The Velasco Times (Velasco, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 14, 1892 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL. 1.
VELASCO, BRAZORIA CO., TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 14. 1892.
NO. 18.
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J. D. JAMIESON. n. L. PHILLIPS. (Kx-Assessor Brazoria Co.) II K. LOVE. 5 ^
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VBL.ASCO, TEXAS,
We are ottering a choice list oí' lots in
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At frota 8HXI lo $2,000, one-third cash, balance one and tWo years, eight i>cr cent, Interest (
Sugar nml Fruit I.amls a Specialty, no,000 acres best lands In lírozoria and Muta-
gorda counties which wo will sell cheap and on easy terms.
H *<" SMALL TRACTS OF LAMPS
Near Velasoo will <lo for Additions. Correspondence Solic-
ited. Letters answered promptly. Business experience
of 22 years in this and adjoining couutles. Reference:
Bank' of Vclasco.
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MISERY AND DEATH.
SCENES OF THE GREAT DISAS-
TER AT M'ALLISTER.
The Number Kilied Not as Great as Sup-
posed but Hundreds of Women and
Children Bewail Their Loss. A
Town In Mourning.
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F. C. FINNIE,
REAL ESTATE AND AGENT FOR INVESTORS.
Choice pity Lots for Salo iu Velaaeo. Correspondence Solicited. All letters of inquiry will
be promptly answered.
C. A. BLAKE.
C. STEWART
BLAKE & STEWART.
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and mzambo
Iiivestrrjeiit * Brokers,
Lot and Acreage Properties for
Sale on Easy Temrs.
Correspondence Soliceted.
Postoffice Box No. 60
PERRY & NORTHRUP,
Real Estate Agents
VELASCO, TEXAS.
A LARGE LIST
* i OF CITY PROPERTY
Prices from 8100 to Si/iOO fur lots: Terms one-third to rwo-thirds cash, balance one and two
yenrs, elglit percent, intei■•«1. joo.ooo Acres of improved and unimproved lands. Produces
Fruit, Cotton, Corn, and Suaar Cane in grest abundance. Vegetables of every variety grow the
year round. For Infonimtlon as to Quintana City Property and acreage address W. Jack Bryan,
Quintana, Texas. For Velaseo City property and acreage property add re.-,
PERHY «6? KTOHTHRUP, VELASCO, TEXAS.
" J. C. KELLY & CO.,
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And Dealers in (¿rains and Feed Stuffs. Consignments of all kinds of Country Produce Solicited
Good Price, and Prompt .Sal** Guaranteed.
McAllister, J. T., January 9
At noon today all the missing ones
in the late mine disaster had been
found but one, an Italian miner
by the name of Antonio Cenetta,
wiiose whereabouts yet remain a
mystery. The number of lulled
is not so great as at iirst reported.
The correspondent in conversa-
tion with Superintendent Camp-
bell, who had all the remains
taken from the mine, says only
forty-six dead bodies have been
found, and one man is yet missing.
At 10 o'clock today a carload of
eottins arrived from St. Louis via
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas,
which was immediately run out to
the mines and switched out, and
vehicles of all kinds could be seen
from all quarters flocking to the
car to secure coffins.
At 1 p. m. the Masonic fraternity
filed out of their hall in McAllis-
ter and marched to the house of
one ol their deceased brethren,
and were the first ta reach the
cemetery. Then followed the Odd
Fellows, Knight of Pythias,
Knights of Labor, the encamp,
nient of Odd Fellows, and the
Ancient Order of United Work-
men.
The scenes at the cemetery
beggared description. Thousands
oí people were congregated there,
and the echoing sound from every
corner of the cemetery brought
ack the wail of despair and the
hysterical cry. Only eight were
buried at dark tonight, and about
the same number were interred at
the Catholic burying ground.
About thirty will be buried to-
morrow.
The excitement and the scene
in general is most heart rendering
and hundreds of curious people
are still flocking to the scene of
the disaster. McAllister is about
depopulated, and all the business
houses are closed and draped in
mourning. The horrible fate of
the hard working men is in every
mind. The explosion was caused
by firing a shot when gas was in
the mine. This is what some
miners say, and is the general ac-
cepted theory of everyone.
scenes of distress.
Denison, Texas, January 9.—
The mine disaster at Me \llister,a
coal mining town on the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas railway, about
ninety miles north of this city,
created a profound sensation here
yesterday.
Early in the day orders came in
for a large supply of lint and linen
and other articles needed in the
care of burnt and wounded people.
Following this was another order
for forty coffins. A third order
came for as many carpenters as
could be secured. Everything
needed that could be secured was
sent north on the regular passen-
ger train, which left here at 12:30.
Later in the day Trainmaster
Sullivan was requested by the
Western Union Telegraph com-
pany to send up a special for the
purpose of carrying operators as
special correspondents Irom anuip-
her of morning papers from the
North were en route to McAles-
ter. The operator at McAlestcr
was instructed to employ all the
help he could and to answer all
private inquiries as soon as possi-
ble.
