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BY
Professor BocM's Military Band
OF TWENTY MEN,
| Front of Beach Hotel,
Evoiy Evening, Except Wednesday,
COMMENCING AT (!.
WE ARE GOING
TO
TIIE
[state military encampment,
AT
' LAMPASAS, June 21 to 26,
To Drill for tlie Frizes and Fight tlic Battle
Tfy' try body Invited. Amplo Accommodations
-•duced Railroad Bates.
V
Oar arrangements with some of the
foremost factories in Virginia being
completed, we are in a position to take
[ orders for all grades of CHEWING TO-
BACCO for direct shipment at the low-
' est possible cost to the oonntry mor-
' chant. Smaller quantities can be sup-
. plied from store at a nominal advanoe
; on factory figures. Our line is snoh
! that we oan please the most fastidious.
> Have also a full assortment of CIGARS
at popular figures.
Cotton Again.
/ understand there is still a good deal of
Cotton in producers' hands that will
seek a market during the next sixty
days.
Permit me to suggeit that there is no
better cotton market in the i
day than Houston, — ;'' (jOo1ft&Y •»
ly good figures havt YA« .aed here in
January, notwithstanding the. bad con-
dition of the general [market for
cotton.
I would suggest that you ship me your
cotton or correspond with vie about it,
and you will find that you will do
better than in any other direction.
ffffl. D, CLEYELAND,
HOUSTON.
AND
Engine
Boiler
FOR SALE.
W
E HAVE FOB SALE A 30-HOKSE POWER
| standard steel return tubular boiler, made by
the Erie City Irou Works o£ Erie, Pa., with
brick works and all necessary attachments ex-
cept bolior feeder. Also one 15 horse power
liotli Boiler and Engine are in good condi-
tion and have been in use or\ly six months.
Our only reason for selling is that they are
too small for our use. Will sell at GllEATLY
REDUCED PRICKS.
Foe further information call on or address
H. BELO & CO.,
Publishers Dallas Morning News,
DALLAS,
TEX AS.
I. LOVENBERG,
NOTARY PUBLIC,
ani) agent for the
NIAGARA FIRE INSURANCE CO.,
of new york.
CITY OF LONDON INSURANCE CO.,
of london.
COTTON,
We are prepared to make liberal advances to
merchants and planters to secure consign-
ments the coming season.
W. L. MOODY & CO., Galveston.
C1GAB8, $12 50 M upwards;imported Havana,
$6T fiO; Cigarettes, 50; Paper1, f 1; cash
special remnants job, one price. Will not be
undersold. Order sample box. Money refund-
ed for unsatisfactory goods returned." No baits
offered. A. W. Samuels, cor. Strand and 2-d st.
Planing-mill Men Strike.
Philadelphia, June 1.—The employes iu
the planing and sash mills iu this city
struck to-day, to the number of 2000. With
the exception of four mills, the proprietors
of which hail already conceded the demands
of the men, every man employed iu the
planjus and sash mills weut out. lathis
strike the men are upheld by the Protective
Building Trades council, numbering 111,').) I
men. Accordingly, unless their detaanls
are agreed to, no workmen will undertake
to work on a building, from the cellar-dig-
ger up to the painter.
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Office of Publication: Nos. 184 and 180 Mechanic Street, Galveston.
Entered av the Postotfioe at Galveston as Second-class Kuto
VOL. XLY.-NO. 38
GALVESTON. TEXAS. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 2, 1886.
ESTABLISHED 1842.
OWDER
Absolutely Pure.
This powder never varies. A marvel of parity,
itrength and wholesomeness. More oconoinl
Cal than the ordinary kinds. Sold only In caus.
BOYAL BAKING POWDEB CO. 106 Wali st.,N.t
DEATH OF JOHN KELLY.
John Kelly's death is reported this morn-
ing. He was a remarkable man. He was
in his day perhaps the ablest leader of a
political machine that this country ever
knew. He was a native of New York city,
the child of poor parents, and learned the
trade of a bricklayer. He became a volun-
teer fireman, and from that naturally
drifted into politics. He was an alderman,
a congressman, a sheriff of New York coun-
ty, and comptroller of New York city.
