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Our Mr. J. 8. Newbouer has left for Boston
to make our purchases for the
FALL BOOT AND SHOE TRADE.
We assure our customers tbat wo will have
a complete line early in the season and will be
prepaied to fill orders promptly. Wo would
usk a continuance of the liberal patronage
already extended.
HALFF & NEWBOUER
(Successors to Mcllhonny Co.)
Wholesale bealers In Dry Goods, Notions,
Boots, Shoes, Hats, Etc.
HOUSTON - - TEX.
TO THE TRADE:
if you want fresh goods, sound
goods, goods in good condi-
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us your open orders.
If you want goods selected as
carefully and priced as low as
if you purchased them your-
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open orders.
If you need goods in our line by
carloads or job lots, write or
wire us for prices before pur-
chasing elsewhere, and in nine
cases out of ten we will get
your order.
Wi.D.GMaM&Go.
HOUSTON, TEXAS.
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OF
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Wholesale Grocers and Importers.
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We have on hand a few copies of
The Galveston News' Texas Rall-
aoad Map of 18S3. Price,10 cont^per
copy j by mail, 12 cents. A number
of ctanges liave taken place since
the map was first Issued, but It Is
still exceedingly useful to the trav-
eler, specifying distances between
points, and giving a list o' railroad
towns and cities In Texas having a
population In excess of 1000 Inhabi-
tants. Apply or address,
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SIMPSON & HARTWELL,
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coming season, 18S7 S, are now prepared to
make liberal advances. Applications from
ttierchanis and planters solicited.
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VOL. XLV-NO. 358.
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We are receiving every week shipments of
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and
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Hemcmbcr, we offer special induce-
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THE WEATHER.
Meteorological report received at Galveston
April IS, 1887, at 3 p. m. Observations taken
at the same moment of time at all stations.
locality.
Ear.
Tlier
Wind.
Haln
last
8 hrs
Woatlior
Galveston
211.841
71
N 8
.0
Clear.
Brownsville. •
211.77
88
SE 8
.0
Clear.
Klo Grande—
2II.7KI
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8 8
.0
Clear.
Palestine
29IH1
63
NW «
.0
Cleat'.
Corpus Christij20 82
72
E 20
.0
Clear.
MUTINY OF CONVICTS.
Sixty Inmates.of the North Carolina Feni-
itentiary Organize a Mutiny, but are
Cowed by Sta^p Troops.
AN IMPORTANT DECISION
OF THE INTERSTATE COMMISSIONERS
In the Matter of the Petitions of the Order
of Railway Conductors and Traders'
and Travelers' Unions.
•BALEiail, N. C., April 18,-Excitement over
tile convicts' mutiny ran high all day yester-
day. Tioops entered the penitentiary about
Bp'clockon Satiuday night and remained all
night. The gas was out, owing to an accident
to the main and the place wasin darkness, thus
greatly complicating the situation. Sixty con-
victs, who were out in a cell corridor, tore up
a jjai t of the brick pavement, but made no at-
tempt at attack. At midnight the gas was
again turned on, and the great building was
illuminated. No fuither attempts to force
the convicts into the cells was made.
Tho mutineers assembled In the cor-
ridor and swore and shouted. Yes-
terday n ornlng they went into a large room
known as tho Sunday-school room.. The riot
alarm was given in tne city, and more white
trioops went out to the penitentiary,
while the loicd company were assembled
at the armory In readiness for recall. The
convicts waved red flags from the windows of
the prison, w hich were observed bv hundreds
of persons who had assembled near the build-
ing. Governor scales gave instructions that
blooch lied must not be resorted to only as an
extreme measure, but that it must follow the
slightest attempt at escape or riot. He placed
tire militai y under the control of Warden
I licks. The convicts during the day refused
to go to their ceils, saying they wanted tholr
grievances rediessed. f inally, after an all-
diy's conference, they promised to obey and
wtent to their cells. The excitement hero was
remarkable, and was made more intense by
the evident sympathy of some people outside
with the mutinous convicts.
TO BE CONTESTED.
Dallas to be Treated to a Fight Over the
Mayoralty of that City.
DALLAS, Tex., April 18.—The new city coun-
cil was installed to day. A protest was pre-
sented on the part of Ed E. Smith, contestant
for the mayor's office, alleging that W. 0. Con-
ntir is disqualified because he is a member of
a corporation—meaning the Commerce and
Eivay street railway company, which Is in ar-
leais 'o the city, and because that corporation
is a contractor with the city for beeping In re-
pair certain crossings and for the perform-
ance of other duties. Mr. Connor will not
r uallfv pending the trial of this feature of the
case, which is set for next Thursday night.
