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A:CAREER OF CRIME. ) e11 'FHE EXECUTION OF A MONSTRUOS S MUR0ERER. IN LONDON. 8 Thomaii.een, Who lad I'0sone14d a Num- tA ber of 'oung Women, Payo the Pen Ity of his Crher-The St.ory of i18 Life nid 'of 1s.1 Death on the Galow;. LONDON, Xovember j5.-Thomas Neil, otherwise Cream, the murderer of Matilda Clover and several other girls, paid.the penalty of his crimes at 9 o' clock thit morning. Notwithstanding orders were issued directing that the execution should be strictly privato a representative of the Associated Press was accorded permission to enter New gate P>rison, where Neil had been con f1ied Since his conviction. Ile learned that shortly before 9 o'clock auth,rity to hang Neil was handed ov(r by th~e highsheriff of the county of Loidon to Hangman .Billington in accordance with legal form. At uiren iniutes to 9 Billington, accompanied 1,y an assist. ant, who carried pinioning material, entered the cell of the condemned mian, where he found the prison chaplaii ministering to Neil. Without a mo ment's delay the hangman, while cour teously asking permission of the con demned man, deitly and rapiuly pin ioned him, passing a broad bell. aroiual his waist and securing his elbows witi two strips tightly drawn back and ins. tened to the belt behind. Straps vere placed around the wrist3 and connectud with the body belt in front. This ren dered Neil absolutely incapable of mov ing his arms or hands. The coidemned man did not utter a word during the process, which lasted barely a miniute. The procession to the gallows was then formed, It was headed by Ilie chief warden, who was followed by the chap.!ain, who, as lie walked, readl the burial service of the Church of En land. Neil came next, guarded on ea.h side by wardens. lie walked firnly. A deadly pallor overspread his featires but his face showed no other trace of emotion. Close behind the prisomer walked the hangman. As the proces sion passed tbrough the corridor to wards the scaifold the tolling of the passing bell of 8t. ;epilchrp, which has marat d the last moments of so mai)N criminals, resoun'led through the piti 01b On arriving at the scatfold the white cap, which had been previously plme d upon the head of' the condemned im vas pulled down over his eyes 111 ington then guided him on to a trap door beneath a eross beaiim from which a rope with a noose end was dall-1hn1". The white cap was drawn down sa that it covered his chin, renteriing it impossible for NeiI to see the linal prep aration for his death. T41his took but a few minutes. Ilis legs were piniojed with a strap that was fastened below the knees. The noose was tirolpped over his head and was adjusted aroui his neck. The riig of this noOse was fixed behind the Jolt ear. In another second the executioner steppedt a paci to I lie rear, pressed a lever and t1wI trap fell. Neil's body (ropped iive f'et iiito a pit. Billington and other persons who saw the execution concur in the opiion that death was instantanomis. Tiv were convulsive twitchings or t,he fus cles of the back and limbs, which last e<d a few seconds, and then the Luody linnig m1ot.ionles. Just prir to the cap being drawn over his ta:e Xeil tit-.k-d the prison oflicials for their comtesa'v mail kindness. .A crowd lined the streets otutside' the jail. Not the faintest trace of symapat thy was shownu with Nell. ( lt the (o t rary, such expressjin as "'huey wdth soon finish him now~ andtt it iil he a good job, too,'' were hear'd. I 'robabljy no criminal was ever executeed ini Loi don who had a less pity'inig mob0 await. lng Is extmlCtioni. Neil died amida general execrationis. Wh en thle black cap was run up on t he 11lagstafIf juOs as the church clock ceasetd chiming 11 groans and half suippit'llwb along the ranks of people tr stilled to the state of feeling. N eil naldt 'no con fessio.n. On the night 01' Apri il last two girls namedh Alice Marsh andl ionalu1 &hrivel, aged respec tfully 21 and 18 years, rOel ved a nman in their apart ments in L'tmbeth. iIe remaainedl