He reorganized Tammany hall after the
downfall of Tweed, and was the absolute
boss of that powerful political organization
until his death. He was, in the strictest
sense of the word, an honest man. He was
an unscrupulous politician,-and sometimes
pursued devious methods to secure his
ends, but his personal integrity was never
questioned, and he discharged the
duties of every public office he
ever filled with scrupulous fidelity.
He was a self-educated man. At tiventy
years of age, he could barely read and
write his native language, but ere he died
or reached the zenith of his power he
mastered Latin, French, German andSpan-
ish. He was a Democrat in politics,
but of late years, was more of a
Tammany man in a narrow sense
than a Democrat in a broad sense. Ho
bolted the nomination of Lucius llobinson
for governor of New York in 1878 and ac-
cepted the nomination of the bolters him-
self. He was supported by such Democrats
as 8. B. Cox, ex-Lieutenant-governor Dor-
sheimer, David Dudley Field, and in fact
by all the conspicuous leaders of the party
in New York city, and received 80,000
votes at the polls. He defeated Robinson,
what he aimed at. He married late in life
a niece of the late Cardinal McCloskey. He
was domestic in his habits, kindly in pri-
vate life, but politically ruled his followers
with a rod of iron. Without being a great
man, or even a man of very conspicuous
ability, he was in many respects a remarka-
ble man and left his impress firmly on the
affairs of his time.
AUSTIN.
Land Board Notes-General Local Notes-Tae
Laredo Situation.
Special to The News.
Austin, June 1.—The state land board
had a meeting to day, and passed upon the
applications of last month to lease school
lands. About 70 sections were lease.
The board has, through its agents, been
su< d in several counties to compel accept-
ance of bids for the purchase of pasture
lands, in seven section lots, .in Donley
county.
Some twenty-seven suits have been
brought against the board by parties who
made bids. In order to prevent this litiga-
tion from spreading the board to-day
passed a resolution whereby it declares all
the school, university and asylum lands are
agricultural lands, until the inspection and
classification now being made by agents of
the board is completed, when a more spe-
cific classification can be made. Under the
law lands purely grazing or fit only for
grazing may be sold in seven-section lots,
and agricultural lands only by the
single section, and to actual settlers. The
object of the board is to prevent further ap
plications for seven-section lots. Hou. J.
N. Browning,of Mobeetie, is here in consulta-
tion with the laud board, having been re-
tained to represent the board in land litiga-
tion in Donley county.
Caids are out for the marriage, on the
10th instant, of Walter Bremond. son of
Mr. Eugene Bremond, to Miss Mary Ander-
son, daughter of Mrs. Judge A. W. Terrell.
The examination of the classes in the
Deal and Dumb at-ylum took place to-day
end to morrow the commencement ceremo
nies occur. The institution is in a highly
prosperous condition.
Tillotson institute, the leading educa-
tional institution for colored youths in
Texas, has its commencement this week.
Work on the Bastrop and Taylor railway
has commenced at Bastrop and Elgin.
Captain Schmidt, whose ranger company
is stationed at Laredo, is here, and al-
though it is believed the trouble is not over
there, he thinks he can keep the belliger-
ents down.
Candidates for the legislature are speak-
ing at the temporary capital. Bo far the
campaign has been conducted here witii
unusmal courtesy and good feeling between
candidates.
THE MILITARY SPIRIT.
La Grange Holds a Meeting and Organizes the
Fayette Light Guards.
Special to Tlie News.
La Change, June 1.—Pursuant to a call
many of our citizens met at the court-house
last night and organized a military com-
pany of forty-one members, under the ap-
propriate name of Fayette Light Guards.
The meeting was presided over by Major
B. F. Dunn, with Mr. John Lane as secre-
tary. Everything was harmoniously con-
ducted, and efficient officers chosen by ac-
clamation without a dissenting voice. Geo.
D. L. Willrich, county attorney, was chosen
captain, with D. M. Killough and M. S.
Townsend as first and second lieutenants;
L J. D. Ujjfy, Aug. L. Fink, Leo Fred and
John Ehlinger as sergeants in the order
named. Much interest in the matter is
manifested by the members of the com-
pany and our citizens generally, and ere
long this bud of future greatness will
guminate into a foe worthy of the steel o£
our sister cities' proudest bands.
IS JUDGE REAGAN JEALOUS?
GIBBS NOT ENTITLED TO ALL CREDIT.
Reagan the Originator of the Bill to Regu-
late Receiverships and Contempts--
Barney Gave a Few Notes.