The principal ground for the contest Is al-
iased illegal voting. The notice of contest
gives the names ol seventy-five persons who
are charged with that offense.
Systematic Bobbery Exposed.
Charleston, S. C., April 18.—John Caldwell,
white, Wm. Froneberger and Joe Harris, both
colored, were arrested in Greenville charged
with being Implicated in a scheme for the
wholesale robbery of through freight trains
on the Richmond and Danville road. Oald
well Is widely known. Since last November
the authorities of the railroad have missed
various articles of freight from trains en route
southward. Goods to the value of foOOOliave
been reported missing. The robbery was
traced to Greenville, and It was discovered
that John Caldwell had been offering privately
a la' ge lot ot plaids for sale. Investigation
showed that a systematic robbery was being
opeiated by an organized band, other parties
• "ndcr suspicion. So far no railroad men
«!•« TmiiTlcaVt'i. Oaidwe'l informed Chief of
Police Kenntdy where 75C0 yards of plaids
can be found at a store in Vise country.
WASHINGTON, April 18.—The following em-
bodies the most important action yet taken
by the interstate commerce commissioners.
Tho Immediate matters selectod to which
append tho opinions of the commission only
affect the Interests of limited classes^ but the
opinions themselves cover, in important re
spects, interpretations of the Interstate com
merce law and determinations respecting the
• Jtentof tho powers with which the ootnmls
slon deems Itself charged; and, as proved by
the Immense correspondence of the commis-
sion, arc of Interest to almost every branch
of trade or commerce In the land.
The following Is the text of the ruling of
the Interstate commission:
Washing Top, Apill 16.—In tho mat-
to.' of the petition of the Order
of Kallway Conductor.-', In the matter
of the petition ot the Trader's and Traveler's
union. An application in writing has bemi
made to the commission for Its auswer to
the following questions, propounded in behalf
of the Older of Railway Conductors:
1. Are railway companies prohibited from
issuing free transportation to the immediate
families of the employes of their own rall-
2." Are railway companies prohibited from
using free or reduced transpoi tation to
officers of the association composed exclas
ively of lallway employes while tnese officers
are temporarily out of railway service and
exclusively employed by these associations?
!i. May railway companies issue pas»es to
emplojesof other railways on application of
employe, or must such application come from
i,n opt< <•" of the company by which lie Is
employed?
Jul, railway companies Issue free or re-
duced transportation to those who make rail
way eeivlee their business or trade, while
temporarily out of employment and In search
of a situation?
5. May railway companies provide free
transportation for delegates to the annual
conventions of an association composed ex
clutlvely of railway employes, upon certifi-
cates from the officers of the association that
they aro such representatives?
(i. If free transportlon may be furnished to
representatives described In question *, must
all such lepresentatlves be actually In the em-
ploy ot some railway, or may It lnclnde those
who may be temporarily out of employment
and tliOfe temporarily engaged in other em-
ployments as officers of such associations?
7. If free transportation is provided for dele
gates described In question 5, may It Include
members of the Immediate families of the
delegates.?
8. If free transportation or reduced rates
arc provlied for representatives of any one
association, must the same be extended to all
others which aro composed exclusively of
railway employes, on application?
traders' and travelers' union.
Another appllcatlm has b on made to the
commission en behalf of the Traders' and
Travelers' union, stating the system under
w hich an additional allowance of free baggage
. had heretofore carried by commercial
tiavelcrs, subject to the written agreement
for registry and Indemnification, which sy3-
ton ibe commission Is requested to examine
carefully, "and advise us If there Is any rea-
son why a railroad company desiring to do su
should not enter into such an arrangement to
grout tinder stated terms an Increased allow-
ance of free baggage."
These two petitions, presented by highly re-
spe ctable organizations, and raising questions
of immediate practical Importance, are repre-
sentatives of a large number o( similar appli-
cation which have been made to the commis-
sion for its construction of the provisions of
the act to regulate commerce, as applied to
t lie various points at which these provisions
touch the customs of the past. They have
been selected simply as they indicate the gen-
ual character of ail and enable the commis-
sion to announce cei tyin conclusions to which
it hp? mi ived respecting its jurisdiction and
its powers.
