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(Successor to Mellhenny Oo.)
WHOLESALE DEALER IN
CRY GOODS, NOTIONS, BOOTS,
SHOES, HATS, ETC.,*
HOTJSTOIsr, TBZ.
Attention Is especially directed to the trad.»
I trhmt:»ry to tl»!6 elty. By reason of Hotttto V <
1 natural advantages you will Hurt it to yonr in
fter<-t»l to buy from mo. A fall line always on
liiaiut. 8e**cl me a trial order for tho Situ irons-
lion nmi San .Jacinto brandd of Oil Coats, the
■ best In the marktt.
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POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
This powder never varies. A marvel of parity
Itrength and wbolesomeneaa. More economl
I Ml than the ordinary kinds. Sold only Id cant,
ltOYAL nA KINCl POWDER CO. 106 Wall (1.M.1
HOUSTON
THE
STILL
Houston is still 50 miles and several
hours nearer the trad* than any other
prominent market in the State.
Houston is the railroad center of this
section, and indeed of the chief traffic
center of Terns, and it still offers the
best facilities for selling goods and for
handling Cotton satisfactorily ami
economically,of anyplace in the South.'
In addition to the above advantages
those who will kindly pat ronize me this
neason will get the benefit of business
victhods, facilities and consideration
which are the results of lonq years of
. experience and of a sincere desire to
i please.
I
[. D. GLEVBLLND & CO.,
ZEiOUSTOlT.
jigine
AND
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FOE- SALE.
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Ddard jtoet return tubular boiler, made bj
liitt i£rte City Iron Works ol Erie, Pa., wltli
Lilck works and all necessary attachments ei-
spt holler feeder. Also one 15-horso power
VestiiioB Automatic Eipe.
I Both Bolter ami Engine are In good eondt
on and have been In use only six months.
| Our only reason for selling Is that they art
|c* email lor our use. Will sell at QBEATL7
IDUC'KD 1'BICES.
| for further Information call on or addross
H. BELO &c CO..
Publishers Dallas Morning News,
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TEXAS
I. LOVENBERG,
AGKNT FOB
MAGARA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,
i( Hew York.
CITY OF LONDON FIRS INSURANCE
CBlPARY, ot Loiidsn.
ANGLb-KEVADA ASSURANCE CORPOaA-
ION, ol Sen Francisco, Oal.
EAST TEXAS FIHE INSURANCE C0MPA-
Y tlTjler Ttx
CLAIM to undersell others in quality of
go< <ts offered for price ashed. Order sampl"-
ItiX.»ti|iulu<ii'K price goods wanted; money re-
'iiidecl lor ensatisfm-tory goods retuine l;
llil.o: ( lie price. Write foi price-list. A. W.
\.MI'1.1 J<, Tobacconist, cor. Strand and 22.1 sts.
COTTON.
' We aie prepared to unite liberal advances to
l.icri l.antc anil planters to secure consign-
tdduiii'g tliese-ason.
W. L. MOODY & CO., Galveston.
I\ Territorial Topics,
j Taiilsquah, I. T., October 14.—One of the
llost interesting things the coming Chero-
Ice council will have to deal with is the
Idoption of a new code of laws. The com-
Jileis were appointed at the last session, of
li e council of IS 5. Hon. C. C. W. Duneaa
Jjud J. A. Scales inform us thit they will
|i. linit tiieir work in a very fe.v days.
I'l.ty sa v they have made some changes I 1
|ie Ihvs, looking mostly to the adv,iu.-.J. l
Tjhdiliuuof theGhc Tokens. If1 coua'.il
(.i f pis the coiilpilatii'U about $5 1l) or $ >)))
k;;ii ol printing will h.ive to :j-j doae.
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Omen of Publication: No& 184 and 1SJ Mechanic Street, Galveston.
Estkrkd at tun Posrromcs at Galvf.sto:; as Second-class Mattk«.
TOL. XLY—NO. 172- GALVESTON TEXAS FRIDAY. urTOEER 15, 1880.
•T^'ABLISHRI) 1812.
SABINE'S GREAT SORROW.
SWEPT BY THE WILD WIND AND WAVES.
No Details of the Disaster Yet Receivad-
Strsgglers Arriving at Beaumont---
Great Loss of Life.
Beaumont, October 11.—The excitemeat
over the great disaster at Sabine Pass is
unabated and our citizens aro doing all in
their power to relieve the immediate waut3
of the survivors and to hunt up persons
v ho are missing but not known to be lost.