Special to The News.
Washington, June 1.—The Waco special
to The Dallas News of last Wednesday
iu reference to Governor Gibbs, especially
that portion of it which claims for him the
credit of accomplishing more in three days
than the entire Congress has done since the
clash between capital and labor, has
excited some comment in the Texas delega-
tion. Some of the members are emphatic
in pronouncing it absurd. They say that
instead of accomplishing more iu three
days than the entire Congress has done
since the clash between capital and labor,
he really did nothing more than
any citizen could have done while
remaining at home. Judge Reagan
does not concede to Mr. Gibbs the credit
claimed for him in the dispatch for the bill
to limit the powers of United States dis-
trict courts and judges in the matter of re-
ceivership, and to regulate contempts
arising therein, but says the bill, as intro-
duced, was drawn by himself, and was based
upon suggestions transmitted to him
through letters on the subject received
from sundry persons throughout the coun-
try for some time previous, as well as
with conversations and discussions with
Mr. Gibbs. He had also discussed
the matter with members of the
house judiciary committee, and other lead-
ing congressmen, with, a view of properly
maturing a measure on this important sub-
ject before undertaking to deal with it, and
with all the light thus obtained he formu-
lated a bill that went as far to roach and
remedy tlie existing evils as he thought it
would be practicable to go, and Lieutenant-
governor Gibbs did not frame a bill, but
handed Judge Reagan some notes, which
weie giveu due consideration, but were
in his table drawer when the bill, which
lie introduced, was drafted. The latter is
different in some very essential features
from the measure proposed in the notes of
Governor Gibbs. For instance, Judge Rea-
gan says the proposition to limit the .ex-
istence of receiverships to twelve months
was not embodied in his bill because of its
impracticability. The feature providing
for jury trial in cases of contempt was also
omitted as inexpedient. Judge Reagan
thinks that perhaps the presence of Lieu-
tenant-governor Gibbs caused him to pre-
sent the bill somewhat earlier than he
would otherwise have done, as he had been
quite busilv engaged with the interstate
railroad question and other pressing mat-
ters.
on the list.
In the bill reported from the house com-
mittee on banking and currency to amend
sections 5191 and 5192, Revised Statutes,
establishing reserve cities under the bank-
ing law, Judge Miller had Galveston in-
serted in the list.
ag a ins® a cattle trail.
Mr. Laird, of Nebraska, has presented in
the House a memorial from 112 homestead
pre-emptors and actual residents along the
fast line of Colorado, remonstrating
against the passage of the bill to establish
a "national live etock highway along said
line. The memorial alleges that at least
three-fourths of the land in several of
the townships is occupied by actual
settlers and homesteads, and that the
claims have been taken for the purpose ot
agriculture, and that the operation of the
proposed law would briug disease to their
cattle, trespass upon their crops, and stop
the growth of their communities and other-
wise cause inestimable damages.
gratified. '
The ladies in charge of the decor.ttion
ceremonies of yesterday expressed surprise
and gratifica!ion at the liberality exhibited
by southern men in contributing money lor
the purchase of flowers and other expenses
of the occasion. Among the list of the most
liberal contributors, as published, Judge
Miller, of Texas, is named.
morrison's friends uneasy.
The friends of the Morrison tariff bill do
not conceal their uneasiness concerning
the fate of the bill. Mr. Morrison himself
is disappointed at the failure of the admin-
istration and the party generally to render
the support lie expected for the measure.
He does not, however, credit the reports to
the effect that Mr. Randall will endeavor to
prevent its consideration by antagonizing
it with appropriation bills. Mr. Randall
said to-day that all such reports are untrue.
He is not, as has been stated, hastening the
preparation of the sundry civil ap-
propriation bill for the purpose
of crowding out the Morrison bill.
He states that the sundry civil
bill will be reported within a few days, but
not earlier than usual, and he has no desire
to prevent a full and free discussion of the
tariff. The protectionists assert that the
friends of the Morrison bill do not appear
anxious to bring their measure forward,
and that it may nave to go over to the next
session. This is denied by the Morrison
men, who claim that it will' be pressed for
consideration within a week or two.
the bankruptcy act.
The decisive majority against the com-
pulsory feature of the bankrupt bill, as de-
veloped by the vote in the Senate to-day, is
regarded as practically amounting to the
defeat of the bill. Its friends have no in-
terest in its passage without the provision
authorizing compulsory bankruptcy, and
the defeat of this is believed to have settled
the fate of the bill.
bogus butteh.
