The Abilene Reporter. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, July 12, 1889 Page: 8 of 8
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"" The Brooklyn Navy Yard all Ex
elts.l Bfccfcuso of Failure To Sa
Into tho President As re
qui? ed by Law.
New York. July 9 Everybody at
the Hrooklyn navy yard was excited
yesterday. It became known that the
usnl salute of twenty-one guns ac-
companied by tht manning of the
yard') as required by the law had'
been ommittcd when the government
yacht Dispatch with President Har-
rison the secrctaiy of die treasury and
other officials on board steamed by
the Brooklyn station 111 the broad day-
light. Saturday the president's flag
was flying from the main masts of the
vessels. Signal numbers wete dis-
played as the Dispatch passed Hl.ick-
well's islands but the lookouts on the
receiving ship Vermont along the
ordnance wharf did not nonce the
Despatch as she neared the navy yard.
Commodore Ramsey commander of
the navy first heard of the approach
of the Dispatch from a watchman who
had been taking a walk along the
wharf. He notiied the ship coming
down the river and rushed up to the
commandar's office to make I. is re-
pot t.
"Say boss tlicie is a strange ves-
sel with an awful big blue fi.tg com-
ing down the way" said the watchman
who had only been a few weeks in the
navy yard.
Commodore Ramsey jumped from
Ins chair and dispatched a messenger
with instruction to fire the president's
salute. The Dispatch had passed
the navy yard in the mean time and
was already beneath the Brooklyn
bridge when the first gun was fired.
It was then deemed best to stop the
salute altogether and Commodore
Ramsey dispatched an officer in a cut-
ter to over take and apologize to the
president. When the cutter caught
op with the Dispatch the president was
about to land at the Jersey City depot.
He accepted the commodore's apology
and assured the officer he had not
been looking for any salute.
Commodore Ramsey said yesterday
that it was true that the president
had not been saluted when he passed
ihe navy yards. '-I had not been noti-
fied of the president's movement-) and
vhen I heard of the Dispatch's ap-
uioach I did evtry. thing to have a sa-
lute fired. The outlook on the Ver-
mont are to blame for the oversight.
Ihe Dispatch asked for a tug to land
the president at Jersey City but our
utg was away at the time and I sent a
steam launch. At the time the launch
ran alongside the Dispatch a private
tuq had already been engaged."
It was learned at the nay yard that
even if the lookout on the Vermont
had noticed the Dispatch when she
steamed by Black well's island the sa-
lute could not have beed fired by the
gunners on the Vermont without
-pe ml orders from Commodore Ram-
se. It seems Capt Kirkland the
former commander of the Vermont
saluted Admiral Jo'uett a few weeks
ago while on cab deck. Commodore
Ramsey issued a cast iron order
that no salute should be fired hereafter
wi h .ut his special instructions. When
the Dispatch was sighted Saturday the
officers on the Vermont did not dare
to violate the commandant s orders
and had to wait until he gave permis-
sion to fire the president's salute.
A special from Charleston says the
Charleston clergy were greatly stirred
by the acquittal cf McDow. At a
meeting of the municipal union to-day
Rev C. C. Pinckney. D. D. rector of
Grace Episcopal church offered the
following paper which was adopted by
the union :
In view of the recent occurrences in
our midst we the ministerial union
feel constrained to adopt the following
resolutions :
Resolved that we proclaim abhor-
rence of mu.der and all deeds of vio-
lence which defile the laijd and violate
the laws of God nd man and depre-
cate all demonstrations that seem to
sanciion them
Resolved 2. That we will endeav-
or to stimulate public conscience bv
setting forth the divine law against the
reckless shedding of human blood and
the reverses that law entails upon the
community which refiTses to punish the
crime.
Resolved 3 That we invoke the
pulpit throughout the city and state to
unite with us in putting down deeds of
violence which have so often disgraced
our land and c.posed us to the just re-
buke of those who honor the com-
mandments: "Thou shalt not kill"
and "Thou -.halt not commit adul-
tery." The body of George Vaiuile of Phil-
bum N. Y. wa found yesterday on
the Torr the highest peak of tha Ra-
jnalio mountains in Rockland county.
The sides of the Torr are covered with
an almost unbroken forest and a
granite precipice forms its southern
side and from its summit a glorious
panorama of nature rewards all who
makes the toilsome ascent. The wa-
ters of New York bay and the statute
of liberty can be seen in tho far dis-
tance. Half way up tliQ 'mountain
sititj is n plateau covered with trees
and tangled underbrush. Under this
Jeyel spot the soldiers of the revolu-
tion established a brick kiln to furnish
material for the bake ovens built in the
valley below for the use of the Amcri
can nrniy which occupied the pass
during all the years of the revolution.
