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Established in 1883. It is at
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THE ALBANY NEWS.
Tfc equipments for Job
Work in this section. A trial
order solicited.
NO. 309
ALBANY, SHACKELFORD COUNTY, TEXAS, MARCH 21,1890.
VOL. 6, NO. 51
large shipmen
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Hamilton, Ohio.
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Oscar Schneider Shoots Michael Curtis *-A
Narrow Escape.
Henry Williams, Colored) Was Tikin from Jail and
Shot to Doath.
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Hamilton, 0., March 17.—The im-
mense armor plate bending michine, made
by the niles tool works tor the navy-yard
at Mare Island, Cal., was s'llppkd yester-
day oyer the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Day-
* ton and So>,ll>ern Pacific roads. The
r lachine w \d upon eleven specially
"tWlt and exi \yy fiatcars. Two of
the largest c \weigh respectively
66,400 and 66,V.. „ \uds and the gross
^ight of the train -4 - >J76,850 pounds.
The train will be runv Jxh the entire
distance, 3400 miles, v .out a change.
The distance is greater thau the entire
<<£tem of the Canadian Pacific. The
Y'io' liain will be run on a special boat
*t San Francisco and takeu to the is) Bid.
The train was photographed before it loft
Hamilton. The freight, which was pre
paid by the Niles Tool works, amounted,
to a little more than $10,000. This ls\he
longest, distance a freight train ever
traveled and it is the largest shipment of
one single machine ever made in the
United States.
Bullet Proof.
Chicago,' 111., March 17.—Michael Cur-
Si" has a restaurant at No. 162 Clark
street, at which he had a narrow escape
froin death yesterday, that was nothing
sh(jft of miraculous. Oscar Schneider
thought he had reason to believe that
Curtis had been paying attentions to his
wife, and he started out on a mission of
murder. Upon seeing Curtis he pushed
a 38-calibre revolver with all his strength
again3t Curtis' stomach and tired.. By-
standers grappled with Schneider and
overpowered him before he could shoot
the second time.
Curtis was taken in the rear room and
a large burned place in the chilling, as
large as one's hand, showed where the
pistol had been placed. Upon opening
the clothing Curtis, who had not com-
p'lined ot' pain, was surprised to find no
li.ood or mark and at the same time he
felt something drop down his leg inside
his underclothing. The surprise was in-
Creased when the article that dropped
from Curtis' leg was found to be the bul-
" 'lit which was still In perfect shape.
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(.V.-j.^r.ftx.A^i, Md., March 15.—This
ivening between 7 and 8 o'clock a hnge
•rock rolled down the mountain side and
fell upon the West Virginia Central rail-
road track in a cut between Choffee and
Blaine, forty miles west of this city. A
work train with a crew of twelve men
was dispatched to the spot to remove the
obstruction and clear the track. A largo
cable was placed around rock and attached
to the engine so the rock could be dragged
from the cut. All was nearly ready and
the men were making a final adjustment
of the rope when a great mass of earth
came rushing down on them from the
Steep mountain side and buried some of
the men from sight. The horrified com-
panions rushed to their rescue and as
speedily as possible exhumed the fated
ones Two were dead when taken out and
one has. since died. Three others were
seriously if not fatally injured.
Four Women Buried Alive.
y, N. Y., March 17.—At 3 o'clock
'■day a landslide on the west side of
's hill swept away the two-story
brick residence of Patrick Canfield and
demolished a one-story frame dwelling of
John Laurenson. Four families resided
in the Canfield house. Mrs. Margaret
Noonan and her daughter, Mrs. Johanna
Hogan, both widows, and Annte Burns
11 years old. were killed. Mrs. John
Ahern and infant. 'J'hos. Laurenson and
Mrs. Pat Canfield, jr., were injured, but
not seriously. The fire department was
called out and the bodies of the dead
taken from the ruins. A mass of clay and
earth fifty feot deep slid down from the
hillside. The progress of the slide was
stayed by a ne w brick house on the oppo-
site side of Haverman's avenue, against
which the slide stfept the ruins of Can-
field's house.
CONGRESSIONAL
TWO MEXICANS KILLED.
Murdered His Step-Daughter.
