vouchsafed an answer to tho peti
tions that have gono up to the throne.
Tho liberty which Gladstono hnsrestored
tho Irish will ever guard us n sacred inherit
mcc. Forgotten aro the injustice nnd tho op
pression of TOO years: forgiven aro the wrongs,
l'hcy wcro inflicted by the masses of the Eng
lish people. Tho injustieo of tho classes has
been repaid by tho masses. Standing to
night upon tho threshold of independence Ire
land has no vengeance to bo assuaged in
blood. She looks forward to a future radiant
with glorious promise, n future of pcaeo mid
prosperity, of intellectual and commercial dc
rclopment, a future, wherein tho decaying-cltles
shall spring into new life, deserted harbors
ihall bo llllcd with tho argosies of nations,
where tho smoko of happy homes shall be as un
Inccnso to a bencUcicnt God."
Maj. John ltyrue, Noah Dawi and
Dr. William E. Wallace spoke also,
TOOK DESPERATE CHANCES.
Intense Excitement In Nashville, Tonn.
Thrco Hanltlng Institutions lluvo Fulled
with n Tolul Involved or Over 3,000,
OOn Murp Failures Anticipated.
NA8HV.i.i:. Tcnn., March 28. Mon
day tho'ro was great excitement on tho
streets 'whom tho banks aro located.
At 9 o'clock, tho hour tho banks open,
qulto a crbwd had gathered at tho cor
ner of Collego and Union streets, in
tho vicinity of tho banks, aud when tho
doors Woro opened a small run was
made on tho First national, but tho de
positor got their money so rapidly
that they became convinced that their
fright was an error and in nearly every
instance rcdoposited.
Two of tho smaller banks, both do
ing business under statu charters, at an
early hour took advantage of the priv
ileges given them by tho law
and required sixty days' no
tice of tho withdrawal of deposits.
Poth of these banks had savings de
partments connected with them and
upon these two banks tho principal
runs wore made. Ono of them, tho
Bank of Commerce, doing a small busi
ness with doposlts amounting to about
$50,000, suspended payments, though it
might have availed itself of tho sixty
days' notice from depositors. It mado
a general assignment under the, stato
laws for the benefit of all creditors
This failure is a bad one.
Tho Mechanics' bank, another stato
institution with a savings department
and having many small creditors,
opened its doors as usual, but soon it
was evident that a run was being made
npon it, and the directors met and de
cided to take advantage of the law re
quiring sixty days' notice from deposit
ors and suspended payments. This
bank will in all probability resume in,
a few days.
The liabilities of tho Bank of Com
morco are $07,000; capital stock, S27,
000. As a result of the suspension of
the Mechanics' bank Lewis T. Baxter,
the president, made a special assign
ment Mondny for tho benefit of tho
bank and other creditors.
The excitement growing out of tho
failure of tho Commercial national
bank in this city Saturday night con
tinues to be intense. There are many
rumors afloat and it is expected that
there will be some startling de
velopments when the affairs of
the bank come to be inquired into
by the official examiner. Criminal
prosecution may follow. Other in
stitutions of the city are thought to bo
involved in the collapse of tho Com
mercial bank and that of Dobbins &
Dazey, which was the primary cause
of tho troubles. More failures are apt
to follow.
Over 813,000,000 is involved in the fail
tiro of the three banks mentioned
above, and at least a dozen small
banks in adjacent towns arc in tempo
rary financial straits.
A DARING' RAID.
n i 1 T-vli li .Irt rtiin T?-n rr irn1 itrtn it
the Louisville & Nashville round house, I T)ic overnors of Virginia, New York!
Washington, Mississippi, Missouri,
which was wholly wrecked. Several
engines wero badly smashed. One
colored man was caught in the debris
and badly though not seriously in
jured. The loss to the railroad on the
building aud locomotives is S'5,000 to
5100,000. Among the roofs blown off
at Bowling Green was that of the War
ren county courthouse, which is con
sidered tho finest public building in
Kentucky outside of Louisv.ille.
Passengers on the delayed fast ex
press on the Louisville & Nashville
from the south stated that all along
the road evidences of the storm could
bo seen. Many farmhouses wero
noticed to be roofless and scores of
stables and outhouses totally demol
ished. Trees were blown across the
railroad truck at many points.