It Is ob\ lous from the tenor ot stiqh applica-
tions as these which reach us by everymi.il
that the impression is generally prevalent
that this commission has power to construe,
interpret and apply the law by
preliminary judgment. We are continually
appeal* d to lor decisions In advance as to
wlittlier common carriers, said to be willing
to adopt certain methods of dealing with
respect to the interstate commerce can do so
without subjecting themselves to penalties
pronounced oy tr.e statute for the violation of
ltfe piovislons. A careful reading of the act
to legulate commerce, under which this com-
mission is organized, will show to petitioners
andothciswho have made similar applica-
tions that no jurisdiction lias been given us
to onswer questions like those under consid-
eration. An expression of our opinion upon
these subjects at this time, being neither a
duty Imposed nor a power conferred by statute,
would carry with it no judicial efficacy or
sanction; in fact, would be no more useful
to the public or fhe carriers, than tho opinion
ot other men upon the same points. Two
sections oi the law confer power upou the
commission to entertain and decide applica-
tions and pttitlons, and section 4 empowers
ns upon application by a common carrier to
authorize such common carrier In special
cases to cha-ge less for longer than for shorter
distances over the same line, aud also to pre-
scribe the extent of relief from tho operation
of t ho former part of the same section which a
designated common carrier may from time to
time enjoy. A large number of petitions have
been filed under this section, consideration of
which is at this time engaging the at-
tention of the commission, and
nothing said In this opinion is to be
treated as in any manner bearing thereon. It.Is
obvious that applications like those of the
Railroad Conductors and Traders and Travel
ers'union, have no relation whatever to the
duties imposed upon us by section i, and this
is the only section of the law which the com-
mission has power to suspend or relax. Sec-
tion 18 authoilzes complaints to the commis-
sion, and confers jurisdiction to entertain tho
same. It provlaestliat any person ''complain-
ing of anything done or omitted to be done by
any common carrier subject to the provisions
of this act, in contravention of provisions
thereof, may apply to said commission by pe-
tition, which shall briefly state tne facts,
notice and opportunity for answer having
been given, unless satisfaction is made or
Investigation is required, and upon such
an investigation the commission will neces-
sarily entertain the consideration of the
question whether the conduct complained of
Is or not In contravention of the provisions
of the law, and If it so adjudges it is author-
ized to issue notice enjoining the carrier from
further violation of the law, and to award re-
naration for injury done or both. But neither
the railway conductors nor Traders' and
Travelers' union complain that any common
carrier has violated the law. On the contrary
they both aver that railroad companies do not
violate the law and do not wish to do so. The
conductors say they fear they will not receive
passes as heretofore, and the traders and
travelers sav they fear the commercial
travelers will not be allowed free
transportation for ISO pounds extra bag-
gage, as was allowed last year. They present no
complaint of anything done or committed in
contravention oi the provisions of the law.
If a railway company should Issue a pass to a
conductor and his family to attend an ap-
proaching convention, or should transport
3t0 pounds of baggage free for a commercial
traveler under the registry and indemnity
system and some person, feeling aggrieved,
should make complaint of the unjust dlscrlm
inatlon, it would then bo proper for the com-
mission to entertain the question of whether
such conduct was or was not in violation of
law,and If so whother It was or was not within
tho exceptions stated within section 22. Com-
plaints may also be presented If ehargos made
by the can lers are not considered reasonable
and j 'ist. But until a question of this kind
comes before us In the way clearly
Indicated by the statutes it would
be worse than useless for us
to express opinions or give advice. We
should ne t only lay ourselves justly open tJ
the charge of assuming unwarranted author
itv, but should also run a great risk of involv-
ing ail concerned in what the courts might txf
t> rward hold to be breaches of law, by hasty
at d Ill-considered conclusions, upon ex parte
st; tements and arguments. Although it
might bo desirable, or at least convenient, In
respect to any new piece of legislation to have
a iilbuiial established to which inquirers
might apply for Instructions icspoctlng tho
meaning of the law and Its application to sug-
gested clicunietances and conditions, a iao-
mi nt's r» Uegtlon will show that np such trlbit-
mil could bu properly orectod Congress hits
not taken the management of tlio railways
or.t of the hands of railroad companies. It
has sin.ply established certain general prin-
ciples under which Interstate commerce
must be conducted. It lias enacted In
in section 1, that all charges for Interstate
tiatu pollution "slmli bo reasonable and just,"
lius prohibited In section 2 all manner of
unjust discriminations; has forbidden In sec-
tion 3 all undue and unreasonable pre-
leiences and advantages; has required in the
seme section reasonable and equal facilities
for Interchange of traffic, and has prohibited
In : eel Ion 5 tho pooling of freights That
In substance Is the Interstate commerce law.