Prrrsnujto, Pa., March 17.—Flunk
Groettner, a painter, murdered his step-
daughter, Annie Ketfner, In Allegheny
City Satarday night. The child's body
was found by tier mother. The room pre-
sented a most horrible sight. The furnl
ture, ceiling and walls were bespattered
with blood, and from tufts of hair found
on the wails it is thought Groettner took
the child by the legs and dashed her
brains out. The little one's head was
crushed in and one arm broken. Groett-
ner was found secreted In a cellar. He
resisted arrest and it required three men
to force him into the patrol wagon. He
refuses to give any reason for the horrible
deed. The little girl was only 8 year?
old.
The Creditors Mwooped.
Kansas City, Mo., March 17.—-Cred-
itors swooped do-vn on the Joseph
Schwartz loan office ..M jewelry company
yesterday afternoon and succeeded in
capturing on attachments several hundred
dollars in money and about $16,000 worth
of jewelry. The run on the new Schwartz
establishment was caused by the an-
nouncement that Schwartz had been ar-
rested in Ogden, Utah. Schwartz will
fight the suit on the ground that the goods
did not belong to him but to the Joseph
Schwartz loan office and jewelry company,
of which he was simply a shareholder.
The Stage at Cairo.
Cairo, 111., March 15.—The Ohio river
fell.8 foot to-day, and is still falling here
slowly. The late rains in this section are
supposed to have all run out by this time
and the rise coming from above will not
materially check the fall here. The rise
in the upper Mississippi, unless very high,
will not affect the stage of water here or
below. The Ohio being so high will cause
\snek water In the Mississippi and this
yater will run out through the low lands
lissouii.
Trains from the north are all running
also from the south on the Illinois
antral and the Mobile and Ohio. A
eck on the Illinois Central between
den and Makanda has delayed trains
i on that load but they expect to have
ye.rvthing going by noon. Weather
oudy and cold.
Join In the Protest.
Louis, March 14.—TV St. Louis
i have appointed a committee to ac
others of a like character in the west
protesting against tho passage by con-
of the Edmund's inspection bill,
protest drawn up liy tho St. Louis
is in line with similar protests
all over the west, giving like reasons
the measure should be defeated.
The directors of the merchants' exchange
will take action on the subject, to-morrow
will probably endorse the protest.
The Lynchers Cjet Life' Terms.
MiKCSTKAroi.18, Minn,, March 15 —Sen-
i was pronounced on the lynchers at
ilohall by Judge Newman yesterday
ornooli. Clim'les Johnson, Ole Sletto,
Oleson and her son w ere sentenced
nprisonment for life, three days in
• solitary. There was a scene of
; in the courtrooms. Mrs.
fainted and there was groaning
ling of tears. The sheriff start-
■ Waupun with tho prisoners yester-
t 2 o'clock.
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14.—Local ofli-
the reward for the
bank
Po-
ll (Ul
gone
Ugly Indians csrrailed.
Tucson, Ariz., Mjwch 17.—Some clerks
visited Charley Pans' camp of Tonto
Apaches on the Gila river for the purpose
of issuing ration tickets. These tickets
have written on them the number of In-
dians composing each family. Some fami-
lies given in were much smaller than the
record showed and the agents demanded
that the missing Indians be produced.
The Tontos got guns and made threaten-
ing speeches to-day. Eighty were cor
railed at the San Carlos agency and will
be sent to Fort Union, New Mexico.
Taken Out and Hanged.
Nashville, Tenn., March 17.—At
Gadsden at 8 p. m. to-day Heury Wil-
liams, colored, was taken tromjail by a
mob and shot to death for an attempted
assault on Miss Tinder, an aged white
lady living near that place, on Feb. 28
last. Williams entered her house at
night, and, after beating her nearly to
death, was frightened away from some
cause. Since that time lie has been at
large, but was captured at Springfield,
Tenn., Saturday. The officers reached
Goodsden with him this morning.
Train Kan Into a Land Slide.
Mansfield, O., March 15.—Vestibule
train No. 5 on the Central Ohio division
of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad ran
into a land-slide a few miles east of New-
ark yesterday morning. The engin was
thrown into the river and the fireman,
Thomas Bowland, killed. Engineer Joliu
Moore und Engineer John Hart, who was
riding on the engine as a passenger, were
seriously injured. None of the passen-
gers were hurt, but they all received a
severe shaking up.
s. disi
lis lyin
Hnnaational Trial Scene.
