The Refugio Review. (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, May 5, 1899 Page: 1 of 4
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YOL. 1.
REFUGIO, TE^g FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1899.
no. a*2-
nnum.
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self away.
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CYCLONE’S WORK.
Grp’* !rr.s of Life and Damage
to Property
IN T»VG TOWNS IN MISSOURI
At Kiri.vUfe. Consternation Was Great and
the Scene one that Will Long be
Vividly Remembered.
Missouri Cyclone.
A terrible cyclone "hitJKirks-
ville, Mo., at 6:20 o’clock on the
evening of the 27th, resulting in
the loss of many lives and caus-
ing great damage to property. A
path a ‘ quarter of a mile wide
was swept through the eastern
portion of the city and 400 build-
ings, homes and mercantile, were
leveled to the ground.
In the heavy rain that followed
the people who had escaped went
to the relief of others, and by 8
o’clock twenty-five dead bodies
had been taken from the ruins.
Intense darkness prevailed aft-
er the tornado and the rescuers
were at a disadvantage. In sev-
eral places fires broke out and the
situation for a time was truly ap-
paling.
Newton, in Sullivan county,was
also visited by a cyalone and sev-
eral lives were lost and consider-*
able property destroyed.
Prairie Bog Legislation.
A telegram from Col. Rector of
Arkansas, in which he stated he
stood by Attorney General Davis
on anti-trust law, was read in the
Texas senate Thursday.
Bill for extermination of prai-
rie dogs came up.
An amendment was adopted to
give adjacent property owner the
right, after Aug. 1, 1900, to kill
prairie dogs on land and assess
damages, where land owner re-
fuses to act.
Amendments adding buffalo
gnats, mosquitoes, red ants, mos-
quitoes, ties and crawfish offered
evoked laughter, but were lost.
Bill was finally laid on table
subject to call.
Special penitentiary committee
made a lengthy report, which was
ordered printed in the journal.
Appropriation bill was up in
house. San Antonio insane asy-
lum items adopted and some for
Terrell asylum.
Katy purchase of Sherman,
Shreveport and Southern railway
bill ordered engrossed.
Adverse Decision.
Judge Joseph Martin of tho
circuit court in a 6000-word opin-
ion at Little Rock upheld the
constitutionality of the Arkansas
anti-trust law except the extra-
territorial portion, declaring that
part to be unconstitutional. At-
torney General Davis gave notice
of appeal to the supreme court.
Pending the final disposition of
the case the insurance companies
will refrain from doing business
in Arkansas.
Mrs. W. A. Murdock of Chi-
cago, who arrived at Denison sev-
eral days ago, was tendered a re-
ception at the residence of Mrs.
J- Henry in that city. Mrs. Mur-
dock is grand president of the
Grand International Auxiliary of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers and her visit to Deni-
son is to hoik a school of instruc-
tion for the auxiliary members in
that city.
Ex-President Cleveland has
been offered the richly endowed
chair of general politics in the
Princeton university.
TTill Re-Establish It.
Secretary Alger has had s
fere nee with the president i°n”
gard to re-establishing tlw^
partment of Texas. Repretta_
tive Slayden took an espeei;.Q_
terest in the matter and Se
itor
the
iec-
Elect Culberson called on
secretary of war in that co
tion. The president, it is
will re-establish the depar* !
, , A .lent
just as soon as the prelimn .
a rics
and details ean be perfected
It is also said that Gen. J; ,
Wheeler will be placed in
mand of the department.
some time the general has.
o been
urging, it is said, the presid^ ^
send him t-o the Philippine
owing to his advanced age.^ .g
deemed imprudent to send 1 ,
those islands.
It is thought Gen. W ,
will only remain in comma ^ ^
San Antonio until Novernb* ^
at the opening of congres1
resume his seat in the hous>
Several Bills Passed,
Wednesday senate passe, , ...
... ,. . /. d bill
providing tor the teaching ^
mane treatment,in public sc. .
. • , sllOOlbj
to animals.
House bid granting blj . -
ground to city of Austin f6*C
national purposes passed, j
Bill providing for sale
Trenches Stormed.
Gen. MacArthur’s division its
way fouglit to the trenches of the
Filipinos before Calumpit, going
through jungles and crossing the
Bagbag river.
Six Americans were slain and
twenty-eight wounded.
After fording the river the
South Dakota men pursued the
insurgents to the outskirts of Cal-
umpit, but found it strongly pro-
tected.
Largest buildings in the city
were fired by the lilipinos while
the Americans were crossing the
river.
Col. Funston, Lieut. Ball, two
privates and Corporal lerguson
crawled along the iron girders of
the railroad bridge across the riv-
er. Men from company K, twen-
tieth Kansas, fusiladed the ene-
my’s trenches in the endeavor to
divert attention, but the Filipinos
got range from a trench down
the river and their bullets spat-
tered the water under the bridge.
Having reached a broken span
the small American force slid
down the caisson, swam to the
shore and crawled up the bank.