The oleomargarine bill still holds the
hoards in the House, and all predictions as
to when it will be disposed of are nothing
but conjecture. The Texas members are
unanimous in opposition to its passage.
GENERAL WA^riGTON NEWS.
got oberly's place.
Washington, June 1.—The president to-
day appointed John B. Riley, of Platteburg,
N. Y., Indian school superintendent, vice
John H. Oberly, appointed civil service
commissioner.
the public debt.
It is stated that the decrease in the public
debt amounts to about $S,800.000.
nomination.
The president sent the following nomina-
tion to the Senate to day: David L. Hawk-
ins, assistant secretary of the interior, vice
George A. Jenks, resigned.
Joseph E. Johnston, of Virginia, to be
commissioner in and for the district of
Alaska, vice Chester Zeeber, resigned.
cabinet meeting.
The cabinet session to-day was devoted to
the consideration of the Canadian fisheries
question, the action of Congress in regard
to the Geneva award and railroad matters.
hoisted the flag.
The secretary of state to-day received a
thort telegram from the United States con-
sul at Apia, Samoa, saying that he had
hoisted ilie Samoain flag under tlie Ameri-
can flag, as a recognition of King Maliettoa
as against King Tomasese. No particulars
were given.
will attend the wedding.
Secretary Manning and Mrs. Manning
will attend the president's wedding. This
will be the first social entertainment Secre-
tary Manning has attended since he was
taken sick,
seriously ill.
Mrs. Dunn, of Arkansas, wife of Congress-
man Dunn, has been very seriously sick for
several weeks in Washington. Visitors are
not permitted to see her, and while there is
thought to be no immediate danger, yet
serious apprehension is felt by her family
and friends.
beck's last bill.
The hill introduced by Senator Beck, to-
day, in the Senate, to prohibit members of
Congress acting as railroad attorneys
makes it. unlawful for any member of either
house to accept employment as attorney at
law or payment for services of any
kind from any railroad company
or any officer or agent thereof, which ob-
tained its charter or any grants of land or
pecuniary aid from the United States. Vio-
lation of its provisions is made a misde-
meanor punishable by a fine not to exceed
$5000, or imprisonment of not more than
one year.
at his post as usual.
The president proceeded at once to busi-
ness this morning as soon as he arrived at
the White-house, and approved a number
of bills, including an act authorizing the
Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railroad
company to construct and operate a rail-
way through the Indian Territory. Many
senators, representatives and other officials
called during the forenoon to congratulate
the president on his approaching marriage.
He was in a very happy frame of mind, and
endured the chaffing and pleasantries of his
visitors on the subject of his wedding with
the utmost good nature.
large statistics.
Tin- arling commissioner of agriculture,
in reply to a resolution of the House, mak-
ing inquiries concerning Ihe stock of corn
and wheat in this and other countries, the
demands of consumption and the prospect
of production throughout the world,
has transmitted an exhaustive com-
pilation of statistics by Pro-
fessor Dodge, statistician of the
department of agriculture. The tables
show that the world's product of wheat in
IBM was 2,110,000,000 bushels. The require-
ments of consumption, 2,105.000,000 bushels,
presenting a deficiency of 55,000,000 bushels
drawn from Ihe previous year's surplus of
125,CM1,W0 bushels. They find the pro-
duct of Europe medium, also that
of India and Australia, and heavy reduc-
tions in the United States. For the supply
of the coming year the crops of Aus-
tralia, India and South America, already
harvested, are, probably, about 32,-
000,000 of bushels less than last
year, while those of the United States
promise fully 100,000,000 bushels more than
the lii.tvestof 1885. Wheat in the United
States on May 1st, last was 102,000,000bush-
els against 152,000,000 bushels in
1885. Of the commercial stocks
of wheat New York held
4,138,095; Buffalo, 2,4.S0,117; Chicago, 117,-
777,£'".4; Milwaukee, 333.503; Minneapolis,
4,707,999, and Duluth, 7.393,748. The crop
of corn in 1886-88 was 1,017,1X10,000 bushils;
stock, 687,000,000 bushels, and exportation
42,000,000 bushels. The estimated acreage
of winter wheat now growing is 21,727,087;
spring wheat, 11,800,000; total, 36,527,087.
the president's return.
