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WEEKLY
STATESMAN
US A
VOL. XXII.
ESTABLISHED 1871.3
AUSTIN TEXAS THURSDAY JUYL 13 1893.
incorporated 1832.
USTIN
A WORLD'S FAIR HORROR.
TWENTY-ONE FISEMEN MEET THEIK
DEATH IN SEETHIHG FLAMES.
Soeking to Subdue Fire in a Cupola One
Hundred And Fifty Feet High Flames
Suddenly Envelope the Entire
Building Beneath Them.
Chicago July 10. A fear that has
existed for months in the minds of
nearly every citizen of Chicago a fear
that none dared to utter but all felt
tound realization today in a frightful
holoacust at the World's Fair that
claimed nearly two score of victims
and for a time threatened the destruc-
tion of the entire White City. Today's
disaster was all the more dreadful be-
cause of the sadden transformation
from an innocent flame into a death
dealing'catastrophe. Like an animal
monster it enticed its victims to the
topmost stage of the high pinaclethen
encircling the whole shaft in a sheet
of flame and held them in the trap
until one by one they fell'a sacrifice of
the firey altar that raged beneath
them while 30 000 people stood help-
lessly by.
The structure that burned today was
by comparison one of the smallest
buildings of the fair. It was the cold-
storage warehouse and skating rink
and was not the property of the expo-
sition. It was a concession and ex-
hibit of the Hercules iron works and
ice and refrigerating machine nianu-
In addition to the skating rink there
were three 120 ton ice machines aud 30
or 40 barrels of linseed oil. The oil no
doubt greatly hastened the conflagra-
tion and that the fire was not com-
municated to other buildings was due
to favorable winds. The horror was
witnessed by many thousands of peo-
ple and strong men wept and women
fainted as one life after another was
snuffed out within full view of the
multitude but beyond the reach of
human aid.
The fire was not generally observed
until 1:15 p. m. and within 30 minutes
the great loss of life occurred. At the
first signal the firemen rushed up the
shafts surrounding the smokestack
and when at the summit began their
preparations to fight the flames which
first appeared at this point. Before
the hose could be coupled a cry of
horror from the crowd below caused
the firemen to look down and the
whole shaft below was found encircled
in flame. Instantly every man realized
the danger but there were few to find
One man suddenly grasped a rope or
hose ana nan snaing aan lamug
reached the roof 90 feet below in a
l...!. Annrliflnn h'lt fitlll ftliVfl. RV
this time the crowd below became
wild with excitement and weeping
women ana irenziea men rusueu
or.1 t.ViiMier wrina-inf? their
hand" in anguish over their inability
- . . (-. -I j i a
to render aia. euaueuiy one uremau
a aaan nronnrinff tn iinnn and everv
au t" w - n - " -
eve was turned upon him. He gave a
quick spasmodic leap.turned over and
over half a dozen times before he
4--lr tVio mnf 9(1 fppr. hfilow. To the
spectators he seemed a minute falling
this distance ana wiieii urn uuuj
.tir Via mnt with n. frichtful crash
And bounced four feet into the air a
groan of horror went up from the
crowd. After the first wild leap one
man after anotner jumped in quic.
succession as the flames closed in be
low and the heat became more intense
tn noovW Avnrv instance the victim
turned over and over again before he
touched tne rooi. ana iu every in-
stance tho result of the desperate leap
for life was the same death.
The very horror of death riveted
every eye to the scene and while men
An A nrAtnafl fiVmnWI hvsr.ericallv and
ciuu " wiw" - -
wept below the guards were almost
powerless to Keep me cruwu a. nay
t.. jmiur Tim flnAP.tfl.Rla of death
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became more terrible as the minutes
past and for the last man on
the cupola was Reserved
ho most dreadful fate of
-11 Affai. all hi ttmnnanions
mi. ni"1 - rr -
had leaped to death and as the laet
man hesitated ine wiiuie ui uosnu
A i-ibrn.A. The lone fire
W HCluuin - - ;
man understood aright the mnnious
warning and gave a quick wild leap.
He was too late. At the very instant
he sprang the whole structure gave
way and this human being quivering
with life and wildly grasping for sup
v. Viia tramv nf rlisnnir. was seeu
intn the labrvinth of flaine
and fire and finally disappear into the
roaring furnace below. His was liter
ally death by fire for the flames caught
i.t... v.ia writ-H warp still keen his
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mind active and all his s nses alive to
the terrible fate to wnicn ne was
doomen. .