witha thlem until 2 o'clock next mourmn Shortly alter he left the house tile two girls were found in agony on the floor by the landlady of the pt emises. T'ihe girls belonlged to the unfortun!ato class andI were removed to St. TIhomaus 1I03 pital. .l'he Marsh girl died on the w ay to the hospital, and th Sh rivel girl d iedt three hours after she was admlit,ted. It was thought at first that the girls hiad beeni poisoned by tinned salmu;u aof which they had partaken, but it. wvas learned that they land been ploisonetl lby strycihnine. ()n examinng 1w i'se occupied by the girls a letter was toutnd signedi George Cli fton, bu t it atfier w ia s transpiredl that the writer was knm.vn to the girls as Fred. No trace of the author could bet foundi and tsar a t ime the case was referred to as the "Latm beth mystery." When the death of the two girls camet before the coroner for inivestigathion that odficial received a letter which wvas proved to be In the ha:ndlwritinlg of' a woman named Sabbatinau, whtoml Neila was at one time engaged to ma rry. Ina this letter the writer said she was ini a position.to give valuable in fo'r niation which wvould show that t it'tw i urisa had been poisened by a young ii mi named liarper. About the samue time Dr. Iliarpti. < f Iiarnstable, receIved at letter idin i!' i to have been sent by Nell, in which h demanded $,5o0. ah:d initi huating thaii unless that an m was paid lIe udi e informInation showing t hat D r. 11 arJair'd; St-n had poisonedh the Marah arid Shiveh I girls. Young 11 srper was at the t i at Student at St. Th'iomas Illospaital ana lodged in the same house as N'eil i Lambeth. i On a charge of attempted bla'ckmail p eferred against him by D)r. Ilar e"' Neil was arrested, Considerable inter.' est was manlfest-d in tile case, andi this was increased when a news'pa t er publised the story that Matilda E. '.lo. - ver had died In October, 18911, tinder almost the same circumstances as at tede e d steath of the Marsh andI I The ecuiarmanntr of the death of thee treegirls called attention to the t fact that another' girl named Ella D)oun- r worth had died under suspicious cir- a' Cumlstances, and further Invetiaio by the police revealed thati Dr pr n was not the only person Neil had tried to blackmail. It was learned he had written letters t. Dr. BIroadbent,,a well-known London practitioner, to the Hon. W. F. D.8Smith and to the'Coun. c tess1Ruaae)i. 'j The plice made a close Investiga- s tion. They found Neil was a Canadian d had been a m ~ l!student and had I merotsqs, with the polle e es Rd a quantity of nux vomic. ~'At Ih eliminary hearing in the a'i tre Plice Court. a girl belong. t1 ' '~*~'t th eme-class as those who have 1, Benpoisoned, gave damagingeVideno J to his giving her some white powder i a capsule, which he said was for her )mplexion. This girl.Ilouisa liarvey, 'as suspicious of Neil and his alleged C ledicne and threw Ilhe capsules away hen lie did not s'co Ir. 1ie t 1 hought ie had takey ethom. and hat 1kht he ld anact(jua ,t1..e10tha L6 u I iarvev. ' ad died suddelyi whbiQb re1tIrIing to) - er resience In a call, evidoli lv think ig sho did in the cah iill'whilch lie lid llaced her wihit sIhe left, him. The I rial occupied sevural days. I'he 'out room was cro.dvd. All the 'vidence was'circuinstantial, but tihe ham waul porlect and Nei& was con- I ricted. 11 butray ed no anxiety, IL~~~~c no '~ :~ an xic', y. - 111 - fUn:11tedt Statem Sonmate, F It nlow PIcoks as if the Dune:cais IL-;e mot, cIptu d Ile PIrCsiden.:y )I the Ui Sa1c:d Sul:ae 13 well Jn tlie 1 iz I a c-Xt, "March wh'enl Cleve and will N. fi.urated, -live ieals inl Ot. Sncate becolues vacuint. .le vaIm 1 It. I I I I fI ill d I bY t'e. L.::Islatures elec.ed in t he v ous sStates II thc ( n it, Pt sh I id l o!*-, elect'Ion, II(I 1. ie belicvrc i thic. )n trats have a (tr I ccu- <J" thleL a aue to nv o h 'n to' 4Lmurt thieir 4.t:pn-e: e 1 ' *e, Lre imd 0rnie(d . Inr< 4 he I? einblican1 l':r't un h lep 1 pa.