Tho Damage ut Itnwllns.
The town of Rawlins was almost de
stroyed. Tho post office building
owned by Frank Cordice was swept en
tirely away together with all the mail,
some of which was found 3 miles off.
Mr. Cordice's loss is 541,000.
The storehouse occupied by Stephens
& Knox was demolished and their
stock, valued at 55,000, ruined by the
rain. Isaac Hamilton lost several tene
ment houses and storerooms, besides
having his residence badly damaged.
His loss is S2.500. The Shclton house
was unroofed, as were the other build
ings near by. Judge Shelton is out
nbont S1.000.'
Every house in Stanford wns dam
aged. The track of the tornado was
not over 3,303 yards wide, but it swept
everything in its way. The losers did
not have t'.io tornado clause in their
insurance policies.
At Murray, Ky., twenty residences
and fifty stables and barns wero de
molished. Only one person, Miss Alice
Stabbleflcld, was seriously injured. A
dozen wero slightly hurt Tho loss
will reach $25,000. Much timber,
fencing, etc., was also destroyed.
Two Killed In Alabama.
Moiur.K, Ala., March 25. Early Fri
day morning a cyclono passed 1 milo
north of blmuuta, Miss., going south
west. At Arista John's pluco a tene
ment lioitso containing ucgroos was
leveled and twp negroes woro killed
and three injured. A milo east of this
two house's wcr blown down. Ten
miles further cast three tenement
houses wero destroyed. No one wns
hurt in theso houses. Much timber
was felled. i
A 1'rlson in ltulns. I
NA8UVU.M5, Tenn., March 25. Hall
of thu big state penitentiary, which
covers eighty ucrcs of ground, was torn
to pieces by tho cyclono, entailing an
enormous loss. The convicts, 500 in
number, had just moved out of the
mess hall when tho building collapsed,
and had they remained longer would
have been killed.
Hunker Coolldgi, I'miluliod.
Waupaca, Wis., March 25. Judge
Webb has sentenced E. Coolidgo foi
illegal banking to pay 51,000 fine, and
costs amounting to about '500, or six
months in the county jull. Tho fine
was immediately .paid.
Massachusetts, Vermont, Illinois,
Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arkansas, Wis
consin, Connecticut, Delaware, Min
nesota, Maryland and Michigan sent
messages of sympathy with the move
ment for the freedom of Ireland.
A dispatch to President Emmett
from Justin McCarthy evoked en
thusiasm. It was as follows:
"Wo learn with gratltudo of tho efforts
of yourself and tho federation to help forward
tho Irish movement. Effectually contlnuo
the work you did by timely assistance
at tho general election. Gladstone's homo
rule bill will pass tho commons, but only by tho
unremitting attendance of the Irish party.
1'he movement needs the prompt and generous
support of kinsmen and friends to offset tho
acsperato efforts of wealthy and powerful ene
mies combined against Ireland. Greeting and
success to your great mooting on behalf of tho
Irish party. Justin mcCautuv.
A BIG
Old Sun
VOLCANO AT
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WORK.
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Judgo Deudy Dead.
PoitTLAKi), Ore., March 35.' Matthew
P. Deady, United States district' judged wade, their escape,
district of Oregon, is dead. - T " HP "
Martin, In Mexico,
Forth fire and Lava.
Citv ok Mexico, March 27. Great
alarm is felt among the people living
in the Tonolu district of the state of
Chiahas over the eruption of tho San
Martin volcano, which has been belch
ing forth ilame, lava and ashes for
tho last two weeks. This volcano is
situated in the very midst of a popu
lous agricultural country, and at its
base are extensive coffee plantations.
It has been extinct for more than a
century and gave no indication of be
coming.) active until about three
weeks ago, when there was a
series of slight shocks of earth
quake felt in that locality, fol
lowed by a blast of sulphurous smoke
from the volcano. Inhabitants of the
surrounding country abandoned their
homes and sought refuge at a safe .dis
tance. These earthquakes were followed by
one of the most magnificent and awe
inspiring explosions over wltuesscd. It
occurred at uighl and the heavens for
100 miles around were lighted up. The
flames rose straight up to a height of
nearly 1,000 feet. The lava poured
down tho sides of tho mountain in
streams, destroying tlio crops and all
vegetation at tho base. The grand
sight was witnessed by tho people liv
ing in the city of Tuxtla in tho district,
and tho alarm was great, particularly
among the common, people. Tlila
severe eruption lasted an hour, grad
ually subsiding, but the lava ia still
flowing from tho volcano.