Ao - fivotmn t.h a nrtld storasre ware
0.0 a mtwwpi -----
house could not have been more per-
fectly constructed. The structure was
n (..t inn Viw 1 nft feet wide con-
structed entirely of wood covered with
staff The main Douy oi we uuuuwjf
was five stories bish. In the center of
it! i .oafork in the f-hane
mis rose tuo Buni." ---
of a cupola to the top of which was
a linear zuu leeu
i na nUit s.l feet sauare.
About 80 feet from the base of the
cupola was a balcony from which
anotner square lower iwn """-
! I- mniitli nf fVlA Bill OKfiStaC (5.
where the fire was discovered. The
interior of this tower anu arunuu Liie
i...i. wnnHpn hAflma and frame-
h LtlC Q. w c u " " -
hinY a staff o.overinsr was
wort uii uivi j
laid. It was on top of this cupola that
fire was discovered.
US " thot. the framework
around the mouth of i-hu chm-
nev caught irom a u. .u.uUu.
At first it appeared to be an insignifl-
rureUof the building Fire
Marshal Murphy who had charge of
ttoflS department of the grounds
sent in a call for all the compan.es to
turnout. With about 40 of his men
he climbed the stationary ladder in-
side the tower to the balcony and from
there ropes were lowered to haul up
the hose uniy one uu
Chemical engine had been haaled up
when a gust of wind caused the flames
to break out in an alarming manner
about 10 feet from the top of the
euro's. Meantime the fire had eatm
its wav down through the network of
timbers inside the structure and un;
conscious of their danger the firemen
were standing as it were on the shell
of a burning volcano.
ttiA t.Ans of thousands in
terested spectators had anv iutimation
of the perilous situation in which 40
firemen were then standing. The fire
had been burning scarcely dO minutes
aiid the firemen were pulling and haul-
ing at the ropes when suddenly flames
burst out around the base of the cu-
pola in a perfect hell of fury. So sud-
tViA outbreak and
uvta uftiv a.u awuu
so terrible was the spectacle that for a
moment tne crowa sioou usuicu
with horror. Strong men wrung their
hands in an hysterical manner and
scores of women fainted au were
powerless to aid the unfortunate men
iuiiiriiinnarl nn t.ha h:l(.onV a hundred
and fifty feet from the ground. All
the ropes save one on the north side
of the tower were burned away in
an instant. The hose from the
chemical engine withstood the heat
however and springing forwara jonn
Davis caught hold of it and slid down
to t.hA iimin roof of the warehouse
where he fainted away. Hisface and
hands were terrimy oumeu uj
flames which enveloped his body as
he came down. He was taken to the
hospital aud physicians say he will re-
cover. Two of his fellow firemen at-
tempted to follow . him but before
they were lmlfway down the.hosegave
way and they droppea into me scorn-
ing mass of fire and were loit. As the
hose parted and the men sank out of
sisrht in the lire tne muiiuuue ueiuw
gave utterance to a groan of sickening
horror. Another of the imprisoned
men started down a rope on the north
side of the tower and had almost
reached the roof when it gave way
and he fell strikinsr on his head and
was instantly killed.
There now remained according w
count of various spectators from 25 to
30 men on the tower. They were
hopelessly beyond help. The long
ladder tell snort or reacuing iuem u
fniiw an fflot. TWt.h nf the most aw
ful kind was fast approaching. At
. ... . . n T l.l TVTw
tnis terrmie moineui marsuai mni-
phy's tall form and white helmet ap-
nfinrAfi in front of the men huddled
together on the narrow balcony. He
appeared addressing ins brave ioiiow-
ers. What he said will probably nev-
er be known for he alone of all the
men around him at that moment 69
caped alive and his injuries are such
that it is doubtful if he will ever re
cover consciousness. As he ceased to
speak one of the men crept around
the burning balcony to the east aud
returned a moment later with a rope.
It was hastily fastened to the railing
around the balcony and thrown to the
roof. Marshal Murphy pointed to it.
The foremoi-t man seized it and started
to slide down but ere he was halt way
the cruel flames rolled up and he was
avunllnuro! inf.rt tllA Tnnuth of an awful
volcano. Another tried it and met the
same fate. Five meu then spraag
from the balcony to the roof and were
killed by the fall. If any survived
they were burned. The rope was
Vini-r.aH iihnnt hll f OTfl V C ODCn (111(1 I1UULT
apparently useless agaiust a portion of
the wall not yet aestroyeu.
