The Daily Metropolitan (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, September 8, 1893 Page: 1 of 4
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DEVOTED TO THE TRADE INTERESTS
THIS SECTION AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE DAILY NEWS,
VOLUME I.
BROWNSVILLE, CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, .SEPTEMBER 8 18.93.
NUMBER 17.
i Hjhey Robbed Them All.
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ANOTHER BOLD TRAIN
ROBBER IN KANSAS.
Springfield, Mo., Sept 2 rN«*r
Mound Valley, Kan., three deaperat*
men who uoderstood tbe business
bald op tbe Frisco train due to urin
in tbia city at 9.46 this forenoon.
Express Meassnger Chapman waa
•hoi aod killed. Failing to secure
«ny money from (ha apresa oar the
baadiU robbed the passengers in a
••Boor raaoh after tbe style of the
Jemea<Y«nnger gang io tbe palmiest
day.
Tbe work waa done with the oool
daliberation of tba typical border
oat laws. It ia eatimated tbe amount
ef booty aeeured Waa not far ahort
of $500. Watches, diamonds and
«tber valnablce were taken alopg
with eeah Women were not molest-
«d by the plunderer*. Everything
in sight waa taken. One paaaenyer
wee mad® to give up a quart of
' v
whisky.
Tbe exact manner in which the
express mee*enger lost bis life is not
known, bat ba|fell a victim to a ballet
from on* of tbe outlaw's deadly
Winchesters, and bis story is left
untold.
The train in charge of Condntor
Mill* arrived in tbis oity two bout
late. Throughout the robbery only two
qhots were trtd and tbey were the
eaee}tfcet blotted out the life of tbe ex-
press messseger.
Ratos Cene, chief of police of
Wiehfte. was a passenger on the
train. Among the pasaengera and
Oraiemea only two putole could be
found. Tbe men who bad them
were Chief Gone and a colored porter.
Tbe train crew as welt aa tbe passeng-
ers were robbed. Jbo bandits escap-
ed.
HOW THEY DID IT.
The robbers boarded the sngino
at Mound Valley, a small station
sixteen milea wast of Oswego, Kan.
armed with Winebestsrs Tbe engineer
was ordered to pull oat and keep
moving until ordered to stop. About
one and a helf milea out of the little
station the leader called to the eng
inner to stop tbe train. Then the
•raw wea robbed- Next the male
paasenger* ia the smoking and chair
'•or were relieved of money, watsbss,
jewelry, and eyeytbing of any yalus.
! Chief done and the potter of tba
eleepar had taken ep a position so
they wars shielded hot could see the
doer and waited ready far battle, but
the robbers gaye the «leeper the
go-by and esaajped in tbe dsrkne^e.
When the train reaohsd Oswego a
sheriff's poise was organised and
started in pursuit of the bandits.
By killing Expresa Messenger 0. A.
Chapman at Maaad Valley tbe robb-
ers shut themselvee oat of the Wells-
Fargo safe, When tbe train haUsd
at that little station Chapman left
the tj;presa ear to go into the smeksr
The exprses «ar wea '•blind"—no
doora at ibe end—end tbe meeeenger
get out on the platform and started
toward the rear of the train. Tbe
robbers, who were on tho engine,
thought he waa going to give the
elarm and opened f re on him. He
jraa shot through the heed. The
(raia waa fomd to novo on aad
leave him lying on tbe platform. Al-
iar tbe beadits abandonad tbe trsin it
r
it back after tb« dead min.
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KILGORE ON SILVER
Washington, Sept. 2.—There
have been many rumors current
aa to the way Congressman Kil-
gore atanda on the matter of bring
ing from the oommittee on ooina-
ge, weigh ta and meaanrea a silver
measure. The oommittee stands
at present nine silver men to eight
anti-silver men. Mr. Kilgore is
one of the nine and holds the ba-
lance of power on the oommittee.
So hie opinion as to what the com
mittee ought to do in presenting
a bill is of the utmost importance.
In response to inteirogatories Mr.
Kilgore said:
"No iree and unlimited, but I
believe a compromise measure pan
be had that will open the way to
free coinage."
Asked as to jrhat kind of a
measure would do tbis, he replied:
"Well, a limited coinage mea-
sure, such as so xpuch a month,
like the Bland-Allison aot."
He then went on to Say that he
believed that the proper policy to
be pursued by congress at this
time ahold be to pass a measure
that would be acceptable to the
administration, and .that he be-
lieved that the Bland-Allison law,
or a law providing for a limited
eoinage, would be aooeptable.
Asked as to his ideaB about
keeping the head of silver above
water, Mr Kilgore said:
"Two dollar notes now- in circu-
lation. Take them up and pnt in
their stead that amount of silver
dollars. This would increase the
value of silver and assist in remov
ing the disparity between gold
and silver."
In conclusion he said: "I am
in favor of accomplishing some
results favorable to silver other
than in pulling free coinage bills
and making apeeohes."