Tlieic Is nothing novel In these pro-
visions. Iliey simply bilng back tho
business of common carriers to well settled
prlncipfes of common law, yet no one can
deny there was an urgent need of their statu
tcry formulation. The alleged difficulties iu
putting them in operation only disclose ex-
amples of the extent to which they havo been
violated In tho past. These sections of the
act are expressed in plain words. A con
sttuctlon must be given to them
In ilie first Instance by carriers and tholr
pattors. When a course of conduct has
been adopted on which compla'nt Is mado
rbut It violates law, the decision of the ques-
tion w ill rest with the courts or with the com-
mission, as the complaining party may elect.
Tills Is Hie orderly method in which all legis-
lation Is administered and applied, and the
statute in question presents no exception.
One more suggestion may propedy be
aaded. It appears from the numerous
petitions that have been laid before us for
preliminary advice, that many of them ob-
viously are upon the suggestion, If not by
procurement, of the carriers themselves,
e'e nitron carriers and those wiio have liereto-
foie enjoyed special fayors at their hands de-
scribe t lie system of penalties which
the law provides as extreme, aud
lit ks Imposed upon unintentional aud
unwitting violators of its provisions as enor-
mous. Such comment seems to us neither
fair nor just. It is true that section 8 provides
that for a violation of the law, ancl for failure
to do an act which the law re (ttlres, that tlie
offending currier shall be liable to the Injured
party lor actual damages sustained, to
gather with reasonable counsel or attorney's
fee, to be fixed by the court, aud
called with costs in the case. It Is also true
that section 10 Imposes a fine of "not to ex-
ceed $E»000" upon common carriers and their
(.Ulcers, agents and servants, who wilfully do
or cause to be done, or willingly suffer or per-
mit to be done any prohibited act, etc., upon
conviction in a district court of the Untied
Mutes. The civil remedy described In section
8 adds an attorney's fee to the existing
common law right ot any injured party to re-
aver the full amount of his damages, a con
dltlon of affairs which can not greatly alarm
corporations disposed to fair dealings; while
the criminal remedy Is given In section 10, ob-
viously pertaining to the Intentional viola-
tors of the law, and is in those cases to be
gradated by the court according to the
enoimity of the offense, good filth,
exhibited In an honest effort to
cany out the requirements of the law, will
involve reasonable and fair-minded officials,
in no danger of damages or flues. The ela-
sticity of the statute in tbelr favor Is notice-
able. The unjust diseilmlnation of section 2
must be in "a like and -contemporaneous ser-
vice in the transportation of a like kind of
traffic, under substantially the same
or similar circumstances and conditions.
The preference or advantage of section 3
must be "unduo or unreasonable." Through-
out the act, as It now stands in a confessedly
experimental form,there is exhibited an ob
vlous and a generous purpose to allow to cor-
porations ample scope In the condueting of
their business as common carriers for the
people, and a fair consideration of every rea
sonable claim, while insisting upon
just, Impartial, open and consistent rates ot
i bHjgeto which every citizen shall be subject
alike, whose situation Is the same. Surely
people could not ask for less. .The language
and ln ot of-the act wholly fails to justify tall
icad managers, if any such there be, who re
fuse to accept the responsibilities, to decline
to offer tates, neglect to announce con
citionsof traffic, embarrass customary intor-
c-bango of business and Impress stagnation
upon trade, while they "stick in the bark" of
the phrases and expression of the law, in-
venting doubts and imagining dangers. It is
still more unjustifiable for railroad compa-
nies to make use of general clauses ot the law
Ignoring its modifying and enlarging words
irloimulus, in order to impose additional
burdens upon localities, trades, professions,
manufacturers, consumers, classes of trav-
eler or employes, straining and repressing
every construction in favor of the corporate
treasury and quoting the new law as their
authority for all manner of petty exactions,
'lite powers of the commission are entirely
adequate to cope with such conduct,
the existence of which is not
affirmed, although it lias been
somewhat publicly suggested tho same statute
which enacts that charges for like services
tl-ali be uniform to all, also provides that
e barges in every ease, aud for every kind and
class of seivice, shall be reasonable and just.
