The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 42, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 5, 1896 Page: 2 of 12
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THE GALVESTON DAILY NEWS. TUESDAY, MAY 5. 1806.
primary on June 9 or *set up shop on their
own account. F. P. PowtUl. chairman of
the county bimetallic league, culled it
some time ago as follows: T»y virtue ot"
the power ycu hnve vested In me by elect-
ing me your county chairman, against my
■wishes, 1 hereby call a mass meeting of
our bimetallic forces on Monday. Mtiv J,
1NJM5, at Waxalmchi*. where we will di i.i-
mine what, course is tin best to pursue,
and it is not for me to dictate or surest
that course Then; are only two courses
which now suggest themstUes to my mind.
One is to organize and adhere lo the action
of the stat- committee by proceeding u>
hold our election on June 6, ;i; provide! by
the state committee, independent of the
tton of the saiti county committee I'he
other is to demand or request such conces-
sions or compromises as will secure a
square and fair election and an equal show
'With the gold standard faction.
This call has been printed by the populist
papers in this section and Riven every pos-
sible publicity b> them. Still the attend-
ance was small. It is said that Chairman
Powell, who makes the vigorous kick in
this instance, some six years ago. when
the state executive committee recommended
a certain test, led a tight in favor <»t de-
parting from said recommendation. Before
the mass meeting convened this morning
there was considerable speculation as to
"What action would be taken, but It soon
developed that the*free silver boys would
decide to go into the regular primaries on
the Oth of June. Colonel Hogg advised
them to take their nvdieine and take it
straight, and Mr. Blake gave it out on the
street that the real fight, anyhow, was
over. "The free and unlimited coinage of
silver at the ratio of 1(1 to 1." This settled
it and the free silverites of Ellis will not
set up a machine of their own this trip.
Chess Johnson, an intelligent and well-to-
do farmer, who resides at Nash, in this
county, was in attendance on the meeting.
Me has always been a pale metal advo-
cate. but said this afternoon that he had
changed his mind and would in the future
lift his voice for sound money and Cleve-
land democracy, as he had had enough of
the free silver business.
A laughable feature of the speaking this
afternoon was the vote taken by Colonel
Hogg on the free silver question. After
discussing the matter at length he request-
ed those who agreed with him to manifest
it by standing, and probably two-thirds of
the audience rose up. When lie called for
those who opposed but one u in stood up.
Then the ex-governor, laughing until he
was red in the face, said the man who had
risen was a populist, .something the gentle-
man promptly denied. As a matter of fact,
nearly one-third of the big audience were
sound money people, as they reside in
Waxahachie, where the hard money people
are easily in the majority. But they were
present as lookers on. attending a free sil-
ver love feast in which they had no part
or parcel, and naturally felt a delicacy in
intruding their views on such an occasion.
Besides, that feature of the programme was
too ridiculous and too much like child's
play to challenge their participation.
Among the visitors here to-day was Hon.
Allison May field, present secretary of stale,
and now a candidate for railroad commis-
sioner. but he did not occupy a seat on the
platform. Mr. Maytield is a free silver
man. but is very conservative, and has no
abuse to heap on those who differ with
him. On the other hand, some of his loyal
friends belong to the sound money camp.
The Daily Light, the leading paper of lhis
city, and which advocates sound currenev,
came out editorially to-day for Mr. May-
field.
THE CROWD IN TOWN.
When Governor Hogg came in from Aus-
tin this morning the town was beginning
to fill up. By 11 o'clock the square was a
jam, resembling a boom town during a
real estate auction. Everybody was talk-
ing of the guest.
One big strapping fellow, addressing a
crowd on a corner, said: "I've just been
down to see him. and he is most nearly the
biggest man you ever saw. He measures
22 Inches around the neck and about ten
yards around the girth. Grover Cleveland
is not a circumstance."
As the ex-governor walked from the ho-
tel to the west side of the square his every
step was blocked by some suffragan who
wanted to tell him that the Hogg men of
1892 were Hogg men yet. Several times lie
was told that the people wanted to see him
in the United States senate, and this
seemed to please him.
Though the speech was not to be deliv-
ered until 1.30 o'clock, the crowd com-
menced moving out before 12.30. The place'
of speaking was on the extreme east side
of town reached by a street car line. The
street car company generously donated its
equipment, and so everybody rode free.
The cars were packed and jammed.
At 1 o'clock the procession formed in
front of the hotel. A full brass band in a
gorgeously ornamented float headed the
line. After that were carriages containing
Mr. Hogg. Hon. J. W. Blake, chairman of
the state bimetallic executive committee;
Hon. D. S. Davis. Secretary of State Alli-
son Maytield. Hon. Geo. W. Riddle, county
judge of Hood county: Alvin C. Owsley of
Denton, and W. A. Shaw of Dallas and
others. Behind the carriages was one of
the longest strings of white horses ever
seen in Waxahachie. It looked as though
every man in seven counties who owned a
white horse was on hand. Bringing up the
rear were the wagons and wagonettes of
the country people and the vehicles of the
city folks.
The procession went once around the
square, and the ex-governor was repeated-
ly cheered. Then the drive to the park,
nearly two miles out. was begun, and the
line was augmented at various crossings
till it was more than a mile long. Several
persons close to the Hogg carriage say that
a creaking wheel sang a song which sound-
ed something like this: "Who is the man
for Roger's place in 18!M»?" But, although
It was reiterated with tiresome monotony,
» there was no answer forthcoming.
INTRODUCTION AND SPEECH.
Arriving at the grounds, the ex-gov-
ernor's appearance was the sign of a great
demonstration. The cheering lasted fully
a minute, while the band played Washing
ton airs
Without any preliminaries. Hon. P. F
Powell, chairman of the Ellis county bi-
metallic executive committee, Introduced
State Chairman Blake of Mexia. Mr. Blake
urged all those present to stand firm for
silver, and the day would be won. lie
counseled them not to bolt, but to go to
the primaries and send delegates to Aus-
tin and Fort Worth who represented their
views. He asked them not to make any
mistake, but to send onjy men who could
be trusted.