~ .A i-t'uu, 'tha 1ll tie Ack. t , Lh eted ilures L v rel.ordb tli. he0cl'rh- 0n.l-hc wr, inl thle Jaily paI 'f. tlf Demicra!i % Vouldb have AS nllnll. n ,, r1 , inl thec vt: t S, m na tu In thw Rv-ti! 1 . . : . 1 lt I' iI1 's t ' :1mh 0n1 mi thu vwoull: I- d e ti o. nuI :'. 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('.,Ny. t0.- \ei.o. b rat o n-ol,lin lebrtoatin le.. ut'has,c cac. 1pi' ikirel lst night pr. led an afldrcardnobwhic hasubeen S badly onV thelC uis qxesce the a rar. The ehr.no wxpode at thbrfle 'l lan amed Sill. Nprlyot all whoy sood y 1ro~udwere shounnsd fragmenoltis of. I beoldE gun weet byke ap 500o yards 0 rom the pevic the exprlosonl saqite.t erookly Conaecuhoo Conyrte Dmo- b ras *r jolisn tdy n Jh 'HE RESULTS REVIEWED. HANGES WHICH WILL OCCUR AS A RESULT OF THE ELLOTION. .m ciii scilico IT,w lProtn ei uI 1zks front im iunttig vour of as Los of t Th(Itfr r ni o 'Al .-111 O MOa m ii 801m1 A pmoinimtnent: VY!. \VA S] II NGToN, NoV'. 10.-TIhe Stron ( >rob.ility of an cxtra sessioni of Con ;res iilediiatelv followit"_ the in tsuration of the l'resident-elect is the t uhbJect. of getcial conversation in Wash- i Ll!.otu to(t-day. A fpecial session of the icunto I.; always called at the begiuning J* a iiw amiistration to confirm tie LuICIers. of the (abineti and rew dip omiiatc repwresentatives of tIc United it:ttes abroid. But the presentelection tavin-, turned oil quest,ions of domestic 1olivy. it is maid to be obvious to ex -eri. ctd political leaders of all parties hat an extra sesion of bhI houses of] 'ou, ress w ill almost, inevita, Iv result. ;ert tary of the Treasury Foster, amongI th1Lrs, IMllilis tlis: "Tic country," V T, l al)en:cd jidiemient of the ,ouimr.!*wanq (nt the McKinley bill, and he itIlt most, hei accepted as tite will t the peoplo1 that a dill'reit policy shall 1( put into elk-ct. Ie Baetr l -aitard writ(s to a 1i1)I 4ier. to Ike ellect, adlini that the >cople will .expet. this to be (1011 with lit tim (s'wary delay. riate - uecretary Iiallord has rejuied is duties As the W hite louse; he arrived I WasInglon this mlornilgl from In- t ianap fiis. e franklv admitted his I uid prve -nu disappointinc it tthe re ol ' I the ketionl. and e says lie gave t p --.l hope to : lie l"elublican ticket ,h ht ie first learned o' the heavy Dem ernife majority in (i'c:4o aind New 'oil; *ity. TIee I den.i did tiot hnve very many allersI to-day tid received :carcely any rivate azivice5 on the subj et. o the eec (II, lie ha' nc epted the result Ii a !()It phi ,l"!oplh"ll mwnner, and Is "'id I>l tibu:l ; his fiilure to hear rom party an er . st- a ..lar Indication that they I r.ye nothing vt ouraging to communi rtte. Thf i iru a iunber of' vacanciec in j(: hlcber f1licts (.1 t!e exculltive depart I:V10i tlH! thcvTrIlIIl "url the prob .1m 101, 11 !e I hacw bh. ni collside rably o' u-lice.:d by t he resultt o' the recent ieerl( n Thee osi 'ns art outside of the iv:il -rvici htw nud reultiions and are w -ccl upoii a. thi lemIgitmatc pAtranage Si!:- pt 'n powcr. Uuld::c Lie pre-:i : :cc nun'rati.a al ol thuse places tw : (en tii~dli bV ml ol Republical MUial Kth, :d ltn: thw la4l.admninis esion~~ (h1 10 r:i Dt-h ot b- D orats. [A, ( :xjetlcd, act ccurse. that, when the .!a* Iti c h .,a .auii ' Oi March 4, e:' Ic: o, .enerril changi(e will be InI e .' iew,, it' that 1i1ct, vanaclicies 4. i. catnot tw re!11idt ed as al og: t< r e rahe przes Is ;In about h nh ~:ithe apoitees would, 110 , Xpected to !ctp down and I1 will i-e cary however, ill or 1r that publec huvsin i may be carried , t.hm. s;mw cf :e: vzacancies lie filled on)ce. Alltuli thic e is no Iick of h :m . c It it is doubtlui whether Ay 13.ir: iC -;:i ol them would now w w il'i : 1tc a. et pt the places which hev lut c F0.on SIrrnllder, and irn ninc I' dl. uc ~ app>ciintment P8rei.cdent lariion~'i n~i ilcrobaly linid that the of ict- unmat see k thea mn undia nt,i ti.e mit ihe ctlicr. s luI nhiehil ice somnethingic f i,covelty'~ in I,is pol iital e(xpeien1ce. Ini tIhe PI tm . lije Depairtment.I there is 'ii ; nte vcacne iii the hligher oflices, d atheat I lie 4) lice of First A .Ssistan t W'(ntma'e Gerccat. Colonel: Whit et. Pcc reim:u et :iitti to c)ifec't near r amonthi nge, mailI sinIce that time Ih-r chie ela:teck of thei oflice, has C . ca'a~ m f irst assistant. CUnder ae haw, an actinig Ii rst a ssistantI cani ( t! eonly tharty aiys, after whuih a er'!.inanent1 apintmen~ilcut must be made thec vcar:miev is lil led at, aill. Fowler a d il I, Setconid AsiMant l 'osttster en itral, haave' beeni mentlionel for thce hcit but Wanuamaker, it is saitd, hias not Ii!