Col. Funston, revolver in band,
led the way to the trenches while
the remaining Filipinos bolteci.
Successful Suitor Soldier.
Thomas O. Wilson,'son of Dr.
J. T. Wilson, superintendent of
the Terrell insane asylum, and
Miss Arie Blake, daughter of Al-
len Blake ot Sherman, ex-tax as-
Ended in a Wedding.
The North German
steamer Maria Rickmers
at Galveston after an une
run of twenty-three day?
Bremen. The steamer wai bertll“
ed and there was waiting cat
Hi
, Lloyd
arrived
jventful
! s from
sessor of Grayson county, were , ^ Rudo||)h jj
the
uebner
iuet of
ago.
ons.
pink roses-----
. He went there for the purjj )OS3f ot
At Sherman the young couple meoting jqs bride, a chi rlprrIlJng
went out ostensibly for a buggy j young iajy by the name ol ^ ^ls3
ride, but in reality boarded a j Ant-o^io Sclmider,from Fr^J^tadt
Katy train for Denison, repairing ; gcq]C3Wjg Holestien. -Tlu c0-V ia<*
to the Cottage hotel, where in the , t,een engaged before Mr. H<| fu^er
presence of the boarders Rev. 3- j came |-0 United Statda*3 t°
C. Eubank pronounced the sacred j hig fortune.” Not* lonS
words that united their hearts j ^ ^ bCnt for Miss Schneij (ltr to
and hands for the life partnership
they had pledged themselves to
enter into.
The groom is a sergeant of
company I, twenty third infantry
come to America that they
get married. Accordingly
came on the steamer that a
at Galveston. He met her
carriage and, together witL ier
c might
she
Arrived
with a
stationed at Manila, and is home j cq{lperon) they went to thesj
on a six months’ furlough. ^ | mont hotel> where the cerrd
was performed a little later :pln the
day. The wedding partyA was
confined to a few particular f Abends
to the we ldm°
in certain detached counti]
passed.
Bill granting special chi
Beaumont passed.
Appropriation bill was
discussed.
if land
es was
irter to
and
True bills have been
at Dover, Del., against
sentative Davis and
Clerk of the Senate liegeman,
the former charged with
‘Afty furlough will soon have
expired,” said Sergt. Wilson,
“and of course I will return to
the Philippines. "My wife is
anxious to accompany me, but I
am afraid she would find life any-
thing but the ‘sunny side of a
honeymoon’ in that country, and
expect we will decide for her to
remain in this country until mat
Returned
Bepre-
"V ”f
offering
a bribe to a fellow asseilnblyman
to vote fot Addicks for
and the latter with ta
with what was known as
track bill.
At Atlanta, Ga., the i lintli in-
ternational (fourteenth i lational)
Sunday school conventlion
on the 26th with a large
of delegates from this a
countries in attendance
merous visitors present.#/
senator
mpering
the race
At Austin.
Davidson’s anti-trust bill came
tip in the senate Tuesday. On
motion of Burns action was post-
poned until hi”.day to await ac-
tion on Arkansas test case.
Bill defining commissioners
duties'in quarantine matters was
passed.
Bill passed graliting a land eer
tifiuate and pension to Mary F.
riaTehu'r./r, -,viuu.\ wf ,7. E. Batch-
elor, a Texas veteran.
New Cotton Bell railroad con-
solidation bill passed.
The appropriation bill came up
in the house and several amend-
ments relative to civil courts of
appeals offered and defeated.
who sat, down
dinner after the ceremony.
Involuntary Separation.
A decision rendered in
trict court at Hillsboro p!acqfys
____________________ . 1II. Wallace in the extraord; inarY
tofs are more settled over in that p09itipn of being prohibited (jC loj:i
seeing an affectionate wife^ej w 10
part of the world.”
is eager to share his borne. 4r
Recently J. II. Wallace1* an(l
Dovie Malone, minors, elc <’l,eT
marrying without parental ° c<
sent. An hour afte? the mar!™’
Dovie, it is alleged, was Ti-
me t
number
,nd other
and n ii-
President McKinley pi ressed the
button which caused a r
barge to tilt its cargo on
where the codtractors i rill begin
work on the harbor
dro, Cal.
ock-laden
the spot
San Pe-
T
Miss Alice Archer, residing in
the vicinity of Boggy, Ark., re-
fused the attentions of |a Mexican
employed by her fathfer, where-
upon the discarded gimitor shot
and killed her with a rifle, after-*
ward suiciding. )
---♦- •—-^F—
Fort Worth Odd Fallows cele-
brated the eightieth Anniversary
of the order in a beliti ng manner.
A procession marclnpd through
the principal streets- and Hon.
W. S. Essex delivered an inter-
esting address. .Several visiting
lodges were present.
At Malden, Mo.,
Mrs. Jane
children
Stands With Him.