I lllg Ym-u Mill Hume.. .
' London, March 27, Tho yarn spin
ning mill of the Blvott company iu
Stockport bnrued Sunday. Thc-loss is
50,000.
Has Plenty r Gold.
Washington, March 27. At the
close of business Saturday the trousurv
department had on hand 57,000,000 ol
free gold. Secretary Carlisle, lias de
clined several offers of gold during the
week and accopts now only .the most
advantageous.
Misftourl Hunk lColibed'.
Milan, Mo., March 27. Shortlj
after noon Saturday thieves ontorcd a
rear window of tho Sullivan count
hank whiio the cashier had gone tc
dinner. He had left the safe unlocked
and tho thieves got over 53.000 nuo
leaving no clew.
Two Unmasked Desperadoes ltot) n. Kan
sas Hunk or About 84,000.
Kansas Citv. Mo., March 2S. News
from the little town of Caney, Kan.,
tells of a sensational bank robbery
there at 3 o'clock Monday after
noon, when three officials of the
bank of Caney valley were sur
prised by two unmasked outlaws
who covered them with their re
volvers. One was a half-breed Indian,
Ed Newcomb, an outlaw, and the
other was a white man recognized as
the notorious Henry Starr. Cashier
Perry Holllngsworth, Assistant Cash
ier II. A. Scurr and Judge McEnery,
vice president of the First national
bank of Coffey ville, were tho covered
officials. Assistant Cashier Scurr went
into the vault and closed the door, but
Starr ordered Holllngsworth to open
the vault, which he did at the point of
a pistol.
The cashier was then forced to put
?2,000 in bank bills and S1.000 in gold
iu a sack which Starr held. Then they
went through the cash drawers and
secured 51,000 more. Seven customers
came in while the work progressed,
but no chance was offered to alarm tho
people as each one was made to throw
up his hands and line up. Many passed
on the street, but tho bank was sup
posed to be closed as it was S o'clock.
After completing tho robbery tho
two bold highwaymen marched the
seven customers and threo officers into
tho baek yard, which 'has a high board
fence. They turned the ton men looso
there, and, looking the roar door of the
bank, walked quietly out in front,
jnraped on their horses and rode away.
They were recognized by a dozen
citizens. The robbers rode rapidly
south into the Indian territory, which
is but 3 miles away. It was thirty
minutes before the town was alarmed,
nnd then a posse was organized and
put in pursuit. Five hundred men were
rush ing horseback over the level prairie
toward tho nation in an hour. Noth
ing has been heard from the chase.
APPOINTED TO OFFICE.
Furls und Glusjrow Consulates Given to
Morns und Morse Ki'speetlvuly.
Washington, Match 28. The presi
dent lias sent tbpfollowing nomina
tions to tlio senate:
Felix A. Kcove, of Tennessee, to bo solloltor
of the treasury.
William U. Seaman, of Wisconsin, to bo
United States district Judgo for tho Eastern
district of Wisconsin.
Sainuol T. Fisher, of Massachusetts, to bo
assistant commissioner of patents.
Samuel K. Moras, of Indiana, to be consul
general of tho United States at Paris.
Allan 13. Morse, of Michigan, to bo consul at
Glasgow.
To bo marshals of tho United States: Frank
Leverott, of Georgia, for tho southern district
of Georgia; James Uluckburn, of Kentucky, for
the district of Kentucky.
J. Irving Latimer, Sentenced Tor Llto in
the Jackson (Mich.) Fonttontlary Tor
the Murder of 1IU Mother, Drugs Two
Guards mid F.scnpcs Ono of Ills Victims
Dies from tho Klloot of tho Dose,
Jackson, Mich., March 28. It. Irving
Lntimer, the notorious matricide; es
caped from tho prison Sunday slight by
gotting tho keys and walking out of
tho front door. Tho koys nro winning.