It was'tipon this plateau that Wil-
liam Call rtnd Thomas Morgan two
residents of Stiffen) who were hunt-
ing for bee trees stopped to rest yes-
terday ' under ihe shade of a giant
spruce tree. Call was leaning against
the tree when he looked down and
saw a sight that startled him an old
woodsman as he was. Recovering
from their first thrill of horror the two
men cautiously parted the bushes till
they stood over the skeleton of a man.
The fleshless trunk legs and arms
were still covered with tattered wcath-
ei -stained clothes but the head had
been torn away by wild animals and
lay several yards beyond. Both hands
were missing. At the side of the body
lay a rusty 38-calibre pistol fully
loaded except one chamber. The
clothed skeleton lay on a thick bed of
leaves as though the desperate man
had gathered them together to rest on
during his last hours of life. The two
bee hunters who had known George
Vanzile' quickly identified the skele-
ton by the clothing.
Vanzile was 38 years old and un
married the son of James Vanzile
Ihe engineer at the Ramaho . iron
works. He was a machinist by trade
and an excellent workman but was in
the habit of going off on long sprees.
He disappeared about April 1 but no
one knew that he had gone into the
mountains and so no search was made
for him there. Whether he committed
suicide or shot himself accidentally
while alone can never be known.
The hunters reported their discover-
ies to Coroner Demorest who with the
father of the missing man and a crowd
of villagers climbed the mountain with
a coffin and gathered up the bones
which were removed to the house of
mourning.
The grand lodge of the benevolent
order of elks will be in session to-day
and to-morrow at the masonic temple
Twenty-third street and Sixth avenue.
The annual election of officers will be
held and the question of holding the
next annual session m this city or at
some other place will be decided. For
nearly twenty years the meetings have
been held here but under the new-
rules of the order the annual conven-
tion may be held in any city decided
upon by a majority of the delegates.
The order has prospered wonderfully.
its membership having grown during
the past few years from 5000 to
20000.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
-Barring Placo Hunter.
Feeding Work Horses.
The team is required to do constant
and severe labor day after day and
must be kept in constant health to e-n
dure the strain. The variety of food
at hand is limited to dry corn and hay
on a great many farms and it is almost
impossible on such diet to keep a team
in good health. The stomach of the
horse is smaller in proportion to his
size than any other animal and as the
horse is more active than other large
animals he ought to have nourishment
in its least bulky form and oftener
than other animals. Feeding often is
impracticable when much work is re-
quired of him so the horse must make
up at night for the wear and tear of a
day of starvation and exercise. With
this in view a good horseman will pro
vide his team with the cleanest and
most nutritious food. He will also
provide a variety of foods so as to
keep up the appetite and meet all the
wants of the system. Where corn is
the only grain grown on the farm and
the only rough food is prairie hay it
will be some trouble to provide a va-
riety of food. Hut there is always a
way if there is a will. Some corn
can be sold and with the proceeds
wheat bran can be bought a small
amount of which mixed with corn will
produce excellent results. A small
amount of clover hay can be procured
in every neighborhood. An occasion-
al feed of clover hay moistened will
be relished by theteamandhas a feed-
ing value almost equal to oats pound
for pound. Some good farmers keep
their teams on clover hay alone with-
out any grain whatever.
Care in watering horses is as impor-
tant as feeding. A horse has only one
sensation at a time and when he is
hungry he don't want water and when
thirsty he don't want food till he is
watered So that it is impossible to lay
down a rule for watering. It is a
good plan to water befoVe feeding
especially in the morning and if the
horse seems very thirsty do not let
him haye all he will drink. Water
him again some time after feeding
also.
A horse will not digest his food if he
is wanting water and panting and ex-
haustion often noticed is generally
caused by indigestion frQni not getting
enough water to supply the system.
In such a case it will pay to take a
team to water no matter how great is
the hurry. Western Stockman and
Cultivator.
For Sale.
A double buggy in perfect roder
cheap. Enquire at lumber yard of C.
Evans. i6-tf
Washing! on July 8 It has al-
ready been mentioned by the News
that Texas is making steadier progress
than any other southern state is the
development o( inventive genius a
fact shown bj'the number of patents
issued to her citizens has- reached the
number of sixteen which has never
been equaled beforcj and which for
the present week is' exceeded by but
seven states all yankeedom included.
The fortunate individuals are :
Archablc T. Iloykin Oden com-
bined stalk cutter and rake ; James
F. Cunningham Sr. Austin cotton
harvester ; Benjamin F. Davis True-
hart rail joint j Kmmell C. Fain Gran-
bury rack for displaying dry goods ;
I.ottis S. Flatau Pittsburg cultivator
and seeder baling-prcss and whifTle-
trec : Vincent A. Massoletti Simpson-
ville hobble for animals; Authur W.