As the law Is practically applied It is said to
contain nany elements of advantage to the
economical and profitable management of
the business of carrier?, which they
have not been slow to apprehetd and take
benefit of. The commission ventures to ex-
press the hope that with this explanation re
specting the mutual functions of carriers and
comn.lisloneis in carrying the law Into effect
according to its true intent and meaning,
tnere will be no lack of good faith and
active co operation in continuing the
notmal activity of every kind of reput-
able industry and traffic throuphont the
land under favorflble, fall- and reasonable
terms, conceding frankly to the people all
lights, benefits, advantages and equal privi-
leges which the "act to regulate commerce"
was intended to secure. The commission
then gives at lenath its reply to Decatur
Axtell, receiver of the Richmond and Alle-
ghany railroad, which, it says, is a sample of
many of the same sort. Mi. Axtell
is Informed that his petition for relief is de-
ficient, not being verified, and fails to set
forth a state of facts on which relief is
claimed with sufficient clearness. The reply
proceeds: The law tinder which weareacting
lays down a general rule,w hich is presumably
just and which must be applied in
all cases unless the facts aro shown
which make a particular' case clearly
exceptional. These should be shown by the
petition which is presented for rolled, and the
eon mission, before it can grant the relief,
lufjst satisfy Itselt on Investigation that the
farts are as stated, and that they render tho
oidlnary operation of the law oppres
siye to an extent that warrants an
exeenition being made in the petitioners'
favor. We do not think you make such a ca-e
of your petition. The statements are very
brief and general, and are quite as much ex
presslons of opinion as statements of faet.
lbe prayer of petition Is also too broad.
You ask that the operation of the law
bo suspended general'}' as to your road; bu*
the commission doos not giant a general sus-
pension as to any road, but gives relief only
as to traffic between specified points. For
Uiese reasons no order la made on your peti-
tion. Very respectfully yours,
T. M. Oooi.f.v, Chairman.
MARITIME MATTEHS.
a steamer ashore.
London, April 18.—She steamer ashore off
Bonifacio is the Tasmania, not Lanania, as
first reported. The Tasmania belongs to tho
Peninsula and Oriental Steam and Navigation
company, 4498 tons, and was bound from Bom-
bay for Marseilles. She wa3 stranded on
Mouachl rocks, to the south of Corsica. All
tire women and children among the passen-
gers have been landed. She carried 180 pas-
sengers, of whom seventy-four are landed.
Two French steamers are assisting in the
wcnk of rescue. Assistance has gone from
Ajuccio and Marseilles.
a steamer foundered.
Telegraph cable repairing steamer Vota was
foundred off the Island of Mycous, in the Gre-
cian archipelago. A portion of her crew wa)
drowned.
arrived, sailed, etc.
Nf.w" York, April 18.— Arrived: Steamer
Fumessia, from Glasgow; Polynesia, from
Hamburg.
Southampton, Ant 11 18.—Arrived: Steamer
Wen a, from New York for Hi omen.
haviii;, April 18.—Arrived: Steamer La Gas-
coune, Horn New York.
Ft', imott1i, April IS—Arrived: Steamer Wl
land, lroni New York for Hamburg.
Qi oKsstown. April H —Arrived: Steamer
litcliaaa, fiom Philadelphia.
EXCI1EMENT IN ENGLAND
OVER AN ALLEGED INFAMOUS LETTER
Sa'd (o Ccnlain Startling Admissions by Mr,
Parnell to Mr, Egan Concerning the Phoe-
nix Park Murders—A Denial.
London, April 18.—A flyellne whip pub
llshed to day urges the conservatives to at-
tend a meeting of the House ot Commons to-
night to be on hand to vote for the seoind
leading of the Irish crimes act amendment
bill.
A LETTER CAUSES EXCITEMENT.
An alleged letter from Mr. Parnell, »up-
posed to have beon addressed to Mr. Egtn,
relative to tho I'licunlx Park murders, which
the Times published this morning, caused In-
tense eicltement among all partlos. In an
interview today, Mr. Clancy (Pavnelllte),
member for Dublin county, branded tho let-
lei as an infamous concoction, and declared
It bears internal evidence of forgery. He said
suspicion has already been directed against a
ccituln person as the forger.
the letter.