When Mr. Blake had concluded Governor
Hogg arose, and was again loudly cheered.
The ex-governor sailed in just as though
he had been speaking every day for four
years. He expressed his gratification at
seeing so great an audience, and then he
referred briefly to his own record and the
memorable campaign of 1S92, saying he
hoped "the good Lord would spare Texas
from another campaign full of bitterness
and passion." Then he spoke of the har-
monizing of the factions at Dallas in lMi-l.
On this line lie said "When the conven-
tion met they fixed up a platform that was
powerful rickety, and you all know it.
(Laughter.) They constru>'ted that plat-
form so that most anybody could stand on
it, because there was a plank in it for
every man. That platform meant Hi to i
as fairly as any platform on earth ever
meant It. It was also fixed so as to mean
anything else the hoys wanted it to mean."
Then he called their attention t«» the
importance of the issues to be decided this
year, and the necessity of informing them-
selves.
A voice: "Tell us al»out Clark and
Hardy."
Mr. Hogg: "I am not going to talk about
graveyards, my friends." (Loud cheers.)
He followed this sally, however, by -av-
ing he was not going to say a word'about
Judge Clark, for whom he had a high re-
gard as a man.
Mr. Ilogg advised all farmers t<> own
their farms, and begin by small purchases
and While on this subject ga\< utterance
to that famous expression, "by gatlins."
which raised a yell.
"What complaint." said he, "have you got
against your state government'.' li there
has been any fraud, any swindling, any
wrongdoing in Austin, name it now anil
you snail have a hearing. Don't jj,o around
cussing the government and say you are
being robbed. Come out and tell your
grievance, if you have got any. Take your
present state government, and though some
of you may not have, voted for those capa-
ble, honorable, stalwart young men in the
state house, deluding the governor, they
are in every way worthy your praise anil
esteem. They are ail vigilant, high minded
and clean. Thuy may make as many flings
as they please upon your own Governor
Culberson, but his pure character will re-
pel them all. (Cheers.) Home of the boys
got mad at. him because he would not b t a
lot of pugs fight at Dallas When they
found they could not have tic light In the
north they tried to escape civilization and
come down hen to h<athen Texas and
have It. Well, they but!*, a palace ms big
as Barnum's ulmis and were going to have
thousands of people there, but the gov-
ernor told them they had to go to Mexico
and they went, I ain't much in lov- with
the pugs, but I would rather hav« a fist
fight than a slx-°hooter fight any time."
Mr. Hogg branched off into a discussion
of athletics us follows: "1 believe in
athletics. 1 belittle in making men strong
tub and ex\ reiso is a gefed thing. I
ike to see this a nation of six-foot
ig fellows. 1 don't want to see
eked men and women. As between
ilist and the bicycle give nv- the
ry time. 1 would rather have a lot
i,. men than a race of people run-
curid on all fours like the monkeys,
is what the cycle riders are com-
(Great cheering.) You watch one
follows riding one of those things
re you know it the man is shaped
like the wheel you can hardly toll
t ha
and s
woult
strap:
hump
the j
pug t
ning
an
Ing to.
of those
and la b
so much
them apart."
A voice: "There is a terrible sight of
\ot among those cyclists."
Mr. Hogg: " My friend, I am not a can-
didate. and if I was I would not be on a
platform with wheels in it. (Cheers.) Don't
those boys on the cyehs cut a pretty fig-
ure? Tluy go ai-uind like this, illere he
gave a realistic imitation of a cyclist hump
and as he walked or humped the platform,
looking \ cry much like a monster gorilla,
the crowd of men, women and children
stood on their feet and screamed®
"These things have made the boys so they
won't weal coats and the women want to
Wear breeches alt the time. TH1 your young
folks not to learn to ridi the things and
thus avoid deformity. If it keeps up tor
forty years at the present lick t'nis bicycle
business will turn all the American people
into a nation of quadruped;. Don't let your
children acquire the habit unless you want
to see them on all fours. Do you hear that,
you spectacled fellow who looks like a
Massachusetts school teacher."
Mr. Hogg then invited questions from the
crowd, and ne fellow asked: "What shall
we do with Clark and Hardy?"
Mr. Hogg: 'Why. gentlemen, don't dis-
cuss those good lellows. They are busy
holding their grievance meetings. (Laugh-
tu\) The) are pretty good people, but they
are sorter off."
The same voice: "Under what authority
arc tiny acting?"
Mr. Hogg: "Self constituted authority."
(Laughter.)
"You can't get me to jump on Judge
Clark. We said some pretty hard things
about each oilier in 1892. but when he was
called on at that harmony meeting at Dal-
las he got up and said Hogg was the best
democrat in Texas. (Cheers.) I have noth-
ing against any of those men. They can
stay with us. but tin y want us to do every-
thing their way If they have a majority
of the party on their side we will bow
down, because the majority must rule in
this country." (Cries of "That's right!")
Then Mr. Hogg took up the question of
taxation and revenue. He said a lot of fel-
lows are running around over the state
telling the people they are being taxed to
death. He said the state tax is 2" cents on
the $100 for school purposes, 20 cents on the
$h>o for state purposes and $1.50 per capita
poll tax. During his term at governor, and
against Ills will, the tax rate had been re-
duced from 2<i cents to 15 cents on the $100.
In almost his last annual message he told
the legislature they would either have lo
devise some more effectual way of securing
an equitable assessment or raise the tax
rate. The census reports of 1890 gave Texas
a property valuation of $SotURH>,U0U, while
only $22^000,000 was shown on the assessors'
books. It is a fact universally admitted
that farmers owning land worth from $30 lo
$60 an acre give it in for assessment at
from.$7 to $S an acre. The legislature had
been unable to find a method for increasing
the assessable valuation. The reduction of
the tax rate had caused a falling off in
revenue; while expenses could not be ma-
terially-reduced, and a deficit had resulted,
which made an increase in the tax neces-
iry.