Hon. E. W. Rector was inter-
viewed at Little Rock on the Ar-
kansas anti-trust bill, of which he
is the author. Mr. Rector sava
lie agrees fully with Attorney
General Davis’ constructions of
the law. He says the attorney
general’s interpretation of the
law is clear and logical and in lino
with the decisions of the courts
for 100 years.
Dehs to Attend.
Waco will have a visit from E.
Y. Debs, the labor leader, about
May 20, at which time a meeting ^ ^ ^
of interest to organized laboring 1 ^k(m’from yYallacjfe
men will be held. i despjte her pro!
The Central Labor council of , The father> W>!!-!r
Waco, which represents all the ! ^ ^ home? V
.ivajon labor organizations of taut j injunction
oitjii-J:* ..ile±1idJ>^lne,y»ns
have Mr. Debs visit U tl-K.
the date of his visit will be very i
near the time mentioned, May 20, j m>unicating or la-,
tqough the exact time will be set- ! c0^ niunicate with hS^@sT»
tied soon. j peaied byr deposition-jl
l<-\ av;1 s.Lllfin
ing Wallace frutti
Mr. Debs will be in the state at
the time mentioned and will visit
most of the principal cities for
the purpose of delivering ad-
dresses. The Central Labor coun-
cil will endeavor to secure the
Baptist tabernacle or some other
large building at Waco in order
to accommodate all desiring to
hear Mr. Debs.
The United States transport
Morgan City has left San Fran-
cisco for Manila with recruits for
various regiments in the Philip-
pines. She also carried a largo
quantity of supplies for Ameri-
can forces.
By the explosion of seventy-
five gallons of benzoline in the
chewing gum laboratory of Fleer
& Co., Philadelphia, two men
were killed and several wounded.
Tuttleton and her fojir
were murdered and tl^e house de-
stroyed by fire. The mother vva3
a widow. A son of her husband
by a former wife was^ arrested.
-----
The thirty-first anr ual meeting
of the Texas State Nj'edical asso-
ciation convened at San Antonio
with a large attendai ce. Mayor
Hicks delivered the address of
welcome, which *uas esponded to
by President Wilson
Chinese soldiers murdered two
Germans in the viei ity of Iviao
Chou. German sob iers entered
ilie village and shit down the
murderers.
The first national congress of
the Christian church convened at
the First Christian church, St.
Louis, with 200 delegates in at-
tendance.
The second annual meeting of
the Federation of Women’s Clubs
met at Galveston. Several inter-
esting papers were read and twen
ty-five new clubs admitted. The
annual reports were read. A
resolution opposing the slaughter
of birds was adopted.
Seizures of boxes of cigars al-
leged to have fraudulent revenue
stamps on them are reported
from various cities in this and
other states. A deputy revenue
collector seized 80,000 cigars that
were made in a northern factory,
at Austin,
trial, saying she desii* „
with Wallace. The plaf^
tended that the marriage was
because the couple were mil
and had procured the license
fraud.
Judge Hall, in rendering
decision for the defendant,
that under the laws of Tex;;
marriage was valid even
parties were minors. He \
---— the defendant, however, tl
Exciting’ Incident. injunction would remain j;
A rather exciting incident oc- untd finally decided
curred in North Dallas. A man cc!ul'ts, the plaintiff hav
was riding a bicycle along the Pea^ed’
track of the Houston and Texas
Central railway behind two white To Hcr Hasban?l’8
women. He rang his bell for ^ bronze statue is to
them to get out of the way and fvel bae Srave Jeffei
they either not hearing or not | Hollywood ceinett
heeding his warnings he rode over ! mond> ^ a- Mrs. Dav:
them, knocking them down. One j ^ie sbabue made *n ^ Y,
of the women was severely in- ' wlien completed wil»-
jured and screamed with pain. j over ^le Sra're of the
Two horsemen with lariats tied cl°nb *lie Gonfi
to their saddles witnessed the oc- j siigUly over re
currence, and one of them ex- a faithful likeness
claiming, “I’ll be hanged if that dliettain, It will
ain’t more than I can stand,” j was duian^
made his horse jump the fence j iePiesent him in tl
by the side of the track and gave wore when capt
chase to the Avheelman, who iva3 been so frequent
riding rapidly away. Riding up stated that Mr.
close behind him the horseman
loosened his lariat and threw it
over the bicyclist’s head, pulling ^ie statue P
him from his wheel. Turning his band as.he realI.r
horse around he started down the j taken prisoner
track at a lively speed, dragging troops. It will
tured with fem$
that Mrs. Davis (
the wheelman after him. At the
end of 100 yards he turned and
dragged him back again. Then
he pulled his revolver as if in-
tending to shoot his victim. The
other horseman interceded, say-
ing that he thought the punish-
ment already inflicted had been
ufficient.
handsome piec<
A party from Pennsylvania has
been on a visit to Ennis examin-
ing the oil fields,
Lieut. Stok<
miral Dewey’s*
been on a visi
den, Ark., w>^
citizens of t
sword. Tl
place at tin
many notat
Senator Be
Ennis p
on May 5.
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