The following Is tho text ot the letter that Is
creating so much excltcment In the old do
minion, as published In tlie London Times,
simply dated and.unaddtBssed:
De ar Sli—I am not surprised at your Mend's
linger, but lie and you should know that to
denounce the murders Is the only course open
to us. To do that promptlj and plainly Is our
best policy. But you can tell him and all
others concerned that, though I regret the
accident of Lord Cavendish's death, I can not
refuse to adn It that Burke got no more than
bis deserts. You are at liberty to show lilin
this, and others whom yon can trust also, but
Itt not my address be knonii, lie can write
to the House ol Commons.
the press opinions.
llie Times says; "Mr. Parnell can not expect
that a simple repudiation of the letter will
have any weight with public opinion. He must
bilng more solid proofs to annul the effects of
tlie disclosure."
. The Globe, commenting on the letter, says:
"Until the horrible accusation that Mr. Par-
nell wiote the letter is proved, we shall dis-
credit it."
The Pall Mall Gazette says: "Until the
authenticity of the letter shall be absolutely
proved, there will be no need to discuss Its
contents."
The St. James Gazette says: "The letter is
so grave a document, it will not do to regard
it as genuine until Mr. Parnell shall be heard
from concerning It."
UNIVERSAL CONDEMNATION.
All declare the letter an Infamous concoction
and a deliberate Invention to publicly slander
the leader ol the home-rule party. They say
that even on the low ground of expediency Mr.
Parnell would be the last man In the world to
w rite a letter containing such damning ad-
missions, T1 ey contend, therefore, that all
reason In tho ease proves the letter to be a
forgery on the face of it. Pointing for proof
to the contents of the document, especially to
the writer's warning, the person to whom tho
letter was purported to be written, not to dis-
close tho addroes, while no address Is given,
the fact that the signature Is the only part of
the letter In Parnell's writing Is by Itself,
home rulers argue, proof that the whole thing
Is a fraud, as, according to them, while It
w ould be difficult to obtain enough specimens
ol l'arnell's handwriting to enable a forger to
Imitate it to tho extent necessary to success-
fully palm off the whole letter as his, It is not
at all difficult to obtain his signature.
MS. 1'All NELL WILL deny.
Mr, Parnell, the agent of tho Associated
Press Is authorized to state, will categovcally
deny that be wroto the letter. Mr. Parnell
will mako Ills denial In tho House of Com-
mons. The editor of the Times will be sum-
moned to the bar of the House of Commons
to explain the authorship of the letter.
parnell explains.
In an interview to-day Parnell pointed out
that a" though at first sight some of the letters
in the Times fac simile appeared to resemblo
liis autograph, a close comparison shows !►
decided striking difference in many Important
points. The forgeries slope upward, the
genuine handwriting down. Mr. Parnell
always places a full point after the
initial "8" In his name, which the
forging omits. The "l" in Parnell and "C" in
Chat. aro quite different from any he has ever
written. Tho letters "Ch" in Ohas. abnor-
mally long,and "S"and' P" are the only letters
In any way resembling his genuine autograph.
Hie pen at tho beginning of "a" In forged
Cnas. was evidently taken off the
paper, whereas in the genuine sig-
nature it is always written without
abieaking. The forgery, Parnell says, Is tlie
w ork of a person accustomed to penmanship
unci writing always in a cramped style. Par-
nell further said the letter and signature were
impudent forgeries. He strongly suspected
the identity of the forgers. Ho Is undecided
wbethel' to prosecute the Times or not.
GERMANY.
sevktal socialists sentence 11.
Behli>", April 18.—The trial of twenty-four
8iclalitts, charged with being members of ille-
gal secret societies was just concluded at
l'osen. Nine were convicted and sentenced to
various short terms of imprisonment.
THE REPORT CONFIRMED,
later dispatches confirm the report that the
steamer Lanania had been wrecked off Boni-
facio, Corsica. Of the 250 passengers fifty have
been saved. Help has been sent to the wreck,
but tlie sea is so rough, that It will be difficult
to get near her
ITALY.
the cardinal'S course approved.
London, April 18.—A dispatch to the Rou-
ter's Telegram company from Rome] says the
pope approves the course of Cardinal Gib-
tons, and tncourafees him in his action with
icference to the Knights of Labor. Cardinal
Gibbons has secured the adheranee of Ctrdl-
nal Manning, and will appeal to other bishops
for their support. • ,
FRANCE.
article against the pope.
Paris, April 18.—M. Rocbefort has a violent
article In L'lntranslgeant directed against the
pope, who, he says, sacrificed France to Ger-
many In the Chinese missions question, and
is now aiding in the work of Germanizing Al-
sace-Lorraine.
IRELAND.
shot from ami1ush.