Seeing nis men jumping to iueir
doom the heroic marshal seized the
on1 cfnrtoil iliiwn. (.nntalll
Fitzpatrick an old personal friend of
Qlaranal ftlurpny anu -wuo uas wumou
on the Chicago fire department with
v.i-n fnv a. aorA of vears. was on the
roof. Seeinir there was no chance to
save his old comrade's life he sprang
forward and was soon at the top of
the ladder. A shout of admiration
and encouragement went ud from the
multitude below. The heroic captain
tt.rtorl hook with his friend but was
AnvAlored in the flames. With the
t antim li ii i iirnnHM niM I'l 1 1 1 1
rade and slid down the ladder to the
roof where he fell prostrate. Both
Murphy and Fitzpatrick wereuncon-
sp.imis. Thev were lowered to the
nmnnil anA tnkf-n tn the hosriital. and
it is doubtful if either recover.
Scarcely 25 minutes had elapsed
since the fire was discovered but so
nnU YaA Viaan ita nrocrrAHA that the
lapiuunu u u v. u r ' i -
entire tower had burned away and it
fell with an awiui crasn carryiug wn u
it several firemen who were playing on
the flames with hose from the roof.
There was a wild i-crainbla to get off
the roof. A large quantity of liuseed
svfl nroa L-fta1 Ml ttlO toll MOOI. and
UJI niwivu ' " v.... . - 1' r
when the towei1 fell it crashed through
tna rooi ot tnis innunuauie mei. iueu
the flames rolled up hieb in the air.
As the firemen nea irom ine rooi oue
of them picked up the maneled
form of one of the unfortunates
mnn VinI inmnpfl from the balcouv
and carrying it to the edge of the roo"f
dropped it to tne grouna mus saviun
. 1 ' l.Vw. .Lrla
it rroiu cremation. a jei mo uuuj io
not identified. Many of the unfor-
tnnatA firemen who lost their lives
might have been saved had the depart-
ment been supplied with nets. Thev
tould have jumped from the tower to
he roof and been saved by nets.
Seeing it was a hop?les task toat-
lciljii iw rdii. in v
now directed their efftxts to keep the
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fire from spreading. in imm(
Fair stables just south of the big
warehouse were burning and the fire
had spread to the roofs of several ho
tels across Stoney Island avenue jut
outside the ground. With a good
ilool rf offnrt tVia hr.tAlj WfTfi Saved.
hut the stables were burned to the
.rwl
Tn less than two hours from the time
the fire started the big cold storage
ururuhonsA wan pvppA to the Cround.
a smoking ruin. It is doubtful if any
nf Ua VinAiaa vlll aitap Tip rpp.ovAred. HO
furious and terrifflc was the heat The
VinilfliniT wna nf wnnii fliid nil (led to
IKi'a.hahnrrAlanf ri I mnrlA tllA fire
one of the hottest fires the department
every had to fieht. A complete and
accurate list of the dead will be very
ri;nriiilt tn nht.ain nti mnnv of the
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bodies are entirely destroyed and not
even the omcera or tne department win
know who of the men are none until
after roll call tonight.
Monday was generally conceded to
have been the hottest day of the year
WE ARE OFF.
IT NOW KEKAINS TO BE SEEN WHO
- WILL 8C0EE FIRST.
Th Stats and the City Both File Fapen
Yesttirday and in Both Cases the Water
and Electric Light Company ii
Mads Defendant.
The fruit has been growing on the
tree for sometime and having fully
ripened yesterday it was plucked
and handed round to the assembled
multitude. Like the apple in the
garden of Eden this fruit caused man
to sin. It did not cause all to sin for
there were some present lhat were
pure and that knew not sin or what
its features were like. In fact there
were many of this kind present. Yei
skirting on the outside circles of this
vast throng of eager expectants
there were a few lowering brows and
deep mutterings of dissatisfaction
and chagrin. These latter named
personages had good caute to feel
that their day of trials and tribula
tion was at hand. . Like
unto the down trodden slaves
that yield for many a
day to the ciuel lashes of a beastly
master and finally rise and rebel so
did the citizens of Austin declare their
independence yesterday by the filing
ot a petition against the water com
pany that is the first step look-
ing to a finl and lasting release from
tho voke that has been thrown around
their necks. A. general review of the
state of affairs at this particular time
is but proper that the people may un
derstand fully what is being done in
their interests hence for a
BRIEF RESUME.