PiTrsnuitG, Pa., March 14.—In the
trial of ltev. Dr. Mansell, of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church, of McKeesport, for
l^ig^idTttnrinjiwJtUjP of character, a scene
was created to-day wnfcnr^tWi^JCfiunsel of
the reverend gentleman refused to^SS on
with tho case. He stated that he han'
handed the gentleman in question a letter
which was to bo offered against him, and
that the gentleman had thrown it in the
fire. The case has now gone to the com-
mittee in charge. ■
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Crow Indian Agency.
Minneapolis, Minn., March 14.
Indians at Crow Creek agency, Sou i
Dakota, are raising serious objections , o
the quantity of rations issued to them et, i
week. As many of the Indians are (I? 1
enough civilized to be self-supporting, ,i e
Indian agent has gradually reduced tie
rations furnished them, in order to m
them have more dependence upon th
selves for tbeir daily bread. There
quite a serious disturbance when rati
were distributed last Saturday.
1UK MARKETS.
t?t«nT 'buy
' in;;u'tt of
a •"><; " hijft 1
New Yoittc, Much".7.
Cotton—Middling . * 4c"1®
Wheat—No. Sred '"I
Corn—No.
ST. LOUIS.
Cotton— Middling
Wheat—No. 2 red winter
Corn—No. 2mtxed
Porli—Standard mess (new)..
llacon—Clear rib
Lard—Prime steam
CHICAGO.
Cattle- Shipping
llogw- Good to choice
Sheep—Good to r hoioe. jfi|
Wheat—No, 3spring.
Corn—No. S
Fori! -Newmess.
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Cattle-Shipping
Hogs
Wheat—!
Corn -N
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SENATE—WEDNESDAY.
Mr. Edwards, who is one of tin- com
rnittee on foreign relations, disagrees
with the other members of the commlttet
and it was Intimated that he considered i
a farce on the part of the United States
It is reported that William Walter hai
pulled the wool over the eyes of the grea)
German chancellor. Mr. Edwards seeme((
to doubt it. He has confidence In Mr.
Phelps, but ho also believes that Bis.
marck Is uo spring chicken in diplomatic
affairs.
senate—th ulisd a v.
Telegrams have been received here ask-
ing whether or not the order of the presi-
dent forbids the removal of Cattle froa
Texas into tlie territory of the five civilized
tribes. The Indian commissioner .says i|
does not and they can be so removed un-
less tliey come within the prohibition pail
on such removal by the quarantine laws.
The Oklahoma bill came up to-day and
passed without any material amendment
The court features were all retained, ano
there will be five mills of justice. Befoif
the sections were reached wiilch contained
tlie court provisions the house had uboir
talked itself hoarse on ether points. Mi;
Hare was opposed to these features ani
tried to get in an amendment, but th(
hour set yesterday for the vote to-day cu
him off as it cut off other opponents of thi
measure.
ho use—thursday.
In the morning hour Mr. Perkins oI
Kansas, on behalf of the committee oj
Indian affairs, called up and the houst
passed the bill extending for three yean
the time within which Denison an(
Ouchita Valley railroad may construct its
road through tlie Indian Territory.
A bill was also passed granting the rlghi
of way through the Indian Territory ti
the Galena, Guthrie and Western railroad,
At the conclusion of the hour the houst
went into a committee of tho whole for tht
consideration of the Oklahoma bill.
Mr. Heel of Kansas offered an amend-
ment providing that nothing herein com
taiued shall in any way change the legal
or equitable title of the part of Indiat
territory known as Cherokee outlet. Lost,
88 to 77.
SENATE—FRIDAY,
The Senate has been paying special at-
tention to the electric street railways on
certain streets in Washington to-day.
Senator Ingalls of Kansas introduced
petitions from the oemmiss oners' court of
Pawnee and Jewett counties, Kansas,
asking for the appropriation of $6,200,000
to obtain deed water at Galveston.
Senator Manderson presented a like
petition from the Chamber of Commerce
at Salt Lake City, Utah.
HOUSE—FRIDAY.
Mr. Kilgore of Te*as offered an amend-
ment for the retirement of Gen. Fremont
with the rank of brigadier-general.
Mr. Manson of Missouri, speaking as a
Missonrlan with his admiration for Ben-
ton, whose daughter Fremont married,
gave his hearty support to the bllL
Had it not been for Mr. Fremont who
et»Hid say that the flag of the American
republte v^ould float over the states of the
Pacific coast. Congress would honor
itself in recognizing the services of Gen.
Fremont-.
Mr. Kilgore's amendment was rejected.