Cnpt. QUI, in chargo of tho prison nt
night, is In jail now. it Is supposed
that Latimer got possession of somo
powerful drurr end administered it to
the guard nml night turnkey. Guard
Haight was found dying about 1 o'clock
a. m., Latlmor having gono an hour
beforo that time Haight died at 8
o'clock.
Maurice T. Gill, night keoper at tho
prison, was the Indirect means of Lati
mer's escape About 11:!0 o'clock ho
and Latimer took lunch together in tho
hall muster's office It was agaliist
the rules for Gill to tako a convict
out of his coll. Capt. Gill has
been completely bamboozled by Lati
mer, who hud been tolling Gill that
there was 52,800 buried on nn island in
Rhode Island, whoro Latimer's father
lived when Irving was 13 years old.
Gill was taken with this story and had
Latimer out at lunch every night to
give him details. Gill expected
to leave tho prison in three
weeks. It transpires that Latimer
had been in tho habit of taking up a
cup of chocolate nearly every night to
Gatekeeper Haight, passing it through
a slido in the grating. There is no
doubt Latimer had planned to poison
both Haight and Gill, and the chocolate
at night was only to gain confidence
until ho could get some poison.
At lunch Sunday night Latimer car
ried up a glass of lemonade to Haight
instead of the chocolate, and Haight
died in twenty minutes after drinking
it Gill also drank of the lemonade and
was attacked with spasms almost in
stantly. In a few minutes a cry
came from the guard-room above,
which Haight occupied. It was evident
that Haight was sick and needed help.
Gil) was so sick ho could not go. Lati
mer, said:
"I will go and whistle for Dr. Mason."
"All right, go ahead," replied Gill.
Latimer then took the keys, but in
stead of going for help he unlocked tho
door of the guard room, passed
through the gates and was free. Ho
took the prison keys with him. He
had neither coat nor hat and it is be
lieved impossible that ho can escape.
The prison authorities have offered a
reward for Latimer, dead or alive, and
officers are scouring the country.
Night Guard E. C. Rice was arrested
for complicity in the escape. Rice was
directly connected with Gill on night
duty, and it transpires that ho was
present when Latimer left tho
hallmastcr's office to go above
and see what ailed Jlaight. The
supposition is that Rice had knowl
edge of what Latimer was to do or
that he was criminally careless in al
lowing Latimer to go through the up
per gate. Rice was much confused
when questioned and does not say why
he allowed Latimer to go out.
La timer was serving a llfo term for tho mur
der of his mother January.34, 1830, wlh whom
hu lived alono in their homo In Jackson.
Eighteen months before his father, Hobort
F. Latimer, died suddenly, leaving considor
able property, including SI1.00J life In
surance, to Mrs. Latimer. His denth was
undoubtedly due to poisoning, but, friends, sup
posing tho old man had committed suicide,
hushed tho matter up und no Inquest was held.
The subsequent death of Mrs. Latimer under
circumstances that left no doubt of tho son's
guilt lead to the conviction that ho was also
responsible tor his father s violent death.
On the morning of January 21 young Latimer
went to Detroit to bo gone all night nnd Mrs.
Latimer was left alono in tho house.
Tho following morning workmen em
ployed In tho placo could not gain
an cntranco to tho house. The
door was forced by neighbors, who became
alarmed at the failure of Mrs. Latimer to ap
pear in rcsponso to repeated summonses. Thoy
entered her bedroom on tho second floor
and found her lying upon tho bed, clothed in her
night robe. She had been 'dead several hours.
Her head, faco and neck wcro coverod with
blood. Tho bed was saturated with blood.
Marks of blood were .also found In young Lati
mer's room. Tho autopsy showed that two
pistol shots had lntlicted tho wounds that
caused Mrs. Latimer's death. Both shots en
tered tho face, passing through tho neck. Phy
sicians said the woman had died about 3 o'clock
in the morning.
That afternoon Latimer who, by tho way,
was solo heir to tho property his father had
left his mother, returned to tho house. Ho ap
peared so unconcerned at tho violent death of
his mother that suspicion was immediately di
rected against him and ho was promptly sub
jected to u rigid examination, but declared ho
had been in Detroit and had no connection
with tho murder.