NhComas and II. A. Fitzhugh Austin
fan attachment; I Ienry A Moos Seguin
packing case ; Levi Orser Galveston
feeder for power printing presses and
iceuer ior treadle printing presses ;
Jonathan J. Rogers and O. S. Ken-
nedy Fort Worth seeding attachment I
tor disc harrows ; John D. Rullmann
and G. Eckenrotli San Antonio said
Rullmann assignor to said Eckcnroth
velocipede; James J. Todd J. S
Welch and L. M. McLcnden Chat-
field blasting cartridges; Thomas II.
and N. R. II. Wash Medina countj
car coupling.
It is well known that the average
Indian is averse to much education
such as the white man desires but a
little better disposition in this respect
is reported at least from the Indian
territory for the superintendent of the
Chilocco industrial school in a com-
munication of the (department says:
"This school is daily growing in
popularity among the old Indians as
is event in the fact that the numbers
of children from different tn es have-
recently been brought in without
solicitation from any one and placed
with us for three years and some
whose term had expired after remain-
inghome for only a few days have re-
turned to school. These to my mind
are very gratifying and encouraging
signs indicating not only the satis-
factory work of this school but better
still a growing disposition in favor of
education."
Charles Hauback Texas has been
reappointed an examiner in the field
for the pension bureau he having made
an acceptable record. The position
pays $1400 and $3 a day for ex-
penses. Walter S. Mayer Texas who has been
a pension clerk at $r.ioo a year also
becomes an examiner in the field.
Beyond the appointment of a few
fourthclass postmasters there is still
nollrng doing in the way of an official
d stribution of the Texas pap but as
the president has now got down to
to the District of Columbia officers
the Texas men are praying that he
will now cross the Potomac and enter
southern territory with the ultimate
design of last reaching Texas. No
particular promise can be held out
however that his wish will be fulfilled
One of the Texas contingent says that
he wants it understood that his state is
not the only one that is out in the cold
and points to Virginia where no better
success has been met with in securing
the bouncing process as applied to
democrats in office.
Chicago and you can guess from read-
ing the papers ns tq C being missing
how all came out in ridding us of that
devilish traitor and spy of our actions
God only knows why such a fearful
change lias come over me since that
night. I left the city at once and hur-
ried here to finish the part which had
been given me. My brain is on fire.
Oh I have waited so long for the trunk
Mo come. Each dav's delav h.is in-
creased my frenzy to the highest pitch
and now I know the plans for all they
were so carefully laid must have mis-
carried and I dread the consequences.
I cannot stand it any more. I am
going to end it all. I want you to re-
member I have been loval to Ireland's
cause but now I an) sick and all broke
up. Ever since that fearful night my
sleep has been filled with fearful
dreams and now after removing from
me everything they can identify me by
I shall free myself from any more by
suicide which I hear is so easy only
one step into the swift current and ail
is done. My body instead of his will
be picked up and buried with the un-
known dead if ever found. Good-bye.
Eu 20
P. S lways be true to Ireland
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SWEPT OVERBOARD.
THE QUICK MEAL
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Gasoline Stoves
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ED. S. HUGHES & CO.
A Lady Knocked From a Vessel's
Deck Into the Sea and Browned.
Galvkston Tex. July 9 About
1 o'clock this aftetnoon a sad acci-
dent occurred m the channel between.
Kunn'sand the government wharf by
which Mrs. Amelia Bishoff lost her
life.- The small sloop. Velocipede un-
der command of Captain H. Walkan
was getting under way having rounded
out of the slip between Kuhn's and
Central wharves. Sitting on the cabin
were Mr. and Mrs. Aug. F. Bishoff
who reside on Bolivar about fifteen
miles from the point. Capt. Walkan
was hoisting the mainsail when the
wind caught it sweepmij the boom
across the deck ot the vessel. Mrs.
BishutTu.ii stria k I iv the boom and
nocked overboaid. The captain and
husband both appeared paralyzed and
cud nothing toward re;i inngtlie wo-
man. There were perhaps forty cr
fifty persons standing on the wharf to
see the finish of the yacht race at the
time of the accident and yet no well
directed efforts were made to save
the woman until Phil McDonald jump-
ed overboard from the lighter. Bessie
and swam out only to see the woman
sink before he reached her. There
were a dozen or more skiffs in the slip
not more than a hundred yards away
and yet the amazed crowd called for
the skiff from the pilot boat.
It seems almost impossible that the
drowning should have occurred under
the circumstances and yet it did. Mr.
and Mr. Bishop came in from Bolivar
yesterday on the Mayflower and were
returning on the Velocipede. She was
about thirty-six years of age and child-
less She was a native of Saxony.