The ex-governor said: "During my four
years as governor we collected $8,000,000 for
the expenses of the state government. Yet
you hear fellows howling about extrava-
gance. During those four years your gov-
ernment was run economically and you can
take the figures anil show them to these
gold bugs. They are talking about extrava-
gance in Texas in the face of the issuance
of $2112,000,000 of bonds by Cleveland and
Carlisle. They talk about county bond is-
sues and say we are setting a bad example
to the president, yet in twenty vears the
total issue of county bonds has been only
$9,000,000. The reduction in the tax from 20
to Ifi cents saved to the people $1,300,000 in
Texas. If we had collected 2" cents there
would have been a surplus of $1,000,000 at
the end of my administration. You can
see what a hole the reduction made in the
revenue, and when I went out of office 1
left a deficit of several hundred thousand
dollars. Governor Culberson met that de-
ficiency like a man. a statesman and a good
governor. (Cheers..) It's a credit to the
young man at Austin. He ain't so very
young, either; he is 40 years old, bless the
Lord. He is a vain little rooster, but there
are not many young men in this country
who could have met the circumstances lik<
that one at Austin did. (Cheers.) He Is not
responsible for the increased tax rate. 1
ree,ommendf.nl and 1 am responsible for it.
if you don't like it stand up now and
holler."
Then Mr. Hogg said that taxes in,Texas
are lower than in t«ny oilier slate in the
union and the people ought to be satisfied.
He read the figures from his 18U2 opening
speech, showing how much the average
farmer paid into the state treasury for
taxes and how much he got out of the
treasury in tuition for his children. Among
other things he said: "1 read something in
the paper the other day about a woman. I
wished she lived in Texas and I would be in
favor of donating her a league of land. The
paper said that a lady in Kentucky gave
birth to live little brats at one time. I
would not want thai example emulated too
promiscuously (great cheering), but it is a
good thing once in a while." (Laughter.)
The ex-governor then plunged into the set
part of his speech, which is given on page
5 of to-day's News, and in conclusion said:
"i want to appeal to every man not to get
mad during the campaign that is coming
on. Don't run and jump over the fence and
cuss out the neighborhood. Keep cool ar.d
let the other fellow do the Jumping. Don't
flop out of the democratic party. 1 appeal
to you all to stand by the old organization
and stay in it. if it is not being run to
suit you clean it out: don't get hot In the
collar and run off after some other fel-
low's party. I am sorry to have detained
you so long, but if 1 did not get through
these dad-blamed papers would say I had
busted. These reporters are a most truth-
ful set of men—when they are asleep. If
anything goes wrong and a paper tells a
lie the head of it always jumps on the re-
porters. I want to say that I am not a
candidate for office and I don't think I ever
will be in the future. If 1 ever do run for
an office I know where to go and get it.
(Cheers and cries of 'We'll give It to you.')
I will come to the people and give them
reasons why 1 want it. (Cries of 'You don't
need any reasons.') I went out of the gov-
ernor's office with about 50 cents in my
pockets and a family to support, just as
every other man has left the office if he
was honest. I settled down to practice law
and 1 am now making far more than I ever
received from the public treasury. 1 have
never wanted any office that I did not get.
My ambition is rounded out and 1 don't ex-
pect that ii will ever again turn in the di-
rection of resuming official position,"
(Cheers.)
At the end of the ex-governor's speech a
large number of people came up to the
stand and warmly congratulated him.
meets here next Saturday. J. W. Shoaf
called the meeting to order and N. P..Rid-
out was elected chairman and S. L. Ma- I
yow secretary. There were twenty-three I
delegates elected. After some discussion the
delegates were directed to Instruct the
delegates to the eongrssional convention
to postpon nomination of a congressman
until after the national convention meets.
Trinity Primary,
Trinity. Tex., May 2.—A democratic pri-
mary convention was held here this after-
noon with J. B. Peyton, chairman, and
W. A. Bell, secretary. Twenty delegatt
ap
CINCINNATI HORROR.
Were
dr.ted to attend the county con-
n which meets at Groveton. May N,
to eh ■ t delegates to the district convention
of this judicial district, at which a district
judge and district attorney will be nomi-
nate-.!* The delegates go to the county con-
vention tin inst ructed.
CoperuM (Jove Primary.
Copperas Cove. Coryell Co.. Tex., May 3.—
The democratic primary election held here
yesterday resulted as follows: Representa-
tive, R. W. Martin: district clerk. M. R.
Hcod: county judge. T. C. Taylor: county
attorney. J. H. Arnold; sheriff. J. W.
Ilammack: county clerk, P. C. West; tax
collector, Ben Newland. assessor. W. A.
Smith; treasurer, U. Sasse.
Hardy's Opening Add reus.
Clarksville, Tex., May 4.—Judge Rufus
Hardy to-day addressed an audience in
defense of sound democracy. His hearers
gave close attention to his argument and
the most critical free silver advocate con
ceded it to be one of the best deliverances
listened to in a long time.
Drown at Kyle.
Kyle, Hays Co., Tex., May. 2.—Judge L.
II. Brown of San Marcos addressed the free
silver club at this place to-day. He said
the re-election of Culberson was a cer-
tainty. He attributed the decline of real
estate and all farm products to the demon-
etization of silv er.
llnrleNon Committee.
Caldwell, Burleson Co., Tex.. May 4.—The
democratic executive committee has for
some time been without a chairman, but
M. L. Womack, esq., has been appointed
chairman and a meeting of the committee
has been called for Saturday, May 9.
Mills and Henry at Killcen.
Killeen, Bell Co.. Tex., May 3.—Last night
Seth P. Mills and R. L. Henry, candidates
for. congftss. discussed the issues of the
day here. Both are free silver advocates,
and there was no issue between them.