HOUSE—SATURDAY. '
Mr. Breckenridge of Arkansas offered a
resolution calling on the secretary of war
for information as to whether there are
sufficient money and facilities at the com-
mand of the war department to guard the
levees of the Mississippi and other works
and the plant of the government from de-
struction and injury by the present flood,
and if not to report wat may be necessary.
Also to inform the house if there is rea-
son to apprehend usual danger to .human
life and what steamers can be used by the
department of the Mississipei river to
rescue those in peril. Adopted.
Public business being suspended, the
house proceeded to pay its last tribute of
respect to the memory of Wm. D. Kelley
of Pennsylvania. About a dozen mem
bers pronounced eulogies on the dead
statesman, after which the house ad-
journed.
, Hurley Bank Bobbers.
Minneapolis, Minn., Maroli 14.—The
tho Hurley
wjhe
way from
Washington, D. C., employes of the treas-
ury department, who, it is said, will posi-
tively identify the now bills found in
Baker's possession as the Identical num-
bers sent out from the department to the
Milwaukee bank, from whli(h the stolen
money was brought to Hurley. The
feature of the morning session. yesterday
was the testimony of Lou Thayer, alias
Powels, a variety dancer, who pumped
Baker for the benefit of Detective Byrnes.
She talked with Baker in the jail. He
toM her he would like to have gotten all
the money, but would not kick If he only
got part'of it
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Murders Her Two Children.
Tifton Oalif, March 12.—Mrs. Sarah
Hlggins Is a fugitive from justice, hound-
ed by officers and haunted by the memory
of her two dead children barbarously
lashed to death by her own hands. The
crime was committed yesterday. Becom-
ing angered at the little ones for some
offense she tied them and began the pun-
ishment One of the children died while
under the -lash and the other was so badly
scourged that It died during the night
This morning the fiendish parent left the
house and disappeared.
Alencio and Agipto Balance are
the Victims.
Ten Dollars Reward for the Arrest of the
Negro, Oscar Lewis.
A liiff Assignment,
New York, March 14.— Edward Harri-
son and No,aii Loder of the firm of Harri-
The iiabiiiiies
$$00,00'to $400,000
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yustlc© Holland Is Called In to Hold an Inquest Over
the Body of James Long.
San Angelo, Tex., March 17.—Just
at sunrise this morning G. W. H. Shields
land C. L. Broome, members of ranger
feompaey D, rode up to a Mexican's house
near this place, named Alencio and Agip-
to Balance, two brothers, with a warrant
from Ei Paso to arrest ono of them for
horse stealing. After they had reached
the house they dismounted and demanded
the door to be opened. Alencio Balance
stuck a Winchester out and shot Broome
jln the left shoulder aud made a dash
through the door, throwing his Winches-
ter again down on Broome, when Shields
shot the Mexican, killing him instantly.
Agipto then ran for the gun by his broth-
er's side and started in pursuit of Broome,
whereupon Shields came to his rescue the
second time by placing a bullet through
■the Mexican's temple, from which he died.
Both were lelt dyin? on the ground until
an inquest could be held. Twelve shots
were fired. Shields received a slight
wound in the left hand. Broome's condi-
tion is very critical.
Lot or Court Trials.
Laredo, Tex., March 18.—Messrs.
Montero, jofe politico, and Macias, chief
of police, all of San Luis Potosi, Mexico,
have been brought from that city under
arrest to New Laredo, Mexico, to stand
trial before the Mexican federal court for
alleged connection with the Plnkertou
Zaremba Latner affair in which it is
charged that the three first named parties
in violation of the laws of that country
delivered the latter to the American
authorities. Zaremba, who claims to be
an American citizen and who has appeal-
ed to Secretary Blaine through the Ameri-
can minister in Mexico for relief, is now
on trial in New Laredo.
A cold norther and dry weather pre-
vails.
Tlie contemplated special April term
of the district court has been abandoned
by the bar.
No Indlctmont Found.
Hempstead, Tex., March 17—The
circumstances will be remembered of the
theft of a package containing £500 from
one of Wells, Fargo & Co.'s messengers
on one of the night trains en route from
Austin to this place a few months ago.
One of the trainmen was charged with the
crime and a nominal appearance bond re-
quired by the examining court. The
grand Jury thoroughly Investigated the
.case a few days ago, and no evidence was
shown that thb trainman was in the least
guilty, and therefore no bill of indictment
was found. The result confirms special
reports of the case at the time.
Died of Apoplexy.