The channel was dragged and her re-
mains recovered two hours later and
prepared for interment. Her husband
is frantic with grief.
Never Fail to Give Satisfaction
WHEN GIVEN A FAIR TRIAL.
The supervising architect of the new
government building at San Antonio
has stopped work because je fears the
building material is defective.
A Very Thin Bodge.
Blti-uo N. V. July 8 This after-
noon a water-soaked letter with an
illegible address was found on the
shore of Third Sister island by Charles
Ii. Smith of Niagara Falls. It is now
in the hands of Superintendent T. E.
Welch. It purports to have Leen
written by a man premeditating suicide
to his brother and is dated May 20
and signed "Ed." That writer tells
how he helped at Chicago to get rid
of "C." that devilish "traitor and
spy" and how long he has waited for
the "trunk" and now overcome by
fear that the plot has miscarried and
by remorse at his crimes he will seek
death in the rapids. What lends color
to the authenticity of the letter is the
finding on June 27 of the decomposed
body of a man which was buried with-
out identification at Drummondrille.
The following is a full copy of the
letter found at Niagara Falls :
"Western Hotel Niac.aka Falls
N. V. May 20 1889: Dear Brother
1 know that what I am about to
write will drive the blood from your
heart. I am about to bring an end to
all my trials and troubles. God knows
that life until recently was ns sweet to
me as to any one but tho strain of late
has been too much for me I cannot
go into the presence of the Holy
Father with my mind so stained. I
must ease my mind.' Why nre you
not with me so I can talk to you ?
You have been a true friend. I never
had more to say to you than I have
now. What a fearful tale I could tell
but dare not put it on paper. For all
I know punishment will never be
meted 'out to me on earth for the part
I took in it. You cannot imagine how
I have been tried since I left you.
May Gpd forgive it all.
When I left' you I went right to
Prof. Qcie Speer offers you a fine
opportunity of attending a first class
school of penmanship. Instructions
given in plain business writing card
writing lettering flourishing pen-
drawing etc. 25-tf
With a good Gasoline Stove your work
in the Kitchen is reduced one-half and you
have a cool room to work in.
No lady accustomed to cooking on a
Gasoline Stove will do without them.
JOHN STROMBERG
Manufacturer of and Dealer in
Saddles
and Harne
ssMoney to loan at 10 per cent per
annum. No commissions.
23-tf II. M. Hr.NWiKSON.
I. W. Butler Chestnut street has a
large stock of sorghum and millet seed
for sale. 23-tf
.
Cheap and select line of books at
Bass Bros. 2 3-tf
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To love one's neighbor as one's self
is to practically treat otliers as you
would be treated by them. Buy your
watch at E. I. Ritch the big watch
jeweler. 20-tf
Mr. L. Calhoun representing the
Fort Worth Gazette called at the Re-
I'Qitrr.K office yesterday morning.
1 1
Life is too short to waste time in re-
pining ; the only way to remedy mis-
fortune is to begin anew and buy your
diamond or plain gold ring of E. I.
Ritch the big watch jeweler. 20-tf
DR. J. M ANDERSON
MKII1CAI. AND SURGICAL
DEITTIST
(Itllce ou-r Cnrter'ti Drug Store
I'INi: !: STKKKT :-: AH1LENK. :: TEXAS.
West Side Chestnut Street
South of the Railroad.
ABILENE
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Pioneer Mill Company
.A.IBIIILIEIN'IE TEXAS
MANUFACTURERS OF
LANDS I CHEAP LANDS I !
We hae for sale an abundance of fine
lands in Noan anil Fisher counties in quan-
tities to suit purchasers at bottom prices and
on good terms.
We call special attention to Sections No.
24 3 34 a'l 44 Hlocks 19 and 26 ; 32 44
and 54 Mock 20. Thess are line lands and
are situated near the Taylor and Nolan cpunty
lines in the neighborhood of Trent Station
'Call on or address
KAGLAND & BEAU
lawyers Land ami Collection Agents Sweet-
water Texas.
Or BEAU KAGLAND & HEALL Roby
Texas.
'LOUR AND MEAL
ML MARX Proprietor
FULL ROLLER PROCESS CAPACITY 250 BARRELS PER DAY.
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Fancy Patent Pearl Dust J
Silver Leaf Standard.
Fort Worth Prices Paid for Wheat. '
J. R. SPAULDING
Plumber and Steam Fitter.
Pipe Pipe Fittings Sheet Lead
Globe Valves Check Valves Glass Gauges. Hose
Hose Nozzles Sheet Rubber.
Repairing' Engines etc. on short notice.
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Hoeny, John, Jr. The Abilene Reporter. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, July 12, 1889, newspaper, July 12, 1889; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth330620/m1/8/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Public Library.