Several relief parties have gono from here
already, taking food, clothing and other
necessities, while those who remain here
are busy administering to the needs of the
refugees who are coming in every
hour. It is hardly possible to
get a straight and full account of
the disaster. The people are so excited and
woinout (hat they tell, no two, the same
story, but in the main there are no conflicts
as to ihe following points: For several
days past the tide, both in the gulf and Sa-
bine lake, has been yery high. This high
tide began on Sunday, and on Monday the
lake was very full. On Monday night the
tide bed reached, passed and remained
above the danger point. On Tuesday the
wind began blowing rather freshly from
the northeast. It then veered round to the
noith and blew a perfect gale for
several hours. Usually a wind from
this quarter blows the water out of
the lake and causes low tides all along the
coast, but in this instance it had apparent-
ly no effect upon the banked-up waters un-
til about 1 o'clock, when there was a lull,
followi d almost immediately by an increase
iu ihe depth of water. Now, for the first
time, the people recognized their perilous
position. By 2 o'clock tho whole town was
flooded and the waves from the gulf and
bay mingled in the streets of the doomed
town. The wind freshed again, driving the
huge waves with irresistible force against
Ihe hot ses and fences, and all be-
gan to give way before them.
The people, terror-stricken, sought
safety in the secoud story of houses and
many broke through the roofs, and crawl-
ing out upon them, looked out uoon the
wild waste of water and prayed for deliver-
once. The whole catastrophe was so sud-
den ond unexpected thai it found all unpre-
pared, ar.d a hasty scramble to places of
temporary safety was all that could be
done. In an hour after the first rush of
water bad taken place several small
frame houses had been beaten into frag-
ments and washed away. One or two were
occupied bv negroes and all the occupants
aie known to be lost. With the destruction
of these smaller houses the danger ap-
peared to double for the remainder of the
town, for they had acted as a breakwater,
and when they were removed tho waves
had an open and unobstructed sweep to the
more substantially-built houses in the cen-
ter of town. The scene that now followed
beggars description. One house, upon the
root of which several people had taken
refuge, was seen to rise up suddenly as it
tore loose from its foundation, sway slowly
from side to side, and then fall with a
oath that almost drowned the shrieks of
li e poor people who were dashed into the
boiling flood. There was more than one
scene such as this witnessed by those in
moie secure positions who momentarily
f xnected to meet a similar fate themselves.
Hejief parties are expected to send
particulars back by the first return
tiain which is momentarily expected. It is
impossible to get anything from the surviv-
ors, who were too intent on saving them-
selves and their immediate friends to take
much note of what was occurring about
them. Their experiences are simply their
cwn,er.d relate simply to tha sudden and
overwhelming character of the disaster.
The steamer Laura left Orange last night,
ladened with provisions for the destitute
tied suffering. The whole country below
here is liocded, and communication between
here and Sabine is difficult and dangerous.
It is hoped that full and definite particulars
will be received in time to furnish you with
them to night.
Last night a special train was sent below
Tayloi's 'bayou, (and at that point the par-
lies took skiffs and went to Sabine Pass.
These people are expected back to night. "
It is thought that great loss of life has oc-
curiedst Johnson's bayou. A relief party
has gone in skiffs, and a tug has also gone
with another relief party. The search will
be continued fifty miles east of Johnson's
bayou, through Calcasieu pass.
from orange.
Orange, October 11.—Details of the de-
struction by the storm at Sabine Pass and
Johnson's bayou come in slowly and are
jet indefinite, though all agree that there
has been great loss of life and property.
Two brothers named Pomeroy were picked
up by the schooner Andrew Boden in Sa-
bine lake. They had been in the water
thirty-six hours, clinging to their capsized
yawl. Their mother and sister and Mrs.
Captain Junker, her son and little
girl, of the party, were lose. The
Pomeroys report that fitty lives were
lost at Ihe Porter house, where the people
had collected as the best place for safety.
It went to pieces at!) o'clock. Many per-
sons are missing. Still greater loss is re-
ported fiom Johnson's bayou. Whole
lamilies were swept away. Not a house
was left standing within five miles of the
lake. Parties were organized last night
«td left on the steamers Lamar and Emily
P, with provisions and bedding. They are
expected back to night, when further par-
ticulars will be obtained.
at lake charles.