A careful investigation proved Latimer's
story to ho false. Ho did go to Detroit and
visited many friends iu order that ho might bo
able to prove that ho hud been away from
Jackson, liut that night ho returned to his
homo and tho ovldenco showed ho
murdered his mother lu cold blood. AH
this, however, was not discovered un
til after the Inquest on tho body of Mrs. Lati
mer. Tho verdict was that the woman had
been murdered by somo person or persons un
known to tho jury. In tho meantime detectives
wcro working on tho case. Everything polntid
to tho guilt of the son.
Flvo dayB after tho death of his mother ho
was arrested. As a bluff ho asked to bo per
mitted to attend tho funeral, but when given
an opportunity to look upon tho faco of his
dead mother ho refused to leavo tho jail.
Throughout all this tlmo and tho trial that fol
lowed ho conducted hlmsolf in a mo3t uncon
cerned manner, treating his mother's death and
his trial us a joke.
Tho case was called before Judgo reck, of tho
Jackson criminal court, April "i, Thu trial
lasted ten days. It was clearly shown that Lati
mer was guilty, and upon retiring the jury
brought In u verdict of murder in tho lirst degree,
after deliberating less than a quarter of nn
hour. Seventeen minutes after leaving tho
box tho futo of tho prisoner was declared in
open court. May 11 Latimer was sentenced to
life Imprisonment and wuti a few days' later
taken to tho penitentiary.
Latimer was a dangerous prisoner. Several
times ho caused revolts in tho penitentiary,
und on ono occasion, October 10, 1890. ho con
cocted a plot to blow up tho build
tags with dvnnmlla .
LAID TO REST.
Impronslvo Services at tho Funeral of tlio
I.ato Col. Klllot V. Slicpurd.
Nkw Yomc, March 29, Tho funeral of
tho lato Elliot F. .Shepard took place
yesterday morning from tho Fifth Ave
nue Presbyterian church. Beforo ,tiio
cortcgo started for tho church simple
services wero hold at tho lato residence
of tho deceased and only tho monitors
of tho family and tho pall-bcarors wcro
present. The church was crowded be
yond its seating capacity, tho sldo aisles
and galleries as well as the body of tho
church being filled with spectators anx
ious to show their respect for tho mem
ory of tho deceased. Tho solemn and
impressive service was conducted by tho
pastor, tho llev. Dr. John Hall.
There was a profusion of flowers of
more than usual magnificence. Tho cof
fin had a covering in tho nature of a
pall, devoid of tho usual sombro black,
which was of flexlblo wiro cloth over
laid with young asparagus sprays, and
lilllcs of tho valley and violets securely
lodged in tho meshes of tho wiro cloth.
At each corner was a globo of violets
and ivy.
ni.I.IOT F. SIIKPAHD.
The following gentlemen noted as
pall-bearers: Chauneey M. Dopow, J.
M. Sloan, J. M. McDonough, John A.
Sleiehor, Logan C. Murray, Col. Mc
Cook, John S. Kennedy, Warner Van .
Nordcn, Warner Miller and ex-Judge
Noah Davis.
There were present delegations from
tho republican committee, the New
York liar association, tho Press club.
Union League elub, American Sabbath
Union, the New York Sabbath associa
tion and tho Mail and-Express office.
The remains were plnced in tho Vnn
derbilt vault in the Moravian cemetery
IMPORTANT DECISION
In the Cnso or tho Edison Mcctrlc Com
pany Against the Wcstlnghuuso Com
pany Kdison Wins.
TliENTON. N. J., March 29. Judge
Green, of the federal court, filed a very
important opinion yesterday in the
cases of tho Edison Electric Lighting
Company vs. Wcstinghouso, Church,
Kerr & Co., In which he upholds the
Edison patents. The suit was brought
to decido the question whether the de
vice used by the Trenton Electric Light
Company for the distribution of the
electric current is an infringement of
the Edison patent and the court virtu
ally declares that it is.
As a result companies all over the
United States which are using the
patent illegally will have to stop. Mil
lions of dollars are involved in the
rights which accrue to tho Edison com
pany. The patent in question is that
covering the consumption and feeding
wiro method of distributions- Edison
obtained it ten years ago.