The situation as it now stands is
this: Saturday night at midnight
Messrs. Holt and Oeden in behalf of
the Eastern stockholders of the Aue
tin Water Light and Power company
and also the old company nled a pe
tition with the clerk of the United
states court praying for the appoint
ment of a receiver to take
charge of the ' plant in
this citv. Immediately after
the petitiou was filed the bill wis
withdrawn though the petition was
still on record and Mr. Holt left Sun-
day morning for Dallas where he
went to see Judge lucvjorinacn rela
tive to e-ettinar him to appoint a re
celver. Sunday passed and rmn tne
decline of the sun In the western eKy
the first rumors ol the midnight meet
ing of the night before became known
to a few. Early yesterday morning
District Attorney Burleson appeared
before District judge Kooertson ana
filed papersin nature of quo warranto
on behali olthe Btate oi Texas ex rei.
Frank Hamilton. This petition briefly
cited here and eiven at length below
charges that the Austin Water Light
and Power company have no right to
exist having forfeited their charter
and further requests that the entire
Dlan owned and run by this
comnanv be placed in the hands of a
receiver. Attain last afternoon at
o'clock City Attorney Pendexter and
Messrs. Fisher & Townes special
attornevs for the city filed with the
district clerk papers in the nature of
an injunction restraining tne uity
Water company from the fur
ther use of her streets for
purpose of laying water pipes. This
Iniunction is also briefly cited below.
Thus iu brief is given tr.e situation
as it now stands. The object of the
city is to refute the assertions now be
ing made by the City Water company
that they have a right oi way tnrougn
our streets.
The water company hold that the
stockholders iu the present company
are also members of the old company
and instead of filing an amendment to
their charter when they added electric
lights to their old water works simply
took out a new charter in preference.
As regards the charge of extortion on
the part of the water company it msy
be well to state that the charters on
file iu the secretary of state's office do
not provide any stipulated rates to be
charged for water and while it is only
too true that the rates at present are
exhorbitant it would seem from the
charters that the water company is
not required to furnish water at any
stipulated price. As to the resultant
of what all this dipping in the courts
may b time alone can ten out io
deal with the present and what was
done yesterday your atiention is
called to
THE FIRST PETITION.
T the Ho-'. .las H. Robertson Judge rilty-
third Judicial uis.net.
And now comes A. S. Burleson
district nttornv rwenty-Blxth judi-
cial riis'rict. ar d rta; ! :he court
the affidavit '1 "
an informitir" yt
warranto ag v:
company aud )
him leave k-
Sil alTidavy
ar- hnrewit.
and a Sited
with ttils p
District A .:
Followl ! ':' '
the pw8e..- " ' '
in additi-.'
ous c'nr" '
wtsea le'iT'ii' i; i '
The potion is file rea li.isr 'j r .-i.-t
of Texas ex rel FrDk Hamll'ou v-
City Water Company and among the
moHt salient features of this sweeping
charge is to be noticed the following:
That the establishment and main-1
tenanceof a general system of water- j
works for supplying for public and
private use water to tbe city and its
inhabitants is in law and in fact a
publio purpose and enterprise and
tbe grant by tbe state of the right
privilege and franchise so to do and !
tbe acceptance of such grant and !
charter by the respondent company i
constituted in law and in fact an
agreement and contract by the re-
spondent that it would use the said '
right power privilege aud franchise
granted to it by the state through its
charter for the accomplishment ana
carrying out of said purpose and that
tor during the eutire term or 6U years
from and after the 20th o May 1675
it would supply all the citizens and
Inhabitants of said city and its vicini-
ty with water for private and publio
use at a reasonable rate and for just
and lawful compensation without
making unreasonable discrimination
between or among said parties .Not-
withstanding those requirements the
water company did on the 28th of
June 188 unlawfully and without
warrant from its charter uuaertaKe to
sell transfer and convey all ot its
properties etc. to a company Known
as the Austin Water Light and Power
company. City Water company at
this time did uuiawtuiiy attempt
to convey to the Austin Water
Light and Power company
all its property rights priveleges aud
franchises and divi st and rid itself of
its legal obligations and duties due
and to the state and to the
public and in particular to the city of
Austin and the inhabitants thereof.