Lake Charlrs, La., October 14.—The
mail boat just from Leesburg, at Calcasieu
pass, reports that the entire gulf coast of
Cameron parish was submerged by the
storm of last Tuesday night; that the water
was eight feet deep at the lighthouse, which
is far inland, and that there wa3 practical-
ly a total destruction of cattle and crops.
No lives were lost at Calcasieu pass, but
thiie are rumors of great loss of life at Sa-
bine Pass and Johnson bayou.
Associated Press.
New Orleans. October 14.—A Times-
Democrat Lake Charles (La.) special says:
" The loss of property along Cameron
parish, gulf coast and for some distance
west cf Sabine Pass by the storm of Tues-
day night was tearful. The mail boat from
Cameron parish reports that the water at
^alcasieu pass was eight feet deep at the
light ■ houi-e, and that the en-
tire country east and west was sub-
merged Tuesday night, drowning thousands
of cttttle and ruining crops. No lives were
lost at Leesburirer, Calcasieu pass, but at
Johnson's bayou, La., the entire families
of Alfred Lambert, Marion, Lukes, Geo.
Striver, Chas. Blanchel, Radford, Berry
aid two families by the name of Troneswar.
besides many others, whose nain?s have
Lot I etc ascertained, were lost.
Quiet in CharUston-
Charleston, October 14.—It his been
perlectiy qniet to day, and the, weather his
bf n: sultry. There lias been* no rain for
weeks.
LAEECO LOCALS.
A Scad to the Silver Kinee—Imports ol Mexi-
can Corn—A Ftinalo Fraud.
Larebo, October 14.—Captain Baxter,
superintendent of the Guadalupe silver
mines, near Villaklama, Mex., closed a
contract to-day with a lumber company of
Laredo for 800,000 feet of Texas pine lum-
ber, to complete the branch road from
Guedalupe station to the silver mines, la
addition to this purchase, the engines and
rolling stock, to handle 500 tons of ore per
day, have been purchased, and are now en
route from Philadelphia. The iron rails
for this road were purchased in England,
and will be shipped in bond via Corpus
Christi and Laredo. The saving on this
seventeen miles of iron rails, by reason of
their purchase iu England, amounts to
•V'CCO. The importance of these mines to
Laiedo is best illustrated by the tact that
their cash purchases in this city, per month,
average $5C0.
The tide of exportation was changed this
week by the arrival of several carloads of
coin from Mexico for Texas. These ship-
ments are to be followed by large nuantities
of corn in the future. For several years
past one of the largest items of export
thiough Lai edo into Mexico was corn.
Lieutenant Whitehall, of Company D,
Sixteenth infantry, who has been stationed
for several years at Fort Mcintosh, received
orders to day transfering him to Ringgold
barracks for duty.
A han Jsoinely dressed Mexican woman
to-day victimized quite a number of our
liberal-hearted citizens by soliciting sub-
scriptions on the pretense that she had a
lot of household effects in Mexico to be im-
ported into Texas, upon which she was un-
nble to pay the dutl s. It is needless to say
that the whole pretense was a first-class
fraud. _
HASKELL.
Seme Recent District Court Proceedings—
Heavy Rains.
Haskell, October 14—District Court has
been in session here since the 4th instant-
Judge—J. V. Cockrell presiding and up to
date two persons have been sentenced to
hard labor in the state penitentiary. John
Sewer, for burglary, was given three years,
and Colonel J. L. Scott, a practicing attor-
ney, about 50 years of age, who lived here
in 1885, but now of Meridian, Bosque coun-
ty, was sent up for two years for swindling.
The facts in the case are briefly as follows:
Mr. Ja8. Edwards, of Belton, had heard so
much said about the superiority
of bonds in this county that
he concludeed to come out and
investigate for himself. On his arrival he
met Mr. J. L. Bcott, who, being an old, ex-
perienced anil sharp one, at once engaged
the young man's attention and informed
him that ne represented a party who had
filed on a fine section of land, but for some
reason wanted to release the same, and for
a bonns of $100 would withdraw his file.
Whereupon Mr. Edwards paid Colonel
Scott the amount, when, in fact, the land
had never been filed on by any one. This
was September 20, 1885, and Mr.
Randolph Lawrence, the secretary of
the state land board, had on the 14th
of said month written Colonel Scott that
the section of land had never been filed on,
nor was it subject to sale, it being a watered
section and cot on the market. These are
substantially the facts upon which the
grand jury found a true bill, and the petit
jury rendered their verdict giving the colo-
nel two years to repent it.