From people who arrived here
at noon from the mine it was
learned that the scene around the
opening of mine Mo. 11, aix miles
east of the McAlestcr depot, beg-
gared description. Men, women
and children crying for lost hus-
bands and fathers and others still
caressing the bodies of the rec-
ognized dead was too appalling
to be endured and the stoutest
hearts broke down.
Mr. G. G. Hand ell, an attorney
of this city, who was at Mc A Jes-
ter at the time of the explosion
gives the following:
"I heard a loud report similar to
a cannon explosion. The whole
population was in five minutes all
in a flutter, wondering what was
the cause of the grouud under
their feet shaking so. All kinds
of theories were advanced and
discussed. Fifteen minutes later
a messenger on horseback flew in
to town and explained everything.
"People began moving to and
fro, everybody crying; some oh!
my father,' others 'my brother,'
and still others 'my husband is
surely killed.' The cries of women
and children were heartrending in
the extreme. By 6 o'clock almost
the whole population of McAles-
ter was at the scene of death and
destruction.
"I am informed by C. L. Hill,
who gives tickets to each man be
fore entering the mines, .hat at
noon he had given out 320 tickets
to men who had entered the fatal
mine. There are said to be thirty
men who did not go down in the
mine, and there were fifteen who
went down in shaft No. 11 and
came out at shaft No. 7 before the
explosion occurred, which was
just 5:10 o'clock.
"Work began immediatvly by
every man available to resuce the
unfortunate men. • In course of an
hour several hundreds of willing
hands were doing all in their pow-
er. Wives and children were
standing around and some lying
on the ground crying piteously:
" 'My God ! my God ! what will
me and my poor children do?"
"Just before I left, I learned
that sixty-five men had escaped
by climbing ladders up the old
í haft of No- 7. all having their
I clothes smoked and badly burned.
¡Many who were taken out this
morning were dead and some
frightfully burned. The bodies
were laid on cots near by until I
identified or decided to be abso j
lately unncogniy-able. IJeing!
, blackened from coal dust and ¡
I badly burned, identification is
very difficult.
"It is thought it will be four
1 days, perhaps, longer, before all
i of the imprisoned men can be;
gotten out and there isliltlc hope i
: that any will be found alive.
"The dead are placed side l>\
side as soon as taken out, an i
when a body is identified it is at
once removed to the home of the
mourning widow, sister or mo:hcr
i as the case may be."
KILLED A FALLEN WOMAN.
Mark Reubenstein Under Serious Chrges
at Corpus Chrlstl.
Corpus Christi, Tex., Jan, 9.—
Mark Roubonstein, a young dry
goods clerk of this city, was lock-
ed up in jail early yesterday
morning, charged with the mur-
der of a lewd woman named Pearl
Costello, whose relatives reside
at Elgin, 111. Iler true name is
Martha Harrison. It is well known
by the inmates of the house that
Reubenstein and the woman were
fighting between the hours of 12
and 1 o'clock and that after she
was dead he bathed her iu whis-
ky in order to restore her to life.
Rubenstein denies having murder-
ded the woman, but says he slap-
ped her and she fell dead.
A correspondent viewed the re-
mains and noticed a number of
bruises about her lace and neck
In fact, she bore evidence of hav-
ing been severely handled. Cal-
lie Woodruff, an inmate of the
house, told the reporter that in
her opinion Pearl was strangled
to death by Reubenstein, as marks
on her body indicate. At any
rate she is dead and Reubenstein
is charged with the crime.
Dr. Spohn held a post-mortem
examination and said that death
was caused by strangulation and,
like most of her kind, Pearl drauk
a great deal and when in that state
had frequent fights with the ac-
cused, in which she always got the
worst of it. Only a few nights
since she started out to invade a
respectable social gathering which
Reubenstein attended, and would
have carried out her purpose but
for the prompt action of gentle-
men present.
The prisoner came to this city
from San Antonio about one year
ago and for a time moved in the
best society circles. In an inter
view with him at the jail he said
that he cared not to discuss the
matter, but declared he was inno-
cent, saying in substance that he
and Pearl had no fight.
THE SOUTH S PROGRESS.
The Manufacturers' Record of
Baltimore, in reviewing the indus-
trial progress of the South says:
"While the low price of cotton
und iron naturally has a depress
ing influence upon the general
trade of the South and restricts
collections, there is no danger of
this section not sharing in the
prosperity and activity which
promises to make 1802 noted as a
year of great development through-
out the, entire country. The past
week has shown considerable ac-
tivity in the organization of new
industrial enterprises in the South,
notwithstanding the nearness of
the holiday season. There is seen
a constant tendency towards the
diversification of industrial enter-
prises which promises well for the
South's prosperity.
'fhe sugar industry will assume
immense proportions hereaboute
in a lew years. This is the great-
est sugar country on earth.
The municipal election iu Fort
W orth is "warming up" and can-
didates are making their debut,
thick and fast. Velaseo's city elec-
tion will also he of iutcrr.st ere an-
other week is numbered with the.
past. Get ready for the contest.
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