The president and party returned to
Washington at 8 o'clock this morning.
FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS-FIRST SESSIOH,
senate.
Washington, June 1.—Mr. Beck intro-
duced a bill to prohibit members of Con-
gress from acting as attorneys or em-
ployes of railroad companies that have
charters or have grants from the United
States.
Mr. Miller called up the bill extending
the eight-hour law to the letter-carriers.
The bill passed.
On motion of Mr. Dolph the Seuate re-
sumed consideration of the Northern Paci-
fic land forfeiture bill, and it was debated
until 2 o'clock, when the matter went over
until to-morrow, and the bankruptcy bill
was placed before the Senate. After M.r.
Hoar, by unanimous consent, had secured
some verbal amendments to the bill, Mr.
George moved to strike out all the sections
that provide for involuntary proceedings in
bankruptcy.
Mr. Hoar moved to lay Mr. George's
amendment on the table. The vote on Mr.
Hoar's motion was, yeas, 14; nays, 25. So
the Senate declined to lay Mr. George's
amendment on the table. The bill then
went over until to-morrow.
Mr. Plumb then called up the conference
report on the postoffice appropriation bill
and on his piotion the Senate iusisted on
its amendments and reappointed Messrs.
Plumb, Beck and Mahone as a conference
committee on the part of the Senate.
On motion of Mr. Plumo the Senate took
up the bill to prevent the acquisition of real
property by aliens.
Mr. Plumb said he would personally pre-
fer to have had a bill in some respects more
restrictive than the present one, but the
bill represented the views of the committee
on public lands.
The bill was passed and Mr. Sherman
called up the supplemental Chinese immi-
gration bill—that which explains the
meaning of the original bill on the same
subject, passed in 1882 and 1884. The bill
was passed as reported from the commit-
tee.
Mr. Sherman called up the bill to in-
demnify the Chinese for losses incurred by
the riots at Rock Spriugs, Wy. He said he
regarded it good policy, good Christianity
and good humanity to reimburse the in-
jured party.
Messrs. Cockrell and Mitchell opposed
the bill and Mr. Edmunds favored it.
Without action upon the measure the
Senate adjourned.
house.
Mr. Laffoon, of Kentucky, from the com-
mittee on public lands, reported a bill for
the forfeiture of the land grant to the New
Orleans, Baton Rouge and Vicksburg Rail-
road company. Placed on house calendar.
The House went into committee of the
whole on the oleomargarine bill.
The first amendment in order, that offered
by Mr. Daniel, of Virginia, abolishing the
tobacco tax, was rejected by 52 to 111. The
amendment, also offered by Mr. Daniel,
abolishing the tax on fruit brandy, was re-
jected by 38 to 125.
Mr. Dunham, of Illinois, offered an amend-
ment reducing from 10 cents a pound to 3
cents per pound the tax on oleomargarine.
Then amendments were offered fixing the
rate at 4 and 5 cents a pound, but they were
rejected, only, however, after a couple of
hours had been consumed in securing a
quorum.
On motion of Mr. Hatch, of Missouri, an
amendment offered by Mr. Durham was
amended so as to fix the rate at 8 cents,
and as so amended was agreed to.
Mr. Brown, of Indiana, oftered an amend-
ment exempting from the 8 cent tax oleo-
margarine which has been ascjrtained to
be pure and wholesome, and which is sold
under its proper name. Lost—14 to 92.
Mr. Mcl'ae, of Arkansas, offered an
amendment exempting from taxation oleo-
margarine into the composition of which
cotton-seed oil outers. Rejected.
Mr. Durham moved to strike out the taxa-
tion section. Lost—80 to 131.
Messrs. Negley and Curtin, of Pennsylva-
nia, presented a' protest of the trades as-
sembly of western Pennsylvania, represent-
ing 70,000 workingmen, against the passage
of the oleomargarine bill.
Mr. Tillman, of South Carolina, presented
a protest of oleomargarine manufacturers
in New York and Brooklyn and of the
Charleston (S. C.) Merchants exchange
against the bill. He vigorously defended
the manufacture of oleomargarine, which
was the poor man's butter, and denounced
the proposition to tax it out of existence.
Mr. Parker, of New York, protested
against the petititions presented by Messrs.