We had a fine rain last week, the heaviest
ever known. The river was up so high as
to prevent the stage crossing for a week.
THE STATE CAPITAL.
Extractsfrcm the Comptroller's Report Cover-
ing a Period of Two Years.
Austin, October 14.—The comptroller's
report for the past two years is now ready
for the printer, so far as the statistics in it
are concerned. It shows a reduction in re-
venue from occupation taxes.
The gross receipts from taxes and office
fees for the year ending August 81, 1885,
were $2,004,222, and for the year ending 3lst
of last August, $2,198,873, an increase of
$123,CC0, which is due to the increased tax
on property. The balances were $145,000,
August SI, 1884; $8-1,000, August 81,18-5, and
$565,000last August.
The receipts included in the totals above
given include' $200,000 from bond sales and
$105,000 from cash borrowed from special
accounts and interest on asylum permanent
funds.
The permanent school fund has $2,0ts,000
in state bonds and $2,001,000 in county
bonds, $1,758,000 iu railroad bonds and $70,-
000 in cash. Besides this, the permanent
school fund has about $13,000,000 in land
n®tes, or a total interest bearing investment
of about $19,000,000. The available school
fund collected from all sources the first
year was $2,4(54,000, including cash from the
previous year of $455,000. The last year it
was 2,610,523, including a cash balance left
from the first year of $484,000. The balance
of this fund, August 31 of this year, is $170,-
000.
Land board receipts, $165,000 first year
and $410,000 last year.
PARIS.
"Mike" Connolly Nominated for the State
Senate.
Paris, October 14.—A labor convention
composed of delegates from some of the
labor organizations iu this senatorial dis-
trict met to day in pursuance of a call to
reconsider the nomination of Travis Hen-
derson, who had declined to accept. The
convention held secret sessions. A resolu-
tion to admit press reporters having been
introduced and lost, it is said that most of
the speakers in the convention were very
bitter in their denunciation of the press,
which probably explains their anxiety to
keep out its representatives. Mike Con-
nolly was nominated as candidate for the
state Senate and will no doubt accept. Ho
is a prominent Knight of Labor and is a
member of the state executive committee
of that order, and up to a short time ago
was mauaging editor of the Knights of
Labor organ in this city and is well known
in newspaper circles, having worked on
papers at Houston and Fort Worth at dif-
lei ent times. At present he is manager of
the Baltimore and Ohio telegraph office
here.
A BLACK SCOUNDREL,
He Is Strung Dp by the Indignant Citizens.
Mkmi'His, October 14.—Mrs. Leach (white),
residing two miles from Dyersburg, Tenn.,
was raped last night by a negro named
Matt Washington, who was shortly after-
ward captured and lodged in jail. This,
morning, at 10 o'clock, a crowd of 250 un-
masked men surrounded the jail and took
forcible possession of the ravishsr. They
would have hanged him in Dyersburg,
but at the request of many proan-
rent citizens they carried him across
ihe river and strung him up to the neirest
tree. Washington coufessed sayiug he in-
tended ravishing Mrs. Leach's 13 year-old
daughter, who was absent from home. Ha
also confessed to having ravished three
other wcrisn.
IMPRESSIVE OBSEQUIES
Hew the Great Chicago Syndicate Control tho
Cattle Market.
Dallas, October 14.—The cattlemen are
loud in their complaint of the addition of
$20 to the cost of every carload of cattle
shipped from Chicago to New York, be-
cause they say that every cent comes out
of the pockets of the cattlemen of the
West (not out of the pockets of the men
who handle cattle), and that it has de-
preciated the value of the West to the ex-
tent of about $2 per head; and will amount
to over $1,000,000 per annum, filched
from the cattlemen of the country, with-
out the slightest excuse. The cattlemen
complain that this advance was made at a
time when the profits to railroads from
transporting live stock was greater than
over before in the history of railroad traf-
fic, and is due to the inordinate greed of
the railroads. Colonel Slaughter, while
talking to a News reporter on the subject,
said that the price of beef is not regulated
by demand and supplv, as it should be. but
by the sweet will of the Big Four that
control the beef markets of the world—to
suit Armour, Swift, Hamlin and Morris. As
an illustration, Slaughter said that while fat
cattle were as low as ever known, still the
consumer has to pay as much for beef as
he did when cattle were bringing the pro-
ducer from $5 to $7 per 100 pounds, and all
through the manipulation of the Big Four
aforesaid, Gregory, Cooly & Co., for in-
stance, he proceeded, may have a consign-
ment of cattle with which they are trying
to do theii very best for their consignees.