GLADSTONE'S GREAT
VICTORY.
ing on what would happen abould
the house of lorde refuse to approve
the home rnle bill, Mr. Peel speaker
of the bouse, predicted that the gov*
ernment would not resign, Public
opinion, however, would demand that
fresh elections should be held in or-
der that tba nation might pronounce
opon the subject. The bouse of lords
could not evertbruw a government,
and oould not, moreover, oppose for
long tbe realisation of any popa lar
idea. "On the other baud," conti-
nued Mr. Peel, "the bguse oMorda is
able to moderate any extreme action
of the lower bouse and see that tbe
house does not come to decisions con-
trary to the rsal will of the peolo.
Nevertheless the bouse of commons
oarriee most weight. Io the
event of tbe majority of tbe honse
of lords deciding contrary to the
opinion of tbe houte of commons tbe
upper house may say tbst the com.
mona have been too precipitate,
inasmuoh as tbey have not devoted a
a sufficiently thorough consideration
to an important question, and that
assembly must consequently again
eoniider the matter. Or, again, in
the event of differences on matters
of prineiple the upper houte qay
aay that tbe minority of the bouse of
commons doea not represent tbe will
of tbe majority of the people, and
bence the question must be laid in a
oonplete form before tbe electorate
forjtheir decision.
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and Groceries.
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BROWhSVILLE,
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window glaaa- Surgeoua instrumenta and supplies.' Druggists sundries. Fall line
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•est fomnlas. Qaantative and qnalative analysis carefully made.
Brownsville,
according to tip
Texas.
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Augusta,; 'ta., Sep. 1.— A special
to ,the Chrtifjjjjle frpm . Yemasaee
e . ^ WELLS, STAYTON & KLEBERG
are worse than rumors. Six hundred
deed and $2,000,000 loas on prop.
erty tell the story of tbe cyclone-
No partioulers yet
Washington, D. O., Sept. I.-—
The cabinet meeting, to-day dis-
cussed the silver question with re<
ferenoe to. the ohanoes for repeal > General Land Agents of the Frontier
by the senate. The president
said he was satisfied that his re-
commendation would be carried
out.
-Will practice in any of the Federal or State courts of the-
State when specially employed.
Gladstone, prime minister of En
gland, is probably tbe most popular
man with tbe maasea of maokind to
day. Be is universally recognised sa
tbe foremost champion of human
liberty. He has mads a stubborn
fight for Irish home rule and be has
carried the bill through the bouse
of commons dsspite a powerful and
determined opposition. The bill has,
it is true, been shorn of some featut
res that make it less acceptable to
Ireland and the friends of liberty
throughout the world than was the
original draft; still it ia a victory and
a dseided one. Tbe "Grand Old
Man" has succeeded in making a
breach in tbe walls of tyrsnny and
asnrption, wbieh can never again be
closed while tbe British nation en-
dures,—which will grow largsr as the
years roll on. Tha battle, however,
is eot ended, as tbe enthusiastic Lon-
don correspondents intimate. Tbe
bill muet now be acted upon by tbe
honse of lorda and it is by no meane
osrtain that tbe notion will be favo-
rable In fast, tbe epeaksr of tbe
hjonse of commons ia a recent interv-
iew predicted that the action of tbe
upper hoose wonld be adferse. It
is a comfort to reflect, however, that
morbid body frsqaeotly sasee*ds
ia delaying reforms it la seldom able
to defeat them altogether. Comment
City of Mexioo, Sept. 2.-In the
state of Miohoaoan a few days ago
a large number of Indians, beaded
by four well-known bandits, got up
a sort of rebellion directed sgaiost
railways in gsneral. Trocps soon
arrivsd on the soene, when two of
tbe bendita wsrs killed, several Id
dians wounded, othsrs made prisoners
and the uprising quelled.
It is rsperted that the Guatemalean
legation to Mexioo ia abeat to be
euppressed on tbe ground of economy.
BROWNSTILLE and CORPUS CHRISTI TEJ48.
&«it Time $pllf
Rio Grande Rail Road
BROWNSVILLE AND POINT ISABEL.
L«avae, Time Card Leavaa,
Brownaville at Point babel at
fta m.
Arrives,
«.30 p. m.
ft p.m.
Arrives,
10.30 a.m.
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Boda Pestb, Sept. 2.—A terrible
tragedy has occurred ia a village
near hers. A young mea at a ball,
sxssperatad because bis attentions to
a young lady bad been slighted,
imagined that if he inherited his
father's estates be would be an
aooeptable suitor. Accordingly he
returned jto his father's boots
aad killed bie parents, who
ware ia bed aslsep, with a hatobst,
and then murdered nix young broth-
ers and sistsrs. He then returned to
the ball end danced tbe rsmaiader of
tba nigbt. Next day b4 was arrested
on suspicion. He confesesd.
j, 8. a ML. St. cross,
WHOLESALE DEALERS
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The Metropolitan can be
found for sale at Mr. L. A. Ron-
sett's Tonsorial parlors on Elisabeth
street opposite the Wejls Fargo
Exprcssoffice.
Dry Goods, Boots, Shocks, Notions,
etc., etc., etc.
Elizabeth Street, Brownsville, Texss.
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Cipressaiid Pine Lumber.
OFFICE and STORE: Commercial and 8th Streak-
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Smithwick, John P. The Daily Metropolitan (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, September 8, 1893, newspaper, September 8, 1893; Brownsville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth178126/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.