Negley and Curtin being regarded as an
expression of the sentiments of 70,000.
They were signed by officers of the order,
and not by the men themselves. A few per-
sons could be reached, easily worked upon
and easily induced to act in the matter.
Mr. Butterworth, of Ohio, would vote for
any measure which would separate the
dairy industry from the oleomagarine in-
dustry, but he' would not vote for a mea-
sure which would compel his constituents,
if they wanted to buy a substitute for but-
ter, to pay 10 cents a pound for it more
than they would otherwise have to pay,
simply because it entered upon the field as
a competitor of butter.
Mr. Farquhar, of New York, regretted
that his colleague (Parker) should have
sought to break the force of the remon-
strance presented by Mr. Curtin, intimating
that he did not represent the sentiment of
the workingmen. No officer of the Trades
assembly would dare send to Congress
such an expression of opinion that was a
falsehcod,and that he never heard of a case
in any assembly where Ihe officers had
taken npon themselves to formulate opin-
ions that were not held iu common by the
whole brotherhood.
Pending further action the committee
rose.
The speaker appointed Messrs. Blount,
ltiggs and Bingham, as conferees on the
postoffice appropriation bill. The House
then adjourned.
JOHN KELLY DEAD.
Ihe Great Political Leader Passes Quietly
Away After a Long Illness.
New York, June I.—Mr. Kelly has been
ill for seven months. During the last few
weeks he seemed to feel comparatively
well, but on Sunday last at 8 p. m. he was
taken with an attack of fainting and be-
came weaker. Afterward, ou Monday, he
was worse, but this morning an improve-
ment was apparent, iu the afternoon, how-
ever, he began to sink, and the ap-
1 roach of the end was realized. Mr.
Kelly's death was painless, although be
was conscious to tlie last. Only Mrs.
Kelly and her two children were present
when the patient passed away. Mrs. Kelly
was prostrated by the blow and is too ill to
see anybody. No funeral arrangements
have yet been made.
It was not for several hours after Mr.
Kelly's death that the fact was generally
known throughout the city. In fact promi-
nent leaders of Tammany hall were not
aware of it until they were informed by re-
porters. When the news spread throughout
the city it was too late for Tammany hall
or aiiy of the district associations,
except that of thB Fourth ward, to
meet and pass resolutions of regret. Police
Justices Duffy and trorman and Charities
Commissioner Brennan will superintend
the funeral arrangements. Two sextons of
the Fifth Avenue Roman Catholic Cathe-
dral took charge of the body. Late
this evening Mr. llrenuan anuounced that
the funeral would take place on Saturday
at the cathedral. Solemn requiem mass
will be celebrated over the remains, and
Archbishop Corrigan, who called at the
house during tlie evening, will probably
officiate. From Mrs. Kellv Commissioner
Brennan learned the Incidents mark-
ing Mr. Kelly's closing hours.
He knew he was about to
die and was perfectly resigned. " I have
always tried to live as a good catholic " lie
said, " and I wish to die a good catholic."
" I wish for the services of the church when
I am dead, but I want no de-
monstration, no display. I want
my funeral to be plain and simple."
Undertaker Hart will embalm the remains
and they will be buried in Cavalry ceme-
tery, iu a plot where lie the remains of Mr.
Kelly's first wife and the children of whom
she was the mother. Dr. Edward
T. Keyes, who attended Mr. Kelly
throughout his illness, said to-nigh! that
his patient had been in failing
health for ten years. The nerve forces
were impaired and all functions wore de-
ranged in consequence. He made strong
efforts to regain his health, but they were
all tutile. He finally acknowledged it as
useless to hope for recovery, and for six or
eight month past he had cofessed he was
dying.
FIRE RECORD.
a dallas blaze.
Dallas, June 1.—(Special]—At 8.30 a. m.
to-day, a fire broke out in the elevator of
the four-story corn mill of A. P. Young &
Co., near the gasworks, fronisome unknown
cause. The flames spread with almost ex-
plosive energy, so that by the time the fire
department—which hurried out promptly-
arrived the entire building was a mass of
flame. The heat was so intense as to feel
disagreeable upward of a block off, notwith-
standing which the firemen went up to the
building and worked manfully, several
of them, including Chief Kahn, re-
ceiving a severe scorching. The build-
ing with its contents was destroyed, and but
for the height of the flames above the gas-
works, it is believed that the latter would
also have been wrecked. As it was, the
roof of one of the buildings caught fire,with
the effect of dispersing the crowd, which
feared that an explosion would follow; but
such a consequence was mainly averted by
the firemen, who faced the danger aud ex-
tinguished the flames. The companies
spent the afternoon in throwing water on
the burning corn, which was of little or no
value. The loss on the mill and
machinery is estimated at $19,000
and on the stock of grain $1000,
while the insurance on the mill and ma-
chinery is ,$0000, and on the grain aud sacks
$2000.