~lt deck:d whY 'am hue will iecommendi cia ut hce ni il recUuhly take some action lxIn th' int.er ir De par'tmlenit, thlere is icae Q'f th Genii sa ertil L:mnd OIlie, now ccling te inpoatrily tilled by Assistanut 'or1umIiion)er Stonce. It. hats been 41u! este tA Ihat Carter migh. ft ne m indced to etir a11 tah serve' uniul Mar''! 4, but, this IL t hc a-umeda thaut the heads of all ccea mui ol' thie departmenits will be i.e. >h:i c n IDemicrat.s sooni aft.er the cnih a-ict Marnch1 an tihese~c~, with the iliu!n di or'l mcre chi ets aif'(divisions, h ief eItI?ks ~and coctherc rutside of the iv i c-r v it.e, w 1 a:onst ititle the mii u.tringie.~ at Ii the siposail of the~ D )'mo PA!ie' Iaty in the governcmen t service lIn the Wc arnc icl Nav yDI eparit-ments here arc' tco :ia-cme'ics ini any of' the imc ctiantR otllee's. I'h samel is tue of' " .t'pi rtmient c ofl StaIte pr'opeLr, but i 44e are ciCi' evera d)ilatie platcc.< va-i anct , V.hIieb i ( I are stely mlost t ticina' to 3 'Vi 11h4-1 4 N icc holcder, butt mayl .: '. hii' "'ccine of' . thes picetis ni inini tiel 4of ' isih (order, chl nac thce inc icu tick. Lice (liincs mikiofl, ci circ.c nec:e itio, l'I the Ressmi 11bb4 ':m' ctumben.t hcavc rescigneda. Ini 1" 'se 'of Ite ('hinsc- e miission)u, Oing;ii 4hurI ri e ctjcjoon, Ihe pi: e is s011 ( U 4 Mh .7 t'-a D)eAhy. a hacl-lov'eri 4 415 i' e I) DimccratI 'tic d iistran -i c, w i ai:re:ctt appunils to be0 safe I 4 c Iclic0c II!. ils i4'si.tc' Ier l 'l (I1('l'C cccis cunc'-. l'rec'lent liari'isonl shoulcd I enine to) Iiake' IL t hatell! bhicre the .h < f Maireb!. n hI'(ch is imprciobai)!i. Thr c( c me icaticallIy nlowv two vaan a s in thce imp lor'tant ofileirs of' Assis mit Sic erctarles oIf thec Treiasuiry, as Net. Ic(ll'tI t'Iesinationl wi taikaeffect, next ~ 1o.t he anid Cr'ouinz, whit ran1 as8 the lIe ubllicani anididat for Git'(overnlor ot Ne-. r'aiska, hats lik'cwvise iresigned f'rom the t lai the De)cpartmnenit of Jtitc, there I ill hce a vacancy at the very hiead, At Jrniey GeneralI Miller hauvin,t si:nlifhCed t is inltetionll 01 res1:;niing, b-.d it is nob r et known whlether Ihis action will be ikei iio soon as to r'equirie the 1:resi ( l. to maike a Cahmulet aplpoin tmenit efore the 4th~ of March. The P'resident will atlso have four (O acaceies on tie bench t,o fill between i (oW andi March 4. Th'Iere are Un ited a htaes Judersipc isautd by tile retire- d ic D)istrict*bf Columbia, by the retit e- d Lent of Judge Jaimes of the same court ns the 1st proximo, and by the resigna- ~ on oif Judge Dixon of the Utah Di1s- ~ mLe 'Theen are life l)mhLli- an -r eally the most alluring prizes remain. ng within the illt of the administration. .olonel Hepburn, who has just been TI lect,ed to Congress from the Eighth a hIstrie of Iowa, Will probably retain se &% present o1illc as Solicitor of the a Lreasury until March 4. s inj Today's analyst3 of thCoigressional be ieetion returns shows thar, with re- be (irnsi missing from twenty districts, in in, vhich the ri silt is either entirely un- in :mown or is very close, the Democrats ch ave elected to seats in the House of tepresentatives for the Fifty-third 1 'ongress eighty-eight more Represen- i. atives than the Republicaus. This L iaijority does not include nine mem- til >erm-elect who are classifled as either thl usionists or third paity men, nearly fc very one of whom will act with the an )emocrats Im any proposed reduction wt )f tariff taxes. Their support, with fir he additional strength the Democrats ha tre certain to derive from iecuring th ;ome of the