Houston, Tex., March 17.—Justice
Holland was called upon and held an in-
quest on tho body of James Long, who
was found dead In bed to-day at his home
on Chapman street in the fifth ward, where
he and wife had lived a couple of years
since their removal from Harrisburg.
From the facts brought out a verdict was
rendered that he came to his death from
apoplexy. James Long was among the
oldest locomotive engineers of this city,
and perhaps the state. He was an engin-
eer on the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and
Colorado
Horribly Mangled.
Big Springs, Tex., March 15.—L. D.
Gentry, who for eight years has been
passenger engineer on the Texas and
Pacific railroad, was run over last night
by the switch engine and instantly killed.
He was crossing the track going to the
roundhouse for the purpose of taking his
regular engine out when he was struck
by a flatcar In front of the switch engine
and his body was cut into a horrible mass
of flesh and boues. Mr. Gentry was one
of the most popular engineors on the road.
Folk County.
. ^LlViNGfljroK. Tex., March 17.—Oscar
Lewis, negro, blao.'^ilSisUi feeJr
8 inches, slender build, about 25 years
old, stutters while talking, is of a dudish
appearance, and tries to be very polite.
Is a furniture repairer and mattress
maker by occupation. He Is au escaped
county convict Will be given $10 for his
arrest and imprisonment anywhere in the
state. Frequents barrooms. Very talka
tlve when drinking. T. J. Ephehson,
Sheriff.
Hall County to Organize.
Sai.isau.bt, Tex., March 15.—a fine
rain and snow is falling, to the delight of
everybody in Hall county. This is cer-
tainly a fine thing for the county and al-
most insures the wheat crop.
An effort has been made by the citizens
of Hall county to organize on the loth of
April, but the matter was deferred until
the May term of court All her best citi-
zens seem to favor the organization, but
the protest of a Salisbury man and prob-
ably other reasons caused the postpone-
ment
To Have a Cotton Compress.
Taylob, Tex.. March 12.—The Taylor
cotton press Is now an assured faet, To-
day the grounds were laid off aud the pre-
liminaries arranged for its construction at
once. A charter having been obtained,
an organization was effected with John R.
Hoxle, president, F. L. Welch treasurer
aud B. Garry manager.
Marshall Matters.
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Mabshaix, Tex.,
regular monthly
•il last niarht
April 1 •
one alderman in ward 3 to fill the unexj
plred term of J. K. Stinson, resigned.
Mr. Stinson is a candidate for mayor.
Mr. W. V. Richardson, when asked by
the News reporter this morning if there
would be any citizens carried from here to
Dallas on the 24th instant to the big cock-
ing main, said that he would carry ten or
a do?.on of his own breed, the shawlneck
and the Irish black-breasted; also two blue
reds bred by John L. Sherrod, of thl*
(Harrison) county.
Gonld In El Paso.
Ei. Pabo, Tex., March 18—Mr. Gould
1» not idle while he is here. He has been
taking in the country very thoroughly on
both aides of the river. It Is not unlikely
that he will take a drive out to Lanorla
before he leaves. Mr. Gould's manners
and conversation have made an excellent
Impression on the citizens of El Paso with
whom he has come in contact since he has
been here. Ho talks and acts in a plain,
unassuming style, and feoins anxious for
nothing except information about 1C1 Paso.
He asks questions about evenything, and
is gathering a great deal of information
about the resonrces of the city. The gen-
eral impression is that the result of his
visit will lie at least the building of the A.'
S. and P. track from Sierra Blanca to El
Paso, Tl.e directors of the Texas and
Pacific will meet at Dallas on April 15.
The information now being gathered by
Mr. Gould will doubtless form the basis tot
action at that time. This afternoon Mr.
Gould and party drove out to Fort Bliss
and the F.l Paso smelter. Mr. Gould ex;
presses lumself as delighted with tlu
climate of El Paso, notwithstanding thai
the weather has been considerably below
par here for the last few days. It is no
yet decided when the party will leave.
C/ropt* About Grapevine.
Grapevine, Tex., March IS.—1} has
bean raining here for about five days and
the ground is well soaked.
The entire oat crop is said to be killed.
The crop will i.ol; be replanted,as it is late
and seed is scarce.
Wheat Is in fine condition and bids fail
to make a heavy yield. Tlie rust has dis-
appeared entirely.
A great deal of sickness abounds here,
but Is easily controlled.
Farmers say the land is in a fine condi
tion and they are hopeful of a good crou.