Ow»ley for CommlMifioiier.
Denton, Tex., May 4.—Hon. Alvin C. tows-
ley announces as a candidate for railroad
commissioner.
FIVK-STOHV 111 ll.l)l\(i 111,OWN IK TO
FRAGMENTS BY A tiASOLIXE
I£\l*LOSU>\.
THE LOSS OF LIFE UNKNOWN
Occupied nr. Saloonx and Flal*—Num-
ber of Dead Bodies Taken Out.
.Working on the Kuiiis.
MCAKAGt AN SHIPPING.
Protest ot Merchant* Against C ustom
House Removal.
Corinto, Nicaragua, April 18.-—(Special
correspondence of the Associated Press.)—
On April 15 Samuel Mayorga, minister of
war for the district of Leon, informed aJl
receiving and forwarding merchants at
Corinto (Messrs. E. Palaiio & Co.. H. Von
Lurtzow & Co. and D. Arbel) that he
would remove the office of the Corinto
customs house to Leon, and also that all
merchandise stored In the government
warehouse would be moved to Leon under
the plea of the overcrowded condition of
the warehouses at Corinto and the better
protection of the merchandise at Leon.
The receiving merchants protested against
the removal of the merchandise from under
the protection of the United States war-
hip Alert and H. M. S. Comus, aftd each
onsular agent informed Captain Dyke of
the Comus and Commander Hanford of the
Alert of the situation.
Commander Hanford in his reply to Con-
sular Agent Palazio said: "I would suggest
that you make a written protest as United
States consul against the removal from
Corinto of any American property without
the consent of the owners. Should the local
authorities attempt to seize or remove any
such property without the owners'
consent and without full and just
pay m tint I should use every means
In my power to prevent such seizure and
removal, in view of the fact that the revo-
lutionary movement at Leon has. up to the
present time, so far as I have been able
to learn, treated all foreigners and foreign
propel ty with respect, 1 presume that a
courteous protest from you calling atten-
tion to the fact that American and other
foreign property can be protected much
better here than at Leon will have the de-
sired effect. Furthermore, It seems proba-
ble that it is not the intention of the min-
ister of finance to include foreign property
in his order of removal."
No reply has been received from Minister
Mayorga, but it is not thought at all prob-
able that any effort will be made to re-
move the goods.
An Atrocious Murder.
Washington. May 4.—Elsie Kreglo,
white girl IG years old, was murdered to-
day in a ravine near the national zoological
park. The body was found in a small
creek about 100 yards from the girl's home.
Cries for help were heard by the Kreglo
family, and a sister and a colored boy
rushed to the scene where the cries pro-
ceeded. They found Elsie standing In a
creek of shallow water between two hills,
The latter, however, overcome by loss of
blood and exhaustion, fell back dead into
the water before help arrived. The girl's
throat had been gashed six times with a
knife. No arrests have been made. The
circumstances of the murder are such as
to make It one of peculiar atrocity. The
young victim's clothes were partly torn
from her and strewn about for quite
distance, showing that she had made a
desperate resistance against the attempts
of her assailants, who. the officers believe
tried to criminally assault her. The path
way leading to the bottom of the ravine
was bespattered with blood, and the water-
in which she was standing was red with
it when she was found. The affair has
caused much excitement. A lady in the
vicinity about the time of the murder saw a
negro running across the road just at that
time, and this, besides the finding of a pis-
tol nearby, is the only clew.
STATE POLITICS.
Livingston Primary.
Livingston, Polk Co., Tex.. May 2.—At
the precinct democratic primary here to-
day the following were elected delegates
to the county convention, which meets here
on the 8th of May; Joe II. Holshonson. J,
C. Feagan, Robert Gay lord. A. F. Peters,
L. F. Gerlach, (). A. Garv<y, J. w. Coch-
ran. C. L. Carter, M. B. Stone. J. M. Greer,
L. DeWalt, M. A. Jones. A. D. Sprott, A.
Marshall and W. F. Gibson. It was ordered
that the delegates to the county convention
he instructed to vote for a primary eleo*
i ion for the selection of county and pre-
cinct officers.
Mr. G. A Garvey was elected chairman
for this precinct for the next two years.
Caldwell County Primaries.
Lockhart, Tex.. May 3.—The democratic
« X' utiv committee of this county met
<!• yesterday and decided to call primar-
ies for June ti as per Dudley's call, at the
satin- time county officers will be nomi-
nated. The following Is the form of ballot
agreed to; "For gold standard, and for
free coinage of silver at the established
ratio of as much silver as can be main-
Suicide by Htranuulation.
Omaha, Neb., May 4.-Gottlieb Wuethrich,
an old and well known German resident
committed suicide Sunday by strangulation
at his home at Tenth and Howard streets,
The cause is ascribed to ill health an
financial 'difficulties. Wuethrich locked one
of the doors leading to the dining room and
tied a silk handkerchief about his neck and
Into It he fastened a shawl strap. Tills In
turn he hung over the door knob and ,threw
himself upon the floor, face downward, and
slowly choked himself to death.
Look In jr at the Paving;.
Mr. M. A. Downing and Mr. E. M. John
son, who are connected with the inunlclpa
administration of the city of Indianapolis
ind., spent yesterday in the city as the
guests of the Tremont. The gentlemen
on a little trip for the good of their con
stituents. Indianapolis is paved with as
phaltum. Asphalt is subject to the ex
tremes of heal and cold, and if ever u town
had that kind <»f weather it is Indianapolis,
They would like to net some substitute for
the. product of tin island of Trinidad. Dur-
ing their stay here they were In the hand
of Mr. J. W. Byrnes, and what Mr. Byrne
doesn't know about paving wouldn't use
up both sides of a postal card. As to what
they said about creosoted pine block pav-
ing when they wandered along avenue O
deponent sayeth not. The gentlemen left
last night for other portions of the state.
lained at a parity with gold."