Early in the day Armour sends a man to
them who offers a price below what they can
sell for late in the day. Swift's man goes
and offers a still lower price. He is
followed by a man from Nels Morris, who
offered a still smaller figure. Hamlin's
man brings up the rear with a still smaller
offer and gets the cattle for next to nothing.
In this way they control the beef market of
the United States, and the cattlemen are
powerless against them. The " big four"
are greater enemies to the cattle business
than drouth, pleuro-pneamonia and Texas
fever combined, for these three may come
and go as intermittents, but the Big Four
go on forever.
FORT WORTH.
A Three-hours Speech from a Powerful
'Zorter.
Fort Worth, October 14.—At the close
of a three-hours speech, made at the court-
house to night, by a Mr. Cochrane, Republi-
can candidate for governor, an old negro
who had listened to him remarked: "Dat
man ought ter been a preacher, he'd male
a powerful 'zorter." In fact the doctor de-
claims more like a backwoods preacher
ihan he does a political speaker. His
svetch here to-night was a continuous
tirade against the Democratic party
without one word in defense cf
Republicanism. He declaimed against
Jaws in Texas passed by a Republican
legislature ajjd laid them at the door of
the Democracy; asserted that as a matter
CF THE LATE CHIEF-JUSTICE CHASE.
H's Remains Formally Received in Cincinnati
ard Placed in the Keeping of the
State of Ohio.
Cincinnati, O., October 14.-The special
train bearing the remains of Chief Justice
Chase and the committees and others who
are to attend the ceremonies here to day ar-
rived this morning at 9 o'clock over the
Cincinnati, Washington and Baltimore rail-
road. Under the arrangements made by a
local committee of arrangements, of which
Mayor Smith was chairman, these were met
at the depot, where the cortege was formed
to escort the remains to Music hall. The
weather, which has been fine for many days,
becanr.e stormy, with rain, last night, bat
by Ihe time the cortege began to form the
clouds had partly broken away and a warm
October tun was shining through the puri-
fied air. There was a respectful gathering
of people about the Grand Central
passenger station house in that way to
testify their regard for the distinguished
dead. A platoon of police prevented en-
oroachment upon the space reserved for the
orderly formation of the cortege. This was
formed with tne first carriage containing
Governor For a. ter, Mayor Amon Smith, At-
torney genrral J. A. Kobly and Murat Hal-
stead. The second carriage contained the
members of tije Supreme Court of (hastate,
Hobs. T. F. Mini-hall, il. D. Follett, Selwyn
Owens and W. T. Spear. The third was oc-
cupied by Hon. Alphonso Taft, Hon, A.
Penny, Hon. M. F. Force and Hon. W. S.
Grcesbeek. The fourth, fifth and
sixth Ci'riiages contaiued representa-
tives of the Bar association and members
of the chamber of commerce of Cincinnati.
Arriving at Music hall, the casket was
boine down the center aisle and plaoed on
two columns resting on a platform in front
of the oenter of the stage, and the seven
colored pall-bearers sat down on either side
of the remains as guards of honor. The
hell was appropriately draped. The stage
was reserved for speakers and for dis-
tinguished invited guests. The hall was
well filled wilh members of the Grand
Aimy of the Republic posts, who came in
organized bodies, and by others, ladles and
gentlemen. Many elderly persons were
observed in the hall. A simple floral
design in white representing a cross,
a wreath and an anchor, was the
only ornament above the casket.
As Mrs. Catharine Chase—
Sprague, with the party in company with
her, entered tho hall and passed down the
cente.' aisle, the great organ sotindad the
funeral composition. At its conclusion
Hon. Ben J. butter worth made a brief ad-
dress, transfering the remains to the state
of Ohio, closing b7 committing to governor
Foraker the casket containing all that re-
mains of the distinguished citizen of Ohio.
Governor Foraker, in accepting the sa-
cred trust for the State, said the entire state
of Ohio felt honored by this day's proceed-
ing. Tho governor then paid a tribute to
the memory of the dead jurist. Prayer was
then offeied by Rev. Dr. John Hall, of New
York. CMs was followed by the Cnorus of
Angels.i
Ex-Governor Hoadly's oration was not,
as he said, the work of a historian, or of a
critic, but only the eulogv of a loving dis-
ciple. It was delivered with tenderness,
which at times was tinged with deep feel-
iDg. The choir then sang. Prayer.