Only the very lato fruit is killed, it be-
ing the first to bloom.
The business men of this place are form-
ing a joint stock company to build a flour
ing mill. They hope to have it ready by
harvest time.
Good roads is what the people want.
Hoard of Trade.
hillsboro, Tex., March 14.—At a
meeting of business men held hero yester-
day a board of trade was organized. An-
other meeting will ba held Wednesdiy to
transact business.
Two criminal cases have been disposed
of in the criminal court on pleas of guilty:
Lehme Evans, theft of a horse, sentenced
to the reformatory for two years; Ed Crute,
aiding prisoners to escape, sentenced to
two years iii the penitentiary. When sen-
tenced Crute delivered a temperauceleo-
ture, attributing his downfall to intemper-
ance. The court was engaged the first
three days of this week with the trial ol
the case of Sophie Bennett vs. Files,
Taylor & Files, proprietors of the com-
press. The Jury returned a verdict for
defendants.
Cattle Round-Up Preparations.
Haskell, Tex., March 13.—The cattle-
men are getting ready to begin the spring
round-ups the latter part of this month.
The cattle have gone through the winter
better thau ever before. The loss will not
be 1 per cent, in fact it Is comparatively
nothing. Contractors are already filling
orders for yearlings and steers; the demand
seems to be earlier and greater thau here-
tofore, and we hope for better prices this
year thau last
Prospectors are not as numerous now as
a few days ago, but still quite a number
are coming in and buying town property.
Our town is growing quite rapidly, com.
parativoly speaking.
We have some little railroad excitement,
but .know nothing definite yet.
After Other Koad*.
Shehman", Tex., March 15.—Mr. Fos
ter, the attorney of the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas railway, is in receipt of a mes-
sage from Messrs. Waldo and associates
authorizing him to close up the contracts,
e{c^ The Ardmore committee to-day
openedTup^itjrrespondence with several
railways relative to theTmmPrttferf
sion of a railroad from Sherman toward
Denver, Col., via Ardmore, 1. T. Work
will begin in less than ninety days it Is
thought
Jvegro Arrested.
1'ai.estine, Tex., March 15.—Tester-
day evening a negro presented a check at
the First National Bank for $15 50 drawn
in favor of John Jones with the signature
purporting to be that of I)r. Thomas M.
Colley. Cashier Gooch instantly detected
the forgery of the check and had the negro
arrested. Since lie went to jail another
charge of forgery to a small amount has
been mado against him, and he will be
brought before Justice Watts to-morrow
morning to answer to both.
Child's Fingers Cut.
Paris, Tex-, March 15.—This morning
two colored waiters, named Frank Brown
and Will Iiyan. had an altercation at the
Peterson hotel which resulted in the latter
stabbing the former in the neck.
While playing with her 5-year-ola
brother this morning, the little daughter
of F. Seisson lost four finger tips from
her right hand through the blow of an ax.
A physician was called in who amputated
the fingers.
Iron, Wondl and Coal Contracts.
Jefferson, Tex., March* 15.—Mi.
Cooper of Fort Worth lias been
i contract to get out iron ore for
Star iron works for one year,
syndicate will let the contract for
" Is wm(i in -i day in - . 0
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ill
Torn to Pieces by Lions.
A sensational menagerie accident is
reported from Vicenza. Part of the
performance consisted of a youog man
enter.ng the lions' den and rousiag the
beasts to fury and afterwards exhibit-
ing his power to coax the animals back
into a-good temper until tliey licked
his hand and allowed him to pat them.
For some months this performance had
(.-one on successfully, but lately one of
the lions had exhibited unusual temper.
'Coward the end of the performance,
when the tamer went forward to pat
the animals, the lion in question made
a spring at him, and throwing hitn
down, began to play with him, like a
cat with a mouse, between its paws;
j/entiy, at first; but the cries and
hcreainsof the crowd appeared to r use
ihe beast to fury, and in spit! of the
man's efforts to escape, it held him
lirmly, and de'iberately begun to tear
■iiTi to pitces before the eyes of the
lorrili d spectators.
They crushed and trampled on each
other in their anxiety to escape from
he building, which, being only a
emporary ono, had very inadequate
tieaus of exit. It wag some time be-
fore tlie circus attendants, wl-io were
in another part of the building, could
force their way through tlie terrified
crowd to render assistance to their
comrade. When they at length suc-
ceeded in getting the unfortunate man
out of the cage all his bones were ex-
posed o view, his skin being literally
lorn in ribbons. He was tit once re-
moved to the town hospital, where he
expired in great agony in the course of
i few hours.