Vorer- will not be confined to the two
faring, but may vote their views in any
other Intelligent form.
MoutKomrry't* I list rnetioiitt.
Conroe, Montgomery Co., Tex., May 4.—
The county democratic committee met here
to-day and dehr.atcs we:, unanimously In-
structed lor Hon. \\ i\ MeComb for con-
gress. The slate administration was in-
dorsed. and delegates to the state conven-
tion were instructed to support aspiring
candidates for renominatlon. Hon. Allison
3Vla> lie Id was instructed for as railroad
commissioner.
Lnekhurt Populists.
Lockhart, Tex., May 2.—The populists
held a meeting this evening In the district
court roc m for ttie purpose of electing del- i tie." C. W. hmoa'si Co.,~<falvWton,~IeY..
egatea to th<* county convention which I agents,
In Memory of ,1. C. .lones.
The Sunday ..school of St. John's church,
of which the late J. C. Jones was a life-
long member, and for some y£ars the su-
perintendent. will hold a memorial service
at 11 o'clock next Sunday morning In the
main auditorium of the church, corner
Broadway and Tweniy-lit'th street. The
service was announced for Sunday night,
but will be held Sunday morning instead.
Ileal Kstate Trans fern.
Ernest T. Wisrodt to George Boone and
John M. Alford, lots 20 and 21, block D,
Clear Creek; *3tm.
L. H. Cooper and wife to J. R. Cheek,
lot 3, southeast quarter of outlot 80; $2750.
Thousands of cases of rheumatism have
been cured by Elmer & Amend's "Prescrip-
tion No. 2851," Sufferers should try a bot-
Clnclnnatl, O., May 4.—This city and vi-
cinity has been greatly excited to-night
over the explosion of a largo tank of gaso-
line, which completely demolished the live-
story building at 480 and 132 Walnut street
at 8 o'clock to-night. After the explosion
eports were current as to loss of life. By
midnight it was known that six were killed
and eighteen injured, but the work of re-
moving the debris had proceeded so slovv-
v that the general estimate of the rumor
greatly exceeded the number. The explo-
sion did not carry the dtobris any distance
from the building, or even obstruct the
street. The building seemed to collapse,
so that the pile of debris was covered by
the tin roof, and after working several
hours it was found that the only way to
rescue the victims was to remove the im-
mense mass of brick and timber. Accord-
ingly workmen were put at it. as many of
them as could work on It. The debris was
being shoveled by one force out Into the
streets and into the rear alleys, and all
available teams were secured for another
force of men to load it up and get it out
of the way of the rescuing party that was
working on the immense piles of ruins.
This was found to be the only practical
means of reaching those who were on
the lower floors. All of those who have
been rescued were on the upper floors ex-
ept some who were thrown out into the
streets. While this work was going on
holes were cut through the foundations of
adjacent buildings and debris taken out,
and three lives were saved by persons
being rescued in this manner. It is thought
that others will be saved by these holes
through the basement walls of the adjoin-
ing buildings.
THE DETAILS.
Cincinnati, O.. May 4.—At 8 o'clock to-
night the live-story building at 43o and 432
Walnut street, between Fourth and Fifth
streets, was blown to the ground by an
explosion of gasoline. The shock was so
terrific that it was felt all over the city,
and not one brick upon another is left In
the front and rear walls of the building,
while the adjacent buildings are badly
damaged and the glass in the windows in
the Gibson house and the large Johnson
building across the street were all broken.
The glass was broken out of street cars
that were passing at the time, and one of
the cars was badly wrecked, but no pas-
sengers were hurt. All the horses In the
immediate neighborhood broke loose from
their fastenings and ran away, and there
was not only intense excitement, but also
the greatest confusion.
The explosion took place four doors from
the Intersection of Fifth and Walnut
streets, where the postofllee is located on
one side and Fountain square on the other.
No part of the city is crowded more than
this, and there was soon many thousand
people about Fountain square and the
space arounci the government building,
while Walnut street was completely block-
aded.
There were at first reports about fire-
works being stored in the building, so that
there were several stampedes in the im-
mense crowd on reports about other ex-
plosions being likely to follow. Several
people were slightly hurt in these stain
pedes.
The ground tioor ot 432 Walnut street was
occupied by Adolph C. Drach for a saloon,
lie owned that part of the building and
the other was owned by M. Goldsmith and
the ilrst tioor of this building at 132 Walnut
street was also occupbrl by a saloon run
by Louis Foy. The uppw floors of the live-
story building were occupied as Hats. It
is not known at 10 o'clock how many peo
pie were in the flats or how many were in
the saloon, but none escaped, as the build-
ing immediately collapsed.
There was no lire to consume the debris
and make certain death of all in the build
ing, but the dust and dirt continued flying
for a long time so densely that the work
of rescuing the victims proceeded with
great difficulty, although the police and
tire departments rallied heroically to the
work.
The saloons were said to be quite full of
people. One of the barkeepers, who was
not on duty at the time ana escaped, lived
in one of the upper flats and was wild with
grief, because he knew that his wife and
four children were in the ruins. One of his
children was recovered dead soon after the
explosion.
There are wild reports about the extent
of the loss of life. Six bodies were recov-
ered up to 9.30 p. m., and it is known that
there are many more. The firemen are
working In the rear and on both sides of
the wreck, while the police art keeping the
place clear and protecting the work that
is going on to rescue tile victims. One
part of the side is sUUding. and on the
fifth tioor, plainly in view by the electric
light, hangs a picture thut was dear lo
some family occupying the flat, while the
occupants are no doubt in the debris.
One of the children of Mr. Drach was
recovered dead. The body of Mrs. Drach
was found soon after the explosion, hut It
could not he extricated from the timber
and was still In the debris at 10 o'clock.