That fcaid Austin Water Light aud
Power company tne pretended
grantee vendee assignee and trans
feree of said City Water company with
a full knowledge and consent of the
said City Water company its officers
and agents has continuously with ita
and their active co-operation and con-
currence held unlawful possession of
said property from said 28th day of
June 1887 and still continues to hold
and possess the same City Water com
pany wilfully and designedly vio-
lated thenbligations under which it
rested to the state of Texas and the
public generally and especially to the
city of Aubtin and the inhabitants of
said city and did wilfully and de-
signedly abEolutely and entirely dis-
able and incapacitate itself from in
any reasonable manner or in any wise
or to any extent complying with and
discharging the legal duty obligation
ana contract resting upon it as aiore-
said to supply the city of Austin and
its people with water for piblio or
private uses since June 28 1887
said respondent has not had and has
not now in its possession or under its
control any system ol waterworks
plant whatsoever. There-
fore your relator says that the re-
spondent the City Watei company
by its own wilful and unlawful ac-
tions hereinbefore enumerated has
abandoned the purposes and object
for which it was incorporated has to-
tally incapaciated and disabled itself
from carrying out the s ime and from
complying with its legal obligations
and duty to the state and public so to
do and has thereby forfeited its right
to exist as a corporation or longer to
enjoy or exercise any of its rights
powers privileges franchises or im-
munities conferred upon it by ita
charter or acquired thereunder.
Your relator further desires the court
to understand that the charter of said
company as amended requires an-
nual meetings of its stockholders and
board of directors to be held in the
city of Austin on the first Tuesday iu
each and every year. That they
have not held any such meeting since
the year of 1887 when the last meet-
ing by either the stockholders or
board of directors was held for the
unlawful purpose of attempting to
make the unlawful disposition of the
properties and franchisee of the City
Water company.
That sinca said meeting there has
been no meeting regular nailed or
special either of the stockholders or of
the board of directors. That since the
time just specified neither the City
Water company nor its offloers have
exercised any supervision or care or
control of the property but on the
contrary they have wilfully neglected
to attend to its affairs. Wherefore
your relator says that for this cause
7 vljj'ul
Royal
Baking
Powder
is
'There is certainly no baking
powder known to me superior to
Roval and probably none ap-
proaching it for general excel-
lence purity and efficacy.
"P. SCHWEITZER."
Prof of Chemistry
Missouri State University.
Made from
also the City Water company has
failed to fulfill the purposes for which
it was created and has forfeited all
rights conferred by or acquired under
its charter including the right and
franchise to exist and be a corpora-
tion. Your relator further shows that
since the 28th of June 2887 these
works have been In the possession
and control and dominion of another
and different company towit: The
Austin Light and Power company
the nominal grantee in the illegal
grants of conveyance made by the re-
spondent on the date aforesaid.
That the Austin Light and Power
company as nominal grantee of the
City Water company has never con-
structed or attempted to construct
any water works here but on the con-
trary Immediately after the taking
out of its charter of June 281887 un-
lawfully undertook to buy and acquire
in some way and did in fact
take control of the City Water com-
pany the respondent and since said
time has continuously had and
usurped charge control ann manage-
ment of the same.
That there Is in the city of Austin
no other system of waterworks by
which the city can be supplied with
water for public or private ubo. That
if this system was properly managed
it can be made to render efficient ser-
vice but said respondent is not so
managing and operating its said plant
and system but as above said and
staled is unlawfully aud wrongfully
given over and surrendered the pos-
session control and operation ot the
same into the hands of the -Austin
Water Light and Power company
which last named company with the
full knowledge consent and approba
tion of the respondent is unlawfully
aud wrongfully using the same as its
own tor its own profit and emolument.
Wherefore your relator charges that
the said City Water company by this
act has also forfeited its charter and
its right to exist as a corporation.
Premises considered your relator
must respectfully Inform the court
that the said City Wa-
ter company has no longer
the right to own control
or operate the said system of water-
works or any part thereof as a corpor-
ation or to further enjoy the fran-
chises or privileges granted by its
oharter. That it has violated the
constitution and laws of the state of
Texas and has disregarded Ignored
and violated its obligations as a cor-
poration to said Btate and the people
and general publio and has forfeited
its franchised oharter. Wherefore
your relator prays that the City
Water company the respondent
herein be cited in conformity with
the law to answer this petition. That
a judgment be entered disolving said
corporation forfeiting its charter and
franchises and appointing a receiver
to take control of Its property and
wind up Its affairs and pending said
receivership to take charge of said
property in behalf of said state and
general publio Interest and behalf of
all parties interested therein to oper-
ate the same as contemplated under
said charter and the law until such
time as under the law and rules of
equity the affairs of said corporation
can be legally wound up and closed
and your relator prays for all such
other or further relief general or
special which may be mete and proper
in the premises. A. B. Burleson
District Attorney Twenty-sixth Ju-
dicial District.