twenty districts put in the su inknown column, make itconservative - .o estimate that the Democrats will jaie a majority 3f 100 members or o nore on the most important question a Ikely to come.before the next House q pr ilepresentatives, viz., the revision of C he McKinley tariff law. A number of 81l tuslonists are also thoroughly in accord 11C A,ith the Democratic policy, as far as Fi t goes, on all other questions. For in- ju itance, Ronence and Bell of Colorado, ag vho are classilled with the third party H nen, are in general accord with the W, Jemocratic latform, save that on the l-j ,urrency question they are radical free oMnage men. Three out of ive of the fuslonists tm ilected in Kansas are also simply Dem ocrats of what may be called the radi- Wl al wing of the party. Leaving out the I wenty unknown distuicts the next th -louse will consist of 207 Democrats, th 20 Republicans and nine fusionists or Fj hird party men. stl An analysis by sections of the vote re or Congressmen shows that the South- a,] rin States, Maryland, Missouri and TI ,entucky being included in this cate- al rory, will send 118 Democrats and only ae our Republicans to the next House, e vith four districts, two in West Vir- wl rinia and one' each in Kentucky and 4issouri, in doubt. Of the four Re- D >ublical Congressmen returned, two ro ome from Tennessee and one each M roin Kentucky and Missouri. le The only apparent result of the fight in nade against the Democracy in the ;outh was to strengthen its hold on mblic t ifairs. In North Carolina, Cheatham, col- al )red Reptiullican, is d(efeated after sur- se ivinig the landslide tw.o ears ago, ar,d (i *n Al;ibama a solid Democratic delega- re io- is returned, notewithstanding the cc .-Iforts o' Malee and others to split it. U Of New England's twenty-seven el voles in the next House, the Republi uanis vt eighteen and the Democrats * six, t bree coming from Massachusetts and three from Connecticut. The sec onid New Hampshire disti ict is placed E in the doubtful column. P; 'The four Middle States, New York, h l'ennsylvania, New Jersey and Dela- el ware, have seveny-three votes in the n ll.m,:e, of which number the Republi- S can-s will cast thi ty-Iline and th- Dem- h ocats thirty-four. t Fift-y-six Congressmt-n will be re- e turncd fron the Aliddle Western States Ohio. Indiana and Illinois. According t to ret urns the Democrats will repre sent thirty-two of the districts, the Re- Ll ptiblicans twenty-three and the Six teenth Ohio, at present retresented by 1 I Pearson, I)emocrat is said to be exceed- E ingly close. Although this is the only doubtful district named in the dis platches froi these States experience warrants the belief that ottier districts C will be found to be doubtful as the oill- C eial count progresst s, several districts g being always nip and tuck between the n two lparties. TIhe States of the Northiwest and the d' agricultural West beyond the Missis- I u'ppi River will send( twenty-nine Re- r subbea~nis, fourteen D)emocrats and five ci lisionists to the next Ilottse with two~ listricts from Nebraska in doubt, and lie entire seven from Minnesota placed ni the same colunm for lack of infor nation as to the successful candidates. re t'he liepublicans stand the bess chance ki >f securing a majority from nine uin- tfl (fnown districts. at Five fuisionists come from Kansas. It 1 s saidl t hat with the exception of D)avis pr indi laker, the fusioniists ,ire inclined A owairds D einocraicy. 'The silver States of Idaho, Montana, all Wyoming, Nevada anti Colorado split even on the Congrt'ssional elec tiin de bhree liepunlicans comning from the m ~bree States first namned and three fu-. l finists from the two latter States, to Newlands of Nevada, however, is in- wa 3lined towards Republicanism, ill The Pacilic coast is entitled to eleven C jong ressmen. W ashington and Oregon ach wvill sendi two Republicans and( Dalifornia will send four D)emocrats ad p)erhaps5 more; three districts will * w close betwveen the two old parties. Later returns place the Kansas vote for Congressmen munch in doubt and tiso place fin dloubt the Fifth North LXarolina DI)strict, It being asserted with lnjual positiveness b)y different corres pondlents that it has fallen to thme D)em ~crats aiid to the Republicans. The judiciary is the only branch of he movernmnent which will remain un ier the coiitrol of the Republican par y alter March 4. United States Judges tr appointed for life, subject to the rlvilego of volhmtary retirement on aill pay after reaching the age of 70 ears, providied they have been ten reamrs in service. 