During the evening there was much ex
citement among the guests of the Gibson
house. The excitement was the more In
tense l>ecause it could not be definitely
learned for some time what caused the
explosion. It was finally ascertained that
the saloons in the building had put in their
own electric light plants for incandescent
lights and had just secured a gasoline en-
gine with which to run the dynamo. The
plant got out of tix and there was a flash
which communicated to the gasoline anil
caused the explosion.
The sudden collapse of the large build
ing smothered everything in the cellars, so
that there was no tire.
The firemen were soon assisted by some
expert engineers, who made openings
through the walls of adjacent buildings
ai l were recovering some of the victims
in that manner The debris seemed to all
lall into one heap, and not scattered about
the street, making it hard to rescue dead
bodies. Although all possible effort* were
made to clear up the place it is conceded
that it will be Impossible to ascertain the
extent of the loss of ilfe to-night. The
loss in property Is quite large.
.Mr. John J. .lames was just leaving the
Gibson house at the time of the explosion
and, with bin heavy grip, was blown into
the doorway of an adjoining store. He was
knocked senseless, but afterward recover
sufficiently to take the train to-night for
St. Louis on his way west.
Noiand David, a traveling man for the
Columbus carriage company, was walking
along the street at the time of the ex-
plosion and was blown under a street car
and killed.
Cal Crlm. a well known detective in this
city. Who worked up the •vldencs against
Jackson and Walling for the nutrder of
Pearl Bryan, Is among those known to
have been in Drarh's saloon at the time
and is now among the victims In the ruins.
At 10 o'clock there are twelve injured
persons at the hospital. None of them are
considered seriously injured.
As the night passed the scenes about the
wrecked building became more distressing
than ever. Women whose husbands and
sons had not reached home by 10 or 11
o'clock came down to the fountain square
and filled up the space about the govern-
ment building, where they were weeping
and crying about friends being In the
wreckage. There were unite a number of
men among these weeping ones. Several
men felt confident that their sisters were
in the rooms at the time.
The victims at 10 o'clock. The 3-year-old
boy ol Mr. Drach was taken out of the
debris badly Injured. Ills aged grand-
father was among those who had come
to the scene, and soon learned that Mr.
Drach's youngest child had been taken out
d< ad. that his 3-year-old boy was taken
out seriously Injured, and that the body
of Mrs Drach could not be extricated
from the heavy timbers. The old man
broke down under the strain and Is in a
very serious condition.
The family oi AUolph Drach suffered
most severely. Drach and his wife are
numbered among the dead, his 5-year-old
doughter Is dead and his S-year-old boy Is
believed to be dying.
Noiand David, a traveling man for the
olumbus carriage company, of Hamilton,
O., and two others, unidentified, complete
the list of thuse known to be dead. Among
the injured were Sid Johnson, barkeeper for
Louis Frey. arm broken; Billy Cook, water-
orks, arms broken; Barbara Humleson,
leg broken; Joseph E. Memmel, not serious;
Harry Herrick. cut on bead; Fred Ilea ley.
arm and shoulder hurt; Motonnan Stoftel,
Joseph Sprague. porter; Conductor Folliard,
Fisher. Huron. William Lauth. William
Louis. S. S. Wells. W. I). Crowthv, paper
hanger; W. 10. Cook, clerk, and J. D. Ward,
race horse man of Toledo, O.
Among the missing who are believed to
be in the ruins are R. A. Frlck, Joseph
Worihner, barkeeper; Louis Frey. wife and
baby, also two servant girls in the family
of Frey and Drach.
A most touching scene occurred when
Fireman John McCarthy found his brother
pinioned under a heavy beam and begged
the men to kill him. McCarthy said there
were three other men near him and alive.
An effort was made to rescue them, but it
proved in vain up to midnight.
There were many that suffered slight in-
juries who were taken to their homes and
whose names can not be learned. Some of
those who were in the saloons were thrown
out on the sidewalk aud suffered slight in-
juries. Among them was Mr. Healey of
the Alms hotel. He was in Frey's place,
and reports about eighteen or twenty in
that resort when the building went down.
Mr. Drach being among the victims, it is
probable that It will never be known how
the explosion came about. He had just
been down in the basement experimenting
with the gasoline engine and had poured a
barrel of-gasoline into the tank. He had
'ust secured a new engine from Lafayette,
nd„ Intending to start it to-night for mo-
tive power in furnishing incandescent light.
It was thought early in the evening tnat
Mrs. DrUch, as well as her husband, was
killed. Mrs. Drach was known to be in
her flat rti the time of the explosion and
she was counted among the dead, but her
body was reached shortly before midnight
and she was found to be still alive. She
was suffering intense pain aud all efforts
of the workmen failed to rescue her. Up
to 12.30 they have been able to talk to her
for over an hour, while she remained pin-
ioned under a heavy beam.
Jack McCarthy, Peter Burns and Charles
Tilley were taken out of the ruins about
midnight, but it is feared that none of
them will live.
At the time of the explosion the electric
wires for the arc lights and trolleys were
torn down, ami there was a great demon-
stration of electric light. This is one of the
things which caused the stampede in the
Gibson house as the sound of the explosion
was heard, the flash of the electric light
wires were seen in the street.
It is learned late to-night that a number
of people were Injured in the stampede on
Walnut street and some were Injured In
coming in contact with the wires, but it Is
impossible to get the names of any who
were not so seriously Injured as to be taken
to the hospital.
Mr. Noiand Davis of Hamilton, who was
killed by the explosion, married a well
known young lady of Newport about two
months ago.
McCarthy. Burns and Tilley were res-
cued by digging through one of the walls
of an adjacent building.
It is. however, impossible to rescue Mrs.
Drach. even in this manner. At 12.30 to-
night they furnished her something to
drink ana are providing for her as best
they can. Her feet are under an Immense
beam and are probably crushed. It will
be necessary to amputate them in order
to save her life.
All of the departments of the city are at
work at the ruins. The police commission-
ers are there in charge of their depart-
ments. together with Chief Deltsch and
the fire commissioners with Chief Archi-
bald. The street cleaning department is
out In force at work removing the debris
and hauling It away, and engineers are
on hand superintending the handling of
Hie luavy timbers.