According to a rule recently established,
the agents by whom the insurance was car
ried declined to give the press the names
of the companies who took the risk.
The east-bound Texas and Pacific train.
which arrived on the bridge as the hose
was being laid across the track, suffered a
detention of nearly an hour. The fire plugs
worked badly, causing considerable delay
to the operations of the firemen.
Pensacola
big blaze.
Fla., June 1.—A fire this
morning, which originated in a low gam-
bling dive, burned thirty buildings. Loss
$00,000. The walls of several buildings
were thrown down by exploding powder.
One hundred people were burned out of
their homes. The' street" adjacent to the
burnt district are tilled with homeless peo-
ple, household goods and merchandise. In-
surance small.
Tht» Wttsburgh Car Strike.
Pittsbui'.c*,.Pa., June 1.—The Oakland
Street-car coppany rut-umed with non-union
men this morning. Nine cars are now run-
ning, with policemen on each ear to pre-
serve order. The strikers, however, are
not disposed to commit any overt acts, and
everything is quiet. On the Wylie Avenue
line a number of cars are running with the
old employes, and others have promised to
leturn to work this afternoon,
FOR THE NEXT 10 DAYS
We Will Soli at Retail
FOR O ASH
ASSORTED FINE CASSIMERE
Norfolk Coats at $3 50
WORTH 87 50.
Call Early aud Secure One.
WEI'S BROS.
CLEVELAND'S CHOSEN BRIDE
OFF TO WASHINGTON TO GET MARRIED.
How She Spent Her Last Day in New York-
Some of Her Correspondents—A
Letter from a Crank.
New York, June 1.—It was late when
Miss Folsom arose this morning and broak-
fasted with her mother. Two handsome
bouquets were sent in to her by Mrs. Whit-
ney and Mrs. Endicott. Accompanied !>y
her mother and cousin and the wives of the
cabinet officers still in the city, Miss Fol-
som will leave for Washington at 0 o'clock
this evening. •
William Iiissells, of Buffalo, President
Cleveland's former law partner, called
upon Miss Folsom at the Gilsey at noon to-
day and spent half an hour in conversation
with her. He said he should accompany
Miss Folsom and her mother to Washing-
ton this evening. He said President Cleve-
land and his bride would soon take a trip
to Europe. The date of their departure,
however, he could not say. It was his
intention he said to do so ]ust after Con-
fress adjourns. Mr. Bissells and Benjamin
olsom left the hotel about 12.30 o'clock.
Miss Folsom spent the forenoon quietly at
the hotel. At 1 o'clock she was alone with
her mothi r, and busy with correspondence.
Since her arrival in this city she
has received a heavy mail, and
not a few letters from " crauks."
This morning the mail brought her a let-
ter from a man from Cleveland, O., sign-
ing himself "J.J. Martin, a friend of thela-
boring class." He wanted to know if she
would teach her li isbaud Uie amelioration
of the sufferings of the laboring classes.
"Will you." he wrote, "advise your lius-
bimd how to deal with these questions; and
will you, when you are a, mother, teach
your children to have the interests of the
laboring classes at heart?"
" We know," the letter concludes, " that
you are large of heart and will respoud to
these entreaties."
Mrs. Folsom and Mrs. Secretary Whitney
drove out this afternoon. Miss Folsom and
hei mother devoted the spare time of the
afternoon to packing trunks and other pre-
parations for the trip to Washington. Mrs.
Folsom in the afternoon ordered carriages
for 8.16 o'clock p. m. Misj Folsom took
dinner with her mother and cousin. They
sat down at 0,30 p. m , and did not arise un-
til about 7. The trip to Washington and
incidental circumstances were the princi-
pal topics talked about during the meal.