Cork, April 18,—Magistrate Hegarty, while
returning to Mill street from a meeting of the
Defense union yesterday, was flred at from be-
hind a hedge and wounded in the head and
shoulders with buck shot. Hegarty is unpopu-
lar and has been vigorously boycotted No ar-
rests have been made In connection with tho
affair.
demonstration against coehcion.
Dublin, April 18.—At Limerick yesterday 60,-
C00 persons joined in a demonstration against
tlie coercion bill.
TONGA ISLANDS.
RELIGIOUS WAR.
8an Francisc o, Cal., April I-\—Advices re-
ceived from Sydney per steamer Mariposa
give the latest particulars regarding the at-
tempted assassination ot Premier Baker on
Tonga island by the converted Wesleyan na-
tives. A correspondent of the Sydney Herald
at Sava, Fiji Islands, writes under date of Feb-
ruary 17 that Baker believed the attack on him
meant an organized conspiracy of Wesleyaus
to overturn the government. He sent for
soldiers and a large number of Indiscriminate
arrests have been made. Bakerput the prison
ers through a form of trial, condemned them
WEIS BROS.,
Strand, Galveston, Tex.
We thank merchants throughout th«
State for their support in our new en-
terprise, which assures us of success.
Please send ns your orders for DRY
GOODS, NOTIONS, BOOTS, SHOES,
HATS, CLOTHING, Eto.
It will pay to call npon ns when yo«
to death, and the sentences were executed.
On the same nlglit before tlie executions wete
carried out, British Acting Vice consul W. C.
C. Gills used bis utmost exertions to stop
them. Things were growing quieter when the
newly appointed vice consul, If. B. Leofe, ar
rived at Tonga, aud after inquiry he decided
that he had no pow er to Interfere. Tho storm
agalubuist forth with redoubled fury. The
Wesleyan mission college was Invaded by an
aimed mob, who brutally beat the Wesleyans
and wrecked the houses. Mr. Leefe was agaiu
appealed to, but again refused to intercede.
Six executions were to take place the day after
the departure of the steamer which brought
thef bove news to Juva, FIJI Islands, and 30
more the day following.
MORRIS RANGER.
An Interesting Reminiscence of Him—Soma*
thing About His Famous Liverjiool
Cotton Corner.
Dallas, Tex., April 18.—The Dallas Nkws
of to-morrow morning will say: The death of
Mori is Kanger In New York calls up ills event-
ful career to the writer of this, who knew liiin
iu Galveston when he resided there, and after-
ward met him In Liverpool In the fall of 1885.
Mr. Uanger was a genial companion, and liis
account of a great cotton transaction he had
was quite interesting. He based his calcula-
tions upon the faet that cotton was low at 8
pence In Liverpool, and as early ai April, 1379.
commenced buying all offered at that price In
the month of June ptsople began to see the
steadv advaice in prices, and Mr. Kamrer
settled with all who desired to do so from tnat
time on. He also maintained the friendship
of ills customers in Kngland and on the con-
tinent bv supplying them with all the cotton
required at satisfactory figures. So thoroughly
were his plans can-led out, and so completely
did he handle the market, that he absolutely
controlled all tlie cotton In Liverpool or to ar-
llve in September, the month when bis con-
tracts matured. On the last day of September,
1871', the final grand effort was made against
blm by the delivery of 180,000 bales of actual
cotton, wlileh he quietly took, paid for, and
kept off the market for ten
dsvs, duiing which time he sold
it closed up the summer's campagn, netting to
himself and "friends about £3,510,000, or over
$12,000,000 in our currency. His health gave
way soon afterward, and two of the best phy-
sicians in Liverpool were summoned to his
bedside, but they gave him no relief. Witli
his accustomed promptness he telegraphed to
one of the most eminent physicians In London
to charter a special train and come to Liver-
pool Immediately, which was done, and
by adopting heroic remedies the crisis
was passed that night. In ten days
Mr. Banger left for the south
of Fiance, where he spent the winter, and the
following summer in Germany and Switzer-
land. At that time ho was called the Cotton
King In Liverpool. But his active mind was
rot content with what had been so success-
luliy planned. He met with reverses after-
ward hi Liverpool, and returned to New York,
w here l.e died, as tbe dispatch states, at tba
early age of 52 for a man ot his constitution.
POSTOFFIOE PILLAGED.
Burglars Break into the Shreveport Office
and Carry off Lots of Booty—No
Clew to the Robbers.