STILL ANOTHER.
Last afternoon at 5 o'clock another
suit was filed iu the same court by
City Attorney Pendexter and Fisher
& Townes for the city against the
City Water company and the Austin
Water Power and Light company
asking judgment for reoisslon amend-
ment and cancellation of the alleged
contract of the water company with
IF you are urged to buy other
baking powders in place of the
Royal it is solely because the deal-
er can make more money on them
for all agree that the Royal is
the best. The low cost of the
others to the grocer is proof of
the cheap character of their ingre-'
dients and of their inferior qual-
ity. All others are cheaper made
powders of inferior strength.
Highest of all
pure grape cream
the city and also an injunction to re.
strain them from using the streets.
Tho principal ground set up for the
cancellation of the alleged contract is
that the city originally had no power
to grant it as it was a monopoly and
was for a term of year i and alBo that
there is no contract with the Austin
Water Light and Power company
whatever authorizing it to lay mains
and use the streets; that the contract
is void In exempting the water com-
pany from taxation and that the com-
pany in raising rates charges the peo-
ple unjust and illegally. The peti-
tion also asks that the company be re-
strained from attempting to force the
unjust and unreasonable rates refer-
red to and from digging into the
streets to cut off water from takers
who tender pay for the regular rates.
A RECEIVER APPOINTED.
The Statesman was in receipt of a
telegram from Dallas last night that
Intimated that Mr. Holt's visit there
in the interest of the waterworks peo-
ple had not been In vain. The tele-
gram stated that it was rumored there
that Judge Joseph Spence of Austin
had been appointed receiver of tbe
Austin waterworks. Judge McCor-
mick who it is claimed has appointed
Judge Bpenoe would neither deny nor
affirm the appointment. Information
received by prlvatelndlviduals In this
city lait afternoon stated positively
that Judge Hpence had been appoint-
ed and in all probability such is the
case.
TEE VIKING 8HIP.
Arrival of the Queer Craft 'at Milwaukee.
Bnthniiaitio Eeceptlon of Its Crew.
Kilwaukkk July 10. The scenes
incident to the reception ot the of the
Spanish caravels were repeated today
when the Viking ship entered the
harbor and moved up the river to the
same dock at which the caravels ar
moored. The docks and bridges were
crowded with people as the odd look-
ing craft came up but their cheers
were deadened by the discordant
notes of hundreds of steam whistles
which spilt the very air. The reve-
nue cutter Andy Johnson with the re-
ception committee aud the tug Wel-
come with a band and 20 sailors es-
corted the stranger in. A salute was
fired by the First Light battery. As
soon as the Viking ship reached the
dock a procession composed of Scan-
dinavian societies took up a line of
march for Juneau Park and halted at
the statue of Leif Erioson where a
stand was erected for the speakers
Professor Rasmus Anderson aud Pro-
fessor Olson in Norwegian aud Eng-Mi-h.
Speeches were also made by
Governor Peck Mayor Koch and
John Thorseu. The guests were then
taken about the city. This evening a
banquet was given dt tho hotel Pfis-
ter. Death of J. V. Spohu.
We regret to learn oi tht death of
the Hon. J. V. Sponn of La3alle coun-
ty on Friday last. He was a descend-
ant of the oldest and most respected
families of Canada an eminent lawyer
and ex-member of the Canadian par-
liament. In 1881 he moved to Texas
on aocount of his health and became
interested In the sheep industry in La-
Halle oounty where he lived a retired
life on his ranch until 1800 when he
was a prominent candidate for con-
gress in tbe Eleventh district against
Hon. W. H. Crain. He leaves a wl ie
oircleof friends and relatives who
mourn his loss among tbe latter in
Texas are Dr. A. E. gpohn Corpus
Chrlstl; Dr. Henry Bpohn late of
United States army Enolhal and Mrs.
Kate Bpobn Hamilton of this city.
in
Leavening
Strength.
U.S. Gov't
Food Report.
of tartar only.
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