A Gigantic Doll Show,
A doll show on a gigantic aud some-
what original plan, which has beer or-
ganized in aid of the new Hospital for
Women in London, will be opened on
April 29. The different sections allow
of great variety in doll-dressing.
Ladies in the dress of the period—
morning, evening, bridal, or Court;
gentlemen dolls ditto, little girl dolls,
and babies in long and semi-long
clothes, dolls in tin; garb of professors,
priests, official "robes, in 3tn e, par.ia-
mentarv, civic and legal, academic,
scholastic, masonic, dolls in naval,
military, postal, or police uniform,
dolls in costumes of the pantomime,
sirens of the l.allet, dolls in working
dress of all kinds, artisan, domestic
service, or trade, are to be included in
die various classes. A special section
will be formed by dolls, ladies and
(■entlemen, in sporting dress, limiting,
ahooiing, fishing, golf, tennis and
boating garb.
Others again will represent heroes,
heroines of history, fiction, the drama,
I special class being assigned to char-
acters of nursery romance. For
"celebrities of to-day" a double prize
Is offered, and a selection of dolls in
Ifrotesque, suggestive or emblematic
ilress of any kind offers a wide field to
the fancifui. A special nurses section
will comprise dolls dressed as patients
and nurses, and others are exclusively
limited to children and pupils of board,
sharity and industrial schools. For
Ihe best doll of all a prize of $25 is
uffered.
Boston Newspaper Amenities.
Please, Mr. Herald, don't give your-
Jelf any uneasiness about the Tran-
script; we own our building aud can
pay cash for printing presses ac the
tame time.—Boston Transcript.
Was the virility of the Transcript
sver more strikingly displayed than in
Ihe sentence quoted above? There is
no Nancyism in that crushing retort,
but only superb masculine strength.
"We own our own building, and can
pay cash for printing presses at the
amc time." The charming creature we
presume, means to insinuate that tho
Herald does not own its building and
cannot pay cash for priuting presses at
the samotiine. Wed, the present He: aid
company does not own the building
that was buil'. out of the profits of the
Herald newspaper,but it hires it at a sat-
isfactory rent for ateruiof year , with
privilege of renewal, and it never was
contemptible enough to try to humbug
the pu. lie into thinking otherwise.
As for the rest, the Herald Is promptly
meeting all its bills upon presentation,
and putting by such a tidy sum besides
that it is quite within the range of
probability that it may, in the not dis-
tant future, invest its surplus in the
granite pile that adorns the cor-
ner of Milk and Washington streets,
ending to the junk dealer for old iron
thtTpl^oi^oow used to print the mam-
moth edi^oTytoMtlU^nglxi^inal
and creative sheet knowir'-ihroughout
the civilized and uncivilized world as
"The Transcript of Boston."—Boston
Herald.
Swiss Labor Conference.
The Swiss Government has issued
(he programme which is to form the
basis of the labors aud inquiries of the
labor conference. It includes the fol-
lowing points:
1. In what degree, if at all, should
the State restrict Sunday work?
2. What is the minimum age below
which the employment of children in
factories should be prohibited?
8. What should be fixed as a maxi-
mum day's work for work men or
women under full age?
4. Should tho hours of compulsory
attendance at school which are now re-
quired by law be counted as part of a
day's work for juvenile workers?
6 Should the maximum length of
a day's work for juveniles vary ac-
cording to the ages; and during what
hours should the working time be
fixed?
6. -"What restrictions are necessary
in the employment of women and
children in unhealthy aud dangerous
occupation ? y"'"--
7. Should the Si it the em-
ployment of women ttvfd children in
oecupatlflm-i (mit'i I IB/fit nigh: time?
Si#*' ft* best" pitt iiii'i
effect and enforce tho labor regulation*
it makes?
Finally, the pr gramme submits t»
the conference that proposition for
periodical labor conferences, which
will become tin established institution
if this conference approves tin idea.
Clever Swindle on Jewelers.
The great jewelers of Paris have just
been the dupes of a singular fraud
practiced upon them with extraordi-
nary success. The 6windie has been
accomplished in the simplest way, and
all it needed for its execution was ad-
dres-, audacity, and a little capital.
