Show PEOPLE J hold bold a 0 on in IB chicago SAVED THEIR NECKS indian murderers receive mercy at the hands of president cleveland ci rai ecial to THE augast 25 such a gathering of 0 colored people as aa is ia being witnessed in this city tolay bolay has baa never taken place belore and probably never wll be seen again tain they have baya COMO come to together gether to celebrate the day set aside for or them by the exposition directory and the unusually low rates made by the railroads have enabled of visitors to come in from the most distant parts parta buthe south tle feature of the day will be the meeting to be held in festival hall this afternoon and the speakers wil include all of the prominent member of the colored race as aa well ax an many of those who have bave ex posed poised their cause frederick douglass will be Inte ceremonies and will make an address on tae The negro Negra he will bo be followed by bishop lurner bishop arnet dr J C price J U gregory and dr J na M townsend tha musical magical part of the pro gramme will be ba ren dereI by Siss leretta jones better known sit as the black patti harry bur leigh of the national conservatory of music of new york sidney woodward of boston aad mine selka the pro bramme wis was prepared by mr 0 B S morris of now new york a grandson of frederick douglass and he says saya that his bis labors have hava resulted in bringing top gether gather an of distinguished negros that cannot fail to impress everyone with the advancement of the race in ia culture and general in intelligence proa from the its jesmi I 1 special to ERE cne or ANAR wis august 25 this was waa thedac the day set eel bv br judge jude bunn of the united states court for the tha hanging ot kosina gains and mone kennythe penny the chippewa indian murderers of old and his young squaw the case presented a peculiar complication and was wag the atrat ati at of the kind that has baa ever occurred in this thia state capital punishment was waa abolished some eoma years yeara aso ago by the tato elate Legia liture and it was only the corn COM mutation to life imprisonment granted by president cleveland that av averted arted the anomalous ano maloas spectacle of two men being hung bung in a state where capital puma ament was a dead letter A arste number of petit petitions ioni were c arci 1 sted in behalf of the condemned wen immediately after their conviction and several delegations went to washington ington to intercede with the president in their beb alfand the clemency which was finally extended was the result not only nily of the wisconsin but also of the tact fact that the hanging of the in deans would have been likely to create serious disturbance on the reserva tion Is IL a grandson of if united states commissioner colonel money peni penny lr who was waa at ashland in 1850 col money pa ny iny fell in love with a Chip chippewa tewa maiden find and her daughter in ia the mother of the money penny just sentenced three no ago stabbed his brother in the heart and when on trial at ashland graphically enacted with a knife the ocene at toe killing ilia his acquittal on a plea of sell belt defense foll followed iwed A year ao ago entered the house of and shot him bim for which he served ad six aix in jail his last crime WILD waa conlin committed bitted in c conjunction nj unction with bis uncle kosina alio was wae a rival for the hand band of the maiden who finally became the bride ot Bode asb kosine thirsted for vengeance and with the aid of his nephew Money peany enter entered ed the cabau of tso neash and an d stab bed him and his hia bride to death |