Cal Crlm, who was supposed to be among
the victims, turned u£ all right and the
detective will continue his work in the
Jackson case.
Workmen report at 12.45 that one of Mrs.
Orach's children was certainly alive, as
they could plainly hear it calling "Mam-
ma." They said that the servant girl of
Mrs. Drach. name unknown, was dead
and lying by Mrs. Drachs' side. This does
not, however, increase the number of those
killed, as Mrs. Drach had been Included
In that list.
STORY OF CASANOVA.
AMERICAN 1)R1VI0\ FROM HIS
PLANTATION—1118 KMP'.OYBS
ARE SHOT.
WHY HIS LIFE WAS SAVED.
Cause of the Spanish Ha id on the
Plantation—W ar \evvs From Ha-
vana—Cuban Item*.
SACKED CONFIDENCE.
COMMERCIAL MATTERS.
Heeelvem Appointed.
Topeka, Kan., May 4.—Judge Foster of
the United States district court has ap-
pointed C. O. Knowles, P. G. Noel and Den-
nett H. Wheeler receivers for the Invest-
ment trust company of America, doing
business in this city. The concern la a
large dealer In investment bonds, and
among its directors are William Lloyd Gar-
rison of Boston and half a dozen other New
F.nghtml capitalists. Garrison is in the
city sick at the Hotel Throop. Advertise-
ments of the company state its authorized
capital to be J3.000.o00 and paid-in capital
$1,400,000. The receivers are friendly to the
company, llennett It. Wheeler being secre-
tary. The president is 11. E. Hale. Mr.
Wheeler says that while the outstanding
debenture bonds are over $2,o00,000, they
are amply secured by real estate. The
company, or one of Its allies, Is said to hold
2o.W» acres of land near Hutchinson. The
advertising matter of the company gives
H. M. Da vies of Chicago as one of the di-
rectors and Railroad Commissioner S. T.
Howe of Topeka and William Sims of To-
peka as the other directors.
Ueorge Follet A Co.
New York, May 4.—George, Austin W.,
William Edgar and Albert G. Follet, who
composed the firm of George Follet & Co.,
wool dealers, made an assignment to-day
to M. I. Southard, without preferences. The
amount Invoiced is said to be about $75,000.
C. F. Wei we.
Hrenham, Tex., May 4.—C. F. Welse, sa-
loon and groceries, on Saturday night exe-
cuted a chattel mortgage for the benefit of
preferred creditors. The liabilities stated
In the deed amount to ITooo; assets not
known.
M. M. Wingtleld.
San Antonio, Tex., May 4.—M. M. Wing-
field, an undertaker, filed a chattel mort
gage to-day In favor of John V. Sommer-
ville for the benefit of his creditors. The
liabilities named amount to $2072.10; assets
not given.
G. L. White.
Brandon. Tex., May 4.—G. L. White, a
hardware merchant, made an assignment
this morning, with R. W. Bennett as as>
slgnee. Assets and liabilities unknown.
New York. May 4.—A dispatch to the
Herald from Havana says; "Your corre-
spondent has had an interview with Pedro
Casanova, a Cuban, who was driven from
his plantation at San Miguel de Jaruea by
the Spanish soldiers—Casanova's family
and a nephew, Julio Videl, a young man
and a native American. His story is as fol-
lows:
"1 have suffered great outrages at the
hands of the Spanish soldiers-. The sol-
diers recently passed on the road, and my
wife called my attention to the fact that
they had broken Into a vacant house where
valuable property was stored and were
pulling things to pieces. Just then I saw
two officers coining toward the house. I
went out to meet them and invited them
to enter the house and refresh themselves.
They accepted, and said they liked cof-
fee. While they were drinking one or
more soldiers came and spoke to the cap-
tain. who asked me, 'Who are the men in
the sugar house?* My employes.' I re-
plied. 'including one engineer. The others
are engaged In repairs.' The captain said:
'I hear rebels are hidden there. I must
take the men before the major for exami-
nation; the major himself will be here to-
morrow.' After he left I found the door
of the house on the hill broken open. A
quantity of bottled beer had been taken,
and also my saddles and bridles and many
other things. Articles of women's apparel
were tossed In the yard. I went to the
station. The drug store looked as If It had
been visited by a mad bull. All of the
shelves and drawers were thrown out and
smashed. An empty store opposite was In
the same condition. The large coffee mill
was broken, and all was in disorder. An
account of this work was what the soldiers
had whispered to the captain. The officer
had remarked to me with a sneer: 'The
insurgents are very kind to you, as no
harm has bee n done here.'
I was surprised on the following
Wednesday morning to hear shots, as if of
several volleys of musketry. About 300
soldiers, infantry and cavalry, were in fact
outside, having surrounded my house. Soon
more appeared under the command of
Captain Cerezo Martinez. In most brutal
and vulgar tones he ordered all in the
house to go outside. The soldiers rushed
in and dragged me out by the coat coliur.
My wife, with her baby, was taken out,
a rifle pointed at her breast. Elutrie
Zamabria, a negro servant, who was badly
frightened, tried to hide. He was pulled
to the front, and, before my eyes, a
soldier struck him a heavy blow with his
machete, cutting him deep in the head and
arm, leaving a pool of blood on the tioor.
An order was then given to take into cus-
tody all the men on the estate. Near a
tree, 100 yards from tlie house, I stored
about forty paces from the others to talk
to the captain, who had been at the house
the week before. At that moment a young
negro. Manuel Febels, made a dash to
escape. Some cavalrymen rushed after
him. firing. He fell and they mutilated
his body, taking out his eyes. The officer,
enraged at the negro's flight, pulled out
his saber and shouted to the others of the
party: "Get down on your knees.' They
obeyed, and he had them bound and kept
in that position for a quarter of an hour.