Shreveport, La., April 18.—Burglai'3 broke
into the postofllce here last night b-y prjlng
open the door with a crowbar. After entering
they drilled into the combination lock of the
stamp and registered packages safe and se-
cured therefrom over $750 worth of stamps
and quite a number of legistered packages -V
and letters. Seveial of these packages anf!
letters were destined for Texas and otheoj
came from there. The burglars also made aj
attempt to drill into another sate In the offlcj
but from the looks of things when the pos
office was entered this morning they seemo
to havo beon scared off. Postmaster J. j
Soape was telephoned for, and reachd
this office shortly after the disoovery wl
made. In tbe offleo wore found a crowbo.
a pick and two chisels; scattered annul
were some packages which seemed to hafo
been speedily opened. Behind the bill, opp
site the postollice, a number of envelopes Jid
other articles were found, where the burglH-i'S
bad opened tbelr booty. The burglary m'usti
have taken place at a late hour, as Will la'!?
Colgan, the money-order clerk, and the mail
agent on tho Shreveport and Houston rail-
ri ad left the office together about half past 10
o'clock last lilglit. Mr. Soape left a short
time before. Officers are working the case
up. Ail tho tools used seemed to havo been
secured from tbe Vieksburg, Shreveport and
Pacific depot, w hich is a short distance from
the postollice.
THE PANHANDLE PRISONERS.
The Preliminary Examination of One of Them
Results in a Commitment-Others Waive
a Hearing and Some Continued.
Pittsburg, Pa., April 18.—Deputy Mayor
Gripp's office, where preliminary hearings In
the great railroad robbery cases were to take
place this morning, was crowded with friends
of the prisoners and curiosity seekers long
before 10 o'clock, the hour set for hearing.
Tbe first case called was that ot J. L. Arm-
strong, ex-conductor on the Panhandle road.
The prosecution offered in evidence a valice,
which, it was ascertained, belonged to the ac-
cused. It was found In a barber shop whero
Armstrong left it, and was filled with goods
which the counsel for the prosecution said
had been identified as part of the stolen
property. The defendant's counsel claimed
that the evidence was not sufficient to hold
tlie prisoner, but Deputy Mayor Gtipp
ruled differently, and committed Armstrong
to jail for court, fixing his ball at $300. A large
number of prisoners then waived a hearing
for court, and asked for a postponement until
next Wednesday. The request was granted,
and the hearing adjourned.
Caldwell Cullings.
Caldwell, Tex.. April 17.—An Interesting
and successful protracted meeting, conducted
by the Methodists at their church, was closed
to day. Services were eonynenced and con-
tinued for a week In the church building, but
as the Interest Increased, the house soon be-
came too small to accommodate the congrega-
tion, and a large tent was procured, under
w hich services have boen held day and night
for the last two weeks. About 110 made pro-
jolne "
the Methodist church.
fesslon of religion, ancl about fifty-five joined
Our fire department members are preparing
for a Maifest celebration on the 6th and 7th ot
May next. The polls for the queen were closed
ancl counted lust lilglit, with the following re-
sult: Miss Kate Alexander, 815 votes; Miss
Beulali Gay,610; Mies Edna McArthur, 210; Miss
Annie Blake, 80.
It missed a splendid chance to rain yester-
day and this morning. Tbe clouds were heavy
and threatening, and sprinkled several times,
but the north-winds came this morning and
dispersed them, and we can only hope that
they may return In the near future with better
results, as tbe crops are beginning to suffer for
want of rain.
UcKinney.
McKinney, Tex., April 18.—G. P. Davis and
A. E. Hughes came In to night with the horses
captured from Bob McWliorter and Mont Hill,
at Shreveport. Eighteen stolen horses were
lecovered. They have here twelve horses 1
longing as follows: In Collin: Wm. Wea\
Milliard, Adamson, Nell; in Denton: Dr. Co. <'
en, two, one to G. P. Davis; in Dallas: to Hurst,
at Grapevine Prairie; in Grayson county: one,
W. B. McGee;two, James Nell, one, A. E.
Hughes; Cooke county: one, J. B. Ilinton.
McWhorter and Hill are in jail here and will
have to answer In eighteen cases.
Chicago Carpenters at Work.
Chicago,111., April 18.—About 3000 carpenters
returned to work this morning on the basis of
eight hours and 38 cents an hour. All employ-
ers appear willing to engage men on these
terms, provided tlie men applying are skilled
workmen,
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