Shortly after 7 o'clock the hotel porter
came to the private parlor of
the Folsom suite to take charge of tlie
baggage. Altogether eleven large trunks
were piled on the express wagon that was
waiting at the hotel steps to go to Washing-
ton, and five others were addressed to No.
:i07 Mine street, Buffalo, N. Y. By 7.30 Miss
Folsom bad completed preparations for her
journey. She was dressed iu a close fitting
silk dress and wore a peak chip hat, with
high white feather resting upon it that in
no way concealed her face. The design of
her white cuffs and collar included narrow
stripes of black. Miss Folsom, Mrs. Fol-
som and Benjamin Folsom camedowu tlie
main stairway of the hotel, crossed tho
lobby and reached the closeu car-
riage in waiting on the street
at the ladies' entrance. Mr. John Bresliu,
proprietor of the Gilsey house, assisted tha
ladies into the carriage and Mr. Folsotn
followed. The balcony above the eutrance
was filled with ladies, who enthusiastically
waved their handkerchiefs at the bride-
elect as she was driven away. This was at
(i.5.r> p. m. The bay and gray team
was started at a lively pace to the ferry.
The route was toward Fourth avenue and
then down past Washington square and
transversely over the same route that the
president hurried only a few nights before
to meet his chosen bride. The same ferry-
boat that Mr. Cleveland crossed iu was
waiting. The carriage was driven aboard.
THE PALESTINE EXPLOSION.
The Wounded Doing Well—What is Said About
the Locomotive.
Special to The News.
Palestine, June 1.—It is impossible yet
to arrive at a correct estimate of the dam-
age done to the property of the Internation-
al and Great Northern Railway company
by the awful explosion of engine No. 720
yesterday. Five engines are badly dam-
aged. The shock drove engine 30, which
was standing on the same track with 720,
nearly through the east side of the round-
house, and men several hundred feet
away, in the tin-shop and other depart-
ments, were prostrated. A pecu-
liarity of the occurrence was that
many who were injured felt tha
shock without hearing the explosion
At least thirty men besides the two killed
were injured more or less or prostrated by
(he explosion; the five engineers who were
seriously injured, Goodrich, Gibson, Met-
ier, Healy, and Dickerson, are resting fair-
ly well to-day under the care of the doctors,
t'olley, Douglass, Walker, West, and Doc-
tor Smith of the company's hospital. Healy
and Motler are the worst sufferers, Healy's
right leg being broken in two places below
the knee, and Motler badly scalded all over
the body. Dickinson got a deep cut under
the left shoulder by a fragment of the boil-
er's jacket. Engineer Goodrich took his
breakfast comfortably to-day. His broken
leg is doing nicely, but a cut behind the
It ft ear gives him considerable trouble. A
piece of the boiler that shot up through
the west roof of the round-house, was seen
to whirl at least 300 feet in the air, and,
changing course, lodged in the roof of the
sand-house at a distance of seventy-five
feet east of the round-house, and fragments
of the ruined engine were picked up 301)
yards from tho scene. Engineer Wess
\Vhitcomb had just left the group of en-
gineers who were disabled, and Fire-
man Ed. Egbert narrowly escaped
death by leaving his engine. A moment
before the explosion. Frank Bailey, a car-
penter, was barely missed by a fragment of
the boiler, which crashed through the tiu
and wooden roof at the lower end of tho
round-house. Much has been said about
the condition of the exploded engine, but
no one was found who would go before tho
ccroner's jury and swear that it was unsafe.
Haymon, foreman of tlie department, as-
serted on the stand that if he nad been put
to work on the boiler he would have com-
menced on an entirely different part from
tliat which gave way. One theory is that a
large amount of gas or steam had accumu-
lated on account of the fixture, which
allows the steam to escape, being screwed
too tight by the engineer.
Engineer Rhody's remains were carried
to Willis last night. He leaves an infant
—a little girl. _
SPOKTING NOTES.
base ball.
Washington, June 1.—Kansas City, 2;
National, 1.
New York, June 1.—New York, 8; De-
troit. -1.
New York. June 1.—Cincinnati, 12; Me-
tropolitans, 7.
Philadelphia, June 1.—Philadelphia, 3;
Chicago,*0.
Philadelphia, June 1.—Athletics, 18;
Pittsburgh, 0.
Baltimore, June 1.—Baltimore, 7; St.
Louis, 2.
Boston, June 1,—Boston, 1; St. Louis, 2.
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