BATTLE BETWEEN INDIANS.
Ton Men Killed nnd Fifteen Wounded In
a Factional Fight lit Antler,. ! T. 'Ill
Trouble tho Outgrowth u tho Clioetuw
Klcctlon Lust Siiininir.
Four Smith, Ark., March 29. A bat
tle was fought yesterday at Antlers, I.
T., between Indian factions. One hun
dred and fifty men wero on. each side.
Ten men killed and fifteen wounded is
the result. Ono side represents the
Choctaw government and is termed the
national militia. Tho others are fol
lowers of V. M. Locke,, who resists ar
rest, fearing that ho will bo killed in
stead of being given a trial by law.
United States officers arrested nineteen
of the leaders of the militia last even
ing and took them to Paris, Tex. All
is quiet at present.
In the Choctaw elections, last summei
there wero charges of fraud and four
men wero assassinated. This led to a
factional war, which was suppressed by
United States forces. Tho present
trouble is tho outgrowth of tho late
election, when Jones defeated Jackson.
Commissioner Kirkpatrick at once is
sued warrants and began making ar
rests, and nineteen leaders of tho militia
are now in jail here. Warrants aro out
for the others and Antlers is in posses
sion of United States marshals in force. ,
Michigan's Fruit Crop Will Do Largo.
Dkcatuh, Mich., Marcli 28. Peach
Commissioner Itufus llronson says Unit
the outlook is favorablo in western
Michigan for tho largest crop of
peaches, npples und fruit of all kinds
for many yenrs. So far no-pouch buds
have been blubtcd and mauy now
orchards will bear this season for the
first time.
Manhood SuirmftX I'opalur In Ilelglmn,
AntwkiU', March 27. The unofficial
referendum has resulted in tho approval
of manhood suffrage by lfi,794 of the
18,701 men who voted. Forty-threo pel
cent, of tho electors went to the polls.
GEN. KIRBY SMITH DEAD.
1
The
Fas sett
TO MEET NEXT FALL.
An Kxtrn FesHlon ol Congress to 'Ilo
Called President Cleveland Will Con
veuo the Unity lu Septembor l'robuhlo
Scope ot the Kesvlmi.
Nkw YoitK, March 28. A Herald
special from Washingtou says: Presi
dent Clovelund has finally made up his
mind to call an extra session of con
gress next September. He made this
statement several times lost week to
prominent members of both houses of
congress. This course has been be
lieved to bo the one most likely to bo
pursued by tho president, but
tho fm-mul announcement bus
not horot-jfore been had.
Noted Conledcrnte Ollicor
Away Alter u Uriel IIIiicmm.
Skwankk, Tcnn., March 29. Gen. E.
Kirby Smith, professor of mathematics
in tho University of the South .since
1875, died here yesterday afternoon.
For two years his health has been de
clining. Two weeks ago he was taken
sick in New Orleans and was confined
to his bed for five or six days, but re
covered sufficiently to travdl, and re
ported at Sewanco ready for duty Mon
day, March 10. Two days afterwards
ho caught cold and a relapse ensued.
Cen. Kirby Smith was born In St. Augustine,
Flo., May 10. 18UI, und was thercforo in tho slx-ty-nluth
year of his age. With him closes tho
list of full generals on both sides during tho late
wr, his commission as full general in the Con
fedoruto service having been Issued February
Hi, 1801. Ho came Jrom un illustrious family of
soldiers that has participated with distinction
in every war waged lu this country aiuoo tho
old French war,
Hurled In it Wrvolt.
CiHCAflo, March 29. The llockford
express on the Northwestern railroad
crushed into an accommodation train
at tho city limits yesterday morning,
causing a wreck which blocked traffic
on the two divisions of tho road for
three hours. Frank Ulster nnd Frank
Christiuo, passengers on the accommo
dation train, wero seriously Injured
and were removed to tho company's dis
pensary. Tho wreck caught fire, but
tho bluzo was quickly put out. Com-
SJotely burled in the wreck nnd not at
rst discover d lay Frank Usalus, Ilo
was taken to tlio hospital, where Ufa b
juries wcro prououucod fatal.