Justice Stanley Mathews, of the United
States Supreme Court, in making the clos-
ing address, said he conld add nothing to
the picture which had been drawn of the wis-
dom and public services of Salmon P.
Chase, and only spoxe because in his youth
he had fallen under the spell and influence
of Mr. Chase, and had ever since been his
follower and his friend.
J ames E. Murdock, the veteran tragedian,
recited a poem, by W. D. Gallagher, and
after the benediction the remains were car-
ried to Spring Grove cemetery, where they
were committed to rest iu the family vault.
THE BIG FOUR.
of rotation the Democrats should step down
and cut and give the Republicans another
chance. He referred very briefly to the
Eighteenth legifjuture and admitted that
the Republicans were not infallible and
were liable to err. Throughout Ms entire
speech he bid strongly for the dark lantern
vote. Speaking of himself, he said he was
ihe only white sheep in the Cochrane fami-
ly ; did not exuect to bo elected, but was
confident he would cut the Democratic ma-
jority so short that the party would behave
itself in the future.
There were not 1C0 men in the court-house
to hear him, and a large number present
weie Democrats. The others were evenly
divided between Republicans and dark-
lanterns.
A DESPERATE*FIGHT.
A Fierce Hand to Hand Encounter in the
Territory.
Tahlequah, I. T.. October 14.—A gentle-
man just from the Going Snake district,
about twenty-five miles east of here, reports
Ihe particulars of a bloody battle between
two full-blooded Cherokees, resulting in
the death of one and fatal wounding of the
other. One Tickananski went down to
one Hairy's house to get some money—
about $15—which belonged to a boy he was
raising for Hairy. This was per capita
money which was paid out last snmmer,
and Tickananski told Hairy as he had been
too trifling to raise his (Hairy's) own
child, and as he (Tickananski) had paid all
the expenses of the child for a long time, he
ought to have the per capita money to buy
food and clothing for the boy. Hairy an-
swered that it was his child and made no
difference if he (Tickananski) had raised
him, he would be pleased with his
child's money. Tickananski upbraided
Harry some, whereupon he drew
a butcher knife and commenced to use it
with fatal effect upon Tickananski, who in
turn drew his knife and one of the worst
fights followed to the death. Hairy killed
his man by cutting him all to pieces and
aiter he was dead beat his brains out with
a stone. The gentleman who related this
says it was done in Dairy's house and that
trom bloody pieces of clothing, etc., around
the room a most desperate fight was had.
Hairy is in a most critical condition.
SAN ANTONIO.
General Local Miscellany — Arrested on a
Charge of Theft.
San Aktonio, October 14.—Major James
Lingan, formerly of this city, but more re-
cently of New Orleans, died yesterday even-
ing at Santa Rosa hospital of consumption.
Although he had been in failing health for
some time, his demise was somewhat sud-
den and unexpected. The deceased came
from a distinguished family in Maryland,
was a gallant officer in the Confederate
aimy, and was a lawyer of fine ability. The
courts adjourned to day out of respect for
his memory.
The sheiiff of Johnson county arrested in
tho city last night and left this morning
with n prisoner—Charles Stevens—who was
arrested in this city a few evenings ago on
a charge of having committed a rape in
Cleburne recently.
At the instance of J. M. Emerson, a Sole-
dad street pawnbraker, Wm. Hoare was ar-
rested this morning on the charge of theft
of a watch. Hoare was a watchmaker and
repairer employed in the shop, and on a
teorti. of r;S tdfta a number of wittehes
and quantity of jewelry were recovered.
Ho had been systematically stealing from
his employer for a long time. On being
taken before a justice he pleaded guilty and
was bound over iu the sum of $1000.
DOTS FR0M~1)ALLA3.
A Till Tspped-Rorton Declines-Other Local
Notes.
Dallas, October 14.—The saloon till iu
the St. George hotel was tapped last night
by thieves who got away with $32.
Johnson, the farmer, charged with out-
raging a 14-year-old girl, had a hearing to-
day on habeas corpus and his bail was
fixed at $500, which he gave.
It is understood that Judge A. B. Norton,
the Republican candidate for Congress, will
not accept the nomination but will help to
give Jerome C. Kearby a push ahead.