French jewelers dress their windows
with consummate taste, exhibiting as a
rule, only a small portion of their
stock, but of the highest quality and
value. The swindlers had amongst
them a working g ldsmith, whose aid
they called in. lie studied in tlie win-
dows the patt"rns of p eces selected to
be stolen. They were chiefly linirs
and earrings and brooches, where the
setting was very plain, and the great
value lay in the stones.
Duplicates of these were prepared,the
setting of real go d, and the stones of
the very best imitation. Furnished
wilh these the swindler entered the
shop, made a purchase or two, and in-
spected the c stly jewels, but i ejected
them as too dear. It was upt till some
time afterwards that the diamond
dealer found that lie had been left
with beautiful paste in lirst-ralesetting.
And the same trick had been practised
on the same day upon a number of his
brethren. If the thieves come again,
they'll get paste instead of stones. Tho
jewellers have now had duplicates
made of all their-best stock, and tho
window exhibits are all imitations.
Longevity of Poets.
Oliver Wendell Holmes writes: I
said to Long'ellow that certain statis-
tical ables I had seen went to show
that poets were not a long-lived race.
He doubted whether there was any-
thing to prove they were particularly
short-lived. Soon after this, he handed
me a list he had drawn up. I cannot
lay my hand upon it at this moment,
but I remember that Metastasio was
the oldest of them all. He died at the
age of eighty-four. 1 have had some
tables made out, which I have every
reason to believe are correct so far as
they go. From these, it appears that
twenty English poets lived to the av-
erage age of fifty-six years and a little
over. The eight American poets on
the list averaged seventy-three and a
half, nearly, and they are not all dead
yet. The list including trieek, Latin,
Italian and German poets, with Ameri-
can ar.d English, gave au average of a
little over sixty-two years. Our young
poets need not be alarmed. They can
remember that f vyant lived to be
eighty-three years old, that Longfellow
reached seventy-five and Halleck sev-
enty-seven, while Whittier is living at
the age of nearly eighty-two. Tenny-
son is still writing at eighty, and
Browning seems in flourishing health
and vigor at seventy-seven.
A Chapter of Ancient History.
A London telegraph agency gives
the following singular story in the
form of a telegram, dated Ottawa,
Feb. 3.—A gentleman named Mr.
Vernon Smith, who died here, leaves
among his papers an account, now
published for the first time, of a nar-
row eBcape of Queen Victoria some
yoars ago, while he was Divisi<
Superintendent of a railway in img
land. Her Majesty was makiajjf the
journey to Scotland when ttojjr trair
broke down in the middle of af tunnd
in Derbyshire. The Prii<ejr Consort
and Mr. Smith urged the Qjfieen to get
on to the tender and leavt/the tunnel.
Her Majesty^ however, refused to
abandon her party, and 'Mr. Smith
ordered tlrfec fog-signals to be placed
near the' lioyal train, to warn any
trains from approaching. Shortly
afterwards a heavy goods train entered
the tunnel and passed over the first two
signals without noticing them. Finally,
when the third signal exploded, the
driver stopped the goods train, and
possibly thus saved the Queen's life.
The publication of this incident was
suppressed at t he time.
The -'Senseless" Kissing Habit.
It is said that the nursiug sisterhood
of St. Vincent, in France, have not
suffered from the iufiuenza, owing to
certain sage rules of the founder. He
discouraged asceticism, enjoined warm
clothes and every ,Fa^nar^ <mrf/lT^
because theji^ers should regard them-
selveTaiTSghting against the evil prin-
ciples which cause suffering in the
world, and the combat with whieli
needs bodily strength. They slept in
good beds from nine at night to five in
the morning, had good succulent diet,
were free from care unless to do their
duty, and were not to salute any one
by the way when outside of the
convent on their errands of mercy.
Salutations in cold weather were, said
the reverend mother, one of the most
fertile sources of throat and pulmonary
disease. In fine weather they were a
a cause of loss of time, and took the
mind from the.object on which it should
be set. The Hospital says it is glad to
note this onslaught on the habit- of
kissing, a habit in which women in-
dulge in a perfectly senseless manner.
If Shakespeare Had Iwen Interviewed.
Imagine had but tue interviewer
lived in the days of good Queen Bess,
how much of undying interest would
attach itself to his articles. "Our
representative called on Mr. William
Shakespeare this morn ng. ( unous
to say, the great roan appeared ill at
ease and confused in manner. '
was subsequently explained by Lord
" Bacon who was sitting writing -
~ next room, calling out.
I've finished "Hamjp?
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