1'he i)istrict and Circuit .Judges are 5 a rule liepublicans and It is unlikely hat there will be ai suflicient number >f vacancit a d uring the next four years o enable Cleveland by new appoint nents to give the D)emocraitic party a najority of -these positions. Nor Is hecre any probability that the next ad amnistrationi willI have an opportunity a ima<e the United Statei Supreme 'imurt D)emocratie. As this is the court >f linial resort on all q uostlons of con tLo' St iutional or federal law the political En iridilect ions of it,s ,Justices may at any Un imeu become a matter of importance ref hough the freedom of t he coturt from nIluaenco by considerations extraneous ( o legal points at Issue in any case be ore it is conceded. The places on the Supreme Bench vuiich it is most likely Cleveland will ave an oppolrtunity to 1ill, if there be ny vacancies at all, are at present oc uipied by D)emocrats, .Justices Field nd Lamar. Chief .Justice Fuller is lie only other Deimocrat on the bench. 'he remaining six members are Repub) Icans and, except .Justice lilatch ford, one of them are wlihin~ five years of On lie age at which they may retire at full ay. Justice lillatchfo:d isln vigorous ealth and as he likes his work he is in o hurry to take advantage of the op ortumnity the lsa ' affords him, he hay g served ton fears last spring. The ther five members, Justices IIarlin, ray, Browr1, Brewer and Shiras--are len hardly past mniddle age and so far s appearances go are each gbod for a i ecade of service yet. Poor Flilow. p IIOPE, Kan., Nov. 11.---Postmaster eel . M. Tess committed suicide yester ay afternoon in the postomlee by shoot- #14 iug himself, le was financially em arrassed and tear of losain g his place nder the Denuocratic adasinistration ansed hi m to beome des.nmden.. Caanitous C*11abyatns. FAYErEVILLE, Ark., Nov. 17.. te Democrats of Mountain View held :'residential election In the district bool hotise at, the plaA last night, alld terrible dt%aster ended the proceed. r. A large quanity of explosives had Eti provided. A portion of these had on stored in the schoui house. Dur. the sp ech-making, and while build. was pacted with men women and ildren, two kegs of powder exploded. Le school house was totally wrecked, I most ot' its occupants were buried the ruins. Those who could extricate .meelves act about at once to rescue others. Shrieks and moans came m the mass of the wrecked timbers, d it was evident that the calamity Is a terrible one. The debris took in ieveral places, and it required rd work to prevent the cremation of a persons prisoned. The flames were bdued, with only one person -suffer. trom the fire. A soa and daughter Silas Graham were taken out dead, d Berry Sheerod, one of the most ominent residents of Washington unty, was so badl) injured that he has ice died. Another man 1whose name t been learned, was also fatally hurt., fteen otner persons were seriously in red. Mr. Slicerod suffered horrible onies, mentally as well as physically. a was pinned down by timbeis, anti is burned beyond recognition. lie ,ed several hours after being rescued. ALEXANDRIA, Ind., Nov. 17.-Dur 4 the tatificatiou of Cleveland's elec in here, a shooting aflair occurred, in iich five persons were badly wounded. Lul Finch and Fred Benton were en e street. and, it iR alleged. insulted 3 wife of glatsblower wh. knocked nch down. The latter ran accr-s the *e-.t to his barber shop and securad a volver. 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