The Prohibitionists are offering their sup-
poit to county candidates who may be in-
clined to commit themselves to the enforce-
ment of the Sunday law.
II. Hanson, foreman of construction on
the Santa Fe, and five of his men have been
arrested on affidavit of the county commis-
sioners, charging them with unlawfully
obstructing the highway to the Trinity
bridge. Tne right of way was granted by
the city, but the county claims that the
bridge substructure extends under the
roadbed.
A COTTON TRANSACTION.
A Crooked Man's Methods of Raising Money—
An Old Citizen Passes Over.
Fort Worth, October 14.—Frank Wash-
ington, alias Maddox, who has been recog-
nized as a crook by the police here for two
years, played a successful confidence game
on several business men here last night,
but which was detected in tiaie to put the
officers on his track and he was arrested
this morning and jailed. Seeing a farmer
who had two bales of cotton on
his wagon worrying with a balky team,
he proposed to manage them, which propo-
sition was accepted. He mounted the
wagon and asked the farmer where he
wanted the cotton taken to and was told
Brooks's wagon-yard. The volunteer
driver started the team with but little
trouble, and drove direct to the wagon-
yard, Brooks and the proprietor being in
front of the gate as he entered. After hav-
ing turned the team over to
the farmer Washington went to
Brooks and stated that he was in
need of a little ready money, and asked if
he would let him have $15 until he sold the
cotton. Believing that the two bales of
cotton on the wagon belonged to the fellow,
Brooks let him have the money. Em-
boldened by his success in this instance,
Washington then went to B. o-
Evans, the merchant, and, represent-
ing that he had cotton in Brooks's
wagon-yard, negotiated another loan
from Evans. He went to G. H. Chase, a
merchant, and in the same manner nego-
tiated another loan. Two other parties
were victimized in the same way, but their
names could not be learned. This morn-
ing the fraud was discovered and officers
put on the track of the fellow, who was
found in a barber-shop on Fourth street.
He did not deny anything, but seemed to
look upon the whole transaction as a pret-
ty slick piece of financeering.
At the noon hour to-day Mr. J. T. Edring-
ton, uncle of Colonel H. C. Edrington, died
at the residence of the latter in this city,
after a long and painful illness, caused by
a disorder of the bladder. He will be buried
from the family residence to-morrow morn-
ing at 10 o'clock. The deceased was at the
time of his death 72 years old, and one of
the early settlers of Texas, and was well
known in the central and southern portion
ot the State.
J on n Berry, 15 years old, of Hirtlaud,
W. T , and another lad, chased a bear into
a field, lassoed it and tied it to a tree. Then
they tried to brain it with an ax, but the
haLdle ctuie out. Finally a neighbor came
along with a gun and shot the unfortuaite
animal,
$150,000 WORTH
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WE IS B4103.
BULGARIA'S GOOD BACKING.
AUSTRIA GIVES SOME SOIj.^D ADViCE.
The Situation Considered Critical by ths
English—Russian Opinion- Otl^r
Foreign Notes.
Varna, October 14.—General Kaaltovs
left here this morning on a special train for
Eustchnk. His departure was sudden and
unexpected. Orders were sent to ltust-
chuck to have supper prepared for him and
to have ho: ses in readiness for an imme-
diate journey. It is believed he is going to
Tirneva.
bulgaria warned.
Vienna, October 14 —The official jour-
nals wurnBulgariaagainstelectiuga prince
until the powers have agreed upon the
mobt Miitable person to select. They also
counsel her to abstain in every way from
Jjrovoking Russia. Diplomats here believe
tussia has elected Prince Alexander, of
Oldenberg, as her candidate for the Bulga-
rian throne.
a russian opinion.
St. Petersburg, October 14.—The Jour-
nal de St. Petersbourjj denounces the ni*u-
ner in which the elections in Bulgaria for
members of the /?reat Sobrauje were con-
ducted. It accuses the government party
of terrorizing the minority with stone and
cudgel, and asserts that the regency pre-
vents the circulation abroad of news show-
ing the true situation of affairs. Thi.*,
however, and the results of General Kaul-
bars's mission, the Journal says will t»
evtatnally known, and it will be shown
that General Kaulbars has acquitted him-
self with devotion and self-abnegatton
worthy of the cause whose triumph he
seeks. The Journal says, in addition: Tha
Vienna Fremdenblatt, like ourselves, saf-
fers from inadequate information and ap-
pears ignorant that terrorism had beenem-
ployedin Bulgaria, since it considers it9elt
justified in praising the regency for keeping
order and quiet during the elections.
an acute stage.