"While 1 was talking to the captain my
wife and 5-year-old child were begging for
mercy for me. The cavalrymen helped
themselves to corn for their horses, and
finally started. The officers told me that
my nephew's life and my own were only
snared because we were Americans, and
they did not want to get into trouble with
the United States. They then ordered me
to leave San Miguel without waiting a
moment.
"Their explanation of the raid was that
the rebels had tired upon the troops, and
thai they saw one man run as he fired into
my house, and under the major's instruc-
tions the whole family should have been
killed. My wife and children were in
agony while 1 was away. My employes
were all taken by the troops. An officer
of high rank In the Spanish army, who
uassc-d my place alter I left, came to me
here and said: i know what happened.
The man in command is said to be an offi-
cer of Spain.' 1 heard that my men had
been taken to the Spanish camp and shot
while eating breakfast."
Supponed Culian Fvpedition.
New York. May 4.—A special to the World
from Atlantic City says: While the board
walk and beach were crowded with visi-
tors last night a large, rakish steamer
stopped within a mile of shore and lowered
four boats, which made for the ocean pier.
As they noared the pier a large crowd
gathered there. When the boats came up
a dozen swarthy men made their way to
the front, and as soon as the boats touched
the landing stage they leaped into them
and were Immediately rowed out to the
steamer, which had not anchored, but kept
circling about with all steam up. Just as
soon as the strangers were put on board
the mysterious craft made off with all
speed to the southward. The general opin-
ion among seafaring men here is that an-
other Cuban expedition has successfully
gotten away, and that the steamer already
had aboard arms and ammunition.
An American In Trouble.
Washington, May 4, Representative Lln-
ney of North Carolina this morning re-
ceived the following telegram from Cyrus
B. Watson, a well known lawyer of Wins-
ton, N. C.:
"George Mathls has been caught by the
Spaniards and Is under a charge, the pen-
alty for which is death. Try to save him."
Mr. Matlils was once editor of the Sen-
tinel and is an Influential man In his (Lln-
ney's) district. Mr. Linney does not know
whether Mr. Mat his was on the Competitor
as a newspaper man or as a soldier, but
supposes he was on his way to Cuba to
fight with the Cubans. Mr. Linney called
on Secretary Olney to-day, and was as-
sured that there would he no hasty action
by the Spanish authorities. They are wait-
ing for full particulars of the recent cap-
M0RIUARY,
Mrs. F. Helim.
New Vim, Austin Co., Tex,, May 2.—Mrs.
Frederlcke Rehm, aged 92 years, and a resi-
dent of this county for over forty years,
died at the home of her son, Oswald Rehm,
at Industry, this morning.
Captain Jolin Meticnuy,
Washington, May 4.—Captain John Mc-
Clensy. U. S. N., died hero yesterday. He
entered the naval service September 28, 1857.
Wenley Pearson.
Bryan, Tex., May 4.—Mr. Wesley Pear-
son, aged <K) years, died yesterday after-
noon at his home, six miles from Bryan.
Mm. Cerode.
Cuero, DeWitt Co., Tex., May 4.--Mrs.
Cerode died last evening, after a very short
illness.
Alfred IItint,
London, May 5.-Alfred Hunt, the artist,
is dead.
THE HIGHER COURTS.
'l'lie Su pt't*in*■ Court.
(R. R. Oalnes, chief justice; T. J. Brown
anil L. G. Denman, associates. located
at Austin.)
Austin, Tex.. May 4.—In the supreme
court the following orders were made: Cer-
tified question answered: M. Gembet & Son
vs. J. Qompi'echt & Co., from Smith.
Case submitted: F. D. Seward confection-
ery company vs. J. Ullmunn et al., certified
question from the Second district.
The German army uses 137,000,000 blank
cartridges a year.
IMploiiintl). ( Iiaiiu'p.
Madrid, May 4.—The ambassador from
Russia has arrived here to put Into effect
the purpose to mutually convert the Span-
ish and Russian lenations Into embassies.
This steii on the part of the two govern-
ments is retarded as very significant. The
relations between the two are known to
be most Intimate, and the attitude of the
Russian press in declaring- that America
was in favor of interfering In the Cuba
affair, which, according to Russian news-
papers. only concerns Spain, has been re-
marked.
No Woman's Lettsr Published
Except by Bequest
Sin. Plnkhiun'H Tender Relations With
the Suffering of Her Sex—Women
Who Cannot Hido Their
Happiness.
There is a class of women who, from
their own experience, sympathize with
their suffering- sisters, and in order
that such suffering
may be lessened, no
bly put aside false
modesty and in
heartfelt gratitude ]
publish to
the world
what every
woman
should
know.
Mrs. W.
L. Elliott,
Liscomb,
Iowa, is
one of
those
women,
and has
requested
us to pub-
lish the
facts in her '
case, other-'
wise it would '
not be done, as
all such evidence '
is treated in sacred confidence, unless
publication is requested by the writer.
She says to Mrs. I'inkham :—" I
wish you would publish the circum-
stances of my case, in order that other
women may be benefited by my expe-
rience.
" 1 doctored nearly all the time for
two years. 1 spent several hundred
dollars without receiving much benefit.
Last June 1 wrote to you and described
all my aches and pains. Such a long
list as there was: headache, back-
ache, bearing-down pains, terrible
soreness, constipation, dizziness, feel-
ing of extreme lassitude, irregularity
and nausea; but you answered my
letter and told me just what to do. I
followed your advice.
" After taking eight bottles of the
Vegetable Compound and three bot-
tles of Blood Purifier, 1 am glad to
write you that 1 have not enjoyed such
good health for years, and 1 am able
to do all my own work. I can surely
sound the praises of Lydia 12. Pink-
ham's Vegetable Compound, and a
number of my friends are taking it
upon my recommendation."--Mas. W.
L. Elliott, Liscomb, Iowa.
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Inborn modesty seals their lips. They
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