London, October 14.—Lord Iddesleigh,
foreign secretary, had a prolonged inter-
view to day with Baron Destael, the Rus-
sian embassador. It is undeniable that the
crisis in Bulgaria has reached an active
stage.
- inoignantly denied.
London, October 14.—Lord Iddlesleigfi
authorizes a denial of the report puplished
in the Journal de St.Petersbourg of a pnblia
meeting, alleged to have been held at Rust-
clmk. This report said that at the meeting
a telegram from Prince Alexander was
read annour.cing that he would return to
Bulgaria if re-elected. The report further
said that the British consul advised tha
meeting to resist the demands of Russia.
The British consul at Rustchuk reports that
to such meeting was held and that Lord
Iddlesleigh iB assured that the report ia
question was pure invention.
ordered to remain.
Sofia, October 14.—General Kaulbara,
Russian military agent, has been ordered
by his government to abandon his proposed
journey to Roumelia.
gone to sofia.
London, October 14.—Bulgarian advices
say General Kaulbars will proceed at once
to Sofia, and that his mission is to obtain
an indefinite adjournment of the Sobrauje.
ENGLAND.
a lockout threatened.
London, October 14. — The ooal-min«
owners of Fifeshire, Scotland, refuse
io concede the demand of tho miners
for an increase of 10 per cent, in
wages. The masters throughout Scotland
are in favor of a general lockout unless the
men abate their demand. Thirty-five thou-
sand miners would be involved in such a
lockout.
GERMANY.
consulting niSMARCK.
Berlin, October 14. —General Von
Schweinitz, German embassador to It issia,
who returned here recently, has had daily
interviews with Count Herbert Bismarck.
To-day the embassador was summoned to
Varsin, where Prince Bismarck is staying.
IRELAND.
mansion burning.
London, October 14.—Lord Kenamare's
mansion, situated on the lower lake of Kil-
iarney, is reported to be burning.
A GREAT STORM.
damage at detroit.
Detroit, October 14.—The wires through-
out tho State are almost all down, and it
seems to be impossible to learn anything
abojit the extent of the storm. In thia
neighborhood the gale prevailed all the
afternoon, the wind reaching 52 miles art
hour. ■ All crafts are tied up. The electric
light tower has suffered considerable dam-
age.
at toledo.
Toledo, October 14.—A storm to-day
struck Toledo about noon, and from that
until 3 o'clock the velocity of the wind was
45 miles per hour. There was considerable
damage in a small way, blowing down
ckimneys, breaking in show-windows, iia-
roofinc buildings, etc. Reports from north-
western Ohio bring tidings of slaiilar
damages.
in chicago.
Chicago, October 14.—Iu the office ot £h»
Western Union Telegraph company one ot
Ihe officers stated that the storm had given
the company more trouble than they had
had for five years. The comoany has large
gangs of men out repairing lines as rapidly
«s possible. Iu this city several frame
houses were blown down, and in one of
them the inmates were severely injured.
On Madison street a large building in pro-
cess of erection blew down and smashed a
building adjoining. The parks suffer se-
verely. _
AT HER OLD TRICK8.
The Notorious Mrs. Sarah E. Howe Appaars
Dpon the Surface Once More.
New York, October 14.—A special from
BostoD, Mass., says: "Mrs. Sarah E.Howe,
w ho was released from prison about a year
ago, alter serving three years for swindling
hundreds of people of thousands of dollars
by her notorious Woman's bank, is again
working her old game here. A few months
ago she and a colleague rented the large
house at No. 132 West Newton street, whera
they have again started the famous bank,
which is run on the old system, except that
they take on deposit no sum less than $20,
and promise 7 per cent, interest a month
instead of 8. To a woman from Kittery
that wanted to deposit $200 Mrs.
Howe said that she had ali her old
customers back again, and was doing a
larger business than ever. She explained
that she had no circulars or printed par-
ticulars to give visitors, and did not adver-
tise in tho newspapers. The patrons were
all private customers, and her cards were
sufficient. The police have bean informed
that Mrs. Howe is at her old tricks, and are
cow at work on the matter. It is probabia
that within a week the swiudler will again
be lodged behind the bars,
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